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City Commission Ad
vances Ordinance
Creating New Posi
tion at $ 1,000 a Year
PLACE MAY GO
TO M'FARLAND
Agreement Adopted for Taking Over
Land on West Side of North Front
Streeit—Harrisburg to Pay Part of
Paving Assessment
The office of City Forester, a posi
tion through which it is intended to
regulate the planting, trimming and
.-are of shade trees in the city, will be
rreated if an ordinance introduced by
Commissioner Taylor at the regular
meeting of the City Commissioners this
afternoon passes finally. The Commis
sion passed the bill on first reaiiug and
it will come up for second reading and
final passage one week from to-day. This
official will have practically the same
duties as would a Tree Commission.
Park Commissioner Taylor this after
nooii said he is not vet in a position to
fay who will bo suggesto.i to the Com
mission for appointment to the new
post, although tho name of J. Horace
Mo Far land already has been mentioned
in connection with the office. Tho sal
ary of the Forester, the ordinance pro
vides, shall not exceed SI,OOO. and
Commissioner Taylor said it is the plan
to pay that amount.
The new official will have no titled
assistants. Tho men who will have to
do with the planting and caring of
trees will be taken from tho corps of
park department employes.
The Commissioners to-day settled
finally the question of taking over the
(•round, between the western curb of
North Front street an i the low water
mark of the Susquehanna river, from
Keiker street to Mac lay. Deeds to be
given for the ground by the ten or
twelve property owners will be accept
ed bv the city through the City Solici
tor in return for which the city will
satisfy liens entered against that real
estate to cover the cost of paving the
west side of Front street betweeu Kei
ker and Maclav.
This plan ws* one of three suggested
by City Solicitor Seitz and was rec
ommended by the legal adviser at a
conference with the Commissioners to
day in view of its being the best plan
for obtaining the ground speedily an i
at the cheapest cost.
The Commissioners, in a communica
tion from the Chamber of Commerce,
were aske., to attend a "Conference on
Foreign Trade." to be he'id in Fahne
etock l»ali "next" Tuesday. The con-
fercnce if being hel l to day although
the Commissioner*, excepting the May
or who wis schedule! to make an ad
dress at the Conference a; 2.30 o'clock,
understood it was to be he! I one week
from this date. The letter was received j
after Tuesday's ineetine of the Com
missioners an.: did uot yet before them
officially until to-day.
COURT
TO Bill D GOLF ("LI B HOI'SE
Psrk Commissioner Taylor Plans to
Erect Building in Reservoir Park
A golf house, 60 feet long an.i
30 feet w;de. will be erected :n Keser
voir Park earii next spring, under the
plans of M. Harvey Taylor, Commis
sioner of PBrk, announced to-day.
Warren 1!. Manning, the landscape
architect of the park department, oa
a brief vis.t here yester. iy seieete.;
the site. a. spot on the woodaU siooe
immediately back of the Elk monu
ment.
Mr. Manning also inspected the
river front improvement work as well
as the work incident to the proposed
new Reservoir Park entrance. Specifi
cations for the new club house will be
drawn up at once and
sent out for bids. While the contra •t
may be Jet this year, actual work on
the building may not be began before
early spring.
Two Damage Suits
A claim for $.'.000 damages :« madi 1
in a suit file ! to-day by Robert Rosen
berg, counsel for John P. Forsythe,
against Edward W. Weiss. While iii the
defendant's employ a bar fell on For
sythe'j £eot. Another kmage suit file 1
to- was a >I.OOO claim made by
Hughes against John and
Thomas C. Black. A stone fell or
Hughes, while he was in the employ
of the defendants, he alleges.
Verdict for Defense
A verdiet in favor of the defense
this morning was returned by a jury
in the ejectment suit of Isaa ' D. West
agiinst Alfred F. Hanna. The action
involved a strip of ground situated in
and adjacent to the borough of by
kens this county. The principal? in the
salt both claimed to have title to the
reai estate. At a former trial thi
ooort directed the jury to render a
vfrdict in favor of the defense. The
Supreme Court then granted the
Wc-t's appeal for a rehearing, setting
forth that certain questions of fact
should have been left to the jury to
decide.
Nothing Fcr Argument
Argument in the city'? tax suit
against the Smith-Premier Typewriter
Company, this morning was continued
to the December argument court. (Sty
Solicitor Seitz complained that the de
fendant's "answer"' in the case, is
not specific, and did not raise legal
questions npon which the argument
eould be centered.
Typhoid Fever Fatal
Steve Dannich, 1221 South Kint'n
street, died at the Harrisburg Hospital
at 2.30 o'clock this afternoon of ty
phoid fever. He was admitted yester
day afternoon in the last stages of thej
disease. '
CAPITOL HILL
RATES ARE REASONABLE.
SAYS THE AMISSION
Even Though Lewistown Pays More
Than Huntingdon for the Same
Service. It Cannot Complain About
Charges for Mifflin County Town
The Public Service Commission has
found that the rates of the Pennsylva
nia Central Light and Power Company
in the borough of Lewistowu, are just
and reasouabie and the complaint filed
by J. Price Werts, of Lewistown, has
been dismissed.
The Commission does not consider
it fair to order the reduction of a rate
which is shown to be reasonable on ac
count of a fact that in another com
munity the company is furnishing cur
rent at a price below the cost thereof.
This comment is occasioned by the fact
that a less rate is charged in Hunting
don than in Lewistown.
The Commission has issued an order
that the Krie Railroad Company must
improve its passenger and freight serv
ice to and from Kennard Station, Mer
cer county. The complaint was fi'.ed by
J. E. Callahan, C. G. Freeland and
M. Little representing the people of
Kennard and was occasioned by the
fact that the railroad company had
discontinued the operation of passen
ger trains 219 and 220 between Green
ville and Moadville.
Close to a Million
Close to a million dollars was taken
into the State Treasury yester-tay. from
tax sources, the figures totaling $936,-
435.67. while the payments were $4 23.-
171.95. At this rate the receipts for
the year will be very close to those of
last vear. when thev totaled $35,000,-
000.'
Harrisburg Paid
The Harrisburg school district has
received its share of the year's school
appropriation, amounting to S46,SSS.
The warrant was issued by the Depart
ment of Education and cashed at the
.State Treasurv.
In an envelope postmarked Reading
yesterday came to the State Treasury
a fifty-cent piece wrapped in several
thicknesses of paper, it was placed to
the credit of the conscience fund.
Complain of the -ell
The Marion Rural I/. n e Company,
represented by John F. Stiekel. H. A.
Sellers and others, who have eoustrocl
ed a telephone line from their resi
dences ;n Antrim and Guilfordtownships,
Franklui county, to the exchange of
the Bell, loratei in tireencast'e. com
plain to the Public Service Commission
that since July 1 of this year the Bell
has refused to furnish exchange serv
ice because the rural line has connec
tions with the Cumberland Valley Tele
phone Company. lue complainants say
that there is nothing in the contract be
<veen their line and the Sell which
prohibits the use of the switches to
connect their telephone to the "lines of
the Cumberland Valley as well as to
t.iose of the Bell.
More Prosecutions
Pure Food Commissioner Foust to
■!av ordered the prosecution of sixteen
illegal milk venders in Allegheny coun
ty; two rotten egg and ba-5 fruit sell
ers in Philadelphia, and one rotteu
peach seller in Chester.
State Chemists Meet
Dr. William Frear. State College:
Charts H. Lawall, Philadelphia; James
A. Evans, Erie; Dr. F. T. Ashman.
Pittsburgh, and Carl T. Sehoen, Scran
ton. chemists in the service of the
•Hate Pure Fool division, met Commis
s,oner Foust to-day to take up a num
ber of matters in connection with the
co! : storage of eggs in order to secure
uniformity in the enforcement of the
law.
May Keep Out Breeders
Secretary Kalbfus, of the PMte
Game Commission, is to have a confer
ence with the State Veterinarians in
order to ascertain whether the quar
antine against the foot and mouth dis
ease will prevent the bringing to the
State of leer and elk. Dr. Kalbfus had
arranged for the bringing of several
hundred animals into the State for
breeding purposes, and thinks that by
a system of rigid inspection there wiil
be no difficulty. At present deer and
elk cannot be shippei until a permit
has been secured from the Veterinary
Board.
Chemist Cochran's Son Dead
The funeral of the son of C. B.
Cochran, chemist for the Pure Food De
partment. took place in West Chester
yesterday. The young man. who war,
but 20 years old, was attacked w>h
typhoid fever at Lehigh University at
the beginning of the term and lingered
until Saturday. Commissioner Foust
attended the funeral.
Pay Day on the Hill
This was pay day on Capitol Hill,
and monthly checks were being distrib
uted all over the big building.
Chief Garvin Here
Thomas H. Garvin, chief clerk of tho
House of Representatives, was at the
Capitol today looking after the prep
arations for the meeting of the Legis
iature in January.
Scad Contract Awarded
Twenty-six coirtraf-tors bid on on''
Ptate-aid contract for a hijrhwav in
Butler count- to-day. The contract
«JS awarded by State Highway Com
missioner Bigelow to O'Brien Brothers,
of Avoca. Luzerne county. Thev bid
J55.T02.61. but when checked it was
found that the bid should be
$55,474.61. A feature of the biddinj
was that one firm from Ohio, one from
Xew York and one from Went Virginia
•ought the opportunity to construct
highways in Pennsylvania. The high
way. which is to be constructed ftf
brick block, is one runnine from the
southern borough line of Butler in a
southerly direction through Bvitler.
Summit and Jefferson townships to a
point in the ro«d near the Mechlin
school house in Jefferson township, a
distance of nearly four miles.
Discuss Closing Shops Sunday
The local branch of the Journeymen
Barbers' International Union will hold
a meeting to-night to discuss ways and
means of helping in the campaign
against open barber shops on Sunday.
It has been reported that one union
shop runs on Sunday and this will be
taken up at this meeting.
Artistic Printing at Star-Independent.
HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT. TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 24, 1914.
CLEVER TEAM TOPS THE
NEW BILL AT ORPHEUIH
Morriseey and Hackett Provide Good
Entertainment at Vaudeville Hour* j
—Other Attraction* of Merit on the
Program
It is not very often that a "man
and girl team" tops a vaudeville bill
at the Orpheum, but Morrissey ar.d
Hackett, a clever |>air of performers,
head the show there this week aud they
deserve the headline position. They do
none of the accepted things that a
"man and girl team" usually dues.
Their offering is rather a '"take-off"
ou "poor old vaudeville."
They have an unusually funny mov
ing picture scene, the film being used
in connection with the act, a part of
the acting in front of the camera hav
ing been done by the pair. It is at well
arranged number, the orchestrations
tittiug well in every part. The man is a
clever mimic and the girl is sprightly
and attractive.
A long, thin person, in "The Piano
Movers," has a very funny dance, bui
he uses it in the same act he has ap
peared in here before. That, however,
detracts little from his Entertainment.
A clever pair of girls are the Brit
nelle sisters, who, with Stevens, do a
travesty called "Ye Olden Days and
Present Ways,'* The entire bill has
merit.
PASSENGER RATE INCREASE
Pennsylvania Public Bervice Commis
sion May Set Date Late To-day
to Hear Protests
By Associated Press.
Philadelphia. Nov. 24. —The Penn
sylvania Public Service Commission
probably will announce late to-day a
date for its Wearing of the protests
against the railroads increasing passen
ger rates.
A mass meeting called to protest
against the increase in rates was held
in one of the theatres this afternoon.
Almost every business and Civic Asso
ciation in this city and suburb, a'ong
with country clubs, churches, private
schools and Commuters' Associations
from this State and New Jersey were
represented.
Personally invited to be present or
send a representative to explain the
railroad's side of the controversy, Sam
uel Rea, president of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, refused to attend or to send
any of his subordinates. In his letter
of declination Mr. Rea declared that
as the question of the proposed increase
had been put up to the Public Service
Commissions of Pennsylvania and New
Jersey and the Interstate Commerce
Commission, he could see no re<ason for
sending a representative.
Theodore Voorhees, president of the
Reading, merely acknowledged receipt
of the invitation sent him. The Bal
timore an i Ohio telegraphed at the last
moment that its invitation had not been
received until late yesterday and that
it was unlikely that the road would be
represented at the meeting.
PLANS TO HEAR COMMUTERS
Service Commission Will Listen to Pro
tests on Higher Fassenger Bates
The Public Service Commission, ta
king cognizance of the many
received from commuters and others re
garding the proposed increased passen
ger rates to go into effect on the Penn
sylvania, Baltimore & Ohio and Ph:la
delphia & Reading and other railroads
on December 15, will probably hold a
meeting this week to hear complaints
personally.
A conference was held yesterday in
Philadelphia between Edwin M. Ab
bott, of the Philadelphia & Reading
Railway Commuters' Association, and
William W. Trinkle. counsel for the
Commission. Mr. Trinkle assured Mr.
Abbott the Con-mission would act at
once and for convenience sake would
sit in Philadelphia. The petition sent 1
to the Commission by the commuters' ;
association says that the new rates are 1
unreasonable and unjust.
Commissioners Pennypacker and
Johnson met with Counsel Trinkle and
Chief Wilson, of the Bureau of Rates
and Tariffs, this morning in Philadel
phia to decide upon the best course to
be pursued to ensure prompt action on
the question of the proposed increases ,
of rates, in accordance with the provi
sions of the public service law.
STH TIME EX APES GALLOWS
Massa Gains Another Respite WhiTe
Pardon Board Considers Case
Five times has the day been set for |
the execution of Malena Massa, a
Schuylkill county murderer. His cas* i
is now before the Board of Pardons, 1
and may be disposed of at the Decern- J
ber meeting.
Massa killed his wife's p&r&moui.
The man was remonstrating with his
wife and endeavoring to get her to con
sent to go West to get away from the
| influence of* her lover, when the latter
entered the room and took het away
j from her husband. This so enrage 1 the
husband that he killed the paramour.
Masga was found guilty of murder
in 'May, 1913, and in June sentenced
to be hanged. His case was taken be
fore the Board of Pardons and com
mutation of the death sentence was re
fused, when an application was made
for a rehearing. Last March Massa's
hanging was fixed for May 26, and a
rehearing was allowed by the Board of
< Pardons. A respite was given until Jnne
| 25. In June another respite was given
j until September 24, and in September
I another respite was given until De
cember 2. Meantime the Board of Par
dons has held the man's case under ad
visement.
To-day for the -fifth time Governor
Tener gave him another respite until
'January 5, 1915. For a year and a
half Massa has been in the shadow- of
the gallows.
|
Hear Reedy and Camella To-day
James Keedv and Toney Camella,
who were arrested on a charge of fe'ioni
| ous entry an i larecny by City Detec
tive Ibach yesterday afternoon when
! they were discharged by Mayor Royal
on a disorderly practice charge, were
given another hearing in police court
| late this afternoon. Both were wearing
sweaters, according to tht» police, that
j were taken from the stable of E. J.
1 Kline, South River street.
LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY
Cnttaml rran Pint !**■•>
to "the region of high political Idi
ocy."
Statements to-day by the War Office
at Berlin, Paris and Petrograd, the con
tinental centers of official Information
concerning the war, left generally In
doubt the outcome of the fighting In the
east which unofficial reports say has
resulted In a Russian victory. The Rus
sian War Office makes an Indeflnlto
statement that the Germans have re
treated, and gives no Indication of the
extent of the movement. The German
version Is that the fighting is still In
progress snd that the decision Is yet to
be reached. It Is said seml-officlally In
Berlin that no doubt is entertained
there as to an eventual German victory,
but that the arrival of Russian rein
forcements has postponed it.
In Belgium and France both the
French and Oermtn statements say the
lighting lags. There is continued activ
ity in the Argonne region, where, ac
cording to th« French War Office, the
allies have made progress.
The bombardment of Belgian coast
towns by British warships has been re
sumed, it is said In Berlin, causing a
number of casualties among the inhabi
tants but inflicting only slight injury
to the German troops.
The German official press bureau in
Berlin denies the British statement that
a German submarine has been sunk off
the coast of Scotland by a British pa
trolling vessel.
The American consulate at Warsaw
has been damaged by a bomb dropped
from a German airship. Ambassador
Marye at Petrograd reported to the
State Department at Washington that
several persons in the street were kUled
and that windows of the consulate were
broken, although no one in the building
war injured.
SUBSCRIPTIONS TO GREAT
WAR LOAN CLOSED TO-DAY
Ix>ndon, Nov. 24, 2.40 P. M.—Lists
of subscriptions to the greatest war
loan in history, amounting to £350,-
000;000 sterling ($1,750,000,000), or
rather more than half the total of the
British national <M>t. were closed this
afternoon and the loan, it is freely
stated in the city, will be a great suc
cess. although no official figures as yet
are available.
Coming at a time when the lxmdon
Stock Exchange is closed and immedi
ately after £300.000,000 of fresh tax
ation had been imposed, the result is
considered remarkably indicative of the
determination of the country to enable
the government to prostvute the war to
a successful end.
The subscriptions poured in from the
provinces and from insurance houses
and banks, colonial as well as from the
t nited Kingdom. The offerings ranged
from a modest £95 to the biggest insur
ance companv's subscription of £1,000,-
000.
The enormous number of applications
created considerable pressure at the
Hank of Kngland, and some days must
ela.se before it is possible to announce
the allotments. The cash payment of
£2 per hdndred required with the appli
cations will temporarily take off the
market some millions of pounds ster
ling.''
FIFING OF TI'UKISH FORTS ON
I . S. LAUNCH ISN'T SETTLED
Washington, Nov. 24.—The firing
of Turkish forts at Smyrna upon the
cruiser Tennessee's launch last week
will not be considered a closed inci
dent until further reports are received,
but President Wilson told inquirers
to-day he considered Ambassador Mor
genthau's report of an explanation bv
two members of the Turkish Cabinet
"evidently clears up the facts."
He did not say whether he consid
ered th,> inforin.il explanation as satis
factory,
OBJECT TO MOVING HOTEL
Eleventh Ward Residents Attach Sig
natures to a Remonstrance
At a mass meeting in Augsburg Lu
theran church. Fifth and Mueneh
streets, several hundred signatures wera
placed to a petition which will be filed
as a remonstrance to the court applica
tion of Patrick Sullivan, who seeks to
remove his hotel from 727-729 State
street to 1819 North Third street
It is claimed by the remonstrants
that the hotel, at the proposed location,
is not a necessity to the public and
that the granting of the liquor license
application would be detrimental
public good. The Rev. IHhrvey Klaer,
pastor of the Covenant Presbyerian
church, presided at the meeting.
Professor P. E. Downes, city superin
tendent of schools, made a formal pro
test against the license transfer. Sev
eral others made addresses along the
same line. A committee of six was ap
pointed to make a house-to-house cau
vas of the Eleventh ward, with the
view of obtaining signatures to the pe
tition. James A. Stranahan has been
employed as counsel to oppose the
granting of the Sullivan application,
which will be presented to the Dauphin
county court on December 8.
CITY MAY NOT APPEAL
Hardly Likely Harrlsburg Will Contest
South Harrisburg Verdicts
At an executive session following
their regular meeting afternoon
the City Commissioners, with City So
licitor D. '"j. Seitz, discussed the advisa
bility of taking an appeal frnm the de
cision of the jury in the damage suits
against the City, in which verdicts of
Jli»0 each were awarded to the plain
tiffs, Benedict Schlitzer,Barbara Koenig
and Marv Miller.
The suits involved the City's taking
parts of the plaintiffs' property for the
reopening of South Front street. The
Commissioners would not gay what ac
tion was decided on other than the
matter was placed in the hands of the
legal adviser, although it is understood
that- the City will not ask for a re
hearing.
Such action is believed bv city offi
cials to be "the bejrt way out" in view
of the fact that even if another jury
would reduce the amount of damages
to less than $25 aipiece, the City would
have to pay the "costs, which would 'be
very large in the event of a second
hearing.
HOSPITAL WANTS TURKEYS
Only One Had Been Received by Early
Afternoon of "Donation Day"—
Other Gifts Received
The eollwtion of the Thanksgiviug
Day donations for the Harrirfburg iHos
•pital started this morning and at 2
o'ekfek this afternoon there seemed
every reason to believe rhat in spite at
the many contributions made toy Har
risburg to the Belgian relief and other
European war funds, the response from
this city and vicinity lias been fully as
generous as last year.
Early this morning the horse-drawn
vehicles and automobiles lent by manv
of the merchants of Harrisburg started
collecting the "donation bags" which
were distributed a few days ago, and
by early afternoon they had gathered
in between 300 and 400 bags and sev
eral hundred glasses of jellies and jars
of preserves. By that time only one
turkey had 'beeu received, although five
or six more were promised. Many more
could be used.
Although several checks have been
received, for which the hospital authori
ties are thankful, they say that much
more money is needed.
The members of the Womnn's Aid
Society, headed by Mrs. Henry Mc-
Cormick, wore at the hospital all ilav
and will be there throughout to-morrow
receiving and separating the donations
so as to 'be able to tell just w>hat has
'been given. All of the potatoes, apples,
beets, pears and tho like are placed in
separate barrels wihile the breakfast
foods, jellies, preserves, flour and
things of that kind are arranged on the
shelves of the store rooms of the hos
pital. The vehicles will continue gather
ing donations to-morrow.
COMPILE THE CONGRESS VOTE
Return Judges of This District Find A.
S. Krelder Won by !o,<HiO
Frank A. Smith, of this city: John
P. Khrgood, of Lebanon, and A. S. Mid
delton, of Boiling Springs, election re
turn judges appointed to certify the
official vote cast for the Congressional
candidates in the Eighteenth Congres
sional district, composed of this county
and Lebanon and Cumberland, met in
the office of "Prothonotarv Henry P.
Holler at noon to-day.
Each judge had a certificate of the
official vote in his county, the vote vas
compiled and a return made to the Sec
retarv of the Commonwealth. The re
turn shows Aaron S. Kreider was re
elected with a plurality of 10,060.
Hearing for New Haven Directors
By Associated Press.
New York, Nov. 24. —Feioral Judge
Sessions to-day set next Monday a.s the
time for argument on the motion to
dismiss the indictments against Wil
liam Rockefeller and four of the twen
ty men indicted with him on charges
of having violated the criminal law in
connection with their duties as direc
tors of the Now Pork, New Haven and
Hartford Kailroad Company.
Pittsburgh Stock Exchange to Open
Pittsburgh, Nov. 24.—Directors of
the Pittsburgh Stock Exchange to-day
voted to open the exchange Dece:.vber
2 for unrestricted trading in stocks
whieh closed under |ls July 30. Trad
ing in other stocks will be restricted
to the prices of July 30, less one div
idend.
Different Gorge
''How about the beautiful gorge you
advertised! "
"Yonder it is," said the landlord.
"Did you ever see a more wonderful
ravine?"
'"Bah! I thought a gorge meant a
great big meal!"— Kansas City Jour
nal.
If It Must Be
After a thorough examnation, the
physician remarked:
"What you need, my dear sir, is an
operation.''
"Very well," replied tho patient re
signedly. "Which operation are you
cleverest at?"— New York Post.
The Single Thought *
Stella—Were you two souls with but
a single thought? Bella —That was
just the trouble: he wanted to stay
single.—Xew York Sun.
"Your account is getting old."
"All right. Suppose I put a little
young blood into it by adding a few
new purchases'."—Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Patience —I see Montana and Idaho
have a nine-hour day for working
women.
Patrice—And can't they talk any
longer than that? —Y(lnkers States
man.
Jack—'Darling, how would you ad
rise me to ask your father for your
hand?
Betty —By telephone. Boston
Evening Transcript.
"Mr. Wilgus tried to kiss me last
evening."
"How dared he?"
"He didn't. I dared him."—Pitts
burgh Press.
Willie—Paw, what is an impossibil
ity?
Paw —Anything a woman can't do
with a hairpin, my son.—Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Mrs. Bacon—Don't you like to see
a man pay his wife homage?
Mrs. Egbert—Yes, either that or
alimony.—Yonkers Statesman.
"They are going to put your resolu
iton on the table."
"I'm not surprised. I expected it
to be dished."—Baltimore American.
"If I were she I wouldn't laugh so
much with such poor teeth."
"Yes, but look at her glorious dim
ples. ' '—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Big-gins tells me he has the smart
est boy he ever saw."
"And he tells me he i« a firm be
liever in heredity."—Washington Star.
"He wants a place where be won't
have anything to do."
"Then why doesn't he enlist in the
j Swiss navy?"— Baltimore American.
"What is your favorite musical in
strument?" asked the old fogy.
"The cash register," replied the
grouch."—Cincinnati Enquirer.
The first and worst of all frauds is
to cheat oneself.
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VARE TO HELP BRUMBfIUGH
Leader Who Has Been at Odds With
Penrose Favors Carrying Out All
Platform Pledges
(Special to the Star-Independent.)
Philadelphia, Nov. 24.—With Wil
liam H. Wilson, of this city, expected
to announce his candidacy within the
next few days, organization leaders an
ticipate a lively skirmish for the sup
port of Penrose in the contest for the
Speakership of the next State House
of Representatives. Wilson is the fa
vorite of tli<> Yares for the place, but,
it is generally conceded that Senator
Penrose will determine the nomination
of the Republican caucus.
Senator Penrose is said to have no
particular interest in the contest furth
er than the assurance that the inter
ests of the organization will be pro
tected, and is said to be willing to ac
cept either Wilson, Baldwin, Hapgood
or Ehrhardt.
Congressman William S. Yaro in an
address at the Old Guard dinner of the
Young Republicans last night. predicted
that the next Legislature would be in
clined to progressive legislation.
"I believe that every pledge made
in our State platform ought to be car
ried out," he declared. ''As far as I
am 'concerned, I shall endeavor to as
sist in seeing that the pledges made to
"the people are carried out to the let
ter."
Congressman Yare attributed Brum
baugh 's vigtorv to his strength among
the independent voters and to what he
termed "the mistakes" of the Wilson
administration.
REEFER'S HAT IN THE RING
Another Democrat Announces Himself
in County Commissionership Race
The scramblo for the County Com
missionerships is growing, Charles S.
Keefer, of Upper Paxton township, hav
ing announced himself to-day as a
candidate for the nomination on the
Democratic ticket.
On last Saturday the Star-Indepen
dent announced that Harry C. Wells,
the present Sheriff: Samuel Taylor, at
present Jury Commissioner, anil Albert
Gardner, Ninth ward, ail of this city;
Bartrain C. Shelley, Steelton, and Dr.
D. W. Shaffner, Enhaut, all would be
candidates on the Democratic ticket.
Keefer is a former Harrisburg po
liceman. His announcement was made
in a letter to the Star-Independent, as
follows:
"Editor, the Star-Independent,
"Harrisburg, Pa.:
"Dear Sir:—Being a reader of your
paper, I noticed you published a list
of the candidates for the different coun
ty offices. I respectfully submit my
name for County Commissioner on the
Democratic ticket.
"Your respectfully,
"Charles S. Keefer.
" Millersburg. Pa., R. No. 2,
"Nov. 23, 1914.
"Upper Paxton township."
Several aspirants also have come out
for the Republican nomination for
County Commissioner.
Mr. Stroh Appointed Receiver
In connection with the handling of
the Pennsylvania property of the Pleas
antville Water Company, Pleasantville,
N. J., a concern now in the hands of
a New Jersey receiver, the Dauphin
county court has appointed Charles 0.
Stroh, a Harrisburg attorney, as
ancilliarv received of the concern.
Books and papers, the property of the
water company, which it is "said are
now in the possession of Pennsylvania
water companies, are what Mr. Stroh
seeks to obtain.
At Church of the Brethren
At the Church of the Brethren on
Hummel street Thanksgiving services
will be held at 7.30 o'clock in the even
ing. The Rev. A. M. Hollinger will be
in charge.
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PLAN HOI FiGHT
10 RETAIN HGUCK
Continued From I'lrst I'nnc.
tistics, etc., so that he has little to do,
and now that it is proposed to abolish
the office just as Secretary Houck has
been re-elci.'ted for. another term the
friends ol .Dr. Jlouck are beginning lo
voice their opposition to legislating him
out of office before a single year of his
new term has expired. In May next
ho will bo commissioned for four years
more, his present commission expiring
at that time.
To Fight for Houck
If he is deposed there will be vacan
cies on the '.Board of Pardons, Board of
Property, Board of Agriculture and
Dental Council, he being a member of
all those 'bodies. It is held by his
friends that no State officer, elected bv
the people of the State, for a certain
number of years, cwi he legislated out
of office, and the friends of Dr. Houck
will make a vigorous effort to defeat
tho proposed amendment. It is said f
some circles that the amendment will
not again 'bo offered for consideration
in the legislature, but will be left to
die without consideration.
At the last election J>r. Houck ran
close to Dr. Brumbaugh in the number
of votes polled, obtaining 5'40,000 in
all, and in the two previous times lie
was elected he ran very far ahead of
his ticket, so much so that it is al
leged he pulled his companions on tho
ticket to positions of safety, and this
by his personal popularity throughout
the State. To legislate him out of of
fice now, his friends say, would be the
height of ingratitude. Kven if the pro
posed amendment is offored there wiil
be such opposition to it in the Legisla
ture as will attract Houck's friends all
over the State, and if it is not defeat
ed in the Legislature, the tight against
it, it is asserted by the secretary's
friends, it will be carried to the polls
and a regular campaign made against,
it by the educational interests with
whom Dr. llouck has been identified
for half a century.
May Test Law Reducing Powers
If the office is abolished the number
of members on the Board of Pardons
will be reduced to three, and no par
[ don can be issued then unless the
I Board unanimously agrees, for the con
; stitution says that three of the mem
[ bers of the Board of Pardons must reo
| ornmend before a pardon can be grant
! ed.
The constitution also delegates the
powers of'the Secretary of Internal
Affairs but legislation has shorn him
of many of those powers, and there
is a hint that even this legislation
may be subject to test ill the courts.
| No'information, however, is obtainable
regarding when or where such action
is to be started.
ARRESTS MADE BY S. F. C. A.
Will Not Permit Horses to Stand in
River While Unloading Coal
The regular monthly meeting of the
Harrisburg Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals was hold yester
day afternoon at the headquarters in
the "Telegraph" Building.
Preliminary arrangements were made
for an Old Folks' Concert, which will
be held in the Technical High School
on Easter Monday. This concert will
in a general way follow the lines of the
0110 given by the Society two years
j ago which was a decided success.
A report was received from Sar
geant C. J. O'Donnell, peace oftieor of
the Society, in which it was Ttatel
that there had been during the month
forty complaints and six arrests for
violations of tho cruelty laws.
The Society has warued those op
erating along the river front in the
coal industry, not to permit the horses
to stand in the river while unloading
coal from the flats to the carts, and it
is understood that the controllers of
this industry arc contemplating tho
erection of runs to remove the So
ciety's objections to their activities.
Barker, as Candidate, Spent $447.99
James W. Barker, a defeated Wash
inn party candidate for the Legislature
from the city district, has filed with
Prothonotary Henry F. Holler, a rc
'port showing that" he spent $447.99
during the recent campaign. Mr. Barker
has no unpaid debts, his report says.
He received a SIOO contribution from
John A. Affleck. Mr. Barker contribut
ed $75 to the Washington party county
comhiittce. The rest was spent for
printing and advertising.