City Prepares to Give Thanks For Peace and the Hum of lis Many Industries
HARRISBURG Sflllfllll TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 276
REAL REASON FOR
THANKSGIVING AS
INDUSTRIES HERE
RUSH ON ORDERS
Increases of From 15 to 100
Per Cent. Over Business of
Last Year; Factories and
Mills Will Be Kept at Top
Notch Speed For Months
GREAT INCREASES
IN THE PAYROLLS
Domestic and Export Trade
Business Booms; Many
Hundreds More Than in
'l4; Dye Situation Is
Troubling Textile Manu
facturers
With practically every industrial
plant in the city and vicinity running
full time in almost evcrv department,
and with an increase of from 15 to 100
per rent, in the number of employes
In the plants over last year at this
time, Harrlsburg is now in the midst
of a big business boom, and has rea
son indeed to give thanks for mate
rial things.
The employers in most plants an
nounce that, owing to the big amount
of rush orders to be filled the places
will be kept going at top-notch rate
for months to come.
The increase In the payrolls, too,
is tremendous, but not even approxi
mate figures can be obtained as an
estimate of the increase in money be
ing paid employes in this city. That
it is Bii increase of many thousands
of dollars each month over Inst, year's
figures is conceded by the manufac
turing concerns located here.
While some of the firms are sup
plying goods fur export trade, others
have more domestic orders than can
easily be handled and ore working
the employes full time to fill them.
Broken Records in Sight
A number of manufacturers report
that from present indications a record
will be made this year in their plants
In the output of supplies.
The increase in industrial business
means much to Harrlsburg and its
people, who not more than a year ago
in many Instances faced serious prob
lems because of lack of work. No such
trouble exists at present, according to
the big firms.
Dye Shortage Only Trouble
With but one important exception,
the industrial interests are not suf
fering from the present war in Eu
rope to any groat extent. A shortage
in dyes for clothing is worrying manu
facturers of these goods because each
day it assumes a more serious aspect.
At the Central Iron and Steel Com
pany plant, about 800 are employed
in the various departments, a twenty
five per cent, increase in the number
of employes at this time last year.
Prospects for plenty of work during
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Mr. Turkey Roosts Too
High For Many Stretching
Purses of City's Housewives
Among the thousands of housewives
who pushed and jostled through Har
risburg s market houses this morning,
preparing for the feasting that will be
n part of to-morrow's Thanksgiving
celebration, were many who cast long
ing eyes upon th • long rows of turkeys
that festooned the various market
stalls.
For king bird that he may be to
morrow. Mr. Turkey roosted too high
for many eagerly, stretching purses
of Harrisburg housewives to-dav.
Fresh picked, prime* birds sold in tlie
public markets for thirty-eight and
forty cents a pound. while at private
markets in the center of the city they
were sold at 32 cents. I-ive ' birds
brought twenty-five cents the pound.
As usual many farmers sold their
birds only for lump sums—plg-in-the
poke style, as it were—to protesting
customers who wanted to know the
weight of what, they were buying.
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NO PAPER TO-MORROW
In accordance with a long es
tablished custom, there will he no
issue of the Telegraph to-morrow.
Thanksgiving I»ay.
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THE WEATHER
For Ilarrisburg nnd vicinity: Fair
to-ulght anil Thursday; not ranch
change In temperature) lonrat
temperature to-night about 35
degree*.
For Fastprn Penim.rlvanlfli Fair to
night H nil Thursday; not much
change In temperntnrei light,
i nrlahle wind*.
River
The Snxiaehanna river and all It*
tributaries will fall slowly or re
main nearly stationary. A stnge
of about 4.7 feet 1s Indicated for
Harrisburg Thursday morning.
General Conditions
An area of low pressure from the
Northwest has overspread nearly
all the western half of the coun
try and la now central near Den
ver. It has caused general rains
In the Pacific States from San
Francisco northward and scatter
ed rains, mostly light. In Nevada,
1 tab and Montana.
The temperature has risen 2 to 1*
degreea over nearly nil the coun
try east of the Rocky Mountains
and In the Southwest, the most
derided rises occurring In the
Plains Stntes.
Temperaturei n a. m.. *«.
»uni Rises. 7iol a. M.i seta, 4i43
p. m.
Moon! Rises, fli42 p. ni.
Illver Stagei 4.S feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature. ,W.
I.owest temperature. 27.
Mean temperature, 32.
Aormal temperature, Sl».
WITH SUCH SMILING CHEER LEADERS AS THESE, CEN
DO SOMETHING TOMORROW TOWARD R
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MISS HELEN ROTE MISS JUNE BEARD MISS MART KINZER MISS HELEN BATURIN
Allow us to introduce to you. Mr. and Mrs. Harrlsburg, the four girls who to-morrow will lead the cheering of the Central rah-rah hosts at Island
Park, where Tech and the Blue and Gray will meet for their annual struggle for the city championship.
Last year, after long, long striving, the manual training school lads walloped the eleven from the older institution. This year the odds are in favor
of Central. But the 7,000 enthusiasts who wtll cheer from the stands and side lines haven't forgotten that this year "the dope" has been all wrong and
that it's just as likely to be wrong at Island Park as at Princeton, N. J.
ARMY OF 2,000,000
AT LEAST NEEDED
-CHAMBERLAIN
In Addition Reserve Force of
Citizen Soldiery Should Be
Built l'p
WHA CK S "PACIFICISTS"
I'rges Military Training in
Schools and Colleges; Peril
of War Real
"We need an army of 200.000 men
at least and in addition a. reserve
force of citizen soldiery which could
mass about the regulars In case of
emergency. We need an adequate
navy. We need military training not
only in our colleges but in our public
schools. And I am not an advocate of
militarism when I say that. What wo
want in this country is not a culti
vation of the military spirit, but a
cultivation of the martial spirit."
This in brief was the text of a rous
ing speech by United States Senator
Chamberlain on "Preparedness" be
fore the largest and most enthusiastic
noon luncheon ever held by the Har
risburg Chamber of Commerce.
"If the teachings of Andrew Carne
gie and certain other pacificists of his
kind had prevailed in 1776, there never
I would have been a Revolution: we
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Tells How Supplies Were'
Taken to German Raiders,
During Conspiracy Trial
By Associated Press
New York. Nov. 24. How the
Hamburg-American line succeeded in
reaching German warships in the At
lantic, in August and September,
1914, with 2,000 tons of coal and
large amounts of foodstuffs by means
of the steamer Rerwind, an American
boat under the American tlag, was told
to-day on the witness stand by the
Berwind's captain, Fritz Edward Falk
enberg.
Captain Falkenberg was a govern
ment witness in the trial of Dr. Karl
Buenz. George Kotter, Adolph Hoch
nioister and Joseph Poppinghaus. u'.l
officials of the Hamburg-American
line, on trial on charges of conspiring
to deceive and defraud the Fnited
States. He told how the Berwind
sailed from New York harbor at
9:SO at night, August 5, ostensibly for
Buenos Aires, with Poppinghaus HS
supercargo and in charge and said
that the boat discharged forty tons of
many kinds of foodstuffs and much of
her coal to a fleet, of five German
boats.
The government charged t.hat the
Berwind was the only one of the six
teen boats chartered by the defend
ants at a coat. of $2,000,000 to relieve
German cruisers, which succeeded in
her errand. The others It is believed,
were all captured before they reached
the Germans.
Captain Falkenberg said George
Kotter, superintendent of the Ham
burg-American t<lne, made htm a
present of SSOO In return for his ser
vices when the Berwind got back to
New Tork.
jl—lo6 IS A JjUCKY
COMBINATION FOR "CHARLIE"
There was crief in the heart of little
"Charlie" Dougherty, messenger boy,
No. 11, of the local Postal Telegraph
force. "There was grief" Is the proper
expression, for that grief ha* turned
to thanksgiving.
"Charlie," with visions of turkey
with all the flxin's for his Thanksgiv
ing dinner, had worked pretty hard
last week and his reward of sfi (a Ave
and a one-dollar bill) was in his pay
envelope. But. alas, while delivering
a message, the coveted six dollars slip
ped from his pocket. "Charlie's"
grief was sad to witness—and then he
remembered the T.ost and Found col
umn of the Telegraph.
The balance of the story is soon
told. Walter Klingler. of 1 808 North
Sixth street., motorman, No. 406, on
the Reservoir line, found the missing
six a»i«1 promptly turned It over to
"Charlie,"
yoa there's going to be turkey In
the Dougherty home to-morrow.
"CharMe" says so. Anil he further
nay*' "BT\e me. Mister, the Tele's
SOME payer "
HARRISBURG, PA.,
j|| "^fuLhkQ<jCoiKy g
gy! Thankful, Lord? 5=
We live in a land where the poor are fed
) By the chance to work for their daily bread !
Wc weathered the storms of a bloody year
In the old world's record, yet we steered clear !
We gathered our harvests from fertile lands!
We opened our factories to idle hands! g
We have cause, indeed, to be thankful. g
• Thankful, Lord? 3
We live in a land where the skies are blue! §
I \'o smoke of battle obscures their view. ft
| The surging beat of the cannon's roar v|
Dies out in echo upon our shore y<
And Old Glory floats, serene, above, #
• While ours is the chance to live and love! fa
We have cause, indeed, to be thankful. B
m —ANNA H. WOOD. |
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"WE'LL PAY OUR
BILLS," SNAPS
BASEBALL HEAD
"Ridiculous" He Calls Stories
That International League
Is Without Funds
Emphatic denial Is made by Frank
lie Wan. president of the Harrisburg
International League club, that the
league is without funds. Mr. DeAVan
wrote a length.v letter to the secretary,
William R. Douglass, taking excep
tions 1o r»cent publications regarding
unpaid bills. He says:
"You should certainly deny the
statement that the international
I.eague Is without funds. Such a thing
is ridiculous. The Harrisburg club Is
without funds just now, but tvill have
money in the treasury within q short
time, and 1 wili then proceed'to pay.
up all outstanding bills. The Harris
burg club will meet every obligation
in Harrisburg, no matter
operates next season. I have
dent Barrows word for this.
"You know that the club lost money
in Harrisburg. The league hart to ad-V
vance me 52.000 to pay salaries with
at the close of the season. The losses
at Harrisburg were about $3,500 on
the season. This, with the money ad
vanced by President Barrow to pay
back salaries to the players when the
club was transferred, makes about
)8,500 the league is "stuck' for on ac
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DEFENSE PROBLEM
MESSAGE FEATURE
Missive Approved by Cabinet
Will Treat All Important
Questions
Washington, D. C.. Nov. 24.—Presi
dent Wilson's annual message to Con
gress approved unanimously by the
cabinet, was nearing completion to
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EVEN RATE OF SUICIDES
IS MOUNTING HIGHER
New York. Nov. 24.—The propor
tion of suicides to th<> population in
100 cities in this country last year
was higher than for any year since
1009, according to V. 1,. Hoffman,
statistician for the Prudential Insur
ance Company. Mr. Hoffman's report
shows that 4.982 persons killed them
selves This is at the rate of 20.3 for
e.ich 100,000 of population. Three
linK-s as many men as women com
mit suicide the figures show. I
WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 24, 1915.
ALL WEST SHORE
FAVORS BODY TO
BOOST DISTRICT
See Possibilities of New Indus
tries, Community High School,
Free Bridge, Playgrounds
By ROBKRT F. GOKMAN
Cross river folks are to-day discuss
ing with much interest the interviews
published in the Telegraph last even
ing regarding the proposed formation
of organizations to bring about im
provements in the territory in which
the six West Shore towns are located.
Although nothing has yet been dono
in the way of effecting an organiza
tion. the agitation ts so strong that
within the next few weeks it is qulto
likely that those interested in civic
betterment will meet and decide on
their future course.
The present plan of those interested
In the movement is to call a meeting
of the men who favor the improve
ment plan and then map out some kind
of organization. In the beginning
thfero may be Just one big organization,
later, out of this, local organiza
tions may be formed.
Business Increase Expected
The project has me) with general
approval everywhere and Harrlsburg,
too. Is showing a keen interest. Har
risburg businessmen believe that with
the development of the West Shore
territory will come the building, of
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COLUMBIA READY
FOR BIG PARADE
Order to March Will Be Given
at 2.30 O'clock Tomor
row Afternoon
Columbia, Pa.. Nov. 24.—Columbia
la ready for the great firemen's pa
rade to-morrow and if the weather
man favors the celebration the old
town will be thronged with visitors.
In the afternoon parade more than
-.000 men will be In line and In the
fantastical parade in the evening,
there will be approximately 4,500
men, women and children.
Businessmen along the main streets
are decorating to-day and by the time
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FAIR TO-MORROW FORECAST
Fair to-morrow with scarcely any
chtvncc for rain or snow was the fore
cast given to-day by th» local weather
bureau men, for Thanksgiving Day.
The temperature will remain about
the same as it was to-day Is the pre
diction.
WHILE ARMIES ON
FAR FIELDS CLASH j
IN HATE OF KINGS!
Harrisburg Is Ready to (Jive!
Thanks in Its Same Old-
Fashioned Way
" I
HOLIDAY AND TURK E Y
Church, the Rig Game, Family
Reunions, Social Doings
on Program
The bulletin hoards may be scanned
to-morrow, but the nhanees are that
the football ecores will get more atten
tion than the regular war news: the
mutual regard of the American eagle
and the dove of peace will be remem
bered. of course, in church services
and In prayers at many a table; but
it's more than probable that the proper
distribution of the "white" and the
"dark" meat of the other national bird
will receive more prolonged consid
eration; the clash of arms on distant
fluhting fronts may be a topic of more
or less desultory conversations, but
clash of arms—and legs—in the an
nual Island battle will furnish food for
I real and general discussion. For to
morrow is "the day we give thanks."
Harrisburg is ready to observe a
modest Thanksgiving Day—not with
parade and pomp, perhaps, but in the
usual homey, eomfv sort of a way that
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Japan Willing to Send
Strong Army to Europe If
Need Arises, Baron Says
Paris, Xnv. 24. 5:25 A. M.—Japan
Is willing to send a strong army In
Knnipc. if the need arises, the Petit
I'nri.sien says. A statement to this
effect is credited to Baron Ishil, Jap
anese foreign minister, by G. I>e<'har
tier, Tokio correspondent of this news
l«a|ier. He quotes Haron Ishli as fol
! I.'.ws:
| "Thus far we I ave not considered
I the eventuality of :■ending an army to
1 Kurope, but if there is o<x«sloii there
| for Japan to do so, she will ini
j mediately send one expedition army.
Japan does not Intend to risk a
! ••lieek."
Tn regard to the supplying of arms
Tor Russia by ,lapan. the foreign min
ister is said to have remarked:
"Russia doesn't need men as only
oi»r-tlUrd of flic men mobilized have
I>een armed. By the end of the month
Japan will have (lone much toward
ai ining completely the other two*
thirds."
Watchman and Burglar
Locked in Each Other's
Arms Dead in Shaft
New York, Nov. 24. Locked in
each others arms the bodies of Robert
Green, a negro elevator man and
watchman, and a man believed to be
a burglar, were found to-day at the
bottom of an elevator shaft in a ten
story loft building in the shopping sec
tion of the city.
Green had apparently found burg
lars at work on the tenth story of
the building and while struggling
with one*of the men both had fallen
intc the 6pen elevator shaft. A pile
of silk and other goods were in the
| elevator evidently placed there by the
burglar*.
Governor Principal Speaker
at School Dedication
Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh
was the principal speaker this after
noon at the dedication ceremonies of
the new L.. S. Shimmell public school
building at Seventeenth and Catherine
streets. The dedicatory address was
I made by President Harry A. Boyer, of
i the city school board. Other speakers
| were Professor Robert ,\f. McNeal,
[State Department of Public Instruc
tion. Jesse K. B. Cunningham, former
State Deputy Attorney General, R. W.
Woods past State councilor of the
Order Independent Americans and the
Rev. Dr. William N. Yates. The Rev.
Thomas Reisch. pastor of Christ Luth
eran church made the prayer and
.benediction. I
MERE HANDFUL OF
MEN ARE HOLDING
GERMAN ADVANCE
Main Serbian Army Is Grouped
on Plain of Kossovo; May
Attempt to Join French
WILL FIGHT TO THE END
Monastir to He Determinedly
Contested For; Closing in
On Pristina
The main Serbian army is grouped
on the plain of Kossovo. only a thin
screen of troops opposing the Austro-
IG.ernian advance toward the plain, ac
cording to a Saloniki dispatch dated
Monday, received In Paris.
It is said to be possible that the Ser
bians will attempt the bold coup of a
drive against the Bulgarians toward
Cskup and Veles in an effort to join
hands with the French, but the prob
abilities are held to be against this.
Austrian troops in the Ibar Valley
are within four miles of Mitrovitza, the
former capital, while the Germans are
only a tew hours' march from Pris
tina. the latest statement from Vienna
declares.
Monastir is not to be given up with-I
out a determined fight, according to i
advices from the Serbian front by way j
of Salonikl and Paris. The Serbians
are strongly reinforcing the Monastir!
army and guns and munitions are be
ing forwarded from Salonlki.
Presentation to Premier Skouloudis
by the entente ministers of a collective'
note demanding that Greece at I
once define her attitude was followed
by a meeting of the Greek Cabinet,
members of which afterward declared
that the situation had been cleared ac
cording to an Athens message.
The demands of the allies disclosed
by the note, were not as exacting as
had been expected, it was said
Greece, it was added, never had re
fused guarantees for the safety of the
allied troops.
Mine lighting in the Argonne in
which the French had the advantage
is reported by Paris. A German at
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HANS SCHMIDT \VII,I, ISE
ELECTROCUTED WEEK JAN. 10
Albany. N. Y.. Nov. 24. The Court
of Appeals to-day fixed the TVeek be
ginning January 10 as the time for the
electrocution of Hans Schmidt, the
unfrocked priest convicted of slaying
Anna Aumuller in New York In 1913.
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J CRUISER SENT TO MEXICO (
M Washington. Nov. 24.—Admiral Winslow, commanding
■ the Pa< ific fleet was ordered from San Francisco to Topplo-
J Mexico, to-day with his flagship, the cruiser San ,
M ional ma:
9 land to protect Americans and other foreigners.
1 TO BRING PAINTINGS HERE
m Harrisburg. The Board of Public Grounds and Build
m >-day arranged to have all paintings and art works |
J and furniture in the Pennsylvania building at San Francisco .
J shipped to this city, the plan being to utilze as' much of it as j
■ can be employed at the Capitol. The pain' e plact |
3 in the State House. M
I SUFFRAGE RUNS BEHIND I
# Harrisburg. The official vote of Allegheny county M
S was received to-day, showing the vote of the State on the '•«
v womafi suffrage amendment outside of Philadelphia to C
■ 1 een: For, 308,101; against, 31 m
J . VIOLENT FIGHTING ON GALLIPOLI I
J Constantinople, Nov. 24, via London, 2.42 P. M. —Vio- J
m lent fighting near Seddul Bahr, at the tip of Gallipoli' ■
P peninsula, is reported in an official communication from the
w war office. \
1 TWO SERB TOWNS FALL * 1
« Berlin, Nov. 24, via London, ,3.5 P. M.—The Serbian I
J town6.of. Mitrovitza and Pristina have been captured, the 1
M war office announced to-day. %
1 MAYOR-ELECT SMITH. OF PHILADELPHIA. HERE (
# Harrisburg. Mayor-elect Thomas B. Smith is spend- S
M' ing the afternoon in Harrisburg, but he has declined to say *
M what he is here. for. It is supposed at the Capitol that he is %
# here to call on the Governor. Mr. Smiths coming was not «
# announced and there was considerable surprise at the Capi- 9
tol. .He spent some time at the Highway, Department visit- %
K ing W. D. Uhler, the chief engineer of the department, who
C was formerly with the Philadelphia City Bureau of High- W
K a&'aya. #
) MARRIAGE LICENSES I
4 Clarence Monroe Kchl, New CiiaH»erlan<l. hihl Knna Hebecca H«;ler, J
9 Walter Caldwell Ho\«ry. Altnonn, and Alma Mary Sloaith, dttf. %
Frank Ron F.ntienoar, fenlirook, nnd Carrie K. Rlllett, city. f
1 l<M llotcentoKler and C. Mae Arinma. cMj-. g.
< tiarle* 11. Iloaaer, Mlddletown, and Alloe (Juki, city. 1
| Clifford Irwin taton, city, and Kmma Mary Owen, New BloomfleM. £
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WANTED TO FIRE
CAPTAIN BECAUSE
HE DIDN'T WHINE
"I AM SORRY"
Council Refuses to Dismiss
Chief, but Fines Him
$29.16; Royal Says It
Can't Be Done; Passed by
3 to 2 Vote
$5,000 BOND FOR
JITNEYS REQUIRED
Penalties of $lO to SIOO For
Violations of Ordinance; 1
Measure to Become Effec
tive 5 Days After January
1, 1916
City Council this a ru-rrvQfln fined
Captain Joseph P. Thoing
chief of police, seven
$29.16.
Mayor John K, I'iojor
;ihe acting chief's
for insubordination had
"followed precedent In
the release from jail of
without first consulting Mayor"
was refused by a vote of 3 toL'.
Mayor Royal wanted Acting Chief
Thompson dismissed because the offi
cer had neglected to tell the chief
executive that he "was sorry."
Mayor Royal and Mr. Oorgas voted
against the resolution offered by Mr.
Lynch whereby the fine was imposed.
, In his resolution Mr. Lynch pointed
out that the offense was not com-
J niitted with any desire to lie insubordi-
I nate: that the officer had only fol
lowed precedent in numerous in
stances. and that he lia'd had an ex
cellent record of almost eleven years
of continuous police service.
Mayor Koyal admitted that Captain
Thomposn was and always had been,
a good offlcer. TVio ~viavor said he
was very much surprised that Thomp
son had acted as he did.
"Not Even Sorry"
"Why." declared the Mayor, "he
never even said he was sorry."
"Didn't he say that he believed ho
had no intention of being insubordi
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