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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1919
Page
1
Preparatory championship of United States hinges on Island Game as visitors from Maine arrive well trained. Players bring own water to stay in peak condition amid contest.
Harrisburg Tech, state scholastic champions, meets Portland Maine High in the United States championship game. The crowd packed Harrisburg with college coaches and stars arriving ahead of the clash as Tech fans cheered the visiting Portland squad amid cold, snowy hopes and a lively Pennia rail station welcome.
Investigation began by the bureau of fire prevention into the death of nine year old Henry Betty in the Dewberry street blaze. He was reportedly confined on the third floor as punishment for truancy, while fire officials say he was missing from the second floor when the building collapsed. Authorities now say the fire started in the Betty home kitchen, not in the Manhattan restaurant, based on woodwork around the stove and room layout.
Nathaniel Strong aged 12 died from injuries after his father Mason R Strong attacked the family with an ax in Passaic New Jersey. The mother and oldest sister Elizabeth were killed instantly and the father died by his own hand. Two sisters remained in regional hospital with head wounds. Meanwhile in New York Frank Storey labeled the mastermind in a securities theft case was arrested on a brief affidavit with $10,000 bail set for Monday examination.
Rain or snow to night and Sunday morning followed by partly cloudy weather Sunday. Slightly warmer tonight with a low near 35. Eastern Pennsylvania sees snow tonight, then partly cloudy with warmer temperatures tonight. Fresh east and southeast winds.
Thousands of gallons of whisky and wines sold at revival of wartime prohibition era prices. Saloons and distilleries filled carts with massive shipments as Judge Faris temporarily blocked tax officials from interfering, releasing over 50,000 gallons valued at 475,000 dollars and prompting rural Missourians to rush to the city to stock up.
Louisville distillers assemble about 1,600 freight cars to ship whisky from Kentucky warehouses. They plan immediate sale of 38,811,160 gallons if the wartime prohibition act is ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court which is to convene Monday. The volume represents more than half of the nation s liquor supply.
In Washington on December 6 mandamus suit by Robert A Widemann of Stony Point N Y seeks to force Secretary Lansing to cancel a state department proclamation claiming ratification of the prohibition amendment to the Constitution. Justice Hitz took the case under advisement. ENOLA FUNERAL. Enola Pa December 6 funeral services for Russell Rider infant son of Mr and Mrs Horace Rider will be held at 1 30 PM. He is survived by his father Charles R and one brother Kenneth.
Washington reports from December 6 indicate Weather Bureau predictions for the week opening Monday call for unsettled conditions across the North Atlantic and Middle Atlantic States with occasional rain or snow.
Informal complaints about late night car shortages after 11 pm spurred Public Service Commission scrutiny of Harrisburg rail service. Officials say they investigate and will add cars if needed. Valley Railways explores an eight cent fare with cheap strip tickets and six and three quarter cent options to boost ridership amid West Shore sentiment.
City health officials and Commissioner Hassler conferred on a program for next year to improve conditions, urged by State Health Commissioner Colonel Edward Martin. Work in 1919 focused on eliminating flies and mosquitoes, with next year’s funding to be requested in the budget. London, Dec. Strong resolutions urging peace with the Entente were adopted by Russia's seventh congress of Soviets in Moscow, with Lenine Trotsky and Tom Paine present on behalf of American Communists.
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce forms a special committee to coordinate state city cooperation for erecting a suitable armory to house seven or eight National Guard units. State funds construction. city provides site. Armory would also serve as a convention hall and civic venue.
The first annual dinner of the Centred YMCA physical department is set for Monday evening December 15 at 6 30 in the gymnasium.
At the Harrisburg Shoe Manufacturing Company on Vernon Street the 11 o’clock siren pauses factory work for 90 seconds of prayer each morning. Initiated by the Minute for Prayer movement and led by David Witmer, the practice continues through the war period and beyond armistice, with the plant now thriving despite staffing limits and a million dollars in uncompleted orders.
Washington December 6 Government administrator Garfield said no coal price increase will be allowed to finance higher miners wages. He noted Ohio Governor Cox proposed a twenty five percent pay rise but insisted prices under the Lever act remain unchanged. Garfield affirmed cabinet support for no wage increase raising coal costs.
Harrisburg merchants announce Christmas opening hours with department stores open Monday Tuesday and Wednesday evenings December 22 23 and 24 Jewelers and clothing stores begin Monday December 15 while Bowman and Company stay closed. The Merchants Council asks shoppers to use daylight hours for service and posters urge early shopping featuring Santa Claus.
Two couples were refused marriage licenses today for being under age and lacking parental consent. One pair, Emmett Batson 23 and Lena Murray 19 of Hagerstown, will reapply next week. The other, Charles Free 17 and Ethel Hoffman 20 of York County, had the girl underage and returned to Maryland.
Washington reports a drop in tension with Mexico after American Consular Agent Jenkins is freed from Puebla prison. Senators Fall and Hitchcock, from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, confer with President Wilson on the Mexican situation and await action next Monday. Fall’s call to sever diplomatic relations remains before the committee along with Hitchcock’s backing if Wilson moves to break with Mexico.
Washington reports the American government maintained its stance on the Jenkins case and had no involvement in securing bail. Secretary Lansing denied rumors that the State Department urged the Mexico City embassy to aid the release. Jenkins learned of his bond after liberation and investigates who was responsible. officials await embassy reports.
The Central Iron & Steel Company and Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending Company will start closing departments as coal runs out. Bethlehem plants near total shutdown risks about 3,000 workers losing jobs next week. Officials warn riverside coal, not federal allocations, will affect power and production, with no clear restart date.
Private advices from Mexico report Carranza troops at Pachuca Hidalgo fired on followers of General Obregon during a public address supporting his presidential bid. No details released. Other dispatches say Eduardo Mestre and Guillermo Navoy, attorneys for American Consular Agent Jenkins, denied treason charges against themselves and four Mexicans defending Jenkins against Puebla governor Cabrera. Carranza called a conference of state governors for December 20.
iCH SCORES 14 IN FIRST QUARTER ISLAND PARK after a fast start. Tech led 14 6 with two goals kicked as Harrispurg’s UK touchdown sequence unfolded. Officers at Harnesboro plan to resume mining next Monday amid Central Pennsylvania coal activity. Philadelphia hosts a tennis title match with Gould defeating Kinsella 6 4 3 6 6 2. Germany warned to sign Versailles protocol, as Washington's stance pressures Berlin. The steel strike fate to be decided December 13 by national strike committee.
Harrisburg area records show marriages filed for H. Baker and Romaine A. Smith, Clinton V. Quensler and Blanche L. McKinney, Charles M. Sprout of Lancaster County and Ethel S. Erb of Bridge, Albert L. Shetlen and Kathryn A. Slesser of Hershey, Yinger and Minale Drayer of Steelton.
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