City Council Delays Hardscrabble Takeover and Cuts Water Rates
Council postpones final action on taking over the Hardscrabble district to June 30 or July 1, citing citizens’ housing options and bond costs. The plan would double damages and require funds for security during appellate reviews. Separately, Commissioner Bowman announces a one dollar cut in 1916 minimum domestic water rates to four dollars, effective with 1915 year results and bills due April 1, with bonds and debt cleared by year end.
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E. Z. Gross
Harry F. Bown
Gross
D. S. Seitz
Bowman
Mears
Lynch
Seitz
Harry F. Bow
Water Department
City Water Department
Harrisburg
Council
Raunick presents health bureau report to City Council
The sixth annual health and sanitation report by Dr J M J Raunick outlines proposals for a municipal hospital remodeling the sanitary hospital to treat contagious diseases, municipal garbage collection, food screening in markets, building code revisions and smoke abolition.
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Bureau of Health and Sanitation
J. M. J. Raunick
Bureau
Health Board
Weather summary Harrisburg area and region forecast
Fair and warmer tonight and Wednesday. Eastern Pennsylvania sees rising temperatures with fair skies and light variable to north winds. Susquehanna River stages fall slowly to nearly stationary, around 4.5 feet Harrisburg Wednesday morning. Coldest readings In the Upper Susquehanna Valley. Full moon February 18. Temperatures and river stage shown.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna River
Hatteras and
Parry Sound
Upper
Susquehanna Valley
Binghamton
Towanda
South Atlantic States
Florida
Navy targets powder puff flotilla at League Island port
Philadelphia Feb 15 A lighthearted naval tale reports Lieut Commander L P Davis declaring war on a so called chicken flotilla at the League Island Navy Yard. Guards will eject women with makeup illusions and vanity items seeking entry, enforcing a strict no chick en policy at the gate.
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Philadelphia
League Island Navy Yard
L. P. Davis
Cupid
Learue Island
Davis
Severe quake records at Georgetown Univ lasting over an hour
An Associated Press report from Washington states a very severe earthquake was recorded on Georgetown University seismographs. The quake lasted more than an hour with the heaviest shock between 7.01 and 7.08 a.m. and centered roughly 4500 to 4600 miles from Washington.
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Associated Press
Washington
Georgetown University
Slaying Trial Focuses on Crooked Bosnian Quarrel
State witness Mike Novokovic testifies in the Nikolo Kotur murder case over the December 1922 Steelton death of Josep Backic. The defense contends the quarrel sparked by a hostile exchange and ethnic slur led to the fatal blow.
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Steelton
Joseph Backic
Nikolo Kotur
Mike Novokovic
Dauphin County
Novokovic
Kotur
Backie
Frank B
Middle Western Man Will Probably Be New War Chief
President Wilson reviewed a list of prominent Middle Western lawyers for Secretary of War with Judson Harmon among candidates. No decision reported, but inclination toward a Middle Western appointee. In West Chester a trolley collision killed Myers Moore and injured Samuel Dunn as brakes failed.
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Washington
Wilson
Judson Harmon
Ohio
White House
West Chester
Downingtown
Myers Moore
Samuel Dunn
Six Die in Third Aerial Raid on Italian Cities
Reuter’s dispatch from Vicenza notes Schio in northern Italy was bombed killing six and wounding many as the third raid in two weeks. The report covers wartime air attacks and civilian casualties amid ongoing Italian bombardments.
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Associated Press
London
Reuter
Vicenza
Italy
Schio
Poison Victim and Lover Accused in Death Pact Case
Chicago reports Miss Marian Lambert of Deerfield High School was found dead in Helm's Woods Lake Forest after a suspected poison act. William H. Orpet, 20, UW student, is in custody as investigators examine a death by own action pact spurred by his engagement to Celestia Yonker. Orpet and Marian had a three year romantic history.
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Telegraph
Chicago
Marian Lambert
Lake Forest
William H. Orpet
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Orpet
Cyrus McCormick
Cady
McCormick
Lambert
Deerfield
Helm’s Woods
Celestia Yonker
de Kalb
Marian
Steelton to Vote $80,000 Loan in May for Improvements
Steelton borough council moves to float an $80,000 loan at the May Presidential primaries to fund street paving motorization of the fire department and a motorized garbage collection system. Electric lights and water will also come, making Steelton a leading paved borough.
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Steelton
Gratz
Twenty One Believed to Perish in Montana Mine Fire
Butte Montana February 15 twenty one men are believed to have perished in a mine fire at the Pennsylvania mine of the Anaconda Copper Company at the 1200 foot level. Rescue workers reported nine bodies recovered before noon twelve were still unaccounted for as the blaze was brought under control.
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Associated Press
Butte
Mont
Pennsylvania
Anaconda Copper Company
Plot to blow up battleship Kentucky spurs Vera Cruz intervention
Washington officials report Carranza authorities heard of a plot to destroy the battleship Kentucky in Vera Cruz harbor. Consul Canaan is alleged to be involved, with the aim of forcing American intervention.
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Vera Cruz
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Carranza
State Department
Vera Cruz Harbor
Canaan
Shoulder Strap Slips at Metropolitan Opera Night
Erma Zarska, a Metropolitan Opera House performer, wowed the New York audience with music and two sensations. Her Paris gown caused a stir as a shoulder strap slipped, triggering whistles from the upper gallery before she resumed singing confidently.
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the Telegraph
New York
Erma Zarska
Metropolitan Opera House
Paris
Erma
Mlle
Zarska
Me and the Kaiser Fear Wilson Says Roosevelt Quote
Theodore Roosevelt reportedly told Representative Sam Sells that only two men frighten President Wilson Me and the Kaiser Wilhelm. Sells recounted visiting Oyster Bay where Roosevelt claimed to back any candidate who could defeat Wilson and lament national apathy over Mexican killings.
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Meinself
der Kaiser
Wilson
T. R
Telegraph
Washington, D. C
Kaiser
Theodore Roosevelt
Sam” Sells
Congress
Sells
Oyster Bay
Mexico
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germans Make Gains in Artois and Champagne
Chicago authorities search for principals in a suspected plot to destroy buildings and kill clergy and others in twelve U S cities. Police linked the discovery to John Allegrini and Jean Crones, amid reports of a poison banquet at the University Club. Meanwhile German forces press in Artois and Champagne, though Paris notes gains are localized with no major advance.
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Associated Press
Chicago
United States
John Allegrini
Jean Crones
George W. Mandelin
University Club
Healey
Artois
Champagne
Paris
Sulphuric Acid Tanks Explode In Philadelphia Fire
A large blaze at Harrison Brothers chemical works in Philadelphia destroyed building No. 78 and threatened adjacent frame structures connected to the plant. Two sulphuric acid tanks exploded as firefighters sought to prevent the fire from spreading through the rest of the munitions facility near the Schuylkill riverfront.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Chemical Works
Harrison Brothers
Schuylkill River
King George Urges Annihilation of Enemies in Parliament
King George in the throne speech urges vigorous support for war efforts. He praises the navy and army and asks Commons to provide funds for wartime measures while seeking unity and divine blessing for counsels.
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George
Associated P
London
House of Commons
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