ALLHARRISBURG VOTES FIRST KIPO NA GREATEST WATER EVENT IN CITY'S HISTORY KIPONA SHOWS DEMAND FOR DEVaOPMENT IContinued From First Pago] gleaming water as the Illuminated boat parade, evening feature of Harris burg's first Klpona, swung down from the upper end of Independence Island and floated past the judges' stand down near the bridges. Like Flickering Fireflies Never in the times of the old ghost, nor since until last night, did the ro mantic Susquehanna provide a setting for such an event. Perhaps to the shade the thousands of sparkling fire flies dotting the surface for nearly two miles brought thoughts of invaders. And perhaps he wrapped his old In dian blanket just a little tighter around him as he contemplated the rythmic dip and shoot, dip and shoot, of the approaching lamps. For never did an Indian witness such a sight! And how was he, wily chief that he was, to figure out any way icy repelling such in vaders—hordes that swooped down from the direction of the Dauphin water gap with twinkling lights mark ing the almost countless boats. Just a few minutes after 7.30 o'clock when the last rays of a Susquehanna valley sunset had cast their final crim son darts at the glooming and the old shade resumed his early nocturnal wandering the parade began. Scarcely had the ghost of the old chief left his resting place to gaze out over the moonlit Susquehanna, battle ground for many a hard-fought Indian contest and scene of many an Indian wr.oir.g, when a fast craft shot away from Dintaman's boat pavilion, itself a novelty to the shade. In this craft was V. Grant Forrer, chief of the new order of river followers, and several assistants. Bathed In light as it was, this boat alone was a sight for the old chief, but it's hard to say just how ho felt when nearly 80 tiny craft, each filled with from two to six people, darted away from the various boat houses and swung into a long waver ing line behind the faster boat. As the hundreds of canoes, each lit by at least four bobbing Japanese lan terns, furnished free by the Greater Harrisburg Navy, and many decked out in strange or beautiful fashions, as the fancy of the owner dictated, swung Into line and formed the long proces sion that swept quietly toward Broad street, the old chief must,have believed his eyes were failing him. Just what he thought as the line doubled, formed for a minute a deep loop and started back toward the bridges at the shade's feet would be hard to even guess at. Weird Creations In Ivlne It's positively certain that no living person ever saw such a sight here abouts. In line were not only illumi nated canoes, but big floats that swept majestically down the stream, little motorboats and bier motorboats that swooped and darted around as the ca pacity of their engines permitted; floats filled with singers; a whole mod ern battle fleet: imitation sailboats; Venetian gondolas, and last, but not least, a quaint Egyptian craft like the one that bore Cleopatra out to meet Mark Antony these many, many years ago—and true to life, this boat hore a "Cheopatra," yes, even garbed like Cleo! , . . . . It was indeed a strange, weird sight ( for an old shade to see. but even as it stirred him, so did it stir the romance In the souls of every one who partici- j pated and those who looked on from twinkling fireflies swept down stream those in the canoes at least | emoved a scene that in years to come | they will instinctively make reference to when Judging beautiful scenes and Overhead a bright half moon cast silver beams across the surface or the stream, beams that danced and rippled over the waters, twinkled for a second on the bow and stern of each passing canoe and Illuminated the faces of the occupants. ~ ■Rivaling the moon were the fire works As the canoes swept down | stream, lights a-twlnkle. there was aj deafening report and a trail of sparks as a rocket shot Into i the sky went up, up. hung an instant_ burst with a crack and showered myriad brilliant darts in all directions over the heads of the canoeists. Other brilliant lighting effects and strange Bounds, too diversified to describe, wel comed the parade as It reached South street and swept past the judges. Shoreward, a Wall of I-aces How this demonstration shocked the senses of the old shade 'tis hard to sov. but the fall of all his traditions could have been no more awesome thc-n the feeling that swept through the canoeists aa they floated into the lower basin. Beneath them the water suddenly changed colors and became a brilliant red. white and blue at the magic command of some wlzzard of electricity; high above them rockets soared, bombs burst and strange fires were lighted; shoreward in the re flected glimmer of the many lights one saw a solid wall of white staring faces, a wall that extended from the very water's edge to the top of the steps, broken awhile and then renewed at the upper park level —a wall that ex tended from Market streets to Boas. An 'Cncompromisinc Shade As the boats swept past the Judges' stand, turned and scattered, old river enthusiasts declared that it was a sight, that one may see but once in a lifetime —and never forget. But to the uncomprehending shade of the Indian chief who, awe-struck, gazed on from his vantage point 'cross river, Harrisburg's first illuminated boat parade as a part of the Kipona was a sight too strange to explain, and, bewildered and shaken, he returned to his narrow resting place of centuries to resume his nocturnal wanderings no niorej Electrical Display Awes and Thrills City's Thousands Long after the Man In the Moon had gone to bed last night behind the Cumberland hills, the stars stayed out for a few hours, of amazed reflection over the Susquehanna "basin." The old man of the skies wasn't positive during the early evening as to whether he was wanted or not to add to the Joy of a night on the river; and the stars had had a woeful time of it trying to coax the thousands of folks along park and river front to lift their eyes higher than the man made stars of gun-powder or the scintilatlng illuminations of electrical displays. And if the Moon had met the Sun 'way off behind those same Cumber land hills, the chances are that the Moon told the Sun that King Solomon may have been all right when he made that old, old remark about the newness of things under the Sun, but he positively could not have applied 2 Early Coal Buying Advisable 5 C It's the part of wisdom to buy your winter supply of coal now. M ■ Once the frost and ice and snow of winter get busy, it's pretty \ % difficult to keep the coal free of dust and dirt. Summer-mined C # caol by the very nature of things is cleaner, the screening we J J give it insures practically a complete absence of dust and dirt, j \ Phone your order now. > I J. B. MONTGOMERY Z C 600—Either Phone. Third and Chestnut Streets ( TCHESTDAY EVENING, 5^ **p "^r-; ; % -^^k*~'**^f: * * *nr?f BOAT PARADE ' PRIZEWINNERS Judges in the illuminated boat parade last night awarded the fol lowing prizes for the best decorated floats; I—Bowman & Co., war fleet, con sisting of a flagship and fleet, illu minated with red incandescent lamps. 2—South Harrisburg Amusement Company, large derrick flat, pro fusely decorated with pennants. 3—D. Bowman, aqua aeroplane. 4 —Mooley and Shreck, floral dis play and lanterns. s—Carey, canoe decorated with small pennants. 6—Star-Independent, large mo torboat with colored lights. 7—Rumpf and Whitman, canoe, decorated as single-mast schooner with colored lights. B—Red Cross, Nicely, canoe with field hospital in center. 9—Knabe, canoe decorated with lanterns. 10—Conway and Myers, canoe, decorated as single-mast schooner with lanterns. The prizes will be distributed to morrow evening at the Park De partment, ————■—————• that observation to the things going on beneath the Moon. When Solomon Went Wrong King Solomon for Instance never saw the evening water pageant, Sus quehanna "basin" electrical Illumina tion, or the fireworks display that closed the celebration of the first an nual Kipona held under the direction of the "Greater Harrisburg Navy." With a multitude of flashing vari colored electric lights, misty fountain sprays of water and steam, with the bang and snap of whizz and breaking glory of many colored rocketed stars, and with hundreds and hundreds of bobbing Jap and Chinese lanterns that danced from as many canoes the "big night" of Harrisburg's river his tory was celebrated. And the thousands of the evening which augmented the thousands who saw the day events, turned tired feet but unsatisfied eyes toward home when the display had become history. On the City Grandstand From far beyond "Hardscfabble" to Market street, the city's water front was crowded with sky-and-river gaz ing folks; the great grandstand of Harrisburg many of the countless hundreds got a seat. But they had to go early. Electricity and gunpowder tried to outdo each other as illuminating agencies through the mutual co-opera tion of the Jovian league, the city's reecntly organized electrical engineers and the Chamber of Commerce. Ad miring thousands reaped the benefit. In Sky and Water The fireworks display was just a whole lot finer than anything of the kind Harrisburg has seen in a similar celebration, take it from those who watched until the last rocket had gone heavenward; the electrical display from the wonderful exhibits that had been arranged by the Jovians all the way up the line to the last float—was something which most all Harrlsburg will never, never forget. About 7:30 o'clock the lights flashed down the long line <Jf floats. Promptly Dives, Pomeroy and Stewart, the Globe, the Telegraph, the Belle Tele phone Company, the David Kaufman, and the William Strouse floats flashed into the brightness of thousands of globes. The Jovian league floats held the HOW THE RIVER BASIN LOOKED TO EYE OF THE CAMERA WHEN MYRIADS OF LIGHTS FLASHED ON right of the line and the story of how! these displays were wired and lighted is a story in itself. Great trunk lines ' carried across the Walnut street bridge j and were swung down upon the flats, j Close to the bridge was the order's j own display—a gleaming replica of | Jove perched high overhead while red j Humes licked and curled around his; feet. As the lights flashed on Jove's j electrically green eyes glared across! the water. And the tiny spirals of otearr. from many pcrferated pipes caught the changing flashes of flood lights—and one had the effect of mounting flames in the breeze. Next was a great glaring tip to "Boost Harrisburg," picked out in red electric lights and over this "Old Glory'" flashed In waves of red, white and blue light. And then there was the electric fountain. Rising and fall ing in mist-like waves that was caused by scores of tiny sprays, an effect of a cloud of red, green and amber mist was had from the bank in a way that you must have seen to appreciate. Carrying Water and Light But that wasn't the extent of the night illumination. When the right of the long line of decorated boats reached the South street rock here and there in the course splashes of strange light appeared on the surface of the stream. And the lights seemed to come from below. They DID come from below; sub-marine light has been successfully tried out In Harris burg for the first time. The Jovians had stretched electric current and a long line of hose from the shore across the Walnut street bridge to the floats to solve the ques tion of transportation of light and water; they solved the submarine problem In a different way. Lights From Below Fifty bright new tin buckets, much like the kind the charwoman uses 'round the office, were sunk at twenty foot intervals in the river bottom. The weight of the water held them down. In the bottom of each a connection was made with a feed cable that stretched along the river bed. This was swung down from the steps. In the bottom of each bucket was a six teen candle power light. So at a given signal, a button was pressed—and the fish who had been hiding on the river bottom worriedly wondered what on earth was coming off. The display of the Jovians was worked out by Clarence B. Lober, C. K. Steinmetz and J. C. Thompson, of the Lemoyne Light Company; the Harrisburg Light and Power Company financed the scheme and/ contributed wiring construction work, steamers, and Gilbert and Son, hardware mer chants contributed gratuitously the necessary white paint while the C. Day Rudy Company supplied free of charge all the colored glass that was used for the flood lights. The Bell Balloon So much for the Jovians. Now for the Bell Telephone Com pany exhibit. All afternoon the pretty float had attracted widespread atten tion but the real effect was had in the evening when the lights were turned on and a great yellow bal loon soared sky-ward. Across the waters the musical jingling of in numerable telephone bells added to the effectiveness of the evening. The big balloon slid upward for several hundred feet and then as it drifted about and tugged at its anchor rope, an electric sign calling attention to the fact that the Bell boasts of 11,029 'r.hones in Harrisburg slid up the rope All evening a big American flag fluttered from the balloon rope. On Other Floats The pretty detail of the Grecian court of Dives, Pomeroy and Stewarts, the Globe, the Strouse store, the Tele graph, David Kaufman's, and the other prettily decorated floats kept a blaze of light on the river. During the evening the minature battlefleet of Bowman and Company's store was aglow with red lights which gave the appearance of a fleet of liners. After all however, it was the decor ated boat parade that gave the real splendid touch to the river basin. Hundreds and hundreds of canoes swung slowly down the line and from each teetered four or five or six or eight or ten lanterns. The executive committee of the Navy at last had solved the problem of the lack of decorated canoes. In the future the plan of providing free standards and lanterns for every cahoelst who ap plies for the equipment, will be fol lowed. While the boat moved past the HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH bands played and the aolian orchestra which had offered its services to the committee sang all the old and new ballads it knew. But elsewhere in the Telegraph you'll read about the decorated boat parade. While thousands crowded the river banks. Front street from Chestnut to far above North, and on all the inter vening sidestreets were pretty nearly impassable for automobiles. Thousands of cars were backed in double rows along the curbs. The End of a Perfect Day During the Etixernoon the course had been kept clear by the arrange ment of floats and ropes. The craft and the arranging of the floats had been supervised by Ray Steward of the Harrisburg River Coal and Sand Company. The company by the way donated all the craft. Patrolman Henry Buch and W. C. Fisher and E. C. Ensminger together with the roping plans insured a perfectly clear course. And what was true in the afternoon was equally true of the evening. All in all it was Harrisburg's "big night' on the Susquehanna. Many Records Go by Board in Afternoon Program of Kipona More than one regatta record was smashed to smithereens during the afternoon program of the first annual Kipona held under the direction of the "Greater Harrisburg Navy " but in two particulars at least, the crowd didn't need to wait for judges and timers' decisions to appreciate that For instance, while the starting of the first event was delayed some fifteen or twenty minutes, the program when 1t finally got under way was rushed along with such speed that Starter Hull had to hold back the "war" canoe race, the final event, for ten minutes in order to adhere to schedule That was one record. The other dealt with the course For the first time in the history of Harrisburg's water carnivals, the whole course from South street to the finish line at the Market street bridge was kept entirely free of every type A f f. w canoes hung close to the ri\ er wall, the vast majoriy of them clung to the ropes and fiats on of thTcourse souther n boundaries Sudden illness of Miss Reba White man who had been slated to do some OHIEV, V* The New 10c CIGAR A SUPERIOR WRAPPER The wrapper of Achiever 10c Cigars is famous Con necticut shade-grown leaf, the only leaf that looks like Havana —and really surpasses it in desirability because of its finer grain, and more delicate, uniform shading. This leaf has nothing to add to or interfere with the strength and aroma of the imported filler—an advan tage that cannot be claimed for a Havana wrapper. The rich fragrant bouquet of Achiever is really achievement in the art of tobacco blending. MADE BY C. E. BAIR & SONS, Harrisburg, Pa. aqua-planing with Miss Jane Agnes Krouse, daughter of President Charles C. Krouse, of the Williamsport Board of Trade, prevented her from figuring in that event but the thousands who saw pretty little 16-year-old Miss Krouse go it alone never missed the chum. The crowds that cheered from banks and steps and bridge and boats were too busy holding their breath as Miss Krouse swayed and swung and bal anced in her thrilling race behind the motorboat. And at that the little swimmer de clared that she "could have given a much better exhibition if the boat had been going faster!" Other thrills helped maintain this standard of excitement. As usual the bathhouse sank amid the cheers of the crowds and then V. Grant Forrer, referee and clerk of course, electrified the thousands to the whooping point by gracefully taking a sudden and un expected plunge when a canoe com mandeered for some quick transporta tion work—overturned. If some of those fighting bass the | fishermen folks "almost land" from | time to time could get in touch in | some way with W. C. Lutz, the fish could get tips to guide their future i actions. In the "man-fishing" event A. R. Michener "fished" for Lutz, the "fish-man," and after the line had been snapped twice, the "fish" got away. The summaries of the afternoon events follow: The Summary 100-yard swim for boys under 16 years of age—Winner, James Dunlap; second. Joseph Minnich; third, Fred erick Stone. Time, 1.05 1-5. Quarter-mile canoe race, women's doubles—Winners, Mrs. Ward Nicely and Miss Anna Emanuel; second, Miss Ruth Craighead and Miss Catharine iFahnestock; third. Miss Bertha Turn ! er and Miss Clara Wolf; fourth, Miss Anna S. Cubbison and Miss Anna Har ris. Time, 2.02%. 100-yard swim with open umbrellas —Winner, William Emanuel; second, Victor Emanuel; third, Charles Sny der; fourth. John Ewing. Time, 1.07 3-5. Half-mile canoe race, mixed—Win ners. Miss Rita Jones and Raymond Suydam; second, Miss Ruth and E. Shaffer; third, Mr. and Mrs. Ward Nicely; fourth, Miss Croll and I* W. Keller. Time, 5.47 4-5. 100-yard swim open—Winner, Roland Douglass; second, William Emanuel; SEPTEMBER 5, 1916. third, F. Naughton; fourth, Charles Snyder. Time, 55 2-5. 100-yard tub race Winner, J. L. Spahr; second, John Ewing; third, Isaac Jeffries; fourth, Frederick Stone. Time, 1.53. Half-mile canoe race, men's doubles —Winners, Raymond Suydam and Ralph Seiders; second, Ward Nicely and Clayton Keys; third, E. and W. Shaf fer; fourth, Clarence Armdorff and John Smith. Time, 5.16 3-5. 100-yard swim for girls—Winner, Mrs. Ward Nicely; second. Miss Minnie No ble; third, Miss Esther Sweeney; fourth, Miss Anna Emanuel. Time, 1.22. Quarter-mile obstacle canoe race— Winners, William Lutz and A. R. Mich ener; second, Glennon Melville and D. Wolf; third, Richard Conway and Waldo Myers; fourth, C. Wolf and Sam Kam sky. Time, 3.17 3-5. Quarter-mile swim—Winner, "Wil liam Emanuel; second, Charles Sny der; third, William Fisher; fourth, Roy Kerns. Time, 6.45 1-5. Canoe tilting—Winners, John Ewing and Francis Naughton; runners-up, G. Melville and W. Fisher. Scholastic war canoe race Won by Technical crew; second, Central High school crew; third, Harrisburg Academy crew; Steelton High school crew did not finish. TETANUS KILLS BOY William A. Kirk, aged 3, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Kirk, 1923% North Seventh street, died at the Harrisburg hospital yesterday. His death was caused by tetanus which developed from an injury to his foot. "Onyx Yom Get GOOD Value at ANY Price—sill; LWe or Coaon 25c to C.M pet Emery-Beers Company, inc. WHOLESALE 153-101 EAST 24th ST. 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The instructors will show how sub merged underwater craft can be de tected, how destroyed and how the "mosquito fleet" can Bring destroyers to the attack. Tho maneuvers will continue a week. EPIDEMIC ON INCREASE , By Associated Press New York, Sept. 5.—A slight in crease in the epidemic of infantile pa ralysis was observed during the 24 hours ending at 10 a. m. to-day. There were forty-three new cases, three more than yesterday, and twenty-one deaths, an Increase of five. 5
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