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FLORIDA IS FINE EXAMPLE OF
INITIATIVE AND ENERGY OF ITS
CITIZENS; WONDERFU
LEditorial t orrcspoiidcuce.]
Florence Villu. Fla., March 18. 1916.
-—During the few weeks that 1 have
been privileged to spend in this de
lightful section of Florida, the con
viction has been forced homo that the
evolution of a Commonwealth, like
that of a municipality, depends not so
much upon laws as upon the initiative
of the citizen. Harrisburg has not
been helped by the alleged progressive
legislation of recent years; it has, in
fact, been hindered. Florida likewise
suffers in her development as a re
sult of laws which must be repealed
before the surging energy of a large
element of the population shall tlnd
its full expression. For years the
Peninsula has been growing in eve il
legitimate way, however, notwith
standing a body of laws which have
stood as a serious barrier to progress
in several directions.
Here as elsewhere the good women
are asserting themselves through a
State federation of civic leagues. One
cannot help being amazed when the
part women are playing -in the de
velopment of Florida is properly un
derstood and appreciated'. Of their
particular activities, I shall speak
hereafter.
Busy. College Men
-\iany college men from all parts or
the North are here also and these are
plunging with enthusiasm into the
l)ig things that are making for the
expansion and prosperity of 'this
fruitful ami beautiful corner of the
United States. The other day I ac
cepted an invitation to attend a regu
lar weekly meeting of a citrus ex
change and the discussion was a reve
lation. Here the young men fresh
from the big universities —managers of
important citrus intestests and promi
nent in other activities involving the
substantial growth of Florida—ap
peared at their best. They expressed
their views clearly and forcefully not
only upon the subjects which came
immediately within the scope of their
organization, but likewise gave at
tention to the other interests of the
community and the State as embraced
in the good-roads movement and canal
construction. This is the type of men
who are going to give Florida its
greater prominence in the future.
They are opposed in a way to the na
tive element, generally denominated as
'Trackers." Thes<* latter are regard
ed as the ultra-conservative element
of the population who believe that
what was good enough for their fath
ers and still more ancestors front the
beginning is quite good enough for
them. And this attitude upon the
part of some thousands of citizens
naturally makes more difficult the pro
gressive work of the Northerners.
Among the people, however, there
seems to be a material breaking down
of this antagonism and the men with
>vham I have discussed the subject
are quite hopeful of better conditions
■within a few years. Perhaps the old
Florida may be best described in a
couple of verses which are upon a
blackboard of this hotel. They run
as follows:
1 wlsht 1 was a little rock.
A-settin' on a hill.
An' doin" nothin' all day long
But just a-settin' still.
I wouldn't eat, I wouldn't drinli
I wouldn't even wash,
But set and set a thousand year
And rest myself, by gosh!
Old Florida Is Parsing
But when one sees the hustle,
energy and intelligent direction of the
interests of this section manifested in
civic associations and leagues for pub
lic improvement, lie must realize that
i lie old Florida is passing and that a
new era is dawning with the building
of permanent highways, the connect
ing of the myriad lakes by canals, and
the general transformation that is tak
ing place everywhere.
Florida may be compared, in its
physical shape and development, to
the horn of plenty inasmuch as there
is flowing into it. from the top of the
boot to the very toe, millions of out
side capital through the expenditure
of tourists and heavy Investments of
outside capitalists. Millions of dol
lars have flowed into the State dur
ing this winter and prosperity is evi
de.nt on all sides. Last year the or
ange crop was not a financial success
because the demand was not up to
expectations as a consequence of the
business depression and the European
war. but this year there will be ship
ped out of the State not less than a
million boxes of oranges and probably
half a million boxes of grapefruit, in
nddition to the other products of this
randy soil worth millions. lam told
that the citrus industry is more or
less a rich man's game. The grower
must have patience and be prepared
to stand a loss one year which may be
made up the next. This gives the
business the element of chance which
appeals to many investors. It ought
to.be said, however, that the doubtful
feature of the citrus industry is grad
ually being eliminated through scien
tific treatment of the soil and care of
the orchards. Even the United States
government is taking a hand in sup
pressing the citrus canker.
Guests at this hotel are permitted
to stroll among the trees and help
themselves to the fruit freely and gen
erously. Within a mile or two of the
Villa are some of the most extensve
grapefruit and orange groves of the
State. One New York capitalist is
said to have paid $1."0,000 for a large
grove near here which is managed by
his son. a Princeton graduate. Other
energetic college men are looking af
ter similar investments for their lath
ers up North.
(iiKMI Road-. Propaganda
Just now the most important mat
ter engaging the attention of the live
vires of Polk county is a proposed
bond issue of $1,250,000 for the build
ing of over 200 miles of improved
highway within the county, and the
interest in the loan is so intense that
men and women are taking a strenu
ous interest in the preliminary can
vass. A straw vole was polled the
other day through the various asso
ciations and it is said to have indi
cated the success of the loan at the
election in May. Inasmuch as this is
not a partisan or political question,
the negroes are being registered and
in some cases their employers are
taking care of the occupation taxes
and other primary requirements which
Mill entitle them to vote. In my hear
ing the question of permitting the
colored voters to participate in this
election was considered. One large
triiit grower expressed doubt as to
the expediency of encouraging the col
ored voter to come to the polls. He
feared there might be a collision and
more or less shooting. An influential
and large employer of negro labor de
clared that he would see to it that his
men were registered and he would also
•see that they were permitted to east
their ballots. This was said in such
a decisive and significant way that
further discussion of the point was
dropped.
Woman I.ivcrtvfrc
Dr. Mary R. Jewett. who is presi
dent of the Woman's Civic League at
t.h» present time, is one of the active
workers In behalf of the good roads
movement. She is a New York wo
man who has resided here for scv~
THURSDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH MARCH 23. 1916.
era I years. For eighteen years she
practised medicine in the metropolis
land what New York has lost the dis
trict of Winter Haven has gained.
; There are »!,000 wide-awake women
enlisted in the civic league work of
Florida and one like Dr. Jewett lead
ing the way it wMI not require more
than a decade lo entirely revolu
tionize conditions here. She told me
something to-day of what the local
! league has accomplished and it may
lie an inspiration to the good women
of the Harrisburg Civic Club to know
ja little of what has - been accomplish
ed under great difficulties in this at
tractive corner of Florida.
She didn't know that the work here
differed in any essential particular
from i he civic clubs in the North,
though perhaps it is true that in the
newer communities of the South the
conditions being more primitive—the
need of reform in matters of sanita
tion was more urgent and file men,
being so busily engaged in the neces
sary development Work in a newer
region, the initiative in matters that
have to do with moral and physical
; health and with the cleanliness, or
! der and beautification of the home
1 surroundings must be taken to a
igreater extent, than in older and
and attractive station in the town,
men.
How They Succeeded
Dr. Jewett .remarked that the Wo
man's Civic League of Winter Ha
ven ■ and vicinity' lk little more than
two years old. but she was sure that
any observing person who walked
through the streets of the little town
at the time of the organization of the
league and returned to-day could hard
ly believe himself to be in the same
place. She said that the organiza
tion had been instrumental in bring
ing about a larga part of the change,
mentioning how they had cleaned the
streets, compelled sanitary treatment
of the markets and fruit stores and
how in effective ways the women had
secured the co-operation of the council
of the town. Writing to the owner of
a meat market, for instance, the lea
gue officer said:
"The members of our league dislike
to buy meat and other food stuffs in
such an unsanitary and unsightly place
as your present market. Our town
must have a clean and sanitary mar
ket. Are you going to give it to us?
If you do not, somebody must be
found who will."
This communication brought im
portant results and good markets.
Clean stores and clean streets are now
the rule in Winter Haven. The lea
gue was also successful in Inducing
the railroad company fo build a new
more settled communities by the wo
and the ladies are now raising a fund,
through weekly rummage sales.forthe
erection of a fountain in the main
park of the village. They have also
purchased a fine site upon tlie edge
of a beautiful lake for a clubhouse
which will also be a public library.
The league has employed a man to
work in the streets and sidewalks
through the middle of the town, clear
ing away the litter which reminds me
of the good work, done several years
ago in this direction by the Civic Club
of Harrisburg. There also has been
purchased, through the activities of
the club, a well-framed picture for
each of the sixteen class rooms of the
new school building.
in short, the league of Winter Ha
ven is doing what the progressive wo
men can do and are doing in many
other communities throughout the
country, but they are doing H here
under more of a handicap than in
most other places owing to the un
usual conditions and the greater re
sponsibilities resting upon the mu
nicipal authorities. Dr. Jewett ex
pressed so well her thought regard
ing work of this character that 1 have
set it down here for the benefit of
the members of the Harrisburg Civic
Club and all others interested in pub
lic improvements. She said:
Civic Improvement Bug
"Civic work is the most inspiring, but
at the same time the most exacting,
and I might almost say tile most dis
couraging. work In all this workaday
world. The worst thing about it is its
inevitableness. If you once get - the
fever you are done for. There is no es
cape. Tou always see the 'might be,'
and you never can rest till you bring It
to pass. Perhaps that Isn't the worst
of it; perhaps the worst of it is that
you can never let anybody else rest. If
you want to lead a comfortable life and
a peaceful one, and if you want your
families to load comfortable and neace
lul lives, get yourselves inoculated so
that the 'bug' of civic improvement
cannot 'work.' if perchance you should
become infected with it. Not every
body is vulnerable, so perhaps you are
not in danger. Tf you never get it' you
will probably be a much more comfort
able person to live with; you will, per
haps. live longer, no doubt you will
sleep better, but you will miss a tre
mendous stimulus and a. tremendous op
portunity. You must pay a big price
for all the fun you get out of it, but
then isn't that true of anything really
worth while that you ever do get?"
All who have had to do with the
transformation of Harrisburg during
recent years will realize how truthful
is this view of civic work everywhere.
1 was also Impressed witii a remark of
Dr. Jewett's regarding the benefit of
expert advice in the making of pub
lic improvements. She said:
Need <»l" Expert-,
"If we could only afford, or per
suade our citjzens that they might
well afford, to employ some able ex
pert to come here before it is too late
to give us some good advice as to how
to make the best use of our great
natural assets in park lands, in lake
front lands, in possible boulevards!
But I suppose in our stage of de
velopment we can hardly expect to at
jtain such foresight. We shall have
,to wait until we are older and wiser,
I but when that day comes, as come
it will, the only work that will fit the
case, with reference to many things
that might be possible to-day, will be
those saddest ones of tongue or pen,
'lt might have been,' for enterprise
which might be undertaken now will
have become impossible -then." And
how true of all communities. But lit
tle old llarrisburg saw the light in
i time.
After talking with such a woman
j one must lie Impressed with the worth
while character of the activities of
such organizations whether in Har
| risburg. Winter Haven or any other
j section of the country. Dr. Jewett Is
ja type of thousands of'clear-headed,
.forceful and devoted women who are
| giving of their energy and experience
'and vision to the betterment of their
own communities and the general wel
fare of the nation as a whole. Har
risburg is indeed fortunate in having
so many like her and the record of
I their achievements was an inspiration
lof her when 1 described what had
I been done in the capital of Pennsylva-
I nla.
Junior Civic League
By the way, as an outgrowth of the
work of the ladies iti Winter Haven,
there has been organized a Junior
Civic League, pledging the members
to good citizenship and to the pro
tection of birds and plants and the
w'Ol'k of a clean-up campaign. This
subordinate body l.as already accom
plished great good, prizes having
been given to girls and boys for essays
on bird protection, the best kind of
a birdhouse. and the care of plants
and trees. Over 550 Australian Oaks
I Were planted upon the streets of Win
ter Haven through the efforts of the
women and (hese have been growing
one year without a single loss. The
trees were planted, boxed.watered and
fertilized under direction of the lea
gue.
This letter has already gone far be
yond what was Intended when 1 began
to set down these random impressions
of civic work in Florida, but the little
study which it has been possible for
me to make has been so full of in
spiration that it is passed on with
the hope that it will be of some help
to those who are giving of their time,
effort and means to the Improvement
of conditions therein and the welfare
of the community which the Tele
graph and the writer are endeavoring
to serve.
1 J - S.—-Among the guests here is Mrs.
j Charles Corss, of Philadelphia,
jdaughter of Governor Pollock, who
has some interesting childhood reeol
j lections of Harrisburg. In the earlier
: days the Governor had no perma
| nent abiding place and always had
quarters at the leading hotel. "Do
I you know," said Mrs. Corss, "that my
lather served in Congress with Abra
ham Lincoln and that he introduced
ithe joint resolution providing for the
I lirst transcontinental railroad? As is
I true of all statesmen with a vision he
j was regarded with something akin to
j ridicule in certain quarters, even when
-lie prophesied in a speech at Lewis
burg that the ladies of that university
j town would soon be wearing silks
.brought directly from the Orient over
Ithe Northern Pacific. When the line
I across the continent was an accom
plished fact my father was the guest
of honor at a large public function in
San Francisco. Me was hailed as the
prophet of the first railroad connect
ing the Atlantic and Pacific and many
beautiful and costly presents were be
stowed upon him."
There are many interesting people
here from all parts of the country.
"There goes a man." said a gentleman
in the lobby, as a portly individual
passed the group, "whose annual in
come is about a million dollars a year,
but he gets more fun out of llshlng
with his little grandson for perch than
in cruising on his handsome yacht."
M. E. Gillett, of Tampa, who was
mayor of the city when the troops
from this country were being sent
from that port to Cuba during the
Spanish-American war, has large in
terests in Florida and is a frequent
guest at this hotel. He came South
as a young man from Wisconsin and
is an aggressive representative of that
hardy northern stock that has achiev
ed so much in the development of the
Peninsula. His son. Collins, is the
young man who was instrumental in
securing the necessary appropriation
iby Congress for eradicating the cit
rus canker which so seriously threat
ened many large fruit orchards. Since
hearing that story of that young man's
successful achievement at Washing
ton, enlisting the support of "Uncle
Joe" Cannon, the President, and lead
ers of both houses, 1 have great re
spect for the rising generation of
Florida hustlers.
Several Harrisburg tourists have
I been here at different times. Among
them Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Herman,
, Airs. A. G. Knisely, E. Z. Wallower,
Mrs. Elizabeth Graybill and Mrs. Cas
per Shaak. These had been traveling
|in different directions, but met here
for a little family reunion one day
last week. Air. and Mrs. Herman, who
have probably reached home by this
time, however, spent several weeks
at the Villa.
Ike Walton has no more devoted fol
lower than "Ike" Kinsey, one of the
officials of the Overland Automobile
| Company at Toledo, Ohio, and a
prominent manufacturer of the Buck
eye State. He and his family have
: been coming here for several years
and are so delighted with the cli
mate and this region that (hey have
purchased a site on a lake nearby and
will have a bungalow erected during
the summer. Mr. Kinsey is the cham
pion fisherman of the colony, his big
gest bass weighing 13% pounds.
We leave to-day for Tampa and will
spend the week-end there with the
view to taking the Ocklawaha river
trip on our way northward.
More hotels is the demand of those
who understand the situation, one big
caravansary having declined reserva
tions for two thousand persons during
the present season. All the East
coast hotels were congested and it is
said hundreds walked the streets of
• Miami because they could find no place
to sleep. That was the story also at
Sea Breeze, at St. Augustine, and at
Palm Beach. It has been a wonder
ful "invasion and now the flight is to
ward the North, the wild fowl leading
the way. E. J. S.
To Investigate 111 Treating
of Americans in Italy
By Associated Press
Home, March 23.—Thomas Nelson
Page, American Ambassador to Italy,
to-day visited Baron Sonnino, the
Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, to
make representations regarding cases
of Americans who complained of ill
treatment in Italy.
Widely Known Phila.
M. E. Minister Is Dead
By Associated Press
Philadelphia, March 23.—The Rev.
Josiah Bawden, a widely-known Meth
odist minister, who was retired by the
Philadelphia conference at its recent
sessions, died last night, aged 72 years.
Dr. Bawden served churches at Gl
rardville, Minersvllle, L.vkens, Cres
sona. Spring City and churches in or
j near Philadelphia.
CHARLES 1-:. MAXWELL
Charles E. Maxwell, Sr., aged 48,
died Tuesday evening at the llarris
burg Hospital. Funeral services will
be held to-night at 7.30 o'clock at the
home, 10." 1 South Ninth street, with
: tin Rev. K. L. Meisenlielder, of Trinity
1 Lutheran Church, officiating. Burial
will be made at Duneannon to-morrow
morning. Mr. Maxwell is survived by
his wife, seven sons, three daughters
land five grandchildren.
IIOLD PHOTO CONTEST
Technical High School students
who compose the institution's camera
club will conduct a photographic con
test in the near future. The amateur
photos will be exhibited when the
school Is next thrown open for pub
lic inspection. Martin Miller was
elected manager of the "dark room"
succeeding Cornelius Menger who re
icently left school to prepare for enter
ing the United States revenue cutter
I service.
MALTAS BIG XIGHT
Knights of Malti' from the various
i local, Steelton and Mlddletown lodges,
; will meet to-night as the guests of
Nazareth coinmandery, Thirteenth and
Derrv streets, at an elaborate social.
Many of the Grand and Supreme of
ficers will attend.
Rumors of More Revolts Give Sinister
Turn to the Situation in Mexico
[Continued From First Pago.]
the other side of the river, but there is
the greatest apprehension that an out
break on one side would be followed
jby an outbreak on the oilier. There
are about 35,000 Mexicans in this city
out of a total population of 71,000.
i The miliary and civil authorities have
made vigorous efforts to forestall
trouble by arresting every Mexican
who was suspected of Inciting their
fellow-countrymen against Americans.
That such a system, apparently or
ganized, has been carried on for some
time, has been well known. Numerous
arrests have been made, especially
among the Villista colony, which is
quite large.
Nip Riot Plot
The police last night renewed their
efforts and detectives were sent into
e very section of the city, who arrested
btween fifteen and twenty Mexicans
suspected of being engaged in anti-
American plotting. The most impor
tant arrest was that of Melchor Her
rera, brother of General Luis Herrera.
Herrera was arrested as he crossed the
international bridge after a conference
with General Gavira at Juarez. Ac
cording to the police, they have proof
thai a plot had actually been per
fected by Herrera and his associates to
start rioting on a large scale in
El Paso.
Americans I'ndcr Tension
The belief of Americans who are
familiar with Mexican affairs was that
if the reported revolts in Chihuahua
seriously shook the power of the first
chief, it would not be long before there
was trouble in Sonora. This state is
the headquarters of the Obregon ad
herents and has never, according to in
formation here, been more than luke
warm to the Carranza cause. It is the
native state of General Obregon and
its people are said to be devoted to his
interests. General Calles, the military
governor of Sonora, is known to be an
out-and-out Obregon supporter.
Whatever be the outcome, the nerv
ous tension along Ihc border has .in
creased to such an extent that tnanv
Americans frankly admit that they
would prefer a definite sundering of
relations between Washington and the
de facto government to a continuance
of the existing situation.
Prepare For Rapid Action
Along Border as More
Troops Threaten Revolt
By Associated Press
San Antonio. March 23.—Orders go
ing Irom Fort Sam Houston to-day
provides for rapid action at points
along the border should new rebel
lions in Mexico make it necessary.
General Funston w as not altogether
convinced of the truth of the report
that General Luis Herrera. the de
posed military leader at Chihuahua,
had entered in the field with Villa
against the United States, but the re
petition of the report and the absence
of acceptable evidence to the contrary
caused the general and his staff to
regard it as probably true.
The censorship imposed at El Paso
by General Bell was done without or
ders from headquarters here, but it is
known that General Bell has authority
to go far in the exercise of his own
judgment in meeting an extraordinary
situation.
State officers of General Funston
studied a more extended area of
North Mexico to-day. The probable
moves of Herrera and his 2,000 men
were carefully considered and at every
poijit along the border, note was taken
of the positions of American troops
and the time it would take to move
them to meet any situation. Army
officers believe that if Herrera has re
volted his activities will be confined
to operations that have for their ob
ject the strengthening of Villa s bands
and the harassing of General Persh
ing's force.
May Cut Line
It was feared that he would cut the
Northwestern railway over which
General Funston hopes to receive
permission to move supplies to the
American troops, now almost 2'>o
miles into Mexico. To prevent this
move General Funston is powerless
and it Is doubted if Carranza's troops
are in position to oppose Herrera.
Reports at headquarters that Gen
eral Gavira's garrison at Juarez was
about to revolt and that the troops at
Torreon were manifesting disaffection
were regarded with apprehension at
the fort. The Mexican consul here
continued to deny their truth and re
iterated his assertion that Herrera had
not taken the field.
Guatemalans Clash With
Mexicans and Kill Many
Mexico City, March 23.—According
lo a traveler who arrived here lasf
FIRE OF GERMAN GUNS
INDICATES DRIVE
[Continued From First Page.]
tons. From this ship 23 of the crew
were picked up.
Claim •"><* Prisoners
Berlin announces the German ad
vance at Hancourt, northwest of Ver
dun, as completing the success
achieved in the Avocourt region by
the occupation of French points of
support on the mountain ridge'there.
The taking of 450 prisoners is claimed.
The continued assaults of the Rus
sians on the eastern front have not
shaken the German lines in the slight
est, the Berlin war office declares. Re
peated attacks have been made on
both sides of the Dvinsk salient posi
tion, forces being employed, but these
are asserted to have resulted in no
success.
The Russian assaults near Postavy
have not been renewed.
Prompt Action by Miners
Saves Property From Flood
By Associated Press
Brownsville, Pa., March 23.—Two
hundred miners employed by the \V. J.
Raine.v Coke Company near here yes
terday. hurried to the surface when
couriers ran through the mines shout
ing the t<n-acre reservoir on a hill
near the opening was liable to burst.
They set to work with their picks and
shovels and finally succeeded in dig
ging- a ditch which carried the flood
waters awav from the mine, and saved
the property, ■one of the most valuable
,;\ this section.
REV. LEWIS SPERRY CIIAFER
TO SPEAK IN FAHNESTOCIi IIALL
A mass meeting will be held in Fah
nestock Hall Sunday afternoon at 3:30
o'clock. The speaker will be the Rev.
Lewis Sperry Chafer, formerly of
Northfield, Mass. Mr. Chafer will
take for his subject, "How the Cross
Saves Us." He is known to many in
this city as a remarkable Bible stu
dent and comes at this time to con
duct the Inter-denominational Con
ference. Doors will open at 3 o'clock.
ALLEN TO ADDRESS ENGINEERS
An interesting address will be de
livered by B. F. Allen, llarrisburg
Foundry and Machine works, at the
meeting April 12 of the American As
sociation of Steam Engineers.
night from Tapachula. near the
Guatemala border, troops of President
Manuel Estrada <'atirern of Guatemn
la crossed the southern frontier March
13 anil engaged the Mexicans, killing
many of the garrison and taking 200
prisoners.
The traveler also reports that tjiere
have been numerous clashes along the
Chiap&s-Guutemalan frontier.
Columbus Haven For
Soldiers of Fortune
fly Associated Press
Columbus, X. Al„ March 23.—With
the dispatch from here of an American
expedition to capture Francisco Villa.
Columbus has become a haven for
hoboes and soldiers of fortune. As a
result it was found necessary to swear
In a number of deputy sheriffs to as
sist in guarding property.
Military authorities also are dis
couraging adventurers fearing that
they may interrupt the work of the
troops at the expeditionary base here.
Many of these men have come to the
border in the hope that they may be
allowed either to enlist in regiments
bound for Mexico or to accompany the
troops in civilian capacities.
Mexicans Captured in
Villa Raid Will Be
Charged With Murder
Denting, X. M., March 23.—The tirst
surviving prisoners turned over by the
military authorities at t'olumbus to
the sheriff of Luna county, following
the raid by Villa on Columbus, were
arraigned to-day before Judge C.
Rogers.
Of the original ten prisoners, two
have been released and two are dead.
Elias Mires, one of the released men,
is expected to die. Of the six remain
ing, Vietoriano Loya and Tomas Ger
ilea, unwounded. fact- charges of mur
der.
Washington Does Not Have
Confirmation of Report That
Mexican Troops Revolted
Hy Associated Press
Washington. March 23. Con
firmation of tlie report that the Car
ranssa garrison of 2,000 under Luis
Herrera. at Chihuahua has revolted
and joined Villa was still picking to
day at the War Department, although
a dispatch Jo that effect was passed
last night by the I'nited States army
censor at Columbus. The War De
partment insisted that General Funs
ton's message last night stated merely
that "It is reported" that the revolt
had occurred, adding that there was
no confirmation.
Xo new advices had reached the
department, officials said, and it was
declared there was no indication in
any message received since the Am
erican expedition started into Mexico
that the troops had fired a shot or
been tired upon.
Trouble Disposing Troops
General Funston's problem is to dis
pose the troops at his command in
such fashion as to insure the line ol'
communication behind the force in
Mexico.
Secretary Baker when asked if Gen
eral Funston had asked for more re
inforcements since the Fifth cavalry
and Twenty-fourth infantry were
ordered to join him, said:
"J think I will not answer that ques
tion."
A message from General Funston
last night said the motor truck trains
had satisfactorily solved the problem
of getting supplies to the advance
column. General Funston had been
uneasy, it was said, over the supply
situation but had reported no short
age.
The Navy Department was without
advices from Tanipleo where a dis
quieting situation has been indicated
in unofficial reports. A message from
Admiral Winslow on the west coast
said quiet prevailed at Knsenada,
Lower California.
Secretary Lansing returning from
a week's vacation took personal charge
of the situation so far as it concerns
the State Department. He conferred
with Elesio Arredendo. General Car
ranza's ambassador, who presented a
dispatch from Consul Garcia at 101
Paso denying entirely that General
Herrera had revolted with the Chihua
hua garrison and joined Villa.
Counsellor Polk and Mr. Arrcdondo
discussed with Secretary I ..arising the
proposed protoetol for joint action in
the pursuit of Villa. The preliminary
negotiations had been taken up dur
ing Mr. Lansing's absence and to-day
he was fully informed of them.
Mr. Arredondo said he found Mr.
Thousands Attend Sale
of Furniture at Hoover's
The sale of furniture at t lie Charles
F. Hoover Furniture Company, 1417
Xorth Second street, opened yesterday
morning and it is estimated that over
M.ono people came to attend the first
'lay's sale. At times the crowds were
so large that the doors had to be
closed and kept so until a sufficient
nliniber had left to permit others to
enter. Prizes were given to all who
came and among these were cut glass
fern dishes, oil paintings, hath rugs,
tabourets, beds, pictures, mirrors, rock
ers. portable lamps, etc.
The list of prize winners follows:
Mrs. John Essick, Mrs. S. 11. Hosier,
Mrs. E. D. Xovinger, Mrs. H. B.
Schraedley, Mrs. W. S. Richwine, Mrs.
George Stint ling, Mrs. Grace Watson,
George H. Whitman. Mrs. J. E. Wetzel,
J. S. Leid.v, J. F. Feeser, Mrs. M. F.
.Mitchell, Mrs. David Sees, Mrs. Davies,
.Mrs. 15. Schoaff. Miss Pearl Raker, Mrs.
Sherman. Mrs. \V. 1,. Reed. Mrs.
Kunkel, Miss Xellie Solomon, Mrs.
Wertz, Mrs. Charles Reinhart, Mrs.
Htauffer, M. !•'. St row, A. S. Hon mi ller,
Mrs. G. A. Mitchell. Miss Caroline Far
ney. Alts. Shipe, Miss Amie Brown,
Mrs. William A. Ritter, John Doyle,
William T*. Feeser. William Winn, P.
W. Botts. William S. Bratten. S. H.
Felker, s. z. Gettle, Mrs. Charles
Wertz. Airs. Edna Wolf, Mrs. 11. Lan
dis, Elizabeth Ktinkle, Airs. J. 11.
Gober, Mrs. W. C. Cons.vlnian, Mrs. .1.
It Duncan, Airs. ('. H. Hollingswortli,
Mrs. R. C. Dimin, Mrs. Elsie Looker,
Airs. Charles Sierer. Mrs. Ross McCune,
Dr. Emmerick, William Laulle. Airs.
Frances AlcAllllan. Airs. J. F. Kiester,
Mrs. A. G. Cassett, Mrs. Alurra.v. H. R.
Lambert, .Mrs. S. E. Rupp, .N'ewlon
Jacobs, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Newman. Airs.
Swindell. Mrs. G. Burtnett. Mrs. Egen
reider, Mrs. Rudolph, Aliss Fannie
Couples. Airs. Peters. Miss Grace
Stoner. Aliss Anna Neff, G. W. Hippen
st-el. Airs. W. X. KHley. E. Gensler,
Mrs. George Weaver, Airs. Emma
Campbell, 11. S. fitanffer, Airs. Charles
Lambert. Mrs. Grove» Airs. A. C.
AlcKee. Wayne Smith. A. W. Cook,
Miss May Smith. Anna Hlmmelright,
A. M. Krout, Mrs. F„ «?. Hartman, Mrs.
H. W. Newman. Mrs. Ehlen. W. D.
Carter. Airs. Sara Rcidell, Mrs. McCar
thy, William Emmerick, Airs. Bowers, ;
Charles W. Springer. Mrs. A. M.
Schroil and Mrs. Balemon. j
LITTLE ROADSTER
Perfect running condition, tiros
good, one extra : body, top and wind
shield almost new. Ideal car for
physician, salesman or for ladies'
use. Cost $750.00, will take 5275.00.
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OPEN EVENINGS
The Overland Harrisburg Co.
212 NORTH SECOND STREET
HERE'S A TALE OF
THAT WOULDN'T
March Quarter Sessions Jury Hears All About the Discontented
Tabby of Mrs. Bingamun and What Followed
If. on Hie morning' of January 25,
ill's. Alice L. Binguman's oat hadn't
discontentedly decided to explore the
yard some distance up the block, Mrs.
Bingamnn and lier next-door neigh
bor Mrs. Robert Weaver might tie
ignoring; the very existence of each
other to this day—and this tale of
March Quarter Sessions might never
have been told.
But the cat, peevish at the Binga
man porch suddenly decided to look
about liiui, stretched himself, leaped
nimbly off the porch and cut across
the Weaver yard, obviously bound to
the jsird of a neutral.
Mrs. Weaver and Mrs. Bing&man,
neighbors for years, hadn't spoken
more than a twelve-month. The cat's
travels precipitated things. Mrs.
Bingamtn saw the cat going and or-
j Lansing in accord with the protocol as|
it had been drawn and forwarded to
General Carranza and that he expected
some word from the general to go
ahead and complete I lie agreement)
probably late to-day.
The disposition of" the administration
j Io discourage agitation of the Mexican
I situation in Congress was evidenced by
Chairman Stone, of the foreign rela
j tions committee, when Senator John
j son, of South Dakota, read a telegram
from Yankton offering a company of
| men Io the army. Senator Smoot, Me- j
I publican, agreed with the Democratic '
i senator.
I "The introduction of communications 1
of this kind at this time is rather ill 1
advised," said Senator Stone. "The
situation In Mexico, as we all know, is
acute, and whatever tends to add to j
the acuteness of that situation 1 rc- j
gard ns something that would better
be left undone."
Senator Smoot said he had received
many similar telegrams, but deemed j
jit his duty to refer them to the War j
Department.
Two American Scouts and
81 Mexicans Are Slain in
First Clash With Villa
El Paso, Texas, March 23.—The first \
clash between United States troops!
and Villa's forces took place yesterday j
afternoon 80 miles southeast of Casas
Grandes, according to well authentl- j
eated but unofficial information re-'
I eeived here to-day.
j The casualties reported were two
'scouts with the American forces killed |
j and eighty-one Mexicans killed. Villa I
I did not personally command his band.'
| He is said to be still further south
| holding a conference with Colonel
j Cano, of the Carranza forces.
Aero Club of America
Offers Two Big Planes
New York. March 23. —In a tele- j
| gram sent to President Wilson to-day j
ithe Aero Club of America offered fori
j army use in Mexico two high-powered j
\ aeroplanes, which, the club says, excel j
j in every way the present army (lying j
equipment.
The telegram also said the Aero
j Club had already listed nineteen
aviators who are willing lo volunteer
i for service in Mexico.
Works Makes Speech Against
Preparedness, but Endorses
Wilson's Action in Mexico
|
Washington, D. •'., March 23.—Sen
| ator Works, Republican, made an anti- j
| preparedness speech in the Senate to- j
day, but endorsed the administration's I
! act ioji in Mexico.
Big business, military organizations
i and politicians, he said, were respon- |
slide for a war scare in the I'nited ,
| States. I
"What this country needs to-day," i
I said he, "is not protection from for
eign nations, but defense against the i
aggressive influences of the power of
j money in (lie hands of a selfish and
grasping few of its own citizens'
"Our relations with Mexico and the j.
• obligations resting on this nation i
growing out of them are entirely dif
ferent from those flowing from war
| conditions in Europe. That our sol
j diers now on Mexican soil should be ;
' protected and reinforced by other sol
diers. if need be, we are all agreed.
I There can be no division of sentiment I
on that subject."
Senator Works protested against the j
| trade in munitions.
Funston Asks For Eight
More Flying Machines
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C.. March 2".—Gen- ;
eral Funston to-dav asked for eight j
\ more aeroplanes. He wants four to go i
ilo Columbus to fly with Brigadier-]
i General Pershing's column and four ;
others to be sent to his headquarters
at Fort Sam Houston to be held for 1
emergency woyk.
Wilson Reads Mexican
Dispatches on His Way to
Phila. to Visit Oculist
By Associated Press
Philadelphia, March 23.—President
Wilson paid a brief visit, to Philadel
! phia to-day lo consult his oculist. His '
j eyes have been troubling him slightly
recently. He was accompanied by Mrs.
; Wilson.
! The President's arrival here was de- |
| layed by a hoi box on the engine of his
special train which developed at
I Pcrryville. Md., and caused a wait of
thirty minutes on a siding while on
other engine was being hurried from i'
Havre de Grace. i ,
While the President's plans were ' .
• surrounded with secrecy, a fair-sized j t
| crowd recognized him at the Broad j i
J Street Station here and applauded ash
dered her son. Harold to the rescue.
Mrs. Weaver saw cat and rescuer on
the way and stood ready to meet the
invader. Iter grim silence was omi
nous. Prom the porch Mrs. Bin Ra
man promised her heir a "good lick
in' "if lie didn't get the cat. Harold
wavered between the uncertain re
sults of a repulse and the certain re
sults of reprisal
Mrs. Bingatnan and .Mrs. Weaver
finally took matters in their own
hands and met. at the Kate between
the yards. One word led to another;
blows followed—
And the cat calmly leaped the Wea
ver fence and strolled on into the ad
joining yard.
All of which was told a criminal
jury which took the case just ncl'ore
noon.
JUDGMENT FOR
! MILLION FILED
Cumberland Valley Phone Co.
Receiver's Heport Approved
by Court
( ' r ' >l ever rei ord
n"Vi >ty ,t nm r ,s
Court permitted in..
am M phone Company in
favor of the Com
| monwealth Trust Company,
j The filing of the judgment was al
| lowed in accordance with the sugges
■ tion in the report of Henrv M. Tracv,
receiver for tlie old company. The re
j port was confirmed by the Court to
-1 <lav.
The judgment represents the unpaid
Indebtedness which the sale of the old
company's property failed to liquidate,
the property was sol,) for SSO,»»U. ami
of this sum $4.1,188 45 was left for dis
tribution after all tlie expenses had been
paid. Just $30,000 worth of bonds
'against which no claim had been mad a
were declared uncollectable hereafter,
these lends were never presented toi
payment. The whole plan carries out
1 the reorganization plan of the company
Divorcee of l>ay \\ ~,|n. Among tlio
marriage licenses granted to-dav w»»
I one to George Arthur Watklns. New
Cumberland, and Mamie Morgan Cathc
i t ine Resz. The bride is n divorcee.
r'£Xi. n f. received her papers Tuesday
from the Dnupliin Countv <'ourtH
Conflriurii. — \ Follow ing are
the acounts of guardians and trustees
which were presented to the Dauphin
County Court to-day for confirmation:
Mrst and filial account, Harrishitrg
| Trust Company as committee for Kate
Miller, a lunatic; first and linal account
i John Gordon, guardian for Mar>- Cor
don, Derry township, n weak-minded
[person: annual account of principal and
trustees of Km&us Orphan House.
\t Itt'Klntr.'ir's Cit \ Scaler
i Harry l>. Reel yesterday was given
letters of administration In the estate
of Ills mother. .Margaret Keel. Adelaide
Taylor Rot letters in the estate of
| Charles R. Taylor.
! he stepped into his automobile with
j Mrs. Wilson. He went io the office of
j his oculist, where he spent only a few
; minutes.
Following an automobile ride Mr.
land Mrs. Wilson planned to leave for
Washington, where they will arrive in
time for dinner.
I Tlie President brought with him dis
j patches concerning the Mexican ait
| nation sent to the White House by Sec
retary of War Baker before his de
parture. He expects io see Mr. Baker
soon afler his return.
| The President's automobile as it was
[driven through crowded streets to fhe
oculist's office was preceded by a pla-
I toon of mounted police. The street in
i front of the specialist's oflice was
crowded while Mr. Wilson's eyes were
being examined, and when he and Mrs.
Wilson came out they were greeted
I with cheers, which the President ac
knowledged by raising his hat.
The President before going for the
automobile ride visited his sister, Mrs.
Anne Howe, and her daughter. Anne
; Cochran, in Spruce street, near by.
Army Headquarters Denies
That Motor Trucks With
Supplies Are Missing
Columbus, N. M„ March 23.—Al
though officially denied at army head
quarters as an "unfounded falsehood."
reports persisted to-day that some of
the motor trucks carrying supplies to
{General Pershing's command in Mex
jico are missing, together with their
drivers and guards.
! Two trucks with two drivers and
' four guards which left Ascension for
it'asas Grandes last Monday have not
j been seen since, it is reported. It al
so was said that a driver reported to
the advanced base here without his
truck.
Further report# indicate that
era! Luis Herrera, Carranza's former
military governor of Chihuahua, with
I his 2,000 men. is between the San
| Pedro river and foothills of Sierra
I Madres, just north of the line of the
Mexico Northwestern railway in Cen
tral Chihuahua.
Communication between the mili
tary base here and General Pershing's
command in Chihuahua, was again
interrupted by intermittent rains dur
ing the night. Both the wireless and
field telegraph line was hampered. It
Is expected however, thift conditions
j will he normal later in the day.
MICHAELS TECH WIRELESS MAX
Alvin Michaels, a member of the
junior class, has been chosen wire
-1 less operator at Technical High
! School for the ensuing year. John
1 Keller of the same class, was elected
! assistant operator. Michaels won his
1 job by establishing a new receiving
record, in a hundred word test, he
received ninety words without a mis
take.