Grand Jury Returns No True Bill Against Hargest Again
The Dauphin county grand jury again failed to find a true bill of indictment against John J. Hargest Jr the chauffeur charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Grace Maugans who died New Years night when his car collided with a Valley Traction Company trolley at Front and Walnut streets The funeral for John McGregor of Lancaster likely to be held in Lancaster after the Rockville collapse death has been turned over to Undertaker Charles H Mauk and will be taken down tomorrow Open Bridge Bids June 28 bids for a concrete bridge across Armstrong creek near Dauphin will be opened by county commissioners June 28
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Dauphin County
Aren
John J. Hargest, Jr
Grace Maugans
Hargest
Valley Traction
Comeny
Front
Walnut Streets
Lancaster
Charles H. Mauk
Armstrong Creek
Dauphin
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Efficiency first in Pennsylvania Highway Department
Huntingdon June 18. State Highway Commissioner Robert J. Cunningham declares efficiency the first requisite for all in the department. Positions will be retained only for those who prove fitness. political pressure will not keep unfit workers. Governor Brumbaugh attended the Huntingdon Chamber banquet as Cunningham urged merit and cost effective road work.
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Huntingdon
State Highway Department
Robert J. Cunningham
Brumbaugh
Cunningham
Pennsylvania
Union
New York State
Mainntain
New Jersey
Maryland
Massachusetts
Court’s Attention Called to Narrows Along River
In a quarterly highway conditions statement Gonstabie Jacob Hoy notes the Narrows around Peters Mountain in Upper Paxton township deteriorating since the Pennsylvania Railroad ceased maintenance. He cites bad roads in Lower Swatara and needed repairs on the Union Deposit to Sand Beach route. Colonel Joseph B. Hutchison reports on city peace, highlighting a rise in white men frequenting rooms kept by African American women and police difficulties in stopping the activity.
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Peter's Mountain
Upper Paxton Township
Gonstabie
Jacob Hoy
State Highway Department
Hay
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lower
Swatara
Union Deposit
Sand Beach
Joseph B. Hutchison
Silver-haired Defendant and Cripple in Invalid's Chair Appear in Court
In No 1 court room Mrs Margaret Emmenheiser and her son Albert faced larceny charges over furniture worth thousands from Miss Lulu Clark. Clark testified she gave the Emmenheisers household goods to care for her and, upon her death, to pass to them, alleging they later had her belongings moved to their home and sold.
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No. 1 Court Room
Margaret Emmenheiser
Albert
Lulu Clark
Emmenheiser
Steel Corporation to Build Zinc Plant Near Pittsburgh
United States Steel corporation will build a zinc and by products plant near Pittsburgh, likely at Donora, costing between 2.5 and 3 million dollars, per today’s announcement by Chairman Elbert H. Gary.
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Steel Corporation
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Pittsburgh
Donora
Elbert H. Gary
Girl gets thirty days for slapping cop
Margaret Sullivan aged 23 of North Cameron street near Maclay was jailed for thirty days after slapping Patrolman Carson and kicking Patrolman Phillips on the shins witnesses say she rampaged last night smashing a door at 1913 Wallace street and throwing chairs at people while daring police to take her to jail.
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Margaret Sullivan
Cameron Street
Maclay
Carson
Phillips
Wallace Street
Look Out For This Man Spence Escapes Sing Sing
Ossining June 18 news describes the escape of Frederick Spence from Sing Sing after a life murder sentence. Warden Osborne’s welfare reforms are blamed for revoking privileges and prompting a large reward offer from prisoners totaling 100 dollars for his capture. A separate city bid opens for a 5 ton road roller with multiple bids listed.
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Ossining
N. Y
Sing Sing
Frederick Spence
Warden Osborne
New York
Spence
Osborne
Welfare League
Si.e Osborne
Camp Hill paving loan faces strong voter support
Camp Hill borough races toward approval of a paving loan with broad backing from Burgess Milhuse and local merchants. State Highway Commissioner Cumberland County aid for 1915 and 1916 is promised, Valley Railways offers to pave between rails at company cost, and jitney regulations to be agreed upon.
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Camp Hill
Burgess Milhuse
R. J. Cunningham
Cumberland County
Camp Hill Borough
Valley Railways Company
Valley Railways
Borough ‘and Traction Company
Germany Can Hold Out Until End of War
London dispatch reports a June 18 debate in the Prussian Diet budget committee. Deputy Hirsch, the committee reporter, says trade is not brilliant but Germany could hold out economically if current conditions persist, regardless of war duration.
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Associated Press
London
The
Times
Hirsch
Germany
True bill found in burned boy liquor case
The June grand jury found a true bill against Joseph and Annie Albitz for furnishing liquor to minors without a license. Paul Erb, aged about 11, who was burned when firecrackers exploded in his pocket, testified at the courthouse.
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Paul Erb
BBC
Joseph
Annie Albitz
Albitzes
Birthday Anniversary of Harrisburg Official Highlighted
The Telegraph marks the birthday anniversary of a well known state official who serves as worshipful master of the Harrisburg lodge of Masons and exalted ruler of the Harrisburg lodge of Elks wishing him many happy returns of the day.
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Harrisburg
One Man Only Secured Passage Says German Professor
Dr. Anton Meyer-Gerhar a German exchange professor at the University of Vermont declares in a Burlington Free Press signed statement that only one man’s passage was secured by the German embassy. He identifies the man as Dr. Anton Meyer-Gerhar and notes letters from Dr. Meyer-Gerhard ceased, suggesting Count von Bernstorff's envoy departed the United States.
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Associated Press
Burlington, Vt
Anton H. Appelman
University of Vermont
Burlington Free Press
A. Meyer
A. Gerhard
Anton Meyer-Gerhara
Appelman
Meyer-Gerhard
Red Cross
Pacific Coast
Dr. Meyer-Gerhard
Count von Bernstorff
United States
Italians Report Continued Progress In War Actions
An official statement from Rome via Paris reports continued Italian progress after several successful actions. A fire started by a gas jet igniting a curtain nearly killed notary public Joseph Parilo, his wife, and their four-year-old daughter as they escaped from a bed blaze at 302 South Second Street.
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Rome
Paris
Joseph Parilo
South Second Street
Parilo
City holds three registration days ahead of primaries
City Treasurer Harry F. Oves announced First Registration Day is Thursday August 26 with two additional sessions on Tuesday August 31 and September 11. All registration days occur before the September 21 Fall primaries.
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Harry F. Oves
E O Keller Dies at 64 in Middletown
E O Keller aged 64 died at his home 233 Ann street Middletown this morning from pneumonia. He belonged to the Molders Union and Junior Order American Mechanics. Funeral Monday at 2 pm from the home with burial in Middletown cemetery.
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E. O. Keller
Ann Street
Middletown
Molders’ Union
Junior Order American Mechanics
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M. & M. Williams Shoe CO
South Fourth Street
Beacon and Florsheim Shoes
John McGregor
Rockville
Seventh Ward
Herr Street
J. Sheldon
Bainty Wonans
BY Madame Jean
Harry Stevens
Alfred Yarman
H. F. Bueck
Lykens
Charles N. Finton
Susquehanna Coal Company
Washington, D. C
Turkey
State Department
Constantinople
William Jennings
South Front Street
H. A. Sherk
Boas Street
F. G. Romberger
Walnut Street
Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe
Leorning
Russ Bros
Velvet
Harrisburg, PA
W. H. Lynch
Barber Asphalt Company
Good Roads ‘Machinery Company
Philadelphia
Monarch Standard
Buffalo Steam Roller Co
Tanden
Barber Asphalt Paving Company
Standard Iroquois
Austin Western Road Machine Company
Bill
Benjamin W. Demming
Delaware
Atlantic
the Atlantic Refining Company
Olin
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