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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1916
Page
1
Chamber of Commerce annual trade excursion begins with stops at Marysville Duncannon Newport Mifflin Lewistown Mt Union and Huntingdon as leaders plan to boost capital and help highway projects.
A large gathering of leading commercial and manufacturing men from Western Central Pennsylvania is planned in Altoona. The event aims to develop closer relations between neighboring communities and strengthen business ties.
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce trade excursion riders travel via Pennsylvania rails to Altoona and Williamsport observing the William Penn Highway route. Delegations from Reading to New York and Harrisburg to Washington discuss connections and urged Pennsylvania Division organization.
Count Von Bernstorff presented to Secretary Lansing the latest Lusitania agreement draft with suggested changes. Elihu Root attacked Wilson diplomacy, saying America risks war if policy continues. The Republican State convention endorsed Whitman administration and named leading figures for the national campaign.
A six story structure housing the American Club burned after a series of explosions. One man was killed and two injured as a chimney fell. interior destroyed though walls remained. Loss estimated at $50,000 with initial reports suggesting alien plot rumors amidst Entente demonstrations.
Petrograd dispatches report the capture of nine forts in the Turkish stronghold of Erzerum amid Caucasus fighting. Turkish defenses held Erzerum after retreating from surrounding positions, with about 80 000 men believed besieged in the city and supplies said to be limited to two weeks. Reinforcements were noted as pending.
The case of Nikol a Kotur, accused of stabbing Joseph Backic in Steelton’s foreign quarter on December 22, is now before a Dauphin County jury. Kotur’s fate rests on the jurors’ determination of the murder charge and the potential penalty.
Special to the Telegraph from Hershey Pennsylvania reports within the next year or two a heavy building surge valued in the millions will begin. Plans follow M. S. Hershey the chocolate king to transform farm land into a bustling city with attractions and opera houses as part of a long term program.
London reports Sir Rider Haggard has left England on a world tour to assess postwar empire building. Backed by the Royal Colonial Institute and officials including Lord Curzon, the mission aims to keep soldiers and families from emigrating abroad and steer veterans to British colonies, strengthening a global imperial federacy and preserving imperial citizenship.
Fair to night and Thursday with slight warming. Eastern Pennsylvania sees fair conditions and light southwest winds. Susquehanna River around 4.6 feet at Harrisburg after a day with no measurable precipitation nationwide. Full moon on February 18. Yesterday’s high 29 and low 8 with mean 18, normal 30.
The steamer Yamari, arriving from Mascoris San Domingo, reports collision with an unknown schooner at 4.10 am 140 miles southeast of the Five Fathoms bank lightship near Delaware Bay. A mess boy sleeping in the forecastle is missing. a Polish fireman is badly injured. The Yamari searched the area for nearly two hours without locating the schooner.
Kansas court voids a Babylonian law of 2185 B C claiming adopted children have no inheritance rights. The Supreme Court holds Louis Bernero nearly 11 years old as heir to about 2 million dollars in property. Marye resigns as American ambassador in Petrograd due to ill health.
Charles Baker local manager for the Washington Torpedo Company of Washington Pa was killed when he entered the Olmstead Falls storehouse to fetch nitroglycerin. Three minutes after he entered 800 quarts of explosive detonated destroying the auto in front and the building turning it to splinters.
Congressman A S Kreider F A Godcharles Milton E J Poole Reading and William P Messinger Philadelphia will speak at a patriotic mass meeting in Technical High School auditorium February 24. The Patriotic Observance Association plans talks on preparedness plus a vocal, instrumental program and an illustrated lecture by James Evans. Admission is free by ticket only.
A mother chased her stepfather from the home at 3 AM and a 17 year old son, Arthur Brown, followed to work and threw a brick. Mrs Schildt and her son are jailed awaiting an Alderman hearing for assault and batter. Also, Ray Stephens aged 17 confessed forging his sister Jean Stephens name on checks from $2 to $10 and faces a likely Alder man Bolten hearing. Authorities note additional forged checks on various stores. In later items, Henry James’ illness is reported as serious with the Erie railroad surveyors awaiting diagnosis.
In Waynesboro Pennsylvania on February 16 a large car barn belonging to the Chambersburg Greencastle and Waynesboro Street Railway Company burned about 9 80 o clock. Fifteen cars were destroyed and traffic will be restricted until replacement cars arrive. The road gauge is nonstandard requiring special build cars. Loss estimated at 50000 dollars.
In Mobile Alabama on February 16 a subcommittee of the central competitive bituminous coal fields union and operators failed to resolve the miners demand for mine run pay. Hope remains for a settlement though no agreement exists yet and talks consider a potential three state framework if Western Pennsylvania balks.
The Pittsburgh Bank for Savings closed last December will distribute a first dividend next month. Receiver G. H. Getty announced the payout will be at least 40 percent to depositors.
Physicians and nurses told the Senate health committee that more than 500 lepers are at large in the United States. They urged swift action to establish a national leprosarium, noting only about 300 in asylums reflects a minority being treated. They warned the disease is rapidly spreading and could trigger an epidemic.
Rear Admiral Albert W. Grant, head of the U S submarines, told the House naval affairs committee that at least 186 subs are needed. He cited only 27 submarines currently fit for duty, with just five in U S waters, and proposed a base for submarines south of New London at the western end of the Philadelphia navy yard.
A major blaze in Fall River Massachusetts today caused about 2 million dollars in damage. A hundred buildings including an apartment hotel and several large shops were destroyed or damaged. There were no fatalities and no injuries despite narrow escapes. Fire crews held the flames from reaching a crowded tenement area.
Miss Della Taylor a Midland milliner escaped a rooming house fire then perished attempting to save belongings. A man who rushed in to help is believed dead. The blaze damaged an estimated $150000 destroying the post office a general store and jewelry and shoe shops.
The Boston Castle and Pacific steamers and a 900-foot New York Dock Co pier at Pioneer Street Brooklyn were destroyed in a large fire. The Pallazia suffered damage as about 25 scows and lighters burned or were affected. Loss runs well over 3 million dollars with unknown origin but suspected incendiary cause.
Philadelphia authorities and Barn Line Steamship Co officials with the British consulate investigate a fire on the Dalton at a Philadelphia wharf last night suspected incendiary origin. Loss estimated at 100000 dollars with fire starting in two hold sections, sixth incident on sugar loaded British steamers in a month.
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