Afternoon Flashes Of General Events
San Francisco will not witness a strike demonstration next Monday on behalf of Thomas J. Mooney after the labor council tabled a resolution requiring affiliated unions to decide the strike question. Atlanta tribute to Britain’s role in World War I features parades and flags in many cities. London reports Dr James Grack leading Berlin work relief in idle men department. New York notes Clearing House banks hold 70 676 670 in excess reserves, down from last week by 6 495 990. Peking reports American minister Reinsch relaying Washington’s notice to destroy opium now held by China.
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San Francisco
Thomas J. Mooney
Labor Council
London
James Grack
Germany
Berlin
the Express
New York
Senate Gets Revenue Bill From Committee
The war revenue bill, reduced by over $2.2 billion from House estimates, was reported to the Senate by Finance Chair Simons. It proposes a 1919 tax levy of about $5.05 billion, versus the roughly $8.18 billion in the House version passed in September during wartime.
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Washington
House
Senate
Simmons
Finance Committee
Cure for rheumatism after fifty years of suffering
An eighty three year old veteran declares relief from rheumatism after fifty years, crediting The Inner Mysteries book and rejecting uric acid theories. The notice promotes free distribution of the book by H. P. Clearwater of Hallowell Maine and urges readers to request a copy via mail or postcard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashelman
Harrisburg Telegraph
H. P. Clearwater
Hallowell
Maine
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Ad Claim
An advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable remedy to clear skin and boost energy. It claims the product tones the liver and bowels like calomel without dangerous effects and sells widely at 10c and 25c per box.
Appointments in the Discussions at Five O Clock Club Dinner
Philadelphia dinner chatter centers on Sproul era appointments. Rumors link Judge J N Langham of Indiana County to the Superior Court seat, while Senator Charles H Kline may shift to Common Pleas. Ex Mayor Joseph G Armstrong eyed for highway commissioner or labor and industry head. McClain discussed for agriculture secretary. Workmen's Compensation bureau separation revived with Mackey backing.
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Philadelphia
Five O'clock Club
J. N. Langham
Indiana County
Auditor General's Department
John P. Elkin
John W. Kephart
Pittsburgh
Charles H. Kline
Common Pleas
Superior Court
Philadelphia Record
Joseph G. Armstrong
J. Denny O'Neil
Highway Department
Sproul
Armstrong
Labor and Industry
Frank B. McClain
Chicago
M. T. Phillips
Chester County
Commission of Agriculture
McClain
Workmen's Compensation Bureau
Harry A. Mackey
Mackey
Military Training in City High Schools May Be Abandoned
A committee will decide if military training continues in Harrisburg high schools. The Harrisburg Reserves urge discontinuation due to lack of drill space and bad weather. The board also heard of Bell Telephone rate increases and planned salary raises for teachers. The district expects coal purchases to cover the rest of the year with 11,044 average daily attendance.
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K. EK. Dawes
Walter E. Severance
Bo Fager
Harrisburg
Harry A. Boyer
Co. E. L. Keen
Elizabeth Baker
Margaret Sullivan
Maude J. Gamble
Bell Telephone Company
H. H. Baish
State Teachers’ Retirement Board
D. D. Hammelbaugh
Rastatt Rushed Prisons Aid by Red Cross Trains
Paris reports three sanitary trains speeding from Switzerland to Rastatt carrying food and clothing for 2,500 American prisoners. The Red Cross and U S government arrange payment of transport costs with France supplying oil and coal as Swiss rail fuel limits strain German aid efforts. Swiss physicians departed Berne with funds. funds raising in Germany face limits. 300 American officers arrived in Berne yesterday.
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Paris
American Red Cross
Switzerland
Rastatt
American Red Cross Commission
United States
France
Berne
Germany
Dr. J Max Barber to Speak at First People's Forum Rally
The 1918 19 session of the People's Forum opens Sunday afternoon at Wesley AME Zion Church corner Forster and Ash streets. Dr J Max Barber of Philadelphia will speak on The Negro of the Earlier World as NAACP joins the event with notable local leaders and a large crowd anticipated. A special invite goes to soldiers at Paprah Run to attend.
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J. Max Barber
Rally of People’s Forum
People's Forum
Wesley African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Forster and
Ash Streets
Forum
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Philadelphia
Charles H. Crampton
Paprah Run
Vaudeville and Film Listings Across Theaters Tonight
A busy program across multiple venues features Pietro at the Majestic with Some Baby and other acts, Homer Mason and Marguerite Keeler in A Travesty on the Eternal Triangle, the Span ish Goldinis, and Gillen and Mulcahey. The Orpheum showcases The Girl Without a Chance, Chin Chin appears at the Colonial and Regent books Dorothy Gish in At the and Charlie Chaplin in Shoulder Arms. Marguerite Clark appears in Three Men and a Girl at the Stanley and Mrs. Vernon Castle in First Law at Victoria.
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Pietro
Homer B. Mason
Marguerite Keeler
Howard and Saddler
Comediennes
Goldinis
Howard
Seadler
Porter Emerson Browne
Gillen and Mulcahey
McRea and
Clegg
Vernon Castle
Gilson Willets
Victoria Victoria Theater
Norma Webb
Trene Castle
Hugh Godwin
Antonio Moreno
Dr. Webb
J. H. Gilmour
Madeline
Marguerite Snow
Webb
One of Four Brothers in Army Reported Missing
Lewistown, Pa. Dec 7 Mrs Willis Manbeck says one of her four sons in the United States army in France has been missing in action since Sept 27. Ralph Manbeck had been wounded earlier but recovered. two other sons were wounded as well.
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Lewistown
Ipa
Willis Manbeck
France
Ralph Manbeck
Ralph
Western Front
Chaplins at the Colonial Step Into War-Time Screens
Charlie Chaplin and his bride Mildred Harris appear on the Colonial screen in Shoulder Arms and Borrowed Clothes during a three day wedding week. Chaplin’s trench comedy follows a rookie entering army life, training, and deployment, with light burlesque of World War I life.
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Marion Davies
Charlie Chaplin
Mildred Harris
Colonial Theater
Colonial Screen
Charlie Chapin
Charlie
Germany
Miss Harris
Chaplin
Ince Presents Enid Bennett in When Do We Eat
At the Colonial Theater tonight Select’s production The Burden of Proof is shown for the last times. The ex Colonial example features excellent photography and artistic scenic display with strong dramatic emphasis. Marion Davies is also seen.
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Ince
Enid Bennett
Select
Marion Davies
Twelve New Members Elected to Motor Club Harrisburg
Twelve new members were elected at the Motor Club of Harrisburg meeting last night. The club plans active propaganda for road improvement and guiding signs, with many projects to start or be completed by spring, including repair work on the road between Mechanicsburg and Hogestown in Silver Spring township.
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Motor Club of
Harrisburg
Mechanicsburg
Hogestown
Silver Spring Township
Constantin Sternberg to Give Piano Recital in Harrisburg
Constantin Sternberg, a renowned concert pianist, will perform a piano conversazione in Fahnestock Hall Monday evening. The program features his close friends' works and promises intimate commentary on the pieces, drawing eager anticipation from Harrisburg musicians.
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Constantin Sternberg
Harrisburg
Fahnestock Hall
Sternberg
Chin Chin at the Orpheum Starring Four Actresses
Lorraine Lester Mina Davenport Violet Free and Ethel Lawrence perform in Chin Chin at the Orpheum. The pageant features a noted cast delivering light operetta style musical comedy in a historic theater setting.
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Charles Dillingham
Globe Theater
New York
Wills and
Binder
Anne Caldwell
R. H. Burnside
James O'Dea
Ivan Caryl
Pink Lady
Violet
Lorraine Lester
Mina Davenport
Violet Free
Ethel Lawrence
The
Orpheum
Charlie in trenches and a spy from the Kaiser staff
Charlie endures rat infested trenches and continued bombardment as he trains by stealth. After misadventures with his Buddies and German sentries he climbs a tree behind enemy lines and, by disguises and daring, captures a German and resists the Kaiser’s staff, ending bound for Allied lines.
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Charlie
Comedic Car Spin Highlights Military Life’s Humble Moments
A humorous vignette centers on a high powered car driven by a comedian while soldiers witness ordinary daily duties. The piece blends light satire with a respectful nod to soldiering, turning routine events into witty reflections on discipline and dignity.
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Atlants
Peking
Paul 8
Reinsch
Hsu Shih-Chang
U. S. Army & Navy Tablet CO
West Broadway, N.Y
Red Cross
H. O. Holstein
N. C
Verbeke Street
Holstein
National Council of the Order of United American Men
Carrie Holstein
Sam
John Barrymore
Artcraft
the Hun
Vay
Siday
Marguerite Clark
Victoria
Mrs. Vernon Castle
Fox
William &. Hart
Regent
Dorothy Gish
Atthe
George Fawcett
Stanley Theater
Margueriite Clark
Inverra Gra Ie Roine
Miss Clark
Thomas
Chaplins
Colonial
Motor Club
Maxwell
Miller Auto CO
S. Cameron St
Lebanon
And
Mason & Keeler
Robert Sherman
Whitney Collins
Motive Power Athletic Asso
Boyd Sts
Hudson
Phila
Joe” Carson
Allentown
Johnny” Herman
Billy” Logan
Reading
Kid” Raymond
Regent Theater
Roscoe
Fatty) Arbuckle
Out West
Paramount Aircraft
Mack Sennett
Ben Turpin
Charles Lynn
Polly Moran
Marion Davis
PATHE
First Law
William S. Hart
Madame Petrova
Walter Wills
Roy Binder
Sakophone
Kaiser Bill
Bride
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