Two Men Die On Pennsylvania Trains Near Paoli
Two men were killed last night on the Philadelphia division of the Pennsylvania railroad. Edward Getkin 28 of 634 Harris street and Samuel Greer 42 of Bryn Mawr died in separate incidents near Paoli and Rosemont respectively. Getkin a signalman at Paoli was killed jumping from a moving train to avoid a longer walk home. Greer a Pennsy special policeman was struck while walking along tracks. Funeral plans for Getkin have not been set.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Edward Getkin
Harris Street
Samuel Greer
Bryn Mawr
Getkin
Paoli
Pennsylvania Relief
Ella Getkin
T. M. Mauk
Pennsy
Rosemont
Christmas Trees Arrive Early for City Markets
Freight officials and Christmas dealers announce the first shipment of trees will reach the city by the end of next week, two weeks before Christmas. Prices are expected to be similar to prior years while domestic greens and regional spruces from Maine and pines from the South appear in markets this morning.
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Maine
Stormy voyage brings distress to Anthony liner and ships
The Antony liner of Booth Steamship Co bound from Liverpool to Para is in distress fifty miles north of the Lizard after a storm. The Waterloo, a Norwegian ship, sank near the Lizard with three survivors. The British cruiser Venus ran ashore, losing foremast and part of the bridge. An unidentified steamer ashore near Mersey draws lifeboats.
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Antony
Liverpool
Para
The
Lizard
Associated Press
London
Booth Steamship Company
England
Waterloo
Venus
Mersey
Weather bulletin for Harrisburg area and vicinity
The forecast calls for rain to night and Sunday with little temperature change. Northeasterly winds rise with rain or snow in northern counties. Susquehanna River and all branches stay near stationary. stage about 2.4 feet Sunday morning. High pressure to the north keeps the Southern storm delayed and pushing east toward the South Carolina coast.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna
South Carolina
Mississippi River
Lake
Ohio Valley
Schwab Sails for Liverpool on War Material Mission
Charles M. Schwab sailed to Liverpool on business after a long tenure directing Bethlehem Steel's war craft and materials. He avoided questions about any link to a Bryan conference or surrendering contracts, stating only that his trip is for business and declined to disclose details.
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Associated Press
New York
Charles M. Schwab
Liverpool
Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
America
Europe
Bryan
Mr Bryan
London
Saloon Transfer Opposed by Harrisburg School Board
The Harrisburg school board passed a resolution protesting the transfer of Patrick Sullivan’s liquor license from 727 State Street to 1819 North Third Street, Eleventh ward. The move, near Cameron School, faces Dauphin County court review next Tuesday amid a 1700-signature remonstrance filed with Prothonotary Holler. James W. Stranahan will lead the protest on December 8 representing West End residents.
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Patrick Sullivan
State Street
North Third Street
Eleventh Ward
Dauphin County
Sullivan Place
Cameron School
Green and Muench Streets
Holler
Harrisburg
James W. Stranahan
West End
H. W. Newman Elected Commander of Post 58
The Post 58 Grand Army of the Republic annual officer election at 26 North Third Street named H. W. Newman as commander with John M. Major senior vice commander Thomas Numbers junior vice commander and others filling posts. Representatives to the Easton encampment were elected and the post plans to attend patriotic night at Stough tabernacle with reserved seats.
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Grand Army of the Republic
North Third Street
H. W. Newman
John M
Thomas Numbers
William Huggins
R. M. Johnson
H. M. Graham
David Bender
William D. Rhoads
Easton
B. Hoffman
N. A. Walmer
H. S. Watson
Stough Tabernacle
Tabernacle
Wisconsin Anti Vice Report Proposes Broad Reforms
Madison, Wis. Fifteen months of study by the legislative anti vice committee yields radical proposals for law enforcement and social conditions. The report blames liquor as the greatest cause of commercialized vice and urges liquor sales bans near dance halls, licensure for hotels and lodgings, guest name registers, owner disclosure, expanded public amusements, state support for education, and protections for domestic workers.
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Associated Press
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Legislative
Secretary of State
Reformed Church to Host Men’s Congress in Allentown
Delegates from five states attend the Laymen's Missionary Movement meeting at Grand View Sanatorium on South Mountain. Salem Reformed Church in Allentown is chosen for the fall 1915 men’s congress. The board of foreign missions aims to raise 350,000 for liquidation of 135,000 debt and general work, basing 1915 expenditures on 1914 receipts to avoid new indebtedness.
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Associated Press
Wernersville
Reformed Church
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Virginia
Maryland
United States
Grand View
South Mountain
Salem Reformed Church
Allentown
James I. Good
D. D
Philadelphia
Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church
Engineers to Hear Talk on Locomotive Growth
The Engineers' Society of Pennsylvania will hold a meeting in the Board of Trade Building on Monday evening, December 7, to hear George R. Henderson of Baldwin Locomotive Works present "Recent Development of the Locomotive." Lantern slides will illustrate the talk and new data and pictures will be shown. Members invite friends to attend.
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Engineers’ Society of Pennsylvania
Board of Trade
George R. Henderson
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Biscuit Company Opens Harrisburg Distribution Point
Loose-Wilse Biscuit Company expands from New York Boston and Kansas City to Harrisburg opening warehouses and wholesale departments near the Pennsylvania railroad. Co BE Peale will run the wholesale division and John L DeBruell will head distribution. Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce aided site selection.
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Harrisburg
Loose-Wilse Biscuit Company
New York
Boston
Kansas City
Co. BE. Peale
Philadelphia
John L. DeBruell
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
Man Recovers After Mercury Poisoning Miracle
The German man Bangrantz Knable survived ingesting seven grains of bichloride of mercury. Dr A B Groninger and assistants at Lebanon Sanitarium treated him, keeping him under care for five days before he recovered. Knable, 38, works at the American iron and steel manufacturing works and aided at the hospital later.
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Lebanon
Bangrantz Knable
North Fourth Street
A. B. Groninger
Lebanon Sanatorium
Knable
Groninger
Ee Et Opportunity
Cat Weable
American Iron and Steel Manufacturing Works
Allies' Aviators Active Over Freiburg Area
Berlin reports hostile aviators dropped four bombs near Freiburg in Baden not far from the Swiss frontier this afternoon. The aim appeared to be destruction of the railroad bridge.
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Associated Press
Berlin
London
Freiburg
Baden
Emergency Aid Workers Plan Monday Gathering
A meeting will be held at 105 North Front Street at 4 30 Monday afternoon December 7 to report the organization of an emergency aid committee for Harrisburg. The goal is to unite societies and individuals to aid thousands of innocent sufferers at home and abroad during this season of hardship. The session is open to all interested in home and foreign relief work.
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Lin E. Olmsted
North Front Street
Harrisburg
Lackawanna Steel Heads Go to France For Bridge Contracts
Frederick Holbrook and William S. Patten of Holbrook Cabott Rollins Corp A B Adams contractor and three Lackawanna Steel reps sailed on the Lusitania for France to study battle field reconstruction and submit bids to the French government for bridges damaged in the war. The deal promises huge work and shipment of millions of dollars in American steel.
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Associated Press
New York
Frederick Holbrook
William S. Patten
The
Holbrook, Cabott & Rollins Corporation
A. B. Adams
Lackawanna Steel Company
Lusitania
France
Germany
Wickersham Receives Court's Compliment at Dauphin Bench
Judge Charles Johnson praised Assistant District Attorney Frank B. Wickersham for swift handling of cases and valued assistance. He thanked the jurors and noted Dauphin County should commend its efficient prosecutor. Separately a Red Cross appeal clarified that clothing and hospital garments for Europe should be sent freight prepaid to the American Red Cross in South Brooklyn.
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Dauphin County
Charles Johnson
Dauphin
Frank B. Wickersham
Johnson
Associated Press
Washington
Red Cross
Europe
American Red Cross
Bush
New German Minister to Rome Arouses Comment
Rome reports that Prince Bernard von Buelow, former chancellor, will head the German embassy while Herr von Flotow is absent for health reasons. Comment in Rome notes the move may signal Berlin's intent to pressure Italy away from the Allies.
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Associated Press
Rome
Bernard von Buelow
Herr von Flotow
Prince von Buelow
Berlin
Italy
Tailor Made Season Decreed for 1915 Skirts
In Toledo on December 5 1914 the National Cloak Suit and Skirt Manufacturers Association style committee announced a shift toward fuller skirts below the waist and shorter coats for 1915. The plan favors modest conservative dress and eliminates foreign fashion influences.
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Toledo
Ohio
National Cloak, Suit and Skirt Manufacturers’ Association
Government warns on Maine seed potatoes with powdery scab
The Department of Agriculture warned farmers in New Jersey and the Middle Atlantic and Southern States not to buy Maine seed potatoes unless they carry the department certificate showing freedom from powdery scab. They cautioned against using table potatoes for planting as exposure may occur even if disease is not visible.
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Maine
U. S
Associated Press
Washington
Department of Agriculture Today
New Jersey
Middle Atlantic
Department
Naval Constructor Taylor Named Chief of Construction Bureau
Washington December 5 reports Secretary Daniels announcing that Naval Constructor David W. Taylor will be appointed chief constructor and head of the Bureau of Construction and Repair with the rank of rear admiral.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Daniels
Naval
David W. Taylor
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Italy's Stance on War Treaty Alarms Europe
Italy's claim of no binding obligation to fight with Germany and Austria threatens alliance loyalties. Berlin's appointment of Prince von Buelow as Rome ambassador signals pressure to keep Italy from joining the Allies. War reports detail fierce fighting in Alsace and heavy Russian, German maneuvers across Galicia and Hungary, with siege actions and novel trench warfare on the western front.
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Italy
Salandra
Germany
Austria
Prince von Buelow
Rome
Berlin
Alsace
Altkirch
Petrograd
Lodz
Kiev
Poland
Russia
Galicia
Hungary
Przemysl
Cracow
Czenstochowa
London
Silesia
France
West Flanders
Vienna
Tekija
Rumania
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Mrs. Stough
Mrs. Cartwright
Miss Eggleston
Miss Palmer
Miss Saxman
Miss Rogers
Stough
Cameron
Biscuit Company
City Distributing Point
Carranza
Brition
Mexico
A. B. Gloninger
Eng- Lebanon
Cecil Spring-Rice
State Department
Hohler
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Carranaza
Mxico City
Sir Cecil
Villa
Bri
Benton
American Smelting and Refining Company
Mrs
Mar
Lackawanna Steel Heads
Mr. Wickersham
Rear Admiral
Taylor
Kaiser
Congress
House
Senate
Wilson
Aston Villa
Eral
TWO Crown
Newport News, Va
William Donnelly
Baltimore
Hampton
Thimble Shoal
Chesapeake Bay
John R. Phi
Lieut. Ingram Naval Coach
Annapolis
Jonas Ingram
Naval Academy
Douglas L. Howard
U.S
the American Relief
T. F. Lucey
Rotterdam
Brand Whitlock
U S
Belgium
Chicago
Jessie Cope
Charles Alexander
Providence
R. L
Paris
Cation
Lys
Chester Sellers
Susan Shuler
Steelton
John E. Miller
City
Mary B. Shuler
Kerrsville
Avey J. Shaffer
Margaret E. Hippensted
Lighstreet
Columbia
Unty
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