Believed Germany Will Make Concess HARRISBURG dSE&ft TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 92 REDISPOSITION OF CAVALRYMEN IN MEXICO IS ABOUT FINISHED Concentrated in Strong Units Along Line of Communica tion 250 Miles Long; Re ports of Fighting at Satevo Are Not Credited; Gather ing Reinforcements BELIEVE PURSUIT OF VILLA IS OVER Army Officers Think Troops Will Chase Bandit Bands That Roam Country; Ex pedition, Ready For Any Eventuality, Will Recover From Vigors of March While Diplomatic Negotia ions Are Carried On By Associated Press Kl Paso, April 21. According to Mexicans arriving hero from Hie interior, to-day. reports have . been spread that Villa is coming north again with the object of at tacking the American forces. They say the bandit now has some :ton followers and will he joined later by Pedro Braeamonte of the Torreon district, who has 1,500 men. and General B.<uiquelos. whose command numbers 1,000 men. Kl Paso, Texas, April 24.—Neither General Bell, at Fort Bliss, nor mili tary headquarters at Columbus. X. M., had any information early to-day re garding a Mexican report that Ameri can negro soldiers had an engagement ' with civilians at Satevo. The report, j which Is not credited, said several negroes were killed. The redisposition of the American forces in Mexico as planned by Major- General Funston has been in a large measure completed, it was learned here to-day. The troops are now concentrated In strong units along a line of communi cation said to be not much more than 250 miles long. Reinforcements are also gathering at Columbus, X. M. Pursuit of Villa Over Ready to meet any eventuality, the American expedition will now main tain a military status quo while diplo matic negotiations go forward at ■Washington. The pursuit of Francisco Villa is over, in the belief of army officers at Fort Bliss. They believe the troops will now engage the small wan dering bands of Villa bandits that roam Northern Chihuahua. While the expedition is at its main bnsis it will recuperate from the rigors or" its rapid dash southward. Official admission has been made that the official advance forces have been withdrawn northward and it is understood they have been taken out of the zone where dislike for the Americans is intense. This withdrawal (Continued on Page 5.) Carranza Requests Early Reply to Note Suggesting Recall of U. S. Troops By Associated Press Washington. April 24. General Carranza has asked for an early reply to his note of April 12 suggesting that American troops be recalled from Mexico. Eliseo Arredondo. Mexican ambassador designate, sought an in terview with Secretary Lansing, but State Department officials declined to discuss the matter. Confirmation of the capture by Car ranza troops of Pablo Lopez, Villa's chief lieutenant, reached the State De partment to-day from Consul Fletcher at Chihuahua. THE WEATHER For Hnr rim bar ft mnl vldnlt.v: Part ly clondy an«l continued cool to. nlurHt and Tueftriay; loumt tem perature to-nlKht about 10 de terrent front In exponed place* to night. For Hantern I'ennn.vlvanln: Partly overcast and continued cool to night and Taenday: light front In exponed (ilacen to-night; light, nortlnvent wfndn. River All the trlbutarlrn will fall. The main river will rlner thin after noon* the upper portion will be gin to fall to-nlglit or Tuendn?-. \ ntage of about 10.0 feet In Indi cated for llarrlnburg Tuendny mornlng. General C'oadltlonn What remain* of the pernlntent lake dlnturhance In panning off the Southern Xew Kugland coant. Tliln dlnturhance han cauned light ralnn in the lant twenty-four houm generally over the l.ake Iteglon and the L'pper Ohio Val ley and thence eantward to the Atlantic coant. Temperaturen continue low for the neunon over nearly all tht north ern half of the country rant of the Mlnnlnnippl river, and tlic.v have fallen In the Rocky Moun. talnn nlnce lant report and arc below freexlng In Weatern Xorth Dakota. Northern Wyoming, Northern Montana and In flie Canadian pro* lacen. Temperature: 8 h. r ,%0. Sunt Rlnen, 5i13 a. m.; netn, p. m. Moon: New moon. May 2, 12:20 ii. ra. River Stage: 0.3 feet above low water mark. Yenterday** Weather II Ighent temperature. .~»0. I.owent temperature. 44. Mean temperature, 47. Normal temperature, Si BY CAKHIKH « CENTS A WKSK. SINGLE Cni'lEK 3 CENTS. HARRISBURG AND VALLEY RAILWAYS GRANT INCREASES Voluntary Raise of One Cent an Hour Given Men of Bolh Corporations TO BE EFFECTIVE MAY 1 Makes Minimum 22 Cents, Maximum 26, For Local Company The Ilarrisburg Railways Company to-day granted a voluntary increase of one cent an hour to motormen and conductors. At the same time President C. H. Bishop, of the Valley Railways Com pany, announced a similar advance in the wages of the motormen and con ductors of that lire. Both advances will take effect May first. President Frank B. Musser, of the Harrisburg Railways Company, said this advance will make the minimum scale of his company 22 cents an hour and the maximum 2fi cents, de pending upon the length of service of the employe. Harrisburg to See Last Big Parade of G. A. R. Veterans Here in June The celebration of the fiftieth anni versary of the organization of the Grand At my of the Republic will be a part of the program for the annual Ptate G. A. R. encampment to be held in Harrisburg June r. -1 0. Another fea ture will be the last State encampment parade <>f tile veterans of the Civil War in Pennsylvania. The local committee in charge of arrangements and including repre sentatives from local O. A. R. posts has appointed solicitors and makes the following appeal: "As the citizens of Harrisburg have always shown their loyalty to the Grand Army of the Republic on for ner occasions. It is hoped they will be liberal with their contributions when •he solicitors call." Wouldn't Let City Water Be Used to Scrub "Front Steps" Recause George Cobaugh, general utility foreman of the city water de partment, Saturday refused to permit City Commissioner K. 7.. Gross, su perintendent of parks, to use water from a fireplug along the park to scrub Harrisburg's "Front Steps" just north of the pumping station, the commissioner had to order up the Hope engine and pump the necessary water from the river. Neither Mr. Gross nor Assistant Su perintendent Forrer would discuss the matter at all and Harry F. Bowman, superintendent of public safety, was in Philadelphia on Saturday. He de clared to-day to-day, however, that Mr. Cobaugh had followed his in structions to the effect that the water from the fireplugs must be used only in the city's fire service. "Don't you use the plugs at times to flood the streets or to open up sewers?" was asked. "Oh, well, yes," admitted Mr. Bow man. "Of course, when we've got to open up a sewer for the highway de partment or some emergency like that, why we've got to do the best we can." "Why wasn't the park department [ permitted to use the plug stream?" | "Why should the park folks use the water at all? Why should they want jto wash off the steps and wall? Why ' not throw that dirt which had been ■ washed down from the slopes, back upon the slopes again?" answered Mr. Bowman. Third Daughter Elopes to Hagerstown and Is Wed; Marriage a Secret i It was an irate and blustering fath ! or-in-law that greeted youthful Sam niel B. Daugherty, 121 King street, city, Saturday night when that young j man, backed up by his blushing bride | timorously approached Mr. and Mrs. i Jacob M. Wagner, at their home, 19 ! North Front street, Steelton, and in- I formed them that he and their daugh ter, Miss Ruth K., had been wed some weeks ago in Hagerstown. | Just how much Papa Wagner I stormed as his youthful son-in-law ; told how, on the morning of Febru ary ", last, pretty Miss Ruth, aged j 18, informed her mother sl»e was going to spend the day with a friend in Har | risburg and instead met him at the Pennsylvania station, and how they j went to Hagerstown and were /wed ! by the Rev. E. K. Thomas, the youth jful husband declined to tell a reporter to-day. ftut he blushed at | the recollection. | But Papa Wagner, declares the son 'in-law had a cause to bluster. It is | this: Just about three years ago two ■ older daughters eloped to Hagerstown . and -came back as Mrs. Norman Hoff ! man, North Sixth street, city, and Mrs. i Harvey Huff, iJerry street, city, re -1 spectively. The bridegroom is the son of Mrs. ! Ellen Daugherty, 121 King tsreet, citv, [and is employed with the Peipher line I freight office. MAY BK TROY'S BODY | City authorities were unable to learn • positively to-day whether the body of • a man found in the Susquehanna river ; >efterday afternoon in Lancaster ] county was that of C, J. Troy. 144" j Rerryhill street, who drowned recently ; when .he fell from the Cumberland 1 Valley Railroad bridge Into the river. BIG SHAKESPEARE CELEBRATION* New York, April 24. The 300 th j anniversary of the death of Shakes peare will be celebrated all this week by ceremonies and exercises In the public parks, playgrounds, recreation centers, churches and educational cen- I ters here. These exercises include < plays, readings, dancing and games. HARRISBURG, PA. t MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 24, 1916. l' ARMY HOSPITAL IN MEXICO READY | '''" 9M?BS,,W ' Here is a scene In a hospital camp for General Pershing's forces at one of the advanced posts In Mexico Fortunately there has not been a large number of "patients" here yet. WILL NOT GIVE METALWORKERS EIGHT-HOUR DAY Seventy-six Pittsburgh Com panies Turn Down Shorter Day Demand 24,000 MINERS OUT Trouble Over Wages; Westing house Pickets I'se Clubs; fc Hasting-on-lludson Quiet By Associated Prcsx Pittsburgh, Pa.. April 24. —Seventy- six metal manufacturing companies whose -plants are located in Pitts burgh and the surrounding boroughs, announced in a signed statement to day that "after aue consideration" they would not reduce the working hours In their respective shops. The companies, said lo employ a total of almost 100,000 men consider ed the eight-hour question at a series (Continued on Pn»» 7) Conference Deadlocked Over Recognition Demands By Associated Press New Tork, Aptil 24.—The joint sub committee of anthracite miners and operators resumed discussion to-day of the operators' compromise pro posal to the miners' demands for an eight-hour day, twenty per cent, in crease in wages and recognition of their union. It was said that over Sunday the operators had indicated willingness to yield a larger Increase in wages than their original proposal of five per cent., but were still firm against recog nizing the miners' union. On this point the miners also are insistent and ; a deadlock appeared to exist when the conference began to-day. COLONEL ACCUSES WILSON OF CRIME AGAINST NATION Administration's Failure lo Prepare For War Called Ut - most Folly by Roosevelt Oyster Ray, April 24.—Colonel Theo dore Roosevelt declared last night that in the event of war he, his four sons and one and possibly both of his sons in-law would go to fight the battles of this country. This announcement was made in a statement in which he held President Wilson and his advisors guilty of a "crime against the nation" In falling to prepare the country against the emergency of war with Germany or any other great world power. Colonel ItOflMrvfh'N Statement The Colonel used solemn words and each word carried a sting. He spoke, [■Continued on Page 10] WILL RETURN MAIIi By Associated Press Washington. April 24. Six hun dred bags of parcel post matter com prising probably more than 50,000 sep arate packages mailed for distribution in Holland, are to be returned to the senders in America because the steam ship companies will not carry this mail, owing to the British seizures of parcel post consignments. HOW WEATHERMAN MUST HAVE YEARNED TO SEE EASTER STYLE! ' . I Chill Breezes Helped Him to Ample View of Color Schemes in Effective Hosiery Display in Harrisburg's Parade ' Raster's lather blustery breezes yes ; terday may have been beyond mere j man's ken, but they didn't pass the understanding: of the fairer promenad- J ers. figuratively speaking, of course. Never did sightseers obtain such am ple opportunity to view complete styles hosiery. STATE TAKES A HAND IN MEASLES RULE VIOLATIONS Determined to Stop Quaran tine Violations; One Man Arrested j INVESTIGATING OTIIEBS More Than 1,000 Cases Have , Been Reported in Harris burg Since Ma reft 1 Determined to break up the report ed quarantine violations in Harrisburg land vicinity, the State Department of Health has taken a hand in the in vestigations, causing the arrest of Harry Rodkey, charged with entering the home of H. O. Hoffman, 3009 North Sixth street, which was pla carded and quarantined at the time for measles. This is the first arrest made here for quarantine violations, but investiga tions are now under way which may result in more prosecutions. Rodkey was brought before Alderman George A. Hoverter. and plead guilty. Sen tence was passed to pay the cost of prosecution, but this was suspended with the consent of the State Depart ment. George A. Hetrick, health officer for the State in Susquehanna township i made the information against Rodkey. Every effort is being made by both State and city authorities to check the outbreak of measles here, and more arrests may follow because of willful ! quarantine violations, j More than 1,600 hundred cases of ! the disease have been reported in Har risburg alone since March 1, and the State authorities are having the same trouble with outbreaks in nearby places. Health officers in various . i townships are keeping a close watch i on all cases, and in some instances have found children suffering from 11 measles, who were being treated with "home remedies." GARBAGE PLANT SHOULD EARN, NOT COST CITY MONEY Raunick Points Out How Other Cities Operate Business at Profit That municipal control and owner ship of a garbage reduction plant, would eventually save the city money, be more efficient and could probably be operated in a few years at a profit, was the opinion expressed this morn inr by Dr. J. M. J. Raunick, city health officer, in discussing the situa tion in this city at present, in regard to garbage and ash collections and the disposal of the rubbish. The health officer went on to say [Continued on Page 5.] INQUEST ON CHILD'S DEATH An inquest will be held to-morrow night by Coroner Eckinger into the death of two-year-old 1... Leroy Shees ley. son of Mr. and Mrs. John Sheesley, of Lucknow. who died in the Harris burg Hospital' last week from injuries he received when run down by a Rock ville car of the Harrisburg Railways Company. IMAM. DRIVEN OFF By Associated Press Eondon, April 24. —A hostile aero plane appeared over Dover this morn ing and was attacked by British guns. It was driven off and dropped no bombs. Early morning weather promises were pretty fair and My hurried her morning service toilette; by church time, however, the clouds were piling up somewhat and the occasional show ers were preparing -to throw cold wa {Continued on Page 7? * FRENCH CONTINUE NIBBLING AWAY I ON TEUTON LINE Make Progcss in Hand Grenade Attack Infantry Gen erally Inactive _ H E A V Y BOMBARDMENT Continued Firing Presages Re sumption of Fighting in Dead Mail's Hill Region Again there is a comparative lull in the Verdun battle, the Infantry on both sides remaining generally in active. The French have been nibbling away at the German lines just west of the Meuse, however, and report making future progress in a hand grenade attack northwest of the Caurettes wood. Apparently there is soon to be a resumption of the heavy fighting in the Dead Man's Hill region, for a heavy bombardment is In progress , there. Hears Czar Was Hit by Aviator's Bomb | Berlin. April 24. A narrow escape : for Emperor Nicholas of Russia from j death by bombs dropped by an Austrian | airman, uuring a erent visit of the | Emperor to a southern sector of the I Russian line, is reported in Stockholm | advices received by the Overseas News I Agency. | "Tlie Emperor was reviewing the troops in company with General Brus j siloff (commander of tlie Russian forces on the southwestern front) when ::ud : denly an Austro-Hungarian ilier ar>- 1 ; peared aid dropped numerous bombs ; which landed among the troops, who fled In disorder," says the news agency ' statement. "The Emperor . according j to the reports, was hurt and had a nar -11 row escape, the incident c sing him ; entirely to lose his seif-possesrion. In [Continued on Page 3] SECOND STREET BOWER OF PLANTS DURING SUMMER Ladies Are Working Hard to Make tlie Thoroughfare First in Window and Porch Boxes Good work is being done by ladies who are interested in making Second street a thoroughfare of flowers the coming summer. Large numbers of Second street people have entered heartily into the Telegraph's City Beautiful campaign and scores of porch and window boxes will adorn the handsome residences in which the street abounds. Among those announced to-day as having gone into the .vindow box eant [Continucd on Page 3] ( Light Frost In Exposed Places Says Forecaster; River to Go to 10 Feet Light frost is expected in exposed places according to the forecast of E. R. Demaln, in the local United States Weather Bureau Office, with a dtop in temperature to 40 degrees. The cool weuther, which will be 14 degrees below the normal tempera ture. will continue to-morrow and un settled weather is expected during the latter part of the week. The river will rise to ten feet to morrow morning, because of recent rains general over this section of the country. Two Prisoners Set Fire to Bed in Suicide Attempt , Harry Hallmnn and Abraham Scott two prisoners In the Dauphin county jail, attempted suicide Saturday night l , in the same cell In the prison, bv set ting their beds afire. Attendants I noticed the smoke which filled the corridors, and rescued the two men before they had been seriously burned The men had been arrested Saturday afternoon just us they were about to steal a boat at Front and Calder | streets. They broke down the door of i the detention cell after they had been [placed there for safe keeping COLORED NURSERY TO BE ABANDONED; IS TOO EXPENSIVE Poor Board Declares Children Can Be Kept More Kconomi- i cally Elsewhere FINDS MISMANAGEMENT Plans to Send Tubercular Youngsters to Slate Sana torium at Cresson "The only inquiry or investigation i that w ill be made by the Poor Direct - j Qi's into the conduct of the colored nursery home at 1012 North Seventh I street will be with a view to abandon- j ing it because of the expense," de clared W. J. Kayles, chief clerk to the Poor Board, in discussing the reports of a possible probe. "The bills which have been pre- ! sented by the matron of the home 1 have been promptly paid, but our rec- ! ords show that the home is costing the county approximately $1 a day per capita," he continued. "This is ex clusive of the clothing and supplies, [Continued oil Pane 3] Unearth Huts of Hessians Who Drove Americans From Manhattan Island in 1776 By Associated Press New York, April 24. Forty-five huts erected and tenanted in 1776 by i the army under General William 1 Heath, British and Hessian troops who drove the Americans from Manhattan island in the battle of Washington j Heights, have been unearthed at ; Broadway and 203 rd street, near the | old Dyckman Mansion. The site is soon to be turned over to the city as an historical park. The huts occupied first, by American and then by the British and Hessian troops, were composed in part of j bricks, stood In three rows and con tained many relics, including English iand Hessian coins, quartz arrow heads j and broken china. Buttons and belt I buckles of tlie Seventeenth Leicester shire Fool, Fourteenth Buckingham shire, Coldstream Guards. Twenty third Welsh Fusilliers and Two Black , Watch regiments and an Inniskilling j regiment were found. Some of the * huts will be reconstructed in the park. «*UV Wrw»lA> W »«<I/WP{ C NAVY BILL CARRIES $217,672,174 I Washington, April 24.—The naval appropration bill for L 9 the fiscal year 1917, framed, by a house aul tee and ' , I - carries $217,672,174 » - for the cu pear. i * 1 , f PUBLIC EXECUTION FOR LOPEZ > I ; El Paso, April 24.—Public execution in the plaza at \ ', Chihuahua City is to end the career of Pablo Lopez, the < J i Villa bandit captured Saturday, near Santa Ysabel, accord- I 1 | ing to passengers arriving here to-day. A similar fate await > g » < ® the three men taken with Lopez. > 1 STRIKERS WANT TROOPS KEPT AWAY L J I Pittsburgh, April 24.—More than a thousand strikers , attended a mass meeting near the Westinghousc works at \ | s noon, and istened to speakers, one of whom advised the [ I men to arm themselves if as reported, the State constabu- Ilary was to be brought in. They adopted a resolution ask- ing Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh to keep the troopers ? out of East Pittsburgh. BRANDS PEACE RUMORS AS INVENTIONS I Berlin, April 24, by Wireless.—"The Nordaeutsche £ Allgemeir.e Zcitung states," says the Overseas News j | Agency, "that recently rumors have been spread about pear ( offers from our enemies. It was said thac the Russians had ' E taken measures in order to open negotiations. The German authorities will ignore completely any such proposals. All ' these rumors are inventions," I ►' 4 1 \ I BRITISH REPLY TO U. S. PROTEST i II > 4 Washington, April 24. The British ambassador, Sir § 1 Cecil Spring Rice, to-day delivered to Secretary Lansing his K | I governments reply to the American protest against intr I , I ference with neutral commerce. i f NINE KILLED IN TRIEST RAID , Berlin, April 24, by Wireless.—The Austrian City of V Trest ha< 1 era raided by a squadron of seven Italian aero- ' hve and destroyed a«.vHtuACEVxicu.msbm 1 fteorite W. Hruop Proctor noil I,Milan Mar M nslilnKton. city. John Copley Heme. Philadelphia, and Flora May Bracken, \\ llkcs-i > ' Hnrre. ■ > ■ Jonato llaplno, Port Perry, AlleKbeny county, noil Mildred llelantl*. city. i lie rt ram Allen XhoafT and .\aoml Martha Harnhnrl, city, Mef Mimiiomirle and Julia Hiimalk, «(eel I.in. a J » CITY EDITION 14 PAGES CONCESSIONS TO BE MADE TO U. S. BY GERMANY IN REPLY, HINTED Confidential Dispatches From Ambassador Gerard at Berlin Indicate Favorable Response to Note; Amer ican Officials Reflect Air of Hopefulness WILL TRY TO PRESERVE RELATIONS Receive Broad Intimations That Imperial Government Will Go to Great Lengths to Retain Friendship of U. S.; Berlin Must Find Way to Satisfy Both President and U-Boat Advocates By Associated I'rc.st Washington, April 24. Confi dential dispatches from Ambassador Gerard at Berlin indicate that Ger many will make certain concessions to the United States in response to the note demanding the immediate abandonment of present methods of submarine warfare. Whether the concessions will be sufficiently broad to meet the Amer ican demands appears uncertain, ] However, officials here reffected an air of hopefulness for an amicable settie i ment of the issue. It is understood Ambassador Gerard has received broad intimations that the German government will go to ! great lengths to preserve friendly rela tions? with the United States. He in understood to have gained his im pressions from officials of the Berlin (Continued on I'agc 5.) KXPI.OSIOX K11.1.S THUIili By .Ijjoctotpti I'ress T.os Angeles. April 24.—Three men died to-day from* burns caused by a ' gasoline explosion at the. municipal refuse incinerator last night. Four employes were injured. The damage Iwas $12,000.
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