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BARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME
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FRIDAY EVENING, fKTTOBER 13
There is no speech nor language to
express
The secret messages of Qoil, that make
Perpetual music in the hearing heart.
— Hejtbt Van* Dyke.
NO TIME TO LOSE
IT is regrettable, of course, that the
good name of Harrlsburg as a
healthful and wholesome city has
been blackened by a scourge of typhoid
fever from without, but we must face
the situation, discover the cause and
remove the danger without further de
lay. Time for talking Is past; time for
action is here.
So far as the City Council is con
cerned it must not hesitate for a mo
ment to provide such funds as may be
needed to protect the health of the
city. This is an emergency which de
mands radical treatment, and if the
local Health Department Is not able to
cope with the trouble, then let the
State be urged to assist, so that the
disease shall be stamped out In the
least possible tlrye.
We are definitely assured that the
city's water supply is absolutely pure;
that there is no difficulty from this
source. Dirty creameries are held to
be largtjy responsible for what has
occurred. If one hundred inspectors
are necessary to trace the disease to
Its source, these should be employed
without delay and without regard to
cost.
But let's have no more discusston of
what to do. It seems to £>e generally
understood that we should trace the
Infection to its origin, and when this
shall have been done the spread of the
disease will be checked. It is entirely
reasonable to believe that the local
health authorities have been handi
capped In the fact that they have not
sufficient force to combat the epidemic.
This being true, City Council must
recognize the situation and provide
whatever inspectors or experts are
necessary to crush the epidemic and
lemove the stain upon the city's good
name.
We hope when they finish the Post I
Office that they will use a little bleach
on the old portion. Just now It looks ,
like a boy who had neglected to wash
back of his ears.
MCKUXSOV LAW SCHOOL
THE campaign of Horace B. King,
of Harrlsburg, to raise a fund
sufficient to rebuild the Dickin
son law school building deserves the
success with which it is meeting. The
Dickinson law school Is an institution
from which many of the noted law
yers of the country have gone out and
of which Central Pennsylvania is very
proud. It is doing good work with
an antiquated and insufficient equip
ment. If it is to go on and fill the
need there is for It, it must have new 1
quarters. The best evidence that the
project Is deserving is that scores of
graduates of the law school are among
the most generous contributors.
By the wsv, isn't it about time for
Harrisburg to he thinking of a home
cow tnjr retention for the boy* who are
•xpectec oacV from the border ihori.lv ?
SENATOR KNOX. .% SUGGESTIONS
WHILE in Harrisbursr for a few
hours yesterday tho Hon. Phi
lander C. Knox spoke enthusi
astically of the improvement of tho
city and especially of the beauty of the
River Front. He said;
The Improvement of the River
Front in HarrisburgMs a very cred
itable work. It compares favor
ably with similar work I have seen
in Europe. It provides a delightful
promenade along the Susquehanna,
which not only is a source of en
joyment to the citizens, but affords
a very attractive point for visitors
to Harrlsburg. To-dav I had my
first opportunity to look over the
"Front Steps of Harrlsburg," and I
enjoyed it exceedingly. I think it
should be oalled "The Gateway of
the Commonwealth." It is a view
of which tho city of Harrisburg
may well be proud.
This praise from one who has trav
eled so widely is praise indeed. It
swres to still further emphasise the
taoportance of giving immediate atten
tion to the protection of the terraoe
and tho planting of the embankment
■with hardy shrubbery which would
givo color to the whole eastern front
of the river basin.
If this German submarine activity
keeps up England won't have so much
Ihiited States mall to hold up.
THE ARMENIAN RELIEF
HARRISBURG has never turned
the needy from her door. Dis
tress has never sought In vain
for araccor here. It Is only byway of
living up to traditions that the Minis
terial Association of the city and vi
cinity has called attention to the duty
of the church people in this com-
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munity In responding generously to
the proclamation of President Wilson
setting aside Saturday and Sunday
next as days upon which to give of
their plenty to the starving thousands
of war-stricken Syria and Armenia.
All over the country opportunity will
be afforded to Americans to aid the
throngs who arc facing the awful
death of famine or violence through
no fault of their own. Doubtless, as
usual, this city will do Its share.
The scarcity of dyes has led to the
use of cranberries and the new coloring
Is called "cranberry red." To some of
us who occasionally wear "blled" shirts
and are invited out occasionally to
turkey dinners, the shade need not be
described.
A LITTLE PLAIN TALK
TF anyone doubts the great need of
-*■ permanent treatment of the river
slope from one end of the oity to
the other, that doubt would bo re
solved by a walk along the Front Steps
at tlie present time. In the absence of
any definite plan of treatment the ter~
race has been regarded as something
which might someday. In some fashion,
be given some attention. But when
such a distinguished visitor as Philan
der C. Knox grows enthusiastic In
praise of the splendid river front treat
ment and all the city's visitors wax
eloquent in their admiration of the
unique steps and walk along the water
front, It Is high time that our own
people realize the importance of doing
something definite in the way of pro
tecting this embankment.
It would appear that the Depart
ment of Parks should adopt a settled,
policy respecting this matter. There
has been enough backing and filling
and dawdling. City Commissioner Gross
seems to have utterly failed "in appre
ciation of the importance of doing
something. Outside of rambling sug
gestions lie has accomplished little in
the direction of permanent treatment.
Notwithstanding the fact that sev
eral thousand dollars remain of the
last park loan, ample for the purposes
of protective work along the embank
ment. the months have been allowed to j
pass without any real effort to do what,j
is urgently needed.
I.et any citizen who questions the |
absolute necessity of protecting this ■
embankment make an inspection'from ]
the lower walk and see for himself the j
conditions which now exist. Gulleya j
have been cut in the bank from the]
top to the bottom by the rains of the i
year: large willow trees overhang the j
walk; no planting of any importance'
has been done; deposits of the Spring j
floods are still upon the granolithic I
promenade, and there Is throughout
the river front a general appearance i
of neglect. Surely, the people of Har- j
risburg do not want this sort of thing'
to continue.
The Susquehanna basin, is an asset '
of which the city is proud, and while
visitors applaud what has already been
done they also recognize the need for
completing the Job. Thousands of
plants are growing In the city nursery i
and thousands of these plants should '
have been placed along the slope this '
year wherever the proper grade has j
been established. The gulleya along |
the embankment must be filled, else j
still greater destruction will follow I
through the toppling of the upper
walk. Between the Walnut and Mar
ket street bridges great atones have
been allowed to obstruct the grano
lithic walk. Ko rsal effort, lias besn
n-,s.de ro cresie oermsnsnl conditions. 1
Everything suggests an atmosphere of
indifference, not to say incompetency.
Unless and uritil a specific policy
shall have been adopted for the treat
ment of the river slope these conditions
will persist. If It is not possible,
for lack of sufficient appropriation,
to place the river frontage In proper
shape at one time, then it ought to be
easily possible to make a start at a
given point and complete the work
from year to year until the embank
ment In Its protection and planting
shall be beyond further damage from
high water and other causes. It ig no
wonder that the people are complain
ing when so little has been done this
year. They have a right to complain
and the responsibility must rest where
It belongs.
Thank heaven, It's over. No more
late paperi to worry Telegraph sub
scribers, we hope.
Dlspatohea concerning Carranza lead
to the prediction of an early Fall 'n
Mexico.
At the outstart of the campaign the
President said he was going to be "non
partisan" In his speeches, and if he
thinks he has kept his promise we hope
ho won't decide to break it.
I -foOtu* Ck
t h,KO \^LcClkLcl
By the Ex-Comasitteeman
While the men in charge of the
"political committees' campaigns are
struggling to overcome the apathy
which exists in/many sections and tho
State and district candidates are
mounting/the stumps every night, com
mittees of lawyers in most of the
counties of Pennsylvania have gotten
to work in the interest of the re-elec
tion of Jostlce Emory A. Walling, of
the Supreme Court. The May primary
gave a/jolt to tho confidence of many
peopl<v In the nonpartisan Judicial
nomination act and men of activity In
E?',A aw are determined that there
shall be no slip-up In November.
In thirty counties committees have
undertaken to push the Walling cam
paign and/others are being actively or
ganized. Newspapers without regard
to political complexion are nlso calling
atlentmn to the Supreme Court elec
tion /ftnd lawyers are on their mettle
** cure a "Ig vote on the judicial
ticarat.
Before leaving tho city last night
Attorney General Brown decided to
?, wrlt of quo warranto to test
t M?.7 eMhl P of Mayor Jonas Fischer,
of Wllliamsport, and tho formal order
goes out to-day. The application will
ue made in the Incoming; county courts
for a. writ of quo warranto compell
ing Fischer to show cause why he
holds his office. This action is taken
at the request of Wllliamsport citi
zens, who started ouster proceedings
against Mr. Fischer on the grounds
that he Is not naturalized. A hearing
in the case was held before Deputy
Attorney General Hargest here on Sep
tember 12. Fischer has contended that
he has naturalisation papers, but he
has never them publicly. He
was elected mayor last November
after more than 50 per
cent, of thefvotes cast at the Fall pri
maries.
—GrtTord Pinchot is to address the
Hughes club in Philadelphia. The for
mer forester insists that Wilson does
not meet the standard.
—Congressman John It. K. Scott is
out in a speech in which he assails the
political club and urges savings funds
ln,ach ward.
The Democratic contingent from
Dauphin, Cumberland. Perry and ad
joining counties for Shadow Lawn will
leave here on a special train to-mor
row morning and it Is expected that it
™ an ' m rressive list of Federal
officeholders and boys with a desire to
stand in. Practically every postmaster
gelt injj over $1,5 00 a year in these
S>v.L ' p , xpecte<l to be on the train.
The pilgrims will be checked up on
leaving- Philadelphia. Kive bands will
along.
—When the Democrats march down
Market street to the train they will
pass under the new campiagn banner
swung across Market street. The ban
net- hath n strange device. It also lacks
the list of Democratic candidates for
congress iit large.
""■Philander C. Knox Is expected to
make a speech more sizzling In Its
denunciation of the Democratic shams
than/that he made at Greensburg last
nighT when he comes to Harrisburg.
' Harry A. Mackey, chairman of
'7° compensation Board, In an address
at Philadelphia praised Mayor Smith's
ordinance.
-- Single Taxers are planning to
rmako a campaign drive in Luzerne
county. A branch of the Philadelphia
headquarters will be opened.
Joe Guffey, Democratic state chair
man, is suffering again. He savs now
that Pennsylvania will give Wilson a
i pcorc-breaking* vote. Guffey generally
hops into the limelight when there is
nothing doing, but he is alwavs enter
taining.
—Philadelphia registration figures
a " recor< 3 s were broken and
30u, 406 persons registered. I,ast year
It was 289.726. The first day 92 624
registered, the second day 1 02,513, and
the third day 1 10,269. The returned
guardsmen are now being registered
—Friends of Scotty Leiby, the
l.'emocratic candidate for senator in
the Thirty-first district, have got the
hlllcs over the failure of the voters to
enthuse over Scotty. He has been go
ng up and down the four counties, but
the people appear to have pinned their
trust to Senator Frsnklin Martin and
will re-elect him. It is said In Perry I
whence Scotty balls, that he will not I
carry that county.
—State Chairman Guffey added to
the Joys of Philadelphia last night by
announcing that Vance C. McCormick
Democratio national chairman, would
preside at the Pennsylvania day cele
bration at Shadow I>awn to-morrow
afternoon. The exercises will start at
■C. ® clock - McCormick will make
ine Introductory speech, presenting A.
Mitchell Palmer. Democratic nationai
committeeman from Pennsylvania to
President Wilson. The President will
respond to Palmer's address. After
the speaking all the visitors will be
presented to the President by McCor
mick, Palmer and Ouffev. it. will be
a fine day for the reflected glory squad.
The executive committee of the
Democratic State committee will meet
to-morrow morning in a Philadelphia
hotel prior to the departure of the
Shadow I,awn specials to fill a num
ber of vacancies.
—Cumberland county's campaign
lias assumed much activity and the
formation of clubs In Carlislo and
other places will probably cause the
c< mpaign *o assume at its close some-
U , , m V r lho old-time eayety. Josish
Tviine i\nd Samuel Bent* have
charge o.' the Republican center and
County Trcx.surer Robert W. Peffer of
the Democratic. The Hurhes club of
tho Dickinson law school, which is
headed by F. J. Reiser, of Altoona,
has challenged tho Wilson bodv to de
bate on vital Issues of the campaign.
Clubs have also been formed at Dick
inson College, Conway Hall and tho
Carlisle Indian School. O. J. Elchorn.
I.onaconlng, Md„ Is president of the
Wilson club at Dickinson and 11. D.
Robinson, Winchester. Va., of the
Hughes organization. C. C. Walters,
Harrisburg, heads the Hughes body at
Conway Hall, and D. W. Justice. Balti
more. Md„ the Wilson. Harry Sutton,
Seneca, of Conesus, N. Y., Is the
Hughes Indian School club president,
and Green Choata, Seneca, Valient,
Va„ Is head of the Witsonites. They
will hold parades and act with the
county organizations.
Trade Briefs
Dealers In Bordeaux. France, are in
terested in American jewelry, electri
cal appliances, motion picture films,
agicultural Implements and other
staples.
A firm has been started In Soura
baya, Java, to trade In American eleo
troteohnlo appliances.
Inquiries have been made by the mu
nicipal authorities of the town of An
nonay, France, about American fire ap
paratus and supplies. Primitive meth
ods for fighting fire are now employ
ed.
Much of the zlno from the Tonkin
mines, French Indo-China, which for
merly went to Germany and France, Is
being purchased In the United States.
All mines are running at full capacity.
There Is a market for dental sup
piles In New Zealand.
A young Greek has perfected a ma
chine which automatically cleans and
packs currants.
School, supplies are needed In Brazil.
There Is a market for American bot
tles In Marseilles, France, due to short
age In the local supply.
When a Feller Needs a Friend . By briggs
S*w 1 ) |.=r " , J i !
I HIM look SO , I I 111 1
I SEK.ous- 1 | <p7 —Txftj / I jm, ;
SMILP- &/. /111 Mil rfnrT
Where Workers Rule
Tljcro is no doubt that one reason
Vaudergrlft, Pennsylvania, has been
so successful as a "dry" town is that
the workingmcn run it. When Van
dergrift was founded there was but
one restriction put upon the property.
For ninety-nine years no liquor was to
be sold within its boundaries. The
working people with whom this con
tract was made were admirably adapt
ed to respect and support it. They
were, as a rule, American born, most
of them from farms in the neighbor
ing counties. By training and tradi
tion they were temperate. They be
lieved Yandergrift's future would de
pend In a very large degree upon its
no-liquor policy, and thia has proved
to be true.
It is now a town of about 4,500 In
habitants. Ninety por cent, of it is
owned by men who work for wages.
These men carry in the savings bank
over a million dollars, and own some
thing like 125 automobiles. That is,
they and not saloonkeepers are getting
rich. It is peaceful as well as prosper
ous. Two policemen on twelve-hour
shifts look after law and order, and
they suv In the town that the one on
duty ctri generally be found uslcep on
the str ps of the Casino. This Casino,
most effectively placed on Ihe town's
'argest plaza, has two wings—one
houses the library, and the other the
town council and jail. I have heard the
librarian argue that the Jail Is used so
little she ought to have it for books.
It is sometimes needed, however. In
the first three months of 1914 five dif
ferent persons spent a night there, two
of them tramps glad of free lodging.
It was a fairly typical record.
A clergyman who came to Vander
grift after having spent years In other
industrial towns of Pennsylvania told
me that he never, in any community
where he had been stationed, had
known of a worklngman on the church
official board or carrying the plate on
Sunday. Hero there were no others
to perform these duties. Working
men make up the town council and
the board of education. The men have
places 1o go and things to do after
working hours. They are responsible
citizens, carrying a town on their
shoulders, and both the dignity and
the seriousness of the task keep them
steady.—lt)a M Tavbel', in The Chris
tian Herata.
European Papers Hit Hard
A special cs.bie dispatch from Parle,
in tiio New York Herald, gays:
'"ln view of the paper crisis E.jspar
ently existing in the United States It
may Interest you to know tho case Is
tho same hero, only more so.
"The syndicate of French newspaper
proprietors decided to-day to cut the
Qordlan knot by cutting their news
papers In half. All tho dallies in the
syndicate, no matter what their sise
or price, will until the end of the war,
appear twice a week, with half the
present number of pages.
"As four pages is the rule this means
that French newspapers will appear
two days in every week with only a
single sheet."
, Effect of Tariff
[T F. X.ogan In American Economist.]
It is Important., therefore, to study
the effect of the Underwood Tariff dur
ing the ton months it wa* in oper
ation entirely free from the influence
of the war in Europe. During fhst
period our imports increased $101,977,-
000, and our exports decreased $158,-
888,000, thus causing a reduction in
our balance of trade to the extent of
more than $260,000,000. In this con
nection we must not forgot that of
this $260,000,000 reduction In our
balance of trade $127,458,760 of it oc
curred during the months of April and
May, 1914, Just preceding the war, and
at a time when war was not thought
of, but after the Democratic Tariff act
had sufficient time after Its passage
to become fairly operative.
Embargo Excusable
I St. Paul Pioneer Press. |
An embargo on foodstuffs would be
a radical departure from our tradition
al policy, but conditions are abnormal;
an emergency exists, and however
great our distress we cannot recall
our wheat once It has loft the Euro
pean market. The subject is worth
the most serious consideration.
HUSBANDS FOR T
SAYS MISS CLARA BISHOFF
WHEN Clara Btshoff of New York
announced in a newspaper in
terview that she would marry
any man who is respectable and hon
orable and who earns SSO a week, in
order to provide a home for her mother,
she started something which now she
declares she is going to finish."
Miss Bishoff lives in Greenpolnt, a
staid, old-fashioned section of Brook
lyn. Since the story of her matri
monial plans became public there has
been a steady stream of mail carriers,
special delivery letter messengers and
personal applicants for the position of
husband to Miss Bishoff flowing toward
the old-fashioned house and then flow
ing back again. There have been hun
dreds of letters and almost as many
callers.
Miss Bishoff is undeniably pretty. I
She Is small anil slight and fair, of Ger
man antecedents, and with the Teuton's
practical turn of nuna. There Is no
sentinjent about her proposal to marry
any man who measures up to her re
quirements. Oh, no, it Is purely a mat
ter of business.
Greenpolnt la Shocked
Greenpolnt regards the young wo
man's enterprise with something ap
proaching horror. "Just like selling
herself Into slavery or auctioning her
self off to the highest bidder." is the
comment you hear In Greenpolnt.
And as for the mother, she Is far
from being the frail, white-faced in
valid the original story about Ml3s
Bishoff conjured up. The writer of
that story evidently felt It his duty to
"dress up" the recital, and, anyway,
why should a pretty young girl of 20
advertise for a husband to provide a
home for her mother if the mother
wasn't an invalid?
But as a matter of fact Mrs. Bishoff
is a plump, rosy, strong looking woman
who. is housekeeping for Dr. M. Seley in
Greenpoint. Mrs. Bishoff and her
daughter live in Doctor Seley's home.
When the doorbell and the telephone
bell both began ringing, after the
story of Miss Bishoff's appsaveel In the
newspapers, Doctor Bcley was puzzled
and dismayed, but sa soon ss he learn
ed what ts was all about he bundled
his family into his motor
| EDITORIAL COMMENT]
It seems much farther for the allies
going back on the west front than It did
coming.—lndianapolis Star.
There's a thriving opinion that some
body in Canada has a lot to learn about
cantilever bridges.—Buffalo Evening
Times.
The Democrats can continue the flghi
with all their might but not with all
their Maine.—Boston Transcript.
At this rate of exchange It will soon,
be necessary to quote German marks in
terms of Carranza currency.—Boston
Transcript.
A Moonshine Wish
[From Harper's Magazlnel
The concentration of troops in Ha
waii had brought together again some
old comrades of Indian frontier days,
and one of the good wives Insisted upon
gathering them at her table to talk of
Auld Lang Syne. They had been talk
ing of a comrade's splendid services
and advancement up the ladder of
fame. All knew he was superstitious
and never hesitated o stake all on
one chance if he could see the new
moon over his right shoulder. The
hostess summoned one of her guests to
the lawn to try his luck, and said:
"You must hold this silver dollar In
your left hand, look at the new moon
over your right shoulder, make a wish,
and It will come true."
The thing was very quickly done, and
they rejoined the party. Later the host
ess asked If the wish had been made,
and upon being Informed that It had,
she remarked:
"Where Is my silver dollar?"
"Oh I" replied the guest, "I wished
that I might keep the silver dollar, and
It came true."
car and drovt off for the day, leaving
the coast clear for his housekeeper and
her matrimonially inclined daughter.
Mother Is Excited ISorr
As for Mrs Bishoff, she was a little
angry and a little chagrined at first.
If Clara wanted to get a young man,
she might have had the pick of Green
point," the mother confided to a nelgh
r' v. But Ha the stream of letters Rnd
telephone messages and callers in per
son began to flood the Seley residence.
Mrs. Bishoff became excited, and fully
s much interested in the enterprise as
young woman herself.
There were young men. middle-aged
men and old men who called. Some wore
glasses, some did not; some affected
mustaches, others were clean shaven.
Some were merely "curiosity seekers"
according to Mrs. BishofT. But few, very
few, could convince the determined
young woman who had put herself on
the matrimonial market In so daring a
fashion that they were actually earning
s.>o a week, and so they were turned
away.
Why .Shouldn't He Heturnf
Thert was a captain of the United
States marines, now. who was good
looking and who was not too old. who
would do. and his pay, of course, ex
ceeds the |6O minimum prescribed by
the girl. It may be "Wait till he
comes back and proves that he is in
earnest," Mrs. Bishoff warned her
daughter. So Miss Bishoff Is waiting.
And in (.he meantime, you are given
to understand, the captain will dto very
!w etS the n,arr, 'ffe license and
takes the attractive- young woman, who
puts her mother's happiness before her
own, around the corner to one of the
several churches in Grcenpolnt. none of
which Is more than * few blocks away
from the Seley home.
Miss Bishoff can cook, economically
and satisfactorily. She makes her own
,"H nd ' f subdued and
modest, they are pretty and attractive.
a „ housekeeper par excellence,
and tho rooms in the Seley home which
she and her mother occupy s i l)ne , wlth
cleanliness snd exhibit good taste
Then, a, before stated, she is pret , v
""
I Our Daily Laugh ]
HARCASM fllll,'l/MUII lufjrffMi til|m.
selected a wife to ||j#
■orr, we all make
THAT OUGHT I
•■-A TO SETTLE IT.
Do you expect
BS to be elected ?
Em. I ought to be; a
careful count
JP * shows that I have
1 kissed 4,768
1 itJU babies, to 8,818
my rival,
WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB
LEARNED OF THE CITY
[Questions submitted to members of
the Harrieburg Rotary Club and their
answers as presented at the organisa
tion's annual "Municipal Quia."]
What Is the present net borrowing
capacity of the city?
$1,184,372.78.
fEtoning Ctttjat
Ever since Harrisburg has had
offices, borough or city, in the Dauphi(
county courthouse there has been tall<
about the city and county uniting: lq
an office building—some day. TW
proposition for a Joint courthouse and
city hall, or palais de justice an 4
rathaus, as City Clerk Miller once wild*
has appeared every ten years by th
almanac and successive grand juried
have discussed the conditions fend
fulminated against them in quarterly
reports to the courts. The
movoment appears to have behind It
some public sentiment. Judging from
comments heard and the develop*
ments will be interesting to watch,
The county is practically ont of deM
and the city alwuys has a margin
when it wants to improve anything?.
The first courthouse was a log hous*
at Front and Washington street*
where John Joseph Henry held court
in 1785. That was Dauphin county**
first year and it took, some time foM
the Infant county to get on its financial
pins and put up a building which
would vie with the courthouse of th€
parent county of Lancaster. In 1790
the construction of a courthouse on
the lot now occupied, donated for the
purpose by John Harris, was author
lied and it took until 1799 to finish ii
The "order book" is preserved and fl
an interesting document, although t?
does not tell why such a long tim
was taken. The accounts are in
pounds, shillings and pence and ths
cost was something between $6,000 and
$7,000 In American coin. It was a
two-story brick building fronting in
Market street with wings for the clerk
of the courts and the recorder ot
deeds, much as at present. "When the
State government came to Harrisburg
In 1812 from Lancaster the town
people offered the use of the court
house for the Legislature ahd the
county officers moved into the borough
building in Second street near Locust
and into various offices and stores.
The court was held in the old White
Hall, now the Carlton and later In a
brick structure on the present Jail
yard site. "While the Legislature oc
cupied the building the State placed
a rotunda and portico on the court
house to give it some style. The courts
stayed in the building on the site of
tho present jail until the completion
of tho Capitol in 1822 and the old
courthouse, which Is well remember
ed by some of the older citizens, es
pecially for its dinky cupola and Its
big rotunda, was replaced In 1860 by
the greater part of the present build
ing. Harrisburg was granted tlva
right to wear city clothes In 1860 and
there was much talk about a joint city
and county building in the late fifties
and after the courthouse was started.
The building cost $57,500 and the city
was given the right to council cham
bers and various other offices. Since
that time the courthouse has been
improved at considerable cost every
now and then and the big addition
was built in 1894, when another dis
cussion on a city and county building
was heard. The city offices are now
in half a dozen places and the county
needs more room in the courthouse.
• • *
With the selection to-day by Jury
Commissioners Dapp and Taylor and
Sheriff W. W. Caldwell of the sixfr
traverse jurors for November term of
common pleas court the final draw-,
ings of the year from the Dauphin
county whfeel were -completed. Onl?
156 names remain in the wheel and
these will be taken out. and, according!
to the usual custom, destroyed by the
sheriff and commissioners. Early la
December one of the Dauphin countM
Judges and the jury commissioners wills
fill the wheel for next year, when 900
names will be empaneled, 300 each be
ing suggested by the commlsslonera
and the court.
• • ♦
Clerks In the County Commissioners"
offices have sent out a "tip" by letter
to the various assessors throughout tho
county urging them to turn In their
reports of Dauphin's military roll. The
report to the adjutant general's de
partment, the headquarters of the
National Guard, must be filed by No
vember 1, and the assessors' returns
are desired by not later than October
27. The returns of the men of Dauphin
county who will be eligible for active
military service—all between the ages
of 18 and 45-—will be watched witln
more than ordinary interest this year
in view of the "preparedness" talk*
compulsory military and universal
training service disscusslons that are
going the rounds of the poolrooms and.
the barber shops every time the news
papers print a dispatch relative to
moving troops from the Border.
* • •
Circulation of books among children
has been resumed on a pretty brisk
scale at the new Harrisburg Publta
Library and the youngsters are mak
ing some strenuous raids unon thai
stack of books. During period
when the Library was closed to chil
dren because of the Infantile paralysis
outbreak there were a number of new
books added and some of the rebound
books were put back into circulation.
The schoolchildren are thronging to
the Library for the afternoons es
pecially.
• • •
Friends of Frederic W. Fletts, for
mer Deputy Attorney General and ona>
of the prominent figures in legal affair.-*
In Pennsylvania, will be glad to learn
that he is recovering from the op
eration performed at Scranton. Mr,
Fleitr; will soon be able to resume his
practice,
j -
] j WELL KNOWN PF,OPLE"I
—Colonel Richard Coulter, com*
mnnder of the Tenth Infantry, about
to be mustered out. Is a big coal op
erator with military affairs as hl
hobby. _ ,
—H. J. Heinz gave a dinner at York
on his birthday, which was the day of
opening the State Sunday school con
vention, over which he Is presiding.
Congressman John R. Farr, speak-,
Ing at Scranton, declared that mor.
police powers are needed to prevent
mine cave-ins.
—James F. Lewis ts urgtng a big>
fine arts building on the Philadelphia
parkway.
—Professor James Prescott has cel<f-r,
brated his twentieth anniversary an*
conductor of the Allentown Arlon So-*j
clety.
| DO YOU KNOW j j
' i
That Harrisburg is one of the latg
coal distributing points of the * A
whole state? ' I
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
This city was the start of the first*
road up the Susquehanna. It vaa
projected to Sunbury.
Best Evidence
The New York World accuses Mr-
Hughes of being pro-German.
The Fatherland, the organ of thos<*
who would have the United States vio~<
late Its neutrality for Germany's bene-*
fit, asks Mr. Hughes ten
which are designed to carry the ac
cusation that he Is pro-British.
These directly conflicting charge*
against him will be regarded as thM
best evidence that he Is just plain]
American, without bias toward
side. —Albany Journal.