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
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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,
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.