British Prove New Menace to German Lines
British forces after four days of effort gained little ground at high cost. The Cambrai salient remains a threat to German lines north and south of Cambrai while German artillery shells the area. British artillery broke up enemy concentrations near Gouzeaucourt and Moeuvres as Austro German actions on the Italian front are checked by the Italians. The Apapa's sinking by a German U boat results in eighty deaths and about 120 survivors.
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Cambrai Section
Efort
Cambrai
Byng
Gouzeaucourt
Moeuvres
la Vacquerie
Somme
Cambrai Salient
Asiago
Giudicaria
Brenta
Piave
Apapa
Subarine
Government Operation of Railroads During War Proposed
The Interstate Commerce Commission recommended government operation of railroads for the war duration if Congress does not unify transportation. They also proposed higher rates a government loan and suspension of antitrust and antipooling laws for railroads for the war term.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Interstate Commercce Commission
Commission
Rutherford Youth Jacob M Snyder Identified as Local Son
The body of twenty year old Jacob M Snyder, son of Mr and Mrs Harry W Snyder, was en route to Rutherford from Atalissa Iowa. Police sought his parents who were believed to live on a nearby farm. He left home for the west a year ago and was last heard from in Wisconsin. Reports say he was a chauffeur in Iown city and was struck by a train in that city last week.
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Jacob M. Snyder
Harry W. Snyder
Atalissa
Snyder
Rutherford
West
Wisconsin
Weather Bulletin Harrisburg Area Cold Front Looms
Fair and cold tonight and Thursday with lows near 28 degrees in Harrisburg. Eastern Pennsylvania remains fair and cold. Susquehanna River and tributaries fall slowly or stay nearly stationary with a stage near 3.0 feet Thursday morning. Atlantic coast remains under low pressure in the St Lawrence Valley while Manitoba high pressure dominates central regions. Temperature trend shows a 2 to 10 degree drop from Plains to Atlantic, with 8 am reading 32 and a high of 37 yesterday.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna River
St. Lawrence Valley
Atlantic Coast
Rocky Mountains
Manitoba
North Pacific States
Plains States
Atlantic Ocean
U S Soldiers Realize Task Set Before Them
Colonel House and General Pershing's party inspected the American Army in France. House praised the energy fitness and enthusiasm of the men saying their work could secure the United States for a century. They visited the reserve officers training school and army headquarters before departing for Paris.
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France
Associated Press
I. M. House
General Pershing
Viscount Northcliffe
House
Wilson
United States
Reserve Officers’ Training School
Army
Paris
Low numbered registrants may enter U S Army or Navy
Telegrams from General Crowder announce that draft registrants with very low class and order numbers may be inducted or enlisted outside current local board quotas. Waivers of deferred claims allow immediate examination and camp entry. enlistment in Navy or Marine Corps also possible with board certification. December 15 is the enlistment deadline.
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Geral Crowder
Navy
Marine Corps
Crowder
Naval Service
Army
General Crowder
Milk Samples Show Up Well For First Time In Months
City food inspectors and the city bacteriologist found no colon bacilli in nearly all milk samples tested in November. Thirty-nine samples were checked with only three tests showing bacilli and one below butterfat standard. Dealers with contaminated milk were G. W. Attick and C. A. Hoak with counts ranging from 12 000 to 6 000 per cubic centimeter, while cream tests were mostly above the required fat level, save one from Cc. E. Sheesley.
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G. W. Attick
C. A. Hoak
Austro-German push along Asiago front reported
Rome reports that enemy forces began attack on the Asiago plateau with ten divisions massed by Austrians and Germans. Italian defenses say gains were limited to some positions not impairing the line as heavy artillery bombardment foreshadows a resumed offensive under Field Marshal Conrad von Hoetzendorf.
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Rome
Asiago
War Office
Italy
Conrad von Hoetzendorf
Mayor to Urge 100 Dollar Monthly Pay for Harrisburg Police
Harrisburg mayor Plan to raise police salaries from 85 to 100 dollars monthly in the upcoming budget. He also studies executive department changes for traffic and other reforms as the year opens. Public disgust rises over garbage disposal with proposed piggery or other methods and bids for private collection.
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Keister
Harrisburg
Wetzel
Pennsylvania Reduction Company
Fifth Smallpox Case Reported in City
The fifth smallpox case in days was found today by Assistant Health Officer A. Z Riteman. Susie Jones, 1121 North Seventh, is the victim and the third resident of the house to contract the disease. A number of residents, colored persons, are under quarantine.
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A. Z Riteman
Susie Jones
North Seventh
Two Auto Crashes Injure Man and Boy in Harrisburg
Two accident victims were admitted to Harrisburg Hospital with fractured skulls and serious injuries after separate crashes around 7:15 AM. Squire P. C. Cobb, 68, Wormleysburg justice of the peace and grocer, was struck by a streetcar on Second Street at Verbeke, his Ford delivery car crushed and dragged. Leroy Metzel, 18, son of George Metzel, was struck and dragged onto a sidewalk on Fulton Street by Earl Smith's Ford truck, suffering head injuries possibly including skull fracture. Both are listed in serious condition and may not recover.
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Harrisburg
Squire P. C. Cobb
C. W. Smith
Earl Smith
Fulton Street
Sayford
Fulton and
Smith
Congress Considers War With Austria Hungary
Congress moves to declare war on Austria Hungary with a joint resolution aligned to President Wilson and State Department aims. House and Senate leaders expect swift action, as support grows for including Turkey and Bulgaria in the war effort. Senator LaFollette dissented from yesterday's presidential demonstration while Senator Stone backs strong prosecution of the war.
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Flood
House Committee
House
Senate
Wilson
State Department
United States
House Foreign Ananrs Committee
Austria-Hungary
Turkey
Bulgaria
Pittman
Germany
LaFollette
Stone
Foreign Relations Committee
Austria
Italy
Mrs Brumbaugh Seeks Sweaters for Seventy Soldiers
Governor Brumbaugh cites Mrs Brumbaugh’s drive to clothe seventy Harrisburg Steelton and nearby soldiers lacking sweaters before Christmas. She has the boys names and addresses but cannot publish them while urging local help to send sweaters to listed recipients.
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Red Cross
Martin G. Brumbaugh
Harrisburg
Steelton
France
Pennsylvania Railroad brakeman killed near Parksburg
Glenn K R Bridger 2940 brakeman for the Pennsylvania Railroad was killed today at Parksburg Chester county. Details are scarce but it is believed he fell from the train and was cut in two. Bridger resided at 214 Kelly Street.
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Glenn KR. Bridger
Pennsylvania Railroad
Parksburg
Chester County
Bridger
Kelly Street
Wilson message warmly praised by London press
London papers give prominent treatment to President Wilsons address to Congress. The Daily News lauds the call for peace based on generosity and justice. The Times praises clarity, rejects compromise, and warns pacifists. The Daily Graphic questions German opinion impact and emphasizes defeating Germany.
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Wilson
London
Associated Press
Congress
Daily News
Alliance
Great Britain
France
Italy
Russia
Times
Pacific
America
The
Daily Graphic
Germany
Congress Urged to Provide Extra Five Billion in War Costs
Secretary McAdoo reports a deficit of 5.13 billion dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918 beyond taxes and bond issues. If funded by new bonds, total securities may reach about 9.97 billion in seven months. For 1919 the excess is projected at 7.63 billion amid huge war expenses and Allied loans.
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Washington
Congress
McAdoo
America
Secretary of the Treasury
Ye Ed Closes Shop and Stalks the Deer Regardless of War
Liverpool Pennsylvania editor George W. Deckard will not publish the Liverpool Sun this week as he hunts deer near New Germantown. The customary Christmas to New Year gap will not be observed this year due to the omission of the usual issue.
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Liverpool
The
Liverpool Sun
George W. Deckard
New Germantown
Deckard
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