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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.