State probe of mine disaster opens with 85 dead
Investigators led by state mine officials opened the Delaware and Hudson disaster probe in Wilkes-Barre Pa as seven kegs of black powder burned and sparks from an overhead trolley line sparked a blast. Sixty nine died in the tunnel and fourteen died at hospitals as rescuers reached the scene. Eighty five dead and forty nine injured marked the toll with five may die.
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Associated Press
Wilkes-Barre
Delaware and Hudson Company
Tunnnel
August Ruddie
Mercy
John Cannon
Ragged Jimmy Charged With Highway Robbery
William Johnson alias Ragged Jimmy, Baltimore man, charged with holding up W Dean in Capitol Park Extension Harrisburg last night. Police took him into custody. hearing planned in police court this afternoon. Dean identified Johnson as one of two robbers. seven dollars reported stolen.
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W. ©. Dean
Baltimore
Capitol Park
William Johnson
Ragged Jimmy
Harrisburg
Dean
Johnson
Weather summary for Harrisburg and eastern Pennsylvania
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with little temperature change. Shifting winds along the Susquehanna and its branches. the river near 4.7 feet in Harrisburg Saturday morning. Showers have occurred east of the Mississippi, with cooler air in parts of the north and Nebraska. temperatures generally vary 2 to 16 degrees higher elsewhere.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna River
Harrinburg
Missouri River
Atlantic Coast
Georgia
Virginia
Florida
Mississippi River
Nebraska
Pacific Coast
United States
Peace Brings Brisk Hosiery Orders at Moorhead Mills
Moorhead Knitting Company reports export and domestic orders at wartime levels or higher. High price silks and relief from wartime financial strain drive demand while raw cotton and silk prices rise. Company considers enlarging plant with ground purchased, though new building plans are not yet defined.
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Robert W. Moorhead
Moorhead Knitting Company
Mr. Moorhead
Russia
Philadelphia
Colliery May Protest Eight Cent Valuation
The Susquehanna Collieries Company will contest an eight cent per ton valuation on marketable coal for county assessment. Mining engineer W F Sekol estimates eight cents fair for taxation. County officials and company representatives discussed Sekol's report placing coal properties at about 2.5 million dollars. HELD ON WOMAN'S CHARGES Cora Kline of 313 Cherry street charged with striking and biting in the arm while intoxicated. Samuel Parlum held by Harrisburg police awaiting police court hearing.
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Susquehanna Collieries Company
W. F Sekol
Coal Company
Cora Kline
Cherry Street
Samuel Parlum
Harrisburg
Hotel raises rates ten percent to raise wages
Versailles June 6. Hotel Des Reservoirs announces a ten percent price increase after servants refuse tips from the German peace delegation. The move aims to boost wages for hotel staff employed at the Quarters where the delegation is lodged.
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Associated Press
Versailles
Hotel Des Reservoirs
Mauk Arrested in Burial Frauds Refusal to Comment
Charles H. Mauk is under arrest on two counts of false pretense for using a rough and a pasteboard box as caskets at two funerals and failing to embalm bodies while charging for the service. He is also accused of collecting minister fees for a funeral with no clergyman officiating and today refused to discuss the charges.
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Charles H. Mauk
Kelker
Mauk
Rose Show Opens at Harrisburg Y M C A Exhibits Bloom
Hundreds of roses in all colors fill baskets vases and boxes at the second annual Rose Show in the Harrisburg Y M C A. The event runs on the first floor under the direction of the women's advisory board with judging starting after setup at around 2 pm.
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Pennsylvania
Harrisburg Y. M. C. A
First Bass Poaching Arrests Stir State Authorities
State authorities announced the first arrests for catching bass out of season. Game Warden C B Baum charged George B Hughes and John Schaffer with taking three bass from the Canado guinet. Each man was fined 22.25 dollars for the illegal catch.
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C. B. Baum
George B. Hughes
John Schaffer
Canado
Salvation Army ends old tambourine fund raising in Harrisburg
Salvation Army leader Captain Neilson says over 15000 dollars will fund home services and ends house to house canvassing and tambourine collections. He notes tambourine methods drew mixed reactions from women and that funds will now come through other channels while the Bethesda charity remains connected.
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Salvation Army
Harrisburg
Neilson
Verbeke Street
Sixth _ street
Cantain
Bethesda
Harrisburg allows city concerts and garbage contracts
Harrisburg moves to let third class cities appropriate funds for band concerts and to contract for garbage ashes and other waste disposal under city auspices. Governor Sproul signed bills expanding authority, adding health and standards provisions and statewide county and city duties.
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Pennsylvania
Sproul
Smith Senate
Flynn Seeks to Locate Radicals from Night of Terror
Philadelphia becomes national hub for tracking anarchists after bombs in eight cities. William J. Flynn, head of a new Justice Department bureau, says no arrests yet and a elimination-based search will map movements of known radicals to determine their location Monday night. The investigation could take months.
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Flynn
Associated Press
Philadelphia
William J. Flynn
Department of Justice
Department
Federal
City to install six traffic semaphores at major downtown intersections
Six traffic semaphores ordered by the city police department last August have been shipped from a New York firm this week. They will be installed at Third and Market, Fourth and Market, Fourth and Chestnut, Fourth and Walnut, Third and Walnut, and Second and Walnut streets to regulate downtown traffic.
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New York
Keister
Flood Letting For Capitol Dome Work
State Board of Public Grounds and Buildings plans flood lighting for the Capitol dome modeled after Washington. Arnold W. Brunner will present next week the new State officeing plans and canopy tram project. Memorial Bridge provisions and funding will be discussed along with transit connections to the Park area.
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National Capitol
Washington
State Board of Public Grounds
Arnold W. Brunner
Canpitol
Park
Memorial Bridge
Wilson Points to Fourteen Claims for World Peace
Peace hopes rise in Paris as Allied reply to German counters is due Monday. Germany may face a three to five day window to accept or reject the treaty with a final decision expected by Saturday, June 14. Berlin will brief the German delegation on the decision, while Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau may travel to Berlin for talks. Austria seeks terms acceptance at St Germain with caution from President Seitz, and Poland presses frontier revisions with possible Silesia plebiscite.
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Versailles
Berlin
Philip Scheidman
Council of Four
Clemenceau
St. Germain
Karl Renner
Feldkirch
Otto Bauer
Bauer
Seitz
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Rhenish
Berlin Sends Treaty Copies to Congress for Review
Berlin reports that photographically reproduced copies of the Peace Terms are being sent to every U S Senator and Representative for perusal. British correspondents in Paris probe why early Council of Four changes were delayed thirteen hours. Meanwhile J W Ledoux and city officials discuss water mains replacement on State street for a new bridge.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Paris
United States
Council of Four
J. W. Ledoux
Philadelphia
State Street
8S. F. Hassler
Soldiers clash with police in Antwerp gunfight
Brussels June 6 report says American soldiers and Antwerp police clashed Wednesday night. Two civilians and three firemen were shot during the melee. Three American soldiers were arrested, one of them wounded.
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Associated Press
Brussels
Antwerp
Diers
Fears Reds Will Get Allied Food
President Seitz warned in Vienna that terms of peace are only proposals and would feed Bolshevism. He said the terms are dangerous for German Austria and cannot be enforced on the population, expressing despair at America and concern over Hungarian military gains.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Seitz
America
Austria
Dorten Declares Rhenish Republic Amid Riot
Berlin reports that Dr. Dorten, named president on June 1, installed himself and his cabinet at Wiesbaden. A large crowd tried to unfurl Rhenish republic colors, stormed the building, and seriously injured Minister of Justice Eckerman and Minister of Education Klingenschmidt who required hospital care. President Dorten hid and escaped.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Dorten
Rhenish Republic
Wiesbaden
Eckerman
Justice
Klingenschmidt
President States Treaty Does Not Violate Ideas
A public statement asserts the treaty does not infringe on core ideas and commitments. The president acknowledges past misgivings but maintains the agreement aligns with national principles.
Wilson Affirms Treaty Aligns With His Fourteen Points
Paris June 6. President Wilson says the German counter proposals to the Peace Treaty do not violate his principles. He would confess error if he disagreed and would correct it, but the treaty as drawn conforms to his fourteen points.
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Paris
Wilson
Daylight Saving Fees Shift Fight to Senate
Advocates of repealing the daylight saving law move their fight from the House to the Senate. They expect a rider on the agricultural appropriation bill. The Senate Agricultural Committee plans to report the bill soon with the rider attached, hoping Senate approval leads to House acceptance.
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Senate
Washington
House
Senate Agricultural Committee
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