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STAMM SHOWS
* WHY SCHOOL
LOAN SHOULD
GO THROUGH
i
President of School Board
Answers Five Vital Ques
tions Asked by Voters
in Statement to Newspa
pers
NECESSITY POINTED
OUT TO CITIZENRY j
r
Amount and Purposes, Ques
tion of School Tax Rate In
crease and Possibilities of
Other Solutions Are Dis
cussed
Five vital questions dealing withj
Harrisburg's proposed new high \
school loan which will involve the i
authorization by the people Novem
ber 7 for floating a loan for $1,250,000
■were fully and cryptically answered
to-day by A. Carson Stamm, presi-j
dent of the school board, in a state-:
ment to the newspapers.
The amount and the purposes of
the loan, the necessity for the pro- ,
posed building program, the question |
of school tax rate increase, how it will
solve the grade problem, and the!
possibilities of some other solution,
were the questions.
President Stamm answers each in j
turn and he does so in a way that any 1
intelligent voter or taxpayer can,
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Thirty Girls in New York
Want to Serve Country
New York, Oct. 27. Thirty girls
have answered an advertisement in
the local newspapers for girls to help;
obtain recruits for the National Guard j
regiments at the border. "All the
girls are pretty and were stylishly, but
modestly dressed." said Major Mor
ris, of the Twelfth National Guard j
| Regiment, who inserted the ad. "Many
of them have brothers at the border.
All are anxious to do what they can l
for their country."
l)OG IX BLANKET OF FIRE
Burlington. N. J.. Oct. 27.—When he
saw a dog belonging to Mrs. Dora Hall,
of St. Mary street, shivering in the
cold air, the 6-year-old son of a neigh
bor wrapped the animal in paper and
touched a match to the wrappings.
The doer's howls as it endeavored to
tear away the fiery bandage attracted
a crowd, but by the time the flames
were extinguished the canine looked
like a live frankfurter. President A.
B. Fox, of the Burlington County So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals, ended the animal's sufferings
with chloroform.
MII.K GOING TO 11 CENTS
Pittsburgh, Pa.. Oct. 27. - Several
large retailers have announced that
on next Wednesday the price of milk
will be advanced to 11 cents a quart
.and six cents a pint. Other dealers
are contemplating a similar increase.
DID HE DESERVE C ROSS ?
London, Oct. 27.—One of fifteen Vic
toria crosses, the awards of which are i
made in to-day's London Gazette, is to 5
Private Thomas Jones, who. according
to the official account, after killing !
three snipers who were shooting at
him. entered the German trenches and,
single-handed, disarmed 102 Germans,
including three or four officers, and
marched them back to the British
lines through a heavy fire.
I)R. STINK'S AL'TO STOLEN
Dr. H. A. Stine, Sixteenth and Berry -
hiil streets, reported to the police
shortly before noon to-day that his au
tomobile. bearing State license No.
70375, was stolen this moftiing. The
machine is a Ford touring car and had
just been repainted. All of the brass
parts had been painted black. Dr. j
.Stine left his machine standing in
Harris street near Front while he was
in the Polyclinic Hospital. Two boys
one believed to be about 16 years old,
were seen getting into the auto. The |
police are investigating.
THEWEATHERjj
For HiirrUfiiirsr and vicinity: Fiilr i
to-night nnd Snturilnji not much
chanter temperature.
For Kaalrrn Trim*) Ivitnln: Fair to- j
night anil Saturday: mirmrr to
night In north portion: moderate
M IIKIH becoming e*t nnd north. ,
west.
River
The Sukipieimnim river and all jtn
hrnnchex Mill continue to fall
"lowly. A ntase of about 4.0 feet
IN Indicated for lliarriNlmru Sntur- I
day lnornlnic.
(■enernl t onilition*
Pre**nrr ha* Increased sliliiv. i M ,t
continue* relatively ion along the
I South Atlantic count i IlKht to
I moderate rain* have fallen nnd
winds have freshened from t ape
Ilntteras to Jnckxonvllle. Another
dlMturliance from Northwestern
Cannda hax moved Koutheaxtnard
to the Lake Superior reslon, cann
ing lleht ra!fix over the greater
part of the Great Lakex.
It la 2 to IS dcureex colder till*
mornlnir In the Atlantic and Fiixt
tiulf *tatea. eseept Kloridn, and
teinperaturex have fallen "J to 14
degree* In the Uakotax, Veliraxkn,
Wyomlnic. Montana, t nllforiila
and in Albertn.
Temperaturei 8 a. m.. 311.
Sun! Hlxe*, 6jiS9 a. M.i wet*. 5:08
p. m.
Moon i Flrxt quarter, November 2,
12i."il p. m.
Itlver Stage! 4.2 feet nboie lovr
nntor mark.
lllichent temperature,
Lowest temperature. 4(1.
Mean temperature. F'J.
•Normal temperature, DO
i
VONMACKENSENIS 1 :
HARD ON TRAIL OF
FLEEING ALLIES
Russians and Rumanians Arc i
Fighting Hard as Thcv
Retreat Inland
FRENCH DRIVE ANEW '
Closing in on Fort Vaux; Re- 1
sist All Counter
attacks
j
I ield Marshal von Maekensen is
!\ la > most of his victory in ;
Dobrudja and is pressing the retreat-
I iiiK Russo-Rumanian army hard.
Sofia reports this army in precipi
tate f.ight toward the further reaches
or tlie Danube and Petrograd admits a
1 retirement toward the Hirova
i asapksui line, more than forty miles'
north of the Constanza-Tchernavoda
railway. The Russians and Ruma
| mans who were cut off from railroad
j communications with the los 3 of.
. rchernavoda are fighting hard as they
I retired. Petrograd declares.
\ ' n resisting the Austria-German ,
i thrust into Rumania front the north- ;
west the ftusso-Rumanian forces are
having more success. Rumanian
troops on the Moldavian frontier have
made further progress into Transylva-
I nia. capturing another village and an
i important height, the Russian war
• office reports.
French Make New Drive
Betore Verdun the French are driv- j
ing anew at the German lines after;
j having, according to the Paris war
office, repulsed all the numerous :
counter attacks of the crown prince's ,
j troops in efforts to recapture Fort i
Douaumont and other positions taken I
by General Nivelle's forces in their
great drive of Tuesday last. In a fresh
attack last night, the statement de
; clares, the French scored advances '
west and outh of Fort Vaux, closing i
in farther upon this important work,
•i Berlin declares that a French attack
J yesterday in the region east of Fort
Douaumont was repulsed with heavy '
losses.
Apparently the Germans are pre- ;
paring for further attacks, as Paris re- j
1 ports a violent bombardment of the |
; French lines at Fort Douaumont and I
the Chenois wood.
Von Faikenliayn Advancing
On the Somrae front Berlin an- j
! nounces the breaking up by German !
gun:- of a French attack in preparation
:in the Fresnes-Mazancourt-Chauines i
sector, south of the river.
Berlin's account of the fighting In !
Dobrudja reports that the district of!
Hirsova has been reported by Field ,
Marshal von Mackensen'e troops.
South of the Rumanian boundary :
ithe forces of General von Falkenhavn I
are continuing to advance in the direc- j
ttion of Campulung and below Predeal, |
the Berlin statement announces.
In Yolhynia and elsewhere along the
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Murderer Escapes After
Running Revolver Fight
Fasten, Pa., Oct. 27. A man al- I
1 iesred to be George Pinto, wanted at :
Binghamton. X. Y., on a charge of
shooting three men. one of whom died,
escaped from the clutches of the law
in a sensational manner, near Bangor, t
this county to-day. when lie slipped
, out of a sweater after Chief of Police 1
of Bangor, had grabbed him, and 1
after a running gun tight through the ■
woods, made a getaway.
Detective Henry Burke, of Bingham- I
ton, had come to Bangor, after receiv- i
ing information to the effect that Pinto :
was there. He was in another part of !
the woods when Lewis came across i
Pinto.
Plan to Merge Mission Is
Dropped by Presbyterians
- I
Atlantic City. N. J., Oct. 27. The;
! executive commission of the Presby- ;
terian Church in North America at I
the closing session yesterday voted to
report that the proposition to con- :
solidate the Board for Freedmen's Aid
with the Board of Home Missions, re- j
J ferred to it by the last General As- '
sembly. is "unwise and Injudicious" I
and should be abandoned.
The drafting of a $3,000,000 burget 1
to cover denominational mission and
educational activities during the fiscal
year of 1917-1S was referred to a com- I
mlttee of the executive commission
in Philadelphia on January 19.
SPEEDING TO FUNERAL
Corporal P. Wilbur Shetron, hus
band of Mrs. Minnie Shetron, who was
killed late Monday night in an auto ;
[accident near Dauphin, is expected to i
• arrive here early to-morrow morning!
! from El Paso, Texas, where he is ;
i stationed with the Governor's Troop.
i Edgar T. Burfcenstock, regimental •
(quartermaster sergeant on the staff of
'Colonel Maurice E. Finney, of the
I Eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania in
fantry, a brother of the dead woman,
is expected also. Mrs. Shetron's fun
j oral will be held to-morrow morning.
j HORNETS BREAK I P MEETING
i Hornets broke oose last evening at
• the office of Alderman Fritz Kramme,
.443 Yerbeke street, and put the Sixth
; ward magistrate out of business.
I While hunting yesterday the Aider
; man picked up a hornet's nest, which
ihe hung in his office. On the Alder
! man's calendar was a case of assault
I and battery between several Hun- 1
garians. While the big crowd was
I waiting for the case to open the t
j roohi warmed up. So did the hor
; nees. When the busy ends of the
i hornets got down to work there was
,a lively scramble. A half dozen went'
jhome with stings.
TWO MORE MARINE DISASTERS*
Washington, D. C., (.fct. 27. Sinking
lof the British steamer Huntsfall bv a
; submarine and the burning of the Nor
legian steamer, t-'evera. are added to the
i list of maritime disasters in the war
l zone by to-day's Lloyd's reports.
ARBOR DAY NOT OBSERVED i
Pupils in the city public schools
j did not observe autumn Arbor Day,
to-day with special exercises. In the
city schools Arbor day is observed In j
the Spring.
VILLA PBANNING TO ( I T BINE
San Antonio, Texas, Oct, 27. Villa
is reported to be planning a niove
; ment on Santa Rosalio to cut the rail
road line between Chihuahua'and Sal- 1
| tillo and prevent Carranza reinforce
ments from reaching Chihuahua from
j the south.
rIARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 27. 1916.
SOURCE OF RAID 1
WARNING IS KEPT
SECRET BY BAKER
Refuses to Disclose Specific i
Nature of Alleged Attacks
on U. S. by Bandits
TROOPS ARE READY !
i
Deny Consideration of Domes- |
tic Policies Lead to
Announcement
R u • g N
Baker s Statement
War Department,
Washington, Oct. 26. 1918. ]
Statement For the Press
The War Deportment has receiv- i
ed definite information, coniiinied {
from other sources, that enemies
of the Administration's policy to
ward Mexico in co-operation with !
Yllla or other bandits in Mexico, j
have arranged a spectacular attack J
to be made either upon some part
of the American forces or upon i
some American community on the !
border between now and the date
of the election, for the purpose of
turning the tide of sentiment j
against the policy which the Ad
ministration has adopted for the i
protection of the border. It is slg- j
nificant in this connection that i
both the State and War Depart- '
ments were advised that the ban
dit forces operating at the present
time in Mexico are being paid in !
silver coin.
Full particulars have been trans
mitted to General Funston and
General Pershing. All American i
forces are. therefore, forewarned ,
and in readiness for such an at- '
tack.
V
j Washington, Oct. 27. War and !
I State Department officials refused to- j
day to disclose the source or specific i
' nature of the information on which j
j Secretary Baker last night issued a 1
j statement charging that a bandit at
| ,ac ' J on American troops In Mexico ;
I or on American border towns lips been :
j planned to discredit the government's!
• Mexican policy. They said the chan- |
| nel of information through which the j
report came was so valuable that j
; nothing would be given out that might j
j injure its usefulness,
j Both Secretary Lansing and Secre- 1
, tary Baker to-day laid stress upon the ]
I statement that no consideration of 1
| domestic policies led to the issue of I
the announcement that such a pi oil
j had been discovered,
j "The obviously appropriate com
ment of the Secretary of State," Secre
, tary Baker s>aid, referring to the ex-
I planation by Secretary Lansinc last
I night that no American was im plicated
and that a desire to prevent the carry
ing out of the plans had prompted
I Secretary Baker's statement, "pre
: eludes the possibility that any such
I construction or understanding could
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Next Welfare Meeting
to Be Held at Pittsburgh
I Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 27. Pitts
; burgh was seieceted to-dav bv the
I Pennsylvania conference on Social
. Welfare for next year's meeting. This
j morning's session was devoted to these
subjects; "Efficient Administration or'
i the Mothers' Assistance Fund" and
I "Meeting Social Needs in the Smaller
I Community." Miss Anno Da vies, of
j Philadelphia, leader in collece settle
ment work, criticised the Ineffective
ness of the administration of the
; mothers' assistance fund, owing to the
1 lack of co-operation between the var
; ious county boards.
"Children in the farm house may be
! more exposed to disease than the city
| street urchin," declared Miss Kather
! ine Tucker, superintendent of the vis
iting Nurse Society, Philadelphia.
I "Social welfare workers have peculiar
, opportunities and responsibilities in
rural communities," she , continued.
Sanitary conditions there are not so
good nor methods of. safeguarding
I against illness so effectiv*. The coun
try child, figures show is 5 to 20 per
: cent, more defective than the citv
j child. As a means to meet these con-
I ditions Mss Tucker urged the eniplov
! ment of public health nurses.
Harvard to Have Course
in Police Instruction
i Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 27. Har
vard University is to extend its in
struction to police officers. It became
known to-day that plans for a course
in the duties of the officers were un
der way and would be instituted within
a month.
Raymond B. Fosdick, of New York,
regarded as 4m expert •In some
: branches of police methods, has been
: Invited to become the first instructor.
His teaching which will be in day and
night classes to allow members of all
poiice shifts to participate will deal
largely with the matter of organiza
tion, keeping stationhouse records,
identification systems and to some ex
tent with psychology as It relates to
the Interrogation of persons arrested.
The police of this city will form the
, first classes. Harvard having decided
to inaugurate the course at the sug
gestion of Mayor W. D. Rockwood.
j 1 DEAD IN QUEBEC FIRE
Farnham, Que., Oct. 27. The
j ruins of the St. Elizabeth Hospital,
| destroyed yesterday fire, had suffi
ciently cooled to-day to permit the
authorities to search for bodies. The
Grey Nuns, who conducted the insti
tution announced that an inquiry in
dicates that the death list will stand
at 19 including five children. Farn
! ham was under police guard during
the night as a result of several small
fires which led to the suspicion that
Incendiaries have been at work.
TAKE REPRISAL STEPS
Amsterdam via London, Oct. 27. |
As a measure of reprisal against Nor
way, says the "Nieuw Botterdamsche l
Courant" Germany has notified Dutch j
firms that they must now use German ;
iron for repairing Norwegian vessels.
Unless they comply they will be de
prived of further supplies and mate- i
rial from Germany.
"Death Chamber" of Bomb-Throwing Aeroplane |
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m&aimSiirKW- - r- wr :■ ■ "
<A) liar to which bomb linndfex lire ntlilrhi-il. nil IIOIIIIIM remly fur throwing.
1C Itlipill-lire uun that revolve* iu eirele.
i,... This l ' nusua ' photograph of the interior of a bomb-throwing aeroplane has
iVi ~C i °im i e ' ron iJ France. Each of the bombs in the "death chamber'" has a handle
.. a Standing in the iron circle around which the rapid-tire gun
J?.,,' 'es may throw them. .The rapid-fire gun swings about ihe man in the
angle" of for?" fid ' l 3 " y llil ' ectlon of the compass or up or down at an
KREIDER, LEADING '
I PROGRESSIVE, IS [
OUT FOR HUGHES
One-Time Washington Party
( Candidate For Congress,
Speaker at Rally
Dr. J. 11. Kt-eider, one of the orig
j Inal Roosevelt men in Dauphin coun
ty, a leader of the Washington party
| when it was at the height of its pop-j
j uiarity, former attache of the Auditor
| General's department and one time !
i Washington party candidate for I'Oll
gress in this district, took tlie stump
: for Charles Evans Hughes and the
whole Republican ticket last night.
Dr. Krelder attended the Republl- I
can meeting at Bachmansvllle last i
evening aml_ upon invitations of" Con- I
grcssman Kreider. whose opponent 1
he once was, and Senator Beidleman. |
made one of the principal addresses. •
Progressives For Hughes
He told his audience that not only j
the great leader of the Progressives. I
■ Theodore Roosevelt, is heartily in I
favor of the support of Hughes but
J that he knows from personal contact j
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Woman Who Is Attacked
by Negro Want to Kill
Him When Captured
| Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 27. The
| woman who late yesterday was at- I
| tacked by an unidentified negro at her i
: home in Woodlawn told the police to- j
| day that if the negro is captured she i
j wants him brought to her so she can !
I Mil iiim herself. The victim, who ap- j
I pcareu to be slightly improved early j
I to-day, has taken a turn for the worse, j
20 FAMILIES FLEE FIRE
Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 27. A score '
' of families were forced to flee rroui j
their homes when flames swept I
through the plant of the McDowell ,
; Manufacturing Company at Millvale, I
' a suburb last night. For a time twen- I
ty dwellings were in danger, but were l
|e&\ed. The loss Is SIOO,OOO. '
COL. ROOSEVELT
LASHES HYPHENS
! _
Asks Votes For Hughes, "Man
Who Keeps His
Word"
Chicago, < >ct. 27. Colonel Roose
velt put n mighty punch Into the Illi
nois' Republican campaign yesterday.
I Thirty-five hundred women voters
were swept to the pinnacles of enthu-
Isi asm in thd Auditorium Theater
when he asked everybody who be
lieved In "straight United States Am
ericanism" to vote for Hughes, "the
man who keeps his word."
In the stockyards pavilion last I
j night he talked to 16,000 cheering;
j men, begging them not to be fooled
'by a "sham eight-hour day," thrown'
i at labor by the Democrats for pur-,
! poses of polities.
T. It. Assails Munsterbcrg
i In cutting loose with his American
ism, "undivided allegiance," pica at'
the Auditorium, he went further than ,
some of the conservative Republican!
managers In New York and Chicago
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CARRANZA DENIES
VILLA IS STORMING i
CHIHUAHUA CITY
In Telegram Declares Diaz
Was Utterly Defeated and
Zapata Is Quiet
New York, Oct. 27. The follow
ing telegram from General Carranza.
dated Mexico City. October 27, 2.H0
a. in., was made public to-day by Juan
T. Burns, Mexican consul general at
• New York:
i "Absolutely false that bandit Villa
I is besieging the city of Chihuahua or
that Zapata menaces the tranquility
of Mexico City. Diaz was utterly de
j feated in recent skirmishes with our
! troops and Is now fleeing with a few
i followers :o Guatemala. T shall re
| main In Mexico City until the constltu
j tionai convention convenes at Quare
| faro. All military operations Have
I been successful and the situation is
! improving daily.
(Signed) "Y. CARRANZA."
j riRICF. ENDORSES PEACE LEAGUE
I.ondon, Oct. 27.—1n a letter to the
■ | Times endorsing the recent speech of
! Viscount Grey before the Foreign Press
! Association in approval of the League
jof B'-ace Idea. Viscount Brice calls
attention to the fact that the peace
i ieasrue movement already has gained a
! virtually universal acceptance In
| Arieriea, raylrir that both President
! Wilson and Charles K. Hughes, the
i Republican presidential nominee, rep
resenting the two great political par
ities. have "endorsed it and declared it
| to be the duty ot *he American people
I to assist in such a permanent com
| bination of nations.
1 KPORT 5,000 MORE BELGI \XS
Amsterdam, via, London. Oct. 27.
j A:•'■♦her five thousand Belgians were
-ent <'om Ghent to Germany Monday,
I according to the Telegraaf. About ten
■ the,-"and more at other points have
I received orders to prepare for their
I departuro. A firm in the relief com
i mlttee's storehouses at Ixikercn de
; roved fifty tons of wheat and a quan
j tity of other provisions. The losses
| can red considerable anxiety as to the
'possibility of provisioning the town.
HUGHES TO PICK'
ABLE CABINET
Cannot Fulfill Duty as Nation's
"Business Manager"
Without
Boston, Mass., Oct. 27. As a
1 climax to a day of the most tumult- I
nous greetings which ho has oxperi- I
Jtnced as a Presidential candidate,
'Charles K. Hughes last night brought>
an audience of 10,000 persons with u I
dramatic' exposition of the funda
mental principles which will guide his j
administration if lie is elected i'resi
-1 dent.
I He promised that he would provide
J the Nation with the ablest Cabinet !
which its genius could supply and
that he would conduct n strictly Am
i erican government for Americans un
swerved by any suggestion of foreign
I influence and he pledged himself to
maintain American rights be/ore ail 1
the world.
In biting phrases he flayed the I
i present administration for its weak-'
ness in foreign policies and its appeal j
[Continued on I'agc 20]
GOVERNOR WCJLD I
MAKE MT. GRETNA i
PERMANENT CAMP
Asks Adjutant General Stewart
If He Will Take Up Sur
vey Question
WILL ASK FOR MONEY
Believes Legislature Will Look
With Favor Upon Appro
priation
• v
Plans for making Mount Gretna the
j finest military ramping ground in the
; ! nitcd States are a part of legislation j
to be recommended for consideration j
at the next session. In a letter to-day I
to Adjutant General Thomas J. Stew- |
r.rt on the subject Governor Martin G.
Brumbaugh suggests immediate steps.
He says:
"It has come to me from a number
cf sources that the tin.e has arrived
when it would lie well to make Mount
Gretna the finest military camping I
I ground in the United States, and I
. believe that the Legislature at this scs- 1
1 sion, now that our troops have been
| so splendidly organized, have rendered
BUCD important duties und conducted
I themselves so commendably, would
j look with favor upon an appropriation
jIo carry out this work.
"I am writing to ask whether or not
you would i>e willing to take up with
■ some important army engineer of the
jl nited States the matter of coniing
here and making a careful survey of
i hat field, with a view to giving us just
j the data we need to appeal to the
Legislature to rehabilitate that entire
camp and make it what we both want
it to be.
"If you think well of this, T should
| be very glad to have you proceed ac
t i ordingly, or if you so desire, see me
I at your convenience."
THOUGH SINGLE
Reading. Ba.. Oct. 27.- —The idea that
women have to marry in order to be
happy was termed a fallacy and super
stition prevalent in Berks and other
| counties was denounced by Dr. Arthur
Holmes, dean of the general faculty of
State College, at the countv teachers'
Institute. I lis subject was "Heredity,"
and attacked the arguments of
theorists that children can inherit
i criminal tendencies or evil habits of
their .forebears. He declared that the
I ;.75.000 w omen school teachers in the
| United States were just as happy as
married women, and in many instances
i happier.
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Geronimo, according to a report to-day at field headquart- /§'■
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24 PAGES CITY EDITION
DEMOCRATS DROP
POST OFFICES AND
RURAL ROUTES IN
CUMBERLAND CO.
Eberly's Mills, Hunter's Run ;
Longsdorf, Montsera,
Starners, Trindle Spring
and Uriah Abandoned
FARMERS, INDIGNANT,
ARE UP IN ARMS
Rural Routes of Huntsdale,
Kerrsville, Newburg, New
Kingston, Allen and West
Fairview Are Cut Out
[By a Staff Correspondent.]
Curlisle, Pa., Oct. 27. The most
significant feature of the presidential
| campaign in Cumberland county is
j easily tlie dissatisfaction of the people
with the manner in which they have
i been treated by tlie postal authori-
I ties at Washington since the inaugur
i atlon of President Wilson. This neg
lect and the injury which has followed
1 the consequent delays and poor ser
vice will cost President Wilson hun
dreds of votes throughout the rural
districts of this county where the peo
ple arc wholly dependent upon the
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$1,000,000 Mosque of
Shriners Is Dedicated
Pittsburgh, Oct. "7.—Syria Temple,
the new $1,000,000 mosque of the An
cient Arabic Order Nobles of tlio
.Mystic Shrine, was formally dedicated
yesterday. Solemn ceremonies, includ
ing the ritual of the Shriners. attended
'lie dedication, which was completed
lie/ore a large crowd. Prominent men
of the order from every section of this
I country, Canada and one from Hawaii
1 took part in the festivities, which were
| held behind closed doors.
Following the dedicatory exercises a
- banquet, attended by 5,000 Shriners,
1 was served in the dining hall of the
! temple, Last night the largest class o£
] candidates was initiated. The number
ran close to 700 and is probably the
I largest to be accepted at one time in
' the history of the shrine.