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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

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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

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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*

<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.