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HARRISBURG WILL
CENTER OF FUTURE STEEL
INDUSTRY PREDICTS SCHWAB
East and Not West Will Control Business When Lake Ore
Fields Are Exhausted, Declares Steel King at Com
merce Chamber Dinner; Tells of Plans to Spend
$100,000,000 at Bethlehem, Steelton and Sparrows
Point
COMPANY STORE MUST GO, ANNOUNCES
PRESIDENT OF BETHLEHEM COMPANY
"We Want You to Be Our Friends" Message of Both Iron
masters; Development of Mills Here Up to Bent Who
Already Has Asked $15,000,000 For Extensions;
Vision of the City-That-Is-to-Be Painted by Civic and
Industrial Leaders
A new era of industrial expansion and civic development for
Harrisburg was fittingly ushered in last evening at the annual dinner
of the Chamber of Commerce in the Masonic Temple with Charles
M. Schwab, E. G. Grace, Edward F. Trefz and a number of other
men of national reputation as the honor guests.
It was the most successful dinner ever given by the local busi
ness organization and the visitors were impressed, they said, with
the deep feeling for civic interest exhibited by the more than 400
diners present.
Briefly some of the city's accomplishments along the lines of
fine parks, adequate water supply, paved streets, improved sewers
and River Front development were traced.
The City-That-Is-To-Be
Then the picture of the city-that-is-to-be was painted. Jn glow
ing words one of the speakers presented the view of the city of a
million population, with still finer parks, adequate and more effective
schools, still greater playground facilities, undreamed-of river de
velopment, smoke-belching factories and feverish mills that never
cease to turn —a contented, happy city where everyone is busy and
where everyone has time to play.
Extension Flans
"We have one or two underlying
principles at Bethlehem." continued
the steel company president. "We are
a big happy co-operative family and
we pay 100 cents on every dollar
earned.
"At Steelton we have a well-defined
line of extensions. As we see the
properties there to-day we will spend
between fifteen and twenty millions
just as fast as Mr. Bent asks for the
appropriations."
Later Mr. Schwab confirmed tnis
prediction of Mr. Grace and declared
that the total cost of the improve
ment program of the Bethlehem in
terests for the next three years calls
for about $90,000,000. He intimated
that a hundred million would be spent
before the plans were perfected.
In introducing Mr. Schwab the
toastmaster hinted that down in
Steelton the scholars usually skip the
early part of history and start in on
the page telling of Schwab- —"because
there was nothing doing before his
time." Mr. Gilbert declared Schwab
"looked good to the Chamber of Com
merce and he only hoped it looked
good to him."
Mr. Schwab prefaced his remarks
with a story at the expense of a
newspaperman who tried to interview
him earlier in the day and then paid
one of the highest tributes ever given
a steel man to President Grace.
Tribute to Grace
"Mr. Grace Is a remarkable man,"
said he. "I want to say something
nice and something true aDOut him.
He has had the most remarkable
career of any young man I ever knew.
I regard him as at the very head of
the steel manufacturing industry in
the United States. I predict for him
a further career that w*:t e a pride
to us all. Judge Gary recently said
(
Following stores will close
during day Saturday
next —open in evening.
Owing to a sacred Jewish holi
day, the following business places
iil be closed during the day Sat
urday next, October ", until 6
o'clock and be open Saturday even
ing from 6 until 9 o'clock.
Kaufman's
C. Aronson
Lou Baum
J. S. Belsinger
B. Bloom
J. H. Brenner
P. H. Caplan Co.
Capital Optical Co.
H. C. Claster
Jos. Claster
Cohen's
J. Coplinsky
Factory Outlet Shoe Co.
S. Finkelstine
The Globe
Jos. Goldsmith
Goldstein's
Goodman's
B. Handler
The Hub
Kohner Co.
Chas. Krause & Co.
Kuhn Clothing Co.
Sol. Kuhn & Co.
Ladies' Bazaar
LaPerle Shop
The Louvre
Miller & Kades
H. Marks & Son
National Watch and Diamond Co.
New York Merchandise Co.
Robinson's Woman Shop
Rubin & Rubin
Salkins
Wm. B. Schlelsner
A. J. Simms
Stern's Shoe Store
Union Clothing Co.
Wm. Strouse & Company
Wonder Shop
(the same thing of him before the Am
erican Iron and Steel Institute and
! I tell you if I didn't think he was the
greatest steel man he wouldn't be
j president of the Bethlehem inter
ests."
"Gentlemen, your toastmaster has
expressed a hope. I don't express the
hope—you DO look good to me. I
hope to be one of you und to visit you
often.
Up to Bent
Mr. Schwab also paid a glowing
I tribute to Quincy Bent, general man
j ager of the Steelton plant when he
said;
We feci we have made a re
markable acquisition when we se
cured the Pennsylvania Steel com
pany because we acquired Mr.
Bent. If we have obtained noth
ing else we have him. If Steel
ton succeeds it will be because
of Mr. Bent. He is to be the ab
solute power there and what ho
recommends will be done—and I
might say he isn't a bit modest In
his recommendations. They come
in with such rapidity that Mr.
Grace is kept busy signing Uie
authorizations."
Mr. Schwab declared his chief in
terest in life is the success of his mills
! and their development. He told of
the early days when he never drew
in dividend from the Bethlehem plant
j but put every cent it earned right
j back into development.
Steelton's Future
"Above all." said the -reel king, "I
want to see Steelton develop into what
\it should be. As the location of the
first rail mill in the United States it
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ffHEWEATHER
For Harriaburs and vicinity)
Cloudy to-night nnd Wednesday,
probably rain. Warmer to-nlKht
with loncul t r:n pera t tire about
48 dfisrff*.
For Kaxteru Pennsylvania. Cloudy
to-night and Wednesday, prob
ably ruin. Warmer to-night in
north unit \u*l portloun.
River
The Sunquehanna litrer and Ita
brauchfh rrlll fall slowly to-night
und probably Wednexduy except
the lower portion of the main
rirer will remain nearly utatlon
ary to-night. A Mage of rboitt
4.0 toet IN indieated for Harrla
liurg Wednesday inornlns.
General Conditions
I'reaaure eontinuea high over the
eawtern part of the eountry but
la decrcaxtiig lo ly. The crea
of the high preanurr area I* atlll
loeated over the Suxquehfinna
valley. There la a dlaturbance
Home dlatanee off the South \t
lantlc eoaat. An extenxire xyxtcni
of low prexxurc covers tlie great
er port of tlu- territory Meat of
the MlNniaalppl Hlver with Ita
center over northern Colorado.
Cnder Ita Inflm-uce rain and
anow hnvc occurred over a con
siderable area. Snow wna foiling
in Montana and iventern Yorth
Dakota aad In the Canadian
lirorlncc of Alberta at 8 a. i,i. io
dic/. The temperature ha* rlxen
xllgfitiy over nearly all the conn
try from the I'lalnx States eaat
ward. It continue* cold went of
the Itocky Mountain*.
Temperatures 8 a. m„ 4tl.
Sum Hlsex, t1.04 a. m.j aeta, 5.43
p. m.
Moon! Klrnt quarter, to-morrow
2.01 a. ni.
River stage: 4.2 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterdu.v* Weather
Highest temperature, t!3.
I,invent temperature, 30.
Mean temperature, ,lj.
.Virmnl temperature, ill).
HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 3, 1916,
QUINCY BEXT
The man who is to make the Steel
ton mills grow and the man whom
Schwab declares is "worth all the
Pennsylvania and Maryland plants
cost." He is to be given all he asks
for to improve the plant!
IN BOWMAN-GROSS
PARK FUND FIGHT
FORRER IS LOSER
Assistant Superintendent Vic
tim of Mistake as to Salary
Allowance
LIKE OLD "3-2" DAYS
Ordinance to Provide Funds to
Keep Park System Going
Is Withdrawn Today
Xot a ripple disturbed the placid
harmony of to-day's Council session
when Park Commissioner E. Z. Gross
withdrew his ordinance asking for
$2,736.72 to keep the park system go
ing until the end of the year.
Ripples that developed into waves
and waterfalls of a row that suggested
the old-time "3 to 2" days more than
disturbed the oil-like smoothness of
the councilmanic conference late yes
terday afternoon. And Messrs. Gross
and Bowman, it appeared, were the
disturbers of the peace.
All the members attended.
V. Grant Forrer, assistant superin
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National Commission Meets
to Discuss Series Plans
New York, Oct 3. President
Tener of the National League. Presi
dent Johnson of the American League,
and Chairman Herrmann, of the Na
tional Commission, who arrived in the
j city to-day. decided to hold a meeting
of the National Commission to discuss
plans for the playing of the world's
series baseball games after a hurried
consultation this morning.
They went into session shortly be
fore noon at an uptown hotel and sev
eral baseball club owners were notified
of the meeting. The original inten
tion was to hold this session here to
morrow but as Chairman Herrmann
found it convenient to come here from
Cincinnati it was decided to begin the
arrangement of the final details at
once.
Bishop McDevitt Makes
Trip to City; Will Take
Residence in Pine Street
The Right Rev. Philip R. McDevitt.
bishop of the Harrisburg diocese of the
Roman Catholic Church, expects to
take up his permanent residence in
Harrisburg within the next two weeks.
Ho will reside at 115 Pine street. This
property was formerly occupied by
W. W. Davis, who moved to Chicago
several months ago.
The Pine street property is a part
of the Dull estate and negotiations for
its purchase was closed several davs
ago. It is being remodeled and fur
nished. Furniture shipped from Phil
adelphia from the bishop's home in
that city is also being installed.
Bishop McDevitt made an unofficial
visit to Harrisburg to-day. He was
the guest of Monsignor M. M. Hassett
at St. Patrick's rectory. No time has
been fixed for the installation cere
monies. Bishop McDevitt is still
awaiting the arrival of the papal bulls
from Rome.
Goldfish Swim About at
Third and Market Sts.
This is a fish tale of Third and
Market streets. It isn't a tale of a
"500-pounder" or "14 footer," but
just a little story about how a few
dozen little goldfish held up traffic
for a quarter of an hour this morning.
When an Adams Express com
pany truck rounded tlie corner at
Third and Market streets at 8 o'clock
this morning a small can bounced ofT,
and the fun started. The lid was
Jarred off and the goldfish Inside took
a swim on the asphalt. Traffic officers
and pedestrians aided in the rescue,
but six of the little fishes are swim
ming through the sewrr to the river
on their way to freedom.
No shiny bowls of water for them,
no sir.
NEW RESERVOIR
ON OAK KNOB IS
PLAN OF BOWMAN
35,000,000 Gallon Capacity
"Tank" to Supply Hill
Contemplated
PROTECT CITY'S SUPPLY
Safety Commissioner Discusses
Hopes if Financial Prob
lem Be Solved
Oak Knob "nigh service" water sta
tion in Reservoir Park will be re
placed within the next two years with
a 35,000,000-gallon capacity reservoir
if present plans of City Commissioner
Harry F. Bowman, Supei intendent of
Public Safety, can be worked out. The
enlarge system would serve the entire
Hill section.
At the end of the present vear, the
water indebtedness will not' only be
entirely cleared off, according to Com
missioner Bowman's calculations, but
there should be a balance of between
$60,000 and $70,000. The following
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Wilson Ready For His
Invasion of Middle West
Long Branch, N. J., Oct. 3.—Presi
dent Wilson was ready to-day for his.
first invasion of the Middle West since !
the campaign opened. He will leave'
here to-night for Omaha, going i.v
way of Philadelphia and Chicago He'
will speak in Omaha Thursdav night I
returning to Shadow Lawn Saturdav 1
morning. " j
Although many requests for the 1
President to speak enroute to Omaha !
have been received at the executive
offices, no arrangements for any ad-1
dresses have been made. He will I
travel in a private car attached to a
regular train and only the regular
short stops will he made. He is ad-!
herlng strictly to his determination !
not to turn the trip into a campaign
tour. |
TO ENLARGE STEEL PLANT
Sharon, Pa.. Oct. 3.—The United!
States Steel Corporation yesterday an
nounced an appropriation of $1,250,000
for the erection of a billet and tin bar
mill for the Farrell plant. This will j
bring the year's appropriations fori
Farrell enlargements to $2,250,000. I
RUMANIANS ARE
SERIOUS MENACE
TO MACKENSEN
German Commander of Army
in Bulgaria Might Be Forced
to Betreat by Invaders
Rumania's stroke against the cen
tral powers in throwing a force across
the Danube into Bulgaria is the out- !
standing feature in the current war |
news.
Should this army prove to be of for- j
midable size, it will constitute a ser
ious menace to Field Marshal Von :
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Air and Underwater Craft
Are Active at Kirkwall
New York, Oct. 3. Unusual ac- j
tivity of aeroplanes and submarines '
at the port of Kirkwall, Scotland, !
including the use of aircraft as escorts
for ships putting to sea was reported
by passengers arriving here to-day on
the Danish steamship Hellig Olav.
According to several of the pass
engers, the harbor was almost crowd- [
ed with underseaboats flying the j
British flag, dozens of aeroplanes were 1
darting about, and hovering 500 feet '
over the city was a captive balloon. 1
PHILLIES AFTER
THAT EXTRA GAME
I
Bixey and Budolph Opposing
Moundsmen in First Game
of Double-Hcader
National League Park, Philadelphia,
Oct. 3.—.-Philadelphia and Boston
staged another double-header this aft
ernoon in the last series of the season
here. A crowd that again taxed the
capacity of the park was present and
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OLD ODD FELLOW GlTrs JEWEL
Port Townsend, Wasn., Oct. 3.
Mason D. Hill, 94 years old, the old-1
est Odd Felldw in the world, in years :
as well as in membersnip, was pre-!
sented with a seventy-year Jewel here!
last night by his assoo.tes. Mr. Hill i
is the first Odd Fellow to be entitled!
to the jewel.
SECOND GAME
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Batteries New York, Benton and Rarlden; Brooklyn, Smitta and Miller. I
| SHOULD SHE HAVE $25,000 FOR HEARTACHE ?)
MISS ESTHER FISHMAN MICHAEL CAPIN
... ... Who Is Being Sued For the $25,000
Who Asks $2u,000 For Aching Heart But Saya He Hasn't It
ALL HE HAS IS WIFE
RIG, ANSWER
Pretty Philadelphia Girl Claims Anguish of Losing Lover Is
Worth a Round $25,000
j Whethor or not pretty Miss Esther
Fishman's heartache shall be soothed
to the extent of s2s,ooo—said salve to
be administered from Michael Capin's
| bank account —was put Up early this
| afternoon to a Dauphin county com
| mon pleas jury to decide.
; The case began before President
| Judge Kunkel late yesterday afternoon
! and this morning's session was taken
jup with the addresses—sobbingly
| pathetic, bitterly condemnatory, re
spectively—by counsel for the plain
! tiff and the defense in a $25,000
j breach of promise suit.
Miss Fishman is, or was a Phila
delphia girl; Capin wooed and won
j her according to all the rules of the
game, even to the extent of giving a
! party in her honor and proud evidence
,to it is that the photographs of the
(two principals appeared in the Tele
! graph. That was more than two years
j ago.
| But Capin, Miss Fishman declares,
met and wooed another girl and mar
ried her. Miss Fishman told an in
terested court and jury yesterday how
! she had even prepared her trousseau,
jthe expense she had been put to, and
ihow the sudden marriage of Capin to
BRYCE LOOKS TO
U. S. TO AID IN
PEACE OF WORLD
Former Ambassador to Wash
ington Denies Spirit of Hate
and Lasting Trade War
Birmingham, Eng.,Oct. 3.—Viscount
Bryce, of Dechmont, former ambas
sador at Washington addressing the
| congregational union to-day derided
i the spirit of hate against the Germans
and the talk of a lasting trade war.
In conclusion he advocated a league
to restrain aggression and compel ar
bitration.
"If there is to be a recurrence of
wars, becoming more terrible with the
unceasing advance of science." he
said, "we may well despair of the fu
i ture."
j Lord Bryce recalled that Premier
Asnuith, Lord Edward Grey and Mr.
j Balfour had expressed energetically
| and sincerely the need of such ma
chinery and said that several groups
of thinkers are working out the plans.
"To establish any machinery for
; preserving peace," continued Lord
Bryce, "would be impossible without
the co-operation of the neutral States,
| and especially the greatest of all the
j neutral States. Wo have been wait
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247 MEMBERSHIPS
I FIRST TWO HOURS
; Chamber of Commerce Com
mittees Exceed Expectations; j
Campaign Begins
New members poured into the
Chamber of Commerce of a result of
the membership compaign undertaken
to-day.
The committee in charge had fixed
the number for the first day's canvass
at 175.
When the reports were made by the
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I LANCASTER PLUMBERS STRIKE
'! Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 3.—Ail the jour
neymen plumbers here went on strike
; to-day for an eight-hour day under
the same pay as for nine hours. The
I bosses are holding out against this in
crease.
| the other girl had hurt her and made
her a joke in the eyes of her friends.
All in all. she let the jury infer, a
i meager $25,000 was a mighty little re
turn for her anguish.
Capin, in his own defense, declared
that he hadn't a dollar to spend—
much less $25,000. He hadn't a trade;
ho hadn't a job, and he hasn't even a
business to fall back upon him. All
I he has is his wife and his Fall suit.
Ford Supporting Wilson,
but Not With Pocketbook
Long Branch, N. J., Oct. 3.—Henry
I Ford, automobile manufacturer and
I peace advocate, reiterated to President
j Wilson at a conference at Shadow
i Lawn yesterday that he was support
ing him for re-election, although a Re
publican in the past. Mr. Ford spent
several hours with President Wilson.
Although supporting President Wil
son, Mr. Ford made it known that he
does not plan to contribute to the
Democratic campaign fund. "I think
the office should seek the man, not
the man the office," he declared.
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* National League .Park, Phila., Oct. 3.—Boston defeated
. I '..•"lphia tn *>.e ;irst f ■■< of to-day's double header by
.
I the score of six to three. Bunched hits by the • - Brave*
coi >Jc* wit- a civ str•, of enrr-s by th< P' '-'lies Rave the
I !" i <"■ • *isih
to win, Mayer and Killifer .md .Tyler and Blackburn were
I the opposing batteries in the second game.
CENTRAL IRON RECORDS BROKEN
the
plant of the Central Iron and Steel Company were broken
, by No. 2 furnace of the open hearth department last week
when 0£0.4 gross tons of ingots were produced. The record
•- ■ ,v - , .. the
1 ,oi , ■; gas
and cold stock. William Br iwn i r ; ntendcnt of
I the open heart department. An important meeting of stock
hoi icrr. of the Cenrr?! Iron ar,-' Steel Company will be held
1 i'' o . e ;>< . , .-,cr
The reorganisation cotrmHte will e p- sent and the
I
bylaws will be amended if necessary.
, SUES FOR $25,000; AWARDED s*oo
Harrisburg.—Miss Esther Fishman, who sued Michael
Capin for $25,000 heartbalm for breach of promise, was
:'••• o'.\n •, . ih:n
Common Pleas jury.
WORLD S SERIES STARTS AT BOSTON
• New York, Oct. 3.—At a meeting of the National Com
mission here to-day it was decided to play the first game of
l the world's series on Saturday, October 7, at the Boston
Nation; ! League Club's Held If the se-ie;. oes beyond
( four games the fifth game will be played in Boston, Thurs
day, October 12; the sixth in Philadelphia or Brooklyn, Fri
day, October 13, and the placo for playing t! e seventh will
be decided by the toss of a coin.
LOCATE RUNAWAYS
Sadie Borse, aged 16, and Damaria Tompkins, aged 18,
who ran away from their homes in Ardmore List week, were,
lot ited in this city to-day by. the police nd turned over to
their parents who arrived last night to look for them.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
llobrrt McCrrath nnd Anna Mnranrcttu Fleming, rllr.
Union House Murk* and Fern Unrnrr, city.
16 PAGES CITY EDfTION
CUBAN-HERSHEY
ROAD IS BUILT TO
HAUL ONLY SUGAR
Chocolate King Constructing
Fifty-Six Miles of Standard
Gauge
30 MILES UNDER CONTRACT
Designed to Bring Sugar to
Coast For Use in Her
shcy Factory
Because M. S. Hersliey, the Choco
late King, insists that a particular
grade of sugar—a kind just a little
better than it is possible to obtain in
the present unsettled market—should
be used in his big chocolate factory
at Hershey, he is going to construct a
new railroad in the little island of
Cuba.
Connecting the two important cities
of Matanzas ana Havana, this line will
transverse the dense sugar-cane plan
tations which cover the most fruitful
: and beautiful section of the island.
Fifty-six miles from terminal to ter
i minal, this proposed line will be built
| on a modern, solid roadbed with heavy
i rails of standard guage. The proposed
' route is almost as straight as the crow /
j flics ad will be a strange contrast to
the tortuous lines of the present Cu
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Passenger Agents Wildly
Cheer Name of Hughes
Philadelphia, Oct. 3. At the men- I
tion of the name of Charles Evans
Hughes, Republican candidate for V
President, 600 railroad officials roso ■
from their seats and cheered for sev- 5
eral seconds yesterday during the
\ opening session of the forty-fourth an
: nual convention of the American As
-1 sociation of Traveling Passenger
Agents at the Bellevue-Stratford.
The outburst followed a quotation
Iby E. F. Burnett, of Hughes' opinion
lon the eight-hour law. The mere ut
! terance of the Republican candidate's
i name, it is said, was sufficient to throw
i the tranquil delegates into tumultu-
I ous applause. The cheering resounded
I through the halls of the hotel for near
|ly half a minute. Burnett, who is a
1 representative of the Western Passen
ger Association, referred to the law as
an "outrage passed by Congress and
approved by the President."