2 COUNTY CANNOT HELP IN PAYING i EPIDEMIC BILLS Law Permits Only Appropria tions to Incorporated Hospitals At a joint meeting of the county commissioners and directors of the poor this morning, the officials de cided they could not assist any county districts in paying for bills incurred during the influenza epi demic when hundreds of dollars were spent for medical relief for stricken fatniiles. Th# officials said" that under exist ing laws they may only appropriate funds for such purposes to incorpo rated and nonsectarian hospitals. The directors of the poor also are permitted to expend county money in assisting needy families during sickness, but may not appropriate to county hospitals or emergency hospital units. An oplnton to this effect was re ceived to-day from Oscar G. Wicker sham, solicitor of the board of poor directors. Both the directors and the county ommissioners said they personally favor helping the dis tricts but, with no legal authority to do so cannot make an appropria tion for that purpose. "Health bureaus have authority to make such appropriations but have no funds," one county commission er said, "while t'he county officials have the funds but no authority." During the recent epidemic many of the coun\y districts were put to a large expense in caring for emer gency cases either in hospital units which were established or in many homes where whole families were ; suffering from the disease and need- j ed nursing in addition to medical . treatment. Moe L. Cooper Uninjured in His Last Battle MOE E. COOPER Charles ,T. Wafiori, of Watson & Cooper, has just recived a letter from his partner, Moe E, Cooper, dated November 14, three days af- ; thr the signing of the armistice, in- j dicating that Cooper came through \ without injury, notwithstanding he saw some heavy fighting on the day previous to the signing of the armis ticje. In Ills letter Cooper says: "On Sunday, the 10th, we went over the top at 3 p. m. and I was lucky enough to get through with it with out being injured. Our captain was shot in the leg, and one of our lieu tenant lost his arm, while a lot of the men were gassed and killed. I don't see how 1 got through all that I did without being injured. 1 sure ly consider myself a lucky boy." Moe Cooper after training at Waco, left for France on the Manchuria, which was obliged to turn back to New York on account of a broken propeller shaft, and before reaching port was attacked by a sub marine. He later sailed on the Mt. Vernon. He is a member of the 64th Infantry. \ AMES PREMIER ~ Helstngfors, Finland. Dec, 14, ! (Itneral Mannerhclm formally was elected premier of Finland by the Finnish landtag yesterday. The land tag also accepted the resignation of former Premier Svinufvud. "SYRUP OF FIGS 1 ' CHILD'S LAXATIVE Look at tongue! Remove poisons from stomach liver and bowels fez Accept "California" Syrup of Figs only—look for the name Cali fornia on the package, then you are sure your child ts having the best und most harmless laxative or physic for the little stomach, liver and botvels. Children iove its de licious fruity taste. Full directions for child's dose on each bottle. Oive it without fear. Day and Night School dial 4016 ENTER ANY TIME lIKIL Harrisburg's Greatest Commercial School BECKLEY'S BUSINESS COLLEGE THE OFFICE TRAINING SCHOOL 121 MARKET STREET SATURDAY EVENING. FEW REDUCTIONS MADE BY CITY IN NEW VALUATIONS Only 412 Properly Owners Succeed in Lowering Tri ennial Figures In approving the triennial assess ment of properties in Harrisburg as completed by City Assessor James C. Thompson, the Boartl of Revision and Appeals raised the total valua tion ,of taxable property more than $8,000,000. Members of the board after they made slight changes in the valuations declared that the as sessment this year was the best ever made in Harrisburg and commended Mr. Thompson and his assistants. Only 412 property valuations were lowered by the board, the total re duction amounting to only $304,320, while twenty-four others were in creased $127290. The valuation of the Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bend ing Company was not reduced and remains $942,600, and the board also did not lower the Central Iron and Steel Company assessment of $504,- 750. Reduction by wards as announced by the Board of Revision follows: Ward No. Prop. Reduction 1 3 ~ $14,150 2 16 i. 3,305 3 11 115,650 4 35 17,825 5 38 17,860 (5 19 10,130 7 91 25,795 8 ,! 30 11,070 9 31 43,170 10 89 28,675 11 ... J2 3,450 12 13 6.000 13 7 1,000 14 7 . 5,640 Total. .. 412 $304,320 City Commissioners, all of whom constitute the Board of Revision, said they estimate the total increase in valuations at $8,000,000, allowing about $500,000 for duplications re ductions, and errors which may be found later. Originally the total in crease in valuation was $8,929,899. From that was deducted $304,320, reductions approved by the board, and $64,000 for telephone company buildings, making the total increase $8,573,869, including the $12,290 added to the valuation of twenty four properties by the board. The present valuation of taxable property in the city is about $54,- 000,000. and with the $8,000,000, the total assessment now is $62,000,000. If the present tax rate of ten mills is continued the city's revenues from direct taxation will be increased from $540,000 to $620,000. FISHER FILES HIS BOND AS REGISTER Captain James Long Talked of as Possible Deputy; No Changes Now EDWIN H. FISHER Edwin H. Fisher, appointed Reg ister of Wills for Dauphin county yesterday, filed bonds for $12,500 with the Secretary of the Common wealth and $36,000 with the Audi tor General, to-day. As soon as the bonds are approved he will qualify for the office. It is understood James G. Miles, acting register, will be retained as deputy register for the present. Mr, Fisher said he has made no other plans and will not until after he has been in office for a short time. Captain James Long, who was in service In France, may be considered for the position of deputy register, it is said. It is also reported that Harry A. Boyer. city school director and county Inspector of weights and measures, has been mentioned as Mr. Fisher's successor as chief clerk to the County Commissioners. Clar ence F. Snyder, a stcngrapher in the Commissioner's office now, also has been suggested for the post. Bethel Heads Board to Run Wire Systems Washington, Dec. 14. —Postmaster General Burleson last night appoint ed a board for operation of the tele graph and telephone services under government control. Union N. Bethul, vice-president of the American Telephone and Tele graph Company, is chairman, and the other members are F. A. Ste venson, superintendent of plants of the American Telephone and Tele ! graph Company; G. M. Yorke, vlce- I president of the Western Union Tele | graph Company, and A. F. Adams, president of the Kansas City Home I Telephone Company. RED CROSS BARS 111 \S Washington, D. C., Dec. 11.—The American Red Cross will use :io part of its war relief fund for the oenefit of the people of the Central Powers. FINAL FLASHES OFF THE WIRE By Associated Press New York. —The actual condition of clearing house bonds and trust companies for the week shows that they hold $39,869,510 reserve in ex cess of legal requirements. Owcgo, N. Y. —Carml Rogers, of Warren Center, Pa., under arrest here charged with having shot and killed his son, Alexander, yesterdity, is said to have confessed to-day that he committed the crime. WAH WEEKI.Y Cut Out and Mali to Your Soldier WAIt WEEKLY 4 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Vol. 1. No. 10. IIA It HI SDL* RO, PA„ DECEMBER 8-13. Our Yank Edition BEST TELEGRAPH TVjIR CARTOON OF WEEK "Just Before Christmas They're as Good as They Can Be" . 1 , t— - 1 ■ - ' o>T\ *' t / , ■m'XiMMi m 5 DER SUNDAY X/m * NEWS OF WEEK BOILED DOWN FOR OUR BUSY SOLDIERS Saturday, December 7 A small army of businessmen in vades Wlldwood Park to chop wood for the Y. M. C. A. that Formal announcement is made tnat new Penn-Harris Hotel will open New Y Monthly e 'report of Red Crosa show, Harrisburg women are worKing harder than ever on materials for France despite the armistice. official count shows Republican majority last month was heaviest in history of any state ticket in Pennsyl- Va vk a s'il Dundqff, Steelton youth, ac quitted by jury of cli ar ge of mu r del in liis killing of colored man who at tacked his father. ♦v i* City officials agree to do then share in making Capitol Park exten- Sl< Oity "hXs British-born residents CP On b e a o? the 'three ft s working at the nlant of the Pipe and Pipe Bpnd ng Company is laid off, although many of the men may be given work when the old schedule of two "Lewis S tt> si*le e r BU Ca e rlisle, mentioned as next State Commissioner of High tech defeats Johnstown 73 to 0 in game played for state High school championship. Claim is made that Tech can defeat any team in I enn- Kvlvania except Pitt and Stftie. MUitary trkinintf in local schools may be abandoned with the coming of peace. Monday, December 9 Middletown youths charged with stealing uutomobile to joy fide, badly battered up in tight with con.tabls. Word reach en here that W alter ShafTer. Dauphin's flyer, who was shot down by the enemy, has reached Paris after being released from a German ca v. p .:. triennial assessment boosts realty values by $25,000,000 to SIOO,- 00 Rlverslde' cyclone rellef fund ls S6OO short of $2,700 needed to relieve BU Fran n k K ß. Sites promoted from first lieutenant to a captaincy for services '"captain H. A. Douglass detailed to survey Middletown site with view of adding t ? government warehouses th Franz Schvvarz. Lebanon sentenced to thirty months by Federal Court for threatening life of President. Uical draft board clear up work at instance of provost marshal general. The Belmar, one of Sunbury s old hotels, decides to close. The Iroquois, for sixty years a li censed hotel in Milton, is turned over to the Salvation Army. . , Dr C. F. Himes, historian and edu cator and one-time president of Dick inson. died in Carlisle. Canine census of state show's more than 400,000 dogs likely to be licensed. Clement Studebakcr, long prominent grocer, dies suddenly. Casualty lists growing heavier with each day's reports. Final figures will Show that Harrisburg add suburban towns has paid heavy price in the war although Its men have covered themselves with glory on the field of battle. Tuesday, December 10 Demand for building of new joint ettv hall and county courthouse (trows ii< * patience dies with dilly-dallying, ritv and county officials, finally take matter up in earnest and plans are made to draw plans for the proposed structure. Legal points are being in- V<> Many t 'wounded Harrlsburg soldiers tielieved to he on way home because of ntimber of letters received to that ef Trout rlae to files in December for first time within memory, says Dr. N. r Builer, state commislsoner of flsh er sergeant R. J. Miller, of Marysvllle, wrlteß home that he will bring a French bride back to America when he is mustered out. Regulations governing sale of many foodstuffs are abrogated. - except In restaurants, where rules are as strict as during the war. Saloon men are blamed for Increase in bootlegging because of their prac tice of selling whisky in bottles. •Schwab plans to put Steelton and other plants owned by Bethlehem 'Steel Company on a peace basis. "Own Your Own Home Campaign" again is launched by local realty men. Chauncey P. Rogers, Jr.. special deputy auditor general, is killed by member of legislature who ran him down with his automobile. hjlrrdsbttrq Sftt TELEGHXPH Wilkcs-Barre, Pa.— Prothonotary Evan J. Williams to-day refused to certify the soldier vote cast in the election on November 5 and Lu zerne county's congressional election remains undecided. New York.—Trading ut the open ing of to-day's stock market was overshadowed by renewed heaviness In metals, which featured yesterday's sharp reaction. * Mew York. —Final prices on Lib erty Bonds were: 97.80;-first con 4s, 93.40; second 4s, 93.16;-first con 4 Vis. 97.10; second con 4V4. 95.96; third 4%5, 96.02; fourth 4 Vis, 95.80. - Mrs. Alice Dunkleberger, Newville, dies. She Is flrst member of family of eighteen to pass away. Demand for labor tn Pennsylvania is not met despite slowing down of war industries. Dick O. Allday. Chambers man charged With_disloyaity, probably will not be tried for his alleged seditious utterances during the war. Wednesday, December 11 Christmas shopping begins un usually early this winter. HardscraLble houses may come down early next year, according to plans made by city for extending river front park. Hundreds of Christmas trees arrive In city. , School teachers organize to demand increase in pay amounting to .twenty live per cent. Firemen's Union issues statement saying that lire loss here is lower than in any other northern city, dis agreeing with statement made by in surance men. Thtrty-ascventh meeting r ,f the Pennsylvania Presbyterian Synod opens here. Twelve soldiers of Columbia al ready mentioned as dead in official casualty lists. • Mr. and Mrs. Rlias Fisher, New port. celebrate 68th wedding anni versary. Kx-Mayor J. William Bowman elected president of Boy Scout Coun cil. Three men and two women arrest ed in Steelton alleged to be part or hold-up gang operating for weeks in borough. That a man who left the employ of the state to enter the nation's armed service must be given back liis old job was the opinion of the .Attorney Generals' JJepartmont. Thursday, December 12 Two sites are being considered for new Pennsylvania ltailroad station here. Building operations next spring are expected to take on tremendous proportions. Seeing his mother. Mrs. Davis Isen berg take rat poison. Howard Isen berg swallows dose and dies. The mother had a chance for recovery. Hundreds of wounded soldiers ar rive at Atlantic porta among them Captain E. J. Stackpole, Jr., wound ed while lending the 110 th Infantry In a September battle. Samuel Bloom wins Cr,oix de Guerre when wounded three times in battle, another Harrisburg boy writes home. Bloom carries his medal in his pocket. Lieutenant Edwin C. Wells, son of County Commissioner Wells, dies of pneumonia after being wounded in action. Elizabeth Keffer, 9, undergoes- her fourth operation. W. P. Starkey, general manager of Pipe Bending Plant, leaves for Europe to get peace contracts. Roy Dice, Chambersburg, has leg amputated following an attack of In fluenza. More than 200,000 men were in Class One of the draft awaiting calls to report to camps when the armis tice was signed. Major Murdock re ports. Charles E. Covert again Is elected potentate of Zembo Temple. Plans discussed for Increasing fa cilities at local Y. M. C. A. Friday, December 13 City Commiskloners seek means of keeryng tax rate at ten mills for 1919. E. D. Hilleary, local freight agent for Philadelphia and Reading Is pro moted to assistant general freight agent with offices in Philadelphia. Walter H. Uaither tiles suit In equity to prevent Governor Brum baugh accepting SIO,OOO-a-year lob to write history of Pennsylvania's part In the war. District Attorney and police warn that turkey "raffling" and punch board gambling will not be permit ted during holiday season. Edwin H. Fisher, chief clerk to the County Commissioners is named by Governor as Register of Wills, succeeding late Hoy D'anner. Suits for $45,000 damages brought by two painters terribly 'burned at Central Iron jai Steel Company's plant. Rev. Rr. J. H, Penttebech cele brates 35th anniversary as pastotr of Trinity Reformed Church. Columbia. Thirty-live wounded Yanks reached big new hospital in Carlisle. Inmates of county Jail anxious to work on roads and bridge repairs at nominal compensation. County Com missioners are told. War cripples may be helped into ' useful positions. Chambsr of Com i merce Is told by. Michael J. Dowtlng. I moat famous cripplo In Unlted.gtataa. SHIFT HONORS FOREMAN ON ITS FINAL TRICK! Munitions Workers Present L. H. Clingan With Watch and Pine After several years of continuous work on war munitions, the Harris hurg 'Pip6 and Pipe Bending Com pany to-day cut its schedule from twenty-four hours to sixteen hours ja day, the "Crescent" shift working | its last trick to-day. | A large number of the men laid |off by the elimination of the third ; trick will be taken care of by the | company in other capacities. Not I more than two hundred will lose their places, company officials esti m.ate Most of these already have secured Jobs with other big plants where the demand for labor, skilled and unskilled. Cannot be met. Luther H. Clingan, foreman of the re'eased shift, was presented with a gold watch and chain and a dlnmond scarf pin by his employes when the men knocked off work for good. More than 250 men participated in the affnir. Clingan was carried from his office and presented with the tokens of esteem. DR. HURBII RETURNS Lieut. Itobert JlcG. Hursh re turned yesterday from Camp Lee, and will probably resume practice. PARIS ROCKSWTTH CHEERS FOR WILSON! [Continued from First Page.] The weather was favorable, ulthough partly cloudy. The favorite posts of observation | along the route of the Presidental j party were the captured German | cannon lining the road from the I Place d l'Etoile to the Place de la Concorde, The front pages of the newspapers j this morninr are devoted to the re-| ception to be accorded President I Wilson to-day. Pictures of Mr. and] Mrs; Wilson are printed by all the newspuperß Long editorials re counting characteristics bf the President, outlining h'is policies and describing his work during the war fill the journals. < Considcrab e attention also is paid to the purt that Americans have played in the war, the battles of Chateau Thierry, St. Mihiel and the I Argonne being described. President Poincare warmly greet ed President Wilson as he stepped from the train. William Martin, attached to the foreign office, pre sented Premier Clemenceau, who welcomed President In English. President and Madame Poincard gave a luncheon at the Palace de la j Klysee in honor of President and! Mrs. Wilson. President Witeon on j this occasion spoke as follows in j replying to an address by President) Poincare: j "Mr. "President: t am deeply indebted to you for your gracious greeting. It is very delightful to find myself in France and to feel the quick contact of sympathy and unaf fected friendship between the rep resentatives of the United States and the representatives of France. "You have been very generous in what you were pleased to say about myself, but I feel that what I have said and what 1 have tried to do has said and don only in un attempt to speak the thought of the people of the United States truly, and to carry that thought out in action. Right and Jnstice "From the first, the thought of the people of the United States turned, toward something moro than the mere winning of the war. It turned to the establishment of eter nal principles of right and Justice. It realized that merely to win the war was not enough; that it must be won in such a way and the ques tions raised by it settled in such a way as to insure the future peace of the world and lay the foundations for the freedom and happiness of its many peoples and nations. "Never before has war worn so terrible a visage or exhibited more grossly the debasing influence of illicit ambitions. I am sure that 1 shall look upon the ruin wrought by the armies of the Central Em pires with the same repulsion and deep indignation that they stir in the hearts of the men of France and Belgium, and I appreciate, as ■ you do, sir, the necessity of such action in the final settlement of the Issues of the war as will not only rebuke such acts of terror and spoliation, but make men every where aware that they cannot be ventured upon without the certainty of Just punishment.*' America's True Spirit ' 'T know with what ardor and, enthusiasm the soldiers and. sailors of the Quilted States have given the best that was in them to this war of redemption. They have ex pressed the true spirit of America. They believe their ideals to be ac ceptable td free peoples everywhere and are rejoiced to have played the part they have played in giving real ity. to those Ideals in co-operation with the armies of the Allies. We are j?roud of the part they have played and we are happy that they should have been associated with such comrades In a common cause. Greetings From America "It is with pecullur feeling, Mr. President, that I find myself in France Joining with you in rejoicing over the victory that has been won. The t ties that bind France and the United States are peculiarly close, I, do not know in what other com radeship we could have fought with more zest or enthusiasm. It will daily be a matter of pleasure with Sister's -feljow -told mo £ir~ls dorvt hove -to , cook now. Sis -feeds him Post IbASTIES I (Delicious corn -flakes) me to be brought Into consultation with the statesmen of France und her allies in concerting the meas ures by which we may secure per manence for theso happy relations of friendship and co-operation, und secure for the world at large such safety and freedom tit Its life as can be secured on'y by the constant association and co-operation of friends. "I greet you not only with deep \ perioral respect, but as the repre-1 sontntive of the great people of i France, and beg to bring you the j greetings, of another great people: to \Vhoni the fortunes of France are ; of profound and lasting Interest. "I raise my glass to the health of ] the President of the French Tteptib- ' 11c and to Madame Poincare and the ; prosperity of France." l'ol nca re's Response In his address to President Wil son, President Poincare said: "Mr. President: Paris and France awaited you with impatience. They were eager to acclaim in you the ] illustrious democrat whose words and (teeds were inspired by exalted thougm, the philosopher delighting in the solution of universal laws from particular eyents, the eminent slates man who had found a way to ex press the highest political and moral truths in formu.us which bear the stamp of immortality. Tlianks Offered "They had also a passionate desire to offer thanks, in your person, to the great republic ot which you are the chief, for the invaluable assist ance which was given spontaneously, during this war, to the defenders of right and liberty. "Even before America hud re solved to Intervene in the struggle she had shown to the wounded and the orphans of France a solicitude and a generosity the memory of which will always be enshrined in 1 i our hearts. The llberulity of your Red Cross, the countless gifts of your fellow citizens, the inspiring initiative of American women, antici pated your military and naval action, and showed the world to which side your sympathies inclined. And on the day when you flung yourselves into the battle, with what determi nation your great people and your self prepared for united success! Stoutly Stream of Men "Some months ago you cabled to me that the United States would send ever-increasing forces, until the day should be reached on which the Allied armies were able to sub merge the enemy with an over whelming flow of new divisions, ami, In effect, for more than a year a steady stream of youth and energy has befln poured out upon the shores of France. "No sooner had they landed than your gallant battalions, fired by their chief. General Pershing, flung them selves into the combat with such a nian'y contempt of danger, such a smiling disregard of death, that our longer experience of this terrible war often moved us to counsel pru dence. They brought with them, in arriving here, the enthusiasm of crusaders leaving for the Holy Land. "It is their right to-day to look with pride upon the work accom plished and to rest assured that they have powerfully aided by their courage and their faith. Eager to Fight J "Eager as they were to meet the enemy, they did not know when they arrived the epormity ot Ms crimes. That they might know how the German armies make war, it has been necessary that they see towns systematically burned down, mines flooded, factories reduced to ashes, orchards devastated, cathed rals shelled and fired —all that delib erate savagery, aimed to destroy na HARBISm'Rfi. SATt'RWAV, 14. 1018. , When you see this store with lights all out, shades drawn and dbors closed on Saturday evenings and even ings before Christmas, it is because we believe in the principle of a shorter workday for our salespeople. Judging from the remarkable increase in our business over last year, we have every reason to believe this policy meets with the approval of our patrons. The same policy of early closing applies ' to Bowman's Annex in Gilbert Building, opposite Court House. As there are only eight more shopping d§ys until Christmas, we would comma in forenoons when possible. f ' \ j " •• • -.-T ' 1 DECEMBER 14, 1918. tlonal wealth, nature and beauty, which the imagination could not conceive at a distance, from the men and things that hnvo endured It and to-day bear witness to It. "In your turn, Mr. President, you will be able to measure with your own eyes the extent of these disas ters, and the French government! will make known to you the authen tic document In which the German general staff developed with astound ing cynicism Its program of pillage and industrial annihilation Your noble conscience will pronounce a verdict on these facts. f Must lie Punished "Should this guilt remain unpunish ed, could It be renewed, the splendid victories would be in vain. "Mr. President, France has Strug- | gled, has endured and has suffered i during four long years; s)ie has bled at every vein; she has lost the best of her children; she mourns for her youths. She yearns now, even as you do, for a peace of justice and security. "It was not that she might be ex posed once again to aggression that she submitted to such sacrifices. Nor was it In order that criminals should go unpunished, that they might Mfl their heads again to make ready for new crimes, that, under your strong leadership, America armed . herself and crossed the ocean. "Faithful to the memory of Lafay ette and Roehambeau,. she came to the aid of France, because France her self was faithful to her traditions. Our common ideal has triumphed. Together we have defended the vital principles of free nations. To Ilnilil Together "Now we must build together such a peace afi will forbid the deliberate and hypothetical renewing of an or -1 ganlsm aiming at conquest and op -1 presslon. "Peace must take amends for the 1 misery and sadness of yesterday, and it must be a guarantee against the dangers of to-morrow. The associa i tion which has been formed for the purpose of tvar, between the United States and the Allies, and which con tains the need of the permanent insti tutions of which you have spoken so eloquently, will find from this day I forward, a clear and profitable em ployment In the concerted search for equitable decisions, and in the mu tual support which we need if we are | to make our rights prevail. "Whatever safeguards we may erect for the future no one alas, can as sert that we shall forever save man kind the horrors of new wars. Five I years ago the progress of science, j and the state of civilization might have permitted the hope that no gov ernment, however autocratic, wouljl j have succeeded in hurling armed na tions upon Belgium and Serbia. The Toast i "Without lending ourselves to the illusion that posterity will bo for ever more safe from these collective | follies, we must introduce into the peace we are going to build all the conditions of justice and all the safe guards of civilization that we can embody in it. "To such a vast and magniflcen. task, Mr. President you have chosen to come and apply yourself in conceit with France. France offers you her thanks. She knows the friendship of America. She knows your rectitude and elevation of spirit. It is in the fullest confidence that she is ready I to work with you. "I lift my glass, Mr. President, in your honor, and in honor of Mrs. Wilson. I drink to the prosperity of the republic of the United States, our great friend of yesterday Snd of other days, of to-morrow and of all time." - . 73 STATE SONGS SENT GOVERNOR Dr. Brumbaugh Says He Will Not Act as Judge; Gaither Suit Papers Out u Seventy-three songs dedicated to Pennsylvania, one of them by a man ninety-one years of age, some from soldiers and others which the senders say are just "Inspirations" have been received at Governor Brumbaugh's oftiue us the result of Governor Brum baugh's appeal one week ago to the people of Pennsylvania to write t state song. According to a statement made at the Governor's office the state execu tive does not intend to act as judge, but lie merely to arouse In terest in' a state' song so that the people, especially the soldiers could determine whut was best. It was suggested to-day that songs be sent lo publfshers who are in a position to judge of merit. Tbe imperii In the equity suit of I Walter H. Gaither, ex-publle service I commissioner, against Governor i Brumbaugh and other state officials, | who are members of the "War Board" i to restruin them from establishing the new War Service" Bureau or pay ing any money for a* state history, will not be served on the Governor. It is held at the Executive Depart ment that under the Supreme Court decision in the Hartranft adminis tration that the Governor can not hi served with papers in suits during his term. The matter will be taker up with the attorney general nexi i week in all probability. DepuG ' sheriffs took the papers to tlce of fices of the Governor and all othei officers named in the suit. The Ilnrrlxliurg Hlinle Brock Com. pany, was chartered with $60,000 cap Ital by Harvey E. Dewalt, Jacob E Foreman, of Harrisburg, and Arthui Root, Wilkes-Barre. ' William J. Ilrrnncn, of Pittsburgh treasurer of the Bonniwell Campaigr Committee for that section of tin state, to-day filed an expanse account showing receipts of $2,793.93 and ex penditures of a like sum. He gavi $1,801.93 himself, s The largest pay ment was SI,OOO for rent. Mr. Bren nen explained that the report was delayed by his Illness. Diinlel Horn was to-dny named ni justice for Wiiltes-Barre township, Luzerne county. Additional reports on recurrences of influenza were received at the Capitol to-day and State Health of ficers directed to investigat i them. Local health boards have been instructed to take what precautions I are needful. J The December calendar of the State | Board of Pardons was issued to-day . for the meeting on December 18 and j contains 31 new applications, includ ing one first degree case from Arm- I strong county and that of William . Webber, Berks, granted commutation |in 1893. There are three cases fo • I rehearing and five held-over cases. PRIVATE ECKENRODE RETURNS FROM ENGLAND Private J. Carrol Eekenrode last night returned to his home hers after doing service in the Aerial Section of the American Army lit England He has received his dis charge and returned on the Made* tania)
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