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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1916
Page
1
Formal reply from allies to the peace proffer is being framed as further developments await presentation of an answer to Teutonic overtures. The British public shows interest in a general mobilization of labor for war in vital industries.
English and French leaders signal quick reply to Central Powers peace proposals as pressure grows to place shipping coal mines under government control. Lloyd George and Briand indicate forthcoming responses, with unrest and debate shaping the domestic program of the new government. The news follows reports the Entente nations await a formal reply to their proposals. Prince Henckel von Donnersmarck dies in Amsterdam at 87, a major German industrialist and financier involved in arms, papermaking, coal, iron, and colonial ventures.
Rain or snow to night and Thursday with warmer air tonight. Snow and rain in the south portion, warmer tonight, winds from the south increasing. Susquehanna remains icebound at about 3.8 feet in Harrisburg Thursday. Other regions report unsettled conditions with snow in the Upper Ohio Valley and Lake region, warming temperatures across the eastern United States, record lows in Minnesota, and a new moon rising December 24.
Governor Brumbaugh faces criticism as supporters of Edwin R. Cox attack his activities. Auditor General-elect Charles Snyder investigates rumored appointments for votes. Senator Smyder and Representative Richard J. Baldwin trade barbs over capital punishment and political strategy amid the looming House speakership fight.
Continued on Page 6 reports say City Commissioner Harry F Bowman age around 60 of 1306 Vernon Street remained unconscious this afternoon after a sudden apoplexy at his water bureau desk yesterday. Officials and aides visited to check on his condition noting little change from prior hours with brief consciousness intervals overnight.
Exports of paper and paper manufactures will reach about 40 million dollars, doubling any prior year, per figures from the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. News print exports total 2.42 million dollars, with about half to Latin America. Argentina leads with 905 thousand dollars, Cuba 366 thousand, Australia 292 thousand, and the United Kingdom 252 thousand.
Adjutant General Stewart received a telegram from General Clement with tentative departure dates for Pennsylvania troops at El Paso. Sixteenth Infantry and Second Brigade Headquarters January 3, Signal Troops January 4, Fourth Infantry and Division Headquarters January 6 or 8, First Cavalry January 9 or 10, Ambulance Company No. 1 and Field Hospital No. 1 January 11.
John Fischer, a German citizen living in Baltimore, swam three miles offshore to avoid serving on the German front. Found by Captain William Pruitt in Chincoteague Bay with only a coat and vest, he now says he will work for Pratt Oyster Company in a comfortable, well paid position instead of fighting. He described being urged by a German agent to return to Germany, fled on a Swedish vessel, and was rescued after nearly capsizing.
Rotary Club officials report the city’s Christmas tree, felled in Clark's Valley, is the largest ever. Chairman Frank G. Musser stated they have cut the tree and sent a crew to prepare it for display.
Atlantic City N J December reports a destitute woman and six children ages one to ten found in a dilapidated hut two and a half miles from McKee City. The husband Planto an Italian, employed in Philadelphia, is sought for desertion as detectives report no effort to relieve the family. Hunters discovered seven half dead bodies in a single room amid rumors of prior visits by the father.
Eight hundred Edgewater miners stampeded when a gas explosion killed a slate picker and burned another man. Rescue parties controlled the panic and most exited mines. two miners died and fifteen injured at Oliphant Johnson mine near Bruceville, where a hundred fifty were entombed before crews freed the workings in about four hours.
A fire believed incendiary destroyed the St. Peter’s Lutheran church and Samuel Orris dwelling on Penn Street in Ilighspire early this morning. The blaze endangered the borough school and several nearby homes as water was scarce. Two Steelton and three Harrisburg units aided, with one residence slightly damaged and insurance covering the loss.
Berlin reports that from December 1915 to September 1916 British and French naval authorities seized 23 3865 mail bags from Germany and 16 800 bound for Germany. Of the German bags 17110 were to the United States and 6225 to South America or Spain. outbound to Germany 13857 were from the United States and 2438 from South America or Spain. Letters seized were read by censors, aiding a blacklist and other measures, the German Gazette says, contradicting the International Postal Union treaty and the Hague convention.
Warren B. Stone, head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, recounts to the Society for Ethical Culture in New York that Wilson briefly lost his temper during a conference with railroad brotherhood leaders before the Adamson eight-hour law. Stone quotes the president saying he would rather be reelected than oppose the eight-hour measure.
Harrisburg barbers assure a scratch free Christmas with all shops open Christmas morning. Some shops open as early as 6:80 and close at noon while others stay later. Barbers express desire for a day off Monday but cannot this year to serve the public.
At a postponed monthly meeting of the Young Men's Christian Association board of directors held last evening in the association building, members discussed expanding the scope of work as part of ongoing improvements in methods and expansion.
J A Fisher of Juniata township Huntingdon county challenged state school officials in Harrisburg over a closed Stone Bridge school. He says four of his children have received no schooling as directors refuse to open the school or transport students. Fisher has twice traveled to Harrisburg seeking action to compel the directors to provide education.
E I du Pont de Nemours and Co announces that starting January 1 1917 the monthly 20 percent cash bonus for salaried employees will increase to 30 percent until further notice. The action affects thousands nationwide with many workers based in Wilmington Delaware.
All church music programs for services on Sunday December 24 or Christmas Day must be in the Telegraph office by 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon to ensure publication on Saturday December 23.
In Carlisle Pennsylvania three negro men killed William Ury, a Cumberland Valley railroad foreman, during a coal theft dispute as temperatures neared zero. James Anthony allegedly struck the foreman with a shovel, fracturing his skull. Hamlet and Walton are charged with assault. Autopsy set. jail holds all three suspects.
In Raleigh on December 20, prisoners in North Carolina prisons and camps will be paroled for three days to spend Christmas at home. They must pledge to return by noon on December 27. Last Christmas over 800 were released under identical terms, and officials expect this year’s number to exceed that figure.
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