UMFORM REPORT PLAN AGREED ON Notices Sent to Public Utility Companies by the Public Service Board Arrangements V\\ A. y/ have been perfected N\\\ whereby reports of all corporations in Pennsylvan 1 a re quired to file reports with the State gov -11 rMIWWfIwV ernment will report Wljiljfflli for the calendar % year. Legislation SBb will be asked of the ■■HwmN next General As sembly whereby those required to re port to the State Bureau of Railways may report for the calendar year in stead of for a year ending with June. This year reports have been required for the year ending June 30, but will also be asked of the year ending De cember 31 so that they may be uni form. Last year an act was passed making reports to the Auditor General for taxation for the calendar year instead of for a year ending with November. The Public Service Commission has just issued noUce to all utility com panies coming under its direction to report for the calendar year, and the Department of Internal is pre paring for the same procedure. These changes will do away with requirements for reports at odd times of the year. Compensation Plans. lmportant meetings of ihe State Compensation Board will be held this month to hear appeals in cases -which will involve precedents in claims from industrial plants and mines. The first meetings will be held October 5 and 6 in Phila delphia, with meetings on October 11 in Scranton and October 18 in Pitts burgh. Other meetings will be held in Harrisburpt for hearing arguments and passing on decisions. The code gov erning the safety arrangements for explosives of all kinds will hardly be ready for the State Industrial Board to act upon at the meeting to be held on October 3 in Philadelphia. Inspecting Roads.—Engineers of the Public Service Commission are engaged in making studies of toll roads in sev eral of the eastern counties of the state r.gainst which complaints have been filed and will make a report to the commission soon. It is possible that the commission may prescribe a standard for maintenance of toll roads owing to the reports which have been made that many of them are indiffer ently kept up. Bridges will also be reported upon. After Grafters. Arrests of some foremen alleged to have taken money for giving jobs to workmen have been ordered by the State Department of Labor in several cities of the state and •will be made examples. The prose cutions will be based unon investl gaUons made by the State Employment Bureau. Owing to the great demands for labor, it is said some foremen reaped a harvest. Exhibits at York.—The State High way Department has moved its ex hibits which attracted so much atten tion at the Reading, Allentown and Lancaster fairs to the York fair, where it will be shown during the week. It may be brought here later in the year. Governor at Scranton. Governor Brumbaugh is in Scranton to deliver the address in behalf of the State at the openinsr of the city's semicenten nial. He will return here late to-night. Halifax Charter Case.—-The charter application for the Halifax Township Electric Company is before the Public Service Commission to-day. The Jones town and other Lebanon companies are also asking charters. Slate Officers Help.—State Health Department officers are assisting Ma hanoy City officials in combatting the typhoid fever outbreak in that place. Collins Resigns. Samuel Collins, tipstaff in the State Superior Court for twenty-one years, has resigned. He will spend some time in the West. Mr. Collins is well known to many here. Fewer City Cases. —The reports of the State Health Department show a steady decrease in the number of cases of infantile paralysis in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, notably in Philadel phia, since thje coming of cooler weather. Attended Field Day. —Joseph Quinn, supervising factory inspector of the Harrlsburg district, and Robert D. Young, investigator of accidents of the State Industrial Board, attended the Field Day of the Bethlehem Steel Safety teams on Saturday. Would Repeal Law. Chairman Harry A. Mackey, of the Compensa tion Board, is out with a suggestion that the Federal liability law be re pealed on the ground that it interfere with the compensation laws of States, notably in the case of Pennsylvania. To Hear Cases. —Arrangements will be made immediately to henr the com plaints regarding crossings in vicinity of Chambersburg. There will prob ably be some inspections made of the locality. Philadelphia Afire, Races to Pier as Cargo Burns New York, Oct. 2. For the sec ond time in three weeks fire has been discovered upon an American Line steamship while at sea. The Phila delphia, of that line, Captain Harrv Kandy, raced lDto port here yester day from Liverpool, ei-uwaed with passengers, whtle in No. 7 hold, di rectly below the steerage quarters, was smouldering a fire that since last Thursday, when the vessel was ap proximately 800 miles from this port, has defied all the efforts of her crew to extinguish. Father Copyright, 1916, International News Service IVlcMlcit\Xl9 J (mmmm { ** <OLLY- t i- 11® 1H I I VONOER VHAT fF.Em FEEL > - , SO YOCSE - I Mill ' TIME IT l-b? -LJLJjjgij DC\tH'/NYTHIMO (HHHH PEOPLE | HAVE TO WAVT MONPAY EVENING, HAKRISBURO lijjljflff TELEGRAPH OCTOBER 2, 19i6. TYPHOID CASES ARE ON INCREASE Seven More in City Reported Today; More Than 400 in County Seven more cases of typhoid fever were reported for the first day In Oc tober, making a total or 102 victims in Harrlsburg since September. Ac cording- to Dr. J. M. J. Raunick, city health officer, the epidemic will prob | aby continue unabated for a week. All records for the number of cases j in the city and county have been broken I and more than 400 victims are record- I ed. Should there be an increase in | cases, stringent measures may be J adopted by the health authorities who j have been conferring on the situation, j That contaminated ice cream has been j the source of much of the contagion I has been proven according- to health otflclals, who are now making every effort to shut ofT the infected supply of cream which has been shipped into the city. At the Harrlsburg Hospital, ten pa tients suffering from typhoid were sent home over the week-end in a convales cent condition and six new victims ad mitted. A new ward was opened at that institution to-day, and arrange ments are being completed for addi tional quarters at the Polyclinic hos pital. Nearby counties also report epidemics with a record-breaking number of cases. At Berrysburg several cases have been reported. Dr. ltaunlck will go before city coun cil to-morrow to present plans for an 1 emergency hospital in case the epi demic remains unchecked and on Wed- I nesday he will confer with the milk j dealers of the city. NEW COURTHOUSE MOVE TO BEGIN [ fContinued from First Page] the question of whether or not the I county and city by the terms of the | Harris grant, can legally unite in a j movement to build a new county and | city building on tne site of the pres j ent structure. j The recommendation by the Septem j ber grand jury was the third sugges j tion of the kind. and. according to ex ' Sheriff Wells this permits the county authorities to act on the report, j President Judige Kunkel in acceut ing the grand jury's report Saturday expressed his approval of the recotn ] raendation. He said the present build i ing- has undoubtedly outgrown its pres ent usefulness. County Commissioner Wells who has been one of the heartiest of advocates for a new courthouse, said to-day that the count}- is financially able at the present time to float a bond issue to j the extent of $500,000 to build a suitable home for the county offices. If the city can be persuaded to join In the ! movement, the expense would be ap- I portionately less. j "Until we know whether the Harris | grant which gave over the present site for the courthouse, will permit the | county and city authorities to join in ! a movement to erect a new structure, | it will hardly be worth while trying to boost the move for a joint city and county building," said Commissioner Wells. "This is what I've asked Mr. Moyer, our county solicitor, to deter mine. Should there t>e a hitch in the grant we might ask the Harris heirs | to get together and agree to a change in the terms insofar as it relates to a new joint building." That a remodeling of the present courthouse would be practicable even if a new structure could not be erected jis the opinion of other county offi iclals. That the front of the building |is of a type of architecture that is , advisable to preserve, is the general opinion of architects and other experts |on the subject. | W hat one expert of a film corpora tion said about "The Spoilers": "It is | one of. the finest film productions I j have ever seen." At the Victoria Tuesday and Wednesday, this week adv. Hotel Subscribers Coming in Rapidly, Is Report of Committee I The Chamber of Commerce hotel j comi/iittee announces that in addition to those subscriptions of stock pub lished on Saturday the following have subscribed in the sums opposite their I names i Gertrude Hunter Tracey SIOOO IE. Moeslein 500 j Mrs. Lottie Morrissey 100 !A. Fortenbaugh 500 j Esther Leib 200 | Frank R. Leib 500 | Jos. K. White 5000 j lohn K. Royal 100 'Dr. H. M. Stine 50 | Clarence C. Himes 50 jJ. Henry Spicer 200 | U. C. Koons 500 ] Moses Schomborf 1500 j These subscriptions are included in ] the total of $540,003 now pledged for I the new hotel. The committee is liigh j ly pleased with the ready response of | the people of Harrlsburg and are go ing rapidly ahead with their prelimin ary plans. "The Spoilers" lias played at the Pitt theater, Pittsburgh for higher j prices than we charge. At the Vic j loria Tuesday and Wednesday.—adv. j SriF/TOjVAfcWS DESCRIBES FINE LIGHT SYSTEM Councilman Sellers Visits Bing hamton and Tells of Methods There How the city of Binghamton, N. Y., I has solved its municipal lighting problems and how it keops a surplus of poles and overhead wires ofT the streets, is told by Councilman A. J. Sellers, probably the first borough offi cial to advocate ellmlnaUon of poles and wires here. Mr. Sellers had occasion recently to visit Binghamton, and while there spent a night with public otflclals in specting the lighting system. There are cluster form of lights on standards is used entirely and the clusters are so arranged, Mr- Sellers explains, to permit all the lights with the exception of a single bulb on the top of the cluster to be turned off late at night. Mr. Sellers advocated the installa tion of a similar system here and the ordinance which will be introduced next week at the insUgatlon of Coun cilman T. T. McEnteo will likely be so shaped. The problem of poles is solved In Binghamton. Mr. Sellers says, by the erection of concrete poles by the city. These standards are then rented to the various uUlity corporations at a nomi nal fee which results in an income to the borough. All companies use the same poles. TO HEAR NEGRO Samuel E. McCullough, colored, .will be given a hearing before Squire Frank jA. Stees probably to-morrow on a I charge of attempting to rob the store of N. S. Fencil, Front street, and Furl's fruit stand. South Front street, Satur day night. SCHOOLS OPEN" TO-DAY W T lth an enrollment of nearly 2,000 the Steelton public and parochial schools opened their Fall and winter sessions to-day. All the public school teachers met with Superintendent L. E. McGinnes and the directors at the high school Saturday evening to ob tain instructions for Uie opening weeks' study. HONOR CHARTER MEMBER During the celebration of the fifth anniversary of the Croatian Sokol Sat urday evening M. J. Horvath, the only charter member, was presented with a gold emblem of the order. Speeches were made by Nicholas Karaca, presi dent of the South Bethlehem Sokol; Stanko Srbic, president of the local sokol, and K. Pozega. STEEIVTON SNAP SHOTS Child Dies. Wilbur, 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. "Webster DeWalt. 331 Popular street, died last eening of diphtheria. Funeral service were held this afternoon from the home. \V. C. T. V. TO MEET, The W. C. T. U. will meet this evening at the home of Mrs. Peter Miller, North Fourth street. Senator Clarke Dies From Sudden Apoplexy Attack Little Rock, Ark., Oct 2.—United ; States Senator James P. Clarke, pres ident pro tempore of the United States Senate, died at his home here yesterday. Senator Clarke suffered a stroke of apoplexy Friday and never | regained consciousness. Physicians j and members of his family, however, ! did not realize the seriousness of his i condition so that the news of his death j came as a shock. His physicians said that the Senator first complained of | feeling 111 when he returned to his home from his law office Wednesday | afternoon. His indisposition con tinued Thursday and Friday and the stroke of apoplexy occurred about six o'clock Friday evening. "The SPOILERS" AT THE VICTORIA TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY "The Spoilers," Rex Beach's famous play, will be shown in a 12-part pic ture at the Victoria Tuesday and Wed nesday only. It is one of the greatest pictures ever made.—adv. Mrs. Lenney Acquitted of Marital Infidelity Charge After an hour's deliberation a SCD tember Quarter Sessions jurv Saturday evening acquitted Mrs. Grace Lennev charged with marital infidelity and Guy Cunningham, the "other man" I named in the case. ! Furthermore the costs were divided between the defendants and the prose- I cutor. Detective Harry White, who had been employed by J. M. Lennev, the ac cußed woman s husband, to collect evi dence. 1 .. The V. ,al w , a# watched with more j than ordinary interest, aroused largely | because of the fact that the Lennevs ■ were so well known on the Hill. Lennev is proprietor of two big moving picture I snows. j LI BANON TRIMS AN NVTLLE | Lebanon, Pa.. Oct. 2. —Lebanon High School opened its football season here Saturday afternoon with a 72 to 0 vic tory over Annville A. C. on Lebanon field. William Farnum and Kathlyn Wil i liams lead "The Spoilers," shown at i the Victoria Tuesday and Wednesday (this week.—adv. FIRST NATIONAL PRESIDENT DEAD [Continued from i-lrst Pace] HF ' —Photo by Roshon. JAMES BRADY, been in poor health for a year. His condition became worse lat Monday when he took his bed. Death was due to heart trouble. The survivors are a widow, Mrs. Josephine Burdke Brady, daughter of the late Michael Burke, for many years a prominent citizen of Harrlsburg; two sons. Commander John R. Brady, United States Navy; William Burke Bra,dy, Cleveland, Ohio, and two daughters, Mrs. Neil Salsich, of Beth lehem; and Miss Maude Brady, Har rlsburg. The funeral will take place Wednes day morning High mass will be cele brated at St. Patrick's Cathedral State street, at 9 o'clock. Burial will be private. James Brady was born In Harris burs, March 1, 1842. He attended the public schools, and during the year 1861 accepted a position as clerk In the First National bank. His ability as an accountant soon brought him into prominence, and his rise was rapid. He filled the positions of teller and cashier and later became presi dent. He was Identified with a number of local corporations and was long prominent in the city's financial af fairs. His advice on the question of loans for public improvements proved most valuable to the city. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Bankers' Association. Referring to the prominence of Mr. Bady's bank, the Telegraph printed the following during Mr. Brady's adminlstraUon as cashier: "Iri the list of national banks there Is what is called the "Roll of Honor," and it is the first fifty or so. Right up near the top of that list for Penn sylvania and well up among the lead ers for the country is one of the Har rlsburg banks, the First National Bank. It was formed here years asro with SIOO,OOO as its capital and not withstanding deposits around a million and a dividend rate which is a corker It still has that capital, although its surplus is several times that amount and then some- In the First National the helmsman is James Brady. He is cashier of the bank and the man in command of the active busi ness. He has been running the ship for a number of years and no one is better known among the State bankers than he. Mr. Brady started in the bank when he was a young man and has had a large share in the develop ment, being a close student of Harris burg and its people and having that mixture of enterprise and caution which makes the successful banker. "In the morning he get down town before business starts and he finishes off the day with a walk into the coun try, one of the kind of walks which makes younger men hustle to keep step. The rest of the time he's keep ing his eye on the bank, and that's why it has its proud plßce." Mr. Brady was one of the oldest mem bers of the Harrisburg Club, having joined when the club headquarters was on Walnut street. He was active in the movement which located the new clubhouse at Front and Market streets. He was a charter member of the Harrisburg Country club, and for a number of years was active on its advisory board. He was a member of St. Patrick's Cathedral parish, and was much interested in church affairs. When the old Harrisburg Board of Trade was organized, Mr. Brady was a charter member and until it passed out was prominent in its activities. SKA RAIDERS AT PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 2. Steam ing slowly up the Delaware river yes terday afternoon, the German sea raider Prinz Eitel Friedrich, convoy ed by the American battleships Minne sota and Vermont, slipped into a nook of the "back channel" at the Phila delphia Navy Yard at 3 o'clock, where it will be interned unth the close of the war. Following it was another vessel of almost equal fame, the Kron prinz Wilhelm. The. latter was towed by three tugs and arrived three hours later. ST. PAUL JOHN' D.'S MODEL Cleveland, 0., Oct. 2. John D. Rockefeller thinks St. Paul would have been a captain of industry had he lived in modern times. His re mark rose from the sermon he heard the Rev. Dr. W. W. Buslnrd delher at the Euclid Avenue Baptist church in which Paul was cited as a model of unconquerable power. "That's right," Rockefeller said. "Paul wn3 persistent and he would have made a successful man in busi ness or industry to-day, for its per sistency that gets things these days." CARE OF INSANE IS HUGE PROBLEM Members of the State Board of Public Charities Will Make Report on It Members of the State Board of Public Charities who have been en gaged In studying the situation as re gards the Insane in the State at the request of the Governor are divided In their opinions whether the State should assume the whole care or the counties have hospitals in addition to the State institutions. There will be reports expressive of the opinions of members made to the Governor in a few days. Members of the Board were In ses sion at Philadelphia on Saturday dis cussing the situation, the committee on lunacy having submitted the fol lowing ideas: County care license should be re stricted to counties nnd poor districts which comply with the provisions of the law by erecting suitable buildings for the Insane, under plans approved by the Board of Public Charities and which shall provide a standard of care, also approved by the board. The county care hospitals should have their own board of managers and should not be governed by the poor directors or the superintendent of the almshouse. The county care hospital should have farms and employment buildings as well as recreation facilities; and the insane patients should not l>e compelled to work on the almshouse farm. The welfare and improvement of the patients being the object in view, the labor of the patients should be regulated by the physicians. Every hospital for the insane should be under the charge of a competent physician appointed by the board of managers, and no license should be issued to any institution which does not have a resident physician. The county hospitals should co operate with the State hospitals of the several districts. Tn fact, they should be regarded as annexes or agricultural colonies of the State hos pitals. When the boards of managers for the county institutions for the in sane are appointed it might be prac ticable to have the local trustee of the State hospital serve as a member of the county hospital board, thus bind ing the State and county hospital into one system of State control. In speaking of the difficulty with which the State Board Is confronted in making a reply to Governor Brum baugh's request for a plan to have the State car for all the insane. Fran cis J. Torrance, president of the board, said: "It will require $5,000,000 to care for the patients we have now, and with the need for appropriations to care far overcrowded conditions at present State institutions, it is hard for us to figure how we can ask the Legislature for enough money to erect new build ings that would compare with our present State institutions. Because of this financial condition and several other things, the members of the board are not of on? mind as to whether it would be advisable to make such a recommendation to the Gov ernor." While State care would be an ideal condition, Mr. Torrance indicated that the cost would be almost prohibitive at one time. According to the report, the State institutions, with a capacity of 9372 patients, have at present 10,876 In mates. This overcrowding, the report says, has become so great that several have been compelled to close their doors for months at a time and com pel the insane to remain in alms houses and Jails. In the hope of alleviating this con gestion in some degree the committee recommended the completion of the State Hospital at Farview and ap proved of ward buildings to be con structed at Warren, Norristown, Dan ville, Rittersvilie and Dixmont, which would increase the capacity of these institutions by 800 beds. The com mittee also cites the need for a State hospital in the southwestern district, | and will ask the next Legislature to make an appropriation for such a hos pital. Tickets are on sale now for "The Spoilers," at the Victoria Tuesday and Wednesday. First floor, 20 cents, bal cony 10 cents.—adv. Gannett Helps Erie Solve Flood Problem Recently the Pittsburgh Dispatch contained an interesting description of the plans which Erie has adopted to prevent any recurrence of a flood like that of last year which resulted in the loss of twenty-four lives and much property. This article shows the con dition following the flood and the de sign of the drift-catcher which will prevent future trouble. The Dispatch says: "With a promptness unusual in mu nicipal affairs an appropriation of $7,000 was voted for the carrying out of a comorehensive survey which point the way for works to keep the streams in bounds. Farley Gannett, a consulting engineer of Harrisburg. who had had years of experience with thw rivers of Pennsylvania through hav ing been ehtef engineer to the State Water Supply Commission, was en gaged to make the study and to indi cate the relief that could be obtained. "The Investigation was pushed with all possible speed and a plan was pro posed involving an expenditure oi about $900,000. The City Commission, approved the plan and submitted it to the people of Erie at a bond election After a stirring campaign, led by thi new Mayor. Miles B. Kitts, the loan was approved and on August 3. 1916 one year after the flood had occurret. ground was broken for the works —lndian W Indian ins IST, 2ND, 3RD AND 4TH PROFESSIONALS AT JS[ Lebanon Race Track SATURDAY, SEPT. 30TH Track Record Still Held by Indian Because—lndian Has Power, Durability and Speed The New 1917 Power Plus Indian Will Be on Display Thi? Week at the showrooms of West End Electric & Cycle Co. JSSKrLa'S?. h " Green and Maday Sts. which will put the flood prevention means into effect. Now Mill Creek is to be absolutely controlled and floods • will not again be known in Erie. i "What is still more to the point, the work is going to cost the city little or nothing as tne twelve acres of mlQ city property, formerly assessed at a very low price and occupied by thu creek channel, will be filled in and be come highly desirable ground and can be assessed for a large sum. Also the 150 acres of land in the heart of the business and restder.ee parts of thu city, inundated by the flood waters, will, when flood damage is no longer possible, be assessable at much higher figures. These two features, together with the buildings which are being ana will be constructed on this land, win so Increase the taxable property of the city as to increase its revenue by a sum nearly if not quite sufficient to pay interest and sinking fund charges on the bond issue." cfflw/; | | MOTORCYCLES WON FIRST j! AND SECOND AT LEBANON ! ; | When buying a Motorcycle, why not buy a Thor? Made by pioneer 1 ] | motorcycle makers. | [ C. H. UHLER 1317 Derry St. They Sit Up and Say: "Here It Is!" —that's the way the "Lost and Found" "v Want Ads behave in the Telegraph. V The great big majority of Harrisburg- il ers, happily, are honest men and worn- V cn, and lost articles are readily return ed to the rightful owner if the Want Ads arc intelligently used. Next time you lose anything whether ii; be a pocketbook, a handbag, a sum of money, jewelry, valuable pa pers, a household pet, an overcoat, any thing ; bring or telephone your troubles to the Want Ad Department of the Telegraph. A Wani Ad will restore it. T'will cost but a few cents. Tell it through the Telegraph Sfi.ooo SPENT OX TELEGRAMS TO lIRIXG PRESSURE ON' MARKET New York, Oct. 2. An example of the pressure out upon the tele graph companies by the recent activity In the New York Stock Market la the sending of 12,000 telegrams by a member of the curb exchange In the l'orm of night letters to a?; parts of the United States. The telegrams, filed with the two big telegraph com panies Saturday night, are said to constitute the largest single telegraph order ever sent out from this city. The cost is estimated at $6,000. Moving Picture Mail said about the "Spoilers": "This picture deserves honorable mention and it wil! get It." Playing at the Victoria Tuesday and Wednesday, thia week.—adv. 9
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