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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1917
Page
15
Harrisburg letters attack antiwar critics while Red Cross enlistment surges. Citizens pledge 100 percent club memberships as local stores deny booth space and Enola railroad workers rush to fundraise. Public sympathy and patriotism push Harrisburg toward a wartime fundraising target with businesses and churches participating.
Washington reports a secret network linked to Germany Austria and Northern neutrals used invisible ink and coded messages. The scheme, carried largely by Swedish ships and mariners, involved US based writers and crew, with hundreds under surveillance and possible arrests soon.
City officials weigh legality of municipal ash collection under the Clark act. Solicitor Fox to report whether Section 5 of Article IV requires bidding for ash collection, mirroring garbage contracts, amid ongoing budget talks and postponed action.
Washington reports that heavy losses of food products from freezing and bad weather can be avoided if shippers monitor weather reports. A Department of Agriculture statement explains shipper forecasts issued by weather bureau stations show the minimum temperature in 24 to 36 hours, guiding decisions to expedite or delay shipments and protect goods.
Spartanburg South Carolina December 22 Corporal Charles Volkenner of Company B 106th Field Artillery was convicted by a Camp Wadsworth court of criminal carelessness in the killing of Private Antonin Massucci his tentmate and sentenced to one year in prison Massucci also from Buffalo New York was killed when a new rifle discharged while Volkenner explained it to Massucci testimony showed they were food friends with no criminal motive or intent
Mechanicsburg welcomes its youngest Red Cross members led by three week old Gladys Shirley Capp daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Capp East Keller street. Following is two months old Thomas L Wagoner son of Mr and Mrs A L Wagoner South Walnut street and four months old Morris Jefferson Michener Sunny Jim son of Mr and Mrs Harry Michener West Main street.
New Bloomfield column lists residents and visitors. Walter C Swarner of New York City visited his father Abner Swarner. Rev Joseph Stockton Roddy attended the funeral of John Hamilton of Academia Juniata County. Lt John A Magee reported to Camp Dix after Philadelphia trip. a parade of relatives and guests from Philadelphia Washington DC Lewistown Harrisburg and other towns spent holidays here and nearby.
Central High honored its football players yesterday in chapel. First team members named include Jack Rose Paul Roeder Elmer Herring Ben Wolfe Noble Frank John Shumaker Harry Good Art Fields Seymour Nissley Herman Gohn Carl Goodiel Buzzy Wingeard Bill Rodgers Orpheus Page Albert Rinkenbach. Scrub squad also received small H pins.
Public Service Commission lists complaints from the Reading company over grade crossings in Derry township Dauphin county with a January 2 hearing to decide if crossings should be abolished The Newville Water Company complaints are heard the same day Pittsburgh Railways tariff hikes to five to six cents and strip tickets five and a half cents are under review Mt Holly Springs files electric service complaint for street lights and adequate domestic commercial supply Eckels appointed justice of the peace Mrs Judson Wible wedding noted Detroit smallpox cases traced by health inspectors Erie building a sanitary hospital Motor vehicle tags rush continues with night shifts at Harrisburg post offices and 38 000 in receipts for 1918 registrations and licenses
Newville hosts a patriotic concert and other Christmas programs for Red Cross support. The high school auditorium hosts the Dec 27 event with home talent and organizers Mrs J A Hefflefinger and Mrs Russell. Church services are set for Christmas Eve in several local churches.
Mise Myrtle Elizabeth Harris and David Frederick Botts wed yesterday morning at the Harris home 1511 Vernon Street with Rev. Walter Dallman officiating. The bride wore tulle over white satin and a bride's roses corsage. sister C Foster Rahn sang Lohengrin during the ceremony. The couple will reside in Hershey, Pennsylvania after a northeast to south honeymoon.
Millersburg Pa December 22 1917 the post office is crowded with Christmas mail to soldiers from Millersburg now serving in France United States Expeditionary Force five soldiers over the sea parcel deliveries continue. Mr and Mrs John M Novinger announce the birth of a son December 19 1917. Local churches plan cantatas and Christmas entertainments while Red Cross auxiliary conducts a drive. Coal shortage persists with limited quarter ton sales.
The Rev. H. Engelken, pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Columbia since 1913, announced to his congregation he had received a call to serve as pastor of the English Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Irvington, Baltimore. He previously led a church at McKee’s Rocks, Pennsylvania.
The Senate Military Committee heard testimony on shortages of army weapons during World War I. Col Lewis defended his invention and argued for patriotic surrender of royalties, while critics blamed General Crozier and ordnance policy. Borie of Savage Arms detailed delayed adoption, Navy and Marine Corps faster tests, and urged a director of munitions to streamline procurement.
Duncannon Pa December 22. Camp Fire Girls and high school pupils will revive an old English Christmas custom by lighting candles in windows and singing carols. A Christmas program at the Presbyterian Church will honor local soldiers with the theme Our Country Our Flag and Our Boys. Also noted are births, marriages, illnesses, and travels of local residents including Emma Zeigler Dellville and Edna B Frank Hagerstown, with pneumonia cases in North Duncannon.
Halifax Pa December 22 Generous deer hunters stop at a Matamoras home with two deer and a bear and give the host a liberal venison share the first tasted by the family. The item lists numerous visitors and local family notes with hunting as a recurring theme and notes about Christmas Saving Club and local residents.
Bernard B Stansfield stationed in Columbus Ohio recounts a baggage car fire on a train en route to Texas where the car contents were destroyed. he escaped with nothing in the car. Other local items note festive events, visits, and wartime social rounds in Mechanicsburg with multiple names and places mentioned.
Juniata County Commissioners allocate 1000 toward paying a county farm agent with State College to select the man. Also local items note travel, visits, and Christmas events in Shippensburg and nearby areas including concerts on the square and church revivals.
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