US considers Zeppelin type ships for Navy use
Secretary Daniels may urge construction of dirigible aircraft after the North Sea battle. He notes Zeppelins’ scouting advantage and plans a conference to speed aviation development with a $3 million plus appropriation. A monster naval airship is under construction at the yard. Senator Tillman says data is not yet conclusive.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy Department
Daniels
Naval
Navy Yard
Tillman
North Sea
Old Haynes Car and Its Long Trail Journey Narrative
An old two cylinder Haynes car owned by L. O. Robertson of Dallas Texas has a storied travels. It crossed rivers through dunes and mountains enduring damage and delays while roaming the plains of New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas in 1907. The caravan faced a river flood broke a drive chain and required mule power to move the car to safety before continuing to Plainwell and Dallas. In another item the State Department ordered investigation into massacres of Americans and Englishmen by strikers at Tulare Peru based on reports from Corinto Nicaragua and Rear Admiral Winslow.
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Daniels
Marjorie Sterrett
Brooklyn
Samouldn
Marjories
New York Tribune
Marjorie
New York
L. O. Robertson
Dallas
Texas
Robertson
New Mexico
Cap. Rock
Staked Plains
Amarillo
Clarendon
Donley County
Plainwell
Croton Canyons
Hudson
Dickens County
Denver
Ft. Worth
Washington, D. C
Tulare
Peru
State Department
State
Navy
Corinto
Nicaragua
Winslow
Pacific Fleet
Exonerated Driver in Boy Death
The Coroner's Jury exonerated William Herring of blame for the death of 10 year old Herman G Werner who was run down by the auto truck Herring was driving. Funeral services for Herman were held yesterday. Herman's brother Paul appears in a related photo.
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Herman and
Paul Werner
William Herring
James Street
Herman G. Werner
Charlies A. Werner
North Seventh Street
Herring
Herman
Paul
Firestone Opens Branch and Service Station
The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company opens a direct factory branch at 231 North Second Street with L. L. McClintock as branch manager overseeing twenty counties from Altoona to Philadelphia. W. H. Jackman is office manager. The facility offers on site solid tire mounting and rapid changes for any make. The company plans to build a million removable rims this year and used 4,000,000 pounds of special steel in a single month.
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Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
Ohio
North Second Street
Ll. L. McClintock
Firestone
Altoona
Philadelphia
W. H. Jackman
Ece Ae
85 of 92 Men Aboard Decoy Destroyer Lost
Surviving crewmen report the British destroyer Shark went to the aid of the main force and was sunk in heavy action. Seven survivors landed at Hull say the vessel acted as a decoy in the engagement and that only they escaped. One of the survivors died later and two are badly wounded. The Shark, unnamed in official losses, is among several destroyers missing.
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London
Hull
North Sea
Fight Over Meal Ends With Arrests in City
A dispute over a meal led to the arrest of James Ford and Elizabeth Johnson, both colored, by Officers McGann and Hipple and Detective Murane. They were held for a hearing. Also noted a $4 fine for H F Snook of Pen Brook for passing a trolley as it discharged passengers and a 14 year old boy at Lincoln Schoolyard fracturing his right arm and being taken to Harrisburg Hospital.
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James Ford
Elizabeth Johnson
McGann
Hipple
Murane
Autosat
H. F. Snook
Penbrook
Lincoln Schoolyard
William Dreese
Market Street
Harrisburg Hospital
Deaths and Funerals for Baer and Stambaugh
Mrs Savilla Baer wife of William H Baer died this morning at 1411 Swatara Street Funeral services will be held at home Tuesday at 2 PM with Rev Clayton A Smucker of Stevens Memorial Methodist Church officiating Burial will be in Paxtang cemetery Mrs Priscilla Stambaugh widow of Jacob M Stambaugh died this morning at the home of her niece Mrs Margaret E Rice 1612 Chestnut Street Funeral services will be held at home Monday evening at 7 30 PM with Rev Thomas Reisch of Christ Lutheran Minting Church officiating Burial will be in Mt Pleasant PA
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Savilla
Baer
William H. Baer
Swatara Street
Clayton A. Smucker
Stevens Memorial Methodist Church
Paxtang
Priscilla Stambaugh
Jacob M. Stambaugh
Margaret E. Rice
Chestnut Street
Thomas Reisch
Christ Lutheran Church of
Minting
Mt. Pleasant
Intervenes in escheat tests in Dauphin County
Equity proceedings opened in Dauphin County to intervene in a test case over the states escheat act. David Speer of Pittsburgh seeks to intervene in a suit by Germantown Trust Columbia National Bank and Union Trust of Pittsburgh challenging the acts constitutionality. A ten day returnable rule was granted. The act would let unclaimed deposits over thirty years pass to the state with public depositor lists to be printed by the auditor general. Speer may profit from printing the depositor names. A separate condemnation report on a Northern Central Railroad siding was ordered with viewers to meet June 21. Also 2814 school tax delinquents for 1915 faced suits starting Monday.
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Dauphin County
David Speer
Pittsburgh
Germantown Trust Company
Columbia National Bank
Union Trust Company of
Speer
Auditor General
Paul G. Smith
E. Clark Cowden
William Look
Northern Central Railroad
John B. Roberts
Halifax Township
M. Copelin
Glynn Elected Temporary Chairman by Democrats
Glynn former Governor of New York was elected temporary chairman of the Democratic National Convention by a subcommittee. William J. Stone of Missouri was considered. The subcommittee began selecting 200 assistant sergeant at arms and 52 assistant secretaries, one for each state and territory.
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St. Louis
Alartin Glynn
New York
William J. Stone
Missouri
Joint Conference Plan Proposed by Moose Party
Progressive Party leaders propose a method to merge with the Republican Party at next week’s convention. They favor a conference committee system with conferees to thresh out differences, mirroring Senate and House practice. The plan centers on a shared presidential candidate acceptable to present and former Republicans.
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Chicago
Progressive Party
Republican Party
Abt Sanont
Senate
House of Representatives
Tillman to Lead Fight For Two Dreadnaughts
Washington June 3 Chairman Tillman of the Senate naval committee announced he would lead a fight in the Senate to amend the naval appropriation bill to provide six battle cruisers and two dreadnaughts instead of five battle cruisers and no battleship as the House bill proposed. Will Attend Brethren Meeting Annville June 3 Mr and Mrs George K Gantz visited Mt Nebo and attended the dedication services of the United Brethren Church. A number of people from this section will attend the Church of the Brethren convention at Winona Lake Ind June 18 to 16.
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Washington
Tillman
Senate Naval Committee
Senate
House
Annville
George K. Gantz
Mt. Nebo
United Brethren Church
Church of the Brethren
Winona Lake
Ind
97 Cases Listed For June Court Trial In Criminal Term
Ninety-seven cases are listed for trial at the June term of criminal court starting June 12. For the first time in nearly two years no murder trials are scheduled. Eight new desertion and nonsupport cases will be heard, with many defendants named for felonies including assault, burglary, rape, pandering, and grand larceny. The list includes defendants such as Paul P. Goodling, Walter Headrick, Edward Spittle, and Rade Berkovic among others, with various charges and arraignments across Monday to Thursday sessions.
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Criminal Court
H. W. Watson
Nick Carter
David Collins
Thomas Meehan
Irvin W. Dill
H. F. Houghton
Rene Hammond
James Washington
James Brown
Clara Brown
Rade Berkovic
Edward Spittle
Eugene Carr
John Crawford
Bryan Clark
Thomas Haley
Alfred Cleland
Clemmie Washington
William Saur
Abraham Cooper
Ellen Wentz
Ida Wentz
Howard Hilton
George Norris
Catherine Fought
Robert Wilkinson
Walter Lehmer
Joseph Bender
Neutrality laws may be revised to strengthen US stance
Attorney General Gregory and the State Department propose an eighteen law overhaul to tighten neutrality enforcement. The plan broadens criminal definitions for conspiracies tied to foreign governments, expands presidential powers on vessel clearance and suppression of anti neutrality activity, and adds penalties for foreign spies and misuse of private vessels.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Gregory
State Department
Mexico
United States
Church for Scientists: First Christian Congregation Permitted
The First Church of Christ, Scientist, received a building permit to erect a stone church at Front and Woodbine streets for 12000. Dr. William E. Wright obtained a permit to remodel 204 State street with offices at a cost of 2000. Work starts immediately.
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First Christian Congregation
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Front
Woodbine Streets
William E. Wright
State Street
Losses of Great Fleets in North Sea Engagement
The British admiralty lists losses including battle cruisers Queen Mary Invincible Indefatigable and cruisers Defense Black Prince Warrior with several destroyers. The German admiralty claims Pommern Frauenlob Wiesbaden sunk and Derfflinger Kaiser class battlecruiser plus six destroyers sunk. The Warrior is noted as abandoned rather than sunk.
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North Sea
Queen Mary
Invincible
Defense
Black Prince
Warrior
Tipperary
Turbulent
Fortune
Sparrow Hawk
Ardent
Warspite
Pommern
Frauenlob
Wiesbaden
Derfflinger
Services for Woodmen in Millersburg Pa
Camp 2770 Modern Woodmen of America will attend services in a body at the Methodist Church tomorrow morning at 10 30 o clock. The Rev William Mc Sheath pastor. Clark Cooper is home from Philadelphia convalescing from an attack of typhoid fever.
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Millersburg
Modern Woodmen of America
Methodist Church
William Mc. Sheath
Clark Cooper
Philadelphia
Nine candidates receive degrees at Junior Mechanics initiation
Duncannon notes report that Duncannon Council No. 53 Jr O U A M held a close initiation for nine candidates in the K P hall with the Newport council degree team conferring the degrees. The item also lists assorted local visits and travel by residents including Howard Miller and family from Harrisburg and others visiting relatives in Rockville Altoona Harrisburg and Mechanicsburg.
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Duncannon
Howard Miller
Harrisburg
W. A. McCune
Shippensburg
Lydia Emms
Los Angeles
Cal
B. F. Bryant
H. D. Banks
Atlantic City
Mary Banks
Mary Bolinger
John A. Wilkinson
Duncannon Council
No. 53
Jr. O
Lane S. Hart
Mechanicsburg
Fred Safford
Dorothy Nason
Boston
Mass
Ada Kent
Ruth the Gleaner Presented at Dillsburg Church
The Queen Esther Society of the Methodist Church gave a sacred cantata in the church Thursday evening titled Ruth the Gleaner. Local residents attended the program and nearby residents and families joined in the event.
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Ruth
Dillsburg
Workmen Compensation Totals for 1916 Fatalities
A Pennsylvania report details compensation for 290 work fatalities in the first five months of 1916 averaging 2560.90 per case, with 862 total deaths and a projected fatalities payout near 21.5 million. It notes 547 widows and 1109 orphans among dependents, with most deaths in mines and among miners, laborers, and iron workers, plus political delegate tallies and state officials’ movements.
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Pennsylvania
Chilren
Bureau of Workmen’s Compensation
John Price Jackson
Department of Labor and Industry
Workmen's Compensation Board
Jere S. Black
Harry J. Dumm
T. H
Voris Auten
William A. Glasgow, Jr
Henry A. Ackerman
Robert E. Lee
John T. Lenahan
Webster Grim
Bernard J. Clark
Charles D. McAvoy
Louis Alexander
Wilson Bailey
Martin Jennings Caton
E. Rock
William A. Haeerty
KE Wayne Hindman
Edd J. Lynett
William McIntyre
William McNair
Roland S. Morris
James T. Mulhearn
Walter E. Ritter
Thomas D. Shea
Jesse H. Wise
Brumbaugh
Harrisburg
Chicago
Gettysburg College
Ball
Brown
T. Ames
Williamsport
Washington
Isaac B. Brown
Washington Party
Mount Union Faculty Entertains Senior Class
Mount Union Pennsylvania June 2. Faculty members Prof W P Harley Eleanor McClelland and C C Smith hosted a party for the senior class. Commencement week featured class day exercises on Thursday and Friday night graduations with diplomas presented by W O Fiedsi and remarks by I Harvey Brummenaugh.
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Mount Union
W. P. Harley
Eleanor McClelland
C. C. Smith
Connelly
Harold Noble
Robert Bell
Fae Purcelly
Walter Smith
I. Harvey Brumenaugh
Juniata College
W. O. Fiedsi
C. W. Todd
Thomas Derrick
Harrisburg
Aetna Explosive Company
S. Carnell
Harbison- Walker
Shirley Street
Auto
Thomas Strolford
Familly
Shippensburg
Health Bureau reports milk tests in May show bacterial counts
Forty three milk tests were conducted in May by the city Bureau of Health. One sample, at a dealer’s request, recorded 12 000 bacteria per cubic centimeter with no coli and 4 percent butter fats. Other samples varied with many high counts, while 12 showed coli and 22 tests of cream exceeded gravity 1.003 and 18 percent fats.
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City Bureau of Health
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Haynes
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JIN Depot
Market Street Capital
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Moose
Senreco
Lly
Nate
Janel
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Limor
Baker
Russel Doney
James Coleman
Tombstone
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George Kurt
Mike Keane
Joseph Meadowcroft
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Mal
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R. Remmer
Lewis Stober
Lucious Turner
Harry Warner
John Moore
George Moxley
D. Wy
Granville Davis
Elmer Fields
Anna Grant Alias Brown
Joseph Gold
Walter Wise
Harry E. von Hoffs
D. F. Bankes
Ralph Packer
Elmer Adams
William W. Kerstetter
George Lampas
Charles McElro
Glenn Rydock
Edward D. Wolf
Paul Cage
Frank Spangler
Winfield East
Leslie Perrin
Joseph Dando
Ira Kline
Michael Day
John L. Drake
John Fagan
John N. Heck, Jr
LeRoy Stroh
Clarence Maubley
John Ll. Drake
Thomas ©. Keil
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Edward Rouser
Harry Barlel
Bert Jones
John Hill
Matthew H. Endress
Frank Clouser
David H. Cronin
Albert Miller
Henry Johnson
Charles P. Handley
J. M. Glassbrenner
Attachment
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Nellie Bass
Baltimore
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Lincoln
Neb
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Camp Hill
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Miller
George Heikes
Leonard Heikes
George Seibert
Kapp
Hershey
Reading
Queen Esther Society
The
Walter Dick
M. C. Thumma
William Seidle
R. B. Nelson
Resta Firestone
Masonic Home
Elizabethtown
John A. Goudy
Sue Dick
Nettie Dick
Sara Baker
Lancaster
Chambersburg
Christian Endeavor Society
J. J. Hummel
Jacob Hipple
Fannie Hipple
Mt. Union
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