Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-17

moned to the door by the chief of
police, charged with leaving the Har-
risburg yards badly congested with
freight. but he explained that he had
left Superintendent McCaleb at home
to look after the details and so that
was all right. and the chief of police
said he could go. He didn't say where
Nixon could go to, but maybe he
thought it. At any rate, Nixon went,
which was good news to the excursion
lists, for Nixon. as anybody will tell
YOU, is the life of the party.
The Inner Man
Enlightened and refreshed after the
days journey by a change of linen in
some cases, and in others not the
members of the Commerce Chamber
of Harrisburg sat down at 6.45 to
welcome supper in the big dining
room of the Logan hotel. which is a
part of the Pennsylvania railroad sys-
tenn. Several officers and committee
men of the Altoona Chamber of Com
merce acted as hosts, but all speech
making was reserved for later in the
.evening and the hungry hosts devoted
their attention largely to the business
Of satisfying the inner man.
At 7.45 the ever present and always
welcome Commonwealth band led the
party thence from the Logan House
through the thoroughfares of Altoona
to the Chamber of Commerce building
at Fifteenth street and Twelfth ave-
nue., where the smoker" and inform
al reception. rendered by the Altoona
Chamber of Commerce, was to be
held.
Mercer Tate, band director eXtraor-
dinary and general pilot plenipoten-
tiary. inundated the traffic on
Twelfth avenue and guided his
charges in safety to the upper regions
of the building.
After exploring the splendid quar-
ters of this very live branch of the
National Chamber of Commerce. the
guests assembled in the auditorium
and mingled in informal comradeShip
with the Altoona members and the
representative delegation from Bell
wood and Tyrone. two points which
were on the schedule for to-day's itin-
erary.
George w. Bogar. a member of the
committee on arrangements, was
more than ION the square" during the
evening. His capacity for cheers and
limits, and not for a minute did he
allow things to lag.
The smoker after q season aSsum-
ed somewhat more formal proportions
in order to make possible the series of
short speeches. "reminiscences and
get-together talks that followed.
NItoona's Welcome
TIeSlueHI J. w lllldlll IDON Ildli III
troduced II. J. Seads, corporation sec
retary of the Altoona Chamber of
Commerce who read a resolution
which had been prepared by our AL
toona hosts as q welcome to their Har-
risburg brothers. Thomas c. Hare,
city solicitor for Altoona, described the
city and its many advantages and
complimented the visiting delegation
on the progressiveness and resultant
prosperity of the city which they rep
resented.
Calls of I'VE want Wright" who's
all Wright" and the ike necessitated
the request on the part of Mr.. Bow
man that F'lavel Wright, one of Har-
Tisburg's most popular insurance men
and real" booster, take the stand,
which he did. and for a considerable
time entertained the audience with a
fund of good stories and lots of live
wire stuff one of his references clas-
Sifed in one category the deaf. dumb
and blind, and those who don't belong
to a Chamber of Commerce" He told
why the Chamber believes in the peo-
pie of Harrisburg and many other
things, but we must so on and refer
to the other speakers.
National Recognition Telegram
George II. Mosser, manager of the
Altoona Chamber of Commerce, in
troduced Richard Beastom, of Tyrone
"
intense interest in and strong SYM
pathy with the movement for the
William Penn Highway which has
been shown all along the route of the
Trade Excursion. Mr.. Beastom read
the following telegram from A. w.
Henderson. OF indianapolis, Ind, to
+. NJ. G. Africa, of Huntingdon. chair
man of the william Penn Highway
Committee in Pennsylvania. The sig
nificance of the telegram is apparent at
glance. 1t reads:
indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 10. 1916.
l.. VI. c. Africa. Chairman William
Penn Highway Commission:
Committee to-day decided 10
adopt William Penn Highway with
connection from Reading to New
York and Harrisburg to Washing
ton as suggested at Washington
conference. hope you will COM
pIctc organization Pennsylvania
division at carly date. Please ad-
wise other communities interest
cd. Will write more fully upon
return home within next week.
A. W. HENDERSON.
c. f. Moore, of Bellwood declared
that the people of his town are using
Harrisburg methods in that thriving
town in our effort to put Bellwood in
the position i'm which the speaker de-
clared it should be.
Electric Light company, made a very
earnest speech with generous touch
of good, solid philosophy that met
with a hearty response. He was fol-
lowed by William +. Gable. of the
big Altoona department store of Gable
& Co. a business associate of William
Bennethum. Sr., of Dives, Pomeroy &,
Stewart. William Bennethum, Jr., or
ganiZer of the well-known "Periwin-
llle" band. referred to by the Cham
Der of Commerce president as strong
contender for title to chief among the
sour-note brigade was the last
speaker Everybody was a boy on
the train to-day" said Mr.. Benne-
thum. and those few words expressed
one of the best effects which the trip
is having upon the personnel of the
party.
The evening was brought to a close
in a delightful manner a solid forma-
ton of our hosts, who formed in q line
over 100 strong, and gave to each
Harrisburg guest as he passed out the