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Newspaper
Clearfield Weekly Progress
Location
Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1914
Page
2
The official British and German accounts describe a multi vehicle clash at the German coast around Cuxhaven. British airmen attacked the Elbe mouth while German forces claim hits on two destroyers. British losses include one pilot feared dead after his seaplane wreck. The exchange follows prior raids on Scarborough Whitby and Hartlepool.
Joseph Giff, a juvenile, was found guilty of breaking into John TFaulke's store in Houtzlale and sentenced to Huntington reform school. Lynn McGee, another juvenile, received a harsher sentence to the Darlington area for a related defense.
Center church led by Rev Knox hosted an old fashioned revival that reopened after a temporary pause. The revival featured Rev E V Brown, powerful singing, and a strong turnout with several converts. centering on Centre as a historic Clearfield county Methodist landmark. Anne Louise Norris to wed Walter St Sohn of Harrisburg in an announced engagement by Mr and Mrs Lewis Crate Norris.
Pittsburg, Dec. 2. Unrestrained gladness was the excuse for a shooting up here yesterday led by Henry Rusasky, father of Henry Rusasky a former leader in a similar incident last year. He was guarded at his home by his wife who faced danger twice. His first wife was killed by a train while carrying food to her son hidden in the mountains. He married again and yesterday’s spree marked the joyous windup of the honeymoon.
Dispatches from Semstantivopie report the Turkish ship Hamidieh formerly Breslau sailed the Black Sea to Batum. The Turks, fighting five Russian battleships two cruisers and three mine layers, sank the mine layers Olex and Axshos, bombarded Mestisian, and saved two Turkish officers and marines.
Sixty Christmas dinner baskets filled with s were delivered by Shawe grocery to the Presbyterian church for the poor. Fifteen baskets remained at the Ladies Aid and were sent to Cortnty home.
A Saturday blaze at the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh rail line locomotive shops in DuBois caused about 200000 in losses. The fire, likely incendiary, gutted the supply station and destroyed valuable records from the past five years. Four men on site escaped as smoke and flames spread, with investigations led by President Noonan and railway officials continuing.
Started Sunday morning still in session at midnight last night with no statement issued. It is not yet known if a shutdown will occur, but it will handicap work in the shop and along the entire system for at least a time.
A London dispatch notes Princess Mary acts as secretary to King George, proving capable as stenographer and confidant amid crisis. In Petrograd a Russian nurse, Yovgheneeya Korkeenah, earns St George's band for moving a field hospital under fire. Capetown reports Mrs Elizabeth Pienaar saving the Union Jack from rebels in Winburg. Vienna mentions a mother of two aiding the Austrian army by carrying clothing to front.
Pittsburg dispatch reports Rep George W Allert Allegheny county analyzed 207 electees showing 75 veterans and 132 newcomers. Next house will have 141 nonrecurring members, 60 percent without prior service, signaling strong governor elect influence and possible GOP ascendancy in Harrisburg.
The piece notes Wittem A Sunday’s prior campaign in Pennsylvania and many states, predicting a ten week revival starting next Sunday in Philadelphia. It highlights the Philadelphia North American’s extensive reporting plans and heavy reader demand, with the paper prioritizing Pennsylvania subscriptions during the event.
Queen Helena of Italy, daughter of Montenegro's King, gave birth to a second daughter on Saturday afternoon in Rome. Both mother and child are reported healthy. The royal couple already have five children, four daughters and one son.
Two American duck hunters were shot while crossing into Canadian waters as Canadian soldiers fired on their boat. One Lake Shore fireman was killed and companion Charles Coach wounded. Canadians ban firearms entry. no detailed account yet.
Col Arthur MacArthur, renowned grand commander of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar, United States, died suddenly of apoplexy on Sunday in Troy. He was editor and proprietor of the Troy Northern Banner and a prominent Republican figure, with Gov. Morton appointing him to a military staff.
A report from Rome says United States ships may bombard Tripoli in Asia Minor as Captain Decker of the Texas telegraphs that 500 refugees are being moved from Jaffa to Alexandria Egypt. The cruiser North Carolina, escorting the Virginia, sailed into Tripoli harbor where Turkish authorities were pressured by British and French consuls to hand over nationals but refused, sparking an attack on the Virginia and its officers.
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