Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-18
Ehrnlt1n Chat

The fact that Earl White and Elmer
Kirkpatrick, two of the city's younger
generation of newspaper reporters,
rescued people from burning homes
during the Fourth street fire and
helped the firemen materially in get
ting others from danger recalls the
efforts of some newspapermen dozen
or fifteen years ago to get people to
safety during big storm. The storm
was very vigorous and was tearing
signs, roofs and other things UP gem
orally. In one of the residential dis
tricts several houses in a row were
more or less damaged by losing roofs
and having trees blown against them.
Seeing a light in one of the houses, "a
couple of reporters, who were travel
ing in pairs because misery loves COM
pany even on storm stories, went to
the door and rang the bell. A fat
woman came to the door and asked
what they were doing out in the street
at that time of night.
There's an awful big storm and
your roofs off. We thought we'd bet
ter tell you so you could go to a safer
place"-began the elder Of the scribes.
Just then chimney on an adjoin-
ing house collapsed and with the ter
rife racket made by falling bricks
gave notice to the neighborhood above
the bowling of the wind.
The woman looked at the two re-
porters and said: Say, you two kids
Better come in out of the wet until I
can send word to your mothers.
You're liable to get hurt If you stay
out in the storm"
Congressman Carter Glass, who ad-
dressed the members of the Chamber
of Commerce at luncheon yesterday.
during the course of his remarks told
the following good story on himself:
while was campaigning through my
Gfnf
by the way, I had no idea that would
be elected, and as a matter of fact
wasn't disappoiuted-my son was win
ming all sorts of medals in interstate
track meets. After the election he
presented me with this medal which 1
have here Indicating his watch
charm) with this remark: Wear this.
Dad. and show the people that there
is at least one member of the family
! who can rum"
One of the interesting entertain
ments in store for members of the
Harrisburg Rotary Club is an illus
trated talk by Samuel Eby, who was
one of the delegates to the convention
| of international Rotary Clubs at San
Francisco this summer. Mr.. Eby made
an extended tour of the West, going
one way and returning another, and
| his observations of the accomplish
ments of other cities will be given first
| hand with the aid of a picture ma
chine. Mr. Eby returned from the
| West more optimistic than ever over
| Harrisburg and its future and with
the intention of impressing upon his
| fellow w-Rotarians what they might do
to help improve the old town. His
talk will be delivered at the McFar-
land Printery early in the Fall.
One OF the out-of-town visitors from
a distance, who will attend Harris
burg's municipal celebration next week
will be w. P. Butt, of Decatur, Ill.
Mr.. Butt, who is Civil War veteran,
has not visited this city for fifty years {:
the war and went west and he never
returned until this week. While Mr..
Butt will remain over for the big do
lings and incidentally will look over
the great public improvements of fifty
Years, his primary object in coming
east was to attend the reunion of his
regiment at Carlisle, the 1S0th Penn
lsylvania Volunteers. Mr.. Butt was
wounded during the memorable charge
lat Antietam. The Decatur veteran is
a brother of Mrs. Ella Steese, of Steel
ton. His home was in Clark's Valley
Iwhere he was born and where he
spent his early boyhood days.
Ex-State Treasurer James s. Bea-
com, of Greenshurg, who lived here a
couple of years while a State official.
was here yesterday for the meeting of
the State Board of Pardons. He met
a number of friends and was much
interested in the progress of affairs in
Harrisburg.