“will be held on April 16, 17,and SNO A PAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SNOW SHOE AND SNOW SHOE TOWNSHIP. ' ; VOL. I. i re MOSHANNON AND SNOW SHOE, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1910 NO. 6. LOCAL NEWS Snow Shoe and Vicinity. For Sale—A fine young draft horse by R. F. Ruch. A P. R. R. special passed through here this week en route to Gillen- town. The young ladies of Snow Shoe High school” held a “Box Social” on last Saturday evening, which proved quite a success and a good time enjoyed by all present. T. B. Budinger’s new dwelling hous? on Fourth street, is nearing comple: tion. Ground was broken for the new McGoarty home on Sycamore street. A meeting of the “Bean Eaters As- sociation” was held at the park on last Wednesday evening. The pur- pose of the meeting was to elect of- ficers for the ensuing year. The fol- lowing officers were elected: Presi- dent, L. J. Shank; vice president Elick Drocker, secretary John Burns; treas- urer ira Whiteman and general util ity man Roland Shope. The first cel- ebration will be held on Friday even- ing, April 15, at Houser’s park. _All are cordially invited to join in the opening celebration. : FOR SALE. For sale at a bargain, one covered delivery wagon in first-class condition. Also One Leonard cleanable refrigerator, will be sold cheap. Inquire of C. C. Lucas, Howard, Pa. Commencement Exercises. The first annual commencement ex- . ercises of the Snow Shoe High school Ep the Park pavilion. On Saturday | evening a pleasing entertainment wil! be given, at which time Miss Lulw Stover of Mill Hall, an elocutionist and impersonator, will be chief entertain- er. The entertainment will be in- terspersed with vocal and instrument- al music. On Sunday evening the baccalaureate sermon will be delivered by Rev. R. F. Ruch, in the Methodist church. On Monday evening, the com- mencement program will © be executed in the Park pavilion. A fine program has been arranged, and much interest is anticipated. All are cordially invited to these exercises, whose presence will greatly encourage the instructors and graduates. Entertainments. The Star school, taught by Mizs Nelle Kerin, closed on Friday after- noon with a very interesting enter- tainment. Many patrons and friends of the school were present and enjoy- ed the extensive program which con- sisted of songs, recitations and dia- logues interspersed with gramophone music. Much commendation is due teachers and pupils as it required no little work on their part to render such a program. The schools here closed on Wednes- day after a very successful term. The instruction of the rising generation re- ceived especial attention under the ef- ficient direction of the teachers, who are greatly interested in school work, and an unusual interest was manifest- ed by the pupils, as well. Those who tock the eighth grade ‘examination are Helen McGowan, Arthur Kerin and Francis Tuberty, and the little folks who were promoted from the primary school to the grammar room, are: Flo Schnars, Lovena Lucas, Clara McGowan, Margaret Fye, Grace Fye and Milford Fye. Plant Is Wrecked by an Explosion. New Castle, Ind.—The plant of the Pan-American Bridge Company was wrecked by an explosion inside the plant. The police are investigating. There has been no labor trouble at the plant for months. Three-cent street railway fares on the Cleveland Traction system have not only proved a paying venture, but, after a month’s operation, promise tq give a handsome surplus to the rail way company. g aE PANIC FOLLOWS PAPLLSION OW STEAMER Wild Scenes —— Among Nine ‘Hun- dred Passengers on Ship. FIRE ADDS TO HORROR Men Right With Women in Mad Rush for Life Boats—One Child Loses Its Life. Dover, England—A terrific explosion occurred on the morning of April 7 on the British steamer Cairnrona off Gungeness, which wrecked the wom: en’s quarters, killing one child and in- juring a number of women and chil dren. The steamer caught fire and a panic ensued in which men fought for the possession of the boats and had to be beaten back by the crew to allow the women to be taken off first. In all 20 were seriously injured and not less than 50 were slightly injured by the explosion and in the panic that follow- ed it. The Cairnrona sailed from London for Portland, Me. She carried 900 pas- [sengers, for the most part emigrants and a general cargo. By great good luck the steamers Upland and Kana- wha were close at hand when the Cairnrona caught fire. They stood by and took off several hundred passen- gers and landed them here. Little One Is Killed. ~ Several of the first-class passengers and American cattlemen gave thrilling details of the accident. A number of women with children in their arms were sitting on.a hatch when suddenly a violent explosion hurled them to all parts of the deck. Some of them were shockingly injured and one child was tilled, The hatch was blown to frag- | the most important cases. SPANISH WAR CLAIMS CUT Cammission Finishes. Its Work and Makes Awards of Over $1,000,000. Washington, D. C.—The work of the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission, which body for more than nine years has been engaged in adjudicating the claims of American citizens growing out of the Spanish War, is now about completed. All the cases have: been disposed of and the commissioners are now engaged in preparing their final report and writing qpinions in The ex- tent of their work is shown by the fact that the claims filed before the commission aggregated .$61,612,077.78 and the awards amounted to $1,330, 877.74. : The treaty hetween the United States and Spain, dated December 10, 1898, or sometimes called the Treaty of Paris, provided that Spain should relinquish all claims of sovereignty over the title of Cuba, and ceded to the United States the Island of Puer- to Rico and other islands under Span: ish sovereignty in the West Indies, and the Island of Guam. Spain also ceded to the United States the Philip pine Islands for a consideration of $20,000,000. In article seven of the treaty the United States and Spain mutually relinquished all claims for indemnity, national and individual, of every kind, of their government or of its citizens or subjects, against the other government of the late insur- rection in Cuba and prior to the ex- vhange of ratifications of the present. treaty, including all claims for indem- nity for the cost of the war. The United States agreed to adjudicate and settle the claims of its citizens against Spain, reliquished in this ar ticle. Created a Commission. In accordance with the terms of the treaty Congress in 1901 passed an act’ creating the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission, defining its powers. Pres- ident McKinley accordingly, in March, 1901, appointed the following as mem- i | bers of the commission: iii grants, mostly Russians, running up and down, screaming and wringing their hands, Their terror was increas- ed by the smoke which poured from the burning hold. The captain and of- ‘ficers made ineffectual efforts to calm them, and then signals of distress were sent up. In the meantime anoth- er explosion occurred in the engine room, injuring several of the engi- neers. The Kanawha and Upland steamed up quickly, and the captain decided to transfer all the passengers. This was accompanied by scandalous scenes, Scores of men tried to rush the boats and many of them fought with the women, tearing and dragging them aside and even trampling them under foot. The crew battled valiantly against the panicstricken emigrants, using fists and feet and any weapon they could find. Not a few of the frantic mob of men were felled to the deck before the hysterical, fainting women and children could be gotten into the boats. In the stempede four persons fell or were pushed into the sea and were rescued with difficulty! Royalty Goes ta Aid. The Kanawha and Upland reached Dover with the rescued passengers late in the afternoon and the scenes at the landing were piteous. Exhaust- ed by cold and exposure, many of them half famished and others suf- fering from “injuries, they were brought ashore and supplied with food, clothing and medical attendance. Ad- miral Prince Louis of Battenburg and the princess with the British naval of- ficers, lending assistance. The naval surgeons attended the wounded, many of whom were removed in ambulances to the hospital. The prince and prin- cess of Battenburg had been giving a dinner party, but they broke it up and came ashore with their guests to attend to the wants of the refugees. Cannot Avoid Crowds. Genoa—The sentimental pilgrimage of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and his wife, on which it had been the inten. tion of the couple to retrace by easy stages their honeymoon trip from Spezia to Genoa, ended abruptly here, 24 hours ahead of the schedule that had been planned, to avoid the con stantly increasing demonstrations Colonel Roosevelt and his wife were encountering along the road. The people and press of Genoa have mani fested the most intense interest in the movements of Colonel Roosevelt. / 39 More Bodies Taken Out. (ferry, Il, — (Thirty-nine more bodies of miners were taken out of the Bt. Paul Coal mines, where they had been Sgubed since the disaster ol November 13. It is believed fifty more bodies will be recovered within a few days. 28 ILLS Fade is ata rome A terrible panic ensued, the emi- William E. Chandler, of New Hamp- shire; G. J. Diekema, of Michigan; J. P. Wood, of Ohio; W. A. Maury, of the District of Columbia, and W. L. Chambers, of Alabama. In 1907 G. J. Dickema was elected to Congress and resigned his place as commission- er. In May Harry K. Daugherty ot Mercer county, Pennsylvania, was ap- pointed as his successor. ROOSEVELT CRITICIZED Maximilian Harden Makes Vitriolic Onslaught on Colonel Rocse- velt's European Trip. Berlin—Under the title of “Theodore the Great,” Maximilian Harden in the Zukunft makes an “onslaught” jon Colonel Roosevelt, who, he says has made more noise than the whole 25 Presidents of the United States who preceded him put together. - Yet ac- cording to Harden, he has never achieved anything except to plunge his country into a crisis, from the conse- guences of which it has not as yet re- tovere Germany, Harden says, has not rea- son to fete this captain of the Rough Riders, as a hero or a trusty friend on sccount of some trivial attentions, be cause it is he who humiliated Germany by causing the kaiser to accept the French proposals for the policing of Morocco. Roosevelt, says Harden, is making a tour of bluff through Europe. TO TRY BALLINGER Seattle Bar Association to Take Up Old Charges. Seattle, Wash.—A special meeting of the Seattle Bar Association has been called for next week, to take ‘action on the charges of unprofes- sional conduct made against Richard A. Ballinger, a member of the associa: tion, by Collier's Weekly. A bar committee investigated the charges six years ago and exonerated Mr. Ballinger. ‘Glass Trust Indicted, Pittsburg—Charging that the Impe rial Window Glass Company, said tc control practically the ‘entire hand blown output throughout the United States, is an illegal combination and operating in restraint of trade, a spe cial grand jury brought in indictments against the concern and its officers on three separate counts. Colorado Operators Will Fight. Denver, Ccl.—Coal mine operators of the northern Colorado coal fields decided to make their mines ‘open shops’ and- refused to grant the de- mands of the United Mine Workers of America for an advance of 5.5 per cent. 4 taken. Ty re ney Ti aeaena dl a Gui ? » The five masked men “appeared in HIGHT BATTLE WITH BOLO BANK ROBBERS Trio of Brigands Wounded in Conflict After They Blow Open a Safe at Coal City, Iliinois. TWO DESPERADOES ESCAPE Bandits Hold Up Thirty Citizens at Lane, S. D., and Continue Wark to Rob a Bank. Chicago—Five masked men, after binding the night marshal and the pumping station engineer, blew open the safe of the Bank of Coal City, Ill, wrecked the building and escaped with more than $5,000 im money and stamps. freight train. A telephone alarm was sent along the Santa Fe Railroad and at the next station, Mazon, Ill., the night marshal, a dentist, Dr. D. E. Watts, and a con- stable, aroused by ‘the call, fought a pitched battle with the bandits. The dentist with his shotgun wounded three. = The three Wounded bandits were captured by Sheriff Steele of Grundy county, and a posse at Marengo after 1 thrilling chase in automobiles. The wounded bandits were in a baggage car. Two were shot in the legs and one in the head. { The other two robbers with the money escaped at Mazon. Posses were immediately formed and a hunt began for the two missing robbers, The postoffice officials in chicago also were notified and they sent heavily armed inspectors by the first train to join in the hunt, as $2,100 in stamps, which had been de posited by the poRtmasten had been mite coal City, which is 20 miles southeast 3f Joilet, early in the morning. They waited in the shadow of the Santa Fe Station until Night Marshall Getto ap- peared on his hourly rounds. They pounced on his, bound and gagged him ind threw him into the waiting room f the station. -Following the. pro- cedure adopted by the other bandits n recent Illinois bank robberies they vent to the town pumping station and bound the engineer, Washington Frye. Chey then tock tools from the station with which to pry open the bank loors. In a few minutes the entire town was aroused by an explosion. Towns- men running to the bank found the front and rear of the building blown out and furniture scattered for more than 100 feet. ae safe was cracked and overturn- Among the first to arrive was E. D. Scott, owner of the bank, who said that he had left $3,000 in cash in the safe when he closed at night. Mitchell, S. D.—After vainly blast- ing at the vault door of the Citizens State Bank of Lane, near here, three times, meanwhile holding up 30 arous- ed citizens, four masked desperadoes stole the rig and horse of a Methodist minister nearby and eluded all pur- suers. The first blast, about 2:30 a. m,, awakened guests of the Lane Hotel, who appgared in night robes on the dimly lighted streets to face the level ed rifle muzzles of the entire gang of raiders. The guests scurried back into the hotel, aroused the rest of its sleeping inmates and the balance of the small town by telephone. The desperadoes boldly continued their work for about an hour, blowing two more blasts. Failing in this and evidently running out of explosives, they vanished and made their way in the rig toward Virgil, where they are believed to have boarded a train. Seventeen Slain in Raid on Bank. Tiflis, Transcaucasia.—Thirty rob bers attacked the treasury at Kizliar, a town of Ciscaucasia, a few days ago The military guard made a brave de fense, and 17 were killed in the con flict, including five soldiers, a non commissioned officer, the cashier and bookkeeper of the institution and sew eral natives. P. & L. E. Increases Wages. Announcement was made by officials f the Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad that the wages of all employes receiv- ing less than $200 per month would be mcreased about 6 per cent. crease was made in accordance with similar increases on other New York Central Limes, and affects about 5,000 nen. a ‘The robbers fled on a passing } The in- LOCAL NEWS Moshannon and Vicinity. OT —— Miss Edith Lucas was a visitor this week. Paul McGowan of Vilas, visited his parents at this place during the week. Wm. B. Rankin the ‘popular insur- ance man of Bellefonte, was a busi- ness visitor to our town recently. Edward Tubridy, James Weaver, Martha Kerin and Laura Williams ‘will represent our community at the Lock Haven Normal during this spring term. : Howard Cramer of Eagleville, and a former resident of this place, visited with friends here over Sunday. Mr. Cramer has lately recovered from a very serious illness, which almost cost Lim his life, and his friends are all glad to see him looking so well. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Thompson and Mrs. Wm. Vail of Snow Shoe, visited at the home of Jackson Watson at the Summit, on Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Susie Fisher of Germania, spent a day among friends at Munson, on Monday last. Mrs. William Watson of Pine Glen, was a Moshannon visitor on Tuesday. Mrs. Edward Beates of Pine Glen, visited her daughter, Mrs. Raymond Williamson, at this place, one day of the past week. Edward Tubridy of Summit, after a short vacation, returned to his studies at Lock Haven Normal, on Tuesday evening. .John Dieters of Curwensvilld, was a recent visitor at the home of George Solt, a few miles out from here. J. T. Lucas was to Winburne and Wallaceton on Friday last. Black and Thomas Brown took in the “Pie Social” on “the Cooperside” on Philipsburg last Wednesday evening and report a very sociable’ time. They nearnsd some new stunts in boxing, clog-danc- ing and music, which interested them very much, George Bowes of Pine Glen, passed through our village, en route to Clear- field on Saturday, to attend the funer- al of a departed friend. | NOTICE! Your subscription for The Times is wanted, and you surely want The Times. It is not possible to call on each individual personally, therefore, send your name direct to the publish- er. State clearly the length of time you wish your subscription to run, and write name and address very plainly. A Post Office Money Order is the most satisfactory way to remit. Other ways at your own risk. HAE NEAR: MOSHENNON A Great Disaster to an Old Couple Living Alone. ~ About seven o'clock Wednesday morning the beautiful home of Jacob Craft, about two miles north of Mo- shannon, was found to be on fire. There being no one present but Mr. Craft and his wife, both of whom are nearly eighty years of age, it was im- possible to prevent the flames from pursuing their work of devastation. Neighbors soon: gathered and saved nearly all their household goods ex- cept the contents of a couple of rooms upstairs and several bushel of pota- toes in the cellar. The fire entailed a loss approximating two thousand dollars. Mr. Craft carried no insur- ance, which makes it very bad for the old people. Such a misfortune to deepest munity. H. G. HOOVER. February earnings of the Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad amounted to $786,037, an increase of} $72,236. . ‘ such aged people should call forth thé sympathy of the whole com-
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers