Revolt in Russia Claims Bolshevik Overthrow Report
Reports from London and Vasa discuss a Bolshevik government toppled by Social Revolutionists led by M. Tchernoff. Lenine and Trotzky reportedly fled to Riga while Petrograd faced turmoil over the Constituent Assembly. Tchernoff seeks allied conference on war aims and land reform.
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London
Vasa
Petrograd
M. Tchernoff
Politiken
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Nikolai Lenine
Leon Trotzky
Riga
Nikolaistadt
Finland
Tornea
Constituent Assembly
Kerensky
Tchernoft
Tchernoff
Associated Press
M. Tcherhoff
Social Revolutionist Party
Is Party
M. Teherhoff
Russia
Chaotic Russian Conditions Reported by Dispatches
London dispatches detail Petrograd reports of Bolsheviki actions against Ukrainian delegates including arrest and treason trials. Odessa battles turn the port into a military camp with three days of fierce fighting and ships firing large shells. Nikolaiev batteries and an eighth army commander’s death are noted amid renewed clashes. A city vaccination drive vaccinates nearly 400 residents after two more smallpox cases appear in Marion and In Fourth streets.
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Associated Press
London
Petrograd
Russia
Rada
Brest- Litovsk
Holubowics
Kiev
Berdichev
Odessa
Barbor
Eighth Army Corps
Nikola
Marion
Fourth Streets
Calder and
Reily
Weather update for Harrisburg and Fort Pennsylvania
Rain and warmer conditions this afternoon and tonight with a low around 45. Wednesday brings clear skies and colder weather. Fort Pennsylvania expects rain tonight and a colder Wednesday with stronger winds. River conditions show rain and higher temperatures in the next 24 hours. Readings note a full moon on February 25 and river stage at 6.7 feet.
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Harrisburg
Fort Pennsylvania
General Kaledines Death Shocks Don Cossacks Leader Dies by Self-Inflicted Gunshot
Petrograd reports General Kaledines hetman of the Don Cossacks killed himself at Novocherkask after a government resignation. Nazaroff orders immediate mobilization as Bolshevik forces advance. Kaledines had led counter revolt, helped form the Don republic, and as leader captured 20,000 prisoners in Volhynia in 1916. He was elected Don Cossack leader in July 1917.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
Kaledines
Don Cossacks
Novocherkask
Novo Teherkask
Workmen's and Soldiers’ Council
Nazaroff
Don
Republic of the Don
Volhynia
Private Funeral for Vernon Castle in New York
Private military funeral services for Captain Vernon Castle of the Royal Flying Corps were held at the Church of the Transfiguration in New York. The service was officiated by Rev. Dr. George D. Houghton and Rev. Dr. Herbert L. Shipman. A Royal Flying Corps detachment escorted the body, with flying corps officers serving as pallbearers.
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Vernon Castle
Royal Flying Corps
New York
Fort Worth
Texas
Church of the Transfiguration
George D. Houghton
Herbert L. Shipman
104Th Field Artillery
U. S.A
The
Flying Corps
Purse Strings Cut for Big Jewish and Lutheran Drives
Jewish residents of Marrisburg raised $18,500 in one hour at a kickoff rally for a city quota of $15,990 benefiting war sufferers and service members across branches. The National Lutheran campaign in Harrisburg aims to raise $10,000 locally as part of a $750,000 total over one week, with two canvassers from each church appointed to begin today and initial and follow up reports promised.
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Marrisburg
Orpheum Theater
National Lutheran Campaign For Soldier and Sailor Welfare
Harrisburg
Dauphin County
John Capp
Dauphin County Churches Unite Against Drink Evil
For the first time in years nearly all Dauphin County churches attended a Grace Methodist Church meeting to eliminate the drink evil. Prohibition forces gathered, inviting all churches and dry associations, with a single aim to thoroughly comb the region.
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Dauphin County
Grace Methodist Church
Dauphin
Rockefeller Trucks Haul Coal to Avert Famine
In Tarrytown New York on February 19 a hundred or more families near the Pocantico Hills estate of John D Rockefeller received ample coal. Acting on the fuel administrator suggestion Rockefeller sent trucks to Ossining delivering coal to another hundred families to prevent suffering during the cold spell.
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Associated Press
Tarrytown
N. Y
Pocantico Hills
John D. Rockefeller
Patriotic Rally Planned At Chestnut Street Auditorium
Announcement from the Dauphin County Committee of Public Safety plans a patriotic rally next Monday evening at Chestnut Street Auditorium. Noted speakers will outline facts about the war in Europe and aim to raise public appreciation of the conflict and its seriousness. The event is expected to draw a large crowd.
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Chestnut Street
Dauphin County Committee of Public Safety
Europe
Fea
Boston Man Organizes First American Theatrical Company
John Craig of Boston has organized the first American theatrical company to be sent to France to perform for American soldiers. E H Sothern and Telepathient lead the effort to provide American plays for troops in Europe during the war.
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Boston Man
Associated Press
New York
John Craig
Boston
France
E. H. Sothern
Telepathient
Europe
Middletown Site Again In Favor At Washington
The decision on where to place the large military depots near Harrisburg remains unsettled. Reports say the Middletown tract is gaining ground due to its full main line connections and superior trolley facilities, which bolster the case for Middletown over the farm tract near New Cumberland.
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Harrisburg
Keystone Fair Corporation
Middletown
New Cumberland
Dumping of Refuse and Ashes Clogs City Streets
Commissioner Lynch invites city council members to inspect streets by automobile Thursday at 3 p.m. to assess dumping of ashes and refuse in outlying districts. He calls for a general clean-up as some streets are nearly impassable. Local sites include Reel's Lane, Maclay Street Bridge approaches, South Cameron Street intersections, Seventeenth and Herr, and Seventeenth and Catherine Streets.
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Lynch
Reel
Inquiry Into Hog Island Yards Costs Underway
Washington February 19 Investigators from the Justice Department Secret Service and other agents have begun a broad review of expenditures in the Hog Island shipyard project. Attorney General Gregory returned to Washington and Solicitor General Davis acting in his absence initiated the inquiry by order of President Wilson.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hog Island
Secret Service
Department of Justice
Gregory
Davis
Wilson
German Western Front Offensive May Be Near
British dispatch reports a future German offensive on the western front may begin at any moment, with main thrusts between Arras and St Quentin. Tanks and a new gas are said to be used, while old bombardment methods fall out of favor. German commanders face skepticism among troops about success and many seek peace by arrangement.
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France
Western Front
Arras
St. Quentin
von Hindenburg
von Ludendorff
Laon
Liquor License Acts 1918 Granted by Court With One Objection
The court granted all liquor license applications for 1918 except one remonstrance. Testimony was postponed due to a missing attorney. 56 retail licenses in the city were approved. Charles E. C. Hoover testified about the Fort Hunter Inn and Fetrow’s conflicting claim to the same hotel. Hoover alleged underage and intoxicated patrons were served.
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Charles E. C. Hoover
Fort Hunter Inn
Harry E. Fetrow
Hoover
Fetrow
Fort Hunter
Ferrow
Allies Seek to Retain Gen Robertson as Chief of Staff
London February 19 Premier Lloyd George told the House of Commons the government aims to keep General Sir William Robertson as chief of staff as long as it fits allied policy. He outlined a plan for a central allied authority to coordinate strategy, with executive powers, noting Versailles agreed principles and a council of chiefs of staff was abandoned as unworkable.
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Associated Press
London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
William Robertson
Great Britain
Versailles
Supreme War Council
Aroise
Council of Chiefs of Staffs
16 Year Old Boy Sentenced to Die at Sing Sing
A 16 year old choir boy named Paul Chapman was condemned to death in the electric chair at Sing Sing State Prison by Supreme Court Justice Issac M. Rapper. He was convicted of fatally shooting a Brooklyn shopkeeper during a botched robbery with two accomplices.
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Sing Sing
Associated Press
New York
Paul Chapman
Sing Sing State Prison
Supreme Court
Issac M
Chapman
Brooklyn
Need of Bathing Facilities in Park Draws Officials’ Attention
Park officials stress more bathing facilities and playground equipment as attendance climbs at Reservoir and Emerald parks. City Commissioner E Gross urges permanent apparatus at the major grounds while noting a recent flour control case. Donald McCormick cites a forthcoming fifty fifty flour blend to conserve wheat amid shortages in Dauphin County. Mahek’s store, 53 South Cameron, ordered closed for a week and barred from selling flour for four weeks after selling without substitutes. authorities cite foreign-laden customer base and boardinghouse traffic. Continued on Page 4.
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Food Administration
Wendel Mahek
Cameron Street
Mahek
Donald McCormick
Dauphin County
Reservoir Park
E. Gross
Council
Emerald, Reservoir
Sycamore
Twelfth Street
British Raid on Flanders Front Proves Successful
London reports an extensive British raid last night in southern Houtholst wood on the Flanders front with two other raids south of Lens and near Arras at Epehy. Prisoners were taken in all raids and the Flanders attack caused heavy German casualties.
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Associated Press
London
Flanders Front
Houtholst Wood
War Office
Lens
Arras Front
Epehy
Flanders
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Don Hetman
Cossacks
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Hog Island Yards
West Front
Gen. Robertson
Commissioner Gross
Senate Agriculture Committee
William A. Kitchin
Morrisburg
Lycoming County
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DR. Dixon
Samuel G. Dixon
Philadelphia
Dallas
Victor L. Dennis
Lovefield
Dennis
Detroit
Morris
Chicago
Nelson Morris
Morris and Company
Packers
Samuel Alschuler
Mortis and Company
Amsterdam
Rumania
von Kuehlmann
Joksham
Rey McDowell
Eunice Gilbert
U.S
Lou Enola
Robert S. Sanders
Lena KE. Landis
Hockersville
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