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/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
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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
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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!
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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. <is' s ' • .'.'ion j
t . per *
tntii ' K litis:'.
i
ELECT SEVEN DELEGATES
Harrisburg.—Seven of the eight ministerial deiegat;®# I
' to represent the East Pennsylvania Eldership of the" Church j
... 1
of God, at the General Eldership session:: next . year ia 'j
' Findlay, 0,, were elected this afternoon .•*; follows: The j
Revs.-K. W. McGuire, Lis"burn; S. G. Yahn, Harrisburg: !
I A. P. Stover, Carlisle; H. F. Hoover, Elizabethtown-: W. N. j
® Vates and C. H. Grove, Harrisburg; C. F. Reitzel, Altoona. *
THREE DEAD IN POWDER EXPLOSION; i
I Springfield, 111., Oct. 5.-—At least three men were killed i
and a number injured in an explosion at the' plant of the j
I Illinois Powder .Works at Grafton, this morning. Windows
in Alton, twenty miles away, were shattered. • Telephone j
and telegraph wires leading'into Grafton are down.'
SIGHT PARTLY SUBMERG;.' . . ' LL'N
j
Esbjerg, Denmark, Oct. 4, via London, Oct. 4.—< D- I
layed Fishcrrr. "* who arrived hoc that i
at noon, Monday, they sighted a partly'submerged Zeppe-J
' lin thirty-five miles northwest of the island of Sylt, in the 1
Noith Sea off the coast of Schleswig, £
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MARRIAGE LICENSES 1
Charles lllnkr l.jui-n, city, nnd Jennie Mae Leader, Steelton.
John l<t*el Selslc and Ktkel Holt, city.
Elmer Oavld Hill, cl(), and Mary Theodwalo Moore, New Cumberland.|
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16 PAGES CITY EDITION
MOTHERS WITH
BABES IN ARMS
CLAMOR FOR MILK
Crowd of 500 Women Storming
N. Y. Health Station; Dis
persed by Police Reserves
RIDERS DUMP SUPPLY
Hold Up Independent Farm
ers; Stock Inadequate; Probe
Starts Tomorrow
Now York, Oct. s.—Tlie Borden
Condensed Milk Company. which
supplies onc-liftli of all tlie milk
sold in this city, announced to-day
that it would meet the demand of
the Ontrymcn's Ijongue for an In
crease In the price paid the fann
ers of 45 cents per 100 pounds.
New York, Oct- s.—The first dis
order growing out e? the milk situation
took place here early to-day when it
was necessary to call police reserves to
dispense more than 500 women, mostly
I foreigners, many with babies in arms,
| who stormed two health department
I milk stations In Harlem.
The women had previously can
! vassed stores in the neighborhood in
| search of milk for their children, and
| finding none for sale, they gathered at
the city stations. A few were ad
mitted. Those on the outside, fearing
' that the supply would be exhausted
before they could lie served, rushed the
doors of the building.
Supply Very Low
Officers in charge of the stations
said that their supply to-day was less
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Central Iron Stockholders
Elect Directing Officers
The stockholders of the Central Iron
and Steel Company, met to-day at the
! main office of the company. Directors
and officers were elected and they will
lake charge of the company's business
as soon as the receivers are discharged
by the court. Minor changes In tho
by-laws were considered. The directors
! elected are:
; Edward Bailey, Charles U Bailey, Jr.,
James M. Cameron, Donald McCormlck,
and Henry 13. McCormlck. The direc
tors subsequently elected these officers;
Robert H. Irons, president; Francis J.
Hall, vice-president: and L D. Perry,
uecretary and treasurer.