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FIREMEN'S
Convention Week
SPECIAL
THIS WEEK ONLY
WE WILL POSITIVELY GIVE
Free Without Cost
AS A SOUVENIR
A $5.00 ARTICLE
to every customer ordering a Suit or an Overcoat.
Choice of 250 Styles of Regular S2O & $22.50 Suitings
s: $15.00-
A GUARANTEE OF
Unconditional Satisfaction Goes With Every Order
Harrisburg's Oldest and Only Original Popular-price Tailors
Standard Woolen Co.
Branch of the World's Greatest Tailoring Organization.
19 NORTH THIRD STREET Corner Strawberry Avcnuo
ALEX. AGAR, Manager
NOTICE: You can order your suit now for future delivery and still
have the privilege of the $5.00 souvenir.
WE DELIVER FREE ALL OVER THE STATE
12.800 MEN WILL
MARCH IN PARADE
Continued Krnm Hrit Tnge.
be in place by 1 o'clock and division
marshals must report at headquarters
at. that time as ready to move. The
head will move promptly at 1.30
o clock. At street intersections where
trouble with crowds may he expected
Chief of Police Hutchison will station
bluecoats. The following schedule of
trolley cars was announced this morn
ing:
Revised Trolley Schedule
"All Market street traffic will be
closed at 1 o'clock until after the pa
rade is o*er. The Third street cars
will be operated as far as Third-and
Walnut streets as long as possible be
fore the parade. Fourth and Sixth
street and Rockvilie cars will be op
erated as far as Fourth and Walnut
streets until the arrival of the parade,
and cars on the State street lines will
be run as far as Fourth and Walnut
until the arrival of the parade, after
that to Fourth and State streets.
"Steelton, Hill, Reservoir Park and
Oberlin cars will run to Fourth and
Market streets until halted by the pa
rade. After 1.30 o'clock Steelton cars
will conic into the city by the Vine
street route. The Capital street line
will be discontinued until after the pa
rade is over and the Second street line
will be run from Riverside to North
street as long as possible before the
parade.''
12,000 Will Be in Line
Participating will be S.OOO uni
formed firemen, independent of the
bands accompanying the various com
panies. In ail, it is expected that
there will he more than 12,000 men
in line. No official list of apparatus
has been prepared, but many of the
visiting companies will bring appara
tus, most of it automobiles, and persons
along the route will see almost every
type of lire apj>aratus in existence.
Following is the formation of the pa
fade as issued to the division marshals
by Mr. Holstein this morning:
Division A—Form on North Second
street, right resting ar ('alder street.
Second —Form on 'Muench
street, right resting on Xorth Second
street. Third Division —Form on Kel
ker street, right rearing on North Sec
ond street. Fourth Division —Form on
Hamilton street, right resting on North
f-econd street. Fifth Division—Form
(i/i Harris street, right resting on Noruh
Second street. Sixth Division—Form
on Reily street, right resting on North
Second street. Seventh Division-—-
Form on Calder street, right resting on
North Second street. Kighth Division
• —Form on Broad street, right resting
on North Second street. Ninth Divi
sion—Form on Cumberland Street, right
resting on North Second street. Tenth
Division—Form on Herr srteet, right
resting on North Second street.
Kleventh Division—Form on Boas
street, right resting on North Second
street. Twelfth Division—Form on
Korster street, right resting on North
Second street. Thirteenth Division— j
Form on Briggs street, right resting
on North Second street. Fourteenth
Division—Form on North street, right
resting on North Second street.
Joseph P. Thompson, captain of po
lice. who will head the squad of police
at the head of the parade, yesterday
inspected the entire route of march to
see that it was in proper shape. In but
two places were building operations
being carried on and in each instance
the contractor promised to have the j
street cleaned up in time not to hamper
the movement of the firemen.
The entire route has been gone over '
by the asphalt repair company and bad ;
places in the street paving repaired. A
change, since the line of formation was
arranged, has been made by thief ,
Marshal Hoistein. A hand, the Mount
Cnion, of fifty-five pieces, which has j
been hired by the firemen's union, will
march immediately behind the police- j
men and before the officials of the |
parade. The change was made because !
the front of the parade, under the
original plan, would be 200 feet ahead
i of the first band.
' OFFICES AND STORES WILL
OBSERVE HALF HOLIDAY
, All Harrisburg city, county and
( state offices, the schools, some factor
, ies and other industrial plants, and
, muuv business houses will loin the fire
, men of Pennsylvania, who are now in
I convention here, in their big celebra
, ti on to morrow. The city schools will
• be closed all day, both to morrow anil
1 ridav. The City Commissioners have
ssued an order designating Thursday
as a holiday and requesting the sus--
pension of business in the afternoon.
Similar orders have been handed out
• i by the County Commissioners and al
though State officials have not re
Ijceived a formal holiday order from the
, (■overnor, all have been given to un
| derstand that they will not be required
;to remain at work during the after
noou.
Ail of the attaches of the Depart
, j inent of Public Buildings and Grounds
[ i will have the entire day witfc *rhe ex
j ception of the guards and elevator men.
I here are so many attaches of the de
partment who arc members of Harris
burg fire companies that Superinten
' dent Ram bo said to-day he would let
them all off to enjoy th<>siay. The Capi-
tol will be open as usual and visitors
will be admitted to all of the places o"
interest, but in the afternoon there will
be no guides.
AH of the larger business houses
will close for the day at 1.30 o'clock
, 111 the afternoon. The firemen will
make things exceptionally interesting
during the afternoon so that while the
city will be having a holiday the
streets will bear evidence of the in
-1 creased activity.
Harrisburg will not be alone in join
ing tne firemen in their celebration
1 radically every school in the eountv
• will he closed and the same close-down
order will be effective with the coun
' i tv s industries.
1 | Postmaster Frank C. Sites has issued
a notice to the effect lhar the main
poatoffice, the mill and Ma -lay stations
closed to-morrow from noon ;n
--1 ; til 7 o clock in the evening, ('a. p;s
' wi'U make the 7.15, <j and 10 o'clock
morning and the regular night coliec
tions, omitting those of the afternoon.
2 CONVENTION COl TLBS
TO BE M ARRIED HERE
The Firemen's Convention now be
ing held jn this city has brought manv
visitors to Harrisburg, among whom
are a few of eupid's victims. Two vis
, iting couples obtained marriage licenses
i this morning.
In the one case, Forrest W. Bern
, heisel, of Green Park, will wed Dorn
iK. Garber, the postmistress in his
j home town.
Other licenses granted to-day were
'these:
\ ictor A. Bowman and Nellie M,
Fink, Allen town; Clyde Still, Steelton,
. and Kdna Young, Bressler; Llovd E.
| Xiegler, this city, and Zella Crimmel.
Mifflin; Charles W. Swartz and Ruth
j A. Fissel, this city.
10,000 LIOHT GLOBES IN
HOi;SK DECORATIONS
All along the route of the big pa
, rade to be held here to-morrow the
business places, fire houses and resi
! dents are beautifully decorated with
bunting, flags, pennants or different
colored electric lights.
At least 10.000 electric light globes
' have been used by the local fire com
panies in the decorations of their
I houses.
The Hope Kire Company used more
! than 1,000 globes in decornting its
j long .court of honor and bandstand. The
J court of honor is very long and has four
large end pillars each consisting of four
. uprights on one base. There are six
teen or twenty large white standards
j between the end pillars, the base of
j being decorated with potted
j plants. Klectric light wire is stretched
from one standard to the other and
HARRISBtTRG STAR-INDEPENDENT, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 7, 1914.
across the between each set of
standards.
Bunting is wrapped around this wire
aad hundreds of pennants are suspend
ed from the same wire. Between each
pennant is an electric light globe. A
beautiful battery of tiags is hung across
the street between each set of stand
ards. The bandstand is a very large
affair with hand painted de.-orations.
Every (ire house in the city is dec
orated on a fine scale and it is easy
matter to understand how very hard
the firemen had to work to get this
great task finished.
The Good Wiir Pire Company has
chartered a street car for four hours
•Saturday when the Ladies' Auxiliary
Society of the Good Will intends to
take its guests on a trip to Hershev,
Reservoir Pari*, and Rockville.
The Mt. Pleasant Pi re Company has
chartered two street cars for Saturday
when it will take the Neversink Com
pany on a trip to Rockville, Highspire
and Oberlin.
I'AKMVAL ATTRACTS Bl(i
CROWD OK V ISITORS
The Joseph G. Ferari Carnival,
which is located, for this week, on Sev
enteenth street between Chestnut and
Derry streets, is working hard to ac
commodate the large crowds that are
in daily attendance there, l.ast night
between 4,000 and 5,000 well-pleased
patrons visited the many clever exhibi
tions and returned home satisfied with
what they had seen.
An offer is made at each performance
of the athletic show that a prize of $5
will be given to any person, who can
classify as to weight, who will box
against the carnival boxer, and an ad
ditional pri/.e of $5 is given if the
light lasts three rounds or more.
'Last night William Snyder, 1445
Zarker street, thinking this Vas an
easy way to make money, .went in the
ring ag'ainst one of the carnival box
ers. He staid in for the full three
rounds, and this morning had a beau
tifully-decorated eye.
One of the attractions that is the
best drawer is Nero, the savage tiger,
that killed its keeper in Binghainton
in front of a large crowd on June 10,
1914. This was the second keeper that
has suffered death on .account of the
ferocity of the beast. The present
keeper is, however, undaunted and at
every performance enters the cage con
taining this savage animal and make 9
it perform.
The Reservoir car line runs within a
square of the grounds And toward even
ing the cars are crowded on every trip.
FIRST PANHANDLERS ARE
SENT TO THE STONE PILE
H. B. Jackson and Robert Hender
sou, panhandlers who invaded Harris
burg early in the week .with the ex
press purpose of getting a wad of
money through "begging and bluff
ing.' are now breaking stone and
earning their board by the "sweat of
their brow." Thev are the first of the
hobo class to go to the county work
house, each having been sentenced
to thirty days bv Mayor Koval last
evening on vagrancy charges.
Over tht,' hills to the poor house they
went. After being turned over to S.
F. Barber, the custodian of the alms
house, they were given a bath and
placed in cells, which have been pro
vided in the basement of the county
institution. The stone crusher is now
in working order, thousands of tons of
Mick have been blasted from the quarry
and there will be plenty of work in the
future for these beggars as well as all
others who are taken before the Mayor
and given stone pile sentences.
Mayor Royal this afternoon said he
plans to send all defendants of that
type to the workhouse here-after. The
only escape drunks and panhandlers
will have from the workhouse sentence
will be to comply with the alternative
of paying a fine. It is the plan of the
county officials to have the men in
charge of the stone crusher sworn in
with full powers of a policeman, so
that, while they are directing the work
they also will have facilities for pre
venting the defendants from escaping.
Library Closed During Parade
The Harrisburg Public Library will
he closed from 1 to 6 o'clock to-mor
row because of the State Firemen's
parade. It will be open in the evening
at the usual hours.
GREATER CORN PROSPECTS
Octobor Crop Bcport Shows Increase of
78,<!UO,000 Bushels
fly Associated PITHS,
Washington, Oct. 7. —Ureater corn
crop prospects by 78.000,000 bushels
and great im:<rovement in tobacco, in
creasing the pro-spelts of that crop over
:'io forecast in Seplfcenvber by 92,000,-
000 pounds, were the features of the
Department of Agriculture's October
crop report announced to-day.
An increase of 11,000,000 bushels in
the potato .irop, 21.000,000 bushels in
the oats crop and 10,000,000 bushels
in the apple crop also were forecast.
Spring wheat showed a siighr de
crease, being 4,000,000 bushels under
the September fore-ast, yet : t'he com
bined crop of winter wheat and spring
wheat makes t'his year's harvest, of that
grain a decided one.
Schwab Resigns as Locomotive Director
.New Yo.rk, Oct. 7.—Charles M.
S 'liwab resigned to-day ss a director
of the American locomotive Company
in order, he said, to devote his time and
attention to the affairs of the Bet'h'le
'hem Steel Corporation, of Which he is
president. iMt. Schwab was succeeded
as a director in the locomotive company
by Andrew Fletcher.
Defea tof Russians Imminent
London, Oct.. 6. 1J53 T\ M.—Tele
graphing from Amsterdam the corre
spondent of Reuters Telegram Company
says unofficial news ha< reached there
from Budapest to the effect that Aus
trian troops have attacked the Russian
forces in Marmaros county, Hungary,
and that the defeat of the Russians
is imminent. Small detachments of
Russians were engaged by Austrian
gendarmes at a point near Beaszter
zenazed.
Bed Cross Ship at Rotterdam
The Hague. Oct. 7, via London. 2
P. M.—The American hospital ship
•Red <'ross, came into Rotterdam last
night from France. Six American sur
geons and 25 nurses, together with 41
tons of medical supplies left Rotter
dam to-day for hospital work among
the troops of Germany and Austria.
Drifting Mines Prevent Sailing
Copenhagen. Oct. 7, via London,
2.03 I'. M.—Mines drifting in the
Baltic are preventing all sailings from
Denmark and Gernanv b(y way of
Gjedser and Warnemuende.
TWO MORE ANTWERP FBRTS
FALL INTOJMN HANDS
Berlin, Oit. 7, (by Wireless to Say
ville, L. I.)—' Despite the general ex
pectations that a slight pause would be
made in the advance of the Germans
on Antwerp, it was reporte(t To-day in
government quarters that two more
forts had fallen into Oerman hands.
They wore KV>rt Kessel and Fort Broc
•Jhen (respectively east and north of
iLierre) which were no langer able to
resist tlie destructive power of the Oer
man siege guns.
The capitulation of Antwerp, accord
ing to Oerman military authorities, ean
be only a matter of a couple of days.
The Oerman general staff in its re
port to-day on the situation in the west
ern arena of the war, says the lighting
on the Oerman right wing in France
ha.\ 'been successful.
LATEST SUMMARY OF THE
EUROPEAN WAR SITUATION
The baibtle in the north of France
continues with great violence. Neither
side has made material gains so far as
known.
The French War Office in its after
noon statement says that the battle
front extends virtually to the Belgian
frontier. The fighting is described as
\ iclent, but no claim of advantage is
made.
The Oerman general staff announce,!
to-day that toe fighting on the Oerman
right wing had been successful.
Another wireless dispatch from Ber
lin says it is reported in government
circles that two more forts at Antwerp,
Horts Kessel and Brocchen, have fallen
•before the Germans. The capitulation of
the city is regarded in Berlin as dose
at hand.
A dispatch from Amsterdam savs
that a German torpedo boat dest.rover
has oeen sunk by a mine off the Kstu
ary of the Kims in the North sea. A
British news agency declares that the
Oerman vessel was sunk bv a British
submarine.
A Pekin dispatch quotes a Oerman
news agency as saying that Japanese
forces have occupied the Island of Yap
of the Caroline group in the Pacific.
A report from Petrograd savs that
Russian heavy artillery is bombarding
Przemysl and that Austrian field for.es
that attempted to relieve the fortress
were defeated and compelled to retire.
hast night's German official state
ment said that the new Russian ad
vances against East Prussia had been
checked and that Russian forces have
been defeatej in Russia,, Poland.
Tokio announces that the War Office
believes That the Japanese have sunk
a Oerman cruiser ami two German gun
boats i„ Kiao-Chow bay.
An official statement issued in Vienna
says that. German and Austrian forces
surprised the enemy in Russian Poland
and drove the Russians back across the
Vistula.
Ossowitz Fired by German Shells
Berlin,».t. ~ Via The Hague and!
London, 4.25 P. M —The German:
forces on the frontier of East Prussia
have assumed a strategic defensive
movement. They abandoned the bom
bardment of Ossowetz fortress, in Rus
sian Poland. After setting the city of
Ossowetz on Ere with shells thev were
able to retire with their siege guns
and a pontoon traih. They destroyed
the railroad on the frontier and are I
now holding in check superior Russian
forces from heavilv-entrenched posi
tions near Drostken.
Poincare Back From Front
Paris, Oct. 7, 3 F M.—President
Po in rare, accompanied by Premier I
Vivani and Minister of War Millerand, |
returned to Pars last night after his;
trip from Bordeaux to the line of bat-1
tie. The President and his Ministersl
reached army headquarters Monday
morning. They spent several hours!
with General Jofl're, commander-in
chief of the French forces, and then i
proceeded to the British headquarters,
where they called ii|<in Sir John French,
the commander of the British expedi
tionary force.
Russians Retreat in Disorder
Now York, <).*t. 7. —The Austro-
Hungarian consul general in this city
aunounced to-day that, a wireless mes
sage had been receive! by Ambassador
Duniha from Count Berchtold, an
nonncing that Russian troops w'ho were
ciossing t'he Carpathian mountains into
Hungary had been repulsed and lia.l
retreated in disorder toward the Rus
sian frontier. This coincides with in
formation received here yesterday from
Vienna.
Efforts to Reopen the Dardanelles
Petrograd, Russia, Oct. 7. —The pres
ident of the Russian Industrial 'Mer
chants' Association, M. Avdakoff, has
approached Foreign Minister Sazenoff
on the subject of closing of the Darda
netles. In the course of the convensa
tion the Foreign Minister said that the
Powers of the Triple Entente, Russia,
Great Britain and France, were contin
uing their efforts to have the Darda
nelles reopened to commerce.
Turkish Ambassador Sails
New York. Oct. 7.—A. Kustem Bey,
Turkish Ambassador to the United
States, sailed for Naples on the Ital
ian liner Stampalia to-day after an
nouncing that he stood by the interview
he gave in Washington recently and
that he intended to return to the United
States. The Turkish Ambassador de
clined to say where and how he hail
open! the last few days in New York.
Webb Hayes Calls on Wilson
Washington, Oct. 7. —Colonel Webb
C. Hayes, son of former PresiUenJ
Hayes, called on President Wilson to
day to present a letter dated Augus„,
from Alfered Ner.iex, acting burgomas
ter of Louvain, who wrote that he was
attempting to save the town from de
struction at the hgr.ds of the Germane.
Lonvain was burned a week after the
letter was written.
Police Sequester Publications
Rome, Oct. 6, Via Peris, Oct. 7. 3.40
A. M. —The police have sequestered
scvoral publications and periodicals
containing article* against Austria
which were considered offensive to
Italy's neutrality. The authors of the
articlos have been denounced to the
court*.
FAIR WEATHER IS
NOWJN PROSPECT
Coatlaurd From First Past,
ihigh wind conditions betng
responsible. There'has been no change '
in the barometer and I look for no
further rain.
"The total rainfall amour ted to .31
of an inch, just, enough to lay the dust
and mako ideal marching conditions."'
Apprehension Passes
There was quite a bit of apprehen
sion on the part of t'he large number
of visitors this morning when lowering
■banks of clouds made the lighting of
lamps in business places uecessarv and
some were considering dropping out of
the pa r particularly the Taylor
Hose Company, of Philadelphia, the
baby moimber, which is sixty-six years
old, but fhnt fear is over now and ar
rangements for the parade are going on.
WILSON CABINET IN POLITICS
Members Arranging to Take Active
Part in Congressional Campaign
By Associated Press.
Washington. Oct. 7.—Arrangements
for taking active part in the coining
Congressional campaign, plans for
which were plan at a meeting of Presi
dent Wilson and his Cabinet, were be
ing made to-day by several members of
the Cabinet who will speak on behalf
of Democratic candidates in manv dis
tricts.
The campaign of Representative A.
Mitchell Pnlmer, of Pennsylvania, for
the Senate is receiving the President "s
hearty support. Mr. Wilson has been
invited by Mr. Palmer to speak at an
anniversary meeting of the Young
Men's Christian Association at Pics'
burgh and may accept, but if be does,
it is believed he will not touch on
politics.
DAUGHTERS OF REVOLUTION
Increase of :{«<) in Membership of
Petisylvania Chapters
By Associate# Press,
Easton, P«„ Oct. 7.—There was an
increase of 380 in the membership of
the Pennsylvania Daughters of the
Revolution, according to the statement
of the State registrar, Miss Elizabeth
E. Massev, at today's session here
There are now 70 ihapters in Pennsyl
v«tnia. J
State Treasurer Mrs. Thomas A.
Morrison, of Smethport, reported that
there is now a balance of ?486 on
hand.
A resolution providing that an in
crease of 50 cents per year in dues be
imposed to help support' the official pub
lication of the order created a great
deal of discussion and it was decided
to let the matter hold over until the
national congress next April.
TO GIVE SPLENIND CONCERT
Liberty Band, of Middletown, Will
Play, Regardless of Weather
The Liberty band, of IMi.ldle. town,
will give a concert for the Mi, Vernon
Hook and Ladder Company to-night on
the Capitol lawn in front of the Mt
Vernon truck house, regardless of
iweather conditions. The program,
which is an extremely gn«d oiw, is a,s
follows:
"State Military Review," march
George Koppmfc /fltralteUa.r overt ure!
Moil F)vtow;iV£& Mdrcheti," fanta-
Bach; "The Mill in the For
est."" idyll, Eilenbcrg; "Grand Inter
national Fantasia, 'X T. itf. Rollinson;
"La Poloma, Spanish serenade, Yra
dier; "Manana," Chilian dance, Mis
sud; "StaT-Spangled Banner.''
Services for Jefferson Payne
The funeral services for Jefferson !
Payne, aged 70 years, who died yester- '
day at his home, 545 South Front]
street, .will be held at 2.30 o'clock Fri
day afternoon, the Rev. W. B. Cook offi
ciating. Interment will be in East Har
risburg cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Mis. !
Florence Payne; a sou, Elwood, and two
daughters, Mrs William H. Hammond,!
of Elizabeth, N. J,, ami Miss Frances!
Payne; a brother, Aaron, and a sister, 1
Mrs. J. B. White, of this city.
Reception to New Members
A reception ami entertainment for
new members was held last evening by
the ( . E. Society of the Piue Street
Presbyterian church. Special music
was furnished by an 18-picce orchestra.
Vocal solos by Miss Ruth Hoover,
George Sutton and Mr. Rhoades, read
ing by Miss Williams piano solos by
Miss Heiges and Mr. Springer and a
Ibanjo selection by the Brady Banjo
quintet were given. Following an ad
dress by the pastor, the Rev. Dr.
Mudge, refreshments were served.
First Encyclical of Pope Benedict
H<t Assuciatml Press.
Paris, Oct. 7. 4.0 1 A. M.—A Rome
dispatch to the "£cho De Paris" savs
that the encyclical of Pope Ben
edict XV will appear ror the fete of
the Toussaint (All Saints Day) No
vember 1. It will contain an, allusion
of .the war and will follow in part tho
program of Leo XIII and Cardinal-.
Rampolla.
Booker T. Washington to Speak Hero
Dr. Booker T. Washington, the nol&.l
negro educator and principal oi iiie
Tuskagee Normal and Industrial Insti
tute, Tusfcegee, Ala., will speak in Har
risburg next Wednesday evening, Oc
tober 14. Arrangements are now being
made for Dr. Washington's appearance
in ore of the local , hurches, announce
ment of which will be made later.
Plan a New Road
Paul G. Smith. G. Clarke Cowdon and
Joseph I'miberger were to-day appointed
by the Court a board of viewers to de-
I termine the advisability of laying out
a new road, 850 feet long, to extend
from the Susquehanna river to a point
about 2,000 feet above Dauphin and in
tersecting with a rpad connecting Dau
phin and Halifax.
Letters Issued on Estates
I.«ttors of administration on the es
. tate of the late Tobias Klinger were to
j day issued to his widow, Einma Klinger,
of Gratz. On the estate of Jacob Rie-
I gel, late of South Hanover township,
letters of administration were granted
I to .T. H. Cassel, of Grantville.
United Brethren Conference
A conference on denominational prob
lems and policies will be held by the
United Brethren congregations of Har
risbuTg and vicinity at the First Unit
ed (Brethren church on Boae s:reet on
Wednesday evening, October 14, 7.45
o'clock, iby dirontion of Conference Su
perintendent Dir. D. D. Lowery.
VILBAN JASPEe .CONANT.'
Alban Jasper Oonant. who painted the famous "Smiling T.ineoin" and who
In the noontime of his carper as an artist painted Henry Ward Reecher, Jir.
James McCosh and John Gilbert, the actor, recently celebrated his ninety
fourth birthday, and to the friends who gathered about the purrh bowl that
had been provided in his home. In New York city, he gave his recipe for hale
and hearty old age. The artist is so perfect an exemplification of tijis doctrine—
his friends predict that he will pass the century mark—that they were par
ticularly interested in his directions how to attain long life. Mr. Vonaut was
a practising physician before he became a painter. Two things sAand out in
Mr. Conant's advice. One is to laugh heartily and the other is to en) the things
one most relishes. In accounting for his own longevity the artistjrefers to a
third cause—the splendid constitution which he acquired wlieu a jJ'outh work
ing on a Vermont farm.
POWELL MPS THE HO •
COS! OF MISSIONS
Auditor < i mora I Powell to-day is
sued the following statement in rela
tion to the alleged Jiold up of the ex.-
pea.se accounts of the Pennsylvania
.Commission to the San Francisco Kx
position:
"t have not yet started to investi
gate these hills. They have been held
up in the accounting bureau ami 1 will
get to tliem in due season. I want to
say this, However. This comnfission is
only one of many whose expenses have
been carefully analyzed and many
items withheld from settlement, es
pecially contingent funds ami expendi
tures by commissions an I private c.iti-1
/.ens. It has impressed me that every
time they want to spend a lot of state
money thoy name a commission. Much
of the work these commissions are ere-'
ated to do could be better handled by 1
the regular officers or employes of the
•State. The sums paid to architects,
engineers and superintendents and for
transportation of commissioners have
grown to be appalling to one having a
geueral view of the expenses of the.
State.
"Th* last Legislature passed a
resolution providing for an analysis of
the expenses of the Commonwealth. t»s
pecially contingent funds, an i we hope
to have ready by the opening of the
General Assembly sufficient data to be
able to say just what amounts are:
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spent for services of architects and
engineers and expenses of comm s
sious, transportation, Pullman fares
and other such matters. In fact, to be
I able to give to the penny the cost of
| t his unbusinesslike way of handling
State funds. We anticipate that this
' matter will be covered in a similar
manner by the Economy and Efficiency
Commission,
j "Thcf'e lave been employed by ti.o
i State in the past year, and I say this
for example only, 200 draftsmen and
'SO engineeis and 25 architects. The
Auditor General does not want to be
unfair and does not want the impres
sion to gel. out that this is a ham sand
wich administration and he realizes that,
nobody will think, as far us his office
is concerned, that it. is (,o he a chain
pjigtie breakfast affair.
I "What we are really trying to do
I is to cut overhead expenses to a rea
sonable proportion of the total amount
expended.''
Bethlehem Low Bidder for Armor
Washington. Oct. 7. The' Bethlehem
Stef-1 Company was the lowest bidder
to-day for 22,122 .tons of side armor
for three new battleships. The bid was
$4115 a ton. The Midvalo Steel Com
pany of .Philadelphia made the lowest
bid, J4S6, for turret armor.
i Episcopal Bishop of New Jersey
Tren'ton, X. .1., Oct. 7. The Rev.
Paul It. Matthews, of Panbault, I.Miiin.,
was to-day elected Protestant Kpi.-vo;al
Bishop of New Jersey at a special ses-
I sion of the diocesan convention. He
succeeds the late Bishop John Scarbor-
I oug'i:.