tv ei.-sb., ..? IPs-- ;. J . F,.. 'Mi ft 5.. r . ' Sf ' - "& & t i i j .. rt. . r r ,STRA7 &;. 'V ft? ' SM .. ft & Rs.. Wl, TUESDAY February 27, 1917 SURVIVORS TELL OF WRECK; TRAIN CREW PRAISED 'Men Strove Desperately MnsR nf "Dphvis Wnmon '( Man Thanks God fly J. . At s: me reuer irnin ncanng iiucon oi ' the ML Union wreck survivors arrived In Broad Street Station. Alt the survivors had ' been on the car next to the cud the "Brucevllle" and nil agreed that had the wrecked steeping car been constructed of anything, but steel the loss of life would have been much greater. Miss Marguerite Klnim. of riattsburg, N. V., was In the sleeping car next to the one which was "telescoped." She was pale and tired looking and was plainly Unnerved y her experience. , "I was awakened." she said, "by n hor rible grinding crash which sent a shiver down my spine, and set every nerve In my body a-tlngle. Then I had u fearful sen sation of being propelled upward, after which the car seemed to settle with sicken ing, emphasis. CRIBS OP TUB D-YlNCr "I could hear cries and shouts In the darkness. I cot out of the car as soon as possible. I have never seen before such a complete wreck as the enr which was telescoped.' "To my dying day. I will never forget that scene. I saw the arms nf a woman protruding from a window of tho wrecked car. Looking closer, I observed to my horror that there was an Infant clasped tightly to the breast of the woman. The left arm. bent In a death grip, kept the body of the baby In place. That was only "one of the terrible scenes I witnessed I , was not frightened by tho crash, and t felt Bo fear until I stepped outside nnd saw the wreckage." ' George Sellers, of Kokomo, Ind., said: "I was awakened by a jolt which nearly sprawled me out of my berth. It did not take me long to hustle Into my clothes and get outside. The force of the collision was so great that the forward trucks of the wrecked sleeper were pushed In front of the third car." TRIED TO SAVK OTHERS William II, Qrcaves, a business man on the way from the West to New York, said- "I lay In my berth for a couple of min utes after the collision, scarcely sensing what had happened. I remember hearing voices cry out as If In agony, and then everything' was still for a minute. Then be gan a scramble of passengers to get out of my car. Wo all did what wo could to aid In tho relief work." D. P. Doerlng.'of Akron, O., who was a passenger In tho sleeping car next to the end, said he felt that he was enjoying "second life' when ho reached II rood Street Station. Mr. Docrlng was on his way to New York to visit somo relatlcs and trans act business. "I retired shortly after 11 o'clock Mon day evening after chatting with passengers In the smoker," he said. "If I recall dis tinctly, the last thing that we discussed as we were getting Into our berths was Presi dent WIIson'B message to Congress. I was ound asleep when I was awakened by s Boise which sounded to me as though some thing was penetrating through our car It may have sounded like a cannon shot. It was simply a loud noise a noise of the kind that I will never forget. COULDN'T DESCRIBE IT "If you gate me a thousand-dollar bill I ouldn't describe that noise. "Ity berth wrs an upper ono nnd I saved myself from being thrown to the floor of the car by getting hold of a strap. As 1 was dangling from tho strap my right hand clipped and I fell to the door. Everybody in our car was shouting and screaming. Some one yelled that there was a collision. But It wasn't necessary to announce It be cause we all knew that we were In an acci dent of some kind. I ran to the door of our ear and Jumped off to the tracks. Well, What I saw after getting to the ground will remain on my mind as long as I live. "It was dark and for about fifty feet ahead of me was a cloud of smoke and team. I groped my way through the steam and smoke when I began to hear moans. Then the train crew appeared with lighted lanterns. I remember seeing the car that was telescoped. "Out of the debris smoke and steam was ontlnulng to pour. TRAIN CREW BRAVE 'The train crew acted bravely. They de serve commendation for the way they worked. Some of the crew sailed right into the debris removing pieces of wreck age In their anxiety to save passengers who were In the wreck and who probably were killed Instantly. WORSE THAN U-BOATS "I have no Idea how the accident hap pened or who Is td be blamed, but 1 am thankful to .God that I a.i alive. I have read a great deal about steamships being blown up by submarines. It must be an awful scare to the passengers. But, believe me, that scare that I got when I heard that noise after retiring has something on the ubmarlnes. I wasn't hurt. Martin Horn, of 141 North Monroe street, Butler, Pa., who occupied a berth In the aame car with Doerlng, said: "I escaped Injury, but I don't know what I owe my good luck to. Tell you what happened after the collision? I really don't know how to begin or where to finish. WOMEN SHOWED BRAVERY 'The women In my car certainly acted like Trojans. They, of course, became alarmed who wouldn't? But they didn't become panic-stricken. We ali thought of .TWENTY CRUSHED TO DEATH IN WRECK OF PENNSY EXPRESS Continued from Pace One tog Mr. Fanning on his marriage was found n in his body. On the body of tho young woman believed to have been his bride was found a Bible, which rontalned the name and address of Miss Ella Thayt, 2600 Halifax, street. Denver. Colorado. ' Few were only Injured. So complete was .the work of destruction where the blow ' fell that Injury meant death In almost every case.. A. T. Cook, of Harrlsburg, engineer of tho freight train, and the porter of the , Brucevllle were reported as receiving alight "'Sjurlea. ' L Investigation Into the cause a the .wreck, the worst on the Pennsylvania lines , te many years, wan mnneu inimeumieiy. ,' 1 LL- ..:. ,Mr.h l.ft Tlllnhlirirh nf T-1A Ai . i.k last night, was atandlng at the .tttnmntt-ITnlnn station for minor repairs to "Si' Vile. It was about to- steam out of the tWn at 12:10 a, m., when suddenly the EV ftefcnt train, approacning irora oenina. crashed 'Into the flyer with a roar that wM tki town. The. 11 wood buckled against the Bruce 411a e !wa Halved, while the freight trata Jump the' track, sending six freight I Willing ,OWH ieP cmuaimincui a atreM of the ow. For a few roo- sjt was aeatusisn. mk uie crews oi reMnstres rretn mo shock wiui lata me work or res- i Worried to the. scene. ; towns were to work TRAGIC STORY to' Rescue Dying From SVinurorl TToi-niam r..-. for "Second Life" only one thing nnd that was to get out of the car and when we did get out we began to breath a little easier." Even as fnr forward as the third car from the rear the shock was severe. Mrs. Arthur Prltchard, who was on her way to her home In Ithaca, N. v., from a suburb of Pittsburgh, where she had been visiting, was In the third car In n lower berth when the collision occured "Ihad gone to the berth only a few minutes before the wreck," Mrs, Prltchard said, 'and I was Just getting ready for sleep when the train hit us. "1 can't tay even now what happened after thnL The car felt as though It was going up In the nlr and then there was a terrible crash. I was thrown around, It seemed to me, from one end to the other of the berth, and then everything stopped dead You couldn't hear a sound. It was like that for several minutes. MEN MOST EXCITED "Then I heard the men In the car tThoy really seemed to be more excited than tho women at P.-st. They went running down tho aisles telling every one to be calm, and every one was "When I cooled off enough to look around 1 found the floor of the car was nearly level; nil the glass was smashed out of the. windows; no one seemed to be hurt except for bruises. The men helped us out of the car nnd wo went to the rear to see what had happened. "It seemed to me every one must havo been killed In that car. There wasn't a sound coining out of it. Both sides had been split open, and there was such a pile of wreckage you could hardly tell It had been a car. I could sco nothing of the people who must have been in It, MT. UNION HELPS "People from ML Union nrrlved almost at once with coffee and hlnnkets and they were most helpful. I was asked by at least six different persons to come to their homes to get over the shock. "We nil did what wo could to find some one In the rear clr, but tho wreckage was so thick It was Just about Impossible Evn after tho doctors and nurses arrived thy could do very little until the wrecking ciew cleared away the steel nnd broken furnish Ings and other things that seemed to covet the car. "Tho rear car. besides splitting open, ha 1 Jammed Itr. front trucks almost under the center of the car ahead. That one seemed to be derailed and Its front trucks were lifting the end of the car I was In." Israel Epstein, a tailor, of New York city, who was on his way from Nashville, Tenn , said : "Tho whole thing was too terrible for words. What Impressed me most was the silence that followed the. crash. SILENCE OF THE GRAVE "It was tho silence of tho grave. When tho collision came I was In my berth, and I was thrown across the aisle by the Im pact. I ran to the back door, but found the mass of wreckage Jammed up against the rear and steam hissing over all. "I ran around to the front of our car nnd clambered down. By tho time I had reached the wrecked car the steam had ceased and all was quiet except for the shouts of the trainmen and others. I found a human hand by the side of the rails and also saw several bodies under neath the clutter. But there was no cry ing. I guess everybody must have been killed Instantly." Mr. Edna Lester nnd her daughter, Dolly, one year old, were In their berths at the time of the crash "My baby was thrown out of my arms, and out through the curtains to the floor," said Mrs. Lester. "I thought for a moment she had been Injured, but she was un harmed. As quickly as 1 could I dressed and ran out. I found everything very quiet as still as death." Among the survivors who were taken to Harrlsburg was James O. Stone, of "12 Sixth street, Washington, D, C, a private In Company C, Third Infantry. Ho was on his way home from the Mexican border. "All of the persons who were killed were Jammed Into a little space not more than eight feet long," he said. "When we left there was no way to tell how many were killed, but very few were hurt. Nearly every one on the train was asleep when the freight train struck us, and those who were killed were killed outright. "I saw them take a little girl out of the crushed sleeper. She was moaning and crjlng, but she died while they were placing her on the stretcher." CANADIANS IN WRECK Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Stokes, of Toronto. Ont who had boarded Uie train at Steuben vllle, O., for their first trip East, were two other survivors. They, llko many other passengers on tho wrecked train, were on their way to Washington to attend the In auguration. Mr. and Mrs. Stokes are farmers. Mrs. Stokes has a brother who Is a member of tho police force In Washington, and he In vited her and her husband to attend the In auguration. They were sitting In the chair car, talking over tho good time they ex pected to have when tho windows of the cars were smashed by the terrific force of the freight train, and they were thrown from their seats. "All I remember was a woman's hand sticking out of a Pullman window," said Mrs. Stokes. "The smashed cars were smoking, but were not ablaze. The entire train was composed of steel cars." Immediate Identification of the bodies was almost Impossible. RELIEF TRAIN ARRIVES A relief train arilved In Philadelphia at 8:45 o'clock. It carried fifteen passen gers of the wrecked Mercantile Express, according to the railroad officials. The gotes to the tralnshed were barred, and no one was permitted to get near the train. The wreck was horrible, according to the stories told by those who came In on the relief train. The fast freight, which was composed mostly" of cars carrying cattle to relieve the eastern food supply, crashed Into the rear end of the passenger train while going at full speed. The passengers In the two other Pull mans, directly ahead of the telescoped cars, nd In lb four- day rnnehs Ahead V7CTC thrown from their berths and beds, and the windows of all the cars were smashed. The other six cars of tho passenger train remained on the tracks, however, while six of tho freight cars hurtled down the em bankment at the station where the pas senger train had been standing when the freight train crashed Into IL BRAKEMAN TRIED TO WARN The rear brakeman of the passenger train, S. K. Jacobs, standing on the rear platform of the sleeping car Hellwood. saw the freight train approach. 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A gruesome feature of tho wreck was the fact that the first freight car In the train which crashed Into the express was loaded with collliis, consigned from a Pittsburgh firm to a business house In the east. These were strewn over the wreck age. TrafTIc was blocked for to lnuis. Then Train No I, which left Plttsbuigh at 8:30 o'clock vsas sent to Harrlsburg. It leached thero at S.55, but catrled no survivors of tho wreck. A relief set out fiom Altoona at 1 o'clock, carrying Superintendent N. W. Smith, of the Central Division of the Penn sylvania Railroad, nnd doctors and nuises from Altoona. Other physicians were picked up at Huntingdon, and the relief train rushed to Mount Union. Tho Mercantile Express, known as No. C, was composed of four Pullman sleeping cars ami four day coaches The Pull mans, all were bound for New York. .lohn P. Dohoney, Investigator of nccl dents for tho Publlo Seivlce Commission, left Harrlsburg for the scene of tho wreck at 4 o'clock this morning, U. S. INVESTIGATES Four Interstate Commerce Commission officials were bent to investigate the wreck soon after tho lecelpt of the news of it by the Commission. They are Oeorge Ellis, chief signal engineer ; W. P. Borland, assist ant chief of Division of Safety, and In spectors Duffy nnd Bronley, stationed at Harrlsburg. A third train from the scene of the wreck reached Harrlsburg at 4:55. It car ried only a few survivors and no Injured. The freight train, according to reports here, was hauled by Englno No. 014 nnd was in Lhnrgo of f'onduptor E. E. Fagan, with A. T. Cook ns engineer. Both are from HarrMiurg. Cook suffered an Injuied foot. Fagan escaped Injury Pennslvanla officials pointed out that this Is the first time In three years that a single passenger has been Injured, to say nothing of being killed, on all the Pennsvlvnula lines, and In that tlmo several millions have been carried. It Is tho first time Buch an accident has occurred In four years counting only the Pennsylvania line cast. Train No. G is the same passenger train that was wrecked last August at "Mexico, Pa , when It ran Into a. stock train, killing the engineer and fireman. The disaster affected officials of the rail road, who took pride In the good record It had maintained for safety of passengers. Not a passenger had been killed on the entire system In three years, In which GETS $134,312 VERDICT AGAINST LUMBERMEN Tennessee Resident Manager Wins Claim in U. S. Court Hero for In ternational Co. Services A verdict of J134.312.07, In favor of V. Klrby Smith, of Sewanee, Tenn., against the International Lumber nnd Development Company, was rendered by a Jury today be fore Judge Thompson, In the United States District Court, The suit was based on seventeen notes, and drafts given Smith by John R. Mark ley nnd Isaiah B. Miller, Chicago contrac tors, in settlement of salary and expenses Smith averred was due him as lesldent man ager of the lumber company's plantation In Campeche. Mex. When he left the employ of Markley and Miller, who are two of six men who served prison terms for embez zlement of the money1 of stockholders, he was given notes and drafts In lieu of a cash settlement Liability on these notes was denied by the lumber' company. Asserting that Marks ley and Miller had not carried out, the sped lications of contracts for the development of the' plantation land, the company also contended that McMahon had been given no specific authority to accept nottceiot tho assignment. McMahon was formerly treas urer of the company and he served a Jail sentence for his, part In the lumber swindle. MANHOLE BLOWS tFP An explosion of gas In a manhole caused by a spark coming from a break In an electric cable at Seventh and Walnut streets at noon today, blew the 600-pound cast Iron cover ten feet In the air. The cover' fell back agalfi lit the manhole and broker In several pieces, one of the pieces crushing several cables. ', A SMKiniM policeman naa a narrow es- v . ? VICTIM AND SURViVORS nrS,R90,0G3 passengers were carried. On tho lines east not H passenger out of 616, 626, !G7 can led In tho last four yenis was killed. In 1016, 196,291,116 passengers were carried on tho entire system without a fatality. STATEMENT BV ROAD The statement of tho Pennsylvania Rail road follows: "The management of tho Pennsylvania Railroad regrets to announce that In a I ear-end collision at Mount Union, Pa., at 12:10 this morning nineteen passengers and one Pullman poller were Killed nnd an cnglneman and a Pullman potter were slightly Injured. "While the mercantile express train No. 6, an eastbound train was unloading pas sengers at Mount Union Station, nn rast iHiund freight train. PS-20, englno 614, ran Into the rear of It, demolishing tho last car. which was a sleeping car named Bellwood. All nf tho persons who were killed weio In this car. Tho engine of the freight train was. forced partly Into the one end of tho Belfwood, while the end of the sleeping car ahead of It was forced Into the other end of the sleeping car. The passengeis in tho other cars of the train were not Injured. "Six freight cars were wrecked and two of the main tracks were blocked. Wrecking trains, with physicians and nurses, were sent to the scene of tho accident Imme diately. Tho causo of the accident has not yet been determined, although early this morning the following officers of the com pany were appointed to mako an Investi gation: "R. B. Freeman, trainmaster, Tyrone Division. "B. F. Dickinson, supervisor of signals, Philadelphia Division." Cook, the freight englner, who had only tccently been promoted to tho throttle, It w.is reported, declared that the block signal nt "Mu" tower, a mile nnd a half from Mount Union, showed white. Indicating a clear track. Ills fireman and brakeman, who were In the cab when the tower was passed, said they told him -It wns green, which would warn that another train was In the block H. II. Jacobs, Hairisburg, flagman on the express, who had been sent to guard the rear, says the freight came rushing Jon despite his frantic signals, and he had to hurl himself down nn embank ment to escape death. One hundred nnd fifty yards from the station the overhead "bridge" signal loomed up In front of tho frelglrt. It showed red. But the warning was too late. Cook np plled Ills airbrakes. A moment later, with tho engineer and crew standing steadfastly nt their posts, tho freight crashed Into the express. How tho engineer nnd his com panions In tile cab escaped death Is a mys tery. Tho first few cars of the freight buckled up and went over the embankment, CIVIL SERVICE EXEMPTIONS REQUESTED BY WEBSTER Director Pleads Inability to Obtain Men for City Iceboats and Dredg ing Plant Because of difficulty experienced In ob talnlng men to handle the city Iceboat fleet and the city dredging plant. Director Webster, of the Department of Wharves, Docks and Ferries, has asked that all these positions be exempted from civil service regulations. The Civil Service Commission, In order to Investigate the request of the director, has arranged to hold a 'public hearing at City Hall on March 7, At this .hearing exemp tions for a total of 238 positions will be urged, on the ground that most of them are filled but' a portion of each year and that it Is with Increasing difficulty that the proper men can be obtained 'for the service. SHOOTS GIRL TO FHIGHTEN HER Youth Wanted to Make Her Go Home Before Dark ' ASBURY PARK, 'N. J.. Feb. 27 To frlshtcn :i!3 Lillian Taylor, thirty ear old, of West I"blnt Pleasant, Into going homo before dark from the home of Mrs. Randolph Hulse, at that place, where she was-'a frequent visitor, so that he wouldn't have to accompany her. Lloyd White, eighteen years old, shot her .through Iter right nip. White told Recorder C. V. Hance he. did not Intend to hit Miss Taylor. He was .held In J1000 ball. Signs Unobserved in Auto Death NORRISTOWM Pa., Feb, 37; The" Coro- Ser's' jury Investigating" , the death , of Dr.. irtha Lewis, of Bryn Mawr, February 11, when the automobile In, which she Was rlrfiiur collided with?, another drlvan . tv :." -,-'.- .' it.i,::, liLi "..' jeunvH,- iwuih iRMjpwiHr mywa - ffeftger OF MOUNT UNION WRECK "CHET" MINDS'S TRAGIC DEATH DRAPES RED AND BLUE IN BLACK - Campus Mourns for Scholar-Athlete Killed in Railroad Accident All-Round Star on Track, Gridiron and Diamond "diet" Minds, as he was known all over the tollego community In West Philadel phia, was ono of the ablest, cleanest, most popular men that ever went to Penn. He had a leputatlon to live up to, one set by his 'brother, "Jack" Minds, who In his day was a brilliant all-around athleto who brought pride to Red and Bluo men everywhere. He lived up to it, too. He was a great football player, a great baseball player, a great track star, and none of these things was allowed by him to Interfere with tho business which brought him to college that business being learning. He took third honors when he graduated in 1914. Then he took his diploma and went home to Ramey, forgot about athletics and went to work for his father, who Is a coal mag nate. Tho only tiling that took his time from business after that was love, at first, and his family later. He went up to Con ifer, K. V In the fall and away back In one of the deepest recesses of tho Adlron dacks on September 8, 19 IB, ho married Miss Doris Cafllsh, of Conifer. One baby blessed their short married life, who, with the parents, was killed In last night's trag edy at Mount Union. "Chet" Minds made a hit from the start when ho came to Penn. He was expected to be a prominent figure In athletics It rarl in tho Minds family to be so and he came up to expectations. He brought with him nn athletic reputation, earned at Dickinson Seminary. Wllllamsport, and kept right up to standard. He guided the freshman football team at quarterback and caught for the freshman baseball News of The World in Pictures In the center of this issue of tho Evening Ledger appears a new four-page , Picture Section It takes the place of the illus trated feature previously appear in? dally on this page. This en larged attraction of the" Evening Ledger will be A Daily Fixture and will entitle this newspaper to take rank as America's Greatest r Pictorial V-'- v . ., i tram. They Fay he made both the finest tresliman aggregations Old Penn ever had. . mi- uiti utsiiy iiuer ma ncslimnn jear. In football lip played quar terback III Ilia c.-tIil.n.,nPA ,1 J...,l .... . . - ,,, -riiuiiiui sj einii JUIIIUI frtl n and fullback In his t,enlor year. He was a i.timiui plunger, and drop-klckcr of the nrst mark, to boot He captained the team in 1913. in baseball likewise he was a mainstay of the team. Ho was at second base the drsi tit-n i.n...... ..,, i.. 1.1.. ,... , - . ., jtfun, tun, 111 jii iaoL year ho went out to center field. ..viiiieiicH and high scholarship didn't keep HI in so busy that he couldn't enter Into the Other Colleen rAlnlln,,, ll ....... .1 .i .- that most significant honor a collego man wi gei irom tno viewpoint of popularity he was president of the senior class. All over the ramnila tnrtnr lilt, .qlh l mourned as a great loss, and particularly ,0 .,, iiiuunung deep at tno Psi Upsllon house. That was his fraternity. Chester A. Minds was married In the midst of an Adirondack forest, the cere mony being performed by tho Rev. George W. Owen, of Lynn, Mass., assisted by the ev. . 1: uianc, or Conifer, X. Y. The bride was nttnrtA,i i,, i,n. Dt.,K. MISS Francis Cnfllsnlr nn tnnl.l n 1. ....' and the bridesmaids were Mtss Ethel Minds, a sister of the bridegroom: Miss Bessie Miles, Miss Ruth Carr nnd Miss Ruth Cook. iiuum annas, of New York, was the best man. P. R. T. Must Run Darby "L" Trains Continued from Vate One matter of 11a operating lease has been Bot tled with nt least somo degree of definlte ness. ' When tho commission took up the city's application for a certificate to construct the four-and-a-hair-mlle elevated line from Thirtieth and Market streets to City Line the argument for the city was presented by Assistant Transit Director Atkinson and Assistant City Solicitor Lowcngrund. The entire board of commissioners sat In the case. The members nf tha Mmn.i..i.u . ... . ,,,w ..uMiiuiaaiuii are about evenly divided. It was made plain, upon whether the certificates should be granted nt once or whether they should be withheld Until there Is definite assurance that the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com- paiiy win ue me operators. Under the present program, however, those In favor Of delay arc to be nermlttorl n l,o, 41. -i - -- ,--......... u ...i.o men- own way Mid the cty will be unable to let ..,, UUU.V.W..U, vuuvi titm uii uny 01 me lines until this program Is changed. Ttnth AnslRlnnl TVI..,.... A ,., .. ,.;i.iv,i Yiniiisoii ana Assistant City Solicitor Lowengrund Joined in limiting eloquent; pieas ror Immediate action. "The city will be hamstrung In Its present negotiations." declared Mr. Atkinson, "un less the Transit Department gets tho au thority to proceed with the construction program." , "When could you let contracts." Com missioner Brecht Interrupted, "for the Darb.y...,.!ne Bhould th,s certificate be granted?" "I can only state approximately," replied the Assistant Director, "but I think we could advertise for bids about the end of the summer and then the worlt would be continuously progressive." ..."" ou,nnot nJver'lB for hlds until the end of the summer," Interrogated the Commissioner, "why'do you Insist that the certificate should be granted Immediately" The prompt Issuance of all the certificates now pending. Mr. Atkinson explained, would P,IaS ' ,clty ln a be,ter Portion to con elude the lease negotiations with the Phlla. delphla Rapid Transit Company and would advance the date of the initial operation of the various lines. ' F,urV1?rl.eVlde,ice t0 show tha' the high criaW,?h.rmamt,,"foarl8thhe"cosrof1 .?Ct&:fts pre8ented by tb A- aa.Ms,4T0,0eoftrin5.th.eJ?br"?h, i.:Z.vSL.Sfn. '' "" nS -........ ,.... Bvo niuvu urn 10 00 laKen frnm loan money durlnu.'b period of wnrtruo. tlon and for one year thereafter. "Thta would bring the total m.i nf ....ii "'? tW baaU of the went ,L"iVl'.y TUESDAY February 27, 1917 C0ATESVILLE HOTEL BAR UNDER FIRE Witnesses Tell Court L,aw Wasf upeniy violated at the Speaknian House GIVES NAMES AND DATEf! Downlngtown Men Furnish AmmuniJ finn -frti. II. XT- t Assailants WEST CHESTER, Pa.. Feb. 27 -In iv, continued hearing In rnuM t.- .. " " .matter of revoking the license of the Sneak of the court. The no-llcense attorneys alw several Downlngtown men to support their claim ; the defense will come later. ,S.I,arkJ1' Barefood was the star wllncsj of he Downlngtown delegation. Accordant to him the law was openly evaded by th barmen In tho Speakman House. "I was there," he said, "on November 21 of last year: with me wns James i:ppe. heimer. Drinks wore passed back from the bar to men who were visibly Intoxicated nt the time. I was there also on December n, and there wero more than 125 mm packed against the bar. Several'tlmcs In January I was there and saw Intoxicated men secure drinks. Ilnfry lloopcs. of Down. Ingtown, was present, nnd very drunk." The witness testified that he drank, but never became Intoxicntcd, Harry Dellz, also of Downlngtown, said ho had been-In the Speakman house on a number of occasions nnd that men were packed against the bar four deep. Beer was passed back to persons In the rear whs were too much Intoxicated to secure It themselves. IMgc C. Lewis and linn Fraln, of Downlngtown, corroborated for mer witnesses ns to doings at tho hotel when they were present. Fraln said a number of Mexicans wero In the barroom nnd started trouble, but were rejected. ' It Is nrnhnhle tbnt IIia tinaclni.. .tll . i r i t. I r ...... ..... .....,.,-, ,,, lun, sume several days. Two more cases from CoatesvjUe are on the list and then the tno ngalnst the hotels In Downlngtown will occupy much time. PATROL BOAT SHELLS V : $ b FLOATING SPEAKEASY Captain and Mate Badly Wounded in j "engagement on the Kappa hannock River IltVI.VGTON". Vn.. Feb. 27 Cantaln Iki i Bontnan and a mate of the schooner Ullia.il betlt Clarke, which has been crulsln In 1 1 the waters of the nappahannock Illver sell. ink wiuBuy, it in hiipkcu, in violation oc tno State prohibition laws, were prisoners In Lancaster County jail today, both badly ' i'nlin,1a,1 nu t, ...cult rt ,. ....... i.......... k. :i tween tho schooner and the State oyster j boat, Commodore Maury, near here. In I which the State vessel Ih reported to havt f-J swrpi me occur oi mo scnooner vvltn tf inrec-iiicn gun. Captain Doggett, of ..the Commodor1 Maury, having been dlrcd to chII a halt, ,Wh wmen is saw to nave sailed out or Baltl-. more with a heavy cargo a week or so seo.": sighted the schooner last night and drewJ within hailing distance A command tojf surrender Is reported to havo brought onlfJS a string of oaths and a volley of pistol shoUT from the other vessel. Captain Dotgeltltl men nrougnt his gun Into play with the re. suit that the crew of the other ship hoisted the white flag. ; Four other members of the crew, who " weie uninjured, wero also lodged In jail. ' , AJtT STUDENTS TO CROWN .' ROMANCE AT ALTARf; Marriage License Granted to Norman K. " Morse and Miss J. Irene Milnes i The romance of two art students and H members of prominent families will culml- j nate In marriage next Tuesday nftcrnoon. $ Today Norman K. Morse, a landscape archl- ,' tect, of Wayne, Pa., who has a studio at, 41 South Fifteenth street, obtained a license ' to marry Miss J. Irene Milnes. daughter of William II. Milnes. a manufacturer of ?; Philadelphia. Miss Milnes, who Is a grad-' uato of the Pennsylvania Academy oi ma Fine Arts, resides with her parents at an Gowen avenue, Chestnut Hill. Tho ceremony will be perfotmed next." Tuesday afternoon In the Kplscopal Church a or St. James Jhe Less, Thirty-nun ana Clearfield streets, by the Hew Edward Ritchie. , FOOD PRICES DROP HARDINNEWYORKI Housewives Keep Up Boycott and ite-jfj fuse to Buy Provisions vmw vnmr Veh 27 Food prices,,' dropped as dizzily today on the Kast E'S as they had skyrocketed only last wetx.; But the enraged housewives spurneo wii purchase and maintained by physical ll)M mo Doycoil mai was acciareu mien . . mrmntert hevnnd their slender PUrchaM ! power. Chicken was quoted at 20 centa pouna, againsi ju lasi went. un'" -, down to 9 cents, against 18 last week, W-w tatoes wero offered at 7 cents, against "m and 14 last week, and were refused. Otnef j iooqs were similarly reuutcu, mu .---, . inn. ,..iiH ivAn..n Aurfnundeatf WHO IMUO llUUIilft. ..vtli,... rv--- ,. pushcarts and Btores and drove trM away. . ,'j Mayor Mltchel has written a letter tol flm Slut. T.eirlslntlirn It WOS annOUtlCtai today, urging that some leglslation-of coBl structlve lines be enacteu at onco w lleve the situation ln New York cuj. DREW WIFE'S CASH FROM BANKjj Domestic Quarrel Results in Man's Ar-1 rest and Hunt for 'Other Woman TW-KTWeTTT T T T1 i?aVi 7 Jnlin OHB skey,, of Mlnerevllle, quarreled "h,'H'i wife Vesterday morning. At noon he i tooJ a woman with him to the First Natlooaii Bank and representing her as his w ""''fl out $365 of Mrs. Ollnskey's deposits. " then left He was captured ai """, in.f ov.nino- hv stnie Policeman HeIBV this city, and ho Is now in the count! nrlftnn tn await trial. The woman who obtained the money Jgl being- sought by the police. -ii ' Z No Excise Election for Beverly ,fi TnENTON, Feb. 2 T.-Th. Bwrejjl uourt-toaay rerusea a. wm - - .,i to compel the city commission of Bv"2; .- ,, ., .... an .vf.i contnvifj ,o "'-:-;,.,. con sion. ine wouri noiue mv mo " ",') mission uovernmeni aci, unun ",. . ., ...I.,., ntftrm SUP ueveny i;ommiS'" i,uiu ., - -sedes all other acts, Including that ere"" an excise uottru. Jersey Man, on Inauguration ,.s TRENTON, jreb, S I. Jwvi ;-; litockton'. 3,t of Bordenlown, a. namea ay jw wni 1 I; V. I B tlHUIMS - Of la Mfm0m ji ..k PfWfc OI NH OS IM MHI .JT tat saasmois) bmbi -J. serleueiy Jsjured,
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