Funston Given Free Hand in Pursuit o . . # HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 55 GEN. FUNS TON GIVEN FREEHAND IN PURSUIT OF VILLA BANDITS; CARRANZA ASKS TO CROSS LINE Will Move U. S. Troops Across Border to Kill or Capture Villa at Nightfall; Proposal of Carranza to Bring His Troops -Into United States to Pursue Outlaws Regarded as Fa vorable 500 MORMONS ARE IN CRITICAL CONDITION Raiders Are Moving Toward Settlement After Making Attack in Arizona; Car ranza Regrets Massacre and Compares Situation With Indian Troubles of the Eighties By Associated Press Washington. March I!. —In- structions conveying authority to General I'uuston to dispatehe a defensive expedition into Mexico in pursuit of Villa and his bandits are to-ilay in General Fnnston's lu* nds. Secretary lJaker specifically re ferred to the expedition as "de fensive" in line vvltll the adminis tration's policy of regarding Ms action as one to repel invasion. By Associated Press Washington, March 11. While American troops are preparing to move across the Mexican border to exterminate the Villa bandits. Gen eral Carranza. in an official com munication delivered through Consul Silliman. has asked the United States for permission to send his troops into American territory if necessary In pursuit of outlaws. W Administration officials regard Gen eral Carranaa's proposal as favorable. Tt seems to indicate that he will not protest against American troops on Mexican soil, as had been feared. Practically such a reciprocal arrange ment probably never would result in a single Carranza soldier crossing the lino, as the possibility of bandits tak ing refuge in American territory is considered remote. Would Satisfy Carranza It is realized that such an arrange ment. however, would go far to satisfy General Carranza and i>ermit him to comply with popular sentiment in Mexico. There was no indication early to-day how the proposal would be re ceived. but it is known thi.it the ad ministration realizes the necessity of avoiding a break with Carranza as the Mexican situation is not to grow into the status of armed Intervention. Secretary Baker to-day referred to Ihe American expedition as a "de fensive" one. This was regarded as a significant indication of the adminis tration's policy to make it clear that it is proceeding with scrupulous re gard for the sovereignty of Mexico and entirely in aid of the constituted authorities. Will Start To-night • Up to noon to-day no American troops actually had crossed so far as was known here and it was believed none would start moving before night. All arrangements are being left in the hands of Major General Funston. A'illa was to-day reported moving southeast and with not more than "00 men night's report gave his force as 3.000 but that is believed to include sympathizers in his territory. By his movement southeast it was thought a threatened attack on the American Mormon colony at Casus Grandes had passed for the present. Mormons Want Aid Senator Smoot, of Utah, received telegrams to-day from Mormbn lead ers urging him to impress upon the War Department the danger to the colony at Casus Grandes. The colon ists want to reach American soil. Senator Smoot took up the question with the war department and was as rContinued on Page 13.] THE WEATHER For llarrl*l»urg ««d vicinity* Full*, ••on tlnu«*d roh) to-night, with lowest li'mpcrntun* about 22 dc erffai; *unilay fair nml warmer. For F.nHlfrn IVnimj Ivanla s Fair, continued rol«l to-nlghtt Sunday fair, altgktly wnrmeri moderate u cMt and north went wind* becom ing variable Sunday. Illver The main river will rise sllglitly. It* branchc* will fall slowly or remain nearly ntntlonnry, eveept the lower |M»rtlou of the Went llrancb. which will rise somewhat to-night. A NtaKe of about 1.0 ft. In Indicated for Ilnrrishurg Snn \ day morning. V (General Condition* The storm that waa centrnl over the I pper St. I.awreucp Valley on Friday morning, ban moved off northeastward. It caused Might *now and rain the last twenty fonr hour* from the l.nke Re gion and l : pper Ohio Valley east ward to the Atlantic coast. It la 12 to 22 degree* warmer In the 1 pper MlssinNlppl and I pper MlßNoiirl Valley* and in Manitoba aad Saskatchewan and slightly warmer over the nouthenntern and southwestern districts. Temperaturel H a. m.. 22. Sun: Hfsea, 6:22 a. m.j set*. (1:08 p. m. Moon: Fall luoon, March 10. 12:2? p. ra. Illver Stage: 4.7 feet above low water mark. Ye*terday'* Weather Highest temperature, 40. I.owcmi temperature. JtO. Mean temperature, .'ir». 4\ortuul temperature, XI. BY CARHIEK « CENT* A WEEK. SINGLE COPIES 3 CENTS. FUNSTON TO LEAD EXPEDITIONARY FORCE INTO MEXICO s J&AJa. S~4ICK.FL-rtSTorU. XJiS- P■ t'niler command of Major-Genera 1 Frederick Funston, the heroic captor of General Aguinaldo in the Philip pine Insurrection, at least 8,000 Amertcan troops, composed of cavalry, infantry, artillery and machine gun de tachments. will go into Mexico in an attempt to capture the outlaw Villa, who led his men in a raid on Colum bus, X. M„ killing sixteen Americans. It is expected that the uien will be sent over the border in three or four columns in the hope ol* making a ring around the bandit leader. WAITING FOR BABY, BY VILLA S,m HE IS EXPECTING GERMANY AND JAPAN By Associated Press ' EI Paso, Texas, March 11, Mrs. Maude Hauke Wright, the American j woman who rode nine days with the Villa troops preceding the raid on Co lumbus. X. M„ is here to-day waiting I the arrival of her baby, which was! taken from her and given to a Mexi- : can family at their home near Pear- ■ son. Mexico. The baby is safe and she 1 expects it to be brought to her to-day j or to-morrow, liet husband was killed bv the bandits. "I want to go to my baby," Mrs. PRICES OF PAPER GOING UP; MAY BE A FAMINE SOON Mills 4 Months Behind Orders With Situation Growing More Acute Prices of paper are going by leaps «nd bounds. There is no end of the advance in sight. Paper firms are warning their customers against a possible famine and are re-calling all quotations. The situation is becom ing desperate with some printers who are short on lines now oIT the market and for which they have contracts standing. The Johnston Paper Company of this city yesterday issued the follow ing card to its patrons throughout Central Pennsylvania: To our Customers:— Further advances have been made in printers' papers render ing our "Chanees in Prices" list of February 26, 1910, of little value. Changes are coming so rapidly as to make it impossible to issue a correct list of prices. I'ntil we can see our way clear to issue a new list, all orders will be filled at prices in effect when f orders are received. JOHNSTON PAPER CO., South Market Square. Harrisburg, Pa. The Donaldson Paper Company on March 1 sent a special circular to its | customers on the paper situation, in I part as follows: "The unprecedented conditions pre ; vailing in the paper market to-day make it impossible to issue a price list that would be of service, owing to the I daily advances in all kinds of mate rial entering into the manufacture of i paper. "The mills are four months behind on orders and the indications are that this condition will become more acute. "It is not unlikely that in a short time price will cease to be a factor and the question will be one of obtain ing raw materials In sufficient quanti ties to meet the normal demand. "The manufacturers have reserved the right to bill paper at the market price at the time of shipment. "We will protect our regular cus tomers In every way possible, as it is our earnest desire to co-operate with them. "You- may rest assured that any orders you send us will have our most 1 careful consideration in the way of 1 service and price." DIES ON WEDDING DAY Heading. Pa.. March 11.—Two hours ' before the time for his daughter's wed ding William E. Ebert died at his home in Topton. The wedding day was hastened because of bis oerious illness, but before his daughter could' become the bride of Jonas K. Schott, Mr, Ebert succumbed to pneumonia. The wedding took place soon after. HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 11, 1916. Wright said. "It would only take me j three days to walk to Pearson." Mrs. Wright retold her story of the i nine-day trip with the bandits as) though it were commonplace. She had suffered so much that she had apparently lost all sense of fear. Because-she suffered in silence and held herself aloof, she was called "Earoyna," queen of the Villistas. by the troops. Villa had told one of the officers that (ConUnucd on Page 16.1 PUBLIC INTEREST IN "BABY WEEK" IS INCREASING Prominent Physicians Will Ex amine Babies on the Different Days of the Exhibit \ TO MOTHERS Authorities say that a baby seven months old should sit alone, un supported. At from eight to ten months it should start to creep, and at ten months begin to stand. At one year it should start to walk. At two years a baby should be able to put two words together. Can your baby do all of these things? Will you see to it that your baby is norma land healthy and receives the start that will make of him or her a splendid citizen? "Save the Boby; Save the Nation!" You will be given a chance to learn mor« than you al ready known about HOW you can improve conditions for your baby. "Baby Week" will start officially in ITarrisburg next Wednesday nft Rabies ncc;l I'rcsb ail* niglit and liny. Open windows at night menus a well baby. Closed win dows at night nnniis a sick baby. Which shall it be? Dr. E. Emmet Holt says that in fant mortality is one of the great so cial and economic problems of our day. "A nation may waste its forestry Its water power, its mines, and to some degree, even its lands: but if it is to hold its own In the struggle for supremacy, its children must be eon served at any cost. On the physical, intellectual and moral strength of the [Continued on Pace 4.] MAYFLOWER AT OLD POINT By Associated Press Norfolk, Va., March 11.—The yacht Mayflower with the President and Mrs. W r ilson aboard arrived off Old Point at 1:30 this afternoon. The vessel left Washington last night and cruised down the Potomac river and Chesapeake bay on a week-end rest trip for the President. The Mayflower continued on past Old Point towards Newport News. S IOO,OOO TOR tcco Finrc By Associated Press Eoulsville, Ky„ March It. Fire that swept the tobacco rehandlinj plant of Tunkerson and Company, here, early to-day. caused a loss estimated at »10u,"- OpO. FORMER A. O. 11. HEAD DIES By Associated Press Syracuse. N. Y„ March 11.—James E. Dolnn. for for years national presi dent of the Ancient Order of Hibcr-j nians, tiled here to-day. QUINCY BENT, NEW STEELTON PLANT HEAD, IN CHARGE Is Busy Familiarizing Himself With Organization of Big Works ONLY 36 YEARS OLD QUINCT BENT Genera! Manager Steelton Plant Pennsylvania Steel Co. Qulncy Bent, who was appointed general manager of the big steel plant at Steelton Tuesday, has assumed his new duties and is now in charge at Steelton and Lebanon. He has spent (he past few days in Moing over the big plant organization and familiar izing himself with the details. Mr. Bent Is 3K years old and is the son of the late Major L. S. Bent, who in the early eighteen - nineties was president and later a receiver for 1 lie Pennsylvania Steel Company. Mr. Hint's connection with Pennsylvania Steel dates from 1901 when he gradu ated from WiWlliams College. He came jto Steelton for training in steel plant | operations under H. 11. Campbell. In 1902 he was transferred to Lebanon | and laler was placed in charge of the blast furnaces there. In 1909 he was made assistant to President. F. W. Wood, of the Maryland steel Com pany, Sparrows Point, Md„ in which position he has been in charge of con siderable construction which has been carried on there. Protests Against Seizure of U. S. Ship by British By Associated Press Washington, D. C., March 11.—A protest against the seizure of the American steamer Kdna by a British cruiser was placed before the State Department to-day by Representative Kuhn, of San Francisco, on behalf of ! the vessel's owners. MORGAN HOMKWARD 11(11 M) Hy Associated Press Ixmdon, March 11. J. P. Morgan sailed to-day from Liverpool for New j Vork on the Philadelphia. NO MOW LOAN By Associated Press New York. March It. J. P. Morgan and Company announce,! to-day they bad received no suggestion that the British Government desires to issue an other loan in America either secured or unsecured. GREAT LAYMEN'S MISSION MEET OPEN TOMORROW I Opening Gun of Convention to Be Fired in Grace M. E. Church BIG MEN WILL SPEAK Leaders in Home and Foreign Fields Will Address Gatherings The opening meeting of t he big day men's Missionary Convention Move-. I rnent in this city will be held to-nior i row afternoon at 3::»0 o'clock in Grace | Methodist church, when two noted missionary speakers will lire the ; opening guns of the campaign. Nearly a thousand men— 942 to bo exact—have registered for the ses sions: practically every church in the city will be represented, and large j delegations are expected from twenty ! counties. Pine Street Presbyterian j church leads with 117 and Market Square is second with 101. This the third big missionary con vention of its kind lo be held in llar [Continued on Page :».] Measles Epidemic Is Rapidly Abating Declares Dr. Raunick Harrisburg's measles epidemic is rapidly abating and the city health ffcjithorities now have the upper hand in the light against this childish dls i ease. I "Only eight cases were reported to day," said Dr. J. M. J. Raunick, the | director of the bureau of health and sanitation," whereas it had been not uncommon for us to have twenty, thirty and even forty cases a day on our hands." German High Fleet Is Sighted Steaming Toward Home in the North Sea Copenhagen, March II. —A local lvwspiiper says the Norwegian steamer Bergen met on Thursday In I the southern part of ii>" North Sea ■ a German flotilla of fifty dread naughts, cruisers and large destroyers 1 ol' the latest type. | The largest ship in the fleet was .'the new dreadnaught Hindenburg. One squadron was steaming in an east erly direction followed by two air- I ships. 200 Young Italians Are 1 Ready to Enlist Should Uncle Sam Need Soldiers i "There is not a hyphenated Amer ican among the citizens of Italian birth in this neighborhood," said C. I Gaeta, President of the Italian club to-day. At the meeting of our organ ization in Sieclton last evening strong {feeling prevailed over the Villa out rage in New Mexico and over "Oo i young men volunteered to enlist and i leave in 24 hours after a call for troops. We havo our own hand and ;it would enlist in a body." Railroads to Be Given 30 Days to Answer 8-Hour Day Demands Chicago, March 11.—Railroads of the country will bp given thirty (lays lin which to reply to the demands of their 400.000 trainmen employes for |an eight-hour flay anil lime and a i half for over time. W. 8. Stone, grand | chief of the Brotherhood of Bocomo- I tive Engineers announced to-day. It 'is reported 98 per cent, of the" men | voted for the demands. t "Bill" Flinn Likely to Take to the Warpath According to word which comes to \ this city from western counties, AVil- I liam Flinn, the leader of the Progres sives in the 1912 campaign, is hatching a fusion game on the coming cam ; paign lor State Treasurer or Auditor General notwithstanding the rout in ! 1914. It is said that Flinn intends to op i pose 11. M. Kephart for Slate Treas urer and is engineering a move to I nominate his own candidate in the j event of Kephart becoming the Bo publican nominee. The Flinn man | would have the remnants of the Bull | Moose and a fusion move would lie ! made with the Democrats. The same i is said to be contemplated for Auditor i General in the event that Flinn does j not approve of the Republican choice. | State political matters are com : niencine to warm up, although Gov \ ernor Brumbaugh, Senator Penrose and others remain in the sphinx class. 1 The Governor has refused to talk poli i tics or about rumors which have been ! coming daily from Philadelphia that ; he would issue a statement. Candidates for Republican national delegates are commencing to file nomi nating petitions, but do not declare for any candidate on the papers. Churchill Expects to Die inWar; Hence "Warning" London. March It.—From a friend 'of Winston Churchill, whose word can absolutely be relied upon, your corre spondent heard the following extra ordinary explanation of the reason which impelled the Colonel to deliver his famous speech of warning last Tuesday. Tf Churchill were a Scotch man he might be described as "fey." According to the story, Churchill is convinced he will not. come throiißh the war alive. "I know I shall lie killed." he told i his friend, "and before I die I want to make my mind easy." This was preceding the debate, when Churchill stated the grounds of bis uneasiness, prominent among them being an ap parent belief that bis own actions were responsible for the country be-. Ing deprived of Bord Fisher's service at the Admiralty, DRIVE ON VERDUN i ENDED BELIEF OF FRENCH MILITARY Latest German Attacks on Fortress Indicate Close of Disastrous Effort LOSSES ARE RESPONSIBLE Paris Asserts Large Number of Dead and Injured Influenced Diminishing Intensity The second great effort in the Ver dun drive apparently is nearing its close. The latest German attacks have been directed at comparatively ! small sections of the front east and west of the Mouse. Whether the pres ent interval marks merely a lull be fore another onslaught or the return to ordinary conditions of trench war fare is an open question, but military ! opinion in France is that the great buttle is at an end. In I'aris it is believed the diminish ing intensity of the German attacks i is Influenced by tlu< heavy losses the assailants are said to have sustained, hut a Merlin dispatch reports it is believed there that the German losses have been limited to relatively a few thousand. Take French Trenches A new attack by the Germans in the Champagne yesterday resulted in the capture of French positions over a front of 1 400 yards and about two thirds of a mile deep. The attack was made near Rheims, at a point about 35 miles west of the recent Champagne advance made soon after the Verdun campaign was in augurated. Along the front east of Verdun the ; Germans have made some further progress capturing part of the village of Vim*. West of the Meuse, Berlin reports officially, Corbeaux and Cumieres woods have been cleared of the French. Portuguese Cabinet Gives Way to National Defense Body ISy -ialnl I'rcs.i Lisbon. March 11. The Portuguese cabinet has resigned to give place to a national defense government, which is now being formed. Tranquility pre vails throughout the country. Qit 'IA " W SIHCID '* Si 2 1 Chambersburg, Pa., March 11.—Bert Hwninger, eldc f 1 son of Clay Henninger, the head of baseball here, an i x * * ponent of the t, amc ' n { he Cumberland Val e> foi 2 ea f f died in Mt. Hope Sanatorium, Baltimore, last ai : £ ? cutting his throat with a piece of t,lass he broke o u of i S I pictuie frame. He was 36 years, and until five Jays A' 9 seemed in perfect health. Clay, a brother, but a few years * 1 younger, hanged himself a year ago next week. Both were I £ athletes and baseball players. T J SENATE COMMITTEE ENDORSES ACTION f i Washington, March 11.—The Senate Foreign Relations * J Committee to-day unanimously endorsed the action of the | 1 Presiden hi sending American troops into Mexico to c 5 T ture Villa and his raiders. I | GERMANS TAKE BIG STRETCH OF GROUND £ ? Berlin, March 11, via London.—Capture of Fren f I positions 1400 yards wide and about two-thirds of a mile 3 I deep south of Ville-aux-Bois, near Rheims, was announced * to-day by the war office. • T VILLA IS NOW AT ASCENCION f 1 Washington,. March 11.—Latest reports of the where T I abouts of General Villa say he reach Ascencion, south of I i Palomas, some time yesterday with 300 followers after his 5 flight following the attack of Columbus. This information f J reach h:re to day in a message to the Carranza embassy | \ from Consul Andreas Garcia at El Paso. <5 J VIOLENT FIGHTING AT VAUX i ? Paris, March 11.—There is still violent fighting for the 1 I possession of the fort at Vaux, according to an announce-A S* ment of the French war office this afternoon. ' , 5 LEG FRACTURED AT PIPE BENDING I Harrisburg.—While unloading coal at the Harrisburg 1 Pipe and Pipe Bending Works this afternoon. John Send-' ' j le> ! 29 Norti Tenth ireel had his u L ht t «.• ' i e .! cn u the ..amsbuig Hospital for i.can. * i MAkkIAGE UCbMSES * > | Edwin llrmnviMvi-tl. Mnr.vnvlllr.nnd Marj Anne Rohr, Mcchnnlmbunc. > J Dnnlrl Kilitin llrnry, .lr„ iiikl *l«r> Kdilh Shcnrcr. rtty. t William llrnry lOnrnry. York, nml I'.ilnn Wriii'f < rniir, llinrr, l*n. . t i l<loyd W. Kimfl, l.tuKlrxloMU, mill Mirnli >l. MntrliiS«'r, '•mi.'iirliiinnii * jPllllMlßlllp. i CITY EDITION 18 PAGES SEVEN AMERICANS ON STEAMER SUNK WITHOUT WARNING BY SUBMARINE All Are Rescued When Nor wegian Bark Silius Is Tor pedoed ; Three of Crew Are Drowned; Attack Is Viewed by State Depart ment as Serious CONTRARY TO CENTRAL POWERS' ASSURANCES United States Will Make Careful Investigation; Na | tionality of U-Boat Not Known and Washington Has Nothing to Indicate Whether Mine or Torpedo Sent Her to Bottom 11 y Associated Vress Washington, I>. C„ March 11.—Con sul Osborn, at Havre, reported to-day I that when the Norwegian bark Silius, from New York to Havre, was tor ipedoed without warning in Havre 1 ; roads on the night, of March !* seven ' Americans aboard were rescued. The loss of i lie .Silius was first re -1 ported last night from London. Three members of the crew were reported lost. AlYair is Serious State Department officials seemed inclined to view the attack on the ! | Silius as a serious affair. So tar dispatches to the State 15e ' pariment have simply said the vessel 1 was torpedoed without warning. No | mention was made of the nationality of the submarine and there was noth ing to indicate whether a torpedo : actually was responsible for the sink ing of the vessei or whether she might have struck a mine. It was presumed, ( however, that the American consul at Havre not his information from mem bers of the crew, some of whom were Americans. The department will take ■ immediate steps to get positive in i formation. i If the Silius was torpedoed, such an (Continued on I'age 1(1.)
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