Mexican Bandiis Kill Many and Burn Town in Raid on American Territory HARRISBURG iSllllS TELEGRAPH * wvir V BY CARRIER « CENTS A WEEK. LXAAV AO. Do BINGI.E COPIES 3 CENTS. GREAT GERMAN IN CHALLENGE TO BRITISH; KAISER WARS ANOTHER NATION IS DRAWN INTO GREAT CONFLICT Teuton Declaration Follows Requisitioning of Ships in Portuguese Ports CROWN PRINCE IN WRONG Military Observers Say He Has Doomed Success of Verdun Flank Attack Kaiser Declares War on Portugal Berlin, by Wireless. Ger many to-day declared war against Portugal. Formal no tice to this effect was handed to the Portuguese government at Lisbon by the German min ister and by the foreign minis ter in Berlin to the Portuguese minister accredited to the Ger man court. <>crnian,\ took this action be cause of the lucent seizures of («or niiin ships in Portuguese ports, which the (ieriiinn government de clares (lie "gravest breach of neu trality and of special treaties." "(ierinanj is therefore obliged lo give up its former forbearing altitude, wltich had been main tained oil account of I'orliignal's awkward situation," -ays tile of ficial notilication. The declaration of war enume rates a long series of alleged breaches of neutrality, such as pk granting I'm 1 passage to British troops through Mozambique, the use of PortugucNp ports by Eng lish wnrsliips for a longer length of time than (lint permitted lo neu trals, the use of Madeira as a base for the British and attacks made by Portuguese troops on ticrmau forces at the frontier of fierman South Africa, (icrmnii West Africa ami Angola. It also cites insult.* directed at tlie tirr man nation by members of (lie Portuguese parliament. V Hy .Issociatcd Press Paris, Mareh 'J.—The Germans have been repulsed between Douaumont »nd the village of Vaux after several heavy attacks accompanied by intense artillery lire and violent infantry as saults, according to the French offi cial statement which says the attack ers were completely defeated after having penetrated the village of Vaux. <in the Verdun sector west of the Mouse the French have repulsed re peated attacks on the village of Beth incourt, according to a semiofficial statement made here to-da.v. Mistake of Crown Prince Has Doomed Success of Verdun Flank Attack By . Issociatcd rress Paris, March !•. The oflicial state ment published last night has done much to relieve the tension which had been caused in the public mind by the expectation of a great onslaught on the mam French defenses on the west bank of the Meuse. Press and public are now more than ever convinced that the Germans will not be able to take Verdun. Military observers express the be lief that the Germ'ans originally in tended a frontier attack on Verdun, which was to be accompanied by two flank attacks, one in the Woevre not meant to be pushed home, and the other on the west bank of the Meuse which might develop into the main attack. Desiring, however, to justify a premature announcement of the capture of Douaumont, the Crown Prince kept 200,000 men on the right [Continued on Page 2] THE WEATHER lor 11 >i rriftlniri; nml vicinity: Fair, continued cold to-iiiuht. with loweat temperature nl»otit -O tie- Kreew; Friday fair and uarmer. For Kanterii PeuiiMylviiuia: Fair, continued cold to-nighl; Friday fair aad warmer; moderate west erly Mind*. River -No material ebMtjge* will occur in ri\cr *tuKc* or Ice condition*. A Mtace of about 4.(1 feet in indi cated for IlarrlMhurK Friday niorniiiK. The Mtorm that wa* central «»n the \cw Jerwey coaat, \\ edncKday uiorniiiK, lian moved northuHrd with IncreiiNlnu ntrenutli to Northern .Mew Filmland, with lou c*t reported barometer readliiK till* mom lok 2.H. W2 laehcx at liort, Maine. It tin* cauMcd Unlit to moderately heavy raiu and * now In the Atlantic State* from Niortli Carolina northward, and * now over the eantcm part of the Lake Itciclou. It 1* 10 to 24 decree* colder in the Fait Gulf and Atlantic State* nud over the enntern part of the J<ake lleni on. Temperature! 8 a. m. 22. Sun: Itine*. 0i25 a. m.; *et*. (1:00 p. m. Moon: Flmt quarter, March 11, I xfttt p. m. River water mark. Ye*terday'» Weather IliKltcMt temperature, .'HI. I.owcut temperature. *3O. Mean temperature, JI3. .Normal temperature, 35. | KAISER'S CHIEF NAVAL ADVISER \ V J A .. s VON TIRRCTX UaHy «*lii«-r naval adviser of the Kaiser, originator of commerce "raider" ami sub marine policies, and the moulder of the grand fleet in preparation for "The Zeppelins and Big Flotilla of Submarines Are Accom panying Sea Force of Kaiser London, March !».—The morning , new -papers publish from their cor- I respondents in Holland such detail* j as are available there regarding the recent activity ol' the tier man licet in | the North Sea.. According to these i accounts the licet included about lift y craft of all descriptions from tin- most modern drcadnauglits down to old fashioned torpedo lMMits. The lleet was escorted by two Zep pelins which served as scouts to pre i vent a surprise attack by hostile ves sels. One trawler sighted this lleet 105 miles due west of the mouth of | the Elbe. Another saw it 35 miles northwest of Ymulden. All the Ger- I man ships were painted a war gray [Continued of Page 0] TEN PROPERTIES TO GET FOR STATE PARK EXTENSION Capitol Park Commission Has Almost Completed Its Note worthy Operation Only ten properties remain to be | acquired by the Commonwealth of | Pennsylvania out of the 537 in the ] whole Capitol Park Extension district. These properties and twenty-six which I are under option or condemnation will 1 pass to the State within a few months and it wiil then be up to the State Board of Public Grounds and Build ings to determine upon the treatment iof the. Park Extension. The opinion prevails that it will be considered with j relation to the whole park system of I Greater Harris burg and that the Third street front will be improved when the properties in the extension are re j moved and the landscaping under- I taken. The work of the Commission has been notable in Harrisburg real estate operations and has attracted State wide attention. It has proceeded I about its work without a brass band, [Continued on Page 10] Miners Sign Agreement For $20,000,000 Raise By Associated Press New York. March 9.—The soft coal | agreement, which will add from i 515,000,000 to $20,000,000 to the in i comes of the mine workers of Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illi nois, was signed here to-day, subject to a referendum vote of all the bitu minous miners in the United States, AI'KOVE ARMOR PLANT By Associated Press Washington, D. C„ March 9.—The Senate voted to-day, 55 to 10, to take up Senator Tillman's bill to provide for the purchase or construction of a government armor plate plant. VOTE $95,000 FOR NEW SCHOOL Lancaster, Pa.. March 9.—The voters of Lititz, by an overwhelming ma jority, hove authorized the school hoard to issue bonds to the amount of $95,000 for the erection of a new! building in which all of the borough! schools will be housed. HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1916 British and German Battle Strength at Sea British Battleships of 8 15-Inch guns.. 10 Battleships of 10 14-ineh tiling. 1 Battleships of 10 13.5-inc.h guns 13 Battleships of 14 12-inch Runs 1 Battleships of ]t» 12-inch guns 9 Battleships of smaller arm't. . . 35 Battle cruisers 10 Total capital ships 79 German Battleships of S 15-inch guns. . 2 Battleships of 12 12-inch guns. t Battleships of 10 12-inch guns. 9 Battleships of 11 11-inch guns. 4 Battleships of smaller arm't... 20 Battle cruisers 7 Total capital ships 46 Both summaries contain battle ships due to have been completed in 1915. * "REFORM" POOR BOARD BRANDED COUNTY PAUPERS? President Loudermilch Tolls Mow Former Directorate Labeled Inmates "Under the 'reform' policies of the former poor board, the unfortunates at the county almshouse were never allowed to forget for a moment that they were paupers—that is, if they 1 didn't want, to go trouserless." President Fernando Loudermilch made that cryptic observation yester day in discussing the curious methods I employed by his predecessors in car- I ing for the poor of the county. The story of the heritage of trousers was unearthed by the poor directors , during a recent visit to the almshouse following the general and thorough ■ "clean-up" made at the urgent, order of inspectors of the State Department of Health. Slate Inspects Almshouse The inspection, by the way, was 1 completed the day after the present : board went into office. The findings were later verified by the directors themselves. Just what the inspection ' trip revealed is written in the officials' [Continued on I'agc ll.] $30,300 VKRMCT FOR MINER Man Injured in Gas Explosion Wins Suit Against Lackawanna Company New York, March 9.—A verdict of $30,300 in favor of Walter Lawry, a miner, who was burned in a gas explo sion in the Auchincloss colliery, near Nanticoke. Pa., was rendered in the Supreme Court here against the Dela ware, Lackawanna and Western Rail road Company, which operates the colliery. LKCTURK CANCELLED The third number of the Teachers' Lecture Course which was scheduled to be held in the Technical High school auditorium this evening, was cancelled to-day. Mrs. William Calvin Chilton, of •Mississippi, was to talk on "Southern Stories," but she cancelled the engagement this morning owing to the death of her husband. She may appear at a later date. If this ! arrangement cannot be made, how-1 ever, then another certainer will I be secured. HOLDS Vl' BANK. MARKS ESCAPE ' St. Paul, Minn., March 9. — A ban dit held up the Security State Bxink, on the West Side, yesterday and escaped! with approximately J 1,000 in currency, i ROOSEVELT WILL NOT ENTER FIGHT FOR NOMINATION Emphatically Declines lo Be Candidate in Any of the Primaries SITUATION HOPELE S S Choice of Degrees of Hypoc risy and Infamy; Must Have Firm Hand at the Helm Hy .'lssociatcd Press New York, March S).—Colonel Tlieo- j dore Uoosevelt, who is now at Trini dad, British West indies, in a state ment given out to-day through the New York Kvenintr Mail, emphatically declines lo be a candidate in tlie pri maries of Massachusetts or of any other state. "I will not enter into any tight for j the nomination," the Colonel says, J "and I will not permit any factional! fiKht lo be made in my behalf. In- I deed, 1 will go further and say that it would be a mistake to nominate me unless the country ias in its mood j something- of the heroic, unless it feels nol only like devoting itself to ideals, i but lo the purpose measurably to realize those ideals in action. "This is one of those rare times i which come only at long intervals in ! a nation's history, when the action \ taken determines the life of the gen- j erations that follow. Such times were j those from 1776 to 1789, in the days of j Washington, and from 1858 to 1865, in the days of Lincoln. Tremendous 1 *rol»lenis "It is for us of to-day to grapple ■ with the tremendous national and in- ; ternational problems of our own hour i in the spirit and with the ability J shown by those who uphold the hands of Washington and Lincoln. "Whether we do or do not accom plish this feat will largely depend on the action taken at the Republican and Progressive national conventions next June. Nothing Is to be hoped trom the present administration. * * * All that they offer us is a choice lie- 1 tween degrees of hypocrisy and de grees of infamy. But disgust with the unmanly failure of the present j administration, 1 believe, does not, and I know ought not, to mean that 1 the American people will vote in a [Continued oil I'ase 12.] THE FUND SWELLS SLOWLY, SURELY FOR BATTLESHIP Orpheum Benefit Tomorrow Evening Will Add Materially to the Contributions ! The contributions to the battleship | fund arc growing in size. The dimes | are expanding into quarters and half I dollars. Here is a letter received this I morning: | Dear Mr. Editor: Here is fifty cents'to help build the battleship America, Girls can't serve | their country much, so giving money | to help build a battleship is the best ; I can do. 1 read stories about the navy which J tell how grand it is to serve Uncle [Continued of Pago !»] Strikers Dynamite House of Miner Who Went Back to Work; Women Riot By Associated Press Scranton. Pa., March 9.—The front portion of the home of Michael ! Belasch, at Greenwood, was blown i completely away early this morning by dynamite, the explosion being set off, j it is alleged, by members of an indus | trial organisation in revenge for j Helascli, who is a United Mine Work | ers miner, going back to work in ! Greenwood colliery, where members of the former organization have been jon a strike three weeks. The family I of Belasch narrowly escaped death. State troopers from Wyoming bar ; racks and the Dupont detail, with : sheriffs' deputies, in covering the vil lage found dynamite planted at three ' homes of other men who are back to work. This morning wives of the strik j ing men made attacks on men going to work and guards had to drive | them off. New Secretary of War Gets Baptism of Fire By Associated Press Washington, X). C„ March !>.—New ! ton Dielil Baker to-day took up his | duties as Secretary of War. He was ■ inducted into office at 11 o'clock. ! A few minutes later he was going over with General Hugh L. Scott, chief j of staff, unofficial reports of a battle between Viilaistas and United States ; troops at Columbus, N. M., in which seven Americans were reported killed. CALL FOR HIGHWAY MEET The official call to a meeting to be held in Fahnestock Hall on Monday, I March 27, for the purpose of organ izing a William Penn Highway Asso ! elation has been issued by E. L. McCol- I i,'in, secretary of the Harrlsburg Cham > ber of Commerce. Two sessions will j lie held, at 10 o'clock in the morning and 2.50 o'clock in the afternoon. | HIGH BCHOOI, CIRL DROPS DEAD Miss Thelnia Hess, a sophomore in J the business course at the Central high | school, died suddenly this morning at I | her home, 1551 Walnut street. Miss | i Hess became ill ,lust as she was about to leave for school. It is believed i death was caused by" heart failure. She is survived by her parents, Mr. and ! Mrs. E. S. Hess, and two brothers, [ Kenneth and Stewart Hess, READING TO PIT BIG YARDS SOUTH OF CITY LINE? Going After Pcnna. Steel Ship ment and Other Freight Business, Report IMMENSE REALTY DEAL May Be Joint Move With De velopment of Big Steel lon Mills I - | Persistent rumors of an immense 1 real estate deal said to involve the I sale of many properties in the West , Side of Steelton and a large tract of j land between the borough and liar- i rlsburg, were current this morning. , The ground, according to the re-: I ports, is to be used either as the site 1 ] for big railroad yards for the Phila ; delpliia & Reading Railway Co., or for | the proposed expansion of the Penn- ! | sylvania Steel Works. While none of the persons interest ied in the reported deal would shed j any light upon the rumors, it was; I intimated that the Reading lias plans] for yard expansion to enable it to make a strong bid for greater freight j shipments from this rapidly growing I, manufacturing center. After Freight Business It has been known for some, time jthet the Reading is going after freight ] business from this section with re- I newed vigor and attention was called j I to the advertisements now being dis-; j tributed hereabouts by the Reading j Railroad, pointing out its facilities for | shipping from Harrisburg to all large j ! trade centers. That the reported deal j ;is the forerunner of big railroad i yards between Harrisburg and Steel -1 ton was intimated. j Since the steel trade has entered its ; present period of war-time activity shipments from the steel works have taxed to the utmost the facilities of the railroads entering the plant. The 1 cnnsylvnnia is now endeavoring to get permission from the Steelton council lor constructing a new freight i spur with siding through the borough and the Reading recently improved its tracks throug.ii the lower end of the city. In the light of these htings, such a deal as' rumored to-day, would not be unexpected, especially since tin- Schwab interests are planning to still greater increase the output of the big steel works. OLD C. V. BRIDGE TO BE SHOT ALL OVER WAR ZONE From Viaduct to Shrapnel Last Chapter in History of Hail road Structure >j "From bridge steel to shrapnel," is J the title of the last, chapter in the Cj history of the old Cumberland Val s j ley Railroad bridge. Within the next : few weeks in the form of shrapnel, and other death dealing instruments, j steel which long has stood the knocks j I of ice and logs during flood times, and • lias carried the weight of hundreds of passenger and freight trains, will , be flying through the air in the war 2 zone, tearing arms and legs, mutilat ing bodies, and even destroying cathe -1 drals, perhaps. Announcement was made to-day | that the material from the old bridge 'now in course of elimination, has , been sold for $50,000 to Luria Broth l j ers, of Lebanon, dealers in scrap. ! This firm announcees that it will dis . ] pose of the material to the manufac turers of shrapnel and other war ! munitions. • City to Insist on Adherence to Garbage Collection Schedules !| Strict adherence to the regular gar bage collection schedules will be in . jsisted on beginning Monday, accord i I inn to the action of the Bureau of . Health and Sanitation last evening, , and Dr. J. M. J. Raunick, health ofll , cer, will formally notify the Penn . sylvania Reduction Company, the : contractors, that the ruling must be . obeyed. Payment of the monthly bills which had been held up tempo rarily because of the unsatifactory collections, was authorized. The action was decided upon fol lowing a conference between the Bu > reau of Health and Samuel Gardner, the president of the Reduction com pany. Back of labor, it is said, has delayed the collections. , The bureau agreed that the com . pany will not be required to make collections of waste material from stores, etc., to the detriment of the . house-to-house ash collections. No definite action was taken on the ; municipal hospital problem, although it is understood that the bureau will J hold one or more special meetings to | frame recommendations to the county' poor board with a view to ultimately constructing a Joint city and county hospital for contagious diseases. KILLS DAUGHTER FOR BURGLAR Special to the Telegraph Washington, Pa., March 9. Mis- | taken for a burglar, Delia Taylor. a«ed i 7 years, was shot and .killed yesterday by her foster-father, Arthur Gray, a farmer, at Zediker, three miles east of here. Gray was not arrested. SLUSH ICE CUTS OFF POWER Special to the Telegraph Middletown, Pa., March 9. Slush ice In the Susquehanna river put the i big turbines of the York Haven Power Company out of commission early this {morning and as a result Middletown | was without electric light, or power 1 Ifroxa 2 o'clock untU 11 this uiorninxj VILLA BAN KILL MAN AMERICAN RAID Shrieking Battle Yells, Mexicans Pour Over Border Into Town of Columbus at Daybreak; Awake Townspeo ple With Volley and Then Shoot Them Down; At tack Camp of the 13th V. S. Cavalry, but Are Beaten Off Houses and Town Are Riddled; Women and Children Shot Down in Streets; Hastily Rallied Troopers Finally Beat Them Off as Villa Details Snipers and Soldiers to Fire Houses; Dead Dot Ground I Columbus, X. M., March 9.—More than 4UO Mexican soldiers Relieved to have been led by Francisco Villa attacked this town i early to-day, killed five American soldiers and fully a dozen civilans, men and women, set fire to the town and fought a pitched battle with United States troops on American soil. The Mexicans were driven from the town after a struggle last | ing more than an hour and the American soldiers pursuing them art' said to have crossed into Mexico. More tHan fifty Mexicans were killed, according to reports received here just before noon. Colonel Slocuin, commander of the American troops at Colum bus, had a narrow escape from death. A Mexican shot at him point blank, but the bullet hit the colonel's revolver and was deflected. I he Mexican fell dead a second later, shot through the head bv a trooper who had been pursuing him. The invasion of the United States at Columbus is believed to have been a stroke by Villa to force intervention in Mexico, lie has openly vowed to accomplish this. Although they tirst attacked the camp of the lUth cavalry, it suffered little, although a number of American soldiers were killed and wounded and a number of cavalry horses stolen by the Mexicans as they fled back toward j Mexico after daylight. Complete Surprise The attack was a complete sur prise, Villa deceiving all the authorl i ties by dispatching a telegram to j - T ANOTHER SOLDIER DIES f I T troop 1 • j , t . | ED WOMAN DIES IN FIRE > t I e that destroyed the home of her son < ! >j aat i' ' oro 1; Inf I t. * * [| J DEAD FROM FALL & i Kusant, aged 33, 108 Dock street, a labo.er, who ® ► 1 I on and j J from a trest'.e, died thi; ifter- < t 1 ? r I noon in : e Han isburj, iiosiita!. • T TO SEND U. S. TROOPS TO MEXICO State Department announced this > . \ * afternoon that Carranza has been asked for permission to ' ' | ! send United States troops into Mexico. A conference is : ! csident and Secretary of War Baker. | iTUG CUT IN HALF ' ► Newport News, Va., March 9.—The Old Dominion j , Line passenger steamer Madison, New York to Norfolk, f and the tug Daniel F. Willard, collided in Hampton Roads at 10.00 a. in. to-day. The tug was cut in two and sank im» I J mediately. There was no loss of life. ' DIAZ IN NEW ORLEANS Washington, March 9. —State Department agents hav ( » information that Felix Diaz, the Mexican revolutionary leader, is hiding in New Orleans and upon their informa tion they are satisfied that he has not landed in Mexico ' | I with an armed expedition as has been reported. , J » M'CUMBER WITHDRAWS RESOLUTION ' ' I . Washington, March 9.—Senator McCumber, Republi -1 • ► 3 I can, of North Dakota, to-day withdrew his resolution to' > warn American citizens off armed ships stating he thought that Americans had been effectively warned and that the I [ ' penden; y of his resolution might embarrass diplomatic i 1 negotiations. ' I > MARRIAGE LICENSES '' W illlfim I>. I.rltk icltcr nn«l I 'lo rcm e B. C hnrlen, I j VfrMi II HI , ri| 14 PAGES CITY EDITION Hachita, X. M., last .saying that hp was at thu Nogale.s ranch in <'hi huahua. near the border, nt least 44 miles from here. The telegram was signed ostensibly by the American caretaker of the ranch and stated that Villa personally was at the ranch house. All the while, however, the Mexican bandit leader was making his was [Continued on I'nse 12.]
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