Mexican Snarl Does Not Postpone Disc U-Bosi
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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
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THE WEATHER
For Hnrriibnrg nn«l vicinity: rinlu
till* afternoon, followed !»> fnlr
wcntlter to-nlislit an<l Saturday;
cooler to-nlirht, wltli lotrcnt tem
perature about 30 degree*
For Eastern I'entiaylvanlut llniu
tlii* afternoon; fair to-night I.IIU
Saturdays cooler to-nltflit; Htrotiß
neat nine!*.
River
Moderately heavy raiiiM haw fallen
over ti««* frciter pare <»i ii»<- 9m*
<iucluinnii anlersiifd In the hint
twenty-four liourw and substan
tial rlneM have occurred In the
North Hrnnoh, Lower West
Branch and the upper main river.
\ll Ntrrumii will rise, hut unlcim
<<onnllernl»le more rnln occur*
than Tta* reported thin morning
no flood Mtatres are expected to
occur, except ponslhly In the
North Branch. \ Murc of ut
10.5 feet la Indicated for flnrri*-
hurtc Saturday morning with a
maximum ataue of between I I and
I ' 2 feet Saturday afternoon or
nlpfht.
(irnera< Condition*
The Morni from the t ppcr Mi»*i*.
fttppl Valley ha* moved enntunrd
with Increasing; energy and In
now central near Buffalo. ltnin
ban fallen alno In the SouthvicNt
with Nome unow In the Southern
Rocky Mountain*. A Nharp fall of
♦ to 20 dejsree* In temperature
han occurred In the Central Val
ley.
i'emperaturet S a. m., 4tt.
Snin Rlae* Tii'27 a. m.S net*. It 1 13
p. m.
Moon 1 Fall mo April IS, IlijOT
n. m.
River Sluttft 7.7 feet ahove low
nater mark.
cutrrday'* Weather
HlalicNt temperature, «7.
I.owest temperature. 4S.
Mean temperature, 5.5.
.Normal teoiperatore, 50,
f j ;
Made Record Flight in Mexico in This Aeroplane
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11 LIEUTENANT EDGAR S. GORRELL. LIEUTENANT HERBERT A. DARGUE.
Lieutenant Edgar P. Gorrell and Herbert A. Dargrue, now with General
Pershing's troops in Mexico, made a record flight the other dav when they 1
went from San Antonio, in Chihuahua, to Columbia, N. M.. n distance of more
! than 350 miles in less than .four hours. They inade a single stop, that at Casas
; Urandes, where they heard reports that Villa had iliert of bis wninds.
Lieutenant Dargue said: "There seems to be no doubt that Villa was
wounded: conversations with natives and with physicians having convinced me
t ihat he was shot through both Jc.gs and one* of them being broken bv a bullet.
While another shot lodged in his stomach A man in that condition without 1
• medical attention could scarcely live long.''
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HEAVY GUNFIRE
INDICATES NEW
GERMAN ATTACK
* Violently Bombard French Po
| sitions During Night; Infantry
Charge Expected
: I
S| French positions near hill 304 in
ilthe Verdun sector west of the Meuse
1 were subjected to violent bombard
ment lost night." It was an operation
| similar to those which usually precede
i infantry attacks and indicates that the!
next phase of the German assault on
■ Verdun may develop shortly.
5 Kast of the river there is reerudes
■ cence of activity on the part of the i
' Germans, although no heavy actions'
are recorded in the official French
communication of to-day. A small at
' tack on French positions south of
• Douaumont in the part of the line
1 where some of the heaviest lighting of
the Verdun campaign has taken place.
is said by the French War Office to
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UPWARD REVISION
OF TARIFF VERY
IMPORTANT--!. R.
Roosevelt Fears Disaster After
War I'nJess Change Is
Made
Oyster Bay, l„. 1., April 14. Theo
dore Roosevelt declared himself in
favor of a protective tariff as one of
ilie issues noon which the Republicans
must KO to the polls at the next Presi
dential election. He let it be known
that the tariff was not the main issue
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Boy's Head Crushed Like
Eggshell by Truck
Norman Brown. 11-year-old colored
boy who died last night in the Har
risburg Hospital from a fractured
skull, probably met his death, accord
ing' to Coi-oner Eckinger, because ho
was eitner trespassing on Hie prop
erty of the Sunshine Biscuit Com
panv or the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The boy's head was crushed be
tween the company's unloading plat
form and the rear of an auto truck
owned Vy the Biscuit Company and
' driven by Tolbert S. Sweger, t>22
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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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