Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-07
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Inc curious requests made of the
department of the Secretary of the
commonwealth have lately been in
creased by a number of letters from
persons aspiring to become detectives,
who write for information as to the
method of securing licenses. but the
banner letter was received Yesterday
from Washington. This letter was
addressed to William Jennings Bryan,
secretary OF State, by resident Of
the upper end Of York county who
requested that the Secretary send him
some books on how to learn to be a.
detective. He stated that he had been
working on some cases in his neigh
porhood and desired further informa-
ton, especially about securing a IL
cense. Many of the letters received at
the capitol come from people who
want State licenses as detectives and
there has been such a notable increas Sc
In their number recently that officials
are wondering as to the cause. The
applicants are informed that the
granting of licenses to detectives is in
tne hands of the courts of common
pleas In each county.
Judge kunkel is the first candidate
Dauph1n county has had for the Su-
preme Court bench in many years, al
though Judges Simonton and McPher-
son were mentioned for the honor at
one time or another, but their candi-
dacy not pushed the way the mem
pers or the bar and the people Of the
county have put forward. This county.
In spite Of the Importance of the State
cases tried in its courts, which are
constantly growing in number and
scope, has not been represented on
the Supreme bench.
Prominent among visitors to the
city yesterday was Burd Patterson,
secretary of the Western Historical
society, or Pittsburgh who came here
10 attend to some matters at the Cap
itol. He was the guest of the Rev.
Dr. M. d. Lichleiter, one of the vice.
presidents of the State Federation of
historical Societies, who escorted him
about the city.
Some of the fruits being sold about
the city are not only remarkable for
their cost but for the fact that they
are here at all. The fruits include
peaches and pears and come from far
away sunny climes wrapped up as
carefully as though they were babies.
They are brought in refrigerated ships
and cars and packed in boxes that are
specially prepared.
The retirement of Miss Buelah Ken
nard from the Pittsburgh Board Of
Educatlon to engage in work in New
York City will take away a prominent
hgure at educational and Women's
meetings and at the same time deprive
the state of the services of an un-
usually gifted woman. She is about
to make her home in Manhattan.
The Harrisburg Pipe & Pipe Bending
Company is the second concern to
place large order for pig iron for
delivery during the second quarter of
the year, the Central having placed
its order some time ago. The pipe
company has ordered $500 tons from
eastern makers. 1t appears that iron
can be bought from the furnaces in
the eastern part of the State cheaper
than it can be produced along the
banks of the Susquehanna.
According to a general belief of
country people in the city for market
to-day, 1914 will be good year for
fruit AS result of the snow of yes
terday, they contend, the trees will
be laden with apples, peaches, pears,
cherries and similar crops to an eX-
tent unknown in recent years When
a March snow clings to the branches
as that which fell yesterday and last
night did, an old weather adage has
it the signs are all for an abundant
yield The weather man says he
knows not whence the belief came,
how it originated or how much of
truth there may be in it, but certainly
so far as the weather bureau is con-
cerned there is no scientific basis for
it. "My father told me always to
watch the last snow of any depth in
March," said a Shiremanstown man
yesterday afternoon, land if 1t clings
to the branches of the trees to look
out for a heavy crop of fruits and nuts
of all kinds. I myself have observed
that this is true. This seems to me to
be about the last chance of heavy
snow this Spring and I am basing my
guess on it,"