ONE DOLLAR IS
NEW PASSWORD
Success of Movement Attested
to by Eagerness With Which
Bargains Are Snapped Up
dollar reigns supreme to-day
and thts evening! All Harrisburg, If
it is not already awake to to-day's op
portunities, will certainly wake up
this evening'before it is too late. Mer
chants and buyers are thinking in
terms of the dollar, which for twenty
four hours can smile superciliously at
all the. other coins and bills and say,
"See how Important I am!" I am in
the minds of all Judicious buyers, the
merchants of the city have placed me
highest in their thoughts, I am on
display in some of the big show win
dows downtown, and the newspapers
are featuring me on every corner of
every page."
This is a big day in a great many
nays. It is not every day that the
public is given access to such bar
gains as are being offered, and taken
up with the greatest alacrity. Last
evening's display, which started at
7.30 with the simultaneous lighting up
of the new electric light standards and
the rolling up of curtains in the show
windows of the stores throughout the
entire business section, gave to the in
terested passersby who thronged the
lower section of the city the first taste
of what they might expect during to
day's dollar-day feature.
ALL HARRISBURG
TO SEE CARNIVAL
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took advantage of the opportunity.
And the overflow from the steps and
the paths along the park embank
ments found room in canoe and float
and motorboat on the stream.
The Fair Are There
With the vision or the color spec
tacle of the children's parade of the
morning still in its mind's eye, Harris
burg turned expectantly to the Water
Front this afternoon. And their ex
pectations were realized. The weather
man could not have been more kindly
and the canoeists and other boatmen
turned out enmasse.
As always, Harrisburg's fairer ath
lete was there, conspicuously fetch
ing In her middy and gall.v-colored
ribbon and duck hat. Some of her
didn't go in for the strenuous stuff.
Reclining among the gay cushions and
pennants which sunburned swain had
provided for her, however, she added
to the color scheme of the River
Basin.
Scull Races
The big event of the afternoon per
haps were the races by the four-oared
and single scull crews of the Fair
mount Rowing Association of Phila
delphia. They were late on the pro
gram, 'tis true, but they were well
worth while.
Years have passed since Harrisburg
people have seen a race by rowing
shells and many an incident of the
long-ago days were recalled by the old
river followers.
The finish lines were stretched just
a hundred feet above the Market
street bridge and here on two floats,
officials had their places. At 2
o'clock a salute of aerial bombs an
nounced the opening of the program.
A few minutes later distant cheering
from various points on the river was
sufficient tip to the officials that the
girls' canoe race was under way.
In the Sports
This was a 220-yard race and the
girl entrants included the Misses
M. E. Noll and Katherine Morgan,
Nelle Spahr and Mrs. Knlsely, and
Misses Marguerite Reynolds and Helen
Kleckner.
The hundred-yard swim followed
and among the swimmers entered
were Robert H. Freeburn, Walter J.
Shaffner, John Moltz, Vincent Schaf
meister, George C. Miller, Charles
Snyder, Charles Sload. Benjamin
Garonzik, D. E. Frank, Paul Spots,
H. V. Hershey, Charles Forney, F. J.
Xaiighton, William Emanuel, Roland
Douglass, John Froelich, Frank With
erow, Frank Helney and Carl Beck.
The dripping contestants were
hardly out of the water at the finish
tapes when the bang of a starter's
gun announced that the 16-year-old
boys had plunged for their 100-yard
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The upper etching shows Judge Georpre Kunkel presenting* the Chamber of Commerce marker in River Front
Park north of Market street to the city. The marker was accepted by Mayor John K. Royal. Below is the long
train of autos that yesterday took 800 city boosters around the improvements.
swim. These included George Swartz,
John B. Duval, George King, William
Hamer, George Sprow, Richard Con
water to rthe 100-yard swim. Misses
Cole and Walter Rogers. Following
the boys' race the girls took to the
water for the 100-yar dswim. Misses
Catherine Mclaughlin, Dove Mcll
vaine, Frances Nicely, Anna Emanuel
and Esther Sweeney swam over that
course.
Laugliing Gas
In the tub race were Homer Kuntz,
H. V. Hershey, John Ewing, Charles
Forney, Edward Emanuel, Ross
Emanuel, John Roth, Carl Beck, Rob
ert M. Freeburn, Charles F. Herr, El
woQd Mell, William Hamer, Dloyd
Marcus, John Moltz. Benj. Garonzik,
Harold Houtz, D. O. Lambersen.
Folks scarcely quit laughing at that
thrilling contest when they had a
chance to laugh some more at the
umbrella race. The contestants In
that event were: Elwood Mell, John
Moltz, George C. Miller, Lloyd Marcus,
Vine Schat'meister, Charles Sload,
Benj. Garonzik, Harold Houtz. C. J.
Carpenter, D. O. Lambersen, Homer
Kuntz, H. V. Hershey, John Ewing,
Charles Forney, F. J. Naughton, Wil
liam Emanuel, Roland Douglass, Carl
Beck.
One of thp exciting events of the
afternoon was the two-mile handicap
motorboat race that followed the um
brella race. C. B. Langletz, Charles
Steele, Paul Gotschall, Ralph Miller,
Charles Givler and Homer Kuntz were
entered for it.
SO-yard Swim For Girls
Misses Kathryn Hoppes, Helen
Forsythe, Ruby Ream, Leah Ream
and Elizabeth Maguire were among
the contestants for the 50-yard swim
for girls. The next race, the half
mile boat event, had two entries, Wal
ter J. Shaffer and J. W. Neely. Next
was the fifty-yard swim for boys un
der fourteen years of age. Charles
F. Herr, Earl Blizzard, George King,
Ted Faslck, Paul Frank. C. B. Smith,
Edward Emanuel, Robert Spahr, Ross
Beck, Ray Seitz and Walter Rogers
were the contestants in that swim.
In the half-mile canoe race the en
trants included the following: Earle
Bortell and D. F. Corkle, Bion Welker
and Hoffman, Earl Blizzard and Chas.
King. Ernest Shaffer and W. J. Shaf
fer, John Moltz and Charles Snyder,
R. J. Wolf and John Morgan, George
B. Sliotwell and E. B. Mitchell. D. E.
Frank and William Brown, C. J. Car
penter and Osgood Garman, W. S. Mil
ler and Henry Lindsay, J. W. Nicely
and Bud Levan, H. V. Hershey and
J. E. Ewing, Ernest Sible and George
Sible, John Froelich and Israel Cole,
Samuel Kamsky and Edward William
son, Ralph Seiders and Raymond Suv
dam, John Herman and E. J. Stack
pole, Jr.
Before the next race, the quarter
mile mixed double race, was run off,
Charles Sloade gave a remarkable ex
hibition of high diving from the Wal
nut street bridge.
In the mixed race were the follow
ing: Miss Gertrude Gross and W. J.
Shaffer, Miss Mary Noll and R. .1.
Wolf. Miss Sarah Decker and D. E.
Frank, Earl Blizzard and Partner,
Miss Frances Nicely and Harold Houtz
George King and Partner, D. O. Lam
hersen and Partner. Miss Kugler and
Homer Kuntz, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Nicely, Miss Mary Bottell and Earle
Bortell, Miss Love Mcllwain and John
Ewing. Miss R. M. Shaffer and Ernest
Shaffer. Casper Battis and Partner.
THtcrs
Then came the tilting contests. For
half an hour excited crowds saw a
couple of dozen canoeists poke and
parry with mop-covered lances like
knights of old. The "tilters" included:
Elwood Mell and Earl Blizzard. John
Molts and Charles Snyder. John C
Herman and E. J. Stackpole, Jr.,
Frank Garman and Fred Garman,
Walter Shaffer and Ernest Shaffer,
Lloyd Marcus and Harold Houtz, D. O.
Lambersen and Partner, Homer Kuntz
and Partner, Simon Lutz and Fred
Esslg ,H. V. Hershey and J. E. Ewing,
William Emanuel and B. Emanuel,
Frank Wltherow and Paul Boeder!
Earle Bortell and .Frank Corkle.
After the tilting contest were the
exhibition races. The four-oared
crews rowed first. They started from
Reily street and did the mile straight
away. Cheering thousands watched
the graceful shells make the spectacu
lar sweep around the point at the wa
ter house. In No. 1 boat were Theo
dore Fox, Theodore Lems, Dr. De
foney and D. G. Haws. In No. 2 boat
were John Campbell, J. P. Clark, John
Staggers and Charles Rose.
Following the four-oared race was
the single veteran event between A. C.
Schmidt and Charles Sallinger. D. G.
Haws and C. O. Rose concluded one
of the most exciting programs of the
river in a championship singles event.
After which Harrlsburg went home
for a bite of dinner and prepared to
turn out for the fireworks and deco
rated boat parade to-night.
Officials
Following are the officials who
handled the events:
Referee—W. O. Hickok, ITI.
Starter—Edward C. Rauch.
Referee and Starter of Crews
C. W. Prelsendanz, of Philadelphia.
Clerk of Course—Chas. B. Fager, Jr.
Assistant Clerks of Course—Martin
Keet, J. M. Trace, D. J. Hoffert, Chas.
Boas. Douglass Royal.
I Judges—Vance C. McCormick, E. J.
Stackpole, W. K. Meyers, John Fox
i Weiss, Francis J. Hall, George A.
| Shreiner, the Rev. S. W. Herman, Dr.
Harvey F. Smith, Carl W. Davis, C. S.
Davis, Arthur Hull, F. E. Downes, A.
Reeder Ferriday, A. S. Patterson,
Harry Boyer, Harry Neale, Dr. J. E.
I Dickinson, B. F. Umberger, H. G. Dib
j ble, Herman P. Miller and Joseph H.
Wallazz.
Timers—The Rev. T. B. Johnson,
tR. D. Beman, H. W. Stone, W. A.
j Neale, F. E. Langenheim. Harry
I Snavely, A. ,T. Simms, C. M. Kaltwas
ser, Harry Oves.
I Marshals—M. Harvey Taylor. -Rov
G. Cox.
Assistant Marshals Paul Smith, |
George W. Hill.
Announcer—Mercer B. Tate.
Assistant Announcers--Walter John
son. Scott S. Leiby.
Official Measurers —James A. Shope,
Elbridge Cowden.
Official Handicapper—Charles Din
taman.
Official Recorders—W. G. Jones,
Harrisburg Telegraph: A. S. Hamman,
Star-Independent; Robert Free, Star-
Independent; Elmer Kirkpatrick. Pa
triot; E. C. Lutz, Patriot; Harry Lo
wengard, Courier.
Judges of Decorated Boat Parade-
Hid win S. Herman, George W. Relly,
Thos M. Jones. Dr. John Fager, Jo
seph Seltzer, Ira Seitzer, L. R. Wells,
George .S. Ewing, D. D. Hammelbaugh,
Austin Miller, Frank Foose, J. J.
Brehm, 1.:. W. Saul and Dr. C. B. Fa-\
ger, Jr.
Cabaret Will Be Big
Wind-Up of Celebration
Ono of the Gypsies
Harrlsburg's great municipal im
provement celebration will have one
big wind-up to-niorrow night. Start
ing at !> o'clock, the business section
will present scenes comparing favor
ably with those during Mardi Gras
celebrations in New Orleans.
So much has been crowded on Sat
urday night's program that every inch
of Market Square. Market street from
Third to Front, and Third street from
Walnut to Market, will be used for
the numerous displays. All stores will
close promptly at 9 o'clock In order to
permit employes to participate in the
festivities.
The Municipal band will furnish the
concert music on the big platform in
Market Square. Vaudeville acts will
be presented on the front part of the
platform. The Commonwealth band
will furnish the music for the dancing
and will be located at .Front and Mar
ket streets. Dancers unmasked will
be permitted within the dancing sec
tion between Market Square and Front
street.
Movable shows, in charge of R. Ross
Seaman, with the Dives, Pomeroy &
Stewart Periwinkle band and the Le
moyne Sour Note hand, will move
over the territory roped off. Fixed
shows will be located in Market street
in front of the Courthouse and will he
in charge of Harry Beck.
Everything will be free here. Prizes
will be awarded to accurate throwers
There will be numerous contests. One
trial for each person will be the rule
Patrolmen and guards will he on dutv
to. prevent congestions.
In Market Square will be a gypsy
RXBJUBBURG TELEGRAPH
camp and other fixed shows. The
committeemen were busy to-day put
ting the lumber and decorations in
shape for the tents, platforms and
booths which will be erected to-night.
Instructions were also given to-day by
Frank H. Hoy, Jr., the chairman of
the cabaret committee, that all amuse
ments will end promptly at 11.30
o'clock.
William H. Lynch, Commissioner of
Highways, will have a large force of
workmen ready to start cleaning up as
soon as the big celebration is closed
officially. Carts and wagons will be
on hand to assist in getting the lumber
and debris cleared away.
CHILDREN PARADE IN
GREAT DEMONSTRATION
[Continued From First Page.]
couple of hours this morning the little
schoolhouse of twenty and thirty and
forty and fifty years ago was just
around the corner where the bands
were playing.
The Long; Column of Hopefuls
Headed by President Harry A.
Boyer, chairman of the committee that,
planned and worked out. the greatest
color spectacle of the celebration, the
I long column of school children got
I into motion shortly after 10 o'clock.
Secretary D. D. Hammelbaugh and Dr.
F. E. Downes, school superintendent,
•marched with Mr. Boyer. Then came
the directorate. Here and there in
the parade marched other directors
who had helped develop and extend
and enlarge Harrisburg's public school
system in fifteen years.
Perhaps President Boyer couldn't be
censured for the way he stepped 1 along
at the head of the column. He must
have known that his display was the
prize taker of the celebration to date.
Certainly every pretty teacher, every
serious professor, marched along as if
they realized it. But enough about
the grown-ups—this is to be a story
of the children.
Colorful? My! Yes
Flags and colors of fourteen build
ings naturally help to make up some
color scheme, and when pale blues
and navy blues, and and golds
and reds and purples, and greens and
pinks and grays and maroons and so
on are intermingled effectively in mid
dies and bloomers and peaked hats
and flower dresses and great sashes
and things, the streets on the parade
route are bound to show it. And
they did.
Readin'. 'ritin' and 'rlthmetic davs
were prettily recalled as the thousands
of youngsters tramped by. Blue eyes
gleamed a deeper blue, brown eyes a
deeper brown, gray eyes flashed a
more sparkly gray 'neath curls of
brown and gold as proud mammas and
papas and big brothers and sisters
cheered from the crowded curbs.
As for the small marchers them
selves, they had the time of their lives
And the rivalry of six or eight years
or thereabouts!
Rivalry? Of Course!
On the countermarch the little folks
naturally had to pass each other and
the small boys and girls had a chance
to look upon tbeir fellow-pupils. Nat
urally the way Cameron or Calder or
Harris or Maclay had begarbed itself
didn t appeal very particularly to Mel
rose and Forney and Cameron and
i j> oose.
"Aw. you'ttns ain't so great!"
"Copy hats!"
"Huh! we licked you'uns in the track
meet anyway, even if y have got
balloons now!
These are just examples of the bits
or repartee that were exchanged en
route.
The grown-ups paid their tribute
to the rising generation (!) when the
< entral and Technical high school stu
aents on the countermarch tramped
past the grammar fjchools. Cheers for
tne school that was passing were
always forthcoming.
Now and then the smaller schools
returned the compliment— especially
n , h f" the football and track athlete's
of the high schools marched by.
"School Days"
The bands caught the spirit of the
occasion, too. Going down Market
street one band swung into "School
I IVS1 VS i t he paKsinK of the Forney
school with its rows on rows of tinv
boys in overalls and broad-brimmed
straw hats and dainty little misses in
flowered sunbonnets gave a passing
band the real tip—and the band swune
inlo "The Old Oa Ken Bucket."
Students Sing
Heading the right of the great long
line marched the Central High school
student body. The athletes had the
right of the command—and the girls
led off. In a cheerful group the
'varsity girls in big sweaters—the bas
ketball girls—tramped along. Brother
athletes followed. All of them carried
gray and blue megaphones; now and
then the big student crowd sang
Then row after row in white gowns
snd aprons and business-like looking
caps marched the girls of the domes
tic science course. For many reasons
the old graduates regretted the fact
that fifteen years ago they didn't have
such things In High school. An at
tractive float decorated in blue and
gray and bearing a pretty senior tvpe-
Ing sway at a modern typewriter and
another clicking off the figures of a
counting machine, represented the!
business courses.
For the next minutes of the parade |
there were reasons by the hundred
why one wished he were a High school
student again. Middles always did Met
oft to excellent advantage eyes of just
the right shade of blue and brown and
black and gray. The different sec
tions were represented effectively al
though the Freshmen idea was con
veyed better than any, perhaps; the
youngsters of that group carried little
stanuards with the last letters ot the
alpnabet. These were mixed togethei.
.bringing up the rear of the central
group was an attractive rioat that car
ried ihe trophies Central has won from
time to time.
Then For Tech
Technical mgh school came next.
Each class was represented in a
mighty enective way. The seniors tor
instance strode along in stately dignity
ot cap and gown. Then came the
various sections, the chemical labora
tory boys wearing test tuoe on their
caps, the wood workers carrying
plunes and vises and things carveu
irom wood; the drawing section
marched by with Its urawing boards
and paraphernalia.
A group ot members of the Tech
nical wireless club wore operators'
head gear and two of them carried
alott a miniature ••wireless" mast an;l
antenae—the blacksmith section
mached past bearing an anvil; the
boys wore overalls and leather aprons,
the machinists wore regulation oily
caps and overalls; and finally came
the Technical float.
High upon a pedestal Miss Evelyn
Joyce in riowing robes and crown,
represented "Victory." Grouped
around her were representatives ot the
lour branches of sport in which Tech
has excelled football, basketball,
baseball and track.
A Sigh For the Uttle Ones
Somehow, as the next couple of
prettily decorated lioats went oy, the
spectator on the curb felt like sigh
ing; these were the happy small folks
of the open-air schools that Harris
burg maintains for its tubercular
pupils.
Then came the Cameron school
boys and girls. Yellow and black is
their colors and the youngsters In sash
and cap and ribbons swung by the
Quick step of the band. The great
crowd of youngsters suggested the big
color scheme that was to follow.
Maclay children followed in light
blue and gold and then the hundreds
ot' youngsters from Camp Curtin. How
patiently the cheerful teachers had
worked to design the pretty showings
of their pupils, could only be partially
suspected. Harris pupils marched
proudly in the knowledge that they
were probably the only youngsters in
the parade with conical caps. Then
followed Stevens' contingent in blue
and gold. Boas building youngsters
were next and they received a round
cheer from the Technical students.
Webster, the prize winners, carrying
their balloon standards were next and
then came Wickersham's group of col
ored students. They too, made a show
ing that got them cheers.
Of all that wonderful line-up of
colorful schools none presented a
prettier effect than the Verbeke small
folks. Tiny ladies proudly carried
aloft little umbrellas in white and yel
low daisy shapes. Another contingent
carried tennis racquets. The Reily
children in red and white and the Cal- 1
der building of colored children fol-1
lowed in order. Bringing up the rear i
of this school was the Rev. William H.
Marshall in a touring car. He was re- I
cently retired from the publcl school I
service as teacher because of ill I
health.
Penn building's big contingent de
voted one group to the foreign chll- \
dren. A sign mentioned the remark
able fact that at the Fenn building
small Roumanians, Greeks, Italians,
Germans, Austrians and Russians are
being made into regular citizens of
Uncle Sam. Cameron's passing small
folks in peaked caps elicited cries of
"copy cat" from more or less envious
fellow-students countermarching past
Hamilton's pretty sons and daughters
steps along behind Cameron's big stu
dent group. Immediately afterward
followed a big mercantile float.
Seated in a little canopy were a couple
of small girls eating from a gigantic
cone of ice cream (?)
"SulllMMlUCt SUCS"
Forney's children proud of their
athletic leaders who carried their track
trophies, tramped past next; it was
this school that included the tiny
faced contingent of "sunbonnet Sues."
Lincoln's contingent with its athletic
trophies and then in order marched
the Woodward, Vernon, Allison and
Downey building; then the Foose and
then the youngsters from Children's
Industrial Home. The baby building
of Harrisburg's schools—the new
Shimmell building—was represented
by a big contingent who carried little
standards bearing the numerals
"1915."
The chances are that for sometime
after you got back to your desk you
couldn't get your mind down to busi
ness; after awhile It dawned upon you
that you had just seen the little girl
who might have been the maid that
sat beside you 'way back in "first
reader" days.
Old Papa Time had turned back in
his flight for several hours thi3 morn
ing.
Webster Wins Prize
The Webster school, Miss Julia A.
Ryan, principal, was awarded the first
prize- -a Victrola, for making the best
appearance in the- school parade this
morning. The color scheme as
worked out by Miss Ryan and her
teachers, was green and white, and
received much favorable comment all
along the route.
Headed by the Spring Garden band
of York, in Hungarian costumes, the
older children of the fifth, sixth,
seventh, eighth and ninth grades, car
ried green plumes and balloons
mounted on sticks covered with green
and white ribbon. The children of
the third and fourth grades carried
bookbags and wore green hats. All
the tots of the first and second grades
were dressed in white, with bopeep
bonnets of green and white. The luds
wore green cone hats and carried
bugles.
After the parade the Webster pupils
returned to their building at Thir
teenth and Kittatinny streets, and
awaited eagerly the report of the com
mittee on prizes. When the telephone
message was received at the building,
the joy of the children knew no
bounds, and another parade was
planned for this afternoon.
BOYER THANKS EVERYBODY
H. A. Boyer, president of the school
board, made an announcement this
noon to the Telegraph, in which he
expressed his thanks to all who helped
to make the parade a success. He
said; "I desire, by this means, to
thank everybody that had anything at
all to do with the scnool children's
parade. The pageant in itself was a
complete success, made so by that
spirit that contributes so liberally to
the success of any undertaking—loy
alty. I desire to emphasize my ad
miration of the loyalty displayed by
the teachers; of the excellent exhi
bition of discipline in the student
lbo«y; and to pay my highest com
pliments to the genius displayed in,
and the excellent taste used in the
more than beautiful blending of col
ors. In fine the demonstration was
one of much encouragement and an
inspiration to go still further in the
great cause of education.
Patrons, parents, supervisors, prin
cipals, teachers, pupils, officials and
friends please accept my most hearty
thanks, and show your interest by vis
iting the schools.
HARRY A. BOYER.
JPresident." ,
SEPTEMBER 24, 1915.
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RIVER BASIN IN GALA
ATTIRE FOR CARNIVAL
[Continued From First Page.]
covered bank sloped gradually up to
the surface of River Park.
And, instead OL the old, mud-colored
scows, dirty sand floats and barges that
fifteen years ago lined the water's
edge, to-day they saw a score of
gorgeously decorated floats represent
ing the city's progressive businessmen,
a rieet of slim, graceful canoes and a
small squadron of fast motor boats
shooting hither and thither across the
smooth rockless basin of what was
tifteen years ago a rock-studded por
tion of the Susquehanna.
It was thus that the thousands saw
many for the first time, what the new
dam across the Susquehanna at Dock
street will mean in the future for
Harrisburg's lovers of water sports.
Moats In Place
Shortly after 10 o'clock, the time
the exhibition of floats was scheduled
to start, a steamer front the fleet of
the Harrisburg Light & Power Com
pany chugged upstream and began
to tow the various decorated floats to
their assigned places along the river
wall.
Anchored near the Walnut street
bridge was the big float of Dives,
Poineroy and Stewart's department
store. Rising from the bosom of the
river huge pillars of white towered
into the air and ended in a base upon
which a large American eagle perch
ed with outspread wings. In its claws
the eagle grasped several large draped
American flags interwlned with the
colors of the big department store.
Just beneath the eagle in a broad
archway stood a decorated fountain.
To-night this float wtll be a blaze of
light with the store's name standing
forth in monster red letters.
The floats of the Harrisburg Park
Department, City Planning Commis
sion and City Forester's department
came next. In the former shown
by big 22 by 27 inch photographs the
advancement made in Harrisburg's
park system since 1902. These photo
graphs include the River Front in
1902 and now; this year and last;
playgrounds as they existed in 1902
and now; the island Playground as it
is with its football field, grand stand,
baseball diamonds, tennis courts and
track, and as It was with a few til
kept baseball diamonds in 1902. A
large poster sets forth the fact that in
1902 Harrisburg had 43 acres of park
with an annual attendance of 50,000
while now the city has 50,000 acres of
parks with an average yearly attend
ance of 1,800,000.
The city planning commission's
float shows Harrisburg as it is now
and what the future holds for us if the
present public-spiritedness of the citi
zens is maintained. A placard de
clared that "a city without planning
like Topsy, is Just apt to grow." Other
posters show some of the mistakes that
were made in Harrisburg before the
city planning commission went on the
Job. To describe the good things on
this float is Impossible. Every citizen
interested in the future of the city!
should visit it himself.
The Forestry Department's float
shows the correct manner of caring i
for trees and the kind of trees that [
should and should not be planted. ;
Another white float resembles the
broadside of the old Merrtmac that
won fame In the Civil War. Above it
in high letters which will be a blaze
of light to-night is a sign 1871—Bow
man's—1915, with the usual Bowman's
star beneath.
The Kauffman store has a big boat
representing a floating garden with a
long sloping arch surmounting the
highest greens. To-night this will be
lighted. Another attractive float will be
that of Soutter's 25-Cent Department.
Store with its huge yellow circle with
the familiar "25." Another boat that
attracted attention was a big white
swan that rode gracefully over the
water in front of a canoe propelled
by Harvey Baker, decorator for the
ti. W. Cook store.
The Harrisburg Baking Company
CASTORIA For Infants and Chililm Bears the L.
The Kinl You Have Always Bought SiKn 0 a f ture
| had £ float in line which showed a
| large oven from which the brow n
i loaves of bread are taken. Anothet
float pointed out the fact that "The
Walnut Street Viaduct Our City's Next
Improvement," and still another rep
resented the Orpheum theater.
Creepy Stuff This '
While these floats were being placed
in their proper positions for the, bi|
illuminated display this evening whc-u
the Harrisburg Light and Power Com
pany will furnish lights free to evet?
float, there was a grim looking sneeky
craft poking its nose around in the
river above the boat pavlllions. When
the thousands looked they felt cold
shivers running up and down their
spines and thought of the ill-fated
Lusitania. This grim looking little craf
was a good-sized Imitation of a real
live submarine. It represented J. O.
Herman and Company. Other floats
represented the Globe Clothing House,
Majestic Theater, the Harrisburg Tele
graph and Mayor Berrier's boat
pavilion.
Battleship Wilt Lead
These floats will all be lighted this
evening when the illuminated boat
parade passes.
Forming opposite Independence
Island before 7:30 o'clock all the boats
are expected to be in line when a huge
rocket will shoot into the sky and soar
across the heavenß above the river to
wards the pumping station. Half an
hour later the loud report of a bomo
will be the signal for the parade to
start.
Led by the big battleship of the
Harrisburg Telegraph with the Tele
graph Family aboard, the line of
decorated boats will proceed across
the river towards Kelker street, then
down along the river wall to the Wal
nut street bridge, turning around be
tween the second and third piers,
countermarching to State street. Tlia
parade passes the judges' stand at
Pine street.
Another bomb will signal the close
of the river celebration.
Tablet Presented to
Historical Society
Marks Harris Landing
Before hundreds of people in River
Front Park below Washington street
Dr. George P. Donohoo, a member of
the Pennsylvania Historical Commis
sion, this afternoon at 1 o'clock pre
sented the Dauphin County Historical
Society with a tablet marking the
point of landing of the historic John
Harris Ferry in River Park. He also
presented the original copy of the
grant to Harris by the heirs of Wil
liam Penn. This was given at the
close of the dedication address and
unveiling of the tablet in the park.
The ceremonies were simple but im
pressive, Dr. Donehoo presenting tha
copy of the grant and the marker in
behalf of the historical commission,
gave a complete history of this section
of the country at the time the ferry
was established.
He said that the ferry was placed
directly on the Allegheny path which
crossed the Susquehanna river at this
point. The trail was used by the In
dian traders for many years. The
ferry also gave access to a branch trail
through the present location of Cham
bersburg to the homes of the Tusca
tora tribes, which later became th*
course of the State highway to Pitts
burgh and the main part of the pres
ent Lincoln Highway to that place.
After a few more words he unveiled
the tablet and presented the copy of
the grant to Theodore B. Klein, who
accepted both In behalf of the Dau
phin County Historical Society.
MEALS TO FEET) "NEWSIES"
Arrangements will be made at a
special meeting Monday evening, Sep
tember 27, for a banquet to be given
the Harrisburg Newsboys' Association
by Dr. E. S. Meals wlthtn the next few
weeks. The plans were to be arranged
this evening, but owing to the great
municipal Improvement celebration tha
meeting was postponed.
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