Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-26

industrial plant where he was em-
| ployed notice was posted 20 the ef-
/ feet that all employees would be en-
pected to march together in the pa
rade. Was he 10 do that or come
with the foreign-born division, he
asked.
Mr.. Moeslein explained that the
marchers in the ioreign-born diNi-
sion were the guests of honor this
Fourth of July and would have the
front line of parade and that il was
the wish OF the general committee
that foreigners identify themselves
with their various organizations and
march as part of the foreign
born division. He requested that the
Rumanian ask his foreman for per-
mission to march thus and if that
permission was denied. to tell the
chairman or secretary of the for
eign-oorn committee of that tact
To Meet Monday
4 fnal meeting of this committee
will be held next Monday night at
5 o'clock in the City Council Cham
ber when it is expected there will be
definite information available con-
cernins the route of the parade, the
distribution of bands. and the order
of formation.
At the meeting of the Central
PENNSYLVANIA Suffrage Association at
the home of Mrs. Mabel CroniSe
Jones yesterday afternoon. reports
were received from the Mechanics
burg. Camp Hill. Steelton and Le-
moyne members as TO the numbers
they would have in line, and it is the
urgent wish of the association that
the other surrounding towns COM
municate at the earliest possible mo-
ment with Mrs. J. Sharon MacDon-
aid Bell phone 25TS-W, and report
on their plans for participation in
the parade. At the present time re-
potts indicate that there will be at
least one hundred members of the
Suffrage Association in line. wearing
the suffrage colors and carrying
American flags.
Abner w. Hartman will lead the
community singing, announcements
issued to-day say. He will be in
charge of the singing both during
the parade when the massed choirs
will lead the procession and after
wards at the song service in front of
! the Capitol. Several score of girls
from the Y. W. {. A will be in line
with Miss Caroline Weiss leading the
! procession.
! Extensive arrangements are now
| being formulated for the athletic
I events that will be held as a part of
the Independence Day celebration.
All events will be held on Island
Park, starting at 2.S0 p. m.
In the one-mile industrial relay
race. teams will compete from the
Philadelphia and Reading railroad,
the Bell Telephone Company, the
Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending
I Company the Bethlehem Steel Com
pany and the Central Iron and Steel
Company.
In the military one-mile race
teams will represent the Tank
Corps located at Camp Colt, Gettys-
burg; the Pennsylvania Reserve
Militia. the Middletown Areo Squad
ron and the Harrisburg Reserves.
The boys relay for teams from
churches and Y. NJ. .. 4. Will find
teams entered from the Central Y.
/ NJ (. A, Boyd Memorial. Stevens
! Memorial Guards and HasSett Club.
4 one hundred-yard dash for SOL
diers will also be held. There will
also be a relay race for playground
boys and a Boy Scout patrol relay
race. The Boy Scouts will also give
demonstration.
Entries should be sent TO either
V. Grant Forrer. Park Commission
er, or c. W. Miller. at the Central
Y. NJ c. a.
This evening al o'clock in the
MAYORS Office there will be an i'm
portant com bined meeting of the pa
-ade committee, whose chairman IS
Captain Harry NJ. Slime. and the So
cieties and organizations committee.
wish Charles +. Pass as chairpiaI. c.
Q. Backenstoss is secretary for both
of these committees.
Tomorrow morning at 70 O'Clock
IN the Civic Club rooms. Mrs. John
W. Reilly will meet the presidents
and representatives of all the wo-
mems clubs and orga niZations in the
city and surrounding towns to dis
cuss their part in the great demon
/ stration. William Jennings will be
{ present to briefly outline the aims
/ OF and the plans for the event. Mrs.
Reilly is anxious that all women's
clubs be sure to have a representa-
! tive nresent al this Meeting