Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-09
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captain John L. Dewitt, U. S. A
VINO was here a few Gays ago ON som.
very responsible work for the United
states army in connection with fthe
militia organizations, is a Harrisburger
oy descent Captain Dewitt is de-
'alIed TO the division of militia affairs,
winch keeps an eye on the National
Guards of the various States. and is in
particular charge of uuartermasters'
| stores and such things. In other
words ne has to look after Uncle
1Shl property with the Guardsmen.
ne came here the other day for con-
suitatlon with Adjutant General Stew
art and Captain w. II. Kemper re
sarding the Pennsylvania Guard and
It's equipment and inspected the
dIsehal ana other places, including
works which are turning out muni-
tIohs' captain Dewitt was especially
interested in the arsenal which
WNi be one of the best of the
state arsenals when completed.
ana also in the system which General
stewart has devised to quickly equip
me guard when modified. AS for his
| harrisburg relationship he is a son
of the late General Calvin Dewitt.
VINO rose to be surgeon general, and a
SIandson OF the Rev. DIR. William II.
DeWltt, Tor many years pastor of Mar
ket Square Presbyterian church. Ills
lahIly connections are also from the
Maclays and Harrises so that he goes
''e''r oock TO the start of Harrisburg.
Ihe State Department of Labor and
INDUSTRY Is out with bulletin calling
attention to the necessity of taking
care OF the signs which people are
puttihg up IN the Safety First move
n NlA
state authorities have been urging
protection of dangerous places, es-
| pecially the placing of signs where
people can be apprised of. possibility
OF harm, but it seems that once signs
are put up hey are forgotten. The
! nuiletln SAYS that researches have
shown the Importance of signs no mat
ter what folks may say, but "the
great mistake in their use is that
frequently after they have been in
stalled no more attention is paid to
them and their usefulness is soon over
on account of the fact that dust and
dirt are allowed to accumulate on
them and obscure the letters" 1t is
also pointed out that people ignore
| the fact that as signs cost money they
ought to be kept in condition for use.
The usefulness of signs for accident
prevention work depends especially on
| the care and Judgment with which
they are selected and also on the at
! tenton given to them" says the bulle-
| tin which says neglect is as dangerous
as haphazard selection.
The governors of PENNSYLVANIA and
| OHIO will tell of their experiences as
teachers at the meeting of the State
| Educational Association at Scranton
the latter part of this month. accord
ing to what Governor Brumbaugh is
planning. The governor is former
president of the State Association and
| has been speaker at it's meetings for
a dozen or more years. He spoke
! here last year when he was governor
| elect and the year before when he
was prospective candidate. This
year he. says he is going to see how
it is to'speak to his old friends as
governor.
DIR. II. NJ. Slime, of this city, will at
| tend the meeting of the Pennsylvania
! Street Railway Association at Scran-
| ton next Tuesday, q meeting which it
is expected will bring together many
of the prominent street railway men
of the State. 1t will be the first meet
ing of the association to be held at
Scranton and will be addressed by
/ Harry A. Mackey, chairman of the
| Compensation Board, and other
authorities on compensation. The
New Jersey and New York Public
|
! representatives.
General L. DeV. Morrell. who was
here yesterday attending meetings at
the State Capitol, was formerly q
member of Congress and prior to that
served in many capacities in the Ma
| tional Guard, being one of the men
in charge of a brigade of the provi-
sional guard during the Spanish war.
He was chief marshal of the Cover
nor's inaugural parade.
Harrisburg is not going to want for
celery this year if the number of
celery beds to be seen about the city
is anything to so by. The beds are
on every side of the city, including
Cumberland county's shore, but tho
number over the river is not as great
as near the city's gates. The beds can
/ be identified by the long strips of cloth
laid over them to keep off Jack Frost.
| Up the river and out Linglestown
road there are dozens of such beds.