Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-13
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| a fine of o dollar on any person who
crosses a street except at the regu-
lar crossing" are very remote, the
fact remains that nine-tenths of the
accidents and much of the confusion
and disturbances of traffic are due to
'cattacornering" on streets. The
suggestion that If people will not
/ learn they should be made to pay
] fines has been made by one of the
! city police officials who has been
| studying Market and Third and
! other streets and he undoubtedly has
| a good idea, but it would mean riot
| calls if it was put into effect. The
! late Col. J. b. Hutchison used to say
| that people ought to learn to cross
streets at right angles and that any
one who walked across diagonall9
| was foolish. In the Compensation
| Board decisions there are refusals
! of compensation to men on streets
| who cut corners and walked diagon-
| ally across highways while working.
| In this city we have never gotten be-
yond the stage of going across d
street anywhere any any time. The
older citizens cross Market street like
they used to in the days when it was
| unpaVed and had gas lights, while
the younger generation give scant
| heed to the regular crossings. One of
| the oldest police officers yesterday
stood on the pavement in front of the
courthouse and called attention to
women with children beside them
going diagonally across the street
and holding up traffic while they did
it. Motormen and truck drivers say
that people at regular crossings new
er bother them. What they fear Is
the person who cuts across. The
work of the corner policemen has
made things easy at corners but they
admit that they are compelled to
| Eann
streets to prevent accidents TO peo-
pie who do the worst possible thing
in haste to get somewhere.
Louis f. Lauchlin and f. ]. Cou-
per met a group of prominent Har-
risburg men at the residence of w.
Il. Starkey the other evening to con-
slider the sending of representative
of the Harrisburg Y. NJ. G. a. to
China or some other foreign field in
which the association is doing such
remarkable work. Mr. Lauchlin rep
resents Scranton in this work and
for fourteen years has maintained
headquarters in China. Mr.. Couper
is a leading businessman of Mime
apolis, where he is said to have sur
rendered a salary of $4,000 a year
II to devote his energies to the war
y work of the Y. M. G. A. He made
l. the statement that he would not eX-
tildlSe his experience OIL Llle ldSJ SIN
n months for his whole business career
% of thirty years, successful as it had
p been in material results. Mr.. LAUGH
lin is a university man and n fine
,r type of the college-trained worker
% in the Y. NJ. G. A. field. He told
K how the people of China were look
e ing to the United States for leader
sc ship and how our entry into the war
II was promptly followed by declara-
= ton by the PelSin government. The
% conference at Mr.. Starkey's demon
strated the constant and rising inter
est in the matters and things which
n before the war were regarded with
If much indifference by many success
N full businessmen.
+ Judge" George d. Thorn, of the
If State Department, who sits in regard
IN to nominating petitions was called
a to the telephone yesterday morn
10 ing and rather violently interrogated
as to the time for filing Withdrawals
of the nominating petitions which
- have kept every one about the Cap
- itol on the jump this week. The
10 Judge" is a mild hammered man
~ 20 and he explained that the depart
70 ment closed at 4.
Dt keep 'er open," said the voice.
ia Not much" said the chief clerk
~ ~ who had been losing sleep trying tN
&, untanSle knOIS III peIlJlOnS.
;. well, say. I'm out here on a state
highway and it's rotten. ! want to
get to the Capitol to file withdraw
nc al for a friend, but ] can't fly" re-
g marked the man with uncalled for
vigor
~ ~ well, get an automobile to take
!. you to a station" suggested the
= Judge"
~ ~ 'Tm in an automobile now and
nf fI1a OF o. :
a and / can't make it by any o'clock,
N came back the voice
- David l.. Lawrence, Pittsburgh
registration commissioner, has been
= having some funny experiences. His
name is the same as that of news
paper man who is noted for his
: Washington and war letters. He
was at a hotel here yesterday and
some people came round to chat with
him on world topics, Mr. Lawrence
is more interested in State Demo
cratic politics than anything else
: just now, but he is used to being TAX
= en- for celebrities and he listened and
u then woke up" his callers.
John P. Gohl is back in Harris
. burg. Didn't you know John had
II left us? Why, sure. When five feet
of snow stuck him and his electric
car up around Rockville last winter
John took a deep, fancy oath that
he would hike for Florida and stay
there eleven months. mo more OF
This cussed winter for me" he vowed
and so inspired was he with the
thought of balmy breezes, fragrant
flowers and n broiling hot sun thai
he invited any number of old friends
to join him. From time to time John
sent a sweet posy or cute little liz
ard to Harrisburg, but his letters oi
late showed a hankering to come
home and crank up the electric jill
Regular summer weather they
wrote down to him when the recent
spring days struck Harrisburg ano
that started ]. Gohl north with tho
throttle open. Stepping off the train a
Polar blast blew him into Markel
street, froze dead two lizards anc
half his pet crocodile and wiltet
$4.31 worth of orange blossoms
Rolled up in fur coat and six blank
cts Brother Spicer found him, and
After first suggesting the removal o
the deceased Florida livestock pro
ceeded to CLEAN his sad story.
, was very brief