Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-18
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proposals that the people of this
Liberty Loan district name the car
go ship which is to be launched
snortiy recall the fact that names
peionging to this part of Pennsyi-
wanna have figured in the list of
Chcle Sans war vessels in years
gone by just as Harrisburg and
ouSquehanna do now on the naval
Ilsts. The first Susquehanna was
one of the ships on Perry's expedi-
uon which open up the Mikado's
klhgdom and unless memory is at
Iautt 1t was flagship part of that
memorable cruise. Another Sus-
quehanna figured in the civil war.
Ihere was also a Swatara in the
civil war list. A Dauphin was also
IN that war. The merchant marine
mas also had Dauphin and a Pax
ton. The Reading coal feet con-
tains Swatara, Lebanon, Paxtang.
Lykens, Wisconisco and other names
associated with this section of the
state. AS yet no one has seen fiji
10 tag ship with Mahantongo
port people have decided on Ly-
coming.
Governor William C. Sproul is
not only taking his general manager
snip OF the government of Pennsyl.
Vania seriously, but impressing peo.
pie with the fact and folks who have
come to Harrisburg any old time
with official papers have made dis.
coVeries. The Governor has adopted
the plan of the late Samuel w
Pennypacker and goes over person.
any every application for a charter
ana not only has the attorney gen
efal oHlce pass on contracts, but
brings his own experience in some
years gone by to have been approved
When the Governor was out of town
rev days ago man arrived from
nearby State with a requisition and
When he found the Governor gone
was inclined to growl. Suddenly he
looked at his paper and found that
the Governor of the State of sNew
Jersey had made requistion on the
Governor of New York and that he
was in Harrisburg, PENNSYLVANIA
another man who arrived at the
weekend spent some time and
money telephoning to a sheriff in an
efoft to have him convince a pris.
oner that he should consent to leave
the state without requisition pro.
ceedlnsS. The prisoner concluded
the weather was more pleasant in
Pennsylvania than in a southern
cline, especially as he was accused
of capital offence. However, he
is going this week.
People connected with the State
government and officials of counties
boroughs and townships interested
in highway improvements to say
nothing of folks in the contracting
and supply trades are awaiting witt
fI,n foo t,,f
the first bids for the States new
road program on Thursday. There
has been little bidding lately, in
fact, very little since the close o
the war and the return to something
like normal conditions, to indicate
how prices are going. The Pennsyl-
Vania letting this week, which will
call for over fifty miles, will be an
indication and be watched not only
in Pennsylvania, but in other STATED
where road building is under way
and by bankers and builders in citie:
outside of this State. Seldom has
Pennsylvania letting been held a
such Importance.
The cosmopolitan character of the
State Board of Pardon's list of an
plicants has been growing rathu
but it is doubtful whether any
greater variety of names of foreitg
origin has appeared than that maze
for the meeting tomorrow. Starting
off with Metlnkoff there is Palen-
drani, then Berggren, followed by
ZaVerella, Cappellane, Dorman,
We're, Hukinski and Soltysek, while
Gangrose, Mangini, Pettitti, Geesey
and Windowmaker seek rehearings.
The cases held over include SlaZ-
zoka and Pensani. In recent years
the Board has been endeavoring to
get the applications listed under the
names as given by the men to their
attorneys, holding that these must
be correct, although occasionally
they are at variance with court
records. Such matters have always
to be Strengthened out as the Board
is careful to be sure that the ap-
plicant and the person named on
the record are one and the same,
although they may hand around
various names at different times.
The list of offenses for this months
session is small, embracing only II
dozen crimes. Often a score are
on the list.
Some idea of the extent of the
oleomargerine business in Pennsyl-
vania is furnished by the fact that
there have been 1894 licenses issued,
within a few hundreds of the whole
figure issued during 1918. OF this
number 4502 are retail, 6S whole
sale, restaurant, 2 hotel and III
boarding house. The comparative
ly small number of hotel and res
taurant licenses this year is a sur
prise. Philadelphia has 7S1 license,
while Allegheny has larger num-
ber.
Just as an instance of the in
terest taken in the Boy Scout move
ment in Pittsburgh it may be said
that the men chosen to attend the
national meeting in New York in
clude Erasmus Wilson, the COM
mentator of the Gazette-Times;
John NJ. Philips, State Game Com
missioner; Marcus Rauh, city coun-