Harrisburg telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, May 08, 1916, Image 1

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    Germany Will Not Be Allowed to Dictate U. S. Negotiations With England
HARRISBTJRG TELEGRAPH
LXXXV— No. 104
SECOND EXPEDITION MA
IN PURSUIT OF MEXICAN
SLAY AND BURN IN
Outlaws Are Fleeing Through
Wild Mesas of Northern
Coahuila After Killing
Three United States Cav
alrymen and Three Civil
ians, Including a Boy
NINE TROOPERS HOLD
OFF BAND OF 200
Fight Until Most of Them Are
Killed or Wounded; Two
Reported Kidnaped; De
predation Rivals Attack on
Columbus; Greatly Com
plic at e s International
Situation, Nearing Settle
ment
Columbus, N. M.. May B.—Details of
:he raid upon Glenn Springs, Texas,
transmitted to American detachments
along General John J. Pershing's line
of communication, stirred them to a
new activity, according to reports here
to-day.
In Columbus military officers mani
fested much uncertainty as to the re
sults of the foray and pointed out that
It materially complicates the border
situation. It seems generally under
stood that should it lie deemed neces
sary In pursuit of tli" raiders to dis
patch a second expeditionary column,
some of the 1,000 nivn on station here
and troops encamped along the upper
end of the line of communication -vil 1
be called upon.
Townspeople in Columbus and in
neighboring towns alone the bonier
were aroused by the reports and mani
fested a greater unrest than at any
lime since the raid here two months
igo to-morrow.
By Associ<Ued Prrss
Alphine. Texas, May 8. Fleeing
through the wild mesas of Northern
• 'oahuila, the seventy or more ban
dits that raided the American settle
ment of Glenn Springs and Roquillas
last Friday, killing three cavalrymen
and a 9-year-old hoy, are believed to
be heading into the interior to-day,
many miles from the scene of their
depredation.
Many Bandits al l.argc
V A posse from Marathon and a de
tachment of 23 troopers of the Four
teenth cavalry are said to have fol
lowed the trail of the Mexicans into
Coahuila, while other reports have it
that The ATiieitranH are awaiting at
the Rio Grande for reinforcements.
Captain Caspar Cole is hurrying to
Roquillas to take command. Two com
panies of the Fourteenth cavalry and
a machine gun company are expected
here or at Marathon this afternoon.
It is ahout a three days' march
front either Marathon or Alpine to the
Rio Grande and as the Ivtndits already
have a three days' start, only a re
lentless pursuit will bring the Amer
icans into contact with their quarry.
Private Still Missing
Nothing has been heard of Private
Roscoe Tyree, who was last seen as
he ran from the adobe house, where
he and his eight companions for three
hours fought the Mexicans and then
fled because the roof of the house was
set aflame by fire balls.
Private Croskem things Tyree was
wounded and wandered off in the
hills where lie died. Others believe
that Tyree was captured.
Cut Throat of Captive
Unconfirmed information says that
J. Deemer, the storekeeper at Roquil
las, has been found dead on the Mex
ican side, with his throat cut. His
clerk, named Compton, is known to
have been a captive of the bandits.
The Americans fled to the hills
when the shooting began.
The bodies of the three soldiers
killed in the Glenn Springs raid, "Wil
liam Cohen. Stephen J. Coloe and
Hudson Rogers, will he sent to their
homes to-day. Mrs. W. K. Ellis and
her husband, whose wax factory was
destroyed by the Mexicans, had nar
row escapes.
Starting in at the little farming com
munity at Glenn Springs, nine miles
north of the Rio Grande, the rpiders
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SHIPPING Bllili IN
By Associated Press
Washington, May B.—With the
Introduction In the House to-day by
Chairman Alexander of the Merchant
Marino Committee, of the revised ad
ministration shipping bill, Democratic
leaders were prepared to' expedite
consideration of the measure.
THE WEATHER
linrrlnhurtr find vicinity: Partly
cloudy to-nluht and Tuesday prob
ably ocrnnloiinl sliourn. Cooler
Tuesday.
Kimtern I'ennsyl vanla: Partly
cloudy to-night and Tuesday prob
ably local nhowrrn. Cooler Tues
day. Moderate wind*, mostly wemt
erly.
Itlvcr
The Susquehanna river and all ItN
tributaries will fall slowly or re
main nearly stationary. \ *taue
of about 5.1 feet IN Indicated for
Harrlnburs Tuenday mornliifs.
General Condition*
The dlnturhnnce that nnw central
over the far north went Saturday
morning liaw mined ranldly nouth
eastward and IN now central o*cr
Ontario. It ban canned showers In
the laHt 24 hour* generally atonic
the northern border from the lake
region westward.
Freer.lns temperature Is reported
In Montana.
Temperature R a. m., AO.
Sunt Risen, 4.56 a. m.t Sets, 7.07
p. m.
Moon i First quarter. May 10, 8t47
p. m.
River Stige—R.2 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday** Weather
Highest temperature, 76.
I,owest temperature, 50.
Mean temperature, 68.
Normal temperature, 50
nv CARRIRR « CENTS A WEEK.
SlNfil.l". COPIES 2 CEXTS.
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The Mexicans crossed into T<»xns south of Terlingua. and then struck northeast over the road to Glenn
Springs, where they surprised the detachment of the Fourteenth Cavalry. They then went around the mountains
to the wax plant, which they attacked and destroyed. Going south, passing near McKinley Springs, they made a
daFh on Koquillas and then struck eastward two and one-half miles to Deemer's store, where they burned the
store. They th*>n recrossed the Hio Grande near San Vineente, nearly opposite Deemer's. United States troops are
concentrating at Marathon, Tex., where they will take train for the-raided district.
EFFORTS TO OPEN
PITTSBURGH SHOPS
PARTLY SUCCEED
4,(MX) Air Plant Workers Go
to Work While Militia
Uuards Entrances
TO PAY OFF THE STRIKERS
Officials of Electric Company
Will Terminate Rewards
and Ronuses
By Associated Press
Pittsburgh, May B.—Efforts of the
Westlnghouse companies to reopen
their plants in the Turtle Creek Valley,
where a strike for the eight-hour day
has been in progress for several weeks,
were only partly successful to-day.
Four thousand of the 4,.100 employed
during the day by the Westlnghouse
Airbrake Company at Wilinerding en
tered the shops while two companies
of infantry guarded all entrances. No
strike was declared against the com
pany, hut the plant was closed by the
management when marching strikers
attempted to bring out the force.
The gates of the electric company
in East Pittsburgh also were thrown
open under military guard and some
men went to work, hut the number
was not large. All employes of ihls
company will be paid to-day and as
each man is handed his envelope he
will be compelled to surrender his
check. This, officials say, means that
when be appears for work he will be
employed as a new applicant, and all
bonuses and rewards paid for continu
ous service will then terminate.
The county authorities arranged to
inaugurate a sweeping crusade against
agitators. All persons known to have
been Implicated in any way in the
Braddock riot last Tuesday will be ar
rested and those who In future seek to
incite riot by inflammatory utterances
will be taken into custody.
Governor's Troop May
Stay West Rest of Week;
Three Members Are 111
Special to the Telegraph
Pittsburgh. Pa.. May 8. —Troopers
Georr'e W. Seward, Paul J. Dorw'art
and Samuel R. Werner, of the Gov
ernor's Troop, under the comm'and or
<'apt. George C. Jack, were sent to
their homes this morning because of
illness which incapacitated them for
service in the strike regiiUh. They are
suffering from bad colds. All of the
other members of the troop are in
excellent health.
At n o'clock this morning the troop
patrolled the streets of Rraddock
while the workmen were on their way
to work at the Edgar Thompson steel
works and returned to their barracks
at 7 o'clock. No disorder confront
ed the troop. After breakfast Lieut.
Edwin A. Nlcodemus conducted squad
schools for an hour and the troopers
the remainder of the day sat around
the large yard In the barracks play
ing cards and talking to the mem
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COLLIDES WTTH LIGHTSHIP
New York, May B.—The steamship
Philadelphlan of the Layland Line re
ported by wireless to-day that she col
lided with the Fire Island lightship
early this morning and la bringing the
lightship to New York.
HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1916
GIVES NEW FACES
TO WOUNDED MEN
Sculptor, Son of Former Har
risburger, Docs Re
markable Work
In the New York Sun yesterday a
story was printed from London re
garding the remarkable work of Lieu
tenant Derwent "Wood, a sculptor well
known in the United States.
Before the outbreak of the Euro
pean war Wood was commissioned liy
Lady Paget and the Duchess of Marl
borough on behalf of the American
women in England to execute the
statue of William Pitt which, as soon
as circumstances make the thing
more suitable, will be presented by
them to their native land in com
memoration of the hundred years of
peace between England and America.
Lieut. Wood has discovered how to
give new faces to men who have lost
theirs in the war. He can make new
eyes, cheeks, foreheads, chins, in fact,
he is making thpm daily.
The restoration of the disfigured
faces is little short of marvelous. His
"masks," as he calls them, consist of
plates of thin copper, slH'ered and
then painted to match the hue of the
patient's skin. They are light to
wear, they fit like gloves and the men
declare that they give no discomfort
whatever. Yes, they are intended to
be removed at night exactly like a
set of false teeth, and they are easily
cleaned with a little potato juice.
Most of them can be kept in place by
means of "ether'gum" such as actors
use.
Father a Harrlsbuifspr
Lieutenant Wood enlisted in the
Royal Army Medical Corps at the be
ginning of the war. He was not
available for active service. His fath
er, Alpheus Baylies Wood, who died
in England in 1907, where he had
lived for many years, was born in
Harrisburg an(i was a descendant of
two distinguished officers of the
American Revolution. Col. H. Baylies,
aide-de-camp on General Washing
ton's staff, and Capt.' William Rice,
of the Continental line. His nieces
residing here are Mrs. William C.
Pfouts, Mrs. John A. Westbrook and
Mrs. George W. Mindel.
Lieut. Wood declared that the
American-made artificial limbs were
by far the best in the world and spoke
admiringly of the work that is being
done at Roehampton by Americans in
the way of equipping armless and
legless soldiers.
Aged Woman Attacked
by Three Colored Men
Hearing a woman's screams
shortly after 10 o'clock last night
residents near Boas and Grand streets
rushed to the street and found an
aged lady who said that she had just
been attacked by three colored men
who robbed her of her pocketbook.
The woman was extremely nervous,
and said that she lived in North Fifth
street. She forgot to give her name
and city police officials say they knew
nothing of the holdup.
Washington Delegation
Will Go Uninstructed
North Yakima. Wash., May B. |
The Republican State convention Sat- ,
urda.v elected delegates to the national
convention and chose S. A. Perkins, of 1
Tacoma, for national committeeman ■
and adopted a platform that contained !
no reference to any presidential can- |
dldate. The delegation was not in-,
structed. j
FOREIGN WARS
VETERANS HERE
FOR 4TH CAMP
Lose Part of Territory Won at
Pennsylvania Will At
tend Sessions
BRING BATTLE TROPHIES
Chinese Dragon Captured in
i Storming of Pekin Flvs
Over Headquarters
Veterans of foreign wars from all
! over the State are In Harrisburg for
| the fourth annual encampment of the
department of Pennsylvania, which
opened at 11 o'clock this morning; in
Board of Trade Hall. The meetings
will be presided over by Ernest J.
Poole ,of Reading, department com
mander. It is expected 600 veterans
will attend.
The morning session was taken up
with the reception and enrollment of
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Transforming Coliseum
Into Monster Hall For
Republican Convention
By Associated rress
Chicago, 111., May 8. —Active prepa
rations for the opening of the Repub
j lican national convention here on
] June 7 were started to-day when car
| penters began the transformation of
the Coliseum into a convention hall.
I According to present plans, the full
! national committee will meet June 2 to
i make up the temporary roll of the
j convention.
Dominican President Resigns
I After Threats of Intervention
! Santo Domingo, Dominican Repub-
I lie, May B.—General Juan Jimenes,
President of Santo Domingo, has re
signed. He took this action in order
to prevent armed intervention by the
United States.
Quiet has been restored. Congress
will appoint a provisional President.
ARCTIC CRUISE HONEYMOON
San Francisco, Cal., May 8.-—Mrs.
Peter McK. Bayne, a bride of less
j than a month, will accompany her
I husband, Captain Peter Bayne, a well
-1 known skipper, in far northern wa
| ters. on a cruiser in the Arctic, their
goal being the tomb of Sir John
Franklin, who died there in 1847 after
six years spent in exploration as the
head of a party of scientists.
KCHOF.S OF CI PI ITS sons
Several Divorce Problems Presented lo
the Dniipbln Court
Echoes of the sobs of small D. Cupid
were heard In a legnl way by the Dau
phin county courts this morning when
two divorce actions were begun and an
other was discontinued.
Annie Louisa Kantnor wants legal
separation from her husband, Wayne,
because he is now a convict, undergoing
imprisonment in the eastern peniten
tiary on a charge of arson. John Hess
whose wife obtained an order against
him for support, asked the court to re
lieve him of the charge because he says
the libellant isn't his wife at all.
It was Edward L. Riley, however, who
asked that his suit against his wife, I
Mary M., be discontinued. Marital Infi
delity had been the ohargf
FURIOUS DRIVE
OF GERMANS IS
HELD BY FRENCH
Lost' Part of Terrritory Won at
Outset of Renewed At
tack at Verdun
OTHER FRONTS QUIET
Situations Unchanged in East
and Along Austro-
Italian Lines
The Germans are continuing the !
furious offensive at Verdun which
grained them important ground both
east and west of the Meuse yesterday.
They made no further advances dur
ing their attacks of last night, how
ever, Paris declares, and in fact lost i
part of the territory won at the outset :
of their renewed drive in force on the \
defenses of the fortress.
The principal German gain Sunday
was northeast of Verdun, where a foot
ing was gained In the French first line
on a front of SOO meters between Hau
dromont wood and Fort Douaumont.
During Sunday night French attacks
drove the crown prince's forces from
one of the occupied trenches south of
Haudromont. Near Hill 304, north
west of the fortress, the Germans were
ousted from a communication trench
occupied during yesterday's drive.
There is a lull in the fighting on the
eastern front, according to Vienna,
which announces the situation is un
changed there. Likewise there is a
comparative quiet on the Austro-
Italian front, with no advances by
either of the opposing armies re
ported.
600 Russians Reported
Lost on Way to France
Berlin, May B.—The sinking of an
Allied transport in the Mediterranean 1
late in April with the loss of nearly all
the 60(i Russian troops who were on
board is reported in advices from
Corfu, says the Overseas News Agency.
The transport was sunk by strikinnj
a mine about the same time the Brit™
Ish battleship Russell met a similar
fate, the advices jtate. The bodies
recovered were buried by the British
at Malta.
The Russians have recently been
sending troops through the Mediter
ranean to Marseilles for service on the
western front.
Flee in Nightchthes
| When House Catches Fire
From Blazing Warehouse
I Fire, started either by spontaneous
i combustion, according to Fire Chief
John Kindler, or by tramps loafing in
the vicinity, destroyed the rag factory
of Jacob Cooper Son, in the rear
of 43 North Cameron street, early yes
-1 terday morning, causing about $2,000
| loss, partly insured.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry O. Ryrem and
| Mrs. Matilda Moore, who live In the
i house next door, 84 Wagner road.
| were forced to leave their home
! scantily attired. An alarm was sent in
j from Box 134, Cameron and Market
streets.
Philippine Delegation
Abandons All Hope of
Early Independence
Washington, D. C., May ft.—Manuel
Quezon, Philippine commissioner, who
has been urging Philippine independ
ence. told President Wilson to-day
that he and his followers had aban
doned the idea of freedom in the near
future and hoped Congress would pass
the House bill giving a greater share
of self-government to the island, but
setting no date for independence.
William Penn Highway
to Branch on Two Arms
at Altoona, Is Plan
Altoona. Pa.. May B.—lf the recom
mendation of the committee of arbi
trators from the hoard of governors
lof the William Penn Highway Asso
ciation is accepted by the association,
Altoona will be the pivotal point on
two William Penn highways, it hav
ing been decided, following a confer
ence Saturday, that the route of the
proposed highway should split at Al
toona, one arm passing out the Logan
Valley to Hollldaysburg, thence over
the Cresson road to Kbenshurg, and
the other over the Buckhorn road to
i Cresson.
Rifle Ball Passes Through
Young Man's Body and Leg
Maytown, Pa.. May 8. John H.
t Gingrich, aged 1 fi, was shooting spar
rows with a rifle this morning when
| the weapon was discharged while he
i was loading it. He was badly wounded,
| the bullet entering (be right side and
j coming out through the foot.
GET JOHN MAONETLIi
,*jsoctalcd Press
Dublin, Sunday. May 7 via Lon
don. May 8. John MacNeill, presi
dent of the Sinn Fein Volunteers, who
disappeared on the day the Irish dis
turbances began, has been arrested.
U-BOAT REPORT DKXIKD
By Associate Press
New York, May 8 The report that
the Fabrc line steamship Venezia was
attacked and chased by two German
commerce raiders and submarines in
mid-sea on May 1, was denied to-day
\ by Captain Bonifacio, the shipmaster,
in making his report to the Fabre
line office and to Captain Gaunt,
British naval attache.
FRENCH BARK SUNK
London, May B.—The French oark 1
Marie Mollnos was sunk by a sub
marine on May 8. All the eighteen
members of her crew have been
landed.
The Marie Mallnas was last reported i
on her arrival at Nantes, France, on |
March 24, i
RING CEREMONY
TO BE CHANGED
IN NEW RITUAL
Methodists Will Eliminate
"With All My Worldly Goods,
I Thee Endow"
iTO THROW "DEVIL" OUT
"Sin" Will Be Substituted in
Certain Passages; Modify
Burial Service
Saratoga Springs, N. Y„ May 8, —A
service for the burial of children and
their reception into the church is pro
posed in a revised ritual of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church which was sub
mitted to-day for action by the Gen
eral Conference, in session here. Pre
i viously only a ceremony for adults has
i existed.
The report was offered by a special i
committee appointed in 1912 and is
the third proposal recently made for a
change In the form of service pro
vided by John Wesley when ha insti
tuted the church in 1739. The argu
ment was advanced during discussion
to-day that a modification of the word
ins is necessary to consistency of usage
and greater clearness and brevity. Op
position was heard on the ground that,
the language; of the present ritual had
been made sacred by continued use.
"Sin" for '-Devil"
The new form suggested provides
that the service for the baptism of in
fants and for ordination shall be
greatly shortened. The burial service
would be modified by the insertion of
additional scriptural selections giving
fuller expressions of the Christian
hope as found in the New Testament.
In the marriage ceremony It Is pro
vided that when the ring is used the
words "and with all my worldly goods
I thee endow" shall be omitted, for
the reason, the committee reported,
that the ceremony itself implies com
mon ownership of property.
It is also proposed that the word
"devil" shall be stri'-kon from passages
where it occurs and thai the word
"sin" shall be substituted. The phrase
"the trumpet shall sound and the dead
be raised" would be eliminated, on
the ground that it means the resur
rection of the spirit and not of the
body. The same reason is advanced
for substituting in the burial service
the Twenty-third Psalm for the Thirty
ninth Psalm.
The committee reported that desire
not to lengthen the ritual led to the
rejection of proposals for. services for
special purposes.
i' I
According to International news dispatches from Lon
don late this afternoon Lloyd's reports that the White Star ' »
liner "Cymric" has met with an accident in midocean and is !
rapidly sinking. The report coincides with dispatches re- IJ
ceived about the same time by the Associated Press from I
London. The Cymric sailed on April 29 from New York for | »
Liverpool. The Cymric haTs been in the service of the Brit- ' [
ish government for some time. She had on board no passen- L
gers on her last trip. 1
NEGRO HELD WOMAN CAPTIVE . ■
liarrisburg. Eugene Carr, colored, was arrested yes- ® ►
terday afternoon by city police in a South street house. It
is alleged that Carr held a woman named Alice Martin, cap- 1 >
tive in his room for several days. '
«!
Washington, May 8. Secretary Baker stated to-day 1
f that the. War Department considers the agreement under if
( which the army began pursuit of Villa bandits still in oper- • ►
* I *tion and that under its terms General Funston will take any 1
i'
< steps necessary to pursue the band which yesterday raided |
| the Big Bend country, without further instructions,
j WILL MEET STRIKE COMMITTEE ' '
? Pittsburgh, Pa., May 8. —E. M. Herr, president of the
I Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, to-day ' *
9 agreed to meet a committee of five strikers with a view to
? a settlement of the differences that have closed the 1 *
plant for about two weeks and kept approximately 15,000 g >
workmen with a wage loss of $1,397,500. ' ;
I Washington, May 8. A standing army of 250,000 men,
1 • •'
m- provided for in the Senate amendment to the army bill was ' ,
I rejected by the House to-day, 221 to 142. The House bill
1 I *
£ provided for 140,000 men. The Senate' plan to provide for a 1 *
I volunteer army of 261,000 was rejected to-day by the House
I by a vote of 251 to 109. •
Camd n, N. J., May 8. Four directors of the Pennsyl
f vania Steel Company of New Jersey were re-elected for three,) |
? years at the annual rpeeting here to-day.. They are W. H.
i Donner, George Wood, E. T. Stotesbury and William D. | >
* Winson. '
MARRIAGE • >
■
Charlcn F. Rice and Treiile M. ("line, RendeMvlllt, .
I !'
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12 PAGES CITY EDITION
DEMAND ATTACKS
STOP REGARDLESS
OF NEGOTIATIONS
WITH ENGLAND
Brief Reply to Germany Note
Completed; Informs Kaiser
That United States Cannot
Allow Berlin to Dictate Its
Dealings With Great Bri
tain Over Food Blockade
U-BOAT COMMANDERS .
MUST OBEY NEW ORDER
Diplomatic Relations Will Be
Maintained as Long as
They Are Carried Out;
President Not Altogether
Satisfied With Apparent
Conditions Attached to
Previous Communication
fly Associated Press
Washing-ton, May B.—A note to Ger
many has practically been completed
and probably will be forwarded to
Berlin to-iVay. It will be made public
soon afterward. It Is understood it
will be brief, informing: Germany that
as long as the new Instructions to sub
marine commanders are observed dip
lomatic relations will be continued, but
that the United states cannot allow
Germany to dictate its negotiations
with Great Britain.
The President worked on the pro
posed communication early to-day foi
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1.313 CIVILIANS KILLED
By Associated Press
: Rerlin, llay 8 (by wireless).—"Eight
] men, to women and 9 children, all
! civilians, were killed in April in the.
occupied portions of Belgium and
France by artillery and aeroplanes of
the enemy," the Overseas News Agency
says. "Twenty-three men, 29 women
and 25 children were wounded. Tho
I total number of victims stnee Septem-
I her, 1915, Is 1.313."