' . • _ 1,1 Hundreds of Dead and Wounded So HARRISBURG fsfSllll TELEGRAPH LXXXIII— No. 79 r lOIEBI. STREWN WITH wins OF DEM won. OCCUPIED Bf REBELS For Si* Days. Villa and His Army Continued Their Assaults on City Which Now Gives Constitu tionalists Complete Control of North LOSSES ON BOTH SIDES IN STRUGGLE TOTAL 5,000 Wounded Men, Unable to Move, Lie in Trenches and Die For Want of Food and Drink; Suf fering Among Soldiers Is Intense f Torreon, Mexico, April 3 (via Gomez Paiacio).—Torreon, strewn with the dead and wounded of a six-day battle, was occupied by the rebels last night on the heels.of the fleeing federals. j In all the lighting no foreigner was killed or injured. The taking of Tor reon marks the climax of the first campaign of the revolution to oust Victoriano Huerta from Mexico City. Ii gives the Constitutionalists virtual control over the whole northern tier of Mexican states. The fighting began last Friday and was almost continuous. At first Villa attempted assaults on the strong fed- ; eral positions in daylight, but these proved costly, so the days were spent In cannonading and the nights in as- I Faults. Positions were taken and lost time ! end again. Several night attacks sent | the federals scurrying from strong po- I sitions, but at daybreak the captors | would be. compelled to abandon them ! hy the strength and accuracy of the ' enemy's artillery lire, much of which \ .is said to have been directed by l French and German gunners. Losses Estimated J J ssses have not been compiled, but; General Villa estimates his own losses I at sl'o killed and 1,500 wounded and : the lederal loss at 1,000 killed and l r.r.00 wounded, with an unknown ! number of prisoners. Villa believes that the federals whom his cavalry is pursuing to the j south f»>rm but a remnant of the fed- ; eral for»*e, whose loss, he says, prob- i ably is close to being total. All the ; subordinate generals have not yet re- I ported, however, and until they do I .iust how -nany were captured cannot ! be accurately stated. The batt'e line was four miles long i nnd the field was determined by three * great bills, formed like a carpenter's ! square, at either end of which lay the j towns of Gomez Paiacio and Torreon. I 10.000 in Each Army There wort about 10,000 men in ! each army. federals had fortified I the hills with rifle pits, trenches and I barbed wire entanglements. The na- i ture. of the ground made it difficult to recover the wounded and many of l them died of ihlist and hunger or lack ■ of attention where they fell. Automobiles were used in rescue but they could not ascend the I wKf Some of the fiercest fighting oc curred in hills south of Gomez Paiacio and west of Torreon. It raged with great fury in the Canon de Huarache. where the federals made their last desperate stand and from which they finally (led, followed by a column of Villa's soldiers. Twice the rebels took two of the hills only to lose them, but all th., time the attack was becoming more formidable as the soldiers, attacking from all sides except tht west, fighting [Continued on Pa?c 11] Late News Bulletins COLD WEATHER POSTPONES GAME Philadelphia, April s'.—The baseball cranio between the Philadel .l , l'T nns m "' Philadelphia Nationals scheduled for to-day was called off because of eold weather. WHITE FAILS TO REPLY Philadelphia, April 3..—The bituminous miners from the Central Pennsylvania district in corference here with operators for the purpose of adjusting wage scales and otlier matters have not yet received a re ply to telegrams sent yesterday to President White of the United Mine Workers asking instructions In the present controversy. DAVID S. ERUMBAUGH DIES *1?." A P rU 3 -—David S. Brumbaugh, one of the oldest practitioners at the Blair county bar and a justice of the peace for a quarter of a century, died at his home at Roaring Spring to-day, ajjed V/' *! art,n G - Brumbaugh, of Philadelphia, the Republican candidate for Governor, Is a nephew of the deceased. *'! S™** Closing.—-Chesap* ake and Ohio, 5:5 % i Lehigh Valley, tilts'. I 13%; Southern Pacittc, Union Pacific, io9 W. Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, 10014; P. R. R„ 110%; Read lng, 165; Canadian Pacalie, 207: Amal. Copper, 78U ; U. S Steel 63 % TOTAL DEAD SEVENTY-SEVEN ?°l ~KS' - A P r ? l "Ifssasc received here at 3.30 this afternoon from the captain of the Bellaventure says that the total deail C a^d o o^he^7««e n m an i MBhHhRHShwHhPHBBHHH BHBBMBBBBj|^HBBHB^BHBBBBBIBBBBHftMjjBBBI^^BBBE^Mj^^TO^K^^^aiiiH^^y^^^'^. . - '. * ■itK.vc siiow emoSt temperance workcrs of Pennsylvania are attending the big No-License convention in this city. Reading from left to right the etchings ; l-ni\ ( rsiV^ P Che 1 st f er~«.untv^° rrlS T ' WooJ * of Dowr ' ln Ktown, vice-president of the Women's Christian Temperance Alliance; Dr. Hannah McLyons, Lincoln 1 _-. „ l ; PP« ,r r i?ht—B r - E £: Moore, superintendent Pennsylvania Anti-Saloon League; Milton M. Meyer, secretary Anti-Saloon League- C F Swift Beaver ; Falls; the Kev. w. J. Nyce, St. i eters. ° ' '• , DCO Cl ! '['. CUftn^Harr/«/LThano n nl^ctv^'k"Klein."Stng. Intercounty Charles L Huston. Coatesvllle. president Intercounty Federation; the Rev. Lower right—The Rev. T. Mitcheil Bennetts, .Darby. NEW RESERVE BANKS READY FOR BUSINESS Will 3 MONTHS Farrisburg Will Be in Third Dis trict With Philadelphia as Banking Center Washington, April 3. Although various steps still must be taken be fore the new federal reserve banking system begins operation, Treasury offi cials expected to-day that the twelve reserve banks, announced last night, would open for business within three months and that the revolutionary change in the nation's financial ma chinery would be an accomplished fact within that time. With the designa tion of the reserve centers the organi zation committee took the first decis ive step toward perfection of the sys tem. The cities named are Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Richmond, Atlanta, Cleveland, Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Dallas and San Francisco. The first work to-day was official certification to Comptroller of the Currency Williams of the selections and Mr. Williams began the task of notifying every one of the 7,548 na tional and State banks which have ap plied for membership. It was the general expectation that member fContinued on Page 7.] HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 3, 1914 FEARS ENTERTAINED FOR SAFETY OF 170 i: MEMBERS OF CREW ■ 1 Government Has Instituted Extend ed Search For Missing Southern Crew By Associated Press St. John's. N. F„ April 3.—-There was growing apprehension to-day that the sealing steamer Southern Cross wont down with all on board during the blizzard off Cape Race Tuesday. She carried a crew of 170 men and was heavily loaded with 17,000 seal skins, trophies of a hunt recently con cluded in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Hope for the safety of the vessel based on a dispatch from Sydney, N. S,, which stated that a wireless message had been received there reporting the arrival of the Southern Cross was dis sipated before noon, when the gov ernment, after several hours' inquiry, declared the Sydney report, untrue. Appeal Sent to I'niitwl States The government has instituted an extended search for the missing vessel and appealed to the United States for assistance. The Reid-New Foundland Company's steamer Kyle, which has a good wireless equipment, was char tered for the purpose and will sail at midnight. The American revenue cut ter Seneca, which is doing iceberg patrol duty several hundreds miles off the southern coast, was asked to assist. The sealer Bellaventure, with her cargo of sixty dead, is blocked in the ice 100 miles north of here and cannot arrive before Sunday. She went to the aid of her sister sealer, the New Foundland, when 120 hunters from the latter were caught by the storm while killing seals Tuesday and were unable to regain their ship. The Bellaventure, the Stephano and Florlzel picked up many bodies and a number of survivors. It is known | that fifty-eight lives were lost and j some thirty men aro not accounted for. It is believed that it is scarcelv j possible that the latter could have survived the long exposure on the Ice floes. \ I,'JO© MINERS IDLE By Associated Press Ottawa, 111., April 3. Twelve hun dred men are idle to-day as the result of the- closing down of coal mines at La Salle, Peru, Ogelsby, Jonesville and I Cedar Point. The shut-down was caus ed, it is said, by an overstocked mar ket, brought about by dealers who fear ed a strike and stored away thousands of, tons of coal. FLORENCE LOUISE BRANDT IvOSES HER CASE IN COURT By Associated Press New York, April 3.—The Appelate division of the State Supreme Court to-day decided against Florence Louise Brandt in her attempt to estab lish that she is the legally adopted daughter of the late William Ziegler. Miss Brandt claims one-half of the i fifteen million dollar estate left by I Ziegler, the bulk of which went to J William Ziegler, Jr., an adopted son. , MOTHER AM) TWO CHILDREN ' MURDERED IX THKIII nOME • y Associated Press , Little Rock, Ark., April 8. Mrs [ Ellhu Francis and her two children | were murdered bV an unknown slayer ; and her husband and another child nar rowly escaped the same fate at their home last night, near Arkadelphla The Francis home also was set on fire Francis was awakened by his wife's death cries and ran from the house . D, ter J r etur P in ? t( \. resc ue one child.' I Bloodhounds have been sent from this ' city and intense excitement prevails. IS. ZIMMERMAN I! HUGHES DIED 'I IS FOOD INSPECTORS -! Latter Selected Because of His Sp2cial Knowledge of Cattle, Says Bowman Dr. Georße A. Zimmerman, 29 i North Second street, chemist and ! bacteriologist. Dr. William V. lluglu-.s, 41G Walnut street, veterinarian, former meat and milk inspector under ex-Mayor Meals. Appointments of Dra. George A. Zimmerman and William V. Hughes to be Harrisburg's first food inspectors of the bureau of health and sanita tion were announced to-day by City Commissioner Harry P. Bowman, sup erintendent of the department of pub lic safety. The nominations will be sent to City Council Monday afternoon and It is ex fConiiiiiHMl on Page 18] NEW TIRIEF IS SIX MONTHS OLD TODAY Representative J. Hampton Moore Attacks Measure on Floor of House Washington, D. C., April 3. The , Underwood-Simmons tariff act went j into effect six months ago to-day, and . present indications are that it will not , reduce customs revenue any more than . was estimated In Congress at the time I of passage. According to the Treasury's March statement customs revenues amounted to about $26,000,000, which is about $1,300,000 less than the Payne-Aldrich ; law produced in March, 1913. That ; was a marked increase over February, i when revenues fell over $10,000,000 compared to the same months of 1913. The average decrease in customs ■ revenue for the six months the Under -1 wood-Simmons act has been in opera tion is placed at about $4,000,000, but officials were confident to-day that . would be reduced in the coming six months. The annual reduction was estimated at about $45,000,000 a year. Despite reports of an unexpected failure of income tax returns to proin , ise the revenue necessary to offset the difference In customs, officials were inclined to-day to believe that the [Continued on Page 18] BENNETT IS IMritOVING By Associated Press Cairo, Egypt, April 3. The condi tion df James Gordon Bennett, proprie tor of the New York Herald, who haw been ill as a result of an attack of bronchitis, was said by the physicians in attendance to-day to be much bet ter. HETRENCIIMEXT ENDS San Bernardino, Cal., April 3. The Santa Fe Railroad Compuny put Into effect an order to-day ending retrench ment measures in the shops and in creasing the working time of 1,000 mo i chanlcs. 25 per cent, over the schedule maintained since the first of the year. SCHOOL DIRECTORS PUN TO (DO IF MILL TOM BITE Werner Has Plan Whereby In crease Will Not Have to Be Made This Year Half a mill will be added to the city school tax rate for the ensuing year to-night, unless the school directors reduce the estimated expenditures as suggested by the finance committee, or provide a legal way to raise addi tional revenue. Should the finance committee's rec ommendation be adopted the school rate will be boosted from 8 to 8 ',4 mills, Just one mill less than was fixed some time ago by the City Commis sioners. One chance for raising enough rev enue to warrant the expenditures pro vided for without increasing the mill rate Is open. This involves the legal question of whether or not the school [Continued on Page 18] OVER 42.11 USED PUBLIC LIBRARY Of This Number 32,500 Took Out Books in Three Months of Its Operation Figures compiled to-day at the Har risburg Public Library show that In the first three months of the city's newest public Institution over 32,500 books were circulated, or almost 11,000 a month. The library began its free book service on January 3, and the figures are taken from the librarian's reports f»or January, February and March. This jirculation Is said to be higher than usual in libraries the size of Harrlsburg, and the brisk demand for books, especially by school children, attracted the attention of the visitors from Pratt Institute, who were at the library on Wednesday. The circulation of books In March, In spite of the blizzards and the sick ness among school children, aggregated 10,184,, against 10,516 in February, and 11,888 in January. Of the books cir culated In March 3,456 were taken out by children, and at the story-telling hour on Saturday mornings, 265 young sters turned up, ninety-tlve appearing on one Saturday. On another Saturday the hour was abandoned because -of the weather. Registration at the library now ag gregates 6,000, or one-eleventh of the estimated population of the city. It In creased over 600 in March. The num ber of readers, that is persons who spend half an hour or so reading at tne library, numbered 3,896 In March, 2,306 being adults, many of whom went to study in the evenings. The readers in February numbered 2,148, and in January. 2,015. The storms and Bcarlet fever outbreaks interfered with the circulation of books among chil dren. forty notices being sent out In one day. During March there were 375 bookß, half of which are for children; added to the library and a great part of the teachers' library was catalogued. The most notable addition was a splendid 1 set of the Jewish Encyclopedia, I'onat- ; eS by Salem Lodge, Independent Order 1 of Unal B'rlth. Tlilb was given to the library on behalf of the Jewish people of the city, and will be placed for easy reference and reading, being suitably Inscribed with the name of the donors. It Is a beautiful work and has attract ed much attention. 20 PAGES. * POSTSCRIPT. j Speakers Tell of Some Impor tant Moves Needed to Get I Through the Legislature Proper Anti-Liquor Meas ures DELEGATES FROM ALL BODIES GIVE VIEWS Dr. Brumbaugh Sends Letter to Foes of Traffic Stating That He Will Support Lo cal Option Fight if Elected Governor TO-NIGHT'S PROGRAM 8.45-7.4s—Great Street Demonstra tion and Parade. ! B.oo—Combined Mass Meetings, Chestnut Street Auditorium, Harris | burg, the Rev. Silas C. Swal i low, Camp HIU, presiding. Professor I C. A. Ellenberger and C. E. Cliorus Choir of Harrisburg, to lead the singing. Professor J. G. Dailey, of Philadelphia, to sing his song, "A ! Saioonless Nation In 1920." Devo tional exercises led by the Rev. G. ! F. Sehaum, pastor Harris Street | Evangelical Church. Address, Bishop I James Henry Darlington, Harrls ! burg. Pa. Address, Professor Charles Scanlon, A. M., Pittsburgh, general secretary Presbyterian Board of Temperance. Address, Professor Francis Harvey Green, A. M., Litt. D., West Chester State Normal School. Unanimously adopting a resolution that the meeting "recognize" the In ter-county No-License Federation, the first State convention of No-License Leagues harmonized this morning. It was not until several members had (poured oil on troubled waters that the convention passed the resolution, which was as follows: Resolved that we recognize the Inter-county No-License Cam paign Federation; that officers of this federation consist of a president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer; that they serve without compensation; that the officers, along with the chairmen of county no-license campaigns constitute a committee to co-op erate with other temperance or ganizations for furtherance ot temperance work. Immediately upon Rev. W. M. [Continued on Pago 14] HORNER FILED HIS PETITION TODAY Papers For State Committeemen Liberally Signed by Dauphin Republicans William H. Horner, of Swatara township. Republican county chair • man, to-day filed his petition for re election as a member of the Repub lican State committee from this coun ty. C. F. Moyer, of Millersburg, filed his petition some time ago. Mr. Horner was elected as member of the State committee last Fall by the largest Republican vote polled In the county. He is one of the most effective organizers known In the county and Swatara township is a banner for enrollment . The petition filed for Mr. Horner to-day contains the names of many nroniinent men. Emperor Presents Oil Painting to Catholic Church in McKeesport By Associated Press Pittsburgh, April 3.—Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria-Hungary, ! has presented to St. Stephen's Catholic church of McKeesport an oil painting of St. Stephen, the fifth king of Hun- ' gary. The painting cost SIO,OOO and j Is the work of John P, Ucllnsk, of Budapest. St. Stephen's Is the oldest I and probably the largest Hungarian! church In the United States. Th>. em peror's gift is an appreciation of the < faithfulness of the Hungarians of the I McKeesport district. The painting! will be dedicated June 14 by Bishop: J. F. Regis Canevin. Dr. Constantln Dumbu. Austrian ambassador |i> this country, and Austrian consuls in the northern part of the country will at-! [tend. i C. V. BRIDGE WORK TO BE STARTED BY IM liM FILED On Advice of Water Commission ers Piers Will Be Higher Than at First Proposed BUILD SOUTH SIDE FIRST Officials Announce That New* Freight Station Job Will Not Be Started This Summer * Plans and speculations for the new Cumberland Valley Railroad bridge over the Susquehanna river at Har risburg accompanied by a request from the railroad officials for a per mit have been received at the office ot the State Water Supply Commis floners. or ' t or > the new structure will start soon after the approval of th« Plans and the granting of the permit. •Material is now being dellv<*ed in South Harrlsburg and at Tjemoyne and u is proposed to have the work un der way by May 1. According to the plans the bridge will be of reinforced concrete ma sonry. There will be sixty spans vary ing in length from 75 to 77 feet. The arches will be built at a 48-foot ra dius. The present piers will be re tained and will be reinforced with a. covering of concrete. Between each of the present piers an additional pier will be constructed. The bridge will be big enough for two tracks with sufficient space on leach side to allow trackmen and sig- Inal men to walk. In this line the new bridge will be similar to that at I Rockville. The plans call for no changes in the connecting tracks at the west end of the bridge. To Make Spans High The spans will be so constructed to permit a clearance of from eleven to fifteen feet above the high water line of the flood of 18S9. The origi nal plans called for lower spans. The change in height is at the suggestion of the Water Supply commisioners. The specifications for the subway at Front and Mulberry streets show no changes in the original plans as pre sented to Councils when the right of j way was granted for two tracks in t Mulberry street. The work is to be carried on with out any Interference with traffic. The south side of the bridge will bo con structed first, so an to permit the use of the old structure until the lower half Is completed. Tracks will be put down and the new portion will be used by trains until the north side of the bridge is completed. While the new bridge is in course of construction all freight for the Cumberland Val ley will be taken by way of Rockville. Delay Station Work This work is the only work that will be taken up this year, according to a statement made this morning. The freight station improvement In South Harrlsburg has been abandoned for the present In accordance with re cent retrenchment orders. EMPRESS IS SIJVKIN*} Toklo, April 3. —The condition of health of the Dowager Empress Ha ruko, of Japan, has become worse. She has been ill at the imperial villa at Numazu, a watering place south west of Yokohama for some time, suf fering from angina pectoris. THE WEATHER For Harrlsburg and vlcilntyi Fair nnd colder to-night, with freezing; temperaturei Saturday lair, con tinued cold. For F.astern Pennsylvania! Partly cloudy to-night) colder In south portion with front; Saturday fnlri gentle northwest to north breeiet. River The Juniata. Went Branch ancl thci upper portion of the North llranch will fall for several dnyi>| the lower portion of the North llranch will rise slightly this aft ernoon nnd t'o-nlglit and begin tw full Saturday. The main river will fall slowly to-night, thr lower portion continuing to fall Saturdays the upper portion will remain nearly stationary or rlsa slightly Saturday and begin to fall Saturday night or Sunday morning. General Condition* The storm, central along the Maine coast, Thursday morning, has passed off northeastward. A. strong high pressure area from the Northwest haa overspread the greater part of the country, causing a general fall of 2 to SO degrees in temperature In prac tically all districts east of the Rocky Mountains. Temperature! H «i. m„ ao< 2 p. m„ 40. Sum Rises, 5t48 a. m. | sets, 6ißl P. 111. Moon: First quarter, to-day at 2t4l p. m. Riveri Stsget 11 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest -temperature, 87. lamest temperature. 44. Mean temperature, 80. Normal temperature, 48. Work For Your Own Pocketbook After all, a properly lined pocketbook Is a very good friend to have. What you save oounts as well as what you make. Thrift Is spending to advan tage and spending to advan tage means spending with knowl edge. The wise man keeps posted on the market—and the best guide to that Is the day-to-day adver tising In a. live newspaper like the Telegraph. Don't buy "haphazard." Read the advertising and compare the various offerings then choose to your best advantage. You are working for your own pocketbook when you follow this program.