Lack of Confirmation of Villus Death Reporf ? _ A HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 86 REPOR TS THA T VILLA'S BODY IS IN CARRANZA HANDS UNCONFIRMED Carranza Officials at Juarez Await Information From Official Sources That Would Dispel Any Ques tion of Doubt Over Report ed Finding of Body MEXICAN CONSUL SURE REPORTS ARE CORRECT Garcia Will Make Every Ef fort to Have Body of Bandit Chief Brought to Juarez Where Satisfactory Identification Can Be Made Troops Will Be Withdrawn if It Is Found Outlaw Is Dead By Associated Presi Washington. I». C.. April 17. Secretary linker to-day received a dispatch from \aco saying that General Villa was last seen head ing; in llic direction of llie place where reports yesterday said he was buried. The dispatch was taken by War Department officials 10 mean that the reports of Villa's death might lie true. The dis patch was immediately sent to President Wilson. By Associated Press El Paso, Tex., April 17.—Confirma tion of Mexican reports (hat Francisco Villa's body bad been exhumed at San Francisco Borja and was being brought to ('bihuahua City was still lacking at the headquarters of the de facto government at Juarez to-day. Gabriel Uavira. commander of the Juarez garrison, awaited information from official sources that would dispel any question of doubt over the reports of the finding of the bandit's body, but the Mexican telegraph lines are silent on the subject. "I still feel reasonably certain that the messages received Sunday that Villa's body had been found is cor rect," said Andres Garcia, Mexican consul, here to-day. "1 shall make every effort to have the body brought lo Juares where Americans who knew him, may make an identification that will be satisfactory to the American ) ople." A dispatch was received by General Gavira, commander of the Juarez gar rison, from Cusihulriachic af 10.30 o'clock this morning stating that (he body of Francisco Villa had not ar ri\ ed there at that hour. According lo the San Antonio op erator. last Saturday General Cavazos and Colonel Carlos Carranza, who were at Cusihuiriachie, received information that a Villa band was operating in tlie neighborhood. The Carranza offlcers with a body of men engaged the Villa bandits in a combat in which manv of Villa's followers were killed and wounded and some were captured. Wounded March 27 A Villa colonel who was captured begged for bis life and promised to lead bis captors to the grave of the bandit if they would not kill him. The operator at San Antonio said I bat General Ca vasios and Colonel Car ranza were taken by the prisoner to San Francisco Borja, where the body If; reported to have been unearthed. Hcports Conflict De facto government officials were not able to give any information re garding an unofficial dispatch from Mexico City stating that Minister of YY a r Obregon had announced that \ ilia s body was buried at San Fran cisco llorja and was not enroute to * hihuahua City. It was believed here that there was some error in the cable and telegraphic transmission of the Mexico City dispatch. Consul Garcia's information was that the body of [Continued on Page 7.] I THE WEATHER] For llnrrisburg ami vicinity; (lotttly proliititly Nliowern tbiN uiteriMMiu; lair to-nlitht mid Tucnilny; nut much cunngc In temperature; luwent to-ulebt _ about 45 degrcei*. For lOuMtern I'eiinnylvanlll Showers thin afternoon; fair to-night autl Tucxilay. Hirer The SuHtiiirhaiimi river nuil nil itn lirnneheN will probably continue to full Mteailtly. A xtagc ot about U.tl feet sn Imlleateit tor llarrtn burjt Tuesday morning. t.eaernl t oitillt loiix The Mtorm that wax central over extern North Ituknta. .Saturday murnlnu, ban moved MontlieaNi wartl wltli Nome Increase In Htrengtli and now rover* n t<>«t ot the eastern half of the country with Its renter over the l.ake Su perior region. It hax caused i showers in the last twenty-four ' hours generally over the Upper Mississippi Valley and the I nkc Region, It Is - to Itl degreen cooler than on Saturday morning- In (he Unit States mid In the >lla»»iiri \ alley, with freezing temperature |'„ I Eastern South Dakota, and S to 14 deitrecM warmer over nearly nil the eaatern halt of the coun try. Temperature; S a. in.. 48. Sun: Hlar*, siSil a. ni.; set*, if: 10 p. m. Moon i Full moon, to-morrow, 12:07 a. m. Itiver Stage; 11.4 feet above low water mark. Ye«tertla> 's Weather Highest temperature, 117. I.owrst temperature. :tl>. 11 ran tempernture. IIS. Normal teinperature, 51, nv CARRIER « CENTS A V.'EiTK. MXGI.E COPIES A CENTS. OUTLAW CHIEF WHO DIES COMES TO LIFE APPARENTLY AT WILL >« qw PREPARING TO REMEDY DAMAGE OF HIGH WATER Depressions Along River Front Will Re Filled in "Without Harming Turf While the recent rains have softened \ (he ground (o such an extent as to make outside improvement work al j most Impracticable for a few days, City Commissioners Gross, Lynch and Bowman are ready to proceed with their respective programs before the end of the week. To-day Assistant Park Superin tendent Forrer arranged for some planking that will be needed to trans port the wagons laden with new "till" for the river slopes from "llard scrable" northward. In several places [Continued on Page Sl.] Rules That All Employes May Recover Damages From Interstate Roads By Associated Press Washington, D. C., April 17. The ] Supreme Court to-day so constructed the various Federal appliance acts so that all employes, no matter whether ! engaged at the time in interstate or in terstate commerce may recover dam ages for injuries occurring through failure of interstate commerce railroads to comply witli the safety appliance j law. Police Chief Orders Eye Kept on Ball "Pool" Men Chief of Police J. Thomas Zeil an nounced this morning that the force i will be instructed to lie on the lookout I for persons conducting baseball pools ■in Ihe city. It is said that a number | of I hem have iieen started with the opening of (he major league baseball ■ season last week and every effort will [ be made io arrest any offenders. OHO-O-Ot LIST TO THIS! Clerical Force In County Commission ers Almost Certain It Was a Bomb For five exciting minutes this morn ing (lie clerical force in the county commissioners' office thought it hail I a real bomb in its midst. Just before llie commissioners he pan their session a delivery boy called at the office with a curious round package addressed to Chief Clerk Ed. H. Fisher. Before Mr. Fisher had un | wound the wrappings former Sheriff I Wells interposed a suggestion (hat made everybody sit up and take abrupt | nootice. "Hadn't you better soak that 'in water first?" inquired Mr. Wells quietly. "Wh-hat!" demanded Mr. Fisher. "Who? Me? Why?" "Looks to me." went on the former j bailiff of Dauphin calmly, "like an I infernal machine—or at least a ! bomb!" I The clerical force pondered the | problem for quite a while until .Air. 1 Fisher plucked up courage and bravely unwrapped the package. Within | were a pair of individual butter 1 dishes. ESTABLISH BASK ON CRKTE By Associated Press Athens, April 16. The entente allies have established a naval base in Suda bay on the north coast of thp Island of Crete. Crete, which formerly was an autonomous slale under Turkish suzerainty, governed by a high coiii | mission or the great, powers, was for jmally annexed by Greece in 1911 HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, APRI L 17, 1916. WINDOWBOX PLAN ENDORSED BY CIVIC CLUB Mrs. George W. Reily Intro duced Commendatory Reso tion at Meeting Today The Telegraph's Porch and Window] Box campaign was heartily endorsed this afternoon by the Harrisburg Civic Club at its annual meeting. After some discussion of the plan for beautifying the city, rtie following res olution, presented by Mrs. George W. ! Reily and seconded by Mrs. Edwin S. Herman, was passed unanimously: Whereas. The llarrisburg; Tele graph is endeavoring lo hcautify (lie city liy urging (lie placing of porch ami window boxes, lie it Resolved. That (he Civic Club at Harrisburg endorses this most attractive and most, progressive movement, antl lhat we cxprcas lo Mr. K. .1. Stackpole our deep interest in the plan ami our hope lhat it will prove successful. The Civic Club superintended the Telegraph's flower contest last year, and it was largely through the instru [Continued on Page 12.] Hangs to Ferry Cable Fifteen Minutes When Canoe Is Capsized Rushing at express train speed down stream, a canoe carrying Clyde Guinlvan and Samuel Hooker caught on the barely submerged cable that establishes ferry communication be tween (lie shore and Independence Island, and before (he intrepid canoe ists realized their danger, the frail craff capsized The current was deadly swift; the light of a late Saturday afternoon was waning. Roth boatmen, struggling in the water screamed for help. Looker swam for the overturned canoe and clung desperately to the craft until help came. Guinlvan, as he passed over the bidden cable, grabbed despairingly for the stout wire, caught it—and held on. " Fred W. Dinger and Edward Hooker who heard the cries hurried to the rescue and after a stiff battle in the racing stream opposite "Hardscrabble" the youths were brought in. Guinivan was in the water fifteen minutes. Now Hubby Take Off Your Boots and Spurs When You Go to Bed Listen, Madam, if TOUR husband insisted upon going to bed night after night with his revolver, spurs and boots on. would YOU ask for a di vorce ? Mrs. Mayme K. Martinez. of McKeesport. considers such acting "cruel and barbarous treatment" and made Ibis the basis of her complaint in seeking a divorce from her husband. Dion Martinez, a Cuban civil engineer. The Martinez', by the way, were mar ried in Harrisburg. While they were living at San Luis, the wife said, her husband for weeks al a time would come home and retire without taking off his boots and spurs. Later her husband wrote to her nar cn(s, Mrs. Martinez said, saying that unless tliey senl him morley he would kill his wife and himself. The money was sent lo him. Mrs. Martinez Is living with her parents in McKeesporl and declares that her husband has not contributed to Ihe support of herself or their son. She got the divorce. BOTH INFANTRY ARMS QUIET IN VERDUN REGION French Rest After Successful Aggressive in Douaumont- Vaux District BOMBARDMENT CONTINUES Italians (Jain Slight Territory After Hard Fighting With Austrians After temporarily assuming the ag gressive in the Verdun battle, launch ing attacks in the Douaumont-Vaux region which are declared to have gained them some ground, the French yesterday and last night held their Infantry in check. Neither was there any move by the German infantry arm, according to this afternoon's Paris bulletin. Apparently a new movement of some importance is preparing west of the Meuse. , Heavy bombardment of the French positions in the Avocourt region and along the line for some distance northeast, including the Dead Alan's Hill sector, has been mentioned iti several recent official statements by the French war office and similar artillery activity is again recorded to day. Although Rome lia3 reported heavy fighting on the Austro-Italian front, | with success for (he Kalians, (he cur- j rent headquarters statement, from ; Vienna mentions only small engage- j ments and records no changes of ter ritory in consequence. Riotous demonstrations occurred in Athens when an attempt was made to break up a meeting of adherents of i former Premier Venizelos, supporter of the entente cause. One report says I several shots were fired and that a i number of the former premier's fol lowers were arrested. French airmen are showing great activity in bombarding positions back j of the German lines, attacking rail- ' road stations and factories. The French war office also reports lhal "a vessel of Ihe enemy" was struck in the North Sea by bombs dropped from a French armed aero- I plane. There have been two recent, raids by French airmen north of Salonikl, ! Rulgarian forces at Strumitsa station being bombarded by one squadron and German positions at Bogantz by an other. On the eastern front (here are ap parently no notable operations in progress. FRENCH MAKE RAID By Associated Press Paris, April 17. Raids by two French aerial squadrons stationed on the Salonikl front are reported in a Havas dispatch from Athens. One squadron dropped bombs yesterday morning on Bulgarian forces assem bled at Strumitsa station. The other altack was made on German positions at Bogdantze. Both squadrons re | turned undamaged. Bibles to Cost More; Paper Advance Is Cause N'ew York, April 17. —Alarm ob lains among publishers of religious i books and periodicals over the ad vances in prices of paper, ink, leather and glue. Purchasing Agent Jennings, of the Methodist Book Concern, says its bills for white paper alone will ad vance this year by $130,000. and that ink, leather and glue will increase the sum to $150,000. An immediate effect Is the decrease in the grants of : pensions (o aged ministers, who rc j eeive profits from the concern's busi ] ness. The American Bible Society has just issued a statement explaining to j handlers of Bibles its inability to fill i orders promptly, owing (o advances in J prices and hindrances in railroad ship ments. It is slated that the 2-cent | Testaments will cost twice as much as formerly. ' BABY OtTDOl's IIIGII DIVERS New York, April 17.—Two-year-old | Samuel Wandouff fell four stories to the yard of his home yesterday after i noon, breaking several elothesiines on ! his way and landing on Ihe turf as j lightly as a circus acrobat. His mother, who saw him tumble from the window 'as she was cooking dinner, fainted. t'fion being revived she found the i baby sucking his thumb and heard Dr. ■ Nealon. of (lie Gouverneur Hospital. ] remark lhat he couldn't find anything ! the matter with Samuel but a few scratches, and those were several days old. TWO VKSSKLS SUNK London. April 17.—Tho sinking of a neutral ship and a British steamship was reported by Lloyds to-day. The Norwegian ship Glendoon was sunk by gun fire. The lost British steamship was the Harrovian, which was un armed. The Glendoon. which was sailing from Iquique, Chile, for Calais, was built in 1914 and owned in Chris tianla. Her gross tonnage was 1,918. The Harrovian sailed from Now York, April 2, for Havre. She was a comparatively new vessel, having been j built in 1914 for a London company. She was 385 feet long and of 4,309 tons gross. LOVE CHARM DIDN'T WORK By Associated Press Lancaster, Pa., April 17.—Washing ton. D. C„ detpctives here 10-day ar reted Lena Georgis. a gypsy, on com plaint made by a prominent young woman of that city whose name the authorities will not divulge. The gypsy persuaded the woman to give lier a diamond ring, which she was to sleep on, and upon its return to the owner it would act as a love charm. After securing the ring the gypsy left Wash ington, but was traced to this city by the magnificent wagon in which she traveled. ZEPPELINS FOR NEW RAIDS Special to the Telegraph Broekenhurst, England, April 17. Lord .Montagu, who recently resigned from Ihe joint aviation committee, speaking here, said: "Germany has sixty Zeppelins which by May 30 will [ bo available for use on lingland," NEW PARK RULES AIM TO PROTECT THE RIVER FRONT Commissioner Gross to Submit Regulations to Council Against Vandalism BUSY SESSION ON BOOKS New Engineer For Walnut St. Bridge May Re Chosen; Meals lo Raise Officers Proper regulations for the protec tion of the River Front slopes, wall and steps from acts of vandalism, will be incorporated in the new rules for the parks and playgrounds which City Commissioner E. Z. Gross, superin tendent of parks and public property expects to submit to-morrow for Council's approval. The rolling of stones upon the slopes to the detriment of the planting, the chipping of the concrete from the wall and steps, the battering of the globes of the wall standards—tbese viola tions are all provided for In a general way by the old rules but the park de partment officials will apply specific i measures to safeguard the water j front. Certain other changes to take care of contingencies that have arisen since | Ihe old regulations were promulgated , by (he park commission several years; ago, w ill he included in the revamp-1 ing. One of these relates to the speed I of automobiles and other restrictions j in traffic laws. Commissioner Gross: and V. Grant Forrer, assistant super intendent have been busy Tor several ! weeks revamping the rules. Other Business | Council's session incidentally prom- j ■ ises to be busy in other ways. The I j commissioners will open the bids for i lbs auditing of the city treasury ac i counts, proposals for which were re | eetvetl until noon to-day, although the j contract will probably not be awarded | foi at leas! a week. Mayor Meals will j offer an ordinance raising Plainclothes 1 Officers John Murnane, Paul Schelhas ]and Hyde Speece to ihe position of | detectives with increases in salaries ;of from $75 lo SBS per month; City Commissioner W. H. Lynch will likely submit the name of the engineer who! wil' prepare the plans for the new' Walnut street bridge, and City Com missioner Harry F. Bowman will sub mit his recently opened bids for sup ! plying the water department with valves, etc. for the year. The only ordinance on the calendar for linal consideration is the measure authorizing the construction of the new sewer in Nagle street from Front to Race. Twice as Many Bachelors as Married Men Go Wrong; Criminals More Economical By Associated Press New York, April 17. Unmarried ' men as law breakers outnumber mar ried men two to one in the annual re- 1 | port of the district attorney of New j j York county. This relative propor- j tion was maintained last year, when j 2.484 single men as compared to 1,-i j 244 married men were arraigned in j itlie criminal courts. The proportion I I of men arraigned as criminals in thei j list ten years is even more to the dis- 1 advantage of the bachelors 22,321 of them were accused while only 0.4H2, married men were charged with [ crimes. More crime was committed by per-1 Jsons between the ages of 21 and 30 I than by those of any other age. Few i men past 70 were convicted. The rec- I lord shows that criminals are becoming; more economical and are increasing| their demands for free counsel to be I | assigned by the courts. Except in i murder cases, the lawyers so assigned ' I receive no pay. Confession of Prisoner May Solve Puzzling Dorothy Arnold Mystery B.v Associated Press New York, April 17.—A confession said to have been made by Edwanl j ! Glennon. a prisoner in the Rhode ! | Island State prison at Cranston. U. 1., i I that he aided in the burial of Dorothy j Arnold, the rich young woman who mysteriously disappeared from this' | city six years ago. was being investi- i gated by police detectives here to-day. j He is alleged to have told the au- \ thorities in Rhode Island that Miss 1 Arnold was taken from a house in ! New Rochelle by a man whom be had i been hired to protect and removed to a house in the outskirts of West Point, ! where she died after a brief illness. The next night, according to the story I of the prisoner, he went to the West i Point house and helped bury her in a | grave in the cellar. "Motorzine" at 4 cents Gallon, Latest Motor Fuel St. l,ouis. Mo.. April 17.—"Motor | zine," a substance invented by AV. K. i Stevens, a St. I.ouisan, to supply a J cheaper and belter substitute for gaso j line as a motor fuel, was characterized by the superintendent of the Ford [ Automobile Company in St. Louis to day as one of the greatest discoveries of recent years and one which will revolutionize th? automobile industry. The results have been demonstrated to ' Henry Ford in Detroit. The average mileage of the new fuel is said to be twenty-seven per gallon. When mixed with crude oil or coal oil, the new fuel clarifies it at once, and j the heavier oil does not carbonize the [ machinery. Instead it cleans the en gine. The inventor claims it will bo pos- ; sible to manufacture it for about 4 cents a gallon in million-gallon lots. ltßlMi STKEI. RECORD By Associated Press Pittsburgh. April 17.—A new world's record in the production of merchant bar steel was established at the Du quesne Steel Works in March, it Is an nounced. A No. « 10-inch mill pro- L duced 20,600 tons during the month, j AMERICANISM TO BE KEYNOTE OF G.O. P. PLATFORM National Honor Put First and National Prosperity Second FOR PROTECTIVE TARIFF Defense and Preparedness Minor Chords in Ringing Slo gan of Republican Party Special to the Telegraph Washington, D.C., April 17. —"Ameri- canism" will be the keynote of the platform of the Kepublican party in the presidential campaign. There will be no fight between the two factions of the party over the plat form. as it was indicated there might be in reports from Massachusetts, where one element of (he partv is de manding that the tariff be made the paramount issue and another is de manding that foreign affairs and pre paredness be given precedence. Already it has been tentatively de i'C'oii tinned on I 'age 1(1] Children Barred Anew From Schools and Movies Sixty-nine now cases of measles were reported in the city over tlie week end and this morning the tirst four lower grades of the public schools were closed again in an effort to check the epidemic, which has caused almost 1,700 cases of the disease since Manch 1. Children under 10 years of age will be barred front motion-picture the aters and other public institutions dur ing the week also, according to orders issued by Dr. J. M. J. Raunick, city health officer. The epidemic is abat ing. however, and during the last few days (he number of cases has de- creased. With stringent rules in effect again this week it is believed that the results of these regulations will be noticeable later in the week. Yesterday city ministers again co operated with the health authorities in barring children under 10 years of ago from the Sunday schools. Dr. Kauniclc said that this was a big aid in the figbl. All of the city schools will close at the end of the sessions on Wednes day afternoon for the Easter vacation, reopening again Wednesday morning, April 2b. <L WOMAN OUT FOP CONC 5 | 1 i T for Congress in this Statr. 1 } ACCIDENTALLY SHOOTS SELF IN SIDE i y Harrisburg.—Ed. Geigcr, 23 54 North Seventh street, K I had a bullet removed from his left side at the Harrisburg JL Hospital this afternoon. Geiger said he was cleaning his j I gun. • I 4 RUNS INTO CREEK BUT COPS GET HIM ? J Harrisburg.—James Butler, colored, was arrested Sat- I £ urday night by Officer Ross who cha ares, *> 1 the negro finally running into the Paxton creek near Hem- f| X street. He was discharged at a hearing this afternoon. « | SHELL BEAKS NEAR CROWN PRINCE | q# Geneva, April 17.—1t is reported here to-day that the 1 Gei or g 5 his # I staff and a number of ccrrc . ithin T i I f the party. w Y FOR UNITED REPUBLICAN PARTY 1 I Providence, R. 1., April 17.—The Republican State 9 9 lvention to-day elected delegates to tl Cc f •r vention of the party pledged "to support as a candidate for. i President one who will have the approval and support of the |h £ United Republican party." j GENERAL GOMEZ ORDERED TO CHIHUAHUA fi < | Douglas, Ariz., April 17.—1t is reported to-day that 5 General Gomez has received orders from Minister of War f j Obregon to proceed with his troops to Chihuahua. General [ * ! Gomez left Agua Pricta last night for ColoniS Morolos. ;|" ' | VILLAREAL PLOTTING NEW REVOLUTION « * San Antonio, April 17.—General Antonia I. Viliarcal is I : | attempting to start a new revolution against the Carranza j > government, according to reports received to-day *by I Consul General Beltran from Mexican Consul Garcia at : i Laredo. y MARRIAGE LICENSES 4 iuKcnr 11. shnrl, anil Violet M. Huckrumlth. Mltlillrttma. ARUT'V Cacronie FIMIICI, Seven Ynllcy*, York county, nnd Carrie Crlc»tnJL r, Scitr.lnncl. C 1 *" * * ° » Hi A CITY EDITION 12 PAGES ONLY PROMPT ACQUIESCENCE BY BERLIN CAN • PREVENT BREAK Indictment of Germany Will Go Forward Either Late Today or Early Tomorrow; Will Press Submarine Issue to a Decision; Sussex Only Link in Long Chain of Evi dence COMMUNICATION IS POSITIVE IN TONE President Is Finishing Phrase ology of Note; Attacks oi Neutral Vessels Not Carry ing Americans Will Be In cluded on Broad. Ground * of Humanity By Associated Press Washington, April 17.—Announce ment was made at the White llou.v '■ to-day that President Wilson lide I practically completed consideration o | the forthcoming communication to Germany, and it was indicated tha' S it probably -will go forward to Berii: late to-day or to-morrow. President Wilson, it was said hi) been steadily engaged on the note fi two days. He did not go to churc yesterday but worked practically a day examining evidence submitted I' th« State Department. The document, officials said, wi' press the submarine issue to a dt [Continued on l'ago 12.] ACTION POSTPONED Washington. April 17.—'The nom nation of I .on is D. Brandels lo tl Supreme court was considered agai to-day by the Senate judiciary con niittee without action. Another meei ing will be held Wednesday. Tl» : contest is very close and there are it dications that the nomination ma be reported to the Senate without rei ommendation leaving the next ste. in the fight for the Senate Itself.
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