Mount Holly Post Office Safe Blown Open Robbery
Burglars forced entry to the Mount Holly Springs post office early today, blew open the safe with dynamite, and stole about $200 in money and stamps. Four men, masked in heavy overcoats, conducted the operation and escaped toward a Reading railroad freight train. Post Office Inspector Crawford and local officials investigated. Edward A. Woods spoke at a Harrisburg Chamber luncheon on national thrift and America’s spendthrift character.
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U. S
Mount Holly
Carlisle
Mount Holly Springs
Alice Mullen
Baltimore Avenue
Mary Franciscus
William H. Thomas
Reading Railroad
A. B. Crawford
Mechanicsburg
Edward A. Woods
Pittsburgh
National Association of Life Underwriters
Chamber of Commerce
Harrisburg
Woods
America
E. J. Stackpole
Mr. Woods
Rome
United States
Despondent Turkish Crown Prince Takes Own Life
London February 2 Associated Press reports Yussef Izzedin heir apparent to the Turkish throne shot or cut arteries in his palace at seven o'clock yesterday morning ending his life. Officials cite ill health as the motive. Heir’s death follows tense conditions in Constantinople.
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Associated Press
London
Yussef Izzedin
Reuter
Constantinople
Berlin
Weather summary for Harrisburg and eastern regions
Snow this afternoon and night with a drop to about 25 degrees in Harrisburg area. Snow and sleet expected tonight and Friday for eastern Pennsylvania and adjacent states with northeast winds and possible heavy sleet. River levels rise in the upper branches Thursday with stage around 17.6 feet in Harrisburg. overall conditions show a steady river rise and widespread unsettled weather across the Middle Atlantic and East Gulf regions.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Middle Atlantic States
New England
West Virginia
Mississippi River
South Atlantic
East Gulf States
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Reasonable Hope For Positive Understanding Lusitania Talk
Berlin reports that German instructions to Ambassador Von Bernstorff in Washington convey reasonable hope for a positive understanding on the Lusitania dispute. The semiofficial announcement notes past failed verbal exchanges but says new cables may enable a satisfactory resolution. In Washington the German embassy says no new instructions have arrived yet.
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Lusitania
Associated Press Berlin
von ‘Ernstorff
Washington
Tollow
Berlin
I Love You Sweetheart Then Shoots Himself
Earl M. Grosvenor 28 of Sunbury dies by suicide beside Miss Stella Speck near Rockville after she tells him she loves him and will marry. Coroner Eckinger and undertaker Charles J. Mauk handle the remains. Grosvenor worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad and belonged to the Railroad Relief Association. Funeral plans to Sunbury. Also mayor defends showing Birth of a Nation amid protests by local Black residents, saying it will not be stopped.
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Stella “Speci
Rockville
Earl M. Grosvenor
Sunbury
Miss Speck
Elias Meas
Eckinger
Charles J. Mauk
Sixth
Kelker
Grosvenor
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Relief Association
Prinzess Juliana Strikes Mine Beached at Felixstowe
The steamer Prinzess Juliana, linking London and Flushing, struck a mine in the North Sea and was beached at Felixstowe Suffolk. Passengers and crew were rescued by nearby vessels and landed at Harwich.
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London
Tlondon
Flushing
North Sea
Felixstowe
Suffolk
Harwich
Incomplete World War II Era Dispatches Report On Central Powers
A fragment from a wartime notice notes Central Powers plans to attack Saloniki with rising costs and Washington actions delayed. Separate county reports show Dauphin county boards meeting with Children’s Industrial Home Nursery Home and Associated Aid Societies over next year’s county aid, asking for legal status and care methods for resident children.
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Dauphin County
Poor Board
Children’s Industrial Home
Nursery Home
Associated Aid Societies
Zeppelin raid and war updates amid Saloniki and Atlantic tensions
News from Saloniki reports 14 killed including Greek soldiers and refugees as Zeppelins drop bombs. In the U S Navy scene the Appam lies at Fortress Monroe while a German prize crew holds British crews aboard several sunken vessels. Dispatches note floods delaying Allied aerial moves, with Balkan implications and rising German Zeppelin morale in Berlin.
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Saloniki
Paris
Associated Press
Norfolk
United States
Appam
Fortress Monroe
Washington
Berg
Hamilton
Balkans
Athens
London
Bucharest
Greece
Romania
Mesopotamia
France
Berlin
England
President Wilson presses for facts before action in Kansas
President Wilson spoke to the largest audience of his trip in Topeka, urging Kansans to know the facts before acting. He earlier addressed Des Moines, stressing preparedness and asking whether the public wants the situation clarified before moving forward.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Kan
Wilson
Kansas
Des Moines
Two Night Celebration For Cornplanter Tribe on Fiftieth Birthday
Cornplanter Tribe No. 61Improved Order of Red Men marks its fiftieth anniversary with a two night observance March 9 10. A banquet on the first evening will host all members and prominent Red Men from Pennsylvania and beyond followed by a theater party at the Majestic and a Chestnut Street Auditorium dance and card games on March 10. The organization reports more than 12000 in its treasury. In Lyetoewemmee London a separate February 2 manifesto calls for drastic reform of Britain's educational system urging immediate reconstruction after labeling Britons as woefully ignorant.
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Pennsylvania
Majestic
Chestnut Street Auditorium
Lyetoewemmee
London
Great Britain
Ships Still Afloat After Collision Near Cape Race
Halifax reports the Japanese steamer Takata Maru and the steamer Silver Shell were afloat at 4 am after a collision 200 miles southeast of Cape Race. A wireless message from the Takata Maru confirmed continued operation. Another steamer is standing by.
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Halifax
N. S
Cape Race
N. F
Harrisburg Firm Opens Branch Baby Shoe Factory at Wellsville
E. J. Lewis of Harrisburg Leather Products Co announces a new Wellsville York County branch factory. The plant will employ up to 150 workers, with KE Woods of Philadelphia running machinery for six months and Lewis visiting weekly. The three story building measures 40 by 155 feet.
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Harrisburg
Wellsville
York, Co
E. J. Lewis
Harrisburg Leather Products Company
Wyeth Street
York County
KE. W. Woods
Philadelphia
Mr. Lewis
Gratz Farmers Institute Ends After Record Attendance
Gratz Pa Feb 2 One of the most successful Farmers Institute ever held here closed last evening with nearly 500 people in attendance. Speakers and an entertainment program drew wide interest as S C George of Indiana county and S W Funk of Bogerstown spoke to the crowd.
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Robert F. Gorman
Gratz Pa
Farmers’ Institute
Gratz
S.C. George
Indiana County
S. W. Funk
Bogerstown
Dynamite Damage Reported At Maryland Church
A Maryland report notes a second nearby church damaged by dynamite within two weeks with shattered windows and a torn porch. Nearby damage included a broken window at a resident’s home and a large blast hole in the ground.
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Hagerstown
Hancock
Methodist Episcopal
Ferkeley Springs
Potomac River
George Cunningham
Boilermen Report Disaster on Towboat
A catastrophic explosion tore through a towboat, leaving few survivors and fourteen men missing. Authorities launched a search as rescue operations continued through the night.
Snowstorm Predicted To Last All Night In State
A major snowstorm blankets the region with seven and a half inches by noon and sleet likely tonight. Traffic on trolley lines is delayed though city railways clear snow. forecasters expect colder weather after the storm. In Huntington and nearby areas crews report boiler explosions on the Sam Brown tow boat with multiple casualties.
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Associated Press
Huntington
W. Va
Sam Brown
Pittsburgh
Ohio River
Ohio
Ben Williams
Ranche
Harrisburg and
Valley Railways Companies
Harrisburg Railways Company
Mercury
Brer
Metal Workers Strike Ties Up Brooklyn Plant
New York February 2. A strike by the metal workers union has tied up the Brooklyn plant of the American Sugar Refining Company. About 500 machinists walked out, part of a 3 500 employee plant. They demand reinstatement of three men said to be dismissed for union activity and an eight hour day replacing the current ten hour shift.
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Brooklyn
American Sugar Refining Company
Metal Workers’ Union
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Harrisburg Telegraph
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