Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-21
CITY SOLICITOR DIES
AT OVERVIEW HOME
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er was enjoying a hard-earned vaca-
ton trip.
Under Specialists Care

ton trip
Under Specialists Care
The solicitor remained in New York
for brief treatment, but then hasten
ed on to Harrisburg where his own
physician, Dr. j. Ross Swartz, took
charge of the case and ordered his pa
tient to Philadelphia. Treatment by
DR.. John JAY Tuller helped the lawyer
some, but he grew perceptibly worse
and finally he was removed to his
country home in order that he might
have complete rest and quiet.
Gradually he grew weaker as his
Z sudden sinking spells grew more IRE
, quent and his stout efforts to rally
grew less frequent. A few weeks ago
the solicitor sunk so rapidly that q
hurry telegram to his son brought the
Yale student in haste to his fathers
bedside, but after the father rallied
again the son returned to his studies
Son Hastcns Home
For the last few days Mr.. Seitz has
been sinking rapidly and another wire
was sent to New Haven not1fy1ng
Robert of his fathers fast slipping
grip. final telegram informed him
yesterday afternoon of the death, and
the son started at once for Harrisburg.
He arrived this morning. Besides his
son, Mr.. SeitZ is survived by his widow,
his aged mother, and a brother David,
a petty officer in the United States
navy.
Postmaster Frank C. Sites, broth
cr-in-law of the dead solicitor, has
charge of the arrangements for the
funeral and he put in a busy day COM
pleting the details.
Funeral Saturday
Saturday afternoon will probably be
selected as the date for the services
although the hour was not fixed de-
tinitely until this afternoon. The SER
vices, too, will be held at the dead
lawyers city residence, 1911 North
..t.. Il -
Fox, pastor of Grace Methodist
Church, of which Mr.. Seitz was a
member, will otficiate The body was
brought to Harrisburg this morning.
Council and Bar to Pay Tribute
Both City Council and the Dauphin
County Bar will meet in special ses-
sion to act on the death of City So
licitor Seitz and plans were mapped
out to-day for both meetings. The
definite time for each session, it was
pointed out by those in charge, de-
pended largely upon the time set for
the funeral services.
Attorneys this morning expected the
bar meeting TO be held at 2 o'clock
Saturday afternoon prio rto tie serv-
ices. Resolutions will be adopted and
euologies will be spoken. Following
the memorial services the united bar
headed by President Judge Kunkel
and Additional Law Judge McCarrell
will attend the funeral in a body.
Council will arrange its meeting fol-
lowing the budget conference this
evening. The special session will
likely be held tomorrow afternoon.
Those Who Mourn
While Harrisburg grieves for the loss
of its ablest legal adviser and city of
fetal who in many ways helped to give
the municipality its place in the sum-
Lancasterians can justly point with
pride to the fact that Daniel Stoafer
Seitz was native son of old Lancaster
county.
Born April 10, 1861 the son of Noah
and Elizabeth Seitz, he lived in Lam
caster county until just a few years
before he entered his teens when his
parents moved to near Fairview. The
old Lochiel school building first claimed
Dan" Seitz in his "a b c" days and he
finished his public school education in
the Harrisburg high school, graduating
with the first class that received its
collective diploma in the then, new
high school. Incidentally he was the
first valedictorian, for his class was
the class of 1879. In that class, too,
was another citizen who has done much
Tor the civic development of Harris
burg and Dauphin county-Henry w.
Cough.
From Bank Clerk to Law Firm
Then Dan" Seitz went to Lafayette.
He got his A. b. degree from the Easton
institution in 1888 after four years of
activity during which he frequently
showed flashes of his later ability as the
legal adviser of a real city Incidental
ly Mr.. Seitz was frat" man at col
lege; he belonged to the Rho chapter
of the Chi Phi fraternity.
The law as profession was far from
the young collegian's thoughts when
he returned from Lafayette He en-
tered the clerical service of the Dau-
phin Deposit Bank, now the Dauphin
Deposit Trust Company, and worked
over ledgers and things until about
1892. Then he more or less obviously
needed the advice of his friend, Attor-
ney r. sherman Care. He applied for
and obtained admission to practice at
the Dauphin county bar.
Returning to Bank
During his years as a bank clerk he
read and studied law, with Mr. Cares
frequently voiced incentive, Dan, IL
you can't make as much or more money
as a lawyer during your first year as
you're making now as bank clerk.
I'll make up the difference and YOU can
return to the bank" ringing in his
ears.
And it is not of record that Mr.. Care
ever advanced his chum any money!
and Mr.. Seitz never went back to the
bank except, perhaps, to make de-
posits.
Councilman Dan Seitz
Mr.. Seitz naturally went into the Of
fees of his friend, Mr.. Care, and it was
his chum, by the way, who moved for
his admission to the bar A year or
two later the preceptor's health failed
and when he felt obliged to relinuuish
active work for awhile Mr.. Care asked
Mr.. Seitz to help form a partnersbtn
And so for number of years the bulls
of the work of the successful youno
firm of Care and Seitz fell upon the
junior members shoulders
1t was round about that time. too
that the young lawyers thoughts turn
ed to things politically. Always a
sturdy Republican he was a real hust
Ter in the political activities of tbe
First ward and in 1891 a grateful CON
stituency sent him to Common Coun-