Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-24
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Within short time 1t is possible
that a local council of the national
organization promoting safety will be
formed in this city, officials of the
State Department of Labor and Indus
try. which has done such notable
safety work in a short time, being
back of the movement. The movement
is nation wide and it is the idea to
educate people to tho common dan
gers or rather to show them the way
to avoid danger. Pennsylvania has
200, 900 Industrial or preventable acci-
dents every year and 1t is the conten-
ton of men who have given years of
study to every accident report that
this number could be cut In half II
people would be educated to the
dangers surrounding street traffic,
work in mills. theater crowds and
what not when things go wrong or
when people do not use care. IL the
local branch Is established prominent
men will probably become its sponsors,
as has been done in other cities. and
then monthly meetings will be held
where papers can be presented on
dangers and round table discussions
held for the elimination of points of
danger In Brooklyn, for instance,
through the efforts of the local coun-
Gil the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
pany got out a calendar illustrating
ways in Which children can be injured
by street cars. These calendars were
placed in every school in Brooklyn.
In Pittsburgh ways to reduce accidents
In workshops We're discussed and facts
printed. In short. the safety work
which is now recognized by the rail-
roads and Industrial corporations as
one of their greatest economics is to
be taught to the public.
Speaking of safety, the man who
will direct the New York peoples
effort to study social and industrial
progress Will be Roland p. Faulkner,
formerly connected with the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, and we'll known
to a number of Harrisburgers. DIR.
Faulkner has been here several times
and has delivered addresses here.
John Penn Brock, one of the officers
of the American Iron and Steel Manu-
facturfng Company at Lebanon and
formerly connected with the Pennsyl-
vania Steel Company. is active in the
formation of the playground associa-
ton at Lebanon. Mr.. Brock resided
for time in this city, living in Pine
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Harrisburgers.
Friends of a Pennsylvania who is
in one of the disturbed districts Of
Mexico had some trouble the other
day sending a message Of inquiry to
him. They stopped off between trains
and telephoned a message to a tele-
graph office. The man in the booth
had a long conversation before he got
off the message and when he merged
from the telephone remarked: TITS
pad enough to get message for
Mexico across with the ordinary tele.
graph clerk, but when 1t comes down
to debating q message to Chihuahua
to clerk of German parentage, be-
lieve me, 1t is going some
Joseph F'els, the Philadelphia manu-.
facturer and single taxer, who died
Sunday. was q prominent figure here
during some legislative sessions. He
came here to advocate his ideas and
appeared before committees On q
number of occasions he had sharp tilts
with members and while he was en-
phatlc in his remarks everyone treated
him with the consideration that is due
to man who is thoroughly sincere.
Snow does not keep the Harrisburg
kid away from the Harrisburg Public
Library. There were 62 youngsters at
the building to hear stories told on
Saturday morning and 343 kids took
out books. there being 234 pupils OF
the schools who went to the library
merely to read.
Mercer B. Tate, Jr., has won the
laurels for the sale of tickets for the
Academy indoor athletic meet, turn
ing in 500. This comes close to being
a record for school boy activity and
when the lad was called upon for a
speech yesterday he said that he had
done nothing else except study and
sell tickets. Sumner Rutherford came
second with $76 of sales.
Members of the P. Q. S. of A. in
this section of the State are making
themselves heard from in the last few
weeks in the big rallies they have
been holding, especially in this sec
tion Friday Middletown members
held a big meeting, Saturday there
was another lArge meeting in Ship
pensburg, Sunday the camps united in
a service here Ind tonight ten camps
are gathering at Lykens