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Newspaper

Harrisburg Telegraph

Location

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1918

Page

8

Mass Meeting Demands Irish Self Determination At Madison Square Garden

About 25 000 people packed Madison Square Garden and nearby streets as supporters urged President Wilson to push for Ireland’s self determination at the peace conference. Cardinal O Connell and Governor Whitman spoke as a plebiscite backed by the crowd was called for.

Associated Press New York Wilson George Washington Ireland Madison Square Garden Cardinal O'Connell Boston Whitman Peace Congress America

Crews and Assignments for Harrisburg and Enola Areas

Standing of the Crews lists engineers firemen brakemen and conductors for the Harrisburg area with divisions and crews at 3 o'clock and 1:30, including 121 102 126 122 129 and crews for 39 38 37 and 39, plus ward board and Enola side rosters with numbers such as 236 251 232 249 211 240 245 and 104 106 120 116 115.

Harrisburg Philadelphia Shue Miller Condren Blankenhorn Binkley Kline Young Peters Tholan Gunderman Houseal Andrews Ross Small Serge Althouse Westfall McKenley Hatton Stewart Aston Frysinger Wenzel Kuntz Voylesong Bradley Myers Seymour Mower Hannan Given Scharr Bolton Burns Cross Petijean Alexander Silks Yoke Krepps Smith Fisher Leppard Titler Glad Eyde Keever Ford Klerner Crawford Boyer R. B Riffert McCartney Waltz Hall Fry Geiger Russell Owens Patrick Drake Little Attick Bowers Welburn Lake Shawfield Mumma Rhine King Rheam Shant Weaver ENOLA Brown Baltr Hansen Rawell Ewing Lutz Zeid

Men Face Death Penalty in Treason Indictments

Federal Grand Jury in New York returns treason indictments against Herman Wessels alias Carl Rodriger and Albert Paul Fricke. Indictment says Fricke hid Wessels, a German spy, from April 6 1917 to October 29 1918 and procured funds from Germany to aid him. The penalty on conviction is death.

Su YS Apoe Herman Oy Axe Federal Grand Jury New York Herman Wessels Carl Rodriger Albert Paul Fricke Fricke Wessels Rodriger Germany

Railroad Firemen and Engineers List Reading

A partial roster lists firemen and engineers for multiple divisions. Names include Philadelphia Division engineers Kennedy Gibbons, Everhart Cook Spring Shive Floyd Shaffner Dover and Middle Division engineers Keane Crum Crane Buck Shreck Kelly Miller with numerous firemen noted.

Philadelphia Kennedy Gibbons Everhart Cook Spring Shive Floyd Shaffner Dover Middle Division Keane Crum Crane Buck Shreck Kelly Miller Steele Reish Pierce Hunter Harsbarger Howard Wolf Snyder Barr Horning Wilson Morris

Train crew rosters list engineers and firemen assignments

The record shows the six first running crews after 12.15 o clock with numbers 64 68 11 18 62 52, followed by 24 53 21 60 3 67 71 54 5 15 8. Engineers listed include Snoder Stees Lac.

Railroad crew listings for various roles and personnel

A list of names grouped by roles including firemen conductors flagmen brakemen and their associated personnel. The names cover numerous individuals such as Bates Walton Hollenbach Griffith Beecher Sassaman Jones Little Hoffman Lehtner Boyer and others across categories.

Key Bates Walton Hollenbach Griffith Beecher Sassaman Jones Little Hoffman Lehtner Boyer Saul King Eberly Keifer Morrison Wengle Cook Winters Seasholts Erb Atticks Shay Relnnich Burkholder Eshleman Hetrick Shover Ford Leibtreau Gradly Koons Reneker Messer

State Grange Opens Tyrone Session With 1600 Delegates

The State Grange met in Tyrone with 1,600 delegates registered for the opening session. State Worthy Master F. F. McSparran addressed the year's activities as officers reported peace rejoicing and plans for reconstruction work. Gift-

Altoona State Grange Tyrone F. FE. McSparran

Forest meeting speakers address forestry and fires

Ord Pinchot spoke to a public meeting on forestry and forest fires. Judge G W Woodruff of Philadelphia and R S Leeds of Birmingham also spoke.

Ord Pinchot G. W. Woodruff Philadelphia R. S. Leeds Birmingham

Gettysburg To Maintain Military Training After SAC Disbands

Gettysburg College decides to keep military training at the battlefield school after the Students Army Training Corps is dissolved. Trustees discuss the college’s future and likely transfer of cadets into a Reserve Officers' Training Corps. Twenty three of thirty two trustees attended the Zion Lutheran Church meeting in Harrisburg.

Burton F. Blough George B. Kunkel John F. Dapp

Canopic Returns Home With 1474 Yankees

The White Star steamer Canopic arrives off Boston with 47 officers and 1427 enlisted men from overseas. The ship docks in Charlestown and troops will march to Camp Devens. Civilians greet the crew while taps sounds echo on deck. No wounded aboard. one man fell ill at sea. Aviation units accompany the return including Handley Page detachment and multiple aero squadrons.

Boston Graves Light Boston Harbor Charlestown Camp Devens Ayer Canopic Ahlip New York Trenton N. J Texas Providence Sacramento San Francisco Los Angeles Handley-Page Medical Corps

French Minesweeper Seen Safe After Distress

A French minesweeper reported lost in a storm a week earlier was sighted in Richardson's bay by officers of the Midland Prince. The trawler, about fifteen miles off Otter Head and eighty miles from Port Arthur, is believed to have its crew safe but starving, with help dispatched from Port Arthur.

Sault Ste Marie Ont Richardson's Bay Midland Prince Otter Head Port Arthur

Fire Destroys Naval Power Plant at Hampton Roads Base

Fire last night destroyed the power plant at the naval operating base in Hampton Roads Virginia with an estimated loss of 500000 dollars. A strong north easterly wind fed the flames which for a time threatened the entire base. The base fire department confined the fire to the powerhouse after about half an hour of effort. The origin of the fire is not yet known.

Naval Power Plant Hampton Roads Norfolk Naval Operating Base

Stunning New Fur Hats Parade Turbans and Tams

Close to a hundred new fur and satin hats arrive in turbans tams and polo styles. Hudson seal near seal nutria fur varieties priced from 5.00 to 20.00 with brighter trimmings. Dives Pomeroy Stewart advertise Second Floor Front.

Hudson Seal Seal Nutria Dives Pomeroy & Stewart Ewart

Hat Pins and Jewelry Sale List at Dives Pomeroy & Stewart

A street floor display lists hats pins beauty pins lingerie clasps brooches cameo pieces baby lockets and chains friendship circles and more with prices from 50 cents to 2 dollars 50 cents. Dives Pomeroy Stewart is the selling house for the assortment.

Curtain and Drapery Gift Items For The Home

The Curtain and Drapery Section lists rich silk curtains for doorways hair screens fancy pillows and varied colors. Prices range from 2.50 to 15.00 per pair and yard goods from 25 to 125 per yard. Floor screens in fumed oak frame priced 8.00 to 10.50. Third Floor.

Pomeroy

Cloth and Leather Editions of Poetry on Sale

The Book Section advertises cabinet and flexible leather poetry editions at low prices. Standouts include a $1.50 Household Edition with portraits and a $2.00 India Paper edition boxed in morocco leather. Other noted volumes feature Kipling Wilde Browning and Whitman selections.

Cambridge Revenna India Morocco Kipling Tennyson Oscar Wilde Longfellow Whittier Lowell Robert Bowning Walt Whitman Dictionary of Omar Shayyam Berkshire Lowell Longfellow Whittier Tennyson Browning Keats Burns Longfellow Holmes Lowell Scott Shelley Tennyson

Prices for Sizes and Sets of 18 Inch Materials

The listing shows 18x36 inch items priced from 3.50 to 6.50 dollars, 18x45 inch from 5.25 to 8.00 dollars, 18x64 inch from 6.00 to 9.50 dollars, and 18 piece sets from 5.00 to 25.00 dollars.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Emerald Isle Ocean Desk Ors Barnhart Huggins Allen Chapman Rickard Henderson Ashenfelter Jenkins Eichelberger Bruce Bitting McCann Gamber Fake Snoder, Stees Lac Gettysburg Yankees School OF Commerce Business Bell TROUP Market Square Wm. & Mary Design Seay Gach Waldmar Street Floor Erate Adjustante Johnson Cabinet Tennyso Burns Holmes Scott Proctor Bret Harte Holmes Longfellow Whittier Stedman Lowell Tennyson Gilder Whittier Longfellow Tennyson Wordsworth Rob's Browning Shelley Madeira Fevesere Toyland Reed Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Basement
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