16 Feb 1914
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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1914
Page
1
A city council meeting today will decide whether to dismiss Police Chief Hutchison. The outcome hinges on testimony and council votes, with officials expected to announce a formal decision later.
A Steelton couple avert sheriff sale on a homestead in Italy after Postal Telegraph manager F H Bailey facilitates a six hour cable money transfer of 1280 dollars from New York to Italy. Iliga Bulet, awaiting word, keeps his job at Pennsylvania Steel while plans to return home are formed.
President E. M. Herr of Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing tells reporters in Pittsburgh that the business depression starting last November is vanishing and signs point to a gradual, permanent improvement, preferable to a spasmodic rise followed by a slump.
Dauphin county school directors urged increased state appropriation at the next Legislature. The convention in Lykens heard remarks from Dr Becht and Prof Albert, with officers elected Ira Hoover president and J A Ebersole treasurer. A railway brakeman, Chester Moyer, suffered serious injuries in Rutherford yards when cars moved and trapped him.
A 24 mile an hour gale and more than two inches of light snow halted roads and suburban trolley service. The cold snap follows a belated winter, with wind drifting snow and temperatures dropping to around six degrees tonight.
Rev E A G Bossler urges rebuilding the family altar and early Jesus acceptance to guard girls from sex ignorance and trendy temptations. He criticizes dances like the waltz and two step for arousing passions and says few can stay pure in such settings. The talk condemns theater and novel reading as lowering morals.
Two toddlers were treated at Harrisburg hospital after both fell from high chairs. Mildred Donaldson, 15 months, of 429 Broad Street broke her left forearm just after 9 AM. Paul Gastrock, 2, of 436 Nectarine Street fractured his left wrist.
Albany firemen answered ten alarms as the Albany Creamery Packing Company four story plant burned. Loss estimated at 150000 dollars. Twenty five people evacuated to nearby apartments while all city equipment fought the blaze amid two feet of snow and seventeen degrees below zero.
Harrisburg lodges of the Knights of Pythias will join tomorrow night in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary at Tech High. Continued on Page 7.
Mustaches of every style dominated court day as more than a hundred St Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Church members attended the equity case of Rev N D Vuchevich. The rector's dismissal sparked a church council dispute. Judge Kunkel urged lawful settlement and a congregational meeting was scheduled with the rector to resume duties. Case continued to March 9.
Viscount Siuzo Aoki the former Japanese ambassador to the United States died today in Tokio after a period of illness. Aoki, born in 1844, educated abroad, served as foreign minister twice and held posts in Washington London and Berlin. He was married to Baroness Von Rahden and his daughter Hannah married Count Von Hatzfeldt-Trachenberg. He was serving as privy councillor at his death.
Chaney Robinson aged 17 faced Dauphin County Court today on larceny as clerk charges after being accused of stealing 10 cents and admitting to pilfering $26. His case, moved from last week, was cited with factors like exclusive-club ties and loan sharks. President Judge Kunkel expounded that travel with “the best people” does not mean those who spend best. Lockwood pleads to carrying concealed deadly weapons. Robinson released on bond, Lockwood remanded home in Trenton, N J. Dismissal of school noted as Penn and Woodward rooms remained cold awaiting heat by tomorrow.
Chambersburg Pa February 16 The largest license court yet held in the town opens with 36 applicants for old stands licenses. Thirty four face charges of improper certifiers selling to minors or drunk yards. Lawyers lead by A J W Hutton and D Edward Long represent remonstrants while others defend applicants. Bar union prayer meetings precede crowded courtroom sessions. The Hotel Washington case opens the docket with certifiers unpaid taxes and minors claiming drinks. Vanderaus case follows.
Dr. P. P. Claxton urges Congress to appropriate 10000 to start a national effort to erase adult illiteracy described as a national disgrace. He notes more than five million illiterate adults and argues cooperation with states and educational groups could yield a largely literate population after 1920.
A large plate glass window frame at the Mechanics Bank Building on Third and Market streets broke loose from the sixth floor Saturday afternoon and crashed to the sidewalk. The pane shattered, but no one was struck.
New York date Feb 16 Friends of late State Treasurer John J Kennedy say his death by own action stemmed from the looming graft investigation led by District Attorney Whitman. Hennessy questioned Kennedy’s role insisting he was only a figurehead and not involved in departmental matters. Whitman said he was shocked by Kennedy’s death and continued the Doe inquiry into political graft.
President Wilson denied reports that Secretary Houston would join the Federal Reserve Board and signaled a preference to keep his Cabinet intact. He avoided committing on Secretary McAdoo and the New York senatorial race while reaffirming his aim to maintain a full Cabinet. The President had previously urged Secretary Wilson to stay in the Cabinet rather than seek the Pennsylvania Senate seat.
Albert Ballin and Phillip Heineken, general managers of the Hamburg-American and North German Lloyd lines, dined as guests of Emperor William at the imperial palace. The meeting supports a final reconciliation between the two companies.
Fair and colder tonight with lows near 6 degrees and Tuesday. Eastern Pennsylvania mostly fair with minimal change. light snow confined to the northern half east of the Mississippi. Atlantic states 8 to 24 degrees colder. 8:00 am 12, 2:00 pm 23. river stage 2.3 feet above low water. Marriage licenses Leonard F Borth Kraft and Elisabeth.
Fashion quickly adopts the tango craze, influencing shoes dresses ribbons and overall attire. Artists interpret the dance in varied ways and advertisers in daily papers like the Telegraph offer the most current reflections on this lively trend.
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