Austro German Smash on Piave Line Continues
Austro German forces press near Brenta and Piave with heavy losses as they push toward Col Caprillo and the San Lorenzo Valley. Italian defense holds further advances, while British raids on the Cambrai front are repelled and artillery actions intensify in parts of Flanders and Champagne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brenta
Col Caprillo
San Lorenzo
Cambrai
Lens
Scarpe
Arras
Langemarck
Flanders
Champagne
Chemin-Des Dames
St. Quentin
Switzerland
Patriotic Services at First Baptist Church Recall Valor
The First Baptist Church hosted a patriotic service led by Philip S. Moyer who spoke of Washington and Valley Forge. An organ medley of Allied airs opened the event, with Mrs. F. H. Mailey singing The Star Spangled Banner and a Red Cross service tag presented to the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Philip 5. Moyer
First Baptist Church
John W. Phillips
Viola Burd
F. H. Mailey
Philip S. Moyer
Washington
Valley Forge
Red Cross
William J Lockhart
Hardscrabble Appeals Delayed to Thursday in City Suit
Appeals in the Hardscrabble cases are adjourned to Thursday because judge S M McCarrJell is ill. Arlanda P Dintaman’s suit continues, jury excused until then. Three owners with six properties have accepted revised city awards. more settlements possible when proceedings resume. The city's defense is set to open Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. . M. McCarrJell
Arlanda P. Dintaman
George Kunkel
Prayer and war time appeals at city churches
Christian leaders urged prayer and loyalty to wartime causes during services across the city. Dr Lewis Mudge preached on The Capture of Jerusalem and urged watch and pray. A halo of charitable giving followed with Red Cross and Halifax relief pledges. Other churches praised YMCA work and soldier morale. Hanukah and Golden Book Jubilee observances highlighted the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mudge
Jerusalem
Pine Street Presbyterian Church
Christ
Bagnell
Means Acquitted in Widow Maude King Murder Case
Gaston B. Means was acquitted in Concord New York of slaying Mrs Maude A King wealthy widow The jury verdict followed two hours of deliberation The killing occurred at Blackwelder Spring on an auto drive for pistol practice Means faces new indictments in New York County for forgery and embezzlement District Attorney Swann said forged documents tied to Means produced large sums from the estate and embezzlement evidence was found around the wealthy widow’s wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
N. Y
Gaston B. Means
Maude A. King
New York
Chicago
Swann
Means
Progress Report on Penn Harris Hotel Despite Winter Weather
Harrisburg Hotel Company President E Z Wallower reports rapid progress on the Penn Harris at Third and Walnut streets despite a snow storm delaying concrete pours. Carpenters plumbers and electricians are making headway as work climbs to the eighth floor with eleven total floors planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Z. Wallower
Harrisburg Hotel Company
Penn-Harris
Third
Walnut Streets
Strawberry Avenue
Wallower
Harrisburg
Assembly Hall
United Hotels Company
Red Cross drives mobilize Harrisburg volunteers and knitters
Thousands sign up as Red Cross chapters organize in the First ward and across Harrisburg. Mrs. Ross Hickok reports 187 members for the Fourth ward while booths and headquarters enlist members at churches theaters and stores. Aged knitter Mary L. Haverstick 82 contributes a sweater as Grace Methodist auxiliary adds garments. Fundraising cards sell for ten cents to support soldiers. Funeral notices note Emanuel Mengle dies in Hummelstown at 63 with services planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Ward
Ross Hickok
First Precinct
Fourth Ward
David M. Hefflefinger
Harrisburg
R. L. Gillespie
Red Cross
Horrisburg
American Red Cross
Mary L. Haverstick
Green Street
Red Cross Society
City Works To Secure Steady Coal Supply
City officials met with the fuel commissioner coal dealers and the Chamber of Commerce to address a coal shortage. Only about 3 000 tons remain with 300 tons ordered for early in the week and some arriving today. Police may be used to tally coal in cellars and ensure fair distribution while cooperation with dealers continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Hickok
The
Fuel Administration
National Fuel Administration
Washington
Kaltwasser
Harrisburg Light and Power Company
Keister
American War Mission Returns From Europe
Vance C. McCormick, chairman of the export war board and a member of the American mission to the interallied war council, returns to Harrisburg after two weeks in Low and two in France declaring the mission a great success. He says peace had not been discussed and notes Britain and France stand united to win. He cites London’s 1776 war room link and praises allies fighting spirit while recounting front visits amid bombs and flying machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowon
France
Vance C. McCormick
Export War Board
Interallied War Council
Harrisburg
Wilson
Col. E. M. House
McCormick
London
Great Britain
England
United States
America
To Cure a Cold in One Day With Bromine Quinine Tablets
Advertises LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets claim to cure a cold in one day. Druggists refund money if it fails. Box bears E W GROVE signature. Price listed as 30 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Grove
New Organization Formed by Preparatory Schools
Headmaster Brown leads a conference in Philadelphia establishing a national service oriented group for preparatory schools. The association aims to unite schools in Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware and Maryland to share educational and athletic ideas and prepare morally and physically fit youths for national service with military and civil duties. Dr John C Sharpe Blair Academy elected president with officers from Mercersburg Haverford Harrisburg St Luke's and Hill School. The committee will draft a constitution and bylaws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
John C. Sharpe
Blair Academy
Blairstown
N. J
William Mann Irvine
Mercersburg Academy
Edwin M. Wilson
Haverford School
Haverford
Arthur E. Brown
Harrisburg Academy
Harrisburg
Dwight R. Meigs
Hill School
Pottstown
MacPherson
Charles S. Strout
St. Luke's School
Wayne
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Musical Art Society Stages Handel's Messiah in Harrisburg
The Musical Art Society of Harrisburg presented Handel's Messiah at Grace Methodist Church under conductor Prof. John W. Phillips. Soloists included Mary Huttorff soprano Mrs Frank Fager contralto and Charles M Cassell bass with the chorus and soloists delivering an acclaimed performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Musical Art Society
Grace Methodist Church
Harrisburg
John W. Phillips
Mary Huttorff
Frank Fager
Charles M. Cassell
Musical Art Sorciety of
Mary Buttorff
Sara Decker
Grace Deihl
Ethyl Dissinger
Katharine Dubbs
Mra
Frank Eby
Plo Eshhenour
Miriam Fishel
Vania Forster
Mildred Garman
Carl Heefner
Sara Hecker
Catherine Jamison
Mary A. Jelley
Fred Laucks
Elsie McIntyre
Winifred Mover
Anna Olschewski
Harry M. Bretz
William B. Bretz
John D. Fisher
Walter R. Huber
Harry Rapp
William H. Winand
Ottilie Conley
Sarah Rauch
Hazel Seibert
Sydney Shaar
Mary Taylor
Louise Baer
Lulu Beard
Sarah Estelle Butler
HI. FE. Gilman
Grace McIntyre
Olga Meloy
Blanche Meloy
W. S. Meek
G. Stauffer
Dorothea Stillman
Ruth Taylor
J. Wesley Weaver
George W. Cover
Alfred Kemminger
Frank HH. Fager
Roger Harman
Ross Harman
BE. S. Hassler
H. G. Hassler
W. H. Kautz
Harold KE. Marsh
John D. Paul
Meatless Days Already Responsible For Surplus
Philadelphia reports Howard Heinz, Federal Food Administrator for Pennsylvania, received a Washington telegram detailing meatless and wheatless day savings. It states meatless days created a visible meat surplus to partially meet December Allied shipments, and wheat exports from the 1917 harvest are exhausted with future exports limited to the savings achieved by Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Howard Heinz
Pennsylvania
United States Food Administration
Washington
Too Much Red Tape in Getting Money Says General Crozier
General Crozier told the Senate military committee there was too much red tape in Army funding as the War Department sought an emergency lump appropriation of 2.93 billion dollars. He noted Congress delayed appropriations until June after the April request and criticized spending on pistols instead of rifles. He said orders totaling over 1.5 billion dollars were placed since the war began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Crozier
Senate Military Committee
War Department
Congress
Chamberlain
Army Quartermaster Sends France Diary From Paris To New Cumberland
Captain J. D. Byers, a U S Army Ambulance Service quartermaster, writes from France detailing two months abroad. He traveled over 700 miles by automobile and describes the country as beautiful and his many experiences as both pleasant and hazardous. He is well known in New Cumberland where he has visited with his wife and son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Cumberland
R. J. Fisher
Market Street
J. D. Byers
France
Paris
Byers
United States Army Ambulance Service
Funeral for Mrs. A. J. Herr Draws City Notables
The Rev. Dr. Lewis 8. Mudge and Rev. John H. Warden led the funeral at 19 North Front Street for Mrs. A. J. Herr. Burial was in Harrisburg Cemetery. Pallbearers were Edward Bailey George W. Reily Henry B. McCormick Edward Z. Gross Thomas T. Wierman Edward B. Diven William T. Stuart and William E. Bailey. A longtime city benefactor and Pine Street Church worker, she served with the Daughters of the American Revolution and Colonial Dames of America. The service was well attended with many flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis 8. Mudge
Pine Street Presbyterian Church
John H. Warden
A. J. Herr
North Front Street
Harrisburg
Edward Bailey
George W. Reily
Henry B. McCormick
Edward Z. Gross
Thomas T. Wierman
Edward B. Diven
William T. Stuart
William EB. Bailey
Herr
Pine Street Church
Harrisburg Chapteer
Daughters of the American Revolution
Dauphin County
Colonial Dames of America
Last Services Held For Adam H. Shreiner
The funeral of 78 year old Adam H. Shreiner, who died after strokes, was held at his son George A. Shreiner’s home in Harrisburg. Rev. H. Hallman officiated. pallbearers were his four sons Cyrus, Francis, Harry, and himself. Interment followed at Harrisburg Cemetery. surviving are two daughters Mrs M A Bacon and Mrs C M Goodyear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Mengle
Hummelstown
Emanuel Mengle
Lower Paxton Township
Shenk’s
Deoflate
Adam H. Shreiner
George A. Shreiner
Seventeenth
Forster Streets
H. &. Hallman
Emmanuel Presbyterian Episcopal Church
Shreiner
Funeral Rites Held for John C Jennings Prominent Manufacturer
Funeral services for John C Jennings a noted manufacturer and city benefactor were conducted at his home with Rev Dr Robert Bagnell officiating. Jennings presided over Jennings Manufacturing Co and belonged to Perseverance lodge F and A M Perseverance Royal Arch chapter 21 and Harrisburg commandery Knights Templar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Jennings
Robert Bagnell
Grace Methodist Church
Jennings
Jennings Manufacturing Company
Perseverance Lodge No
A. M. Perseverance Royal Arch
Harrisburg Commandery
Knights Templar
Henry P. Fletcher Returns Home From Mexico
United States ambassador to Mexico Henry P. Fletcher stopped in San Antonio on Friday en route to his Pennsylvania home for the holidays. He said the border situation was rapidly clearing and planned a few days with friends in the area. He is brother of ex-Sheriff Rowe Fletcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Henry P. Fletcher
United States
Mexico
Pennsylvania
Fletcher
Rowe Fletcher
City Budget Talks Open With Night Session Set
The council plans a 7:30 p.m. meeting to begin work on the 1918 budget. Commissioner Morgenthaler may present ash and garbage costs tonight, with a garbage contract to be awarded tomorrow. Refuse collection is unofficially estimated near 100000 dollars, raising pressure for salary hikes and labor costs as multiple meetings are expected before finalizing the budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgenthaler
Fourteenth Ward
Y M C A Fosters Amity by Exchange of Speakers With Britain
The Y M C A in France plans an exchange program with British associations. British public men like Viscount Bryce will speak in American Y M C A huts while American lecturers address British huts. The exchange begins likely in the new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Pershing
America
Viscount Bryce
Seventeen Engineers Reported Missing in Action
Washington reports seventeen enlisted men of the United States Army Engineer Corps missing in action. They disappeared on November 30 during the German turning movement at Cambrai and are believed to have fallen into German hands after valiantly fighting with the engineer contingent aiding the British.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Army Engineer Corps
Pershing
War Department
Cambrai
Gleaning Sunday Boosts Methodist Jubilee Campaign Funds
At noon the Methodist Jubilee Campaign headquarters reported that Gleaning Sunday contributions had raised the Central Pennsylvania fund to 872000 with at least 20000 more expected by this evening. Officials projected clearing the quota by Thursday midnight with a Carlisle celebration featuring Bishop William F. McDowell and Williamsport Dickinson Seminary students. Across regions Ohio New York Southern Indiana Washington territory totals surpassed 5 million, with Hazleton reporting 1356.26 on the first report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Pennsylvania
Carlisle
William F. McDowell
Williamsport - Dickinson Seminary
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Washington
Neighborhood
New York
Whazleton
Privates May Win Promotion In Replacement Divisions
General Pershing directs promotions from training school to fill vacancies in replacement divisions and combat units. Proficients become second lieutenants in replacement divisions, with no cap on their numbers. Vacancies in combat units to one third are filled this way, two thirds by internal promotion. Arriving depot battalions will join replacement divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Divsions
Pershing
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Piave Line
Piave
Adriatic
Dr. Mudge
Holy City
Dr. Lewis
Methodist Educational Fund
Halifax
Chev Sholom Temple
I. Abramson
Rhodna Mayer
Helen Mayer
Dorothy Strouse
Kesher Israel
Chestnut Street
Briggs
Capital Streets
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Hristmas
Finkelstein
North Sixth Street
Mim Ry Ree
Wm. Strouse
Pittsburgh
Third Street
Frst
J. A. Plank
Capitol
Helen Garnett
George R. Heig
Mary Mitchell
Kresge
May Williams
Bowman's
Julia Stamm
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart
Romaine Boyer
Kaufman
Reese Coover
Eaton
Majestic Theater
Rebecca Gross
Colonial Theater
Susanne Westbrook
Telegraph
Josephine Schwartz
Patriot
Howard M. Bingaman
Pennsylvania Station
Leona Scott
Reading
Stanley Backenstoss
Robinson & Co
Third and Verbeke
Hickor
Europe
Brown
General Crozier
U. S. Army
Ferdinand D. Bashore
John H. Bashore
Bashore
United States Hotel
Fifth Street
Anna M. Hetrick
D. J. Hetrick
North Thirteenth Street
Shoop'’s Church
Kreamer
Hetrick
Salem Reformed Church
McNeil
Radiolite Watches
Gorgas 16 N
Third St. Penna
Y. M
M. E
Great Meth
Goldsmith's
North Market Square
Cohen
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