Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-01
NEW COLLECTOR To
Be NAMED SOON
Report Has II That Mccormick viii
Select Some One From
Cumberland Valley
HARVEY SMITH LANDS A JOB
Allison Hill Man Becomes Deputy
Marshal in Place of One of
Veterans of Service

According to gossip prevalent
among Democrats gathered here last
night for the talk by William II.
Berry, the new collector of internal
revenue for the Ninth district. will be
a Cumberland Valley man and the
name of George Harris, the Fulton
county banker, is being mentioned. A
new collector has to be appointed be-
cause Fritz Kirkendall will be chief
of the old Scranton district, abolished
by Taft for reasons of economy. but
re-established by Wilson to help Pal
mer. Several Dauphin and Cumber-
land countians were talked of as hav-
ing lightning rods up for the place,
but the tip has gone around that this
Will be a personal selection by Candi-
late Mccormick, who needs all the
help he can get.
The appointment of Harvey T.
Smith, of the Second ward, to be a
deputy marshal, announced last night,
shows how the Democrats are disre-
garding any thought of civil service in
the desire to give place. The revenu
jobs will be changed around consid-
erably as a result of the division of
the district and there ought to be
some places for the faithful.
The Twelfth district was removed
from Scranton by order of President
Taft in 1912. 1t consisted of twenty
counties and was
amalgamated with
How Wilson the Ninth district,
Ia Practicing whose headquarters
Real Economy were in Lancaster,
giving the enlarged
district a territory
of ~thirty-five counties. When the di-
vision is made the lines of division
will probably follow the original lines,
the Twelfth district being restored in
its entirety. Fred c. Kirkendall, of
Wilkes-Barre. who is at present the
collector for the district, will be made
collector of the new district, with
headquarters at Scranton, which is
greatly desired by him, as Scranton is
not so far away from his home as
Lancaster, permitting him to go home
from his office each day.
Before the amalgamation on October
/, 1912, the Ninth district consisted of
fifteen counties and the Twelfth dis
trict of twenty counties, but the Ninth
district exceeded greatly in value the
collections. 1t consisted of the fol-
lowing counties: Adams, Bedford,
Blair, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin,
Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lancas-
ter. Lebanon, Mifiiin, Perry, Snyder
and York. The Twelfth district con-
sisted of the following twenty coun-
ties: Bradford. Carbon, Center. Gin
ltll' Nplullihldf Ldtkd Ndlld, LlItIIb,
Lycoming, Monroe, Montour, North
ampton, northumberland. Pike, Pot
ter, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga,
Union, Wayne and Wyoming.
Three adherents of the Democratic
machine entered upon their rewards
to-day while a lot of others wondered
when their turn was to
come. Harvey r. Smith.
whose selection to be a Democrats
deputy United States Rejoicing
marshal has set some of in Offices
the Democrats to grind
ing their teeth and
sharpening their hatchets. started his
work to-day. William S. Bricker, who
succeeds George w. Adams in the local
revenue office, began a few days ago,
but was a full-ledged official from his
morning. Many friends congratulated
him. Harry Vollmer, who is the new