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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1914
Page
1
The Fifth Street Methodist Church plans a modern moving picture machine after successful stereopticon use. Pastor Rev B H Hart states a committee has reviewed options and will soon install the apparatus to enhance Sunday services.
Paxtang residents will gather in the schoolhouse at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening to plan the boroughs organization after the incorporation decree. Officers to be nominated for court appointment, per W. E. Seel call. Naples dispatch reports the Duke of Ost a ill with typhoid from oysters. he is 45 and a lieutenant general in the Italian army.
Reading Pa June 26 A Harrisburg leader, Charles E Pass, re elected head of the Red Men in Pennsylvania, will be honored as chiefs and braves from Harrisburg parade July 17 with Steelton Highspire Middletown tribes and other towns.
News briefs report a 14 year old boy killed at a Reading Railway crossing in Blandon and a 7 year old child dying from injuries. Other items note a crowded emigrant steamer overdue near Batavia, a Venezuelan minister dying in Atlantic City, a Java earthquake, Wilson offering aid to Salem, Niagara mediation praise, and a mixed New York stock market close with major indexes higher.
Hammondsport N Y June 26 The definite announcement yesterday that the transatlantic aeroplane America would not be shipped to New Foundland until July 11 means the flight to Europe cannot begin about mid July It will take four or five days to make the trip from New York to New Foundland by steamer then assembling and trials will delay the sea flight until July 23 or 24 Delays due to Glenn Curtiss experimenting with new auxiliary hydro planes If the America is not in perfect trim by end of July Lieutenant John C Porte may postpone the trip until August to use the full moon for the crossing.
Garland N. Whistler aged 66 US Army retired dies at his summer home in Tampa Florida. The general invented smokeless powder and a system of fire control for artillery coast defense enabling a central station to map the exact location of approaching vessels.
Official confirmation shows construction starting at the Pennsylvania Steel Plant in Steelton for a new No 5 blast furnace and ore yard. The project costs about 1 million dollars and requires over a year to finish as management anticipates political shifts and future prosperity.
Paris June 26 Both Jack Johnson world heavyweight champion and Frank Moran challenger finished training and proclaimed peak condition for the bout tomorrow night Johnson sent a confident telegram to his mother in Chicago Moran’s camp reports strong self assurance from a visitor at Meriel on the Oise. The advance sale of seats indicates strong interest.
Counsel for Auditor General A. W Powell and State Treasurer R. K Young appealed to the Supreme Court after upholding the 1913 automobile license act. They seek to block any payment from the Treasury’s million dollar accumulation to the Highway Department until the high court renders a decision, delaying road repairs.
The Department of Commerce issued the annual commerce and navigation report showing the United States had a total foreign trade of 4279000000 dollars for the previous year with exports exceeding imports by 653000000. Manufactured goods exports were over six times their imports. About 80 percent of American foreign trade used foreign vessels, versus 70 percent of commerce carried by American ships in 1850.
A vast Salem blaze destroyed more than a thousand buildings, totaling about 10 million dollars in damage. Three lives were lost, with remains found in Lafayette Street and the mill district. Ten thousand residents homeless, relief and rebuilding plans underway as Governor Walsh and officials coordinate aid and shelter.
In a divorce court before Judge Kunkel, Grace Watson alleges her husband Thomas Watson was already married to Elizabeth Woodyear in England, making him a bigamist. Watson confessed to prior marriage in England after enlisting in the British army, with the ceremony in Dartmouth, Kent, England, before his regiment shipped to South Africa.
President Wilson outlined an anti trust program and pledged swift action to place it in law, predicting unparalleled prosperity. The message, read in Congress and by the Virginia press corps, was hailed as a decisive answer to critics of the administration’s plan amid rising interest and debate.
Fair tonight and Saturday with slight warming. Susquehanna and tributaries remain near stable, upper North and West branches fall slowly. Harrisburg stage 1.5 feet Saturday morning. Temperatures 74 at 8 am 82 at 2 pm. sun rises 4 37 am sets 7 87 pm. moon first quarter June 30. Marriage licenses issued include William Eppley Marieville and Irisburg Eppley. Martha J Coble Newport and others.
William H. Fitzimons formerly of Harrisburg lost his home in the Salem fire last night his family escaped unharmed though all furniture and belongings were burned. His store near the blaze remained undamaged while the residence on Gabot Street near St. Joseph's Church and orphanage burned with the flames.
Amos Nye a 14 year old of 1018 South Twenty first street climbed a tree to see aeroplane flights at Paxtang Park yesterday. His foot slipped and he dropped twenty five feet to the ground. He was taken to Harrisburg hospital with a fractured right leg.
Harvey Taylor the park commissioner will open proposals for motor combination chemical and hose wagons and motor tractors on June 29. Recommendations on the contract will not likely be made before the July 7 City Commissioners meeting.
Washington reports bankers across the country asking the Treasury about whether the Federal Reserve Board will act as a clearing house for the twelve reserve banks and what rate for collections will be fixed. The act allows the board to perform clearing house duties for all banks or designate one bank to handle the others and may require each reserve bank to clear for its members.
The Union Trust Company increases its annual dividend by one percent after a directors meeting following a report of solid growth in business and earnings.
A notice urges readers to have the Telegraph mailed while away, promising full access to all happenings. It emphasizes the constant cost of six cents per week and instructs readers to address mail to the Circulation Department for the next issue.
A large safety razor firm reports stronger first quarter 1914 sales and profits, claiming newspapers outperform other media for generating demand. The owners note long experience supports better results at lower cost via newspaper ads, with dealers eager to push the product due to the defined demand.
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