/"iICTICC Ihi CD Alhi F E ver Build, Em? The Niblo Travel Pictures Will Take You fo That Land of Romance This Afternoon and LHS I LED ill Dm Mill • evening. Chestnut Street Hall Is the Place and Ten Cents and a Telegraph Coupon the Admission Fee HARRISBTJRG TELEGRAPH LXXXIII— No. 54 BENTON If IDfflT IS I NLLYCLOSED; MIIER lira President Wilson Allows VQla and Carranza to Hah Planned Inquiry CARRANZA TO INVESTIGATE Committee's Work Would Be Use less, It Is Said, Because of Body's Decomposition _ By Associated Press Washington, D. C„ March 4.—Gen- I eral Carranza's announcement that he ; had appointed a special 'commission' to investigate the recent execution by j General Villa of William S. Benton, a British subject, coupled with the . declaration from Great Britain that! she would not look to the United | States for action as a result of the In cident, was generally accepted to-day as meaning the abandonment, of the expedition of American and British i epresentatives who were to have gone to Chihuahua to examine Ben-1 ton's body. There is every reason to believe i that Great Britain has closed the Ben ton case for the present, though she has reserved the right to exact reparti tion in the future. England's with drawal at this time and Carranza's de termination to investigate the Ben ton killing of liis own accord will put the United States, it is believed, in the position of a patient observer of developments, with no present neces sity for further inquiry Into the Ben ton episode. Test of Authority The decision of Carranza to ferret out the truth of the Benton execution will mean a test of his authority over General Villa, according to many ol fi- ials here, and will further demon strate whether the constitutionalists intend to afford protection to foreign ers and make reparation for injury done them. One of the reasons why there Is little tendency to press the inquiry on the part of the United States or Great Britain is the fact that Benton's body already has decomposed considerably and evidence of a conclusive charac ter as yet undisclosed has been in the] hands of officials for several days. ' Next steps in the. situation seemed I to depend on General Carmnza. Hisj declaration that the United St«.te« hi.» no right to inquire about the welfare' of any foreign subjects but her own will not be accepted by the Washing ton government. Carranza's friends here were hopeful to-day that he would eventually alter his position on this point and reveal a friendly atti- Ude toward the United States. Concerned Over Others While pressure that had been cx-] pected from Great Britain over thej Benton case has been removed; the American government Is much con cerned over the reported murder or Gustav Bauch and Clemente Argerva, Americans, the one by Constitution alists and the other by Mexican Fed erals. Demands for information in each case have gone forth from the State Department. It. is expected also that messages will be presented by America;i consular agents to General Carranza making representations on behalf of Spanish subjects. George C. [Continued on Page 7 ] BELATED TRAVELER GIVES FIRST NEWS OF TRAIN WRECK By ■ ssocialed Press New York, March 4.—As an indica tion of the isolation of certain Xew York State points during the recent storm it remained for a resident of Port Pervis, reaching here to-day to give the first news of a bad frolglit wreck on the Ontario and Western Railroad there at noon yesterday. Fourteen persons were seriously in jured and property worth SIOO,OOO de stroyed. ORIENTAL RUG SALE At Blake Shop, 103 North Second street, under the direction of George S. Mooradian, well-known rug man.— Advertisement. S\ Late News Bulletins HOTELS TO CLOSE AT NIGHT An agreement has been reached by three city hotels to dose at 1 o'clock at night. Tliey are tlie Russ Hotel at the Pennsylvania Station entrance, tlie Mt. Pleasant Hotel at Cameron and Market and the Pax on Market near Cameron.. TENER THINKS TELEGRAM FOOLISH Governor Tener, when asked about the Gllmore Federal League telegram, to-day, said: "I did not answer tlie telegram I*-cause It was so foolish I did not think it <«me from Gllmore." WILSON NOMINATES PHILLIPS Washington, March 4.—William Phillips, of Boston, was nominated ! i to-day by President Wilson to be third assistant secretary of State. INDIAN CHIEF DIES Huntington, Ind., March 4.—Joseph Englemun. the last blood chief of the Miami Indians, died to-day on the reservation near here. He had been head of the tribe since the death of Chief Gabriel Godfroy, several years ago. FATE OF CREW NOT KNOWN Norfolk, Va., March.—That the Philadelphia barge Saturn was lost tn Pamlico Cound during the recent costal storm was established to day when wreckage was round by life savers of the Ilattcras Inlet sta tion. The fate of the crew Is unknown. DIAZ PLANS TO BECOME ACTIVE Washington, March I.—Pedro Del Vilar and t'ecelio Ocon, who represents Felix Diaz, talked with the Senate Foreign Relations Com mittee to-day about the Mexican situation. It was learned tliey told the Senators Felix Diaz was thinking of some military activity In Mexi co and wanted to know what would be the position of the United States toward recognizing Diaz if he would start a revolution. The Senators told them tlie United States would give no assurance whatever to any prospective revolution. None of tlie members of the committee would discuss tlie conference except to say that "it was very interesting." New York, March 4.—Word was received here to-day of the death in London on Monday of Thomas W. Hanshew, novelist. Mr. Hanshevv was an American, born in Brooklyn in 1857 and well-known In literary circles here and abroad as a novelist and magazine writer. New York Closing—Amal. Copper, 74 %; American Sugar, Baltimore and Ohio, 91%; Brooklyn Rapid Transit, 93% ; Canadian Pacific. '110% ; Chesapeake and Ohio, Lehigh Valley, 150%; New- York Central, 00; Northern Pacific, 11276; Reading, 166; P. R. R.,111 a,:; Southern Pacific, 94 >4; Union Pacific. 1593.; u.s. Steel, 65'4; Chicago Mil. and St. Panl, 103. " Congressman Kreider Will Introduce Bill For Larger Post Office Building Here Congressman Kreider is in confer ence with Postmaster Sites this after noon relative to a still further en largement of the Harrisburg Post Of fice. Mr. Kreider will go over the plans thoroughly upon his return to Washington to--morrow and at once introduce In Congress a bill providing for the appropriation of a sufficient sum to increase the size of the fed eral building here to meet the needs of the city for twenty-five years or more. Work has been started on the re modeling of the Post Office under the terms of an act passed at the instance CURFEW WILL NO! MAKE NECESSARY ANY MORE POLICE Civic Club Committee Chairman Points Out How Law Has Worked Out in Wilkes-Barre Mrs. A. h. Martin, wife of the Deputy State Secretary of Agriculture, who is chairman of the special com mittee of the Harrisburg Civic Club on "curfew" legislation in this city, tills afternoon in a statement to the Telegraph pointed out that Harrisburg is not too large for a law prohibiting children from the streets after a cer tain hour at night. 'After considerable investigation," said Mrs. Martin, "1 have learned that 'curfew' laws are proving a success in cities fully as large and in some in stances larger than Harrisburg. "One glaring example of the fallacy of the argument that Harrisburg is | too large a city for such a law is that ' AVilkes-Karre, a larger city than i Harrisburg, has had such a law In operation for nearly fifteen years. Ac cording, to the figures of the last United States census, llarrisburg has some 64,000 odd population, while Wilkcs-Barre has 67,000 odd.'' •'Officials of VVilkes-Barre," Mrs. 1 Murtin went on, "have told mo that the law ha* proved a great benefit to thai city und lias lessened tlie need for po lice rather than heightened this need.' Opponents of the surfew ordinance Kay -the Itwrcan not Oe.SWToroed with out more policemen. Not one addi tional officer was addeu to the Wilkes- Harre force when the Jaw went into effect." "And there the law is being strictly enforced," added Xlrs. Martin. Mrs. Martin announced that an ordinance which will prohibit young children from the streets after 9 or 10 o'clock! will be Introduced within a short time. Garbage Collections to Be Made as Usual by Next Monday Morning Garbage collection in the city, which has been knocked out of joint by the snows and bad weather of the last two weeks, will be back in proper schedule form on Monday. With six extra teams, the garbage collectors are this week going over their routes collecting the accumula tions of a week. Many complaints have been received at the offices of the Bureau of Health, but all are as ! sured that the collections will be made I within a day or two. Village Destroyed on Storm Swept Island Sydney, X. S. W.. March 4.—The worst hurricane experience in fifty years has devastated Cook Island and Altutaki Island, in the Archipelago south of the Society Islands. During the storm a huge wave swept over Mauko Island, in the same group, de stroying an entire village. The con dition of the inhabitants of the storm stricken islands is pitiable. HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 4, 1914. of the late Congressman Olmsted. ! This appropriation Is for $120,000, but Congressman Kreider, after &>ing over I the situation, is convinced that the j sum nametl will not provide an ade- j quate building. Since the enlarge- i ments now being made were author-J Ized by Congress the parcel post law | was passed and this has necessitated ! greatly Increased facilities not fore- j seen at that time. Discussing the matter to-day, Con gressman Kreider said: "In looking j over the situation in Harrisburg I i [Continued on I'age IS] DR. RILL DENIES RE ASSAULTED MINISTER IN HARTFORD. CONN. Says Altercation Arose Over Pos session of Some Papers on Table New York, March 4.—The Rev. Dr. John Wesley Hill to-day issued a de nial of the statement of the Rev. C. Hogan, of Monroe, N. Y., that he had struck the latter in an altercation fol lowing a debate on Socialism In Hart ford, Conn., on the night of March 2. Dr. Hill says his altercation with Mr. Hogan arose over the possession of some papers that were lying on the table. These papers, he claims, were his personal property and Mr. Hogan attempted to leave the room with them In his possession. Dr. Hill says he then interefered and caught Mr. Ho gan s coat as he was going through the door, demanding return of his papers. He says no blows were struck and no violence of any kind offered during the dispute. The Rev. Dr. Hogan is well known in Harrisburg. lie was born near Honesdale and as a boy worked In the mines of the anthracite region. As a lad he was injured by a mine car and has been a cripple ever since. He worked his way through college and since graduation has served in the ministry. VICTIM OFiECK IT ENOLU POSTPONES BRINGING WIFE IDE Colleen He Married Before Sailing Away From Home Land Was to Come to America Soon Over in Belfast, Ireland, the young wife of Edward McCurdy, of West Fairview, is awaiting the day when she will receive a letter telling her that her young husband has saved enough for her to join him in this city. McCurdy lies on a cot at the Har risburg Hospital with his left hand amputated above the wrist, und his face and body covered with cuts and bruises. He was in the cabin which was smashed yesterday morning in the Enola yards when a draft of cars started by the heavy winds dashed into it, killing W. L. Lenker and in juring McCurdy. McCurdy came to this country less than two years ago. Shortly before he left he was married to the sweet heart of his boyhood days. The under standing was that when Ed had made his way in the new land, he would send for his wife. McCurdy was al most ready to send for his wife. He said this morning that he had planned to send for her after the next pay day, which is due in about a week. Now the voyage to this country has to be postponed. Mrs. McCurdy will not know of the injury to her husband un- I til she arrives here, he said. "I don't want to worry her," he said, "and I want to break it to her gently that I have this," and In a sad way he looked at his disabled left arm. Several of McCurdy's friends visited hiin yesterday and wanted to send a cablegram to his wife and his people, but McCurdy would not let them for fear they would worry over his accident. GOT TUBE TOP IX NOISE While playing with a tube of tooth paste this morning, 3-year-old Ralph Dolbin, of 65" Camp street, got the top of the tube into his nose. His mother couldn't get It out, and had to bring the youngster to the Harrisburg hospital. Bi.ly-Magee-Magaw Puts Miss Scow Sprout on She'f Big Black Crow Sat on a Tree, Spied Miss Lucinda Out For a Stroll, and Then the Battle Was On At the home of Alderman George B. Sprout, 928 South Twentieth-and-a half streets. Uvea and purrs a large grey malteeae cat named Luelnda Scow Sprout. , Yesterday morning shortly after H o'clock the cat left the house and started for a stroll through the Held in the rear of the home. As Miss Kitty was enjoying the fresh OPEN SESSION ON NEW LICENSE TAX ORDINANCE TODAY Delegations From Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club Attend Meeting NO CONCLUSION REACHED Commissioners Still Silent as to Outcome of Shuman Case Now Pending City Council this afternoon got opinions and suggestions on the pro posed new license tax ordinance from the city's merchants and other busi ness at ail open session held for the purpose. Practically all of the mercantile and business enterprises of Harrisburg were represented by delegations from the Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club, headed, respectively, by George B. Tripp and Karl Steward. There were fifteen or twenty business men on hand. The ordinance, in skeleton, was offered in Council a few weeks ago. but it is generally conceded by the commissioners that the measure will bo changed considerably before it is finally passed. Reach No Conclusion "We will hardly reach any con clusion at today's session," said Com missioner of Public Safety H. F. Bow man. "Our only purpose of conferring on the subject is to give the business and other mercantile interests a j chance to be heard. It is a foregone conclusion that numerous changes will be necessary." Following the hearing on the license tax ordinance the commissioners ex pected to take up the budget again, although It was considered doubtful if they could get to it In time. It had been planned to allow each business man a few minutes to talk. The final disposition of the budget ordinance will hardly be determined upon, ac cording to Commissioner W. I>. Gor gas, before the passage of the Raunick and Templar salary raisers, the city bacteriologist measure and a few other ordinances which have already been introduced and which provide for ap propriations. Silent On Shuman Commissioners were still silent to da> as to the (trobulile outcome of the Con tinned on Page 7] COUNSELLOR ME RESIGNS PLACE 111 STITEOEPIRTH His Views on Mexican Situation! Were Not in Accord With 1 Wilson's Policy By Associated Press Washington, March 4. —-John Bas-j sett Moore, counsellor of the State De partment, who ranks as acting secre tary, has resigned and his resignation I has been accepted by President Wil son. Itor the present Mr. Moore will continue his work here for the Car negie Institute and later will resume his connection with Columbia Uni jversity. No announcement as to a I probable successor was made to-day. Resignation Humored Mr. Moore's impending resignation lias been rumored for several weeks | and each time had met with unquali ! fled denial. Various reports have had I it that there was a lack of harmony ]in his views and those of higher of [Continued on Page B.] | Inauguration Date Is Again Being Discussed By Associated Press i Washington. D. C.. March 4.—Advo- I cates of a ciiange in the date of presi ! dential inaugurations from March 4 to ' a later date, when th- weather is less I likely to be unfavorable, have seized upon the recent severe snowstorm as a strong argument in favor of the propo- I sition. For many years Congress has been urged to enact legislation chang- I ing the date, statistics being presented indicating that March 4 usually is ush ered in with inclement weather, but the matter has never gotten much further than the committee stage. Ad vocates of the proposed change were t recalling to-day President Taft's in lauguration, which was accompanied by a blizzard, as convincing x>roof of the necessity for a change. breezes In the quiet lands she sud denly was attacked by a large black crow which llew down from a tree nearby. For fifteen minutes tne cat and the bird fought, while a crowd stood around, some cheering the crow, some the cat. J After a hard struggle iiussy escaped from her assailant and scampered home. . TELEGRAPH TOURING PARTY ' WHERE EVERYBODY HAS A DREAM CASTLE 0 jj / Spain is the land being visited by in the Niblo Travel Talks. The part of explorers., the land where everybod thi3 evening at the Chestnut street aud ish "milk market" in the streets of S will go to the Land of the Nile. On Ing'a trip will be a visit to the isle of Spain Visited Today by Big Telegraph Touring Party in Third N.blo Travel Lecture At both the matinee and night performances of to-day the touring party of the Telegraph will visit Spain, famous in song and story and consid ered to be the least civilized of all the countries of Europe to-day. In its time Spain has given to the world great painters, urtists, warriors, explorers and writers. Its universi ties were for long the foremost in ..Europe but during the last two cen turies scarcely a single name came from this wonderful country. Spain as it is to-day Is a story of great Inter PRESIDENT WILL ADDRESS CONGRESS ON PANAMA TOLLS Celebrates First Anniversary in White House; Mexico and Japan His Haunting Ghosts By Associated frcss Washington. D. C., March 4. —The Democratic administration was a year old to-day. Just twelve months ago at noon Woodrow Wilson stood on the east front of the Capitui, and took the oath of office, ushering The Democracy into control of all branches of the national government for the first time in twenty years. From the time the President broke a century-old precedent and stood be fore an assembled Congress to urge the enactment of a low tariff close co-operation has reigned between the chief executive and the leaders of the dominant party in Congress. The en actment of a tariff law on October 3, 11)13, making vital changes In the duties on imports, was followed by the signing of a banking and currency act on December 23, 1913. These two [Continued on I'age B.] Shackleton Says There Is No Cause For Fear By Associated Press London, March 4.—Sir Ernest H. Shackleton, the Antarctic explorer, declares either to admit priority for the Austrian Antarctic expedition or to give up his plan to use Weddell Sea as a basis on his proposed trip across the South polar continent. In a letter to Dr. Felix Koenlg, com mander of the Austrian expedition, which will start for the Antarctic in June, the British leader declines to alter plans which he claims were long since made and also refuses to co-op trate with the Austrians except t-e --| garding meterologlcal or magnetic ob servations. Shackleton in an interview refused to believe there was any occasion for fear, said to have been expressed In Vienna of a physical collision between the two expeditions. - , , the Telegraph Touring Party to-day , y will go over every part of the land v has his ?astle, In the performance Itorlum. The, etching above Is a Span -1 eville. To-morrow night the t.ourißts i e of the features of to-morrow avan t Rhodes at Cairo. est and in the Niblo Travel Talks a graphic and true presentation is made, showing the conditions as they are at the moment. The so-called national sport of the country is the bull fight. Sundays are turned over to this spec tacle, that brings thousands to the arena. The expression, "Whei in Rome do as the Romans do" finds fruit in Spain and every tourist who visits Spain takes in the bull fight. It was only after repeated efforts and [Continued on Page 7] GENERAL MEAGHER'S SWORD TO REST WEAR FATHER CORBY'S BODY Relic of Civil War Is Presented to I University of Notre Dame i By Associated Press Notre Uame, Ind., March 4.—The, sword of General Thomas Francis Meaglier, commander of the Irish Brigade In the Civil War, was to-day presented to the University of Notre DM me to rest near the body of Father Corby, the chaplain, who, with hands uplifted, «ave in the rnjdst of shot and shell final absolution to the soldiers of the brigade on the battlefield of Get tysburg. The presentation of the sword to the university was made by I United States Senator Thomas j. Walsh, of Montana, where General Meagher died while acting as Gov ernor. W. Bourke Oockran. of New York, was the orator selected to tell of the significance that attaches to Meagher's sword —of the general's sentence to be hanged for treason to the British gov ernment, owing largely to a speech in Dublin when, as representative of the Young Ireland revolutionary party, Meagher had "declined to stigmatize, the swtfrd" and had given as a reason the famous passage beginning: "At its blow a great nation started from the waters of the Atlantic." In the references to the many bat tlefields on which Meagher and his brigade distinguished themselves special emphasis was given to the charge up the heights of Fredericksburg, cele brated in one of the poems of John Boyle O'Reilly, the struggle in which Meagher's men went against other Irish soldiers commanded by the dashing Confederate General Pat Cle burne, of Texas. ONE INJURED AT FIRE fly Associated Press _pt. Louis, Mo., March 4.—Fire early to-day at Third and Locust streets caused property damage estimated at SIOO,OOO and resulted in the serious injury of one fireman. It was the third big tire of unknown origin within , a radius of four blocks during the last I four duve. 12 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT. OBERLIN Ml IS BOOMED FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY Oliver C. Bishop Urged to Become a Candidate For Republican Nomination WELL KNOWN IN THE COUNTY jHouck's Papers Being Widely Signed Among Republicans— Democrats Get Busy Friends of Oliver C. Bishop, of Oberlin, member of one of the pioneer families of lower Dauphin, Is being urged by friends In the county to be a candidate for one of the Republican I nominations in the Second Legisla tive District, and offers have been made to start nominating petitions in his. behalf If he will consent to stand. Mr. Bishop is the first treasurer of Swatara township under the first class township form of government, and Is widely known not only in Dau phin but in Cumberland county. He has lived In Swatara practically all of his life and lias many friends in Steelton and In the towns among the hills. For years Mr. Bishop waß prin cipal of the schools at Oberlln and served as assessor. His friends say he would be a strong candidate. Nominating petitions in behalf of Henry Houck's renomlnation for Sec retary of Internal Affairs have been circulating in this county the last few days and friends of Dr. Brumbaugh will start them in his interest as soon as the Philadelphian gives the word. Friends of ex-Auditor General Sissou j are busy campaigning for him, al- I though he has not even indicated that | he would be a candidate for Lieuten ant-Governor. A set of papers for Dean Lewis has arrived here and will be circulated by Bull Moosers this week. The papers of Vance C. McCormick have been going around for a week, it being the ob ject to get as many Democrats to sign as possible for a local showing. The j Ryan people will probably send their I papers here within a week, as they I will have to hustle to make a showing ■ like that aimed at by the McCormick I boomers. Endeavor Choral Union to Start Work Tomorrow The Harrisburg Christian TCndeavor (Choral Union will meet to-morrow I nvening in the Sunday School room of ] the Market .Square Presbyterian I church, use of which has been given | for all rehearsals. Work upon tho j sacred cantata, entitled, "The Re deemer," by Julian Edwards, will be taken up under the leadership of Prof, j Frank A. McCarrell. This cantata I comes highly recommended and has I been given by a chorus of five hun- I dred voices at Ocean Grove, j The Choral Union has been invited ito give the cantata in the Augsburg | Lutheran church the latter part of l April. Social positions are still open. i Anyone wishing to sing can get in formation from the president, Alfred W. Lewis, 1427 North street or the secretary, Miss Anna McKelvey, 1709 Walnut street. For IlnrrlnlMirsr and vicinity! Gen erally cloudy to-night nnd Thura— Travelogue Coupon i This coupon and 10c will be good for one admission ticket to "Nlblo Travel Talks" Present tills coupon at Chest | nut Street Auditorium ticket | office when you purchase ticket. Not Good at Door i Matinees Wednesday and Sat urday, 2.15. Evening perform > ante, 8.15. Price of admission without j coupon, 25c. 'V J