City plans costly ash collection and street paving outlined
City council tackles expensive ash collection, water mains relocation, and sixteen street paving projects. Mayor Keister seeks charges against Patrolman Charles J. Davis. State funds debated for 36 inch mains and new wagons. Bids to open in two weeks, ordinances for sewers and alley vacation presented.
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Charles J. Davis
J. W. Ledoux
Philadelphia
State Street
S. F. Hassler
W. H. Lynch
Hassler
Ledoux
Memorial Bridge
Mr. Ledoux
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cameron Street
Thirteenth
Paxton Creek
Brensinger
Emerald
Curtin
Oak
Elizabeth
Oxford
Jefferson
Sprague
Turner
Woodbine
Forrest
Cameron
Herr
Calder
Bailey
Twelfth Street
Messiah Home
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Berryhill
Kensington
Kunkel
David
Park
Whitehall
Helen
Ethel
Prospect
York
Chestnut
Lynch
Berkley Place
Reservoir Park
Pennstret
Seneca
Schuylkill
Front
Second Streets
Weather forecast for Harrisburg and vicinity
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with little change in temperature. Eastern Pennsylvania remains partly cloudy through Thursday with gentle winds and little temperature change. The North Branch river level will rise slightly while other streams fall slowly or stay nearly stationary. Harrisburg stage ~4.2 feet Wednesday morning.
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Herrisburg
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Friday Picnic Opens to Nearby Schools at Paxtang Park
The monster Telegraph picnic at Paxtang Park extends an invitation to all school pupils from neighboring towns to join Harrisburg hosts. Trolley cars will run early at 9 a.m from designated locations, with rain contingency noted in upcoming announcements.
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Paxtang Park
Harrisburg
Traction Company
Perpetual motion claims from Brooklyn inventor Beisel
William J. Beisel of Brooklyn says he has complete perpetual motion plans usable for boats air ships tanks and trucks with unlimited power and speed. He asserts he has studied potential failure and final results and believes his device is achievable. Merchants Council of Harrisburg defers a plan to close retail stores one Saturday evening at 6 and will implement summer Thursday closures starting next week.
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Washington
Garabed
Brooklyn
Boston
William J. Beisel
Merchants’ Council
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
Phipps Resolution Endorsing National Suffrage Reported
The Phipps resolution endorsing national suffrage was reported from committee in the Senate and read for the first time. It will come up for final vote on Thursday if a session is held that day.
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Phipps
Senate
Wets Lose In First Skirmish In Committee
By a 10 to 3 vote the House Judiciary Committee refused to recommend repeal of wartime prohibition for light wines and beers. Igoe of Missouri led the motion with Gard of Ohio and Classon of Wisconsin supporting it.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Igoe
Missouri
Gard
Ohio
Classon
Wisconsin
Rent Gougers Hit by Bill Passing House
The House approved the antirent profiteering measure by 130 to 42 to curb un reasonable rent increases. Sponsor Walker of Philadelphia led the debate citing wartime overcrowding and examples like a $45 rent rising to $80 in a year. The bill moves to the Senate amid labor support and opposition that it could aid lawyers. A separate appropriation bill for a Philadelphia Camden bridge was reported at 750000 with staged funding.
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Philadelphia
State Federation of Labor
Baldridge
Allegheny
Messrs. Glass
Milner
Bennett
Hefferman and Wells
Senate
Camden
House
Appropriations Committee
Love is Like Wine Court Says Husband Must Support Wife
Judge George Kunkel ordered D. L. Snyder of Lock Haven to pay $45 monthly for wife and two children. Mrs Snyder testified he bought a diamond ring, cedar chest and books for a woman in Mifflintown and claimed the letters were to arouse her jealousy. Letters read in court included love phrases and references to “22” as an other recipient.
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George Kunkel
D. L. Snyder
Lock Haven
Mifflintown
Plans for 20 moderate-rent four-room apartments on Bailey Street
Clarence O. Backenstoss will receive title July 1 to five three story brick houses at 1186 88 90 92 and 94 Bailey Street from Alvin H. Fraim. He plans a large four story conversion with twenty four room and bath units at moderate rents to aid families of moderate means. Street paving granolithic walks and landscaping are planned, with an estimated improvement cost of 25000 dollars.
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Clarence O. Backenstoss
Bailey Street
Alvin H. Fraim
Backenstein
Backenatoss
Germany Must Sign Treaty by Monday Evening at 6 49
Allied note extends the limit to present Germanys answer to terms by 6 49 P M Paris time Monday June 23. Count von Brockdorff Rantzau travels to confer with the cabinet as a vote on acceptance or rejection is sought from the National Assembly. The reply keeps the core treaty features with minor concessions including a future League of Nations admission. Premier Clemenceaus letter denounces Germanys aggression and demands justice for all nations.
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Germany
Paris
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Versailles
Weimar
National Assembly
League Seat
League of Nations
Clemenceau
Peace Congress
Army Aviator Lands Here on Overland Trip
Lieutenant L. B. Merrill and Sergeant W Moore land in a field near the county almshouse en route from Bustleton to DuBois as part of a three week overland trip. They are greeted by W Grant Ferrer and hosted at luncheon at the Penn Harrison Hotel before continuing to Altoona and Bellefonte.
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DuBois
L. B. Merrill
W. ©. Moore
County Almshouse
W. Grant Ferrer
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
Penn-Harria
Altoona
Bellefonte
Philadelphia Bills Well Under Way
The conference committee on the Daix Brady Philadelphia election bills finished its work and sent the report to the printer. The primary election bill now requires 200 signers for councilman nominations and other minor corrections were made. The Woodward charter bill was agreed to, with Senate and House expected to adopt once printed, then sent to the Governor. The conference report on the Daix Brady bills goes to the printer and will be acted on by both houses after printing, then to the Governor.
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Philadelphia
Lenate and
House
One Peacemaker Believes Germany Will Sign Pact
Paris dispatch reports Marcel Hutin of Echo de Paris says most Peace Conference members doubt Germany will sign the Peace Treaty. Only M Hutin’s lone leader believes Germany would accept the revised terms citing likely forceful action. An Allied 600000 manpower, heavy artillery plan reportedly set to advance June 24.
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Associated Press
Paris
Germany
Marcel Hutin
Echo de Paris
M. Hutin
Council of Four
Wilson
Baltimore
Wilson Talks Planned Amid Peace Treaty Debates
President Wilson plans to leave Paris June 24 or 25 if Germany signs the Peace Treaty and then address Congress on arrival in Washington. He aims a three week speaking tour to explain the pact and League covenant, hoping to draw opponents rather than supporters. He may discuss the league covenant in Belgium this week.
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Paris
Congress
White House
League of Nations
Belgium
Senate
House
Bill Increasing School Tax Is Shoved Back
Final passage of the Armstrong bill to raise the school tax to a minimum of five dollars was halted in the Senate this morning. Senator Frank A. Smith of Dauphin pushed the measure to the postponed calendar, where it will likely die after being sent there on motion by Senator Shantz of Lehigh and seconded by Senator Smith.
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Armstrong
Senate
Frank A. Smith
Dauphin
House of Representatives
Shantz
Lehigh
Smith
Drops Dead in Street from Heart Disease
Charles Walters of Oberlin a Harrisburg Railways employee collapsed and died in front of the Ferriday Paper Box Company on North Cameron Street while walking to work. Physicians attributed death to heart disease.
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Charles Walters
Oberlin
Harrisburg Railways
Ferriday Paper Box Company
Cameron Street
Reply of Powers Outlines How World Conflict Was Started by Emperors
Paris June 17 The Peace Conference replies to German counter proposals listing treaty modifications. West Prussia frontier changes Upper Silesia plebiscite fair mineral supplies guarantee Germany 200000 troops temp list of war crime defendants finance and waterways changes. It cites Berlin Vienna Budapest inaction as cause of war and notes Germany supported Austria Hungary against Serbia.
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Paris
Versailles
West Prussia
Upper Silesia
Germany
Berlin
Vienna
Budapest
Austria Hungary
Austria
Serbia
German peace delegates parade amid tense railroad order clash
An official report says German peace delegates including Theodore Meldhoir and Frau Derllah attended a demonstration after a signing event. The scene centered on a dispute in the German public and railroad business sphere amid strained relations.
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Theodore Meldhoir
Priny
Frau Derllah
Turkish premier urges empire stay intact in Europe and Asia
In a speech to the Council of Ten the grand vizier urged that the Turkish empire remain whole in both continents. He promised a memorandum to the council on Friday. Premier Clemenceau as conference president said the council would reply upon receipt of the memorandum.
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Europe
Asia
Council “of Ten
Clemenceau
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