Austrian Reply Window Opens at St Germain Peace Talks
At St Germain June 2 Austria was given fifteen days to reply to the peace terms. Clemenceau led the opening. Wilson arrived late after a tire puncture delay. Austrian chancellor Renner denounced the delay and asserted Austria’s republic is free of the Habsburg dynasty.
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Arthur J. Balfour
Orlando
Italy
Paderewski
Poland
Wilson
St. Germain
Army
St. Cloud
Grayson
Clemenceau
M. Clemenceau
Paul Durasta
Karl Renner
Renner
Rantzau Cured Awaits Answer In European Dispute
London reports Count von Brockdorff Rantzau says he no longer believes German counterproposals will foster negotiations. The German delegation chair adds he will act on his judgment and await results. The French press questions whether they will sign while asking if negotiation is possible.
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Associated Press
London
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
European Press Bureau
Berlin
Temps
Austrian Peace Terms Not Unlike Hon Demands at St Germain
Associated Press reports the Austrian plenipotentiaries at St Germain-en-Laye received most peace conditions from the Allied powers. The treaty mirrors Germany’s outline, with changes for new states from Austria-Hungary and protections for minorities in Austria, Czecho Slovakia, Romania, and Serb Croat Slovene lands. Austria must recognize Hungary independence and cede territories. the scope excludes military reparations and some boundary clauses.
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Associated Press
St. Germain
St. Germain-en- Laye
Germany
Austria
Tehedo Slovakia
Rumania
Hungary
Tchecho Slovakia
Austria-Hun
Harry Behm Cited for Bravery as WWII Courier in France
Wagoner Harry Behm of this city receives a French army citation for gallantry while serving as a motorcycle courier between the 79th Division headquarters and infantry brigade and regiment HQs near Montfaucon between September 26 and 30, 1918. He and another courier faced congested roads and ongoing shell fire with coolness and indifference to danger.
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79Th Division
Wagoner Harry Behm
France
Wagoner Behm
Pennsylvania Railroad
West End Athletic Association
Montfaucon
Legislature Set to End Session by June 26
Legislative leaders plan to close the 1919 session on June 26 with possible Senate amendments to move adjournment from June 19. Leaders will meet to set a revenue policy, with no new taxes expected. Appropriation committees hope to report bills next week as Governor Sproul attends to back the administration pension plan amendment bill.
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House
Senate
Sproul
Ieens
Beef prices to fall over next six months says Swift executive
C A Hibler general manager of Swift and Company predicts a gradual, material drop in beef prices over the next six months. He notes pork wholesale prices are only modestly down and that consumers will feel savings later as dealers clear high priced stocks. Grass fed cattle entering markets signals downward trend amid broader market shifts.
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C. A. Hibler
Swift & Company
Seventh Streets
Hibler
Washington
Good Will Firemen of York Guests of Local Company
Members of the Good Will Fire Company of York visited the local group today arriving at 11 o'clock. They were greeted by a delegation and photographed at the Capitol. A dinner followed at Eagle's hall Sixth and Cumberland, then a city tour. York firemen are on a week long eastern Pennsylvania tour with a band of seventy. Also noted is a Harrisburg Retail Grocers Association meeting to set the August picnic date.
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Good Will Fire Company
York
Good Will
Capitol
Eagle’s Hall
Sixth
Cumberland Streets
Pennsylvania
Conshohocken
Wilmington
Harrisburg Retail Grocers’ Association
Bolshevists Put Thules to Death in Munich
Munich reports confirm the execution of hostages at the end of the communist regime. Seven of ten victims are said to belong to the Thule Society, an anti Semitic group devoted to race ideals. Seizure attributed to denunciation by Bolshevik leaders of the government.
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Associated Press
Munich
The
Thule Society
Soldier letters from Central Pennsylvania cheer home fronts
Miss Lila Hamil of 2104 North Third street wrote a dozen letters copied by friends that reached hundreds of soldiers returning from France. Demobilization camps requested copies printings, with letters circulated like magazines and some bearing names of mothers fathers and siblings.
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Lila Hamil
North Third Street
France
Miss Hamil
Pennsylvania
Buries Wife Saturday Weds Again on Sunday
In Scranton Pennsylvania on June 2 William Witun kas 59 of North Scranton attended his wife’s funeral and within a day led to a wedding with widow Mrs William Wasil 40. Rev John R Kuras officiated at both services. The new wife is mother to twelve children.
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Scranton
William Witunkas
North Scranton
William Wasil
John R. Kuras
St. Joseph's Lithuanian Church
Witunkas
3000 Red Men to Parade When Tribes Gather
More than three thousand Red Men from at least forty tribes will parade in Harrisburg next Wednesday as part of the annual lodge sessions at the Penn-Harris Hotel. Senator Frank A. Smith will be chief marshal with Deputy Attorney General William M. Hargest as chief of staff. 30 bands from Philadelphia to Altoona will march from Front and Market to Market Street.
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Pennsylvania
Penn-Harris Hotel
Frank A. Smith
William M. Hargest
Philadelphia
Altoona
Front
Market
Walnut
Maclay
Verbeke
Market Street
Lebanon
Great Council
Penn-Harris
Harrisburg
Feast of the Weeks Observed in Temples and Synagogues
An important Jewish holiday begins tomorrow evening with special Shabaoth services in temples and synagogues. The observance recalls the giving of the Ten Commandments with confirmation ceremonies Wednesday morning at Chev Sholem temple for four girls Annette Friedman Evelyn Kapner Pauline Salkin and Marener Simms.
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Chev Sholem
Annette
Annette 3B. Friedman
Evelyn D. Kapner
Pauline EB. Salkin
Marener R. Simms
Supreme Court Upholds Rail Rates and Wire Increases
The Nation's highest court today upheld railroad freight and passenger rate increases by the Railroad Administration and telephone and telegraph rate hikes by Postmaster General Burleson. It reversed North Dakota and South Dakota rulings, voided injunctions, and declared federal power supreme and conclusive in these cases.
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Associated Press
Washington
Railroad Administration
United States Supreme Court
Burleson
North Dakota Supreme Court
Northern Pacific Railroad
Hines
South Dakota Supreme Court
Dakota Central
Postmaster General
Illinois
Massachusetts
Kansas
City Faces Severe Measles Epidemic Across the City
City health records show 724 measles cases in May signaling a growing outbreak. Health officer Dr J M J Raunick blames delayed diagnosis and quarantine lapses by parents for the rapid spread, urging immediate physician calls and home isolation until diagnosis. Earlier months add up to 1,092 cases this year. a past epidemic reached about 2,500 cases in two months.
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City Health Bureau
J. M. J. Raunick
Two Boys Missing From Home Safely Return
Edward H. Thompson eleven son of Mr and Mrs W H Thompson 536 North Street returned home after visiting Progress with a boy named Richard Davis who said he left Thompson at Paxtang Park on Memorial Day. Milton Potts Central High senior son of Dr George C Potts 1613 North Third Street also missing since Memorial Day returned Saturday after riding to York on a bicycle and being too weary to return home the same day.
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Edward H. Thompson
W. H. Thompson
North Street
Progress
Paxtang Park
Richard Davis
Davis
Thompson
Milton Potts
Central High
George C. Potts
North Third Street
York
Magee Admitted to Dauphin County Bar
William A. Magee former Pittsburgh mayor and Public Service Commission member was admitted to the Dauphin county bar this morning. He will locate in the city with law offices shared with John Fox Weiss in the Bergner building. Elmer E. Erb also took office space in the Bergner building with Magee and Weiss.
Reading’s Lovelorn Moon Watch Sparks City Censor Row
Harrisburg mayor Daniel L. Keister faces an unofficial cue from a new license act forcing public dance halls to pay annual fees and risk revocation. Reading’s lovelorn plan to darken park sections for moon observation prompts questions about spooning in parks with mayor Filbert noting no park darkening for such purpose.
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Daniel L. Keister
Harrisburg
Keister
O. K
Reading
Filbert
Villa Armies Attack Mexican City in Revolt
Juarez, Mexico June 2 reports say General Villa and General Angeles attacked Chihuahua City. Communication between Juarez and the city is cut, and federal authorities will not attempt to restore it. The fight at Chihuahua City reportedly continues as telegraph links with Terrazas are cut.
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Associated Press
Juarez
Mexico
Chihuahua City
Villa
Angeles
Rhine Provinces Establish Republic Proclaimed
Paris reports Coblenz chosen as the capital of the Rhine republic proclaimed yesterday in several Rhine cities. The national assembly will meet there while the provisional government sits at Wiesbaden.
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Associated Press
Paris
Coblenz
Rhine
National Assembly
Wiesbaden
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