News of Persons
SNOW SHOE
Lee Smith of Milesburg, spent Sun-
day with his brother Frank at this
place. tid |
M. D. Kelly transacted business m1
Philadelphia last week.
Wm. Shope has resigned his posi-
tion as chief clerk at the Mountain
. City hotel, to accept a more lucrative
one with the Bon Ton Supply Com-
pany.
Miss Elva McGowan Sundayed with
her friends at Moshannon. ©
Miss Ethel McKearnan spent a few
days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J.
P. Irwin.
E. N. Irwin of Boyer, W. Va., and
brother Paul of Watsontown, were
called home last week on account of
the serious illness of their sister.
Chas. Schultz of Williamsport, was
a business caller in our town.
W. F. Richards and wife of Will
iamsport, spent several days at the
home of Geo. Fravel last week.
Miss Tipton of Tyrone, visited Miss
Maria Confer last week.
Gideon Beightre of Fountain, while
attending a sale at State College was
suddenly stricken with paralysis and |
was brought to his home last week in
a very serious condition.
Clarence Swartz returned home last
week and expects to assist’ His father
in the blacksmith shop.
Thos. Budinger of State, and broth-
er Philip of Kiski, are home to spend
their Easter vacation. j
Norman Casher a student at Villa-
nova, Col., is spending his Easter va-
cation with his mother.
Jos. Reese of Rhoads, was in town
last week.
Mrs. Frank Loeb of Clearfield, spent
a few days last week at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Irwin.
H. W. Rabert attended the M. E.
‘conference at York.
W. M. Hoover transacted business
at Williamsport last week.
W. C. Baum of Dubois, transacted
business in Snow Shoe.
Edward Gleason of Moshannon,
was a pleasant caller in the Mountain
City. /
W. C. Snyder transacted business in
Blue Ball one day of this week.
Rev. R. F. Ruch of the Methodist
church, has been returned to this ap-
pointment for another year.
Austin Shope who has been suffer-
ing with a severe attack of pneumonia
for the past few weeks, was removed
to the L. H. hospital.
Miss Helen Irwin of Wayne, was
‘called home on account of the iliness
of her sister Gussie.
Miss Gussie Irwin has been serious-
ly ill for the past few weeks. Many
friends join in wishing her a speedy
recovery.
Curtis the meat man, was in town
this week. i
MOSHANNON
Chas. McGowan was a Clearfield vis-
itor this week.
James and William Lucas took in
the Johnson sale at Hoover Settle-
ment, on Wednesday last.
Mrs. Roy Spangle of Blandburg,
spent a few days of this week at the
home of her father, Hugh Ward.
Clarence Weaver of Viaduct, was in
Moshannon between trains one day oi
this week.
Brady Beightol and family were re-
cent visitors with friends on the Coop-
erside.
H. L. Borger and daughter Alice,
and Roll Borger and wife, attended
the Johnson sale at Hoover Settle-
ment, on last Wednesday. >
Mrs. Arnold Poorman, popularly
known as “Cricket,” of Viaduct, was a
recent visitor in our town, looking aft-
er some of the fair damsels.
Clarence Lucas proprietor of the
Times, made a business trip to Kar-
thaus, Keating and Lock Haven, dur-
ing the week. ;
Clinton Cramer was laid up for a
day or two of this week, with neural-
gia.
John Corde!l of Patton, was a guest
over Sunday at the home of Mrs. John
Leeder.
Chester Beightol and Richard Vied-
dorfer of Pine Glen, were recent busi-
ness visitors in Moshannon.
‘Miss Rhoda Weaver, teacher of the
primary school, made a trip to Lock
Haven on Saturday.
Miss Clementine Cramer attended
the Epworth league social at the home
of her sister, Mrs. H. G. Hoover at
Pine Glen, on Friday evening.
s Mr. Israel Hoover's brother of Pen-
field, visited him at this place, a day
or so of this week.
Miss Laura Williams a student of
the Lock Haven C. S. N. S., was home
during the Easter vacation.
PINE GLEN.
Oscar Mulhollan of Woodland, who
has been spending a few days under
the parental roof at this place, depart-
ed on Saturday.
Chester. Berghtol and Harry Beates
attended Johnson's sale at Cooper on
Wednesday. Mr. Beates purchased
a fine young horse near Cooper, ine
same day.
George Conoway came home from
Winburne on Wednesday.
on Thursday. That means farming.
Work is progressing nicely on the
new public building. When complet-
ed the building will be a credit to the
lace.
William Watson is having his store
room raised and a new foundation
placed under it. Increase of business
necessitates improvements.
Jacob Collar while working in mine
No. 5, was severaly injured by a fall
of rock. He has been confined to his
bed since. We hope for his speedy
recovery.
Jack Loy and family have been
spending the week with his parents at
this place.
The Pine Glen school will give an
entgrtainment on Friday evening,
April 1.
The Epworth league met at H. G.
Hoover’s home on Friday evening for
a business and social session.
Clementine Cramer of Moshannon,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Hoover, at
this place.
News From, Quio Neighbors
Mrs. Hugh Boyle and daughter were
visitors at her grandparents, Geo. B.
Johnston and wife.
Mr. J. B. Mayes of Lemont, spent
Sunday with his son, J. W. Mayes.
Mr. Fred Leathers and sister Lucy,
are visiting at Northumberland.
Mr. John Yearick had sale on Friday
and is about to leave for his new
home in Greensburg.
C. C. Lucas one of our merchants,
made a trip to Williamsport and Sun-
bury this week.
We are glad to see Mr. Harvey
Mann on the street once more, after
such a protracted illness. Hope he
will continue to improve.
Mrs. George Williams is spending
the week in Pittsburg.
Mrs. Lester Bowes is convalescing
after a rather serious illness.
Some of our out-of-town students
have returned for their Easter vaca-
tion. :
A Miss Burley of Williamsport and
worker for the W. C. T. U,, gave an
interesting talk to the ladies of our
town.
Mr. John P. Harris of Bellefonte,
transacted business in our town one
day of this week.
Ward Thompson has come home
from Renova and is making prepara-
tions to move his family, for which we
are sorry.
Harry Wolfe of Pitcairn, is visiting
his grandmother and aunt of this
place. ‘
Many movings are in order this
week.
FINDS VALUABLE SERUM
Rockefeller Institute Physician Dis-
covers Cure for Spinal
Meningitis. ind
New York—Dr. Simon Flexner of
the Rockefeller institute, who has been
laboring for years te find an antidote
for spinal meningitis, has at last suc-
cepded in perfecting a serum, that in
early stages of the disease is as ef-
fective as the antitoxin which has
swept the fear of death from diph-
theria.
This was learned when medical men
all over the city were discussing the
statement made secretly to a private
gathering of physicians by Dr. Fler-
ner this week, that after recent ex-
periments in New York hospitals it
had been conclusively proved that the
new serum was an almost certain
cure of the disease.
It is stated that out of 123 cases
of thé ailment treated with the serum
before the third day of advancement
of the disease 107 recovered. This
gives a mortality of 16.5 per cent,
where formerly the percentage of
deaths was from 75 to 80 per cent.
Found Guilty of Embezzling.
Lorain, O.—Loring J. Smith, former
manager and secretary of the Ohio
Milling and Elevator Companf, was
found guilty of embezzling the com-:
pany’s funds. His shortage is alleg-
ed to be over $12,000. Smith was at
one time treasurer of the Marion Ball
club in the Ohio-Pennsylvania league.
Samuel Hoover bought a fine team
‘were Oscar
PENNSYLVANIA
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Interesting Items from All Sections of
the Keystone State.
FARM RUINED BY COAL CO.
Berkey Sues for $15,000 for Damage
Barn and Sugar Grove.
Somerset—Before Judge Francis J. |
Kooser the $15,000 damage suit of
Henry A. Berkey against the Berwind-
‘White Coal Company was heard here.
Berkey, a Paint township farmer, sold
his coal when Windber was founded
by the Berwind-White. concern. He
alleges the B vein has been removed
carelessly by the defendant.
It is asserted that no pillars were
left to support the surface, resulting
in depressions of his fields; that his
barn, sugar grove and water supply
have been damaged and that he had
to abandon his dairy. Berkey claims
the coal company should have provid:
ed artificial support for the surface
after removing the pillars.
His case is the first of a series to
be heard in court. He alleges 67
acres of land have developed huge
cracks and holes while the rest of
his farm is resting on wooden props
which soon will decay. The jury
returned from an inspection of the
farm.
DRUGGISTS FOUND GUILTY
With Two Other Dispensers of Intox-
icants He Is Sentenced—Four
Await Trials.
Washington—Three men in court
pleaded guilty to a charge of violating
the liquor laws. Each was sentenced
by Judge J. F. Taylor to pay the costs,
a fine of $500 and to spend three
months in the county jail.
One was Robert G. Doyle, proprie-
tor of the People pharmacy in Wash-
ington. With several other drug-
gists, Doyle was indicted by the last
grand jury. Three Washington drusg-
gists already are serving time in the
county jail, while four more are
awaiting trial.
The two others who pleaded guilty
Dempsey and Walter
Brown, arrested at Marianna last Sat-
urday. Dempster, a negro, is a broth-
er of Elmer Dempster, who was hang-
ed here three years ago, for the mur-
der of a family near Canonsburg.
TREASURER MUST PAY
FOR BANK'S SHORTAGE.
Gilpin Township Wins Suit Against
Official, Whose Depositcry
Failed.
Leachburg—A verdict of $1,368.68
‘was returned by the jury in a suit
brought by the supervisors of Gilpin
township against the township’s treas-
urer. The amount is the full claim
against him and represents money lost
through the failure of the Leechburg
Banking Company, with which the
funds were deposited.
The treasurer along with the other
creditors received dividends for about
78 per cent of their claims, and he
asked that these dividends be taken in
full payment for the account. The
township contended that the failure
of the bank did not excuse the treas-
urer from his liability.
Y. M. C. A. CELEBRATES
Butler Organization Will Erect New
$100,000 Home.
Butler—The Butler Y. M. C. A,, with
a membership of 500 and owning prop-
erty valued at 50,000, celebrated its
twenty-fourth anniversary March 20th.
The anniversary address was deliver-
ed at the First Presbyterian church
in the afternoon by Acting State Sec-
retary J. B. Carruthers of Harrisburg,
who was one of the first secretaries
of the local association. .
The large building, erected 16 years
ago, is inadequate, and a movement
has been started to erect a $100,000
home.
GIRL IS FATALLY SHOT
Alleged Rejected Admirer Fires From
Window of Home.
Lewistown — William Sharder shot
and instantly killed Bertha Singley,
aged 26, of Derry township.
The girl, with a female companion,
was riding and stopped for a drink of
water, where Shrader boarded. The
latter fired from an upstairs window,
and the girl fell dead from her horse.
Shrader fled but was later captured
by the girl’s brother and taken to jail.
It is said the cause of the shooting
was the refusal of the girl to receive
Shrader’s attentions.
Wanders to Her ‘Death,
Butler—Miss Caroline Peffer, 79
years old, died near Middle Lancaster
as the result of exposure.
fer was seized with delirium at night,
stole out of the house and wandered
through fields. She swooned and
lay in a stupor for several hours be-
fore members of the family found her.
Pneumonia developed. One brother,
William Peffer, with Whom she lived,
survives.
Coal Plant Damaged $100,000.
Wilkes-Barre—The Mineral ‘Springs
coal breaker and all its machinery at
Parsons, near here, was destroyed
completely by fire. It was a mas-
sive structure owned and operated by
the Lehigh Valley Coal Company. The
loss is estimated at $100,000. Several
hundred men and boys are out of em-
ployment. The origin is not known.
Miss Pef-
TRAINS CRASH AND
CARS ARE BURNED
Wheeling Division of Baltimore & Ohlc
Is Blocked All Day by
Freight Wreck.
Washington—A Baltimore & Ohio
freight train ran into the rear end of
another three miles from Claysville,
derailing an engine and wrecking
three cars and a caboose,
caught fire and were consumed.
The first train was traveling slowly
up a heavy grade with one engine.
The rear train, with two engines, in
descending a grade a mile behind,
gained great momentum to climb the
other grade, and when the engines
began to ascend the hill the first train
was seen around a curve too late to
avoid a wreck. Crews of the double-
header and of the caboose jumped and
escaped injury.
CHURCH OFFICIALS SUED
George Fechtig of Somerset Charges
Law Is Not Obeyed.
Somerset—Judge F. J. Kooser heard
mandamus proceedings instituted by
George W. Fechtig against the Well-
ersburg Lutheran and Reformed
church to compel the election of trus-
tees and a treasurer annually.
The two congregations were incor-
porated as one in 1840. A provision
of the charter of consolidation was
that church officers should be elected
yearly. Two trustees were to be
chosen by the Reformed element, two
by the Lutherans and a treasurer on
joint ballot.
Fechtig alleges there have been no
annual elections, new trustees and
treasurers having been selected only
irregularly in case of resignation or
death.
BIG COAL DEAL PLANNED
Total of 17,000 Acres of Westmore-
land Is Optioned.
New Kensington—A big coal deal is
pending in northwestern Westmore-
land county where options on 17,000
acres bordering on both the Allegheny
and Kiskiminetas . rivers have been
taken by a syndicate of Philadelphia
financiers making tests. and preparing
to begin operations in earnest.
P. Y. Hyte and others leased about
2,000 acres of this coal 30 years ago,
but business depression caused them
to give up their lease, and this is in-
cluded in the #ract now under option.
The coal is principally of the Freeport
vein. The property is said to be op-
tioned at $50 an acre.
VETERAN EDITOR DEAD
Gecrge T. Swank of Johnstown Tri-
bune Passes Away.
Johnstown — George Thompson
Swank, aged 73, for nearly a half cen-
tury editor of the Johnstown Tribune,
died at his home here. He was one
of the active Abolition editors before
the civil war and served with distinc-
tion 3 that war, resuming newspaper
work later.
Mr. Swank, who was a personal
friend of Horace Greeley, was a broth-
er of James M. Swank, secretary of
the American Iron Steel Associa-
tion. He was a forceful and fearless
writer.
Wireless Sends First Messages.
Altoona—The wireless telegraph
station recently opened by the Penn-
sylvania Railroad Company at the
grounds of the Altoona Cricket club
succeeded in establishing communica-
tion for fhe first time with the outside
world. It sent and received wireless
messages with several stations locat-
ed along the Atlantic coast.
Negro Shot in Shanty.
Johnstown—Tom Dorsey, a Virginia
negro employed by a contractor sink-
ing the new slope for the Sonman
Shaft Coal Company, is alleged to have
shot and instantly killed his negro
friend, Charles Waddy, in their shan-
ty at Sonman, He escaped to the
mountains and officers are on his trail.
Both men had been drinking.
Murderer Chapler ta Be Hanged.
Joseph Chapler, convicted of first
degree murder for killing Albert Deer-
ing at Shoemaker’s mines last May
16, was sentenced at Ebensburg by
Judge Francis- J. O'Connor to be
hanged on a date to be fixed by the
governor. Chapler declared he acted
in self-defense.
Second Poison Victim Buried.
Grove City—The funeral of Ray-
mond Cleeland, who died from what
local physicians say was ptomaine poi-
soning, was held in Ivy chapel, Grove
City college. The body was buried
in Woodland cemetery beside that of
his classmate, Frank Shumaker, who
died last Thursday from the same
mysterious malady. All the students
attended the funeral and marched to
the cemetery in a body.
Aged Presbyterian Divine Dead.
Harrisburg — The ‘Rev. John H.
Groff, aged 67, a prominent Presbyter-
ian minister of Central Pennsylvania,
died on the 22d. Dr. Groff was a
native of Lancaster county and held
geveral charges here and in Middle-
town. He was for a time an officer of
the Carlisle presbytery.
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BE THE JUDGE
IF it decides you need
a new suit, let it be
made by the Inter-
national.
We are local headquarters
for the great tailoring con-
cern and will be pleased to
show their beautiful styles
and all wool fabrics and
take your measure carefully.
When the suit is delivered
let the mirror judge again.
It will give you but one
answer — Your clothes are
perfect. |
Order Your Spring Suit Now
J. T. LUCAS
Moshannon, Pa.
H. S. Cramer
BARBER
and Shampeoing Shop
Onery Day and Evening.
Moshannon - Pa.
A. A. Groe
Fancy
and
Staple
Groceries
GOODS DELIVERED PROMPTLY
MOSHANNON, PA.
SIX MEN DROWNED
Tug Founders Off Vancouver in High
Sea.
Vancouver, B. C.—The tug Arthur
B., from Tacoma to Vancouver, found-
ered off Frazer river lightship. Six
men were drowned. A stiff wester-
ly wind prevailed in the Gulf and off
the San Heads a big sea was running.
The lightkeeper in charge of the light-
ship of Frazer river saw the tug labor-
ing heavily and while he was watch-
ing she foundered and went down.
The tug was used in the cement and
plaster carrying trade between Puget
Sound and British Columbia ports.
NO FIREMEN’S STRIKE
Agreement Providing for Settlement
of All Points in Dispute Is Signed.
Chicago—All danger of a strike of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire-
men and Enginemen on 49 western
roads is past.
An agreement providing for settle-
ment of all the points in dispute was
signed by the firemen and railroad
managers after a series of conferences
last for eight hours. The man who is
responsible for this happy ending,
Labor Commissioner Charles P. Neill,
left Chicago for Washington, utterly
worn out.
County option reduced Ohio saloons
1,001 last year, according to Auditor
of State BE. M. Fullington. The loss
was in the first half year. In the last
six months there was a gain of 33,
due largely to the activity of inspec-
tors in listing speak easies in “dry”
territory. Total liquor tax paid was
$6,794,637.13, a loss of $833,084. The
state’s share was $2,041,689.06, a loss
of 3248.000.
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