Hueria May Remain in Mexico City and Head His Troops in Final Stand Against, Rebels
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HARRISBURG l&mM TELEGRAPH
LXXXIII— No. 166
FINAL STAND MAY
FIND DICTATOR AT
HEAD OF HIS ARMY
Some Officials Believe Huerta
Will Take Personal Command
of Federal Forces
HIS FAMILY LEAVES CAPITAL
Many Persons Say Provisional
President Will Leave Mexico
City Today
By Associated Press
Washington, July 15.—With Huer
ta's family and several close friends
in flight to-day from Mexico City, the
resignation of the dictator was ex
pected to take place at any time by
the State Department and members
of the diplomatic corps in Washing
ton. Dispatches from Mexico City
stated that Huerta and his minister
of war, General Blanquet, might fol
low their families from the capital to
Vera Cruz some time to-day.
In some quarters, however, the view
was expressed that Huerta might hold
out longer, and that the departure
of his relatives only meant that he
was preparing to make a final despe
rate stand against the advancing Con
stitutionalists, commanding his troops
in person. Some administration offi
cials said they were not convinced Hu
erta was ready to quit, while Querido
Moheno, former minister of commerce
and in the federal cabinet, was quoted
as declaring "Huerta will not leave
Mexico so easily as is generally
thought."
Want Fighting to Ceuse
Nevertheless, diplomates in Wash
ington directed their efforts at avert
ing fighting in the federal capital and
arranging some means of transferring
power to the Constitutionalists with
out further loss of life. The Consti
tutionalists, it was declared, would
not recede from their stand against
any parleys with their enemy that
might imply recognition of Huerta or
his successor. It was hoped some way
might be found to bridge that objec
tion.
Carranza's forces continued pre
parations to-day to press their cam
paign against Mexico City. Villa's
army, gathered in Chihuahua, was
ready for the movement southward,!
while General Obregon's forces flush
ed with their recent victory at Guad
alajara, soon would be In shape, it
was said, to resume their campaign.
That the Constitutionalists would be I
in Mexico City within a few weeks, re- i
gardless of the action of the Huerta
government, was the belief expressed
by some officials to-day.
Huerta s Family Left
Capital Last Night
Mexico City, Julv 15.—At 10 o'clock
last night the family of President
Huerta and other relatives and close
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Woman Reduces Weight
25 Pounds in Five Days
to Get on Police Force
By Associated Press
Chicago, 111., July 15.—Determined
to be a policewoman, one candidate for
the civil service test reduced her
weight twenty-five pounds in five days,
it was made known to-day from the
examining headquarters. The outside
weight allowed Is ISO pounds. This
candidate reduced from 225 pounds to
200 pounds in the five days between
July 9 and 14.
She did it by sucking ice and lemon
peel instead of eating, and by taking
vigorous exercise, she told the civil
service commissioners.
"Give me five days more," she
pleaded when told that the extra
twenty pounds she carried would bar
her still, despite her remarkable feat
of reduction. The chance was granted
her and her daily weight reports will
be checked.
"I don't eat or drink except a little
water to keep my throat from parch
ing," she said. "For dinner last night
I had a piece of Ice the size of a wal
nut. half a nllce of lemon peel and a
swallow of water."
Late News Bulletins
NINETY PERSONS SENTENCED
Toklo. Japan, July 15.—The criminal court here to-day sentenced
ninety participants In the antl-mlnlsterlal riots on February 10 to terms
of Imprisonment ranging from six months to a year.
JUSTICE LURTON BURIED
Clarksvllle, Tenn.. July 15.—The ho«ly of the late Justice Lurton
was hurled to-day In Greenwood cemetery here. The burial followed
services at Trinity Episcopal Church. Justice burton's favorite hymns
—"Just as I Am" and "My Faith Looks Cp to Thee," were sung.
ATTEMPTS TO SWIM CHANNEL
Rologne, France, July 15.—Jabes Wolffe. the F.ngllsh amateur
long distance swimmer, started on Ills tenth attempt to swim across the
English channel to-day. He entered the water at 4 o'clock In the
morn I iiK at Cape Grianez and had reached mldchanncl at five minutes
past 10.
Iron River. Mich., July 1.%.—-Seven miners were killed in the Balkan
mine at tlfe Alpha location near here to-day when sliding sand caused
a cave-In.
Vera Crux, July 15.—Two special trains conveying tile families of
General llucrta and General lllanquet and others from Mexico City to
the coast nrc reported to have arrived at Orizaba at 9 o'clock this morn
ing. From that point It is believed tlicy may proceed to Puerto Mexico,
where they should arrive to-morrow morning
Redding, Cal., July 15.—llla<k smoke belched a mile high from
the orator oil lansun peak to-day and then drifted southward before
the wind In a banner ten miles long.
Mexico City, July 15.—General llucrta was aliout the prlncliial
streets of the capital this morning and at 11 o'clock as usual went to the
barber shop in front of the cable office to l>e shaved.
New York. July 15.—Further declines were recovered In the last
hour, especially in shares of railroads. New York Central losing a total
of over four points. Rallies of a point or more ensued in the final deal
ings. Feverish conditions prevailed in to-day's market, another severe
break In New Haven and Canadian Padllc causing general losses. The
closing was llrm.
New York Closing: Chcsai>e»ke-Ohio. 46%; I/chigh Valley, 136y t ;
Northern Pacific, 108%; Southern Pacific, OH; Villon I*a<lflc, 155%;
V, S. steel. 5»%; C. M.St. Paul. 98%; I\ R. R., Ill; Reading, 162&;
New York Central, 84%; Canadian Pacific. 185.
ADMITS HE ROBBED
DOZEN HOUSES WHEN
CAUGHT BY TROOPER
State Policeman Arrests Duncan
non Man on Farm Near
Reading
MAKES COMPLETE CONFESSION
Accused Worked in Districts Just
Outside of Perry County
Town
Special to The Telegraph
Duncannon, Pa„ July 15.—State Po
lice Curtis E. Davies yesterday ar
rested Abram S. Owen, aged about 27,
on a farm eight miles from' Reading
and brought him here to answer to
charges of a dozen robberies, covering
a period of several months. Owen
made a complete confession, covering
three typewritten pages, and was < u
initted to Jail at New Bloomflclu to
await the next session of court.
Owen lives about two miles outside
of Duncannon and he confined his op
erations, it is said, to houses on the
outskirts of this place. One house he
visited four times. Another home ho
entered twice. Besides these six other
residences were entered. Owen stole
a gold watch and chain, money, edibles
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Three Workmen Overcome
While at Work Under Ground
Three men employed by the T. L.
Eyre company engaged in the con
struction of the sewers forty feet un
der ground In Mulberry street between
Front and Second streets were over
came by smoke this morning.
They are William Tyrrel, aged 46,
of 313 Chestnut street, foreman in
charge; William Zarker, of Sixteenth
and Zarker streets, and J. H. Pines, of
ISO 2 Logan street. All three men were
overcome by smoke from the blasting
of large rocks under ground. They
were taken to the Harrisburg hos
pital.
INDICTMENT AGAINST
MRS. CARMAN MAY BE
RETURNED TOMORROW
Grand Jury May Complete Its Part
in Case Late This After
noon
By Associated Press
Mineola, N. Y., July 15.—A grand
Jury from which two members with
drew because of friendship for the
Carman family, resumed to-day its
deliberations in the case of Mrs. Flor
ence Carman, held in jail as having
fired the shot which killed Mrs. Louise
Bailey in Dr. Carman's office at Free
port on the night of June 30. It was
expected that the jury would complete
its work to-day and that if an indict
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Harrisburg Box Maker
Blames Tariff For Poor
Condition of Business
By Associated Press
Reading, Pa., July 15.—The annual
meeting of the Paper Box Manufactur
ers of Pennsylvania, opened here to-day
to continue two days. Charles M. Coov
er of Lebanon, was In the chair and
w B. Klein, of Allentown. is secretary
and treasurer. First Vice-President A.
Reedcr Ferrlday, of Harrisburg. in an
address blamed the tariff for present
business conditions. Some members be
lieved that trade will Improve in the
Fall. Labor and working conditions
wore discussed at length. Reports as
to business were submitted.
HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 15, 1914
DREAD ARMY WORM
INFESTS HARRISBURG
IN BLACK SWAHMS
Numerous Inquiries Being Made
as to Methods of Killing
Pests
DEVASTATING CITY LAWNS
York Also Invaded; In '55 Entire
Oat Crop of State Was
Destroyed
Hordes of black grass-devouring
and graln-devasting insects known as
army worms have infested the city,
and the office of State Zoologist Sur
face is receiving inquiries daily in re
gard to them.
Professor Surface is preparing a
bulletin on the habits of the pests and
how to eliminate them. State nursery
inspector Enos B. Engler this morning
said that while the city is infested
with the worms, no complaints have
been received from the country dis
tricts. But in York county the army
worms have been seen at several
places. Complaints have also been
heard from Berks county.
The pest has not appeared in this
section of Pennsylvania since 1855,
when hundreds of farmers lost their
crops of oats. The black pests at that
time ate the tops off the oats and left
the stalk standing. Dispatches from
York county says:
Pests Busy at York
"The present outbreak, which Is un
usual at this time of the year, has not
assumed such destructive proportions
but unless immediate steps are taken
to stamp out the pests there is dan
ger that much loss will result to prop
erty owners in both the city and
county. The army worm goes after
everything in the vegetable kingdom.
He is not choicy, but will eat, and eon
sequ*ntly kill grass as quickly as oats
or wheat. Gardens are their delight,
and cabbage, tomatoes, potato stalks,
beans, peas, in fact all products of the
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1914TAXRECEIPIS
26 THOUSAND MORE
THAN LAST YEAR'S
Twenty-two Thousand of Increase
Due to Recent Legislative
Act
More than $26,000 in additional
taxes will he netted by Dauphin county
this year, according to the annual re
port of taxable property which was
submitted to the County Commission
ers to-day for approval prior to re
turning it to the Secretary of Internal
Affairs of Pennsylvania.
In exact figures the Increase is
$26,199 18
Of this sum $3,787.24 is a clear
increase of county taxes over last year;
the remainder, $22,41 1.94, is the in
crease which the county will net as a
result of the recent legislative act
which requires the State to return all
of the tax collected for State purposes
instead of only three-quarters of the
amount, as heretofore. Incidentally,
this is the first time Dauphin county
reaps the advantage of this act.
The total amount of taxes collectable
in city and county, according to the
report, is $301,224.14 for 1914 as
against $297,436.90 in 1913, an in
crease of $3,787.24.
On personal property tax the amount
collectable in 1914 is shown ,to be
$53,152.14, as against $40,986.94 In
1913, a clear increase of $12,165.20.
Of the sum paid to the State last year,
however, $30,7 40.20—three-fourths—
was returned. The fact that the whole
amount this year will be returned
shows the net increase to Dauphin
county—the difference between $30,-
740.20 and the tax for 1914—t0 be
$53,152.14. Of the total county and
city taxable property the city alone
shares to the extent of $42,255,385.
Incidentally the report shows thai
slowly but truly the horse has had its
day. Thefe is a considerable differ
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Boarder Ejected Comes
Back and Carries Off
His Landlord's Wife
Santo Di Salvatore, a slim young fel
low of 22, who got board with Antonio
Candeleri, at 633 Walnut street, and
was ejected about four weeks ago. came
back yesterday and took away Candel
ori's wife.
The husband's warrants charge his
former boarder also with the theft of
SIOO cash. The wife, who was Julia
Pellire before her wedding, was 24. Her
husband is about 40. She was married
only eighteen months ago.
Famine May Drive Rebel
Forces From Position
By Associated Press
I Washington, D. C., July I..—Fa
imlne and disease threaten to drive the
j Dominican rebels from their strong-
I hold in Puerto Plata, from which
[ President Bordas has been unable to
I dislodge them during a campaign of
| several months. Captain Eberle, of
(the cruiser Washington, reported to
day that food and water were very
scarce and that the death rate was in
creasing dally in consequence.
LEAVE FOR THE ISLE OF QUE
Fifty-five members of Zembo band
nnd patrol left for .the Isle of Que,
below Sunbury this morning. They
will camp until Sunday, C. E. Covert
Is host to the party.
WISE OLD BIRD!
News dispatch from Washington: Ropsting high on a ledge in a Senate gallery corridor a screech owl pea
fully snoozed while the Senate was In session. The bird showed no interest in the Wilson anti-trust legislation
the Introduction of bills and resolutions or Democratic debate on business conditions, but just keep on sleeping.'
Strike Oil in Rear of
Bowman's Store While
Digging Elevator Shaft
Workmen digging an elevator shaft
in the northeast corner of the base
ment at Bowman's store to-day struck
oil. Twan't a gusher, but the crude,
tarry-smelling stuff oozed up in bub
bles out of the pit.
This striking of oil brings to mind
that more"than a score of years ago
wells were drilled in the hope of find
ing oil on the Coovtr farm, which is
now Wild wood Park. The place where
the lake is now located was the spot
selected for the operations, but the
go-devil never brought forth the ex
pected gusher. Another well sunk with
unrealized expectations was on the old
Greenawalt farm, north of the cjty
PRESIDENT ACTIVELY
TAKES UP FIGHT FOR
JONES' CONFIRMATION
Vote in Senate May Be Taken
Sometime Friday, Say Party
Leaders
By Associated Press
Washington, July 15.—The fight iij
the Senate over the issue of making
public the testimony of Thomas D.
Jones, of Chicago, nominated to be a
member of the Federal Reserve board,
before the Banking and Currency
committee, which voted not to recom
mend his confirmation, was expected
to be resumed In the Senate to-day,
when the committee submits its ma
jority and minority reports on the
case. Consideration of the issue had
been postponed by the Senate pending
the completion and submission ot
these reports. This was expected to
be accomplished to-day.
Presentation of the reports was ex
pected to be followed by an effort on
the part of Acting Chairman Hitch
cock, of the Banking and Currency
Committee to have his motion, which
seeks to have the"record of the com
mittee hearing in the Jones rase made
a matter of public record, adopted.
The introduction of the motion yes
terday provoked heated debate. Con
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PETROLEUM REDUCED
By Associated Press
New York, July 16.—The Standard
Oil Company of Nefp York to-day an
nounced a reduction of fifteen points
in all grades of refined petroleum for
export, making cases 10.75 cents per
gallon, tanks 4.75 cents and refined at
New York and Philadelphia 8.25 cents.
PLAN TO LAY NEW CABLE
New York, July 15.—T0 provide for
the large Increase In business which is
expected to follow the opening of the
Panama canal, a new cable will be
laid from New York to Colon by way
of Guantanamo before the end of the
year. The cable, which will cost
f 1,500,000, is, being constructed In
England and wi|l be much larger than
the present cable.
near Fllckinget's lane. Persons in
flamed by discoveries of oil In the
western fields thought that surface in
dications looked like oil. But the
efforts were fruitless.
When the Bowman building was
erected, as well as that now occupied
by the Hub store, across Dewberry
-treet, considerable trouble was ex
perienced from springs of water. It
may be possible that a huge supply of
oil Is now located in some subterra
nean pocket far below the depths of
the city and that it has oozed up and
mingled with the waters of springs
where once the bold Indian stooped to
—time's called on this copy.
WRITTEN DEMAND OF
55,000 ENGIIIEHN TO
BE GIVEN MANAGERS
Official Position on Wage Question
Stated in Letters to
Employers
By Associated Press
Chicago, July 15.—Official written
notices to the managers' committee
of the western railroads that the 55,-
000 enginemen an those roads would
not arbitrate their wage differences
with their employers was prepared to
day by* union officials.
The position of the men was ver
bally outlined to the managers' com
mittee yesterday when the result of
the strike vote showing that nearly all
of the engineers and firemen favored
a strike was made public. The writ
ten notice was prepared In response to
a request from the managers' com
mittee.
A formal reply to the message from
the workmen was expected late to
day or to-morrow.
The managers' committee contend
ed that the requests of the employes
for increased pay and more liberal
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Kanawha Valley Is
Swept by Big Storm
By Associated Press
Charleston, W. Va., July 15.—The
Kanawha valley was swept during last
night and early to-day by storms
which caused losses estimated at
$250,000. The Masonic temple In
Charleston was damaged to the ex
tent of $35,000 by lightning, almost
at the same time two horses were
killed in the street not far away. A
number of buildings were blown
down and telephone and telegraph
wires crippled. Campbell Anderson,
a brakeman, was blown from the top
of a Chesapeake and Ohio freight
train into the branches of a tree as
the train crossed the trestle at Mar
mot, but escaped with bruises.
na DECIDES OLD
coiryiiiEOßSiiY
GO OVER 1313 BOOKS
President Judge Doet Not Touch
on Constitutionality of Con
troller Act
Dauphin county's board of auditors,
John W. Cassel and Francis W.
Rlegle will be permitted to audit the
county's accounts for 1913.
President Judge George Kunkel so
decided in a concise but comprehen
sive opinion handed down to-day.
Questions of future auditing by the
same officers—for the years of 1914
and 1915—and of the constitutionality
of the act creating the office of county
controller are not touched upon In the
decision. In demanding the books the
auditors asked that they be permitted
to examine only the accounts of 1913;
the objections raised as to the consti
tutionality of the controllershlp act
the court considered unnecessary to
pass upon.
In effect the opinion means that
Auditors Cassel and Rlegle. will get
busy on the 1913 accounts and that
County Controller Gough, instead of
attending to this work, as the county
boards had believed was required by
the county controller act, will merely
continue to transact what other busi
ness is necessary in connection with
his office.
The action In question was instituted
by Auditors Cassel and Riegle—the
two remaining members of the board,
Harry A. Walters having resigned to
assume the office of poor director—
against County Commissioners Isaac
S. Hoffman. Samuel S. Miller and John
H. Eby, County Treasurer A. H. Bai
ley, Poor Directors Charles L. Boyer,
Thomas S. Manning and Harry A.
Walters, and Prison Inspectors Lane S.
Hart, Henry Cordes, B. Frank Ober,
John J. Hargc-st, W. B. Meetch and
John H. Mclhenny, all of whom were
mandamused by the auditors to com
pel them to turn over the 1913 books
and accounts.
The defendant officials refused, con
tending that the office of auditor had
been abolished by the controllershlp
act, and that the duties formerly per
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Colonel Again Meets
Progressive Leaders
New York, July 15.—Colonel Roose
velt came to New York to-day for his
weekly visit to Progressive national
headquarters. A number of State and
city Progressives leaders again met
the Colonel and pressed him to ne
consider his determination not to run
for governor of New York.
The Colonel had a lijncheon en
gagement at the Colony Club with a
group of women identified with the
social secrive work of the Progressive
party.
VOTE TO CONTINUE PLAN
Philadelphia, July 15.—Announce
ment was made to-day that the vote
cast yesterday by the motormen and
conductors of the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit Company resulted In the men
deciding to continue for another year
the present co-operative plan by which
| the men deal as Individuals with the
company rather than through a labor
organization. About 6,500 men are In
volved.
12 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT.
BIGELOW SMS
MO MED TO 11
1 THE HIGHWAYS
Highway Commissioner Promptly
Begins Repairs to the Roads
of the Commonwealth
ARE USING THE ROAD DRAGS
Fiscal Officers Agree to Pay From
the Million Dollar Auto
mobile License Fund
Auditor General Powell and Btatfc
Treasurer Young agreed last night to
make payments to the State Highway
Department out of the $1,150,000 paid
Into the State Treasury by automobil
ists of Pennsylvania under legislative
mandate that It should be used for
repair and construction of highways.
Within an hour Highway Commis
sioner Bigelow had notified every di
vision engineer and district road su
perintendent to begin work on repairs.
At 10 o'clock this morning reports re
ceived at the State Highway Depart
ment showed that 1,500 men were at
work, dragging the worst stretches of
State highway, opening drains and
culverts, remaking gutters, filling holes
and making safe the bridges. By to
morrow noon at least 3,000 men will be
at work.
Things moved rapidly in the contro
versy over the use of the automobile
license funds late yesterday afternoon.
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Produce Worth $6,480
in 162 Home Gardens
By Associated Press
Connellsville, Pa., July 15. —Vege-
tables valued at 58,480 are maturing
in 162 gardens at homes of workmen
employed In the I-elsenring plant of
the H. C. Frick Coke company, ac
cording to the estimate of judges who
yesterday inspected the plots and to
day awarded three prizes for the best.
The winers were George Orr, coal
miner; John Dolan. roadman; and
Andy Chulko, coke 'rawer.. Seven
teen other persons were given honor
able mention and so well was the gar
dening carried on that the committee
recommended additional prizes for
next year. The awards were made un
der the general plan of the United
States Steel Corporation to encourage
vegetable raising among its employes.
1 THE WEATHER
For Harrlshurg nnil vicinity* Pnrtlv
cloud y weather to-night anil
Thursday, probably thunder
shower*: not much change In
temperature.
For Eastern Penn*ylvnnln i Partly
cloudy to-night and Thursday,
probably with thundernhow er* |
not much change In tempernturei
moderate south wind*.
River
The main river will remain nearly
Mtntlonary to-night nnd rise
Nomewhnt Thursday. A stage of
about 2.3 feet la Indicated for
Ilarrlahurg Thursday morning.
General Condition*!
The pressure la hlgheat thla morn
ing along the Worth Pacific ronat
and lowest over the Canadian
province of Kaakatchewan. Condi
tion* are generally unsettled,
particularly over the eaatern por
tion of the country. Showers
have occurred generally eni»t of
the Ohio river and In !*ew York
and Pennaylvanla In the last
twenty-four hour*.
Tempernturei 8 a. m., 70.
Sunt Rlaea, 4i4N a. m.| aeta, 7i33
p. m.
Mooni I.nst quarter, to-day at 2t33
a. M.i rlaea. 11i24 p. m.| new
moon, July 22, I)i38 p. m.
River Mnget 2.3 feet above low
water mark.
Yeaterday'a Weather
Hlgheat temperature, 7ft.
I/Oweit temperature, 70.
Mean temperature, 74.
Normal temperature, 7K.
MARRIAGE MCENSES
Stef Sponlszt and Terez Knull, Steel
ton.
Samuel H. Selg and Jennie Bright
bill. city.
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