Wilson Signs Joint Congressional Resolution Increasing Army to Full Strength HARRISBURG iSlßli TELEGRAPH * WW \t a BY CAHHIKK <1 CENTS A WEEK. LAAAV— IAO. OU SINGI.E COriES 3 CENTS. "ADVANCETROOPS EXPECT TO REACH VILLA DISTRICT BEFORE NIGHT Reasonably Certain That Ex pedition Is Close to Terri tory Where Bandit Is Be lieved to Have Many Sym pathizers ACTUAL FIGHTING AT ANY MOMENT Advance Squadron Is Closing in; First Column Will Join It Near Mormon Colony; Pursuit Costing U. S. $40,- 000 a Day; Congress Up- Holds Wilson By Associated Press £1 Paso, Texas, March 17.—Expec tation- along the border was keyed to its highest pitch to-day by the general belief that before nightfall the ad vance guard of the American expe ditionary force would have entered j A'illa territory ir> the mountains of the Casas Grandes region of Mexico. While the censorship prevented any ! official news of the whereabouts of the j American columns, reports brought by i Americans arriving from the interior, coupled with the calculations of men thoroughly familiar with the territory . over which the expeditionary force is ; passing, made it reasonably certain that the I'nlted States soldiers must be close to Ihe district where Villa is be lieved to exercise his greatest influence and have the larget number of sym pathizers. Making l ast Time New definite facts about the Amer ican expedition to-day stood out with considerable clearness as the result of official published reports and the news brought here by Americans who have been in touch with some portion of the American movement. It seemed certain that of the two columns which are "somewhere in S Mexico" one was constituted for speed, while the other apparently was moving more slowly. The swift footed column was the auxiliary army, seemingly mostly cavalry, which went into Mexico fifty miles west of the main army of General Pershing when lii 3 forces crossed at Columbus, N. M. Columns Will Meet The secrecy which has surrounded the movements of the main column has been slight compared with the record of this western force. There is reason to believe, from the offi cial announcements, that the western column may have gone into Mexico earlier than the main body. Every report arriving here asserts that the western wing has traveled the far ther. By these same reports, the two columns will form a junction near the threatened American Mormon colo nists, probably in the Casas Grandes region. Discus* Garrisoning Carrania officials, it was learned to day, have been discussing with some concern whether American troops, during the Villa pursuit, would have to occupy any Mexican cities and the effect of such occupation upon Mex ican public sentiment. The Carranza officers have frankly expressed the hope that the garrison ing of the cities can be left to their own troops. The American army's choice of the Chihuahua desert as its place of entry precludes for the pres ent such a problem as city garrison duty. It is estimated here that the cost of the Villa pursuit at present is up ward of $40,000 per day. While the possibility that actual lighting with the Villlstas might be gin nt any moment,, interest was re doubled in every item of intelligence that threw any light on the attitude of the Carranza adherents and more es pecially on that of the Ave detach ments of Carranza troops who are de clared by the officials of the de facto government to be operating against Villa. No Close Co-operation Andres Garcia, the Carranza consul here, who Is recognized as the closest man to the first chief on the border, refused to make any definite statement [Continued on Page 13.] THE WEATHER For tlarr|Mhurg ami vicinity: Fair and Nllglitly colder to-night, with lowest temperature about 1.1 ilr urrpm .Saturday fair anil warmer. For FiiMtern IVnn*> l\aula : Fair and Nlltchtly colder to-night; Satur day fair. warmers moderate northweat to north wlnria. River Mo important changea will occur in water atageM or Ice condition** in the Suf»<iuchaniin river and Itx branchfH. A mtage of about 4.5 feet la Indicated for Ifarrlnhurg Saturday morning, with Nurface nearly covered with floating Ice. Caenernl Condition** The atorm over the nortlieamtern part of the I'nlted State* haw pro greaac«l Mlowly with Increnalng atrengtli during the lawt twenty-four bourn. It ban raiiMed more anow in Xew Fag land, and there hate been light falla of nnow In the Upper lilo \ alley, along the «outliea«t nhoren of the threat Lake* and in the Interior of New York stair. It la • to IS degreea colder thU morning In .\ew Englnnd, the 1 pper St. I.owrence Valley, over nearly all the region of the threat l ake* ind In the I pper MINIIIMIP pI Valley and In extreme West ern Canada. Temperatures 8 a. m-. 18. Suns Riftrn, Otl'J a. m.; aeta, <l:ir» p. m. Moons Full moon, March 10, I'J :J7 p. m. Rlter stage: 4.7 feet above low water mark. Veaterdny'a \\ rather lllghcat temperature, '27. I.oweat temprrat tire, 1.1. Menu Irmprraturr, 20, .Normal temperature, 38. C STARTING IN PURSUIT O I l • J j cxvsujzy j=>u/zsvtT orse^ytuu This photograph shows members of the 13th U. S. Cavalry, stationed at Columbus. N. jr.. starting in pursuit of the raiding Villistas, after the outlaws had pillaged the town find killed sixteen Americans. Brigadier General Pershing ordered the pursuit of the fleeing raiders who were driven off by the | troops in the army camp. BILL INCREASING ARMY TO 120,000 ! SIGNED BY WILSON Approves Joint Congressional Resolutions Authorizing Increase to Full Strength By Associated Press Washington, March 17.—Presi dent Wilson to-day signed the joint congressional resolution au thorizing the increase of the standing army to its full strength jf approximately 120,000 men. Under a rule limiting general de bate to ten hours, the House to-day began considering the army bill, the most extensive proposal for increasing the military establishment ever laid before it in peace times. If possible a final vote will be reached to-mor row night. Forty to Sjjoak Forty speakers have asked for time. Republicans and Democrats were equally represented on the list and all were expected to favor a wide de gree of national preparedness what ever their attitude might be on the committee bill. When the debate began no oppon ent of the general plan of prepared ness had asked to be heard. Chair man Hay of the military committee, and Representative Kahn, ranking Republican member, apportioned the ten hours equally. Speaker Clark, who will deliver an address in sup port of the measure, surrendered the chair ti» Representative Garret, of Tennessee, at the beginning of the de : bate. Representative Gordon, Democrat, of Ohio, led off. for the bill. He had [Continued on Pane !■!.] Four Lives Believed to Have Been Lost in Sinking of Big Dutch Steamer " By Associated Press ' Amsterdam. March 17. Tt is now be lieved there was a small number of lives lost in the sinking of the Tuban , tia, either in the explosion or in an ac cident which attended the launching of a lifeboat. The steamship remained alloat several hours. According to all reports there was no panic, every one 911 .board .behaving splendidly. The boats were launched ,in their appointed order and the pas senger* were ail taken off first. The rescue work was difficult, owing to the darkness,'the heavy, mis* ahd rile riiugli sea. The boats were several hours in finding the , Noordhinde'r lightship, which was two miles away. ! The captain and part of. the drew re mained op the gradually stnkjng ship for some time, the wireless operator keeping up the work or guiding Dutch vessels to the rescue. The-captain" Was on the vessel for two hours after she was struck a.nd was the last, to leave. 1 The rescuing vessels took the passen : gers and crew to Flushing, Amsterdam and the IIOOK. lAMKUICAN HAMvI'iHS TO DEVELOP AFRICAN MINKS By Associated Press London. March 17. A group of ' American financiers, headed by Adol'ph j and Sons, has arranged with London capitalists to develop ex -1 tensive gold-bearing properties for the Far Eastern Rand, South Africa. This ; Is the first time that American capital has been sought for the exploitation of the Rand mining industry. ! The new American capital supplants | that of German banks. HOLLAXI) DEEPLY STIRRED By Associated Press The Hague, March 17.—The loss of one of Holland's finest steamships has stirred the country deeply. The sink ing of the Tubantia, valued at $1,600.- 000 and insured for $1,240,000. means loss of valuable cargo space not easily replaceable. The opinion accredited to the captain that the Tubantia was torpedoed adds to the feeling of re i.scntment aroused by the disaster. FIVE HURT IN EXPLOSION • By Associated Press Kenvil, X. J., March 17.—The ex plosion of about 1000 pounds' of smokeless powder at the plant of the Hercules Powder Company here to day injured live employes, three of j them seriously, and wrecked a bund ling. HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH" 17, 1916 HARRISBURG BABI | AND HEALTHY A | Remarkable Showing at Exhibit; books at Library That Tell How to Keep Baby Well r "Our birth is but a sleeping' and a forgetting: The soul that rises with us, our life's star. | Hath had elsewhere its setting, And eometh from afar. .... trailing clouds of glory, do we come Prom God, who is our home: I Heaven lies about us in our in fancy." The poet Wordsworth was very fond , of children, but had he been fortunate i enough to have visited Harrlsburg yes- < 1 terd.ay afternoon and made a brief | sojourn an the fourth floor of Bow- , man's store about 4:30 in the after- ! noon, perhaps he would have been in- j spired to even further beautiful thoughts centered about the baby, j This is what he would have found:—] A large host of the prettiest, littlest, heaviest, cutest, curliest-haired, bluest eyed, blackest-eyed, tiniest-footed,' huskiest, shapeliest, altogether the j [Continued oil l a«c I I.] HEADQUARTERS TO BE OPENED HERE Governor's Friends Will Start His Campaign—Washing ton Has a Rumor Headquarters for the campaign in the interest of election of delegates committed 1o Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh for President will be i opened Monday in the Union Trust ! building. A publicity bureau will be 'installed and the petitions in behalf of the Governor will be circulated. The conference of men interested in | the Governor's campaign held at the Capitol yesterday was declared by At- ; torney General Brown to be the start of the campaign in the interior. The ! plan is to organize every county, to i have the Governor make speeches! throughout the State and to interest j the young voters as well as the labor- j Ing.men. ■ »•- * An interesting statement regarding j Senator Penrose's visit to Pittsburgh is : made by the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times, owned by'Senator,Oliver. The Gazette- i Times says of the Senator: "Predic-j lions are being made that in his dis cissions with county leaders he will j advocate the election of uninstructed delegates to tlio Republican national I convention, so that those charged with I the duty of nominating a President.. ' will be unhampered in any way in I their endeavor to select a powerful i standard-bearer." l.ouis W. Stra.ver, Washington cor- I respondent of the Pittsburgh Dispatch, says in a signed article from the na tional capital to-day: "That Gbvernor j Brumbaugh's presidential campaign is i I'o be diverted to Colonel Roosevelt I was the declaration made here to-day | i by one of the leaders in the movement i j in discussing politics with one of the I national leaders interested in the se- j lection by the Republican party of a progressive candidate who would 1 cement the party. According to the i information given this national leader i by a Pennsylvania politician in.a po sition to speak with, authority, the delegates that Governor Brumbaugh '•an command will be thrown to | Colonel Roosevelt at an opportune: • time, or used in a way acceptable to Mr. Roosevelt." COMPENSATION HEARING The application of .Margaret Smith. 111H North Seventh street, against Mrs.. Alice Heikes. 328 North street, for com- | pensatlon under the new act, was heard before Referee Saylur to-day. Miss Smith claims she was injured by a fall ' downstairs while employed as a din i Ingruom girl at a boardlnghouse kept by Mrs. Heikes. The opposing claim is that the girl was employed as a domes tic, that she was not seriously hurt and was paid two weeks' wages while suf fering from the injuries. The case was ; not decided. CAM, FOR REV. BOOTH | The Kirst Baptist Church of Greens | burg. Pa., has extended a unanimous call to th«i Rev. W. 8. Booth, pastor ' lof the First Baptist Church of iiurris- I burg, to become its pastor. | PUBLIC LIBRARY'S BOOKS ON BABIES Belcher—Clean Milk Clock—(>ur Baby Conistoek—Mothercral't l»avl*—Mother anil Child , Bennett—Healthy Baby Gruenberg—Your Child To-day and To-morrow lierlejr—Short Talks With Young Mothers Key—Century of the Child 1/lppert At Holmes—When to Send For the Ooetov MaoCarthy—Hygiene For Mother and Child j Xewton—Mother and Baby Itosonau—Milk Question Smitli—All tlic Children of All the People Twcddell—How to Take Care of the Baby Wheeler—Before the Baby Conies ' I DAPP IS STRONG FOR LOCAL OPTION "Xo Uncertainty as to Where I Stand,'" He Says; Prom inent as Fireman Edward Dapp, candidate for the j Legislature in the city district on the | Republican ticket, came out to-day in j a strong statement in favor of local option. Mr. Dapp, who was elected j Jury Commissioner as an independent j Republican in 1913 by a majority that, ran away ahead of his ticket, made j the following announcement as to his 1 views on the local option question, ; which will be one of the principal > issues in the next Legislature: "I have been asked by many of my friends why I have chosen to be a can- i didate for the State Assembly on a i' local option platform. They and the : voters whose support lam seeking are : I entitled to a denite answer to this, 1 question. There is undoubtedly a very strong sentiment in our community in favor of local option as respects the, sale of intoxicating liquors and it is for i the purpose of getting an expression j of the sentiment of my fellow-citizens | j on this question that my own position ,: i has been made so definite. I believe in government by the people and that the majority should rule the minority. ;' I rather than the rule of the majority i jby the minority. If elected, as I hope to be, there will be no uncertainty as 1 | to what shall be my duty to my con stituents. Their desire will have a true expression in my vote, and I "am willing to stand or fall according to their will." Mr. Dapp is well known in railroad I I circles and as a volunteer fireman Is ; j interested in getting the Legislature to I adopt an amendment whereby all of [ the 2 per cent, of the State tax on | foreign (Ire insurance will go to the relief of sick and injured firemen, in ! stead of 1 per cent., as at present. He j Is also an advocate of the erection in | Capitol Park of a monument to the firemen of the State who died in the protection of lives and property from ( fire. Brewer's Secretary Is Again Remanded to Jail For Contempt of Court IBy Associated Press Pittsburgh, March 17.—Judge W. H. 1 | S. Thompson, in the Federal District ; ; Court here, to-day dismissed the writ of habeas corpus on which Hugh F. Fox. of New York, secretary of the j 1 ) United States Brewers' Association, was lecently released from prison and ! remanded him to the Allegheny county jail for contempt of court. Fox had ' refused to answer questions put to him t by the grand jury investigating the!* alleged political activity of the United I' States and other brewery associations. ■ Counsel for Fox later secured a t writ of error and Fox was released on i ■bull pending an appeal from Judge 1 Thompson's decision to the United I < I States Circit Court of Appeals, Jj STEELTON STORE TO BE DIVORCED FROM STEEL CO.? General Manager Denies Humor; Based on Schwab's Attitude in Bethlehem Persistent rumors that tlie Steel-' ton Store Company, Limited, one of: the largest wholesale and retail estab lishments in Central Pennsylvania,, would be scparafed from its present close collection with the Pennsylvania Steel Company, were declared to be unfounded by W. E. Abercrombie, general manager and one of the in corporators, this morning. • "X have no knowledge of any change : being contemplated," declared Mr. Abercrombie. "To my knowledge this; talk of changes is merely gossip."! General Manager Abercrombie also denied the report which was current this morning that the steel company to-day discontinued to honor the credit books of customers of the I store. Reports that the management of ihe store company would be made in dependent of the steel works were : started, it is said, by the fact that j Charles M. Schwab, chairman of the j board of directors of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation which recently ac i quired the Pennsylvania Steel Com , pany and its subsidiaries, was instru j mental in placing all stores in South I Bethlehem on a cash basis following the big strike there several years ago. While there have been many rumors of similar action here, there has been . no intimation of such a plan from any official quarters. The Steelton Store Company, Limited, is the largest single business established in Steelton and one of the largest in this section. It operates , both wholesale and retail departments : and is one of the most niodernly j equipped stores in this vicinity. The latest and best methods of merchan dising have been incorporated in its ! management. Swears Husband Called Her "Belle of the Pigsty" _____ Special to the Telegraph i New York, March 17.—The trial of the suit of Mrs. Augusta Palmer, of ; West New York, for divorce from Claude Palmer, of Stroudsburg. Pa., a ' cousin of former Congressman A. j Mitchell Palmer, on the ground of cruelty, was begun yesterday in Jer ! sey City. Mrs. Palmer testified that her hus j band was fond of calling her a "swamp angel" and "a belle of the pigsty." Her husband • denied the i cruelty charge and entered a cross , suit, alleging that his wife was untidy. Revolution in China Is Reported to Be Spreading By Associated Press •Philadelphia, March 17. General Hwant? Usiang, first secretary of war | in the Chinese republic, who is tem : porarily residing at Media, Pa., near ! here, announced that lie had received to-day a cablegram from Changhai that the revolution in China is advanc ing rapidly. The province of Kwang Si declared its independence, the general said the cablegram stated, and Tias been added I fo the list of provinces in rebellion. NEW DU PONT PLANT By Associated Press Wilmington, Del.j March 17. mal announcement is made to-day of j the acquisition by the Du Pont Com pany of a site for a new dynamite plant of moderate capacity on the; York river'near Yorktown, Va. This site comprises about 3,000 acres a few miles northwest of Yorktown and j about the same distance duo east of Williamsburg, and easily accessible by water or rail. The new plant, it is said, will be In no sense another Hope well, as it will not have to do with the hurry-up work of munitions; making. TECH BOYS FORM GUX CLUB 1 Tech students are going to learn how to shoot. At a meeting yesterday] afternoon. Dr. C. B. Fager, principal,' and other faculty momh. ry of the! Technical High school, addressed the students on the value of knowing how to shoot, and recommended the or ganization of a shooting club. I>r. Fager issued a call and twenty-six candidates signed up for the new or- j jganization, P. &R. DIVISION ] ENGINEER MADE SUPERINTENDENT R. Boone Abbott, President ot 1 the Engineers' Society of Pa., Goes Up Ladder PROMOTION IS RAPID 1 Got Training by Studying at i Night While Draughtsman in Reading Office 1!. Booiie Abbott, division engineer | of Philadelphia and Heading Railway ('omp.tiy, with headquarters in Har ■ risburg, and president of the Engineers' Society of Pennsyl vania, to-day was promoted to the su-1 perintendency of the Shamokin divi sion with headquarters at Tamaqua. He went to Tamaqua to-day to take Jup his new duties. He succeeds J. • j 10. Turk, who was made general su ! perintendent. 1 The appointment of Mr. Abbott is a recognition of hard and faithful ser vice. He started us a clerk in the draughting room of the division engi neer'p at Heading and through his own efforts has earned rapid promo- I tions. Mr. Abbott is a native of Phila j delphia. He is 35 years old. He was i | educated in the Pottsville public | schools and studied civil engineering at night. He entered the services of ! the Reading company in October, : 1900. Two months later his tirst pro i motion came and lie became assistant supervisor at Tamaqua. On January | !0. 1905, Mr. Abbott was made as-' isistant supervisor at Reading. Early! I in March of the same year he became assistant supervisor at Harrisburg, a position which he held until June, I when the place of supervisor at Al lentown was given him. In March, 1906, Mr. Abbott Was; transferred to the New York division ! with headquarters at Philadelphia, i where he remained until April. 1909,! ' when he was transferred to Pottsville, I continuing until March, 1910. 'He j then became division engineer of the I Harrisburg division. Mr. Abbott was a member of the! Engineers' Society of Pennsylvania since April. 1910. He was treasurer of the society for three years, and last December was elected president, i Xo successor to Mr. Abbott in Har j risburg has been announced. iiHi riyir** — w NEW YORK, MARCH 17.-MEV/5 WAS RKCEIV- I S CrTY TO-DAY THAT THE STI 1 ' KANAWHA, BOUND FROM NEW YORK FOR RIO | JANEIRO BY WAY OF NORFOLK. VA„ HAD SUNK L AT SEA. A BOATLOAD OF SAILORS.FROM THE '[ fcNAWHA WAS PICKED VP VY T HE STEAMER i; SANTA MARTA. EIGHT MEMBERS OF THE CREW P !| ARE STILL MISSING. , f AMERICANS IN MEXICO UNEASY ■ ! [ E! Paso, Texas, March 17.—Rapidly growing uneasiness ! ! < | 1 > '! !j north and west was evidenced to-day by reports from various » i 1 ' ' to the border or were preparing to leave. ; I P . 1 i • j | lorp< . 1 been instructed to investigate the reported unsuccessful at- • > | tempt to torpedo the French Liner Patria. ; ' GOVERNOR MEETS LEADERS I * ® Reading.—Following his address be'ore the Hot:- , i I ing Conference here to-day Governor Brumbaugh had a con- | « 1 crence with Republican leaders of Berks county, who ' | N ' assured him of their support»for delegates. The Governor ( L ! declared in his speech that better housing conditions were { ■ '• > essential for the health and well being of the people of the 1 ' State. He also said that better housing means more eft i m ciency and an aid to real Americanism. , ► 1 R. R. PRESIDENTS APPOINT EMBARGO BODY j 1 A New York, March 17. —The presi<ien*s of all the eastei • f [ t railroads met here to-day with Interstate Commerce Com- \ ' |'l missioner E. E. Clark and appointed a rommitt«e with power | ► 1 . to disapprove or. modify all railroad freight embargoes to the i ! end that the present freight congestion may be relieved! j j ' * New Orleans. March 17.—The battleship Kentucky ' : sailed to-day for Vera Cruz. Captain Dismukes said the J t j'j ► warship carried her'full complement of men. : <t MARRIAGE LICENSES • » Koukl.. .Jr.. Strrlton, «„,| D or» Kthcl Smith, ill}. , William I.i>limini iJuncnn, .lllnilp, anil Mnrmirrl Kvrl> n llnrri. Caul Uiithrrf uril. «/w- II A n i»A 22 PAGES CITY EDITION FRENCH REPULSE FIVE SUCCESSIVE GERMAN ATTACKS Violent Assaults in Vicinity of Vaux Arc Broken by Heavy Fire RUSSIANS ARE AC T1 V E Move Forward Along the Stripa; Counter Drives Stopped by Italians The German drive :i t I lie Verdun de fenses lias again shifted its direction. Strong assaults were made by the Ger mans on the lines east of Verdun dur ing the nigllt, live successive assaults in the Vaux region being repulsed by the French. Paris announces to-day. | .The German attacks were of. the j most violent character, but each was 1 broken up by the French curtain of fire, the Paris war office declares. 1 Sotli the fort and the village of Vaux were objectives of the Germans, two attacks being made on each, while a fifth was delivered in an effort by the Germans to douch from a protected roadway southeast of Vaux village. Suffer llcuvy i,os«os The heavy lighting in t lie past few days has been to the northwest of the fortress and only lust night Paris re ported massed attacks by the Ger mans. who drove at the French po sition at Dead Man's Hill only to be forced back eastward toward the Cor beaux woods, suffering heavy losses. Although a bombardment has been continued In this region, the infantry attacks have not been renewed. important op«rations may be de [Continiied on Page 7] Missing Sunbury Boys in Marysville Yesterday I Charles A. Bateman, Jr.. 11, and jThtirman Miller, aged 10, two small ! hoys who disappeared from their i home in Sunbury recently, were in ! Marysville yesterday when the Ttev. 10. A. Parson, of that town, gave them 1 lunch at noon. The ttev. Mr. Parson i did not know the boys, or that they had ran away from home, but last evening when he saw their pictures and descriptions in the Telegraph he reported the incident to the Harris burg police. The railroad police had | been notified to watch for the boys, aa they told the minister that they were on their way to Altoona.
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