French Deputies Vote Confidence in Briand Government
Paris December 7 The chamber passed a confidence resolution in Briand’s war leadership by 344 to 160 after secret sessions and debates. Socialist critics questioned the war's course and asked if the protracted conflict could end. Briand urged unity and sacrifices with allies as he defended government strategy.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Briand
Babeud
Mistral
Constantinople
M. Noulens
Radical-Socialist Party
Sacred Union
Andre Tardieu
Chamber
Temps
M. Milierand
Briand M. Renaudel
Socialist Party
M. Tardieu
Holland and Germany Reach Agreement on Food Exports
An Amsterdam dispatch reports a German Dutch deal on exporting foodstuffs similar to the arrangement with England. The Times notes the agreement may spare Dutch ships carrying food to England from submarine or destroyer interference and includes payment in German treasury notes.
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London
Amsterdam
The
Times
Berlin Voessische Zeitung
Holland
Germany
England
Vossische Zeitung
T Ie
Weather forecast for Harrisburg and eastern Pennsylvania
Unsettled to night and Saturday with likely rain and warmer tonight. Susquehanna River and branches fall slowly or remain nearly steady to Saturday with a stage near 4 feet Saturday morning. Western disturbance tracked from Lake Superior toward the Gulf of Mexico, bringing general rains from the Great Lakes region to the Gulf coast and a general north to south temperature rise east of the Ohio River.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylva
Susquehanna River
Lake Superior
Fey
Gulf of Mexico
Great Lakes
Gulf Coast
Lake Region
Ohio River
French battleship Suffren declared lost with all hands
Paris reports the battleship Suffren, 12 750 tons and 730 crew, left Nov 21 for Lorient and has not been heard from. The minister of marine considers the vessel lost with all on board after involvement at the Dardanelles and damage while attacking Turkish batteries.
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Paris
Suffren
Minister of Marine
Lorient
Brittany
Dardanelles
Toulon
Half Million More Voters For President Than For Supreme Court
Election tallies show Justice E A Walling 569,046 votes and Charles Palmer 250,933 with 77 scattered, total 820,056 for judicial ballot while presidential electors total 1,296,085. In all 475,939 electors voted for the presidential ticket who did not back the nonpartisan judicial ticket.
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Supreme Court
Department of the Secretary of the Common Wealth
E. A. Walling
Erie
Charles Palmer
Chester
Capitol
Note to Germany on U boat crisis and London cabinet shift
A United States dispatch reports a possible new note to Germany to clarify pledges in the Sussex case and armed ships, with Secretary Lansing indicating no final action. Separately, Washington pursues prosecutions for high living costs, focusing on coal speculators as officials review legal procedures. London sources say A J Balfour may head the foreign office, though Liberal opposition questions the choice and Cecil's role.
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Germany
Washington
Berlin
Lansing
Wilson
State Department
Washington, D. C
United States
Anderson
Congress
Glowing Cross Crusade Signals Christmas Seal Drive
The flashing red cross over Market Square last night marked the formal start of Harrisburgs 1916 Christmas seal drive. From now through the holidays schools churches fraternal groups businesses mercantile houses and other agencies join in the annual Yuletide movement to raise funds.
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Market Square
Harrisburg
Tests On Men Aged 45 To 65 In Efficiency Study
Chicago on December 8 reports a committee of fifteen large employers led by Benjamin J. Rosenthal began tests comparing workers aged 45 to 65 with an equal number of younger men. The aim is to challenge the belief that older workers are less capable. Officials of Cumberland Valley Telephone announce a new automatic switch will replace the manual system and go into service Sunday, December 10, with a planned late Saturday night cutover.
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Chicago
Benjamin J. Rosenthal
Cumberland Valley Telephone Company of
Pennsylvania
Federal Square
Camp Stewart
el Paso
Tex
Eighth Regiment
Pennsylvania Guardsmen
Harrisburg
Clement
Eighth
Washington
Company D
Carranza Queretaro
Mex
Alberto Pani
National Railroads of Mexico
Carranza
Rafael Nieto
Constitutional Congress
Farmers to form new Dauphin County Bureau
The Dauphin County Farm Bureau, fostered by the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce, will be a county farmers organization under the chamber’s agricultural committee. No murder trials from the December term are likely to begin next week, though officials declined comment and county circles expect delays.
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Dauphin County Farm Bureau
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
Agricultural Committee of
Chamber
Ad Criminal Court
Loot Found At Home Of Lou Faust In Cincinnati Crime Case
Investigations led by Superintendent of Detectives Windsor and Detective Shuler at 1918 Forster Street uncovered $800 in hidden loot at the home of Lou Faust. Faust and accomplice Mrs Mae Hinmsey remain jailed awaiting trial. The cache included a solitaire diamond ring with Tiffany setting and a cluster design.
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Windsor
Shuler
Lou Faust
Forster Street
Mae Hinmsey
Planners Boost State Plan for Capitol Grounds
Harrisburg planning officials place maps data and tools at the state for Capitol Park extension work. The City Planning Commission commended Arnold W Brunner and Warren H Manning for landscape work and offered all aid to the Commonwealth and Governor Brumbaugh in developing the park zone.
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Harrisburg
Capitol Park Extension
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
City Planning Commission
Arnold W. Brunner
Warren H. Manning
Planning Commission
Martin G. Brumbaugh
Board of Public Grounds and Buildings
State Board of Public Grounds
Arnold W. Grunner
New York
Boston
Capitol Park
Commonwealth
State Board
Caledonia Sunk Reported by Lloyds Agency
London reports the Anchor Line steamship Caledonia believed sunk. The vessel long served the British government, measuring about 500 feet in length.
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London
Caledonia
Lloyd’s Shipping Agency
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