Pershing Readies for Army Landing in Paris Visit
Major General Pershing, greeted with enthusiasm in Paris, completes social duties and plans for U S troops arrival. He meets crowds at the Opera Comique and reviews arrangements while American units adapt to French customs and rations at Pepiniere barracks amid mixed Allied troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Pershing
General Pershing
Opera Comique
Madame Richardson
Mlle
Martha Chenal
France
Pepiniere
Place St. Augustin
Legislators Weigh Extending Session To July Dates
Lawmakers debate delaying adjournment beyond June 28 as Governor and leaders clash over the direct inheritance tax bill. If extended to July 5 or 12, the Governor would handle bills after adjournment and appointment confirmations could stall, adding Capitol tension and a potential clash over timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Hill
General Assembly
Haig Yields in Arras Offensive and Baltic Air Raids
In the Arras sector British counterattacks east of Monchy le Preux force a retreat from forward positions near Infantry Hill after a heavy bombardment. Artillery was active near Scarpe and Ypres as hostilities continue. In the Baltic region Berlin cites extensive air raids on Russian bases reflecting strategic pressure. Additionally Harrisburg grocers move to summer half-days with Thursday closures and letters of administration issued in Rufus A. Werner and Riley A. Haag estates.
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Baltic
Berlin
Arras
Monchy le Preux
Scarpe
Ypres
Danner
Rufus A. Werner
Miriam Werner
Riley A. Haag
Elizabeth Haag
Lykens Township
Capitol Hill Notes Few Want Pay for Draft Service
Registration officials estimate 90 percent of men in the selective draft would volunteer. Some who sent in bills have withdrawn them. State police report four draft age men arrested for not registering. Arrests made by Troops B and C. Public Service Commission sets June 22 for rail rate hearing. Jitney cases argument to be heard tomorrow morning in Harrisburg. State Fisheries Commission to meet tomorrow for quarterly session and legislative discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shtate Registration Bureau
Harrisburg
Public Service Commission
State Fisheries Commission
Medical men ordered to Fort Benjamin Harrison camp
Adjutant General Stewart announced that officers and men of the Pennsylvania National Guard medical department are summoned to attend a three month training camp for the federal service at Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana. The list includes Lieutenants John L Good Donald B B Smith Harry B Eher Warren T Gotwald and Guy E Richards with reported report date June 20. National Guard officers promotions were announced for captain adjutant George S Stewart first lieutenants Pearson B Bown Robert B Woodbury and second lieutenants Robert Allen Swalm Horace J Noble John J Owens Yates D Fetterman. The second truck company of the supply train will form two units in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh under Lieutenant James B Wheeler. A telegram directs selective draft age men in the organized militia discharged since then to register at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart
Medical Department of the National Guard
Medical Corps of the
Federal Service
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
John L. Good
New Cumberland
Donald B.B. Smith
Harry B. Ehier
Warren T. Gotwald
Harrisburg
Guy E. Richards
Tamaqua
National Guard
Adjutant General's Office
George S. Stewart
Second Field Artillery
Pearson B. Bown
Signal Corps
Robert B. Woodbury
Engineers
Robert Allen Swalm
Horace J. Noble
John J. Owens
First Infantry
John W. Buchanan
Yates D. Fetterman
Eighteenth Infantry
Pennsylvania Division
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
James B. Wheeler
State Registration Bureau
Commissioner Gross Returns to Office After Illness
City Commissioner E Z Gross, head of the Park and Fire Departments, was back at his office after several weeks of absence due to injuries from a recent automobile accident. He examined the car and playground systems and is expected to resume duties soon. Assistant superintendent V Grant Forrer ran department affairs during his illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Z. Gross
Park and Fire Departments
Gross
V. Grant Forrer
British losses to submarines surge in 1918 tally
Official British figures compiled for Associated Press show British merchant shipping losses from February 17 to June 18 total 322 vessels over 1,600 tons and 135 under 1,600 tons. Sunk fishing steamers reach 78, with three weeks of sailing data incomplete.
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Washington
Root Commission Visits Imperial Palace in Petrograd
The Root commission attended a service at the Imperial Chapel in the Winter Palace and toured the building now partly a military hospital. They spoke with wounded soldiers and nurses in the palace halls, viewed imperial galleries, and observed crowds of peasants allowed inside. The former emperor’s private rooms were opened to public inspection, with unaffected artifacts and rooms where Alexander II died left untouched.
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Petrograd
London
Root
Imperial Chapel
Winter Palace
Mr. Root
Imperial
Alexander II
Russia Plans To Take Further Part In War
The Duma in secret session passed a resolution for an immediate offensive with allies, or risk of a separate peace with Germany. Root faces the task of proving Russia would betray civilization if it pursues peace. General Scott and Admiral Glennon are key figures in urging continued war and unity with the Entente.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Petrograd
Duma
Germany
Mr. Root
Root
United States
Hugh L. Scott
Council of Workmen's
James H. Glennon
Washington poised as Russia moves on aid policy
The article discusses the cautious stance of the Washington Administration amid the Russian Provisional Government’s actions after Mr. Root’s speech and the Workmen’s Council and Duma moves. It notes the Root mission, not Bakhemetieff’s Russian mission, will determine American assistance levels, with expectations of imminent military pressure on Germany and Austria.
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Mr. Root
Workmen's Council
Duma
Washington
Germany
Austria
Root
Bakhemetieff
Russia
America
Spanish War Veterans Ready for Capitol Tour and Parade
Delegates arrive as the Spanish War Veterans begin sessions in the city. Charles Pass welcomes the group while the Ladies Auxiliary closes for visitors. Officers are elected, tours of the State Capitol are planned, and a large street parade routes through key avenues with the W F Raysor Drum Corps providing music for Pottsville based Theo I Hoffman Camp No 32 U S W V.
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Auxiliary of the Spanish War Veterans
Charles Pass
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Tilly
de Camm
Philadelphia
Capitol
State Capitol
Military Order of the Serpent
Veterans
Market
Boas
W. F. Raysor
Theo. I. Hoffman
Pottsville
Movies Will Be Shown of Camp at Inglenook
A YMCA move to engage city youth will feature a free film at Fahnestock Hall on Thursday at 7 30 pm showing a cinema view from the Inglenook camp. H J Schmidt, state YMCA carpente director and former Inglenook director, will address the boys. Carlisle, June 18, also notes a Cumberland railways fare hike protests by the Carlisle Chamber of Commerce to the Public Service Commission prompting a forthcoming hearing.
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Inglenook
Fahnestock Hall
Inglenook Camp
H. J. Schmidt
Y. M. C. A. Carp
Carlisle
Cumberland Railways
Here
Mt. Holly
Newville
Carlisle Chamber of Commerce
Public Service Commission
Suburban Notes In and Around Duncannon
Suburban notes record visits and farewells among Duncannon residents. Mrs Hugh P Leak of Greensboro NC visits her sister Mrs E C Smith. Several locals travel to Harrisburg Wil liam Gaus to Williamsport. Alumni group hosts annual meeting with literary program and reception.
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Harry Flickinger
Altoona
Jacob Johnston
Pearl Kilmer
Marie Sourbeer
Lancaster
Howard Nelin
Marguerite
Harrisburg
Advanced Degrees Awarded at State College Commencement
At the Pennsylvania State College commencement in State College, Pa., advanced degrees were awarded to Blanche Smitz and W. H. Traub among others. Degrees include Master of Science, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, and Mining Engineering, with recipients from multiple colleges and cities.
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State College
Pennsylvania State College
Blanche Smitz
W. H. Traub
Susquehanna University
J. F. Bechtel
A. T. Cowley
G. M. Shisler
Miguel Rodriguez
Pennsylvania State
E. C. Seibert
Lehigh University
R. D. Charms
C. A. Hogentogler
Frederick Batchelor
Bilesecker
Frank Vischer
J. E. Nippes
B. J. Power
L. H. Blouch
A. I. Meineman
C. H. Knauer
R. L. Rhoads
A. E. Roberts
R. J. Harper
Ashland
G. D. Morgan
J. P. McCulloch
Newville
R. L. Houtz
Harrisburg
H. BE
Miller
York
J. M. Scharf
Selinsgrove
P. Schweyer
Kutztown
C. Ff
Snyder
Sunbury
List of letters remaining at the Harrisburg post office
The weekly list for week ending June 16 1917 shows a Ladies list with many names including Mrs Jacob E Boss Bertha Brenner Mrs Mathe Brown Carrie Dansey Mrs Jean K Foulke and others and a Gentlemen list with names such as M B Anderson Willie Adkerson Frank Boas Chas Cormany and Rev S D Kilpatrick plus firms like Editor R R Frt Baggage Man Ford Traction Co Grange Mutual Casualty Co and Hope Pub Co. Postmaster Frank Sites notes that mail should be addressed with street and number for prompt delivery. Levi Longneck er 80 was stricken with paralysis in Marietta Pa and is in serious condition.
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Harrisburg
Jacob E. Boss
Bertha Brenner
Mathe Brown
Carrie Dansey
Jean K. Foulke
Altha Gardner
Daniel C. George
Dilly M. Graham
F. Jessath
Florence Kling
Rose Lynch
Mary McLaughlin
Dorothy McYutry
A. J. Miller
Maude Morrison
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Haig
Commissioner Gross
Associated Press
Root Commission
Pomeroy & Stewart
Whittier
Omar Khayyam
Riley
Romola
Vicomte de Bragelonne
Flower
Japan
Sherwood
Alfred Noyes
Lowell Holmes
Tennyson
Scott Keats
John Marshall
Albert Beveridge
John Hay
Dives
Street Floor
Ladies’ Auxiliary OF Veterans Meeting
Mrs. Norman Ream
Miss Theresa King
Mrs. Howard Newcomer
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart
Martha Washington
Croc
Milan
Batiste
Hummelstown
Robert A. Bausch
The
Reformed Church
Sellersville
Irene Notter
William H. Gaus
Williams‘port
Mary Yeager
Hoover
Moog
Frank Strickler
Harry Ms Bassler
McNeil
Marietta, Pa
Levi Longenecker
Red Cross
Robertson
Toledo
Ohio
Itdeal
Ferd
Icecseses Eoubepeade
Eter Essen
Hausen
Hanover
Gmler
Drands
USA
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