Murderer Demands Second Trial After Murder Conviction
Convicted of first degree murder two weeks ago, Hardy Dickerson asks for a new trial as Judge George Kunkel prepares to sentence him to electrocution for the May 19 shooting of William Leitzer. Dickerson claims he is not guilty and notes errors by witnesses while his counsel notes no grounds for a second or third trial. Additional cases include Wise's ten month sentence for carrying concealed weapons and multiple short terms for larceny and assault.
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Hardy Dickerson
George Kunkel
Dickerson
William Leitzer
Kunkel
William N. Earnest
Thomas C. McCarrell
William Evans
A. W. Johnson
S. J. M. McCuarvell
Moana
Harles Wise
Eastern Penitentiary
Wise
Howard ©. Holstein
Tiolstein
Market Street
Charles F. Dickey
Russell Jones
Joseph Carter
John Jarrick
Sylvester Wilson
Vernon R. Dooley
William Murphy
Huntingdon Reformatory
Plans Maturing for Survey Conference
Wilmington Delaware officials discuss canalizing the Susquehanna River to make it navigable. At a November meeting the question of funding a comprehensive survey arose. A preliminary estimate suggested two million dollars, with a refined estimate indicating about two years of work to complete a survey and report for the next state legislature.
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Wilmington
Del
Major Gray
Clerk of the
Senate
Sloan's Liniment Gains Public Trust Across Ailments
Darting sciatic pains and rheumatic twinges fade with Sloan's Liniment. Neuritis, lumbago, neural inflammations, and strains see quick relief due to its ease of use, cleanliness, economy, and positive results. Local readers prefer its fast action.
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Sloan
Berlin Congress Excludes Spartacists in Turbulent Session
Berlin dispatch reports the central congress of Soldiers and Workmen from Germany opening with 450 delegates including three women. Spartacist influence appears strong but denied key posts as a guest invitation for Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg fails five to one amid a tumultuous session.
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Berlin
Germany
Spartacus
Karl Liebknecht
Rosa Luxemburg
Spartacus Group
Dr. Liebknécht
Herr Mueller
Executive Committee
Congress
Diet
National Assembly
Red Guard
Liebknecht
Dr. Liebknecht
Susquehanna River Survey Proposal Across Pennsylvania
A plan proposes a coalitions style survey at cost near six hundred thousand dollars annually to study the Susquehanna from Chesapeake Bay to Binghamton New York. It covers dams locks harbors channels power plants and construction costs with a state report to guide legislation and coordinate federal aid. The aim is to unlock a vast navigation corridor benefiting central Pennsylvania’s industry and broader national commerce.
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Hinghampton
Cheasapeake Bay
Binghamton
New York
West Branch
Juniata
Conestoga
Lancaster
Susquehanna River and Branches
Susquehanna River
Congress
W. W. Griest
Lancaster City
Pennsylvania
Griest
Congressman Griest
Pershing Names More Units to Be Sent Home
General Pershing notified the War Department he designated early convoy home for about 4,500 officers and men from units including the 27th engineers 346th field artillery 1538rd 482nd 491st 97th 1102nd aero squadrons Second trench mortar battalion Sixteenth company of the Fourth motor mechanics regiment and British replacement draft one air service The 92nd division assignment for early convoy home was cancelled as a reserve unit likely to reinforce the army of occupation in Germany.
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Washington
Pershing
War Department
27Th Engineers
346Th Field Artillery
Fourth Motor Mechanics Regiment
Air Service
92Nd Division
National Army
Germany
Brief Notes From Big News Events
New York Representative Meyer London socialist defeated for re election granted permission to examine ballots. New York British steamships Prinses Juliana and Caronia bring American military naval and civilian contingents from England and France into port. Syracuse three men burned to death in lodging house fire seven others injured. Washington war department construction projects abandoned including Camp Crane bar racks. Geneva French Savoy frontier lit by bonfires for President Wilson arrival in France. Camp Dix NY Wilson acts commute death sentence of Private Solomon Losofky to twenty years imprisonment.
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New York
Meyer London
Justice Donnelly
Prinses Juliana
Caronia
England
France
Syracuse
Camp Dix
N. Y
Wilson
Solomon Losofky
Crossing into Luxembourg and first sights of Boche withdrawal
Letter from a Harrisburger officer describes Remich on the Moselle, Luxembourg, with German troops retreating and Luxembourgers welcoming the Allied advance. He notes high prices due to depreciated marks, food shortages behind the front, and remaining optimism for Thanksgiving meals as censorship lifts.
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Remich
Duchy of Luxembourg
Moselle
Germany
Lorraine
Luxembourg
Murray
France
Peter
Mess Call
Stars and Stripes
Mae Cn
Cobb Hopes to Quit Baseball After Army Service
Ty Cobb, star outfielder of Detroit, says he hopes to quit baseball after returning from France where he served as a captain. He has no present plan to sign again, though he admits the sport still holds a terrible fascination for him.
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Cobb
New York
Ty" Cobb
Detroit
Baseball
France
Unclear German Victory Report Amid Russian Forge Command Debacle
Fragmentary report notes a December German victory and mentions Field Marshal Ackensen commanding a forge unit in Russia. Hungarian government reportedly has taken action affecting the situation. Details are sparse and partially unreadable.
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Copenshal
Marackensen
Russia
Railroad Conductor Fatally Injured in Tyrone Accident
Charles Fisher, 46, a Middle division passenger conductor of 1741 State street, had his left foot crushed and the ankle amputated at Altoona Hospital after a coupling accident at Tyrone yards. The train halted to add a coach and started unexpectedly. Fisher, treated by a railroad physician, is reported in favorable condition. He is brother of J Barclay Fisher, former freight trainmaster and now superintendent of freight transportation in Philadelphia.
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Charles Fisher
State Street
Tyrone
Altoona Hospital
Fisher
Altoona
J. Barclay Fisher
Middle Division
Philadelphia
Pennsy Officials Visit Sunbury For Inspection
Sunbury Pa Dec 17 Prominent officials of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company were in Shamokin Friday on a tour of inspection of the properties. They will formulate a report and recommendations to be sent to Altoona. Five Pennsy employees were treated at the Altoona Hospital dispensary after minor accidents and all returned home. The Reading Coal and Iron Company is storing anthracite at Abrams not in domestic sizes.
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Sunbury
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Shamokin
L. M. Mengle
G. H.everard
Wilkes-Barre
S. E. Malick
Lewistown Junction
General Forgman
E. G. Krause
Shamokin Roundhouse
Altoona
Altoona Hospital
John W. Brighthill
South Altoona
East Altoona Roundhouse
Eden Brawley
Fred Larson
Wilbur Pollac
Twelfth Street
Charles Hughes
New Portage Junction
Reading Coal and Iron Company
Abrams
Wintermints Plant to Treble Output and Floorspace
The Wintermints Company of Harrisburg will greatly expand its factory at Twelfth and Herr streets raising annual output from about 100000 to 500000 dollars. Twenty eight carpenters are remodeling and enlarging the plant with no completion date given. HH. D. Delmotte is president and A. H. Armstrong secretary treasurer. Incorporated in 1916 the firm reports strong orders for six months at the expanded capacity.
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Wintermints Company
Harrisburg
Triangle
HH. D. Delmotte
A. H. Armstrong
Twelfth
Herr Streets
Founding Plans to Reemploy Yanks After Service
The Manufacturers' Council plans to survey how many city workers in military service will return to old jobs or need new positions. Businesses will be asked to keep or replace soldier positions, with executive committee led by Arthur Bacon and members from D Bacon Co, Central Iron, Pennsylvania Railroad, Harrisburg Light and Power, and Woornend Knitting Co.
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Manufacturers’ Council
Lightner
Mr. Jackson
Arthur D. Bacon
D. Bacon Company
Robert H. Irons
Central Iron and Steel Company
J. W. Smith, Jr
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
C. M. Kaltwasser
Harrisburg Light and Power Company
R. Woornend Knitting
Nd Knitting Company
Coal Shipments Become Smaller
Shipments of bituminous coal over the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad have fallen off considerably in recent weeks after the armistice. Eastern Pennsylvania industries had stocked up in anticipation of shortage, but demand cooled as the war ended. Anthracite trade remains active and dealers report ample winter supplies as mild weather has saved hundreds of thousands of tons.
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Philadelphia and
Reading
Pennsylvania
Reading Railway
Pennsy Lines of State Need More Male Employes
The Pennsylvania Railroad system reports rising labor needs in Harrisburg with 8,500 positions to fill across all lines. Track laborers lead demand at 4,179, followed by 985 car repairmen and 796 shop laborers among other roles.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrisburg
Pennsy
Pennsylvania System
Railroad Executives See Progress Toward Liberal Rail Ownership Program
The Association of Railway Executives, meeting at the Bellevue Stratford in Philadelphia, reports gratifying progress toward a liberal program on government ownership and operation of railroads. Chairman Thomas DeWitt Cuyler made the public statement.
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Association of Railway Executives
Bellevue-Stratford
Philadelphia
Thomas DeWitt Cuyler
Railroad Crew Rosters and Assignments by Division
The report lists crew rosters for Philadelphia and Enola divisions with first-to-go times after 12.01 and 1.30, detailing engine and fireman up, brakemen, conductors, flagmen, and yard board personnel across the Reading Railway’s main divisions and sub sections. It names crew members for locomotives, assigns roles, and notes conductor and brakeman up positions for multiple engine numbers and turns.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Lambert
Rutherford
Karr
Conley
Hall
Grace
Baston
Binkley
Smith
Andrews
McDonald
Keller
Ryan
Nissley
Westfall
Plank
Williams
Markle
Fry
McKenley
Malone
Kintz
Straub
Fetteroff
Stamper
Vogelsong
Rhoads
Leach
Reich
Frysinger
Sorge
Dellinger
Given
Arndt
Lupp
Straw
Haltbert
Scharr
Jackey
Dare
Ademus
Banks
Haney
Maizee
Clay
Murphy
Dolen
Bonsell
Leschke
MacMurtrie
Thomas
Jones
Stemler
Rupp
Bower
Graham
Myers
Seveck
Steffy
Lower
Rumberger
Yingst
Gladfelter
Roushe
Desch
Dougherty
Syde
Ewing
Snell
Heister
Richter
Keiser
Ferguson
Bostdorf
Schifer
Rauch
Weigle
Snyder
Cunningham
Reber
Loser
Burns
Faesick
Hoffman
Chubb
Baskin
Hight
Clemm
Guyer
Russell
Owens
Patrick
Drake
ENOLA
Ebner
Eshleman
Karl
Flagmien
Brown
Bair
Lutz
Zeiders
Liddick
Fenicle
Huggins
Bryan
Quigley
Books
McCann
Showyer
Koch
Pierce
Gamber
Ready
Kreuser
Cessna
Lightner
Frank
Allen
Jenkins
Chapman
Sanders
McCurdy
Brumbaugh Urges English Mastery and Trade Training
Annapolis Dec 17 Governor Brumbaugh of Pennsylvania called for national education policy changes to educate both foreign and native residents, require English within five years for immigrants, insist on native-born education, establish continuation schools, and train citizens in definite trades. He urged higher education standards and criticized sending youths to Germany. Synthetic milk from peanuts and an 800-pound turtle captured at Point Judith were noted.
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Annapolis
Martin G. Brumbeugh
Pennsylvania
Brum
Brumbaugh
Germany
Jewish Freedom in Rumania Is Wolfson's Text
Leo Wolfson of New York told the American Jewish Congress in Philadelphia that Jews in Romania face conscription without officer status, barred public office, and limited schooling payable by fee. He urged outside powers to push for emancipation, noting about 250,000 affected and ongoing oppression.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Rumania
Romania
Leo Wolfson
New York
American Jewish Congress
Mr. Wolfson
Holly Without Foundation
B. Zukerman
Organization Leader Pledges Full Support for Army Sought
A top leader told delegates the body would lend its fullest support and cooperation to attain the army that the congress sought, signaling unified backing for the initiative.
Foes Burn Odessa Prison as Riots Outbreak
Rioters opposed to the Hetman of the Ukraine set fire to the city prison in Odessa on Thursday night. Five people were killed and eight hundred prisoners, largely Hetman adherents, were released.
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Ukraine
Hetman
Odessa
Associated Press
Try Bisulated Magnesia for Stomach Trouble
Indigestion sufferers often try remedies that fail. A simple dose of pure bisulated magnesia after meals neutralizes stomach acid, relieves fermentation and heartburn, and allows eating with less pain. It promises safety for ongoing use as long as symptoms persist, endorsed by G. A. Gorgas.
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G. A. Gorgas
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George A. Gorgas
Price
Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Workmen's Council
Camp Crane
Geneva
Savoy
Switzerland
Harrisburgers
Luxemburg
Dowdell
Army of Occupation
38Th
Inf
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Marc
Railroad News
Davis
Gibbons
Pleam
Kilhams
Dover
Spring
Crum
Crane
Riley
Buck
Schreck
Kelley
Sheats
Beisel
Howard
Hunter
Raisner
Lackey
Hammerstein
Leitzer
Kingsboro
Wetse
Morris
Burkholder
Connelly
Buffingston
Deckert
Patton
Otstot
Grady
Shireman
Boodorff
Wickenheiser
Osman
Goodsmith
Rhinehart
Roger
Chroniater
McNeil
U. S
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BELL
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Aeolian Vocalion
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