Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-10
Eurt1i11g G1at

For the first time in many years
the Governors Troop will not escort
the incoming Governor to the Exec
utlVe Mansion nor take q leading
part in the inaugural ceremony.
Most OF the men who made up this
famous troop are now in France.
ihey are no longer a unit but are
Spit up over many branches of the
serVice' but all of them made good
nu tia .helr training in the old Ma
onai 6uard has been of great aid
enem In their strenuous cam
palehlng against the Hun. The
same may be said of the two In
Iantry companies, d and I, of the
oiu Elghth Regiment, which march
Gu uurlng the ceremonies four Years
eso ana In other inaugural parades
Tor years back. Theif. places viii
De taken by Company 1, of the Re-
serve Militia, which HAS been desig
mated Tor the honor. This year will
see Tor the first time in an inaugu-
paraue u motor transport train
,u,.t ~, Inc state service in line. together
with machine gun battery units
buI the picturesque figure OF the
caVairyman will be absent, as the
tyrone Troop has been ordered to
report dismounted. 1t will be the
ohiy cavalry unit in line.
senator Sprouts fine arts COM
mission idea is gaining support
iesterday in Philadelphia the Art
AdVisory Council passed a resolu-
l,oh recommending that Governor
erect sproul urge the appointment
Oh state Commission on Fine Arts
In his first message to Legislature.
II was also announced that plans
LOT peace pageant on the Philadel-
phla parkway, forwarded to Joseph
H. Wldener, chairman of the May
OF committee, now is under con-
siueratlon. The advisory body is
prepared to draw up q bill to be
presented in the Legislature and also
TO come TO Harrisburg to support the
measure. The bill will provide that
powers similar to those vested in
the Art Jury be given to the State
Commission. 1t is believed that it'll
Will be of special advantage to the
small communities, where no organ
izatlon exists to pass on the charac-
ter of public works of art. The Adj
Visory Council of the Art Associa-
tlons also announced that it is now
prepared to lend it's assistance to|
organizations, institutions or the in
dividuals in the selection of me-
MORALS to the soldiers, or any works s
or art erected either for utility or|
for decoration.
Everywhere the appointment of
Deputy Attorney General w. H. Kel-
Ter to the Superior bench is being|
commended. They say "a prophet
is not without honor save in his own
country but this does not apply toI
Lancaster county, where Mr.. Keller
resides, newspaper friend paying
MN this tribute in a letter to the
Telegraph: Friends of Deputy Att
torney General William II. Keller,
of this city, rejoice at his appoint
ment by Governor Brumbaugh to
the Superior Court bench, in suc1
cession to Justice Kephart. Mr.. Kel1
Ter is one of the leading meniberd
or the Lancaster bar He was born
in Center county in 1869, a son OF
Samuel Keller. also a lawyer of dis1
tinction. He graduated from Frank
lin and Marshall College and thd
law school of Columbia University
Shortly after being admitted to prac1
tice he removed to this city and
formed a partnership with the late
Jacob l.. Steinmetz, which contin1
ued until the latter's death in 1899
|
John A. Coyle.
For the past four years Mr.. Kel1
Ter has been first deputy of Attor1
ney General Brown. He retires FROM
the office with the distinction OF
having every one of his rulings and
decisions that were appealed af1
firmed by the Appellate courts. Hid
has been a staunch Republican and
in 1908 and 1912 was a delegate I'd
the Republican National convention
voting on each occasion for Mrl
Taft. SEQ
"Lancastrians are also congratu1
lating Bernard ]. Myers, YOUNG
member of the local bar, upon thd
receipt of an offer from Governor
elect Sproul for one of the deputy
ships under Attorney General W. II
Shaffer, in the coming administra1
/ ton. 1t is expected that Mr.. MyersI
who for the past nine years has beef}
Eancaster's City Solicitor, will ac1
cept. The appointee is a son of ex1
Sheriff John II. Myers. one of thd
Republican leaders of the Old
i Guard. He has been energetic irI
all of the war drives and enjoys
wide popularity" 'h'@-