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SPENT MORE THAN
$16,000,000 FOR
UPBUILDING CITY
Inspector Grove Reports Op
erations of Eleven Years to
Council
NEAR 2 MILLION IN 1916
Only Three Other Years Since
1906 Out-topped Twelve
Months Just Closed
Harrisburg expended more than
$16,000,000 116,388,441 to be ex
act —in new building operations
during the past eleven years.
That nice round sum. by the way,
■was put into some 3,671 buildings, or
at least permits for the erection of
that many structures were Issued.
These Interesting figures on Har
risburg as a building city are contain
ed in the annual report for 1916 of
Building Inspector James H. Grove,
which was submitted to-day to City
Council.
Prepared by Joseph W. Ibach, ciiief j
clerk to Mr. Grove, the report as sub- i
mitted to the commissioners to-day |
is a gem of its kind from the briefly j
typed statement of the city's activity j
during the past twelve months to the
big sheet of statistics that cover In ,
detail not only the variety, cost, ma- I
terlal, etc., of every building but the
detail of expenditure down to the j
last cent, by months, by wards and
by years from 1906 to 1916 inclusive.
The Records
What was expended in new build
ing operations month by month dur
ing the past year and year by year
during the last eleven years, has been .
staled in the Telegraph, although it
won't be amiss, perhaps, to mention ;
again that just 367 permits were :
issued in the period ending December
31, 1916, involving an outlay of sl,- |
830.923. September was the record i
month, just $406,075 nearly half
a million, mind you was expended
in that month alone. February was
the short month, as $31,460 was the
month's building bill.
Erection of the great warehouse
and freight distributing station of the
Pennsylvania railroad on South Sec- ;
ond street at an expenditure of close
to $400,000 boosted the Second ward
into first place among the thirteen j
with a grand total of $445,050. The ;
Tenth was second with $325,660 and ;
the Ninth was third with $319,306. ]
The tail-ender was the First, which
only built $10,025 worth.
Only Tliroc Bigger
Of the nearly $2,000,000 which was
expended during the past year, just:
$631,825 was put into new dwellings,
$992,030 In other types of new build
ings. $128,440 In additions, and $78,-
628 in remodeling. Only three other
years 1909 with $2,120,825. 1907
with $1,874,143. and 1906 with sl,-1
859,840 out-topped 1916.
In his typed statement of the year's ,
operations Building Inspector Grove !
calls attention to the following big j
new buildings of a business, religious, !
educational and public purposes:
The New Structures
Addition to the Sylvan Heights j
Orphanage, St. Lawrence German
Catholic church and parochial school,
Messiah Lutheran, Christian Scien- J
tist. and Covenant Presbyterian !
church (addition), Chisuk Emuna !
synagogue. T. J. Dunn cigar factory, j
J. C. and Edwin Jennings, shirt fac- \
tory. Hershey Creamery and Penn- \
syivania Milk Products company, the j
Dr. Charles C. Cocklln garage, the j
Keystone bank, the D. P. and S., 1
Pennsylvania railroad, and Capital |
City Junk company warehouses, the j
C. Ross Boas, the J. L. L. Kuhn and j
Jacob Tausig's sons, business build- ;
ings.
The city netted just $1,000.50 in '
fees for building permits and $115.55 |
for billboard fees.
Hat of Mississippi Rye
Is Made For President
Washington, D. C., Jan. 9. The!
fuzzy old beaver hat which Abraham j
Lincoln always wore and which his j
admirers claimed was the most or-'
iginal piece of headgear ever adopted !
by that President must now cede the
palm to one which President Wilson |
will wear as soon as the warm weath
er arrives. It is made of rye. If the |
President won't wear it it probably
will be sent to some museum of j
curiosities.
The distinctive hat which President!
Wilson has been picked out to wear'
•will be constructed from the ground
up of rye straw grown along the
Mississippi river.
In a letter to Secretary Tumulty to- j
day A. J. Hibbett, of Hattiesburg, .
Miss,, state that just as soon as the :
straw hat season opens he is going
to send the President the rye hat.
"Please let me know when you put !
away your derbies and your felt 1
Kellys in Washington,"' Hibbett i
wrote, "and I will send the President
the most originial piece of headgear ,
ever seen."
ICE liOlttiES IIKPOKTKD
Ice gorges at Waterville, in Pine
creek, in the northern part of the
Mat", and at Columbia, were reported
to-day. but no trouble is expected at
either place. At this point, according to
Forecaster E. H. Demain, the river will
be free of lloating ice by nightfall.
Fair weather with little change in tem
erature, is predicted for to-morrow.
POLICE BAI.I, FEB. 21
The annual police ball will be held
this year at Winterdale hall, February
21. The committee in charge includes.
Captain Joseph P. Thompson, William
Baltlmser, George Wieseman, Herman
Kautz. Fred Essig and Oscar Carson.
The proceeds of these annual events
are used for the Police Quick Charity '•
Fund.
GIVE GREECE 18 HOIKS
Piraeus, Greece, Jan. 9.—Ministers
of the entente powers to-day handed
to the Greek government an ultimatum
giving Greece 48 hours to comply with
the demands CJ, ; 'ined in the note
drawn up by France. Oreat Britain !
and Russia on December 31.
MIL STARKEY CONVALESCENT
W. P. Starkey, general superin
tendent of the Harrisburg Pipe and
Pipe Bending Company, is rapidly re
covering from an operation for appen
dicitis. Mr. Starkey was taken sud
denly ill a day or two before Christinas
and an operation was at once decided
to be necessary. Dr. George Kunkel
was assisted by Dr. Bowman.
WAITE CAN NOT COME
Henry M. Waite, the city manager
of Dayton, Ohio, who was Invited to
address a luncheon meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce regrets that it
is Impossible for him to come to Har
risburg at the present time. It is
the hope of President Tracy that the
Dayton expert may be able to come
here later.
TO GIVE LECTURE
The Rev. Roy A. Strock, president
or the Lutheran Church College in
Guntur, India, will lecture in the St.
Matthew's Lutheran Church, Green
Mid Seneca streets, this evening.
TUESDAY EVENING,
' ' A '
OmCEJRS ,ENjo_YJH.a MUSKAB Qscltl-,&±£*Aez&ce.
Being musically inclined by nature, the Austrians have their music at the front just as they have it at home In
se?ves°vit P ha C musk-a e i & * gI "° UP ° f Austrian ° k e,s in 11 of the Galician front* enjoying Sim"
"Pray For Me," Girl's
Last Words; Claims She
Was Forced to Suicide
Baltimore, Md., Jan. 9. "Pray
for me and kiss me good-by," were
the last words spoken by Esther An
derson, 16 years old. to her mother,
shortly before she died yesterday in
a hospital from the effects of poison
she declared she was forced to take
because of threats made by her 17-
year-old sweetheart, Andrew Kuhn.
He is now ill and under police guard
In the same hospital In which the
girl died.
FIND WOMAN DEAD FOR
SEVERAL DAYS IN ROOM
Unable to account for the disap
pearance of Martha Thomas, friends
broke into her small room Sunday
morning and found that she had been
dead for several days. She had no
relatives or close friends in the city
and had rented a room at 945 North
Seventh street. The body was taken
to the funeral parlors of Walter J.
Hooper.
THREE STEAMERS SUNK
London, Jan. 9. The sinking of
three steamers of entente nationality,
two of them vessels of more than 2.-
500 tons, is announced by Lloyd's
Shipping Agency. They are the French
steamer Alphonse Conseil, the Brit
ish steamer Lesbian and the Japanese
steamer Chinto Maru.
BUILD WINTER HOUSEJ)F PETROL BOXES
'A BARRACKS OF BOXivS '
Al ' kinds a J} d varieties of houses'' and huts have been erected by soldiers on the various fronts of the Euro I
pean theaters of war. but it remained for a number of inventive British "Tommies" to erect a winter home of net ml
the e fron7 8 ' S Somme battieline of the boxes in which tins of petrol are carrfed to
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| Cox Wants Investigation
of Campaign Expenses
! Columbus, 0.. Jan. 9.—A legislative
investigation of the campaign expenses
I in the recent election, was recommended
by Ohio's new governor. James M. Cox,
in his first message to the eighty -
j second general assembly of Ohio, to
j day.
Asks $12,000,000 More
For Navy Yard Program
Washington, Jan. 9. The naval
| preparedness program is in danger
■of failure, it is feared here, because
the Navy Department cannot make
arrangements with private shipbuild
ing concerns to construct battle cruls
; j ers and other warships.
I Secretary Daniels, after a confer
| ence with President Wilson, made a 1
/formal appeal to Congress late yester- i
day to give him $12,000,000 more,
making $15.000,000 in all, and author
ity for having these vessels built at
i government navy yards. The appeal
! was sent to Representative Lemuel P.
Padgett, chairman of the House Ap-
I propriations Committee.
HAND SEVERELY IN.JUREI)
I H. D. Delmotte. of North Second
J street, had his right hand severely in
jured in a mattress factory machine
I which he was inspecting last Saturday.
IHe is able to be about, but has suf
fered a great deal from the injury. I
KARRISBURG tSBBI TELEGRAPH
i Shoot the Dog That
Ate the Evidence of
Mary Cooper's Guilt
j The dog that ate the evidence that
! would have convicted Mary that stole
I the sausage from Sam the butcher was
j shot this morning by Patrolman Kelly.
| The death of Rover was the loss of'
i the last link of evidence that the de-
I teethe department had built up and
| mayhap the beginning of more links
that will convict other dogs for steal
ing other sausages.
The whole trouble started when Mrs.
Mary Cooper. 111S Hickory street, stole
a sausage from Sain Stago, a Seventh
| street butcher. When Mary and her
i sausage were taken to the police sta
, tion Mary was put in the dock and the
! sausage was placed on a chair. It was
! then that Rover, a homeless doggie,
, freed Mary and convicted himself by
bolting the sausage.
ItEMOUELI.VO FI'RVAt'E
Central Iron Wilt I'.mplojr l"(K Addl
tioiiiil Men
With the completion of the remodel
[ ins of an old blast furnace at tin- Cen
' tval Iron and Steel Company's plant, be
tween April 13 and May 1. L'OO addi
tional men will be given work.
Work has been started on this im
provement, which will include a new
concrete trcstls. modern blowing en
| gines. renovating of furnaces and the
I installation of new stoves. It will have
la capacity of 7,500 tons of Iron per
I month.
OFFICERS CHOSEN
BY MANY FIRMS
Five Banks, Utility and Coni
nicrciul Concerns Hold
Annual Meetings
(3iecklioiderß of rtva vian'.c.-., public
bervioa and private business concerns
eiectsd officers iimt directors nt annual
meetings held late yesterday and to
da>-.
BisoUiioiders of local ittink'.ng Inntl
tulioae to-day elected the following
directors;
HarrisiiUFH r?atio-.iai Bank —Edward
Bailey. Henry A, Kelker, Jr., Host) A.
Hic.Uofc, W, I*: CJorgae, A, H. McCreath,
George yi r ; Jteiiy. Thomas T. W'olrman.
These dit-ector'n' will meet Tuesday,
January Ih, fop arguniK&iioti,
I'amji I'urtin Trust Company (KUC-
Bssor tq fcisth ptrpei Bank)-
falser, Dr. Ueorge 1,, Brown, Charles
W. Burtneit, J, Allan Donaldson, Rob
ert A. Bnders, Bertram U, Galbrulth,
K. A. Hartnian, John H, Kroanier,
John Lappley. Joseph I l *, Miller, Ful
raei' J. Keif, Hugo Schutaenbach, W.
Scott Stroll, S. W. Shoemaker, George
C. Trlpner. The annual meeting of
the directors will be held Tuesday,
January 16. ~,,,,,
Merchants National Bank —William
M. Donaldson. W. L. Stoey, John I'.
Dapp, P. H. Vaughn, C. W. Lynch, H.
O. Miller. Lewis Dellone, L)avid li..
Tracv, William Witman. The annual
election of officers will be held Friday
afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Allison Hill Trust Company—V. J.
Althouse, Hiram Blllett. D. M. Book,
John J. Landls, K. M. Lebo, D. 1. Mil
ler. John K. Royal. A. B. Musser-It.
Frank Ober, Morris M. Strohm, \\ tl-
Uam M. Hoerner. The annual election
of officers will bo hold to-morrow.
First National Bank—Jackson lierr
! Boyd. William S. Snyder. Jolin ox
| Weiss. W. T. Hlldrup. Jr., Will am
Jennings. A. C. Stamm and William
I£> star key.
Directors of' the East Harrisburg
! Cemetery Company were elected to
day as follows: J. H. Mcllhenny t lln-
I ton M. Hershey. S. S. Miller. D. H.
I Swope. John J. Hargest, K. K. lrazer.
I Officers —J. H. Mcllhenny. president,
jJ. A. Miller, secretary-treasurer and
! manager. , . , . .
G. <\ Potts was elected president ot
the Farmers' Market company to suc
ceed his father, M. G. Potts, who will
retire from active service. Daniel M.
Dull was chosen secretary and Dr. \ .
Hummel Fager, treasurer. The
I stockholders elected the following di-
I rectors: Mr. Dull, Dr. l'aver, O. C.
Potts, M. G. Potts and William lloer
"Vtockholders of the Forney Broth
ers Shoe Company yesterday after
noon elected the following directors:
James W. Miller, J. G. Felty. I'. H.
Davis, J. Frank Palmer and A. c.
I of the 801 l Brothers Manu
facturing Company elected by the di
, rectors follow: President, t harles .
801 l vice-presidents, Samuel Gardner
and John P. Melick; treasurer. Wil
liam A. Boll; secretary, C. Day Rudy.
I These men. together with Dr. J. M.
Peters, were elected directors at the
meeting of the stockholders.
Directors of the Mlddletown, llar
! rlsburg and Steelton Railways com
pany: East Harrisburg Railways Com
pany and Citizens Passenger Railways
Company re-elected the following ottt
cers yesterday: F. B. Musser, presi
dent: B. F. Meyers, vice-president;
John' O'Conncll, secretary and treasur
er of all three companies. These are
subsidiaries of the Harrisburß Hail
ways Company.
At the meeting of stockholders of
the Great Southern Lumber Company
vesterday. Major I-ane S. Hart this
city was re-elected a director of the
company. No other local men are in
cluded in the board of directors.
Stockholders of the Devlne and Yun
gel Shoe Manufacturing Company met
fate this afternoon to elect directors.
Thinks Mexico May
Embroil U. S. in War
With European Power
1 Washington. D. C.. Jan. 9.—Possi
bility that some European power
might claim indemnity from Mexico
for damages done its citizens there
| were pictured to the Senate Military
Committee to-day by Dr. David Jayne
Hill, president of the American De
fense Society and former ambassador
,to Germany, as one of the arguments
for preparedness.
"I think the possibility of such a de
mand highly probable," Dr. Hill said.
"We might be called upon to permit
collection by that power through a
fleet sent to a Mexican port, to en
force collection ourselves or pay the
indemnity ourselves."
PAINTKR.V IMON IX) INSTAI.I,
Painters' ami Decorators' Union No.
411 will meet to-morrow evening at
221 Market street. Installation ot' of
ficers and other important matters wil
lie taken up.
JANUARY 9, 1917.
JOHN E. FOX
CITY SOLICITOR
Ex-Scnator Elected to Fill the
Vacancy Caused by Scitz
Death
ATTORNEY JOIN E. FOX
Ex-State Senator John E. Fox, of
the law firm of Fox & Geyer, was to
day unanimously elected City Solicitor
hy Council. He succeeds Daniel S.
Seitz.
John E. Fox is one of the most
widely known lawyers in Pennsylvania
and has for a long time been one of
the leading members of the Dauphin
County Bar Association, having served
us its president. He has been identified
with important cases, including the
Capitol graft cases. He was elected
state senator from Dauphin county in
1900 and served twelve years.
This Is the Birthday
Anniversary of—
' Hi
l&Mr
FRANK B. BOSCH.
President of the Motor Club of Har
risburg, prominently connected in
contracting and business circles and
generally well known citizen. Mr.
Bosch's activities cover a dozen or
more lines and with whatever he has
been identified he has been always a
dominating figure. '
Want to Know Just What
Ambassador Gerard Said
Washington, D. C., Jan. 9. The re
port by the Overseas Agency that Am
bassador Gerard at a public welcome
back to Germany had said that, "Never
since the beginning of the war have the
relations between the I'nited States and
Germany been so cordial as now," were
officially inquired into by the State De
i partment yesterday through a cable to
the Ambassador personally.
Officials, in making this announce
ment, refused to add any further com
ment except that they wished to know
exactly what he had said.
WOULD MARK CAPITOL DHV
Washington, Jan. 9. The greatest
crowd of recent years packed the Sen
ate galleries to-day for the debate and
vote on the bill to make the National
Capitol dry.
The first big fight was on the
amendment to submit the question to
the people of the District of Columbia
on a referendum which is supported
by the liquor interests and others.
iThe line-up on that point was so close
lhat while both sides claimed the votes
it was apparent that neither felt se
cure.
RINGTOWN GIVEN '
ITS WATER PLANT '
Decision Says That Local Com
pany Has Failed to Meet
the Requirements 4
The Public Service Commission in an
opinion filed by Commissioner James
Alcorn, has granted the borough of
Ringtown, Schuylkill county, a certifi
cate of public convenience to construct
and operate its own water plant over \
the protest of the Ringtown Spring
Water Supply Company, which Is de
clared In the course or the opinion to
appear to be "a private and close cor
poration" mainly supplying the green
houses of Its residents and not to be
furnishing an adequate supply to the
town.
"Approval of this application will not
produce necessary competition between
the borough and the protestant" says
the opinion "as the protectant
failed to provide itself with adequate
facilities to supply water to the in
habitants of the borough for domestic,
purposes of tire protection and ac
cording to the testimony could not do
30 without entirely new facilities. This
opinion is not In conflict with the rul
ings of this commission In the applica
tion of the borough of Uatli or that
of the borough of Benson."
Gets Commission of
$400,000 Although Big
Deal Didn't Go Through
Mineola, N. Y„ Jan. 9. —A $400,000
commission for obtaining a war muni
tion contract calling for an expendi
ture of $37,500,000 bv the Russian
government was awarded by the Su
preme Court to-day to Charles Fuller,
a New York City lawyer. The Brad
ley Construction Company was ordered
to pay the commission.
Russian agents entered into a con
tract with the Bradley company, ac
cording to the evidence whereby Rus
sia was to purchase one billion cart
ridges at $37.50 a thousand. For var
ious reasons the arrangement did not
go through. Fuller claimed he was
nevertheless entitled to his fee for
making the bargain and the court sus
tained him.
"Green Book" Shows Up
Chicago Police Graft
Chicago, 111., Jan. 9.—The inner
most workings of an alleged police
graft system are, in the belief of State's
Attorney Maclay Hoyne, revealed in a
little "green book" taken from Police
Lieutenant Augustus White, whose ar
rest with his companions was the pre
lude to 'ie arrest last night of Chief
of Police C. C. Healcy at the state's
attorney's orders. Confessions have
been obtained from some of the men
now in custody. State's Attorney Hoyne
announced to-day. He declined to re
veal names.
The. list of the alleged shady hotels,
gambling houses and resorts, together
with cryptic notations on the pages of
the green book, were regarded to-day
by the prosecutor as clearly proving
allegations of wrongdoing lodged
against the police.
The little book enumerated places
under headings "hotels," "saloons,"
"gambling,"' "chief's list," "can be
raided," "can't be raided," "transient
houses" and "disorderly houses."
In front of addresses were figures,
such as 40 and 150, and following ad
dresses so distinguished were addi- 4
tional notes reading: "One way," "two
ways" or "three ways." These nota
tions were held by the state's attorney
to show the amount of protection
money paid by the places indicated.
CCXARDKU RAMMED
Compelled to Abandon Trip to United
States
New York, Jan. 9. The Cunard
liner Laconia, scheduled lo leave
Liverpool December 31, with pass
engers and mail for New York, was
rammed by a small mail boat just
prior to her time of sailing and dam
aged to such an extent that she was
compelled to abandon the trip, accord
ing to passengers booked for the
Laconia who arrived here to-day on
the American Line steamship St. Paul
from Liverpool.
Among the arrivals of the St. Paul
was Alfred Noyes, the English poet,
who has returned to the United States
to resume his lectures at Princeton
University.
MRS. ANNA WILLS DIES
Duncannon, Pa., Jan. 9. Mrs.
Anna E. Wilis, widow of the late J.
Y. Wills, died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Harry Wilson of Mar
ket street yesterday morning, of in
firmities due to age. She was aged
81 years and was one of the oldest
residents of Duncannon where she
lived during the greater part of her
I life. Sl.o is survived by four children,
I Samuel J. Wills, of South Bend, Ind.;
Mrs. Lee Thompson, of Watts town,
(ship; William Wills and Mrs. Harry
i Wilson, of Duncannon. Funeral ser-
I vices will be held at the home of her
I daughter, Mrs. Harry Wilson, on
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The
Rev. William Willis Sholl will offici
ate, assisted by the Rev. Br. George
H. Johnston. Burial will be made in
the Lutheran Cemetery.
Mil. WOODWARD HEHB
James F. Woodward, who is to be
chairman of the appropriation com- '
mittee of the House, was here to-day.
Mr. Woodward Is on Ills way to Phila
delphia to meet with Republican lead
ers. He looks for most of the old
members of tlie committee to be re
appointed.
HIHI.K STUDY FOR WOMEN
Mrs. John Fulton of the Bethesda
Mission, formerly the City Rescue
.Mission, will conduct a Bible study
for women at the Mission, 107 , /4 South
Second street every Wednesday after
noon at 2.30 o'clock. This will bo
followed by a short social session and
discussion of the work and needs of
the Mission. Mrs. Fulton desires to
establish a union service for women,
for the purpose of giving a working
knowledge of the Bible, deepening the
spiritual life, and fitting them for
more efficient service in their churches
and elsewhere.
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
Liverpool, Pa., Jan. 9. George
Murray was badly wounded to-day
when the gun he was carrying was
discharged as he was about to enter a ,
boat. The shot tore his left hand and
part of the discharge entered his right
leg. The injured man was taken to
the Harrisburg hospital.
MAY ADOPT BOY
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson L. Ham
maker. of Millersburg, were granted
permission by Judge McCarrell, to
adopt Leo Franklin hiddlck, a minor
child of the late Jerry I. and Joyce
Llddlck.
FOR THROAT AND LUNGS
ITUBBOHS COUGHS AND COLDS
ECKMAN'S
ALTERATIVE
•OLD HY ALL LEADING DKUUGI9TS