Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-19
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me average man probably does
not realize that not onlv has the
'reho OF thought of the people of
thls State and Harrisburg, chief
among its municipalities, has chang
eo from business and work and
pleasure to military matters. Per-
sons who visit this city and who ge.
around a, lot say that this is especial
apiy because 1t Is a TRANSPORTATION.
industrlal and official centcr. The
otate capitol now has more mill
tary organizations than it ever bsA
In It's history and moreover has them
up 10 the maximum. It is capable
OIL OF raising more and will likely do so.
~, le can npalgns engineered in this
CITY IN behalf of the Liberty Loan,
.ne patrlouc parade and the various
other matters connected with the
opening days of the war have at
tracted wide attention and this city
VIII have to do some hustling to keep
up with the call made upon II fol.
the Red Cross movement, In connec-
ton with the National Guard II il
or interest to know that the Eighth
regiment, which was one OF the worst
sufferers in the matter of dropping
utDCHQanIS.
that is men with families, is now
close to its required strength and will
probably show it before July 1. BY
July 10, the day when the Eighth
Will go into federal service, IL will be
IN excellent shape, far better than
when 1t modified for border serv-
ice. incidentally, it may be said that
there Is strong probability that the
Eighth will mobilize at Mt. Gretna
again.
Waking the echoes in the Capitol
rotunda is one of the favorite occu-
pations, preferably at night, of
number of musical legislators. When
the session ends before midnight
these members gather in the rear OF
the hall and have a songfest for half
an hour or so. Lately they have taken
to going to the rotunda and singing
patriotic and popular songs so that
the sound is hurled back and forth
and is TO be heard all over the build
ing. The other evening one of the
lawmakers who was seized with the
idea that he was a Tyrolean yodler
undertook to do the stunt from the
second floor balcony. They asked hiLi
If he would not be pleased to stop.
Speaking about funmaking OH
Capitol Hill the other evening a
couple of men undertook to sing
about that long discarded object of
melody, the Old Oaken Bucket, and
to wall over Old Black Joe. They
picked out a bench in the shadow
over along the conservatory and for
q while fooled everyone. The city
cops" thought that they were in the
park and the squirrel guards declar-
ed they were over in the devastated
section that is to be Capitol Park
extension. Finally one of the State
policemen spotted the singers and
asked them whether they thought 1T
was choir night. They decided 1t was
not.
Mrs NJ. Foss, of 4217 Washington
avenue, St. Louis. has asked Govern-
or Brumbaugh to help her find her
son. 1t is some task, but the Gov
ernor says he will he glad to try.
The sons name is John A. FOss and
tWenty-siX years ago he left home.
He was then fourteen and a messen-
ger. She has not heard of him since
and wants to see him before she dies.
Men connected with the recruit
ing service of the United States army
say that the hardest work they have
TO do is to turn down men who are
married and have dependents. There
are a good many men who are over
thirty who have quietly applied to
enter the federal service. but the
rules are ironclad when it is found
that they have families. The SAME
thing has been done IN regard to the
navy. In many instances 1t cost the
men some sacrifice to make the et-
fort to enlist and they feel 1T very
much when rejected.
This will be jitney week for the
Public Service Commission as in Gd-
dition to hearing the argument on
the Harrisburg cases the commission
will act on a number of cases from
Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and Pitts
burgh. There are many angles to the
propositions in these cases and the
decisions will probably settle most of
the disputes for some time to come.
Progress on the construction Of
the new Pennsylvania railroad
freight station in South Second street
I Is being followed very closely. Some
idea of the immense capacity of the
station can now be obtained ana
when it is in full operation that part
of the city will speedily turn into a
warehouse district. South Second,
one OF the Oldest highways III Cho
city, will have a new and greater
lease of life from present indications.
The crowds which usually gather
for the closing weeks of a Legisla-
tive session are commencing to be
in evidence about the Capitol and
there are many people here now
who are on tenter hooks regarding
the fate of measures in which they
are interested. Others are here out
of curiosity as the Legislature Is an
object of great interest to people all
over the State. Within the next ten
days there will be hundreds OF peo-
nle here to see the Legislature.