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FII BROTHER, SOU OF A MILLIONAIRE, III TATTEftS HERE Pretty Heiress Invades Salvation Army Industrial Home COMES FROM BOSTON Prodigal Gets New Outfit and Returns to Thank Adjutant RENO FIGHT SEQUEL Son of Shoe Manufacturer Is Ashamed to rite I Home By Alvin G. Gottschall Of the hundreds of white men who took the late, train East with heavy hearts and light pocket on that fateful Fourth of July, 1910, out of the little city of Iteno, Kevado, not all were so fortunate as to have the price of the trip back to "Broadway" after betting big odds on the "white man's hope" and running the gauntlet of Eastside "con" men and Mexican greasers. Among those to "take to the open road" or return via "side door pullman" was Austin Vernon, son of a millionaire shoe manufacturer of Boston, who was found by his brother and pretty sisters, Wednesday, working in tatters, baling paper in the Industrial Uepartment of the local 'English) Salvation Army, on Cherry street. As he worked thinking of the warm supper he was going to get he suddenly felt the warm embrace of a woman's arms and looking up saw standing before him the sister whom he had not seen since last June, and behind her his brother. For a minute not a word was uttered and then almost choking with tears the long lost brother was received with open arms.

For awhile there were outbursts of emotion and shaking of arms and finally sufficiently consoled the happy trio walked out of the building into one of the best men's furnishing stores in the city where the vagabond brother was rehabilitated in the garb of his class and standing. Then returning arm in arm they thanked Adjutant George Jaeger at the Army station time and again for his kindly treatment and conside ation in caring for their "prodigal," as they called him. Austin Vernon, who is 35 years old, arrived at the rescue home last Saturday foot sore and in a dilapidated condition as a result of his struggles to get back home. Only after being urged by Adjutant Jaeger to write to his people for aid did he make an effort to secure assistance rrom nome. The letter reached Boston Tuesday evening while the Vernons were en tertaining a party of guests at their home.

Without waiting to make explanations brother and sister boarded a mid night special for this city and arrived here at noon. The happy party left on the next train for the "Hub" without accepting Adjutant Jaeger's suggestion that they stay and see the city. After the last round of kissing and hand shaking, the brother of the lost Vernon explained that in last June, Austin, anticipating opposition from his parents, went to the scene of the big fight without telling where he was roing and flndine funds depleted, as did many another after the match, was too proud and felt too mortified to send for help from home. Mr. Vernon now has a very vivid knowl edge of how the "other half of the world lives" and Is wry glad to get back under parental care.

Yeagertown Axe Plant Is in Ashes Destroyed Tills Morning, Entailing a Jjoss of Factory Is to be Rebuilt By Associated Press. Iewistown, March 24. The large axe manufacturing plant of the James H. Mann estate at Yeagertown, near here, was totahy destroyed this morning by fire which started in the tempering department. The large buildings were frame and were soon in ruins.

The loss is estimated at $176,000 and is partly covered by insurance. The capacity was 2.400 axes per day and 110 men were employed, running full time. The plant will be rebuilt at once. IVATE CABLES SAY 'cables received by London business Jfcrestroyed by Are to day. Twe Vstores, the court house, Jail, bank RUSSIA SOON TOOE Wi London, March 24.

Prly nouses rrom representatives ttt East assert that It la expected Russia will soon declare warfgainf JIhlna. The rate at Lloyds to cover risks on the outbreak of hostHipei' within four weeks jumped this faternoon from five to ten guineas ur cent. FIVE MEN BLOW UP BANK SAFE AND GET AWAY WITH $4,600 Hudson, March 24. Five men blew up the safe of the Hudson State Bank early to day and after seriously wounding Max Rice, a watchman, who attempting to grapple with one of the robbers, escaped in an automobile with $4,800. Fierce All Day Battle in.

the eared sn a lexican reels or La Colorado HARRISBURG EEEEGRAFH HARRISBURG, PA, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 24, 1911. 20 PAGES POSTSCRIPT Vol. No. 71 Rebels Are Uer USED TO IDLE Reformation of American Salvation Army "Spiritual" Dept. Begun GIRLS IN SALOONS Little of Money They Col lected Went to Charity Fund HOW IT WAS SPENT Capt.

Hamilton Combines Work and Promises to Make Improvements By Robert F. Gorman Captain Hamilton, tho new officer I in charge of the American Salvation Army in Harrisburg. lias quite a task Ion his hands in audition to putting the Seventh street Industrial Home on a business basis, he has taken over the "spiritual department" of the Army here and is attempting reformation, lie has found that those in charge of the religious service end of the work here seldom practiced what they preached although they frequently preached loud enough to sause complaint of undue noise in the neighborhood of their quarters in the eroeke market hall. There the officers and their ramilies resided. lalso.

Until late in February, Captain E. J. Halverson had charge of the spiritual work, together with Adjutant W. K. Peckham, wife and two daughters.

A hall above the Verbeke street market was used for meeting and almost 'every evening "services" of some kind were held in the hall. Captain Halverson did more collecting for himself than he did for it seems. Jaily he made trips about the city Stopping at private residences and iiusiness houses seeking contributions. He received them in the name of the iobr but the Door eot verv liitl in T)tmparsion with the amount of ioney coiiectea. wnen captain mith arrived in this citv on Keb uary 10 to take charge of the indus rial work he understood that he ould not be successful if he had to work with Halverson, he said, and in ccordance he wrote to the Armv eadquarters in Philadelphia and sked that the man be called awav rom Harrisburg.

Smith was placed in uu cnarge or both departments. Be ore lie left however, Halverson went the Industrial Home and took some aps and ribbons which were the property o. the home and appropri ted them to himself. Smith made lim return the most of the orooertv put some of it he managed to get to rniiaaeipnia witn him. He was not iked in Harrisburg.

He paid $20 per month for the hall and the lighting na seating dius. lie said that during he time hich he was in Harrisburg, ie contributed $18 to charitv. Ail of the money collected in IHarrisburg with the exception of hat amount was used to pay expenses for his own use. Ten Der cent, of he surplu money was sent to the headquarters in Philadelphia, despite ne iact tnat tne industrial Home ivas in debt and wa3 receiving no inancial assistance from headquar Girls iu Saloons In the estimation nf fnntoin Cmitk Adjutant Peckham and his family vere imposters. They worked this ity for money so thoroughly that 1VPR would ha rpfligAf alma il hould have followed the Peckham amily.

These people solicited in the aloons; this part of the work being iune moBuy oy airs, peckham and ler two ciaugmers. The girls wore hort skirts in their tours of the intels irnrVort nn Via n.mnAti.i I'lnniira the men with whom they came in umaci. That the familv wast Imnndnn he citizens of Harrisl inrc la oh, a letter which was written by Gen rai unin, tne head of the Army, to AsSOPlatpfl f'hnrltifta in tKlo t'he Peckham family appeared at the uin. i'H ul me Associated unanties and isked for transDortation to 'mv h'ork. The letter stated that Peclr am had charsre nf a station at Tioi as, Texas, but that he was not satis I I'll thf ATlfl Wflntofl trt rrn I tV fcV fork to take charge of work there.

umn consented to anow inm to come (Continued on Page 2) nrr nrnn umbcna Late News Flashes ENTIRE BUSINESS SECTION OA FAYETTE, BURNS Birmingham, Marchj24. The entire business section of Fayette, 80 miles west of Birmingham in the natural eras fields, was Another Mobilization Scheme Involving Militia of Entire Country Said to Be Contemplated by United States War Department WAR AND DIPLOMA TIC LEADERS IN MEXICAN TROUBLE DESPERADOES HOLD Iflpo TFA1NUPTW0H0URS MS Money and Valuables to Amount of $20,000 Taken From Safe SIX MEN IN RAID Make Their Escape in Two Automobiles When Job Is Completed fly Associated Press Coffeyville, March 24. For two hours last night six masked men held St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern passenger train No. 104 at a standstill about six miles south of this city while they blew open a safe in the express car and escaped in two automobiles carrying with them money and valuables which it is believed will amount to $20,000.

Just after the train left Lenapah, Oklahoma, about 10.30 p. Engineer Lynch heard a cry "hands up!" A masked man sitting on the tender, pointing a revolver at him, said: Engineer "Drive On" "I'm going to ride a little way with you. Drive on." At a lonely spot about four miles out of Lenapah the man made the engineer stop. Five more masked men came up and taking positions on either side of the train began shooting. Then while two of the men stood guard to prevent passengers from coming out the other four marched the engineer and fireman to the day and locked them in.

One man then took a position to guard the rear of the train and three went into the express car, forced the two expressmen to jump out and stand where one of the side guards couia Keep tnem covered with a revolver. Took Their Time to It After nearly an hour's work the men blew the "through" safe in the express car to pieces. After they had spent nearly an hour over the pack ages taken from the safe, "the lights of two automobiles were seen draw ing near. When they came within about zoo yards of the train they stopped Then the lights were put out and men and automobiles and bandits disap peared. Lone Robber Holds Up Sleeper Passengers By Associated Press.

Denison, Iowa, March 24. A masked man who climbed aboard tha rear of train No. 8 on the Northwestern last night forced the flagman, at the point of a revolver, to go ahead into a sleeper. The stranger held up A. C.

Hanson, of Olympia, Tor $14 and a diamond ring and relieved J. W. Hend, of Wichita. of $35 and a gold watch. He then jumped off the train and escaped.

New Snow Ordinance is Now in Effect Ten Hours Allowed In Which to Clear Sidewalks or Suffer Penalty Provided The new snow ordinance which was passed by Councils last week and ap proved by the Mayor on Monday last goes into effect at midnight and, while there may not be much snow or sleet or ice until next winter, property owners and residents should keep in mind the provisions of the ordinance. Now it is a misdemeanor to allow the snow, Ice or sleet to remain on the pavements or sidewalks longer than ten working hours after it has stopped falling. In the event that the fall occurs during the night, the pavements must be cleaned before 10 o'clock the following day. The pen alty is a fine of not less than $2 nor more than $10, or Imprisonment of not less than two nor more than ten days. Wool Growers Oppose Revision By Associated Press.

Salt Lake City, Utah, March 24. Active opposition to revision of the tariff has been determined upon by the officers of the National Wool Orowtri' Association. pf mammmmammmmamsmmmmmm on in IM'WK Illinois Bill May Be Dis cussed For This State This Year UP TO COMMUNITIES Question Whether It Would Be" Constitutional in Pennsylvania In case the legislative committees in charge of the proposed constitutional amendments to allow women to vote do not show, a disposition to report out the measures now in their hands It is understood to be the plan of those4 Interested in the movement to present a resolution modeled on the Illinois bill, which passed the Senate of that State this week. Briefly this measure provides that local option shall govern in the matter of woman's suffrage. The question of whether women' may vote is to be.

left to. communities, such as counties or boroughs and townships. Some of the members of the Legislature in the city doubt whether such a provision would not conflict the Constitution, which provides that suffrage should be, free and equal. The advocates of the suffrage resolutions ate planning to make another demonstration in case the committees do not act on the resolutions. Three Perish When Mail Steamer Sinks fly Associated Press.

Louisburg, C. March 24. Three persons perished in "the wreck of the New Foundland mail steamer Bruce, which struck the rocka off Scatterl, during the night. News of the Wreck which reached here to day indicated that the steamer is a total loss. The Bruce was on her way from Port Aux Basques to this port at the time oi tne House Hunters Hundreds of people are house hunting at this time of perhaps you yourself are looking for a home, but haven't found just what you want.

Have you read the little for sale and for rent advertisements every evening in this paper? Yes? All right, there's still a better, easier of locating the house you want than by running all over town looking for it. Put an advertisement in the want columns of the Telegraph, describing the kind of house you want. Real estate people, private individuals, and other holders of property are seeking renters and buyers for their properties and consider the want ads one of the best market places in which to locate them. They'll see your advertisement and if there's one or a dozen properties to meet yo requirements, you'll know about them all in a few hours' time. fr w.

I i Lv; Upper extreme left, Ambassador De La Barra, Mexican representative at Washington. Next, Senor Jose Yves Limantour. Minister of Financ for Mexico, whose arrival in New York was coincident with the sending of troops to Texas. Lower right, Ambassador Wilson, United States representative in Mexico, who returned to Washington simultaneously with the sending of trops to Texas. At left, Brigadier General Tasker H.

Bliss, commanding the troops in the Los Angeles district. At right, General Frederick Dent Grant, commander of the Department of the East, now on his way to Texas with his men. Roof Collapses Carrying Fire Fighters to Death Four Lose Their Lives Die; Captain Milwaukee, March 24. Four fire fighters are dead, two are dying in the Emergency Hospital and sev eral others are suffering from in juries, the result of the caving in of the roof of the building of the Middle ton Manufacturing Company, whole sale hatters, 354 Broadway, to day. The dead: aptain John Hintz, Corn pang No.

Peter Janssen, No. Dick Burke. No. 9: John Hammond. The dying: Vincent Com pany No.

Paul Fenske, No. A number of others are said to' have suffered minor Injuries. The fire had been burning half an HE PH PLOT TO ESCAPE Three Hundred i in Conspir acy to Overpower, Their Guards To night SCHEME LAID BARE Nine Patients Put in Irons and Under Close Con fuiement By Associated Press Washington, March 24. A plot for the escape of the 300 or more patients of the Government hospital for the was unearthed by its authorities last night, when Arthur Barnes told of the plans of a band of patients. The plans, as told by Barnes, one of the patients, that while a play was 'going on to night in Hitchcock Hall, an outbuilding of the institution, here a majority of the guards would be concentrated, the patients would make their break.

At the time, nine guards would be on duty to watch over the 300 criminal insane patients, and the guards were to be attacked in the same manner as a guard was handled Monday night, when five patients escaped. Barnes told his story to an official of the institution and extra guards were placed on watch. One of the ringleaders was overheard to say ''we'll make short work of them." Files, iron and lead pipes and sticks which had been hidden by the patients to be used in attacks were found. Nine patients have been put in Irons and placed under close confinement. President Taft Suffering from Pinkeye To day By Associated Press.

D. March 24. Callers at the White House to day found President Taft wearing a pair of smoked eye glasses. His right eye is badly inflamed and the President thinks it is an attack of pink eye. He remained at his desk, however, and disposed of a vast amount of ac cumulated work, and Two More Will Among Victims hour and between fifteen and twenty men had been fighting the flames from the roof of the four story structure when sudenly the rof collapsed, carrying them to the baseemnt.

A number of the men were buried in the debris. Others escaped through the basement windows. The body of Captain Hintz was among the first to be taken out. Ambulances were kept busy for two hours. The coats and the badges of the victims were torn away and their helmets 'missing so that work of lden tification slow.

The monetary loss Is placed at fully covered insurance, WILDUNCIVILIZED INDIANS Still Use Bows and Arrows and Eat 'Acorns and Salmon' LIVE IN CALIFORNIA Governor's Indian Bureau May Start'an Investiga tion Soon Associated Press Washington, D. March 24. Wild, uncivilized Indians, who live up on acorns and salmon, with an occasional bit of meat from livestock, which they, steal, and who still use bows and inhabit the canyon in Deer, Creek, about fifteen miles northeast of Vina, Cal. This information was received at the Bureau of Indian Affairs to day from L. Kroeber, curator of the Museum of Anthropology, University of California.

Those members of the band who have been seen in recent years, he says, comprises an elderly man, probably another man somewhat younger, a middle aged woman, and an old woman, who is described as so feeble that she cannot walk without assistance. Although an investigating party sent out by the university last winter spent about a month in the section occupied by these Indians, they were unable to find the band. They did, however, discover ample evidence of the existence of a tribe, which is still in a noBtiie or wild state." The writer suggests that the Indian Bureau start an investigation with a view to putting these people under government supervision. Car Jumps Track and Runs Into Bank A Nineteenth street and Steelton line car jumped the tracks at Thlr teenth and State streets this morning and crashed into the bank on the south side of the street. No one was injured, but traffic was held up about I thirty minutes, News Significant, Following Announcement of Threat of Intervention in May NO PEACE UNTIL DIAZ GETS OUT Either His Resignation or Free and Unintimidated Suffrage Are Demanded REBELS LOSE IN ALL DAY FIGHT Hold Passenger Train on Burning Bridge WhilQ They Loot Mail Car The statement that another mobil Ization scheme, Involving the militia, of the entire country, is contemplated by the War Department, coupled witli the announcement that the United States will Intervene unless there is a definite show of tranquility by May 1, are significant developments to day 06 the Mexican war situation and giva an indication of the gravity of th situation as it is viewed by Uncle Sam.

A fierce all day battle in the streets of a mining camp, resulting in the defeat of 600 rebels; the holding by, band of insurrectos of a passenger; train on a burning bridge while tha mail cars were being ransacked; tha expectation of an attack on Juarez, and the declaration of Francisco Ma dero, provisional president of Mexico, that he will never stop fighting as long as Diaz is In power, add Interest to a situation far from reassuring. War Department May JTest Militia Special to The Telegraph Washington, D. March 24. Another mobilization move, lnvolvinc th militia of the country, as unusual aa that which sent a division of the regular army on its way toward the Mexican frontier, appears to be in contemplation. It Is admitted by general staff officers that the department has long had under consideration a plan for determining how much of a militia.

force the Federal government could depend on lor a warlike move on, short notice. The scheme has been to ask tha Governor of each State how many effectives could be sent forward by his state within a given time. That emery. would not be to give the paper strength of the State's armies but the number of men that could be relied on to respond to the muster ready to march within a reasonable time. Reports began coming to Washing i ton to day from widely separated parts or the country tnat recruiting officers of the regular army had been directed to recuit at top speed to the end that the organizations already in Texas might attain war strength as soon as possible, Secretary Dickinson and Major General Wood denied that anything of the kind had been done.

Tha chief of staff said the only thing done had been to direct the forwarding ofl recruits from the recruiting camps without waiting to maKe certain that they knew the difference between hayj foot and straw foot. A high officer in the mllltla section of the general staff said Secretary, Dickinson might throw more light on the situation If he had to do so, intimating that there Is more than mere speculation in the reports of activity; (Continued on Page 2) Governor's Troop Will Be Inspected Major William II. Hay, of the TentW United States Cavalry, an inspector for the United States War Department, will inspect the Governor's Troop and the equipments at the troop's armory In Market Square this evening. Major Hay is the second United States inspector to come to this city to inspect the local soldiers within a week. Temperature! 8 a.

20) 3 p. 33. For Hnrrlsliurj: and vlclnltr Vnlt and continued cold to night, with lowest temperature about 22 degrees! Saturday probably (air, with rising temperature. Son rlaea, 6t04 a. m.

sets, 8i23 p. m. Moon rises, 2:58 a. m. River Stages 8.8 feet above low water mark.

MARRIED Crumllc Shatto At Enola, March 20, 1911, Miss Florence O. Shatto, of Altoona, and Charles A. Crumllc, of West Fairview, Rev. C. II.

Forrest officiating. Armstrong Irwin Newport, March 21, 1911, Miss Sarah Irwin, of Newport, and H. Howard Armstrong, of Warren, Ohio. Ki'hlnkley Runr At Harrisburg, March 22, 1911, Miss, Anna May Ruder and Peter Schlnkley, both of this city, Alderman Caveny officiating. DEATHS Harlan At Harrisburg, March 2.1, 191, Mrs, Bessie R.

Harlan, at 1802 Swatara street. Gramm At Harrisburg, March 2, 1911, Adam B. Gramm, at 1019 North Seventh street. Klder At Harrisburg, March 24, 1911, Mrs. Mary C.

Elder, at 647 Woodbine street. (Detailed death notices pages i and 19.