Prohibition Debate Hits War Time Labor and Banks
Senate panel hears bankers and officials warn against absolute prohibition citing financial risk and shipyard losses. Johnston backs ban, Daniels touts Navy efficiency gains, Hurley cites dry territory labor issues as Gompers fears factional discord among workers nationwide.
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Associated Presington
Ley
Shipping Board
Senate Agriculture
Johnston
Chemical National Bank
York
Asef
Urleson
Burleson
B Food Administration
Hurley
Prohibition
Prohibition and 290,157 In “Wet” term.Mr. Hurley
Bainbridgesby
Colby
Daniels
Navy
Navy Rds
Gompers
Sami Gompers
Amerim Federation of Labor
Seizure of War Arms for Ireland Charged
London report says police seized 000 rounds of ammunition in a Dublin market yesterday. The shipment is described as an attempt to smuggle arms into Ireland on a scale, with Dublin Daily Mail correspondent noting possible developments.
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Associated Press
London
Ihfield
Dublin
The
Daily Mail
Ireland
Railroad Rumbles William Bosler in France with Keystone Division
William B. Bosler of Company C 110th Infantry is in France with the Keystone Division. His sister Mrs C E Hall resides at 1945 North Fourth Street.
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William B. Bosler
110Th Infantry
France
Keystone
C. E. Hall
North Fourth Street
Unpatriotic Worker Is Hustled From Reading Shop
Reading Pennsylvania June 25 A locomotive shop worker who spoke against patriotism was hustled from the plant by fellow workers. A foreman intervened to prevent violence and the man, a county resident, was sent away with his overalls. He defended the sinking of the Lusitania as the work of U boats in general.
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Reading
Lusitania
Plans Complete For Big Railroad Dance
Plans are complete for the annual dance of the Friendship and Co operative Club to be held at Summerdale tomorrow night. The big program starts at 8 30 with several features promised by the committee and many railroad men from the main line and branches are expected to attend. RAILROADMAN RETIRES after fifty one years of service on the Middle division of the Pennsylvania railroad George S Hibbs aged 70 of Thompsonville has been placed on the retired list. He has a son George S Hibbs Jr employed by the railroad in the Pennsylvania station ticket office.
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Friendship and Co-operative Club
Summerdale
Pennsylvania Railroad
George S. Hibbs
Thompsonville
George S. Hibbs, Jr
Pennsylvania Station
R. M. Bowen
The
Stenotype Co
America
Stenotype Company
School OF Commerce
Market Square
Hell
Dial
Badoglio Promoted Army Commander by King
Italian Army announces General Badoglio chief of staff to General Diaz is promoted by the king to army commander. He will remain in his current post as the king expresses satisfaction with ongoing operations.
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Badoglio
Associated, Press
Italian Army
Diaz
Weekly discipline roundup reports mixed results for railroad
The rail line bulletin notes 32 violations for the week ending June 16 with no terminations. Most punishments are mild including reprimands, short suspensions, and one month’s pay loss for deserting an engine. Several specific infractions involve delays, insubordination, derailments, improper reporting, and damaged equipment.
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Middle Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
N. W. Smith
Rail Crew Standings and Assignments in Harrisburg Reading
Standings list crews across Harrisburg and Enola sides with engine numbers, roles. It lists engineers firemen conductors brakemen and yard boards for multiple divisions and crews, including Philadelphia and Reading sections with first to go times and assigned personnel.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia
ENOLA
Trayer
Warner
Kendrick
Yard Board
Bryan
Potter
Herren
Lutz
Bair
Quigley
Fenical
Ready
Haverstick
Garlin
Weaver
Baker
Wallace
Nolte
Martin
Price
Hall
Spartan mother joins son’s regiment to help at front
Mrs. Mabel Fonda Gareissen of 490 Riverside Drive New York joins the Y M C A canteen unit attached to her son Lieutenant Ott McCormick’s regiment in France. She left home after his death in January to aid soldiers, saying American mothers must rise to lead and support their boys.
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France
Mabel Fonda Gareissen
Riverside Drive
New York City
Ott McCormick
Mothers of
Gareissen
Mrs. Gareissen
Lieuten. McCormick
Plattsburg
Edmonds & Co
United States
Pershin
Y. M. C. A. War Work Council
Marcker
Enoch N. Crowder
Perry County War Savings Stamps Meetings Planned This Week
Perry County holds a series of fourteen meetings to promote War Savings Stamps with stops in Ickesburg Donnallys Mills Andersonburg Kistler and Millerstown led by county chairman B Stiles Duncan. The drive has moved the county from 37th to 8th in the Eastern Pennsylvania district with $105000 total sales by June 15 and praise for district agent E C Dile of Landisburg.
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Pincannon
Perry County
Ickesburg
Donnally's Mills
Andersonburg
Kistler
Millerstown
B. Stiles Duncan
Duncannon
Ickesburg, the Rev. W
Ney
Newport
Donnally
Shermansdale
James W. Shull
New Bloomfield
Blain
Samuel Fox
New Germantown
William H. Spensler
J. M. Barnett
George H. Johnston
Duncan
Pennsylvania
E. C. Dile
Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York
Landissburg
Railway Crew Rosters Listed by Job Titles and Names
Flagmen for 2 6 9 12 16 Brakemen for 64 57 69 88 87 2 6 9 15 16 Engineers up Hollenbaugh Dit low Barnes Kaufman Lackey Bates Warner Sites Kohl Little Morton Firemen up Brady Saul Kline Burtnett Miller Minger Gray Booth Clark Rife Yeagy Cooper Conductors up Daub Levan Bar bour Alleman Flagmen up McKessick Schwartz Wampler Bumbaker Brakemen up Wray Long Bu Hard Chronister Empler Robb Miller Shaw Hollenbach Spire Ehr hart
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Hollenbaugh
Ditlow
Barnes
Kaufman
Lackey
Bates
Warner
Sites
Kohl
Little
Morton
Brady
Saul
Kline
Burtnett
Miller
Minger
Gray
Booth
Clark
Rife
Yeagy
Cooper
Daub
Levan
City plans largest Fourth celebration fund drive
The committee aims to raise a $10,000 war celebration fund with livewives leading the effort to solicit support by week’s end. Chairman Bowman praised the energetic volunteers and announced a broad finance panel covering trades from electricians to grocers to ensure a big, welcoming event for foreign born residents and the city at large.
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Bowman
Former Diplomatist Goes to Jail on Serious Charges
Charles Emil Strangeland, a former secretary at the American embassy in London, is imprisoned in the Tombs in New York City on Espionage Act charges. He allegedly sent coded letters to his wife in Copenhagen while previously employed as an accountant with Bethlehem Steel.
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Charles Emil Strangeland
London
Tombs
New York City
Copenhagen
Denmark
Bethlehem Steel Company
Americans in Army Will Vote in Full
Washington June 25 Regula on will be issued by the War and Navy departments. Secretaries Baker and Daniels told callers the Americans in military service abroad and at home may cast ballots in the Congressional elections next fall from states with absentee laws for service members.
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Associated Pressington
Baker
Daniels
Engineer Who Caused Wreck Held as Slayer
Hammond Ind June 25 Alonzo Sargent engineer of the train that wrecked the circus train near Gary last Saturday was arrested on manslaughter charges at the inquest today Sargent testifying declined to testify on advice of counsel
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Hammond
Ind
Alonzo Sargent
Gary
Sargent
Allies Girding For Big Drive Tells House
Washington June 25 The Allies plan a major offensive against Germany Rep Borland Missouri told the House while outlining the 5.5 billion fortifications bill He said guns from navy reserves and coast defenses have been moved to France and that provisions allow equipping three full armies totaling 4 125 million men to be sent overseas by January 1 1920
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Washington
Borland
Missouri
House
United States
France
General Pershing
Appropriations Committee
War Tide Turned as Italian Victory Shifts Front
Washington reports that the Italian Army's win along the Piave from Montello to the Adriatic is viewed by military experts as a turning tide for the Entente. Leaders warn the war may not end in 1918 and could stretch to 1920 before a lasting peace.
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Washington
Piave
Montello
Adriatic
Wilson
Conference at Berne to discuss prisoners held in August
Germany has been asked via Spanish channels to send representatives to Berne on August 5 to meet American delegates about maintenance treatment and exchange of prisoners. The German government has indicated general agreement in principle to the conference in response to the State Department proposal.
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Associated Press
Washington
Germany
Berne
Switzerland
State Department
Democrat Loses Senate Contest in West Virginia
Washington June 25 Senator Sutherland of West Virginia a Republican is entitled to his seat in the United States Senate the privileges and elections committee decided today in dismissing the election contest brought a year ago by former Senator Chilton a Democrat
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Associated Press
Washington
Sutherland
West Virginia
United States Senate
Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
Chilton
Yankees Force Germans Out of Belleaux Wood in Fast Marne Action
On the Marne front American troops captured the northwestern Belleaux wood, cleared it of Germans, took prisoners and five machine guns after a heavy bombardment. The operation lasted about thirty minutes and showcased American planning and resolve.
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Marne
Belleaux Wood
Longer workdays for nation employes set to begin
Washington June 25 An agreement by Senate and House conferees on the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill provides that all civil government employees shall work eight hours daily instead of seven beginning July 1 and shall receive 120 dollars additional pay per year.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Greece to field over two hundred thousand troops
Paris reports the Greek Legation says Greece will soon have more than 200000 men in the army with additional drafts to be called. Oscar W. Moeslein of Riverside left for Camp Lee Virginia with draftees yesterday, and his brother Edward Moeslein is at Camp Custer in Michigan awaiting transfer to Kentucky.
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Associated Press
Paris
Greece
Rms
Reek Legation
Matin
Camp Lee
Oscar W. Moeslein
Lewis Byenee Riverside
Edward Moeslein
Camp Custer
Battle Creek
Mich
Kentucky
Mayor Berrier's boat trip postponed due to weather
Harry J. Berrier announced the boat trip for former county members tonight is postponed because of weather conditions. A new date will be set later.
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Berriers
Harry J. Berrier
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