Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-09
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one OF the interesting things aboub
the coming contest over the Republic
can nomination for auditor genera
whlch appears to be generally ex-
pected throughout Pennsylvania, is
that both of the men now in the lime
llSht are almost as we'll known to
many residents of this city as thew are
at home. Both Senator Charles A.
snyder, of Schuyllkill, and Speaker
Charles A. Amber, of MONTGOMERY.
have long been familiar figures on
Capltol Hill, although neither one is
yet fifty years of age. The Senator
mas year to go to reach the half
century mark and the speaker was
forty-one the day he was elected 10
preside over the last House of Rep
resentatives. Both came to the Iepis
lature in the same session, that OF
1903 and both have served six ses
slons, including the extra one, al
though Mr.. Snyder was promoted to
the upper house I'm 1909. For n
couple of sessions they sat near each
other in the House and were on the
same committees and they have al
ways been warm friends Senator
Snyder was born at Pillow in this
county but he has long been identified
with Schuylkill county where he was
reared and educated. Mr.. Amber was
born in Montgomery county where he
has always resided and was one OF
the youngest postmasters ever named
IN that county, having been selected
to handle the mail at Abingdon soon
after he was of voting age.
The Philadelphia city administra-
ton appears to be finding much tim
ber in the legislature. In addition to
Representatives William II. Wilson
and f. w. Willard being named to i'm
portant places Representatives I. G.
Gordon Forster and Frederick Boyer
have been selected as assistant city
solicitors. Several other members Of
the Philadelphia delegation last year
nave also been named to places.
A good bit of the talk about spying
out the lay of the mills in n number
or industrial plants from aeroplanes
has been discounted because of re-
ports of similar observations from the
blue in other cities, but the fact re-
mains that if there is any one place
on the map which affords through
nature opportunities for looking over
the whole transportation and indus
trial system 1t Is Harrisburg. All one
needs to do is to go to the highlands
behind Steelton or the York county
hills to get an idea of South Harris
burg and Steelton, while Reservoir
Park is an ideal place for Harrisburg
to say nothing of the First Mountains
for getting an idea of Enola and Har-
risburg yards. And then the Capitol
! dome is always open. The probabil-
tiles are that if any one wanted to
spot the mills and railroads around
here he would have taken a stroll to
the hills in summer time and that
some years ago and not wait until
midwinter in an uncomfortable aero
! plane. Anyhow, if anyone has data
about this city it is a pretty safe bet
it was obtained long ago.
All this takes one back to Just be-
for the declaration of war with Spain.
At that time powder mills were being
pushed to the limit and were blowing
up with regularity and havoc. The
country expected TO go to war and
there was talk of Spanish spies. One
day story flew into town that
Spaniard was trying to get into the
State Arsenal where the National
Guard equipment was stored ready
for instant service. A policeman
hustled out in a livery buggy and
found that an Italian who had been
selling peanuts about town for ten
years had gone to the Arsenal to sell
few quarts and had mysteriously
disappeared. The disappearance con-
sisted of retirement to shade for a
nap. What that policeman said would
not look we'll. in war records. lie
never found out who reported the
I
fear of the consequences.
The number of double headers to
be seen on the railroads these days
is rather indicative of the effort to
get things rushed to the seaboard and
is taken to mean here that the en-
barge against freight has been lifted.
Both the Pennsylvania and the Read
ing systems are hauling immense
amounts of coal through this city to
the coast and while the trains arc
shorter than during the recent mild
weather there does nor seem to be
any hesitancy about using two en-
gines if needed to keep up time.
Residents of Allison Hill came
nearly getting a special officer into
trouble the other day. Joseph Cole
man, a former patrolman, is now do
ing special duty in the Eastern sec
tion of the city. He is required to
try doors and gates, visit backyards
and peep into cellar windows.
On Saturday someone called up the
police station and said a man had
been prowling around backyards in
the neighborhood of Thirteenth and
Derry streets during the night and a
man had been seen crawling through
| q cellar window at one house. The
patrolman was ordered to keep a
close watch on all houses. He noticed
man moving mysteriously out
Haehnlen street. on investigation
he found officer Coleman in a back
yard and was about to pull his re-
volVer and call a halt, when Cole
man called the patrolman by name.