Scott's Report May Decide Recalls of Troops in Mexico
Secretary Baker awaits a report from General Scott detailing the punitive expedition's operations since entering Mexico. General Funston also reviews troop movements while Pershing is warned to prepare for aggression. Army officials dismiss claims that de facto Diaz agents spark hostility.
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Funston
Pershing
Diaz
Associated Press
San Antonio
Texas
Baker
Hugh L. Scott
Mexico
Scott
Carranza
Arnulfo Gomez
Sonora
Luis Herrera
Chihuahua
Parral
Crsos Grandes
Mexico City
Per
Villa Bandits Surrender to Carranza Troops in Torreon
April 21 report from Torreon says General Severino Joniceros and his Villa bandits surrendered to the Durango City commander and received an amnesty. General Trevine assures citizens that the de facto government has the situation under control and offers places in the army for those who choose to fight the Villa forces.
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Associated Press
Torreon
Mex
Severino Joniceros
Villa Bandits
Durango City
Treyvine
Trevine
Pershing Ready to Chase Villa or Return to United States
Brigadier General Pershing has positioned forces so the American punitive expedition can pursue Villa in Mexico or withdraw. Troops could be pulled from Mexico in ten days per Fort Bliss officers. Carranza officials report general quiet in upper Mexico as troops guard mining properties in Parral.
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Mres
Il Paso
Tex
Pershing
Villa
Mexico
Washington
Fort Filiss
Carranza
Juarez
Upper
Parral
Weather Summary for Harrisburg and Vicinity
Wait to-night and Sunday bring moderate temperatures with a low near 42 degrees for Harrisburg. Partly cloudy conditions prevail eastern Pennsylvania with fresh west winds. Susquehanna and all six branches rise except Juniata and several Upper branches, while Sunday morning river stage reaches about 8.6 feet. Temperature at 8 a.m. 46 degrees. yesterday’s high and low not shown.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna River
Juniata
Chemung
Upper North
Upper West
Republicans Gain Lead in County Primaries Across Districts
Voters enroll 4 655 Nonpartisan and 9 851 Republicans join 3 269 Democrats in county spring primaries. Five party names appear on ballots: Republican Democratic Washington Socialist Nonpartisan. Republican gains noted. Washington and Socialist presences strong in several townships including Steelton Middletown Lykens Millerstown Swatara Susquehanna and Derry. Rush totals 20 voters with 12 Republicans 3 Democrats 1 Socialist and 4 Nonpartisan.
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Washington
Steelton
Middletown
Lykens
Millersburg
Swatara
Susquehanna
Derry
Rush
Wall Street Sees Worsening German Crisis and Mexico Concessions
New York April 22. Today’s stock session showed excitement and heavy selling as war shares and Mexican tied stocks fell 4 to 8 points. The market was unfavorably affected across the board with news from the Good Friday holiday and reports of canceled American concessions in Mexico fueling weakness in the quarter.
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Associated Press
New York
Mexico
Wall Street
Yuan Shi Kai Forms New Cabinet to End Revolution
In Peking on April 22 the cabinet is being formed after Yuan Shi Kai admitted his control caused discontent. Tuan Chi-fui, former war minister, accepts premiership and war portfolio as Yuan vows to surrender civil authority to the new cabinet to win southern provinces support and quell the uprising.
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Associated Press
Peking
China
Yuan Shi Kai
Tuan Chi-fui
You Can Enlist Here For U S Summer Naval Cruise
Official orders open Harrisburg naval recruiting station to enroll civilians for a U S Navy training cruise August 15 to September 12. Enlistments take place on Bergner building third floor. Criteria listed. Aim to prepare qualified men as reserves in war or emergency under naval discipline. Lt C L Hand and Dr DeValin of Philadelphia will visit city twice monthly for information.
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Harrisburg
United States Navy
Plattsburg
Bergner
Navy
C. L. Hand
DeValin
Philadelphia
Austria Receives U S Note Over Imperator Attack
Vienna reports the Austro-Hungarian Foreign Office has been given a U S note regarding the attack on the Russian bark Imperator in the Mediterranean. Two Americans were aboard. one wounded when a submarine fired without warning. London dispatches note Radicals express displeasure at Lloyd George and a Gardiner letter attributes responsibility for the government crisis.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
London
Vienna
United States
Imperator
Mediterranean
State Department
Washington
David Liloyd-George
Alfred G. Gardiner
The
Daily News
Gardiner
Liloyd-George
Unveiling Donato Statue at 1916 Harrisburg Carnival
Formal unveiling of Giuseppe Donato's fountain group Dance of Eternal Spring in River Front Park as part of Harrisburg 1916 water carnival hinges on City Council funding. Permanent committee on water sports discussed unveiling and future mass canoeist and motorboat events.
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River Front
Guiseppe Donato
Harrisburg
Front Street Property Owners Win Paving Battle
Property owners abutting Front Street from Maclay to Division pay only their portion for paving the street. Judge George Kunkel of Dauphin County ruled the city cannot tax them for the full width, aligning with prior lower court interpretations and paralleling Whitehall Street.
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Front Street
Maclay
Division Streets
George Kunkel
Dauphin County
Whitehall Street
Roosevelt plans two Midwest invasions before conventions
Colonel Roosevelt will likely tour the Middle West twice before the June 7 Republican and Progressive conventions. After speaking in Chicago on April 29, he may travel to Kansas City for the Memorial Day address, then potentially extend to two or three more large cities before entering Chicago for the convention. The move is viewed as a strategic preconvention campaign. Steel workers receive raise. Sharon Steel Hoop Company boosts wages 10 percent May 1 affecting about 100 men. Knox Pressed Welded Steel Company also raises wages on May 1, affecting about 350 workers.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Middle West
Chicago
Kansas City
Sharon
Sharon Steel Hoop Company
Knox Pressed Welded Steel Company
Easter Fair Expected With Mild Temperatures
Weatherman EB R Demain predicts a fair Easter with moderate temperatures as yesterday's storm wanes. Clear skies likely late tonight. Harrisburg foresees its biggest observance yet with thousands expected to attend the city event. Florists report record flower demand despite rising prices.
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EB. R. Demain
United States
Harrisburg
Miners Face Delays in Wage Talks Ahead of Pottsville Convention
A joint subcommittee of anthracite operators and miners negotiates wages and conditions for about 175000 workers in hard coal fields. Both sides expect a settlement early next week though Pottsville plans a May 2 convention signaling potential trouble. Jackson Herr Boyd sails from New York to France to join the American Ambulance Hospital Corps.
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New York
Pottsville
Boyd
France
Chicago
Bordeaux
Jackson Herr Boyd
American Ambulance Hospital Corps
Delay in Steel Shipments Delays Federal Building Work
Winter delays in securing structural steel and granite quarry shipments kept H. S. Brown Company workers indoors for repairs at the Federal building extension in this city. Electric conduits water pipes and plastering advanced while granite wings will start in a week or ten days. Exterior work will push ahead as materials arrive and steel demand eases.
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H. S. Brown Company
New York City
Federal
C. A. Gieselman
Brown Company
31 Couples Get Licences to Wed Easter Week
The county marriage bureau issued eleven licenses today, bringing the week total to thirty-one. Among applicants was a Steelton widow and widower with the bride aged 21 and the groom 68.
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D. Cupid
Bre’r Rabbit
County Marriage Bureau
Bureau
Steelton
Pickets Force Most Westinghouse Workers To Stay Out
Pickets at Westinghouse Electric plants in East Pittsburgh kept about 13 000 of 18 000 workers from entering. Leaders say eight hour demand started yesterday. Strikers organize into locals with no disorder. Guards check lunch baskets to stop explosives. Also, British consular employee freed in Crete after arrest sparked port blockade.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Shell Department
Tendon
Candia
Crete
Athens
Exchange ‘Telegraph Company
Germans Resume Verdun Assaults Without Success
French war office says German infantry attacked on both banks of the Meuse near Verdun but failed to gain ground. East of the Meuse French artillery repelled the main attempt near Fort Vaux. West of the Meuse Germans used liquid fire north of Courettes Wood without gaining advantage. A French aeroplane flew 400 miles to Sofia dropping bombs on a Zeppelin shed and targets behind lines. Berlin reports a futile French attack in the Dead Man Hill area northwest of Verdun.
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Verdun
Meuse
French War Office
Paris
Fort Vaux
Courettes Wood
Hlres
Balkans
Sofia
Doiran
Body of Dorothy Arnold Not Found in West Point House Cellar
New York detectives failed to locate Dorothy Arnold's body in the cellar of the West Point area house where they searched yesterday. Police Inspector Faurot stated there is no truth to reports that her body had been found.
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J. M. J. Raunick
New York
Pennsylvania Reduction Company
West End
Raunick
Associated Press
Dorothy Arnold
West Point
Faurot
Miss Arnold
Germany Likely to Delay Answer to American Note
Berlin reports that Germany will take time to examine the American note with thoroughness amid parley and requests for information. Washington officials expect a German reply by mid next week after Ambassador Gerard briefed the State Department following the note’s delivery. Count Von Bernstorff is away on trip.
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Count von Bernstorff
Associated Press
Berlin
London
Germany
Lokal Anziger
Washington
Foreign Office
Gerard
State Department
von Jusgow
Department
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