RAILROAD MUTUAL MEMBERS GATHER TONIGHT To Celebrate Second Anniver sary; Many Visitors Coming For Big Event 4ft At noon to-day Isalali Reese, Jr., announced the following program for the big celebration to-night: 7.3o—Reception to Philadelphia delegation. B.oo —Overture, Mutual band; ad dress of welcome, E. K. Smith, presi dent of Local Assembly, No. 4; duet, | Messrs. Boyer and Jeffries; solo, Mas- | ter letter; musical sketch, Messrs. De- ' lone and Shuey; comedy sketch, | Messrs. Colta and Alcorn; solo, Gwilym ! Watklns; monologue, George Martin; address, J. K. Linn, treasurer. National Assembly, Mutual Beneficial Associa tion; national airs. Mutual band. 10 to 12 Midnight—Dancing. Plans are complete for the second ! anniversary celebration to-night of Harrisburg Assembly, No. 4, Mutual Beneficial Association of Pennsylvania Railroad Employes. The big event takes place at Chestnut Street Audi torium and will lie attended by dele gations from Philadelphia, Lancaster, Heading and other cities. The local committee in charge of arrangements, of which Isaiah j Reese/Jr., is chairman, with the re ception committee, will meet the visit ing delegations at 7.20 and escort them to the hall, where they will be wel comed by local officials. With the Philadelphians will be 200 j members and the Accordeon band, j The latter will be a part of tjie pro- | gram and will play for the overflow \ dance in the smaller hall. Admission , will be by invitation and it is expected ; that 1.500 will attend. Miss Pennsy Conductor; Find Dead Body on Rails Philadelphia, March 13. Missed from his train after it left White Hill station last niglit William GasUill, one I of the best-known conductors on the' Trenton division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, was found dead beside the tracks under conditions which Cor oner Samuel Gaskill believes demand an investigation. The train was on its way from Camden to Borden town. When the i train reached Bordentown, nothing could be found of Gaskill. Search was made for him and his body was found lying on the tracks near where the train had stopped. His back was broken and ribs crushed, and there is a hole in his chest. Detectives have discovered that Gas kill had some bitter enemies who threatened his life. A widow, two daughters and one son survive the dead conductor. He was a member [ of the Knights of Pythias. Masons, ' >dd Fellows. American Mechanics and Patriotic Order Sons of America. Railroad Notes A number of Harrisburg engineers attended the fiftieth anniversary on) Saturday of the Reading Division, No. 75. Brotherhood of Locomotive: Engineers. . j - 11. P.. Welsh, supervisor of the Bal-) * ninor.' division of the Pennsylvania| Railroad. with Mrs. Welsh, is visiting I in Voungstown, Ohio. General Manager S. C. Long, of the Pennsylvania Railroad, passed through Harrisburg Saturday en route west. He will inspect the Pittsburgh and ; western divisions. Huntingdon and Mifflin wrecking! crews to-day pulled the big engine 1 that went over the bank at Mexico l ist. Thursday night back on the track. The locomotive went to Altoona for repairs. Middle division employes residing! in Harrisburg and east of Denholm on the Middle division were paid to day. Standing of the Crews ii \itittsm iu; sini: Philadelphia Division —l2S crew first to go after 4 p. m.: 126, 102, 114, 127, 133. Firemen for 114, 127. < 'onductor for 127. Flagmen for 126, 127. Brakeman for 102. Kngineers up: W. K. Steffy, Shooff, j Ryan, Grass. Sober, Mohn, Kautz, An derson, Gable, lieane, Ford, Houseal, Speas, Blankenhorn, May, Sell war/., Steffy, Cable, NViker. Ream, Black. Firemen up: Reeder, Striekler, Clark. Shandler. Smith, Wright, Weil, Kugle. Hayes, Swartz, Earh&rt, Aruey, Mace, Hiner, Howe, Good. Flagman up: Martz. Brakemen up: Albright. Crosby, Smith, Aahenfelter. Potter. Miller, oover. Welsh. Kirk. Lloyd, Stone, Frank, Beale, MeN'eal, Mumma. Middle Division —247 crew first to go after 1:20 p. m.: 227, 250. 220. Preference: 8, 11. Hngineer for 11. Brakeman for 11. Engineers up: Shirk, Bowers, Hum- ! mer. Fireman up: liumberger. Conductor up: Coup. Prakemen up: Rhine, Lenhnrt, Henry. Vard f 'rewa— Kn-'neers for fourth 8, 28. fifth 8. Three extras. Firemen for first 8, first 22. 26. 28, fifth S Three extras. Kntcineers up: Sieber. Goodman, Ilar ling, giiyford, Matson, Beckwith, Macha nier. Gibbons. Rodgers, Snyder, Loj-, McCartey, Lelbv. Firemen up: Pleffer, Snell, jr.. Fleish er, Weigle. Burger. Alcorn. Wagner, Riehtor. Keiser. Ferguson. Six, Cnmb ler. Cain, Williams, Warner, Myers, Steele. Hardy. i:\oi,\ side l'liil:iil<-l|iliin Division—23l crew first In sro after 4:15 p. m.: 244, 254. 247. 2t l. 252. 221. 210. 12, 3. 16. 1, 57, 38. 31, 29, IS, 28. 7. Firemen for 247. 210. conductor for 18. Flagmen for 14, 26. 47. Brakemen for 3. I. 16, 30. 31. 34, 52. conductor up: Fllckinger. Brakemen un: Seabolt. Balnubrldge, Coder, Geist, l\earne v Kssig, Stauner. Hevll. r.i. k. Middle Division—23s crew first to go after 1:50 p. m.: 242. 239. 151, 253, 224. 1 Front end: 108. 119, 105. Kngineer for 108. Fireman for 108. Brakemen for 119, 105. *nril rn'HK—To go after 1 p. m.: Kngineers for second 10S, 122. 134, 13ii. Firemen for 130, second 102. Kngineers ui>: Hill, Boyer, Kling, •rf'inbh. Branyon. Bretz. Turner. Firemen up: Gelling. ITandlboe, Brown Sellers. McDonald. ITlnkle. L p. Hall. Beckwith. Elchelherger, Liddlck, Linn, Kline. the m:\Di\fi llnrrlslmric Division—ls crew first to go after 11:45 a. m.: 76, 4. 17. 22, 23, IS. Fasthound—6s crew first to :?o after 12:15 p. m.: 62, 55. 70. 71. 61. 58, F. 3. Fnglneers for SS, 59, 62, 70, 6. 7. Firemen for 58, 18. Conductor for 22. Brakemen for 70. 4. 6. 17. 22. Fntrlnoers up: Morrison. Fortenbnugh, S'weeley. Pletz, Martin, Kauffman. Jfnkle. Firemen up: Cohle, Grim. Newark, Peters. Culllson, TTonman. Smith, Blum e-istlne, \lvord, Gelb, Vowler. Miller. Hci.Oi r, Sweeley. Hornfeltz, McMullln. Conductors up: Hilton, Philabauin, Ben ver. B'nl'emen un: Wlckenhelser. S"ltrh "-in. 'tittle. Ellsrode, Redman, Seott, S''•'r Green. Flemintr. Reed. Ttenn. T'nx *• Bolts, 'larder. Dare. Jones Hlvner. c. 'hr Wood Maehamer, Hershey, Hauffer, Beach. Bailey. MONDAY EVENING, KARRISBTJRG tdSftflg TELEGRAPH! MARCH 13, 10175. THEO. VOORHEES DIES SUDDENLY President of Philadelphia and Reading Railway, Out of Hospital Short Time y THEODORE VOORHEES | Late President Philadelphia and Read ing Railway Special to the Telegraph Philadelphia, Pa., March 13. Theodore Voorhees, president of the ! Philadelphia & Reading Railway, died suddenly late Saturday night at his | home in Elkins Park. Mr. Voorhees returned about ten ! days ago, apparently in good health, ! from Rochester, Minn., where he un derwent an operation. He visited his i office last Friday tor the first time in several months and spent several I hours there. At ton o'clock Satur | day niglit he became ill and his death vame fifteen minutes before midnight. He was B9 years old. Edward T. Stotesbury, president of' | the Reading Company, who is 011 a ! vacation at Palm Beach, was notified of Mr. Voorhees* death by members of the family. Funeral services will be held at the Voorhees home. Colony House, Elkins j Park, to-morrow at 11 o'clock. Bu ! rial will be private. A special train will leave the Reading Terminal at 10:15 with ofHcials of the com pany and return as soon as the serv ices are over. Leaves Widow and Family Mr. Voorhees leaves a widow and eight children. Six of the children ! were at his bedside when he passed J away. They are Harlow C. Voorhees, ; Theodore C„ Gerald. Mrs. Charles R. 1 Wood. Mrs. Phoebe Drayton and Mrs. I Ferdinand de St. Plialle. Another son | is H. Belin Voorhees, general super | intendent of the Baltimore «fc Ohio. lie lives In Cincinnati. Mr. Voorhees was nearing half a century of service in the railroad busi ness when he died. His term as presi ; dent of the Reading lacked less than I two monl hs of two years. He entered the railroad service July | 15, 1869. one month after his gradua ' tion from Rensselaer Polytechnic In stitute. Before his course. ;it the in -1 stitute he was graduated from Colum ' bia College. After four years in the | encineering department of the Dela ware, Lackawanna & Western Rail road he was for two years superinten -1 dent of the Syracuse, Blnghamton <v New York Railroad, and then he transferred his activities to the trans portation department of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company, at Al bany. From March 1, 1875 to October 20, 1885, lie was superintendent of the Saratoga and Champlain division of the Delaware & Huson. He then be came the assistant general superln j tendent of the New York Central, and 011 March 1, 1890, he was promoted to the superintendency. Came to Reading Mr. Voorhees was made the first vice-president of the Philadelphia 1* Reading Railway on February 1, 1893. and on the death of George F. Baer he succeeded to the presidency of the company. Mr. Voorhees' successor probably I will be one of the two vice-presidents ! of the company. Agnew T. Dice, or ! John F. Auch. The president is elect ed by the Board of Directors at the | annual meeting in the Fall, but a I meeting probably will be called to | temporarily till the vacancy. Mr. Voorhees was a trustee of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a member of the Holland Society of ; New York; St. Nicholas Society, of I New York; American Society of Civil Engineers, Huntingdon Valley Country Club, Racquet Club, Country Club of New York and Automobile Club. He was a director of the Market Street National Bank and of several : subsidiary railroads connected with the Reading. Pennsylvania Could Build j Big Railroad Around World The annual record of transportation -lines, just issued by the Pennsylvania Railroad, shows that if the 26,705. miles of the system's tracks were re laid in a single line there would re sult a standard gauge railroad around I the world and a double track from New York to Kansas City. At present i the Pennsylvania operates in 13 States i and the District of Columbia. The length of all the railroad lines ; in the Pennsylvania system, whether single, douhle, triple or quadruple tracked, is shown by the record to be 11,823 miles. Of these, 3761 miles ( have two or more tracks. S2B miles (have three and 635 miles four tracks | There are also 9656 miles of track In | sidinprs. j The lines of fhe Pennsylvania sys tem serve a territory in which 50,- i 000,000 people, or one-half the entire I population of llie United States. Local Bowlers W?"n. Match From Crack Paoli Team The C. T. and M. W. Athletic As sociation bowlers on Saturday night defeated the Paoli team of the same i association; scores, 2604 to 2160. This was the, second of a series between I teams of the Philadelphia division rep resenting the Transportation and 1 ' Maintenance of Way Departments. In Saturday night's game Mcnden hall was a star. He had high game score. 238, and high total, 618. Myers, of the same team was a close second with a total of 544 and 212 for a single game, Tyler was the best scorer for Paoli, having 520. The match was played 011 P. R. R. Y. Al. C. A. alleys. / $25,000.00 s. SAITN | The Biggest Sale Ever Held in I | M Harrisburg in Which There j/Sfim. I I Will Be Given Away I < FREE-51,000.00-FREE I I Worth of Valuable BHB | I Present the Tag Coupon Attached to H 1 Your Door Knob. Every Tag DO Coupon Entitles You 0 %J 5L ~ 1 to a Souvenir y I 1 fey ABSOLUTELY NO BLANKS HI I i™jsLL-W*' Included in the ■■■■■jiV, | ' 10 wonh Dining Suite : . . $150.00 7-Piece Bedroom Suite, (M <|C AA i :rft Worth SIZD.UU ft K J|P X.-s One Kitchen Cabinet, M i n , < »4*ti|SS2S^ r Worth yWUiUv | I One Bed Davenport, d*JA AA Worth SmVU . I Dressers ' Chiffoniers, Dressing Tables, Buffets, I r—Chairs, Leather Rockers, Pictures and Hundreds Hh 4 a^ua^e Gifts, including l'=l= B .1 I 14 I ifteip 100 Beautiful Oil Pictures in Frames I (Reproductions of Famous Masterpieces) 1 Ic- 50 Beautiful iiiit Glass Fern Dishes JtJ I |' See These Goods Displayed in Our Windows §591 I In This Sale Every Article Will Be Greatly Reduced. «' Some Goods 50 Cents on the Dollar. | PRICES NEVER BEF I L Goods He: d Until Wanted. 2,000 Feet of Floor Space J Reserved for Hold Orders The remaining days before this mammoth sale will be given over to inspection days, and prenaration for big event. Come at once while the stock is complete and make your reservations. evening "The House That Saves You Money" ¥J" Chas. F. n M OOVE K FURNITURE COMPMT 1415-17-19 N. Second Street 7
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