Harrisburg Merchants Feature Celebration
HARRISBURG sSSIIk TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 223
HARRISBURG BEGINS FORMAL OBSERVANCE OF
GREAT THREE-DAY IMPROVEMENT CELEBRATION
Thousands of Harrisburgers at Home and From Abroad Co
operating to make Week-End One That Will Go Down
in History of City
Exercises Begin With Unveiling of Marker and Tablet in
River Front Park North of Market; Big Auto Tour
Takes Town Boosters Over Line of Fifteen Years'
Progress; Big Reception Tonight
TONIGHT'S AND TOMORROW'S PROGRAM
To-night, 7.30 P. M. —"Merchants' Night"—lllumination of display
windows. 8 P. M. —Big reception In Chestnut Street Hall.
To-morrow, 11.30 A. M.— Parade of 11,000 school children. 10 A. M. to
10 P. M. —Decorated floats anchored along river wall near Walnut street.
1 P. 91. —Unveiling of marker of Harris' Ferry near Washington street,
in Harris Park, a P. M.— Water carnival. <1.30 p. M.— Parade of Red
Men.. 7 P. M. —Pageant, historical, "Burning of John Harris." 8 P. M.—
Illuminated boat' parade and fireworks.
Harrisburg to-day, began the formal observance of the great
three-day celebration that marks fifteen years of active civic wake
fulness after the long sleep of years and years.
For weeks various committees working with the Chamber of
Commerce have been busy with the details of a program that was in
tended to outdo the famous "Old Home Week." Thousands of Har-
risburgers at home and from abroad are co-operating and Pennsyl
vania's capital city has begun a week-end such as will go down in
history.
The formal exercises began this afternoon with the unveiling
near the formal entrance to Harrisburg on the river front of a hand
some marker and tablet commemorating the fifteen years of public
improvements. It was dedicated and presented to the city by the
Chamber of Commerce. Following this was a tour of inspection
covering some twenty-five miles of the city by the Chamber of Com
merce and the hundreds of men and women who helped in making
the big improvement program possible. These were the guests of
the Chamber of Commerce and they filled the longest automobile
train that ever rolled over the streets of Harrisburg.
To-night the city is to be aglow with electric lights in honor of
"Merchants' Night." Following this the Chamber of Commerce will
tender a reception to its guests of this afternoon in Chestnut Street
auditorium.
And to-morrow and Friday the best is j-et to come.
Longest Auto Train
Spins Over Streets
of City; 120 Motors
The longest automobile train that
ever rolled over the streets of Harris
burg this afternoon carried the hun
dreds of guests of the Chamber of
Commerce on the twenty-five-mile in
spection tour of the city's parks, play
grounds and other public improve
ments of nearly fifteen years.
All told there were just 121 cars in
line, and they stretched for blocks up
Front street in a long chain during
the dedication of the Chamber of
Commerce improvement marker near
the Market street bridge entrance
while waiting to take aboard the mem
bers of the Chamber and their guests.
Following the comparatively brief
ceremonies at the marker the cars
loaded up and started away across the
river on the lirst lap of the trip.
Nearly an hour was required to get
the big train loaded and under way.
While the wonderful story of Harris
burg's Improvements, as illustrated be
fore them, wasn't a new story to scores
of the guests, they got a gr£at deal of
enjoyment out of it nevertheless.
They'd read about it, it is true; but
they wanted to sec .iust the same.
The trip served anotner purpose,
too. In many a car there was an in
formal but none the less jolly reunion
of friends who hadn't been together
on a congenial little automobile trip
or any other trip except in a business
way. perhaps, in many, many years.
Following a visit to the island filter
plant, the playgrounds and the nurs
ery, the train returned to the city and
for the next two hours the auto train
wound through the southern section
or the city, then across the parkway
to the eastern section and around into
Reservoir Park. Hack to the city again
the train chugged, over the Mulberry
street viaduct and then up through
the proposed Capitol Park extension
zone to the Twelfth street playgrounds
on up through Wlldwood Park and
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THE WEATHER
Harrlxbtirg and vlvinltyi Fair
to-nleht nnil Friday with alowly
rlNlnir trmprraturr. I.uneat tem
perature to-night about r>o degreem.
F.aatern I'eniiKylvnnln: Fair to
night anil Friday. Slowly rifling
temperature. Might to moderate
variable wind*.
River
The SuNquehannn river and Ita
principal brant-hea will fall alovily
except the lower portion of the
main river will rcmuln ncarlv *ta
tlonnry to-night. A atnge of'nhout
4.1 feet la Indicated for Hnrrla
burg Friday morning.
General Condition*
The crent of the area of hlßh
preaaure covering; the caatcrn half
of the country la now located over
the Middle Atlantic Stntea. It In a
to 3 degree* cooler over n narrow
belt of country extending; from the
upper Suaquchannn valley aouth
warii Into Southern Florida and
light froata were general In the
Suaqnehanna valley.
Temperatures Ba. m„ 181 2 p. m..
<ls.
Sum Rlaea, 5.,13 a. m.; Seta, 8.0.1
p. iu.
Moon: Full moon to-day, 4.33
a. m.
River Stnget 4.2 feet above low
water mark.
Yeaterdny'a Weather
Hlgheat temperature, fit.
I.oweat temperature. 50.
Mean temperature, ST.
Normal temperature.
City Begins Great
3-Day Celebration
by Unveiling Marker
With simple, but impressive cere
monies, the splendid monument that
marks nearly fifteen years of public
improvements in Harrisburg was dedi
cated early this afternoon before a
great crowd in the River Park just
north of the formal entrance to the
city at Market street.
The marker and bronze tablets that
bear the history of the vast work and
the loans by which Harrisburg tax
payers made it all possible, was pre
sented and dedicated to the city by
the Chamber of Commerce. The cere
monies which began at 2 o'clock
marked the formal opening of the
three-day celebration which Harris
burg has planned in honor of the re
markable strides it has made in fifteen
years toward building a more beau
tiful, healthful Harrisburg.
The marker was presented by Presi
dent Judge George Kunkel, of the
Dauphin county courts, and was ac
cepted on behalf of the citv by Mayor
John K. Royal.
Immediately after the exercises the
hundreds of guests and the members
of the Chamber of Commerce, the
hosts, filled the long train of automo
biles and started on the 25-mlle ride
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Reception Tonight to
Citizens Who Helped
New "Harrisburg Grow"
Hundreds of the public-spirited
men and women of Harrisburg who
helped make possible the working out
of the program of fifteen years of im
provements will be the guests of the
Chamber of Commerce this evening at
a great reception in Chestnut street
auditorium.
The hall has been prettily decorated
with flags of the national and city
colors. Arrangements have been made
by the Chamber of Commerce to ac
commodate at least a thousand guests.
Attractive souvenir programs have
been prepared bearing the city flag
and embossed in blue and gold.
Features of the program will be
the 1,700 feet of moving picture film
showing scenes in Harrisburg parks,
playgrounds and other beauty spots.
This will precede the addresses. In
conclusion, J. Horace McFarland will
illustrate his talk with a series of lan
tern slides.
John E. Fox, a former State Sen
ator, and prominent in the start of the
great development scheme, will pre
side at this evening's reception. J. V.
W. Reynders, vice-president of the
Pennsylvania Steel Company, and the
first contributor to the fund for pro
viding the first expert for Harrisburg,
was on the program for an address,
but an engagement In New York will
prevent his reaching this city in time.
He has written a letter, it is under
stood, and this will likely be read by
Senator Fox.
The program follows:
Music.
Moving pictures, showing mu
nicipal improvements.
Addresses:
John E. Fox, chairman.
"The Capital City and the
State." Governor Martin G. Brum
baugh.
"A Contented City," Spencer
C.-Gilbert.
"Com mun it y Co-operation,"
E. J. Stackpole.
"Our City and Its Future,"
Vance C. McCormlck.
"The Broad Aspect of the Har
risburg Improvements, J. V. W.
Reynders.
"The Working Out of the Har
risburg Plan," J. Horace Mc-
Farland (illustrated with special
lantern slides).
HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1915.
A CORNER OF THE NEW PLAZA FACING THE RIVER AT THE PUMPING STATION
DOLLAR SUPREME
RULER TOMORROW
Merchants Will Demonstrate
Their Advancement by Of
fering Rare Bargains
STYLE SHOW OPENING
Stores Will Make Splendid
Demonstration of Modern
Merchandising
Not the least of the features which
the people of Harrisburg and visitors
from other parts of Pennsylvania will
be privileged to enjoy during the cele
bration now in progress will be Dol
lar Day to-morrow.
The celebration would not be com
plete without giving the public a spe
cial opportunity to have demonstrated
to them the great strides which Har
risburg stores have made at the same
time the civic improvements were be
ing taken care of. The development
of the city along these lines has not
been accomplished with a blare of
trumpets and a sounding of hautboys,
but is the gradual, almost impercep
tible growth of public sentiment
merged into individual progressive
liess. The merchants of Harrisburg
are justly proud of their forward
movement and a celebration feature
of the nature of a Dollar Day is addi
tional proof, if that were needed, of
the active spirit which characterizes
movements of this sort in Harrisburg.
Store* Arc Co-operating
Dollar Day will hold sway in prac
tically all the stores of the city to-mor
row. The Chamber of Commerce is
responsible for the idea and inaugu
rated the plan with the co-operation
of the merchants for the double pur
pose of giving the public a chance to
investigate intelligently the mercantile
situation and enabling the merchants
to really show what has been accom
plished in recent years.
The big day will start unofficially
with Merchants' Night this evening.
At 7.30 the Style Show will begin with
the simultaneous lifting of curtains in
all the show-windows, which have
been specially and tastefully decorated
for the occasion. During the after
noon the windows were shaded, in the
majority of cases, and the surprise in
the way of artistic window trimming
saved for the evening illumination.
The display of the best which the
merchants have to offer will be a big
factor in making gay the appearance
of the city and when all the show win
dows are lighted up, the casual passer
by, of which class there will be many
for the next three nights, will imagine
himself in fairyland. There is a big
surprise in store for those who visit
the business section of the city at 7.30
to-night.
Dollar Day Popular
Dollar Day has been tried success
fully in other towns and has always
met with popular approval. It has
been found that the people are keenly
interested in the offerings of the mer
chants this occasion and the idea has
been popular wherever it has been at
tempted. The merchants have tried
to arrange their sales with the dollar
as a basis. Goods will be marked down
and unusual opportunities will be
given to buyers to-morrow. The ad
vertisements in the Telegraph this
evening offer special inducements that
ought to be of Interest to the conserva
tive purchaser as well as the bargain
seeker. There Is no question but that
Dollar Day in Harrisburg will meet
with the popular approval and if prop
erly supported, will be a good thing to
keep in mind for repetition at some
future date.
POIjICK CHARGE WOMAN
GAVE THEM THE XX
Alice Williams was arrested last
night on a charge of disorderly prac
tice. According to the police, the
Williams woman double crossed them.
She told of a crap game near the
Herr street subway. While the police
were enroute to the place to make a
raid, it is said she tipped the crap
shooters that the police were coming.
A hearing was fixed for this after
noon.
SUBWAY ACCIDENT
IS INVESTIGATED
,City Officials Fear Repetition
of Accident in Vicinity
of Broadway
By Associated Press
New York, Sept. 23.—Five official
Investigations of the cave-in of the
new subway under construction in Sev- !
enth avenue in which seven persons'
were killed and about eighty-five in- I
jured were in progress to-day. The
accident which occurred yesterday was j
still attributed to a coilanse of the'
wooden rtiWl fllUuftl >11! I iff
a dynamite blast. The inquiries were
conducted by the Public Service Com
mission, district attorney and other
city and state officials. Mayor Mitehel
| declared that all the subway construc
tion now in progress throughout the
city will be inspected to learn if there
is danger of a similar occurrence else
where.
At least, five miles of Manhattan's
thoroughfares, including some of the
avenues carrying heavy traffic, are
undermined by subway construction.
The wooden surface of the roadways
traversed by street cars, automobiles
and heavy wagons is supported by a
honeycomb of wooden girders said to
be similar to that which collapsed in
Seventh avenue. Engineers and ex
perts engaged in subway construction
fear a repetition of the accident, pos
sibly under Broadway, more crowded
with traffic than was Seventh avenue
at the time of tlie cave-in.
Search of the piles of timber and
broken street car tracks in the bottom
of the excavation was resumed tovlay
for bodies of additional victims. Four
!of the subway workmen were still
| missing and it was feared that their
bodies were buried under the debris.
MACKEY CHOSEN"
CHIEF OF BOARD
Compensation Bureau Will Be
in Charge of Philadelphia
Attorney
Harry A. Mackey, or Philadelphia,
was to-day selected as chairman of
the Workmen's Compensation board,
whose members are at work here on
the details of their organization, in
cluding the making of districts and
State Treasurer Robert K. Young was
chosen as chairman of the Workmen's
Insurance Fund Board.
Mr. Mackey, who Is a former select
councilman of Philadelphia and re
membered as one of the athletes of
a dozen or so years ago, was the gov
ernor's choice for chairman. The
chairman receives $7,500 or SSOO more
than the other members of the com
mlbslon. No secretary will be se
lected for the present and Francis li.
Botilen will act as counsel.
The Insurance Board had a long
conference with Albert L. Allen, the
assistant manager, regarding details of
Its work.
The two boards are in the Masonic
Temple where two floors have been se
cured for their use. The complete or
ganization of the office will not be un
dertaken for several days.
Temperature Falls to
Ten Above Freezing
Temperatures far below normal,
with light frosts, were reported from
practically every district in the coun
try surrounding this city last night.
The mercury here dropped to 42 de
grees. It is not expected to be quite so
cold to-night.
Crisp, cool weather for the remain
der of the week is promised by the
Weather Bureau. It Is to be slightly
warmer to-morrow.
At 4.35 o'clock this morning the
moon became full and at 10.24 o'clock
this evening the sun will cross the
equinox on its southern journey, ush
ering in Fall.
While the weather throughout the
country generally has been clear. Cor
pus Chrlsti, in Texas, has had more
than BV4 Inches of rain in the last
forty-eight, hours. Killing frosts were
reported from Scranton last night,
where the temperature went down to
36 degrees.
TURKISH SUPPLIES
RUNNING SHORT
Little Light Is Thrown on Bul
garia's Attitude Toward
Belligerents
SNOWS CAUSING TBOUBLE
Rome Declares Austrian Forces
Have Been Successfully
Dealt With
Recent reports that Turkish sup
plies were running short are reiterated
in private reports brought to Switzer
land from Constantinople. It is de
clared that because of the lack of
raw materia] 2,000 workmen from the
Krupp plant in Germany are idle in
the Ottoman capital.
Little further light has been thrown
on Bulgaria's attitude toward the
belligerents, the latest report being
contained in a London newspaper dis
patch last r.lghi from Sofia that Pre
mier Radosiavoft had announced to
his followers the signing of a conven
tion with Turkey for the future main
tenance of armed neutrality on the
part of Bulgaria.
Reports from the Italian front are
that snows already are rendering the
operations of the Italians and Aus
trians in the mountain districts in
creasingly difficult. Rome, however,
declares that Austrian forces which
have penetrated Into the valleys of
the Tofana and Cristallo ranges have
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MONSTER STEEL
COMBINE FORMING
Proposition Now Before U. S.
Attorney General; Would In
clude Many Big Companies
fly Associated Press
Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 23.—After
the meeting of the directors of the
Cambria Steel Company here to-day
the following announcement was
made: "Owing to the recent absence
from the city until yesteday of a num
ber of the executive committee only
routine business was transacted at the
Cambria Steel Company's board meet
ing to-day." Mr. Donner stated that
lie desired to bring some important
matters before the board and tliat this
would l>e done us soon as they could
be formulated. Itotli Mr. Donner and
Sir. Frick were at the meeting. It
has lieen reported that the Cambria
Steel Company and the Pennsylvania
Steel Company may figure In a merger,
the two concerns to he taken over by
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Four Children Trapped
in House Burn to Death
By Associated Press
Large, Pa., Sept. 23.—Trapped by
flames which enveloped their home
while their mother was calling on a
neighbor, four children of Daniel
liisli were burned to death here to
day.
Hie mother returned in time to find
entrance to the dwelling cut off by the
lire and was seriously injured while]
trying to force her way through a |
window.
The bodies of the children, who I
ranged in age from 2 to 6 years, were
found near the beds from which they
had been roused by the Are.
24 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT
BIG VICTORY FOR
U. S. IN LATEST
FRYE CASE NOTE
Germany Anxious to Avert'
Break With Washington
Government
UNCLE SAM WINS POINTS
Accept Hague Commission'
Proposal; to Sink Ships
Only After Search
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., Sept. 23.—Ger
many's latest note on the sinking of
the American sailing ship William P.
Frye, published to-day by the State
Department discloses an important
diplomatic victory for the United
States.
Germany accepts the proposal to fix
damages by commission and to let
The Hague pass upon disputed treaty
rights involved. She also gives as
surance that no more American ships
carrying conditional contraband will
be destroyed under any circumstances.
American ships carrying contra
band. however, still may be destroyed.
What effect this can have in practical
operation is problematical, because
Germany and Great Britain in their
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Anarchy in Mexico Is
Predicted by Garza
By Associated Press
Washington, 1). C\. Sept. 23.—Publi
cation to-diy of a warning by Ttoque
Gonzales Garza that recognition of
General Carranza by the American
nations would bring anarchy in Mexico
brought sharply to the attention of
official Washington the light the Villa
element is expected to make on any
Mexican pacification plan that does
not Include the northern chieftain's
supporters as possible factors. Garza,
who was one time president of the
convention, is here to forward the
peace, convention plan which the Villa
and Zapata elements have accepted at
the Invitation of the Pan-American
conferees.
Recognition of Carranza, Garza de
clares, would result in a situation that
would be terrible in its consequences
and he urges that the convention be
held to establish a provisional govern
ment regardless of Carranza's refusal
to participate.
BOMB HITS AMERICAN CONSULATE
Washington, Sept. 23. The American consulate at
Stut.tgart, Germany, was struck by a fragment of bomb dur
ing the recent raid upon that place by French airmen ac
cording to a message ta-day from Consul Higgins. He said
no one in the consulate was injured but did not indicate
whether the building was greatly damaged.
COBB HOLDS STEALING RECORD
Chicago, Sept. 23. Ty Cobb's stolen base during the
Detroit-Philadelphia games ytfrtarday gives him the record
of the American League, it wan stated by a statistician here
to-day. The previous record af the l«egue was 88 bases,
stolen by Milan, af Washington, in If 12. Cabb has stolen W.
GERMANS LOSE 250,000
Petrograd, Sept. 23, 1 P. M„ via London, 4.15 P. M
The Russiaa military authorities rejjard tho withdrawal from
the very difficult position near Vilna, which for a time
seriously menaced a large army, as virtually completed.
They assert the Germans have lost 250.090 men in their
recent operations in this region.
GERMANS MAKING PROGRESS
Berlin, Sept. 23, via London, 3.45 P. M.—The new Ger
man offensive movement, with its object the capture of the
important Russian fortified city of Dvinsk, haa made definite
progress. The War Office announced to-day that Ruaaian
advanced positions west of the city had been penetrated and
that more than 2,008 prisoners and several machine
had been captured.
YUNGMAN GETS PROMOTION
Philadelphia, Sept. 23. —Edgar Yungman, division p*
senger agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at
Pittsburgh, was to-day appointed assistant general pas
senger agent of the company. He succeeds the late Colin
Strudds.
* 110,000 MEN FOR ALLIES /
Berlin, Sept. 23. By Wireless to Sayville. A new
army of 110,000 men has been sent to the assistance of the
allied forces at the Dardanelles according to the Overseas
News Agency. •
MARRIAGE
Ckarlra G. Haurahai-U, Mlridletonu; Ileatrlce Mae Thumaa, Mlddletowo
DIES AFTER BEING
STRUCK ON HEAD
BY PITCHED BALL
Member of Marysvillc Nine*
I Succumbs to Injuries Received
in Dauphin Game Saturday
MISJUDGED FAST BALL
Believed Kistler Thought Sperc
Was Going to Break
Away From Him
Prom Injuries received when struck
on the head by a pitched bai! during
a Dauphin-Perry League same be
tween Dauphin and Marysville Satur
day, Russell Kistler, aged 29, of
Marysville, died at the hospital this
morning at 10 o'clock.
Physicians said death was due to a
depression of the skull which pressed
in on the brain. His death came sud
denly to doctors at the hospital who
did not regard the injury as fatal
Kistler was batting in the seventh
Inning of the game which was being
plaved at Dauphin when White, tha
Dauphin pitcher hurled a high fast
ball toward the plate. The batter
seemed to think the ball was going to
break away from him and did not
move. It struck him a glancing blow
[aside of the head, tearing his ear and
slightly lacerating the scalp.
Became Unconscious
A substitute was placed in the gams
while Dr. A. O. Coble, of Dauphin,
gave Kistler temporary treatment.
He was taken home in an automobile
and apparently did not seem badly in
jured. Saturday night the ballplayer
became unconscious. He was brought
to the hospital Monday morning where
physicians found the man's skull was
fractured.
After a post-mortem examination
this afternoon Coroner Ecklnger de
cided that an inquest was not neces
sary as the accident was purely acci
dental.
Kistler has been playing ball with
J Marysville teams for years. He played
in left Held and has been one of .the
leading sluggers of the Dauphin-Perry
league. His widow and three sisters
survive him. Kistler was employed as
a fireman on the Philadelphia and Erie
division of the Pennsylvania railroad
and a member of the Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen. Funeral arrange
ments have not been completed. .