Barricaded Man Fights Police as Fire Plug Drenches Home
Nicholas William Hager, 48, barricaded in his Fulton street home with a 32 caliber revolver and 200 cartridges after threatening his wife and facing felonious assault charges. A 2,000-strong crowd watched as water from a fire plug eventually forced his surrender amid gunfire from inside.
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Fulton Street
Nicholas William Hager
Good Will Fire Company
Hager
Reily Street
Fulton, Calder
North Fourth Streets
Page
Nick” Hager
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lucknow
Agnes Williams
North Fourth Street
Fourth Street
Harris
Fritz Kramme
Graham
Spangler
Mager
Verbeke
Italian Press Condemns Pope Interview In La Liberte
The Italian press denounces an interview attributed to Pope Benedict published in La Liberte Paris. It claims the Holy See voiced concern that Vatican privileges were severely trimmed by the Italian government due to the war.
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Associated Press
Rome
Paris
Pope Benedict
Louis Latapie
la Liberte
Vatican
Harrisburg Telegraph Vacation Subscription Pitch
A notice urges readers to have the Harrisburg Telegraph mailed to a vacation address. It promises daily domestic and world news coverage, noting the weekly cost remains six cents. Subscriptions can be sent to the Circulation Department via postal address.
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Harrisburg
Weather Summary for Eastern Pennsylvania and Vicinity
Fair to night and Thursday with cooler air in the region. Susquehanna and tributaries nearly stationary at 3.4 feet expected Thursday morning in Harrisburg. Disturbance north of Huron moved to the North Atlantic coast bringing thundershowers overnight along the Great Lakes and eastern border to the Atlantic.
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Pennsylvania
Susquehanna River
Harrisburg
Huron
Atlantic
Git Lakes
Olite
Atlas Street Removal From City Map
An ordinance authorizes striking Atlas street from Emerald to 234 feet northward through the Fifth and Emerald area, removing the street segment from the city map as part of a playground project.
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Atlas Street
Emerald
New Fifth and
Dey Yankees Urges Big Mexican Leader
Mexico City correspondent reports President Wilson’s Mexican question declaration creates a sensation in the capital. The piece notes the strong reaction among political leaders and public opinion following the address. The report frames the event as a pivotal moment in U.S. Mexican affairs.
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Mexico City
Associated Press
Wilson
Ports Dont Mar Work Of Tech Men Concert At Reservoir
In the 1914-15 period Technical High School dominated athletic honors yet three lower classes staged notable showings. The Harrisburg Evangelistic Chorus, a key outcome of the Stough campaign, is set to present a public concert at Reservoir Park.
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Technical High School
Harrisburg Evangelistic Chorus
Stough
Reservoir Park
Pittsburgh
Maryland Steel Company
Sparrows Point
Baltimore
Yale Honors 712 Degrees as 215th Commencement Ends
Yale awarded 752 degrees in course and ten honorary degrees at its 215th commencement. Honoraries included Katherine Bemnt Davis commissioner of education New York Edwin Musser Herr president Westinghouse Airbrake Melville Elijah Stone AP General Manager Charles Wardwell Stiles Yale Zoology professor.
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Associated Press
New Haven
Conn
Yale
Katherine Bement Davis
New York
Edwin Musser Herr
Westinghouse Airbrake Company
Yale Engineering Association
Melville Elijah Stone
Charles Wardwell Stiles
United States Public Health
Britain Delivers New Shipping Memorandum on Neutral Trade
Washington reports Britain sent a fresh memorandum to the United States via London on the order in council affecting neutral shipping. Sir Edward Grey gave it to Ambassador Page. Secretary Lansing had not reviewed it. A cold wave with showers marks the start of summer, with a low of 58 and a record high 49 set in 1902, forecast to ease tomorrow evening.
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Great Britain
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
United States
State Department
Ambassador Page
London
Edward Grey
Lansing
Earthquakes and Martial Law Strike Mexican Border Towns
Eight shocks across the border area devastate Mexicali and Calexico. martial law declared, cavalry patrolling streets, Villa forces on duty. In Imperial Valley California five dead, millions in damage, Calipatria and Niland damaged, El Centro hardest hit. shocks felt to Yuma Arizona. No Imperial Valley deaths reported despite multiple collapses.
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Calexico
Cal
Mexicali
Mexico
Mexicana
Villa
Centro
Imperial Valley
California
el Centro
Calipatria
Niland
Yuma
Aziz
Los Angeles
Hugh G. Eastburn Dies Prominent Educator Bank Director
Hugh G. Eastburn 69 president of Bucks County Trust Company died at his Doylestown home. A Bucks County Bar member and former superintendent of schools, he was active in educational and financial circles and attended state education conventions. He is survived by a widow and two sons, both lawyers. Eastburn was well known in Harrisburg for school code discussions and Capitol debates.
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Hager
Fen
Blough Company
Brough
Associated Press
Doylestown
Hugh G. Eastburn
Bucks County Trust Company
Bucks County Bar Association
Bucks County
Harrisburg
Capitol
Lemberg Falls Before Fierce Teutonic Drive
Lemberg the Galician capital fell to Austro German forces after a severe battle. Russians withdrew most of their troops and supplies, with a large Austro German siege and bombardment driving the fall from the Dniester region toward Grodek and Przemysl.
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Berlin
Sayville
L. I
Lemberg
Galicia
Austria
Petrograd
Dniester
Rawa Ruska
Bukovna
Przemysl
Nicholas
Cracow
Carpathian Mountains
Galacia
Hungary
Buckawana
Grodek
School Parade Plans Maturing for July 5 Harrisburg Welcome
Chief Marshal Arthur D Bacon and the parade committee finalize plans for a July 5 school children parade to greet the Liberty Bell in Harrisburg. The event focuses on organized participation and ceremonial activities with the civic group coordinating next steps.
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Arthur D. Bacon
Harrisburg
Perry County President Judge Stricken
William N. Seibert president judge of Juniata and Perry counties is ill at his New Bloomfield home after a slight stroke that affected his speech yesterday His condition improved this morning and physicians say the attack is not serious He has been troubled by heart problems for weeks
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New Bloomfield
William N. Seibert
Juniata
Perry Counties
Platon ic Friendship at Core of Alimony Plea
In Brooklyn, Dr Charles E Weber disputes his wife Anna E Weber alimony claim by affidavit to Supreme Court Justice Shearn asserting their 1911 marriage was never consumated. The case highlights a contentious separation with focused testimony and legal maneuvering.
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the Telegraph
New York
Charles E.weber
Brooklyn
Supreme Court
Shearn
Anna E. Weber
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Carl E. Ackeley
American Museum of Natural History
William T. Hornaday
Arizona
Lemberg Falls
Georgia
Balkans
John M. Slaton
Slaton
Mrs. Slaton
Georgia National Guard
Leo Frank
Mary Phagan
Atlanta
Liberty Bell
Perry County
Steel CO
Times’ Sydney
Volunteer Army OF War
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House of Commons
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Saratoga
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Lerberg
Bryan
Robert
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Howard Nelson Keller
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Arthur Park Rutherford
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Elizabeth Holmes
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