Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-14
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that city last week are placed in Il
Senate chamber at the State Capt.
TINS week, as is the present pla
the mural decorations of the b
apartment will be finished exec
Tor some minor details. The idea
10 nave the panels in place befo
the reconvening of the senators q
January 20, the day before the ii
auguratioh. Miss Oakley will The
proceed with the painting OF Il
series for the Supreme Court Chan
per- on whose preliminary studi
she has started. This will be tllu|
tratiVe of the development of Id
from tradition and precedent to t
code. In all probability commi
sions Will be given Pennsylvania q
lists for the decoration of the mort
corridor of the State Capitol.
work which was to have been ham
led by the late John w. Alexandd
The idea is to have it illustrate ii
industrial advancement of Pennsy
vania. The south corridor illustr
tes the religious elements whic
entered into the making of the Ke
stone State. There are also spac
In the hall of the House of Repr
sentatiyes which will be filled in III
next few years, and in which it III
been suggested that works illustr
tive OF the state in the Civil. Spa
lsh and German wars be place
Ihe panel in place represents Ste
Den drilling Pennsylvania militi
men at Valley Forge.
While some people may be se
] Co
discount when they get hard nm
looks to me as though folks in ia
risburg are holding on" said
banker yesterday. IT have know
or only few inquiries from peop
who wanted to know If War Stam
were good collateral. The WI
Stamps were pretty we'll brought
the attention of the people of I'D
community and a good many fol
got into the habit of buying reg
larly. They seem to be keeping
up. The foreign element I ha
found, has realized the advantag
OF the War Stamp about as quick
as they do anything else that the
: regular buyers"
Cold weather does not appear
diminish the number of people w
want to go to the top of the Capi1
oome. scarcely a day goes by wit
out some folks, men and womf
asking how they can get to the lo
lest place in town. The Cant,
measures over all, that is to the
ot the figure on top of the Iante,
Zt2 feet Not many people knd
tnat the summit of Oak Mob at
Guys reservoir is 327 feet, not on
hlgher point, but Offering a mu
better point for viewing the count
rouno ABOUT than the dome of I
State House.
Prospects that the Legislature "
authorize expansion of the PennsI
Vanla Reserve Militia to serve as
Dasis for the formation of q, N
National Guard of Pennsylvan
mas Drought numerous offers to
game units, including some frc
men who have been in the ITnitE
, states army in France. A nunH
nave also come from men who hal
oeen in home camps in charge
training of men. 1t is not anticipa
ca that there will be much dell
ABOUT the formation of the inland
organizations or of additional ca
airy, out no plans will be made
garoing artillery until the nation
government formulates its MIA
This Is such highly specializI
pranch that 1t will depend upI
what the War Department decidI
However, additional machine gI
ana sanitary detachments will
formed and likely a signal corps wi
be created, while authority to foI|
engineer regiments is to be aska
eventually, the Pennsylvania GuaI
VIII comprise at least a diyisid
units to be located in places whe|
they were established before d
war and historic names and des
nations to be revived. 1t is q
plan to have the new guard attra
tive to men now in the Unit
states army, who will be muster
out In the next two years. One
the first moves will be to rearm d
militia which is now using old tin
Remington rifles. Negotiations I
a service rife of the type used
l the army are under way.
The cold snap of the last few da|
has had the effect of bringing nj
merous crows into the outskirts
the city from the country. Owing
the lateness of the winter and ii
mild weather the blackcoats did N
have much trouble getting alorI
but the advent of real winter III
1 made the garbage piles and stab
yards attractive to them. A coutI
: of fiocks of big fellows have bel
holding forth near Wildwood Pal
and visiting up along the river roa
1 The Rotarians of Harrisburg a
making big preparations for Il
eastern district conference Will
Will be held in Harrisburg in Apd
l The Penn-Harris for two whole daz
will be given over very largely
the gathering. The representatiy|
, of more than twenty clubs in PERI
sylvania, Delaware, New JersX
Maryland and the District of d
lumbia will attend and they vy
l bring their wives. The men vi
give most of their time to busin@
-outlining various civic enterpriS
and lines of welfare work in whiI
to engage for the next year and
preparations for the information
convention in Salt Lake City nd
June, to which District GoverrI
Howard c. Fry is preparing to run
D special train. One of the most (
0 teresting developm ents of RotaryI
= that it has been taken UP by Jap@
Italy, France and Spain, to 4
: nothing of South America and 4
s islands of the Pacific. AS the he'd
v quarters of the organization is CT
i. cago and the body is very dlstinc|
2 American in its democratic idea|
= 1t is expected to play a large part|
= developing American sentim{
\ abroad and in bringing the businI
= and professional men to this counI
= to attend Rotary gatherings and
2 acquainted with our ways and py