France Rejects German Peace Demand Prolonging War
Paris says no peace based on prewar terms. Foreign Minister Pichon told deputies Germany seeks to drag France into a separate peace with Bolsheviks, while war continues. He warns Alsace Lorraine fate is a world moral issue essential to durable peace. Jerusalem occupation noted.
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Paris
France
Pichon
Chamber of Deputies
Russia
Germany
Trussia
Macedonia
Roosevelt
M. Pichon
Franvre
Mexico
United States
Argentina
Alsace and Lorraine
Alsace-Lorraine
Jerusalem
Weather Summary for Harrisburg and Adjacent Areas
Fair and colder tonight with a low near zero possible Saturday. Eastern Pennsylvania partly cloudy and colder tonight with snow in the east, cold wave Saturday, fresh northwest winds. Susquehanna and all branches nearly stationary with ice likely to increase. Disturbance from the Upper Mississippi Valley brings snow, rain in the northwest and western Canada. Temperatures plunge across the region with a 36 below zero extreme in parts of Canada. 8 a.m. temperature 26. sun up 7:28 a.m., set 4:45 p.m.. moon rise 5:18 p.m. River stage 4.2 feet above low water mark. yesterday’s high 23, low 13, mean 18, normal 31.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Mississippi Valley
St. Lawrence
Minnesota
New England
Northwestern
Canadian
North Pacific
Northwest
Missouri
Issasippi
Michigan
Montana
Canada
Ontario
Alberta
War Flour To Be In The City Within Week
Merchants in Marrisburg note strong government action by the United States Food Conservation organization to prevent price gouging. They say flour would be $30 a barrel and sugar 40 to 50 cents a pound without regulatory measures, while consumers are protected and producers retain fair profits.
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Marrisburg
United States Food Conservation Organization
Food Administration
Two Held in Morphia Drug Theft Case
Joseph Keister and Sue Eberly are in police court this afternoon accused of stealing narcotic drugs from Bowman Mell & Co. at 1249 Howard street. The store reported missing morphia tablets and powdered opium valued around 100 dollars after a Sunday incident. Keister, previously employed as assistant shipper, was discharged for incapability. Police recovered morphin tablets, powdered opium, and several hypodermic needles from his room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Keister
Sue Eberly
Bowman, Mell & Co
Howard Street
Keister
Federal Revenue
Frymire
Speese
Samuel J. Wilson
Bowman & Mell
Kherry
Third
Market Streets
Balthaser
Thirty Norwegians Killed in Steamer Sinkings
Thirty Norwegian sailors are believed killed as five Norwegian steamers were sunk by German submarines. The Norwegian foreign office issued the statement, forwarded by the Copenhagen correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Norwegian Foreign Office
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
City Park Opens Wildwood Park Lake for Skaters
The City Park Department prepares for large crowds tonight and tomorrow as Wildwood Park lake opens for skating amid extreme cold. Bowman and Company presents a new red flag flown from the Union Trust Building to replace the old one raised earlier today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Park Department
Wildwood Park Lake
Bowman and Company
Lnion Trust
Riloy
Empey To Speak On War At Chestnut Street Tonight
Sergeant Arthur Guy Empey will deliver his famous war lecture at Chestnut street auditorium this evening before a large winter audience. Major Livingston V. Rausch will introduce him. Empey will demonstrate gas masks and bayonet use to show trench warfare, appealing to draft age youths.
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Arthur Guy Empey
Chestnut Street
Livingston V. Rausch
State Arsenal
Empey
Cabaret Patrons Urged to Pay Extra War Tax on Dances
Cabaret frequenters are urged to contribute to soldiers through an additional war revenue tax on admissions. Treasury rules will set the collection method next week. The tax adds one cent per ten cents of the 20 percent admission charge for meals and cabaret services, with dancing triggering the levy. The duty is paid by the person paying for the liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
B. W. Davis
Internal Revenue District
Exemption Wife Used to Dodge Draft in Philadelphia Case
Agents testified that George Bernhardt of Overbrook allegedly borrowed a wife to gain draft exemption. He was arrested in Philadelphia and held on $1,000 bail for a hearing next Thursday. The Secret Service says this is the first such case it has dealt with.
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Philadelphia
Bureau of Criminal’ Investigation
Department of Justice
George Bernhardt
Overbrook
Bernhardt
North Fifty-fifth Street
United States
Long
Bernhardi
Secret Service
Deaf, Dumb and Blind Boy Learns to Write Quickly
Little George Watkeys of Wiconisco, deaf dumb and blind, ward of the state and Mt. Airy pupil, shows rapid progress. He wrote Papa Mama on a Christmas postcard without aid, proving communication progress since his fall enrollment prompted by Senator Beidleman. The mother praises Beidleman and Mt. Airy staff for his education and future potential.
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George Watkeys
Wiconisco
Mt. Airy
Senator Beidleman
Beidleman
A. L. E. Crouter
George
Papa
Harrisburg Knights of Columbus War Fund Drive names elected
Harrisburg and Steelton men were elected to join the Knights of Columbus general committee for the war camp fund drive. The group plans a public meeting in the Board of Trade hall next Wednesday with speakers including Rt. Rev. P. R. McDevitt, Bishop of Harrisburg, as the drive opens the following morning.
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Harrisburg
Knights of Columbus
Henderson Gilbert
William Jennings
J. William Bowman
George Ss. Reinoehl
David Kauffman
Thomas Lynch Montgomery
Donald McCormick
Charles BE. Pass
George W. Reily
Andrew 8. Patterson
J. H. Wallazz
George Lamb
W. H. Bennetham
P. R. McDevitt
Har
No More Calls For Selected Men Until Middle of February
Washington dispatch reports Provost Marshal General Crowder notified state Governors there will be no more formal calls for deferred percentages of the National Army quota before February 15. Men ordered but not yet in camp will benefit from the new classification. Boards will continue sending men to fill deficiencies from rejections until the first class is fully staffed. Also, expect brief calls for men in special lines of work. Masons appoint Snyder and Godcharles receive district deputy postings in Pennsylvania.
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Associated Press
Washington
Crowder
National Army
Government takes control of U S railroads in war move
Secretary McAdoo assumes direct control as President Wilson pools 250000 miles of rail lines. Five top executives from major railroads join a wartime board to plan unified operation, eliminating competition and routing shipments directly to destinations for maximum efficiency.
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Wilson
McAdoo
Railroads’ War Board
Fairfax Harrison
The
Southern Railway
Julius Kruttschnitt
Southern Pacific
Samuel Rea
Pennsylvania
Hale Holden
Burlington
Howard Elliott
New Haven
United States
Harrisburg Traction Company Denies Signal Ignore Claims
The Harrisburg Traction Company answers charges by Lila A. Hamill that Third Street cars fail to stop for passengers. President Frank B. Musser says no company instructions order drivers to pass waiting riders and delays only occur when a following car blocks the line, with snowy conditions making operations harder.
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Harrisburg Traction Company
Frank B. Musser
Public Service Commission
Lila A. Hamill
Third Street
Traction Company
Third
Maclay
French Repulse Enemy Attack in the Argonne News
French War Office report says in the Argonne the enemy surprise attack was repulsed. Artillery on the Meuse right bank remained lively around Courieres wood and Bezonvaux, with Bezonvaux area inflicting losses on a dispersed enemy troop concentration. Belgian front shows little activity over forty eight hours with intense shelling near Dixmude. East Army notes no major events amid bad weather.
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Associated Press
Paris
French War Office
Argonne
Meuse
Courieres Wood
Bezonvaux
Dixmude
Army of the East
President Wilson Celebrates 61st Birthday Quietly
Washington December 28 President Wilson marks his 61st birthday. No public White House ceremony. wartime duties keep the day focused on the President's regular routine as railroads continue to be taken over.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
City Council Increases 1918 Budget by 119000
Councilmen add 119 471 53 to the 1918 budget raising total to 875 453 78. The increase funds city departments with higher labor and materials costs and boosts the tax rate from nine to ten mills and water rates for households and manufacturers. Mayor Keister notes salary rises, including police pay.
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Fourteenth Ward
Dr. Harry P. Eisenhart Dies After Short Illness
Dr. Harry P. Eisenhart 57 of 1122 North Second Street died today from acute edema of the lungs after taking cold from a snowstorm and a stalled automobile. He is survived by his wife. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 pm at Bethlehem Lutheran Church with Rev. Dr J Bradley Markward presiding. burial in Harrisburg Cemetery.
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Harry P. Eisenhart
North Second Street
Eisenhart
J. Bradley Markward
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Presiding
Harrisburg
American Engineers Suffer Casualties From German Shells
A corporal and a private were killed or wounded when a German shell fell near American engineers in trenches on the French front near a French town. The attack occurred Christmas Eve as the unit labored along the line backed by the American Army in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
France
Irish Seek Passports to Join American Army Regiments
Dublin reports a number of young Irish men from middle and western counties have applied for U S passports to enlist in Irish regiments in the American Army. Government authorities, however, have refused to grant such permits.
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Associated Press
London
Ireland
Dublin
the Times
United States
German preaching ends at Leesport church services
The Reformed Church consistory at Leesport announces there will be no more German preaching at services amid youth hostility. The Leesport Lutheran Church is expected to follow, ending a period when all services were conducted in German.
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Reading
Reformed Church
Leesport
Pennsylvania
Unspecified crisis leaves thousands without shelter
Destruction continues with widespread property loss and ongoing danger as residents face exposure. Despite safety assurances, many Americans and foreigners remain unsafe and displaced, with no immediate shelter available.
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Tory
Lloyd George
Labor Congress
Ward
Big K
Masons
William 8S. Snyder
James B. Krauaé
Grand Lodge of Masons of Pennsylvania
Frederic A. Godcharles
Commonwealth
R. R
Railways Company
U.S
French Town
Baltimore
Charles W. Mitchell
Face
University of Maryland
Day
Fle Wis
Elow University
Thornton
Mbaenurie
John R. Thorton
Stalen
Louisiana
Toby Rosenthal
Ber- Mt
Rosenthal
San Francisco
Munich
Baby Jim" Simons
Jim” Simons
Verdun
Wellncedey
War Office
Lorraine
New York
Beneft
Baker
Daniels
National Collhe" Athletic Association
Guatemala City
Raymond W. Merrell
Marvelia M. Bell
Shores
William A. Gilbert
Mildred A. Sebenbha
Carlinte
Irvin B. Rubio
Ivy R. Friedman
John L Felix
Cora B. Gunter
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