News of the Killing of More Americans HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 6 FURTHER MASSACRE OF AMERICANS IN MEXICO REPORTED B Y MEN RECOVERING BODIES OF VICTIMS OF FIRST UPRISING TEN AMERICANS, 2 ENGLISHWOMEN REPORTED SHOT News of Further Killings Are Brought by Men Who Recover Bodies NEAR HEARST RANCH; One Woman Was Wife of Re tired British Army Officer; Report Unconfirmed t \ Hundreds of Americans Murdered in Mexico Washington, Jan. 13.—Before Sec retary Lansing at the present time is a carefully compiled list, made up by the Mexican Bureau for the State Department, of the Americans who have been murdered in Mexico since the beginning of the revolution in that country. It is understood to contain the names of several hun dred men, women and children. Mr. fjinsing refused to make this list public, but indicated that he would submit it to the Foreign Re lations Committee of the Senate tn connection with other Mexican data lie has been accumulating in re sponse to the Fall resolution call ing for all information In the pos session of the Department concern ing the circumstances leading up to the recognition of General Carranza. By Associated Press Kl Paso. Texas. Jan. 13.—A report was current in Chihuahua that ten American men and two English women had lieen killed by Villa troops at Madera. Chihuahua, according to Americans who arrived here early to day with the bodies of the eighteen Americans who were killed last Mon day. The report, however, could not be confirmed. One of the women re ported killed was said to be the wife of Captain Jack Ueftbridge, retired Brit ish army officer, who, with an English woman companion, a Mrs. Berry, had been staying at Babricora ranch, the Hearst property. Three More Killed? Another rumor was circulated here to-da.v that three Americans had been murdered in the Cannanean district of Sonora. in the vicinity of the Phelps-Dodge property. It could not be verified. Mexican officials at Juarez were un able to confirm the report that ten Americans and two English women had been murdered at Madera. Thev said troops were being dispatched to that place. The Madera telegraph operator re ported there was no truth in the rumor of the ten Americans and two English women being killed. XOT CONFIRMED Washington, D. C„ Jan. 13.—N0 word of the reported killing of ten American men and two English women by Mexican bandits near Madera had reached the State Department early to-day. THE WEATHER For Harrtiburf and vicinity: Fair and colder to-night, with lovreat temperature shout 20 degree*) Friday fair and colder. For Enatern Pennaylvanlnt Snow northern and western, rain tn southeastern portion turning to ■ now to-nighti Friday fair; much colder to-night and Friday with a eold wave. Strong Treat and northwest wlnda. River The Susquehanna river and all its branches wtll fnll slowly or re main nearly stationary, except the \*est Branch will rise some what below Clearfield. The I ppt-r West Branch. tpper .North Branch and portions of other streams will likely become froaea again within the next forty-eight honra. A atage of ahont ».7 feet Is Indicated for llarrlsburg Friday. tieneral Conditions The storm central near St. l.otil*. Wednesday morning, has moved to the tpper St. I.avtrence Valley, causing general rains and snows eaat of the Mississippi river In the last twenty-four hours, except along the South Atlantic const. The high pressure area from the .Northwest Das overspread 'lie central part of the country, at. tended by falls In temperature of S to 54 degrees over nearly all the territory eaat of the Hocky Mountains .except the Atlantic states. where It Is somewhat warmer. Temperature: 8 a. m.. 36. Sun: Rises, Ti2« a. m.; sets, p. m. Moon: Full moon, .January 20, .*1:20 River stage: 5.8 feet above low water mark. Vesterday'a Weather Highest temperature. .TS. l owest tempernture, 32. Mesn temperature. 35. Normal temperature, 28. Mexican Leaders Accused of Latest Massacre v / w y ;yw^i- . geme/SAL ♦ GEH£J&*l> PAHCHO -VILLA The torture and murder of seven teen Americans- near Chihuahua by Mexican rebel troopers supposedly under the command of General Villa and General Rodriguez has stirred official Washington. H. <"• Myles, the British vice-ctfnsul at K1 Paso, Texas, j has been notified that a representa tive of the English government has I secured a sworn statement that Gen eral Villa personally led the soldiers who killed the Americans. DAUPHIN MAN SAFE; MISSED MURDER TRAIN H. Simmons Wires Relatives Hero That He Is in El Paso Kl I'a.Mi. Texas, Jan. 12. Freeman C. Gerbericli, Itaupliin. I'R. \nt *afe. MiDsed part* to Cusi. We expert nineteen bod ies to-night. Mrs. Watson is with ine. distracted. Thank God lam alive and bless all at home. H A KMC. This brief wire from H. J. Sim mons, Dauphin contractor, to his brother-in-law, F. C. Gerlierich, chief of the State Bureau of Railways, this morhing, allayed the fears of his rel atives that he was shot with the party of Aemrican mining men in Mexico by Villa bandits, Monday afternoon. Until this word was received it was believed that he was with the party, as it was known he had heavy inter ests in Mexico. 1 Fears of his death were further sub stantiated by the appearance of the name of "R. H. Simmons" in the list of dead as related exclusively in the Telegraph last night. H. J. Simmons' narrow escape from death at the hands of the Mexi can murderers is described in the la conic sentence, "Missed party to Cusl." It was believed by Mr. Ger berlch that Simmons would grasp the first opportunity to go into Mexico to see bow his contracting equipment and supplies at the mines of the Am erican Smelting company had fared during the revolution so that when news of the massacre reached here he abandoned hope. C. R. Watson, whose bride of a few months, distracted with grief, is at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Sim mons in El Paso, was a business as sociate of Mr. Simmons, who undoubt edly would have shared Watson's fate had he not missed the train. News dispatches state that Mr. Watson was made the chief target of the ban dits when the train was stopped, and TContinued on Page ll] EVEN THE HORSES HAVE IT by Associated Prtss New York. Jan. 13. The epi demic of grip prevalent here ror sev eral weeks has made its appearance among horses according to the De partment of Health. The disease has spread particularly among horses as sembled here for shipment abroad to the governments of the entente pow ers. HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13,1916 ANOTHER YANKEE KNOWN TO HAVE! BEEN MASSACRED I". S. Collector Reports Death of American at Hands of Mexicans VILLA MEN IN BANDS' Carranza Has Two Trainloads of Troops After Bandits; Villa in Chihuahua By Associated Prtss Washington, D. C., Jan. 12.—The > killing of Rart Kramer, an American, 1 by Mexican bandits, was officially re- ! ported in dispatches to the State De partment to-day by Collector Cobb at! El Paso. The collector reported Kra- j mer was killed near Guierra, sixty miles west of Santa Ysabel, in Chi huahua. The department was further in formed that the band which killed the party of Americans Monday was com manded by two former Villa colonels, Uopez and Beltran. General Reyna ! also was said to have commanded part of the Mexican forces. According to the dispatches, eighty five men were assigned to shoot the Americans. Troop Trains Out A force of about 500 men was re- Ported near the scene, apparently held in reserve. After killing the Ameri cans, to-day's dispatch said, the Mexi cans robbed the train and later retired in the direction of Carretas. Collector Cobb said he had been in formed that troop trains had been dis patched by the Carranza authorities in pursuit of the bandits, one going from Juarez and another from Chihuahua. Another dispatch to the department said General Villa recently had been seen near Chihuahua, but his present whereabouts was unknown. Senator Sheppard, of Texas, to-day received a telegram from Dr. C. C. \oung. of El Paso, stating the dead Americans had been invited into the country by General Obregon. Senator Sheppard said he would lav the mes | sage before ihe State Department. President Wilson told Senator Shep pard to-day that the Americans had , been specifically warned to keep out of I Mexico, in reply to a suggestion from : the senator that the situation was seri ous. Senator Sheppard said the Presi fContinued on Page It] Carranza Deeply Deplores Dastardly Act of Villa; Promises Efficient Action By Associated Press Washington. D. C„ Jan. 13. —Gen eral Carranza's ambassador here to day formally assured Secretary Lans ing that the Carranza government "deeply deplores the dastardly action of the Villa forces." in killing six teen Americans near Chihuahua City Monday, and added that "efficient ac tion would be taken to bring the murderers to justice." He also gave assurance that General Carranza would take steps to remedy the situation in the State of Durango in which depredations against foreigners have been reported. There were no developments in the situation at the White House or at the State Deportment, but in Con- TContinued on Page 14] State Fair Directors Meet to Let Contract For Fair Site Sewers A meeting of the directors of the Keystone State Fair and Industrial Exposition company was called for this afternoon at the corporation's of fice in the Kunkel building to let con tract for the grading and sewers nec essary before building operations can be started on the automobile speed-! way and fair buildings planned for the large tract of land owned by the com pany near Middletown. Among those who attended were J. D. Callery, president of the Pitts burgh Contracting company; Howard J. White, of Graham, Burnham and Company, the Chicago architects who are planning the fair buildings, and 1 Albert E. Brown, the new secretary of the Keystone company, who conies from Syracuse. The company now has branch offices in Pittsburgh with W. J. Stew art in charge. A. S. Kreider Declares Shoe Prices Must Go Up By Associated Press New York, Jan. 13. The in crease in the price of materials for the manufacture of boots and shoes is described as alarming by members of the National Boot and Shoe Manu facturers' Association in their annual convention here. A. S. Kreider. president or the as-1 sociation. said that the time has ar rived when the prices of all materials have reached such height that main tenance of present prices for shoes must be abandoned. He added that the increase In the prices of leather linings and facing have ranged from 20 tp 25 per cent. VICTIMS OF V. OF P. BOWL FIGHT V J GORDON .« SMYTH WILLIAM LIFSON William I.ifson, 18 years old, of! Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, yester- F ii„ h . )h Gordon S. Smyth, of German- Elizabeth. -V J., was killed in thei town js jn the llospita i w t t h injuries annual bowl light at the University of which it is feared will prove fatal. KNOX GUEST OF GOVERNOR; WILL MAKE STATEMENT Spends Night and Morning Here, but Declined to Dis- j cuss Senatorship \>\ -~3t ~ u] - <• ' ' H j Afelß A I CT PHILANDER C. KNOX ! Philander Chase Knox, Ihe choice of the great majority of the people of Pennsylvania for United States Senator to succeed Senator George T. Oliver, who will not be a candidate for re-election, visited Governor Mar tin G. Brumbaugh at the Capitol to day and the general belief Is that the [Continued on Page 11] Many Revolutionaries in China Killed or Captured in Series of Bloody Fights London, Jan. 13. 10:07 A. M. Many revolutionaries were killed and captured in a series of bloody en gagements on January 6, " and S in the districts of Tamsui, Potong, Yentzuwo' and Poklo according to in formation received from the Canton government by the British author ities at Hong Kong and forwarded by Reuters Hong Kong correspondent. CAPTURE VILLA AID THOUGHT RESPONSIBLE FOR MASSACRES El Paso, Jan. 13.—General Jose Rodriguez has been captured: near Madera, Chihuahua, by Americans according to reports re ceived here. A message received from Madera stated that a number of Rodriguez men were killed and that the Americans are calling for help. The capture was made by Maximiano Marquez it was said. He is an employe of the Hearst interests at Babricora and is now at Madera keeping order with about 125 Americans and a few soldiers. The message stated that Rodriguez was met in a pitched battle, de feated and his men scattered, captured and killed. IS VILLA'S HANDY MAN Washington, Jan. 13.—General Jose Rodriguez has been Gen eral Villa's aid and second in command of the Villa forces for some time. Press dispatches report that he was responsible for the mur-1 ders near Chihuahua.. Official dispatches to the State Department to-day, however, indicated that others than Rodriguez were directly responsible. ENGINE BOILER EXPLODES; TWO MEN SCALDED j Allentown Railroad Engineer! Not Expected to Live; Brakeman Burned i One man was probably fatally I burned and another scalded when the boiler on an engine of the Philadel phia and Reading Railway exploded this morning in the Rutherford yards. The injured: Jacob H. Hartranft. aged 46. engi neer, of Allentown, scalded and burned over almost ihe entire body; in TTar risburg Hospital; not expected to live. Eugene l-Vinover, aged 24, brake man. Allentown, burns of both hands and face; treated at hospital. An overheated flue, it is said, was responsible for Ihe explosion, which | blew steam and scalding water over Hartranft and Feinover. I Feinover said at the hospital that he j was knocked over four times in try ing to get out of the way of the steam I and while making an effort to reach Hart ranft. Physicians said this afternoon that Hartranft liad only a lighting chance to live. His wife and family live in Allentown. Shoots Woman, Then Holds Her in His Arms Until Policemen Come When Lucy .Tones, colored, of 831 j South Tenth street, last night cen ' sured Robert Hill, colored, a boarder, I for drinking. Hill drew a revolver and sent a bullet into the woman's neck. Hill regretted his action and went to the woman's assistance, hold ing her In his arms until another boarder called the police. Miss Jones was taken to the hospital. Hill was taken to the police station where he admitted the shooting. He quarreled with the Jones woman while drinking. lie was charged with I felonious assault and battery with in- I tent to kill, and sent to jail without bail. At the hospital, it was said Miss Jones was in a serious condition as the bullet had not been located. TWO QUAKES HECOKIIED By Associated Press ■Washington. D. Jan. 13.—'Two heavy earthquakes were recorded . early to-day on Ihe seismographs of Georgetown University observatory. They were very pronounced and were centered approximately between 2,600 and 2,700 miles from Washington, ac cording to a conservative estimate of the Rev. Francis A. Tondorf, the seis inographical director. 16 PAGES POSTSCRIPT— MAY ABOLISH ALL CLASS FIGHTS AS RESULT OF DEATH : 1". of P. Contemplates This; Action Following Killing of j Student in Bowl Scrap SIX OTHERS INJURED | Contest Was Roughest and Fiercest They llad Ever Seeu, Witnesses Say By Associated Press Philadelphia. Pn., Jan. IS. The bowl fight. which has been an annual I event at the University of Pennsyl-j vanla for more than half a century, as well as similar forms of class rivalry, will probably be abolished as the result of yesterday's battle be tween the Sophomore and Freshmen classes in which one student lost his life and six others were injured. Resolutions favoring such action and urging the institution of Inter class athletic contests, under faculty supervision, were adopted by under graduate organizations last, night, while The Pennsylvanian, the daily publication of the students In an editorial to-day urges tite abolition of the practice. Contests of Brute Strength Provost Smith and many members of the board of trustees also record ed their disapproval of- the fights. "The university has outgrown class fights, which no longer settle the moot, question of underclass activity," says The Pennsylvanian. "Freshmen and sophomores no longer enter these so-called tests of superiority in a. spirit of frolic. They go into them feeling that they must Ido so for the name of their class, land without the light-hearted spirit, i formerly prevalent. The fights are I now contests of brute strength, and, 'though waged without malice, are I liable to result, disastrously at any • time. Tn no quarter is opposition ex | pected to the recommendation that a safe and saner form of interclass rivalry be substituted for that which f Continued on Page 14] J I q: lon ]■■ \. [. - from ■ Rome says that. Qucei been sum f morr vo *'• m to depart I BRITISH MINERS A ■ London, Jan. IS, 1.46 P. M. The Mi I c. # unanimously to oppose tl » service. * . AUSTRIANS NEAR *NTIV Paris, Jan. 13, 5.15 A. ? <> advancing \ from Cattsro and Buc?na % from Antivari, which is being ! 1 long range guna, acco j Tuesday's date. TEUTONS ARE ATTACKING S M ONIKI J Rome, Jan. 13, via Paris, 4.1.5 A..M. —The attack of the • Teutonic allies on the entente r Jefending Saloniki Is j being developed on a the Athena M correspondent of the Giornale D'ltalie telegraphing under I Tuesday's date. He reports that a ! mbardment from the British line to the Doiran zone proceeded all day Monday. FRENCH BLOW BRIDGE UP AT DEMIR-HISSAR Saloniki, Greece, Jan. 13, via London.—The important railroad bridge over tlje Struma river at Dernir-Hissar ha 6 been blown up by French engineers as a precautionary measure. GENERAL HUERTA GETTING WEAKER El Paso, Tex., Jan. 13.—General Victoriano Huerta, former provisional president of Mexico, reporter! last night as dying, was still alive early to-day. It was said he was growing weaker. MARRIAGE LICENSES I**rink liidrrr mid l.lsile Acrl, Steelton. CAPTURE GREAT STRATEGIC POINT ON EAST FRONT Sadagura, Converging Place of Five Railroads, Is Re ported Taken IS NEAR CZERNONVITZ Russians Are Attaining Their Objects; French Occupy Corfu By Associated Press l,ondon, Jan. 13. The news from the eastern front of tlie capture ot I Sadagura Is regarded in military cir cles as probably true, although offi cial announcement of the subject has not been received. The town, which lies a few miles northeast of Czerno witz and is a converging point for | five railroads, has considerable strategic importance and previous at tempts to capture it have been stout ly resisted. Experts say Sadagura is really of more importance than O.ernowitz, on account of its stronger natural position and facilities. The report from Petrograd that tho offensive in Galieia and Bessarabia bad been suspended for the present is reprarded as at least premature. Tho Russian offensive could not, it is be lieved, he suspended suddenly, as tt was undertaken after careful prep aration and launched with unexpected strength. The object of that offen sive is said to be three folds: To demonstrate to the Rumanian that the Russian forces are able ro assume the initiative when they chose; sec ondly, to divert Auatro-Ocrman force from tho Balkans and finally 1o im prove the general strategic position ut their own left flank. While the full effect of this Rus sian offensive cannot yet be deter mined, entente military experts affirm that the second object, was attained, that the situation in the Balkans was sensibly relieved and that the opera tion undertaken by the Germans f Continued on Page 1-1]
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