BIG DAMAGE IN
WESTERN PENNA
Floods Put Many Cities and
Towns Under Water
After Tornado Had Swept
by Church in Omaha
Suits to Order, $12.60 to $36.00.
Shirts to Order, $2.00 to $12.00.
Centre Street at Elm, Oil City, Pa.
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Friday Will be Special Bargain Day.
Damaged Goods
To be Sold in Basement.
At the time high water struck us our basement contained
upwards of $50,000 worth of merchandise of all sorts. ? Very
little of this was damaged by water, but a considerable part was
mussed or soiled in handling. Every 'piece that has in any way
been affected will be assorted out and will be on sale in the
main basement or old toy department, Friday morning.
50c Silk Hose for Friday 29c.
In quality, shape and color these hose are the equal of any
6old anywhere at 50c; but they are what is known as "mill
seconds;" they're not quite perlect. Some mills are very par
ticular. They won't let any hose go through as "firsts" that
show the slightest imperlections. This lot we otfer for Friday
is to all purposes as good as any firsts there are no holes or
anything of that nature in them, and the wear is there.
Colors White, Tan and Black.
A Case of 15c Ginghams at 9c.
Also for Friday.
32 inches in width and the best line of checks, plaids,
stripes and plain colors you ever chose from. Anything you
want can be found among the assortment, providing you are
here early enough.
The saving is just six cents a yard, for the price is 15c
everywhere.
Millinery Most Attractively Priced.
A splendid showing of $3.50 and $5.00 Trimmed Hats.
Never was there such a line of beautiful millinery so low
in price. Hundreds of new shapes.
Black and all the new springtime colorings. New hats in
Tagal braids, hemps and Milans many shapes showing some
new twist or turn that stamps it as distinctively this spring's.
A special lot of Children's lleady-to-Wear Hats at 50c.
The Olden Time Miller
took his toll out of every bushel of grain that
passed through his hands. Are you taking
your toll out of every dollar of wages or sal
ary that passes through your hands ? Are you
saving for your years of least earning power ?
Open a savings account at once with the 1
Oil City Trust Company
Oil City, Pa.
REMOVAL.
April 1st I will move
I Veach Block, Seneca St., (next City Hall.)
DR. A. A. GOLDMAN,
Dentist,
Oil City, Pa.
X Petroleum Phone.
PORTLAND CEMENT
PULVERIZED RAW LIMESTONE
PULVERIZED BURNT LIME
BURNT LUMP LIME
FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES
New Castle Portland Cement Co.
Manufacturers
THE BEST QUALITY
PORTLAND CEMENT
ALSO-
Pulverized Raw Limestone, Pulverized Burnt Lime and Burnt Lump Lime for
Agricultural use.
Pamphlets giving full instructions for using Portland Cement on the farm, and
Lime as a Fertilizer, etc., for worn-out and unproductive farm lands, free on appli
cation. New Castle Portland Cement Co.
NEW CASTLE, PA.
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SHARON IS WORST SUFFERER
Allegheny Goe on Rampage Pitts
burg Escapes Its Greatest Flood
Only Because Monongahela Is Low.
All tbe rivers In western Pennsyl
vania were swollen by the heavy
rains last week. Froru Franklin down
to Pittsburg all places along the Alle
gheny reported record floods. Oil
Ci'y, Kittannitig and Tarentum were
submerged. Railroad traffic was para
lyzed and traction service was com
pletely suspended. Water plants and
street lights were put out of commis
siou.
In westers Pennsylvania Sharon
suffered the worst damage. The
Shenango river covered the city to a
height or several feet. Buildings were
washed away and huudreils or people
were made homeless. Teu lives are
reported lost.
Great property damage was done in
New Castle. Greenville, Beaver Falls
and Meadvill. Water rrom swollen
rivers and creeks covered the business
and residence sections of each of the
places and for a time these cities were
isolated from the outside world except
by wire. Homes were ruined and
scores took reruge ou high ground.
New Castle reports a $4,000,000 loss
and the drowning of three.
Pittsburg was saved from the most
disastrous flood In its history by
reason of the fact that there was no
rise in the Monongahela until much
of the water in the Allegheny had gone
out. When the Monongahela did he
gin to rise the Allegheny'! waters
were backed up and the stage of 30.4
feet covered the lowlands of the citv,
Hooding industrial plants and doing
considerable damage to buildings. One
death was reported.
Sharon Hard Hit.
"Dayton first" is the answer of
Sharon, Pa., even in the darkness ot
the worst disaster in its history, to the
offers of aid flowing in from the out
side world. The property loss is
800,000. The dead Is probably ten.
This attitude of the afflicted city is
taken because it thiuks it can cope
with the situation there itself.
A joint meeting between council, the
board of health and the board of trade
was held to discuss the flood situation.
A complaint was made by Edward
Quiun that his wife had been insulted
by one of the state constabulary. A
motion was adopted unanimously that
the state constabulary was no longer
needed in Sharon.
Bridget Gone.
Spans of several bridges crossing
the river at Beaver, Pa., have been
washed away and traffic on the
bridges still standing has been dis
pensed with for fear that they too may
fall. In some parts of Beaver and in
surrounding towns the water was five
feet deep.
Srortage of Coal.
Owing to the scarcity of fuel
practically all the big industries or
Beaver Falls, Pa., have been forced
to close. Freight traffic is paralyzed
and it is improbable that any coal will
be sent there for several days.
Men Thrown Out of Work.
It is estimated that 300 were made
homeless in Ford City, Pa., and the
property loss will exceed $100,000. Sev
eral thousand men have been thrown
out of employment.
New Castle Loss $4,000,000.
The flood claimed at least three
lives in New Castle. Pa., and the
property damage will total nearly
$4,000,000. More than 1,000 homes
were swept away and 1,300 families
are homeless.
River Falling at Pittsburg.
After reaching a crest of 30.4 feet
the rivers at Pittsburg started to slow
ly fall. Thousands of workmen were
idle because plants were under water.
MRS. EATONJS INDICTED
Woman Charged With Husband's Mur
der; Poison In Food Alleged.
At Plymouth, Mass., Mrs. Jennie
May Eaton was Indicted for the mur
der of her husband, Rear Admiral
Joseph G. Eaton.
The indictment charges that Mrs.
Eaton placed arsenic In a cereal drink
which the admiral took with his
meals.' The evidence upon which the
widow was arrested revealed that
much of the family life of the Batons
had been unhappy. Both had been
married before.
A formal plea of not guilty was en
tered by Mrs. Eaton to the Indictment.
Drinks Glue Poison.
Despondent because he was out of
work George Porter, aged twenty-two,
a negro, drank a quantity of gli 3
poison at his home in Pittsburg. His
condition is serious.
Lineman Foster It Killed.
Orville Foster, aged twenty-nine, was
electrocuted when he fell across a
trolley wire In Butler, Pa.
Woman Aged 104 Years Is Dead.
Mrs. Barbara Ann Dilllnger, aged
104 years, died at her home In Stone
boro, Pa.
Sincerity Most Valuable Thing.
Next to being honest and able we
ought to be sincere men. Sincerity is
the quality which not only makes
friends, but holds them.
Nowadays,
It's a wise play that knows lt8 own
author. Harper's Bazar.
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INDIANA
Conditions Much Improved Sufferers
Relieved Loss of Life Unknown.
Indiana is emerging slowly from the
flood.
Improved conditions were reported
from practically every city throughout
the state and the flood waters are re
ceding to such extent that relief
parties with medicine, food and cloth
ing have been enabled to alleviate tho
suffering of thousands marooned.
While first reports of tremendous
property damage are sustained to a
large extent, Indications are that the
loss of life has not been so large as
was believed.
The death total cannot be estimated
with any degree of accuracy until the
flood reredos sufficiently to allow a
search for bodies in the stricken dis
tricts. The property loss will run far
Into the millions.
ADRIANOPLE FALLS
City on Fire When Bulgarians Enter.
Commander-in-Chief Kills Self.
A dispatch to London says the fort
ress of Adrianople was taken by
storm by the Bulgarians alter fight
ing of the most terrible character. The
city was set on tire before the Bul
garians entered the city.
Shukrl Pasha, the Turkish commander-in-chief
of Adrianople, commit
ted suicide after the capture of the
city.
When the dispatch was filed the
maddened population whose nerves
had been shattered by the almost in
cessant bombardment for a period of
over five months was fleeing about
the streets from one point to another
not knowing where to find shelter.
FLOOD NO INTERRUPTION
Little Change In Business Conditions.
Dun's Review.
Dun's Review of Trade says this
week:
"Apart from the temporary interrup.
tion to railroad traffic, as well as in
dustry and commerce generally,
caused by the flood disasters in Ohio
and Indiana and by the great storms
throughout the middle west, there has
been little change In domestic trade
conditions.
"There will no doubt be increased
difficulty in obtaining prompt deliver
ies of iron and steel products; but be
fore the floods caused suspension of
work In certain places the situation
in this Industry was marked by great
activity in most branches."
JAMES M'CREA DIES
Was Eighth President of the Penn
sylvania Railroad.
James McCrea died Friday night in
Philadelphia following an Illness of
two months. The former president of
the Pennsylvania railroad took a turn
for the worse Thursday and then
gradually sank to his death.
Mr. McCrea was the eighth presi
dent of the Pennsylvania railroad
since Its organization In 1847. On ac
count of bad health he left the serv
ice on the first of this year.
PITTSBURG MARKETS.
Butter Prints, .J7T 38; tubs, 37
37. Eggs Selected, 20. Poultry
Hens, live, 19120.
Cattle Choice, $8.70?i9; prime,
$8.40(S.50; good, $8.20-58.40; tidy
butchers, $8 8.20; fair, $77.50;
common, $6ffj"; common to good fat
bulls, $5.50(fi 7.50; common to good fat
cows, $47.50; heifers, $4.50(0 8; fresh
cows and springers, $50(fi75. Sheep
cows and springers, $5075. Sheep
and Lambs Prime wethers, $77.2."i;
good mixed, $(J.50ff 7 ; fair mixed,
$.". 506.25; culls and common, $34;
lambs, $6(0 9.25; veal calves, $11.50(9)
12; heavy and thin calves, $8(5-9. Hogs
Prime heavy, $10.25f 10.40; heavy
mixed, medium, heavy Yorkers, light
Yorkers and pigs, $10.40(310.50;
roughs, $S.5(frJ9; stags, $7.50(0 8.
Fine Art of Giving.
"It one waits to find perfection tn
his friend he will probably wait long,
and live and die unfriended at Inst.
The fine art of living, indeed, Is to
draw from each person his best"
Lilian Whiting.
Unencouraglng.
"That audience cheered my remarks
repeatedly." "Yes," replied the mo
rose man. "I never yet saw an audi
ence that wouldn't rather hear itself
holler than listen to somebody's talk."
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Between April 1st and May
1st, 1913,
We are going to have enough nice weather to more than offset the
"soaking" we got during the deluge. J
With Faces and Hands Clean
And a genuine optimistic vein working overtime we bid you wel- As
come to inspect the beautiful Spring Goods that are free from the
taint of creek water and bristling with sunshiny freshness. P.
The damaged goods will in time find their way back to the
original makers in so far as it's possible.
The store proper is filled with new goods that are not only
beautiful but attractively priced. Come in today. You would never
suspect that we had even a sun shower. The rainbow of welcome
awaits you.
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Oil City, Pa.
Need for Enthusiasms.
"My son, we should lay up a stock
Df absurd enthusiasms In our youth or
else we shall reach the end of our
lourney with an empty heart, for wo
lose a grent many of them by tho
way." Victor Cherbuliez.
we will mall a pair ol these lace fitt to
any adtlreu. Write for a pair to-Jayl
The Newark Shoe Is distributed from "fac
tory to wearer" direct at a saving of $1.00 a
pair to the wearer.
The above popular model lor men af $2.50
may be had in Cun Metal. Tan. Patent Colt.
Button or Lace. The same model In Low
quarters. Absolute $3.50 value.
Try a pair. Send us your size, width and
kind ol leather wanted, whether high or
low shoes, button or lace, send ti.aO and
ldcts. to cover cost ol mailing.
An extra pair ol laces will be Included frit
u char tt.
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nmj;li tltread the ctily hurt, but
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impair the wearing qualities. Full
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length before hemming, OUe.
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Women's Skirts splendid all
wool material the ever-popular
I'.laek, Navy or Tan Serge sty
li!i and serviceable skirts made
of Tan and (irey Diagonals; also
laney Mixtures; plainly tailorl
and new pleated models habit
and panel back f'.'l.7j.
erne kimonos
Crepe Kimonos floral, all-nver
des:j-n and wide b rder empire
st le light I Hue. Copenhagen,
light Pink, Ked piped in White
J'.atistc. $1.00.
Striped Crepe Xcgligees rink
and White, Mine and White, Lav
ender and White empire style
trimd with large White Mull
Collar and turn back cuffs scal
lopt in color to match Negligee-
very dainty and effective, if 00.
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An Echo of
Last Week's Flood.
By prompt energetic effort which bordered on the
strenuous a $5,000 surplus stock, carried in the base
ment, was saved from the rushing flood. To do this
required the employment of outside help men not
accustomed to handling merchandise. Result about
$150 worth of soiled and mussed merchandise. So
we're going to have a sale until it is disposed of.
With the exception of a few pairs of hose and several
pieces of table oil cloth, none of this merchandise
came in actual contact with the water. But some of
it is considerably soiled and mussed.
We take up the thread of business where the
flood compelled us to halt. Visitors to the store will
see no slightest indication anywhere that this store
has just gone through the greatest flood in the history
of this city.
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BUIL YOUR WATER
Pennsylvania Health Commissioner's
Advice to Flooded Districts.
Commissioner of Health Samuel G.
Dixou of Pennsylvania has dirertctl
that temporary ilislnfeetinK plants be
established in all water work.) stations
as soon us they can resume pumping
and all Hooded communities have
been warned to boil thu raw water
used.
Dr. Dixon said: "We have nrranged
for a house-to-house canvass Ih New
Castle, (Ireenville, Oil City, Sharon,
Sharpsburg and other communities In
the flooded district and all the in
habitants will be warned to take the
utmost precaution and boll all water
used. The after effects of such a
calamity, unless the greatest care is
tiied, may exceed the original casual
ties." .
Missing Clergyman Heard From.
Word has been received by relatives
from Rev. William Hrand, Lutheran
clergyman, who mysteriously disap
peared from his home In Pittsburg
shortly alter the new year. Kev.
Hrand la in Florida. Temporarily de
ranged from overwork is given as the
reason ,foT the clergyman's dropping
out of sight.
Prisoner Tries Suicide.
Haffaele Antldonnl, a prisoner in the
county jail at Indiana, Pa., charged
with the killing of two persons, made
a second attempt to end his life by
hanging in his cell. The alleged mur
derer placed a towel about his neck
and tied it to the ceil bars, but was
discovered by guards before life was
extinct.
Glass Company to Increase Wages.
Notices have been posted through
out the plant of the American Window
Glass company at Arnold, Pa., of an in
crease of wages to go into effect at
once. The Increase amounts to 10 to
1." ;er cent and affects shorehoys,
lehr feeders, roller 1 and all labor
ers employed on hot work.
Rats Attack Farmer.
With rats nibbling at his feet, while
other rats rushed up t li Inside of bis
tio ihers, Frank MM'lain. a fanner of
South Franklin township near Wash
ington. Pa., was driven out of bi
wheat granary by several hundred
rod-'tits vhi"b had Invaded tbe place.
Man Falls 250 Feet.
Charles K. Mc3hane, uged thirty
seven, while 1 'Hiking frcm a window in
the eighteenth Btory of the .Maches
uey bill din:4. Pittsburg, fell fifteen
stories to the roof of an adjoining
buldli.ii lie was killed instantly. The
fall was 2.".0 feet.
Falls From Third Floor;' Is Killed.
D. .1. Thayer, former steam boiler
inspettcr of Pennsylvania, fell from
the third floor of the Bessemer build
ing In Pittsburg and was killed. 1IU
'lead wa" badly crushed.
Oil City, Pa.
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FEWER STORKS IN ALSACE
System of Registration Is Being Tried
to Learn About Mjgratory
Habits.
Every year the number of storks
to be seen In Alsace becomes less Of
the four nests perched on the big
i chimneys on the old roofs of Strass-
burg, only one has been occupied this
year.
In many of tbe villages the great
migrators have ceased for a long time
to relieve the landscape, and It seems
only a question of time when the stork
tn Alsace will be a memory. Various
are the causes assigned tor this de
sertion the draining of the marshes,
the multiplication of telephone and
telegraph wires and the smoke from
factory chimneys.
In Germany lor the better study of
storks there has been created a sort
ot service In connection with the Edu
cation Department which tends to set
up nn "etat civil" for each bird, or,
in other words, to register them after
the manner which obtains for citizens
in France.
Each fclrd is captured where possi
ble and a metallic disk attixed to its
leg, and German officials, wherever
the birds are believed to migrate, have
Instructions to send to tbe department
any information they can gather con
cerning storks who are German sub
jects. (Possibly this labeling may
have something to do with the scarc
ity.) By this system of registration
the authorities have learned some
thing of tbe migratory habits of tho
bird; for instance, one was found dead
at the Cape of Good Hope whose place
it origin was eastern Prussia.
A point of interest relative to the
scarcity of the stork has been brought
under the notice of the German au
thorities by a doctor at Port Eliza
beth, who suggests that they have
been poisoned through eating grass
hoppers or locusts which have been
killed by arsenic. A correspondent,
however, of an Alsace-Lorraine Jour
nnl hints that the cause is to be found
nearer at home.
The Beautiful Moonlight.
The fresh air children were camp
ing beside a Btnall lake In the Jersey
hills. There was a full moon rising
and trailing its light across the water.
"Children," cried the attending social
worker. "Look! See the beautiful
moonlight "
"Go on," remarked a small Est
Sider. "That shiny wiggle out there?
That's gasolene."
Should Fix Their Drains.
Twenty-six states have streams
which drain Into the Mississippi river.
If those commonwealths would set
about the business of conserving their
waters, the floods which are now caus
ing so much fear In the south would
not be In evidence every spring.