Pennsylvania Draft Calls Decisive War Mobilization
The provost marshal general orders nearly 14 000 men to Camps Dix Sherman Meade and Greenleaf in September with 13 000 more to follow in late August and early September. Color men white men and graduates move to specified camps with strict separation for special and general service.
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Pennsylvania
Dix
Sherman
Meade
Greenleaf
Camp Sherman
Camp Greenleaf
Camp Meade
Camp Dix
Camip Lee
Camp Greene
Army
Murdock
Mayor Takes Vacation At Erie Convention
Mayor Keister is away on vacation. He will attend the Third Class City League convention in Erie next week and deliver a brief address on the local police force. In his absence Alderman Householder handles police court hearings.
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Keister
City League
Erie
Alderman Householder
Steamer Sinks U-Boat Off Spanish Coast
A steamer outbound from Bordeaux reportedly sank a submarine near the Spanish coast. Details are scarce and the unidentified vessel’s identity remains unknown.
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Associated Press
Paris
Havas
Oporto
Portugal
Bodeaux
Weather and civic contest notes for Harrisburg area
For Harrisburg and vicinity fair cool conditions continue with slight warming Wednesday. Eastern Pennsylvania sees fair cool weather with a gradual Susquehanna river fall. Yesterday's highs 76 lows 57 mean 66 vs normal 72. Civic Club Fly Contest set for September 28 with prizes offered.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Civic Club
Prises
Substitutes for Anthracite Urged by Officials
Harrisburg householders are urged to seek substitutes as coal supplies are strained. Ross A. Hickok, county fuel administrator, says the Coal Conservation Committee will meet to study conservation methods and public guidance for extending coal, led by C. M. Kaltwasser of Harrisburg Light and Power. He urges households to follow conservation steps and education on safe fuel use.
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Harrisburg
Ross A. Hickok
Coal Conservation Committee
C. M. Kaltwasser
Harrisburg Light and Power Company
Hickok
No Friends of Mine Says Captain Rams U Boat
The Navy announced that an American steamer rammed and probably sank a German submarine near Winter Quarter Shoal off the Virginia coast on August 17. The captain said the sub hailed as friends in German, but he refused, continued, and the steamer returned to port with a damaged bow and water in the hold. he believes the submarine was destroyed.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy Department
Winter Quarter Shoal
Virginia
One Dollar Hair Cut Suggestion Sparks Chicago Debate
Chicago August 20 The Barber Supply Dealers Association proposes a standard price of one dollar for a hair cut and fifty cents for four shaves. The national group argues hair cutting has been underpriced and should be paid at a decent rate for professional service.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Barber Supply Dealers Association
Publc
Bootlegging flare sparks police tension in city crackdown
Charles Lambs faces a $25 fine for giving rum to officers as city police endure criticism for not aiding local military efforts to curb bootlegging amid ongoing clashes over enforcement.
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Charles Lambs
Harrisburg Rates to Advance for Sign and Window Lighting
The Harrisburg Light and Power Company files a tariff supplement with the Public Service Commission to raise sign and window lighting charges. Effective September 7, the sign rate becomes .01 cents per watt for the first forty hours per month and .005 cents per watt thereafter, while window lighting charges are .01 cents per hour per watt for the first forty hours and .005 cents per month thereafter, replacing the current eight tenths of a cent per watt per month.
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Harrisburg
Harrisburg Light and Power Company
Public Service Commission
High Schools Open for Military Drill This Fall
Dr. F E Downes superintendent says Tech and Central High schools will offer military drill instruction to interested youths this fall. Endorsed by Robert E Enders board president, the plan is nearing official establishment amid a shortage of competent instructors.
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Tech
Central
F. E. Downes
Downes
Robert E. Enders
German Raid Repulsed Near Toul, Pershing Reports
Washington reports a German raid on American lines south of Toul in a relatively quiet sector was repulsed with German losses. General Pershing issued the communique confirming the engagement and noting casualties on the German side.
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Associated Press
Washington
Toul
Pershing
German Generals acknowledge American army on the west front
Amsterdam reports that generals like Van Blume and Von Liebert warn against underestimating the United States military presence. They note American debarkations in France proceed regularly and credit the Allied advance to the transatlantic ally despite German criticisms and propaganda concerns.
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Amsterdam
van Blume
von Liebert
West Front
von Blume
Rheinische Westfaelische Zeitung
Amer
Ican
Europe
America
Lodz
Taegliche Rundschau
Berlin
France
Transatlantic
Woman leaps from window as Harrisburg fire damages home
Mrs Ellen Young jumped from a second floor back window when an oil stove exploded at 425 Kunkel Street around 5 am. Her husband Samuel Young suffered minor burns while trying to extinguish the fire. Fire Chief Kindler said damage could reach 1000 dollars with most of the home, furniture, and interior ruined. Mrs Young remains hospitalized with possible hip fracture and facial contusions but expected to recover. The alarm was sounded at 4 55 and the fire was under control nearly an hour later.
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Harrisburg
Kunker Street
Ellen Young
Kindler
Samuel Young
Young
War report claims Seventy-seventh guns violate Geneva rules
German war correspondents say they inspected guns seized from the Seventy seventh American Regiment and found shotguns with five buckshot ridges. They claim the use of such firearms contravenes the Geneva convention.
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Associated Press
Stockholm
British Drive Enemy Back From Calais Front
British forces in France report successful pressure on retreating German units in the Merville sector of the Lys, with continued push near Vieux Berquin and the Hazebrouck area. South of the Scarpe and Lecarre River, British lines advance while German efforts near the Somme fail. raids west of Bray are noted.
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France
Merville
Lyscalient
Calais
Germany
Vieux Berquin
Hazebrouck-Bailleul
Scarpe
Lecarpe
Somme
Ancre
Bray
Japanese Marines Land at Nicolaievsk on Amoy Front
Heavy fighting rages on the Ussuri front with Czecho-Slovak outposts forced to retire. Reuters reports a contingent of Japanese marines has landed at Nicolaievsk on the Amoy front amid ongoing actions.
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Nicolaievsk
Amoy
Associated Press
London
Montreal
Ussuri Front
Reuter
Vliadivostok
Yankees Take Sixty Prussians Without a Shot
On the Vesle Front near Fismette north of Fismes American detachments captured sixty Prussian machine gunners without firing a shot. The unit had been in line less than a month and reportedly surrendered after hosts of Prussians decided to yield at the slightest opportunity.
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Foe
Associated Press
Vesle
Fismette
Fismes
Mine Strike Enters Its Second Week in Williamstown
Williamstown Pennsylvania August 20 The Williams town mines strike by forty drivers at Susquehanna Collieries Company has persisted into a second week with no sign of compromise. The plant employs about 900 workers and operates near 1000 tons daily. Drivers seek a $1.89 raise from $3.11 for an eight hour shift, while operators refuse the increase and face difficulty filling vacant driver positions.
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Associated Press
Williamstown
Susquehanna Collieries Company
Huns Menaced From Soissons To The Aisne
London reports a morning French attack extended over fifteen miles with good progress and a maximum depth of four miles since Saturday. The Tenth Army pushed ten miles between the Oise and Aisne and reached two miles depth, threatening German positions at Soissons and the Aisne river.
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Associated Press
London
Oise
Aisne
Soissons
Chemin-des-Dames
Flying Circus Arrives in Detroit for Exhibition Flights
A group of eight airplanes piloted by American and British aviators reached Detroit from Toledo this afternoon. Show flights over the city are postponed until tomorrow while aviators attend a public meeting at the local board of commerce and a business dinner tonight. Litut. Alan F. Winslow of River Forest Tl is mentioned with unclear notes.
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Detroit
Board of Commerce
Alan F. Winslow
River Forest, Tl
An Amer
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