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Centre Street at Elm, Oil City, Pa.
Santa Claus' Headquarters.
Once again has the jolly old Saint come to dwell in this
big store, transtorming shelves and booths into a veritable fairy
land ot holiday gifts, and permeating every nook and corner
with his kindly spirit. Salespeople have caught the merry con
tagion, and are ready not only to serve you cheerfully and
promptly but to offer many a helpful suggestion in selecting
your gifts.
We want your Christmas shopping trip to be a delightful
one. We'll be clad .to nav vour car lare on mirchases over
O W 4 1
We'll do our best to make you
which we re so proud, and we 11 be pleased to help you choose
your gifts wisely and well.
Will you come and see the beautiful display of holiday gifts?
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Prices, $1, $1.50 and $2.
Second Floor.
Oil City Trust Company
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ASSETS
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$4,212,000.00.
Your business invited.
P
ICKED UP IN
ENNSYLVANIA
Carlisle. Three of the newly elect
ed local officers In Frankford town
ship decline to serve, and the matter
has been put up to the court to ap
point men to fill the vacancies. The
men are J. A. Crlder, auditor-elect;
George Klehl, constable-elect, and
Adam Billman, supervisor-elect. The
men say thhey told their friends they
would not Berve If placed on the ticket
and elected, and that they mean It.
Pittsburg. Elmer Leech, aged 23,
an employe of the Superior Steel Com
pany at Carnegie was painfully in
jured while at work in the plant.
While attempting to place a belt on
a weel he lost, his balance and his
clothing was caught in the machinery.
He was whirled about several times
and hurled several feet to the floor
below.
Lewlstown. A novel camp is hold
ing forth in the Seven Mountains near
the Big Kettle, made up of several
pastors, and during the hunting sea
son each Sunday services are conduct
ed by the pastors in camp at this
point.
MifTlintown. William Shirk and
George . Shivery, of Oakland Mills
butchered large hogs last week. One
pair weighed 1,032 pounds and an
other pair 1,045 pounds.
Pittsburg. The store and residence
of Joseph Morrisana at Millerstown
were blown to pieces by . dynamite.
He and bis family narrowly escaped
death. The schoolhouse and other
buildings were damaged to the extent
of $0000. Morrisana, who is wealthy,
had received Black Hand letters de
manding $10,000.
Sharon. Leonard, 12-year-old son
of Godfrey Kay, of Hickory township,
will lose the sight of one of his eyes
as the result of attempting to lift a
big turkey from its perch. As the
turkeys and chickens are turned loose
in the mornings Mrs. Ray sent the boy
to the coop to get the turkey so that
It might be killed. When the boy
caught hold of the turkey by one of
its logs It began flopping about and
i -n
feel at home in this big store of
struck the boy In the eye with its
beak.
Butler. H. E. Putney, leading busi
ness man of Kittunning, must pay
Mrs. Sphia Mechalsky $1,600 for the
death of her husband, who was struck
and killed by the Putney automobile
in Butler, In August, 1910, according
to a verdict of a jury In court Just
rendered.
Belle Vernon. Edward Miller, aged
14, son of Frank Miller, a farmer of
Woods Run, was killed by a south
bound freight train at Roscoe on the
Monongahela division of the Penn
sylvania. Kittauning. Charles Allshotise, a
son of Gideon Allshouse of Kllpln
township, died from tetanus which
developed from a runshot wound he
received while hunting.
Lltitz. While on his way to attend
church services In the Colmanville
Methodist Church, Frederick Wise, a
well known retired shoe merchant,
fell dead. He was picked up near a
fence, and it Is believed he was
stricken while climbing over. He al
ways took a short route, as the dis
tance was over a mile. Deceased was
74 years of age.
Pittsburg. Suit for $50,000 breach
of promise to marry was filed here
by Miss Helen Reeves of New York
against Thomas A. Coleman of Wilk
insbiitg, a suburb.
Washington. Ira Virgin, who lives
In this county near the slato line,
compromised an assault and battery
case with C. P. Buchanan before it
came to trial before Justice of the
Peace William Jacob of Wellsburg,
W. Va. Virgin, " was charged, at
tacked and severely beat Harold, the
16-year-old son of the prosecutor,
about two weeks ago on Buchanan's
farm. Harold Buchanan is still under
a doctor's care at his father's home,
but is expected to recover. In their
compromise, Virgin agreed to pay all
doctor bills, the costs in the case, to
sell his farm to Brchanan at a price
to be fixed, and to leave the com
munity before January 1 1912.
Our Near Neighbors.
Mother Dou't you know, darling
that we are commanded to love out
neighbors? Little One Yes, an' I
s'poso that's 'cause we can get along
with most everybody else.-Excbniice.
Facing Certain Conviction, Jas. B. McNamara
Pleads Guilty in Open Court to Wrecking
Building of Los Angeles Times and.
Brother Admits Demolishing
Llewellyn Iron Works.
Brotherly Affection Brings Forth Avowal of Guilt Which Abruptly
Ends Protracted Trial and Clears Up Tragedy Costing
Twenty-one Lives State's Case Drives
Defense to Despair.
Xndlng of the Lot Angeles Times Dy
namiting Case In Which 21 Em
ployes Lost Their Lives and the
Plant Wat Destroyed Other In
dictments Will Be Dismissed Ac
cording to Agreement with the
Prosecutor Clarence Darrow,
Chief Counsel for the Defense,
Says the County Had a "Dead Open
and Shut Case" Against HI
Clients and Believe He Saved
James B. McNamara's Life In Ad
vising a Plea of "Guilty" Detec
tive Burns Worked Up the Case.
Los Angeles, Cal. James B. McNa
mara pleaded guilty to murder In dy
namiting the Los Angeles Times
Building on Oct.' 1, 1910, and causing
the deaths of twenty-one men.
John J. McNamara, Secretary-Treasurer
ot the Structural Iron Workers'
Union, pleaded guilty to dynamiting
the Llewellyn Iron Works in Lob An
geles obj Christmas Day, 1910.
James B. McNamara't confession
clears up absolutely the tragedy ot
the explosion and fire which at 1.07
o'clock on the morning ot October 1,
1910, wrecked the plant ot "The Los
Angeles Times," at First street and
Broadway, and caused the death o
tventy-one persons. For nineteen ol
these deaths the McNamara brotheri
were Indicted, and J. B. McNamara
was on trial specifi illy for the mur
der of Charles M. Haggerty, a machin
ist, whose body was found nearer
than that of any other to the spot
where the dynamite was suppesed to
have been placed.
While the lives of the prisoners ar
saved the great contention that "The
Los Angeles Times" was not dynamic
ed Is dead beyond resurrection or ar
gument. As the two brothers eat together in
the county jail refusing to Bee any
one or make any statement, an inter
est second only to the occurrence It
self hung about the question with
reference to James B. McNamara
"Why did he confess?" To this op
posing counsel gave the same answer.
Confession Best Thing to Do, Say
Darrow.
"He confessed because he was guil
ty, and that's all there la to It," de
clared District Attorney Fredericks.
"He was counselled to confess be
cause that was the best thing he "uld
do, in the opinion of counsel," said
Clarence S. Darrow, chief of counsel.
"I will say now that there was no
other reason or motive in It I've
studied this case for months. It pre
sented a stone wall."
Darrow's statement was made
squarely in the face of the charges
that the recent arrest of Burt H.
Franklin, an investigator employed by
the defence, and two others with him,
might have precipitated a situation un
tenable save by confession of the pris
oner. "Negotiations have been on for
weeks," asserted Darrow, and this
was corroborated by District Attorney
Fredericks. "We expected at one
time that 'Jim' would confess last
Monday, but he did not," said Dar
row. Darrow also denied that external
pressure was exerted from union labor
sources and Socialist sources, as Gen
ral Harrison Gray Otis charged In a
formal statement.
A brotherly affection, bordering on
worship, it became known, brought
about James B. McNamara's confes
sion. A desire to save his brother
from the necessity of confessing any-,
thing at all held back day after day
the word that would end the trial.
Tried to Protect J. J. McNamara.
" 'Joe' Is not In on this deal," the
pule faced man reiterated with insist
ence born of one great idea. "I don't
care what happens to me."
His stat& of mind was known to
District Attorney Fredericks, wko
communicated about It continually
with Mr. Darrow and the latter's col
leagues, Messrs. Lecompte Davis, Jo
seph Scott and Cyrus McNutt, of In
diana. A solution finally was found
an the proposition that John J. McNa
mara plead guilty to the dynamiting
of the Llewellyn Iron Works, for
which he and Ortle McManigal jointly
were indicted.
All proceedings were lumped in a
few minutes. At the morning session
of court District Attorney Fredericks
obtained an adjournment until after
noon. At the afternoon session the courts
room was packed, many attaches of
Fredericks's office being present.
Judge Bordwell came Into court at
2.17 o'clock with a rush. He advanced
to the bench, slammed a book and his
noteB and sat down with a frown on
his face.
As is his custom, be announced the
case: "The people of the 'state of
California vs. J. B. McNamara, charg
ed with murder. Defendant in court.
Are you ready to proceed, gentle
men?" Seated with District Attorney Fred
ericks was his entire staff. Facing him
was Clarence S. Darrow and three as
sociate counsel for the defendants.
James B. McNamara at first took a
seat to one side, as usual, with two
deputies, but soon Attorney Joseph
Scott beckoned to him. The two men
sat together for a few minutes.
Just previous to bis entrance Judge
Horawell had called tne District Attor
ney Into conferencee with him. Evi
dently the District Attorney had told
him what the developments were.
Lecompte Davis jrose from his
chair as the Judge finished his state
ment. He said:
"After long consideration of - this
case, if it pleases your Honor, and
after consulting with counsel in this
case we have come to the conclusion
that w shall enter a plea of guilty."
There was a Btlr in the court room
sb Mr. Davis finished his brief state
ment. "Guilty," Says McNamara.
Then the District Attorney went to
his seat, stepped over near to the
Judge's bench and asked the court
for the indictment In the case. "You
have heretofore pleaded not guilty to
this indictment, have you not, Mr. J.
B. McNamara?" said the District At
torney. "I have," was the reply.
"How do you now wish to plead to
this charge?" asked the District At
torney. James B. McNamara's face paled un
der the stress of the situation. "Guil
ty," he replied.
J,J. McNamara then was summoned
before the bench. District Attorney
Fredericks read from Indictment No.
6955. He said: "John J. McNamara,
you are charged with the crime of
exploding or attempting to explode
dynamite in or near the Llewellyn
Iron Works. Ac. Do you wish to with
draw your plea of not guilty?"
McNamara, who stood with bowed
Vad, responded In little more than
r whisper, "I do."
"Do you plead guilty or not guilty
o this Indictment?" asked the Dis
trict Attorney.
"Guilty," was the low response from
the prisoner.
After the excitement surrounding
he proceedings had subsided Judge
ordwell asked that the Jurors im
panelled in the case be summoned be
fore hhn. They filed into the room In
their usual order, little expecting what
wbb going to happen.
Judge Bordwell sat with one leg
over the clerk's table close to the Jury
box. After the men were seated he
said:
. "Gentlemen, this case you were
called to try came to an end this
afternoon. The defendants pleaded
mllty."
On this announcement a number of
'urors clapped their hands and there
'vas genuine expression of pleasure on
"11 of their faces.
Judge Bordwell continued: "Nobody
eems to be expressing any bad feei
ng. Curiously I want all of you to
now that I am confident In my own
Ind that you would have given the
iefendents a fair and Impartial ver
dict.. And I say this not with affecta
tion or flattery."
"It was evidence gathered by the
State of California that brought about
this plea," Mr. Darrow said when ask
ed what means he believed to have
been most effective.
Prison Walls with Eart.
Notwithstanding this statement It Is
thought that the discovery ot a signi
ficant pece of wire dangling Irom an
upper window of the Jail where the
McNamara brothers are confined had
an Important part In bringing about
the the confessions. Mr. Darrow In
vestigated it and became convinced
that the walls of the prison had ears.
The wire ran from a window In an
unoccupied cell on the third floor to
another unoccupied cell on the second
floor. Ortle McManigal, the State's
most important witness, has been
seen by many persons in the upper
room, from which the wire dangled.
There he was visited by his wife, by
his uncle, and by Mr. Darrow, and It
is believed by the defense that along
that wire every word spoken In the
Toom was carried to the cell below,
where It was taken down by a steno
grapher, and thus conveyed to the
prosecution.
It 1b remembered that exactly the
same device vas used with telling ef
fect by Detective Burns In his investi
gation last Spring of the bribery
scandal of the Ohio Legislature and
there Is evidence that It has been em
ployed again with disastrous effect
-r the defense.
Soon after McManlgal'e uncle had
been to see him he wb summoned
before the Grand Jurv. After his ex
amination he exclaimed In dismay and
bewilderment:
"They asked me about things I Bald
to Ortle that I never spoke before
In my life. I said them in that room
and nowhere elBe."
When District Attorney Fredericks
was asked about the rumor, he re
viled: "I shouldn't wonder a bit If it's true.
There should be nothing unusual
about it. There's Just a round disk
attached to the window shade or
against the pane so that no one would
notice It, and then there's the wire
leading to some other place."
Pretty Figure on the Gallowt.
Joseph Scott of counsel for the de
fence said: "When we first broached
to little Jim the plan for having John
plead guilty he said, 'T won't stand for
It. I won't let you fasten anything on
to my big brother. I am the boy who
did. ererythlne.
T.A.P.
Oil City, Pa.
"I told him that If he took that
stand In regard to John there was
every chance that he would go to the
gallows, but I also told him that If
John pooled his Interests with Jim
they might be let off easy. In order
to make it strong with htm I said,
'You would cut a pnetty figure on th
gallows.' He said, 'If I have to go t )
the gallows I won't be ashamed of the
'sure that I cut, because I will be
going to the gallows for a principle
Rnd not for a murder.'
"It was not until John himself In
stated on pleading guilty that Jim fin
ally consented to enter the plea thnt
he entered.
The Crime of a Century.
8hortly after 1 o'clock on the morn
tng of Oct. 1. 1910, the building and
lant of the Los Angeles Times were
Vstroyed by a terrific explosion of
dynamite which had been placed In
the basement. Flames followed the
explosion, and before they could be
extinguished twenty-one persons had
lost their lives.
The Times Is owned by Gen. Harri
son Gray Otis, who has fought un'on
labor bitterly and persistently. Hard
ly had the echoes of the terrific ex
plosion died away when Harry Chand
ler, Gen. Otis'a secretary, issued a
statement accusing union labor of dy
namiting the building. Before twenty
four hours had passed the Issue was
clearly raised as to whether labor or
caplt.l was guilty of this "crime of a
century." The labor unions, through
their ofilcers, charge-' that the dyna
miting was a result of a plot of capi
tal to discredit labor; Mr. Otis and
"there charged that his building had
been destroyed by labor in revenge
'or his opposition to unions.
Detective William T. Burns, head of
the Burns Detectives Agency, was em
ployed Immediately to run down the
criminals, and with his employment
began one of the most remarkable
detective cases known to American
criminal history, In which sensation
followed sensation, eliminating In
the confession of the two McNamaras.
Rewards of $325,000 Offered. '
Mayor Alexander appointed a com
mittee to Investigate, as did the State
Huilding Trades Convention In ses-'
sion at that time. Detectives were
jnt from every city In California to
work up the case. Rewards totalling
325,000 were eventually offered for
the arrest and conviction of those
guilty and a Grand Jury was Impanel
led.
Never before in American history
have such tremendous rewards been
offered. Of the total the Los Angeles
City Council offered $150,000 to defray
the expenses of the search and re
ward -the finders; the County Board of
Supervisors offered $100,000 and the
business men raised $75,000.
How Many Miles of Wire?
Chihuahua. Mex. General T ula Ten.
razas, who Is reputed to be the
wealthiest, man in Mexico in h
owner of approximately 12.000,000
acres that must be enclORerl. and hla
son-in-law, Enrique C. Creel, former
smoassador to Washington from Mex
ico, owns 5,000,000 acres all of which
miiBt be surrounded by wire fence.
The state eovernment haa lamtat
formal orders to General Terrazas
and Mr. Creel to thla effert Th
Terratas and Creel ranches embrace
a big part of Northern Mexico. None
of them are fenced, the cattle being
free to graze wherever they were
driven. It is this fact that caused
COmn'alnt to he made to tha atnta kml
rnmnt authorities.
KILLED IN BRIDAL CHASE.
Auto Upsets While Friends of Couple
Are Seeking to Overtake Them.
Boston. Two women were killed by
the capsizing ot an automobile In
which they with two others were chas
ing a newly married couple In another
machine In Roxbury. The dead are
Miss Mary Gaffey, aged 50, of Rox
bury, and Miss Julia Galvln, aged 20,
of Cambridge. Miss Catharine Miley,
aged 60, of Jamaica Plains, and John
B. Gaffey, aged 48, also, of Jamaica
Plains, were Injured, but not serlourly.
AMERICAN SLA'N BY REBEL8.
Believed He Had Helped Fight Insur
rection In Mexico Town.
Mexico City. Representatives of
the Red Cress Society who have re
turned to the capital from the Isthmus
of Tehuantepec say that 249 men were
killed and 100 wounded in the fighting
at Juchitan. When the Red Cross
men arrived they found the bodies of
Abel Shepperd, an American; a Mexi
can Judge and au army paymaster in
the hotel. These men had been killed
by bullets.
Murderess Gets Ten-Yesr Sentence.
Memph's, Tenn. Mrs. Mattle
Green, who shot and killed her neigh
bor, Mrs. Annie Williams, two months
ago, has been found guilty and sen
tenced to 10 years in the state prl-ou.
Chicago, III., Nov. 22, 1911.
Tbe Priutz C.
Gentlemen: I eipect to be In Oil City on or about Dec.
20th, Please reserve fur me one size 38 Full Dress Suit, worth
from $40.00 to $50.00. Have the irousors 34 by 33. Will
also need some furnishing goods to go with it, and as I don't
want to carry them from here, I depend on jour shop fitting
me out. Besides, I feel better in anything I buy from you, and
I don't care to change my usual pleasant disposition. I am,
with best wisher, Azzever, Jack.
We Are R.ea.dy,
To fit "Jack" in every detail. Our full dress department gels
more of our attention than any other, the result being always a
splendul assortment of tbe new uteda while they are De.
..P. S. If you intend to attend any of tbe usual full dress
functions so numerous during the Holiday season, get your
dress requisites now for use Inter.
Full Dress Suits. $35 00 to 845 .00.
Tuxedo Suits, $30 00 to $40.00.
The
Kinter
Co.
Dry Goods, Millinery,
Cloaks and Suits.
(Formerly tbe Wm. B.
James Store.)
Free Transportation
"Will be allowed all Tionesta patrons
on purchases amounting to $20.00.
Fare one way on $10.00 purchases.
The Kinter Co.,
Oil City. Pa.
Notice to
We have secured tbe services of Mr.
A. Atchison and under his supervision
will add tbe Harness business to our
Tionesta store, thus retaining a first
class harness maker in Tionesta.
We solicit the patronage of all who
need anything in new or repair work.
Our Hand made Harness will be
strictly tbe best that can be turned out,
both in workmanship and material.
Repairing will be done promptly and
at lowest price possible for first class
work.
Shop in rear of store.
H. C.
Kepler Block,
Turn About.
Taps says If I give up my singing
lessons be will present me with a pulr
of diamond earrings."
"You have never worn earrings, bnve
you?"
"No; I should bnve to have my ears
pierced."
"Ah. yes! 1 see bis idea. He wants
to pay you hack In your own coin!"
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