War Program Of Nation Largest Ever Submited
Washington plans for a vast artillery program to shift trench warfare to open battle. The House appropriations panel approves a $5.435 billion fortifications bill with $1.23 billion for heavy guns and NeVille Island plant funding. Pershing and allied council back the plan for three million American troops and rapid mobile artillery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
House Appropriations Committee
War Council
M Inter-Allied War Council
General Pershing
Representative Borland
Missouri
Neville Island
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
Krupp
Germany
Bethlehem
Midvale
France
Navy
Republican Committee Re-elects Backing War Effort
The Capital City Republicans renew allegiance to the party and pledge support for local nominees including Congressman Kreider and David J. Bechtold. Speakers urge unity to aid the war drive, criticize cabinet choices, praise Senator Sproul and Beidleman, and stress preparing for postwar readjustment.
Republicans Re‑elect Officers In Dauphin County
Dauphin County Republican gathering re elected W Harry Baker secretary William Horner was renominated county chairman Beidleman featured on ticket with optimism of a large fall victory James Lenta Mark Mumma and others were named to posts with all choices made unanimous Senator Sproul sent regrets for missing the meeting and praised the party leaders and candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Sproul
Dauphin
Edward B. Beidleman
E. J. Stackpole
Washington
Horner
Republican Party
Pass
Committee On
Dauphin County Republican Committee
Dauphin County
Sproul
Delaware County
State Senate
Commonwealth
Beidleman
Edward E. Beidleman
House of Representatives
Senate
James F. Woodward
Allegheny County
Messrs
Burke
Crago
Garland
Walters
William D. Porter
Superior Court
Kreider
A. 8
Congress of the United States
Congress
Ira J. Ulsh
David J. Bechtold
Albert Millar
David T. Miller
Harrisburg
William Hargest
William M. Hargest
America
Pennsylvania
Wilson
Germany
Lusitania
Senator Beidleman
L. R. Metzger
Ed. F. Eisley
B. W. Campbell
Harry D. Hilton
Sheriff W. W. Caldwell
William D. Block
Simon P. Eppler
John H. Lehr
H. B. Hocker
W. J
State Republican Committee
William H. Horner
Lykens
BE. Eb, Beidleman
James ©. Lenta
Elizabethville
Benjamin F. Keene
Williamstown
Mark Mumma
Steelton
H. T. Deckard
C. C. Cumbler
Charles B. Pass, Jr
Stricker
John Rosa
Commerce Commission Approves 10 Percent Express Rate Increase
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved a ten percent raise in express rates today. An application for a fifteen percent increase was denied. The higher rates take effect once express companies file new tariffs, likely within two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Freas
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Telegraph Battalion in Action at Victoria Theater
Pictures of the Four Hundred and Sixth Telegraph Battalion featuring many Pennsylvanians are shown in the film The Whispering at Victoria Theater today. The reel depicts how the unit operates from outpost to the commanding officer's office, guiding forces via the wire.
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Victoria Theater
Washington Fire Company to Feature Lawn Festival
Mechanicsburg Pa June 22. Members of the Girls Military Service Corps demonstrated canning and drying on the Pennsylvania Food Conservation train. Washington Fire Company plans a lawn festival with new features next Saturday evening at the East Main Street engine house. Local notices include graduates, visits, and illness reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicsburg
Military Service Corps
Pennsylvania Food Conservation
Edgar Clark
Cape May Naval Headquarters
Adam Orris
Naval
Earl Bowles
William Kaley
Arthur Young
Frank Sollenberger
Charles H. Nailor
Camp Meade
Washington Fire Company
East Main Street
Mite Society
St. Paul's Reformed Church
Charles Milleisen
Harley Surface
H. A. Surface
Cumberland Valley State Normal School
Shippensburg
A. J. McCrea
Cleveland
Ohio
Olive Taylor
Altoona
Florence Gordon
Red Cross
France
Sue Hummel
Boiling Springs Park
C. K. Fegley
Allentown
H. N. Fegley
W. H. Fahs
John
Charles Aurand
Johnstown
Charles Mumma
New York
Elizabeth Mumma
D. N. Biddle
Umberger
Mervin
Illiams’ Grove
C, Eb, Umberger
Comtesse de Bryas Recalls German Atrocities for War Aid
Comtesse de Bryas told factory workers and students of German war cruelty in France. She described bread loaves filled with explosives and Red Cross workers targeted by German bombs, saved by an Allied pilot in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
Dives
Pomeroy & Stewart
Central Iron and Steel Company
Comtesse de Bryas
United States
France
Red Cross Societies
Penn Harris Hotel Nears Occupancy as Exterior Nears Finish
Exterior work on the Penn Harris Hotel nears completion with final brick and marble work and interior fitting underway. A large flagpole painting on the roof draws crowds while plasterer shortages may delay completion. elevator shaft and plumbing work progress. Charles H. Steckley died at 19, son of Mr and Mrs John Steckley, with services set for Tuesday at 1:30 PM at 2538 Lexington Street and burial in Pax Tang Cemetery. Mrs A B Harnish of Mechanicsburg died at 60 after six weeks illness, survived by husband and three children with no funeral arrangements yet made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn-Harris
Bernard McLurdy
Philadelphia
Charles H. Steckley
Charles Herman Steckley
Harrisburg
John D. Steckley
Lexington Street
Paxtang
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
A. B. Harnish
Mechanicsburg
East Main Street
Golden Wedding of Mr and Mrs Samuel E Sheely
Shiremanstown Pennsylvania observes a Golden wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Samuel E Sheely with a Tuesday evening reception at their home attended by nearly one hundred guests. The couple have two children eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiremanstown
Samuel E. Sheely
Walter Williamson
Lambertville
N. J
Paul Weber
Mary
Camp Hill
Robert Brets
Enola
George Weber, Jr
Herman Smith
Wallace
West Fairview
Kemper Bitner
Alexander Williamson
Harry Balsey
George Balsey
Harry Schsener
Womelsdorf
John Obolt
Mary Bates
Nellie Eisenberg
Mary Eisenberg
Dale Dorman
Frank Tompson
J. A. Miller
Reading
Charles Wolfe
Mary Stansfield
John D. Blair
Mechanicsburg
Kate Kreiger
C. J. Behney
William Starr
Sara E. Kohler
William Kirkwood
Charles Lingle
Nellie Lingle
Walter Conrad
Harrisburg
Esther Quigley
Joseph Straley and Son
New Cumberland
John 8. Weigel
William E. Bitner
John H. Miller
J. B. Frey
L. Bates
Fredrick and Ross
William Bates
Robert
Roy Bates
Richard
Frank HE. Weber
Brook BE. Stare
Blanche
William Corman
Harry M. Rupp
Jennie Stevens
Mary Atticks
Margaret Weber
H. Marie Senseman
Gladys Bitner
Band Plays For Musician Who Is Ill With Dropsy
The Citizens band performed in Loyalton forSamuel Spotts who is ill with dropsy. A former band member, Spotts was described as a prior player in the group.
Thomas L. Wallace Buried This Afternoon
Thomas L. Wallace was buried this afternoon at Harrisburg Cemetery after funeral services at his home 214 Pine Street attended by Harrisburg community members and Pine Street Presbyterian Church and Pennsylvania Railroad colleagues. The Rev. Dr. Lewis S. Mudge led the rites with Rev. H. B. King assisting. a quartet sang Wallace’s favorite hymns. Also in Harrisburg, Reserve members received interior guard instruction and drill as they plan to join the Fourth of July parade, with shotgun and belt issue to follow next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paxton Church
Wallace
Harrisburg
H. M. Stine
Former Emperor in Moscow
Berne Switzerland June 22 The former Emperor Nicholas of Russia has been moved from Yekaterinburg to Moscow due to unsafe conditions caused by movements among the Czecho-Slovaks, per Zeitung Am Mittag Berlin. New York Editors Indicted New York June 22 Ogden Mills Reid publisher of the New York Tribune Adolph S Ochs publisher of the New York Times Errol Hart Tribune night editor and John H Paine Times night city editor indicted by a county grand jury for publishing a criminal offense involving Mrs William
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Berne
Switzerland
Nicholas
Russia
Moscow
Yekaterinburg
Zeitung Am Mittag
Berlin
New York
Ogden Mills Reid
The
New York Tribune
Adolph 8. Ochs
New York Times
Errol Hart
Tribune
John H. Paine
the Téanes
William
Circus Wreck Tragedy Leaves Dozens Dead
A circus train wreck near dawn destroys cars and burns bodies beyond recognition. Officials report at least fifty nine dead and many injured, with victims including performers such as Rooney and Meyer families. Rescue efforts reveal a chaotic scene as fires raged and signals were ignored.
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Michigan Central
G. Krause
French War Leaders Confer on Effective Forces
Paris June 22 Premier Clamenecenu and Leon Abram war office under secretary held a long hearing before the Senate army committee on troops available. The senate heard rumors that Germany has placed eight to thirty long range guns for Paris bombardment which the premier dismissed as gossip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
Clamenecenu
Leon Abram
War Office
Senate Army Committee
Austrian Cabinet to Resign Reported from Zurich
London dispatch says Dr Von Seydl er Austrian Premier left Vienna for Austrian headquarters to submit his cabinet resignation to Emperor Charles. Report notes aviation raid by American flyers bombed the Mets Sablons railway in German territory.
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Zurich
London
von Seydler
Vienna
A&d
Charles
Paris
la Liberte
Mets-Sablons
Promotion minded men in Second Massachusetts Infantry
Camp Colt plans an officers training school to turn non commissioned officers into second lieutenants for the Tank Corps. A band of 38 is to be formed, funds raised locally. The Second Massachusetts Infantry Association places a tablet on the Massachusetts monument listing officers and men killed or mortally wounded at Gettysburg. Major John A. Fox designed it. Mrs. C. C. Collins harvested two acres of peas and earned 210 dollars. The food conservation train toured the state highlighting household economics. Burgess Wichwoltz reports over 100 licenses issued for jitneys and taxis under the new ordinance, revenue nearing three thousand dollars. East Berlin railroad may get a motor car for passenger service while freight remains steam.
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Gettysburg
Colt
Tank Corps
Second Massachusetts Infantry Association
Massachusetts Monument
John A. Fox
C. C. Collins
Burgess Wichwoltz
East Berlin
Berlin Junction
New Bloomfield Soldiers Spend Furloughs at Home
Local town list of service members and relatives spending furloughs and visits at home. Ensign John Patterson, Mifflin town graduate of Annapolis, later guests include Private Frank Keller, John W. Johnstown of the Medical Corps, Lt. H. W. Woods, Theodore K. Hohman, P. J. Moran, Mary Pennel, Miss Mildred Jacobson, and others visiting family or staying at local hotels and homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bloomfield
John Patterson
Mifflintown
Annapolis Naval Academy
J. T. Alter
Frank Keller
Trench Mortar Division
Camp Meade
G. W. Keller
John W. Johnstown
United States Medical Corps
Washington, D. C
A. R. Johnston
H. W. Woods
Fort Oglethorpe
Medical Reserves Corps
Blain
Theodore K. Hohman
P. J. Moran
Salt Lake
Utah
Mildred Jacobson
Baltimore
Theresa Miller
Arthur Black
Altoona
Mary Pennel
Newport
Kate Wright
George Harris
Henry H. Kell
Union Switch and Signal Company
Swissvale
Harriet Johnston
Greensburg
Mary Wheeler
Newville
McKee
Yost Krebbs
Port Royal
JH. Carl Book
Robert MacPherson
Philadelphia
Income Tax Department
Internal Revenue Service
W. K. Clouser
Merle Underwood
Homer Kepner
Hazel Smith
Isabel Pfahler
H. Earl Book
Sunday Band Concert Nets $300 For Loysville Home
Loysville Pa June 22 The Loysville Orphans Home Band performed in the park and at the Lutheran Church Children's Day services Sunday. A collection of more than $200 was taken for the Home in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millersburg
Loysville Orphans’ Home
Lutheran Church
Johnson-Baillie Shoe Company
J. Earl Bowman
Philipsburg
Ralph Spong
Medical Department
United States Army
Camp Forest
J.A. Adams
Juniata River
Millerstown
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GOS
Republican County Committee
Mr. Kreider
A. 8. Kreider
Annville
Garfield
Woodrow Wilson
Ira E. Ulsh
Bechtold
Fardon Board
Leutenant Govoe
Board of Pardons
Fox
John E. Fox
Cooper
MARK _ MUMMA
James BH. Lentz
Committee
Republican Cou
Commerce Commission
New Penn-Harris
Citizens Band
Loyalton
Samuel Spotts
Mr. Spotts
Isiah BE. Matter
Highspire
Francis M. Lenker
Edna Lenker
Emory A. Shoop
Mr. Shoop
South Market Street
Sarah Keiffer
Fred Keiffer
Hancock
Ralph Spacht
Clair L. Hoke
Percy A. Swab
Annetta Romberger
Jefferson City
Tennessee
Thomas L. Wallace
Circus
L. W. Landman
Assenger
Mr. Landman
Rooney
Meyer
Cottrell
Equestiennes
Harry le Parl
Edward Devore
Mark Adams
Joe Coyle
Edward Ballard
Gellman
Reg’t
Loysville
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