War Department Sends Mobilization Instructions to Militia Officers Throughout U, S. HARRISBURG f|llSßt TELEGRAPH LXXXIII— No. 106 GARVER DEFEATED BY SHAMBAUGH AS COUNTY SCHOOL HEAD dinner Got 87 Votes; Loser 76; j Delegations Split; Salary Is $2,000 | JPPER END VOTES DECIDE | Superintendent Believes in Close Co-operation Between Parents and Teachers V""' '^SiSSiisl JspC|| #<• . jS fe ' fl| |h ffi§K !^fliMr* Mk. M^Brk m. |^L mom FRANK K. SHAMBAUGH Today Elected Superintendent of County Schools frank E. Shambaugh, Wiconisco, for twelve years supervisory principal of the Wieonisco township schools, to day was elected superitendent of the schools of Dauphin county, succeeding' Professor H. V. B. Garver, his only opponent. Shambaugh got S7 votes; Garver irot 76. The salary was fixed without opposition at $2,000 per year, as formerly. The term is for four years and goes into effect Juno 1. Despite tffe wet weathSFThe school directors of the various township and borough hoards throughout the county gathered almost as a whole. There were but twenty-one absentees. The directors filled No. 1 courtroom. Splits in various board delegations were evident throughout the voting, although the dividing line between the boards as a whole X'rom the upper and [Continued on I*age 10.] Prof. J. Kelso Green Is Re-elected Superintendent of Cumberland Schools Special to The Telegraph Carlisle, Pa., May s.—At the regu lar meeting of the Cumberland county school directors at the courthouse here to-day Professor J. Kelso Green was re-elected county superintendent over T. Ralph Jacob.v, supervisory prin cipal of Mechanicsburg schools, by a vote of $6 to 59. OLDEST RESIDENT (>F DAIPHIX DIES TO-PAY Augustus Garverich, aged S7, the oldest resident of Dauphin, died last evening shortly before 10 o'clock from paralysis. Mr. Garverich died at the home of his son. Dr. F. 11. Garverich, 2117 Derry street. Mr. Garverich was born at Coxes town, July 15. 182 C. In 1849 he moved to Dauphin, where he resided until several weeks ago. Mr. Garverich was a retired blacksmith. He was the oldest member of the Lutheran Church at Daupliin. Surviving are three sons George A. Garverich and Dr. F. 11l Garverich, of this city, and W. G.' Garverich, of Dauphin. Burial will be made in the Dauphin Cemetery. Late News Bulletins Torrcon, Mcx.. .May 4.——A ia Paso, Texas, May s.—The answer of General Francisco Villa to a request from Federal General Maa- In command of the Saltillo garrison, that Villn join the federals In nveng iug the American occupation of Vera Cruz, was delivered to tlie federal 1 messengers to-day. \\ ashington. May .>.— Iwo of the sailors wounded at the occupation of Vera Cruz, died to-day. They were Harry Pulliam. fireman, and Clarence li. Hirschbergcr, seaman, both of the battleship Utah. I London. May s.—British government will reconsider it* decision not to participate in tin- Panama-TacHic Exposition at Sail Francisco and it probably will decide that tircal Britain shall officially lie rep resented at the fair in a distinctly modified ronn. Vera Cruz, May .">.—Refugees arriving here to-day from Mexico City bring conflicting reports concerning the ptir|xiscs of Provisional Presi dent Jlucrta. Some say that, realizing the hopelessness of the situa tion. he has agreed to retire from the presidency, fixing Thursday or this week as the dale of his withdrawal. Detroit. Mich., May 5. —Three persons were killed and thirty-six others seriously injured when two crowded street cars met head on here to-day. Both motormcn met death. I "Tactically ail of the victims were foreigners who were employed in a local automobile factory. Washington, May s.—Joint resolutions proposing amcndcnie'nts to the Federal Constitution to extend the right of suffrage to women and for nation-wide prohibition were ordered reported, without recommen dation, to the House by the Judiciary Committee to-day. This leaves Ijoth proposals to the House for decision without suggestions from the conuniltee. Cincinnati, Ohio. May s.—Judge Sessions of the Vnlted States Cir cuit Court of Appeals announced here to-day that he had granted an appeal In the Federal Baseball fleague's case relative to Klllifer the catcher, which was decided against it at Grand Rapids several weeks ago. Trinidad, Colo., May s.—Colonel James Lockett. commanding the Eleventh I'nitcd cavalry, arrived here at 7.40 litis morning to take com mand of the federal forces in the Colorado strike fields. He was driven at once to army headquarters where he conferred with Major XV \ Holbrook. Wall Street Closing.—Chesapeake and Ohio. 51 Leliigh Valley 1 :if» V 6; Northern Pacific. I !(»•'"«: Southern Pacific, #2&: I'nlon Pacific' 1 ISO: Chicago. Milwaukee and St Paul. Oil: P. It. i;„ I11VJ; Heading' l«l"*: New Vork Central. #»: Canadian Pacific. f»3; p. s Steel •"» %. " I " ■■ III" 11 ■lllll IMBIIIIIWI >l,llll —1 m m M AGED MILLIONAIRE, WHILE ASLEEP. IS MURDERED BY SON i General Duryea, Retired Starch j Manufacturer, Meets Death on i Porch of His Home SEVEN SHOTS WERE FIRED; Servants Say That Son Had Acted Strangely For Several Days Past Hv Associated Press New York, May s.—Hiram Duryea, 81. retired millionaire starch manu facturer and Civil war veteran, was murdered early to-day at his home tn the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn by i his son. Chester Duryea. Seven shots j were fired by the son into his father's | body, causing instant death. The murder occurred on the porch at the rear of the Duryea home where both father and son were in the habit of sleeping. About one o'clock this morning Chester Duryea. who is 43 years old, slipped from his cot into the i house where he kept a number of j rifles, revolvers and shot guns for hunting: purposes. He selected an au tomatic pistol and a magazine rifle, both of which he loaded, and return ed to the open-air porch. Standing within a few feet of his sleeping fath er he first fired from the rifle and then emptied the revolver. Had Acted Strangely Chester Duryea would give no rea son for killing his father when taken in custody. For the past few days, servants told the police, he had been acting strangely and they had feared a return 'of a previous breakdown. In 1909 when he showed signs of mental [Continued on Page 10.] EITISONSLOSE LIVES WHEN DYNAMITE MAGAZINE EXPLODES Nineteen Others Were Injured and Many Properties Were Destroyed By Associated Press Panama, May 5. —An explosion this morning at the government of Panama dynamite magazine resulted in the killing of eight persons. Nineteen others were seriously injured. The property was destroyed. The explosion was caused by a brush fire, which made its way to the interior of the building. Six of the dead and most of the wounded are firemen who had been summoned to combat the flame. A man and a woman who were watching the blaze from a distance were torn to pieces. The concussion of the explosion shook Panama. In addition to ob literating the magazine, the explosion caused considerable property damage in the neighborhood. Madame Lillian Nordica Is Showing Improvement By Associated Press Batavia, Java, May o.—Madame Lillian Nordica, the operatic singer who has been seriously ill here for some weeks, showed slight improve ment to-day. Madame Nordica was shipwrecked near Thursday Island last December, and her experiences resulted in nerv ous prostration which developed into pneumonia. Early in April she went to Batavia and recent reports have described her condition as very grave. HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 5, 1914. ( V. S. SOLDIERS AS THEY APPEAR AT HILL FIGHTING 'l V / T . . T?' s photograph nhows a detachment of New York militia skirmishing in the thi<*k underbrush of a hillside, it is the sort of country that the United States troops will be obliged to traverse should they be ordered to pro ceed from \ era Cruz to Mexico City. _ Mill SITS 111 CONFERENCE WITH NEW CITY PLANNERS General Development Possibilities Discussed; Would Retain Ex pert in Advisory Capacity Gray skies that spilled rain all day prevented a general inspection tour of the parks and parkways by Warren H. Manning, the park architectural ex pert, the new city planning commis sion. and Superintendent M. Harvey Taylor and Assistant J. K. Hoffert as had been planned. After council meeting, however, the park officials met in the office of Su perintendent Taylor, the first confer ence with Mr. Manning the new com mission has had. The general development possibili ties were ' discussed artd the commis sion took up with the expert the ques tion of retaining in an advisory ca pacity his services with the commis sion. The plan generally speaking is to obtain Mr. Manning's service in an advisory capacity, combined with .the the help of City Engineer Cowden and his staff, to do the necessary mapping and laying out of the work as far as possible. Mr. Manning only got to this city this morning having "come here, direct ly irom Baltimore where he attended the funeral of his sister yesterday. He said he will likely leave for Boston to night. Most of the morning was taken up by Mr. Manning, Mr. Taylor and Mr. Hoffert and President Herman of the planning commission inspecting the proposed changes in the river park in connection with the Front street sub way. Architect Manning discussed only in a general way the future park devel opment. He pointed out the position of Harrisburg as the natural center on the great natural course of travel from the Xew England States down through the Virginias and Carollnns and on to Xew Orleans: of its position with reference to the cross-town travel-ways from the bays to the Lakes; and of the importance of de veloping Harrisburg for the future wuh these great natural possibilities in mind. Watts to Lecture on Growth of Telephone | The growth of the great modern ! utility, electricity, will lie explained in 1 a lecture by Shirley B. Watts, local ; manager of the Hell Telephone Con»- I pany. Thursday night at S o'clock in : the Technical high school auditorium. ! Mr. Watts will tell of the growth of ! the telephone from its inception to the I present time. His talk will lie illus ■ trated with scores of lantern slides, I most of which show scenes in the tele phone world In and about Harrisburg. j A musical program will be a feature j of the evening. BIBLE CLASS ENTERTAINED Mechaniesburg, Pa., May s.—Last evening the members and friends of the Ladies' Organized Bible Class of I the Methodist Kpiscopal Sunday I School, taught by Miss Anna L. Brown -1 awell, were delightfully entertained by J Mrs. Guy M. Kberly at her home in I West Main street. The evening was : spent socially with a guessing contest as the main feature of entertainment. . which caused considerable amusement. ! Among the winners were the Rev. J. J. i Kcsh and Mrs. Samuel Plough. Re | freshments were served to the guests, | who Included the Rev. and Mrs. J. J. ! Resh. Miss Anna L Brownawell, Mrs. ' Samul Plough, Mrs. Ijiura Lauck, Mrs. I C. E. Brlndel, Mrs. Charles I'inberger, 1 Miss Maude Williamson. Mrs. James i Stuckey, Mrs. S. N. Miller. Miss Sarah ! .Miller, Mrs. K. 10. Stromlnger, Mrs. I Mary I'.randt, Miss Claire Krysinger, Mr. and Mrs. f! Dr. G. Willis llartman, physician and] |surgeon at the Keystone hospital, died 1 last evening shortly after It o'clock at I her home, 801 North Third street after; !a lingering illness. 1 Mrs. llartman was 38 years of ago. j She Is survived by her husband, one | j daughter, Mary Elizabeth llartman, I and one son, George Willis llartman . Jr. She was a member of the St. j John's Reformed church. No ar -1 rangements for the funeral have yet | i been made. Though Skunk Be Skunk the Law Is Still the Law Even though a skunk be but a j skunk, the law is law. That is the view Federal Judge Wit- j mer took to-day in United States Mid ; die District Court when Harry Tawney | pleaded guilty to shooting a skunk in the National Cemetery at Gettysburg. I The court said it didn't look upon the I shooting of the particular member of the cat family In question as a serious | matter, but the fact that the law pro | hibiting the discharging of a gun in I the National Cemetery couldn't be i overlooked. And Tawney was lined $5. Most of to-day's session was taken i up with the trial of the Hudson Metal l Red Company, which is seeking $5,000 j damages from the Enterprise Furni ture Company. The white slave case against Ameen I J. La ban, a Syrian, involving a pretty I Syrian girl, will probably be called for I trial to-morrow. HOOSEVHI.T AT PARA, 1K1A7.11. ! By Associated Press Pars, Rra7.ll. May 5. Theodore Roosevelt, accompanied by his son, 1 Kennlt. arrived here to-day on the I 1 steamer iMmstan from Mamies. Two i day* will be spent in Prtra. On Ma> 7| 'the party will leave for New York by * way of tin rliailns. I ft COUIKIL TAKES STEPS TO MIKE THE COUNTY PAY FOR ITS WATER Bowman Introduces Resolution Providing For Installing of Meters Council's Action in Session Today Council consider* forwarding: re quest to County Commissioners to place water linen supplying jail and county on meter l».v July I, ii|»on pain of having service dlNeon tiued. Itesolutlon laid over for *>eek while C ity Solicitor Seltx taken up question with -county officials. lllds for coal and water pipe up proved an recommended liy Super intendent €»f Public Safety 11. F. How num. c lieaper coal purclinse ahlc under system reeeutlj Installed by Mr. How man mean* saving; of *l!,n«0 In coal MIIn. Ordinance offered authorizing; Commissioner H. Harvey Taylor to advertise for bids for one motor combination elieniical and hose ap parntUM and motor tractor, or more. If appropriation of SIO,OOO will per mit. Final action 011 new city foo«| and health regulation?* postponed for week. llnkcrM, represented by Fox and <>eyer, will lodge formal com plaint j harberN will raise question. Ordinance offered providing- for new water liuiin iu Curt In street, Seventh to Jefferson. Oidinance creating director of health and sanitation and prescrib ing duties of health office, and creating: bureau of health and sani tation. passed finally. Ordinance** passed finally t Au thorlxiuK repairs to I'nxton ap paratus; bridge on Jonestown road at Walnut street; purchasing .{.OOO feet of fire hose and two horses for Fire Department. v. What is considered the lirst step on the part of the elty to require the county authorities to pay for all the water it uses in the Courthouse and the jail was taken this afternoon by City Council, when a resolution was introduced by Superintendent >l. 1-'. Cowman, Department of Public Safe ty, requesting- the County Commission ers to plnfe all the Courthouse and jail water maihs on meter by July 1 or risk having the supply turned olf. Superintendent Rowman said the county iu now getting the best of the so-called "rent-and-free-water" agree ment by between $2,500 and $3,500. In a letter accompanying the reso lution the correspondence b« tween the county and city authorities on tiie sub ject, dating back several years, was submitted. The agreement in ques tion is said to have been an under standing between the city and county that the city furnish the county with water in return for the use of the offices in the Courthouse. Several months ago, however, an open split threatened when the county insisted upon having the present Coun cil chamber for the use of the County Controller. Mr. Bowman since wrote several letters asking the commission ers to meter the water so that the en tire amount used could be gauged by the city. This the county authorities have refused to do to date. Superintendent Bowman said this afternoon that he means to push the matter to a head and insist upon the city getting a square deal, lie agreed to allow the matter to go over for n week, however, until the City Solicitor could take up the problem. In submitting the coal bids for titter plant and pumping station, Mr. How man proved how successfully his newly-installed system of tiring at these plants is saving money for the city. Cheaper coal can be used and the resultant saving to the city is $2.5(50. Commissioner Taylor will fix a time for advertising for the new lire appa ratus bids as soon as the ordinance 1 passes. Militia Mobilization Instructions Issued by War Department Although South American Mediators Are at Work, Wash ington Authorities Are Preparing For Eventualities; More Troops May Be Sent From Galveston to Vera Cruz Before the End of the Present Week; Federals Are Reported to Have Placed Mines All Along Rail road Between Vera Cruz and Mexico City and Are Prepared to Explode Them if March on Capital Is Started; Funston Anxious to Start For Interior at Once and Admiral Mayo Wants Permission to Oc cupy Tampico With His Forces; Various Reports Say That Both Federals and Rebels Have Planted Mines in and About Harbor at Tampico 'Washington, May s.—lnstructions to militia organizations throughout the country governing a possible mobilization of the national guard were mailed to all militia officers by the War Depart ment to-day. The instructions cover particularly the financial oper ations incident to mobilization and the methods of securing railroad transportation. Under the regulations the local United States dis bursing officers throughout the country would be supplied with funds to move the militia by the various department quartermasters. ORDERS ISSUED S UPPL Y TRA NSPOR TS By Associated Press Galvpston, Texas, May s.—Tho Galveston water front is humming with preparations to embark more troops fur Mexico. Just when the order will Pome for the troops to go aboard the four army transport* hero is not known at headquarters but instructions have been given to the quartermas ter's department to have the transports loaded with supplies and ready for [ sailing by Friday. General Davis, in command of the Second division of the army at j Texas City has two brigades—the Fourth and Sixth—ready at the bugle | rail to break camp and sail for Vera Cruz. Secretary Garrison has not designated, which of these infantry organizations will be sent to reinforce I Brigadier General Funston. GENERAL FUNSTQN ANXIOUS 10 START FOR MEXICO CITY Federals Are Utilizing Their Time by Throwing Up Breastworks, Making Position Stronger i Washington, D. C., May s.—lnfor j mation came from Vera Cruz to the i War Department to-day that the Mex ican Federal troops have mined the J railroad tracks from Vera Cruz to j Mexico City in preparation for the ut ter destruction of the road in the event | that the American forces attempt a j march on the capital. I No confirmation had been received |of reports that the San Francisco i bridge on the Interoceanic Kailroad ! had been damaged. | The mines are reported to be located | a half mile apart and Mexican soldiers ! have been detailed to touch off the (fuses should hostilities eventuate, i These preparations and the throw : ing up of defenses which are daily J making the position of the Mexican j Federal troops stronger, are known to i be a source of worry to General Fun ; ston, and it is understood that he would welcome orders to start for j the Mexican capital at once. Admiral Mayo at Tainpico has in | formed the Navy Department that he j would have no trouble in taking Tain ! pico with his present forces and (t was ; learned to-day that he has more than i once hinted in his dispatches that it , would be advisable to take such action, i He has now under his command, in | addition to his flagship, the Des | Moines, two cruisers and a torpedo i boat fleet of nine. Carranza Offers to Protect Foreigners I Chihuahua, May 5. —In a statement 1 directed to American newspapers Gen eral Carranza reiterated to-day that foreigners could return to their pur- I suits In Constitutionalist territory with | out misgivings, as adequate measure,! | had been taken to afford thfjni every I protection. General Carranza is eager j for a general resumption of all Indus- I tries. The last of General Villa's field I force, a squadron of 2GO cavalry, left ! this city for the front to-day. It Is i understood that operations against Saltillo will be pushed with unceasing vigor, although there is a strong Ira -1 pression here that no great resistance , I will be offered at that point, but that II the federal force, estimated at from 8,000 to 9.000, will retire on or before I the approach of the Constitutionalists ! and make their real stand at San Luis j Potosi. Preparations are being made to press the attack on Tampico and there also will be increased military activity in Western Mexico toward Mexico City, where the rebel advance has been slow I for some weeks on account of the ! illness of General Alvaro Ohregon. MOTH EH S' n\V VIIOri.AIMKD I Governor Toner this afternoon issued , a proclamation fixing Sunday, May 10. 'as Mothers' nay. and 'ailing for ser- I vices in Hie churches in the State on * that day. 12 PAGES. * POSTSCRIPT. Orders Issued Not to Clear Vessels From Vera Cruz For American Ports By Associated Press j Washington, D. C., May s.—Admiral Badger reported to the Navy Depart ment to-day the receipt of word from the torpedo boat destroyer Drayton at Tuxpam that Territorial Minister Ra cinda there had ordered customs offi cers not to clear or enter any vessels from or to American ports. This or der, it was further reported had been given to all ports in the State of Vera Cruz. The Drayton also reported that thirteen Americans had been detained against their will at Metlaloyuca la the State of Puebla, about sixty miles [Continued on Page 8] I THE WEATHER I For llarrlaburg anil vicinitys llnln* ! followed by elenrluK thla after noon; fillr to-night and Wednea day; cooler to-night. For lOnatern lViinnylvaiiin: Haln, followed by clearing and cooler to-night; W cdueadiiy I'nlr; Htrong Month *lilftlng to weat wind*, ) probably reaching Kiile foree. River | The Suaquehanna river nud MM prin cipal tributaries will riae to -1 night and Wedneadny, except the Juniata aud the upper portion of the Went llrmich nnd prol»nlily | the upper portion of the \orth Branch will begin to fall Wfd ncNilny. I'ulckm heavy rnln fall* »ver the waterMhed to-day the J rlNe, while general, will he alight I to moderate, probably not ex ceeding one nnd one-half feet at | llarrisburg. A atage of about 5.-I feet Ih indicated for llarria burg Wcdneatlay morning. tiencral ondltlonn The Ntorm that UIN central over Tile Mlaaourl Valley, Monday morning, baa moved rapidly eaat ward with IncreaMlug atrength aud ia now central near I'lttn burgh. It* IM cooler In the ltoclcy Mountain and I'lateau region. i Teinpernturei 8 a. in..