Get Puck as Free Supplement With the Telegraph Tomorrow; Order Paper Nov HARRISBURG l§ilgfe> TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— No. 23 HEARERS SHUDDER AT HORROR OF SCENES DESCRIBED BY COBB Journalist and War Correspondent Presents Vivid Picture of European Slaughter NEWSPAPERMEN ENTERTAIN Expresses Belief That War Will Continue For Years; His Lec ture Strictly Neutral Irvin S. Cobb, journalist, author and orma! temperature, 28. LARGEST SINGLE PIECE OF ORDNANCE EVER MADE BEING k SHIPPED BY UNCLE SAM TO PROTECT PANAMA CANAL f- ' ; i & . t 1 v?n t- " ~ ~T~ r —r—r ■ ■ ,-•- •.-• »••!*-••<. •? « ■■"} UL . % " ; " Tliia enormous rillc, believed to be the largest single piece or ordnan ee ever made, is being- shipped by the Lnited States government to protect the Panama Canal. The photograph s hows the great lfi-inch gun on its way to atertown, Mass., where it will be made ready for shipment to the can al. It weighs 284,000 pounds The car on which the gun is carried Itself weighs 192,420 pounds and no few er than thirty-two wheels were neces sary to iiold it. GURU in lira CIPITILSECOIDTIME General Obregon Leads His Army Triumphantly Into Mexico City Fy Associated Press Mexico City, Jan. 29.—General Obregon, the Carranza leader at tha head of his troops, entered Mexico City shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. At first he met with little or no re sistance, but when the national pal ace was reached shots from the cathe dral roof and other buildings nearby caused his soldiers to open up a fusil lade which, however, lasted but a short time. After the fighting was over a correspondent counted three [Continued on Page 9.] CARRANZA FORCE SHELLS PORT By Associated Press (in Board IT. S. S. San Diego, Oft Mexican West Coast, Jan. 28, by wire less to San Diego, Cal., Jan. 29.—A Carranza force aboard the steamer Korrigan 11, recently commandered, yesterday shelled the port of San Bias. An attempt to land artillery was re pulsed. At this juncture the United States cruiser Cleveland appeared and the Korrigan II sailed northward. "How Many Toes Has a Horse?" Answer at Schiedt Lecture Tonight A hoof is a hoof, all right, but was it ever, far, far back in the family lineage of a thoroughbred, a toe? Right off the reel, now. can you say whether the ancestors of some proud equines of to-day had five toes or none? Where did the modern race horse and the heavy Percherons come from? Stumped, eh? "The Modern Horse and Its For bears" is the subject of the llarrisburg Natural History Society's monthly free lecture to-night in Technical high school auditorium at 8 o'clock. The speaker will be Dr. R. C. Schiedt, of Franklin and Marshall College, and the lecture will bo fully illustrated with, lantern slides. Tries to Kill Surgeon Who Saved His Life Special to The Telegraph Millville. X. J., Jan. 29.--Threaten ing to kill Dr. E. P. Rickert, a surgeon, because he saved his life, Samuel Pangburn. a glassworker, was arrested here to-day. A few weeks ago Pang burn attempted suicide by tiring a bul let. into his breast Just an Inch above the heart. He was rushed to a hos pital. where Dr. Rickert performed an operation, removing the bullet and sav ing the man's life. To-day Pangburn appeared at the physician's office wielding a pistol and exclaiming he was going to shoot the doctor who wouldn't let him die. He was promptly arrested and lodged in jail. Many Wear Carnations in Memory of Wm. McKinley McKinley Day, in commemoration of the birth of William McKinley, assassinated while President of the United States, was observed to-day by the wearing of white carnations by many citizens. Many florists report largely increased sales for the occa sion. Prices ranged from 73 to 80 cents a dozen. William McKinley was horn Janu ary 29. 1843, In Xiles, Trumbull coun ty, Ohio. He was of Scotch-Irish de scent and his father was engaged in iron manufacturing. He was elected President as the Republican candidate first in 1896 and again in 1900. He was shot twice September 6, 1901, while in the Temple of Music at the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo, X. V.. by Don Is Cssolgos;; and died from the wounds September 14. HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29, 1915 THAT OLD TOOTH-ACHE HOWL DOESN'T HELP TIRED SCHOOLBOY Court Learns City's Dental Clinic Has Put End to That Pity Engen- dering Excuse YOU Used No longer will that heretofore sym pathy-inspiring excuse of a "nawful toothache" suffice when the youthful heir of the house wishes to legiti mately "bag it" from school. What in the olden days could easily have been used with wonderful effect upon mother and even sisters—and perhaps father —has been shattered. The school dental inspector has done it. That fact developed in January ses sion of juvenile court this morning when one 12-year-old was arraigned for truancy. Dr. F. E. Downes. the school superintendent, explained that the boy had been playing truant con sistently, although he always pleaded as an excuse to fond mother that he was suffering untold agonies from the toothache. BUSINESSMEN TO HOED CHIUTIOU) "Billy Sunday" of Commercial World Will Give Lecture Course Next Month | llarrisburg is to have a business j Chautauqua. Plans for the event, which is to in j elude a series of talks to businessmen and employes of mercantile and manu facturing concerns, were completed this morning. The decision to hold a chautauqua was reached following a "get together meeting" of business men under the direction of the Cham [Continued on Page 6] Local Boy, Victim of Wanderlust, Killed in West I John Gartner, who was killed at Fox Lake, 111., last Friday, is a son of John J. Gartner. 304 Mulberry street. It is probable that arrangements will be made to have ttui body burled at Grey's I.ake, near whelro the young man was killed. Gartner was identified by the father following the receipt of a description of the dead man at Fox Lake. The young man left Flurrisburg some months ago and had been working in various parts of the West. To Replace Red Lights With Globes of Pretty, Ruby Hue No more will patrolmen be fooled bv the false glare of red lights on patrol booths, for something new In a red light has been adopted bv City Elec trician Clarke E. LMehl, and they wIU be installed next week. The present light# give a red glare whenever the sun shines brightly, and many times patrolmen have been reprimanded for i ailing up. The new lights will be a ruby color when not lighted, but will show a bright red when illuminated. They will have a frosted globe. On the stan dards in business districts green lights are used to call patrolmen. The trouble has been on the districts re mote from the business section. BELIEVE AM, OF 3 the concentration of Aus trian and German troops in Hungary. Turks Reinforicfl Simultaneously with the stiffening of I the Austro-German attack the Turks have brought up reinforcements in (lie Transcaucasian region and are again on the offensive. Russian and Turk ish reports are contradictory, but It is apparent that severe fighting is in progress. In the West there is less activity. The furious German assaults of the last few days seem to have effected no Important results. Russian claims of victory in East Prussia are disputed In the official German communication of to-day, which states that the attacks of the Russian invaders were defeated with heavy losses to them. Tn Central Po land, it is said, the Germans took the offensive and captured Russian trenches. A German aeroplane squadron made a night raid on Dunkirk, dropping bombs in an effort to destroy the Brit ish supply stations there. The French official statement announces that one German aeroplane was brought down. Only minor engagements were. SWISS MINISTER MAKES DENIAL T Rome, Jan. 21, 7.55 P. M.—King Victor Emmanu' ■ to-day received tk« newly appointed Swiss miaiater, M. De i Plants. Later, the minister denied in an interview the ex- j istence of an accard between Gem Switzerland or I with Australia. Switzerland will remain neutral, he said. I VILLA REPORTED INJUP.SD Washington, Jan. 29.—An unconfirmed report in Mex- I ico City that General Francisco Villa kad bee* sariously in- I jured was received to-day from Consul Sillima*. Mr. Silli man also sent ward that General Obregon, Carranza leader, m entered Mexico City unresisted at 2p. at., yaatarday with K ten thousand men. A , MRS. ROGERS INDICTED ( Ne\fc York, Jan. 29.—The Bronx County Grand Jury C today returned twa indictmerits charging murder in the first % degree againat Mr*. Ida Sniffen Rogers, common law wife V of Lorilys Elton Rogers and alleging that ike poiaoned her ' I two, babies. j i !; APPROVE 4 MILL RATE 1 Harii-sburg, Jan. 29.—The County Commissioners this i afternoon approved a four-mill tax rate. APPLICATIONS NEARLY ALL IN 1 Harrisburg, Jan. 29.—A1l but four of the 119 saloons in | the county had applied for licenses, up until a late hour this . afternoon. { MAY REPASS IMMIGRATION BILL I Washington, Jan. 29.—8y a vote of eight to three the | House Immigration Committee today voted to report the | immigration bill, vetoed by President Wilson yesterday back ' > to the House with the recommendation that it ba repassed i over bis veto. I MARKETKILOSLS WEAK ' New York, Jan. 29.—Prices receded to the lowest of th< I day in the final hour under heavy selling of Union Pacific | and Reading. The close was weak. , Liquidation in United States Steel and other active C issues, partly foreign account caused severe declines in to- •' day's stock market. Losses.of 2to 5 points were numerous. C MARRIAGE LICENSES T John A. Splttal, ctty," and Mjrtlfi A. Shall, Newport. f Oliver Jour* it ml IIHKCI H. CarrfnKton, city. & Wforge H. ltobln«on HU