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T. OKI ELLl CI nn LfU MEMBER uu MJ s. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH WE DO OUR PART Founded nn in ME FINAL HOME Vol. CIV No. 277 16 PAGES Rosamond Pinchot VICTIMS POLICE AS TO Bodies Found in Arm Under Blankets Wet With Night's Rain CLOTHING IS FOUND TO BE NEW Dead under an expensive green blanket in a thicket in the South Mountain, not far from the road between the Walnut Bottom highway and Pine Grove furnace three little girls, apparently sisters.

A green blanket was underneath them. They had been tucked in by some one. By whom? Strangest Mystery That's the question that State Police cannot at this time answer as they are trying to unravel today the strangest and weirdest death mystery in their annals. Neither do they know the names of the three children, 8, 10 and 13 years old. Expensively Clothed They" are expensively clothed and apparently are not mountain children, strayed from their homes.

Police are sure of that. They are also positive that the children were brought to their bier on the bed of fallen leaves sometime after last night's rain. They were brought to this thicket heaven knows why. Coroner Edward A. Haegle, of Carlisle, believes that death occurred within the past twenty four hours.

What caused their death? More mystery. No marks of violence were apparent. Signs of Exposure Blueness about the lips and swollen cheeks are ascribed to exposure. Perhaps exposure caused their death. Perhaps they were poisoned.

Found by Caretakers The bodies were found this morning about 9.30 a. m. by John E. Clark and Clark Jar dine, caretakers on the James M. Cameron estate.

They were looking for firewood when the glint of the green blanked on the background of dead leaves caught their eyes. Clark turned back the blanket, saw the three little bodies. At first he thought they were asleep. A minute of investigation convinced him of the triple tragedy. Light Chestnut Hair The thre young girls, with light chestnut hair and with the dew of youth on their childhood and cheeks swept aside by the dreary gusts of death death in the mountains.

Babes in the woods. Some mother's babies! Where is the mother? Where is the father? Where did they live a few short days ago? Motive What was the motive for their murder for murder it seems to be. Is there a fiend at large? These and a thousand other questions were bandied back and forth as the State Police arrived and the crowds started to gather. An hour after the bodies were discovered, hundreds were milling about the spot, trampling out all evidence of footprints which might have guided police. Horror Stricken Clark, horror stricken, upon finding the bodies, had called to Jar dine, who hurried to the home of FOOTBALL EXTRAS EXTRA editions of the Harrisburg Telegraph will be published late this afternoon giving scores and descriptive stories from the gridirons on which leading high schools and college games are being played.

Dally except 8unday. Hatter at the Post (FyKlE) SAID SISTERS; ARE MYSTIFIED THEIR IDENTITY Locked Arm Thomas LeVan, about half a mile away. Mrs. LeVan telephoned the Carlisle police, setting in motion thereby the investigation which will eventually trace down the guilty parties. Troopers on Scene 1 State Troopers William Kaspar vitch and William Braderick were the first of the State Police to arrive on the scene and took immediate charge of the check up.

They did not allow the bodies to be moved at first. Near Hunting Lodge The spot where the, bodies were found is about a quarter of a mile from the lodge of the Mechanics burg hunting camp. Two Wore Green Coats The expensive clothing added to the mystery. The two smaller girls' wore green coats, trimmed with fur. The older one was wearing a blue coat.

Their shoes and stockings were in good condition, indicating that a short time ago thev were living in a fashionable neighborhood, the children of fastidious par ents who insisted on quality in out fitting their children. Not Believed Runaways The thought that they were run aways was dissipated rapidly by the police. They are sure that the children were brought to this point by automooue and left there. Why? To this question the policemen looked hard eyed, close limied at WELL, WARMLY DRESSED CHILDREN IN WOODS SEEMED TO BE ASLEEP (This eve witness' risrrlntinn i the weird death scene in the South Mountains where three small girls were found dead, possibly victims of murder, was wTltten by a staff correspondent of the Telegraph newspapers). Three small girls, ranging in ages from 8 to 13 years, and apparently sisters, were found cuddled together under several blankets this morning in the fastness of the South Mountains about three miles from Pine Grove Furnace by two woodcutters.

The girls were dead when found cuddled together as though sleeping. The children were well and warmly dressed in new clothing. They were found embraced in each other's arms, as if they had fallen asleep at the spot. They were lying on a new part cotton, part wool blanket, and were snugly covered with two others of the same make. The blankets were in plain colors, pink on one side, peach on the other, and the two that covered the children were blue.

All Well Dressed The oldest girl was dressed in a green coat with a small brown fur collar, tan sandals and yellow socks. She was lying with her back to the smallest girl who was Entered as Second Clue Office at Harrisburg HARRISBURG, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 24, 1934 rxr Juv the questioner. They didn't know. Nobody knows yet! Hundreds rushed to the spot thinking they might identify them. No Children Missing They couldn't.

No children have been missing in this part of the State, according to police. May Be Sisters They are sure the little girls are sisters. The features are almost identical. All three have golden brown hair. No paths lead to the spot where they were found.

Blankets Wet The children had to be carried from the auto, parked along the road some time during the night after the rain, the coroner believes. The blanket was wet. The little bodies were dry. Did one person carry the bodies? Were there three persons, each carrying a child through the thicket? But where are the parents? Blood on Face Dried blood smeared across the face of the 10 year old girl was ascribed to nosebleed, sometimes! the result of exposure. State Police launched a nation wide query to establish the identify of the There were no identifying marks on the garments, according to police.

Older Girls Missing A check of missing persons since the first of the month show that only three older girls residing in the vicinity of where the three sisters were found, have geen reported missing. These girls are Nancy Beetem, 17; Carlisle; Helen Yost, 16, and Catherine Krebs, 15, both of Hanover. UNIDENTIFIED BODIES FOUND IN SHANTY By Associated Press Duncansville, Nov. 24. Slain with rifle bullets, a man and woman were found lying dead In a shanty flag station of the right of way of the Pennsylvania Railroad near Duncansville today.

The victims, poorly dressed, were not immediately identified. Police expressed the opinion the man killed the woman and then shot himself. Nearby was a small caier The bodies were found by a resi dent of the county home at Duncansville, who looked into the shed while taking a walk. They were removed to the morgue at Altoona. A physician said the two died late last night or early this morning.

LOOTED OF JEWELS Philadelphia, Nov. 24 today disclosed that the home of Mrs. Atterbury Connelly was looted of jewels valued by their owner at more than $10,000. Mrs. Connelly's mother is the wife of W.

W. Atterbury, president of, the Pennsylvania Railroad. in the center and' whose hands were about the other's neck. The smallest girl, about 7 or 8 years of age, was between the two older children. She was likewise dressed in a green coat with a small brown collar of identical style.

She wore brown sandals and brown socks. Head Resting on Arm The other child was found with her one arm acting as a pillow for her head and the left arm around the smallest child. She was dressed in a coat of identical style, colored blue, without a collar and she wore black sandals trimmed in brown, and brown socks. The jJiree wore rayon undergarments. Appear to Be Sisters The youngest child, about 8 years of age and the oldest look almost like twins; their facial features are almost identical, showing but a few years' difference In age.

The oldest girl's features show a great resemblance to the other two girls. The three have light chestnut hair, bobbed almost to the neck, with a short wave at the ear. The (Continued on Page 11) I 1 I ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN HARRISBURG Snubbed Because of Stage Seek Identity of Three Girls Found Dead in Lonely Cumberland County Mountains toVBaBBBBV Who are they? Do you know Mountains, tucked in under green in order to speed identification, aid Telegraph newspapers photo Crowds quickly gathered from ths sparsely settled mountains to the lonely spot where the bodies of the three girls were found but none who saw the victims could identify them. MISSING CHILD SOUGHT IN VAIN BY LARGE POSSE By Associated Press Conneaut, Ohio, Nov: 24. Three rear old Rita Margaret Lent's dis n.nnpa rn.np.fi with hfr rinc Bnrlrfv from her farm near here Thursday continued to baffle county authorities by her absence today.

A posse, of nearly 200 has tramped through the woods near the home where Rita lived with her mother, Mrs. Oliva Lent, on the possibility that the girl may have been hit by the stray bullet of a hunter. No trace of the child was found. County Prosecutor Howard Nazor at Jefferson questioned both Mrs. Lent and Darrell Lent of Conneaut, her husband, whom she is suing for divorce, but they could give little help.

Lent, who now has custody of five of their six children has filed a cross petition to Mrs. Lent's divorce action, asking custody of all six children. The dog which Rita was playing with shortly before she disappeared has returned. PRESENTS POUR IN London, Nov. 24, Wedding presents from high and low of the world poured in today on the royal sweethearts, beautiful Princess Marina of Greece and the Duke of Kent, fourth son of King George, who will be married next week.

them? These are the three little blankets. Investigating authorities in solving the strangest mystery, in WELFARE QUOTA OVERSUBSCRIBED IN FINAL DRIVE The Harrisburg Welfare Federa tiori campaign went over the top at the meeting last night by a comfortable margin. The goal for the drive was $327,936.07. The total reported was $3944.68. Hundreds of volunteer workers attended the rally meeting and joined in the cheering as the various divisions passed their quotas, sweeping the campaign to success.

(Continued on Page 11) LONE BANK 'ROBBER FLEES INTO STATE Pennsylvania State Police were notified today that a man about 26 years old held up the White Bank at White Hall, this morning and escaped toward Pennsylvania in a small coupe. V0TlTroRSTRIKE Los Angeles, Nov. 24, (Immediate suspension of the service of the Los Angeles Railway Company was voted almost unanimously at a mass meeting of 2000 of the 2500 motormen and conductors of the street car company. Telegraph, newspapers photo girls found dead in the South requested publication of the picture State Police annals. 1 Queer Quips and Quirks of Fate THE HAWKER Leadville, Colo.

With the help of a hawk, H. M. Thompson, unemployed, enjoyed an excellent rabbit stew today. While walking in the mountains, Thompson said he frightened the bird, which was carrying the cottontail in its talons. When the hawk dropped its prey, Thompson picked up the rabbit and took it home.

QUESTION ANSWER Miami, Fla. Circuit Judge H. F. Atkinson asked the witness, an alienist: "What would you call a person suffering from golf insanity?" Before the alienist could reply, the judge promptly answered his own question: "A paranoiac. He has delusions until the end that he is getting somewhere." FORTUNE BURIED BY RECLUSE IS FOUND IN CELLAR By Associated Press Brooklyn, Nov.

24. A treasure hunt was conducted through the ramshackle Herle family home today, with $667,050 already turned up and perhaps a million to come. Ever since Miss Louisa Herle, 79 year old recluse, died a month ago, workmen have been hunting the wealth she accumulated in real estate negotiations, with a tidy sum made in the flourishing family grocery store as a nucleus. Under Rubbish Beneath the kitchen linoleum, in her living quarters and in her safe, they found relatively small sums in cash and mortgages. But the rest defied discovery.

Then they came to the cellar, littered with Junk and plaster. There, beneath the rubbish, $525, 750 was found late yesterday in cash, bonds, mortgages, checks and bank notes. To Tear Down House It is believed that Miss Herle possessed $1,500,000 at her death. The workers, seeking it at the direction of the executor of the estate, said the walls of the house will be ripped open, the floors lifted and the vents and flues explored. MAN ACCUSED OF AUTO FATALITY IS KILLEDjBY POLICE By Associated Press Philadelphia, Nov.

24. Policemen shot and killed Heber B. Smith, 58, in his home early today as, they said, he threatened them with a shotgun when they tried to arrest him on charges of killing a man with his automobile a few hours earlier. Smith failed to stop, the policemen said, after his truck ran over Moses Price, 70, Negro. THIRD VICTIM DIES FOLLOWING AUTOACCIDENT Wife Flies to City, Unable to Land, Takes Train Here Death today claimed its third victim of an automooile trollay col lisioA at Highspire yesterday.

Frank D. Gallagher, 53 year old Philadelphia public accountant died at 1.20 this afternoon at the Harrisburg Hospital. Gallagher suffered fractures of the. skull, right arm and cuts. Two others, Harry W.

Chamberlain, 62, Milton, prominent attorney and borough solicitor, and William C. Wagner, 46, president of the Watsontown Door and Sash Com pany, were killed in the crash. Mrs. Gallagher charatrea en airplane from Philadelphia to rash to her husband's bedside. The airplane arrived here last night but could not land becaus? oi a "low ceiling" and returned to near Paoli where it landed.

Mrs. Gallagher boarded a train for her return trip to Harrisburg. Bodies of Chamberlain and Wagner were taken to Milton today for burial. HUNGER STRIKER IS WARNED DEATH MAY CRQWN HIS EFFORTS By Associated Press Bridgeton, N. Nov.

24. William O'Donnell, who says the end of his hunger strike is liberty or death, persists in his refusal to eat at the Cumberland County jail, despite warnings of a nhvsician that he is facine death. He has been without food and drink for ten days. O'Donnell remained in bed today in the prison infirmary to where he was removed from a ceil yesterday. Mayor Linwood W.

Erickson of Brideeton visited him at the re quest of the prisoner's wife, and found him protesting ne is inno cent. O'Donnell. former State Police man, was sentenced to six months on a charge of making Insulting re marks about Judge wroy w. Lioaer. HOPE TO END WAR Geneva, Nov.

24, (A5) The League nf Nat Inns todav unanimouslv adopted the amended plan to end the Dltter war on tne American Continent between Paraguay and Bolivia. DEDICATE TWO VETERANS' HOMES ON WEST SHORE The William H. Nauss Post No. 143. New Cumberland American Legion and the West Shore Post Nn 1462.

Veterans of Foreian Wars dedicated their new homes this aft ernoon. The Nauss Post Home is located at 211 Sixth street, New Cumberland and the V. F. W. Home at Front and Walnut streets, Worm leysburg.

Parades were held with more than 2000 veterans and members of civic organizations participating. CarlB. Shelley, Steelton, Assist ant District Attorney of Dauphin County was the speaker at the V. F. W.

celebration while State De partment Chaplain Eugene S. Keller, Watsontown, and Mrs. Fred J. Bush. Williamsport, vice president 1 the Central District of the American Legion Auxiliary of Pennsylvania, were the speakers at the New Cumberland dedication.

$12,000,000 FUND IS AWARDED TO THREE McCORMICK CHILDREN By Associated Press Poughkeepsie, N. Nov. 24. A $12,000,00 trust fund established by John D. Rockefeller for the benefit of his sister, Edith Rockefeller McCormick, who died in Chicago in 1932, probably will be awarded in equal shares to her three children in accordance with a referee's' opinion disclosed here today.

Claim of Edwin R. Krenn, Chicago architect, intimate friend and business associate of Mrs. McCormick during the later years of her life, for five twelfths of the fund, and for disposition of the fund in accordance with distributive shares Mrs. McCormick set up in her will, was rejected by the referee, SINGLE COPIEfl TWO CENTS Parts GOVERNOR'S NIECE IS DROPPED BY SOCIAL REGISTER Elliott Roosevelt Loses by Divorce but His Sister HoldsOn New York, Nov. 24.

The Nation's socially elect elected by the anonymous board which annually decides who shall be who in the social registerno longer include Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt. The son and daughter in law of the President have been dropped from the 1935 edition of the register, now being distributed among the bluebloods and the wealthy. President Roosevelt and every other member of his family is listed.

Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Dall, his only daughter, escaped the eraser which often deletes the names of divorcees. She is listed as a resident of the White House. Divorces which win disapproval are not the only reasons for eliminating names, however. Marriages outside the circle and stage careers have cut short many an entry as the years roll on.

Other reasons also prove weighty. Mrs. Mildred T. Holmsen is left out of this year's volume. She acquired wide publicity by shorts and going barefooted at Reno.

Others who have been dropped are: Rosamond Pinchot, actress and niece of Pennsylvania's Governor; Mrs. "Madeliene Force Astor Dick Fiermonte, the wife of Enzo Fier monte, pugilist; Cobina Wright and her former husband, William May Wright, and Francis Hitchcock, divorced member of the polo playing family. If It's any consolation to those dropped from the lists, such promi nents as James Bryant Conant, president of Harvard University, and the Grand Duchess Marie, of Russia, never have been recognized. On the other side of the ledger, the former Eleanor Hutton is back in the register as Mrs. George C.

Rand. She was dropped after her elopement with Preston Sturges, playwright, and got no recognition after this marriage was annulled and she became Mrs. Robert Etlenne Gautier. ROOSEVELT'S POWER PROGRAM IS READY Warm Springs, Nov. 24.

President Roosevelt was ready today to put into operation a broad national program for cheaper power. He outlined his ideas on power to his aides last night in a significant little White House conference, from which emerged a definite determination for legislation. Details of the conference were not given, but the President's aides said he presented many ideas for future welfare in this respect, to be disclosed by action. There was no indication that this would be of any drastic nature. mythicaFmonster of sea is recalled By Associated Press Prince Rupert, B.

Nov. 24. Fearsome stories of "Zaweaksh" monster of the sea told by early Indians of the North British Columbia coast, were recalled today as scientists puzzled over the remains of a strange creature found on the beach near her. The older Indians of Fort Simpson are convinced the 30 foot creature is "Zaweaksh," the terror of their youth. Many white residents were inclined to agree with them.

MODERATE WEATHER IS FORECAST By Associated Press THE weather outlook for the period beginning Monday: Generally fair except rain Tuesday or Wednesday, slowly rising temperature Monday, wanner Tuesday, colder Thursday and rising temperature Saturday. THE WEATHER November 14. 1984. Harrl.burf and Vicinity Alt biter Pennsylvania: ralr tonlfht oat) )asrdav colder tonight. Lowest temperature tonlfht lor Harris barf about 32 degrees.

RIVER River states will rise somewhat. A stage of about 8.0 feet may be expected for Harrlsburc Sunday morning. Shippers' Forecasts Proteet shipments during the next to hours from temperatures as follows: North and west, SS to to degrees; sail and south, mostly above fnetlnf. (continued on rage iu.