John D Archbold Sunk by Submarine on European Run
The oil tank steamer John D Archbold of Standard Oil was sunk by a submarine two days from the European coast. Four crewmen are missing Jose Lorenzo Gregorio Soza and Domingo Lago among them. The 8375 ton vessel left New York May 20 bound for Havre and Rouen under Captain H B Thompson with a 41 man crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
Archbold
France
Jose Lorenzo
Gregorio Soza
Domingo Lago
Newport News
Havre
Rouen
H. B. Thompson
Young Aviator Killed in Mineola Accident
Keene Carruthers a 20 year old aviator in training with the US Army Signal Corps died after tripping into a propeller during a flight at Mineola Long Island He had earlier been connected with an automobile agency in Philadelphia and recently sent an illustrated postcard to David E Tracy president of the Chamber of Commerce Carruthers died at Nassau Hospital and leaves a widow and two children of Merion Pennsylvania
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keene Carruthers
Mineola
Long Island
United States Signal Corps
Philadelphia
David E. Tracy
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Tracy
Carruthers
M. Mathieu
Mathieu
Nassau Hospital
Merion
Red Cross Seeks Nurses and First Aid Classes
Red Cross in Harrisburg organizes nursing service extension with Miss Slicer as chair and Miss Scott as secretary to coordinate applications and recruit volunteers. Mrs. James I. Chamberlin urges all Red Cross nurses to send contact details for speedy service. A First Aid class for young colored girls is planned under Dr. Charles H. Crampton, with a telegraphy class via Western Union to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Erlenmyer
Mary S. Kinzer
Helma Kapner
Jeannette L. Nachman
Red Cross
Washington
Miss Slicer
Harrisburg
Red Cross Nursing Service Extension
Miss Scott
James I. Chamberlin
Red Cross Educational Committee
Charles H. Crampton
Western Union Telegraph Company
Delegates Gather for Fourteenth Firemen's Convention in Sunbury
More than 600 delegates attended the opening session of the Six county Firemen's Association annual convention in Sunbury Pennsylvania. President Judge W Cummings and Sunbury burgess H E Kelser delivered welcomes, with C W Fenstermacher of Ashland giving the response. Meanwhile Gordon Ford injured in Enola auto wreck has been discharged from Harrisburg Hospital. six others hurt are reported improving in local hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunbury
Sixcounty Firemen’s Association
W. Cummings
H. E. Kelser
C. W. Fenstermacher
Ashland
Gordon Ford
Norris Street
Enola
Harrisburg
Benjamin W. Kline Receives Captaincy in Railroad Engineers
Benjamin W. Kline of Harrisburg, son of Mrs. Mary Ellen Kline, a Penn State graduate and veteran, has been commissioned as captain in the Ninth Pennsylvania Regiment of Engineers for service in France. He left the Pennsylvania Railroad to join the unit, which will handle railroad repair and construction behind the Western Front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin W. Kline
Harrisburg
Mary Ellen Kline
North Sixth Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Williamsport
Pennsylvania Regiment of
France
Kline
Pennsylvania Regiment of Engineers
Pennsylvania State College
Cavalr
National Guard of
Pennsylvania
State College
Syely
Texas
Pennsylvania Cavalry
Aggressive selling pushes market down on June session
The New York stock market opened with notable declines in speculative equipment, munitions and related industrials led by United States Steel after offering 16 000 shares at 127 1 2. Bethlehem Steel fell to 139 while rails and motors showed uneven moves. By mid morning, broad recoveries lifted Steel and Kinred issues while call money held at 6 per cent and the market steadied into noon with rails firmer and Milwaukee and Chicago price movements noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wall Street
United States Steel
Bethlehem Steel New Stock
Pittsburgh
Rails
Hears
Hite Offers Free Moving Picture Shows for Red Cross
Maxwell Hite offers his moving picture outfit free to raise funds for war Red Cross work. He will provide two free screenings weekly for religious or charitable groups. Tonight Sunshine Night will be at the Almshouse for inmates with seven reels. Board of Poor Directors expected to attend. The State approved a bill to build a connecting road between Beaver and Washington counties, with bonds issued for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxwell Hite
Red Cross
Hite
Almshouse
House
Beaver
Washington
House to push revenue bills as end-of-week rule looms
A rule to drop all House bills from the calendar this week with precedence for revenue and appropriation measures and Senate bills was reported. Residents of Allison Park Allegheny County praised the Public Service Commission for train service cuts since the war. The biennial appropriation for Harrisburg fire companies passed second reading, and many Senate bills advanced.
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House
Senate
Public Service Commission
Allison Park
Allegheny County
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Real Estate Transfers and Court Actions
The sale of St. Peter's Lutheran Church property in Highspire to May Bullock was recorded by Recorder James E B Lentz though full consideration was not disclosed. Transfers include James Dougherty to Dora Tibbs for $50 in Steelton and John W W Shaffer to Peter M Bates in Paxtang for $10. Andrew J Sweigard heirs to P Miller in Halifax for $1 525. The court denied a new trial request in the case of Mrs Joseph Anthony vs A C Troup and disposed of several minor cases in Argument Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peter's Lutheran Church
Highspire
May Bullock
James EB. Lentz
James Dougherty
Dora Tibbs
Steelton
John W.W. Shaffer
Peter M. Bates
Paxtang
Andrew J. Sweigard
P. Miller
Halifax
Joseph Anthony
A. C. Troup
Veterans Back Wilson In Emergency War Support Rally
Speeches at the Spanish American War Veterans convention endorsed the President's wartime policy and pledged state wide support. The event raised 23 dollars for the local Red Cross as leaders urged enlistment and volunteer service among younger veterans. Howard L. Rahn was elected department commander, with Curtis C. Wheeland and Peter G. Gibson also chosen for key posts. A parade and route through Williamsport preceded a decision to hold the next convention there. Victor Emanuel was reappointed as swimming instructor at Island Park bathhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Henry B. Green
Reading
Red Cross
Brumbaugh
Pennsylvania
Howardl. Rahn
Philadelphia
Curtis C. Wheeland
Williamsport
Peter G. Gibson
Norman Ream
Patrick McGee
Scranton
North Street
State Street
Market
Fourth
Walnut
Fourth Street
Walnut Street
Hamilton
Forster
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Capitol Steps
State
Third Streets
E. Laubenstein
Francis Bruker
Paul Harm
Lewis Bolton
Howard Newcomer
Eighth Regimental
Eighth Regiment National Guard
Calder Post
Veterans of Foreign Service
Sons of Veterans
Boy Scouts
Saloons Ordered Closed at Night in Senate Report
Senate reports a bill requiring all saloons to close between 1 and 5 AM and a Stoffet bill turning age misrepresentation at drinking establishments into a misdemeanor.
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Senate
Tech Employment Bureau Buoyed by Strong Summer Jobs
The Tech Employment Bureau under Professor A B Wallize reports four times as many job openings as graduates and alumni placements. It secured summer positions for 33 Tech boys at the Pennsylvania Railroad Lucknow and Enola shops, plus numerous clerical, electrical, drafting, and sales roles for Maroon students and Freshmen. The bureau plans to expand as enrollment grows and invites inquiries from those seeking Tech students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Technical High School
Tech Employment Bureau
A. B. Wallize
Wallize
Bureau
Lucknow
Enola
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jay D. Gehrett
Michael Wevodau
Jerry Frock
Gilbert Ebner
Victor Hoar
Warren Hoffman
Earl A. Richwine
Bertram H. Saltzer
Walter Bashore
Chalmer Reynolds
Donald Harvey
Harry C. Doyle, Jr
Howard Jones
George Weigle
William Pleam
Paul OD. Wright
Roy W. Dixon
Abram Burkholder
Ralph Lippi
Walton Kerstetter
Neil Pickering
H. K. Boyer
Russel Wenerick
Frank Fellows
Kenneth Stevens
Luther Haegg
Martin E. Miller
Julius Nurick
John 8. Smith
Samuel Cohen
W. L. Keller
J. T. Bitner
Tech
Joseph Todd
Elliott-Fisher Company
Thomas F. Wierman
Paul Eshelman
Oscar Fisher
John Keller
Harrisburg Electric Light and Power Company
Nelson Harbison
William Trullinger
Paul Reynolds
Bethlehem Steel Company
T. Stewart Blair, Jr
Louis Kraybill
Paul Bratten
State Highway Department
Earl Unger
Hickok Manufacturing Company
Edward Craig
Carlyle Erdley
Cornell
Lambert Kinch
Albert Michael
Robert Bates
Frank Gerlock
Charles Cooper
Chemical
State Highway
Merrill Walker
Kenneth Stark
Harrisburg Construction
Paxtang Park
Paul Schwartz
William Sweigert
Worth Steel Company
Coatesville
Tech Bureau
Employment Bureau
David G McNaughton Former Athlete Dies at 30
David C McNaughton aged 30 died this morning at his home 824 Cowden street He was foreman at Swift & Company and formerly prominent in local athletics He is survived by wife Myrtle infant son James parents Mr and Mrs James M McNaughton and brother William Funeral services will be held Thursday at o clock Burial in East Harrisburg Cemetery Public Service Commission held first hearing on a sliding scale rate request for Jefferson Electric Company of Jefferson County
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David C. McNaughton
Cowden Street
Swift & Company
Myrtle
James
James M. McNaughton
William
Steelton
East Harrisburg
Public Service Commission
Jefferson Electric Company
Jefferson County
Well known Millersburg couple wed in family ceremony
Harry N. Miller and Miss Virgie C. Has singer, prominent in Mifflin township near Curtin, married Saturday at 4 PM at the groom's parents home in Millersburg. Rev. Paul Huyett officiated. Miller, a former justice of the peace now rural mail carrier, and the bride, daughter of a noted farmer, plan to live in a newly furnished home on Church Street after July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millersburg
Harry N. Miller
Virgie C. Hassinger
Mifflin Township
Curtin
Cornelius Miller
Paul Huyett
St. John's Lutheran
Evangelical Ministers Enjoy Picnic with Families
A group of evangelical ministers and their families gathered for a community picnic. Attendees included Rev. A. J. Hangen Park Street Church and several other pastors from Carlisle, Lemoyne, Marsville, Harris Street Church, Rutherford, and Steelton, among others, sharing a pleasant outing. The piece also notes ongoing trouble with the Smith cabaret bill, which returned to committee after a Senate review and may fail to pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Evvangelical Sallusterial Association
Ciarrisvalry
Meservollars
Tav
A. J. Hangen
Park Street Church
W. A. Slintard
A. B. Barshinger
Lemoyne
L. A
Smith
Senate
Central River Coal and Supply Company charter sought in Harrisburg
Notices include an application by George B. Tripp Douglass D. Storey and Edward James to the Governor of Pennsylvania on June 28 1917 for a charter of Central River Coal and Supply Company to dredge navigable waters and to sell dredged materials. Also probate notices for Joseph Ball estate executrix Sara Ann Weaver letters testamentary for S Prevos Dunbar estate Catherine S Dunbar and other Harrisburg estates with executors Harrisburg Trust Co Central Trust Co and furniture sale notice for Jacob Endrich at 1612 Market Street Market pending storage payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph J. Baker
Joseph Ball
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Sara Ann Weaver
S. Prevost Dunbar
Register of Wills
Dauphin County
Catherine
Dunbar
North Second Street
Mary Bond
Central Trust CO
Mia
Susan M. Coble
Ross Street
Carrle E. Coble
Jacob Endrich
Gooper
Excavation Award Set For Penn Harris Hotel Site
W H Murphy of 2100 State street wins the bid to excavate 6000 cubic yards for the Penn Harris hotel project at Third and Walnut streets. Site work includes removing a large street pole and overhead wires to keep access clear for trucks and materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Johnson
Nelson-Lewin Company
Penn-Harris
Third and
Walnut Streets
W. H. Murphy
State Street
Third
Wallower
Western Union Telegraph Company
Strawberry Avenue
Council awards bids for sewers and passes ordinances
The council awarded two sewer contracts to William and Henry Opperman and passed three ordinances including an amended license tax for brokers. City Clerk KR Ross Seaman bond approved for 5000 with William Jennings and Augustus Wildman as surety. Mayor absent. Commissioner Gorgas presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KR. Ross Seaman
William Jennings
Augustus Wildman
E. Z. Gross
Miller
William L. Gorgas
Lynch
Jefferson and
Sixth Streets
Wiconisco Street
Seventh Streets
Schuylkill Street
William and
Henry Opperman
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Ben J. W. Kline
Chandler Bros. & Co
North Market Square
Chestnut Street
Pine Street
Laine
Western
Jersey
Florida
South Carolina
North Carolina
Norfolk
Kanclear
Timothy
Chicago
Chicago Board OF Trade
Board of Trade
Pr. M
Allis Chalmers
Anaconda
Bethlehem Steel
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Bute Copper
Canadian Pacific
Central Leather
Chesapeake and Ohio
Chi, Mil
St. Paul
China
Colorado
Crucible Steel
Eae
General Motors
Great Northern
Inspiration Copper
International Paper
Kennecott Copper
Lackawanna Steel
Maxwell Motors
Lm Mere
Marine Otrs
Merc. Marine Ctfs
Pfd
Mexican Petroleum
Miami Copper
Ste
Midvale Steel
New York Central
N. H
Northern Pacific
Pennsylvania R. R. Hi
Pittsburgh Coal
Railway Steel Spring
Ray Con
Reading Railway
Republic Iron and Steel
Southern Pacific
Trates
Southern Railway
Studebaker
Ceeercress
Union Pacific
U. S. Steel
Steel Pfd
Utah
Virginia-Carolina Chem
Westinghouse Mfg. Saee
Willys-Overland
Maryland
Wilson
Emanuel
Victor Emanuel
Gettysburg
Bathouse
Island Park
Park Department
Young Emanuel
Island House
A. B, Wallize
David G. McNaughton
Mrs
Nead
William E. Garverich
Harrisburg Trust Company
South Second Street
W. S. McKay
Hotel Corporation
McKay
W. 8
McKay Hotel
Strawberry Street
Ss. B. Elliott
Reynoldsville
B. Elliott
State Forestry Commission
Elliott
House of Representatives
North Second St. G. L, Cullmerry, Com
Trust Bldg
Hubbert
Powarda Riley&c
Market Street
Allentown
Council
Black
Sinclair Oil
Carbon Steel
Eastern Steel
Emma Consolidated Jerome Verde Republic Iron and Steel Submarine Boat
American Steel Foundry
Sloss-Sheffield Rice Oil Co
George Graham Rice
Investors
William St
New York City
Gettysburg, Pa
The
Gettysburg Light Company
Thomas P. Turner
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