% ■- ■ '■ .*."7 *; .immm . . - Speeding through Dense Fog, P. R. R. Express6msfes HARRISBURG iSlllSs. TELEGRAPH T YYYV XT -7 2 1 BY CARRIERS (1 CE>'TS \ WEEK. JL.-A.A..A.V iNO. —O 1 SIXGLK COPIES 2 CKXTS. 2 KILLED, 25 /AT WRECK ON PENNSY Express Trying to Make Up Time Crashes Into Stock Train in Dense Fog; Conductor and Drover Buried Under Wreckage; Engineman Seriously Scalded; Mail Clerks and Passengers Among Injured FOUR LOCAL MEN CARS TURN OVER ON ENBANKMENT Tracks Blocked For More Than Four Hours; Many Hogs Cremated, but Some Escape Into Countryside; Har risburgers on Crew of Speeding Flyer; Steel Coaches Prevent Big Loss of Life Altoona, Pa., Oct. s.—One man was killed, another is missing and more than a score of persons, including eight mail clerks, were more or less injured when the Mercantile Express on the Pennsyl vania Railroad crashed into the rear of a stock train at the west end of the Lewistown yards. The express was attempting to make up lifty minutes lost time between Pittsburgh and New York at the time of the wreck, it is reported, and the engineer failed to see a red signal, owing to a prevailing fog. Traffic was blocked for more than four hours. The man killed was Scott Eichel berger. of Altoona, Pa-, conductor of the stock train. His body was recov ered from beneath a mass of twisted steel by a wrecking crew hurriedly sent to the scene. The missing man. supposed to have been cremated when fire broke out in the debris of seven cattle cars, was a drover. The ex press was composed of steel cars and this was responsible for the fact that there was no fatalities among the pas sengers. Those injured suffered prin cipally from shock and bruises sus tained in being hurled about the cars by the force of the impact. The injured, none of whom were seriously hurt except Engineer J. E. Stewart, included: J. E. Stewart. Tyrone, passenger engineer, badly scalded; D. D. Blot tenburger, Altoona. passenger fire man; the following mail clerks, R. X. Marklev. Collingswood, N. J.: H. E. Buller, Lancaster; J. B. Stewart, Lan caster; E. J. Salsey, Trenton; T. B. Peffer. Lemoyne; Howard Scholl, Mil lerstown; J. B. Early, Harrisburg; J. A. Moll, Lancaster; W. W. Xey, Harrisburg, and R. M. Tingst, Camp Hill; and the following'passengers— Miss Betty Davis, New York City; Miss Xesste Leaman, Bloomington, 111.; H. J. Smith, Pittsburgh; Mrs. Charles Vogt. Philadelphia; Miss Margaret Morzek, Gottenberg, N. J.; Mrs. Gra giva Guadogua, Pittsburgh: F. Gable, Philadelphia; Irvin Levy, New York; M. P. Parker. New York: W. E. Webb, New York; W. K. McNamara, Hunt ingdon: Samuel Schwartz, New York; David Broad win, New York; Ben jamin F. Hoskin, Cleveland, O.; Ernst Tiedke, Toledo. O. The passenger train was rushing through the yards when the lights of the stock train were seen directly in front as it pulled through on a cross over. Engineman J. E. Stewart, of Ty rone, at once applied the emergency brakes, but was unable to stop the train and it crashed into the rear of the freight. The engine went over the bank, carrying the engineer with it and two mail cars were derailed. Fire La Wreckage The freight train crumpled and four cabin cars and three stock cars were strewn across the tracks, completely blocking traffic. Almost Instantly fire broke out in the wreckage and while rescuers were taking the engineman from his crushed engine where he had Following stores will close during day Saturday next —open in evening. Owing to a sacred Jewish holi day, the following business places will be closed during the day Sat urday next, October 7, until 6 o'clock and be open Saturday even ing from 6 until 9 o'clock. Kaufman's C. Aronson Lou Baum J. S. Belsinger B. Bloom J. H. Brenner M. Brenner & Sons P. H. Caplan Co. Capital Optical Co. H. C. Claster Jos. Claster City Loan Office Cohen's J. Coplinsky Empire Clothing Co. Factory Outlet Shoe Co. S. Finkelstine The Globe Goldsmith Furniture Store Goldstein's Goodman's J. Gordon Goodman's B. Handler Hbg. Window Cleaning Co. The Hub A. J. Katzman Kohner Co. Chas. Krause & Co. Kuhn Clothing Co. Sol. Kuhn & Co. Ladies' 3azaar LaPerle Shop I The Louvre Miller & Kades H. Marks & Son National Watch and Diamond Co. New York Merchandise Co. Robinson's Woman Shop Rubin & Rubin Salkins Wm. B. Schlelsner A. J. Slmms Stem's Shoe Store Union Clothing Co. Wm. Strouse & Company Wonder Shop D. Schlff Hbg. Harness & Supply Co. ' been seriously scalded, others were try ing to extinguish the flames. Many of the passengers assisted in ' the work when it became known that : Freight Conductor Scott C. Eichel- j berger, of Altoona, and a drover were missing and were believed to be burn | ing up in the wreck, but their efforts availed little as the cars blazed fiercely. No less than a dozen of the passengers had been injured when the trains struck, but none seriously. Injuries i among the mail clerks also were slight. p One track was finally cleared shortly | before six o'clock and tho fire was \ finally extinguished. Itauiilne in Thick Fog The stock train had orders to move ' 'to a side track and was crossing over the switches when the express train , struck It. The accident occurred in a | thick fog. A special committee of rail- j road officials has been appointed to in- , vestigate the accident. Frank Gable, a passenger on the wrecked express train, to-day gave de- | tails of the wreck. He said the ex press left Pittsburgh last night about j fifty minutes late. The engineer, he j said, evidently did not see the green | i caution signal and did not see the red danger signal until it was too late. He ■ said that no passenger was seriously hurt. Many of the hogs in the wrecked stock train were cremated; and others i got away and disappeared in the sur -1 rounding country. The Mercantile Express was due in Harrisburg at 1.45 a. m. Physicians and surgeons from ; Huntingdon, and Mifflin, were rushed to the scene of the wreck in a special train. The passenger train, made up of ; engine No. 3320. two mail cars, two j baggage cars, on day coach, and two > sleepers,was In charged of J.E.Stewart | of Tyrone, engineer; B. D. Blacken j berger, fireman and J. B. Snyder, con | ductor, both of Harrisburg. T. S. Ew ing of Altoona was engineer of the , freight, with engine 1475. He was 1 hauling what was known as "W. p." ' freight No. 10, running on a prefer j ence schedule. Another train was run from Hunt ingdon to the wreck to take care of the passengers who were sent east ward byway of Lewistown Junction and Sunbury. Crews Given Hearing Members of the passenger and freight crews on their arrival in Har ; risburg to-day, gave their testimony regarding the wreck. The hearing took place at the DE office of Jacob IN. Whiteman, assistant trainmaster j of the Middle division. The trainmen all testified that ad verse fog hung over the tracks. The ; passenger train was running late. There were no orders regarding the freight train unless given verbally to Conductor Eicheiberger wno was ; killed. Conductor J. B. Snyder. 2219 North Second street, Harrisburg who had ! charge of the passenger train, was making up his report in one of the sleeping cars when the crash came. As soon as it was possible he secured a list of the injured. Pretty Wreck Victims Tell How It Feels to Be Hurled From Berths in "Nightie" How it feels to be thrown from a ; berth If a sleepingcar in your "nightie" ; at 1 o'clock in the morning, with pieces uf broken glas flying in all directions and everything in.darkness. was told to day by Misses Bessie and Rowena Lees | man. of Dunmore. Ky„ two pretty young women who were passengers oi. the Mercantile Kxpress. which crashed : into a stock train, near Lewistown early this morning. They were a little unnerved as a re sult of their experience, and stopped ; off in Harrisburg tor a rest. The.v art the guests of Miss Adeline Landis, 609 ! Kelker street. Both young women were badly ! shaken up, but escaped with slight bruises and cuts. They were sleeping | in a car which was next to the two i mail cars that left the tracks. Both were thrown t3 the floor. LION TAKES GRIM REVENGE York, Pa., Oct. 5.— A newly Im ported lion attacked and injured its trainer. Frank Yella, during an ex hibition yesterday on the county fair grounds. The trainer's right arm was severely gashed. The Hon had been punished In the early part of the day by the trainer and took the opportunity for revenge when Yella turned to bow to the spectators. When the lion leaped Yella dodged and escaped more serious Injury. Striking at the animal with his whip, the trainer kept the lion at bay until the attach*" of the show came to his asslstanc' HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 5, 1916. LOCAL MAIL CLERKS INJURED IN WRECK R. M. YTNGST T. B. PEFFER Camp Hill. Lemoyne. BOSTON IS READY FOR WORLD SERIES Players in Good Shape; Many Seat Applicants Are Dis appointed Boston, Mass., Oct. s.—With the first game of the world's series to be played in this city two days away, virtual!y every element in the local end of that event was in readiness to-day. The world champion Boston Ameri cans, marking time at the end of the season which brought them another pennant to the hour they meet the [Continued on Page 2.] Know Anyone Named "Silent" on the Border ? A letter has been received by the Telegraph asking to aid in the identi fication of the mutilated body of an American soldier found near El Valle, Texas, on September 26. ! The soldier was a scout in one of the infantry companies and when , searched two letters bearing Harris ; burg postmarks were found in his ] pockets. They were smeared with I blood and no names could be traced i from the paper. According to a de ! scription furnished, the scout was 1 known as "Silent" and he could talk | Spanish. He was about 35 years old, 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighed 14 5 pounds, dark brown hair, gold-filled teeth, tattooed on arm and chest. When searched a small knife with pearl handles, a locket, two small keys. $4 ■> in gold and $ 12.65 in bills and silver were found. Major-General Goethals and Commissioner Clark Named to Investigate 8-Hour Law Omaha. Neb., Oct. 5. Major-Gen ' eral Goethals, Governor of the Panama CanaJ. and Commissioner Clark, of the 1 Interstate Commerce Commission, have I been selected by President Wilson as ' two of the three members of the board by Congress to investigate tne eight-hour law. Formal announcement of the election of all three members, will be made to-night. New York, Oct. 5. Major-Gen eral George W. Goethals was quoted ed as saying to-day that he had re ceived "information that he had been [designated by President Wilson as I chairman of the commission which is to j investigate the workings of the eight hour law for railroads, but that the ! position had not yet been offered to | him officially. ! Asked if he would accept the posl : tion if appointed, he said: "I am an officer in the army. It is my duty t,o obey any command the ; President may give me." The President made the selections ' several days ago and has been await ; ing the acceptances. General Goethals i-ained the consent of the President ; everal weeks ago to retire as gov i ernor of the Canal Zone. He was I ottered the new position on his arrival from the canal recently. He will serve j as chairman of the board. Wilson Putting in Busiest Day of Career at Omaha Omaha, Neb.. Oct. s.—President : Wilson came to Omaha to-day for one ! of the busiest days of his career. Ar rivine here shortly before noon after greeting several thousand people in i towns he passert through, he went i immediately to the Commercial Club | for his first middle western speech since the campaign opened. Tells Women He Wishes That Women Could Vote Council Bluffs, lowa, Oct. 6.—Presi- I dent Wilson told a large crowd here i to-day he wished the women could ; vote. Appearance on the rear plat | form of his private car enroute to I Omaha he was greeted with shouts, | "we are going to vote for you— j everybody." A woman called out, "I , wish the women could vote." "I wish they could." responded the President. "It is mighty fine for you to come out and greet me this way. It cheers me very much. This is sub stantial evldnce that you are going to I vote for me." MEMBERSHIP NOW ALMOST 600 MARK; Believed Round-up May Net, 900 For Chamber of Commerce Five hundred and ninety-three mem- i berships have been written for the; Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce In | the three days of the present member- ! I ship campaign. The committee expects j 1 to pass the SOO mark during the final j round-up to-morrow. Of these new members 243 were not I previously identified with the Chamber] and a large number of others will take | up application proposals with boards ; of directors and partners this after-; j noon. To-morrow will be the biggest I j day of the whole campaign, i Everywhere the committeemen were ! met with kindness and much interest ; , was shown In the movement even by ' ! those who felt they could not support it financially. Reports were made as usual at the I noon luncheon at the Harrisburg Club i ~nd the committee greeted with ap- , i plause messages from Governor Brum- | | baugh and State Treasurer Robert K | i Young expressing their intense interest j in the Capitol Park extension and < I pledging their support to its develop- j j ment in conformity with the broad I trauge plans laid down for the com pletion of the Harrisburg park system. [ | The Governor has called a conference i j for next Thursday at which this mat- i 'iter will be considered by the State i s : Hoard of Public Grounds and Build-' : : ings and the City Planning Commis-' _' sion. i General Young has made a close I j study of the whole matter, having , j traveled much both in this country , and in Europe, and having read widely , ; on the development of city jiarks and 1 | the surroundings of public buildings, j ! and approaches the extension problem 1 especially well fitted for the task and enthusiastic over its possibilities, i To-morrow the committee will meet | | at luncheon for a final report and it is | | believed the total results of the cam- i paign will be nearer 900 than the ex f < pected 800, the high water mark set ! to-day. i High National Honor For . Justin Carter t! TV. Justin Carter, well-known attor-; I ney of this city, has been named as la member of the Republican National! _ | Advisory committee. This is a much ! j sought for honor and brings the re- j - cipient into touch with many of the! i big men of the nation. Mr. Carter, | 3 who is one of the best known colored i 5 j citizens of Pennsylvania, is an enthus- I e ' iastic supporter of Charles E. Hughes , ! for the presidency. He has been | heartily congratulated upon the ap -! pointment. % MRS. GAVIN KLIMIXATEI> Belmont, Mass., Oct. 5. Mrs. W. A. s I Gavin, the English woman who holds - ! the Eastern title, was eliminated by a Mrs. C. C. Auchincloss, of Piping t' Rock, in the third round match in the - I annual national championship tourna s | ment of the woman's goir association 1 at the Belmont Spring Country Club to -2 I day 2 up and 1 to play. Mrs. Gavin I had been regarded by golfers as the j probable winner of the tournament. SUGAR AND FLOI'R GOES UP | San Francisco, Cal., Oct. s.—Sugar was selling at $7.20 a hundred pounds t wholesale and $7.70 retail here to • day after making a second advance In price within a r.eek. The first increase " : was 15 cents a hundred, the latest ten cents. 1 1 An increase of twenty cents a bar | rel for California flour for wholesale to $7.60 and a boost to 42 ft cents a i dozen wholesale for first quality eggs, ! also added to the Increased cost of liv- I ing here. Retail dealers predicted that ; eggs would reach 70 cents within a | few months. ; i FLOUR GOES TO $9.30 . j Chicago, in., Oct. 6.—The price ; of standard Minnesota patents—the j high grade family flour—was ad . i vanced twenty cents a barrel to $9.30 j to-day, the second advance within ten days. The same grade of flour sold 1 for $5.90 a barrel a year ago. Two [ weeks ago it was selling for $8.90. . PAPERS CUT IN HALF i Amsterdam, Oct. 5 (via London). t The Frankfurter Zeltung says that an - order has been Issued reducing by one ) half the quantity of paper supplied *o the German newspapers. COMPLETE PLANS i FOR HUGHES' NEXT CAMPAIGN TOUR Starting Monday, Nominee Will ' Go as Far West as Nebraska j and South to Kentucky I IS HIS THIRD TRIP Speeches Will Be Delivered in Eight States by Republi can Nominee New York, Oct. s.—Charles 'E. ] Hughes' third western campaign tour, which begins Monday next, will take j him as far west as Nebraska, as far, south as Kentucky and as far north as South Dakota. He will make; speeches on the way in New Jersey, J [Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Vir ! ginia, Missouri, lowa, Michigan and, '.Ohio, returning here October 20. His. j itinerary was announced at Republican : • national headquarters, j The tour begins with a noonday ( ! meeting in Newark, N. J., Monday, im- • i mediately after which Mr. Hughes will , | return to New York City to register j for the election. He will then board a j special train for Philadelphia, arriving j there at 8 o'clock, where an evening : ine€-ting will be held. He will leave Philadelphia at 10 a. m. Tuesday, Oc- J tober 10, going direct to Hagerstown, . Md., where he will speak in the after noon at the inter-state fair. Will Address Mountaineers Mr. Hughes will address an even- i ] ing meeting at Baltimore. Wednes- | day, October 11, he will go to West i Virginia making three speeches at [Continued on I'aite 41 Western College Burns; Two Aged Members of Faculty Are Missing | St. Louis, Mo.. Oct. 5. Fire to : day destroyed the main building of Christian Brothers' College here. Two aged members of the college faculty are missing and are believed to have I perished, and an assistant nurse, who ; jumped from an upper window, was \ seriously hurt. I All members of the faculty save two j j and all students were accounted for. i Most of the students had not reached i | t?.ie college when the lire started. I The two missing faculty members i are Brother Cormack, 93 years old, land Brother Clemens, 72 years old. j Their room on the fifth floor of the | Intlrmary was swept by fire. It is be- I lieved neither could have reaped. The assistant nurse who was in i iured was Lewis Nolean, who jumped | from a fifth story window in the in ! firmary as firemen were climbing lad -1 ders to rescue him. His injuries may i prove fatal. The fire was discovered by the col lege registrar as he was walking up stairs to the room where Brothers Cor mack and Clemens were being attend ied by Nolan. At the time more than ' 100 boarding students and thirty or j forty members of the faculty were at i breakfast. The registrar saw flames I creeping across the fifth floor and gave i the alarm. Students and faculty members who were in the dining room rushed from ! the building, but at that time the fifth floor was cut off. A crowd gathered ! on the campus saw Nolean climb to i the window sill and leap. About noon the fifth floor of the col ' lege building collapsed and seven to j twenty firemen plunged to the base ! ment. Three were taken out badly injured. Others are in the wreckage. Wealthy Pittsburgher Drowns While in Surf With Wife j Atlantic City, N. J.. Oct. s.—Fred ' erick Davidson, a wealthy Pittsburgh 1 | \isitor, who had been summering here, was drowned to-day whlie bathing in the surf. Melvin Bothwell and George Good fellow. college boys, made a daring attempt to save the visitor from a canoe, but although they got him ashore shortly after he was sighted ' floating face downward in the surf, i the use of the pulmotor failed to re- I vive him. Mrs. Davidson, bathing with him, witnessed the tragedy and aided i the physicians in the attempt at re | suscitation. The life guards were oft ; duty for the season. WIRELESS SPANS PACIFIC | San Francisco, Cal., Oct. s.—Wire | less waves spanned the Pacific ocean I to-day. The San Francisco Marconi wireless station was in direct com munication with a Japanese govern ment wireless plant at Ochi Ishi, Japan, 5.800 miles away. The "con versation" was a test preliminary to inauguration of a wireless commercial service. Previously Honolulu relayed ' wireless messages between Japan and the United States. BREMEN TAKEN LONG AGO Newport News, W. Va., Oct. 6. Another British shipmaster brought ■ into port to-day the often-repeated story that the German merchant sub ! marine Bremen has been captured. He is Captain Reavley, of the steamer North Point, and he says the Bre men was caught in a net in the Eng ■ lish channel while his ship was in the i channel about seven weeks ago. I THE WEATHER For Harrlaburg and vlclnltyi Fair to-nlKht and Friday) not much change In temperature. For Eastern I'rniibj Ivaniai Fair to-night and Friday) warmer l nljiht In northern portloni gentle to moderate euat to loutk wind*. I River The Susquehanna river and all ita tributaries will continue to fall slowly. A atage of about 3.S feet la Indicated for llarrlaburg Fri day morning. Temperature! S a. m., 54. Sum Rises, OiUtt a. m.| acta, Bi4o p. m. Moon■ Full moon, October 11, :i>ol a. m. River Stage ■ Four feet above low water mark. Yeaferday'a Weather Highest temperature, 75. Lowest temperature, 48. Mean temperature, 82. Moraul temperature, 6a RUMANIANS ARE VIRTUALLY WIPED OUT BY TEUTONS Invaders Caught Between Two Forces; Now Completing Their Destruction SERBS PRESS NORTH Are Only Twelve Miles From Monastir; British Defeated on Eastern Flank The bold invasion of Bulgaria by Rumanian troops which crossed the Danube, near Kahovo in the rear of i the main battle line in Dobrudja has I ended most disastrously for the in jvaders, according to Sofia, their force I being scattered and virtually wiped > out. j To combat the Rumanians, who ap parently were from 12,000 to 16,000 | strong but declared to be without ar jtillery, the Bulgarians sent troops' I from Rustchuk and Turtukai, on ! • either side of the point of crossing.! I Caught between the two forces, the! [Continued on Page 8] Now N. Y. Diners Must Pay Ten Cents Just For a Seat New York. Oct. s.—The high price of food continued to show its effect to day in the prices charged by restau rants and boarding houses of nearly every class. Few of the larger and more expensive eating places have raised their charges thus far, but sev eral have adopted the European cus tom of imposing a couvert fee, which means that the prospective diner pays | 10 cents or more for the seat he oc ; cupies- at a table. A number of board ing houses which make a specialty of table board have increased the price of their "regular dinner" from 50 to CO cents. BURGLARS GET SIO,OOO Oyster Bay, Oct. s—The million* ! aire colony of Oyster Bay was invad ied by burglars yesterday and money | and Jewels valued at about 8-10,000 j were taken from the homes of throe lof the wealthiest residents. Nelson i Doubleday, son of F. N. Doubleday, I the publisher: H. P. Erskine, the | New York architect, and Phillips Ab bott. - - i Dcacarmon, Oct. s.—Throe young* -on fW, F. Peters, ■ a far v rr-udlnp on the Amity farr r 'e north of 1 this place, were lost in the woods from Sunday evenirtg" /j until Tuesday afternoon. The boys, Jo'..r,. • -?d 9; Charles, 7 ye. rs, and Harry, 4 years? were sent to locate several cows unday evening. They wandered about untl dark when ;j they found themselves in a ravine several miles from home, I h-e ~c ,pc\, the night On omr.; they i traveled about until night and slept under the steps of a jj | Bchoolhouse. Kr.r" Mcose„ a neighbor, found them in the j had one meal which was given them Monday by a farmer. J • jy'i j The vounf est boy was without shoes or r. I ALL REMAINING MILITIA ORDERED SOUTH • j :r Oci. " AU tn ■ 'il Com- J I mnnders were ordered by the Wet I>c;: rt u to-day tit-3 :r. . -'.nj/ati.