Bandits Si/ike at Point 800 Miles Away as U. S. Troops Enter Mexico
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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 ! <
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I SOME OF THE WORK OF VILLA'S MURDEROUS BAND '
1 V )
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 !
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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
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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.