City relief drive raises per capita weekly aid in this city
The Home and War Relief Committee operates a no expense relief center where all funds go to distressed women. A Civil War veteran donated 7.50, citing help for needy women, as the drive maintains 700 dollars weekly to aid 400 families. A concert to raise funds will be held March 11 with Mrs. Roy G. Cox and Miss Sarah Lemer in Fahnestock Hall.
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Home and War Relief Committee
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Red Cross
Roy G. Cox
Sarah Lemer
Fahnestock Hall
Cox
Lemer
South Front Street
Woose
Seven British Vessels Sunk by Submarines
The British Admiralty released figures showing 708 foreign vessels arrived and 6738 sailed from UK ports between February 18 and February 24. It listed seven British steamers sunk by German submarines: Cambank Downshire Branksome Chine Oakby Rio Parana Western Coast and Harpalon, with Deptford likely struck by a mine.
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Associated Press
London
British Admiralty
United Kingdom
Admiralty
Cambank
Downshire
Branksome Chine
Oakby
Rio Parana
Western Coast
Harpalon
Deptford
German Socialist Leaders Change Views on Militarism
Berlin reports a speech by Reichsberger Heine in Stuttgart foreshadowing a postwar shift in the Socialist party. Heine argues the war shows the need to distinguish defense needs from prior militarist opposition and supports funding technical preparations for national defense. The stance suggests Socialists may increasingly back defense measures despite past opposition.
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Associated Press
Berlin
London
Reichsberger Heine
Stuttgart
Socialist Party
Kerr Heine
Turkish Forces Repulsed at Ischelson Heights
An official Caucasus army staff communique reports Turkish attempts on February 28 to seize heights on the left bank of the Ischelson river were repulsed with heavy losses to the attackers.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
Army of the Caucasus
Ischelson
Weather report for Harrisburg and region today
Fair to-night and Saturday with slight cooling. Eastern Pennsylvania sees fair weather, cooler to-night, strong northwest winds diminishing. Rivers Juniata and West Branch fall, main rivers rise to near flood stage by Saturday morning around 16.6 feet at Harrisburg. Moon phase noted. full moon March 1. Temperature readings and river stage provided.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
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West Branch
Trainmen Demand Full Crew Law Backed by Unions
A joint circular from the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors urges voters to support the full crew law as vital for safety and humanity. The statement argues wages and lives are at stake in the rail system.
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Brotherhood of Railroad
Mexican Revolution Begins, Obregon Declares War on Elite
General Obregon issues a manifesto denouncing clergy bankers and wealthy foreigners for not aiding the poor after a new tax. He calls them the real enemies of Mexico and proclaims that the revolution has just begun. In Europe, three Carib crewmen die after the North Sea sinking, likely by a mine.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
General Obregon
Berlin
London
North Sea
Allied ships damaged in Dardanelles bombardment
Constantinople reports three Allied warships damaged in the February 25 bombardment of the Dardanelles forts. The Turkish army announcement notes ten armored vessels attacked for seven and a half hours before the operation concluded.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
London
Dardanelles
Dardenelles
High Water Halts Front Street Fill Operations
City Commissioner M Harvey Taylor announces suspension of North Front Street fill work due to Susquehanna River flood. About 13 000 cubic yards excavated for the Pennsylvania freight stations on South Second Street have been dumped north of Hard Scrabble and await conditions to resume.
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North Front Street
M. Harvey Taylor
Parks and Pub ‘Lic
Pennsylvania
South Second Street
Taylor
Susquehanna
Mexican Marauders Reach 75 Miles Into Texas
Governor Ferguson told President Wilson marauding along the Rio Grande extends 76 miles inland due to border famine. He sought authorization for Texas to spend 30,000 to boost the ranger force by at least 30 men. A London dispatch notes imperial wheat and flour rations set by Vienna per person per day.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Ferguson
Wilson
Rio Grande
State of Texas
Texas Ranger
London
Daily News
Vienna
Dardanelles Guns Hit Anglo French Battlefleet
Berlin reports Turkish claim that three Anglo French ships were damaged at the Dardanelles after a seven and a half hour bombardment while other sources say the fleet withdrew. British ports show seven vessels sunk since the naval war zone decree. Fighting on the Warsaw front and in Galicia yields Russian gains as Austria and Montenegro clash again.
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U. S
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Montenegro
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Constantinople
Przasnysz
Poland
Petrograd
Ppatch
Bosnia
Berlin
United Kingdom
Dague
Adriatic
Svarton
North Sea
Transcaucasus
London
Paris
Cobblestones in Sermons Sparks Reader Letter Flap
A letter from a former Harrisburg Lutheran pastor replies to a Telegraph Story Allen feature on a local messenger boy known for jokes. The pastor agrees the line cobblestones in sermons hits home and warns the messenger boy to avoid joining story tellers clubs, fearing it would corrode his sidle and deprive the world of needed humor.
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Telegraph
Story Tellers’ Club
Harrisburg
Allen
Shackspeer
United Evangelical Churches of Eastern Pennsylvania appoint leaders
At the Twenty first annual conference in Bethlehem the presiding elders for Reading Harrisburg Allentown and Mohntown districts were named. The conference reports a net gain of 2408 members and Harrisburg district mission money of 11504.85. Bishop Dobbs is ill in Harrisburg. Rev C F Swift spoke on temperance and local option in Pennsylvania.
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Bethlehem
United Evangelical Churches of
Pennsylvania
Reading
J. W. Hoover
Harrisburg
Allentown
Eirdman
W. F. Heil
H. A. Brunner
C. D. Huber
Lebanon
G. W. Marquardt
A. E. Hangen
Mohntown
S. P. Erisman
G. Newton Dubs
J. G. Ott
BE. A. Hilleary
Austrians Did Not Seize Grains
Vienna telegram declares untrue the report that Austrian torpedo boats seized two Italian grain boats and escorted them to Trieste. A London dispatch notes most Norwegian cod exporters have suspended exports to Germany due to submarine attacks on Norwegian ships.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
London
Vienna
Trieste
Germany
Daily Mail
Christiania
Stopover Privilege Attracts Many To Harrisburg
In its second year 1,381 people used the stopover privilege offered by the Pennsylvania Railroad at Union Station. Officials say the scheme has boosted Harrisburg’s prominence and drawn tens of thousands more travelers who visited with stopover rights but without depositing tickets.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Harrisburg
Union Station
Philippine Bill May Yet Be Passed by Congress
Congress pressed big appropriation bills in sessions aiming to pass general legislation before adjournment. Administrations senators pursued action on the government ship purchase bill though it faced uncertain fate. Possible passage of the Philippine bill hinged on amendments to the preamble. Charles K. Bessey, longtime dean of Nebraska University Industrial College, died at 70 after a long career in science and botany.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Administration
Senate
Lincoln
Neb
Charles K. Bessey
Industrial College
University of Nebraska
American Society For the Advancement of Science
Helen Cramp Rescued After Disappearance Over Love Affair
Miss Helen Irene Cramp, who vanished from a Guttenberg New Jersey boarding school amid rumors of a relationship with trustee Charles W. Blackmore, has been located at Isaac G. Miller's home. Relatives in Lebanon reported receiving a telegram confirming she was safe after a conference with the principal.
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Helen Irene Cramp
Guttenberg
N. J
Charles W. Blackmore
Miss Cramp
Lebanon
Isaac G. Miller
Guttenberg School
Princt
Flood Crest Expected At 17 Foot Stage This Afternoon
The Susquehanna flood is forecast to crest at 17 feet late this afternoon with minimal damage expected. No sewer backups or Market Street subway flooding had been reported, per a Water Supply Commission bulletin.
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Market Street
The
Water Supply Commission
State Water Supply Commission
Charles A. Kunkel Elected President of Y M C A
Charles A. Kunkel was elected president and A A Carl vice president of the Young Men's Christian Association at its sixtieth annual meeting last night B M Nead presided Other officers were W Grant Rauch treasurer Wilmer Crow recording secretary F G Roth librarian George W Reily William F Paul John S Weaver Arthur D Bacon and John K Bowman named three year directors and W J Lescure and E J Greenawalt two year directors
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Charles A. Kunkel
A. A. Carl
Young Men’s Christian Association
B. M. Nead
w.Grant Rauch
Wilmer Crow
F. G. Roth
George W. Reily
William F. Paul
John S. Weaver
Arthur D. Bacon
John K. Bowman
W. J. Lescure
E. J. Greenawalt
Volunteer Firemen Forge Harrisburg Association Plan
Volunteer firemen organize a Volunte er Firemen s Association at the city firehouse to unite Harrisburg firefighters. Officials say a paid service may await years, but preparations start now to be ready. In separate dispatch, London reports no passenger ships sail to Holland since Feb 18 leaving hundreds of Dutch stranded.
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Harrisburg
London
England
Holland
The
Daily Express
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