Railroads in bad way says Rea at chamber of commerce
Samuel Rea president of the Pennsylvania Railroad told the New York Chamber of Commerce that Eastern railroads earned less than 4 percent of their invested capital last year. He warned the condition is acute and that only hope and wage tax relief will not restore finances. He urged higher revenue through rate increases and other measures endorsed by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Women of St Andrew's Church announce their Christmas sale at the parish house Nine teenth and Market streets next Saturday from 2 to 10 PM with lunch, music, and booths selling homemade candies cakes and gifts.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
New York Chamber of Commerce
Samuel Rea
Pennsylvania Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
St. Andrew's Protestant Episcopal Church
H. M. Ehling
J. J. Matchett
Edgar V. Leeds
Wrk
William H. Halfpenny
C. J. Hoffman
W. H. Roth
Willis Geist Newbold
F. W. Watts
Gilbert W. Mattson
Baltzell
Edward F. Doehne
Oscar H. Evans
Hicks
William H. Baltzell
Robert Pattison Cox
John F. Miller
J. R. Hoar
W. Hi. Smyser
Valentine
J. B. Dickinson
Harry F. Hope
The
Immanel Presbyterian Church
Sixteenth and
Juniper Streets
Ministers Take No Action on Stough Stay Here
At the Stough Campaign ministerium meeting held in the Market Square Presbyterian Church Rev. E. B. Curtis announced no action was taken on inviting Dr. Stough to remain another week. Curtis praised the campaign as a citywide success, noting unprecedented citizen engagement. The session was brief with no business conducted.
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Stough
Thearket Square Presbyterian Church
Dr. Stough
E. EB. Curtis
Stoeugh
Curtis
Death of Harrisburg notable John Crain Kunkel at 55
John Crain Kunkel, wealthy Harrisburg resident and son of late Congressman John Christian Kunkel, died at his home on South Front Street at 6:30 this morning after a four year illness from heart failure. Survived by wife Louisa, son John C. Kunkel Jr. at Phillips Andover, and mother Elizabeth C. Kunkel. Funeral Saturday at 2 pm at Market Square Presbyterian with Rev. Cooke. burial in Harrisburg Cemetery. Kunkel farms at Highspire and near Shiremanstown were well known for horses and crops. he held real estate and securities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Crain Kunkel
Harrisburg
John Christian Kunkel
South Front Street
Kunkel
Louisa Sergeant Kunkel
John C. Kunkel, Jr
Phillips-Andover Academy
Andover
Mass
Laborees Not at Beirut Where Turks Cause Alarm
Dispatches from Beirut report the Turkish demand of 20000 dollars from Doctor Bliss of the American College at Beirut, with Bliss offering 5000 in full settlement. The incident provokes calls for U.S. protection of American citizens in Syria. Labarees are in perilous contact with Beirut missions amid warnings to avoid the Beirut mission. The mine strike in eastern Ohio remains unsettled as miners and operators adjourn without consensus.
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Beirut
London
Syria
Doctor Bliss
American College At
The
Times
Cairo
Philadelphia
United’ States
William H. Roberts
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
American College
Cleveland
Eastern
Ohio
Reform Church Men Plan Next Year Congress
Wernersville Pennsylvania December 3 plans for a two day convention of the laymen's missionary committee of the Reformed Church in the United States are being formed. The 75 member committee includes two or more representatives from each classis with delegates from Pennsylvania Maryland New York and Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wernersville
Hoffer’s Two Wives Meet in Court Room
In Dauphin county court yesterday two women named Mrs. Enos L. Hoffer testified with marriage certificates showing separate marriages to the same man. The second wife was acquitted by the jury without leaving the courtroom after the case revealed prior marriages to both women.
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Hoffer
Dauphin County
Enos L. Hoffer
Reading
Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad Station
Health Bureau Seeks $51538 Budget for 1915
The bureau of health and sanitation asks the public safety department for 1915 funds totaling 51538 to run the bureau for the year. The request mirrors last year’s level. It also proposes cutting retail and wholesale license fees by 1 to 5 dollars and seeks a municipal hospital for contagious diseases.
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Department of Public Safety
Bureau of Health and Sanitation
Department
Council
Norwegian steamer Ran held by British as prize
Lloyds agency reports the Norwegian steamer Ran, 1946 tons register, captained by Borve, seized by British authorities at Liverpool after arriving from New York. The vessel left New York on November 13 and is now in custody as a prize.
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London
Lloyds Agency
Liverpool
New York
Borve
Miss Evelyn Longman Featured at Panama-Pacific Expo
New York sculptor Miss Evelyn Bea trice Longman will occupy a prominent role at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. She portrays the Greek goddess Ceres with a fountain on the expo grounds, a 32 foot monument in Henry Bacon's Court of the Four Seasons. Longman has works in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and belongs to several national art societies.
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Evelyn Beatrice Longman
New York
Ceres
Miss Longman
Henry Bacon
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City
Audit to be filed tomorrow in Dauphin County
Dauphin County's 1913 audit will be completed and submitted to the county commissioners for approval at tomorrow's session. Auditors Reigle and Houston began transcribing figures. once approved, County Solicitor Ott will file with the court. A new jury wheel may be filled December 10. Real estate transfers noted. Robert Reed goes on trial for actions against children at island playgrounds. Carrie Imler prosecutes against Blanche Miller for common scold. Miller admonished to conduct herself in January.
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Dauphin County
Francis Reigle
Reigle
Fred Houston
Fred M. Ott
Ed Capp
Dauphin County Historical Society
P. Hi. Lanz
W. M. Jefferies
North Seventh Street
W. R. Blough
Burton F. Blough
Logan
Seneca
A. W. Burtnett
G. W. Updegrove
Penn
Robert Reed
Albert V. Johnson
Reed
Island
Judge Johnson
Carrie Imler
Middletown
Blanche Miller
Pennsylvania Masons elect Donaldson to Masonic Homes committee
At the Grand Lodge session in Philadelphia, Masonic committeeman William M. Donaldson of 2005 North Third Street was elected to the Masonic homes committee. A twelve thousand dollar appropriation was approved for destitute Masons in Belgium and their families, to be sent via the grand lodge in England. The officers named include J. Henry Williams, Louis A. Watres, James B. Krause, John S. Sell, William R. Hackenburg, and John A. Perry. The committee members elected alongside Donaldson were Judge George R B Orlady, John D. Goff, Edward W. Patton, George W. McCandless, Andrew H. Hershey, and Henry C. Shock.
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William M. Donaldson
North Third Street
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Belgium
Grand Lodge
England
Masonic Grand Lodge
J. Henry Williams
Louis A. Watres
Scranton
James B. Krause
Williamsport
John S. Sell
William RB. Hackenburg
John A. Perry
George RB. Orlady
Huntingdon
John D. Goff
Chester
Edward W. Patton
George W. McCandless
Pittsburgh
Mr. Donaldson
Andrew H. Hershey
Lancaster
Henry C. Shock
Mount Joy
Lucknow League Discusses Yuletide Charity Work and Nominates Officers
Lucknow Poor Will Be Looked After by League members meet at Miss Nancy Shunk's home to review charity efforts. Since May 1913 the group has aided the poor with Christmas gifts, and officers will be nominated next Wednesday. Attendees include Merle Byers, Glenn Lynn, and others. Separately, Henry Good, 75, was arrested for forgery. a similar charge is pending in Lancaster. A Melbourne cable quotes a royal commission dismissing alarmist claims about the American beef trust in Australia.
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Lucknow League of Good Citizenship
Nancy Shunk
Lucknow
League
Merle Byers
Glenn Lynn
Russel Sturtevant
George Strohm
Charles Bowman
Harry Miller
Henry Good
Joseph Ibach
D. H. Riegel
Hummelstown
Good
Harvey Trickler
Lancaster
Associated Press
London
Melbourne
Reuter
Royal Commission
American Beef Trust
Australia
Harrisburg Riverfront plans praised by Warren H. Manning
City landscape architect Warren H. Manning advocates esthetic redesigns along the riverfront. Proposals include sunken paths and double terraces north of Hardscrabble, using excavated material from South Second Street, aiming for river carnival preparations next summer despite public objections.
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Warren H. Manning
Harrisburg
South Second Street
Department of Parks
Federal Building
Maclay Street
Actor Carter Hotchkiss Dies After Apparent Self Harm
Actor Carter Hotchkiss of the James Morrison Company was found dying at Fourth and Chestnut and died en route to Harrisburg Hospital. Coroner Eckinger will investigate suspected suicide by poison, notifying his daughter Virginia Hotchkiss of New York. The Morrison troupe had shows in Lancaster later this week.
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Carter Hotchkiss
James Morrison
Colonial Theater
Fourth
Chestnut Streets
Harrisburg Hospital
Eckinger
Hotchkiss
Virginia Hotchkiss
West One Hundred and Seventeenth Street
New York
Mrs Slingsby Denies Substituted Heir Claim In Court
London probate court heard Mrs Dorothy Slingsby wife of Lt Charles R Slingsby of San Francisco deny allegations that she substituted another infant for her son the heir to an insane Yorkshire estate.
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Associated Press
London
Dorothy Slingsby
Charles R. Slingsby
San Francisco
Yorkshire
Katherine May Frick Celebrates 15th Birthday at Deaf Institute
Katherine May Frick, dubbed the Helen Keller of Harrisburg, turned fifteen at the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb in Mount Airy. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William L. Frick, she enjoyed a lively party with fifteen guests, aided by her interpreter, and showed notable progress in speech and sign recognition. Grace Pearl, another blind deaf guest, attended a similar birthday event last month.
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Katherine May Frick
Helen Keller
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Institution For the Deaf and Dumb
Mount Airy
Katherine May
William L. Frick
North Seventeenth Street
Miss Frick
Little Grace Pearl
Stock Exchange to Issue Daily Trade Lists With Prices
The New York Stock Exchange through its clearinghouse committee will issue daily at 2 PM a list of stocks trading at or above July 30 under committee supervision, and at 3 PM a list of closing prices with bid and asked prices and the last sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Clearinghouse Committee
Crime prevention plan sparked by engineers and officials
New York December 3 The variety of proposals includes a national service to detect criminals and prevent crime modeled after the secret service and a civil service advisory board for engineers. Plans for golf course lake construction at Colonial Country Club detail springs, water supply, drainage and a future play-ready course.
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Associated Press
New York
Federal
Secret Service
Henry Bruere
City Chamberlain
American Society For Mechanical Egineers
Bruere
Morris L. Cooke
Public Works of
Philadelphia
National Engineering Societies
Civil Service Board
Civil Service Commissions
Public ‘Service
Andrew Carnegie
League to Discuss Clark Act Changes in December Meeting
Thirty five amendments to the Clark Commission form of government act will be considered by the League of Third Class Cities of Pennsylvania at a meeting on December 17. The changes include civil service for police and fire, four year council terms, and a shift to April tax collections, among others.
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Pennsylvania
Charles A. Miller
League
Harrisburg
Keystone
David Lamar Convicted of Impersonation faces two years in prison
David Lamar nicknamed the wolf of Wall Street was found guilty of impersonating Representative A Mitchell Palmer to defraud J P Morgan and U S Steel. He received a two year sentence at Atlanta Federal Penitentiary and is eligible for bail during appeal. The case involved fake phone calls to lure payments and aimed to secure jobs for Edward Lauterbach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
David Lamar
A. Mitchell Palmer
Pennsylvania
J. P. Morgan and Company
U. S. Steel Corporation
Atlanta
Lamar
Wolf of
Wall Street
Edward Lauterbach
United States Steel Corporation
Morgan
Speaker Clark
Congress
Lewis Cass Ledyard
Representative Palmer
Clark
Germany Assures Aid Food Shipments to Belgium via Dutch Ports
A cable from James W. Gerard reports Berlin will not seize neutral ships carrying food for Belgium via Dutch ports. Germany allows unneutral vessels with Certificates from American authorities and a German Embassy pass to ensure relief food reaches Belgians, addressing rumors of seizure.
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Associated Press
New York
Committee of Mercy
James W. Gerard
Berlin
State Department
Washington
American Commission For
Germany
Holland
United States
Belgium
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Rea
Christ Mag Oale
ST. Andrew's
City
Europe
Presbyterian
Robert M. Labaree
Tabriz
Labaree
Samuel W. Fleming
Reformed Church
Health Bureau
Donaldson
Masonic Home
Forger
Anne Morgan
Society
Erwa
J. Pierpont Morgan
Madison Avenue
Seventh Regiment Armory
Front Street
Manning
Colonial
Stock Exchange
Colonial Country Club
Linglestown Road
Crooked Road
Diacuss Clark
Mitchell Palmer
J. P. Morgan
Weather Man
Alaska
Houston
Texas
William T. Creasy
Creasy
Columbia County Democratic Committee
Robert S. Frazer
Supreme Court
Washington Party Committee
Allegheny County
William Flinn
A. P. Moore
Ace
L. P. Schneider
R. E. Flinn
H. D. W. English
Hale Hill
M. H. Kennedy
W. L. McCullough
Independent Republican Committee
R. E. Little
Swarthmore
Warren van Dyke
Democratic State Committee
John D. Strain
van Dyke
Frank Capon
South Ninth Street
Hemlock
Tomi Endekobic
Pat Hyland
Gorgas
Third St
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