Wilson drafts and sends new note to Germany
President Wilson finished a new note to Germany and laid it before the Cabinet. He penned it himself with Bryan, Lansing, and Gregory advising on international law and the Lusitania guns controversy. The note will state there is no ground for the guns claim and will be sent to Berlin tonight or tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Washington
D. C
Wilson
Germany
Berlin
White House
Bryan
Lansing
Gregory
Lusitania
Ford Motor declares large stock dividend and boosts capital
The Ford Motor Company announced an increase of authorized capital from 2 million to 100 million, declaring a stock dividend of 48 million payable July 1 and a cash dividend of 2 million. Henry Ford gains 27.84 million and James Couzens receives 5 million. Issued stock rises to 50 million. remaining 50 million stays in treasury.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford
James Couzens
Graduating Class Entertained by Alumni at Banquet
The Highspire High School Alumni Association will host the annual banquet at the Bodmer House tonight. Graduating class members will be guests of honor while alumni officers coordinate the program.
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Highspire High School Alumni Association
Bodmer House
Walter Diffenderfer
Arthur Poorman
Walter Sides
Paul Hollenbaugh
Anna Hoch
Ned Lauman
Raymond Diffenderfer
Anna R. Mumma
Hilda A. Weaver
Raymond Duncan
Russell Ehrhart
G. Lloyd Heicher
Harry Durborrow
Weather Report for Harrisburg and Eastern Pennsylvania
Fair and warmer conditions prevail with Northeast winds. The Juniata and West Branch conditions show fall and rise trends, while the main river remains near stationary tonight and falls Saturday. The Harrisburg stage near 7 feet Saturday morning, with temperatures around 56 at 5 am and a high of 59 and low of 47 yesterday.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Juniata
Weet
Portugal May Sever All Relations With Germany
Portugal presses for immediate diplomatic break with Germany after two Portuguese ships were sunk by German submarines. Lisbon reports war tensions spread via Paris with indignant press and calls for drastic government action. An unrelated brief notes a zinc smelter wage hike in Bartlesville and U.S. shipbuilding totals for May. Italian troops arrive in Ala Avio and Borghetto amid Austrian requisitions affecting food supplies.
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Lisbon
Paris
Press of
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Germany
Verona
Ala Avio
Borghetto
Weather clears for city work resume on public projects
Sun returns and clouds lift allowing all city improvement work to continue. Crews repair riverfront slopes, lay 240 tons of crushed limestone for bank paths, and advance grading on Fifth and Seneca and Sycamore sites. Paving and curb work resume as weather permits, with concrete and asphalt scheduled on Emerald and nearby streets.
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Taylor
Mulberry Street
Fifth
Seneca
School Board to Open Bond Bids and Buy Furniture
The School Board will open bids for $99,000 in bonds to fund a new Fifth and Mahantongo street school building and will purchase furniture. A successor to Professor Ross Hull in the Technical high school faculty will be chosen at tonight’s meeting after Hull resigns to focus on his law practice.
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Fifth and Mahantongo Street
Ross Hull
Technical High School
Hull
Fractures Leg Attempting to Return to First
Howard Hitz of 1317 North Front Street fractured his right leg above the ankle last Saturday during a Camp Curtin versus Hope Fire Company baseball game while attempting to return to first base. He is improving. Mrs M Be Kline of Duncannon died at home on South Market Street this morning from heart trouble. funeral plans to be announced.
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North Front Street
Camp Curtin
Hope Fire Company
Hitz
M. BE
Kline Duncannon
Milton E. Kline
South Market Street
Eighth Grade Track Meet Sparks Island Park Rivalry
Harrisburg area students gathered at Municipal Field Island Park for the eighth annual grammar school track and field meet under the Harrisburg Track Athletic Committee. Rain forced postponement from yesterday but enthusiasm and banners marked the competition as junior athletes vied for honors and school pride.
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Island Park
Municipal Field
Harrisburg Track Athletic Committee
Note Received With Indifference in Vera Cruz
President Wilson's note to General Carranza and other Mexican faction leaders was published without comment in Vera Cruz newspapers last night. The public received it calmly and groups in cafes discussed its contents with apparent indifference.
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Vera Cruz
Associated Press
Wilson
Carranza
George H. Biles Promoted to Second Deputy Highway Commissioner
At the State Highway Department Joseph W. Hunter was reappointed First Deputy State Highway Commissioner and George H. Biles was promoted from engineer of maintenance to Second Deputy Highway Commissioner. Biles will oversee the maintenance division and continues as second deputy. (Continued on Page 4.)
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State Highway Department
Joseph W. Hunter
George H. Biles
E. A. Jones
Biles
Kieso May Decline Commissionership
Congressman Edgar R. Kiess of Lycoming County likely will decline the Public Service Commission appointment offered by Governor Brumbaugh. He prefers to remain in Congress amid district pressure, with a decision expected within 48 hours. Kiess has not resigned or taken the oath as commissioner and faces Republican opposition if he withdraws.
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Edgar R. Kiess
Lycoming County
Brumbaugh
Congress
Fifteenth
Roosevelt
Executive
Kiess
George W. Williams
William Champaign
Tioga
Charles E. Wolfe
Lycoming
Bible Students at Hershey Meeting Chooses Officers
Delegates from many states converge on Hershey for a Brethren conference Bible term. Dr. E. B. Hoff of Bethany Bible School Chicago opened with a strong blackboard talk on Interpretation of Prophecy, followed by Rev. James M.
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Hershey
E. B. Hoff
Bethany Bible School
Chicago
Ill
Hoff
James M
Offensive advances around Przemysl and Wistoka front
War office dispatch reports continued offensive on the front from the mouth of the Wistoka. Przemysl, deemed incapable of defense due to artillery and fortifications destroyed by Austrians, is retained only to support operations surrounding the town as positions northwest of Przemysl enable San operations.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
London
War Office
Wistoka
Przemysl
San
Treasury creates new posts and raises salaries in state
Governor Brumbaugh approves the Economy and Efficiency Commission report creating two new state treasury positions and raising several salaries. The assistant warrant clerk and assistant appropriation clerk are set at 1600 and 1800 dollars respectively, while the cashier bond and corporation clerks receive substantial increases to reflect expanded duties. The changes extend across multiple treasury roles, including core clerical grades and related positions.
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Brumbaugh
Treasury
Economy and Efficiency Commission
Tener
Bequeaths Heirlooms to Husband and Brothers in Will
Bequeaths old silver and china and a Bible to her husband and to her brothers Boner Clement and Thomas, with other family heirlooms divided among siblings as probated today by Register of Wills Danner. The bulk goes to the husband while the heirlooms are shared among brothers and sister.
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Libbie Barton Emerick
Register of Wills
Danner
Boner
Clement
Thomas
Woman Falls Dead in Street From Apoplexy
Miss Mis souri Kaiser aged 52 of 1124 South Ninth Street collapsed at Ninth and Sycamore Streets last evening after leaving home in good health en route to Steelton to visit relatives. Survived by brothers John Kaiser and Fred Kaiser. Funeral Monday at 2 PM from her home with Rev. Ellis N. Kremer presiding. Burial in East Harrisburg Cemetery.
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Sycamore
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Miss Kaiser
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Fred Kaiser
Ellis N. Kremer
East Harrisburg
Situation Favors Italians Developments On Front
Rome reports that preliminary movements along the front show the situation developing in favor of the Italians who have taken an effective offensive against entrenched Austrians supported by powerful artillery. The dispatch is dated June 3 from Rome, via Paris, June 4 at 6.30 A M.
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Paris
Przemys
Stry
Russian War Office
Dneister River
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Libau
Russia
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East Prussia
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Georgia Bar Association Defeats Women Law Practice Bid
Brunswick Ga June 5 The Georgia Bar Association defeated a resolution asking the legislature to grant women the right to practice law in Georgia at its annual convention yesterday.
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Associated Press
Brunswick
Georgia
Georgia Bar Association
Charles F. Libby dies. former ABA president and Portland official
Charles F. Libby, president of the American Bar Association in 1909 10, died last night in Portland. He had served as mayor of Portland, president of the State Senate and president of Bowdoin College Overseers.
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Associated Press
Portland
Charles F. Libby
American Bar Association
State Senate
Feacee
Bowdoin Colese
Harrisburg Works To Open Island Wharf And Hoist
The Harrisburg Light and Power Company expects to have the island coal wharf and hoist operational within two weeks. An official discussed progress with City Commissioners Bowman Lynch and Taylor as reporters observed the site. Meanwhile Russian reports say Austro German forces advance on the Galician front and isolate Libau after Libau bombardments.
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Light Co
Harrisburg Light and Power Company
Island
Harry F. Bowman
William MH. Lynch
M. Harvey Taylor
Sand spread urged to protect horses in city streets
A letter from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals asks City Commissioner Lynch to spread fine sand on Market Third Second and Fourth streets and Market Square to prevent horse slips. Winds could hinder effectiveness and officials doubt approval. Joplin reports zinc ore at 100 dollars a ton due to European war impacts, a record high.
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W. H Lynch
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Market Square
Mulberry Street
Lynch
Joplin
King Pins Medal on Wounded Man's Breast
Rome reports that Alpine mountaineers captured an entrenched Austrian position in a Val Inferno defile near Val Cagno. Led by a wounded lieutenant, the officer continued directing his detachment until victory and King Victor Emmanuel pinned the military medal on his chest.
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Associated Press
Rome
Paris
Val Inferno
Val Cagno
Ministry of War
Victor Emmanuel
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