Death of Hans Schmidt ends infamous crime career
Hans Schmidt, an assistant priest, was electrocuted at Sing Sing for the Anna Aumuller murder. The case uncovered a life of crime including counterfeiting forgery and fraud as investigators linked Schmidt to the 1913 murder and dismemberment on the Hudson shore.
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Associated Press
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Hans Schmidt
Sing Sing
Anna Aumuller
Schmidt
Father Cashin
New Jersey
Hudson River
New York
Faurot
Tie
A. Muret
Weather Summary for Harrisburg and Eastern Pa
Light rain this afternoon may turn to light snow tonight with a cold wave and colder Saturday. Rain to sleet and increasing winds expected in Eastern Pa with a potential gale tonight. River stages show no major changes though ice may increase in streams within 48 hours. Temperature at 8 am 36 with a high of 43 and a low of 36.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
International Harvester Accused in Mexican Revolution Link
Levy Mayer testimony before the Senate Agriculture Committee charged International Harvester with furnishing funds for arms for the Orte z Argimedo revolt against Carranza in Yucatan. The company showed bills from a 3.5 million peso Yucatan fund and a $480,000 gold draft to Angelino Montes. Mayer interrupted to say the draft aimed to raise money to stir up a revolution.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
International Harvester Company
Ortez
Fear Crones Anarchist Chef Targets K of C Ball in New York
Police tighten security for a Knights of Columbus ball at Madison Square Garden after reports that Jean Crones, an anarchist chef linked to prior poisonings, may be in New York. Detectives guard the auditorium while officials anticipate high profile attendees including Governor Whitman and church dignitaries.
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Associated Press
New York
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Mundenlein
Chicago
Knights of Columbus
Madison, Square Garden
Whitman
New York Times
the Times
Brandeis Supreme Court hearing halted in Senate subcommittee
Washington Feb 18 witnesses were ready but the Senate judiciary subcommittee paused today the Brandeis Supreme Court nomination hearing. The next meeting is set for Thursday. No school for two days announced by the local school board with details for continuation students on Forster Street.
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Ed Ire
Washington, D. C
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Louis D. Brandeis
Supreme Court
Forster Street
Lodge Sees Step Toward War Over Armed Ship Policy
Senator Lodge, ranking Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee, warned in the Senate that abandoning the principle that U S ports are open and citizens free to travel aboard merchant ships armed only for defensive purposes would be an unneutral act and a step toward war. He argued such a change would align the United States with the belligerent whose merchant fleet is swept from the seas, citing international law and U S precedents while noting reports of policy shifts denied by Secretary Lansing.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senator Lodge
Theoreign Relations Committee
Senate
United States
Ile
Lansing
New Cumberland Man Dies After Five Day Nose Bleed
Charles H. Smith, 57, of New Cumberland, died at Harrisburg Hospital from general hemorrhages after continuous bleeding since last Sunday. A post mortem was held by Coroner Jacob Eckinger. Smith, once a public school principal and longtime borough resident, left a wife, two children, and a brother. Funeral plans incomplete.
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Charles H. Smith
New Cumberland
Harrisburg
Jacob Eckinger
Smith
Improved
Order of Heptasophs
Independent Order of Americans
the Masons
Baughman Memorial Methodist Church
Earl
Edward
Three Die After Ice Break Tragedy In Darby Creek
A father Andrew Surah 40 and his son John 10 from Oak View Upper Darby township drown after breaking through weakened ice while two other boys John Carpenter eight from Clifton Heights die. The father dies trying to save Carpenter’s son as firemen battle the ice with hooks and axes. Mrs Sarah frantically attempts to rescue her family and begs to jump in.
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Darby Creek
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John
Oak View
Upper Darby Township
John Carpenter
Isaac Carpenter
Clifton Heights
Sarah
Forecast Sees Cold Wave After Rain and Snow
A twenty five degree drop is forecast with a northwesterly gale as the first touch of a cold wave reaching the city by tomorrow. Light rain will fall this afternoon, changing to snow this evening. Fair and colder weather will follow.
Beautiful Hungarian actress shot as spy in Budapest
Sari Petrass, a noted Hungarian actress, was executed in Budapest after a court martial convicted her of luring military secrets to Britain. Dispatches report she was a popular theater figure, involved in social duties after returning from London during the war, before being killed almost immediately as a spy.
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Budapest
Cleveland
Miss Petrass
War Office
Anarchists Plot Said to Span Nation Wide
Federal agents plan to investigate a nationwide conspiracy to disrupt the government according to a Chicago conference involving United States Attorney Cline and DOJ officials. The discussion followed cabinet talks on the submarine situation with Secretary Lansing and the President.
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the Telegraph
Chicago
Secret Service
United States
Cline
Fleming
Clabaugh
Department of
Justice
Harrisburg Chamber Tour Ends With Williamsport Stop
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce party returned at 11 80 after two days of rail travel through Altoona Williamsport and other towns. In Williamsport the group toured the city by auto visited the Williamsport Country Club and dined at the Park Hotel. Speakers LaRue Munson Gishop Darlington and William Jennings addressed the gathering as part of the festive program.
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Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
Altoona
Williamsport
Chamber of Commerce
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Park Hotel
LaRue Munson
Gishop Darlington
William Jennings
Harrisburgers
Japs Seek $1 Million Philippine Lumber Mills Purchase
Japanese interests are negotiating to buy an American Lumber Company’s mills and related business in the Philippines for about $1,000,000. They have also acquired a sugar property formerly owned by Dominican Monks near Calamba and are eyeing further large sugar plantations with mills and equipment.
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Associated Press
Manila
Philippine Islands
Calamba
Laguna de Bay
Luzon
Roosevelt Arrives in St Thomas for Harbor Inspection
Theodore Roosevelt landed in St Thomas from New York and was greeted by the governor's secretary in the absence of the governor. He toured the harbor works and local sites before dining with the secretary. In McKeesport, 104 year old Peter McMullen jokingly attributed his longevity to hard work and heavy smoking.
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Associated Press
St. Thomas
D. W
Uncle Sam
McKeesport
Peter McMullen
Russians Near Turkish Seaport Amid Suez Mutiny Reports
Uncertainty swirls over Erzerum operations with claims a Russian force advanced toward Baiburt on the Black Sea road to Trebizond. A Cologne report alleges Hindu troops mutinied in Egypt, killing 12 British officers before Australian units quelled the revolt.
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Baiburt
Trebizond
Black Sea
Egypt
Cologne
Suez Canal
Asquith
House of Commons
Great Britain
Widow jailed for defying sanitary fine goes on hunger strike
Mrs. Carla G. Foster, a wealthy Portsmouth widow, jailed for refusing to pay a $100 sanitary violation fine, began a hunger strike in her cell and proclaimed herself a martyr amid claims of persecution.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Carla G. Foster
Court battle begins over liquor licenses in Dauphin County
Churches and anti liquor groups unite to oppose granting licenses for hotels breweries and wholesale houses. Witnesses describe cigaret smoking women in winerooms and waiters serving youths while managers face testimony as court hearing opens. Licenses for others discussed as President Judge Kunkel presides.
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Dauphin County Law and Order
George Kunkel
Horse Headed By Train At Shamokin Stuns Locomotive
Shamokin Pa Feb 18 A horse owned by Trayne Paffer Herndon ran away after a small boy frightened it and leaped into the path of a passing freight locomotive. The animal was decapitated as witnesses described a clean severing.
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Shamokin
Trayne Paffer
Herndon
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