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A PAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SNOW SHOE AND SNOW SHOE TOWNSHIP.
VOL. L
MOSHANNON AND SNOW SHOE, PA. WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1910.
NO. 10.
LOCAL NEWS
Snow Shoe and Vicinity.
L. C. Bullock has installed his new
lighting system in J. A. Kelly's bar-
ber shop and pool room.
Prof. B. J. Bowers has
opened a night school and many young
men, who are employed during the
day, are taking advantage of this op-
portunity.
Mr. F. L. Shope, our up-to-date paper-
hanger and plumber, departed for
Karthaus, where he has contracts for
putting in a water plant and several
bath rooms. : :
The new brick dwelling which is be-
ing erected by Chambers & Uzzell, on
Olive street, is being pushed along as
rapidly as the conditions will permit.
The wall is now completed and the
work on the upper structure will com-
mence immediately.
Your attention is called to the new
ad of A. F. Smith who is prepared to
do all kinds of picture framing. Here
now is a chance to have those pictures
framed that have been on ‘your hands
so long.
Last Sunday morning Messrs.
Thompson and Davidson, headed by
the old guide Edwin, started out on a
tramp to = village of Dix Run. They
expected to make the trip in about
three hours, but they all got lost, even
the old guide, and after wandering
around in the jungles for several
hours, and being nearly scared to
death by wild animals, they finally
found their way out of the wilderness.
The old guide was kept busy with his
long range air rifle, keeping the wild
beasts away. Bobby said he thought
once they were coming to a settle-
ment, for he heard a church bell and
they all started to run in that direc-
tion only to find that it was a cow
with a bell on, pasturing on the moun-
tain side. They arrived at their des-
tination at Sunset tired out and foot-
sore, but happy. Edwin says the
next time he goes to Dix Run it will
be with “Pop.”
A very important business change
took place this week when T. B. Bud- |
#nger purchased from the Clarence
Supply Company their full stock of
general merchandise at Clarence, and
will take charge of same on or about
‘May 15. The meat market owned
and operated by T. B. Budinger has
also been sold to Chambers and Uz-
zell, which will be operated in con-
nection with the one they already
have at Clarence.
Messrs, Shaw and Wilson have re-
ceived a pass from the State Highway
Commission which will enable them
to make more frequent trips to the
suburban town of Clarence.
Information has been made before
Squire Mussed of Bellefonte, against
Reuben and Ralph Etters for setting
fire to some valuable timberland in
Burnside township belonging to Kelly
and Redding of Snow Shoe. About
7060 or 800 acres were burned. They
will be given a hearing in the near
future.
Don’t forget the Times when any-
thing of public interest occurs in your
neighborhood. We want all the big
and little things.
CRAZED BY COMET
Farmer Anticipates End of World by
Repudiating Bills.
Massillon, O.—Driven insane by the
ear that the world will be destroyed
y Halley’s comet, Fred Bowers, 2a
rmer, is being held at the police sta-
ion here pending the arrival of an or-
i committing him to the State asy-
um.
Immediate cause of Bowers being
eld is his refusal to pay for large
uantities of merchandise which he
urchased. He declared that it was
1seless to pay for them, for in 15
ays the world would be consumed by
re. Bowers declares that he has a
mission from God to warn men of the
mpproaching end of the earth.
If a man w ho none
is a bachelor it’: 1}
recently
MINE EXPLOSION
COSTS MANY LIES
Forty-five Whites and 135 Negroes
Entombed in Alabama Mine.
FLAMES SHOT UP 200 FEET
Mail Carrier 30 Feet From the Slope
Thrown Into River and Killed—
McArdle’s Brother a Victim.
‘Birmingham, Ala.—Forty-five white
and 135 negro miners are entombed
in No. 3 coal mine at Palos, Ala., as
the result of an explosion.
lieved that all are dead. The mines
are-owned by the Pelos Coal and Coke
Company of Birmingham. Two bodies
were found. } ;
The flames from the explosion
shot up 200 feet into the air and the
shock was felt for miles. Stones were
hurled several hundred feet from the
mouth of the mine. Rocks from the
roof caved in and made access diffi:
cult. The fan machinery was damag:
ad, but air is pumped into the mine
in hopes that some of the men are
still alive.
~ Relief Crew Rushed to Scene.
Residents of Palos, which is 40
miles west of Birmingham, began at
mce to do what they could, but relief
work was mot started in earnest un-
lil a special train from Birmingham
reached Palos late in the day. This
special train carried State Mine In-
spector James Hillhouse, J. J. Rut-
ledge, government expert in charge of
the geological station at Knoxville,
Tenn., who was in the district inves-
| tigating the recent disaster at Mulga;
sight physicians and surgeons, four
indertakers and a number of special
helpers. The hospital relief commis-
sioner of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railroad Company was also taken.
This car contained helmets and all
other necessary paraphernalia for en-
tering gaseous mines.
The first rescuers who went into
the mine after the explosion were
overcome by fire damp and had to be
carried out. Mr. Rutledge was among
the first to enter. After working his
way 1,400 feet down the slope, he
found the second right entry caved in.
The two bodies recovered were in the
main slope.
Mail Carrier Blown Into River.
James Gousby, a mail carrier, was
caught by the explosion 30 feet from
the mouth of the slope and his body |
was hurled into the Warrior river. He |
was walking along the railroad track
and was directly in front of the mine’s
mouth when the explosion occurred.
[t was judged from this that the farce
of the explosion was such that none
of the men in the Interior could re-
main alive.
~ McArdie’s Brother Killed.
Fort Wayne, Ind.—President P. J.
McArdle of the Amalgamated Associa-
tion of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
now in convention received a telegram
stating that his brother had been kill-
ed in the mine explosion in Maton
He left for the south the same day.
THE REAL WHITE DEATH
Pneumonia Claims 1,596, Consumption
794 in February.
Harrisburg,” Pa.—Causes of death in
Pennsylvania during the month of
FonusT: as reported by the bureau
bf vital statistics of the state depart-
front of health, show pneumonia far
in the lead with tuberculosis much re:
duced. The total number of deaths
luring February from all causes was
10,079, distributed in part as follows:
Myphoid fever, 124; scarlet fever, 117;
Diphtheria, 178; measles, 168; tuber
culosis of the lungs, 794; tuberculosis
pf other organs, 116; pneumonia, 1,596;
suicide, 56; railway injuries, 113; all
other diseases, 4,350. The total num!
ber of births for February was 16,385:
Boy Firebug Confesses.
Dubuque, Ta.—Walter Smith, 24
rears old, confessed, according to the
police, to setting fire twice to the
Grand Opera House, during a perform:
ince. The police are trying to solve
‘he origin of the fires, which recently
festroyed the Bijou theater and part
»f the Standard Lumber Company
plant, causing $150,000 damage.
Would Stop Sale of Alcohcd.
Richmond, Va.—The American Phar-
Imaceutical Association placed itself on
record as advocating the abolition of
alcohol as a commodity of sale in all
American drug stores and earnestly
urged the elimination of all traffic in
what is termed habit-forming drugs,
as harmful to public morals and det-
rimental to the best interest of the
American people.
It is be- i
feo.
BIG FIGHT FOR LAND
State Begins Action to Escheat Hold:
ings of Harmonite Society.
The State of Pennsylvania, through
Attorney General M. Hampton Todd,
began quo warranto proceedings in
the Beaver county courts to escheat
the vast property and former holdings
of the now defunct Harmony society,
amounting to, it is believed by the at-
torneys and others interested in the
suit, at a minimum figure of $3,000,000,
with a possibility of going far beyond
that sum. This action is the first of
its kind brought by the state against
the Harmony society or any celibate
society. Its determination will set a
precedent for' similar actions should
Ens state be successful in recovering
he assets of the society, and should
[Pennsylvania win in the final action;
jwhich will probably : be before the
nited States Supreme Court, John Si
Duss, one of the parties defendant,
being a resident of Florida, it will af-
It
s estimated that more than $200,000, |
oy similar societies in all states.
00 is owned by these organizations.
The Commonwealth was represented
y Attorney General M. Hampton
odd, J. Frank Reed of Beaver, Henry
_ Siebeneck of Seymour, Patterson &
iebeneck, and Henry G. Wasson of
the Allegheny ‘bar. Messers. Reed
and Wasson presented the action be:
ore Judge Richard F. Holt of Beaver
county and the court signed the writ
Pn for and directed the sheriff of
eaver county to personally serve the
parties as defendants.
PRESIDENT AT ST. LOUIS
Defends His Choice of Justice: of
Supreme Court.
St. Louis—President Taft’s five-day.
trip to the Middle West ended Wed-
pesday and he left for Washington.
It remained for St. Louis to give
Mr. Taft the heartiest demonstration
of his present journey. The city was
gaily decorated and there were cheer-
ing throngs wherever the president
went. Several times his automobile
was stopped to receive bouquets of
flowers. These Mr. Taft later sent
to St. Luke’s hospital and the Home
for Incurables.
The apparent warmth of reception
seemed to affect the president, and
when, at the luncheon of the Business
Men's league, President Walker Hill
praised him amid deafening applause
for his appointments of Lurton and
Hughes to the Supreme Court bench,
Mr. Taft launched into a vigorous
speech, in which he paid his respects
to Bryan for his reported criticism of
Rovernor Hughes, and decried the
:ant of the demagogue” and the “dis-
position of public journals” to make
just charges against men in pyplid
life.
NINETY YEARS MARRIED
Colorado Husband Aged 110, His
Wife 107.
Florence, Col.—Census returns of
this place include a pair of remarka-
le schedules in the case of Francisco
| fisgor and his wife, Rafael, who allege
o be 110 and 107 years old, respec-
tively, and to have been married 90
years.
According to the information given |
by their granddaughter, Mrs. Julia
ontoye, with whom they live, Espor,
who is of French parentage, was born
in what is now New Mexico in 1800
and his wife was born in Taos, Mex,
in 1803. They were married in Santa
fle in 1820. One son, the survivor
of 10 children, still lives in New Mex-
He is 85 years of age.
$12,000,000 FOR WORKMEN
i
Steel Corporation Establishes Addi-
; ditional Fund for Pensions.
Chairman Elbert H. Gary of the
nited States Steel Corporation, an-
pounced in New York that the con-
ern had established a fund of $8,000,
00 for pension purposes which will be
onsolidated with the fund of $4,000,
00 set aside by Andrew Carnegie for
mployes of the Carnegie Steel Com-
any, the combined amount of $12,-
00,000 to be known as “The United
tates Steel and Carnegie Pension
Fund.” ;
WAGES INCREASED
Compromise on Cincinnati, Hamilton
& Dayton Railroad.
. Cincinnati—A new working agree
iment, calling for an increase in wages
and better working conditions, was
signed by the management of the Cin-
cinnati, Hamilton & Dayton railroad
pnd the members of the Brotherhood
of Railroad Firemen and Enginemen
employed on the road.
The agreement is a compromise
an the demands originally asked for
aud refused.
FALRDA BILL STRIKES
SMAGS IN CONGRESS
Senate Strikes Out § Out Section Which
Would Have Permitted Mergers.
drnn——
FINAL OUTCOME IS UNCERTAIN
Dismantling Process on Administra-
: tion Bill in Both Houses
of Congress.
: Washington—The dismantling of the
administration railroad bill proceeded
is both houses of congress Tuesday.
. Section 7—the traffic agreement
provision—was eliminated by ' both
senate and house; the senate struck
out also section 12, which would have
permitted any railroad owning 50 per
‘cent of another road to absorb it al-
together, The section prohibiting a
railroad to charge a higher rate for a
short than for a long haul was adopt-
od by the house is the form reported
by the committee on interstate com-
‘merce, but with an additional provi-
lsion for an investigation and report to
congress by the interstate commerce
lcommission of the facts relative to
the long and short haul question.
There is no section corresponding to
‘this in the bill as it is pending in the
senate; but an amendment offered by
Senator Heyburn to modify the exist-
ing law to similar effect precipitated
an extended debate which was still
in progress when the senate adjourn-
ed.
Fate of Bills Unknown.
Strictly speaking, each house was
acting upon a separate bill—the senate
in the ‘senate bill introduced by Sena-
tor Elkins; the house in the house bill
introduced by Representative Town-
end—but the bills at the outset were
identical; though they were made dif-
ferent in various respects by the com-
mittees which reported them. Each
version of the bill has yet to be pass-
ed in its own house and then will
ave to undergo the tender mercies of
the other. Whether either will ever
emerge from the final stage of joint
conference is a thing nobody is pre-
pared just now to prophesy. .
Immediately after the bill was tak-
en up in the senate Mr. Elkins, in
charge of the bill, proposed to lay on
the table the Cummins amendment re-
quiring the approval of all agreements
by the interstate commerce commis-
sion in advance of their taking effect.
But Mr. Cummins saved the trouble of
taking a vote by voluntarily taking his
amendment out of the running. The
Democrats had agreed to, vote against.
the Cummins provision in considera-
tion of the adoption of the Clay
amendment striking out the entire sec-
tion.
BIG GOLD SUPPLY
MAKES HIGH PRICES
State Commission of Massachusetts
Absolves Tariff and Trusts.
Boston—A marked increase in the
orld’s gold supply and extravagances
nd waste, public and private, are the
rincipal reasons given for the high
cost of living by a special state com-
ission which has been investigating
the subject for eight weeks.
The increased gold supply is given
s the primary cause and ‘the enor-
mous waste of income in the United
States, through unconscious expendi-
kures for war and national armament,
land through multiple forms of extrav-
lagance, both public and private, is
‘classed as a contributing factor.
500,000 United States Cook Books.
A tentative agreement on a half:
million copy edition of “Uncle Sam’s
Cook Book’’ was reached between the
genate and house conferees, the latter
headed by Congressman Cooper of
Uniontown, Pa. His suggestion that his
colleagues would want at least 1,000
copies each and that the senate mem:
bers might want an equal number led
to an allotment of 400,000 for tha
members and delegates of the lower
house and 100,000 for the senate and
vice president.
Rich Man Dies in Shanty.
Minneapolis, Minn.—Levi M. Stew:
art, said to be the richest man in Min-
neapolis, died of inflammation of the
lungs. Mr.. Stewart had been sick
for more than a year. He held more
real estate in Minneapolis than any
other man and his estate is computed
to be worth many millions. For many
years he lived the life on an eccen-
tric bachelor in a small wooden shan-
ty, situated in th e heart of the city.
LOCAL NEWS
Moshannon and Vicinity.
The dwelling of Luther Bickett, at
the Summit, has recently received a
new coat of paint which is surely a
good improvement, and speaks well
for the owner of the property.
The birthday surprise party At Mrs.
Cassie Lucas’ on last Thursday even-
ing was a complete surprise to Mrs.
Lucas, in whose honor it was given,
and a very delightful time participat-
ed in by all present. About eight of the
friends of the honored one took part
in the pleasures of the evening and
departed with wishes for many such
happy reunions.
“A quiet wedding took place at the
home of Mrs. Lucy Cramer on Sunday
May 1, when her daughter, Clemen-
tine, was married to Mr. Bruce Culver,
of this place. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. R. F. Ruch, amidst
a number of dear friends and rela-
tives of the happy couple. Many
useful presents were received and
good wishes for a happy journey
through life. :
The bakery wagon of A. Thompson
& Sons of Snow Shoe, made its initial
trip to our town this week, for this
Season.
The census enumerator for this dis-
trict, W. A. Sickel of Snow Shoe, was
making his rounds this week in order
to furnish Uncle Sam with information
as to what the people are doing.
Many new subscriptions to The
Times have been received during the
past week, but still there are a few
more to come in. Do not neglect to
subscribe for your home paper and
thus make the new enterprise inter-
esting for us all. You can have a
three, six or twelve month subsecrip-
tion, as you like. The - terms are
printed on the fourth page of each is-
sue.
The iron is being rapidly laid on the
new branch railroad into the Lehigh
mines near this place and the ship-
ping of coal will begin in the very near
future. The work on the tipple is be-
gun and only a few days until all will
be ready for business.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lomison attend-
ed the funeral of Mrs. Anna Lomison,
wife of Howard Lomison of Montgom-
ery, on Friday last. Mrs. Lomison
was Miss May Lomison’s mother, who!
will be remembered by many of her
friends in this vicinity.
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WILL RAISE THE MAINE
Both Branches of Congress Vote Ap-
propriation for Purpcse.
. Washington—After 12 years the ill-
fated battleship Maine is to be remov-
ed from the Havana harbor and the
bodies which went down with the ves-
sel will be interred in the National
cemetery at Arlington. A bill pro-
viding for such removal and burial has
passed both houses.
~ The bill directs the raising of the
vessel by the secretary of war and the
board of engineers with “all conven-
ient speed.”” The bodies in the ship
are to be buried in Arlington and the
mast lifted above their graves as a
monument.
; rast of Bender Family.
. Rio Vista, Cal--Kate Bender, last
of the notorious family of Kansas 1aur-
erers, is dead here, according to a
statement made by John Colling, a
resident of this place. The woman
was found dead in a resort she con:
ducted. Collins, who was her friend,
said she revealed her identity to him
several years ago, exacting a promise
that he should not tell anybody until
after her death, :
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