ENGINEER BOARD
TO MAKE REPORT
Important Matters Will Be
Brought to the Attention
of Governor Soon
COMMISSION MEETS
Public Service Has Numerous
Hearings—Trout Growers
Gather For Talk
The State Engi-
V\\ if //J neers' Commission.
yv\\ qVA which has been
v\\\ studying for many
months the advisi
<l blllty of licensing
engineers engaged
' n t ' le construction
I JnwlWWiwMf nr operation of pub
: «II Mil llffll " c or P r ' vo -te or
" \ hazardous works.
will shortly submit
■■■■SHl a report to the
Governor which will likely be made
the basis of some recommendations to
!lie general assembly of 1917.
The commission is headed by P.
Herbert Snow, chief engineer of the
Public Service Commlslon, with Dr.
John Price Jackson, George S. Webster
r Philadelphia; Samuel A. Taylor, of
Pittsburgh, and J. Murray Africa, of
Huntingdon, as members. It is under
stood that the commission will make
some recommendations for licensing
of engineers on State works.
To Consider Codes. Rulings In re
gard to State standards of safety and
sanitation are expected to be made by
the State Industrial Board early In
1916. The Board has several codes
under consideration and will meet on
December 28 for further consideration.
Those governing foundries and lad
ders recently became effective.
Full Crew Cases.—All complaints
that the full crew law of 1913 Is be
ing violated will be considered by the
public Service Commission to-morrow,
eight being listed for consideration.
Most of them were brought by repre
sentatives of the Orderof Railway
Conductors and the Brotherhood of
Itailroad Trainmen. Three cases have
already been heard and it is probable
lhat the decisions in all will be is
sued at one time.
Butchers Convicted.—The State De
partment of Agriculture has received
word that several butchers who were
arrested in Philadelphia for selling
decomposed chickens were convicted
and forced to pay tines.
Complains of Hates. —N. J. Evans,
of McKee's Rocks, has filed a com
plaint with the Public Service Com
mission complaining of rates for elec
tric current in his town.
l T sed State I.and.—Between 18,000
and 20,000 persons Jaunted over State
forests during the hunting season
which closed with last Wednesday,
according to a statement issued last
night by the State Department of For
estry. The State has a domain of 1,-
009,000 acres and from reports made
by foresters it is estimated that be
tween 4,000 and 5,000 persons camp
ed on State lands and that over 12,-
000 persons hunted on the reserva
tions without camping. In addition
there were parties which made head
quarters in towns near reserves and
farmers who hunted over State lands
at various times this Fall.
Fund to Open Offices.—The State
Insurance Fund Board will open its
offices in Philadelphia to-morrow. In
charge of H. G. Tyson, and will open
its offices in Pittsburgh and Scranton
before January 1. These offices have
been opened because of the rush of
inquiries for information regarding
the fund. Both the State Insurance
Fund and Compensation Boards will
meet here to-morrow, when a confer
ence will be held with coal operators.
Hearings Begin.—The Public Service
Commission to-day began a three days'
series of hearings, municipal contracts
and grade crossing matters being
scheduled for disposal before the
Christmas recess, which will begin on
Friday.
Fourteenth Goes Out.—General or
ders from National Guard headquar
ters announce the muster out of all
orgarizations of the Fourteenth Regi
ment except the field, staff and com
pany officers and regimental band and
Companies B and C, which "will con
tinue In service until final disposition
is made of them." Shipment of equip
ment of other organizations to the
State arsenal will begin at once.
Payday on "Hill."—This was pay
day on Capitol Hill and everyone got
a check in time for Christmas buy
ing. This arrangement was made some
time ago by State Treasurer Young
after a conference with the Auditor
General.
Representative Here.—Representa
tive R. A. Hubler, of Luzerne county,
was at the Capitol.
Personal Inspection.—Chairman W.
D. B. Ainey, of the Public Service
Commission, made a personal inspec
tion at the Felton wreck yesterday.
Governor Returns.—Governor Brum
baugh, who has been In Philadelphia
for the week end, returned to-day. He
will spend Christmas in Philadelphia.
IHarrisbvrg Light ll
1 SfOWER.ffl |j
I Give Something |
I Electrical j
I There is something electrical that is suitable for J
1 k every member of the family: jj
\ Chafing Dish Vacuum Cleaners
; f 1
• Percolators Curling Irons jj
f Toasters Traveling Outfits
Lamps Irons . jj
: jj; Grills Heating Pads j|
■ f. Radiators Hair Dryers :j
MONDAY EVENING, ,
CHILDREN'S AID
IS HANDING OUT
CHRISTMAS BABIES
Little Folk Being Adopted by
Lonely Couples Without
Children
The appealing call of little arms
to be taken in and be mothered
reached the hearts of quite a number
of good-hearted people who were
touched by the
several days ago, and as a result three
or four little tots'have found pleasant
homes. The Children's Aid Society
Is being kept, busy supplying the de
mand, as there are some twenty or
thirty homes that have been for some
time on the waiting list, biding their
time until their home will bo sup
plied with a little girl or a sturdy boy.
And they will all be taken care of
eventually.
There came a letter from Green
castle this morning, which read in
part as follows:
"To the Children's Aid:—
"Seeing your 'ad' in the -Har
risburg Telegraph, I would like
to have a nice little girl as young
as I could get It. I would like to
have it to keep, we will give it a
good home. We live close to a
church and a schoollxouse, and if
I can get the baby I would like
to have it before Christmas. We
took a boy from the Chainbers
burg Home five years ago and
now we want a little girl as small
as I can get It.
"Very truly yours.
Another interesting story of the
rush for babies refers to a middle
aged, well-to-do couple, living in this
city, who have been married for eight
years and have had no children. They
don't care whether the child is a boy
or girl, so long as it Is a wonderful
little baby. When informed that
I they could be accommodated, they
| were overcome with joy, and it was
evident that some little fellow would
j benefit from the turn, in his direction,
j of the wheel of fortune.
Line of Fast Coast to
Coast Steamers to Make
Phila. Chief Port of Call
Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 20. The
establishment of a line of fast steam
ships between the Atlantic and the
Pacific coasts, througli the Panama
Canal, with Philadelphia as the chief
port of call on the eastern coast, is
planned by the Alaska Steamship
j Company, a Morgan-Guggenheim in
stitution, as a result of a trip just
made by John H. Bunch, of Seattle,
freight and passenger agent of the
company to this territory.
Two steamships, the Bennington
and the Burlington, have been pur
chased by the company from the
Philadelphia Shipping Company.
HAVEN ASSURED VILLA
BY UNITED STATES
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against Carranza and retire to private
life in the Untied States.
Want Villa Eliminated
The State Department does not con
ceal its desire to have Villa eliminated.
Without him the revolution In the
north will certainly fall, officials be
lieve. The intermediaries also said
that the plan was for the retirement
from the Held of the entire Villa army.
Deaths and Funerals
FORMER RESIDENT DEAD
David Croft, aged 60 years, a form
er resident of Harrisburg, died Satur
day at his home in Camden, N. J.
The only survivor is his widow, Mrs.
Elizabeth Croft. The funeral will take
place Wednesday morning at 11.30
o'clock. Services will be held at the
old Lutheran Church, Middletown.
Burial in Mlddletown cemetery.
HOWARD ELSWORTH BOYLES
Howard Elsworth Boyles, aged 46
years, for many years an employe of
the Harrisburg Railways Company,
died Saturday at his home 632 Relly
street. He had been 111 for two weeks.
The survivors are his parents, one sls
-11. r Miss Amy, and one brother John
Boyles. The funeral will take place
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Services will be conducted at the home
by the Rev. C. H. Grove, pastor of the
Green Street Church of God. of which
Mr. Boyles was a member. Burial
will be made in East Harrisburg ceme
tery.
CHILD DIES
Peter Garrett, infant son of Mr. and
[Mrs.John Garrett,died yesterday morn
ling at the home, 1009 Cumberland
street. Death was due to pneumonia.
I Funeral servicesheld this morning at
10 o'clock at the home, were conduct-
I ed by the Rev. H. H. F. Lisse, pastor of
I the German Lutheran Church. Burial
I was made in East Harrisburg ceme
' tery.
l*-»3TeeLTOtV>l
WHISKY CAUSES
CHILD'S DEATH
Five-Year-Old Boy Dies in Hos
pital Three Minutes After
He Is Admitted
i Suffering from alcoholic poisoning
caused by drinking whisky, Rudolph
Stlgenhafer, 6-year-old son of Mr. and
I Mrs. Joseph Stigenhafer. 386 Mohn
j street, died yesterday afternoon in the
Harrisburg hospital Just three minutes
i after he was brought there, for treat -
| ment.
I Coroner Ecklnger Investigated the
j case this afternoon. The authorities
; are not positive whether the boy
found the whisky at his home or
I whether it was given to him.
He was brought to the hospital un
conscious by his father, and the phy
sicians there barely examined the child
before he died.
| It was said by neighbors this after
noon that George Mengle, an uncle of
the boy, gave him a little whisky, but
no reason was given for tho action.
Coroner Ecklnger will refer the case
to District Attorney Stroup.
MRS SYLVAN IA LITCH
Mi's. Sylvanla Lltch, aged 36, wife of
M. B. Lltch, 146 Lincoln street, died
Saturday evening, at her home after a
lingering illness, suffering from tuber
culosis. She was widely known In the
borough, and did much individual
charity work. Mrs. Lltch is survived
by her husband, her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John S. McDaniel, New Cumber
land, and a brother, Robert McDaniel.
Funeral services will be held to-mor
row afternoon at 1.30 o'clock at the
home, the Rev. W. C. Sanderson, of
the First Methodist Church, officiating.
Burial will be made at the New Cum
berland cemetery.
MIIS. HOCH DIES
Mrs. Mary L. Hoch, aged' 74, a resi
dent of the borough for 30 years, died
yesterday at the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. Edward Shuler, 418 Lincoln
street. Funeral services will be held
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
the Grace United Evangelical Church,
the Rev. J. M. Shoop, officiating. Bur
ial will be made at Oberlin. Mrs.
Hoch is survived by three sons, How
ard and Benjamin Hoch, of Steelton;
and William, of Monte Vista, Col.; live
daughters, Mrs. Shuler, Mrs. Harry
Watson, Mrs. Carrie Shaeffer, Milton;
Mrs. Cordelia Mentzer, of Harrisburg,
and Mrs. William Enterline.
STOLE BROOMS, CHARGE
Clarence J. Sprow, charged with
stealing a bundle of brooms from Wil
liam Prowl, a grocer at 204 North
Front street, was arrested yesterday by
Detective Durnbaugh. He was com
mitted to jail in default of bail and
will be given a hearing before Squire
Gardner to-morrow night Several
months ago Officer Durnbaugh at
tempted to arrest Sprow. but the lat
ter escaped after a chase lasting almost
an hour.
STEELTON SNAPSHOTS
School Holidays. The public
schools will close December 23 for the
Christmas holidays and will reopen
January 3, 1916.
To Give Dance. The degree team
of Paxtang Tribe, No. 243, I. O. R. M.,
will give a dance, Tuesday evening,
January 18.
Council to Meet. A special meet
ing of council will be held this even
ing. The ordinance giving the Penn
sylvania railroad permission to cross
as Franklin, Conestoga and Trewick
streets, in placing a new freight
track, will pro'mbly De introduced.
Tree In Place. The big 35-foot
cedar tree for the community Christ
mas tree celebration, was put in place
to-day, work has been started on the
electric worlng.
STEELTON PERSONALS
Mrs. J. D. Derr, 240 Main street, will
leave Wednesday for Philadelphia for
a short visit.
John D. Derr spent the day in Dau
phin on business.
Miss Mary Parr of Providence, R. 1.,
has returned to the borough for the
holidays.
I'MiDDLBTOWfI* - -
SERVICES FOR MRS. UIEIII,
Funeral services for Mrs. Samuel
Dlehl. aged 72. who died Saturday at
her home, In Ann street, will be held
to-morrow afternoon, at 1:30 o'clock,
the Rev. W. R. Ridington, pastor of the
Methodist Church, officiating. Further
services will be held at the church, at
2 o'clock. Mrs. Dlehl is survived by
her husband, three daughters, Mrs.
Mary Shuey, Jennie and Elsie Diehl;
one brother, John Musser, and one sis
ter. Mrs. Susan Erisman. Burial will be
made In the Mlddletown Cemetery.
ELECT LODGE OFFICERS
Members of Swatara Council, N. 949,
Royal Arcanum, at a recent meeting
elected the following officers for 1916:
R. Friedman, regent; S. H. Ney, vice
regent; E. S. Keiper, orator; M. R.
Metzger, past regent: Edvv. I* Croll,
secretary; H. W. George, collector;
Frank Nisley, treasurer; C. A. Seltzer,
chaplain: A. McNalr, guide; John S.
Longenecker, warden; Win. Schuetz,
sentry; S. Cameron Young, J. G. Peters,
F. Z. Fisher, trustees; auditing commit
tee, S. Cameron Young, Dr. H. H.
Rhodes, C. A. Seltzer.
MIDDLETOWN NOTES
The music committee of the evange
listic campaign will meet this evening
lln St. Peter's Lutheran Church.
I Almost 200 employes of the A. S.
Kreider Shoo Company, this place, to
day received $5,284.78 from the cm
plnves' saving fund of the year.
Tho Christmas Tree fund total has
climbed to J109.70.
S. C Peters, principal of the Emaus
Orphan Home, In his annual report,
announces a balance of $493.69 In the
treasury. About $1,200 has been spent
for Improvements during the year. Five
children we're admitted and eight dis
charged during the year. At present
twenty-nine boys and girls are being
eared for.
Market will be held on Friday this
week. Christmas coming on Saturday.
A Big Five bowling team has been
organized. The manager is looking for
names. Address Warren Schrelner, care
of Crick's Bowling Alleys, Middletown,
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hose, of Cathe
rine street, announce the birth of a son,
December 18.
MIDIII,EOWN PERSONALS
Dr. C. P. Dingle. North Union street,
is visiting in New York.
John Croll, Jr., a student at Gettys
burg College, Is home for the holldavs.
Misses Marv Peters and Ivy Hoffman
are \-islting in Philadelphia.
Williams Arnold is 111 at his home,
in North Spring street.
MRS. TRICE OIKS
Mrs. Daniel Trice, died at midnight
at the home of her sister, Mrs. Alfred
Rothrock, 319 Ptne street. Funeral
arrangements have not been com
pleted.
DR. A. T. ORMOXD DIES
Grove City, Pa., Dec. 20.—Dr. Alex
ander T. Ormond, 67 years old, presi
dent of Grove City College, a promi
nent educator and friend of Presi
dent Wilson, died suddenly late Satur
day evening in a farmhouse near
here where he was taken after being
stricken while riding In an automo
; bile.
hajuusburg HfSfito telegraph
Pondering
Over Our Ads
about law or med- //.j w
icine, but we dc
know merchandise.
I The extraordinary, overwhelming crowds, who
thronged here and spent their money so freely this Christmas season
at this "Live Store," is only another stronger argument—why
Doutrichs—and why—
| Kuppenheimer Clothes
| Adler's Gloves Neckwear ThflS ?oS 5 .[ 1
Will please him; tan shades Blanket and Terry cloth Bath
■ and grays, Our Neckwear speaks for it- Robes.
1 si,si.so&s2 I
*f DMlritli's." Bluwd Bath Robes with slip-
A match $3.50
I Leather Goods Neckwear
Collar bags and shaving sets, Laundered percale, with stiff
Military Brushes, Hat Brush- They appreciate good looking cu ff s —or mercerized fabrics
es ill neat case; Coin Purses. ties. with soft cuffs, $1 and $1.50
I SS ' OO 304 Rtarfcrt Start S2SO I
CONWELL LECTURE
TWO HOUR TREAT
Says Money-Making Is Laud
able if Coin Is Used to
Help Others
Saturday eventns there came to this
city an influence that left Its impress
upon the mind and heart of every in
dividual who attended the world
famous lecture, "Acres of Diamonds,"
delivered by Dr. RuHsel H. Conwell in
the Technical auditorium under the
auspices of the Harrlsburg Academy.
It was a two-hour treat the like of
which has not been heard in this city
for many years.
Dr. Conwell started his career of
service as a captain of a company in
the Civil Wan and now, at the age of
71, Is still in excellent health and
devoting every waking minute to edu
cating hundreds of boys who are not
financially capable of paying for their
own university training. And all thj«
through the receipts from such lec
tures as he delivered here Saturday
evening.
The trend of his words was along
the line of sympathy and helpfulness
and knowledge of the life of the man
lends emphasis to what he says. He
brought home many truths to his audi
ence.
"Harrisburg is not. a city of 600,000
people now." he said, "because for
years its people have been crying it
down, saying there are no opportuni
ties here, and all that sort of thing.
So their sons and daughters, having
reached the self-supporting stage,
leave town and seek their fortune in a
large city, borrowing enough money
to come home at Christmas.
"Look about you and help tho man
next to you," he continued. "It is a
laudable ambition to want to make
money. I have no sympathy with
those preachers who constantly decry
the making of money as a heinous sin;
it is a praiseworthy ambition, but sim
ply because it enables you to help
others moro generously. Show me the
people in Harrlsburg who own their
own homes and I will show you Har
risburg's best representative body. Out
of 107 multimillionaires In New York
DECEMBER 20, 1915.
• city 67 made their money In towns of
i 3,600 inhabitants and less. Anil the
reason why men can get. ahead better
In tho smaller towns and cities Is he
cause they have moro time to think
and less to run to the movies. Think,
think, think, that is the Important
thing. You have beautiful streets and
a well-arranged city here only because
some few years ago there were men
. here who thought, and who are think
. lng now, and to them you owe more
than they are given appreciation for.
. You've got to have manufacturing in
terests here before your city will ex
i pand to the extont that It should ex
pand."
And orte of the truest things that
this broad-minded and world-experl
j enced soldier, lawyer, teacher, preacher
and philanthropist, as Headmaster
I Brown, of Ihe Academy, introduced
j htm, said, was that Harrlsburg and
; every other city bus big men, big in
every sense of the word, who we do
not realize are big because they do not
| hold office and are not constantly in
i the public eye. It.is not the office that
I makes the man, but the man the office.
Planning Distribution of
200 Christmas Baskets
With Christmas only a few days off,
plans are being completed for the dis
tribution of the 200 baskets donatod
by Jacob T&uslg's Sons, jewelers, 430
Market, street, to 200 worthy poor
families in the city.
Replies by th 6 score are
daily, but the list of 200 names is not
complete, becauso In many cases
three, four and five different replies
contain the same name. All of the
cases sent in after being Investigated
aro listed, and In a day or two plans
for the distribution will be complete.
Chicken, scrapple, potatoes, Christ
mas candy, peas, corn, coffee, sugar,
bread, and all of the other fixings for
a real Christmas dinner will be sup- •
plied in each basket.
This offer to provide for 200
families, together with the announce
ment by fraternal orders to take care
of other needy people will make the
riirlstmas day one of cheer for
practically every man, woman and
child in Harrlsburg.
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