1914 CONVENTION OF STATE
FIREMEN WILL BE BIG EVENT
Two Hundred Companies and Two Hundred Bands Will Par
ticipate in Great Parade Next October
The greatest assemblage of fire
fighters that ever gathered together
within the limits of Pennsylvania will
meet in Harrisburg next October when
the State Firemen's Association holds
Its annual convention in Harrisburg.
Newspaper writers are said to have
a strong affection for superlatives and
the qualifying adjective has been
overworked ever since the late P. T.
Barnum hitched It to the "Greatest"
show on earth. But in the case at
hand. It is used advisedly.
Pennsylvania State firemen's con
ventions are always remarkable for
size, numbers and the lavlshness of
their entertainment. But Harrisburg
firemen plan to out-do them all when
their "brother firemen" come to the
Capital City an absence that
dates back to . Not only will
Pennsylvania be represented by com
panies from every town and village
worthy of the name, but firemen from
New York, New Jersey, Delaware and
.Maryland have accepted invitations to
participate and will come with uni
formed organizations and bands.
The local arrangements are in the
hands of the various companies and
the Harrisburg Firemen's X T nion, of
which Col. H. C. Demming is the
head. Headquarters has been opened
with Howard O. Holstei.i in charge.
The parade plans will be all in the
hands of this organization and com
mittees and subcommittees have been
named to look after the details.
'Hie Last Convention
The last convention of the firemen's
association is still remembered as a
great event by Harrisburg laddies.
Companies from every town and city
In the State were in line and the pa
rade Incident to the celebration was
the biggest thing that had ever been
held In the city. Arches were built
over the street intersections bearing
flags and firemen's emblems. Fire
houses were decorated and many pri
vate residences were hung with bunt
ing by day and illuminated by night.
Tubs of ice tea and lemonade stood
on the street corners for the refresh
ment not only of thirsty paraders, hut
spectators as well. Halls were thrown
open as rest rooms and the fire com
panies kept "open house."' It was
GEO. W. SHOOK
CONTRACTOR
& BUILDER
Was born February 28. 1868, in Fred
erick county. Maryland, where he spent
his early years, and after receiving a
public school education he was ap
prenticed to the carpenter trade in 1886
and in 1889 moved to Harrisburg. He
worked at Boas' Planing Mill from
1890 until 1902, when he went into the
contracting and building business for
himself. His shop is now located at
1128 North Front street, where he
makes a specialty of job work, and
where he has built up a business second
to none in the city. Estimates fur
uished.
MARKET SQUARE
HAKKI SHIRK, PA.
Large and convenient sample rooms.
Passenger and baggage elevator. Elec
tric cars to and from depot. Electric
light and steam heat. Rooms en-suite
or single with baths.
J. H. «V M. S. HI TTKHWOHTH, Prop*.
Katen: 92,50 Per lluy anil I'p
-
Brelsford Packing
AND
Storage Company
The company which has brought a Western Industry to the East.
In the Brelsford Packing and Storage Company, the city of Harris
burg has one of the largest and finest packing houses in the eastern part
of the country. It is a connection of Swift & Company, Chicago, which
firm Is continually making improvements in the local plant.
The trade of this company includes butchers and grocers in Har
risburg, and the surrounding country, within a radius of over a hundred
miles. Some Idea of the immense business carried on can be conceived
from the fact that over 600 hogs are slaughtered daily, besides sheep
and cattle.
Their trade in carload lots extends all along the Atlantic Coast as
far South as the Gulf.
The products of the company which are of the greatest interest to
the people of the city of Harrisburg are Dauphin County Lard and
Dauphin County Pure Pork Sausage, as well as Dauphin County Sausage
Room Products. They also produce Swift's Premium Brand of Hams,
Bacon and Silver Leaf Lard.
The main points of interest in the plant are care, both in slaughter
ing and dressing, cleanliness in its highest stage, and government in
spection. No matter how small, every piece of meat turned out at the
plant is inspected by one of a number of United States Inspectors who
are stationed here, before it is allowed to be used for food purposes.
At present there are employed by the Brelsford Packing & Storage
Company, over 150 men, and their pay-roll exceeds $2,000 weeklv most
of which goes to families living in the city.
The officers of the Company are all residents of Harrisburg.
But brilliant as that event was and
lavish us was Its entertainment, it
a great event in the fire circles of the
State.
will be far outshone by that of next
Fall, as the plans now under way will
indicate.
Augustus H. Kreidler. who has been
Identified with the Harrisburg fire de
partment since his youth ahd who is
now one of the most influential mem
bers of the State association, has been
made a member of the publicity com
mittee by State President George S.
Kroll, of York.
200 Companies in Line
"Two hundred companies will be in
the parade which will take place on
Thursday, Oc.tober 8, and each of them
will be accompanied by a band or
drum corps, but most of them will
have bands," said Mr. Kreidler to a
Telegraph man.
"When I say two hundred com
panies and two hundred bands I am
speaking conservatively. The fact is,
I believe the number will exceed that
figure, but let it go at 200 and you
will see that the parade is bound to
be the biggest thing Harrisburg has
ever seen. Also It will break all rec
ords for firemen's parades In Pennsyl
vania and I believe there have been
few larger than it in the United
States. , i
"In addition to the companies from
this State we have received accept
ances from the veteran associations of
Baltimore, Buffalo and "Trenton and
Poughkeepsie, New York, and Eliza
beth, New Jersey, will also send dele
gations. Troy, New York, has like
wise. forwarded an acceptance and I
am expecting one from Syracuse if
the company can make hotel arrange
ments to remain in Harrisburg for
several days.
"All of the Harrisburg companies
are preparing to entertain on a lavish
scale and thousands of dollars will be
spent in showing the visitors a good
time. But the Harrisburg boys will
not spend all the money. The firemen
are notably free with their cash and
they will leave large sums behind
them in Harrisburg. I look for not
only the biggest, but the most suc
cessful and enjoyable State convention
in the. history of the association."
The Great Parade
Already plans are under way for the
great parade. The local cotnmittees
as well us Mr. ICreidler are basing
their estimates on one hundred com
panies. The chief marshal of this
immense procession will be chosen by
the firemen's union, which will also
select the chief of staff. The chief
marshal will appoint his own aides
and the division marshals will be
[ elected by the various companies.
York county is always enthusiastic
over firemen's parades, and this time
especially so from the fact that the
head of the association, Mr. Kroll, is
a resident of that city .and well liked,
will to Harrisburg from 1,200 to
1,500 members and will have a divi
sion of its own. The city of York,
Hanover and several other towns will
be represented. The York division
will be given rhe place of honor in
the parade and will be known officially
as Division A.
This matter of the order in which
the companies and their guests shall
march in the procession is settled by
precedent. After the York company
will come Harrisburg Company, N T o.
1, with its especially invited firemen.
Then will come Harrisburg Company,
Xo. 2, with its guests. Names will
count for little and numbers alone will
be regarded in the assigning com
panies to place.
The route of parade will not be very
long. It will be impossible, as was
once the custom, to attempt to pass
all of the various fire houses. Several
streets will be selected and the march
will not be more than seven miles at
most, less if possible.
Other Features
But the parade, which will be the
chief drawing card for thousands of
visitors, will not be the only feature.
The convention proper will open Tues- j
day morning and continue until all
business is finished. In the intervals i
between sessions there will be all sorts
of entertainments, dinners, dances,
balls, automobile trips, boat rides and
trolley excursions in honor of the i
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HAPRISBURG TELEGRAPrf
visitors. Every one of the fourteen
Harrisburg companies has its commit- |
tees at work raising money and out
lining a program. Luncheons are be- !
ing arranged, concerts planned and no i
stone is being left unturned to make i
the gathering the biggest thing in the
fire department history in Pennsyl
vania.
In addition the firemen's union will
of itself arrange a series of contests
and drills for prizes. There Is great
rivalry' for these and many of the
companies are already practicing for ,
them.
The Commit U>cs
| Many prominent Pennsylvanians
I are identified with the association. As
has been said, George S. Kroll, of
| York, is president and he is in town
almost every week arranging details.
The other officers are made up of such
| men as Judge E. G. Bonniwell, of
Wayne, first vice-president; B. Har
vey Smith, Sellersvllle, first vice-presl- j
dent; George P. Ebner, Carnegie, 1
i second vice-president; Thos. E. Camp- |
| bell, Carbondale, fourth vice-presi
dent; W. W. Wunder, Reading, re- I
cording secretary; James A. Green, j
j Carlisle, corresponding secretary; Ir- :
> vin A. Hahne, Philadelphia, financial I
! secretary; A. L. Reiehenbach, Alen-
I own, treasurer, and the Rev. Everit
J S. Boise, Prospect Park, chaplain.
| President Kroll has named the fol- I
I lowing committees to look after the I
' State association's part in the Harris
| burg celebration;
Executive—Charles H. Cohn, Allen
i town; Samuel S. Smith, Norristown;
I Jacob E. Weaver, York; A. L. Lacey,
Philadelphia; Wm. H. Sharah, Brad-
I dock; Dr. G. W. Berntheisel, Colum
bia; Charles S. Salin, Ridley Park;
.H. L. Angloch, Pittsburgh.
, Accounts—R. B. Keller, Strouds
i burg; Thomas P. Rlcker, Easton;
Charles E. Clark, Wayne.
Publication—John T. Yong, York;
Aaron J. Henry, Allentown; Alexander
|W. Morrow, Catasauqua.
Exhibits—Miles S. Humphreys,
Philadelphia; Geo. F. Leltenberger,
i Norristown.
Place of Next Meeting—Frank S.
1 Glick, Allentown; Samuel S. Kormeny,
lork; John O. Oliver, Lebanon,
j Law and Legislative—George Nal
i linger, Philadelphia; Charles F. Smith,
; Norristown; William Bennett, Pitts
burgh; E. Levi Tittle. Harrisburg; M.
■ Luther Mason, Reading.
Credential—Fred Zeiser, Shamokln;
Frank Mars, Colwyn; Homer Davis,
Wilkes-Barre.
Pittsburgh; James C. Baxter, Jr.,
I Topics—Wm. H. Long, Hanover;
George W. King, Pittsburgh; Thos.
I Bower, South Williamsport.
Publicity—John C. Kindler, Har
j rlsburg; Augustus H. Kreidler, Har
risburg; Samuel W. Lehman, Harrls
| burg.
Transportation—Oliver D. Ernst,
I Harrisburg; Wm. Sturges. Philadel
■ phla; H. M. Zundel, Greensburg.
MASONS M FOB
ley ACTIVE YEAH
Two Big Building Projects, Here
and at Elizabethtown, Are
Under Consideration
The year of 1914 will mark a num
ber of important undertakings in the
Masonic circles of Harrisburg—the
purchase of ground for a handsome
new Scottish Rite cathedral to take
the place of the old building in North
street and the completion of plans for
the building of a Dauphin county me
morial cottage at the great Masonic
home at Elizabethtown.
Plans for the new cathedral have
j not as yet been made. The titles to
I the site adjoining the present struc
-1 ture have been transferred and com
j mittees will be named at once to take
j up the subject of a new building. The
| Scottish Rite body of the Valley of
Harrisburg is growing by leads and
bounds in nujnbers. It is rich and
: powerful. The old church building in
North street is no longer large enough
to accommodate the membership and
i the building project has been under
i discussion for a number of years. The
i new cathedral will be the most elab
j orate of its kind in the whole State
and thousands of dollars will be lav
! ished upon it.
The Dauphin County Memorial
committee has been at work collecting
funds ever since the Elizabethtown
home was assured. It now has more
than $3,000 in cash and more pledged
It has set $20,000 as its goal and ex
pects to have the money in hand by
next year. The fund will be used for
the erection of a Dauphin county
building' Ht the home, the architec
ture and general design of which will
be in harmony with the general de
sign of the main buildings at Eliza
bethtown.
All of these large buildings have
been completed and nearly 130 guests
are being entertained constantly at
the home. In a short time, it is un
derstood, the aged Masons now resid
ing at the Masonic home in Philadel
phia will be transferred to Elizabeth
town and the work will be carried on
under one general head.
The Elizabethtown home is being
built and is kept up by the Grand
Lodge of Pennsylvania. It is for in
digent and aged members of the fra
ternity and their wives. The place
is ideally located and is a model of
its kind.
Not once is the "guest" treated as
an inmate. There is not the ghost of
a sign of charity. The "guests" are
Masons and entitled to the full limit
of the good things the Grand Lodge
and their brothers of the Grand
T.odge have provided. The air of the
home is like that of a resort, hotel
or club. There is no restraint Guests
go and come when they please and
good fellowship reigns everywhere.
When the cottages that are planned
s a part of the scheme of building
re all erected in groups around the
■ ntral building, which were the first
to go up and are now occupied, apart
ment will be provided where man
irid wife may live as they would at
■!-. "Light housekeeping" will be
ouraged and the privacy of their
vi. chambers will b« accorded to
•i. This will remove, it is believed
• - last vestige of "home" life and
NIKO aged couples more content with
' •»!« lot.
While the building is going forward
—lUjrks county having announced that
*lll erect a cottage during 1914
< beautiflcation of the admirably
, .ihted grounds goes on and when
•. uplete ihe home will stand as a
■t wel in a beautiful setting.
CITY AUTO SUPPLY HOUSE
| | "Everything Tor Motorist"] 1
108 MARKET STREET HARRISBURG, PA.
T. B. WILDERMUTH, Manager
THE aim of the City Auto Supply House in its first year just
paft has been the answer to the local Motordom's demand
for a supply house where supplies can be had without the usual
confusion experienced in buying in a combination store where auto
mobile supplies are simply carried as a side line.
The coming year we wish to announce and assure our patrons
that we consider their wants in buying the new accessories put on the
market and intend to supply them either from our stock or by our
newly inaugurated 24-hour system. Whereby we order any
thing for you and guarantee its delivery within twenty-four hours.
Our store will be the distributing point for
Diamond Tires, Mayo Spark Plug Pumps,
Heissler Storage Battery, J. &S. Shock Ab
sorbers, Elux Electric Bulbs, Rabestos
Brake Linings, Columb i a I g nitors,
Mobiloils, Hand Klaxons, Stewart- Warner
Speedometers & Parts & All Ford Supplies
ELECTRICITY IS
ooinu'sn
Used in Household and Business
and in All Manner of In
dustrial Enterprises
Within the last year or so electric
' service has been adapted to all sorts
of uses in the business, civic and in
dustrial world.
Prior to the merging of the two old
electric light companies and the old
steam heat company into the Harris
burg Light and Power Company, Har
risburg used electricity for little else
than lighting its streets and homes
and heating its homes and office build
ings.
Now refrigerating plants, dairy and
milk establishments, pumping stations
on private estates, laundering estab
lishments, to say nothing of elevators,
motor-driven machinery and prac
tically every other commercial and
industrial activity has installed the
electrical service.
Chickens Drink by Electricity
One of the biggest chicken farms in
the State, the runways near Dingles
town, conducted by Dr. John A.
Fritchey, is supplied with water that
is pumped into the thousands of
troughs by electricity; the Hershey
creameries and the dairy establish
ment of John Y. Boyd have installed
electrical devices. Many of the big
hotels have constructed electrical re
frigerating plants.
The electrification of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad shops is going rapidly
ahead and within the next few months
it is probable that electrically driven
motors will have superseded the old
steam-driven machinery throughout
the plants from here to Lucknow.
IliuulreUs of Electric Irons
in domestic service the use of elec
tricity has been large and varied, too;
during the last year more than 1,200
electric Irons were placed in Harris
burg homes and electric toasters,
chafing dishes, heaters and vacuum
cleaners were among the many elec
trical household devices and con
veniences that were sold and installed
by the Harrisburg Light and Power
Company.
Electric service is becoming more
and more the vogue for motor vehicles
and trucks, too. The Pennsylvania
Railroad has ordered two big electric
trucks to handle the baggage at Union
Station and more, it is understood,
will follow as they are needed. The
electric truck, it has been discovered,
is much more speedy and less expen
sive to operate than horse-drawn
vehicles.
An Electrical Butcher Shop
Physicians and private residents who
prefer the light, easy running electric
runabouts are buying this style of car,
while the use of the electric delivery
in mercantile circles is growing every
month. The Steelton Store Company
has planned to have a group of seven
electric delivery trucks and already it
has two or three in service. One that
Is bound to make a big hit is a
miniature butcher shop on wheels. R
is equipped with scales, a gate-board
that can be converted lnto<a counter,
a chopping block and racks for meats,
knives, etc. And It is driven by elec
tricity.
As for the lighting of the streets,
the Harrisburg Light and Power Com
pany has developed this end of the
service remarkably. A little more than
a year ago Harrisburg's business
streets were lighted more or less bril
liantly with the old overhead arc sys
tem. Now it boasts of a "white way"
with attractive cluster and single arc
standards. Plans for extension of this
service to the outlying districts, to th*
Capitol Park and to the Union Station
plaza are now being considered.
Harrisburg Electric Signs
As for electrical signs, Harrisburg
probably boasts of as many varied and
attractive electric advertising signs as
any city of its size in the country.
Hundreds of "moving-" electric "ads"
dot Harrisburg's business streets to
day and help add to the general elec
trical brilliance of the streets.
The extension of the lighting sys
tems Isn't confined to the city alone,
either —the streets of nearby towns
are lighted by service supplied from
this city. Dauphin's streets will be
lighted by electricity before many
moons have had another chance to
assist the present old-time gas and oil
lamp systems. Within a week or so
the town council will pass an ordi
nance providing for the new system
of lights. An application for. a change
in the town charter to permit the
additional taxation was made to the
Dauphin County Court only a few
weeks ago.
Electricity is being used in that
town, too, for manufacturing purposes,
following out the plan adopted by
rriany a Harrisburg concern. To the
Blough Brothers' manufacturing plant,
however, belongs the distinction of be
ing Dauphin's pioneer electrically op
erated manufacturing industry.
As the years go by additional de
velopment of the city's use of elec
tricity will be planned for, and not
the least of the attractive lighting im
provements will be the installing of
the rows of standard globes along the
entire river walk—a-top of Harris
burg's "front steps."
THE above sixteen houses designed and built by Joseph W. Pomraning are located on
Fourth street, above Woodbine street, Harrisburg, Pa. Same are built in pairs with
all modern conveniences, including steam heat; also combination electric and gas
lighting.
Ten of these homes have already been sold to conservative buyers who appreciate the
many features which go to make comfortable homes, such as roomy front and rear porches and
balconies; the interior lay-out you will find convenient and pleasant with nine rooms and
bath finished in hardwood. Coal bins are located under the front porches.
Lots are 18.6x100 running to a 16-ft. wide alley in the rear. Here is something for your
money which cannot be duplicated and I invite your inspection.
These houses are built under a careful supervision of every detail so as to insure long
service without the frequent repair bills made necessary where homes are constructed to
catch the eye only.
JOSEPH W. POMRANING
Contractor and Builder
Bell Phone 245. HARRISBURG, PA
1914C0IMTW
ODD FELLOWS HERE
i Gathering Will Be One of Largest
in History of the Order in
Pennsylvania
' One of the biggest gatherings of
[ 1914 in Harrisburg will be the nieet
s lng of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fel
» lows for the State of Pennsylvania.
: The convention will bring to this
city from 1,200 to 1,500 delegates and
t |in addition it is expected that there
• will be here during the period of the
. meeting some 2,000 to 3,000 visitors.
The Odd Fellows form one of the
. strongest secret organizations in the
. State and are particularly well repre
sented in Harrisburg atid surrounding
. territory. Two former Grand Masters
. reside in Harrisburg, Christian W.
t Myers and the Rev. B. H. Hart, pas
. tor of the Fifth Street Methodist
r i church. Harrisburg has always been
» prominent in Odd Fellow circles and
• I only a few years ago the suggestion
I was made that the Grand Lodge head
quarters be removed from Philadel
phia to this place. ;
Fred Hanyan, of Scranton, the pres
ent Grand Master, says that the com
i ing convention will be one of the larg
est in the history of the order as
Harrisburg is very popular with the
membership. Every lodge and en
campment in the State has signified
its intention of having representatives
here. The meeting will be opened
; with an address by Governor Tener
and another by Mayor Royal, to which
some prominent Odd Fellow yet to be
selected will respond.
Strange as it may seem the liquor
question may enter largely into the
deliberation of the delegates. There
. is a law of the order which not only
forbids any man engaged in any waj
in the sale of intoxicants to become a
member, but it prohibits Odd Fellows
from meeting as a lodge in a build
ing, any part of which is occupied b>
a liquor seller. Last year the ques
! tion of a lodge which had violated
this provision was appealed to the
Grand Lodge. The Grand Master
ruled that this lodge must not meet
in the same building where liquor
is sold. It is now announced that an
•appeal will be taken from this deci
-1 sion and the whole question will irj
' t all likelihood be again threshed out
ij on the floor of the convention.
"What's the best thing to do for a
| cold?'!
"My dear sir," replied the colonel,
I "everybody has his special preferences.
I couldn't assume to give you expert
advice. I'm not a bartender."—Wash
ington Star.