Huerfa Will Soon Drop From Power of HARRISBURG ijjjlll TELEGRAPH LXXXIII — No. 103 M'CALLS DAM CUTS OFF RIVER OUTLET T0 SEA FOR TWO STATES Capital Interested in Congressman Moore's Argument on Susque hanna's Navigability ABSENCE OF DRAWBRIDGES Reasons For Interruption of Trans portation Facilities by Water Emphasized Special to The Telegraph Washington, P. C., May I.—Con siderable interest has been aroused over the latest utterance of J. Hamp ton Moore before Congress on his pet project for damming the Sussuehanna. Mr. Moore, went straight to the attack in his speech and showed that tho nation is certainly discriminating against the broad river of Central Pennsylvania. In this connection he said: "There are some great rivers in the United States that are not treated by the federal government with the same consideration that is accorded to oth er rivers, and the Susquehanna is one of them. I do not know of any other river in the country so capable of pub lic service that has been so signally overlooked. It runs through a section of the country where the people gen erally have been prosperous and busy, and it is because of that condition,, possibly, 'hat the immediate inhabi tants of the valley have come to look upon the Susquehanna more as a beautiful creation of nature than as a means of reducing transportation costs or of developing commercial and in dustrial possibilities. The I'll-turesqui- Susquehanna "The Susquehanna river is pictures que and historically interesting, but, in addition, it has a record for ser viceability equal to the best of our American rivers. Men are still living who recall the tales of the frontiers men and the lumberjacks v-ho op erated along its hanks. Like ihe Up ,>er Delaware or the Upper Mississippi, the Susquehanna was the highway of the raftsmen who brought the.r tim ber to market, and it is still us*;d for logging purposes. It v, w th«y»*>r nue for commerce passing and forth in the "arks' or river boats which thrived upon it in the earlier part of the last ce .tury. l"p and Down t{ie River "It is to-day the scene of much boating, conducted for business or pleasure, but the canal boats which formerly operated along Its banks and carried coal and other commodities to Baltimore and points south have dis appeared through the competition, if not with the assistance of the rail roads. The construction of various railroad bridges without draws and the completion of a great dam for generating water power at McCall's Ferry have practically closed, the river to navigation above the Maryland line. Thus the people of Pennsylva nia and Xew York have quietly been deprived of their right of an outlet to the ».-a. "1 appeal to my colleagues on the interstate and foreign commerce eom iritte«i and 'cn the rivers and l.arbors committee to study this case of the Susquehanna. It is a navigable stream within the interpretation of the Su preme Court of the United States, but it is not navigable under a depart ment ruling. It can not be dammed lip, hut it has been dammed up." CANCER RU.I'ORT ISSUED Py Associated Press Xew "York. May i.—in a statement lust issued showing the death rate from cancer in 1913, the American so ciety for the prevention of canoer calls attention to the need of the national movement to check the death rate from this course. For Xew York city the rate was 31 in each 100,000 of the population. Late News Bulletins Washington, May I.—Louis I>. llraiidcis, special counsel for the In terstate Commerce Commission, in the live |>er cent, advance rate case, concluded Ids argument to-day in elaborating his conclusions that the net and operating: revenues of eastern railroads are not adequate to af ford the roads ••assured prosperity" or for "the welfare of the com munity." Washington. May t.—The President to-day nominated Martin to be postmaster at Allentown, I»a. Denver, Colo., May I.—Governor Amnions to-day telegraphed Sec retary of War Garrison requesting additional federal troops, on being informed by Ma.jor W. A. Holbrook that lie would In- unable to s|iarc any men from his present command for duty in the Northern Colorado coal fields where 200 militia under General Chase are still on guard. New York, May I.—John I). Rockefeller, Jr.. it was sai«l at his office to-day, feeling that he lias been forced to bear the brunt of the criticism growing out of tin" mine strike in Colorado, hopes in the near future to devise some plan by which he may relieve the situation so far as the demonstrations against him are concerned. "Mourners" were again marching up nnd down in front or the Standard Oil building at 20 Broadway. Suubury. Pa.. May I.—Eighty men who went on strike here yester day through a misunderstanding or orders rrom l»resldcnt Pierce or the federated Kail way Employees arc threatening trouble for the Pennsyl vania Railroad Company to-day and railroad police have been sent here. When U»ey returned to work to-day officials paid them off and said that other men were hired in their places. Washington. May I.—Debate on the repeal of the tolls exemption for American coastwise vessels passing through the Panama «-anal was in augurated in the S»*nate to-day when Senator Morris, of Nebraska, ad vocated an amendment to the House bill which would submit to rbi tratioit the right of tlie Cnited suites to make toll exemption. Washington, May I.—A war department bulletin issued to-day said that conditions at Wa I sen burg, in the Colorado mining district, where Captain Smith is In command of United States army troops, were re ported "critical," but that the work of restoring order in Trinidad and Canon City districts, was going forward. New York. May I.—The nuirkct closet! strong to-day. I'rices showed steady Improvement with a general betterment In s(M-culative and in vestment conditions. The advance halted for a time while the market absorbed profit-taking sales, hut was resumed again toward the close under leadership of rnlted States Steel. Wall Street Closing.—Chesapeake and Ohio, 53 W, Lehigh Valley 1394: Northern Pacific-. 111%: Southern Pacific, 92J*: L'nion Pacific' t.->n«S; Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul, 99\\\ l\ R. R., |i|; Iteadinir' 101'j,: New York Central, 92»- 2 : Canadian Pacific. t»l».; \mul. Coo per, 53|*; C. S. Steel. 59; h . AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN CONTROL OF CITY TAKEN BY MARINES Impressive Ceremony Marks De parture of Naval Forces From Vera Cruz ADMIRAL FLETCHER HONORED Sailors and Soldiers May Organize Baseball League Before Leaving Mexico By Associated Press Vera Cruz, May I.—Brigadier Gen eral Frederick Funston has followed In general the scheme for garrisoning adopted by the navy, but Instead of centering all provost work the city has been set out in districts, in which each regimental commander will appoint his own provost, who will be responsi ble lor minor tiff airy. A provost commission has been named to try the more serious cases. The members of this commission are Lieutenant Colonel Taggert, of the Twenty-eighth Infantry; Captain Con stant Cordler, of the Fourth Infantry, and Captain Erickson, of the Nine teenth Infantry. Oeneral Funston is busying himself in getting acquainted with the details of the work before him. Charles H. Stewart, the American city treasurer, has obtained from ex- Customs Collector Aecarraga some 40,00u pesos belonging to the govern ment, which, with 320,000 pesos in stamps already located, shows the ac tual state of the treasury to date. Twenty-seven thousand pesos of the money secured from Ascarraga was in gold coin, which recently was taken irom J. B. McManus, an American, i' was alleged, was attempting to smuggle the gold from the country. Lieutenant Anto Foster, of tho navy, has been relieved as chief of police. He was succeeded by Major Edward Slger foos, of the Seventh Infantry. Gov ernor Kerr is planning to re-establish the police force with Mexicans under a chief formerly ir. tho Mexican secret service. The city is quiet. All soldiers arc held to the barracks temporarily with tho Idea of not. giving more than ac tually necessary offense to the natives. After the ceremony of tho transfer [Continued on Page 8] ROOSMIT EMBED NIY HARDSHIPS IN »«BRAZIL Pace Set by Colonel Proved Too Much For Natives at Tiroes By Associated Press Xew York, May I.—Anthony Fiala, the explorer who was In charge of one of the Roosevelt expeditions it. Brazil, arrived in Xew York to-day on the steamship Denis from Rio Janeiro. He vividly described the experiences of the expedition both before and after he separated from Colonel Roosevelt and Kernilt on February 2. Fiala did not know until to-day, however, that the colonel had emerged safely from the jungle, lie said he had not expected to hear from Mr. Roosevelt before the latter part of June. Telling of his 400-mile journey across country with Roosevelt, Fiala said: "At times we were all forced to dis mount from our horses and cut our way with knives through the dense undergrowth. The rainy season was [Continued on Page 13] HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 1, 1914 DO IT NOW! : fT LEBIOI) coy my MIKTUHS FOR PENROSE , I B. Dawson Coleman Appeals For Election of Republican to Bring Back Prosperity Special to The Telegraph Lebanon. Pa., May 1.—"I am here to plead the cause of United States Senator Boies Penrose before the people of Lebanon county, for the rea son that I believe this nation Is face to face with the most serious indus trial and financial crisis in its history." This was the Introduction of a! speech delivered this afternoon in the i directors' room of the First National Bank by B. Dawson Coleman, perhaps 1 tiie most prominent manufacturer in \ Lebanon county, to a large number of manufacturers who had gatliored there for the purpose of ratifying and giving out for publication a declaration in favor of Senator Penrose. Nearly all of the large employers were rep resented, many of them were men who have been rated as "independent" in local and State politics, but there was not the slightest question as to where they stood on the great national Issue of protective tariff. "Two years ago," continued Mr. Coleman, "the opinions and advice of manufacturers on political questions was neither appreciated nor accepted, but a great change has taken place. The public has learned that in hurt ing the employer, it was hurting the employe, and, incidentally, itself. Wej have come to realize that industry is I one large vessel that carries us all and that If the ship is scuttled, everybody aboard must go down with her—the cook and the cabin boy, as well as the captain and the mate. Lebanon at Low Ebb "We all know that business in Leb anon county Is at low ebb and those of us who read the newspapers also know that the trouble Is not confined to Lebanon county. I saw not long [Continued on Page 7.] Carnegie Was Marked For Assassin's Bullet Special to The Telegraph New York, May I.—Michael P. Ma honey, would-be assassin of Mayor John Purroy Mitchel, planned to kill Andrew Carnegie and two other prom inent men. according to the testimony of l)r. Manus S. Gregory, of the Psy chopathic ward at Bellevue Hospital, at the inquiry into Mahoney's sanity to-day. Br. Gregory .said Mahoney had told him of Carnegie but would not give the names of the oilier two men. Mahoney became much excited at the doctor's testimony. "Why don't you give my side of the |story?" he shouted. When asked If he I intended to kill Mr. Carnegie he snap ped back, "That's my business and none of yours." Dr. Gregory gave it as his opinion i that Mahoney was suffering from pre senile. illusionary dementia, or delus ions which precede a stage of senile i idiocy. The prisoner was taken to his cell in the tombs at the conclusion of the hearing. SIX GIRLS ILREIDf ID COMPETITION FIB QUEEN OF CARNIVAL Ballot Boxes Opened For Big Moose Show Week of May 11 Half a dozen pretty girls arc already in the "queen contest" that is to be a fcaturo of the HarrisDurg Ivodge,, Loyal Order of Moose, shows. To date i tho contestants are Misses Naomi 1 Searfauss, Belle Laßue, Mary Coss, j Grace Trimmer. Bessie Huber and j Airs. Helen Keener. The results of < the competition will be printed from j time to time bv the Telegraph. It i costs 1 cent to *raet a vote and the [Continued on Page #.] Noted Singer's Husband Anxiously Awaits News By Associated Press New York, May 1. George W. Young, a banker of this city, is anx iously awaiting further news to-day of the condition of his wife. Mme. Lillian Nordica, the prima donner, who is critically ill in Batavia. Java. The first news of the singer's re lapse came to Mr. Young on Wednes day in a cable dispatch from E. R. Simmons, Mme. Nordlca's accompanist, who has been with her on this trip. The cable said: "Have postponed departure. Mme. Nordl(*a's condition serious. Phy sicians In consultation. Very anxious. Advise later." Yesterday he received another cable message from Mr. Simmons that Mme. Nordica was sinking rapidly and that the physicians hold out little hope. Press dispatches confirmed this bad news. When Mme. Nordica's tour of the world was interrupted by her illness following the wreck of the steamer Tab-mania, on which she was a passen ger, she was saying farewell to her musical career. At the conclusion of ; the tour she had determined to retire with a series of concerts in this I country. ALUM IS NO MORE HAHMKVL THAN OTHER BAKING POWDERS l ! y A.-scciattd Press Washington, I>. C., May I.—Alum baking powders are no more harmful to the health of a person than any other baking powders but it Is wise to be moderate in the use of foods that are leavened with baking powder. Such is the conclusion announced to-day of the referee board < f con suiting scientific experts of the Depart jrnent of Agriculture as the result of j experiments to determine tho influ ence of uluminum compounds on the nutrition and health of man. GOES TO NAVY YAR!> By Associated Press I Philadelphia, May I.—The armored cruiser Tennessee, which has been the flagship of the reserve lleet at the I Philadelphia navy yard, left to-day for the Brooklyn navy yard, where she will await further orders. Rear Ad miral Caperton, commander of the re serve fleet, transferred his flag to the battleship Wisconsin. HUERTA'S POWQ) IN SOUTHERN REPUBLIC NUT SOON BE ENDED I Belief Expressed in Vera Cruz That He Will Be Forced From Chair in Few Weeks By Associated Press Vera Crtm, May I.—With the occu pation of Verfc Ciuz yesterday by American soldiers under Brigadier General Funston an accomplished fact, ami tho return to their vessels in the harbor of the sailors and ma rines who took the port from the Mex icans, questions of the future are to day beginning to engage the attention of American refugees and Mexican businessmen. The future policy of the Washington Administration is being debated with much interest. Americans and Mexicans alike lacK anythine in the nature of a definite statement on this subject and tliev are all trying in interpret, from the trend of events, since the seizure, whether the American occupation of Vera Cruz is to be permanent or not. If once convinced that the American flag Is to float over this city until tranquility is restored throughout the republic, it is virtually certain that the Mexicans of Vera Cruz will give their heartiest support to the American civil govern ment, To-day they admit frankly that they are enjoying greater freedom [ConUnned on Page 7.J LABOR CONDITIONS IN EAST CONSIDERED GOOD By Associated Press New Yoirk, May I.—As May first is the date that moat of the contracts between employers and union em ployes in the East expire, much signifl acnce is attached to opinions expres sed by labor leaders that never be fore have labor conditions been better than to-day. Hugh Prayne, general organizer, speaking for the American Federation of Labor, and Timothy Healy, president of the International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen, based their optimistic statements, they said, on the fact that there are no la bor troubles of consequence in the East, and that the large army of un employed a few weeks ago has been reduced to a minimum by the opening of much new work. MORE REFUGEES ARRIVE By Associated Press New Orleans. La.. May I.—Thirty six refugees from Mexico, the first to be released from the quarantine sta tion ninety miles down the Mississippi river, left here to-day for their homes in various parts of tho United States. Twenty-one came from Progreso on the steamship W.wisbrook and four teen were brought from Frontera on the Li\lngstone. GEN. .1. MA AS' LITTLE JOKE Special to The Telegraph I Mexico City, May I.—General Joa qulm Maas has telegraphed to the gov ernment from Saltillo that, with his forces increased by volunteers, he ia advancing toward the American fron tier under orders from General Hu erta to occupy a point in American territory, which lie proposes to hold until the Americans have evacuated Vera f'ruz. Steamer Reported Sinking; May Mean Loss of 700 Lives Wireless Calls For Help Have Ceased and Fear Is Enter tained For Safety of Passengers and Members of Crew; Hinted That Chinese Pirates May Have Caused Disaster; Wife of Governor General of the Philippines Among Passengers TokJo, May I.—Wireless calls for assistance from the Pacific mail steamer Siberia, heard on the Japanese coast to-day. Indicated that she was in grave peril off the coast of Formosa. The liner left San Francisco April 7 for Manila, She carries 71 saloon passengers, including Mrs. Francis Burton Harrison, wlfo of the governor general of the Philippines. A dispatch from Formosa hints that Chinese pirates may have had something to do with tho disaster. The exact nature of the accident lias not yet been determined, nor have any details been received hero up to a late hour to-night. An early wireless report said the liner was "sinking," while a later message conveyed the information that she was "ashore," six miles off tho southeast mainland of Formosa Island. The Japanese government dispatched the steamer Kanto Maru from Formosa to the succor of the Siberia as soon as the news of her trouble was received. Among other passengers is Mrs. John 15. Rentiers, wife of the new British consul at Manila. The Siberia left Yokohama April 27 and Nagasaki April 29 for Manila. She had a passenger list of 71 persons in tho first cabin, about DO in the sec ond and 400 in the steerage. She is in command of Captain Zeeder and carries a crew of about 200 men. At a late hour to-night a report was current in Tokio that Chinese pirates may have been connected with the accident to tho liner. ThU fear was held at Tai-Pe-Fu, the capital of Formosa, whence it was con veyed In a cablegram. The gravest anxiety prevails, owing to the fact that the wireless calls for help from the Siberia have ceased. A. A. Williamson, the American consul at Tamsui, Formosa, telegraphs he fears this means that the vessel has gone down. When the first wireless calls for help wer6 heard, the nearest ship was six hours away. [Continued on Page 15.] Small Lass' Eagerness For Blossoms Is Nearly Fatal Ten-year-old Sarah M. Hamer, Overreaches, Topples From Fence, and Sharp Paling Penetrates Throat Falling from an iron-paled tence on which she stood yesterday afternoon to pick some blossoms off a fruit tree, Sara Mnsgrove Hamcr, l'J-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert M. Hamer, Second and Herr streets, was impaled, the poitn of one of the '>ars penetrating the child's neck perilously near the windpipe. PROVISIONS IN NEW TRADE COMMISSION Bill MADE PUBLIC Measure Provides For Five Com missioners, With Salary of SIO,OOO For Each By Associated Press Washington. D. May I.—The .Ad ministration Interstate Trade Commis sion bill, as framed by a subcommittee of the Senate interstate commerce committee for report to the full com mittee, was inade public to-day. Kail road representatives will be heard on the bill by the committee May 11 and 12, and others Interested as opportun ity offers. The bill would provide for a commis sion of live, not more than three of one political party, at SIO,OOO a year. Each commissioner would be allowed $5,000 for a secretary. The commis sion would be authorized to "investi gate the organization, business, finan cial condition, management, and its re lations to other corporations, of any [Continued on Page 15.] DEWEY BECAME HERO OF MANILA BAY 16 YEARS AGO 0.1 sociateJ Press AVashington, D. C., May I.—To-day marked the sixteenth anniversary of the, battle of Manila bay. In celebra tion of the event. Admiral George Dewey, hero of Manila Bay and Presi dent of the Society of Manila Bay, will give a dinner to the members of the society at his home here to-night. The society is composed of those who par ticipated in that famous battle. The Queen of the Mag The celebrations of to-day bring to mind the fact that Spring is here in all her glory and that summer is just over the border-line. To the practical minded comes the thought of many purchases to be made. Wardrobes are to be replenished and summer homes fitted up. No time now for delay—choice must be made at once. What a splendid friend the advertising columns of a live newspaper like the Telegraph prove at a time like this. They are full to overflowing with helpful suggestions. The advertisers are men deserving of confidence. They make their appeals in tune with the season. Let the messages guide you to a safe and speedy solu tion of your May time shopping perplexities. 20 PAGES. * POSTSCRIPT. The child was playing in the square abovo her .home. Looking up, she saw the pretty blossoms, and said to ra companion that she would climb up and get some. Then came the fall and the injury. Removed to her home, the wound was dressed and will prob ably not result fatally. British Ambassador Seeking Neutral Zone to Cover Oil Fields Washington, D. C.. May I.—Gravity of the situation at T&mpico growing out of tho fast accumulation of oil from the flowing- wells in the inter ior which constitute a great menace to the town itself, vast financial low* as a result of tho overflowing of tho tanks, and flnally the interference with neutral commerce by the Con stitutionalists as exhibited in the. firing upon the Ward Line steaineu* Antilla at that port, prompted Sir Cecil Spring- Rice, the British ambassador, to con fer to-da.v with Assistant Secretary Osborne at the State Department, in a further effort to create a neutral zone in the oil field vicinity. THE WE ATHER] For Harrlsburg and vicinity i Fair to-night and Saturdays frost to ulgbt, with lowest temperature nbiml 12 degrees. For Kuatern I'ennsylvnnlai Fair to nlKht nnd Saturdayi trout to night i moderate nortkneit winds. Htver The Susquehanna river and all Its tributaries nlll fail until rain occur*. A stage of about 0.0 feet In Indicated for Harrlsburg Sat urday mornlnc. General Condition* An area of barometric pressure of unusual strength for this time of of the year covers nearly all the territory east of the Rocky moun tains this morning, with Its cen ter over the western part of tho J.iike rcxlon. Temperaturet H a. m., 40, Sun: Rises, SIOU a. m.| seta, 6i3S p. m. Moon i First quarter, May 3, 1:21) a. m. River Stage) 0.5 feet above low water mark. Yeaterday'a Weather Highest temperature, 07. 1.0 west temperature, 47. Meau temperature, ST. Nonnnl temperature, CO.
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