Bandits Si/ike at Point 800 Miles Away as U. S. Troops Enter Mexico HARRISBURG iSSlilfa. TELEGRAPH • VYYV V- -n BY CARRIKR (I CENTS A WEEK. LAAA V AO, 5V SINUI.E COPIES 3 CENTS. ANOTHER RAID ON AMERICAN SOIL IS MADE BY BANDITS AS PEACEFULLY ENCAMPED Cross River at Rio Grande and Attack Infantry Guard ing Bridge Fifteen Miles North of Brownsville; More Than 100 Shots Ex changed Before They Are Beaten Off CARRANZA CO-OPERATES WITH U. S. EXPEDITION Force Across Border Is Now "Somewhere in Mexico" Moving Across Desert To ward Mountain Stronghold of Villa; Military Censor ship Is Complete As the United States expedition which crossed into Mexico yes terday to ?et the murderous Villa, I "dead or alive," was peacefully encamped last night not far from Columbus, bandits crossed the Rio Grande at Brownsville, near- j !v a thousand miles away and I fired on soldiers guarding a rail-; road bridge, fifteen miles north of the city. They were beat off after more than a hundred shots were ex changed. President \\ ilson was informed to-day that both columns of troops "somewhere" in Mexico were meeting with hearty co operation from the Carranza si >ldicrs. The military censorship is com-; pletcly surpressing news of the movements of the expedition now! in Mexico. The expedition across the bor-1 dcr was reported "doing well" by General Pershing late this after noon. Villa and his bandits, mount-; ed on speedy horses have passed | the American Mormon colony at <_asas Grandes without disturbing; them. Heavy army units arc be ing posted along the border to fill the gap left by tlie taking of two' columns into .Alexico. Recruiting offices have been thrown open in all parts of the country ami Wellington is high ly gratified with the response. Band of Bandits Attacks Soldiers Guarding Bridge in Fastern Part of Texas rtv Associated Press Kingsville, Tex.. March 16. Mex ican bandits said to iiavp numbered about thirty tired upon sixteen Am erican soldiers guarding the Burreda bridge on the St. 1.0 u is, Brownsville nnd Mexico ltailroad about 15 miles north of Brownsville at 10 o'clock last night. At least one hundred shots were exchanged. None of the Amer icans was injured. It is not known if the bandits suffered any casualties. While the light was in progress, a train passing from the south was tlaeged and stopped by an American soldier. A guard of live soldiers on the train rushed forward and rein-i forced the men lighting at the bridge. With the arrival of these reinforce ments the bandits fled and are believed to have escaped into Mexico. This is the tlrst bandit trouble in the Brownsville region since last Oc tober. Troops guarding the railway 1 line have been ordered increased. Advance Corps Spend Quiet Night in Heart of Deserts of Chihuahua By Associated Press El Paso. Tex., March IC. The American expeditionary force which has started to capture Puncho Villa "alive or dead" had penetrated about ten miles into Mexico, according to the most reliable reports received here to-day. | The military censorship which has been tightening its grip on the border for some days permitted practically' 1 nothing but rumors to escape but it; was fairly well established that the | ' advance corps of the American expedi- i tion had camped last night in the ] heart of the desert which lies be-1 tween the point of entry and the foot-j hills of the Sierra Madres, a vast J rang.i of mountains in the fastness of which Villa is believed to have taken; refuge. But the interest of the border in the 1 American advance was practically;', overshadowed by~ the question as to ' how !he presence of the soldiers of j the United States on Mexican soil j, would be taken by the troops of Car- . ranzii. General Calles, the military i governor of Sonora, was the "man of ' 1 the hour." His troops variously estl- ' mated at from 12.000 to 20,000 men, I i garrisoned the frontier towns and the immediate interior of the. section into! i which the American soldiers had entered. For days reports and rumors 1 that Calles troops were disaffected an<i bitterly resented the pursuit of ' Villa by American soldiers have] flooded this region. The definite an- | , Tiouncement that the Stars and Stripes. . bad been carried over the interna-' J tional line by armed forces increased ' i these rumors ami reports to a deluge ! < [Continued on Page 14.] v I SOME OF THE WORK OF VILLA'S MURDEROUS BAND ' 1 V ) jX.M. A«S2^^ l i& o !sr^rttsy{i}. t oSmsi'g ffffw .u'l'Sn'.i'cShßS* r * w " n —j BIG SHIP WITH MANY AMERICANS ESCAPES U-BOAT 900 Passengers on Liner Fired at Without Any Warning by Submarine By .-Irsorialeil Press 1 New York, March 16.—The French' 1 steamer Patriu, of ihc Fabre Dine, carrying: among her passengers 2B Americans, including an American consul, was attacked without warning by a submarine off the Algerian coast on March 1, Captain Pierre Deschelles announced t.o-da.v upon the arrival of i the ship from Mediterranean ports. A torpedo directed at the Patria missed the ship by about 30 feet. Olney Arnold, American consul gen eral at Cairo, was a passenger on the [Continued on Page !(.] Railways Co. Dividend Falls Off One Per Cent.; Board Orders 5 New Cars The directors of the Harrisburg Kailways Company, at their meeting to-day, declared a dividend on the preferred stock, of one and one-half per cent, payable April 1 to share holders of record at 3 o'clock to-day. This compares with two and one-half per . ent. April 1, 191.-,. a decrease of one per cent., due in large part, it is ; said, to operations of jitneys and to the rainy weather of last summer ; which injured the park and picnic! business. The board also voted an appropria tion for the purchase of three cars | for city service similar to present Xo. i 800 series, and two cars for suburban , service, similar to the present Xo. TOO j series now in use. Three New Turntables to Be Built by Pennsy The Philadelphia division of the! Pennsylvania railroad has been au thorized to construct three new turn- I tables, two in ilarrisbtire and one at I Rnola. The total expenditure for this J improvement will be between $73 000 • and sloo,uoo. One turntable will be erected at Xo. - enginehouse, one east of the Penn sylvania railroad station, and the third at Enola enginehouse. Each table will be 150 feet in length and will be operated by electricity. The Increased length of the new locomotives now 1 being delivered for freight and pas- j senger service, requires longer and ! heavier turntables. Work will begin i early in April. Pennsylvania Housing and Town Planners' Meeting! By Associated Press Reading, Pa., March If,.—With the presence of many leading speakers in cluding President Edgar A. Welmer of the State Building Code Commission the sessions of the Pennsylvania Housing and Town Planning Conference opened here to-day to continue to-mor row. This afternoon a series of con ferences wore held by the delegates on the general subject of better homes and better towns. There were at least twenty speakers. At noon a luncheon was held by the Chamber of Commerce addressed by Dr. Samuel G. Dixon. State Commissioner of Health on the suh ject: "The Place of Housing in the field of Public Hygiene." e . se.\ vroit weeks nr.rr.vos . .. All MOM H.tKKRS > Washington March 16.—Senator! Weeks, Republican, opposing the bill for government manufacture of armor i plate In a speech to the Senate to-dav declared tlmt speculative and uncertain ! character of dealings with the govern- I ment Justified and compelled the high M i" ices demanded oy manufacturers. I HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVEN'ING, MARCH 16, 1916. GERMANS AGAIN PAUSE IN ATTACK ON BIG FORTRESS Lull in Verdun Bombardment; French Fire Rakes Wocvre Plain One or the frequent pauses which have characterized the German cam palgn for Verdun is again in evidence, •r,, i' made their gains of ruesdaj to the west of the Meuse in direction of Dead Man's Mill the crown princes forces have not again advanced to the attack. Spcedv re sumption of the drive in this sector is not indicated as probable, as a slack [Contimied on Page ll.] Her Pink Toes Bitten by Jack Frost, She Is Near Death From the "Cure" By Associated Press Sun bury. Pa.. March 18. A "cure" » ! "*1 'or frozen feet came near be ing fatal for Miss Elizabeth <«essner IS years old. and pretty, of Sunburv ' "hen lier pink toes were bitten hi jack li-oat, earlier in the winter, she suffered much pain, and tried many remedies. Finally, it was suggested that by burning gunpowder in a bucket and holding her feet, bare, over the , liimes. she could get relief. It was » treatment used by our great-grand- ■ mothers, she was told, and determined to risk it j When her father, Jacob Gessner lighted tile match there was an exDlo ,sloll and a scream, and Miss (iessner j fell from the chair, rolling about the lloor in agony. !, s ' ,c . ,v f s scorched and blistered from 'aNed knees. a ""l 3 doctor had t<> be ; DEBTROYI It SENT ' San Diego. Oal., March 16.—The; ; torpedoboat destroyer.Stewart left here j early to-day for Knsenadu, Bower 1 1 California, under orders from Admiral' Winslow to investigate conditions 1 tliere and report by radio at the ear-1 i liest moment. AMERICANS FI.EK TORItEOX ! Washington, March Hi. Consul' 1 General iianna a* Monterey forwarded' |to the State Department, to-day a de-! layed message from Consular Agent I Williams at Torreon, saying that all I Americans had left Torreon for the United States. It contained no further j information. Consul Williams yester j day reported he had turned the con i sulate over to the British vice-consul. PA WINTER, NOT THE SPARROW, KILLED COCK ROB Dozens of Little Harbingers of Spring Found Frozen to Death in City's Parks Who kiljed Cock Robin? It wast not the sparrow with his bow and j arrow, told of in nursery rhymes, but' Old Pa Winter. Dead bodies of the j red breasted harbinger of Spring were I reported from several sections of the city to-day. and from surrounding towns. The recent warm spell brought many robins northward, and they had , started to build their nests for a pro- < lontred stay, when last night's cold i spell hit them. Coroner JCcklnger gave a verdict of "dentil from ex- ! poNiirc." eUud robins were found in L'apitol < CAREFUL SURVEY OF COAL LANDS WILL BE NEEDED Mining Engineer Points Out That Each Seam of Coal Should Bo Examined If Dauphin should decide at all to i make a survey of its coal lands for the j purpose of rearranging the assessment ' valuations, the work should be done j so thoroughly as to insure the com- ! piling of data ot sufficient weight to j 'hold good in the courts. The cost of I . a thorough examination would not ex- ! ceed #5,000, lnjt no satisfactory ex amination could be made within the [Continued oil Page j Shamrock Is Just One Species of Dutch Clover Says Botany Expert "Shamrock, the national badge of| .Ireland, is a var.ety of Dutch clover." : 1 says Prof. George N. C. Hensehen, professor of physics at Central high, school, one of the best-known scien tists In Pennsylvania, and an author- 1 it.v on botanical questions. Prof. Hensclien said the following: from an encyclopedia is correct: "The ' wood-sorrel (Oxalis acetasella) is thought to be the true shamrock of St.; Patrick, through the instrumentality' of which he was enabled to impress the doctrine of the Trinity on the Irish J mind. "As a reward for the gallantry of the Irish regiments in the South Afri j can war, all Irish soldiers in the Brit- 1 j ish army are permitted to wear a sprig lof shamrock on St. Patrick's day." j American Doctor on Way to Join German Red Cross Reported Killed by British j j Seattle, Wash.. March 16. —' An un- ! ofttelal report tnat Dr. Walter Gell ; horn, a prominent physician of Seattle, ! . who was taken from a steamer at I 'Kirkwall while enroute to Germany to I 1 join the German Red fross, lias been executed by the British military au thorities. was received to-day by friends of I>t-. C.eillioin here. Efforts to ascertain Dr. fJellhorn's i whereabouts have been without avail i according: to his friends, and the State I Department will be asked to invest!- I rjate liis case. A brother of Dr. Uell- i liorn resides in St. Eouis. I Park, in River Front Park. Reservoir I ; and at Wildwood. In Harrlsburg cemetery on dead I robin was picked up. "Soulless" Corporation Feeds Flock of Robins York. Pa.. March 16. The York I wlater Comnany took note yesterdav i of the pliprht oi a flock of several hut/- I ''red robins huddled In the trees about its reservoir and in danger of death freezing 1 or starvation in the ! snowstorm which found them not vet established after their too early migra- j A bushel of wheat was sent hv order of the directors to the reservoir, aim the doors of a part of the big building were thrown open In the hope that tiiev would take shelter there lor the night, j ROMEO-JULIET SCENE LEADS TO CHAPEL LECTURES Will Shakespeare's Tale of Lady Who Leaned From Bal cony Sets Central Iligh Agog DID LIPS MEET OH NOT? | Principal Dibble Calls Special Session of Sexes to Discuss "Relations" ! If you casually inquire of most any I ! pretty Central high school maid as to ! j what Principal 11. G. Dibble said Tues- ! j day "to the girls only" behind the j ' c losed doors of chapel she may answer 1 | in any one of these ways: She may freeze you with a glance; i she may smile; she may toss her head; , she may suggest all the ice of the Arc- j ties in a mere "Sir!" she may blush; I she may giggle. But the chances are , only one in a thousand that she'll tell. I If you ask most any Central boy what Professor Dibble said yesterday ! 1o "the fellows only" behind the same J i closed doors of the same chapel, the ; | chances are that he'll only grin and | innocently demand if the inquirer is trying to kid him. However, the reason for the special executive sessions lias leaked out. RcKlstorlnjt for Mr. Slieakcspenrc? Behind it is the story of the latest high school effort to "register" in a [Continued on Page 7] League Headed by Taft Wants Big Convention to Aid World Peace Project By .Tssorialtd Press \ New York. March 11.— The league! to Enforce Peace, of which former! President William H. Tat'l is the head, 1 announced to-day that it has begun a I movement to induce the Democratic and Republican conventions to insert j planks in national, State and county platforms indorsing the proposal that a league of nations be formed after i 1 the war to maintain the peace of the \ i world. The league members include Alton! B. Parker. Secretary of War Newton, Baker, Myron T. Herrick, formerly Governor of Ohio, and Ambassador to France; Governors McCall, of Massa-; jchusetts, and Whitman, of New York;| j David R. Francis, recently appointed! 'ambassador to Russia and United ] ; States Senator Albert B. Cummins, of, j lowa. Check ol $43,538,131 Pays For Bonds of Midvale Co. By Associated Press | New York, March 1 1>.—A check for j : $43,538,131, one of the largest ever I I paid in the United States, passed ! through the New York Clearing House I to-day. The check was drawn on the Me chanics and Metals National Bank to the order of the Guaranty Trust Com , panv in payment for Midvale Steel and i Ordnance Company bonds recently ' sold by a banking syndicate. WARMER TO-MORROW | The fnlr and continued cold weather , will continue at least twelve more ! hours, according to ihe forecast issued jat the local Weather Bureau to-day. I Last night the mercury dropped io 13 j degrees, within ten degrees of the ! coldest day in March recorded in the I twenty-eight years that the Weather Bureau has been open here. Warmer weather will follow before to-morrow ; night. The cold wave which followed | yesterday's storin extended to the ! 1 northern part of Florida and caused fourteen to thirty-four degree drops | in temperature. SPEAKER AMBLER fIERE Speaker Ambler and National Com mitteeman Wasson. Ex-Congressman M. VV. Shreve. of Erie, and others wcrfe here to discuss the Brumbaugh boom. Mr. Ambler .said he would i continue to be a candidate for auditor general. ROGERS FOR SENATOR j It is expected that announcement I will be made within a few days ol j the candidacy of C. p. Rogers'. Jr.. i chief of appropriation bureau, of the ; auditor generals department for Sen ator from Erie. Senator H. A. Clark | will be a candidate for Congress. THE WEATHER] ! For IlarrlMhttrg anil vicinity: Fair, continued cold to-night, with liiiudi tcmpertilure nhont IS de gree*; Friday fair, warmer. For Khulitii I'etiiiaylvaiila: Fair, continued calil to-nlgM; Friday I fnlr. mariner; tllminlahluit north neat wind*. River The Susquehanna river anil nil Ita liranchea will fall alowly or re main nearly mtntlonary. \ 0 ma terial change will oct-nr In | ( - a . condition*. A MtnKe of ahout I.;! feet In Indicated for JlnrriNlmrK I Friday morning. General t'ondltlon* The slorm that wan central over A irKiala. Wedneaday morning, bit* moved northeiiMtwiiril to the New Knglnuil eoaat. It litis caim eil Know null rain and northeast and nortli Kale* In the Ihhi twenty-lour hour* nloug the At lantic coast from Maine to Florida, anil *now along the ca*t ern lionler of the Great taken anil In Northern IVainaylvuula ami In the Interior of Sirw York Stutc. where the snow wax heavy. It l» much colder In the Middle anil South Atlantic and lOnat Gulf State*, where temperature falls of 14 to 34 dcicrce* have occurred In the limt twenty-four bourn. Teinpernturei .H a. m.. 1-1. Sun! nine*. Hill n. m.s acta, <1:14 p. m. Moon: Full moon. Sunday, 12,-J? I u. m. River Slide: 4.7 feet aliove low wafer mark. A'rsterilar'N Weather IllKheal temperiiture, :i:j. i ■ l.ow'CMt temperature. 30. Mean temperature. SO. i .Normal tcmyciuturr, 37. i ] ELOPING TO WED SOLDIER BOY SHE HAD NEVER SEEN But Cruel Police Nab Pretty Hill Miss Before She Can Leave Harrisburg j'COBBESPONDENCE' LOVER! j Cupid's Arrow This Time a, Photo and Letters From Fort Myer After corresponding for months i with Harold Fortney, a lover whom j she had never seen, but who claimed > he was a private in the United States ; Army, stationed at Fort Myer, near j Washington. Pauline Wike, a pretty 1 little 17-year-old girl, of 1430 Berry- i hill street, decided to run away from ! i home last evening, join Fortney and I I get married. Three city detectives, however, i spoiled the arrangements when they j appeared on the scene, while Miss J \\ ike and a girl friend. Miss MaySprow, | | whom she intended to take along on ! I the trip, were dining in a downtown ! restaurant just before thev were to | start for Washington. Before leaving home Miss Wike, ae ] cording to her mother, Mrs. W. H. | W ike, took S6O to cover the expenses i [for the pair until they reached the! national capital. All but $2 of this I j was returned to the mother when she ! [Continued on Page 7] Sea Lions Threaten to Drive Keeper of Lonely Lighthouse From Post By Associated Press | San Francisco, Cal„ March 16. The keeper of the lighthouse on Ano Neuvo ! Island, below Pigeon Point on tile Call ' fornia coast, has appealed to federal ! officials here for relief from the sea lions which the law forbids his killing and which have increased to such an extent that he fears they will take pos- i session of the island. Even his private quarters are invad- • ied b 'lie pups, he declared, in a com- : j munlcation received here to-day. When ; he opens the door a troop of young sea I lions march Into the house and at meal- j time the entire colony surrounds his I domicile, barking for admittance. Sleep l is difficult, he declared, for the slight est disturbance during the night, ho said, was the signal for a sea lion chorus, which can be heard all over the j island. j ** & £AT PASTORAL TERM REGULATOR T 1 Y c t of tire Philadelphia conference V I .■ pledge them to petition the next ! J il term a fixed numl l J | of ye« 3. ! T TO EQUIP PUGET SOUND YARD ! f Washington. March 16.—The Senate to-day passed - ) * Senator Poindexter's bill approprating $2,065,000 to equip j ; I the Puget Sound Navy yard for construction of battleships. I 4 "DOPE" DISPENSER ARRAIGNED > 1 Harrisburg.—William Phipps, arrested on Monday by f 4 •» I # j i THREE AMERICANS ON TORPEDOED STEAMER ' [ 1 London, March 16. "lt is now certain that the 1 j J| Tubantia was torpedoed without warning," telegraphs the 1 '' ( I Amsterdam correspondent of the Central News. "There were ; * i three Americans on board. They were Richard Schilling. K ian American consul; Emma Schilling, and Carmen Schill- ! ing." UNITED STATES LIEUTENANT KILLS SELF i g San Antonio, Tex., March 16. —Word was received ai a ' Southern Department Headquarters from Houston of the jC suicide of First Lieutenant Edward M. Zell, Eleventh T] ! ! Cavalry, at Columbus, N. M., early to-day. Lieutenant L V Zell'3 regiment was a member of the General Pershing's f command. Melancholia i 3 given as the cause. ■ t BROWN MEETS LEADERS • > ' Attorney Genera! Brown was in conference to-day with ' I ► many interested in Governor Brumbaugh's campaign from ■ J t various parts of the State. The conferences were for the 1 ( » purpose of advancing the interests of the Governor and for | > ' ; thy wnrfe , MARRIAGE LICENSES ~ I K, ' , . ,u . h • •f r " nuil intra Kthol Smith, f . J." '■l»lirnlm "un< - "n, Mlirilu, lIU<I Margaret Kvrlyn Kurd, East I ifotncrioi'il. 11 VI" ■*' II * «l Vljmh 16 PAGES CITY EDITION DETERMINATION OF, KAISER TO STAY BREAK WITH U. S. SHOWN IN ACTION Anxiety to Prevent Trouble Over Submarine Campaign Has Brought About Down fall of Admiral Von Tirpitz and Factional Contest in German Reichstag Now Threatens AGAINST MERCILESS DESTRUCTION OF SHIPS Decision of Emperor and His Supporters to Reject U- Boat Policy Practically Certain to Bring About Split Regarded in Wash ington as Peaceful Solution of Entire Situation By Associated Press Washington, March 16. Emperor William's determination not to pro ; voke a break with the United States I in the new submarine campaign even j though it involves a factional contest lin the German Ileichstag having al ! ready brought about the downfall of I Grand Admiral Von Tirpitz himself, Is indicated in to-day's Berlin dia ] patches. The tone of the dispatches from the German capital although guarded and veiled, is taken here to prove the ! supremacy of the Emperor, Chancel for Yon Bethmann-I lolhveg. Foreign Minister Von Jagow and the army, ' which has been opposing the plan of j Admiral Von Tirpitz and the navy ! party to carry the submarine cam [Continued of i'agc 9] l. S. 1,-10 LAUNCHED By Associated Press i Qujncy, Mass., March 16. The suh < marine 1,-10, ttie rourth submersible to I be built for the United States navy bv the Fore River Shipbuilding Corpor ation, was launched to-day.
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