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11.430 CHILDREN OP
SCHOOL AGE IN THE
CITY. CENSUS SHOWS
Increase of 560 Over 1913 Re
port ; Girls Af e in
the Lead
DOWNES GIVES INSTRUCTIONS
Transfer of Grammar Students to
High School at 1 :30 Tues
day Afternoon
Just 560 more of Harrisburg's small
folks may go In for readin', 'ritin' and
'rlthmetic this Fall than in 1913, ac
cording to the annual school census of
the city's children of school age that
has just been returned to Secretary
D. D. Hammelbaugh.
All told there are 11.430 youngsters !
of school age in Harrisburg; last year !
there were 10,870, and in. 1912. the
first year of the census taking, there
were 10,550. Girls lead, by the way,
by 264. Of boys there are 5,583, as
against 5.304 of last year. There are
5,847 girls as against 5.5HH of last year.
The enrollment was taken by pre
cincts and the record was reached this
year by the Fourth precinct of the
Second ward. There are 299 hoys
and 28fi girls in that single district.
The Third precinct of the Third ward
is the consolation precinct—it can only
boast of 18 children between the ages
of 6 and Ifi years—just a dozen hoys
and a half-dozen girls.
Superintendent's Instructions
In a little pamphlet sent nut to the
various school principals Dr. F. E.
Downes. the city school superintend
ent, has issued instructions incident to
the opening of the school season or
1914 next Tuesday.
Transfers to the high schools from
th« grammar grades will begin at 1.30
o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The first
teachers' institute will be held Sat
urday, September 12, and the speakers
will be Dr. ,T. George Becht, secretary
of the State Board of Education, and
Dr. William E Chancellor. editor of
the New York School Journal.
Dr Downes refers to the changes in
principal and teacherships and of the
increase of the number of supervisors
from two to five. He urges co
operation on the part of all the
teachers.
Recent Deaths in
Central Pennsylvania
Special to 7 he Telegraph
Northumberland. George Yeager,
one of the local overseers of the poor,
died suddenly this evening while in a
bathtub, death probably being due to j
apoplexy. Sirs. Daniel Shearer. 51
years old. died yesterday after an ill
ness of one week.
Wrightsville.—Mrs. Sarah Hershey,
64 years old, died yesterday after a
long illness. She Is survived by six
children, thirty prrandchildren and
four great-grandchildren.
Sunbury.—Mrs. Peter Startzel, 66
years old, died at her home at River- I
side yesterday of paralysis. She was \
prominent in religious and charitable
circles.
Minnie E. Hoover, daughter of Mr. i
and Mrs. R. D. Hoover, died at North
umberland of a complication of dis- j
eases.
Mary E. Fensterniacher, infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Fen
stermacher. died yesterday at North
umberland.
Thomas Gruver. 86 years old, died
at his home at New Columbia yes
terday of paralysis. He was a retired
farmer.
NEW BAMi STATEMENT
By Associated Press
New York, Sept. 5. - The statement
of the average condition of Clearing
House Banks and Trust Companies for
the week shows that the cash reserve
increased $3,272,300, leaving a defl.-ii of
$37,129,300 bolow legal requirements.
The statement follows:
Average Condition
Loans, $2,136,964,000. increase s'» -
297.000
Specie, $-'16,088.000 , decrease, $1 849 -
000.
Legal-tenders. $71,916,000; decrease
$1,327,000.
Net deposits. $1,902.388,00 f- decrease
s3 l 6.000.
Circulation, $114,362,000; increase
$11,205.000.
Banks' cash reserve in vault. $321.-
071.000.
Trust Companies' cash reserve in
vault. $66,933,000.
Aggregate cash reserve. $".91,004,000.
Deficit, cash reserve, $37,129,300; de
crease, $3,272,300.
Trust Companies' reserve, with
Clearing House members carrying 25
per cent, cash reserve. $51,074,000.
CHICAGO BOAIII) OF TRADK
flv Associated Press
Chicago, 111., Sept. s.—Board of Trade
closing:
Wheat September. 1.19 l»; Decem
ber, 1.22' i: May, 129H-
Corn—December, 76',; May. 7*-V
Gats—December. 64Ma v, 57
Pork—January, 22.92.
Lard—October, 10.20; January, 10 97.
Ribs—October, 12.12; January, 11.72!
Red Men to Give Warm
Welcome to Visitors
Members of the Improved Order of
Red Men in Harrisburg promise n
warm welcome for the Philadelphia
Red Men who will do honor to Great
Sachem Charles E. Pass to-night. The
Philadelphia visitors will represent
the Deputy Great Sachem Association
of Philadelphia.
Following dinner at the Hotel Dau
phin and a visit to the Capitol, a meet
ing will be held In Slble Clark's
Hall. Third and Cumberland streets, to
.hich all Red Men are invited. Promi
nent sneakers will be present.
Many People Wrap Plants
to Guard Against Frost
Did you see plants and rose bushes
all wrapped In paper as you strolled
down street this morning?
Although the temperature fell to
onl\ r.l degrees during the night,
many people thought last night there
would oe a light frost, so they pre
pared for the worst.
Fair and warmer weather is pre
dieted for to-night and to-morrow.
II \S APPENDICITIS
Augustine Tollts, aged 19 vears, of
Hershey, who was admitted to the
Harrisburg Hospital yesterday after
noon. was operated on last night for
appendicitis His condition Is reported
improved to-day.
TO oROArriKE nn\*rn, SEPT in.
The meeting for th» proposer! or
ganization of n branch of the Wharton
School of the Cnlverslty of Pennsyl
vania will be held In the Technical
high school auditorium on the evening
of Thursday, September 10.
SATURDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH SEPTEMBER 5, 1914.
DIVORCE COURT CAN'T
ALWAYS SUNDER KNOT
Behind Cryptic Statement in Mar
riage License Application Is
Pretty Love Story
Behind the cryp
f /A 7 ft tic little sentence
Dauphin cou nt y
marriage bureau, is a real little ro
mance.
When the pair had received their
license they requested that the publi
cation of the notice be withheld until
to-day.
"Ask the newspaper reporters to
keep this out until to-morrow, can't
you. please. You see we've both been
married before and we want to get
our children together, but we want
to be married first so they can come
home." is the explanation the would
be newlyweds gave according to the
attaches of the marriage bureau. But
none really suspected at the odd little
love story that lay behind that. Curios
ity as to why each applicant should
answer that each was divorced on the
same date was aroused however. So
the answer developed to-day:
The pair had been married before
and were divorced on April 27, 1912,
in the York countv courts. But thev
want to try it again.
Paid For Sewer. —D. W. Ensign was
paid $640.35 to-day for the construc
tion of the Second street sewer from
Emerald to Woodbine.
Swatara Township School Audit Ap
proved.—The auditors report on the
finances of the school district of Swa
tara township was filed and approved
by the court to-day. The auditors are
William H. Fackler and Edwin J.
Brehm. The indebtedness of the dis
trict is shown to be $22,800. the re
sources $38,865.68; the receipts $22,-
929.5" and the expenditures $22,868.56
with a balance of $61.01.
New Superintendent Back on Old
•Tob.—County School Superintendent
F E. Shambaugh had to go back into
the harness of a principal of the Ly
kens high school for a day and a half
last week. The superintendent just
completed a round of visits of the
country schools and probably visited
twenty. The principal at Lvkens hap
pened to fall ill and Mr. Shambaugh
filled in Beginning Monday he will
make his trips throughout the countv
by automobile Mr Shambaugh will
make several speeches during the
next few weeks On September 15. 16.
19 and 20 he will speak respectively at
Columbia. Gratz fair. Dietrich and
Willlamstown. At Dietrich there will
be a great farmers' picnic at which in
addition to Professor Shambaugh.
Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Mart
in. John N. Clemson. W. H. Fornev
and Attorney J. C. Nissley will talk.
Contractors to Start on
Coal Wharf at Market St
Notwithstanding the general objec
tion to the erection of a coal wharf at
the foot of Market street along the
river wall, the contractors expect to
proceed with the construction of that
feature of improvement within a few
days.
When the long dock at Paxton street
was constructed the impression was
that this would be the only landing
place needed, and that the original
plan to builu a similar structure at
Market street would be abandoned.
Furthermore it lias been pointed out
that if another coal wharf be necessarj
—and it is generally contended tha'l
there isn't Mitticient coal and sand m
mistiy to .1 ant it—the locution
should be 11. 1 her uptown, possibly at
1 Herr street
The proposed Market stieet wharf
1 will be about 400 feet long.
HAS *.*>•>,(MM WARDROBE
Next week Orpheum patrons may be
piepared for tile real surprise of the
lOrpheum's whole career, when the bril
liant Valeska Suratt, late star 01 "The
I Red Hose'' and ertswhile Gibson Girl
1 of "The Belle of Mayfalr" bursts upon
their vision in her sensational fantasy
I entitled. "Black Crepe and Diamonds '
Miss Suratt will likely give Harrisburg I
' the sensation of its life In the waj of
I costuming, tin-costuming and re-COs-I
; turning, throwing about a wardrobe |
• '-estimated at $58,000, in gowns, jewels
|and furs, just as .though thev .-osl
1 about thirty cents. She will likelv cause
I ample comment too over her ecentric :
| Parisian mannerisms and will undouht
-1 edly attract every lover of beautiful
i women within the benign shade of the :
box office. "Black Crepe and Diamonds" '
Is the ornate title of the sketch she is
appearing in with so much success in
vaudeville this season. When you Hrst
see Valeska she is chained to woe—
-1 k-owned in elegant black and gold. She !
can even do with black what a great
■ many costumerines are unable to do— i
j even with red.—Advertisement.
"LOCAL MOVIE"
\ Lovers of diverting vaudeville fea
tures as well as splendid moving ptc
, tures will llnd much to please them at
j the Colonial to-day. The vaudeville hill
Is pleasing and really clever, and the
, moving picture comprises a local made
; movie called "A Mexican Invasion In
Harrisburg" and "The Oath of a Vik- '
| ing." a beautiful feature Him in multiple
■ reels For the iirst half of next week
the management has secured another
Jesse L. Lasky feature film, entitled '
1 "The Man On the Box." from the pen
of Harold McGrath. The latter half of;
the week will find "The Chimney !
Sweeps" here. This is another splen- '
diil feature In moving pictures.—Adver
tisement. I
t
Wedding Ceremonies in
Central Pennsylvania
I Sunbi.ry, Pa.. Sept. s.—Miss Olive j
Bressler nnd Charles Hoover, both of
jshamokin. were married at Salem Ke- j
t formed Church there by the Rev.
j La v ence E. Blair. The bridegroom'
| is a son of C. C. Hoover, one of the!
| publishers of the Shamokin Dailv 1
! News.
Luke Bickolt. of Milton, and Miss
| Lillian Kcsslor. of Heading, were mar
| rled at the latter place by the Rev. ■
IE. C. Bayer, of the Second Methodist 1
j Church. They will live In Reading. ;
Frederick W. Slrassner and Missi
I Florence J Needs were married at I
| Pottsgrove by the Rev. William Wag
ner, of the Pottsgrove Lutheran
Church.
A romance that started at Bin knell 1
University, Lewlshurg, came to light
yesterday with the announcement of j
the marriage on August R, at Dresden. I
N. Y.. of Miss Nellie M. Follmer, of
Lewlshurg. and Harry S Everett, of]
Slatington The bridegroom Is assist-!
ant principal of the Hershey high |
school.
RESPKCT F«>R HlfiH OFFICER
Msrlette Pa , Sept. s.—At a meet.
Ing of George H. Thomas Post. No
84, of the G A R , a resolution of
respect to Major General William S
McCaskey, Who died and was burled
at California ' st week, wss adopted
and passed Major McCaskey was a
former resident of this section of the
County, and was high In military cir
cles.
BABY'S "OA! OA!"
ENDS SUPPORT SUIT
Alderman Kramme Patches Up a
Family Quarrel; Husband
Carries Youngster Home
Suit for nonsupport was brought to |
! a sudden end last night at a hearing i
1 before Alderman Fritz Kramme when |
'the alderman ordered the sued and l
I suing to kiss and make up.
j The suit was brought by Mrs. Eliza 1
Newman, 1324 North Frdnt street,!
I against her husband. George Newman,
j She alleged that her spouse refused to
| support iier and a small baby.
! The baby was in court and it's de
| lighted cries of "Da. Da." gave Alder
|man Kramme an idea.
I "Why don't you two kiss and make
up for the baby's sake." he suggested.
"I'm willing," said the husband.
"So am 1." smiled the wife.
"All right, then," announced the al
derman. "you. George Newtnan. I here
by sentence to kiss your wife and
carry your haby home, on condition
that you promise to support your family
from now on."
The sentence was carried out to the
letter.
Another Big Registration
at the Telegraph Tent
Another big registration day kept
the clerks at the Telegraph'-i registry
bureau at the Grangers' picnic at Wil
liams Grove very busy yesterday. Most
of the folk' who dropped into the tent
were Hairisburg folks although there
was a big representation from other
towns nearby. Following are those
who registered:
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Drawbaugh,
Harrisburg; Mr. and Mrs A. W.
Swain, Dover, Del.; Amos Hartman.
Gratz, Pa ; Mary c. Smith. Knoxville.
111.; Mrs James Steel, Carlisle, Pa.;
Mrs. Robert Moorehead. York Springs;
C. E. Mengle. Harrisburg, Pa.; Mrs.
S. Funk. Penbrook. Pa.; Ruth S.
Funk. Penbrook. Pa.; H. G. Hess,
Harrisburg, Pa.; Willis Rohrer, Lan
caster. Pa.; Edwin H. Landis. Lancas
ter. Pa.; G. J. Wolf. York Springs, Pa.;
Mrs. G. J Wolf, of York Springs. Pa.;
J. Harvey Kline, VanCluse, Va.: L. L.
Lrew. York Springs. Pa.; Mr. and Mrs.
R. J. Crout, Philadelphia; Mr. and
Mrs. George M. Gross. Philadelphia;
Mr. and Mrs. S. S Hillsdale; J R.
Recser. Lemoyne. Pa : John S Baker.
Benton, Pa.: W. A. Butt. Benton. Pa.;
Mrs John S. Baker, Benton. Pa.;
Sarah Baker. Benton, Pa.; Mrs. W A.
Butt. Benton. Pa.; C B. Ebv, New
vllle. Pa.; Mrs C. B. Ebv, Newville. j
Pa : O. J. Myers. Newville, Pa.: Mrs.
O. J. .'tyers, Newville, Pa.: W. C.
McEver, llagerstown, Md.; Samuel
Heffeley. New Bloomfleld, Pa.; J. B.
Beamesderfer, Mt. Joy.
Germans Move East to
Meet Russian's Advance
By Associated Press
London. Sept. 5, 8:25 a. m.—A dis- 1
patch to the "Daily News" from Co- ,
penhagen dated Friday says:
"Berlin dispatches indicate that the !
Germans are throwing troops back
eastward to meet Russia's advance. '
"The president of the German mili- ]
tary staff, controlling the railways, 1
j states that the principal lines w ill '
I close for the present os that on the 1
German section the main communi- I
I cation between Scandinavian coun- 1
1 tries and the continent via Gjcrdser j
and Warnemunde is again shut down.
1 All the rolling stock, it is believed is
now wanted for moving a large num
' ber of troops to the eastward.
' "Futher indications arc that the
points that the troops are being with
drawn from are Alsace and Lorraine.
"All the German railroads arc now
closed to civil truffle and land com
munication front BcrWti and Copen
hagen is stopoe.i ••
Curobcrlaiiu . . ,_y Doctors
Meet at Boiling Springs
I
Carlisle. He. S?pt. s. —Physicians]
j from Frajr.klin and Cumberland coun
i ties attended the annual meeting of
| the Cumberlan-1 Valley Medical As
sociation. at Boiling Springs Park yes
terday. Dr. Robert Plank, of Cnr
j lisle, presided Dinner was served in
I the dancing pavillion and was enjoy-
;ed by sixty-five doctors and their
•wives. Dr. A. R. Allen was toastmas-
I t-r.
The election of officers resulted as
! follows: President. Dr. c. M. Mc-
Laughlin. of Greencastle: vice-presi
dents. Dr. F. F. Davis, of Boonsboro;
Dr. S. E. Bowers, of Mechanicshurs,
and Dr. J W. Croft, of Waynesboro;
j secretary. Dr. J. J. coffman. of Scot
land; treasurer. Dr. Paul P. Allen, of
j< 'hambersburg.
David J. Palmer, of lowa,
Elected ead of G. A. R.
Detroit, Mich., Sept. .1. —Comrade
David J. Palmer, of Washington. lowa.
; member of the Eighth and Twentv-
I fifth lowa Regiments in the Civil War.
was elected commander-in-chief of
the Grand Army of the Republica at
'the closing session of the forty-eighth
national encampment, which has been
! in session here a week.
Washington, D. C., was unanimous
, ly chosen for the encampment place
next year.
Although there weer several candi
dates in the race for eonimander-in
• chief, most of them withdrew at the
! last minute and Mr. Palmer had no
Jserious opposition other officers
elected were:
| Senior vlce-commander-in-chief, J,
18. Griswold, Grand Rapids, Mich.;
| junior vice-commandcr-in-chief, F. W.
j Connors. Dallas, Texas; surgenn-gen
■ eral, L. S. Pilcher. Brooklyn. N. Y.:
chapl.iin-in-chief, Orville J. Nave, of
! ('alifornia.
j A committee of past commanders
in-chief was appointed to frame a con
igressional bill providing for the re
tention of all Civil War veterans In
public employment. Irrespective of
i age. Another resolution, adopted
\ unanimously, opposed any change in
(the national flag.
; PI.VIMi SIM.I-NTFU INjritßS Mill.
Waynesboro. l'a„ Sept. s.—Lucille
iProtzman. 8 years old. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Lewis Protztnan. this place,
received a gash in her forehead as the
result of being hit with a flying piece
lof wood from a fence that had been
[crashed Into by I. F. llolllnger's auto
mobile. Mr. Ilolllngberger struck the
| fence with such force that several
boards were knock Into bits—a large
1 niece of board flying several feet, strlk-
I (ng the girl. The machine was dam-
I aged.
IU'Rt;K«« MKNIftK*
I Shippensbnrg. Pa.. Sept. 5. lt Is
| rumored that Burgess J. B. Bsrborn
has laslgned. The reason for tjip
I resignation Is not known.
Freak Peach That Ha*
Resemblance to Bird
Duncannon. Pa , Sept » While
picking peaches in the orchard, din
ing the week. Charles Sieg came aerof
s freak peach perfecth formed with
the exception 'hat near the stem end
there Is a growth resembling the hr-ft I
,of a bird.
.LEWIS TO GIVE T. R.
' HIS FUSION VIEWS
Willing to Qut but Not Anxioui to
Be Tail to McCormick's
Kite
Men active in politics about th 6 city
were awaiting eagerly to-day some
news of tht visit of Dean Lewis to
Colonel Roosevelt at which the dean
will place before him his ideas on
fusion on Governor. Some time ago
the dean saw the Colonel and then
started to sound out sentiment in the
state and he will make his report
to-day.
The dean is said to be willing to
quit, as he sees he cannot win. but
there is so much opposition to the
party being turned into a tail for
Vance McCormick's kite that he has
been undecided.
Speaking of what he found, the dean
said:
""ver since the primary there has
been some sentiment in favor of com
bined action against Penroseism hy the
Washington party and the progressive
Democrats. The failure of the Repub
lican platform to refer to the subject
of local option, showing that the liquor
interests as well as the other evil spe
cial interests are solidly back not only
of Penrose, but of Dr. Brumbaugh,
has. 1 think, materially increased this
sentiment.
"In going over the central and east
ern part of Pennsylvania I have found
some of our people favorably disposed
toward giving serious consideration to
the possibility of uniting all forces
that are honestly endeavoring to clean
up the State government and pass
sane, progressive legislation. On the
oilier hand. I have found other mem
bers of our party opposed to any other
than a straight Washington party
fight.
"Personally 1 am very glad that the
subject has been agitated, as It shows
the widespread interest of the people
In the present campaign."
ROOSFVKIT IXVTTFP BACK
TO REPVBI/ICAN PARTY
Sf'fnrJ to The Ttlfftro^U
New York. Sept. n.—An invitation
to Colonel Roosevelt to return to the
Republican partv was issued by Job
K. Hedges, candidate for the Repub
lican nomination for Governor, at a
political meeting last night in Wil
liamsburg.
"1 can draw more votes than any
other Republican. Progressive or
Democratic cnndldate." said Hedges.
"If elected Governor I will take all of I
the people into my confidence, except
those who plav politics in the dark.
"I have no objection to a Progres
sive." he continued, "provided he does
not remain a Progressive too long. I
would like to see Theodore Roosevelt '
come back into the Republican party |
through the front door—and then rest :
up for a while. The front door is
I preferred because those who come
j that way generally stay the longest." !
Vale.ska Suratt in
Her Wonderful Gowns
l"p to the minute we have had little
beyond the bare announcement that
ValMktl Suratt will be the ttrpheum's
headline!- next week. To the theater
going public this would seem almost
sufficient, but Just the same there Is
ample occasion for the vaudeville de
votee to sit up and take notice.
Here is a name that flameii in incan
descent lights in Broadway just as
much as any of the biggest of the Big
Town favorite*, and 10, Wllmer and
Vincent have arranged to bring her to
their local vaudeville theater, 'cause
vaudeville Is where she Is appenrlng
this season and that Is where New
York's critic s are now declaring her the
biggest success and the sensation of
the season.
At the Orpheum. next week, Miss
Surat*. will undoubtedly be nothing
short of that threadbare expression a
sensation. With all her luxury, talent,
"live acts of wonderful Parisian gowns."
iinil most Important of all beauty •
she cen't fyll to be a sensation. If
Miss Suratt lifts a rival In beautv It is
Kitty Gordon, hut Allen Bale, the well
known dramatic critic, in a recent ar
ticle In n New York newspaper, de
clares that Valeska outdoes her.
Her magnificent production Is called
"Rlack Crepe and Diamonds." Miss
Suratt is Its glittering star She has
a mop of flaming lialr. wears a lot of
gowns, she slnfcfi a song or two and
dances several more, all to prove that
iovp |s stronger than grief.—Advertise,
ment
M Mtltt'.X KKHRIIBIIi %T THR
r\I,UR
tVarren Kerrigan and Vera Slsson
will nppe.tr at the Palnre on Mondiv In
» film which liar, politics as Its basis
The plot of the film may be expressed
In the expression that "love over
rides a plot to ruin a voung rising at
torned" Then the plot and counter
plots which haee to do with the pre
vention of the presentation of the »v|.
dence wl*h which tie will OOtlvlct the
men higher up "Faved hv Wireless"
will l>e the feature of the house and
Hi Include ii wireless outfit In the
•nhtv hv Wngner of
Heading Patron" are Invltert to give
message to the operator, who will
show ho«- the Instrument operates In
>he sending as well a* the receiving,—
Ad\ ertlsement.
New Head of Electric Company
» W S S «
Arrives as Successor Leaves
Edgar Z. Wallower, Harrisburg Boy, Becomes General
Manager of Lockport Co.; C. M. Kaltwasser
of Harrisburg Plant
•V-T • -JTf : ■
-
.in, .a tiaH^lPg
With the departure to-morrow even-1
ing of Edgar 7.. Wallower for Look
port, N. Y., to assume the general
managership of the light, heat and
power company of that city. C. M.
Kaltwasser officially severs his con
nection as the executive head of the
New York concern and officially as
sumes the reins of the Harrisburg
Light & Power Company as general
manager and successor to George B.
Tripp. Mr. Tripp Is now one of the
operating executives of the United
Gas and Electric Corporation of New
York City.
Mr. Kaltwasser has been In this city
for several days acquainting himself
with the plants and mastering the de
tails of the big utility firm.
"What our company alms to do is
to continue and futrher develop that!
policy established by Mr. Tripp—the I
policy of mutual frankness and co-1
operation between the electric light j
company and its consumers, mer-1
chants, businessmen and citizens of 1
Harrisburg and vieiinty," is the way
Mr. Kaltwasser expressed himself to
day. \
The new head of the city's electric |
BJIRON PAYS TBIBIITE
TO u.s. enui
!
Tells of England's Request For As
sistance Made Early
in August
By Associated Press
Tokio. Sept. a.— At the opening of
the diet to-day Premier Okuma, speak
ing before that body, said regarding
the war with Germanj that he be-"
lieved the world thoroughly under
stood the reasons leading thereto. He ;
asked the support of the houses and j
said the army and navy were doing
their full duty.
The government is submitting an 1
extraordinary budget for their ap- !
proval and support.
Baron Kato. minister of foreign |
affairs, reviewed at length the events;
leading up to the war with Germany. |
He said that early in August England
asked Japan's assistance and that I
Japan necessarily complied. After a j
full and frank exchange of views J
Japan advised the Germans of the j
Japanese "ultimatum, which was tin- j
answered, and war was declared."
Baron Kuto closed his speech with I
a tribute to the United States govern- |
ment.
"To the American government for
the courtesy which it has been good
enough to extend to Japan in connec- j
tioti with the present trouble." he said. ,
"and for the protection of Japan's
suhjects and interests in Germany and I
Austria. 1 desire to express the sincere I
appreciation of the imperial govern- I
ment."
Baron's Statement
The statement to the diet made to- 1
day by Baron Kato. minister of for- I
eign affairs, is as follows:
"Early In August the British gov- ,
eminent asked the imperial govern- 1
ment for assistance under the terms ,
of the Anglo-Japanese alliance. Ger- I
man men-of-war and other armed ves- 1
sels ere prowling the seas of Eastern
Asia, menacing our commerce and !
that of our ally, hwile Kiao-Chow was j
being made ready, apnarently, for the j
purpose of constituting a base for war
like operations in Eastern Asia. Grave J
anxiety was thus felt as to the main- j
tenance of peace in the Far East.
"As all arc aware of the agreement,
the alliunoe between Japan and Great
Britain has for its object the main
tenance of general peace in Eastern
Asia, insuring the independence and
Integrity of China, as well as the prin
ciple of equal opportunities for com-
I merec and Industry of all nations in
ithat country, and for the maintenance
and defense, respectively, of the terri
torial rights and special interests of
I the contracting parlies.
Compiled Witli Request
"Therefore, Inasmuch as she was |
I asked by her ally for assistance at a j
j time when the commerce of Eastern 1
j Asia, which Japan and Great Britain '
. regarded alike when one of their ]
j special Interests was subjected to con- I
I stant menace. Japan, which regards 1
I that alliance as the guuidlnu principle
j of her foreign policy, could not hut
'.comply with the request to do her;
part.
"Germany's possession of a base for
powerful activities in one corner of the
Far East was not only a serious ob
stacle to the maintenance of permit- I
nent peace, but it also conflicted with
' the Immediate interests of the Japn
j ite*" empire." Baron Kato explained.
"The Japanese government," he con- I
I tinned "therefore resolved to comply'
j with the Brtflsh request and If neces- j
j nary to open hostilities against Ger- J
many. After Imperial sanction hud
been obtained h resolution was com- ;
municßted to the British government
and n full and frank exchange of views |
hetween the two governments fol
lowed It was Anally agreed between
them to take such haetlon as was
necessar\ to nrotect their s»neral In
terests as contemplated l<\ the agree- I
met." of their alliance Japan had no 1
desire or Inclination to hecome In
voiced In the conflict onl< believing
she owed It to herself to he faithful to
her alliance and strengthen Its foun«
■tiitlon bv Insuring permanent oeace In
th« Bnst nnd protecting the special
Interests of the two allied powers
' Desiring, however to solve the sit
uation bv pnrlfl<* means the Imperial
government on August IS gnthe fol.
lowlnir sd* Ice to th» vjertnm »nvern
ment (here Baron Kato read the text
Hnr SH
AH
| light company Is one of the* youngest
men in the service. He is a graduate
mechanical engineer of Stevens In
stitute. He operated successfully and
successively the following public utili
ties since his graduation:
Six years in charge of electric rail
way. gas and electric properties in
"The Norwalks," Conn.; one year in
the commercial department of the
United Gas and Electric Corporation
of New York and four years us gen
eral manager of the Lockport Light.
Heat and Power Company which sup
plies electric light and power, gas
and district steam heat.
Mr. Wallower who succeeds Mr.
Kaltwasser as the general manager of!
the Lockport company is a Harris
| burg boy and a graduate of Central
I High School, PLrinceton and Cornell
| Universities He entered the General
| Electric Company's service imme
| diately after his graduation from col
| lege and the following year came to
Harrisburg, having been in the light
I company's service since that time.
EI iGAR 7,. WALLOWER
| C. M. KALTWASSER
CDIIUI rami is
SECRETIBY OF STUTE:
Pope Benedict XV. Elevates Man
] Who Was Prominent Candi
date For St. Peter's Chair
Special to The Telcgrafh
Rome. Sept. s.—lt was officially an-|
nounced that Pope Benedict XV has j
appointed Cardinal Dominic Ferrata j
Papal Secretary of State. The new j
! Secretary was a prominent candidate j
; for the Papacy, according to accounts j
i of the early balloting in the conclave.
Cardinal Ferrata was born in 1847
'at Monteflascone, Italy. His work as
Papal Nuncio at Paris and as Prefect
jof the Congregation ot Bishops in
' Rome stamped him as a finished di
j plomat. He presided over the Eu
charistic Congress held last year at
Malta, in 1101, when the late Car
jdinal Rampolla resigned as Papal Sec-1
i retarj ot State. Cardinal Ferrata was i
] mentioned as a probublt candidate |
! for the office.
j i'lad in the full Pontifical robes,
| Pope Benedict XV received lnaudi-1
j ence the Cardinals who elevated him
: to the throne of St. Peter.
| The cardinals, riling before the new
Pontiff, kissed his hand and loot, this
ItreminaUng the ceremony of obeisance
that began after Thursday's election.
1 Each cardinal was in turn embraced
i by the Pope, who whispered comtort-
I ing words to Cardinal Mercier, the!
j aged Belgian prelate,
i Cardinal Mercier was in tears as he
|approached the throne, but as he turn
■ ed away there was a simle on his face,
] the tirst that has shown since he ar
| rived from Belgium. As soon as the
coronation ceremonies are concluded
lon Tuesday, the cardinal will return
[to his war-torn country, for which lie
j has been grieving since he reached
here.
Well in the forefront of the line of
! prelates were Cardinals Gibbons and
ID'Connell, who arrived from the
J I'nlted States too late to participate
lin the conclave-
After visiting the Pontiff, Cardinal
O'Connell sent the following message
to the United States through the In
ternational News Service:
"I have known the new Pope for
j twenty years, or since he was I'nder
Secretary of State and I was rector at
the American College. In our daily
| intercourse at the ("Vatican I had an
to admire his great ahll
j Itq. Although young, h« has had ex
traordinary experience. He was t'or
| tunatc in being educated under Pope
1 Leo XIII and Cardinal Rampolla.
"God has surely shown his Intinlte
mercy by sending to us in these trying
[days a young, able, energetic Pontiff,
j who knows the needs of the Church
iand combines the best qualities of a
I priest with those of a diplomat. It is
' Just what is needed at a time when
ithe world, though clamoring for
[peace, must witness the grim spec
! tacle of war. Benedict XV ascends
the throne of St. Peter In the midst
;of the din of battle and he will he
God's messenger In restoring order
land peace among the tried nations."
1 Many telegram* of congratulation
; arrived at the Vatclan during the da."
I anil they probably will continue to
arrive for some time, nwlnt" to the
I'ongcsted state of communication.
JThc Pope Insisted on reading most of
I them personalis
! A Te Ileum was sung In tlv Sistine
[chapel, after which the Pontiff eele-
I bra ted his tirst pontifical mass In the
, Vatll .in
KI'ItMAHIM-' SINKS MltslllP
Sfffidl f Thr Tflrt'Ofh
Harwich Ens . Sept. It. A British
.submarine has brought in » German
airman and his mechanic who were
j found floating on their fallen! aero
plan" sl*t\ miles off the coast After
r-'selling the men the submarine sunk
the areoplnne.
of the ultimatum communtiated to
Oermanv «n that datet
"Until the last moment of the time
allowed on August the imperial
government received no answer and
thus the imperial rescript declaring
war was issued the next day,"
CONCERT ENDS BIG 1
1914 ROMPER MY
Long Coati Worn; Conductor'*
Program Selection Pleases
the Big Crowd
Not so very long after yesterday's
sun set upon an Ideal Komper Day '
the full moon slipped over the trees
of Cherry Hill, Reservoir Park and
promptly took over the lighting up
of the park for the band concert. Cool
breezes made long coats very, very
comfortable and that effective Fall
combination of cape coat, light gown,
pysche and pumps helped out egec
tlvely in the decorative and color
scheme.
The hand played, too. The Com
monwealth was at its best with a pro
gram that Conductor Weber couldn't
[have chosen better. There was a va
riety of new and old classics and rag
jtime that pleased immensely. The
way the band, for instance, played
"Adele" recalled the kind of music '
that featured the summer Reservoir
concert evenings of some years ago.
Ally in all, the moon and the band
contributed more than an ordinarily
large share to the success of Romper
Day of 1914. *
| City Park Department estimates
J place the attendance at close to 4,000.
several hundreds of which were
I grown-ups. The supply of sandwiches
was exhausted early in the meal and
more had to be prepared.
Prize Winners
Following are the individuals and
teams winning honors at yesterday's
big field day cwercises of Romper Day.
Reservoir Park, the official closing of
the city playground season for 1914:
May pole dance—Pink and blue
girls of Maple Hill.
Efficiency cup, sewing and rafla. and
honors in volley, lone and center ball
—Penn girls.
Track athletics—Sycamore boys
Bovs' basketball championship- (
Kelker won out over Boas; score, 4
to 2.
Junior boys' quoit tournament,
singles-—Won by I'harles Keys.
Twelfth: doubles, Connor and Fisher,
I Sycamore; senior singles. Elmer Herr
ing. Boas; doubles, Israel and Lloyd
iCole. Reservoir; senior tether ball
championships. Rogers. Sycamore;
junior, Blair Fasick, Maple Hill; win
ners in girys' team centerball cham
pionship. Maple Hill over Hamilton;
Penn over Boas; Sycamore over
Twelfth. Volley ball, boys, Island won
over Boas; longball. Reservoir defeat
ej Maole Hill and Sycamore defeated
Boas.
Kite contest-—Best kite, first Julius
Fluss, Sycamore: second, tied. Fred
Hoffman. Kelker, and Sharp Master
son, Kelker; kite race, Floyd Cole,
Reservoir, and Harry Conner. Reser
voir; Archery, first. John Mcann,
Boas second. Hugh Wall. Maple Hill;
third. Wilber Meek. Boas, fourth,
Groos, Maple Hill; fifth. Olphin, Is
land.
Ribbons for best work in rafla. sew
ing and cooking work were awarded
by a committee of Miss Annie McCor
mick. Mrs. Homer Bla r k| Mrs. Charles
S. Bell and Mrs. W. K. Seal. The
awards follow:
Sewing—Marion Hartwlck, of Har
iris; Ella Singiser, Reservoir; Gladys
lAugstadt, Sycamore; Esther Mohn.
Twcl'th: Sadie Burrows, raider; Re
becca Manning, Mnble Hill Ruth
Stauffer, Hamilton; Marion Johnson,
I fourth: Mary Briscoe. Twelfth; col
tored class. Irene Lehman, Boas; Violet
| Mitchell. Penn.
Ratiia—Katherine Machaney. Penn;
! Frances Nissley. first class. Twelfth
(street: Helen Duffan, second class,
ITwelfth street; May Yoder. Maple
jHill;: Mildred Yeates, Hamilton: Mary
,' Rial", Fourth street; Marian Lesher,
j Boas; Mary Williams, I'alder; Erma
j Baker, Harris Park; Elva Bmlth,
Reservoir, and Christiana Smith, Syca
more.
First honor girls in the cooking
school, one from each of the thirteen
classes are: Third >ear class, Sara
Caton; second year classes. Marie
I Karle, Talitha Shope and Mildred Wil-
I Hants; first year classes. Helen Bohn,
| Ruth Mace.v, Elizabeth Byson, Adalene
I Klinedinst, Beulah Warfield, Cora
I Grove. Lucille Beard, Florence Brooke
land Pauline Boyd.
New Pope May Help to
End War Diplomatically
* By Associated Press
Rnte, Sept. 4, 8.50 p. m., via Paris,
Sept. a, 9.30 a. ni.—lt was related
beer to-day that in conversation be
; 1 fore his election Pone Benedict XV
'repeatedly expressed Ills belief in the
j necessity that the Pontiff should in
tervene with an appeal for peace, not
!in a purely evangelical form, but in
I precise diplomatic action.
' ! "The Pope," he Is quoted as saving.
I I "must actually place himself amidst
''the combatantas instead of keeping
I away and preaching peace and con
cord trom a distance."
, ' It is assorted that he expressed
Ithees ideas in the conclave with Gen
' I oese tenacity, but at the same time
showing such absolute neutrality to
: wards the belligerents that It hrought
! about bis election as Pontiff.
Trolley Car's Wild Race
With Runaway Horse on
Mountain Near Pen Mar
Sfecial to The Telegraph
■ I Waynesboro, Pa.. Sept. s.—Pnsson
■ i gcrs on a trolley car en route to
' I Waynesboro from Pen-Mar Thursday
1 nigiit were much "xclted when they
*jsaw the car dashing down the moun
!l talnside at a terrific pace.
• ' They soon discovered, however, that
II there was also a horse, attached to a
kj vehicle, dashing along the road, and
1 ■ Motornian S. 1,. I laugh and Conductor
» K. N. Morin thought best to iry and
''get ahead of the runaway, and they
■ i sped away at a terrific rate and raced
•I with the horse for over a mile, when
lithe; succeeded In getting far enough
• I ahead of the animal as to l»« able to
'! stop the ear and get off Into th« roni"
land bring the animal to n stop The
' I horse did not have any bridle on and
lusUas they had stopped it the\ saw
1 an automobile, in which two persons
> were riding, coming down the hill at
a fast clip. The horse, vehicle and
■ autonioHle would have come Into col-
I niiw,
Indian Chief, Aged 98,
With Chambersburg Folk
With the Chambersbura visitor* to
day was
i known as Indian IM. k famous for hi*
i 1 sinograph!.' writings an.l poems Indian
, I Dick Is In bis aath vesr lie «•»« st
one time chief of the Ocopsk* trlhe of
Indians I'htef rsm» from
' (.eesburg, Va Me was born August ?«
t*l* and 1 ame to < bambershurg In
Hjn
Indian Dirk was at one time an agent
for »h# Cumberland Valley Rallrosd.
»nd made frequent trips to Bridgeport,
i whlrb " tb« isrmlnal of the Cumber
land Vails* Railroad for mam veirs
He tell* intsrestlns stories about hi*
• srlv visits to Hnrrlsbura
The Chambsrrburg excursion was a
big »u<-cs*e T«o trains of t»n 'ara
eieb brought 1,2*6 visitors to Harris
burs.