Polar volunteers dig City free of snow blockade
Amid a fierce northwest wind and near zero temperatures, Harrisburg residents answer Mayor Daniel L. Keister's call to clear 3,000,000 cubic yards of snow. The mayor leads by example with a shovel outside the police station as volunteers from all city areas arrive, aided by new shovels from the Highway Department and trucks ready to haul the snow away.
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Harrisburg
Daniel L. Keister
Capitol City
Clarence Webber
Davenport
Keister
H. Kilmore
E. Pleisher
C. Baker
Strawberry Street
Market
Joe Ibach
Highway Department
Ibach
Thirteenth
Derry
Race
Paxton
Vine
Third
Reily
Snow Brigade
Wind swept snow closes trolley lines in Harrisburg area
Strong west wind drives heavy drifts across Rockville Rutherford and Singletown routes delaying Harrisburg Railways. Enola loop and lines above Shiremanstown blocked by snow. a derailment on siding No 10 halted traffic. Many workers walk to the city amid frigid temps down to 9 degrees above zero.
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Harrisburg
Harrisburg Railways
Valley Railways Company
Rockville
Rutherford
Singletown
Harrisburg Railways Company
Enola
Shiremanstown
West Fairview
Wormleysburg
Hummelstown
Paxtang
Roderick Dies, Longtime State Mine Chief
James E. Roderick, 1842 born in South Wales and longtime head of the Pennsylvania Department of Mines, died in Wilkes-Barre. A pioneer in mining administration, he held successive posts from foreman to chief of the Bureau of Mines appointed by Governor Stone and repeatedly reappointed. He helped establish the Middle Coal Field State Hospital at Hazleton and served in local civic roles including church, school board, councilman, and bank director.
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James E. Roderick
South Wales
Pittston
Luzerne County
Wilkes- Barre
Empire Shaft
Wilkes-Barre Coal and Iron Company
Warris Run
Hazleton
Linderman and Skeer
A. 8
Van
Bureau of Mines
Stone
Roderick
Middle Coal Field State Hospital
First Presbyterian Church of
Hazleton National Bank
Teuton Leaders Plan Talks as Strike Threat Looms
Berlin officials announce a new strike wave with one third of Jena workers on strike. Foreign ministers Von Kuehlmann and Czernin, plus General Ludendorff, head to Berlin for talks on political and economic ties. death sentences loom for noncompliers. Berlin idle count ranges from 120,000 officially to 500,000 unofficially.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Berliner Tageblatt
Jena
von Kuehlmann
Count Czernin
von Ludendorff
Berlin
Germany
Austria- Hungary
Botho von Wedel
Vienna
Holland
Harrisburg Starts German Alien Enemy Registration
At 6 o'clock this morning Harrisburg police prepared to register the city s first alien enemy. By 8 o clock Saturday night Police Chief Wetzel hopes to have the registration of every alien enemy in the city completed with life histories tabulated for the Department of Justice in Washington. The register includes German citizens aged fourteen and older. Austrians are excluded. Photographs and fingerprints are required from each registrant.
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Harrisburg
Wetzel
Department of Justice
Washington
Frank IE. Musser
Yankees more than match for Teutons in opening battle
The French commander of a sausage balloon squadron and former Verdun artillery officer praised American batteries as “almost perfect” in the opening battle. He cited accurate fire on a German position in a wood observed from a balloon, noting strong performance by U S guns.
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Yankees
Teutons
U.S
France
Verdun
Somme
Americans Hold Entire French Sector Front Amid Heavy Artillery
American troops now occupy a Lorraine sector as German forces concentrate heavy artillery on U S positions. Officers hailed the first American versus German artillery duel with three enemy dugouts destroyed and a regimental HQ village shelled, while aerial reconnaissances showed severe damage from the bombardment.
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France
Crowds Celebrate Sassari Brigade at Col Di Rosso Return
Italian Sassari brigade of Sardinians returns from Col Di Rosso fight to cheering crowds fifty miles of villages and towns gathered to honor the boys. General Pecori Giraldi leads the reviewing party as banners fly and confetti rains.
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Col DI Rosso
Associated Press
Italy
Sassari
Ferrigo
Siings
Pecori Giraldi
First Army
German reply to Geddes statement disses British claims
Berlin dispatch quotes a semiofficial German reply to Sir Eric Geddes. It ridicules his view that submarine warfare is easing and morale is deteriorating. The statement accuses English secrecy of masking weakness and asserts Geddes cannot bluff the German people.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Berlin
Eric Geddes
Admiralty
England
Geddes
First Drafted Army Ready February Fifteenth Final Quotas
The first draft Army will finish by February 15 and final quotas from states not yet at full strength will be sent to camp on that date. About 75,000 men will be drafted under the new orders as equipment and clothing supplies are assembled and the second call timing depends on troop movements and ship availability.
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Washington
Baker
Thousands Tramp to Work as St Louis Streetcar Strike Spreads
St Louis officials report thousands of workers walking to factories offices and stores before dawn as conductors and motormen strike late Saturday night. Paul Bunn secretary of the St Louis Chamber of Commerce telegraphed Secretary of War Baker with notice of the disruption affecting war orders and city operations.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Baker
Paul Bunn
St. Louis Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Bunn
Allies Council Says War Will Continue Until Peace Based on Rights
London reports the allies supreme war council at Versailles finds no real concession from German chancellor Von Hertling or Austro Hungarian minister Czernin to allied terms. It pledges vigorous prosecution of the war until peace reflecting freedom justice and respect for international law is achieved. The council unanimously agrees on continuing measures to press the war.
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London
Supreme War Council
Versailles
Versailles War Council
Boy Soldier Arthur Stoke Dies in Texas Cavalry Service
News arrives of 16 year old Arthur Stoke of Edgemont who enlisted without his parents’ knowledge and served in the Eighth Cavalry at Presidio Texas. Cause of death not yet learned. body en route for burial at United Brethren Church Penbrook with Rev. Miller officiating. Survived by parents three brothers and three sisters.
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U. S. Cavalry
Arthur Stoke
Pierce Stoke
Edgemont
Eighth Cavalry
Presidio
Texas
Stoke
Harrisburg
United Brethren Church
Penbrook
Mr. Miller
Bishop McDevitt Endorses War Savings Stamps in Harrisburg
Bishop Philip R. McDevitt of the Harrisburg diocese lauds War Savings Stamps as a patriotic, low sacrifice option that loans to the government with principal repayment and profits. The statement comes as National Thrift Day sees statewide observance and a push to buy stamps.
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Philip R. McDevitt
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
United States
Fifty Street Cars Burned In Oil Fire At Wheeling Island
Fifty street cars and the large barn of the Wheeling Traction Company on Wheeling Island were destroyed by fire early today. Damage is estimated at $200,000. The blaze started when a carman attempted to light a heater with oil soaked waste. The Wheeling Traction Company is controlled by the West Pennsylvania Traction Company of Pittsburgh.
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Associated Press
Wheeling
W. Va
Wheeling Traction Company
Wheeling Island
West Pennsylvania Traction Company
Pittsburgh
London Weekly British Casualties Reported in Debrief
Weekly casualty totals show 6354 British losses including 51 officers killed 1225 other ranks killed in action and 173 officers wounded 4805 other ranks wounded. Prisoner incident in Scranton Pennsylvania where inmate Tony Delfino shot a keeper and escaped after unlocking a gate. Solomon D Boyer dies of pneumonia in Sunbury. Secretary Baker notes American troops on the battle front and perceived Allied superiority on the western front. Chief Roderick dies of pneumonia in Hazleton. Albert Broadmeyer registered as first German alien in Harrisburg. Coal shipments resume with eighteen train cars arriving in Harrisburg under fuel plan.
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Washington
Germany
Baker
Mocking Mottoes Upon Prussian Money
Amsterdam report of a Prussia 560 pfennig note designer arrested at Niederlahnstein for ridiculing the Fatherland. Marginal decorations show food items as ham and turnips with lines about how Germans live and sentiments of memory and hope.
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Amsterdam
Prussia
Niederlahnstein
Maaschode
Rotterdam
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Jack Frost
Azz
State Dept. of Mines
Jas. E. Roderick
Wilkes-Barre
State Department of Mines
Lorraine Front
Allies’ Council
Hertling
Czernin
Bishop McDevitt
Harrisburgers
Scranton
Tony Delfino
Delfino
Solomon D, Bover
Sunbury
Solomon D. Boyer
Northumberland County Bar
Order of Odd Fellows
Boyer
Central
Pennsylvania
U. S
Bakere
Western Front
The
Department of
Mines
Hazelton
Albert Broadmeyer
Royal Terrace
Eberfield
Rhineland
Louis Schwantz
Broadmeyer
Hickok
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jess A. Hickok
Flatsisburg
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mississippi River
Ohio
Potomac
Halifax
Mont Blanc
Imo
Mackay
Lamodeo
Leo C
Frankel
Pearl Parsons
Arthur
Hershfeld
Mabel H. Leight
Baltimore, Md
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