14 FAMOUS HORSE WORTH $49.50 Ho Appraisers of Young's Es tatc Report to Dauphin County Court J J-tj Jf jjj famous stallion of Redsecker Young's stables at Middle- Zvalued in the hun dreds. was sold for SUll action came to light ill to-day whentheflrst „ n( j nnal account of Mr Young's hold ' ines was tiled by the Harrisburg Trust Company, assignee. The appraisement, ■of the property was made by Edward S. Keiper and 11. 11. Shellenberger, who were recently appointed by tiie Dauphin County Court. The report showed that the personal property and real estate totaled only $33,840.12. The indebtedness totaled $48,770.90. Half a dozen other accounts Wfere presented 1o court and confirmed today as fol lows: Assigned account of Harrisburg Postcard Company; first and final ac count of 11. A. Shaffer, executor for T. B. Davis, now dead, formerly com mittee for James Dyke; George Het rlck, trustee, for Louisa Leebrlck. Realty Transfers. To-day's realty transfers included the following: <"harles P. Walter to V. I. Walter, 1012 North Seventh street, $5,500: Samuel Levin to Max M. Levin, 1206 Apple street. $1; State Capitol Savings and Loan Association to W. S. Gra ham, Middletown. $1,550; W. S. Gra ham to B. F. Aumiller, Middletown, $1,200: J. Schmidt to William F. Gray, Susquehanna township. SSO; William H. Gray to Robert Hodge, Susque hanna, S7O. KNOX GUEST OF GOVERNOR BRUMBAUGH [Continued from First Page.] Governor will declare for the former Senator and Secretary of State for Senator. Mr. Knox arrived here late last night and was taken to the Executive mansion in the State automobile. He spent a good part of the morning with the Governor in the mansion library and then accompanied him to the Capitol, where he called upon Secre tary of the Common wealth Cyrus E. Woods. He later took lunch with Mr. AYoods and left this afternoon for Pittsburgh. The boom for Mr. Knox, which has been growing every day, is supported by people in every part of the State and last night Senator Boies Penrose at Philadelphia came out for his nomination and election. "A Pfcasnnt Visit" When Mr. Knox was asked about his reported candidacy lie smiled and said: "Oh. I have nothing to say." "Will you make an announce-j mentwas asked. "I expect that I will issue a state ment to-morrow from Pittsburgh." "Will it be an announcement?" "N«w, l really cannot foreshadow what it will contain. Tt will be a statement, that is all," was the reply. The secretary when asked about his visit to the Governor said: "I had «. pleasant visit with him. You had better see the Governor." Governor Brumbaugh said that he would make a statement about the visit later jn, the afternoon. Capitol Mill Is looking for a declaration by the Governor in favor of Mr. Knox. Expect Seton to Talk on U. S. Preparedness Claiming' that the Boy Scout move ment. since the beginning of the war in Europe, was given too much to militarism. Ernest Thompson Seton. i "*vho will lecture to-morrow night in! the Tech High auditorium, recently resigned as chief scout of America. I Dr. Seton contended that the objective of the movement was changing from its prime motive of •wood-craft. While Dr. Scion's lecture will treat of his Arctic explorations, it is ex pected that lie will express his views on the expediency of military pre paredness by tlie United States. In the afternoon he will speak to school children who have already purchased every available seat in the house, on! the subject, "Wild Animals I Have! Known." The evening lecture will be open to adults, and tickets mav be secured at Stleff's Piano rooms". 24 North Second street. Clergyman Believed Lost On Persia 4 jf' RlV.HOne* * SAUSMUitx Washington, D. C„ Jan. 13—Friends of the Rev. Homer R. Salisbury, of this city, who was a passenger aboard the British liner Persia when she was tor pedoed in the Mediterranean, bellevn that the clergyman was among the vic tims. No word has been heard of him among any of the survivors. Dr. Salisbury was on his way to join his wife, who is a missionary In Tndin. REVIVAL AT UlDfiK AVKNtT, Interesting revival services are be ing held nt Rldsre Avenue M, E. church. Last night the Hev. John Patty preached on "The Backslider." The singing by a largo chorus under the dlreeUon of O. W. Staplefon, is a feature at these meetings. THURSDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH JANUARY 13, 1916 CAPTURE BIG STRATEGIC POINT ON EAST FRONT 1 [Continued From First Page.J I against the French in Champagne was robbed of its force. Greeks Protest The fact that the French flag is now waving over the palace, on the Island of Corfu, which belonged to the German emperor and that the occupation of the Greek island by the entente is considered as complete as it is reported, already evoked » protest from the Greek government, it is said that the protest is largely formal and that the allies have given Greece guarantees regarding their intentions. Greece, It is understood, takes a sympathetic view of tlie en tente action, as it is for the purpose of preventing the Serbian army from risking the danger of starvation. The German offensive in Cham pagne which reached its culmination Sunday, is insistently reported from French headquarters as having been undertaken on an Important scale and with a definite military ptirpose. The failure is declared to have been com plete and the strong German forces which were employed suffered terrible losses. The Austrian forces are steadily developing their campaign in Monte negro and military experts believe the fall of Cettlnje, the capital of Montenegro Is possible in the near future. Situation Critical A critical situation for the Monte negrins is rapidly developing along | tlieir western frontier. Correspondents near the scene re port that preparations are being made tor the evacuation of Cettinje. the capital, imperiled by the Austrian cap ture of the stronghold of Mount Lov cen. near by, and that the Austrian advance from the Cattnro region has pushed to within five miles of Anti vari. which is being bombarded by Austrian guns of long range. The Montenegrins have determined to keep up their tight, it is declared, and are making determined resist ance, but are greatly outnumbered. Blow tip Bridge Unconfirmed reports that the attack of the Teutonic allies on the entente forces at Saloniki had begun are fol lowed to-day by the announcement in a Saloniki dispatch that French engi neers as a precautionary measure have blown up the important railroad bridge over the Strumma river at' Demir-llissar. Northern Greece. The Demir-Tlissar bridge spans the Strumma about fifty miles northeast of Saloniki, just south of the. Bul garian frontier, one of the probable first points of contact between a force moving from Bulgaria against the first of the allies' Saloniki defense. Unanimous opposition to the bill providing for compulsory military service in Great Britain was voted to-day by the Miners' Federation at a meeting in London. The Prussian diet was opened to day with a speech by Dr. von Beth mann-Hollweg. Prussian prime minis ter. who declared that Germans could produce what was needed for her own ' defense and that tlie effort of her foes I IO demoralize Iter by cutting her off from the transatlantic world had failed. American Consul Is Offensive to Germans By Associated rress Berlin, Jan. 13. via London.—it is tstaled here that it is not improbable that the German government will de :side that Edward Higgins. American consult at Stuttgart is persona non grata on account, of alleged antiGer jman utterances in Germany and in the American newspapers, j A decision whether the recall of Mr. Higgins will be requested is ex pected soon. MAY ABOLISH ALL CLASS FIGHTS I Continued From Kirst Page.] has been shown to be of so dangerous nature." Students who witnessed .the battle yesterday said the lighting was mark ed by the fieVcest scrimmage and the. roughest tactics they had ever seen, but the fatality and large number of I accidents were due to the slippery field. J. W. Miller, a senior in the Wharton School, who was a field mar shal, said the large numbers partici pating made it difficult to get a foot ing in the muddy field. About 400 freshmen and 300 sophomores took part in the battle. Heard Boy's Plea For I.ife Elmer E. Little, a freshman living in the Normandie. said: "Tt was in the second period of the fight. I had a hand on the bowl, which was Inverted. The crush be hind me was terrible. Near the end of the fight T heard some one under me moaning and crying: 'Get off! Get off! Get tlieni off; they're killing me.' "I raised myself and yelled: 'Get back, you fellows,' to those behind me. 'There's somebody dying under this pile.' "Those who were directly behind me pulled back a little and gave us air, but it was not long before a new hunch crowded us again. The crunch ing of bodies,* the shouting Rnd con-j fusion was awful. I didn't hear the moan any more, but when the fight ended and we got up there was a fellow on the ground who could not move." Coroner Knight, after investigating the affair, said that the death of Wil liam E. Eifson, the freshman who lost his life in the fight, was due to i suffocation and that he had found! nothing to warrant arrests. All of j the injured students are expected to i recover. i «TL IMF.* \KW YORK TRAFFIC Mayor E. S. Meals to-day quietly Ipft | 'he city. His destination Is New York ; City. This afternoon the Harrisburg: Kxecutive was the guest of t!ip head of the New York traffic department. HISTORIAN'S TO ELECT The annual election of officers of the Dauphin County Historical So ciety will be held this evening at the meeting at 8 o'clock. THE GREATEST SEA DEPTHS A piece of iron will sink to the bot tom no matter how deep the water is, because water is only slightly compres sible. Tf water were highly compres sible, as air is, the water at a great depth would be much denser, and there fore heavier, and an object would sink until it reached a point at which its weight would be less than that of the water which it displaced and there it would float, as clouds float In the at mosphere. But a cubic foot of iron weighs more than a cubic foot of water at a depth of two miles Just as tt does at the surface, and therefore continues sinking until it reaches the bottom. The ocean has been sounded to a depth of 32,088 feet, or over six miles. This is Just off the Philippine Island of Min danao. Beveral other points In the Pacific show depths of over 30,000 feet. From the lowest sea depth to the high est mountain peak is 61,090 foet, which Is about 1-700 of the earth's diameter.— Tut: CJIHIHTIAN HEIULU, Kaiser So 111 That His Heir Is Summoned Rome, Jan. 13.—Advices from Swit zerland received report the hurried recall of the German Crown Prince and of Prince von Buelow, former Im perial Chancellor of Germany, to Ber lin because of the critical condition of the Kaiser. These advices it has been impossible to confirm. It is stated that the reports of the Crown Prince's recall came directly from Berlin and that there Is a proba bility of his assuming the regency dur- I ing the Kaiser's illness, j The report in regard to the Prince von Buelow's visit comes from the | Duke of Abragna, his brother-in-law. | Prince von Buelow has been living in | Switzerland for several months. Railway Connection With Jerusalem Is Now Remote Berlin, Jan. 12, via London. Jan. 13, 2.52 a. m.—According to the Tage blatt's Aleppo, Syria, correspondent, railway connection between Constan tinople and Jerusalem is more remote than had hitherto been assumed. While '.he Baytsche tunnel through the Amanus mountains was completed June 15, this stretch of the Bagdad railway can only be open ed as a narrow gauge railway in Feb ruary and as a broad gauge line in October, 1916. "Meanwhile," the correspondent says, "the Taurus division with a se ries of tunnels a connection is made by highway 25 miles through the mountains. "Eastward of Aleppo the Bagdad railway is in operation to Has-El-Aln. about 180 miles. Another stretch of the line has been completed from Bag dad northwest to Samarra, about 85 miles with an unfinished gap of about 350 miles between Samarra and Ras- El-Ain." House of Commons Votes Compulsion Without Split Special to tlie Telegraph London, Jan. 13.—Amid scenes of uproarious enthusiasm the house of commons at 11 o'clock last night de feated a motion to reject the military service bill by a vote, of 431 to 39. Immediately afterward the house ac ceded to the premier's request by pass ing the second reading of the bill with out division. The vote was chiefly in teresting on account of the changed attitude of many of the 105 members who opposed it on the first reading. Prussian Parliament Told War Was Forced on Them By Associated Press Berlin. Jan. 13.—After divine serv- I ices in the Protestant cathedral and 1 j In the Catholic Church of St. iiedg wlg. Dr. von Bethniann-Holweg, Ihe Prussian prime minister, opened to da> the new session of the Prussian 1 parliament. lie read the speech from the throne in the traditional white hall of the (ostle. members of both houses of the Prussian parliament as well as the diplomats being present. "As our enemies forced the war upon us," he said, "they must also bear the guilt of the responsibility if the nations of Europe continue to in flict woltnds upon one another." !DAUPHIN MAN SAFE; MISSED MURDER TRAIN [Continued from /trst Page.] that his head was shot completely off. 4 Mr. Watson, wno was chairman of the Mine and Smelter Ooperators* Association of Chihuahua and the general manager of the Cusihuiriaehi Mining company, was considered one of the strongest men along the border, lie was described by Mr. Simmons in a letter some months ago as being "a shrewd diplomat in dealing with the various factioi.s in Mexico. He and Villa were good friends until one day Villa asked him for two automobiles to transport the Villa family out of Chihuahua. Watson was compelled to refuse because the machines were out of order. Villa was piqued." This last sentence probably explains why the bandits showed such bitter animosity toward him. Relatives of Mr. Simmons at Dau phin who received news of his safety with the utmost pleasure this morning arc: P. C. Gerberich, H. I. Gerberich, brothers-in-law, and Mrs. Gerberich, his mother-in-law. HOW THK WAIt AFFECTS THE SI B-AKCTIC INDIANS During the months from October, 1914, to January, 1915, furs of all kinds throughout the vast Northland sold for hitherto unheard-of prices. Muskrata brought three cents, where before the war they had brought from ten to fifty, according to the distance from civiliza tion; red fox skins brought seventy five cents where formerly they brought two and a half and threeyjipllarß. The silver fox. the most valuahß: fur hi the I world, slumped seventy-flve per cent, j j All this vitally affected the Indian. | However, after January the fur mar i ket began to take a new lease on life, and now all furs are bringing about thirty-five per cent, of normal prices. I But your Indian is R stoic. The re j fusal of "debt," the slumping of the I fur market, and his desertion by the old companies to whom he had been faithful so long, were accepted without I undue perturbation, If anything, ho has hunted and fished more this last year than before. In a way, he has come nearer to living the life of his forefathers than at any time since the fur traders Invaded the wilderness. But with the rising price of fur and a good season's hunting, the Indian will spe a better winter in 1915-16.—THE CHRISTIAN HERALD. MRS. SUBAX HUBER Funeral services for Mrs. Susan Huber, aged «2. widow of Daniel P. Huber, 224 Hummel street, will be held at the home to-morrow morning at lC.Bov>'Plock. the Rev. J. 8. Roddy, of the Presbyterian Church at 011- phant, officiating, assisted by the Rev. William O. Yates, of Olivet Presbv terian Church. Mrs. Huber was "a charter member of this church. She was 'he daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Burnhart and In ISR7 came to this city with her parents, who then resided near Progress. Mrs. Huber is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Samuel Wyant and Miss Caroline Harnhart; eleven children, Grnnt, Daniel, Edward, Rus sell and Misses Annie, Katherille, Mary and Gertrude liuber, Mrs. .1. R Sharp, Mrs. 11, W. Shoemaker, Mrs. 14, C. Rouse j also five nrandchildre», Youngest Marine in IJ. S. Service rc* JM. CORPORAL F. C. Hit ADM AN, JR. San Francisco. Cat., Jan. 13.—Cor poral F. C. Rradman, Jr., at the age of seven, is the youngest member of Uncle Sam's Marine Corps. Corporal Bradman is the son of Major F. C. Bradman, who is sta tioned at the Mare Island navy yard. Almost since his birth young Brad man has been a constant companion of the marines in his father's com mand, and they recently took him in as a member of the company and gave him the rank of corporal. He attends all drills and performs all the duties of his office. Capital City Dealers' Auto Show to Be Held in Brantingham Bldg. The auto show planned by officials | and members of the Capitol City Motor Dealers' Association, will be held soon on the second rsoor of the Emerson-Brant Ingham Building, at Tenth and Market streets. This will give the exhibitors 15,800 square feet of floor space for an attractive ar rangement of cars and accessories, j Plans are being made to have the | show one of the best ever held in the city. Every dealer in any kind of autos and accessories in the city and nearby towns, has been extended an | invitation to become members of the ! organization. The plans for Ihe show ] will he completed in the near future by the association members with B. F. Johnson who will manage the event. The building in which the show will be held is fireproof and equipped with all improvements, including a large freight elevator to be used In trans ferring the exhibits to the second floor. Mummers May Celebrate Hallowe'en Hereafter Members of the Harrisburg Mum mers' Association at a meeting to be held in February will discuss plans for a Ilallowee'en celebration. Some members favor abolishing the New Year parade. Others favor two cele brations. The treasurer. William E. Orr, re ported a balance of $17.29. The to tal collections this year were, $590.25. The following committee was ap pointed to arrange for the second an nual banquet; Clarence O. Baeken-t stoss, Robert Buck, Sr., and William E. Orr. THE EARLY CHURCH AND WAR It is a matter of record that the early Christian refused even to bear arms, and that not until 300 years had passed and Christianity was about to become a state religion, was the Chris tian doctrine perverted to accommo date the ambitions of the ruling pow ers, who desired to fnrn the population into a huge fighting machine. The "early fathers" were uniform In their denunciations of war. Origen, Am brose, Cbrysostom, Jerome, Cyril, all declared it to be unlawful for Chris tians to go to war. Justin Martyr (in the second century) wrote, "The devil is the author of all war," to which both Fabian and Clement gave assent in terms almost identical. Cyprian called it "a pagan custom, repugnant to the spirit of the Gospel." Tertulllan wrote, "Our religion teaches that it Is better to be killed than to kill," and Lactantius declared, "It can never be lawful for a righteous man to go to war. whose warfare is righteousness it self." For two whole centuries. Chris tians declined to serve in the army as i being an unlawful profession, and Ter tullian bears witness that from 170 to 200 A. D. there were no Christians in the Roman legions. They were called "the followers of peace, who uspd none of the instruments of war." Even as late as 280 A. D. many Roman soldiers, becoming converts to Christianity, left the army. Thus it is clearly shown that not until the Christian Church be came an arm of the Roman state was It led to forsake God and the life of faith and become an instrument of deadly strife. —Tim CHRISTIAN HKBAI.D. I . • HOW HOME MADE PEACE There is a great deal of misapprehen Bion and misinterpretation of the his torical settings of the coming of Jesus. The age is described as an age of peace, peace throughout the world under the imperial sway of Rome. There was peace In the sense that all kingdoms had been subdued by Rome and at tached to her empire. This was the wonderful "Pax Romana." But. among the millions of souls who made up that empire there was anything but peace. Cruelty and oppression reigned. Half the population of the empire were slaves. Scholars point out the fact that Rome had extended her empire, not by destroying the nations, but by linking their wealthy families to the wealthy families of Rome, thus establishing a community of interest against the poor people and the slaves, whose toll en riched this aristocratic, plutocratic minority. It was a league of all the rich people In the world against all the poor people In the world. The poor lived In constant fear of the rich, and the rich lived in constant fear of Ihe poor. Insurrections were taking place in all parts of the empire, But the masters had the Roman legions at their disposal, and by the power of arms kept the poor and the Blaves In their place,—THE; CHRISTIAN HKHALB, FURTHER MASSACRE OF AMERICANS IN MEXICO ANOTHER YANKEE HAS BEEN MASSACRED [Continued From First Page.] dent did not say what further action would be taken. Ambassador Deplores Action Ellseo Arredondo, General Car ranza's ambassador here, delivered to Secretary Lansing to-day a letter, sav ing he "deeply deplored the dastardly action of the Villa forces" and Riving assurances that the Carranza govern ment will act at once to "remedy the situation." Mr. Arredondo's letters to Secretary Lansing follows: ' I have the honor to acknowledge the receijit of your excellency's note of this date (January 12) with its 'enclosure relative to the murder by Villa forces of sixteen American gen tlemen near the city of Chihuahua and the situation in the State of Durango. "Tour excellency may feel assured that my government and myself deeply deplore the dastardly action of the Villa forces and that efficient action will be taken to bring the murderers to justice and that my government will also take the necessary steps to remedy (he situation in the State of Durango. "This lelter has already been brought to the attention of General Carranza, and while I feel certain that ho will oinit no effort to bring the murderers of the above mentioned gentlemen to justice on his own i initiative, I have, nevertheless, com municated with him by wire on the subject." Only Survivor Tells Thrilling Tale of Killing For State Department Special to the Telegraph El Paso, Jan. 13. Thomas B. Holmes, the sole foreign survivor of j the masacre, reached the border here I late yesterday afternoon in a state | of collapse. Folowing Is the statement of Mr. | Holmes, given to the State Depart ment and press: "Our train left Chihuahua City Monday morning. Jan. 10, at about 11 o'clock . The train was stopped at or about the ranch Baeza. a point about five miles west of Santa Ysabel, between 1.80 and 2 o'clock that after noon. While the train was standing at the station of Santa Ysabel two armed Mexicans rode by and scrutin ized the train. The Mexican passen gers at Santa Ysabel told me after ward that the riders had inquired if there were any soldiers on the train, "At the point of the massacre, our train was stopped in a cut so that the last car was just inside of the cut. We were stopped by another train the front trucks of one of the coal cars of which was seen to be off the track. This was the first we knew of a train preceding us. There was nobody to be seen around the train in front. "When our train was stopped, New man and 1 were sitting together and Evans came up and looked out of our window. Evans, Newman, Mac illatton and I then got ofT the train. Watson was eitl\er getting off or about to do so behind us when I looked back and saw him. firing Squad Fifty Feet Away. . | "Just after alighting I Heard a vol ley of rille shots from a point on the other side of the cut and just above the train. Looking around, I could see a bunch of about twelve or fifteen men standing in a solid line, shoulder to shoulder, shooting directly at us. They were 50 or 76 feet away. The i smoke cut oft my view so t could not I see how many bandits there were. I "The depth of the cut on the side near Santa Ysabel river at that point was about two feet. On the other side it was much greater. To the rear of the train was an embankment declining toward the river. "Watson, after getting off ran to ward the river. MacHatton and T fol lowed. MacHatton fell, rdo not know whether he was killed then or strip ped. Watson kept running, and they j were still shooting at him when I turned and ran down grade, where I fell in some brush, probably 100 feet from the rear of the train. Reaches Stream "Lay there perfectly quiet and looked around and could see the Mexicans shooting in the direction in which Watson was running. I saw that they were not shodting at me and, thinking they believed me al ready dead T took a chance and crawled through the bushes until I reached the bank of the stream. "T then made my way to a point probably 100 yards from the train. There 1 lay under the bank for half an hour and heard shots by ones, twos and threes. I did not hear any sort of groans or yells or cries from our Americans. "Then X continued further under the bank, wading the stream part of the time, until 1 reached a point prob ably 200 yards from the train. There i I remained half or three-quarters of an hour. Later after going to several ranches and picking my way '.•autlous ly for several miles, I met 'iy with an unknown Mexican who directed me to Chihuahua City. I reached Chi huahua City Tuesday morning at about 7.30. The foregoing facts are of my personal knowledge." 200 Employes of Smelting Co. Ordered Back to (J. S.; Many Americans Remain By Associated Press Ragle Pass, Texas, Jan. 13.—A1l em ployes of the American Smelting and Refining Company were ordered to leave Mexico in a telegram from the company's offices at. El Paso to-day. The message was received here and relayed over the Mexican government lines via Piedras Negras to Torreon. New York, Jan. 13.—The American Smelting ani Refining Company now has about 200 Americans In Mexico who returned to that country to re open its Bmelters after the Carranza government was recognized by the United States. Superintendent Harri son has been driven out of a smelter at Assaco by Villa forces and has taken refuge in Torreon. W. H. Aldrlge. vice-president of the Mines Company of America, said that many Americans and their fami lies returned to Sonora a month ago when operations of that ■ company's mnles were resumed. He had not learned to-day that any of them had been molested, but telegraphed to the general manuger to ask Carranza for troops. Tour Americans who recently returned to the El Rayo mine of the Mine Company of America have not been heard from, CLDB LETS CONTRACT Announcement was made yesterday by the Central Democratic Club that the contract for altering and rearrang ing the interior of the proposed club house at 95 South Front Htreet, had been awarded to Staff ft Benford at a cost of ftboul |S,OBO, The entire iaieriop will be remodeled, H i# eaid. CARRANCE DEEPLY DEPLORES VILLA ACT [Continued From First. Pago.] gress both House and Senate con tinued to give it attention. When Congress met the situation came up again. Senator Lewis, Democrat, intro duced a resolution to authorize the President to employ the army and navy in Mexico in the same manner as they are now utilized to preserve peace and order in Nicaragua and llayti. The Senator asked that the resolution lie on the table for the present. Wants L'nion to Act In the House, Representative Slay den, of Texas, Democrat, declared the time had come for a Pan-American Union to bring peace to Mexico and insisted thai only the execution of tiie slayers of the sixteen Americans re cently killed near Santa Ysabel would satisfy the people of the border States. "There is rising anger or Amer icans on the border and is dangerous I and cannot be trifled with." he de clared. "The President did the proper and only possible thing in adopting the suggestion to recognize Carranza. It was an intolerable condition and some one hod to be recognized. The choice lay between Carranza and Villa, the unspeakable. "I have been silent even • when I though serious mistakes were being made, leaving the whole matter in the hands of the President and the Secretary of State. I am not criticiz ing them. "Horrors in Mexico are cumula tive. Americans have been murdered singly and in squads. They have been shot even iui their own territory. They have mysteriously disappeared, Mexicans have even invaded our territory under military command, killing Americans and their property." Bodies With Heads Almost Blown Off Reach El Paso; Two More Reported Shot By Associated Press El Paso, Texas, Jan. 13. The bodies of eighteen Americans killed Monday by Mexican bandits near Santa Ysabel. Western Chihuahua, reached El Paso early to-day and were taken in charge by undertakers preparatory to sending them to rela tives in various parts of the coun try. The body of Joseph Enders, re- I ported to have been killed, was not .among those arriving tb-day. F. E. Stephenson, secretary of the Mining and Smelter Men's Association of Chihuahua, who organized the parly that recovered the bodies said that the heads were almost blown off. "They were stripped of clothing be fore being dragged out of the cars and killed," said Stephenson. "When we arrived at the scene of the massacre a Carranza guard remained at Santa Ysabel where we found a number of the bandits encamped. We returned to the troop train to get a machine gun and then proceeded to the place where the bodies were heaped. "An expedition which left. Chi huahua City to revover the bodies of the Americans were Informed by the station agent at Santa Ysabel that Benjamin Snell and Frank Woods passed (here bound west, half an hour after the Watson train was reported in trouble. The station agent said he warned the two men to return but the.v said they were armed and feared Ino trouble. Nothing later was heard of the party and it is believed they met the fate of the Watson train." Chicago. Jan. 13. Dwight, Fur ness, of Chicago, head of a company which has been purchasing ore from the Ouslhuiriachi mines, said to-day he knew Benjamin Snell and Frank Woods by reputation. He said they were employed as mining men in Mexico but that he did not know where they lived or by what com pany they were employed. Snell and Woods are reported as missing and are believed to have been killed by Mexican bandits. Villa General Declares His Chief Planned Raids on Juarez and El Paso By Associated Press El Paso. Texas, Jan. 13.—General Manuel M. Medinavietia, former chief of staff df General, Villa, now a pri soner in the city jail here, charged with bringing stolen property into the United States denied to-day that he had anything to do with the arrest or killing of Peter Keane, an Englishman employed on the Hearst ranch at Ba bricoru, in western Chihuahua. He related that Villa had planned an attack on Juarez and later upon EI Paso. "I did not arrest Keane or other employes of the ranch," he said. "General Nicolas Hernandez was re sponsible for that. He succeeded me as chief of staff lo General Villa on the return from Sonora. Villa ordered Hernandez to arrest the Americans and secure what he could front the ranch. T did not arrive in Madera (from Sonora until three days after Villa reached here. Eater I joined him at Bustillo. Hernandez was at Rubio with the American prisoners. "At Bustillo. Villa called a mooting of the chiefs who had arrivj-d there. He proposed a plan to move north ward with nil the forces we could mus ter nnd attack Juarez. He Intended n surprise attack to capture Juarez and then open Are on K1 Paso. I told litni this plan was absurd. This angered Villa SO T left him. That was the last I saw of him. He went directly to Rublo where he called me by tele phone. Over the telephone he ad vised me, calling me names, so I told him I would not support him any longer. "I Immediately negotiated for the surrender of my forces at Chihuahua City. At Rublo, Villa met General Hernandez, his chief of staff, who had held Keane prisoner." ' Bitter Feeling in El Paso Causes Mexicans to Flee El Pano, Texas, Jan. 13.—General Jose Ynez Saiazar, former Mexican army officer, is In hiding to-day. fear ing reprisal by American mining men. It was reported that a party of twenty Americans called at Salazar's hotel last night. Shortly after the arrival of the Americana the chief of police and the county sheriff appeared at the hotel with a posse of policemen, deputy sheriffs and dertelves, The Ameri cans left after ihey were told that ' Halasar had been smuggled out of the city, The demonstration caused nil the hotels tn send away their orches tras of Mexican musicians while plain clothes men mingled In the crowded lobbied where resentment against Mexitsms wan pronounced, PENROSE FAVORS THE KNOX BOOM Declares That the People of the State and Nation Want the Former Senator United States Senator Boies Penrose last night declared in favor of the election of Philander Chase Knox as *V> United States senator to succeed George T. Oliver. In his statemem the senator voiced the rapidly mount ing sentiment of the people of I lie State for his former colleague, the former Attorney General and Secre tary of State, and said that not only the people of Pennsylvania, hut of the nation, need him. The senator said: "Every Republican in Pennsylvania will be gratified to learn that the Re publicans in the western part of the State have come to n harmonious agreement upon the question of United States se.nator. "It has been the custom in our State to have one. senator from east of the Alleghenies and the other senator from the western section. This year the jsenatorship belongs to the west, and several candidates have been men tioned. including Senator Crow, E. V Babcock and ex-Senator Knox. "Mr. Crow announced some time ago that he was not a candidate, and now Mr. Babcock comes out In a state ment declaring that his extensive busi ness interests will not permit him at this time to be a candidate, and that he favors the candidacy of Mr. Knox. "I served nearly six years in the Senate with Mr. Knox as my colleague. ! and we were always able to work to ! gether in the fullest co-operation and harmony. Air. Knox is a statesman of wide experience and with a unique public record, In that he has served in the Cabinets of three Presidents. McKinley, Roosevelt and Taft, as At torney General and Secretary of State. "There are few men now in public life having his familiarity with publi<- questions, and it is distinctly rec ognized, 1 think, by the people of Pennsylvania that his knowledge and experience are particularly needed at this time, not only by the people of Pennsylvania, but by the people of the whole country. "Mr. Knox's return to the Senate will be welcomed. It was proper that the Republicans of Western Pennsyl vania should have come to an agree ment on this question, and it is fortu nate that the result of their con clusions is eminently satisfactory to the people of the eastern part of the State; in fact, Mr. Knox's candidacy will be welcomed by citizens regardless of party, and f predict for him an unopposed nomination and the election in November by a very large majority." Brothers of Murdered Man Appeal to Wilson to Avenge His Death By Associated Prsss San Erancisco, Cal., Jan.* IS.—The four brothers of Charles A. Pringle, one of the Americans killed by bandits in Mexico, have sent the following li> President Wilson: "In the name of humanity, in order to prevent others from suffering a like bereavement, we, the brothers of Charles A. Pringle, just, killed by an armed force In Mexico, are impelled to demand that our go\ - ernment take immediate steps to se cure the safely of those of our citizen!) as well as the citizens of other nations who are pursuing their legitimate busi ness in Mexico. With all the vigor there is in us we ask that these Mexi cans who took part In the massacre be apprehended and executed." All four are engaged in business in San Fran cisco. Four Soldiers Drowned When Boat Is Run Down Galveston. Tex., .fan. 13. Captain Edward P. Nons, medical corps. United States army, attached to the coast ar tilery post at Fort Crocket, and three privates of the (Toast Artilery Corps, were drowned in the Galveston channel to-day when the lioat J. B. IB was run down and sunk by the tank steamer Charles E. Itarwood, outward bound for Tampico. Captain Nons' home was in Louisville, Ky. GOING TO CONVENTION Several osteopathic physicians of the city will attend the sessions to morrow evening and Saturday at Philadelphia, of the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Association. A program of discussions, addresses, clinical demonstrations, and surgical opera tions at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy and Hospital, will feature, the sessions. Representatives from all parts of the State will attend. Among those from this city -who ex pect to be present are Drs. E. 1.. Denniston, Ruth A. Deeter and Frank B. Kann. LECTURE AT ST. PAl'I/S The Rev. A. Harries, pastor of the Coxestown Methodist Church, will lecture this evening at 7.4 a o'clock in the St. Paul's Methodist Church, on "Paul's Suit Case." WINNER OF NOBEL i^Bssi Tiiy PROF. THEODORE W. RICHARDS Prof. Theodore W. Richards of Har vard has Just been awarded the Nobel Prize for discoveries in the atomic weight of chemical elements. This Is | the first ffrlze to be given an Ameri can for chemical research. One each In physics und medicine had been voted to Prof. Mlchelson of Chlcatro and Dr. Alexis Carrel of the Rocke feller Institute In New York. Two Americans, Theodore Roosevelt and Eliltu Root, had been honored for jtrvlcee to neace.
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