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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-25

from an extended trip which embraced
the Pacific Coast States, and he states
that the thing that impressed him most
was the tremendous demand that eX-
listed everywhere for motor trucks.
We have all looked forward to a
time when big business and little busi-
ness would awaken to the tremendous
superiority of the motor delivery ve-
hicle. We all realized that when II
did come il would come with rush
and one has only to travel across the
country to realize that that has hap
pened.
1T is not exactly a happy coinci-
dent that the nationwide demand oc-
Cured simultaneously with the needs
of the belligerent European nations.
1t has caused an almost unparalleled
condition of excessive demand-a de-
mand out of all proportion to supply.
LAS one instance of this l might
state that the REQ Motor Truck COM
pany has for some months been de-
livering a new model truck; in that
time several hundred OF them have
gone into use, and up to this time no
general announcement of II has been
made in the public press. This is a
1880 pound "hurry-up wagon
who had been working for some
years on the solving of the problem
of a truck of ample load capacity but
with higher rates of speed than were
possible with, for example. our 2-ton
truck mounted on solid tires.
After having put the machine
through every kind of test we finally
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-25

Il giant Zeppelin teetered; beneath, a
very pretty girl languidly impeded the
progress of the canoe in the same old
vay that girls aways do; near by q
real businesslike Taube slid over the
water with the speed of hydro
plane, nearly; then little electrically
lighted "bower of roses" mounted on
behind a wharf a tall lighthouse
moved: the "a" la Watertown
poked its nose inquisitively at the
Zeppelin, and a very un-Germanlike
voice from the latter yelled warn
ing; then. canoe after canoe. deco
rated more or less elaborately with
Japanese and Chinese lanterns. trailed
shadowily over toward the island.
The Signal
About o'clock a bomb from the
island whirled high into the air and
a megaphoned below from somewhere
over near Independence Island begged
everybody what meant to git in the
boat parade to hustle over here on the
job
The moon was getting in active
work when the Telegraph's battleship
slid from its moorings and chugged
away to the Calder street end of the
river front steps" to take the Tele-
sraph family" aboard. 1t was on its
way down stream when another craft
reached out across the water. Some
where on the boat. too. a band played.
AS the stranger moved slowly up past
the wall and folks got a good look at
II roars of applause greeted it.
As In Days of Old
The new boat was a tall three
nIasted square-rigger of the type that
sailed the seas when even grandfather
was a boy. Great souare-rigged sail,
furled to the yards, gave a truly
realistic suggestion, and lighted Ian
terms were so arranged on the yard
arms as to set off the giant sails to
best advantage. Several flats must
have been pressed into service to ac-
commodate the crowd.
The craft was built. registered,
manned and launched by the South
Harrisburg Amusement Association,
the big organization of First ward
folks who arranged such enjoyable
open-air vaudeville and concerts in
the River Park this summer.
South Harrisburg's Splendid Display
Some of the officers of the organ
ization modestly apologized for the
boat: they said it was knocked to-
gether' hurriedly and was not as nice
a showing as South Harrisburg could
and would have liked to have made.
But the thousands of folks who
watched the big ship gracefully glid-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-25
Drives Cadillac Eight"
10000 Miles on One Tour

To DR.. Benjamin H. Metcalf, chair
man of the board of health of Win
throp, Mass, belongs the distinction of
making, without relief. one of the long
est motor car tours on record. He re-
Gently arrived home after driving his
Cadillac Eight from Winthrop to the
Panama Pacific Exposition at San Fran
cisco, and back again.
The car carried FIVE passengers all
the way, and a great deal of baggage
and equipment in the way of spare
tires. etc The actual running time on
the westward route was 22 days, while
II days covered the actual touring on
the return trip.
DR.. Metcalf says the two most pleas
ant features of the tour, aside from
the attractiveness of the country ira
versed, were the utter absence of car
troubles of and kind and the fact that
the tour was made in comfort and with
out excessive fatigue. In crossing the
desert, it was necessary to travel at
night because of the great heat during
the day. Even at night, it was as hot
as 12O degrees. but the Cadillac radiator
did not boil nor the motor heat to ex-
cess under such abnormal conditions.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-25

river echoed and reverberated with the
crash of aerial bombs; the thunder
that rolled back from the Fort Wash
ington hills suggested newspaper stor-
les of the 'orchestras of big guns"
around the walls of Warsaw's fort
resses, etc.
The fireworks display was a real fea-
ture, incidentally. Many u piece that
the onlooker never SAVIOR thought
he hadn't-dazzled his eyes. Millions
oil red and green and blue and yellow
stars burst overhead and whirli-
gigged into space and got vocal ap-
proval from the shore in answer
Before Good Night" Was Flashed
While the great natural grandstand
OF the river front with its front step"
bleachers was just the best place in
the world to see the fireworks if you
weren't fortunate enough to be abroad
on the water, the canoeists and other
boatmen preferred to get in closer.
Throughout the display the river in
front of the fireworks stand. some dis
tance out of course. was dotted with
anchored canoes.
That wasn't the only feature of the
entertainment though-the fireworks.
On the wall near Walnut street q band
played through a mighty fine program.
Ever heart a band on the water. espe-
clally when you've got the right sort
of company?
The music carried splendidly and
1t served the double purpose of enter
tanning the thousands on the shore and
river. 1t is a safe bet that Harris
burg's water carnivals of the future
will give big place on the program
| to that feature-the bands. The
Commonwealth never played to bet
ter advantage by the way, than it did
last night.
The Ship That Passed In the Night
! Even such things as the most sue
cessful night water carnival Harris
burg ever held must eventually come
to an end and as good night" began
to burn itself away on the island, the
long line of boatmen sturdily dipped
their paddles for the homeward drive.
! The front steps," the parks, the
banks delivered their thousands to the
streets, the jitneys, the trolleys and
the trains; the river front walk was
turned into a hustling promenade; ;
tiny Photographs and victrolas in
many canoes walled the Home waltz"
and distant amateur quartets chorused
/ Good Night to the ladies.
Far down stream the old square
Irigger" passed as do all ships in the
might.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-25

ing about the river thought very diff
ferently if the applause and the cheers
that greeted it as it swung by was a
criterion by which to judge.
The average small boy couldn't have
been blamed for his tumble of dreams
last night; no wonder he saw Captain
John Harris of the old square-rigger
taken from his quarterback by the
crew of submarine while a Zeppelin
repelled the friendly Taube efforts to
rescue the trader. oh! my, such Il
night
The Passing Show
However, the decorated boat parade
sot under way and after crossing
toward the city shore the line of
illuminated boats slid down along the
wall to the Market street bridge,
turned and moved back again.
just Like Hands Across the Sea
As the good ship telegraph
steamed down the river the South
Harrisburg square -rigger" was on its
way up stream. From the former
ship crew and passengers cheered
nightly and the passing ships load
of fifty or more folks, returned the
hands across the water" greeting in
kind.
With the breaking up of the boat
parade the smaller craft scattered to
lighted flats anchored just above the
bridge. First was the big electrically
glowing basket of flowers of the Kauf-
man Underselling stores, the pretty
float of the Souter's twenty-five cent
store, then Bowman's massive picture
of the 'Merrimac," then the columneG
float of the Dives. Pomeroy and Stew
art float, then the attractively lighted
and befiowered craft of the Schmidt:
bakery and the Majestic -Orpheun
theater display at the head of the line
Gaping the other floats in true
naval style was the John c. Herman
company's gray, grim, shiver-inspir'
ling submarine. Anchored just a shor
distance above this float during the
evening was the tall float of the Har
risburg Light and Power company. 1
| bore the officials of the company anC
lot of friends and families. 1t wal
just a big, high barge lighted will
tall columns topped with round elec
trio globes.
Like Thunder Crashes
Round about 9 o'clock a singl'
rocket sailed up into the sky and al
answering long, drawn "ah-a-a-a-ah'
from the thousands on the river from
announced the beginning of the fire
works display
For nearly an hour afterward the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-25
Iater Sports Disappointing

Harrisburg" was a solid mass of peo-
pie.
Water Sports Disappointing
Many folks were disappointed tbs
true, at the way the afternoon pro-
gram of sports was run off; but what
they saw last evening more than COM
pensated for vexatious delays in the
racing events.
Just where to begin anything like
even a feeble description of the basin
of the Susquehanna from 1880 to 10
o'clock, is a regular job-especially on
the morning after. However, most of
Harrisburg was there to see for itself.
In the first place there were the
| illuminations on the banks and the
bridges and the floats. The river wall.
| lighted with the ornamental stand
ards. provided a great walk that had
all the features OF a Seashore board
walk" Here and there along the
the waters edge someone set of a
mass of red and green fire from time
to time. Did these things help? They
surely did.
The electrical setting was splendid.
From the city to the island shore
along the railing of the Market street
bridge marked a man-made varicol-
ored starline against a sky that was
turning silvery blue under the rising,
grinning moon. Then, before the line
of decorated canoes, began abobbing
on the water, the electric light COM
pany switched its current into the
wires that fed the half dozen very
| beautiful mercantile floats just north
of the Walnut street bridge. And
great baskets OF flowers, angels of suf-
| fragists, the Panthenon, the "Merri-
mac" that helped to make the "Moni-
| tor" famous-all famed into light.
Easily the prettiest float of the sta
l . IT,. I.xr
was lighted and manned by the Wo-
mans Suffrage Association of Penn
sylvania. The allegory represented
| Justice" DIR. Ruth A. Deeter as
Justice" was attended by twelve
young women winged and garbed in
twelve represented the States which
have granted its women the right to
vote. Each winged figure stood like
statue at a gilded sweep. An illumi-
mated American flag gave the color
touch.
The participants who figured as vic
torious States were:
Colorado. Miss Opal Powell; Califor-
mia, Miss Olive Ready; Kansas, Miss
Katharine Taylor; Idaho, Miss Re-
becca WE'LL; Utah. Miss Evelyn
Murphy; Wyoming, Miss Cora E.
Bonawitz; Nevada. Miss Esther
Peiffer; Arizona, Miss Mabel Farling;
Oregon, Mrs. Edmund NJ. Deeter;
Illinois, Mrs. H. G. Keffer.
Anchored near the foot of Pine
street was another float that sug-
gested the improvement spirit of the
times This was reproduction of the
proposed bridge across the Pennsyl-
vania tracks at Walnut street and was
erected by the Walnut street bridge
association.
Beneath the bridge in great letters
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-25

was this inscriptions:
Our Next Big Public Improve
ment."
Harrisburg's leading merchants
surely did their share toward making
the night program of the carnival a
memorable event in the city's history
and the Harrisburg Light and Power
Company evinced a similar public
spirit by donating all the current
which was used for the floats gratuit-
ously.
The Band Helped Too
The band was stationed on the wall
Just opposite the floats and when the
lights flashed on and displayed the
gorgeous settings, the roar of ap-
proval from the watching thousands
sounded like the echo of a champion
ship game on the island.
Then there were the fireworks. In
many year there has been no prettier
or more comprehensive display. From
the time the demonstration began with
the crash of the aerial bombs to
Niagara's falling cascades of fire, the
pyrotechnics out-dazzled most any of
the kind that has been seen on the
river.
But, after all, it was in the decor
ated parade of boats and canoes that
Harrisburg's youthful lovers of the
water, did themselves so proudly.
Preparing for the Parade
Lights had not yet begun to twinkle
along the wall when a rocket sailed
across the sky Canoeists who expect
! ed to get into the boat parade and
who had to add finishing touches 10
I the decorations hustled to get the last
| lanterns set the last streamer knotted.
the last flag in place. For this was
/ the get ready" signal
At the big boat pavilons up town
: there were never such scenes. Youth
/ ful canoeists cussed softly as they
| searched for the hatchet, the new
cushion, the locker key. while very
| pretty maids waited about demurely.
/ If wee bit impatiently, for the
launching of the craft. In the locker
rooms many final furtive dab of
| powder-chamois was sneaked.
! The Final Touches
About the time the moon began
i poking an inquisitive head over Hard
| scrabble's" ragged house line the lights
| on the walls twinkled into being and
there was a general launching of the
canoeists. 1t was interesting to watch
them put off for independence Island
to line up for the parade.
A graceful white swan bearing Uncle
sam slid out from behind a fiat and
slided toward the island; up the river
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-25

ventured to exhibit it at the Boston
Automobile Show last March. To our
CONSERVATION we were flooded with
orders. However. we did not con-
slider that a serious matter as deal
ers are prone to order any new model
in quantities, and they are just as
likely as not to sell it in units, and
not many of them. So we planned to
make national announcement of this
model in July. Came July, and a
glance at our order books showed we
dared not say any more about that
model until the factory had more
nearly caught up with orders on hand.
So the announcement was postponed
to August, and from month to month
since then-and still the demand
keeps up.
II do not think this is an isolated
case. 1t is a very good indication of
the appreciation in business generally
of the celerity and economy of motor
driven trucks.
More noticeable than ever the pub
lie demand is the attitude of the auto
mobile dealer toward motor trucks
nowadays. Formerly they looked at
them askance and when a dealer did
deign to take on the line he ordered
a demonstrator and set it back in a
corner of the show room. There it
was to be had by anyone who came in
and forcibly took it away from him.
During the past few months l have
found dealers quite as enthusiastic
, over motor trucks and in great many
cases more so than pleasure vehicles,
They realize that it is a big. perma-
nent department of the business, and
treat it as such-those among them
who are merchants and not merely or
der takers.
Il found business in general excel
] lent, concluded MIR. Rueschaw, ''the
spirit of optimism seems to prevail
/ everywhere. and there is no doubt in
the world that the automobile industry
| is just starting on the biggest season
| it has ever had"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-25
MOTOR TRUCKS IN
GREAT DEMAND
r. C. Rueschaw. of REQ Motor
Car Co., Says Unparalleled
Order Nationwide

Whether the frantic demands of
European nations for American Motor
trucks, when they were confronted
with the necessity for rapid transpor-
tation of goods had anything to do
with arousing American businessmen
to the advantages of the modern
method of transportation l cannot say,
but il is an interesting fact that CO.
incident with the European demand
the motor truck mas come into its own
here at home says r. c. RueSchaw,
Sales Head of the dual monarchy. Rec
Motor Car company and REQ Motor
Truck company.
Mr.. Rueschaw has just returned
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WATER CARNIVAL
SEEN BY $4,000

[Continued From First Page.1
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was solid mass of peo-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-25
To the hsuri11g Public:

The Central Pennsylvania Association
Of Life Underwriters is part Of the Ma
tional Association of Life Underwriters.
Article Z of the Constitution Of the
National Association reads as follows:
'The object of this association shall be
to advance the best interest Of the cause Of
true life insurance.
his expresses our purpose exactly. lhe
members of this association whose names
are listed herewith are entitled to your con-
6dence and patronage by reason Of their
knowledge of life insurance, their integrity
and their desire to serve you faithfully and
efficiently.
In order that people shall know life in
surance as it is, series Of short talks will
appear In this paper weekly. These talks
are not to advertise any particular company;
they are onl ly intended to spread familiarity
with how much life insurance adds to life.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-25

Harrisburg members of the
Central Pennsylvania AS
sociation of Life Under
writer's.
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COMPANY
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SOCIETY
]. T. Shirley
j. r. Rote
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Chas. Adler
EQUITABLE LIFE ms. co.
OF IOWA
j. c. johnson
P. B. Rice
JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE
ms. co.
w. S. Essick
w. H. Hoover
]. B. Metzger
MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE
ms. co.
w. H. Cordry
METROPOLITAN LIFE ms. co.
John Heathcote
H. D. Sollenberger
r. F. Baker
MUTUAL LIFE OF NEW YORK
w. c. Wanbaugh
w. H. Eby, Jr.
S. G. Backenstoss
H. E. vanHaagen
NATIONAL LIFE OF VERMONT
w. H. Cummings
NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE
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A. A. Vert H.
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G. M. Spangler
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE
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F. L. Wright
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e. r. Eckenrode
Isaac Miller
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j. r. Morrison
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The Washington herald., 1915-12-19
AS AN ILLUSTRATION.

We had been talking for half an hour
o. so on the subject of dividing Texa,
into four States. and the man from
Jersey City. who had a front scat IN the
stage. insisted that the matter ought to
come up for Congressional action We
finally drew up at way station TO
change horses. and as "" got down to
stretch our legs the one native Texan
among the eight passenEc-S pulled out
bowie knife and confronted the Jersey
man with:
so you reckon that there's huff OF
Texas to make four States"
'Its-it's very large State" replied
the man. looking with anxiety at the
knife.
Exactly. You are also very large
man."
Yes
DO you reckon there's 'nuff of you to
make four mem
We'll, hardly
''If ! should even slice off your ears
you'd lose suthin' Of your glory wouldn't
you?"
.'Of course
And you wouldn't feel that you were
much of a man with your head gone,
would you
NO indeed
Il merely Illustrate said the Texan
as he whetted the blade on his bootleg.
IF Texas can be devided up and still
''Oh, she can't be-" interrupted Jer-
sey. Texas is none too big for a single
State for the Empire State of the West.
zens I should certainly oppose such q
movement with my every energy. Gen.
tlemen, let us drink to Texas as she S!''
And We gurgled.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-19
UNCLE Ellis FABLES

er's house and ask for her. When she
appears she will expect you have come
to read her an ode or about rs lines
every word of which is in italics
Dispei that expectation at once by
saying:
Rosario. get on your duds and we
Will 20 down to Coney Island. 1 have
got SIS in my inside pocket, and I'll
be burned il We don't blow il all in.
Well shoot the shoots-we1l ride the
bumps-we1l take the merry-go-round
we'll eat popcorn and drink beer
we'll have our pictures taken with our
arms around each other and holding
a popcorn ball in the free hand. Come
on. old girl-come on. Wen have the
time of our liyes""
"And-and-" stammered the youth.
And she will have her glad rags
on in about five minutes and you will
be whirling toward Coney on th..
Smith street car and before you get
there you will be as good as engaged
to become her suffering husband. Get
hustle on you, young man. and try
and realize that the days Of the ro-
mantle poet have passed away. and
with them the romantic men. What
is demanded by the new girl is not
an ode to her eyes. but a lobster sup
per to her mouth. Get thee gone
The Washington herald., 1915-12-19
The Kind Elephant.

One day as the Elephant was feed
ing in the forest and thinking over
the paimy days of +. T. Barnum. when
a Hare came running to him TO ex-
claim:
20; my big friend. but l am persued
So qucried the Elephant, cant
you outrun him"
Alas, but he has the longer legs
and he surely will overtake and de-
vour me unless you befriend me"
20. I'll befriend you fast enough. If
Mr.. Renard comes Spooking around
here I'll give him blow with my
trunk that will take away all his
appetite for rabbit-pic.
Il think Il better plan" said the
Hare. would he for me TO got on
your back and for you to carry me
across that pond. Then. should the
Fox still pursue could easy reach
my burrow ahead Of him
Alright. little one" said the E.e-
phant; and he used his trunk to place
her in safety on his broad back and
he started off
He had waded half way across the
pond when the water depened and the
Hare cried out that she was being
swept away. The Elephant bade her
not to be afraid. hut a wave carried
her off and she was drowned When
he reached the other bank and found
her missing he said to himself:
MORAL
1t is better to leave every one to
his own legs in race. Had | no,
befTiended the Hare, the Fox might
have fallen lame and failed to over
take her"