Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20
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A. S. L. Shields. the eminent Phil
delphia lawyer who died suddenly
yesterday, was well known in this citv
as he was frequent visitor durirv
legislative sessions of dozen or NOR.
years ago. an attorney at the Dauphin
county bar and a guest at numerous
functions. He was frequently in at
tendance at the State conventions of 7
years gone by and had a hand in
drafting of many platforms and sat
at the councils in party affairs. Per-
haps, he was best known because of
his activity as counsel for Joseph M.
Huston. the architect. in the Capitol
trials, being associated with Congress-
man George s. Graham and Samuel
NJ. Clement, Jr., in the long series of
cases in which the designer of the
might on those days and on number
of occasions showed his skill as q
cross-eXaminer. Mr.. Shields last ap-
pearance here was at dinner at the
Executive Mansion a few years ago.
Van Bittner, the mine worker put
IN charge of wage matters at the In
COnVGnLlOn, comes from
Pittsburgh and was prominent here at
the hearings and meetings prior to the
adoption of the workmen's compen-
sation system Mr.. Bittner spoke on
behalf of the bituminous miners at
the meetings held by the Industrial
Accidents Commission which drafted
the act and was active in behalf of the
bills when the Legislature was in ses-
sion.
Men operating lime kilns in the vi
cinity of the city have had the usual
number of cold weather visitors in
the form of tramps who have been
budding about the big fires these cold
nights. One man who has charge of
some kilns said that he had sometimes
| to go and drive men away from dan
gerous places. He did not object to
them sleeping in the warmth, said he,
| but he did not want them to be suffo-
Gated by the gases given off by the
| lime. Some of the nomads resented
his kindly meant efforts and wanted
to fight. AS a rule the tramps know
how to get the warm places, but some
of them seemed to be bent on getting
to hazardous places.
Every now and then some practical
joker tries to put one over on the
newspaper The other day a letter
to the Telegraph Social Editor had
| GNGGNbOuy lduSIlilS. INC
spent two cents to put it through the
mails, so We'll pass it along:
Miss Lena Genster (aged $50 OF
| 1916 Anxious avenue held a party in
honor of her cousin, Miss Pearl But
ton from Coatesville. The evening
was spent in sewing buttons on ice
cream and old maids. Refreshments
as fried ice, and stewed bees knees
were served to the Misses Carry Cole,
Maggie Zene. Lena Genster, Ida
Wanto, Ina Lone, Olive Oyle, Ida
Claire, Mae Hogany, Ella Vator, Miss
Fortune, Dina Mite, and Pearl But
ton from Coatesvlle; Ben Nene, Jim
Nasyum. Lee Moyne, Artie Fishel,
Bennie Fishel, Max Well, Karl Lyle,
Victor Ola, General Merchandise,
Count de Pennies, Duke de Bum,
Ivan Other, AL Toona and Ray Zor.
Miss Pearl Button will return to her
home in Coatesville on Sunday be-
tween ~ and 49,"
The swapping of the crimson skat-
ing flag from the top of the Union
Trust Building, during the last few
days had more than ordinary signifi
canoe to scores of people. The red
ensign as most everybody knows by
this time means that there is fine
skating at Wildwood Lake. To the
| hundreds of friends of V. Grant
| Forrer the new assistant park super
intendent, the flaming streamer has
another meaning. They recall that
the flag was raised for the first time
over one of the city's tallest build
lings by "V. Grant" to announce to
an eager. youthful world at large, that
Wildwood's splendid stretch of ice was
ready for the skaters. The flag has
flown ever since whenever the lake
was fit for skating.
( Possibly the fact that the first
dinner of the Pennsylvania State So
ciety is going to be held in Philadel-
phia and not in Harrisburg, the State
Capital, where one would expect It
to be given, will stir up the people of
this progressive community on the
subject of a hotel in keeping with the
| Importance of the city," was the
trenchant manner in which a promi-
nent man on Capitol Hill spoke last
evening. He did not say more and
there was no answer.
!
State and municipal officials may at
[tend the centennial of the incorpor-
alton of the city of Pittsburgh on
March 16. On that day the corner
stone of the joint city-county building
will be laid.