Detachments of Troops Resume Search HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 94 DETACHMENTS AT ADVANCED BASE RESUME ACTIVE CHASE OF VILLA Troops Are Whipping Moun tains North and West of Parral, Where Bandit Is Reported Hiding SOLDIERS ARE NOW COMPLETELY EQUIPPED Train After Train of Motor Trucks With Rations, Clothing and Guns Have Arrived at Headquarters Two Americans Killed Routing Big Bandit Band Field Headquarters. April 26, \ia Wireless to Columbus, X. M. —Two Ameri(M» were killed and thrte wounded in an engagement Ix-tween eava'rjmen under CoL Ciporce A. Podd and 260 Villa bandits at Tomae.hio in the center of the Sierra Madres, in Western Chihuahua, on April 22. accord ing to an official report reaching here to-day. The Villa command under four chiefs. Baca. Cervantes. Dom inpiei and Rio*. was surprised in the late afternoon and routed. After the battle the Americans found six dead Mexicans and 1# wounded while a quantity of hordes, arms and equipment was captured. By Associated Press Field Headquarters. Xamiquipa, I'hihuahua. April 25. (via wireless to Columbia, N. M., April 26).—Several detachments of American troops have resumed active pursuit of Villa and are whipping: the mountains north and west of Parral. where the bandit is reported to be hiding. The advanced base, 300 miles south Df the border Is now completely equip ped, train after train of motor trucks having arrived here within the last ten iavs bringing rations, clothing and equipment. Expedition Columns Are Awaiting Conference; Villa Captain Killed By Associated Press Columbus, X. M„ April 26. All ■Uong the strengthened American line of communication from Xamiquipa to Columbus the American expeditionary forces are awaiting the outcome of the ■•onference between Majors-General Frederick Funston and Hugh L. Scott and General Alvaro Obregon. Mexican minister of war. according to reports here to-day. It is believed, it was pointed out, that no steps toward car rying out General Funston's plans for the redisposition of the troops will be tr.ken until the conference has been held and the,, general inactivitv con tinues. New reports of sniping were brought here to-day. it being asserted that an American trooper sitting in front of his tent In a small camp near Satevo suffered a bullet wound In the jaw. An encounter between Lieutenant Al den M. Graham and a Villa captain at a point below Xamiquipa also was re ported. Lieutenant Graham killed the [Continued on Page 2] ELECT XEW PASTOR The Lutheran Church of the Re deemer. this city, which has been without a pastor since the Rev. Victor Roland went to Butler. Pa., at a con gregational meeting elected the Itev. Dr. M. H. Sliafer, of Ramsey, x\ J., to fill the vacancy. The Rev. Dr! Shafer is a graduate of Columbia Fni versity. He will take up his new duties the second Sunday in Mav. On Easter Sunday this church gave an of fering of $875. [THE WEATHER For ITarrlsburg and vicinity: Gen erally cloudy to-night and Thurs day, nlth probabl> occasional showers; cooler Thursday; low est temperature to-night about IS degrees. For Kastern Fennaylvanln: Otrr. cast to-night and Thursday with probably >bonrr>g cooler Thurs day; light to moderate variable winds. River The Jnnlata, < hemimg and Vpper West Branch will probably re main nearly stationary. Other tributaries and the main river will probably continue to fall steadily. A stage of about S.l» feet Is Indicated for Hnrrlshnrg Thursday morning. General Conditions Pressure continues low over the Kastcrn part of tbe country with center of thr principal depression over Xew ork Mitr and South ern \ew England. Showers have fallen In tbe last twenty-four hours generally In thr Middle and I pper Mississippi and l.nwer Ohio valleys. Including Tennes see. and In the I>akc Region. Mid dle Atlantic and .\ew England States. Temperature* have fallen 2 to 12 degrees generally from the Rocky Mountains eastward, except along the Immediate Atlaatlc coast, from Soath Carolina to New Jer sey. where they have risen ■ lightly. Temperature: S a. m.. 48. Sunt Rises, ftil I a. m.| aets, «:.is p. m. Moon: New moon. May 2, 12:20 a. m. River Stage: 8.7 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Vllsbest temperature. K. l.owest temperature. 48. Mean temperature, SO. Normal temperature, BY riRRIER N CENTS * WKKK. nimn.in COPIES 2 cuaro. HARD COAL MEN ( PREDICT STRIKE, RESULT OF TIE Operators and Miners Dead locked Over Recognition of United Mine Workers 176,000 MEN AFFECTED Walk Out Verdict at Pottsville May 2 Is Feared; "Check off" Refused By Associated Press New York. April 26.—Deadlocked over the question of recognition of the United Mine Workers of America, the anthracite operators and miners to day face the possibility of a strike in volving 176,000 men. The three ex ecutive hoards of the mine workers' utilon meet here to-day to receive the report of the subcommittee, which was unable to reach an agreement with the operators' subcommittee. Both subcommittees will report to a general conference of both the miners and operators that they have been unable to reach an agreement after seven weeks of discussion. Unless this conference is able to find a way to break the deadlock, it will be left to the miners' convention at Potts ville. Pa.. May 2. to determine whether the miners shall declare a strike. Rep resentatives of the miners to-day ex pressed faint hope that further nego tiations would be productive of results and said that not one of the demands made by the miners has been granted by the operators. Refuse "Check Off" The deadlock is attributed by the operators to the miners' demand for full recognition of the union, a closed shop and 'he compulsory collection by the operators of all dues and assess ments of the United Mine Workers laid upon their members. Tlie op refused this demand, known as " eck off." on the ground that t-American and against the of every other labor organ ;n the country. Demands and Answers The other demands of the miners and the answers given by the op erators were outlined here to-day as follows: A two-year agreement. Ananswered. Twenty per cent, increase In wages. Five per cent, offered. An eight-hour day. Granted, pro vided production is not curtailed. Simpler methods of settling griev ances. Operators willing to adopt any plan to speed the work of the con ciliation board. Limit contract miners to one work ing place. Refused. Equitable and uniform price of sup plies to miners. Operators willing to consider at any time. "•Mine run" basis of pay for piece work. Refused. Readjustment of machine mining scales. Operators offered minimum rates of $2 to 52.55 a day. Arrangement of detail wage scales and settlement of internal questions by districts. Refused. To prohibit individual contracts in mining- Refused. The operators in refusing to install the "check off" system assert that they are in accord with the decision of the anthracite strike commission appointed In 1902. John P. White, president of the United Mine "Workers, denies that the strike commission settled this ques tion, but says the commission took up that subject on its own initiative and contrary to an agreement under which the demands of the miners were sub mitted. OHIO MIXERS RESUME Fv Associated Press Columbus. Ohio. April 26. Sev eral of the largest coal mines in the Hocking Valley coal fields resumed ~Q|im ■ili.ni. fnllolviog tho "inn ing of a new two years' agreement be tween the miners and operators at Logan. Ohio, to-day. The new agree ment will affect 10,000 miners. For the first time in several years all of the mines in the Hocking district did not close down pending the signing of the new agreement. Joint Committee Begins Work on New Army Bill By Associated Press Washington. April 26. Work of perfecting a new army bill, the first of the administration's big prepared ness measures, was begun to-day by the joint Congressional conference committee. The bill is the Senate substitute for the Hay army measure passed by the House. In view of the material differ ences between the two measures, it is expected that considerable time will be required before a conference agree ment can be reached. Central Penna. District Odd Fellows in Session By Associated Press Bellefonte. Pa., April 26. The thirty-second annual meeting of the Central Pennsylvania District Odd Fellows' Association was held here to day. which is the ninety-seventh an niversary of the institution of the or der. The association is the onlv one of its kind in the State and includes all the Odd Fellows' lodges in twentv two counties. Bellefonte was in gala attire for the occasion. Thousands of Odd Fellows from all parts of Central Pennsylvania partici pated In the events of the day. The program provided for a parade in the morning which was followed by a meeting in the public square at which Burgess Edmund Blanchard was on the program to make the address of welcome. The response was made by Grand Master J. P. Hale Jenkins, of N'orristown. • A session of the Rehekah assembly was held this afternoon and a special session of the Grand Lodge will be held in the evening. HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 26, 1916. WHERE ELEVEN WERE KILLED "SAaoUirtt.F, SS&EE.T DU&LIJZ. SACKVILLE STREET, DUBLIN, WITH GENERAL POST OFFICE AND O'CONN EL'S MONUMENT The picture shows a general view of Sackville street, Dublin, where eleven were killed in the riots in which ' the General Post Office, the plllarad building at the left, was seized, it is sn«i that the revolution was planned to begin as Sir Roger Casement, the German propegandist. landed on the Irish coast with arms and ammunition from Germany. Sir Roger's ship was intercepted and sunk and he was made prisoner. BIG PORTION OF G.O. P. DELEGATES ARE UNPLEDGED Massachusetts and New Jersey Delegates Will Go to Conven tion Without Any Choice LIGHT VOTE IS CAST Bay Slate Ballot Less Than Half; Ohio Elects Organiza tion Candidates By Associated Press Boston, Mass., April 2 6.—Thirty-two of the thirty-six delegates chosen in the presidential primaries yesterday to represent Massachusetts in the Repub lican national convention are un pledged. These include the four dele gates at large. Governor Samuel W. McCall. Senators Henry Cabot Lodge and John W. Weeks and ex-Senator W. Murray Crane. The remaining four delegates chosen from the Xinth and Fourteenth Congressional districts are [Continued on Page 101 CONSULT KAISER ON ANSWER TO AMERICAN NOTE Chancellor and Von Holtzcn dorff Go Back to Front After Conference With Gerard + n»rlln, *pril 211, via I/ondom. _ The (icrman answer to the Amer ican note may Ik- presented on Saturday. Berlin. April 25, via I.ondon.—Chan -1 cellor von Bethmann-Hollweß and Ad- I miral von Holtzendorff, chief of the naval general staff, departed for head quarters on the evening train to con- I suit with Emperor William In regard to the reply to the American note. The ! chancellor's conference with James W. [Continued on Paste 3] Seventy Freight Cars Burned in Big Fire Poughkeepsie, N. Y., April 26. Fire swept the Maybrook terminal of the I Central ->ew England Railroad early to-day with a loss estimated at several I thousand dollars. Seventy loaded I freight cars were destroyed, j Two large freight houses, full of , goods, were burned, together with two | platforms also heavily loaded. May -1 hrook Is the junction of the Erie, Ee ! high and Hudson and the Central New England railroads. JTTXEURS PI,AX FIGHT Will Meet To-morrow Willi Attorneys to Prepare for I esrnl Battle At a meeting last evening of the , Harrisburg Automobile Transportation ! Association, the new organization of ' the jitney drivers, the "public stands" ; phase of the Jitney problem which agitated Council so yesterday was gone io\er in detail. The jitrieurs, according to President Ed. F. Eisley, decided to meet again to-morrow evening with j their attorneys to prepare for the jitney ordinance violation hearings be fore Alderman Hoverter on Friday. ! President Eisley said the jitneymen will carry their fight into court if ! necessary. MR AT SCARCITY I>" RKRI.IN By Associated Press London, April 26. The Vorwert*. of Berlin, is quoted In a Reuter dispatch from Amsterdam, as saying the most significant development of the Easter holidavs for the people of Berlin was the steadily growing scarcity of meat. I Housewives rushed from shop to shop. Vorwerts says, in order to obtain at i least a piece of meat DECLARE MARTIAL RULE IN DUBLIN FOLLOWING RIOTS English Troops Occupy Liberty Hall Headquarters of Rebels SENDING MORE SOLDIERS Military Arrives at Capital From Belfast and Eng land; City Quiet By Associated Press London. April 26. Liberty Hall, headquaraers of the Dublin rebels and Stephens Green, which was captured by them, have been occupied by the military. Premier Asquith announced to-day in the House of Commons. Martial law has been proclaimed in the city and county of Dublin, it was announced in the House of conynons. (Continued on Page 5.) R. J. CUNNINGHAM HEAD OF HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT DIES Acute Indigestion, Due to Over work, Brings on Illness Dat ing Since April 4 ROB'T J. CUNNINGHAM A telegram was received at the State Highway Department to-day that State Highway Commissioner Robert J. Cun ningham *iad (fted at his home in Sewickley, near Pittsburgh, at 12. O'CIOCK to-day. Commissioner Cunningham was taken ill in this city on April 4, being attacheu oy acu»e ndigestlon, brought on by overwork, 'but although very [Continued on Page B.] SABBATH SHAVING ILLEGAL? Much-Harried Union Station Barber Will Take Case to Court For the sixth time in as many weeks Charles Williams, proprietor of the Union Station barber shop, has been ai rested for violating the old Sunday "blue laws" by keeping his place of business open on Sundays and he will be heard this evening before Alderman Uandis. The barber. It is understood, will let the courts decide this whether he is breaking a law by accommodating i the public on the Sabbath by appeal ing from the alderman's decision should a hue be Imposed. j BRITAIN INSISTS BLOCKADE LEGAL, IN REPLY TO U. S. Note Pledges Least Inconveni ence to Neutral Trade Possible "CONDITIONS ALTERE D" Instances Related of Efforts to Ship Goods to "Dummy Buyers" Washington. April 28. The latest British note in answer to American protests against allied interferences with neutral trade, made public last night at the State Department, con tends that the practices complained of are "judicially sound and valid" and that the relief which neutrals seek is rather to be obtained by the mitigation of necessary hardships than by "abrupt changes either in the theory or application of a policy based upon admitted principles of international [Continued on Pago 3] U. S. HOLDS TO RIGHT TO SHIPS TOCARRYGUNS Statement Defining Attitude of Government Toward Armed Vessels Issued Washington, I>. C„ April 26. A HWMneut dvlliiiiiK tlic atrttudo of thc ; United .States toward armed merchant ships was made public to-day by the ! State Department by. direction of | President Wilson. It originally was ! prepared as a circular note to oUter powers, but it later was decided to issue It as a statement. ' The statement holds to the right of a merchant ship to arm for protection only, but declares that "merchantmen which have used their armaments for aggressive purposes arc not entitled to the same hospitality in neutral ports as peaceable armed merchantmen." Denies Paralysis Has Seized Mrs. Hettie Green By Associated Pre.:* New York, April 26. Published reports that Mrs. Hetty Green, con sidered the wealthiest woman in the world, had beep stricken with paralysis and wis seriously ill were denied to-day by her son, Colonel Ed ward Green, who said that his mother contracted a slight cold while out rid ing on Sunday. ".*he was up yester day attending to her usual heavy routine of business," Colonel Green declared. ROGERS CASK GOES TO JURY New York, April 2C«—The case of Ida Sniffen Rogers, who poisoned her two children ana is on trial in the Supreme Court on the charge of mur der, went to the jury this afternoon. Her defense was that she was tem porarily insane because I-iorlys Elton Rogers, the father of the children had not divorced the woman then his wife. Rogers has since been divorced iaud has married the defendant URGE TECH BOYS TO LEARN USE OF GUN THIS SUMMER Lehigh University President Points Out Need of Prepar ing Young Men LOCAL MEN LEADERS Take Prominent Part in Uni versity Life Says Two Faculty Members The subject of "Preparedness" in its largest sense was the subject of an address delivered to the students of the Technical high school this morn ing at the opening exercises by Dr. Henry S. Drinker, president of Lehigh University. "I believe in the theory of a sound mind in a sound body," said he. "If America ever has to go to war, 99 out of 100 of our young men will go, and we want them to be prepared to render a patriotic service to their country," he added. Dr. Drinker is chairman of the gov erning committee of the summer mili tary camps and stopped off in this city for the express purpose of speak ing to the Tech boys. The speaker urged the students to think of pre paring for some college. He stated that life is strenuous, and that the college bred man has better chances of success than the fellow without that training. Dr. Drinker explained the purposes of the several military camps in various parts of the United States and asked the Tech boys to investigate the value that might be derived from a six weeks' course in one of these camps. Accompanying Dr. Drinker was Pro fessor Raymond Walters, registrar of the Lehigh University. He told of the good work that is being done by the Tech graduates that are attending the South Bethlehem institution, and stated that many of the Harrisburg lads are the I'eal leaders in the uni versity. EARTHQUAKES RECORDED By Associated Press Washington, April 26. Two earth quakes occurred during the night, the first beginning at 9.27 p. m. and the second at 2.23 a. m. It was estimated the distance from Washington was 2,200 miles. The movement was east and west. ii »* * 1 — « 1 GENERAL COMMITTEE BACKS MINERS T 1 New York, April 26.—The general committee repre- l j I senting the miners of the three anthracite district of Penn- | , sylvania endorsed at a meeting here, late this afternoon, the 1 J i report of their subcommittees which yesterday refused to 1 * I accept their offers of the subcommittee of operators in re i spect to the miners' demands. ® > 1 LAWYER SHOOTS OPPONENT « f Nashville, Tenn., April 26.—Attorney Charles C. Tra- ' 1 bue shot and killed Attorney Harry S. Stokes here to-day. i > They had been opposing counsel in the so-called tax- I f payers' suit" involving the investigation into tfie city > 9 affairs. / ■ j b WELSH WILL FIGHT HERE ' ' 1 Harrisburg. Harry Pollock, manager for Freddie . | Welsh wired this afternoon that the match with McGuire \ * l| wo - :! I take nlace in Harrisburg on May 3as scheduled and ' ' ? added, "Welsh's hand is all right." I if & SUGGESTS WAY TO AVERT BREAK , i Washington, April 26.—Count Von Bernstorff, the | > « German ambassador in response to a request from the Ber- ; lin Foreign Office, has cabled suggestions for a course in ( the submarine crisis which he believes will avert a break ' \ > with the United States. j. , * YARMOUTH ALSO BOMBARDED a} London, April 26.—Yarmouth was bombarded by Ger- i I man warships which attacked eastern coast yesterday. Four , < 1 were killed, twelve wounded. ; » MRS. ROGERS NOT GUILTY ' ' New York, April 26.—Jury in case of Mrs. Ida Sniffen < Rogers charged with murder of her two children brought' » in verdict to-day of not guilty, on grounds of insanity. t HARRY HENSEL DEAD i 1 Lancaster, Pa., April 26.—Harry H. Hensel, well-known i » newspaperman and boxing promoter died here to-day. MARRIAGE LICENSES '' Walter L»wjr \ nnaman and Alexandria M. PopoffT, cltj. Arthur Karl letter, Hmafara totrnahlp, and Anna Ruth Biye, Derry . tonnahlp. 1 , Leroy I,rater Strnh and Angelina Mary Huaa, elty. CITY EDITION 16 PAGES INFANTRY RESTS WHILE BIG GUNS TAKE UP FIGHT Heavy Artillery Fire West of Meuse Pressages Early Rc sumption, However DEAD MAN'S HILL CENTER Germans Concentrate on First Line Trenches; Avocourt Wood Rombarded There has been a halt In the heavy infantry fighting In the vicinity of Dead Man's Hill, northwest of Verdun, but the Germans are vigorously em ploying: their artillery in the region west of the Meuse, foreshadowing an early resumption by the infantry arm. The German gunfire, according to the afternoon Paris bulletin, was cen tered last night on first line trenches north of Hill 304 and on the Avocourt wood, on the French left, while in the Woevre region, southeast of the fortress, the French lines were also subjected to big gun fire. General military compulsion is fore shadowed in Great Britain unless un attested married men come forward in sufficient numbers to satisfy military needs. At the secret session of par liament yesterday Premier Asquith stated that the government would ask parliament for compulsory power [Continued on Page 6.] Austrians Preparing Great Offensive Against Italians By Associated Press Rome, via Paris. April 26. The Austrians are preparing a great of fensive against the Italian line under the supervision of Archduke Charles Francis, who is now inspecting the troops on the Isonzo and in the Trentino, according to the Gionale D'ltalia. All civic traffic has been suspended on the railroad from Graz to i'gam and from Laibach to Tarvis. The Giornale adds that a proclama tion has been issued to the Austrian troops declaring that the hour of j Italy's well deserved punishment is | approaching, announcing the early i end of the war and the triumph of I Austria.
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