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HARRISBURG fjlfefill TELEGRAPH
; - LXXXIV— No. 246
URGES NEW
HIGH SCHOOL
FOR GIRLS
City School Superintendent Suggests Way Out of Problem
at Rotary Club Meeting; Has Changed Views Daring
Last Two Years; For Separation of Sexes on Eco
nomic, bat Not Moral Grounds
Says Tech Should Be Enlarged to Accommodate All the
Boys, With Establishing of College Preparatory and
Commercial Courses There; Declares Junior High
Schools Are Coming Fast and Present System of In
struction Will Be Changed; Would Put Capitol Park
Site Proposition Up to Voters
City School Superintendent s
Plan of Solving High School
Problem For Present and Future
I—Separation of sexes on economic grounds
2—Enlargement of present Technical High School at an
approximate cost, including site, of $300,000, to accommodate
all high school boys.
3—Erection of new High School for Girls at approximate
cost of $300,000 to $350,000, not including site and equipment.
4—Taking into consideration in this construction, present
junior high school movement, thus reducing size and expense
of buildings suggested for immediate needs.
s—Matter of a Capitol Park site for Girls' High School to
be submitted to voters for their approval.
F. E. DOWNES
Tlty School Superintendent, Who Sug
gests Way Out of High
School Problem.
Probably the mosf important public
utterance on the city's high school
problem made by F. E. Downes, city
school superintendent, in the last two
years was given last night in a dis
cussion of the question of new high
school before ♦he Rotary Club at a
meeting in the Public Library.
In a comprehensive paper the school
superintendent submitted to the Ro
tarians his own personal views of the
problem, following a report from the
Rotary Club's educational committee,
of which Dr. Samuel Z. Shope is chair
man.
One of the remarkable features of
both the educational committee's re-
I ort and the personal message of
Dr. Downes was that the two were
nearly similar, both urging the fol
lowing measures:
Separation of the sexes on eco
nomic grounds.
Erection of high school for
girls on r site preferably facing
Capitol Park extension.
Taking into consideration the
establishing or a junior high
school system of instruction in
Ilarrishurg.
Dr. Downes, however, differed from
[THE WEATHER
For Harrlshurg anil vicinity! Fair
and altghtly cooler to-night and
Thursday.
For Kaatern Pennsylvania! I'artlv
cloudy to-night nnd Thursdar'i
somewhat pooler) gentle to mod
erate southwest Minds.
River
The \orth and West branches will
probably fall to-night nnd Thurs
day. The upper portion of the
main river will rise slightly to
night and the lower portion
Thursday. A stage of about 4.8
feet Is Indicated for Hnrrlsburg
Tliuraduy morning.
tieneral Conditions
Pressure Is high In the Middle and
North Atlantic Statra nnd It has
Increased over Western districts!
It Is low over*the l.akc Region
nnd the extreme Korthwest. Ratn
has fnllen generally In the Mid
dle Atlantic States.
Temperature! 8 a. m., AO.
Sum Rlaea, «.2| a. m.| sets, Bill)
p. m.
Moon i Full moon, October 32, 7il«
p. m.
River Stagei 4.4 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, OA.
I.owest temperature, «1.
Mean temperature. M.
Normal temperature, (7 ,
the educational committee of the club
in regard to the advisability of es
tablishing junior high schools at this
time, saying, however, that this system
Is sure to come before many years. He
also thinks it will be necessary to en
large Tech high school east toward
Fifth street to accommodate the boys,
a measure which the Rotary Club's
committee did not deem necessarv at
this time.
Dr. Downes said:
Dong and Careful Study
"It will be. my purpose this even
ing to convey to you my own per
sonal ideas with reference to the
broader phases of the problem, and
It is needless to state that these ideas
are the result of long and careful
study of the situation. I should like
to make it plain at the outset that I
am speaking in an entirely personal
capacity, and that I do not know that
the views of any member of the
Board of School Directors or of any
other citizen coincide with my own.
"We shall of course start out with
the general proposition that in the
solution of such an important problem
as we have at hand the future must
be taken into consideration as well
as the present. As to how far intt>
the future we should go there will be
a difference of opinion. In immediate
construction I should say not too far;
perhaps ten or iifteen years; but in
our planning we should go far beyond
this. We need not actually do now
all that the city would require in the
next twenty-five or thirty years, but
we should plan even for the next
generation. It Is just as Important
to plan, and to plan wisely, for the
future in school construction as it is
with reference to parks and play
grounds, bridges, the laying out of
streets, or any other field of municipal
endeavor. The work does not have
to be all done at one time, though It
is often important that It be all
planned at one time.
"Keeping in mind our general pro
position, we cannot avoid discussing
at some length at least three vital
pertinent questions In relation to it,
namely, co-education, the junior high
school, and sites. We 'Jhall consider
each o( these in the order mentioned.
"I am one of the ninety-nine of
every one hundred educators who
have no objection to co-education,
least of all on moral grounds. I
think I could offer convincing aj'gu
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GOVERNMENT PRESENTS CASE
By Associate J Press
New York, Oct. 20. The United
State government began to-day the
presentation of its evidence against
William Rockefeller. Douts Cass Eed
jard, Edward It. Rohbins and eight
others, charged while directors of the
New Haven Railroad with conspiracy
to mononollze the railroads and trolley
lines of New England.
HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 20, 1915
BIG CELEBRATION IN WEST
FAIRVIEW OPENS TOMORROW
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West Fairview women are taking an active part in the celebration which will mark the town's one hundredth
birthday and the dedication of the new Good Will firehouse. The third row from the top shows members of the
entertainment committee, made up of the borough school teachers. The other rows show members of the various
bazar committees.
PRIVATE CONCERNS
TO COMPETE WITH
FEDERAL YARDS
Secretary Daniels Has Plan to
Prevent Private Manufactur
ers From Reaping Harvests
Raleigh, N*. C., Oct. 20. What the
navy expects to do toward preventing
private manufacturers from reaping
excessive profits on the expenditure of
hundreds of millions involved in the
administration's national defense pro
gram, was outlined here to-day by
Secretary Daniels in a speech at the
North Carolina State Fair. Mr. Dan
iels said his annual report to Congress
would recommend legislation to en
able the government to equrp itself to
build more naval craft, make its own
armor plate and greatly extend its
manufacture of munitions.
"The government has invested many
millions of dollars in navy yards,"
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WANT WAGES INCREASED
By Associated Press •
New York, Oct. 20.—The organized
wireless operators of the Atlantic
Coast have voted for a general strike
until their demands are granted, ac
cording to the announcement to-day
by Secretary Sohnatzinetz. The de
mand is for an increase which will
raise the scale S3O to $75 a month.
DEPRESSION HERE
AFTER THE WAR
Roger W. Babson Tells Harris
burg Chamber of
Commerce
Trade is on the up-trend and the
immediate future apparently holds a
big boom, but when the war is over
will come a period of depression cor
responding: to the prosperity upon
which we are now entering This was
the opinion given by Roger W. Bab
son, financial expert and writer, In a
talk before the Harrisburg Chamber
of Commerce at luncheon at the Har
risburg Club to-day.
Mr. Habson's discourse was on the
subject "How to Oet On, Personally,
Nationally and Internationally." The
welfare of any man or group of men,
organization, nation or group of na
tions depends largely upon the rec
ognition of the law of action and re
action—thßt action is followed always
by an eo.ual reaction.
The old antagonisms of labor and
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RUSSIA AND BULGARIA AT WAR
By Associated Prtss
Petrograd, Oct. 20. noon, via I,on
don.—An Imperial manifesto declaring
war against Bulgaria appeared to-day
under date of October 18. It was ac
companied by a communication re
viewing the friendly services of Russia
for Bulgaria In the past, and point
ing out the "treachery" of King
Ferdinand.
"TAG DAY"
For the benefit of local charities the
Salvation Army will observe "Tag Day"
to-morrow. All the money raised will
be distributed locally during the winter.
A large corps of assistants from sur
rounding towns will help Captain Nell
sen.
Program For Dedicatory Exer
cises Friday Announced; Pa
rade of Mummers Will Be
Opening Feature of Big Cele
bration
Special to The Telegraph
West Fairview, Pa., Oct. 20.—West
Fairview's bit? celebration * ill begin
to-morrow evening and for three days
the town's gates will be thrown wide
open for visitors and former residents.
The opening feature on the big pro
gram will be a parade of mummers,
and if the weather conditions are fa
\ orable there will be a turnout which
will surpass anything of its kind ever
held along the West Shore. At the
same time, too, the bazar which has
been arranged to help raise funds to
complete the payment of the new fire
house of the Good Will Fire Com
pany, No. 1, will be opened.
Program Announced
From to-morrow evening until mid
night Saturday night there will be
something doing all the time. Friday,
of course, will be the big day and
events on that day will start with a
parade at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
Immediately following the parade the
new firehouse will be dedicated with
appropriate exercises. A large plat
form has been erected alongside the
building and this will be occupied by
speakers and quests. The dedicatory
program was completed this morning
und announcement of its numbers was
made as follows:
Music, P. R. R. Y. M. C. A. band,
Knola; prayer, the Rev. J. E. B. Rice;
singing, "America:" presentation of
new building to the Good Will Fire
Company officers* by members of the
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BULGARS GATHER
ON GREEK BORDER
Campaign Against Montenegro
by Teutons Contemplated
Reports Indicate
Turkish forces are to co-operate en
ergetically with the Bulgarians in op
posing the allied operations in the
Balkans, Athens advices state. Turk
ish troops, it Is reported are being con
centrated near Dedaghatch, Bulgaria,
on the Aegean sea. The landing of an
allied force at Enos near Dedaghatch
was reported recently.
Bulgarian troops are being concen
trated on the frontiers of both Ruma
nia and Greece, according to a Saloni
ki dispatch to Paris. Three divisions
are being gathered near the Greek
border, it is stated.
Cutting the Nish-Salonlki railway
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TAKE EVERYTHING TO HORIZON
By Associated Press
Paris, Oct. 20. —"We took every
thing to the edge of the horizon the
first day," said an officer standing on
the first line French trench whence
a wave of men fifteen miles long rose
on the morning of September 25 and
dashed on from one to five miles be
fore the tidal rush of soldiery was
stopped.
U. S. PROCLAIMS NEUTRALITY
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., Oct. 20.—Presi
dent Wilson to-day signed a procla
mation giving notice of the neutrality
of the United States In the war be
tween Berbia and Bulgaria. The
proclamation was along the same gen
eral lines as those already Issued cov
ering the wars between other na
tions.
UPPER END WILL
GIVE REPUBLICAN
TICKET BIG VOTE
Stronger Sentiment Than in
Many Years; Lined Up
Solidly '
GREAT MASS MEETING
Elizabethville and Berrysburg
Voters Turn Out to Hear
Candidates
The Republican candidates returned
to-day from the upper end of the
county where they spent * yesterday
getting about among the voters.
"I have spent all my life in the
upper end," said James E. Lentz,
nominee for recorder, who accom
panied the party, "and I think I know
the people up there as well as any
body, but In all my experience I have
never known the time -when there WHS
so strong a sentiment for the whole
Republican ticket north of the moun
tains as there is to-day..
"Everywhere we went yesterday we
found the party workers and the
voters alike lined up solidly behind
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WILSON DECLARES
EMBARGO ON ARMS
Supplementary Order, How
ever Permits Carranza to
Receive Munitions
flv Associated Press
Washington. D. C., Oct. ?o.—Presi
dent Wilson to-day declared an em
bargo on the shipment of arms and
| ammunition to Mexico.
President Wilson signed a supple
mentary order, however, which ex
cepts General Carranza's government
from the embargo and permits muni
tions to go through to him unhamp
ered. The prohibition applies to the
factions opposed to the government
which the United Stutcs has reco*-
nizedd.
The President's proclamation ts
based upon the authority conferred
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AUTO FUES TO ROOF
Gallon of Whisky Adds to Mystery In
"Ury" Delaware County
Special lo The Telegraph
Laurel, Del.. Oct. 20.—Anyone who
will pay damages can obtain an auto
mobile If they will appear before
Charles Steele, a farmer, of lower
Proad Creek, and explain how the
machine came to be lodged on the top
of his woodshed. Steele* heard a crash
some time last night, but thought |
nothing of It until this morning, when
he was astonished to And the auto
mobile on the shed roof with the
wheels sticking In the air.
There were no license tags on the
machine and no clue to the owner.
Inside the automobile was a gallon of
w hlsky.
HAS WAY TO KEEP
U BOATS UNDER
WATER 2 MONTHS?
Naval Officers Here to Inspect
System Developed by Col.
Dcmming
OUT-EDIS 0N S EDISON
Colonel Says Formula Will |
Revolutionize Undersea
Craft Warfare
To inspect and investigate a method
discovered by Colonel Henry C. Dein
ming for purifying the air in sub
marines, which, if successful, would
enable the craft to stay under water
continuously for two months, says the
colonel, three I'nited States naval offi
cers, F. H. Prevle, assistant naval con
structor; Robert P. Hodgson, assistant
inspector of hull material, and C.
Reseller, chief expert chemist, are in
this city.
The discovery, if successful, will
undoubtedly revolutionize under-water
warfare, as It would enable a sub
| marine to leave here, go to Europe,
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Woman Burned Almost to
Crisp in Auto Accident
By Associated Press
Hazleton, Pa., Oct. 20.—Mrs. Charles
Lerch, wife of the Rev. Charles Lerch,
pastor of the Reformed Church at
Ringtown, sustained a broken neck
and was burned almost to a crisp and
her husband was badly burned and In
ternally injured last night when they
were caught under their runaway au
tomobile which dashed down the Nes
copeck mountain and was wrecked
against a big rock on an embankment
near Tank, Luzerne county. They
were on their way home from Wilkes-
Barre at the time. The gasoline was
set on Are after the machine upset.
Mr. Lerch was in a critical condition
to-day.
NATIONAL COUNCIL OPENS
By Associated t'ress
New Haven, Conn., Oct. 20.—The
National Council of Congregational
Churches will begin its forty-first bi
ennial session here this afternoon with
the Rev. Charles R. Brown, head of
the School of Religion, Yale, and
moderator of the council, presiding.
READING DECLARES DIVIDEND
Philadelphia, Oct. 20.—The regular quarterly dividend
of one per cent, was declared to-day upon the first preferred
stock of the Reading company.
I
183 BRITISH MERCHANTMEN GO DOWN
London, Oct. 20, 4.05 P. M.—Official announcement was
made to-day that the total number of British merchant ves
sels, exclusive of fishermen sunk by submarines to October
14, was 183.. The number of fishing vessels sunk to that
time was 175.
CARRANZA NOTIFIED OF RECOGNITION
Gomez Palacio, Coahuila, Mex., Oct. 19, vit Eagle Pass,
Tex., Oct. 20.—First Chief Venustiano Carranza touring
Northern Mexican states was informed here to-day of his
formal recognition's executive of the de facto government in
Mexico in a telegram from Eliseo Arredondo. his confidential
agent in Washington.
EARLY LOAN IS PLANNED
Petrograd, Oct. 20, via London, 2.11 P. M.—The Russian
government is preparing for the early issue of an internal
loan of 1,000,000,000 rubles ($5oo, 000,000). The interest
rate will be 5 l / 2 per cent. The loan will run for a short term. .
%
DUE TO DIVERGENCE OF VIEWS
London, Oct. 20, 3.30 P. M. Sir Edward Carson an
nounced in the House of Commons .to-day that his resigna
-1
tion from the attorney generalship was due to divergence
of views in regard to Near Eastern affairs.
i
FIFTY-TWO KILLED IN EXPLOSION
Paris, Oct. 20, 4.55 P. M.—Fifty-two persons are re
ported to have been killed in an explosion this afternoon in
a factory in the Rue de Tolbiac, while one hundred or more '
were injured. Many of the victims were women workers
I
in the factory which was wrecked were buildings in the
vicinity.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Lntber fJranvllle Haveratoelt anil Thereaa Zimmerman, Irkeabarc,
Perry county.
Haymund Kilmuud Marseruni, Trenton, X. J„ nnd Irene Fmlud
fleck, Mllleraburt(.
14 PAGES POSTSCRIPT— FINAL
MEALS WILL BE
ONLY CANDIDATE
FOR MAYORALTY
Clot 008 More Voles. Than
Half of All Bailbts
Casß
LETS SHEESLEY OUT
Mayor-Elect Received (5,015;
Just 11,994 Voters Got
Tickets
Dr. Ezra S. Meals will he the only
candidate for mayor of Harrisburg at
the November general election.
The Dauphin. county commissioners
late this afternoon decided that the
name of the former chief executive
alone should go on the general elec
tion nonpartisan ticket following tha
computation of the number of bal
lots cast at the September primaries.
Harry K. Sheesley, Meals' best
running mate for the nomination, is
eliVninated finally unless the question
is raised in the courts and decided
otherwise. In municipal circles this
is considered unlikely.
In addition to settling the mayoralty
problem the county commissioners In
accordance with the advice of Col. K.
M. Ott, county solicitor, directed tha
printing of the names of the eight
councilmanic nominees on the non
partisan ticket for City Council in
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Republican Rallies
Are Scheduled For
All Over County
Republican mass meetings will be
held this evening at Hockersville,
Deodate and Swatara Hill. The can
didates will make a quick swing
around the circle In automobiles and
be back In ample time for the big
reception to be tendered them at the
rooms of the East End Republican
club, Thirteenth and Market streets.
To-morrow evening the candidates
will be in the home town of Frank
B. Snavely, Hershey, where a warm
reception awaits them and there will
be a meeting also at Bachmansville.
Friday there will be meetings at
Lykens and Wiconisco and on Satur.
day at Mlddletown and Hlghspire.