Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-02
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here yesterday commenting upon
the fact that Harrisburg La right
on the job in the matter of the home
Gomirg parade of the 2Sth Division,
They referred to the action of Mayor
Daniel l.. Keister in asking what
Philadelphia was going to do about
seating accomm dations for the 9TH
ers OF the men from the Harrisburg
district and suggesting that If ne
cessary the Capital City would pay
| for It's own stand. One of the plans
is for Philadelphia to provide the
stands for the relatives of the men
who will march by. In New YORK
! city the wives, mothers and folks
of the 21th Division were cared for
in a stand the whole length of Cen
| tral Park. Harrisburg. city coun-
cilmen said to-day, intends to be
right there as becomes municipal
| lty which sent hundreds OF men
into the Keystone Division. The
| State Government will also do it's
part. said Adiutant General Frank
ID. Beary to-day and it is his idea
to have the State pay the transpor-
tation of men discharged from the
or to hospitals because of sickness
or wounds so that they can either
march with their comrades or else
ride in automobiles as part of the
demonstration.
The admirals of the coal fleet are
having some time these days with
the winds and rough water on the
Susquehanna. Navigation is difficult
and they have adopted the expedient
OF lashng two and three tugs to-
gether and ploughing up the stream.
1t makes quite sight and then the
men have fun by racing down stream
with their tows.
"The new bonds will be Victory
Bonds" said n well-known banker
yesterday. The old issues were
Liberty Bonds. / don't know what
they will call the next if it is found
necessary to float another issue. But
the idea of these names is not new.
The Liberty Loans had their pro-
totype in 1896, during the early
days of the Napoleonic wars when
Pitt put out Loyalty loan. 1t was
Ike our American loans. a direct
appeal to the English public. with
out intervention by financial houses
10 lend money to the government.
The loan, which was for 10000, 900
, with interest at five per cent, was
fully subscribed in fifteen hours and
twenty minutes, which was pretty
good for that day and generation.
| think. The terms on which the
bonds were issued, however, were
I equivalent to n bonus of $3.50 on
every $500 bond. They were made
J lrredcemable without the owners
) consent until three years after other
five per cent. bonds had been called
= in. The Loyalty Loan was suggested
l to Pitt, it is said. by Sir John Sin
. clair. IA noted financial writer of the
day, which makes me think that
/, whoever devised our Liberty Loans
: must have been a student of his
tory"
q "Tyrone has become one of the
! | livest towns in my territory" said
: Harry Keller, well-known travel
a ing man just in from a trip to the
: | west. You know that, on a smaller
: scale. it is just such railroad hub
as is Harrisburg, and like this city
it is fully awake to it's responsible
tiles and possibilities. The other
day when / was there / noticed
dozens of soldiers changing cars
there and 7 watched the Red Cross
l workers looking after them. I tell
YOU IT made my heart beat faster
to realize that just as much solici-
tude is being displayed for these
lads who are coming home as there
g was when they left during the more
q hysterical days when we were going
to war Several of the lads spoke to
o me about it and it certainly i'm
pressed them a lot"
But that's not ALL" he continued
Tyrone has a movement on foot to
create and dedicate a park to its
e soldiers, and l understand this is
to have the backing of the Chamber
;, of Commerce which is now having n
membership campaign. Some little
e city, Tyrone"
r The Harrisburg Rotary Club has
been asked by the Field Division of
- the United States Council of Ma
S tional Defense TO lend it's support
y to the Community Council which is
v to carry on the work inaugurated
: by the Council of Defense in this
1 community during the war. This
community council work is regard
: ed as of vital importance in carry
ing out the reconstruction pro-
o grams. including the placing of men
d discharged from service, increasing
/. food production, inaugurating Amer
If icanization programs, etc. In general
p the Community Council will
+ strengthen the hand of every fed
: eral agency which is concerned in
n reconstruction work of any kind.
: The club has been requested to call
to the attention of it's members their
responsibility to join such councils
= when organized in the city or
suburbs where they may reside.