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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1919
Page
2
William Kerns slept in barber chair at 1024 Market Street. He paid his bill in change, left, and found his pocketbook missing containing $50. Barber J E Smith faces a hearing in police court after being accused of taking the wallet.
President Wilson conferred with American experts at the Hotel de Crillon in Paris on replies to German reparations notes and peace terms. A general conference of the American delegation followed. Brigadier General George H. Harries, chief military adviser on German affairs, arrived from Berlin for consultation on potential military measures if Germany refuses to sign.
Mt Vernon Council 323 Order of Independent Americans hosts a box social and cake walk at Fackler's Hall Thirteenth and Derry streets this evening. The program includes piano solos and duets by Miss Mildred Miller, a welcome address, various readings and vocal selections by local groups, cake walks, and a sale of boxes with refreshments.
Harrisburg men who served in France with the 79th Lorraine Cross Division are to be welcomed home. Mayor Daniel L. Keister is coordinating with division officers to learn when most will return and arrange a reception, similar to that given the Keystone Division. The bulk return time remains uncertain as some have already arrived, many are at Camp Dix, and plans for a parade in Philadelphia have been abandoned due to the soldiers’ wishes.
Mrs Reba Heicher Peters died at her Baltimore home yesterday after giving birth to a daughter. She was born Reba Heicher, daughter of Michael Heicher and sister of Mrs Charles B Forney. She married Harry K Peters, a Baltimore linotype operator, and leaves five children, oldest eleven. Burial is Paxtang Cemetery. services at 5 p.m. at the home of Mrs Forney. body to be brought there tomorrow.
In Wilkes-Barre on June 3 Judge John M. Garman sentenced sailor Earl Norman to jail for seven to ten years and fined him 100 dollars. Mabel Smith and Ethel Myers of Scranton received five years each in county jail after pleading guilty to conspiring to rob Joseph Berger of Nanticoke of a small sum. Berger showed bills in a saloon. the trio lured him to an alley where Norman struck him and took the money.
Harrisburg Knights of Columbus plan a large gathering for the new council to be instituted at Mount St Marys College and Seminary Emmitsburg Md Supreme Knight James A Flaherty will attend Masses at St Josephs Emmitsburg and at St Andrews near the college with services at 7 and 10 oclock a m Harrisburg Knights will travel by auto with arrangements led by M R Hoelle district deputy Second Maryland District Knights of Columbus
County Commissioners named Leroy L. Coyle Republican registrar in Twelfth ward First precinct succeeding Charles B. Hamilton Letters of administration on Grace T. Daniels estate issued to Captain Francis E F Daniels by Register Ed H Fisher Prisoners at the county jail painting interior woodwork. completion in a few days County officials received state hospital bills for Dauphin County inmates totals $8461.07 and $522.60 respectively
Representatives from several large employers met Governor Sproul at the Executive Mansion to outline proposed compensation legislation and will submit ideas later. No action on the bills is anticipated this week. A Senate sub-committee handling Bolard and allied anti German measures has postponed action for now, hoping to reach agreement with the Governor next week.
Big feast honors Navy and Army workers who boosted May 18 24 membership to 624 with 278 Navy and 246 Army new members. Pennsylvania Railroad workers led nationwide drive over the top. Leaders praised campaigns, noted high overage and planned reception and Continental program service.
H. J. Babb secretary and Charles T. Jones of the Veteran Employes Association met at Mount Gretna to plan a big picnic. William D. Bowers completed a new cottage at Loswis Run and will move next week. J. C. Johnson, superintendent, and dispatchers met at Altoona. For the week ending May 25 two men were dismissed for rule violations, eighty suspended, and sixty two reprimanded per the Middle division discipline bulletin.
York Haven Pa June 3 Children s day observed Sunday evening in United Brethren Church with overflowing congregation A committee led by Miss Rosa Lentz directed a long program including songs recitations and exercises by many children and a tableau Heirs of Liberty and many national figures referenced The piece ends noting new enlistments for the State Police including Wilson J Garvey Lemoyne Thomas F Barry Lebanon and Wilt F Howard Harrinburg plus others.
Elliott-Fisher Company reports the highest monthly sales in May, surpassing October’s best by 23 percent. Strong cooperation from Sales Manager G. W. Spahr and a growing sales force aided the record, with expanding plant activity, advertising material, and new publications fueling optimism for June.
One of the era’s largest airplanes landed in Harrisburg yesterday at 3 30 p m. It was bought by the Automobile and Airplane Mechanical School to train men as practical airplane mechanics and pilots. The aircraft seats two or three with ease and is piloted by two trained instructors. They were wartime civilian trainers now earning about ten dollars an hour. Pilot William Diehl Jr urges aspiring fixers to be expert mechanics based on his own safety records. Demonstrations are slated daily from 3 30 to 6 30 p m.
The Middle division of the Pennsy shows May gains with 170 485 cars handled between Altoona and Harrisburg, a daily average of 6 499 cars and 90 383 loaded. April totals were 153 621 with 87 032 loaded, while May last year reached 214 064 with 111 381 loaded.
The funeral of Thomas S. Peters was held yesterday afternoon at the chapel of F. C. Neely on Second Street. Services were conducted by officers of Robert Burns Lodge No 464 F and A M, of which the deceased was a member.
An obituary fragment notes the burial in Harrisburg Cemetery and mentions many fine floral tributes received for the deceased.
Peters long served in realty circles and held prominence within Masonic lodges, reflecting a career anchored in both property dealings and fraternal leadership.
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