Villa Denies Reported Break Between H HARRISBURG SSIS& TELEGRAPH LXXXIII — No. 143 BTIGUMT GUERRERO DEFEATS ' GMTTMfICO Constitutionalist Vessel Beaten by Federal Ship; Perhaps Sunk HUERTA HAS NOT RESIGNED Says Arrest of Carranza Officers All Mistake; Situation Re mains Unchanged By Associated Press Washington, D. C„ June 17.—The Huerta gunboat Guerrero defeated and probably sunk the Constitutionalist gunboat Tampico near Mazatlan, ac cording to a report to-day from Rear j Admiral Howard. The captain and j chief engineer of the Tampico com- i mitted suicide. The naval battle was witnessed by ] the United States ships New Orleans, , Perry and Preble. No details were j reported. A long dispatch was received at the White House from the American dele- J gates at the Niagara conference which, | officials said, did not change the sit uation. Beyond expressing the view that there was hope of the ultimate success of the mediation, officials did not comment on the situation. Both the War and State Departments and j the White House disclaimed having I i any official information of the re- ! ported break between Carranza and Villa. The engagement took place last j night off Topolobampo and word came I to the Navy Department early to-day. ' Some of the crew of the Tampico were rescued by the New Orleans, which | had accompanied the Guerrero south ward yesterday. Others were rescued I by the Guerrero. The surgeon of the) New Orleans gave aid to the wounded I and assisted in the care of the injured on both sides, co-operating with the, staff of the federal gunboat. The report that the Tampico was: sunk had not been verified, but it was certain she was badly disabled. This is the second time the Constitutionalist warship has suffered at Ihe hands of' the federal navy. The Tampico was sunk on June 11 and only yesterday | was repaired so that she could move ; under steam. The Guerrero is nearly twice the i size of the Tampico and her ordnance i is at least 50 per cent, more powerful. The Guerrero was built in England by Yickers-Maxim in 1909 and was a ves- •' sel of 1,880 tons, with six 4-inch guns and two 3-pounders. She has a speed of twelve knots. The Tampico was built at Elizabeth- i port, N. J.. in 1902. She is of 1.000 | tons displacement and carries lour ♦-inch quick-firing guns and four ti-pounders. Both vessels were designed as com bination gunboats and transoorts to | meet the peculiar needs of Mexican i [Continued on Page 12] CHAIN'S SELF TO STATUE of duke of Wellington! By Associated Press London, June 17.—A militant suf-j lragette to-day created a diversion in the center of the city by chaining herself to the statue of the Duke of Wellington in front of the Royal Ex- 1 change. She then shouted to the | passing business men, calling on them i to intervene in behalf of the im- j prisoned women. She was eventually removed by the police amid the jeers of a large crowd. OFF TO < OXVEXTIOX The annual State convention nf the Sons of Veterans convened to-dav at! Sunhury for a two-day session. Renre- I sentatives from branches of the Sons of Veterans throughout the State are in attendance. Among the delegates! (T-" n J «•«- f'ty are. )>. D. Hammelbaugh. \\ . s. Steele and Uay Stewart. Late News Bulletins MISSING BALLOONISTS SAFE Portland, Ore.. June 17 Hoy Donaldson and Wilbur Henderson. «!'° 'r f » in the balloon Springfield, arrived to-day at Blue Lake in I lie Bull Hun river district. HOSPITAL SHIP MAINE ASHORE Sf '°' ,an< !- The hospital ship Maine, presented to the British nation hy American women during the South \frican war, went ashore to-day in the Firth of l.orne on the west coast of Scotland during a fog and it is feared she will be a total loss. IMPORTANT EVENTS IN MEXICO Mexico City. June 17.—High officers of the Mexican government statod tt>-da> that matters of great importance to rthe repubile would be dlseussejl at the extra session session ol the Chamber or i)enuuS which would result in a complete restoration of peace BRYAN'S PLANS MEET OBSTACLES Washington, June 1 < .—Secretary Bryan found considerable opposi VJi r i ?f na orelgn Helatlons Committee to-r th ? Heading coin pany, including President E. T. Stotesbury, were re-elected. EUGENIC MARRIAGE LAW UPHELD Madison, Wis., June 1J. —The Stutc Supreme Court to-duv sustained the constitutionality of the eugenic marriage law, reversing the judg ment of the Milwaukee county Circuit Court which declared It Invalid. New \ork Closing—Chesapeake-Ohio, r»l %; Lehigh Vallev lag- Northern Pacific. 110'/,: Southern I*acMc. 03%; Union Pacific 154%' Chicago-Mil.-Ht. Paul, «»V,: p. u. h„ 111; Heading, 103; New V6rk Central. 91%; Canadian Pacific, 1»;(V H : Amal. Copper, 70%: U. S. Steel, Three Members of Incoming i 9 t? is* iff Freshman Class Just Twelve w •* NANCY M'CULLOUGH ' FRED ROSS YOUNG TO APPEAL FROM DECISION 01 AUTO LICENSE LAW Says He Will Move as Quickly as Nature of Case Will Permit Stale Treasurer Robert K. Voting to-day announced that he intended to appeal to the Supreme Court from the decision of Judges McCarrell and Henry upholding the constitutionality of the automobile license act which appropriates the revenue form licenses to the State Highway Department for use in road work. The treasurer said that he did so to get important ques [Continued on Page 12] LEE AHEAD FOR GOVERNOR By Associated Press St. Paul, Minn., June 17.—Primary returns from various parts of the State to-day.showed W. E. Lee running ahead of Governor Eberhart for the Republican nomination in about the same proportion as the returns indi cated last night. Up to 10 a. m. 283 precincts outside the twin cities showed 11,973 for Eberhart and 14,589 for Lee. WEST, NOTED MINSTREL, DEAD Westbrook, Conn., June 17. Ed ward West, the minstrel, is dead at his summer home here of pleurisy. He came here recently from Streator, 111., where he had ben taken ill. Soon after his arrival he • apparently improved, but a few days ago suffered a relapse. HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 17, 1914 • p ■Hnfe' •*" ' 1 HENRY NACHMAN Two Boys and One Girl Not Yet in Teens Enter High School in Fall The incoming freshman class of the Central high school will have in its ranks three of the youngest members who ever entered the door of that in stitution as students. They are Miss Nancy McCullough, Fred Ross and Henry Nachman. Each of the three is just 11! years old. Miss Nancy McCullough is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jaines P. McCullough. of 2041 North Second street. Fred Ross is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Z. Ross. 2135 North Second street. Henry Nachman, the other lad, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Nachman, of 1615 North Sec ond street. Both Miss McCullough and Henry Nachman were pupils in the grammar grade ta'ught by Miss A. May Tittle. The Ross lad was in Miss Maud Ken nedy's school. llMis FOUND DEM) ON COUCH WITH POISON HI Card Tells of Disappointment Over Man to Keep Farewell Engagement By Associated Press Oakland, Cal., June I.7.—Miss Helen Mesow, a soprano singer, was found dead on a couch in her apartment here early to-day. The cause of death has not been determined. Miss Mesow was blind. A physician said that a spoon found In the bathroom smellod strongly of a quick-acting poison. <>n a table near the couch was a card bearing the name of W. C. Dohr mann, an Oakland real estate agent. The card contained this penciled mes sage: "Helen: Six p. m. Wanted you to come to dinner this evening as it is our last night—W. C. D." Mrs. E. Stege, of Melrose, an aunt of Dohrmann's, said that she and Dohrmann left the note at the apart ment Sunday. "Our last night," she said, meant that Dohrmann was leav ing town for a while. Miss Mesow was weM known as a singer. She was educated in the Cali fornia Institute for the I>oaf and Blind and at the University of California. Afterwards she continued her vocal studies in Paris. Besides being a musician, Miss Me sow was a proficient linguist. She skated, danced and engaged in vari ous athletic pastimes. She was about 30 years old and was a friend of Miss Helen Kellar. Grand Army Men Want Telegraph For News That the thousands of Grand Army men all over the State—lncluding those who attended the memorable Hag transfer exercises Monday as well i as those who couldn't get here—prefer to read the Telegraph',;? account of that historical event is indicated hy the let | tprs of commendation which have been received from time to time. Further more, lots of them are accompanied by orders for copies of the paper. Here is a typical letter, which included an ! enclosure: June 16, 1914. i To the Editor Evening Telegraph, : Harrisburg, Penna.: | My Dear Sir —Please send your j paper from the 14th to the 20th I of June to me, as we want all the news in regard to the transfer of the flags. Yours, JOHN G. TAYLOR, Quartermaster, Wilde Post, No. 25, G. A. R., Chester, Penna. DEGREES ARE AWARDED AT 1 jAFAYETTE GRADUATION By Associated I'ress Easton, Pa., June 17.—Talcott Wll ; llams, director of the School of Jour nalism on the Pulitzer Foundation in j Columbia University, delivered the commencement address at the seventy ninth commencement exercises of La fayette College to-day. He spoke on "The Real Monroe Doctrine." The 'following • degrees were awarded: Doctor of divinity, the Rev. C. L. Chalfant, Boise, Idaho, and the Rev. F. W. Loetscher, Princeton, N. J.: doc tor of science, F. P. Gutellus, Montreal, Canada, and Profosßor Eleanorr Irene Burns, College for Women, Constan tinople; doctor of literature, H. L. 'Collins, Philadelphia. 'NARROW ESCAPE WHEN OFFICER SHOOTS AT COUNT JERNSTORFF Ambassador From Germany to U. S. Target For Angry Policeman BULLET GOES WIDE OF MARK Driver of Auto Who Fails to Heed Signal, Cause of Trouble By Associated Press Champaign, 111., June 17. Count Johann Von Bernstorff, Ambassador front Germany to the United States, narrowly escaped death to-day when a special policeman fired pointblank at the automobile in which the Ambassa- I dor was being driven to the cotnmence j ment exercises of the University of Illinois. The shot went wild and was not re peated. Count Von Bernstorff was riding to .the campus from the railroad station. I He was escorted by Arthur Meeker, of | Chicago, in the latter's automobile. ' Dr. David Kinley. vice-president, of the | University, and Dr. Ewarts Boutelle | Greene were also in the machine. As the car neared First and Univer- I sity avenues, Michael Murphy, a mer ! chant policeman employed by neigh ; horhood businessmen, held up his j hand as a warning signal. Murphy was not in uniform and the i chauffeur paid no attention to him. j Apparently angered at the inattention, j Murphy fired one shot at the automo bile. 6 Fire Hydrants Included in Water Pipe Extension Half a dozen new fire hydrants are | included in the proposed water exten- I sions, contracts for which were ap | proved yesterday by City Council. City Commissioner Harry F. Bowman open ed the bids several days ago and the Johnson Construction Company got the award. The whole bill totaled $1,632. Following are the sections of streets in which the pipes will be laid: Nineteenth, Derry to Paxton street, four hydrants: Ninteenth, Paxton to Sycamore, one hydrant; Sycamore, Rol leston to city line, one hydrant: Len nox, Nineteenth to city line; Curtin, Jefferson to Seventh, and Fourth, Km erald to Seneca street, one hydrant. 40 Witches in Harrisburg Says Alleged "Sorcerer" Warrant Out For Gentleman Who Has Line on These Weird Beings and He Can't Be Found "Why, there are forty witches in j Harrisburg, and i know them all," is j the expression said to be frequently! used by Washington Stout, who lives j in a queer little house out in Pleasant I View, brews herbs and, according to those who believe in such medieval stuff, deals in the forbidden wonders of the black art. It is a far cry from Salem days to' modern conditions, but apparently; Stout still finds those who believe in | what he tells them. However he struck a snag this week when Mrs. Lillian Miller, a widow liv- J ing at 627 Peffer street, caused his! arrest as a sorcerer. Roll back the: scrolls about SOO years for this little j drama, please. But no, despite its anachronism, the | WILL SUPPORT THE PENSIONING BILL OF MAIL CARRIERS State Senators and Congressman Acknowledge Councilmanic Endorsement of Plan United States Senators Boles Pen rose and George T. Oliver and Con gressman Aaron S. Krelder all prom ise support of House bill No. 5139 — the bill providing for the retiring and pensioning of mail carriers—in ac knowledging City Council's endorse ment of the measure. At a recent meeting of the City Com missioners the bill was endorsed at the request of the mail carriers of this city, in accordance with the move ment inaugurated by the mail men throughout the country to obtain the municipalities' endorsement. Pennsylvania's senatorial represen tatives and the Representative of the Kighteenth district acknowledge the action of City Council tn brief letters on the subject to City Clerk Charles [Continued on Pago 11. Senate Democrats Speed Up in Effort to Adjourn Congress By Associated Press Washington, June 17.—With ad journment of Congress in about six weeks as their goal, Senate Demo cratic leaders were to-day expected :o continue their "speed up" work on the annual appropriation bills so as to take up as early as possible and push to conclusion the administration's program of anti-trust measures. All will be disposed of by about July 1. Members want to return home and enter actively Into the congressional campaign this Pall with prospects that the Republicans will not violently op pose the anti-trust "bills Democratic leaders In the Senate were hopeful of adjournment, the latter part of July. STEAMER KAISER WILHELM COLLIDES WITH ANOTHER SHIP * | j Big Liner Returns to Southampton Injured Be'ow the Water Line ; INCEMORE OTHER VESSEL Bows Badly Damaged and Upper Works Smashed by Accident By Associated Press London, Juno 17.—The North Ger man Lloyd Steamship Kaiser Wilhcltii 11. wliich .sailed from Southampton for New York by way of Sherbourg. put into Splthead this afternoon nfter a collision with another vessel during a thick fog. Southampton, June 17.—The Kaiser Wilh'elm II returned here this evening, having apparently suffered damage be i low the water line in a collision during j the fog with the steamer Incemore. Spithead, England, June 17. —The ' steamer Incemore, from Liverpool for Southampton, reports having been in collision with the North German Lloyd steamship Kaiser Wllhelm 11. The bows of the Incemore were badly | damaged above the water line. The j extent of the damage to the Kaiser ! Wilhelm II has not yet been ascer -1 tained. Telegraph's Pictures of Flag Transfer Are Wonderfully Clear The Telegraph's moving pictures of I the flag transfer at the Capitol Mon- I day have been developed. They are I wonderfully clear films and show the i parade and ceremonies just as they took place. The pictures will be shown first at the Photoplay theater in Market street, Friday and Saturday of this week. Later they will be shown in Middletown and other places. Even tually they will go to the Panama Exposition at San Francisco. suit has been enterea in Alderman A. M. Landis' court in the Sixth Ward. The trouble is they can't find Wash. Neighbors out Pleasant View way say that he and his wife were seen leaving their home dressed in their best yester day morning. So Constable Johnson's hunt for him has so far proved un availing. Whether the law will admit In this year of grace the. charge of "sorcery" is doubtful, but Mrs. Miller says Stout has got her in bad repute in the neigh borhood by declaring that she was a witch, and that her malign influence was responsible for the death or chickens. Before being pointed out as one of the forty witches of the sor cerer's catalog, Mrs. Miller was held in fair repute, she declares. FLEMING MAKES 01 MORE EFFORT 10 ESCAPE ROPE Murderer Sits Pale and Quiet While Case Is Argued in Court; Monomania Plea One more effort to save himself from the gallows for the murder of his mother-in-law, l,ouisa Bryan, was made to-day In June argument court when W. L. Loeser, his counsel, pre [Continued on Page 11. Paterson, N. J., Will "Bury the Hammer" and Banish "Chronic Knocker" By Associated I'rcss Paterson,. N. J., June 17.—0n the site of the proposed new rapid transit station in the heart of the city Mayor Fordyce and members of the Board of Trade were prepared to-day to carry out an elaborately arranged ceremony to mark the passing of "knocking" in Patersonj The chief feature of the prograrrP is the burial of "the ham mer" borne to its grave by six horses and followed by a procession at the head of which will be the chief mourn ers. "old pessimist," "chronic kicker," and "habitual grouch" each fashioned out of straw for distribution over the grave. The ceremonies were decided upon some time ago when the Board of Trade recently organized, decided that Paterson had sustained heavy business losses due to an undesirable notoriety, frequently helped along by Its own citizens. WESTINGHOUSE STKIKE QUIET Pittsburgh, Pa., June 17.—The strike of ten thousand Westinghouse workmen to-day setled down to the routine of picketing by the strikers and guarding their plants by the com panies. Hutchison Tells How He Drove Vice Dens From City in a Week ' COL. JOSEPH B. HUTCHISON The Man Who Cleaned Up Vice Dis trict Here in One Week TENTH KESM SiOW PROMISES TO BE BIGGEST EVER | Thousands of Farmers For Miles Around Gather at Big Head Woods I JUDGES VIEWING THE STOCK Dinner Served on Grounds to Hun gry Crowds; Announce Prize Winners By Start Correspondent Rip Head Woods, Ilogestown, Pa., .Tune 17.—With all of the cattle tents, I swine pens and horse stalls filled, the I lenth annual Hogestown Horse and j Cattle Show got under way this morn ing. The event this year seems to sur : pass that of former years, both as to 'the number of entries and the quality of stock. Although the name of the attraction would indicate that only cattle and horses are here,, the show takes in everything found on the farm, one of the interesting exhibits being poultry. Dozens of fowls are sheltered In a [spacious tent on the hillside and when [judging was started in that depart ment the judges declared that only on | : rare occasions is a collection of birds of such quality found. Then, too, Uut i ter and eggs, as products of the farm, I are on exhibition. Pure white eggs, brown eggs and spreeltled eggs, and the real pure country butter are shown in glass cases. The exhibits this year come from farms in the territory between Dills burg, Lewisberry and Goldsboro on the south, on the north to the top of North Mountain, and east of the bor ough limits of Carlisle to the Susque hanna river. However, registered stock may be entered from any place and will be exhibited in the registered j class. Judging Starts Judging started this morning at 10 o'clock, all of the exhibits being in their respective positions an hour be ; fore. The judges viewed the cattle, : sheep, hogs, poultry and eggs to-day, [lions determined a. d that ho hoped the case would be expedited. Auditor General A. W. Powell said [Continued on Page 12] Two Rescuers and Boy Are Drowned at Bottom of Deep Well; By Associated Press Driftwood, Pa., June 17. While playing near his home here last night, Harold Jordan, aged 11, fell into an abandoned well. Ills cries attracted the attention of Rodney Ives, aged 17, who climbed Into the well in an at tempt to save him. Finding he could not bring the boy to the surface Ives called for help, and was answered by- John Jordan. Harold's uncle. When he heached the boys they clung to him so that his hold on the rough sides of the well was broken, and the three, slipping down into the water, were drowned. STATIC-WIDE PROHIBITION VOTE By Associated Press Olympia, Wash., June 17.—An ini jtiatlve petition containing 112,101 names, calling for the submission to the voters of Washington at the No vember election of a State-wide pro hibition law, was tiled yesterday with the Secretary of State by officers of the State Anti-Saloon League. Un der the law 32,000 signatures would have been sufficient. PRIEST HIGHLY HONORED By Associated Press Philadelphia, June 17.—1t became known to-day that the Very Rev., Nicholas J. Murphy was elected pro vincial of the Order of Augustlniaus at a meeting at Villanova College yesterday. He succeeds the Rev. Mar tin J. Gerharty who held the office three terms. The new provincial is a native of New York City where for the last three years he has been rec tor of St. Nicholas' church. 14 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT. Harrisburg Police Chief Tells Convention How Town Was Made Clean SAYS DEPARTMENT NEEDS CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM Explains How Fakirs, Pick pockets and Their Ilk Are Driven From Streets Police chiefs from all over the United States and Canada in conven tion at Grand Rapids, Mich., to-day learned how Ilarrisburg's vice district was cleaned up in a week's time. The information was given by no less d person than the man who did that very thing right in this city not so many months ago—Colonel Joseph B. Hutchison. Ilarrisburg's chief of po lice. Colonel Hutchison says that public sentiment in Harrisburg demanded a general cleaning up of the vice dis trict and he states that he and the force did the cleaning up and did it right. He says: Wc had a self-made rcdliglit district—a district without police regulations; but nevertheless a segregated district. But they are gone. The, whole business was put out of business in about a week's time. I i- then explained that the district was cleaned up in the face of I an overwhelming public demand; that arrests were made in some instances, and that most of the effective clean [Continued on Page 11] President Rea Here to Testify in Lease of Northern Central President Rea testified to the Penn sylvania's ownership of a majority of the stock of the Northern Central for fourteen years, prior to which it hud owned IS per cent, of the shares. Ho further stated that the two railroads had been administered by the same officers for forty years, and that the Northern Central had always been re garded as a part of the Pennsylvania's system and could not very well be an independent road. In 1910, the year ! When the lease was drawn up, fully | two-thirds of the gross revenue of tho j Northern Central was from traffic de rived from the Pennsylvania, and of 449 miles of railroad the Pennsylvania, had a direct operating interest in all but 140. The Pennsylvania had aided the Northern Central in crises and tho reason for the lease was given that the time had come when the two prop erties should be under single manage, ment, financial and operating. Seige Proclaimed by Turkish Government Along Dardanelles Tendon, June 17.—An Exchange Telegraph company's dispatch from [Constantinople to-day says a state ot siege has been proclaimed by tho ■ Turkish government at Smyrna in Asia [Minor and along the Dardanelles in [order to put a stop to the emigration of Greek residents in Turkey. The question of the expulsion on forced migration of Greeks from Turkish territory has recently been the cause of sharp protests from tho Greek government and a veiled threat of war. Both Greece and Turkey aro making preparations for armed con flict. THE WEATHER For Harrlaliurn atnd vicinity i Fair to-iil|sht and Thursday; Hlimr whnt «nrin<-r Thursday. For Kastern Pennsylvania: Fair to ll i K lit. warmer In north portion | Thursday fair, warmer; gentle winds beeomlnK cant and aonth. Temperature: 8 a. ni., 00. Sun: Klsea, 4:3« a. in.; seta, 7:35 p. m. Moon: Xm moon, June 23, 10:33 a. m. Hlvpr Stage: l.tt left above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather lllKhext temperature, 74. I.mvent temperature, !M. Mean temperature, OS. Normal temperature, 71. MARRIAGE I.ICKNSES Danlfi 11. Klneard and Estella Eliza beth Kbner, city. Manufacturers Who Help the Other Fellow "The wise manufacturer real izes that whatever helps the re tailer helps himself" says a business writer. That sentence lilts tho adver tising nail squarely on tho head. When a manufacturer adver tises his goods In a local news paper ho is not only helping every dealer who has his goods, but he Is Inviting others to "stock up." "Tho turn over on the dealers' shelves mean renewed orders for the manufacturer. Manufacturers Interested in enlarging their market are In vited to address tho Bureau of Advertising, American Newspa per Publishers Association, World Building, New York.