Germany to Sign Peace Treaty Unconditionally
Paris dispatches report Germany will sign the Peace Treaty without reservations. The German assembly voted 237 to 138 to endorse signing, with Bauer urging acceptance but avoiding responsibility for the war. Council of Four rejected German demands for changes and warned of Allied advance if terms are not accepted.
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Associated Press
Paris
Weimar
Germany
Foch
Council of Three
Daniel von Haimhausen
Versailles
Berlin
National Assembly
Herr Bauer
Bauer
Council of Four
Wilson
Lloyd George
Haniel von Haimhausen
Weather Outlook for Harrisburg and Vicinity
Fair and warmer tonight and Tuesday across Harrisburg and eastern Pennsylvania. Gentle east winds. River levels rise slightly on the main river while tributaries fall, with indications for Harrisburg by Tuesday morning. South winds.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Belgian Rulers to Visit the United States in September
Brussels reports that King Albert and Queen Elizabeth accepted President Wilson's invitation to visit the United States. The Belgian rulers are expected to travel to the U.S. in September, following the invitation.
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U. S
Brussels
Presiden Wilson
Belgium
Albert
Elizabeth
United States
Family says he cut throat in shaving death by own action suspected
David Levine of 1315 William Street is in Harrisburg Hospital in serious condition after a razor slash severed his windpipe. Family says the act was accidental during self shaving, but hospital staff suspect an attempted suicide. He had recently decided to shave himself to save money, and was found prostrate in the bathroom after breakfast.
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David Levine
William Street
Harrisburg Hospital
Levine
Liquor License Fees Under State Refund Doubt
Deputy Attorney General William M. Hargest says liquor licensees who pay fees to the State hoping to sell after July first do so at their own risk. He states there is no authority to refund such fees if federal laws remain unchanged and questions whether Philadelphia treasurer collected fees may be returned.
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William M. Hargest
Charles 8. Snyder
Philadelphia
Hargest
Aso
County Fixes Coal Lands Value At 8 Cents A Ton
County commissioners adopt a recommendation by mining engineer W F Sekol to value unmined marketable coal on Susquehanna Collieries lands at 8 cents per ton and set July 7 for hearing the corporation's appeal. Next, valuations of Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron are expected to be reviewed. Polk Named Under Secretary Of State In Wilson's Administration.
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W. F. Sekol
Susquehanna Collieries Company
Mr. Sekol
Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron Company
Woman's Hand Makes It Just Like Home at the Y
Zoe Beckley reports on two canteen girls from Harrisburg and Bellefonte who, after being pressed into service in New York, create a homey scene at the West Side Y M C A. Big Sister Laurie and Big Sister Watts serve tea as a doughboy marvels at the welcome. The piece notes the wartime need for women in the Y and hints at changes to come.
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Zoe Beckley
New York Evening World
Harrisburg
Bellefonte
France
New York
57Th Street
Buddy
Bertha Laurie
Marion Watts
Big
Laurie
West Side
E. Graham Wilson
Miss Laurie
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce Plans August Picnic
The Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual picnic on August 14 with details pending. A strong committee led by Mercer Tate, George Barnes, S. J. Brady, M. W. Fager and B. M. Ogelsby coordinates plans praised after last Friday's Joy Jaunt at Colonial Country Club with promises of lively entertainment and quality meals.
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Colonial Country Club
Chamber
Mercer B. Tate
George N. Barnes
S. J. Brady
M. W. Fager
B. M. Ogelsby
Motor Club Enjoys Outing in Country at Boiling Springs
In Cumberland county the Motor Club of Harrisburg held a large picnic at a park in Boiling Springs with hundreds of members enjoying a free day. A secret run to the site preceded a day of contests including baseball, boating, track events, quoits, swimming, dancing and fishing. Prize hearings featured fifty awards, while band concerts and comic races kept attendees entertained into the evening.
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Cumberland County
Boiling Springs
Motor Club of
Harrisburg
Frank F. Davenrt
Boyd M. Ogelsby
J. 8.Engard
Frank Harting
Scouts Open Summer Camp At Mt Holly
Harrisburg Council Boy Scouts of America opened Camp Hacoboscam near Mount Holly Springs under Professor J F Ross. Dozens join, with Scoutcraft swimming and merit badge work, daily two hours schooling, weekly field day, signaling towers, diving tower plans, and health supervision by State Board of Health. Camp cost is ninety cents daily, six dollars weekly, eight fifty for ten days.
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Hacoboscam
Harrisburg
Boy Scouts of America
Mount Holly Springs
J. F. Ross
Tech High
J. Carvel Sparrow
H. A. Surface
Mechanicsburg
Court of Honor
State Board of Health
Hammond Rocks
Keller Hill
Highwayman Robs Man Near Reily and Front Streets
Attacked and knocked unconscious on a Saturday evening, William Schlager of 123 Sayford Street reports a man sprang from a shadow at the corner of Reily and Front and knocked him down. He says $5 in cash and a gold watch worth about $30 were taken as he walked home from checking hospital doors.
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Reily
Front Streets
William Schlager
Sayford Street
Schlager
Harrisburg Polyclinic Hospital
Front
Schlaver
First State Road Bond Issue Draws Heavy Oversubscription
Pennsylvania’s first bond offering in years, 12 million of a 50 million program, drew 21 bids at 4.25 percent. The top bid of 103.52916 was from Liberty National Bank and others in New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh and Halcy. Audits and state officials planned to award soon.
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Pennsylvania
Wheeler
Liberty National Bank
Halsey, Stewart and Co
New York
Fraaler and Co
Biddle and Co
Philadelphia
Holmes, Bulkley and Wardrop
Pittsburgh
Sproul
Snyder
Kephart
Fer sus Falls Tornado Leaves 47 Dead and 160 Hurt
By Associated Press Evansville Minnesota June 23 A ferocious tornado struck Fergus Falls tearing through the city and destroying property valued at six million dollars. Forty seven known dead and 160 injured in emergency hospitals as relief work continues and more bodies are believed buried in the Grand Hotel ruins.
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Associated Press
Evansville
Minn
Fersus Falls
Grand Hotel
Young Husband Testifies in Divorce Trial for 1914 Romance
Robert E. Houser describes a rapid matrimony in February 1914 and a swift split by April. He testifies before Judge S J M McCarrell in a divorce action against Jetta I. Houser, stating he was sixteen at marriage and detailing repeated attempts to reunite with his wife at her Woodbine Street home.
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Robert E. Houser
S. J. M. McCarrell
Jetta I. Houser
Houser
Woodbine Street
Agnes Buckingham
Agnes Ann Buckingham
Green Street
Edward M. Singer
Roy G. Cox
J. B. DeSheng
Charles Merritt Singer
H. R. Bender
Sixth Street M. E. Church
Robert Bagnell
Grace Methodist Church
Buckingham
Ridge Avenue Church
Thomson
John Marshall
Red Lion
York County
Christopher Wagenseil
Philadelphia County
Trappe
Escape of Tuberculosis Patient From Dauphin Jail
Joe Contradico, a Mexican youth about nineteen, sentenced to six months for larceny, escaped last evening from the infirmary at the Dauphin County almshouse where he was being treated for tuberculosis. Police in Dauphin and nearby cities were alerted. he was last seen between seven and eight, with a swollen neck and a 720 pound weight and five feet five inches height.
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Dauphin County
Joe Contradico
Contradico
Four Band Concerts Are Arranged For July 4
Harrisburg Chamber announces at least four Fourth of July band concerts with Commonwealth and Municipal Bands slated for River Park and Reservoir Park. Additional acts may join as negotiations continue, with afternoon and evening performances citywide.
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Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
Harry Boyer
Chamber
Commonwealth
Municipal
The
River Park
Front
Locust Streets
Reservoir Park
Lone Crusade on Gambling in Newport Pa
Newport, June 23. Charles E Byers of 310 Mulberry Street proposes a borough overhauling to curb gambling and punchboards. He offers a $25 reward for evidence leading to convictions and aims to shield boys from gambling influence.
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Newport
Charles E. Byers
Mulberry Street
Byers
Storm damages and road closures hit Fergus Falls area
Early reports detail downed wires and impassable roads around Fergus Falls as a storm sweeps the town’s business district. The text also notes President Wilson’s nomination of an official to a new under secretary of state post created by a 1920 appropriation bill.
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Polk
Washington
Frank L. Polk
New York
State Department
Wilson
Fergus Falls
State
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Powers
Teuton
Entente
Miss Watts
Doughboy
God
Motor Club
Scouts
MT. Holly
Rotary Club
Harrisburg Rotary Club
Penn-Harris Hotel
J. B. Harshy
State Department of Education
Lone Crusade
St. Paul, Minn
Knox
Senate
Knos
League of Nations
Labor Federation
Atlantic
Italy
Island Park
City
Steelton
Community Services
Isdorrst
Harry L. Crist
Weaver
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