Ah ilarrisburg Sits on City's Front Steps to See First Annual Kipona HARRISBTJRG TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 204 KIPONA ATTRACTS * TO RIVER SHORE First Annual Event Under Direction of "Greater Harris barg Navy" Shows Remarkable Growth of Basin's Popularity With All Classes; Weatherman Does His Bit to Make Day Ideal; Water Sports in Plain View of Throngs Along the Wall DECORATED BOAT PARADE WILL BE CLIMAX OF GREAT REGATTA Hundred and Fifty Athletes Compete For Prizes in Swim ming and oßat Races, Man-Fishing, Tilting, Aquapla ning and Other Thrilling Contests; Hundreds of Canoes With Harrisburg's Fairest Reposing Amid the Cush ions Add to Beauty of Dazzling Scene The looms are still, the great red fires lie banked. Come! All the Nation seeks a holiday, A short respite from the eternal grind. Just ease the strain a bit and rest, to-day! Look backward. More than once we grazed the edge Of pits of horror where the war gods dwell. Another year has passed while yet we rest Upon our silent guns and all is well. Then take the blessings which are given us Of peace and fruitage of our work well done; Make this a day of idleness. The yoke Will seem the lighter with to-morrow's sun. —ANNA H. WOOD. Written for the Harrisburg Telegraph. Until long, long after the tiniest person who sat to-day on the city's "front steps" has grown too old and tottery to promenade without a cane along the water front, Labor Day. September 4, 1916, will stand pre-eminently in Harrisburg's history of red-letter days. Not a wheel turned in business activity after noon and many of the mills and factories and other establishments were shut down all day and Harrisburg's labor organizations paraded during the after noon. Thousands of folks from Harrisburg and from surrounding towns who could travel by train, trolley, motor, team, boat or afoot filled every available seat along the river front wall, the river bridges, the floats and the hundreds of canoes and motor and steam boats on the Susquehanna. For to-day the "Greater Harrisburg Navy," the city's recently organized body of canoeists, motor boatmen and other river en thusiasts, held its first annual Kipona on the great natural basin that has helped and is still helping to keep Harrisburg on the map of progressive cities of the country. All afternoon the thousands of folks who participated as contestants or spectators partly demonstrated how well they think of the Susquehanna basin as a pleasure-gathering point. To-night the popularity of the same old basin will be demonstrated with all the glory of electrical and fire works display, illuminated boats, bands of music on the water and along the shores. Never Such a Turn Out Regattas and water carnivals that suggested the Kipona have featured other city celebrations but never has such a splendid turn-out of a city's population testified on a grander scale how thoroughly Harrisburg has grown to view its river front as a municipal asset. Cheering thousands voiced their sentiments in more ways than one that they want and must have munici pal bathing beaches, boathouses, properly blasted and marked channels and the dozen and one other little conveniences and comforts which the Navy will boost to obtain from the city fathers. But to get back to the river front. All day yesterday and far Into last night and from an early hour this morning until the last possible mo ment this afternoon, the Susquehanna basin was never busier. And when at 1:30 o'clock the great program idicator on the official float opposite Market street flashed a great number "I" to tell the waiting thou sands that the first event was about to begin, the results of the efforts of days of preparation and co-operation was evident. Great Course Clear From the tiny flag-topped buoy that marked the start of the great "war" canoe race for the inter-high school acadmy championship, opposite the city pumping station, all the way to the Market street bridge the broad course close into the city's shore was free of all but the ocasional chugging motor-boat of officials or policemen. Otherwise the great course was clear. From South street to the bridges long lines of flats had been anchored and between the spaces THE WEATHER For Harrlsbur* and vicinity! Fair and Mmtnhnl warmer to-night; cloudy to-morrow. For Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair to night and probably Tuesday) warmer; moderate south wind*. So Bulletin—l.ecal Holiday Temperature: ft a. m„ (C. Son: Risen, 3:3« a. m.t sets, 6:33 p. m. Moon: Full moon, September 11, 3:31 p. m. River Stage: 5J feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, 73. lowest temperature. 30. Mean temperature, 82. Normal temperature, 08. BY CAHRIBtt* 6 CENTH A WEEK, M.\GLK COPIES 2 CEXTS. ropes were stretched. Here by the hundreds clung the canoes and motor boats of the spectators. Basin Gay With Color Nearly every canoe was gay with color in one way or another and as a rule the colors of gowns and hats vied with the more vivid flashes of orange and blue and green and scar let of silken sweaters. And blue eyes and brown eyes and gray eyes and brown eyes excitedly flashed a re sponse to the blue of the skies over head. And the Susquehanna all day smiled back to the heavens and in fact the weatherman had truly "done his bit" to make the meaning of "Kipona" come true. Of course you saw the events this afternoon —unless you were ill or missed your train, so perhaps it's use less to tell of what took place on the [Continued on Pase "] CHILDREN BARRED FROM EAGLESMERE Special to the Telegraph Eaglesmere, Pa., Sept. 4. The Board of Health has issued an order that no children under 16 years of age shall be allowed to enter Eaglesmere without a physician's health certificate, which must not be more than 36 hours old. COMBINE TYPHOID TESTS Although tests made of cream and ice cream on Saturday were not re ported to-day. Dr. J. M. J. Kauniek, city health officer, eald that he be lieves they will show improvement, and that within a v.eek the supply will again be safe. Several cases of typhoid fever were reported to-day, and the source of the contagion is being investigated. Fifty-three cases have been reported !n the city since August 1. Tests were made to-day also of cream shipped into the city and ice cream manufactured in local plants. Telegraph Suspends For the Present All Ice Cream Advertising Until the completion or the in vestigation and report upon all Ice-cream plants, serving the peo ple of Harrisburg: and the sur rounding towns and communities, by tlie City Department of Health the Telegraph has decided to de cline all advertising of such con cerns. This action Is taken with out prejudice and solely in the In terest of the health of tlie entire community. Rejection of such ad vertising does not Involve criticism of any Ice-cream manufacturer. HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1916. brought thousands to Harrisburg s "Front Steps" and more thousands to the river to-day. Cameramen were on the job and found manv inter esting things to 'shoot. As shown in the above etching, thrilling incidents came thick ami fast. In the three-man, standing double paddle race Frank *1 Rouch and Clarence Beck, put a little "action" into the cameraman's picture by toppling out of their canoe in ten feet of water while skitn ming al p"& at a fast clip. Of course the war canoes were the target for many a camera and two of the contestants are shown above. In the renter the boys are seen paddles, almost lifting their big boat out of the water near the finish. On the other side the Central INVADING HOSTS ARE BEING HELD BY RUMANIANS Bulgarians and Germans Re pulsed in Eastern Rumania; Russians to Aid Them Between the Danube and the Black Sea in Eastern Rumania, where the second campaign in consequence of Rumania's declaration of war has been opened, the Bulgarian and Ger man torces of invasion are engaged heavily with the Rumanians all along the frontier. The Rumanian War Office announces the repulse of the Germans and Bulgarians at Bazardjik, In Dobrudja, but gives no information as to the progress of the fighting else where. In this campaign it is ex pected Jhe Rumanians will have the assistance of Russian forces which crossed the border from Bessarabia into the Dobrudja soon after Rumania joined the entente allies. Continue Hungary Invasion The Rumanian invasion of Hungary continues, official announcement is made, that the towns of Borszek and Sekeli, in eastern Transylvania, have been occupied by the Rumanians. The Bulgarians on the Macedonian [Continued on Pag*> 10] LINCOLN HOME GIVEN TO NATION Thousands Attend Formal Transfer of Birthplace and Cabin; Wilson Speaks Py Associated Press Hodgenville, Ky. ( Sept. 4.—Many | thousands of persons made the pil | grimage to Hodgenvtlle to-day by ] train, in automobiles, afoot and in j horse-drawn conveyances to be pres ent at the ceremonies attending the transfer to the government of the Lin i coin birthplace and the cabin in ' which Abraham Lincoln was born, i The Lincoln cabin, inclosed in a magnificent granite memorial building, j was given to the government by the ] Lincoln Farm Association under a spo | cJal act of Congress. Speeches <ver e made by President I VV ilson. Secretary Baker. Senator John joharp Williams, of Mississippi, and [former Governor Folk, of Missouri. i As President Wilson's special train [Continued on Page »] New Battle Cruisers With Six Smokestacks Will Look Like Blast Furnaces By Associated Press Washington. D. C., Sept. 4.—The | navy'ti new battle cruisers, four of which have been authorized to be laid ! down next year, will look like a blast I furnace gone to sea. Each will be j equipped with six or more* smoke | stacks, according to plans now being I completed by the Navy Department. I Some American cruisers carry four stacks and some of European con j stroction have five, but with the excep tion of a few small destroyers no ves j sel* in operation have six. The battle cruisers will be electric driven and oil burning. The builders will be required to produce vessels that I will give off no smoke when it is de sirsd to conceal their movements, but jthey will also be equipped so as to . pour out heavy banks of black smoke as a screen to conceal the operations I of \cssels behind them. To make the thirty-flve-knot speed required It has been necessary to pro vide the ships with between 180,000 and 200,000 horsepower, generated by stearn turbines, which in turn drive the electric generators. Navy experts are confident they will make thirty five knots with full equipment aboard, and. stripped, will run thirty-eight knots, or more than forty-two land miles, per hour. European navies try out their swift boats for speed with out armament and with only a small portion of their fuel cargo aboard. American navy craft, however, must maJ«» the required speed with full fighting equipment and at least two thirdo of full fuel capacity. . THRILLS A-PLENTY IN FIRST ANNUAL KIPONA LAWER SHOT IN PARK WITH GIRL; WIFE IS AWAY Attorney Killed in New York Park by Two Footpads While Autoing By Associated Press New York, Sept. 4.—Dwight P. Dil worth, a lawyer, was shot and killed last night while in an automobile in Van Cortlandt Park with a young woman companion. Two men, with caps drawn closely over their fore heads, sprang from the darkness in front of the car when it stopped near some golf links and fired three shots, according to the young woman, who said she was Miss Mary McNiff, 19 years old. Miss McNiff gave the police the first information they had of the shooting. She said she ran nearly a mile after eluding the assailants be fore she came upon a railroad flag man in the park who escorted her to the Kingsbridge police station. Dilworth was 40 years old and lived in Montclair, N. J. According to Miss McNiff he invited her for a ride [Continued on Page 10] HUGHES TO FLY WILSON'S CLAIMS Nightly Will Answer Assertions of President; Tariff Spe cial Target St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 4.—With the trump card of the Democrats laid on j the table before him in President WH ! son>. speech of acceptance, Charles E. | Hughes is now prepared to challenge i by direct refutation and analysis many |of the "extravagant claims" of the i administration. In his speeches beginning at Nash [Continiicd on Page 10] Arrange For Opening of Wharton School Branch Within the next few days, Wendell P. Raine, instructor in the Wharton | School of Commerce and Finance of i the University of Pennsylvania, Phila : delphla, will be in Harrisburg for the : purpose of arranging for the opening iof the Harrisburg branch of the ' school. At a meeting of the faculty held last Monday, at which reports were read of the last two years' work, it ; was determined beyond all question to continue the Extension School Work in the four cities of Harrisburg, Read- I ing, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, in | view of the results accomplished in these cities. j Dr. William McClellan, the newly elected Dean of the Wharton School ! has given assurance of his deep inter ; est in Extension work, and has an j nounced his intention of visiting Har ! risburg about September 18, to look ■ over the situation. At that time it is planned to hold a "Get together" luncheon so that the new' dean ipay make the acquaintance of the stu dents and of businessmen of the city. Mr. Raine will come to the city a few days after Labor Day and remain here until the opening of the school which will be about October 2. He will have general charge of the en rollment, assisted by committees from the students, the Rotary Club and the Chamber of Commerce. KILLED UNDER CARS While working at the Harrisburg pipe and pipe bending works, where he is employed as a brakeman, Delbert Lee Gallagher, aged 23. 330 Curtin street, slipped and fell under a draft of cars which was being moved. He was killed almost instantly. Coroner Eck- Inger decided that death wns acci- i denial. He is survived by his parents. | four brothers and four sisters. Gal- ; lagher was a member of the Kelly Hose Company. Funeral services will | be held on Thursday morning at 10 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. E. E. I Snyder, pastor of the St. Matthew's I Lutheran Church. Burial will be made in tli«s Faxtang Cemetery. 4 EIGHT-HOUR BILL LONG LINE OF CONGRESS PASSED FLOATS ATTRACT IS NOW A LAW EYES OF THRONG Senate Put Measure, Which Called Off Strike, Through Without Opposition By Associated Press Washington, Sept. 4. The eight hour day act, passed Saturday even ing. by the Senate, was considered a law to-day, having received President Wilson's signature yesterday, but to avoid any chance of its being held void on the ground that it received execu tive approval on a legal holiday, the President will sign it again to-morrow on his return from Hodginville, Ky., where to-day he attended Lincoln Me morial exercises. The Adanison eight-hour day bill, exacted from Congress last week by the railroad brotherhoods as the price of calling off the Nation-wide strike, was signed by Wilson in his private car at Union Station. Peace Hangs on Developments How long peace shall reign as a re sult of the hill apparently is depended upon developments in the proposed move to test the eoriVtitionality of the act. Should the railroads take no ac [Continued ou Page £s] PENNYPACKER FUNERAL TUESDAY Services For Ex-Governor Who Died Saturday to Be Held in Philadelphia . Sfecial to the Telegraph Philadelphia, Sept. 4. The body 'of ex-Governor Pennypacker, who idied Saturday at his home in Schwenk ville, was brought to Philadelphia to day, and the funeral services will be held to-morrow at 10 a. m., in Old Christ Church, Second street above Market. Bishop Darlington, of Har i risburg, will conduct the services and jhe will be assisted by Rev. L. C. Washburn, rector of Old Christ (Church, and Rev. Dr. Stockett. rector of the late Go' trnor's own Church, | St. James-on-the-Perkiomen. | No services will be held at the home ]in Schwenkville, and following the | services here the body will be taken , to the Pennypacker ramily lot in the Phoenixville Cemetery, where It will jbe buried privately. In this lot are j buried the bodies of ex-Governor Pennypacker's father, grandfather | and greatgrandfather on his father's ! side and mother and grandfather on his mother's side. At the funeral ser vices here Post No. 19, G. A. 11., of i which the former Governor was a ! member, and Washington Lodge, F. 1 and A. M., of which he was also a member, have been invited. List of Pallbearers The list of honorary pallbearers, which includes the names of some of [Continued on Pase 3] KBY MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN TO BE ERECTED SOON City Commissioner Bowman with the representation of the granite con tractor who will erect the Eby mem orial fountain on the plaza at the pumping station, foot of North street 1 decided upon the location of the foun tain to-day. Commissioner Bowman I will provide a receptacle for ice to ; cool the water. It will be known as the "Children's Fountain." OXE DEAD IN CRASH Special to the Telegraph Allentown, Pa.,' Sept. 4. Harry Fries, of Pottsville, was killed and two women were seriously injured late last i night when his motorcycle collided with the automobile of Earl Schlogtl, of Tou -1 near Central Park, Just east of the | city limits of Allentown. AUTO HITS BOY While attempting to cross the street in front of hie home, Leroy Ma.vhew, aged 4, was struck by an automobile owned by Charles Glass, Linglestown, I and knocked tr. the ground. The la<i ; was taken to his home where medical attention was given nim. It was learn- ' ed th&t he had received several bruiseti about the bead and body, 10 PAGES Merchants Take Big Part in Making First Annual Kipona Great Success While the big program of water sports attracted the eyes of thousands throughout the afternoon, the admir ing crowds had a pretty good chance to view the merchants' end of the dis play—the long line of stationary floats. True, the effect will'be wonderfully en hanced to-night when the Jovian [Continued on Pace 7] If '•• NM7T ' ■ \5 MEXICANS !;• I ' and a 18 ..cd hy i . iming 1: i alh , • iching ' ■ the bolder co-day. The bandits butchered the train guards ; - ! and movable, these advices II TO INVESTIGATE EFFECT OF. LAW 1 - j mator Reed, of .. )ur, to-day fl { • int olution to authorize te Com- ! I 1 ' ;- | ► j|4 i * * ost o! operation of railroads and'to j i ; ■re; c ' :>e > i' ■■ v. ; HUGHES ] ECLINES • ["TEND CELEBRATION* : Nashvi '"cm " «>t. ' Charles E. hes to-day j . declined to attend, the .Labor Day celebration here, as £ arranged foi by • 7$ that Ho pet except on non- ; ' politics! subjects. *!'•. Hughes also declined to. review the \ Ten- nal Guard, : ying that h< k a [ do to. , | ■■ j il ICE CREAM WARNING I ® Dr. I' 1 • |! state y regarding his department's investigation j • of mditions in Harrisburg: "We have by no f . • means completed our investigation and the reports made 1 j l public as to impurities include only those discovered I J ! thi ■ ; monthly milk and cream rcj o ' j I in tired to eliminate ali f .. ( ► - in.f-' ■ Require af least another ten days, when it is , ; < 1 P l ' » (' ' i ]| a complete summary of our findings. L for i and until we can fix responi \ | bi: advise people not to cat icc cream. This' \ < * adv., c • b , \ ten water is under ::.picion I we can can l I < • : -tsteurized, but neither of these safeguards ] ' ■ is possible w; ,h icc cream.'' ' ! * 1 MARRIAGi LICENSES i Tk«m»» Clemen* txrnririlrr nail Marie Sablna Pelfer, city. I | ' harlex Allirrl KnMtek. l.rltj »l>uru and Annie Kahii York. i i Kdnard ChrlMluii Atuhnam, Meeltou mid Sarah Annie Seldera, Breaaler. 9 llowartl ottcrhi-lu Huinlu and Hriwc >lae Allnlne, Heretic;-. | Jnhn W. MIHKI and Aitnta .Mary \eninulc, Mteelton. I Cllr George t heater, \\ lllliimatum u nnd Helen Mae Crave, | Charles Wlndemaker and male Suale Zimmerman, city. 111 Jill mH CITY EDITION BEATEN, ROBBED, STARVED, GAGGED AND LEFT TO DIE Stripped of All but His Under clothing, Near Death, Hill Man Is Found PRISONER TWO WEEKS Thugs Waylay Him in Broad Daylight and Steal His Money, Clothes and Jewelry Scarcely able to talk above a whls« per because of his weakened condition. J. 13. Garwood, aged 48, of 1221 Derry street, after regaining consciousness this morning at hjs home, told how he was attacked in broad daylight two weeks ago, by two men, who then kept him a prisoner until last night. Mr. Garwood, stripped of all of his clothing except his underwear, gagged and bound hand and foot, was found late last night along the Cath olic Cemetery by two foreigners. Ho was able to give his name and ad dress. but lapsed into unconsciousness. | Shortly before 3 o'clock this morning. Mr. Garwood again regained his senses land asked for his wife, declaring that [Continnril on Page 3] City's Schools to Be Opened Friday, Sept. 29 to Arrange Transfers V City schools will be reopened Fri day, September 29. and notices to that effect will be mailed within a few days by Dr. F. K. Downes, city superintend ent. to all the teachers. The time was fixed by the School ■ Hoard in accordance with Dr. Downes" recommendation following his report on the infantile paralysis situation. The State health authorities have de creed that the schools of the State re main closed because of the danger of widespread epidemic until the end of the month. As a rule the schools are usually optned at the beginning of the week, but Friday was fixed upon this time, however, in order that the transfer ar rangements could all be completed fop a general and uninterrupted start tha following Monday, October 2. From time to time prior to the open ing of the schools the regular grada teachers' meetings will likely be held.
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