Big 16 Inch Main To Tie City Fire Services
Harrisburg eyes a new 16 inch water main through Market Street linking private fire services and city plugs to boost fire protection. Front Street and park areas will see similar mains, with trenches needed and daily street closures possible. Meat prices also rise as packers report wholesale increases. Eight men carry powder for a new 16 inch gun to guard the Panama Canal, a weapon of immense power and range.
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Paxton
Harry F. Bowman
Front Street
Bowman
Washington, D. C
Watervliet Arsenal
Sandy Hook Proving Grounds
Panama Canal
Watertown
Mass
Sandy Hook
Panama
Pacific
New York City
West Point
Pacific Ocean
Ordnance
Degeneracy Fight Outlined by Dr Drake in Chicago
Dr Frank I Drake of Walcott Wis outlined a eugenics program as a solution to Wisconsin social issues. He spoke before a Chicago Medical Society meeting of alienists and neuralists, citing more than twelve thousand inmates in the state's charitable reform and penal institutions.
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Chicago
Frank I. Drake
Wallptin
Wis
Chicago Medical Society
Wisconsin
Cattle Prices Hit New Peak at Chicago Union Stock Yards
Chicago July 14 cattle prices at the Union Stock Yards reached a record point with choice beeves selling at 10 dollars per hundredweight the highest July and yearly peak. Hogs also topped nine dollars per hundredweight the highest in months.
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Chicago
Union Stock Yards
Meats in New York Near Civil War Pricemark
Retail meat prices in New York are set to rise 1 to 3 cents per pound next week after a city wide wholesale advance. If enacted, pork excluding certain cuts would reach levels not seen since the Civil War era. The report is from Associated Press. In Naples, Italy, the Duke of ee the King of Italy's cousin is described as acutely ill with typhoid fever.
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New York
Associated Press
Naples
Italy
Senate Committees Advance Trust Legislation in Joint Sessions
Washington July 14 Senate judiciary and interstate commerce committees pressed to perfect the administration anti trust program and planned joint sessions to seat all pending trust legislation as reforms move forward.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Judiciary and
Interstate Commerce
Pooras
Front Street Subway Soon Opened By Plan
Commissioner William H. Lynch orders immediate work to open Front and Mulberry streets for traffic. Railroad officials cooperate to speed subway construction and surface improvements near Harrisburg Hospital. Provisional President Huerta’s family reportedly plans to leave Mexico City for Vera Cruz and board the Espagne, with Huerta officials aboard.
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Lynch
Espagne
William H. Lynch
Department of Streets and Public Improvements
Front
Mulberry Streets
Front Street
Harrisburg Hospital
Associated Press
Mexico City
Huerta
Vera Cruz
Havana
Swimmers’ Trousers Stolen On Independence Island
James Gardner and Howard Hitz found their swimming trousers missing after returning to the vacant caretaker’s house on Independence Island. Hitz suffered the main loss, a long search failed to locate his gear, and Gardner’s trousers only lost loose change. An open window showed how entry was gained. Fifty-five cents were taken. Later the trousers were recovered rolled behind the dancing pavilion piano.
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Independence Island
James Gardner
North Front Street
Howard C. Hitz
Hitz
Gardner
Prices Rise While Labor Pay Drops This Year
Prices of food, household goods rise about 10 percent under the Wilson tariff versus the Republican standard. Wages for ordinary laborers in Harrisburg fall from Taft era levels, with day laborers earning 17 to 20 cents per hour previously, now often 12 to 15 cents. Contractors face more labor supply than demand as wages drop and job seekers outnumber openings. Lawn and garden work follows the same trend, with daily rates tumbling from 1.50–1.75 to about 1.10.
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Harrisburg
Resignation Momentarily Expected in Mexico City
Washington reports Huerta is expected to resign in Mexico City today or Wednesday and turn over the administration to his foreign minister Francisco Carbajal. Indications of an abdication plan include moves toward exit and rail system restoration work in the capital.
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Associated Press
Washington
Huerta
Mexico City
Francisco Carbajal
Senators Exonerated in Gold Mine Case
Washington reports exoneration of all senators accused of misusing official letters to promote a North Carolina gold mine. The investigating committee found senators bought stock as individuals and did not use their positions. Comptroller John Skelton Williams was also cleared. London note adds Missouri and Illinois battleships arriving from Gibraltar with Annapolis cadets aboard.
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Associated Press
Washington
North Carolina
John Skelton Williams
London
Missouri
Illinois
Gibraltar
Thames
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Postpone Action On Measure For Planning Commission Funds
After a half hour debate the council unanimously postponed final action on an ordinance that would provide 1 842 60 dollars for office equipment rent and engineering expenses for the City Planning Commission. Commissioner Lynch will review department needs to see if engineering services can be loaned from the City Engineer’s office. Commissioner Taylor introduced the measure claiming the Planning Commission has substantial work but has not been able to proceed.
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City Planning Commission
Lynch
Taylor
Wilson to press Adamson dam bill in White House talks
Washington July 14 conservatives in Congress anticipate a White House conference tonight to resolve differences on the Adamson general dam bill aimed at boosting navigation. President Wilson and Cabinet members will join House leaders to discuss the measure.
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Wilson
Washington
Congress
White House
House
Bloomers and Hair Ribbons Hidden From Bloomers Girls Boss
Kate Gage, long time manager of the Western Bloomer Girls, faces three players Celia Brown Mabel Bohl and Kittie Aggerman who accuse her of deception. Two trunks containing bloomers ribbons hose and lacy items are held by Sheriff H C Wells pending questions about the loot and motive.
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Kate Gage
Western Bloomer Girls
Celia Brown
Mabel Bohl
Kittie Aggerman
H. C. Wells
Brooklyn Leaves Yard for Boston as Receiving Ship
Brooklyn, famed for Cuba operations in the Spanish American War, sails from Philadelphia for Boston to become a receiving ship. It is seven years since the cruiser put to sea after being laid up since returning from Jamestown fair in 1907. Miss Irene Dailey of Greentown Pennsylvania and Lawrence Reder of Akron Ohio were killed by a Baltimore and Ohio train early today.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Cuba
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Boston
Navy Yard
Akron
Ohio
Irene Dailey
Greentown
Lawrence Reder
Wise Old Owl Snoozes Through Senate Trust Debate
A screech owl perched in a Senate gallery corridor slept through the session as Vice-President Marshall watched. The owl showed no interest in the anti trust legislation or the introduction of bills and resolutions, remaining peacefully dormant on the ledge.
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Associated Press
Washington
Marshall
Morgan Denies Access to New Haven Books by ICC Report
New York July 14 J P Morgan Co faced a scathing Interstate Commerce Commission report accusing directors under Charles S Mellen of reckless and profligate finance the losses totaling 65 to 90 million While Morgan denies claims examiners were barred and says he had no notice of their recall The case now shifts from ICC to the Justice Department and district attorneys in states with New Haven system lines with prosecutors in New York Boston Hartford New Haven taking up possible actions
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Associated Press
New York
J. P. Morgan & Co
Interstate Commerce Commission
Charles S. Mellen
J. P. Morgan
New Haven
Washington
McChord
Mr. Morgan
Interstate Commerce
Commission
Department of Justice
Boston
Hartford
New
Harrisburg Republican Club Picnic Planned at Boiling Springs Park
Harrisburg Republican Club schedules a big picnic for August 22 at Boiling Springs Park in Cumberland Valley. Several hundred members wives and friends will attend with music dancing rowing races and a train of special trolley cars to depart from Harrisburg. Cotton consumption for June reached 445 635 bales excluding linters up from 441 157 last year according to Census Bureau data.
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Boiling Springs Park
Harrisburg Republican Club
Big Club
Cumberland Valley Park
Harrisburg
Boiling Springs
Washington
Drought Ends as West Virginia Rain Saves Corn Crop
Heavy rains across West Virginia last night and today ended a three month drought that damaged crops. Agriculturists say the downpour saved the corn crop and boosted the value of orchards by thousands of dollars.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Two Aviators Die As Planes Collapse In Russia
Otchakov Russia July 14 two more Russian army aviators Captain Jassipov and his mechanic were killed today when their aircraft collapsed during a flight.
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Otchakov
Russia
Jassipov
Weather and brief notices from Harrisburg area
Showers possible this afternoon and tonight with generally fair conditions Wednesday. Eastern Pennsylvania cloudy with showers and southeast winds. Temperatures 70 at 8 am and 73 at 2 pm. Moon last quarter, July 15. River stage 2.4 ft above low water. Marriage licenses issued for Alfred Cumber and Hazel Parks and for Aetna Haas and Christina Maichel. Telegraph subscription offer for vacation readers Laid out in a concise local weather and notices format.
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Pennsylvania
Alfred. Cumbler
City
Hazel Parks
York
Aetna Haas
Christina Maichel
Styles Change In a Flash
A Telegraph fashion note says styles swing rapidly and ads guide modern women. Merchants use advertising as their mouthpiece, providing news and information as real as any article in the paper.
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Neids In A Cove
Telegraph
America
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