Peace prospects dim as Germans sweep toward Riga and Kiev
Berlin dispatches report German forces reach Walk in Livonia near Riga and Lutsk to Dubno in Volhynia. Austrian and Ukrainian troops close on Kiev while Minsk changes hands with Polish legionaries aiding. Russian trains moved to Moscow. Bolshevik leaders push resistance via Red Guards and guerrilla tactics amid scarce frontline clashes.
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Walk
Livonia
Riga
Volhynia
Lutsk
Dubno
London
Kiev
Petrograd
Minsk
Moscow
Times
Trotzky
Council of People’s Commissaries
Exchange Telegraph Company
Reval
Smolensk
Dvinsk
Baltic
Dvyinsk
Gulf of Finland
Beresina
Napoleon
Red Guards
Weather forecast for Harrisburg and vicinity
For Harrisburg and vicinity fair continued cold to night with lowest temperature about 25 degrees Sunday fair and warmer for Eastern Pennsylvania fair continued cold to night Sunday fair and warmer moderate southwest winds.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Turks Begin Offensive in Caucasus During Armistice
A Telegram from London reports the Turkish army has begun an offensive in the Caucasus before the armistice expired. Turkish forces occupied Platana and disrupted the evacuation of the Caucasian corps, which is now positioned along the coast under Russian command.
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Associated Press
London
Caucausus
Exchange Telegraph Company
Platana
River Recedes as Flood Danger Ends Amid Gorge Ice Intact
The river opposite the city fell to 10.8 feet this morning and is expected to recede to eight feet by tomorrow morning. No lives lost and property damage noted. The Pequea gorge remains intact with ten feet of water over rail lines. towns along the gorge are inundated and isolated. Uncertainty remains on when the gorge will break up as warm ice gradually disintegrates it.
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West Branch
Pequea
Waer Supply Commission
Weather Forecaster
Housewife Said Not So Loyal as the Hotel Man
The state food administrator broadcasts that housewives will not observe wheatless, meatless, and porkless days. J Miller Frazier, chairman of the Administration Hotel committee, says hotel and restaurant men have saved 1,612,000 pounds of food.
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Commonwealth
Federal Food Administration
J. Miller Frazier
Administration Hotel Committee
Price For 1918 Wheat Crop May Be Increased by U S Proclamation
Washington reports indicate the 1918 wheat price could be raised by presidential proclamation under the food control act. The minimum price of $2 per bushel may be adjusted to $2.20 to spur planting and prevent hoarding while Congress debates higher rates.
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U. S
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Martial Law Declared in Lock Haven Flood Action
Lock Haven Pa February twenty three martial law is ordered with a proclamation demanding that idle residents perform street cleaning and debris removal. Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce oversees flood relief contributions with a $1,000 underwrite from Mayor John T Culoper. The town endured forty inch floodwaters and freezing conditions.
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Lock Haven
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
John T. Culoper
Lock, Haven
Baird Selected to Succeed Hughes in Senate
David Baird of Camden, Republican leader of South Jersey, was appointed by Governor Edge to fill the late Senator William Hughes of Paterson. He will serve until the November election winner qualifies. Hughes was a Democrat.
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Associated Press
Trenton
N. Ji
David Baird
Camden
South Jersey
Edge
United States
William Hughes
Paterson
Hughes
Real Sacrifices Necessary to Avoid Catastrophe
Herbert C. Hoover appeals to Pennsylvania and the nation to support the food administration's war effort. He warns that allies face critical shortages due to short crops and reduced shipping and urges total public cooperation to conserve wheat, enabling the war to continue.
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Hoover
Heinz Urges Food Saving As War Measure
Philadelphia February 23 The Pennsylvania food administration reiterates Herbert Hoover interpreting the food conservation program as a strict war measure not driven by a forthcoming shortage but to meet a grave situation. Heinz states the public should conserve wheat to avert possible future need.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Food Administration
Herbert Hoover
Mr. Heinz
Pneumonic Plague Ravages North China Inserious Crisis
The pneumonic plague has broken out in Shansi province China and threatens all North China. The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions warns it could prove more deadly than famine flood or war. Doctors rush aid with plague suits masks and body disposal plans as Taicho near the Great Wall faces potential outbreak.
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North
China
Boston
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Associated Press
North China
Mongolia
Shansi
Great Wall
POWER COMPANY GETS COAL TO AVOID SHUTDOWN
The Harrisburg Light and Power Company avoided a shutdown as Dauphin County Fuel Administrator Hickok secured seven cars of bituminous coal from local railroad sidings. The firm had faced a hand to mouth operation after coal ran out weeks ago and again depleted by the cold spell. Ten cars of river coal were supplied by one of the company’s contractors.
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Power Company
Harrisburg Light and Power Company
Dauphin County
Hickok
Citywide Ash Cleanup Ordered as Bids Open
Commissioners declare an immediate city cleanup essential as ash collection bids open Monday. Inspection showed scattered refuse in streets and parks, with officials seeking drastic action to prevent repeat neglect while awaiting district bids and future regular removal plans.
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Lynch
Liner Escapes U-Boat Fleet by Night Through Narrow Channel
The Dante Alighieri, an Italian liner, threaded a perilous midnight passage through a 300 foot wide uncharted channel between a small island and the Spanish coast to escape a line of U boats in the Mediterranean. Passengers report lifeboats and crews from three torpedoed Italian ships seen the next morning, while the liner beached and refloating underway. Captain D M Nicoll, aboard with Suruga crew survivors, kept passengers on alert and preserved a German torpedo propeller as a memento.
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Associated Press
Heb
Dante Alighieri
Mediterranean
Chhannel
Duca di Fenova
Ville ‘de Verdun
Caprera
D. M. Nicoll
Italy
Fifty Fifty Flour On Sale In Harrisburg
Fifty-fifty flour now is on sale in Harrisburg. Pur chasers under the new ruling were formerly required to buy with white flour an equal quantity of wheat substitutes. The mixed flour avoids this requirement and is said to give similar baking results with more substance and a pleasant flavor.
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Harrisburg
Second Draft May Come in April or Early May
Washington reports no definite date for the second draft of the National Army yet but signals point to April or early May. Officials cite preparations for shipping and housing as indicating plans to call the first increment soon after April 1, with equipment and supplies becoming available shortly. The size of the first increment remains undetermined.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Department
National Army
Startling War Facts to Be Told Monday in Harrisburg
Harrisburg residents are urged to attend a Monday evening program at 7 30 at Chestnut Street Auditorium featuring sensational disclosures on Europe and American troops. Lieutenant Frank A Sutton of the Royal Engineers is the principal speaker with other speakers including George Wharton Pepper and Howard Heinz among the lineup.
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Harrisburg
Chestnut Street
Europe
Frank A. Sutton
Royal Engineers
United States
George Wharton Pepper
Committee of Public Safety of Pennsylvania
Howard Heinz
Fair and Warmer Weather Promised For Week
Weather predictions from the Weather Bureau forecast a fair and warmer start to the week for the North and Middle Atlantic States, followed by rain midweek and a turn to colder conditions by Thursday. The remainder of the week remains uncertain.
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Washington
Weather Bureau Today
North
Middle Atlantic
Prohibition Endorsement At Y M C A Convention
At the fiftieth annual state Y M C A convention in Zion Lutheran Church delegates pledged to aid ratification of the national prohibition amendment. Speakers urged unity to push the cause in the next legislative session and vote in favor of prohibition nationwide.
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Keystone
Young Meajs Christian Association
Zion Lutheran Church
France
Abv Pudibers
Slovak League of America
Deadlock on Three County Appointments Now Broken
County commissioners likely to finalize pending appointments at Monday’s meeting. Captain Henry M. Stine will preside in his return from camp and remain permanently. Previous ballots produced tie votes over prison inspector mercantile appraiser and a courthouse janitor.
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Henry M. Stine
Stine
Commissioners Co
Cumbler
H. C. Wells
Allied embassies prepared to evacuate Petrograd if needed
Friday reports that allied embassies will depart Petrograd if the German advance menaces the city yet they stand ready to aid Russia in fighting.
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Petrograd
Russia
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