Mexican Bandiis Kill Many and Burn Town in Raid on American Territory
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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
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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 \
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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
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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,
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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.
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"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'
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$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
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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
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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
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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
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