German and British Destroye/js Engage in Rujwing fight Off Belgian Coast
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
a vvvir v, r i nr cabrif.r n cents a week.
LaaaV— J\ O. DO sikgle copies a cewts.
AVIATORS SOAR
IN SEARCH OF V
AFTER DEFEAT
Birdmen Seek to Discover
Outlaw After He Leaves
Dead and Wounded Behind
at Namiquipa and Makes
Tracks For the Mountains
BANDIT MAY BREAK
UP HIS COMMAND
Army Officers Agree That if
He Takes Refuge in Sierra
Madre Range With Small
Band It Will Be Practically
Impossible to Capture Him
By Associated Press
El Paso. Texas, March 21. —Avia-
tors of the United States army wort
reported to-dny searching the almost
blind trails leading to the passes in
lhe Sierra Madre mountains where
Francisco Villa may seek to escape
after nis defeat by the Carranza forces j
yesterday at Namiquipa.
Details of the tight in which Colorful j
Cano, with about 900 Carranzistas took;
part, are lacking, but it is reported
that Villa was badly worsted and that
he fled, leaving his dead and wounded.
Captain B. D. Foulois is in charge
of the seven aviators selected for the
task of scouting for Villa who. after i
his fight with Colonel Cano, Is expected :
to scatter his bandits ruther than risk
an engagement with the American 1
troops, who arc said to bar his way
to the north.
Ex|HH't<*(l to Scatter
Army officers agree that if Villa
breaks tip his command into small
bands and turns to the Sierra Madre
mountains for a hiding place, it will
be almost impossible to capture him- j
Villa spent his early days as an out-j
law in these mountains, the passes J
through which an army and its trans-;
port may not move. It takes ten toi
t twelve days to negotiate these passes
® nto the Sonora district.
Mexicans here believe Villa will
hide himself away in the mountain
fastness until the American troops
have given up the chase.
Six Biplanes Join Force
Interest was shown in wireless dis
patches from the front stating that six
biplanes of the First Aero Squadron, j
commanded by Captain Benjamin D.
Foulois. had joined the American ex
peditionary forces.
Henceforth aeroplane scouting is ex
pected here to play an Important part
in the progress of General Pershing's
columns. At E' Valle and Cruces, ac
cording to travelers in the Santa Maris
Valley, there are plenty of locations
suitable for aeroplane bases. From
these points the army airmen are ex
pected to make frequent reconnais
sances over the lofty reaches of the
Sierra Madre range.
If Villa is proceeding in considerable
force, the airmen are likely to locate
him. If he has split up his command
into small units and is keeping under
shelter of the oak and pine woods, the
task of the observers will become diffi
cult.
Will Pick Camp Sites
It is not alone in spying after Villa
forces that the First Squadron will lie
employed. The (lying men are ex
pected to pick out camping places,
watering spots and in some cases path
ways over the mountains which the
mule trains can follow.
No uneasiness is felt here regarding
Lieutenant W. G. Kiiner, who left Co
lumbus in a seventh machine to go to
the front and did not arrive with the
others. The aero squadron undoubt
edly followed the line of communi
cation established by General Pershing
in his southward progress. If Lieu -
lenant Kiiner suffered any mishap and
was compelled to alight, he was almost
certain to be picked up at once by
some outpost, it is believed. Dis
patches arriving from Columbus, N. M.,
say that although it is now more than
ten days since the Villa forces attacked
Columbus*and it has been established
definitely that the bandit is fleeing be
fore the expeditionary force, some of
the residents of the town are not with
out l'ear that the raid may be repeated.
Practically all of the male residents
carry firearms.
Scholars Tote Guns
When the brick schoolhouse on the
Mesa was opened for the first time
since the raid, a number of the older
[Continued on Page I I.]
THE WEATHER
For narrlsbnrß anil vicinityi Gen
erally cloud)' and nomrabat
nnrimr to-nlnrht, with lonext
trmiierntuiv nbout freezingi Weil
nrndn.v partly cloudy and warmer.
For Kaatern Pennsylvania i Clondy
to-night I warmer in Month por
tion! Wednesday partly cloudy
and warmert gentle, variable
>vlnd*.
4 lllver
~ The Sumiuchnnnii rflver and Ita
tributaries will remain ncarly
Htatlonary to-nlclit! the tribu
taries will probably rise some
what Wednesday. The streams
now Icebound will remain so, hut
the quantity of floating Ice will
decrease. A »tage of about iS feet
Is Indicated for Harrlsburg Wed
nesday morning.
General Conditions
Pressure hns decreased decidedly
over nearly all the country enst
of the Rocky Mountains In the
last twenty-four hours. Snow has
fallen generally over the I.ake
Region and In the Upper Ohio
Valley. I.ower St. I.anrencc Val
ley and the Middle Atlantic
States.
Temperature! S n. m., 28.
Sun: Rises. #:tKI n. nt.i aets, GilS
p. m.
tlooni Rises, Si4R p. m.
River Stage! 4.5 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature. 34.
l.imest temperature. 20.
Wean temperature. 27.
.Normal temptra'iire, 3t».
International Rotary President Here Tomorrow
ALLAN D. ALBERT
President of the International Association of Rotary Clubs who will he In
Harrisburg to-morrow as the joint guest of the Rotary" Club anil tlie Chamber
of Commerce. Mr. Albert is a municipal expert. He will speak at a joint
luncheon at the Hariisburg Club at noon and in the evening in the Technical
High School on "The Forces That Make Cities." At 6 o'clock he will be the
guest of the Rotary Club fit dinner.
JULY GATHERING !
OF ENDEAVORERS
TO BREAK RECORD
Largest Conference of Pennsyl
vania C. E. Societies
Planned
At least 1,500 delegates, several
! thousand visitors, a great chorus of
I 200 voices, a big parade, special ex
-1 curslons from other points in Penn
j sylvania into Harrisburg, an excursion
| for delegates to the Gettysburg bat
tlefield these are only a few of the
j high lights planned for the three-day
1 program of the twenty-second annual
j State convention of the Christian En
| deavorers of Pennsylvania to be held
in Chestnut street hall, July 11-14.
Details are being arranged .by the
local convention committee and in the
I llrst bulletin issued to-day, a general
survey of the plans is set forth.
The session will open Tuesday, July
il and will last until Thursday. July
i 14. and in these three days Harrisburg
wil be the Mecca for thousands of
[Continued on Page 11.)
CONFIDENT NOW
OF LOCAL OPTION
IN PENNSYLVANIA
! Governor Highly Pleased With
the Outlook in Western
Pennsylvania
Governor Brumbaugh to-day re
peated at the Capitol the confidence he
expressed at Pittsburgh yesterday that
| local option was going to win.
| The Governor, fresh as a daisy and
| cheerful over the receptions given him,
reached the Capitol shortly before noon
and said that he was delighted with
the <'igor shown in behalf of local
j option in western counties. He felt
[Continued on Page 6.]
Bryan Declares He Favors
Renomination of Wilson
By Associated Press
I Lincoln, Neb., March 21. Wl
l! liain J. Bryan, in a speech here last
[night discussed national questions and
! his relations with President Wilson
I whose renomination. he declared, he
favored. There would be, ho said, no
other candidate at the St. Louis con
j vent ion.
"I am a candidate for delegate-at
large to that convention," said Mr.
Bryan, "hut if any of my friends who
| have suddenly become friends of
Woodrow Wilson can serve him bet
jter than myself, let them send some-
I one else to the convention. If Wood
row Wilson owes me anything he has
more than paid It bach by giving him
self to the nation as President instead
i of lloosevelt."
HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 21, 1916
MIDDLETOWN, HIT
HARD BY FATES,
NOW PROSPEROUS
Undaunted Courage of Citizens
Pulls Town Through
Many Adversities
Middletown, .Pa.. March 21.
Shaken almost to its foundations by
the removal of its largest industry and
a disastrous fire several years ago,
Middletown is fast becoming one of
the busiest towns in Central Pennsyl
vania and is one of the few towns
which really invites labor to come
within its borders.
A number of years ago the old Mid
[Continued on Page 5.]
GET INCREASE IN PAY
Altoona, Pa., March 21.—-The 1300
employes of the Altoona. Hollidays
burg and Juniata silk mills operated
by the Schwartzenbhck-Huber Com
pany who attain a certain average of
working days a month will receive 10
per cent, increase in their wages from
March 1. The manager says 90 per
cent, of the operatives now average
the required time.
OWN ARGUMENT
MOVES JURY TO
GRANT FREEDOM
Edward Welsh Tearfully
Pleads For "Everyday .lus
tiee, Not Sympathy"
Sans lawyer, sans knowledge of the
law,'sans any special gift of oratory,
Edward Welsh, charged with the theft
of a handbag from a woman shopper,
this morning argued his own cause
before a Dauphin county jury.
And after twenty minutes' delib
[Continued on Page «.]
ASQVITH SUIT SETTLED
By Associated Press
London, March 21. The libel suit
of Mrs. Herbert Asquith, wife of the
Premier, against the Globe was set
tled to-day. The suit was brought on
account of publication by the Globe of
statements that Mrs. Asquith had vis
ited German prisoners of war con
fined at, Donnington Hall and had sent
presents to them. When the case was
called to-day announcement was
made that the Globe had consented to
Judgment for £I,OOO and costs.
NO MORE AtTTOS 'IX)
GO INTO ENGLAND
By Associated Press
London, March 21. Further re
strictions on this Importation of
luxuries were imposed to-day. At a
meeting of the privy council, King
George ' signed a proclamation pro
hibiting the bringing in of automo
biles, motorcycles, various musical
instruments, such a s player - pianos
and phonographs, and spirits and
other strong drink, with the excep
tion of brandy and t urn.
MUELLER DROPPED
FROM SERVICE AS
CITY'S FORESTER
Council Unanimously Supports
Commissioner Gross" Request
For His Removal
EXONERATE PARK LAND
Gorgas Ordinance Goes Over;
Seitz' Opinion on Interest
Accumulations
City Council this morning unani
mously voted to dismiss Harry J.
Mueller from the municipal service as
city forester. The dismissal becomes
effective at once.
The action was taken at the request
of Commissioner E. Z. Gross, superin
tendent of parks and public property
and elicited no comment after Mr.
Gross had stated his reasons In a few
words.
"Every opportunity has been giyen
the young man to work in harmony
and co-operate with the department,
but thus far he has shown no disposi
tion to do so. So 1 ask for relief be
cause it has been impossible to get
along this way."
Mueller to Get Week's Pay
After Council meeting Mr. Cross
said he will pay Mueller for his ser
vices as forester during the past
week.
Mueller has intimated that he will
issue a statement covering his posi
tion.
Several weeks ago Mr. Gross asked
for Mueller's resignation to take ef
fect March 15, but Mueller lias re
fused to resign.
Following the reading of a letter
from the Capitol park extension com
mission in which the State authori
ties point out that properties are cx
[Continued on Page fi.]
WILL YOU PAY
FOR DEFENSE--OR
FOR TRIBUTE?
Great Photoplay Gives You
Chance to Boost Battle- i
ship Fund .
"Millions for Defense, but Xot One
Cent for Tribute," Is a famous saying
which is Just as appropriate ajid has
just as true a ring to-day as itv did in
1796 when Charles Cotesworth
Pinckney, then ambassador to the
French Republic, uttered the words
which have come down the years' to
us.
"Millions for Defense" is a possi
bility nowadays if this country will
only make it so, and the spectacular
motion picture film, "Defense or
Tribute" which the Telegraph is
bringing to this city In conjunction
with the New York Tribune and the
Marjoric Sterrett Battleship Fund
campaign is one of the many ways of
bringing to the public the realization
of the need for adequate defender if
we are to avert war successfully.
This instructive and educational
[Continued on Page I I.]
Sent to Jail For 60 Days
For Smoking "Strong" Pipe
Special to the Telrgraph
Millville, N. J„ March 21.
Charged with smoking a "strong" pipe
and otherwise annoying the neighbors
in West Millville, Edward Brandriff
was arraigned before Acting Mayor
Thomas Whitaker yesterday who sent
enced Brandriff to pay a fine of SOO
and spend ten days in jail.
The defendant refused to pay the
fine and was sent to jail for 60 days.
TW6 NEW DIRECTORS IX
TEMPDE IRON BOARD
Special to the Telegraph
Reading, Pa., March 21.—Two new
directors, D. E. New York and
Isaac Heister, Reading, were elected
i directors of the Temple Iron Com
pany at its annual meeting. This
company owned, until recently, the
famous Temple Furnace, the basis of
the coal, iron and railway trust dis
solved by the Federal Supreme
Courts.
The company, now inactive, re
elected E. T. Stotesbury and E. B.
Thomas, Philadelphia; F. C. Smink,
Reading: W. H. Truesdale, and F. P.
Underwood, of the Erie; W. J. Rich
ards, Pottsville and Robert W. De
forest, Jersey Central.
York Fair Ground May
Be Used as Concentration
Camp For State's Recruits
Ry Associated Press
York, Pa.. March 21. —Anticipating
' passage of the administration bill for
increase of the regular army, nego
tiations are in progress with the York
County Agricultural Society for use of
its 73-acre fair ground here as a con
centration camp for a Pennsylvania
i quota of about 1,500 men. This leaked
; out to-day following a conference be
tween the fair officials and representa
tives of the "War Department, and the
i adjutant general's office at Harris-
J burg.
While the Yorkers taken Into con
i fidence were cautioned to observe
! secrecy, it is reported that the scheme
| contemplates immediate concent ration
| and training of the Pennsylvania re
cruits here after army increase is
authorized. It is proposed to house
the soldiers in the permanent build
ings on the fair grounds as a better
protection to health than tents would
afford and to provide a hospital and
other accessories in order that the
camp may be maintained for an in
definite length of time, possibly all
k sUiumer, it ig gaiO, I
200 FACTORIES
TO BE SEIZED IN
TOBACCO FRAUD
Government Making Wholesale
Arrests as Result of "Appall
ing" Revenue Losses
GIGA NT I C CONSPIRACY
Firms All Over Country Band
ed Together to Sell Cheap
Cigars Without Stamps
By Associated Press
; New York, March 21. More than
ii a score of tobacco manufacturers were
; arrested here and in Brooklyn last
night and warrants are said to be out
j for many others, as a result of an in
j vestigation made by internal revenue
collectors who claim that the govern
ment has been defrauded of millions
of dollars throughout the country by
the selling of cheap cigars and cigar
-11 ets without stamps to consumers and
■I dealers for the past fifteen years.
I .os.scs Appalling
•j In a statement issued by the federal
i authorities in charge of the investiga
tion the losses to the government
through these alleged illegal practices
was described as "appalling."
11 "The proof so far obtained," the
statement continued, "has resulted in
. evidence being secured to date war
ranting the seizure of about 200 fac
tories in New York and elsewhere,
which will be accomplished at once
and the various offenders prosecuted
criminally."
Far-reaching' Conspiracy
It was said that the investigation
! showed " a far-reaching and gigantic
• | conspiracy to have existed." While
{the authorities refused to say whether
• j any large tobacco firms were involved
I in the alleged frauds, they intimated
[Continued on Page t l.]
GARBAGE HAULERS
JOIN ASHMEN IN
STRIKE FOR RAISE
Pickets Pursuade Fellow
Workers to Join Demand j
For More Money
i;he ashmen employed by the Penn-!
sylvania Reduction Company, who
went on a strike on Saturday for
higher wages, to-day persuaded the
garbage collectors of the company, to J
join them in their demands.
No collections were made In any
part of the city as the strike has tied
up the company's plant and no agree
ment has been reached.
When the garbage collectors came
out for work they were met at the
, stable by a number of ashmen, who
said that they would not let a wagon
leave the place. After a short argu
-1 ment all of the men left, none of them
reporting for work.
The men demand an Increase of
about SO per cent. In wages, which,
according to Reduction Company offl
cials, cannot be met. A meeting was
held yesterday by the officials and rep
resentatives of the club which the men
have formed but no agreement was
reached. Another meeting was held
this afternoon. No action will be
taken by the City Health Bureau, it
was said to-day until it is learned
definitely whether the company can :
continue to make regular collections
of ashes and garftage.
Aerial Dreadnaughl
Is Baltimore Invention
Baltimore, Md„ March 21. Ap
plication for a patent for an armored
aero dreadnaught, which will be un
like any other aerial craft so far in
vented, and which, it is claimed will
be able to cross the Atlantic ocean in
20 hours, was made in the Patent
office at Washington by Adam F.
Bautro and L. Emerson Hoffman, of
this city. Bautro has been working
on plans for his machine since 1896.
A company has been incorporated]
and the capital stock of $500,000 has
been subscribed.
The armored dreadnaught will be
minus the canvas wings of the mono
plane and biplane of the heavier-than
air type and shaped like a boat. The
dreadnaught will be 60 feet in length,
with 11-foot beam. Over the boat
will be a steel uiubrella-sltaped para
chute.
THRKF. APPLICATIONS REFUSED
Special to the Telegraph
Reading. Pa., March 21. Three
more hotel licenses were refused by ]
Judges Wagner and Endllcli, who have
thus far turned down five new a'ppli- '
cations and three old stands. Eugene
H. Gregory, owner of a lodginghouse
at. Bally, was refused a bar for lack
of necessity. John J. Ruth lost the
Cacos.sing Hotel license, in Lower
Heidolberg. because of alleged all
night parties in his place, and George
S. Morris was refused a rehearing for
a hotel here.
LANCASTER MAN SHOOTS WIFE
Lancaster, Pa., March 21. Be
cause she was suing for divorce on
the ground of cruel treatment, August
Roschel. a builder yesterday afternoon
shot his wife at her home in St.
Joseph street. She is at St. Joseph's
Hospital in a critical condition. Ros
chel fled toward the Conestoga River
and was captured two hours after the
shooting.»
BIG FIRE AFTER HAM)
By Associated Press
Amsterdam. March 21. The Tele- 1
uraaf states that the bombardment of
German positions on the Belgian coast!
yesterday by a squadron of 65 allied;
aeroplanes lasted for several hours. It,
says a gnat Ore was observed at
/c-brugge after the raid over tliat !
Solstt ■' - -
GERMANS FLEE
BEFORE BRITISH
IN SEA FIGHT
Four English Destroyers Chase
Teutonic Boats Into
Zeebrugge
MANY SHOTS EXCHANGED
London Asserts Enemy Was
Hit; Berlin Claims Small
Damage and Victory
By Associated Press
London, March 21. An engage
ment occurred yesterday off the Bel
gian coast between four British and
three German destroyers. Two of the
German vessels were hit. Four men
on the British boats were wounded.
The official account of the action
follows:
v "Yesterday morning four British
destroyers sighted three German de
stroyers on the Belgian coast. The
German destroyers at once turned and
ran for Zeebrugge, chased by our own
destroyers.
"Shots were exchanged: during this
short running tight two enemy boats
were observed to have been hit. Our
casualties were four men wounded."
German Acount
Berlin, March 21, via London.
The German admiralty account of the
battle between British destroyers and
German torpedoboats off the Belgian
coast follows:
"On March 20 off the coast of
Flanders a fight which was success
ful for us took place between three
German torpedoboats and a division
of live British dstroyers.
"The enemy broke off the engage
ment after he had received several
direct hits and he steamed out of
sight at full speed.
"We suffered only unimportant
damage."
GllOl'F OF SINN FEIN RIOTERS
WOUND THREE POLICEMEN
By Associated Press
London, March 21. Sinn Fein
rioters fired on the police la:<t night.
Three of the police were wounded.
The rioting occurred at Tullaniore,
King's county, Ireland. A police ser
geant was wounded serious'/ and a
county inspector and a distri t inspec
tor rei Ived slight wounds.
I —~Tp —nr• "tti*—■ *TP' *• TT I "TP"* Tfvt* 1 —
GIVE PRESIDENT CONTROL OVER RESERVE •!
Wishinp-ton. IVT.irch 21.—T' first action of the
, House o-day on the rmy bill wa ado t witl ut debate | >
: an amendment to give .the President absolute control over
the rese ( ,
; PresifVn* would have
i gj- es? tt iner< ase the array from 140,000 fighting ♦roops to , r
I 175,000 and also to si
! plated re -C : sts.
I 1
| Clinton Swigert, Bresr.ier, conductor at the' Pennsyl-
I ' i
when h< ht between two Hp, was, taken'to
I the ' t
P REPUBLICANS AD JO Til iN V> O T SELECTION. '
( Chicago. The subcommitt ( ,
® Republican National Committee adjourned without taking
| action on the election of a temporary chairman for the Na- I
| tional Convention here next June. The subcommittee will
B meet again at the call of the chair about the middle of April.
I
L FLYING COLUMN ON VILLA'S TRAIL 1 -
j Columbus, N. M., March 21.—American troops in Sep
i arate flying columns have been dispatched to the vicinity of < £
j Crues, where Villa Was defeated by Carranza forces, to co- 'f
| operate in an attempt to trap him. i I
| ARMY AEROPLANE FALLS IN MEXICO . J
Columbus, N. Mi, March 21.—A wireless from the field j'
army n aeroplane, one of six to arrive to-day, wa >
i 1 .
1 partially wrecked in a fifty-foot fall. The pilot, Lieutenant
T. S. Bowen, was injured but not fatally.
! ROUT BANDITS, KILLING EIGHTEEN ' '
Tor; con, Mex., March 21.—Government troops have
| routed a band of Villa followers .v. Trinidad, killing eigh-1 »
teen and capturing sixteen saddle horses. They pursued
i the bandits as far as Jimulco. i J
SHOOTS FOUR CHILDREN, KILLS SELF ;
Greensboro, N. C., Maich 21. —Daniel G. Patterson, | >
toimcily A laihoa man here, shot ; kiUed'his 'four chil
dren while they selpt to-day and then killed himself. He is >
believed to have been temporarily insane.
MARRIAGE '■!
<;porKe Wn( moii Krfdrr «nd Hexella Hoover, city.
Kmor.v X. Dlrtrlrh, riiumu ta» nr.i. nnd Mary llrnkrra Sloan. Haw-. |
(horny. • I
16 PAGES CITY EDITION
GERMANS MAKE
BIG DRIVE AT
FRENCH FLANK
Push Southward With Aid of
Liquid Fire and Heavy
Bombardment
RUSSIANS IN ISPAHAN
Take Old Persian Capital; De
feat Austrians at Vscieczk
in Galicia
The Germans before Verdun are
making; a strong drive at, I he' French
let* flank well toward the border of
the neighboring Arsonno region and
have gained ground south of Malan
court, some ten miles northwest of
Verdun.
Their first attacks took him into the
Malancourt wood and to-day's officials
statement from Paris shows them to
have pushed some distance farther
southward, occupying the Avoeourt
wood, the southern section of the
Malancourt wooded district.
The attacks have been made with
important forces, with the support of
heavy bombardment, by shells of large
caliber and the throwing of liquid fire
by detachments carrying special de
vices for tlie purpose.
The Germans attempted a further
advance southward, but according to
Paris their attempts to debouch from
[Continued on Page I I.]
Russians Are Reported
to Have Entered Ispahan,
Old Capital of Persia
By Associated Frcss
London. March 2t. A Renter
dispatch from Teheran says Rus
sian forces entered Ispahan, the
old capital of Persia, on March lit.
Isphan is one of the important cilies
of Persia, with H population of some
80,000. It is 21S miles southeast of
Teheran.
The foregoing dispatch indicates a
Russian movement further to the
south than lias been reported hitherto.
Russian forces after the capture of
Hamadan advanced southwest to
wards Kermanshah, in the direction
of the Turkish frontier. The army
now reported at Ispahan evidently is
striking southward from the main
Russian forces in the direction of the
Persian gulf.