Charity Ball Proceeds Top Two Thousand In Harrisburg
The Charity Ball in Chestnut Street Auditorium raised over 2000 dollars for the Associated Aid Societies general fund. Ticket sales alone were estimated between 2500 and 2800 dollars, with final totals pending outstanding checks and accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. S. Herman
Finance Committee
Associated Aid Socieien
Associated Aid Societies
Edwin S. Herman
Associated Aids
Harrisburg
Japan
Pneumonia Claims Number of Victims This Month
Twelve pneumonia deaths were recorded in the first fourteen days of this month. January 1915 saw only 13 pneumonia deaths, while January 1914 had seven deaths from the disease.
Montenegro Under Fresh Austrian Pressure Near Scutari
Vienna dispatches report renewed Austrian combat operations against Montenegro. An army moves along the Adriatic toward Antivari with detachments near Scutari, Albania, where Montenegro’s government has reportedly relocated. Montenegro vows to fight to the end amid uncertain peace talks. In Greece, King Constantine attends Epiphany harbor ceremonies as entente pressure grows.
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Vienna
Switzerland
Paris
Adriatic
Antivari
Scutari
Albania
Austria
Montenegro
Greece
Athens
Constantine
Police foil bombing plot near Brooklyn Bridge
New York police arrest Machel Grasiano after a suitcase bomb was found, halting a plan to blow up the Brooklyn Bridge or the new municipal building. Grasiano was traced from the Municipal building archway to the bridge promenade.
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Asia Press
New York
Machel FE
Grasiano
Brooklyn Bridge
Municipal Building
Bridge Promenade
Unsettled Weather for Harrisburg Region Through Weekend
The forecast calls for unsettled weather with possible rain tonight or Saturday and higher temperatures. Susquehanna and tributaries may rise over the next 48 hours as ice thaws and local movement increases. Harrisburg stage expected near 5 feet Saturday morning with warmer temperatures and moderate winds across eastern Pennsylvania.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna River
Atlantic States
Pacific
Northwest
Ohio Valley
Lake Region
Middle Atlantic States
New England
Mississippi
Missouri
Staten
Atlantic Coast
United States
Churches of God to Consider Chapel for Colored Congregation
Members of the Churches of God will hold a church extension conference next Monday at 2 PM in the Fourth Street Church of God. They will discuss erecting a chapel on Monroe Street for a small colored congregation now meeting in a rented room. Pastors from the city and vicinity will speak on extension work.
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Churches of God
Fourth Street
of God
Monroe Street
Woman wins $2500 in suit over husband’s death
Mrs Virginia Alexander won $2500 damages from saloon keeper Jacob Bosch in Common Pleas Court. The jury found excessive consumption of alcoholic stimulants, largely purchased at the saloon, contributed to her husband’s death. Virginia testified she had asked Bosch not to serve him. The suit cited a state law forbidding furnishing liquor to known intemperate persons.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Common Pleas Court
Virginia Alexander
Alexander
Jacob Bosch
Custody Battle Over Eight Year Old Manages Habeas Corpus
Mrs. Rebecca Irene Behney seeks a writ of habeas corpus to regain custody of her eight year old son from Dr. C Horace Cumbler a Steelton dentist. The couple divorced January 20 1912 with a pact placing the child in the mother's care but allowing the father a weekly day with the boy on 24 hours notice. Since January 15 the mother claims the father has not returned the boy. A hearing was set for January 26.
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Rebecca Irene Behney
C. Horace Cumbler
Steelton
Cumblers
Dickinson Freshman Elopes With Sweetheart
Special to the Telegraph Carlisle PA January 21 Dickinson college campus and dormitories hum with news of Carl Galloway a freshman from Parkersburg West Virginia and Minerva Miller also of Parkersburg eloping. They slipped to Elkton Maryland yesterday obtained a license and wed.
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Carlisle
Dickinson College
Carl H. Galloway
Parkersburg
W. Va
Minerva A. Miller
West Virginia
Elkton
National defense hearings focus on immigration literacy test and leprosarium funding
At noon the House met as military and naval affairs committees continued national defense hearings. The literacy test provision of the immigration bill was discussed as hearings closed. The commerce committee favorably reported a bill to provide 250000 dollars for a national leprosarium.
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House
Commerce Committee
Villa's Capture Denied by General Harrera in Chihuahua City
In Chihuahua City General Luis Harrera rejects reports that General Villa was captured at the San Geronimo ranch. The city remains quiet as General Trevino and his staff depart for the south. Unconfirmed news from Washington notes State Department info. Williamstown reports strong industrial health with mining as the main employer despite broader local conditions.
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Villa
Carranza
Chihuahua
Uler
Mexico
Associated Press
Chihuahua City
Luis Harrera
San Geronimo Ranch
Trevino
Washington
State Department
Robert F. Gorman
Williamstown
Dauphin County
Wiconisco
Lykens
Flood Warning Flashed For Fox River Valley
A January 21 telegram and wire warning warned of a probable great flood along the Fox river that could flood thousands of homes and cripple city water systems. The alert, issued at 11 15, spread through the Fox river valley to residents near the river.
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Associated Press
Aurora
Ills
Fox River
Roosevelt Defends Democracy As Germany Model For U S
Theodore Roosevelt told the National Conference on Americanization in Philadelphia that Germany’s efficiency and care of workers show how a democracy can meet obligations. He urged military training in schools, more federal supervision, and government controls on corporations to aid immigration and national unity. He warned against nonintervention as Belgium faced aggression.RESIGNS ASSESSORSHIP Charles R. Wolf resigns as county assessor for the Second ward citing ill health.
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Philadelphia
Germany
Theodore Roosevelt
Metropolitan Opera House
Roosevelt
America
United States
Belgium
Charles R. Wolf
Hummel Street
Debts of Britain Germany and France Hit Thirty Five Billion
University of Wisconsin president Charles R. Van Hise told the National Association of Creditmen that total national debts for 1915 reached 10.419 billion for Great Britain 7.275 billion for Germany and 10.314 billion for France with local debts adding 3.235 3.805 and 1.179 billion respectively. He warned three possible outcomes excessive taxation repudiation or a mix of both.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Charles R. van Hise
University of Wisconsin
United Kingdom
Germany
France
National Association of Creditmen
van Hise
Great Britain
Prussia
Saxony
Bavaria
Harrisburg Eyes New York League Franchise Bid
Harrisburg aims for a New York State League franchise with backing from local groups. Howard Earle of Utica handles negotiations for John H. Farrell and Lew Ritter pushes support from veterans and business leaders. A public meeting will seek funds to form an association burdened by 10 000 to 15 000 dollars.
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Harrisburg
Howard Earle
Utica
N. Y
John H. Farrell
Lew Ritter
Ritter
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Motor Club of
Earle
Reading
al Lawson
Fon Lauer
International League
Teutons Claim They Hold Millions of Prisoners and Territory
An Amsterdam dispatch to the Central News reports Vienna says Teutonic allies have taken nearly 3,000,000 prisoners, 10,000 guns, 40,000 machine guns, and occupy 470,000 square kilometers of enemy territory over seventeen months of war.
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Associated Press
London
Amsterdam
Central News
Vienna
Mrs Weidenmeyer Returns Home After Disappearance
Mrs. Gertrude Weidenmyer wife of Samuel H Weidenmyer Jr of 1325 Derry Street reappeared after vanishing November 30 accompanied by relatives. They reached Harrisburg last night and left for York this morning. She cited poor health and said she went away for a rest. She had been visiting in Massachusetts.
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Gertrude Weidenmyer
Samuel H. Weidenmyer, Jr
Derry Street
Weidenmyer
Harrisburg
York
Massachusetts
Long Skirts Return as Spring Styles Previewed
New York reports fashion shift after a winter of knee length skirts with ankles as the new target. Mme Georgette notes hats range from small to large for the season. Philadelphia notices Brig. Gen. Louis H. Carpenter, retired Army, dies at 77 after 30 years of service and a Congressional Medal of Honor award.
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New York
Mme
Georgette
Paris
Philadelphia
Louis H. Carpenter
United States Army
Loyal Legion
Congress
Col Levi B Duff War Veteran Dies in Michigan
Col Levi B Duff a Civil War veteran 79 died of apoplexy in Lansing Michigan He enlisted in 1861 with the 105th Pennsylvania Reserve Corps as a private and lost his right leg at the battle of Fair Oaks He later ran for lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania in 1882 on the Independent ticket and was defeated.
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Associated Press
Lansing
Mich
Levi B. Duff
Duff
105Th Pennsylvania Reserve Corps
Fair Oaks
Pennsylvania
Cleveland Actress Taken To Hospital With Blood Poisoning
Mrs. Ruth Wilkin stage name Miss Ruth LaVed 24 from Cleveland was transported to Harrisburg hospital from the Crystal hotel this morning with blood poisoning after performing in The Big Review of 1916 at the Orpheum Theater. Doctors consider an operation possible and her marital status is noted as separated from her husband for over a year.
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Ruth Wilkin
Cleveland
Ruth LaVed
Harrisburg Hospital
Crystal Hotel
Wilkin
Orpheum Theater
Five Negroes Lynched After Jail Raid in Georgia
Five Black men were taken from the Worth county jail in Sylvester and hanged from a tree limb near Starkville, with bodies riddled by bullets. The attackers, about forty to fifty in number, escaped in autos after seizing the prisoners during a pre arranged operation tied to the killing of Sheriff Moreland of Lee county during Christmas. They cut wires heading north and confined the capture to a remote area, widening the mystery of the incident.
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Associated Press
Albany, Ga
Worth County
Sylvester
Starkville
Moreland
Lee County
Potts
Chinese Rebellion Delays Coronation of Yuan Shi Kai
The coronation of Yuan Shi Kai as emperor of China is postponed indefinitely due to uprisings in southern China. Officials estimate it may take up to six months to quell southern disturbances.
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Associated Press
Peking
Yuan Shi Kai
China
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