Snots Clean-Up Day Meets With Spirited Response in Harrisburg Despite the Severe Cold Weathet
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MANY BRAVE POLAR
BLAST TO DIG CITY
FREE OF BLOCKADE
SHOVELERS JOIN
MAYOR'S BRIGADE
IN SNOW ATTACK
Scores of Trucks and Teams
Used in Drive Against
Jack Frost
THE MAYOR WORKS HARD
Sun Warms lp Men After
Wind Makes Going
Nasty
With a polar wind beating down
from the northwest and the tem
perature flirting with zero hundreds
of Harrisburg citizens turned out
this morning to respond to Mayor
Daniel L. Keister's call for volun
teers to dig the Capitol City out of
the snow. The Mayor himself gal
lantly led the way, breasting the
wintery blast at 8 o'clock promptly
and turning in to decimate a big
snowbank just outside the police
station. City Treasurer Clarence
Webber ably supported the Mayor
with a bright, shining new shovel
and a bearskin shako, giving him
much the appearance of a Russian
grenadier.
Before an hour had passed the
police station was filled with volun
teers irom all parts of the city;
many trucks had either lined up
there or notified the Mayor that they
were ready fdr action at various
points which had been determined
for headquarters.
Problem :t liig One
The problem of getting away with
3,000,000 cubic yards of snow chal
lenged this small army of citizens
and there was small chance that all
of this bulk could be handled in one
day. Seeing what an icy and la
borious job was ahead, the Daven
port lunch rooms announced that
every snow shoveler, high and low,
would be refreshed with a cup of
hot, strong coffee at this establish
ment and the news was welcomed
with a prolonged howl of apprecia
tion.
In the early hours it looked as
though the Mayor's request might
not be taken up so universally as
hoped, but when the sun began to
grin cheerily dozens were fired with
ambiUon and sentiment of loyalty,
so that by noon Mayor ICeister
thought the streets would be alive
with regiments of volunteers, in
cluding some courageous women.
Rrinjr Own Shovels
The first three men to show up,
long before S o'clock, were H. Kil
more, E. Fleisher and C. Baker.
They brought their own shovels and
started in on Strawberry street, near
Market, and found pretty soon that
the snow was so frozen that only
a pick would avail. A crowd of trol
ley passengers gathered about to
give their advice, the substance of
which was to send for dynamite. At
this point Joe Ibach, chief clerk of
the Highway Department, hove in
View and he had made such careful
preparations that heavier imple
ments were soon furnished and the
snow began to fly. The Highway De
partment had a big stock of new
shovels and Ibach figured he would
have enough implements to keep the
whole army busy.
By 10 o'clock greater activity pre
vailed at all the central spots. Mar
ket nnd Thirteenth. Nineteenth and
Derry, Race and Paxton, Vine and
Paxton, Third and North, Third and
Reily. and other headquarters cov
ering the entire city. Mayor Keister,
in order to lend the encouragement
of his person took a swing in a mo
tor around all bases and getting out
at each one took his turn with the
shovel. This acted like a third rail on
any slackers, who seeing the chief
magistrate hard at work immediately
volunteered by scores.
Many Join Ijite
"Do you mind if I clean off my
own pavement first?" was the uni
versal request, and the mayor heart
ily agree" with this system.
Being Puelless Day, scores of
trucks were at" the disposal of the
volunteer army and the dumping was
not confined to the Paxton sewer.
The big thing was to get it away.
Scores of men joined the snow
brigade for short times at different
intervals during the day. There was,
of course, nothing that prevented a
man from working a half hour and
then going home to warm up.
This is the official
THRIFT DAY
for state and Nation
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#SrT Did You Buy a
Stamp?
Death Claims Chief of
State Dept. of Mines
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JAMES E. RODERICK,
Served Long in Important Position,
Being Appointed the First Time
by Governor Stone.
WIND-SWEPT
SNOW CLOSES
TROLLEY LINES
Suburban Service Tied Up
For Hours by Adverse
Weather Conditions
Harrisburg and vicinity awoke
this morning to find the trolley serv
ice. particularly the suburban lines,
snow drifted by a strong west wind.
At an early hour both Harrisburg
Railways and the Valley Railways
Company had large forces of men
reinforced by sweepers working to
clear the tracks for the resumption
of traffic
Large drifts stopped service on
the Rockville, Rutherford and
Ringletown lines of the Harrisburg
Railways Company. These lines
were opened about 9 o'clock al
though the high wind swept more
snow in the tracks making the curs
run back of schedule. On the Val
ley Railways Company, the Enola
"loop" was blocked and also the line
above Shiremanstown. Officials of
the company stated that an vffort
was being made to open the loop
and maintain the usual schedule but
here also the wind was filling the
tracks as fast as the men and
sweepers cleared the way. The drifts
caused a car to be derailed on siding
No. 10, between "West Fairview and
Wormleysburg, which also stopped
traffic for a time.
Many Forced to Walk
A large number of workmen from
Hummelstown arriving in the city
had some interesting experiences to
relate to their fellow workmen about
the trolley tieup. Starting out to
locate the car the workmen began
walking toward the city. Arriving
at Paxtang almost at the point of
exhaustion they were at a loss
whether to return home or come on
to the city. Figuring out that it was
nearer to Harrisburg than their
home and also that they would have
to return afoot they again resumed
to march to the city, bravely facing
the cold wind.
The lowest temperature registered
for last night at the local Weather
Bureau was 9 degrees above zero.
German Reply to Geddes
Statement Says Claims
Are Disproved by Facts
By Associated Press
Amsterdam, Feb. 4.—A di 3 patch
received here to-day from Berlin
gives the German reply to the state
ment last week of Sir Eric Geddes,
first lord of the British Admiralty!
who in reviewing the first year of
unrestricted submarine warfare said
the submarine menace was being
held that the sinking of merchant
men was decreasing and the destruc
tion of U-boats increasing, and that
the morale of the submarine crews
was deteriorating on account of the
British policy of secrecy in regard
t0 tho te , ot men on submarines
which failed to return to their bases
The German reply, in the form of a
semiofficial statement, follows:
"What Sir Eric Geddes said is
not new. It Is merely repetition of
familiar assertions which aro dis
proved by the facta and appear
periodically In the speeches of talk
ative wirepullers in England. If
that brave optimistic Geddes suc
ceeds by such means to lower the
morale and the power of resistance
of our TT-boats, ho will have as lit
tle success as has been met with in
the attempts to bluff the German
people, who long ago realized Eng
lish secrecy was nothing but an ex
pression of consciousness of weak
ness."
HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1918,
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JAS. E. RODERICK,
STATE MINE CHIEF
FOR YEARS, DEAD
Born in South Wales, Worked
His Way Up From Bot
tom of Ladder
RESIDED IN HAZLETON
Appointed First by Governor
Stone and by Every Gov
ernor Since That Time
Wilkes-Barre, Feb. 4.—James K.
Roderick, chief of the State Depart
ment of Mines, died here this morn
ing. He hacl long been ill.
James E. Roderick was born in
South Wales, in January, 1842. lie
attended school until the death of his
father and at the age of 13 he en
tered the mines. He attended night
school until he came to this country
in the early "sixties," locating first
in Pittston. Luzerne county, where
he was engaged as a miners' laborer.
Afterward he worked as a miner,
doing all manner of work in the
mines around Pittston and Willces-
Barre until January 1, 1866, when
he was appointed mine foreman of
the Empire shaft, operated then by
the Wilkes-Barre Coal and Iron
Company.
June 1, 1870, he resigned to be
come superintendent of the Warri
Run Mining Company's collieries
and in July, 1881, he was appointed
mine inspector with headquarters at
Hazleton, resigning in 1889 to be
come general superintendent for
Linderman and Skeer, big operators,
and in 189G leaving that position to
become general superintendent and
manager for A. S. VanWickle s large
interests.
May 1, 1899, he resigned that po
sition to accept appointment of
Chief of the Bureau of Mines at the
hands of Governor Stone, which of
fice he held until his death, having
been reappointed as often as his term
expired. Mr. Roderick was president
of the commission which built the
Middle Coal Field State Hospital, at
Hazleton, and was president of its
board of trustees. He was a member
of the First Presbyterian Church of
Hazleton, served as school director
and councilman there and was a
director of the Hazleton National
bank.
GERMAN MALES
1 REGISTERING AS
ENEMY ALIENS
Police to Get Life History of
Every Man Over 11
Years of Age
I At G o'clock this morning, the
i Harrisburg police, department had
| everything ready to register Harris
i burg's first alien enemy. By 8
j o'clock Saturday night Police Chief
I Wetzel hopes to have the registration
' of every alien enemy of the city,
; with a history of his life, neatly
1 tabulated on his questionnaire and
; ready to mail to the Department of
i Justice, in Washington. The reg
j istration includes every German
j citizen who has reached his four-
I teenth birthday. Austrians are not
! included.
Chief Wetzel received word of the
; registration a month ago, and has
i been laying plans to take care of
; the registration ever since. Arrange
i mcnts have been made with Frank
I E. Musser to provide the photo
; graphs of the aliens, as every regis
trant must furnish four unmounted
photographs of himself. Every reg-
I istrant must submit a set of finger
' prints on the questionnaire, and the
police have provided the necessary
means for securing them.
Tho registration during the day
will be conducted by Chief Wetzel,
fContinued on Page 2.]
First Drafted Army Will
Be Complete Feb. 15;
to Call Final Quotas
; Washington, Feb. 4.—-The first
! draft Army will be completed on
i February 10. The final quotas from
i those states which have not furnish
ed their full strength will be sent
jto camp on that (late. Orders to this
! efTect have gone out from Washingr
: ton.
Advance supplies of equipment for
the new contingents ore being as
sembled at the camps and canton
ments in various sections of the
country. Secretary of War Baker
has insisted on the accumulation of
ample stocks of clothing and other
necessary supplies before the addi
tional men reach camp.
The work is being rushed. Ad
vices that clothing and supplies will
be ready in time were received be
fore • the provost marshal-general
decided on the order requiring the
induction of the final quotas into
military service.
About 75,000 men will be sent td
camp under the new orders.
The date of the second draft call
Is dependent upon the removal of
troops now In training. It was learn
ed last night. There Is no plan
under consideration which calls for
the construction of new cantonments
or extensive enlargements of the ex
isting camps.
The second draft apparently will
not apply to all states ilmultaneoua
ly. Transfer of the men of the first
National Army Is regulated by the
availability of ships. As transports
become available, contingents which
have completed their homo training
will be sent abroad. Registrants to
be called under the second draft will
'ie ordered Into military service as
| camp space becomes available.
TEUTON LEADERS
MEET TO DISCUSS
GRAVE SITUATION
Developments in German In
dustrial Centers Cause
Increased Concern
STRIKERS MUST RESUME
Death Penalty Is Threatened
All Who Refuse to
Obey Edict
By Associated Press
Amsterdam, Feb. 4.—A new strike
movement the Berliner Tageblatt of
Saturday evening announces began
at .Tena, Saturday. About one-tlind
of the workmen are striking.
Dr. Von Kuehlmann, German for
eign minister; Count Czernin, t'le
Austro-llungarian foreign minister,
and General Von Ludendorff, the
German chief quartermaster general,
a semiofficial announcement from
Berlin says, will arrive in Berlin t'-
day to participate in deliberations on
political and economic questions af
fecting the common interests and
territories of Germany and Austria-
Hungary. Count Botho Von Wedel,
the German ambassador to Vienna (
also is expected to attend.
Deatli by Kxecution
Death by execution is the threat
held over Berlin workmen who do
not return to their tasks to-day. Re
pressive measures instituted by the
German government have taken the
form of orders to the strikers to re
sume work on pain of trial by court
martial which will have power to im
pose the death sentence.
Berlin has been one of the main
centers of the strike movement and
it has been admitted officially that
120.000 workers were idle because of
strikes there, while unofficial esti
mates have run as high as 500,000.
The German capital was quiet Sat
urday according to semiofficial state
ments received in Holland, virtually
the only form in which news of the
strike has been permitted to leave
Germany.
Authentic Reports Baching
Authentic reports from other parts
[OonUnued on Page 3.]
CROWDS HONOR
ITALIAN HEROES
OF COL DI ROSSO
Populace Comes For Miles to
See Brave Young
Sardinians
By Associated Press
Italian Headquarters in Northern
Italy. Sunday, Feb. 3. —The Sassari
brigade of young Sardinians, which
distinguished itself by cutting its way
up the Col Di Rosso last Tuesday,
came out of the trenches to-day.
It was an eveht which stirred the
neighboring country and the peas
antry with children and babies, came
from fifty miles around to see these
young heroes. The city was gay
with flags, the walls were covered
with posters, "Hail Sassari heroes!
and children carried flowers to strew
along the route of their march.
The brigade marched twenty miles
from its trenches and it was an in
spiring sight as the boyish looking
soldiers came down the road. Their
helmets and uniforms were still
splashed with the mud of the big
fight, but they marched proudly and
appeared happy over'the enthusias
tic tribute.
Brigadier General Ferrigo, com
mander of the brigade, marched at
the head with a group of wounded
officers with heads bandaged and
arms in siings. Then came the ma
chine gun sections and the long
ranks of sturdy youths. One regi
ment was commanded by a major
who took the place of the colonel
who was killed in Tuesday's fighting.
A squadron of airplanes hovered
overhead, scattering confetti on the
victors.
General Pecori Giraldi, comman
der of the first army was at the head
of the reviewing party. He was
accompanied by officers of the al
lied staffs, high government and
municipal officials and representa
tives of civic organizations while
the thoroughfares were thronged
with cheering people.
Thousands Tramp to
Work When Streetcar
Men Strike in St. Louis
By Associated Press
St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 4.—Long be
fore dawn to-day, thousands of
people left their homes on the tramp
to factories, offices and stores on
account of the demoralization of the
street car service caused by a strike
of conductors and motormen. begun
late Saturday night.
Information as to the strike situa
tion was telegraphed to Secretary of
War Baker last night by Paul Dunn,
secertary of the St. routs Chamber
of Commerce,
"Wo felt it our duty," said Mr.
Bunn, ''to give the War Department
immediate notice concerning the
strike, so that It may know how to
proceed with war orders that are
being filled by St. Louis concerns,"
YANKEES MORE THAN
MATCH FOR TEUTONS
IN OPENING BA TTLE
U.S.Fire Almost Perfect,
French Commander Says
of American Batteries
With the American Army in
France, Feb. 2 (Delayed).—The
French commander of a sausage
balloon squadron who was an ar
tillery officer at Verdun during
the heaviest fighting and also
participated' in the Somme offen
sive, declared to-day that the
work of certain American batter
ies at the frtilit is "almost per
fect."
He was particularly pleased
with the work dotie by American
guns in firing on a German po
sition in a wood, which he ob
served from a balloon.
WAR UNTIL JUST
PEACE, DECIDES
ALLIES' COUNCIL
Session at Versailles Replies
to Hertling and Czernin
Speeches
Dondon, Feb. 4.—The allies' su
preme war council, which met at
Varsailles, finds no approximation in
the German chancellor's and the
Austro-Hungarian foreigit minister's
speeches to the terms of the entente
allies.
The council has decided to con
tinue the vigorous prosecution of the
war until peace can be obtained
"based on the principles of freedom,
justice and respect ior international
law."
This official announcement was
juade l he I rs iast.night.
A summary of the official report of
the Versailles war council says:
"The council was unable to find in
Von Hertling's and Czernin's recent
utterances any real approximation to
the moderate conditions laid down by
the allies' governments.
"Under the circumstances the
council decided that the only task
before them to meet was the vigor
ous and effective prosecution of the
war until the pressure of that effort
produced a change of temper in the
enemy governments, justifying the
hope of the conclusion of a peace
based on the principles of freedom,
justice and respect for international
law.
"The council arrived at a complete
unanimity of policy on measures for
the prosecution of the war."
Boy of 16, Who Enlisted in
U. S. Cavalry Without His
Parents' Knowledge, Dies
Word has been received here of
the death of Arthur Stoke, 16-year
old son of Mr. and Sirs. Pierce
Stoke, of Edgemont, while serving in
the Eighth Cavalry at Presidio,
Texas. The cause of the death has
not been learned by the parents a.s
yet, but friends of the lad who have
heard from him recently declare that
it was probably the result of an ac
cident, as up until a few days ago
they had not lipard of his being ill.
Young Stoke enlisted early last
October at the Harrisburg recruiting
station, at the age of lti years. As
his parents were opposed to his join
ing the Army, he enlisted without
their knowledge. Officers of the lo
cal recruiting station have not yet
heard of his death, they said this
morning.
The body is on its way here, and
will be buried from the United
Brethren Church at Penbroolc
Thursday or Friday, the time de
pending upon its arrival. The Rev.
Mr. Miller will conduct the serv
ices. The djsad soldier is survived
by his parents, three brothers and
three sisters.
Bishop McDevitt Warmly
Commends War Savings
Stamps to Harrisburgers
Bishop Philip R. McDevitt, of-the
Catholic diocese of Harrisburg. in a
statement on the War Savings Stahip
plan, warmly commends it as afford
ing opportunity to save and at the
same time help the Government.
The statement of the bishop, who
was formerly superintendent of the
parochial schools of Philadelphia,
is as follows:
"The Government in the War
Stamp proposal combines ad
mirably the useful and patrio
tic. She affords all citizens,
even the poorest, the opportun
ity to discharge the duty of pa
triotism and to do it with the
least possible sacrifice. She does
not ask her citizens to give their
money, as she might in the
great crisis of the war, but sim
ply to loan their money and
she pledges herself and her un
bounded resources to return the
principal and, in addition, to pay
a substantial annual profit.
What security for any loan can
equal that of the United States'.'
Men would rejoice if every duty
could be discharged with as
little sacrifice as the obligation
resting upon all citizens to sup
port with their financial aid, the
Government In the present
world struggle."
To-day Is National Thrift day and
is being generally observed in the
state by a concerted campaign tol
increase buying of the War Savings
stamps.. i
ENTIRE FRENCH
SECTOR IS HELD
BY U.S. TROOPS
German Forces Concentrate
Heavy Artillery Fire on
American Positions
OFFICERS ARE ELATED
At Least Three Enemy Dug
outs Are Demolished
With Casualties
By Associated Press
With the American Army in
France, Feb. 2, (delayed).—Ameri
can troops now are occupying a sec
tor of the Lorraine front in France.
This announcement is permitted by
the'military censor.
The whole American sector is re
sounding with tho boom of guns.
Airmen became exceedingly active
along the American front on Satur
day. Enemy snipers wounded two
Americans slightly early to-day.
American 75s are harassing traf
fic behind the enemy trenches. The
Germans are confining their lire
largely to the American trenches.
With the American Army in
France, Sunday, Feb. 3. —American
officers are elated over th eresults of
the first artillery duel between
American and German gunners
which followed a preliminary shell
ing by the" Germans Saturday even
ing. In official reports to the head
quarters of the organizations the in
fantry commanders to-day paid trib
ute to the promptness with which the
artillery responded to the call for a
barrage and to the effectiveness of
the artillery lire.
Aerial reconnaissances to-day
showed the American gunfire had
had a very destructive effect.
Three Dugouts Destroyed
It is known at least three enemy
dugouts were demolished, probably
with some casualties.
In a regimental headquarters ■Ul
lage shelled by the enemy, man/
buildings were wrecked completely
or in part. There were no casualties
among the officers. The whistling of
two big Shells gave warning of the
coming bombardment and cfP.cei-j
and men sought shelter in the dug
outs. The bombardment of tho head
! qustrters village came at tho end of
■ a period of shelling which nad cx
j tended gradually along several kilo
| meters of the front. i
The German artillery opened the
engagement with a desultory bom
bardment of tho American trenches
j at a certain point, firing many shrap
nel shells. In the midst of this a red
rocket, calling for a barrage, as
cended from the German first lines
Activity Over Wide Front
Before the German artillery could
respond, the American 755, summon
ed into action by a signal from the
tirst line laid a curtain of fire along
the Shemy first lines. Then began
the battle of the gunners. The in
creased intensity of the German fire
was met immediately by the Ameri
cans who not only showered shells
on the original sector, but quickly
extended their activity to a wide
front.
Within twenty minutes the 75s and
larger pieces were booming all along
the valley, the shelling finally
spreading to a town in which regi
mental headquarters was located. As
darkness settled down the guns grew
quiet.
Heavy mists again overhung the
American sector to-day. Consequent
ly there was little artillery work and
no aerial activity.
Fifty Street Cars Burned
When Workman Attempts
to Light Oil-Soaked Waste
11 y Associated Press
Wheeling, W. Va., Feb. 4. —Fifty
street cars arid the large barn of the
Wheeling Traction Company, locat
ed at Wheeling Island, were de
stroyed by fire early to-day. The
damage is estimated at $200,000.
The fire started when a carman, at
tempted to light a heater and oil
soaked waste.
The Wheeling Traction Company
is controlled by the West Pennsyl
vania Traction Company of Pitts
burgh, Pa.
Put Mocking Mottoes
Upon Prussian Money
Amsterdam, Feb. 4. Tho artist
who designed paper money of the de
nomination of 50 pfennigs which now
Is being circulated in. several rural
towns of Proussla has been arrected
at Nieberlahnstein on the charge of
holding up the Fatherland to ridi
cule. His offense lay, according to
tho Maasbode, of Rotterdam, in the
ornamentation on tho margin of the
bills.
After the money had been In cir
culation for some time, it was discov
ered that the marginal decorations
consist! d mostly of drawings of ar
ticles of food. Above a picture of a
ham the artist inscribed In micro
sopic letters: "A tender memory and
a fond hope." Over a design of
three turnips, he wrote, "This is how
the Germans live."
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X BRITISH CASUALTIES FOR WEEK ' T
j* London—British casualties reported during the week 4
cb ended to-day totalled 6,354, divided as follows: Killed X
X,or died of wounds—Officers, 51; men, 1,225. Wounded jjfj '
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J PRISONER SHOOTS KEEPER; ESCAPES T
T Scranton, Pa.—Tony Delfino, a prisoner in the county !w
jU jail here under sentence of death, shot a keeper, seriously i|!
T injuring him, clubbed another, made his escape at 4 T J
this morning. From one of his victims Delfino W |
fa snatched a bunch of keys and unlocked the prison gate. X : f
He s st 11 at large. *
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SOLOMON D. BOYER DEAD ,Jff
*|j Sunbury, Pa. - deai,
of the N thumberland county bar, axjd . T
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f the crder of Odd 'A
pneumonia after a brief illness
X cm inizers of the central P A
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J U. S. TROOPS ON FIRING LINE §
T Washington Warning the nation not to let r '&
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m Strikes and other internal disturbances in ermany
X slacken it-s war preparations, Secretary Baker in IV jf!' ;j|
4 weekly military review to-day also makes the official £
X nouncement that American troops are at last holding u *B®
f portion of the actual battle front. For the first time, also, '!& • 1
<-§ Secretary Baker-declares it is fully believed the allies T "
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X have a preponderance of men and guns itcn 4*
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X strengthened by troops from the Russian field Secre $r
Tj Baker .declared the report* of numerical superiority have 2
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%l CHIEF RODERICK HERE JANUARY 26 • '
T Harrisburg—Chief Clerk Hali of the Department of jii |
f Mines said to-day that Mr. Roderick died le in * 1
4 Hazelton at 0 o clock this morning of pneumonia, the re- # (
; suit of a severe cold. He was at the office last January 26. ■„ ,
& FIRST GERMAN ALIEN REGISTERED * I
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X Harrisburg—Albert Broadmeyer, 141 Royal Terrace, ' j
®f*. was the first German alien registered by the police this * '
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|a morning. He came to this country, from Ebcrfield, * i
T F.hineland, Germany, in November, 1012. I lis name in ,
Germany was Louis Schwantz, which he changed to I l-."|
en. * (
H Broadmeyer when he came to this country to escape mili- ' I
€ * tary duty in Germany, He is employed at the Hickok ! j
Menu: jctur ng Plant. I
MORE COAL ARRIV * !
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4 I g—At least eighteen cars df c in 1 I
city over the Pennsylvania Railroad ng, ' I
* • Ross A. Hickok, fuel administrator sai :
-4, is part of the shipments promised '£
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t Philadelphia operators last week. L ,
T P. R. R. ASKS INCREASES j j
4 Washington —The Pennsylvania railroad to-day ap- ,* 1
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L plied to the Interstate Commerce Commission for per ' (
y mission to make increases ranging up to 15 per cent. * J
L p ates on manufactured iron and steel, billets, pig iron l j | ;
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related articles, from eastern producing points to localities „ ,
* * east of the Mississippi river and north of the Ohio and ,J j
* Potomac and to Canadian points. t'
ij HALIFAX DISASTER BLAME FIXED * j
• Halifax, N. S.—Blame for the collision between th • I
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Hr relief ship Imo, resulting in the explosion which destroyed * '
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*jj of Halifax and Captain Lamodeo, of the French ship, in J j
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* * FIVE BELOW ZERO IS FORECAST * 1
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Harrisburg—A temperature of'five degrees below zerc *"j
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' * Tuesday will be fair and continued cold * *
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