President Wilson to Outline War Program in Address Tomorrow
Washington reports Congress reassembled for a second war session with formalities. President Wilson will outline the administration program for vigorous prosecution of the war in his address at 12 30 o'clock tomorrow. Estimates of more than 13 billion dollars for fiscal year 1919 were submitted to set the war cost.
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Weather Summary for Harrisburg and Eastern Pa
Cloudy with likely snow tonight and rising temperatures. Tuesday will be fair and colder. Susquehanna River and tributaries fall slowly or stay near rest state. Harrisburg stage about 40 feet Tuesday morning. Atlantic disturbance moves northeast. warmer than Saturday. moon new December 14. Temperature readings show highs near 40 and lows around 34.
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Government Budget Requests Total $18.5 Billion for 1919
The 1919 federal budget requests list by department totals: Legislative 8,026,325 dollars. Executive 65,329,369. Judicial 1,396,190. Agriculture 26,458,551. Foreign intercourse 6,535,072. Army 6,615,936,554. Indian 12,255,210. Pensions 157,060,000. Panama Canal 23,171,624. Public works 3,504,918,055. Postal service 331,818,345. Miscellaneous 1,026,208,317. Permanent annual appropriations 711,166,825. Total 18,504,357,940. After sinking fund and postal returns, 13,018,725,595 remained.
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1919 Budget for U S Greatest in Nation History
Washington reports estimates exceeding 15.5 billion dollars for the 1919 fiscal year, the largest in U S history. More than 11 billion is for the war, financed mainly by Liberty bonds. after debt service and revenue adjustments, funds will flow back to the Treasury from postal revenues.
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Rotarians Back Red Cross Benefit at Majestic Theater
Harrisburg Rotary Club backs Friday Red Cross benefit at the Majestic Theater. The club will aid Boy Scouts in ticket sales over the next days. The nationwide effort uses free theater space and performers to ensure proceeds go to Red Cross work. A $20 pledge spurred broad ticket purchases. a Rotarian committee will coordinate with Manager Hopkins and scouts. A cash prize will honor the top ticket seller. Lee Moss, guest at lunch, offered to direct the public efforts.
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New York to Open Hotel Exclusively for Soldiers
New York announces a hotel for soldiers and sailors managed by the national service commission. The Lodging at 49 West Twenty-seventh Street, Hotel Earlington, is leased from Metropolitan Life for the war period. First class accommodations will be offered to men in uniform at affordable prices once equipment is secured.
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Byng Holds Germans in Three Day Attack
British troops on the Cambrai front report reoccupying trench sections southwest of Bourlon and near Villieres Ghislain after a forceful German barrage. Despite heavy assaults by up to twenty divisions, Byng’s men hold Bourlon wood and the salient north of Moeuvres as fighting continues around Masnieres, La Vacquerie, and Gonnelieu with costly German losses.
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Entire Fager School Gifted to Red Cross
Harrisburg School Board transfers Fager school building to the Red Cross for workrooms and offices. Mrs Lyman D Gilbert announces the action. Four rooms are released for war work while the surgical dressing class moves to the Public Library basement. Messiah Lutheran Church hosts a Lutheran War Commission meeting to organize state fundraising.
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Brick strike injures Steelton worker at furnace
Nicholas Malelick of 165 Christian street Steelton employed at Central Iron and Steel Company was hit on the nose by a brick from a furnace he was working on yesterday. He was sent to the hospital.
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Massachusetts hotels cut waste in October savings
Massachusetts hotels and restaurants followed food administration directives and saved 4600 barrels of flour and 640 tons of meat in October. Frank C. Hall, chairman of the New England committee on hotels and restaurants, reported the figures yesterday.
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American Engineers Aid British To Stem Hun Tide In France
American Army engineers joining British forces near Gouzeaucourt helped stem a German offensive that overran Gouzeaucourt briefly. Many Americans hid in shell holes to avoid capture, then joined British counterattacks as the German assault pressed the line. An American train crew near Villers-Guislain endured shelling and a German charge, escaping only after British counterattack pushed the enemy back.
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seasoned officers train guardsmen in france
American troops in France continue a new training plan under General Pershing. Experienced officers moved to guide former National Guardsmen as they prepare for front line duty. Snow blanketed the American zone while engineers faced bombardments with few casualties. Vance McCormick and Colonel E M House and other mission members visited Paris and are expected to tour the American zone.
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Meatless days and price publicity urged by McCormick
Donald McCormick, Dauphin county food administrator designate, urged public cooperation to curb food gouging through publicity and licensing under Wilson’s act. He said licenses may be revoked for violations. Meatless Tuesdays and Fridays aim to conserve meat and fats for the war effort, with nonmandatory guidance but strong democratic testing of restraint.
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New School Board Opens With Two New Members
The city school board held its annual reorganization meeting with two new members Cameron L Baer and W Frank Witman taking the oath for six-year terms to replace Arthur D Bacon and William A Bell. Re-elected member Harry A Boyer was sworn in and nominations for president and vice president were noted with Enders and Werner as possible leaders. Committee appointments will follow in a few days.
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City Quick to Grasp Chance at Baby Bonds
A Harrisburg man named Lynch rushed into the central post office early today and bought a baby bond worth a share of the $2,000,000,000 fund to pay four percent compound interest. The clerk praised him as a patriotic pioneer in funding Uncle Sam’s war effort. Postal censorship prevented disclosure of the exact amount, with details carried to page 9.
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Conditions Along Italian Front Improve Across Northern Italy
Italian Army headquarters report heavy firing in the last day along the northern line near Monte Pertica between the Brenta and Piave rivers and on Meletta range west of the Brenta. Each side holds portions of these positions. Overall front conditions have improved distinctly over the past week.
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Mayor Keister Bans All Gambling In City
Mayor Daniel L. Keister issued a written order to Police Chief Wetzel to stop any gambling in the city. He stressed a strict clamp on pool rooms, punchboards, raffling matches, and similar venues to ensure a clean administration. Chief Wetzel was instructed to monitor suspicious places and enforce the prohibition.
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Thirteen Convicts Escape Joliet Prison After Beating Guard
Thirteen inmates escaped from Joliet State Penitentiary in the early hours by breaking steel doors and assaulting two guards who were knocked unconscious. Guards fired into the darkness but are not believed to have hit any escapees.
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