Harrisburg telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, October 21, 1915, Image 1

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.