Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-02
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director thrust upon him. One of
the problems which has come up in
the completion of the Capitol, Is the
program Tor mural decorations,
some or them originally contem-
plated never having been finished.
me project of changing the east
front OF the building and of build
ing additional office buildings NAV
have the effect of requiring an al
teration of the plans for the mural
decorations of the supreme court
chamber which have been given to
Miss Violet Oakley to complete. The
| other problem is regarding the char
, acter of the paintings to 60 IN the
| lunettes of the north corridor, The
plan when the building was deco
| rated was to have this corridor a.
iustrate the industries which have
made Pennsylvania great. The
south corridor represents the relig-
ious influences which came into the
life of the Keystone State. These
paintings were by w. b. Van Inghen.
Recently the State authorities de-
! cided to consider the north corri-
| dor and some artists have sub
| mitted sketches. Most of them fol-
low the industrial idea, but lhere
have been several others submitted,
which vary great deal. Ono even
| contemplated commemoration of the
| Panama canal. 1t is possible that
| the industrial theme may be ADOPT
| ed, but no details regarding the ar
! t:st or his commission have yet been
| presented TO the Governor for his
| consideration.
| Some bulky packages sent to State
Draft Headquarters underwent the
| - i.1, I,,s.
| for all mail and express parcels
| coming into Harrisburg and con-
| signed to State officials or depart
| ments since the discovery of some
| bombs in New York addressed 10
| officials here and elsewhere. The
| Draft headquarters uses the old
post office building across the street
from the Federal building and when
| several big bundles, rather indiffer-
! entity wrapped and bearing addresses
that did not look we'll to the two
! men i'll charge of the establishments
storage room they telephoned in
haste for Major w. G.. Murdoch, the
chief draft officer. that suspicious
bundles had arrived. The Major
responded with some of his staff and
after careful examination found
the missing chronicles of the draft
/
| Sylvaria.
| William II. German, the new Boy
Scout commissioner for this district,
is making great record although
he has been in office less than a
month. He has established a record
for getting around among the troops
and the boys have responded won
derfully to his suggestions. He is
' .,A.. Il.
the scouts that the scout masters
have difficulty in finding occupa-
tions sufficient to keep the lads busy.
Harrisburg Boy Scouts are as man
ly lot of lads as l ever saw" said
Mr.. German recently. THE more [
see of them the more deeply 1 am
! impressed with their possibilities. A
country with such a young man
hood, led into proper lines of thought
and action, need have no fear for the
future, either from within or with
out"
Adjutant General Beary has ac-
cepted the invitation of ]. William
Bowman, president of Harrisburg
council, to be the speaker at the
Boy Scout Liberty Fire which is to
mark the signing of the peace treaty.
This fire will be a gigantic affair
and will be built in the center of the
| big open plaza east of the Capitol
where there will be no danger to
buildings nearby, and will be a fit
/ ing climax to a demonstration of
the strength and caliber of Scout
| ing in this community. The demon
stration will take the form of a pa
rade on the evening of the day on
which peace terms are signed. This
procession will be headed by a band,
already engaged, the Musicians
Union of the city having voted to
turn out free on that occasion. The
musicians feel that they should be
part of this celebration and they
know the Scouts have very little
money with which to hire bands.
This parade will form at Third and
State Streets" said ]. Fredrik Nlr-
gin, scout executive, describing the
celebration, "and the fire will be
lighted with great ceremony. The
only instructions that will go out
will be to assemble at the given place
when the whistles and bells an
nounce the end of the war"
'Tf you find Boy Scout hanging
around your backyard making notes
| of what he sees don't treat him
harshly," said Health officer Rau-
nick to-day "He will be simply
carrying out the orders of Mayor
Keister. You know the Scouts are
going to help out wonderfully on
our cleanup and fix-up week pro-
gram. They have been particular
| ly instructed to look after certain
back yard 'nuisances that constitute
perils to health and comfort espe-
cially in summer and the city health
department and the city police de-
| partment are going to cooperate to
correct the conditions they find.
Treat the Scouts well. They are
going to do a real service and they
may rid your neighborhood of a bad
spot against which you have been
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