From Progressive Uptown Merchants | | VISITING NURSES DOING BIG WORK Reports of Various Lines of Activity Read at Annual Meeting of Association The annual meeting of the Visiting Nurse Association was held yesterday at the home, 1001 North Front street. Airs. Lyman B. Gilbert presided. Re ports were presented for the year as follows: Board of governors, by the secre tary, Mrs. Harvey F. Smith: receipts and expenditures. Mrs. E. Z. Gross treasurer; superintendent. Miss Mary Mller, pure milk committee, Mrs. John E. Fox; Miss Frances Morrison told of the work among girls. Addresses were made by Dr. Norman Shepler and John Yates, secretary of Uie Associated Aid Societies. Statistics in the annual re port showed the following: Number of Visiting Nurse Associa tion visits, 7,230: Metropolitan nursing visit*. 3,008; social service visits, 1,807; liumber of investigations, etc., 666; total. 12,711. Number of old cases, 44; number of Visiting Nurse Asso ciation new patients, 913; number of .Metropolitan new patients, 458; total aumber of patients, 1,415. Patients remaining under care November, 1915, 39; surgical cases for the year 1915. 427. In speaking of the work of the Milk Bociety, Mrs. Fox brought out that the Pure Milk Society requires that the baby be brought to see the milk sta tion doctors on Tuesday and Friday. The doctor examines, weighs the baby and talks with the mother, then give's a formula for modified milk. This formula is given to the nurse, who takes It to the home. At her first visit, she explains the formula to the mother* the nurse doing all the work of modification of milk herself, thus making the lesson practical and con crete. The nurse sterilizes the bottles and the nipples which go on the bot tles. She puts the required amount of barley water and sugar in the milk. This is done with the mother looking on and helping as required. When the milk is prepared it is bottled and put. on the ice. Enough milk is modified to last until the visit of the nurse the following day. At the second visit, of the nurse the mother modifies the milk under the supervision of the nurse. If she has not yet learned the lesson, the nurse gives her further instructions. In this i work the nurse uses the utensils she finds in the homes. Through the nurse's visit the mother has learned what is meant by modification and liow It Is accomplished. The nurse visits again to see if the mother is modifying the milk properly and if the baby is being well cared for. If the mother persists in not bringing the child to the milk station for the doc tor's help, she is crossed off the milk station record. GIRL WHO LIVED HERE 3 YEARS GOING WITH FORD [Continued From First Page.] clal charge of the work in connection "with the care of blind babies. Ford Peace Envoys on Oscar II Will Sail From New York on Schedule By Associated Press New York, Dec. S. —The Scandi navian-American Line steamship Os car 11, on which Henry Ford has taken passage for his peace expedition to The Hague, will leave New York to morrow afternoon on schedule time, according to agents o< the line. Mr. Ford has engaged her first and second cabins for his peace envoys. In addi tion 450 passengers going; home to Norway, Sweden and Denmark for the holidays will occupy the third class riuartcrs. AII passports will be ex n mined at the pier and it is said no person wil be permitted to go aboard without one. Halvert Jacobsen, the line's man ager. says the Oscar II should be at ''hristiania by December 14 or 15. Concerning the possibility that British warships might take the. steamer to Kirkwall, he said that few of the line's steamers had been taken there re cently, as the British government has been content with stopping the vessels off the north coast of Scotland and sending an officer on board to examine the passenger and cargo manifests. Disappointed Dr. Stearn Will Sue Henry Ford For SIOO,OOO in Damages Special to The Telegraph Philadelphia, Dec. 3.—"My dander Is up." Dr. Moses Stearn, perpetual mayor alty candidate on the "Lib. Sun. Daws" platform, physician, reformer, socialist and character extraordinary, made this statement at one minute after 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The time is important, for it marked the ex piration of his ultimatum, sent eight hours previously, to Henry Ford, whose secretary, Louis P. Lochner, Wednesday night canceled the invita tion to the doctor to sign articles for the cruise of the "Ark of Peace." t But at 5 o'clock no messenger boy had appeared at the doctor's com bination bedroom-laborat ory-offlce-dls pensary at 334 South Fifth street. The doctor generously waited until one more minute had passed. Then he made his terse statement. "I would not go now out of spite," he added grimly as he carefully clipped from morning papers and each edition of the afternoon papers the "story" of the recalled invitation. 59»,»91.70 for Trouble "These." he explained, "will con stitute evidence in the suit I contem plate bringing against Henry for dam ages. T have consulted n lawyer and am preparing to act. I think," he added. "I shall demand SIOO,OOO. My bill Is something like this'" —and he did some figuring on the back of one of the many letters from applicants for valet sen ice. "I nlso believe." he added, "that some of the Jewish rabbis are against me, because i never contribute a cent to a synagogue. Why can't we all be FRIDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 3, 1915. WORMLEVS HEIR FILES PROTEST Miss Eielielberger Objects to Plan to Give Wormleysburg Another Name Plans of some citizens of Wormleys burg to change the name of the town for various reasons, one of wliich is that the name often Drovokes laugh ter, will not be accomplished without opposition. Residents of the borough are already divided and it is quite like ly that a petition against the change will be circulated at the same time the one which Burgess J. Fred Hummel was requested to draw up is taken around the town for signers. It is said a numjjcr of persons urged the burgess to draw up the petition which will later be presented to Council. Among those who oppose the change is Miss Myrtle Elchelberger, of Camp Hill, one of the few direct descend ants of John Wormley, the founder of the town. In a letter to Burgess Hum mel, Miss Elchelberger urges the bor ough's executive to use his influence to preserve the present name and says: "I read in an evening paper that the residents of Wormleysburg want the name of the town changed and that the name Wormlejsburg is very often laughed at. No one need laugh at the name Wormley. I honor the name Wormley. My dear mother was a Wormley and I am proud of it. Have you no heart Have the resi dents of the town forgotten what my, great grandfather has done for the town. If they have, I have not. They were getting ready this last summer to celebrate the one hundredth anni versary of Wormleysburg and now they are trying to change the name. I think it would be an outrage to think of changing the name. You need not be ashamed of the name. Let it bo a memorial to the dead. I teli you that cut to the heart. If my dear mother was living it would be more than she could stand. Oh, what a cold world this is. We neither honor the dead or the living. I do hope the better thinking people will not sign your petition. What do the new peo ple care what they change the name to? 1 feel sure the old residents would be willing to have it remain what it is, but the old are so few. Oh, Mr. Hutnmel, don't change the name. Mother was the last of Grandfather Wormley's family. Now you want tho name wiped out of existence. Surely Mrs. Boak could not be one that wants the name changed. Mr. Hummel, if you were in my place you would feel as I do about it. I plead of you, if it is in your power, to let it remain dear old Wormleysburg. I hope you will not treat the matter lightly. I wish you just knew how I feel about it. It is a blow on me." frank and admit that we worship the almighty dollar? I believe in candor as well'as a liberal Sunday. Passport $2.20 Photo .25 Life preserver 2.00 Water wings .75 Lawyer's fee for drawing up will 2.00 Twelve celluloid collars ... .50 Twelve pairs of socks .... .60 Disappointment, annoyance and trouble 93.991.70 Total $100,000.00 "Now that I am not going," he con tinued, "I'm going to give you the truth. I believe In peace, but T have j realized all along that Henry's propo-1 sition is a kiddish scheme —nothing ! but a flivver joy ride. The only rea- | son why I indorsed the scheme and I accepted the invitation was because 1 j wanted the benefit of a sea voyage. I weigh 180 pounds now, but I would I like to add about 15 more. "Stop the war? Why. the only thing i ♦ hat will stop it is shortage of food or I ammunition. I'll bet if I went with I Henry and got near a trench they would pull me In and make mc fight, for them. Oh, the whole thli\g is a big joke, although the way I have been , treated is a shame. T will admit that I am disappointed at losing a restful sea voyage—although if women go along! that would be jeopardized—and at not | seeing the Rooshian bear." 125 Passports Issued to Ford Peace Party Washington. D. C., Dec. 3. • Henry Ford was granted a passport by the! State Department to-day to visit Nor- | way, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands. A representative brought i his application from New York. The citizenship bureau of the Department I by noon had issued more than 125 passports to peace advocates who will I sail from New York to-morrow on the ! steamer Oscar 11. None made appli- ■ cation to visit any other than neutral countries. There was no difficulty encountered in the issuance of passports except in a few oases where the applications were defective. KIDBCULOUS, SAYS T. R. By dissociated Press New York, Dec. 3.—C01. Roosevelt and Judge Alton B. Parker are in ac cord with respect to Henry Ford and \ his peace mission. The Colonel said so himself yesterday. When asked to, express himself regarding Mr. Ford's project "to get the boys out of the j trenches" the Colonel said: "It is rarely that I find myself in I agreement with Mr. Alton B. Parker,! but in this case I do agree with him' most thoroughly. Mr. Ford's visit to' Europe will not be mischievous only j because it is so ridiculous. It is a j most discreditable thing for thisi country." Awaiting the Report of "Hardscrabble" Viewers Realty men generally are looking forward with considerable interest to ( the expected report of the board ofj viewers recently appointed by the! Dauphin county court to assess bene- ' fits and damages incident to the climl- j nation of "Hardscrabble." The re- | •>ort is in course of preparation and ! it will be presented to court for con- j tirmation, it is expected, the latter part of this month or early in i January. 1 CAPT. SWARTZ, CITY.S TRUANT OFFICER, DIES [l ontinucd From First Page.] - CAPTAIN H. A. SWARTZ shortly after the opening of hostilities. Entering Company E. First Regiment. Pennsylvania Volunteers. April 18, 1861, he was later advanced, and when he re-enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Regi ment. Pennsylvania Volunteers, served ns second corporal. In August, 1864, he again enlisted as corporal in Com pany T. Two Hundred and First Regi ment. Pennsylvania. Volunteers, and was mustered out of service in June, 1865. Fought at Fredericksburg One of the nattles in which Captain Swartz was engaged was at Fredericks burg, in 1863. When a memorial his tory of the One Hundred and Twenty seventh Regiment was compiled Cap tain Swartz was called upon to write an account of the battle at. Fredericks burg, which he did. The account is several pages long, containing an ac curate story of the work of his regi ment. Soon after the close of the war Cap tain Swartz entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad as a carpenter in the, shops. He remained in their employ until 1889, after which he kept a small shop, doing work on personal contracts. He first entered into school work in 1890, when he was elected a member of the School Board. He held office for ten years, retiring in 1899. Shortly afterward the compulsory at tendance law went into effect. As Captain Swartz was so well known, and also knew the majority of people in the city, the School Board decided to give him the position of truant officer. Until a few weeks ago he con tinued his work hunting up the boys who preferred the streets io the schoolroom. Capinin of Zouaves His great interest, in military affairs did not end with the war in '65. Dur ing the nineties he formed a company of Harrisburg Zouaves, composed of young boys of the city who were in terested in military work. A number] of them joined the army during the Spanish-American War and saw serv- 1 ||gecial Holiday Offerlngjjp Ladies' Christmas Handkerchiefs boxed ■ to oiH SPECIAL FOR (0? to SATURDAY 7HP I JntniMM Spnn Brass Ware—Jardinieres, Smoking Sets. Vases, etc., aAIUKUAI MlltZ to $1.25 Vmas Slippers .... I)8c __ "Silver Deposit" Toilet Articles 'i.'X- to $.">.00 and'soft SoTe b aiippera, U !n a K /vCQuV White Enamel Toilet Sets SI.OO to JHIO.OO large variety of color*. I Men's Suspender and Hose Supporter Sets—in Holiday hoxes 256 to #1.50 dies' Indian Moccasions. t j lc hjg] ies t of all Christmas sale records sl ® o s,,k H°ec ... 69c j . "The Uptown" is now in a state __ _ . __ A beautiful assortment of I ' J v TLXo T« Uaonan l/Af colors (also black) in La- I of preparedness. Jtlc J.S HUaQCQ 1? Ox dies' Silk Hose. Put up in holiday boxes. 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No. 116, Grand Army of the Re public, Captain Swartz was actively engaged in the post work and never let a Memorial Day service go by with out attending and participating in the ceremonies. As the remnants of the Boys in Blue marched over the city streets the person who was recognized first of all was Captain Swartz. One of the events he wished to par ticipate in was the fiftieth anniversary of the grand review in Washington in '65, which was celebrated by the vet erans in Washington during Septem ber. this year. It was also the forty ninth annual encampment of the Grand Army men. Captain Swartz left this city with members of Posts 58, 116 and 520 and paraded in full uniform over the old route in Wash ington for the last time. I To-night at the regular meeting of I the School Board resolutions of regret I will be introduced on his death, which i is felt keenly by the many directors I and teachers of the city schools. Handled the Toughest Customers The most incorrigible boy who played truant was not too hard a prob lem for the Captain to solve. Numer ous instances in which he overcame the most unruly of youngsters were spoken of to-day. His method of getting the boys back to school was unique, in a way, but brought results. Kindness, a genial smile and a good nature conquered in most cases, and to the surprise of the | teachers and parents the youngsters trudged off to school daily after the I Captain had seen them. Captain Swartz is survivod by one daughter. Miss Sarah H. Swartz. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home, the Rev. J. Bradley Marltward. pastor of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, offi ciating. Burial will be made in the East Harrisburg Cemetery. Visited "Old Crony" Daily Captain Swartz in his daily rounds over the city for truants never forgot to visit his friend. John T. Ensminger, at Second and Chestnut streets. Mr. Ensniinger, also a veteran of the war, served in the sani eregimer.t with Cap tain Swartz and was a lieutenant in Company A. One Hundred and Twenty seventh Regiment. Mr. Ensminger, in speaking this morning of his friend, said: "He never missed me once in his daily trips. Many a time the Captain would stop in and talk about the war. Tes, we served in the same regiment with Cap talked together often about the bat tles." When a bit of the past history of Harrisburg was wanted, probably the first one to be asked was Captain Swartz, his memory of past events proving valuable In many Instances. Col. Watres Is Elected Grand Master of Masons This is an important week for the Masonic fraternity, and all eyes are upon the Grand Lodge now in session at Philadelphia. Ex-Judge Abraham M. Beitler of Philadelphia, a brother of Col. Lewis E. Beitler. well known in Harrisburg, was elected junior grand warden and the other officers chosen are Col. Louis A. Watres, of Scranton, former lieutenant-governor, grand master; James B. Kratise, grand warden: William B. Ilackenburg. grand treasurer, and John A. Perry, •grand secretary. Col. Watres succeeds J. Henry Williams, who has just been elected Justice of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. Following the usual custom, in what CENTRAL JUNIORS COMPETE Photo by Musser The annual Samuel Kunkel oratorical contest for junior bovs of tho rvntmi High School, was held this afternoon in the school auditorium The eight boys who participated as seen above, are: Top row. left to rI Kh t—Har rv n Harry Dixon, John Baker, Emory Hartman. Bernard Wert and MarSn Si?' Bottom row. left to right—Louis Goldstein, Miss Annabelle Swartz ■rif tvT at ,h . e Sch ° ol w ho drilled the boys for the contest, and &slle MlnVch The three winners were chosen by the judges, Jesse E. B. Cunningham the Rev. Henry W. A. Hanson and Rollin A. Sawyer. The prizes of*26 *ls and «10 are given each year through the generosity of Samuel Kunkel the members term an "off year," the officers of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Pennsylvania, at a meeting at the Masonic Temple, yes terday were unanimously re-elected to their posts to serve for the ensuing Masonic year, which begins on St. John's Day, December 27, as follows: M. E. grand high priest. Porter M. Lowery, of Butler: M. E. grand king, Thomas McConnell, Jr., of Philadel phia; M. E. grand scribe, David J. Pavis. of Scranton; grand treasurer, Edward B. Spencer, of Philadelphia, and grand secretary, Stockton Bates, of Philadelphia. Plans for a hospital and two new cottages at the Masonic Home, at Elizabetlitown, which will give room for 80 more guests, the limit of 250 having been reached in the existing buildings, were presented by the Com mittee on Masonic Homes. Gift Watches for Christmas Presents We can offer you something a little better in a Rinkenbach Watch. 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