No Regate An Allowance Plea Raised in Rail Case
In United States district court, the Pennsylvania Railroad contesting a government charge of a 10 cent per ton coal rebate to Glen White Coal and Lumber. Counsel says it is an allowance for transporting coal from Kittanning Point. government argues the 10 cent item must appear in published tariffs. Judge Dickinson reserved ruling on dismissing the suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
United States District Court
Glen White Coal and Lumber Company
John Hampton Barnes
Kittanning Point
Pennsy
Dickinson
Veterans to Convene at Altoona Nineteenth Annual Meet
Local members will attend the nineteenth annual convention of the Veterans of the Middle Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Altoona tomorrow. Frank H. Gregory serves as chaplain and sessions will be held at Jaffa Temple with an afternoon officers’ election. A banquet is planned for 6 p.m. A special return train will carry the veterans home. N. W. Smith presides and W. B. Moore is secretary. about 1,800 members participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of the Middle Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
Altoona
Frank H. Gregory
Jaffa Temple
H. W. Creighton
N. W. Smith
W. B. Moore
Carthage
Steelton
Knights of Pythias
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Baldwin Cemetery
Frank B. Wickersham
St. John's Lutheran Church
G. N. Lauffer
William Webster
H. R. Rupp
Piccolimini
Rupp
Temple of Music
Gabriel
Lodge
Hershey Park
Grace United Evangelical Sunday School
Union Sunday School
Steelton and
Mount Gretna
Train Crew Rosters and Schedules by Division
Philadelphia Division lists crews and assignments with first to go after specified times including engineers firemen conductors brakemen and yard crews across Standing of the Crews and Middle Harrisburg sections. Altoona and Philadelphia crews detailed with up and laid off statuses and personnel names for each role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Hubler
Reisinger
Madenford
Downes
Streeper
McGuire
Hendman
Hennecke
Sober
Young
Geisey
Smeltzer
Snow
Davis
Dennison
Crisswell
Bram
Garman
Ross
Gross
Mohler
Smith
Reese
Baker
Derrick
Clouser
Bolan
Spahr
Stahl
Werner
Thornton
Bell
Troy
Strauser
Saltsman
Kuhn
Snyder
Pelton
Shaver
Landis
Hoyser
Beck
Harter
Brewer
Blosser
Rudy
Houser
Meals
Swab
Harvey
Bartolo' Getty
Barkey
Sheets
Bair
Eyde
Ish
Bostdorf
Schiefer
Rauch
Lackey
Maeyer
Sholter
Snell
Logan
Hineburg
Goudy
Riley
Erts
Sunning
Lutz
Nee
Sweger
Smiley
Rinter
Yes Swing
McNalley
Kingsbury
Harrisburg
Morne
Massimore
Martin
Wireman
Sweeley
Bonawitz
Fortney
Kettner
Morrison
Wyre
Merkle
Dobbins
Miller
Anders
Grumbine
Keefer
Bowers
Bingaman
Boyer
Hilton
Orris
Miles
Shader
Hulbert
Shearer
Hinkle
Grimes
Duncan
Haines
Milo Shelley Guest At Big Reception
Benton Hall hosted a formal reception in honor of Phoebe Elmira Shelley on a recent evening. The event featured Loeser's orchestra, blue and gold decor, late refreshments, and guests from Harrisburg East Orange and Carlisle, including Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Shelley and many relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton Hall
North Front Street
Kirk Shelley
Phoebe Elmira Shelley
Loeser
Harland
J. P. Shelley
Maurice Yapple
Charles Davis
Charles Spicer
Harrisburg
Charles Strawsner
East Orange
N. J
L. B. Nye
Tobias Yoffee
Charles Bernhard
B. Y. Dickinson
John Demming
Charles Schmidt
Roscoe Bearman
James Lutz
Bartram Shelley
T. J. Nelley
Frank Stees
Carrie Weirich
Henrietta Parr
Linnie Hess
Mildred Critchley
Marie Melville
Hilda Snyder
Lucetta McElhenny
Freeda Stees
Mary Minnich
Carlisle
Marie Toomey
Silvia Beidel
Sadie Dingess
Norma Brandt
Martha Armstrong
Mary Shelley
Philip Waidley
Richard Mumma
George White
Horace Cumbler
Gilbert Dailey
Douglas Beidel
Walter Crunkleton
Greencastle
C. B. Shelley
Frank Tu
Middletown Society Plans Thursday Park Dance
Middletown society folks announce a dance at Hershey Park PA pavilion Thursday evening with travel by automobile. Daughters of Liberty groups from Middletown and Falmouth will visit each other on the event night. Various locals host guests and visitors around North/Main streets as townsfolk share refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Hershey Park Pavilion
Daughters of Liberty of Middletown
Daughters of Liberty of
Whites Return From War Lands After Harsh Voyage
Mr and Mrs White travel from Petrograd to England via a perilous journey across ice and snow. They describe frozen troops treated in French hospitals and the shock of news from the sinking of a vessel, followed by their return aboard the St Paul escorted by British warships and a stay in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Baltic Sea
Mrs. White
Russia
Petrograd
England
Mrs.White
Ve Orate
Engand
Chicago Street Car Strike Ends After Lockup Meeting
Mayor Thompson locked conference doors during talks with union leaders and traction officials to avert a strike. After heated debate over an arbitrator, the street car men committee agreed to accept Mayor Thompson as third arbiter, ending the impasse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beeleego Ae Etenenoey
Traction Lines
Thompson
Leonard A. Busby
Chicago Surface Lines
W. D. Mahon
City Hall Echoes as Arbitration Talks Begin
Cheers fill City Hall as Mayor Thompson opens his office and labor leaders exit hopeful. Arbitration sessions likely start early next week with a plan to hear all issues without concessions. Settlement news halted rush hour car traffic, forcing workers to rely on buses trains and trucks. Traction officials ordered no more strikebreakers, with six thousand workers started and sixteen hundred already arriving last night under guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Board of Arbitration
State Society to Mark Harris Grave With Boulder Tablet
The Pennsylvania Historical Society will mark John Harris’s grave in Harris Park with a large boulder and bronze tablet. The marker sits near the old Harris ferry landing below the Cumberland Valley bridge, close to the grave of Harris’s settler. Thomas Lynch Montgomer y notified City Commissioner M Harvey Taylor, who favors city park control of the site and removing the iron fence for a hedge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Harris
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Historical Society
Harris Park
Harris Ferry
Cumberland Valley Bridge
Historical Society
Thomas Lynch Montgomery
State Society
M. Harvey Taylor
Taylor
Park Department
Harris
Vacation School for Tuberculars Opens June Twenty‑First
Final plans set for a vacation school for tubercular children to run June 21 through September 1 in the Susquehanna school building at Fifth and Seneca Streets. Miss Marian Williams named principal to oversee pupils who will also tend vegetable plots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susquehanna
Fifth and
Seneca Streets
Civil Club
Marian Williams
County to pursue overpaid state tax similar to city effort
County Controller Henry W Gouga plans to pursue recovery of more than 4500 in overpaid state tax on city bonds held by corporations, following the precedent set by City Commissioner W L Gorgas. Gorgas will meet with Gouga soon as the county seeks to certify taxables and proceed with the bridge and building permits news continues with permit filings and probate actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Gorgas
Henry W. Gouga
Gorgas
Secretary of Internal Affairs
Dauphin County
Nineteenth Street
John J. Hargest
Mary Shenk
North Sixth Street
Harrisburg Hopes to Join International Baseball Circuit
City leaders including Mayor Royal Attorney A. Carson Stamm and Charles E. Covert back bringing the Newark nine to Harrisburg to boost prominence. Fans scramble to raise a $5,000 transfer budget as the club would draw visitors from nearby towns and put Harrisburg in a major league race with cities over 250,000 population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal
A. Carson Stamm
E. Z. Wallower
Newark
Harrisburg
Charles E. Covert
Central Construction and Supply Company
Montreal
Toronto
Henry W. Gough
Pennsylvania
Hogestown Livestock Show Showcases High Quality Animals
Judges started cattle awards as the Hogestown show highlights improved hogs sheep poultry and horses. Boys ages 15 to 18 and 18 to 21 judged cattle with talks on milk producing organs and value of stock. A new auto and farm machinery exhibit broadens the fair with 590 entries and expanding regional participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hogestown
Dillsburg
Lewisberry and
Goldsboro
Carlisle
Downfall and Crime Tales From Steelton Court
The report covers multiple court cases in Steelton. William Jones attacked a young foreign girl intent on assault. Newton H Miller pleaded guilty to several larceny charges. Kosta Yrdonoff, a Steelton foreigner, admitted breaking into a cash register and stealing coins and notes, claiming to be 18. Judge McCarrell sent him to Huntingdon reformatory. James Jones faced trial for malicious mischief over shoe theft and a slashed overcoat incident with John Williamson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jones
Newton H. Miller
Kunkel
Kosta Yrdonoff
Steelton
Myers Street
Yrdonoff
McCarrell
Huntingdon Reformatory
James Jones
No. 2
Jones
John Williamson
Williamson
Acid Stomachs Are Dangerous Common Sense Advice
Distinctive health column warns that acid in the stomach irritates the lining and causes most stomach trouble. It recommends bisulated magnesia as the best antacid to neutralize acid after meals and prevent fermentation, noting ordinary remedies fail. Consumers are advised to keep magnesia on hand and obtain from a druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradfield Regulator Co
Lamar Bldg
Atlanta
Wood chopper injured by slipping hatchet at home
Harvey Fisher of Linglestown suffered a severe laceration to his left thumb when a hatchet slipped while he chopped wood at his residence. He received treatment at Harrisburg Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Fisher
Linglestown
Harrisburg
Government to determine if Bryan was hoaxed in Meyer Gerhard case
State department and diplomatic corps officials learned of the matter from published reports. They noted that Count Bernstorff had pressed for safe conduct for Dr. Anton Meyer-Gerhard, a German Red Cross representative returning to Berlin with a message after meeting President Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyer-Gerhard
Iio
State Department
Count Bernstorff
Bryan
Anton Meyer-Gerhard
Red Cross
Berlin
Wilson
Germany
Jesserand
Cicil Spring-Rice
Gerhard
Bernstorff
Lansing
Meyer
Cedar Hurst
Long Island
Alfred Meyer
Herman Metz
Metz
Garrison
Rifles
Rodenhaver Seeks City Commissioner Post
Edgar Rodenhaver, ex Sixth ward councilman, announces candidacy for city commissioner. He supported public improvements and proposed a municipal ice plant to spin 25 pounds of ice for five cents, aiming to build and sell locally. He was narrowly defeated in the Clark act election by 18 votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Rodenhaver
Rodenhaver
Hn Council
How to Be Slim and Attractive
An advertisement advises obesity sufferers to eat sparingly of starchy foods and take oil of kerein capsules before bed. It claims weekly weigh ins prove the method removes fat from any body part, costs little, and is harmless.
Raid on Karlsruhe Kills Nineteen in Open Town
Wireless dispatch from Karlsruhe says a French air raid early yesterday left 19 dead and 14 seriously wounded with many more injured. The attack on an open town prompted calm yet incensed residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karlsruhe
Baden
London
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Cumberland Valley
Hargest’s Island
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Baltimore and Ohio
Harper's Ferry
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Southern Railway
Waccamaw Lumber Company
Red River and Gulf Railroad
Enola Side
Milo Shelley
William Boxtresser
North Main Street
Falmouth
Middletown Personals
Louis Bennett
Loraine
Ohio
North Union Street
Anna McKees
Narberth
E. K. Mayes
L. A. Cahoe
Shope
M. B. Shaeffer
Chicago
Castoria
Pythian Memorial
Imperial Banda
Dionisio Zala
St. James’ Catholic
Paxtang Hook and Ladder Company
Hookies
Baldwin Hose Company
Sam
Highspire
Cottage Hill
John E. Shupp, Jr
Steel Company
Steelton Band
M'Call
Bertha Smith McCall
Oberlin
State Hospital
Chambers Hill
Kathryn Mathias
St. Peter's Lutheran Church
Frank Edward Moyer
S. S. Couffer
Myerstown
Albright College
Miriam Bowman
Nellie Yorgie
Mifflin
Bernice Paxton
Gough
Guernsey
Long Beach
Guernsey Farm
Camp Hill
J. B. Sites
G. A. Billett
J. B. Billett
Maire Breneizer
Benjamin B. Eberly
M. M
J. E. Bobb
W. E. Eppley
C. Guy Myers
Siddonsburg
York County
Plymouth Rock
Ida I. Bricker
Wesley Bigler
C. Babble
A. L. Bishop
Annie M. Lindsay
Charles Mooney
John W. Neff
E. P. Stalin
Charlie Squibb
Pekin
George S. Bates
Clarence Yinger
David I. Reed
John Brindle
Muscovie
Cathryne Sipe
Lee L. Trimmer
D. D. Snavely
George Breweizer
Laura Hoopey
Cole
Wood Chopper
North
Atlantic City, N. J
Great Ocean
Willard
New York Avenue
Beach
Wildwood
Wildwood Crest
Bath
Pepks
J. Whitesell
Doubling Gap Springs
Doubling Gap
Newville
Freyer
Holmes Seed CO
South Second St
U. OF P
University of Pennsylvania
Tolchester
Chesapeake Bay
Maryland
Tolchester Beach
R. R
Harrisburg Business College
Market St
School OF Commerce
Kelberg
Market Street
Arcel Post
Crescent Suppi
Maclay Street
Harry P. Motter
Derry Street
Canvas Tread Tire Co
Utica
N. Y
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