Loss of\Ln6 Heavy ony&HicdHospiialShl^^^ffi^jyC^wn^n^^n^ffiinnc HARRISBURG iSllSli TELEGRAPH v *• nv pi URI |i fl V W LXXXV No. /3 SINGLE criES 3 CE>'TS. CAPTURE OF ZRIPPLE BY FLYING L. S. CA NOW BELIE/ED Troopers Are Combing Moan- j tains For Outlaws Scat tered Into Small Bands by Smashing Defeat; Injured Leg Will Prevent Villa From Making Long Flight DO NOT CREDIT REPORT HE HAS BEEN TAKEN Army Officers Do Not Believe Rumor That Chief Is Being Taken to Base at Casas Grandes; Operations Will Be Continued Against Flee ing Forces to Prevent Their Concentration By Associated I'rest El Paso, Texas. April 1.-—The cap ture of Francisco Villa by the flying squadrons of American cavalry searching the Sierra Madre mountain is believed by army officers at For' Uliss to be only a question of days. His forces scattered into sma! lands after their smashing defeat c Wednesday by forces led by Coloni Dodd, Villa is reported to-day to hav. sought safety in biding in some re .esses of the continental divide. Tli bandit's injured leg, said to have bet broken by a gunshot wound, or a fa from a horse, will doubtless prevei him from making any long (light ov the rugged mountains. lte|K>rted Captured That Villa already had been cai Hired and was being brought back 1 he army base at t'asas Grandes, \v report heard here to-day but it w o credited in official quarter' f tr.vii-an Consul Andres Garcia had 1 nord of any further engagements In tween the American troops and VII forces. While the hunt for Villa continue General Pershing will continue 1> operations against the fleeing bands >■' Villa men to prevent their concentre ion and to destroy them. The fact that three days ha elapsed since the smashing blow d livered at the Villa band In the vail of Santa Mara, without any furtb news from General Pershing, ha given birth to the most extravagai speculation and rumors. The chief argument of time is th If Villa was as desperately injur, as reported he should be by now the lian Is of his pursuers. Hut oth< retort by pointing out tlie w character of the country in which Is hiding and the fact that most the natives of the mountains are si to do all they can to baffle the Am ican soldiers by giving them false formation. All Depends on Speed Everything apparently depei - upon the speed witli which Villa is able to move. Tf Ms injuries ha e forced him to seek safety in the mom tains of the divide, it is believed thai he cannot escape capture although lie may elude his enemies for many days yet. On the other hnnds, if he has been able to push east or southeast ho ought by this time to have reached a country where traveling is com paratively easy, water and food plenti ful and his adherents numerous. The one thing that seems reason ably certain is that before the close of to-day or to-morrow at the lav st it must be definitely known if.). 11 a - s a disabled and deserted fugitive m the mountains, or if he has again freedorp from the. cordon throy.n about him and is maintaining flight southward. In the height o excitement caused by the news o; ne battle of San Geronlme, interest i temporarily faded here in the quest! ... of the use of the Mexican railroads for transporting supplies to General Pershing's columns. Apparently the solution of this problem is still far from found. A good deal lius been aroused over the faiiur. of any train to arrive at Juarez o\ei the Northwestern Railroad for a neeh .NO [Continued on I'age •">.] THE WEATHER For Harrtsburg and* lc ! n 'V I It rr , to-night and Minds? t colder fundaJ. i.rrcin- For Kaatrrn l'ennay vnnlsl I*"*' li.K cloudiness, followed by ■.- late hl- morning. Tfe" rising lowfy t SJI. • rrmn|n continue p lght sad nearly stationary to nt. Sunday. A sa*e of aUo ■ .. , fret Is Indicated far H hl( . h< . Nt ' Sunday mornlnn. n*i Trpr(l Sunday win -sin IS feet. HOless e,insiders \ falls. The >ortbi Hran (o rc _ altlve and ,n . ■ kluhrr ► pond promptly to ra'n "J h , fh tpmperaturrii. hoth f >„rtli Indicated far -;'% .dvlsed Branch stations>***'' than lo prepare for hl , Ol) ,|drroble hours. General >p)lrl|r j Two centers ''jJ 1 * one cen- ] nn the map this morning ] trnl over the l' nl " Jbout ennui and another of • l,ou T ' e „. strength over Souther Tcmperaturei a. „t*. .' Sum Hlses, S4l a. P l. aaoff'^' 'it * Moon' w moon. ' State associated ll vvliich latter includes the t 11a 'I>■ i hiii. Pittsburgh and xll the let ling of the State, will hold rilnt ■ii leathering at the Hotel Wl ton, v I 22, witli morning, afternool and I ling snsslnns. ' -re will be a luncheon at I ion, •I n nddrfsses will be made b< Ala- i Leonard Wood, ox-S ator ivftix and other prominent pereol ges.^ HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 1, 1916 BOOM GROWING AS COLONEL AND ROOT HEAL FEUD Shake Hands at Luncheon At tended by Senator Lodge; Hatchet Is Buried Special to the Telegraph New York, April 1, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt had luncheon yes terday at the home of Robert Bacon, 1 Park avenue, with former Senator Elihu Root, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massachusetts, who is a leading candidate for temporary or permanent chairman of the coming Republican Xatlonal Convention, and General Leonard Wood. Announcement of this event at which Colonel Roosevelt and Mr. Root, [Continued on Page 7] RAIN ALONG NORTH BRANCH MAY SEND I RIVER UP HIGHER i If Weather Continues Fair Lit tle Trouble Is Expected | From Susquehanna Unless more than, half an inch of rain fall, along the North branch watershed of the Susquehanna river tonight and along the main ; he flood waters will crcst ' . * morrow morninp accord i °V- p ' roiccast the local offl P 0 f the , 1 Hi-ife a ' CS Bureau. I he main river rose slowly during [Continued on Pngo 1,000 Cigar Factory Workers Get Voluntary Ten Per Cent. Increase | An Increase of in per rp , lt ln wfllres was announced to-dav i,v i n Kov | supcrlntendont of the WarrlJi riSli Company plant In Pt,. . J.J urfr L ! c liar in. (■> V. .. street. A slm -1 the Steeftoif c of I Bayuk Brothers of Now wIU fartor i e „ B ' ers of J larrisiiiipn- 01 \ are own plants. j x,a,r,s " u K nnd Steelton 1 rhe 'inerei.se will irr->► . •ployes, known as tfilm i '■ nofl pm ; I rollers. tho „ ,'' laUoriS Harrisburg t Pn nilniVtJ. ? Hse reached Ployes Im (I left f? r the af, ,° r ,he C ,"h';' plant shuts down everv y ; i,s . ..'clock in ,| IP i, ln . n u,„ ! " a i"'dy at 11 ent Koy al d : ""'K- Superlntend plants This , lmiltl| "s at our t received the eoiui n a, " e vo luntar lly. body hail loft th. hV vs to tell ii Monday V an " wl " hav * ! Judiciary Subcommittee Recommends Confirmation a °deis Appointment ll.ouis I). Bran dels for' f 1 °" ,inatlon of cnint in ,i„.. , 01 " lt * Supreme 1 firniation to th) 1 ® ,| l l VT ( °"" nfn(l con " Those \otino> enl,re committee. Senators ('hinf,. r,,,6,,0n were I IsarafjasssK^r^s PEACE OR FIGHT HINGES ON NEW NEGOTIATIONS Republicans Endeavoring lo Bring About Compromise on Ambitions MAY BE SETTLED TODAY Senator Penrose and Governor Brumbaugh Have Been In formed of Dangers The next forty-eight hours will termine whether there will be haX niony in the Republican party bS Pennsylvania at the May primaries of! whether there will be a factional con-i test with all its unpleasant features. Men interested in preventing a>' • tate-wide tight which will endanger; the election of Republican congress men and legislators and even of thej State ticket are endeavoring to work ! out a. plan which can be accepted bv j the leaders of both sides. Governor Brumbaugh is understood to have: been told by men not Interested in r. e „? u tive In athletic circles also, playing on the football team, and participating . in track events. He was also n mem- I her of the debating team of the school ' and on the staff of the Academy Spec | | tator. Find Girl Unconscious on Reservoir Park Slope ' After lying unconscious for several • hours on a slope in Reservoir Park, • Miss Jeanette Armor, aged 16, daugh- M ter of Frank Armor, 2637 Penn street, • Penbrook, was found late yesterdav s afternoon by men returning from work. They called the ambulance and sent the girl to the Harrisburg Hos- i pital where she responded to treat- | ment. Physicians believe she suf- i , fered an attack of vertigo. The girl i I left the Harrisburg bag and box fac- | ; tory yesterday afternoon, where she! ' | was employed, complaining of not j ! feeling well. ! McClintic-Marshall Buys ; Largest Steel Plate Mill in World; Price Is Secret , 1 Pittsburgh, Pa., April I.—An Im- ' portant steel deal completed In the Pittsburgh district, the largest for a number of years was announced to-dav 1 I when the McClintic-Marshall Construc tion Company took over the holdings 'j of the. Rlter-Conley Manufacturing ■ Company at L.cf>tsdale, Pa. Included in the transaction are sixtv ♦ivp acres lying between the Ohio river! and the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and < hlcago railroad and the largest plant ■ in the world devoted to steel plate con struction. One of the main buildings ! covers eight acres. The Riter-Conlev I Company was engaged In filling Import ant contracts for China. The monetary consideration was not made public. MOVING ? In orilrr til aroltl mUslni; n kliiklc ' lauc f the Telegraph, auliaprlbrra nlio contemiilnte niotliiK an- rr ANI> FORTY-FOUR INJI RFD IN j I/AST NIGHTS AIR RAID, ACCORD ING TO OFFICIAIj FIGURES GIVEN OUT TO-DAV. IT WAS OFFICIALITY AN- i NOl NCKD THIS AFTERNOON TH A I' THE ZEPPEIJN DIRIGmiiE li\l,-! I'OON WHICH FFMv INTO THE SEA WAS THE 1,-15. London, April I.—One of live Zeppe- j lins which visited the eastern counties of England during the night, dropping some ninety bombs, was damaged, pre- 1 sumably by British anti-aircraft guns, and came down off the Thames estuary. It surrendered to British pa- 1 trol boats. The crew was saved, but [Continued on Page 5.] Compromise Offer of Eleven Per Cent. Raise Is Accepted by Scranton Trolleymen By Associated Press Scranton. I'a., April I.—The Scranton i railway company's compromise offer of II per cent, increase to inotormen and conductors and 111 per cent, to machin ists and barnmen was unanimously ratified by the employes to-dnv. The demand was for :> cents hii hour. The Increase granted reaches mul 2!i cents for motormen ami conductors according to years of service. The, other employes got their demand. The agreement is to run three years. DISCI.SS HVnitOICI.ECTHIC I*I,AVI' By Associated Press Washington. April I.—Plans for a | government hydroelectric plant to take nitrates from the air was discussed at I a conference to-day between Secretary! Baker, General Crozler, chief of or dnance, and Senator Shields, author of I the water power bill. No conclusion was reached. I** • "Tf 1 - - CHIHUAHUA HEARS VILLA IS CAPTURED EL PASO, TEX., APRIL I.—A CHIHUAHUA DIS PATCH RECEIVED BY MEXICAN OFFICIALS IN JUAREZ THIS AFTERNOON STATES THAT THERE IS A REPORT IN CHIHUAHUA THAT VILLA HAS BEEN CAPTURED IN MINACA. EFFORTS TO CON | FIRM THE REPORT HERE WAS WITHOUT RE- SULT. ! ASSERT RUSS LOSSES ARE 140,000 Berlin, April I. —By Wireless.—Russian casualties in the recent offensive on the northern part of the line were not less than 140,000 men the German war office estimated to day. > DR. WAITE WILL GO Of{ TRIAL SOON l New York, April I.—Dr. Waite will be placed on trial for the murder of his wealthy father-in-law within a month. • He will be arraigned on the charges Monday morning if his condition permits his removal from the hospital, I STEAMSHIP AND SCHOONER ARE SUNK } London, April I.—Lloyds reports the sinking of the Norwegian steamship Nerne and the British schooner John ► Pritchard. The crews were rescued. 1 t i THREE HURT IN OIL PLANT FIRE Middletown, N. Y., April I.—Three persons were in- ( ' jured, one perhaps fatally, in a fire which destroyed the oil plant of D. W. Fenton and Co., and threatened the eastern ► section of the city to-day. The loss is $25,000. r- ' . MARRIAGE < k , William 1. HartniHii, Fnlrvlea tuunntil|i, York county, ami Mary K. Mckel. elty. | .lame* Henry W mlc and Ituli> Andrew, city. I ► t harlra J. Bonntan, Lucknon, and Penrl M. Bechtel. city. 16 PAGES CITY EDITION GERMAN TORPEDO SINKS RED CROSS SHIP AT ANCHOR 115 Sisters of Charity, Medical Men and Wounded Are Drowned in Black Sea BOAT SINKS IN MINUTE Submarine Creeps Within 60 Yards and Fires Two Projec tiles in Vitals of Vessel Petrograd. April 1. —The sinking of the Russian hospital ship Portugal in the Tilack Sea is thus described In i a dispatch received from M. (loluboff, j ileleßate-ftenerai of Ihe Red Cross with ! the Caucasian army: "Yesterday at 8.30 o'clock In the ! evening, near Sliatle, our hospital ship Portugal, which was at anchor, was ' sunk by an enemy submarine, which (lred two torpedoes front a range of i sixty yards. After the second torpedo, ! which struck the engineroom, the ship sank in less than a minute. Save Eleven Sisters "lifeboats from trawlers and from a torpedo boat which came up rescued | eleven of the twenty-six sisters of , charity who were aboard. They also saved three commanders, including thr French commander Duvent, and tw< doctors, one priest, 120 men of th i Flussian naval medical corps and 1." men of the French crew. "The missing include fount Tatlst cheff. delegate of the Red Cross, si doctor, the senior sister of charity. Karoness Meyerdorff, and 14 othei sisters of charity, r.it men of the Rus sian medical service and 29 of tin i French crew. 1.">8 Arc Saved "According to the commander, th' 1 Portugal had 273 persons aboord, o I whom 158 were saved. On receivinr news of this outrage I proceeded t> I the spot and interviewed the survivor:- j at the Red Cross hospital on shore. "We are exploring the nearby ooasl lin search of further survivors. Then I are a few wounded among the sur ' vivors. "The Portugal carried the nsnal Reti Croae signs prominently displayed."