Romanian King Ferdinand Abdicates in Favor of Crown Prince Charles
Petrograd reports persistently that King Ferdinand of Romania abdicates in favor of Crown Prince Charles amid political crisis rumors. Bolshevik and German propaganda among Romanian troops cited. Ferdinand, royal Hohenzollern, ascended after Uncle Charles in 1914. Romania declared war on Austria in 1916 and Ferdinand led the army briefly.
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Olga
Russia
Queen Marie
Saxe-Coburg Gotha
Victoria
Great Britain
Bucharest
Jagsy
Rumor Prince Charles to Succeed Father on Romanian Throne
Dispatches from Petrograd report persistent rumors that King Ferdinand abdicated in favor of Crown Prince Charles amid unsettled Romanian politics. Official confirmation is lacking as Bolshevik propaganda and German influence are alleged to operate among Romanian troops, whose army remains inactive since the Russian armistice.
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Charles
Petrograd
Rumania
Tere
Russia to Make Separate Peace Within 10 Days Says Trotzky
Bolshevik Foreign Minister Trotzky told the Council that Russia would seek a separate peace with Germany unless the Entente joined negotiations within ten days. An advance guard of German emissaries has arrived in Petrograd to hasten talks as Britain and France respond to Czernin proposals. Military actions continue in Palestine and Europe with heavy artillery on the French and Italian fronts and renewed Turkish clashes near Jerusalem.
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France
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Chamber of Deputies
Palestine
Jerusalem
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Lorraine
German Foreman Is Charged With Treason
New York December 29 Paul Hennig a naturalized German foreman at a Brook lyn torpedo factory was jailed without bail on treason charges He supervised assembly of gyroscopes that guide torpedoes and prosecutors say some devices were mutilated to render torpedoes useless in the act.
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Atsociated
New York
Paul Hennig
Brooklyn
United States
Hennig
France
Harrisburg Area Weather Forecast Low Temperatures Persist
Cloudy and cold tonight and Sunday with occasional light snow in the southeast. Northeast to north winds. Susquehanna River generally stationary. Temperatures ranged from 14 to 33 with a mean near 24. Moon and Sun rising and setting times noted. River stage 4.2 feet above low water mark.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Packer Influence Seen In Meat and Rendering Industries
Boston December 29 The Federal Trade Commission closed its local inquiry into the meat industry and related rendering trades. William M McDonald testified he invested 50000 in a rendering plant, borrowed 50000 from Exchange Trust Co, and offered a 5000 bonus for six months with a sliding interest scale from 10 to 6 percent along with a mortgage on the plant.
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Associated Press
Boston
Federal Trade Commission
William M. McDonald
McDonald
Exchange Trust Company
Heney
Hm Jennings son in France sends Merry Christmas message
William and Mary Jennings receive a cable from son Ross W Jennings of the British Eleventh Engineers in France stating all is well and wishing them a Merry Christmas. He may be in the Cambrai sector amid General Byng’s recent successful push, two engineers in his regiment were killed, and American engineers are noted in dispatches. Separately Edward Wertz is hospitalized with a crushed femur after an accident at 1204 North Cameron Street, allegedly while intoxicated and attempting to climb to the third floor via a spout.
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Edward Wertz
North
Cameron Street
Wertz
McAdoo Starts National Railroads Office and Shortest Route Plan
Washington reports Director General McAdoo forms a staff to run railroads as a national unit. He meets with Payne and Commissioner Anderson as plans unfold. Local officials begin hauling freight by shortest routes amid a cold, snowy week. Senate committee keeps Cummins rail inquiry academic but useful for policy.
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Associated Press
Washington
McAdoo
John Barton Payne
Shipping Board
Interstate Commerce
Anderson
Railroads’ War Board
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War and Navy Departments
Fuel and Food Administrations
Federal Trade Commission
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Premier receives support in debate on 1919 class call up
Paris reports the debate on a bill to authorize lists of men born in 1919 for future military service. Critics used the moment to press Clemenceau on releasing older soldiers. The Premier refused to commit, while a large majority of deputies applauded.
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Associated Press
Paris
Clemenceau
R. R. Men Get Increase
Chicago radioaged telegraphers station agents and towermen of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad gain a 13 percent wage rise and shorter hours. About two thousand men are affected.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Winter Forecast Sees Continued Cold and Ice on River
Weather Bureau predicts cloudy matter of snow by Friday or Saturday with temperatures near zero. Ice on the river averages about eight inches prompting ice dealers to plan cuts at Laurel dam and Cole Brook. Fire Chief Kindler warns residents to avoid torches or burning materials to thaw frozen pipes and to call a plumber or wrap pipes in hot-water soaked rags.
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South Atlantic
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United Ice and Coal Company
Laurel Dam
Cumberland
Colebrook
Lebanon County
John C. Kindler
Seventh
Boas
Boas Street
Harry Savolovitz
Kindler
Woodbine
City Commissioners authorize bids for private ash collection
City council in special session approved an ordinance granting Commissioner Morgenthaler power to seek bids for ash collection contracts of 15 to 63 months. Bids open Saturday January 12, and the ash and garbage inspection bureau will oversee work. Officials say complaints of missed pickups rise as the Pennsylvania Reduction Company contract ends February 1. Residents report prolonged uncollected ashes in several areas, risking a repeat of last winter conditions.
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City Health Department
Pennsylvania Reduction Company
American steamer sinks Hun submarine in Atlantic
An American passenger steamer fired on and helped sink a German submarine off the British coast while escorting a merchant ship flotilla. Navy records name destroyers Fanning and Nicholson as the warships involved. periscope sighted, shells fired within seconds, submarine debris seen in the air.
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Wea
Navy Department
Fanning
Nicholson
David D. Loomis
Thief Steals $263 From Montgomery Coal Office
Police seek a thief who broke into the Montgomery Coal Company main office at Third and Chestnut streets. Cash and checks totaling 263 dollars were stolen, the first overnight cash left in the office. A Chestnut street door window was broken, and the day’s sales receipts were left in the cash drawer amid a late rush.
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Chestnut Street
Ambassador Fletcher Here This Evening
Henry P. Fletcher ambassador to Mexico and brother of ex Sheriff J. Rowe Fletcher will pass through this city this evening en route to Chambersburg where he and his bride will spend Sunday with the ambassador's father. He has many friends in this city.
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Henry P. Fletcher
Mexico
J. Rowe Fletcher
Chambersburg
Moscow Bolsheviks seize private banks in city
Petrograd dispatch reports the Moscow Bolshevik authorities have taken over all private banks in Moscow while the British embassy announces an agreement with the Bolshevik government to issue passports to couriers to England for courier service only.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
England
Moscow
Merchants Discuss Curtailing Delivery Work War Measure
Harrisburg storekeepers confront a national delivery cutback amid war mobilization. Government pressure pushes dry goods and department stores to reduce delivery service to conserve manpower and gasoline. Local merchants advocate combining delivery fleets to curb overhead and waste. Major Frank K. Ross, U S Army, and family visit Miss Hannah Ross at 3 South Front Street.
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Commercial Economy Board
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Penbrook
Rockville
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Ross
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United States Army
Garden City
Long Island
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Front Street
Smoke fund boosted by serg in wartime rally
Sergeant Arthur Guy Empey urges civilians to support the war effort, saying soldiers will fight bravely while home front workers must do their share to curb German influence in the country. He cites Roosevelt and warns against hyphenated loyalties.
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America
Arthur Guy Empey
Heavy Snow Delays US Forces on French Front
In France the American expeditionary force faces a severe snowstorm as training halts and roads clog. The army reports widespread delays and expects to resume activities tomorrow unless the snow intensifies.
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Associated Press
France
Lewisburg Man Found Frozen Near Hartleton
George Nickell aged 84 was found frozen to death after setting out in a snowstorm to reach his daughter’s home. He likely exhausted himself during the journey in the December cold near Hartleton Pennsylvania. Dr Charles T George druggist will probate to Raymond Reed son in law with estate mainly realty to Mrs Reed. John Hazard misplaced furlo gh papers and personal items in his home for the holidays. a missing picketbook photo and $11 in cash sought.
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George Nickell
Hartleton
George
Tate
Charles T. George
Roy C. Danner
Raymond EB. Reed
Reed
Dr. George
John 'S. Hazzard
Hazard
West Fairview
Ould
Three British Destroyers Sunk Off Dutch Coast
London reports three British torpedo boat destroyers sunk in foggy weather off the Dutch coast on the night of December 22. A total of 13 officers and 180 men were lost.
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Associated Press
London
Admiralty
Cunard Confirms Vinovia Sinking Report
Cunard Line officials in New York confirm reports that the steamship Vinovia, a 5500 ton freighter built in Sunderland in 1906, was sunk by a German submarine off the British Isles.
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Cunard Line
British Isles
Sunderland
Motor Trucks Replace R R Service On Two Pittsburgh Routes
Pittsburgh will shift mail transport from trains to motor trucks on two long routes pending contract awards. A sixty mile line will run to Wheeling West Virginia and a 140 mile line to Cumberland Maryland. Round trips to Wheeling possible with five days for Cumberland trips. Trucks will carry farm produce as parcel post and regular mail.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
A. 8. Guffey
Wheeling
W. Va
Cumberland
Fivo
Railroads refuse pay rise and push to government role
Washington on December 29 reports that railroads have definitively refused a forty percent wage increase demanded by organized employers and have shifted responsibility to the government. Executives express concern that government operation could lead to government ownership, while also noting public and stockholder pressure for a plan to handle railroad finances, including possible government involvement.
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