Germans Yield to Entente Demand for Peace Envoys at Versailles
Germany agrees to send a fully empowered peace delegation to Versailles with freedom to negotiate while postponing the actual treaty presentation to April 28. Italian leaders skip a Council of Four meeting, Wilson hints at a statement on Fiume and Dalmatia, and revolutionary unrest spreads in Turkey and Hungary as Soviet forces falter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Versailles
Wilson
Germany
Berlin
Paris
Lloyd George
Clemenceau
Orlando
Sonnino
Italy
Council of Four
Connelley Named Acting Commissioner of Labor and Industry
Clifford B. Connelley of the Carnegie Institute School of Applied Science has been appointed acting commissioner of labor and industry, succeeding Walter McNichols. A Monongahela City native born in 1863, he studied at Columbia, Western University of Pittsburgh and Duquesne, served on the Pittsburgh Board of Education, and has authored numerous works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford B. Connelley
School of Applied Science
Carnegie Institute
Pittsburgh
Labor and Industry
Walter McNichols
Scranton
Dean Connelley
Monongahela City
Columbia University
Western University of Pittsburgh
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh Board of Education
Weather Forecast Harrisburg Area Partly Cloudy Showers Likely
Tonight will be partly cloudy in Harrisburg and vicinity with likely showers. Warmer conditions with a gentle northeast breeze, while the Susquehanna and its tributaries may rise slightly due to the rain. Morning outlook indicates continued showers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Wilson vows no actions endangering League of Nations
Washington reports admin officials in Paris received a confidential cable indicating President Wilson will take no action that could jeopardize the League of Nations or clash with its principles. The message replies to inquiries about a rumored secret defensive pact among France Great Britain and the United States. Officials await developments on Italy’s Adriatic claims amid anxiety over the conference deadlock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Administration
Paris
Italy
Adriatic
France
Wilson
League of Nations
Great Britain
United States
Americanization bill and tax measures in Pennsylvania House
A House bill on Americanization of foreign born residents proposes instruction by judges designated instructors. Other measures name county treasurers and solicitors tied to county population, set salaries, and fix anthracite tonnage. A Senate resolution calls for a three Senate, five Representative investigation of public schools. appropriation cut to 2000. House approves the Kinsman name change bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Lawrence
Jones
Lackawanna
Harar
Lycoming
Dauphin
Martin
Berks
Senate
House
George S. Reinoehl Elected Vestryman at St Stephen’s
George S. Reinoehl was elected vestryman of St Stephen’s Episcopal Church at a parish meeting in the Parish House last evening. He will succeed the late Benjamin F. Moyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George S. Reinoehl
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Benjamin F. Moyers
Farmhand Specht Accused Of Wooing Wife In Lykens Divorce Case
Walter F. Johns sues his wife Lorna Mother Johns for divorce in Courtroom No 1 with Eddie Specht named as co respondent. Johns testified he found his wife and Specht together in January and that she later returned for the children. Francis Johns and Mildred Johns corroborated. A separate Cruelty case by Emma Black against her husband was also heard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie" Specht
Lykens
George Kunkel
Walter F. Johns
Lorna Mother Johns
Specht
Johns
Francis Johns
Governor Sproul Plans Return to Harrisburg Next Week
Governor William C. Sproul will not return to Harrisburg until next week. A statement from his office said he has improved but still has knee trouble and cannot leave Hot Springs for several days. Several appointments, including the Public Service Commissionership and the Philadelphia court vacancy, will be postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Sproul
Harrisburg
Hot Springs
Public Service
Philadelphia
Nationalization of Women Sparks Outcry in Northwest Russia
Reports from Stockholm relay that Vladimir's commissar suspended the nationalization law in a province after popular protest. The Krasnaya Gazeta details chaotic enforcement with girls 18 forced to register and select partners, leading to abductions and village raids as men claim state husbands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tendon
Russia
London
Stockholm
Vladimir
Krasnaya Gazeta
Bureau of Free Love
Gazeta
Yablonovski
Guriakin
Kovrovy
Equal Suffrage Resolution Passed in House 127 to 66
The Pennsylvania House approved a 1921 fourteenth amendment to submit to voters. The 127 to 66 vote sends the measure to the Senate as page 15 continues the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
House
Senate
Good Bishop of Oregon Stranded in Transit
The Rev. Dr. William H. Washinger, bishop of Oregon, waited in Pennsylvania Station after a train misconnect. He lacked funds for a full fare to Dayton, aided by a relative, and planned to travel on to Indianapolis before returning to Portland Oregon. The trip was to address illness in his family and discuss church matters with other bishops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
William H. Washinger
Pennsylvania
United Brethren
Chambersburg
Dayton
Ohio
Hines
Fane
Otterbein
Indianapolis
Portland
Picture of Deceased Son in Harrisburg Telegraph
Mrs. Anna Hawk of 405 Woodbine street found a photograph of her son Frank P. Hawk among Twenty-eighth Division members published in the Harrisburg Telegraph. The picture, taken July 27 at a French YMCA, shows Hawk who died July 30 from battlefield wounds. He enlisted at sixteen and served in Company K, 110th Infantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Hawk
Woodbine Street
Harrisburg
Frank P. Hawk
France
Hawk
Robert Bagnell
Grace Methodist Church
United States Signal Corps
J. K. Kemper
One Hundred and Tenth Infantry
Charles M. Hawk
Twenty-third Engineers
Three American Seaplanes Plan Atlantic Flight
Three American seaplanes will try the Atlantic crossing from Rockaway Beach next month. Each plane carries five crew and four Liberty motors totaling 1600 horsepower. Routes under consideration include direct Newfoundland to Ireland or via the Azores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atlantic Ocean
Rockaway Beach
New Foundland
Ireland
Azores
Wiill
Churches Swell Fund For Starving Armenians
Subscriptions to the Armenian and Syrian Relief Fund meet a gratifying response says John Heathcote, chairman of the drive committee. Pine Street Presbyterian aims to raise at least 3,000, Easter Sunday gave over 2,800, boosting county prospects to exceed the 38,000 quota if all churches perform similarly. Some churches have not reported yet. Partial reports come from Pine Street Presbyterian Grace Methodist Camp Curtin Memorial Free Grace Millersburg Bowerman's Liberal and Reformed Church Enterline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Heathcote
Pine Street Presbyterian Church
Heathcote
Grace Methodist Church
Camp Curtin Memorial Church
Free Grace
Home After A Long Trip
A photograph found by Sergeant Linwood W. Wanbaugh in a pile of salvage near the front in France is identified as a Harrisburg scene. The image traveled 3,000 miles to the front and back, and will be returned to the owner if identified. It is unclear whether the original owner was killed or lost the photo in combat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susquehanna
Linwood W. Wanbaugh
France
Wandbaugh
Gievres
Franece
Harrisburg
Linwood B. Wanbaugh
The
Telegraph
Davis bill bars teaching German in Pennsylvania schools
The Senate passed the Davis bill by 43 to 3 prohibiting German instruction in public and normal schools of the Commonwealth, including state aided institutions, after a heated debate among Senators Barr Allegheny and Shantz Lehigh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barr
Allegheny
Shantz
Lehigh
Senate
Davis
Commonwealth
Turks surrender to Bolshevik rule in Eastern Empire
Paris reports a revolution in Turkey with a Soviet government proclaimed. A revolutionary committee is formed in Constantinople after an official telegram from Kiev cites the Bolshevik envoy at Odessa. The Turkish consul at Odessa reportedly confirms the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Paris
Turkey
Kiev
Odessa
Smith Bills Seek $3.5 Million for Park Extension and Infrastructure
Senate bills by Senator Frank Smith request 1.5 million for a Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Bridge over the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks and 2 million for an Office Building with terraces and grading of the Capitol extension zone. Administration backs the measures and a majority of legislators favor their passage. Early construction is expected within two years on the state property between North and the planned viaduct area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Frank \. Smith
Pennsylvania Railroad
Capitol
Optimism Marks Drive For Victory Liberty Loan Campaign
Capitol officials report a distinctive tone of optimism in telegrams received at the Treasury Department on opening day of the Victory Liberty Loan drive. Comments from Federal Reserve district chairmen showed varied enthusiasm, with Philadelphia noting unusually low excitement for a loan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve District
Philadelphia
Hungarian Soviet Government Resigns in Wave of Romanian Advance
Bela Kun and Hungarian communists reportedly resign under pressure from Romanian forces after Czech troops join the Rumanians. Vienna dispatch notes chaos in Budapest as the Red guard movement is promoted by Kun, a young admirer of Lenin and Bolshevism, who once toured Vienna in uniform with a red flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bela Kun
Associated Press
Amsterdam
Central News
Vienna
Budapest
Kun
Thieves Take Children’s Banks and Gold Watch
Two children's banks containing about fifty pennies each and a gold watch valued at $35 were stolen from Clarence Sellers home at 3113 North Third Street last evening. Entry was gained via a rear door. investigators are unsure if the door was left open or if a skeleton key was used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Sellers
North Third Street
Carnegie Bride in Gotham and other notices
Fragmented clipping reports a Carnegie Noonday Bride in Gotham, Margaret Carnegie wed Ensign Roswell Miller USN at the Carnegie home with two clergymen officiating. Also listed are Harrisburg Civic Chats officers and a general meeting of The Associated Press with Melville and Stone as speakers. Kalamazoo murder confession by two youths implicates druggist W. W. Trading.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
Margaret Carnegie
Ensign Roswell Miller
USN
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Munich
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Sterr
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Ekeho de Paris
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George
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Red Russia
W. H. Washinger
Mahanoy Mahanoy City
Charles W. Seaman
Prackville
Atlantic
Smith
City and Pennsylvania Railroad
Hungary
Sol
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Thiessaenien
Peg Ares
Oeticers
Harris Luc
Harrisburg Civic
William
Ren
Mres
John We. Reily
Mabel Coo
Nes
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Harvey ( Gauth)soree
Nang
Shunk
Wossuree
Edward Dynalapy
Henry
Ings
Auperviserchild Labog
Clint
Wecay
Repubstiine
Leihe
Carnegie
Gotham
W. T. Merri!l
Henry Stoane Coffin
Assoc!t Prove
Waldorf-Astoria
Leet Melville &. Stone
Princi
Pal
Kalamazoo, Mich
George E. Bird
Arthur W. Sterling
W. W
Y E. May
Clara M. Shenk
Columbia
Ira G. Showers
Townen
Irisburg
Carl McK. Houck
Alexander
Hertha M. Kelley
Newton Hamilton
Joseph J. Wilde
Marsh Run
Margaret N. O'Brien
Toledo
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