PANORAMIC VIEW OF TRACT OF KEYSTONE STATE FAIR AND ~ " T_ ~1 ran FIIII CO. HIS PLMIS [Continued From First Page] Large signs hearing the announce ment of the purchase as a fair site and the date of opening as 1916 were erected to-day. H. J. Hamme, who Is a wholesale wall paper dealer of Harrlsburg, sec retary of the fair company, said that the corporation has been going along in a very modest way since its or ganization last winter and had not intended to make public its plans at this time, but had deemed it best to do so following many inquiries since the increase of the capital stock re cently to $1,500,000 and numerous rumors as to its purposes. The officers of the company are William Albright, of the American Book Company, Camp Hill, president; C. D. Stewart, general sales agent of the Abbott Motor Car Company, treas urer: H. J. Hamme, secretary, and A. T. Stewart, Pittsburgh, for fifteen years manager for the Deering Har vester Company, general manager. It was said that Mr. Stewart will short ly take up his permanent residence in Harrisburg and devote all his time to the fair company. Mr. Hamine's Statement Following the meeting Secretary Hamme gave out the following state ment: "The Keystone Company is incor ated under the laws of the State with a capital of $1,500,000. It was or ganized last winter and has been op erating very quietly in order to com plete its negotiations. It is now ready to begin the actual work of develop ment. "Surveys have been made for the construction of a two and a half mile automobile speedway, inside of which will lie one mile and half-mile horse race courses. Plans are also under way for the erection of a grandstand to seat 60,000 people, together with fireproof auditorium, buildings for the display of all manner of farm pro duce and manufactured products, gar ages and machine shops, stabling for 1,000 horses. 1.000 cattle, 800 sheep. fiOO pigs and thousands of chickens, ducks, geese, dogs, cats and pet stock. The proposed buildings contemplate an estimated expenditure of $750,000, and almost if not quite a million and a half will be invested eventually in the enterprise. "The fair is to have its own filter plant and pumping station. Telegraph, telephone, electricity, gas, trolley and railroad service are already on the ground. "We will not depend for revenue alone on two weeks of annual fair exhibition, but will have an automo bile meet in the Spring and automo bile, poultry and other shows and conventions in the winter. "The first fair will he held in 1916, the management finding that it will he impossible to carry out its build ing program before that time and it does not want to open the exposition until everything is complete and it so on a large scale. * Harrishurg Central Point "Harrishurg was selected for the fair because of its central location, the United States Census Bureau figures showing that 18,000,000 peo ple reside within a radius of 300 miles of the city. It is one of the most easily reached points in the United States. The ground purchased was ,i part of the old Camp Meade site in the. Spanish-American war days and was later used for farming purposes by the Heinz interests of Pittsburgh. "For many years efforts have heen made toward the organization of a great State fair for Pennsylvania. The State is wonderfully behind hand in this matter, Ohio, Indiana, New York, Oklahoma. Kentucky and almost all of the more Important States have their fairs and expositions. It has remained for the Keystone Company to round out the project and make it possible. • Carefully Considered "This State fair idea has not been entered upon without careful con federation of its every phase. Those back of it know that Pennsylvania, the Second State in the union, should have and Is amply able to support such a fair and exposition as we propose to give it. We know that the modern fair must exploit the science of agri culture, that it must he educational and inspirational, and above all else interesting to the masses who will he Its patrons. The fair as we plan it will appeal to young and old of both the town and the country. In fact it will be a big family affair and will provide in a most generous way for the edification and pleasure of women and children as well as men. "Four hundred and sixty thousand feet of floor space will be allotted for exhibits of agricultural, horticul tural and floracultural nature. There will be displays of fruit and vege tables and livestock will play an im portant part in the exhibits. There will also he a Grangers' building and It is hoped to induce the various Granges to make collective exhibits for substantial cash prizea "We will arrange for the building of a two and a half mile speedway and automobile racing will he one of the big features of the exhibitions. This will be designed by experts. "We also hope to have an automo bile meet of national importance once each year, and to give the manufac turers opportunity to meet on com mon ground for the testing of their machines we will have a machine shop and ample storage facilities adjacent to the big track. We have not for gotten horse racing and have provided for a mile and half mile track, with rmple stabling facilities. Farm ma chinery will be one of our principal exhibits. 'lndeed, everything is "being done that can be done to give Pennsylvania what it has'long needed, a big State fair. All that we want Is the support of the farmers, manufacturers and business men in general." Mi"' Hamme said that the company will have ample financial backing to carry out all its plans. He said that so far as possible all of the prelimi naries have been worked out and that everything has been done systemat ically. A. T. Stewart, who has gone to Pittsburgh on business for the com pany, saiij before leaving: "This is a new company and a big one. It is natural that the people should be in terested in it. We understand this and shall he glad to have anybody caring to take the trouble to visit us TUESDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH JULY 7, 1914. at our headquarters In the Kunkel building and go over our plans with us. It Is going to have a State-wide appeal and I feel that we owe it to the public to take it entirely into our confidence. We have been moving quietly in this matter but along,defi nite lines and with a very clear un derstanding of just what we can and cannot do to make this project suc cessful and profitable. None of the stockholders hope to get rich quick, but those who havcwlready put their money into it expect certainly that it will be reasonably profitable. We make this assertion after a very care ful study of what other fairs have done and are doing." Mr. Stewart said, in reply to a question as to whether the promoters of the enterprise hoped to get aid from the Legislature: "That is a matter that has nothing in common with the company. We have not taken it Into consideration. At all events we would not be in posi tion to ask the Legislature for an ap propriation until we had demon strated our ability for some years to handle successfully this proposition." Mr. Stewart further said that dur ing the coming Fall the streets on the fair ground will be laid out, trees planted and other preliminary work done. During the winter it is the I plan of the company to have fair an"d exposition experts of national repu tation design the buildings so that contracts may be let in the early Spring and work started as soon as the frost is out of the ground. Asked whether it was true that sev eral prominent Pittsburghers are in terested in the fair, Mr. Hamme said that announcement of the company's directors will be made In a week or ten days and that the board will num ber among its members at least one well-known Pittsburgher, one Phila delphian and others representing every important agricultural and manufacturing section of the State. Convicts Make War on Old Demon Rum Philadelphia. July 6.—Out of a total of 1,478 prisoners confined in the East ern Penitentiary 1,008 have signed a petition which will be submitted to the next Legislature asking State-wide prohibition. The petition is probably the strong est sociological argument ever made against the liquor traffic. Without a word or even a suggestion from War den McKenty the prisoners confined signed their names and in many in stances volunteered to go before a leg islative committee and tell how drink has wrecked their lives. The vote was taken on Independence Day and was made public to-day. On each petition was an appeal to make Independence Day memorable by sign ing the petition. "It Is unique and the most manly document ever sent from a penal in stitution,'' was the terse comment of Warden McKenty last night, "It Is an appeal to the decent men serving in the Legislature to come to the aid of unfortunates confined in this institu tion. Seventy per cent, of the pris oners claim that their dawnfall is due to rum. It is certainly a wonderful argument against the liquor traffic." HAVE YOU A 65-NOTE PLAYER. PIANO? Don't miss this week's sale of 1,000 standard rolls at 10 cents, 15 cents and 20 cents each. J. H. Troup Music House, 15 South Market Square.—Ad vertisement. STEEL CO. CHEMIST WEDS William Floyd Geary and Miss Bessie Alma Royer were married at 11.30 this morning In the Ridge Ave nue Methodist Church by the Rev. J. H. Daugherty. The ring ceremony was used. Mr. Geary is a son of Mrs. Sidney Geary, of 1513 Penn street, and Is employed in the chemical laboratary of the Pennsylvania at Steelton. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Royer, of New Bloomfield. They left on a honeymoon trip to Pittsburgh, Buffalo and Niagara Falls,- and upon their return will livo at 1513 Green street, Harrlsburg. Letter List LIST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN the Post Office, at Harrlsburg, Pa., for the week ending July 4, 1914: .. Ladles' List Miss Mame Bard. Miss Maggie Bell (D. L), Miss Lillian L. Bit ner. Mrs. C. O. Bressler, Mrs. Harry J. Brown, Miss Mamie Brown, lionise Burkhnlder, Mrs. I'. Courest, Miss Helen Dean, Sister Delila, Mrs. Fred Depew (D. 11), Mrs. A. L. Ferrandon, Elizabeth Gross, Miss Ethel Hamilton, Miss Blanche Harvey, Mrs. Jessie Hetrick, Mrs. Kathrine Heyne, Miss Mary John-I son, Miss Florence Lutz, Mrs. McClure, Mrs. Thriza Meissenhelter. Miss Cora Moles, Mrs. C. G. Myers, Mrs. Pauline E. Pope, Irene and Emma Raffensberger, Miss Margaret Reneker, Mrs. Arttuir Robinson, Miss Clara Sheesley, Mrs. Henry M. Sherman, Mrs. Louise Sher man, Miss Betty Sherwood, Minnie H Shoemaker (D. L.), Mrs. Addie Snyder (2), Miss Sadie Stare, Rena Stauffer (D. L), Miss Bird Steen, Mrs. Maggie Stryker, Mrs. David Vaughne, Mrs. Liz zie Zerby. Gentlemen's List Hersha Allen (D. L), R. L. Allen, J. Anderson, M. Baker, Mr. Bastlne, Isaac Beck, Joshua Bell, Milton Bretz, James Brown, George A. Devine, H. B. Doherty, J. L Dorris, Jr., Lee Dorsey, Thomas Earhart, Pat Ell wood, G. R. Eppley, M. L. Feehrer, Rev. M. Forster, Wilson Forster, Harrj Goodyear, J. H. Greenell, Warren D. Grove, Charles Grunden, Harman Ham maker, Alfonzo E. Harris, J. Harris, A 1 Hood, Abe Hoy, Orvid Jolianson, A. Jo- i seph, Mr. and Mrs. William Y. Keck and Family, Robert. Koons, Dr. Uukelhouses Korol, Chester M. Llckel, Ralph Logan, John C. MfCarrell, Robert Mcßride, B. B. Miller, H. H. Mitchell, Clarence Mor ris. M. B. Nan. H. T. Patterson. Chas. D. Perk (D. L), W. C. Peck. G. S. Pet ers, Mr. and Mrs. H. I). Pettlt. D. Eeßoy Reeves, Harry Rose, M. C. Sexton, Ed win Fonder Smith. John Stahl, J. Her vey Sternberg R. C. Wadrtell, Charles Washington, Edwin Nelson Watson (2), Wm. Weise, George A. Winkle (D. L), James Wright, Samuel Wylie, G. W. Tompson, Walter Turner. Firms —Bingham & Thornton (2). Harrlsburg Hive, No. 257, Manor Real Estate and Trust Co., Premium Supply Co., Superintendent Special Certificates Dept. Congress. Foreign DlLutus Donato, M. S. T. Dunbar, Jakob Grill. Persons should invariably have their mall matter addressed to their street and number, thereby Insuring prompt delivery by the carriers. FRANK C SITES, Postmaster. SIMM POOH DIES IT HIS HOME Eventful Life of Old Organ Builder Comes Suddenly to a Close MUBL . .WLM BWBk '■ SAMUEL POORMAX While sitting quietly at his home, 211 Boas yesterday at 5.30, reading the evening paper, death came suddenly to Samuel Poorman, a vet eran organ builder of this city. Mr. Poorman had not been ill, and just a few minutes before had ordered sup per from his housekeeper. Miss Stober. On June 7 he celebrated his nine tieth birthday. He was hale and hearty, a great reader, and loved to tell of his experiences in the navy and discuss important topics of the day. Mr. Poorman was born on his father's farm —now the Stauffer farm —beyond Shoop's Church, June 7, 1824, entering the United States navy at the age of 18 as a ship carpenter, on the frigate Cumberland, which soon after sailed on a cruise to the Mediterranean Sea. He was transfer red to the United States sloop of war Plymouth and honorably discharged from the navy in 1847 at New York. lie then came to Harrlsburg and followed his trade and cabinetmaking for several years. January 30, 1850, Mr. Poorman was united in marriage with Miss Eliza beth Stees, who died in Harrishurg October, 1907, after a wedded life of fifty-seven years. At the breaking out of the Civil War they removed to New iVork. where Mr. Poorman worked at 'church organ building and repairing, for which he always had a natural tal ent. Built Many Organs In 1899 Mr. Poorman was called to Harriaburg to overhaul the organ at St. Patrick's Pro-Cathedral, which had been damaged by fire, and he also enlarged and repaired the Calder Me morial organ at Grace Methodist Church. He has since resided here with his daughter, Miss Ressie E. Poorman, who with her sister, Mrs. S. E. Thomas of Palisade Park, N. J„ and three grandchildren survive him. Funeral services will be held Thurs day afternoon at 2 o'clock from Shoop's Church, in which Mr. Poor man was christened and confirmed, with the Rev. John Henry Miller, pas tor of the Holy Communion Lutheran Church officiating. The pallbearers will he all relatives, S. A. Fishburn, S. D. Fishburn, Ilenry Stees, Calvin Fishburn, John Poorman. L. E. Thomas and Charles Schell. CHILD DIES Dorothy Gladys Ulrich, three-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Ulrich, 724 Ash street, died at noon to-day of blood poisoning following an operatipn for appendicitis. The funeral will take place Thursday aft ernoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Henry Hanson will officiate. Burial will be made in Harrlsburg Cemetery. RETIRED RRAKEMAN DROPS DEAD Philip Stlmmel Updegrove, who was a retired Pennsylvania Railroad brake man living with his brother, William C. Updegrove. at 120 State street, died last night with heart disease in the Broad Street Station, Philadelphia. He left here yesterday for a visit to Bal timore. and returning, reached Phila delphia at 7 o'clock. He was sent to the Hahnemann Hospital, hut was not alive when the body reached there. The body will be sent here to-day. and the funeral will take place Thursday after noon. at 1:30. Services at the home will be in charge of the Rev. Harry B King, of Paxtang. former pastor of Calvary Presbyterian Church, this city. Burial will be made In the East Harrls burg Cemetery. FUNERAL. OF ABRAHAM nOAK The funeral of Abraham Boak, pio neer ironworker, will take place from the home, 122 Verbeke street, Thursday afternoon, at 3:30. Burial will be mae'e in Harrlsburg Cemetery. "Perils of Pauline," 7th episode, Wednesday at the Photoplay.—Adv. WHY NOT DANCE AT HOME? The Vlctrola furnishes perfect dance music, and you can easily own a Vlctrola on our liberal credit plan. J. H. Troup Music House, 15 South Market Square.—Advertisement , FEDERIL RULES ABE CRITICIZED State Game Commissioners Hear Report by Dr. Kalbfus on Game Regulations Members of the State Game Com mission are in session to-day discuss ing the game propagation work for the coming half year and the effect of the federal regulations regarding the shooting of wild fowl. The com mission has before It an elaborate re port by Dr. Joseph Kalbfus. secretary, in which he says that the closing of a number of counties in the central part of the State to deer hunting has re sulted in an increase of deer and brought about good prospects. The commission secretary also says that in his opinion the liberating of elk in A wild state was a mistake. The project of having game farms is criti cised as not possessing the advantages of the system of gnme preserves In which game is protected at all seasons of the year and allowed to breed nat urally. The question of federal regulations is to be given much consideration as it is held that the rules promulgated are not what they should be. Dr. Kalbfus to-day urged that sportsmen's ideas should be given some considera tion in framing rules Inasmuch as the sportsmen are paying liberally through the hUnters' license act. Much of Dr. Kalbfus' report is de voted to consideration of establishing a game farm wherefrom the fields and forests of the State may be restocked with animals and birds. "Because of State laws forbidding the shipment of game, either living or dead, out of almost every State in this Union," says Secretary Kalbfus, "it is now impossible to secure game birds such as quail and wild turkeys even in limited numbers for propagating purposes." Dr. Kalb fus takes the view tnat not only must the State be stocked with game under ordinary circumstances, but that it is due the hunters who pay the $1 tax and that the licensed hunter who de lights in pursuing quail, for instance, ought to find this quarry just as much as the deer hunter ought to find deer. Ruffed grouse have wintered well naturally notwithstanding deep snows and cold. "Wild turkeys have, because of help given them- through the dis tribution of food .by this office and by sportsmen, wintered well" and the supply of wild turkeys is greater than it would have been if last year would have been an open season for these birds. Dr. Kalbfus finds that "quail have almost entirely disappeared from certain sections of the state. In other sections of the state, through the care given them by this office and sports men, many birds have been saved, but not enough to supply good shooting during the coming season." The commission proved that turkeys can be raised in semicaptivity by rais ing sixty on the Perry county preserve last year. Half of them retreated into the woods and could not be captured. About twenty were set free in Frank lin, Northampton, Lehigh and Clinton counties, while ten or more were kept on the Perry county preserve and are now propagating. A number of wild turkeys were also raised by the com mission on the Ligonier preserve, but none were distributed from that point. Dr. Kalbfus has "very serious doubts" about the possibility of raising quail In captivity and from ob servations which he has made at the preserve of the American Game Pro tective and Propagating Association at Cape Core, Mass., and at the New Jer sey state game farm on Barnegat Bav he doubts the feasibility of raising them in semicaptivity. He says that rather than attempt to raise quail on a game farm a greater number of birds can probably be obtained for the same amount of money by leasing hunting privliegea on certain farm lands and giving the game Increased protection from vermin and by giving them feed when necessary. Information about Hungarian quail and ring-necked pheasants differ!, widely and Dr. Kalbfus is unable to obtain any very encouraging data about raising these birds anywhere in the United States except in a few isolated spots and he knows of no place In Pennsylvania where any suc cess has been attained. r>r. Kalbfus says that if the commis sion decides to Introduce more game into the state it will be better to pur chase mature game, either birds or animals, tlfan to attempt to raise the same on a Karne farm in this state "and that the methods already adopted by the Game Commission are the best under all the circumstances except for quail. In order to increase the num ber of quail some other method must be devised. He recommends that a game preserve such as now exists on forestry reservations in six counties should be established in every county, for th<» State owns sufficient land. The ex periment of re-establishing elk in a wild state, which was Started in Clear field county, is not an unqualified suc cess, particularly because the dis position of the elk to raid the farmers' grain fields. The elk which were brought here from Wyoming, however seem to be increasing slowly. Fayette, Somerset. Westmoreland Cambria, Jefferson, Clarion, Forrest Warren and Chester counties have been closed to the killing of deer for a term of years under the act of April 2!>, 1913. and ninety-eight deer from the Mosser preserves in Clearfield county have been raised In Fayette Somerset, Cambria, Westmoreland and Jefferson; It is expected to put deer into the other four counties next fall. The deer from the Mosser preserve were obtained on credit through the intervention of Colonel H. C. Trexler of Allentown, as none of the hunters 1 license tax money was available, and Dr. Kalbfus recommends that early in the next session of the Legislature an appropriation be made to pay this bill and also to pay for such other game as it may be necessary to purchase and to pay for feeding birds for next win ter, If it should be a severe winter Funds were limited last winter so that Dr. Kalbfus could buy no food for birds except to be distributed By the employes of the Game Commission, but he says many sportsmen them selves bought grain and fed the birds Dr. Klbfus sets forth at some length the troubles which have arisen over the national regulations controlling the killing of migratory birds, especially because the regulations applying to J Pennsylvania and New Jersey are dif ferent, and he expresses the belief that a satisfactory adjustment will soon be made. Dr. Kalbfus' opinion is that the troubles have arisen because scien tists have been charged with drafting the regulations and enforcing the law. Dr. Kalbfus concludes his report as follows: "To summarize, game in Pennsyl vania, with the exception of quail, seems to have Increased during the past year and I believe we have more gfme of various kinds at this time than we have had for years in Penn sylvania. "The deer released In the several counties that have been closed to the hunting of deer appear to be doing well. "Because of the disposition of elk to wander far and to destroy growing crops. I consider the releasing of elk In Pennsylvania to have been a mis take. "The effort to raise same in cap tivity In various sections upon what are known as frame farms does not appear to have been rewarded by the desired measure of success and it seems me that our method of rais ing game in its wild state upon sanc tuaries whereon additional protection is accorded through the extermination of vermin and in other ways is the true solution of this problem. "I believe for various reasons that hunting is a national necessity; that because this is so it Is the duty of the State to supply to the fullest extent possible lands whereon men may hunt without running against trespass no tices. and also to supply game of vari ous kinds to be hunted.. "I believe it Is the duty of the State to bring hunting as near to the home of the sportsmen as is possible. How this Is to be accomplished is nn open question. "1 believe our laws relative to hunt inc should be fair and reasonable and uniform and that sentiment should not be given undue consideration in mat ters of this kind. I believe that sports men are better lltted to draft game laws than are scientists or any other class of men. Sportsmen in Pennsyl vania to-day are not paupers, but are supplying the money through which protection Is given not only to game but to song and insectivorous birds, and the sportsmen's ideas should be given consideration in matters of this character. I believe that through the unfair and arbitrary regulations formu lated by the committee of three at Washington concerning seasons for game that more harm has been done to the cause of protection to migratory birds than could have been accom lilished in any other way and by any number of men in the United States, and It seems to me that what has been done now is but the beginning of the trouble that will come to sportsmen from this source." Business liocals USED PIANOS AND ORGANS The more new pianos and player pianos we sell, the more used pianos ind organs are taken In exchange as part payment. These Instruments are thoroughly overhauled so as to give excellent service. We have a number of these on hand now that will be sold at exceptionally low prices. • Yohn Broe., 8 North Market Square. A CHEAP BICYCLE r.-.ay cost you twice as much as it is worth in up':eep. The Flying Mer kel Is the most up-to-date bicycle in the market. Each part entering into the construction is made in their own factory where the - jst careful atten tion is given to every little detail. Keystone Supply Co., 814 North Third street, bicycle repairing and electrical fans. YOU'D PICK VP $3 OR SIO? We are offering you a special reduc tion of $3 to $lO on a custom-made suit or overcoat? It's real money sav ing while the value continues to be sewn Into the garments as before. Be tween seasons we are obliged to sac rifice profit in order to keep our ef ficient working force busy. George F. Shope, the Hill tailor, 1241 Market street. GROWING FEET Of children require special care in summer. Light weight, cool and com fortable footwear should be selected, pur white canvas shoes for children at sl. $1.25, $1.75 and $2 are the most dressy as well as comfortable shoes for the summer days. Deichler, Thir teenth and Market streets. WHERE SHALL I GO? To the Victoria, of course! When you are strolling around aimlessly and have no particular place to go and nothing of importance that needs im mediate attention, step into the Vic toria Theater and see the humor, drama or scenic attractions of the world. The new films first and always the best at the Victoria. TO BE A WELL-DRESSED MAN be a Slmms man. It is the tine atten tion to detail that makes the Slmms custom-tailored garments stand out among all the rest. It is the rersonal time, attention and supervision that Simms gives to the building of a gar ment from the choice of a fabric to the finished product that win favor with "men who care." 22 North Fourth street. "BERKEY & GAY Tho mark of quality in furniture. When you see a piece of furniture with the name of Berkey & Gay In or en it, you know that It is produced by the firm that made Grand Rapids famous as a furniture city and the greatest producers of furni ture of the better sort. On display at Goldsmith's, 206 Walnut and 209 Locust streets. TOO MUCH STARCH If your negligee shirts have too much starch in them they will be un comfortable on hot summer days. This is one of the things we try to give especial attention to; Just enough starch to give the shirt a proper ap pearance consistent with cool and com fortable wearing qualities. For good laundry work try the Troy. Either phone brings our wagon. Hoffman & Schooley. THE HAPPY PAINTER Will be pleased with his job when he comes and finds that you have ordered the famous Davis paints from the Shaffer Sales Co. A painter always appreciates quality materials to work with, as his reputation for workman ship depends largely on what he has to work with. When you want the best for interior or exterior or roofs call at 80 South Cameron street. ARE BLAMED FOR STATE OF ROAD [Continued From First I'ngc] priation section of the act, as super sedeas and thereby prevent any pay ment of money was presented to the judge this morning. Thomas A. Crichton, cashier of the State Treasury, who appeared for the petitioners, claimed that constitutional questions affecting the auditing system of the state and involving millions of dollars should be settled befo.'i :;,e fiscal officers should be required to make payments as directed by the court in passing on the act. Bell Makes Charges "What is this grave constitutional question that has heen so much talked about and never argued?" demanded Mr. Bell, who recalled that the con stitutionality of the act was not dis cussed in the hearings. He contended that the act specifically appropriated the income from automobile licenses to highway purposes just as a bequest of "all" of the estate of a decedent was valid without specifying an amount. Then he said: "It is conceded that the State roads all over the commonwealth for which the State is responsible are in a condition that jeopardizes life and limb and per sonal property. The Highway Com missioner has been haled to the bar of courts for neglect when it is not his neglect. He can't repair roads if the fiscal officers refuse to pay the money he requires. There is a public de mand, a demand all over the state, that the roads be put In safe con dition." Pointing out how the fiscal officers had blocked the determination of the question they had raised, he said that their conduct had bordered on official contumacy and that the application bordered on an "Insult to the Intelli gence, dignity and orderly adminis tration of affairs of the people of the state." "Now," said Mr. Bell, "after the Supreme Court has adjourned for va cation they have the legal effrontery, the temerity, to come with an appeal that cannot he argued until fall. It will be the eve of winter before it can be decided. King Frost will possess the earth and the time for road mak ing will have gone by. The highways are, bad now. What will be their con dition then?" Resorted to Delays The Attorney General said that the records showed tbat Young and Pow ell, lawyers themselves, had lawyers at their eblows and had resorted to legal subterfuges and technical de lays. Speaking on the situation with regard to roads, he said: "The action of these officials is against the welfare, Interests and safety of eight millions of people whose money has gone into the Treas ury, been specifically appropriated by the Legislature and whose mandate is defied. The highways are intolerable and will be impassable soon. It Is a living disgrace to the state that the highways are forced to remain a men ace to the safety, life and limb of every one who travels on them." Mr. Bell said that those who drew the act appropriating the auto income foresaw political conditions when they provided that the Auditor General was required to pay to the Highway Com missioner requisitions on the fund and he pointed to the present holdup as an instance of how an Auditor General might paralyze the arm of the State. Mr. Crichton contended that if the officers were required to pay and a supersedeas refused it would compli cate matters and that in the event of an adverse decision recourse might be made on the bonds of officials. He said that there was danger of elimi- Lucille THE GIRL OF MYSTERY Is StUl On the Trail ! The Chase Grows More Exciting Every Week Pitted against the cleverest spy and keenest schemer in the underworld of secret treachery, this unsupported girl, kept up only by a superhuman love, meets guile with cunning and combats evil machinations with woman's wit in her struggle to recover the papers and remove the cloud from husband and lover. READ THE NEXT INSTALLMENT IN THIS PAPER AND SEE HER GREAT ACT IN THE MOVIES. * natlng the State's whole auditing sys tem. Deputy Attorney General W. M. Hardest closed by saying that tha Auditor General and State Treasurer were very zealous to have sustained the anthracite coal tax, which con tained an appropriation provision simi lar to that to which they objected In the automobile license act. In the coal tax act the half of the tax is to go to coal-producing counties. When Judge McCarrell asked Mr. Crichton to discuss the grave consti tutional questions he declined to do so. The judge gave Lower Merlon town ship, Montgomery county, right to In tervene in the case because its roads .ire suffering from want of care and its commissioners want a decision. No action was taken on the application for a supersedeas. Hell's Tnrt Answer The answer of the Attorney General sets forth in detail the "dilatory tac tics" employed by the defendants in their conduct of the case. The ans wer states that the defendants do not allege that they have conducted the case with promptness or vigilance and further says: "As a matter of fact, as the records of this court show, these defendants have or one of them has interposed, contrary to an agreement made with the Attorney General's Department, every conceivable obstruction and technical objection possible to the determination of the sole constitu tional question involved in the case." The Attorney General then recites the provisions made by the Legisla ture for the appropriation of moneys derived from registrations and license fees of automobiles and drivers for the purpose of construction, mainte nance, improvement and repair of the highways of the State and asserts that the present suit was "instituted for the purpose of determining whether, when the Legislature 'specifically ap propriated' certain funds for road purposes, that constituted 'an appro priation made by law' within the constitutional provision, the petition ers having said that they considered this a doubtful question." Million Hold Up Pointing out that the funds thus appropriated have been collected and now. to the extent of well over one million dollars, lie in the State Treas ury; that the roads have fallen Into disrepair and In many cases are In dangerous condition and that, if the funds are not available within the immediate future, not only will the repair expense become much greater, but also there will be injuries to per sons and properties arising from the bad condition of the roads, the answer then asserts that there is no question but that the State Highway Commis sioner intends to apply these funds in a proper manner. The answer then, to emphasize the nature of the hold-up, sets forth a brief history of the litigation thus far over the fund, as brought out in the trial of the case. This resume recites the effort smade by the State High way Commissioner from February 17 to the present time to force the Audi tor General and the State Treasurer to honor requisitions drawn on the automobile funds. The delays and evasions of the Auditor General and the State Treasurer are fully set forth with dates. Additional evidence of procrastina tion are set forth in the answer where in it calls attention to the fact that the Dauphin county court decided against Messrs. Powell arid Young on iine 8 and that no appeal was taken until June 24, more than two weeks thereafter, although it was well known that the Supreme Court would meet on June 30 and might have heard the case at that time if an appeal had been taken promptly. 11
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