Concentration of Men and Supplies Along bord HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH * VV TV.T C» BY fAHRIFIi ft CENTS A WEITIC. LAAAV I\o. hIVt.LK COPIES 2 CENTS. U. S. TROOPS BREAK MARCHING EQUIPMENT QUICK DASH INTO Ready to Pour Across Line at Two Positions; Military Censors Prohibit Transmis sion of Information of Actual Movements; May Now Be Across Line AMERICAN CONSUL LEAVES TORREON Turns Affairs Over to British; j Forty Yankees Waiting to Get Out on Train Which Has Been Held by Wreck; Consulate May Be in Dan ger i:l Paso, Texas, March 13. j t'nited States troops, with camps broken, were under marching | equipment along the .Mexican bor der west of here at daylight at at least two positions. Military censors prohibited transmission of any information of actual move ments throughout the lirst half of the day. The troops in readiness were at Columbus and llacliita. Now Mexico. General tlavira. commandant at •luarez, said to-day he had re ceived information that American j troops had not yet crossed the j border ami that tlicv were await ing' permission from far ran/a he fore doing so. Gavin*, said lie be lieved Carranza's reply would be fa vorable. San Antonio. Texas, March 1 5. — Major General Funston said this aft ernoon that if there had been any movement of American troops in Mexico he had not been Informed of it. He said he fell certain that if General Pershing had ordered an ad vance he would have notified head quarters here immediately. General Kunston admitted thai it was possible an advance had been made and that he had not been told of it. He said, however, that if any movement had taken place it probably was near Hachita. N. .VI., where Colo nel Dodd is stationed and not at Cal umbus. Colonel Dodd is not in di rect'telegraphic communication with General Funston, and if he reported' at all where the general said, it would j be to General Pershing. Carranza Commander Shot Trying to Keep His Men From Invading U. S. By Associated l'i ess Marfa. Texas. March 15. —The re-' ported death ol Colonel Itojas, Car-' ranza commander at ojinga, at the . hands of his own men. who attempted i to mutiny last night, was confirmed by < telephone advices here to-day. Itojas was trying to control his men, j who were drinking and threatening to j invade tlie United States, when he was , [Continued on Page I I.J Second Cavalry Prepared For Quick Move Across Border at Hachita, N. M. Hachita, X. M„ March 15. The Second Cavalry under command of Col. George A. Dodd, completed to day preparations to move forward from Culberson's ranch on the border south of here, into Mexico. A quick movement was expected. During the last few days supply trains aided by wagons and trucks of ranchers have been forwarding large supplies to the camp. In order that ihe columns' bases shall he in con stant communication with each other by wireless, a station has been erected here by the signal corps. The advancing columns are con stantly to know the location of various detachments and movements of supply trains. The border camp is located approximately three miles north of the border at which point the troops, arc planning to "ross. Large num bers of men who know the interior; of Chihuahua and Sonora have pre sented themselves for the dangerous work of guiding the troops. Capture, it is believed, means death for the scouts. The border from Culberson's ranch west to Douglas is guarded by patrols of infantrymen. Citizens of every county along the border in this dis trict are also oelng organized by the sheriffs. For the present, they are preparing to act as home guards but If a call comes they expect to volun teer for patrol or any other duty re quired by the government. After the above dispatch was tiled ; lo El Paso to-day, it was reported at El Paso that a partial censorship had been established at Hachita. THE WEATHER For Hfirrl*Hnr«: nn«| vlelnltyi Snow ami eolder to-nl&clit, with lout'st lompornlurr about 15 (leu reett; Thursday fnlr, continued colli. For lOnmtem PeniiMj Ivaula : Snow nn«l eolder to-iilclit, with north lo northwest irnlent TlitirMtluy partly e|oulc»n tempern#»fre, ,Ili. .Norinul temperature, 37. HIS AEROPLANE M ' | CAPTAIN" BENJAMIN D. FQULOIS Captain Benjamin D. Foulois, now at San Antonio, is preparing for the flight into Mexico to find Villa for General Funston's troops. Captain foulois has ton officers under him who comprise the "fliers" of the squadron, and. the eighty troopers completing the detachment. Most of them arc veteran aviators. Several participated in the flight of the First Aero Squadron from Fort Sill, Okla., last November, when the squadron was transferred to Fort Sam Houston. The squadron uses biplanes, wit\i motors of from SO 1o 100 horsepower. Each machine weighs about 1,350 pounds and will carry 450 pounds, or an observer with each pilot. VILLA'S ALLIES ARE THIRST, HUNGER AND MOUNTAIN RANGES U. S. Troops Forced to Traverse Some of Holiest aiul Driest Deserts in World; Have Turned Trick Before. By .Associated Press Washington, IJ. C., March 15. When General Pershing plunges south over the border in pursuit of the ban dit, Paneho Villa and his cutthroats he will have other enemies to light than the crafty Mexican leader. In Chihuahua and Sonora are some of the hottest and driest deserts in the world, waste lands given over to the rattlesnake and the mosquito brush, where no human can live except 011 the supplies and the water he brings with him. The bandit chief will probably in DEATH RATE OF BABIES SHOULD BE DECREASING HERE Stale Officials Point Out Pos sibility For Better Younc sters in Harrisburg h Dr. J. .M. J. Ratinick, City Health • Olllecr, in the absence of Mayor Meals, officially opened the Baby Welfare i Campaign, at 2:13 this afternbon on the fourth lloor of Bowman's store, by turning the city and all that is in it, [Continued of I'arr !)] Will Hold Military Camps Despite Border Troubles Hy Associated Press Washington. March 10. The score! or more military .training camps j throughput the country planned fori the next few months will not be' abandoned by the War Department I because of the Mexican border situa- j tion. Major General Hugh U Scott, j chief of staff, announced to-day that j the camps would be held and officer- j instructors and training units of the; army supplied by the War Depart-1 ment as nearly in accordance with the | original plans as possible. LADIES TO GIVE SOCIAL The bazar and ball to be hold by I the Ladles Auxiliary of the Young I Men's Hebrew Association, will open! this evening in the V. M. 11. A. hall, ! Sixth and Sayford streets. Dancing \ will feature the program. Booths j have been erected and the entire hall i decorated for the occasion- HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 15, 1916. lime retire to the fastnesses of the Sierra Mad re mountains or other lofty ranges. Here to thirst and hunger will-be added for the American : soldiers the hardships of climbing high passes and traversing entracked rough regions which are bare of rail roads. highways or even good trails. The army mule must emulate the mountain goal. it is a vast almost uninhabited region of thousands of square miles, in which Villa and other Mexican outlaws have often de tContinued on Pago 11.] CAMPAIGN PLANS TO BE OUTLINED AT CONFERENCE Candidacy of Governor to Be Discussed at Meeting Tomor row; Goes 011 Speaking Trip Campaign plans in behalf of the candidacy of Governor Martin G. ; Brumbaugh in the Republican presi dential preference primaries will be discussed here to-morrow by friends of the Governor from various parts of the State, but the Governor will not be here. To-morrow morning he leaves for Scranton to malie the lirst of a-series of addresses which will in clude Dunmore, Heading, Philadel phia and Pittsburgh, lie will return ; Monday. 1 The meeting to-morrow will likely be held with Attorney General Brown | presiding and the men who attend ' will indicate pretty thoroughly who are with the executive In any contest i which mav arise. There will also be ' a consultation of heads of depart ; ments of the State Government with ; Mr. Brown to-night. National Com : mitteeman Henry G. Wasson is here I to-day. | Governor Brumbaugh to-day de dined to discuss the situation created I liy his announcement. Neither would any of the heads of departments who ! were, in conference yesterday. Among the Governor's visitors to ; day were Col. Henry W. Shoemaker, | the Altoona publisher, who is men tioned for delegate-at-large; ex-Judge | James M. Galbreath, Butler; Coleman | K. Sober, Dewisburg, and E. M. Ab -1 bott, Philadelphia. Carranza's Forces Work Des perately to Capture Villa as Regiments of U. S. Cav alry Heavily Supported by Infantry Wait For Word to Advance "MOVE WHEN YOU ARE READY" IS ORDER General Pershing Gets These Instructions From General Funston; News of Move ments Being Suppressed by Censors; Concentration of j. Men and Supplies Com plete By Associated I'rrss San Antonio, Texas, March 15. I While regiments of tTnited States cav- i I airy, heavily supported by infantry, | awaited General Pershing's order to- , j day to advance into Mexico, General i • 'arranza's troops, according to in- j j formation received here, worked des- j perately to effect the capture of Villa j in order to forestall an entrance into J | Mexico by American forces. Major-General Funston received re- ! I ports of increased activities of the j : de facto government troops, but. there : was no disposition at his headquarters i to regard the activities as anything] 1 more than evidences of Carranaa's de- j j termination to co-operate with the I lUnited States in eliminating Villa. General Funston remained in his ■ office until after midnight to receive reports from General Pershing. Ameri- I can troops would be across the bound lary line early to-day, but General Funston himself said he did not know ' of General Pershing's intentions. Mis orders lo (he commander of the punitive expedition were, in effect, , "Move when you are ready." j Orders issued for the suppression of news that might interfere with the i success of the expedition into Mexico have served to keep the public in | ignorance of the exact number of troops that will be sent into Mexico | under General Pershing. ! Troop trains arrived last night to | carry cavalry and infantry to the dis i irict along the boundary, but the con centration of men and supplies vir : tually is complete. Penrose Favors No Instructions For State's Delegates According to a dispatch from Pitts burgh Senator Penrose's plan is to work for an> unipstructcd delegation from Pennsylvania to the Republican national convention notwithstanding ihe effort of the Governor's friends to get the delegates for Dr. Brumbaugh. The Pittsburgh Dispatch of to-day says: "The coming here of Senator Boies Penrose to-morrow is expected now to be of more than ordinary political importance. His friends and lieutenants were given to understand that be would issue a statement in Philadelphia last night replying to Ihe challenge of Governor Brum baugh. Bate in the evening they were advised over the long-distance tele phone that the Senator would wait until his arrival here for a four-day stay to announce his plans. It was gathered from the Penrose followers that the Senator will declare in favor of the election of an uninstructed delegation from Pennsylvania to the j Republican national convention." TYSON'. ASST. WAR SECRKTAKY Washington, March 15. Presi dent Wilson is considering the ap pointment of Col. B. B. Tyson, of i Knoxville, Tenn., as assistant secre | tary of war to succeed Henry Breckin ridge. MANY NEW HOMES FOR WEST SHORE i DURING SUMMER i Businessmen of Community 1 Planning to Join Hands and Boost Territory During the coining spring and sum mer many big real estate developments i nnd an organization for improving West Shore territory in general arc promised. At the present time many new homes are in the course of con j struct ion and within a few weeks ground will be staked off for several dozen others. Real estate developments along Hie | West Shore this year will have a value of several hundred thousands of dol lars. In addition to the dwellings a ' new business block will be completed , in Bemoyne and in the same town a i mammoth bakery is being finished. In I Wormleysburg the new town hall and lirehouse is being completed. I In North Bemoyne, a section some : times called Fort Washington, ground jis being staked for eight two-story I houses of the bungalow type. The buildings will be brick and frame and are being constructed by Frank Harro. Brick, carpenter, plaster and other contractors are entering into the op fContinued on Page 11.] • WATCH REFUGEES By .i ssociatcd Press Nogales. Ariz., March 15. Sharp watch is being maintained by Amer ican troops upon the 500 Villa refugees In Nogales. Military patrols have been doubled and strangers are being scrutinized lcloßCly. , DOCTORS AND DRUGGISTS IN DOPE DR AGNET Police Expect to Find Suffi cient Evidence to Cause Several Arrests HAVE SUSPECTS NAME Federal Authorities Will Order Wholesale Prosecution of Drug Act Violators Further investigation by city de-1 | tectives since yesterday in the. case j against William Pliipps, 130S Bailey j street, charged with furnishing tuor-1 phine. opium and other narcotics to young women in this city, brought, to j light the names of local physicians j and druggists by whom. It is believed, | I Phipps was furmsiieu with the ' "dope." More arrests fn the case may be made in a few days. l but at present I city detectives are gathering informa-j j tion. Phipps told the police yester- I day afternoon that he was a habitual, I user of drugs, but would not acknowl-j ledge that he had furnished women with any "dope." A second search at! j his home revealed a complete "hop": [outfit burled in his trunk. Pipes,] ' bowls and drugs were found in the as- j Horttnent and it Is believed that Phipps replenished his supply recently. No official charge has been made | against him by the Federal authorl i ties here to-day they said, and no ac jtion will be taken, it is understood. 1 until completed data has been gath- I ered on the cast. j Phipps is a photographer and has a i studio in a tent opposite the Philadel phia and Heading railway station in i j Market street. A number of chemi ; cals used in photography were found ■in his personal effects, together with! ! tlie "dope." What action will be taken by the Federal authorities is doubtful at 1 present, it Is said, as it is believed thai no charge will be made against; i Phipps, unless enough evidence has been found to convict him in the j United States courts. Exploding Oil Stove Causes Fire on Hill An exploding oil stove in (he cellar or the home of C. E. Griffey, 1331 I Berryhil! street, caused a small tire and slight damage at 9 o'clock this morning. Mr. Griffey had been doing some work in the cellar and was using a small oil stove to furnish light. For some unknown cause the stove ex ploded and scattered oil in all Uirec , tions. Mr. Griffey got several buckets and | tried to conquer the 1 lames but alter fighting them single-handed for about : 20 minutes he decided to let the fire i companies help him. A neighbor sounded the alarm and soon after the | blaze was subdued. Aside from tlie | burning of window sashes in the cel lar and some articles stored in the | cellar, there was little damage. Smoke, however, filled the house and the resl | dence of William Lelir, next door. Schwab Group Reported To Be After Central Iron & Steel Company Report that Charles M. Schwab and : his associates in the Bethlehem Steel i} Cofporation, which recently acquired the extensive properties of the Penn sylvania Steel Company, have plans ■ | which call for the acquisition of the I Central Iron and Steel Company's plant, in South Harrisburg, is being discussed in local steel and business . | circles. . I While there has been no official • intimation of such a move and no offer i made, so far as is known, such a ] step is not beyond possibility. It is J known that a plan for taking the i Central plant out of the hands of re ceivers. who have been in charge for several years, has been abandoned, at least for the present. Whether the ! sale of the plant Is now under con sideration, those in a position to know decline to sav. Harrisburgers in Hunan Province. China, Where Rebels Are Active By Associated Pi ess Washington, March 15.—Continued activity among revolutionists in China ; was reported to-day by Admiral Winterlialter, commanding the Pacific fleet. Revolutionary forces were pre paring to attack Inichow, the dis j patches said and were operating gen erally in Hunan province, j Government troops were reported to i have captured Suifu which had been | occupied by rebel forces. T)r. C. Newton Dubs, formerly of Harrisburg. now superintendent of United Evangelical missions in China; the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Shambaugh anil other United Evangelicals of this city 'and vicinity are in Hunan province, but not much concern is felt for their | welfare, as foreigners appear to be 1 in no danger now. U. S. Battleships Shell Forts Twelve Miles Away , Special to the Telegraph Mobile, Ala., March 15.—The battle : ships Arkansas and New York, carry ing out a series of fortifications tests | below Mobile under direction of high , officials of the War and Navy Depart i nients. stood twelve miles off shore ! yesterday and by indirect tire dropped twelve anil fourteen inch shells into a i specially constructed sand and con crete fortification. Aeroplanes helped direct the lire, signaling hits and mak ing photographs of the damage done, i None but army and navy officers were permitted to inspect the forti fications after the bombardment and its result was not divulged. The tests are to form the basis of recommenda- , tions for future fortifications legis-1 llution. JL WINTER'S PARTING SHOT? HOLDS UP SUBURBAN CARS I 1 air and Colder Weather to Follow Rain, Sleet and Snowstorm MERCURY TO FALL TO 13 Northwest Gales May Cause Trouble; Wires Hold ing Up Italn, sleet and snow during the lasl i j twelve hours, Willi a forecast of colder weather to-morrow, was Harrisburg's j portion of winters parting shot (?) ; before the beginning of Spring next i Monday. Traffic 011 ihc lines of the Harris-I | burg and the Valley 1 tail ways Com- | panics was delayed on (lie suburban! ears, and trains arrived hero from the 1 West from 4 5 minutes to an hour and ; a half late. Almost two inches of snow fell dur- j jinn the morning, following the rain ! and sleet of the night. Fair and colder j I weather, with the lowest temperature i 'about In degrees, will follow to-mor- I row. according to the forecast of K. ft. ! 1 Demaln. Little wire trouble was reported by •he telephone and telegraph com panies and the railway companies ran I 1 sweepers on all of the lines to keep the tracks open. The storm which caused snow over 1 this section of the country will prob ably pass over the Middle Atlantic coast to-night and will he followed by a cold wave causing drops of from -0 to 40 degrees in temperature in many sections of the. Middle West. Northwest gales may cause the snow to drift during tlie night. IU.IZZ\ItI> IN MAX YORK By Associated Press Ttoehester, N. Y., March 15.—A bllz-s nard driven by a stiff northeast wind ! raged over western New York last night and added ten inches of snow! lo the previous heavy falls, hadly crip pling transportation lines. % I'STRIA \ \ I > PORTUUAIJ BREAK By . l.\soi'inted Press London. March 15. —A Iteuler dis-■ I patch from Geneva says that Austria j has recalled her minister at Lisbon' i and has handed passports to the Por-' I tuguese minister at Vienna. E» *» »»in m n i jtywH St A. T. DICE PRESIDENT OF P. & R. J 1 PHILADELPHIA, MARCH IS. AGNEW T. DICE I i AS TO-DAY ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE i T PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAILWAY COM- f I TERLY DIVIDED i f OF 2 PER CENT. ON COMMON STOCK WAS DE- I J GLARED. 1 | QUEEN MARIE SERIOUSLY ILL JL * London, March 15. German press dispatches from I Bucharest, as forwarded from Zurich by the Exchange Tel- j| ie of Rumania is se j 1 ously ill and that her condition is gradually growing worse. 1 C GERMANS CLAIM GAINS AND PRISONERS 5 J Berlin, March IS, via London.—lmportant gains for the I 3 the Verdun fighting west of Meuse were an- * | nounced to-day by the War Office. It is said the Germans ff I pushed forward .their lines west of Corbearx wood -and on £ I the h apturing more than 1,000 £ prisoners. ' I I WOULD WITHDRAW FROM ISLANDS i a Washington, March 15.—Senator Sherman, of Illino ' * J introduced in the Senate the House resolution to provide for ! ; £ withdrawal of the army from the Philippine Islands, as ® ► V quickly as possible in order to add to the available troops in * the United States. ' I I ADMIRAL VON TIRPITZ RESIGNS? i New York, March 15.—Information reached New York t > 1 from Berlin to-day that Admiral Von Tirpitz, the German S I minister of marine, either has resigned or is upon the point A T of resigning, the Evening Post announces to-day. 1 ; I .• J 4 WINGS I Washington, March 15. Senate to-day passed the ! * House bill amending the { law so as to ] I f crease the individual deposit maximum from SSOO to SI,OOO II with interest and an additiqnal SI,OOO without interest. I | ~ MARRIAGE LICENSES , > A. M«;\Vllllom»i, Ulll»hiir K . ami Kibcl \. Met.nrv <•>. IVnbrook. »\ lllln in \\. Amleraan, UlilNburic, anil Killtb 11. I lr<.stone. CIIHVIIIC. | t n ii CITY EDITION 18 PAGES WAR IS DECLARED ON PORTUGAL BY AUSTRIA, REPORT Dispatch From Rome Claims That Slu: Has Followed Lead of Germany FRENCH TURN DRIVE Take Aggressive Northwest of Verdun and Beat Germans Rack Willi Heavy Loss By Associated Press London, March 15. \ dispatch to ilir Kxcltaiigc Telegraph Company from Home siys lliat Austria has dc- I elareil war on Portugal. i The French have turned to the aK : pxessive in the desperate struggle now I in progress northwest of Verdun and have recaptured a part of the ground ! gained hy the Germans in the renewal ! of their drive west of the iUeuse, Paris ! announces to-day. \esterday, in a 2%-hour liallle, tlie ! crown prince's armies, by delivering massed attacks, succeeded in gaining '■ ;i footing in tho French lines at two ; poipls bet wean Hethincoiirt and Dead i Man's Mill, the domino'inn height J which is the immediate object of the ' present German drive. Drive Germans Hack t.ast night the French launched heavy counterattacks and by using the [Continued of Page I>l Bill to Bring Army Up to Full Strength Passed by Senate With Full Vote By Associated Press Washington. March 15. The Sen ate to-day approved unanimously the joint resolution adopted by the llouse yesterday to bring the mobile army up to its lull strength, which would add about 20,000 men to the present establishment. The resolution now noes to the President for ids approval. \ roll call on the resolution was ordered on request of Senator Gall injrer, who explained that lie asked it for Hie purpose of "demonstrating that there is no division in the Sen ate over measures to provide for pro ' lection of the country." There wai not a dissenting vote on the roll call.