U.S.-British World Control Sought as Peace Plan
Senator John Sharp Williams proposed a league of nations led by the United States and the British Empire. He argued it could dominate sea power and raw material control to enforce peace, a view seen as possibly inspired by President Wilson. Senators reacted with interest to the idea in the Senate today.
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Washington
League of Nations
United States
British Empire
Senate
John Sharp Williams
Foreign Relations Committee
Wilson
Schwab plans for peace work and readjustment
The article details Schwab's shift from war to peace production at the Steelton plant as government contracts face cancellation. It notes estimated $500 million government orders and possible $200 million cut, with Emergency Fleet Corporation reimbursements for plants already engaged on contracts. Edward Hurley commends Schwab and invites outside aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Schwab
Steelton
Charles Pier
Hurley
Fleet Corporation
Saloonmen Blamed for Bootlegging Amid Army Leave
City officials blame saloonkeepers for continuing bootlegging as soldiers return home on leave. Mayor Keister notes discipline relaxation after the armistice and urges continued crackdown, citing fines on bootleggers and efforts by hotel proprietors to curb the practice.
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Keister
Army
Navy
Administrator's Notice for Elizabeth Holland Estate
Letters of Administration granted to Central Trust Company of Harrisburg Pa. All persons having claims against the decedent must present them and all debts should be paid promptly to Central Trust Company at 1230 North Third Street Harrisburg Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Holland
Harrisburg
Central Trust Company
North Third Street
Rail service to be improved under McAdoo plan
Director General McAdoo announced restoration of normal passenger service and addition of trains in coming weeks. He said federal control will prioritize best possible service and will not restore privately run, competitive trains. Plans include winter service to California, Florida, and southeastern states.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
McAdoo
California
Florida
Wilsons Advisers of Industry To Meet With Him in Sessions
The industrial members of President Wilsons war cabinet will join him in Paris to advise at the peace conference on economic and reconstruction issues. The group includes Bernard M. Baruch, Harry A. Garfield, Vance C. McCormick, Edward N. Hurley, and Herbert C. Hoover also in Europe.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Vance C. McCormick
War Trade Board
Edward N. Hurley
The
Shipping Board
Herbert C. Hoover
Europe
Hans Not Wanted Here Immigration to Be Curbed
Opinion argues Germany should face immigration limits after World War I. It condemns German soldiers for looting and violence while urging strict screening for those seeking to enter the United States. It claims most Germans are not decent and calls for barring those with atrocity ties.
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Hans
Germany
Europe
Austria-Hungary
America
Deaths and Funerals in Harrisburg Area
Multiple obituaries note the deaths of Chester Lloyd Pleam 21 of 1438 Zarker Street and Samuel K. Furman 56 of 27 North Sixteenth Street from illness and pneumonia. Funeral services are planned with private viewings and burials in Marietta Paxton Cemetery and Duncannon. Other notices include Charles Allen Light of Lebanon and Mrs. Leona Stauffer of this city.
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Chester Lloyd Pleam
State Arsenal
Adjutant Generals Department
Zarker Street
Mr. Pleam
Marietta
Conway Hall
Carlisle
Second Reformed Church
Pleam
State High Way Department
Reuben KR. Pleam
Chestnut Street
Alfred N. Sayres
Ioover and Sons
Samuel K. Furman
North Sixteenth Street
Walter S. Dunlop
Market Square Baptist Church
Perseverance Lodge
A. M. Gurial
Paxtany
Furman
Pennsylvania Stailroad
Ethel II
Henry
Catherine
Paul H.ure
Wednesday Club Chorus asked to return music
The Wednesday Club Chorus members are asked by director Mrs. Wilbur F. Harris to return any Christmas song books taken from rehearsal last evening. Members should also call at the Y M C A for new music prepared for next Monday's rehearsal.
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Wednesday Club
Wilbur F. Harris
Mackey Addresses Congress on Reeducation of Industrial Cripples
J A Mackey chairman of the Workmen's Compensation Board spoke in Washington before a Congressional committee on the Reeducation of the Industrial Cripple. He was invited to discuss the Smith Dank head bill, seeking federal funds for state reeducation programs.
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Harry A. Mackey
Workmen's Compensation Board
Washington
Congress
Little Son Sends Pershing a Christmas Box
Warren Pershing packed a Christmas box for General Pershing with a layer of candies, candied fruits, a knife, three linen handkerchiefs and a pair of silk socks, all fitting the overseas gift size rules. The gesture mirrors the era's tradition of soldiers receiving care packages from home.
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General Pershing
Warren
Markets New York Stocks Chandler Brothers and Company
Chandler Brothers and Company, listed on both the New York and Philadelphia Stock Exchanges, appears among the market movers in early trading. The brief notice notes the firm as a crosslisted member with activity on three North markets.
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New York
Chandler Brothers and Company
New York and Philadelphia
North Mar
Markets and Prices Across Fresh Produce and Livestock
Philadelphia beef and produce prices show steady to higher trends for wheat corn sugar and butter while live poultry and pork markets reflect weaker to mixed conditions. Chicago hog and cattle receipts are large with firm to higher values and Board of Trade closes for corn oats and meats indicate ongoing price movements.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Bee
Hull
Pennsylvania
Cees
Curren
Wester
Gxna Apsle
Roousters
Porie Tuithels
LU leBuUlus
JU Gywor
Long Island
New Jersey
Hensy Iva Ie
Western
We Bet
Delaware
Maryland
Michigan
Lorida
Florida
Bess
North Carolina
South Carolina
Kansas
Erie
Petia i Metny
Nowrade
Tierces
Lée
Chicago
U. S. Bureau of Markets
Chicago Board OF Trade
Board of Trade
German Plots Laid Bare In Senate Probe
Senate hearings reveal secret files from Count von Bernstorff era detailing German efforts to keep Americans in munitions work, fund propaganda, and influence public opinion. Bielaski cited Lebens bureau networks, consular orders, payments, and connections to Hearst papers in a broad anti Allied campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Councilmen to Meet Nightly to Finalize Budget
City commissioners plan nightly sessions next week to prepare the appropriation ordinance for the coming year. The first meeting date is unsettled with a possible late week start, or postponed to Monday if bureaus miss estimates. Major planned expenditures include 25000 for widening North Third street and 13500 for Fourteenth ward water mains, with expected ash collection cost increases under new specs.
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Acc
North Third Street
Walnut
North Streets
Fourteenth Ward
Buller Addresses Harrisburg Silk Mill Girls
N. R. Buller state fish commissioner spoke to several hundred young women at the Harrisburg silk mill noon meeting. He outlined his department’s work and the role of fish as food during war. He described stocking streams and lakes and protective measures to sustain supplies.
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N. R. Buller
Harrisburg
Mr. Buller
Renewal of the Armistice Negotiations Initiated
Mathias Erzberger announced that France requested German generals to designate plenipotentiaries to discuss prolonging the armistice. The German and French delegates will meet in Treves on December 12 and 13 to renew terms.
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Berlin
Amsterdam
Mathias Erzberger
Treves
Wormleysburg Man Is Reported Dead in Action
Charles Heuck, 26, of Wormsleysburg, corporal in Company C 316th Infantry 79th Division, killed in action in France in early November. He entered service last year, trained at Camp Meade Maryland, and then went to France. Survived by sister Miss Elsie Houck and brother Lloyd Hauck, both of Wormleysburg.
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Charles Heuck
Wormsleysburg
316Th Infantry
Army of Occupation
France
War Department
United States Service
Camp Meade
Elsie Houck
Lloyd Hauck
Wormleysburg
Coffee Prices Jump Three Cents a Pound
Wholesale quotations for coffee rose three cents per pound amid wartime strain with local dealers unable to explain the move. The increase signals a similar rise for retail buyers and reflects market pressures of the era.
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Williams
MADOO
Samuel K. Plaman
Charles Allien Lig
Charles Allen Light
Lebanon
Lebanon County
Familly
Harry Allen Light
Simon P. Light
Hartisburg
Ile
Leo_ Stauffer
Sarah BH. Smiley
Sarah G. Imney
Henderson Smiler
John E. Heller
Altoona Avenue
Dinota
Gleam
Enola
J. A. Mackey
Little Son
Daddy Pershing
Warren Persiino
Ket Square
Pine Street
Allis Chalmers
Baeteenes
Am Car and Foundry
Amer Smelting
Amer Woolens Pee
Tate Eeee
Lve
Goodrich
Great Northern
Tag Inspiration Copper Tees
International Paper
Tees
Bat
Kennecott
Kansas City Southern
Lehigh Valley
Maxwell Motors
Oid
Mex Petroleum
Steeeee
Miami Copper Tee
Midvale Steel Weemeee
New York Central
Southern Pacific Tee
Studebaker
U S Steel
Utah Copper
Westinghouse
Willys-Overland
Chicago Cattle Hy
S’ress
Count von Bernstortin
A. Bruce Bielaski
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Bielaski
Karl F. Fuehr
Fuehr
H. F. Albert
Albert
Cedarhurst
N. Y
Samuel Untermyer
Hans Lebeau
Lebeau
Bernstorff
Allentown
Theodore Otto
von Papen
New York Staats Zeitung
B. H. Ridder
Probe Net
Buchanan
Gerness
Otto
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Treasury
Reichstag
Overman
Activiies
Bolo Pasha
Bolo
Hearst
Adolph Papenstadt
Luugle
Pasha
Boloang
Dpodadly
South
Thy
Bieluski
Labor
National Peace Council
Biel
Samuel Jompers
American Federation of Labor
Han
Printers and Publishers’ Association
Hughe Sweitzer
Max W. Steur
Emil Kippel
Henry Wisemann
William Randolph Hearst
Bielask
Hearst Hunt
the Telegraph Printing CO
Foch
Marshal Foch
Hylan
Embo
Zembe Temple
Chestnut Street Hall
Imperial Council
C. E. Covert
F. J. Smith
DJ Beer
Locust ST
State of
Employees Loan Society
Bergner Building
Third and Market Streets
Wall Street
Indy
S. Re
Dictionary of Wall Street
Ady
Third St
Bell
Prator Priva Wires
Irisbura
National City Company
Chestnut St
Harrisburg, Penna
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