Island Shipyard Contracts At Center Of Probe
President Wilson orders Attorney General Gregory and cooperation with Chairman Turley to probe Hog Island shipyard contracts amid Senate review. The effort involves $42,000,000 in federal funds with American International Corp and its building subsidiary tied to ship production plans near Philadelphia. Vanderlip and others face scrutiny over payments and signatures tied to the Emergency Fleet Corporation and the Shipping Board.
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Associated Press
Washington
Presint Wilson
Atmey
Gregory
Gn Island
Senate
Emerce Committee
Turley
Oping Board
Ney
International Shipbuild Corporation
Comee
J. Vanderlip
Cen
Weather roundup for Harrisburg and central Pennsylvania
IHE WEATHER Harrisburg and vicinity fair and warmer tonight with a chance of rain Friday Strong south winds. Eastern Pennsylvania fair then warmer tonight and Friday. River movements observed Wednesday in the West Branch above Williamport and the North Branch at Voanda with below flood stage readings. Warmer weather expected in the next 36 hours with snow melt and potential ice flow. Central storms extend from the Northwest to the Great Lakes region bringing blizzardlike winds and colder air behind. Temperatures earlier today ranged from 28 to the mid 40s with readings near 43 and 30 degrees at the end of the period.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Williamaport
Voanda
Stagen
New Central
Town
Missouri
Mississippi
Great Lakes
North Dakota
Innepes
Manitoba
Susquehanna Ice to Break Up Within 48 Hours
Weather forecaster Domain says the ice in the Susquehanna and its tributaries will likely go out within forty eight hours. Rain is forecast tonight or tomorrow with warmer temperatures, raising water levels to carry the ice away. absent rain, the snowmelt will still cause sufficient rise.
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Susquehanna
Approval for Jewish relief fund amid winter dirt piles
A city faces waste and snow dumping crises as ash collection contracts lapse and local officials fault the Pennsylvania Reduction Company. Snow dumped in Rivers Front park and streets, with ragged piles of refuse, prompt calls for a citywide cleanup. Officials warn the relief effort accompanies famine conditions among Harrisburg children.
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Pennsylvania Reduction Company
Gross
Rivers Front Park
Highway Department
Lynch
Shimmell
Seventeenth and
Catherine Streets
Seventeenth
Herr Streets
Cameron Street
River Front Park
Paxton Street
Dry Federation in Philadelphia Debates Governor Endorsement
More than 500 delegates gather at Chestnut Street hall to decide whether the Pennsylvania Dry Federation will endorse a single gubernatorial candidate or leave the choice to the party groups. Delegates and visitors discuss potential outcomes as sessions begin.
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Pennsylvania Dry Federation
Chestnut Street Hall
City Faces Ice Shortage If Winter Harvest Is Light
The Food Administration warns that a light harvest will cause an ice shortage next summer. Ammonia used for artificial ice will be diverted to munitions, so natural ice must supply the season. Administrator Donald McCormick urges storage facilities to harvest as much ice as possible this winter.
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The
Food Administration
Donald McCormick
Shocking Atrocities Reported by Russian Soldiers in Aland
Associated Press report from Stockholm notes Russian troops committing terror on the Aland Islands amid Swedish refuge evacuations. The islands lie in the Gulf of Bothnia between Finland and Sweden and are largely Swedish in nationality or descent. Meanwhile in Jackson Michigan W A Clark attempted to enlist after learning his 19 year old son Wilbur drowned on the USS Tuscania but was refused due to his age.
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Associated Press
Stockholm
Aland Islands
Bothnia
Finland
Sweden
Russia
Jackson
Mich
W. A. Clark
Wilbur
Tuscania
Clark
Change in War Program Deficit Hits Record Level
Washington reports a billion dollar urgent deficiency appropriation bill, the largest in Congress history, favored by Appropriations Chairman Sherley after a half billion cut. The bill funds immediate War and Navy needs, with testimony from department chiefs revealing vast requests for mountain field siege and other military activities.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
House
Sherley
Appropriations Committee
Navy
German Submarine Lands Crew on Ferro Island
A German submarine landed a crew from the sunken Spanish steamer Ceferino on Ferro Island near the Canary Islands and seized the mayor and another citizen as hostages until Teneriffe residents could confirm the mayor’s claim that Germans were elsewhere.
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Ferro Island
Associated Press
Paris
Ceferino
Berro Island
Canary
Spain
Madrid
Teneriffe Island
Teneriffe
Figaro
Kaiser William Street Renamed in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh February 14. Conn adopts resolution changing Kaiser William street in Mount Washington to Marne Way amid a local effort to remove German names from the map during wartime. The residential suburb Mount Washington hosts the renamed thoroughfare, reflecting a broader city stance.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Conn
Mount Washington
Robertson Will Remain Chief of Imperial Staff
The Daily Chronicle declares on its own information that Major-General William R. Robertson will remain Chief of the Imperial Staff with full approval and confidence of the war cabinet. Major-General Wilson will continue as sub-chief and principal British representative at Versailles, with any contemplated exchange of offices abandoned.
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London
William R. Robertson
Daily Chronicle
Imperial Staff
War Cabinet
Wilson
Versailles
the Chronicle
Robertson
French Wheat Crop Breaks All Records
Paris February 14 The condition of winter wheat in France’s top yielding departments shows frost did not damage any fields and offers the most optimistic 1918 crop prospects. Spring seeding is under way and the acreage may surpass last spring by nearly one million with winter wheat also up over 1917.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Sparks From Furnace Trigger Fire At Uhler’s Garage
A furnace in the cellar at Charles H. Uhler’s garage and repair shop ignited a wood pile, causing a fire that lasted about fifteen minutes. Firemen confined the blaze to the cellar. the one story frame building on Car lisle and Derry streets sustained wood loss, insured.
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Charles H. Uhler
Carlisle
Derry
Fifteenth
Derry Streets
Uhler
American Gunners Join French Champagne Raid
Paris reports American batteries supported the large Champagne raid yesterday. Official French lines say American gunners gave very effective support and are trained by the French before independent service. The Lorraine sector lies east of the Champagne front where the raid reached the German third line.
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Champagne
New Front
United States
Associated Press
Paris
Butte du Mesnil
Lorraine
Funeral for Lt. Col. Frank E. Ziegler in Harrisburg
Funeral services for Lieutenant Colonel Frank E. Ziegler who died after a horse fall at Fort Sam Houston Texas will be held Saturday at 2 30 PM at 106 State Street with Reverend 8 W Herman of Zion Lutheran Church officiating. Burial will be private in Harrisburg Cemetery.
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Frank E. Ziegler
Fort Sam Huston
Tex
State Street
W. Herman
Zion Lutheran Church
Harrisburg Cemetery
State Food Administrator to Speak in Harrisburg
George Wharton Pepper, chairman of the Pennsylvania Committee on Public Safety, and Howard Heinz, State Food Administrator, will address a meeting in Harrisburg February 26. The Dauphin county speakers bureau, chaired by C. C. Stroh, is arranging additional prominent speakers.
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George Wharton Pepper
Pennsylvania Committee On Publi Safety
Howard Heinz
Harrisburg
Dauphin County
C. C. Stroh
Austro German Peace Affects Polish Interests
Count Ladislas Sobanski, Polish National Committee representative in London, says the Austro German peace with the Ukraine alters frontiers affecting Poland. He notes the changes impact Ukraine Galicia and Ukraine Russia borders to Poland's detriment.
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Associated Press
London
Ladislas Sobanski
Polish National Committee
Ukraine
Poland
Galicia
Russian
Peace debate set in Reichstag as war concerns grow
London reports an upcoming Reichstag debate on February 21 over the Ukraine treaty with von Hertling to answer Wilson, Lloyd George, and Orlando. German leaders fear Russian developments, Bolshevik moves, and fate of Austro-German prisoners while demobilization rumors linger and Petrograd reports fade after rioting.
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Hertling
Reichstag
London
Amsterdam
von Hertling
Ukraine
Wilson
Lloyd George
Orlando
Count von Hertling
Berlin
Vienna
Petrograd
Airplane Falls Fatal to Three Army Fliers
Fort Worth Texas February 14 Lieutenant Wray and Cadet Porter were killed at Hicks Field during gunnery practice as their airplane fell at noon yesterday Lieutenant Peyton C March Jr son of Major General Peyton C March who had just been commissioned died yesterday from injuries after a Tuesday airplane fall He was twenty years old.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Wray
Porter
Hicks Field
Peyton C. March
Peyton
March
Army
Movement to Mobilize 10077 Men to Fort Ogelthorne and Camp Tunston
A new movement will start in March, extending IIA into March, deploying 10,077 men to Fort Ogelthorne, Georgia, and Camp Tunston. Provost Marshal General Crowder ratified the classification of selected men amid a Russian refusal to sign a peace treaty. Line of evacuation along the coast must be maintained. Vienna reports Turkish forces will seize all territory previously held by Russians.
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Vienna
Te Lekal Anzeiger
Berlin
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