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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1916
Page
5
The Law and Order League argues crowded tenement housing fuels crime. Dr. Crampton says packing six to a dozen families into rooms designed for one or two breeds disorder and lowers residents’ behavior. The group urges mayoral action to improve housing conditions.
Philadelphia report says Mayor Thomas B. Smith met with the Mexican American Joint Commission after its convening. The exchange included Secretary of Interior Lane and Luis Cabrera. no discussion of the Atlantic City protocol failure occurred. A conference was expected later in the day.
City park officials said two or three more cold nights will thicken the ice at Wildwood Lake enough for crowds. Current ice is over four inches thick in places but thinner elsewhere, with 15 degrees tonight and cloudy weather ahead.
Eddie Marshall fired a high power revolver at Alfred Brown in a Seventh Ward drawl at 921 Sarah avenue. He fled but was tracked by Detective Murnane and officers to the Elshhied Hotel on Fifth street where he was captured with the gun still in his possession.
Appeals for two Jefferson county youths sentenced to death spark a flood of mercy letters to the State Board of Pardons and Governor. Governor Brumbaugh supports abolition. a prison sentencing bill is revived in Luzerne County. Other items cover a Pittsburgh compensation board hearing, a quarry inspector, a hospital appropriation, the senator-elect Whitten's illness, a water commission session, a Schuylkill justice appointment, line merger objections, and a charter name ruling by the attorney general.
City council debates use of water earnings with Bowman proposing earmarking surplus to reduce millage and fund a future reservoir. Lynch questions exemptions for highway bureau and private street cuts as a heated but inconclusive session ends without action.
Riverside, north of Harrisburg, formally withdrew its petition for annexation to the city. The council granted the withdrawal after delays and a committee said Riverside will seek incorporation as a borough. The cost of sewer, water, and lighting work was cited as making annexation unsatisfactory at this time.
Gettysburg Pa December 19 The office of secretary of the Pennsylvania Inter Collegiate Oratorical Union is awarded to L Paul Miller of Harrisburg a Gettysburg College student Other State officers elected include C la Steel Muhlenberg president A H Pierce Swarthmore vice president and P A Mueller Franklin and Marshall treasurer The twenty fifth annual State inter collegiate oratorical contest is set for March at Gettysburg Miller also serves as class secretary and VP of the Philomathean Society K Scheffer Gettysburg student is class custodian while E H Buck and C M Buffington work as business managers of the annual college publication
William M Morne Lodge No 673 objects to Frank B Musser's appointment as Municipal Christmas tree committee chair citing labor tensions from a past trolley strike. Resolutions urge workingmen and families to stay away if no change occurs, noting Harrisburg Railways' role and strained union relations.
Lincoln Neb Feb 28 T B Calvert chief engineer of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad died at his country home near Lincoln after six weeks illness. London official Sir Richard Winfrey announced in the House of Commons a price for home grown wheat for the 1916 1917 season.
Liability schedules for Morton Truck and Tractor Company, facing involuntary bankruptcy, will be filed tomorrow or Thursday. Attorneys Fox and Geyer represent creditors. machinery remains in the building on Nineteenth Street and will stay until hearings. Building is owned by Harrisburg Boiler and Manufacturing. Robert H. Morton denies being general manager or actively guiding company affairs, stating he was a selling agent abroad.
The Jewish eight day Hanukkah festival opens this evening in homes and temples with the lighting of the eight branch candlestick. One candle is lit tonight, two tomorrow, and the count rises to eight with daily prayers. The observance recalls Judas Maccabeus rededicating the Holy Temple and is marked by joy, prayers for deliverance, and public entertainments in some cities.
Dr W F Skinner a leading physician died at his home in Chambersburg after months of illness He was born in Dry Run Pa a University of Pennsylvania graduate aged 47 He is survived by his wife and two daughters EIRE IN AUTO SALESROOM Very slight damage from a fire at the Willys Knight salesroom 129 Cranberry alley caused by an overheated flue extinguished by a rival fire truck SPECIAL ARMOR SITE BOARD Navy officers panel to study sites for a new 11 million armor plate plant includes Rear Admiral Fletcher Commander Clark and Lt Commander Bakenhus JUDGE STONE FOR U S COURT Kansas City born judge selected by President Wilson as United States Circuit Judge in Eighth Circuit to succeed Judge Adams
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