Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11
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S out hiIo tne highways Tor
talesmen for jury duty, which had
TO be resorted to in the Shuman muir
der trial on Wednesday and yester-
day was the second time such pro-
cedure has been required in murder
trial In decade. It is very rare
and the last time II is understood to
nave been ordered was in the Bru-
baker trial in 1905, which also took
place before Judge Kunkel In that
case George w. McIlhenny. then
deputy" sheriff, picked people ont of
the courtroom, from the courthouse
portico and off Market street The
drawing of the extra men on We'd
nesday night had the usual amusing.
incidents. Sheriff Caldwell went after
one man known to be in the vicinity
of Third and Market and met him in
cigar store. The man asked him
to have cigar, but the sheriff shook
his head and gave him q summons
Another man was taken as he was
shaving and another as he was trans
acting some business in a bank. An
other was lifted out of county office
where he had gone for a chat. A story
is told of another man being listed on
the special panel and being telephoned
to come to the courthouse. He was
prompt in obeying, Immediately called
rejected
the lawyers. 1t is not often that the
| State has to use such rare machinery,
| but when 1t does some people are apt
to be inconvenienced.
In the current issue of the Tele-
| phone News there is an interesting
story of the construction and occu-
! pancy of the splendid headquarters
| building of the Bell Telephone Com
pany in Philadelphia. This article,
! which is illustrated, is of special in
| terest because it contains a number of
| hne etchings showing prominent Off
clals in their sumptuous new offices in
| the performance of their important
| duties. Among these is l.. III. Kinnard,
the Vice-president and general man
ager; j. II. Crosman, general CONNER
cial superintendent, and General Su-
perlntendent Stryker, all former resi-
dents of Harrisburg and identified with
the companys activities while in this
city. Naturally Harrisburg is proud
of these young men who have made
good with u great corporation and
have been called from time to time to
higher and still higher positions. In
this number there is also a full-page
illustration of the Telephone Society of
Harrisburg which includes a flaShlight
picture of all who were present at the
recent meeting at the Technical audi
torium. Among those who were es-
pecially honored on that occasion were
Mr.. Kinnard, Martin IL. Buehler, also
Harrisburg boy, and F. III. Bethel,
president of the Bell Telephone Com
pany of Pennsylvania and associated
interests. It's an extremely interest
ing number, but its prime interest lies
in the fact that little old Harrisburg
has contributed so much to the success
, and prosperity of great public utility.
The revenue received by the State of
Q H.. .sl
, for 1916 thus far is greater than the
whole income of the Commonwealth
in any year from 1871 to 1921. The
!, 1916 revenue, which yesterday passed
, the total of the automobile licenses
for the whole of 1914, is expected to
pass the 1915 total of s1,665,000 in a
few months. The receipts thus far
for 1916 registration of automobiles
, and trucks have reached $1,000
The first time the whole revenue of
, the State passed the million dollar
, mark was in 1921 when 81, ,420, ,5S6.40
was received, but it dropped below
! the million mark until 1928 when ii
rose to S1,5SS,757.12 and never went
! below again. The number of cars
! registered is said to be the second
greatest of any State in the Union at
: present.
One of the funny things attending
the drawing of the juries for the mur-
der trials now in progress has been
the manner in which men have avoid
, ed being called for service. The word
: got about on Monday evening and
: again yesterday that extra men were
being summoned by the sheriff and
q the way the vicinity of the courthouse
:. was avoided was worth noticing. II
, was also the cause of some practical
: jokes as men called up friends and
= notified them to stay away. And
;. those notified walked blocks out OF
!. their routes home.
: Speeding up" of work in Goa
:, mines, metal trades and others en-
: gagged in filing war orders or push
! ing along shipments for export or ia
fill some of the big demands for pro
visions or munitions is believed to be
the fault of the extraordinarily large
. number of industrial accidents being
reported at the Capitol. The number
of accidents has been running so high
lately that Investigations are being
made to see if some safety precautions
can not be taken to lessen the mis-
d haps. The number of policies writ
f ten for the State Insurance FUND
passed the $500 mark yesterday aft
ernoon and the number of applica
: tions is said TO be holding to abou
s 100 a day. The activity for insurance
K in companies and associations is also
. said to be continuing unabatcd.