Harrisburg telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, November 08, 1915, Image 1

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    School Teachers of County Gather Here For Sixty-Third Annual Institute
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 262
400 TEACHERS OF
COUNTY HERE FOR
63RD INSTITUTE
Steelton School Superintendent
Makes Address at Opening
Session
CONTINUES ALL WEEK
Important Problems to Be Dis
cussed in Sectional
Meetings
More than 400 teachers in the pub
lic schools of Dauphin county were
present this afternoon for the open
ing session of the sixty-third annual
institute, held in the House of Rep
resentatives.
Sessions will be held throughout
the week closing Friday morning
with a Business meeting.
Devotional exercises this afternoon
were led by the Rev. Robert A.
Bousch, which was followed by the
opening address of the institute by L.
F. McGlnnes, superintendent of the l
Steelton schools. Superintendent Mc- i
Ginnes spoke on "Agencies within the '
School That Secure the Purpose of
the School."
McGlnnes Makes Address
In his address Dr. McGlnnes em
phasized the importance of the per
sonality of the teacher, the manage
ment of the school and the course of
study. He urged all of the instruc
tors to study and fit themselves for
professional growth, and said that the |
teachers go through three stages, the
chaotic mechanical and professional
before they fully understand their
work.
Dr. O. L. Warren, of Elmira, N. Y.,
then addressed the teachers, speaking
on "Waste in Education." Explaining
the scientific advancement of the pres
ent day, he urged the teachers to be
careful of the pedagogical differencesi
in existence, ana not to waste time in I
educational work.
The session closed with a short
talk by Miss Sadie M. Hunting who
Will instruct the teachers in the Pal
mer method of business writing 1 .
To-night Dr. W. H. M*in will lec
ture on "The Family That Lives In
Basement."
Sectional Meeting*
Interesting features of the institute
are the section meetings to be held to
morrow and Wednesday following the
general session. The rural meeting
will be In charge of County Superin
tendent F. E. Shambaugh. Professor
L. F. Dennis will speak on "Agricul
ture in the Rural School." The pri
mary and intermediate division will
be in charge of Professor McGinnes
and the grammar and High school
branches will be conducted by H. J.
Wickey, superintendent of the Mid
dletown schools. Dr. O. 1,. Warren
will speak at this meeting on "Poetry
In Kngllsh Work."
Round table talks will follow the
addresses. Following are a few of
the subjects which will be opened for
general discussions: "Agencies Avail
able for the Relief of Children Whose
Parents Are Too Poor to Clothe and
Feed Them Properly": "Magazines as
an Aid in the Teaching of Civics":
"Domestic Science in the Small High
School"; "The Influence of the Shop
and the High School," and' "The
Phonograph and the Stereopticon !n
the School." To-morrow afternoon the
speakers will be Dr. Warren and Mrs.
Alice M. Carmalt of the University
of Pittsburgh. Tn the evening an en
tertainment will be given in the
House of Representatives by "The
Dietrics."
Wednesday morning the section
meetings will be held again after the
general session, and will be similar to
the ones to be held to-morrow. The
remainder of the week will be devoted
to regular institute worl?.
The present executive officers of
the Institute are: F. E. Shambaugh,
county superintendent; L. E. Mc-
Ginnes, borough superintendent of
Steelton: H. J. Wlckey, borough sup
erintendent of Middletown; W. R.
Zimmerman, assistant county super
intendent; William Minsker, record
ing secretary, and George M. Weaver
enrolling clerk.
MAY BE OX ST A XT) THREE DAYS
By Associated Press
New York, Nov. B.—The trial of
the directors of the New York. New
Haven and Hartford Ra'.iroad, for at
tempting to monopolize railroad
traffic in New England to-dav reached
the period when Charles S. Mellen be
came president of that company.
Counsel for the prosecution expect
that two or three days will be required
to complete Mr. Mellen's direct ex
amination.
THE WEATHER
For Hnrrl«hiir K nn d vicinity: Vn
aettled an<l warmer tn'-nlgrfet,
probably nhowera; Tumdav fair
and colder.
For Fastci n I'ennaylvanla s Increas
ing rlondlnru and mariner to
nlnbti probably ahowirai Tura
daly fair, rolder In north and
weat portlonat frrah aouthcrly
Mlndx becoming; weaterly.
River
The main river and the Weat
"ranch will fall alowly or re-
Mk main nearly atatlonary. The
lower portion of the Worth
Hraneh will rlae allarbtly to-nlcbt
nnd probably fall alowly Tuea
dny. A stage of about 3.5 feet la
indicated for Harrlaburg Tuea
dny morning.
General Condition*
Preaaire la hlKli over the Atlantic
*tatea, except Northern New
r.ngland, and alao over the
Northern Rocky Mountain re-
? n " A disturbance from Mani
toba la moving down over the
Ijjke Region attended by atrong
wlnda and rain.
Temperature are 2 to 2 degrees
higher than on Saturday moraine
oyer nearly all the territory eaat
of the Mlaalaalppl.
Temperature I 8 a. m.. 26.
Suns Rlaea, Bi2 a. in.j aeta, 4tfts
p. n.
Moon i Flrat quarter, November 13,
fl:30 p. m.
River stage: 8.3 feet above low
water mark. '
Ymterday'a Weather
Hlarbeat temperature, 54.
l.oweHt temperature. S3.
Mean temperature, 44.
Normal temperature, 43.
BRITISH BLOCKADE |
ILLEGAL DECLARES
IN LATEST NOTE
I
"Unhesitatingly Assumes" Task j
of Championing Integrity j
of Neutral Rights
INSISTS ON FREEDOM,
j U. S. Says Rritain Is Adminis
tering British. Not Inter
national Law
Washington, D. C., Nov. S. The |
United States in its latest note to Great j
Britain, made public here yesterday,
covering exhaustively British interfer
ence with American trade since the
beginning of the European war, de
i clarcs that the so-called blockade In
stituted by the allies against enemy
| countries on March 11, is "ineffective.
I illegal and indefensible." Notice is
I served that the American Government
"cannot submit to the curtailment of i
its neutral rights," and it cannot "with j
complacence suffer further subordin
ation of its rights and Interests."
Ambassador Page, to whom the note j
was sent by special messenger for de- |
livery to the London Foreign Office,
w-as instructed by Secretary Lansing!
"to impress most earnestly" upon the I
British Government that the United |
States "must insist that the relations
between tt and His Majesty's Govern-!
ment be governed, not by a policy of j
expediency, but by those established'
rules of international conduct to which •
Great Britain in the past has held the
United States to account when the
latter nation was a belligerent engaged
tn a struggle for national existence."
Declaring the United States "un
hesitatingly assumes" the task of
championing the integrity of neutral
rights, the note proclaims that the
American Government will devote its
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4 Highspire Men Hurt
When Car Turns Turtle
on Red Hill Road
Four Highspire men were injured
when an automobile in which they
were riding skidded over a bank and
turned turtle at the foot of the steep
Red hill, a mile east of Mtddletown
yesterday afternoon. They were:
Lyman Bingaman. the driver, pain
ful cuts and bruises on the right hand,
left leg and ribs.
diaries I.cidiß. owner of the car.
gash In right leg requiring seven
stitches to close, deep gash above left
eye and severe body bruises.
Bruce Heberlig and Ijindis Thomp
son, bruises about the body.
The car driven by Bingaman was
rolling down the steep Red hill at a
moderate rate when a touring car
swooped around a sharp curve at the
bottom. In order to avoid a head-on
collision Bingaman swerved his car
to the side of the road. The momen
tum carried the machine too far and
it skidded over a five-foot bank and
upset. Bingaman and Leidig were
pinioned under the car. while the oth
ers were thrown celar.
Men from a passing machine extri
cated the injured men and took them
to Highspire. Their machine is a
complete wreck. The driver of the
car which caused the accident did not
stop.
Wharton Freshmen
Elect Their Officers
Officers have been elected by the
Freshman class of the Wharton Rxten
sion School of Accounts and Finance
as fellows:
Fred Burris, president: Thomas J
Bard, vice-president: Howard A. Neidig
! secretary, and B. Grlngrich, treasurer!
Mr. Burris will appoint committees
: within the week. The clas.s is planning
a number of social events for the schoi>l
! > ' ar.
MfST STAMP COM) STORAGE EGCS
By Associated Press
New York, Nov. B.—All cold stor
age eggs sold in this city after Novem
ber 15 must be stamped us such and
all dealers in them must display signs
stating that cold storage eggs are on
sale, says John J. Dillon, State com
missioner in eggs, food and markets,
in a warning bulletin received by egg
merchants to-day. Mr. Dillon advised
the retailers to require wholesalers to
state plainly on bills whether the eggs
they sold were fresh or cold storage.
COMMISSION IN SESSION
By Associated Press
New Tork, Nov. B.—Frank P.Walsh,
former chairman of the extinct Fed
eral Industrial Relutlons Commission,
met here to-day with eleven associates
active In industrial reform projects
and orranized the committee on In
dustrial Relations, the object of which
it was stated, is to continue the work
of the Federal commission and urge
upon Congress the renomlnations con
tained in the official reports of the
Federal commission which were com
piled by Mr. Walsh.
STROUP WIIjIJ NOT TALK
ABOUT APPOINTMENTS
District Attorney Michael E. Stroup,
who has been hunting and resting
after his victory slipped Into town
yesterday for a shave. He refused to
talk of appointments. It is under
stood. that County Detective Waiters
and Miss Clara Miller, clerk to Mr.
Stroup will be retained.
HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 8, 1915
[BLAZING BROOKLYN BUILDING IN WHICH TWELVE WORKING GIRLS PERISHED J
1 1 1
1 M■■■■■, - NKMBMH
ocwwiwiir rirt*rit-i» •s&ewCA
The picture shows the burning old five-story hrick building in Williamsburg:, Brooklyn, in which a half dozen
Sins perished in the tire on Saturday, and a hundred were severely injured while jumping to the sidewalk below.
About 1,000 girls were working in the factory rooms of the Diamond Candy factory and the Essex Shirtwaist
ompany in the nuiiulng when the tire broke out. The flames leaped up the narrow wooden stairways shutting
escape that way. Many of the windows giving on the fire escapes refused to work, and even when the girls
reached the iron fire escapes on the front of the building, flames had licked through the windows and turned the
escapes into raging griddles. These lire escapes can be seen in the picture under the sprav of water from the fire
. . escapes were covered with clothing which the girls had torn from their bodies in an effort to keep
1,,*! >!* f . roI Y th * m and in their haste to escape the flames. Many jumped, missing the nets in the street and were
crushed to death on the sidewalks.
FRENCH CONTINUE
TO PUSH ADVANCE
Forces Arc Following Up Their
Successes North of Prilip,
Paris Reports
RUMANIA TO RE NEUTRAL
Dispatches From Bucharest
Emphasize Country's Atti
tude at Present
The French are continuing to press
their advance into Bulgaria northeast
of Strumitsa, a British contingent aid
ing thepi. a Saioniki dispatch states,
but difficulties of the terrain make the
progress slow. Likewise, Paris ad
vices declare, the French forces are
following up their successes north of
Prilip. where a junction with the Ser
bians on the Babuna range Is said to
! be imminent.
i On the extreme west of the Balkan
! front the Montenegrins claim to be
holding (he Austrians near Grahavo,
inflicting severe losses upon them in
desperate battles.
The intention of Rumania to remain
neutral, at least for the present, is em
phasized in dispatches from Bucharest.
All members of parliament with whom
Premier Brattiano has consulted have
told him they consider the govern
ment's course so far correct, it is de
clared. Decidedly energetic action by
the entente allies to open up com
munications in the Balkans will be
j necessary to move Rumania in (heir
! favor, the advices indicated. On the
I Gallipoli peninsula the Turks claim
j that thetr artillery successfully at
tacked another allied transport and a
torpedoboat. setting the transport on
fire. An attack on the Turkish lines
near Seddul Bahr was repulsed, it is
declared
There has been a cessation of ac
tivity on the western front, according
to the official statement from Paris,
which is notably brief, declaring
nothing has occurred to make an ad
dition to last night's statement neces
sary.
GERMANS CLAIM SURPRISES
fly Associated Press
Berlin. Nov. 8, by wireless to Say
; vtlle.—The statement of Premier As
quith In his recent speech in the
1 House of Commons that the war had
brought surprises to all elicited to
day the following comment from Ma
jor Moraht, the military critic: "The
'surprises' were the German advance
in "Russia, the failure of the Franco-
British attack against the German
west front, the great and grwift suc
cesses of the Austrians, Hungarians,
Germans and, Bulgarians in the Bal
kans.
CONTEST CLOSES TO-XIGHT
The Telegraph's 300-word essay con
test on "The Life and Works of Bee
thoven" seems to have struck a re
sponsive chord among the voung
people of Harrisburg and vicinity. The
music editor of the Telegraph has been
flooded with essays, some fair, others
good, and quite a number that reveal
unusual ability In the line of construc
tion and form. The contest closes at
6 o'clock this evening and the names
of the winners, together with the win
ning essays, will be printed in Wednes
day evening's Telegraph.
ROB MAJESTIC THEATER
By Associated Press
Springfield, Ills., Nov. 8. Robbers
blew open a safe in the Majestic The
ater, less than 100 yards from the ex
ecutive mansion here early to-day and
,«scaped with |940
THROUGH LAND
OF MIDNIGHT SUN
Roberson Travelogue Schedule
Holds Out Big Things
For Week
' v
LAST WEEK S
TRAVELOGUE SCHEDULE
To-night—"Norway—Land of the
Midnight Sun."
Tuesday night ; "California and
the Exposition."
Wednesday afternoon—"England."
(Special school matinee.)
Wednesday night "Germany and
the War."
Thursday night No Travelogue
Friday afternoon "Beautiful
America."
(Special school matinee.)
Friday night "ltaly."
Saturday night "London and
Paris."
This is the itinerary of Frank R.
Roberson, the Telegraph's famous
traveloguer, in the last five davs of his
engagement at the Chestnut Street Au
ditorium. Starting off the week with
a picture-tour across picturesque Nor
way, one of the most delightful lands
in the world, the travelokuers will
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900 Irishmen Refused '
Passage on Steamship
By Associated Press
London, Nov. 8. 10.55 A. M. Re
ferring to the refusal of the Cunard
company to permit 900 Irishmen of
military age to sail from Liverpool on
Saturday, the Manchester Guardian
says:
"For a country where population
, „ ha,ved •»' misgovernment
while England's has doubled the re
sponse of Ireland to the call to the
colors has been creditable. Many men
who on Saturday were taunted at
Liverpool must have had relatives at
the front.
"Of 600,000 men of military age
said to bp left in Ireland fully two
thirds are engaged in agriculture, from
which enlistment has been' discour
aged. and when allowance is made for
munitions workers and the unfit, the
reoruitable margin is not great "
The Guardian savs that for a sadly
long: time the Irish have had to seek
a livelihood in America and adds that
it cannot be expected that in this time i
of depression the movement will be 1
stopped fully."
TELEGRAPH
TRAVELOGUE
COUPON
This coupon and 10c
will admit holder to
The Roberson Travelogue
"NORWAY"
Monday Eve., Nov. 7th
Chestnut St. Auditorium
One-half the house only avail,
able for coupon admission
SLAYER OF GAME
WARDENARRESTED
Francis Thomas Gout esses to
Killing Joseph McHugh, a
State Officer
WAS HUNTING ON SUNDAY
Taken to Mauch Chunk Prison
From Weatherby Jail For
Protection
By Associated Press
Hazleton, Pa., Nov. 8. Francis
Thomas, an unmarried young man of
j Drifton. is in the Carbon jail at Mauch
Chunk to-day, the self-confessed slayer
of Joseph McHugh, of Weutherly,
State game warden, in the woods near
Hazle creek yesterday afternoon when
McHugh attempted to arrest Thomas
and four others for illegal hunting,
i Thomas was taken into custody at th«
home of his parents during the night
and after being brought to this city
admitted the shootinsi and turned over
the gun with which he did it.
He said that when McHugh ap
proached ■him and asked what luck he
had during the day he told him he had
bagged one rabbit. McHugh ordered
Thomas to empty his gun and Thomas
shot the warden, who fell fatally
wounded and died shortly afterward.
Thomas confessed that he also aimed
at William Brown, who accompanied
McHugh, and pulled the trigger, but
that the charge failed to go off.
Thomas then joined the four men who
were with him on the trip and they
returned to Drifton. Feeling at Weath
erly ran high over the' shooting and
it was considered unwise to keep the
prisoner there over night, so he was
rushed to Mauch Chunk by auto
mobile.
Sets Six Rabbit Snares
in Wildwood on Sunday;
SBS and Costs; Takes Jail
William Lewis, colored, got in wrong
with the law three times yesterday.
He set six rabbit snares, set them in
Wildwood Park, and went a-hunting
on Sunday.
"Eighty-five dollars fine and costs of
prosecution," said Alderman C. Emmet
Murray to-day when Lewis was
brought before him for a hearing,
j Six tines of $lO each were imposed
for setting the snares and one fine of
$25 for hunting on Sunday.
Lewis was arrested State Game
Warden C. B. Baum and at ihe time
he had three rabbits in his possession.
He was sent to jail in default of pay
ment of the fines.
Trying to Find Husband of
Woman Who Eloped With j
Man Stabbed to Death
The local police department was to-1
day asked to aid in locating Antonio I
Arando. He is the husband of Anne
Arando, with whom Joseph Bellini l
eloped to Harrisburg some weeks ago.
The police of Beacon City, X. Y., be
lieve he knows something about Bel
lini's murder.
The husband was never in Harris
burg. Ho wrote to acquaintances ask
ing them to have the police look for
his wife. Subsequently the friends of
Arando learned that he had been ar
rested at Newfturgti, X. J., for carry
ing concealed deadly weapons.
LONDON STEAMER SUNK !
By Associated Press
London, Nov. 8, 12.40 p. m. The
steamship Woolwich of London, 3,936
tons gross, has been sunk. Her crew
was saved
14 PAGES POSTSCRIPT— FINAL
OLD OFFICERS TO
RETURNTOPLACES
ON POLICE FORCE?
Wetzel, Frank and Welsh Due
to Come Back Under Meals,
Rumor Hath It
LIEUT. WARDEN TO CIO
Sergeant Drabenstadt's Head
Also to Fall—White and
Ibach? Yes? No?
In the absence of Mayor-elect Ezra
S. Meals, reports as to his probable
police appointments, of course, could
not be verified, but the rumor per
sisted to-day that a number of officers
who st'-ved under the former Meals,
as well as the Gross and even Mc-
Cormick administrations are among
those favorably spoken of.
While it Is understood that Joseph
P. Thompson, acting chief of the de
partment, has the inside track for
chief; James B. Deshong and ex-
Chief of Police Thomas G. George
have also been talked of. In the
early days of the campaign Alderman
J. William Bayles had been favor
ably mentioned as a candidate but
friends 01 that magistrate sav he pre
fers an elective position.
That Police lieutenant J. Edward
Warden is slated to be dropped is gen
er-illy conceded and il Is believed that
J. Edward Wetzel, tormerly lieuten
ant under Mayor Mtals, will replace
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CRISIS HAS PASSED
By Associated Press
Milan, Italy. Nov. 8, via Paris.—
There is no longer any probability of
a ministerial crisis in Rumania, says
the Bucharest correspondent of the
Corriere Delia Sera. Even the inter
ventionist opposition, he asserts, agrees
with the government that military ac
tion must depend upon the strategical
situation in the Balkans.
UNITED STATES THANKED
flv Associated Press
Tokio, Nov. S.—Thanks to the
United States Government for its
courtesy in sending here for the
coronation celebration the cruiser
Saratoga, flagship for the Asiatic
fleet, are expressed by the Asahl
Shlmbun, of Osaka, which calls at
tention to the absence of naval rep
resentation by other powers, notably
China, Japan's nearest neighbor.
' . Washington, D. C . NOV. 8. —A contract was awarded
■by the Treasury Department to-day to the H. L. Brown i
. Company, of Mount Vernon, N. Y , Cot the extension and re- i
Com I
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tiled *•' '".t |
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WILSON |
utude Kuch i
?nt Wilson to I
could not I
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that he would*oppose the program in a personal capacity |
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Philadelphia, Nov. B.—The Rev. James M. McKinlay, a re- |
tired clergyman, was found dead with a shotgun wound in !
the head at his home here to-day. He had been in ill health *
», for some time. The case was rejiorted to the coroner as one j
of suicide. , . I
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TWENTY THREE COUNTIES RETURN |
Official returns from twenty-tin c counties show the (
following: Superior Court—Head, 70.616: Huselton, 35\- 1
135; Orlady, 70,041 ; Palmer, 41,259 ; Wallace, 34.0&8; Wil- i
liams, 53,067. For woman suffrage 57,860, against 52,427: {
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Washington, Nov. B.—The nation's corn crop this year I
. led on price;; paid |
farmefs November .1," it is worth near two billion dollars— I
I $1,913,025,000 in exact figures. '
Washington. Nov. B.—President Wilson finds support '
' in .the Scriptures for his policy of national defense and in a '
•- • • ' tr 1 • . ; cnt commending
his Manhattan Club speech quotes verses from the thirty
hird chapte; of i-'./cl Annout :emet ♦ is made in the let
ter made public to-day the White House.
New York, Nov The Pre line steamship Roch- '
ambeau has a fire in the teserve coal bunker, according to a '
mesrage received ■' -.ch I day. The blaze is
not c.,.ngerous.
MARRIAGE L
r - j
VICE CESSPOOLS
FOUND HERE IN .
SOCIAL SURVEY
American Civic Reform Unioi|<
Declares Harrisburg Bad
as Chicago
POLICE FORCE SCORED
Declare Cops Give Cigaret
Smoking Boys Matches and
Chat With 'Fallen Angels'
Sis lectures In as many churches on
vice conditions in the city as they
found tliem were delivered in as many
local and suburban churches yester
day by Captain Owen O. Wiard, presi
dent of the International Association
of Licensed Detectives and A. H.
White, State manager of the American
Civic Reform Union.
Both speakers told of the results of
their investigations in the city and
say they have facts and figures to
back up their statements. That the
city is far from being morally clean
was the allegation of the lecturers.
They declare bawdy houses are open
near the heart of the city and condi
tions in this small city are claimed
"to he on a par with conditions in
Pittsburgh and Chicago." The lec
ture and investigations were not made
with a view of securing criminal evi
dence but are intended to rouse tlio
people so that they will take action-
Salient portions of the different lee.
tures are as follows:
"When Harrisburg awakens to
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Post Office Robbed Tenth
Time in as Many Years
By .Associated Press
Oswego. N. Y., Nov. R.—The tenth
robbery of the post office at Lacona.
near here, in as many years occurred
early to-day when the men blew open
the safe and escaped in an automobile
with $2,000 worth of stamps and SIOO
in money orders and $25 in cash.
Safe blowers also attempted to rob
the post office at Liivonla, 30 miles
from Rochester but were detected by
the night watchman of the village,
whose dog had trailed them to the
building. The watchman engaged in
a revolver duel with the robbers, who
made their escape in the darkness.