The Hershey Press 1915-07-08

              Illuminations the Finest Ever Seen
in the Valley. Admissions at
Baseball Game Brofce' Re-
- ' cords. Park Theater
Crowded to Doors
Ten thousand people were in Her-shey
Park on Monday and the celebra-tion
of Independence Day -was success-ful
and enjoyable in every way. There
"were unusual attractions at Eliza-bethtown,
Hummelstown and Harris-burg
and these drew many who would
have come to Hershey. Moreover the
rain in the early morning- kept others
away. But in spite of these influ-ences
the attendance was unusual.
The Hershey Transit Company's
lines handled 25,000 fares during the
day and there were half hourly sched-ules
in every direction. The Phila-delphia
and Reading Railway brought
over 1,000. There were hundreds of
automobiles, a number of them from
distant points. At the noon hour and
also in the evening the Hershey Cafe
was crowded to its capacity.
In the morning the loand concert,
the dancing, the boating and the
swimming pool were all popular and
the crowds increased as the day wore
on. In point of admissions the league
baseball game had a record attend-ance
and there was much enthusiasm.
All though the afternoon fully two
thousand, people were around the
swimming pool. The Zoo had a
steady flow of visitors. AH the vari-ous
games were in progress and the
picnics were .numerous.
There , was. a matinee at the Her-shey
Park Theater where the Irene
Myers Stock. Company played tc a
good house. At night the theater
was packed, every seat being taken
and the orchestra space filled , while
a hundred or more were turned away.
The attendance .went, beyond 1,600.
The feature of the celebration was
the illumination of the Park. There
were over 3,000 electric lights, over
2,000 Japanese lanterns, a searchlight
on the tower of the Hershey Press
Building and the new electric flag
over the Band Stand. The whole ef-fect
was brilliant and beautiful be-yond
words and the scene from the
heights and from the north side of the
Park was extraordinarily fine.
It was a perfect evening with little
breeze and so the full effect of this
illumination was realized. It was by
far the most striking picture that the
Park has ever presented and it was
admired and praised by everyone.
Spring Creek presented a tableau of
peculiar lovliness. The myriads of
lights dotting its course and decorat-ing
its bridges were reflected in the
water and the result was a gorgeous
carnival of red, white and blue. The
Japanese bridge was particularl y at-tractive.
People lingered unti l near
midnight enjoying the scenes. There
was no disorder.
Ten Thousand in Hershe y
Enjoyed Independence Day
Noisy Here But Safe
There .Were Two Accidents in Her-shey.
Record For the Country
Hershey was one of the noisiest
places on , the map Monday. The boys
had pistols that made terrific noise
and the explosions went on steadily
from 4.30 a. m. to midnight. Most
people wore genuinely glad when the
day was over. But there was li ttle
danger in tho noiso. There wore only
two accidents reported, Little Sara
Baker had her hand badly burned by
a fi recracker. More serious was the
experience of Patty Miller. Ho was
igniting a flower pot which !h sup-posed
to go off slowly, but evidently
it was defective , for no sooner had ho
applied the match than there was a
groat flaro of lire that blistered his
entire face, Fortunately tho burns
were not deep and (hero will bo
no scars, Tho experience would have
put most people in boil , but Patty Mil-ler
is tho greatest baseball enthusiast
in Iloi'shey and tho star right fielder
of the HovHhoy team and ho would
not mlKH a gnmo if it was humanl y
possible for him to play. And ho ho
played on Monday. It wno' n duo ex-hibition
of pure grit.
Throughout the country the day
was minor and safer Umn usual , but
it hud its toll. Ninete en persons kill-ed
and '»()!! injured was tho nntlon 'n
Hiici 'iftuo to tho two days ' celebration.
Thorns figures hIiow an Ineronso over
tho totalH of 11)14, whon thorn wore
twelve persons killed and $$}! Injured.
A largo Increase also was shown in
tho ilro ' Iohh , tho total for thin year
being ^JID .IWfi , im com pa rod with
t(,()(lir»4r> last year, Causes of tho
fatalities thin year woro distributed
as I'oIIowh: Firework s , 0 ; cannon , 4;
flroai'i iiH , 4: gunpowder , ~.
Weather Forecast r'or the Woolt Hi«-
ginning Today
P O I l Ml n n i i E A T L A N T I C
STAT'lOSr—Falr 'Weather and moder-ate
temperatur e , next throo or four
days followed by ovoreiinl , wainnoi'
weather and local lnimdorntorirm af-ter
July 10.
Hummelstow n's Great Day
Its Celebration on Monday a Fine
Proof of its Civic Spirit
Hummelstowh's celebration on Mon-day
was worthy of its best traditions
and was an event in which all its
citizens may take just pride. The
town is one of the historic spots of
Lebanon Valley. It was . a thriving
village when Harrisburg was noth-ing
but a ferry and it antedates al-most
every habitation in this vicinity.
It began far back in the colonial days
and .for more than 160 years it has
enjoyed a happy and peaceful life.
In recent years, there has been an
awakening to progress. The town
has been much improved; many hand-some,
homes have been built and the
civic spirit has been greatly stimulat-ed.
Today Hummelstown ' is known
for the geniality and hospitality of
its people and the beauty of its yards
and gardens. It is a center of de-lightful
social interest and so its am-bitious
program attracted many visit-ors
from the surrounding towns and
country.
There was something; doing all day
long. The morning rain interfered a
little but did not stop the proceedings,
There was a costume parade with
many good stunts. There were two
baseball games, both won by the home
team. There were shooting matches,
All the interest culminated in the big
civic parade in- the late afternoon.
This was remarkably effective and
was enjoyed by thousands. Four
bands furnished music and the best
display of fireworks in the town's his-tory
closed the day. Many went fvorn
Hershey and all were warm in their
praise oi Hummelstovvn's success.
Improving the Streets
In the Future Hershey s Streets and
Roads Will Rest on Concrete
Foundations
Important preliminary work is be-ing
done on tho streets and l'oads of
Ilei'shey, Experiments having prov-en
that concrete foundations for high-ways
are tho only hinting material ,
Horshoy is, to have them. An in-
Htanco of Iho policy is tho now road
from the carouHol to the load leading
to the Highland Park, This lias a
concrete huso and it will have an as-plmlt
covering,
Permanent , work in fixing the
tracks on Chocolate Avenue has boon
completed, Those traekn now rest In
beds of concrete , and the grading in
on tho IIimih adopted for tho final pav-ing
of tho avenue. Whether tho top
material will bo asphalt or brick or
blocks Iium not yet been decided. The
Idea in to adopt tho best and to make
the strootn of Hornhoy tho most mod-oni
that <iun ho secured.
School Board Reor ganized
Closes Up the Business For the Year.
Vacancies in the Faculty
The School Board of Derry Town-ship
met on Tuesday and closed, up
the work for the past school year.
The finances Were audited by Joseph
A. Strickler, William C. Erb and
George W. Henry and the statement
will be printed in The Press next
week. The board was reorganized as
follows : president , A. B. Shenk; vice-president,
H. M. Witman;. treasurer,
D. M. Hershey; secretary, A. • W.
Snavely; member, C. M. Meckley.
There are two vacancies in the High
School faculty caused by the resigna-tions
of Mr. Everett and Miss Brown.
It is understood that there is a virtual
agreement as to the applicant for one
of these places, but applications for
both positions are still being received.
It is expected that the elections will
be held next week.
Mr. Miller Gravel y Injured
Run Down by an Italian Bicyclist.
His Condition Critical
' Last Friday morning Martin T.
Miller , who worked in the Hershey
planing mill and who lived in Hum-melstown,
arrived with the other men
on the workcar that reaches here at
a quarter past six. The stop of the
car is at the bottom of a steep grade.
The men had begun to cross the road
when an Italian from Swatara' came
rushing down the hill on a bicycle.
He was going at great speed and was
not looking ahead. Instead of keep-ing
in the middle of the road he ran
within two feet of the car. Most of
the men jumped but Mr. Miller and
Lloyd Zimmerman did not have time.
Mr. Miller received tho full force of
the collision. Mr. Zimmerman was
struck but was not seriously hurt.
Mr. Miller 's injuries were seen to
be severe and as soon as possible ho
was removed to his home in Hummels-town.
Ho is receiving tho best medi-cal
attention , but his condition is
critical. Mr, Miller is held in high
esteem and he has general sympathy
in his misfortune.
Another Fire at Swatara
About midnight Tuesday tho double
tenant house at Swatara owned by
W. T. Bradley and occupied by Ital-ians
was burned. It was in Iho same
neighborhood as tho recent fire, The
Inmates escaped with most of their
clothes , but very little furniture wan
saved, Tho cause of tho (Ire wiih not
determined , Tho.ro was no call for
tho Horshoy Viro Department , but
quite a number of Hci'shey men woro
attracted by tho bla/.o.
New Bill For Park Theater
Contains Big Attraction s
Stock Company's Success. Record
Audience. Vaudeville All Next
Week. There Will be Charles
Chaplin Pictures Every
Tuesday Night
A packed ..house that broke the re-cord
was the happy experience of the
Irene Myers- Stock Company at the
Hershey Park Theater 'Monday night.
The drawing power of the Charles
Chaplin pictures was also,a factor in
the case. Both together caught a
great crowd which enjoyed itself im-mensely.
The stock company finishes its long
engagement this week. It scored
again in A Girl of the Ranch," David
Belasco's familiar old play. In this
all the members did well, Miss Myers
and Mr, LaSalle and Mr. 1 Nelso tak-ing
the main honors. Tonight there
will be a change of bill and there will
be only three more performances by
the company in Hershey this season.
The players' have ' given . excellent
plays, mounted them capably, per-formed
them acceptably and shown a
wide range of ability and much genu-ine
merit, Their departure will be
regretted . They go to Ocean City for
the rest of the summer. The full
strength of the company is as follows
and each and all have won applause
by their work in Hershey :
Irene Myers, Richard La Salle,
Charl es Burnison, Walter R. Boss,
Frank Du Frayne, Craig Nelso,
Amelia Miller, Grace McMaster,
Kathlyri Taylor.
Chaplin and Vaudeville
Manager Heilman has succeeded in
getting a regular Charles Chaplin,
service and it will be given regularly
every Tuesday evening. Bear this in
mind—the only Charles Chaplin every
Tuesday evening. .
Beginning "Monday, July 12th. there
will be two weeks of Vaudeville book-ed
through the Heller Amusement
Company, Keith's Theatre Building.
The program will open with a high
class- musical novelty by Beltrah . &
Beltrah in an act entitled "The Music-al
Dairy," closing with a reproduction
of "Francois : Millet's famous painting
"The Angelus." Then comes Miss
Mae Dale in a comedy breeze from
Hickville. Next is H. V. Fitzgerald
quick change artist presenting
an original drama, "What Happened
at Mudville Junction" in which he im-personates
all the characters alone,
speaks 2,007 words; makes 60 ex-trances
and exits and 33 changes of
costume in less than 14 minutes. His
cast contains seven characters and
special scenery shows exterior of
"Honeysuckle Inn " on Long Island.
Walter Deleon & Muggins Dayies
are a clever comedy . duo in their
original burlesque on the ' "Movies."
The Teddy Osborn Pets present "A
Busy Day in Dogland" by a troupe of
canine actors featuring "Doc," the
funny monkey comedian, and
"rags," the dog with a jag. Mr.
Heller 's assurance is that these are
not the kind of acts usually seen in
the 10c and 20c theatres, but on the
contrary, come from all the big
Vaudeville theatres where an admis-sion
from 25c .to $1.00 is charged.
Three of the acts on the program
carry their own scenic productions
which is proof that they are not the
ordinary class of acts aeon in the low-er
priced theatres. The program has
five acts and there is an abundance of
comedy, novelty and music , all of
which Koes to make this a thoroughly
modern and high class Vaudeville
show. "There is nothing to offend
your brothers, your sisters, your par-ent
or your children ," says Mr, Hel-ler,
There will be moving pictu res
every night.
Beautif ying the Cafe
Always attractive tho Horshoy Cufo
is more inviting' than over. Manager
Krnuso haw added a airing of oriental
lanterns to tho solarium and tho ef-fort
is unusually (hie , On Monday
nearly four hundred regular insula
were served, Tho Ca fe 's patronage
grown steadily, Visitors nay many
pleasant things about its cleanliness
and brightness. The now decora-tions
and tho beautiful flowers are
much onjoyod.
Express Running at High Speed
Crashed Into Parties Returning .
From the Fourth of July
Celebration. Five Kill-ed
Outright. Details
Monday evening, the Queen of the
Valley, the crack express of the Phila-delphia
and Reading between Harris-burg
and New York, left Reading
fifteen minutes late and tried to make
up the lost time all the way, but" was
unsuccessful because of the holiday
traffic. This train stops at Hershey
only on signal, but the stop was made
Monday night because of the, .large
number of passengers returning from
the Hershey celebration to Harris-burg.
They numbered several hun-dred
and when the train pulled in over
twenty minutes late they piled into
the cars, filling all available space.
After leaving Hershey the engineer
put on Steam for the clear run to
Harrisburg and he was hitting up a
forty mile clip when he rounded the
curve near Hummelstown.
The crossing at Hummelstown is
one of the worst on the road. It is
at grade and it has no warning
signals. There is no watchman on
duty after 7 o'clock* at night. The
approach to this crossing is bad, and
so when the- flying train suddenly hit
something the engineer did not know
what it was and the train ran a half
mile before it was - brought to a
stop. When it was backed a fright-ful
sight met the gaze of the pas-sengers
who dismounted to investi-gate—
so' frightful that .many turned
away.
George Cassel' and his family had
attended the celebration in Hummels-town
and were returning home in two
teams. The mules drawing the first
carriage had got' on the west bound
track when the headlight of the big
locomotive swerved in front of them
about a hundred yards away. The
driver is said to have made an at-tempt
to cross the tracks in safety,
but the mules were too slow. In an-other
instant the train had struck
them, and" wagon went to pieces', the
occupants were hurled in all direc-tions
and the mules carried on the en-gine
until the train was brought to a
standstill. Then they fell off, dead.
The train backed onto the crossing
again and a search was made. Here
and there the bodies were gathered
up. They were :
George Cassel, aged 68 years, of
Hoernerstown;
Mrs. Harrison Cassel, aged 28, of
Philadelphia, a daughter-in-law of
George Cassel.
Russel Cassel, aged 6, a son of Mrs,
Harrison Cassel. i
John Cassel, aged 44, of Hoerners-town.
Elizabeth Cassel, aged 24, of
Hoernerstown.
Mrs. George Cassel, aged 65, of
Hoernerstown.
AH were dead except Mrs. George
Cassel who died at the Harrisburg
hospital early Tuesday morning.
Watchman Now There
Following the recommendation of
its investigator , John P. Dohoney, the
Public Service Commission, requested
the Philadelphia and Reading Railway
to place a night watchman on the
crossing where six members of the
Cassel family were killed. The com-pany
agreed at once and a watchman
was placed on duty Tuesday evening.
The crossing 4s at grade in the center
of tho town and on one of tho prin-cipal
streets,
Tho Harrisburg Patriot said yester-day:
"There is only one thing bet-tor
than the decision of tho Public
Service Commission to have the, Read-ing
station a night watchman at the
Hummelstown grade crossing where
six persons were killed Independence
Day. That is tho decision should
have been made long; ago, It is diffi-cult
to imagine a more heart-break-ing
tragedy than that , coming as it
did on tho homestretch , of a pleasant,
observance of u nation 's holiday,
Somebody erred , of course, and the
prospective investigations will bo
futile unless this point is determined.
Those Inquiries ought to develop why
on such an occasion when crowds
thronged tho streets and highways
somo protection was not afforded' ul
giado crossings, "
Funeral Today
Tlio funera l for tho hIx victims will
be hold thin afternoon at one o'clock
In tho Lutheran church , Following
tho Horvham tho six bodies will bo
hurried side by side in tho HuniinolH-town
oomotory, The Rev. Mr. Ilrown-inillo
p , of Rowling , formerly in charge
of the Lutheran church at Union
lJopimlt , which the CiihnoIh attended ,
will officiate .
Six Killed at Hummelstown
By the Queen of the Valley
I'ldinund Smith , of tho Salem Ho-
'imrtimnl of tho Jloiwhoy CJjocoJh I.ii
Company walked 'to his homo in Now-port
, l'or ry county, a d|stane<i of
forty-six miles , on Sunday, Mr.
Smith loft Hurnhoy at JUG a, m, Sun-day
and arrived at bin homo at 4 ,15
p, m. the same day,
Mr. Smith's Long Walk
Seven Thousand For Hershey
Among the big picnics held in Her-shey
is that of the Har'ij isburg
Grocers. Last year they had a great
day and this year they are goinu; to
beat their own best . record. They
will be here on Thursday, August 12.
More than 7,000 are expected and at
their meeting this week they decided
to distribute 7,000 bean tickets on all
trains and trolleys, Beans will be
only one item in tho resources of the
day. More than a hundred contribu-tors
are expected to give all sorts of
good food and to make tho picnic a
feast, A special bund and a loapjuc
game of ball are among tho attrac-tions
being arranged.
Tho happiest boys In tho worm on
Monday wore the pupils of tho Hor-nhoy
Industrial School , Thoy llllod
throe big wagons ' and made the air
musical with their delight , The trip
was to Stovordale ' and there thoy
eampod for tho day, It would bo dif-ficult
to find anything thoy did not do.
They ate, played , run , climbed , wont
In swiinming, caught fish , and had
tho host time thai win oven- known ,
Thoy did every thine; but rest. It, was
a day of days and thoro was .no ac-cident
or unplea sant incident. Mr ,
(loorge Copenhavur and his HtalT were
with them.
Boys Have A Fine time
NIck INlch o , a lor<ilgnor living near
Iloi'Hhoy, om Sunday lost control of
tho bicycle whieh ho wan ridin g while
going down Park avonne and at, the
hollom of tlio hill dnHliod headlong
Into the Iron bridge, (manning Spring
Creek, Ills fueci warn badly lauoratod
anil lie was oMwwIho bruised, flln
wouiuIh woro drotwoil by l)r, Uurtih eji
who later, entered tho Injured iimn at
the Mai 'rlHliurg lui H iiitnl ,
Niche Badly Hurt
Fine Increase in Members and" in
Books and Visitors. Volumes
on Pennsylvania. History
and Travels in Recent
Gifts to Library
On the walls of the Hershey Free
Public Library, beside the large map
of the United States, are maps of
Dauphin Cpunty and of Pennsylvania.
These are the geographical divisions
of first interest to the community, and
in a new department of the Library
will be included books pertaining to
them.
Four volumes which form an excel-lent
foundation for this group were
presented last week by Mr. John E.
Snyder. Johann David Schoef's Trav-els
in the Confederation (1783-1784),
in two volumes, was recently mention-ed
in the Press. The 1915 Year Book
of the Pennsylvania Society contains
addresses on "Argentina ," by Dr. R.
S. Noan, Argentine Ambassador;
"Pennsylvania ," by Gov. Brumbaugh,
and "The TJnpreparedness of the
United States," by Congressman
Richmond P, Hobson , delivered . at the
sixteenth annual dinner of the So-ciety
; Pennsylvania Anniversaries and
Memorials of 1914; Pennsylvania
Books; Original Documents, includ-ing
two unpublished letters by Wil-liam
Penn, and other features. The
Report of the Fiftieth Anniversary of
the Battle of, Gettysburg is illustrated
with many maps of the battlefield and
photographs of the veterans in the
great encampment.
The Orations and Speccnes of Hen-ry
W. Grady, the gifted Southerner ,
is a valuable addition to the Library 's
collection of American literature. It
also is a gift of Mr. Snyder.
The circulation for June was 732,
compared with 485 in June , 1914.
There were 825 visitors, besides those
who came to exchange books, Twen-ty-
nine new members last month
brought tho total to 1003, of whom
236 have joined since the beginning
of tho year,
This Week Hershey Library
Went Beyond the 1,000 Mark
Pi'omlnonl , jobbers of confectionery
representing loading IiuhIiuihh Iiouhiih
of tho W»nt visited ll'cmhoy yester-day
and wore entertained at dinner
by I'riifllcle/it Muvrhi tunl Mohhivj K«h-hoii
and l'ugh. Among thorn woro 0.
11. Voegulo , Mansfield , O,, A. W. Holt ,
Fort Wtiyno , In< l.; A. II. Nownuin ,
Cedar lUpldn , Ir». » O, V, Stal'/.onbmih,
Pittsburg, Pa,, and Mr. and Mrs, C,
l'orry JJj irkor , Jaekwm , Mich.
Visitors From the West
Aloiv/.o Flto mid Miss Mnhol Lnndis
gave their many I'riondN u groat sur-prise
thin weak whon thoy announced
that thoy wo ro married two months
ago at Nowvlllo. Both are popular
and thoy received many countj i filia-tions,
Mr , File formerly had charge
of tho Methocllut Church in MummolM-town.
Ho is now employed at; Iloi ' -
Hhoy .
Fite-Land is
Tho nation al convention of tho Con-fectioners'
JSiihiHiuonV AsHflclnLlon of
America will moot at Brighto n lfoach ,
N. Y,, July 111 to Ul. It has over 500
momi kii'H itiul it Ih oi'ganlzod to in-
• erouHo olneloncy and niIho Htandiu'da.
A big .attendance la expected this
i your.
Salesmen in Convention
The Onward Club of tho Young
Woman 's Clirlstiali Atmoclntion hiked
Tuesday evening" through tho country
around Highland Park which has
proven to be tho favorite walk, I'lvo
members took part, About five milon
woro covoi'ud, There will bo an 1m-poi'Uint
businoHH meeting of the club
this evening,
The Onward 's Hike
M Ihh Alice Klder is at Atlantic City
attendin g tho big convention of the
Anti-Saloon Loiikuc, She la ropve,-
Hontlng , the Young Woman 'H Chris-thin
Association,
Miss Elder at Convention