Radical group quits Berlin cabinet reshuffle in Berlin
The Central Council of Soldiers and Workmen of Germany appoints Noske as head of the military department Wisvel as social policy minister and Loebe as foreign affairs secretary to replace Haase and Dittmann. The new cabinet met and approved the changes, with Beßidemann slated to take over foreign relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Central Council of Soldiers and Workmen of
Germany
Herr Noske
Kiel
Herr Loebe
der Breslau Volkswacht
Err Wisvel
Reichstag
Aase
Rtn
Minter Dittmann
Berlin
Jes
Philipp Bebeidemann
Hugo Haase
Herr Wisvel
Baker Orders War Trophies Brought Home
Secretary Baker said all war material captured by the American Army will be brought home to be disposed of as Congress may direct. The equipment includes more than 1 400 guns and trench mortars taken in action and thousands of machine guns and rifles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker
Washington
Der
Congress
Tonall Praised By Public School Janitor
A well known janitor from New Oxford Pennsylvania testifies that Tonall improved his health after a general breakdown. He began using Tonall from Auker's Drug Store and later worked in Hershey. He credits Tonall with deep merit over other medicines and notes it is sold at Gorgas Drug Store Harrisburg and other Eastern Pennsylvania drugstores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Swab
New Oxford
Hershey
Tonall
Auker's
Toni
Ershey
Gorgas
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Penrose Opposes Constitutional Convention Amid Changes
Senator Penrose criticized calling a constitutional convention during Governor Sproul’s first term arguing for a commission to study reform and report to a 1921 Legislature. He cited wartime disruption, returning soldiers, and the risk of controversy while urging measures to curb political corruption and keep police out of city affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penrose
Sproul
Philadelphia Inquirer
New York
Brooklyn
Seth Low
Retirement of A Patton Ends 54 Years in Rail Service
A Patton retires from the Pennsylvania Railroad after nearly fifty four years of service. Starting as a messenger in 1872 he rose to general assistant to three presidents and served as a director in forty five Pennsylvan ia system corporations. He is active in church, education, and historical societies and lives in Radnor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acce Os T Railroad
Pennsylvania F
Patton
Young Men's Christian Association
Philadelphia
Maryland
Virginia Peninsula
Norfolk
Mr. Patton
Union Furnace
Huntingdon County
Altoona
Alexander J. Cassatt
Cassatt
George B. Roberts
James McCrea
Samuel Rea
Pennsylvania
Radnor
Cumberland Valley High Line Nears Completion
The Mason and Hanger Construction Company has nearly finished the high line work on the Cumberland Valley Railroad between Newville and Shippensburg after two years of labor. Most employees have been discharged as work shifts to Oakville and Britton's Woods proceeded, with Ensign Construction Company now handling grading and track laying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason and Hanger Construction Company
Cumberland Valley
Newville
Shippensburg
Oakville
Britton’s Woods
Ensign Construction Company
Mason and Hanger Company
Ensign Company
State Officials to Get Passes in New Jersey
After a conference with the Governor, New Jersey Secretary of State Martin announced certificates entitling certain state officials to ride railroads despite the federal railroad administration order. The state claims contractual relation with railroads through legislation, requiring payment of fares to the railroad administration. Of 400 usual pass riders, 200 will be cut off, with passes issued only to those entitled under the original railroad act and its revision, including legislators judges and the governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin
New Jersey
Federal Railroad Administration
Railroad Administration
Rail Orders Allow Wider Bituminous Coal Shipments
Two new zone modification orders publicized permit expanded all rail movement of bituminous coal from parts of West Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania to sections of Maryland New England and the District of Columbia. One order covers Baltimore and Ohio Western Maryland and Coal and Coke railroads to all New England points. The other extends shipments from all Pennsylvania districts to additional areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New England
District of Columbia
Baltimore and Ohio
Coal and Coke Railroad
Pennsylvan
Time Zone Change Note for Railroad Schedule
A notice explains that on January 1 at 2:00 AM local time eastern standard time will apply from Pittsburgh to Crestline Ohio and the region including Baltimore and Washington. Central time is one hour slower than eastern time and will be discarded in this eastern division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Lines
Pittsburgh
Crestline
Ohio
Record Tax Exonerations Set Low for Year in County
F. W. Myers tax collector in Cottewago township reported to the county commissioners that of 2,874,110 to be collected this year he turned in all but 6.20 for exonera tions, as taxed persons are in Army service or do not reside in the district. It is one of the lowest exonerations in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Myers
Cottewago Township
Elizabethville Tops Red Cross Drive with 60 Percent
Elizabethville Pennsylvania reports remaining strong in the Christmas Roll Call with over 60 percent of residents enrolled and 507 memberships secured so far. James E. Lentz leads the drive as chairman, coordinating the Red Cross campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabethville
RED Cross
American Red Cross
James E. Lentz
Crew Standings and Assignments Across Philadelphia Enola Divisions
The list records crew lineups and duties for Philadelphia and Enola sides. It details engine crews engineers firemen flagmen brakemen and conductors for multiple divisions and yard boards with first to go times and assigned personnel. Names include Gantz Lambert Tenny Gingrich Stamper Moffett Baker Williams Straw Moyer Farman Heckman Reich Webb Beyer Herr Plank Alexander Smith Dorsett Funk among others.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Gantz
Lambert
Tenny
Gingrich
Stamper
Moffett
Baker
Williams
Straw
Moyer
Farman
Heckman
Reich
Webb
Beyer
Herr
Plank
Christ
Lark
Alexander
Smith
Dorsett
Funk
Titler
Stone
Moretz
Fisher
Leiter
Nissley
Kreps
Anders
Bonsell
Bell
Lewis
Biggan
Gross
Shade
McAlpin
Manning
Lynn
Bolan
Neith
Shoeman
Karl
Flowers
McConley
Yard Board
Zeiders
Kawell
Barnhart
Zellers
Feniele
Knackstedt
Obituary notices for John Richards Solomon Danner and William Lewis
Death notices for John Richards aged 62 of 2554 Lexington Street. funeral at Pine Street Presbyterian Church with burial at East Harrisburg Cemetery. Solomon S. Danner of New Cumberland aged 81. funeral at 2 p.m. at St. John’s cemetery near Shiremanstown. William C. Lewis, 42, former Pennsylvania Railroad conductor. private funeral at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church with burial in Harrisburg Cemetery. Includes survivors and service details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Richards
Lexington Street
H. H. Baldwin
Pine Street Presbyterian Church
East Harrisburg
Richards
la- Jance-Grosjean Manufacturing Company
Phoebe
Ruth
Kathryn
Richard
William J
Keokuk
Joseph
Sharon
Thomas
Gary
Ind
Solomon
Danner
Rotary Dinner Set for Harrisburg Children
Rotary Club prepares its Big Brother dinner for Harrisburg children who were missed by Santa. The noon event at Chestnut Street Hall will have Rotarians as waiters, transport for needy kids, and a big Christmas tree. John H. Nixon chairs a large committee with subgroups handling entertainment, automobiles, decoration, menu, gifts, publicity, and the ladies’ committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Harrisburg
Santa Claus
Chestnut Street Hall
John H. Nixon
Penn-Harris
Nixon
J. H. Nixon
Lee Moss
Charles Bell
J. W. Barkers
Brook Trout
Floyd Hopkins
Miller
R. C. Jobe
G. P. Tilleston
W. G. Starry
J. F. Sausaman
Preston Croll
John O'Neal
John Maclary
F. F. Davenport
Final Flashes from The Wire Across War News
President Wilson is slated to sail February 10. McAdoo grants another wage rise to railroad workers. Lloyd George’s coalition in Britain secures a larger victory than expected. DOJ vows action against price fixing after January 1. Hitchcock accuses Burleson of breaking faith over cable control. German front commands ban arming Bolsheviks. Asquith expected to win a new seat as a follower resigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitchcock
Burleson
Congress
Moorhead Chorus to Stage Big Vaudeville Benefit
Mrs. Florence Ackley Ley will direct the Moorhead chorus in a Chestnut street auditorium show next Friday evening January 3 to benefit the Associated Aid Societies. Ley, a renowned soprano, will perform with Naomi Ackley and Elmer Ley in several trios, alongside a forty-voice salesmen chorus and vaudeville acts. The Municipal Band Orchestra will follow for two hours of dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Ackley Ley
Theoorhead Chorus
Chestnut Street
Associated Aid Societies
Lyceum Bureaus
Joseph E. Howard
Il Trovatore
Chautauqua Institution
Chautauqua
N. Y
Moorhead
Orchesa
Danc
Jews Plan Major Petition to Global Peace Conference
National Zionist drive to collect at least 1,000,000 signatures urging the peace commissioners to back a Jewish commonwealth in Palestine under British trusteeship. The campaign runs twenty days and includes a message from Mt Sinai archbishop urging Greek Orthodox support. Delegates Solomon Sufrin and Abraham Brill elected to plead for Jewish emancipation in Romania at the peace conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Palestine
Great Britain
Zionist Organization of America
Porphyrios II
Mt. Sinai
Jerusalem
Rumania
Federation of
America
Solomon Sufrin
Abraham Brill
Romania
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Frankfurters
Lincoln
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Chicago, Ill
Peoria, Ill
W. A. Patton
Pennsy
Cumberland Valley High Line
Dauphin Deposit Trust Co
Federal Reserve System
Nia
Baltimore and Vicinity
ENOLA
R. B. Welsh
H. W. Gilliams
J. Cover
J. F. Gilliams
Middle Division
Casner
C. D. Hollenbaugh
W. C. Black
G. G. Keiser
R. M. Crane
J. J. Kelley
James Keane
J. Crimmel
W. C. Graham
I. F. Evans
J. A. Swab
B. L. Morris
J. E. Putt
E. R. Pierce
G. L. Kennedy
E. R. Snyder
W. Grove
Rotary
Wilson
United States
Ambassador Sharp
France
McAdoo
Lloyd George
Department of Justice
Eastern Front
Asquith
Nation Wide Movement To
McNeil
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Our
Christmas Savings Society
East End Bank
San Telmo Cigar Mfg. Co. Tenth and
Hemlock Sts
Detroit
Mich
Cincinnati
York
Forest
Hanover
Red Lion
Reamstown
Adamstown
Newark
N. J
I. N. Ansel
Sante
LMO Cigar Mfg. CO
Stroit, Mich
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