TAKE "MURDER"
STORY TO CAPITAL 1
Miners Declare Coroner's Ver
dict on Death of Woman
Is Untrue
Pittsburgh, Oct. 18.—Announce
ment is made that J. C. Brown, as
sistant to W. 7J. Foster, secretary of
the Rteel workers' national commit
tee, has forwarded to Chairman Iven
yon, of the Senate committee investi
gating the strike, an affidavit signed
by two physicians in which it is as
serted that the coroner's verdict in
the case of Mrs. Fannie Seliens, shot
and killed near a coal mine at West
Natrona, Pa., August 26, was not in
accordance with the facts.
Mrs. Seliens was an organiser for
the United Mine Workers. It was
testified that deputy sheriffs fired at
a crowd, at the time Mrs. Seliens
was killed, in self-defense. Wit
nesses for the strikers declared she
was killed while protecting chtldren.
The coroner's jury verdict was to
the effect she was killed by persons
unknown during a riot.
The affidavit of the physicians
made after the body was exhumed
and examined this week, aver the
woman was shot three times —twice
in the head and once in the back.
The coroner's finding shows death
was due to a gunshot wound in the
left temple.
The affidavit was sent to th> Sen
ate committee, it was announced, to
show sho was killed by a shdt in the
back and that the other two bullet
wounds were made probably after
she had been killed. The woman
was shot nearly_a month before the
steel strike started. Labor union
leaders have charged that she was
murdered and that her killing is evi
dence of the alleged methods used
by certain companies in fighting un
ion labor in the Pittsburgh district.
The case was brought to the atten
tion of the Senate committee in
Washington about two weeiig fff o
and again last Sunday when the Sen
ators held a hearing in this city.
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THURSDAY EVENING,
BANKS MUST GO
UNDER STATE LAW
I Rulings Given to State Bank
j ing Commissioner by
Attorney General
\\\ Commissioner of
Banking John S.
i J Fisher, Attorney
General William
I. Schafter says
that ho should
.1 Unfln nfil 111 require national
3E§|IBUIiJIL banks in Penn
sylvnnia before
commencing the
business of cxe
| cutor, trustee, administrator and
| similar duties under State laws, in
j eluding registrar of stocks and
' bonds, to comply with the State
I laws relating to the same subjects
so far as their trust business is con
cerned. The inquiry related super
ficially to action under the act of
i 1919 and it is held that national
| banks engaging in trust business
j must comply with the laws relative
to trust companies.
In another opinion it is held that
j State laws do not permit inspectors
! of weights and measures to inspect
| weights or measures used in laun
dries. It is held that such weights
or measures are employed in
weighing clothes laundered and that
they are not used in weighing any
thing to be sold.
Ttic State Game Commission lias
authorized the employment of five
additional traveling game protectors,
making ten in all. They will be em
ployed in educational work and aid
in showing people how to care for
game during the winter and to as
sist in enforcement of game and
| conservation laws. Immediate steps
I will be taken to acquire lands for
| game preserves In Warren and Jef-
I ferson counties.
Representative Theodore Camp
bell, of Philadelphia, was among
Capitol visitors.
Major \\. G. Murdoch, who was
executive officer of the draft system
in the State during the war, is ar
ranging to take charge of the gath
ering of military history in the vari
ous counties for the War History
Commission. He will visit a num
ber of counties where the prepara
tion of data has been lagging and
arrange for the assembling of
authoritative information, the re
ports being' made to Director Albert
McKinley, of the University of
Pennsylvania. The Major will also
write a history of the draft in the
State from the official records.
Reasons for the recommendation
of a pardon for William Josiah Me-
Meen, the Juniata man in prison
since ISS6 for wife murder and rec
ommended for release after serving
the longest term in penitentiary rec
ords in the State, will be sent to
Governor William C. Sproul when he
returns to the Capitol early next
week. The element .©f doubt in the
ease which was expressed when the
board granted commutation in 18S7
and by the judge and some lawyers
in the case is what brought about
the recommendation which will open
the doors for the man in the western
penitentiary for a generation. Noth
ing will be dono in regard to the
Mifflintown editor who talked of
burning the board In effigy if a par
don was granted from the present
attitude of officials.
Col. Edward Martin, State Com
missioner of Health, has announced
a new move in his campaign against
venereal diseases in which he urges
the use of propypactic treatment,
this being a step in which the estab
lishment of forty State clinics for
treatment of such diseases and the
elimination of the prostitute also
figure. Col. Martin has appealed to
the newspapers to bring such mat
ters to pub'ic attention as a health
proposition.
Plants arc being made by several
of the departments of the State gov
ernment to arrange for observance
of Armistice Day next month. It is
expected that Governor Sproul will
issue a statement regarding it and
the Department of Public Instruc
tion will bring it to the attention of
schools in conjunction with the War
History Commission.
Weather conditions seem to have
prevented many bear hunters from
going out after the bears in the
mountain counties of the State and
it will probably be several weeks be
fore the hunting begins in earnest.
In advance of the opening of the
small bird season next wer-k thou
sands of hunter's licenses are being
issued in the State.
It Is prolmble that the second week
In November will be fixed for the
argument in the application of the
Bell Telephone Company for con
tinuance of the war-time rates after
December 1. The testimony was
concluded last night after extended
cross-examination of L. H. Kinnard.
tha vice president, and presentation
of figures or, cost and estimated rev
enue from the company, and Dr. E.
D. Bemis, who appeared for the
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce
and city.
Mont Alto's Oldest
Citizen Is Near Death
Mont Alto, Pa., Oct. 16.—Charles
11. Simmers, Mont Alto's oldest citi
zen, sustained a stroke of paralysis
Tuesday and is in a precarious con
dition owing to his advanced age.
No .hope is entertained for his re
covery.
Lewistown Moose Will
Have Larger Quarters
lewistown, Pa., Oct. 16. —The Or
der of Moose of Lewistown which
has a big membership and is still
growing here, is having an addition
put to its lodge room. A billiard
rcont and large reception ha'l will
be provided.
TO START CALF CT/CTS
Chambersburg, Pa., Oct. 16.
The Holstein-Friesian Breeders' As
sociation has opened negotiations
with the Franklin County Farm Bu
reau in an effort to form a calf club
started in the county. In addition
to this the propriety of holding a
public sale of registered Holstein
bulls is being considered to be held
next March. This will be the first
sale of its kind in the State.
JONES MEDICAL CORPS
Gettysburg, Pa., Oct. 16.—Francis
Hemler has enlisted in the United
States Medical Corps and has kone
to Carlisle, where he will undergo
an examination for entrance into the
service.
PASTOR REAPPOINTED
New Cumberland. Pa., Oct. 16.
The Rev. A. R. Ayres, pastor of
Trinity United Brethren church, who
was reappointed by the Pennsylvania
Conference, will occupy his pulpit
on Sunday at 10.30 and 7.30.
M'MEEN'S PRISON
DOORS OPENED
State Board of Pardons Will
Recommend Release of
Juniata County Man
William Josiah McMeen, whose
conviction for wife murder at Mif
flintown in 1886 is one of the famous
cases of the Juniata valley and who
has served a longer period in prison
in Pennsylvania than any man or ;
woman, was last night recommended |
to be freed after serving almost j
34 years. The recommendation was !
made by the State Board of Par- !
dons after a hearing In which mem- j
hers of the board denounced news- ,
paper articles threatening burning !
In efflgy and one of McMeen's close ,
friends and a- signer of a pettion for j
his paction in 1909, appearing in his j
capacity as district attorney to pro- !
test on behalf of the community.
The record of the case is un
paralleled In the State Capitol. Me- i
Meen was convicted after a sensa- j
tionul trial. Because of doubts the j
board commuted his sentence. Twen- j
ty-thrce years after he had been in |
prison an application for pardon was ;
••efused and again refused in 1914. I
To-day it was renewed under cir- !
cumstanees which caused comment j
and in the course of which State of- I
flcials said that they would not be ;
moved by clamor or threats.
The board refused to grant com- j
mutation of the death sentence of.|
William Evans, convicted of a mur- ,
der at Steelton and sentenced to die j
In the week of October 27.
Action on cases was as follows:
Recommended—-Joseph Christman,
Allegheny, assault and battery; Wil- j
liam Josiah McMeen, Juniata, first |
degree murder, commuted; J. H. j
Davenport, Bradford, larceny; Joseph
Dackowski, Bucks, arson; Joshua
Bell, York, assault; William S. ,
Grier, Philadelphia, forgery, embcz- i
zlement, etc.
Refused—William Evans, Dau- j
phin, murder; Louis Beck, Alle- j
gheny, larceny; Earl Burns, Ve- j
nango, burglary, rape; Lloyd Deg- j
ler, Berks, larceny, and using auto 1
without consent of owner; Chris
Yeager, assault and rape; C. i
C. Wire, York, felonious entry; Ed- '
ward Locker, Washington, man- j
slaughter; Noah Clevenger, Indiana, !
incest; Louts Serody, Philadelphia, I
larceny: John L. Irvin, Philadelphia,
larceny; Gustine Burns. Philadel- i
phia, manslaughter; Daniel Mcßridc, |
Jr., Philadelphia, pandering; Chic |
Barski, Westmoreland, robbery. |
Held Under Ad\ isement Lewis
Page, Fayette, murder; Patsy Af
fiito, Bradford, arson; Joe Palumbo
and Ralph Palumbo, Schuylkill,
manslaughter.
Rehearings Refused—Harry Har
ris, Philadelphia, assault with intent
to kill; Hezekiah Strothers, Philadel
phia, sorond degree murder; Felix
Storti, Philadelphia, second degree
murder; Humphrey Dnnohue, Phlla- j
delphia, assault and battery.
Other cases were either continued '
or withdrawn.
PERHAPS
Perhaps d'Annunzio regards his
seizure of Fiume as an act of poetic
license.—Boston Globe.
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By MADAME MARBB
DIMPLES * G.
Tour complexion is
not merely in the
. very outer skin. It
is deeper than that.
It is in the part of
the skin immedinjelv
underneath the outer
layer. Complexion
■ creams which merely
affect the outer layer are as a rule
very ineffectual. A method gaining'
wide use because of its tremendous
success lies in the use of zintone, a
powder which Is simply mixed at
home with a little glycerine and dis
solved in water. This makes an ex
quisite cream. The zintone can be
secured at any drugstore in one
ounce packages for SO cents. This is
also a very economical method. By
liberal use of this article, a tremen
dous difference in the complexion is
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pearance of muddiness, sallowness,
red spots, freckles and other blem
ishes.
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gone in a few moments Continue
this method every few days.
MRS. C. A. —By all m .ins you
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of ruetone. half a cup of sugar and
a half pint of water. Two table
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course, no one can promise sure re
sults in any one case, but this for
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HAHIUSBTJIIO TELEGItAPH
May Carry Fight
For Free Speech
Into the Courts'
By Associated Press
Pittsburgh, Oct. It.-—The fight j
for free speech end freo assemblage j
which the steel strikers claim has
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been denied them In the Pittsburgh
district, will probably be carried to
the courts, according to an an-
I nouncenient made at the national
] headquarters of the unions Involved
j In the strike.
i W. B. Rubin, counsel for the etrlk
| crs' national committee, to-day no-
I titled Mayor E. V. Babcock, of
• Pittsburgh! Bherlff William Had
dock, of Allegheny county, and all
the burgesses In the steel towns In
the vicinity, that the union organ
isers will make a test case of the
alleged rulings of the public ofllciuls
In denying the strikers the right to '
hold meetings.
MEMORTAI, PARK ADDITION
The Suburb Unparalleled.—Adv.
OCTOBER 16, 1919.
UOMPEKS IMI'UOVES
Washington, Oct. 16.—Samuel
Compere, president of the American
Federation of Labor, confined to his
bed at his home here In a state of
•temporary nervous exhaustion, was
reported last night to be feeling
much better. His physician stated
that the labor lender's condition
was, not serious.
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