FAST FREIGHT PLOUGHS INTO P.R.R. EXPRESS [Continued From First Pajto] All of those killed were In the ear Bellwood, which was telescoped and. crushed to pieces. Utnnir llnrrlnbiirK Knxinrrr An official of the Pennsylvania Rail road here said the list of dead may exoeed twenty, as fourteen bodies have been recovered and nt least six are known to be dead In tl>e wreck. At this time the railroad company Is inclined to place the blame for the wreck on the enginer of the freight. A. T. Cook, of Harrisburg, who had a leg crushed. It was his duty, said an official, to get off nis engine, walk ahead, and look at a signal in case of fog. rather than run past it. Chester A. Minds, who, with his fam ily, was killed, was a coal operator in the Clearfield region of Pennsylvania, lie was traveling to Utica, N. Y.. to attend the funeral of his wife's father. Minds was a football star on the Uni versity of Pennsylvania team and a brother of John H. Minds, a Philadel phia attorney, famous years ago as captain of the Pennsylvania team. The express is sahi to have arrived at Mount Union station I-' minutes .late, with brake trouble. It was held there while the trouble was remedied, it is declared, and the signal to start had been given when the "preference" freight crashed into •'.he rear sleeper. Clnlm* Siftnnl Showed "White" Cook, the freight engineman, who had only recently been promoted to the i throttle, it was said, declared that the block signal at "Ml"' tower, a mile and j half from Mount Union, showed white, j indicating a clear track. Ills fireman ; and brakeman, who were in the cab i when the tower was passed, are re ported to have told him It was green, j which would indicate that another j train was in the block. Xenr Warrior Wreck. Wrecking crews and relief trains ; with physicians, nurses and all tirst- ' aid equipment, were rushed to the , scene of the wreck within an hour i after it happened. The wreck occurred within ten' miles ; of the scene of the disastrous wreck • at Warrior Ridge, six miles west of ' Huntingdon, a few years ago. In that! wreck an all-steel, train fell down j the embankment to tlie bank of the j Juniata river. Several were killed and ! many passengers were injured. Harrisburg Engineer The passenger train, wliica left j Pittsburgh at 7 o'clock last night fori New York und known as the Mercan-: tile Express, had stopped at Mount) Union to discharge passengers and was testing the airbrakes when the < ollision occurred. It carried four ( sleepers, two mail cars and a com- j lunation day coach. The freight Ploughed into it with such force that; the rear sleeper, the Bellwood. was completely cut in twain. The other [ sleepers were partly telescoped, but: aside from a terrilie snaking up none of their occupants was hurt. All were of steel construction and were wedged J together so tightly that it was several | hours before workmen could extricate the bodies of the victims. A. T. Cook. I of Harrisburg, engineer of the freight' train, was the only one of the freight crew to sustain injury. His engine j and six cars were wrecked and de- j railed, several of the cars going over, the embankment into the street. A relief train carrying railroad offl- i cials, physicians and nurses was rush- I ed to the scene from this city and G. j \V. Creighton, general superintendent \ left later to eouduct an investigation! into the accident, the cause of which j has not been determined. The relief | train was pressed into service and to- ■ gether with train No. 4 took the pas- s sengers who escaped injury, eastward. Wrecking crews ' from Huntingdon, j Mifflin and Denholm also were called j out and it was necessary to raise two of the sleeping cars vertically before! the killed could be reached. Every oc- | cupant of the rear sleeper is believed j to have been killd. l-'irst Fatality in Three Years It was the first time in three years i that a passenger has been killed in a j wreck on the Pennsylvania railroad. : The illfated passenger train, however, ( was the same one that was wrecked at ; Mexico, Pa., last August when it ran into a stock train, killing three em ployes. With the recovery of other bodies it | was learned that four children with Mr. and Mrs. Minds, instead of two, as j at first reported, had lost their lives, j Miss Maude Minds, a sister, and M. A. ! Caltisch, of Conifer. N. Y„ a brother- j in-law of Minds; Mi i A. S. Veiling, | Cleveland, the nurse, and Milton j Hymes, of New York, wore also among the victims. Mercantile Kxpress left Altoona with ; engine No. 748. The crew included con- ! duetor W. W. Stewart, this city, engine- : man J. E. Oearhart: fireman D. H. Banks, Altoona: baggagemaster W. J. , McAllister, Philadelphia, and brakeman S. K. .Jacobs, and M. K. Baird. Harris burg. Interstate Comerce Commission Engineers to Investigate Wreck By Associated Press Washington. Feb. 27.—Interstate ! Commerce Commission engineers and i exxaminers were ordered to Mount Union, Pa., to investigate the wreck. | Inspectors Duffy and Bromley, with headquarters at Harrisburg, were be lieved to be on their way to the scene ! when first reports of the wreck were received here. Commission officials in structed George Kills, chief signal en gineer, with headquarters at Altoona, and W. P. Poland, assistant chief sig nal engineer, to go also. Mail Clerk Deardorf Says Train Was Held Up By Failure of Air J. F. Deardorf, of 142 North! Thirteenth street, Harrisburg, rail way mail clerk was working in the | same car with Mr. Blecker and re lated virtually the same tale. Sitting ' in his home this morning in a bath robe and apparently very nervous he told the following story to a Tele graph reporter: "Something had gone wrong with j the air on the mail car, on which my- ! *. self and others were distributing mail and the crew had stopped the train 1 at Mt. Union to disconnect the air from our car. The conductor or trainman had just completed the dis- I connection and had stepped from be tween the cars when something hit j the rear end of our train with a tremendous impact.. The train was thrown up the track at least two j car lengths, a distance of one hun dred and twenty feet. "I was thrown to the floor and i struck my leg against the leg of a ' table. At the time T thought It was broken but after a while was able to | set to my feet. Mall was strewn over j the car and my fellow workmen were all badly shaken up, although none were injured beyond a few bruises. I "After helping arrange the affairs j In the mail car. myself, with other members of the crew went to the rear of the train. While I had anticipated TUESDAY EVENING, something awful the sight which met my eyes was horrifying. The cat next to the rear was completely tele scoped and was cut nearly in half, us sliced with a knife. Parts of it were laid across the tracks. The singular nature of the accident was that the rear car had been driven forward with such impact that the car ahead cut through it and the two appeared as one car. "Another strange thing was that I could hear no sounds of moaning or distress and at first thought that the rear sleeper was unoccupied. I learned later, however, that every person in the car had been killed. "I have figured in several wrecks before but none so frightful as this." Whiskey Blockade Runner Captured After Fight By Associated Press Richmond. Va.. Feb. 27. The State police boat. Commodore Maury, last night fought and took the schoon er Elizabeth Clark of Baltimore, in the Rappahannock river, where the schooner had been running the whis- \ ky blockade. Captain Ike Boheeman, with his mate, both wounded in the light, and his crew, were lodged in Lancaster county jail. Twenty cases of whisky were seized on the schooner and the patrol reported 200 eases had been ■sold at landings along the river. The patrolboat cornered the whisky schooner, becalmed in the ice of Ma chodoc creek, and laid in wait for her. After dark, in the face of a freshen ing breeze .the schooner sought to slip out on the ebb tide and the patrol boat fought and took her in the mid dle of the river. Plans or Mobolizing Yaachts and Railroad Tugs Being Worked Out By Associated Press New York. Feb. 27.—Marine super- i intendents of railroads with headquar ters in this city to-day considered plans for the speedy mobilization for government use of the big fleet of steel-constructed railroad tugs in New York waters. Many owners of yachts! also prepared to put their craft into ] commission immediately for patroll- i ing, mine sweeping, mine laying and other auxiliary service for which the ! navy has not ships available. This was in response to the appeal of Franklin r>. Roosevelt, assistant sec- . retary of the navy, in a speech here ! last night, for 10.000 men and 750 small boats to assist if need arise, In ; guarding the Atlantic coast. At the. conclusion of Mr. Roosevelt's speech 200 representatives of every branch of | the maritime interests of the harbor ! and the marine labor unions pledged their support to Rear Admiral Usher, j commandent of the New York navy I yard. 1 ' u cj e.i n ii- i * IHI > HIIIIIHIIIIII ll! 1111111 111 1111 111 ll lull it Month End Sale Petticoats / h k 13 h Is el WOMEN'S DRESS SKIRTS 65c Black Sateen Petticoats, . . 4Q C I *J E [ GE RTS ' black J $2.50 White Heatherbloom IMTM HI II IT F\rftT CTARTT black, brown and green; Month Petticoats, I-39 HULL DEPT. STORE : End Sale 1.98 A limited quantity of the above Items. Be early and tak# $6.50 Silk STRIPE SKIRTS, IN all °SAMV,X-S-SE,.O.UKI<><>R. Market Street—at Subwav lateststripes;Month ~ EndSale 4.75 —— •* SAl.KlN'S— Second Floor. TO-MORROW—WEDNESDAY—THE MOST IMPORTANT SALE WE'VE HELD SINCE WE OPENED THE STORE OUR FIRST-MQNTH-END SALE. All Oddments Must Go at Sacrifices PKPPKRKLL SHEETING 1N1.1.0W ( ASKS 'J- \IJLE I) \M ASK M I'KL IV SHEETS- 7° SLIORT L.cii°tlis OF PER —Bl inches wide; bleached. broidered ; B1 e he d -Mercerized. ' all good x9O; regardless 'of the CALEB—AH light pat- COUSlNS— Batiste and STYLISH MAID COR- SILK WAISTS— AII the new extra heavv quality muslin; good quality; patterns; splendid qual- high cost of materials >' A / D WIDE; coutil, front and back SKTS — Back lace, made shades and all sizes; plain Month-end" Sale, ' QQFT &*"• END 07 A "RVALUE we will seil this Monthlend JFI* 1 Mont ,RA LN of batiste, a. I shades, large 0 1Q A Vard VvV SNIR. Z/C IN Month-end /H(J Sheet in |}UA Sale 19A 7K sizes; Month- collars: Month- SI HK . SRLE " Sale, yard Month-end Sale Month-End Sale Trimmed Hats THESE BARGAINS IN Shoe Prices Slashed Regular $2.98 Value 4's 'M THE MONTH-END SALE In satin and lisere, hemps, etc.. all the leading colofs and plenty of W, J?*"' SL2S -, H ° USE DRESSES ! AQR> Monlh-end SAL'E A, . UEA: WW blacks. Many turban and sailor shapes, together with a great variety Month-End Sale Price TOC MO , G CIX M I;TAL SHOES— But- r\ MM \ of nobby styles in various shapes. YKF;SI.OO Long KIMONOS of Crepe; *7C\ ton, lace and blucher styles; medium IJC THLSLS FL VPTV MIPPIAL NFFPR RF* A Month-End Sale Price /%J C regular **. so values; TSOT/ 1111b lb D\EI y special oner- |L -F A£\ Children's 98c DRESSES, in the |-n Month-end Sale. and demands your instant *P 1 N onth-End Sale for 59 C I 8 Black or tan * I response. Wegivethegreat- I VR Jy ?FC CHEMISE, A, J-Q C L*La est millinery values in town. SAIJKI\*S—THIRD FLOOR \\;\ Month-End Sale at 40C -Solid leather soles; I VFE \V / \ #1 „ - in the Month-end L A ( IFF SALKIN'S—-Second Floor ~ . * • "————mmnnrti mm MIN IR ————NRWNWMIIBMIMMIILMJ ttuie — ———— ______ JP- J/ F/ The Best Place to Buy Your Groceries TF 1 3 Always Uniform Prices and the Best Grades on the Market W) Lima Beans 11C lb. Canned String Beans. . ,9c Soup Beans 11C lb. Fels, Star and Red Seal Y 0/ M/ Black or Green Tea, loose, Canned Asparagus, 10C, 12c Marofat Beans .... 15c lb. Soap. 6 for 2Sc M JJ/ 35c lb. Can.ned Fish Roe, 12C, 15c Kidney BC-ans .... 17c 11). Cod Fish 16c lb. M J Good Coffees Canned Salmon ..12c, 15c Barley 6c lb. CEREALS WF AM/ ■/ ~ —— —' Mi Canned Spinach Me Caaned Fish Roe 11C Eagle Flour, sc, 12% lbs. Post Toasties 8c Ml Canned Peas. loc, 12c, 14c Hioe Bc. <• II). Hubv Flour 57c Kellogg's 9c ■ \ * TOT ~M -W ■— HW Canned Corn Lc, 14c Lentils 22c II). Hercules Flour 58c Puffed Rice 13c R — ■ A ■ ILW/ Canned Tomatoes Dried Peas 12c LLI White Dove Flour 58c Puffed Wheat 13c %\l\ W H MJK I ■ VLL FW "■ ■" DK. 7c, 10c, 14c Hominy 5c lb. Iloffer's Best 64c Grape Nuts 13c -VI if II 111 I ■ ■■■■■■■ fanned Pumpkii ltolled Avcna 6c lb. Gold Medal Flour ... 69c Full Cream Cheese, 30c lb. Canned Sweet Potato, loc Oatmeal ll'.jc lb. Gold Dollar Flour 6c These are our regular AJ g% mgk I AJI) A A ■ Canned Cherries 9c Vanilla 9c, 22c LX>. Pillsbury's Best 70c prices right along. $12.50 and $15.00 SUITS and OVERCOATS pw fiC g „_ , r . , p . Xone to be reserved; we must clean out all winter stocks. This new / T(> TheSe Wonderful BdrgaUlS store is going to keep on being new so we are going to sell all winter £ IN SALKINS 1 MONTH-END SALE, WEDNESDAY suits and overcoats that were formerly $12.50 and $15.00; in the best patterns M /■... M 1" IMT \ 1 \ '< \ and all sizes (but not all sizes in each pattern), at one price. Month-End LS'X TICOATS - With em-' THPO,UL , STOCKINGS Sale; take your pick at, plaids checks strme' broidery ruffle and very H). lElt\ in black °° ?, , 08E ' P ,AMS - cheeks, stripes WELL good qual- AND All THE leading black and white, 19c value; AND PLAIN; |4 | Y ity; Month'- J|| shades, $1.25 Month-end J*| Also These Bargains For Men, Wednesday SA^-YARD D P R F C E 48C E^ U S A^. ONTH ; 9UC PAIR. IZ^C S MEN'S SHIRTS Men's NECKWEAR Men's SWEATERS MEN'S HATS Nr— V V —\ Values to $1.25 Values to SI.OO Values to $2.50 Values to $2.00 WASH WAISTS— in voiles ''.^.V'ALL SILK CREPE HE ALL SII.K POPLIN— QQ_ OQ _ (FCLOO A . N F LAWN , embroidered, pin C Ge AN J, ah 1 E collars CHINE—4O Inches wide 40 Inches wide, all nw 01/ C *)J/C 1 ,DO JB 1 #UO * R [ )ES ' SOME heavy linen W HITE linene with con- — rose, gold and flesh; spring shades; Month- I E~:. 98c, "... 1.59 . 1.39 BRITISH CLOSING IN ON GERMAN BAPAUME FORT Steadily Forcing Teutons Back; Pursuing Turks in East; Transport Sunk 6—BRITISH—LEAD WAR Military operations of high import ance are in progress on the Somme front In Northern France, where the British continue to push forward after the retiring Germans. General Haig's outposts, at last accounts, were but three miles from the German strong hold of Bapaunie and there is ap parently yet no indication as to how far the Germans intend to retreat be fore taking up their.new line of de fense. Elsewhere except on the Tigris, where the British are pursuing the Turks westward after capturing Kut el-Amara, military activities do not appear to have been of major im portance. In the field of submarine activity Berlin further announces the sinking of the British transport Steamer A-19. No indication of the tonnage of the vessel or loss of life, if any. is given. Take 22 Square Miles Official announcement of the Ger man withdrawal on the Ancre and the British occupation of twenty-two square miles of territory, including the villages of Serre, Mlraumont, Pys, Wurlencourt. was made last night. The War Office statement says the British forces have advanced over a front of eleven miles to a depth of two miles, and now hold a line on the out skirts of Le Barque, Irles and Puisieux au Mont. No claims of the capture of prisoners br artillery are made. Raids were carried out by the Brit ish troops north of Arras and west of Lens, while a German assault south of the Somme was driven off with losses to the attackers. Berlin records the repulse of Brit ish attacks east of Arras near Armen tleres and the Avre, and the failure of French assaults in the Champagne. West of Verdun the French broke into the enemy's lines, while north of 'fa ilure a successful raid was undertaken. in aerial encounters French aviators brought down three German machines and British fliers two more. Berlin states that the allies lout eight air planes in engagements yesterday. Fourteen men were killed 'when "a French airship was brought down Fri dap night by anti-aircraft guns in Lor raine. The British Victory The British stroke on the Ancre is a happy augury of the allied military operations in 1917. Whatever the rea sons fo rthe retirement of Prince Ruprecht's troops, whatever the de velopments of the future, General Gough, under the command of Haig, has won a big victory, the most im portant of the entire Somme and An cre campaigns. Not since th ebegin ning of trench warfare in the west has so much ground changed hands, voluntarily or involuntarily, in one operation—and that with virtually no casualties for the aggressors. HARJRISBURG *££& TELEGRAPH TRAGIC FEATURES OF WRECK ARE SEEN IN DEBRIS OF EXPRESS Mt. Union, Pa.. Feb. 27. Per-1 haps the most tragic feature of the wreck was the fate that befell a party | of Ramey, Pa., people enroute to . Utica, N. Y., to attend the funeral of a relative. Composing \the family were Chester A. Minds, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, and a coal operator, his wife, small son, .Miss Maud Minds, a sister, Miss A. S. Dell ing, of Cleveland, Ohio, M. A. Caltisch, of Conifer, X. Y., a relative of the coal operator's wife and three orphan children. All were bound for Utica to attend the funeral of Mrs. Minds' father. Just before going to their berths s several of the Ramey people bid a j cheery good-niglit to occupants of the coach behind. In less than 40 minutes the crash came. Little is known here of Mr. Minds, other than his connection with the coal business in Clearfield county and athletics. When at the University of Pennsylvania, he was a leading spirit in sports, winning numerous laurels. Of all the occupants of the ill-fated sleeper, Noah Bright, of Bellwood, the colored porter, was the only one who was sitting in an upright position at the instant the eras heame. Bright's body was one of the first recovered this morning by the wreck crew. He had evidently prepared to enjoy a sleep with his chin resting on his right 228 Invalided Russian . Soldiers in Train Wreck; Many of Them Killed fly Associated Press London, Feb. 27.—A train carry- I ing 228 invalided Russian soldiers who j were on the way home from Germany through Sweden, went off the track late last night between Gefle and So derhamn, says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Stockholm. The first car, carrying 23 insane Russian sol diers, was demolished and all its pas sengers wer killed. About 25 persons in other cars were killed. The work of rescue was made diffi cult by the condition of the passeng- j ers, most of whom were blind, had lost arms or legs, or were otherwise ] rendered incapable of helping them- ! selves. Their handships were in- ; creased by the fact that the wreck I occurred in darkness at a distance i from any important town. ATTACK IMPERIAL (iIWCKU.OK By Associated Press Amsterdam, Feb. 27. —According to I a telegram from Berlin, thirty sup-1 porters of Admiral Yon Tirpitz, former minister of the navy, including Count Yon Hoensbroeck, have held a meet- [ ing to discuss a "change in the otilce | of Imperial chancellor." It is said to: be the purpose ot' the promoter of this ; movement to hold metings in all the j large towns of Germany and also to I obtain the support of newspapers for ! the purpose of obtaining a change in the head of the government. hand, llts head was flattened almost to a. pulp but the lifeles form was still held In an upright position by debris which closed in about it. Among the few cool heads on the wreck scene early was Cloyd Ewing. a Mt. Union merchant, who assisted the Pennsy officials and wreck crew in identifying the victims. The first problem that confronted the officials was to get the names and addresses of the dead. As each body was taken from the wreckage, It was searched for a name card or letters and all the effects were carefully placed in separ ate bundles. Presently these are stored In the Mt. Union ticket office. Perhaps the greatest difficulty was experienced identifying the women. In several instances their handbags were crushed into bits and the searchers relied mostly on stray letters. When relatives of the victims come to claim the bodies and take over their effects, little difficulty will be experienced in securing valuable pa pers they happened to carry. Through the system worked out by the search ers everything Is in Its place. All the members of the freight crew were hurled from the train and landed within a few feet of each other along the tracks. Cook, the en gineer, was the only one injured to any extent, he sustained a sprained ankle. TELEGRAPH IS LOW JOURNAL BIDDER John L. L. Kulin Gets Four- Year Contract For State Printing Contracts for State printing and printing of the Legislative Journal for four years beginning July 1 were I awarded by Superintendent Long to- I day. The State printing was awarded to j J. L. L. Kuhn, Harrisburg, at 80 per j cent. off. the schedule; other bidders I being E. B. Brightbill, 78% per cent. I off. and the Hay Printing Company, I preesnt printers, 74 , ,{ ! per cent. The Legislative Journal printing was awarded to the Telegraph Print ing Company, Harrisburg, at per cent, off: other bidders being J. L. L. Kuhn, IS per cent: E. B. Brightbill, 22 U per cent; James L. Baker, 17 1 ,-. per cent, and Ray Printing Company, | 2 per cent. SKATI\< l\ \K\V YOltK I George Hepford artel George Gebhard, |of this city, have, returned from New York, after spending foil* or live days skating on "Iceland" and "St. Nicholas" | rinks. FEBRUARY 27, 1917. LONG IS AGAIN , NAMED HEAD OF i PRINTING BUREAU i Governor Brumbaugh Makes j Appointment For Length of Legislative Session D. Edward Bong, of Franklin eoun- j ty, was to-day formally appointed Su perintendent of Public Prihting and Binding, to serve until the end of the j Senate session. He was sworn in by l Secretary of the Commonwealth j Woods and sat at the opening of the, bids for public printing. Governor Brumbaugh nominated | Mr. I.ong in a letter to the Senate early in the month and last night re- I quested return of the nomination from ! the Senate, whose Committee had not i acted. The Senate committee did not re-1 turn the nomination and Chairman! Crow declined to express any opinion j as to legality of the Governor's action ! to-day. The Governor acted after a: consultation Avith the Attprney Gen eral, who held that a request for a! return of a nomination withdrew thej appointment and enabled the Gover nor to make a new one. He also de cided that the Governor was within his powers in appointing Mr. Bong until the end of the Senate as some one in authority had to sit to-day to open the bids for the Stute printing for four years, beginning in July. Mr. Bong gave a bond for $10,000.1 HOO! IIOO! . \ Harrisburg Ladies' Nest Order of Owls \\ ill celebrate the opening of their new headquarters, Cam eron Hall, 107 North Second Street, on Thursday next, March Ist, at 8 o'clock I'. M.. Doors open 7.30 P. M.. Open House For Everybody Ladies especially invited to attend. A splendid musical program will be given and REFRESHMENTS SERVED FREE TO ALL COME AND SPEND A PLEASANT EVENING WITH THE LADY OWLS The "Livest" Organization in Harrisburg _■ The nit nation, created by the G.weiij nor's appointment Is without prect* dent in recent years. Senators refuse® to talk about any possibilities in thW case. PACK ON It NOC;s HI:A< II HIOH H 121-0 it n By Associated Press Chicago, 111., Feb. 27. llog prices at the Union Stockyards, which havu been moving up recently, reached u ne whtKh point to-day. when heavy slwni' sold at ti11.30. Several days ugo the sl3 hog eclipsed nil Civil War prices and estahlisiied a new record for the market. J SHE DARKENED HER GRAY HAIR A Kansas City Lady Darkened HOP Gray llair and Made It Soft and Glossy by a Simple, Homo Process, She Tells How She Did It j -7 , ' j A well-known resident of KnnsaM City, Mo., who darkened her Bray luiiP by u simple home process, made the following statement: "Any lady or gentleman can darken their gray or faded hair, and make it soft and glossy with this simple recipe, which they can mix at home. To half a p.ln.t of water add 1 o*. of bay rum, 1 small box of Bar'jo Compound and Vt. oz. of glycerine. These ingredients can be purchased Vat any drug store at very little cost. Apply to the halt every other day until the gray hair iA darkened sufficiently. It Is not sticky or greasy and does not rub off. It will make a gray haired person look 10 to 20 years youngdr." 9