Lansing to Appear Before Senate on Mexico Crisis
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee plans to call Secretary Lansing to testify before voting on Senator Fall's resolution to sever diplomatic relations with Mexico. Ambassador Fletcher testified on the Mexican situation and the case of American consul William Jenkins at Puebla amid debate over the best way to protect U.S. interests.
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Senate Committee
Associated Press
Washington
Lansing
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fall
Republican
New Mexico
Wilson
Mexico
Tada da
Falu Luruuay
Henry P. Fletcher
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Senate
Congress
Fletcher
State Department
William ©. Jenkins
Puebla
Former Emperor William Keeps Distant From Trial Odds
London dispatch reports former Emperor William of Germany doubts any Allied trial against him and believes his fate will not change even if tried. He shows no energy to surrender or prepare notes, plans to follow campaigns in Russia with maps, and reads Russian news with interest.
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Ole Fearless Bill
Associated Press
London
William
Germany
Berlin
Daily Mail
Russia
Ash collections to be improved with five new wagons
City ash collections plan a ten day schedule once five new wagons arrive and extra workers are hired. Officials cite past equipment shortages and funding gaps blamed on prior years, with recent $3 500 provided to fund operations. Council members criticized irregular municipal collection and urged a regular schedule.
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Bureau of
Ash Inspection Bureau
er@neil
S. I
Assler
Hurt By Auto In Harrisburg After Collision
Elisworth Thompson of 1312 North Sixth Street, a painter, is in Harrisburg Hospital in serious condition from an automobile crash. He has a fractured skull, fractured right shoulder, contusions of the right eye and additional injuries.
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Elisworth Thompson
North Sixth Street
Harrisburg Hospital
Weather outlook for Harrisburg and Eastern Pennsylvania
Fair and slightly warmer tonight with lows near 20 degrees. Friday likely warmer and fair. Eastern Pennsylvania sees fall to night and Friday with rising temperatures and a southwest wind. The Susquehanna and its branches continue to fall with a 5.3 foot stump level indicated for Harrisburg.
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Harrisburg
Brenarlvania
Susquehanna
Ernie West
Villa capture doubted in border towns
Reports from El Paso after claims of Francisco Villa’s capture near Parral circulated with doubt. Observers say Villa’s wily leadership and disciplined troops make desertion unlikely, while Carranza officials view recent loss of General Felipe Angeles as a hopeful sign for rebels.
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el Paso
Tex
Francisco Villa
Parral
Carranza
Felipe Angeles
Villa
Kiwanis Endorses Harrisburg Hospital Building Fund Plan
The Kiwanis Club endorsed a plan to raise funds to enlarge Harrisburg’s One Hospital during today’s noon meeting at the Penn-Harris ballroom. Col. E J Stackpole Jr and Rev Harvey Klaer spoke on supporting new National Guard recruiting and Americanism while denouncing Bolshevik influence. Dr W A Everhart won the attendance prize presented by Irving Robinson.
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Eee One
Fnds
Kiwanis Club
Penn-Harris
E. J. Stackpole, Jr
Harvey Klaer
Colonel Stackpole
National Guard
Harrisburg
Old Guard
Covenant Presbyterian Church
Klaer
W. A. Everhart
Irving Robinson
Permits Issued For Four New Houses In City
M G Sollenberger secured permits for two brick houses at 2326-38 North Fourth Street for David Bair and Edward Shreiner costing 3500 each. M L Grossman obtained a permit to build two two story brick houses on Green Street near Woodbine for 10000. Edwin D Cramer with EB Wagner as contractor will build a one story brick garage at 1601 Berryhill Street costing 480.
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M. G. Sollenberger
North Fourth Street
David Bair
Edward Shreiner
M. L. Grossman
Green Street
Woodbine
Edwin D. Cramer
EB. M. Wagner
Recruiting for New Guard to Begin at Once in Harrisburg
Active recruitment of men to form Harrisburg units in the reorganized Eighth Infantry Pennsylvania National Guard will start immediately. Washington reportedly authorized a full division designated the 28th Division with officers and men entitled to wear a red keystone on the left shoulder. Harrisburg will be represented by the Eighth Regiment Headquarters and staff, Headquarters Company, Supply Company and one or two letter companies, depending on ex service men and new recruits.
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Herrisburg
Eighth Infantry Regiment
Pennsylvania ‘National Guard
Washington
Pennsylvania
Germany
Eighth Regiment
City Council Maps Eleven Mill Tax Rise For 1920
Officials anticipate raising the present tax rate from 10 to about 11 mills to cover rising costs in 1920. Budget work continues and will be ready for council review next Tuesday. Police pay raises are likely the main increase, with possible strides for fire apparatus in the Fourteenth ward and the Donato fountain project.
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Eclty
Bureau of Police
Donato
Public Invited to Opening Session of State Constitutional Commission
The public is welcome to attend the opening session next Tuesday at the Capitol. No tickets will be issued and no personal invitations have been made. Many prominent figures plan to witness the initial proceedings of the commission led by Attorney General Schaffer.
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State Constitutional Commission
Capitol
Schaffer
Miners Report Flour Price Jump in Message to Palmer
Nanty Glo union miners sent a telegram to Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer in Washington announcing that flour rose to 18 dollars a barrel, up one dollar that day, and asking what he knew about the rise.
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Associated Press
Johnstown
Nanty- Glo
A. Mitchell Palmer
Washington
Dollar an Hour Average Income of W. Va. Miners
Special to the Telegraph from Washington reports that sympathy for the coal miners debate grows as arguments claim diggers of the dusky diamonds are becoming labor profiteers. McAdoo faces criticism for backing 400000 striking miners while others contend miners earn high pay and leave less after living costs.
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W. VA
Telegraph
Washington
Treasury
McAdoo
Fever Stricken British Schooner Adrift Off Atlantic
The British schooner St Clair Theriault, 846 tons, sailing from Weymouth to Maio, with fever aboard and two men with broken legs, is stranded hundreds of miles from shore in the Atlantic. Wireless alerts request immediate assistance from an unidentified steamer. Coordinates given place her midways between major lanes near Lat 42.10 N, Lon 64.40 W.
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Boston
St. Clair Theriault
Atlantic
Weymouth
N. S
St. Vincent
Cape Verde Islands
Maio
Mine Officers Surrender and Furnish Bonds
Indianapolis December 4 The United Mine Workers of America officers led by Acting President John L Lewis surrendered to federal authorities amid contempt charges and posted bonds of ten thousand dollars each. A separate report notes a steel worker Walter Taylor lost part of his foot in an accidental shooting at his home near Harrisburg.
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Lewis
Tdianapolis
Ind
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Federal Building
U. S
Mark Storen
William Green
The
International Organization
Ellis Zearle
Mine Workers’ Journal
Percy Tetlow
Edward Stewart
William Mitch
Middletown
Walter Taylor
Capital Street
Harrisburg
Taylor
Agreement on Higher Miners Wages in Washington
The scale committee of operators in the central competitive field approved a wage increase for coal mining. They raised rates per ton for pick and machine miners in the thin vein district to about 81 and 97.64 cents respectively, higher than the 14 percent figure proposed by Dr. Garfield, with field variations anticipated.
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Washington
Garfield
Harrisburg Police Blotter Shows No Drunk Arrests in November
Police records reveal for November that no arrests involved intoxicated individuals, a first in department history. Total arrests fell to 90 from 157 year earlier while property stolen dropped to 1,193 and recovered 2,140. Auto theft rose with forty seven cars stolen, total complaints 366 versus 202 last year.
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Harrisburg
City Seeks Island Park Bathhouses on Southern Lot
Harrisburg officials consider purchasing or long term leasing the southern end of Har gest Island south of Walnut street for bathhouses. Park Commissioner E Z Gross says Warren H Manning will have complete plans soon and the city will present a bridge company agreement to Council. If not secured the department will relocate plans and complete facilities elsewhere for use by mid next summer.
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Hargest Island
Park Department
Walnut Street
Harrisburg Bridge Company
E. Z. Gross
Warren H. Manning
Gross
Bridge Company
Minister Explains Church Split Over Lutheran Mergers
The Rev. John Henry Miller testified in court about why Holy Communion Lutheran Church did not merge with the United Lutheran Church formed from the General Council and two other bodies. He argued changes in governing rules and constitutional provisions influenced the split, detailing lengthy testimony over two sessions.
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United Lutheran Church In America
General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
John Henry Miller
Holy Communion Lutheran Church
United Lutheran Church
Miller
United Bodies
General Council
Senator Cummins Says Coal Allotment Raised 50 Percent
After a conference with Fuel Administrator Garfield Senator Cummins announced the fuel administrator agreed to increase by fifty percent the coal allotment for Iowa Missouri Nebraska Kansas and South Dakota.
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Associated Pr Jis
Washington
Garfield
Cummins
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
South Dakota
John Smith Urged to Claim Letter in Harrisburg
Harrisburg post office holds a misrouted letter mailed December 2 from Bethlehem Pennsylvania addressed to John Smith. Postmaster Frank C Sites notes there are twenty seven John Smiths in the Harrisburg directory and asks the correct recipient to step forward to claim the missive.
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John Smith
Harrisburg
Bethlehem
Pennsylvania
John
Frank C. Sites
John Smiths
Burned boy named in fatal house fire at Dewberry street
Henry Getty, 9, died from suffocation when Elite shoe repair shop at 14 South Dewberry street burned late last night. The two and a half story building was gutted with 7 000 to 8 000 dollars in losses. Cause of fire not yet determined.
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Henry Getty
Jesse Betty
South Dewberry Street
Government Drops Sugar Control Effort
Attorney General Palmer announced the government will abandon attempts to supervise sugar distribution and sale. After the sugar equalization board dissolves December 31, efforts will focus on prosecuting profiteering in sugar.
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Washington
Palmer
Sugar Equalization Board
State warns on ripe olive brand linked to botulism deaths
The State Food Bureau named Charles Linton to inspect olive supply across Harrisburg Lancaster and York after twelve botulism deaths tied to a certain ripe olive brand. Dairy and food commissioner James Foust and Health Commissioner Edward Martin coordinate the probe in cooperation with agency agents. Separately, reports about River Drive Apartments sale to Commonwealth Trust Company are corrected as mortgage filings caused confusion.
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State Food Bureau
James Foust
Dairy and Food Commissioner
Pennsylvania
Charles (. Linton
Harrisburg
Lancaster
York
Edward Martin
Foust
River Drive
North Front Street
Commonwealth ‘Trust Company
Interest in Champion IP Pight Election Expenses
Intense interest was shown today as candidates filed campaign expense accounts at the prothonotary office. Those who filed included Charles Cunnister, treasurer, and other local figures from Harrisburg and Guadaloupe in the preliminary election reporting.
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Harrisburg
Inna Way
Prothonotary
Charles
Cunnister, Treas
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