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TWO ARE DEAD; MANY INJURED
IN SLEIGHING PARTY ACCIDENT
BOYS AND GIRLS
TOSSED INTO AIR
BY TROLLEY CAR
Hummelstown High School Youths and Maidens Are Terribly Mangled When Ruth
erford Car, Going at High Rate of Speed, Crashes Into Party on Way Home From
an Evening's Outing; Bodies and Injured Youths Are Cared For in Homes of
Families Awakened by Screams of the Injured
Two of a sleighing party w ere
killed and nineteen injured early
this morning when a trolley ear
crashed ioto a sleigh which was
taking tiie boys and girls to
their homes in Hummelstown.
after an evening's outing.
Six of the injured are in a
serious condition in the Harris
burg Hospital where the dead and
hurt were taken in three ambulance
trips.
The party was held up until 4
o'clock this morning by the condi
tion of the roads and the driver had
taken to the ear tracks when a
Rutherford car said to be Loin,; at
high speed crashed into the sleigh.
Hard))* a stick of the sleish was
left unsplintered. Bits of it were
scattered along a distance cf 150
feet. The occupants were tossed
high into the air and landed in
snowdrifts.
The sleigh was drawn by four
mules, which escaped unhurt.
Thirteen of the accident victims
are In the hospital. The two dead
Mere removed early this morning to
the undertaking establishment of C.
J!. Mauk and later to their homes.
The other eight members of the
party, who received minor injuries,
v.eie treated at Vhe Harrisburg dis
pensary this morning.
The dead arc:
Mice Suggett, 10, who made her
home with Miss Elizabeth Fox.
Alberta Grove, S3, daughter of
Mrs. Mary Grove. Poplar avenue.
The .seriously injured are:
CaroU libersole, lis, a clerk at
Rutherford, who lives in Hanover
street. His left leg was fractured.
Paul Martin. 19, son of the driver,
who lives in Hummelstown; internal
injuries.
Rebecca Sutcliffc. -1 Main street,
right arm fractured.
Frank Muth, Hi, sou of 1". L.
- Muth, serious head injuries.
Ileatri< e Zeitcrs. 2.'>, 221 Kailroad
street, a.clerk in the Farmers' bank:
i hest injuries.
Lc-ta Hit/-, 15. Hailroad street,
head injuries and a compound frac
ture of her upper right arm.
.1. Thouias SiutelilTe. 1", 207 Fast
Main street, fractured pelvis.
Margaret t'assei, 15, East Main
street, unconscious. The extent of
her injuries has not been ascer
tained.
The less seriously injured at the
hospital arc:
Fsthcr Miller, I I. 107 East Main
street, a school girl. She is suffering
from the shock.
Edith Ebcrsolc. 17. Hanover street,
suffering from shock.
Vivian Mnmma, 125 I Jerry street,
15, whose injuries were slight.
Archie Shinier, of BOUKPSIOW u,
Is also in the hospital suffering se
rious injuries. Besides minor bruises
he sustained a fra< cured pelvis.
The following uiemTters of the
Weighing party figured in the acci
dent without receiving injuries se
rious enough to require detention at
the hospital. They received atten
tion at the dispensary tills morning.
Blackened eyes, bruises and cuts
were sustained by nearly every one
of them:
Herman llorst, of Homer-tow n.
The remainder are from Hummels
town. They are: William Grill, 15:
Kuth Swojie, II; Leta Alweine, 20;
Russell Zciters, 16: Russell Miller,
WEATHER FORECAST
For llnrrlnliurjK nnil tlciiitty:
LiKlit now or rain and warmer
to-night, with lowfMt temperu
tur* about 22 Friday
partly rloudy with moderate
temperature.
For Kißtern Penimyh anln: Snow
In north, rviow or rnln In Mouth
portion to-nisht: warmer: Fri
day partly cloudy with moder
*rnte temperature: moderate to
freah *outh to wet wlnd.
WM. M. DONALDSON
Says Thrift Stamps are a
Real Bargain at
* $4.12 For $5.00
He Ought to Know.
MISS ALBERTA GROVE
I One of the two Hummelstown girls
who met death near the end of a
sleighing party gotten up by the
pupils of the borough high school.
t: Beatrice Xlssley, II: Carrol
Kbersolc. and Esther Alweine.
Happened in Twinkling
Occupants of the ill-fated sleign
I who could remember details of the'
.accident this morning said that it'
| took place so quickly that the mem
: bers of the party hardly knew what
was happening until it wajs over.
Both the sleigh and the street ;'
car were on the Rutherford track.
, bound for Rutherford at the time of
the accident The members of the
! sleigh said they had reached a point!!
on the road near the Park drive ,
when the accident occurred.
Their first knowledge of the ap-'
ptoaching street car was when it j 1
topped a slight rise behind them.;
and threw the glare of its head-1,
flight upon their sleigh. According;
i to the victims of the accident, the
j street car was approaching at a high
] speed, and did not give any warning
i of its approach.
Tossed Into Drifts
j The driver, a man named Martin. 1
had just time to turn his double!
. team of four miiles to one side be-;
fore the impact.
Owing to the impassable inow
; banks thrown up on either side of
the tracks, the •victims said this}
| morning, the mules could not niakei
way into the side of the street, or
'pull the sleigh off the track. The
I mules had gotten off the track, but
I the sleigh wa.< still full in the path j
i of the oncoming car. when it was !
struck with a terrific crash.
The victims were tossed, scream-j
5 ing into the drifts, and onto the icy
'pavements, and the heavy sleigh was ;
i ground into a thousand pieces. The f
! only whole piece of the sleigh this
1 morning was the shaft, which was
| standing upright in the snow, as ai
| marker of the location of the grim
tragedy.
Screams Arouse Neighbors •
The terrified screams of the party,!
at the sight of the oncoming ear, i
I and after they were hurled into the!
air. attracted the attention of neigh-1
bors. who bore the unfortunate vic
tims into their homes.
The tragedy took place within one
hundred feet of the double houses. '
3217 and 3219 Derry street, occu- '
pied by the families of Byers and
Bates. Wakened from sound sleep |
by the crash and the immediate !
cries the two families threw open j
the doors and in a short time the j
first floors resembled a combination
j morgue and hospital. Into the Bates i
home were first brought by the rail- j
j roaders and some men who were on !
the way to their daily work, two !
girls, unconscious, and one of them j
almost unrecognizable.
Fared For in Homes
One died just before the carriers |
reached the house and the other j
lingered but a few moments. Mean
time they were bringing all other
members of the unfortunate party
| into the Byers home where some
were put on sofas and cots, others
lay on the floor. The sufferings were
so acute and their cries so heart- j
rending, said Miss Bates to-day, that '
she could not stay in the house and I
rushed outside to wait for the am
bulances, holding her ears. "Every ;
one was covered with blood." related
Miss Bates, barely able to command
her voice. "Some had broken legs,
some seemed to be injured terribly
in the spine. When the ambulance
came the doctor said that the poor 1
girl who was dead when they
brought her in had suffered a crush
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HARRISBURG, FA., THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 24, 1918.
PRESIDENT DOES
NOT KNOW TRUTH,
REPLIES SENATOR
i
Chamberlain Stands Firmly
by Charge of Government
Inefficiency
•
Washington, Jan. 24.—Stand-!
ing firmly by his charge that
America's military establishment)
is enmeshed in efficiency, Sen-j
ator Chamberlain, of Oregon,;
chairman of the Military Com-,
mitt.ee, replied in the Senate to-!
day to President Wilson's de-i
nunciation of his recent New
York speech, by repeating the state
ment which drew the President's j
[Continued on Page 14.]
Here's Real Farm Eggs
and Country Butter For
Sale at Great Auction
At S o'clock to-night at the Em
crson-Brantingham building. Market,
street, where the state farm products'
show has been on all week. Governor
Brumbaugh will raise a plate of
prize apples and ask what he is offer
ed for it. And after that he will auc
tion oft" other valuable and prize-win
ning foodstuffs—for the benefit of
the Harrisburg Red Cross. This list
of edibles will include:
Real, hope-to-die, fresh eggs.
Honest, really, truly, eountrv but-
I ter.
Regular whoppers of potatoes. *
Prize-winning apples.
There are quantities of these fresh
foodstuffs for sale and inasmuch as
it is infrequently that Harrisburg
j householders get a chance to buy I
j fresh country eggs and countr.vmade
butter, indications are that the
i crowd at the Red Cross auction will j
be a recordbreaker.
Governor Brumbaugh will start
the auctioneering. He will be follow
\ed by Secretary William H. Ball.
Red Cross workers from this city
will vie with the Governor as auc
: tio'neers.
i "I think it is a splendid scheme,"
said Mrs. Lyman D. Gilbert this aft
ernoon. "It will not only enable Har
: risburg people to purchase real
country produce, but it will mean
something for the local Red Cross
, Chapter."
"Market day" is Saturday, but
"market night" is to-night! An
, nouncement of the auction on "the
Hill" district to-day caused the!
housewives of that section to get
I their baskets ready. Red Cross
1 workers will be out in force.
Fresh eggs!
i Real butter!
j Prize apples!
"What do I hear for this dozen I
I eggs?"
Germans Evacuate
Mountain Territory
in Northern Italy
Italian Army Headquarters in
i Northern Italy. Wednesday. Jan. 23.
! —The enemy has evacuated territory
! on the northern mountain front be
| hind Monte Tomba, extending from
| the Plave river westward. Their de
' fense lines have now been moved
i back to Monte Spinoncta.
I Italian patrols making reconnais
i sances in the past few days found
that the enemy patrols and sentinels
had been withdrawn, and later dis
covered that the enemy had aban
doned the entire region.
The retirement of the enemy is
j important as showing that he has
; given up his effort to force a passage
I to the Venetian plans byway of
| Mqnte Tomba and the west bank of
I the Piave, at least for the present,
jHe is now constructing defensive
j works in the rear.
H)I8 AFTO TAGS TO-MOKROW
The State Highway Department
to-dpy Issued notice that there would
| bo no extension of time for use of
1317 automobile licenses beyond to
morrow, January 25. After that date
1318 tags must be displayed on all
motor vehicles.
ALL THAT IS TEFT OF TH
sU m* * --cr—-'s^
flgfcs> 1:
|gPyi ■ ' -3fe'
m
Only splinters and the tongue of the sleigh are left following: th e crash early th'.s morning that re
sulted in the death of two Hummelstown girls and the injury of nineteen others, thirteen of whom are
being treated in the Harrisburg Ho spital.
RUSSIA MUST GIVE
UP ITS PROVINCES
IS GERMAN DEMAND
Germany, Controlled by Military Party, Has Thrown
Down the Gauntlet and Defines Frontier Lines Beyond
Which Russia Must Not Claim Further Influence; Fail
ure to Accept Terms Means Occupation of Reval
Petrograd, Wednesday, Jan. 23. —The Russian
delegates to the Brest-Litovsk peace conference have
decided unanimously to reject the terms offered by the
Germans.
Petrograd, Wednesday, .Tan, 23. i
KuM>ia must give up Courlund and
all the Baltic provinces or the Ger
mans will resume military operations
mid occupy Itciui within a week, the
German delegation at the Brest
l.itovsk negotiations informed (he
Russian representatives at tlio last
session of the conferees. An adjourn
ment was taken until January 20, to
permit the Russians to consider the
German terms.
Reports of the session indicate that
the Germans took a definite stand
and most frankly outlined demands
upon which they are insistent. The
secretary of the Ukrainian.delegation
gave out an account of the meeting.
It says the Russians put a question
to the delegates of the Central Pow
ers as to what were their final peace
terms. General Hoffman, one of the
German delegates replied by opening
a map and pointing out the follow
ing line, which they Insisted should
constitute the future frontier of
Russia: Prom the shores of the Gulf
of Findland to the east of the Moon
Sound islands to Vaik, to the west
of Minsk to Brest-Litovsk.
Eliminate Baltic Possession
This completely eliminates Cour
land and all the Baltic provinces.
The Russians asked the terms of
the Central Powers in regard to the
territory south of Brest-Litov'sk.
General Hoffman replied that was a
question which they would discuss
only with Ukraine. M. Kameneff, a
member of the Russian delegation I
asked:
"Supposing we <lo not agree to
such cpnditions. What are you ifoing
to do?"
Will Occupy Revat
General Hoffman's answer Is re
ported to have been: "Within u week,
then, we would occupy ltcvul."
The Russians then asked for a re
cess, which was granted Vel.uctantly.
The Germans declared it was the
last postponement to which they
would consent. The request was made
by Leon Trotzky, head of the Rus
sian delegation who said he desired
an opportunity to lay the German
peace terms before the Council of
Workmen's and Soldiers' delegates.
The negotiations between the
Ukrainians and the Central Powers
are proceeding amicably. The Aus
trians offered to cede Choimtchina
to the Ukrainian republic, but only
on condition that the Ukrainians
send grain and other foodstuffs to
the Central Powers immediately on
the conclusion of peace.
YVeat Front Drive Near
On the western front in France and
Belgium, and in Italian front, where
the contending armies of the chief
bellitteifcnta in th_ world war have
displayed little activity for some time,
ofl'c.p' reports announce a resump
tion of hostilities of unusual activ
ity for winter months. While the
operations mentioned In the atute
iiienta from the varioua nrntjr hrad
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BIG AUTO SHOW
OPENS SATURDAY;
GREATEST EVER;
Everything Thai Is New in
Utility Cars to Be on
Exhbilion
Harrisburg is going to have an
auto show, all reports to the con
trary notwithstanding. It promises
to be some exhibition. Nothing Kite
it ever seen in Harrisburg. This
fact will be proved,- once the big
doors at the Emcrson-Brantingliam
Company building at Tenth and
Market streets, are open to the
public. The bell for the start of the
show will ring Saturday night at 8
[Continued on Page 4.]
Gov't Ownership Not
Administration Policy,
Stipulates Railroad Bill
By Associated I'ress
Washington, Jan. 24. The ad
ministration railroad bill has been
modified to stipulate expressly that
Federal operation is undertaken as
a war emergency measure and shall
not prejudice the future policy of
the government toward ownership
of the roads. No specific time, how
ever, is fixed for turning the roads
back to private owners.
The modification says the act "is
expressly declared to be emergency
legislation enacted to meet condi
tions growing out of war, and noth
ing herein is to be construed as ex
pressing or prejudicing the future
policy of the Federal government
concerning the ownership, control
or regulation of carriers or the
method or basis of the capitalization
thereof. .
Complete details of th# water
situation in Harrisburg will be
found on Page 4 of this edition
i of the Telegraph.
Single Cow, 2 Cents NIGHT EXTRA
i•LATE NEWS I
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$ PRACTICAL COAL MAN APPOINTED !•
V." 1 Morrow, :retary &*' '
•4 the National Coal )S|sociation, formerly of Pittsburgh F I
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4* fUlu f *
admin ibution ot £ *;
fboth anthracite and bituminous. ,* *
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SITUATION CONSIDERED CRITICAL • <$
4* London —Thi . , 911 the western f ron t is now (" *
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4 cnt >cal m tht oninio: , • I ►
X the foremost English military critics who recently rc- \
*|* signed from the Time me milita •* *
J, for the Morning Post. '! ,
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J THREE MORE CASES OF SMALLPOX j [
Harrisburg—Three more cases of smallpox were dis- ,* \
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f coveted to-day by cily health authorities. The victims \
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it are colored, and reside in North Sc.' f
,! f* streets. JL
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T WATER EXPERT TO COME HERE W
•f* Harrisburg—John Walter Ledoux, chief engineer of !w
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§• v 'X
idelphia. has been engaged to come to the city "and make JJj
a complete investigation of the city water works. He will
X come to Harrisburg to-morrow morning. T
j" MARKET CLOSES'FIRM *
f 2
X f iay i" the rally of the final hour. The closing was firm.
T Liberty 3 1-2's at '■ • :i! fir l 4's at 96.70 made new mini- X
4 mums, the Second 4 T
cialtics re< y noteworthy changes in to- |
| day's dull market, in • r||
trend. Sales approximated 325,000 shares. AS
? DRAPER AGAINST FACTIONALISM
4* 'm.
X Harrisburg—Factionalism in thq Republican party ; T
* was decried and the need for a broad-minded man for .*§*
4 Governor pointed o tby Dr. William Draper Lews, who
ran m* G .
4 1914, during a brief visit litre on business at. the capita *|
to-day. "I have no jinten t in factional Republican poli
*2* tics at a time like this when the country is at war and *
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<§* ra need of a broad-minded man for state executive,' said J,
X '*T
T he.. "When the struggle degenerates into a factional con- j*
• the fact merely indicates the inability of faction... 4*
e r \
j|, leaders to measure up tj existing conditions. Pcnnsy X
vania is* a Republican state and the voters of the R J
4* publican party arc entitled to an opportunity to vote lot 2
y a man who has a 'definite constructive policy and the
' 4* confidence of the g r cat body of Republican voters iiu l
i|, matter whether those voters were at one time identified
'progressive party or not." Dr. Louis declineJ
I $ „
sto c?press any opinion as to individuals mentioned for. t
nominations. !
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|T EMBARGO GENERALLY OBSERVED
4* Washington—The movement of fuel, food and muni- L
1 T tions went forward to-day in the face of adverse weather * *
'lt * I
.;? conditions. The embargo placed on several lines cast of
® 4* Pittsburgh, will likely continue for several days.
40 KILLED IN MOSCOW RIOTS s '
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> I Petrograd—Foi ty persons were • killed and 200 1 *
j X wounded in riots at Moscow on Tuesday during a dem >
4* onstration .i- anni ersaty celebration of "Bloody Suri- >* *
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X ' LONDON REPORTS NOTHING SPECIAL \* "
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I 4* London—"There is nothing'of special interest to rc- , ►
X port," sayis to-day's official comihunication. * *
i 4 BOIL ALL WATER HALF HOUR >
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1 Harrisburg —Dr. Raunick, cityhealth officer, dictated ¥ ,
, this bulletW to the people of Harrisburg from his sickbed 1 *
■ T 1* *
3 2 afternoon: ure to boil all water from what- *
' 4* tv* l Eoutce a full half-hour. This includes water from
-A v ,
■ X th-. city niaias and snow. Boil it all a half-hour and
t X avoid sickness." * *
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£ I..iixMAtib LICENSES * 9
: T Snmuel H. Urnndt. Mlddletntvn. anil Mary Mcj'rrs, Roynlton)
> l ull"' n. Miller und Helen K. Sunyer, llnrrlaburKl Frnneln . liel- J.
I , nett and Kate M. Mutter, MlllerftliurKi (.'hnrleai Bnrtela, Jr., ISnhuut,
L T* nnd Edna M. Sbollj, Hnrrlabuia. <a^<