Ferrer Let Go and 14 Police Changes Made
Col. Hutchison retained Ferrer while 14 police changes were enacted. Sergeants O'Donnell and Rodgers were replaced by Frank Page and Grant Eisenberger under a new appointment list.
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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1914
Page
1
Four Men Die as Italian Bark Castagna Wrecks Off Cape Cod
Four seamen perish when the Italian bark Castagna strikes the outer Cape Cod bar in a blizzard. Seven sailors, nearly unconscious, are brought ashore by life savers as three corpses remain lashed to the rigging. Gale eases to eighty miles per hour but high surf delays rescue. Survivors are treated at the Marconi wireless station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Wellfleet
Mass
Cape Cod
Cahoons Hollow
Garva
Montevideo
Boston
Nauset
Castagna
Marconi
Dismissals and Successions in Lynch Resolution Bureau
W Grant Forrer, park superintendent, office abolished. Police Sergeants Charles J. O’Donnell succeeded by Frank Page. Thomas P. Rodgers succeeded by Grant Eisenberger. Charles F. Spicer, assistant fire chief, succeeded by Edward Halbert. Patrolmen appointed or succeeding include Frank H. Lescure George L. Marshall Robert Washington Amos Good J F Hicks Victor J Larcen Harry McClure FE H Painter Timmans Stanley Jacob Kinley George Shoemaker Emmanuel B Shaffner S Wilson George W Great James Wilson Harry J Halsey Johns Gibbons Charles G McFarland George C B Phillips Daniel H Graham Robert Scott Clifford A Palmer Chauffeur Hiram A Wagner W H Shuman. All other employes retained under existing appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Grant Forrer
Charles J. O'Donnell
Franks
Page
Thomas P. Rodgers
Grant Eisenberger
Charles F. Spicer
Edward Halbert
Frank H. Lescure
George L. Marshall
Robert Washington Amos Good
J. F. Hicks
Victor J, Larcen
Harry McClure
FE. H. Painter
Timmans
Stanley Jacob Kinley
George Shoemaker
Wilson George W. Great
James Wilson
Harry J. Halsey
Johnss
Gibbons Charles G. McFarland
George C
Phillips Daniel H. Graham
Robert Scott Clifford A. Palmer
Hiram A. Wagner
W. H. Shuman
Hutchison
Lst
Lynch resolution clears several city staff dismissals
The council passed the Lynch r ipper resolution this afternoon dismissing W Grant Ferrer as park superintendent effective March 1 and noting actions may differ for April 1. Hutchison remains on the appointments list after Bowman opposition. Spicer is dismissed as assistant fire chief and Edward Halbert is named his replacement. Two police sergeants O Donnell and Rodgers are to depart and be replaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Grant Ferrer
Taylor
Forrer
Joseph B. Hutchison
Bowman
Hutchison
Lynch
Charleses Spicer
Edward Halbert
Charles J. O'Donnell
Thomas P. Rodgers
Funeral Services for Senator Bacon in Senate Chamber
Funeral services for Senator Bacon of Georgia were held in the Senate Chamber with a simple ceremony. No eulogies, music, or flowers aside from a Senate tribute on the coffin. the event placed a quiet, dignified emphasis on the deceased. The body lay in the adjacent marble room two hours before the service and was then moved into the Senate chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Bacon
Georgia
Senate
Senate Chamber
State Supreme Court Upheld Taxation Case on Bonds
The State Supreme Court upheld Judge George Kunkel's ruling in a key taxation case involving bonds held by large savings institutions. The decision will bring in state taxes previously unpaid and was welcomed by the Attorney General and Auditor General departments. A conference indicates about sixteen insane county almshouse patients will be moved to the Pennsylvania State Hospital in Philadelphia for proper care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Supreme Court
George Kunkel
Dauphin County
Kunkel
Attorney General's Department
Auditor General's Department
Pennsylvania
Bromley Wharton
State Board of Public Charities
J. H. Woodbury
Wharton
Caldwell
Long Distance Treatment After Child Ingests Pills
Physicians at Harrisburg Hospital treated Mildred Holler, a 3 year old from Penbrook, after she swallowed a handful of kidney pills thinking they were candy. A doctor from a distance advised emetic measures over the telephone to induce vomiting and reduce danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg Hospital
Mildred Holler
Penbrook
Herman Holler
Snow clears for Wildwood skating amid third storm
A team of sweepers and a snow plow led by Assistant Superintendent Hoffert cleared the lake at the Twelfth Street playground for skating. A fourth snowstorm is forecast tonight, a lighter one inch, with little temperature rise expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wildwood
Jor
Hoffert
Twelfth Street
Hen theft ends in missing flock and watchdog loss
William Shaffer of 1931 Derry Street went to feed his twenty one prize hens and found only heads. The yard watchdog slept through the break in, allowing thieves to steal the flock valued at about $100 and leave no birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Shaffer
Derry Street
William
Mr. Shaffer
Decree in Divorce For Mrs. Barrington Auto Elopement Case
In a decree handed down yesterday afternoon, Additional Law Judge Mc Carrell granted a divorce to Mrs. Dorothy Haynes Barrington, who eloped by automobile to Oakland New Jersey with Samuel Huntingdon Barrington. The decree becomes absolute upon payment of costs. Desertion was the charge, as he left after the wedding and they never lived as man and wife. She was 19, he 21 at elopement. She testified of coaxing reconciliation. he replied with a typed letter reading Nothing doing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCarrell
Dorothy Haynes Barrington
Samuel Huntingdon Barrington
Oakland
N. J
Trains Collide On Western Road Injuring Fifty-Eight
At Nichols Junction four miles west of Springfield Missouri two passenger trains on the Frisco line collided at midnight. Eight were seriously hurt and nearly fifty slightly injured. Both crews deny blame and Joseph Keet of Springfield faces a doubtful recovery with a fractured shoulder internal injuries and a scalp wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Springfield
Nichols Junction
St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
Frisco
Joplin
Kansas City
Joseph Keet
Jana
Father Loses Race With Death to Daughter in Hospital
Miss Margaret Quayle daughter of Bishop William A Quayle of St Paul died in Chicago hospital as her father rushed to her bedside on a fast train. She had undergone radium treatment for a growth on her left leg at a Baltimore hospital and was being returned home when critical illness forced doctors to rest her here before continuing the journey. Mrs Quayle was at her daughter's bedside when death occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Margaret Quayle
Wiliam A.’ Quayle
St. Paul
Baltimore
Four Sons Carry Casket at McCulloch Funeral
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Wallick McCulloch were held at 2:30 p.m. at her home with Rev. Curtis Bosserman officiating. Pallbearers were her four sons Thomas Samuel Joseph John N. McCulloch. Burial followed in Harrisburg Cemetery. The 35 year old widow of Stewart T. McCulloch had lived in the city over twenty years and was a Pine Street Presbyterian member. She is survived by siblings John F. Wallick Amanda Wallick and Mrs. Mary Stokes and by children including Thomas of Louisville Ky Samuel W. McCulloch deputy Pennsylvania insurance commissioner Joseph S. McCulloch Ellen K. McCulloch and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Wallick McCulloch
North Second Street
Curtis
Stewart T. McCulloch
McCulloch
Seville
Thomas McCulloch
Louisville
Co. W. Marshall
Philadelphia
Samuel W. McCulloch
Pennsylvania
Joseph 8. McCulloch
Ellen K. McCulloch
Enfield KE. Walker
Gap
Howard H. McClintic
Pittsburgh
John N. McCulloch
Dauphin Bar Banquet Plans Near Completion
Plans for the Dauphin County Bar annual banquet at the Board of Trade are nearly finished. The arrangements committee Charles C. Stroh John T. Brady and Charles H. Berner report a likely record attendance. Guests include Pennsylvania Attorney General John C Bell President Judge George Kunkel of Dauphin County Court and other officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dauphin County
Board of Trade
Charles C. Stroh
John T. Brady
Charles H. Berner
John C. Bell
Pennsylvania
George Kunkel
National Clearing House For Labor Is Proposed
Washington February 17 The Federal Industrial Relations Commission seeks to coordinate large industrial concerns to reduce slack and rush seasons and relieve unemployment. A national clearing house will be formed with state and private employment agencies to improve labor distribution, with city officials nationwide invited to aid data gathering on unemployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Federal Industrial Relations Commission
J. Borden Harriman
Two Miners Dead in Williamstown Gas Explosion
A gas explosion in No. 1 shaft of the Williamstown colliery killed Charles Raudenbush and John Crozier Sr and injured George Seaster and John Fagan. The tragedy occurred between 9 and 10 am at the 800 to 900 foot depth shaft, with Coroner Eckinger investigating the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
Charles Raudenbush
John Crozier
George Seaster
John Fagan
Bear Valley
Raudenbush
Crozier
Frank Shoop
Harrisburg
Jacob Eckinger
Weather and local notices from Harrisburg area
Snow to night for Harrisburg and vicinity with warmer conditions tonight and Wednesday. Eastern Pennsylvania sees snow tonight then fair, with variable winds. River conditions steady. Temperatures range from 10 to 24 degrees. moon phase and sun times noted. Local social notices include residents Loni Margrads Lickysde mechanicsbur Celia Freedman Harry Arthur Kipple Ray Wilson Daniel Barr Alma Ritter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Loni Margrads
Lickysde
Buying With a Double Guarantee and Local Merchants
The ad simpler notes double protection when buying nationally advertised goods from local merchants. It urges shopping locally, choosing town merchants who advertise, as they back purchases and promise fair prices through advertising volume and merchant accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rint
Also Mentioned on This Page
O’donnell
Rodgers
Frank Page
Halbert
Spicer
Lynch Resolution
Emmanuel B. Shaffner
Senator Bacon
County
Ingane
State Hospital
Supreme Court
Lehigh Valley
Dauphin
Hage
Dallas
Texas
Minnesota
J. J. Furlong
Buffalo
N. Y
Robert W. Haines
Massillon
Coxey
Congress
Waddell
San Antonio
Rube Waddell
Cerne
Berlin
Bryan
Dominion Republic
New York
Great Northern
Rey Wall Street
Amal
Copper
Atchison
Baltimore and Ohio
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Canadian Pacific
Chesapeake and Ohio
Milwaukee
New York Central
Northern Pacific
Reading
FR. R
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
U. S. Steel
Reservoir Park
Allison Hill
Yesterdy
Fll Grammar
Tate Citteras Eae Uellence
Mrs. Barrington
Western Road
Gillan
Tite
National Clearing House For Labor
Gao
John Crozier, Sr
Union Station
Susquehanna Valley
Atlantic States
New Jersey
Canada
Iowa
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