RAIN MAY SEND RIVER UP HIGHER [Continued From First I'aste] the night and at 8 o'clock this morn ing the stage was Just one-tenth of a foot above the Hood stage of 17 feet. The West and Juniata fell, counteracting the big rise in the North branch, where flood stages were reached yesterday. \o change will be made in car schedules to-night, it is believed, as tho river is not rising rapidly, and will not Hood the subway, it is thought, unless it reaches a stage of 18 feet. Showers are forecast for to-night, with slightly colder weather to-mor row, and should a half iiich of rain fall along the North branch a stage of 27 or -'8 feet would result at Wilkea- Rarre, with big rises at other points along this tributary. No further damage was reported in the city, but operations will not be resumed for several days in some of the departments of the Central Iron and Steel Company plant because of the flood. At Wilkes-Rarre this morning the) Susquehanna continued to rise and passed the maximum mark set by the i State Water Supply Commission by al- , most a foot. At 8 o'clock to-day it : was 26.3. forcing hundreds of people ; from their homes and closing the main j bridge on the west side of the city. Park Commissioner Makes Survey of River Front; Little Flood Damage City Commissioner Gross and his as- | sistant superintendent. V. Grant For- j rei . have made a careful survey of the ! conditions along the Rivtr Front and I lind that it will be necessary to use j considerable surface gra\el along the | walk at the top of the tmbankment. It is expected that there will lie some : settlement from "Hardsorabble" north ward iti the portion that was newly- : .raded last year, but the ilamage from | ;!ie high water has been comparatively trifling, and it is believed the walk and slope can be put into first class shape as soon as the water recedes. Thousands of people have walked along the embankment during the last week and this constant procession has had the effect of a road rolfer upon the walk. It will only be necessary to All out along the outer edge where there are a few sunken piaces and re store the planting of the barberry hedge which sank a litle with the top of the slope. Commissioned Gross is not unmind ful of the destructive tendencies of a Kims of hoodlums that hits been tear ing benches loose from their fasten ings and committing other acts of van dalism. These gangs are half-grown boys and a few examples early in the season, it is thought, wil remedy the trouble. It has not been forgotten that most of the globes on the lower walk were broken by these same gangs last year. ZEPPELIN FALLS IN THAMES AFTER RAID [Continued From First Cage.] the airship broke up and sank while i being towed in. The raid of last night was the ! twenty-second of the war. The lost Zeppelin was the third of her class to 1 come to grief in these raids. Detail? of the attack have not been published ' as yet by the authorities. From un- ! official sources it Is learned that man of the bombs were dropped either into ' the sea or in places where no damage ' was done. t Take Different Routes It was an ideal night for the raR 1 Everything was in favor of the Zepp.-- 1 lins, including the atmospheric sure and the lightness of the win! ( The dirigibles came in over the coast 1 earlv in the evening and. sailing high 1 divided their forces. Those who saw ( them say they were larger than t!i I dirigibles used on previous visits. Th s kept at such a height that they were I out of range of anti-aircraft guns as they passed inland. t During the evening Zeppelins < reported at various points. It was no' I until after midnight that announce ment was made of their departure , Until the official report was issued tliisji morning it was not known that on< ? Zeppelin had come down, and up 'o i that time the public believed they had escaped as they had done so often , before. ( <n vn m m \ \ii) i>i:\ii:i> ! By Associated Press 1 New York, April I. —Formal denial ' that the government of Guatemala is * assisting General Felix Diaz in any alleged revolutionary movement I. against General Carranza was made by President Estrada Cabrera through Dr. Ramon Rongeeflhea, Guatemalan 1 consul general here. Singers and Speakers ; find Brown'* Bronchial Troches most helpful ' for clearing and strengthening the voice. The/ quickly relieve Voice strain and throat irrita* , tion. harmless—used by the public ] for otp r 60 years Got the new 10c Trial Si j , Box from your drusci'st, and test their efficacy I Other sizes 85c. soc and tl. 4" ™ Round Trip TO [Pittsburgh st M \YS April 9 and May 21 Special Train l.psvea HARItISHLRO - 111.35 A. M. Tickets good to return In conelieK on regulnr trains until 11.20 I'. M., Inc. following Monday. t7Vl*lt Schenley Pnrk and Philips Conservatory with their beautiful floral dl playa, Inapeet Cnrnegle Ins titute with Its Interesting museum and magnificent Art Gallery. are "The Too," free to the public. In at tractive Highland Park and enloy a pleasant day's out ing In the Metropolis of Western Pennsylvania. See Flyers. Consult Agents, Pennsylvania R.R. v——————— Jp CHAS. 11. MAUK THE |L UNDERTAKER Slvtk and Kelker Streets Largest establishment Best facilities. Near to you as your phone. Will go anywhere at your call. Motor servlca No funeral too small. Mon' too expen- Hive. Chapels, room* vault, U_ ussd Without ciiarga. i ; ■ j\ ~ TURDAY I HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH APRIL 1, 1016. liiEW AUTOMATIC PHONE TD BE INSTALLED :' IN HARRISBURG BY C THE AUTOMATIC ril°Nß SEE THE DISC AUTOMATIC PHONE SYSTEM FOR H'B'G [Continued From First Page] ' hange system to ihe automatic is the first ol' the improvements in opera tion promised by t,he reorganized Cumberland Valley Company. The company's reorganization was effect ed January 1 of this year am. imme diately steps were taken to improve the service in this territory. Just what the cost of the new system will lie was not stated, but Mr. Baer inti mated that it will run high in the thousands. •Mr. Baer, in explaining why the company has decided to instail the automatic system, declared that the new system is the best known to tele phony and is rapidly superseding the old manual plan now in general use. Mr. Baer explained the features of the automatic system in an interview with the Harrisburg Telegraph as fol lows: .Itiwt Turn a Dial "The essential difference between automatic and manual service is thai in the first case, the number is given by turning a dial, which actuates ma chines in the •'central" office, while in the others, the number is spoken to a girl who completes the connection by hand. "The advantages claimed for auto matic service are chiefly accuracy, speed and convenience. "The construction of manual tele- i phone equipment is such that acci-! dental false reports of "busy." prema ture disconnecting of telephones, ! wrong numbers, and connections to busy lines are inevitable. No matter' how expert and careful the operators I are, these annoyances are bound to occur. In addition, it is often very i difficult to distinguish between num bers i particularly 'five' and 'nine'i over the telephone, and wrong num- j bers often result through misunder- ' standing on the part of the operator. l I >itli< ill tics Fliin inatoil "In the automatic system, however. , these difficulties are eliminated. The dial cannot help but send the num- I her exactly as it is turned by the sub s< riber, and the central office switches i cannot help but connect with pre- ! eisely that number. Machinery can- !■ noi misunderstand, nor can it make mistakes. |> "Of course, troubles do occur, all mechanism tends to get out of or der, but by means of signals and warn ings in the automatic exchance, all 1 such cases are discovered generally before the subscriber finds out that his phone is in trouble, and are very easily and quickly corrected. Faster Titan Manual "The automatic system is faster: than th> manual, since it acts with the spe. (I of electricity, practically instan taneoi .iiy. i n an average it lakes six second to lift the receiver from the hook, dial the number and start ring- , Inn the bell at the called telephone, i In the manual exchange one can sel- i doni net the attention of an operator, |l that is, start to make a call, in less i time. h "Furthermore, this speed is uni- j i form in the automatic, at all times of 1 the day an'd night, during the busy 11 hours, and at slack periods. The ma- i chine always stands ready, and acts s with unvarying rapidity; not so with ! the manual, in that system during < the busy hours, the operators receive 1 ! more calls than they can handle at I once, so some people have to wait, < and at night, when there are few girls ; on duty, there are frequent delays I i because of the small force. N Photographic Record ' i of Keystone Speedway ; Photographs were made to-day of t the strain shovels and machinery 011 f 1 5 5 . the Keystone State Fair and i < '>Y<"sHal Exposition speedway, near > Middliiown. in order that stockholders j I may !>> shown the progress of the de velopment. Prom time to time as thejl work ,oes along other pictures will be 1 made so that in the end a complete recorcin photographs will be on hand •PI ? r 'ical purposes. I heGreensburg Record of yesterday said: "\v. j. Stewart, of Harrisburg, Penerd organizer or the Keystone ■'air and industrial Exposition, ( spent yesterday calling on personal friend and Greensburgers who are c interered in the proposition. Mr. j c "tewa is very optimistic over the j out 100 and .success of the fair and ex- { positiQ. M r gtewart says the fair ' and eposilion is to be distinctly a Pennsivania built, financed and eon-jc Irollecaffair. A great block of this stock ill be held by Greensburg and . ___ 1 0 j Pevent Diphtheria. j" A go throat it a good breeding place 1 1 j germs. Protect your chil ( dren V never neglecting a Sore Throat. \ou cawisely depend upon TONSILINE. v J-'ive Tisiline upon the first appearance of Sore Troat don't give Diphtheria a ' H chancei that throat in its weatened con oitionA'hen TONSILINE is swallowed it comei rectly in contact with the diseased : urfacend induces a healthy condi- rfa> tion othe membranes trien the n tyßteman better defend the throat ji] j] attaed by Diphtheria germs. '] ,• Kfep 3NSILINE in the house lil J 'vhereju can get it quick when rfl , atsded_ 25c., 600. and 11.00. _Vk ]_[ | But the speed of automatic service , becomes most noticeable in. handling l a number of successive calls. To do 'this on the manual it is necessary to | 'jiggle' the hook to attract the op erator's attention after each call, and 5 frequently considerable delays occur - in this way. With the automatic, how- I ever, it is only necessary to hang the 3 receiver up. and take it right off again ■ (less than a second in time) to clear ■ the line and start making a second *! call. "As to the convenience of automa- I tic service, careful canvasses of tens •;of thousands of telephone subscribers • having both automatic and manual service, show that HO per cent, of the ■ people prefer the dial to the operator, • because they find it easier to take the receiver off the hook, turn the dial, and talk, than to wait for an operatoi to get the desired number. Absolute Secrecy "Another advantage of automatic service, on individual lines, is its ab solute secrecy. There is 110 operator j between the two speakers. .Nothing but a machine, which cannot hear, nor remember nor speak. But most fundamental of all is the fact that the automatic telephone is not a freak, or a toy. or a novelty. It is now serving hundreds of thousands of sub scribers iin many cities no other ser vice is available), and It is complete- Ily meeting all the requirements of modern telephone service. Every possible need has been met and many j features of telephone service, hither- Ito unknown, have been developed by I the automatic. In other words, the autom "ic does all that the manual can, much that the manual cannot, and most things better. In Wide Use "An' mafic equipment has spread until is now giving service in some one I; ,ml fed cities and towns located Hot 01 . 111 the United States .but also in G. Britain, France, Germany, I Austri Italy, Canada, India, Cuba, Argen • and Australia. Among these : cities ybe mentioned Alientown, j llazh Rochester, Beaver Falls and W lington. Pa.; Columbus, Day ton, > ngstown. Zanesville, Newark, ; Bucyr Alliance, Van Wert, Ohio; I South end. Ind.; Lansing, Grand j Rapid .Muskegon, Michigan: Lincoln., .Veina 1; Aberdeen, Mitchell, Water-j | town, Huron, South Dakota : Los An-| geles, California; Sioux City, Iowa: Tampa and Jacksonville, Florida: I Havana. Santiago, Cienfuegos. Matan- j zas, Cuba; Cordoba, La Plata and Ro- j sjirio. Argentine; Honolulu, Hawaii;' Calgary. Kdmonton, Medicine Hat. Prince Albert. Canada; Simla (the | summer capital) India; Nice, France:! J Home, Italy; Posen and Munich, Ger . many: Cracow, Austria: Leeds, Ports mouth, Kngland: Paisley, Scotland; Sydney. Perth and Melbourne, Aus tralia. "The automatic equipment has been very carefully investigated by the ! government officials of Germany, I France, Great Britain, Italy. Austria,! Canada and Australia, and in every; case was endorsed unqualifiedly. In [fact in several instances official state-, ments have been made that all new j telephone instalations shall be auto matic looking toward the final elimi- j nation of the manual system, while in 1 every case at least semiofficial state-! ments to this effect have been is- j sued. "In addition, the United States gov- j ernmcnt officials have carefully in- j vestigated the automatic telphone, and J have adopted it for service in numer- I ous post offices, arsenals, forts, navy yards, etc., the latest such order be- ! ing lor the Federal Reserve Bank at! s'ew York City. Westmoreland county men and one or j •'■ore local men from this city will be actively identified with the manage ment. Bennett & Randall, the Greens burg contractors. have the contract for the building of the great two-mile speedway, the mile and the half-mile f racks, and this firm has its steam shovels and men on the grounds ready to begin work April 1." Pennsv Plans Early Elimination of Poles by Installing Conduits As soon as the weather permits op- : erations, the Pennsylvania railroad company will begin the elimination j of the poles and the placing of all | its wires between Market and Maclay | streets in conduits. Permission to take down the poles and make these changes has been asked of City Com- | missioner W. H. Lynch, superintendent j of streats and public improvements. ■ \\ hile most of the poles are on the j railroad property some of them on | the city streets which are used by the company, will be taken down, too. After (he poles and wires north ward have been removed, the chances are that similar operations will be started rrom Market street southward. IMSTRICT 11 TO WORK Ry Associated l're.tj Terre Haute. Ind., April ] The m . .*2T? r^ er 1 of D, strict 11 will remain, a i .|L ° rk P erull "K 'he ratification ! of tlje wage scale amendment at the re- I u . 1 ? conference, William I \vlti! . secretary of the United ! 111 America, announced last! Wbu WUBU co,Ulact spired j Count Them on The Streets of Harrisburg YOUR friends—YOUß next-door neighbors—have bought Overlands Because— gives more Dollar-for-Dollar Value than any other moderate priced car. /JSJ, appearance is Correct. Clean, streamline bodies, beautifully finished. . * res are OVERSIZE. They give great mileage at least expense. MA ht&fQ Reserve Power ensures Long Life and Dura bility. Please Note This Carefully . _ jJTm/t SERVICE GUARANTEES THE UNINTERRUPTED USE of your car and of your INVESTMENT. Your friends—your next-door neighbor who own a 1916 tell you about our car, about us and about our SERVICE. DON'T DELAY-Order YOUR^^J^ To-day. Delivery May first Open Evenings The Overland - Harrisburg Co. 212 NORTH SECOND STREET RAILROAD C. V. RAILROAD ! POST WARNINGS Issue Circulars to Schools on Dangerous Practices; Cards For Trespassers As a pari of Ilie great "safety first" j movement planned by all companies, j the Cumberland Valley Railroad Com ! pany is doing: some original work. This company is placing illustrated trespass warnings in all stations and school | bouses along: its main line and J branches. In addition to to this warning post cards are mailed to persons who are ! found by the committee walking along the railroad tracks or moving about in danger zones. These cards give the i date on which the person was seen on ithe company's property and reads as | follows: Ke.sult.s of Violations "Possibly you do not realize that on account of the number and speed of trains this is a very dangerous prac tice and one which may result in the loss of your life or your being crippled. We feel that it is our duty to do all that we can to impress on your mind the great importance of stopping this ' practice. "During the last twenty-five years 113,570 persons were killed and 123,611 persons injured while walking on railroad tracks and flipping cars in the United States as shown in the diagram. "Fifty-three per cent, of all fatal!- j ties on the railroads are trespassers. "Will you not co-operate with us in ithis matter and thereby help us to | save your life or limb, as well as the j lives and limbs of the men and women !of your community who indulge in this extremely dangerous practice?" The large circulars show pictures of dangerous practices and give statistics i on the number of persons killed and j injured, taken from the reports of the | Interstate Commerce Commission. Baltimore Athletes Host to Big Railroad Army Baltimore athletes of the Pennsyl vania Railroad to-day entertained an army of 8,000 athletes from all over the system. It was the first annual meet of the Raltimore branch of the I Raltimore Division Athletic Associa tion. Three special trains passed through j Harrisburg this morning en route to 1 Raltimore. Athletes from the Schuyl j kill Valley division. Philadelphia di vision and associations eest of Ijin caster sent 200 delegates. Philadel phia had four special trains out of | Rroad Street Station this morning. 1 Th<> events started at 10 o'clock this i morning. The afternoon program opened at 2 o'clock and the track events take place to-night at 8 o'clock. Standing of the Crews HARIUSBtnv sine I'lillnilplphln Division —lit crew first I to go after 3:30 p. m.: 123, 112, 115, 120, j 110. lOfi. longineer for 112. Flagmen for 111, 112, 115. Rrakemen for 123. 110 (two), i Engineers up: Sober. Howard, Hubler, Sehwarz, Gray, McGuire, Martin. New comer, Shocker, Yeater. Wen rick, Bissinger, Speas, Gehr. Firemen up: Howe. Bixler, Kugle, Walters, Earliart. Shimp, Seidors, I Strlckler, Campbell, Flnkenbinder, Johnston, Mlnnich. Herman, Baker. Flagmen up: Buyer, Wenrick. ' Brakeinen up: Hoover. I,utz, Frank, Welsh, Asbenfelter, Sterner, Harmon, Potter. Miller, Mumma. Middle Division— 32 crew first to go after 1:30 p. m.: 35. 17, 120, 26, 211, 18. Engineers for 35, 17, 26. Firemen for 32. 35. Conductors for 35. 120. Flagmen for 35. 120. Brakemen for 35. 120, 26, 18. Engineers up: Hummer, Tetterman. j Firemen up: Itumberger. i Conductors up: Glace, Helbish. | Flagman up: Hackenberger. Brakemen up: Miller, Messimer, Kist | ler. Yard Crews— i Engineers for 14, 18, second 24, 28, 36. 62. One extra. Firemen for second 8. fourth 8, 14, third 22, first 24, second 24, 26, 36, 54, 62. One extra. Engineers up: Sieber, Clelland, Good man. llarllng. Sayford, Matson, Beck wltli. Machamer. Firemen up: Fleisher, Blottenberger, Weigle. Burger. Alcorn. Rlchter. Kelser, | Ferguson, Six, Cumbler. Cain, Williams, j Warner, Myers. Steele, Hardy, Wllhelm, j Moyer, Walters. Bruaw, Bogner. KXOI.A SIDE I'hllnilel|ihln Division— 232 crew first i to go after 3:45 p. m.: 220, 261, 228, 227, 256. 204, 208, 230, 21 1, 246, 219, 251, 235. Engineers for 261, 204. Conductors for 27. 32. 35, 59. Flagmen for 30. 35. Brakemen for 28, 32. 33. 35 (two), 46, 59. Flagman up: Martin. Brakemen up: Gross. Tost. Geist, Coulter, Coyle. Shade. Bainbridge. Middle Division —lo3 crew first to go after 3:10 p. m.: 1 15, 108, 235. Engineers for 103, 108. Firemen for 103. 108. Conductor for 115. Brakeman for 108. Ynrd Crews —To go after 4 p. m.: Engineers for second 108, first 126, first 124, 122. 134. third 126, 104. ! Firemen for second 124, 122. 134, 1 12, ; 104. Engineers uo: Neumyer. Kauffman, ' Fliekinger, Rider, Hill, Boyer. Kling. Firemen up: Rrown. Eichelberger, Linn, Yost. Kline, C. H. Hall, U C. Hall, Hinkle. THE READING llnrrlabiirg Division— ls crew first to go after 12:15 p. m.: 23, 2, 24, 16. Eastbound 53. 60, 55, 62, 57. 51, 61, 66. Engineers for 53, 57. 62, 16. Fireman for 53. Conductor for 62. Rrakemen for 57, 66 Engineers up: Mo:ne. Crawford. Firemen up: Alvord, Blumenstine, Sweely, Stormfelt, Dowhower, Glaser, Culliso, Zukowski. Cottenliann. Conductor up: Haub. i Brakemen up: Plat*. Heckurt, j hLanlsn. Sullivan, Jb'elker. y CAPTURE OF BANDIT BELIEVED IMMINENT [Continued From First Page.] i (rain has left the Mexican town in the same time. There are at least seven carloads .of food and forage at present at [ Juarez, consigned from here to pri . j vate concerns in Casas Grandes. Chase of Dispersed Bands Is Resumed by Column of Col. Dodd After Short Rest By Associated Press i San Antonio. Texas, April I.—With ! only a brief rest. Colonel Dodd's cav j airy, to whom fell the honor Wednes i day of dispersing f>oo of Villa's men at Guerrero, has resumed the chase of 1 the scattered bands, while supporting | forces of American troops covered the ! railroad toward Chihuahua and small ier detachments began beating the i country adjacent for signs of the i bandit leader. . Overnight dispatches to General Funston from Mexico told the manner In which General Pershing's punitive forces had deployed, but nun brought additional details of the fighting at Guerrero. All bore filing dates of Thursday or early Friday, permitting officers here to retain the hope that perhaps another encounter had been registered, or perhaps even the cap ture of Villa himself had been ef fected. High expectancy prevailed at army I headquarters and every confidence iwas displayed in the ability of the offi cers and men at the front to drive | Villa in to the open if he has not al | ready succeeded In making his way into the almost inaccessible mountains south and west of Guerrero. Now Reported Injured Just where Villa went when the Americans charged his force at'Guer rero is not known here. Reports that he was carried away on a litter, that he rode off in a carriage, or that he was hiding in a cave of a mountain overlooking the battle between his men and those of Colonel Dodd were characterized at headquarters at Guer ! r ero. No report to General Funston I lias stated specifically just where he was on that day nor where he is now. | Even the report that he is injured is not definitely stated, although General | Pershing's references to tis injuries I indicated that he believed the report. Unofficial reports early to-day indi cated the possibility of an error as to ] his wounded condition. One of these reports, which was from a Mexican source, was that he was uninjured and that bis own men had spread the re port of his broken leg in order to dis- I tract the attention of the Americans. ROADS HOI/D SUPPLIES By Associated Press Columbus, N. M., April 1. Roads made heavy by rain to-day delayed 1 operations of the motor truck line be tween Columbus and the advanced field base at Casas Grandes. A truck train which left here late yesterday | was reported to have, only reached I Gibson's line ranch, ba miles south o£ I here. Wireless communications with Casas Grandes continued hampered because of weather conditions and as a result details of the engagement in the Guerrero district Wednesday in which a Villa force of 500 was de feated with heavy losses, were still lacking early to-day. Fast Running in Fog Js Blamed For Wreck; No Particular Man to Blame ! Cleveland, Ohio, April 1. That all three of the New York Central trains that were piled up in a wreck at Am herst on Wednesday morning, costing the lives of at least 28 persons and injury to more than 40, were racing through dense fog in an effort to make up lost time; that, the signal block system was defective on this oc casion and had been similarly deficient 011 numerous occasions during the last winter, and that no particular man was to blame for the wreck. These were the outstanding features of evidence taken at the first formal session of the representatives of the Interstate Commerce Commission and of the Utilities Commission of Ohio to fix responsibility for the wreck. Foster, Head of I. C. S., Bankrupt Owes $678,351; Scranton, Pa., April 1. Visions of wealth which followed the wonder ful success that attended the early years of the International Correspond ence Schools, visions which led to the incorporation of other companies, some subsidiary to the schools and others closely affiliated with it through interlocking directorates, were dis pelled yesterday afternoon when Thomas J. Foster, founder and presi dent of the International Correspond ence Schools, filed a voluntary peti tion in bankruptcy in the United States District Court. Will Try to Revive City Ministerial Association All of the ministers of the city have been requested to meet at the residence of Bishop James Henry Darlington, Monday morning, at 11 o'clock, in an effort to revive the Interdenomin ational Ministerial Association which was formerly an active church organi zation in the city. A number of min isters recently have expressed a desire to have sessions again of the inter denominational body, as well as the de nominational ministerial meetings now being held. The call for the meeting has been signed by leading pastors in the various churches of Harrlsburg, and every effort is being made to have all of the city ministers present. NORWEGIA\ 'SHIP SIHK T>onrlon. April I.—Lloyds reports the sinking of the Norwegian steamship Momento. All the members of the crew were saved except one man who was drowned. r. OP M. HEAI) DIES Ann Arbor, Mich.. April I.—Jamei P. Angeli, president emeritus of the University of Michigan, died a hi* home here to-day. lie had beeoJ critically 111 {or more Uuui & week. 5
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