General Huerta Leaves Mexico City and Turns Affairs Over to Francisco Carbajal
HARRISBURG iSS®®!! TELEGRAPH
LXXXIII—No. 167
TWO SCORE ROAD
DRAGS WORKING OH
UK HIGHWAYS
State Highway Department Offi
cials Are Rushing Operations
on Local Roads
WORKING IN WHOLE STATE
Close to 1000 Road Drags Put to
Scraping the Highways in
67 Counties
Before sundown to-day over 400 men
and more than two score road drags
will be working on the state highways
In Dauphin and Perry counties. Three
hundred men were put to work yes
terday morning and the number was
Increased to-day and to-morrow still
more will be added and by Saturday
noon about 500 will be at work. There
will be forty-five road drags working
by that time.
The state highways in Dauphin and
Perry counties are in a single district
an 4 are in charge of Charles P. Wal
ter, the road superintendent. They
form the largest district in the state
and everything was so well arranged
that yesterday morning gangs started
on the sections of road most in need
of repairs. Supplies of stone are
on the way and when the road drags
finish their work resurfacing will be
taken up. Every bridge on a state
highway and every culvert is being put
into good shape and the gutters and
drains cleaned out.
The counties of Dauphin, Cumber
land and Lebanon are in charge of
District Engineer C. W. Hardt, who
has planned the maintenance work
and ha® men working in every county.
According to reports received at the
office of G. H. Biles, engineer of main
tenance of the Highway Department,
this morning, close to 2,500 men are
at work with about 1,000 road drags.
The number will be increased to-mor
row. In many places it has been found
that to put roads in even safe con
dition will require much expenditure.
A. Reeder Ferriday Is
Elected Vice-President
By Associated Press
Reading, Pa., July 16.—Interesting
addresses marked the closing session
of the eleventh annual convention of
the Central Paper Box Manufacturers'
Association here to-day. It was de
cided to meet in Reading next year. .
At the business session these officers
were elected: President. Charles M.
Coover. Lebanon; first vice-president,
A. Reeder Ferriday. Harrisburg; sec
ond vice-president, William H. Deis
roth, Philadelphia: secretary and
treasurer. W. R. Klein, Allentown;
auditor. J. F. Kachiinc, Reading, and
member of the executive committee,
O. F. Kraus.
Strike of Enginemen
May Be Called in Week
By Associated Press
Chicago, 111., July 16.—N0 confer
ence was scheduled for to-day between
representatives of the enginemen of
the Western railroads and the man
agers' committee assembled here to
consider the men's demands.
Strike of the 55,000 engineers, fire
men and hostlers of the as roads which
may tie up 145.000 miles of way, may
be called within the week, according
to the last communication from the
union leaders to the managers.
CHAROKD WITH CAI'SIXG FIRE
By Associated Press
Connellsville, Pa.. July 16.—J, F.
Kenney and J. Falk. of Scottdale, Pa.,
were held for court to-day in connec
tion with fire which recehtly destroyed
the building "Coupled by the Scottdale
Hotel and three stores with a loss of
$50,000. The charge was made by C.
W. Seanor. deputv fire marshal. Ken
nev owned one of the stores and Falk
was his manager.
BANK CLOSES DOORS
Columbus, "hlo. July 16.—rThe Put
nam County Banking Company, a state
bank, doing business at Ottawa, Ohio,
e!< s»d its doors this morning. This
action followed a series of confer
ences participated in by officers of the
bank and examiners from the state
banking departments.
Late News Bulletins
TRANSFER ROCKEFELLER'S SEAT
New York. July Ift.—William Rockefeller's sent on the New York
Stock exchange was posted to-day for transfer to his son, Percy A.
Rockefeller.
HUERTA'S TRAIN NOT SIGHTED
Vera Cruz, July 16.—Vp till a quarter past ten o'clock this morning
110 special train from Mexico City had passed Orizaba, according to re
liable information from that place. It had been expected that General
lluerta and his fleeing companions would go through Orizaba early to
day on their way to Puerto Mexico.
NO CONFERENCES PERMITTED
Washington, July Its.—Secretary Garrison to-day telegraphed Briga
dier General Bliss, commander of the American troops on the border,
ordering American officers to refrain from participating in any meet
ings or conferences with Mexican officers of any faction.
WANT DEFINITE STATEMENT
Chicago. July 1(1. V step toward the resumption of negotiations
between the 55.000 cnglnemcn and firemen on nlnety-elglit Western
railroads and the railroads, was taken to-day by the conference com
mittee of the ralloads, in a letter asking for a definite statement of the
propositions supported by the unions.
Chicago. July 15. —The decision of Superior Judge Focll, restrain
ing George M. Johnson, baseball pitcher, front playing with the Kan
sas Federals, was reversed In the Apjicllate Court to-day.
Atlanta. Ga., July 16.—Atlanta was selected as the location for the
University to be established eastt of the Mississippi river by the Meth
odist Kpiscopal Church, South, at a meeting here to-day of the Educa
tion Commission appointed by the last General Conference of the Church
to choose a site.
Panama, July 16.—David Marks. American member of the Panama
Joint liand Commission. Is not expected to recover from an attack of
cerebral hemorrhage and paralysis of the right side from which he
suffered during yesterday session. He liecame unconscious and was re
moved to a hospital where the doctors found his condition dangerous.
Wall Street Closing.—Chesapeake & Ohio. -16: Lehigh allev, 136U-
Northern Pacific, 10f»; Southern Pacific, Union Pacific, 156 vi'
I'. S. Steel, 60%; C„ M. & St. P., 110%; Reading, 162J*; N. Y. Central'.
84%; Canadian Pacific, 18614. ,
PASSENGER TRAIN
DITCHED DUIG
HEAVY RAIN STORM
Roadbed of Columbia and Port
Deposit Railroad Completely
Washed Out
PICNIC PARTIES CAUGHT
Buildings Struck by Lightning and
Corn and Tobacco Crops De
stroyed in Lancaster Co.
Special to The Telegraph
Marietta, Pa. July 16. Yesterday
afternoon another heavy storm visited
the section along the Susquehanna
I river from Marietta to several miles
i below Washingtonboro, doing great
' damage to railroad property, ditching
a passenger train, washing out grow
j ing crops of corn and tobacco, as well
ius grain already cut. Houses and
; barns were struck by lightning and
i picnic parties were marooned by rising
! waters. Trolley service was crippled
! in all parts of Lancaster county.
The storm at Washingtonboro was a
i regular cloudburst, the worst ever ex
perienced in that neighborhood. The
i worst damage was done along the
Columbia and Port Deposit branch of
the Pennsylvania Railroad. The tracks
were washed out for several hundred
feet, completely destroying the road
bed.
The washout occurred just a few
moments before a passenger train ar
: rived at that point and it ran into the
excavation, ditching two passenger
cars. Xone of the passengers was
j seriously injured, although several re
| ceived bruises and lacerations. It will
; take several days to repair the darn
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HUERTA RESIGNS; U.S.
Will NOT RECOGNIZE
FRANCISCO CARBAJAL
Despite Dictator's Action, Wilson
Will Continue Watchful
Waiting Policy
By Associated Press
Washington, July 16.—President
j Wilson will not recognize Provisional
! President Carbajal nor any other gov-
I ernment in Mexico not set up through
! a legal election or in accordance with
j the protocols signed at Xiagara Falls,
j Despite the resignation of General
j Huerta he will continue his watchful
' waiting policy until the Mexican situa
| tion is more clarified.
The expectation of the administra
; tion is that arrangements will be
made for the peaceful entry of the
j constitutionalists into Mexico City in
1 case Carranza and his generals finally
refuse to accept President Carbajal,
pending the holding of an election.
President Wilson believes other na
tions will not recognize any new gov
ernment until the United States has
indicated its attitude. For that rea
son he thinks that the constitutional
ists will be very careful In their pro
cedure, The President is understood
to have no objection to Carbajal ex-j
cept on the score that he derived his'
power from Huerta and is willing to|
accept him if the constitutionalists will
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DI KE STAYS AT ST. JOHN"
By Associated Press
St. John, X. F.. July 16.—1n order
to gain a more extended view of this
city and the surrounding country and
to enable the government to carry out
all the functions arranged in his
honor, the Duke of Connaught, gover
nor general of Canada, decided to re
main for another day before sailing
for Quebec on the warship Essex.
HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 16, 1914,
Exclusive Social Function at Cona—Division Chairman McCormick Entertains the Party Workers
S ■~'7AY tz *' V S ' //rK/s ' YOU'RE. A* WELCOME W /BE M'orFN f tcsSrtf7
As tww " R " e<utlw '
NEWS ITEM FROM THE PATRIOT: Henry B. McCormick, chairman of the fourth division, announced yesterday that he has called a district
meeting of the county chairmen of his division for July 16. The meeting will he held at his summer home, Cona. alone the Yellow Rreeches, and the
coming campaign in the counties of his division, Dauphin, Cumberland, Berks, Lehigh and Lebanon counties, will be discussed.
HEAVY BAINS WILL
IT AFFECT IRK
ON IMPROVEMENTS
Contractors Assured River Will
Not Rise to Point Where
Damage Will Result
Both the Stucker Brothers Construc
tion Company and the Frank N". Skene
Company, contractors, respectively, on
the river wall and the dam, have been
assured by the State Water Supply
Commission that the recently heavy
precipitation of rainfall of the last
few days will not be seriously felt in
this section and that it will not be
necessary for the removal of the oper
ating plantß to higher ground because
of rising waters of the Susquehanna.
The information was supplied by
the State's commission upon the re
quest of the contractors, who feared
that the rising stream might damage
their machinery. Even a slight rise
might work some damage the con
tractors pointed out.
Tuesday the stage of the river at
Harrisburg was 2.4 feet above low
water mark and Forecaster Hosnier,
of the Water Supply Commission, in
formed these contractors that the in
crease in gauge height, if any, at
Harrisburg for Wednesday morning
w:ould be very slight, and advised them
to leave their plants where they were.
On Wednesday morning at 8
o'clock the Harrisburg gauge was 2.28
feet, or a fall of twelve-hundredths of
a foot since the preceding morning,
which justifies the State forecaster's
prediction and serves to illustrate the
high degree of efficiency of this branch
of the State government.
Although the State Water Supply
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To Defend "Old Maids"
in His Sunday Sermon
Sunday evening at the Epworth
League vesper service in Stevens Me
morial Methodist Episcopal Church,
Thirteenth and Vernon streets. Dr.
Clayton Albert Smucker will talk on
"Miriam, the Bachelor Girl."
In refuting the charge that old
maids do nothing for the world, he
will offer a list of twelve famous maids
of history. The service will begin at
7.30 o'cloc. Ross K. Bergstresser will
direct the evensong service. The male
chorus will sing and a half hour of
social fellowship and conversation will
I follow the evening program.
Rockefeller Says He
Will Not Quit Board
New York, July 16. —The threatened
suit under the Sherman law, the
report of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, and the bill passed by
the Massachusettc.s Legislature per
| inltting the sale of its Hoston and
Maine stock, with the provision that
each stock certificate bear a stipula
tion that the purchaser agree to sell
It to the State of Massachusetts at any
time, are the chief questions up for
consideration to-day at the meeting
of the board of directors of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Rail
road.
Prior to the meeting of the New
Haven directors, which was set for
1.30 o'clock, reports as to the antici
pated resignation of William Rocke
feller from the board were dispelled by
announcemenf from Mr. Rockefeller
that he intended not only to take part
in to-day's meeting, but would con
tinue to serve as a director. The effect
of the announcement was to discredit
a similar report that John L. Blllard
was also on the point of tendering his
resignation.
Feed Army Worms Red Pepper
and Watch 'Em Die Sneezing
West End Matron Discovers Remedy For Pest That Is
Ruining Harrisburg Lawns
"Yes, this is the Telegraph."
"Yes, we had a story about the
army worm last night."
"You have a remedy, you say?
Well, what is it?"
"Red pepper? Why, who told you
to use that?"
"Nobody," explained Mrs. D. G.
Berry, of 62 7 Kelker street, who had
called up the Telegraph to tell about
her remedy for the swarming black
pest that is eating up so many lawns
in this city.
"1 just happened to think of it my
self," she went on, "so I sprinkled the
SUSQUEHANNA RIM
NAVIGABLE DECIDES
y. S. WAR DEFT
Considerable Conjecture as to
What Will Be Done About
C. V. Bridge Plans
Considerable comment was caused
by the publication of an article in
Philadelphia, papers this morning to
the effect that the War Department
has declared the Susquehanna and its
tributaries navigable. This ruling
among its other effects, unless it is
contested, puts it up to the War De
partment to approve the plans for the
projected Cumberland Valley Railroad
bridge over the river at this city.
These plans have been approved by
the State Water Supply Commission
and, it is understood, are now in the
hands of the War Department. It is
understood there is little doubt that
the project will be carried through,
although the contract has not yet been
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Stilt King Meets the
Brother of Harrisburg
Hotel Man in West
F E Wilvert, the Harrisburg Tele
graph's stllt-walker, now en route to
thf Pacific coast, has written to H. E.
Hershey, at the Hershey House, stating
that he met Frank Hershey, the Har
risburg man's brother at Gibbon, Neb.
Wilvert writes to the Telegraph that
hp narrowly escaped sinking in some
of Nebraska's quicksands, but that he
managed to get away from them by
bearing to the north near Grand Island.
In the post-card sent to Mr. Hershey
Wilvert states that he is at Gibbon,
1,099 miles on his ourney, with 1,801
to go.
ELKS IX CLOSING SESSION
By Associated Press
Denver, Colo., July 10.—With the
final session of the grand lodge of
Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks, the assembling of all authorl
nate lodge members in a massed pa
rade. the annual national reunion of
the order drew to a close to-day.
The program of entertainment will end
in an open air carnival dance on the
streets to-night under myriads of col
ored electric lamps.
T. R. TO TALK IN ST. LOUIS
By Associated Press
St. Louis Mo.. July 16.—Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt last night author
ized the Progressive party to announce
that he will speak in St. Louie about
the middle of October.
red pepper all over the lawn at the
home of my mother. Mrs. George H.
Mackenberger, 1845 Xorth Seventh
street. And it killed the army worms
by the thousands. I thought maybe
you would print the fact that red pep
per kills the pests and perhaps others
will be able to save their grass.
"Why does the red pepper kill
them?" she replied in reply to the re
porter's query. "I don't know ex
actly.
'"But," she added, as she hung up
the phone, "maybe they sneeze them
selves to death."
TEIIS CLUBHOUSE
PLANS COMPLETED;
WORK STARTS SDON
Construction Will Begin Imme
diately After Receipt of
Bids
Before the final matches in the 1914
city tennis championship tournament
have been played, work on the con
struction of th? brand-new tennis
clubhouse on t) e Reservoir Park ter
race will likely be well under way.
Simultaneously with the (publica
tion of the, drawings for the season's
tournament last evening announce
ment of the completed plans were
made last evening before the tourna
ment committee.
The clubhouse will cost in the
neighborhood of SSOO It is expected
and the work will be started as soon
as bids are received. The park de
partment will supervise the construc
tion of the house, although the great
er portion of the cost is expected to
be borne by the tennis players who
have subscribed to the fund. The
movement was started some months
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Naval "Plucking" Board
Will Be Investigated
By Associated Press
Washington, July 16.—Operations
of the dreaded naval "plucking" board,
which annually orders the compulsory
retirement of many high officers In
the navy, were to be gone into to-day
by a sub-committee of the House naval
committee. Rear Admiral Knight,
who as head of the ''plucking" board
recently retired from active service
Captain John H. Gibbon, commander
of the battleship Utah, had been sum
moned to testify.
Numerous naval officers recently re
tired by the board have appealed to
members of Congress in an effort to
have their cases reopened with a view
to restoration to active service.
Friends of Captain Gibbon In and out
of Congress have protested that his
"plucking" was unfair to him and to
the naval service. Other caseß are in
prospect.
BUILDING PERMITS
Building permits to-day Include one
for a $3,000 three-story addition to the
rear of John Russ' brick house at 239
South Thirteenth street; an addition to
cost S2OO of a one-story back at P. Mer
curlo's brick house at 121 Washington
street. N. S. Curtln, contractor, will
build a two-story b-ick house on north
side of Curtin, near Jefferson, for O.
G. Patton. The cost will be $2,000. ]
CIDER VINEGAR AND
WATER MA! NOT BE
MIXED-MCARRELL
Judge Assumes Legislature Knew
What It Was Doing When
It Passed Law
Vinegar and water, legally speaking,
ccn't mix.
That, in substance, is the opinion of
the Dauphin County Court as ex
pressed to : day in the decision of Addi
tional Law Judge S. J. M. McCarrell
in the recent action instituted by the
State's pure food department against
a local wholesale grocery firm, C. W.
Burtnett.
The ease was purely a,test case and
a special verdict of guilty'was taken in
September, 1913, quarter sessions in
order that the case would be definitely
adjudicated.
The legislative act whose legaltty
was questioned was the. measure of
Junfc 18. 1897, as amended by the act
of May 21, 1911, which provides no
compound not "a legitimate product of
pure apple juice and not made ex
clusively of apple cider" could be used
or sold in manufacture of vinegar."
Admitted I'se of Water
The defendant had admitted that It
used approximately 20 per cent, of
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Great Throngs Will See
Smith-Carpentier Fight
in England Tonight
By Associated Press
London, July 16.—There waa a
great influx of sportsmen from France
and other continental countries to
day to attend the twenty round fight
between "Gunboat" Smith, the Amer
ican heavyweight and George Carpen
tier, the European heavyweight cham
pion down for decision to-night in the
arena at Olympia. Among these who
arrived were many Americans desir
ous of seeing their countryman in ac
tion against the popular Frenchman.
Many who came to-day and who
had failed to book their seats ip ad
vance were doomed to disappoint
ment, as seats were selling at a prem
ium. Even the poorest ones yards
away from the ringside were quoted at
from sls to S2O, while those in the
vicinity of the ropes were not obtain
able at any price.
The fight has created more Interest
here than any pugilistic encounter
since that between Peter Jackson and
Frank P. Slavin, about a quarter of a
century ago, although no world's
championship is at stake.
Carpentler to-day was still a favor
ite in the betting.
PRESIDENT IS ILL
By Associated Press
Washington, July 16.—President
Wilson had a light attack of indiges
tion to-day and cancelled his engage
ments. He had arranged to hold two
conferences with New York business
men and was to have met many con
gressmen on patronage questions. The
illntss was not serious and that he
I robably would begin receiving call
ers again to-morrow.
AILMENT CAUSES INSANITY
By Associated Press
Chicago, July 16.—"1n all instances
mental diseases are due to physical
causes and should be met by physical
measures," said Dr. Karl W. Sawyer,
of Marlon, Ohio, to-day, to the con
vention of ailenists and Neurologists
In session here. Dr. Sawyer declared
that in the study of 2,700 cases £e had
found that a physical ailment was
virtually always the cause of insanity.
Psychic causes are mere side roads,
le asserted.
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GRID JURY WILL
BILLOT 111 CMII
CASE HIE TODAY
Verdict on Indictment May Not Be
Made Known Until To
morrow
THREE WITNESSES CALLED
Announcement That Bardes Would
Not Be Called Causes
Surprise
By Associated Prcs*
Mineola, N. Y., July 16.—The grand
Jury weighing the evidence against
Mrs. Florence Carman, locked up on.
the charge of slaying Mrs. Louis®
Bailey, who was shot down in Dr. Car
man's office on the night of June 30
last, was expected to vote for or
against an indictment late this after
noon. District Attorney Smith, in so
announcing to-day. said that the ver
dict probably would not be made pub
lic until to-morrow.
But three witnesses, Mr. Smith con
tinued, were to face the grand Jury
to-day, with the possible exception of
Mrs. Carman herself. Whether the
Jurors would receive her and permit
her to make a statement was a point
which had not been determined this
forenoon.
Will Xot Call Bardes
The announcement by the district
attorney that he would not call Ell
wood T. Bardes, the "insurance col
lector, whose testimony before the
coroner practically resulted in a
charge of murder being placed against
Mrs. Carman, caused much surprise.
The defense, it is said, was prepared
to attack Bardes' testimony. The dis
trict attorney also said that he would
not call Mrs. Ida Powell, Mrs. Car
man's sister, nor her daughter, nor
Mr. and Mrs. Piatt Conklin. her father
and mother, before, the grand jury.
Still another surprise to the defense
was the announcement by Mr. Smith
that Mrs. Carman herself would not be
permitted to tell her story to the grand
jury unless that body granted her re
quest to appear. If Mrs. Carman does
testify, Mr. Smith said, he would not
I ask her a single question, and, If hu
could prevent it, he would not permit
questions being put to her by Jurors.
Two Aeroplanes Destroy
Tribesmen's Stronghold
By Associated Press
Paris. July 16.—How two military
aeroplanes destroyed with bombs the
inaccessible mountain stronghold of
the Biata tribesmen in the Taza re
gion of Morocco is described in dis
patches which have Just been received
here.
The tribesmen's retreat had been
located and General Gourand sent out
the two aeroplanes, one manned by
Lieutenant Deierstein and Captain
Raymond, and the other by Lieuten
ants Paretti and Morletis. The attack
ing parties carried four bombs each.
They speedily discovered the hiding
place and dropped the bombs with
such precision that the camp was de
stroyed, many tribesmen beln.T killed.
The aviators then made maps show
ing the position of the stronghold
which enabled Generald Gouraud to
round tip the natives who had escaped
death by the bombs.
Wilson Continues His
Fight For Confirmation
Washington, July 16.—There was no
let-up to-day in President Wilson's
fight for the confirmation of Thomas
D. Jones, of Chicago, for the Federal
Reserve Board. Intimations that the
nomination might be withdrawn from
the Senate were vigorously denied by
White House officials. Opponents of
the confirmation were confident they
could beat it; the administration still
was hopeful of victory though by a
slender majority.
A letter endorsing Mr. Jones, signed
by twenty-two large business concerns
in Chicago was made public to-day
at the White House.
1 THE WEATHER
For Harrlahurg and vlclnltyi Un
settled, probably ahowera this
afternooni partly cloudy to-night
and Frldayi not much change In
temperatnre.
For Faatern PennaylvanUit Partly
cloudy to-night and Friday;
moderate aouth vtlnda.
Temperatnrei 8 a. in., T4| 2 p. m., 83.
Sum Klaea, 4i49 a. m.| aeta, 7 >32
p. m.
Moon ■ Rlaea, 12:01 a. m. t new
moon, July 22, 9i38 p. m.
River Stage: 2.2 feet above lew
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Iftgheat temperature, 82.
I.oweat temperature. 69.
Mean temperature, 7fl.
Normal temperature, 78.
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