U S Railroads to Spend Vast Funds on Tracks and Cars
Washington reports the railway capital budget for the year totals 946 million dollars with 445 million in improvements and 482 million in equipment. Major outlays cover yard tracks main tracks bridges and rails with freight cars locomotives and passenger cars dominating the plan. McAdoo says no railroads under federal control have refused to sign contracts and no rate settlements have been reached.
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Mississippi
Ohio
Senate
McAdoo
Brethren Convention Supports Prohibition and Noncombatant Service
The Church of the Brethren convention urged support for the government noncombatant service and relief efforts including the Red Cross. It condemned liquor and tobacco, backed a Prohibition amendment, and ruled on church members holding offices while voting to publish minutes in German no more. Over 100,000 attended and $60,000 was raised for missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Brethren
Red Cross
Leamersville
Congress
Cerro Gordo, Ill
Lordsburg
California
Brethren Publishing House
Elgin
Ill
Publishing House
Refinishing of Plating and Metal Work Services
If you have plating polish ing or any art metal work to be refinished get our estimate. You will be pleased with our prices and be surprised at the results we attain. Tableware chandeliers brass beds are made to look like new at small expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boys’ Club Federation
Boys' Club Federation
Herbert. Hoover
U. S
America
Barrisburg Business College
Markee Bell Pune
Bakers Elect State Officers Lead War Loyalty Message
In Reading Pennsylvania the state bakers elected George W. Fisher as president H W Crider as first vice president J L Baker as second vice president L A Kley as secretary and W A King as treasurer They sent a telegram to Food Administrator Heinz pledging loyalty and full war service to support the United States in its conflict toward victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Reading
Bakers
George W. Fisher
Huntingdon
H. W. Crider
Homestead
J. L. Baker
L. A. Kley
Phoenixville
W. A. King
Wilkes-Barre
Food Administration
Pennsylvania
United States
Heinz
America
Chickens and a Trial: Aldinger’s Henhouse Evidence
A courtroom heard how Aldinger proved his claim by releasing his chickens from a coop and observing their behavior. The jurors then moved to decide Brady’s fate, with numerous other cases disposed of by Judge McCarrell and Judge C. V. Henry.
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Mr. Aldinger
Brady
Aldinger
Willie Ford
McCarrell
Charity Summers
Simon Smothers
Charles Franklin
James Blake
Alias O'Donnell
Jack Watson
George Brown
C. V. Henry
Howard J. Fegley
C. J. Kennedy
Albert J Lewis
Huntington Reformatory
Lawrence Engle
Edward Pierce
Daisy Jacobs
Germans Strike Fresh Blow as Allies Hold Center
Reports detail heavy fighting across the front with French gains in the center and around Chevrincourt and Antheuil. Paris remains confident while Berlin claims repulses and large prison captures. British and American forces report advances around Belleau wood and Morlancourt with several hundred prisoners taken. Macedonian front sees Bulgarian positions driven from villages and continued artillery activity west of the Vardar river.
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Thei
Matz
Oise
Belloy
Genlis Wood
Courcelles
Mortemer
Chevrincourt
Antheuil
Berlin
Noyon
Paris
London
Montdidier
Chateau Thierry
Belleau Wood
Somme
Morlancourt
Dobrapolje
Vardar
French Hold Points Reclaimed In Most Front Areas
Paris reports continued fighting between Montdidier and the Oise with French gains near Mery and Genlis wood. French repulsed German attacks on the Aronde front and south of the Matz while holding positions south of Chevrincourt and Marest-Sur-Matz. Prisoners counted as belonging to four German divisions. South of the Aisne heavy action persisted between the est and Villers-Cotterets, with ongoing combats near Dommiers Curry and Ambleny.
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Mery
Genlis Wood
Aronde
St. Maur
Loge Farm
Antheuil
Matz
Chevrincourt
Marest-Sur-Matz
Aisne
Soissons
Marne
Villers-Cotterets
Dommiers
Curry
Ambleny
Montdidier
The
Oise
Chevincourt
Dommiers, Curry
Amish Bishop Says War Bonds Refusal Maintains Faith
Bishop John J. Mast of the Amish Mennonites declares the community will not buy Liberty Bonds or War Savings Stamps. They will contribute to road and infrastructure funds instead, a plan approved by the government, as they uphold pacifist principles amid wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honey Brook
John
Mast
Amish Mennonites Church
Roosevelt halts amid cries for 1920 during Indianapolis speech
Theodore Roosevelt paused his address after repeated shouts of Roosevelt in 1920 in Indianapolis. He urged the audience to focus on Americanism, preparedness, and supporting public servants as they mobilize war strength.
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Indianapolis
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Former Baseball Player Wins Navy Commission in Harvard Program
Jack Leary once with the St. Louis American League club earned a Navy ensign commission after enlisting as an ordinary seaman. He gained appointment to the Harvard Navy Training School.
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Navy
Jack Leary
St. Louis American League Baseball Club
Leary
Harvard Navy Training School
Raymond H Sterner Arrives Overseas With 112th Regiment
Raymond H. Sterner has arrived overseas and is now with the Headquarters Company of the 112th Regiment in France. His home address is 59 North Tenth Street.
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Raymond H. Sterner
France
Sterner
North Tenth Street
112Th Regiment
Man freed from altar vow undergoes surgery at base hospital
Méade Maryland report notes Israel Lazin of Philadelphia, jailed five years for refusing a operation, has changed his mind and accepted the procedure. He had vowed at his mother's altar never to be operated after two daughters died post surgery. Camp priests say he may be released from the vow to serve his country as debate continues on reconsidering the sentence.
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William Spratley
Henry
Robert T. Fox
Spratley
Thomas
Smith
Allison Hill
Harry Hoan
Morris Taylor
Sammy Robnson
Warner Thompson
Jesse McNeal
Peake Taylor
Robison
Mary Cooper
Charles Michael
Levi Hess
Lazin
British transport Ausonia torpedoed and sunk
New York reports the British transport Ausonia of the Cunard line torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine several hundred miles from the British coast. Ninety crew members were rescued and landed on the English coast. forty more are reported missing.
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Associated Press
New York
Ausonia
Cunard Steamship Company
Mayor appoints committee for 4th demonstration event
Mayor Keister announces a large steelton committee for the upcoming demonstration with no refusals accepted and members assigned to organize the event. Burgess McEntee will co operate and add his own appointments as tomorrow evening’s meeting proceeds with a long roster of named officials and citizens.
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Steelton
Keister
Burgess Thomas T. McEntee
William Jennings
R. Ross Seaman
W. R. Jackson
George F. Lamb
Lewis
Mudge
Clarence W. Miller
J. B. Markward
R. W. Moorehead
Peter Magaro
Edward Moeslein
Simon Michlowitz
Donald McCormick
H. B. McCormick
J. Horace McFarland
P. R. McDevitt
Andrew
Patterson
Charles E. Pass
Joseph A. Parialo
Board orders reforms for York almshouse fire safety and care
The State Board of Public Charities, after a York county officials and residents committee, names plans for remodeling the York almshouse and bids for a new building. Reports note Cumberland county prison improvements and a 100 bed ward at Farview. Fire protection upgrades are ordered at Harrisburg hospital and Dixmont water supply study is requested.
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State Board of Public Charities
York County
Lancaster County
Lancaster
Harrisburg State Insane Hospital
Henry Walbers
York
Messrs. Wolf
McLeod
McCarthy
French
Wharton
Cumberland County
State Department of Health
Dixmont
Allegheny
Spring City
Polk
Elwyn
Farview
Harrisburg
Harrisburg Hospital
Wilson warns Germans’ plans threaten all liberties
Mexico City reports that President Wilson’s Washington speech to Mexican journalists drew limited official comment. The message, spread by telegraph and mail, drew few public reactions aside from General Garcia Vigil, head of the Chamber of Deputies, who cautioned that the speech warned democracies including Mexico not to be dazzled by German military aims.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Wilson
Washington
Mexico
Garcia Vigil
Chamber of Deputies
Wilson's Stand on Treaties Discussion Upheld in Senate
President Wilson's endorsement blocked a Senate move for open treaty debate. Senators rejected Borah's amendment 60 to 23, voting to limit discussion as part of Underwood's war debate resolution. The President clarifies his stance on diplomacy and publication of ratified treaties.
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Wilson
Senate
Associated
I'vess
Washington
Borah
Underwood
Alabama
Bora
Idaho
Former Legation Attache at Copenhagen Arrested
Dallas reporter notes Silliman Evans once attached to the American legation at Copenhagen is under arrest on a United States Customs service smuggling charge. Authorities tie Evans to a case involving a man named Conn of New York, with Evans and Conn recently traveling from Europe together.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Silliman Evans
Copenhagen
United States Customs Service
Conn
New York
Evang
Europe
Mola Mola Arrives at New York Aquarium After Long Journey
The ocean sunfish known as Mola Mola rests in a New York Aquarium tank after a trek from Sheepshead Bay to the Battery. Fishermen Eddie Ehrlein and Carl Raemy captured the creature and delivered it to Dr. Townsend, who confirmed its species and kept it under careful observation hoping for a calm recovery.
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New York
Mola Mola
New York Aquarium
Sheepshead Bay
Battery
Eddie Ehrlein
Carl Araer
Eddie
Carl Raeny
Heaven
Charles H. Townsend
Aquarium
Townsend
Mola
Dr. Townsend
Billy
Sunday
Carl
R S on Caps of Soldiers Puzzles Onlookers
Two Harrisburg recruiting staffers at a circus grounds event faced skepticism as they wore R S on their caps signifying recruiting service. They struggled to convince timorous bystanders they were not Ringling Brothers employees, despite the caps.
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R. S
Harrisburg
Nail the Kaiser
Circus
Ringling Brothers’ Circus
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St Roe Muo Orpies
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Poilus
War Office
State Board of Charities
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N. Y. Aquarium
U.S
Ammunition Pete Boys
Boys Club Federation
Madison Ave., New Yor
Kame
C. J. Atkinson Boys’ Club Federation
Madison Ave
School of Commerce
National Association
the Telegraph Printing Company
Harrisburg, PA
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