York Man Fleeced Out of 10000 in Fake Race Scam
James Ellison Hess of York Pennsylvania was fleeced of ten thousand dollars in a ruse at a pool room near Twelfth and Race Streets. The trio included a man named Frederick Halkins and two alleged wire tappers who lured Hess with fake racing winnings and escalating bets before Hess offered to help by visiting a Chestnut Street bank.
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Philadelphia
James Ellison Hess
York
Twelfth
Race Streets
Frederick Halkins
McKeesport
Hess
Halkins
Mint
Haskins
Chestnut Street
Man Cashes $10,000 Check Cited for Carrying Large Sum
Hess cashed a ten thousand dollar check and told bank staff he was over 21 and knew what he was doing, despite a teller's warning about carrying so much money.
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Hess
County officials cited for contempt over lazy husband law
Pottsville Pa June 5 Court shows cause why County Commissioners E J Brobst B J Smith and P J Boyle and Jail Warden James Walton should not be committed for contempt for failing to obey court order to set idle husbands to work on the rock pile. The act of 1913 would pay 65 cents a day to wives of delinquent husbands but the county says no work exists and payment would bankrupt it.
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Pottsville
E. J. Brobst
B. J. Smith
P. J. Boyle
James Walton
E. D. Smith
Taxpayers’ Association
High School To Be Standardized
NEW WILMINGTON June 5 With the next term the town high school will be brought up to state standards. The board asks the state superintendent for instructions to modernize the school and will spend to place graduates in leading colleges. A fourth year was added and a new teacher for the high school is proposed to focus on athletics.
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New Wilmington
Wm. Crooks Sent to Cambridge Springs for Health
Wm. Crooks was taken to Cambridge Springs yesterday in hopes of improving his health after a prolonged illness.
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Wm. Crooks
Cambridge Springs
Victrola Concert Highlights Wednesday at High School
A Victrola concert drew a fair sized audience to the high school auditorium during commencement week. The attendees were well repaid for their attendance.
Would Study Fads of Simian Society
Cambridge Mass June 5 Dr Robert Yerkes Harvard proposes a field station in Borneo or Java to study apes to determine the origin of man and human instincts. He suggests breeding and observing apes under favorable conditions to learn about parental and other instincts and to aid understanding of the backward or defective child.
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Cambridge, Mass
Robert Yerkes
Harvard
Borneo
Java
Yerkes
Woman fights when attacked in Lebanon home invasion
Mrs. Harry G. Umberger of Lebanon Pennsylvania says two young men posed as New York real estate buyers came to her house. After insisting on inspecting the premises they reached the cellar where one man seized her by the throat and, with a revolver, demanded she stay silent while the other man followed.
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Lebanon
Harry G. Umberger
New York
Attempted chloroform assault on Mrs Umberger thwarted
A man and a second suspect tried to press a handkerchief saturated with chloroform to Mrs Umberger's mouth. She resisted and cried out, an aunt nearby heard the noise, the men fled, and a systematic search is underway for them.
Millionaire Will Settlement Ends Family Dispute
A two year feud over the Samuel Plumer McCalmont estate ends with a compromise. Widow Harriet O McCalmont’s alleged will is withdrawn. Eleuthera D McCalmont to receive 35000 for herself and 15000 as guardian for three children. A 145000 trust for the children is created. Remainder to David B McCalmont and the sisters Stone and Humphrey. Eleuthera to turn over 972 Franklin Electric shares and other gifts.
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Franklin, Pa
Samuel Plumer McCalmont
Franklin
Harriet O. McCalmont
Prohibition
David B. McCalmont
Harriet M. Stone
Constance M. Humphrey
Kalamazoo
Mich
Eleuthera D. McCalmont
James Donald McCalmont
Stone
Humphrey
Franklin Electric Company
Variation in One Generation Sparks Evolutionary Debate
A long standing dispute in philosophy and science pivots on Hugo de Vries and mutation. The Dutch biologist argues that rapid spontaneous variation can occur within a single or two generations. Climate or environment can trigger notable plant changes, reconciling Darwin's theory with geological age estimates.
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Vries
Darwin
Largest Turbines in the World Power New York Subway
The Westinghouse company is building the largest turbines for the Interborough Rapid Transit system in New York City. They will supply enough electricity to run 135 fully loaded ten car trains carrying about 135 000 passengers.
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Westinghouse Company
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
New York City
Turbine and Condenser Specifications For Eight Units
Specifications describe three direct connected turbines delivering 30 000 kilowatts each with overload to 36 000 kilowatts and 50 000 horsepower. Condensers use 50 000 sq ft cooling surface with 36 miles brass tubing and 4 500 000 gallons per hour from the East river. Water is pumped through a 12 ft 4 in by 12 ft 4 in tunnel. Leigh Neb draws water from a 3 450 ft deep well.
New Use for Chewing Gum in Hatchery Trick
Mrs. H. W. Fielder of Center county placed a broken egg under a turkey hen after the shell was broken by the hen. She sealed it with chewing gum and hatched a healthy turkey. Newark water department earned a $99,182 profit last year.
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H. W. Fielder
Madisonburg
Center County
Fielder
Newark
N. J
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East Washington Street
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