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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1916
Page
14
Report states robbers escaped with $20,000 in currency and silver after cutting telegraph and telephone lines into the town. Posse assemblies formed in Tulsa. Skiatook, five miles from the Osage Hills, long a rendezvous for outlaws, is viewed as the likely hideout.
Edward James Cattell of Philadelphia addressed about 200 traveling salesmen at a Harrisburg Chamber luncheon in the Board of Trade building. He predicted the dollar would replace the pound as the world’s exchange medium and praised Pennsylvania’s role in national progress, while urging unity and prosperity. Captain Ed Schell and Chaplain Bassler joined, and a fundraiser for an Eighth Pennsylvania regiment Christmas gift truck exceeded $300 of a $600 goal.
United States reports 200 American detainees in Syria and Palestine by Turkish authorities may leave via Beirut after interning a month to negate any military information. Diplomatic efforts continue. cruiser Des Moines will transport refugees. Also, Dutch ship Maartensdyk was halted by a German submarine 100 miles from Falmouth, with a shot across the bow but allowed to proceed.
A citizens committee reports nearly half the $600 needed for a Christmas telegraphed auto truck gift to the Higathi Regiment in Harrisburg. Funds already received include $286 from local donors and organizations. A separate Health Bureau tally lists September infant mortality in Pennsylvania at 10,320 deaths with chiefs noting causes and birth totals for 1916.
Private John McGowan Jr of Company D Eighth Regiment US infantry is on a thirty day furlough, arriving via St Louis to Harrisburg. He notes Harrisburg soldiers are in fine shape and says reports of discontent are wrong. He expects to be back at the border around February or March. Also mentioned is Sergeant Major C Roy Crist on twenty day furlough and a separate injury note about Ellen Gutelius fracturing her right hip.
Adam Houtz, vice president of the School Board and longtime director, resigns over lack of chairmanship recognition. He defends motive, denies campaign funding rumors, and cites interest in new high school building plans. His term expires next year and he hopes to return to the board.
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