Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-01


week.
| The party at the Capitol occupied
special chairs on which were special
receivers. While making preliminary
tests for the cross continent CONVEX
sation, local Bell Telephone officials
got weather reports from Pittsburgh.
| Chicago, st. Louis, Denver. and Sam
! Francisco which showed that the
weather did not vary eight degrees
Each office reported Clear, sun shin
| ing bright"
| The Guests
The invited guests included:
Congressman c. W. Beales. Gettys-
| burg; w. II. Coleman, Pittsburgh; c.
I II: Rowland, Phillipsburg; Henry w.
Watson, Langhorne.
State Senators d. P. Gerberich Leb-
anon; John w. Hoke, Chambersburg;
| John G.. Homsher, Strasburg; Plym-
outh w. Snyder. Holldaysburg; Will
| liam e. Sproul. Chester; Charles a.
! Snyder, Pottsville, and K. E. Beidle
man. Harrisburg.
Representatives William L. Adams, ]
| Beaver Brook: Harvey Christman, Lin
| feld John b. Goldsmith, Mount Pleas
ant; John S. Eby, Newport; Joseph
Evans, Jr. Nanticoke; Sigmund ].
Cans, Philadelphia; Edward f. Jones.
Hartford; John c. Nissley. Harrisburg;
| Clarence A Rowell, Philadelphia; 4.
| c. Stein, Pittsburgh ]. K. Urich, Ann
| vile; William Walsh, Philadelphia;
Asa A. Weimer. Lebanon; Walter S.
Young, Lykens, and James A. Dunn,
Philadelphia.
State offfcials-William d. b. Ainey,
! chairman of the Public Service Com
1 mission; Robert S. Conklin, Commits
sioner of Forestry; \. r. Critchfield,
Secretary of Agriculture: r. j. Gun
ningham. State Highway Commits
sioner: John p. Dohoney. investigator
! of accidents, Public Service Commits
! sion; James w. Gillespie. of the Pub
| lie Service Commission; William NJ
| largest. Second Deputy Attorney Gen
eral: John Price Jackson, Commits
sioner of Labor and Industry; Cole
man j. Joyce. of the Public Service
( Commission: William II. Keller, First
/ Deputy Attorney General; A. Nevin
! Pomeroy, Superintendent of Public
Printing and Binding; Horace B. Pratt
| electrical standard engineer, Public
| Service Commission: Samuel B. Rambo.
Superintendent of Public Grounds and
/ Buildings; W. S. Seibert, assistant to
secretary of the Public Service Com
mission: William H. Smith, Commits
| sioner of Banking; Thomas ]. Stew
art. Adjutant General; Charles P.
Swope. of the Public Service Commits
| sion; George A. Wood, of the Public
/ Service Commission; Robert K. Young
/ State Treasurer: y. r. Butler, Com
missioner of Fisheries; DIR. Samuel c.
| Dixon, Commissioner of Health; Cyrus
( f. Woods. Secretary of the Common
wealth; j. It. Caskey. superintendent
| Of telegraph, Lehigh Valley Railroad
Company; Frederic w. F'leitz; II. A.
| Logue, Cumberland Valley Railroad
Company.
Prominent citizens-Edward Bailey
| w. Harry Baker, Arthur +. Brown. A.
y. Buchanan, g. Catherman. Charles
Z. Covert, DR.. John F. Culp. Edward
| r. Dasher, DR.. James f. Dickinson,
| c. K. Diehl. F. E. Downes, f. f. Dun
| lap, Robert A. Enders, G. w. Ensign,
| Eager, John E. Fox. Farley Gannett,
Paul Gendell. John r. Geyer Hender-
! son Gilbert, Spencer c. Gilbert. George
| A. Gorgas, John A. Herman. H.. /.
| Hershey, c. Floyd Hopkins Robert w.
Hoy, Robert II. Irons, William Jen-
nings, Paul Johnston, j. n. Kinnard
| c. A. kunkel. DIR. George r. Kunkel
/ DR.. j. B. McAlister. Z. L. McColgin,
j. Horace Mcfarland, DR.. H. MCGOWAN,
! j. W Milhouse, Herman p. Miller, F.
1 r. Musser, Benjamin NJ. Mead, W. NJ
| Ogelsby. Andrew S. Patterson, ]. V.
/ w. Reynders, w NJ. Robson, w. j.
, Rose. Harry {. Ross, John K ROYAL
| DF. Harvey F. Smith. Frank p. Snod-
grass, Charles c. Stroh, Mercer B.
I Tate L. S. Williams, d. II. Wilmer
and Frank E. ziegler, ali of this city.
Division operators of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company-C. K. Hage,
| w!lliamsljprt; J. c. Moran, Reading:
w F. Tavl,r, Altoona: S. G, Gearhart
| Sunbury, ana w. II. Balsley. Altoona.
Newspapernien--C. y. Andrews, of
the Free Press. Easton: Dean Hoff-
man. Patriot: C. 3. Hollinger, Daily
| New Era, Lancaster; ]. P. Mccullough.
| Telegraph: T. f. McPherson Evening
/ n
triot: Willis Geist Newbold, Writer'S
| Service Bureau: I. Q. Nissiey, Press,
Middletown: Boyd II. Ogelsby, Tele-
graph; d. A. Orr. Valley Spirit, Cham
bersburg; p. F. Parrott. Evening Her.
aid. Shenandoah; John =. r. Schropp,
Daily News, Lebanon: Elmer /.
Schuyler. Gazette and Bulletin, VIII
Transport: r. ]. stackpoIe. telegraph;
Robert H. Thomas. Jr.. Daily Journal
Mechanicsburg; w. S. Worst, Patriot;
F. r. Oyster, Telegraph; A. BOYD
Hamilton. Associated Press.
Officials of the Bell Telephone : com-
pany of Pennsylvania-L II. Kin
nard, vice-pTesident and general man
ager, Wynnewood: ]. Heron Cros-
man. general commercial agent. Philg
delphia; Charles E. Booser, divisioii
auditor Of receipts: II. W. Dean. traffiG
supervisor; S. S. Eberts. district man
ager: John T. Harris, traffic superin-
chief American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company. all of Harrisburg;
w. ]. c. Jacobs. local manager.
Waynesboro: II. c. KUnkel. plant su-
perintendent; George S. Reinoehl di-
! vision manager; S. 3. Watts, local
manager: II. F. Hope. plant super
visor. all of Harrisburg. and p. c.
Staples. publicity manager, Philadel-
phia.
Ladies Who "Listened In"
The ladies who listened in to the
conversation from the Bell company's
Walnut street office included Mrs,
George s. Reinoehl. Mrs Henry {.
Kunfiel. Mrs. Andrew Schultz. Mrs. F.
w. Jackson. Mrs. Rexford NJ. Glasoey.
Mrs. VIM. H. Howard. Mrs. Seymour s.
Eberts. Mrs. John f. Sweeney Mrs.
william Haseltine Mrs. Charles e.
Rooser. Mrs. Paul w England. Mrs.
Harry F. Hope. Mrs. Wilbur F. Harris.
Mrs. Samuel NJ. Palm. Mrs. Wayne A.
Kirshner and Mrs. Edward Kilhafner.
After the celebration the ladies were
coDdurfad through the papv'u