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
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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,
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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
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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;
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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.
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Mosquito Fleet Learns
to Repel Enemy U-Boats
By Associated Press
Xew York, Sept. 5. Skippers-of
the mosquito fleet, the latest auxiliary
adjunct to the United States navy, be
gan receiving instructions to-day in
the potential uses of their motorboats
and other small craft in aiding the
larger warships in time of war. Along
the Atlantic coast from Boston to the
Delaware Capes, good-sized flotillas
of privately owned powerboats, and
hydroaeroplanes put to sea, escorted
by battleships, destroyers and submar
ines for maneuvers during which the
owners of the speedy little boats will
be taught by naval officers how they
can help defend the coast, particular
ly against the approach of submar
ines.
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.
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