Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-15
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Although no one at the Capitol ex-
pectS any call for military service a
number of individuals have officially
communicated their willingness to or
ganize companies of militia or to form
aviation corps. Some of the COM
munications have been sent to Gov
ernor Brumbaugh and recall the num-
erous offers to form companies of in
fantry, batteries of artillery or troops
of cavalry that marked the early DAYS
of the Spanish war. One man who
thought he scented trouble from afar
offered to form a company of trained
men for foreign service. He did not
indicate in what land, but he wanted
the Governor to feel assured of his
readiness. These letters are all care
fully filed at the Capitol. State Off
Gals will not consider for the present
tenders of airships or offers to form
aviation. automobile or motorcycle
corps, which have been suggested in
some recent letters. Several men have
notified the State authorities that in
the event of trouble their air craft
would be at the service of the Guard
or Naval Militia. They have been
thanked and note made of the ma
chine. Some of the other letters on
the subject do not indicate as generous
a disposition, the writer's saying that
If assured of State funds they would
organize aviation corps for prompt
service. The State has no appropri-
alton for aviation purposes and no
announcement was held out to the
men who were interested, although
they were thanked and notified that
their offers would be filed. In the case
of those having machines which they
were willing the State to use in case
of hO9tilifioG data about fbn p,a,Li-.z
was recorded. Each time conditions
along the Mexican border become
acute or there are LIQUIDS on the in
ternational horizon the State officials
receive notice from patriotic citizens
of their willingness to help. It is be-
lieved that many automobiles and a
number of air craft could be had BY
the State Guard without difficulty il
the need came.
Give us a chance" said a couple of
automobile drivers the other day in
speaking of the traffic rules in the
city. We are compelled to stop IS
feet from the curb line on the near
side of the street, but on market days
what are we to do. Take Chestnut
street for example, any Wednesday or
Saturday. Street lined full of farm
ers' wagons, on both sides. The only
space left is on the a tracks. I adj
NIT hat other streets are blocked
for an hour sometimes but on market
days, from 5 in the morning until
late in the afternoon and evening, no
room can be had on either side of the
street. Serve notice on the offenders
on other streets, and get the wagons
off Chestnut street, also. The standing
space for people trying to get on street
cars is too narrow. A serious accident
on hat street will wake up the city
to it's duty. We are in favor of letting
every n have a say and also a
chance, but why cause Unnecessary
congestion, and ~endanger the public
by permitting such conditions?" This
complaint has been made by not only
jitney drivers. but by owners and driv-
ers of private machines who have &C.
casion to use the street daily.
Shakespeare, Dickens, Elliot, Thack-
cray and other noteworthy authors are
to have modern rivals, according to
information from a movie" fan and
a subscriber to at least three motion
picture magazines. One of these
magazines, he says, is conducting a
classic" contest open to any reader
of the magazine. The idea is to hav0
any person who has seen a masteN
not he thinks the story of the play
good enough to place beside the works
of noted authors, because of the
touches of life both modern and an
cient h a are shown in the play. The
contest has already aroused criticism,
it is said, from a number of the older
students of the classics, but some of
them have agreed to let the newer
authors submit their works and put
them to the test of popularity among
the general public.
.
The Beaumont Rotary Club, of
Beaumont, Texas, is an enterprising
organization, as Rotary Clubs always
are. The club purchased the adver-
Using space of the Beaumont Enter
prise and issued a special Rotary
number. Not only that, but Rotarians
all over the country have received
complimentary copies of the issue. II
is a credit both to the club and to
the newspaper management. The
supplement is printed in colors and is
of a style and workmanship not ex-
celled in metropolitan newspaperdom.
Some of the jitneys being run about
the city's streets nave signs as varied
the makes of the machines. There
is one car that goes about with a
huge ] attached to the front while
another has "Jitney" in china letters
its windshield. Most of the driv-
ers content themselves with displaying
remnants or American flags as adver-
although some advertise
their routes. One man ran a jitney
yesterday. with only a cardboard sign
most indifferently printed at that.