Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-08
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| governor SuSBeStiOH
Yesterday afternoon at the monthly
luncheon of the Pennsylvania State
Society that the Legislature appro-
| pirate $4,000 for the purchase OF
| current art to be placed in the Capitoi
as means of preserving of Pennsyl-
Lvania history means a good bit to Har-
| risburg and is in line with the Cover
| nor's oft expressed desire to make the
State Capitol a place of beauty in a
beautiful city. The Governors idea is
| to supplement the art works in the
Capitol by completing as soon as pos
sible the Oakley series in the Senate
and Supreme Court chambers and also
| in having arrangements made for the n
| proper decoration of the north corri-
dor. AS to the works which he sug-
gested that the State buy from time
to time it would be the plan to have an
art jury composed of the best posted
men in the State who would select
canvasses of merit and historical i'm
portance which could be in keeping
with the splendid decorations now in
the building. Some time, it is the
Governors hope, the State may have
an art gallery in the domain of the
Commonwealth in Harrisburg where
paintings depicting the great part
Pennsylvania has played in the devel-
opment of America may be assem-
bled.
The election of John S. Killing,
Public Service Commissioner, to be
president of the State Society is a
compliment to the Erie lawyer for he
was the man who conceived the idea
of the society and did much to estab-
lish it. Mr. Killing wrote the consti-
tuition and was active in the days when
the organization, which is unique in
State capitals, was taking its place in
the official and social life of Pennsylva-
MIA. Mr.. Killing named Secretary of
the Commonwealth Cyrus II. Woods
for reelection, but the secretary who
had made a most satisfactory first
president, declared in favor of the
office rotating and Mr.. Killing was
nominated and elected. There were
congratulations for him to-day.
The congestion which occurred in
Third street last night when the
alarm was rung for the blaze in
Strawberry street illustrates the need
for traffic regulations that can and
will be enforced. In less time than ii
takes to tell it the street was filled
with people and automobiles. Then
trolley car came along and into the
space between Walnut and Market
piled seven pieces of fire apparatus:
The firemen untangled the jam and
while they were doing 1t other fire.
men were chasing automobiles out OF
Walnut street between Third and
Fourth. where half a dozen trolley
cars were stalled because of de-
railment at Fourth and Walnut. The
worst part about Walnut street was
that in addition to the cars there were
automobiles left standing on both
, sides of the track and if the fire had
been in Walnut street just what would
;, have happened can be better imagined
than described. Perhaps, Mr.. Driscoll
could find material in the condition
that prevailed on the two streets men,
toned.
The great army of men who walk
, into the business section of the city
from the residential section seems to
have dwindled this week. There have
always been doubts about the size OF
the army, although the number of
men who declare they walk is legion.
The difficulty seems to be that SO
many of them have pressing business
on very cold mornings and have to
| take the first car that comes along.
A walk is very invigorating in thd
. morning, but there are few who ads
init that zero weather scares them
} off.
Anyone that thinks the average boy
lof 10 or IL isn't vitality interested ig
the American German situation misses
his guess, too.
Gee. maybe one of them there SUBJ
marines'll come up the Susquehanna
and lombard Harrisburg" Ventured
, one of two lads who were arguing
the respective prowess of the Kaiser
and Uncle Sam.
Huh, lot you know about submar-
they get through the dam at McCaIPs
Ferry? Why my Pop says even the
fish can't get up the river. Besides
d 'yuh ever hear of a submarine bonn
, Dardin' anything. They shoot torpe-
does at ships under the water, dunn
: my"
In spite of nine murder cases listed
, this week for trial at the continued
sessions of criminal court, and four to
: be heard at the March sessions, the
crowds which usually are present in
court rooms when murder cases come
up were not in evidence this week.
Even court officials remarked the
slim attendance. When court opened
on Monday there were less than fifty
persons, with the exception of jurors,
who sat through the preliminary work
of picking juries Murder trials are
getting common" was the way one
court attache explained the slim
crowd, but others blamed it on the
intensely cold weather.
wanted A Name" was the an
nouncement a few days ago that the
borough council of thriving West
Shore town would name the new town
lookup after the first prisoner to be
placed back of the bars. AS the inhab-
itants of the borough are all law abid-
ing citizens the new baStile most like
ly will go without u name for some
time.
The session of the House held to-
day was the first time the lower
branch has met on Thursday for
long time at this period of a session.
Generally meetings are held on Thurs
days only toward the end of a ses-
sion when things must be rushed In
cidentally, President Beidleman pre-
sided yesterday at one of the busiest
sessions of the upper house held this
early in a session in ten years.
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