fuisu U of Villa §t Standstill Because Aiteci OH Tttops
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXV— No. 87
SNIPING BRINGS PURSUIT OF FIVE DEAD AND
VILLA BY U. S. TROOPS To™
Party of Officers Near Field
Headquarters Fired on;
Many Other Instances Re
ported; Raises Belief That
Expeditionary Command Is
Confronted With Serious
Problem
ARMED RESISTENCE
WILL MEET ADVANCE
Force Being Concentrated at
Three Points; Starving
Peons Readily Believe
That Americans Are the
Cause of All Their Misery
San Antonio, Texas. April IS.—
General Hell, reporting from
El Paso to Major-General Kuns
ton, nave it as his opinion, after as
thorough an investigation as he
could make, tliat the report of
Villa's death had been manufac
tured in Juarez. Consul 1 .etcher,
who said he had l>eeii in com
munication with C'usihiiiriachic,
also has failed to verify the it
port .
If Francisco Villa is not dead,
lie has now an excellent chance to
escape into the territory far l»e
--yond the most advanced of the
American detachment, because
the punitive force lias penetrated
about as far south as it is going
to with the present organization.
Official admission that it was
impossible to extend the main line
of communication south of Satcvo
was taken to mean that the lield
of operations would be restricted
to that district, over which de
tachments of cavalry with pro
visions for one or two days could
ride. Beyond the arc of that fan
Villa would be safe so far as the
Americans are concerned.
('amp of J. J. Pershing at thr Front.
April IT (By Motor and Wireless to
CoIUHtbUS, N. M.) April 18. The
American pursuit of Villa is at a
standstill because of the unprovoked
attack upon American cavalrymen by
the insubordinate soldiers of tlie Car
ranza garrison at Parral.
A small party of American officers
was fired upon near here last night,
none of the Americans being injured.
This, coming on the heels of other
reports of sniping, is responsible for
the belief that the expeditionary com
mand is confronted with a serious
problem.
At General Pershing's headquarters
iliere seemed no prospect of the re
sumption of the chase. There were
numerous indications that a continua
lion of the pursuit would meet with
armed resistance.
A report received here from Car
ranza sources that a Villa colonel,
captured near Cusihuiriachic had
promised to lead a party to a grave
in which Villa was said to have been
buried last Friday, is generally dis
credited by military authorities here.
Troops Were Kncainpcd
Newspapers published in Chihuahua
City reached here to-day containing
reports of the attack upon the com
mand of Major Frank Tompkins at
Parral. According to these papers.
Americans were encamped in the plaza
de Sanjuan. when despite the efforts
of the Carranza officials the Mexican
populace attacked them with firearms,
whereupon the cavalrymen fought
back. The affair was described as bc
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APPRENTIOES STIUKI:
Chambersburg, Pa.. April IS.-—For
ty machinists' apprentices walked out
at the plant of the Chambersburg En
gineering Company last night. They
claim the machinists, who are getting
a big premium for their work on war
munitions, are driving the appren
tices to extra labor without compensa
tion, and they want more money.
THE WEATHER
For VlarrinburK and vicinity: Fair
to-night anil \Vc«lue*da>; nut
much <*hanite 'n tenijierntnrts
lowi-Ht to-nlKht about 415 <U»|<recM.
For 10a*tern Pennsylvania: Fair
to-niicht and Wednesday; mod
crate tfmneratre; fre*l»u we«t
w ImN.
Hirer
The * UNCI uehn una river and all I(N
hrniirlie* will continue to fall. V
ntaire of about H. 4 t'eet Im Indi
cated for Harr|*burK; Wednewday
inorninic.
Cienernl Couriltlou*
The storm that HON central north of
the <>reat l.akeM, Monday morn-
Ins, IM pnMftlnu ofT the \ew Dim
land coast. It has caused show
ers In the Inst t%venty-four hours
irencrnlly east of the Lake Region
and the Ohio river, with some
snow In the interior of New York
State and west Kales 011 the
threat Lakes and In the Ohio \ al
ley.
A K«*uerftl rise of '1 to IK degrees has
occurred In temperature between
the Itocky Mountains and the >IU
SISNI|»|»I river and In Western
t anada.
Temperature: 8 a. 111.. 50.
Nun: Rises, 5:21! a. m.; sets, 11:17
p. m.
Moon: Rises, 8 p. m.
River Stage: IMI feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday** Weather
Tliahest temperature, fltl.
Lowest temperature. 4«.
Mean temperature. 56.
\ormnl temperature, T>2.
EASTER MUSIC
To Injure publication of I3a«fer
tnunleal prog r am* on (ho Saturduy
fhurcli paKe, chorlMterM of lh«* city
cbiin'bffi muftt xrml copy to tlie
Telegraph Kditorlal offices not later
than Thuradav afternoon, at 2
o'clock. Program* received after
that hour will not lie puhllMhed. The
regular weekly church notlcea will
l>e accepted up until Friday after
noon. at - o'clock.
L J
BY CAHRIRR (I CEJiT* A WEftK.
tiINGI.E COI'IES 3 CENTS.
WHERE AMERICAN SOLDIERS WERE KILLED IN MEXICO
ii .. M
SCCJIC
Tnmnilf«! 'J' 6 , 'i of . Pari ' al - a cavalry detachment under the command of Major Frank
in 2 if i Wednesday, April 12. The works of one of the i>i* American gold-mining plants show
(he hatk„roitnd. It has been reported, and denied, that much of this property has been destroyed.
COUNCIL PLANS
TO AWARD AUDIT
JOB ON TUESDAY
Seven Bids Opened Today Will
Bo Considered in Executive
Session Thursday
NEW JITNEY PROBLEMS
Adopt Rules to Protect River
Front Steps; Changes in
Police Department
City Council will meet in executive
session Thursday evening to consider
the bids for auditing the city treas
ury accounts for the ten years prior to|
January 1. 191 C, and the.contract will'
be awarded at the regular session of
the commissioners next Tuesday morn
ing.
The councilmen decided upon that
step this morning following the read- i
ing of seven bids. The proposals fol-1
i low:
Pittsburgh Audit Company, $2,970.
Frank A. Wilson, New York, no
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No Red, White, and Blue
Lights on Autos Here
Says the Police Chief
Antoists must have clear lights on!
•the front of their automobiles if they;
want to drive around in Harrisburg
at night, according to Chief of Police
.1. Thomas Zeil, who to-day instructed
the officers to arrest anyone not com- ,
plying with this regulation.
In explaining his action the execu-j
five said: "The State laws prohibit, a
driver using tinted glass in the lights!
on the front of the car. The glass
must be clear throwing a white light l
several hundred feet in front of the
machine. Investigations by the force'
showed that a number of drivers have '
red and blue colored glass and the
officers have been ordered to arrest j
any owners or drivers or cars with
these lights, if they drive at night in
j the city."
QI'AKKS 1.200 MILES AWAY
j Washington, April 18. Very se
-1 vere earthquake shocks were recorded I
during the night on Georgetown Uni- j
I versity seismographs. The shocks be
gan at 11.12 p. m. and continued un-|
til 12.30 a. m. It was estimated the
center of the disturbance was about
| 4,200 miles from Washington. '
PETITIONS ARE
FILED IN BATCHES
IN CLOSING HOURS
Brumbaugh Forces Put in Ex
tra Candidates to Care For
Possible Withdrawals
Petitions to place upon the Re
publican primary ballot for delegate
at-large the name of George T. Wein
gartner will be filed late to-day by the
Brumbaugh campaign managers ac
cording to reports which were in
circulation at the Capitol to-day. This
petition will be in the nature of a
"safety" one so that if any candidate
should retire. Questions whether it
meant that Mayor Smith would re
tire from the race were passed up. It'
is also understood that among the
alternate "safety" petitions which >
are to be filed is one for John T.
\\ ir.driin. Philadelphia architect.
Nomination petitions for the Gov-'
ernor for President came in bales to-
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HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 18, 1916.
DEALS BODY BLOW
TO ANTIDANCING
THEORIST CLAIMS
Miss Hanaw, Baltimore's Mu
nicipal Dance Hall Supervi
sor, Talks to Social Club •
WORD FOR 'BILLY' SUNDAY
Crusade Against Amusement
Based on Conditions,
Teacher Says
Some of the most cherished theor
ies of the opponents of dancing were
poked and punched and shattered last
i evening by Miss M.S.Hanaw,supervisor
of municipal dancing In Baltimore, in
an interesting talk before tlio Social:
\\ orkers' Club. Her subject was
municipal dance halls and municipally j
controlled street dancing,
j The meeting was held in the Public
Library and Dr. C. H. Phillips presid
ed. Bishop James Henry Darlington,!
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John T. Bretz Appointed
Captain of Company D
General orders from National Guard
| headquarters announce the appoint
} ment of John T. Bretz as captain of
(Company D, Eighth Infantry, Harris
: burg. lie was tirst lieutenant for sev
eral years and has a fine record. He
succeeds Captain Jerry J. Hartman,
; whose commission expired. Second
j Lieutenant Josiah P. Wilbur is ad
| vanced to first lieutenant to succeed
Bretz.
!
Baltimore Division Wreck
Delays Passenger Traffic
Trains from Baltimore anil Wash
ington were one hour late this morning
because of a freight wreck at Sparks, !
sixty-five miles south of this city. Sev
eral cars on an eastbound train jumped
; the rails, piling up nine other cars.
The wreckage blocked three tracks.
No person was injured. Train No. 71,
j a local from Baltimore, due here ui
10.45 this morning, reached Harris-,
j burg at noon. Train No. 5. known as
I the Buffalo Flyer, due in this city at ;
11.15, arrived at 12.05. Connecting!
j trains to the north and west were also
held up. 1
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO FIND
WIGGLY EEL
Thai's Just One of Many Cruel and Barbarous Tliiiujs Cath
arine Did to John, Explains Attorney
If President Judge Kunkel yester
day had only consented to liear the
application of City Patrolman John \v.
Hess for divorce from his wife Cath
arine, the records of the Dauphin
county divorce courts would have con
tained some mighty tough evidence of
how "cruel and barbarous" a wife can
be to her spouse.
But the court wouldn't hear the ap
plication. And that, too, is another
story.
John and Catharine, the court de
fined. had never been married, either
in the regularly accepted way or by
"common law" marriage. And. not
being married. President Judge Kunkel
couldn't see how they could be di
vorced.
■So Hess vs. lless in divorce was con
tinued and in the near future Ifess'
counsel, Attorney W. J. Carter, will
ask the court to strike the order of $3
per week for maintenance which was
made last January against John. It
was that order, by the way, that led to
the divorce court.
John contended that he had never
married Catharine and was not liable
for supoprt. <)n February 2. 191 H. he
beaan divorce proceedings. The
HARRISBURG BIDS
FAIR TO BECOME
"FLOWER CITY"
Men nii<l Women in All Sec
tions Working For Success of
Windowbox Campaign
STATE STREET LEADING
i
Furtherance of Plan in Ener
getic Hands; Neighborhoods
Are Organized
If all the plaits and activities now!
under way mature, Harrisburg will be
the "Flower City" next summer thai 1
Governor Brumbaugh In his letter to :
tilt Telegraph last Saturday expressed i
the hope that it will be.
Men and women all over the city are
working to that end. -In groups and 1
| individually they are doing their best
| for the success of the porch and win
dow box campaign started by the Tele- I
! graph.
Out in State street, where the move
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Senate to Begin Voting on
Army Bill This Evening
Hy Associated I'rcss
Washington. I). C., April IS.—Con
sideration of the army reorganization
bill was killed in the Senate to-day
with indications of its passage before
adjournment to-night. By agreement
voting on the measure with all pend
ing amendments will begin this even
ing.
Senator Brandegee's amendment to
increase the proposed strength of the
! regular army from 180,000 to 250,000
was to he passed upon. All efforts to
amend the bill yesterday were de
feated.
MURDER TRIAL. OPENS
Frenchman Accused of Killing (Jcr
man During Dispute Over War
Lancaster, Pa., April 18. Albert
Weynecht, a Frenchman, was put on
trial yesterday charged with murder
ing 1 lorace Shand, a German, on
February 12, near Elm, Penn town
ship. where both resided.
They had taken shelter from a
storm in a carriage shed iij a grave
; yard, and during a dispute anout the
European war Weynecht is said to
have shot Shand. He will plead self
defense.
| grounds wore "cruel and barbarous"
(treatment —and thereby hangs a curi
ous tale that might be spelled "tail "
First, however, get this: It appeared
that the policeman and his respondent
had lived together for years, although
they had never been legally married.
Mrs. Hess*contended that a "common
law" marriage existed. They'd lived
together; she had been Introduced
j round for years as "Mrs. Hess." John
declared he had never contracted to
marry her; said lie d do it when his
| mother died and when the estate was
settled. Mm. Hess admitted this too
Whereupon President Judge Kunkei
pointed out that to make even a com
mon law marriage the contract has to
be made and entered into; that the
man must propose, the woman accept
—and that they must live more or Ins
happily ever after together to legalize
| the common law provision.
But il the hearing had gone on,
i Attorney * arter said he was prepared
to show, among other things, this tale
i of "cruel and barbarous treatment."
fatharine. with malice aforethought
j one time deliberately slipped a reai
live eel into John's liquid refreshment
, bottle.
| Three More Bodies Believed to
Be in Burning Mass of
Wreckage
EXPBESS HITS LOCAL
Train Was Pulling Into Siding
When Struck in Rear;
Signals at Fault
By Associated Press
Bradford, R. 1., April 18.—A search
of the wreckage resulting from tlie
rear-end eollision of two trains on the
J New York, New Haven and Hartford
railroad here last night was still in
progress to-day in an effort to deter
mine whether it contained any bodies
I in addition to the five persons who are
j known to have lost their lives. It was
j the opinion of many persons who had
!>een at the scene during the night that
at least three other passengers had
been unable to extricate themselves
I from the burning mass. The known
I dead were:
j Thomas Boardman, Westerly, em-
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Inherits $40,000 at 61;
Quits 23-Yr.-Job, Weds
Baltimore. April 18.—Four weeksi
I ago Daniel Webster Clark, til years'
'old and a clerk for 23 years with the I
j Baker Whiteley Coal company, Inlier- I
• ited .$40,000. He threw lip his job on!
| the spot and Saturday night married
Mrs. Catherine Boucliat, 44 and di-;
i voreed.
I The Clarks will make n honeymoon 1
trip to New York, Philadelphia and At- ■
II antic City, after which they will re- !
turn to the new home which Clark has i
taken for liis bride.
Mrs. Clark admitted this morning; I
that Mr. Clark's fortune had hastened |
their marriage. They had been en
gaged for about one year, she said,
and had known one another for live i ,
j years, the first Mrs. Clark having died i
eight years ago.
Mrs. Clark did no! seem to be aware I
of the exact amount of money which
her husband had inherited. "But it
j must have been a lot, for him to be
able to retire from business at once," j
she said. "Besides, he gave me a 1
round sum to buy some fine wedding
presents with—at least, it seemed like'
a round sum to an old woman like me.
i though I wouldn't say that I'm exactly j
. old, either."
Mother and Babe Burned
by Oil Poured on Fire
Using kerosene to start the furnace
! fire at her home this morning, Mrs. I
| Alice Fissel. 2147 Alias street, and her
i two-year-old son, Stanley R„ whom
she had on her arm, were badly i
burned when their clothing caught;
fire as the flames leaped up in the |
furnace.
Both were rushed to the Harrisburg ]
hospital, neighbors hearing the'
i mother's screams. Mrs. Fissel and
the boy are badly burned about the!
| face and arms, but physicians believe
! they will recover.
CHRISTY TO WICD A MODEL
Betrothal of Noted Artist Is Tenta
tively Announced
Poughkeepsie. N. Y. # April 18.
, That Howard Chandler Christy, well
known artist, and Mrs. Nancy Palmer,
a beautiful model, are betrothed, was
admitted to-day by Mrs.
mother. Mrs. Mary E. Coon, following
, a visit of Mr. Christy and Mrs. Palmer
, to this city. They motored up from
New York yesterday and had dinner i
, with Mrs. Coon.
Before her first marriage Mrs. Pal-,
mer, who is 24 years old, was Miss j
Nancy «'oon, an attractive girl, emr!
ployed as a tobacco stripper in a local |
cigar factory. She was educated at j
. | St. Peter's Roman Catholic convent j
school here. Mrs. Palmer became aj
;! Christy model several years ago and;
i has posed for many of his celebrated '
■ pictures. No formal announcement ofj
i the engagement has or will be made!
I until Christy's matrimonial affairs are]
I settled.
FIRE AT BURIAIi CASE PLANT
Fire companies in the central dis-!
trict were called out last night to fight '
a small blaze in the rafters of the en- j
Kine room at the Harrtsburg Burial j
Case Company, South Tenth street. !
The loss was about SSO, but Fire Chief
John C. Kindler cannot determine bow j
the fire started. An alarm was sent
in from Box 34. The flames were seen !
by Samuel Krock, night watchman. A i
false alarm was sent in at 11:30 1
o'clock last night from Box 26, Third
and Muench streets.
ELECT STEEI/TON MAX
Charles S. Davis, principal of the
Steelton schools, has been elected one
of the five school men of the state to
co-operate with a committee of five !
members of the faculty at the Unl- !
versity of Pennsylvania to act as the
executive committee in charge of ar
rangements for the annual school
men's week to be held in the uni
versity next Spring.
<• THE OATH TAKEN BY TIIK < !
YOUNG MEN OK ATHENS «.
' » "We will never bring disgrace •'!
' 1 to this, our city, by any act of ' '
' ' dishonor or cowardice. We will '' |
' ' tight for the Ideals and the sacred '' !
' things of the city, both ulone and 1 '
( with many. We will revere and ' '
obey the city's laws, and we will ''
, do our best to incite a like rev- 1 '
, , erence and respect in those above ' '
~ us, who are prone to annul them ! '
, , or set them at naught. We will ,
, , strive increasingly to quicken !
, , the public's sense of civic duty. , ,
< ■ Thus in all these ways we will ,
■ > transmit this city, not only not i>
• i less, but greater, better and'more < >
• • beautiful than It was transmitted < .
• i to us." , ,
♦♦♦» l I» » 1 111 11 I ll* \
GERMANS QUIT
ATTACKS AFTER
MAKING GAINS
Abandoned Activity Following
Drive in Section Near
Chauffour Wood
TURKS CHECK BRITISH
Force Back Lines on South
Bank of Tigris; French
Planes in Raid
After their attack of yesterday with
heavy forces on the French lines be- !
tween Douaumont and the Meuse,
north of Verdun, which netted the
Germans some ground near the;
Chauffour wood, they have abandoned
activity in this sector for the time
being.
Even the artillery lire east of the 1
Mouse has not been unusually heavy,
according to Paris, but west of the i
river the first line trenches of the
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Jealous Lover Shoots
Sweetheart, Kills Self
Lancaster, Pa., April 18. John j
Singley. aged 28. of Manheim, fatally '
wounded his sweetheart, Emma
Schoenberger, 2«, of Utitz, at the
young woman's home early last night j
and then sent a bullet through bis own !
head, dying instantly. Jealousy was |
ascribed as the motive.
Singley called at the young woman's !
home and when she came to the door j
he said: "I've got a present for you." '
When Miss Schoenberger extended her j
hand for the "package" Singley fired I
two bullets into her body below the j
heart. Her condition is critical.
SHOT BY IHS FRIEND
.Wuviii falls Victim From Crowd and
Fires
Special to the Telegraph
Pottsville. Pa., April IS. Called
from a group of companions, Joseph
Durea, of Minersvllle. was yesterday
shot by a supposed friend. Dominic
Popsi. accused ot the shooting, was
captured as he was about to flee from
bis home. Durea is dying in the
Pottsville Hospital.
Popsi called. "Come here, I want j
you." When Durea complied Popsi |
is said to have shot him twice.
4ANS TAKE 1646 PRISONERS |
u 14, via London. French positions on I
yards 3 in the j
wer« captured by tke Gentians in tkeir at- f
tka War Ofce announced to-day. The
riso*»c 1646 uawounded men. j
AND LANSING IN CONFERENCE «
H, April 11, —Secretary Lansing and Presi- f
if«Tei this morning on the communication
i" vjcr*i«ny u* Buknrarine warfare wkick the President com- I
| f pl« rfh >•-; *igkt. L
<• RUPOXT OF VILLA'S DIATH MANUFACTURED f
S«'i Antonio, April IS. —Central Ball r g om El I
fr» Major-Gwarai Funatoa, gave it a£ his opinion, T; -
after at tkorotjfk an invaatijation as ha could make that I
tko report of Vilfii'a daatk kad been manufactured in f
ABQtriTH POSTPONES JfICRUITING STATEMENT I
i London, April IS—Premier Asquith will not make hi:. >
e.-.pc. r.>atmnMtt in tka House of Commons on the re- $
cruili*g qu»ption to-day. ' f
MAY CALL MILITIA IN STRIKE T
Hastings on Hudson, N. Y., April 18.—A mob of men i
which included strikers from the plant of the National Con- Y
duit and Cable Company stoned employes on their way to I
work to-day, later made a similar attack on the company's <
ioficers and this afternoon became so violent that Sheriff f jj
Weisendanger of West Chester county, gave serious con- f
sideration to calling out the State militia. I £
QUINN, "REFORMED GAMBLER," DIES
Philadelphia, April IS.—John Philip Quinn, known all 1 \
over the United States as "the reformed gambler," who for 1 *
more than twenty years devoted his time to exposing ;
gambling, was found dead in bed in a boarding house here * ►
I to-day. ' J f
I FRENCH CAPTURE CREW OF SUBMARINE. a *
London, April 18.—Tke Frenck have captured the sub- >
• marine which torpedaad tka Sussex and have made prisoner | ►
the captain and crew, says tke Daily Mail.
i i,
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lrvln H. «.rlni<li iiml \,um l(. \\ liltr, Uarynvlllr, —— l. 1
Jame« I'lioiiipMni i,,iii \mm M. Hall, ••Ity*. # >:«
Walter Vclilliiui'r. I'aliujrii, nnU Kiuinn J. I\Kxnilllrr, \en Ciiiiibrrlauil I
t arl (.raw, Hty, anil Martha K. Connor, Hrlnlot. ' L
i;" r l and Virile J. Iloniuaii, (irata. <?
I.arl F. St. t lair, Carbontlalr, anil Mia M. Hotter, Wllllamapnrt. f
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CITY EDITION
14 PAGES
U-BOAT CRISIS
TO BE DISCUSSED
BY LANSING AND
VONBERNSTORFF
German Ambassador Has In
structions to Talk of Sub
marine Controversy in
General Terms With U. S.
Secretary of State; Seeks
Viewpoint of American
Government
CABINET APPROVES
TERMS OF REPLY
Discuss Problem Without
Any Change in Situation;
Nothing Conies Up to Pre
vent Dispatch of Communi
i cation, as Planned Prob
ably Tonight or Tomorrow
By Associated Press
Washington, April 18. Count Von
Bernstorff. the Gorman ambassador,
acting- under instructions from his
government, will discuss the sub
marine crisis in general terms with
Secretary Lansing late this after
i noon.
I It was understood that the am
j bassador has no instructions to dis
, cuss any specific case now in contro
versy between the two governments
| but to take up the subject broadly and
to seek the viewpoint of the American
j government in the present situation.
There were some indications to-day
I that Ambassador Gerard lias been In
formed by the Berlin Foreign Office
of its desire to meet the wishes of
I the United States if it is shown that
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Ancient Cathedral at
Andria Destroyed by Fire
By Associated I t ess
Rome, April 18, via Paris.—The
i ancient cathedral at Andria. near Bari,
was destroyed by tire to-day. The fire
j began in the residence of the bishop.
1 from which Monsignor Seidi was res
cued with difficulty.