Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-30
EVENING CHAT

People connected with the State gov
ernment are commencing to say that a
man who goes wrong" in a bank or
trust company or savings institution or
building and loan association under
control OF the State Department of
Banking might as we'll stay home and
not try to get away. This was brought
about by the return to this State re-
Gently of men who had gone to the
Dad, as the saying is, from Africa,
Brltish Columbia and Hungary. Just
now there are proceedings under way
Tor the return to Philadelphia of some
men who have gone to other climes
because of their nefarious operations
ana the chances are that they will
come back. One man facetiously styled
the states procedure as Smiths Long
Arm" and said that the Commissioner
or Banking was apt to chase a man
tne Whole way around the globe If he
thought that he had done wrong in
handling the funds of anyone. The
commissioner takes personal interest
In getting after the men who skip,
Years and years ago he used to be a
newspaper man and had a facility of
digging up things or of tracking people
ana 1t has come in handy now that he
Is charged with looking after so much
OF the peoples money, or rather look
ing after the people who look after
other peoples money. The commits
| sioner gets into touch with district
attorneys and chases every case to the
finish. He has been in correspondence
with officials in half the States and the
name Smith is respected by a good
many foreign bankers.
Colonel Thomas S. Crago, who spoke
mere on Wednesday night and who is
campaigning for Congress at-largA, is
IN los. ste,I,
he made whole lot of folks who re-
membered him from his residence here
years ago sit up and take notice when
he made that speech. The colonel is
some speaker and is some Republican,
although he comes from Greene
county, where, until his advent into
affafrs, Republican had about as
much chance of getting anywhere as
In Berks or Clarion. Back around 1897
Crago was message clerk of the House
He was not so bald then, but he was
an industrious worker and a keen
national guardsman. Now he is going
back to Congress and is going to get
good vote from those who remember
him here.
Men who left corn standing in the
nelds the last few weeks are COM
mencing to wonder what has happened
TO 1t over night. Corn shocks that
were nice and fat yesterday were
skinny this morning CornstaIks make
a fine decoration for Halloween and
the way stalks have been pilfered is
worth noting.
MRS. Lillian Kaufman, of 1910 North
t11th street, yesterday morning gath
cred a second crop of apples from a
tree In her yard. The apples did not
amount to much as far as eating or
cooking went, but they were perfectly
formed, and were second growth. the
blossoms having come in the late sum-
mer.
George G. Lumb, deputy superin-
tendent of State police and membar
OF the Dauphin county bar, has been
elected one of the counsellors of the
pennsylvania Federated Humane So
cletles. The election took place at the
convention held in Lock Haven and
was in recognition of the captain's in
terest in the work of such organ
fzations.
Several of the workers at the Slough
tabernacle tell an interesting story of
certain Pennsy telegraph operators
prowess at carpentry.
jim (Jim is the Pennsy carpen-
ter's first name), said one of the vol
unteers, is some carpenter. He was
working alongside of me for a while
and he got ten seats made to nv
three" ''
And that isn't ALL" spoke up an
other. Il saw Jim working alongside
one of the best paid carpenters on fhe
job for an hour and blamed if he
didn't build seats four times as fast as
that carpenter"