With Solemn Splendorßt. Rev, Philipß. McDevitt HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH T YYYV \T rt 910 BY CARRIERS 0 CENTS A "WEEK. L#AAA V —- I\o. SINGLE COPIES 2 CENTS. .FIRST ACT OF FALL FASHION SHOW SEEN BY MANY THOUSANDS Harrisburg's Progressive Merchants Smash Once and For All Out-of-Town Shopping Delusion; Gorgeously Dec orated and Illuminated Store Windows, Pretty Models and Crashing Band Music Attract Great Throngs STAGE WILL BE SET AGAIN TONIGHT FOR REPETITION OF GREAT FETE Fantastic Parade and Balmasqae Tomorrow Night Will Be Grand Finale of Spectacle; Judges Busy Throughout Day Awarding Points of Merit For Numerous Dis plays; Fifty-Seven Firms in Contest Harrisburg's progressive merchants were hosts and innumerable thousands of "oh-ing" and "ah-ing" people were guests last evening at the greatest "first nighter" a show-loving public ever witnessed. Gorgeously decorated and illumin ated store windows in the commercial districts formed the stage, the pave ments from curb-line to window-sills, the vast. auditorium, and the streets, where hundreds and hundreds of au tomobiles traveled and ranged them selves in parks, was the foyer. Telephonic chimes, disks of scores of victrolas and phonographs, and the crashing band on & stand in Market Square, the honking of auto horns, combined to form the biggest open-air orchestra Harrisburg has ever heard. Pretty Models Attract Throngs Pretty models who promenaded the J great windows in the latest Fall cre- ations of seamstress and milliner, dem onstrators in business or burlesque costume—these were players. Scores of street lamps and thou sands of electric bulbs of many col ors which light the signs of countless signs, were the foot-lights. Fire bells throughout the city start led the early evening in the opening chord that heralded the rise of the curtain, and, with the sudden dark ening of all tho lig;hts, the equally suddenly flashing again into brilliancy, the great curtain rose. Briefly speaking these were the high-lights of the opening of Harris burg's three-day Fall Fashion show. And hearty co-operation by the Chamber of Commerce made it all possible. To grasp fully the details of the wonderful setting one should have been in Market street, Market Square or other business sections of the cen tral, east and west ends of the city to appreciate the show. At that it was only the first act. Stage Again Set To-night the stage settings will be essentially the same and the finale is to be staged to-morrow night with a fantastic parade and bal masque on Market Square. A concert by the Municipal Band on the Square will be a feature of to-night's program. For hours after the curtain rose last night the thousands of sightseers strolled through the streets, stopped at the windows, and stood and gaped and gazed until eager neighbors more or less audibly murmured the tip about an all-evening seat in the big theater. To-day the judges were the busy folks. George W. Fisher, the window decorating expert of the Ellis Mills Company. Reading, and 11. M. Schaar. expert for Watt and Schand, Lancas ter, and a former president of the Lancaster Window Decorators' Asso ciation, form the board of judges. They covered the %vhole town to-day In a car and accompaning them on "THE WEATHER Vor Hurrlftburg nnd vicinity i Gen erally cloudy to-night and FrH !>", possibly linlit shatters to night; slightly rmrr to-night, with loHtst temperature about s<> degrees. For Kustern Pennsylvania: Over cast weather to-niuht and Friday, with possibly showers to-night) ■omcw hat warmer to-night; fresh Mouth and southeast winds. River The Susquehanna river nnd Its branches will probably fall slow ly for several days. A stage 01 about 3.4 feet IN indicated for Harrlnburg Friday morning. General Condition* Pressure has diminished over near ly all the Kastern half of the country, hut It la relatively high over the Atlantic nnd tJulf State* and Tennessee. The disturbance from Manitoba IN now ceutral over the Kake Superior region) It ha* Caused local shower* In the laNt twenty-four hour* In Michl- Kait, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Mis souri and In Manitoba; elsewhere throughout the country the weather haa been fnlr, except in Arlxona, where light showers fell. There ha* been a general rlie of 2 to 10 degree* In temperature Mouth and east of the (ireat Lake*. Temperature i 8 a. m., 52. Sunt Rise*, 5>51 a. m.| sets, oios p. m. MoonsS New moon, September 27, 2i34 a. m. River Stages 3.4 feet above low water mark. Yesterday'* Weather Highest temperature, 73. I.owest temperature, 45. Mean temperature, 30. formal temperature, 04. the tour were representatives of the local newspapers. Fifty-seven in Contest Fifty-seven merchants and other business firms entered the contest and these are divided into five classes. In each class there will be cash prizes of $lO and $5 for first and second place and one "honorable mention." Class "A" includes department, dry goods, ladles" specialty and mil linery stores; Class "B," men's cloth ing. furnishing, hat and shoe stores and tailor shops; Class "C," drug, stationery, book, music, art, Jewelry, china, clear and confectionery stores, photo studies and florist shops; Class "D," hardware, carriage and har ness, sporting goods, leather goods. [Continued on Pago 6] Woman Is on Trial For Deaths of Five Inmates of Old People's Home Hartford, Conn., Sept. 21.—Evi dence to support charges that Mrs. Amy E. Arclier-Gilligan, proprietor at Windsor of an old people's home, was responsible for the deaths of five in mates of the home was laid before the grand jury to-day. The death for which Mrs. Gilligan was arrested was that of Franklin R. Andrews, an inmate who died in 1914. As a result of an investigation, the body was exhumed and it is alleged the autopsy showed the presence in the body of the powerful poison. Bodies of four 6ther inmates, which were later examined, disclosed, it is charged, the presence of a like poison. Endeavorer Executive Committee at Lewistown Lewistown, Pa., Sept. 21. The State executive committee of the Pennsylvania Christian Endeavor Union, representing 2,500 Senior, In termediate and Junior societies of the various denominations held its ses sion in the Grace United Evangelical Church, at Lewistown, to-day. The meeting was presided over by the president, Dr. Clarence H. Chain, of Philadelphia. The State Endeavorers were the guests of the Mifflin Coun ty C. E. Union. At the business ses sion reports were made by the follow ing workers: State secretary, H. B. Macrory, Pittsburgh; department su perintendents, Junior, C. C. Culp, Get tysburg; Intermediate, Miss Margaret A. Spencer, Pittsburgh; evangelistic and quiet hour, the Rev. J. Sala Ice land, Pittsburgh; Christian citizenship, the Rev. C. H. Frick, Wilkes-Barre; introduction, Miss Ethel Hill, Phila delphia; press, Elmer S. Schilling Harrisburg; prison, Miss Anna B. Cunningham, Uniontown; missionary Miss Grace D. Reimer, Easton; Float ing, Walter M. Lewis, Philadelphia; transportation, W. A. Gillespie, Phila delphia. A banquet will be held this evening followed by a mass meeting of the Lewistown Endeavorers at which State officers will speak. Hair Snipper Terrifies Girls With Long Tresses Greenwich, Conn., Sept. 21. Either a fanatic, or some one who thinks hair dressers pay well for beautiful long silken strands, is caus ing alarm among the girls of Port chester ,who have enviable tresses. This morning when lsabelle Knowl ton, 17, who Is stopping at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Martin of Byram Hill, .awoke, she found that some one had cut off her hair which was intact when she retired at mid night. While attending a carnival of the Brookhill Fire Company, Valeria Melko, 17, was astounded when girl friends informed her that her long and heavy t|raid had been shorn off. Detectives are working on both cases. 700 Householders Band Together Against I. W. W. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Sept. 21. Seven hundred men of Cork Lane and Browntown have handed together for protection of their properties and families from I. W. W. outrages. Five hundred of the men have agreed to take turns in guarding their property, and they have received permission from Sheriff Buss and Dis trict Attorney F. P. Slattery to arm themselves. Each night twenty-four men, twelve in each town, throw a guard about the villages and remain on duty throughout the entire night Each guard a certain section, and the understanding is that any person attempting to cross the lines who cannot give a proper account of himself and his presence is to be ar rested and turned over to the county authorities. HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1916 FOURTH BISHOP OF HARRISBURG ISCONSEOtATED Rt. Rev. Philip R. McDevitt Elevated Amid Scenes of Solemn Splendor NOTED PRELATES PRESENT Great Domed Temple Filled With Priests, Sisters, Chris tian Brothers and Laity Philadelphia, Sept. 21. With sol emn splendor, the Ht. Rev. Philip R. McDevitt was to-day consecrated fourth bishop of Harrisburg in the Cathedral here. Visiting bishops and other prelates in their purple robes added richness to the colorful scenes. The interior of the great domed tem ple made a superb setting for the elab orate ceremonies. Hundreds of priests in black cas socks and white surplices; Sisters of Charity, wearing their quaint white winged bonnets; members of the sis terhood and Christian brothers who teach in tho parochial schools, and a vast congregation of the laity, wit nessed the ceremonies and knelt to re ceive the newly-consecrated bishop's blessing as he walked around the aisles following his elevation. All the ancient pomp and dignity of the Catholic Church was witnessed by thousands of persons who crowded into the edifice for the impressive ceremonial, which followed Monsignor McDevitt's elevation to the Bishopric by Pope Benedict. Archbishop Officiates With the vast auditorium of the Cathedral decorated for the formal services, the Most Rev. Edmond F. Prendergast. Archbishop of Philadel phia, performed the office of conse cration. He was assisted by the Rt. Rev. John E. Fitzmaurice and the Rt. Rev. John J. McCort, assisting conse crating bishops. The sermon speeding Bishop Mc- Devitt on to his new work was preached by Monsignor James P. Turner, Prothonotary Apostolic and Rector of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, tracing the hictory of the apostolic procession from the fountainhead. l-ogan Square Filled Long before 10 o'clock, the hour set [Continued on Pago 9] liEGIN REGISTRATION FOR WHARTON SCHOOL BRANCH Professor W. P. Raine will arrive late to-day to take charge of the regis tration this evening in the Wharton Study clul< rooms, 213 Walnut street, for students for the Harrisburg branch of the Wharton extension school of the University of Pennsylvania. Regis tration hours will be from 7 to J o'clock each evening except Saturday and Sunday until school opens. Oc tober 9. The opening was delayed this Fall because of the resignation of Dr. O. C. McCrea, the dean. His suc cessor will be Dr. William McClellan. A banquet will be given on Thursday evening. September 28, at the Engi neers Club to last year's students. TONSIIJTIS FATAL, TO ATHLETE Philadelphia, Sept. 21. John W. Hingeley, of Evanston, Til., last year's captain and fullback of the Wesleyan University football team, died in a hospital hero to-day from the effects of an operation following an attack of tonsilltis. He was the son of the Rev. Dr. Joseph B. Hingeley, of Evanston, corresponding secretary of the Meth odist Episcopal Board of Conference Claimants, and came here two weeks ago as office manager of the campaign to raise a large fund in the East for conference claimants. BRAKEMAN KII.I.ED Milters burg, Sept. 21. Stepping from his train when It stopped this morning, at Mahantongo, six miles north of here, H. F. Stitler, Northumberland, freight brakeman on the Pennsylvania railroad, was almost instantly killed when the Seashore Express rounded a sharp curve and struck him. Sutler's head was badly battered and it Is believed he sus tained internal injuries. He was plac ed on the fast train and brought to Millersburg, but died on the way. The body was turned over to H. Helwlg, undertaker, pending an investigation by Coroner Eckinger. NEEDN'T BOIL WATER Announcement was made to-day by the officials of the Hummelstown Water Company. the Rutherford Heights Water Supply Companv, the Paxtang Consolidated Water, the Ex tension Water Company, of Penbrook, and the Susquehanna Township Water Company that water furnished by these companies to the various consumers can be used without being boiled. On account of extensive repairs made around the plants of the different com panies during the last two months, notices were sent out to the consum ers to boil all water used to prevent the spread of contagious diseases. WON'T SAII, ON FRIDAYS, NOW Boston, Sept. 21. Captain George Blrnie, of the Portland schooner Lucia Porter arrived here to-day from Gib raltar with six members of his crew aboard the steamship Cretic and re ported that his vessel had been aban doned 600 miles west of the Azores. "Disaster has ended my last three voyages," Captain Blrnie said, "T be gan them all on Friday because I thought that superstition was a dream. Now I've decided I'll never sail again if 1 have to start on that day." EARI, FEVER SHAM KIM,EI) London, Sept. 21 L,leut. Col. Earl Feversham was killed In action on September IB while leading his battal ion, according to Yorkshire Herald, to-day. Earl Feve'rsham, who was 37 years old, an Oxford graduate and a large land owner. was lieutenant-colonel commanding the 21st Battalion of the King's Royal Rifle corps, which he raised. He was a member of Parlia ment from 1906 to 1915, having pre viously. from 1902 to 1905 been assist ant private secretary to the first lord of the admiralty. He married Ijtdy Marjorle Grevllle, eldest daughter of the fifth ea.l of Warwick. He leaves two sons an. a daughter. NEW BISHOP OF HARRISBURG b& '£?;£: Hi lfiiKßSclßKwfll IBBiKiWi '-v • • • W&? > ' ' wmb> < .:^WBM inffn zMSS&SSi^BHI^^EKSm UH mm . B™l ,;/ HHHrapF >^Agiiil BISHOP PHILIP R. McDE'VITT At consecration ceremonies in Philadelphia attended by all the clerev of th Harrisburg Diocese, the lit. Kev. Philip R. McDevitt, superintendent of Catholi schools in Philadelphia, to-day was consecrated Bishop of Harrisbure. 26,000 TROOPS IN FIRST PARADE OF FULL DIVISION Biggest Review in History of Country Since Close of Civil War CLEMENT VIEWS THEM Dust-Stained Khaki Line Twen ty Miles Long Swings Through El Paso El Paso, Tex., Sept. 21.—National Guardsmen and regulars—twenty-six thousand of them in dust-stained khaki—swung through the streets of El Paso and past a reviewing stand at fort Bliss to-day in the first parade and review of an infantry division at full war strength ever held in the United States. Military men said that a larger number of troops were in line than at any other time in the his tory of the country with the exception [Continued oil Page 9] PLAN PROSECUTION OF BLACKMAILERS Federal Campaign Will Be Opened With Trial of Those Who Victimized Mrs. Klipper Washington, D. C„ Sept. 21.—Con ferences of Federal agents who have been investigating the so-called black mailing syndicate were continued at the Department of Justice to-day. The department practically has de cided to Institute its first campaign of prosecution against the alleged blackmailers of Mrs. Regina S. Klip [Continucd on Page 5] EXPECT MANY TO GREET SCHWAB Unusually Large Attendance Expected at Commerce Chamber Dinner An unusually big attendance Is an ticipated by the committee In charge of the arrangements for the annual dinner of the Harrtsburg Chamber of Commerce which is to be held on Mon day evening, October 2, at the Masonic Temple. Although the invitations for the dinner were sent out but last night replies and reservations for seats be [ Continued on Page 9] Triple Wedding in One East Stroudsburg Home Easton, Pa., Sept. 21. There was a triple wedding In the same family here to-day when Dr." William H. Ford, of the First Methodist church, married Ford Predmore and Miss Florence May Noack; William Pred more and Miss Sadie - M. Henry and Arthur Heeter and Miss Bessie Pred more. The Predmores are children of John Predmore, of East Strouds burg. An' unusual feature of the wedding Is that the young women are school teachers in East Stroudsburg and the young men are farmers near that tOWft VON MACKENSEN CHECKED IN HIS RUMANIAN DRIVE Heavily Reinforced Allied Armies Stop March on Rail road in Interior QUIET ALONG SOMME In Macedonia Both Sides Claim to Be Winning; Entente Push ing Bulgars Back Field Marshal Von Mackensen's advance through Rumanian province of Dobrudja, where his combined Ger man. Bulgarian and Turkish forces have been striking for the railroad from Constanza to interior Rumania has been checked for the time at least, according to accounts from both sides of the struggle. Bucharest yesterday announced a check for Von Mackensen's armies on the line of defense taken by the [Continued on Page 12] HUGHES MAKING . 12 TALKS TODAY Passing Through Indiana; De mands Enforcement of American Rights Milwaukee, Sept. 21. Charles E. Hughes left Milwaukee early to-day for a trip through Indiana which con templated 12 addresses, Including his speech to-night at Richmond. Mr. Hughes' first scheduled stop was at Monon. Thereafter his pro gram called for addresses at Lafay ette, Delphi, Logansport, Peru, Wab- [Continued on Page fl] TRY TO RESTRAIN GREAT STRIKE Businessmen Confer With N. Y. Labor Leaders; Police Battle With Rioters New York. Sept. 21. Seventy-five businessmen organised as a committee tried to persuade labor leaders to-day to refrain from declaring: a general strike In sympathy with the street rail way employes, of whom It is asserted there are 11,000 on strike. This Is the last day of grace given by the labor unions to the Mayor and volunteer mediators to settle the dispute with the Interborougli Rapid Transit Company and New York Railways Company. If to-day's conferences fall to find a plan of settlement the labor leadiers threaten to Issue a call to-morrow for a general sympathetic strike to begin [Continued on Pn#je 9] Native of West Chester Is Killed in Somme Fighting West Chester, Pa., Sept. 21.—Lieut. Erie Sharpless of the Second Artil lery, Canada, horn here, and a son of Herman Sliarpless now of Calgary, Canada, was killed in the Somme battle on September 17. He was a cousin of P. M. Sharpless of this place. He enlisted one year ago at the age of 17 years. ICE CREAM MEN WANT CITY TO INSPECT FARMS Dealers Point Out That Only This Will Insure Pure Milk and Cream Supply STRINGENT R ULING'S Compulsory Pasteurization Will Likely Be Incox-porated in Regulations At a conference of city health au thorities and ice cream manufacturers yesterday afternoon a committee of three men to represent the dealers was appointed by Dr. J. M. J. Raunlck, city health officer. This committee is com posed °f e. N. Hershey, l>wis Russ cind George W. Connor, representing uotli wholesale and retail trade. The committee will meet next week with city health officials, when pro posed ordinances repulatint; the city cream supply will be submitted for discussion. These wilt be drawn up by the Health Bureau and then the committee, will be given an oppor tunity to meet with other manufac turers to go over the proposed ordi nances. Later in the week milk dealers will [Continued on Page 5] Red Cross May Appeal For Funds to Aid Million Chinese Flood Sufferers Washington, Sept. 21.--American Red t ross officials to-day gave serious con sideration to the State Department dispatch stating that nearly a million • 'hinese arc homeless and thousands destitute as a result of the flooding of seven thousand "quare miles by over flow of the Hwai river in Anhui prov ince, China, two months ago. The American consul at Nanking reported that Autumn crops were destroyed and calls for relief were pouring in from many districts. The Red Cross is said to be con sidering Issuing an appeal for funds with which to send supplies to the flood sufferers. The f'ooded area is about the same as that inundated in 1909 with a loss of nearly 1,000,000 lives. A projected $30,000,000 Chinese government loan for reclamation work was made impossible by the European war. , CRETE ISLANDERS IN REVOLT 1 Paris, Sept. 21.—A revolution in the Greek island of Crete is reported in a Havas dispatch from Athens. The revolu , tionists are said to have proclaimed a provisional government.i 150 SOCIALISTS PRESSED INTO SERVICE London, Sept. 21.—The Wireless Press gave out to-day a dispatch from Zurich, says 150 Socialists were arrested in Ber- 1 'lin on the ground that they were consolidated in actions against the war. Although over military age they are said to have been sent to the front. , 1 NEW ZEALANDERS BEAT BACK GERMANS London, Sept. 21.—The Germans launched heavy counter attacks last night on British positions south of the Ancre on thei •Somme front, the War Office announced this afternoon. New Zealand troops defending the attack positions beat off the Ger mans with severe losses to them. I • MOB LYNCHES MURDERER OF TWO Olathe, Kan., Sept. 21.—Bert Dudley, charged with the murder of Henry Muller, an aged German and his wife, was itaken from the Johnson county jail here to-day by a masked mob and hanged to a telephone pole. The mob came to Olathe in motorcars supposedly from Stilwell, where Muller had lived. Sheriff Carroll refused to give up Dudley and the mob l 'overpowered him. They then battered down three jail doors. Several shots were fired but none was injured. ' INFLICT HEAVY LOSS ON TEUTONS 1 Bucharest, Sept. 21, via London.—The battle in Dobrudja,i between the Danube and the Black Sea, continues with in tensity along the whole line. Official announcement was made here to-day that the Russians and Rumanians have repulsed the Germans and Bulgarians in all their attacks, inflicting 1 losses on them. HOTELMAN HURT WHEN AUTO TURNS TURTLE , Harrisburg.—Pinned beneath his overturned automobile iwhen a tire blew out a short distance below Hogestown, Cum berland county, late this afternoon, James Kelley, proprietor of Hotel Kelley, Strawberry alley, sustained a fractured leg and' probable internal injuries. Kelley was picked up by J. E. Mel vin, of Felton, Del., and rushed to the Harrisburg Hospital in •Melvin's car. i TRAIN HITS AUTO; 1 DEAD, 6 HURT Cambridge Springs, Pa., Sept. 21.—Roy Wise, a special of-' 'ficer of the Erie Railroad, was killed; Gilbert Daniels and Mrs. Abraham Yocum, of Townsville, Pa., were perhaps, fatally in jured and four other persons were badly hurt when an auto-| Imobile was struck by an Erie Railroad train here to-day. The automobile, carrying the Townsville party, stalled on the cross ing, and Wise was trying to push it from the track when the crash came. • •UNITED STATES WILL LEAD WORLD AFTER WAR Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 21.—Predicting that the United States, after the European war will lead the world in education,! licientific investigation, art and industry, Dr. R. P. Clarkson, United States Commissioner of Education told 2500 Pittsburgh school teachers assembled for their Fall institute to-day, that "we are just making beginnings in this country." 1 1 CANADIAN LOSS 1400 IN "TANK" FIGHT Ottawa, Sept. 21.—1n the "tank" fight of Monday and Tuesday on the Somme front Canadian casualties were 400< I'cilled, 1,000 wounded. MARRIAGE LICENSES , i Andrerr Parker nnd Anna Frunorn Johnson, city, Frank Miller Ilooth nnd Helen >lirlnes ( rouse, Philadelphia* Frnnk liciijuiuin Mctvill, Middletotvn, and Cecelia Margaret Sate*. l>an caster. I Joseph Davis and Annie Oxttop, Mlddletown. PAGES CITY EDITION ROTARY CLUB IS QUICK TO ENTER HOTEL CAMPAIGN Special Committee of 12 In* creases Membership to 36 For Prompt Action ROUND-UP IS PLANNED Chairman Musser Urges Mem bers to Strive For Hotel With No Debt Increasing its membership from twelve to thirty-six, dividing itself up into a round dozen subcommittees and mapping out a whirlwind campaign of solicitation, the new hotel committee of the Rotary Club at a meeting last night got actively into the movement to raise a million dollars in Ilarrisburg for the erection of a hotel such as the city needs and must have if it is to [Continued on Page 5] "Unluckiest Man" Gives "Accident" List to Court Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 21. Reciting a long list of accidents which befell him from the cradle until the time of marriage and asserting that he is the "unluckiest man in the world," James Stewart, of Duquesne, appear ed before Judge Way in Desertion Court for failing to pay his wife $5 weekly for support. This is the list of injuries which Stewart told the. court he has suf fered: Aged 2, fell from high chair, in jured arm; 4 years, fell from swing; 5 years, scalded; 7, burned playing with fire; 9, struck head diving; 11, fell from tree, fractured skull; 12, jaw broken by batted ball; 13, both arms broken, bicycle accident; 18, shot in head with revolver, bullet still there; 17, fractured thigh in fall; 18. right leg amputated; 13, married, and he says "more trouble overtook me." Stewart characterized his greatest accident, his marriage to the woman who is suing him. Although he has only one leg, he was steadily em ployed until after his wife entered suit. Then he lost his job. Judge Way continued the case pending an investigation of the husband's physi cal condition and his ability to meet the order.
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