Bandits Flee in Disordetjtfier Long Bailie in Which They Lose Seventy Men HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 82 BANDITS ROUTED WITH 70 KILLED AFTER FIVE-HOUR FIGHT AT PASAJE Flee in Wild Disorder When Attack on Carranza Gar rison Is Repulsed; De fenders Lose Four CATTLEMAN DOUBTS THAT VILLA IS DEAD Says Reports Were Spread to Mislead American Forces in Hope They Would Be Withdrawn By Associated Press Torreon, Mexico, April 11, via El Paso Junction, April 12.—Details of a five-hour battle between the Car ranza garrison at Pasaje, Durango, and an attacking force composed of Contreras and Ceniceros bandits were brought here to-day. The outlaws fled in disorder after losing seventy killed, it is reported. The de facto troops lost four dead. The battle took place on Sunday. First reports were that the attacking force was commanded by General Canuto Reyes, but it is believed, how ever, that he was not implcated. Ne gotiations have been under way for the surrender of General Reyes under an amnesty grant. A doctor sent from here to treat men wounded in the battle said the •"ontreras and Ceniceros attackers were subjected to withering fire from the garrison. They fled in disorder, lie counted the bodies of seventy of the outlaws. Among the dead were a colonel and a captain. After the battle word was received that Juan I-aniadrid. a noted bandit, was killed in a dispute over the division of loot by the Contreras bandits. General Trevino, Carranza com mander in Torreon. has arranged for corn shipments from Colima and Jalisco to relieve the food shortage here. Cattleman Says Villa Is Neither Dead Nor Wounded; Reports to Fool Troopers t. By Associated Press El Paso, Texas, April 12.—An en tirely new version of the story of Villa's deatli was brought here to-day by a Mexican cattleman, who claimed to have suffered a visitation from a band of Villa followers on his ranch near Rachiniba. This man said that Villa was neither dead nor wounded, but that Pablo Lopez, the bandit's notorious lieutenant and exeeutioner in-cliief, had died, and that Villa had deliberately used his death as the basis of the storv of his own finish. The cattleman told the following story: "I Was in Guerrero at the time Villa came there and afterward when the American soldiers arrived 1 believed it was safe for me to return to my ranch. "T/fist Thursday a band of twenty of Villa's men rode up to the ranch bouse. They took a little grain that 1 bad and killed one of my cows and bad a great feast. They had several [Continued on Page f about 7.2 feet Is Indicated for Harrln liiirg Thursday morning. (General t'onilltlonn A disturbance that wnn central north of the <«reat lw I'liglaail const, attended by light ralnn in the I.nke Region and t'pper Ohio \ alley, anil thence eastward to the Atlantic connt. There ban been a general rlae of 2 to 18 degree** In temperature cant of the Vtocky Mountains In the lant twenty-four liourn. ex cept In the I.nke Region anil the I pper St. l.awrenee \ alley, where It In ftllglitly coli'cr. it Is 'J to 21 ilegreen colder over nearl'- all the country went of the Hoeky Mountain*. Temperature: S a. m.. IS. Sun: Rlncn, 5:3U n. m.; nets. 6:41 p. m. Iliiun: Full inoon, April 18, 12:07 a. m. River Stage: 7.3 feet above low water mark. Ye*terila> 'n l eather Highest temperature, .Ml. l.owcst temperature. 3."». Menn tempernture. 47. iNormal temperature, ID* BY CARRIER n CUNTS A WESIt SINGLE COPIES 3 CEXTS. DELEGATES ATTENDING FIFTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE * m?' GERMANY'S NOTE ON SHIP ATTACKS EXPECTED TODAY Ambassador Gerard Put It on Cables as Soon as He Re ceived It U. S. COURSE OUTLINED Final Decision Will Not Re Made, However, Until Reply Is Received By Associated Press Washington. D. o\, April 12.—Ger many's note regarding the Sussex and other merchant ships which have re cently met disaster was expected to reach the State Department late to day. Unofficial advices from Berlin said the communication had been presented to Mr. Gerard and had been started on Its way to Washington over the cables at once. It is understood that a general out line of the future course of the United States has been agreed upon by admin istration officials, airhough final de cision will not be made until the note has been received, together with addi tional evidence collected by American diplomats which is due here to-mor row. If a reply is sent to Berlin, it is said, it will not deal exclusively with any one case, but will cover the whole history of Germany's submarine cam paign from the time of the Lusltania down to the present and will be de signed to preclude any extended diplo matic negotiations. Midvale Steel Lands $2,700,000 Gun Order Philadelphia, April 12. —An order for 100 howitzers. approximating $2,700,000, was obtained yesterday by the Midvale Steel and Ordnance Com pany from thp British government. The contract was signed in New York and reports from that city stated that it was probable extensive improve ments would be made at the local plant of the company in order to carry out the work. These improvements, it was said, would entail an expedi ting of nearly $1,000,000. The fact that additions to the Nice town plant were contemplated was not n surprise here, as it has been gen erally known that Midvale is already booked to capacity and must have more space if it determines to accept additional munition contracts. The Cambria steel plant, at Johnstown, Pa is not adapted to such construction, making a specialty of steel rails and freight cars. CHILDREN DIE IN BIG POWDER MILL EXPLOSION Two Crushed in House When Four Blasts Destroy Du Pont Plant in West Virginia BluefieUl, W. Va., April 12. Three persons were killed, one perhaps fatal ly injured and two others less serious ; iy hurt at the Nemours plant of the i Du Pont Powder company, eight miles | from here early to-day when four i thousand kegs of black powder ex i ploded. The plant was almost com i pletely destroyed with a loss of about j Si 00,000. [Continued oil Pago it] Maurer Is Absolved of Insult to American Flag New York. April 12.—"With the ex- I ception of the testimony of one re f porter, we found absolutely no cor | roboration of the published statement 'that President J. H. Maurer of the i Pennsylvania State Federation of. La ! bor said 'To Mell with the American I Flag,' or made any statement whatever in any way insulting to the flac last Sunday night at the Labor Forum in the Washington Irving High school." This statement was made last night by President W. G. Willeox of the ; Hoard of Education, after be, Loo Arnstein and Miss Mary E. Dreier, as a special committee of that body, had .investigated by Mayor Mltchel's dl ' rectlon the widely circulated charge as to language used by Maurer in his nntlpreparedness talk. Controversy Over Sugar Tariff Measure Expected By Associated Press Washington. April 12. The sugar tariff bill, passed by the Senate late yesterday by a vote of 40 to 32, went to a conference of the two houses to day where a controversy over the measure is in prospect. The bill is a substitute for the .House free sugar repeal resolution and would extend the present duty of i>ne cent a pound oil sugar until May 11. 1820. HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 12,1916. FRENCH REPULSE ANOTHER ATTACK ON VERDUN LINE Germans Lose Heavily as Struggle For Fortress Goes on With No Sign of Letup GREEK FRONTIER ACTIVE Heavy Artillery Fighting Under Way; New Rritish Ship Senator Sunk By Associated Press In Caurettes wood, Just west of the Meuse river, another attempt to break the French line defending Verdun was made this morning by German troops. The official communication from Paris says the attack was repulsed. East of the river there was no infantry fight ing during the night, although the ar tillery kept up its incessant fire. The official report of to-day's from Berlin says German troops yesterday gained some ground in Caillette wood southeast of Fort Douamount and that, several French attacks broke down with heavy losses. The official French statement says the German losses in yesterday's fight ing were very heavy. Press dispatches from Paris give praise to the German soldiers, who, after nearly two months of the fiercest fighting, keep up the [Contlnud on Page 14.J Even Poker Chips Can Be Found Among 30,000 Pieces at Rummage Sale More than 30,000 pieces of goods, : ranging from kitchen stoves to poker | chips (fact, these chips; they arrived at noan from a State street house), are ! already placed in the rummage sale I headquarters, 308 Market street. Fumigation of the entire stock will be made late this afternoon by Dr. John M. J. Kaunick. health officer, and Sanitary officers William E. Orr and Da\ id H. Ellinger. There will be abso lutely no danger from infection what ever. Every piece offered has come from homes which are very cleanly in every respect. By nightfall it is believed the stock will have touched the 40.000 mark, as the contributions, instead of lessening to-day. have increased. Outlying dis tricts are sending their quotas, which means that interest throughout the en tire district is strong. The sale opens to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. Preparations for a rush j are being made by special arrange- I nients with Chief of Police Zell. TO CLOSE GRADE SCHOOLS AGAIN SAYS RAUNICK City Health Officer Declares Measure Is Necessary to Check Measles First, second, third and fourth grades of city public schools will close again next week, and orders will be issued barring children under 16 years of age from theaters and other public institutions. Dr. J. M. Raunick, city health officer, announced to-day, in a continuance of his plan to check the ; epidemic of measles. Dr. Kaunick said tbat he in not, ! positive whether he will order chil [C'ontinuod on Page :?] Riverside Folk Want to Know Candidates' Stand on State Police Residents of Riverside at the regular monthly association meeting last night authorized the secretary of the or ganization to communicate with can didates for the State Legislature at the primary election to get their views on the State constabulary and to ask them whether they favor increasing the number of men in this organ ization. The Riverside residents favor in creasing the constabulary. A. 'r. DICE COMING TOMORROW A. T. Dice, president of the Phila delphia and Reading Railway, will 'visit llarrisburg to-morrow. Tills will bo his first Inspection of the local proper ties of the company since Ills election. SCHOOLS CIiOSK APRIL 19 It was announced to-day at the City School Board offices that the regular faster vacation will begin with the close of school Wednesday afternoon, April 19. and will end when the schools reopen Wednesday morning. April 26. DEBATING AGRICULTURAL BILL By Associated Tress Washington, April 12. Debate on the agricultural appropriation bill carrying 124.500.000 was continued In the House to-day. Its passage is ex pected early next week. SAYS BOROUGHS SHOULD NOT HAVE LARGE COUNCILS Uniformity of Accounting and Stricter Health Measures Are Urged SHOULD PAY OFFICIALS Pointed Out That Better Men Could Then Be Secured Uniformity of accounting and book keeping, health regulations and ordi nances and the reduction of the num ber of councilmen in boroughs were among the topics discussed at the ses sion this morning of the Fifth Annual Convention of the State Association of Boroughs. A. M. Fuller, of Meadville, presi dent of the Allied Civic Bodies of Pennsylvania, talked on the commis sion government for the cities and boroughs of Pennsylvania and at. once launched a movement for reducing the number of councilmen. He rec ommended the payment of salaries to all councilmen, no matter how small the borough, and stated that in his belief, more efficient public men could be secured. In boroughs, with a population of less than 1,500 Mr. Fuller said a bur gess and the councilmen should be elected on a nonpartisan ticket.. In boroughs with a population of more than 1,500 his idea would be to have [Continued on Page 11.] Will Be Buried on First Wedding Anniversary; Death Due to Carbuncle Blood poisoning, caused by an in- I fected carinincle on his nose caused j the death of David H. Pond, aged 20, | at the home of his parents. Mr. and I Mrs. James Pond. 1330 North Second | street, yesterday. Young Pond, who was married just a year ago, was planning to celebrate ! his first wedding anniversary Friday. | A carbuncle developed on his noso a week ago and became infected. Funeral services will he held Friday ] afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Pond ' home. The Rev. .T. Bradley Mark j ward, pastor of Bethlehem Lutheran ; Church, will officiate. Burial will be made in East Harrisburg Cemetery. Mr. Pond is survived by his wife, Anna, and his parents. Tfo was a ma chinist at the Pennsylvania Steel i Works. PORCH-WINDOW CAMPAIGN FLIES OVER THE RIVER West Shore Firemen's Union Offered $lO For Best Dec orated Fireliousc The germ of the Telegraph's porch and window box campaign has floated across the Susquehanna river and has taken root among the firemen of the West Shore union. Colonel Henry C. Demming told the West Shore firemen about the plan the [Continued on Page 3] Denounces Politicians Who Are Trying to Tempt Justice Hughes to Run Washington, April 12. Senator Works, Republican, to-day coupled an attack on the army bill with a de nunciation of politicians who he de clared were trying to tempt Justice Hughes with a presidential nomina tion. "Partisan politics," declared the California Senator, "is ruthless in its demands and invades the most sacred precincts of the national government. It is seeking place and power where ever it can tind entrance. "Just now it is attempting to invade the Supreme Court of the United States. It is presenting to a member of that body the greatest temptation that could be offered to an American citizen—to surrender his place on the bench and become a candidate for political office. This attempt to bring the highest judicial tribunal of the country, or any member of it Into politics, should be resented not only by the member to whom the tempting offer is made but by the whole coun try." Youngstown Sheet Co. Buys Iron Plant For $2,500,000 Youngstown. Ohio, April 12. —Presi- dent James A. C"nmphell, of the Youngstown Sheet nnd Tube Compnny, announced to-dny that his company lias bought outright the capital stock of the Andrews &■ Hitchcock Iron Com pany al a cost ol $2,500,000, J OPENING DRAWS JUBILANT FANS OUT IN HORDES Bleachers and Stands Packed in All Major League Parks For "Play Ball" CLOSE BACE PBEDICTED Many Federal Stars Back in Line-ups; Teams All Switched Around By Associated Press \ New York, April 12.—With clear and fair weather reported from seven : of the eight major league cities, the opening games of the baseball season ! to-day will probably attract big at i tendances. "The American League's < initial contest at Boston may have to be postponed, but that is the only city in either big league where inclement ! weather conditions prevail. As in the case each season the two major leagues staged their opening j games equally between east and west, in the National League Boston is at j Brooklyn, New York at Philadelphia I Chicago at Cincinnati and Pittsburgh at St. Louis. Detroit opened at Cbl-i ] cago in the American League; St.! | Louis at Cleveland, Philadelphia at! j Boston and Washington at New York.] Changes in Line-up More than the usual interest cen-! ters in the first contests this season on ' (account of the many changes in per-, j sonnel of the teams and ownership of the clubs which have taken place since the wihning of the world's j [Continued 011 Page 11.] Horses and Cattle Burned When Lightning Strikes Barn During Storm Special to the Telegraph Wiconisco, Pa., April 12. An early j Spring electrical storm of unusual se ! verity passed over this section of Dau j phin county late last night. Lightning I struck the barn of A. H. Erdman, in j Wiconisco township, near here. it was completely destroyed, along with 1 seventeen head of cattle one mule and 1 live horses. Five head of cattle and i one horse wore saved. Crops and machinery were burned. The farm is owned by the Jacob liartman estate and barn was one of the finest In the upper end of the county. The house and small buildings were saved by a bucket brigade. The loss will be about I $5,500, partly sovered by insurance. DAVIS, AUTHOR AND WAR WRITER, DIES SUDDENLY Noted Correspondent Found Dead Beside Telephone in Mount Kisco Home By Associated rrcss Mount Kisco, N. Y„ April 12.—Rich ard Harding Davis, author and war correspondent, died at liis home here late last night from heart trouble. His body was found early this morning and he had apparently been stricken while at his telephone. Tie had gone into his library to dic tate a telegraph to a friend in New (Continued on Page 16.) Changes in Car Schedules Likely Says Mayor Meals Further changes in handling traffic now being considered by Mayor E. S. Meals may result in a revision of trol ley schedules on both the Harrisburg and Valley Railways lines, the Mayor announced this morning. Several experts on schedule work will be obtained. Mayor Meals said, to aid the traffic department in overcom ing congestion at busy downtown cor ners and the co-operation of both street car companies has been assured, he asserted. Part of the Mayor's suggestion pro vides for laying a switch on Island Park to aid 'cross-river car service dur ing busy hours. ENGLISH NOTE ARRIVES By Associated Press Washington, D. C., April 12. Great Britain's note replying to the American protests against the seizure of thirty eight Austrlang, Germans and Turks from the American steamer China rear Shanghai, was made public to day by the State Department. It fol lows the line of argument previously indicated, and contends the seizure Is .justified on tile ground thai the pris oners had been enna»rcd in plots against Great Britain In the Far Hast and were attempting to return home to take up arms. It contends that thev were not clothed with the immunity which wmil.i r-tlncii them to enemy subject* who i merely were liavelin* A LOCAL OPTION IS TO BE PUSHED IN WHOLE STATE Joint Conference Begun This Afternoon at the Common wealth Hotel LEADERS ARE ALL HERE Open Meeting For Tonight at Which the Governor Will Be a Speaker Plans for the campaign for election of members of the next Legislature pledged to local option were discussed to-day at a conference of members of the local option committee of Penn sylvania and the Anti-Saloon League here to-day. The executive committee of the for mer organization spent most of the early part of the day discussing pre emption of the name of the local op tion party and in the afternoon a joint conference was held. Names of candidates for the Legislature were suggested and discussed. To-night there will be a joint open meeting at which Governor Brum baugh, J. Denny O'Nell, McKeesport, chairman of the committee, and others will speak. Over fifty men attended the com mittee meeting this afternoon in the Commonwealth at which resolutions will be acted upon and the commit tee plans made known. I i VILLA MAY BE IN DURANGO T El Paso, April 12. That the American expeditionary I force has penetrated far beyond Parral and is near if not 5 actually at the Chihuahua-Durango border line, is indicated I in code dispatches receieved here this afternoon. It seems 5 certain that Villa, if he still lives, has passed into the mtun- J f tain fastnesses of Durango and is in a position to get in touch with the scattered bandi forces of that district. ! ' WILL APPOINT CASEY POSTMASTER , » Washington, April 12.—President Wilson and Post- ' 5 ' roaster General Burl won to-day agreed to appoint Lawrence ', J. Casey, postmaster at Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Mr. Casey is a brother of Representative Casey of Pennsylvania. There 1 k has boon a contest over tko position for sevoral months. PHILADELPHIA LOAN BILLS SIGNED 1 Philadelphia, April 12. Mayor Smitk to-day signed < > the two ordinances proposing loans aggregating $114,525,- 000. • The loans will go to the people May 16 for approval. ' $75,000 IN PERMITS T Harrisburg. April's building record was boosted A $75,000 late this afternoon when permits were issued to the J Messiah Lutheran Church for its now annex coating $70,000, L and to Augustus Wildmon to build two 2-story brick dwell- T £ ings on Green otroot, between Emerald and Soneca, costing I J $5,000." H: C. Wright, Stoolton, will build the ckurck annex; # i Wildman will build kis own houses. £ j T NOT SURI OF SUSSEX, SAYS GERMANY 1 f Berlin, April 12, by Wireless.—Tke German reply to j & tke America* note concerning the damaging or sinking of J X five "stramskipS contains tke statement tkat tke steamers jL , ! Englishman, Bagle Point, Manchester Engiaeer and Ber- ? " winaale were destroyed by German submarines. Evidence I is presented to show that these vessels were torpedoed J legally. The note states that a German submarine torpedoed 1 a steamship in the vicinity of the place at which the cross 9 channel steamship Sussex was damaged by an explosion, f but that evidence at hand indicates that the vessel tor- % —nai'n.'il wv :ae submarine was not the Suasax. f MARRIAGE LICENSES <' Jnmcn Kbj- Drexler and l.ctllln Marie (■rrrn, iHtjr. f Harry Fmnnclit Ylugat and Olive M. Boyer, IlummelatuiTn. Harry E. Hnliman, rlty, anil Uoldlr V. \N n«lr. Plkttonn, d •itOTfe M. (Gardner and Mabel Aiprr, York Springe. f CITY EDITION 16 PAGES TWO MORE DOPE DISPENSERS ARE IN POLICE NET; TO ARREST OTHERS City Detective Shuler Nabs Man Suspected of Federal Drug Act Violation Just as He Is About to "Shoot" In jection Into His Arm FURNISHING STUFF TO YOUNG GIRLS Accused Pair Steer Victims to Home of William Phipps Jailed Some Time Ago Say Officers; Get 'Tell-tale Note; Find Hypodermic Sets With the arrest of two men, under suspicion of aiding William Phipps of 1303 Bailey street, in furnishing "dope" to young girls, City Detective George W. Shuler to-day brought to light part of a big system which it is believed is being used here to sup ply people with drugs in violation of the stringent Federal laws. The men arrested were Donald [Continued oil Page 6.] Chinese Revolutionists and Government Troops in Many Bloody Fights By Associated Press Shanghai. April 12. • Three hun dred armed revolutionists of Hong Kong yesterday attacked 200 govern ment soldiers at the Anglo-Chinese boundary. As 400 men came up to reinforce the latter, the revolutionists 1 scattered. The casualties on both sides amounted to fifty killed and a large number wounded. The China Mall reports fighting be tween the regular forces of Lung Chi Kuang, governor of Kwang-Tung province, in the Shakee district as a I result of which it is estimated that a ' hundred were killed and many hun dreds were wounded.