Many Are Killed and Injured in Triple Wreck on New York Central HARRISBURG 1&S8S& TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 70 30 DEAD 40 INJURED TRIPLE Rescuers Work Frantically to Recover Dead and Hart From Wreckage of Three of New York Central's Fastest Trains in Smash-up Near Cleveland; Two Sec tions of Buffalo Flyer in Rear-end Collision; 20th Century Limited Plunges Into Debris MANY OF THE DEAD WILL GO TO THEIR GRAVES UNIDENTIFIED Most of Passenger? Were Sleeping When Cars Were Split Apart; Bodies Badly Mangled; Arms and Legs Scat tered Through Wreckage; Many Decapitated; • Fog and Darkness Screened Warning Lights; Steel Equip ment Prevented Heavier Loss of Life Cleveland. March J'K—At least thirty persons were killed —the exact total may not be known until nightfall—and more than forty were injured in the wreck early to-day of three of the New York Central's crack passenger trains a mile west of Amherst, Ohio. Twenty bodies had been taken out at noon and five more were known to be in the debris. \\ hen the total of dead and injured is finally ascertained, the wreck will surpass with its cost of life and limb even the wreck of the I wenticth Century Limited at Mentor, in 1004, when the train ran into a freight on its second trip on the New York-Chicago twenty-hour run. Dense fug obscured the signal set by the first section of the castbound Pittsburgh-lialtimore-lJuffalo limited, causing another section of that train to crash into it. A short time later, before signalmen could flag it. the fast Twentieth Century Limited, west bound. crashed into the wreckage which had piled up on the west bound tracks. Daylight had not yet appeared when the three trains piled up together. Farmers and villagers rushed to tlio assistance of the stricken passengers. The work of rescuing those pinioned under the wreckage was hampered by the darkness, which was accentuated ").v the fog Morgue Soon Filled Amffctlances, automobiles and all kinds of vehicles were rushed from Klyria and other points to the scene of the wreck. The little morgue at Amherst was soon tilled with bodies of the dead. Most of the injured wore conveyed to hospitals in Elyria. The Twentieth Century proceeded on its way to Chicago. None of the passengers on this train was injured. Philadelphia!!* Killed Among the identified dead are Wal ter B. East on and R. Thomas, both of Philadelphia. Injured Pennsyi vanians are: John Kostnosh, of Home stead, L. Kaukie, of Midland, and Charles Gregg and Robert Wright, of 1 mperial. Relief trains have been sent to the scene from Cleveland, Klyria and other nearby places. The three trains were two sections of Train 86, eastbound Chicago to Buffalo flyer, and the Twentieth Cen tury Limited. The first body taken from the wreckage to be identified was that of the Rev. Gustav Walyi, pastor the first Hungarian Evangelical Lutheran Church, Detroit. The Rev. Walyi lived at 3 Thaddeus street, Detroit. Crash in FOR The second section of the Chicago- BtifTalo flyer crashed into the tirst section in a heavy fog when the first section stopped to take water. The Twentieth Century, westbound plowed through the wreckage of train 86 which had been hurled to the westbound track. before flagmen tould be sent out to stop it. Train 86 was due at Cleveland at 4.05 a. in. Most of the dead were in tlie rear coaches of the first section of the Chicago-Buffalo flyer. Some dead were found in the rear coaches of the second section of t lie flyer which buckled over onto the Twentieth Century's right of way and was splintered by that train. Twentieth Century Escapes Most of the dead are said to be for eigners who were travelins in the rear coach of the first section of the Chicago-Buffalo flyer. There are no dead among the pas- THE WEATHER For IlnrriftlturK and vicinity: Gen erally cloudy to-nlftht «»<l Thurw dny, *«llkiilly warmer ThurMdny; loiveMt to-nljtht about 38 de icreea. For Himtcrn I'eanM.vl vaaiu: Gcner- Mlly cloudy to-NIUHI ami 'I'IIUTM day, Mllghtly wHrmer ThurMdny i moderate northern*! to north wlndN. Klvrr Thr .Inn lain. Went llrnacb above \Vllllnm*port, anil the < hcmuiiif rlverM are falling and the MIMOUC liannH wan reported to be tailing at UfnßliHmtou. 'l'he main river aucl the \ortli llraneh below To* uanda, are atlll rlMlnic. The river at HarrlMliiirut; IM rhlnir at the rate of o,2ft of a foot an hour antl Mill probably reaeh the flood Mtatfe about 1 p. ni. It IM expeeted to reaeh a Mtaice of about INJ» or 1!) feet at about N or 11 o'clock to-nltcht. A flood Mtuice IM Indi cated for >VllkcM-Harre tliU i«f ternooai report* front al»ove indi cate that the Mtase there will not exceed .3 feet within the next few days. General CondltlonM The aI UICKIMII Mtorin over the eiiMtera part <»f the country IM drifting "lowly otT over the Atlantic ocean. It cnuMcd rain Keaerally In the Middle Atlantic State* and In .North Carolina mid KaMt Tenaea- Mee 1n the laMt twenty-four hourn. Temperatures N a. m., 38. Mini IUMCN, s>ri. a. ai.j MC tn f 6:27 p. m. Moon* Wew moon, April 2, 11:21 a. m. Illver Mace: About 17 feet above low-water mark. VeMferday'M Weather I lift bent temperature, 48. I.OMCHI temperature, :ttl, Mean temperature, 10. formal temperature, 411, BY CAKRIEK O CKVTI A WEEK. SINGLE COPIES 3 CENTS. sengers on the Twentieth Century, I though a number of passengers were badly hurt of this train. Two coaches of the Twentieth Century were over turned. The low casualties on the I Twentieth Century are attributed to' the fact that the train was proceeding! slowly because of the heavy fog. The second section of the tiler was' •voing at a high rate of speed when it istruck the first section. Sleeping When Killed. Many of the dead probabij will go to fhetr graves unidentified. Most of those killed were asleep in i the rear day coach of fire 86. at the time of the crash, and they had re-1 moved wraps and coats and other ar-, tides of identifying clothing. The bodies of many of those scan- i tily clad victims are so horribly man-; gled that identification, without thej guidance of the clothing they wore l will be impossible. Sotne of the victims were decapi-! tated. Arms, legs and portions of human bodies were scattered thickly through the wreckage. Relief parties collected the remains of three bodies, those of a woman and two men, and piled them, indiscrimi nately, in one basket. They probably! will be buried together. Many Narrow Escapes Alfred Fritzele. a Cleveland sales man, was in the Toledo sleeper of the first section and escaped Injury. He helped in the rescue and then came 1 on to Cleveland. Aaron De lJay, Pittsburgh. who came through with Fritzele said he was catapulted from his berth into one occupied by a woman across the aisle when the crash came. De Ray was uninjured. A. Comensky, Pittsburgh, coming ■ from Chicago, said he saw a woman j die in the wreckage before he could j [one tinned on Page 12] Roosevelt's Secretary Given 30 Days in Jail, Gets Stay of Execution By Associated Press Xew York. March 2 9.—A stay of sentence was to-day granted to John i XV. McGrath, secretary to Theodore ! Roosevelt, and lately acting secretary' of the Progressive national committee, l who was yesterday committed to the workhouse for thirty days on a charge of disorderly conduct and assault. The | complainant was Charles Liglite, Jr., 1 of Brooklyn. wlto charged that McGrath and William Powers as saulted him in a restaurant in Brook lyn last June. Colonel Roosevelt lias announced that he will stand by his secretary, fie issued a statement expressing in dignation at the sentence and assert ing that McGratli would continue to remain in his service. The sentence was stayed by the court pending an examination of the testimony. THOI.I.KVS BURN IX KIRK By Associated Press Mt. Holly. X. J.. March 29. The power plant and car barn of the Bur llnsrton County Traction Company, at Hainesport. near here, were destroyed by fire this morning. The loss is estimated at nearly $75,000. A dozen trolley cars were burned. Kf.ICVI'.N DEAD IX STORM By Associated Press I.ondon, March 29.—Eleven deaths so far have been reported as the re sult of the (rreat storm which swept the British Isles dtirng Monday and Tuesday. Although the storm has sub sided, railway, telegraphic and tele phonic communication is still de moralized throughout the United King dom. much damage having been done tracks and wires, while roadways on all sides are blocked by fallen poles and trees. MORE WII,KES-It.M»HK RIOTS By Associated " ess Wilkes-Barre, Pa., March 29. Another outbreak in the strike of the. employes of the Wilkes-Barre Rail way men occurred to-day when a crowd of young men who hooted a crew were tired upon and James Walsh, aged 18, of this city, was wounded in the leg. Walsh claims he was passing by at the time and was not a part of the crowd. IIARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 29, 1916. FLYING FORCES OF AMERICAN CAVALRYMEN RELENTLESSLY CONTINUE PURSUIT OF VILLA Troopers Press Hard on Heels of Bandit Band Riding at Fall Speed Toward Moan tains of Tarahumare; Car ranza Men Lose All Trace of Him Believed Outlaw Will Estab lish a Base as Soon as He Succeeds in Throwing Cav alry Off Scent to Recruit Dwindling Forces; Fear Marauding Campaign By .Issociated Vrtss JEI Paso. March 29.—The hunt for Francisco Villa by the flying columns of American cavalry continued relent lessly to-day, but from the meagerness of official dispatches from Gen. Persh ipg's advanced base it was impossible to learn the positio nof the American troops and how far they were in the rear of the fleeing bandits. Villa was last heard of heading southward to ward the Tarahumare mountain coun try, his command driving their Mexi- \ can ponies at full speed and j closely pressed by the American troop-1 ers. Commanders of the Carrnnza troops! now in the Chihuahua region appar-! ently have lost trace of Villa and his' men, for no report has been received by Mexican officials here for some 1 time concerning the bandit's where-1 abouts. Armed Bands Scatter Armed bands of Villa forces are re-; ported, in various parts of Chihuahua; and In some numbers around Tor-1 reon. Carranza officials in .Juarez express their belief that Villa will try to estab lish a main base at some point after he has thrown the American cavalry off liis trail and then recruit his com mand to one of large proportions from the bands now roving about the south ern Chihuahua district. Villa. the Carranza officers think, will then en gage in a marauding campaign that would give the American and Car ranza fortes no end of trouble. In the absence of any of the news of the chase the border has settled down to speculation, based on such slim facts as are brought back to the. United States by American mining> [Continued on J.] SHIP CARRYING AMERICANS TRIED TO MAKE ESCAPE Submarine Within the Law in Attacking Englishman, Wash ington Finds SUSSEX WAS TORPEDOED International Difficulties May Follow U. S. Investiga tion By Associated rress Washington, D. C., March 29.—The ! British horseship was first shelled and then torpedoed by a German subma rine, according to affidavits made to representatives of the State Depart j ment at Liverpool by three American survivors. Following the receipt of this infor- I ination to-day, officials said it seemed . clear that the Englishman had tried to escape. The submarine was oper ating within the law in shelling and torpedoing the Englishman, if the vessel was fleeing to escape capture as is Inferred by officials here from the dispatch. The German Government has been asked whether any of Its submarines ! was concerned in the sinking of the ! Englishman or the damaging of the ' British channel steamer Sussex while that ship was carrying 25 American | passengers. While it is indicated that the case of the Englishman may not lead to ! difficulties between the United States and Germany, if it is proved she was escaping, over-night dispatches to the State Department from Dover seem, officials said, to bear out previous al legations that the Sussex was tor pedoed. American consular represen tatives, it was said in the dispatches had secured from various survivors at Dover affidavits confirming those by survivors in France. The contents of the dispatches was not disclosed here. She Gets Divorce Because Two Baths a Year Is His Limit Akron, Ohio, March 29.—Two baths a year, one every six months, were the limit for George S. Laird, according to testimony of his wife. Pansy E. I.,aird, who was granted a divorce to-day by Judge W. J. Ahearn. Mrs. Laird said she pleaded with her husband to take | a bath, but it was useless. U-BOATS HAVE SUNK 70.000 TONS; MAT HALS SUFFER London, March 29. Summarizing the work of the Germans since .March, 15, when their new program of sub marine warfare against the entente allied trade began, the Dally Tele graph says they have In less than a fortnight sunk 70,000 tons of shipping, of which one-third belonged to neu-1 i Colonel Dodd Is Riding Maharajah After Villa i '' o' H »£ Colonel George A. Dodd. who leads in the chase afler Villa, is riding the magnificent horse on which he Is here shown. This is Maharajah, a j horse on which the colonel has won many blue ribbons at Ohio horse I shown. The photograph was len-t by Mm. Dodd. who*"' home Is near 1 Ilea. N\ Y. Tht>ro Isn't a horse In all Villa's army tliat approaches this one—perhaps not 10-RV^AlWiifio. '*• ' *•' i ■ - ... CIGAR FACTORY GIRL STRIKERS CLUB FELLOW-WORKERS WITH UMBRELLAS; POLICE CALLED OUT Seventy-five girls. employed as lmnch makers and rollers at the Dau phin Cigar Company factory, 714 State street, went on a strike this morning for higher wages and when other girls employed by the company attempted to enter the plant the strikers clubbed them with wet umbrellas. The police were notified yesterday TEUTONS ADVANCE ON VERDUN ALONG FRONT OF A MILE Storm French Positions North of Malancourt With Con siderable Success The Germans have made another notable gain in their drive against Verdun, according to to-day's official announcement from Merlin, storming French positions north of Malancourt to the depth of several lines along a I l out of 2,000 meters or more than a mile. Malancourt lies about miles northwest of Verdun and some 2V6 males northeast of the southern tip of the Avocourt wood, into which the Germans pushed in their recent great drive west of the Meuse. The French lines here formed a broad salient, exposed to attack from either flank [Contfnued on Page 12.] ENGLAND ORDERS 600,000,000 TINS OF IRISH STEW Pound Each With "Beef and Beans" For Allies' Armies; $91,000,000 Contract Special to the Tele graph Philadelphia, March -'9.—Six hun dred million one-pound tins of Irish stew for the armies of Great Britain and Its allies have been ordered by the commission handling food supplies [onctlnucil on Page 12] a 1(10,000 FIRE AT MvM>YII,I.K Ueadville, Colo., March 29.—Dyna mite was used to prevent the spread of a fire which early to-day threat ened to destroy the business district. Ten buildings were destroyed with a loss of SIOO,OOO. , afternoon that trouble was expected i this morning. Officers Reals. Gardner. McCann and Police Chauffeur Demma aided a number of the girls to get through the crowd of strikers and re stored order with some difficulty. Later in the morning Sergeant Page and [Continued un Page 3.] HOPE FOR PEACE GROWS STRONGER; RUMORS APLENTY Whole Thing May Narrow Down to Contest For Slate Committee Control Judging from what has been said by Republicans in Philadelphia, Pitts burgh, Seranton and other places, as well as this city, in the last forty-eight hours, there is a strong undercurrent in favor of an adjustment of the differ ences which threaten the effectiveness of the party in the great conflict that is coming this year. A general and emphatic protest against the factional contest that is giving aid and comfort to the common political enemy now entrenchced at Washington is being heard among Keystone State Repub licans. Governor Brumbaugh is understood [onctinucd on Page 12] HUNT EMBALMER, CHIEF WITNESS IN POISON CASE In Confession Dr. Waite Says ; He Gave Him $9,000 to Swear Falsely By Associated Press New York. March 29. Further de tails of Dr. Arthur Warren Walte's ae-; ttvities to prepar«,a defense before lie 1 was arrested for the murder of John 1 E. Peck his father-in-law. were made I to District Attorney Edward Swann' to-day by the prisoner himself from! his bed at Rellevue Hospital. In addi tion to paying $!».000 In cash and 1 ${1,400 in chick to Eugene W. Ka.no. the undertaker who embalmed Peck's body. Waite told the prosecutor to day that he was to have paid Kane in > ( £onctinued on Pace 12] RIVERIS ABOVE FLOOD TO GO HIGHER Susquehanna Passes 17 Foot Mark at Noon and Will Co to 19 by Tonight Says U. S. Weather Bureau Fore caster; Market Street Subway Flooded and Cars Must Be Switched by Way of State and Race Streets; Water Backs Into Cellars WATER SUPPLY COMMISSION WARNINGS SAVE MANUFACTURERS FROM BIG LOSSES Juniata Highest in Eight Years, but Is Receding; Torren tial Rains Swell Streams All Over State; Pittsburgh Waters Overflow Banks; Property Damage Heavy in Many Places; Cloudbursts in Franklin County De stroy Wheat I lie Susquehanna river reached the flood •stage of seventeen feet here at 12.15 o'clock this afternoon, and will probably crest at 18.5 or I*' feet between 8 and 9 o'clock to-night. During the last twenty-four hours, torrential rains continued in the State, and all of the small streams, branches and main rivers passed the flood stage bv several feet at many points, causing a num ber of plants to suspend operations, inundating roads, railroad tracks, and causing thousands of dollars' loss to property and crops. The west branch of tlie Juniata i river Hood waters are passing Harris- j but* now. l-'iood stages have been I passed at many points on the North Branch however, and flood warnings have been sent out to Wilkes-Harre and Danville, predicting stages of ap proximately 21 and 17 feet, respect ively. Cloudy and warmer weather will I follow the continued rain to-night ac cording to the forecast with the mer cury touching 38 degrees. Water in Market Street Subway Water begun to back up in the Mar ket street subway shortly after noon and the ilarrisburg Railways Com pany started arrangements to'sliift all of the cars running out Market street j to Allison ilili and suburban points, to the State street Uae. Steelton anil i Middletown cars will have to run over 1 the Race street tracks,., if the water rises rapidly. Many of the cellars in South Ilar risburg homes were flooded this morn liii juftyli n ■Aog4''p.lP-ißl ,> raEy'^ ,W | Harrisburg. The river stage will probably exceed I 19 feet before midnight, according to a local United States L weather bureau forecast. At 4 o'clock it was 18.1 feet. T THREE ASPHYXIATED Pottsville, Pa., March 29.—Theodore Schneck and two j * daughters, aged about five and 6ight years, were asphy.-.i- i ! ated by coal gas at their home on a farm two miles east of Pine Grove this morning. | U. S. MAY USE MEXICO TRAINS I f Washington, March 29.—General Carranza has agreed to permit the movement of supplies to the punitive expedi- a J tion in Mexico over the Mexican Northwestern railroad, i The supplies will go as commercial freight to concerns in - ) 1 Mexico with which the army has contracts. J SUGAR RESOLUTION REPORTED OUT [ j I Washington, March 29.—Senator Simmons to-day re- j 1 ported to the Senate the amended House free sugar repeal I ( resolution which would extend the existing duty of one cent j a pound on sugar until May 1 1920. ' F '! CONGRESSIONAL COMITTEE OFFICERS «J * Washington, March 29.—Officers of the National Re- ;' 1 publican Congressional Committee were elected to-day and i J J included Representatives Woods, lowa, chairman, and Gra- > ham, Pennsylvania. t » DOZING TOWERMAN BLAMED FOR WRECK ' ' Cleveland, Ohio, March 29. A slip on the part of a i dozing towerman was to blame for the wreck according to L • > A. S. Ingalls, general superintendent o fthe New York Ccn- ' ' tral. The towerman's wife had been ill it was learned and :. I J he had been without sleep practically since Sunday night. ? 1 San Antonio, March 29. Francisco Villa was moving | l > towards Santa Catarina, in the Santa Maria Valley, four > ; days ago, according to information obtained by Colonel f I Dodd, Sunday, and forwarded to General Funston to-day K by General Pershing. General Pershing reported that the I residents of the valley appeared friendly to Villa, adding £1 ' * that it was with great difficulty that the scouts with the * ' American troops had learned anything from them regarding i, 1 ► his movements. , > MAK&AGE UCENSES •' Jnt-jth P. Kkary mill Kiln M. Flicker, elt}., .liilin SI. Dlckxon, Tyrone, anil K»n K. Allrr, Mnklnu Vnlle), Pn. j I Hnjmond K. Slrnw, l.ucknon, uml Idn HI. Julinnlon, Fort HunU-r. S M II 11^1/II H 111 CITY EDITION 14 PAGES i ing, extinguishing furnace flres, and n number of people moved cellar furni ture to the first floor. At l.ochiel a ! large number of new houses wort flooded. Nearby streams are ovei their banks and the water is spreading in a sheet several feet deep over a | number of fields in the county, cover • ing several acres in some places. Still Much Snow No serious property damage wa? ! caused, and manufacturing plant." warned by bulletins from the StaU Water Supply Commission, took pre cautions against, the flood. Dispiu the heavy rains along the watershed? much snow remains in the mountains j according to reports. All over thf | State the worst conditions in years wore experienced. j At Pittsburgh, the Allegheny anil Monongahela rivers passed the danger stage of 22 feet at an early hour am continued to rise. Warned by th< rContinued on l'age 7]
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