mm mm # Many Americans Reported Killed in T HARRISBURG iflSllSfa TELEGRAPH A t YYYV V l% CJ7 BY CAHHIEH fl CENTS A WBEIC. V AO. O/ SINGLE COPIES 2 CENTS. VILLA IS REPORTED IN FLIGHT TOWARD MOUNTAINS AFTER ELUDING RING OF U. S. AND MEXICAN TROOPS Several Thousand of Gen. Pershing's Soldiers Scour Country South of Casas Grandes in Every Direction to Locate Him; Roving Bands of Bandits Cut Wires into El Paso INVESTIGATE BORDER CROSSING AND MURDERS Two Women and a Man Kill ed by Raiders West of Columbus; Presence of Force in This Vicinity Threatens Line of Com munication to Expedition in Mexico By Associated 1 1 ress El Paso, Texas, March 25.—Fran cisco Villa was reported early to-day to be fleeing: west in the San Miguel country, having successfully eluded the encircling ring that was being drawn around him by American and < 'arranza troops, .\c\vn of the out law's retreat westward was brought" here from El Vale, but could not be confirmed at I'ort Bliss or in Mexican official circles. Several thousand American soldiers arc known to be searching the coun try south of Casas Grandes in every direction to locate the bandit but hive not come Into contact with him. Wire communication out of El Paso into Mexico is still interrupted and it is believed that roving bands of Villa men are responsible for the wire cutting, having been detached from the main Villa command for this purpose. Dispatches received at Mexico «"it> and Douglas. Ariz., apparently confirm reports to Kl Paso from General Dertani in the lield that the troops of the de facto government had come into contact with Villa in the Santa canyon. General Pershing has tade no mention of this battle and army officers here incline to the belief that It was probably not more than an outpost engagement. Major Symple. in command of the ITnited States army base at Columbus, has been asked to investigate the re port brought into Douglas. Ariz., that Villa bandits had crossed the border eight miles west of Columbus and murdered three Americans, two wo mci and one man. The bandits, numbering 100 or more, are said to have recrossed into 1 Mexico after the killing. The presence of Villa forces in the Upper Galeana district would be a threat to the line ■ of communication to the base of the American expedition at Casas Grandes. Await Word of Fight The most curious feature of the whole situation, the question why Gen eral Pershing made no report on the battle said to have been fought, re mained unsolved. While the story of the surrounding of Villa and his "fol lowers might be dismissed as prema ture, it is known that the American columns have penetrated the territory where the Villa bands are operating, and word is eagerly awaited from Gen eral Pershing of the first clash between the bandits and the troops of the United States. The veil of mystery which has dropped over the operations around ! Namiquipa was rivaled by the con tinued insistence of the reports that Genera! I.uis Herrera had turned his arms against the de facto government. The latest news to be brought here from "Chihuahua came with the nrrivnl •if Charles R. Yeats, an American min ims man. who reached here from Chi hualiua City on an early morning train. Veats said that Herrera was not in the j Mexican state capital when he left and that city appeared as much in the! dark as to his whereabouts as El Paso. Reiterates Revolt Rumor "I have lived twenty years in Mex ico." he said, "and T never felt certain from one day to another where any leader stood. They are all individual its. and pay little attention to any cen tral authority. It is positive that Her rera was bitterly opposed to the entry of American troops into Mexico'and openly accused Carranza of being false to the national honor of Mexico, but whether he has gone as far as actual revolt T cannot say." Yeats said that there was grave un rest in Chihuahua and a rising tide of •hostility against Americans, but that [Continued on Page B.] THE WEATHER] fc———_ lor llarrlMburg and vicinity: l lomly to-night and Sundn.s probably Mho went; unrnn'r to night with loneNt temperature about 15 degree*, l or KnMeri! Pennnylvanlai ( loudv to-night and Sunday, probably i Hhowera; warmer to-night: mod erate ea«t to wontbenMt windn. Klv-r The Susquehanna river and all itn branclien will rl*e. A Mtage of about 6.0 feet 2m Indicated for llurrlaburg Sunday morning. \o chuuue huN been reported In the ire actuation In the V. cat ilrnncli Mluee Friday. t.enernl t onditlon« The disturbance that waM ventral over Colorado Friday morning, now covera the >liaalat»ipp| and Lower >lla*ourl valleys. It haM lauxed loeal rnliiM and snows In the I'lalnM State* and Southern Rocky Mountain* and some rain In the Lake Region. There ha* been a general rise of II to HO degree* in temperature eaat of the MIMMIMMIPPI river In the last twenty-four hour*. Temperature* N a. m.. 8. Sunt Itlaea, 5:50 a. in.; set*, 6iJ3 p. in. Moons Xew moon, April 2, V2i29 a. m. HUer Stage: 5.5 feet above low water murk. %esteday*s \\ enter IligheMt temperature, f.*». Lowest temperature. !£!), Mean temperature, 37. Aorta a I temperature, 41. WINDOW AND PORCH BOXES; WY NOT HAVE ONE OF YOVR OWN itfTi M—i ' —mi—i I,— jjsHSr* jjaBEBgftWMI I - ■ - H ww WKNmmMB&m PLANS COMPLETE FOR GREAT PENN HIGHWAY SESSION Hundreds of Delegates From Towns Along Route Will Be Here Monday LEGISLATORS COMING Governor Brumbaugh and Highway Commissioner Cun ningham to Speak Final arrangements for the Wil-j liam Penn Highway meeting to be' held in this city Monday are being made by the Good Roads Commit tee of the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce, composed of William Jennings, chairman. Wilson. Blough, Robert Mc.Cormlck,'Charles E. Covert and Frank Bosch, and E. 1,. McColgin, secretary of the Chamber. The meetings will be held in Fahnestock Hall. Second and Locust streets. The first session will be al 10 in the morning and the afternoon meeting will convene at 2:30. William [Continued on Page 7.] Condemnation Proceedings Against Kesher Israel Are Started by Commonwealth Notice of condemnation proceedings have been served by Sheriff William W. Caldwell for the Capitol Park Commissioners, on David Goldberg and other officers of the Kesher Israel congregation, worshipping in the syna gogue at Fourth and State streets. The commissioners have fixed May 10 as the date for the hearing. It Is understood that an offer of' $22,500 made to the congregation by the State was refused. Rejected as Army Recruit, Boy Patriot Kills Himself Philadelphia, March 25. —Failure to i meet tin physical requirements for! enlistment in the army caused Eurl c. 1 Flet;al, 1 7 years old, of Clearfield. Fa . | to commit suicide yesterday afternoon i by shooting himself through the heart in his room in the Rlttenhouse Hotel. ! Flegal registered at the hotel on j Wednesday night. According to Deputy Coroner Waldin. who investigated the ' rase, the young man came here solely ; for the purpose of joining the army. ! papers of consent from-his parents be ing found in his clothing. MEASLES PREVENT SCHOOL On account of the prevalence of' measles among the children of AIII- | son Ilill. there will be no Sunday School to-morrow at St. Andrew's' Protestant Episcopal Church at noon ' ns usual. • t N Battleship Fund, $215.75 To ilatc 5215.75 is the total of < rrntrlhutioiis from subscribers, to the Mnrjoric Stcrretfs battleship i fund. The names of contributors 1 not heretofore published will be I printed in the Telegraph on Slon- : i HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 1016 PEACE PIPE MAY BE PASSED, IS LATEST REPORT lalk in Philadelphia of Har mony Among Republicans— Governor Endorsed Reports from Philadelphia to-day indicated that the peace pipe might be passed around among the Repub lican chieftains and that everyone now differing might line up for a reunited Republican party. J riends of the Governor and Sena tor Penrose have been active in en deavoring to reach a plane of agree ment, but the principals and their , chief advisors have been silent, re fusing to discuss any matters. Attorney General Brown. Compen sation Chairman Mac-key and others who are managing the Governors I campaign were busy to-day in Phila [Contlnucd on Page 7] Court Gives Stiff Sentence tc Negro as Tip to Southern Crowd Unruly actions of Southern negroes •> who may be brought here bv the big I manufacturing plants will not be tol erated in Dauphin county, according I to District Attorney Michael E ! Stroup and he urged imposition of a stiff sentence upon Ollie Hoots when j that, negro was called before the bar !on an assault and battery charge. This was preferred by his foreman in the Pennsylvania Steel Company mills. President Judge Kunkel sentenced Hoots to two months and a fine of So. "And,"' concluded the court sig j niticantly, if you come back here again we'll make a longer disposition of your case." OFFERS MILL TO WORKERS IF THEY « PAY 8 PER CENT. (Suggestion Made After 30,000 Employes Threaten Strike For Shorter Hours By Associated I'ress Paterson. N. J.. March 25.—An offer I by Henry Doherty, part owner of one ; of the largest silk mills in this city, to turn the mill over to his employes to i I operate provided they guarantee to j ; Pay him 8 per cent, on his investment, i has caused much discussion anion* I the silk workers here. It is understood that Mr. Doheriy's suggestion wa.- made because of! threats of a strike unless demands of 30,000 employes in the silk mills for a I nine-hour working day are granted. ' The mill owners hove offered a »'i-hour day beginning May 1 and a nine-hour day on November 1. Doherty asserts he is sincere and if the operatives accept they can work as I few hours a day as they please, pro vided Ms 8 per cent, is paid, J DO YOU WANT TO I HELP MAKE YOUR) ' CITY BEAUTIFUL? ■ Telegraph Has Plan For Win dowbox Decorations; Co operation Required • | Will you join with the Telegraph • II in helping to make llarrisburg more | ■ | beautiful during the coming summer? This newspaper proposes to offer a ' I number of prizes for windowbox decorations in me hope of thereby arousing the Interest of people at . large in this delightful and effective form of gardening. " 1 Last year the Telegraph gave prizes - for backyard, front yard and window ■ box decorations. This year the effort will be confined to windowboxes ■ alone, for the reason that the window- ! < box costs little to plant, requires a j < minimum of rare and not' a very ox- ■ . tensive knowledge of gardening. Many j persons who are uncertain about j plunging into a garden contest with 1 little or no preparation, will not 1 hesitate to start a windowbox or i two. The general planting of window-j [Continued on Pago 7.] /Cook Stove Expiosion Kills Woman, Injures Her Husband and Daughter i By Associated Press • j Scranton. Pa.. March 23.—The blow . ins ti)i of a. cook stove yesterday at i Uniondaie, Susquehanna county, killed . j .Mrs. Charles K. Gibson and fatally i [ burned Mr. Gibson. Their daughter i j was seriously burned and the house | destroyed. It is thought there was a! ' portion of a stick of dynamite 1n the i coal Mr. Gibson liad but a moment before put on the tire. WILL DISCUSS ~~ PREPAREDNESS DURING FEAST Prominent Engineers Will Speak at Annual Banquet of Engineers' Society "Preparedness," from the industrial i and engineering standpoint, will be the keynote of the Speeches at the second annual banquet of the En ; gineers' Society of Pennsylvania at .the Harriaburg Club this evening. The i twelfth anniversary of the founding [('oiitintM'ri on Pago 7.] ICE GOKGE AT LONGLEVEL York, Pa.. March 25.—The long de- 1 layed breaking of the ice on the Sus- ' quelianna river between York arid ' Lancaster counties began between 7 1 and 8 o'clock this morning on a ten foot rise. It is now believed that Uio ) volume of the floor produced by rains and melting snows will be sufficient to carry oft the ice without damage 1 though a gorge at Longlevel ia causing i some anxiety, j \ 13,000 TO SEE I WILLARD-MORAN FIGHT FOR BELT Roth Pugilists Are Confident of Winning World's Cham pionship Battle 2,000 WOMEN TO ATTEND Purse of $70,000 Will Be Divided; Boxers in Per fect Condition By Associated Press Xew York, March 25.—Thirteen I thousand spectators will crowd Madi j son Square Garden to-night to see j Frank Moran, of Pittsburgh, try to ! wrest the world's heavyweight cham pionship from Jess Willard, of Kan sas. i Although the bout is not announced las for the title and no decision by the | referee is possible under the boxing i laws, Moran might win the champion 'ship either by a knockout, a foul by | Willard. or Willard's failure to go the I full length of the. bout. The fight is (the most important listic encounter which has taken place since Willard [Continued on l»age 13.] Consider Limiting Access of Armed Ships to U. S. Ports By Associated Press I Washington, D. C., March 25.—Sec retary Lansing had before him to-day lormal responses from the entente powers rejecting the proposal made by the State Department that they enter into a modus vivendi and dis arm all of their merchant ships with the understanding that the central powers would pledge tljat such un armed ships would not be attacked without warning. It is understood i t hat the fundamental objection was! 11 hat there should be no change in the principles of international law during the progress of hostilities. | While no indication was given at I the State Department of the next step to be taken, it is understood that the j United States is considering limiting access to American ports of vessels which In the judgment of this govern ment, carry offensive armaments. WOMAN HEAD IN~ FIELD Special In the Telegraph Halifax, Pa., March 25.—Mrs. Fan • nie Mease, about 10 years old, a resi dent of Fort Hunter, was found dead in a field on the farm of George Hum mel, in Halifax township. Mrs. Mease 1 was visiting friends near by and had started across the fields to the home of John I I. Chubb, where she intended to spend the night. ALAMO REACHES PORT By Associated' Press New York, March 25.—The Mal lorv liner Alamo, recently in distress off the Atlantic coast, arrived here to day In tow of other vessels. She car ried fifty passengers. IIA Hli Y KIHI.WIM) |j|, fis Special to the Telegraph Woimle.vsUuig, Pa., March 25 llai ry Kuhlwlnd, who has been 111' for several weeks, died last eveniug at the i 1 Black, 0t h '* daUffhler » Willard , AMERICANS IN SERIES OF SEA DISASTERS Mine or Torpedo Causes Terrific Explosion on Channel Steamer Sussex, Carrying Many Citizens of U. S.; Stays Afloat; Seventy-five Are Missing; Four Yan kees Unaccounted For After Liner, Carrying Horses Is Torpedoed GERMAN RAIDER SUNK BY MERCHANTMAN WHICH FOLLOWS HER TO THE BOTTOM Loss of Life on Both Vessels Heavy; Engagement Oc curred in North Sea; Victor Is Blown Up by Torpedo From Teuton Vessel Sinking From Gunfire; British Steamship Salybia Is Lost Many Americans arc reported killed or drowned in a series of sea disasters. I'hc cross channel steamer Sussex, with many citizens 01 the United States on board, was seriously damaged by ail interior explosion. It is not definitely known how many were killed, I'our ankees 011 a British horsewhip are believed to have been killed when it was torpedoed bv the Germans. A naval encounter iirtlie North Sea has resulted in the sinking ol tlic liermau raider (jreif by the British armored merchantman Alcantara, which followed her victim to the bottom, struck in a vital part by a turpedo. Information obtained from passen- the North Sea. Five German officers gers on the channel steamship Sussex, j ami 115 men out of a total of 300 were damaged by an explosion yesterday captured. The British lost 74 men afternoon on the way from Folkestone The British armored merchantman to Dieppe, indicates there may have | Alcantara, wh'ch sunk the German been a considerable loss of life. One j raider, the Greif, was herself sunk American is missing and is supposed I The fight occurred in the North Sea to have been lost. Another was In- on February 29. The Groif was sunk .lured seriously. Several Americans |by gunfire and the Alcantara by a tor were rescued. pedo. The British losses were made Opinion of passengers of the Sussex "p of live officers and 0!) men. is divided as to whether the vessel was The Alcantara was a larg" liner he the victim of a mine or a torpedo, longing to the It ova I Alaii Steam The explosion was terrific, ft occurred I Packet Company, of Belfast. She hat. .iust ahead of the captain's bridge and } been in the service of the British gov tore (he front port of the steamer to ] eminent for some time. Iler gross pieces, killing or injuring a number of tonnage was 15,300. She was 570 fee; persons. .Many were wounded severely long and was built in Glasgow in 1913 by flying splinters. j 270 Women ou Ron I'd The admiralty states that 250 sur-, The Difficulties imposed by war vivors have been landed in France and conditions in communicating with between, 90 and 100 at Dover. As | English and cross-channel ports have there were 386 passengers and about, made it impossible thus far to obtain 50 men in the crew. 75 or more per- 1 accurate information regarding th< sons are still missing. circumstances of the sinking of th. German Raider Sinks I A German raider has been sunk in 1 (Continued on Pag© 17.) a ... v. <■ Paris, March 25. Samuel F. Bemis, of Mcdford, | I Mass., a passenger on the Sussex, said to-day that he saw, I/ ! plainly and unmistakably, the wake of a torpedo coming T toward the steamer. f VILLA OFFICERS ESCAPE FROM JAIL | El Paso, Tex., March 25.—Genera] Manuel Medinavis- 4 tda and General Manuel Banda, two former Villa officers, i who were taken into custody here a few days ago, hav.e JL disappeared from the El Paso jail and are understood to T 1 be on their way to New Orleans. <» I CARRANZA AGREES TO U. S. PROPOSALS j » Queretaro, March 24.—General Carranza's reply to the * * I! latest note of the Washington government was handed | I to-day to James L. Rodgers, the American representative * j here for transmission to Washington. The reply agrees in the main to the American proposals but a few unim- • > , portant changes are suggested. ■ > J VERDUN REPORTED IN FLAMES Berlin, March 2S.—Verdun is in flames, according to t » 9 to-day's official statement by German army headquarters. . ) J V iNO MASSING OF CARRANZA TROOPS Washington, March 25.—Major General Funston tele graphed the War Department to-day that his military ob- ■ ' servers after a survey find there has been no massing of f Carranza troops along the border. A EIGHT KILLED IN TORNADO J: Oklahoma City, Okla., March 25,—Eigbt persons w.-rc I « f killed m a farm house two miles east of Davis, Oklahoma, * * I by a tornado which struck that section last night. The path i » of the tornado was eight miles long. 1 ► ! • " ► MARRIAGE LICENSES 1 < ,| \VMII» llc.rrlj and Knima l.nnr, city. 1 .Inmen Oavld Uiycr llltd