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if THE QLOBEsssa i
HOUSING CONDITIONS
FAR BELOW STANDARD
[Continued from First Page.]
Mr. Ihlder was viewing: the rear of j
a row of houses In on uptown street |
when he made tne suggestions as to !
how present conditions could be over
come. Between the hack of the row
and the fence there was not more than
seven feet of space, and in each of
these diminutive yards was an out
house. A narrow alley, possibly less
than three feet, runs along the rear
of the row. The other side of the
alley is formed by u house, so that
from the rear of the row of houses
FRIDAY EVENING. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH APRIL 16, 1915.
on the far side of the alley there is a
distance of only ten feet, and within
this are outhouses which, it is said.
In summer become very offensive. Sir.
Ihlder believes that the city should
enact legislation whereby the owner
of the row of houses could be com
pelled to purchase the house on the
far side of the or passageway
and extend the yards over that space.
Instances of this kind are numerous
in the Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and
Ninth wards.
Houses Too Close
In one Sixth ward tenement a man
and his wife and four children occupy
two rooms on the top floor and pay $0
a month. In another nearby section
Mr. Ihlder found four rooms over a
warehouse and these four rooms were
occupied by four families, who each
paid $4 a month for them. Entrance
to the rooms is made by means of a
fllfrht of stairs on the outside. These
and many other conditions similar
were found to-day, and when Mr.
Ihlder makes his official report ho
promises to offer suggestions whereby
families can live in better quarters if
the city lawmakers and citizens sup
port a housing movement for llarrls
burg.
Mr. Ihlder has not confined his
visits to the sections of the city where
there are many poor persons, but he
has also traveled to the parts where
some of the finest houses have been
constructed or are in tbe course of
construction. He says that the hous
ing conditions there are also bad, that
tlie houses, in many oases, are built
too close together, and that there is
not enough breathing space between
them.
Hold Conference
At noon to-day Mr. Ihlder met the
board of directors of the Harrisburg
Chamber of Commerce at luncheon at
the Harrisburg Club. The housing ex
pert told of his surveys and methods
followed in other cities.
At 3 o'clock this afternoon, in a talk
to the county and city officials at the
Courthouse. Mr. Ihlder told of the
necessity for immediate action to bring
about better housing conditions. He
urged the city officials to get busy on
an ordinance and invited all officials
to hear his final report to the public
to-night.
Everybody is invited to the audi
torium of the Harrisburg Public
Library to-night at 8 o'clock. Mr.
Ihlder will make his complete report
and recommendations.
LETTERS ASK AID IN
MEMORIAL CAMPAIGN
[Continued from First Page.]
morialize this event?
"The present chapel is far inade
quate for our uses; a membership of
670. with a Sundav school of 700, Is
crowding to the doors. This campaign
is to front a new and adequate build
ing In connection with the present
chapel for churcn auditorium, social
and institutional uses.
"JOHN A. HAAS,
"General Chairman."
The eight-day campaign will be
started Sunday morning at 10.30
o'clock with a patriotic service in the
present chapel, which will be attended
by the Grand Army of the Republic
posts in this city, together with'the
Sons of Veterans. Martial music and
patriotic addresses on the scenes of
the Civil War at the old camp will be
features of the service. The speakers
will be Colonel Henry C. Demmlng,
of this city, and Mahlon Shaaber, of
Reading. The members of the vari
ous posts will attend the service in a
body.
At a rally to-night the hundred men
and hundred women who will nssist In
the work of the campaign will bo
drilled in their duties.
PLEASED
AT OPTION OUTLOOK
[Continued from First Pago.]
lutlon withdrawing the nominations.
I< was made plain that the Governor
does not intend his action to interfere
with the dispatch of business and to
all intents and purposes the commis
sioners are holding office until the end
of the session of the Senate unless
superseded. •
Plans to protest to (ho Legislature
against the proposed !ncreiiso of the
automobile licenses will In- mode at
Reading to-morrow by the P<>nnsyl
vania Motor Federation. Administra
tion officials fee 1 that high-nowored
cars and heavy trucks, which boar i
the worst on the highways, should pav I
more. An interesting coincidence to- '
day was that the receipts of the State i
automobile division for this year
passed the total receipts for 1914.
The total for last year was sl,] 85,000. j
TOURING CARS
FOR HIRE
Lowest Prices—Best Service
Special Kates to Day Parties
Also prompt and effi
cient taxicab service.
W. J. GENZLER, 23
Bell Phones—37o2 and 2304 J.
I'nltod Phone—U2l.
»»STeeLTQn>»i
HILLIS CAMPAIGN IS
POSTPONED ONE WEEK
Tabernacle Will Be Erected in the
Lower End; Preliminary
Meeting Tonight
At a meeting of the Hillis evange
listic campaign committee last even
ing the date for beginning the cam
paign In Steelton was postponed until
May 2. Just one week later than ori
ginally planned.
The Hillis campaign in Marysvillo
will not end until Sunday evening and
it was considered impossible to tear
down the tabernacle there and erect a
new one in Steelton in time to com
mence the crusade here before May 2.
The committee decided to erect the
Steelton tabernacle at Second street
and Buser's run. This is just a short
distance above Highland street and
is near the center of the town. The
work of erecting the Steelton taber
nacle will be under the direction of
Harry C. Wright, a contractor. Mr.
Wright will be assisted by volunteer
carpenters. While no date for the tab
ernacle raising has been decided upon
It will likely be Saturday. April 24.
Arrangements are nearly completed
for the preliminary work of the cam
paign. The first prayer meeting will
be held in the Main Street Church of
God, this evening at 8 o'clock.
IX) INSPECT BOROUGH
Steelton's sanitary condition will be
Inspected tomorrow afternoon by Bur
gess Fred Wigfieid and a party of bor
ough officials, including the members
of the sanitary and highway commit
tees of council and the chief of police.
The party will inspect all the streets
and alleys in the borough preparatory
to the clean-up week campaign the
week of May 3.
WILL LECTURE OX PHILIPPINES
Under the auspices of the Steel
ton Civic Club, the Kev. W. B. Cooke,
a former pastor of the First Presbyter
ian Church, will deliver an illustrated
lecture on "Three Years in the Philip
pines," in the high school auditorium,
Monday evening, at 8 o'clock.
STEELTON SNAPSHOTS
Holtl Annual ilfftinn. The First
Presbyterian Church will hold Its an
nual meeting, AVednesday evening, at
7:30 o'clock.
Confer Third Degree. Steelton
Lodge, 411, Knights of Pythias. last
evening conferred the third degree up
on a idass of candidates. A number of
out-of-town lodgemen were present.
Pinners Crashed. —Christian Glunlz,
a pressman at the Horwath Prlntery,
had three fingers of his right hand
crushed this morning when his hand
was caught in a press.
ENTERTAINS CLUB
Mrs. William Harlacher entertained
tho "Jolly Eight" at her home last
evening. Refreshments were served
to eight guests.
DIES PROM BLOOD POISONING
Funeral services for James M. Chap
man, who died yesterday afternoon in
the Harrisburg Hospital, will be held
Sunday. Services will be held at the
Chapman home, 350 Myerß street, at 2
o'clock and burial will be made in
Baldwin Cemetery. Mr. Chapman was
62 years old and death was due to
blood poisoning.
STEELTON PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McCurdy have
returned from Gettysburg.
Mrs. Jerome Whitmoyer, South Har
risburg street, is the of her
father, the Rev. J. E. Grauley, at Min
ersville.
PYTHIAN SHOW NETS
$377.42 FOR CHARITIES
The Steelton Associated Charities
has Just received a check for
$377.42 from Steelton Lodge, No. 411,
Knights of Pythias. This suin is the
proceeds of a home talent vaudeville
show given in the high school audi
torium recently by the lodge. It Is
the largest single contribution ever
given the local Associated Charities.
C. W. Thompson sold the greatest
number of tickets, having 145 to his
credit. Harry Buffington sold the next
greatest number with a total of 75.
MISS INGRAM ENTERTAINS
Members of Class No. 9 of the First
Methodist Sunday School were de
lightfully entertained by Miss Florence
Ingram at her home, ,314 Bessemer
street. A short business session was
followed by games, music and refresh
ments. Those present were Miss Mil
dred Lord, Miss Myra Weaver, Miss
Felice Marks, Miss Maida Stahler, Miss
Mary Attlcks, Miss Zora Roof, Miss
Anna Kenney. Miss Florence Ingram
and Miss Annie Bannan.
DIES IN LANCASTER
Postmaster and Mrs. M. M. Cusack
have received word of the death
of Mrs. Cusack's sister, Mrs. Walter
Pickle, in Lancaster. Mrs. Pickle was
formerly Miss Kathryn Melchoir, of
Middletown. Funeral services will be
held next Monday morning.
FATHER MAKOFF NEW
RECTOR AT STREI.TOIV
The Rev. Father David Makoff, a
priest In the Bulgarian-Orthodox
i ("hurch at Sofia, Bulgaria, has been ap
pointed rector of the Bulgarian Ortho
dox Church, • Front and Franklin
' streets. The Rev. Father Makoff ar
rived yesterday and will lmmediaely
take charge of his parish.
The Bulgarian-Orthodox Church here
is the largest in the United States, the
churches at Granite City, 111., and Madi
son, Wis., both being smaller. The
Rev. Father Nicolo Pavloff, who is In
charge of the local parish, will go to
either Granite City or Toronto, Canada.
CHANGES AT STEEI, PI,ANT
Workmen at the Pennsylvania steel
nlant are moving the engine at No. 2
i blooming mill to the new thirty-five-
I Inch mill. This engine will be used to
I operate the chain of new rolling mills, |
which is now nearing completion. The
fortv-four-inch mill Is in operation
; double turn and the tlilrty-flve-lnch
I nn<l finishing mills are both operating
on short timo.
BURY SMAI-I, CHH.D
Funeral servicps for Lewis Andrew,
I the small son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W.
Sheets, of Bressler, will be. hold to-mor
row morning from the home. Burial >
j will be made In York county.
hMIDDLETOW/V- - -1
ELECT OFFICERS
The Epworth League of the Meth
odist Church has elected the following
officers: President, H. E. Boyer; first
vice-president. Solomon Judy; second
I'lce-president, Mrs. Jennie Slack;
third vice-president, Mrs. Barbara
Coble; fourth vice-president, Mrs. Ida
R. Rlddlngton; secretary. Miss Lillian
Weller; treasurer, Mrs. 11. E. Moore.
MISS FLAIG ENTERTAINS
Miss Pearl Flaig entertained a num
ber of friends at her home in Ann
lm? CUSTOM-MADE
W3 Piece Suits or Top Coatsl*
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SATISFACTION
I MUST FIT OR NO SALE I
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Harrisburg's Oldest Popular Price Tailor* x ~
19 North Third Street
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Corner Strawberry Avenue
ALEX. AGAR, Mgr.
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street. Games, dancing and music
featured the entertainment and a
dainty buffet luncheon was served.
The guests included: Misses Kathrine
Kinsey, Esther Klnsey, Anna Thuma,
Marjorie Sides, Margaret Hoffman and
Pearl Flaig. Messrs. Lester Kupp,
Wellington Bowman, C. Hershey Hean,
Rodney N'issley, Warren Brown and
Earl Rudy, Mrs. Christian Flaig. Mr.
and Mrs. Percy Kupp and son Karl,
and Mr. and Mrs. Matliias Flaig and
daughter Helen.
MIMJLETOWN NOTES
Church Entertains.- —The Church of
God Bible class held a social last
evening in the lecture room of the
church. Interesting addresses were
given by J. B. Martin, the Rev. IT. F.
Hoover, Eli Brinser and Squire G.
Rodfong. Refreshments were served.
I'lnn Junior Reception. —Plans are
being made for the junior reception
which will be held in the main room
of the high school, Friday, April 23.
MIDDLETOWX PERSONALS
Jeremiah Dieiner, of North Union
street, left to-day for Stevens Hill,
near Falmouth, where he will work.
The Social Circle of town was en
tertained last evening at the home of
Mrs. J. M. Akerman, Water and Pine
streets. • Those present beside the
members of the circle were: Mrs.
Sherman Hawthorne, of Harrisburg;
Mrs. H. Rudy, of Lititz, and the Rev.
and Mrs. H. F. Hoover.
The Presbyterian Choral Society
will meet to-night in the lecture room
of the church.
Mrs. Harry Caley. of Newport
• News, Va., is the guest of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Imler,
at Market street.
Miss Margaret Rineman, of Han
over, is spending a week with Miss
Jennie Lerch, of Emaus street.
Miss Mary Nissley left to-day for
Annville.
John E. Cobaugh, of New York
City, is spending a few days, in town.
Francis Reider, of Clifton, is ill.
Mrs. Hershey, of Steelton. and Mrs.
E. S. Gerberich, of Middletown, spent
yesterday in Palmyra the guest of the
latter's mother.
Mrs. Amos Kupp, of Catherine
street, who has been on the sick list
for the past few days, is improving.
WILL THREESTEEL
COMPANIES MERGE?
[Continued from First Page.]
poration. The new combination, the
story has it, would be controlled by
the Schwab-Frick interests. In part
the North American says:
"Along with the activity in Cambria
Steel yesterday ftiere was heard in a
few quarters sometimes favored with
early information ruinor of a deal
such as was hinted at Tuesday. The
story is interesting and also entirely
possible of coming true, but It should
be clearly understood that at this writ
ing it lacks any real confirmation.
Men wtih imaginations seize upon the
thought. Charles M. Schwab is one of
those who has imagination, and, act
ing upon it, has coined it into gold.
"The feeling has taken hold of not a
few in the financial world that the
government suit for dissolution of the
Steel Corporation will be decided by
the lower court in favor of the de
Special Values
in Summer Shoes, Oxfords and
pumps at
$1.98 & $2.48
Saturday
20th Century Shoe Co.
7 South Market Square
"SHOES THAT WEAR"
11
fendant, and that the Wilson adminis
tration will not carry an appeal if the
corporation shall agree to divest Itself
of its transportation lines and par
ticularly of the Tennessee Coal and
Iron property. This working out, the
problem would be to find a buyer for
the Tennessee property.
"Such purchaser might be provided
in the shape of another steel com
bination second only in strength to the
Steel Corporation. Humor has it that
.lust such a combination is in the
imaginations of Charles M. Schwab
and Henry C. Frlck, and that, it is
quite possible that they will join forces
and weld together a greater Beth
lehem Steel Corporation with Mr.
Schwab as the directing head.
"Thus the story runs. It looks to a
taking over of the Cambria Steel from
the Pennsylvania Railroad and other
owning interests; of the Pennsylvania
Steel, just made over by a $10,000,000
plant investment, from the Pennsyl
vania Railroad and Reading Company
interests, and of the present Beth
lehem Steel, putting these three great
independent steel concerns of the state
under one control and management
and bringing into the combination the
Tennessee Coal and Iron, to be taken
over from the Steel Corporation.
"Schwab and Frlck are now the rul
ing men in the two most important of
these four iron and steel properties.
There has been a strong accumulation
of Bethlehem Steel common during
recent weeks, as is quite definitely re
ported for account of the Frick inter
ests. The Frick party holds the bulk
of the Cambria Steel stock not owned
by the Pennsylvania Company, and
has been several times anxious to buy
that majority holding. To sell their
holdings of steel stocks the railroads
want cash.
"The Frick-Schwab interests work
ing together could easily arrange pur
chase upon such terms with credit
facilities large, as they now arc, and
then could sell the acquired stocks to
a new company and take its securi
ties in payment. It was suggested
yesterday by a well-known banker
that in such a deal Bethlehem Steel
common might very easily be taken
at an appraised value of $l5O per
share and Cambria Steel on the same
percentage basis, which would be $75
per share, or about its shown book
value. No figure was mentioned for
Pennsylvania Steel. It was urged
that no legal obstacle to such a deal
would be likely to be encountered."
Vice-President J. V. W. Reynders
and other officials of the Pennsylvania
Steel Company at Steelton this morn
ing declined to comment on the story
from Philadelphia concerning a ru
mored merger of Xiree steel com
panies.
PENNYPACKER TALKS
ON NAME WITHDRAWAL
[Continued from First Page.]
meaning will be that less supervision
is wanted. The responsibility for tho
personnel of the commission rests with
the Governor. Should he bo able to
find some one who will perform- the
duties with more Intelligence and assi
duity than myself he ought to appoint
this person and certainly I shall make
no complaint."