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Newspaper

Harrisburg Telegraph

Location

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jun 26, 1917

Page

9

Patriotic Walk for Recruiting Planned by City Grays

A patriotic walk around to arouse recruiting interest will be held Thursday evening led by the City Grays Veteran Association. The parade forms at 7 45 and starts at 8, with routes via Forster Walnut Fourth Market Front to the courthouse where a recruiting tent stands.

City Grays’ Veteran Association National Guard Harrisburg Boys' Brigade Boy Scouts City Grays’ Provisional Company Maurice E Finney Eighth Regiment Armory Forster Walnut D and I Brett Jenkins Philip German

City Employes Get Raises By City Council

The council approved raises for twenty two water department workers at the pumping station and filter plant totaling 810 for the last half of the year. Pay rates for July 1 to December 31 cover utility men firemen pipeline workers assistant engineers filtermen and general utility staff. Also approved were sewer and park department funding and a water meters contract while city reps prepare for League of Third Class Cities sessions.

Samuel F. Dunkle Water Department Dunkle Miller Gorgas Cit Lynch Swatara Street Sixteenth Brook Streets Gross Park Department Gross and John E. Fox R. Ross Seaman M. B. Cowden James H. Thompson J. M. J. Raunick P. J. Bradley Planning Commission League of Hazleton Twentieth Parker Streets Galen Company

Suspension of Cannon Salutes and West Point Athletics

The War Department ordered suspension of all cannon salutes to visiting dignitaries at army posts and fortifications. West Point suspended athletic contests except interclass meets for the year to focus cadets on preparing for commissions in the army.

Associated Press Washington War Department West Point

Serbian Bishops mistreated by Bulgarian forces

The Serbian legation reports brutal treatment of Serbian bishops and clergy in Bulgarian-occupied Serbia. The Bishop of Sergine is interned in a Bulgarian monastery and seminary director Steve Dimitrievitch with 120 pupils forced to walk to Sofia with no news received.

Associated Press Washington Legation Sergine Prinzren Steve Dimitrievitch Sofia Serbia

King Alfonso Faces Pressure Over Monarchy Shakeup

The article shows King Alfonso in earnest talk with Prime Minister Eduardo Dato amid Spain's revolutionary mood. Dato is said to urge resignation and a bid for president of a proposed Spanish Republic, while Alfonso remains popular yet anxious about a possible royal end.

Spain Alfonso Eduardo Dato

Rotary Club Prizes Attract Recruits For Harrisburg

The Rotary Club highlights prizes for recruits as Captain Henry M. Stine notes high enlistment interest. A long Citizens Committee includes prominent city and regional leaders to uphold high standards at Company C recruiting and martial concerts boost enlistment.

Rotary Club Citizens’ Committee Martin G. Brumbaugh Frank B. McClain Edward E. Beidleman Charles A. Miller Z Gross William H. Lynch William L. Gorgas F. Dunkle David &. Tracy Charles E. Bartnett Arthur D. Bacon Robert McCormick Edward L. McColgin Arthur H. Bailey William H. Bennetham &J George W. Bogar C. M. Kaltwasser William B. McCaleb Andrews. Patterson George W. Reily George S. Reinoehl A. C. Stamm EB. Z. Wallower Spencer C. Gilbert E. J. Stackpole Vance C. McCormick M. E. Finney William M. Donaldson William Jennings F. B. Wickersham Charles Herman J. Henry Darlington Philip R. McDevitt Frank B. Bosch H. W. Stubbs Frank R. Downey H. H. Heskin J. lClyde Myton B. C. Haldeman A. L. Hall D. M. Dull Frank H. Bomgardner C. Cocksin W. O. Hickok III George E. Whitney W. Boone Abbott Lyman D. Gilbert Anne McCormick Raymond Ll. Gillispie Red Cross Noah Walmer Henry M. Stine Harrisburg Artillery Eighth Regiment Infantry Victor Herbert Max Swartz North Sixth Street Harvey Finley North Third Street Byron P. Nissley State Street Rudy E. Freeland Fulton Street Russell Walsh North Third Samuel Shandler Green Street

Timely Hints for the Home Gardener

Samuel Armstrong Hamilton advises gardeners to plant thickly to ensure a good stand and enough plants after thinning. He covers thinning practices for lettuce radishes onions beans peas carrots beets parsnips tomatoes cabbage peppers corn and turnips, noting timing methods weather conditions and using thinned plants for greens and sauces. He emphasizes using a fork to lift tiny onions and sowing in hills with three to four plants per hill for vigor.

Samuel Armstrong Hamilton

Reserve audio list of local military personnel and prospects

A list mentions Liam Mussynski and Frank H Bonner in field artillery and infantry at various addresses in Middletown Harrisburg and Steelton with May go in reserves. Captain Harlan S Ambrose may be placed on the reserve list after resigning from Company C Chambersburg. no vacancies on Colonel Finney's staff yet.

Liam Mussynski Middletown Field Artillery Lee E. White Miller Street Harrisburg Frank H. Bonner Woodbine Street Drogo Valetic Christian Street Steelton Infantry Harlan S. Ambrose Chambersburg Finney Ambrose

French Troops Enter Athens For Second Time

A Times dispatch from Athens reports French troops entered the city and occupied several points marking the second dispatch since the war began. Reuters notes a Sunday night demonstration led by reservists and caterers aligned with Demetrios Gounaris, a former Greek premier and pro German faction ally of King Constantine.

Associated Press London the Times Athens Reuter Demetrios Gounaris Constantine

Hotel Death Mystery Cleared by Relatives

Philadelphia report says the hotel death case was solved when John J. Alexander arrived from Pittsburgh and identified the dead man as Lieutenant Ferdinand Alexander, 24, his brother and a navy officer. Louise Jones of New York, to whom Alexander was to be married, shot herself after his death.

Associated Press Philadelphia John J. Alexander Pittsburgh Ferdinand Alexander Navy Alexander Louise Jones New York

Former Franklin Official and War Veteran Dies

Chambersburg Pa June 26 George W Britsch former burgess of Chambersburg and former treasurer of Franklin county died at 5 o clock this morning after a lingering illness aged He was born in Harrisburg and enlisted in the Union Army as a boy serving through the Rebellion He later worked as a baker and was a noted athlete He is survived by his widow and two sons including William P Britsch of the internal revenue service Philadelphia

Chambersburg George W. Britsch Franklin County Harrisburg William P. Britsch Oral Revenue Service Philadelphia

Doctor in Reserve Seized as Slayer

Dr. William J. Condon a prominent New Brunswick man and Army captain in the Reserve Corps was arrested in Chattanooga Tenn for the murder of Rutgers student John V Piper. Piper's body was found June 13 in a lonely field covered with lime with lime traces found at Condon's home and in his car. No motive yet. U S aviators land in London in civilian clothes with blue silk armlets reading U S Flying Corps.

William J. Condon New Brunswick N. J Chattanooga Tenn John V. Piper Rutgers College Condon United States Army Surgical Corps Piper Dr. Condon U. S&s Associated Press London United States Flying Corps Engpland U. S. Flying Corps

Enroll Women to Save Food Campaign Aims Nationwide Effort

The Dauphin county food safety division plans a house to house canvass with Boy Scouts Camp Fire Girls Red Cross and car owners to enroll women in a national food conservation pledge. The program promotes the clean plate, saving billions, and urges wheatless meals smaller portions and local foods to aid the war effort.

Food Supply Division Dauphin County Committee On Public Safety Red Cross R. L. Wilbur Food Conservation Department Temporary Food Administration Organization Washington The Food Administration United States Food Administration Umong League

Mantle of Green to Cover River Front Stone Sheeting

Riprapping work on the river embankment from Maclay street to Peffer nears completion. A minor slope excavation at Maclay will be corrected. After earth cover and planting of vines and shrubs, a mantle of green will hide the stone sheeting along the promenades for residents to enjoy.

Fifteenth Berryhill Streets Harrisburg Railways Company Today Oberlin Nineteenth Derry Street Berryhill Street South Thirteenth Street Berryhill Fifteenth Streets Maclay Street Peffer Department of Parks

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Dato King Alfonso Russell J. Crum Mt. Union Joseph Leo Halifax Samuel Leo Wil Federal Machine Cranberry Sts Franklin J. Condon John Vo Pipes Tive Undertaking
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