Opportunities in European Trade Highlighted in Harrisburg
George S. Atwood secretary of the American Association of Commerce and Trade in Berlin spoke at the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce luncheon. He outlined new opportunities for American trade abroad and described conditions in Germany influencing business. Afterward Lenderson Gilbert outlined the chamber's plans for the coming months.
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Chamber of Commerce
Germany
America
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
Harrisburg Club
George S. Atwood
American Association of Commerce and Trade
Berlin
Atwood
American Association of Commerce and Trade At
Earthquake toll tops thirty thousand in Italy report
Paris based correspondents cite Petit Parisien saying quake losses exceed 30 000 with greater death toll possible if cities had been hit. Center near drained Lake Pucciso once filled lands. authorities cite heavy rains causing subterranean steam interaction as likely trigger.
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Associated Press
Paris
Petit Parisien
Rome
Messina
Pucciso
Alexander Torlonia
Las Guiuliano
Historical Society of Dauphin Co Elects President and Officers
Theodore B. Kline was re elected president at the annual meeting. Other officers named Abraham Fortenbaugh William Pearson G Forster vice presidents Mrs Keats Peay secretary and librarian James M Lamberton corresponding secretary James Brady treasurer. Dr Harvey B Bashore presented a paper on An Indian Raid Into Dauphin County and What Became of It. London Jan 15 Turks invading Persia moving toward interior per Teheran dispatch via Reuters.
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Theodore B. Kline
Historical Society of
Dauphin County
Abraham Fortenbaugh
William Pearson
G. Forster
John Y. Boyd
John W. Reily
J. K. Smith
E. Wallower
George P. Mains
M. Caroline White
Mary Jennings
J. Frank Palmer
E. Blanche Clute
William Jennings
D. M. Gilbert
Henry B. McCormick
D. S. Funk
Lythman D. Gilbert
Ella M. Stitt
E. Z. Wallower
Fanny Eby
Alice Graydon
M. Caroline Weiss
Weather Summary for Harrisburg and Vicinity
Fair to night and Saturday with a slightly colder night around 30 degrees. Eastern Pennsylvania expects fair weather and cooler conditions, with light winds. Susquehanna River and major tributaries are forecast to fall to around 6.8 feet by Saturday morning in Harrisburg. Temperature at 8 am 38, moon phase new moon today at 9 42. Mean temperature reported as 29.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna
Confession Read In Harrisburg Con Trial Of Con Men
Miss Clara Miller read the stenographic report of H. R. Mercer and Fred Le Brun s jail confession to a Dauphin county jury as their trial opened. The men deny guilt while prosecutors outline the alleged bold check swindle to finance a fake motor wheel venture with aliases used at banks. Mercer claims a Missouri penitentiary term to help a brother.
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H. R. Mercer
Fred LeBrun
Harrisburg
Dauphin County
Clara Miller
Michael E. Stroup
Mercer
LeBrun
Kunkel
Miss Miller
Col
Joseph B. Hutchison
James T. Walters
James E. Madigan
Jacksonville
Col. Hutchison
T. P. Little
al White
Jury Finds Anna Schell Spanked by Father in Derry Street Case
In Dauphin County court, twelve jurors ruled that Anna M Schell 21 was spanked by her father John H Schell of 2116 Derry Street. The same panel ordered Anna to pay court costs for proving the spanking claim amid a trial alleging an attack on Anna by her father.
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Dauphin
Anna M. Schell
Derry Street
Kunkel
John H. Schell
Anna
Schell
Ware to Marshal Division in inaugural parade
Congressman William S. Ware of Philadelphia will marshal the second division of the inaugural parade made up of political clubs. Col J. B. Hutchinson leads the military division and M. Harvey Taylor the third with firemen from Philadelphia Steelton and York. Substations and grocery relief aid will feed Belgian refugees, with 21 local grocers donating food without profit to fill boxes for shipment from 7 South Front street. The Y W C A reports show gains, new officers elected, and a program featuring songs and a humorous monologue by Roberta Swartz.
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William S. Ware
Philadelphia
J. B. Hutchison
M. Harvey Taylor
Steelton
York
Harrisburg
Scranton
Reading
Huntingdon
Blair County
E. E. Beidieman
Foreign Division
The
Home and War Relief Committee
Mary Jennings
Letitia Brady
William W. Galbraith
South Front Street
Seaboard
Europe
Clem Studebaker
North Second Street
A. H. Kreidler & Bro
S. S. Pomeroy
South Second Street
C. BE. Raine
Race Street
Fountain Market Company
Mulberry
Derry Streets
Johns. Lutz & Sons
Derry Street
W. T. Hoy
Market Street
Weis Pure Food Store
J. J. Sullivan
Thirteenth
State Streets
H. W. Sallade
State Street
G. E Runkle
E. F. Zeiders
North Thirteenth Street
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart
B. B. Drumm
North Sixteenth Street
Irwin E. Deppen
J. P. Smith
J. H. Sebourn
Green Street
Joseph Frantz
North Third Street
R. M. Wolfe
Berryhill
C. W. Fisher
Fifteenth
Charles W. Pressler
North Sixth Street
Relief committees seek aid as quake toll climbs in Avezzano
Rome, Jan 15. Death toll from Wednesday's earthquake nears 20 000 with injuries over 40 000. Many buried alive as rescuers race to reach victims. King Victor Emmanuel returns and oversees relief as Pope Benedict offers Santa Marta hospital with 300 beds to aid the crisis. Main damage centered in Avezzano and Sora 15 miles away.
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Associated Press
Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Avezzano
Pope
Pope Benedict
Santa Marta
Sora
Enola Yards Mark Ten Years Of Service
The Enola yards of the Pennsylvania railroad turn ten years old today with a morning ceremony led by Judge McCarrell and Superintendent McCaleb. Speakers include Superintendent of the Philadelphia Division and local officials as plans for tonight’s anniversary event at the Enola YMCA are laid out.
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Enola Yards
Philadelphia
Enola
Pennsylvania Railroad
Young Men's Christian Asso
Marital Knot Tied in Judge's Chambers
Judge McCarrell in room No 2 officiated a marriage for Mercy Williams age 16 and Stephen Katocs age 18 of Williamstown while court continued below. Stephen, a defendant in a quarter sessions case, sought to wed and the judge suspended any sentence.
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McCarrell
T. V. Gardner
Steelton
Pretty Mercy Jane Williams
Stephen Katocs
Williamstown
Stephen
Justice Gardner
Cupid
Blind Goddess
International Rotary Head to Visit Harrisburg Club on Monday
Harrisburg Rotary Club hosts a dinner honoring Frank L. Mulholland international president with Chesley R. Perry international secretary Arch Klumph international director and William Gettinger New York City Rotary president and national director attending. Limited seating restricts attendance to members only as a large distinguished delegation arrives.
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Harrisburg
Mulholland
Earthquake Shakes Alps Triggering Avalanches Across Frontiers
News from Como and Chiasso says the Alps quake reached the Italian valley and Swiss frontier. Lines are down but no loss of life confirmed. Avalanches were reported from Mount Blanc and Mount Ross with soldiers affected near the frontier. The Giornale dItalia estimates Avezzano and Sera victims at about 25,000.
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Associated Press
Genoa
Paris
Como
Chiasso
Alps
Courmayeur
Italy
Mount Blanc
Aosta
Mount Ross
Innesbruck
Rome
Giornale Ditalia
Avezzano and
Sera
British Storm German Line Near La Bassee in January Advance
St. Omer dispatch reports British forces stormed entrenched German positions near La Bassee at 2 p.m. on January 10 driving back the enemy and advancing one mile with light British losses but heavy German casualties. Heavy fighting continues near Soissons as German and Allied actions unfold.
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Paris
Berlin
St. Omer
France
la Bassee
Soissons
Perthes
Argonne
Upper
Alsace
Soisson
Petrograd
Poland
War Office
Vistula
von Hindenburg
Persia
Tabriz
Russia
Porte
Coroner Postpones Inquest Into Auto Tragedy
Grace Maugan dies from injuries after a New Year auto crash at Front and Walnut streets. Coroner Eckinger will hold the inquest once the three injuries victims can testify. Samuel Weeler Sylvan Terrace and T Elder Cleckner are able to testify. Miss Lillian Snails remains recovering after swapping seats with Maugan.
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Grace Maugan
Forster Street
Front
Walnut Streets
Eckinger
Samuel Weeler
Sylvan
Green Street
Pope Visits Wounded in Santa Marta Hospital
Rome reports Pope Benedict did not leave the Vatican to visit the wounded at Santa Marta Hospital. He passed through the Apostolic palace and reached the hospital, avoiding touching Italian soil, a gesture echoing precedent by his predecessor after the Messina earthquake.
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Associated Press
Rome
Pope Benedict
Santa Marta
Vatican
Pius IX
Leo
Pine X
Apostolic Palace
St. Peter's
British Claim Victory in Advance on La Bassee
British report says German forces under von Kluck pushed French troops back near Soissons aided by a river flood. The advance, the sharpest action in twenty four hours, followed earlier British passage of the Aisne after war years.
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von Kluck
Associated Press
London
Soissons
Aisne
Belgium
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