Susquehanna Again Got°> HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 72 THIRTY BANDITS ARE KILLED IN FIRST CLASH BY AMERICAN FORCE Carranza Commander at Ju arez Receives Report That Seventh Cavalry Routs Band of 500 Outlaws; Shoot Commander; Sev eral Yankees Wounded REPORT OF VILLA'S WOUNDS CONFIRMED Chieftain Is Declared to Be Hiding Near Guerrero; Was Shot in Last Fight With Constitutionalists; Border Situation Shows Improvement By Associated Press El Pnso, Tex, March 31.—Mex ican Consul Garciu announced to day that lie had been informed by General Ga\im, Carranza com mander at JtUrez, that the latter had received word that the Amer ican troops liad been engaged In Ixittlc with Villa's forces. \ccordlng' tb General Gavira's information which was supplied in a tclcgTani from I,lent.-Col. Refugio Davila, at Casas Grande*, the light took place yesterday at San Geronimo, between Uie Seventh Cavalry and MO Villa forces, the latter losing their com mander. i laden Fernandez and thirty men. The Americans suf fered several Wounded. Colonel Davila also wired Gen eral Gavira. according to Consul Garcin that confirmation had been received that Villa had been wounded In the leg in the last light with the Carranza forces and is in hiding north of Guerrero. By Associated Press San Antonio, Tex., March 31. Major General Puiiston to-day awaited news that fighting be- I tween American troops and a Villa force lias liegun along the Mexico Northwestern Railroad be tween "Madera and Chihuahua. Information that he called un official reached headquarters that a considerable force of Villa's men had concentrated in that re gion and that the American cavalry was inoviag forward In strength. Carranza's troop* also were re ported preparing to resist Villa's men. who were sail to lie assum ing the offensive. By Associated Press Villa Has Recruited Force to Formidable Numbers; Will Offer Strong Resistance By Associated Press El Paso. Texas, Marth 31. —Francis- co Villa has recruiter his forces to formidable numbers ii his flight be fore the pursuing colimns of Amer ican cavalry, it is repo-ted, and if cor nered will be in position to give re sistance. Advices received here to-day by Mexican officials stated that Villa and his men had soundly whipped the Carranza garrison at Guerrero under the command of General Cavazos whose forces were said to number only 50 soldiers. Villa, according to the in formation obtained by Mexican consul Garcia, still occupied Guerrero. Villa has crossed the jreat continental divide, and is hcadiig southeast to his old headquarters lit San Andreas, according to the most reliable infor mation here to-day, coupled with the reports from General Funston's head quarters at San Antonio. Keen Interest In Cliasc Keen interest In the chase has been aroused once more oij the border by the renewed possibility that the ban [Continued oa Page K] THE WEATHER For Hurrlnburg am! vicinity l Kitlr to-night! Sattirtln? tartly cloudy | not much choline >n temperature! lowest to-night nxiut II de grees. Fur KMMtern rrnimyh tuln i Fair to niubt; Saturday jiirtl.v cloudy; Kt-iillr to moderate finds, inoatly northeast. Itlver Tlie North Hraneli tiucan to rise about ooou, 'I hiiMtni, and ex ceeded the flood Nfiige at To wanda, where the. river was Htatlonary at 17.4. tl llken-llarre reportn 24.X feet nut the river there will rise to nliiut I,'i.S or —tt.O feet thin attefnooa. The l.ower Went Itraneli Ix Fining ■ lowly. The rlne at iilllaniNport will probably be allfht and the ■tune there la not expected to exceed IS feet. Tie upper innin river linn begun to rise again. The. river nt llnrrUhirit will rail alowly or remain neirly atation ary until late Ala afternoon, w hen It will begin to rise stead ily. A Htnge of about IT.S feet in Indicated for llnrrlxlurK Satur day morning, with highest Mtage about 15.5 late Satu'day after noon. General tjondltim* Preaaore eontlnuea relrtl\ely low over the Southwest nnd with high pressure to the northward la canslnit general} cloudy weather over the I'ldna statea and the Mlaslaalppl Ytlley. Temperatnret 8 a. m.. « Sum ltlaeai 5i4" a. m.| aeta, «t>3o p. tn. tloAni \en moon, Iprll 2, lti2l a. in. It l> er «t«aei IH.I feet N>oti< lon. water mark. Yeaterda.v'a \\eat|er Hl*He»t temperature. IS3.', I.uwrat temperature, t'. >lean temperature, ,*>2. .Normal teuiperatiire, 41, BY fAHRIRH (I CENTS A WEKK. BIKGLE COPIES 3 CENTS. STATE OFFICIALS WARY OF TALKING; ON RESIGNATIONS i 'Refuse to Discuss Johnson's' Retirement and Are Silent as to Themselves t t NO MORE TO QUIT NOW .'Odd Complication Caused by Acceptance of Johnson's Resignation )i Cbarlcs Johnson's resignation as I I State Tnsuranee Commissioner is not; likely to lie followed by retirement of I ( tother officials connected with the State I '! Government at least in the immediate i future. Objection to the methods used in promoting: the candidacy of the ■ I Governor for President is unquestion ! ably widespread on Capitol Hill, but < there are no signs that the men who 1 : have spoken their minds to the Oov ! ernor will follow Mr. Johnson unless pressure is put upon them next week. Mr. Johnson"s resignation has in a measure cleared the air. He wrote what others thought and the Governor In accepting the resignation showed where he stood. Hence there is an attitude of waiting and careful atten tion to public business. If the cam paign methods of. the Governor's "war council" call for more vigorous work or the lining up of men in de partments, whose chiefs have kept them out of the rumpus, there may be more resignations. The names of half a dozen State)' officials were mentioned to-day as | likely to resign, but they were either i' ! out of town or refused to discuss the! 1 J subject. The Governor remained at | 1 i the Executive Mansion all day, re- 1 ' | fusing to grant interviews and ap-1 parently resting his case on his ac- j ' ceptance of the resignation. Johnson May Come Hack There were rumors to-day that next ! i [Continued un Pago 15.] J [Correspondence relating to John-i son resignation. Page 17.] Wine "Ad" in Church Conference Program Creates Stir at Meeting Special to the Telegraph ; ' Newark, N. J., March 31. —E. Q. ! j Wilson, of the temperance organiza j tion of the Methodist Church ad idressed the Newark Methodist Episco- j | pal conference yesterday. He praised I ; the newspapers of the county which j > have taken a stand that no advertise- j ment of alcoholic liquors shall appear' ! in their columns. Later some one called attention to ' the official conference program. One ■of the advertisements in it is that of , a local hotel man, who solicits the , patronage of the members of the con- ] ! ference. Tihe advertisement reads: "Best dinner in the city, 50 cents; with wine, sl." [ Another page of the program ad- ' • vises the visitors "to patroni;:e our) , advertisers." I.KAN TO DANCE AMD CARDS Special to the Telegraph \ Pittsburgh. Pa.. March 31. Many j 'I Pittsburgh Methodists aim to lift the: '! rigid ban placed by that church on I '] dancing and card playing. Many of| ' j the local delegates to the Methodist | ' Quadrennial Conference in Saratoga j Springs, N. Y., beginning May 1 are i planning to advocate a plan whereby j ' these amusements may be made a| matter of individual conscience. Efforts will be made to eliminate ; the words "dancing" and "card play-! 'j lng" fro nithe discipline of the church, \ • I to place the responsibility for partici- ( 1 pating in thees pastimes upon the indi- ( I vidua! members of congregations. ! $15,000 Hotel Fire Threatens ; Lancaster Business District | Lancaster, Pa., March 31. Tire to-i' day gutted the upper floors of rlie Im- 1 M perial. Hotel in this city and threaten ed the business section. .Starting at . I the base of an elevator shaft the flames I spread upward rapidly and several of 1 i the guests had close escapes. I The loss on the hotel building is I about $ 15,000. : 1 ISWATOW AND CHAO CHOW LUXLAILK INDEPENDENCE Shanghai. China, March 31. The j 1 troops at Swatow and Chao Crow Fu i in the province of Kwang Tung, de- j dared their independence of the cen- J tral government on March 298. The United States gunboat Wil-1 mlngton is al Swatow. The United I States cruiser Brooklyn with Admiral ; Albert G. Winterhalter on board Is I due at Shanghai on April 3. FRENCH TAKE MAN FROM BRAZILIAN STEAMSHIP New York, March 31. The re-1 moval of a cabin passenger from the ! Brazilian steamer Rio De Janeiro by' the French cruiser Descartes at sea! on March 25 was reported by Captain Miranda of the Rio De Janeiro on the j arrival of the ship from South Amer | ioan parts to-day. The passenger's ■ name was A. Gipsone, 62 years old,! ; who- embarked at Para, Brazil, claim- | i I rig to be an Englishman. The ensign | iof the French cruiser who boarded the Rio De Janeiro nevertheless took him prisoner. ' j MAY SI MMON MISSIONARIES Amoy, China, March 31. lister i ; Maynard, United States consul at I I Amoy, has notified the Mennonite mis- ; I sionaries in his bailiwick, the southern . portion of Fo-Kien province, to be ready to come to Amoy at a moment's ! notice. TUG TO ASSIST AURORA By Associated Press I Wellington, N. Z., March 31, via i London.—A wireess dispatch just re ceived from the Aurora says: "We are setting toward Snares Islands under the influence of wind and sea. We are unable to maneuver the ship, owing to damage to the Jury rudder." The au thorities are sending a tug to the as sistance of the Aurora. HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 31, 1916 PORCH AND WINDOW BOXCONTEST WILL BE OPEN TO CITY FIREMEN ONR of the pri7.es to be awarded by the Telegraph in the Beautiful Harrisburg Window and Porch Box Contest soon to open will he for the best decorated lire company house in Harrisburg. Some of the firemen for years have taken an interest in the floral adornment of their tirehouses and the results have been admired by all who have seen them. But the Telegraph's offer of a handsome prize for the best-decorated house this year ought to do much toward transforming every firehouse in the city Into a bower of flowers and vines. There is no greater rivalry in the city than that existing among the liremen. No company will permit an other company to outdo it without a contest. Which company wijt get into the window box contest first? The_ campaign is already attracting widespread attention. The Telegraph is in receipt of letters from Millers burg, Washington, Pa., and elsewhere regarding it. Full particulars will be announced in a day or two. LONE CAPTOR OF SHIP ASSERTS HE IS A GERMAN SPY Claims Imperial Government Directed Him to Sink British Steamer By Associated Press Lewes, Del., March 31. —The young German who captured the British steamer Matoppo and terrorized her ■ crew of 56 men on Wednesday night shortly after the ship had sailed out. of New York harbor for Vladivostock with railroad supplies for the Russian government, declared to-day that he was a spy for the German govern [onetinucd on Page 12] Passengers Removed From Grounded Japanese Ship By Associated Press Shanghai, March 31. The big trans-Pacific passenger steamship Chiyo Maru grounded in a fog at 4:35 this morning on one of the Lema islands south of Hong Kong. Nine tugboats and launches from a British torpedoboat destroyer have gone to her assistance and are taking off her 299 passengers from San Francisco I and Manila. The Chiyo Maru. owned by the Toyo i Kisen Kabushiki Kaisha of Yokohama j is a vessel of 13,131 tons gross and is [ 558 feet long. She left San Francisco on March 2 for Yokohama, arrived at Manila on M:-rch 18 and left that port for Hong Kong. Trolley Strikers in ' Cattle With Troopers Special to the Telegraph Wilkes-Barre, Pa.. March 31.—Three! trolley cars were attacked by a mob i of several hundred strike sympathizers : in Ashley. The mob quickly formed and the few State troopers on guard were unable to cope with the situation and a call for reinforcements was sent 1 into the barracks of Troop B al Wyo ming. The few troopers present when the j riot started were roughly handled, but ■ they held their ground until additional j troopers arrived. The windows of the l< cars were broken by the mob and the | motormen and conductors were at- i tacked, but they escaped serious in- I Jury. A few persons were cut by 1 stones and tlie troopers battered the ! heads of some with riot clubs in trying to disperse the inbb. Auto Manufacturers to Organize Big Company to Produce Gasoline By Associate'd Press i , New York. March 31. Manufac- 1 turers of automobiles connected with ! the National Automobile Chamber of ' Commerce announced to-day their de- ■ elsion to incorporate a company with i 1 "an ultimate capital of from $5,000,000 1 to $10,000,000" to produce gasoline 1 and other products of petroleum with 1 the purpose of "demonstrating that 1 gaso'dne can be produced and sold at a ; profit at a price somewhat lower than , 1 that now prevailing and within the/ ! means of all users of automobiles and P motor boats." MOVING ? ; In order to nvolil ml**lnjc n alnffle ' iflnue of the Tclegrnph, Hubnerlbem 1 who contemplate movlus ure re- I I qtieMeil to notify the Circulation De partment promptly of dinner of tid ilreM, Don't fnll to give your old well ! f n* jour ne« nddri-aii. I v ■ - i I . i 1 THIS IS A SAMPLE OF AN IN EXPENSIVE PORCH BOX MRS. PANKHURST HERE TO PLEAD FOR SERBIANS Militant Suffragette of Days I Gone by Now a Gentle Mis sion Worker 1 " MRS PANKHURST By Anna If. Wood The history of the world has proved that it is the women, who in the face 1 of any great emergency, rise heroically but quietly to take up the burdens ; nearest at hand. The firing of cannon | Is not a small part in the warfare of a continent. So it is that Mrs. Emmeline Pank- I hurst, known to all civilized countries j as a militant, window-smashing suffra ;gette,.,has come to America to beg i help for a forlorn and starving people [Continued on Page 15.] Acid From Package Starts Fire in Mailroom of Liner By Associated Press New York, March 31.—Fire which started'ln the mailroom of the Hol land-American line steamship Veen dyke while that ship was lying in the downs on March 14, partially de stroyed and damaged 69 bags of par cel post destined for Canada and Japan, it was learned to-day from of ficers of the ship which arrived here late yesterday from Rotterdam. The tire was discovered, the officers said, after the British authorities had removed all the American mail on the ship for examination ashore and is believed to have been caused by some acid or other inflammable agent con tained in one of the packages. ALL AMERICANS OEF By Associated Press San Francisco, Cal., March 31. Toyo Kisen Kaisha officials here had no information as to tlie accident to the Chiyo Maru. The Chiyo Maru was commanded by Captain Ernest Bent. The Chiyo already had touched at Honolulu, Yokohama, and other Japanese ports and Malaya so that all passengers from Continental United Stales except thdSe bound for Hong Kong had left the liner. ° PALMYRA ONE OF MOST PROSPEROUS OF NEARBY TOWNS Shoe Business Gives Employ ment to Hundreds in Hustling Town Palmyra, Pa.. March 31. —Palmyra. ; one of tii# *uost prosperous and enter ' prising towns in the Lebanon Valley, ;is among Central Pennsylvania's | busiest communities at the present time and if orders should stop coming ■ into the four big shoe factories to-day I there would still, be enough work to keep every employe busy for the next j live or six months. Palmyra is prin [Continued on Page 21] U. S. Attorney Marshall's Impeachent Letter Will Not Be Recommended By Associated Press Washington, March* 31. United States Attorney Marshall's recent let ter to the subcommittee investigat ing Representative Buchanan's im peachment charges will be submitted to : tlie House without recommendation and a resolution to find the attorney in contempt of the House will be ottered. The judiciary committee to-day vot 'ed to adopt this course. Chairman Webb said the member to otter the con tempt resolution would be selected lat | er. ' The letter to which the eommlttee takes exception was written by the United States attorney when a sub committee was in New York taking testimony on the impeachment charges. It attacked the committee's ! methods and in effect declared the ; committee's course was being pursued i because Mr. Marshall had hnd the. tem ( erity to indict a member of Congress ille referred to Representative Buchanan ; who had been indicted witli other j members of I.abor's National Peace I Council which has been Involve! In 'charges of Httempts to prevent ship ments of to the allies. The ! specific charge against, the men is con spiracy to restrain trade of the United States. State's Cash Drops During Third Month J The total balances in the funds of | the Commonwealth at the close of March business to-day amounted to $3/582,402.49 against $4,493,494.41 at •the end of February business. I The statement of the operation of (the State Treasury for March is as j lollows: Receipts Oeneral fund, $2,091,- 817.30; school fund. $2,091.60; motor license fund, $140,269; game protec tion fund, $484.22; bounty fund, $170.22; fire insurance fund, $67,485.- 80; total $2,302,318.76. Disbursements General fund, $3,- 175,262.33; school fund, $7,123.33; game fund, $19,497.02; bounty fund, $11,528; total, $3,213,410.68. Balances General fund, $2,243,- 957.61; sinking fund, $251,1 10.02; school fund (uninvested). $25,978.11; game fund. $318,818.48; bounty fund, $75,003.60; tire insurance fund, $267 - 534.01; total, $3,582,402.49. CASUALTIES 20,000 By Associated Press London, March 31.—British casual ties in March as compiled from the published lists, amounted to 1,107 offl-i cers and 19,317 men. TOIiKDO IS POWERLESS By Associated Press Toledo,- Ohio, March 31.—Ail elec- 1 trie power furnished by the Toledo Railways and Light Company for j lighting and heating purposes was turend off this morning at 8.30 when , union employes of the power depart- I ment of the company null work In ; sympathy with the iocked-out street tar men. MASSED DRIVES FORCE FRENCH TO FLEE MALANCOURTi Furious Attack Simultaneously on Three Sides Let Germans In i LIQUID FIRE REPELLED Defenders Beat Off Two Offen sives at Douaumont; Right Flank Attacked German pressure on the Maiancourt- Rethincourt salient, northwest of Ver dun, has proved too much for the ; French on the westerly end of the po sition and (hey have been forced out of Malancourt village. The German guns had been violently bombarding the village for many hours after the recent success of the crown prince's troops in reaching the out skirts. Last night the infantry was again brought into play and, charging in masses simultaneously from three sides, furiously engaged the French battalion holding the village. After an all-night struggle the' French evacuated the village, which . had been laid in ruins by the bombard- j ment and the storm of battle raging in ! its streets after the infantry entered 1 it. General Pctain's troops still hold ( the outskirts, the afternoon Paris bul letin asserts. Ijiquid lire or Xo Avail The charge at Malancourt was only [Continued on Page 22] U. S. Will Not Act on Attacks in Vessels Until Full Facts Are at Hand By Associated Press Washington, D. March 31.—F01: : lowing to-day's cabinet meeting, of i tlclals said complete evidence had not I been received in the cases of vessels | carrying Americans attacked recently, j that no action would be taken by the American Government until such ; facts had been received, and that no action leading to serious consequences | would be taken at all unless conclu- I \ sive evidence was established that an | | attack had been made by a German ! submarine contrary to international „]aw. m - "y— -9 FAftMER DIES FROM SPINAL HEMORRHAGE Harrisburg.—John H. Fox, a farmer of near Hum ® melstown, died late this afternoon in the Harrisburg Hos pital, from hemorrhage of the spinal cord aa a result of in & juries received Monday when he fell from a wagon. i THREE MORE. KILLED BY VILLA ! El Paso, Tex., March 31. A man named Herman Blankenburg and two other foreigners were murdered yes terday at Minaca, Chihuahua, by Francisco Villa and his , followers', according to private but authentic sources here. I ARREST TAUSCHER CONSPIRATORS " Washington, March 31.—Department of Justice of ficials announced to-day that two alleged conspirators with I Captain Hans Tauscher in the plot to blow up the Welland Canal were under arrest in New York, that a third was un der surveillance in New England and that they I arrest a fourth in a few days. BERLIN KNOWS NOTHING OF DISASTER Berlin, Tuesday. March 28, via London, March 31.—In quiries in government circles developed the statement that , ® nothing is known here concerning the explosion which dam aged the cross-channel steamer Sussex beyond the news p paper reports from abroad. Officials are refraining from E comment in the absence of definite information. IMMIGRATION BILL IN SENATE » Washington, March 31.—The fight against the House I. immigration bill prescribing a literacy test for the admis f sion of aliens, was to-day transferred to the Senate, although I its passage there also is fully expected. As it went to the b Senate the bill contained provisions for a literacy test and t Asiatic exclusion. L DR. WAITE INDICTED IN FIRST DEGREE | New York, March 31.—The Grand Jury to-day return 'ed an indictment charging murder in the first degree r against Dr. Arthur Warren Waite, accusing him of poison ing his father-in-law John E. Peck, millionaire drug manu- Efacturer of Grand Rapids. MARRIAGE LICENSES I William T. Hartmaii. Falrvlcw tonnohlp, York connty, «nd .Mary K. Nickel, city. | Henry Wade noil Huby Andrew, rlty. ► Charlea J. notvman, Liu-know, anil I'carl M. Bccbtrl, city. 24 PAGES CITY EDITION MELTING SNOWS TO SEND RIVER AGAIN TO 18.5 FT. TOMORROW Central Iron and Steel Mills Will Be Closed Week, Be lief; Traffic Through Mar ket Street Subway to Be Cut Off; Cellars Will Fill STATE FLOOD SERVICE SENDS NEW WARNINGS Upper Reaches of North Branch Rising Rapidly; Mines Closed at Scranton; 8-Year-Old Boy Drowned When Creek Overflows Banks A continued rise in the north branch of the Susquehanna river because of the deep snow in the mountains melt ing along the water shed, will send the river up to flood stage again to-mor row morning, and late in the afternoon to 18.5 feet—about the same stage reached yesterday morning when the flood waters from the West and Juni ata branches passed here. , At Towanda this morning after the river had remained stationary for hours, it passed the flood stage, wpnt ito 17.4 feet and then remained sta tionary again for several hours. This I sent the river to 24.5 feet at Wilkes , Barre and a stage of 25 or 2 6 ft. will be [Continued on rage 15.] Joseph A. Romberger, Upper End Businessman, Dies at Berrysburg Home Special to the Telegraph Berrysburg, Pa., March 31.—Joseph P. Uomberger. who had long been ill. died yesterday afternoon at Ijgfl o'clock. Me was K8 years old. Mr. j Romberger had been the foremost in I connection with the projected railroad and up to within a few days of his death signed and delivered the papers so that It would be possible to finish.
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