. ... " I West Faiiview's Centennial and Fire House HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXIV — No. 247 HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF WEST FAIRVIEW MARKED MUMMERS' PARADE AND.BAZAR WILL FEATURE OPENING Parade of Fire Companies, Secret Organizations and Children Tomorrow RESIDENTS IN LINE Dedication cf New Home of Good Will Fire Company Will Follow Pageant Special to Th r Telegraph West Fairview, Pa., Oct. 21.—To day marks the opening of West Fair view's big centennial and dedication celebration and to-night the events for the three day's program will be on in full swing. • The old town, which has just reach ed its hundredth mile stone, is a mass of color. For the past several days! expert decorators have been here and j all of the bic business houses and the I new home of the Good Will Fire Com- . panv Xo. 1, which is the nucleus fori the celebration, are covered with flaps! and bunting. The new firehouse pre-| sents an extremely pretty appearance. I Decorators were busy there all da.' yesterday both on the interior and exterior and with the completion of the work the structure appeared to be well dressed in celebration attire. Inspect New Building This afternoon the doors of the new flrehouse were thrown oren for inspeo tlon by citizens and visitors. This eve- j nlng arrangements have been made' to handle great crowds there. But in- j specting the building is not all that i is in store for those who go there. At \ 7 o'clock the bazar will be opened for j three days and in addition a commit tee of women will serve supper. ! Booths have beer erected lit the big; on the second floor of the fire- I and these are literally covered with pieces of handiwork, household needs and articles of almost every .description which will be sold to help clear up the indebtedness which re mains on the new building. One hour after the opening of the [Continued on Pane 7 ] 37 Killed, 51 Injured in Explosion in French Munitions Factory Paris. Oct. 21.—Thirty-seven people were killed and 51 others were serious ly injured, some of them so badly that they may die, in the explosion which wrecked a factory yesterday in the Rue de Tolbiac, according to the lat est casualty list. Seventy-four women and girls and 21 men were working in the establishment at the time of the explosion which resulted when a work man accidentally dropped a grenade while an auto truck was beiqg loaded. The factory was of a temporary character, consisting of wooden sheds erected on a vacant lot. 4 Trainloads of War Material For Russia Pass Through City The Pennsylvania railroad yester day and to-day handled 100 cars of steel car material for Russia. Four trains were necessary to haul this valuable cargo from Berwick, Pa., to tidewater. Yesterday 69 carloads went through and to-day the others were shipped. These carß are a part of the con tract awarded sometime ago hy the Russian government to the Berwick Car Company. The cars are built in knock down form arid will be put to gether in Russia. All material must be crated. Some of the cars yesterday contained huge boxes in which were packed wheels. Others had steel un dernames, brake riggings, etc. Even the wooden parts were enclosed in cases. The trains passing through the yards and city attracted much atten tion. . j [THE WEATHER, For Harrlshurg and vicinity: Fair to-night nnd Friday; cooler to n lie tit. For Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair and I'lmlrr to-night: Friday fair, cooler In mn( portion; gentle to moderate west wlnda. River The West B/anrb und the upper portion of the North Brunch nlll fall to-night and Friday. The lower .portion of the North Branch nlll rime to-night and fall Friday. The main river will rise to-nlKht and Friday. A atage of about 5.4 feet la Indicated for llarrlabunt Friday morning. General Conditions The dlaturbance that Tins central north of the Lake Region Wed nesday morning, Is moving dim n •he S«. I.anrence Valley. Pressure has Increased over the I.ake Region and the central valleva aad decrensed weat of the Roclir 1 Mountains. Light to moderately heavy rains \ have occurred along the entire 1 Atlantic seaboard and In North- 1 ern Michigan: elsewhere fair weather has prevailed through out the territory repreaented on the nap. It Is 2 to 13 degrees cooler In the l.ake Region, the t'pper Susque hanna. Middle Mississippi and I.ower Ohio valleya. Temperature: S a. m„ SO. Sum Rlaea, <1:23 a. m.; sets. 5>13 p. m. Moon: Full moon, to-morrow, 7t1!5 p. m. River Stage: 4.2 feet above low water mark. Veater*4y's Weather Highest temperature, ««. Lowest temperature, HO. Menu temperature. #l3. Normal temperature, 32. CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES IN CHARGE OF CELEBRATION J| All of the committees appointed to take charge of various parts of West Falrvlew's celebration program have done their work well. Above are shown the chairmen of the committees. From left to right, above they are: Harry G. Shaull, bazar committee; Arbie C. Kepford. membership: Dr. H. B. Bashore, historian: Ira E. Shaull sub scription and publicity committees, architect and builder; Aluert J. Shaull, building and dedicatorv committees and chief marshal of to-morrow's parade; Warren B. Smith, decorating committee. Below, left to right: Mrs. A. B. Hoke, fruit and candy committee; Mrs. A. J. Shaull, cake booth; Mrs. Sadie Smeltzer, parcel post; Mrs Benjamin Rowland, entertainment; Mrs. Carrie Baker, supper. WIRE EDISON OF NEW PLANT TEST Electric Light Co. Tries Out Smoke Cleansing Process on Edison Day TELEGRAPHS TO 'FRISCO THOMAS A. EDISON After devoting months of study to the subject the Harrisburg Light and Power Company to-day tested out the new system of clearing the fine dust and ashes from the smoke of the Ninth street power plant. To-day, "Edison day," the thirty- anniversary of the perfecting by Thomas A. Edison of the incandescent light, was chosen for the initial tryout of the newly completed smoke cleans ing process because of the unusual sig [Continued on Page 13] Await Report of American Minister on Shooting of Nurse By Associated Press London. Oct. 21, 6:40 A. M. —The circumstances connected with the exe cution by the German authorities at Brussels of Miss Edith Oavell, a Brit ish nurse, occupy constantly increas ing attention in London. The forth coming publication of the report of Brand Whitlock, American Minister to Belgium, on his efforts in Miss Cavell's behalf Is awaited with keenest Inter est. This report will be published in to-morrow's papers. H. G. WILLIAMS I>K.\l> By Associated I'ress Philadelphia. Oct. 21.—Horace G. Williams, for many years identified with the coal and lumber business of the South, died to-day at his home in St. Davids near here. "SPELLKRS" FOLLOW GINS By Associated Press Mohonk Lake, N". Y„ Oct. 21.—The spelling book has followed the bayo net in the Philippines evc-r since the United States began to exfend control over these islands, until now there are 4 300 schools taught by 10,000 teachers and enrolling more than 600,000 pupils. , HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 21, 1915. WILSON PROCLAIMS THANKSGIVING DAY Sets Thursday, November 23 as Time and Calls Atten tion to Peace Here By Associated Press Washington, D. C. t Oct. 21.—Presi dent Wilson to-day in a proclamation designating Thursday, November 25, as Thanksgiving Day, called attention to the fact that the United States has been at peace while most of Europe has been at war. "We have been able to assert our rights and the rights of mankind with out breach of friendship with the great nations with whom we have had to deal." said the President. The text follows: "It has long been the honored cus tom of our people to turn in the fruit ful autumn of the year ill praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God for His many blessings at.d mercies to us as a nation. The year that is now drawing to a close since we last observed o»r I'.ay of national thanksgiving has been, while a year of discipline because of the mighty forces of war and of [Continued on Page 13.] Uphold Law Which Makes Meals Sole Candidate By Associated Press Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Oct. 21.—The Luzerne county court, four judges concurring and one dissenting, upheld the act making the candidate for Mayor in a third class city receiving more than fifty per cent, of the vote cast the sole candidate for that of fice at the general election. The deci sion was handed down denying the mandamus action of Sheriff* Lewis P. Kniffen, who was a candidate at the primaries, to force the county com missioners to place his name on the ballot 'as a candidate for Mayor of this city at the general election. Mayor John V. Kosek.'who is a can didate for re-election, received more than fifty per cent, and his will be the only name to appear on the official ballot November 2. The question of whether or not Har risburg should vote for one or two candidates for Mayor at the November election was settled yesterday by the County Commissioners who decided that Dr. Ezra S. Meals had received more than half the number of ballots cast in the city. The number was ar rived at by counting over the regis trars' check lists and thus determin ing how many ballots were issued. Finding of Will May Upset Estate Settling ! The unexpected discovery this after - I noon of a will left l>v Miss Susan F. | Raysor, of near Penbrook, may lead to legal Controversy in the final settle i ment of the estate. The Instrument, it is understood, was found among the I papers of Levi B. Alrick:-. a well-known I attorney of the Dauphin county bar, who died more than a year ago. Miss Raysor died September 20, 1913, leaving an estate variously estimated at from IT.SOO to sS,oot>. and in the an sence of any will at the time, letters on the estate were granted to John F. Raysor. a brother, as administrator. The estate is settled or practically settled. It is said, but the finding of the will may mean the upsetting of the whole proceeding. Chief Moonshiner Gets > 9 Years and $33,000 Fine By Associated Press I Fort Smith, Ark., Oct. 21. John L. I Casper, of Kansas City, alleged head of the moonshine conspiracy, who pl>-aded guilty In the United States Dis trict Court here yesterday, was sen tenced to nine years and three davs in the Leavenworth Penitentiary and or dered to pay a fine of $33,000. The six others who admitted guilt received sentences varying from six months in jail to two years in the peni tentiary. WAST niI.SON TO MTOI" \HME.MAK PBRfEtt'TIONS By Associated Pre s Philadelphia. Oct. 21. An appeal to President wlh tinil thl "rulers of all Christian lands" to st.»o the persecu tion of Armenian Christians In the Turkish Empire was made to-day by the delegates to the Eastern Svnod of the Reformed Church In the United ,States now meeting in this city. , HE IS COMING! WORLD TRAVELER Frank R. Roberson Will Give Series of Travelogues Under Telegraph's Direction CROSSED OCEAN 75 TIMES Has Crossed Every Continent and Almost Every Island; Beautiful Pictures He is coming! This announcement carried on the first page of the Telegraph for several days past has aroused considerable speculation. And now comes the answer: Frank R. Roberson, the world's greatest traveler, is coming to Harris burg, under ausnices of the Telegraph, for a series of travelogues. This extra ordinary engagement begins next Thursday night. October 28th, at the Chestnut street auditorium. During Mr. Roberson's stay all the wonder places of the world are to be [Continued on I'agr ".] City Entertains Big Captain of Finance Over Night Unawares When a big gray limousine slid si lently away from in front of the Com monwealth hotel yesterday morning and started rapidly Reading-ward, few about the hotel or the business sec tion of the city knew that Harrisburg had entertained for the night one of America's greatest bankers and finan ciers. The hotel clerk knew of course, and so, incidentally did a couple of mighty lucky bellhops and chamber maids. The party rolled into the city from Gettysburg early Tuesday evening af ter a visit to the battlefield and left in the morning for Philadelphia via Reading. The guest was Jacob H. Sehiff of New York City. With Mr. Schiff was his wife and granddaughter, Miss Warburg, a daughter of Felix M. Warburg, chair man of the national committee of He [ brews in America who are sending financial relief to fellow countrymen in Russia, who are suffering because of the great war. Widow Wants $15,000 Damages From Pennsy For Husband's Death Suit for 115,600 damages was be- I gun to-day against the Pennsylvania , Railroad Company by Mrs. Rosetta White, widow of William White, an ! employe who was crushed to death in an elevator shaft at DE office Septem ber 10. 1014. I The action was led by Attorney ! Horace A. Segelbaum, counsel for Mrs. j White. The statement of complaint I sets forth that the company was negli- I gent in not providing sufficient s .fety [appliances. White, it appears, was I working in the bottom of the pit when the elevator suddenly descended. Be fore he could crawl out he was caught between the edge of the shaft and the lower beams of the car. He died al most Instantly. White was earning $750 a year at ♦he time and Mrs White declares that be was her only means of support. The care of her mother, aged 79. has also devolved upon her, Mrs. White says. Forty Injured When Big Ferryboat Strikes Pier By Associated Press New York, Oct. 21.—Forty men and women were in.tured to-day when the Lackawanna ferryboat Netherland crashed' into the Barrow street pier during a heavy fog and hurled a num ber of passenger under the hoofs of a dozen horses which were on the boat. Six of the injured were rushed to hos pitals and the others were treated by ambulance surgeons after being landed BOSSES DROP DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES Machine Campaign Slumps Along With Little or No Ginger PROGRESSIVES SOLD OUT Speakers at Five Big Republi can Rallies Tell of Conditions While the Democrats were hunting around for sufficient members last night to make a respectable showing at the Central Democratic Club, the Republicans were holding no less than five rousing rallies throughout the city and the county. Threatening wealher did not prevent big crowds attending all of the meetings, not withstanding ail but one of them were held in the open air. Aftfer fine meetings at Swatara Hill. Deodate and Hockersville, and a city rally on the handsomely decorated lawn of Georgo Mailey, on Paxton street, where more than 80 voters of the Second precinct of the Second ward gathered, the candidates went to the rooms of the East End Repub lican Club where a delightful recep tion and luncheon brought the evening to a close. Democrats Give Up. Reports made to the county com mittee officials who were with the can didates on the trip discloses the fact that on Allison Hill and throughout the lower and eastern ends of the county the whole Democratic-Wash ington campaign has collapsed. Few of the candidates have been in those sections recently and there is abso lutely no concerted effort for the fu sion ticket on the part of the Demo cratic workers in those localities. Nearly every Washington party man on the Hill will vote as a Republican this Kail and will register next year with that party in order to be in posi tion to give (he Republican candidate for President proper support next year. This condition of affairs proved as gratifying as it was surprising to the Republicans, who were given to un derstand after the primaries that the [Contlnucil on J'age 13.] Villa Will Be Prevented by U. S. From Deposing of Confiscated Property By Associated Press Washington. D. C., Oct. 21.—1f Gen eral Villa confiscates mines, smelters, cattle and other sources of revenue in territory he controls, as confidential advices to the State Department to day indicate he is preparing to do, the American government will find a way to prevent him from disposing of the property in the United States. Two methods of procedure may be pursued. The first is the closing of all ports of entry on the border between Texas and the States of Sonora and Chihuahua. The second is the holding for rightful owners of confiscated property shipped across the border. Women Advocate Simpler Form of Dress For Street By Associated Press Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Oct. 21. Wo man suffrage was endorsed, and a movement was launched for the stand ardization of women's dress for street and business wear, at the twentieth annual meeting of the State Feder ation of Pennsylvania Women here to-day. The vote was 216 In favor of the suffrage. 38 against, and 33 did not vote. Mrs. Charles H. Ott. of Say re, who was sponsor for the plan to have wo men's dress standardized said that the need of such a change would add to comfort and convenience as well as to appearance. She advocated a simpler form of dress suited to mod ern demands for street and business wear. The convention will close with a concert to-night. Dr. Dixon Tells of Pa.'s Strides at Convention Hv Associated Press Atlantic City. N. J., Oct. 21.—At the second day's session here of the Pennsylvania Waterworks Associa tion's annual convention Commissioner of Health, Samuel G. Dixon, of Penn sylvania, said: "Up to October first there were fewer cases of typhoid fever reported in Pennsylvania than ever before In any one year since we have had statis tics, this despite the fact that the population is Increasing at the rate of one hundred and twenty thousand per year. "A single case of typhoid fever In a community causes more comment now than a dozen would have a few years ago. "While half the world is engaged in slaughter, we are winning battles for the conservation of life. It is trench fighting, but we are making progress In ten years, typhoid fever has been reduced 70 per cent, in Pennsylvania." WANTS SIO.OOO FOR FINGERS Suit for *IO,OOO damages was filed this afternoon by Zrave Blajeff, form erly of Steelton, now of Youngstown, Ohio, against Stressa DimitrofT, for the damages he alleges he received when his hands were caught In a dough making machine in Dimitroff's bakery in Steelton. IN iivunisni IU; TONIGHT Pure Food Show at Chestnut Street Auditorium. Harrlsburg Presbyterian Asso ciation at Covenant Presbvterlan Church Banquet at 6 o'clock. Meeting at 7:30. Opening of West Falrvlew Cen tennial celebration. Walnut Street Viaduct Associa tion meets at Relly Hosehouse. ENTENTE POWERS ANXIOUS TO LEARN POLICY OF GREECE Pressure Being Used to Elicit Definition of Her Intentions BRITISH MAKE OFF E R Fleets of Allies Establish Close Blockade of Aegean Coast of Bulgaria London, Oct. 21. 12.22 p. m.—The entente powers are bringing all possi ble pressure to bear on Greece In order to elicit an unequivocal definition of her policy toward the other Balkan States and the European belligerents. They have intimated clearly that on account of the geographical position of Greece and her treaty obligations to Serbia her announced policy of neu trality will be difficult, if not impossi ble, to maintain. It has become a question In the opinion of the allied diplomats of not permitting Greece to continue what is considered an ambiguous policy until her opponents in the war are able to utilize the neutral position of Greece to their own advantage. The Greek government is now con sidering the British offer of the island of Cyprus, which, according to an Athens message, Britain will cede im mediately on condition that Greece Joins the allies. The Russian fore'r;n minister, M. Sazonoff, has issued a statement that he considers the allies justified in adopting any measures to prevent their enemies from taking ad fContlnuecl on Page 13] Henry A. Kelker Left Good Sums to Charity The will of the late Henry A. Kelker was admitted to probate by Register Danncr this afternoon and letters is sued to his son, Henry A. Kelker, Jr., and the Harrisburg Trust Company, who are named as trustees in the will. The will bequeaths SI,OOO to the Harrisburg Hospital, SI,OOO, Reform ed Salem church and SSOO to the Home for the Friendless. The re mainder of the estate except for a few bequests to relatives 1B left to Mr. 1 Kelker's family. I ALBERT WILL NOT SEEK PEACE 1 Rome, Oct. 21, 10.40 A. M., via Paris, 3.20 P. M.—Pope ' I Benedict has just received from King Albert, of Belgium, a I | reply to an autograph letter from the Pope, urging the king 1 to initiate steps looking to the conclusion of peace. King ' Albert replied in the negative. 1 IRUSS CAPTURE 3,552 GERMANS Petrograd, Oct. 21, via London, 2.33 P. M. An im portant Russian success in the region of Baranovichi result 1 ing in the capture of several German position's, 3,552 inl and ten machine guns and one piece of artillery, was au noijnced to-day by the war office. 1 ' BANDITS RAID RANCH, ( Brownsville, Tex., Oct. 21. Mexican bandits raided ranch property near Sebastian to-day and fought with the % ' Texas rangers and deputy sheriffs who pursued them. casualties were reported on either side. Sebastian is for- J miles north of here and fully fifty miles from the Ojo de % ' Agua battleground where Mexicans attacked United States % troops this morning. a BETHLEHEM MAKES NEW HIGH MARK | 1 New York, Oct. 21.—Bethlehem Steel made the new m I high record price of 599V B , an over-night gain of 70^ 8 points C A year ago when the Stock Exchange was closed because of & the war Bethlehem Steel was being unofficially quoted at % ' between 25 and 30. C 1,000,000 ARMENIANS KILLED | Tiflis, Oct. 19, via Petrograd and London, Oct. 21, % ' 4.59 P. M.—The estimate is made by the Armenian news \ paper "Mehak," that of the 1,200,000 Armenian inhabitants 9 of Turkey before the war there remain not more than 200,- * 000. This the "Mshak" says, may disappear before the end J of the war on account of the Turkish policy of extermi- 2 nation. a 1 l MARRIAGE LICENSES j Albert Luther Mcl.auKhlln and Olive Blanche Wella, city. % William Henry Smith and Catherine Mahala Taylor, city. f I Karl E. Whltaker and Klale E winger, city. & POSTSCRIPT— FINAL 16 PAGES VILLA FOLLOWERS ATTACK AND KILL 3 U. S. SOLDIERS Eight Other Americans Re ported Wounded; Six Mexi cans Shot to Death THEIR PURPOSE FAILED 75 Mexican Invaders Beat Hasty Retreat Into Their Own Territory By Associated I'ress Brownsville, Tex., Oct. 21.—About seventy-live Mexicans at 2 o'clock this morning attacked fifteen American soldiers at Ojo de Agua. about sixty miles up the Rio Grande from here. Three soldiers were killed and eight wounded and at least live Mexicans killed in the forty-minute battle which followed. Some of the Mexicans fled across the Rio Grande Into Unlcll) territory when American cavalry re inforcements came up. Mexicans slain in the fight had ' white hat bands bearing the words: "Viva Villa." Ojo de Agua is near the river. Dense brush which even in daylight limits I the range of vision often to a rew j feet, afforded the Mexicans perfect cover as they scattered into small groups and made toward the Mexican : boundary. Planned Surprise Attack The bandits apparently failed In I their purpose to take the American troops by surprise. A picket reported [Continued on Page 13.] Republican Candidates Will Speak During Big Rally and Pig Roast Members of the Harrlsburg Colored Republican Club are planning for a big rally on the night of October 28. Ed ward B. Whiton, the president, is now lining up all the Republican candi dates for speakers. The big event will take place at club headquarters, 801 South Tenth street. In addition to the speaking there will be a concert by the Steeltbn Cor net Band and a pig roast. Invitations have been sent to all local Republican Club members to attend.
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