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GERMAN ATTACKS
FORCE FOES BACK
WON VAUX LINES
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Second Terrific Attack
$orth of Verdun Wins
Part of Town
TEUTONS IN MALANCOURT
French Guns Mow Down Ad
vancing Troops of Crown
Prince Like Grain
PAitiS, April 1.
German troops renewed their terrific at
tacks against the fortifications of Verdun,
lying on tho east bank of tlio Mouse, dur
ing the night They delivered two at
tacks with strong forces against Vauc.
The. first one nccdrdlng to the official com
munlquo Issued by the war ofTlco this af
ternoon wns checked by rifle and artillery
fire, but In the second the Germans di
rected tholr efforts to tho -west of Vnux
and succeeded In gaining a foothotd In tlio
outlying houses.
The communique states that tho Ger
mans Buffered heavy losses In their as
saults. No further Infantry attacks were
launched by the Hermans In the Mnlnn
court region during tho night, but It Is ex
pected that another offenslvo will bo
opened there In a few hours.
The defense of Malancourt whs one of
the most heroic episodes of the war. In
the all-night, house-to-house fighting that
resulted In tho French retirement. 1000
ITrench soldiers stubbornly resisted Ger
man troops, whoso number Is estimated
at from 20,000 to 30,000 men. What tho
defenders lacked In numbers they mado
up In machine guns. Kvcry bit of shelter
hid one of these death-dealing machines,
and when the Germans, from threo direc
tions, swarmed Into tho village, they, as
a French officer described It, "fell llko
files" before tho deadly fire.
Only eight yards separated the suc
cessive waves of German troops and tho
machlno guns' execution was terrific.
Tho first attacks were stopped dead be
fore the wire entanglements.
General Petaln had ordered the ad
vanced battalion to evacuate the salient
after Inflicting heavy losses on the nssull
Ing troops. Owing to the density of tho
nttackcrs, the order was amply fulfilled
Hi tho first hour of the battle, but It was
two o'clock In tho morning befpre the
batiilllou begun to withdraw.
One company remained to protect the
retirement. Under cover of tho ruins
of houses In tho eastern part of the village
this company raked with rifle and machine
gun lire a Bavarian regiment attempting
to clear the ruins. When word arrived
that the main part of the battalion had
reached coyer, the remnant of the heroic
company fell back to trenches fifty yards
from the eastern limit of Mnlancourt.
Thero the French heroes nre standing
to prevent the Germans debouching from
the village.
SEGER ASKS COMPLETE
TAYLOR TRANSIT PLAN
Continued from race One
over 20th street atid Henry street to
Itoxborough,
Fifth. A high-speed railway to be
located mainly on the surface of the
land, without grade crossings, ex
tending from a point 'of connection
with the Trankford elevated lino In
Frankford to a point near Bustle
ton, thence near City Farms at By
berry to the northerly section of the
35th Ward.
Klxth. A subway railway, If re
quired by City Councils, as a con
nection between the elevated rail
ways lea'dlng to Frankford . and to
Darby, such subway to be built
mainly under Chestnut street.
"The peopje, In November last, voted
voted on the constitutional amendment In
creasing the borrowing capacity from 7
to 10 per cent, for the purposes therein
named, und particularly for transit. It
seems to me that It is only proper at this
time that the people should get what they
voted for, and that no diverting of this
money for purposes other than that spe
cifically enumerated should be tolerated.
'The amendment that I propose to offer
carries out the features of the Taylor
plan. ,
SlqFcrran street mentioned In the Seger
statement runs southwest from Old York
road, and s practically the same as Pike
street, the. northern end of the Broad
street subway under the Taylor plan.
Asked today ff he would step out If the
Mayor adopted the Taylor plans, Mr.
Twining said he would not answer any
hypothetical questions.
-'I have" only read the statement In the
newspapers.'- he said. 'There has been
no official demapd for trie to resign. My
aptlon wll tip governed entirely by what
happens. J do not anticipate anything.
1 have submitted my recommendations
and tt Is up to Councils to apprpvt or re
ject them. I have no apologies to make
and my conscience Is clear." ,
In West Philadelphia especially the op
position to the" Twining plan Is emphatic.
A meeting- will' be held oa Monday night
hy the Allied Business Men's Association
and (he. West Philadelphia Councllmatlc
Association, at the tatters headquarters,
4109 Chestnut street, when steps wlj be
taken In .the, hone of eliminating the
Twlnjng plana from all consideration,
ASK TWINING TO RKSIGN
Following 'the demand of Chairman Mc
jraydtn. of the. AH PWladelphl; Transit
league, for Mr Twining" resignation.
many other organizations have made a
simitar request. Their views follow:
John T Pedlow. president or the Wood
land Avenue Business Men's Association,
"The situation la either a. man controlled
by somebody else or at least not In ac
cordance with the Ideas of the people.
The question is; la he controlled by the
Wyoxt Certainly, I have more confi
dence In a man with the Inteeritv of Mr.
Tajrier: If there Is. pa pther way to- get
round the situation, the resignation of
'Director Twining- should be, asked, for."
Claren.ce jr. Gallagher, president of the
laier gnerwooa business Association,
"AH ibis fussing around and wasted i-
rsy over the transit Diana has resnlverf
th thing" Jnto A now you sea me, now you-
wvf wnv.vu. Attn (.tiuv uevcioi-
wflis seem to be the moat a&sirilne con
glomeration of Chinese puxiles that the
pop!e have ever been asked (a solve.
H was. under the impression that the
people fia4 voted for the Taylor plan; so
wer thousands of others.
"If the resignation of Director Twining
will simplify matters, jlwn by all means
tat blm resign.
Tha pledge of Mayor Erollb, that he will
ppsr hef ore. Councils' Finance Committee?
st'tbe tpei-ltii meeting on Monday ; wk
ttal th people be given "hate, ye- kjnd
of rapid transit they demaud was s sn
tkul iJft of discussion. .
Tlia iMuier in tee kbs sftt for tfa
rjp'd l:uuwit eprss4 their willingness"
i ai-cewt th pietlge Of theMayor- In good
-til slid t tk m further Stejw VMM
4Jt Mor has- tud &jt epytnlty oi
Mw4j t mo9 that ! to btajul
t,sthw w n te RfM wut' be re
we4 tn MwiUy. tt wa W4f Jfiia, mu
Ba t,iteiy Hpoa i a aiiuu of uoe
top M.-r - j j" wwrpt
lvuji u.e Is? uy
Indication of trickery th the latest move
of the Administration,
The probability that tho Item for transit
lit the municipal )ort will be Increased
from J3S.000.000 to (80,000,000 caused
considerable speculation In Pity liall and
Irahalt circles today following tho Seger
statement To- give the people what
i they demand would require about $80,"
I 000,000. As the bonds would not have
in oe soia unui me money is actually
needed for the transit contracts there
would be no loss In either Interest or sink
ing fund charges by making the transit
Item as large as will be needed eventually.
In, the 195,000,000 loan projected last
December an Item of $60,000,000 for tran
sit was Included, which, according to the
estimates of former Director Taylor would
have completed the entire comprehensive
program of high-speed Isubway and ele
vated lines.
At the meeting of tho Financial Commit
tee on Wednesday when the complete
plans of Director Twining wero made
public, tielect Councilman Harry J. Train
er, of the 3d Ward, suggested that the
transit Item be Increased to the larger
amount. To follow out this suggestion It
was declared In transit circles today, will
be tho first step of the Administration to
prove that It Intends to keep faith with
the people.
Director Twining has also beon request
ed to appear before the Finance Commutes
on Monday. Whether or not tho Director
will bo grilled by the members of the com
mittee i not known. It h understood,
however, that he will bo ready to offer ar
guments In defense of his plans.
DELAY IN TRANSIT
CALLED CRIMINAL BY
FAMOUS ENGINEER
Joseph T. Richards Suggests
Hanging for Men Responsible
1 for Plan to Hold Up
Program
LET EXPERT DECIDE
In the opinion of Joseph T. Itlclmrds,
the delay In giving Philadelphia such rapid
transit as A. Merrill Taylor planned Is
criminal.
Mr. Illchards Is' the retired P. It. It. en
gineer, as famous for his works outsldo
this city ns ho Is for accomplishments
here. Among other things he helped build
tho Market streo subwny nnd the Hudson
mcr tunnels for tho Pennsylvania Hall
road, Talking about tho transit situation
today he exploded:
"The person responsible for the delay In
pushing rapid transit plans through should
bo hanged ; the action Is criminal."
Then ho relaxed and smiled. "That's
going pretty strong for a Quaker." he said,
"but it gives an Idea of tho way I feel."
Mr. Illchards Is for anything that will
do away with the holding up of what
ought to be done right away.
'Time Is money," he said, "and the
most costly thing about tlio transit bill
before It's paid." he said, "will be waiting
until wo get It,"
This Is his solution;
"It seems all sides nro deadlocked.
What's worse, everybody seems to be go
ing the step beyond disagreement, and
reaching the stage of anger. If they can't
get together they ought to summon somo
outsldo expert, and put the matter up to
him. Both sides have their plans worked
out and an expert could study the situa
tion nnd ghe a decision in less than a
week."
Mr. Illchards thought George Flllmoro
Swain, of Boston. would be tho Ideal
man.
Professor Swatn.r he said, had been
all through tho mill i he had planned Bos
ton's whole subway system, had been a
great administrator (And still Is), and a
great educator (head of the engineering
department at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology),
"It would cost a good deal of money to
get him," said Mr. Richards, "but you
would have a man of tremendous ability
and absolute Integrity a man whom no
Influence but the facta could reach."
Mr. Richards said later In the Inter
view that Professor Swain was the only
man In the country that could be picked
as a possible peer of A. Merrltt Taylor,
granted that one could be picked at all
Money spent getting .him to solve the
tangle, he thought, would be well spent
regardless of the amount, because no ex
penditure for an opinion like his could
possibly equal tho criminal waste now re
sulting from inaction, tie said.
A Merrltt Taylor's plan, Mr. Richards
thinks, makes the absolute transit Ideal
for the city to grow to. The Smith ad
ministration plans he considers money
virtually thrown away. He spoke bo
highly of "Mr, Taylor that he was asked
If he considered him a 100 per cent: man.
"Hardly that," he answered, "I should
say a 99,97 per centl man."
Mr, Twlnng, too, he considers as ex
pert an engineer as there Is, and cites
the Market street subway to prove It. The
plans that have been criticised so much
he doesn't consider the child of Mr, Twln
lng's brain. He takes the view that Mr.
Twining was told to work out plans on
a certain assignment and worked them
out as expertly as any one could do.
"I don't see," Mr. Richards said, "where
the P. R.'T, has any kick coming. If the
Taylor plana are followed the P. R. T.
will make money by operating the lines or
so will any company which operatrs them.
It's practically a sure thing. It will work
out here as it 'did In Boston, where the
city built the lines and a private corpora
tion operated them, and everybody made
money."
He reverted to the theme of delay, say
Ingi "Who is responsible for holding up the
plans Is largely a guess, but I suppose
everybody would guess the same. That
must be stopped, That sort of thing can't
be condemned too much. Everything has
been worked out down to the last minute
detail, and it's a crime to cast all aside
for something that the sponsors ought to
know- won't he acceptable to the public."
"Do you think that a man of only half
Intelligence would fall to recognize the
superiority of the Taylor plans over the
city administration plans?" Mr. Richards
was asked.
"A man of one-third Intelligence could
recognize that," he replied, "but then
you know the old saying: 'None are so
blind as those that won't see'."
Mr Richards favored a bit of a com
promise. "If all that's holding the Mayor Is the
question of locating the City Hall sta
tion," he said, "then I'd favor giving In
somewhat on that point The station
to please him. mind you could be located
north of the City Hall and the four tracks
and every other detail be arranged for
anyway X wouldn't put It so far north
as to make impossible the transferring of
passengers from the Broad street subway
to the Marnet street subway. But that
would be to make the Mayor agreeable;
as air engineering question it cuts no ice
at all. The b tat Ion could very well be
located under the Hall without the slight
est difficulty."
"If the City Hall is weak in its founda
tion, as has been suggested, wouldn't the
huII4)nc of the underground station fur
nish an, opportunity to strengthen KT"
Mr, Richards answered
'feartalnly. There's nothing Iq fear; It's
almost ID' limitation. But the people
elected the Mayor ,and they could afford to.
let him have his way in thl. 1 say this
"because w. ought to get started, and if
that -woukl re Meve the deadlock I'm for it
TTjls delay, sax ,U agsiin is criminal.
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The map shows development of the punitive expedition sent against
Villa from the start at Columbus, N. M., to the scene of yesterday's
conflict, when tho bandit chief was wounded nnd his forces routed.
The route of the United States troops was from Columbus .o Colonia
Diaz, to Casas Grandes, to Pearson, where Colonel Dodd continued
along the railroad to Madera and General Pershing went around the
hills to Naminuipa. These points have become the bases of the two
divisions. Colonel Dodd chased Villa from Gucrrcra to near La
Junta, where yesterday's conflict took place. In the meantime, Gen
eral Pershing is leriding his forces toward Terrezas to cut off an at
tempted escape in this direction. The Carranzistas, working from
Chihuahua, are believed to have troop3 from that city as far as
Pichachic.
LIFE IN JAIL AS A PIRATE
PACES SCHILLER, MARINE BANDIT
Continued from Van One
Threats were being made that
chiller
ought to be "hanged as a pirate." Ap these
threats continued a high-speed automobile
was pressed Into Service. I
HANDCUFFED TO DKTliCTIVlSSv
"we nre going to taKo you u 7ow
york," said Justice Register. J
; ".You can take mq "to any plice you
choose, but don't nut me aboard Itha Ma
toppo while Captain Borgner Isrhi com
mand," replied Schiller. I
Schiller was handcuffed to Detective
Correll. He sat between the detective
and Doctor Messick, Two othorjiAjnuls
tinned with revolvers were also In the ma
chine. A second large automobile carry
ing newspapermen followed,
The IIIage tonn hall was Jammed with
fishermen, travelers- "nates," children,
women, farmers, sailors and constables
from nearby towns when the machine,
containing Bchlller left Lewes.
HISSED BY SAILORS
"I may be back again In the Breakwater
with another ship booh." were Schiller's
parting words. Ills threat uas hissed, es
pecially by the sea captains.
The machine took a road not known to
most automoblllsts. This was done for
fear that friends of Schiller might follow.
Justice Register took along with him sev
eral "John Doe" warrants, which he an
nounced he would serve on nny person
who attempted to interfere with him.
The. two automobiles raced along curling
roads, across railroad crossings, up In
clines, across fields and through valleys.
Once a machine with a powerful search
light was seen about half a mile in the
rear. The chauffeurs of both cars were
SCHILLER TELLS STORY OP HIS
LIFE TQ EVENING LEDGER MAN
Born jn Russia and Bred in England, Captor-of Matoppo
Deserted From English Army, Came to IK S. as.
Stowaway and Then Conceived His Exploit
Ernest Schilter, who, single-handed, captured the Matoppo, dictated the story
of his life today to a reporter of the
'l was born December 31, 1893, In Petro.
grad, Russia, My father, Richard Schil
ler, who Is the director of a large textile
factory In Moscow and my mother now
reside in a little town near Moscow. I
have two brothers and two sisters, both
of whom at present are attending a uni
versity in South England. My parents are
of German descent. For generations our
ancestors have had a bitter hatred toward
the English. However, my father sent
me to a university in England to be
educated,
"When I was U years old my father
sent me to a private boarding school In
London, I left the boarding school two
years later and was. placed in another
school where I remained until I was
graduated and returned to my parents'
home in Petrograd. Later I returned to
England and attended a university, but
do not care to mention the name because
my sisters and brothers are about to ba
graduated and. I do not desire to give
them any notoriety.
'I left the university when, I was 21
years old. After that I became a roamer
and have bean one ever since. It was my
father's Intention that I should become a
textile engineer. I took up this course
for a while and dropped It
STOLB "WAR CRAFT PLANS
"When I was barely 2 years old I ob
tained a position in a large munition plant
located in Barrow-ln.Furnlss, which is in
Cumberland County. England. While
working at this munition plant I succeeded
in, getting hold of many plans for sub
marines and other wprcraft,
"I want th American public to clearly
understand and also to believe ma that I
am not a German spy. I was nevei a spy.
Of course I hated the English nation, but
not once did. I betray any of Englsnd's
naval secrets; to Germany the country
hlch ray parents, siUr4 brothers and I f
,y. 1 slinply studied the plana to be- i
ma acquainted with them from a me-f
w
love.
come aeauilnted
chanlcaV and educational viewpoint
"I left th munition plnl at Barrow-la.
Furnlss nd went' tu work for different
Kiiullsh Arms. While at the university
and also white- -worklsic at th Barrow-in
Furulsa nlanl I nosed is an JSngusmnan- i
gave Emrlaad k my birthplace when I n
tercd the. onivr)ty "
When the European, war broke out 1 ,
estlsled. in. tc 2-tisU$h nnjr aivJ was as-
le thj KngUsh sefcooiawfr cowwr
t-'jtk,, t,vuny at tw 4m anefcorw
Instructed to put on full sliced. It was
thought "German sympathizers" might be
In the car. The automobile containing
Schiller succeeded In getting out of the
sight of tlio mysterious automobile.
Kecrnl times the nutomoblle stopped at
different points. Schiller smoked cigars.
He talked constantly about his capture
I .of tho Matoppo. During tho trip ho tin
Ufotded new details ns to what, occurred
I after he ordered Captain Bergner, of tho
Matoppo, to take oft his lint witn mo
word "Captain" Inscribed on It and told
him to plauc It on Ills. Schiller's, head.
TELLS OF LOVE AFFAIR.
Once during the trip Schiller unfolded a
romance. The romance dealt with a love
affair with a French-American young lad,
the daughter of a respectable family liv
ing at Salem. He gave her name as Rose
Gaborio. He admitted that it was her
money (JB0) which actually helped him to
finance his expedition to capture the Ma
toppo. "But Rose Gaborio never Had anything
to do with tho capturing of the Matoppo,"
Insisted Schiller
The detective weailcd of tho htoiy
"Why speak of love?" ho yawned.
As Schiller spoke he displayed it letter
It was written by Miss Gaborio to Schiller
on the business writing paper of a prom
inent Salem lumber Arm In the letter she
addressed him as "Dear Clarence."
The writer of the letter who signed her
self "Sincerely yours. Rose," nsked Schil
ler to meet her nt an appointed place in
Salem during the last week in March. A
part of the letter read:
"If you don't answer ine I will bo at
the appointed place because I feel certain
that you will be there. So please do not
disappoint me."
Evening Ledceii. His story follows:
at Liverpool. While on this ship I suc
ceeded in getting an Insight into the gen
eral make-up of the English private and
his superiors, who are the laziest set of
folks I ever saw,
"One day I was assigned, with a bunch
of other recruits, to go with my regiment
to Salisbury Plains, In England, which 1s
a military camp. There I drilled dally
with many soldiers who are pow members
of Field Marshal Kitchener's own regi
ment I became disgusted after being at
Salisbury Plains a few weeks and made
up my mind to desert. I never enllste'd as
a patriot I simply became an English
soldier fdr the devlllshness that was in
me. Say, you ought to see Field Marshal
Kitchener's boys. The first thing that they
ask for when they open their ejea is for
ham and eggs and marmalade. Most of
the soldiers are quitting Kitchener because
they can't get enough ham and eggs and
jelly for their bread.
DESERTS FROM ARMY.
"One night I walked out of the camp.
I succeeded in passing the sentry. I
suppose he had his mind on ham and
eggs and jelly- I made my way to the
next largest city, and by slow progress
succeeded In reaching Hull, I arrived at
Hull on April 1$, 1916, and boarded the
Wilson liner Colorado, which sailed the
! following day for New York, J didn't
board the steamer as a first-class or
steerage passenger I simply stowed
away, X was discovered two days after
the ship ws4 out, and I was put to work
as an oiler A first-class passenger, with
whom I became acquainted, gave me one
dollar during the trip. The shin landed
In New YprW harbor about April 30. 1915.
"Soon after the ship dropped anchor I
got off. I won't tell yott how I succeeded
in 'getting 'off the vessel. That's something
for the ' Government and the steamship
company v nna out- I found myself.
In Battery Park with that dollar bill which
th first-class passenger gave roe. I
walked up Bowling Green. Then I found
myseir on uroaaway ana later I was
oh the Bowery I walked many miles
thnt day until J found (myself In a. freight
yard and boarded a freight car. Train
men discovered me. J told them that I
(was a German, hondat and broke. I
asked them to permit me to rida until
I reached some country place. They al
lowed mo to rentaipfou the tram until I
leached WiUerburv
ono., where- 1 ob-
taia4 a fatMua
OM terries oa a
berry am
ioui httrUs
f aial to, e,
I irindo tip my mind-to go to some large
town. At Salem, Mns, 1 obtained a
position with the Boylestbwn Company
In the calico department. While In Salern
I lived nt 15 Harbor street and my room
muto was a young Frenchman named
Napoleon Lesveague. He was the best
fellow 1 over met. From Salem I went
to Plalnfleld, Conn. 1 kept a'way from
New York becnuse I wn6 afraid that 1
would bo caught by the Immigration au
thorities and bo deported bnck to Eng
land,. 1 forgot to tell'. you that while I
worked In Salem I went under the name
of Frank Robinson. From Plalnfleld I
went to Boston. Then I went to Danbury
and later found myself again In Salem,
where I became acquainted with h 'pretty
j-oung Frenchwoman whose tlame Is Rose
Gaborio. Hero Is her letter in which
Rho addresses me ns 'dear Clarence.'
For some reason, Miss Gnborlo, who Is
tho daughter of a. well to dp family,
nlwnys insisted on calling me 'Clarence.'
Our acquaintance ripened into ptntonlc
love. I still love her now and am anxious
to know how she feels toward me at the
present time.
DECIDES TO CAPTURE SHIP.
"I left Salem threo weeks ago. Reforo
leaving that place Miss Qaborlo loaned
me $B0, I went to Worcester, MnM and
worked for n little whllo In a textile fac
tory, Willi tho $K0 given to mo by Miss
Gaborio 1 went to New York, Tori days
ago I mndp tip my mind to enptttro an
English ship. With tho few dollnrs of
tho $Sft I hnit left t went to HoboUen and
purchased luy levolvcrs nt n store called
tlio Now Shop. Then t visited tho river
front nnd made up my mind to capturo
the Matoppo. Tho rest of the story has
been told, t had four accomplices, but
they were nothing but plain "river rats"
or bums. They ngrced to stick by me. but
didn't linvo tho nerve. I promised to
malto them ofllccrs of tho Motoppo. At
tho appointed tlino the four men now
failed to show up. 1 had my revolvers,
312 cartridges, nnd my plans were ready
to ho executed. I decided to capturo tho
ship slnglchandcd, nnd I succeeded. 1
maile my ono mistake, and that wns try
ing to get nsiionb. If everything had
turned out h.s I originally planned I would
hnvo sailed tho ship to Mexico nnd prob
ably sold tho vessel to Villa or to somo
revolutionist.
"HAD LOTS OF FUN."
"1 hud lotH of fun, 1 am glad that t had
tho satisfaction of making tho captain of
tho Matoppo tnko off Ills gold-braldcd coat,
his captain's hat nnd belt. I put tlicso on
myself and for a while had tho ship under
(jcrmun command. I tnko my Jmt off to
the second ofTlcer of tho Matoppo. Ho Is
n man of his word. He could hnvo Rhot
me scvornl times If he wanted to violate
his promise. After cnptuilng the .Matoppo
ho promised mo -that he wouldn't touch
his revolver and ho didn't.
"I'm rendy to tnko my medicine and
hope that tho punishment won't bo hard.
When I'm frco 1 shall enpturo another
ship, but It won't bo n steamship carry
ing freight exclusively.
".My next ship will bo an ocean croy-
hound and I may cay right now the ves
sel to bo captured by Ernest Schiller' will
be tho .Muurctnnln.
".My Inst wish bcfoio I am placed in
a celt It thnt 1 will bo forgiven by .Miss
Gnborlo." ,
SAN MARINO 'ELECTS'
TWO RULERS TODAY
Smallest Republic in World
. Knows How to Do Away
With Campaign Oratory -
RKPL'HUC Dp SAN MAIHNO, AprJI
1.-SIUI Marino, the smallest repUlilfi: In
tho world nnd the oldest Independent State
In Europe. Is holding Its scml-nnnunl elec
tion today, in about the same way that
they raflle off a turkey In America.
Tho United Slates uses eight mouths of
fervid campaign oratory to elect a single
President. San Marino electa two today
In eight houis. Tvvclvo centuries of ex
perience have convinced tho 11,000 In
habitants of tlio Lilliputian republic that
they can get ns good a president by draw
ing lots iii they can via the convention sys
tem of obtnlnlng nominees.
The (irimd Council met today and se
lected 12 presidential electors by drawing
names at random from a box. The 12
electors afterward nominated sK nobles
and six civilians. From this list tho-Grand
Council chose three nobles and three
civillansj tlio actual candidates.
Following a torchlight precession to
night, nil the people who enn crowd Into
tho Cathedral will witness the. "election."
A solemn religious function will first be
celebrated. Then a blindfolded child will
dr.iw two printed slips from tho six held
by the priest. Tho men whose names are
on these two slips are the presidents, or
"regent captains."
The successful candidates can't refuse
the jobs. If they do they nro fined $100
und suffer other penalties.
AUTOMATIC DOORS END FIRE
Workmen Rush Out of Oil Room and
Flames Are Smothered
Automatic doors smothered a fire in the
plant of the Ilarret Manufacturing Com
pany, Marfpiretta and Bermuda streets, to
day. The fire started In one of the huge
light oil vats, where thousands of gallons
of oil were at a boiling point
One of tho workmen allowed the pipe
feeding the vat to overflow, according to
the police. The oil ran over the sides
Into the flames and in an Instant the room
was ablaze. As It by u signal, the bun
dled workmen rushed out and doors and
windows automatically shut- The fire was
sealed within the one room, which was
constructed of Iron. The fire continued to
burn until the oxygen had been exhausted,
and by the time the firemen had arrived it
had burned itself out. Oil valued at sev
eral hundred dollars was lost.
Woman, III, Despondent, Dies of Gas
Efforts to forestall the effects of gas
which she Inhaled Thursday morning to
end her life proved futile, and Mrs. Cath
erine Oannon, 58 years old, of 1S06 North
Camac street, died arly today at St. Jo
seph's Hospital. Mrs. Gannon, who had
been 111 and despondent for several weeks,
was found unconscious In her room, on
Thursday morning.
T
Thirty Years in the Postal Service
Congratulations were given Maurice
Walsh, 6023 Chester avenue, today, In
honor of his 30 years In the postal service.
Walsh Is secretary to Gdward W Alex
ander, chief clerk of the postoffice.
TOO I.ATK TOR CLASSIFICATION
DKATIIS
NEI.t. Suddenly, on March Si. 1016. JO.
HEPH, son of the Ii Joseph and Sarah
NtU Relative and friends ar Invited to
attend the funeral, on Monday ufternoon. at
Ull o'clock, from bU late rftldenc. 40-0
Farkeida ave. Service at tit, Asatha.'
Church. 88th -and Bprlns Oardan at., at
11.30 o'clock. Interment prtval Remalna
may be viewed Sunday evenlnsv T to S.
HELP W ACTED rKM.LK r
COOK, white Protestant, country plac near
Reading, IT Apply, statin? experience, to
Cedar Hill Farm. Heading, Pa
DRESSMAKERS to learn operating on waUt7
US to 8. Adelshl Walat Co. 18T N 7th
atreet
HELP WAOTED MAOS
CABHIKR and auditor wanted for eltctiie
Uht and railway properties to live In an
thracite reatoo. mint hv pe,incs, best
nil , oiiarrM man pref immtdlUe emploj--msnt
iB4l o4 pnxpect (or efl't m.m of tap.,
UtaW"pt use eip ttU D J. Led MT
JIAi'HISWTS Wan- ai on- firatcUM
litis; Jjortsoutai norms rai't wid unities
liUin tuntii. A vir n Lojuiirrtif 1 1
AraaJ and - ijmbej'ujrid t PUUa
Ctaa 4 . facM W,j
VILLAt WOUNDED, FLEES
TO GUERRERO HILLS
Conllnntil from Tare One
Into American territory reached here early
thjs morning. It was to the effect that
n small body of bandits had crossed, the
bordei 10 miles east of El Paso and
robbed an American ranch house. The re
port was brought by an employe of the
Intcrurbah Street Car LlnA nnd a detach
ment of soldiers was Immediately sent
along the border to Investigate.
Villa has not only been defeated by the
American troops, but his forces In the
Torreon district also, led by General
Canulo Reys, have been decisively beaten
In a battle with Carrahra troops. Reys
vvns attempting td destroy tho railroad
nenr Torreon when ho was surprised by n
Government force and suffered heavy
losses.
Heavy rains have sot In nlong the bor
der nnd far south In Mexico. It Is be
lieved, however, that tho American troop
ers nro pursuing Villa despite the water
pouring clown the gullies and making tho
paths Increasingly difficult to follow.
Somewhere, Just a few hours before
them. It was reported that Villa, nnd lila
scattered men wero making nrt effort to
reRBRemble. Villa himself was tarried on
n litter by chosen followers.
Some reports conveyed Information that
Vllln had gnthcred scattered forces nt
somn rendezvous nnd wns preparing to
fling them nt Chthunluia City In n last
desperato effort to recoup. His defeat at
San Geronlmo meant something more
than tho toss of 30 men, nnd his .ablest
general, Ellsco Hernandez, It meant n
powerful blow at his "amlgos" In the
Guerrero country.
Villa had promised that ho would vvlpo
the American expedition out nnd send It
flying bnck to tho border. Villa was con
fident thnt American cavalry could never
operate successfully against his own wild
horsemen.
"Tholr horse-; nro too big," he said.
"They nro clumsy. They cannot live In
mountains."
It was Just this view that accounts for
tho surprise nt San Geronlmo. Villa's
scouts hnd reported thnt ' tho American
cavnlry was 65 miles away. General
Hernandez received tho reports mid no
doubt wns moved by Villa's contempt for
the Amorlcnn cavnlry. Ho mado enmp
Mcnmvhtla Colonel Dodd and his cavalry
men wero pounding tholr way from tho
neighborhood of Nnmlqulpn.
As they approached tho Vltltsta camp,
tho Americans spread out. They np
pronched through nrroyes and gullies.
Hernandez's men wero nt mess. Tho men
sat wrapped In their scrapes, making n
mcnl of cracked corn nnd evll-smelltng
coffee. American carbines began to crack
beforo VlltlstaB wero nwnro tho enemy
was within 40 miles. Tho Mexican re
turn of tho bombardment of tlio Ameri
cans wns wild and showed tho character
istic abandon with which tho Mexican
wnstes ammunition. ,
The complcto leport of thnt rout wns
still awaited todny, but some of Its do
tails wero known. It was enough to
know that American cavalry had Villa
on tho run nnd wns wearing tho legs off
tho Vllllstn horses.
There Is still some doubt regarding tho
fnto of Pablo Lopez, the Villa "biitcher."
Once ho was reported killed nt tho Co
lumbus massacre. Later ho was reported
wounded. Now comes tho report thnt ho
lagged behind his men and vvns taken nt
San Geronlmo. Rut Lonez. murderer
though ht is. Is less than secondary con
sideration. The main Inspiration of .tlio
Americans Is tho picture, of Pnucho Villa
roaring In his rage, trying to rally his
panicky followers nbout his litter
?50.000 REWARD FOR VILLA
MAY PROMPT BETKAYA 1
' WASHINGTON, April l.-r-Wlth Villa's
personnl command- Smashed by Colonel
Dodd nnd IiIh .swift cavalry troops, of
ficials expect here momentarily tho news
of his capture and the final extinction of'
his gang as an eff6ctve banl of bandits.
Divpstcd of his prestige, Villa will find
much less support and nld among tho
peon Inhabitants of his old stamping
grounds than formerly. If nrmy officers
who have served on tho border under
stand the Mexican character.
News thnt somo one of his followers
had succumbed to tlio temptation of the
JBO.OOO reward for his body, dead or nllve.
Is not unexpected, now thnt the probabil
ity of a deadly vengeance Is not so im
minent to the man daring enough tof at
tempt tho deed At any rnte Villa Is
sorely wounded and probably will bo un
nblo to be moved along the mountain cliffs
nnd gulches with enough speed to elude
tho galloping Americans,
Once Villa Is taken, or positive news
mat no is ueau is received, tlio American
troops will march out of Mexico, accord,
ing to all reports, with the utmost good
feeling of the do facto Oovcrnment and
the respect of the Mexican people. Their
abandonment of Mexican . soil will be
prompt, in line with the Administration's
determination to show that the expedl- j
iiuii wiin i ureiy punitive,
I.ntest reports have Vllln, his hip
smashed and a bullet through his leg.
being hurried away an fnst ns the peril
ous mountain trnils will permit, presum
ably to some mountain fastness.
With the American and CarrunslsU
troops, however, uie men who know this
region only slightly less than the bandits
themselves.
It vould not hurprlse the War Depart
ment to have the message of congratula
tion, sent last night by the President and
Secretary Baker to General Pershing and
Colonel Dodd, crossed by messages froip
the latter telling the final success of the
expedition. It Is emphatically declared,
on the other hand, that a long, hart! hinlt
may yet bo ahead of the troops. ,
VILLA MAY DIE OF WOUNDS
AS HE FLEES AMONG HILLS
QUBRBTAItO, Mex.. April l.-General
Alvaro Obregon, Minister of War, was
notified today that Francisco Villa was
wounded during the recent battle between
Carranzistas and bandit forces at Naml
qulpa. Villa was shot In the knee.
EI, PASO, April 1. If his w'ounds nre
as serious as reported, the possibility was
discussed here of. Villa perhaps dyjng
from lack of medical attention. He was
officially said to be permanently disabled
by Wednesday's rout Wprd of further
fighting in the three days that have
elapsed since the first clash between the
expedition's vanguard and Villa's forces,
was momentarily expected. The pursuit
was believed to have been resumed after
Colonel Dodd's men rested from the long
night ride to Villa's camp and the five
hour running fight which scattered the
bandits fleeing to the, hills.
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Germany
u-boat repor:
GERARD CAB
Admiralty Probes Torprj
ing of SudseX andl
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BURDEN OF PROOF DN
Lansing Compiling All
. able Data on Recent Sul
marine Attacws
WASHINGTON Atl
secretary of stato Lansing nnl
today Ambassador Gerard at Rerl
reported he had been advised bytl
officials that the German Admiral!
vestlgntlnp; the attack on tho SUil
mo sinKing oi tnc l'mgiisumnn, sui
by submarines, Mr. Gerard ndd
they, assured him they would Infol
at the earliest moment of tho outel
that Investigation.
Tho submarine controversy, thj
cannot bo brought to a head forJ
nays, omclala explained. Tho fl
Germany declines to nssumo rcsl
uy on Information t ttow has
has, as expected, thrown tlio hi
proof on tho United States.
pointed out todny that to am
proof mny tnko a week or 10 daVnl
whllo Secretary Lansing will Coil
oi mo evidcnco that can bo fl
using that from American citizen!
basic proof, nnd that from nllens alH
tho French and British Governmel
supplemental.
Tho situation cnRlly may bo ell
at nny tlmo by Germany's rocclpil
report from a submarine commands
out that ho attacked tho Sussex.
An obstacle to nny Immediate nrj
developed today,. Is that tho nftUl.il
Americans so far filed hero nra'J
ceptable unuor the rules of cvldcnci
of tho great csscntlntR in theso cablcl
uincnts nro based on henrsay ovlu
which is not conclusive.
Teutonic circles contfnuo to oxtnV
hope that an nmlcnblo adjustment oil
points in dlsputo will be reached. At
tho German nnd the Austrlnn cmbrt
great stress Is laid upon tho belled
the pledges already glvon could not!
occn violated wiui omciai consent.
RAIN AND MUD BLOCK TRIM
TRAINS TO SUPPLY PERS
COLUMBUS. N. M April 1. Mil
Is axle-deep In the ruts is holding
aibsons inliclt a truck train that
.1 o'clock yesterday afternoon to
supplies to General Pershing's troops.
heavy rain continued today, nnd no
provotnent in weather conditions I
prospect.
Klfty-four new tiucks havo ar
hr.-e, nnd thoy nro being loaded to 1
ns soon ns there Is a chnuco of their
ting through.
Lieutenant Brunzcll, provost marsh!
last night arrested Jean Dufrosne,
former llcutennht of Villa. Tho prlsot
vvns released after lje had given a satl
factory account or Ills movements.
STORMIN MEXICO HOLDS
MACK-MEWS OF TLJtfTj
SANv ANTONIO, April . 1. iGonfj
,Funstorihsftl tftfpcered-td find nvn,ltlng 1
nt hcntTnunrlers tciiaj"' a more deii
renort ofitlielatnitvWfm hv tho Amcrlr
trnops vJv-oryFn.nclaco'Vllla.'s 'trpapa, M
instead was. uowiiefi inu tun wiroiess n
practically out o-f commission between
lumbus nild Casas Grandes, owing tl
heavy" fcform. Tho Held telegraph
was alBo working only spasmodically il
was expected to fall entirely In u fa
hours. fj
Despite tlte lack of ncvys, Gendral Kg
ston nredlcted that Villa's capture vvofS
be only n matter of (laja. It Is nssumfc
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