Caranza Insists on Reciprocal Agreement Before Allowing Troops to Enter HARRISBURG r rKl iEGT?. A PH * VVV\ T XT Cr BY CAimiF.li O CENTS A WEICK. LAAAV— i\o. Do SINGLE: cones S CENTS. DEMAND OF CARRANZA FOR RIGHT TO CROSS LINE MA DANGEROUS SITUATION IS EASED Acceptance Will Probably Be Made on Ground That Mexicans May Cross Bor der in Pursuit of Bandits Any Time U. S. Forces Are Not in Sufficient Numbers to Repel Invaders RELIEVES SITUATION OF MENACING DANGER Attitude of Mexican People Causes Considerable Con cern, but Developments, It Is Believed, Will Clear Things; Preparations at Border Being Pushed For Capture of Villa ' By Associated l*ress Washington, March 13. The Mex ican situation showed no outward change to-day, with the army stead ily preparing to carry out President Wilson's orders to pursue the Villa bandits. No movements of troops across the border were reported to the War De part men I although they were hourly expected. General Carranza's proposal lor a rt eiproeal arrangement by which, either his forces or American troops may pursue bandits on either side of the line probably will be accepted by the United Slates. In practice it will have 110 effect be cause American troops will be kept in sutlieient numbers on the border to make incursions of Mexican troops unnecessary, but al the same time it will avoid a controversy with General; t'arranza at Ibis stage. President Wilson and Secretary I.;,using at a conference this afternoon wore understood to have concluded to send an Immediate reply to General < 'arranza's note accepting his sugges tion for a reciprocal agreement. The acceptance probably will be made on the ground that Carranza troops may cross into American territory in j pursuit of bands at any time that; American forces are not present In sufficient numbers. II will be pointed out that the inability of the t'arranza ; troops to handle the situation in j Northern Mexico is the sole ground ] for entry of American soldiers. In thnt. way American officials ex pected the situation will be relieved of its chief menacing feature. They ; expressed the view to-day that a : sreat deal of unnecessary pessimism exists as to General Carranza's atti tude. As to the attitude of the Mex ican people, themselves, however, there is some concern, but it is realized that only the developments of the next few days can clear up that 1 phase of the situation. I'lisli Preparations There was no indication at the War, Department that negotiations for reci procal arrangements had in any way altered the situation on the border. Publication of Carranza's manifesto declaring that armed invasion of Mexico In pursuit of Villa would not lie tolerated except on a reciprocal basis, apparently has not resulted In [Continued of Page »] Sill ITS l/YINU (.ItOlMlllOt, Special to the Telegraph Berlin, Mass., March 13.—Winfield J l.arkin followed the tracks of a groundhog yesterday and shot it. lie declares he did it with a feeling of ela tion in taking revenge on a faithless weather prophet. Winfield is a farmer, and, when the hog could not see his 'shadow on Candlemas Day, prepara- > tlons were made for early ploughing on Wintleld's farm. The snowstorms of the last six weeks have made the farmer considerably peeved, so at the , lirst opportunity he gave a traitor's end to the sun-pig. The animal was sleek and fat de- i spite its iniquity. It was displayed in the street railway station at West Berlin yesterday as a sic. semper ty rannus warning to prognosticators. THE WEATHER Fur Ilnri-2«hurg ami vicinity: (iru erallj fair to-night JIIHI TucNdayt mMilrrntp temperature, lowest to night tibout lis ilegree*, For Hnntorii IVUIIM.VI viuiia t I'nrtly eloufiy to-night nml TucNilny, prohal» I > rain In Moutliweat por tion: modcrntc aortli went to iiurtbfimt >\in<l«. River lli«* main river will tall nlo«vly or rrmnln nearly ntntlonnry. The tributaries will rlae slightly or remain nlmut fttntlonnry. A stage of nlmut 1.7 feet Im liiillenteil for (ft- llnrrlsbiirg Tuesilny niornliiK. General ( ondltionw A dint u r hit nee of moderate energy tlint nan eentral over the t'aiin illan North went, Saturday morn ing. haw moved rnphll.v eastward to New Knicland. It ban enuseri Ineal unowN in the l<nke Region and light to moderate ralnn and •tnoWN tlienee eastward to the \tlnnt|e eoaat In the last twenty four hours. There lias been n general riae of '2 to 3.' degrees lf« temperature over the greater pari of the l*lnli»s States nn«l tlienee enNtnard to the Atlnntle count nlnee Saturday morning. Temperature: S a. m., 44. Sun: Itlses, <1:111 a. m.| aeta, 0:10 P. m. Moon: Full mnoi, Mareh JO, 12:2? a. m. Itlver Stage: 4.8 feet above luow- M liter mark. Highest tempernture. 12. I.oweat temperature, 2ft, Wean temperature, JM, Aorma I temperature, (I. KING BABY ) L, PASSENGER TRAIN RUNS DOWN TEAM AT MIDDLETOWN Kills Mule and Demolishes Wagon on Ann Street Grade-Crossing Elmer Reigle, son of Aaron Reigle, tenant on the Charles Kunkel farm west of Middlctown, had a narrow es i cape from death early this morning when his team was struck by an east bound Pennsylvania passenger train at the Ann street grade crossing, Mid dletown. lie saved his life by jumping from his wagon an instant oefore the ' iiig engine trashed into it. The mule drawing the vehicle was impaled on the cow-catcher anil carried a distance of over a hundred feet before it rolled I off dead. The wagon was smashed to kindling wood, the only piece of any size le.ft intact being one of the i wheels. Reigle himself escaped with a few i bruises and was able to return to his home. ! The Ann street crossing has always ( been regarded dangerous and only re cently the town authorities requested the. railroad company to place a I watchman there. This was promptly I done and chances of any more aecl i dents seemed slight. The train which struck Reigl»> is the j local that leaves Harrisburg at 7 a. m. and arrives at Middletown at. 7.18. 27 Carloads of Catalogs to Be Distributed Here ; Harrisburg as a catalog distribu tion point promises a'new record this year. Between this date and May 1. i :iOO,OOO catalogs from mail order houses in the West will be handled by Montgomery and Company, at their warehouses, ti27 Walnut street. I Most of these catalogs will be mailed through the Harrisburg post I office to points within a radius of 150 | miles. Some will be stamped and 1 labeled hero, and shipped in bulk to ! other points for distribution, i The present order is for annual ! Spring delivery. The catalogs come i to Harrisburg in bulk, and required 27 cars for shipment. The average num -1 ber of catalogs to each car is 7,- | r.OO. One car had 11,000. There are ; twelve more cars to come. The catalogs are mailed at parcel post rates. East fall Montgomery and Company handled 250,000 mail pack ages. Commander Loses Life When Series of Explosions Causes Steamer to Sink Hy Associated Press St. John. N. 8., March 13. The | Rritish steamer Matatua, after being lon tire for more than 24 hours, was ! sunk at her dock to-da.v soon after a series of explosions during which her commander and designer, Captain E. I R. Gilliam was killed. Captain Gil liam's body was recovered. It is ex pected the hull of the vessel may be raised and refitted. The cargo which , was destined for Ngw Zealand, prob ably was destroyed. HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 13, 1916 BABY WILL BE KING PIN DURING WELFARE SHOW Finishing Touches Being Put On and Plans Complete For Biggest "Baby Week" Four o'clock every afternoon during 1 the baby welfare exhibit on Wednes- | day, Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week is the hour which the cxecu- ! tive committee wishes to emphasize as | the time when the attendant phy- ! siciane will examine the babies and when improvement and perfection points will be scored, the later totaling • up of which will decide what babies have won the many attractive and useful premiums'* which' merchants of the city have offered. Among these .will be a baby's'cap, a silver baby | spoon, a baby's bib, one dollar's worth of baby food, to-he selected by the ! | parent, and other .prizes which have I been offered but the nature of which has not been specltically determined. '| Dr. J. M. J. Uaunick, chief of the ] City Health Department, has com ; pleted his program .with the exception '| of a. speaker on Saturday night, at which time the hour from 7.30 to 8.30 : | will bo devoted exclusively to fathers, ' and the speaker will address them ' on the subject "Responsibility of Chil dren." Arthur IJ. Bacon, president of ' the itotary Club; Joseph Cluster, rep • j resentative of the Hebrew Associated j Aid Society: Headmaster Arthur 13. ! Brown, of the Harrisburg Academy, and Dr. Frederick 13. Downes, super intendent of the Harrisburg schools, I have been secured as presiding officers during the four days of the exhibit, on | the fourth tloor of Bowman's store. "The Backward Child," "Our Com ' munity's Work for Children," "The ; [ Girl in the Home," "The Hoy in the '; Home. Modification of Milk" and "Tuberculosis in Children" are more ' of the subjects that will be discussed. | A certified milk exhibit will be held ' every day instead of on 'Wednesday only, as previously announced. Thursday to lie "Flower l>ay" On Thursday, to be known as ' "tlower day," each mother who at tends the exhibit will be presented ' with a tlower, probably a red carna tion, and all others who attend are urged to wear flowers. The reception. ; committee will be on hand that day j and music will be provided. W. Walley Davis Becomes Manager Chicago Plants W. Walley Davis, superintendent of the Pennsylvania district plants of the Semet-Solvay Company, has been appointed superintendent of the Chi ; cago district plants and manager of the By-Products Coke Corporation ' with headquarters in Chicago. Mr. Davis, who lias been in charge, of the plants at Steelton, Eebanon and II Dunbar, Pa., since 1907, came here ; from Milwaukee where he was in i; charge of coke plants. He is a La- I fayette graduate. • Since residing here Mr. Davis has been prominent in Harrisburg life. He is a member of the Harrisburg Club, ! Country Club of Harrisburg, Kn-I gineers' Society and other clubs and lias many friends in this section of' I the State. Mr. and Mrs. Davis are! prominent In Harrisburg society. $765,000 SUIT IS FILED AGAINST YORK ENGINEER Involves Reconstruction of Electrical Companies in and Around Atlanta, Ga. Suit for (lie recovery of $765,000 — the largest sum that has ever figured in local court records since the civil actions in the eapitol cases— was filed late Saturday in the Federal courts for the Middle district of Pennsylvania against W. H. Smith, a well-known electrical construction en gineer of Yor«c, Pa., by W. A. Carlisle, of Atlanta, Ga. Wickersham and Metager, of this city, who have been retained by Car lisle to serve with an Atlanta firm as counsel in the case, filed the action with J. Clarence Punk, resident clerk to the Federal courts. The suit dates back more than four years and involves the reconstruction of four or fire of the electrical com panies in and around Atlanta and the subsequent sale .of the rehabilitated lines to the Atlanta Street Railway and Power Company. According to the local counsel, Car lisle. together with Smith and John Veardley, of New York, formed a company to reorganize, reform and re-equip and construct the various lines and companies operating elec trically in and around Atlanta. The consolidation was effected and the At lanta company eventually bought out the holdings of the three, for ?2,300,- 000. Neither Smith nor »Yeardley ac cording to Carlisle, divided a ahare of the proceeds with Carlisle and he ac cordingly brought the suit. Similar a< tion it is understood, will be filed it». New York State against Yeardley. NO CAM, MADE National Guard headquarters to day stated that nothing had come from the War Department relative to a call upon Pennsylvania for any units of its militia for service at the .Mexican border. Adjutant General Stewart said that the Guard was ready to respond to any calls which might be made upon it by the national gov ernment. WATRES TO ADDKEKS MASONS Announcement was made this morning of the coming to this city on March 21 of l,ouis A. Watres, former Lieutenant Governor of the State of Pennsylvania, and present Right Worshipful Grand Master of the Masonic Order. Mr. Watres will make an address before the Dauphin County Memorial Committee, and a mass meeting of all Masons will be held in the Masonic Temple, Third and State streets, at 8 o'clock that evening SEYMOUR EATON DIES By Associated Press ¥ Philadelphia, March 13. Sey mour Eaton, widely-known writer and advertising expert, died at his home at Ransdowne, near here, to-day, from heart disease. Mr. Eaton was the founder of the liooklovers' and Tabard Inn library in the United Stutcs and Great Britain. He is survived by a widow and three sons. PHILIPPINES CAN BE CHRISTIANIZED BY UNITED STATES Rev. E. J. Pace Tells Laymen's Mission Convention of Islands' Possibilities HANDS OFF IS HIS PLEA Much Will Be Accomplished if Washington Will Let Work Go On "If tlio.se fellows down in Washing- j ton keep their hands off the Philip pines ions enough, we will show those 5 Britishers that we know something; about Christianizing a country." So said the Rev. E. J. Pace, for ten years a missionary in the islands and at present a member of the editorial, staff of the Religious Telescope, at this morning's session of the laymen's Mis sionary Movemosit of the National Mis sionary Campaign. Mr. Pace has the unique record, he says, of being a home, fr6ntier and foreign missionary at the saihe time, first, because his labors in the Philip pines were under the Stars and Stripes: second, because while in those islands he was as far on t lie frontier as it was possible to get; and third, because the islands are so tar from this country j that they can be called foreign. A Missionary "And the United States lias been a missionary nation since 1898, when Admiral Dewey defeated the Spanish ! tleet in the harbor at Manila and took ' the Philippines. Soon after that a [Continued on l'agc 12.] New High Water Mark For Book Distribution at Public Library The llarrisburg Public library on Saturday established a new high, water mark for circulation of books among j the school children of the city. There I were 481 books taken out by young sters who are school pupils, breaking the best previous record by over 40. The total circulation at the Library on Saturday was 1,041, so that tlie proportion of circulation among cliil-l dren runs high. The highest daily circulation ever known at the Library was over 1100 a short time ago. The story telling hour at the! Library on Saturday was attended by! 142 children, three classes being neces- i sary. It is expected that the March circu lation will go above February which was almost 12,700. Pennsy Is Directed to Pay $1,379,881.28 to Canal Bondholders By Associated Press > I Philadelphia, March 13. As the j result of the failure of the Pennsyl vania Railroad Company to maintain ia sinking fund bonds ol' the Pennsylvania Canal Company at maturity in July. 1910, and its action in cancelling bonds of the canal com pany purchased from moneys that had beet! placed in the sinking fund, the railroad company by a decree of Judge Dickinson, tiled in the United j States District court to-day is directed | to pay $1,379,881.28 to the botidhold ! ers of the canal company. It is directed that the money lie paid by Rifinuel liea, president of the rail rood v.'lio as trustee for the bond , holders of the canal company, is ■ ordered, when he receives the money, 'to distribute it among them as the court shall direct. The,award to the bondholders also carries interest from July 1, 1910, the date of the maturity | of the bonds.- . Wedding Bells Chime Again, After a Year, For Estranged Couple Wedding bells chimed for the sec ond time for Mr. and Mrs. Arthur ! Edward Wilkes, of Duncannon and Greenville, Pa., respectively. The Wilkes were 1 married several 1 years ago hut the marital ship didn't ! sail along as serenely as either bride i or groom had hoped and on June 1, 1913, the Lebanon county courts le- I gaily untied the knot. Sailing singly 1 didn't appeal either, according to the brido and the groom and on Saturday j they made application to Alderman Cleorge Hoverter for a license to re- I wed. Injects "Dope" Regularly Into Arms of 30 Girls ? A husband, suspicious of his wife's ! peculiar actions, may lead to a formal | accusation against William Phipps, of Uailey street, charging him with fur nishing "dope' to residents of this city, mostly young girls. Philips was picked up under sus picion by Officer Carson, and brought to police headquarters this afternoon to lie searched. It is said that at least I thirty young girls from various parts | of the city went to Phipps at inter vals and had the "dope" injected by l'hipps. AUTO Wltllt KKI) l\ MAKKIIT STKKKT; TllfiS UP TKAI'I'IC A two-passenger roadster, said to carry license No. 113,330, issued to S. M. Frlckman, lndfcna, Pa., was wrecked in the Market street subway at noon to-day. The front axle was broken when the car crashed into the stonewall. N'o one was injured. The i driver refused to give his name or that of the owner. Trolley traffic was : blocked for an hour. THROWN UNDEK AUTO Clifford Morton, of the Antler Hotel, a Western Union messenger | boy, on a bicycle, collided at Front j and Market streets, with an automo bile driven by 15. F. Hale, 210. Pine street, this afternoon. lie sustained a few severe bruises and lacerations i of the body and was treated at the L llarrisburg Hospital, { STEELTON WOMAN MAY KNOW ABOUT MURDER IN WEST Wisconsin Authorities Send Detective Here to See Mrs. Rosie Kabor LEFT HER HUSBAND Trace (luilty Man Through Shot Gun Found Three Miles From Dead Body In an effort to get evidence which they believe will convict John Knoge lof the murder of Joseph Heller, both ! formerly of Stcelton, Wisconsin au thorities have sent a private detective to this city, to get evidence from Mrs. i ! Uosie Kabor, of Stcelton, who ran | away from her husband with the twoi 1 men, some time during December. .1914/ Mrs. Kabor returned to Steelton again in January, 1915. March 30, | [Continued on I'agc ll.] Shall Men Put to Jail Receive Compensation? The question whether a person in jured in an Industrial plant who hap pens lo get arrested for law-breaking : duriiiK the period of partial disability can claim compensation and if so, to 1 what extent, was raised to-day before 'the Stale Compensation Board. Karl ! Weaver, an employe of a steel com i pany at Latrobe, was hurt on January 28 and treated in the Westmoreland county hospital. Before he was able to return to work he visited the l Latrobe lot'kup, where there had been | some jail breaking and during bis | visit was searched, hack saws being found on him. It was stated here that lie luid admitted intention to give them to prisoners who were friends. Weaver was arrested and given a prison term. BOMB FROM AKROPIjAN K MAY II.W'K SI NK SI MI S Py Associated Press Paris. March 111. The first officer of the Norwegian bark Silitis is quoted by the I'uris Herald as expressing the ! opinion that the vessel may have been struck by a bomb from an aeroplane, instead of by a torpedo, as previously | reported. I WH ffjfr « » H llrftf) H X ■I«/||V H T ACCEPTS RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT £ T WA rON, MARCH 13. THE UNITED | J .-.TAT* THIS AFTERNOON ACCEPTED C T GENERAL CARRANZA OR All j HICH EITHER A Y MAY PUR-J 1 : SIDE OF THE BORDER. I & ,D COST SIO,OOO 1 J of Pottsville, I S» t asked b; issioncrs to f : 1 report on the cost of a survey of the-assessable coal lands in 1 i • ernoon that the proper > J igation would cost from $5,000 to SIO,OOO. I J TO REARGUE MINE WORKERS' CASE « | Washington," March 13.—The Supreme Court to-day I i restor< ' the case of the Hitch-* | nan Coal and Coke Company against John Mitchell, Sc. | I » tary and Wilson and others, involving the question whet; A I l contravention | a the Sherman autitrust law. T i NO MOVEMENT ACROSS BORDER TO-DAY - ? | San Antonio, Tex., March 13.—Major General Funsv | | I announced positively early ioon that there will be * V no movement of troops across the border to-day. jj I EMBARGO ON MUNITIONS SHIPMENTS « y San Francisco, March 13.—An embargo on shipments I ; T of war munitions from this port to Mexican points was de- f t clared to-day by John -O. Davis, collector of the port, in ac- A ? cordance with instructions from Washington. 5 i I BORAH URGES IMMEDIATE PREPAREDNESS L 9 Washington, March 13.—Senator Borah, Republican, J i 1 urged the Senate to-day to drop all other legislation and im- I j % mediately consider the national preparedness program in f ' T view of the consequences tl it might arise from the decisionjf JL to pursue General Villa in Mexico. i T CARRANZA OFFERED REWARD FOR VILLA I t Z JL , 1 Albuquerque, N. M., March 13.—A reward of 40,000 *J J pesos for the body of Francisco Villa had been posted for j i i sixty day in Carranza consulates, it was disclosed to-day *; through letters to a local C.irran '.i ofiuial. • ,! HHAtitiiAUt LILLIIdES * > ' Frank Slmrvnlx nnil Annn lloHaiirr, KunnnrUtaHn, | .lolin Aihnn* \n<c mid lln<' Charlotte lonrail. Slhrr SprlnnM (»nn ! "hll>. J) , 1 Arthur l-Ulnitrd \\ llk<-», I > mien n n on, inni I'* lore ore IVarl Wllkrn, !> 14 PAGES CITY EDITION BIG GUNS ROAR AS INFANTRY AT VERDUN PAUSES Crown Prince's Forces Stick lo Trenches as French Bom bard Position AVIATORS ARE ACTIVE Allies Bombard Railway Sta tion; British Loss in Meso potamia 3,OUU A pronounced pause has come in the Gorman olfenslve operations against Verdun, so far as the infantry arm is concerned, according to the official bulletins front Paris. Sunday passed without infantry ad vance and the crown prince's troops I dirl not leave their trenches for an at - ' tack at any point during last night, ! the French war ollice reports. There has been no cessation of the artillery play, however, the bombard ment continuing along much of the front. It was particularly severe in the Woevre district, where the French guns have been searching out hostile positions, indicating the probability that some move by the Germans to the east or southeast of the fortress on the French right flank is anticipated. Aviators Active A small engagement occurred in I,e Pret.re forest, on the left bank of the Moselle, west of Pont-a-Mousson, to the east of the St. Mihlel salient, where the French report penetrating 200 yards of trenches and withdrawing after destroying the German saps. French aviators bombarded tho rail road station at Conlians, where tires were seen to break out. Reports come from Dutch sources [Continued on Page o.] Wilson Urges Leaders to Speed Up Defense Bills Kv I'less Washington, March lit. President Wilson urged Speaker (.'lark and Ma . jority deader Kitchln to-day to speed ' up tiie army and navy bills, the tariff, Philippine and shipping bills, and other measures in the administration • legislative program. * I The Speaker and Mr. Kitehin told ■ the President they believed satisfac i tory progress was being made but ,-j that Ihey would arrange for the ordet • in which the administration billy would be considered.
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