6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded IS3I ' Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Bulldias, Federal Square. I"'-- £. J. STACK POLE, Pres't and Editor-in-Chief B*. R. OTSTER, Business Manager. BUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. t Member American sylvanla Assoclat nue Building. Ni>w Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg. Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, six cents a week: by mail. 13.00 a year in advance. _ MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBEU t6. I enz-y—hozv I enty him, zchose soul Turns its zvhol* energies to some one end; To clez-ate an aim, procure success Hozi'cier mean.' —Browning. THAT FARM LOAN MEETING IT is to be hoped that a large num ber of farmers will attend the farm loan meeting in Harrisburg to morrow. The financing of the farm has a very direct effect on the com munity at large. Where crops are plentiful and farmers proportionately prosperous, there living costs usually are reasonable and work as a general thing is to be had at fair wages. The greatest peril America faces is that the population is Increasing more rapidly than the production of food stuffs. The big company that last week held a school for salesmen in this city realizes the importance of im proving farm conditions. To-day. more than ever before, world affairs demand that every acre of American farm land should be made to yield its utmost and that the fertility of the Boil be preserved and built up. We must understand the need of crop rotation. We must know how to fight weeds and insect pests, smut and black rust. We must be familiar with the diseases of farm animals and how to prevent them. We must be made to realize that diversified farming and the raising of livestock are necessary for profitable agriculture. Given a practical working knowl edge of these matters, these salesmen will be able to render a great and lasting service to the people. They meet the farmers every day. They visit them at their homes. They are familiar with the problems which are constantly confronting the farmer and his wife and children. They will have many opportunities to give advice and assistance—to show by actual demon strations how better crops or more profitable results in dairying or live stock raising may be obtained. The new farm loan law to be dis cussed here is not as broad as it ought to be, but it is better than nothing. It may be a poor shift, but it is bet ter than no shift. It is the best, prob ably. that could be expected under the circumstances. The farmer who is able to raise money on his land and chatties without the fear of being closed out by an extortionate mortgage holder or having his mortgage fall due before he conveniently can meet the payments, should look into the loan law, and the city man dependent upon the farmer should encourage him to do so. Ala©, and this is important for Har rieburg and the State at large—those who attend the conference to-morrow should urge Secretary McAdoo and those irith him to locate one of the farm loan banks in this city. Harris burg is centrally located with respect to the district in which it is, both Keographieally and as to railroads. It Is the logical location for a farm loan bank. It is to the interest of the farmers to have it as near their homes as possible and they should make this plain to those in authority. If residents of Harrlsburg who are close to the national administration ■will exort as much Infruence and energy in behalf of a bank for Har risburg as they have to land federal Jobs for friends and political depend ents there will bs no question about establishing such a branch here. Hush! Don't tell Mr. McCaleb, but maybe the Pennsy ought to be given the hint that Harrisburg would Itke to have new station like that at Johnstown. FALSE AND DESPAIRING PRESIDENT WILSON'S address to the Democrats of Pennsylvania at Shadow I.awn on Saturday teemed falsehood and struck a note of despair that rang loud above the President's protestations of confi dence in his own re-election. Take for example this reference to the McCormick-Brumbaugh cam > paign: know, my fellow citizens. what happened for example, when Mr. Vance McCormiek was a candi date for Governor in Pennsylvania. You know that the people of Penn sylvania outside the two biggest cities of Pennsylvania, voted that Mr McCormiek should be Governor and that there were allied with Mr. McCormiek at that time certain very powerful influences, not then discredited, which undertook, np parentiy with earnestness and can dor to Join their fortunes with his in order that one of the best known and one of the most dangerous po litical machines in the country mignt be broken up. The President knows that Mr. Mc cormick. did not receive A MONDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH OCTOBER 16, 1916. votes outside of Phlladelpht* and Pittsburgh when he ran for Governor. It is true that those two cities both voted heavily against him, but it is also true that had the results depend ed upon Pennsylvania outside of those cities Dr. Brumbaugh would have been Governor of this State, just the same. The official returns prove this. A glance at Smull's will show it. The President speaks of "influences not then discredited." having in mind the Progressives of the State whom he refers to in another part of his speech as "treacherous" because while they supported him in 1912 they refuse to vote for him for re-election. So long as the Progressive vote was opposed to the Republican candidate and in part aligned with the Demo crats, Progressives were not "discred ited." That the President feels his Progressive supporters have deserted him entirely can be the only reason for this outburst against them. But angry and chagrined as he must be over this discovery, he does the Progres sive voter a grave injustice by calling him treacherous. He must realize that Progressives voted for Roosevelt and for himself in large numbers in 1912 because they desired thereby to rebuke the leadership of the Republi can party for what they believed were grave faults. Since that time they have seen the country rescued from the terrible consequences of foolish Democratic industrial legislation only by the abnormal trade conditions brought about by the regretable war in Europe. They have blushed fpr the weakness of an administration that has permitted the slaughter of American men, women and children in Mexico and on the high seas. They have de termined that these things and many other deplorable conditions be changed and they are* going to vote for Mr. Hughes to that end. If that be treachery, let us have more of it. But Mr. Wilson does not stop here. He asserts that the Republicans, fol lowing the defeat of McCormtck, hand ed the State of Pennsylvania over to a lot of highbinders who have trayed the interests of the voters at every turn. This is an absolute false hood. The voters of Pennsylvania know that under the Brumbaugh ad ministration have been passed the workmen's compensation law, the child labor law, the continuation school law and a host of other meas ures of like character that mark it as one of the great constructive periods of Pennsylvania statesmanship. Just what the President hopes to gain by such nonsense is beyond un derstanding It sounds much like the wail of a disappointed and despairing candidate. We opened the hunting season this morning by trying to find a Republican who isn't going to vote for Hughes, and we're about as successful as the other hunters. HOUSING IN HARRISBURG IX the matter of housing conditions in Harrisburg the Chamber of Com merce will doubtless provide for some supervision of the subject in the i forthcoming reorganization of the' chamber. This city has been making some progress in the improvement of its residential districts, but there is still room for much more progress in the same line. Industrial conditions in Harrisburg and elsewhere require a close study of the housing problem and we know of no better way to reach definite results than through a proper bureau of the Chamber of Commerce. This organization embraces a large number of commercial and industrial representatives and through working with a housing bureau these should be able to develop a widespread senti ment for improved dwellings and gen eral housing betterment. Under the direction of the American Civic Association a great deal has al ready been accomplished in several cities of the country, but there is much more still to be done. As the years go on more attention is being given to the proper utilization of schools and church buildings. These properties represent enormous outlays of public funds and yet they are com paratively little used in many in stances. A proper division of the Chamber of Commerce activities with other civic bodies would doubtless effect important changes. It has not been forgotten that in his 1 recent speech here Charles M. Schwab Indicated quite clearly that it is not the business of the Bethlehem Steel Company at its Steelton plant or else where to engage in real estate activi ties. His big corporation Is manufac turing steel and steel products; the provisions for the comfort of employes and others along housing lines must be undertaken by individuals or cor porations outside. Mr. Schwab inti mated that Increasing throngs of work ers would be employed and homes would have to be provided. Whether these homes shall be in Steelton or Harrisburg is probably not an impor tant matter, but they must be pro vided. Unless intelligent attention Is given the subject we may look -for a con tinuation of unsatisfactory and deplor able housing conditions in industrial sections of the city and its suburbs. Bad housing loads to crime and dis order and disease. These are pre ventable through far-seeing consid eration of the conditions which con *** inii n rr in> By the Ex-Committeeman Pennsylvania Democratic bosses who had gone to bed last night with the music of the bands of the Shadow Uwn pilgrimage ringing in their ears and still feeling the warm glory of the reflected glory of the presidential can didate had a rude awakening this morning when thev heard that Lewis Emery. Jr., who led the great fusion fight of the Democrats and Independ ents in 1906, had come out unquali fiedly for Hughes. Democratic bosses have been fond of referring in the Inst few years to the man from Mc- Kean who was the center of the great est fusion campaign in years in the Kevstone State and his declaration for Hughes was a terrific jolt for the machine. Mr. Emery denounces the "spine less policy" of the Wilson administra tion. in such striking contrast to the Roosevelt way of hnndltng things and declares the tariff issue shall not be minimized. Mr. Emery says in part: "Repeated requests and even demands have been made of the Democratic Congress for the revision of the Un derwood tariff schedule, but every re quest has been rejected. Upon this issue alone in this section of the State the Progressive Tariff Democrats who supported Mr. Wilson in the last cam paign will give their support to Charles E. Hughes. Our people here regard this a critical hour in the his tory of America, a critical hour in the history of the world. Deeds are need ed. not words, as never before in the world s history. The Wilson admin istration has been tried and found wanting. It is time to end this note writing administration. Time to change, and Hughes is the man of the hour." —Further dismay was brought to the Democratic windmill to-day by the reports from the anthracite re gions that Col. Roosevelt's speech in which he said that Wilson had play ed second fiddle to Samuel Gompers in dealing with Mexico had made a deep impression. The speech has caused wide comment. His closing was striking for the linking up of Gompers with Carranza. The colonel said: "It is now announced in the press that Mr. Gompers is negotiating with Mr. Carranza in order to get him to with draw the decree. If so, it will only be until after the election. But let all American cilzens think deeply before they retain in power an administra tion which tolerates such an internat ional alliance as that between Messrs. Wilson, Gompers and Carranza, and such management of its foreign* af fairs as Mr. Gomper's is carrying on with the countenance and in the in terest of Mr. Wilson." —The Shadow Lawn pilgrimage was notable for the strange bedfel lows it brought together, Charles P. Donnelly. Philadelphia boss, and Wil liam J. Brennen, Pittsburgh boss, kicked out of the Democratic organ ization by A. Mitchell Palmer, Vance C. McCormick and others a few years ago were all shaking hands with each other and with the personally selected federal officials and postmasters. It is sr.id that there were 5,000 men In the Pennsylvania party and that over half were officeholders or had hopes of being officeholders if the adminis tration was strong enough to put through bills for more jobs. —The Central Democratic club is estimated by the Democratic puffing machine to have had 150 men at the greeting. Postmaster Frank C, Sites and the club banner were up front and when cheers were needed the Harrisburgers were there with the noise. The Central club, through Fred Huston and Mr. Sites presented Mrs. Wilson with a fine bunch of flowers. • • • —Ex-Chief Justice D. Newlin Fell, of the supreme court, has sent to the Philadelphia committee organized to promote the candidacy of Justice Emory A. Walling for election for the full term the following endorsement of the Erie justice: "I was familiar with the work of Judge Walling during a period of many years, when he was President Judge of Erie County. His district was a difficult one. In which new and important ques tions constantly arose. His work was exceptionally well done. I # regarded him as one of the ablest judges in the Commonwealth." The candidacy of Judge Walling for Supreme Court on the nonpartisan judicial ticket is being endorsed by lawyers throughout the entire State. The committee which is being formed in Philadelphia will be comprised of nearly two thousand members of the bar. • • —According to dispatches from Wilkes-Barre the registration in the three cities in Kuzerne county shows s falling off instead of a gain as at first reported. Wilkes-Barre register ed only a little over 10.000 and that the Democratic list slumped. The same is said to be true in Hazleton. • • * —Observers of conditions in Ches ter county say that there is little doubt of the collapse of the fusion move ment in that county because of the number of generals in the army. There are now workers. All are leaders. The Republican organization is said to be stronger then ever. • • • Altoona Democrats are fighting again. A dispatch from the Mountain city says: "Hardly was it announced that W. J. Bryan, supposed advocate of "Peace at Any Price," would stump this district in the interests of W. W. Bailey, free trader, by speaking in Johnstown next Friday and Altoona next Saturday than the ruption be tween the two factions of Democracy here became stirred as never before. The main bone of contention appears to be over the placing of William Beardsley on the ticket for Assembly through the efforts of A. V. Dively, his father-in-law and local Bryan leader." • • • —Organization of Allegheny county for the national ticket and Republican congressmen is going ahead rapidly and it is expected that it will show a big majority. Meetings are being held nightly and many prominent men In cluding William A. Magee. public ser vice commissioner. will make speeches. * • —Delaware county Republicans j plan a record breaking Republican ! majority this year and are organiz | ing every precinct. At the meetings in Chester and Media the boom of Rich ard J. Baldwin for speaker was given impetus and promise of support from many counties was heard. The meet ing: at Media on Thursday hailed Sen ator W. C. Sproul as the next Gov ernor. • • * —Philander C. Knox will speak in Erie to-night and a big reception Is to be given to him. . . . i —Secretary of the Commonwealth . Woods, who presided at the opening of the Westmoreland campaign Fri ! day, will make a number of speeches I in behalf of the Republican ticket in western counties. • ♦ —Congressman John R. K. Scott made a speech at York on Saturday in which d acussed national Issues. ' THE CARTOON OF THE DAY WHILE COMMISSIONER GROSS PEACEFULLY SLVMBERS ' p J^nTnTTTlfront looks to-day Other candidates for congress at large are speaking nightly in various parts of the State. Hughes on Mexico The November Woman's Home Com panion prints an article by Charles E. Hughes. Republican candidate for President, in which he says: "Aside from suffrage, there are great questions now before the people In which I believe the women of the country are deeply interested. We de sire the American name to be respect ed throughout the world. We canuot achieve this if the rights of American citizens are not unflinchingly main tained. "It is not the question of the esti mate of the worth of A or B as in dividuals, but of the rights of Amer ican citizens as such. American citi zenship is not a cheap thing, and from the moment we ignore our national du ties in maintaining the rights of an American citizen, however humble, we shall decline In national strength and fall Into national dlsesteem. In this connection we should consider well conditions in Mexico and our respon sibility to neighboring States. "During the past few years vile in dignities have been visited upon our flag. Our citizens have been murder ed; their properties destroyed. This chapter In v our recent history cannot be read without a sense of humilia tion. We desire to give every prac ticable aid of bleeding, starving Mex ico. W desire that Mexico shall have a stable government and we sympa thise with the aspirations of her peo ple. But the rights of American citi zens must always be fearlessly main tained. "If we woud have the respect of other nations, we must respect our selves. Firm Insistence on our known rights is an assentiai condition of last ing; peace and security. This is true in our dealings with all nations. We have no policy of aggression, w, are desirous to have the friendship of all and I believe our friendship is desired in turn. But friendship must have its secure basis In mutual respect. We must not invite insult by exhibiting weakness and vacillation." Make Employes Pay BUs lies Moines, la.—"Pay your bills," is. in effect, what a sigrn says in each of Des Moines' eighteen hundred busi ness establishments. Employers as a class have joined hands to make employes as a class pay bills. "Rule 1," the sign says, is that employes must keep their obligations paid up. The alternative is discharge. Through the retail merchants'bureau the employer will aid the honorable pr.i n )oye to obtain extension of credit and even loans in case the employe sscis in u place." Few Hyphens There [Cleveland leader.] President Wilson and his followers, thinking bitterly over the results of the Maine election, cannot blame the hyphenates for the smashing blow dealt the administration. There are only/a few hundred voters In Maine whof are of German origin and still from Austria-Hungary. In that foreign-horn population is nearly all trom Canada or the British ... .* aistiiK'tly an old-stock American State and its verdict is the decision of Americans, without hy phens in fact or in feeling. It express es the sentiment of a large majority of the people of the United States. Favors Military Training Cardinal Gibbons advocates universal military training in this country as & safeguard making for peace. His posi tion on this question is worthy of th high intelligence for which he has long been noted. | Our Daily Laugh Th * oysterman ia always profl °l#nt at " h • 11 HIS SUCCESS. JBk ceeding as a re- Great! He's got X\ the whole nigh borhood feeling miserable about their pleaaures. "Sleepy Steve, the Stealthy Sleuth" or "No Mother to Guide Her" By Max Robertson, 111 SYNOPSIS EDITOR'S NOTE.—We are opposed to synopsises, or whatever the plural I of them are—is. We told Mr. Robert ; son so. Mr. Robertson said readers 1 of the Telegraph wouldn't know what had gone on in the previous chapter •if there wasn't a synopsis. We asked i him what difference that would make, jHe said they might want to know. | Personally we don't believe it. We ; must hand it to Mr. Robertson, though, i How we all hate to read a story in I the Satevepost and when we come to | what we think is the end find that | stunning line "Concluded Next ]Veek." Mr. Robertson is so interest ing a writer that you can pick up the j paper any time and become quite as I interested as though you had followed i him for three weeks. More so, in fact. We must, therefore, hang verbal bou j quets on Max Robertson III.) CHAPTER II (Continued.) ! Where were we when Chap. 1 came ; to the end ? Oh, yes; the captain and his men i were sitting around the campflre. (EDITOR'S NOTE.—That must be j wrong. He probably means Camp | Hill.) It was a stormy night and the offi j cers, cops and policemen were loath |to go out into It.. Relng .a policeman i is all right when the weather is warm j and the night balmy, but it is not what j you would call a popular outdoor win | ter sport. Suddenly there was sharp crack of j a rev olver. "Histl" whispered Supt. Finzer. | "Hist! You understand me?" There was a large hist on the part of all present. "Superintendent," whispered Oscar Loot*, one of the officers and cops. "Wha 'cha want?" "Mebbc some one is trying to break in here," suggested Oscar. "Darn fool," muttered the superin tendent. (EDITORS NOTE. This swear i ing has got to cease. We want to warn ; Mr. Robertson that the next time any i one swears in this story we'll stop the | whole serial.) (AUTHOR'S NOTE. How can I write a police story without putting in some cuss word?) "But you remember that robbery of seven billiard balls the other day," persisted Oscar Lootz. "Mebbe the thifcf has nothing to shoot pool with and so is trying to steel one of our guns." "There's something to that, Oscar," | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR] MONEY AND TVPHOII) To the Editor of the Telefofh: glr—J. Horace McFarland is abso lutely right In his statement, appear ing In your paper on Saturday even ing, that the typhoid fever outbreak will do our city more harm In the eyes of the nation than we can estimate at this time. I Join with him in his regret that Harrisburg, the city whose name was a synonym for progress In sani tation. is to be humbled because of' neglect of men whose . first consld- J eratlon should be the welfare of their j fellow citizens. The history of the outbreak of. typhoid Is written In the newspapers ; of Harrisburg. Kor weeks they have ! been calling attention to the mounting I total of the typhoid cases, but until! within the last few days I have failed to See any mention of action such as would have been expected from alert officials long ago. The reiteration that there was no money appropriated Is a cowardly excuse. Harrisburg got Its splendid public improvements, Includ ing the filter plant that took typhoid out of the water, by paying for expert advice. The law valuer a human life at 15,000. Dr. Dixon haj shown that each life lost. from ty;>hold Is a with drawn! of thousands of dolli-ni' worth ! of potential productive cajui'ity. Kach j death that had occurred or may occur from typhoid is it distinct economic i loss. Then, too. therti Is tliu outlay, I needless In the <-a*e of typhoid and i other diseaos made preventable by science and proper conception of duty, for medical attention and nursing, and. In case of doath. funeral expenses. I ;am putting this matter in a cold- agreed the superintendent, a light of understanding breaking out in his eye. "It's wrong—all wrong," ejaculated .. ? ra Gluts, another officer. "Why?" queried the superinten dent. "How could they shoot pool if they | stole billiard bails?" That was indeed a facer. I The superintendent was just about 1 to reply angrily when another shot rang out. "That makes me sick," sneered onp of the officers. "Some hick isn't go ing to leave that burglar in his house. ! Say, that makes me sick! What's the j use of waking everybody up that way, when all he's got to do is lock him | self in the attic till the burglar goes a ay?" | "1 es. and he might shoot some po liceman, the careless way he's acting," sneered another cop, or policeman. "It's getting so it ain't safe to run your beat," sneered a third. There was a large guffaw from everybody. ( EDITOR'S NOTE. lt looks like some one is going to guffaw In everv chapter. For the benefit of the ig norant. let us say that guffaw is mere ly French for loud and boisterous laugh.) To continue, there was a large guf faw from everybody. "Who are you guffawing at?" shout ed the third cop. "You." yelled the gay gathering. ' lou said 'run your beat.' Where do you get that stuff? Do you want to get throwed out the union? I guess <f walking is good enough for us it's good enough for you." "I beg your pardon, boys," said the gentlemanly officer, or cop. "1 admit the error." Just at this moment there was a startling interruption. There was a third shot; and sud denly the telephone bell rang cheer "Hello," said Supt. Finzer, picking up the receiver. "Policeman," shrieked a frenzied voice. "No," said Supt. Finzer, "this is not a policeman; this is Mr. Finzer" "I'm being robbed," shouted the voice. "Three men are trying to break into my place." "You're out at Nineteenth and Mar ket, ain't you? We'll bo right out" said the officer, gazing out of the win dow. 'Nineteenth and Market, nothing'" yelled the voice. "This is right next door to the public station!" (Continued To-morrow.) I blooded dollars and cents way because that is what I think has been the j trouble with those charged with over sight of our health administration When Council or the Health Board |Or whoever may be in authority, saw the growth of typhoid noted in the newspapers, why was not money im mediately made available for the full time of a bacteriologist, a dozen or more inspectors to sample all sources of ice cream or milk in the city, doc- to act as health officers and if necessary, after test# of foodstuffs fifty policemen to enforce orders to ston sales? Would the taxpayers of Har rlsburg object if it had been necessary J° a garter-mill tax to stop typhoid fever before twenty people be came infected with it? Who would caro if the City Council put $5,000 at the disposal of the health authorities to save the life of a single child" The history of this city la filled with instances of cheerful bearing of finan cial burdens to wipe out yellow fever smallpox and other diseases, and if the men in charge of health administration here believe for one second that the people of Harrlsburg will coincide with their policy of saving money while typhoid spreads unchecked, they are most forlornly mistaken. Tours in the belief that the welfare of the Individual Is tho first duty of the city wherein he or she may dwell. CIVITAS. EDITORIAL COMMENT! Germany's new submarine* would be a great help in an invasion of Holland. —Brooklyn Eagle. It's almost impossible politically in these days to tell a prodigal son from a tatted calf.—New York Sun. Ebpttitoj <Ei|at Commenting upon the growth of vehicular traffic and the fact that Har risburg, with the development of great cross-state highways and realization of the beauties of the buildings of the Commonwealth, the setting of the city and the river l'ront, is becoming more and more a place to visit, a resident of our town asked the other evening why there was not. some national coda of signals whereby automobile drivers, blcjclists, motormen and others know when to move and when to stop. This man, who Is a keen observer, said It struck him that the signals were not uniform even In this city and that Harrisburg had signals which were not the same as Reading and not like those of Philadelphia or Pittsburgh. Even •he generally accepted beckoning as a sign to "come on" has meanings which J<re apt to confuse the automobile drher as he strikes different places. N'o doubt authorities are striving to get the whole matter down to two on . e J,° st °P and one to move. ,!r / a " there are dally Instances °L C °"' Usl ? n , whl °h are often blamablo 1 r i v f. People are constantly „ t '' '"K mistakes which endanger lives fifo „ . an Market streets and the it .hL i c officer at that point or ?. '.i I ®,® 1 ,l "- v other congested point if who m.t llr ' oUF 'v enough, the ones or w™ k 4 thc most trouble are drivers wVn h, i rW " vehicles, the only ones rlUniAv* wa >' not required to stafi hiJw ns when 'raveling along shin s ' county roads or town owner rimm An automobile ownsh " n " inK ,7'* hou ' " Khts in ferry Ifv.M would be arrested on sight It he did not speed away, but a hav a- n?Kht a wih Ul I ' i V. cn . nlo " K at 8 o'clock VOrth Prnilt I "? htS ° f ally kil,d 011 .North Front street. Harrisburg. But nrrvi n 'l° the or 'slnal subject, the r?!; ar} signals do not seem to be sldVrArt th 'TI° od ' a " d Wllen il is con " nf iho ,w there were on the streets or the city on Saturday cars with YorU S tnH KS f , ro ? l U,ah - Illinois, New and probably half a dozen other more Possibly from a dozen or °' ol . lr owr > commonwealth, 1f,,..1 , a s, ffnals are not always comprehended is well worth consid ering in official ctrcles. consia „f^ her . t !! , r* wh,ch this observer the, £SSIFi I y saiU was a menace Is buaine C . e parkin K automobiles on I.V, , streets on crowded evenings Ihircl and Fourth streets -were lined -one mv °hi aturd *y and were one-naj highways" for the simple rlie^rniw 1 ,her ° Was ° nly spac-e fol ' oM ?in y ?, rS and such vehicles as i them or worm in and out sLf 8 !?" 8 . , Ret the center of the street. Market street was In little bet ter case and the beer trucks leopar d zed automobiles which stood in the i ,he vic J n,,J ' of s oe of the movie places there was an assem- Nage of cars which illustrated the I?®* °' o Improvements of a decade and thej all took up more or less room, reducing the space available for mov ing traffic. And at the same time the ch cars lou!d be stoo <l In Market Square was by no means filled while Market street between Front and Second, where the market folks used to have their wagon stands, was almost empty. Similarly Third street near \ erheke was pretty well filled up. but a block away there was plenty of space. People who have been noting- the way traffic is handled in the various cities are coming around to the Ger- g man view—ironclad regulations. A good man> jokes have been perpe trated about the Teutonic counterparts of our own famous "Mum twins—Maxi and Mini. known to the facetious Amfrican abroad in years agone by the names of "Ausgang" and "Ingang." But those who recall the way the Ger man cops boss the people sometimes wish for the same system here, es pecially on Saturday nights. People in the shopping district on Saturday afternoon and evening so jammed the sidewalks because they did not keep moving along certain lines that some ran the risk of walking in the street. In years gone by walking outside the curb was till way to avoid a crowd Now the automobiles take up the space, and beyond them one stands a chance of violently meeting an auto mobile. especially if he walks out be tween cars in the middle of the block Harrlsburg does not have only its own people In the throngs along the streets in its business? section on Sat urdays. The trolley cars pour in hun dreds from rural Daqphin county, from the West Shore boroughs and farther on In Cumberland and Perrv counties and Steelton still comes to Harrlsburg on Saturday night as it did twenty-five years ago. So if is all the more reason why more attention should be given In traffic regulations and uniform signals. Herbert Quick, who ■will he hero to morrow as a member of the Federal Farm Tvoan Board, will be back again in December to address the State Edu cational Association. Mr. Quick is a combination of farm hoy, teacher, e.ditor and lawyer. He was noled in the language 0 f Secretary .T. George Recht, of the State Board of Edu cation, as "one of the aggressively pro gressive teachers." He edited Farm arid Fireside and wrote a book on rural teachers which has aroused no end of discussion and accomplished a good tilt of value. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1 Albert. E. Turner, prominent Philadelphia broker and active in re form matters, is seriously ill. —Harold J. Howland. who was for merly connected with the McFarland company in this city, is one of the charter members of the to En force Peace, which is attracting na tional attention. —City Treasurer William McCoach, of Philadelphia, celebrated his sixty fourth birthday Saturday and all officialdom called upon him. —Gifford Pinchot will spend the re mainder of the Fall at his home in Pike county. —Judge Thomas J. Baldridge wel comed the Blair county company of the Tenth Regiment on Its return to the county seat. [ DO YOU KNOW f That Harris,burst tinplate Is bcinz used to make utensils for export ? HISTORIC HARRISBCRG The first band wa.i organized in Harrlsburg Immediately after found ing of the town. It was chiefly drums and brass horns. WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB LEARNED OF THE CITY [Questions submitted to member* of the Harrisbur* Rotary Club and their answer* aa presented at the organ!**, tlon's annual "Municipal Qutz."l What practice Is In use for the iden tification of hucksters, hawkers anil vendors sellln-r goods In streets? What Is the purpose? A numbered tag is sold to each hawker, etc., by the City Treasurer at lost of Iwenty-flve cents, anil a registry of the name of the holder and number kept by him. To pro vide a means of identlflcatlon for purchasers.
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