Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-04-22
EVENING CHAT

Ihe intense interest takenin the local
Ioption contest yesterday was curiously
rohected after the vote was announced
at the Capitol. There was not a tele-
phone in the building that could be
reached quickly or any for block
ABOUT the State House that was not in
Iong distance service carrying the
news TO people waiting in other cities
or towns. The telegraph companies
desks were piled high with the mes
sases dumped in on them when the
ron IN the House of Representatives
nau peen verified and the jam of news
paper matter was the greatest known
III long time, exceeding even some
OF the big days of last session, which
was historic. Some men who deter
mined to be on the safe side sent mes
senger boys down town to telephones
20 send telephone messages to distant
Irlends. There are stories going to-
DAY OF telephones held for an hour or
so by people who desired to get their
Information on the jump and the eag-
erness shown by Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh business interests caused
some speedy action. The news was
fiashed from the hall of the House to
ntty newspapers almost before the roll
was verified. 1t is a matter OF fact
that many of the messages on the re-
suit of the vote went to points beyond
the State, other Commonwealths being
intensely interested in the outcome of
the voting.
DIR. II. w. Fair, OF this city, who was
n member of the House from West
moreland and who presented the local
option bill in 1907, was among those
who attended the House session yester-
day when local option was voted upon.
DIR. c. Newton Dubs, superintendent
| of United Evangelical missions in
China, who was called home by the
| illness and subsequent death of his
father. Bishop Rudolph Dubs, will re-
turn to his China field shortly. He is
spending the short time intervening
with son who is preparing himself to
work with his father among the Chi
nese. When he attended a meeting of
the mission board here few days
since the members desired to arrange
series of farewell meetings for him.
DR.. Dubs declined. II do not believe
could undergo such an ordeal again."
ne said. You folks at home do not
realize fully what it means to a man
to cut himself off from the homeland
and so out, perhaps never to see again
the kindly faces he leaves behind. No,
much as 1 appreciate it, I do not be-
lieve | could stand a farewell service"
Ihat is the reason why his departure
| VIII be so quiet and without any DEM
onstrations of the affection that his
church people feel for him.
The ''Tachograph" is the official
publication of the Harrisburg Rotary
club and how it got its name is in
teresting. One ingenious member con-
ceived the notion OF constructing the
word from the Greek, in order to be
sure OF having something original and
! exclusive. Literally it means wheel
track" which, it will be admitted, is
appropriate enough for a Rotary club
and unique, goodness knows.
It's surprising how enthusiastic
some folks are over tennis so early in
the season. The other morning at 6
o'clock there were fully dozen play
ers on the Reservoir courts. Many of
the players were men who work down.
town in the offices and about they
quit playing and hurried to their work.
The warm weather of the last week
has brought forth the "shirtwaist
man." soft collars, low shoes, straw
hats and all the rest of the summer
paraphernalia. And that isn't all
1.-THE other day, off the neck of one of
the islands in the river, six small boys
were seen taking a swim. And they
lstayed in the water fully ten minutes,
at that.
Speaking of the increased price OF
loaves of bread the other day a man
remarked: Have YOU ever figured
out just how much the price of bread
has increased since the outbreak OF
the war? Well, I figure it at just
about 81 per cent"
You see," he went on, formerly
you could get six, 16-ounce Ioaves ror
a quarter. Then the loaves were re-
Iduced to about fourteen ounces, and
now l understand you can only get
hve loaves for q quarter. In other
words you formerly received 96 ounces
Iof bread for a quarter. Now you re-
lceive only 70. or decrease of &c
ounces for each twenty-five cents-an
increase in cost of just 81 per cent
Figure it out for yourself"
| One big slate is now a part of the
police department furniture. 1t is
lcalled the tracing board" Some OF
the attaches have been getting lost
when they go out on their districts
The slate is for the purpose of keeping
track of the fire chief. detectives
Bill Crizier, the assistant city cleo
trician and motorcycle men. There
are times when these important factors
in the successful management of the
Iclty government are wanted imme-
diately. In the past it was necessary
to turn on the red lights all over the
city. Now they can be found with lit
tie trouble. When any of the detec-
tives, assistant electrician, motorcycle
officer or other officer leaves the Office
he writes on the slate the route he will
take, and the probable time he will be
out. If there is a call for detective,
a riot call for the motorcycle man, a
fire, or a broken electric wire, the
Iproper man can be located by glancins
at the slate. Day Desk Officer Charley
Fleck found the slate and provides
pencils.