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
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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
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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.