FS f"rf_ "*? A * ' y r . JI i-yrf -;:: ■ -->■?> -- ' • r * rgw? * * -yf • .* jjjp" ' r ' >•• * •>'' Iff * * t'' * #v - i - ' Mr* f: LXXXVIII— NO. 139 16 PAGES Sft, BBT& , aJKS£,f ta - HARRISBURG, PA. MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 16, 1919. ■SS&'Sffli HOME EDITION U. S. ARMY CROSSES INTO MEXICO AND SMASHES VILLA S NEW REBEL FORCES YANKEES SENT INTO JUAREZ CLEAR TOWN OF INSURGENTS WITH AID OF MACHINE GUNS Many Prisoners Are Taken by Americans in First General Skirmish on the Border; Guns Shell Villa's Hiding Place AMERICANS MOVE TO PROTECT EL PASO AND . OTHER CITIES FROM ATTACK BY REBELS By Associated Press. El Paso, June 16. —Artillery fire against the \ ilia rebel forces southeast of Jurrez was opened at 10.35 A. M. to-day with the Second Battalion of the Eighty second Field Artilerv firing shrapnel bursts, which could be seen plainly from the river. The artillery fire was six miles from Juarez, in the vicinity of the cavalry fighting near San Lorenzo. At 11 o'clock the entire Second Cavalry Brigade, composed of the Seventh and Fifth Cavalrv Regiments, could be seen plainly about eight miles south and west of Juarez, in hot pursuit of the Villa forces which were engaged at 10 o'clock this morn in" in the vicinitv of San Lorenzo, it was stated at military headquarters. American Cavalry Gaifting At 11.20 the American cavalry appeared to he gaining rapidly o the \ ilia band, which was making a desperate effort to reach the mountains southwest of Juarez. The pursuit, which started east of Juarez, swung to the west and the columns could he seen in a cloud of dust to the southwest beyond Juarez. United States infantry troops started withdrawing from Juarez to El Paso at 10.30 A. M. to-day in obedience to orders by Major GenerdJUftrosey C. Cabell, com mander of the southern department, who arrived from San Antonio early to-day and crossed the international bridge for a conference with General Francisco Gon zales, supreme commander of the Juarez troops. El Paso, Texas, June 16. —American troops sent into Mexico last night to stop the indiscriminate firing across the border fought their first general engagement with the Mexican rebel forces of Francisco Villa at the Juarez race track shortly after 2 o'clock this morning. The Americans were victorious. Villa's troops were driven from the race track by rifle and machine gun fire. Cavalry Takes Prisoners Many prisoners were reported taken by the United States cavalry, which took up positions on the east and southeast of the track, according to an official report at military headquarters. The Mexican rebels and federal troops fought in the streets of Juarez Saturday night and Sundav night, many on both sides being killed. Many bullets from the rebel gins came across the Rio Grande. Two persons were killed and -even wounded on the American side. When the Mexican bullets became too thick for the safety of citizens of El Paso, Brigadier General ]. B. Erwin at 11 o'clock last night ordered American troops across the border. In ten minutes after the ordeV \va> issued 3.600 United States soldiers were in Mexico. The first troops to cross were the Fourth Battalion of the Twenty-fourth Infantry (coloredJ, a battalion of the Eighty-second Artillery and the Fifth and Seventh Cavalry. Guns Rain Shrapnel Two American guns placed near the international bridge shell ed the racetrack with shrapnel to dislodge the Yillistas. After the Mexican federals were allowed to retire into the town of Juarez, Colonel Hadzeil's colored infantry opened up with a terrific rifle fire on the renches flanking the racetrack. They ad vanced in open order and succeeded in dislodging the Villa forces, who held the strongest positions as the colored troops were forced to advance across a comparatively open plain. llriven Into Hills As the American cavalry maneuv ered over the Juarez plain their po sitions were marked by gieen rocket flares and were ajurwered by similar star shells from the top of the Mills building in El Paso, headquarters of the American forces. At 2.30 the rifle firing had died down, indicat ing the Villa forces were defeated and were being driven into the hills or pursued by the United States cavalry. The American artillery was sta tioned in positions from which the racetrack where the Villa rebels were quartered could he shelled. A flanking movement was begun in an effort to prevent the escape of the rebels. Yanks in Ihirsuit Villa troops, driven from Juarez early to-day by United States infan [C'ontinurd on Page &.] ITHE WEATHER G Harrisburg and Vicinity: Partly " cloudy to-night and Tandny, not much change in tempera ture. Eastern Pennsylvania: Pnrtly cloudy to-night and Tuesday, (.lightly warmer to-night in southern portion, (.rntle shift ing winds. lllveri The .Inninta will rise somewhat this afternoon: the upper portion will tall to-night and the lower portion Tuesday. The lower portion of the west branch will rise this afternoon and to-night and fall Tuesday. The main river will rise slightly to-day and to-night and prob ably begin to ffnli Tuesday. 411 other streams w|!l remain nearly stationary. 4 stage, of about 4.7 feet Is Indicated for ■larrlsbnrg Tuesday morning. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH ®|f olar-In&cpcnscnl., REVOLT ASSUMES NEW PHASE WHEN SAN JOSE RISES American Forces on Gunboat Castine at Port Limon Are Held in Readiness Washington, June IK. —The revo lution against the Tinoco govern ment in Costa Rica has entered a new phase, according to dispatches to-day to the State Department. Outbreaks have occurred in San Jose, the capital and the general situation was described as serious. American forces on the gunboat Castine, now at Port Llmon, are held in readiness and can be landed at a moment's notice, it was said. The commander of the ship, how-' ever, has been instructed not to act without specific instructions from Washington. In the dispatches concerning the situation in Costa Rica no details were made public, hut officials said conditions were such that it would not be surprising if the necessity for action on the part of the Amer ican Government should arise. RIRNED ON ARM John t'zimic, 8 Lochiel Row, was 'reated in the Harrisburg Hospital for burns of the left shoulder, left arm and right arm,, suffered late Saturday while working at the Cen tral Iron and Steel Company. i POLICEMAN GETS OUT UNDER FIRE AS MAYOR CALLS Charged With Improper Con duct During Parade of Saturday Chared with intoxication while on duty during the parade of Saturday afternoon, Jacob Zimmerman. 119 Sylvan Terrace, patrolman on the Harrisburg police force, tendered his resignation to Mayor Kr ister this af ternoon when called to answer to the chargt. Zimmerman is alleged to have arrested another man on a charge of being drunk at the Russ Fish mtrket on Saturday afternoon, about 4 o'clock, af-or whi*h he tole- (Continued on Page Eight) Court Asked to Name Trustee to Apportion Fund For Needy of Harrisburg Because of the death of Mrs. Eliz abeth C. Kunkel. who had charge of the distribution of the income from court took the petition for considera tion and reserved action. Mrs. Kunkel, in her will, in addi tion to making other public bequests set aside fund of SIO,OOO for the same purpose as the one. provided I by her husband almost fcarty years i ago. DUTASTA IS TO HAND REPLY TO GERMANS TODAY Hour Fixed as Four O'clock at Versailles For Deliv ery of Allied Answer By Associated Press. PARIS, June 16.—1t is an- 1 ticipated' generally that the Germans will ask for an ex tension of time in which to reply to the final peace condi tions. The request, it is be- : lieved, will be based on the fact that the Germans were given only one revised copy of the treaty. Marshal Foch, General . Bliss and other military lead ers attended the meeting of the Council of Five to-day. The meeting developed the nature of a general windup of ; the German situation. Paris, June 16. —The reply of the ; Allies to the German counter propo sals will be delivered to Count Von | Brockdorff-Rantzau, head of the | enemy peace delegation at Vesailles |at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Paul I Dutasta, secretary of the Peace Con- I ference, will take the revised treaty ! personally to Versailles to hand it to | the Germans. j A special train will be held ready iat Versailles and it is presumed that , the Germans will depart for Weimar immediately upon the receipt of the reply. Editors and printers worked throughout the night and this fore noon in a feverish effort to complete the reply. At 5 o'clock this morning corrections were still being made, but it was stated that the delivery of the document at about 4 o'clock was assured. | The Council will give final consid | oration to the provisions of the Treaty before they are presented. Premier Clemenceau planned to communicate the provisions to the French Cabinet previously. | The Treaty will not be presented jin complete printed form fis re j vised. The correctio s in the orig ] inal document have been written in i red ink upon one copy of the Treaty j and the Germans will be handed this I and ninety-nine other copies, upon which they can duplicate the correc tions for themselves. Immediately after receiving the document, the head of the German j mission, accompanied by several of ] his colleagues, will leave for Wei ! mar, where the Treaty will be laid i before the German national assem- I bly. TAX OF 8 CENTS PER TON TARIFF ON COUNTY COAL County Commissioners Accept Figures of Mining Engi neer Sekol's Report Valuation of marketable coal in the ground owned by the Susque hanna Collieries Company in tracts in Williams and Wiconisco town ships is to be assessed at eight cents a ton for taxation, the County Com missioners decided to-day, accepting the figure submitted by W. F. Sekol, mining engineer, in his recent re port of tonnage of unmined and marketable coal. Edward A. Minnich, assessor in Wiconisr-o township, was present to day at the meeting of the county of ficials and began entering valuations on the books. Notices will be sent to the company as soon as the Wil liams township assessor takes simi lar action . It is understood the company will appeal the assessment to the county court for decision. By fixing the value of marketable coal at eight cents a ton, the assess ment. of the coal in place in Wico nisco township will be $737,197.96 and in Williams township $1,603,- 108.80, to which will be added the valuation of improvements, such as buildings and machinery and other equipment used in mining. ONE-BEGGED MAY WET> Topoka. Kan., June 16.—A one legged Chicago girl would correspond with Robert D. McGiffert, City Park Commissioner, with a view to "mak ing a match." McGiffert. who has a wooden leg with barometr'cal quali ties was written up recently by a lo cal newspaper. He is a former Ma rine and lost his leg in battle la France. DR. BOCK HART HONORED The Rev. J. William Eookhart, pastor of the First Baptist Church, at a recent meeting of the Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, of i Chicago, 111., was elected a member of the advisory board of the insti tution for a term of two years. FLIER'S MOTHER KNEW HE'D WIN By Associated I'ress. _ London, June 16.—The Man chester home of John Atcock, pilot of the Vickers-Vimy biplane which on Sunday completed its flight across the Atlantic from New Foundtand by landing at Clifden, Ireland, was besieged by visitors yesterday, the callers standing in line to shake hands with Captain Alcock's mother. She said, during the day: "I had faith in my son. He told me he would make the flight safely." Captain Sexton, chief of the Fnited States naval staff in Lon don, commenting on Captain Al cock's flight to-day, said: "It was a very fine perform ance. The I'nited States Navy will be only too pleased to extend congratulations." ROTARY LUNCH IN CHARGE OF Y OFFICIALS TODAY Gregory and Carruthers Speak at Luncheon in the Penn-Harris To-day's luncheon of the Rotary Club in the Penn-Harris Hotel was placed in the hands of Harrisburg Central Y. M. C. A. officials, after the luncheon and mirror business matters were considered by the club members. Preston Crowell, vice president of the Club, presided in the absence of President G. M. Stein metz, who is in attendance at the na tional convention in Salt Lake City. Arch Dinsmore, Boys' Work Secre tary of the local Y. M. C. A., had charge of the Y. M. C. A. end of the affair. Frank Gregory, general sec retary (\f the Pennsylvania Railroad Y. M. C. A., the first speaker called on, gave a short history of the Y. Jil. C. A. work and told of what the organization has done to increase the efficiency of the railroad men. State Secretary James Carruthers was the other speaker on to-day's program. He paid ii tribute to the businessmen of Harrisburg, and es pecially the Harrisburg Rotary Club, for the support they have given to the Y. M. C. A. in its work. Officials of the Central Y. M. C. A. and workers of the State organization, were guests,at the luncheon. The physical directors of the two institution's: C. W. Miller and Horace j Geisel, told of the beneficial results achieved in the gymnasium work of the Institutions. Boys with one and three years' gymnastic training %vere | present to illustrate the development I of the youths who have had training I in the two institutions. U. S. EXPEDITION JUSTIFIED By Associated Press. Washington, June 16.—There can be no misunderstanding be tween the governments of the United States and Mexico regard ing the movement of troops across the border at El Paso, Sec retary Baker said to-day. The sole purpose, he said, was protec tion of the American side of the border, and there is a distinct un derstanding between the govern ments for such action. Mr. Baker issued this formal statement: "There is no possibility of a misunderstanding between the re public of Mexico and the United States with regard to the protec tion of life on the American side. In many instances previously it has been necessary > for the American forces very briefly to cross the border to disperse bandit forces. The sole purpose of the Amteriqan soldiers is to pro tect life on the American side." V. > ARMY OFFICIALS ORDER PROBE OF TRUCK FATALITY Intersection of Second and North Streets Regarded Dan gerous One of the City Ray Beach, Winchester, Ohio, one of the twenty convalscent sol diers who were injured in the crash of a huge steel army truck and a Harrisburg railways car, at Second and North streets ,on Saturday, died in the Harrisburg Hospital yester day morning as a result of his in juries. had received a frac tured slcull when he was thrown from the truck after the crash. Eight of the injured soldiers were returned to the Carlisle Hospital on Saturday, while the remainder were removed yesterday. All are reported to be resting well. A complete in vestigation of the whole affair has (Continued on rage Eight) BURLESON ORDER ! STIRS DELEGATE ! LABOR ASSEMBLY | Right of Collective Bargain ! ing Extends to All Employes of Post Office Department By Associated Press. | Atlantic City, X. J.. June 16. i Postmaster General Burleson's order j granting the right of collective bar . gaining to electrical and telephone ! workers, signing of which on Satur | day averted a nation-wide strike, np : plies to all other employes under the i post office department, including tel- I egraph operators and postal em | ployes, according to a report made | to-day ,to the convention of the j American Federation of Labor by V. H McCarthy, of San Francisco, chair man of the committee that went to Washington under direction of the convention. t a uses Sharp Debate This declaration resulted in a sharp debate by delegates. It start ed when E. r. Gainer, of the letter carriers, asked if Postmaster General Burleson's orders applied4exclusively to telephone employes and.added that | he could see no reason w&w all post ial employes should not be given the same rights as had been granted oth er employes of the telephone system. I Mr. McCarthy said that necessarily i the principles in Postmaster Hem ral Burleson's order must apply to every I other organization under the post | office department. • Fundamental principles," said Mr. I McCarthy, "have been established " | John Lewis, vice-prasident of the j mine workers, asked what effect the I Postmaster General's action w uld l have upon the existing strike of com mercial telegraphers. Mr. McCarthy said that while the telegraph strike was not discussed during the' confer ence with Postmaster General Bur lesson the comin.ttee was convinced j that the questions involved in the tel | egraphers strike as well as any oth ! er that might arise, would have to ! be dealt with in accordance with the i order issued Saturday by Mr. Burle- I son. I I GIRL STRUCK BY LIGHTNING j Harrington, Kan., June 16.—Miss I Mary Harness was struck by light ning the other eveinng while helping her brother, John Harness in an al falfa field in an attempt to save some hay from an approaching storm. Her clothing and shoes were torn from her body and she was painfully burned. HURT IN COLLI SON 1 Neal Campbell. Fifty-sixth and , Market streets, Pliildelphia, is in the I Harrisburg Hospital with a fractured ; leg. The injury was suffered yester | day when he was thrown- from an ■ automobile in a collision near Lewis- I town. WILL URGE FUND FOR CONCERTS ON CITY'S COUNCIL j Committee to Wait on Com missioners Tomorrow in Behalf of Movement City Councilmen will be urged to j morrow by members of the Com munity Singing and Band Concerts committee of the Harrisburg Cham ber of Commerce, to provide funds, if possible, for summer band con certs this year. The committee, with John Fox Weiss as chairman, will meet at the council chamber shortly before 10 o'clock to-morrow morning when the City Commissioners hold their regular session, and will formally request that provision be made for open air band concerts. A bill was signed recently by Governor Sproul which gives Councils of third-class cities authority to provide funds for that purpose. The Community Singing commit tee at a number of meetings since its organization, outlined a program of work which includes open air band concerts in addition to com munity singing. As a preliminary part of its work, it urged the pas sage of House bill No. SO, which is the bill giving Council power to ex pend municipal funds for commun ity music. Upon the signing of the bill, mem bers of the committee interviewed the councilmen upon the subject of band cncerts. and elicited the in formation that they are almost unanimously in favor of municipal band concerts, provided the funds can be secured. Lewistown Will Now Get v New Federal Building Uenisitown, Fa., June 16. The Treasury Department has notified Postmaster Orr that the government is about ready to take up the work of erection of a new postoffice at Dewistown. Proposals for a build-, ing here within 60 days is asked. The contract Inlcludes a new s'dle- : walk. The location will be at Mar ket and Wayne streets, where for merly stood the St, Charles Hotel. LONDON JUBILANT AS BRITISH AIR VICTORS FINISH LONG VOYAGE Vickers-Vimy Bomber Completes 1,630 Nautical Miles In 16 Hours and 12 Minutes; Pilot Happy at End London, June 16.—London to-day celebrated the achievement of the two British airmen who yesterday completed the first non stop trans-Atlantic flight, meanwhile preparing for a formal re ception to the air victors. Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur \V. Brown. Formal examination of the Vickers-Vimy bombing type airplane in which the two men flew 1,650 nautical miles in 16 hours and 12 minutes from St. John's, N. F., to Clifden, near Galway. Ireland has been completed by aero club officials, who found the seals intact on the marked parts of the airplane, thus officially establishing the authenticity of the flight. Bomber Badly Damaged , ' Meanwhile the aviators, tired but!' happy, are on their way to London 1 ami may reach here to-morrow. Both i ; are well, but Lieutenant Brown, the j ! navigator of the plane, suffered ] bruises on the nose and face when : the machine landed in a hog. The i biplane was badly damaged and may have to be dismantled. Features of the trip were the car- | rytng of the first aerial mail across i the Atlantic and the transportation ; lof two mascots, a dog and a cat. j i Enthusiasm over the success of the j i | trip has not been accompanied by I I any minimizing of the great dangers j. i the aviators encountered. Once, the airmen said, they barely escaped be ing plunged into, the sea when the | | machine went into a flat spit. Early in the flight the half gale! in which they took off front St Johns if ' '• I 1 ' % i i % i + £ i | * £ I i § 1 It f W * X X • • t **'* ■ ■'. - • m 1 X * JIT .t " s"' ' IjL 4* is-rr-Tbc AfH.es have promised Orutfny to del [T fl t try for the*responsibility of the war and violation of the ll S iT 4* T * . , ' MARRIAGE LICENSES £ m 'Jt Harry It. Zimmerman anil Catherine M. I.eleht, Nor Cumberland! J * " Mnrmnn C. Jonea, Washington, and Mary K. Nlummn, Harrlabnrgl c I Paul Singer, Rending, and Ethel H. Klawnnaky, Mlddletonn; Ed- JL ward H. Davla and Gertrude Pfall, Perry county. tore off the propeller that drove the wireless dynamo and made radio communication impossible. At the same time, Lieutenant Brown said, a stay wire broke, but of this he did not speak to his companion until they landed. Captain Alcock said he would have turned back had he known thi3. Petrol Indicator Stops Bad weather, accompanied by fog, permitted only three observations for laying the course, while sleet stopped the working of the petrol in dicator. Captain Alcock, describing his experiences while flying at an altitude of 11,000 feet, said: "It was hailing and snowing. The machine became covered with ice by 6 o'clock in the morning and re l mained so until an hour before we 1 (Continued on Page Kight)