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Crucifixion and Boiling in Oil Reported Common Practice in Red-Ruled Petrograd
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LXXXVIII No. 300 18 PAGES Matter p ut th Post oitico at Harru'burc' Js,s HARRISBURG, PA. SAI URDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1919 0 - x U l ,.li\' KX,x,i associated I*II-SS SINGLE COPIES UAMC cniTinw
' SEWSPAPfcIt IX HAUIiISUCIU; TWO CENTS liUlrlfc, tUI 1 lUIN
NEW RESOLUTION
DECLARING STATE
OF PEACE FRAMED
Knox Measure Would
Retain to U. S. Any
Material Benefits
AFFIRMS GENERAL SUPPORT
OF PRACTICAL TREATY
By Associated Press
Washington, Dec. 20.—A redrafted resolution by Senator
Knox, Republican, Pennsylvania, to declare a state of peace with
Germany and to retain to the United States all material benefits
that would be gained under the unratified Treaty of Versailles,
was approved to-day by the Senate Foreign Relations Commit
tee by a vote of 7 to 3.
The measure, on which Senate action will be sought after
the holiday recess, is in the form of a joint resolution and would
require that unless Germany concedes to the United States such
material benefits as are contained in the Treaty, commerce with
German nationals could be prohibited by presidential proclama
tion.
Continue Close Relations
The resolution also would declare in general terms that the
United States would continue its close relations with the Allies.
It was understood to have the support of several Republican
leaders who sought to have the committee report it to-day in
order that it might be brought before the Senate after the holi
days as a basis for settlement on the whole treaty fight. The
Democratic members indicated that they would oppose it.
A provision also is included reuf-!
firming the general desire of this
nation to help establish a world
concert for amicable settlement ol
international disputes.
Substitute Proposal
The committee substituted the .
Knox proposal for a concurrent res- ,
olution previously presented by j
chairman Dodge, thus apparently
abandoning the effort to declare
peace by a concurrent measure
without the signature of the Presi
dent.
Adoption of the Knox resolution
in the committee. Senators Dodge,
Massachusetts; Borah, Idaho; Bran
tiegee, Connecticut: Knox, Pennsyl
vania; Harding, Ohio; New, Indi
ana, and Moses, New Hampshire,
all Republicans, voted in the affirm
ative, and Senators Hitchcock, Ne
braska; Williams. Mississippi, and
Pomerene, Ohio, Democrats, in the |
negative.
It was understood to be the plan 1
of the majority leaders to let the
resolution lie over in the Senate
without any attempt to secure acton
until after the end of the recess
early in January.
Text of Resolution
The text of the Knox resolution j
follows;
"Resolved, by the Senate and i
House of Representatives of the
I nited States of America, in Con- j
gress assembled, that the joint res- J
olution of Congress passed April 6,
1917, 'declaring a state of war ex-'
ists between the Imperial German
government and the government
and people of the United States and .
making provisions to prosecute the '
same,' he, and the same is, hereby
repealed, to take effect upon the j
ratification of a Treaty of Peace he- j
tween Germany and three of the I
Allied and Associated Powers.
"Provided, however, that unless ;
the German government notifies the j
government of the United States .
[Continued on Page 2.1
Boiling in Oil and
Crucifixion of Victims
Practiced by Reds
By Associated Press
Geneva. Friday, Dec. 19. Nine
Swiss citizens of both sexes, includ
ing Madame Jenni, sister of the Swiss
consul at Kiev, have just returned
from Kiev by the way of Constanti
nople, and say they suffered in Rus
sia under Bolshevik rule. The Swiss
party separated at Marseilles from
u band of refugees which included
two Americans ,six English and a
number of French nationals.
The refugees, who were liberated
by forces commanded by General
Deniktne told the Associated Press
correspondent the liolsheviki em
ployed tortures of the middle ages
against the bourgeoisie, and said
they believed they would have suf
fered the same treatment if it had
not been for the energetic action of
the Swiss consul.
Use of burning oil, crucifixion and
burning alive were resorted to by the
liolsheviki to obtain false confes
sions, according to the refugees who
declared strangers lived in daily
peri). 1 The liolsheviki. they said,
have taken .all their furniture and
clothes, and they considered the
vessel that conveyed them to Con
stantinople under protection of the
American lied Cross a "paradise."
Many Russian bourgeoisie who have
been thrown into prison have bc
. Rome mad, they claimed. Several
| British, American and French citi
zens are in Kiev, which has again
fa Hen into the hands of the Bolshc-
Itheweathrpl
Harrlnhtirg and Vicinity; |.'„| r to _
night nnd Sunday. Continued
cold to-night with lowest tem
perature uho ut IS degrees
lllslng temperature Sunday
Eastern Pennsylvania; General I v
tnlr to-night anil Sunday, ris
ing temperature Sunday. Mod
ernte variable winds.
Illvcrt The Susquehanna river mid
all Its branches will fait slowlv
op remain stationary without
material ehnnge in Ice condi
tio ri s. A singe of it ho nt -t.il feet
In Inillenlrd for Hiirrlsliurg Sun
day morning.
Oil, BOY! AND
COUPLA (JOSHES!
By Associated Press
New York. Dec. "20.—Total dis
bursements by banking and stock
broking tirms in the financial dis
trict for salary bonuses during
the past year, including Christ
mas gifts, were estimated to-day
at $2 5,000,000. While no accurate
record is obtainable either for
this or other years, persons fa
miliar with conditions in the fi
nancial world declare that never
before had there been such a
generous distribution of gifts and
bonuses.
It is estimated that 100 banks
and trust companies will dis
tribute from 20 to 60 per cent, in
salary bonuses for the year just
closed. In a few cases employes
of these institutions will have re
ceived 100 per cent, bonuses over
their salary of the preceding year.
SUGAR CONTROL
! CONTINUED BUT
WITH CHANGES
Congress Completes Legisla
tion; Licensing Power of
Board Limited
fly Associated Press
Washington, Dec. 20.—legislation
continuing Federal control of sugar
through 1920, but limiting the licens
j ing power of the United States
Sugar Equalization Hoard to the
period ending next June 30, was
•completed to-day by Congress
and sent to the White House.
After debate, t'y? Senate agreed
to House amendments to the original
MeXary bill continuing the wartime
powers of the Government over sale
and distribution and the House then
accepted the Senate amendment pro
viding that licensing of dealerifwould
not be continued after June 30.
On the motion of Senator MeXary
to concur in the ilouse amendments
with restriction of the licensing
powers of the Hoard, three UepuhlU
cans, Gronna, of North Dakota,
Foindexter, Washington, and Smoot,
of Utah, joined nine Democrats in
opposition. The Democrats were:
Day, of Eouisiana; Henderson. Ne
vada: Uansdell. 1 Louisiana; Smith
Georgia: Smith, South Carolina; 1
Thomas, Colorado: Underwood, Ala
bama; Walsh, Montana, and Wil
liams, Mississippi,
In the debute preceding the vote,
Senator Gay made the principal ad
dress in opposition. He declared it
was unfair to single out sugar for
control in peace times under war
powers and argued that Government
control would increase rather than
decrease prices to American con
sumers.
War Veteran Killed
While Waiting For Boat
Philadelphia, .Dec. 20.—Bleu tenant
John Campbell Cleave, 28 years old,
of this city, prominent socially, has
been killed in Brest, France, by a
band of thugs. He had survived a
wound and severe gassing at the bat
tle front and was waiting for a boat
to bring him home for Christmas.
With two companions he was at
tacked last Sunday night when leav
ing a concert. He died the following
day.
This news was contained in a cable
to his parents and confirmed by an
other from the United States con
sul at Brest.
Lieutenant Charles W. Nevin, also
of Philadelphia, was shot in the lef
in the same attack.
Packing Christmas Toys For Invalids
■WMBHp
Wish *
llnrrisburg women are working (lay and night to collect and ship toys to unfortunate children The photo
graph above shows activity at the Toy Mission, where a shipment is being made ready for the sick l'ttle childrei
at Mont Alro. Collection- of toys for Harrisburg youngsters ends Monday.
BARRED FROM HOME
FOR WANT OF S2OO
Little Saleswoman Finds Her
s.'{()() Is Not Enough to Take
('.are of Invalid Sister Be
cause of Increased Cost of
Living at Home For the Un
fortunate
PUBLIC ASKED TO COME
TO RESCUE OF HELPLESS
Somewhere in Harrisburg this eve
ning there is a little woman trudg
ing home to her invalid sister, and
looking with tired eyes at the happy
crowd of Christmas shoppers, the
youngsters rollicking about the
streets with their sleds, the world
preparing to celebrate the coming
of the King.
Next Wednesday evening will
hold no joyful thrills of anticipation
for her; there will be no tree with
its fairies, its glistening ornaments,
and its little youngsters playing
about. She will go home to a day
of rest, comparatively, and to
scheming and racking her brain for
some way in which to hold her little
home together against the inroads
made by increasing costs.
Hardest Part of All
I.ust year her invalid sister be
came so weak and helpless that it
was the desire of the woman in
question to send her to a home main
tained for such persons, for living
conditions were becoming intolerable
and she could not exist under them.
But the invalid sister, not realizing
what a burden she had become, re
fused to go. This year slie has final
ly consented to be taken there. Here
is the hardest part of all.
The little saleswoman had saved,
by much hard work, a sum of S3OO,
the fee of admission for her sister to
the home. When a kind friend took
the sister to the home in her ma
chine it was only to discover that the
fee hud been raised to SSOO and she
could not be admitted.
Kvorv l>ay Is Harder
Every day is harder for the tired j
little woman: struggling for years to
earn her way and that of her sister;
arriving finally at the point where
she can see her sister safely cared
for and with a decent burial provided
against approaching death: and now
lo receive this blow; S2OO short of
the required amount.
Is there -not in all Harrisburg
someone who could spare at least
part of the $200? The Telegraph,
which had the case brought to its
attention, wil be iglail to tal>e care;
of any contributions, large or small, j
Ts it in keeping with the Christmas]
spirit that this tired woman, after j
years of effort, shall he defeated by.
an unfortunate circumstance?
Thirty Drown Wehn Big
Oil Tanker Goes Down
Ijy .Associated Press
Ttuiidon. Oregon, Dec. 20.—At
least thirty lives were lost when the
oil tanker, J. A. Clianslor, hound In
ballast from Portland, Oregon, to
San Francisco, was wrecked off
Cape Blanco, Thursday night, ac
cording to report of Earl Dooley,
member of the crew, who was wash
ed ashore from one of the Chans
lor's lifeboats near here, early to
day.
Besides Dooley another unidenti
fied man was saved. According to
Dooley, the ship struck a reef at
<;.15 o'clock Thursday night and
broke in two a few minutes after
ward, the nfter part of the vessel
sinking, taking thirty men down
with It. A score of the crew of fifty
one were still unaccounted for to
duy.
| Lancaster Wedding Feast
Should Silence Agitation j
on Steep Cost of Foods i
Lancaster. Pa., Dec. 20. —That !
tho high cost of living has no
•terrors for the Lancaster county
folk was shown at a, wedding re
ception given at the home of Da- ■
vid •E. Beiler, at Bird-In-Hand, i
in honor of his daughter, Lizzie, I
who yesterday became the bride
of Levi Fisher, of Intercourse.
Following the ceremony, which
was performed at the home of i
the bride's father by Bishop I
Beiler, 250 guests sat down to a i
wedding feast at which were 1
' served: Five geese, fifteen ducks. :
[ twenty-five chickens, four hams. !
I forty custards, eighty pies, twen- 1
! ty-two cakes, a tub of dough- '
| nuts and three bushels of celery, '
in addition to a large number of j
I side dishes.
It was the largest wedding i
party ever entertained In this I
■ county. I
CAST SELECTED !
FOR CHRISTMAS i
DAY PAGEANT
Careful Attention Is Paid to
Types in Picking Singers :
For Performance
Careful attention to the "types" i
who will portray the characters tig- i
tiring in "The Pageant of the Na- |
tivity," Christmas night at 7 o'clock !
on the Capitol Hill Plaza, In front
of tho main entrance, has resulted in
the selection of an admirable cast.
Miss Eva Irving, 211!) North Sec
ond street, who will portray the j
character of Mary, and who will be |
seen in the manger of Bethlehem as j
tho pageant begins, is pronounced i
by Mrs. Florence Ackley Ley, direc
tor of the Community Service Bu- I
reau of the Harrisburg Chamber of
Commerce, which is in charge of the
pageant, to be admirably endowed
by nature to play the part of Mary.
Elmer H. Ley, of 1800 North Fourth
street, when accoutered in the cos
tume of Joseph, ulso is said to be
[Continued on Page 12.]
CHRISTMAS SHOPPER WHO
LOST $96 GETS IT BACK
Boy Returns Wallet to Trolley Car Conductor and Is (liven
$5 Reward For Honesty
j In the words of Cartoonist Brlggs, i
j "if u man loses a poekethook with !
1 $96 Christmas money in it, and after '
I brooding over his loss for several !
I hours a small boy comes to his door |
I with the poekethook and money, i
| "ain't it a grand and glorious feel- I
t In*."
i That is how Emory it. Poole, |
j 1927 Wallace street, feels to-day. He
had a gloomy feeling up to lust !
evening. This >oung man is em- !
i ployed on cur No. C' 29, Harrisburg
Railways Company, as a conductor, i
After working hours yesterday lie
drew his Christmas fund, amounting |
(o $96, and was planning for a shop- j
ping tour.
On reaching his home, he found I
(he poekethook and. money gone. A|
hurried trip was made down town
I and a thorough search followed for j
"SOVIET ARK" IS
! READY TO SAIL
FROM NEW YORK
| Will Carry on Holiday Cruise
Hundreds of Reds Held
For Deportation
i
IJy Associated I'rrss
; Nf" iork. Dee. 30. The guvern
j nic-iu steamship Buford—"The Soviet
I Ark"—is ready to leave New York for
i Soviet Russia on two hours' notice, it
j was learned this morning. She will
I carry on her holiday cruise a greater
i part of several hundred radicals held
i for deportation at Ellis Island, ln
!i i t niution was withheld concerning
I the exact hour of sailing, but it was
| intimated that the craft would weigh
j arehor to-night or to-morrow.
Many persons considered among the
I most dangerous of those charged witn
! plotting to overthrow the United
j States Government will be "guests"
[Continued oil Page 15.]
'Fox and Keen Named
| Assisiani Prosecutors;
Windsor Made Detective
! District Attorney-elect Philip K.
I Moyer to-day announced the ap
pointment of Robert T. Fox, llum
| melstown, first assistant district ut
torney; K. Lero.v Keen, Wiconisco
ffoo!" 1 as ' s *"t district attorney;
W illlitm L. Windsor. 3d. county de
fective, and Miss Clara. 1. Miller
, stenographer and clerk.
I Mr. Fox and Miss Miller have
, been connected with the District U-
I torney's office since Michael E.
; Stroup became the county's prose
j cuting attorney eight years ago
i Both or them have had much ex
i perienoo in the preparation of cases
or criminal court sessions Mr Fox
I L B , " ," leni J' e ,'; ol " the law firm of
j sti oup and F ox.
K ? P " h "' s been ;i member of
the bar for approximately six venrs
During the war he was in service as
a lieutenant and was wounded in
action in I* ranee, lie was a class
mate of ,he District Attor.,ey-e"ee"t
at Dickinson College.
! Mr. Windsor recently was elected
| constable of (he Fourth war.l with
out any opposition, lie will resign
< Position, it is understood. Dur
ing the war he was a member of the
miiitary police of the Twentv-eighth
Division leaving Harrislmrg for
t amp Hancock with the Pennsyl
vania National Guard, und being
transferred there. He has had
LCiXr " s "
[the missing purs,.. There was noth-
I tng doing. Jn liin return home Con
uuitor I ooie could not eat. He left
| the supper table without having
i tasted a morsel.
j . Thcn mt> a knock at the front
door he caller was a small boy.
| .Mister, did you lose a pocketbook
with some money in It? is your
, name Poole?" was tlie query the
! "'JJ ,OJ ' to the conductor.
,tou het I am the man, and that
s my pocketbook." Then the hoy
i now ho hud plokefl | j]f> purse*
up nearby, and had found the ad
: dreis on the inside.
"You are an honest boy and here
is %.> for I'hrlstmas for you," said
the owner "O, gee. said tile boy."
j Mr. Poole Insisted that the hoy take
it. and it certainly was "u grand and
; glorious feeling for two people."
INCOME TAX OF
! 4 PER CENT. WILL
| BECOLLECTED
! Internal Revenue Oficors Pre
pare For the Rig
Work
j THOUSANDS MUST PAY
Single Men Must Pay on All
Oyer $1,000; Married
Men $2,000
! Preparations for the collection of
| the Income tax for 1919 are now be
l ing made Uy employes of the Inter
nal Revenue Department at their
I offices in the Post Office building,
j Thousands will come within the
'scope of tlie act. it. was said,
j Blanks and forms to be used in the
■ collection of the tax are now being
j printed and will lie ready for dis
tribution within a short time after!
I January 1.
Each man anil woman who paid i
an income tax for the year 1918 will ;
receive tax blanks, it has been an- !
nounced. Persons who fall in the;
income tax class for the first time,
I this year will lie compelled to get:
{blanks through their own efforts,
j The time limit for the payment of,
I the income taxes this year will hr
j the same as last, March 15. Penal-:
| ties are added in instances where i
| failure is made to pay the tax with-!
!in the prescribed limit.
All unmarried persons with in- ;
conies in excess of SI,OOO and mar-I
ried persons, except those not living'
with their affinities, with incomes in
l excess of $2,000, are required to tile
(returns. Whether an unmarried per
son is head of a family or not. if
j his income has been more than sl,-
i 000 he is compelled to file a return,
j although he is given an exemption
lon $2,000. Are additional exemption
{of S2OO for each dependent child
| is allowed.
j The tax on the excesses in income
j tllls year is lower by two per cent,
this year than last. Lust year a tax
lof tl per cent, was collected while
j hut four per cent, will be collected
I this year. These figures apply only
; to incomes of less than $4,000. Jligh
t er rates are provided for incomes in
! excess of the $4,000 mark, but these
'affect only a small percentage of
I Harrisburgers.
Undertaker Braves Thin
] Ice to Remove Body
From Island For Burial
funeral services for Earl Krone,
the 14-year-old son of Wilmer Krone,
who died on Monday night at his
parents' home on llill Island, near
Middletown, from a fractured skull,
| will be held to-morrow morning at
■ 10.20 o'clock at the home of his
: uncle, John Krone, Newberrytown.
| Burial will be made in the Paddle
town Cemetery.
Cut off from communication with
persons on either side of the river,
tin* Krone family could not tell any
one of their plight. On Thursday
Lieutenant, Hny W. Brown and DP-.
J. l'\ Blecher went to the island by
airplane and learned the boy was
dead. Yesterday the pilot with Cap
tain D. It. Phipps went to the island
in the machine during the snow
storm, delivering a burial certilicate,
so tiiat the body could be taken to
the main land.
i Last evening Aaron Zoigler, un
dertaker at Goldsboro, went across
; tile ice and with tlie assistance of
; -Mr. Krone anil live other men
! brought the body to his undertak
ing parlors in Goldsboro. The cross
ing was very hazardous as the ice
; was not .vet entirely closed and there
i wore many weak snots. To-day the
j body was taken to Xew berry town by
, i'ndertaker Zeiglor, accompanied by
the boy's father.
Maid Who Opposes
Burglars Is Brutally
Beaten to Death
lly Associated Press
>'cw York, Dec. 20.—Catherine
Dunn, employed as a maid by Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence S. Clark, of
Brooklyn, was beaten to death
shortly after 9 o'clock Ibis morning
by burglars who entered her em
ployers' house during their absence
There was evidence that the girl had
fought hard to prevent the intruders
from ransaeking the house.
The murder was one of the most
audacious which has been recorded:
here. The Clark home is located In
a fashionable section of the t-'lntbush !
district and at the hour at which I
(lie entry was made persons were
constantly passing the house.
The burglars had thoroughly ran
sacked tiic house. Mrs. Clark re
ported that jewelry valued at be
t ween $5,000 and $6,000 bad be"i I
taken from n bureau drawer in lier I
bedroom. The drawer had been;
pried open but a SI,OOO Liberty Bon-l j
and some rash were overlooked liy j
the burglars.
Shortage ot Coal Is
Being Felt in City
i
Harrisburg coal dealers arc com- j
plaining because of shortage of an
thru cite coal. Gne dealer sOiil yes- ;
terdny: "Wo are being discrimt- i
rated against by the Philadelphia j
and Reed'ng f'oal red Iron Com- 1
nnnv. Coal tbet shon'd tie sent here
is e-oing dsew'-a-o Tf we expect to
snpidv pur trail" it 's nec"isor" *n '
eo to Independent nn'rutoi*. That 1
ni"" rs higher m-iec®."
It WPS EXPLAINED that while Bier" :
was a shnrtan-e tie-e of all grades of ;
bard coal, mixed nut could only be j
bad at a few yards, and stove coal
is awiNiA.
1
May Snow on
Christmas
Uiisliliitoii. Dir. 20." Weather
predict lons for the week beginning
Monday, issued by the Weather Bu
reau to-day, are:
North and Middle Atlantic Slates '
—lienorsily fair tlrkt part of week
but Will become unsettled after Wed- !
nesdny with probably snows and
rains; temperature will average con
siderably higher than during the
week just passed.
—— ——— _j
A. D. BACON IS
ELECTED HEAD
OF BOY SCOUTS
John S. Musscr Succeeds Wil
liain 11. German as
Commissioner
- ■ -
Arthur J). Bacon was elected pros- 1
ident and John S. *.\lusser conntiis- i
sioner at the annual meeting of liar- j
fishing Council, Boy Scouts of Amor- |
lea, at (lie annual meting of tliat \
organization, held at the Y. At. C. A. j
last evening. A full new council :
was elected, eleven moinhers for one!
>oar, eleven for two, and eleven for I
three years, togther with an execu- !
live committee and other oliiccrs rc- !
• tuired under the revised constitution j
which was rati fled at last evening's '
session.
J. William Bowman, the retiring '
president: William 11. German, the!
retiring commissioner, and J. Fred- i
erik Virgin, executive, all made fa- '
vorable reports of the year's work.
■Mr. German, us commissioner, vis- ,
ited nearly ill the troops of the city j
during hi s term, engineered a num- j
her of big rallies and in general led j
the way in developing Scout activ- I
ities in Harrisburg. Mr. Virgin, who !
recommended to the council a num- !
her of changes and improvements in ;
the conduct of Scout organization i
affairs in llarrisburg, paid a high |
tribute to Air. German's efficiency !
and helpfulness, a compliment which I
[Continned 011 Cage 17.]
A.LMER 1 FAITH '
£ Washintgon. ln view of the testimony of Alfred !
1 M Ogle ecutive committee of the ■
I 1 Bituminous Coat Operators' Association before the Sen- I
ate Coal Investigating Committee yesterday, the com- J
mittee probably will continue the investigation Chair- I
man Freylinghuscn indicated. Mr. Ogle told the com- I
mittcc that Attorney General Palmer on December 5, at- J
!| tempted to induce the coal operators to compromise with 1
f the miners on a basis of more than the 14 per cent, wage |
increases suggested by former Fuel Administrator Gar- I
field. S
SECOND POLICEMAN HURT J
Harrisburg. Patrolman Charles S. Wilson suffered |
; what is believed to be a fractured shoulder, when he 1
( slipped on an icy pavement today, the second accident \
of it. kind in the police lepartment in two days. Ser- I
1} ester- ■
PHILADELPHIA SHIPS TEN "REDS" I
Philadelphia. Ten Russian "Reds" arrested in
raids here last month, were sent todya to the Bolshe- I
olony on Ellis Island, New York, to be deport- 4
rharge of Department of Justice |
! agents. • ,
COL. SHARPE DIES
Philadelphia. —Discovered unconscious on a side- >
walk in the southwest section cf the city last night, Col. i
William Sharpe, of Wilkes-Barre, died in a hospital here |
to-day without regaining consciousness. Indentification '
was made by the police from effects in his wallet.
-EXPECT COAL COMMISSION'S APPROVAL
Washington. President Wilson's-final approval of !
I the membership cf the coal strike investigation commit- ®
4 • siou was awaited to-day, It was understood the Presi-
I dent had chosen the three commissioners, but the public •
e * announcement was delayed.
| MARRIAGE LICENSES
> "• *""•, '•■"<. >•<• nri.h H. WIN,.. Haitian Willian. 11. Jack "in
mill H.liiii I)o>\ IIIK, llnrr I M Illicit | I,con 10, IliiH'lnuinn IMIIO..
1 'l? i £ Ur * nrr iZ r < rnirm Jomvvh M. mart IZZ*
1 HaJ'rUbara. "< " " KmrrlvU and 1.0.v1e K.AlrMa^
13 ARE BURNED
OR KILLED WHEN
TRAINS COLLIDE
Freight and Special Crash on
Canadian Line; Many
Are Injured
jCAHS ARE TELESCOPED
Wreckage Takes Eire and the
Passengers From Steamer
Suffer Casualties
By . Issociatcd Press
Oiniwa. Maine, Dec. 20. Fifteen
persons were killed or burned to
I death, and many sustained burns
. and injuries to-day when a freight
j train collided with a special train
from St. John, X. 8., loaded with
steerage passengers from the steam-
I er Empress of France, on the Can
adian fuel lie railway, near here.
The freight train telescoped the
j engine and forward cars of the pas
i Merger train and the wreckage was
! burned. The engineers of both
| trains were among the killed.
Tliiray-Five Injured
| The bodies of eleven persons were
j removed from the wreckage and
I laid in a row on the snow-covered
! embankment awaiting identification.
The passengers who were burned
;or injured are known to number
| thirty-live. They were taken to a
! hospital at Brownville Junction by
■ a special train which was sent with
| doctors and nurses from that point.
OYKRIiOOKKI) ORDERS
By Associated Press
Montreal. Dec. 20. — Fifteen per-
Isons were killed and 25 injuicd i:i
the collision between a freighl frain
land a special passenger train near
lOnuwa. Ale., this morning, according
I to an official statement issued by tin:
I Canadian Pacific Railway Company
lat 11 u. m. The dead include lour
| members of the train crews. The
statement says: "The collision ap
j pears to have been due to men on the
• freight train overlooking their orders
|in connection with the Express
steerage passenger special."