New package law proving popular with manufacturers and dealers
May report from Dauphin county inspector Harry A. Boyer highlights cooperation in enforcing the new package law. He tested twenty popular cereal packages with good results, noting near tolerance levels. In the month, 588 scales and measures were tested, 556 scaled, 61 adjusted, 32 condemned, indicating strong protection for consumers.
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Dauphin County
Harry A. Boyen
Boyer
Highspire
H. F. Holler
Register
Anna B. Johnston
Steelton
Isabelle B. Johnston
Washington Woman Rides Cayuse at Hotel Savoy
A Seattle report describes two cowboys riding lively cayuses through the Hotel Savoy lobby and dining room during a dinner for Mr. and Mrs. Frank Manley. A guest woman in a silk ballroom gown rode one of the horses, entertaining attendees with cheers and applause as the Manleys prepare to depart for the north.
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Washington
Seattle
Wash
Hotel
Savoy
Frank Manley
Iditarod
Hearing closes today on export trade with South America
Boston June 2 Federal Trade Commission hearing to gather business views on expanding export trade especially with South America closes today after beginning yesterday. Several bankers and businessmen were to be heard.
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Associated Press
Boston
Mass
Federal Trade Commission
South America
Deaths and Funerals in Harrisburg Area
Infant Charles Fields dies at 17 months of age from 1847 North Seventh Street. Funeral Wednesday at 2 PM at East Harrisburg Cemetery with Rev Steinmetz. Robert Killinger, 40, funeral from 40 South Court Street tomorrow at 2 PM, East Harrisburg Cemetery, wife and brother George survive. Mrs. Sarah Jane Reeae, 68, dies at 1422 Williams Street. services Friday 1:30 PM, then transport to Millersburg for burial. Rev. S Edwin Rupp officiates. Mrs Rebecca Knoll, 75, dies at 1242 Derry Street. services tomorrow at 10:30 AM, burial in Middletown. son Charles R. and daughters Mrs Sarah Mason and Mrs Carrie Faulconer survive.
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Charles
John Fields
North Seventh Street
East Harrisbur
Steinmetz
Killinger
Robert
Sarah Jane Ree
Simon Stroup
Williams Street
Bertha Straw
Charles Kepner
Millersburg
Olive Gardner
Panama
S. Edwin Rupp
Knoll
Rebecca Knoll
Derry Street
Murrey
Thomas Reischosscienig
Middletown
Charles R
Sarah Mason
Richmond
Carrie Faulconer
Atlanta
Harrisburg Rotary Elects Bacon as President for Year
Harrisburg Rotary Club members elected Arthur D. Bacon president for the ensuing year at the annual meeting held at the Cumberland Valley Telephone Company building. Retiring president William S. Essick reported growing membership and active programs, and urged continued recruitment to reach 125 to 150 members.
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Liberty Bell
Essick
W. Sherman Steele
Rotary Club of
Harrisburg
Arthur D. Bacon
Cumberland Valley Telephone Company
Walnut Street
William S. Essick
Anna H. Wood
Rotarian
Rotary Club
Orpheumstheater
Rotary
George W. Mumma
William M. Robison
W. Grant Rauch
Joseph H. Wallazz
Henry L. Griffin
Daniel D. Hammelbaugh
James P. McCullough
Counties 10 Pay for Primaries Senate bill approved
Governor Brumbaugh announced approval of a measure requiring counties to bear primary costs, saving about 400000 annually. The package includes acts to curb contagious disease risks in public venues, establish Bird Day alongside Arbor Day, regulate county bridge procurement, allow separated spouses to run businesses, adjust guardianship for minor licenses, govern real estate ground rent conveyances, validate earlier appraisals, and secure mortgage lien priorities. House and penitentary funding and school code amendments are also noted.
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Sproul Senate
Brumbaugh
Senate
Pennsylvania
Orphans’ Court
Gilbert H. Springer
Cambria County
State
Francis J. Boas
Philadelphia
Hamburg State Sanatorium
Western Penitentiary
Centre County
Salvador delegate Quinones struck by pneumonia in Philadelphia
Philadelphia June 2 Don Alfonso Quinones former president of Salvador and now vice-president of the republic was stricken with pneumonia today while visiting Philadelphia with delegates to the Pan American Conference in Washington. Dr Quinones heads the Salvador delegation at the conference.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Pan-American Financial Conference
Washington
United States
Pittsburgh
Don Alfonso Quinones
Salvador
The
Republic
Quinones
Academy Commencement Set for Majestic Theatre
Harrisburg Academy holds its annual commencement tomorrow at 10 in the Majestic Theatre. Music opens the program with devotional exercises led by Rev. Lewis Seymour Mudge. Speakers include salutatorian William A. Smiley on The Pioneer of the Susquehanna and valedictorian Russell A. Hoke on Metal for Plowshares. Diploma awards by Vance C. McCormick. Edwin E. Sparks, president of Pennsylvania State College, delivers the address. public invited.
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Harrisburg Academy
Majestic Theater
Lewis Seymour Mudge
Pine Street Presbyterian Church
William A. Smiley
Susquehanna
Russell A. Hoke
Howard R. Omwake
Vance C. McCormick
Edwin E. Sparks
Pennsylvania State College
Ellis N. Kremer
Brown
Academy
Academy Play Relocated to Tech Auditorium on Rainy Evening
Due to rain the Devereux Company play As you Like It moves from Harrisburg Academy to Technical High School auditorium at 8 pm. Reserved-seat holders may exchange tickets at Tech for better locations. The rain also postpones the sixth form boys baseball game against the Academy faculty.
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Devereux Company
Harrisburg Academy
Technical High School
Tech
Russian General Captured As Patrol Clash Reported
A Russian patrol is claimed to have captured German General Von Pruits bixenko te in Libau after engaging his escort. The report, issued by the Baltic provinces, also notes British officers among those taken prisoner. In unrelated local news, Mrs Mary Fox of Dock Street was injured by a motorcycle in Washington Street and treated at Harrisburg Hospital.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
London
Berlin
P. m
War Office
von Pruits
Libau
Mary Fox
Dock Street
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart
Washington Street
Harrisburg Hospital
Opposition Resolution Moves Confidence Vote in Cabinet
Tokio June 2 The opposition in the house of representatives introduced a resolution expressing a lack of confidence in the present cabinet. It charged the cabinet with failing in negotiations with China from beginning to end.
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Associated Press
Tokio
House of Representatives
China
Americans Pride Faulted by Regional Mine Labor Mix
A Pennsylvan ia anthracite report shows about 50 000 of 180 000 miners are labeled Americans though many have foreign parents and no English. Superintendents say Americans accept lower pay for clean work, while Briton Welsh and Italian laborers fill mining roles. nationalities break down as 50 000 Americans 76 000 Slavs 12 000 Italians 11 500 Irish 10 000 Austro Hungarians 6 500 Welsh 6 000 Germans 6 000 English and 2 000 others. The piece notes social attitudes toward manual labor and discusses politeness etiquette with a tangential social tip.
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Anthracite
Pennsylvania
America
Flag presented at Lukens Iron and Steel Co
A large United States flag was formally presented and raised yesterday at Lukens Iron and Steel Co in Coatesville. The ceremony followed a luncheon at A F Huston’s residence. Former deputy attorney general Jesse E. B. Cunningham presented the flag to President A. F. Huston. Rev. Mr. Dwyer offered remarks as the 60-foot pole hoisted Old Glory while the Lukens band played. Special trains carried Harrisburg officials to the event.
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United States
Philadelphia Division
Veteran Association
Lukens Iron and Steel Company
Coatesville
A. F. Huston
Lukens Company
H. J. Babb
Philadelphia
Iron Company
Jesse E. B. Cunningham
Mr. Dwyer
William B. McCaleb
George W. Creighton
Altoona
Harrisburg
Lukens Company Band
John T. Balsley
G. H. Brown
C. N. Watt
C. H. Andrus
Joseph Brown
Nelson Hoffman
M. B. Mishey
J. E. Rothe
A. E. Buchanan
Luman Ppercnnee
Jesse E. B. Cunningam
Philadelphia Jail Confession Ties Man to Harrisburg Robbery
William Householder jailed in Philadelphia admits involvement in a Harrisburg burglary at 632 Broad Street and a planned “company” to loot homes using stolen tools. With accomplices Victor Neff and Nicholas Yaeger, the group planned more break ins. Householder, held on $600 bail, previously spent 22 months at Huntingdon Reformatory.
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Philadelphia
William Householder
May Householder
Harrisburg
Broad Street
Householder
Victor Neff
Nicholas Yaeger
Hebrew Orphans’ Home
Huntingdon Reformatory
Hubbard Will Values Estate At Four Million Dollars
The will of Gen Thomas H Hubbard who died May 19 at 16 West Fifty eighth street was filed in Surrogate court. It leaves an estate estimated at 4 000 000 with only 120 000 in specific bequests. Major holdings are in the International Banking Corporation of which Hubbard was president, the Southern Pacific Railroad where he was vice president, and in stock of banks and trust companies.
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International Corporation
New York
Thomas H. Hubbard
West Fifty-eighth Street
International Banking Corporation
Gen. Hubbard
Southern Pacific Railroad
Freckle Cures Using Buttermilk Lemon Juice
A farm note suggests freckle removal with lemon juice mixed in half a glass of buttermilk applied several times daily. Warns to use spiey cream before bed and offers cucumber juice as an alternative. If using cucumber juice, simmered cucumber pressed through a sieve with a bit of alcohol is recommended, but do not combine these remedies.
Jacob L Salas Sentenced in Panama Railroad Fraud Case
New York tobacco merchant Jacob L. Salas was found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the government by paying money to John Burke, former manager of the commissary department of the Panama railroad. He received 13 months in Atlanta and a $1000 fine, with liberty under $10,000 bail pending appeal.
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Associated Press
New York
Jacob L. Salas
John Burke
Panama
Atlanta
Laer Si Salas
Miss McAdoo Quits Nursing to Return From France
Miss Nona McAdoo daughter of the Treasury Secretary and Miss Katherine Britton, who came to France in February to serve as nurses in a private hospital, plan to sail for New York on the Rochambeau next Saturday.
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France
Paris
Nona McAdoo
Katherine Britton
New York
Burglar Strikes Brucker Home Twice in a Month
Burglars entered the home of F. F. Brucker at Twentysixth and Greenwood last night taking $1.62 from a sideboard. It marked the second robbery at this residence in a month. C. H. Mort had pleaded guilty in court to stealing two watches and $85 from the same home on May 8 after entering by cutting a window glass.
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Associated Press
London
Henry Good
F. F. Brucker
British submarine sinks near Constantinople boosts Gallipoli rail treks
Athens dispatches report Turkish troops are being moved by rail to the Gallipoli peninsula after a British submarine sinking near Constantinople. Separately, John Halfried of 1019 South Tenth Street swallowed a fish bone at breakfast and was treated at the hospital.
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Associated Press
London
Athens
Constantinople
Dardanelles
Gallipoli Peninsula
John Halfried
South Tenth Street
Governor Brumbaugh Leads State Budget Talks at Mansion
Governor Brumbaugh and legislative appropriations chairmen Buckman and Woodward held an all day conference at the Executive Mansion to determine available state revenue. Estimates of funds in sight ranged from 60 to 68 million dollars as they plan to advance general and educational appropriations and later review charities. A new State agricultural commission is anticipated this week.
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Brumbaugh
Buckman and Woodward
Legislative Appropriations Committee
Lare
Executive Mansion
State Agricultural Commission
Fighting Near Notre Dame de Lorette Described by German Captain
Paris June 2 11 50 A M An account of the fighting near Notre Dame de Lorette transcribed by Captain Sievert a German officer appears in the eye witness at the front diary The diary last entry dated May 20 10 p m describes failed trench defense feeble support and calls for relief and another company while artillery fire and shell rain lashed the position The narrator notes nerves frayed and battles’ terror ending with indescribable.
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Associated Press
Paris
Notre Dame de Lorette
Sievert
One Hundred and
Turkish defense totals 275000 at Dardanelles and Constantinople
The Times Athens correspondent estimates Turkish forces defending the Dardanelles and Constantinople at 275000, a formidable strength given the strong natural positions of several groups.
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Associated Press
London
The
Times
Athens
Dardanelles
Constantinople
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Williamstown
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Board of County Commissioners
John F. Capp
Central Trust Company
Fritz Island
D. C. Rhoads
Rosa E. Wagner
Halston
L. W. Walter
B. C. Murray
Johnstown
H. A. Sherk
John N. Heck
North Sixteenth Street
Cayuse
Sarah Stroup
Williamsport
Reading
Lincoln
William Sherman Steele
Father Penn
Majestic Theatre
Russell A. Hoke Valedictorian
William A
Spiridon Evanoff
Alderman Hilton
Evanoff
Miss McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Capitol
Ti Eyre
William Worth
Coatesville Steel Manufacturer
McCaskey
Lancaster
Fred A. Godcharles
Milton
M. L. Shay
Pottsville
H. A. Tompkins
Ebensburg
C. L. S. Tingley
Philadelphia Street Railway
F. W. Culbertson
Lewistown
Public Service Commissioners
Clark's Ferry Bridge
B. F. Royer
Scottdale
Cunningham
Peekskill
J. W. Kellogg
Department of Agriculture
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Dead Man
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North Fifth Street
MacWilliams Construction Co
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