Mrs Pankhurst Visits Russia During War Mission
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst arrives in Petrograd in good health and meets Elihu Root and Charles Russell to discuss aiding Russia’s new democracy. She plans direct appeals to the people and may address street meetings while courting Madame Kerensky. The visit follows her remarks on Lloyd George and Ramsay MacDonald’s wartime stance. Rural telephone fight tops agenda as Public Service Commission hears Perry County complaints against Buck Valley Rural Telephone Co. No. 2 over line capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Petrograd
Emmeline Pankhurst
Root Commission
Pankhurst
Madame Kerensky
Women’s Regiment
England
Mrs. Pankhurst
Lloyd-George
Public Service Commission
Perry County
Buck Valley Rural Telephone Company
Stern Receives Silver Chest at Capitol Dinner
The social season closing the legislative session features biennial dinners. Chairman Isadore Stern received a silver chest at the Senate committee dinner with remarks by Speaker Baldwin. Other figures attended, including Ex-Member Albert Davis and Ex-Speaker Charles Ambler. The report on the State Economy, Efficiency and Budget Commission passed, heading to the Governor. Bridges, transit and insurance fund discussions continue with multiple officials and committees noting approvals and upcoming actions. Local residents filed protests against Bethlehem Water Company rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isadore Stern
House Judiciary Special Committee
Senate
Thomas F. McNichol
Philadelphia
Baldwin
Stern
House Appropriations Committee
Albert Davis
Lackawanna
House
W. Salas
Philadelphia Auto Signal Company
Brumbaugh
Valley Forge
National Arch
Chester
Joseph Gilfillan
Bridges
Shippensburg
George M. Hosack
Pittsburgh
Capitol
Insurance Fund
State Insurance Fund
National Guard
H. H. Hibsman
G. J. Shoemaker
Robert S. Spangler
York
Fort Niagara
Charles A. Ambler
Montgomery County
Rural Members League
George W. Coxe
Third Field Artillery
Ernest W. Hegg
Leutenant
Veterinary Corps
Benjamin F. White
South
Bethlehem
Public Service Commission
Bethlehem City Water Company
Miller Seeks Clemency for Lemoyne Officer Shooter
Archie Miller, convicted of shooting a Pennsylvan ia Railroad patrolman and wounding another near Wormleysburg, asks the State Board of Pardons to commute his death sentence. The Supreme Court upheld the conviction. defense cites insanity while prosecutors oppose mercy. The board, hearing many cases, pauses until September as two pardon requests were dropped for lack of attorney presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Pardons
Archie Miller
South Carolina
John L. Beiser
Pennsylvania Railroad
C. H. Chubb
Wormleysburg
Miller
Supreme Court
Cumberland County
Julius L. Mitchell
Brooklyn
Fillmore Faust
Thomas E. Vale
Carlisle
George Lloyd
W. A. Kramer
Frank B. McClain
Frank Minnich
York
Frank Brown
Bucks
No Sugar in Germany For Preserving Fruits
Copenhagen June 20 The German food department recommends benzoate of soda as a preservative in fruit juices marmalade and fruit. It advises using only with the ripest sweetest fruits and limits sugar allotment to 80 small per person for preserving purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Copenhagen
German Food Department
Canvass shows Red Cross fund totals and Steelton school board hires
Canvassers report Steelton's Red Cross drive at noon luncheon totals 12 888 with several teams still collecting. The Steelton school board meets to hire teachers for next year and awards a nine month heating project to National Heating and Ventilating Co. A new household arts course will be added to the high school curriculum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steelton School Board
National Heating and Ventilating Company
Third Street
Davis
Fred G. Troxell
Paul D. Miller
Joseph H. Hurst
Joseph E. Malin
A. G. Hottenstein
N. A. Yeang
Mary R. White
S. Hllen McGinnes
Viola A. Helm
Linnie V. Hess
Annie L. Gardner
Blanche Clever
Isabella B. Johnson
L. Mabel Sands
Henrietta Carl
Adessa F. Kistler
Helen Hain
Felton School
Central Grammar
G. W. Henry
Nora M. Crouse
May B. Osman
Edna Garraty
Linnie A. Hess
Edith G. Slees
Viola M Lichtenwalner
Edith M. Lichtenwalner
Mary H. Gartlan
Anna M. Sands
Fothergill
E. Allen Crawbaugh
Jennie K. Green
Honora M. Gaffney
Margaret R. Gaffney
West Side School
C. F. Detweiler
Carrie V. Brown
Edith C. Shelley
Pearl A. Hill
Elizabeth V. Clancy
J. W. Fields
Aura C. Imes
Idella M. Fisher
East End
Mary L. Dunkle
Elisabeth W. Hill
Act
Dusl
Eva F. Stoner
William M. Harderode
Lillie M. Nankivel
Middletown Bride Mary Peck Weds Charles Gilbert in Simple Rite
Miss Mary Floy Peck daughter of Mr and Mrs Levi Peck of Pleasant Valley married Charles Raymond Gilbert of Middletown at the bride's home. Rev B F Meyer officiated with a georgette satin gown and lilies of the valley veil. A song by Florence R Walpert preceded the ceremony. The couple will reside at Maple Knoll farm East Middletown after an extended honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Floy Peck
Levi Peck
Pleasant Valley
Charles Raymond Gilbert
North Spring Street
Middletown
B. F. Meyer
Elizabethtown
Florence R. Walpert
York
Charlene Fishell
Bertha Romberger
Evelyn Yingst
Harrisburg
Earl Geyer
Maple Knoll Farm
East Middletown
Red Cross Treasury Report Reaches Five Thousand
It was unofficially announced this morning that the local Red Cross Society treasury stands at about $5,000 with membership slightly over 4,000 and expected to rise by a few hundred soon. The executive committee denied any funds being diverted from the treasury for noon luncheon expenses, saying the money is provided by individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Society
Playground openings span city grounds this week
The Lawn and West Side playgrounds opened today with large crowds while Front street grounds were led by Harry Dayhoff and Nora Clancey at the West Side site. The Cottage Hill and Major Bent grounds will open Monday as a full season program is promised next week. Eleanor Jones was ordered arrested as a witness in the shooting death of George Johnson at a South Fourth street boardinghouse. Ned Rodgers remains at large. John Fulton of Harrisburg Rescue Mission will attend a St. John’s Lutheran Church Christian Endeavor meeting Friday at 7:30 PM. David M. Orner, 65, died yesterday at his daughter’s home on 108 South River street, survived by a son, siblings, and three brothers. funeral Friday at 1 PM with Rev. Harry N. Bassler officiating. Undertaker Sourbier to take the body to Highspire for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Rose Bowers
Speeceville
Frank Frank
Margaret
Charles
Frederick
William Lau
Trenton
N. J
Susan Giberson
Reuben
Philadelphia
Lillian Campbell
Medico- Chi Hospital
Mary Schadt
Reading
Columbian Commandery
Knights of Malta
Star of America Commandery
Harrisburg
O. M. Kraybill
J. H. Albright
Hershey
Christian Endeavor Society
P. E. Irwin
West Side
Harry Dayhoff
Front Street
Nora Clancey
Cottage Hill
Major Bent
Irwin
Eleanor Jones
Eckinger
George Johnson
South Fourth Street
H. Wilt
Ned Rodgers
Johnson
John Fulton
David M. Orner
William Orsinger
South River Street
H. A. Orner
Elizabeth Shipp
Camp Hill
Martin
Albert
Harry N. Bassler
Second Reformed Church
Sourbier
Highspire
Bell Telephone adopts new toll rates for Pa and Del
Effective June 21 1917 The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania announces a new schedule of toll and long distance charges for messages between Pennsylvania points and between Pennsylvania and Delaware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Telephone Company of
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Early City Council Action Expected on Police Survey
Residents await action on the police survey report after its submission to the Council. With Mayor absent, an informal session may review recommendations from the New York Bureau of Municipal Research, focusing on traffic changes and civil service for the police. A. Carson Stamm leads the survey committee awaiting definite Council action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Bureau of Municipal Research
A. Carson Stamm
Chamber of Commerce
Red Cross War Fund Aims to Aid Allies World War II
The Red Cross announces a War Fund of 100 million dollars to aid homeless in devastated France and war efforts in Romania Serbia and Italy. It outlines an efficient, expert led, unpaid board developing a global relief program with public reporting to Congress and broad civilian support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry P. Davison
War Council of the Red Cross
Red Cross War Council
United States
France
Rumania
Serbia
Italy
Red Cross War Fund
Red Cross
War Council
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Russia
Backer
the Globe
Fackler’s Big Store
Colmor
Fackler’s
Derry Street
Lemoyne
Germany
News OF Steelton
Steelton
Harrisburg Street
M. A. Cumbler
T. T. McEntee
L. E. McGinnes
John A McCurdy
T. J. Nelley
School Board
Sylvesta Burrs
Perseverance Band of
First Cornet Band of
Mary Peck
Charles Gilbert
Red Cross Treasury
Bell
The
Bell Telephone Company
W. H. Fetter
Harrisburg, Penna
the Red Cross
Poland
Lithuania
Congress
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