Youth Tries to Kill Sweetheart and Then Begs Chance to Give Her His Blood to Save Life
LXXXVIII— No. 276 16 PAGES DAI Z* HARRISBURG, PA. SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 29, 1919. Os STuAmTEuuHa** CENTS' 3 HOME EDITION
GIVES BLOOD TO
WOMAN HE SHOT
IN LOVE TRAGEDY
Youth Makes Desperate Effort
to Save Life He Tried
to End
IN A JEALOUS QUARREL
Asks That Victim Re Told of
His Efforts to Save
Her Life
By .Associated Press.
Washington, Nov. 29.—Mrs. Flor
ence Robinson, comely young ma
tron. lying near death in a hospital,
and Grover Gordon, little more than
a youth, who yesterday shot the
woman and twelve hours later kept
her alive by giving his blood for
transfusion to her veins, to-day,
were the principals in one of the
most remnrkable crime incidents in
Washington police history.
Following a jealous quarrel re
cently, Gordon yesterday went to the
home of the young woman, who
some time ago had separated from
her husband, to bid her final good
hy, as he expected to leave that day
for his old home in Wheeling, W.
Va. As she stood in his embrace
Gordon fired a revolver bullet
through her body.
After his arrest last night Gordon
was told that Mrs. Robinson would
die unless some one speedily volun
teered to submit to blood trans- i
fusion. He eagerly offered himself, !
and requested only that, if the pa- j
tient still were conscious, she be!
told of his action.
Physicians to-day were uncertain I
as to whether the operation would |
save Mrs. Robinson's life. Tn the!
meantime the police were wondering
what the effect would be if the
woman whom Gordon had tried to
kill, should be saved from death
through his own sacrifice of blood.
Calls For Troops
to Protect the Miners
Willing to Work
By /Associated Press.
Oklniioinii City. Okla., Nov. 29.
' i.vernor Robinson has wired Secre
tary of War Baker asking that Fed
eral troops he, sent into Oklahoma to
protect coal miners willing to return
against possible interference. The
governot yesterday terminated nego
tiations with representatives of the
coal operators and announced that an
other attempt to operate the mines
with volunteers, would he made. He
declared the operators had shown ho
disposition to give material assist
ance in keeping up the supply of coal
during the present crisis.
Kansas City May
Close Up Tight to
Give Her People Coal
By .Associated Prhs.
IvaitMiiK City. Nov. 29.—That it may
lie necessary to close down every
thing in order to keep the people of
Kansas City from suffering from the
cold is the warning Issued by C. 11.
Markham. local fuel administrator at
a meeting of representatives of whole
sale and retail merchants, theaters,
• hurches. sehools and restaurants. i
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS TO
BE BEGUN WITH SOVIETS
By .Associated Pre
I .option, Nov. 29.—The Eslhon
ian government has announced that
peace negotiations with Soviet Rus
sia will be begun at Dorpat next
Tuesday, according to a wireless dis- |
patch from Moscow to-day. The.
Soviet delegates, it is stated, will
cross the front in the neighborhood
of Pskov.
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CITY IS LAST IN
HOSPITAL WORK
The Polyclinic Hospital has i
prepared a graphic chart show- j
ing how Ilarrisburg compares j
with other cities its size in Penn- '
sylvania, in so far as hospital fa- !
cilities are concerned. The chart .
follows:
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INHABITANTS
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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
slje olac-3nftcpeiiftent.
King of Italy, Heir and Duke Who May Be Next Ruler
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DUKE D'AOSTA ' PRINCE HUMBERT KING VICTOR EMMANUEL
720 BEDS SHORT
OF HARRISBURG'S
HOSPITAL NEEDS
Conservative Estimate Shows
Urgent Need of Third of
This Number
Hurrisburg is the center of a com
munity of 200,000 people who use hos
pital facilities. On this basis Harris
risburg has less than one hospital bed
for every thousand people. For that
reason more than ordinary interest is
being taken by the community in
general in tile campaign through
which Polyclinic Hospital will raise
1150,000 for reded improvements and
extensions to its plant at Front and
Harris streets.
On a conservative estimate, medi
cal men ai*e agreed. Ilarrisburg is
24C hospital beds short of the num
ber necessary to meet the needs of
the population of the city alone.
Ccunting the neighboring towns de
pendent upon the city for hospital fa
cilities there is a shortage of 720
beds, even in normal times. It nat
urally follows that the present capac
ity of the city's hospitals would be
hcpelessly inadequate during an epi
demic of any sort. This was demon
strated during the 1916 typhoid fe
ver epidemic, and during the "flu"
epidemic of 19IS. It was then neces
sary to open emergency hospitals and
use volunteer nurses.
Ilarrisburg as a hospital center re
ceives patients from the country
which includes among its larger
towns Steeiton, Middletown, lluin
melstown, Hershey, Palmyra, Millers
burg, Lykens, Halifax. Newport, Dun
ci.nnon, Mechanicsburg and others.
Considering the larger population,
there is half a hospital bed for every
thousand of the population. As a re
sult of lack of facilities many people
are compelled to go to Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Pittsburgh for treat
ment. What is true now will be true
to an ever increasing extent as the
population of the district increases;
and hence it is absolutely necessary
that a start be had right now in in
creasing tiie city's hospital facilities.
While Ilarrisburg is unsurpassed in
Pennsylvania in its park system, its
street, paving, its water system and
its lighting, it is far back in the mat
ter of hospital facilities. The short
age of hospital facilities, declare med
ical men. is inconsistent with the
city's development and spirit.
With the $150,000 Polyclinic will
raise during its one-week, mid-Janu
ary campaign the following will be
accomplished:
I Building of addition $113,000
I Equipment 21,750
! Tc.ward present indebtedness 10,500
'Ambulance 2 750
Total •' $150,000
Negro Lynched by Mob
For Attempted Attack
'•y Vrcv.t,
!'<>* Worth, Miss.. Nov. 20 -im
mediately after he had been identi
fied b> a white girl as the man who
had attempted to attack her, Neville.
Foxworth, negro, was taken from of
ficers by a mob and shot to death
here late yesterday.
1 he girl, on her way from school,
said the negro followed her in the
woods. She ran and he gave chase
but she outran him. She had rec
ognized the negro, however, and his
arrest followed. A mob formed and
immediatly overpowered the officers.
Building Started This
Month to Cost $172,000
Ituilding permits were Issued in
November for work costing $172-
200. according to figures compiled
In the Building Inspector's office.
I'or the same month last year the
total was $15,500. Three' permits
were issued to-day to Joseph If
Kettering, erection of two-story
frame dwelling. Prospect street, near
t nion, $5.000: A. E. Beible, one
story garage, rear 1 940 Fulton,
street. SIOO, and 'learge Ditzel, one-
Mory frame I uilding at the rear of
211 Crescent street, $l5O
Should King Victor Emmanuel be
forced from the throne owing to
the complexities of the political sit
uation in Italy, it is believed in mod
erate circles that thC' monarchy will
be continued in the person of the
Duke D'Aosta. The Duke is a more
popular figure and more in sym
pathy with the aspirations of the
mass of the Italian people. Until
the birth of Prince Humbert in- 1904
lie was the direct heir to the throne.
Victor Emmanuel became King of
Italy in 1900 after the assassination
of his father, King Humbert .
SNYDER BREAKS
ALL RECORDS IN
STATE REVENUE
Vigorous Collection of Taxes
Brings in Over $52,000,-
000 in a Year
Auditor General Charles A. Sny
der to-day announced that collec
tiuns of State revenue made through
his department for the fiscal year
ending to-day had reached $52,-
091,769.84. This breaks all records
and is almost $8,000,000 ahead of
the high watermark established by
Mr. Snyder for the fiscal year of
1918. Ip ten years the revenue Of
the State lias amounted to $356,-
869,353.99.
The revenue for the year is ex
clusive of $12,423,540 derived from
the sale of the State road bonds.
The disbursements by the State
Treasury during the fiscal year of
1919 areHTtso a record, being given
by State Treasurer 11. M. Kephart
as $56,412,035.56. Last fiscal year
they were $42,407,064.30. The large
payments were made under legisla
tive enactments of 1917 and 1919.
The receipts for November broke
the record for any month by over
$4,000,000, while the receipts of the
final day were $3,893,736.66, the
Pennsylvania Railroad making a
large payment of corporation taxes.
The total revenue for November was
*10,322,560.5".
A summa; of receipts for the
ten-year period shows: 1910,* $28,-
946,424.43: 1911, $32,146,978.23;
1912, $32,374,890.46: 1913, $35,348,-
615.35: 1914, $31,441,050.51; 1915,
$31,990,727.85; 1916, $36,663,039.23;
1917, $31,700,489.35; 1918, $44,165,-
368.74; 1919, $52,0919,769.84. The
1916 year included fourteen months
owing to the change made in the
capital stock tax report year for cor
porations. This was Mr. Snyder's
predecessor's best year.
The total balances in the treasury
at the end of the year were $lO,-
252,829.09 against $9,888,988.55 at
the close'of last fiscal year. This is
exclusive' of $7,727,882.65 in the
State road bond issue fund. The
State will invest a million dollars in
its own road bonds in a few days.
The general fund balnnee shows
$7,903,031.06; sinking, $658,320.26;
bunking department examination.
$67,361.12; school (uninvested)
$1 14,553.12: game, $244,622.60;
bounty, $368,091.1 9; fire insurance,
(uninvested) $287,31 2.89; automo
bile license, $89,364.46; prison manu
facturing. $14,395.66; vocational
training. $189,850.10; fish propaga
tion, $17,034.30; teachers' retire
ment, $291,722.33, and agricul
tural training, $7,104,02. Some of
these funds receive federal aid, oth
ers are special accounts.
HOARDERS OF SILVER COIN
WILL MAKE LITTLE PROFIT
Peculiar Situation Makes "Ironnien" More Valuable Thau
Gold Dollars For First Time in History
Silver quotations showing that
ver dollars contain enough precious
metal to make them worth more
than their face value has caused
a hoarding worse than the craze for
the "buffalo nickel" when rumor
went about that a careless smelter
in the mint had mixed the bullion
with a heavy percentage of gold.
Several hankers to-day declared
that there appears to be a mistaken
notion that someone is willing to
"redeem" the silver dollar for more
than 100 cents. For this reason men
and women who for years criti
cised the merchant who gave them
the "iron men' In change are saving
.every bit of silver coin they get their
hunds on.
RADICALS END
HUNGER STRIKE
AT BREAKFAST
Only Five Refuse to Eat til
Ellis Island After
Long Fast
,ti Aii.icicitr. Press.
New York, Nov. 29.—The hunger
strike of the "Ellis Island Soviet"
was broken to-day. All but five of
the 68 radicals who had refused to
eat since lust Monday evening eager
ly answered the call to the dining
room for breakfast.
After a five-day fust they were
ravenous and were first in the immi
grants' dining hull. They devouowl.
prunes, nTush, ""bread, substitute but
ter and coffee and asked for more.
Second helpings were refused them,
however ,not only because one was
considered adequate but because the
radicals might have made them
selves ill by eating too much.
The irreconcilables who continued
the hunger strike in an effort to
have removed an iron barrier sepa
rating them from visitors included
Ethel Bernstein and Dora Lipkin,
who were arrested in a raid on a'
New York Russian headquarters.
They were the only wgnien on hun
ger strike.
The silence strike of the 68 also
has collapsed. Word that the EJe
partment of Justice was providing
tiie island with eight husky guards
to force them to attend deportation
hearings before immigration inspec
tors was brought to the radicals by
their counsel. The guards had not
arrived to-day but the inspectors
found no difficulty in getting radi
cals to go from the detention room
to the hearing room once they hud
been identified.
Final Argument Heard
in Hardscrabble Cases
What is believed to be the end of
legal proceedings in the Hardscrab
ble cases in the Dauphin county
court were the arguments this week
on the city's proposition of razing the
buildings on the west {side of Front
street, between Herr and ('aider, of
straightening the Front street lines
and of closing'the gap in the River
Front Park and the river steps.
This week's cases arose on a dis
pute as to the right of Ilarrisburg
to assess on property owners a pro
portionate share of the cost of wip
ing out the J lardscrahhle houses and
improving -the streets. If it i. s de
cided that there is no legal obliga
tion on the part of the property
owners, the city will pay the entire
cost. Decision on this and two other
pending cases will mark the con
clusion of the long fight.
Idleness Increases
in Virginia Mines
By Associated Press,
< linrlcftfon, W. Va., Nov 29 -J-Go
ports received here Indicate.that prae-
V ally all the mines in the Kanawha
disti l, t were .closed, while idleness
increased in the N'i w 'River fields.
Operators aduuitei] suspension of
some operations yesterday.
It was explained that while the
market quotations for silver is high
enough to make silver money more
valuable than gold, individuals who
try to make money by hoarding coins
will have a hard task. The metal
can he sold only at the silver mar
kets in the big cities and old coins
lose weight rapidly because of wear.
Bankers understand that the gov
ernment has been considering steps
to remedy the situation. After'for
mer wals gold advanced above par
and was traded in as other com
modities. The demand for silver has
been due to the increasing wealth of
several Adriatic countries where the
metal is the monetary standard.
MINERS ARE FIRM
i IN REFUSAL TO
i ACCEPT NEW RATE
Fuel Shortage Grows More
Acute With No Sell le
nient in Sight
j GOV. ASKS FOR U.S.TROOPS
j Pennsylvania Operators lo
i Meet With Sproul in Final
Conference
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CITY COAL SUPPLY
GROWING SHORT
Supplies of coal at the Steel
ton plant of the Bethlehem Steel
Company, at the Central Iron
and Steel Company and the Ilar
risburg Pipe and Pipe Bending
Company arc becoming exceed
ingly short. Tn no instance do
any of tlie establishments have
more than ten days' supply of
coal on band.
Officials at the Steelton plant,
however, foresee no trouble and
expect shipments that will tide
' them over. The supply at the
Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bend
ing Company must be augmented
or it will be necessary to close
the steelmaking department in
order to conserve the, supply- suf
ficiently to tide over the winter,
William T. Hildrup, Jr., said to
day. Supplies sufficient to oper
ute until Christmas at least are
expected within- the next several
days, Mr. Hildrup added.
The Central iron and Steel
Company, too, has a small supply
of fuel on hand, but officials are
optimistic. Their coal will last
a, week, within which time more
is expected. Some difficulty is
expected in getting sufficient oil
to operate certain departments.
Washington, Nov. 29. Oper-
I ators in Western Pennsylvania,
j which is part of the central com
petitive Held, will meet Governor
j Sproul, of Pennsylvania, at Phila
{ dolphia, Monday, to discuss plans
j for protecting miners wishing to
work, according to information
I received here by the operators'
| eommittee.
Those in close touch with the
' situation rCgdrded this as the
j first indication- of an attempt to
| break the strike it the highly or
| ganized central field. It was ex
j pected that general plans for all
j four states included in the field
would be discussed when the op
j erators' wage scale committee
| rconvened here Wednesday.
j Philadelphia, Nov. 29.—Soft
I coal operators of the Central
| Pennsylvania district will meet
j here this afternoon to discuss
I with their miners an indepen
! dent wage scale.
j The meeting follows a crisis precip
| itated in the last 24 hours. Men who
I had remained in the mines awaiting
i an adjustment of wages by the Wash-
I ington Conference, refused to work
j to-day.
Refusr 14 l'cr tent
i John Brophy, of Johnstown, presi
dent of district No. 2 of the I'nited
| .Mine Workers, who attended the
j Washington conference, said the min
! ers of his district will not accept the
I 1? per cent, increase set by the gov
j etnment.
{ It IN planned to continue the mcet
j ing over Sunday. Operators salil tliey
' will remain here until un agreement
IN reached.
i Chicago. Nov. 29. Immediate re
j suits in increased production of bi
j luminous coal were not expected to
j day to follow the government's an
j nouncement that it proposes to see
I mining begun and posting at the
shafts by the operators of notice of
( the granting of a 14 per cent, wage
i increase. Operators looked upon
the latest steps in the miners' strike
I with optimism, however, and be
-1 lieved that on Monday many work
| men would re-enter the mines. Snt
urdays and Sundays generally have
been regarded as at least part holi
days in the coal fields they pointed
out.
On the oilier hand, minors' spokes
men generally predicted that few
men would return to work under
those conditions, adding that the j
offer would be ignored especially in ,
the great fields of the central com- !
petitive area, embracing Ohio, llli-j
nois, Indiana and Western Pennsyl
vania.
Suffering Imminent
Milder weather to-day over much
of the country which for two days
past was in the grasf) of unseason
ably low temperatures brought re
lief. Many small cities and towns
were almost fuelless and suffering
was imminent. With rail restrictions
on use of fuel iu force in many
places, notably Kansas City, Mo.;
Omaha, Neb., and Indianapolis and
the entire southern region, state and
local officials to-day considered fur
ther means of warding off a fam
ine. j
In Kansas Governor Ilcnry J. Al
len went ahead with plans for open-i
ing up the strip pits Monday. He'
said four thousand men volunteered
and he conferred last night at Kan-j
Has I'ity, Mo., with Major General'
la-onard Wood, eonnuunder of the
central department of the United
States Army. Meanwhile, the do
mestic situation in Kansas was de
scribed as critical, extremely low
temperatures and snow and sleet
fulls over the entire state making It
necessary to delve deeply into shot
fuel supplies.
Asks l-'or Troops
At various points to-day there
were reports that train service was
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SHOEMAKER IS
REORGANIZING
CAVALRY UNIT
Governor's Troop Will Be
Commanded by Vclcran
. of Late War
WOUNDED IN ACTION
More Commissions Given For
New National Guard Now
Being Formed
j
j Lieutenant Georife J. Shoemaker,
was commissioned captain of the
Klrst CaValry Guard,• by Governor
i Sproul, and will organize the Govcr
; nor'a Troop, m this city.
The Governor's Troop in existence
iat the time when the United States
jdeclared war Germany, was
' called into Federal service and was
broken up into artillery units. Lieu
tenant Shoemaker, who was with the
i Governor's troop at that time, was
assigned to the (>n. Hundred and
Kignth Artillery a. I was wounded
, while in action in France.
W. Frederick Reynolds, Jr., of
Bellefonte, is also appointed a cap
tain of cavalry and Major W. C.
Kehn, of Lancaster is named to in
fi ntry companies ut Lebanon, Colum
bia and Lancaster. Major W. F. Leit
zel. of Boalsburg, is named as division
machine gunner.
Mr. Zink, Mr. Hartzell and
Mi. Myers Pay Well For
Spitting and Spatting
George Zink, special policeman
for the Pennsylvania Railroad, play
ed tiie triple role of prosecutor, wit
ness and defendant all inside a quar
ter hour to-day in the office of Al
derman Caveny's office.
Ztnk arrested H. O. liartzcll and
J. G. Myers at the Macluy street
station, charging them with spitting.
During the hearing before Air. Cuv
eny Hartzell declared Zink had ex
pectorated 17 times while bringing
them before the magistrate.
"You're a ," politely retort
ed Mr. Zink while everyone held
shut their ears.
Alderman Uaveny lined Hartzell
and Myers $1 each and assessed costs
of $2.60. Zing then got the same
sentence for using red hot language
in public*.
Boys Plead Guilty to
Series oi Robberies
Four members of the bund of
youths who were responsible for a
long series of robberies recently have
pleaded guilty to charges against
them and will be culled tor sentence
in motion court on Monday.
James Wulmer lias confessed to
eight different charges. Seven are
charges of felonious entry and lar
ceny and the other a charge of bur
! glary. Wesley Jones is a defend
! ant in four cases charging felonious
I entry; two charges larceny and one
1 burglary. Raymond Puller is in
| volved in two felonious entry and
| a burglary case upd John Cohick
is a defendant in one of the feloni
j ous entry cases.
! Other defendants to appear •for
[ sentence on Monday include the fol
lowing: William Hale, James
Thompson, Susan Myers, George
Wilson and Harry _ Fuller , three
cases, all charged ' with larceny;
Charles Britsch, Albert It. Crown
and W. A. Motter, all charged with
nonsupport.
President Enders May
Be Re-elected Monday
If was said to-day In city school
official circles that when the school
board is reorganised on Monday
President Robert A. Enders will be
re-elected and Dr. C. E ,L. Keen
will be elected vice-president to suc
ceed W. Frank Witman.
The reorganization meeting will
be held at It o'clock Monday morn
ing. Franklin J. Roth, Howard M.
Bingaman and William Pavord will
take office as directors on the board,
having been elected for six-year
terms to succeed George A. Werner,
John F. Dapp and George W. Reily.
1'IM) I.YNCHEI) NEGRO
By Associated Press•
I.ake City, Flu., Nov. 29.—Farm
ers coming to this place to-day
found the body of a negro hanging
to a tree by the roadside. An inves
tigation disclosed that the man,
Sam Mosely, hail been lynched last
night by a party of white men. It
was claimed that he insulted a young j
white woman In Coluntbiu county, i
WEEK IS TO OPEN
BELOW NORMAL
By Associated Press.
Wnsli'iigton, Nov. 29.—Weath
er predictions for the week be
ginning Monday, issued by the
Weather Bureau to-day, are:
North and Middle Atlantic |
States—Fair tlrst half of week, I
except probably snow Monday In 1
New England, with temperatures !
below normal, probably much !
colder Monday and Tuesday. Un- '
settled, with rains probable, sec
ond half; temperatures nearly
normal.
THE WEATHER]
llerrl.hur K nnd Vicinity i Itnin
this nftcrnnon. to-night imil
Surdity. Wnrincr to-night vritli
lowest trinprrnturr nltout !.">
degree*.
Hntrrn lVnnnyl vnnln t Itnin nnd
wnrtner to-nlghtt Sunday rain,
aouth and Kouthwrrat wind* br- !
coming strong.
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COMMANDER OF !
NEW TROOP
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OA PTAIN SI I OF. MA KE R
STRIKE CALLED !
FOR 2,01)0 MEN IN !
RAILROAD YARDS
; Brotherhood Takes Drastic
i t ,
Stop, Alleging Local
Grievances
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ii ■ Associated Press*
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 29.—Two'
j thousand railroad trainmen arid !
! yardmen of Kansas City are to go on |
j strike at 4 o'clock this afternoon, l
according to an announcement by!
i local Brotherhood of Railway Train-!
! men officials.
It was said the strike order re- j
j suited from local grievances and it j
j was hinted that a radical element I
j among the railroad workers was re-1
j sponsible for its issuance.
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T Oklahoma City. Dorset Carter, president of the J
JL Oklahoma Coal Operators' Association, announced to *
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T 'lie State Council of Defense to-day that Oklahoma coal
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?♦ operators would throw opeiv their mines to non-union
JL labor immediately and would defray expenses of the
T State Guajd, protecting non-union workers should the 1
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~ # Pittsburgh. The state has taken over the build
the State Manual Training Normal
f * he ecomVnt datipn of soldiars ordered t • Pittsburgh
| J with the operation of coal mines. Col. a
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* O. M. Hoisington, of the Kansas National Guard, a
,L' reached Pittsburgh to-day and'ook charge of arrange
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J J ENGINE HITS MOTOR TRUCK
* * 9teve Singleton, 27, an employe of * *
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|t tlie Army Reserve Depot, New Cumberland, is in the • *
e t Harrisburg Hospital,in a serious condition with injuries
'* state', request for Federal troops be refused. * *
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ENGINEER'S BODY
! FOUND HANGING
TO PICKET FENCE
I. . *
Freight Train Runs Wildly
For Four Miles Without
Hand on Throttle
I
j FIREMAN STOPS ENGINE
| Crew Unable lo Tell How
I Fatal Accident Occurred
Near Newport
Found hanging on a pale fence
] along the Pennsylvania Railroad
j near Newport, C. H. Gcarhart, of
j Altoona, a Middle division freight
I engineer, died to-day in the Harris
-1 burg hospital, an hour after being
! admitted to the institution. The
I dead man, who was 50 years old,
! had a fractured skull and other in
j juries.
I Hang'ng by his clothing. Gearhart
I was noticed on the fence by the
I crew of an eustbound freight train.
I lie was semiconscious when found.
' ll<' was placed on the engine anil
I rushed to the city. He was admitted
j lo the Ilarrisburg hospital about 9
I o'clock and died slightly more than
I an hour later.
Just how Gearhart happened to
] fail from his engine has not been
determined by railroad officials. His
i crew did not miss him until it had
proeeded more than four miles from
! the accident. The fireman then took
j tile throttle and stopped the wildly
| running train. He was in a semi
■ conscious condition and could tell
! nothing.
| Several suppositions have been
! advanced by fellow employes as to
the manner in which he might have
1 fallen. One is that he might have
| fallen from the tank of the engine.
' by accident: the other and the one
I that Is generally accepted by reason
I of a peculiar back injury, is that
i some object on the tank struck him
j and knocked hint to the ground.
EDISON SCRUBS WIN
I The Edison Junior High School
I scrub team this morning defeated
| the Camp Curtin Junior High scrubs
| 6 to 0 at Island Pnrk. Hess scored
Kdison's touchdown in the second
! quarter. The game was played dur
-1 ing a steady rain with a few loyal
students to cheer the boys.