German Infantry Repulsed With Heavy Losses ia Attacks at Avocourt HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 113 WILL GET FIRST ► HAND DATA ON MEXICAN FEELING Consuls Being Summoned to. Discuss Conditions With Gen. Funston SITUATION IS IMPBOVED Punitive Expedition 1 las i Affairs in P>xeellent Control By Associated Press Washington, D. C.. May 18. The State Department is determined to se cure information at first hand on the attitude of Mexican citizens toward the ' American punitive expedition and on other conditions in Northern Mexico, it became evident to-day. Consul ; Marion Detcher, stationed at Chi- . huahua, arrived at El Paso last night on orders to discuss with Gennral Funston conditions in the Statu of Chihuahua and to make a similar re- j port, by telegraph to Washington. The department announced that other consuls would be ordered from J their posts temporarily for similar conferences during the next few weeks, j Mr. I,etcher and other consuls may 1 be called to Washington if the tele- | graphic reports prove inadequate, it was explained that means of com munication in .Mexico are unsatisfac tory and that was the sole reason lor the action planned. Secretary Raker was in New York to-day attending a meeting of officers of the National Consumers' Eeague, of, which he is president. The Mexican j situation was reported as improving, j Carranzistas Moving Along American Lines By Associated Press Columbus, X. M., May 18.—The Car rnnza garrison at Asccncion, under <'olonel Saenez, is moving south alone J the American line of communication, ostensibly to K1 Yallc. Xo reason '.vas assigned here to-day for the move mt nt. Reports from the field indicated that General J. .1. Pershing's expe ditionary command is experiencing shortage of soap, but otherwise is well rationed and re-equipped. Italy Is' Shaken by Series of Earthquakes By Associated Press Home, May 17. An earthquake of .particular violence has occurred along »the Adriatic coast between Rimini and' Cesena. At the latter town a dozen people were injured by the fall of cor nices. Father Alfani. director of the ob servatory at Florence, predicts a repe tition of the earthquake which extend- j ed to the Venetian provinces. Tly> entire central section of Italy! was shaken by repeated earthquakes' which lasted through Tuesday and i Wednesday. Only the most meager i details have as yet been received in this country and it is not known what loss of life occurred, if any. SEIZE DUTCH MAIL By Associated Press Berlin, May 17. (By wireless.) —] A dispatch from The Hague to the' Overseas News Agency says that all the first-class mail on board the Dutch i steamship Bandoeng, bound from Rot terdam for Batavia, has been taken off by the British authorities. VESSEI.S STAND 11V STEAMER By Associated Press Sydney, N. S. W., May 18. The steamship Jnnisbrook shore near Ta-j ble Head, Glace Bay, was still hard j aground to-night. Seven vessels are! at the scene. MAY FREE MISS BLAKKLOCK By Associated Press Poughkeepsie. N. Y., May 18. Miss Marion Blakelock, daughter of R. A. Blakeiock, the painter, herself an artist, may soon be released from the Hudson River State Hospital inj Poughkeepsie. A movement similar to that which won freedom for her father from the Middletown Asylum 1 is under way among art patrons in Chicago. Within a few days a com mittee will be chosen by the local i court and habeas corpus proceedings to procure her freedom will follow, j THE WEATHER] j For HnrrUlmre and rlrlnltri Fair, continued cool (o-nlfcht nnd Fri days lowest temperature to-nlitlit about 44 decree*. For Knstrrn I'ennnyl vnnln i Fair, continued cool to-nlKlit and Frl dny; moderate winds, montly northwest. River The .lunlntn. ( lirmunn nnd the up per portions of the Virth nnd West branches will fnll; the loner portions of the Kortli nnd West branches will rise this nlternoon and to-nlKht and tall Friday. The mnln river will rise this after noon and to-night nnd he K ln to fall Friday or Friday night. \ atn«re of ahout 8.8 feet Is Indleat- I ed for llarrlsburg Friday morn ing. (•enernl Conditions The Southern storm hns pn«scd off I, northeastward. It caused rnin In the Inat twent- -four hours jeeu erally cast of the l.ake Iteelon and in the Upper Ohio Valley, with gales along th<- Atlantic j ••oast from New Jersey north ward. A further fall of 2to 8 degrees In 1 temperature has occurred over nearly nil the Kaatern half of the country nnd In the South west. while In north and central districts from the Plains States westward temperatures have risen 2 to 18 degrees. Temp»ratnrei 8 a. m.. SO. Sum Rlaes, 4i4T a. m.t sets, 7i16 p. m. Moons Rises, 0 p. m. River Stage! 4.3 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, 58. l owest temperature, 47. Mean teiapuerature, 82. 1 Normal temperatnre, 82. * l< BY CAHRIF.R « CEXTS V WEEK. SINGI.E COPIES 2 CEXTS. PRESBYTERIANS ARE BALLOTING FOR MODERATOR . General Assembly Expected to Set Precedent hv Electing Eastern Man SESSION IMPORTANT To Consider Expulsion of New York Presbytery; May Con solidate Boards I Atlantic City, N. J.. May 18.—Inter est in the first day's sessions of the Presbyterian general assembly which began its 128 th annual meeting here to-day. centered in the election of a moderator to succeed the Rev. J. Ross Stevenson, president of Princeton Theological Seminary. There were a number of candidates but leaders ' among the 2,000 delegates predicted ! that the assembly would set a preee denl by selecting the Rev. W. L. Mc- Ewan, of Pittsburgh. It is customary to alternate between the East and West in filling the highest office In the gift of the church. Other candi i dateß prominently mentioned include I the Rev. Dr. John A. Marquis, Cedar i Rapids, Iowa; the Rev. Dr. George L. ; [Continued on Page 6] Local Engineers to Draw Plans For York Haven Dam The firm of Farley Gannett, Theo- I dore E. Seelye and Samuel W. Fiem- j ing, Jr., consulting engineers, Telegraph building, has been retained by the York Haven Water and Power Company 'to prepare plans for a dam across the cast channel of the Susquehanna river near York Haven, Pa., to be 800 feet long with a maximum height of seven feet. The cost will approximate $15,- 000. The York Haven Company which supplies power to the llarrisburg Bight and Power Company, Kdlson Light and I Power Company of York. Pa., Middle town and Ralnbrldge. Pa., already has a dam across the west channel of the Susquehanna, extending from the shore to a large island in the river, which is 6,000 feet long with a maximum height of twenty-two feet. In order Ito conserve the water wasted away j through the east channel of the stream ! and to increase the How of water over! the main dam in low water stages, the company has retained the llarrisburg firm to buld the low dam from the Island to the east shore of the Susque- • j banns. This same firm has been retained by the borough of CurwensvlUe, Clearfield | county. Pa., to make a report on its water system and to prepare prellmin ' ary plans for its improvement. Malone and Palmer Will Speak Here at Dinner j The Central Democratic Club of ! llarrisburg will give its annual Jeffer- i I son banquet to-night at 8 o'clock at ; the Masonic Temple. These annual: j dinners bring together prominent Democrats from all over Pennsylva nia and are very pleasant affairs. Simplicity in decorations as befitting : a Jeffcrsonian function will mark the affair. Dudley Field .Malone, collector j of the port of Now York, and a pol ished orator, willl speak. A. Mitchell j Palmer, who was re-elected national I committeeman at the primaries on j Tuesday, will also make an address. ' Mice Inoculated With Tumor Germs Flee Zeps i New York. May 18. Four mice,' whose ancestors had been inoculated I iwith tumor germs for fifteen years.! took up their residence to-day in the J Crocker Cancer Research Laboratory j iat Columbia University. They were I 'sent here from London to escape the | danger of Zeppelin raids. | In the last German air raid over 'London r. bomb was dropped near the! laboratory where the mice were being kept and it was decided to send them ! to the United States for fear that an other bomb might destroy the work ! ! of years. Cost Just $51.20 For Four Men to Cast Vote . Rush township's primary election \ ; officers were paid off to-day by the ; county commissioners. They ull j worked right hard Tuesday. Nevertheless John Gehres, the judge! of the board, handed in the expense hill half-apologetically. "We didn't! j get out such a very big vote," he ex- i I plained to Ed. H. Fisher, chief clerk, j "Didn't even the board vote?" "Well, three members <Ti admit-j i ted Judge Gehres. "And how big a vote was polled?" j "Well, only four—two Republicans] and two Democrats. The bill of expenses, including pav' of officers, transportation of boxes, etc., totaled s3l.2o—just $12,80 per vote. , 574 Loads of Rubbish and Garbage Removed | More than five hundred loads of ashes, rubbish and refuse, 74 loads oft garbage and eleven dead animals were removed from one-half of the city in the first three days of the annual 1 [ "Spring clean-up week" campaign. Ten thousand circulars are being circulated by the Civic Club giving suggestions to housewives and proper ty owners on clean-up work so that little or no rubbish will litter back ; yards and alloys. IIT'HT TRYING TO KSCAPE I Attempting to escape the third time I from Detective 1. N. Durnbaugh. Tues- I day night, Ignatzer Butar, aged 26, 254 Myers street, Steelton, tripped and fell, i The detective also fell. Butar was 1 picked up and taken to the llarrisburg Hospital where deep lacerations to his; scalp were dressed. His head had ' struck »he curb when he made a cushion for Durnbaugh. COOLEST MAY 18 To-day was the coolest May 18 in the history of the local Weather' Bureau, acocrding to K. R. Deniuln, ; local forecaster. The temperature will ' he 44 degrees to-night and the cool i weather will probably last several! days. .J HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 18, 1916. "J * ! RUSSIAN SOLDIERS ON THE BATTLE LINE IN FRANCE ' v J Russian soldiers have actually reached the battle line in France, as this picture shows. It was taken at i the Mallly military camp. The Russians are encamped here by the thoua and, and all ready for battle. HARMONY WITH I HUGHES, BELIEF Drift to Justice Seen in Elec tions; Moose to Be Invited Into Conference Special to the Telegraph Washington, D. C., May 18. Re-1 publican leaders are going to try to I i get together in advance of the Chl ; cago convention on a program that • will assure harmony. The belief here j Is that preliminary conferences will! tend toward the nomination of Charles j K. Hughes as the party's candidate. Evidence Is daily growing stronger In Washington that many leaders al-1 ready have reached ihe conclusion! that the convention must choose Mr. Hughes or some one Mr. Roosevelt : possibly would not support. Under! the circumstances the drift has set in strongly toward the jurist. Party leaders here believe that Mr. j (Continued on Page 14) CHRISTIANITY HAS j NOT ENDED WARS Adequate Navy Only Safe guard Against Offensive Autocracy He Declares i A representative gathering of liar- ' j risburgers to the number of 1,000 or ' . more attended the informal debate on | preparedness at the Technical high 1 ; school auditorium last evening, j The question was discussed from the standpoint of the believer in adequate j protection against war by Henry A. j Wise Wood, chairman of the Confer- j ence Committee on Nationul Prepared- j ! ncss. president of the American So ciety of Aeronautic Engineers, an in- I ventor, manufacturer, and a ronnnc | ing speaker. Professor Isaac Sharp ! less, president of Haverford College, expressed tlie views of the pacifist. The latter is of the Quaker faith, and Mr. [Continued on Page I] n LOAN BILLION CROWNS By Associated Press Berlin,, May 18. Subscriptions to ■ !the fourth Hungarian war loan thus j ! far amount to 1,2000,000,000 crowns.; | The number of small subscriptions is j jgreater than during the earlier war | : loans. I AMBULANCE IS ' BADLY NEEDED City Far Behind Smaller Mu nicipalities in Service Ren dered Injured and Sick The need of a new ambulance anil 'police patrol and of a private ambu lance for the Harrlsburg hospital was j pointed out to-day by Mayor E. S. : Meals and William M. Condon, super ! intendent of the Harrlsburg hospital. jThe Mayor yesterday issued orders to use the present police ambulance only j for emergency cases and to haul pris- ! loners for the department. Persons who cannot afford to pay i , lor private ambulance service will be f Continued on Page 6] 'ARREST ARMY OFFICER FOR STEALING NARCOTICS By Associated I'ress Washington, May is. D r . Frank! r,ave, tirst sergeant in the United States army medical corps. to-day j awaited hearing on a charge of pos- j sessinji illegally a larse quantity of i narcotic drugs belonging to the gov-!i ernment. He was arrested at hie! L home near Hyattsville, late last night. | TO REORGANIZE ATLANTIC FLEET j _ ! Admiral Fletcher to Be Retired as Commander-in-chief; Mayo to Succeed Him By Associated Press ■ Washington, D. C., May 18. —Plans! i for reorganization of the Atlantic Heel, j which will be announced shortly by i Secretary Daniels, include the retire-! ! mcnt of Admiral Fletcher as com ( mander-in-chlef. Vice-Admiral Henry T. Mayo, now 1 j commander of the first division of the| fleet, with his flag on the Arkansas, j will succeed Admiral Fletcher as com ' mander-in-chlef. Admiral Fletcher ! automatically returns to his line rank | of rear admiral and probably will be j assigned to Important strategic woik. ; Rear Admiral Dewitt Coffman. one ] ,of the division commanders of the fleet, will become vice-admiral. All I I the changes become effective June I I 19. Admiral Fletcher has completed I his term as commander-in-chief. KNEW OF REVOLT FAR IN ADVANCE Shown at Boyal Commission Hearing That British Were Aware of Uprising By Associated Press London, May 18.—From testimony developed to-day at the healing opened j i by the royal commission to inquire j into the Irish rebellion it appeared j 'that the government had received ad vance information of preparations for an uprising with help from German sources. The testimony was given by Sir Mat ; thew Nathan, who resigned as under secretary for Ireland after the re-1 [Continued on Page 9] BOY SCOUTS GAINING By Associated Press New York, May 18. The Boy i Scouts are gaining recruits at the rate; of 15,000 a month, according to a re-j ! port made public to-day at the general 1 conference of scout executives of East- j em cities in session here. Thirty-two cities east of St. I.ouis nnd Chicago! are represented at the conference., The scout executives arc considering! i plans for the establishment oi large j permanent scout camps in various I parts of the country as well as numer-! I ous week-end camps. I GERMANS URGED | TO OBSERVE LAW Fatherland Admonishes Teu ton Citizens in U. S. to Stay i Clear of Entanglements _ Ry -Associated Press Washington, May 18. Germany, through Count Von Bernstorff, has in truded all German consuls in the United States to admonish German citizens in their districts to observe American laws. This was done in an effort to end various alleged viola- : ; tions of American neutrality. The ambassador acted In instructions from the Berlin Foreign Office. The action was announced to-day in this rContinued on Page »] NEGOTIATIONS TOtOCteEMNG By .Associated Press Berlin. May 17. (By wireless.) —: ! The negotiations between Rumania and Bulgaria for the interchange of! goods, which were threatened with, Tallure for a. time, are now progressing I satisfactorily. Dispatches to the Over-j seas News Agency quote the Bulgarian , finance minister to the effect that con [ cessions have been made on both sides. I AUSTRIANS BEAT ITALIANS BACK _ (live Way Before Vigorous On set in Southern Tyrol; Ousting Teutons j The Austrian offensive on the Italian I front is being pushed vigorously, ac ' cording to current official reports, and j the Italians admittedly have fallen back In the Southern Tyrol before the ' Austrian onset. i The course of ihe operations Is be i ing closely watched In capitals of both ] the entcnt.fi and centra! pqvyei's. Mtli- I tary observers in Paris express con j fidence that the Italian defense will j prevent Austrian penetration into the J Vicenza plain, the apparent objective I of the attacking forces. Ousting Teutons In the fighting about Verdun the French, who have been restive under [Continued on Page 91 SIO,OOO BLAZE AT PA. STEEL PLANT \ Valuable Machinery and Sup plies Destroyed in Storage Shed Fire Fire, the origin of which has not yet been determined, destroyed a large i storage shed near the steel foundry department of the Pennsylvania steel j plant at Steelton, early this morning. Much valuable machinery, templets ] and supplies were destroyed. Two ! frame coal cars standing beside the ! building caught fire and a steel hop- I per car became so hot that firemen were unable to move it. The loss Is I estimated at SIO,OOO. An alarm was sounded from Box j 113 at 12 o'clock. Four companies, | the Citizen, Paxtang Hook and Ladder, i West Side and Baldwin, responded. | Fire Chief O. E. R. Malehorn directed ; the firemen to throw streams on the adjoining buildings and succeeded In preventing a spread of the blaze. Much difficulty was experienced in fighting the flames because the stor l age shed was constructed of corru i gated sheet iron. The burning pine ! templets made a raging furnace of the building and frequently drove firemen jto points of safety. The blaze was J under control at 2:30 o'clock this I morning and extinguished at 4 o'clock. WOULD RETIRE r AGED PASTORS Reformed Body Suggests An nuity Fund; Sustain Pastor of Fourth Church Here I The four-day convention of the | sixty-fourth annual Lancaster classls of the Reformed Church, In session at ! the First Reformed Church, Steelton, • I will close after this afternoon's ses [Continued on Page »] Sheldon W. Funk Will Talk at Paxtang Tonight Special to the Telegraph Paxtang, Pa.. May 18. Plans were completed to-day for the meeting in , the Paxton Presbyterian church this evening at 7.45 o'clock when Sheldon ,W. Funk, of Boyertown, one of the farm advisors of the State Department of Agriculture, will talk on "Plants and Flowers and Their Care." Mr Funk has made a careful study ol flowers and is a most excellent speaker : jon the subject. From all Indications I he will he greeted by a big audience. Children of the borough schools have been invited especially to attend the meeting. DEBATE USE OF ARMED FORCE TO STAMP OUT WARS League's Plan Threshed Out at International Arbitration Conference | MUST FIGHT FOR PEACE Speaker Declares Decision of 1 ribunals Powerless With out Backing Mohonk Lake. N. Y., May 18. —The! use of military compulsion by a group I of nations to prevent war, which is the most radical feature of the plan advocated by the League to Enforce j Peace, was debated to-day before the Lake Mohonk Conference oi. inter ; national Arbitration. The proposition was favored by Herbert S. Houston and Dr. George Ilaven Putnam, New i \ ork publishers, and opposed by Dr. James L. T.vron, of Boston, director of the New England department of the' ] American Peace Society, and A. 11. ; j Snow, a Washington, D. C„ lawyer, j "Peace between nations," said Mr. | Houston, "just as does peace within ; nations, must rest on force. Peace must be put on a war footing and its | advocates must quit the forum for Ihe rContinued on l»n#c ll] Abandon Daniels Program; to Build Warships Now By Associated Press Washington, D. C., May 18.— In de-l j ciding upon the increase of the navy • J the House naval committee to-day i voted to abandon the five-year iiulld \ ing program, recommended by Secre- I iar> Daniels, and to recommend thai ; five battle cruisers, to cost. $20,453,534 each, four scout cruiserss, ten torpedo boat destroyers, twenty submarines, one hospital ship, one oil supply ship and one ammunition supply ship be built during the lit I 7 fiscal year. The committee voted 13 to S on battle cruisers and submarines. The committee unanimously adopted .a resolution by Representative Hcns ! ley, of Missouri, authorizing the Presi ] dent, upon conclusion of the European war. to invite the world powers to a conference to frame a court of arbi tration or other body for peaceful set ! tlement of all disputes between nations and appropriating $200,000 for the | purpose. | ; . .« < , NEW YORKER COURT MARTIALED IN IRELAND * ' I ondon, May 18.—Jeremiah C. Lynch, of New York, , has b tried and convicted by court martial in Dublin on \ > a cha ,e c: participating in the I:ish rebellion. The sentence y ' nee was in ! ' posed. 1 ! WOMEN HELD FOR RECEIVING GOODS . I sburg.—Anna Corpenny charged with receiving , < I silvei wai ■ which it is alleged Arthur J. Da vies stole from 1 E. Z. V Ur . -:r, was held und«. r SSOO bail for tout by Alder t | > t < | man lilton. Davies was arrested Suncjay night in Wil- 1 ' , i liamspdrt. ' i, f SOLDIER CROSSES BORDER AND IS SHOT 5 El Paso, May 18.—An American soldier, who crossed ' I { , the ii lal boundry a mile and a half east of I * j Juarez today was shot and killed by Mexican custom: j ( , guards. General Gaxiera advised Gen. Bel! that the sol< , I 1 < him. « ' FIRE IN PAPER WAREHOUSE a > Harrisburg.—Fire of unknown origin caused more thr.n I ' SIOO damage to the wall paper and moulding sto< 1 ' ( 1 Brady street warehouse of J. A. Gerlock. I CASEY NOMINATED FOR POSTMASTER < I | * Washington, May 18.—President Wilson to-day no"".- iinated L. J. Casey for postmaster at Wilkes-Barre, Pa. THREE SHOT IN STRIKE RIOT Ansonia, Conn., May 18. —Three men were shot, one \ probably fatally, in a riot to-day at the plant of the Ansonia S Manufacturing Company where between 150 and 200 men are on strike. READING WINS FAST GAME f Reading won the first game of a woubleheader at Island £ Park this afternoon. Score, 2 to 1. Hall pitched a good game* f but received rotten support. The score by innings— i I ' R. H. E £ j Reading 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 o—2 9 1 !> • j » Harrisburg 0 0 0 Q 0 0 1 0 o—l 7 Ml MARRIAGE I II v I Y Harry 11. \\ llhrrt, I'Ulirri lllc, and Klrauor A. Ivclater, IJllialifllivllk. 1 Dn\ Id F. Alvurd, WllllamatonD, and Myrtle K. Zerby, Lykena. I ("HTfe W. Wllmaa and Mnrj Andrrnon Bronn, city. A yi" 1 * W" n II 11, CITY EDITION 14 PAGES (BRUMBAUGH AND PENROSE LEADING DELEGATE RACE Governor Ahead of Field With Senator Very Close Second SNYDER BEATS AMBLER Scott and Sobel Ahead For Congrcss-at-large; Big Vote For Kephart With 4,787 districts out of 6,891 in the whole State heard from Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh is leading the field for Republican delegate-at-large with a vote of 145.611 and Senator Boies Penrose, his rival for the leader ship, is second on the list with 139,- 207. As many districts are not heard ! from there are many conflicting re | ports and the Brumbaugh people are not only adhering to their claim of 41 national delegates made yesterday, hut are talking about 43. They assert that the Governor will have six dele gates-at-largc out of the twelve, and while not making any formal state ment talk of eight district delegates in Philadelphia and six in AUcglienj. They claim also some districts from which there are not complete reports. The Penrose people are not making any claims, either, but they say that there is no foundation for the Brum baugh headquarters claim. The Gov i ernor and one or two others on his ! list may land as delegates-at-large. but they do not concede the si>: : claimed by the Governor's partisans. ' by an means. The State delegation will consist of seventy-six men, twelve to be dele gates-at-large. Each congressional district has two delegates. The I<atcst From tlic state An Associated Press dispatch re fContinued on Pane <t] ARREST RAFF MURDERER By Associated Press New York, May IS. Angelo Gag ' llano, a laundryman was arrested here last night charged with murder in the first degree In connection with i the shooting two years ago of Barnei ! Baft. Two others arrested In the cast already have been convicted. Tlu ; j killing of Baff, a wholesale poultrj 11 dealer, was alleged to havs been in spired by business rivals.
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