Italy Recaptures Col Del Rosso and Monte Peritica in Counterattack
Italian forces on the Asiago plateau recaptured Col Del Rosso and Monte Peritica after a counterattack, but could not hold the positions. Berlin claimed 9,000 prisoners in the Col Del Rosso action amid heavy near front fighting on the northern Italian front.
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Col del Rosso
Berlin
Brenta
Monte Asolone
Frenzela
Monte Peritica
Col. del Rosso
Rome
Monte Val Bella
Asiago
War Office
Weather Summary for Harrisburg and Vicinity
Fair and cold tonight and Thursday with lows around 15 degrees. Light north winds shifting to variable. Susquehanna River near 4.2 to 4.3 feet at Harrisburg Thursday morning. High pressure over the Northwest brings a general fall in temperatures east of the Rockies. 8 a.m. temperature 18, humidity rising to 28. moon is full Friday. Highest 42, lowest 81? mean 36. Normal temperature noted as 21.
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Harrisburg
Susquehanna River
Han
Rock Mountains
Missouri Valley
South Atlantic
Sam Risen
1,000 Skilled Laborers Wanted at Once For Pershing
Washington December 26 The draft system invoked for the first time as Provost Marshal General Crowder makes public instructions to Governors calling for mobilization of 1,000 bricklayers for General Pershing in France. Local boards must examine questionnaires and report rapidly on available draftable bricklayers for service, to be sent to Kelley Field San Antonio Texas. The order marks the first use of new occupational draft provisions.
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Washington
Crowder
General Pershing
Aviation
Signal Corps
Kelley Field
San Antonio
Texas
France
General Crowder
Alleged Deserter Ill With Spinal Meningitis
Dennis Delosier of Coupon assigned to Company PD 110th Infantry is reported deserter from Camp Hancock Augusta Georgia. He is said to be ill with a malady suspected to be spinal meningitis at Farrisburg Hospital. Death of Lieutenant Bartlett weeks ago noted. Delosier was moved from county jail where he was held by recruiting officers for safekeeping. jail authorities deemed condition unsafe for confinement.
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Dennis Delosier
110Th Infantry
Hiancock
Augusta
Georgia
Farrisburg
Bartlett
Delosier
Market Street
Wildwood Park Skating Lake Opens for Public Use
Wildwood Park Lake opens today for skating with the Park Department coordinating. A red flag may be raised later if afternoon temperatures rise slowly. Ice is six inches thick with much snow melted leaving a smooth surface. Restrooms and skate rentals are available. A large crowd is expected. The Twelfth Street pool is open for children and the Paxtang pond along the park driveway can be used as well.
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Wildwood Park Lake
Park Department
Twelfth Street
Paxtang
Tuscarora Believed Lost With Crew Numbering 35
The American steamship Tuscarora with a crew of thirty five is believed lost at sea north of Cape Breton Island after requisition by the United States Shipping Board for Atlantic service. Advices from Nova Scotia circulated by shipping circles report the fate as of today. Newport Pa Bible class reorganizes with Thomas W. Miller as teacher and new officers named.
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Associated Press
New York
United States Shipping Board
Atlantic
Cape Breton Island
Nova Scotia
Newport
Young Men's Bible
East Newport Church of God
Thomas W. Miller
Harry Seaman
James Jeffries
George Beaman
Clarence Seaman
Daniel Jeffries
Emory Shatto
John Howell
Council Debates City Ash Removal Funding Plan
City officials weigh continuing ash collection after February 1 with a March start possible if funded by the budget. Commissioner Morgenthaler backs city-paid ash removal, while others demand a Morgenthaler recommendation before action. Open budget session set to discuss police pay and funding amid fear of returning public dumps.
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Morgenthaler
Council
Bowman
Bolsheviki Ambassador Tsitserin Held in Brixton Cell
Comrade George Tsitserin, appointed Russian Ambassador to London by the Bolsheviki, remains in Brixton jail on a charge of circulating seditious propaganda. Described by friends as intelligent and well off, he is an occasional writer and reader in custody. Also noted is Lieut. Schneura, a Lenine representative active in armistice talks, still in London with several relatives nearby.
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London
George Tsitserin
Brixton
Tsitserin
Russia
Belgium
Lieut. Schneura
Lenine
Peace Parley Committee
Greece Asks Greek Americans to Enlist in U.S. Army
The Greek government issued a note to the U S State Department urging Greek citizens in the United States to enlist in the American Army. It promises suspension of usual penalties for Greeks who enlist and offers rewards for supporting American arms.
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Associated Press
Washington
Del
Greece
United States
State, Department
Pennsylvania Company Declares 3 Percent Dividend
The board of directors of the Pennsylvania Company at a meeting today declared a dividend of three percent on the capital stock of the company payable December 31 to stock of record December 26, 1917.
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Pennsylvania Company
Philadelphia
The
Bolshevik Unraveling Amid Disorder and Desertions
London dispatches dated Sunday report the Bolsheviks losing power and unity in Petrograd with declining authority and rising drunkenness. Soldiers reportedly refuse to march, resist attacks, and demand peace amid shortages of food and fuel. Local unrest grows as workers drift away from the regime.
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London
Petrograd
Farmers Week Draws Hundreds to State College in Pa
Hundreds from all counties attend the twelfth annual Farmers Week at State College as four days of lectures and demonstrations unfold. About 111 speakers, mostly state agricultural staff and farm experts, lead the program aimed at improving farming practices.
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State College
Pennsylvania
Santa Claus In Airplane Greets French Kiddies
American troops in France celebrate Christmas despite a snowstorm. Indoor gatherings proceed with few postponements as Santa descends from the sky in a plane to greet village children. Snow coats goggles red suit and sack as a festive moment unfolds amid military base celebrations.
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Santa Claus
American Air Squadron
Santa
Stefanssen Party Safe at Fort Yukon
Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefanssen and his party are reported safe at Fort Yukon after a letter from March 1916 indicating they were last heard from. The notice comes through a report received by the Naval Department.
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Stefanssen
Fort Yukon
Associated Press
Ottawa
Vilhjalmur Stefanssen
Naval
O'Ryan's Report Heard Behind Closed Doors
Senate Military Affairs Committee resumes probe into Army conditions citing shortages of winter clothing in National Army camps. Generals O'Ryan and Greble testif y about supplies and equipment from France while committee restricts public access to O'Ryan's testimony on Pershing's expedition.
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Washington
National Army
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Secretary of War
Senate Military Committee
France
Sharpe
John FF. O'Ryan
Camp Wadsworth
S. C
Edwin St. John Greble
Camp Bowie
Texas
O'Ryan
Pershing
Steals Red Cross Contribution Box From News Stand
A thief took the Red Cross donation box from Union News Company early yesterday morning postal and railroad staff helped in the search. The glass front box held between eight and ten dollars and had been at the stand for months with many recent contributions. The cash was due to be handed to Red Cross representatives today.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Red Cross
Union News Company
Ryan
Wendell Fackle
Hi Fackler
Rotary Club to Give Xmas Dinner For Poor
The Rotary Club of Harrisburg will host its annual Christmas dinner for poor children tomorrow at Chestnut Street Auditorium. Admission is by invitation, with the event starting at 1 o'clock. Local Rotarians will help distribute Christmas cheer and run the program.
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Rotary Club of
Harrisburg
Chestnut Street Auditorium
Appraisers Appointed For Halifax Water Company Property
The court has appointed C. W. Hardt Warren B. Heim and John De Gray as appraisers of the Halifax Water company property the borough officials intend to purchase.
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Warren B. Heim
John de Gray
Halifax Water Company
Dr C T George prominent Harrisburg druggist dies
Dr Charles T George pioneer Harrisburg druggist and longtime secretary of the State Pharmaceutical Examining Board died at 3 AM at his home 1306 North Third Street He was a dominant figure among state druggists advancing high professional ideals and helping to eliminate evils in the trade.
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Charles T. George
West End
Harrisburg
State Pharmaceutical Examining Board
North Third Street
Pennsylvania
Dr. George
Pretty Girls Adopted as Godmothers
France December 24 The American expeditionary force warns against American women in adopting individual soldiers in France for the war period. The practice risks congesting mail service and delaying important messages. Censorship bars correspondence with strangers. home readers urged to avoid placing soldiers under obligation. An ad showing a pretty girl’s photo urges soldiers without godmothers to write.
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Associated Press
France
Lauder urge Americans to fight for war effort and duty
Scotch singer Marty A. Lauder spoke to the Rotary Club and Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Board of Trade urging unity and war bonds. He told Americans to convert dollars into wartime support and to back the front lines with sacrifice. Local groups planned sending tobacco and chewing gum to soldiers in the Army, with packages including cigars and papers.
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Bank of Humanity
Marty A. Lauder
France
Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Trade
Lauder
Scotland
Red Cross
Arthur D. Bacon
Harrisburg Rotary Club
The
Nineteenth and
Derry Streets
Miners Resume Work in Lehigh Coal Fields
Hazleton Pa December 26 Miners across the Lehigh Coal fields operated today with nearly full crews. In a wartime decision workers agreed to a full week including New Year to sustain maximum production, defying the usual post Christmas closing practices.
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Hazleton
Lehigh Coal Fields
Convoy Movement Reported Reaching Carroll Maryland Tonight
Word from Colonel Beitler of the Pennsylvania Committee of Public Safety said the convoy from the west was expected to pass the state line today and reach Carroll Maryland tonight, indicating coordinated cross border movement. The dispatch highlights ongoing wartime logistics in the region and regional response to military traffic.
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Lewis 12. Beitler
Pennsylvania Committee of Public
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Verdun
von Hindenburg
Mak
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Champagne
Wildwood Park
Tuscarora
E. L. McColgin
Chamber
J. Horace McFarland
Municipal League
U. S
Bolshevik
Frare
C. T. George
Secretary of State Pharmaceutical Examining Board
Tpteroller
R. R. Adminstrator
John Skelton Williams
Fed
Tal Railroad
Wilson de
Senate Military Committe
Cleveland
America
Department of Justice
Maryland
United States Army
Carroll, Md
Guiseppe Cerszullo
Terena Interiors
Steelton
Arthur
LeRoy
Leola A. Ebne
J. C. Nisley
Palmyra
Florence M. Heard
A. Seltzel
Coatesville
Pearl
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Hummelatown
Ethel W Jac
Baltimore
Harry W. Smith
Abbie M. Miner
Churien D. Rissinger
Ardella G. Stohler
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