Hope For Early Peace in Mexico Hangs By Very Slender Thread
HARRISBURG ifSllli TELEGRAPH
LXXXIII— No. 144
PEACE PROSPECT FOR
MEXICO NOT BRIGHT;
GOVT. IS DOUBTFUL
Washington Hopes Mediation May
Win; Outlook Is Very
Gloomy
ALL HINGES ON HUERTA
White House Insists New Provision
al President Must Be
Neutral
By Associated Press
■Washington, D. C„ June 18.—While
rtdminist ration officials said to-day
they still had hopes for a successful
outcome of the mediation at Niagara '
Falls, .they were more doubtful than |
they have been at any time, probably j
since the conference began.
Officials close to the President feel
that Senor Kabasa's published note of j
yesterday disclosed anew that the |
Mexican delegates are consistently |
holding out for a Huerta adherent for !
the provisional presidency despite the j
fact that many such men have been |
mentioned as "neutrals."
President Wilson is equally deter- j
mined in his view that unless a man j
approved by the Constitutionalists is !
chosen the new provisional govern- j
inent will be in trouble from the outset. I
White House officials said that when |
the reply of the American delegates |
to Senor Kabasa's note was published
it would be a sufficient explanation of
the attitude of the United States.
F. ,T. Smith, an American imprisoned
in Tonola. state of Chiapas, several
weeks, pending investigation of the
killing of some Mexicans, has been re
leased.
Hear Admiral Badger reported that
Smith and his family were in Guata
maJa.
Villas Ultimatum to
General Carranzals
in Chieftains' Hands
By Associated Press
Eagle Pass, Texas, June 18.—That
General Villa has presented an ulti
matum to General Carranza, demand
ing the absolute separation of the
civil and military branches of the Con
stitutionalist government, was the sub
stance of dispatches received at Con- I
stitutionalist headquarters in Piedrasj
Xegras to-day. A committee of three t
officers was said now to be in confer-1
ence with General Carranza at Saltillo, 11
presenting General Villa's plan.
Guerrero's Officers
Spare Lives of Crew
of Sunken Tampico
On Board U. S. S. California, Mazat- ;
lan, .Mex„ June 17. (By Wireless to j
San Diego. June 18.) The Federal
gunboat Guerrero, which sank the
Constitutionalist gunboat Tampico, ar- j
rived at Mazatlan to-day with her col- I
ors at half mast in Honor of Captain j
Malpico of the vanquished vessel, who
committed suicide.
Constitutionalists picked up after!
the sinking of the Tampico will not
be turned over to'the Federal authori
ties at Mazatlan, the Guerrero's offi
cers having decided to spare their'
lives.
AMERICAN GOLFER BEATEN 1
By Associated Press ■ 1
Prestwick, Scotland, June 18. I 1
Francis Ouimet, American open cham- ! !
pion at golf, was practically eliminated 1
to-day as a factor for first place in i !
the competition for the British open ' 1
championship. Ouimet took eighty- i'
six strokes to make the first of the,'
four 18-hole rounds. Harry Vardon 1
did the round in 73, and several other 1
competitors had scores of 76 or bet- 1
ter.
BIG FUND FOR FA KM LOANS j
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C. t June 18.—Comp-I
troller of the Currency Williams esti
mates that about $500,000,000 in na-'
tional banks throughout the Fnited 1
States Is available for farm mortgage .
loans under the provision of the Fed
eral reserve act. making it possible
lor national banking associations to t
lend money on improved farm lands. <
Late News Bulletins
SAYS CARRANZA WILL FLEE
™ asllin 2 t ' ,n - •'>"«' >»•— Representative Kent, or California, told the
1 rraidoiK andl Secretary Uryan to-day he l.ad telegraphic Information
froniMexico that General < arranza was about to flee to I.arcdo, Texas.
Mr. Knit did not jfivo the niiinp of his informant.
CHICAGO BANK FAILS
Chicago, June 18.—Application for a receiver for the La Salle Street
I rust and Savings Rank, the Lorhiicr-Munday l»ank, \ a.s made to-day.
IMPERATOR NOT ASHORE
Southampton, .lane is.—There Is no truth hi the report from Itam
hridge that the Hamburg-American liner Imperator had gone ashore on
the Isle ol Wight. I lie Imperator reached Southampton water this aft
ernoon and prepared to embark her passengers for the United States
among them Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. tuo unwu nutto,
LONDON HEARS STORY IS FALSE
London, June 18,—The report rrom llerlln that an attempt had
been made on lite life of the Emperor of Russian and the members of
the Imperial family while on their way from Kishinev to St. Petersburg
is declared here to IK- an Invention. "
F. AUGUSTUS HEINZE DYING
«.i . S . e £ \" rk ' "J 18 - — F - Augustus Helnze, the copper magnate,
is d>lng at his home in this city. aocorfUng to a statement, made in court
to-day by his counsel, William Travcrs Jerome
KILLED BY AUTO ACCIDENT
Lancaster, Pa.. June 18.—William E, Hathfon. aeed :sft a coal mer.
chanto ftlils city, tiled in a hospital here this morning from injuries re
ceived in an automobile accident last night. ,
FORMER SENATOR HISCOCK DEAD
cock'^dl^l'swid^niy''her" o toMlay| ,<>rl>lo1 * rn ' ,W ' S ° ~tttor Frank Hls "
Closing Minutes in Wall Street I
Wall Street Closing.—Chesapeake & Ohio, 51 %: I,,hi"h Vallcv
1»8}/,; Northerni rtclllc,,111: &>uthcriii Pacific, »| : Cnlon Pacific, 155*$;'
t.,M. & St. 1•« MO, 1. K> R,, 111 /i. i Itoadiii" lit If/ • x < v„i ~r»i
91 Yi \ Canadian Pacific, 194%; U. S. Steel, «1%. * 9
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I pper loft Holstein-Friosian, Stonyford Pontiar Hen d rick, from Bonnymeads Farms; weight, 2,250 pounds,
i pper right, bull. weighing 1,900 pounds, owned by C. E. Cassel, Hummelstown, and Guernsevs from I3onnv
meads harms at the water trough. -' ••«-•.»
v^J* V» rO Kv i , n0 V t m ° n at Bh T9 £•? toright. Frank Kline, of the State Department of Apiculture, poultry
judge, 8. . Babble, treasurer, and 1.. S. Smith, secretary, of the Central Pennsylvania Poultry Association.
MARKET KEEPERS ALL
WILLING TO AID IN
CLEANERFOOD FIGHT
Owners Pledge Their Support at
Conference With Health
Bureau Yesterday
Lots of color.will be in evidence in
the markethouses of Harrisburg Sat
urday, for the Health Department is
going to distribute blue, yellow, red
and white cards, besides some "of 'sal
mon color, and these printed on dura
ble cardboard will set forth the new
food regulations as applying to the
different food-disuen sing trades. In
addition to this Dr. J. M. J. Raunick,
who yesterday, with the Board of
Health, conferred with representatives
of the markethouses, is going to print
big signs to post in the houses to in
form the public not to paw over the
foodstuffs before, purchasing and other J
fContiiiucd on Page (!]
JVDCJE J. M. KENNEDY DEAD
By Associated Press
Pittsburgh, Pa., June 18.—Judge
James M. Kennedy for twenty years
on the common pleas bench of Alle
gheny county and one of the best
known lawyers in Pennsylvania, was
found dead in bed at his home here
to-day. Judge Kennedy was 81 years
old.
HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 18, 1914
SCENES AT TENTH ANNUAL HOGESTOWN
'PRISONER PUTS M
111 BIS FUSE. THEN
' MAKES HIS ESCAPE
t Change U Not Discovered Until
Kidnaped Sailor Reveals
Identity in Penitentiary
1 By Associated Press
■| San Francisco, June 18.—Peter A.
'.Grimes, convicted of forgery in
I j Shanghai and on his xrfly to Sau
■! Quentin Penitentiary, California,
Shanghaied Alfred Johansen. a Nor
' wegian sailor in Nagasaki. Japan, sub
s stituted the sailor for himself and es
i caped, according to information de
. veloped to-day in an investigation by
Federal officers yesterday.
1 Not until Johansen in a cell at San
Quentin told his story to a fellow Nor
wegian was it discovered that an inno
> cent man was probably serving the
' three year term of Grimes. Johansen
who does not speak English, told his
story through an interpreter. Tie
said:
"Ashore from my ship at Nagasaki
I was in a saloon and drank with three
j men who approached me. After two
, drinks with them I remember nothing
, until I woke up in irons between decks
on a ship. I tried to explain, but no
one understood me."
, It was found that Grimes, under
the name of James 11. liodgers, had
, served a term in San Quentin before
and was released August 10, 1313.
Prison officials looked at Johansen
land then at a photo of Grimes, alias
, Itodgers. There was a resemblance,
I but they were clearly different men.
j When Johansen saw the picture of
I the former convict, he said:
"That Is one of the three men I
| drank with in Nagasaki."
Johansen arrived here under guard
on the transport Sheridan. The trans-
I port officials are positive he is the
man delivered to them at Nagasaki
hy Prison Keeper Kilgore, of Shan
| ghai, as Peter A. Grimes.
While nt San Quentin, Grimes or
I liodgers was a private secretary to
i former Warden John E. Hoyle. He
'was an expert stenographer. Ills par
| ents are said to live in Pittsburgh, Pa,,
: and to be wealthy.
I •
Planets Have No
Effect on Weather;
Moon Is Harmless
By Associated Press
Washington, I). C„ Junee 18.—As
trology is branded as a superstition,
by the Department of Agriculture in
its current weekly news letter. Dis
cussing the question of whether the
planets affect the weather the depart
ment declared "the belief, still to be
found in all,countries, that the planets
'and the moon do affect the weather
i never had any scientific basis what
; ever; it is only a remnant of ttie many
I I superstitions generated and fostered
I by that other greater superstition, as
trology."
I, The department's conclusion on the
| subject says:
"We have every reason to believe
| tht neither the planets nor the moon '
| can have any appreciable effect on the
t weather,»because they furnish so little 1
iheat upon which ali weather changes
i ultimately depend, and their belief is!
fully supported by weather records."
STEERAGE 111 PIC
WHEN WHELM Hi
; IUORE COLLIDE
Passengers Tell of Thrilling Scenes
When Crew Closes Com
partments
By Associated Press
Southampton. June 18.—The Kaiser
Wilhelm 11, of the North German
Lloyd Lino, entered the docks here
this morning. Divers immediately be
j gan to examine her hull in order to
I ascertain the extent of the damage
J she sustained below the water line in
| her collision yesterday with the British
j steamer Incemore.
j Arrangements were at once made
| to transfer the passengers to the Im
j perator, which is to leave Southamp
ton for New York to-day. The cap
j tain of the Incemore declined to make
j any statement as to the collision, but
. one of the crew of that vessel said
| both steamers were proceeding slowly
I at the time of the collision. *
J The Kaiser AVilhom II was struck
lon the starboard side opposite her
1
[Continued on Paso 6]
| Penrose Tarries
Awhile at Union
Station About Noon
Senator Boies Penrose passed
through the city this morning on his
way to Sunbury where he will address
the P. O. S. of A. at their annual
meeting, members from all parts of
theuState being present to-day.
JPhe senator arrived here shortly
before noon and was met at Union
station by several friends, including
Dauphin and Cumberland county Re
publicans. The senator declined to
comment upon Colonel Koosevelt's
throat affection.
LECTURES AT TWO SYNAGOGUES
! Announcement was made this morn
ling by the Uarrisburg Jewish com
| mittee that it has procured a well
known Hebrew sehola orator and
: teacher, Dr. Leon Album, of New
| York city, to deliver lectures here. Dr.
; Album's first ler'ure wii be given at
the Chlzuk Einuna synagogue, Fil
bert street near North, Saturdav aft
ernoon at 3.30 o"elock. His second
lecture will be delivered at Kesber
Israel synagogue, Fourth and State
streets, Sunday evening at 6.30. No
admission will be charged at either
\peture.
SUFFRAGISTS BESIEGE CONGRESS
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C„ June 18.—Of
ficers of the National Woman's Suf
frage Association on June 27 will be
siege Congress with resolutions urging |
the enactment of legislation providing
for equal suffrage. Vice-President
Marshall and Speaker Clark, together l
with congressional committee, have'
arranged to receive the suffragists. I
HOGESTQWN SHOW
VISITED BY 5,101
LOVERS OF STOCK
Judging of Horses Big Feature of
Morning; Paxtang Bull Ad
mired by Hundreds
By Staff CorrosjKinilont
Big Head Woods, Hogestown, I'a.,
Juno 18.—Clear skies and perfect
weather brought out one of the largest
crowds which ever attended the annual
Hogestown Horse and Cattle Show
here. Estimates fixed the number of
people here from 5,000 to ti.OOO.
Throughout the day dozens of horses
of all breeds and used for various pur
poses were led into the judging ring
to be passed upon by the horse ex
pert here. The animals were shown
hitched to carriages, wagons and sad
dled, while others were led to the ring
without harness. The horses are al
ways a big attraction, but from indi
cations the equines this year far sur
pass those of other years both in
breeding and in number.
[Continued on Page fij
STORE OWNER ID
CLERK ARRESTED
OH ORSON CHARGE
Warrant Sworn Out by Deputy
State Fire Marshal After
Investigation
George Kirffster. proprietor of a
general store in Myers street, Steelton,
and his clerk, Metedor Yardanoff, were
! placed under arrest this morning bv
, Constable John Gtbb, charged with
; setting lire to their store the night of
j May 30.
! The warrants for the arrest of Kirff
ster and his clerk were sworn out be
fore Squire T. V. Gardner by W. W.
I Wunder, of Heading, a deputy State
j fire marshal, who conducted an inves
| tigation into the causes of the blaze.
Both nien were held without bail lor a
| preliminary hearing before Squire
i Gardner to-morrow afternoon at 1.30
I o'clock.
I The arrest of Kirffster and his clerk,
the former a prosperous business man,
■ caused a great deal of surprise among
the residents of the West Side. The
Investigation which led up to the ar
rests was started by Fire Chief John
! Shoop immediately after the lire had
gutted the store conducted by Kirffster
and ruined his entire stock, which was
said to he heavily insured. After the
investigation was well under yay W.
\\ . Wunder, a deputy fire marshal, was
sent here to help dig Bp the evidence.
AUTO HITS MOTORCYCLE
Special to The Telegraph
Dauphin, Pa., June 18. —An auto,
owned and driven by William Shultz
last night while running up Erie
street, swerved and ran into a mo
torcycle which was being pushed up
the hill by "Curly" Gingrich. The auto
hit the motorcycle and put it out of
commission. Neither .of the men
were seriously hurt, although Mr.
Gingrich was badly bruised.
Powell's Daughter and
Her Aunt Nearly Drown
Betty, the -year-old daughter of
Auditor General A. W. Powell, and
her aunt. Miss Alice llirth, of Pitts
burgh, narrowly escaped drowning in
the Susquehanna river opposite the
pumping station yesterday afternoon
when their boat struck a rock and
upset near the eight-foot channel.
The accident occurred shortly after
4 o'clock. Miss Hirth and the child
were rescued by John Smith, an em
ploye at the pumping station who saw
the boat capsize. The pair were taken
to the Senate hotel in an automobile.
Neither is the worse to-day for their
experience.
VOLCANO ACTIVE IN ALASKA
By Associated I'ress
Valdez, Alaska, June 18.—Addi
tional evidence of volcanic disturb
ances In southwestern Alaska has been
brought here in reports which stated
that areas of the surface of Prince
William Sound and the shares of the
Sound are covered with powdered i
pumice or sulphur. The powder is I
colored yellow and is unlike the ash i
from the volcano of Mount Katmal, 1
the only known large crater in the
district. J
7TIMES HE TRIES
| TO"ElfflIT"ID/
i TIES HE FAILS
i
Abandons Bleeding For Poison and
This Method Too Avails Him
Nothing
HIS WIFE FALLS IN FIT
So Husband and Better Half Are
Both Hauled to Harrisburg
Hospital
Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Krebs, of
558 Woodbine street, were admitted
to the Harrisburg hospital this morn
ing within just two hours of each
other. Mr. Krebs was in a serious
condition as a result of his seventh
attempt to commit suicide; Mrs. Krebs
was found in front of her home suf
fering from an attack of epilepsy.
According to Charles Krebs, Jr., a
(Continued oil I'ago It]
REPORTED ATTEMPT
Oil CZAR'S TRAIN IS
OFFICIALLY DENIED
Mail Train Running as Pilot
Ditched and Three Employes
Are Injured
R.v Associated Press
St. Petersburg, June 18.—It was of
ficially stated to-day that tlie wreck of
the postal train at Tschudnow, while
preceding the imperial train bearing
the Emperor and the Imperial family
of Russia from Kishinev to St. Peters
burg. was due to a defect in the loco
motive.
The locomotive of the mail train as
well as three freight cars were thrown
[Continued on Pace 11.
MAY BEPEM. CITY'S
PORCH CONSTRUCTION
ORDINANCE OF IBM
Plan Considered as Most Feasible
Solution to Crescent Street
Problem
Repeal of the building regulation of
1904 which prohibits (he erection of
J front porches beyond the house line,
| may be the plan adopted by City Coun
| cil as the most feasible solution to the
! Crescent street problem,
i The whole question was raised 'it
Tuesday's meeting of the commission
i ers by James C. Costello. He wanted
to erect some houses in Crescent
street, south of Swatara. The lines he
received of the engineer's and the
building inspector's offices prohibited
him from building a porch beyond
the house line. The houses on ad
joining properties however had been
! built prior to 1904 with porches pro
jecting lifty-one inches beyond the
| line. This Costello claimed effected a
permanent nuisance to his property
j and he called upon the city authorities
to have (he porches moved back to
the house line—flush with his own
building line.
The fault lies it is held in munici
pal circles, in the 1904 building regu
lation.
Should the city require rigid ad
herence to the 1904 regulation all
houses with porches erected all over
the city between 1562 and 19(M could
be ordered to do the same. The re
sults can only be guessed at. On the
other hand, by repealing the 1904 law,
the situation could be restored to the
old status that existed prior to its
passage—and Costello and anybody
else could build front porches.
The problem was to have been
threshed out at a postponed confer
ence this afternoon by the cotincilmen,
City Solicitor Seitz, and Building In
spector Grove, but it had to be post
poned again because of the absence
of Air. Seitz.
Council Will Open
Year's Printing and
Paper Bids June 30
City Council at its meeting Tues
day, June 30, will open bids for all
the blank books, stationery and other
printing supplies to be used in the
various city departments for the en
suing year.
The proposals will be received up
until noon of that day by City Clerk
Charles A. Miller. Council meets at
1 o'clock. This will be the .first yearly
contract of the kind to be let by Coun
cil "under the new commission form of
government.
[Continued on Page 11. ,
GAIL BORDEN IN DIVORCE SLIT
By Axsorintcil Press
New York, June 18.—Gall Borden,
the millionaire milk dealer, was served
with a summons and complaint to-day
in the action for divorce Instituted by
Mrs. Helen M. Bordii. The action
was recently filed fa a California court.
The complaint charges desertion. Mr. |
Borden said he would not be able to'
answer it in person, since he was going j
tu Europe.
14 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT.
MB ROOSEVELT
IUS CHILL AS HE
GOES TO STEAMER
1 \
Throat in Bad Condition; No Cam
paigning This Summer,
He Says
ORDERED TO REMAIN QUIET
Says He Will Not Be Candidate For
Governor of New York
State '
Sperial lo Tlte t elefnifl'
London, June 18.—Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt is suffering from an affec
tion of the larynx as a direct result of
the hardships he endured in his re
cent Brazilian trip, which will provent
him from taking part as an orator In
the political campaign In the United
States this Fall and compel him to
exercise the greatest care for some
[Continued on Pa«c 11.
STEAMER BUELDW
GOES ASHORE IN FOG
NEAR PORTLAND: ENG.
Rescue Ship Sent to Take Off
102 Passengers and Members
of Crew
By A.undated Press
Weymouth, Eng., Juno 18. Tho
steamship Buelow, of the China Line
of the Xorth German Lloyd went
ashore to-day during a fog near Myr
tledene to the west of Portland.
A steamer was sent at one© from
ortland to bring ashore the Buelow's
passengers, numbering 38 first-class,
3 2 second-class and 32 third-class.
rhe Buelow, a vessel of 5.081 tons
net. sailed front Yokohama. May 2 for
Hamburg. She called at Suez June 3.
John S. Musser Is
Vice-President of
Electrical Contractors
John S. Musser. president of the
Dauphin Electrical Supplies Com
pany, was elected vice-president of the
Pennsylvania Electrical Contractors'
Association at the annual convention
in Philadelphia. Mr. Musser was not
in attendance, owing to his attend
ance at the international convention of
Rotary clubs In Houston, Texas, to
which he was chosen as delegate by
the Harrisburg Rotary Club. The
Pennsylvania Electrical Contractors'
Association is made up of the leading
electrical contractors of the State.
I THE WEATHER
For Ilnrrlnhurg anil vicinity: Fair
to-night and Friday; warmer to
night.
For Haxtern I'ennaylvanla i Fair and
warmer to-night) Friday falri
gentle southerly wind*.
River
The Susquehanna rlvfr and all Ita
tributaries will fall slowly or re
main stationary to-night and Fri
day. A stage of 1.4 feet la Indi
cated for Harrlaburg Friday
morning.
General Conditions
Local showers have occurred with
in the lawt twenty-four houra In
Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama,
I.oulNlana. Kansas and Minnesota,
the rainfalls exceeding an Inch at
Knoxvlllc and Shreveport,
A general rise of 2 to 14 degrees In
temperature has occurred over
n< arly all the territory represent
ed on the map alnce last report,
except In Hastern Tennessee and
Western North Carolina.
Temperature! S a. m., «2j 2 p. m., 78.
Sun: IIINCN, 4:30 a. m.; acts, 7:35
p. m.
Moon: New moon, June 23, 10:33
a. m.
Illver Stage: 1.5 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature,. 7K.
I.owent temperature. 51.
Mean temperature, 84.
Normal temperature, 71.
I MAHRIAGH MCKNSFS
Jacob K Kratzer, Lykons, and Mary
C. Low, Wlronlsoo.
William \V. Motz, L/inoolnton, N C
nnd May Edna Sophia Easterday, Jeffer
son; Md.
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Peace in Mexico
By Advertising
, The advertising director of a
large New York store says:
"If It were poaalble to atart a
campaign of advertising and to
make clear to the peona of Mex
ico the advantagea of peace, war
would noon end."
This man is a believer in the
printed word.
He regards good truthful,
well written advertising as the
most Important factor In mod
ern business life.
And of nil advertising medi
um" he prefer* the nenapaper,
for hla experience haa taught
him that It glvea the greateat re
turn* for the leant expenditure.