U. S. Cavalry Along Border Feats Mexican Bandits Are Rallying For Fresh Ra. J
HARRISBURG gSSKh TELEGRAPH
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U. S. TROOPS ORDERED INTO
MEXICO TO CAPTURE OR KILL
MURDEROUS VILLA BANDITS
President Wilson With the Unanimous Approval of the
Cabinet Orders All Available Cavalrymen Under
Major General Fanston Along the Border on Punitive
Expedition Into Mexico to Deal With Lawless Forces
in Effort to Stop Forays; Force of 5,000 Men Will
Probably Be Sent; Congress Approves Step
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT WANTS
VILLA EITHER DEAD OR ALIVE
\
United States Does Not Consider Itself atWarWith Mexico
as Expedition Is Not Considered as an Invasion; Ad
ministration Stands Firm Against Armed Interven
tion and Has Not Broken Off With Carranza; Wash
ington Expresses Satisfaction With News
Washington, D. C.', March 10.—President Wilson to
day ordered American troops over the Mexican border to
capture or kill the Villa bandits who yesterday raided
Columbus, N. M.
Major General Scott, chief of staff of the army, an
nounced that the expedition would consist of not less than
5,000 men, all of which are available on the border under
Major General Funston.
In its present stage the President's order does not
mean armed intervention in Mexico. It provides for a
punitive expedition to deal with lawless forces over which
the Carranza government has no control.
10 The following statement was issued at the White House:
"An adequate force will be sent at once in pur
suit of Villa with the single object of capturing
him and putting a stop to his forays.
"This can be done and will be done in entirely
friendly aid of the constituted authorities in Mex
ico and with scrupulous respect for the sovereignty
of that republic."
WANTS VILLA DEAD OR ALIVE
It was said at the White House that the American government
wants Villa dead or alive and that no steps will be neglected to carry
out that object.
It was declared that the United States will not consider the
punitive expedition an invasion of Mexico and will continue to deal
with the Carranza government. The American government is still
opposed to armed intervention in Mexico but has decided that the
peace of both Mexico and the United States is imperilled by the con
tinued activities of Francisco Villa.
The cabinet was unanimous in deciding that Villa must be
caught.
ORGANIZED PURSUIT OF VILLA
It was said that the pursuit of Villa will be undertaken in a com
prehensive way and organized plans jvill be laid for his apprehension.
Officials received the word of the decision to go after Villa with
troops with undisguised satisfaction.
Cabinet members expressed themselves as greatly pleased. Army
officers voiced unanimous approval. A general feeling of relief that
the administration had finally decided to take the step was ap
parent. . ..
The President himself is firmly . on- Will Notify Ctantona
xinrcd of the necessity of eliminating
Villa from the .Mexican situation. He
is represented as just as determined
to oust Villa as he was to oust Vic;
toriano Huerta.
The announcement of the intention
of the President to send troops into
Mexico was accompanied by scenes
not equalled by those at the White
House since the determination to send
the Atlantic fleet to Vera Crui in
1914.
Pains were taken by officials to
point-out their hope that General Car
ranza would realize the spirit in which
♦he American troops were being sent
after Villa.
THE WEATHER
For Harrlaburg »n«t vicinity: Fair
■ nil colder to-night, with lowest
temperature about 22 degree*;
Saturday fair, continued eold.
For Kaatera Pennsylvania! Partly
cloudy and colder to-night t Sat
urday fair, colder In eastern por
tion) freah to strong west to
northwest wlniis.
River
ft \u material changes will occur In
water stages and lee conditions
In the Susquehanna river and Its
tributaries. A gauge reading of
about 4.7 feet Is Indicated for
Harrlsburg Saturday morning.
(General Conditions
The storm that was central on he
>ortb Atlantic coaat. Thursday
morning, has passed off over the
Atlantic oeean. and the distorti
ons that was central north of
Minnesota, has moved rafllHly
eastward to l.akes Erie and On
tario. causing light to moderate
falls of snow generally from the
I pper Mississippi Valley eaatward
through the I.ake Region and the
I'pper Ohio Valley to the Atlan
tic coast.
Temperature: s a. m.. 38.
Sun: Rises. 0:21 a. m.; aets. f!;07
p. m.
Moon: First quarter, to-morrow at
I iXI p. m.
River Stagei 4.7 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature. 85.
I.owest temperature. 2H.
Mean temperature. 21.
Aoranal temperature. 35.
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Carranza will be notified imme
diately that the United States has no
intention of taking any Mexican terri
tory whatever, and respects fullv the
sovereignty of that nation.
American officials realize that Car
ranza may have difficulty in consenting
to the presence of American soldiers
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200 Mexicans Killed
During Fray in Which 16
Americans Lost Lives
By Associated Press
Columbus. N. 11., March 10.—Ap
proximately two hundred Mexicans
were killed in the battle with United
States soldiers here yesterday, in
which sixteen American civilians and
soldiers lost their lives, according to
estimates of army officials to-day.
Major Frank Tompkins, of the
Thirteenth cavalry. In command of
the troops that drove Francisco Villa
and his bandits across the border,
said that Villa's losses were fully 100.
Early to-day seventy-five Mexican
dead found on the American side
were either burned or burled.
Army patrols an d armed civilians
to-day Maintained a close watch for
the reappearance of bandits along the
border.
A report that armed Mexicans had
appeared opposite Benson's ranch
15 miles west, was being investigated
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Carranza Forces Are
Reported to Be Already on
Way to Help U. S. Troops
By Associated Press
Columbus. X. M.. March 10.
Carranza official authorities, ac
cording to official reports from
•luarez will uoC object to the en
try of American troops into Mex
ico to attack Villa.
Messages have been received
here stating that Carranza cavalry
had left (iuzman to attack the
Itandit chief in the rear with the
expectation that American troops
already had crossed the border
would attack hi-
HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, MA RCH 10, 1916.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 1916 \
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WHERE VILLA MADE HIS RAID
—From Philadelphia Public I.edKer.
VILLA DECIDED SIX
TO WAGE WARFARE ON A
Papers Show He Intended to Kill Them and Confiscate Mines
and Farms; Got Hansom of $25,000
By Associated Fress
Columbus. X. M„ March 10.—Pa
pers dropped by Francisco Villa in his
flight after his attack on Columbus
yesterday revealed, it became, known
; to-day, that he had decided last Octo-
I her to wage warfare against Ameri
l cans.
This step, according to Villa's per
sonal documents, was taken inime
SEVERAL CHANGES
IN HARRISBURG
M. E. CHURCHES
New Pastor For St. Paul's and
Perhaps Epworth; Confer
ence in Altoona
With the opening of the forty-eighth
I session of the Central Pennsylvania
I Conference of the Methodist Church in
Altoona'next week interest is centering
, on the probable changes of ministers
i in this city.
From reliable sources it has been
learned that the Kev. Robert W. Run
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First Group Rally of
Laymen's Meet Tonight
The first of the group of rallies in
connection with the Laymen's Mis
sionary convention which opens Sun
day afternoon in the Grace Methodist
church, will be held this evening at 8
o'clock in the church. A revised pro
gram of the convention has been pre
pared with the themes and addresses
of all meetings to be held during the
three-day session. At least one thou
sand paid registrations are expected,
and the total to date is almost 800.
SONS OF VKTKRANK' MKMOKIAL,
The Sons of Veterans will meet at
it.Bo o'clock Sunday morning at head
quarters. and will then march to the
, Fourth Street Church of Christ where
memorial services will be held.
diately following recognition by the
I'nited States of the Carranza de facto
government iind began with the insti
tution of Villas campaign in Sonera,
which ended disastrously at Agua
Prieta on November 20.
Among the papers found was what
purported to be an agreement between
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10-POUND BABY
ENDS QUARREL
! • OF 18 YEARS
Great-grandfather and Grand
father Shake Hands at Reli
gious Ceremony
A ten-pound baby boy tborn to Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Winer, 4826 Xorth
Tenth street, Philadelphia. has
| brought together David Goldberg, this
i city, and Joseph Xathanson. Philadel
phia, both Pennsylvania Railroad in-:
; terpreters. after an estrangement of
:18 years. Xatlianson is Goldberg's
'son-in-law. The baby is Goldberg's
great-grandson, and Nathanson's
grandson.
Xathanson has 'been in charge of
j thousands of immigrants traveling be
tween Philadelphia and Pittsburgh in
the last 20 years.
At the home of the parents- yester
day. Samuel Winer, aged 10 days, was
given the first rites of the Jewish
Church. The great-grandfather was
Godfather during the ceremony, and
| the grandfather assister in the cere
| monies. And then and there the dif
ferences of the past were buried.
Joseph Xathanson. chief interpreter
for the Pennsylvania railroad was a
resident of Harrisburg some years j
ago. Soon after marrying the daugh
ter of David Goldberg he moved to
Philadelphia. A daughter was born. •
Later came an estrangement. For
18 years not a word has passed be
tween Goldberg and Xathanson. al- !
though they met face to face on oianvj
occasions.
PENNSY FLYER,
GOING 50-MILE
CLIP, CRASHES
INTO FREIGHT
Steel Equipment All That
Saves Lives of 83 Pas
sengers Hurled From
Berths When Manhattan
Limited Plunges Into Draft
of Cars at Mexico
ENGINE TOPPLES
OVER EMBANKMENT
Firemen Crushed to Death by
Huge Driving Wheel; En
gineer Pinioned Beneath
Mogul Not Expected to
Live; Harrisburg Crew in
Charge of Train
Steel passenger car equipment
saved the lives of 83 passengers on the
Manhattan Limited last night when
the fast Pennsylvania railroad flyer,
westbound, crashed into two wrecked
freight cars at Mexico, 44 miles west
of this city on the Middle Division.
The engine tumbled down an em- i
bankment, killing S. P. Shope, the
fireman, and seriously Injuring S. C.
Trout, the engineer, both of Altoona.
Trout is in the Lewistown hospital.
Thanks to the modern steel equip
ment of the big train, not a passenger
was killed In the wreck and only three
were tnjured. The injured were able |
to continue their journey after treat- [
ment at a temporary hospital, at Mif
flin.
The limited was made up exclusive
ly of sleeping cars of all steel con
struction and most of the passengers
had retired. Many of them were 1
hurled from their berths and badly
shaken up but otherwise were unin
jured. A relief train was made upj
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GERMANS EASE
UP IN FIGHTING
AROUND VERDUN
Desperate Infantry Assaults
Cease; Violent Bombard
ment Continues
A momentary let-up in the des
perate infantry fighting about Verdun
is reported to-day from Paris. The
j Germans have not again attacked on
j either bank of the Meuse, it is an
nounced. but violent bombardment of
I the defenses continues. Indicating that
the respite probably Is to be brief.
Where the next German heavy blow
will fall military commentators do not
attempt to predict. The recent shift-
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Two Phila. Women to
Visit City Tomorrow
to Boost Preparedness
I'nder the direction of Mrs. George
| Dallas Dixon, wife of the vice-presi
; j dent of the Pennsylvania Railroad
' ! Company, and Mrs. George W. Boyd,
j wife of the passenger traffic man
ager. 100 wives of Pennsylvania rotl
! road men In Harrisburg will hold a
j meeting to-morrow to form a local
■ branch of the Pennsylvania railroad
organization connected with the Penn
sylvania Women's Preparedness Asso
| ciation. Mrs. A. E. Buchanan, wife
of the division passenger agent here,
' will be head of the Harrisburg so
ciety, which will be affiliated with the
I chapter whose duty it Is to provide
| ( food and clothing for helpless and
• needy in case of war or public c;alam
ity. Mrs. Dixon will lie accompanied
| to Harrisburg by Vice-President Dixon
and Mrs. George Q. Horwitz, of Phila
• delphiu.
The meeting will be held to-mor
row morning at 10 o'clock in John V.
Boyd Memorial hall and will be given
over to informal talks by Mrs. Dixon
i and Mrs. Horwit* on the purposes of
the organization. The ladies have
been visiting various points along the
main line of the Pennsylvania, in-
II eluding Pittsburgh and Altoonu and
enthusiastic organizations
j have been formed wherever they
'j have been.'
Kill Two Birds With
One Stone; See Movie
and Help Ship Fund
"The Battle Cry of Peace" and Mar
jorie Sterrett will co-operate this eve
ning to add a mite to the battleship
fund to the support of which the
young people of Harrisburg and other
nearby towns are so splendidly rally
ing. The movement is spreading
' farther and farther west and hun- I
dreds and thousands have contributed.
Millipns must add their share be
fore the battleship America will be
come a reality, but millions will in
. time contribute. Thei ■> are still many
thousands of Harrisburgers who wiil
not feel the loss of ten cents or a
fjitarter, or even a dollar, and the bat
jtleship will eventually be. without a
doubt, to the ten cent pieces of the
United States as the tall oaks which
; are so poetically and truly said to
! grow from the little acorns. Attend '
jone of the two performances at the
' Orpheum theater and you will he
j making a concrete contribution to
AMadorla'a fuad, A
22 PAGES CITY EDITION
IN NIGHTDRESS
GUESTS ESCAPE
FROM BURNING
CRYSTAL HOTEL
Traffic Through Market Street
Subway Held Up Two
Hours, Throwing Many
Late For Work in Indus
trial and Business Sections
of the City
CIGARET THROWN
ON BED COVERS ?
Occupant of Room Where
Blaze Started Left Early in
Morning; Loss of SB,OOO
Largely Covered by Insur
ance ; Restaurant Loss Not
Heavy; To Rebuild
Fire of unknown origin, which
broke out shortly before 7 o'clock this
morning in room 311 on the fourth
floor of the Crystal hotel and restau
rant, Market and Aberdeen streets,
caused more than SB,OOO damage, and
held up traffic through the Market
street subway for two hours, before
it was put under control by city fire
men.
Everyone of the forty-two rooms in
the hotel was occupied, but the lodg
ers were aroused by Miss Ruth Sny
der, ,i waitress in the Crystal restau
rant on the first floor, who ran through
the halls and called them.
Pouring out half dressed, the oc
cupants came down the stairs and the
fire escapes and finished dressing in
the restaurant and in a few of the
nearby business places which hud
opened for the day.
Girl Discovers It laze
The blaze was discovered by Miss
Jessie Wonilerty, th night clerk and
a telephone call sent in to police head
quarters. but some one hurrying to
work saw the smoke pouring from the
fourth floor windows and sent in an
alarm from box No. 221, Fourth and
Market streets at the same time. Less
than fifteen minutes later Fire Chief
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I P. & R. LABORERS GET RAISE
| Rending, Pa., March 10.—It is officially announced here
I to-day that all the section hands employed by the Reading
I Railway 0:1 the various divisions have been notified of an in-
K crease in fiom 18 to 19 cents an hour.
? FIRST APPEAL FILED
| Harrisburg.—The first appeal from an award of a
■ referee in Workmen's Compensation was filed with the State
I Compensation Board to-day by Senator E. E. Beidleman,
L counsel for S. A. Brunrfter, a Harrisburg grocer against
whom an award was made for the death of Noah Maulfair,
I fatally hurt while in his employ. The appeal is filed on the
ground that Maulfair was making a delivery after store
, hours.
EL\ S. STEEL TONNAGE BREAKS RECORDS
N«w York, March 10.—The monthly statement of the
unfilled orders of the United States Steel Corporation, issued
to-day, broke all records. The orders Stood on February 25
\ at 8,568,966 tons, an increase of 646,199 tons over January il.
1
| Harrisburg.' — A writ of quo warranto was granted by
; the Dauphin county court this afternoon on the Pittsburgh
, Stock and Produce Exchange, returnable March 27, ordering
r it to show why it is operating as It is and to tell whether or
t not it is violating the State law against bucketshops. The
case wis brought in the name of the State in conjunction
t with a State-wide raid on bucketshops started to-day.
RUSSIANS LAND ALONG BLACK SEA
? Washington, March 10.—Russian troops have landed
I on the Black Sea coast of Asiatic Turkey and the occupation
P of TrebLond is imminent.
I PORTUGAL DECLARES WAR
B Paris, March 10.—The Portuguese legation announces
[ that a state of war exists between the Portuguese republic
and the Get man empire, as from six o'clock last nighV
| FRENCH BARK SUNK
1 London, March 10.—The French bark Ville Du Havre
j has been su; k. The bark was in ballast. Twenty-six of her
\ crew were saved, two being lost.
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' MAkHIACt LiCLHSbS
Joltn I'ranklin Fcrrec nml Kvn Mn.v ( «Ih-I, Jordan tunuskip, .Nortliuju
bcrlnnil county.
GOV. BRUMBAUGH
ADMINISTRATION
STARTS TO CLEAN
UP BUCKET SHOPS
Following Investigation by
Attorney General's Depart
ment, State Police Make
Sixteen Raids on Establish
ments in Pittsburgh and
Western Pa. Towns
WITH "SO-CALLED"
PITTSBURGH EXCHANGE
More Places to Be Closed;
Campaign to Be Pushed
Until Vicious Form of
Gambling and in Many
Cases Thievery Is Abolish
ed From State of Pa.
Sixteen raids on establishments al
leged to be "bucket shops" were made
in Pittsburgh and several Western
Pennsylvania towns to-day by forty
State policemen acting under direc
tion of Deputy Attorney General Hor
ace W. Davis, the raids being the first
move In what is termed at the Capitol
to-day to be an effort to clear the
State of such places.
The raid has been in preparation
for weeks. Last Fall the matter was
placed in the hands of Attorney Gen
eral Brown by Governor Brumbaugh
and Mr. Davis was assigned to the in
vestigation. The warrants were sworn
out a few days ago and yesterday Ma
jor John C. Groome, superintendent
of State Police, placed them in the
bands of State policemen with instruc
tions to serve to-day.
The Attorney General's Department
issued a statement that the places
raided were consolidated Stock and
Produce Kxchange, F. X. Heilig.
Harry C. Schauble, A. J. Cummings &
Co., Harry A. Keating, Union Securi
ties Co., Rodgers & Co., Pittsburgh;
C. D. Reynolds, Sharon; George IC.
Fisher, New Castle; W. O. Noxen,
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