Coldest Weather Follows Weekend Storm in Harrisburg
The city endures the coldest winter spell after a Saturday to Sunday storm with the mercury at 5 degrees, three below the season's record. Nearby towns report near or below zero while Dauphin and Paxtang feel similar lows. Forecasters expect continued cold tonight then a gradual warming tomorrow.
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Mercury
Weather Bureau
Dauphin
Paxtang
Harrisburg
Texas
North Atlantic
Canada
New Traffic Code To Take Effect Soon In City
A new traffic code will be proposed with a 20 officer wire trouble squad, uniform signaling, and two hour reliefs. Police leaders Zeil and Thompson plan to present the plan to Mayor Mears for approval, aiming to modernize signals and traffic rules across the city and vicinity.
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Pennsylvour
J. Thomas Zeil
Joseph P. Thompson
E. S. Mears
Price Change for Harrisburg Telegraph Copies
Beginning tomorrow February 15 the price of single copies bought from news boys and dealers will be two cents each The home delivered Telegraph by Telegraph office carriers remains six cents per week.
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Telegraph
Shuman Acquitted of Murder of Daughter by Jury
A Dauphin County jury acquitted ex-police chauffeur William Harvey Shuman of murdering his daughter Margaret E. after eight hours deliberation. The panel, largely named John, deadlocked on manslaughter before delivering a unanimous not guilty verdict just before midnight. The DA dismissed further charges and supporters hailed the decision as a momentous court outcome.
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William Harvey Shuman
Margaret E
Shuman
Kunkel
Stroup
Dauphin
John
Presbyterian Board Receives Anonymous Gift of 75900
Associated Press reports in Philadelphia that Dr. William Hiram Foulkes, general secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Ministerial Relief and Sustentation, announced an anonymous gift of 75 900 dollars toward a 10 million dollar fund to pension retired ministers and missionaries, with board resources now surpassing 4 million.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
William Hiram Foulkes
Presbyterian Board of Ministerial Relief
Presbyterian Church
Weather Summary for Harrisburg Area and Eastern Pennsylvania
Fair and cold tonight with lows near eight. Tuesday will be fair and warmer. Susquehanna and branches fall slowly though ice jams may cause local rises. A storm system moved from Texas to the Mid Atlantic coast bringing snow north and rain farther south. Full moon on February 18. river stage about 4.7 feet. yesterday's high 30 and low 15. average 22.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Tex
Middle Atlantic
Mi River
Steelton man arrives to answer murder charge
With his hands in his pockets No kolo Kotur of Steelton strolled into No 1 courtroom to answer a Dauphin county jury for the December 22 murder of Joseph Backie. Kotur is the second man arraigned, continued on Page 8.
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Nokolo Kotur
Steelton
No. 1
Dauphin County
Joseph Backie
Kotur
Six Persons Killed in Milan Aerial Raid
A Reuters dispatch from Milan reports six people killed and several injured when bombs were dropped from aeroplanes over the city at 9 a.m. The raid involved several aircraft and anti aircraft fire followed by the planes' disappearance. Casualties were civilians. Milan lies in northern Italy near the Swiss border and west of the Austrian line.
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Milan
London
Reuter
Italy
Munition Plant of General Electric Wrecked by Fire
The General Electric munition plant in Schenectady New York was destroyed by fire today. The private fire department kept the blaze from city authorities and no information was released by company officials. Workers were sent home as flames collapsed the roof and made walls unsafe. The munitions building remained under tight guard.
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Schenectady
N. Y
General Electric Company
Associated Press
New York
Barnett Baff
Herman Rosenthal
Charles Becker
Baff
German held as fight over war turns deadly
Albert Weynrecht a German was jailed in Lancaster county to await the outcome of Horace Shagg also German who lies dying in the county hospital after a heated dispute over the European war. The incident occurred in a carriage shed near Pennsville where residents including Swedish-born Frederick Mann sought shelter from rain. Weynrecht fired a revolver wounding Shagg in the neck. the shot missed Mann. He did not attempt to flee.
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Lancaster
Albert
Weynrecht
Horace Shagg
Pennsville
Frederick Mann
Dunkard
Mann
Shand
Midland to Resume Work on Pennsylvanian Line
Gratz Pa February 14 citizens of the borough and Lykens Valley residents back a plan to resume work on the Midland Pennsylvania railroad roadbed and push the project toward completion before April first. Philadelphia capitalists earlier toured the valley and envisioned a line through the region.
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Gratz
Toe Borough
Lykens Valley
Midland Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
Millersburg
Ashland
Boards of
Day in Congress Reports Navy Submarine Need
Washington February 14 Senate met at noon and discussed conference reports on urgent deficiency bills. Military Affairs committee began executive consideration of army reorganization plans. House met at noon with Rear Admiral Grant testifying before naval affairs on the need for larger submarines.
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Congress
Washington, D. C
Senate
Military Affairs Committee
House
Grant
Naval Affairs Committee
Navy
Wilson Consents to Renomination for Presidency
President Wilson formally consented to the use of his name for renomination in a forthcoming primary. In a letter to Ohio's Secretary of State he stated he would not contest the nomination but permitted his name to be used by Democrats in the state.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Ohio
County Commissioners Keep Dauphin's Tax Rate Down to 4 Mills
Dauphin county boards fix 1916 tax rate at four mills matching the prior three years’ levies. County Controller Henry W. Gough submitted the proposed expenditures for the coming year totaling $374,505 in his budget.
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Dauphin
Dauphin County
Henry W. Gough
Method of reproducing natural color after eight years
Rome reports a breakthrough by Pineschi brothers and Signor Santon in a photography method that reproduces natural colors. They claim the discovery could transform moving picture exhibitions and bring commercial gains. Pittsburgh meanwhile announces Vogt’s new tooth filling composition with cement-like plasticity porcelain appearance and gold-like durability after two years of work.
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Associated Press
Rome
Paris
Pineschi Brothers
Signor Santon
Pittsburgh
C. C. Vogt
Mellon Research Institute
University of Pittsburgh
Two Allied Cruisers Sunk by German Fire In Latest Action
London reports the British cruiser Aratheusa was wrecked by a mine off England's east coast and the French cruiser Admiral Charner sunk by a submarine. Total loss of life under thirty. Turks concentrate large forces into Mesopotamia as battles rage in Artois. Entente forces extend positions around Saloniki while Bulgarians push toward Fieri near Avlona.
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Associated Press
London
Aratheusa
Charner
England
France
Artois
Balkans
Saloniki
Albania
Fieri
Avlona
Tirana
Durazzo
Poor Woman Refuses 40000 From Skint Uncle Estate
Miss Edith Kitching of Greenwich Village explains she will not accept at least 40000 from the estate of her uncle Francis F Ripley a money lender of Brooklyn. She earns 300 a year and refuses money tainted by his harsh grasping methods saying she would rather starve than take funds from unfortunate people.
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the Telegraph
New York
Edith Kitching
Greenwich Village
Francis F. Ripley
Brooklyn
Ripley
Uncle Ripley
Indicted German Consul Must Appear in Person
San Francisco Feb 14 Indicted German consul general Alranz Bopp and associates must appear in court tomorrow for arraignment on United States neutrality charges. Federal prosecutors M A Thomas and Annette Adams said the law applies equally to all indicted persons and proxy appearance is not allowed.
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San Francisco
Cal
Lranz Bopp
United States
M. A. Thomas
Thomas
Annette Adams
Adams
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Blu
Wy Valentine
Anna H. Wood
The
Midland
R. R. May
Becker
San Diego
Floyd Smith
Arthur 8. Cowan
Signal Corps Aviation School
United States Army
Aero Club of America
Mesopotamia
Dent Wilson
Ision
Potomac
Strawberry Street
Edward
Nikola Kotur
A. B. Gardner
Select
Harvey
Wvely and
William Metzger
John Monaghan
Public Service Commission
Monaghan
Time
A. S
Indiana
Jefferson and
Clearfield Coal and Iron Company
Ernest
Muel Stanley Sylvester Crist
Edna May Peace
E. Good
Mabel G. Ninskey
Maetown
Samuel D. Weaver
Lucila Adelle Barnes
City
Rahe Eury McDonnell
Derry
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Cora Frances Hinkle
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