Prominenl American in Mexico Ciiy Killed When Zapala Forces Occupied It HARRISBURG SfisllliS TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— No. 5S SHOT TO DEATH IN HIS HOME IN MEXICAN CAPITAL NATIVE OF CHICAGO KILLED AS OBREGON LEAVES MEXICO CITYi Residence Was Sealed by Brazilian Minister Before Occupation of City by Za pata Troops; Yankee Flag! Floated Over House CASE WAS LAID BEFORE MEMBERS OF CABINET Washington Government, in Note, Told Carranza He Would Be Held Responsi ble For Safety of Foreign ers After Evacuation Hy Associated Press Washington. I>. t'., March 12.—Jolin U. McManus. a prominent American in Mexico < ily, originally Irom Chi uigu, was shot and killed in his home vi - tenia y l)> Zapata troopers as they were occupy ins the Mexican capital alter tlie evacuation of General Ohrcgon anil the Carranza forces. Ollicial dispatches to-ilay from tlic Bia/lliun minister in Mexico City re poi ting tlie alTair to the state Pcpart- . ment -ay the American Has was float ing oxer McMaiiu** liousc anil that his iloors hail been closed and sealed l>y the Bra/Mian consul. The lira/.ilian minister's illspati'h intimated that the | killing may have been one of revenue, ; for it was charged that when the /.apata troops recently ixnipiivl the capital McManuii had killed three of I their number. I American l ias Over lloiiso Thp fact that the American Ilag had ■ liten hoisted over the house and the doors had been sealed by the consul of a neutral power was taken by olil- ' ciftls here to Indicate that either Mi>Jlanus felt he was in danger or that •ill foreigners were fearful of their safety with the entry of the Zapata troops and took steps for protection. The killing of the American is de scribed In th" official dispatches as i having caused the greatest excitement and emotion in the foreign colony. The Brazilian minister reported that General Salaznr. the Zapata com- : ni.mder. had promised to find the guilty troopers and punish them. The ' official dispatches telling of the killing did not contain great detail, but indi- , < ated that there was a dispute over; whether McMnnus or the Zapata sol- j dlers began the shooting. It was added, however, that the American's hat was shot full of holes, with evi dences that the llring was done at | ' lose ranee. l'laced Before Cabinet In Washington the news of the kill-; ins was received in official quarters 1 with evidences of deep concern. The i Brazilian minister's dispatches arrived .iust as the Cabinet was assembling and ! Secretary Bryan took them to be laid [ before the President. Mr. Bryan said that as a searching investigation was j under way. no steps were likely to be ; taken until all the facts were brought I before the American government. Supplementary dispatches from the ' Brazilian minister said Rood order pre- i vailed in the capital from the time' 1 'bregon and his Carranza troops left ! until the Zapata forces entered. It was pointed out here that Presi dent Wilson's note to General Car- I raViza • ■uliing upon hint in strong terms ! to alter his attitude toward foreigners ■ In Mexico City specifically pointed out that the American government in- 1 tended to hold Carranza and < ibregon personally responsible for anv injury' to life or property of foreigners if they I failed to provide adequate protection ! In the event of their evacuation of the capital. It was also reported to the State! Department that after General Obre- Kon left Mexico i ity there as some ! looting in Popotla. a suburb, but that, [Continued on Page 12] I THE WEATHER For Harrlftburg and vicinity: Fair fo-nlfcht and Saturday, with not „ »nucl» olianKe In temperature. For Kaatern I'ennnylvanla : Fair—. 10-nirht and Saturday, with not much ehanjte In temperature. River I rout all ntatlon.i olmerver* rc ori generally falling condition* , thin morning. A Mage of ahout 1.. feet in Indicated for HarrK- i 1 burg hy Saturday morning. (•eneral Condition* •''air weather thh morn ing In the eav/ern portion of tlie country, while throughout the Went andsouthwent partly cloudv 1 to cloudy condition* prevail. * I j%n " t f n ." ,Vf areH of hl * h Prcnnure, which han controlled the weather 1 condition** over the Wear!, han IJ moved nllghtly eaMuard i* II h the creat thin morning over llllnoln. Ihe "high" Mill continue |(m cant- i ward movement and fair weather may be expected In thin locality to-night and Saturda- There han heen a general rlne la temperature over the llnkotan and Montana and falling In the i l.ower Mlnnourl Yaller and the I Middle Atlantic Statcn. I«lgbt <now ff urrlen occurred nt scattered ntallonn In i 1 ala and light rain in Northern 1 ' Oregon and Southern Texan. |1 Temp era tu re i K a. m.. ! Mint fllnen, <1:16 a. m.: nctn, (1:0.1 j p. m. Moon: New moon, March IS, 2:42 1 p. m. i River Stage: 4.7 feet above low- |C water mark. , , Venterday*n Weather f i lllghent temperature, q. I.owcnt temperature. %|. i 1 Hcnn temperature. HK ' I .Normal temperature, 36, 11 I GERMAN RAIDER DRIVEN TO AMERICAN PORT I The North Herman Lloyd liner. Prinz Kltel Friedrieh, which has been a German auxiliary cruiser and has j raided British commerce in the seven seas since the war began, put Into Newport News the other day bearing more than 300 prisoners, taken from British and I-'rench ships. Among the prisoners were the captain of the American ship William P. Frye, who, with his wife and son, ; were picked up by the Eitel after the Frye had heen sunk. CITY 10IS DEATH OF PROFESSOR STEELE Central High Scho 1 Will Be Closed on Day of Funeral; Postpone Athletic Activities jj|v k;, - t jjjpjl \V 1 UulA-vi .-i..i.i.i'. ! William Sherman Steele, principal of the Central High school, is dead. Funeral arrangements will not be j completed until to-night when the body will be brought from Dakewood, i N. J.. where he died late yesterday aft- 1 ernoon. Professor Steele died at the sana torium of Dr. Fechtlg, Dakevvood, N. | [Coiitinuetl on Page 12] MRS. ROCKEFELLER , ! DIES IN TARRYTOII Wife of Standard Oil King 111 For Some Time, but Death Was Unexpected By Associated Press 1 New York, March 12. Mrs. John D. | Rockefeller died at her home in Tar- I rytovvn. N. Y., early to-day. .Mrs. Rockefeller died at 10.20 o'clock this forenoon at the Rocke feller country home at Pocantico Hill just outside of Tarry town where she has been ill for some time. While Mrs. Rockefeller had been an invalid for many months, it is un derstood her death came rather un expectedly. Her husband, John D. Bockefeller, and her son were at Or mond. Fla.. and were advised early to day that Mrs. Rockefeller had taken a critical turn for the worse. Mr. Rockefeller and his son imme diately engaged a special train which is due here to-morrow. Mrs. E. Par melee Prentice. Mrs. Rockefeller's daughter, was the only immediate rel ative present when she died. 1-aura Celestla Spelman Rockefeller was born in Wadsworth, Ohio, of well [Continued on Page B.] DuPont Plant Will Be Enlarged Because of Orders From Europe By Associated Press New York. March 12.—President Pierre 8. DuPont, of the K. J. DuPont He Nemours Powder Company an nounced last night that sufficient or ders have been received from the belligerent powers to warrant the com pany in making large extensions to its planls. "Our expenditures in construction may reach a total of $.">.000,000 or more." he s&id. "This is an extraor dinary amount to apply toward tho manufacture of military powders." Mr. DuPont said that land already has been purchased on the James river in Virginia, for a new factory, for thel manufacture of dynamite and gu'il powder. ' HARRISBURG. PA., FRTDAY EVENING, MARCH 12, 1915 iGERMIN SRIP MAY ' :i BE INTERNED UNTIL PEACE IS DECLARED Captain of William P. Frye and Members of Crew to Make Sworn Statements KIEHNE GOES TO CAPITAL German Government Expected to Make Reparation For Loss of Vessel and Cargo By Associated Press Washington, D. C„ March 12.—t'on- i i fidential reports to officials here on the ' i condition of the Herman auxiliary j I cruiser Prinz Eitel Kriedrich, in dry-l dock at Newport News. Ya., seem to j make it certain that the German raider will he forced to interne there. ! Assistant Secretary Peters, of the Treasury Department, told President! Wilson to-day he expected the German I commander would not venture to sea i : again. Mr. Peter told the President that his I reports from Newport News show the I Prinz Kitel is in very bad condition I and utterly unfit to put to sea. After his conference with the Presi- j dent Mr. Peters talked with Captain j Kiehne. of the American ship William i j F. Frye. sunk bv the Prinz Kitel. over the telephone and directed him to get sworn statements from as manv of the | crew of the Frye as possible. The [Continued on Page 12] DID WEASEL QUINTET OR WAS NIM ROD'S EYESIGHT BAD? i Alfied Martin, Claimant of Bounties, Told County Commissioners He First Questioned His Marksmanship ' ntil recently Alfred Martin. Dower Paxton township, sincerely but mod- | estly believed himself a fairly good ! shot, especially with his trusty don- ! ble-barrel. lie admitted as much to the family the other evening when he I was informed that two of tlie choicest j ducks of the barnyard had been slain, ' evidently by some marauding beast, | so he waited on the porch in the moon, light for the v isitor that evening and when he saw a long gray shape slip up over the fence he let drive with both barrels. Investigation disclosed the mutil ated body of "Sarah," the familv cat. That little slip-up raised a doubt in Mr. Martin's own mind as to one of two things—cither his marksmanship was faulty or his eyesight was going bad. A little later that same moonlight evening he decided it was his eye Epworth Leagues Plan Huge Mass Meeting President and representatives of Epworth Leagues of the city met last i evening at the home of Ross K. Herg stresser, 1330 Derry street, president < of the Stevens Memorial Methodist League, and completed plans for a big mass meeting to be held Wednes day evening at S o'clock in the Grace Methodist Church. j EXCIIAXGK 200,000 I'HISONKRS By Associated Press Stockholm, via London, March 12, i 4.25 A. M.—Arrangements are said to hove been completed between Russia ! and German* for the exchange of 200.000 war prisoners. The. exchange, it is reported, will he made by way of Stockholm harbor, beginning in April. ( GERMAN \IBMKN \<TIVK. I'etroffrad. via ixjndon. March 12, 5.31 A. M.—Bombardment of tlie for tifications at Osaowetz bv German aviators. without, however, causing j damage, and other operations by air t craft attached to both armies are re- t J '(Minted in a semiofficial communi- c 'cation issued last night. .j GOVEPNDRBREIMBAOGH TO ATTEND HEARINGS Desires to Have First-hand Infor mation Concerning All Impor tant Legislation Governor Brumbaugh will attend i 1 legislative hearings on important legis- I j lation. He said to-day that he was i anxious to listen to what may be ad- j vain ed for and against the contpen- ; i sat ion act as drawn and that lie would i like to attend legislative hearings on j , the child labor and local option ] measures. The Governor pointed out that he would go to the hearings to get in- ! | formation at first hand, but that it I i was unlikely that he would partici-| pate, if trie Governor carries out this plan he would be the first Governor to i do so. When asked about local option the i Governor said that lie was satisfied | vvitli the way things were going and j that letters and telegrams were pour i ing in on him. They tire not all favor able to his stand, some of them being l protests. "People have a right to give i their views in opposition as well as in favor of any measure." said he. The Governor declined to make any ■ comment upon possibilities of an ex ! tra session if legislation lie deems im ! portant Is not passed by this j lature and said he did not know any- I thing about any movement on foot to j reconsider the resolution for adjourn ment on May 0 when the House meets I on Monday night. Among the communications received! | to-day by Governor Brumbaugh on j tile question of local option was one 1 from the Legislative Committee of the I | Pennsylvania State Grange, consist ing of John A. McSparran. Master of ..State Grange; William T. Creasy, Cata [Con tinned oil Page 12] sight. Even as he patiently watched, he ; saw a long thin undulating SOME THING steal in the yard. From its appearance lie decided it vvns a weasel. So far Mr. Martin's eyesight was of the best; then came the crucial test that caused him to lay aside his gun and I rub his eyes. For suddenly and quietly another slim furry form slid into the yard and I ranged side by side with the first; then, ] another, and another, and another, j They were all of the same size and they formed in perfect alignment—and live abreast, moved quietly up through the yard. Mr. Slartin. who told the story to the county commissioners this morn ing when he claimed bounties for two of the quintet he slew, gravely said that he isn't so sure that the whole five didn't "keep step." It's a Tough Lot If You're Not in on This It's really too bad not to be a school director. Kor the "drees" are to be the guests of one of the classes of the Domes tic' Science department of the Central high school one of these days. And if all reports be true, those Central ! "cooks" rn:ike those' long famous! dishes "mother used to make" taste mighty flat. The Central nirls have learned to rook most anything from consomme to coffee, and now they are learning the science of proper serving. Just us soon as they have at their linger tips the "just so" of placing knives, forks,! spoons, this dish and that, and so on, I the dinner to the directors is to be I held. i«n't it tough not to'be a school ! director ? 11l IXiAltl \ MOVING AIOIS By Associated Press London. March 12, 3.01 A. Sl.—Bul garia is transporting heavy artillery to Janthe, near the Greek frontier, ac cording to u Saloniki dispatch to the I>aily Mail. ANOTHER EFFORT TO TJIKE POLISH CAPITAL ! MM Bf GERMANS Reinforcements, However, May Be Used Merely to Hold Present Lines PANIC IN CONSTANTINOPLE Turks Admit Loss of Big Forts at Entrance to the Dardanelles A semi-official statement from Pet ' rograil reports a new movement of I German forces in Poland. Following jtlit* heavy concentration of German |tro».pß for the renewed attack on jPrjsasnysz near the Prussian border, i reinforcements have been brought up iin the Pilica river region. Southwest lof Poland. Pctrograd believes, how lever ,tliat these reinforcements are in | tended merely to hold the present i positions rather than institute another I attempt to break through the Uus |si 11 line toward the Polish Capital. , Concerning the great buttle which l Petrograd says Is now in progress in j Northern Poland, few new details | have been received. The Russian ; statement mentions a bombardment ]of Osowetz by German aviators, bu> ,is silent as to the course of the main | engagement. i The British attack in Belgium has brought on two vigorous counter j movements by the Germans but it is jsaid in London that the ground gained I has been held. In Champagne furtli ler progress Tor the freneh is claimed, jaithough the German war office an nouneed two days ago that this battle I had been concluded. Bulgaria Prepares i M. Gounaris Greece's new premier ; has given specific assurance to France that the policy of his cabinet will not j be inimical to the interests of the al lies. although the Gounaris ministry was created as a result of King Con- Istantine's opposition to the former I premier's policy of intervening in the ! war on this side. A London dispatch {states that Bulgaria, whose altitude I has beer, a source of concern to Greece |is bending heavy artillery to a point close t<> the Grecti frontier. ! Constantinople is reported to be In a. state of panic as a result of the at tack on the Dardanelles. Although it I is presumed that the bombardment of |the fortifications is proceeding, there are few definite indications as to what lis being accomplished, beyond the ud imitted fact that the forts near the en trance ol' the straits have been dam aged if not destroyed. Another German Drive The German drive at Prazsanysz, in Northern Poland, has carried the ad vancing army within two and a half miles of the city, the Berlin war office announced to-day. Russian reports of recent victories are denied and varl- I ous German successes are recounted, j It is said flint in two battles 7,200 Russians were captured. The German statement admits the capture by the British of Nieuve Cha pelle, as announced in London yester day, but says that attempts to gain further ground were defeated. | COAST GIARI) C ITT Kit TO ENFORCE U. S. NEUTRALITY By Associated Press I Norfolk. Ya.. March 12.—The coast I guard cutter Onondagua put to sea I yesterday, it was said in marine eir- I cles, to ascertain if belligerent war ] ships were off the coast and to enforce Ine utrality laws of the t'nited States. Wireless stations here are said to have intercepted radio messages which led government officials to believe war ships were not far out at sea. DKATII OF ADAM BKMi Special to The Telctraph Hummelstown, Pa., March 12.—Adam Bell, a well-known resident of town I for years, died here yesterday after a I long illness. Mr. Bell injured a finger . while at work at Waltonville some ! months ago and bloodpoisoning set I in. He was removed to the Ilarris i burg Hospital and the finger was later amputated in the hope of effecting a cure, but the poison had gotten into his system. Mr. Bell was 53 years old I and was born near Hoernerstown. He j was a member of the Lutheran Church and of the men's organized Bible class, i He was also a member of the Junior Order United American Mechanics. IHe is survived by his wife. Funeral ! services on Monday afternoon at 1.30 j o'clock. | GENERAL THANKS MRS. IX»PP By Associated Press Paris. March 12, 5 A. M. —General Joffrc, the French commander, has I sent abetter to Airs. Clara Washington j Lopp. of New York, thanking her heartily for the large supply of to ! baceo she gathered for distribution | among the French soldiers. Most of ! the supply was obtained in New York. HELD OX PASSPORT CHARGE Rio Janeiro, March 12.—Two men under arrest in connection with the ! alleged forgery of Dutch passports have informed the police, it is said, that they sold the papers, but did not falsify them. They are reported to have declared that the passports were obtained from a German clerk In the Netherlands consulate who sailed for Europe two weeks ago. • SEND TROOPS TO MANCHURIA By Associated Press Yokohama, via Tokio. March 12, 5.45 P. M. —The dispatch of Japanese garrison troops to Manchuria and Northern China, which has been con- I firmed, has centered the attention of | the country upon the negotiations for concessions from China. The news i papers express the belief that these i military movements are in preparation | for eventualities. JAPAN MODIFIES ATTITUDE flv Associated Press Peking. March 12.—Japan has defl- 1 : nitcly modified her attitude toward j I China in the matter of insisting upon! compliance with the demands she I made unon the Chinese republic shortly after the occupation by Japan j of the German concession of Kiao- 1 Chow, j PERRY COUNTY MADE DRY BY REFUSAL OF ALL LIQUOR LICENSES 16 Places Closed by Order of Judge Seibert; Some For Cause, Others For Defects in Applications; Nine Counties Now Dry in State, Affecting Nearly a Mil lion and a Half People; Two Saloons in Marysville Among Those Shut by Decree Special to The Telegraph . New Bloomfleld. Pa., March 12. Perry county is dry for at least one yen r. JudKe W. N. Scibert this morning refused every application for liquor licenses in the county. In all sixteen were refused. They were refused either for cause shown or lor defects in the application. The applicants refused; New Bloomlicld: 11. B. liliiiic smitli. \V. If. Athinson. Carroll township: I). S. Stouf fer. Spring township: T». C. Nary. Blnitt: MeClcllan Cos. New German town: Howard lvciiii. Marjsvillc: Albert Zacpfel, George \V. Hhoads. lMincaimon: Milton \V. Derrick, Samuel K. >lavtie. Newport: Robert Nixon, James Strauss. Millerstown: T. K. Sltcnk, Rob ert \V. Ilopple. Liverpool: diaries O. Mitchell. B. !•'. Bracken burs. P. 11. Buttiirs. of Oliver town ship is the bottler who withdrew I lis application. Judge Seibert will hand down a. de cree with in a few days stating his reasons for refusing the liconse. Saloons Steadily Diminish During the last three years, the number of saloons in Perry county lias been steadily diminishing. In 191" ther" were twenty saloons and one bottling establishment in the county. In 1914 the number dwindled to six teen and one bottling works. This year the bottling works application was withdrawn and the sixteen saloons were refused licenses for this fiscu.l year. P. 11. Tl. Fouglit Saloons The Pennsylvania Hailroad Com pany took a prominent part in the fight on the rum 'traffic in Perry this license court. The Pennsy fought par ticularly hard against saloons in _n_r*_r» f Chicago, March 12.—A trunkful of gun cotton, suffi | \ was the article which federal agents exerted themselves t . 1 find to-day. The trunk with its dan stents was de- ' a clared to be the property cf Dr. Herman B "lenheim, of New 1 % York, arrested yesterday at St. Louis. 1 URDER « Wilmington, Del., March 12.—T0 Chief of Po'-icc ■ Black and the New Britain detectives at the workhouse this £ afternoon. Peter Krakas and Bernard Montwid confessed t # the murder of the Rev. Joseph Zebrau . iof the Luther- ' ■ an Church at New Britain, Conn., and his housekeeper, on # February 8. I M'ADOO'S CONDITION GOOD 9 Washington, March 12.—Secretary McAdoo was op- j ■ erated upon f ospital here. The C physicians issued a bulletin, saying the operation had been ( * successful in every way and that their patient was in a very j C favorable condition. j K New York, March 12.—1n his closing address to the jC j ur y ' n if Harry Kendall Thaw . four codefend ants, on tiia! for conspiracy, John B. Stanchfield, Thaw's K chief counsel, urged the jury to-day to determine whether ' j C they believed Thaw had recovered his sa -y. , W Washington, March 12.—After a conference between 'i ■ President Wilson and the Cabinet, a fOr nal demand was v sent to General Salazar, insisting that t!:o Zapatists guilty j C of the murder of John B. McManus, be p.tnished and that j C adequate reparation be made to the family of the victim. | C Washington, March 12.—Secretary Lane announced | C after the Cabinet meeting to-day that he had entered into a j I contract with private interests to build a $250,000 plant to j % handle the invention of Dr. Walter C. Hi.'inan, of the Bu- | \ reau of Mines, a process for the manufacture of gasoline, { a dyestuffs and explosives. j % Los Angeles, March 12. Two thousand Mexicans ' j stormed the National Palace at Mexico City yesterday in an I * effort to release 250 Catho'.ic priests imprisoned there, ac- j 5 cording to advices received here to-day. j 16 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT. Marysville, Millerstown and Newport _ Bast year the "drys" won victory in Newport and Miilerstown, saloons in both towns being closed at the last license court t'or cause shown. This year they redoubled their efforts to make the county dry and wherever possible gathered evidence against th>j existing saloons showing in several cases that the fiquor laws were being broken. Counties Now Pry Xino counties in Pennsylvania are now dry as the result of liquor appli cations beinK refused by the courts. These counties are: fireene, Wash ington, Bedford, Huntingdon, Mifflin, Venango, Tiona, Lawrence, Juniata and Perry. Indiana is dry with the exception of one license. Butler couic ty was dry but it again has licensed places. The territory now under rula is about thirteen thousand squaio miles out of 42,000 square miles in the State. The dry territory includes about 1,400.000 people, or about 18 per cent, of the population of the State. Widely-known Speakers to Address Teachers Dr. Nathan C. Schaeffer, State Super intendent of Public Instruction, and Dr. J. Carter Troop, of the University of Toronto, will speak at both mornlni? ami afternoon sessions of the tiftli <la.v of thu nineteenth annual teachers' in stitute to-morrow. Music will be directed by Professor 10. Q. Pose and devotional exercises by the Rev. George P. Schaum. Sessions will onon at 9:30 and 2 o'clock. Bird Club Organized at Central High School They've a new club up at the Cen tral high school. It's a Bird Club. The club is to take walks through the woods and fields this Spring un der the guidance of Miss Ornce Eu ■ nal, to study the habits of the feathei* ed creatures.
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