Berlin News Rally Urges Masses to Arm for Overthrow
In Berlin on December 9 Dr Karl Liebknecht condemned Friday rioting and called for Red Guards to defend the revolution. He spoke from a statue base in Tiergarten before about 4000 munition workers amid armed machine guns. Premier Ebert and Scheidemann met with workers council leaders as mass meetings multiply across the city.
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Berlin
Spartacus Party
Karl Liebknecht
Tiergarten
Itis
Unter den Linden
Philipp Scheidemann
Kaiser
Tageblatt
Ebert
Workmen’s and Soldiers’ Council
Middletown Youths Charged After Joy Ride Shootout
Four Middletown youths took a car owned by Hoffer Mordun, grandson of C. H. Hoffer, and were arrested by Constable H. B. Kurtz after a late night joy ride. A clash ensued when they returned, ending with Coy being shot twice but not seriously. One constable was struck with a brick. two youths escaped but were later captured.
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Middletown
Hoffer Mordun
C. H. Hoffer
East Mainstreet
Ray Brady
Carl Sinegar
Wallace Voy
Jess Cohen
H. B. Kurtz
Kurtz
Coy
Walter Shaffer Reaches Paris From Hun Prison
Walter J. Shaffer of Dauphin has been a German prisoner since October 8 and is now safe in Paris per a cablegram to his parents. Adjutant Shaffer serves in the French Flying Corps and earned the Croix de Guerre. He authored aviation pieces for the Telegraph, drawing wide attention. An Associated Press dispatch dated December 8 also reports his safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter J. Shaffer
Dauphin
Germany
Paris
Charles E. Shaffer
Adjutant Shaffer
French Flying Corps
Telegraph
Weather brief for Harrisburg and central U S
Rain to night and Tuesday with little temperature change for Harrisburg area. Eastern Pennsylvania sees rain and warmer Tuesday. North, central, and western U S disturbed by a large system over the Rockies with snow in the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes regions. river levels may rise Tuesday in the watershed. Harrisburg stage near four feet Tuesday morning.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
United States
Rocky
Rocky Mountain
Missouri
Michigan
St. Lawrence
Mob tears Hussars from horses in red flag march
The Weser Zeitung reports Schleswig Holstein to be proclaimed soon and describes December 3 clashes at Brunswick where Hussars returning from the front fired on Red Guards. The crowd disarmed the Hussars and forced them to march behind a red flag into the city.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Schleswig- Holstein
Weser Zeitung
Bremen
Brunswick
Hussars
Red
Riverside's Relief Fund Short by Six Hundred Dollars
Relief committee reports 2104.50 raised of the 2304.50 needed for tornado sufferers at Riverside. Seventeen families were found eligible for direct relief repayable as no loan. Repairs and restitution have begun under the committee's direction as funds are sought. Continued on page 114.
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Riverside
Relief Committee
Real estate assessments rise to about 100 million in county
County and city officials report a triennial real estate valuation totaling about 100 million dollars, up from 75.9 million. Increases span multiple districts and wards with coal lands added, prompting efforts to tighten the next year’s budget and compel council to cut unspent items.
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Swatara Township
Susquehanna Township
Hummelstown
Penbrook
Steelton
Middletown
Berrysburg
Dauphin
Derry Township
East Idanover
Elizabethville
Halifax Borough
Halifax Township
Highspire
Jackson Township
Lower Paxton
Lower Swatara
Lykensborough
West Ward
Lykens Township
Third Ward
Millersburg
Second Ward
Paxtan
Reed Township
Royalton
Rush Township
Fourth Ward
Fifth Ward
Upper Paxton
Washington Township
Wayne Township
Wiconisco
Williamstown
Frank B. Sites Promoted to Captain and Adjutant
Frank B. Sites son of Postmaster and Mrs Frank C Sites of 1008 North Sixth Street has been promoted from first lieutenant to captain. The commission dated October 30 places him with the Seventh Division Ammunition Train and as adjutant of his regiment in the army of occupation bound for Germany.
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Frank B. Sites
Frank C. Sites
North Sixth Street
Sites
Seventh Division
General March
Army of Occupation
Germany
Wardworkers announced for Red Cross drive
Harrisburg Red Cross Chapter launches a volunteer drive with about 4,500 workers within the city and 2,500 in surrounding areas. Mrs. J. Bradley Markward heads uptown wards with ward captains named, and downtown oversight rests with Mrs. C. H. Hunter. Continued on Page 16.
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Harrisburg
Frank Sites
North Sixth Street
John Capp
North Second Street
J. A. Sherger
William Strouse
North Third Street
E. J. Stackpole
Front Street
John Kelley
Jank R. Oyster
Hunter
C. H. Hunter
Geneva Thinks Yanks Best Men
A mild sensation runs through Geneva as two American sanitary trains arrive from Lyons to repatriate released American prisoners. Geneva Red Cross notes 550 prisoner trains have passed through Switzerland since the war began, but morale and enthusiasm belong to the Americans. Major Senzel of the Swiss army praises the discipline of the new American army.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Lyons
Paris Plans to Acclaim Wilson in Royal Style
Paris prepares grand welcomes for President Wilson with state dinners opera gala and official calls. He will stay at Murat Mansion upon arrival and meet Colonel House to receive briefing. Parisian schools observe holidays, merchants declare Saturday a full holiday as crowds await the leader’s reception.
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Paris
Wilson
Murat
Bois de Boulogné
Poincare
Mr. Wilson
Hotel de Ville
Colonel House
E. M. House
Maison Blanche de Paris
United States
George
England
Albert
Belgium
Local draft boards to seal all records tomorrow
Harrisburg and Dauphin county draft boards will close and seal their records tomorrow under State Draft Headquarters order. More than 3,000 men were sent to the Army from the city and county, with boards praised as mediators and advisers ensuring smooth operation and no friction with authorities.
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Harrisburg and
Dauphin County
Red Cross appeals aid Harrisburg families delayed in government allotments
Harrisburg mothers and wives of soldiers face hunger and cold as monthly dependents payments lag. Red Cross Home Service receives over fifty pleas for help as Washington delays allotments. Many families lack funds since June or July drafts. some live with relatives, others risk starvation without aid. A congressional inquiry into bureau inefficiency is anticipated. Paris reports nine French prisoners shot at Langensalza in Saxony with fifteen more badly wounded, sparking protest over German reprisals.
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Harrisburg
Red Cross Home Service
Helens. Leib
Home Service Section
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Washington
Th Bureau
Congressiona
Paris
Langensalza
Prussian
Saxony
Berlin
National Bankers Meet as Leaders Discuss Peace Treaty
President Timne addresses day’s annus convention of National Bankeye Association. Officials announced three troop ships due today, including hospital ship with 400 wounded and transports Adriatic and Kroonland. Legal cases proceed in Harrisburg and Perth Amboy, with threats against the President cited.
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United States
Atoll
Armbrose Channel House
Hoboken
Adriatic
Kroonland
British Troops Rush to Halt Cologne Riots
British forces moved quickly to quell fighting between republican revolutionists and imperial adherents in Cologne. Ordered by the bungemaster, troops were dispatched after urgent messages from the city, with plans to occupy Cologne formally on Sunday disrupted by renewed violence.
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Aix le Chapelle
Rhenish
Prussia
Cologne
Vally
Lieutenant Snyder Leads 107th After Captain Falls in Battle
Lieutenant Joseph F. Snyder of 107th Infantry, son of Michael Snyder, led Company M through day after day fighting as German lines yielded to American troops. A graduate of Central High in 1911 and Wharton in 1917, Snyder reported safely in a November 6 letter, following the deaths of the captain and first lieutenant in the last battle. The 27th New York division, commanded by Major General John F. O’Ryan, praised the unit’s valor in a citation read to officers of the 107th.
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John F. O'Ryan
27Th New York
Joseph F. Snyder
Michael Snyder
South Fifteenth Street
Central High
Wharton School
Snyder
107Th Infantry
Captain Douglas to survey tract at Middletown
Captain Harrie A. Douglas formerly of the State Highway Department now with Major Gray at Delaware City will survey the Middletown plot where the Ordnance Depot stands. He may arrive within a week, while preparations were made in Harrisburg. Reports say two more warehouses could be added to the depot as permanent construction plans face delays.
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Harrie A. Douglas
State Highway Department
William B. Gray
Delaware City
Del
Middletown
Dougas
Harrisburg
Ordnance Depot
Gray
Memorial for Lieutenant Alexander Rodgers Jr in Washington
Lieutenant Alexander Rodgers Jr dies in Frances October 24 after three weeks of heavy fighting at St. John’s Church in Washington. He is a grandson of the late ex Senator James D. Cameron.
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Memearny Oo -F
Alexander Rodgers, Jr
Frances
St. John’s Church
Washington
Rodgers
James D. Cameron
Broken Rail Derailed Pennsy Train Headed to Buffalo
A Pennsylvania Railroad train leaving Philadelphia at 7 10 Sunday night for Buffalo derailed two miles north of Emporium. Two day coaches and three sleeping cars left the track. several passengers were slightly injured and taken to Emporium Hospital. Officials believe a broken rail caused the accident.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Buffalo
Emporium
Emporium Hospital
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Liebknecht
Ebert and
Schneidmann
Walter Shaffer
Hun
C. W. Burnett
Burtnett
Summit Street
Bois de Bolougne
War Department
Ner
Bankeye’ Association
Ini
Orvice
John E. Fox
Spitel Parke Cotter
Tarr Labs
A, P. Tappan
Gham
New York
Franz Schwartz
Lebanon
Witmer
Vic
E. LeBarre
Perth Amboy
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company
Isiness
Lieut. Snyder
23Rd Engineers
France
O'Ryan
107Th
Hindenburg Line
Capt. Douglas
Broken
Jacob Ecket
Minnie M. Campbell
David L. Bahner
Jeanie R. Bobb
Piltow
Jene W. Kolb
Frederick
May Slagel
Emmitsburg
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