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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1915
Page
2
A vintage advertisement touts TIZ for tired and swollen feet with claims of rapid relief from corns bunions and raw spots. It urges readers to buy a 25 cent box at druggists or department stores and guarantees foot comfort for a year or money back.
Bowman & Co marks 44 years of operation in Central Pennsylvania dating to 1871. The firm, now at 316 Market Street after earlier moves, plans a Forty fourth Anniversary Sale with ongoing announcements in the paper. J. K. Bowman leads with sons J. W. and H. H. Bowman, longtime associates in the business.
Overseas News Agency reports from Constantinople that Turkish forces repulsed British assaults at Seddul Bahr with thousands of Allied dead on the field. Turks seized seventeen machine guns and other war matériel as enemy losses mount.
In McKeesport the National Tube Works supplier group resumed full operation as all four furnaces were fired today after eight years with none running. The last furnace went online yesterday and many workers who had been idle returned to their jobs.
In Santa Fe New Mexico on June 7 voters chose to retain saloons by 157 votes after a vigorous campaign. Wet supporters pledged strict regulatory controls on liquor traffic. In Washington the French government said Britain would enforce a blockade along the Asia Minor coast with French ships.
The Auditor General’s department plans new calendar year reporting for capital stock tax, with filings sent out and half-year bills prepared. The change, aimed at convenience, leaves existing 1913 act accounts intact while awaiting Supreme Court decision set for July in Philadelphia. Dauphin county divisions may share funds if these accounts are collected.
Fans in Harrisburg anxiously await the Newark International League club move to Harrisburg with a decision expected today. Officials at Newark favored Harrisburg at a meeting, with season opening planned in Harrisburg next week if approved.
The International Association of Dancing Masters in San Francisco has decided to create a new medium between the fox trot canter waltz and the one step and the traditional waltz and two step. A demonstration is scheduled for next Thursday.
An examination in drydock revealed a hole in the keel of the torpedo boat destroyer Downes large enough to sink the ship if not for its bulkheads. The damage is thought to have resulted from striking a sunken object off Graves Harbor as the vessel entered last week.
The close of Lehigh University's 47th scholastic year marked by the conferring of degrees in a dozen courses on 95 members of the class of 1915. Also reports that Norwegian vessels Trudbang and Superior were sunk by German submarines.
Low rate trips to Harrisburg by Pennsylvania Railroad run from Johnstown and Wilkes-Barre with special hourly departures. Johnstown train leaves 5 40 a m reaches Harrisburg 16 40 a m, Wilkes-Barre train leaves 8 00 a m arrives 11 30 a m. Round trips return 6 30 p m. Ardmore Sunday special June 20 round trip 1 95. Publicity drives target readers in connected cities.
Four trains carried 1,000 visitors to Harrisburg on Sunday as part of a series of excursions. The travelers from Baltimore Sparrow Point Hanover York and nearby points toured the Capitol and other city sights.
Reading of after four o clock schedules lists crews in Philadelphia Central and Enola sides with numbers for 101 113 108 132 110 104 and others. It names engineers firemen conductors flagmen brakemen and up crews for Middle and Yard divisions along with times and shifts for Enola side and eastbound sections.
Penny pursues relief money after Ella Getkin’s verdict against the Relief Association for a $2250 death benefit. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company seeks judgment to revoke the verdict, noting the prior recovery by Penny’s son’s death suit. Also listed are marriage license seekers Phares A Weidman and Bertha Conrad with ages and prior marriages.
Miss Hilda Atterberg, a Public Library student visiting relatives in London, will return home as typhoid fever devastates parts of Asia Minor per Reuter from Athens. Seventy five physicians have died. In other news, Charles Emanuel, 1117 Wallace Street, narrowly escaped drowning at the island’s edge yesterday and was rescued by Sam Sherman, 419 Herr Street.
Prothonotary Harry F Holler will open the plaintiff claim docket within ten days as a new law approved by Governor Brumbaugh takes effect. The system shifts indexing from defendant to plaintiff names, enabling easier identification of claimants.
The Central High School senior officers complete plans for the annual class trip to West Point on June 19 and a busy two weeks of activities. About forty seniors plan to attend with invitations to other classes. Clarence Cooper leads arrangements, while a schedule includes a play at Chestnut Street, a Hershey Park picnic, a baccalaureate at Messiah Lutheran Church, a Demosthenian Society picnic, class day, commencement at Majestic Theater, and the West Point trip.
City Commissioner M Harvey Taylor, head of Parks and Public Property, moves to motorize all fire equipment. He notes the department already has about six motorized units and aims to introduce an ordinance to purchase motors for the entire fleet to cut maintenance costs.
Philadelphia reports negotiations are under way for the lease of William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company yards by a large steamship company. Harry W. Hand called the lease “half true” and did not name the firm. The deal would cover the Philadelphia yard but exclude Kensington, with vessels yet unspecified and rumors linking Charles Schwab to a new company.
Edward Brady of Philadelphia perished in a turbulent sea off Atlantic City while attempting to save a young woman swept away by the undertow. Frank J. Stubel of the Hotel Brighton and an unnamed one armed porter known as Stoney helped in the rescue before Brady’s death. Beach guards were withdrawn from duty this June under orders from Director W H Bartlett and Beach Director Bossert.
Effie Pope Hill Alsop, young wife of Edward B. Alsop, filed a bill in equity to set aside a deed of trust executed before their marriage, claiming it fraudulently prejudiced her marital rights in real estate worth several million dollars. She seeks reconveyance of six properties, with trustees Reese D. Alsop and Edward H. Alsop named. Alsop resides in Atlanta. Reese D. Alsop in New York. The suit follows Edward Alsop’s earlier divorce action for desertion.
Paris reports the death of Admiral Aubert chief of the general staff of the French navy. He died at the Val de Grace Hospital after a several weeks illness. He had formerly commanded the fleet at Toulon.
London reports the Belgian steamer Mematier was sunk by a German torpedo. Of 22 aboard, six survive. the captain, his wife and daughter, first mate, pilot, and 12 crew members perished. Also noted is a local Albion Athletic Association package party at Fifteenth and Walnut with a program including violin, vocal, mandolin, and piano selections featuring Ruth Brownewell, Charles Newcomer, Earl Strausbach, Hess, and Miller.
London reports a rupture occurred between Admiral Souchon, commander of the Turco German fleet, and Captain Von Muller of the Sultan Selim, once the Goeben, per Constantinople advices via Athens quoted by the Exchange Telegraph.
New York and Chicago delegates representing trade unions opened the second day of the biennial convention of the National Women’s Trade Union League of America. The event featured addresses from fraternal delegates from several cities. In Minnesota, county option results force eighty saloons to close across ten counties after yesterday’s elections. only two of 112 counties remain with saloons.
Gov Brumbaugh approved the only addition to the state highway system linking the battlefield with the Maryland line in Adams County. He warned against expanding mileage and noted this five mile historic route used by Meade’s army. He also signaled approval for the Kuhn convict labor bill on highways, the Willard nurses act changes, and several other House measures including forestry, education, and county land procurement for a new State penitentiary in Center County.
The Commonwealth Band under W. Fred Weber will present a program of marches overtures waltzes and descriptive pieces at Reservoir Park Friday from 8 to 10 PM as part of the Harrisburg Band Concert Association summer series. The concert features The Panama Exposition Raymond Dulcinea Don Quixote Bits of Remick's Hits Elaine A Hunt in the Black Forest and German Fidelity among others.
Church notes report upcoming synod readings at Zion Lutheran and a Bible class talk at Olivet Presbyterian. Rev S Edwin Rupp receives Doctor of Divinity from Lebanon Valley College. Epworth League to welcome new members. Riverside Lutheran Guild hosts an ice cream festival. Crist Hoover Cobaugh dies at 48. funeral Thursday with Rev Clayton Smucker officiating. Cobaugh was long time worker at American Tube and Iron and member of multiple fraternal groups. He leaves a wife, son Harold, a sister Mrs E H Klahr, and two brothers. Funeral at 2 p.m. Thursday.
Nervous and overworked people are urged to try Begg Nerve Aid Tablets. A 50 cent box is claimed to restore confidence and ambition within six days with a money back guarantee. The advertisement cites Chemist Begg of Mustarine fame and offers a three day mail trial for 10 cents from Begg Medicine Co. in Rochester.
The stock transfer tax bill, a revenue measure for the Commonwealth, was approved by Governor Brumbaugh. Effective January 1, 1916, it taxes two cents per hundred dollars of face value on transfers and related instruments, with stamps to be used and canceled. Violations carry fines up to $1,000 or imprisonment, and uncancelled stamps incur penalties.
A five year old girl Thelma Wilson of Lucknow was assaulted in a field near the railroad tracks yesterday afternoon. Railroad police arrested A Collum at Mifflin on a charge of illegal train riding and believe he matches the suspect described by the girl’s companions.
The Rev. T. B. Johnson hosted the instructors and mistresses who aided the children's gymnastic carnival at the Hassett Club last week. The event in the club's reception room included refreshments and talks. Father Johnson thanked all for assistance and discussed a mid winter carnival and a new swimming pool opening around June 16 with swimming instruction for children.
The Keystone Motorcycle Club led a large parade at the Reading convention of moving picture owners electricians film manufacturers and scenery writers. Attendees included Isaac Silverman former Photoplay Theater owner James George Athens George and various theater owners from nearby towns.
The first general session of the city playground instructors, led by supervisor George W. Hill, will be held at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon in the Calder building park offices. Plans for the season include an open-air drama for children, a weekly picnic, and a library hour.
A beguiling home remedy touts delatone paste as a painless method to remove unwanted hairs. The mix with water is applied for 2 to 3 minutes, then washed away to reveal smooth skin, claiming no skin damage with genuine delatone.
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