Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-27
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i-utcW T. 6uchanan, the PenI
Vania railroad passenger agent
tlis part Of the State, was the m
OF bringing some ten or tw
thousand visitors to Harrisburg
would have otherwise gone by
states capital city every year.
DCchanan has been somewhat n
Ior Tie manner in which he If
III IN Harrisburg life. He d
mere stranger, but it was not
iohg before he belonged" On
his first appearances was at n di
or the MuZzle Club. The newspa
mems organization called on hin
q speech and started to kid"
They only started because he a
ana alter some preliminary clear
or his throat and some bows he
good evening" and sat down.
after his arrival the Harris
telegraph had an editorial ca
attention to the fact that Harris
was way station as far as trav
Washington, Baltimore and PhiIs
phia from points up the State
concerned and that a iot of pe
who wanted to see the State Ca
hdd 10 peep out of the window
sleeping cars or crane their nj
as they went by on trains. ca
views were known chiefly third
postcards and many who would
liked to stop off had to go on.
Buchanan looked up the travel
Went back to the towns. sIe I'd
the People wanted to stop here.
upshoC was that In a very
time stop-over privileges
g'Inted the men and women
Bradford, Olean, Scranton, Coud
port and numerous other place
State to say nothing of man,
the Nam Line and. points on
Reading and other railroads sen
people here on the way TO the
ional capital won opportunit
stop off here to see the beau
Seate building. Mr.. Buchanan I'd
| ated, as some one put 1t, WITT
much fuss in getting people to
ID t.arriSburg and he became q
of the life of the city, a md
| spirit IN its organizations and n
in civic affairs by the old-t
simple method of combining bt
and energy and knowing his pc
| Andy Buchanan may be going
Where the orioles, chicken a la NJ
land and Juleps grow, but he'll
a punch OF friends in the smol
busiest and withal pleasantest
oil the Susquehanna" declared
or the city's businessmen to-day
Vincent A. Carroll, a young P
delphia attorney, who has
here number of times on
business, has the distinction of
Ing one of the few men to ap
teIore the State Board of Par
IN military uniform. He had a
here Tuesday and as he had 4
II before he became an office
secured leave and came to argu
The sight of a man in khaki dis
sing a case with Attorney Ger
Brown in vigorous fashion wa
interesting one for the Capitol.
The last few drills of the Ha
burg Reserves have been a big
| traction to young men of the
age, especially young men who
an inkling that they are likel
be called soon after New Years
Some of them have become n
bers of the home defense organ
ton and will drill regularly until
! are called into service. And cha
are that they will be wearing "
| CONS" chevrons not long after
are drafted.
Il do not like to say it, but
matter of fact the recent figurinz
some men from Dauphin count
the news that tells of the exit
penalty of the law has had a
effect here" remarked a man
observes Harrisburg to-day. II
like to see that a criminal
Dauphin county went to the
at Rockview, because the often
were not residents here, simply
Journers, but as long as it ha
be the effect can not help bu
beneficial. Since the courts CAV
example of swift and certain ju
last winter and spring in de;E
with murderers there has been
| gun work in our community
do not doubt but that when
state game authorities start to
the revolvers away from the fore
ers that it will have a good exa
and that the guns will be giveI
| by or taken from some of the
from other states who have
here to work and who forget they
in an old civilization"
Demolition of the buildings in
Capitol park extension zone apr
to have a wonderful attraction
| in ri nfW
! city. There is always a commit
l around watching the way things
| going, just as there is at the p
Harris. The buildings no sooneIH
to the cellars than the ruins
looked over by youngsters, who
off all the bits of iron they can
| incidentally, the difficulty men |
had in tearing apart some of
| buildings, notably churches, is a
ute to their builders.
The big iron ventilators in
recesses of the east side of the S
Capitol are favorite places
youngsters to play upon every
when school is in recess or
Yesterday bunch of Youngsters
engaged in a mimic war on a CO
of the forts" into which imagina
transformed some of the pls
while at the other end four
girls were occupying one of
with a small dance.
Deputy Secretary of Agricu&
Frederic A. Godcharles has
invited to referee the football g
| to be PLAYED on SATURDAY. on
Muhlenberg College field getv
State Colleges eleven and the
of the American Army ambu1H
corps at Allentown which is lar
composed of college men. The 6