Aeroplanes Will Be Used in Pursuit of Monster Runaway U. S. Dirigible HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH T v , vv \r \T„ -o BY CARRIER « CfcNTS A WEEK. LXA.W AO. /O SINGLE COPIES 3 CENTS. BANDIT FLEES AS REAR GUARD * MEETS DEFEAT WITH 10 DEAD Carranza Troops Engage Band of Fifty Left at Cianeguiila by Villa to Cover Up; Prisoners Say Chief Is Pushing Onward With 200 Men AMERICAN TROOPS PUSHING FORWARD Reach Satevo and Will Soon Be on Heels of Outlaw; Advance Columns Are in Rags; Find Peons Facing Starvation B v Associated Press San Antonio. Texas, April 7.—Fran- j cisco Villa was at Cianeguiila, ten | miles south of Satevo on April 4 ac-J cording to General Luis Guiterrez. j commanding the Carranza troops In Chihuahua. General Bolle received! this information from Chihuahua and transmitted it to General Funston to-1 day. American cavalry are pushing forward along the trails to and be-' yond Satevo. Guiterrez reported that Carranza troops engaged fifty Villa men at Ci aneguiila, killed ten and captured two. The prisoners said Villa had left there early in the morning with 200 men, leaving ihe fifty as a rear guard. Another column of American caval-! ry arrived at Cuslhuirachie to support that of Col. W. C. Brown, who report ed there April 4. according to reports at General Funston's headquarters to day. Colonel Brown explained his delay j in rendering a report after the en gagement a few days ago at Aguascal ientes, near Bachiniva, by saying he> and his forces had exhausted their j money and he had none to pay the expense of getting a message to aj commercial wire. General Bell reported that informa tion from Mexican sources indicated | that some thousands of the de facto government troops were being moved south of Chihuahua, with the purpose of checking the retreat of Villa. Feeling of Expectancy ».»• El Paso, Texas. April 7. Two Americans, the first to arrive here from the Interior for several 1 .lays, reached El Paso to-day on a train from Chihuahua City. They said j [Continued on Page 22] Secretary to Governor Speaks at Immanuel Church William H. Ball, secretary to Gov ernor Brumbaugh, in a lecture at the immanuel Presbyterian Church last night, told of the patriotism of the country and declared that it is brought down the ages from one generation to another by the mothers of the coun f". Mr. Ball told of the trip of the Lih erty Bell across the continent, and gave some interesting descriptions of events which happened in a number of cities along the route, showing the patriotic feelings displayed by some of the mothers who came to view the relic of liberty. The lecture last night was the first to be given in this city on the subject of the trip and was held under the auspices of the Im manuel Presbyterian Church men's class. POST OFFICE ROBBED Wilkes-Rarre, Pa., April 7.—Money I orders and checks to the value of more than SI,OOO have been reported miss ing from the Wilkes-Barre post oflh-e since January 1 and a systematic search for the thief has failed to bring about his arrest The checks and money orders were sent to department stores in payment for mail orders, but not one of the twoscore or more that have disappeared has been presented for payment. THE WEATHER For 11 n r rl* burg; nnil vicinity: In iTi-Hsiim eIOMdInCM to-ulght, pr ninthly followed by rain Satur day! not ranch ('limine in tempera ture; lowest to-niftflit about frees lag. For Eastern Pennsylvania: Inereaw liik cloufllfcen* to-nlscbt: Saturday probably rain; frenb north (o ea»t winds. River I'lie river and all Its branches will continue to fall (lining the next twenty-four bourn. The rain Indicated for Saturday will probably be aufflcl eat to cause a general rise la all streams of the system by Satur day night or Sunday. A stage of about H.tl feet is Indicated for llarrlsburg, Saturday morning. General Conditions The Southwestern storm has mov ed to the Middle tiulf region. It has caused light to moderately heavy rains In the Middle West ftsulf States. The front of the eol«l. high pressure area from the Northwest has advanced to tbe Middle Atlantic coast, causing a general fall of • to .0 degrees in temperature east of the Ohio river anil tbe Lake Region, >\i(li freezing temperature In Central and Western \ew York. In Went ern Pennsylvania and through out the greater part of the Lake Region. Temperature: S a. m., 3(1. Sun: Rises, 5:33 a. rn.; «eta, itj.lfl p. m. Moon: First quarter, April 10. Osftft a. m. River Stage: 0..% feet above low water mar**. Yesterday's AYeather Highest temperature. Lowest temperature. f:i. Mean temperature. T»l. .Normal temper-lure, 17. RUNAWAY AIRSHIP WILL BE PURSUED BY AEROPLANES Now l". S. Navy Dirigible Valued at $60,000 Breaks Moorings MAY BE HEADED TO SEA Officers at Pensacola Station at Loss to Explain How Vessel Got Loose By Associated Press Pensacola, Fla., April 7.—The new 1 dirigible airship recently brought to j | the aviation station here for experi- ! mental use in connection with aerial j and water maneuvers by the navy j broke away from its moorings in a high wind early to-day and rising • rapidly soon was lost to view. Tele ! phone notices were sent to Mobile and j other points to the westward warning i | the residents to be on the lookout for | I the big craft. No one was aboard, but , i the dirigible was fully inflated, and i naval officers said there was nothing to prevent its remaining aloft for many hours. Shoots Upward The wind was blowing briskly from the southeast when the dirigible ! slipped its moorings, shot to t he j upper currents, and was swept away J toward the west. A later shift in air currents made naval officers fear the I dirigible may have been carried out to 1 sea. The airship is said to be worth be- ! i tween $50,000 and $60,000 and is prac- | tically new. It was received here only i a few days ago. How it happened to i break away has not been determined. ] Preparations were made to pursue the escaped craft with aeroplanes as 1 soon as weather conditions permit. Fully Inflated The balloon was SI feet long and was fully inflated with 25,000 cubic feet of gas when it broke away from the ropes with which it had been held to the ground. The stabilizer was not 'attached and officers believed if the balloon should turn over some valves might be opened and cause the craft to descend. Should the balloon re [ main upright officers said It might float for hundreds of miles. MAINTAIN LOOKOCT Mobile, Ala.. April 7.—A sharp look ! out is being maintained here for the dirigible escaped from the Pensacola naval aviation station. Men with pow -1 erful glasses were stationed on top of high buildings in the hope that they may be able to sight the runaway. Three Badly Hurt, Four Injured When Big Freight Elevator Falls 35 Feet Three men were badly hurt, and ! four others narrowly escaped Injury ; when the elevator on which they were standing in the addition being erected at Blough Bros.' Manufacturing Com pany plant, Fulton and Reily streets, dropped four floors to the ground at noon to-day. The men. employed by Joseph Pom raining. contractor, were standing on the freight elevator when the floor } fastening snapped. They fell 35 feet. Those injured were: Albert Hor stick.. Twenty-eighth and Main streets, Penhrook, severe bruises of back and hips; E. S. Westenhazer, New Cumber land, probable fracture of both ankles, bruises: both treated at Ilarrisburg Hospital: Edward McKee, Third and < alder streets, both bones in lower right leg. and bones in foot fractured, j treated at home by physician. Detectives Would Have Complete Census Made of Harrisburg's Slums Following an inspection of "slums" in parts of the Kighth and Ninth \\ ards and in North Seventh street hv members of the city detective bureau. I a request will be made to Mayor Meals j to permit the detectives taking a cen sus of tiie city's "slums." During the inspection tour detectives say they saw conditions that are worse than tiie Kast Side of New* York. In . many places sewage was dumped into the street it is said, and at another place black f.nn white people were found under the same roof. In North Seventh Street a foreign family was found who used their bath tub as a garbage col- I lectlng device. 1 At many places users of dope were found, and these places will be sub jected to further Investigation, it is said. M'KPKCT YOUTH MURDERED Marks Oil Body Throw Dotiht On Sui cide Pact Theory Pottsville. Pa.. April 7.—While State i police were dragging the Schuylkill I river yesterday for the body of 14- year-old Helen Hepler, supposed to i have died in a suicide pact with Clay ton Mengel. evidence developed that Mengel had a rival who was forcing i his attentions upon Miss Hepler. I The body of Mengel. which was l dragged from the river, was found to have marks of violence upon it. Sur geons say tlv.'se wounds could not have , been inflicted while the body was in the river, and the police say Mengel may have been murdered and his body | thrown into the river. COUNTRY HOMES RORRED By Associated Press Highland Falls, N. Y., April 7. —It was discovered early to-day that the country homes of Herbert L. Satterlee, son-in-law of the late J. P. Morgan, and Mrs. Jennie Rigelow Tracy, daugh ter of the late John Rigelow, had been forcibly entered by thieves. Rotli fami lies being away, the amount of valu ables believed to have been stolen will not be definitely known until their i ret urn. ItlM. TO PROMOTE DODD By Associated Press Washington. D. <April 7.—A bill o authorize the President to promote ■ 'olonel George A. Dodd to the grade •>f brigadier-general was introduced 'o-day by Representative Kiess. of Pennsylvania. The colonel will retire . next July. HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 7,1916 GANG OF HOBOES TERRORIZING PAXTANG SUBURBAN SECTION v \ll jpNfr ■ SS2 Wt i n>yjopP. ~ 'PJJ This is the limekiln just outside the borough limits of Paxtang where gangs of hoboes, who have been robbing 1 and terrorizing the people of that suburban section, spend the night. It has been a favorite haunt for the knights oil the roads for many years and frequently the homes of Paxtang folk are robbed. Tbe people are up in arms at a num ; ber of recent robberias. j ' i I Residents of Paxtang are beginning !to take the offensive and are plan ning death blows for the tramps who are suspected of stealing food supplies from the rear porches of a number of homes and of entering the residence of Dr. D. I. Rutherford Wednesday night. Last evening quite a few revolvers were taken down from the shelf and i cleaned and then some of the resi dents of the town went out to the back lots to practice and improve their aim. The lime kilns which adjoin the .borough furnish a good place of shel j ter for many tramps each winter and they eall the place "home." However, lat this season of the year they begin |to move out and others make the kilns their stopping place over night ! and it is these who scour the town tand steal provisions and enter homes. RAUNICK URGES PARENTS TO AID | MEASLES CRUSADE Co-operation of Churches, The aters and Christian Asso ciations Assured 33 MORE CASES TODAY Ilarrisburg Public Library Closes Circulation Privilege to Children With the co-operation of city ■ministers, school board officials, sup erintendents of the two V. M. C. A.'s arid the Y. W. C. A. and the managers of motion picture theaters assured. Dr. J. M. J. Raunlck, city health offi cer. to-day made an appeal to par ents to keep their children from going into other people's homes until the measles epidemic has been checked. Dr. Raunick said to-day that despite: [Continued on Page IS] THREE WOMEN ARE IN GERMAN TOILS; ONE IS EXECUTED Belgian Killed For Treason, Two Others Given Terms in Prison, Is Assertion By Associated Press j Amsterdam, Holland, April 7, via I Ixmdon.—The assertion is made by I ! the Echo Beige that Miss Gabriellel | Petit, of Molenbeek, Belgium, has been j put to death by Germans after trial by j court-martial on a charge of treason. ! It is alleged she conducted an in- i formation bureau in the interest of j German's enemies. The newspaper also states that j Louise de Bettignies, of LJlle, has been j sentenced to death, but that the sen- \ tence has been commuted to imprison ment for life. Another woman. Marie Van Houtte, ! the newspaper says, has been sen tenced to imprisonment for fifteen I years. Cost Him Fifty Dollars to Use a "Turkey Call" | Important arrests in Perry county! j were made by Charles B. Baum, State i game protector, for violations of the j game laws. John D. Titzel, of near New Germantown, Perry county, j 1 charged with using a turkey call Oc- \ tober 15, yesterday was fined SSO. H. 1 C. Showaker, of the same place, was fined $25 for shipping a wild turkey! out of the State. PRETTIEST BRIDE OF YEAR GETS LICENSE TO-PAY; ONLY 15 The prettiest bride-to-be of the yearl l (die clerks in the marriage bureau sain she was the prettiest, anyway) j •.;ot a license to-day to wed a man .just twice her age. The girl is Carolyn l.vtlc. of this city, who called at the marriage bureau with her husband elect and lier mother. The Kroom-to- \ he is Vincent Calclarello, an Italian, i: Tlio prettiist bride is only 15 years j 4 od. 4 ] ; I Last year about this time attempts to 1 enter quite a number of houses were i made. Last night at least one tramp i strolled about the town and then made ' the porch of one man's house his bed. Nothing has been done thus far to j rid the community of the tramps and i j desires of some residents to have the 1 authorities make a raid on the kilns were not carried out last night. How ■ evr, there will be very little need for • law in the borough if any of the armed residents get the "drop" on a i tramp who makes any queer moves j about back porches. I | Can't (iel State Police . | Efforts to secure the services of State i police to break up the thieving were ; of no avail to-day. Captain George : F. Lumb stated that every available i man has been sent to Wilkes-Rarre. . Captain Lumb stated further that he DOVE OF PEACE IS DRIVEN FROM THE STATE'S CAPITOL Governor Was Aroused by Threats of Attacks Upon His I Character by Newspapers The dove of peace which was hover ing over the rival Republican trenches in this State disappeared to-day when it became known that Governor Brum baugh had reconsidered his an nounced purpose to eliminate himself from the conflict in the interest of party harmony. It is believed that the construction placed upon the negotiations by certain newspapers to day was responsible for the determi nation of the Governor not to withdraw from the tight. These news paper stories intimated that he was being forced to surrender to the Re publican organization and this in terpretation of his probable action in the hope of restoring harmony has aroused all the combatlveness of his nature. It is also reported that he (Continued on Page 17.) C. Ross Boas Buys Old Gutelius Store; to Build August 1 ' C. Ross Rons, one of the city's Ileading Jewelers, who for more than twenty years has conducted his place Jof business at 214-216 Market street. ! has purchased the "Gutelius Store" ' property at 28 North Second street, and about August 1 he will begin work on the erection of a modern apart ment and store building. "The lirst floor store will bo occu- ] ; pied by our own store, of course," I j said Mr. Boas. J The Gutelius notion store properyt : lis a little 90-year-old frame struc-j j ture owned by Henry M. and Mary i 1 Oliver. They are residents of Clark's ' j Valley, back of Dauphin. The con-] l sideration was not made public. The (property got its name from the fact! that for many years it has been oc- j j cupied by the Misses Jennie and Ellen i !L. Gutelius. Their little place of busi- j ] nesr, was one of the most exclusive of J jits kind in the city and even since the 1 , death of Miss Jennie Gutelius a few years ago. the surviving sister hap j ; maintained a store that is still patron-' 1 ized by the older families. The Harrisburg Trust Company, owns the present store room of Mr. | ' Boas but he plans to move as soon j aa his new quarters are ready. The j Gutelius lease doesn't expire until j ! August 1. The deal was closed, ac- ; i cording to Mr. Boas to-day through j John W. Heily. The property has a I [ frontage of 25 feet and a depth of 97 I feet. Senator Harding of Ohio Chosen Temporary Chairman of Republican Convention Chicago. 111.. April 7.—Senator War- | ren G. Harding, of Ohio, was selected temporary chairman of the Repub- | lican national convention by unani- I mous vote of the subcommittee on ar- ; t-angements of the Republican national | committee to-day on the first ballot. Other convention officers were i chosen as follows: Lafayette B. Glea- ; son. of Xew York, secretary; William; F. Stone, of Baltimore, sergeant-at- I arms, and George L. Hart, of Roanoke, Va., official reporter. FEKI.S MOXOIIED By Associated Prc.<s Washington. D. C„ April 7.—Senator | Harding, notified of his selection, ac- 1 copied and received congratulations from Republican colleagues. "It is a very great honor." said Senator Hard ing. Ho said lie could not now forecast his opening address- 4 | has had numerous requests for men in : I this territory, but has been unable to I i comply with the requests. He also! i took occasion to point out the neces-! | sity of increasing the force. Last year when the tramps made: i almost nightly visits to rear porches and stole provisions. State police were | put on the job and little or no trouble was experienced from that time until a few weeks ago. Captain Lumb ree- I ommended to-day, following the an- j nouncement that he would be unable i, to send his men to the borough, that ! the borough constable deputize several | residents of the town and then make a raid on the lime kilns at night. If this ! ' can be done, many persons in the town j | believe, there will be little trouble in j the future, for it will be possible to I send the tramps to jail for thirty days i on vagrancy charges. GERMANS GAIN | WEST OF MEUSE; | , FRENCH TO EAST Crown Prince Shifts Attack, | Penetrating First Line Trenches DEAD MAN'S HILL CENTER Defenders Continue Nibbling Tactics and Occupy Com municating Ditches Following up sharply their capture of the village of I-laucourt in the Avo court- Bethincourt salient northwest of Verdun the Germans have shifted i the line of their attack slightly to the ■ east, driving against the lines between ! Bethincourt and Cliattancourt and penetrating a first line trench there. The locality ts Tn the vicinity of , Dead Alan's hill, where Germans and | French have been battling at intervals [Continued on Page 6.] PORCH-WINDOW BOX PLAN GETS BOWMAN'S 0. K. President of Chamber of Com merce Sends Strong Letter; Will Decorate Store j Chamber of Commerce endorse ment for the Telegraph's porch and ' window box contest was forthcoming to-day in the form of a letter from the | president, J. William Bowman. | Mr. Bowman speaks vigorously for | the beautification of the city by flow ers during the summer months, and just, to show that he means precisely what he says he let it be known that [Continued on Page «.] Body of Unidentified, Weil-Dressed Man Found by Crew in Paxton Creek j Lying partly immersed in the Paxton creek near the bridge along the Phila delphia and Reading Railway tracks j near Berryhlll street, the body of an unknown man was found this morning i by a train crew just about to leave the i | yards. The man was well dressed, wearing 1 a black cheviot suit with patch pockets, a new pair of black shoes, size 5. white 1 j shirt with narrow black stripes and ! j black bow necktie. A pair of gold j ! noseglasses and an old knife were the ' i only articles found in the pockets. A ! small gold ring was found on the little ! j finger of the right hand, but the set i ting had been lost. j Coroner Eckinger was called and j turned the corpse over to Charles 11. i | Mauk. undertaker. Sixth and Kelker I streets, where it may be viewed in the j j morgue. The authorities are making | i every effort to have the dead man ' identified. He is 5 feet tall, weighs about 11f pounds, is about 45 years I ; old. has a brown mustache and brown 1 i hair tinged with gray. It is not be- I lieved that the body was in the water I more than three days, and no marks i of violence were found during the ex- i amination. The city and county au thorities are not positive whether the man committed suicide or was drowned i accidentally. i PENNSY REFUSES TO PAY ANYTHING FOR NEW BRIDGE Throws ("old Water on Plan For Viaduct Over Trucks at Walnut Street OPPOSE A B U T M E X T S City \\ ill Now Prepare Plans in Accordance With Ordi nance on Books In a concise letter to-day to City Commissioner W. H. Lynch superin-1 tendent of streets and public improve- : ments. Superintendent W. R. lle- I Caleb, of the Philadelphia division of. the Pennsylvania Railroad pointedly stated that the company will "not voluntarily pay any part of the cost" of the construction of the proposed new bridge across the Pennsy tracks at Walnut street. That wasn't the only cold water the j railroad company splashed on the i viaduct project, either. 1 Several weeks ago Mr. Lynch wrote! (the Pennsy officials that the city | wonld welcome any suggestions as to I modifications in plant, and asked if the company would assume half the! : cost of the construction. In the event' ' this much of the job would not be paid lor by the railroad company Mr. Lynch had hoped that it would as sume the expense of as much of the ! bridge as would cross its right of way. In this letter Mr. Lynch enclosed a [Continued on Page 13] Bandit's Brother Wanted by U. S. Is Released By Associated Press • Havana. Cuba. April 7. Colonel . Ilipolifo Villa, brother of Francisco i Villa, who was arrested here on Feb- I j ruary 7 at the request of the American I minister and has been held pending i extradition proceedings, has been re leased. Me is under indictment in Texas on the charge of complicity in cutting a i railway line near K1 Paso last Decem ber in an attempt to hamper the move ment of Carranza forces through i American territory to attack the Villa ! .orees in Mexico, hut the Cuban sec- j j retary of state announced the United I ! States had failed to produce evidence! warranting his extradition. w W- W w W" « W" W" WILL INVESTIGATE: ALDERMEN'S FEES Harrisburg. Because of the unusually heavy bills for J aldermen's frc6 collected during the quarter just closed by 1 the .on . . i..'i M : yt- 1 : '■ T 'als, J tl. • • .rs it* .cnaoon iccl-. to in- I vestigate the problem more fully. No figures were pos- a sible, the Commissioners said until County Controller Gough i examines the bill?. The Commissioners contend that the 1 Mayor, instead of holding coun. himself and turning the 4 fees into the city treasury, often allows aldermen to conduct | the hearngs and that the justice himself individually nets fl the fee*. While the question of legality is not raised the J Commissioners contend the economical problem is involved. J The city losses, it is said, are from SISOO to S2OOO annually. 1 FIRES IN OPEN LOTS ] Harrisburg. —West End fire companies were called out 1 this morning and this afternoon to extinguish fires in grass 1 Teen < .r.erald and Seneca • re. - alon., oaci and 1 between enn and Green streets, near Seneca. / 5 ELEVEN GO DOWN WITH STEAMER Asiatic cr< i of the Simla were drowned. ] UNEARTH PLOT TO KILL CROWNED HEADS J Chicago, April 7. Existence of an international an- 1 archistic plot to assassinate all rulers of Europe has been I discovered here. The alleged plot was unearthed by State i Attorney Hoyne's men while investigating the activities of ■ Jean Crones, suspected poisoner of the guests at the banquet I in honor of Archbishop Mundelein a few weeks ago. He J said that a list of the proposed assassinations was headed by 1 the Oiar of Russia and that Emperor William was second. J SUBMARINE SITUATION HANGS OVER 1 Washington, April 7.—President Wilson and the cabi- J net considered the submarine situation again to-day with- | out deciding on action at this time. I Amsterdam Holland, April 7.—The German Reichstag | to-day adopted the committee's resolution on submarine I war as well as the budgets of the Imperial chancellor and ■foiri, I MARRIAGE LI John Waller HtOKCaifer and G race Kllrnhetli He Inc. v. city. A lucent C'alclarello and Carolyn l,ytle city. j 24 PAGES CITY EDITION BRUMBAUGH IN FIGHT TO FINISH; MAKES STATEMENT Anticipates Charges in What lie Calls "Campaign of Slander and Abuse" REFERS TO SI,OOO GIFt Says He Was Threatened; Makes No Mention of Pri mary Contest Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh to day decided to tight to a finish in the contest for the election of Republican I Presidential delegates and for con trol of the Republican State coinmit itee and Issued a statement antieipat : ing some threatened attacks upon | him which held in this city to take jaway any chance of party harmony.. The Governor's statement does not jmention the impending contest except to express regret that at a time when "thoughtful men were endeavoring to secure a reunited Republican party" there was "instituted* a campaign of Islander and abuse" directed at him personally. This statement was the climax of I days of negotiation. Men have been working here and at Philadelphia to arrive at a compromise and last night there were hopes that the Governor |Continued on Page lit] TAKE s\\i:i>fsii snip By Associated I'rcss l.ondon. April 7.—Capture by a Ger man torpedo boat of the Swedish steamship Vega, from Stockholm for ; Copenhagen, is reported in an Rx- I change Telegraph dispatch from Co i penhagen. The message says the Swed j ish government has protested against j the capture and demanded release ot the steamship.
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