Ship of State Gay in Colors for President
The transport George Washington, painted battleship gray and heavily decorated, steams from Hoboken to carry President Wilson and peace delegates to France. A 300-strong crew enclosed the promenade deck in glass, prepared 49 state rooms and a 40-seat dining hall as Mrs. Wilson and the President have adjacent quarters. Louis Ceres and a Biltmore staff will run the galley with fifty assistants under J J Menotti oversight for the presidential voyage.
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New York
George Washington
Hoboken
Wilson
France
Louis Ceres
Hotel Biltmore
J. J. Menotti
the Biltmore
Yanks to Escort President During Visit to France
American troops will serve as escorts and guards of honor for President Wilson during his visit to France and the peace conference. General Pershing ordered officers and men to assist, with Colonel William W. Harts directing arrangements for Paris and Versailles. In New York Nat C. Goodwin underwent eye surgery after an eyewash accident.
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Yanks
France
Paris
Pershing
Versailles
Calais
Wilson
William W. Harts
White House
New York
Nat C. Goodwin
City Pays Heavy Toll in Battle
War Department notices list Harrisburg area servicemen presumed dead or wounded. Private Louis E. Houseal died in England October 1 after being struck by a propeller. Private Roscoe E. Zeigler died of pneumonia aboard a transport October 6. Corporal Cohen killed in action November 4 in the Argonne region. Surviving families noted, including wife Rebecca and infant Lester. Other reports include wounded Corporal Reeser and missing Private Platt.
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War Department
Harrisburg
Louis E. Houseal
Louia J. Houseal
State Street
Houseal
England
Robert
Roy M. Mouseal
Roscoe E. Zeigler
J. Zeigher
Lincoln Street
Steelton
Engineer Corps
Isaac Cohen
North Sixth Street
Cor+poral Cohen
Three Hundred and Fifteenth Infantry
Campsleade
Corporal Cohen
Argonne
The
Telegraph
Rebecca Cohen
Lester Harold Cohen
B. Cohen
Taunton
Mass
Mr. Cohen
John Byron Reeser
J. W.reeser
Lemoine
Reeser
Three Hundred and Sixteenth Regiment
Camp Meade
Enola
John R. Platt
Middletown
Abram Heisey
Elizabethtown
Harvey J. Bowers
New Cumberland
John Graham Gutshall
Carlisle
Plott
Katie Plott
Heisey
Jack C. Smith
South Summit Street
Edward L. Hinkle
Eighth Machine Gun Company
Schwab to Retire From Control of Emergency Fleet
Charles M. Schwab plans retirement as director general of the Emergency Fleet Corporation once President Wilson deems him balanceable to leave. He will not depart before Edward N. Hurley returns from abroad. Schwab aims to rejoin private work after nine months away from his Bethlehem plant.
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Philadelphia
Charles M. Schwab
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Wilson
Edward N. Hurley
United States Shipping Board
Fleet Corporation
Schwab
Bethlehem
U. S. Army Near 500000 Strong in 1920 Estimates
Washington reports a regular army of about 500000 men is provided for in the 1920 estimates submitted to Congress for the year starting July 1. The plan shows pay for 21259 officers and 382667 enlisted, plus 130000 non combatant troops, with a nominal $100 pay item to defer final strength decisions. The Navy budget aims for rapid fleet growth, seeking about 424 million dollars.
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Washington
Congress
Iron in the Blood Promises Strength and Vitality
Dr James Francis Sullivan stresses iron deficiency harms health and energy. He cites Towne and King praising Nuxated Iron as an organic remedy. Manufacturers offer guarantees with local druggists selling Nuxated Iron to restore red blood cells and vigor.
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James Francis Sullivan
Bellevue Hospital
New York
Westchester County Hospital
United States
Charles A. Towne
Eerie Towne
Ferdinand King
Croll Keller
G. A. Gorgas
J. Nelson Clark
Clark’s
Medicine Store
President's War Speech Praises Soldiers and Seeks Woman Suffrage
The president lauded soldiers and sailors, urged passage of a federal woman suffrage amendment, and called for peacetime economic planning. He favored limited business taxation, proposed rail and naval programs, and pledged full cooperation with Congress while briefing on France. He aims for peace with a treaty by spring.
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America
Belgium
France
War Trade Board
Ife
McAdoo
Congress
Soldiers in Steelton raid linked to liquor and underage girl
Police raided the home of Mrs. Adeline Pfeiffer at 312 Bessemer Street, arresting soldiers Stanley F. Hillen and Louis W. Dalton and Pfeiffer and her 16 year old daughter Gladys. The four faced trial before Burgess McEntee amid conflicting testimonies and claims of frame ups.
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Adeline Pfeiffer
Bessemer Street
Middletown
Harrisburg
Stanley F. Hillen
Louis W. Dalton
Pfeiffer
Gladys
Burgess McEntee
United States
Magee
Smith
Bauermeister
Dalton
Hillen
Burell
Burrell
Bauvermeister
Steelton
Military Police
Hilen
Army
Grove
West Side
Gladys Pfeiffer
Wiven
Cressman House
Cressman’s
Eight Hour Shifts Begin At Number One Forge
War end prompts shift changes at local steel plant with No 2 forge moving to eight hour shifts. Police respond to claim of robbery and shooting on West Side. no injuries found. Presbyterian Women plan charity sale at church Thursday. Grace Evangelical to host weeklong evangelistic services. St John’s Lutheran Women’s Missionary Society meets tonight at 7 45. John Pohn, Oberlin native, dies. services in Oberlin Thursday at 2. United Brethren class No 15 to meet at James Book’s Adams Street home tonight.
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No. Forge
N No. 1 Forge
Women's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
Grace United Evangelical Church
United Brethren Sunday School
James Book
Adams Street
Enders Again Heads City School Board in Reorganization
At yesterday's reorganization meeting Robert A. Enders was re-elected president to serve until December 1919. W Frank Witman was elected vice-president after Harry M. Bretz’s absence. Dr C E L Keen declined the post. Enders pledged continued work for the welfare of the district’s thousands of students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Enders
W Frank Witman
Harry M. Bretz
C. E. L. Keen
Witman
Enders
Italian Socialist Urges Peace Without Imperialism
Deputy Giuseppe Canepa, ex food controller, spoke to a Socialist meeting in Rome advocating a Wilsonian peace free of imperial aims. He urged a world without soldiers and fleets and called for destroying any germ of new wars, naming Bissolati as the democratic representative at the peace conference.
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Rome
Giuseppe Canepa
Socialist Party
Bissolati
Reform Socialists
Wilhelm Called Incarnate Devil by Philadelphia Pastor
The Rev. Dr. George F. Pentecost labeled William Hohenzollern an incarnate devil at a Baptist Ministers Conference in Philadelphia. He rejected Darwinian origins as unscientific, claiming humans are miracles, not emergences from animals. Also, Camp Curtin Memorial M E Church Ladies’ Aid plans a rummage sale at 334 and 336 Verbeke Street Friday and Saturday.
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Philadelphia
George F. Pentecost
Bethyany Presbyterian Church
William Hohenzollern
Baptist Ministers’ Conference
First Baptist Church
Seventeenth
Sansom Streets
Mr. Hohenzollern
Ladies’ Aid Society
Camp Curtin Memorial
M. E. Church
Verbeke Street
Pietro
Majestic
Durkin
Dogtown
Rawson
Clare
Jack” Marley
Bird
Beaumont
Fred Stone Stars in The Goat at the Regent Tomorrow
Fred Stone, renowned stage comic, debuts in motion pictures with The Goat at the Regent tomorrow. The film centers on a young iron worker who quits his job to become a movie actor, pairing laughs with a romantic subplot amid a busyvaudeville bill.
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Fred Stone
Harrisburg
Mr. Stone
Dorothy Dalton
Paramount and
Artcraft
France
Miss Dalton
Paramount Pictures
John Barrymore
Noted singer Rosen latt to perform with Stuart Ross at local recital
The article lauds a premier tenor with exceptional range and tone, assisted by pianist Stuart Ross. It lists the program including works by Marcello, Rosenblatt, Liszt, Chopin, Verdi, and Tosti, and notes ticket sales at Miller and Eades and Nathan Gross, 2016 North Sixth Street.
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Rosenlatt
Stuart Ross
Hippodrome
New York
Beneditto Marcello
Birst
Omar Rabbi Elesor
Rosenblatt
Messener
Efi
Bui’ Carr
Liszt
Charbier
Weber-Ross
Chopin
Leon Cavallo
Verdi
Medvedieff
Gretchanieff
Tosti
Miller and Eades
Nathan Gross
North Sixth Street
Chestnut Street
Josef Rosenblatt
Miller & Eades
Market Square
N. Sixth St
First Aerial Weather Forecast Issued United States
The Weather Bureau with the aerial mail service issued the first US aerial weather forecast. It covers New York to Cleveland with snow near Lake Erie and variable winds up to 6,500 feet. By December 15 the system will extend to all territory from New York to Chicago and begin aerial mail service.
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Washington
United States
Weather Bureau
Post Office Department
New York
Cleveland
Lake Erie
Alleghenies
Chicago
Police Chief and His Lieutenant Discharged in Chambersburg
After eight years on the force Chief Augustus Klenzing and Lieutenant Harlan Ambrose are discharged by the borough council. Lack of discipline and dissension cited. Harry B. Byers to be next chief. new lieutenants to be elected soon. Real estate Sales follow in city listings by Charles Adler including multiple three story brick and frame dwellings to various buyers.
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Chambersburg
Augustus Klenzing
Klenzing
Leiutenant
Harlan Ambrose
Ambrose
Eighth Reigment National Guard
Harry
Byers
Charles Adler
Delaware Street
William R. Walter
William W. Gallagher
Kensington Street
W. J. Schubauer
Barnet Handler
Boas Street
Elizabeth A. Moyer
William Woolf
Naudain Street
William Hermann Mueller
David 8. Leitner
Race Street
John Frederick Haas
Tessie Boyner
Cumberland Street
C. A. Hoopes
Ben Michlowitz
Penn Street
Eliza D. Sarah
Ida Levin
North Fourth Street
Albert M. Suckle
William B. Barr
North Nineteenth Street
Freda M. Farr
Lewis Silbert
North Fifth Street
Cyrus Snavely
R.S. Hubler
Herr Street
Mstella V. Cleland
William FE. Mullen
Executrix
Market Street
Sarah J. Boyer
Jto Hyman Rubin
Briefs From the Big News Events
Collection of short items: John F. Clark reelected president of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange with Edward S. Butler as vice president. A warrant to indict ex Kaiser Wilhelm for murder sought in Chicago by Catharine Callan Harden. Hoover calls citizens to aid Allies and liberated Europe. Car men strike in Cleveland ends mediation talks, deadlock. Elizabeth Baksa trial defense to call James Regan from Sing Sing. Joseph A. Henley named postmaster nominee. New York youths aged 16-19 register for military training, possibly 200000. Dutch halt coal exports to Germany in response. Thirteen of fourteen six day bicycle teams completed 686 miles at 1 PM. Browker brothers one lap behind.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Browker Brothers
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John Pohn
George Pohn
Oberlin
Wilhelm
Rawson and
Jack" Marley
Orpheum
Chin Chin
Berlin
Clara Kimball Young
Norman Talmadge
Marion Davis
Tired Stone
Victoria
Italy
Flaming Front
Kitty Gordon
Peggy Hyland
Mrs. Vernon Castle
First Law
Victoria Front
Kemp
Paramount & Artcraft Pictures
Regent
New Orleans
John F. Clark
Kaiser Wilhelm
Catharine Callan + Harden
Hoover
Europe
Elizabeth Baksa
Freemansburg
Helen Hamel
Joseph A. Henley
Erie
London
Germany
Holland
Amsterdam
Baska
James Regan
Ietro
Wizzard
Norma Talmadge
Charlie Chaplin
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Wright
Columbus
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Pipty
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