Wilson Saluted By Frenzied Brest Crowd On European Soil
President Wilson landed at Brest aboard the George Washington amid thunderous artillery salutes and cheers, then rode to the station and thanked Mayor Gonde before leaving for Paris. The arrival featured a grand naval pageant with American and French ships and a vast crowd in Breton dress.
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Associated Press
Brest
President Wilson
George Washington
Paris
No. 3
Tribune
Wilson
Gonde
Pennsylvania
Wyoming
Mayo
Sims
Arkansas
Florida
Utah
Nevada
Oklahoma
New York
Texas
Arizona
Old Breton
Stephen Pichon
Georges Leygues
Ministry of Marine
Andre Tardieu
United States
Sharp
E. M. House
John J. Pershing
Tasker H. Bliss
Council Eyes Kept-Down Tax Rate for 1919
City department officials prepare estimates for next year as Commissioners plan a first meeting Monday to review appropriation items. Tomorrow bids will be opened for ash and refuse collection with expected cost rise if weekly winter and semimonthly summer pickups are adopted.
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F. Hassler
News of Peace Cures 2000 Yanks of Shell Shock
Surgeon General Ireland told the Senate Military Committee that more than two thousand American soldiers in France with shell shock improved after the armistice news. Of 2,500 cases, all but about 300 were well almost immediately.
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Associated Press
Washington
France
Ireland
Senate Military Committee
E D Hilleary Appointed Assistant General Freight Agent
Announcement was received today of the appointment of E. D. Hilleary of Harrisburg to be assistant general freight agent of the Philadelphia and Reading the Atlantic City Railroad and Port. Continued on page 6.
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E. D. Hilleary
Harrisburg
Philadelphia and
Reading
Atlantic City Railroad and Port
Middletown soldiers claim best Y hut in the country
Aerial camp Y hut at Middletown run by soldiers with civilian help and L. V. Bergen as Y secretary is praised as the best in the nation. A Telegraph reporter confirms its cheerful, home like facilities including stage, player piano, Victrola, dancing, movies, cards, and library.
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Washington, D. C
New York
Buffalo
Middletown
L. V. Bergen
Y. M.C. A. War Council
Aero Squadron
Fellows
Gaither Sues to Bar Governor as State Historian
Walter H. Gaither private secretary to Governor Brumbaugh filed suit in Dauphin court seeking an injunction against the State Commission of Safety and Defense. The action would bar the Governor from acting as historian or drawing pay for war history work and names commission members who authorized his appointment. The writ is returnable in fifteen days with answers due in thirty.
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Walter H. Gaither
Tener
Dauphin County
State Commission of Safety and Defense
Brumbaugh
Pennsylvania
Tm Equity
Suits For 45 000 Brought Against Central
Neil Maloney and Norman Skillen sue Central Iron and Steel Company for 20 000 and 25 000 respectively alleging gas fumes caused disfiguring burns while painting stock at the plant on August 15. Maloney claims he instructed workers not to gas the stocks and was also burned. Skillen fell after exposure and was severely burned. Maloney aided him and suffered burns himself.
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Central Iron and Steel Company
Neil Maloney
Norman Skillen
Maloney
Skillen
Edwin H L Fisher Named Will Register in Dauphin County
Governor Brumbaugh appoints Edwin H L Fisher of East Hanover as register of wills to replace the late Roy C Danner of Susquehanna township. Fisher, longtime county official and East Hanover resident, will seek the full-term next fall and was praised by many across Dauphin county. He has been a teacher, assessor, roadmaster, and state representative aide, with wide local connections.
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Edwin Hi. Fisher
East Hanover Township
Brumbaugh
Roy C. Danner
Susquehanna Township
Fisher
Penbrook
Danner
East Hanover
Dauphin County
Register of Wills
Lebanon County
House of Representatives
German Helmets and Trophies Fill City Mails After War
Harrisburg youths and families accumulate war relics from World War I battlefields. German helmets and shoulder straps mark the bulk of trophies shipped home, including belts with Gott mit Uns. Relics cost about twelve cents per pound from modest wages, with shipments peaking soon after the armistice.
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Harrisburg
United States
Clarrisburg
City officers ordered to arrest all raping or raffling acts reported
The District Attorney and Mayor Keister warned that any complaints of turkey raping or raffling in the city or county will be investigated immediately with arrests. Police were directed to enforce statutes and act on any such reports.
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Keister
Cuban Strike Settled Ends Call for Immediate Return
Havana reports the directing committee rescinded the general strike order and workers are to return to their jobs immediately. The action ends the standoff and restores normal operations across affected sectors.
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Havana
Harrisburg War Pictorial Committee Seeks Views
William C Alexander chairing Harrisburg war pictorial committee requests photographs of war views parades troops on the march and other wartime activities for the national historical records. Col C W Weeks leads the Washington project with aim to represent Harrisburg well and preserve all major war activity.
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Illiam C. Alexander
Moorhead Knitting Company
Keister
Harrisburg
War Department
C. W. Weeks
Washington
William
Alexander
War Pictorial Committee
Harrisburg Faces Possible Bar Closures Over Bootlegging
Federal agents may close barrooms in Harrisburg to curb bootlegging as local police struggle with noncooperating saloonkeepers and soldiers on furlough. Proposals include revoking licenses in Philadelphia and Harrisburg, with hotel owners watching closely for steps to end the practice.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Wilhelm fears bombers as Dutch exile plans unfold
London reports detectives tracking exiled German Emperor William's movements at Amerongen with his suite and guards, swelling the village population. In The Hague My Ravensteyn criticizes Sweden for asylum denial and urges Holland not to hand William to the Allies, proposing a people's tribunal in Germany.
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Associated Press
London
William
Potsdam
Amerongen
Herr Hohenzollern
The
Express
Herr
Hague
Switzerland
Germany
Holland
Ravensteyn
Wilson favored the measure
A clipped report notes Wilson favored the measure as political activity continues in New York City. The item mentions a claimed author of a proclamation and an Ebert government action amid plans for an open air carnival concerts and processions in Ellis Street Gotham.
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Wilson
Gotham
New York
Ellis
Jones
Ebert
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