If Vide Sweeping Investigation of Disastrous New York Central Wreck Being Made HARRISBURG ifSlislS. TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 71 BANDIT LEADER AGAIN SLIPS BY RING OF TROOPS CLOSING ON HIM According to Latest Advices Villa Is Moving Through Santa Maria Valley; Will Find Refuge Among His Peon Friends; Roving Bands in All Directions SUPPLIES WILL BE SENT IN BY RAIL Carranza's Permission to Use Trains Only in Limited Way Is Big Help to Ex peditionary Force as Mo tor Trucks Are Proving In adequate By Associated Press El Paso, Texas, March 30.—Military] men made no secret of their belief to- i day that Francisco Villa had slipped through the cordon of American troops and Carranza forces pursuing him in Mexico. The latest information was that the l andit leader was moving through the Santa Maria valley. Once among his peon friends, who probably would give American troops misleading informa tion. Villa might escape detection for a long time, it was pointed out. Roving bands of Villa men are re ported everywhere in the region of Santa Maria valley, but apparently the American flying columns have not cume in contact with them. Mexican officials said to-day they had no news as to the whereabouts of Villa, but that the troops of the de facto government are aiding the Am erican soldiers in the attempt to cap ture him. In Danger of Betrayal Ranchers from the Chihuahua dis trict said that when it became known that there was a price upon Villa's head, dead or alive, the bandit would be in constant danger of betrayal. Whether the American troops have nade it known that there is a reward [Coiiiinuctl oti Page 2] Miners Instructed Not to Walk Out at Present Philadelphia. March 30. Repre sentatives of the soft coal miners of the Central Pennsylvania district yes terday rejected the offers made them by the operators of that suction, with whom they have been in joint confer snce at the I'.ellevue-Stratford since March 20. The result was that two subcommittees were appointed for a Joint executive session at which those involved hope to reach an agreement that will be accepted by both sides. All rumors of a walkout by the miners on next Saturday, when the ex isting agreement between the miners and the operators expires, were settled for the time being yesterday by an an nouncinent that the scale committee of the mine workers had forwarded in structions to the miners of the section to continue work until further instruc tions had been sent them. Child Born to Woman Uninjured in Wreck Cleveland, • Ohio, March 30.—Phy sicians reported Mrs. Mary Maiston, Indianapolis, one of the passengers who escaped unharmed in the Am herst wreck, gave birth to a child in one of the day coaches immediately after the wreck. t MO TROM,HYMEN'S PAY RAISED Lancaster, Pa.. March 30.—The 300 conductors and motormen of the Conestoga Traction Company have teen notitied of an increase in wages, which will add $20,000 to their wages annually. THE WEATHER For llarrlshurK JIIIII vicinity: Tart ly cloudy to-nlffht and Friday: not much chaiiKc In temperature; lowest to-night about -111 de cree*. For Kastern Pennsylvania: I'artly cloudy to-night and Friday; gentle to moderate northeast winds. Itlver All streams of the Susriuchaana river system are now falling and will continue to tall except the Xorth llrancb. which IM rising at Itliighamton, stationary at To uandii for tlic laMt twenty-four hours, and risiag Nluivly at \V I Ikes-liar re. AM ao rain lias fal len and the temperature con tinues moderate in the Mortli llraneli basin no material rhanKen arc expected la that atrcam. The river at Wllkcs-llnrre will not exceed -•'! feet and will probably not KO iniK'h aliove '22 within the next few day*. A stage of aliout Itl.S feet IM indicated for llurris hurK Friday mo ruing. (ienernl Condition* The NIIIKKINII eastern disturbance lias fiually passed seaward ofV the North C arolina coast. The South west disturbance has decreased somewhat In strength ;IIMI the center of lowest pressure Is now over Arlxonn. Temperature* have fallen 4 to 12 degrees over a belt of country from Texas northwest wn rd. Temperature: ** a. m.: 10. Snn: ltlsrs, 3552 a. m.; sets, tli27 p. m. Moon: New moon, April ~, 11:1:1 a. m. Itlver Stage: JN.3 feet nliove low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, 17. I.owest temperature. :t7. Mean temperuture, II Annual temperatare, 13. BY CARRIER n CENTS A WEEK. SINGLE COPIES 2 CENTS. STATE-WIDE GOOD ROADS DAY WILL BE HELD MAY 25 Formal Designation of Day by Governor Brumbaugh in Proclamation URGES ALL TO HELP Get on Job Yourself or Furnish Money and Materials Is Suggestion Formal designation of Thursday, May 25, as Good Roads day for' Pennsylvania was made by a procla- j niation issued to-day bv Governor | Brumbaugh. This is the second time | that the people of the State have been i called upon to give of their labor orj substance for the betterment of the j Whs ways, the nrst Good Koads j day having been observed last May. j In his proclamation the Governor, refers to the interest aroused last j year and to the requests made by or- j sanitations in various counties for a similar day this Spring. The people j [Continued on Pnge 5.] Political Crisis Raised in Canada by Charges of Graft in Contract Awards Ottawa, March 30.—The govern- | ment was waiting to-day to hear from! General Sir Sam Hughes, minister of militia, now in England, regarding charges of favoritism recently made in Parliament in connection with the ; awarding of munitions, contracts. A; message advising liini of the charges; has been sent General Hughes, it was declared to-day. Members of Parliament stated to day that as an outcome of the allega tions an insurgent element has been created in the ranks of the conserva-l tives, the government party and something resembling a political eri-, sis has arisen. Middlemen's profits, aggregating more than $1,500,000, are alleged to have been obtained through Ihc awarding of contracts by the Can-j adian Shell committee, G. \V. Kyte. member for Richmond county. Nova Scotia, declared in a speech in Parlia ment. Me said that the profits were' divided between Colonel J. Wesley Al-i lison. who was connected with the I militia department; B. P. Yoakum, 1 former American railway magnate,! and Eugene Eignanti, formerly leader! of a hotel orchestra in Montreal. j Pretty Gold-Enamel Badge to Be Given Corn Show Winners • Winners in Dauphin county's corn | show as conducted in the county I schools will be awarded pretty gold : and enameled badges before the terms < close for the present year. Prof. F. E. Shambaugh, the countv {superintendent, has received the badges and is only awaiting the re ports of the various teachers as to names, addresses, etc., before dlstri < billing them. The pins are in the shape of a flat maltese cross of enamel with a tiny ear of corn in gold on the face. Over the corn are the words "Corn Club." The method of distribution has been decided upon as follows: The winners of tlrst and second ! prizes in each school will receive a handsome certificate. From among the certificate holders in each school will be selected two of the best ex hibitors to represent each of the seven districts. The first and second best exhibitors from among these fourteen district winners will be awarded the first and second prize winners of the county. For the first prize a blue ribbon will adorn the pin. for the second there will be a red ribbon and for each of the remaining j twelve white ribbons will be used. Amendments to Defense Measure to Be Permitted to Come to Vote in House Washington, March 30. Pro ; posed amendments to all national de fense measures providing for govern ment manufacture of ammunition and i armament will tie permitted to come to a vote in the House as a result of the House Democratic caucus decision last night. The rules committee was instructed to bring in a rule making j in order the proposed amendments. Girl Strikers Line Up With Clubs, but Fail to Use Them ) The seventy-five girls employed as rollers and bunchmakers at the Dau phin Cigar Company plant, 714 State street, who went on a strike yesterday morning, again lined up in front of the 1 factory doors this morning armed with Ismail clubs to prevent other girls from entering the nlant. - Officers McFarland. Beals, Gardner, ; Brine. Balthaser and Police Chauffeur Demma were sent to the scene to quell the jtrikers and finally restored order. ' The girls said that they had been ; offered a raise bj the officials, but it did not meet their demands, and they refused to return to work. Efforts are bfing made to reach an agreement bv I Saturday. Ex-Gov. Pennypacker's Condition Still Serious Atlantic City, March 3 o.—Ex-Gov ernor Pennypacker's condition is seri ous. though not necessarily alarming, according to a bulletin issued last night by Dr. William W. Fox, his physician, Mr. Pennypacker, who is at the Galen Hall Sanatorium, has been suf fering severely from old ailments, which have been complicated' by a severe attack of rheumatism. His phy ' Klcian expects his condition to improve ■ ufllcientlv to penult of his removal before the week is out. HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1016. FLOOD WATERS OF RIVER WASH OVT SPAN OF OLD C. V. BRIDGE AND HIDE CITY'S FRONT STEPS AND WALL FROM VIEW ■:•■'■■ ■. ■ - . ■;, ■ '„ /. ...... ■• ' ■-. ... , The upper picture shows how the flood waters of the Susquehanna have hid from view the city's Front Steps and River Wall and how near th£ stream came to overflowing its banks. The picture below shows where the rush of water washed away a section of the old Cumberland Valley railroad bridge, now being dismantled. COLONEL FLAYS PRESIDENT FOR MEXICAN SNARL Roosevelt Refutes Statement by Wilson That Americans Caused Strife PERTINENT QUESTIONS Asks Chief Executive if Prop erty Owners Inspired Him to ' Permit Shipping of Arms i Oyster Bay, N. Y., March 30. —! ; Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, in a red hot statement issued last night put ' the responsibility for the present' trouble in Mexico directly up to President Wilson. Roosevelt flayed the Chief Executive for being: too proud to tight, what he said being in reply to requests from! Americans in the troubled republic asking if there is some way in which Americans may be made to under stand the alleged baseless character of President Wilson's recent charges that property owners from the United [Continued on Pago 14.] WIDE SWEEPING INVESTIGATION OF WRECK UNDER WAY , Raby Born to Wife of Tower man May Re Innocent Cause of Disaster I Cleveland, 0., March 30.—With twenty-seven bodies recovered from : yesterday's wreck of three New York j Central trains at Amherst, Ohio, at tention to-day was focused upon the i several investigations that were put I under way by . Federal, State and i railroad authorities to determine re sponsibility for the wreck. Repre sentatives o£ the Interstate Commerce [Continued on Page 7] ' Hit. CUMMINtiS WIMi CARRY OUT TIIK "INCUBATOR" JDK A The Cummings Realty Company stated to-day that it was not purchas ing additional property at this time; j that it has all the property needed for : its present purposes and has secured ! some very attractive locations. Mr. j Cummings stated further that he did i not expect to need all the properties ! that were under option, but would take those most desirable for the ex pensive plans which he itas in mind. Ills real estate plan is to carry out as | a private enterprise the "incubator" | idea of the old Harrisburg Hoard of ; Trade which was one of the most promising things undertaken by that | organization and was allowed to lapse ; after the organization was perfected. The project contemplates the crea ! tion of an industrial and distributing : center as outlined in the original ' scheme of the Board of Trade five I years ago. Mr. Cummings said his options run 'from March 31 to September 18 and that he has ample time to consum mate his deals. He also said that the name of Colonel Young as a director of the company had been used in advisedly. i SAYS ua.eoo SI:RUS PERISHED By Associated Press Berne, March 30. Of 30.000 Ser bian re" 'gees, who, following the in vasion of their country by the Teu tonic allies, headed southward, only 8.000 succeeded in reaching Saloniki. ail the others having perished of cold and hunger on the way. according to a report just received from Mile. Compte of U< m-vii. rcpriisentiUiVo at ul llic Swiss Red Cross SPEEDY ACTION ON CARNIVAL IS URGED BY GROSS Says 1916 Event Should Set Pace For Bigger* Retter, Annual Affairs MAY ENLARGE COMMITTEE Rivermen's Organization May Be Increased to Fifteen; Problems Discussed | "Harrisburg's river carnival this year ought to be the biggest and best | in its history anil plans should be laid j now to that end; there is no reason why preliminary steps shouldn't be taken in the very near future so as to. | allow all possible time to map out aj I splendid program," declared City| j Commissioner E. Z. Gross, superinten dent of parks and public property in; ; discussing possibilities for 1816 water I I activities. ■ "Our department will do all it can i j to make this summer's carnival a suc jcess," continued Mr. Gross, "and we [Continued on Page I] BIG FOUR UNIONS I PRESENT DEMANDS FOR SHORTER DAY Request of 100,(M)0 Railroaders Is Placed in Hands of General Managers By Associated Press \ New York. March 30.—The rie , mands of nearly four hundred thou-1 . sand locomotive engineers, firemen L and railroad men will be presented to ■ithe general managers of the several ' railroad companies involved at their 1 in different parts of the: [Continued 011 Pago 11.] General Manager Long Replies to Request of k I Railroad Brotherhoods Philadelphia, March 30. A com ; mittee ropresenting Pennsylvania liail • road employes who arc members of ''l the four unions asking for an eight ■j hour day presented their proposal for ■ a revision of the schedules now in > force to General Manager S. O. Dong, J of that company. Mr. Long in a fbr ' mal reply gave the committee notice' - that in connection with the consld • eration of the men's proposal there ■J shall bo open for discussion those pro visions in the schedules or practices ' governing compensation in the classes Mot' service affected or those in conflict t j with the following principles as they 2 j apply to such classes: • I No double compensation for the - J same time or service. j The same classification for the pur ' poses of compensation to be applied ' to nil members of a train and engine. Two or more differently paid classes j! of services performed in the same day ' or trip to lie paid proportionate rates - according to the class of service, with 1 not less than a minimum day for the r combined service. The other replies were tiled in New York. They neit her refuse nor accept the demands. M.\m 10 ON \\ \V HOME Washington, IJ. March 30. ■: George T. Marye. who recently re - I shtricil as ambassador to Russia, ad ■ vised the State Department to-day of • his departure for Pet round, leaving I' the einbaisv In elm of P'rst Assist 'ja nt Secret fir - - I'red M. t ci-rlir,'. •; Ex-Governor Duvid P. P'-.in' is of .Alia t s"uri. choc -n to suc-c.'d Mi- Marye, i will leave aUoilly Xur FeU'wsiuU, ' > FLOOD WATERS TEAR OUT SPAN OF OLD BRIDGE Susquehanna Slowly Falling After Gresting at 18.G!> Feet Last Night LITTLE FURTHER DANGER Expect to Send Traffic Through Market Street Subway by Tonight One span of the old Cumberland j Valley Railroad bridge, which is being i razed by contractors, was torn away | at 9 o'clock last night by the terrific j force of the flood which reached aj stage of almost 19 feet here. Heavy wooden piles being used to j support the old bridge while under' demolition gave way and the iron work j of the bridge dropped into the stream. I No damage resulted to any of the con- I crete work on the new bridge and none ! of the other spans of the old viaduct j will be washed away, it is believed. River Crest at 18.(15 feet The river crested at one o'clock this morning at 18.6. r i feet—l foot and eight inches above flood stage re mained stationary for several hours, then fell slowly during the day. A stage of 16.8 feet is predicted for [Continued on I'age o.] Pennypacker Boosted in Germany For President York, Pa.. March 30.—Samuel W. i Pennypacker, former Governor of | Pennsylvania, is tlie choice of Aus ' Grosser Zeit, a newspaper of Frank fort-on-the-Main, Germany, for Presi ! dent of the United States. James A. Dale, of this city, for ! warded to his friend, Simon W. llan auer. at Frankfort, a newspaper con taining a pro-German article by Pennypacker. Mr. Hanauer handed it to Aus Grosser Zeit, which published ' the presidential hoost. GREAT RUMMAGE SALE TO HELP H'B'G HOSPITAL Everybody in City Can Help by Concentrating Articles For Event Collection of articles to be sold at a rummage sale for the benelit of the Harrisburg Hospita on April 14-15 was planned at a meeting yester day of the executive committee and heads of departments at the home of Mrs. Henry McCormick, president of the Woman's Aid Society of the hos pital, 301 North Front street. The [Continued on Page 11.] Offers Bill to Check Rising Price of Gasoline Washington, D. C., March 30. Amendment to the federal trade com mission law proposed in a bill intro duced yesterday by Representative Steenerson, of Minnesota, aims at gov ernment. regulation to cheek the rising price of gasoline. 11 requires certain dealers in petro leum, gasoline, kerosene and fuel oil to post prices, tile them with the com mission; requires them to be just and . reasonable, and empowers that body to prescribe lust and maximum prices. Federal courts would be given juris diction to fine violators of the law. NEW MIUT.VKY GOVERNOR FOR PAKIS IS APPOINTED Paris, March 30. General A. Y. E. Duhaii was appointed mill places governor of Paris to-day. Ho ro jlaces General Michael Maunoury, who is relieved on the ground of ill health. General Dubail, who is 65 years old, served in the Franco-Prussian war. When the present war began General Joffre chose him to hold the Vosges, and in checking General Von Heerin gen he contributed to the victory of the Marne. MOVING ? ' In onler to moid nifssln:- n Nlnftle iNPtit* of tJ»«* ph, niitlcniiilnU* nr<> rt*- I t » Diif'.fv <lie Circulation |)r- I n r tmcui prompt!.* of rltniuu* •»!' ;i«|- ; I <?ifl fr'l 1<» M,>ur <0(1 an ud) ;»n . Off! IHCIIrC'MM. TWO CANOEISTS SPILLED INTO SWOLLEN RIVER Swift Currents Capsize Frail 1 Craft Throwing 'Human Cargo Into Flood THRILLING RESCUE Charles Dinlaman Pulls Harry Chubb and Joseph Bcrrier From Stream The fortunate appearance of Charles Dintaman In a rowboat yesterday aft ernoon prevented a tragedy when two young men, taking a chance on the! flood waters of the Susquehanna op- \ posite Cumberland street, launched an Oldtown canoe and went hunting for muskrats along the shores of Inde pendent Island. The two who manned the canoe, \ Harry Chubb and Joseph P. Berrier,i son of the late Joseph Berrier, the game warden, were returning from their trip when a sharp turn of the canoe in the swift wafer turned it over and threw the human cargo into the water. Dintaman anticipated the ac cident and had already hopped into his boat with another young man and : hurried to the rescue. Fortunately | the only loss that was sustained was the gun. and the rescue was effected ' In the time that it took for the over-I turned canoe, with the occupants clinging to either end, to float from I Cumberland to North street. Bold Train Robbers Gag Two Clerks and Steal Mail Ry Associated Press Shreveport, Ea.. March 30.—-Rob- ; I hers boarded a Texas and Pacific Mail I train at the depot here early to-day [as the train was pulling out. They i entered the mail car, bound and gag- I ged two mail clerks and took from the car two pounches of registered mail, j They left the train at Shreveport I Junction about two miles from the depot. After the bandits left the train 11he mail clerks worked their way j loose from their bonds and gave the I alarm. a-~*iA "■. if^ o " N -j —V-g Y Representatives of the Philadelphia committee in 1 1 charge of the local option campaign to-day filed in the Dau- JL 9 phin county court preemptions of "Local Option" as a party T 1 name for use in nominating candidates for all State offices I £ to be elected this Fall, Congressional candidates in about » 1 half of the districts, eighteen of the Senatorial districts and j i in most of the Legislative districts in Philad i a 9 I dozen or more countie , throughout the State. j 1 Harrisburg.—Harrisbtirg's new High School Commit- V | tee met at 4 o'clock this afternoon for organization and ) I considered preliminary plans for solving the problem. The | | 5T Rev. Dr. William N. Yates was chosen chairman. I t Washington, March 30.—Senator Saulsburg, of Dela- , > ? ware, to-day introduced a bill to provide for fifty-year ■ [ J leases on water power sites in navigable streams to be uti- ' L a lized for operating hydro-electric plants for taking nitrates 1 . J from the air. 1 Washington, March 30.—With prospects of final action \ * i on the Burriett immigration bill with its literacy test and 1 * 1 Oriental exclusion features by to-night, the House to-day I [ resumed consideration of the measure. Advocates of the ; ! f bill predict its passage by an overwhelming vote. I > J * UNIVERSITY' CLUB ELECTS ! | I Harrisburg.—Directors of the recently organised 9 verslty Club have been elected as follows, as result of a mail . ? vote just completed: Arthur E. Brown, Mark T. Milnor, | ■ William H. Earnest, Henderson Gilbert, Edward J. Stack- 5 pole, Jr., John Fox Weiss, J. George Becht, Eugene Miller, 1 , j Paul G. Smith, Paul M. Kaltwasser. Howard R. Omwake I and Percy L. Grubb. 1 * 1 MINERS ENTOMBED BY EXPLOSION J JOHNSTOWN, MARCH 30.—NINE MINERS ARE* » : REPORTED ENTOMBED BY AN ION IN I t THE MINE OF THE CONEMAUGH SMOKELESS* f ? COAL COMPANY AT SEWARD. WORKING CARE- ! I FULLY RESCUERS PENETRATED THE MINE FORj A DISTANCE OF 2,000 FEET BUT BECAUSE OF THE SMOKE AND GAS WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE, » THE MEN. ; MARKtAGt, LICENSES 1 < I'M rlvor 11. Sundtt.v, c*ltj\ I«ml KliKahclli lOlMcnhotir, I'nlmyrn. Ahrnlinm Nu ur ntnl&r r mi«| Hutli 10. Ilrtihiikrr, lint her lord. . ) I>«MI l>. I'rmiio, Hcrnlicjr, nu<L llllilii IT. TIIOIIIIIH, llummclstown. * CITY EDITION 14 PAGES COUNTER ATTACKS ! OF CROWN PRINCE ARE UNSUCCESSFUL Fails to" Make Any Progress Against French in Avo eourt Wood LATEST DRIVE HALTS Germans Unable to Advance in Malancourt; Another Mer chantman Sunk After having pushed back the French lines along the westerly bend of the salient, in the Malancourt re gion northwest of Verdun, the Ger mans have desisted for the present from further efforts to advance there. Further to the west, however, the crown prince's infantry has again been counterattacking in the Avo court wood, several assaults having been launched in efforts to retake the positions recently lost to the French. | Paris declared, however, that the at tempts were fruitless. ! Block Air Raid German aeroplanes have attempted another raid on Saloniki. according to [Continued on Pago 2] Natural History Society Announces Prizes For Birdhouse Contest The Natural History .Society an nounces a birdhouse contest for tho ! coming Spring and summer, the pur pose being to make Harrisburg a headquarters for all manner of feath ered songsters. Boyd Rothrock, of the State Museum, is in charge of the contest, which will be open to the public. The contest will run from April t to September 1. Prizes will be awarded for the most birdhouses oc cupied by birds other than English sparrows, with best report accom panying; another prize for best, re port on number of birds occuping a birdhouse and still another for Ui< second best report of birds occupy Jig a birdhouse. Tho Telegraph has offered ii loving cup us a prize and ,t he Patriot four $2.50 gold pieces. Rules governing the contest ami particulars will be announced to morrow.
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