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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXV — No. 75
VILLA FLEES FAR
BELOW AMERICAN
FORCE; REPORTED
PAST CHIHUAHUA
General Funston Admits Ban
dit Leader Is Far Out of
Reach of Cavalry; Cam
paign Cannot Be Carried
Against Him Much Farther
Unless Railroads Are Made
Available
MORE TROOPS ARE SENT
TO PROTECT LINES
Reinforcements Will Be Need
ed by Pursuing Force,
Too; 150 U. S. Soldiers on
Sick List; Climatic Condi
tions Cause Considerable
Illness; Only Four Wound
ed So Far
Where Is Villa? '
Is He Hurt or Not?
Villa iR so elusive tliat tlie dis
patches about lIIH whereabouts and
condition are conflicting.
lie has been reported safe in
body and limb within the last few
days.
lie lias been reported its having
a broken leg and a wounded hip.
lie la said to be in a sequestered
hut in the Sierra Mndres near
Guerrero.
He is reputed to lie In the Sail
A'ureas bills heading with a shat
tered knee for Chihuahua with
American troops pursuing ten miles
back.
fie is reported by a statesman in
Washington as bring hemmed in—
that is. he has the Atlantic ocean
on one side and the Pacitlc on the
other.
The one certain thing seems to
be that he is still alive.
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San Antonio, Texas. April 4.—Offi
cial admission of the belief that Fran
cisco Villa has fled" far "beyond the
American forces and now is operating
south of Chihuahua City was made at
General Fnnston's headquarters to
day.
Since yesterday, much information
indicating that the bandit was in the
neighborhood of Satevo moving to
wards Parral, has boon received but
that regarded by General Funston
and bis staff as most reliable came
from t'onsul Letcher at Chihuahua.
Tf it is proven tlmt Villa is on his
way south, perhaps toward Parral, or
Torreon, the campaign against him
cannot be carried much further un
less the railroads between Chihuahua
City and the border are made avail
able for the moving of troops to
strengthen the lines of communica
tion. This was frankly stated at Gen
eral Funston's headquarters where it
was also intimated that, representa
tions to this effect would be made to
the War Department.
El Paso, Tex., April 4.—With Fran
cisco Villa still in flight and first
whereabouts apparently unknown to
his pursuers the campaign of the
American forces, now scouring north
ern Chihuahua for the hanrlit en
tered to-day upon a broader phase.
New troops have been ordered In
Mexico from the military base at Co
lumbus, N. M., to protect the length
ening line of communications.
Villa has been reported at many
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NORWAY QUERIES GERMANY
London, April 4. A Copenhagen
dispatch says that Norway has re
quested Germany to investigate
whether German submarines were re
sponsible for the torpedoing of the
large number of Norwegian ships de
stroyed within the past few days. If
it is proved that German submarines
were responsible Norway will demand
full compensation.
THE WEATHER
For llnrrlnharg anil vicinity: Gen
erally clouil.v to-night nn<l n ril.
nrmlllv) not mueli cluing*- In tem
perature! lowest to-night iiliout
■MI degree*.
For Eastern I'cnnsylvuiiin: Prob
ably mill tn-nIKM; Wdlnrmlay
cloudy; fresh iMirthcust wlntla.
Hirer
It ill ii fell over the entire Siinquc
liiiiiua IIIIHIII In the Inst twenty
fonr hours, hut It naa generally
light nnil lind no nintrrlnl elleet
on the fulling iialrrn. The most
ilecitlcil fallN In rivers Mince Inst
report hnvc occurred In the "Vorth
llrnnch. I.owcr >Vest llrnnch and
Ihe niiiln river. The river at
Wllkea-llurre Is still two feet
above flood stnge. but will prob
ably inll below thnt point to
night. The weather IK expected
lo continue unsettled with gener
ally overenst skies, hut there
lirohnllly will he little, ir any,
r-«- nnil all streams are evpeet
cd to continue to fall steadily. \
stage of nhout 12.7 feet is Indi
cated for Harriabiirg, M edueadny
morning.
General Conditions
The Southern storm that was cen
tral over Georgia. Mondny morn
ing. Is pnsslng seanard off Ihe
\ortll < arollno cons). It |, nn
caused light to moderate ruins in
Ihe last twenty-four hours in llie
Middle nnil South Atlantic Staten
an I Kast Tennessee, with some
light snow In Southern \ew Fug
land,
temperature! s n. m„ 3N.
«uni Rlaen. 8>43 a. m.t seta. tl:3a
p. m.
Moon I First quarter, \prll 11.
I»i3ll a. in.
Hlver Staue: I 4.1» feet above low
water mark.
Yestcrilny'a Weather
Highest teinprrnliire. 44,
l.oweat temperature. 40.
M»«n tempernturr. 42.
Normal temperature, 45,
nv CABRIEH « CENTS A WEKK.
SINGLE COPIES 2 CE>TS.
MEXICAN BANDS MENACE AMERICAN SVPPLY TRAINS
a6w®r,< rnmmm ra»v ' *
(f.CVMMy SttPM*¥ TJZUCKS J//J~7£X/CO. «ov«. *9u+ dMVfwCB.
(Heavy guards on trucks in Mexico.)
Grave apprehensions were expressed to-day by army officers for the safety of the American invading forces'
lines of communication.
Numerous warnings from confidential and usually reliable sources say that Villa adherents are gathering
in the chihuahua desert north and south of Ascension and near the motor truck trail leading from Columbus
to Casas Grandes.
The object, it is reported, is to cut the lines of communication, and, if possible, isolate and surround the
stations of American forces in Mexico. Additional troops have been sent into Mexico to prevent this.
SHIPPING LOSSES
SINCE BEGINNING
OF WAR ARE 993
Belligerents Lose 794; Neutrals,
19!); Total Tonnage Runs
in Millions
SEVEN I". S. SIMPS SINK
Britain Heaviest Sufferer, but
Now Has More ('.raft Than
in 1915
By Associated Press
T.ondon, April 4. Admiral Sir
Cyprian Bridge, in a report on mer
chant shipping losses, gives the follow
ing statement of total losses to ship
ping from the beginning if the war to
March 23:
T.oss to belligerents:
Steamers-—British, 3 79. of 1,320.000
tons; French 41. 140,000 tons: Bel
gian 10, 30,000 tons; Russian 27, 42,-
000 tons: Italian 21, 70,000 tons; Jap
anese 3. IS.OOO tons.
Sailing Vessels British 31, 19.000
tons; French 12, 18.000 tons; Russian,
8, 7,000 tons; Italian ti. 3,000 tons.
Trawlers—British. 237; French, 7;
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MOB HOLDS TOWN
IN NEW ENGLAND
AT ITS MERCY
Windows Smashed at Will
During Riot in Haverhill,
Mass.; Militia Called Out
By Associated Press
Haverhill, Mass., April 4. A trail
of broken glass was the only visible j
evidence to-day of the disturbance of
last night when a mob held the city |
in its power for several hours and I
; smashed windows at will.
The fury of the crowd was finally j
spent and before daylight the streets
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PAPER SITUATION
BEFORE CONGRESS
Conservation of Materials I
Urged; Send Out Posters to
Schools of Nation
Washington, I"). C., April 4.—The j
I scarcity of paper and of raw material 1
j for the making of paper and what has j
1 come to lie known as the "paper slt
i nation" in the United States has at
i traeted the attention of Congress. lin- j 1
portant developments mark Ihe begin- ! 1
ning of the week here in connection
| with the shortage of paper and raw
I materials, and ways and means of 1
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SERUM FOR TYPHI'S
By Associated Press .
Paris, April 4. Dr. Pierre Roux, '
i director of the Pasteur Institute an
nounced yesterday to the Academy of l
Sciences the discovery of a serum for
! the treatment, and prevention of
i eruptive typhus, for which no specific
1 cure had existed. Nineteen cases
! treated with the serum have all
shown marked improvement.
FUGITIVE CONVICT RETURNS |
Special to the Telegraph
Lancaster, Pa., April 4. "May I
I come in?" was the query of a weary-1:
looking man who appeared yesterday
at the entrance of the Lancaster coun
ty prison. Being recognized as Harry I
G. Smith, forger, serving a two years' 1
sentence before he and three other
prisoners made a sensational escape
j on the night of February 12, he was
LprompUy admitted.
HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 4, 1916.
WORLD ASKED TO |
JUDGE SINKING OF
RED CROSS SHIP
Russia Protests to Neutrals
Torpedoing of Hospital Ves
sel by Germany
ATTACK WAS DELIBERATE
Vessel Bore All Signs; Flag
rant Infraction of Inter
national Law
By Associated rress
L'i Petrograd, April 4. The follow-!
- ing is the text of the formal note!
- which the Russian government has j
- sent to all the neutral governments, |
) protesting against the destruction of !
the Russian hospital ship, Portugal: I
j "The Russian hospital ship Portugal ]
) | with a Franco-Russian crew and a
- proper sanitary staff on board, was
- cruising in the Black Sen, its destina- 1
- tioii being Ofow. On March 30, at;
8:30 o'clock in the morning the ship i
■) stopped oft Cape Fatieh in order to
, | permit one of the vessels accompany
ing her to pump out water which was'
; hindering progress. At this moment |
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GIPPLE NAMED
CITY FORESTER,
SALARY SI,OOO
Council Confirms Successor
Pro Tern, of Harry J.
Mueller
O. Benjamin Gipple. 210 Peffer
i street, acting city forester since the !
office was vacated by Harry J. Muel-j
ler, to-day was unanimously appointed !
\ by City Council as -city forester, pro !
Item, at a salary of SI,OOO per year. j
I The appointment of Gipple was rec- i
I ommended by Commissioner E. Z. j
I Gross, superintendent of parks and !
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PENBROOK WILL
PAVE THE STREET
Motor Club Raises Fund to
Make Up Any Possible
Deficiency
J After two years of effort to accom- j
plish the paving of Main street, Pen
i brook now has promise of getting its ;
principal street paved this summer. |
The borough council lust evening voted
j unanimously to accept the State's offer
! of paying for eight, feet of the stretch !
through the borough and one-half of;
the cost, of laying the yiipes or other j
; culverts. The council session con- j
tinned until midnight in order to per- j
, feet the two separate ordinances re
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U. S. Will Protest Britain's
Refusal to Release Men
By Associated Press
Washington, T). C., April 4.—Great
Britain's refusal to release the thirty-
I eight Germans, Austrlans and Turks
taken from the American steamer;
, China near Shanghai was received to- !
i day at the State Department and will!
be given out for publication later.
The British note is understood to in- I
sist on-the right of that government
to seize enemy subjects returning to
takr part In the war.
This, it is understood, the United
' States is prepared to vigorously dis- ;
pute. The intention of the State De- j
partment is to demand the uncon-1
ditlonal release of Ihe prisoners ac-j
cording to man)- precedents.
WILSON BLAMED
FOR DANGEROUS
SHIP SITUATION
Navy Helpless to Rush Work
Because Yards Are Over
crowded
BETHLEHEM STEEL LOYAL
Oilers to Co-operate to Assist
Demand of Government;
Would Rush Armament
Special to the Telegraph
i Washington, April 4. —Virtually as-'
t sured of an ambitious naval building!
| program by Congress, the Govern-1
| ment faces the problem of securing j
1 completion of warships which Con-1
j gress may authotize. Replies from j
private shipbuilding companies to the'
queries of Chairman Padgett of the;
House Naval Affairs Committee, de
' clare that a shortage of material and.,
; skilled men and the demands of pri- j
vate interests on the shipbuilding in- j
dustry militate against the early com
pletion of any warcraft that may
come out of Congress.
I AVashington observers see the fail
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CAPITOL HILL IS
REGULAR HIVE OF
PREPAREDNESS
Men in the Stale Government
Getting Ready For a Po
litical Contest Today
The late of candidates for delegates
and alternates-at-iarge who will run
in the interest of Governor Brum
baugh's presidential aspirations is
complete except for a few names and
practically all of the candidates for
district delegates and alternates and
State committeemen have been pick
ed, but the names are being rigorously
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ROOSEVELT AND
HUGHES LOOM UP
Colonel Against Fight Now in
His Own Behalf; Justice to
Respond to Unanimous Call
Washington. D. C.. April 4.—Col
onel Theodore Roosevelt and Justice
Charles K. Hughes are now running
neck-and-neck as the "deadlock
breakers" of the Republican National
Convention.
With the candidacy of these two j
men depending largely upon the pros- I
pects of a deadlock in the convention,'
followed by a stampede, it became i
known last night that Republican'
leaders in every State in the Union j
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Ford Holds Big Lead For
Republican Nomination
By Associated Frtss
Detroit, April 4. The overwhelm- 1
Ing plurality which Wayne county j
gave to Henry Ford enabled him to',
hold a substantial lead over United I
States Senator William Alden Smith j|
to-day for the Republican presidential j!
preference nomination.
An extremely light vote was cast at
the State-wide primary yesterday.
The strong showing made l>y Mr. Ford i
who had requested thai his candidacy'
"be not taken seriously" was consid-I
ered the most interesting develop
ment,
ELEVEN HUNDRED
MEASLES CASES
SINCE MARCH 1
Caused More Deaths Than
Diphtheria; Greatest Epi
demic in History of City
GRAI)U AL L Y ABATING
Violation of Quarantine Laws
Largely Responsible Says
Dr. Raunick
More than eleven hundred cases of
measles—one of the worst epidemics
.in the history of the city—have been
reported to the City Health Bureau
since March X. Nine deaths were
caused by diseases resulting from
measles.
Because of the big epidemic, 1,117 I
cases of contagious ills were recorded |
during March, this year, making the
total for the first three months 1,660 |
—2 00 more than the total for the en- i
tire year of 1915.
Ninety-three cases of measles have !
been reported for the first three days;
of this month, but the epidemic is
now abating gradually, according to I
City Health Officer John 51. J. Rau
nick. In February 182 cases were
reported and in January, 7, making,
the total for the year to date 1,313.
Violation of quarantine, according,
to Dr. Raunick. was at first, responsible \
for the spread of the disease, which
reached its height the foutrh week of 1
March, when 349 cases were recorded.
Of the total, 1,021, the Tenth ward !
led with 182 cases: the Seventh was
second with 158: the Ninth, third, with
117. All of these wards are densely;
populated, however, and have a num
ber of school buildings in the terri
tories.
Measles with resultant other dis
eases so far, according to figures in
the Health Bureau offices, caused more
deaths last year and to date this year
than diphtheria. Contagious diseases
reported during March follow: Ty- j
phoid fever, 3: chlckenpox, 7: diph
theria. 7; measles, 1,021: German
measles. 3: whooping cough. 44; pneu
monia. 7: erysipelas. 6: mumps, 16; J
tetanus, 1; ophthalmia. 2.
Government Has Key to
Gasoline Problem Declares
Bailey in Development Bill
Special to the Telegraph
Washington, D. C., April 4. —That
there are over six million acres of
oil-bearing lands which the United
States Government might develop on
its own initiative, was asserted by
Representative Warren Worth Bailey,
of Pennsylvania, in connection with
the bill for government entry into the
oil business, introduced in the House
! yesterday.
"The gasoline situation is absolutely |
In the hands of Congress, 'said Mr. ;
Bailey. "It can solve the problem of |
extortionate nrtres at a stroke if it Is
so minded. T hope it will be so mind- ;
ed. Under the terms or my bill, the I
Secretary of thf Interior is authorized j
to proceed with new development of j
oil-bearing lands In the public domain.
There ar» over fi,000.000 acres of such
lands Tf the people want cheaper
gasoline Congress can Rive it to them '
right off the reel by puttinc my bill j
across. It is as simple as rolling oft a j
log."
After disposing of the matter in this |
manner, Mr. Railev talked to a num- j
her of members of the House and he '
said he found them "considerably in- |
terested in my proposal." He said he j
believed the Committee on Public j
I<ands would take kindly to his pro- j
posal. Mr. Bailey thinks that the'
mere prospect of the adoption of his j
plan will have the effect of "bring- 1
ins the oil monopoly up with a round j
turn."
State Wants City's
Firehouses in Park Zone
Removed by Jan. 1
Harrisburg was formally requested j
to-day by the Capitol Park Kxtension i
Commission to move .the Citizen and ]
the Mount Vernon firehouses from the
park extension zone by January 1,
1 01 7. and Council this morning turned
the communication over to Commis- !
sioner E. Z. Gross, superintendent of '
parks and public property.
The city released its property, in- i
eluding the streets, in the park zone !
November 16, 1911. The Mount Vei 1 - i
non frontage of 21 feet and the Citizen
frontage of 23 feet in Fourth street j
are among the huildings which the j
city gave over to the State.
The request for the razing of the |
two firehouses. however, aroused con
siderable conjecture in city quarters as j
to what will become of the companies ;
that are housed in that district. Com- j
missioner Gross said he couldn't dis- |
cuss the problem, as the matter hadn't !
nrogressed to that point. Tn certain !
firemen quarters, however, it is be- ;
lieved the two buildings will eventually |
lead to the. establishment of a central
fire station at the Hope and the pos
sible removal of some of the equip
ment. . of the two companies to the;
Camp Curtin or pther houses.
FORMER TTARRISBVRGER WTt.T,
BE RETAINED BY SCHWAB,
Baltimore. Md., April 4.—Announce- i
ment was made to-day that .T. N. !
Jones, superintendent of the Balti- i
more Sheet & Tin Plate Co. plant
here, purchased bv Charles M.
S< hwab. chairman of the hoard of j
directors of the Bethlehem Steel Cor
poration. will be retained as manager
under the new ownership.
Mr. Jones v.'ss formerly n TTirrts
biirger. From 190'> to 1911 he was
superintendent of the local plant of,
the L,aL,ance-Grogean Tin Plate Co.
' JWOV//VC ? '
111 erder to avoid uilaalnc a KIIIKIC
lanue of the Telegraph, nabarrlbrra
uliu con template moving orr re.
<liiexlril to notify thr Circulation De
partment promptly of ehauite "t ad
drcaa.
Don't fall to give your old aa well
aa your new addreaa.
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QUIET FOLLOWS
HARD FIGHTING
AROUND VERDUN
German Infantry Rests While
Artillery Makes Feeble
Response
POWDER FACTORY BURNS
200 Persons Arc Killed or Hurt
in Accidental Explosion
in England
There is a slight lull in the battle
raging around Verdun, following the
violent fighting of yesterday by which
the French pushed their way hack
to the northern outskirts of Caillaux
wood between Douaumont and Vaux,
and regained a footing in the village
of Vaux itself.
No Infantry engagements occurred
last night, according to the afternoon
Paris bulletin. The French artillery
has been notably active, however,
hammering German positions in the
Vaux-Douaumont sector. The Ger
mans are declared to have made only
a feeble response to this bombard
ment.
Northwest of the fortress the artil
lery on both sides have been actively
employed along the Avocourt-Alalan
court front, where ihe salient in the
line is gradually neing straightened
out by the southward push of the
Germans. Even from the adjoining
Argonne region, the German lines at
Ma.laricourt have been subjected to a
pounding by the French long range
guns.
Powder Factory Blows Up
A British powder factory in Kent
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Cost Roco Just S2O to
Shoot Robins at Wildwood
Shooting two robins in Wildwood
Pfirk cost Hoco Cadirlan *2O and costs
after a hearing before Alderman
Charles Emmet Murray. ITe was ar
rested on Saturday by Stale Game
Protector C. B. Gaum.
A warning has been given that any
person caught shooting songbirds will
be arrested and prosecuted and every
effort will Vie made to enforce the law.
7t. was reported that a number of
younK boys had been shooting at
robins and other songbirds in Wild
wood Park. Officials of the City Park
Department have taken measures to
break up the practice.
W » W I l/jfr Wu Hi I iF
BOY DROWNED AT MIDDLETOWN J
Middletown, April 4.—Claude Kolstein, aged 6 yeai I
son of Mrs. Mabel Holstein, of this place, was drowned i:i j
the Swatara Creek this afternoon. Young Holstein, with a I
companion, was playing with an express wagon on the bank *
of the creek in the rear of the Rescue Hose House. The I
bank caved in, the boy and wagon tumbling into the creek. *5
The body has not been recovered. I
' DRAW CHECK FOR $70,703,600
New York, April 4. —A check for slightly more than #
' ( $70,703,600, said to be the largest ever drawn, passed £
* through the New York Clearing House to-day. It was 1
1 1 made by J. P. Morgan and Company on a local bank to the
j • order of the Canadian government in payment of S7S,GC |
I par value 3 per cent, bonds. 1
ANOTHER ZEPPELIN RAID V
I Berlin, April 4.—By Wireless.—Another Zeppelin raid ;
on the British coast was made on Monday night, the ' ►
Admiralty announced to-day. The fortifications near Y.ir- ' ?
mouth were attacked and the airships returned safely.
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28 MILK PLANTS CLOSED 1
Chicago, April 4.—Twenty-eight milk distributing | >
plants have been closed as a result of the strike of ten thoua- |
and farmers and dairymen around Chicago, according to an
. announcement to-day by the Milk Producers' Association. 1 ,
Three milk plants closed down to-day.
T T
1 , ASKS $5,000 FOR HAND I ►
< Harrisburg.—Charging negligence, Harry Stevens, this I
! afternoon began an action in trespass against the Harris? A
j ' burg Pipe r.nd Pipe Bending Works for $5,000. Stevens' j
j right hand was crushed in some machinery. §
ALDINE'S ENDORSER SUED
< Harrisburg—Suit to recover SI2OO from ex-Selectman 1 ►
Jesse Hedrick, endorser on a note for that amount obtained '
i , by Edwin S. Miller, proprietor ct the Aldine hotel, was be- I |
i | gun this afternoon by the Fink Brewing Company. The 1
Aldine is one of the hotels for which a license was refused f >
* by the courts.
>• MARRIAGE UCENSES
i If" J. Klinncr. I..vkrnn, nnd Kvn 11. Rothrrnicl, .lord ft* limn*hlp,| >
J^Vort htamberlniid county. i *
CITY EDITION
14 PAGES
FIVE SHOT DOWN
BY INSANE MAN
DEFYING TOWN
Duck Hunter, Fined, Fights
Sheriff and 14 Deputies
Twenty Hours
BLOWS OWN HEAD OFF
Whole Village Terror Stricken
by Guide Who Shoots at
Everyone in Sight
By Associated Press
Babylon, U I. t April 4.—William
, Donley, a hunter and guide, lay dead
i to-day in his home where iie had
| wounded five persons and fought a
long battle with the sheriff and four
| teen deputies who attempted to ar
| rest him.
i Armed with rifles, shot guns and re
i volvers, Donley withstood siege by the
county authorities from noon yester
day until early this morning. When
;the attackers, after a lons silenoi
I forced their way into the house the.\
found Donley had almost blown the
! upper part of his head off with a
jshot gun. The body lay at the head
,of the stairs where Donley had for
i hours kept the besiegers at bay.
| The townspeople who had been ter
ror-stricken for more than 12 hour:
while the battle went on, flocked t'
Ihe Donley house to-day to view th
scene of the fight.
Khied For Killing Ducks
Donley's friends believe he wa
driven to temporary insanity by hi'
recent arrest for shooting ducks ou'
of season and the imposition of a lint
of S6OO, which be could not pay. lie
accused two of bis neighbors of mak
ing complaint, against him and open
ing fire on them with a shot gun
wounded both. A third neighbor wh<
intervened also was wounded. Don
ley then fired several shots at his wlf<
and at the wife of a neighbor, slight
ly wounding the latter. Four houf
thereafter Donley fired at any perao!
who came near his home. A police
man attempting to arrest him was sho.
> in the arm and leg.