Passports for Ford party to neutrals only
Secretaries and passport officials weigh how to handle requests from the Ford peace party. The State Department announced that passports will be issued only to neutrals for travel, not to belligerent countries. The policy signals the government treats unofficial peace missions as nonurgent business, with few applications for belligerent travel. Inez Milholland Boissevain was refused a passport due to her husband’s foreign citizenship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Lansing
Peace Party
Henry Ford
Europe
United States
Passport Bureau
State Department
Inez Milholland Boissevain
Explosion at Madison munitions plant causes heavy loss
A fire at the French Battery and Carbon Company plant in Madison Wisconsin last night, likely from an explosion, caused about 100000 dollars in damage. The firm makes dry cell batteries and has a strong European business supplying the Allies. Police investigation underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Madison
Wis
French Battery and Carbon Company
Europe
Merchants Urged to Co operate for Holiday Ads
Advertisers are asked to cooperate with the newspaper during the busy period from now to Christmas by providing copy the day before publication. This helps ensure the best service and that all editions are captured. Call the ad man the day before.
Harrisburg Area Weather and River Forecast
Fair and cooler tonight with lows near 28. Friday and Saturday expect little change in temperature. Susquehanna River and its branches remain near stationary at about four feet, with a slight fall. Temperatures ranged from 24 to 39 degrees, with 32 at 8 am and sunset around 4:40 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Lusquehanna
Ford Letter to Harrisburg Chamber Moves War End Effort
Henry Ford sent a letter to the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce stating a determined effort will be made to end the war. The letter does not invite the chamber to send a representative on the Peace Boat. The communication signals ongoing peace movement activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ford
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
Jitney Regulation May Limit Costs Under Review
City Commissioners consider changes to jitney rules at Tuesday meeting. A $5,000 bond per driver creates concerns about feasibility. officials seek a total cost not exceeding $100 including license and bond. They favor firm regulation but oppose driving jitneys out of business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
Garrison Calls Taft Philippine Charges Reckless and Unjust
Secretary of War Garrison condemned ex-President Taft’s charges against the Democratic administration in the Philippines as unjust unfounded and reckless He defended Governor General Harrison and said records show the public service was not demoralized and that Taft’s generalizations can only be met by denials
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Philippines
Garrison
Harrison
Islands
Deer Kill Surge on Opening Day Across Harrisburg Area
In Pennsylvania, at least 100 deer were killed within 150 miles of Harrisburg on opening day. Reports from camps indicate many nimrods succeeded, though no Harrisburg hunters are listed. Local observers note favorable conditions and activity from various camps for a weeklong hunting period.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Federal Reserve reports mixed but improving national business
Reports from Fed reserve agents across districts indicate overall improvement in business conditions. Boston notes only slight gains with looser cost controls as spending rises amid higher employment. New York cites stronger retail demand and heavy steel orders, while Philadelphia, Cleveland, and others report better activity, wage increases, longer hours, and high steel prices not seen since 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Federal Reserve
Noyer
The
Reserve Board
Boston
Reserve
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Fragments of 20 Bodies Torn in Powder Explosion
In Wilmington Delaware on December 2 authorities arranged the fragments of the thirty victims from the Du Pont Hagley yard blast for burial. Twenty will be laid to rest separately from homes of identified victims while ten will share one coffin with inscriptions. Collective services for the ten will be held next Tuesday at the Hagley community house. Interment is at Silver Brook Cemetery. No cause or federal investigation details have emerged.
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Associated Press
Wilmington
Del
du Pont Powder Company
Hagley Yard
Hagley Community House
William H. Laird
Christ P. E
Silverbrook M. E. Church
Italians Plan Expedition to Albania Revealed by Sonnino
Rome reports foreign Minister Sonnino hinted that Italy may soon send an expedition to Albania, promising to wave the Italian flag from the opposite Adriatic coast to aid the Serbians. In Philadelphia the Merit System in public office gains traction per the National Civil Service Reform League, urging end to spoils ties and Senate involvement in appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Rome
Albania
Sonnino
Adriatic
Philadelphia
Council of the National Civil Service Reform League
Senate
Professor Nearing to Speak in Mechanicsburg
Professor Scott Nearing of the Wharton School, dropped from UPenn this year, will lecture December 11 at Columbian Hall Irving College Mechanicsburg on The Kingdom of Man. He has just been named dean of sociology at the University of Toledo Ohio. The talk is under the Megazine Club auspices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Nearing
Wharton School of Commerce and Finance
University of Pennsylvania
Columbian Hall
Irving College
Mechanicsburg
Nearing
University of Toledo
Ohio
Mechaniccsburg
Cowden to Submit Market St Subway Plans on Tuesday
City Engineer M B Cowden plans to submit proposals to the City Council for widening Market street subway from forty to eighty feet. The project includes new approaches from Fifth Street and Straw berry Street, and steps from Cowden Street, with grade reductions and curve improvements. Joint city railroad cooperation is noted. cost details are withheld pending full report. Miss Jane Addams, Hull House head, is hospitalized with an undetermined illness but not considered alarming. recovery expected in several days.
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Enola
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
West Fairview
Wormleysburg
Conodoguinet Creek
Wormsleyshoro
Rand
Cowden
Market St. Subway
Market Street
M. B. Cowden
Fifth Street
Strawberry Street
Cowden Street
M. Harvey Taylor
City
Chicago
Jane Addams
Hull House
Miss Addams
Withdrawal from Serbia Front Signals Balkan Shift
Military moves in the Balkans show a transitional phase that may precede a German offensive. Von Mackensen's forces reportedly withdrawn from the Serbian front in Bulgaria, with contention over whether future strikes target Franco British troops or Russians. Bulgaria and Austro Germany claim Serbia campaign is finished, claiming over 60 000 captured in November. Montenegrin frontier fighting continues at heavy cost while Greek army remains mobilized.
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London
Balkans
Serbia
Bulgaria
von Mackensen
Priszend
Vienna
von Koevels
Montenegro
Athens
Greece
Yale Football Map: McCormick Heads Committee
Vance C. McCormick former Harrisburg mayor and Pennsylvania governor candidate is named to lead Yale’s football effort with Brink Thorne and John Kilpatrick of New York. The trio will advise Yale’s gridiron department as the program foundation moves forward.
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Vance C. McCormick
Forcer
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Yale
Brink Thorne
John Kiilpatrick
New York
New Haven
Falls in Love With Her Photo Now They Are Wed
A photograph in Chama New Mexico sparked a romance between Blanche Kauffman of Mechanicsburg Pennsylvania and Miguel A Gonzales a wealthy cattleman near Abiquiu New Mexico. They wed yesterday at Central Presbyterian Church and will visit Mechanicsburg for Christmas with the bride’s parents.
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Denver
Col
H. D. Sewell
Chama
N. M
Blanche Kauffman
Mechanicsburg
Miguel A. Gonzales
Abiquiui
Central Presbyterian Church
Gonzales
A. G. Kauffman
South Market Street
West Shore Improvement League planned by Camp Hill council
Camp Hill borough council will take definite action on forming a West Shore Improvement League at its Thursday meeting. Carl K. Deen and Robert L. Myers will report on plans to gauge citizen sentiment in Cross River towns for opening an improvement district and discuss coordinating with Harrisburg planners.
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Messrs. Deen and Myers
Cross River Towns
Robert F. Gorman
West Shore Improvement League
Camp Hill Borough
Carl K. Deen
Robert L. Myers
Harrisburg City Planning Commission
Rea
West Shore
Valley Railways Company
Camp Hill
Park Avenue
Fort Washington
Two More British Steamers Sunk by Submarine Attacks
London reports say two British steamers the Colenso and the Orange Prince were sunk by German submarines. Colenso of 2,582 tons sailed from Middlesboro October 28 bound for Wall i where she arrived October 31 for Bombay. Orange Prince of 2,296 tons was at Liverpool October 7.
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Associated Press
London
Colenso
Orange Prince
Middlesboro
Wall l
Bombay
Liverpool
53 British steamers sunk in November reports
London reports to the Board of Trade show 53 British steamers with a net tonnage of 61 072 sunk in November, with 646 lives lost. A further 35 sailing vessels of 4 977 net tonnage were lost with six lives. Of the steamers sunk, 20 were by German warships and 10 by mines, but 497 deaths occurred on ships sunk by German warships. Figures reflect reports received, not total month casualties.
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Associated Press
London
Board of Trade
Detectives Work as Coal Trimmers in Effort to Find Cause of Fires
New York dispatch reports federal and city detectives disguised as coal trimmers aboard steamships loading munitions bound for entente allies. They investigate fires in coal bunkers amid claims of a new chemical compound that may ignite coal spontaneously. A Rochambeau voyage and a near record snowfall are noted.
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Associated Press
New York
Federal
City
Rochambeau
Bordeaux
Nho Wrote That The Telegraphs Literary Contest Continues
Fragmentary OCR notes reveal a cryptic literary contest entry with lines on temptation knowledge and dress, plus a marginal couplet about brothers and a whitewashed wall. The garbled text references themes of pride vanity and sheltering the infant mind.
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Conodoguinet
Susquehanna Valley
Atlantic
Staten
New England
Florida
Chamber OF Commerce
Philippine
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Sergeant
Tus
France
Toronto
Alba
Nia
Monte Negro
Y. C. McCormick
Harvard
John R. Kilpatrick
Walt
Nho
the Telegraph
Munoz
Winslow
San Diego
Monastir
Paris
Salonika
Florina
Sir Spencer Ponsonby-Fane
Spencer Ponsonby- Fane
Wash
Ington
Wilson
Maren
Gol
Hull
Goodwin Sands
Berlin
Teutonic Forces
Plevije
Jabuka
Boomer
W. Va
Boomer Coal and Coke Company
Waashingspol der
Wwille
Mexico
Lices Anghiuly
Carranza
Guaymas
Cnup
Teaghe
Joim
Me W. Howers
Summerdale
Helen A. Dostman
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