Crew of Sumner Abandons Transport in Heavy Seas
The Army transport Sumner grounded off Barnegat New Jersey Sunday night en route from Colon to New York and was abandoned by its crew early today. Heavy NW seas crippled pumps and wireless after midnight. Captain Webber and a portion of the crew were rescued by Seneca and Barnegat coast guard cutters, while the rest were transferred to Kilpatrick and another transport.
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United States Army
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Barnegat
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Webber
Seneca
Coast Guard
Kilpatrick
Quoit League Leads Camp 8 as Steelton Trails
The Camp 8 Quoit team maintains the lead with Steelton close behind. The Quoit League meets at Steelton on the 19th, then Camp 639 will play there. Next week schedule shows matches including 522 vs 716 on 12 18 16 and other pairings, standings list values such as 750 and 680.
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Quoit
Steelton
Quoit League
Villa makes peace overtures across the border
El Paso report says Francisco Villa, via reps here, offered to cease depredations on American property and stop killing Americans in Mexico in exchange for assurances that U S forces would not interfere with his movements.
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Texas
Francisco Villa
United States
Mexico
Villa
Clark
Jiminez
Jimines
Washington Says No Villa Peace Accord Offered
Washington officials dismiss any talk of a deal with Villa as unworthy of consideration. The State Department has no official report of his alleged proposal to halt attacks on Americans and stop property destruction, with doubt expressed on the overture's existence.
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Washington
Villa
State Department
Court Rules Against Ford in Navy League Libel Suit
Justice Sid dons of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia sustains three demurrers in the Navy League v Ford suit for 100 900 dollars, ruling privilege shields the alleged libel published May first accusing the league of treason masked as patriotism and advocating a large navy for munition makers.
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Navy League
Washington
Justice Siddons
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Navy League of the United States
Henry Ford
Detroit
Ford
Berks farmers flood mills as wheat prices fall
Berks County farmers rush to sell wheat as prices slip from 1.65 to 1.50 a bushel with forecasts of 1.25 or less. Millers, previously holding at 1.80, now face a flood of offers while growers fear losses. In Newville Mrs. Mary Lehman, 34, wife of R H Lehman bank clerk and Harrisburg native, dies after November operation. Funeral Monday at 2 at her father's home.
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Berks
R. H. Lehman
Newville
Mary Lehman
First National Bank
George P. James
Harrisburg
Lehman
Central Construction Corp to be Formed with Big Projects Ahead
J H O'Brien will be vice president and chief engineer of the newly named Central Construction Corporation with 600000 dollars in capital. Covert remains secretary and treasurer and plans large scale engineering, paving and erection of major structures. Tripp will head Harrisburg operations from New York, with O'Brien relocating to Harrisburg soon. The old Central Construction and Supply company, started in 1902 with 75000 paid-in capital, will be reorganized to broaden opportunities and profits.
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Westinghouse, Church, Kerr and Company
New York
Covert
Central Company
Central Construction Corporation
Tripp
O'Brien
Harrisburg Light and Power Company
Harrisburg
New York City
Yonkers
Pennsylvania Railroad
Northern Pacific
Canada
Old Central Construction and Supply Company
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Charles E. Covert
River Closed and Cold Weather Update
A western cold wave and third weekly snowstorm bring harsh winter into the northern United States. Strong winds create large snow drifts closing roads and halting trolley service to Linglestown. Wildwood lake is frozen with a white ice cover but still deemed unsafe for skating. park officials may clear parts for weekend use if cold persists. Many locals skate and coast as the cold continues and rivers ice forms.
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United States
Linglestown
Wildwood Lake
Park Department
Reading and area deaths and local notices across PA
News at a Glance reports Allen Keller and Milton Schrack killed or injured by a Reading broker’s car in Muhlenberg township, a homicide verdict in Wilkes-Barre, poultry farming efforts in Reading, a Frank Snyder suicide in Stony Creek Mills, Thomas Wharton fined for potato theft, coal famine in Altoona, Annie Jamison’s starvation death near Spring Grove, a Bible class entertainment in Duncannon, and a forecast of snow next week for the Middle Atlantic states with below normal temperatures.
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Reading
Allen Keller
Laurel Dale
Milton Schrack
Harry W. Smeltzer
Muhlenberg Township
Wilkes-Barre
John Panderewski
H. Clyde Knaudel
State College
Berks Farm Bureau
Frank Snyder
Stony Creek Mills
James Doutrich
Snyder
Smethport
Thomas Wharton
Bradford
Western Penitentiary
Wharton
Altoona
York
Annie Jamison
Spring Grove
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Quick Relief
Advertised cold remedy promises to relieve grippe symptoms after two hour doses for three doses. Claims to unclog noses and air passages, stop discharge, ease headache and feverishness, reduce sore throat and sneezing with a 25 cent price and pleasant taste. Urges to accept no substitute.
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Grippe
Pape
Harrisburg Chamber Luncheon to Honor Traveling Men
David E. Tracy president of the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce announced a noon luncheon next Wednesday to honor traveling men of the city. Edward James Cattell of Philadelphia, a renowned speaker, will deliver the address at the luncheon.
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David E. Tracy
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
Edward James Cattell
Philadelphia
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