Wilsons Start on Voyage Homeward to Land at Boston
President Wilson departs Brest aboard the U S S George Washington after a misty morning port departure with a French escort and salute. The crowd waves as diplomats, officials, and the Wilsons bid farewell, expressing gratitude for French hospitality and intent to aid in postwar peace.
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Brest
Wilson
United States
George Washington
Paris
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Helmick
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Conde
New Mexico
Georges Leygues
Andre Tardieu
Schwab
M. Leygues
Josephine Lewis
Incinnati
Madame Jusserand
Helvering
White
Norton
France
David R. Francis
Russia
E Geo Iington
Tae Smee
Frest
Weather Summary for Harrisburg and Surrounding Areas
Snow this afternoon and tonight with colder conditions tonight and Sunday. Eastern Pennsylvania sees snow in the north with NW winds increasing to fresh to strong. Rivers rise on the main and lower North Branches and fall on the upper North and West Branches. The Chemung River at Corning shows a stage near 45 feet Sunday morning.
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Scheidemann Warns Entente Against Unjust Peace
In Weimar on February 15 Philipp Scheidemann, chancellor in the new German government, defended his resolve amid strong opposition in the National Assembly. He warned that the Entente could compel a peace but called any unfair settlement unacceptable to seventy million Germans. He also referenced Austria's desire to join Germany, stressing that no reluctant adherents should be forced.
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Associated Press
Weimar
Philipp Scheidemann
National Assembly
Austria
Germany
World money and trade big peace problems
Paris Feb 15 the peace conference focuses on readjusting global financial and economic relations after four years of war. Three bodies including the supreme economic council and two drafting commissions work to remove trade barriers and restore neutral shipping, with finance minds from America and Europe guiding civilian-led policy.
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Paris
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Supreme Economic Council
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Europe
Supreme War Council
Economic Council
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Financial Drafting Commission
Wilson
Whisky Pills Put to Test in Bootlegger Scuffle
Internal Revenue officials and Harrisburg police grapple with whether whisky and beer tablets fall under revenue laws or license statutes as prohibition looms. A promoter touts the pills as a substitute with a “satisfactory feeling” while authorities warn of penalties for sale. Local revenue men believe the sale will be barred by enforceable laws.
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Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Laws
Best Minds Wrestle With Question of Yanks in Russia
Washington report says Detroit citizens led by Representative Doremus appealed to Secretary Baker to withdraw troops from Northern Russia. They were told the best military minds are studying reinforcement if needed and that withdrawal depends on agreement with allied powers, with no danger of relief being cut off.
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Russia
Washington
Detroit
Doremus
Michigan
Rock Island Cargo Carrier Launched at Pusey and Jones
The 4,300 ton steel cargo carrier Rock Island was launched at 11 45 today at the Pusey and Jones shipyard in Wilmington Delaware. It is the eighth of a government order of fourteen boats. The Rock Island measures 315 feet in length forty four feet beam and twenty five feet deep. Mrs H Quimby Layman of Wilmington was sponsor.
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Pusey and Jones
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Sumako Japanese actress commits suicide after scandal
Tokio reports Sumako, famed as Japan's greatest actress, killed herself on the last day of the new year holidays. Her death occurs exactly two months after Professor Shimamura of Waseda University took his own life for love of her. She appeared at the Yura kuza Theater the night before.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Sumako
Japan
Shimamura
Waseda University
Yurakuza Theater
Higher salaries for teachers get legislative boost
Resolutions urging a liberal state appropriation increase for teachers salaries favor bills to fund expenses of directors attending state and county association sessions and advocating a law providing [Continued on Page 15.]
Bretz Resigns Directorship on Harrisburg School Board
Harry M. Bretz, disbarred attorney serving a county jail sentence for embezzlement, resigns from the Harrisburg school district board effective immediately. The note, dated February 11, was received by Secretary D. D. Hammelbaugh and will be acted on at the next Friday board meeting. Bretz had often attended meetings while out on bail and served as board vice-president until the election.
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D. D. Hammelbaugh
Harrisburg
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Mter
Ors
Suspect Faces Finger Prints On Safe Door
William Kinsely aged 24 was arrested at a Washington street rooming house by detective George Shuler on a charge of breaking into N Friedberg wholesale confectionery at 126 South Second street and rifling the safe for fifteen gold watches worth 300 dollars. He admits hiding candy at 304 River street but denies breaking into the store. Detectives found finger prints on glass from the door and patrolman identification linked him to the jewelry store break in nearby.
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William Kinsely
Washington Street
George Shuler
N. Friedberg
South Second Street
Knisely
River Street
Shuler
Market Square
Plack
Wave of Crime Stirs New York Police Activity
Four holdups and two safe burglaries added to a rising crime wave in New York City. Robberies included a daylight Shipping Board paymaster theft of 12,000 dollars, a Madison Avenue jewelry store raid, a Brooklyn drug store hold up, and a saloon robbery. Two pedestrians were beaten and robbed as burglars operated through Fulton street and Broadway.
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New York
United States Shipping Board
Madison Avenue
Brooklyn
Fulton Street
Milk Prices Seen Dropping As Surplus Grows
Harrisburg milk dealers forecast a near term price tumble due to a market glut from higher production. Factories pour six tons of surplus skim milk down sewers as demand for condensed milk falls, and butter prices may also decline. Lower prices could boost consumer use, with Altoona expecting reductions before month end as Morrisburg area consumption shrinks.
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Mountain City
Iir N. Hershey
Hershey Creamery Company
Morrisburg
Mrs Roosevelt Arrives in France Visits Son’s Grave
Greeted by Lt Verdier on La Lorraine Mrs Theodore Roosevelt arrives in Havre to visit the grave of her son Lt Quentin Roosevelt and will travel to Italy to see her sister Miss Emily Carew. Meantime US demobilization reaches 1,174,545 discharged with 1,501,000 total assigned. 71,235 are officers. Two Americans wounded in Cardiff shooting incident. Moorish Prince afire. British ship Moorish Prince heads to Azores.
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Theodore Roosevelt
la Lorraine
Verdier
Andre Tardieu
United States
Quentin Roosevelt
Washington
London
Azores Islands
Liggyds
Swallowtails Barred At Harrisburg Chamber Reception
Colonel Charles E. Covert warns state officials and lawmakers invited to the Penn Harris reception next Tuesday night that swallowtail coats are not allowed. The Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce reception, a biennial event, will feature a varied program with extensive glad-hand greeting of guests.
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Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
Charles E. Covert
Chamber
Penn-Harris
Plain Hausfrau First Woman of New Germany
Luise Ebert wife of the president of the new German republic is the first mistress of the presidential residence. Born in Bremen she cooked cleaned and sewed for the family and now faces public attacks from both political sides with calm acceptance.
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Plain Hausfrau
New Germany
Berlin
Hausfrau
Frau Luise Ebert
Bremen
Ebert
Fehrenbach Chosen President of German National Assembly
Konstantin Fehrenbach, former Reichstag president, is elected president of the German National Assembly per a Basel Reuters dispatch. The centrist figure’s selection follows Weimar advice and comes from London reporting dated February 15.
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Fehrenbach
Asembly
London
Konstantine Fehrenbach
Reichstag
National Assembly
Reuter
Basle
Weimer
Seek Million Dollars to Aid State Mothers
A morning session of the State Conference on Social Welfare endorsed a proposal for a Mothers' Assistance Fund of 1 000 000 to aid mothers with dependent children. A bill to establish the fund was proposed for introduction in the State Legislature. Chairman Cheny C. Jones of the Pennsylvania Division, American Red Cross, spoke on Home Service Practice. Miss Mary I. Bogue, state supervisor of the Mothers' Assistance Fund, Harrisburg, spoke. John Yates, general secretary of the ...
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Petin-Harris
Cheny C. Jones
Pennsylvania
American Red Cross
Mary I. Bogue
Mothers’ Assistance Fund
Harrisburg
John Yates
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