03 Feb 1916
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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1916
Page
1
Frantic mother pleads in habeas corpus hearing to keep her baby. She argues for custody as the court weighs urgent claims and risks to the infant. The dramatic session features tense testimony and strong emotions from the mother and courtroom observers.
Nine people including former Deputy Attorney General Be ney General carried from a train on stretchers after a wreck near Penny. Injuries reported but details limited. Emergency crews responded to the scene and transported victims to a hospital for treatment.
A wartime dispatch outlines German preparations for a major push toward Calais with heavy artillery and infantry. Reports from London note intensified Franco-Belgian front activity and speculation the Germans may break through to the English Channel, while other fronts show limited action.
Helen Margaret Helle a 26 year old Colorado schoolteacher traveled from Pueblo to Baltimore to wed Lemuel Showall aged listed as 4 percent. The couple tied the knot at the poor board offices with Squire George W. Hensel presiding after a fast license application to Recorder Lentz. The ceremony followed a divorce awarded to Showall in Baltimore a few days earlier. Washington report notes Representative Isaac Bacharach of Atlantic City injured in a car crash early today though not seriously.
Fair to tonight and Friday with a low near 15 in Harrisburg and vicinity. eastern Pennsylvania stays fair but colder. River levels rise slightly tonight then fall by Friday as a Southern storm moves northward bringing rain sleet and snow across the Atlantic states.
Two Americans report in Berlin that Poland faces extreme hunger disease and housing shortages after war. Frederick Walcott and Caspar Whitney describe near total food loss with potatoes only, widespread typhus, rising death rates from 19 to 30 per 1000, and millions lacking shelter or livestock.
Survivors Dr Gura Gucha and Miss Marie Lamos describe the Adriatic disaster on January 6. Miss Lamos says many passengers blew out their brains after the Brindisi was torpedoed. About 142 survivors reached shore, later bombarded by Austrian planes killing around 10 more.
An epidemic of measles and pneumonia spreads from Wiconisco to Lykens prompting the Board of Health to bar all children under 15 from public venues including picture shows until the outbreak subsides.
London reports questioned claim that Yussef Izzedin the heir to the Turkish throne killed himself. The British press notes strained ties with Enver Pasha, anti German stance, and absence of his name in Turkish dispatches. It cites Wahid Idin as new heir apparent, born Constantinople January 12, 1861, and notes Yussef Izzedin born October 9, 1857.
Fire destroyed the Barnes block and the Moshannon National Bank in Philipsburg Clearfield county. Heavy snowfall yesterday saved the rest of the town. Loss valued at $150000. Old Frasch property at 19 Walnut street sold by Samuel G. Fitzgerald. Report of purchaser unclear.
Henry Baker, 23, of this city, confession to State police reveals he and others nicknamed the niniraiders robbed larders along Edgemont and Jonestown road for months. Plunder not edible was sold to poorer residents at low prices. Baker found with pocket Testament. he faces arraignment before Alderman Hoverter.
In St Louis President Wilson told 15000 attendees that the United States must build an unconquerable navy the greatest in the world. He warned submarine actions could trigger war and stressed neutrality while speeding toward general peace. He also noted belligerents being cut off hindered US aid and emphasized mobilizing both military and economic forces.
New York detectives search for a suspect accused of dousing carbolic acid on infants. Mrs Nina Lombard reports a wet pillow in her infant daughter's carriage sighting, Rae Lombard aged one and a half escaped harm. Police link this to a prior incident where a maniac threw lysol at Julius Clemens, three weeks old, near a candy store.
London reports show air raid raids causing multiple fatalities in Staffordshire amid blitz lighting. A missionary, a baby, a mother nursing, and a family killed near a fireplace as an airship attacked. workmen’s houses were blown to pieces.
Halifax Pa February 3. Residents despite dismal weather attend the Dauphin county farmers institute in Halifax. Speakers from the State Department of Agriculture addressed a growing audience as the second of three sessions opens with strong attendance building through the day and evening.
Overseas News Agency rejects rumors that the German emperor is treated by an American doctor for laryngeal cancer. The agency says the claim is a malicious attempt to sway foreign opinion. It notes the emperor is moving between fronts, continuing military duties.
An eclipse began shortly after 10 and ended around noon visible through smoked glasses. It was a partial eclipse and the only one this year in the United States. Colder weather is forecast for the city tonight and tomorrow with temperatures near 15 degrees. The yesterday storm moved out to sea along the Atlantic coast.
John Edward Teiper, held after attending his mother and brother’s funeral, hopes to visit his dying sister Grace in Orchard Park amid questions over the family revolver. He clings to his story of a strange killer and admits the revolver found at the scene belonged to him.
An aircraft was spotted hovering above the Du Pont powder works at Carney's Point New Jersey last Tuesday night. Company officials could not confirm its origin or destination while noting the circular flight path before it vanished. Detectives recovered stolen goods from a store on North Fourth Street but withheld exact recovery details.
Dr William N Davidson Pittsburghs public instruction head announced a plan for military instruction in the citys high schools and will present it to the board of education on February 18.
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