W w IPK VMV _ • Look Out For "The Social Pirates"—ln the Telegraph Next Week HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH f v-Wl* X* "O BY TAHRIRK « CK.VT* A WKKK. LAAAV AO. / J SIXGI.K COPIKS 3 tEJITS. CARRANZISTAS ARE DESIROUS OF HAVING TROOPS RETURN TO U. S. Member of de Facto Govern ment Reported as Saying American Forces Have Ac complished Their Purpose in Southern Republic SAYS VILLA'S POWER HAS BEEN DESTROYED EI Paso Dispatch, However, States That Official Issued Statement Without Author ity of Head of Government By Associated Press Expeditionary Field Headquar ters. South of Namiquipa. April 5, by \eroplanc and Wireless to Co lumbus X. M., April B.—Tltat the American troops are on a frc>h rail of Villa is a report made by in army aviator and an observer who ivturned to-day front what may prove one of the most impor tant si-outins iiisrhts of the eain lutign. El Paso. Texas. April S.—The Amer van troops have accomplished their > object in destroying Villa's military j power and should therefore withdraw from Mexico without delay, was the view expressed to-day by a well- Known member of the Carranza gov-1 jrnment, speaking unofficially. "The punitive force," he said, "has done all that it could expect to do., It has shattered the forces of Villa, who is now a fugitive, robbed of all prestige and power he ever held Kenrrallv cloudy; not much change in temperature; loucNt to-night about freezing. For Knatem Pennit> Ivania: Snon nnd rain thin afternoon nnd to night: Sunday cloudy: eaMteriy shifting to Trent. River The Suftquehnnna river nnd all It* tributaries will probahly fall Nlovrljr or remain neari> ntatlon tiry. \ »tage of about K. 2 feet la Indicated for Ifarrlaburi? Sunday morning. General Condition* The Southern atorm ha* moved nnrthen*t*Ynr«! with Increasing eneriry and now cover* practical ly all the country mmt of tlie Mi**innippi river and aoutli of tlie Great l.akea. Ita center i» proli- ably over Western North C aro lina, the absence of report* from the Southeaatern State* making It lmpo«*lhle to locate It definite ly. During the laat twenty-four honr* tbla dlaturbance ha* cauned general ralna In the Gulf and South Atlantic State* and In Ten nemee, anow and rain In the Ohio Valley and Middle Atlantic State*. Temperature: « a. m.. .10. *nn: Rtaen, 5:36 a. M.i seta, ff:37 p. m. Moon: Flrat quarter, April 10, OIM a. m. River Stage: 8.7 feet above low water mark. Yeaterday'n Weather Mlghe*t temperature. SI. le*t temperature. 34. Mean temperature. 42. .Normal temperature, 4X 4 GOVERNOR SAYS HE STANDS UPON HIS STATEMENT "Fight to Finish," Asserts Brown; Senator Oliver Gives His Side I BOTH SIDES QUIET TODAY Outlook For Harmony Before Primaries Fades With Passing Hour Philadelphia and Pittsburgh news papers to-day printed with reproduc tions of letters and telegrams the de tails of the cotitribuUon of SI,OOO by David B. Oliver, of Pittsburgh, to Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh dur ing the gubernatorial campaign, the transaction which the Governor anU icipated in his statement issued yester ! day. The Governor said last night and to-day that he stood upon his state ment and wanted the matter cleared up, declining to answer the question | whether it meant peace or war in the Republican camp. Attorney General Brown said it meant a fight to the finish and other men aligned with the Governor said the same thing. David B. Oliver last night called upon the Governor to produce his let ter making the contribution and de-1 claring that it was meant as a political | i contribution. Senator George T. Oliver last night J made a statement in which he gave 1 : his side of the matter and said that when the papers were shown one of! [Continued <»n l'ase 3] "Why Don't Commissioners Attend to Their Own Business?" Asks Mayor That he acted entirely within his legal rights as mayor in designating any alderman he wished to conduct his police court, and that the whole matte- was 'none of the county com missioners business." was the cryptic statement made to-day by Mayor K. S. Meals In answer to the commis sioners' inquiry as to his method of j holding hearings. "What business is it of the county commissioners? Is there any ques-' ! tion of illegality about it?" demanded the city's executive tartly. "Why doesn't the county commissioners at • tend to their own business? The city of Harrisburg now contributes more toward defraying the running ex penses of the county than the county does. We've turned over more money to the city treasury than has ever been done before. The law per- j mits the mayor to designate whom he pleases to hold police court. N'ow I'm acting entirely within my rights—and I have that on the opinion of such jurists as Justices Fel and Mitchell of the supreme court. President Judge j Kunkel and Additional Law Judge Mc- Oarrell. I asked them about this same problem when I attended the dinner given the Supreme Court by Governor Stuart several years ago. That's all I've got to say. except to ask again why don't the county commissioners attend to their own business?" Arrest Two For Taking Parcel Post Packages By Associated rress Philadelphia, April B.—Postal in spectors assistei. by railroad detec tives arrested here to-day Oliver Hastings, a brakeman, and Herbert Good, baegagemaster. on the West Chester division of the Pensylvania railroad, on charges of having robbed mailbags of parcel post jewelry pack ages. TO DEVELOP FRUIT GROWING INDI'STRY IX CUMBERLAND Special to the Telegraph Carlisle. Pa., April 8. —Cumberland county fruit growers are engaged in an effort to make this section the greatest fruit belt in the State. It is stated that the soil and climatic con ditions in this county arc deal for this 1 industry, and growers arc organizing for the purpose of aiding its develop ment in every possible way. About 4,0u0 acres of land are now given up to fruit raising. PASSENGER SHIP SIIEI.I.ED By Associated Press Marseilles, France, April S.—The large French passenger steamship • Colbert was shelled without prellmi- j nary warning by a submarine in the Mediterranean, but being under a full head of steam escaped. I>R. R. F. BACON NAMED By Associated Press I Pittsburgh. Pa.. April B.—Dr. Ray- ! mond F. Bacon, director of industrial research of University of Pittsburgh, has been appointed by Secretary Dan- : j tels as an associate member of the Naval Consulting Board and a direc- , tor on the hoard of the organization for industrial preparedness in Penn ; sylvanla. LEBANON PLANT REOPENS Special to the Telegraph Lebanon, Pa., April B.—The Bethle hem Steel Company to-day began the operation of No. 1 stack of the twin Lebanon furnaces, ownership of which was passed by the Pennsylvania Steel Company in the recent absorption by the Schwab interests. The stack has been out of blast for nineteen months ' undergoing repairs and will be used in the manufacture of spiegel for the making of steel. FILM DISTRIBUTORS WIN Special to the Telegraph Washington, D. C.. April S.—The Federal Trade Commission to-day up held the right of motion picture film distributing concerns to refuse to sell to more than one theater in a city. The question was raised In the ap plication of a theater manager against a distribution house which he charged had sold exclusive rights in a film to j j his competitor in the same civ- ' HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING. APRIL 8, 1916. EIGHT-INCH BLANKET OF SNOW MAKES FAIRYLANDS \ -Wv jj/ *; i f l i 8-INCH SNOW HALTS TRAFFIC, BANISHES SPRING Heaviest April Fall in Years, but Foot and Half Hit City in 1891 TROLLEY WIRES SNAP Covers Ohio. Penna. and New Jersey; Records Broken Some Places Eight inches of snow—the most that has fallen in the city on one day in April in recent years—blanketed the city this morning, starting before 3 o'clock. Although the snow fell throughout this section of the country, with rain in a few places, no wire trouble was reported by the telegraph and tele phone companies, but precautions I have been taken in case rain follows 1 with colder weather. Traffic on the Harrisburg Railways Company lines from Allison Hill and Steelton was delayed for half an hour [Continued on Page 13] Little Survivors Are Pallbearers For Victim of Drowning Accident Special to the Tetesrapli Middle town. Pa.. April B.—The fu neral of Claude llolstcin, who was drowned in the Swatara creek Tues day, was held yesterday afternoon from the home of Perry Hippie, in Pike street, at 2 o'clock, and at the Kiverside chapel at 2.30. The Rev. James Cunningham officiated. The pallbearers included the three little playmates of the drowned youth who were rescued when the bank upon which all four were standing caved in to the flood. Bride-to-Be Called to Bedside of Her Fiancee In a private ward in a hospital at Easlon, Pa . John A. Clark, a former Harrisburger is making a hard fight for his life. He is seriously ill with typhoid fever. ay his side is Miss Violet E. Albright, his fiancee. Mr. Clark and Miss Albright were to be married at Uerry Street TTnited Brethren Church on April 20. The j prospective bridegroom was stricken last Tuesday. The wedding invitations I were ready to be sent out when Miss Albright was summoned to Easton. Another date will be selected as soon as Mr. Clark recovers. Miss Albright is a daughter of Mr.' and Mrs. Samuel H. Albright, 1327 Kittatinny street. She was a stenog rapher in the Reference Bureau at j the Capitol. Mr. Clark is a draughts- j man and was formerly employed at ' the Pennsylvania Steel Works. SWEETHEARTS ARE BEMKVED TO HAVE TAKEN OWN I.IVES Special to the Telegraph Pottsville, Pa.. April B.—A water soaked note found to-day hidden in a tin can on the banks of the Schuylkill river seems to solve the mystery which has enveloped 14-year-old Helen Hep ler, of Cressonu, and Clayton Mengle, of Schuylkill Haven. Both are be- ! lieved to have been in a suicide past > because their efforts to get married j failed. The note, which was signed with the initials of the missing pair, reads: "On account of circumstances, we have decided to end our trouble. You can find our bodies in the river." EGGS <;ooi>: ASKS $:$,ooo Xot only are the eggs which Cilika sells in her Steelton store as good as they are cracked up to be, but the meats she sells are equally good; therefore Yendel Barleg slan- | derd her when he declared that her eggs were bad and her meats unfit for folks to eat. So Cilika contended, any- j way, in filing yesterday a trespass suit for $3,000 damages against Barleg. TRANSFER LICENSE APRIL It Application will be made Friday. 1 April 14. to the Dauphin county courts for the transfer of the liquor license now held by Albert Wilson at the "Lloyd House.'' Middietown, to Eu-1 Barbusb The Telegraph photographer's earners snapped Just s few of th«* countless beauty spots in tin- city parks this morning when the snowstorm was at its height. The inset in the picture above shows how Mother Nature protected the Barnard statuary by placing caps of snow upon the heads of the figures! that make up the famous groups before the main entrance to the Capitol. WINDOW-PORCH BOX CONTEST IS WELL RECEIVED Twelve Blocks Are Organized and Ladies Volunteer to Assist in Movement No Ices than ■ twelve blocks have been entered for participation in the Telegraph's Window and Porch Box campaign. All this has been accomplished in the past few days. Every mail brings in the names of new volunteers. It begins to look! as though the city will be a veritable! bower of beauty next summer. Meet- i ings will be held in various neighbor- j hoods during the coming week at j which the ladies interested will organ- j ize for the promotion of this latest! City Beautiful enterprise. At its next meeting Col. 1-1. C. Dem- i ming will present the matter to the Firemen's Union. The Telegraph will give a handsome prize for the best' decorated flrehouse in Ilarrisburg ami I many of the firemen are making plans ! !to enter the contest. In most cases, firemen take much pride in the ap- < i pearance of their houses and noth ing could add such an air of attract iveness as a touch of greenery. Many individual property owners are also lining up for the campaign. On Monday the Telegraph will publish a very attractive ofTer whereby those who desire to place window boxes may do so with small trouble to them selves and considerable saving of money. Organizing Blocks Among the ladies interested in the! organization of blocks to 'ake part in; the contest are: Mrs. Michael E. St roup, 1509 North! Second. Belly to Harris. Mrs. George M. Whitney, 1605 North j Second, Harris to Hamilton. Mrs. Paul Johnston. 1714 North Second, Hamilton to Kelkcr. Mrs. F. E. Downer, ISII North Sec-i ond. Kell'.er to Muench. Miss Marian Bretz, 1921 North Sec-: ! ond, Muench to PefTer. Mrs. Morris E. Jacobson. 2129 i North Second, Maclay to Woodbine. Mrs. J. W. Bebuck, 1424 Market, Fourteenth to Fifteenth. Mrs. Wilis Geist Newbold, 1857 Mar ket, Eighteenth to Nineteenth. Mrs. James L. Stewart, 1920 Mar ket. Nineteenth to Twentieth. Mrs. John C. Herman, 2243 North . Second, Woodbine to Emerald. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON LEAGUE ASKS CHARTER OX MAY J The Dauphin county court will be; asked Monday, May 1. to charter the, "Booker T. Washington Civic League i of Harrisburg and Steelton." The or-' ganization is composed of well-known i colored citizens of this city and Its neighboring borough and the purpose of the league is to urge and work for "community betterment, civic righte ousness, special care of children in co operation with the juvenile courts, etc. J. Bobbin Bennett will make the application. TAVERN CLOSES ITS DOORS Special to the Telrgrapk Lebanon. Pa., April 8. —After an j existence of 15 years the Mt. Nebo! Hotel, in East Hanover township, went out of business to-day. For j some years the place was regarded as ! a paying country stand, but the change of sentiment with respect to licensed 1 places has had the effect of placing. the stand in the growing list of coun try hotels which are no longer paying [ propositions. 63 NEW CASES OF MEASLES; RAUNICK MAKES STATEMENT Health Officer Gives His Posi tion in Scheme to Check Epidemic Sixty-three more cases of measles were reported in the city to-day, mak- ! ing the total for the month 29S cases. : Dr. J. M. J. Raunick, city health ofTi- | cer, issued an official statement to-dav | i ' ! ! explaining the rules now in effect re- ! j sarding public institutions in the effort j Ito check the epidemic here. Health ' ! Officer Miller, of the West Shore, re- ! | ports fifty cases of measles at Enola I this week and eighty in all at West i j Fairview. He threatens to make ar -1 rests unless the quarantine laws are ! ; better observed. Dr. Raunick's statement is as fol-< ! lows: j "During the month of March more than 1,000 cases of measles have been I reported to this bureau—how many | cases not reported cannot be accu rately estimated-. "Since April 1 an average of 45 cases have been reported daily, showing that I the epidemic has not abated. Practically All Cliiltli-cn 'Practically all of our present measles cases are children under 10 ' .'"ears of age. Our eases arc not con fined to any special section, but are ! widely distributed throughout the city i "On account of the unusually severe: j type of the disease, parents are urged |to guard their children against ex-| j Posure to the disease by keeping them ' | out of other people's homes and away j from all public and crowded places. ! j "It is important for all parents to remember in connection with our epi i demic that measles is very highly con j tagious and 'catchy' and especially so when the disease is developing and a I week or more before the rash appears With the history of a child feeling dull, with loss of appetite, slight fever and cough, watery eyes and nose measles should be suspected and the i family physician called. Twelve Dcntiis in Month "As our records show that last month twelve deaths occurred in chil dren from measles, all cases should be carefully guarded against such serious after effects as pneumonia, running ears, weak eyes, etc. j "In order to control this situation ! a request has been made to those in j charge of all public, parochial, private I nnd Sunday schools, motion-picture I shows, theaters, libraries, stores and | all other public places where people : congregate to exclude from all such places all children ten years of age 1 and under for a limited exclusion period. This limited period plan pro vided that all children ten years of age and under shall be excluded from all public places from April 6 to Anril 9. both inclusive. During the week of April 10 to April lfi these restrictions are withdrawn and applied only to I quarantined persons. "From April 17 to April 22 all chil- ! ! dren ten years of ago and under will I aarain be excluded from all public \ places and gatherings, j "With the hearty co-operation of all : narents and the general public under this limited exclusion period plan as j outlined above It is hoped to control the present epidemic without being compelled to consider such drastic ac- ; tion as closing all public places in definitely." GERMANS MAKE ANOTHER DENT IN LINE OF ALLIES Crown Prince's Forces Ham mering Away at Both Sides of Angle at Bcthincourt FRENCH GAIN ADVANTAGE 1 Austrian Transport Has Been Sunk in Adriatic; No Letup in Submarine Activity The salient in the French lines west of the Meuse, with the village of Beth- 1 Incourt at its sharp angle. Is being pounded on both sides by the Crown Prince's troops which In their latest drive succeeded in making a new deni in the line southwest of Bethincourt. The success was achieved near llau court village the important position lost by the Frenc* on Wednesday, the Germans gaining a footing in two small Held works between Haucourt and hill No. 287, which lies two-thirds of a mile to the south of the village., On the other side of the salient there j [Continued on Page It.] Poor Boys to Get Outing on Dr. Black's Farm Boys as well as girls, who are sick | and crippled, are now assured a sum mer outing as a result of arrange ments completed by the Asociated Aid , Societies. The board of directors yes terday afternoon accepted the offer of i Dr. John A. Black, a prominent physi cian of Cliambersburg, for the use of! , his large farm, as a home for the I young boys in poor health. Dr. Clarence U. Phillips was elected a member of the Aid societies board of directors, and John Vales, secretary was elected a delegate to the National Conference of Charities and Correc tion to be belli at Indianapolis May 10-17, the monthly report of the or ganization was presented also yester day. LEAVES HOUSEKEEPER 910,000 Special to the Telegrapji York, Pa., April B.—Magg-e H. ! Emlg, housekeeper for John T. Rudy, la wealthy bachelor who died several! j days ago. has been bequeathed the j sum of SIO.OOO, according to the terms j of her employer's will. GERMANS DID NOT ATTACK SUSSEX ] BERLIN, APRIL 3, VIA LONDON, 6.10 P. M.— THE I GERMAN GOVERNMENT IS ABLE TO ANNOUNCE 1 THAT NO GERMAN SUBMARINE OR WARSHIP 3 WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXPLOSION J WHICH DAMAGED THE BRITISH STEAMSHIP SUSSEX. 4 LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES ] Harrisburg.—David J. Bechtold, Steelton; Ira E. Ulch, J Millersburg, are announced as candidates for Republican nominations for the Legislature in the district outside the I city. 1 Washington, April 8. Recurrence of reports th t J American troops were to be withdrawn from Mexico were 1 met to-day at the State Department with a statement by Secretary Lansing that no such withdrawal was contc 1 plated so far as he knew. Pittsburgh. Pa., April S.—Twelve foreigners were b'adl burned at the woodlawn plant of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company to-day when a ladle of metal overturned. I NATIVES ARE AIDING PERSHING Washington, April B.—-General Funston to-day reported ] to the War Department that natives were beginning to aid 1 in secret scouting work for General Pershing in the Santa I Maria Valley, and that Colonel Brown of the Tenth cavalry 1 stated that high winds had interfered with aeroplane com- 1 munication. 1 New York, April B.—Frederick C. Tanner will continue J to be chairman of the New York Republican State Co:r. j mittee. An attempt by followers of William Barnes to o* ' 1 him from that position at a meeting of the committee t - 1 day-for purposes of organization was defeated by a vote ol j 82 to 63. C > Washington, Apri 1 8. Secretary Baker stated mo:;t j emphatically late to-day that there was "absolutely no basic 1 of ans d" for reports that preparations were under ! withdrawing American forces from Mexico. He said the ( American troops were moving rapidly south and Ur t ' e orders to General Funston following the Columbus massa- j ere had been unchanged. MARRIAGE LI .loli ii Waller SI one* I for nnil It nice Kllxnhrlli llclxey, city* Vlncrut ialelarcllo and Carolyn Lytic city. I 18 PAGES CITY EDITION FIRST PERMANENT COMMITTEE NAMED ON WATER SPORTS City Planner George W. Reily Announces Personnel of Reference Board MEET FOR ORGANIZATION Representatives of Various Boating Interests Plan Early Session For Purpose Harrisburg's first permanent com mittor on river sports and problems relating to the development of the Susquehanna "basin" was announced to-day by George \V. Reily. Mr. lieily was chosen to name the committee when nearly a scorn of canoeists and others interested hi water sports met more than a week asjo in the par" offices with Park Kx pert Warren 11. Manning. City Com missioner K. 7a. Gross and Assistant Superintendent V. Grant Forrer. The canoeists, the motorlioatmen. the boat concessionaires, the rivei ileet operators, and the boat livery | men along the river were all repre ' sented at the session and a hundred and one questions as to the best plam , for development of Jhe "basin" were ; discussed. The meeting of the river men had been called at the suggestion of Mr Manning who believes that the com mittee as named should act rather as a reference board than as nucleus for a boat club. Information and neces sary data relative to the organisation ( of boat clubs, the handling of carnival . etc.. would be collected by the com mittee for the benefit of those in ; terested in water sports. The Committee The committee as appointed to-da will meet, in the near future fo: organization. Following is the per sonnel: K. 7.. Gross, park commissioner George \V. Reily, cily planner V. Grant Forrer, assistant park su peri nt en dent A. P. Dint a ill an 10. Charles Knsmingcr W. C. Fisher Martin Keet James K. Jackson Ira Kindler Ira Meyers Thomas M. Kelker Harry J. Berrler A 1 J. Simms Gilbert M. Oves George K. Reist Carl Cross.