Vliitiiam Penn Highway Boosters Hold Big Conference Here io Farther Project HARRISBURG (£Hi9 TELEGRAPH • VVVtr X* ro BY CARRIER « CEXTI A WEEK. LXaaV— i\C>. Do SINGLE COPIES 1 CENTS. BELIEVED THAT ALL AMERICANS ON TORPEDOED SHIP ESCAPED Gravity of Diplomatic Situa tion Between United States and Germany Over Attack on Sussex Increases; May Sever Relations FOUR OTHER VESSELS ARE SENT TO BOTTOM Nine Are Supposed to Have Drowned; Eleven Killed When Minneapolis Is Sunk; Injured Yankees Recovering By Associated Press Washington. March 27. lt Mas stated authoritatively here | to-day that should it he shown that a (ieriuan submarine at tacked the Sussex Ciernwny would disavow the act, offer reparation, puuhli the submarine commander and satisfy the I'nitcd States that the act was in \iolatiou of instructions. It was also stated authorita tively that the German ambassa dor Count Von Bernstorff was mainly responsible for the recent retirement of Grand Admiral Von Tirpitz who is understood to have been eliminated because of [ his views on submarine warfare after Count Von llernstorff had mude certain recommendations to Mm- Imperial Chancellor, Von I'.el I una li it - I 101 l weft. By .Associated I'ress Paris. March 27. Detailed in formation (fathered by the Ameri can embassy here indicates that no Americans lost their lives on the Sussex. All the Americans whose names tea were on the passenger list have • Now been accounted for. the em bassy states. It is possible, how ever. that there may have been among the passengers some Am ericans Hlio*r names werfc not in scribed. By Associated Trfjj Washington, March 27. Ameri can officials view the submarine situ- 1 ation as taking on aspects of much gravity. The possibility of breaking off diplomatic relations with Germany is again being discussed as one of the eventualities which is expected to fol low if it is shown that the steamer Sussex and Englishman were victims of submarines. State Department officials said tliey had no information that any other than German submarines were operat ing in the vicinity in which the Sussex was attacked. All agents in the vicinity were being urged to-day to gather conclusive evidence from all agencies possible.. Officials say they are examining all the facts at hand with open minds, and can come to no conclusion before they have additional information, but there is an undercurrent of uneasiness over the possibility that German sub marines ha\c renewed their activities against passenger-carrying ships in violation of the assurances given to the United States. Situation Delicate Administration officials refrained to-day from making definite state ments as to future action or from hav r Con tinned on rage 10] President's Daughter and Third Grandchild Doing Well By Associated Fress Philadelphia. March 27. Many congratulatory messages were received to-day at the Jefferson Hospital where Mrs. Francis B. Sayre and her daugh ter, horn yesterday, were reported to be doing well. The hospital physicians said they did not know whether President Wil son would visit his daughter and be come acquainted with little Kleanor Axson Sayre, his third grandchild. THE WEATHER For HnrrlKhurc rind vlHnlty: llnln IHIn afternoon. to-night and probably Tiiemiay; nomewliat colder Tueaday. For KnMteru Pennsylvania: linln to-nlKht and probably Tueadny; Moineuhnt colder Tuesday* mod erate northeast to north Hindu. River Ice In Wewt ltrancli, near Renovo, moved Sunday afternoon, but probably gorged some distance below. Ice reported koliik out of I'lne creek at 8 a. in. to-day, but mtlll holds at Wllllamsport. lee In the Chemung. at Corning. mov ed out Sunday night. .No lee f|OL movement* reported oil North Branch. Moderately lilgli stages prevail on the West llraiich, but It In not likely the Hood point will l»e reached except possibly where gorges form. \ stage of about 17 feet will probably occur at AMlliamspoi't when the Ice breaks. A stage of about 7feet Is Indi cated for Jfarrishurg Tuesday mornlnjr. t■ en era I ( ondltlons A disturbance, central over the Ohio \ alley nud Tennessee, In causing generally cloudy weather over the • astern half of the country anil rain has occurred over moat of the territory. A general fall of '2 to iiS degrees has occurred in temperature since last report In the Misalsalppl and l.ower Olilol valleys. Temperature: S a. nt.. 40. Sun: Hlaen, 5:55 p. m.; seta, p. ni. Moon: New moon, April 2, 11:21 a. n>. Itlver Stage: 5.5 feet above low water mark. %esterday'a Weather Highest temperature. H.'. l owest temperature. 30. Menu temperature. .12. Auriual temperature, if. WILLIAM PENN HIGHWAY FROM FOURTEEN COUN CONFERENCE TO WILLIAM PENN HIGHWAY PENNSYLVANIA *""" i u „ '•"** r,» o * 9»* r' « »fi I l I 9 «ir<iH" ( V« S4 «|4 I I ; 2- \ I "A • • -—• —s /v\ f A 7"* L ✓ —j— ... / x / / V V r,ri f"*/' UNc»TH**pt ML • v< i v i ). / ./ I -.y'wt%fi*o»*iA np /. /X / "'f* Vv .'X / / A f \ /' / / f . ; / /**>•'?.."' j ;y x \ j CH t sre./y\* jjjy^ .. / —Cfl.Mf* ""•««»-•» J w « f ptLlvt^'^jfT *****»"} TA Vrr r € ( /Aim / ''<«'"• A®*"* V v J CH£«t.. '. | j BaaaaaaaJL—______«. The bold black line is that of the main highway as desired by Altoona, Tyrone and Huntingdon: the dot and long dash line is the proposed river route by way of Hollldaysburg, which is shorter by some miles; and the dotted lines indicate tributary roads. The map was prepared by the Huntingdon Cham ber of Commerce William Penn Highway committee. One of to-day's chief discussions had to do with the desire of both Altoona and Hollidayshurg to be on the William Penn route. The Altoona delegation numbered some 3 00. The Hollidaysburgers numbered 40 and confined their boosting to quiet work among the delegates. VIOLENT FIRING INDICATES NEW GERMAN ATTACK Contemplate Advance From North; Entire Allied Line in Balkans Engaged FOLLOWS SKIRMISHING ' Berlin Declares Air Raid on Aviation Base Failure; War Conference On Continuation of a violent bombard ment. east of the Meuse river, north of Verdun, indicates the probability that new attacks by the Germans may be expected in that direction. The front between Douaumont and Vaux is bearing the brunt of the attack. The infantry lias not been employed in this region nor elsewhere along the Franco-Belgian front, so far as the official reports show. The Balkan theater of war is at [Continued on Page 5.] Bridegroom Finds Purse Gone When He Tries to Pay For Marriage License Hagerstown. Md., March 27.—Wlien Benjamin F. llarman, of Harrisburg, came here on Saturday and was about ; to pay Clerk Edward Oswald for the marriage license to wed Miss Annie M. Shaffer, of Sliiremanstown, he found that he had lost bis pocketbook on the : train. Rushing from the courthouse after telling: the clerk he would return 1 later, Mr. Harman telegraphed the train crew of his loss. The pocket ' book was found on the train and left with the Cumberland Valley Railroad agent at the Williamsport, Md., sta ' tion. Mr. Harman. with his bride-to be, drove to Williamsport in a taxieab, returned and paid for the license. Miss Shaffer and Mr. Harman were married at the parsonage of the First Baptist Church by the Rev. E. K. Thomas. Loses Own Life, but Drags Companion From Gas Tank By .'tisociatcd Press Pittsburgh, Pa., March 27. Ed ward Davis, a workman at the plant of the Aetna Chemical Company, to day saw his friend James Dougherty, another workman, overcome by gas as he entered an empty tank. Davis ran 1 to his assistance, and had just carried | him to safety when he fell over dead from the fumes he had inhaled. • Dougherty, physicians said, will re cover. PASTOR IS EXONERATED | Investigation (Jives Clue to Author of "Poihon Pen" Letters Allentown. Pa., March 27.—At the close of services last night the con sistory of St. Andrew's Reformed j Church issued a statement completely exonerating the pastor, the Rev. Rob ; ert M. Kern, from any connection whatever with an alleged scandal ' which originated through "poison pen" 1 letters to various persons. The consistory held a thorough in vestigation. taking some of the testi : monv under oath. The consistory states that the investigation has given I a clue as to the authorship of the let ters and there will be further investi- I gatlon, with a view of prosecution. TRIKS SUICIDE FOCRTII TIME York. Pa., March 27. For the I fourth time within the last year Elmer Baublitz. si young mechanic of this city, last night attempted suicide. He slashed both his wrists with a knife, but was discovered before lie lost much lilood. His wounds were dressed and was committed to jail. HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 27, 1916. Board of Governors Named Representing Each County Sending Delegates; State Highway Commissioner Assures Body His Department's Support; Resolutions Accepting Offer of Pike's Peak Highway Associa tion Passed JENNINGS PRESIDENT AT the opening of the WHUam Penn Hl|(bway meeting:, this afternoon. announcement of tlie eleetfon of office™ waa made n* follow m : Wllllnm JeniiliiKa. Har rlaburK. president: K. M. C. Africa. Huntingdon, flr*t vice-president: Frank >1 Graef, lllalrHvUle. accond vlce-prealdent; l>nvhl Harry, .fohnn town. treasurer. K. K. (•ihbti. of Huntingdon, acted na temporary sec retary at the organisation of the Iniard of governors. \ permanent secretary will be elected at a later meeting. j More than 650 William Penn High way boosters from the fourteen coun ties through which the proposed ' i boulevard will pass and representa -1 tives from counties which would be ' | "feeders" to the highway crowded Fahnestoek Hall to the doors this morning and for a time it appeared las though larger quarters would have i ,to be secured for the afternoon ses > sion. 1 From the very start the success of ;ihe movement was assured. Every ; body was enthusiastic. Ever since last October, following • Governor Brumbaugh's "See Pennsyl | vania First" tour, the central counties | of the State have been boosting this j great highway, which, with the Lin CLEWS IMPLICATE OTHERS IN POISON; I PLOT WITH WAITE 1 i i Finding of New Evidence De ' I f I lays Indictment For Murder j in First Degree By Associated Press New York, March 27.—The finding l of new clews which may lead to the >j discovery of accomplices of Dr. Ar- 1 | thus Warren Walte, iftcused of the! ! murder of his father-in-law, John E. " j Peck, Grand Rapids millionaire, caus- ' • led District Attorney Swann to-day to • j delay asking for an indictment be | fore the grand jury until to-morrow. I j "We will have sufficient evidence be- j I j fore the jury to-day to warrant an in- i ;) dictment for murder in the first de- j i grree," said the district attorney, "but ! jln order to follow out certain im- I portant new leads we will hold the r ; grand jury over until to-morrow." The district attorney declined to j I reveal the nature of the new clews, ] ! | but it is said it may point to at least | [ two victims. Mr. Swann admitted' [ I that he had evidence that Dr. Waite ; ! had a laboratory in which he made j 'la study of deadly germs. It was later made known at the . I district attorneys office that detec | tives had obtained evidence of the ; | purchase by Dr. Walte of quantities' 'of germs of various infectious dis-, eases. The detectives had put the dis , ' trict attorney in possession of rec ' ords showing the times and places the j germs were obtained, it was said. WILLARD IX HARIUSBIUG j ! Champion Jess Willard passed • ( through Harrlsburg last night on the! ■ Chicago Limited. He occupied a: i' stateroom with his manager and mem . ! berg of his training party. The big fellow was at dinner when the train j I ; reached this city. Outside of his I I broken knuckle, Willard showed no eilecls ot liis' battle witli Mprgfl, j. ! coin highway, now built, through the southern part of the State, will form a 600.mile loop around, the Keystone j State. A great deal of this route is already ' i improved roadway. Some sections of j it, such as ilie Lewistown Narrows road, is the best improved road in Pennsylvania. Other parts, like the old Frankltntown road, between Bialrs ville and Johnstown, are old highways fallen into disuse and now being rc- ' built by the Highway Department. Connected as this new State thor-1 ouglifare is with the Pike's Peak j ocean-to-ocean highway, it forms a 1 link in one of the three great trans- j continental systems of highways thai! I are carrying out the dreams that | ■ backed the laying out of the old N'a- j i l tional road down in Maryland in Colo- ] | nial days. Traverses Scenic Section ' But to Pennsylvania this route is 1 of high importance because of Ihe i nature of the country through which it ; ' passes. The things that make Penn sylvania notable, industry, farming, mountain and river scenery, are scat ' tered along this William Penn Iligh • way in even more profusion than along the Lincoln Highway. Scenery such as ; ' even New England cannot surpass is found along the William Penn High : way. The Juniata river valley for j [Continued oil Page 12.] CALLS HIS WIFE LIAR IN COURT; GETS 30 DAYS Edward Sniithers' Plea For Failure lo Support Spouse Ends Abruptly When pretty Mrs. Edward Smithers' in March desertion court, to-day told I President Judge Kunkel that she de spairingly ordered her husband to i "pack his suitcase and go," Sniithers coolly answered: I "You're a liar!" Whereupon President Judge Kunkel jus' as coolly disposed of the case for at least a month, j "Sheriff," he ordered promptly, ("take this man to jail, He's remand-' ied for thirty days for contempt of ; court!" The Sniithers were married Seyfsm ber 14 and parted December 11. A week after their wedding she said she, had to work not only to support her-! I self but to pay her husband's board and buy his clothes. The Mother's /iiory Husky, broad-shouldered, callous . handed Charles It. Russell, a Pennsyl ■ vanla liaiiroad brakeman, was ar raigned before Judge Kunkel on a plea i [Continued on Page 12.] Governor Brumbaugh in Proclamation Sets April Arbor Dates Governor Brumbaugh this vfter- ; [noon issued a proclamation fixing t j Friday. April It, and Friday, April 28, •as Spring arbor days to be observed |in Pennsylvania. He draws attention to the conservation measures enacted by the Legislature and the work being done by the State to reforest the lands lit has purchased and he urges on [schools and the public in general to i plant trees on one or the otiier of the' jtwo days narntd. J NEW HIGH SCHOOL COMMITTEE NAMED TODAY BY STAMM ' Directors Yates, Kecnc, Boyer Bretz and Enders Com prise Personnel ORGANIZE ON THURSDAY Plan to Submit Question of Loan to People at Novem ber Election t Appointment of Harris burg's new I high school committee—the committee j of school directors who will settle the I momentous problem of when, where ■and how the city shall provide better' and large facilities for high school in i struction for its young folks—was an- ] [Continued on Page 5.] Labor Leaders Said to Favor Brumbaugh; Quinn Pays Visit Following a visit of Charles Quinn,! ! secretary of the State Federation of j Labor, the Brumbaugh headquarters 1 in this city gave out a statement to day liaiming that many labor lead ! crs and organizations arc expressing themselves in favor of tile Governor's! candidacy for the Republican presi dential nomination. Mr. Cjuinn is ; quoted as saying that a majority of the delegates who were present at last week's labor conference here spoke informally in favor of the Gov ernor and it was also said that a dele gation of railroad brotherhood men had called 011 Attorney General Brown to 1 ledge support. ! The headquarters took on new life 1 to-day when a number of stenograph ers were put. to work on the heavy j correspondence that is piling up and 1 a number of callers dropped in to 1 1 (,'0 over the situation. LITERACY TEST IS KEPT IX IMMIGRATION IMLL i, Washington, March 27. The lit eracy test was kept in the immigration ! bill by the House working in commit tee of the whole by a vote of 225 to 82, which defeated a motion by I Representative Sabath of Illinois to {strike it out. The question comes up | again when the House votes on the I bill as a whole. An amendment to exempt from the literacy test persons coming to this! I country to escape either religious or) political persecution was rejected 14U Ito 43. The bill as drawn wouid; J exempt only persons persecuted for; j reMgious beliefs. PROPOSES EXTENSION OF Sl(i\lt TAX TO 1920 Washington, March 27. —Extension of the existing duty of one cent a I pound on sugar until 1920, as a substi tute for the House free sugar repeal bill which would extend It indefinitely was recommended to the Democrats of the Senate in caucus to-day by 1 Chairman Simmons of the finance (committee. The caucus took no ac- i I Hon »nd will consider the proposal • further to-night. XO CHEAT FLOOD DANGER The State Water Supply Commls ; sion States that flood stages in the Susquehanna Basin are not expected 'to be exceeded and damage is not | llikely to occur unless ice gorges are | i formed ami backwater caused at local ities subject to such inundations, 'owing to the aboundance of ice lodged! I in the "West Branch of the Susquehan na river between Renovo and Lock' Haven and the uncertainty of Its movements, it is impossible to predict) expected stages. No exceptional l stages were reported along the North Branch this mornlnc. The Juniata, though at rather high stage, is free ics» FLYING COLUMNS SEEK TO TRAP VILLA BY SEALING TRAILS TO HILL DISTRICT With Passes Guarded, U. S. Soldiers Will Scour Country in Effort to Get Outlaw "Dead or Alive"; Is Making Tracks For Mountain Wastes in His Ancient Haunts of Guerrero Bandit Known to Be Almost Destitute of Both Supplies and Ammunition; Dead and Dying Horses Give Evi dence of Desperate Haste; One Hope of Speedy Ter mination '• El Paso, 1 ex., March 27.—Flying columns of American cavalry to-day are seeking to entrap l'raticisco Villa and his hand by seal ing up all the trails and passes in the mountainous district south of El Valle. With the outlets barred, squadrons of cavalry and detachments of infantry operating from the base near Casas Grandes, will comb the country to drive the bandit in the open. According to a dispatch from the < front. Villa has broken through the i Oarranzn line and is fleeing south- 1 ward with the American troopers i straining every nerve to catch up with i him before he reaches the forbidding ; mountain wastes in his ancient haunts ] in the Gxierrero district. The one hope of a speedy termina- I tion to the chase Is that the flight of ' the bandits will be checked by starva- i tion and the exhaustion of their I ponies, it. is known that Villa i 3 al- 1 most destitute of both supplies and 1 ammunition and the dead and dying 1 horses found along his trail give evi-; dence of desperate haste and need. i Once safely in the midst of the i Sierra Tarahumares the task of run- i ning - the bandit to his lair will have ' become one of tremendous difficulty. This country is inhabited by the i Tarahumare Indians, one of the most distinctive tribes in Mexico. An Am erican who owns a ranch at Omaro I in the heart of the district and who has lived there forty years gave this ] description of the Tarahumares to- 1 day: Wildest Country on Earth 'These' Indians." he said, "have ] some of the finest and worst qualities of any of the Mexican aborigines. If i you treat them fairly they will stand' by you to the last. Their loyalty to their friends is almost equal to that f Field Headquarters, American Expeditionary Force, 1 | Colonia Dublan, Chihuahua, Mex., arch 26.—8y Aeroplane I | & to Columbus, N. M., March 27.—Evfdence that Pancho I Villa is preparing to resist the American pursuing columns V : , £ and that the Mexican people are not as yet rallying to him, , 1 has been collected by the officers and the scouts of the i American troops. • ► T Dallas, Tex., March , 27.—The body of Miss Z. M. ; ' J t Cramer, a nurse, was found today on the high school campus « > j | at Oakcliff, a suburb. She had been strangled to death. | I 1 Disarranged clothing indicated she had nude a desperate | ) i 9 struggle for her life. I I Field Headquarters American Expeditionary Force, ; 9 Colonia Dublan, Mexico, March 26.—8y Aeroplane to ' ■ J Columbus, N. M., March 27.—General J. J. Pershing an- ! J £ nounced last night the establishment of a new base in the 1 pursuit of Villa.. The second base is much nearer the loca- I ; 1 tion where the bandit is reported in retreat than the old S base at field headquarters. I ■! l I '■ | I "• 1 11 J V 1 MARRIAGE ' Honaril Aaron flurilnKtoii anri.Mary K. Xpncht, IHlmhrtbtlllf. ' I). S. teapeiiahaile, Lollilomlrrr.v, anil Uertha l.cineutlna Eihtlaia, Snatarn. j Ralph Purraaa Heaa nml (jiracr M. Straw, Clearleld. , I 14 PAGES CITY EDITION of a dog. They are honest and very industrious. The country in which they live is one of the wildest on earth. The peaks of the Sierras rise in a confused jumble with no roads and only the vaguest of trails. Well as 1 know that country, I never ventured far from the trail from my ranch to the railroad without an Indian guide. The mountains are all of volcanic origin and devoid of any vegetation. Here and there, there are little val leys in which the Tarahumares farm, but they are hidden away at the en trance to Canyons and a man might wander in the wastes until he died of exhaustion and thirst before he found one. "It is among these Indians, among whom his early days as a bandit were pursued that Villa hopes to take refuge, lie is said to have many friends among them because at the outset of his career he enacted a Itobin llood role, only robbing the rich and posing as (be friend of thf poor with whom he divided his spoils." Jlore Join Villa The news that has reached the border since pursuit of the bandits began was that contained in a dis patch from the front yesterday which | stated that half the Carranza garrison l at Namiquipa had disappeared and [Continued on Page 12.]
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