Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-26
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Traff1c regulations In Harrisburg
nave gotten to the point where they
are no joke. Half a dozen street in
tersections in this city have become
such centers OF travel that 1t keeps
poncemen going all day and most of
the night to prevent knots being tied
| in the traffic. Third and Market
streets, the original corner which re-
| qutred traffic cops" has given away
70 Fourth and Walnut streets as the
worst center. 1t is worth while to
watch the traffic spin around the
omcer at the latter corner. Between
the regular street traffic there is the
quantity that comes off the Mulberry
street bridge and at times there are
| parades going in four directions with
brief intermissions. Market Square is
| another place for twisted traf1c, but
there is more room to turn around,
and the congestion is not as great.
Third and Market and Front and Mar
ket are busy places, but just now with
Walnut street torn up for the big steam
mains the work of the officers at Third
and Fourth streets is strenuous, as
Walnut is now one-way street for a
space.
Father Penns mulberry bushes are
blooming. At least that is what the
flowers on the row of tall, slender trees
are called. These trees, which are
survivors of old days in Capitol Park,
days when they endeavored to make
1t an arboretum. stand in a row
near the south entrance to the Capitol.
They contain a mass of light purple
flowers which are attracting attention.
Chairman Ainey, OF. the Public Serv-
ice Commission, who spent consid-
cradle time in Japan studying the
government few years ago, tells an
entertaining story illustrative of Japa-
nGSG
VINO is known all over the world as
one or the most eminent of Japanese.
Inis man is very chary about giving
his autograph, although he wrote it
on a photograph presented to tho
Pennsylvania. 1t happens that he
was asked one time by a relative for
ms autograph and was about to write
II with certain features which have a.
clan bearing. He suddenly changed
his mind apparently not being certain
whether he ought to give it, and, call
ing for a plate of sand, wrote on it
with the handle of his brush. Then
he wiped 1t out. One time an effort
was made to kill this noted Japanese
and some partisan of the would-be
assassin who got what he deserved
sent the noted intended victim an in
Vitation to attend the funeral observ-
ance. In reply the friend of the exc
cuted one got note saying that the
statesman would be unable to accent.
as his friends were giving at the same
hour a dinner in honor of his escape
from the hands of the man who was
executed.
Sweet potatoes grown in this vicinity
are unusually large and plentiful, ac-
cordtng to the statements of growers.
The wet weather has been especially
! favorable for them. The vines are
heavy, but the potatoes have not suf-
Tered Dria
low the coming Fall, 1t is said AL
ready some nearby farmers are bring
ing their crops to market.
It's remarkable how a cool night
will change the character of the
this city. Usually at night the river
Is crowded with scores of canoes and
| roWboats, but the other night when
the mercury fell to near the fifty mSYk
| only four canoes left the wharves at
Hardscrabble' from 6 in the evening
untll ~ at night. But the movies
were crowded.
The report that boys are alleged to
have played cards in the county de-
tention house calls to mind a story of
the days when the old lookup under
the Courthouse was used as a place of
confinement for the more refractory
soldiers who got too gay while on
visits to Harrisburg during Camp
Meade. Usually the men picked up
by the provost guard for being bad
were Kept on the portico of the Court
| house or in the recesses on either side.
The real nasty ones were put into the
| "don1on keep under the buildine.
| One morning about daylight the guard
was disturbed by a terrific row under
| ground. When an investigation was
| made 1t was found that some of the
| prisoners had been shooting crap and
tall, raw-boned West Virginian.
whose slumbers had been disturbed.
had started to clean house. He ran up
against 6 II foot Swede from q Min
nesota regiment, a chap from the oil
country who was in the Fifteenth
Pennsylvania and red-headed lad
from the Bowery In New York regi-
ment. When the guard arrived he
was fighting all three. When the row
ended the men were aggrieved be-
cause the guard confscated the
bones" Later on the guard rolled
on the Courthouse portico.
DR. Louis E. Reber dean of the
University of Wisconsin, was here
yesterday as the guest of DIR. John
Price Jackson, Commissioner of Labor
and Industry. He spent some time
visiting the Capitol.