Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-24
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distinguished visitors under difficulties,
| reporter recalls his success in getting
| into touch with General Shafter when
that officer was a much sought for
parsonage by newspapermen after his
return from the Cuban campaign in
| 1898, or which he was in command.
General Shafter was at the Common
wealth Hotel for a brief time and his
orderly at the dining room door would
| let no reporter in. mo use," said one
| of the older men who had tried in
vain to q young reporter at the foot
of the stairs Forewarned was fore
armed, SO the youngster went on up
stairs, hung his hat on peg like any
| registered guest, strolled leisurely into
| the dining room and got seat just
opposite the General. Then he told
his mission, and the officer, after get
ting over his surprise, laughed heartily
at the ruse and gave up" quite an
interesting bit of an interview.
| DR.. Francis D. Patterson, chief of
the bureau of hygiene and engineer
ing of the Department of Labor and
Industry, is still suffering from the
shock of an answer he received at the
bureau of information at Union sta
/ ton the other day. The genial doc
tor arrived here Monday with some
| friends and according to what he told
the other day, he asked at the station
IN order to make sure just where the
| Industrial Welfare and Efficiency con-
terence was to be held. 1t also seems
that he asked about it under the name
or convention" This is what he
drew.
There isn't any such convention
here. The only two here this week
are the Methodists and the Owls"
Governor Brumbaugh's mail, which
| is filled with all sorts and STYLES of
1 oitner
and quite few which may be said
to be in the offertory class. The other
! day the Governor was offered a sure
cure for infantile paralysis anywhere
in Pennsylvania for fifty dollars. In
the same mail came letter from a
man invited to attend the Welfare
| conference who said that a five-dollar
bill would about meet his expenses.
Justice E. A. Walling, of the Su-
preme Court, forgot law and turned
| to the gospel in this city this week.
/ The justice is one of the pillars of the
| church in Erie county and came to at
| tend the Laymen's meetings in which
he was immensely interested. The tall
| form of the justice was generally sur
| rounded by group of men as he has
many friends and his interest in re-
ligious matters is very Keen He pre-
sided at one of the most important
sessions of the whole conference yes
terday.
!
Out-of-town residents who came to
this city to attend the Methodist con-
vention this week did not experience
much trouble in finding the place
where the convention met. All along
the principal streets of the city lead
ing to the hall the committee placed
signs on all poles, pointing out the way.
AT the entrances at both stations signs
were placed and from all city hotels
strangers were guided to the conven-
tion via these signs.
Automobiling in the city is very
dangerous on account of some people
who drive cars having an idea that
they always have a right to the street
and also to persons partially under
the influence of liquor trying to oper-
ate a gasoline vehicle. Last Saturday
evening a Harrisburg resident said
that he was driving down South Third
street at the rate of 8 miles an hour.
At Blackberry, he said that he sound
ed his horn. Hearing no response he
continued down street. Just as he
was about to pass the street he said
a fool autoist" came out, crossed
ahead of him at the rate of about 35
miles an hour. Had | been going
more than Is miles an hour" he said,
I'VE would haves collided and oc-
cupants of both machines killed or
seriously injured"
Ex-Governor Samuel w. Penny
packer, contrary to the general
opinion, liked to talk for publication.
| Only he did not always answer the
questions. Once he was asked by a
well-known reporter, now an upstate
editor, about his cabinet. In reply he
gave a fine discussion of the art of
printing spelling books in 1850.
According to the notices being filed
money are being made available for
manufacturing purposes. There have
been literally millions of dollars au-
! thoriZed to be secured by companies
| for sale of additional stock or bonds.
| The increases have been filed at live
lier rate the last six months than ever
| known before. incidentally the State
| gets from $40 to $35 on each paper
according to character and size.
Somehow or other people never get
| tired looking at a fire and Saturday
a good many people found much of
interest watching flames sweep along
the First Mountain above Enola The
! fire got started on Friday night and
| in the afternoon spread rapidly. The
| battle between the men engaged in
| fighting it and the flames swept by a
| high wind was extremely interesting
| and as the fire was high up the ebb
and flow of the fire could be plainly
seen.