Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-20
HOuCK FILES HUGE
PETITIONS TO-DAY
Secretary,Gives Splendid Endorse
ment-More Petitions Filed
For Trextler
RUSH ON CAPITOL HILL
Public Service Commission Will
Meet Tomorrow Morning
For a Busy Week
RUSH ON CAPITOL HILL

Secretary o. Internal Affairs Henry
Houck, of Lebanon, to-day filed petit
tions to be candidate for Republican
denomination at the May primary.
There were 147 petitions filed, practi-
cally every county in the State being
represented with over 5000 signers
| from Schuylkill county alone. 1t was
stated that over $4,000 signatures
were on the papers. Supplemental pa
pers will be filed tomorrow.
The Prohibition State committee
| filed its petitions for a complete State
ticket, the men named being the same
as on the list filed early in the month,
but returned for additional sigma
lures.
A dozen supplemental petitions for
Superior Court Frank M. Trexler, Of
Allentown, were filed, making the
number on record for him over sixty.
In the list were three from Lehigh
county, which has already sent six,
and two from Philadelphia. One of
the Philadelphia papers was headed
by Attorney General John G. Bell and
everyone of the 112 signers was a
lawyer. many of the most prominent
attorneys being represented. The sec
ond Philadelphia paper was led by
Ernest l.. Tustin, former senator. Leb-
anon's paper was headed by Judge
number of lawyers, being as striking
in it's endorsement of the judge as
those filed for him from Dauphin on
Saturday. The Bucks petition filed to-
day was headed by Webster Grim and
ed-Judge Harmon Yerkes and the
Miflin paper by Ju~se Woods. Other
papers filed were from Elk, Cameron,
Montgomery and Sullivan.
H. j. Steele, Easton banker, to-day
lAI tn f~Y
cratic congressional nomination
against p. c. Evans, Palmer's slated
candidate, and H. c. Hackett, Easton,
for Democratic nomination for sena-
tor. State Chairman William e. Crow,
Uniontown, filed a petition to be can
didate for Republican denomination
for the Senate in the Fayette district.
Word came to the Hill to-day that
William c. Mcconnell, of Shamokin,
would file papers to be candidate for
Republican nomination for the Sem
ate.
c. A. Bowman, Myerstown, filed a
Washington party paper for the House
in Lebanon.
Petitions in Bunches. The State
Department was inundated yesterday
and to-day by petitions. Over $50
were received yesterday and to-day
they fell in chunks. Chief Clerk Thorn
put half of his staff to work on them
and splendid time was made consid-
ering the size Of the job.
Going to Pittsburgh. Governor
Tener is going to Pittsburgh on We'd
nesday for a few days. He may at
tend the opening game.
Meets To-morrow.-The Public Ser
vice Commission will meet tomorrow
for the second April meeting and a
number of hearings are scheduled for
the week. Tomorrow morning the
Butler viaduct case comes up again.
Filed Increase. - The Cumberland
Valley Creamery and Dairy Company.
of Chambersburg, to-day filed notice
of increase of stock from $4,000 to
$3.50
Returned To-day.-State Fire Mar
shall Joseph L. Baldwin returned to-
day from Chicago, where he attended
a meeting of the executive committee
of the National Association of Fire
Marshals.
State i'm Charge. The State De-
partment of Health has taken charge
of the town of Columbus Warren
county, where smallpox exists. The
local authorities were unable TO cope
with it.