UMFORM REPORT
PLAN AGREED ON
Notices Sent to Public Utility
Companies by the Public
Service Board
Arrangements
V\\ A. y/ have been perfected
N\\\ whereby reports of
all corporations in
Pennsylvan 1 a re
quired to file reports
with the State gov
-11 rMIWWfIwV ernment will report
Wljiljfflli for the calendar
% year. Legislation
SBb will be asked of the
■■HwmN next General As
sembly whereby those required to re
port to the State Bureau of Railways
may report for the calendar year in
stead of for a year ending with June.
This year reports have been required
for the year ending June 30, but will
also be asked of the year ending De
cember 31 so that they may be uni
form.
Last year an act was passed making
reports to the Auditor General for
taxation for the calendar year instead
of for a year ending with November.
The Public Service Commission has
just issued noUce to all utility com
panies coming under its direction to
report for the calendar year, and the
Department of Internal is pre
paring for the same procedure.
These changes will do away with
requirements for reports at odd times
of the year.
Compensation Plans. lmportant
meetings of ihe State Compensation
Board will be held this month to hear
appeals in cases -which will involve
precedents in claims from industrial
plants and mines. The first meetings
will be held October 5 and 6 in Phila
delphia, with meetings on October 11
in Scranton and October 18 in Pitts
burgh. Other meetings will be held in
Harrisburpt for hearing arguments and
passing on decisions. The code gov
erning the safety arrangements for
explosives of all kinds will hardly be
ready for the State Industrial Board
to act upon at the meeting to be held
on October 3 in Philadelphia.
Inspecting Roads.—Engineers of the
Public Service Commission are engaged
in making studies of toll roads in sev
eral of the eastern counties of the
state r.gainst which complaints have
been filed and will make a report to
the commission soon. It is possible
that the commission may prescribe a
standard for maintenance of toll roads
owing to the reports which have been
made that many of them are indiffer
ently kept up. Bridges will also be
reported upon.
After Grafters. Arrests of some
foremen alleged to have taken money
for giving jobs to workmen have been
ordered by the State Department of
Labor in several cities of the state and
•will be made examples. The prose
cutions will be based unon investl
gaUons made by the State Employment
Bureau. Owing to the great demands
for labor, it is said some foremen
reaped a harvest.
Exhibits at York.—The State High
way Department has moved its ex
hibits which attracted so much atten
tion at the Reading, Allentown and
Lancaster fairs to the York fair, where
it will be shown during the week. It
may be brought here later in the year.
Governor at Scranton. Governor
Brumbaugh is in Scranton to deliver
the address in behalf of the State at
the openinsr of the city's semicenten
nial. He will return here late to-night.
Halifax Charter Case.—-The charter
application for the Halifax Township
Electric Company is before the Public
Service Commission to-day. The Jones
town and other Lebanon companies
are also asking charters.
Slate Officers Help.—State Health
Department officers are assisting Ma
hanoy City officials in combatting the
typhoid fever outbreak in that place.
Collins Resigns. Samuel Collins,
tipstaff in the State Superior Court for
twenty-one years, has resigned. He
will spend some time in the West. Mr.
Collins is well known to many here.
Fewer City Cases. —The reports of
the State Health Department show a
steady decrease in the number of cases
of infantile paralysis in Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh, notably in Philadel
phia, since thje coming of cooler
weather.
Attended Field Day. —Joseph Quinn,
supervising factory inspector of the
Harrlsburg district, and Robert D.
Young, investigator of accidents of the
State Industrial Board, attended the
Field Day of the Bethlehem Steel
Safety teams on Saturday.
Would Repeal Law. Chairman
Harry A. Mackey, of the Compensa
tion Board, is out with a suggestion
that the Federal liability law be re
pealed on the ground that it interfere
with the compensation laws of States,
notably in the case of Pennsylvania.
To Hear Cases. —Arrangements will
be made immediately to henr the com
plaints regarding crossings in vicinity
of Chambersburg. There will prob
ably be some inspections made of the
locality.
Philadelphia Afire, Races
to Pier as Cargo Burns
New York, Oct. 2. For the sec
ond time in three weeks fire has been
discovered upon an American Line
steamship while at sea. The Phila
delphia, of that line, Captain Harrv
Kandy, raced lDto port here yester
day from Liverpool, ei-uwaed with
passengers, whtle in No. 7 hold, di
rectly below the steerage quarters,
was smouldering a fire that since last
Thursday, when the vessel was ap
proximately 800 miles from this port,
has defied all the efforts of her crew
to extinguish.
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Mill ' TIME IT l-b? -LJLJjjgij DC\tH'/NYTHIMO (HHHH PEOPLE
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MONPAY EVENING, HAKRISBURO lijjljflff TELEGRAPH OCTOBER 2, 19i6.
TYPHOID CASES
ARE ON INCREASE
Seven More in City Reported
Today; More Than 400
in County
Seven more cases of typhoid fever
were reported for the first day In Oc
tober, making a total or 102 victims
in Harrlsburg since September. Ac
cording- to Dr. J. M. J. Raunick, city
health officer, the epidemic will prob
| aby continue unabated for a week.
All records for the number of cases
j in the city and county have been broken
I and more than 400 victims are record-
I ed. Should there be an increase in
| cases, stringent measures may be
J adopted by the health authorities who
j have been conferring on the situation,
j That contaminated ice cream has been
j the source of much of the contagion
I has been proven according- to health
otflclals, who are now making every
effort to shut ofT the infected supply
of cream which has been shipped into
the city.
At the Harrlsburg Hospital, ten pa
tients suffering from typhoid were sent
home over the week-end in a convales
cent condition and six new victims ad
mitted. A new ward was opened at
that institution to-day, and arrange
ments are being completed for addi
tional quarters at the Polyclinic hos
pital.
Nearby counties also report epidemics
with a record-breaking number of
cases. At Berrysburg several cases
have been reported.
Dr. ltaunlck will go before city coun
cil to-morrow to present plans for an
1 emergency hospital in case the epi
demic remains unchecked and on Wed-
I nesday he will confer with the milk
j dealers of the city.
NEW COURTHOUSE
MOVE TO BEGIN
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the question of whether or not the
I county and city by the terms of the
| Harris grant, can legally unite in a
j movement to build a new county and
| city building on tne site of the pres
j ent structure.
j The recommendation by the Septem
j ber grand jury was the third sugges
j tion of the kind. and. according to ex
' Sheriff Wells this permits the county
authorities to act on the report,
j President Judige Kunkel in acceut
ing the grand jury's report Saturday
expressed his approval of the recotn
] raendation. He said the present build
i ing- has undoubtedly outgrown its pres
ent usefulness.
County Commissioner Wells who has
been one of the heartiest of advocates
for a new courthouse, said to-day that
the count}- is financially able at the
present time to float a bond issue to
j the extent of $500,000 to build a suitable
home for the county offices. If the
city can be persuaded to join In the
! movement, the expense would be ap-
I portionately less.
j "Until we know whether the Harris
| grant which gave over the present site
for the courthouse, will permit the
| county and city authorities to join in
! a movement to erect a new structure,
| it will hardly be worth while trying to
boost the move for a joint city and
county building," said Commissioner
Wells. "This is what I've asked Mr.
Moyer, our county solicitor, to deter
mine. Should there t>e a hitch in the
grant we might ask the Harris heirs
| to get together and agree to a change
in the terms insofar as it relates to
a new joint building."
That a remodeling of the present
courthouse would be practicable even
if a new structure could not be erected
jis the opinion of other county offi
iclals. That the front of the building
|is of a type of architecture that is
, advisable to preserve, is the general
opinion of architects and other experts
|on the subject.
| W hat one expert of a film corpora
tion said about "The Spoilers": "It is
| one of. the finest film productions I
j have ever seen." At the Victoria
Tuesday and Wednesday, this week
adv.
Hotel Subscribers
Coming in Rapidly, Is
Report of Committee
I The Chamber of Commerce hotel
j comi/iittee announces that in addition
to those subscriptions of stock pub
lished on Saturday the following have
subscribed in the sums opposite their
I names
i Gertrude Hunter Tracey SIOOO
IE. Moeslein 500
j Mrs. Lottie Morrissey 100
!A. Fortenbaugh 500
j Esther Leib 200
| Frank R. Leib 500
| Jos. K. White 5000
j lohn K. Royal 100
'Dr. H. M. Stine 50
| Clarence C. Himes 50
jJ. Henry Spicer 200
| U. C. Koons 500
] Moses Schomborf 1500
j These subscriptions are included in
] the total of $540,003 now pledged for
I the new hotel. The committee is liigh
j ly pleased with the ready response of
| the people of Harrlsburg and are go
ing rapidly ahead with their prelimin
ary plans.
"The Spoilers" lias played at the
Pitt theater, Pittsburgh for higher
j prices than we charge. At the Vic
j loria Tuesday and Wednesday.—adv.
j SriF/TOjVAfcWS
DESCRIBES FINE
LIGHT SYSTEM
Councilman Sellers Visits Bing
hamton and Tells of
Methods There
How the city of Binghamton, N. Y., I
has solved its municipal lighting
problems and how it keops a surplus
of poles and overhead wires ofT the
streets, is told by Councilman A. J.
Sellers, probably the first borough offi
cial to advocate ellmlnaUon of poles
and wires here.
Mr. Sellers had occasion recently to
visit Binghamton, and while there
spent a night with public otflclals in
specting the lighting system.
There are cluster form of lights on
standards is used entirely and the
clusters are so arranged, Mr- Sellers
explains, to permit all the lights with
the exception of a single bulb on the
top of the cluster to be turned off late
at night.
Mr. Sellers advocated the installa
tion of a similar system here and the
ordinance which will be introduced
next week at the insUgatlon of Coun
cilman T. T. McEnteo will likely be so
shaped.
The problem of poles is solved In
Binghamton. Mr. Sellers says, by the
erection of concrete poles by the city.
These standards are then rented to the
various uUlity corporations at a nomi
nal fee which results in an income to
the borough. All companies use the
same poles.
TO HEAR NEGRO
Samuel E. McCullough, colored, .will
be given a hearing before Squire Frank
jA. Stees probably to-morrow on a
I charge of attempting to rob the store
of N. S. Fencil, Front street, and Furl's
fruit stand. South Front street, Satur
day night.
SCHOOLS OPEN" TO-DAY
W T lth an enrollment of nearly 2,000
the Steelton public and parochial
schools opened their Fall and winter
sessions to-day. All the public school
teachers met with Superintendent L.
E. McGinnes and the directors at the
high school Saturday evening to ob
tain instructions for Uie opening
weeks' study.
HONOR CHARTER MEMBER
During the celebration of the fifth
anniversary of the Croatian Sokol Sat
urday evening M. J. Horvath, the only
charter member, was presented with a
gold emblem of the order. Speeches
were made by Nicholas Karaca, presi
dent of the South Bethlehem Sokol;
Stanko Srbic, president of the local
sokol, and K. Pozega.
STEEIVTON SNAP SHOTS
Child Dies. Wilbur, 3-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. "Webster DeWalt.
331 Popular street, died last eening of
diphtheria. Funeral service were held
this afternoon from the home.
\V. C. T. V. TO MEET, The W. C.
T. U. will meet this evening at the
home of Mrs. Peter Miller, North
Fourth street.
Senator Clarke Dies From
Sudden Apoplexy Attack
Little Rock, Ark., Oct 2.—United
; States Senator James P. Clarke, pres
ident pro tempore of the United
States Senate, died at his home here
yesterday. Senator Clarke suffered a
stroke of apoplexy Friday and never
| regained consciousness. Physicians
j and members of his family, however,
! did not realize the seriousness of his
i condition so that the news of his death
j came as a shock. His physicians said
that the Senator first complained of
| feeling 111 when he returned to his
home from his law office Wednesday
| afternoon. His indisposition con
tinued Thursday and Friday and the
stroke of apoplexy occurred about six
o'clock Friday evening.
"The SPOILERS" AT THE VICTORIA
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
"The Spoilers," Rex Beach's famous
play, will be shown in a 12-part pic
ture at the Victoria Tuesday and Wed
nesday only. It is one of the greatest
pictures ever made.—adv.
Mrs. Lenney Acquitted of
Marital Infidelity Charge
After an hour's deliberation a SCD
tember Quarter Sessions jurv Saturday
evening acquitted Mrs. Grace Lennev
charged with marital infidelity and
Guy Cunningham, the "other man"
I named in the case.
! Furthermore the costs were divided
between the defendants and the prose-
I cutor. Detective Harry White, who had
been employed by J. M. Lennev, the ac
cußed woman s husband, to collect evi
dence.
1 .. The V. ,al w , a# watched with more
j than ordinary interest, aroused largely
| because of the fact that the Lennevs
■ were so well known on the Hill. Lennev
is proprietor of two big moving picture
I snows.
j LI BANON TRIMS AN NVTLLE
| Lebanon, Pa.. Oct. 2. —Lebanon High
School opened its football season here
Saturday afternoon with a 72 to 0 vic
tory over Annville A. C. on Lebanon
field.
William Farnum and Kathlyn Wil
i liams lead "The Spoilers," shown at
i the Victoria Tuesday and Wednesday
(this week.—adv.
FIRST NATIONAL
PRESIDENT DEAD
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HF '
—Photo by Roshon.
JAMES BRADY,
been in poor health for a year. His
condition became worse lat Monday
when he took his bed. Death was due
to heart trouble.
The survivors are a widow, Mrs.
Josephine Burdke Brady, daughter of
the late Michael Burke, for many years
a prominent citizen of Harrlsburg;
two sons. Commander John R. Brady,
United States Navy; William Burke
Bra,dy, Cleveland, Ohio, and two
daughters, Mrs. Neil Salsich, of Beth
lehem; and Miss Maude Brady, Har
rlsburg.
The funeral will take place Wednes
day morning High mass will be cele
brated at St. Patrick's Cathedral
State street, at 9 o'clock. Burial will
be private.
James Brady was born In Harris
burs, March 1, 1842. He attended the
public schools, and during the year
1861 accepted a position as clerk In
the First National bank. His ability
as an accountant soon brought him
into prominence, and his rise was
rapid. He filled the positions of teller
and cashier and later became presi
dent.
He was Identified with a number
of local corporations and was long
prominent in the city's financial af
fairs. His advice on the question of
loans for public improvements proved
most valuable to the city. He was a
member of the Pennsylvania State
Bankers' Association. Referring to
the prominence of Mr. Bady's bank,
the Telegraph printed the following
during Mr. Brady's adminlstraUon as
cashier:
"Iri the list of national banks there
Is what is called the "Roll of Honor,"
and it is the first fifty or so. Right
up near the top of that list for Penn
sylvania and well up among the lead
ers for the country is one of the Har
rlsburg banks, the First National
Bank. It was formed here years asro
with SIOO,OOO as its capital and not
withstanding deposits around a million
and a dividend rate which is a corker
It still has that capital, although its
surplus is several times that amount
and then some- In the First National
the helmsman is James Brady.
He is cashier of the bank and the
man in command of the active busi
ness. He has been running the ship
for a number of years and no one is
better known among the State bankers
than he. Mr. Brady started in the
bank when he was a young man and
has had a large share in the develop
ment, being a close student of Harris
burg and its people and having that
mixture of enterprise and caution
which makes the successful banker.
"In the morning he get down town
before business starts and he finishes
off the day with a walk into the coun
try, one of the kind of walks which
makes younger men hustle to keep
step. The rest of the time he's keep
ing his eye on the bank, and that's
why it has its proud plßce."
Mr. Brady was one of the oldest mem
bers of the Harrisburg Club, having
joined when the club headquarters
was on Walnut street. He was active
in the movement which located the
new clubhouse at Front and Market
streets. He was a charter member of
the Harrisburg Country club, and for
a number of years was active on its
advisory board. He was a member of
St. Patrick's Cathedral parish, and was
much interested in church affairs.
When the old Harrisburg Board of
Trade was organized, Mr. Brady was
a charter member and until it passed
out was prominent in its activities.
SKA RAIDERS AT PHILADELPHIA
Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 2. Steam
ing slowly up the Delaware river yes
terday afternoon, the German sea
raider Prinz Eitel Friedrich, convoy
ed by the American battleships Minne
sota and Vermont, slipped into a nook
of the "back channel" at the Phila
delphia Navy Yard at 3 o'clock, where
it will be interned unth the close of
the war. Following it was another
vessel of almost equal fame, the Kron
prinz Wilhelm. The. latter was towed
by three tugs and arrived three hours
later.
ST. PAUL JOHN' D.'S MODEL
Cleveland, 0., Oct. 2. John D.
Rockefeller thinks St. Paul would
have been a captain of industry had
he lived in modern times. His re
mark rose from the sermon he heard
the Rev. Dr. W. W. Buslnrd delher
at the Euclid Avenue Baptist church
in which Paul was cited as a model
of unconquerable power.
"That's right," Rockefeller said.
"Paul wn3 persistent and he would
have made a successful man in busi
ness or industry to-day, for its per
sistency that gets things these days."
CARE OF INSANE
IS HUGE PROBLEM
Members of the State Board of
Public Charities Will Make
Report on It
Members of the State Board of
Public Charities who have been en
gaged In studying the situation as re
gards the Insane in the State at the
request of the Governor are divided In
their opinions whether the State
should assume the whole care or the
counties have hospitals in addition to
the State institutions. There will be
reports expressive of the opinions of
members made to the Governor in a
few days.
Members of the Board were In ses
sion at Philadelphia on Saturday dis
cussing the situation, the committee
on lunacy having submitted the fol
lowing ideas:
County care license should be re
stricted to counties nnd poor districts
which comply with the provisions of
the law by erecting suitable buildings
for the Insane, under plans approved
by the Board of Public Charities and
which shall provide a standard of
care, also approved by the board.
The county care hospitals should
have their own board of managers
and should not be governed by the
poor directors or the superintendent
of the almshouse.
The county care hospital should
have farms and employment buildings
as well as recreation facilities; and
the insane patients should not l>e
compelled to work on the almshouse
farm. The welfare and improvement
of the patients being the object in
view, the labor of the patients should
be regulated by the physicians.
Every hospital for the insane should
be under the charge of a competent
physician appointed by the board of
managers, and no license should be
issued to any institution which does
not have a resident physician.
The county hospitals should co
operate with the State hospitals of
the several districts. Tn fact, they
should be regarded as annexes or
agricultural colonies of the State hos
pitals. When the boards of managers
for the county institutions for the in
sane are appointed it might be prac
ticable to have the local trustee of the
State hospital serve as a member of
the county hospital board, thus bind
ing the State and county hospital into
one system of State control.
In speaking of the difficulty with
which the State Board Is confronted
in making a reply to Governor Brum
baugh's request for a plan to have
the State car for all the insane. Fran
cis J. Torrance, president of the board,
said:
"It will require $5,000,000 to care
for the patients we have now, and with
the need for appropriations to care
far overcrowded conditions at present
State institutions, it is hard for us to
figure how we can ask the Legislature
for enough money to erect new build
ings that would compare with our
present State institutions. Because of
this financial condition and several
other things, the members of the
board are not of on? mind as to
whether it would be advisable to make
such a recommendation to the Gov
ernor."
While State care would be an ideal
condition, Mr. Torrance indicated that
the cost would be almost prohibitive
at one time.
According to the report, the State
institutions, with a capacity of 9372
patients, have at present 10,876 In
mates. This overcrowding, the report
says, has become so great that several
have been compelled to close their
doors for months at a time and com
pel the insane to remain in alms
houses and Jails.
In the hope of alleviating this con
gestion in some degree the committee
recommended the completion of the
State Hospital at Farview and ap
proved of ward buildings to be con
structed at Warren, Norristown, Dan
ville, Rittersvilie and Dixmont, which
would increase the capacity of these
institutions by 800 beds. The com
mittee also cites the need for a State
hospital in the southwestern district, |
and will ask the next Legislature to
make an appropriation for such a hos
pital.
Tickets are on sale now for "The
Spoilers," at the Victoria Tuesday and
Wednesday. First floor, 20 cents, bal
cony 10 cents.—adv.
Gannett Helps Erie
Solve Flood Problem
Recently the Pittsburgh Dispatch
contained an interesting description of
the plans which Erie has adopted to
prevent any recurrence of a flood like
that of last year which resulted in the
loss of twenty-four lives and much
property. This article shows the con
dition following the flood and the de
sign of the drift-catcher which will
prevent future trouble.
The Dispatch says:
"With a promptness unusual in mu
nicipal affairs an appropriation of
$7,000 was voted for the carrying out
of a comorehensive survey which
point the way for works to keep the
streams in bounds. Farley Gannett, a
consulting engineer of Harrisburg. who
had had years of experience with thw
rivers of Pennsylvania through hav
ing been ehtef engineer to the State
Water Supply Commission, was en
gaged to make the study and to indi
cate the relief that could be obtained.
"The Investigation was pushed with
all possible speed and a plan was pro
posed involving an expenditure oi
about $900,000. The City Commission,
approved the plan and submitted it to
the people of Erie at a bond election
After a stirring campaign, led by thi
new Mayor. Miles B. Kitts, the loan was
approved and on August 3. 1916 one
year after the flood had occurret.
ground was broken for the works
—lndian W
Indian ins
IST, 2ND, 3RD AND 4TH
PROFESSIONALS AT
JS[
Lebanon Race Track
SATURDAY, SEPT. 30TH
Track Record Still Held by Indian
Because—lndian Has Power, Durability and Speed
The New 1917 Power Plus Indian Will Be on Display Thi? Week at
the showrooms of
West End Electric & Cycle Co.
JSSKrLa'S?. h " Green and Maday Sts.
which will put the flood prevention
means into effect. Now Mill Creek is
to be absolutely controlled and floods
• will not again be known in Erie. i
"What is still more to the point, the
work is going to cost the city little or
nothing as tne twelve acres of mlQ
city property, formerly assessed at a
very low price and occupied by thu
creek channel, will be filled in and be
come highly desirable ground and can
be assessed for a large sum. Also the
150 acres of land in the heart of the
business and restder.ee parts of thu
city, inundated by the flood waters,
will, when flood damage is no longer
possible, be assessable at much higher
figures. These two features, together
with the buildings which are being ana
will be constructed on this land, win
so Increase the taxable property of the
city as to increase its revenue by a
sum nearly if not quite sufficient to
pay interest and sinking fund charges
on the bond issue."
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| MOTORCYCLES WON FIRST
j! AND SECOND AT LEBANON !
; | When buying a Motorcycle, why not buy a Thor? Made by pioneer 1
] | motorcycle makers. |
[ C. H. UHLER 1317 Derry St.
They Sit Up and Say:
"Here It Is!"
—that's the way the "Lost and Found" "v
Want Ads behave in the Telegraph. V
The great big majority of Harrisburg- il
ers, happily, are honest men and worn- V
cn, and lost articles are readily return
ed to the rightful owner if the Want
Ads arc intelligently used.
Next time you lose anything
whether ii; be a pocketbook, a handbag,
a sum of money, jewelry, valuable pa
pers, a household pet, an overcoat, any
thing ; bring or telephone your troubles
to the Want Ad Department of the
Telegraph. A Wani Ad will restore it.
T'will cost but a few cents.
Tell it through the Telegraph
Sfi.ooo SPENT OX TELEGRAMS
TO lIRIXG PRESSURE ON' MARKET
New York, Oct. 2. An example
of the pressure out upon the tele
graph companies by the recent activity
In the New York Stock Market la
the sending of 12,000 telegrams by a
member of the curb exchange In the
l'orm of night letters to a?; parts of
the United States. The telegrams,
filed with the two big telegraph com
panies Saturday night, are said to
constitute the largest single telegraph
order ever sent out from this city. The
cost is estimated at $6,000.
Moving Picture Mail said about the
"Spoilers": "This picture deserves
honorable mention and it wil! get It."
Playing at the Victoria Tuesday and
Wednesday, thia week.—adv.
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