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The Era-leader., 1918-06-20

ed so much on the hike. Corpor-
al Baham is handling this while
he is away and is making a credi-
bic showing thus far. Sgt. Rea'
gan is manager Of our baseball
team and his return will be looked
to with pleasure by all.
1st Sgt. Nolan L. Smith is SEEM
ingly puzzled over the disposition
of the sugar Tongued Orator of
the Company-Private Frank Ash
>ley-who halls from every where
except Camy Beauregard. Frank
is a fine boy and works harder
than any one else in the company
he works his tongue only; and
he is thinking Of Matrimony too!
Pvt. Dewey McQuinn is spend
ing the week in Bogalusa with his
friends there. We wish him all
kinds of good times.
Corporal Cecil A. Burris spent
Sunday in Eunice, La. Corporal
Delos D. Knight spent Sunday in
Baton Rouge, La. Pvt. Albert
Schilling went to New Orleans to
meet his parents.
Sgt. L. Sercy Young has just
returned from a furlongh during
which he visited the city of Boga.
lusa. He says everything IS as
fine as ever in our old home. We
wonder what it will be upon oul
return after the war?
Sgt. Augustus Pertalian is ex'
pecting a furlough in the mex
few days and says he has a grea
desire to see if Bogalusa ane
Frandlinton look familiar. Car
you guess how they will look?
1st Sgt. Nolan L. Smith ant
Corporal Doyle A. Baham hell
up our reputation by purchasing
Third Liberty Loan Bonds. HOY
about you back home Mr.. Reader
, Are you going to back up thes
boys when they got love
There"
1 Our good old friend James
Ray is now visiting friends il
Jackson, Tenn. We certainl
miss him. He is usually know
as manager" Ray, for severs
reasons.
The boys are very anxious
get to go over and watch their r.
cord when they get over.
The Era-leader., 1918-06-20
WIS s

Remember that National War
Savings Day is June %. Pledge
yourself on or before that day to
save to the utmost of your ability
and to buy War Savings Stamps
that there may be more money,
lahnr aud materials to back up
those who fight and die for you.
The Era-leader., 1918-06-20
NUMBER II.

The French threw back the
Germans who had crossed the
river Metz.
Plans are being perfected to
poole all economic resources of
the United States.
Saturday the Austrians launch.
ed their long-delayed attack on
the Italian front.
Opposition was manifested to
part of the administrations fiscal
program in the Louisiana Legis-
lature and these measures with
the woman suffrage bill are fea-
lures in the General Assembly
this week.
Six New Or cans firms were Or
dered to tvT' over profits declared
illegal to the Red Cross.
1t was announced that the Ma
tional Farm and Live Ltock Show
in New Orleans would not be held
this year.
A socialist member of the Reich
stag declared the war had become
a family affair Of the Hohenzol-
lerns.
The Era-leader., 1918-06-20
A.


already great army of war savers.
We must make more sacrifices
ourselves and urge sacrifices upon
others. National War Savings
Day must be made the great sue
cess all Of us hope for"
The Era-leader., 1918-06-20
-W.S.

Schedules were fixed for the
movement of 5000 negro select.
men from Louisiana to Camp Fun.
ston, Fort Riley, Kansas, June 10
to 81. The Washington Parish
quota of 81 left June 10th on the
morning train via Tylertown.
The Era-leader., 1918-06-20
Emergency Farm
Help Wanted

The war is in Louisiana today,
and if we win you must work!
Louisiana farmers need more
labor. It cannot be supplied by
other nearby states, because
other states are in precisely the
same fix.
Every community must secure
its emergency farm help by emer-
gency methods-town volunteers
and High School boys, by forcing
all idlers to go to work, by caus.
ing all non essential work-that
helps in no way to win the war
to be discontinued during the
rush seasons Of cultivation and
harvest, and applied to farms in.
stead of being exerted in a way
that from a war stand point is
worthless.
Such methods must be used in
Washington Parish, Louisiana.
Else the Parish invites the humili.
alton of having failed to measure
up to all our war responsibilities.
You have sent your sons, you
have contributed your money,
you have floated the flag on high,
you are proud of your patriotism.
Here is a call for something devoid
Of pomp and glory-just plain,
blistering, muscle aching com.
monplace labor out in the fields
under the hot sun! It must be
done-if we win the war! People
all over the United States must
do tiff we win the war! Fol
unless people do help on the farms
during the heavy demands ou1
food production willbeinsufficient.
i No matter how much money We
raise we must not fail to raise
food. The fighters cannot ca
, cash, and money cannot buy
food unless food has been pro.
duced.
1t is merely a question of tn
;, willingness of every person o
;, farm experience to work on farm
! in his community as he may bt
needed and Of the willingness Q
= every farmer to make the best Q
such help. 1t is merely a ques
tion Of winning the war, des
pite difficulties and unpleasar
duties.
e J.V. Rabb, County Agent
: D. E. Nettles, Junior Agen
l -
. Become a stockhOlder in th
Il United States-buy War Savin
10 Stamps.
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: tbs estimated that your Unc
]0 Copo,nl'u tOto1 roco,,rcoo ara 3!
The Era-leader., 1918-06-20
w. s. s. .

The fellow who spends his time
roasting Germany and the Kaiser
could employ it to much better
advantage in providing something
for the boys in the trenches to
roast. They are getting ready to
attend to the Kaiser's roasting,
and they'll Do Il to 4 turn,
The Era-leader., 1918-06-20
National War Savings Day
Must Be Made Big
Success.

I1ltlcCo' "
: oct all the people on or before
lime % to pledge themselves to
tbe utmost of of their ability and
to buy War Savings Stamps with
their savings, has given out the
following statement:
aThose of us who remain at
home while others do the fighting
have an ever-increasing number
Of opportunities to do definite and
highly important work for our
country. We wish to do this work
as an expression of the gratitude
We feel in being privileged to con-
tinue at our usual tasks, to enjoy
the loving companionship of our
families, to meet freely with our
friends and neighbors, to enjoy
al the security of life and most
of the pleasures and the economic
privileges Of peace times while
other men who have had to put
aside all these things, are fight
ing our battles for US on the sa-
cred soil Of France and on The
high seas.
sour new opportunity to serve
comes as a result of designating
June 2S as National War Savings
/ Day, a day of which all men and
women and all children of suffi-
Gent years to appreciate the days
! significance are called upon to
pledge themselves to save to the
4 utmost of their ability and to con-
serve all possible labor and ma
] terials for the Government, and
4 70 buy War Savings Stamps with
their savings. Our part is to do
! everything possible to make this
4 day stand out among the great
I days Of this period of the war.
4 "Could any one Of us be asked
4 10 do less than this? Could any
4 one Of us refuse to do so little a
d thing to win a war for the worlds
4 freedom? Could any one OF us
\ put aside this plea Of saving while
al Europe is crying out in her
agony to be released from the
+ clutches of the monster that is be.
fouGng all it touches? Could we
refuse 50 simple thing and at the
same time ask other men to give
their lives that our own precious
lives be spared and our firesides
4 be kept safe from the terrors o1
4 The Huns
'Our duty is clear, our priv.
lsge is great, our sacrifice is little
our work is important.
4 National War Savings Day is
be the great rallying day OF
Which everyone in our country
sexpected to pledge himself o.
herself to save and economize
& sns saving and economizing will
amt Of all leave in the markets ,
Mater supply Of labor and ma
erals for the use of the govern
nant with which to fight the war
and then the money savings 0
@slndiyidual are to be investe'
Y War Savings Stamps.
What the Government asks u
Ddo Is to pledge ourselves
ay Of definite periods with gu
A aslngs a specific amount Of Wa
0sslngs Stamps. The thing to b
@oOmplished is to get subscrip
a0ns which will take care durin
y balance Of the present year {
y unsold portion of the $4,000,
WOWof War Savings STAMP
'qnorized by the Congress to
sld during 1918.
When one stops to think of Il
matter, it is really small thin
raise 81, 900, 100000 in a coul
y Of more than lOO,OOo,0O0 pc
ne' Il everyone would do h
snare it would be necessary +
saen person to subscribe to on
az0 worth of stamns
The Era-leader., 1918-06-20
W.

National War Savings Day is
only one day; our men in the
Army and Navy have their day
every day.
The Era-leader., 1918-06-20
Camp Beauregard Notes.-The
Engineers Company ID"
Co. D, ia Engineers,
Camp Beauregard, La.
n fn1O
w. s s
June 9,1918.

camp Beauregard, La.
June 9,19l8.
The Washington Parish Boys
are still alive and working as hard
as usual, even though we have
not sent you any notes in quite
while. The reporters have all
been going home on furloughs
and hence had no time for the
other fellows. We hope to be
able to let you keep up in the fu-
ture however.
Life in Camp is as varied as ever
except the extreme warm weather
which apparently has come to
stay for a while. The aeroplanes
have been furnishing quite bit
of excitement for everybody for
the last month and consequently
most Of the boys usually go
around the following day with
"cricks" in their necks.
We also had quite an interest
ing game of baseball here between
the Division team and that Of the
Naval Training Station Of New
Orleans and of course we won
easily. Another game will be
played this afternoon and we are
expecting to take that as easily
as the first game. We won
the two games played in New Or
leans two weeks ago.
Corporal Cecil A. Burris is
now nursing burned hand
and set of fingers due to
the fire the other night, in which
he made daring attempt to use
the fire buckets but without sue.
cess. Another fire or two and he
will be ready for a Carnegie
Medal, sure.
Corporal Doyle A. Baham has
gotten so popular recently that he
is being flooded with applications
from members of the Company
who desire to become members Of
his squad. There is no doubt
about his being the best corpora
in the regiment of Engineers.
We will have to class Corporal
William E. Magee in this same
class because there is really very
little difference in their ability tt
control and handle their men
Both made a splendid record il
the firing problems. If you wan
to find out anything about thei1
ability Just ask Sgt. Smith.
Sergeant Esco Simmons is al
smiles since someone accidentl,
called him "Frisco" the othe
day. He has now assumed tina
name and it is very appropriate
He works like the Frisco Railroa'
train travels.
Sergeant James D. Ramey
now being missed at Right Guid
f of the Company while he is ava
| on a furlough visiting relative
in Bogalusa and Mobile. Hi
S place is being ably filled by Sg
0 Simmons. Brother JIM is
r "Bear Cat'' on these long marche
r and guard duty. He likes thel
o and helps to keep the other boy
!. cheerful.
81 Sgt. Mason Magee is still know
# as "Tioga Bill'' for reasons tc
: we'll known here and at his hon
IS in Varnado, La. He also
10 known here as "shine" and
one of the best workers Of Il
lie Company and is usually conside
g ed as Sgt. Smiths right hand ma
l. His ability to handle a platoon
D questioned by no one. Every OF
is is always glad to see him tai
or charge of the platoon or even Il
ly Company in the most complicat
drill or combat problems.
to Sgt. Dewey Reagan is now
is the Base Hospital but will soon
IN hooI oroio if iS hopo6 We mi
The Era-leader., 1918-06-20
w. s S

is estimated that your Uncle
Samuel's total resources are 25O
billions of dollars, and his debts
three and one-half billion. AS
another pointedly remarked: 1--WE
haven't begun to fight yet"
The Era-leader., 1918-06-20
W. S S

Become a stockhOlder in the
United States-buy War Saving
Stamps.
The Era-leader., 1918-06-20

He also serves who stays and
saves.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-01
Prussian Conservative Fears
Equal Suffrage Will Change
Status of the Lower House

Amsterdam, May In the discus
sion of the Prussian reform bill in
the Prussian lower house Tuesday,
Herr Won Heydebrand. Conservative,
declared that If equal suffrage. as
the government proposed. was intro
duced. the character of the lower
house would be changed and it would
not be possible to longer maintain
the Prussian state as it is.
The unrest among the people ought
not to last much longer and an
agreement was quite possible, said
Herr Friedberg, Vice-president of the
Prussian Ministry. Herr Porsch, a
Centrist, said that small section of
the Centrist party would vote
against the bill, but the majority
would support it.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-01
LEGAL NOTICES
PROPOSALS FOR STATE SUPPLIES
Board of Commissioners of Public
Grounds and Buildings, Harrisburg.


Board of Commissioners of Public
Grounds and Buildings. Harrisburg.
h Pa:
Martin G. Brumbaugn, Governor.
! G. A. Snyder. Auditor General.
| H. NJ. Kephart, State Treasurer.
In compliance with the Constitution
of Pennsylvania. the Board of Com
missioners of Public Grounds and
Buildings invites sealed proposals, in
duplicate, for contracts for furnishing
such supplies for the Executive Man
sion, the several departments, boards
and commissions of the State Govern
ment as described and below such
maximum prices as shown in the
schedules for the year ending the 31st
day of May, A. ID. 1919: -
schedule a; Paper and envelopes.
addressing and duplicating machine.
| Schedule q: General office supplies,
hling cards and cases, desks, etc.
Schedule D; Engineering and la
boratory supplies.
Schedule r.: Brushes, soaps, mops.
brooms, and cleaning supplies.
Schedule g: Paints, upholstering,
Schedule H: Conservatory supplies.
Schedule l: Lumber, general repair
| ing, hauling. etc.
Schedule j: Plumbing and power
plant supplies.
AS the various classifcations of the
schedule will be bound in pamphlet
| ders, it is therefore desired that in
requests for pamphlets the parties in
dicate the section desired by reference
| to the above letters.
No proposal will be considered un-
| less such proposal be accompanied by
| a certified check to the order of the
| State Treasurer, or by a bond in such
form and amount as may be prescrib-
ed by the Board of Commissioners OF
Public Grounds and Buildings, I'm
structions contained in each sched-
ule).
Proposals must be delivered to the
Superintendent of Public Grounds and
Buildings on or before twelve (I21
o'clock, meridian, Tuesday, the four.
teenth day of May, A. D. 1918. at
which time proposals will be opened
and published in the Reception Room
of the Executive Department, Harris
burg, and contracts awarded as soon
thereafter as practicable.
Blank bonds and schedules contain
ing all necessary information may be
had by communicating with the De-
partment of Public Grounds and
Buildings. Harrisburg. Pa.
BY order of the Board.
GEORGE A. SHREINER,
- Superintendent.
L. w. MITCHELL.
Secretary.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-01
PIRIIC SALE

Pursuant to an Order of the Or
phans' Court of Dauphin County. will
be sold at Public Sale on Saturday,
May 20. 1918, at 10 o'clock A. NJ, in
front of the Court House, Harrisburg,
Pa, all those two certain pieces of
real estate, situated as follows:
No. l. A e-story brick dwell
ing house known as No. Ala S. Six
teenth Street, Harrisburg, Pa. The
lot fronting thirteen 13) feet four
(D inches on Sixteenth Street and
having a depth of one hundred (100)
feet to a private alley. This property
is in good repair, having eight (S)
rooms and bath and furnace in the
cellar, and rents for Seventeen
(S17.00) dollars per month.
No. 2. All that certain small farm
situate in Washington Township, near
Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pa.
containing about eight and a half
S1a) acres. most of the land being
covered with good growth of timber.
the rest farm land. The improvements
are a dwelling house, barn and other
outbuildings, excellent water and
some fruit.
Conditions of sale: Ten GO) per
cent. cash. fifteen U5) per cent addi-
tional upon confirmation OF sale by
the Court. and the balance on the
first day of July, 1918, when deeds
and possession will be given.
For further information see
AL. X. THOMAS.
Administrators of the Estate of Will
liam Bretz, deceased.
II. S. CARE.
Attorney.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-01

HARRISBURG LIGHT AND POWER
COMPANY.
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF
STOCKHOLDERS
To the Stockholders of HARRISBURG
LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY:
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that a
special meeting of the stockholders
of the HARRISBURG LIGHT AND
POWER COMPANY will be held at the
general office of the Company, No. %
N. Second Street, Harrisburg, Penn
sylvania, on Tuesday, July .. 1918, at
l o'clock p. NJ, to take action on the
approval or disapproval of the pro-
posed increase of the indebtedness of
the Company from Ten Million Dol
lars (s10,000,000) to Ten Million Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($10,500,-
0O0), such Indebtedness to be repre-
sented by notes or other obligations
of the Company, maturing at such
date or dates not exceeding a period
of five (5) years from the date of the
issue, to be in such denomination, and
bear such rate of interest and to be
issued and sold on such terms and
conditions, with or without security,
as the Directors may determine and
as they may provide by any agree
ment or agreements, in accordance
with which the said notes shall be
issued, held and secured.
All stockholders are requested to
be present in person or by proxy at
this meeting.
Dated May /, 1918.
Fl. w. STONE.
Secretary.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-01
POPE BENEDICT WILL
PLEAD FOR PEACE
tContinued from First Page.1

the move would take the form of
"a word of warning addressed to
the universal conscience"
May Be "Peace Offensive"
dispatch from Stockholm Tues
day reported that a message from
Basle announced that Emperor
Charles of Austria was making
new peace offer, appealing to Italy
to consider it in her own interests.
That a peace offensive" would
be made by the central powers in
the event that the German offensive
on the west appeared abortive has
been predicted frequently in allied
capitals. This may be the begin
ming.
Pope Benedict's peace proposals
last August were preceded by reports
through neutral countries that he
was about to take such action. The
Pope proposed the restoration of
territory captured by the central
powers; peaceful settlement of the
Alsace-Lorraine, Trentino and Pol
ish questions, reduction of all arm
aments and the freedom of the seas.
President Wilson, in replying for
the American and entente govern
ments, refused the proposals. The
reply of the central powers, made
some days after that of President
Wilson, expressed hope that the
Pope's efforts would result in a ces-
sation of hostilities.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-01
Teuton General Forecasts
Grand Austrian Offensive;
Germans Await Summons

London, May lit is worthy of
note in connection with the official
statement from Hungarian
headquarters Tuesday reporting in
creased activity on the Italian front
that German papers recently have
been referring to a supposed i'm
pending revival of the Austrian of
fensive against Italy on a grand
scale.
Lieutenant General Won Ardent,
in the Berliner Tageblatt. writes:
THE tension amid which the world
is watching the drama in France
and Flanders is likely to be in
creased soon as the Italian theater
becomes livelier. 1t cannon be de-
MED that while the German people
lwait a revival of the fighting ac-
tivity there with full confidence,
they also await it with impatience.
Never was the opportunity for re-
tiving an Austro- Hungarian often
i've more favorable than at pres
emit
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-01
Republican Clubs Are
Active in Registration

Members of the Harrisburg, the
West End and the East End Repub-
lican Clubs took an active part in the
registration of voters to-day, The
clubs are planning to actively assist
Senator Beidleman in his canvass
for the nomination as Lieutenant
Governor on the Republican ticket
at the May primaries, The West End
club membership is still talking en-
Enthusiastically of recent meeting at
which Senator Beidleman and Cab
riel III. Meyer, special deputy Audi
tor General, made addresses, All of
the local clubs are on record with
resolutions in favor OF the Beidle-
man candidacy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-01
Starving Himself, He Saw
Hungry Prisoner Killed
in a German Camp

Required to go thirty eight days
without bread and compelled to wit
ness the murder of a friend who
pleaded for food, are some of the
horrors of a German prison camp
Anthony J. Betty, a former Harris-
burg man, writes about in a letter
to his brother, j. j. Betty, proprietor
of the Elite Shoe Repairing Com
pany, Id South Dewberry street.
Betty, who is now in a German
prison camp, through the use of a
clever code, was able to get this bit
of information past the censors
without being detected. He employed
the code in writing an apparently
matter-o-fact letter to his father in
Italy. Betty was captured by the
Germans in the great Piave drive
while fighting with the Italians
against the Hun.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-01
PHILADELPHIA STOCKS
R.n ArrncinAeh PtkSS

PhIIadeIphia, May l. = Whest a.
80. s.o' J. ]. soft, red. s?;ss;. no. :. red. '2.s'
No ?. soft red red. ;2;SEi ari,st is lower;
No. 2. white, s41z @s5c; No. 3, white
Corn - The market is steady; No.
8. yellow, $1.74@1.76; No. A. Sello"'
nominal, 1l;7l@1.7S, .,oo,v. so,.
winter. per Ton. $3.50 047.OO; spring
per ton. $4,000 $500.
Butter - The market Is hlgher
western; nr,Gfs Grsamery Tancy 5ee eS'ras
Eggs-Market steady; pennsylvania
and other nearby irsLs. free cases
$11.25 per case; do, current recelpts'
free cases. $1O.SO per case; western,
case; do, firsts free cases, S1O.SO per
case; fancy, selected, packed, 42Q44c
Cheese = Higher; New York. full
Live Poultry-The market is higher;
fowls, 37@3sc; young, soft-meated
roosters. 2S@3Oc; young. STACEY roost-
tres, % a 26c; old roosters, - ~ Zoc'
sprlng chickens, 2SQ24c; ducks:
nearby, 25@ csc; western, 25@2Sc.
Dressed Poultry-Steady; turkeys
nearby, choice To fancy, 500 4uc. DO,
DO. western, choice to fancy. 37@SSc;
do, afr to good. S2 a 36c; do, old toms
soc: old, common, soc; fresh Killed
fowls, 346 S6c; frozen, fancy, 36 a. 80 u
good to choice, 34@35c; do, small sizes
2S@3Oc; old roosters, 29c; frozen
broiling chickens, nearby, 400
western, 4O@42c; do, frozen roasting
chickens, 2S@35c; ducks, nearby. Esq
see; do, western, 26 a 32c; geese, near
Ny. 26GU2Sc; western. 25W2lc,
Jersey. No. |, per basket. 4Og soc (3a
| Ns.); New jersey. No. .. per basket
35 q soc; Pennsylvania, per 100 lbs.
$1.25 a 1.50; New York, per 100 lbs:
mI.55; Maine, per 100 MS, $1.6Oq
| so; Delaware and Maryland. per loo
IBIS, $1.OO@1.SO; Michigan, per 100 lbs.
$1.2O@1.45; Florida, per barrel, $3.5C
81 1.OO@1.25; Florida, per 15o-fb. bag
Refined Sugars - Market steady,
,owdered. Sac: extra nne. Sranulat.
Taliow - The market is steady
prime. city, in tierces.. lie; city
special, loose. INC; prime country
161sc; dark, 15Ac; edible, in tierces
Flour - Firm; winter wheat. 1OC
per cent. flour, $11.25 @11.5O per bar
reI; Kansas wheat, 100 per cent. flour
S11.OO611.50 per barrel; spring wheat
| 100 per cent. flour, $10.50Q11.OO pei
Hav - Market steady; timothy
No. j, large bales, $29.OO@3o.00 pei
ton; No. 1, small bales. $500 0SO.0C
per ton; No. 9. $27.00@2S.00 per ton
No. 8, s23O0@25.OO per ton: sample
$4,000 2O.0O per ton; no grade, $3.50
019.UO per ton.
clover - Light. mixed. $1,000 q
$500 $500 a $3.50 per ton; No. 2, light mix
ed, s24OO@25.00 per ton