Paxtang to become a borough under court ruling
Paxtang moves toward incorporation after Additional Law Judge S J M McCarrell grants the petition. A formal decree will set the borough’s officers, polling sites, and initial needs, with a committee drafting necessary groundwork before the November election. Heirs of the S S Rutherford estate object to the admitted 106 acres and other terms.
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Paxtang
S. J. M. McCarrell
Charles C. Stroh
S.S. Rutherford
Heavy Apple Crop Is Promised This Year
Apple reports to the Department of Agriculture indicate a heavy yield in Maryland and North Carolina and a fine crop in Colorado. Michigan, Virginia, Georgia, and South Carolina show good or above average crops, with prospects generally favorable in other states. Insect pests damaged many New England orchards and tent caterpillar damage was noted from Maine to New York. Injury from late freezes affected Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri. The 1913 commercial crop was about 64 percent of the prior year, with New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey shipping 12,023,000 bushels and Washington, Oregon, California 4,144,000 bushels.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Maryland
North Carolina
Colorado
Michigan
Virginia
Georgia
South Carolina
Department of Agriculture
New England
Maine
New York
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Washington
Oregon
California
President backs sale of battleships to Greece
Washington June 22 President Wilson said he supported the naval bill provision to sell the battleships Mississippi and Idaho to Greece. He was assured by Greek charge d affaires A Vouros that the ships would not be used in any immediate war.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Inquirers Today
Mississippi
Idaho
Greece
A. Vouros
Efforts to Recover Bodies From Empress Cost Diver's Life
In Rimouski Quebec on June 22 divers battled to recover bodies from the sunken Empress of Ireland. Diver Cossboom of New York employed by Quebec Salvage Company died after a 30 minute descent. Teammates and Essex crew tried to locate him but he was found unconscious and died within thirty minutes of surfacing.
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Associated Press
Rimouski
Quebec
Empress of Ireland
Cossboom
New York
Quebec Salvage Company
Cossoboom
Essex
Judge McCarrell Returns to Alma Mater to Help Choose New President
Dauphin County Court Judge 8S. J. M. McCarrell travels to Washington Pennsylvania for Washington and Jefferson College commencement and trustees meeting. An alumnus and longtime trustee he aids in selecting the new college president to succeed Dr. Moffitt after thirty years. He plans to return Friday.
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Judge McCarrell
Alma Mater
J. M. McCarrell
Dauphin County
Washington
Washington and Jefferson College
Moffitt
Murderer to Die in Chair He Helped Build
Robert Collier, a negro, sentenced to death for the murder of Patrolman John Cain, will be executed Friday October 16 in the electric chair he helped install at Michigan City. He had been released from Michigan City prison in February while serving a sentence for assault with intent to kill, and was dying of tuberculosis. In his final days he boasted he would be the first to sit in the chair after its completion.
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Associated Press
Evansville
Ind
Robert Collier
John Cain
Michigan City
Collier
Wilson Seeks Senate Backing for Two Treaties
President Wilson expressed belief that once the Colombian and Nicaraguan treaties are understood they will receive ample support in the Senate. Secretary Bryan reiterated explanations before the foreign relations committee as some opposition remains to a $25,000,000 Colombia payment and certain Nicaraguan treaty provisions.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Bryan
Colombia
Launch capsizes in Oswego canal killing twelve
A launch carrying twenty passengers overturned in Oswego canal after striking an underwater object amid rain and darkness. Coroner Moore leads the inquiry as twelve people died including seven children. only one child survived. Owner Lewis Davier blamed poor visibility and weather, with life preservers on board. Victims include Mrs. Adams and several named Syracuse residents.
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Associated Press
Syracuse
N. Y
Oswego Canal
Moore
Lewis Davier
Davier
George H. Adams
Genevieve Adams
Lillian Adams
Margaret Adams
Adams
Harry Welsh
Katherine Welsh
John Mogg
Florence Dainer
Earl Dainer
Charles Shultz
Mabel Tibbets
Howard Cranz
Liverpool
Black Hand Tool Pay Death Penalty At Sing Sing
Ossining N Y June 22 Peter Rebacci 19 Italian tool of a black hand murder syndicate in West Chester county was executed in the electric chair at Sing Sing for the murder of Tony Marro White Plains Rebacci had been involved in other crimes and on his promise to expose the syndicate Governor Glynn granted a six months reprieve.
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Associated Press
Ossining
N. Y
Peter Rebacci
West Chester County
Sing Sing Prison
Tony Marro
White Plains
Rebacci
Glynn
Proposal to rename Culebra cut after Col. Gaillard
Washington June 22 Proposals to rename Culebra cut Gaillard cut in honor of the late Col David DuB Gaillard, army engineer who worked at the mountain foot and died from the strain His plan was laid before President Wilson by Rep Finley of South Carolina and was instantly approved.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Culebra
Gaillard
David Dub. Gaillard
Willson
Representative Finley
South Carolina
Finley
Agree On Dissolution In New Haven Suit
Washington June 22 President Wilson and Attorney General McReynolds agree the dissolution suit against the New Haven railroad must proceed unless the Massachusetts Legislature authorizes the holding company to sell its Boston and Maine stock.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
McReynolds
New Haven Railroad
Massachusetts
Rookies to Undergo Immunity Bath Before Camp
National Guard of Pennsylvania Companies D and I will administer an immunity bath to new members to prevent typhoid fever during the summer encampment. The procedure, involving injections into the left arm, is set for the latter part of July prior to deployment.
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National Guard of
Pennsylvania
President Wilson on Psychological Business Mood
President Wilson in Washington on June 22 denounced the broadcast campaign of form letters and telegrams protesting new anti trust legislation. He said he sought a square deal and open, aboveboard actions, while welcoming opinions from individuals and corporations to Congress.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Congress
Confirmation of Reserve Board Will Be Sought
Washington June 22 The Senate banking committee began reviewing records of the five men nominated by President Wilson for the Federal Reserve Board with no formal action taken. Administrations allies urged quick confirmations while senators accepted President Wilson's explanation of Thomas D Jones of Chicago owning a single International Harvester stock share to qualify as a director and to help correct conditions the government challenges through the Justice Department.
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Philadelphia
lFour
Post Office Department
Pennsylvania
Woodrow Wilson
White House
Wilson
Mitchell Palmer
Vance C. McCormick
Palmer
McCormick
James I. Blakslee
Roland 8
Morris
Democratic State Committee
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Federal Reserve Board
Senate Banking Committee
Thomas D. Jones
Chicago
International Harvester Company
Owen
Jones
Harvester Board
Department of Justice
Schenectady Girl Missing in River Mystery
Police seek 16 year old Theresa Faust who vanished weeks ago in Schenectady. A pink undergarment fragment found with a river torso links to the case as investigators also pursue the disappearance of Sarah Meader from Philadelphia with hearings on industrial relations underway in the city.
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Associated Press
Schenectady
N. Y
Theresa Faust
Mohawk River
Sarah Meader
Auger Thief Still Busy Robbing Second St Stores
Harrisburg's auger burglar remains active on Second Street targeting small cash in stores. He bored into Clarence N. Wolfley's grocery and produce at 226 North Second, stealing one dollar in nickels from a cash drawer after entering via a transom hole drilled with an inch auger. Similar break-ins were reported at nearby McAlister drug store and Wilhelm drug store, with authorities linking the incidents to the same suspect.
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Harrisburg
Second Street
Clarence N. Wolfley
North Second Street
McAlister Drug Store
North
Wilhelm Drug Store
Ty Cobb May Face Arrest After Butcher Gun Incident
Detroit June 22 Tyrus R Cobb star outfielder may be sued for damages after drawing a revolver at butcher W S Carpenter and then assaulting Harold Harding when he intervened Cobb admitted both charges saying Carpenter insulted his wife during a purchase He said he carried a four cartridge automatic to protect himself after a dispute and later hit a grocery wagon drive with his car was involved but no injuries occurred
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Tyrus R. Cobb
Detroit American League Baseball Club
W. S. Carpenter
Cobb
Carpenter Lane
Harold Harding
Harding
Carpenter
Oil Tank Fire Draws Crowd in Meadow Lands
Washington reports a 25,000 barrel oil tank struck by lightning near Meadow Lands. Hundreds gathered as fifty men under United Coal superintendent Frank McCue labored to save cabins housing dozens of miners. Officials fear the tank will burn for days with damage around $25,000.
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Associated Press
Washington
Meadowlands
Frank McCue
United Coal Company
Mexican factions near agreement on provisional president
Mediators report talks between Carranza and Huerta factions in Mexico may yield an agreed provisional president. American pressure and informal parleys under U S guidance aim to halt bloodshed while preserving each side’s core aims. Plan centers on both factions choosing a single candidate with U S sanction.
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Associated Press
Niagara Falls
Ont
Mexico
Carranza
Huerta
Flag Day Pictures at Photoplay Today and Tomorrow
The Telegraph pictorial department and Photoplay Theater present the flag transfer pictures today and tomorrow to satisfy large crowds. The Photoplay Theater saw its biggest day, turning away hundreds as the show was cut short hourly to allow more viewers.
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Telegraph Pictorial Department
Photoplay Theater
West End Republican Club Forms Parade Corps
The West End Republican Club will meet tomorrow evening to form a marching corps for the coming campaign. Many members have volunteered for the parade division and a campaign rally with well known Republicans and local candidates is planned.
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West End
Republican Club
Transcontinental Roads Win Their Fight For Title to Oil Lands
Washington June 22 Transcontinental railways won title to oil lands valued around 700 million dollars as the Supreme Court voided patent clauses that would revert to the government for mineral findings The court ruled the patents irregular but not open to collateral attack and that only a government direct attack could unsettle them Justice Vandevanter noted the government’s window to challenge patents closed by 1900 or 1901
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Washington, D. C
Transcontinental Railways
Supreme Court
Vandevanter
Unsettled Weather With Showers Across Harrisburg Area
Un settled weather to-night and Tuesday with likely showers and warmer temperatures. Eastern Pennsylvania expects unsettled conditions tonight into Tuesday with possible showers and warming trends. Temperatures recorded include 64 at 8 am and 78 at 2 pm. moon phase is new on June 23. river stage 1.5 feet above low water mark. Marriage licenses issued include Clayton J. Keller and Elizabeth A. Bender. Harry Phillips and Mary Zellers.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Clayton J. Keller
Lititz
Elizabeth A. Bender
Lancaster
Harry Phillips
Mary Zellers
Palymyra
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