Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-09
Eurntng Gl1at

Harrisburg does not often get
excited and 1t is not showing any
signs of panic over influenza. 1t has
a pretty high percentage of cases
and the business-like manner In
which its people have taken hold of
the situation and the lack of hysterta
is commendable." remarked DR.. B.
+. Roger, the acting commissioner
of health and boss of the fight
against the epidemic. The doctor
has lived here long enough to know
the city and its people and the fact
that the State Capital it attending
to its sick and caring for business
and the important war industries
here is being noticed. Some of the
cities of the state became disturb
ed over the disease and others were
much distressed because they had
to close picture palaces and beer
saloons. Harrisburg has a pretty
numerous collection of thirst par
lors" and movies and it accepted
the situation with resignation. Even
when the soda fountains, which vie
with the film places in popularity
were hit and ice cream became as
banned as beer is on Sunday we
were philosophic. Even the stir at
the Capitol, the activity of the doc
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the arrangements for tent hospitals
have not affected one nerve of the
city, say the observers who are in
clined to join with the state Off
Gals in praise of the coolness of
the city's people.
The war may be wide and Amer
leans may be serving their country
in many lands and under many suns,
but the world is not so large after
all as is shown by the meeting of
sons of three of the members of
the Telegraph Family. The Tele-
graph has two score of it's Family
at the colors and sons of other mem
bers are in arms. 1t happened the
other day at Givres, where the
Americans have astonished the AL
lies by building the largest supply
depot in the world, cutting the tim
Der and doing all the construction,
there met three of the Sons. Frank
H. Mccormick, head of the press de-
partment, happened to mention that
his son was at Givres to Linwood B.
Wanbaugh of the linotype battery.
Now 1t happens that in the same
town there were not only one Nc
Cormick but two Wanbaughs and
none else than Francis Dwyer, son
of M. f. Dwyer, one of the Oldest
members of the Family. They are
in various units and all very much
determined to see the thing through
to the finish.
Influenza is turning many men to
the streams. These are men who
can generally find an excuse to go
fishing anyway, but the influenza Or
der forbidding congregating and
stopping business of various kinds
is a fine reason for seeking the fresh
air of the rivers and the creeks. Con-
sequently there have been some bass
hooked and some Susquehanna sal
mon given excitement who would
otherwise have swan in the waters
) of the river undisturbed.
BY the same token there are a
; number of Harrisburg families
which are doing without wash wo-
men this week. The presiding genius
of the tub is susceptible to respira-
, tory disease as a general rule and
the number who have concluded
to forego an advance wage, plus car
fare, to avoid danger of "ketching"
the epidemic is uncomfortably large.
And the laundries are doing pretty
stiff amount of business in conse-
quence in Harrisburg.
Ella ]. Skeahan, marshal of the
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Women at Bedford, N. Y, is the
first woman to receive requisi-
ton at the State Capitol. The mar
shall is also the first woman with po-
lice powers to transact official bust
ness at the Department of the Sec
retary of the Commonwealth. She
came here with papers for Helen
Solotar, who was arrested at Phil
adelphia and got the great seal and
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order.
More rabbits and squirrels have
been reported as capering around
the fields in the central and eastern
sections of the state than for five
years by wardens of the State Game
Commission. In some places the
rabbits have been making them
selves almost as much of a nuisance
as the squirrels. Several years ago
the state distributed rabbits in coun-
ties where they were shy. Their
descendants are numerous.
A good many young men seem to
be willing to go into the Arny's
mechanical training courses Jide-
ing from the applications being ma de
for admission to the draft calls for
the University of Pittsburgh, Stale
College and Carnegie Institute,
which close next Tue sday. Under
the call these classes can be filled
by voluntary induction of white reg
istrants with grammar school edu-
cations and more than needed seem
probable to apply besnre the vol
untary period ends on Saturday.
".he people of Pennsylvania have
a good bit of money in the banks
according to the statements made
by those under state supervision
and they ought to be able to fl
nance their shares of the loan in
style" remarked Daniel f. Lafean,
commissioner of banking to-day.
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DR.. j. T. Rothrock, the father
of the State Forestry Reserves, has
, personally visited many of these
tracts with Mr.. Conklin and gives
the advice of his years Of tours in
the woods.