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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1919
Page
3
Paris June 21. The Supreme Council confirmed military plans to resume the advance into Germany if the Germans fail to sign the Peace Treaty within the allotted time.
In Philadelphia on June 21 Dr. C. F. MacDonald urged that juries decide only the crime facts in murder trials where sanity is in question. He proposed a board of alienists handle the sanity issue after a guilty verdict and report to the court for sentencing. He cited the Thaw case as an example. The American Medico-Psychological Association also backed extensive research on influenza and respiratory diseases.
The steamship Northland of the Eastern Steamship lines bound from New York to Boston ran aground near West Island about five in the morning. Passengers were being moved to the island in small boats as crews assessed damage to the hull in thick fog. A radio from 4:26 am said the vessel rested on a ledge of West Island with holds full of water and no immediate prospect of flotation.
In Hazleton Pennsylvania a 20 year old bride Mrs Charles Yurasievic was instantly killed by a lightning bolt during a severe electric storm. She was alone in the parlor when the bolt struck. an open loft above created a draft that may have drawn the discharge toward her. Two nearby chairs remained undisturbed.
A memo signed by 28 prominent Republicans urged prompt ratification of the Peace Treaty and was sent to New York senators James W. Wadsworth and William M. Calder.
In Brest a US doughboy refused to buy a harmonica labeled Made in Germany. He argued the war’s moral stance, noting the instrument cost four dollars now though it was fifty cents before the war. Local French shopkeeper quipped about buying from the enemy before peace.
Paris reports that President Wilson will delay U S participation in the League of Nations until the Senate ratifies or rejects the Peace Treaty. Officials say the United States will not bind itself to ratification or act prematurely on the covenant.
The School of Turbine Engineering at Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh has been taken over by the United States Shipping Board and will continue indefinitely. Lieut. Commander E. H. Henderson commands the school. naval officers attend five week courses and, upon completion, receive chief engineers licenses to serve in the merchant marine aboard turbine powered ships.
Delayed dispatches from Eastern Galicia report Ukrainian forces concentrated between Gbrucz and the Dniester. They attack Tarnapol and penetrate the town as residents flee. amid further notes on local visits and social items. AngIe Ratner to fight Johnny Basham for a 6900 purse in London, with Ratner's recent win over Roy McCormick noted.
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