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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-15
COUNTY AUDITORS MAY
GO OVER 1918 BOOKS
CONTINUED From First Page1
formed by the auditors were to be as
sumed by the controller
Judge Discusses Situation


After briefly summing up the situa-
ton which brought about the action,
President Judge Kunkel says:
The question presented is whether
such office (the board of county audi
tors) was abolished so as to exclude
theretrom those who were in office at
the time the act (1913 controllership
act) was passed
Then the court discusses the act of
June %, 1896. which established the
office of county controller of counties
of 10000 inhabitants or more, and
directed that such an officer should be
elected for a term of three years, in
stead of a county controller. Sections
l and Is of this act were amended so
as to include all counties of 100, 200
inhabitants by the act of 1901, and
Judge Kunkel points out the act of
March %, 1913, (the controllership
act) is an amendment of Section l.
This merely applies the provisions of
the 1901 acts an amendments to Dau-
phin county.
Continuing. Judge Kunkel says:
IF IL be said that the act OF 1895
did not in express terms abolish the
office of county auditor, while the act
of 1913 did so, the answer is that the
act of 1895 in its title gave notice that
its purpose was to abolish the office
of county auditor, and in its body
directed that a county controller
should be elected in place of a county
auditor. The practical effect of these
acts was the same The office of coun-
ty auditor was as effectually abolished
by the act of 1895 as by the act of
1913. The case of Lloyd VS.. Smith ct
al, referred to, we think is decisive of
the question which is here raised IN
der the construction of the act of 1895
adopted in that case, the present coun-
ty auditors John W. Cassel and Fran
els w. Riegle, are entitled to serve
out the terms for which they were
elected and TO perform the duties of
the office required by law. The con-
clusion to which we have come is the
same as that reached in Common
wealth VS.. Commissioners of Erie
County, in a similar proceeding in
volving the right of the county audi
tors of that county to remain in office.
Several objections to the constitu-
tionality of the act of 1913 have been
raised, which we do not think it is
necessary to pass upon"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-15
REALTY TRANSFERS

Real estate transfers of Yesterday
are recorded as follows: $50 Cres-
cent street, +. II. Bomgardner tc
James c. Graham; Twelfth street near
Hill avenue; II. Schuddemange tc
Elizabeth Haines, S210; the same So.
phia Gabriel to Mabel r. Murray; the
same, Mabel r. Murray to John Ga
briel; 222S North Fourth street, j. w
Pomraning to J. Crumrine: Lykens
P. o. Mielas heirs TO o. Platter. ST.
200; Edgemont, Isadore Lippman 10
Harvey Clark, $55.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-15
Karl Steward Gets First
Appointment as a Viewer

Karl Steward, recently named by
the Dauphin county court as one of
the general board of viewers to serve
in Dauphin county, got his first ap-
pointment to-day when President
Judge George Kunkel included him in
the board to view the grading of
Brown street from Seventeenth to
Eighteenth. Mr.. Steward is a we'll
known business man of the West End.
Attorney Paul G. Smith and E. Earl
Kraeff were appointed to serve with
Mr. Steward.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-15

| WOTTU dIIU DT. H.
w. Wiley and other prominent men
have been members. MIR. Foust served
as president of one of the departments
last year
The Commissioner has been con-
nected with the dairy and food service
for almost sixteen years and was
named to his place by Edwin S. Stuart,
being reappointed by Governor Tener.
He has been the big force in bringing
about better food conditions in the
State.
memorial to Congress reciting
that in the opinion of the association
general standards should he estab-
iished by the United States Agricul-
ture Department, was referred to a
committee at the convention.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-15
BOY SWEPT OVER DAM
Bv .4stociated Prett

Norristown, Pa, July 15.-John
Davis, II years old, of Pottstown. was
swept over a dam and drowned to-
day in the Perkiomen creek at Col
legeville. near here. Four other boys,
all members of the Pottstown Y. M.
c. A., who were in the same boat
when 1t was swept over the dam, were
rescued by campers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-15
HEAR ARGUMENT ON
INSURANCE CASE

Argument was heard to-day by the
Dauphin county court on the question
of exceptions to the report of Frank
b. Wickersham, auditor for the re-
ceivers of the Guardian Fire Insur-
ance Company of Pittsburgh The
question at issue was whether an
agent of the concern should be AL
lowed commissions on premiums fol
politics he solicited after the com
pany had gone into the hands of the
receivers
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-15
Only 500 Horses Here
wHTTNEY's HORSES WIN
BY .4stoeiated Prcst

Newmarket, Eng, July 1.-two
of Harry Payne Whitney's horses won
at to-day's races here, and a third
was placed second. His four-year-
Harmonicon. won the principal event,
the July handicap of $2,5O0 over a
distance of six furlongs and his two
year-old Sandusky carried off the
-year-oId selling plate of $3.50
over a distance of five furiongs.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-15
DUKE WILL, OPEN PARK

st. John. n. F., July 15.-To-d day
was observed as n general holiday
here in honor of t01e landing of the
Duke of Connaught. governor general
of Canada. after his voyage on the
warship Essex along the coasts of
New Foundland. The duke planned to
open Bowring Parlt, an eight-acre
tract given to the city by a large fish
ing firm and to lay the cornerstone
of a tuberculosis samatorium.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-15
NO CAME TO-DAY

On account of wet grounds the Har-
risburg- Lancaster game scheduled for
Island Park this afternoon was not
played. Tomorrow two games with
Lancaster will be played here. The
first game starts at 2 o'clock. Man
ager Cockill will probably pitch Fox
in the first and Chabek in the second
game.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-15
Deaths and Funerals
HEARS OF BROTHERS DEATH

Miss Mary Currand, of sos North
street, yesterday received word of the
death of her brother, William T. Cur
rand at Los Angeles, California. Mr..
Currand was former resident of this
city and five years ago was employed
in the local machine shops of the
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-15
HEAR THE ANGELUs

Compare it with any and all other
player pianos; you'll be more than
satisfied to pay the difference for an
Angelus. J. H. Troup Music House,
Is South Market Square.-Advertise-
ment.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-15
BAKER DIES

Frederick Jacob Miller. a baker
aged So. died last evening at his home
523 North Sixteenth street He is sur
vived by his wife and one daughter.
Funeral services will be held FRIDAY
afternoon at 4 o'clock Burial will
be made in the East Harrisburg Gene
terry.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-15
BRYAN EAs NEW TREATIES
BY Assncinted Prcst


Washington, p. c., July 8, - Secre-
tary Bryan outlined to the Senate for
eign relations committee to-day the
general plan of his new peace treaties
and announced he would submit seven
teen, already signed, for ratification
next week. There will be twenty in all.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-15
EX-SENATOR ALLEN DEAD

Ex-senator Allen. of Warren county.
died this morning at his home in War
ren. The funeral will take place Fri
day afternoon. He was the father of
W. II. Allen. counsel of the Public
Utilities Commission.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-15

3 o'clock Sunday afternoon and in the
evening at 7.30 o'clock. Several out
of-town ministers will be present to
deliver addresses. Among them will
be the Rev. C. ]. Henderson. Of Lin
coin University the Rev. p. H.
Hughes, pastor of the Mount Zion
Baptist Church; the Rev. o. P. Good
win, pastor of the First Baptist
Church, of Steelton; the Rev. t. H.
Amos, former pastor of the Capitol
Street Presbyterian Church, and the
Rev. E. Luther Cunningham, pastor of
St. Paul's Baptist Church. In connec-
tion with the anniversary a rally will
be held
Elect Chairman.-At a meeting of
the neighborhood committee of the
Slough evangelistic campaign in Pine
Street Presbyterian Church last night
7 Miss Caroline Keefer was chosen
chairman of the committee. The Rev.
S. T. Cartwright, DR.. Stough's asso-
Ciate. outlined the work of the COM
mittee, which will have to subdivide
the city into districts and arrange
places in which to hold a prayer meet
ng at designated times in virtually
every block in Harrisburg. These
meetings will be preparatory to the
campaign.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-15
MRS. BESSIE CHASE

Mrs. Bessie Chase. aged 81, died YES.
terday afternoon at her home, 341 RELY
street. after a long Illness No ar.
rangements for the funeral have vel
been made.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-15
WRITTEN DEMAND Of
$4,000 ENG|NEME|V
overtime allowances would add 49,
100000 to the railroad payrolls.
Near Breaking Point

Relations between the enginemen
of the railroads west of Chicago and
the general managers committee ap-
preached the breaking point when
the mems representatives prepared to
present "A final ultimatum on wages
and working conditions. The man
ayers committee declared yesterday
that the demands could not be agreed
to.
Several members of the engineers
committee predicted to-day that a
general strike would be called unless
the managers modified their attitude.
W. S. Stone. grand chief of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers, and w. S. Carter, president of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men and Enginemen, head the en-
ployes' committee and the managers
committee is headed by A. w. Tren-
holm, general manager of the Chi
cago, st. Paul, Minneapolis and
Omaha railroad.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-15
.FOUST ELECTED To
THE PRESIDENCY
Dairy and Food Officials Select
Him to Head the National
Association

Dairy and Food
Co m m | s s | on e r
James Foust of
Pennsylvania was
yesterday elected
president of the
American Associa-
tion of Dairy, Food
and Drug Inspec-
tors at the conven-
tion at Portland,
Maine. This is the
biggest association
of the kind in the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-15
START THE vICTRoLA AND DANCE

All the newest one-steps, hesitations
and tangos. Special dance outfits, S25
up. ]. H. Troup Music House. Is South
Market Square.-Advertisem
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-15
NEWLYWEDs RETURN
Rv 4ttociafed Prct,

New York, July 15.-Kermit Roose-
Welt and hfs bride who was Miss Belle
Willard, arrived to-day on the steam
ship Imperator. Mrs. Nicholas Long
worth was with them.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-15
1874 TAX RECEIPTS
Is THOUSAND MORE
ence in the number of horses in the
city this year as compared to last year.
Splendid Report

The whole report is a particularly
good one and the splendid showing on
the personal property taXables indi-
Gated just how thoroughly the clerks
in the County Commissioners office
desired to make the county's first
showing of the returned State tax a
big one.
Harrisburg, of course, figures con-
spicuously in the totals indicative of
the taxable wealth of Dauphin county.
The city's taXables, including horses,
cattle, etc, number 2O,O74; 1t has
1918 acres of cleared land. The total
value of all real estate, including the
exempt property, is $62, ,676,935, the
Fourth ward leading with $21,72S,S6
The exempted property totals 500
421,550, the Fourth ward again lead
ing in exemptions to the amount of
$17,0S5, 900. The fact that the State
Capitol buildings are in this ward
helps swell the exemption total.
The total value of all taxable real
estate in Harrisburg is SAP 1856.
the Third ward leading with 1854, sos
and the Thirteenth following as tail
ender with s932.705.
The aggregate amount taxable for
all purposes is shown to be S44,267, 1876
and the taxes that will be derived will
total s177, ,06s.54. From it's personal
property valuation of S9,993,74O the
city will net taxes amounting to S39,-
97496. The valuation of salaries, pro-
fessions, etc, in Harrisburg is ST.
954,210.
Only 500 Horses Here
Harrisburg's holdings in horseflesh
is gradually lessening, however; it's
the truest sign of the automobile
times, the clerks in the County Com
mssioners' offices say. According to
the report, there are only 500 horses
in the city to-day, as against S94 in
1913 The valuation of the former is
shown to be s56,615; in 1913 it was
s66.270. The Third and Sixth wards
don't boast of the ownership of a
single horse, according to the report,
while the Ninth leads with 213
The city is doing well in the cattle
business, though. BY the 1914 report
1t has 81 head of cattle, worth 1925.
These are distributed as follows: First
ward, II; Eleventh, 9, and Thir-
teenth. IL.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-15
WILLIAM ZONES

william Jones, a barber. died this
morning at his home, 149 Linden street.
No arrangements for the funeral have
yet been made.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-15
\ DEPENDABLE PIANO

In tone construction and service, is
the Shoninger. Price, s275 up. ]. H.
Troup Music House, / 3 South Market
Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-15

Klaw and Erlanger present Lord
Chumley' in four acts at the Photo
play to-day.-Advertisem
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-15

Klaw and Eranger present Lord
Chumley" in four acts at the Photo
play to-day.-AdvertiSe
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-15
End BAPTIST CHURCH
NOW 45 YEARS OLD
Washington Preacher Will Deliver
Anniversary Address Sum
day Afternoon
rhe forty-ffth an.

rhe forty-fifth an
niversary of the Sec
ond Baptist Church,
Cameron street, and
the seventh anniver-
sary of the pastor, the
Rev. Albert j. Greene,
will be observed next
Sunday. An elaborate
program has been
prepared by the pas
tor and a committee
in charge. Anniver-
sary addresses will be
delivered by the Rev.
Walter II. Brooks, Of
Wa ashingtOn. d. C at
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-09
Two Young Women
Runaways, Sorry Of
Escapade, SentHome

Mrs. Margaret Westbrook. a Young
woman with a wealth of auburn hair
who says she has a husband and BABY
In Birmingham, and Miss Nola An
derson, Is, from Chattanooga, broke
down and wept in the office of Chief
Bevers Saturday as they confessed a
runaway escapade. They professed
repentance, and promise that they
would return to thei respective
homes.
Plain Clothes officer Arrowood. who
arrested them Friday night, escorted
Mrs. Westbrook to the Terminal Sta
ton and saw her aboard a train for
Birmingham, while Miss Anderson left
the police station with a married sis
ter. who had come here from Chatta-
nooga in search of her.
They were found by Arrowood in a
downtown hotel, where they were reg
istered as the Misses Thompson. -
They had been at another hotel as
the "Westbrook sisters"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-09
"FoIIo -0ne-Another" Craze Is
Weakening American Women,
Asserts DR.. Nc. Poon Chew.

DR.. Ng. Poon Chew, of Canton,
China, and San Francisco, where he
represents his country as Consul, who
came to Atlanta from the East early
this week for the Atlanta Bible Con-
ference, said Saturday that he con-
sidered women's fashions, as they
prevail to-day in the United States,
one of the most prominent indica-
tons of degrading tendencies noted
by him since his fifteen years stay
among the American people.
DR.. Chew is an exponent of Christi
anity in his own country, and stated
that he hoped he would never see
among the Chinese women who had
accepted the Gospel through his
teachings the adoption of the in
decent" dress he has witnessed of
late on the streets of some big Ameri-
can cities.
Women in America have told me-
said DR.. Chew, that these varying
fashions are brought upon them by
force, and that the acceptance of a
questionable dress by few is more
OF less of a command upon women
as a whole to approve of the latest
fad and initiate themselves on styles,
probably in the great majority, not
of their own direct choosing. In this
follow one another craze in dress,
the American women show the only
element of weakness l have noted in
them. They are otherwise given more
freedom, and have more Initiative
than any other women in the world. "
Were the women of China to take
up this expensive dress of the Amer
lean women" he continued, "the Chi
naman Of average means would hard
ly be able to buy the patterns, much
less the material for their makeup"
DR. Chew speaks fluent English. He
has a family residing in San Fran
cisco, and is educating his children
in American ideas He says. how
ever, he will not permit his daugh-
ters to follow the late American dress
fashions for women, and that they
are quite content to adhere to the
mode of dress in vogue among women
when he first came to the United
States 10 years ago.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-09
Negro Hiding Behind
Chicken Coop Fights
Police With Hammer

Night sticks bested a claw hammer
in a battle early Saturday morning
in the yard of Mrs. Mamie Smiths
home No 81 Currier street, and
Frank Mcbride, a negro, and appar-
emily a chicken thief, was hammered
into submission after a stubborn re-
sistance.
Shortly after midnight Mrs. Smith
was awakened by a oise in Ne
yard, She called the police by tele-
phone and an auto party, composed
of officers Evans, Cochran and Pal
mer responded. They executed a
flank movement and surrounded the
premises. Closing in on the house
they flushed" a large negro hiding
at a corner of the chicken coop.
The negro made play with a claw
hammer and it took several severe
raps on a characteristic Senegam-
bian skull to subdue him. de said
he lived at No, 241 West Hunter
street His trial will be held Satur-
day afternoon.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-09
JOHNSON PICKED
To END POLICE
DEADLOCK
Dozen Votes Now Split Among
Three Men-RecaIIs Fight
of 1895.

Friends Of George Johnson Satur~
day were advancing the idea Of break
ing up the supposed deadlock for
chairman Of the Police Board by COM
promising on Mr.. johnson. The line
up at present is understood to be a
dozen votes split three ways among
r. T. Pace, W. A. Vernoy and w. F.
Fain.
Between two of the candidates the
line of difference appears to be plain
enough. Vernoy is for" Chief Beavers
and Pace is against him.
FANS position is more ambiguous.
He is undoubtedly among those who
tacitly oppose a number of Chief
Beavers attitudes but has supported
the Chief on many occasions and of
late it is understood that he is re-
ceiving a good deal of support from
the Beavers camp.
Recalls 1895 Fight.
AS to what would be the outcome
in the event Johnson should be chosen
as compromise chairman, the field
Of speculation is large. The most
likely surmise, however. is that John
son could not attain the post and be
out of harmony with Mayor Wood
ward.
If Johnson should become the chair
man under these circumstances, the
history of the Atlanta Police Board
would be repeating itself almost ex-
actly
In 1895 there occurred the cele-
brated deadlock in the election of a
chairman for the board, lasting from
10 o'clock one morning to $3.50 o'clock
the next, in which more than 700
truitless ballots were cast. In this
case also the split was over the Chief
OF Police, then Arthur Connally.
johnson Then in Compromise.
Porter King was Mayor, and he
wanted Connally bounced Captain
English was standing for election to
the chair, and the principal plank in
his platform was that Connally should
remain.
After that long and tempestuous
session, an adjournment of two days
was taken, and in that breathing
spell an arrangement was cooked up
by which Captain English agreed to
the election of George Johnson as
chairman, with the understanding
that Connally was to retain his Job
as Chief of Police.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-09
Lacy Gets 10 Years
For Embezzlement

MONTGOMERY, March 7.-Theo-
dore Lacy, convicted last Saturday of
embezzlng $4,000 State funds while
employed as chief clerk of the Ala
bama Convict Department, was to-
day sentenced to ten years imprison-
ment by Judge Armistead Brown.
Lacy received the sentence without
show of emotion and calmly asked the
court to nollo pros the other cases
against him, claiming an agreement
with the Governor that this would be
done. states Attorney Seible denied
any such agreement and the court re-
fused to honor Lacy's request, The
case will be appealed.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-09
BURGLARS CARRY
OFF LOOT N
WAGON
Manager Of Store Surprises In.
truder, Who Escapes Through
Door-Two Arrested.

The early arrival Of ". p s,o,.
manager of the products denar froa,'
OF the Browder Manget Companv n0
the Washington Street viaduct So ~
urday interrupted a nearly comnlssos
theft of a drayload of goods ny
caused the thief or thieves to IN ~
away in the early morning 'lisS ~.
leaving the loaded wagon behind
Mr.. Stone reached the big whola-
sale store at o'clock. He entersS
the place and turned on an electr,.
light. As ne did so he heard a scnr'
rying of feet in the rear part az IN.
storeroom, and saw a man runninS
toward the big sliding door. which
was half open. ''"
Thief Ducks Through Door,
Before the manager could rearh
him the thief had ducked through bs
door and was running away. with a
start that precluded all chance az a
capture. Mr.. Stone returned and
searched the storeroom, but found M
other intruders.
At the side runway, however, stood
a one-horse dray, we'll loaded with
enough of stock to set up modest
storekeeper in business. In the wag-
on were 100 pounds Of meat. 10O
pounds of hams, 10 pounds Of pea.
nuts, so pounds of lard, one sack Of
onions, one case Of sardines and two
boxes of canned salmon.
Dray Owners Held.
Call officers Jones and German re-
sponded to a telephone call Of tn.
station and drove the wagon to head
groes applied at the station for The
dray, which they said belonged tC
them, and which had been taken last
night by unknown persona.
They gave their names as J. R
Bell Of No. 455 Davis street, ant
Fuller Anderson, No. 34S West Nortf
avenue. The negroes were held fol
investigation.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-09
POWER CONCERN
SHOWS GREAT
INCREASE
Income for Year Shows Net In
crease of $132,082 Over
1912.

Figures summarized from the 1913
statement of the Georgia Railway and
Power Company of Atlanta, just
made public and under wide discus
sion among financiers, shows an in
crease in the years earnings of $132,-
0S2 over 1912.
The gross earnings amounted to
$5,350,995. Net earnings were given
as S2,663,322, but the heavier operat-
ing expenses and the increase in tax
alton, with increased weges, cut the
surplus for the year to $5s4,S65.
The balance after charges was
given as more than five times the
dividend requirements on the 6 per
cent first preferred stock, and, after
Geducting the amount for these divi-
dends. was equal to Ala per cent on
the S1O,OOO,OOO 4 per cent non- cumu-
lative second. preferred stock.
1t is understood, however, that no
dividends are to. be paid, even on the
first preferred stock, the earnings t.
be used for the company's extensive
improvement and construction work
Tie new hydro-electric plant a;
Tallulah Falls, with transmission
lines and suh-stations, now is practi-
cally finished. Officials of the Corn
Lany believe this new plant will fur
ish electricity much more cheaply
than they have been able to manufac-
ture it heretofore.