Harrisburg telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, April 02, 1915, Image 1

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    Fighl Promoters Are Rapidly Completing For Champion
HARRISBURG Sfiliifa TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV—
eon expects
BIG DEMONSTRAIION
Leaves For Philadelphia, Declar
ing He's Satisfied With the
Present Situation
PROMINENT MEN SPEAKERS
96,000 Methodists and Leading
Businessmen Aiding
the Fight
*o\ ernor Brumbaugh left to-day for
Philadelphia declaring that he was en
tirely satisfied with the local option
situation and pleased with the support
that is being given to him from all
parts of the State. He expects a great
demonstration here Tuesday with
many residents of Dauphin. Perry and
Cumberland counties taking part.
Among the speakers at the monster
local option demonstration to be held
in Chestnut Street Hall Tuesday will
be Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh,
Alba B. Johnson, president of the
Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadel
phia: Congressman S. H. Miller, of
Mercer; Wjlliam McCoach. city treas
urer of Philadelphia: W. W. Follans
bee. of Pittsburgh: Dr. C. C. Ellis, of
Juniata College, Huntingdon: ex-Con
grcssman Andrew R. Brodbeck, of
Hanover; County Commissioner J.
Denny O'Xeil. of Pittsburgh: ex-Con
gressman W. D. B. Ainey. of Montrose;
E. Z. Wallower. of Harrisburg, and
ex-Congressman Charles E. Patton, of
t'urwensvllle.
This is only a partial list of the
speakers. Many mure are expected to
respond to the invitations of the com
mittee of arrangements. A Jinal meet
ing will be held in the Commonwealth
Hotel parlors Monday evening. The
Philadelphia delegation special train
will be met Monday morning at 11.30
o'clock by a band at Union Station.
Iliimlrv.ls of Letters
Hundreds of encouraging letters are
beinK received by the committee and
i ards and posters are being distributed
iu every county in the state as part
of the plan of working up public in
terest in the question of local option
and she passage of favorable laws.
The Governor has been particularly
struck by the action of religious bodies
and when he received the petition
signed by 9t>,000 members of the Cen
tral Pennsylvania Methodist Confer
ence late yesterday afternoon he ex
pressed great pleasure. Every day j
.Jfk. churches and religious bodies are
pouring in letters and telegrams en
dorsing his stand and telling him that
he will be remembered in their pray
ers.
Among the telegrams received by
the Governor was this one:
Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh,
Harrisburg. Pa.
In behalf of 713 women mem
bers of W. C. T. U. of Fayette
• ounty. X ask that you consider
the oppression of license system
as praeticel in the courts of Fay
ette county when you make ap
pointment of an associate judge
for otlice now vacant.
(Signed) County President.
MRS. KATE RITENOVR.
Business Men Avoid Eight
One hundred businessmen, includ
ing some of the most prominent men
in Philadelphia have signed a state
ment calling for the passage of the
county local option bill, and advocat
ing the calling of an extra session of
the Legislature if the present session
does not pass such a bill.
A committee of businessmen has
been formed to assist the Governor.
At a preliminary meeting a few days
ago. the committee drafted a state
ment expressing what is believed to be
the opinion of businessmen of the com
munity. An executive committee con
sisting of Alba B. Johnson, Louis J.
Kolt>. James Mapes Dodge, Daniel R.
Greenwood. Thomas Raeburn White,
Samuel S Fels and Albert T. Turner,
obtained the signatures .if others who
have decided to identify themselves
with the movement, and has volunteer
ed to assist in bearing the expenses of
the State campaign.
CLOVER CLUB DANCE VPRIL !»
Under the auspices of the Clover
Club, a pretty April dance will be held 1
in Benton Hall, North Front street,
Friday evening. April 9. Elaborate
preparations are being made by the
committee in charge. The hull will be
decorated ar.d Weiger's orchestra will
furnish music for the dances.
THE WEATHER
FOP llnrrlfttiurc nml viclnltyt l'nir
to-night ami Saturday) not nim-li
<-tinn»«- In lin|>r rnt lire: Innnrl
trmiM-rnlure to-night abnul trrri-
Ins.
1 "or Kaatrrn IVnns\ I \ ania : Fair t«>-
ll licitt anil Saturitu? : not inui li
• hanue in temperature: light to
moderate variable n lnd».
Klver
The «ii«<|iielianna river nnd all It*
hrani-he* will continue to fall
■ lowly to-night and Saturday. V
Mtage of about I.- feet Ih Indi
cated for llnrri»burg Saturday
morning.
(■eneral Condition*
A dinturbanee that hnx appeared
over the Florida penlnmiln lia*
I-H u»ed rain generally In the
t.ulf and South Atlantic Statea.
Fair weather baa prevailed over
the remainder of the eastern half
of the country, eieept in the
I l.ake region, when- Know flurries
W * have occurred. Prex*ure ho* In
' «-reaaed over the Middle \tlantle
and New Kngland State*, anil
contlnnea high over the rest of
the country ea*t of the Hoeky
Mountain*, except the »«uthea»t
ern portion. A disturbance off
the Northern Vaplllo eoa*t hna
canned rain In Wanhlngton, Ore
gon and Montana, and light pre
cipitation. moMtly unow, ha* oc
curred In Colorado. South llakoia
and \Ve*tern Mi**oorl Tempera
ture change* bate been moatly
■ light, with a general rl*lng ten
dency. The moMt decided plua
change* note. X to 13 degree*,
occurred In Nevada. Idaho, Mon
tana. North Dakota and North
ern Florida.
Temperature: Sa. ni.. 30.
Snni Rl*e*. Sl l4 a. in.; aeta, 8:34
p. m.
Mooni Ilium, p. m .
Klver Stagei 4.4 feet above low
water mark.
Yeatertlay'* Wentber
Hlghe*t temperature, IS,
I.oneat temperature, X*.
Mean temperature, 4t).
Normal tempeintnrr, 't.
No. 76
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The Froehlich Studio
J. AUGUSTUS BECK
Noted artist of this city who is to-day celebrating his eighty-fourth
birthday anniversary. Hundreds of hla friends honored the aged artist with
many a little token of remembrance.
J. JUSTUS BECK
84MSOLD TODAY
Has Done R!anv Famous Pieces;
Remembered by Friends From
All Over Country
J. Augustus Beck, artist, is celebrat
iing his eighty-fourth birthday to-day.
. , Mr. Beck is a citizen of whom any
city may be proud. Born at Lititz in
? 1831, the son of Professor John Beck,
, he was educated at the Lititz Academy
{of which his father was principal. He
I showed a decided taste for sculpture
in carl;, youth and wont to Italy to
perfect himself in the art, studving
under Crawford. One of his famous
piece? is the slab presented to the
Washington Monument Association in
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BIS, HE LICSSTER,
IS liMEO COLLECTOR
President Wilson Makes Another
Recess Appointment; Place
Wanted For Van Dyke
I Washington, April 2.—President
jWitoun to-day gave a recess appoint
to Benjamin F. Davis as collector of
i internal revenue, Ninth district of
Pennsylvania.
Mr. Davis lives at Lancaster and was
chairman or tne Lancaster county
Democratic committee and of the com
( mittee which "reorganized" the Dem
ocratic party by putting in a new
set of bosses in 1911. He is known
as the stormy petrel of Lancaster poli
! tics.
! J ust before congress adjourned Mr.
Davis was picked by the bosses, al
j though many Democrats wanted War
, ren VanDyke, now of this city, seere-
I tary of the State committee," for the
place as a mark of appreciation of
his work. Davis was not connrmed
and this appointment is a recess selec
tion.
Davis Is well known in this city
where he has figured in Democratic
gatherings.
HOLI) CHAUFFEUR WHO
HIT Miss GAITHER
Charged with running down Miss
Jessie Oaither with an automobile, and
seriously injuring her more than two
months ago, Henry Green, a chauf
feur. was fined $25 and later held un
der SSOO bail for court by Mayor
Royal. It was testified that Green,
after striking the woman speeded
away.
SHIP FOOD BY PARCEL POST
By Associated Press
Chicago. April 2. Shipments to
Germany and Austria of parcel post
.packages containing food have in
creased within the last two we»>ks
I from 223 packages-daily to 1,200 post
inlXKula auJd tu.dav. I
HARRISBURG. PA.. FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, 1915.
PURE SPRING WATER
AT FOURTH AND MARKET STREETS
Digging Artesian Well Right Under Curb in City's Main Thor
oughfare For Metropolitan Hotel's Uses
An artesian well digger in the busi
est part or Market street is such a
strange attraction that every passer
by stops to look and incidentally to get
splashed with muddy water from the
engine. For five days a gang of pro
fessional well diggers with a steam
driven drill belonging to Kohl Broth
ers, of 441 Market street, have been
at work on the pavement in front of
the Metropolitan Hotel sinking an ar
tesian well to provide a private water
supply for the hotel.
The drill has already sunk about
100 feet and a tlow of 20 gallons a
minute is running. A depth of 150
feet is expected to provide a suffi
cient quantity. The hole is encased
with a section of eight-inch pipe
about 12 feet down, below which it
CHIEF EllEfiir
P. Si R. CO. IS BEAD
Stroke of Paralysis Sustained
Wednesday Night Fatal to
William Hunter
By Associated Press
Philadelphia, April 2. William
Hunter, chief engineer of the Phila
delphia and Reading Railway Com
pany, died in a hospital here to-day
from a stroke of paralysis sustained
Wednesday night. . r " was 60 years of
age and had been in ihe service of the
Reading for many years.
The Reading's chief engineer was
stricken as he was waiting for a train
in the terminal here to take him home.
Mr. Hunter was born May 25, 1854,
at Moselem. Berks county. He was
graduated from the Polytechnic Col
lege of Pennsylvania in 1872 and en
tered the service of the Philadelphia
and Reading as rodman, serving until
1876. Then he left the employ of the
road and went into business for him
self.
A year later he re-entered the rail
road business, serving from 1877 to
IS7B as division ennineer of the Pitts
burgh and Lake Erie Railroad. In
1878 he returned to the Philadelphia
and Reading Railway. He was first
assistant engineer, then assistant road
master. and on August 9, 1900, was
made chief engineer. He has a wife,
two sons. Fletcher and Nicholas, and
a daughter. Lillian.
COWXTIIIC LOSES PROPELLER
By Associated Press
New York, April 2.—The steamer
Corinthic arrived here to-day from
Hull in ballast after a long and stormy
passage during which she lost her
propeller and drifted helplessly for
four days.
TIN PLATE MILLS ACTIVE
By Associated Press
Pittsburgh. April 2.—Business is re
viving in the Rheet and tin plate mills
throughout the country, according to
John Williams, president of the Amal
gamated Association of Iron, Steel and
1 Tin Workers. 1
APBILI aie MY
11 an circles
Transactions Settled For Cash in
Recorder's Office Alone Total
Nearly $85,000
88 INSTRUMENTS WERE FILED
Record 12 Below Number Entered
on Same Day a Year Ago; Most
Changes in County
While April 1. 1915, was a mighty
busy day for the clerical force in the
county recorder's office, yesterday just
twelve less deeds, mortgages and other
Instruments were handled than on the
first day of April of 1914.
All told, eighty-eight were filed yes
terday. as against a round hundred
that marked the record for the first of
April last year. The property trans
fers alone In which the money was
paid over yesterday amounted to just
J53.764. In addition to these there
were many in which "one dollar and
other considerations" was the price
mentioned.
"We were just about twelve behind
last year's record so far as we have
been able to determine thus far." said
Deputy Recorder Nlssle.v Mumma in
i speaking of yesterday s business. "On
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No Incendiary Device
Found on La Touraine
By Associated Press
Hf re, April 2, 5.40 A. M.— Expert
J chemists who are investigating the
!causes of the fire aboard the steamer
I I*a Touraine, now express the belief
that it was not the result of an ex
plosion but originated in three large
cases of textiles which were stored in
i the baggage hold.
j The investigation has disclosed the
experts assert, that the flames could
! not have been caused by spontaneous
;combustion and from this they con
clude that the contents of the boxes
'must have been set on fire. They have
i found no traces of an incendiary de
vice. ,
$300,000 FIRE OX AI.URICH ESTATE
By Associated Press
Warwick, R. 1.. April 2.—Fire last
night on the Warwick Neck estate of
former United States Senator Nelson
W. Aldich, burned his stables and gar
age. The loss is estimated at $300,000.
passes through hard rock which needs
no casing.
The management of the Metropoli
tan Hotel Is having the well drilled to
furnish a private supply for general
purposes and also for drinking if it
stands the test of purity. Many arte
sian wells drilled in this neighborhood
go 300 or 400 feet deep, but the flow
of water at the comparatively small
depth of 100 feet leads to the belief
that 150 feet at the Metropolitan Hotel
will be sufficient.
The last artesian well to be drilled
in the center of the city- was one In
the rear yard of Commonwealth Ho
tel about twenty years ago. One was
drilled last Spring on North Fourth
street at the rear of the Fink Brew
ery. .
TO MIFM PUM
TO CLOSE MP HILL
Commissioner Lynch Says Ques
tion of Substitute Location For
Wharf Will Be Considered
Before introducing in Council the
legislation necessary to provide for
the closing of the gap in the river
front wall and the elimination of the
coal wharf at Market street City Com
missioner W. H. Lynch, superintendent
of streets and public improvements,
will confer with his fellow-commis
sioners on the suitability of substitute
landing points.
In the meantime no definite action
on the plan submitted to the Board
ot Public Works last evening will be
taken
"Ninety-nine per cent, of the people
one meets unquestionably favor the.
closing of the gap in the wall at Mar
ket street and doing away with the
coal landing," said Commissioner
Lynch this morning. "The Dress of
the city seem to be advocating it and
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NEW REPRESENTATIVES GET
CHECKS FROM UNCLE SAM
By Associated Press
Washington, April 2.—More than a
quarter million dollars sent out of the
capital to-day will not only gladden
the hearts of old members of the
House but will give a large number of
the approximately 140 new representa
tives their first experience in receiving
salary checks from Uncle Sam.
CRUSHED BETWEEN TRUCKS
Wesley Diehl, of Paxtang, was
caught this morning between two
trucks belonging to the Keystone
Stone Company, sustaining a com
pound fracture of the right ankle. He
was admitted to the Harrisburg hos
pital.
CHARLEY FLECK IS ILIi
Charles T. Fleck, desk officer at the
police station, is confined at his home.
132 Verbeke street, with an attack of
la grippe. Officer Scheihas is taking
'liia place.
JOHKSH IS CMIIG
HIS BICKERS UEIY
He Wants to Fight Sam McVey
Saturday Despite Their
Opposition
DISTRIBUTORS KEPT BUSY
Arrangements Are Rapidly Being
Completed For Champion
ship Battle
[ Havana, April 2.—Discussion to-1
l day between the tight promoters re- 1
garding Jack Johnson's proposed ex-1
! hibition bout with Sam McVey led to
| some sharp exchanges.
This bout is advertised to take place
in the stadium on Saturday. Jack
Curlcy, Harry Frazee. and others are I
; urging Johnson to cancel it for fear
of injury to himself 48 hours before he
is scheduled to go into the ring «nd
battle with Jess Willard for the
world's heavyweight championship.
[Continued on Pago I.]
Sunday Campaign Cost
Philadelphia $116,000
Special to The Telegraph
' Philadelphia, April 2.—Expenses of
'the "Billy'' Sunday campaign in this
' city are approximately $63,500, and,
•'according to Edward H. Bonsall, treas
urer of the campaign committee, there
! will be upwards of $2,500 surplus This
will constitute a fund to be expended
by the committee, co-operating with
■ churches, in the work of revival con
l servation.
j "Billy" Sunday's personal offering up
j to last night .had reached $53,138.50.
AI'STRIAN STEAMER DESTROYED
By Associated Press
Paris. April 2, 12.30.—An Austrian
j steamer loaded with arms and ammu
j nltion on its way from Semlin to Panc
zova. both ports on the Danube, struck
| a mine in the river last night, says a
1 Havas dispatch from Nisli. It explod
i ed with terrific force.
I
| SEIZE PARCEL POST PACKAGES
By Associated Press
j Toulon. April 2. 12.25 A. M.—Allied
'cruisers during the past week seized
more than 2,500 parcel post packages
sent from Germany aboard various
ships.
GOVERNOR TO TALK
TO TELEPHONE 111
150 Pretty Girls Will Attend
"Operators' School" at
Y. W. C. A. Building
Announcement was made this morn
ing that Governor Brumbaugh will
address the convention of the Eastern
Pennsylvania Telephone Association of
Pennsylvania to be held in this citv
April 7 and 8.
One of the big features of the con
vention will be a "School for Opera
tors ' to be conducted in the Young
Women's Christian Association build
ing. Fourth and Walnut streets.
About 150 chief operators from the
independent exchanges in this district
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■WORK OH ILL ROMS
: WILL SIT Main
Governor Brumbaugh Telegrams
Deputy Commissioner Hunter to
Marshal His Forces
Governor Brumbaugh to-day direct
ed that work be started on the repair
of the State highways on Monday.
A telegram was sent to Joseph W.
Hunter, First Deputy Highway Com
missioner, who is in charge of the de-
P pnd ' n S 'he appointment of
a Highway Commissioner to succeed E
M. Bigelow, directing him to begin
work.
The telegram is as follows:
Joseph W. Hunter, Jenkintown,
Pa.:
"Want you on Monday to begin
work on state highways. The plans
being all made, will you quickly
get the force on the roads? See
me soon.
M. G. BRUMBAUGH.
The plans for the repair work on
the routes of the state have been
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Scarlet Fever Patient
Creates Stir in City
By Associated Press
Philadelphia, April 2. lntent oil |
reaching the Philadelphia Municipal!
Hospital where they hope to save their i
child's life, Brogero Pestomac and his
wife brought their scarlet fever affl
icted six-month-old son from their
home near Easton, Pu., to this city to
day. The plight of the family was
discovered by a policeman at a rail
road station and they were sent to the
hospital.
The Philadelphia health authorities
are incensed because an Easton phy
sician is said to have directed the par
ents to come to this city for treat
ment. The father showed a letter said
to have been signed by Dr. L. J. Villo
chi, of Easton, advising them to seek
treatment at the municipal hospital, i
The Pestoniac's live at Martin's Creek, j
a small settlement, near Easton.
ALLIES' AVIATORS DROP
BOMBS ON TWO GERMAN
CITIES; SUBMARINES BUSY
Turkey Denies She Is Planning to Conclude Peace With
Russia; Fighting in Carpathians Is Unusually Bitter;
Russ Announce Substantial Gains; Considerable
Damage Done in Mullheim by Allies' Armies
Raids by two aviators of the allies
In the German province of Baden in
flicted damage in the cities of Mull
heim and Neuenburg. The destruc
tion of property in Mullheim is de
scribed In a London dispatch as con
siderable, although only slight dam
ago was done in Neuenburg.
A decided extension in the range
of operations of German submarines
is indicated by a Lisbon dispatch to
the effect that the l'-2S has been op
erating oft the coast of Spain. The
British steamer South Point, which
went down off Cape Finisterre, is said
in have been torpedoed by the U-28.
It is more than 700 miles from Cape
Finisterre to the nearest German sub
marine base. The cape is about 500
miles north of Gibraltar.
The suggestion that Turkey was on
the point of suing for a separate peace
with Russia is repudiated by both the
Turkish and Russian ambassadors at
j Rome. The former is quoted by a
I Rome newspaper as saying there was
no reason why Turkey should seek
j peace, in view of what is described as
■the excellent military position of his
country. The Russian ambassador Is
j said to have declared his government
i never would conclude a peace sepa
! rately from Great Britain and France.
I The lighting In the Carpathians is
described in Berlin dispatches as un
| usually bitter. The Russians, push
ling their way through deep snow, are
| persisting in their efforts to dislodge
the Austrians from the passes and
heights, but are said to have accom-
I plished little in the way of definite
I successes. The Russian war office,
| however, states that substantial re
sults have been achieved. In the
campaign in Northern Poland an im
portant victory is claimed over the
I Germans, who are said to have re-
I' treated hastily in one section of the
from west of the Xiemen river.
Say King's Action Has
Solved Liquor Question
T.ondon, April 2■ —" The King's action
has solved the liquor question as with
a stroke of the pen."
This striking declaration was made
CAPTAIN DELANEY SERIOUSLY ILL
Harrisburg lt was reported lata this afternoon that
Captain John C. Delaney, form*' Stwte Facto y Inspector,
is seriously ill it his home in Chavy Chate, Washington.
Herman P. Miller, Senate librarian, a dost iend of Cap
tain Delaney, has gone to his bedsida.
INCREASE.CAPITAL TO $500,000
Harrisburg—The Capital Ci;y Baking Company, which
was chartered a few weeks ago with a capital cf $5,000, to
day filed papers at the State Department ir.c easing it to
$500,000. Incorporators are: Earnard Schmidt, John E.
Fox and A. G. Eden.
ORDERS DOCTOR'S PROSECUTION
State Commissioner of Health Samuel G. Dixon to day
directed the prosecution of Dr. L. V. Villochie, of Easton
on the allegation that he had violated the quarantine laws
of the State in sending a child named Mary Pistonese, ill
with scarlet fever, from Martin's Creek, Northampton
county, to Philadelphia, for treatment.
Washington, April 2.—Business conditio:, l throughout
the country show a steady improvement, according to re
ports made by Secretary Redfield at to-day's cabinet meet
ing. The secretary presented extracts from various re
ports better conditions in many lines.
New Castle, Eng., April 2, 2.5S P. M. Three Tyne
trawleis, U:e Gloxiana, Jason and Nellie, were sunk by the
Geimau submarine U-10 yesterday. After all the members
of the ciews wcie safely in small boats the Germans blew
up the tiawlera.
Lewistown, Pa., April 2. —Frad C. Shauer, of Lewis
town, who w.as among those injured in the explosion of the
paint tank at the Standard Steel Works, yesterday, died in
the Lewistown hospital late last night, making four dead.
A. A. Shatzer diad on his way ta the hospital. J. K. Gib
boney, another out of the injured, is in a critical condition.
Washington, April 2.—"Black" smallpox in Vera Cruz
was reported to-day in official dispatches. The State Depart
ment's summary said: "The number of cases of smallpox
of the black confluent type is on the increase throughout the
city.,
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Walter Boyer and Idn PietMchlte, Heading.
H^ or y Kupp and Minerva B. McManmny, elty.
* POSTSCRIPT.
16 PAGES
to-day by temperance reformers in
Glasgow. and there is sonio Juatlllca
tion for it in the news from that city,
which has an unenviable record for
drunkenness, that shipyard workers
are refusing to enter public houses, that
littio or no liquor was called for to
day in restaurants and clubs, and that
tearooms were crowded to capacity.
Profusion of Bright
Flowers Lends Festive
Easter Air to Streets
Easter flowers are more plentiful
than ever on account of MI excellent
early season Hundreds of thousands
of bulbs of tulips, hyacinths and other
bulb plants that are grown in Hol
land were sent to this country Instead
of to England, because of the war.
Local llorists report their wares in
better shape than most years. The
calls for all kinds of Easter blooms are
heavy and there Is a special demand
for the combination baskets of bloom
ing and foliage plants, n hich sell all
the way from $2 to S2O.
Single hyacinth blooms, tulips and
daffodils, average 25 cents each, and
the potted plants up to $1.25. Easter
lilies range from 75c to $5 a plant;
lilac bush ■» V 1 to $5; azaleas $1.50 sin
gly. anil from sl2 to sls for a full
plant. Cut flowers, sweetpeas, violets,
roses and other winter hothousa- va
rletles aro selling at the averagel
prices.
Flowers being displayed at the flor- 'Sj,
ist stores and at the hothouses are /
j beautiful and lavish in variety and T
quantity, and Easter Sunday will «'
doubtless be one of the mos* showy in '
recent years. Easter coining one week /
earlier this year than last, the supply,-
of the early flowers Is better, and th(
blooms in o more natural state.
TO I*I.AN CONCKKTS
t M. Harvey Taylor, president of tlia
IHarrisburg Hand Concert Association,
I lias called a business meeting foe to
jnight at police headquarters to con
sider plans for raising fundsxfor cou«
certs in the parks, this summer."