Baldwin Plans Morton Tractors Test Run in Philadelphia
Tests of a four wheel drive tractor built by Baldwin Loco Motive Works per Morton Truck and Tractor specs were held in Philadelphia with Russian officials observing. Outcomes are unclear but the Morton firm may sublet war orders worth several millions to Baldwin due to local plant limits. Samuel S. Morton oversaw assembly and watched the tests. Beidleman named by Governor Brumbaugh to Panama Pacific exposition delegation alongside other Senate and House appointees. Alfred A. Ellenberger elected Harvard Chess Club first vice president for 1915 16 with Charles Sabens as president.
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Samuel S. Morton
Philadelphia
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E. E. Beidleman
Brumbaugh
General Assembly
Beidleman
Senate
J. M. McCarrell
C. J
Cambridge
Mass
Alfred A. Ellenberger
Harrisburg
Harvard Chess Club
Harvard College
Charles Sabens
Salem
Frank May Not Know Fate Until Hours Before Execution
Governor Slaton continued study of Leo M. Frank case from his country home and said he likely would not announce his commutation decision to life imprisonment until Monday afternoon or Tuesday morning, just hours before the scheduled execution for the Mary Phagan murders.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Slaton
Leo M. Frank
Mary Phagan
Frank
Sunday Autoists to Be Watched For Speeding
Automobile and motorcycle speeders will be watched closely tomorrow. Four special officers of the Motor Club of Harrisburg will aid the police, with plain clothes officers also on duty. Complaints against speeders are said to be frequent on Sundays. The campaign against speeding will continue indefinitely.
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Motor Club of
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Motor Club
Harrisburg to Enforce Ban on Fireworks This Fourth
At roll call Colonel Joseph B. Hutchinson will instruct patrolmen to warn dealers about the ordinance prohibiting pyrotechnics. Merchants last year cut fireworks except sparklers, but this year sparklers also banned. Hutchinson aims for a safe and sane July 4 observance in Harrisburg.
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Joseph B. Hutchinson
Hutchison
Harrisburg
Judge Fines Range From Two Cents To 29240000
Chicago June 19 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis once fined Standard Oil 29240000, today imposed a two cent fine on Henry Johnson of Barrington Illinois for driving off a government agent with a shotgun when the agent sought cases of foot and mouth disease on Johnsons premises.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
United States District Court
Standard Oil Company
Henry Johnson
Barrington
Ills
Johnson
Weather Summary for Harrisburg and Vicinity
Showers and cooler tonight with Sunday generally fair and cooler. Eastern Pennsylvania sees showers tonight then fair Sunday, cooler in the north portion. Susquehanna River stage near 3.3 feet Sunday morning with potential rise to about 3.4 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's high 87, low 66, mean 76.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna River
Harrisburg's Building Boom Signals Rapid City Growth
May building operations total 316 025, placing Harrisburg as the third national city in yearly percentage growth. Real estate leaders credit new industries and renovated districts for a steady rise in housing, especially in the Sixteenth to Park streets area with 125 modern homes of stone brick and stucco. The plan includes a seventeen mile boulevard and park system adjacent to Twelfth Street playground.
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United States
American Builder
Capitol Park
Pennsylvania Railroad
Seventeenth
Briggs
Park Streets
Sage Foundation
New York
Seventeens Mile
Twelfth Street
Public Library Launches Nature Craft Playgrounds Program
The Public Library plans a new weekly visit to city playgrounds starting Monday to share nature and craft books. Instructors will move between sites from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., with weekly exchanges to spark outdoor interest and toy making among children.
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MMR
Weatherman
First Fourth of July Fire Caused by Punk
A fire at 1604 Thompson street began at 10 o clock when several boys lit punk beneath a porch. Rubbish ignited from a burning match. neighbors alerted the Allison Fire Company. No damage resulted.
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Thompson Street
Allison Fire Company
Harrisburg School Children Show Health Gains From Hygiene Efforts
Dr. F E Downes city superintendent reports to the School Board on two years of improved tooth and mouth hygiene among Harrisburg school children. He discusses dozens of topics including health statistics, high school curriculum changes, and domestic science. In Hazleton a 7 year old and a 3 year old died after eating pills mistaken for candy found on a city dump. The coroner orders an investigation.
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Downes
Harrisburg
F. E. Downes
Associated Press
Hazleton
Victoria Stancavage
State Hospital
Americans Not Welcome as Peacemaker Says Berlin Paper
Washington dispatch quotes Berlin papers denying U S role as arbiter in peace talks. Dr Ignate Jastrow cites U S arms to Germany’s opponents as a barrier to acceptance. In New York Charles Becker’s appeal plan discussed as he nears execution. Petrograd reports Russian retreat near Grodek before Lemberg.
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Associated Press
Berlin
London
Morgenpost
Washington
Cologne Gazette
Ignate Jastrow
University of Berlin
Tageblatt
United States
Germany
Sam Froelich Heaviest Motorcyclist Puts Harrisburg on Map
Sam Froelich of the Keystone Motorcycle Club is described as the world’s heaviest motorcyclist, weighing about 298 pounds. A noted long distance rider, he plans to ride from Harrisburg to Williamsport and back on the Keystone Club’s third Spring endurance run.
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Sam Froelich
Keystone Motorcycle Club
Federation of American Motorcyclists
Sam
Harrisburg
Williamsport
Keystone Club
City Health Officer Urges Pasteurizing Milk To Fight Typhoid
Dr J M J Raunick city health officer issues bulletin stressing pasteurization to curb typhoid in the city and nearby towns. He explains pasteurized milk is heated and quickly cooled, aims to kill harmful bacteria, and urges pasteurizing all milk unless certified clean and safe.
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J. M. J. Raunick
Grand jury seeks comfort items and better space
The Dauphin county grand jury asked President Judge Kunkel for electric fans in the jury room and a proper place to hang hats. They complain of heat and noise from traffic and a street piano during deliberations, noting the need for improved personal comforts as the week ended.
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Dauphin County
Grand Jury
Jue Criminal Court
Kunkel
Man Kills Three Then Commits Death by Own Action
Special to The Telegraph Jamestown New York June 19 Fred W Shaver 40 shot and killed his father Hudson A Shaver and his stepmother at the Shaver home in Brooklyn Square in this city late yesterday afternoon He met Policeman George H Kendall who heard shots and ran to the house and when the officer refused to leave at his command shot him through the body the wound resulting in death half an hour later Shaver then committed death by own action.
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Brooklyn Square
George H. Kendall
Seaplanes and Dirigibles Raid Isonzo Front
An Italian naval seaplane and dirigibles raided Austrian positions on the Isonzo front, damaging railroad stations and Austrian entrenchments, with a report that the machines may have returned to base. Italians also claimed further successes around Plava in the ongoing struggle.
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Rome
Paris
Isonzo Front
War Office
Plava
Austria
Italy
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Villach
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Galicia
Lemberg
Petrograd
Grodek
Ffolk
Eng
Germans Capture Village Ebermühle Near Nancy
The German War Office announced that the village of Ebermühl, about 30 miles east of Nancy, had fallen to German forces after French defenses fortified the position.
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Associated Press
Berlin
London
German War Office
Ebermeiil
Nancy
Arizona Launched at Tide in New York Navy Yard
The immense battleship Arizona sat on the ways at the New York navy yard awaiting a high tide launch. Governor Hunt led a delegation including Senator Henry F. Ashurst and sponsor Miss Esther Ross for a double christening using water from Roosevelt Dam and champagne, a first for a U S Navy vessel. Secretary Daniels attended the ceremony amid protests from women's groups.
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Pennsylvania
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New York Navy Yard
Hunt
United States
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Esther Ross
Roosevelt Dam
Christian Union
Daniels
Navy Department
No liquors order for encampment issued
National Guard headquarters issued general orders prohibiting the use or sale of intoxicating or malt liquors in camps this summer except for medicinal purposes. The orders call for fullest cooperation by all officers and organized state militia units in the encampments.
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National Guard
Camp Hill Paving Loan Expected to Pass at Polls
Residents anticipated a safe majority for the Camp Hill paving loan. An active campaign ended as voters prepared to decide by 7 PM with about eighty-eight ballots already recorded before 2 PM.
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Camp Hill
Rusotan Defends Lemberg Amid Turmoil On Front Lines
Sections of highway near Ai to Cameron Parkway are nearly unusable for autos due to a lack of a road roller. Swatara township road officials face pressure from county poor directors to fulfill a promise to roll two miles of roads around the almshouse amid 12 000 tons of crushed stone ready for use.
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Swatara
Board of Road Commissioners
Paxton Street
Oberlin
Cameron Parkway
Emperor William hints peace possible sooner than expected
Paris reports a letter attributed to Emperor William from Spain quoted by Matin. He says the goal is a peace profitable for the German states and could be signed tomorrow if desired. He adds the empire is capable of growth and that current limits can be overcome later.
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