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been withdrawn northward and it is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
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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 ►'
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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
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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.