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
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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
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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
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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
<iuick trip over' the city, had a look
at the parks and parkways and spent
a little time on the new parkway
drive beyond Cameron's extension. He
was immensely satisfied with the pro
gress of'the work and said he expected
to have a brief session with the City
Planners before evening.
York Brakeman Fatally
Mangled Under Train
By Associated Press
Lancaster, Pa.. March 24.—Lying
under a train living a brake shoe.
James ICehoe, a brakeman, of York,
Was badly mangled this morning by
the train suddenly starting. The acci
dent occurred, at Dillervllle. and Ke-
I hoe was brought to a hospital in this
I city mitt his injuries proved fatal, lie
GOVERNOR PLANS
BIG LOCAL OPTION
RALLY IN APRIL
Brumbuugli Will Speak at
State-Wide Gathering; Ar
ranged by J. Denyy O'Neil
HEADQUARTERS QUI E T
Pittsburgh Political Writers
See Possibilities of Peace in
National Delegate Contest
*
Governor Martin <>. 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
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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 n I 11 i|^j
i ■ , TOWING DISABLED SHIP IN f
New York, March 24.—The Mallory liner Alar.io, car- t
| frying iiifty passenger, which has bee* in distress with a J
, i broken rudder and a disabled engine, oflf the Atlantic coast, I
| I has been taken in tow by the Algonquin, a sister ship, and
is being brought to New York. j
j t MUST STAY YEAR IN ICE REGION >
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 <iudctv.a on the (jcuuan lines in the.uui ihern j
| aectoi l.itvr een continued, both noithwest and south of
1 > Dvinsk. All the assaults broke down, the statement de-
I MARRIAGE LICENSES
» Willi* lle\erly «ud Kiiiiun LHIII , i oily.
.lumen Dnvlil (iujrr IIIMI \<IOIIII I'lnlicr j city. >
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.