Germany seeks cabinet as crisis drags on in Paris
Officials report Germany struggles to form a new government after Scheidemann resignation. Hermann Mueller, Mathias Erzberger, Gustav Noske, and Eduard David are named as potential leaders. Italy's Francesco Nitti is asked to form a cabinet while Paris dispatches suggest Germany may seek more time to decide on Allied peace terms.
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Clemenceau
Germany
League of Nations
Scheideman
Herr Scheidemann
Ebert
Mathias Erzberger
Herr Mueller
Gustav Noske
Eduard David
Nitti
France
Signor
Adriatic
Italy
Crews Sink German Fleet at Scapa Flow
Reports from London say German war fleet at Scapa Flow sunk by their crews. Admiralty to issue statement this evening. Exchange Telegraph report earlier claimed German flags were raised as ships prepared to sink.
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Associated Press
London
Scapa Flow
Admiralty
Exchange Telegraph Company
Third Army Active in Plan to Drive Enemy
Coblenz June 21 The Third Army after seven months away from battlefields is again in stirring war activity. Units move toward the edge of the Rhine barrier as orders from Coblenz call divisions to prepare for march into the concentration zone. Marines rush to pack and locate helmets rifles and gas masks issued previously.
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Coblenz
Third Army
Germany
Rhine
Marshal Foch
Warships to be withdrawn from transport service soon
Battleships and cruisers now used to transport American soldiers from France will be withdrawn from the service by July 15. Those in Atlantic ports will not return to France, but those overseas or enroute will complete current trips.
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Associated Press
Washington
France
Atlantic
Warding Off the Long Drought
With the country approaching a dry spell, opponents of a measure are said to have moved to avoid full enforcement. Forty quarts of liquor, including Overholt Highspire Green River Morely, were taken from Fred Koenig’s liquor store at 815 North Seventh Street last night. The loss is valued at $125 after entry via a broken window from Milleisen’s yard.
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Green River
Morely
Fred Koenig
North Seventh Street
Milleisen
Harrisburg Area Weather Summary
Fair to night with a low near 45 degrees. Sunday partly cloudy and little temperature change. Gentle to moderate north winds. The West Branch river level to rise one to two feet, North Branch and main river troughing slightly. other streams fall slowly.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Lower West Branch
North Branch
Forecast Says Next Week Mostly Fair With Showers End
Washington June 21 weather outlook for the week starting Monday calls for generally fair conditions in the North and Middle Atlantic states with showers probable late in the week. Interior temperatures are expected to run somewhat above normal after Tuesday.
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Associated Press
Washington
North
Middle Atlantic
Interior
Ebert Awaits New Cabinet and Stays in Office
Weimar dispatch reports President Ebert will remain in office while forming a cabinet. Eduard David may succeed Scheidemann or Brockdorf-Rantzau, with talks of a five member temporary directorate if needed. referendum planned for June 29 to ratify terms amid cabinet crisis and defense minister Boske under pressure.
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Ebert
Associated Press
Weimar
Eduard David
Philipp Scheidemann
Count von Brockdorf-Rantzau
National Assembly
Konstantin Fehrenbach
Germany
Entente
Berlin
Gustav Boske
National Defense
Chancelor Scheidemann
Mueller
Scheidemann
Herr Noske
Defense
War Food Bureau
Commander Named for New State Troop
Announcement names C Herbert Smith acting captain of Troop B Wyoming Pa as captain and commander of the new Troop BH to be quartered in Harrisburg Sergeant Thomas McLaughlin Greensburg named lieutenant and Sergeant Alfred Carson Wyoming named first sergeant Captain George F Lumb praises the unit members Arrangements set to drill near Lancaster before transfer Deputy Superintendent Captain Leon S Prichard named deputy by Governor
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C. Herbert Smith
Wyoming
Harrisburg
Thomas McLaughlin
Greensburg
Alfred Carson
George F. Lumb
Lancaster
Leon 8. Prichard
Income Returns Under Tax Official Scrutiny
Local individual income tax forms are with Lancaster officials while corporate returns are in Washington for review. Officials say many returns remain to be processed but no evasion is suspected locally, noting prosecutions elsewhere, especially in New York City, for tax law evasion.
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Internal Revenue
Lancaster
Washington
New York City
Police Stop Soldiers After Fight Over Girl at North Fourth
Police were called to 1727 North Fourth Street this afternoon as Wesley Taggart and Robert L. Lilly, both soldiers, fought over a girl. Gully suffered a badly battered head. Taggart is charged with kicking him and is held for a hearing.
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North Fourth Street
Wesley Taggart
Robert L. Lilly
Gully
Taggart
Tomorrow Marks Longest Day With Summer Sunrise and Sunset
Summer begins tomorrow June 22 with daylight lasting from 4:31 a.m. to 7:32 p.m. Almanac data place Harris burgers rising with dawn as the longest day of the year starts. After tomorrow days shorten.
Thomas Moran Dies at 50 in Lucknow
Thomas P. Moran, aged 50, died this morning at his home in Lucknow after a period of ill health. Survived by widow Sarah Moran and sister Theresa King visiting in Williamsport. Funeral Tuesday from George H. Sourbier chapel with military mass at St Marys Maclay Street and burial at Mt Calvary Cemetery with full honors. Moran noted for an excellent military career.
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Thomas P. Moran
Lucknow
Sarah Moran
Theresa King
Williamsport
George H. Sourbier
North Third Street
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Maclay Street
William V. Dailey
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Tom" Moran
Thomas Moran
Youth Picnic Draws Ten Thousand at Paxtang Park
Ten thousand Harrisburg students filled Paxtang Park for a Telegraph picnic urged to become an annual event. The crowd roared as Lt Governor Beidleman spoke and prizes had minor storm-related defects to be corrected in final trophy distribution.
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Paxtang Park
Harrisburg
Beidleman
Stackpole
Dauphin County Court Upheld on Hard Scrabble Review
The State Supreme Court affirmed Dauphin County Court rulings that Harrisburg must compensate property owners on the west side of North Front Street in the Hard Scrabble district for buildings erected since 1871. The Dintaman v City of Harrisburg case tested the awards, with a jury awarding $14,500 for 1871 value and $6,500 additional damages.
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State Supreme Court
Dauphin County Court
North Front Street
Supreme Court
A. P. Dintaman
City of
Harrisburg
Boys Kill Child of 7 in Robbing Him of Sandwich
On a mountain near Blakely Knapp Peter aged 7 was after a sandwich when Oliver Deitler 10 and John Dell 14 demanded surrender. Deitler fired discharging the revolver, the boy fell dead. The weapon had been stolen from State Trooper Merrifield at Halons Hotel Olyphant. The boys confessed to the State Police.
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Associated Preas
Scranton
Blakeley
Peter Knapp
Oliver Deitler
John Dell
Deitler
Knapp
Dell
Merrifield
Halon
Olyphant
Father of Eight Crushed When Cars Run Wild
Easton Pa June 21 William Dagon brakeman Phillipsburg died of injuries in a milk train crash at Irvington near Newport New Jersey when runaway cars were struck by the Lehigh Valley train. Fellow workers William Arnold Lester Huston and George Schooley were badly injured and taken to general hospital in Elizabeth New Jersey. Dagon was 40 and survived by his widow and eight children and eight brothers and sisters.
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Associated Press
Easton
William Dagon
Phillipsburg
William Arnold
Lester Huston
Alpha
N. J
George Schooley
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Irvington
Newport
Arnold
Huston
Schooley
General Hospital
Elizabeth
Dagon
Crook Pasting Five Bills to Make Twenty Victims Harrisburg Stores
A scammer in Harrisburg alters five dollar bills to look like twenty by pasting over the word five or the figure five on stage money. The fraud has succeeded in several cases, with multiple busy stores reportedly victimized.
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Harrisburg
Building boom as 141 dwellings secured permits in city
Permits issued since January total 141 for new houses in the city versus 13 in all of 1918, with estimated construction cost $591,500. Two new apartments approved, one on Front and Boas streets for 120000 and another on North Sixth street for 20000. Brick houses lead the mix with 94 permits, while others include stone, brick and stucco, and frame constructions. Many houses nearing completion and ready for use in coming weeks.
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Front
Boas Streets
North Sixth Street
Gompers Re-elected AFL President at Convention
Samuel Gompers was re-elected president of the American Federation of Labor during a convention in Atlantic City New Jersey on June 21. In his speech he called the selection a response to labor's traducers and opponents.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
American Labor
Schools In Need Of More Room Urged By City Board
Dr. F. E. Downes outlines a program to expand and improve city schooling. Proposals include completing the high school plan, adding extensions to the Steele building, selling surplus property for centralization of offices, acquiring lots in outlying districts, expanding library and recreation facilities, organizing kindergarten and physical education, and extending night schools and social centers. Officials should act promptly on the high school experts’ recommendation to convert Technical High into a junior school and build a senior co educational high school.
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Steele
Reily
Verbeke
Boas
Willard
F. E. Downes
Downes
Camp Curtin
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