Senate Deadlock Over Wilsons Ship Bill in Long Session
Washington February 10 The Senate in continuous session since Monday noon remains deadlocked over President Wilsons ship measure. After 46 hours lawmakers struggle to adjourn and no end is in sight. Senators Townsend and Sherman pressed the fight while Penrose was taken to his hotel for medical care.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
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Sherman
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Kern
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Underwood
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White House
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Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill Debated in House
Washington February 10 The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill again before the House for consideration includes a 3 000 000 appropriation for a physical valuation of the nation’s railroads. Republican opposition caused an abrupt adjournment last night.
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Associated Press
Washington
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Clouse
Weather Report for Harrisburg and Eastern Pennsylvania
Fair and cold tonight with low near 15 degrees Breen. Thursday fair and warmer with light to moderate winds. River levels fall slowly across the region with Harrisburg at about 5.5 feet Thursday morning. High pressure over the east, low over the west, flurries from Lake Region to Atlantic coast, and a new moon on February 13.
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Atlantic
Castellane Loses Grand Divorce Plea In Italy
Paris dispatch reports the Rota tribunal rejected Count Boni de Castellane's suit to annul his marriage to Anna Gould. The Vatican court’s three‑trial process has seen two favorable decisions for the duchess, ending the attempt to free Castellane to marry again.
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Paris
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Boni de Castellane
Anna Gould
Duchess of Talleyrand
Rome
Count de Castellane
Vatican
Castellano
Anthracite Tax Repealer Bill Introduced in House
A bill to repeal the 1913 anthracite coal tax was introduced by Mr Ramsey of Delaware. The act imposed 2 percent ad valorem on anthracite coal and earmarked half of revenue to counties, now tied up in court. Also proposed a constitutional amendment to replace fee payments to county officers with salaries.
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Delaware
Neville
Montgomery
Adams
Luzerne
Lincoln
Wilson
Philadelphia
Bishop Burt Confers With Cabinet Ahead of Shamokin Session
Bishop William Burt of the Methodist Episcopal Church met yesterday at the Bolton House with district superintendents Simpson B. Evans Tyrone James B. Stein Hazleton A S Fasick Carlisle B H Mosser Huntingdon and Emory M. Stevens Williamsport to plan for the Central Pennsylvania Conference to be held in Shamokin in March.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Central Pennsylvania
Shamokin
Bolton House
Burt
Simpson B. Evans
Tyrone
James B. Stein
Hazleton
Fasick
Carlisle
Teamster Crushed When Furniture Shifts on Hill
Peter Miller, 70, a teamster for Robert Bretz of Enola, is in critical condition at Harrisburg Hospital after being thrown from his wagon. While hauling furniture down a hill, the load shifted, throwing him from the seat and the wagon ran over his abdomen. He arrived unconscious at the hospital.
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Peter Miller
Robert Bretz
Enola
Harrisburg Hospital
Miller
ROK Mayor 10 Moves On Relief Plan Of Quit Playing To Gallery
In a special council session Commissioner Lynch proposed a plan to create city work for the unemployed. Mayor John K. Royal faced a council resolution urging practical steps, with debate over whether the mayor was simply appealing to public opinion or actively pursuing relief measures.
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Lynch
John K. Royal
W. H. Lynch
Harry F
Harrisburg
Royal
Bishop Urges Clergy Support for Half-Rate Rail Bill
Bishop James H. Darlington addressed Civic Council of Churches at Zion Lutheran Church urging ministers to back the Heffernan bill allowing railroads to grant reduced fares to clergymen. City ministers were asked to work for its passage.
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James H. Darlington
Civic Council of Churches
Zion Lutheran Church
Heffernan
Taft Opposes Law To Forbid Munitions Sale
Special to The Telegraph New Haven Conn February 10 William Howard Taft released a January 26 letter to Professor Edmund Von Mach of Harvard University in which he opposes enacting a law that would forbid supplying munitions of war from the United States to belligerent nations.
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New Haven
Conn
William Howard Taft
Edmund von Mach
Harard University
Reverend Labaree in Persia Describes Travel Experiences
The Rev Robert M Labaree of Doylestown Presbyterian and his wife Mary Fleming, stationed in Tabriz Persia, writes to Harrisburg friends about personal experiences during his mission field. He recounts travel hardships, disrupted mail during the war, and moments from a quiet early Sunday with companion Rab Stapan in a modest lodging.
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Robert M. Labaree
Mary Fleming
Tabriz
Persia
Doylestown Presbyterian Church
Rabi Stapan
Orduna Raised U S Flag During Irish Sea Transit
Passengers aboard the Cunard liner Orduna say the American flag flew for about 24 hours on January 31 as the ship passed through the Irish Sea. The flag was hoisted after leaving Liverpool and not lowered until early Monday morning, with delays attributed to a nearby German submarine. The voyage from Liverpool was delayed a day, and the Orduna later stopped at Queenstown while flying the Stars and Stripes.
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Stockholders meet as bank failure tied to cashiers death
In Lebanon Pa on February 10 stockholders convened over a bank collapse with an estimated $41,000 shortage at Schaefferstown First National Bank. D B Kieffer Irvin Horst and Arthur Hoverter face involvement rumors while Hoverter is jailed on charges of misusing bank funds revealed by a dead cashier’s letter.
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Alvin Binner
D. B. Kieffer
Middletown
Irvin Horst
Schaefferstown
Arthur J. Hoverter
Kieffer
Directorate
Horst
Trwin Horst
Kieffer and
Florst
Binner
Treasury Department
Tiorst
North Eighth Street
Hoverter
Farmers’ Trust Company of Lebanon
Togan
Desires Week Longer For Filing Nomination Papers
In a House debate Representative Kitts Erie urged amendments to election laws. A one week extension would set five weeks to file with the secretary and four weeks with county commissioners before primaries. He hinted at bills to curb write ins and stickers. Representative Stern of Philadelphia proposed that a vacancy in mayor be filled by joint council election and serve until the next municipal election.
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Erie
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Stern
Philadelphia
Peace treaty idea and cessions floated in French press
Paris and Geneva reports say a Democrate De Delemont article claims a French faction favored signing peace before the Marne with Germany receiving Briey Nancy Lorraine Madagascar and mbarepee plus a large indemnity. Meanwhile a Zeppelin crew perished as the airship vanished in the North Sea near Denmark.
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Battle of the Marne
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Lorraine
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Mbarepee
Geneva
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Friedrichshafen
Russians Battle Fronts In Galicia and Warsaw
Russian war office reports heavy fighting along the Warsaw front as German and Russian forces clash amid snowbound conditions. In Galicia a major engagement features repeated German charges on Russian positions with heavy losses, while a Zeppelin has reportedly been lost. The Orduna brings news of an American flag incident on a British steamer.
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Liverpool
Irish Sea
Galicia
Russian War Office
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Berlin
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France
Russians Carry On War Until Lasting Peace Is Assured
Duma resolutions in Petrograd express Russia will continue the war until European peace is secured. A Lokal Anzeiger dispatch from the Carpathians notes deep snow, restricted troop movement in the mountains, and strong Russian pressure at Dukla Pass as fresh contingents arrive.
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