China in Turmoil as Provinces Demand Independence
Six Chinese provinces Anhui Chi Li Hu Pe Che Kiang Fo Kien and Ho Nan declare independence and threaten a joint expedition to Pekin to dissolve parliament and reinstate premier Tuan Chi Ju. Tang Hau Lung resigns as assembly speaker. Chang Hsun and Feng Kwo Chang show probable support for the militarists. The president defends the premier’s dismissal but fears internal war and peril to the country.
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Associated Press
Pekin
Anhui
Chi-Li
Hu-Pe
Che-Kiang
Fo-Kien
Ho-Nan
Tuan-Chi-Jui
Tang- Hau-Lung
Tien Tsin
Chang Hsun
Nan-King
Feng-Kwo- Chang
Liching Hsi
Returned Worker in Orient Downplays China Revolution
George Weidman Groff, a Canton Scientific College professor on furlough, says revolutions in China are not as serious as feared. He notes turmoil resembles China’s past unrest but insists real upheaval is less severe. Groff, guest of Mrs. Ralph J. Deihl of Paxtang, will stay abroad studying. He clarifies Hunan Province is not affected and explains Ho-Nan confusion due to name similarity.
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China
George Weidman Groff
Canton
Mr. Groff
Hunan
Ralph J. Deihl
Paxtang
Orient
Ho-Nan
Hunan. Mr. Groff
Four Chinese Provinces Said to Have Seceded
Amoy China June 2 reports Shen-Si Shan-Si Che-Kiang and Shantung have seceded. Local opinion blames internal dismissal rather than the international political scene.
Unsettled Weather With Showers Through Sunday
Harrisburg area sees unsettled conditions with possible showers and thunderstorms tonight and Sunday. Eastern Pennsylvania reports similar chances with mild temperatures and south winds. River levels remain variable with a possible 50 foot stage Sunday morning. Mean and normal temperatures noted with a high of 75 and low of 55 yesterday.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence Valley
Mississippi River
Florida
East Gulf States
Mayor Miller Requests Bars Closed Tuesday Enrollment Day
Mayor Charles A. Miller asks hotels, restaurants, and private clubs to close during registration hours next Tuesday. He urges a citywide stop to sale of intoxicants on enrollment day under the conscription act.
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Charles A. Miller
Telegraph
Campaign to close city bars on Registration Day
Mayor Charles A. Miller urged a citywide bar closing on June 5 and began talks with Stanley G. Jean of the Dauphin County Liquor Dealers Association to enlist licensed venues. Sheriff W. W. Caldwell and deputies moved to the supper end to deter evasion of registration as officials warned of penalties and posted proclamations in wards.
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Miller
Harrisburg
New Church Building Committee Delays Construction
At a Hill district Methodist church project meeting the building was postponed for now. Chairman Al K Thomas said the group will stay organized though erection is deferred until conditions improve due to Liberty Loan Boy Scouts and YMCA campaigns.
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Hill District
al K. Thomas
Liberty Loan
Boy Scouts
War tax rise and loans in global notices
Christiania reports Parliament raises war profits tax to thirty percent and authorizes a loan of 80 million kronen. Cossack forces pledge to aid offensive operations citing peace only by arms. Irish Unionists back British convention with fair Southern representation. Washington notes a further 100 million dollar loan to France, lifting allied loans to 845 million.
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Christiania
Petrograd
London
General Council of the Cossack
Washington
France
G W Creighton P R R Official Dies in Hospital
G W Creighton 61 longtime Altoona Pennsylvania Rail Road official died in a Philadelphia hospital after four months illness from arteriosclerosis. Survived by widow two sons G Watson Creighton J Hassan Creighton and daughter Miss Mary Creighton. Former Harrisburg resident and Union Trust Company director last visited Harrisburg days before death. Funeral arrangements not announced.
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Mary Creighton
Creighton
Harrisburg
The
Union Trust Company
Stael Capital Savings and Loan Association
Camp Hill Automobile Run to the Water Gap
Twenty three Camp Hill men set out on their annual sociability drive to Delaware Water Gap via Pottsville and Mauch Chunk returning the next day. Guert W. Ensign fell ill with acute indigestion and was taken home by car from Lebanon. Mrs. Ensign joined the trip to accompany him while observers spread a false alarm of an accident. no crash occurred and the group stayed cohesive, planned to return by Reading and Lebanon tomorrow evening.
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Camp Hill
Delaware Water Gap
Pottsville
Mauch Chunk
Guert W. Ensign
George D. Cook
Lebanon
Ensign
Reading
Berlin Claims Large Prisoner Haul and Front Gain
Berlin reports trench positions about 1,000 yards northeast of Soissons were captured in a surprise attack. The war office adds Portuguese soldiers were taken prisoner on the western front. May totals show 12,500 rank and file and 237 officers captured, including one general, with three heavy guns, 211 machine guns, 434 quick loaders and 18 mine throwers seized.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Soissons
War Office
U S Railway Mission Reaches Vladivostock
Vladivostok June 2 The United States Railroad Commission to the Russian government headed by John F Stevens has arrived. Commission members were warmly received by soldiers and workers. Speeches showed readiness to accept American aid in the spirit offered.
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Associated Press
Vladivostok
United States Railroad Commission
John F. Stevens
Panama Canal
Italian War Mission Welcomed by House
Washington June 2 Prince Udine and the Italian mission visited the House and were greeted with grandes. William Marconi made his first public appearance since the mission arrived and spoke briefly. America’s great industry, the prince said, would end German autocracy. Harrisburg Academy Tennis team beat Technical High 4 to 2 on Reservoir grounds. Singles: R Shreiner, E Bortell, R Mercur for the Academy. G Beard, C Pollock, Beck for Tech. Doubles: Shreiner Mercur, Bortell Evan, Sherman Beck for Tech.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Prince Udine
William Marconi
America
Harrisburg Academy
Technical High
Reservoir Grounds
Academy
R. Shreiner
E. Bortell
R. Mercur
Tech
G. Beard
C. Pollock
Beck
Pollock
Mercur
Bortell
Evan
Sherman
Ech
Senate Naval Panel Clears Mongolia Crew In Gun Accident
Washington June 2 The Senate naval committee reviewed the department report on the naval gun accident aboard the armed merchantman Mongolia which cost two Red Cross nurses their lives. The board of inquiry absolved the naval crew of blame for firing the Mongolia's gun in practice.
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Washington
Senate Naval Committee
Department
Mongolia
Red Cross
Division Heads Forming Teams for Bond Sale
Bond salesmen organizing units in nearby towns for the Liberty Loan report progress. Division chairmen nominate captains to assemble teams ahead of the June 12 intensive campaign. Division A team members include Bowman, Eckenrode, Hilleary, Sites, Weaver. Division B features Buchanan as chair with Bacon Hall Musser Reinoehl Stamm. Division C lists Henderson Gilbert chair with Beckley Bennetham Eby Schwarz Shirley. Division D headed by Sweeney with Bailey Enders Gough Kaufman Kenney.
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J. William Bowman
E. R. Eckenrode
EB. D. Hilleary
Frank C. Sites
R. E. Weaver
Andrew EB. Buchanan
Arthur D. Bacon
Francis J. Hall
John S. Musser
George
P. Eby
J. Grant Schwarz
John T. Shirley
John Sweeney
A. H. Bailey
Robert A. Enders
H. M. Gough
David Kaufman
V. W. Kenney
Italian Army Advances Near Trieste Front
General Cadorna’s forces renew the Italian thrust toward Trieste on a two and a half mile front south of Castagnavizza, pushing about a quarter mile closer to the goal while hemming in Duino on the coast. Germans press Aisne front, claim a surprise capture north east of Soissons as Paris reports, and British bombs strike German bases along Ostend Bruges Zeebrugge coast.
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Associated Press
Cadorna
Trieste
Castagnavizza
Duino
Triest
Aisne
Soissons
Paris
Ostend
Bruges
Zeebrugge
Osten
Rebels Kill Hundreds in May Siege at Cardenas
Laredo Texas June 2 report says about one hundred soldiers were killed and around 200 wounded in a May 28 clash at Cardenas. Rebels estimated at 4000 attacked a 500 strong Carranza garrison and routed government troops in a bloody engagement.
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Laredo
Texas
Cardenas
Weather outlook for June week in Middle Atlantic States
Weather Bureau forecast for the week starting June 3 predicts Sunday showers followed by generally fair conditions. Temperatures to average near normal across the Middle Atlantic region.
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Washington
The
Weather Bureau Today
Middle Atlantic
Noted Builders Given Contract To Erect Hotel
Nelson and Lewin, a Chicago and Washington firm, were awarded the Penn Harris hotel contract at Third and Walnut. Formal agreement expected within ten days. operations to start in two or three weeks with major concrete construction and revisions to specifications not delaying the work.
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Nelson and Lewin
Chicago
Washington
Third
Walnut Streets
E. Z. Wallower
Lewin
National Capital
713 Airplanes Shot Down in One Month of Battle
London reports in June that western front air losses for May reached 713 aircraft, with 442 German and 271 British and French. British HQ notes 86 British planes lost, while French losses are unconfirmed. The May figure follows April’s total of 709, derived from German reports.
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Associated Press
London
Western Front
National Capital Gay With Confederate Flags
Washington June 2 The arrival of General George P Harrison commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans and General Bennett Young past commander in chief marked the opening of ceremonies preliminary to the Confederate veterans op a tion here next week. Several hundred of the seven thousand veterans expected already have arrived and the city is decorated with United States and Confederate flags. Tents have been pitched in the park between the Capitol and Union Station.
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Associated Press
Washington
George P. Harrison
Opelika
Ala
United Confederate Veterans
Bennett Young
Louisville
Confederate Veterans
United States
Capitol
Union Station
Cuba to Help U. S. in Rounding Up Slackers
New York June 2 The Cuban military and police authorities are cooperating with American registration officials in Havana to track down suspected slackers who fled the United States to avoid the June 6 draft. A number of young Americans of military age have already arrived in Havana and measures will be taken to ensure they fulfill their duty.
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Associated Press
New York
Cuba
Havana
Island Republic
United States
Largest bonus paid for undeveloped Osage oil lands
Washington June 2 Leasing of 9 120 acres of Osage Indian oil lands for a bonus of 1 997 000 and royal ties of one sixth was reported to Secretary Lane by the Federal agent in charge. The bonus is the largest ever paid for undeveloped Indian lands.
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Washington
Lane
St Paul closes Liberty Loan drive with record per capita
St Paul completes its Liberty Loan campaign with a total subscription of 11 million dollars. The city reports a per capita subscription of 44 dollars and a total that equals 916 percent of its bank deposits. About 22,000 individuals hold bonds in St Paul.
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St. Paul, Minn
St. Paul
Liberty Loan
German consul arrested in Jamaica by federal agents
Plainfield New Jersey June 2 Rudolph Otto once German consul at Jamaica West Indies was seized by federal officers for questioning no reason given for the arrest. Pittsburgh June 2 the Liberty Loan drive reaches halfway with 43 9 million subscribed of 50 million across 299 banks and 16 Western Pennsylvania counties. Princeton June 2 President Wilson and former Presidents Roosevelt and Taft agree in statements urging retention of local education at a university conference.
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Associated Press
Plainfield
N. J
Ruddolph Otto
Jamaica
West Indies
Pittsburgh
Liberty Loan
Pennsylvania
Princeton
Wilson
Roosevelt
Taft
Apabices Eeenceto University
Stron
Lical Education
Three School Board Resignations Shake City Leadership
A. Carson Stamm resigns as president, Dr. William N. Yates and Robert A. Enders also quit, following a clash over a high school building program. Werner elected chair, Keen becomes vice president, Yates successor to be chosen. sense of upheaval follows row over architecture issues. A second item notes a Copenhagen dispatch predicting fires in munition plants linked to peace advocates.
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Bell
Boyer
Bretz
Keen
Werner
A. Carson Stamm
William N. Yates
Robert A. Enders
Mr. Stamm
Stamm
Enders
Yates
Copenhagen
Slacker draft warning says prison no substitute for army
Washington June 2 The Attorney General renewed emphasis on the draft law provision that imprisonment cannot substitute for military service. He says some disloyal citizens beyond conscription age urge letting youth suffer prison instead of registering to face enlistment and front line duty. Section 5 punishes evasion and also registers the offender for service.
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Associated Press
Washington
Gregory
Department
Russian Anarchists Cry Down With Authority
A Petrograd dispatch to Reuters reports a few score anarchists marching through Nevsky Prospekt and main streets at noon Friday. They carried black banners with anti authority and capitalist slogans and were armed with rifles revolvers daggers and grenades in a display with soldiers and sailors present.
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Associated Press
London
Petrograd
Reuters
Nevsky Prospekt
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G. W. Creighton
P.R.R. Official
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Water Gap
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