Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-01
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IN SETTLING EUROPE
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Charles Uttley, Walnut street; Miss
May Fox, Walnut street. Mr.. and Mrs.
b. F. Meckley, 1917 Green street and
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Brooks Spahr, 2311
North Third street, compose a party
now supposed to be in GermaLy. DR..
and Mrs. George B.. Kunkel and son
Lewis, of Locust street, Miss Mabel
Bashore, an instructor in music, MISS
Jessie Bowers and Miss Greenwald,
Central high school instructors, also
are in Europe. Mrs. Wilhelmina
Hempel. $50 Mahantongo street, left
last month to attend a celebration in
her native town of Dolbein, Germany.
Others in the list of European
travellers who registered the name of
Pennsylvania's capital on hotel regis
tiers abroad are Mrs. Norman M. Jones
and son, Norman. the Rev. and Mrs.
oliver H. Bridgeman, Miss Estella E.
.Cramp, Mr.. and Mrs. George +. Watt,
Miss Henrietta Walkemeyer, South
Front street; Mrs. George Collinge and
son Ernest, 1907 South Cameron
street.
Cap Hin' Men in Europe
Attorney General John c. Bell and
son, John c. Bell, Jr., are in Europe.
John Price Jackson, State Commits
sioner of Labor and Industry, left a
week ago to study labor conditions
abroad. His wife and daughter ac-
companied him He expected to visit
Holland, Belgium and France. Ber-
nard Schmidt and family, and their
guest, the Rev. Daniel j. Carey, of st.
Francis Roman Catholic Church, are
touring the continent in an automo-
bile.
Miss Martha Fleming and Miss
Sarah Jacobs, instructors at the Seller
school, are touring the continent.
Miss Mary Knisely, Front and Ma
clay streets, is also among those
abroad.
Rabbi Louis Silver, 625 Boas street,
left in June for a visit to Russia and
is visiting his parents who live near
st. Petersburg.
William II. Bushnell, of 1881 North
Second street and son, William f.
Bushnell anticipated a trip abroad to
start sometime this month. Mrs. Keats
Peay, custodian of the Dauphin Coun-
ty Historical Society and Mrs. Roy
Bignall, had expected to sail next
week for Paris. 1t is understood that
they contemplate no change in their
plans in regard to a European trip
unless all boats are withdrawn.
Whole Town Eager for News
Harrisburg, it goes without saying,
is all agog for war news. The baseball
bulletin is deserted and the eye of the
%populace is on the chronicling of the
dcings of the powers of Europe. Mat
tv" n McGraw are canned and the
interest centers on what the regular
kinks are doings.
AT about 3 o'clock in the afternoons
these days, instead of hearing the Gus
tomary inquiry over the phone as to
what the score is at Island Park, or
what day of the year October %, 1887, |
xroc tho nauycrnnnn IF tho Ta1nuronh !
gets queries which rang from asking
whether King George would lead the
British navy down to more rational
queries as to whether Germany has
declared war. and If not, why?
Drop into any smokeshop in town
and it is a 10-to-1 shot that the old
timers rows will be thick in a discus
sion of the situation abroad. Also it's
a safe bet that a popular vote on the
subject would yield this: Jaw, I don't
think there's Goin' to be any war.
They're just b%lufin'." Most of the
general war is precipitated there will
be lots of citizens who had it figured
out that way beforehand.
Not Sending Money to Europe
Somebody asked this morning
whether the foreigners were sending |
their money back home In larger lots
than usual, but an inquiry at the
money order division of the Post Office
reveals the fact that there is no appre-
ciable change in the volume of the
money order business.
Opinions of local financiers are
about alike in regard to the effect
that a general war would have on the
country. Speaking of the situation
last night, Charles A. Kunkel, presi-
len of the Mechanics Trust Company.
said that foreign holders of American
securities were flooding the market
with their securities and taking gold
in exchange. Mr.. Kunkel approved
the closing of the stock exchange in
New York and of the pit in Chicago.
Effect of War Here
In regard to the effect of a general
European war on this country he said:
War would no doubt stimulate |
many lines of business here for a while. |
No doubt the iron and steel business |
would brighten, as the European ma
tons would need much steel for war
supplies.
There would undoubtedly be a great
demand for grain and other foodstuffs
and business would be better. of
course, for the people who handle cot |
ton and wearing apparel. Other lines
depending on the manufacturers of