Long List of Ad Interim Appointees Sent to Senate
Harrisburg Pa December 16 More than usual interest attends the ad interim list of appointments to be sent to the Senate by Governor Brumbaugh after organization of the legislature. The governor is reviewing the nominations since May 20 1915 and may modify before submission. The list includes heads or deputies of key departments and likely adds a third public service commissioner to fill the Pennypacker vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburgh
Senate
Martin G. Brumbaugh
Cyrus E. Woods
the Commonwealth
Samuel W. Pennypacker
Pomeroy
Little Corporation
Senate Committee On
Little
William H. Ball
Philadelphia
Chandlers Valley Man Committed to Rouse House
Gust Peters, 83, of Chandlers Valley was committed to the Rouse House on Tuesday by the County Commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chandlers Valley
Rouse Hospital
Gust Peters
Rouse House
Peters
Our Queen of the Air Ruth Law Sets Flight Record
Ruth Law stepped from a small aeroplane after flying from Chicago to New York in nine hours and twenty minutes, breaking American aviation records. Offers of cash ads and contracts exceeded her earnings, but she planned to earn only from promoting aviation and her art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Law
Chicago
New York
Miss Law
Carranza Delays Ratification of Border Pact at Atlantic City
Philadelphia dec 18 General Carranza representatives told American members the Atlantic City protocol had not been ratified though the Mexicans said delay does not mean rejection. Sessions may continue into the week with adjournment after New Year’s. Carranza objects to Lane’s framing of US aims and border pursuit of bandits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Carranza
Atlantic City
United States
Mexico
Alberto J. Pani
Queretico
Lane
Chihuahua
Pershing
Fire losses reach four hundred thousand in Shamokin
Fire in Shamokin Pa last night and again early today caused total damage around 400000 with 300000 reported by midnight and 100000 more from an early morning flare up. Losses include J A Perry nation store K C McWilliams storerooms Clarke Brothers groceries and Victoria Theater among others.
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Shamokin
J. A. Perry Nation
K. C. McWilliams
Clarke Brothers
Marlarkey’s
J. W Maus
Victoria Theater
Coates Bros
Carranza
Commission
Mr. Pani
Carinza
Mexico
French Battleship Struck by Submarine in the Med
Berlin reports a Patrie class French battleship torpedoed and badly damaged on December 12 in the Mediterranean by a German submarine. Another sub hit the French transport Meghelen of 6,000 tons with 1,600 troops aboard on December 11 southeast of Pantelleria Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Mediterranean
Berlin
Satement
Malta
Pantelleria
Sicily
Meghelen
Buckshot War and Harrisburg Speakership Battles
The piece recalls the Buckshot War of 1838 in Pennsylvania, when two rival legislative chambers formed in Harrisburg amid mob actions and militia intervention. It notes Governor Ritner’s deployment of troops, the Committee of Safety, and the resulting capitulation that settled the two-house standoff. It also references the 1866 Curtin Cameron contest for speaker and the broader implications for state politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Robert Patterson
Philadelphia
Committee of Safety
Hopkins
Butler
Luzerne
Montelius
Union
Senate
Daniel Sturgeon
United States
Hopkins House
Cunningham
Penrose
General Assembly
Matthew Stanley Quay
Beaver County
Curtin
Quay
House
John P. Glass
Allegheny County
Gimeron
Simon Cameron
Galusha A. Grow
Thakleus Stevens
J. Kennedy Moorhead
John W. For
Quig
Glass
Cameron
Curtain
Congress
Quev
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brumbaugh
James S. Hiatt
Frederic A. Godcarles
Northumberland
The
Commonwealth
William Hertzler
Juniata
Horace W. Davis
Mercer
Emerson Collins
Williamsport
J. Denny O’neil
Allegheny Insurance
Charles Johnson
Penrose-Grundy
Montgomery
G. Chal Port
Huntington
Joseph L. Baldwin
H. W. White
Columbia
Marvin E. Bushong
Lancaster
Albn J. Gilfillan
McKean
Harry T. Moon
Bucks
Maurice T. Phillips
Chester
L. B. Sexton
Bradford
George M. Peterson
Blair
Articultural Commission
Patterson
Frank B. Black
Charles E. Patton
Clearfield
C. E. Carothers
Washington
J. G Sanders
Wisconsin
H. A.surfiace
Robert S. Conklin
Irvin C Williams
Harry A. Mackey
James W. Leech
Cambria
John A. Scott
Indiana
James E. Roderick
Allegheny
George H. Bliss
Samuel B. Rambo
Dauphin
Nathan R. Buller
Wayne
Michael J Ryan
Robert A. Zentmyer
Oliver S. Kelsey
Clinton
Europe
Air
Pnderwood
Joint Commission
Heart OF Shamokin
Blaze
Frana
St .Age
Ics
State House of Representatives
Iwecalis O
Arank Wu
Leach
Phila
North American
Vine and
South Streets
Delaware and Schuylkill River
Philadelphia County
House of Representatives
Charles Brown
S Stevenson
Charles Pray
J. W. Ryan
Miles N. Carpenter
Benjamin Crispin
T. H.brittain
A. Helfenstein
J. W. Nesbitt
T- J. Heston
James Hanna
William Wagner
Michael Day
Adam Woellpe
W. F. Hughes
William Lloyd
William J. Crane
Samuel F. Reed
Benjamin R- Mears
J. F. Smith
Charles B. Penrose
Messrs
Hanna
Wagner
Philadelphiia County
Thomas S. Cunningham
William H Hopkins
Ritner
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