GiUI EH
SOME GOOD ADVICE
General Stewart Suggests How
They Can Be Made Ready
For Active Service
A circular of suggestions for offl'
rers of the National Guard was issuer
• to-day from National Guard head
fluarters based upon possibilities o1
active servico. It was drawn up bj
Adjutant General Stewart and ii
prefaced by the following statement!
"In view of possibilities of activ
service by the organized militia, tV
following suggestions are submits
for the careful and timely conaidei*-
tion of commanding officers looking"*
a proper degree of preparedness Jbo
orders, however, of any charter
have been received by the Govt«or
nnd' commander-in-chief from/the
War Department at the time of /am
ing this circular."
The suggestions say that reciting,
which has been actively undftaken
by many company commanders«hould
be done with great care andnot to
exceed number of men for whA l there
are equipments, while enlis^e* l * of
married men should be avi*Jed "as
there will no doubt be a Sufficient
number of single men offers to en
list." The age limits are f° m 18 to
4 5 and for those under A consent
of parents must be obtainfl-
It is suggested that eay organiza
tion make a special effy 1 to enlist
the required number of competent
cooks as civilian cook/ cannot be
taken. Excessive and/unnecessary
kitchen furniture must M be secured
and field ranges should/e thoroughly
examined. I
Tbo First lUMii/ements
In event of an orynization being
called to a mobilizatiif camp It is re
quired that two day/ cooked rations
must be provided fd that before
troops leave homeßations medical
examinations must f made.
"Rifles should rf thoroughly in
spected at once," dye the suggestion
circular .significant/- Dress uniforms
will not be taken /> any mobilization
camp nnd whethf overcoats will bo
reauired will deond upon time that
mobilization is ofl^red.
The organiznttf' s of th« Guard are
now being inspsred by regular army
officers as to thf efficiency and readi
ness for field s^lce.
.Many Wider Service
Numerous' taders of the services of
Individuals a 11/ organizations for war
against Mexi?) or any other power
that may th/aten hostilities against
the United Sites are being received
at the Statefapitol and if they were
taken solely/it their face value prob
ably the rational Guard could be
duplicated / far as numbers go. The
letters tendering services are being re
ceived by (Governor John K. Tener
and Adjoint General Thomas J.
Stewart if a rate which recalls the
days whe/tlie outbreak of the Spanish
war app*red certain. A dozen a day
is not /ncommon and each one Is
proberlj/aeknowledgcd and the namo
and adirc'ss of the sender placed on
file. /
Whity some of the letters tender
the Ctfnmonwealth the services of
varlou/ organizations, some of which
It is Sited are in a state of military
officially, others are from persons who
state/that they can organize com
panif or infantry or troops of cav
alry H short notice from the National
Gua/1 headquarters. Others declaro
1 hat in case the government calls for
volunteers they have organizations
realty. Host of the letters, however,
role from individuals who desire to
be assured of commissions in State
trtops which may be organized In
amition to the Guard.
Jul of the letters indicate a desire
t/get to "the front" as soon as pos
sible.
(01. Roosevelt Will Not
Have Opportunity to
Hash to the Front
fecial to The Telegraph
Washl/gton, 1"). C-, April 25.—Col
onel KoJsevelt will have no oppor
tunity if raise a regiment or brigade
iitid rum to the front.this time, as he
did in hhe Spanish War. This was
made flear to oV»cers of the Massu
rhusetJß militia who called upon Major
Gene»l Wotherspoon, chief of staff,
urgln/ that the Massachusetts troops
have An opportunity to get to the front
as as any volunteer regiment
iWhiJi might be raised.
I TAis time the militia regularly or-
Lawzed and with officers who are used
■■ihe command of their men and
learned something about how to
care of them in camp and oa
will get the preference in
sent to the tiring line. General
urged that every captain
a company, not only in
militia but in tho
of the whole country, attempt
to bring his company up TO
strength.
this way the militia would be
to move at full war strength at
hours' notice and no delay in
or enlistment camp would
necessary. The militia could bo
to the front fully organized,
equipped :ind with oiilcers who
their own men.
nl7.iitions of Spanish War vet-
Hs. such as offered their services
Colorado, will not be accepted
all the militia has gone, to the
according to the present inten-
tlje War Department.
|ri,?r<ssmen Desire
I More Action in Mexico
I By Associated Press
D. C., April 25. An
■rctrrent desire In Congress for
B Aggressive action in Mexico be
apparent to-day, several members
■M louse and chairmen of Important
agreeing that the
"sit tight" at Vera Cruz awalt-
developments might re
embarrassing international com
■iv Members argued that this gov-
H.'iit eventually would be forced
Tluerta and that more
siould be sent at once to the
Hiin border and also to Vera Cruz.
■Pit f'ongress would take some ac-
A is ioon as the troops arrive at
B Cnz to reinforce the naval forces
Wr wts predicted by several, who
plare< that they were, refraining
bin a public expression of view until
e regllar troops of the United States
>uld riach Vera Cruz Monday.
By Associated Press
PasUngton, April 25.—A lengthy
fer-nco in the early morning hours
lay between Secretary of War Gar
n, Chief of StafT General Wother*-
>n Major General Wood and other
:ens. was the culmination of a
it of bustling activity at the War
jrtment. Strict secrecy was main
d as to the conferences but con
is on the Texas border and the
ment of the troops to Vera Cruz
said to have been considered,
te military heads, it wan reported,
ussed conditions generally with
Icular reference to the situation
he Texas border. Word was rc-
Sd that troops ordered from the
fir coast to the Texas border were
aiiied i'ur Fort Sam Houston. ,
SATURDAY EVENING,
Wastngton Stirred
bUnconfirmed Reports
of Murder of Americans
Wellington, D. C., April 25.—Un
conpned rumors of the killing; of
Am'icans by mobs In Mexico City, the
arrJt of American railroad employes
yes&rday at Orizaba, and Information
foparded to Washington that Amer
ica military authorities at Vera Cruz
,<4sidered the situation at Mexico
qy and throughout the Mexican re-
a grave one for Americans
lere, aroused activity of the Wash
igton government to-day.
i While the authorities were exert
ng every possible effort to get verifi
ation of the disquieting reports from
he Mexican capital, Secretary of Bry
in conferred with the Brazilian am
tarsador here, Mr. Da Gama, over the
irrest of Americans at Orizaba and
nformed him that he had requested
he Brazilian diplomatic representa
ive in Mejcico City to seek the release
>f the prisoners. Ambassador Da
2ama urged the Brazilian minister In
Mexico City to do all he could for the
'elease of the Americans.
Might Aggravate Situation
Officials here were much exercised
>ver the reported' assassination of
Americans In Mexico City. Serious
iventuallties there, It was pointed out,
night aggravate the present situation
ind serve to arouse sentiment among
ho people that would demand more
tggresslve action in Mexico on the
Jart of this government. It was fur
her emphasized, however, that mob
violence could not be construed as any
leiiberate act of General Huerta and
;hat it could be claimed by his gov
srnment that he was powerless to con
trol the situation owing to anti-Amer
can feeling aroused by the seizure of
i'era Cruz.
Send Troops "For Duty"
Although no new military orders
were issued by the War Department,
plans for perfecting the operations at
Vera Cruz and along the Mexican bor
der were considered by Secretary Gar
rison, General Wotherspoon, chief of
staff, and Major General Wood, who
has been chosen to direct the military
operations, in co-operation with Sec
retary of the Navy Daniels. After a
long conference of the department
officials early in the day Secretary
Garrison declared that the troops en
route to Vera Cruz to reinforce the
naval forces there were being sent
there "for duty." What form this
duty would take or how extensive or
aggressive the operation of the troops
would be the secretary would not say.
It was declared, however, that there
had been no change in the policy of
the government to "sit tight" at Vera
Cruz, unless retaliatory tactics should
be resorted to by General Huerta or
some overt action on the part of the
Constitutionalists should demaiml, a*
forward movement into Mexico. Neu
trality on the part, of the constitution
alists. officials believed would be ob
served.
Movement listens! vc
Should war be forced upon this gov
ernment it was pointed out the base
of operations would be at Vera Cruz
and the plan would be to confine the
advance, if possible to the territory
controlled by Huerta with Mexico City
as the objective point of the American
forces. The movement, it was general
ly believed, would be an extensive one.
Although it still is the determined
policy of the President to prevent
war, the army and navy are prepared
for any emergency and should the
word come to advance to the Inter
ior in order to protect life and prop
erty, it is said the War Department
is ready to send in any army of 20,000
to 30,000 men and to increase the
forces to a great degree along the
Mexican border.
To-day there were appeals for more
troops from border States and the War
Department officials, while consider
ing plans for co-operating the milii'i
those States also were working <u r
plans for calling into the service tho
militia of various States, under the
terms of the volunteer army bill just
passed. The War Department through
out the day was humming with excite
ment although no new orders were is
sued. Reports that General Wood al
ready had been ordered to Vera Cruz
were emphatically denied.
Bryan Rumor False
Reports of dissension in the cabi
net over the policy being pursued In
the Mexican crisis also were denied
and Secretary of State Bryan brand
ed all falsf rumors again circulated
that he would resign his post in the
event that was is declared.
Announcement to-day by the Span
ish ambassador, Mr. Diano, that Mex
ico had turned its affairs in the United
States over to his government, came
as a surprise to officials here, the gen
eral expectation having been that
France would be asked to act on
Mexico's behalf. Following reports
from Madrid yesterday that King Al
fonso was killing to act as mediator
In the differences between this govern
ment and Mexico, the selection of
Spain to look after the affairs of Mex
ico was regarded with significance.
Although there have been several in
formal suggestions of diplomatic inter
vention from various quarters, it is
declared at the. State Department that
no formal offers had been made nor
were any expected.
Mexican, Who Declared
His Friendship For U. S.,
Is Killed by Marines
Vera Cruz, April 25.—Cristobol Mar
tinez, a wealthy Mexican who always
had declared his great friendship fot
Americans and whose wife was an
j American, escaped perhaps a more
humiliating finish when he died yes-
Iterday as the result of a wound re
ceived during the fighting Wednesday.
Martinez was in a house from which
| persistent sniping operations were car
! ried on. It was suspected that he was
the author of the shooting. He was
[watched and warned. Finally he was
detected on a balcony with his knees
covered with a newspaper. From time
to .time the newspaper was seen to
rise simultaneously with a detonation.
This evidence was regarded as so con
vincing that Martinez was shooting
that he became a mark for the Amer
ican sharpshooters.
A steel-jacketed bullet buried itself
in him. The Wound it made was a
serious one, but the friends of Marti
nez inside the house hid him in order
to prevent his arrest. This made Im
possible his receiving medical treat
ment until it was too late to save his
life.
Martinez's wife is among the Ameri
can refugees aboard the steamer Es
peranza. She learned of the accusa
tion against her husband and of his
being wounded, but did not come
ashore to see him, fearing that such
action might result in his discovery
and arrest. She sailed for Galveston
on the Esperanza not knowing of his
death.
Federals Get Dynamite
to Blow Up Railroads
Vera Cruz, April 25. —Refugees ar
riving to-day report that General
Uubio Navarette, Huerta's confidential
man, left the capital on Tuesday with
a special troop and a large supply of
dynamite to destroy the railway
bridges between this port and Mexico
City. It Is also reported that General
Maas telegraphed to Huerta that he
will recapture Vera Cruz in fifteen
days.
Mr. Baer Had Severe
Gastic Attack and
Became Unconscious
A bulletin received here from Phila
delphia late this afternoon says: "Mr.
Baer had a severe gastric attack and
shortly thereafter became unconscious,
with evidence of disturbance of the
kidneys. The illness is very grave."
The statement was made by physi
cians.
Reported Breach in
Cabinet Is Denied
Washington, April 25. To-day-
White House officials pointed to the
general denial Issued a few days ago
of the story that Secretary Bryan
would resign, saying that statement
was sufficient to cover all rumors of
cabinet dissension current this morn
ing. They said they did not regard it
aa necessary to repeat the denial with
each published report.
Outßlde of the White House, there
has been considerable discussion of
the individual views known to be held
by members of the cabinet on the
present situation. None of these is
said to be serious or approaching any
breach in the President's official fam
ily, but there have been natural dif
ferences of opinion as to what aggres
sive measures should be pursued. The
President himself, it is said, has invit
ed the widest range of suggestions
from his advisers and has steered a
middle course between those who fa
vor a quickly aggressive policy and
those who believe war can be best
averted by patient observation and
carefully deliberated action.
No Serious Division
Persons close to the administration
council described the divergence of
views as the product of natural dif
ferences among those charged with
responsibility for executive action. Of
llciala point out. for Instance that the
War Department is naturally anxious
to take every reasonable precaution
with its military forces, and the navy
is bending its energies likewise to
perfecting its preparations for actual
warfare. They say also that the State
Department, which is directly respon
sible for relations with other foreign
governments and which Is trying
through diplomacy to prevent aggres
sive movements which might aggra
vate action by the constitutionalists,
and the Mexican people as a whole, is
busily occupied in friendly repression
of the war spirit of Its allied depart
ments.
All the cabinet secretaries them
selves denied that there is any serious
division and point to their close and
frequent conferences as evidence of
their co-operation.
It is stated on authority that in
no case has Secretary Bryan declared
that he would resign his office In case
it became necessary for the United
States to engage in war, and he has
let it be known to his personal friends
that he could be relied upon to do
his full dutv to the administration and
to remain at his poat under present
conditions, and any others that he
thought could possibly arige.
Ascribed to Sentiments
The rumors of Mr. Bryan's intention
to retire, from the cabinet in various
contingencies are ascribed by his
friends to sentiments uttered by the
Secretary in the early days of his inl
cumbency. He has spoken often of
the subject of universal peace and has
expressed altruistic sentiments and
aomng other things, has declared in
a speech delivered in the West that,
there would be no war while he was
Secretary of State. The Secretary's
purpose, it is explained, was to em
phasize his general conviction that the
growing feeling of disapproval of war
fare could be relied upon to prevent
the country from drifting into a war
under any set of conditions that could
be conceived of by those to whom he
addressed himself.
It is further stated on the authority
of members of the cabinet that noth
ing has occurred in any cabinet meet
ing to develop any dissatisfaction
whatever on the part of any indivi
dual.
Secretary Daniels, discussing news
paper reports of cabinet fraction,
(said:
"There isn't now and hasn't been
the least scintilla of fraction in the
cabinet. At a time like this, my pri
vate judgment as a newspaper man is
that the press owes It as a patriotic
duty not to spread such reports."
Not Much Trust Placed
in Villa's Statement
Washington, D. C., April 25. —It was
learned that the Administration found
comfort in Villa's statement chieily be
cause It seemed to Indicate that should
Carranza unite forces with Huerta,
Villa would not lend his ability to any
anti-American operations. They are
accordingly counting on the prestige
of Villa's name to counteract in North
ern Mexico the effect produced by Car
ranza's petulance and recent antl-
Ainerican expression.
Persons here who know Villa inti
mately, however, contend that the
Wilson Administration Is leaning on a
broken reed If they expect Villa to fol
low any course that will run counter
to the sentiment in northern Mexico.
They insist that not only Carranza, but
Villa and all of the other rebel leaders
in Mexico will eventually be found op
posing the military operations of tho
United States government.
Colonel Roosevelt Wants
Brigade of Rough Riders
Washington, D. C., April 25.—Ex-
President Roosevelt has sent word to
his friends, George Curry, Ben Daniels
Seth Bullock and Billy TUghman, to
be ready to call together for his war
like use and behoof, not a regiment,
but a full brigade of Rough Riders!
When Mr. Roosevelt sailed for South
America a friend warned him in these
words:
"You are making a mistake. Colonel.
About the time you're crossing the
equator Mr. Wilson will he crossinc
the Rio Grande."
I "Not a chance," retorted the Colonel
I with a confident shake of his head.
"Not a living chance. No textbook
j President goes to war."
Rebels Take Cemetery
From Federal Soldiers
Brownsville, Tex., April 25.—The
following report signed by General
Caballero, rebel commander at Tarn
pico, to constitutionalists headquarters
at Matamoros, under date of the 24th
was given out here to-day.
Having come to my notice that the
federals in Tampico were offering fur
ther Insults to Americans, I immed
iately reopened my attack at 4 o'clock
this morning and have already cap
tured the cemetery, where strong fed
eral force resisted. Expect triumph
by night.'
FOURTEEN PIjEAS OP GUII7TY
Fourteen defendants will be ar
raigned'before President Judge Kunkel
Monday mdrning to plead guilty on
[\arious minor charges.
fcAJttffltSßimG TEEEGKXPH
General Stewart Is
Summoned to Washington;
Gretna Camp Inspected
Orders for a complete sanitary in
spection of Mt. Gretna and its vicinity
were given to-day by Dr. Samuel G.
Dixon, State Commissioner of Health,
and a detail of sanitary engineers and
inspectors were hurried to the place,
which, it is believed, will be designated
as the point of ipobillzation of the Na
tional Guard in the event that It is
called out for active service. All of the
streams for miles around the site gen
erally used for encampments of the
Gu'ard and the water supply will be in
spected as well as drainage facilities.
The inspection is the second in a year
and in case any sources of pollution are
found they will be ordered abated. Re
ports on conditions and on water tests
will be made as soon as possible.
Complete arrangements for transpor
tation of the Guard, In case of a call
for mobilization, have long been made,
and only await orders to be put into
operation.
Adjutant General Stewart will leave
to-night for Washington to meet War
Department officials and for discussion
of the situation.
A distpach from Washington says:
"Governor John K. Tener and Adju
tant General Stewart, who were com
municated with by telephone, have
plans for organizing the auxiliary
troops necessary to making a complete
division of the Pennsylvania National
Guard. If this can bo done the Penn
sylvania Guard will constitute a divi
sional unit and a major general from
the State will be placed in command of
it. The plan contemplates turning the
I'ourth Brigadfe into cavalry and ar
tillery and thus filling out the neces
sary complements. Pennsylvania has
four brigades of Infantry, whereas but
three are needed for a division. But
in all the auxiliary troops the State Is
short. It has two batteries of field
artillery and twelve are needed l'or a
division; two squadrons of ravalry of
four troops each, while three squad
rons are needed; one signal corps com
pany. and two are necessary; one field
hospital, while three flela hospitals and
three ambulance companies are needed;
two companies of engineers, while four
are needed.
| - Arrangements were under way to
day tor a conference here on Sunday
among Adjutant General Stewart, the
brigade commanders of the Pennsvlva
n a Guard, General Mills, of the m'llitia
division, and members of the Pennsyl
vania delegation In the House for the
f,H, r^°^/ ,f .. form L" at,ngr P lans for the
tr asportation of troops should the
1 ennsylvania National Guard be called
into active service."
0
Smouldering Ruins Are
Reminders of Desolation
Wrought at Neuvo Loredo
Laredo, Texas, April 25—Smolder
ing ruins in what was once the pop
ulous Mexican border town. Nuevo
Laredo, and hundreds of destitute re
fuges huddled in every possible shel
ter here, were visible reminders to-day
of the desolation wrought late yester
day by Mexican federals, who burned
and dynamited their one time strong
hold.
Excitement occasioned when the
Mexicans began tiring across the inter
national line and their sharp inter
changes with the United States border
patrol subsided quickly when the fed
erals retreated, but left a strong feel
ing of uneasiness in Its wake. All
night a reinforced patrol, aided by
citizen volunteers, guarded the river
front, and heavy guards were main
tained at the two international brid
ges. It was feared other attempts to
dynamite this means of communica
tion between the two countries would
be made.
Two Mexicans were shot yesterday
in attempting to destroy the bridges.
Some of the more nervous citizens
fear another visit of the federals to
attack Laredo itself, but army offi
cials, though every precaution is being
taken, believe there is no danger.
There was no further trouble during
the night.
No Damage on Tills Side
It was definitely ascertained to
day that the. wild shooting of the Mex
icans had done no damage on the
American side. On the Mexican side,
however, destruction was complete.
Fires were still burning throughout
the city to-day, as there is no fire
fighting apparatus available. Among
the larger buildings ruined is the
American consulate, which was first
dynamited the post office, the muni
cipal building, the Concordta Theater,
the Mexican National Railway Shops,
which ir times of peace em] 'oyed sev
eral hundred Americans and the flour
mill. So far as known no lives were
lost in the fire.
O'Shaughnessy Goes
on Board Minnesota
By Associated Press
Vera Cruz, April 25.—0n1y a few
American refugees arrived here last
night on the train that brought Nelson
O'Shaughnessy. Several who had
boarded the train were removed bv
the authorities in Mexico City and
held In the capital for the town "pro
tection."
y\mong the Americans prevented
from boarding the train were Burton
Wilson, J. L. Starr and Hunt Lawrers,
well known in the capital and some
what known in New York.
Those who arrived here have but
the vaguest idea of the exact number
of Americans detained in the capital,
but it is known that a great many
were at the station to take the train
which they had good reason to believe
would be the last to leave for Vera
Cruz.
O'Shaughnessy brought with him
his automobile and his Mexican chauf
feur.
The newspapers of the capital con
tinue to print vicious tirades against
Americans and mobs continue active.
The plight of Americans in the capital
is reported to be more critical, al
though as yet none of them Is known
to have received bodily Injury.
Mr. O'Shaughnessy Is going aboard
the battleship Minnesota, He had re
ceived no orders to return to Wash
ington this morning.
Chauncey Depew Talks
on Mexican Situation
Washington, D. C., April 25. —Chaun-
cey Depew came to Washington yes
terday to attend a luncheon given to
him by his wife in honor of his
eightieth birthday. He is the youngest
looking octogenarian seen in these
parts since the Democrats came into
power. Of course, he talked about
the Mexican crisis—everybody is doing
that—and he does not believe that,
having gone Into Mexico, the United
States will ever come out. He de
ploreß, In common with a vast ma
jority of the American people, the
undertaking upon which the adminis
tration has embarked and the fearful
consequences which will attend war
in our neighboring and friendly re
public. There is no help for It now,
and the struggle must go on to the
bitter and bloody end; but in the
ex-senator's opinion the President
would have avoided the present resort
to arms had he recognized Huerta as
the provisional president of Mexico.
126 Killed, 19S Wounded
by America
Washington, D. C., April 26. —The
Navy Department to-day issued the
following bulletin:
"In a dispatch filed at Vera Cruz
to-day Admiral Fletcher reports the
list of casualties of the Mexicans a-s
12fi killed and 195 wounded, making
tkc totul casualties 221,"
raw HITS TEAM; BOYS
ESCAPE; HORSE BEAD
Grocer's Wagon Struck Near Front
and Gibson Streets; Lads
Jump to Safety
Two boys narrowly escaped death
last evening when the team which
they were driving was struck by a
Steelton-bound car on the line of the
Harrisburg Railways Company.
The horse was injured so badly that
it had to be shot. The boys escaped
serious Injury by jumping. The team
belonged to Moses Kermatz, a gro
ceryman, of 480 Myers street. The
boys who were driving were Bennle
Halsack and Mike Malkin.
Kermatz had just purchased the
horse and the boys were giving it its
first workout in the delivery wagon.
The team was going up Front street.
Near Gibson street it failed to get off
the trolley tracks in time to avoi<J be
in run down by a car coming from
Harrisburg.
When the car struck the horse both
boys jumped from the wagon. The
horse's spine was broken.
New Volunteer Army,
Bill Passed Yesterday,
Has Many Features
Washington, April 24. —The volun
teer army bill, as passed by both
Houses of Congress yesterday, was a
compromise between the Senate and
House. It was approved by the
President.
Important Features
The important and distinguishing
features of the new bill are:
Any volunteer organization recruit
ed up to three-fourths of its strength
may be taken into the service by the
President regardless of the militia
regiments. The present law requires
the President to exhaust the militia
of the States before .accepting volun
teers.
The President gets control of the
appointment of officers of the volun
teers regiments, which has heretofore
been vested in the Governors of the
respective States. The volunteer en
listments will be the same as in the
regular army.
The bill provides for the raising of
"voluntary forces of the United States
in time of actual or threatened war."
The measure is designed to obviate all
the trouble, that was encountered at
the beginning of the war with Spain
when strife among volunteer organiza
tions for assignment and the political
influence exerted interfered materially
I with the work of getting the volun
teer army in workame shape.
Under the bill the President may
call out the volunteer army by proc
lamation and disband it as soon as
.peace is formally declared. The bill
| provides for an apportionment among
| the States of the enlistments in pro
portion to population.
It provides also that "when three
fourths of the prescribed minimum
enlisted strength of any company,
troop or battery, or when threo
fourtbs of the prescribed minimum
|enlisted strength of each company,
jtroop or batlery comprised* in any
I battalion STSHII volunteer and be ac
cepted for service in the volunteer
army, such organization may be ac
cepted for service as the volunteer
forces in advance of the raising of
other organizations of the same arm
or class from the same State.
The bill practically makes the vol
unteer army subject to the regulations
that govern the regulars. The iden
tity of the State volifhteers will oe
lost as soon as they enter the service.
The officers are to be appointed by
the President, not for particular or
ganizations but for the arm of the
service subject to assignment for
service by the War Department. The
bill provides that no appointment shall
be made under the act above the grade
of Colonel. The number of staff of
ficers to be appointed under the bill
shall not exceed one for each 200 en
listed men.
t Volunteer chaplains may be ap
pointed in the ratio of one for each
.regiment. The President may accept
| the recommendations of Governors in
appointing officers or may take them
from the regular list or from the
militia in the States. Apointments
are to be made on the basis of popu
lation, and as far as practicable from
the localities whence the troops come.
Preference is given in these ap
pointments to men who have had
honorable service in the regular army,
militia or volunteer service. Prefer
ence is also given to graduates of
military schools. But the bill limits
the number of regular army officers
who may serve in any one regiment
at the same time to four, in a battal
ion to one.
The bill requires that temporary va
cancies shall be filled by promotions
from the lower grades in order of
seniority. The records of service are
to be turned over to the Adjutant-
General in Washington and by him
held. The bill provides for the es
tablishment of recruiting stations and
I the appointment of special volunteer
recruiting officers.
Former French Premier
Pokes Fun at Pacifists
Paris, April 25. —George Clemen
ceau, former French Premier, writing
on the subject of Mexico in the
Homme Libre pokes fun at the Pa
cifists. "They have done nothing—
not even talk," he says. "This is not
very encouraging for those peoples
whom the Pacifists have proposed
to defend otherwise than by arms
against invading neighbors. That
must be the reflection of the worthy
Mexicans as they watch the peace-
Jurist President Wilson knocking down
their houses with his shells. An his
sole reason for this action is that the
excuses made to him were not equal
to his indignation. I say the sole rea
son, because President Wilson does not
speak of the oil fields which have at
tracted the attention of American fin
anciers in the same way as the French
coal mines at Briey on the German
frontier are always being coveted by
the Germans."
Mrs. May Ripple Wood,
Prominent Socially, Dies
Mrs. May Ripple Wood died last
night at her home, 719 North Eigh
teenth street. She was 30 years of
age. Funeral services will take place
to-night at the home at 7:30, in
charge of the Rev. Mr. Miller, pas
tor of Holy Communion Lutheran
church. The body may be viewed
this evening between 7 and 9 and to
morrow from 9 to 12. To-morrow aft
ernoon it will be taken to Lancaster
for burial by Undertaker T. M. Mauk
and Son.
Mrs. Wood was a member of the
Harrisburg Walking Club and was
prominent in church and social circles.
HERBERT OPERATED UPON
London, April 25.—Victor Herbert,
the composer and conductor, under
went an operation this morning for
.appendicitis.
APRIL 25, 1914.
State Engineer Goes
Over -River Front to
Consider Fill Problem
City Commissioner M. Harvey Tay
lor, superintendent of Parks, Assist
ant Superintendent J. R. HolVert and
Fred E. Langenhelm, assistant engi
neer of the State Water Supply Com
mission, plodded along the River
Front in the rain this morning while
the park officials explained what the
city would like to do in the way of
filling along the bank.
The State official's advice as to
methods, the amount of material that
would be practicable, etc., was asked
by Messrs. Taylor and Hotfert.
Dr. Taylor Tells of
Cures by Manipulation
Dr. J. Madison Taylor, noted expert
of the Medical Department of Temple
University, lectured before the Harris
burg Academy of Medicine last night
on the practice and cure of disease by
non-medical methods.
Dr. Taylor, who has had a wide ex
perience in tills line of work, has
studied abroad and is recognized as a
world-wide authority on the subject,
told the assembled physicians of the
possibilities of treatment of manipula
tion. He emphasized the spine as the
keynote to various pathological condi
tions, and said the elasticity of the
spine has much to do with the regula
tion and free flow of blood to the
organs. Dr. Taylor said that he had
cured many such diseases as gout, acute
indigestion and the like by the methods
he advocated.
A discussion followed, during which
several of the members took exception
to some of the things the lecturer said.
He will return to the Academv for an
other talk.
What? Have You a Plain?
Use a Flat-iron on It
Mechanical devices even such a
simple things as flat irons—may cure
acute and chronic diseases.
That was the substance of Dr. J.
Madison Taylor's address before the
Harrisburg: Academy of Medicine last
nipht. D'r. Taylor belongs to the Med
ical Department of Temple University,
Philadelphia.
i f j l © application of a common house
hold flat iron has been known to scat
ter pain if applied in a systematic man
ner. Constant application over a towel
that is placed on the back of the suf
ferer from influenza, for instance, will
relieve the headache and make the dis
tressing pains in bark and limbs vanish
and be forgotten Why? The conges
tion of blood is scattered, is directed
to the proper extremities and acts as
the blood of a normal person should
do Dr. Taylor is coming back to talk
before the Harrisburg Academy in the
near future.
Tells Students of Scenes
in and About Princeton
The faculty and students of Central
high school yesterday heard all about
Princeton at chapel exercises, when
H. G. Murray, secretary of the grad
uate council of Princeton University,
spoke. Mr. Murray was introduced
by John Fox Weiss, former district
attorney of Dauphin county and a,
Princeton alumnus. The man from
Nassau dwelt upon the educational,
athletic and social activities of the
university and the mental, moral and
intellectual training of the students.
Tn the course of his lecture Mr. Mur
ray explained the preceptorial system
in force at the university. The lecture
was illustrated by more than sixty
beautifully colored lantern slides.
During his stay in Harrisburg Mr.
Murray was the guest of Edgar Wal
lower.
Noses Gasy Smell in
Time to Save a Life
Harry J. Lerew smelled illuminating
gas in his lodging: house, 127 South
Third street, this morning, and traced
it to a room occupied by S. B. Kurtz,
household salesman employed by J. H
Mears and Company, of Hageratown!
Md. Lerew lifted himself up, peered
over the transom and saw the aged
man choking. Then he broke in the
door and called the Harrisburg Hos
pital. A few minutes later an ambu
lance took the gas victim away, and
at the hospital doctors say he hasn't
much chance to recover.
Lerew said this morning that the
gas victim was cheerful and contented
last night and chatted a bit before go
ing to his room.
Work on Subways to
Be Started About May 4
"Work on the subways at Front and
Mulberry and Second and Mulberry
streets will start on or about Monday,
May 4. The contract, which was
awarded yesterday to T. Larry Eyre
of Philadelphia, however, requires
that the work start May 1.
Superintendent Felix M. Davis, of
the Harrisburg Railways Company
stated to-day that arrangements ha(3
been made to have the work on one
side of Second street completed first,
so cars may be moving on the. South
Second street line.
OPINION IN SIDING CASE
In a brief opinion handed down> to
day Additional Law Judge McCarrell
refused the appeal of D. W. Cox and
E. E. Lawton against the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company for a new trial.
The rairload company had been sued
for coal car siding privileges and the
jury awarded single damages of
$27,857.60. An appeal to the Supreme
Court was taken and the appellate
court reversed the court below in or
der that the case might be reinstated
for trial before Judge McCarrell.
Judge McCarrell refused the trial,
however, on condition that the plain
tiffs do not accept within five days
the court's revision of the jury's origi
nal award. The single damages as
revised by the court totaled $16,554.47.
STATE SANATORIUM
VERDICT OF 938,000
After a trial lasting more than a
week the suit of the Woodman Lum
ber Company, Philadelphia, against
the State for the recovery of $116,000
for labor, materials, etc., in the con
struction of the Cresson State health
sanatorium was brought to a close this
mornlnft. when a verdict of $38,000 in
the plaintiff's favor was accepted.
This sum represents the 15 per cent,
of the contract price withheld by the
State and some "extras". This is the
same amount for which Dr. Samuel
Dixon offered to settle two years ago.
BRIGANDS KILLED TWO
Tampa, Fla., April 25.—How his
wife and child were killed and he him
self seriously wounded by Mexican
! brigands who devastated his ranch
Inear Vera Cruz on April 7, was related
here to-day by Joseph Smith, an
American, formerly a resident of
Tampa. Smith Arrived late yesterday
from Havana.
QUIET IN TRINIDAD
Trinidad, Colo., April 25. —Quiet pre
vailed In the Ludlow strike district to
day pending an informal conference
between leaders of the coal mine
strikers and Adjutant Chase of the
National Guard.
MAID CONFEMNES TO THEFT
A quantity of hotel linen found In
a trunk at her rooms, 701 Cumberland
street, by Detective White. Mrs. Mary
Unconiaka, u. hotel maid. Inst night
confessed stealing them from the
She wai sent to jail.
HUnOSESIUS,
sirs UNCLE SIM
Government Wants Projectiles Be
ing Made Here and Wants
'Em Quick
W. T. Hildrup, General Manager, Har
rlsburg Pipe and Pipe Bending
Works:
Dear Xepphy—Please hurry my or
der for projectile shells, as I need
them now. Regards to all the family.
Affectionately. UNCLE SAM.
Of couse, this wasn't exactly the
way the message was worded, but .in
substance it stands, for the pipe bend
ing works got orders this week from
Washington to be sure to hurry tip the
contract for several thousand pro
jectile shells. Maybe they will be used
on some Mexican ginks who are or
dered to stand up as targets for Uncle
t-am's gunners. Jt is also quite possible
that some Harrisburg boys may handle
these shells after they are loaded with
powder and have a nice little percus
sion cap planted on the off side.
At any rat' 1 , the pipe bending works,
working double shifts, will make every
effort not to disappoint Uncle Sam.
who wants plenty of projectiles to
launch against obdurate Mexican
tr wns.
Besides being rushed just now with
the hurry-up on the projectile order,
the pipe works has a quantity of or
ders for several thousand seamless gas
containers, which they are turning out
as fast as possible.
! STATEMENT IN DAMAGE CASE
i H. Homer Matter, attorney for Eman
uel Rhinehart, who began a suit
months ago against Mayor Royal,
Colonel J. B. Hutchison, chief of po
lice, Sergeant Amos Drabenstadt anil
Patrolman Henry Buch for alleged
damages incident to the. arrest and
imprisonment of Rhinehart without
proper authority or commitment, to
day filed Ills statement. The plaintiff
claims $20,000 damages.
TREASURER'S OFFICE OPEN
City Treasurer O. M. Copelin's offices
will remain open until 9 o'clock
to-night In order to accommodate late
comers who may want to settle their
school tuxes for 1913.
PUI SULPHUR ON
AN ITCHING SKIN
AND END ECZEMA
Says this old-time Eczema rem
edy is applied like
cold cream.
Any irritation or breaking out on
the face, arms, legs or body when ac
companied by itching, or when the
skin is dry and feverish, can be read
ily overcome by applying a little bold
sulphur cream, says a noted derma
tologist.
He states that bold-sulphur instant
ly allays the angry itching and irrita
tion and soothes and heals the Eczema
right up leaving the skin clear anil
! smooth. Bold-sulphur has occupied a
secure position for many years in the
treatment of cutaneous disorders be
cause of its parasite-destroying prop
erty. Nothing has ever been found to
take its place in treating the irritable
and inflammatory skin affections.
While not always establishing a per
i manent cure it never fails to subdue
j the Itching irritation and drive the
I Eczema away and it is often years
I later before any eruption again ap
pears on the skin.
Those troubled should obtain at
any pharmacy an ounce of bold-sul
phur cream which is applied to the
affected parts in the same manner as
an ordinary cold cream.
This is published for Walter Luther
Dodge Co., Cincinnati, O.
The American Garden of
Eden—Colorado
The modern Adam and the modern
Eve have a Garden of Eden right
here in America where the tired can
gain a wonderful reward in new vigor
and happiness. We call it "Estes
Park" and it is in Colorado.
It is the land of wild flowers galore
—massive glaciers; gigantic moun
tains with cloud-piercing peaks; rush
ing streams; crystal lakes. It is the
land of sunshine and glory.
You can follow your favorite pas
time to your heart's content—play
golf or tennis—ride, drive or motor,
climb, lish and camp out.
There are high class hotels and
! many modest places at little cost, so
I the expense question should not deter
| you. it's a splendi» spot to recuper
ate and prepare for future "business
I battles" or social obligations, and tho
I children can enjoy themselves and
benefit as much as the grown-ups.
j May 1 place in your hands our fold
! er on Estes Park —that contains many
J pictures, maps and full information on
i the hotels, boarding places, ranch
I houses with their costs? I also want
Ito tell you about the best way to get
! there and about the low excursion
fares.
Win. Austin, General Agent Passen
ger Depts., O. B. & (}. It. It. Co.
83(1 Chestnut St., Philadelphia
i
Why Wait and
Pay Mere For Coal
There is no escaping the need
of coal in Winter, and when you
have the advantage of buying it
at a saving of 50c a ton why
delay?
Kelley's Broken, Egg, Stove
and Nut is 50c a ton cheaper un
der the April schedule.
Order to-day and have the binS|
filled before housecleaning time.
H. M. KELLEY & CO.
1 N. Third St.—loth & State Sts.
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