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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1917
Page
5
A 1917 Harrisburg classifieds page lists lightweight and i-horse power motorcycles with rebuilt engines and bargain prices. It also features bike and bicycle bargains, tire deals, battery service, and a long public notices section including divorce proclamations and estate administration in Dauphin County.
Early trading sees rail shares lead losses with United States Steel and Bethlehem Steel slipping, other industrials and motors declining while rails recover slightly. Dealers report lack of initiative from professionals as markets watch currency and bond activity in New York.
Notice shows John C. McCuller applying for pardon on June 20 1917 after a sodomy conviction with a two year potential term and five dollar fine. Public sale at the State Capitol June 6 1917 offers two oil portraits used at the Panama Pacific Exposition.
Frank R. Leib & Son advertises a brick 3 story building at 1010 N Third St with store room 63 by 15 and a 3 room apartment on first floor two 6 room apartments on second and third floors electric light city steam on a 20 by 155 lot corner brick dwelling suitable for apartments price right.
New York June 4 federal authorities and city detectives report four men under arrest in a suspected German spy system. They allege the group transmitted military information via neutral mail channels from the United States to Germany with possible further arrests to follow. Charges include carrying mail against the government, with treason as a potential upgrade.
The German Stage Society, meeting in Berlin, approved binding rules by Count Seebach to deny any contractual or ex contractual leave of absence to singers aiming for America and to refrain from employing German singers for five years who accept U.S. engagements. Attendees included heads of major Berlin theaters and directors from Vienna Stuttgart Cassel Wiesbaden Hamburg Leipsic Breslau Bremerhaven and Dusseldorf.
Report from New York recalls two German submarines firing four torpedoes at the Kroonland on its last outward voyage. The liner received four hits but no explosions were recorded, while naval gunners fired hazardous shells toward the subs. Separately in San Francisco a jury panel is sought for Mrs. Rena Mooney trial over a hazardous device incident that killed ten people last July.
A blaze started in the Moulton & Holmes Express Company stable on K street spread rapidly in South Boston today. High winds pushed the flames toward nearby factories and tenement houses before firemen from many sections could contain the fire.
Washington reports from the Comptroller of the Currency show 166 national banks chartered in the first five months, with capital totaling 13 million dollars. Existing banks increased their capital by 10 million dollars in the same period.
A dense directory of ward by ward city precincts with street and location details including offices, shops, fire houses, engines, garages, and stores such as 1276 S Cameron, 9th and Hemlock, 600 Race, 234 S Second, 1522 State, 412 Market, 1016A Market, and many more across 1st to 13th wards.
The Root commission leaves Washington around May 15 to greet Russia’s new government and pledge U S aid in war and reconstruction. A railroad experts mission preceded them, and the party travels by land to the Pacific then by fast naval vessel to the Orient. Officials withhold details due to voluntary censorship until safe landfall. Arrival in Petrograd is eagerly awaited to bolster the provisional government.
George Gebhart and Miss Edna Hepford married in Huntingdon Saturday at seven o clock returning Sunday evening to tell friends. The bride wore a blue traveling suit and orchids and lilies of the valley. Mrs Gebhart a Harrisburg Conservatory of Music graduate. Mr Gebhart works for the Pennsylvania Railroad. They plan to reside in Harrisburg after a wedding trip.
The Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce invites bankers to a noon luncheon with Frank A. Vanderlip of National City Bank in Harrisburg to discuss Liberty Loan needs. The Board of Trade Building provides seating for 336. tickets are 75 cents, advance reservations required.
Residents of Paxtang and nearby towns will meet tomorrow at 7:30 PM to organize a home guards company for men over the conscription age. Captain Henry M. Stine, organizer of the city unit, is expected to attend to explain the purpose and defense role amid inactive service organizations.
John Yates, secretary of the Associated Aids, spoke at the Rotary Club luncheon about the organization’s work and urged continued support for charities. He leaves for Pittsburgh to advance in the same field. Robert B. Reeves of the Harrisburg Y M C A announced his upcoming work and Rotary membership. Andrew Buchanan will be installed as the new Rotary president, succeeding Howard C. Fry whose term ends tomorrow.
The Rev William P Schell Presbyterian Foreign Mission Board secretary spoke at Market Square Presbyterian Church. A Harrisburg native, he described missionary sacrifices in Africa and Persia amid desolated war zones, delivering a stirring appeal to support global missions.
Registrar John Langsdorf reports rush at the army recruiting booth as local men enlist ahead of registration day in Columbus Ohio. Recruits face medical scrutiny and pre registration proof if rejected on physical. Harrisburg area names listed alongside Red Cross telegraphy class and signal corps examinations at Lancaster Eagles Club.
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices: Anna Helsey dies at Messiah Home and funeral 7:30 p m today with burial Mt Pleasant Cemetery. Joan Good 80 dies in Progress, funeral 2 p m tomorrow from Progress home with burial Paxtang Cemetery. Oliver Shealer dies in Lancaster, funeral tomorrow afternoon at 1422 Regina Street. Mrs Susan Davidson retired railroader, funeral 7:30 p m today from 1512 North Sixth Street with burial Fisherville.
Bids received for paper contracts showed increases of 15 to 50 percent over two years ago with some contingent on orders within ninety days. One-year contracts replace two-year terms. Awards will be made later this week by Superintendent D. E. B. Long.
Washington announces a second series of officers training camps from August 27 to November 26 in eight locations. The program aims to prepare 500,000 more men via the selective draft with age limits 20 years 9 months to 44, favoring older applicants and fewer admits than the first series. Applications run June 15 to July 15 to the department commanding generals.
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