m mm CLRMPII Report Says Constitu : tionalist Leader Will Enter Mexico City in Few Days VILLA SENDING TROOPS NORTH [apata's Force? Evacuating the City in Consequence of a Defeat at the Hands of General Obregon at San Martin Yesterday By Associated Press, Vera Cruz, Jan. 13.—That General Carranza's army will be in Mexico City within a few days is the optimistic as sertion made here to-day by followers of Carranza and for which there oeem nglv is reason for belief. Unofficial, us well as official, reports coming into ('era Cruz .indicate that General Villa has been sending north trainload after traintoad of soldiers and that ouce more Mexico City is to be evacuated, except, perhaps, by the garrison of Emiliano Zapata's men. It was asserted that the States of Puebla and Taxcala were taken to-day in brisk but not difficult fighting. Re ports received from Tampico indicate continued Carranza successes at Vic toria and other points west of that port. Washington, Jan. 13. —The Carranza agency here to-day issued the follow ing statement: "A report from Vera Cruz dated to day says a dispatch received there last night from Puebla announced that Mexico City was being evacuated by the Zapata troops in consequence of a vic tor vwon by General Obregon yesterday at San Martin and also as a result of Constitutionalist forces under General Sanchez now advancing into the State of Morelos. "The Zapata force defeated at San Martin numbered about 3,000 and was commanded by Generals Aguilas and Arguedo. Their loss was heavy and h large amount of arms and ammuni tion, including several cannon and ma chine guns, were captured. San Mar tin is about half way between Puebla »nd Mexico City. Reports from Vera Cruz and elsewhere show the enemy was defeated at Victoria and Valles. Gen eral Angeles is being driven toward Torrcon. General Herrera is reassem bling 5,000 reinforcements at Monte rey. Monterey has been evacuated by all Carranza troops and there are no mili tarv forces in the town, although it is expected Villa's troops will arrive there soon, according to a dispatch to the State from Monterey iated yesterday. Villa has left Chi juahua for Agues Calientes. Two oil companies, the Aguilar'Pe troleum Company and the Pt-niwMex Oil "'ompany, have been closed down, it was reported from Tampico, in accord mice with the terms of the Carranza Jecree preventing further developments Dr operation of oil lands without i"? 1 "* mission of the Uonstitutional adminis tration. DEATH OF MRS. MARY NEELY funeral Services Will Be Held at Home on Friday Morning Mrs. Mary Emma Daugherty Neely, wife of Dr. Edgar C. Neely, died at her ate home. 1011 North Second street, yesterday morning at 8 o'clock. She s survived bv her husband, one sister. Miss Alberta Daugherty, with whom ihe lived, aud two brothers. Frank H., of this city, and Harry L. Daugherty, »f AHoona. Services will be held at the home Friday morning at 11 o'clock, the Rev. Floyd Applet on. of St. Paul's Episcoa.pl church, officiating. Interment in Har risburg cemetery. Elmer Reed The funeral of Elmer Ellsworth Reed, VI years old, who died Friday at his lome, 120 Charles street, was held from the home this afternoon at 1.30 )'clock, the Rev. F.. E. Rupp, pas-tor of the Otterbein United Brethren church, officiating. Burial was made in the East Barrisfourg cemetery. Elizabeth Knepp The funeral of Elizabeth Knepp, ":i years old. who died at her son's Home on Charles avenue, Monday, was held this morning at 10.30 o'clock at the chapel of T. M, Mauk & Son, un dertakers, the Rev, J. Bradley Mark ward, pastor of Bethlehem Lutheran •hurch, officiating. To-morrow morning it 11.55 o'clock the body will be taken by L'ndcrtaker Mauk to Carlisle for burial. Mrs. Emma Matchett The funeral of Mrs. Emma J. Match ptt, widow of Snmuel L Matchett, who iied Monday at her home, 1624 Wallace street, of heart trouble, will be heJd Friday morning at 10 o'clock, the Rev. Floyd Appleton, rector of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal church, officiating, burial will be at WilKamsport. Mrs. Matchett is survived by one son, J. B. Matchett, aud two daughters, Mrs. Mowery and Mrs. WHiette, ail of this city. Horace G. Leeser The funeral of Horace G. f>7 years old, who died at Scratiton Monday, was held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at Scranton, where burial was made. Mr. Leeser was a former resi dent of Harrisburg and at one time manager of the Dow Shoe Company, of this city. He is survived by one sis ter, Mrs. Mary Gilman, 1726 Green street, his widow, three daughters and one son. Mrs. Annie Smith The funeral of Mrs. Annie Smith. 3S years old, of Marysville, who died Monday at the Harrisburg hospital of peritonitis, will be held' to-morrow aft prnoon at her home, Marysville. Mrs. Smith was born in England and is sur vived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jo seph Brownhill. Her father is in Flor ida aud her mother in Pittsburgh. Artistic Printing at Star-Independent. THIEF IS EIGHTH SENTJO THE PEN. CMtlminl From Ftr»t Pace. sentenced to a pen term of from fifteen months to two years. Philip Fleck was convicted of stealing a bicycle and got five months in jail. Plea for Leniency Is Futile •'This is the first time I stole since 1908," Flock said as he appealed for leniency. "How many times do you think you ought to steal?" quickly asked the Court. The defendant made no A year ago he was fined s2"> on a gam bling charge and in 1908 he did a term in the (Huntingdon Reformatory for stealing money from a neighbor. Allen J. Silk, a Harrisburger, w'ho robbed half a dozen or more city stores, put up no defense when called for trial on several larceny charges. He will be sentenced on January 25. John Brown got a penitentiary sen tence of from two to three years on a highway robbery charge, and his pal was given eight months in the county jail. Distinction was made, the Con said, in view of the fact that Brown has a jail and pen record that would "fill a little booK." The trial of Theodore H. Moltz and William E. Wilson, jointly indicted on charges of involuntary manslaughter as a result of an auto accident, was con tinued until the March session, due to the illness of Senator Beidleman, couh sel for Moltz. The defendants are ac cused in connection with the death of a lad who was killed by an auto near Rockville. Bade .laic was acquitted on charges of assault and battery and carrying a pistol, but was ordered to pay half the costs. Hatchet Wielder Found Guilty Cling Mitchell, colored, although not invited, insisted upon being a guest at a Christmas Day celebration gi\jen by Ernest Wallace, and when he was eject ed be sought a fight. Hater he cut Wal lace on the head with a hatchet. A jury convicted him of aggravated as sault ar.d iJattery and he will bo sen tenced late t '4; afternoon. So far as tno court records show this is the first criminal court week at which five defendants were sent to the Huntingdon Reformatory on the first day. Judge Kunkel imposed all these sentences on Monday. The Grand Jury came to the rescue of the court yesterday by ignoring bills in almost a dozen suits and cross suits involving more than a score of non-English speaking foreigners. Bills ignored this moruing included larceny charges against Adain Rcsen felt and Albert Beard. MORE BANK BOARDS CHOSEN Financial Institutions in and Near City Elect Their Directors Directors chosen by the stockhold ers of the Mechanics' Trust -Company yesterday are: B. F. Burns, Henry C. Claster, George E. Jitter, John E. Fox, David Kaufman, Charles A. Kunkel, Samuel Kunkel, J. H. Troup, Christian L. Long, Walter Montgomery, John C. Motter. Boss Oenslager, Fr:utk Payne, William Pearson and P. C'. Bamberger. Officers eiecter by the directors are: Charles A. Kuukol, president; John E. Fox, vice presi dent; John C. Motter. secretary and treasurer, and John F. Sweeuey, trust officer. Stockholders of the Security Trust Company elected the following direc tors: A. B. Gardner, Joseph Davis, A. H. Kreidler, J. K. Bowman, E. F. Doehne. Samuel Gardner, W. F. Reed, H. B. Bair, J. E. Garner, George A. Gorgas, J. Q. S. Poorman and H. C. Claster. The regular annual election was held at the Penbrook National Bank yester day and the following directors were | chosen for one year: John H. Allwine, Derry Church; Amos C. Buck, Lingles town; Charles S. 8011, Harrisburg; Sol. C. Buck, Penbrook; E. M. Crum, Pen brook; John A. Bbersole, Penbrook; John A. Fackler, Linglestown; 0, E. Good, Progress; I. D. Horstick, Pen brook; H. S. Plank, Penbrook; I. B. Swartz, Penbrook, and W. H. Wolf, Penbrook. The board organized as follows: President, W. H. Wolf; vice president, John A. Ebersole; cashier, W. B. Faust; teller, A. E. Aungst; clerk, John H. Shertzer. HAGEKSTOWX WEDDINGS Pennsylvania Couples Recently Mar ried in Maryland City Hagerstown, Md., Jan. 13. —The fol lowing Pennsylvania couples %vere mar ried in this city: Miss Ruth Wilt and William D. Gutshall, both of Baline, Pa., at the par sonage of the First Baptist church, by the Rev. E. K. Thomas. Miss Lula B. Wiiluian, of Middle town, and Edward C. Fagau, of Har- I risburg, at the parsonage of the Trin i ity Lutheran church, by the Rev. Dr. i J. S. Simon. Miss Lillian Mary Young and Clair ; Brown, both of Altoona, at the par j sonage of the First Christian church, J by the Rev. Mr. Townsend. Miss Blanche Miller, of Indian Head, and Roy Homer White, of White, by the Rev. Mr. Thomas. Miss Myrtle Whiteman and Thomas Eggeson, both of Johnstown, by the Rev. Mr. Thomas. BEGS TO SEE HUSBAND SHE SLEW But State's Attorney Does Not Grant Woman's Desire Hagerstown, Md., Jan. 13.—Clifford Taylor Leggett, the young man mur dered Sunday morning by his wife, Min nie Leggett, of Upton, Pa., following a quarrel at their home here, was bur i ied in the Boonsboro cemetery yester day. Mrs. Leggett begged the Sheriff that j she bo allowed to havp one last look i at the form of her husband before in terment, but State's Attorney Wollinger stated that he could see no useful pur pose that could be served by the wife being granted this privilege. Health Bureau Meets No-night The City Bureau of Health will re organize for 1915 at a meeting to be j held this evening. Officers wiM be j elected and plans will be laid for the ! new year's work. The bureau will re- I ceive' the annual report of Health Offi cer Raunick, w-hich, among other things, shows that the births of 1914 were 1,442 against 955 deaths. Marriage Licenses John S. Dauphin county, and Eliza G. Elsinger, Union Deposit. Aaron H. Bricker, Lebanon county, and Mary A. Ebersole, Dauphin county. HARRTSBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13, 1915 NEW MOTOR SLED PROPELLED LIKE AN AEROPLANE ICE MOTOR - BOAT OWNED BV MR ROBERT «OELET , Designed to skim swiftly over the surface of lee or frozen snow, the motor sled. Invented by Robert Goelet. recently bas had a series of successful tests at his country home at Glen more. N. Y. Those of his friends who have seen the sled in action are enthusiastic over its possibilities, not only in the line of sport, which wus the motive for its creation, but also for commercial use in many parts of the frozen North. The sled, the first of its kind to USL the principle of the aeroplane for its motive power, bas pr.oved to be a satisfactory working model. It has been built for comfort and strength rather than for extreme speed, although under favorable conditions it is faster than the average automobile The sled itself is In the shape of a flat bottomed boat with a sharp bow and can carry teu or twelve persons. Its control is so like that of an automobile that Mr. Goelet's chauffeur had no difficulty in uper atlng it. The car is mounted on two sets of runners, similar to those of an ordinary bobsled. The driving force Is a large propeller, back and above the car. which, with slight variations, resembles those used in aeroplanes and hydro planes This propeller is protected by a large circular frame supporting a covering of wire netting. The motor is of Ibe type used in automobiles. The sensation is described n= being between that of flying in an aeroplane and driving in a racing automobile. "1 felt like an ivory ball sliding over a perfect billiard table," said oue passenger as lie stepped from the sled. U. S. REFUSED TO BUYHIGH 1 EXPLOSIVE SHELLS THAT REDUCED BELGIUM FORTS Washington, i). C.. Jan. 13. —Uouis ! Gathman, who claims to be the Ameri- S can inventor oi' the high explosive shells ! Germany is using in her monster.guns j WIM.II swept away the costly defenses' ol' lt of Sunshine In." The spirit of earnestness was even more marked throughout the congrega tion than on Sunday evening, as Evan gelist Miller preached on "The Price of Power," from the text in Matthew 28:18, 19, "All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations." Hp showed that the church of to-day, while not lacking in numbers, is lacking in power, because many of her members are uot willing to pay the price. "Power is not, influence, nor education, nor culture, nor wealth, but something better than all of these; tlio life of power must be the life of love," he said. The special music included a song by Eugene Miller, a duet by Miss Cree anil Prof. Hohgatt and a selection by the male quartet. Mr. Miller's subject for this evening will be "Weighed and Found Wanting." Oregon's First Settlement The first settlement in Oregon was made, at Fort Clatsop, near the mouth of the Columbia river, on the 23d day of March, 1811. The men comprising the group were prospective fur traders sent to the Pacific coast by John Jacob Astor. They ha< sailed from New York on board thp Whip Tonqi^n. WILSON A WINNER IN 1916 So Says John Sharp Williams in Defense ' of President's Course About Vera Cruz Customs B.i/ Associated Preti. Washington, Jan. 13.—An attack oil President Wilson's use of his consti tutional powers; criticism and support of his Mexican policy and • political speechmaking mingled to-day in a Sen ate discussion of Senator Cummins reso lution asking what the United States 'intends to do with the taxes collected! during the occupation of Vera Cruz. John Sharp Williams, defending the resolution, said it was well known the money was to be turned over to any government in Mexico eventually recog nized. "You can not embarrass the ad ministration nor befozzle the American people with any such resolution,' sai'il lie. launching into a defense of the President's policy. He declared if "a certain American had been in the White House, there would have been stern messages to ■Congress climaxed with: 'Come on boys, charge.' "Woodrow Wilson will be renomi nated for the Presidency," said Sen ator Williams, "and re-elected, not as a minority but as a majority candidate. This is so because the American people have found hiim not only good enough to take the place of men about whom they were quarreling but also good en on sli to stand in his own stead.' 1 Senator Cummins insisted Congress, not the President, should decide what shall become of the Vera Cruz money and (hen, paying a tribute to President Wilson's integrity and ability, added: "T am simply objecting to his posi tion that ho its trying to run the Unit ed States. It a.ppears in overy utter ance that falls from his lips. lie as sumes that undier the constitution he ■is the final arbiter of all these things. I Ivate no doubt he assumes it with per fect honesty and with the most careful consideration.'' Senator Borah assailed the Presi dent's Indianapolis speech, characteriz ing it as an admission by the President that he had arrived a 1 the conclusion that he preferred to be the leader of his iparty rather than the chief executive of the whole people. " I wish to quote the most significant statement ever made by a President with regard to a co-ordinate branch of the government." said he. "No such statement has been made since the days of Andrew Johnson. I will not say that the spirit which actuated is the same, but it calls for serious considera tion of every man. I quote the Presi dent's statement as follows: " 'lf any group of men should dare to break the solidarity of the Demo cratic team for any purpose or fr.om any motive theirs will be a most un enviable notoriety and a responsibility which will bring* deep bitterness to them.' "The President did not say for any evil purpose or any unwise principle, but for any purpose or tny reason. Such is the sole and central principle upon which any corrupt political ma chine was ever organized or put into existence. There is 110 difference be tween what he said and what Tom Tag gart said to his Indiana followers, i eighty of whom pleaded guilty vester ! day to the crime of corruption. There I is no difference between it and the orders issued bv Murphy, of Tammany Hall, to his satellites to follow the dictates of the captain regardless of the dictates of conscience or judg ment." How War Ruins Farming In the current issue of "Farm ankl | Fireside" the natioual farm paper pub i lished at Springfield, Ohio, David Starr (Jordan, president of Leland Stanford I University, publishes a most interesting article entitled "Tlie Fanner and the War" in Which he shows how in the pa.th of armies the producer becomes helpless. He compares our peace-loving and prosperous midU'le Western farm ing country with Macedonia which wyajt physically endowed as well as our mid | die West, but which unfortunately has j been for 2,000 years in a position where j war has constantly interrupted its de ! velopment. In the following extract j taken from his article Doctor Jordan i gives a picture of Macedonia: "There were no houses standing ! along the road. Everybody lived in the | villages, even though the lands were ! ten miles away. And the villages were | crowded just as closely as houses could | stand. "And the farming was not very | good. The ground was barely scratched | by the plow. Often in good land one I wouM see strips covered with black j berries and wild flowers. Other tracts are overgrown with scrubby oaks and i sometimes with wild li'lacs, although | not a big tree was left standing to I make a. forest. The Turks once held Macedonia, and it would seem that j they hated trees. The Chinese have a | proverb that 'where armies quarter thorns and thistles grow,' and armies have quartered in Macedonia for t.wen j ty centuries. And for this reason tibere can be no good farms. The cattle are dwarfish and give but little milk. They are used, with the primitive European buffalo, as beasts of burden. Horses ' are few and small and mostly vicious. I The sheep, the same breed they had in Judea in Bible times, are handsome | ant I active, but carrying very little wool; a couple of pounds a year would j be a big average. "There would be no use in improv ing the stock when the soldiers may come any minute. And between bands j of soldiers come the bands of brigands, i A brigand in Macedonia, as in Mexico, | Korea, and China, is a farmer who has i quit. If he ctfn't make a living on the | farm, or if someone haS seized his farm I he becomes an armeti tramp. * "The farmer who is rich and pros perous to-day may have to leave the i country tomorrow on two hours' no , tice, bv the light of his blazing house, ' with whatever lie can carry on bis 1 1 back.'' Court Order Affecting Foresters Watertown, N. Y., Jan. 13. —Supreme Court Justice C. Emerson handed down a decision to-day in a test case which affects all Foresters in the United who joined the order prior to 1899. The decision holds that such Foresters need not pay extraordinary assessment levied in 1912, which amounts to virtually $260 on SI,OOO of insurance. The case is that of Henry McClement vs. the Supreme Court of Foresters. * Hearing Is Postponed The hearing of William Heiney. Wil liam Kelley, Charles Long and William Allen, charged with feloniously enter ing the West End Democratic Club and taking cigars, cigarettes and crackers, was postponed until Friday afternoon at 2 o 'clock because no prosecutor made his appearance in police court this aft ernoon. The men were released o*n bail. 9 CAPITOL WILL DEAR ARGUMENT ON AUTO-LICENSE TAX MONEY The Appeal of State Treasurer Young and Auditor General Powell to Come Before the Supreme Court • To-morrow in Philadelphia The Supreme Court, sitting in Phila delphia, will hear argument to-morrow in the appeal taken in the Case involv ing the payment of the auto license tax money to the State Highway Depart ment. The Legislature provided in a Ibiil creating the tax that it should be set apart for the State Highway De partment, but it did not specifically ap propriate the money, holding that the fact that it was set apart for a certain purpose acted as a specific appropria tion, and that was the stand taken when Auditor General Powell and State . Treasurer Young declined to pay over the money and the State, through At torney Geueral Bed, brought suit to compel them to ipay. Judge McCarrell decided in favor of the State and against Powell and Young, and the latter, while paying over the money, took an appeal to the Supreme Court, which will be argued to-morrow. Attorney General Bell and Deputies Hargest and Wolf will appear > for the State; former Attorney General M. Hampton Todo and Cashier Thomas CrieJitou for State Treasurer Young, and Chauncey Rogers for Auditor oen eral Powell. During the trial of the case in Harrisburg there was consider able friction between Messrs.'Bcll and Todd and some rather tart language, and the argument on the appeal to morrow may take a turn in that direc tion. Violated Pure Food Law Pure Food Commissioner Foust to day ordered prosecutions in fourteen cases of violation of the pure food laws in various counties. The offenses range from selling bad codfish and fruit to rotten eggs and chickens. Can't Appoint Church Specials The Attorney General's department has given Governor Tener an opinion' to the effect that he has no authority to appoint special policemen lor churches. Grade Crossings John P. Dohoney, Investigator of Accidents for the Public Service Com mission, will lio-ld a hearing in Tainaqua to-morrow on the application of .the citizens for protection at three grade crossings in that city. Mr. Dohoney and Chief Engineer Snow last night re turned from a conference in Washing ton with the Bureau of Standards re garding the standardization of elec trical appliances. Grade Crossing Refused The petition of the Cornwall and Lebanon Railroad Company for the ap proval of a crossing at grade of Wil low street, in the city of Lebanon, has been refused by the Public Service Commission. The city was opposed to the crossing and the evidence was to the effect that there was no public necessity for it. The vietw of the Com mission was that it would not be justi fied in approving a grade crossing over one of the most, extensively traveled streets of the city when the city itself protested that the accommodation and convenience of the public could not be attained. Treasury Money In the past two days the money de rived from automobile licenses amount ed to $50,500, which was paid into the State Treasury. Theodore F. Cruger. register oif Sul livan county, has paid $101,293 into thie treasury, collected as collateral in heritance tax. Money for New Armories The State Armory Board, at its meeting yesterday, decided that it will ask the Legislature for $750,000 for new armories for the next two years. The plans of McCormick & Frince for the Lebanon armory were approved, and the contract for construction will be let on February 17, there being $20,- 000 available to begin the construc tion. ARTILLERY GUNS What the Terms "Quick Firer," "Inch" Guns and "Pounders" Mean To the average man such phrases as "three pounders" and "six inch" guns are familiar, but he nearly al ways reads them without fully under standing their meanings. A jKMind gun is a cannon which re ceives its name from the weight of the shell it fires. Thus a gun known as a "three pouuder" is so called be cause it fires a shell which weighs three pounds, and l a gun firing a five pound shell would be called a "five pounder." The size of most small guns is stili described by the "pound," but the majority of large guns made to-day are "inch" weapons. In this case the size of the gun is obtained from the |ize of its bore, a ten inch gun having a bore of ten inches in diameter and a twelve inch weapon a twelve inch bore. The largest British naval guns in use at present are the fifteen in oh weap ons. They fire a projectile weighing almost a ton. Next to these comes the | 13.5 gun and then the most popular weapon of all—tlie twelve inch, which 'fires an 850 pound shell. There are several smaller kinds <*f guns now in use—mostly of the quick firing type. These weapons are '' inch '' guns. The six inch, the 4.7 inch and the four inch are all quick firers and throw shells weighing 100 pounds,'for ty-five pounds and thirty-one pounds respectively. Quite a lot of people misunderstand the term "qu»ck firer." They imagine a quick firing gun to be a wea|>on which pours out a stream of shot with enormous speed after the style of a Maxim. Instead, however, it is just, an ordinary breechloading gun, which is fitted with such vastly improved methods of loading and aiming that it can be fired far more rapidly than a'' weapon without those fittings. A gun that fires a number of shots auto matically in rapid succession, as the Maxium, is not called a quiok firer. The name given to it is"" machine gun." There are a large range of these weapons of all sizes and firing from 1,200 right down to forty rounds of ammunition a minute. The gun which generally accompa nies a column into the field on active service fires a shell of sixty pounds and is known a.s the "five inch," or, to use the old term, a "sixty pounder,"— Pearson's Weekly.