ARBOR DAY FIXED
BYDR.SCHAEFFER
Makes Interesting Quotation in
Announcing Autumnal Tree
Planting Day
Friday, October 27, was to-day pro
claimed by Dr. Nathan C. Schaefer,
State superintendent of public in
struction as the autumn arbor day.
Dr. Schaeft'er calls upon the teachers
and pupils of the schools to observe
the day in the following proclamation:
"An old rule used to be that when
ever a man cut down a tree he must,
at any rate, plant a new one to make
up for it. They have forgotten that
good rule in England. In America we
never observed it, and thousands of
acres of glorious forest hitherto un
touched by any hand but nature's
have been cut down at un alarming
rate. Men do not understand that all
human life depends upon the green
leaf, and that to cut down trees is
to hack at the rope by which we are
hanging."
—The Children's Encyclopedia.
Trees grow while we sleep and add
to our wealth by day and by night.
They lend beauty lo the landscape and
cover the mountains of Pennsylvania
to the very summits with green ver
dure. For ages they have been catch
ing the sunshine and converting the
sunlight into fuel for man's use. They
are useful for shade, for fruit and for
timber. The planting and the care of
trees is one of the most useful lessons
which the school can impart.
In order to perpetuate the time
honored custom of planting trees in
the Fall as well as in the Spring of the
year, an autumn day has been observ
ed by the schools in addition to the
Arbor Days observed in the month of
April. In order that this laudable cus
tom may not fall into disuse, FRI
- OCTOBER 27, 1916, is hereby
designated as
AUTUMN ARBOR DAT,
and the teachers and pupils in our
public schools are earnestly urged to
observe the day by the planting of
trees and by other appropriate exer
cises.
NATHAN C. SCHAEFFER,
Supt. of Public Instruction.
TO OPEN MISSION
i ftjtcr K. Alhee, a boy preacher, who
has been preaching Tn this city for
forpe tune, is planning to open the Citv
l nion Mission. The Mission will be used
as an open house, where men and bovs
can obtain clothing- or food in time "oi
ne j Alhee will preach at Second
and AN alnut streets, Saturday evening.
JITNEY PROBLEM
UP TO VOTERS
fContinued iS'om First I'age]
who were led in their campaign by J.
J. Thorpe, vice-president of the Na
-1 ional Street Electric Railway Associa
tion.
The Motor Club of Harrisburg form
ally asked Council by resolution not to
adopt the amendments.
Gross Offers Resolution
The resolution referring the petition
to the people was offered by E. 'A.
Oross, park commissioner, and second
ed liy Mayor E. S. Meal^
Following tha adoption of the reso
lution Vice-President Thorpe, who
was on hand with some 35 or 40 strik
ers and .iitney men, declared that the
action of Council was "not unexpect
ed" and that the "commissioners were
simply following the instructions of
the Harrisburg Railways Company."
Mayor Meals when he learned of the
statement threatened to take steps to
"shut Thorpe's head."
In addition to disposing of the jit
ney petition Council "received and
filed" a letter from Swift & Company,
the Seventh street packing company,
in which the company expressed its
desire "to concur in a greater and
beautiful Harrisburg" and stated that
it will not carry out the movement to
build a bridge between its two ware
houses across Seventh street as au
thorized by Council.
No Overhead Bridge
The withdrawal of Swift & Com
pany from its plan to build the bridge
settles finally the controversy which
had been started by the Chamber of
Commerce to prevent the proposed
construction. Council had passed the
ordinance in the face of the negative
recommendation of the City Planning
com mission.
Council also instructed City Solici
tor D. S. Seitz to proceed with the
preparation of a request to the Public
Service Commission for permission to
erect the proposed Walnut Street
bridge across the Pennsylvania tracks,
following the receipt from the Plan
ning Commission of the plans.
Other Problems
The commissioners held over for a
week the request of I. W. Dill for per
mission to make some minor changes
on the Mulberry street bridge ap
proach for greater convenience of ac
cess to his business place. The com
missioners will look the proposed
changes over. Paxtang's Board of
Health requested the city to clear
away its rubbish and weeds on the
Cameron parkway within the borough
limits and the matter was referred to
the park department. Recent con
tracts let by Messrs. Lynch and Bow
man for the construction of sewers in
Rud,- street, Eighteenth to Nineteenth
and Rudy and Nineteenth streets to
Stucker Brothers and Johnson and
Lyme, respectively, were approved.
Ordinances passed Anally included
necessary authority to build a sewer in
Manada street. Nineteenth to Twen
tieth. and to vacate Brown street, Fif
teenth to Sixteenth streets.
By Unanimous Vote
Councilmanic action on the jitney
petition was devoid of anything more
spectacular than the calm reading of
the petition by Assistant Clerk Seaman
and the certification by City Clerk
Miller. Of the great list of signers, all
but fifteen were questionable be
cause of residence or registration
qualifications.
Just before Mr. Gross offered his
seriously over tbe question of a
| motherhood—it used to mean
_ such agony and sacrifice, that I
* one could easily overlook the a
| 1 pleasure and honor of children ®
In the home—but "Mother's ■
I Friend" has changed the
_ views of thousands of women 1
■ from that of distress to i ■
| pleasant anticipation of the B
happiness of being a mother. |
*3 r J *.f t,rn fl a PP'l<"atlon "MotW* ■
■ Friend assist* nature in the won- ®
derfiil transformation of the phyalril _
■ ?.\. . .TV* " r "' comfort. Ot I
| Mother Friend" at any dru*lt
- An lnterxeiy intereatln* book on ■
■\ Motherhood will h, mn | lef) fr ,. , ■
Tk a 'L_ Mp £ f,l,nt mot hern.. Addresi /■
The Bradflelfl Remtator Co
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resolution to refer the problem to the
people in November, the resolution of
the Motor Club of Harrisburg on the
subject by the board of governors, Sep
tember 1, 1916. was read.
The resolution stated that the club
opposed the amendments because the
danger to pedestrians was increased
bv the greater number of jitneys.
Council was asked not only to refer
the problem to the people at the polls,
but to enforce the present ordinance
against unlicensed jitneys.
Mr. Tliorno Talks
Vice-President Thorpe talked briefly
to newspapermen in the Council
Chamber just after the passage of the
measure. Said he:
"What could we expect. We didn't
expect anything else but that they
would do exactly what they have done;
they are only controlled by the Har
risburg Railways company and mere
ly are carrying out the instructions of
the Harrisburg Railways company and
not the request of the public. The
people will be on the job at the polls
this Fall and there will be the damnest
stir up in politics round here that you
have ever seen. Some of our friends
will take the walking plank."
So Does Mayor Meals
In commenting on Mr. Thorpe's
statement Mayor Meals said:
"If he doesn't shut his head we'll
make him. Our oaths of office, I sup
pose mean nothing in his estimation.
He's not a citizen here, he's only
here in the interests of the few dol
lars he rets out of it.
"The strike could and would have,
been settled —but for him—six or
eight weeks ago. On a Tuesday morn
ing, I don't recollect the exact date,
he would not -let his men meet the
traction company except as a commit
tee from the union. On the following
Friday he agreed to eliminate ' the
union, and so submitted this to me in
writing—and I've pot the typewritten
statement. It Is signed, 1 think, bv
Hugh Mcl.aughUn.but it came through
Thorpe. Then 'immediately after <hat
President Musser stated that he would
not meet the strikers except indi
vidually.
Against the Citizens
"The citizens of Harrisburg did
nothing to him, yet he strikes back at
the citizens by threatening to organize
every branch of labor, even I suppose
to the washwomen and street sweep
ers. Those are the kind of dogs," de
clared the Mapor emphatically, "that
we don't want in Harrisburg. You can
say for me that I consider him a
mighty bad man."
letter From Swift and Co.
The biggest surprise of the session
developed, however, when the letter
from Swift and Company, withdraw
ing its proposed plan to build an
overhead bridge across Seventh street,
was read. Here it is: .
'At the time we made the request
for an ordinance to be passed for the
privilege of constructing an overhead
runway, we had in mind our imme
diate needs for enlurging our facili
ties, and, figuring that we were solely
in a manufacturing district, that it
would in no way conflict with any
one's ideas or rights.
"This bridge was to connect with
our main plant, a large piece of prop
erty that is almost useless to us now,
which was to be used for storage pur
poses, and it seemed to us would be
much better for all concerned If the
transfers between the main building
and this annex could be made over
head Instead of having to truck back
and forth in the way of constantly in
creasing traffic, trolleys, automobiles
and other vehicles, which will be very
annoying to all parties concerned.
"Notwithstanding the fact that we
still regard the privilege we asked for
as.a proper one for you to grant, and
one that is almost necessary for the
enlargement of our business, rather
than appear in the least shadow of an
Improper light and prompted by our
desire to concur in a Greater and
Beautiful Harrisburg, and the pros
pects of legal proceedings, we will
voluntarily forego the proposed con
venience and will not take advantage
of the ordinance recently passed by
you.
"In this connection, permit us to
say that no persons or organization
with the exception of the Planning
Commission consulted with us about
the propriety of this grant or visited
our plant to acquaint themselves with
the proposition that we considered
necessary.
"gWIFT & CO..
"C. O. Hibler."
HXRRISBURG TELEGRAPH
Another Merchant U-Boat
Coming; 'Only God Knows'
When Bremen Will Come
By Associated rress
Berlin, Sept. 11. via London,
Sept. 12. Reports from Bremen
say that another merchant submarine
is expected to leave that port for the
United States at the end of the pres
ent month. None of the projected
sister ships to the Deutschland and
Bremen has, however, been completed
yet, according to it statement by
Philip Heineken, one of the directors
of the Ocean Navigation Company,
owners of the Deutschland.
Asked when the Bremen was ex
pected to arrive in America. Director
Heineken said: ''Only the Gods
know," and refused to discuss the
matter further.
Farmer Shoots Paroled
Convict in Long Duel
West Chester, Fa., Sept. 12. —Cap-
tain Charles Manley, a prosperous
farmer, who lives near here, had a
close call last night at his home, and
as a result of his good marksmanship
Louis Thorn, a paroled convict, is in
the hospital here with a bullet in his
head and may die. Thorn attacked
Captain Manley at his home armed
with a revolver.
NORWEGIANS LANDED
By Associated Press
London, Sept. 12. A dispatch to
Lloyds from Genoa SB.VS that 47 mem
bers of the crew of the Norwegian
steamer Elizabeth IV had been land
ed at Savona by the Greek Htcamer
Petritsis.
The Elizabeth I\* measured 4182
tons and was last reported at Colombo
on Augutit.n. She was on her way
to Marseilles from Shanghai.
Lawyer Tells Daughter
to Trust None With Cash
He Left When He Died
Allentown, Pa., Sept. 12.—The will
of Frank Jacobs, one of the leading
members of the Lehigh County Bar,
gives the income of half his estate to
his daughter, Katharine Jacobs, who
is not to have any of the principal un
til she ia forty years of age. The will
says:
"I particularly admonish my daugh
ter that no matter whom she may
marry, or under whose influence she
may be at any time of her life, it will
be best for her to entrust whatever
estate she may have to a trust com
pany to handle the money and pay her
the income, as long as she may live,
and it would be wise for my daughter
to make a similar provision for the
protection of her children, if any.
TEACHERS ARE PUPILS
By Associated Press
New York, Sept. 12. Although
the public schools here probably w.ll
not open until September 25, some
20,000 public schoolteachers ate
pupils at the daily train...g classes
opened yesterday. Forty-six 'eachers'
institutes are being held throughout
the city. The education authorities
believe that this extra training which
the teachers will receive during the
next two weeks will compensate for
the delay in opening the schools caus
ed by the epidemic of infantile paraly
sis.
THREE MORE TYPHOID CASES
Three more typhoid fever patients
were admitted to the Harrisburg Hos
pital to-day. William Watklns, aged
7, of 145 Royal Terrace: Ham
marker, aged 10, of 1915 North Sev
enth street, and Rartus Pye, aged 13,
of HOS Church street, are the cases
admitted.
DIES FROM INJURIES
Reuben Miller, aged 49, of Worm
leysburg, died at the Harrisburg Hos
pital at H o'clock this morning from
injuries received while at work in the
SEPTEMBER 12, 1916.
Enola yards early this morning. He
was employed aa a car inspector and
was squeezed between carg. Funeral
arrangements will be announced later.
OPENS JEWELRY STORE HERE
M. J. Kohner. a native of Baltimore,
but who for the past six years has
been a resident of Harrisburg, has
just opened a new jewelry store at 18
N. Fourth street, under the name of
The Kohner Company. Mr. Kohner
has been identified with the jewelery
business here and elsewhere for the
past twenty-five years, the last six of
which were spent in Harrisburg as
manager of the jewelry department in
a local department store.
The new store has been fitted up
with attractive display cases in which
are carried complete lines of watches,,
!| ALL \siginia cigarette lB
1 tmdmont i
H 10 for a l
■ Q Sflto Tacked | . EM
la 20 for io*J la
j diamonds, silverware, jewelry, optical
goods, etc.
MACKEXZEV I.ISADS INVADERS
Berlin, ,3ept. 12. via London —*
The official German report of to
day showS that, as had been reported
unofficially. Field Marshal Voa
Mackenzen is in charge of the Ger
man and Bulgarian forces which ar
invading eastern Rumania.
BOY nUBXED I'LVVIXG INDIAN
While playing "Indian" with several
playmates near his home this after
noon, Edwin Prcseott, KOS Showers
street was burned about the feet whea
he was dragged through the fire. Ha
was taken to the Harrisburg hospital
for treatment.
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