Bandit Chief Reported Defeated in Fight With American and Mexican Troops HARRISBTJRG i§§2|ii TELEGRAPH LXXXV — Xo. 66 VILLA OUT LA WS TO BE HEMMED lb AFTER FIGHT; GUARDSMEN NOT NEEDED YET Bandit Chief Makes Stand in , Canyon and Is Driven Oat by Carranza Forces With Loss of Several Men and Capture of Hundred Horses; Loss of Mounts Serious Blow FLYING COLUMN OF AMERICANS IS CLOSE Decisive Battle Is Believed Impending; Contradictory Reports of Herrera's Re volt Leave True Situation in Doubt; General Is Known to Be Anti-Amer ican and Denounced "Grin goes" During Vera Cruz Landing By Associated Press Washington. March 21. The question of calling' the National (•uartl for border duty to release regulars for service in Mexico was discussed at to-day's cabinet meet ing but it was decided there was no prospect of such action at tills time. The cabinet was told thai there was sentiment in Congress to pro tect the constantly lengthening line of communications of Hie \mcricau punitive expedition b> sending more regulars Into Mexico and placing guardsmen along the border. Major General I'unston. how ever. had not asked for additional troops, it was stated to-day. and War Department oflicials did not believe mobilization of State • troops was now necessary. After l lie cabinet meeting olliclals showed they lea red a mobilization of guardsmen would have a dis quieting affect in Mexico. They expressed confidence that \mcr icnti troops In Mexico were in no danger. Should large bodies of Carrauxa troops go over to Villa, however, the question of calling out the guard will Ite considered. K1 Paso, Tex., March 24. —No word hail come to military headquarters here early to-day to confirm a report that American troops and the Car ranza army had surrounded Villa and his men and that a battle was im minent. The report was received by Mex ican Consul Andres Garcia. The Villa outlaws were said to be hemmed in at Kl Oso, about live miles south of Namlquipa, where Villa had tied after a conflict with Carranza forces at Santa Gertrudes. Villa, ac cording to a dispatch from General Bertani. Carranza commander in the lield of operations, made a stand In the Santa ('lark canyon near Santa Gertrudes, but was driven out with a loss of several men killed and one hundred horses captured. Another liuttlc Impending The los of the horses was a hard blow to Villa, it was said, as he de pends on the high quality of the mer its of the men to execute rapid moves, information regarding the impending battle at El Oso was expectantly awaited to-day by Consul Garcia and General Gavira at Juarez. Brigadier General Bell at Fort Bliss was with out information regarding General Pershing's forces whose strategic moves in the Chihuahua district have been cloaked in strict silence. For several days General Pershing has made no report regarding his movements to his superiors. Early to-day Andres Garcia, the < 'arranza consul here, displayed tele grams which, he said, he had received from General Bertani, at Casas Grandcs, announcing that Villa was surrounded at El oso. a ranch five [Continued oil Page o.] THE WEATHER For IfurrlftlMirK nuil vicinity: Gen- ERALLY ««IOIHI% t ill her, |»rol>ul»ly rnlii to-niKlit or Saturday; ••♦armor: lowmt temperature to altrlit ll bout 8."» iletcreeM. For Kantera K'eiinMyivanla: C loudy and warmer to-uij&ht and Satur day, probably local raiiiMj moder ate cant to MoutlieuMt windM. Itlver 'llie Ice from the t pper Went Ilrauth ban moved down and in uorued about lialt mile belotY Itenovo. If till-* gorge breukn »oon and the Ice continue* t<> move. It will caiiMc a decided rl*«; In the Lower \\ eat llrnuch, with a Mtauc of about 17 feet at \\ ll liairtMport, Saturday. If the Koruc lioldM, the rlae will be IPMN decld | cd and more gradual. \« ma terial chauKea are indicated for the North llranch. The main rlwr and the Juniata will fall. A atnge of about r».r» feet IM indicated tor lliirrlahurgt Saturday morula^. General t oudltlonM I'reMNure Is relatively high from the lake NOUtlieiiKtward to the At lantic count. It I* low over Yew lOnglnuil. the central valleys. Plain* State* and the Hocky MountaliiH, with the center of an exteaalvc disturbance over Colo rado. Over the I'lalun States aud tlience eastward to the Atlantic count there baa been u general rise of 2 to 22 degrees In temperature. Temperature! S a. m.« 30. Sun: Rises, 0:01 p. m.; sets, 0:1»2 p. m. Moon: l.ast quarter, Sunday, 11:22 n. m. Silver Stage: Six feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, ."IS. i.owem temperature. U.I. Mean temperature. :\2. .Normal temperature, 10. HV CARHIBH « CENTS A V. Kb'K. MM.I.C COI'IES J CKVI'S. \ PREPARING TO TAKE FOOD S. ' V 1 > i • •••• .. PS •• The army transports are probably the most important pieces of equipment of a lighting unit in the field. With out these wagons to carry food and ot her supplies to the troops little progress can be nuide. The picture shows I'nlted Slates Army transports being unloaded at Columbus, N. M., for service in Mexico. 3 MONTHS AND $25 FINE FOR FRAUD BOARD District Attorney Requests "Any Information" That Might Aid Prosecution ASKS FOR SENTENCE Tin •ee Members Arraigned This Afternoon; William M. Jones \yants New Trial . In March quarter sessions tliis. morning District Attorney Michael E. ; Stroup asked the members of the sec ond precinct, Sixth ward eleetto.il, board to furnish the county prosecu tor's office and the Dauphin county j courts with any information they I might have whfch would assist the further prosecution of the election frauds at the September,' lUIS, primftriM, The district attorney made this un usual request in open fcourt before calling William M. Jones. J. H. Reed, Delano Jones and George' E. Mdore, the election board for sentence' on the charge of conspiracy. Not a simile member of the board complied with the request. William M. Jones, the Judge of the board and the only member who faced a jury and was convicted, asked for , permission to file reasons for a new trial and the court- allowed him ten days for the purpose. . Culled For Sentence Tills Afternoon District Attorney Stroup insisted upon sentence for ti\e other three men and President Judge K link el. fixed 2 o'clock this afternoon for imposing the penalties. Three months in jail and $25 fine were imposed upon all three—Delano Jones, Moore and Reed. Moore and Reed got an additional line of $25 apiece and 3 months.for I violating the election laws. The jail terms run concurrently. The second precinct. Sixth ward board, was accused of conspiring to , defeat Rertron A. Wellls. as a Re publican candidate for constable over Benjamin Smith by making a fraudulent count and return in such a way as to give Smith a majority of one vote. A recount showed Weills an easy victor. Reed. Delano Jones, and Moore ad mitted that a fraudulent count had obviously been returned but denied that they had had any part in its per petration. They accordingly entered pleas of "nolle contendere" —no de fense. Youngster Falls Through Schoolroom Floor; Drops 15 Feet, but Is Uninjured Movie reels of hairbreadth esca pades have nothing on the little acro batic trick which William Werner, 11- year-old son of John' Werner, 2233 Logan street, a pupil in the Macl&y building, exhibited to classmates and teachers this morning. He didn't want to do it (?t and didn't know just how it happened, but—well, as William put it, "i just went through the ceiling.'" The boy is a pupil in Miss l.aurn Crane's room on the second floor, and while a class i ivas reciting, he started on an explor 'ation, which lead to a large srate in the tloor. Removing this, William stepped into the hole, and broke up | two classes with the excitement that I followed. Crashing through the ceiling he fell 15 feet below to the first lloor info the room of Miss Olive U. Hall, where another class was reciting. William didn't hurt himself a bit, ami after ■ the teachers found that he was unin sured he was punished for "dis iobedience." , HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 24, 1916 PRISONER TO BE ARRAIGNED WHEN DRUG WEARS OFF Dr. Waitc Will Be Token io Court For Murder of Wealthy Father-in-law DENIES ACCUSATION Admits Putting Something Into Soup, but Asserts It Was Medicine By Associated Press New York, March 24.—500n after Dr. Arthur Warren Waite, accused of poisoning his father-in-law, John E. j Peck, wealthy drug manufacturer, of ' Grand ltaplds, Mich., had denied the charge to-day. District , Attorney Swann announced that he had ob tained a voucher from a druggist signed with Waite's name for the pur chase of a quantity of arsenic on • * "[Continued 011 Page «.] * ;I_ ; • ■ HUNTINGDON IS STRONGLY BACK OF BIG HIGHWAY Home of E. M. C. Africa Boost ing William Pcnn Project in Many Ways Huntingdon, Pa., March 24. Over the entire tenative route of the Wil- • iiam Penn Highway no more support is given the movement than here in Huntingdon. The Huntingdon Cham ber of Commerce has taken a lively interest in the proposed boulevard and already a large sum of money has been raised to help make It a cer tainty. Huntingdon, too. is the home of E. M. C. Africa, one of the prime movers for the highway in Pennsyl vania, and he has already placed the first William Penn Highway sign on a pole in front of tlve building of J. C. Blair & Company, a concern of which he is president. .Mr. Africa is a very busy man, one of the busiest in the town, but he is never too busy to talk about the William Penn Highway and [Continued on Pnae <>.] Fugitive Slips From Train While Guardian of Law Takes a "Nap" While Robert Gallagher, who was to aid local police in making rest to-day, was sound asleep on the train arriving In this city at -1.35 o'clock this morning. C. A. Bidwell, wanted in Uniontown for false pre tense. slipped out of his berth and escaped, probably at Willlamsport, ac cording to city authorities. When lieutenant Wetzel, of the llarrlsburg police, met the "train 'ie found Gallagher still asleep. The officer aroused him and he said Bid well was in Berth No. XI, but No. 11 was empty. Gallagher and Uidwell left Glean last night at 10 o'clock, and ,the Harrisburg police were notified ito place Bidwejj under arresl . SHACKLETON IS BACK- FROM HIS ANTARCTIC TRIP Reaches Sydney, but News of Achievements Is Being With held by British MANY SCIENTISTS ALONG Expedition Traveled in Two Sections; lo Cross South Polar Realm By Associated Press Sydney, N. S. W., March 24. Lieu tenant Sir Ernest H. Shackleton has returned from his' Antarctic expedi tion. News of the achievements of the expedition is withheld for the pres ent. The adventure of Lieut. Shackleton heading the British trans-Antarctic expedition had a three-fold purpose, to navigate Antarctic on a meridian; I , " [Continued on Page 22] MEETING TONIGHT ! TO FRAME PLANS FOR BOATHOUSE I f Canoeists Urged to Attend Con fercnce; Manning to Be Present Definite plans for solving .Harris- I burg's "municipal boathouse" prob lem at last, will be threshed out at a great mass meeting of the canoeists, and others interested in water sports in the very near future. The date will be decided upon to night. when Warren 11. Manning, Park Commissioner K. 'A. Gross, Assistant Superintendent V. Grant Forrer, mem bers of.the City Planning Commission and all the canoeists and other water sport enthusiasts in the range of the Telegraph's circulation attend an in formal meeting for the purpose. Meet To-night The session will be impromptu in that no formal notices could be sent to all the interested parties and at the park offices it was explained that the newspaper notices would have to suffice. The meeting will be held in the park offices at S o'clock. Park Expert Manning dropped into town this morning enroute from Johnstown to New York. lie. made a . Brumbaugh will urge Pennsylvania l<> clfi't local option legislators at a bis State-wiile rally to IH- hold in this city in the week of j April 10. It will lie a greater rally than those held during the last lejis ' session and the Governor will Ik given the support of eminent. in fluential men. The details of the meeting were ar-| ranged yesterday by J. Denny O'Neil, | the Allegheny county leader, who is in j charge of the local option campaign in 1 Western Pennsylvania. The meeting I will be held here at the same time as I the convention of Pennsylvania bor | oughs, many of whose prominent men j arc interested in local option. Mr. i O'Neil said that his visit here was on local option matters only, nothing else. 'Headquarters Drowsy The Brumbaugh headquarters in the Franklin building is not very speedy. ] The Governor was away and there was nothing doing. The painters who arc I brightening up the corner corridors I were the only busy ones. Even Paul X. Pur man. the director of lieM op erations in the absence of the Attor ney General, could not think of any thing particularly new in the cam-) : paign. With the Governor away the j center of interest, shifted and there j was nothing doing beyond an nil ! nouncement that some endorsements ; of the Governor would be given out : | to-night. I Capitol 11,111 is wondering whether, I anything will come of the harmony i remarks of the Governor at Pittsburgh ! and also what basis there could be for j the rumorp that the Brumbaugh head- , quarters may shut down. Political : contests breed rumors faster than any j thing else except a riot in the next i town, and there are many flying. liumors of Peace ! The Pittsburgh newspapers con- I tinuully refer to possibilities of the whole contest being ended, although not much of that kind of material is , printed in Philadelphia. Scranton has j heard sotue of the peace rumors, too. The Pittsburgh Dispatch o-day says j that the failure of the two wings to ! announce slates for delegates Is reus ing a good many to think that there | may be a compromise. Mr. Furman I said that the Brumbaugh delegates | would not be announced until possibly | next week. Senator Penrose ip equally i quiet. The Dispatch comments on the ! fact that there is no rush to get slates started and remarks that "the linan i cial consideration is of great impor tance." Leaders in Pittsburgh, says the Dispatch, "believe that there is more than a reasonable prospect that there will he no general fight at the | primary election. They admit that i negotiations are on and expect that the contest may be narrowed down." . I to the Auditor General nomination, al | though they think there will be a State committee row. It is known that the Governor has ! been told by some of his friends to ! avoid a factional tight, but that he has been urged by others close to him to . make the contest. These facts, coupled I with the rumors, are what is causing | the uneasiness on Capitol Hill. Motorcycle Military Corps to Have Corps i With Machine Guns ' Just as soon as the organization of | the Keystone Motorcycle Club's mili ' iarv reserve corps is completed, steps will be taken to organize a motorcy cle machine gun squad, trained In the | use of the machine gun while riding at breakneck speed on their "mounts." j "mounts." Another squad will be trained as a ' hospital unit to look after the wounded. I A tentative organization of the mili- I tary reserve for defense was affected lat a meeting last night in the club's j headquarters, Third and Cumberland ! streets. Thirty members were present II and It wds decided to hold the char ter member roll open for about two ! more weeks. The military corps is planning to hold regular weekly drills in mount |ing. dismounting, courier work and i so on. NO TOBACCO KRAIDS HEHR | Tobacco frauds, which brought about 1 a Federal raid in Pittsburgh yester day, are not troubling local revenue officers. Deputy Revenue Collector William S. Brlcker, and Harry A. Voll mer said to-day. that close Inspection in this district made Illegal sales and ' business impossible. TWO STEAMERS SI NK / By Associated Press London, March 24.—Another Danish steamship has been sunk, the Chriatians sund, 1017 tons. Her entiro crew of 22 was saved. The British 'steamship Fulmar, 1270 tons also has been sunk. Eighteen of her crew were rescued. , i YATES ANNOUNCES HIMSEI.F AS SENATORIAL CANDIDATE Confirming rumors that had been in circulation for some time. Dr. Wil liam N. Yates, pastor of the Fourth Street Church of God and member of the Ifarrisburg School Board, an nounced last evening that he will be | come a candidate for the Washington, | Democratic and Republican nomina tions for Stnte senator at the Muy primaries in Dauphin county. It is said that he will have opposition in the Democratic party, but will be ; nominated without opposition by the • Progressives. . Dr. Yates Is said to . have local option as one of his plat [form planks. He says he will make iau aoUve vanuiaiga , HOUSE ARMY BILL PASSED BY LARGE VOTE; IN SENATE Republicans Support Increase as Being Best in Sight; Two Dissenting Votes ADDS 10,000 MEN TO FORCE But Only in 10,000 a Year In stalments; Immediate Action i in Senate Is Expected By .-Issociotcd Press Washington. D. C., March 24.—The Hay army increase bill, first of the administration's big preparedness | measures to receive the approval of e' 'r branch of Congress, is in the hands of the Senate. It was passed by | the House yesterday by a vote of 402 [Continued on Page 3.] UAHHAGE STRIKE ENDED; MEN BACK ON WAGONS | >. satisfactory agreement was | reached last night between employes j I of the Pennsylvania Reduction Com-j 1 pany who went on strike last Saturday 1 and the officials of the company. Prae- 1 1 tieally every man was out for work this morning and regular collections will be resumed on the old schedule next Monday. Yesterday a few of the men turned out for work, but the j majority reported this morning. Sam uel Gardner, president of the com- I pany, said that the men will be paid I on a weekly basis, instead of by the ; hour. D-1 RAMMED By Associated Press | New York, March 24.—The sub j marine D-l is temporarily out of com j mission at the New York navy yard I to-day with some of her plates dented | and one of her armature shafts ! cracked. The repairs cannot be com pleted before several weeks. The 11-1 was rammed by a tugboat off Npw | London. Conn., a few days ago. BUYS HOTEL Ex-Common Councilman J. Edgar i Rddenhaver, one-time candidate for | city commissioner, has purchased a | hotel in Balnbrldge. Lancaster county, ! and expects to take over the owner i ship about April 1. ' I London, March 24.—A dispatch from Sydney &ayß that the i \ ( steamahip Aurora of Lieutenant Shackleton's expedition h "s j broken from her moorings at the Ross sea tpse, leaving most 1 of the party ashore and unable to embark. According to K •11 these advices Lieutenant Shackleton and his companion will I j| 1 be compelled to remain another year before it will ;• £ J ® sible to rescue them. J , ENTENTE REFUSES TO DISARM SHIPS I f Washington, ♦March 24.—The entente allies, reply; : T individually to Secretary Lansing's suggestion for the a.-:. I 1 armament of al} nerchint ships, hve in effect declined the J proposal. ' * SEND BATTALION TO BORDER ■ I Washington, March 24.— One battalion of tha twenty- I first infantry was ordered to-day from the Vancouver bar- I } racks to El Centra, Cal„ to reinforce the border patrol. The 1 order was issued at the request of Major General Bell. I > NAVAL OFFICER FOUND SHOT ON SHIP ' s " * Seattle, Wash., March 24.— Junior Lieutenant Ormand \ | C. Pailthorp, U.,S. N., was found shot to death in his cabin , ► on board the cruiser Saratoga to-day. He was 29. ! 1 NO WORD FROM PERSHING , c Columbus, N. M., March 24.— N0 word was received T | 1 the military base here to-day from General J. J. Pcrshi. I , > expeditionary command either by wireless or courier. * ► I Berlin, March 24, via London. —Further successes have ! ( been won by the Germans in the vicinity of Haucourt north- « i' * west of Verdun, army headquarters announced to-day, two additional trenches having been occupied. On the Russian . | > ji * liUi.i, the Dvinsk. All the assaults broke down, the statement de- I MARRIAGE LICENSES » Willi* lle\erly «ud Kiiiiun LHIII , i oily. .lumen Dnvlil (iujrr IIIMI \ I | Ttaoma* Franklin linker ami Penrl >ln> t'orsullx. city. , | CITY EDITION 24 PAGES FRENCH TRY TO STOP ANTICIPATED DRIVE WITH FIRE Energetically Cannonade Ger man Cover From Which Debouch Is Expected RUSSIANS AI)VA NC E Claim Advantage Along East ern Front at Two Points; Berlin Denies Gains Tho lull In (lie infantry fighting tn 'lie Verdun region of France con* j tlnues. t h<• artillery, however, keeping | up its active work. | The French guns have been ener- I getically cannonading the German po sitions in the Malancourt wood, 011 the edge of the Argonne, northwest of ; Verdun. The Intention, apparently,, is I lo break up an anticipated attempt or j tho Germans to debouch from this i cover and make further efforts to ad ; vanco southward toward the main line of the Paris-Verdun railway, some ! four and a half miles distant. Fast of the Meuse the German bom l bardment appears to have diminished in intensity, only Intermittent firing 5 being reported in the vicinity of Doua -1 mont and Damloup and in the Woevrc 1 region. Russians Advance Although the Verdun battle hold's ; the center of attention, scarcely less ! interest is being aroused by the deter - .; mined attacks of the Russians on tl> ■ German northern front in the eas\ i Berlin admits no permanent success for the Russian troops, but. the Petro grad sttaements continue to claim ad vantages gained at various points, northwest of Dvinsk, in the Jacob stadt region, and near Fake Narocz. 1 to the south. P.erlln dispatches declare the Ger -1 man losses have been surprising!; small under, the terrific bombardnieiii .by the Russians, while the attaeklm forces have been mowed dowji ii masses. Confidence is expressed in tht German capital on the outcome of the lighting, reliance being placed upoi • Field Marshal von Mindenburg to take • care of the situation. L Sinking of two additional neutra , vessels by submarines is reported, thr • lost craft, being a Norwegian steamer and a Danish bark.