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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1915
Page
14
Du Pont officials say no clue explains the blast that killed multiple workers near Wilmington. Detectives investigate rumors of Teutonic warnings and a horse drawn cart incident while bodies are identified from remains scattered by the blast.
An advertisement notes tuberculosis is stubborn despite rest, air, and hygiene and offers Eckmans Alterative as a relief aid. It emphasizes a lime salt content, easy assimilation, no narcotics or habit forming drugs, and claims safety and recovery support. available from Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia or local druggists.
A flare-up in a blending mill at the Carneys Point New Jersey powder plant of Du Pont caused an explosion around 6:30 am. No injuries were reported and damage was described as slight. The blast was observed in Wilmington Delaware with the sound heard for hours. Company officials attribute the incident to a small quantity of powder igniting. Only a few workers were present and were unharmed.
Dr John J Mullowney of Paxtang issued a Peace Calendar and diary for 1916 from Paul Elder & Co San Francisco Each leaf bears a peace sentiment including a Brumbaugh quote and daily peace messages The calendar aims to educate urging readers to shed race hatreds and greed in favor of peace David Starr Jordan wrote the foreword analyses the calendar as a tool for peace.
A London dispatch reports Emperor William sent birthday greetings to Chancellor Von Bethmann Hollweg. He praised Bethmann as a faithful pillar, wished further success, and expressed gratitude and pride while wartime stresses persist.
The article outlines European turmoil with Romania and Greece resisting Entente pressure. It notes Balkan power struggles, possible Bulgarian advances, and Austro German caution over Bulgarian influence. Prizrend and Monastir updates tag the Serbian front as quiet otherwise. Russian Riga defenses grow stronger as Vienna cites Italian aims at Gorizia.
Paris reports diplomatic circles in Rome say Emperor William’s Vienna visit aimed to reconcile German Austrian aims and win a pledge of territorial concessions from Hungary to secure Romania’s neutrality. Romanian leaders Carp and Marghiloman allegedly told Duke Mecklenburg how Romania could be counted on, with Transylvania and Bukovina cessions sought in exchange for Silesia provinces.
Paris dispatch from Petrograd notes that Germany has built an extensive rail network behind the Riga Dvinsk line with three main Prussia to Riga routes and public schedules. Telegraph lines run in all directions with electric tramways serving villages, signaling a planned push toward Petrograd.
Rome reports Emperor William sought to halt Austria's peace talks via Madrid with the Vatican. Vienna and Berlin clash over strategy with Berlin favoring separate pacts to break the Quadruple Entente, while Vienna seeks a genuine lasting peace.
Amsterdam December 1 reports that several Austrian cabinet members have resigned. An autograph letter from Emperor Francis Joseph published in the Wiener Zeitung confirms the resignations of interior minister Karl Heinold D'Udynski commerce minister Rudolf Schuster Von Bennett and finance minister Baron Engel Von Mainfelden.
Local campaign led by Mrs. Lewis E. Johnson aims to set a record for Christmas Seals sales to fund the Anti Tuberculosis Society work. She will announce a committee and coat the borough with seal displays at J A McCurdy drug store Front and Locust. Schoolchildren and merchants will be enlisted in the effort.
Borough Secretary Charles P Feidt issued a permit to Dushan Jurich to build a garage in Tronalley between Franklin street and Lochiel. Funeral services for Charles Turpin, who died after a steel works accident, will be held tomorrow at Centenary United Brethren church at 2 PM with burial in Baldwin cemetery.
Local residents and students from Lebanon Valley College spent weekends in town with relatives and friends. Community notices announce sauerkraut supper plans, prayer meetings, and church activities. Deer camp opens near Fayetteville as local club members head to the woods. Jeorg H Martz Jr. dies. Centenary United Brethren church addition to host first session next Sunday. Reverend Moyer resigns from St. Peter's Lutheran and accepts a Philadelphia call.
State Treasurer Young announced payments of the nearly 1.9 million dollars due to schools as funds arrive, with 50 warrants issued today to entities including West Hanover Lykens Township and Elizabethtown. He promised to aid December payrolls if handled by December 15, enabling checks by December 20.
Junior boys at Central High school prepare eight orations for the Kunkel contest. The final is set for Friday at 2 PM in the school auditorium after postponement due to Shimmell school dedication. Eight contenders are Leslie Minich Harry Sanders Harry Dixon Louis Goldstein Marlin Geiger John Baker Emory Hartman Bernard Wert. Music by the school orchestra choir and glee clubs. Judges are Jesse H. B. Cunningham Rev. Rollin A. Sawyer and Rev. Henry W. Hanson.
State Senator Frank Martin of West Fairview endorses a regional improvement movement across Cumberland County. He favors a Maclay street Harrisburg to West Fairview bridge, an enlarged subway at Walnut street Wormleysburg, a community high school at Berkhaus tract Wormleysburg, and park drainage plans, arguing the bridge would cut travel time and connect West Harrisburg and Enola freight yards. He cites Fort Washington preservation as a future State Park aim.
P R R seeks to build a new freight spur from Franklin Street to near Locust Street tapping a sewer to the Susquehanna river. The plan aims to improve steel works access while avoiding Reading Co rights of way and crossing Franklin Conestoga and Trewick streets at grade, with council expected to act in December.
Two 14 year old boys Clarence Wilson and Russell Jones were arrested near Market Street Bridge after police found them using the Civic Club headquarters basement at North Front Street as a lodging place. Milk bottles and food were found. parents had reported the boys out all night for a week as milk thefts were suspected.
Neurasthenia is described as nervous bankruptcy with fatigue from daily life. Dr Williams Pink Pills are claimed to restore blood with nerve-supporting elements and help wearied nerves and thin blood. Sold by druggists or mail order from Dr Williams Medicine Co Syracuse NY. 50 cents a box, six for $2.50. Free book offer included.
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