Mexican Snarl Does Not Postpone Disc U-Bosi HARRISBXJRG TELEGRAPH T vw\ r \- Q I BY CARRIEIi « CKXT!» A WEEK. LAA.W AO, o-t MNUI.i: COPIES 3 CENTS. VILLA BANDITS SWOOP DOWN ON SUPPLY TRAIN; DRIVEN OFF; STRENGTHEN PATROLS Beaten Back With One Dead in Short Fierce Attack on Auto Truck; 19,000 Regu lars Are Guarding Border While More Troops Have Been Hurried Into Mexico to Protect Lines of Com munications CARRANZA FORCES ARE BEING WATCHED In Position to Cut Lines at Casas Grandes Should Break Come; Battle of Parral Is Reported to Have Raged Desperately For Three Hours; 150 Mexi cans and One American Killed fiy Associated Press General Pershing's Camp at Front, April 12. (Via Aeroplane to Chihuahua April 13, via K1 I'aso Junction, April 14.) About forty mounted men be lieved to lie Villa soldiers of General Tarango's command attacked last rtlght an automobile supply train and were driven off after a short fight. There were no American casualties. One Villa bandit was killed. General Pershing moved bis camp south yesterday, penetrating far into Villa territorj where lie found num erous de facto government detach ments under General Garza who gave the Americans a friendly greeting and co-operation. Aeroplanes were first to reach this new front. General Persh ing traveled liore in an automobile train of supply trucks, which made a record-breaking trip. The light, which occurred about 3 o'clock, was several miles in the rear of the automobiles carrying General Pershing and his escort, it lasted about twenty minutes. When the ban dits who tried to capture one truck, came up, the Americans poured in five volleys which ended the fight com pletely. There were two attacks, the first a slight one and direct) d against forward truck. The last attack was a rush against the rear trucks during which bullets flew against the automo biles. The American soldiers thought i they hit some of the bandits. Harry Gosnear, of the autotruck train, a resident of Philadelphia, got a bullet through his hat. El Paso. April 14. More than 19,000 United States regulars are guarding the Mexican border from Brownsville, Texas, to San Diego, Calif., to-day while hurried troop movements southward from Colum bus. X. M.. show that the line of com munications reaching over 400 miles into Mexloo is being rapidly strength ened to meet any emergency. American scouts are watching the Pulpito pass, which leads' from Sonora into the Casas Grandes district of Chihuahua State for the appearance of General Arnulfo Gomez, command ing 2,500 Carranza infantry and cavalry. General Gomes is awaiting orders from the Mexican minister of war. General Obregon, to meet in Chihuahua for the announced pur pose of taking up the pursuit of Villa, in the event of trouble with the de faeto government General Gomez would be in position to strike the line of American communications at Casas Grandes. There are uncomfirmed reports that th<» battle In Parral in which a de tachment of 140 American cavalry men were attacked by citizens was more desperate than indicated in the Mexican official advices and that it lasted for three hours. One report bad it that more than 100 Mexican civilians and Carranza soldiers were killed and wounded and that one Am erican soldier was killed and several wounded. Fear For I". S. Troops Army officers are deeply concerned [Continued on Page 7.] THE WEATHER For Hnrriibnrg nn«l vicinity: rinlu till* afternoon, followed !»> fnlr wcntlter to-nlislit an22 North Kighteenth street. The body was turned over to C. H. Mauk, un [ del taker. " LET $350,000 CONTRACT FOR RLAST FURNACE Second ('nit of Proposed Bat tery :it Steel ton Plant Is Already Started Contract has been awarded and work started on a new modern. 500- ton capacity blast furnace to cost ap proximately $350,000 at the Steelton plant of the Pennsylvania Steel com pany, it was announced by General Manager Quincy Bent this morning. The contract for excavations and concrete work has been awarded to the Raymond Concrete Pile Company, New York City, and the contract for steel work and erection of steel to the Pennsylvania Kngineering Works, New Castle, Pa. The Raymond Concrete Pile company already has a gang of workmen on the ground and excava tions have been started. Work will be pushed rapidly and it is expected to [Continued on Page M] CROWDS SWARM ANEW INTO BIG . RUMMAGE SALE Hundreds or More Women and Girls ".lust About Working Their Heads Off" What mattered it that one of the >; most active of the young salesladies .got no breakfast this morning; what - mattered it that the rain poured and i the cry for additional Roods to satisfy • the insistent demand of a "rummage | mad populace" amounted to a wall of [Continued on Pago j|.] Will Complete Plans For Keystone Banking Co. Augustus Lntz, real estate agent of I 309 North Second street, said to-dav .'that plans for the organization of the . Keystone Banking Company will be . completed within ten days. The new institution will be located at Third and Calder streets. Mr. T,utz is one . of the prime movers in the new enter prise which will Include a number of prominent businessmen. Mr. Butz I added: : "I purchased the property a short • time ago. The building will be re ■ modeled. It is proposed to start at an early date."' HARRISBXJRG, PA„ FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 14. 1916, THE BRUMRAUGH '! PETITIONS ARE j CIRCULATED HERE Names of the Men Who Will I Stand For Delegales-al-Large All on One Paper SENT ALL OVER STATE i Plans Made to Have the Whole Batch Filed at the Capitol on Monday While men actively connected with! the management of the campaign in I behalf of Governor Brumbaugh have s refused to make any statement of the! | list of names of men who will run; as his delegates and alternates-at-large it was learneu to-day from various parts ol the State that the petitions! were out bearing the names of the) following, each set being on one paper: Delegates-at-large: Governor Mar tin G. Brumbaugh: Mayor Thomas B. Smith. Philadelphia: Senator William j J. Burke. Pittsburgh: Auditor Gen-j eral A. W. Powell, Glassport; Major General Charles M. Clement, Sunburv, commanding the National Guard: ex- Congressman Ernest F. Acheson, of Washington: e.\-Lieutenant-Governor John M. Reynolds: ex-Citv Solicitor James Alcorn. Philadelphia: Col. Henry W. Shoemaker, of the Gover- j nor's staff. McElhattan: William S. Aaron. Altoona: Bradley W. Lewis. Tunkhannock: Receiver of Taxes W. Freeland Kcndrick. Philadelphia. Alternates-at-large: Dr. Frederick I W. Brown, Franklin; Richard E. i t Continued on Page JI.J Blame Girl For Strike Rioting at Wilkes-Barre; State Troopers Attacked Sfrrial to the Telegraph Wilkes-Barre. Pa.. April 14.—Riot-j ! ing of a serious nature occurred in i the East End of this city and in Miners Mills last night. City police and State troopers were forced to battle | wit h mobs. The East End and Miners Mills lines were reopened yesterday and j crowds oegan to gather along their I routes during the early evening. No trouble was experienced until the last j cars were sent over (he line for the! night and then stones, bricks and ; clubs were hurled through the win dows of a Miners Mills car. State troopers alleged that Miss Mary Mcl Tale, 19 years old, incited the trouble and charged into the mob i and took her into custody. She i screamed and her cries brought! ■! sympathizers to her rescue by the: I hundreds. Men and -women fought with the; troopers and for a time the situation j was dangerous. The troopers drew their clubs and rushed their horses i | into the crowd. They spared no one. j and after many heads were battered I the rioters dispersed. Miss McHale I gained her freedom and has not since j j been arrested, but traction officials ( !say they will bring about her arrest. 1 ' Senate at Work on Army Reorganization Measure 'I Washington. April 14. The Sen-1 :ate continued work to-day on the I ! army reorganization bill under the rule limiting the speech to ten minutes | each. This rule will be enforced un til next Tuesday afternoon when by j agreement tinnl action on all amend- I ments and the bill itself is to be . taken. Amendments offered by Senators' , Smith and Underwood, to provide for; .j government nitrate plants to furnish I j i materials for the manufacture of cx- I plosives still were pending when tliei II bill was taken up to-day. SEVEN HURT IN CRASH f By Associated Press -j Wilkes-Barre. Pa.. April 14.—Seven ' ' j persons w r ere Injured in a collision; >| between a large jitney bus and a trol- I r | ley car here to-day. The bus was -j struck In the renter as it was crossing ? the trolley tracks in the southern sec >|tion of the ctiy. Five of the injured' j were taken to a hospital. The trolley i j car was operated by men who have j ] taken the place of the regular em ■ | ployes on strike. ANOTIIKK JICSS WILLARD By Associated Press Chicago. 111.. April 14.—An eight ! pound baby boy was horn to the wife I | of Jess Willard, champion heavyweight of the world, last night. ' SKI:K WATER CARNIVAL FUNDS I How funds can be obtained to j l finance the 1016 river carnival will be discussed by thfe recently appointed; ' water sports' committee Friday even ing, April 21. 1 HORRORS, GIRLS! FORMALDEHYDE IN TROUSSEAUX! Dr. Raunick, Coldly, Brutally, Talks Measles Quarantine Stuff to Pretty, Tearful Bride-Elect Mere inen won't Ret tlie tragedy of ; t his. ill all. Brutes! Listen: Within the next few days one ol | Harrisburg's prettiest brides-to-be is j due to add the plain sold band to her ! jewelry case. That is, the wedding j WAS scheduled, but—someone, small j j brother or sister, got the measles; And I . j to-day a cold-blooded health officer ! I tacked a quarantine card on the j . I house. , j Dr. J. M. J. Raunick, city health j officer, himself answered the plaintive] phone call a little later when the dis . traded bride-elect called up to de- 1 clare that the quarantine, the card and - things, ".lust couldn't be." "Sorry," sympathized Dr. Raunick H as gently as he could, "but quarantine, lis quarantine, you know. We're col— -1 lectins information now against vio ! lators. Next week we'll have to shut 1 [down the lower uraflg a.cboola gtgaip. I SENATOR GORE URGES TARIFF COMMISSION Raps Democratic Tinkering and Points Out Need For Expert Board MUST BE PROTECTION 1 SENATOR THOMAS P. GORE j Senator Thomas P. Gore, of Okla- ! homa, addressing the I larrislmrg l Chamber of Commerce at a noon | luncheon here to-day, spoke vigorously i ! in fav or of the creation of a permanent | | tariff commission for the I'nited States I and did not spare the tariff theories of , I' his Democratic colleagues at Washing- I ton In so doing. "Of all commercial undertakings, in ternational trade involves Hie fiercest j | competition," said he. "Competing! i goods from various countries meeting I in a common market engender com [Continued on Page 21.] Indictments Against U. S. Agents Will Be Asked in Tobacco Fraud Cases i Washington. April 14.—The govern i nient's investigation at New York of charges of collusion between internal : revenue collectors and tobacco manu facturers and dealers recently arrested in the alleged $20,000,0(10 internal revenue frauds has reached a stage, | olficials here have been informed, I where indictments Charging conspir acy may be asked in the case of a number of deputy collectors. The investigation has spread, it Is said to Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and other cities, and a thorough inquiry is now being made to determine if de puty collectors at those points were in collusion with tobacco manufactur ers who are charged with having evaded the payment of revenue to the government for fifteen years or more. Killed When Cart Passes Over Him at Central Iron ! ! Geo'ge Fercnst, of 1200 South Ninth I street, employed as a cart driver by ; Frank Capin died last night in the | Harris-burg Hospital from internal In juries received yesterday afternoon when he fell from his cart and the wheels passed o\er his body. The ac ! vident occurred at the Central Iron & Steel Company. Ferenz had been j boarding at the South Ninth street house. He has u wife in Austria. ORATORICAL CONTEST FOR SIOO PRIZES AT TECHNICAL HIGH Dr. John J. Mullowney, president of thp Harrisburg Branch of the Penn sylvania Arbitration and Peace So ciety, has arranged to have the an nual intercollegiate oratorical contest of his society held in Harrisburg this | year. It will take place on Thurs j day evening, April 20 at the Technical High School at 8:15. The colleges to bp represented are State, Bucknell, Juniata, Lebanon Valley and St. Joseph's. And as for your case— " "Oh. but you MUSTN'T! It can't be. Why, we've sent out the invita tions, fifty of them. And as for post poning. why—oh—Doctor—he's jjist I too dear, and " "Sorry," brutally returned the health officer. "But if fifty guests are ev liected the wedding can't be held at the home—not so long as quarantine lasts anyway, and " "Oh-o-o!" sobbed the voice at the other end of the wire, "how CAN you be such a brute-" "—And," went on Dr. Raunick in exorably, "if the wedding is held at the house, and the newly-weds expect to take a trip, the trousseau " "Oh. my things are just darling. Doctor. I've four sets of " " —Must all be fumigated!" finished Harrisburg's health officer as he re-' luctantly hung up the receiver, MAKE CITY RIOT OF COLOR WITH WINDOWBOXES Helen R. Martin Tells of Ra vishing Beauty of Quaint Swiss Towns REAL MISSION WORK Says "Beauty Makes For Righteousness," and Quotes Poets to Prove It By MRS. HELEN R. MARTIN No city in Pennsylvania—nor in the United Slates—has greater opportuni ties for beautifying itself than Harris burg on the Susquehanna. We leave It lo J. Horace McFarland to tell us how to do it. but we want humbly to plead a word for a little thing which could make our city fairly riot in the charm and beauty of color—window j boxes. The cities of Switzerland— I especially Berne —are, by this one j small device of window boxes, made so ravisliingl.v beautiful that to stroll through the streets of Ihose quaint old towns is to have the heart almost ache with the joy of it. In spite of her exceptional location on the picturesque Susquehanna, Har risburg has never, until recently, when stirred up a bit by the campaign of 1 Mr. McFarland. made the least use of her opportunities. But now that the i city government has begun to take [Continued on Page 1 I] Prizes Given For Boxes and Essays at Paxtang Prizes were awarded to the school children of Paxtang late this after noon for their efforts in making bird boxes and writing essays on birds. In i connection with the awards special I exercises were arranged and the sing ling of the youngsters was one of the features of ihe occasion. Prizes were I given lo the two boys who made the i best v.ren and flicker boxes and also ; to the two girls who wrote the best es says on birds. The prizes were offered and awarded by the Rev. H. | B. King, pastor of the Paxton Presb.v terian church and T. H. Loser, post , master of Paxtang. 1 " " Sj ■ CARRANZA MOVES INTO MEXICO CITY C Mexico City, April 14.—Genera! Carran::*, who arrived' f ... * shortly after 8 o'clock this morning accompanied by a few "» members of his staff. Ho entrj was unheralded and without C ostentation. 2 $46,000 NEW PERM ITS A Harrsburg. Building permits totaling $46,000 were I issued late this afternoon as follows: Harrisburg Lumber A 1 Company, two-story office building, Seventeenth and Nau- ■ | dain, $2,000; Dr. C. C. Conklin, two-story garage, South •Cameron, near Market, $20,000; William A. Mcllhenny, eight dwellings, Eighteenth and Market, $24,000. ' I i 1 I C-RAY-HEAD ELOPES WITH GIRL 24 j! ( Harrisburg.—'Frank Swart?, 63, and Ada May Swartz, if 24, his niece, Winchester county, Va., eloped to this city ;' !td obtained a marriage license. Swart*, whose first Ijj • tion | ! tc 1 ■! VILLA BANDITS ATTACK CAMARGO j Torreon, April 13.—Bands ot Villa forces to-dsy at* L tacked Cainargo but were repulsed according to reliable j •| advices received. Reports of the death of Villa have not I ! been confirmed. » ! < » JOHNSON ENDORSES REPUBLICANS V San Francisco, April 14.—"1 wish you, within your 1 ! party, an overwhelming success," Governor Hiram W. 1 < I Johnson, Progressive candidate for Vice-President, four | I years ago, wrpte in an open letter to-day to a group of can- I , j I didates designating themselves as United Republicans, up foi ' * ; election as delegates to Republican National Convention. ! i< 9 . FRENCH GIVE NAME OF COMMANDER r f Paris, April 14.—The American government is now in ; , . r of the information obtained by the French gov- • f . ! i erhmcnt which led to the assertion that the steamship j ' Sussex was torpedoed by a German submarine. Full de> 4 1 1 en to the name of the commander and number of the 1 1 : - nave been cormr the Ameri- ( I i 1 can government. ! MARRIAGE LICENSES •! T'IIOIIUIM lliluln WHrlck, L.lvfrpnol, ami - | rhrnter. ) 24 PAGES CITY EDITION PROOF OF GOOD FAITH WILL BE ASKED GERMANY IN LAST DEMAND Cabinet and President Under stood to Have Agreed That Presentation of Cumulative Evidence Shall Be Accom panied by a Request For Some Sign of Observance of Guarantees SUSSEX AFFADAVITS ARRIVE AT NEW YORK Survivors' Reports and Mat ter Gathered by Attache: of American Embassies a' London and Paris Part of Huge Pile of Diplomat!; Mail; AH Say Ship Wa; Torpedoed ft.v .lisoiiah'd I'rcss , Washington, L>. C., April 14. -Aftir i a prolonged Cabinet meeting to-ilay r j was announced that a coinmunicatio s 110 Germany would go forward : > planned within the next forty-els' hours. It was said the case was coi plete without the affidavits which a rived to-da.v on flic steamer St. Paul. The plan to present the A merles \> case with the accumulation of evi dence that not the Sussex alone, b . other ships as well, have been d stroyed in violation of German} . promises lo the I'nited States remain' 1 . unchanged. With the statement i ! fact will be a demand for evidence « II Germany's good faith lo make goc I . | her assurances. Nothing in the natu ij of a time limit will lie attached, it w. , j understood. . j The President and the Cabin [Continued on Page ll]