Will Arrest Widow on Charge of Murdering Her Husband
Chambersburg authorities led by District Attorney Nicklas say they have solved the Floyd Keller murder case. Zelda Keller, wife of the deceased farmer, is to be arrested within days on a murder charge relating to his death from paris green poisoning on November 29 1912. Detective Curtis A. Davies has gathered letters between Zelda and her alleged lover Isaac Heckman as part of the evidence and is reported to be in Chambersburg securing additional proof before arrest.
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Franklin County
W. C. Nicklas
Floyd Keller
Paris Green
Zelda Keller
Ercersburg
Ohn Lewis Gerholt
Curtis A. Davies
State Police
C. M. Wilhelm
Pottsville Barracks
John C. Groome
Davies
Pottsville
St. Thomas
Saac Heckman
Heckman
Keller
Zelda
Daugh
Practical tests on movie theater safety by state group
A manufacturers and theater managers committee, joined by Senator Thompson, plans practical theater safety tests in Philadelphia Pittsburgh Scranton and other cities to assess time to clear houses extinguish fires and operate safety devices. Findings will inform state Industrial Board regulations and possible seatings of a censorship test action.
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Labor Jackson
Newtate Industrial Board
Joseph H. Thompson
Bear Falls
Phila Iphia
Pittsburgh
Scranton
State Architects’ Association
State Department of
Fbor and Industry
Tener
Late News Bullets From Various Cities Include Court Rulings and Storm Disruptions
Sunbury judges refuse licenses in Mount Carmel and Coal Township amid temperance protests. A Jednota Printing wagon was struck by an eastbound train at Ann Street, Middletown, with the driver bruised but uninjured. Moyer faces a AFL leadership demand. United Mine Workers urge Gompers to explain the council. Southern California storm cripples coast lines and electric traffic. Grondin murder case denials claim the police used a ghost ploy. Former Senator Cullom in poor condition. Forty rebels killed in Tabasco fighting near Guatemala. Market activity in Shamokin New York shows volatility with price gains and sharp profit taking.
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Cummings
Mose
Northumberland County Court
Mount Carmel
Coal Township
Shamokin
Jednota Printing Company
Middletown
Andrew Kolesar
Ann Street
Indianapolis
Charles H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Michigan
American Federation of Labor
United Mine Workers of America Today
Samuel Gompers
Federation
Los Angeles
Cal
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Ventura
Oxnard
Southern Pacific
Coast Line
Valley
Mojave
California
John H. Grondin
Zelia
Washington
Shelby M. Cullom
Mexico City
War Office
Tabasco
Castillo Brito
Church calls for aid not scathe fallen women in Harrisburg
Colonel Hutchison defended police efforts against a Capital Street house of ill fame and urged ministers to aid fallen women with housing and guidance. City aims to remove overhead poles and wires blocking streets, with a merger ordinance forcing removal of poles on major streets and avenues by next month.
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Hutchison
Harrisburg
Joseph B. Hutchison
Capital Street
Central High School
Harry Pringle
International Reform Bureau of Washington
Ridge Avenue Methodist Church
Mulberry
North Streets
Front Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrisburg Light & Power Company
Market
Convicts Die After Drinking Hair Tonic
Two prisoners at the Western Penitentiary died after drinking a bottle of hair tonic stolen from the prison barber shop. Wood alcohol in the tonic burned their stomachs. one inmate went insane before dying at 1:30 AM and the other at 7 PM. Charles H. Harris and Charles Rich, both 24, died in Philadelphia as their families awaited word. Harris’ aunt lived on Twelfth Street near Montgomery Avenue.
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Philadelphia
Charles H. Harris
Charles Rich
Harris
Twelfth Street
Montgomery Avenue
Women file petitions for spots on Chicago council
Two women Augusta Sara M. Hopkins of the Second ward and Marion Drake filed petitions to run in Chicago city council races. Hopkins stood in line an hour to file her petition while a friend submitted Drake’s, who aims to challenge Alderman John Coughlin in the First ward Democratic primary. Four more women are expected to file for primaries.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
Sara M. Hopkins
Second Ward
Marion Drake
First Ward
John Coughlin
Lord Strathcona Buried in Highgate Cemetery
The body of the late Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, high commissioner for Canada, was buried today in Highgate Cemetery North London after a simple service. He rests beside his wife who died months earlier following a funeral in Westminster Abbey attended by state officials and prominent figures.
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Associated Press
London
Lord Strathcona
Mount Royal
Canada
Highgate Cemetery
North London
Westminster Abbey
Temperance founder arrives to lecture in America
Rev. Robert G Patterson arrives aboard the Cedric to lecture for the National Reform Association of America in New York. Each convert promises to convert his best friend. Dr Edward Clark of Buffalo arrives to head the smallpox response in Niagara Falls as cases reach 122.
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Associated Press
New York
Robert G. Patterson
England
Australia
Canada
Cedric
National Reform Association of America
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Edward Clark
Buffalo
Herman M. Biggs
State Health Department
New Verdict Sought on Insanity Defense Law
A New York Bar Association committee plans to push enacted law allowing juries in murder trials using insanity as a defense to return verdicts of guilty but insane. Separate transit notes report conductors warning passengers about push-button controls now in use on several trolley cars with more cars being equipped next week.
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Associated Rres
Buffalo
N. Y
New York Bar Association
Steelton
Continu Cancer Patient on Road to Recovery Dies in Hospital
Philadelphia January 26. Erman Zook of Kennett Square Pennsylvania dies in Hahnemann Hospital from pneumonia after showing signs of improvement under radium cancer treatment nine months after illness began while working as a civil engineer on the Panama railroad. Physicians say pneumonia prevented arresting disease progression. Also Antwerp January 26. Jan Olislaegens known as Dare-Devil Jan looped the loop 67 times in an aeroplane yesterday, performing seven back somersaults.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Erman Zook
Kennett Square
Hahnemann Hospital
Zook
Panama
Antwerp
Jan Olislaegens
Dare-Devil Jan
Veteran Writes For Record Believed Killed 1863
Raleigh February 26 Civil War veteran P C Jordan sought his Moore's Company records from the State Auditor. He was told he died June 26 1863 after an engagement, though he later disappeared from history and historians cannot confirm his fate. Jordan directed destruction of his own enlistment papers. The official reply noted his death.
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N. C
P. C. Jordan
Ohio
Moore
Jordan
Moores
Boys Pig Clubs to be Organized in South
Washington reports the Department of Agriculture will organize Boys Pig Clubs in Southern states to cut living costs. The aim is to teach young farmers to breed hogs for home consumption and potential market surplus. Pork production can undercut beef, boosting money in the boy’s pocket.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Former Superintendent of Charities Bureau Dies
Samuel Laughlin former superintendent of the Bureau of Charities in Philadelphia died of cancer at 63. A prominent Mason, he studied at Princeton and Lafayette College and pursued a theological course before entering business and public life. He later worked with the charities bureau before retiring.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Samuel Laughlin
Bureau of Charities
Princeton
Lafayette College
Charities Bureau
U S Internal Revenue Agent Clarence Seitz Dies in Philadelphia
Clarence E Seitz a United States internal revenue agent collapsed and died on a street car in Philadelphia at age 43. An expert accountant he served four years handling corporate taxation and was previously an auditor for the Pennsylvania Bureau of Charities at Easton born in Easton he was well known statewide.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Clarence E. Seitz
United States
Internal Revenue
Seitz
Pennsylvania Bureau of Charities
Easton
Elta
Harrisburg Light and Power Co Elects Directors for Year
Harrisburg Light and Power Co stockholders elected a new board this afternoon. David E. Tracy was chosen to join the board, succeeding the late FE B. Mitchell. W W Griest and other directors were re elected. The officers remain George Bullock president, George B Tripp vice president and general manager, H W Stone secretary and treasurer, Henry Morgan assistant treasurer, and BE Z Wallower chairman.
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Harrisburg Light and Power Company
David E. Tracy
Board of Public Works
Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending Works
FE. B. Mitchell
W. W. Griest
Lancaster
R. E. Griscom
New York
Herman
W. M. Ogelsby
Harry C. Ross
E. Z. Wallower
George B. Tripp
This City
George Bullock
S. J. Dill
F. T. Homer
John 8. Jenks
Philadelphia
H. W. Stone
Henry Morgan
BE. Z. Wallower
Veterans Push Bull Run Field into National Park
Advocates backed by Grand Army of the Republic veterans, Confederate veterans, and local residents vow a renewed effort to convert part of the Bull Run battlefield into a federal national park. Representative Carlin plans to introduce a bill this week to formally establish the park.
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National Park
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Bull Run
Grand Army of the Republic
Veterans of the Confederacy
Carlin
Virginia
Washouts Stop California Rail Traffic Across Coast Line
Flood waters from the Sierras washed onto California's 700 miles of seaboard halting all traffic on the Southern Pacific coast and valley line. Santa Barbara was cut off from communication as water two feet deep covered the railway station platform and five washouts blocked service.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Cal
Sierras
California
Seaboard
Santa Barbara
Southern Pacific Railroad
Coast and Valley
Wilson Delays Offer of Canal Zone Governorship
Washington on January 26 reports President Wilson has not yet offered Col. Goethals the civil governorship of the canal zone and cannot do so until he issues an executive order for a permanent government of the zone.
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Washington
Wilson
Col. Goethals
Canal Zone
Poultrymen Aim to Form State Society Like Grange
Representatives from seventy poultry associations gathered at the Bolton House to model the Pennsylvania Poultry Society after the State Grange. The group seeks to unite poultry interests in education and legislation with a semi-secret state structure. Officers named include E. A. Wierman of Reading president and W. Theodore Wittman of Allentown vice president.
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Pennsylvania Poultry Society
Pennsylvania State Grange
Grange
Poultry Association
Pittsburgh
E. A.wierman
Reading
W. Theodore Wittman
Allentown
J. D. Koons
Treichlers
Charles Rosenow
Norristown
Church Advertising Pays Says Smucker
The Rev. Clayton A. Smucker of Stevens Memorial Church argues advertising benefits churches as it does businesses. He notes crowded services and overflow crowds, saying advertising effectively informs people of ev ang elistic services and draws attendees.
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Smucker
Clayton A. Smucker
D. D
B. F. Stevens Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
Thirteenth
Vernon Streets
Stevens
Dr. Smucker
Methodists Buy Land in Rome For College
The Rev. Dr. Ezra Z. Tipple announced that Bertrand M. Tipple bought land in Rome for a new Methodist Episcopal College dedicated to secular education with a religious motive. The project, funded by the Board of Foreign Missions, aims to educate boys and young men with no religious discrimination. Augustus Poolman, 70, lay unconscious after a fall at his 1015 South Ninth Street home and was taken to Harrisburg Hospital.
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Associated Press
New York
Ezra Z. Tipple
Drew Seminary
Rome
Bertrand M. Tipple
American Methodist Church of
Board of Foreign Missions
Methodist Episcopal Church In America
Tipple
Augustus Poolman
South Ninth Street
Harrisburg Hospital
Four Die as Trains Collide Near Jackson Michigan
A head on crash between a passenger train and a freight train on the Michigan Central line three miles north of Jackson leaves four dead and a dozen injured. A misread order caused the collision as the passenger headed from Saginaw to Jackson and the freight failed to take a siding.
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Associated Press
Jackson, Mich
Saginaw
Michigan Central Railroad
Here
Cal. Johnson
Jackson
W. Cochran
Lansing
Mich
Theodore Scroogie
Oroe60
J. B. Beck
This City
Mayor Opposes Wiping Out River Front Section
Harscrabble’s Mayor Harry J. Berrier vows to block any plan to erase the river front community from the city map. He cites his 1906 victory preventing the demolition of about fifty houses as inspiration for renewed resistance.
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Harscrabble
River Front
Harry J. Berrier
Hardscrabble
Unsettled Weather To Night Across Harrisburg Area
For Harrisburg and vicinity unsettled weather to night and Tuesday. probably snow or rain with a low near 35. Eastern Pennsylvania likewise unsettled and warmer tonight into Tuesday with possible snow or rain. moderate east to south winds. Yesterday’s weather shows a high of 38 and a low of 24 with a mean of 31. Marriage licenses listed: Koren and Mari Torok, Steel on. Wisekovics and Mari Molnar.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Koren
Mari Torok
Ey ‘Wisekovics
Mari Molnar
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