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Newspaper

Harrisburg Telegraph

Location

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1919

Page

11

President Pressures Candidate To End Campaign

The campaign persists amid protests over the president's refusal to retire to private life and allow the rival to run as a civilian candidate.

Mexican Ambassador to Run For President as Civilian Candidate

Ambassador Ygnacio Bonillas reportedly accepts the Mexican National Civilian party presidential nomination and seeks the party platform. General Pablo Gonzales also accepts the Democratic league nomination and plans to retire from the army to run as a civilian candidate. Obregon faction critics attack Carranza ally Nogales amid a bitter political contest. Americans released from a Mazatlan arrest are not yet confirmed.

Mazatlan Associated Press Washington Ygnacio Bonillas Pablo Gonzales Democratic League of Mexico Obregon

Tires Lost at Verneuil Base Spark War Expense Probe

Weather exposure wasted over 35 million dollars of automobile tires at the Verneuil motor transport corps base in France. About 3,500 motorcycles were left in the elements, decaying into junk, while officers faced charges of neglect at Bourge and Verneuil. A separate incident describes influenza deaths tied to hospital quarantine and a hospital trip from Tobyhanna. Odd Fellows banquet announced for Harrisburg.

Associated Press Washington Motor Transport Corps Verneuil France Robert Clendening House War Department Clendening Tank Corps Bourge Harry A. Hegeman Viner Benjamin H. Smith Bourse Hegeman Smith Camp Tobyhanna Penna New York Tobyhanna

British and Soviet Russia break off prisoner repatriation talks

Copenhagen December 19 negotiations between James O Grady for Britain and Maxim Litvinoff for Soviet Russia over repatriation of British prisoners in Russia have been broken off without agreement reached.

Associated Press Copenhagen James O'Grady Great Britain Maxim Litvinoff Soviet Russia

Allies Decide To Make Peace With The Turks

London reports Premier Lloyd George announced in the House of Commons that the Allies will seek peace with Turkey at the earliest moment. Italy's Nitti and possibly an American envoy may meet in Paris, as talks cover Fiume Russia and future actions versus Bolshevik advances.

London America Turkey Lloyd George House of Commons Nitti Italy Clemenceau Paris Fiume Russia United States Japan France Great Britain Lloyd-George

Gaskill Confirmed to FTC by Senate

Nelson B. Gaskill of New Jersey was confirmed by the Senate to succeed Governor J Franklin Tort on the Federal Trade Commission. The action follows Tort’s resignation and occurred late last night in Washington.

Gaskill Associated Press Washington Nelson 8 New Jersey Federal Trade Commission J. Franklin Tort Senate

Manchester Hero Arrives After Storm Paralyzes Harbor

The Manchester Hero reached St. John New Brunswick last night but anchored offshore due to a blinding snow storm that left the harbor out of control and inaccessible.

Associated Press St. John N. B

Middletown News Roundup Includes Red Cross Drive Totals

Middletown A G Banks reports 1977.50 raised for the Third Red Cross roll call with ward totals listed. The town saw a new Rescue Hose auto truck debut on Pine Street as fires were fought at a hosiery mill. Obituaries note deaths of Caroline Crutson and Charles A White, with services led by Rev Kraybill.

A. G. Banks Red Cross Middletown Royalton Swatara Londonderry Conewago Wircraft Stove Works Kreider Shoe Middletown Co Jednota Aviation Ordnance Pennsylvania Railroad Rescue Hose Company Hox 44 Pine Street Hosi A. L. Elter North Union Street Irvin Shiley Texas Charles A. White Lawn Charis Brenneman State Hospital Church of Got Welock O. M. Kraybill

Pilgrims Plan Four Day Anglo Dutch US Celebration 1920

Plans for the 300th anniversary of the Pilgrim Fathers span England Holland and the United States with a four day program in Leyden Amsterdam and Rotterdam starting August 30 1920. Also includes ceremonies in Cambridge London and Plymouth Boston and a November 24 Thanksgiving observance across three nations.

New York Pilgrim Fathers England Holland United States Leyden Amsterdam Rotterdam American Theniversity of Delftshaven Southampton Scrooby Robinson Austerfield Boston Sheffield Cambridge London Atlantic Plymouth Mass Marshall Enyland

New Jersey Society of Pennsylvania Celebrates Anniversary

More than 300 members of the New Jersey Society of Pennsylvania gathered in Philadelphia for a banquet at the Bellevue Stratford Hotel marking the 132nd anniversary of New Jersey ratification of the U S Constitution by the New Jersey Legislature. Mayor elect J Hampton Moore was toastmaster and principal speaker. Other speakers included W G Brantley former Congressman from Georgia and former New Jersey Governors Edwin Stokes and David O Watkins and Thomas I Armstrong of Philadelphia.

Philadelphia New Jersey Society of Pennsylvania United States New Jersey Bellevue Stratford Hotel J. Hampton Moore W. G. Brantley Georgia Edwin. Stokes David 0. Watkins Thomas I Armstrong

Machinists Aid Christmas Effort Plan by Keystone Lodge

Keystone Lodge No. 1070 of the International Association of Machinists discussed a Christmas relief drive to help the city’s poor. A committee has gathered a list of donors and collection points at homes and business addresses across Harrisburg, Enola, Camp Hill, and West Fairview.

Keystone Lodge No International Association of Machinists Charles C. Oyler Her Street W. A. Shipp North Seventeenth Street C. O. Oyler Parker A. F. Spee North Thirteenth B. Sible Penn J. W H. Miller Kittatiny C. Middleton M. F. Friel Muench J. H. Haywood Broad J. McGranaghan Whitmer Mantel Front G. Handschuh

Estonia agrees to arm Northwestern Russian forces

Helsingfors reports Estonia will return arms to the Northwestern Russian army and join an assault on Petrograd if the Allies and Admiral Kolchak recognize Estonia's independence. The pact is said to be in a reply to a recent Allied note.

Kolchak Associated Press

Robbery Report in Aberdeen Street Details

Samuel Grier, a colored resident of Swaynesburg, Ga., reported being robbed of 17.50 on Aberdeen street after being lured from a station for a cigar before a Baltimore train. A second man held him at knife point while a third helped the attacker remove the money. The incident followed a trip from Clearfield to Georgia.

Samuel Grier Swaynesburg Aberdeen Street Grier Georgia Clearfield Baltimore Hire

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