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Show FOUR CIS INJURED; TWO HAY IT LI Salt Lake Celebration Is Marred by Numerous Accidents. Struck by a rapidly moving automobile said to have been driven by Kdwin Brooks ' of 1605 Lake street, four girls were seriously, and two of them probably fatally, injured early yesterday evening as they watched the festivities at First South and West Temple streets. The young women, all of whom are residents of Eountiful, are: Miss Bessie Harris, 17 years old, and Miss Laura Crockett, ?.'2f both of whom may be fatally inj ured, and Miss Mae Harris, 1 9, and Miss Viola Crockett, 27, sisters of the other two girls, whose injuries will not prove fatal. The girls, according to Mrs. Herman L. Bauer, 2626 Highland drive, were standing in the street a short distance from -the sidewalk, watching the throngs and marchers in the peace celebration, when without .warning the automobile struck them, knocking them to the ground. I Fred P. Nelson, secretary of t'e Utah j Bedding company, Frank Kmery, and I Leroy i Beat tie hurried the young, women j to the emergency hospital, where an examination ex-amination by attendants showed Bessie Harris to be suffering from a fracture j at the base of the skull and a fractured left leg. Her sister. Mae, sustained num-I num-I erous cuts about the face, a fractured ! right ankle, a sprained right wrist and ! lacerations on the legs. Miss Laura Crockett suffered a severe scalp wound i and may possibly have a fracture at the I base of tho skull. Viola Crockett, her sister, escaped with numerous body bruises. According to the police. Brooks was ru nning his machine at high speed and when he attempted to pass another automobile auto-mobile crashed into the girls. He failed to render any assistance to the young women and after backing his car away from the curb where it had skidded, drove away. A brother is said to havebeen i in the machine with Brooks at thptime ' of the accident. Plain-clothes-men X. M. Clnvton, Jr.. Julian Riley and Juvenile : Officer J. H. Shields later arretted I Brooks and he is held in the city Jail ; to await the outcome of t he young worn-j worn-j en's injuries. The police are searching for several other young men who are supposed to have been in the machine with Brooks. Thelma Wilson, 20 years of age, 742 West Second North street, had both arms broken and her foot badly mashed while celebrating with the throngs in the peace demonstration yesterday. Miss Wilson. Miss Ruth Goudie. SO West Second South street, and Miss Gladys Plant, 565 First avenue, were riding on the tonsue of a wagon which was being drawn by an automobile. When the machine gave a sudden jump the girls were all thrown to the ground. The wagon passed over Miss Wilson, breaking her arms. She was talcen to the emergency hospital hospi-tal and given first aid treatment and later removed to the Holy Cross hospital. hos-pital. Miss Marie Roth. 18 years of age, and Bessie Rotir. IT, a sister, residing at 1171 Westminister avenue, sustained scalp wounds when the automobile in which they were riding overturned. Minor injuries were sustained by a number of persons, who were struck by machines while rossins the street. Those reporting to tiie emergency hospital included: in-cluded: Gladvs Bishop. '-58 Bishop court. Miss Anna Cook. 1S33 Eleventh East street, Mrs. W illiam A. Crowley, Carl Trea Roy Johnson uf Sandy. L. B. Cluff of Provo. and ,W. I. Ware of Garfield. A total uf thirtv-one cases directly tractable tract-able to the peace festivities were handled by the emergency hospital during the day. |