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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1915
Page
8
Lemberg now Lvov as Austria regains the Galicia province with heavy fighting and large casualties reported by Austrian German and Russian dispatches. Lvov, a 200000 population city and former Austrian military station, faces altered defenses amid the rapid occupation and civil administration plans by Russia.
The State Department reiterates that Canada does not require passports from Americans entering Canada. It advises naturalized American citizens, especially those born in countries at war with Britain, to carry passports to prove identity and citizenship and avoid delays.
Petrograd dispatch reports Russian war office saying battles near Lemberg and Rawa Ruska produced 800 prisoners and a major victory near Dniester with 3 500 more taken, while 1 000 prisoners were captured near Buckowina. Italian advance in Trentino Alps is hindered by Austrian fortifications.
Dispatch from Milan via Chiasso to Paris reports rifles captured from Austrians bear an eagle on a cactus leaf with a serpent and the inscription Republica Mexicana. The guns, said to have been ordered by General Huerta, were later returned to Austria after his downfall.
Rome dispatch reports the Italian general staff stating enemy activity on the front was limited to long range artillery fire. In Montenero zone an Alpine battalion met new strong forces likely from Galicia. Daniel W. Smith dies of pneumonia at 1312 North Sixth Street aged 23 with funeral Friday at 2 at home. East Harrisburg cemetery burial.
Excursion trains in July will use all steel cars as Pennsylvania and Reading railroads rush orders. Reading runs solid steel trains daily to New York Philadelphia and Atlantic City, while most Pennsylvanias move away from wooden cars. Steel coaches ready at Altoona will be dispatched east and west for seashore travel and midwestern departures.
The Western roads and express companies are expected to see a rate increase soon. Wells Fargo Nevada National Bank of San Francisco notes the Interstate Commerce Commission is willing to meet them halfway, while state railway commissions have shown recent antagonism.
Harrisburg side lists crews and up crew calls for Philadelphia Division with engineers firemen conductors flagmen brakemen and middle division. Altoona yard crews and a Harrisburg East bound schedule show layoff numbers and personnel named across divisions.
Automobile dealers told to stop lending dealer tags to buyers after Mount Union Motor Car Company manager C S Price explained a tag was used in Huntingdon. State Highway Commissioner Cunningham also heard Hughesville leaders seek state aid for a 4000 foot Route 19 road, with Lycoming County credit of 25000 for aid work.
County commissioners announced the 1915 list of ward tax collectors with only three changes. First ward new appointee J W Steathower, Third ward W W Wallower, Eighth ward Albert Miller. Remaining wards keep their previous collectors including Harry D Hilton and Clarence A Fisher.
In Albany on June 23, leaders of Woman Suffrage groups urged Louis Marshall, chair of the Constitutional Convention bill of rights committee, to strike the phrase We the people from the new State constitution unless women are granted voting rights.
The State Industrial Board will start hearings on modifications to employment laws. Telephon e managers seek rulings on one operator exchanges hours and hotel owners request rulings on the day of rest for their employees.
Postmaster Burleson reports mail to Sweden opened in England and reverse route tampered with. He will brief the State Department. Harrisburg graduates John C Herman Edward J Stackpole Jr Stewart A Koser receive BA and BS in biology with honors at Yale exercises. Vance McCormick attends Yale corporation events while Donald C McCormick joins 25th reunion class of 1890.
The Stough Evangelistic party plans to split after the Reading campaign with members moving to other missions. Miss King will join Finney evangelistic work and may lead women's activities. Several associates including Mr Patterson Mr Cartwright and Miss Palmer plan independent or new evangelistic roles in the coming season.
A series of strong earthquakes rattle the Imperial Valley causing widespread damage across Calexico El Centro Mexicali and Heber with fires and collapsed buildings. More than twenty dead and extensive property losses exceed one million dollars as residents flee to open spaces and streets fill with panic and fires burn late into the night.
Berlin reports a German minister from Sofia to Berlin for talks on a Quadruple Entente proposal. Allied press shows disappointment over Balkan terms. Quarrels among Serbia Bulgaria over Macedonia and Banat split the alliance, with Serbia Greece disputes over Albania cited as barriers.
A severe storm in Lancaster County caused extensive damage to farms and crops. Heavy hail and lightning damaged tobacco fields and peach orchards owned by Bowers in Pequa township. winds and rain wrecked roads, fields, and greenhouses, with glass shattered in nethouses at Ephrata.
Five lumber laden steamers bound for England were captured by German warships in the Baltic Sea yesterday. Copenhagen dispatch to Exchange Telegraph Company reports the seizure.
Burgess Wigfield will station police on Front Street after Saturday to curb speed and arrests will follow violations during evening hours. Patrols at Front and Mohn, Front and Pine, Front and Adams, and Front and Franklin will enforce traffic rules with possible day-duty officers. The Independent Day parade will feature fifty mounted Merchants Association members and Red Men contingents with Kolonial Kids Band in Harrisburg. License fees of twenty five cents are required for poles and street equipment as 1810 poles exist in Steelton.
Cameron Keim Limer Krout Bernard O Gorman and John Morrow will take a canoe trip above Sunbury to Steelton next Sunday. Miss Sylvia Beidle is attending commencement exercises at Millersville Normal School. Harold Mumma is home from Lebanon Valley College for the summer vacation. William Smith Jr and family 233 Locust street are visiting relatives in Pittsburgh. Frank Fabian funeral services were held at St Mary s Catholic Church with Rev Father Anthony Zavich officiating. Burial followed at Mt Calvary cemetery Fabian was 19 and lived at 261 Main street.
Descendant of John Harris to lay D A R wreath on the Liberty Bell as pupils from public and parochial schools prepare to march in three bands. Students from Lincoln Woodward Allison Vernon Forney Melrose Webster form at Thirteenth and Derry at 5 p m led to North Front street. Camp Curtin Maclay Cameron Hamilton Reily Calder groups assemble at Sixth and Reily and march to North Front.
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Mary Catherine Schraedley 78 wife of Felix B Schraedley at her Wilson street home with Rev Fuller Bergstresser officiating Burial in Middletown Cemetery Ex Burgess Jacob H Welsh also buried after services at his son’s home Burial in Middletown Cemetery A council plan to inspect a water overflowing gutter at High and Spruce streets and a land grant to Middletown Car Company for improvements were noted Other notes include travels marriages and society events among Middletown residents with brief mentions of clubs churches and local gatherings
Final parade arrangements call for High and technical schools and numerous parish groups to form on North Front Street with D A R officers in an automobile leading. John Bevan Pearson, descendant of Harrisburg founder John Harris, will lay the chapter wreath on the bell, as preparations proceed at next committee meetings.
Huge Sayre crowd greets the start of a 5000 mile state tour of the Woman's Liberty Bell presented by Mrs Katharine Wentworth Ruschenberger of Strafford. Notables include Miss Hannah J Patterson and Dr F J Kingsley among many suffrage leaders.
London reports from Austrian headquarters say Lemberg has fallen to Austrian and German forces. The capital of Galicia was within artillery range and capitulation seemed imminent. No word yet from Petrograd amid strong belief the claim is accurate. Also from Hartford, James J. Goodwin, longtime Morgan partner and cousin, died in the city at nearly 80.
Mrs. C. M. Hess of 910 North Sixth street has been a Telegraph subscriber for almost forty five years. Her father Richard Ferguson moved to Harrisburg in 1860 and served in the Union Army, sending the Telegraph to the home. The Hess couple, both Republicans, plan to move to Ephrata within two weeks and have Telegraph service redirected.
Patrolman Spangler reports a hangfire standoff at the Hager residence on Fulton Street. Captain Joseph P. Thompson led a police squad with Demma and others, while fire chief Kindler directed a hose assault that forced entry after shots and barricade. Hager surrendered after a three minute silence, amid claims of wife trouble and alleged poisonings.
At the Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Association’s thirty-eighth annual convention opening, prominent speakers predicted a dramatic fall in medicine and chemical prices. They attributed the shift to the European war, patent abolitions abroad, and a major restructuring of the industry benefiting the American public.
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