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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1917
Page
4
Edward Sutherland, oldest inmate at the Washington state penitentiary, left after seventeen years for two 1900 assaults on women. His release came from Olympia and he was moved to safety from mob violence. He departed aged and frail, a shadow of his former self.
Tenor John McCormack donates $10000 to the American Red Cross and will tour the nation at his own expense from Washington to the Pacific. He plans to raise $100000 for the Red Cross, starting with a December 18 concert in Washington attended by President and Mrs. Wilson.
Herbert Wallower writes from Paris about recovery in a field hospital near the camp, the large number of American soldiers, and his planned leave. He describes nursing care, French hospital life, a move to Paris, meeting friends, and exploring the city while considering military branches and a camouflage or sound-wave artillery role. The tone blends hardship with cautious optimism.
The House awarded the Second Michigan district seat formerly held by Mark R. Bacon to Democrat A. W. Beakes. Final returns favored Beakes, but irregularities led to continued contest and required House action.
Directors at a special meeting voted to apply for an order to change the company name to National Liberty Insurance Company of America. Chartered by New York in 1859, the firm claims American-born officers and no German re-insurance contracts or influence.
Philo Dec 14 Frances Murphy of Catharine street near Third was sentenced by Judge Crane to one year in the county prison with her 3 year old child in her arms. She violated parole after a 1915 shoplifting conviction and was arrested with friend Marie Little in New York for shoplifting. Clemency denied. both women have shoplifting records and probations were mocked.
Washington announces the War and Navy Departments will advance two million dollars to Bethlehem Steel Company on munition contracts. The move aims to speed deliveries despite the firm's trouble securing private funds.
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