Allies Will Fight For A Full Victory
Representatives of Great Powers vow to continue the war until autocracy is crushed. All factions agree on a full victory and unified effort against Kaiser's legions.
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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1917
Page
1
Allied powers vow to continue war until central empires cannot recur
Paris July 27 The Allied Powers declared after their conference they will keep fighting until their aims are met to bar any return of the central empires to criminal aggression. They pledged united resolve to defend peoples rights, especially in the Balkans, and agreed to implement executive measures in London drafting.
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Paris
Balkan
London
Austro German Thrust Widens Into Russian Lines
London reports the Austro German assault in eastern Galicia widening toward the Bukowina border and capturing Kolomea on the Czernowitz rail line. Berlin calls the advance rapid both north and south of the Dniester, while Russian retreat slows north of the river and Cossack charges near Monasterzyska protect the withdrawal.
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Associated Press
London
Galicia
Bukowina
Kolomea
Czernowitz
Berlin
Dneister
Dniester
Monasterzyska
Kerensky regime bolstered by Russian reverses in war
Washington dispatch reports Russian military reverses strengthened Petrograd government by showing limits of soldiers committees control and spurring calls for discipline. Former leaders return to power while Bolsheviks face arrests. food fears eased by harvests, and German advances checked on several fronts. Draft disqualification in Mobile noted.
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Associated Press
Washington
Petrograd
Francis
State Department
Duma
Rodzianko
Ignatieff
Plekhanoff
Social Democratic Party
New Confidence In War's Course Felt In Capital
Washington officials expressed strong confidence in Allied and U S ability to overcome submarine warfare and Western Front deadlock. They projected Russia's recovery and return to pushing back the German army, noting frank official remarks on the war situation. The spring offensives of Britain and France were cited as proof of momentum.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Russia
Motorman Crushed Between Street Cars in Harrisburg
George Brinton Colestock, 31, motorman for Harrisburg Railways, was instantly killed at the Paxtang Cemetery siding when his car backed into another while he attempted to connect the trolley wire. Conductor S. B. Herman and motorman J. H. Gamber were involved. death ruled accidental. Survived by wife Tiullan Flowman Colestock, a son A.e and daughter Dorothy Alieze. Funeral Monday at Messiah Lutheran. burial East Harrisburg Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Brinton Colestock
Boas Street
Harrisburg Railways Company
Paxtang Cemetery
Colestock
S. B. Herman
J. H. Gamber
Tiullan Flowman Colestock
A.e
Dorothy Alieze Colestock
Camp Curtin Memorial Commission Named by Governor Brumbaugh
Governor Brumbaugh appointed a commission to select a site for a Camp Curtin memorial in Harrisburg with members Robert Enders William Bricker E S Herman N A Walmer the Rev A B Williams William E Bailey and John A Herman. He also reappointed most Lake Erie and Ohio Ship Canal Board members though the Senate committee took no action and no appropriation was made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brumbaugh
Camp Curtin
Harrisburg
William Bricker
E. S. Herman
N. A. Walmer
Williams
William E. Bailey
John A. Herman
Lake Erie and Ohio Ship Canal Board
Senate Committee On
H. E. Adams
Youngstown
T. P. Sloan
Charleroi
H. C. Ogden
Wheeling
John E. Shaw
W. A. Follansbee
W. H. Stevenson
Pittsburgh
F. M. Beegle
Beaver Falls
David Jameson
New Castle
Unidentified Man Kills Woman in Derry Kitchen
In Derry Pennsylvania on July 27 an unidentified man shot Mrs Boyer in the kitchen of Dr. Boyer’s home and then killed himself. Dr Boyer found his wife’s body and the man nearby after hearing two pistol shots. A laundry mark reading Goodwin was found on the suicide victim.
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Associated Press
Derry
8. P. Boyer
Vaterland Repaired For Service Under U S Flag
Washington July 27 The big German steamship Vaterland seized at New York by the American government when the war was declared on Germany will be ready for service shortly Repairs to the ship cost slightly less than 1000 More than half the German vessels taken over by the United States have been repaired and put on the seas All those taken in American continental ports will have been repaired in a few weeks.
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Washington
Vaterland
New York
Germany
United States
Ex-Police Chief George Announces Mayoral Candidacy
Thomas George, former Harrisburg police chief from the Meals administration era, declares his run for mayor. He circulates campaign cards, framing the race as The Golden Calf vs The Working Man, portraying himself as the working man.
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George
Thomas George
Harrisburg
Georeza
Austrian War Cruisers Sink British Drifters in Otranto Straits
London dispatch recounts May 15 engagement where three Austrian cruisers attacked a line of British antisubmarine drifters off Otranto. Crews fought bravely. several ships were sunk or damaged, with multiple heroes cited for staying at posts under heavy fire.
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Straits of Otranto
London
Reuter
Ottawa
Son of White House Guard First Man in National War Army
Harry Chapman Gilbert, 21, son of a White House guard, is the first man in the nation to be accepted for service in the new national army after passing his physical. He had joined the Canadian Two Hundred Third Winnipeg Rifles last summer and was to sail when his parents got the State Department to secure his release on grounds he was underage.
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Washington
Harry Chapman Gilbert
White House
New
National Army
Gilbert
Two Hundred Third Winnipeg Rifles
State Department
Younger Girls Learn Cooking at Park School
The Harrisburg school board has debated a domestic science course for grammar grades for years, but it remains confined to Central High. The article notes long-standing concern with maternal cooking and domestic training as a remedy for single status and economic limits.
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Park School
Harrisburg School Board
Central High School
Filthy F. C. Brugle & Co. Restaurant Closed by Health Officials
Members of Eighth Pennsylvania Infantry headquarters company complained of filth at the F. C. Brugle & Co. restaurant at 12 South Fifth street. City health officer Dr. John M. J. Raunick closed the eatery for lacking a license and ordered sanitation work before any permit could be granted. The city and state health bureaus logged a score of complaints against the dining house.
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Eighth Pennsylvania Infantry
F. C. Brugle & Co
South Fifth Street
City Health Bureau
John M. J. Raunick
Raunick
John H. Parks
Parks
State Health Bureau
Draft Exemption Rules Issued by War Office
Washington July 27 Thousands of men registered under the selective service law have flooded the provost marshal general s office with questions about exemption qualification and other subjects. Rules issued today state that no individual or local exemption board questions will be answered by the office. Individuals should ask local boards, boards should forward inquiries to the state governor, and no opinion will be given on unpresented cases.
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Associated Press
Washington
Marshal Panera 8
Buenos Aires Honors Officers of the U S Fleet
A banquet in Buenos Aires honored Admiral Caperton and U S fleet officers with seven hundred attendees. Allied ministers and many senators and deputies attended. Ex-Minister Pinero recalled U S support for liberty, while Caperton framed the visit as fraternity and brotherhood. The Star Spangled Banner was sung with enthusiasm.
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Buenos Aires
Admiral Caperton
Pinero
United States
New Gun Club For P R R Men And Country Club
Eight acres of railroad land in the city will become a target range and railroad men’s country club. Ground fronts Wildwood Lake. crops to be removed before work starts. First shoot called by Field Captains Dailey and Hepperle for the Philadelphia Division Motive Power Association at Lucknow clubhouse. Prizes via Lewis class system. members eligible with association cards. nonmembers may shoot for sport. Directions via Rockville street car to Houser’s lane. Shoot begins 2 PM Saturday the 28th.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Wildwood Lake
J. Dailey
J. Hepperle
Philadelphia Division
Motive Power Association
Sun Club
Lucknow
Lewis
Harrisburg
Rockville
Houser's Lane
Third Accident Victim Dies in Harrisburg Hospital
Mrs. Carroll Gould of 2234 North Second Street died at Harrisburg Hospital after noon today from injuries in a car crash at Young's Crossing below Middletown Saturday night. She was the third victim. her son Kennard Wilson Gould was killed instantly and her husband died Monday morning. The 6 year old daughter Carroll survives with a fractured arm. Hospital officials feared to inform Mrs. Gould of their deaths. No funeral arrangements yet.
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Carroll
Gould
North Second Street
Harrisburg
Young's Crossing
Middletown
Kennard Wilson Gould
Pittsburgh Draft Examinations Flag Four Fifths as Ineligible
Pittsburgh July 27 Examinations of the first quota under the draft in the Twenty third ward show that nearly four in five are physically disqualified. The examinations began Wednesday before master lists of numbers were received. Of fifty six men examined Wednesday thirty six likely exempt and from thirty two examined yesterday twenty two may be exempt.
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Mobile
Ala
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Red Cross Sells Army Draft Numbers for Charity
The original numbers used in drawing the new national army were turned over to the Red Cross by Provost Marshal General Crowder for sale as souvenirs with proceeds to aid the Red Cross fund. The first eight numbers and the last one will be placed back in the bowl at Independence Hall beside the Liberty Bell.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
National Army
Red Cross
General Crowder
Red Cross Fund
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Liberty Bell
Charles R. Morry
U S Urged to Execute First Spies Caught
London reports Scotland Yard officials credit public cooperation with police as the key to catching German spies in wartime America. Neutrals employed by Germany are a danger, and the United States should guard against similar subversion through vigilance and collaboration with authorities. Earthquake noted in New Orleans records tremors likely from Central America or Mexico, about 1,000 miles away.
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Associated
London
United States
Associated Press
Scotland Yard
New Orleans
Central America
Mexico
Loyola University
River and Harbor Bill Advances to Conference
The Senate approved a 27 million river and harbor bill yesterday, following House passage a month earlier. The measure now moves to conference to reconcile differences before final enactment.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Capitol Park and Camp Curtain Projects Approved by Governor
Governor Brumbaugh approves 250 000 for Capitol Park extension and funds for Camp Curtain memorial site and landscape plans by Brunner and Manning. Both projects are major investments for the capital city, with work starting after sale demolitions and ongoing board approvals. Continued on Page 10.
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Capitol Park
Warren H. Manning
Board of Public Grounds and Buildings
Camp Curtain
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