Skeleton Found In Cleveland House Haunts Hoopes Family
Skeleton unearthed from cellar of 133 South Thirteenth Street near prison Hill residence shocks Cleveland residents. Mr and Mrs Coleman Hoopes deny knowledge. plumber says basement floor not cemented. Coroner Eckinger investigates records of former occupants as police await new evidence.
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Coleman Hoopes
Cleveland
Ohio
South Fourteenth Street
Hoopes
Plumber
South Thirteenth Street
Ebersoles
Brainard Street
Prison Hill
R. C. Cashman
Oither
Eckinger
R. Cashman
Weather Report For Harrisburg And Vicinity
Harrisburg area forecast notes probable rain tonight and Sunday with warmer temperatures by Sunday. Eastern Pennsylvania expects cloudy skies and warmer conditions with possible rain and fresh east winds. Temperature shifts include 2 to 24 degrees cooler from the Great Lakes to the coast and varied changes in the Rockies and Southwest. Observed: 8 am temperature 30, high 47, low 36, mean 42, normal 29. Sunrise 6 57 am, sunset 5 33 pm, moon new tonight at 11 31 pm. River stage five feet above low water mark.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Coast
Rocky Mountains
Trials and Troubles That Test the Honest Heart
A reflective note on life’s trials and disillusionment. It asserts that inner hearts resist external troubles, addressing a young listener with caution and counsel about enduring personal hardships. The tone blends sobering insight with steady encouragement.
United States Seeks German Reply Over War Zone Note
Washington officials report unofficial word that the American note to Germany over the war zone proclamation has been delivered in Berlin. The German response is expected to defend actions as justified by Britain’s blockade. Also reported is a fire at the John Black stone cutting plant injuring Assistant Fire Chief Edward Halbert, who was hospitalized after a fall from a roof as flames destroyed two frame buildings and the stone hutting department.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Administration
Gerard
Berlin
Great Britain
Germany
United States
Edward Halbert
North Second Street
John Black
Seventeenth
Mulberry Streets
Harrisburg Hospital
A. Leslie Marshall
Telegraph
London
Austria
Hamburg
Holland
Local doctor dies after brief illness. posthumous son born
Dr. Paul P. Allen, Ceded Medico Chirurg, died after four days of pneumonia. His widow, Mrs Gertrude Wheeler Allen, gave birth to a son named Paul at the funeral time. The posthumous child and mother are reported well. In Chambersburg, over 250 six year olds are enrolled in city schools in early February as enrollment remains open for beginners after September.
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Paul P. Allen
Bersburg
Chambersburg
Medico- Chi
Paul
Allen
Gertrude Wheeler
Germantown
Harris
Wireless operator Nisley sets sail on ocean steamer
Paul H. Nisley of 2406 North Sixth street joins the steamship Jefferson as a first grade radio operator under eighteen. A Central high school graduate, he built and operated a home wireless station, then completed Marconi School training in New York. He passed Brooklyn exams and was licensed by the Bureau of Navigation.
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Paul H. Nisley
North Sixth Street
Jefferson
New York
Norfolk
Central High School
Nisley
United States
Marconi School of Wireless Telegraphy
New York City
Brooklyn
Bureau of Navigation
Department of Commerce
City to appoint viewers over Hardscrabble takings
City Solicitor D S Seitz plans to ask Dauphin county court within days to appoint a board of viewers to assess damages and take over property on Front street between Herr and Calder. Viewers begin work immediately, possession not taken until benefits and damages are settled. Homeowners may stay in place while final judgment is issued, with the amount then payable to the owners or their bank with interest.
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M. Harvey Taylor
Harry F. Bowman
William H. Lynch
Parks, Public Safety
Parkway
Cameron Drive
Almshouse
Reservoir
Park Department
Taylor
Sycamore Street
Uptown
Cameron Parkway
Spring Creek
Lynch
Charles P. Walter
Bowman
Wiconisco Street
Jefferson
Penn
Emerald
Seneca
Monroe
Calder
Verbeke
Herr
Cumberland
Paxton
Ralston
Mulberry
Yale
Eugene
Green Street
Woodbine
D. S. Seitz
Dauphin County Court
Front Street
England Asks Prices on 1,000,000 Shells
The Pittsburgh Foreign Trade Commission asked local manufacturers for prices on 1,000,000 drop forge shells for British artillery. The contract value was $4,000,000. A considerable tonnage of projectile material was placed here during the week.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Foreign Trade Commission
Neutral flag to safeguard neutrals on British ships
London papers agree Britain will reply soon to the American note on flag use by British merchantmen. They contend a neutral flag will indicate to German warships that neutral passengers and goods are aboard, signaling safety for neutrals.
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Associated Press
London
Count Says Demands From Washington Will Not Change Situation
Washington notes remain unpublished and German press based on agency summaries. Count Von Reventlow argues Germany’s declared naval war zone around the British Isles cannot be altered by Washington or its demands, and neutral ships travel at their own risk.
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Associated Press
London
Germnga
Ffrom
Washington
Koelnische Zeitung
Tages Zeitung
Count von Reventlow
Germany
British Isles
Warrington
Berlin Statement on Raid of Aeroplanes
Berlin reports from army headquarters claim enemy aviators dropped bombs on the coast and yesterday, causing civil casualties while German military losses were slight. Western front artillery ammunition was found likely from American factories. The number of prisoners taken near Souain increased by 4 officers and 478 men, with 200 enemy dead found before the German front.
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Berlin
London
Souain
Panic in Williamsport Theater Sparks Audience Flight
In Williamsport on Thursday night a film caught fire in a moving picture theater on the second floor of the Knights of Pythias building. About 200 spectators, mainly women and children, scramble for exits as clothing tears occur and hats are knocked away. Fifty children escape via rear doors. several girls faint but no injuries are reported.
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Renee Hagerstown
Moving Picture
Knights of Pythias
Williamsport
Berlin Disappointed Over Neutral Guaranties Note
Berlin expresses disappointment that neutral powers have not demanded specific guarantees from England to desist from misusing neutral flags. The Kreuz Zeitung argues such guarantees are unlikely now. The article notes arms sales and broad support of enemies, contradicting Wilson’s neutrality stance. The report also notes Russians resuming the Battle of Dukla Pass with bayonet fighting, and Austrian casualties totaling about 8,300.
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Associated Press
Berlin
London
England
Kreuz Zeitung
Wilson
Geneva
Paris
Dukla Pass
Oriole Believed Sunk By German Submarine
British steamer Oriole is regarded as torpedoed and sunk after last sighting January 30 near Dungeness with London Trader, which is also missing. Survivor James Cullen landed at Rouen after being rescued by Poland. captain says another ship saved three sailors from the Trader. Also news of William J. Myers's two month trip beginning Monday to Washington, Florida, Cuba, Georgia, and Tennessee.
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Associated Press
Havre
Paris
Dungeness
Aondon
Rouen
James Cullen
Poland
William J. Myers
North Sixth Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington, D. C
Florida
Cuba
Mr. Myers
Georgia
Tennessee
Heavy fighting reported in progress in Argonne and Vosges
News reports describe renewed heavy fighting in the Argonne and the Vosges, with Western front battles at a standstill otherwise. German submarines threaten merchant ships while Britain's air raids target Uboat bases. East Prussia sees a German victory, and Russian incursions falter in Poland and the Carpathians remains undecided. London notes growing peace talk amid German economic strain and Austria-Hungary.
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Argonne
Vosges
Great Britain
East
East Prussia
Berlin
Germany
Carpathians
Geneva
Dukla Ass
First Exchange of War's Disabled Prisoners Feb 16
Berlin via London Keb 13 The first exchanges of disabled prisoners of war under Pope Benedict plan were arranged today through the Berlin Embassy. One hundred forty six unfit for further service will leave Germany February 16 and Great Britain will release 107 Germans. Exchanges not on numerical basis. all disabled will be included.
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Berlin
London
Pope Benedict
Germany
Great Britain
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