VISITING, DON'T LET US KNOW ABOUT I NEWS ITEMS ARE SOLICITED BY THE PATTON COURIER. HAVE A VISITOR OR HAVE BEEN HESITATE TO IF YOU T. VOL. XXXV. NO. 29, Grand to Open Wit Talkies Friday Night One Hundred Per Cent Sound E Barthlemess First National ffeet in “The Drag”, A Richard Vitaphone Special Has Been Selected for the Opening Attraction. INSTALLATION OF EQUIPMENT WAS QUITE A MATTER BLATT BROS. HAVE GONE INTO ‘MUCH RESEARCH WORK BEFORE INSTALLING. The Grand theatre, which has been | closed down since the first of the weel will re-open tomorrow, Friday, + 1 one of the new Vitaphone 100 per cent talking pictures—Richard Barthelmess | in “THE DRAG.” The installation of | sound equipment has finally been com- | pleted in Patton making it one of the leading show towns of Cambria coun- | ty. | The installation of talking pic equipment was no small matter. It quired much consideration by Bros. before they could determine what type of instrument would suit the needs of the Grand tl * there being more than eighty machines to choose from. It w after careful analysis of all the d ent equipments that the type was nally selected by them. Their was made after experimenting months with different talki equipment in their theatres a set and Corry. However, ago realized that each theatre ; ed a new problem when it cam producing voice and music due to the acoustics of the house, and it was found out that almost ni tenths of the theatres ii count were improperly built for the reproc - | tion of talking pictures. The ten drowns out the sound of the voice so much that it is impossible to deter- | mine it’s meaning, or understand tt words spoken. This, however, must be | overcome by padding the walls I felt or by hanging heavy draperies that will absorb the sound. More than three hundred square yards will be used inj the Grand theatre. | The talking picture equipment at the Grand, while one of the best, will be constantly improved by the addition of all the latest regulations to secure perfect reproduction. For a couple of months silent tures will still be shown at the on Wednesday and Thursday n However, this will soon be supplement- ed by talking programs also. fe 7- a} e Lo I perfec n 1 S 111 | ALTOONA WOMAN AND CHAUFFEUR INJURED Mrs. Bertha McCormick, 37, Wade Hampton, 35 year old were seriously injured about clock on Saturday afternoon car in which they were driving to Eb- ensburg crashed into a stone wall rounding the estate of Charles Schwab of Loretto. The injured persons were removed to the Altoona hospital where Mrs. Mc- Cormick’s injuries were diagnosed lacerations of the head and hands and a possible fracture of the Hampton Sustained a fracture right leg and lacerations of the head hands and legs. Mrs. McCormick, a eral children, is employ the Ebensburg Inn. Her home is in Al- toona, and according to her usual custom, she had spent Friday er day off, with her children. Hampton, also employed at the Inn, had been Altoona to drive her back to burg. Coming down a long steep hill from Chest Springs toward Loretto brakes failed to hold and Ham 1 lost control of the machine whicl skidded for a distance of more ti 30 feet and carshed into the wall head on. The impadt was great that cap stones on the massive barrier were moved several inches. The injured were given first aid treatment by a Loretto physician and removed to the Altoona hospital in an ambulance. So great was the impact when the car hit the wall that the motor was driven two feet back into the hody of the car, which was virtually demol- ished. and negro, fou sur- M righ leg. the face dow h sev- d as cook a w sent to Ebens- BARNESBORO CHILD DROWNS IN CREEK Lester C. Krouse, Jr., the two year | old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Krouse of Barnesboro, was drowned Saturday afternoon when he fell into a shallow creek at Sinking Valley, Blair county. The body was recovered a few minutes after it was discovered that the child was missing. He was rushed to the Al- toona hospital, where an attempt wa made to resuscitate him with a pulmo- ter, but the efforts of the hospital sur- geons proved futile. The Krouse child was born at Bar- neshoro. He is survived by his parents and three sisters. Funeral services were held on Tues- day afternoon with burial in the Nort} Barnesboro cemetery. { MRS. J. N. BANKS. Mrs. Huella (Wilson) Banks, aged 82 | years, widow of Attorney John N. Banks, died of a complicaion of dis-| eases Cresson early on Tuesday Cresson since his death seven years ago. { T0 BUILD CARMELITE CONVENT AT LORETTO Villiam Dimond of Johnstown to Construct Buildings, the Bishop Announces. Ground will be broken in the near future for the new Convent for the Discalced Carmelite nuns at Loretto, arrangements having been made by mond, Johnstown contractor, to start on the general contract. The Carmelite order is one of the strictest communi- ties for nuns and at the present there no convent for the Discalced Car- melites in Cambria County. In anouncing the acceptance of ar=- chitect’s plans and the letting of the general contract for early completion of the structure, the bishop points out the fitness of Loretto as the home of the daughters of Our Lady of Mt. Car- mel. It was the prince-priest of the Alleghenies, Father Gallitzin, who na- med the town of Loretto after the town in Italy which contains the Holy House transported from Nazareth. The new monastery will be modeled after that of Lisieux, France, and in time to 1S | come. It is expected that pilgrims will sit Loretto. At present the Carmelite Sisters are residing in Eldorado, Blair county, the foundresses of this order having come from France about three years ago. V1 SALE OF ELECTRIC COMPANY APPROVED Sale of the Barnesboro-Spangler El- ectric company to the Penn Central Light and Power company has been approved by the Pennsylvania Public Service Commission according to an announcement the other day at the general office of the Penn Central sys- tem at Altoona. The deal, which will be completed within the next few days, will add 1,- 800 customers to the Penn Central sys- tem. The territory to be covered by the new unit of the system includes, Bar- neshoro, Spangler, Allport, Burnsville, Watkins and the surrounding district. Considerable pow- r is required by mining and industrial interests in the district. modern office already has been established by the Penn Central sys- tem in Barnesboro. Plans have been completed for extensive work in re- habilitating the equipment in the new territory and bringing it up to the Penn Central standard, although the proper of the Barnesboro Spangler Electric company is said to be in ex- 1t condition. The Penn Central system now oper- ates in practically all parts of Cambria county road lines. The company’s operations also extend into other parts of the central Pennsylvania district, including Blair, Bedford, Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata, Cumberland and Franklin counties. C€ STOLTZ-YAHNER CLAN WILL MEET AUG. 3RD second annual reunion of the and Yahner families will be held on Saturday of this week, August 3rd, at Chest Springs, and all mem- bers and friends are cordially invited to attend. The day will open with a high mass at 9:30 o'clock in St. Mon- ica’s Catholic church following which ab et picnic will be held ,and all at- tending are urged to bring a basket along. Dancing and other amusements will take up the day. The reunion is gaining ground yearly and this year’s event is expected to surpass that of former years in attendance. The Stoltz clan of the reunion has been meeting for the ‘past four years and last year when they merged with the Yahner families the reunion gained a large im- petus. I'he Stoltz ST. LAWRENCE PICNIC WILL BE HELD AUGUST 10TH The 37th annual St. Lawrence pic- nic for the benefit of St. Lawrence’s | church at the neighboring village, will be held on August 10th, a date that is always set aside in this section of the county for this particular outing. Committees have been busy weeks to make the 1929 event surpass any held in previous years. A chicken din- ner and supper, of course, will be an inducement as heretofore. There will be games and amusements of various kinds, and dancing will be another of the features. Plan to attend the pic- nic. NOTICE. First class Barbering at Reduced Prices. Ladies’ hair cutting, 35c; gen- | at the home of a daughter in|tlemen’s hair cutting, 35c; children’s | morning. | hair cutting, 35c; shaving, 15¢. To old | Lester, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Cochrane | Her husband was a well known Indi-| and new customers alike. We will in- | and daughter, Martha, and Mrs Eliza | ana county attorney. She has lived in| Vite your patronage. Call at A, F. Freg- | Lee of this place attended the funer- | 1t iy y's Barber Shop, across from the Spot Cash Store, 506 Magee Ave.. Patton. North Barnesboro, | north of the Pennsylvania rail- ( PATTON. CAMBRIA COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 1st, 1929. LOCAL AND STATE NEWS OF INTEREST Condensed items Gathered from Various Sources for the Busy Reader. The court at Ebensburg Saturday, through Judge Evans, granted divorces in the following cases: Harry M. Lo- der of Johnstown ,against Martha M. Loder, formerly of Tyrone. I. Irene (Williams) Guise, of Johnstown, ag- ainst Earl Guise, of Detroit, Mich. Arrested on charges of transporting liquor, Ralph Facciani and Joe Ra- mania of South Fork posted bond for appearance in federal court at a hear- ing Saturday before United States Commissioner Ray Patton Smith. The men were arrested in Somerset Coun- ty. Nancy, the one year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Vedak ,of Elmora, died on Sunday afternoon at the Mi- ner’s hospital in Spangler. The funer- al services were held on Monday af- ternoon in the SS. Peter and Paul church at Barnesboro and interment was in the church cemetery. Frances, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Maccurrio of Barneshoro, died at six o'clock on Saturday even- ing in the Spangler hospital, aged 13 months. The parents reside in Barnes- boro and funeral services were held at the Mt. Carmel church there on Mon- day with interment in the Holy Cross cemetery at Spangler. Miss Violet Leslie and James Baker, both of Carrolltown, recently were un- ited in marriage at Lilly in St. Brigid's Catholic church, by the Rew. PF. P. Corcoran, pastor. Thomas Mechoric, aged 33 years, for- merly of Johnstown, died at the Cam- bria County Home at 7:15 o'clock Sat- urday evening. Death was caused by tuberculosis of the lungs. He was ad- mitted to the institution on July 2nd. The body of Fabert Bgnden, aged 26 years, formerly a resident of Bar- nesboro, who died of a complication of diseases on Wednesday of last week in Cleveland, O., was brought to Gal- litzin, where funeral services were held at nine o'clock on Tuesday morning in St. Patrick’s church, with interment in the church cemetery. He is survived by his widow. Five year old Marion Little of Nanty-Glo, suffered a fracture of the nose, marked contusions of the face and abrasions of the right ankle on Sunday evening when she was struck by an automobile while crossing a street in Nanty-Glo. She is a patient at the Lee hospital in Johnstown, and is convalescing. Isaac Greesley, of Barneshoro, aged 60, died of apoplexy at the Spangler hospital on Thursday morning of last week. He is survived by his widow and a number of children. John A. Antis, a native of Clearfield county, died at his home in Nanty- Glo on Saturday morning, following a stroke of paralysis. He was ill only 6 hours. He is survived by his widow and a number of children. The South Fork Civic Federation re- cently was organized with the ap- pointment of several committees. HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT WILL IMPROVE DETOUR As a result of the closing of the state highway route No. 22, leading from Duncansville to Cresson, motorists now must detour via the Buckhorn, Coupon and Gallitzin. Due to a bad stretch of road between the latter two points, members of the Blair county Motor Club have taken the matter up and have been assured some help by the highway department. The highway between Coupon and Gallitzin is a township thoroughfare. It had been oiled earlier in the season but because of the rather heavy traf- fic prior to the establishment of this section as a detour route, the road surface broke down and has become filled with inumerable ruts and bumps. The Motor Club officials appealed to Representative Fred A. Bell and he in turn took the matter up with the sate highway officials at Harisburg wih a view of having the road put in better condition, particularly while if is in use as a detour section. Mr. Bell has just been informed by the state highway men that despite the fact that it is a ownship road, one on which the state usually does not do any work under such conditions such as at present exist, nevertheless the de- partment has promised to do some grading there, and to put the road in good order for the accommodation of the public. will be one of first class condition. All hard surface road is encountered oth- erwise except for this one section be- tween Coupon and Gallitzin. SCOUT REPORT. The Scouts held their meeting on Wednesday at 7:30. Assembly was first blown and itt was followed by the Scout oath and laws. The Scouts are now back from camp and they re- With this road in shape the detour | White Township To Change Roads Upon petition of a number of resi- dents and taxpayers of White township the court on Tuesday afternoon ap- pointed Attorney A. M. Shoemaker, Adam Shuman and J. D. Ritter as a board of viewers to view the prem ses and make a report thereof, as pro- vided by law, to determine whether or not three certain sections of road tra- versing the township should be vacat- ed and other roads substituted there- for. The petitions allege that the roads as now laid out have become in- convenient and burdensome by reason of the sharp curves and steep grades and that the roads will be very much improved by changes in their routes. The sections sought be vacated are as follows: That part of the public road extend- ing from a point on the Chest town- ship line through White township to a point at the Clearfield county line, approximately 7,900 feet in length. That part of the public road begin- ning at a point on the Flinton-Patton road, 13,000 feet from the Coalport road, which intersects the same and extends from that point to the Chest township line for a distance of 7,900 feet and known as the Schwartz road. That part of the public road begin- ning at a point on the Ebensburg-Phil- ipsburg pike, 1,000 feet from an inter- secting road leading from the Pike to Frugality, approximately 5000 feet in length, extending from the above point in the direction of Condron to | the White township line. to CORRECT THE CHILD'S PHYSICAL DEFECTS will time this are going “Thousands of young people | start to school for the first autumn. And many parent | to take the physical condition of their | children for granted. T! will, of | course, have them vaccinated because the law requires this be done. Then | with a blessing, they will start them on their way with much of the job un- finished,” said Dr. Theo. B. Appel, secretary of health, this week. “Throughout the summer months the department’s mobile health units are invading many remote rural sections where thorough physical examinations are being made upon the pre-school children and advice for the correction of physical defects are being suggested and followed up. These children are fortunate, indeed. “However, there yet remains a large proportion of children in the cities and towns to whom this service is not available in this form but whose need for it is just as great as it is for the child in the isolated secitons. “It is not enough that the prospec- ive pupil does not complain of any pain. Pain is the language of acute and sub-acute conditions. Frequently it is altogether lacking in many of the physical conditions that urgently need correction. Many so-called ‘repeaters’ and dull children merely need some slight correction promptly to get them out of this classification. In munici- palities this obligation for the most part, where the pre-school child is concerned, rests upon the parents al- one. “With the splendid facilities in cit- ies and towns there is absolutely no excuse for the child to be sent into the kindergarten or first grade with a cor- rectable physical defect. Yet this is ex- actly what happens in thousands of instances to children every fall whose parents are indifferent to their phy- sical condition. “Under nourishment bad teeth and tonsils, weak eyes, defective hearing, {impaired hearts and many other de- ficiencies are readily discovered by your attending physician or by hospi- tal clinicians. The presence of any one of these defects will undoubtedly han- dicap your child in its school career. “Therefore, if you are fortunate po- sessor of a boy or girl entering school for the first time this year see to it that a complete physical examination is made as soon as possible. Sufficient time yet remains for correction be- tween now and the opening of school. “The young school children deserve an even break and a square deal. Give it to them by starting them to school physically fit.” CORNERSTONE OF NEW MONASTERY IS PLACED The cornerstone of the new monas- tery of the Franciscan order at Klad- der station, mear Hollidaysburg, was | laid on Sunday afternoon last with impressive services in charge of the Rt. Rev. Bishop John J. MecCort of the Catholic diocese of Altoona. Fran- | ciscan priests of .the Province of the | Immaculate Conception, Altoona, and | numerous diocesan secular priests, | took part in the cornerstone laying. { The monastery will be ready for oc- cupancy this fall and will be the no- | vitiate of the Immaculate Conception | Province, of which the Rev. Father | Jerome N. Zazzara, T. O. R., is pro- (ORPHANAGE SCHOOL ARCHITECT HIRED [County Commis Sloners Pan New | Building at Russell G. Howard, architect, of Du- Bois, has been engaged by the Cam- pria County Commissioners to prepare plans and specifications for a two- room school building at the Children’s Home and also to prepare preliminary sketches for an additional building at the Children’s home to provide living quarters for approximately 150 child- ren. Mr. Howard is to receive six per cent of the contract price as his com- pensation for preparing the plans and specifications for the school building and ig fto prepare the prelimjnary sketches of the other building at ac- tual cost. Commissioners John D. Wal- ker and W. J. Cavanaugh voted in fa- vor of both resolutions and Commiss- ioner Homer C. George voted “no” to both of them. The resolution regarding housing quarters follows: “Whereas, owing to the crowded con- dition of the Children's Home it isj necessary that the county commission- ers provide more room to take care of the children who are at this institu- tion; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the board of county commissioners in regular session as- sembled that they authorize Russell G. Howard, architect of DuBois, Clear- field county, Pa., to prepare prelimin- ary sketches for the proposed Child- ren’s Home (to take care of approxi- mately 150 children) at actual cost as shown by his books not to exceed one per cent of the actual cost of the build- ing. the new ANNA DESCENDANTS HOLD REUNION AT HORNE HOME A reunion of the descendants of the late Charles Anna was held last Sun- day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jo- seph Horne at St. Augustine. Approx- imately one hundred people attended the outing which was featured by a program of races and games for the children and other diversements for the older folks. Dinner and supper were served in picnic fashion at large tables grouped on the lawn at the Horne homestead. Charles Anna, who was but four years old when he was brought from Germany to Patton by his parents, lived on a vast tract of untouched for- est land, part of which was later clear- ed and sold as a site for Patton. The first land was cleared about 88 years ago, many years before the mining and clay manufacturing industries which support the town were begun. Mr. Anna died in 1908, and the follow- ing children survive him: Mrs. Joseph Horne, of St. Augustine; Mrs. Peter | Yeager, of Hastings; Mrs Frank E. | Farabaugh, Pius Anna, Mrs. John Ur- ich and Miss Martha Anna, all of Pat- ton, and Otto Anna, of Canon City, Colorado. REFUSES TO INSTITUTE OUSTER PROCEEDINGS In an opinion handed down last week Attorney General Cyrus E. Woods re- fuses to institute quo warranto pro- ceedings against Frank P. Barnhart, additional law judge of Cambria coun- ty, holding that there is no warrant in law to sustain the contention of Jos- eph A. Wilner et al, of Cambria coun- | ty, that Judge Barnhart is ineligible | to office. | The attorney general, in his opinion, | reviews the proceedings brought ag- | ainst Judge Barnhart, in which pro- | ceedings the state, through the attor- | ney general, was asked to institute ac- | tion in the supreme court seeking to oust Judge Barnhart, on the ground that a plea of nole contendre entered | by Mr. Barnhart 11 years ago fo an | indictment charging forgery by seal, | in that he wrote the word “seal” after | a signature on a note, was a “con- viction” under the law. | Attorney General Woods disposes of | this by declaring that in his opinion, | “The- plea of nole contendere is not | : “ a ‘conviction’ nor is a suspension | of sentence by the court on payment | of costs.” | | | ST. AUGUSTIN ON SATUKDAY AUGUST 24 | Posters are out announcing that the | annual picnic held under the auspices of the parishioners of St. Augustine’s Catholic church at St. Augustine will be held on Saturday, August 24th. The plans of the picnic are already in definite shape, despite the advan- ced date. No stone is being left un- | turned to insure the success of the an- | nual event. Games and amusements a chicken dinner and supper, and mu- | sic and dancing will be features. It| will be a day of reunion as well, and | the general public is extended a cor- dial invitation to attend. { ERS PAY VISIT. The board of county commissioners | accompanied a large delegation of | en them by the { C. THE COURIER OFFICE IS ADE- QUATELY EQUIPPED TO HANDLE JOB PRINTING OF ALL KINDS AND SOLICITS YOUR PATRONAGE ON THE BASIS OF SATISFACTION, $2. On Its In of Opinion That Law Enforcement Was Quite Lax. of County Seems to I 00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. Grand Jury Reports vestigation South Je the Most At Fault. SAY INVESTIGATOR SHOULD BE HIRED BY POOR BOARD Finding that fines imposed by the] mayor of Johnstown on violators of the liquor law are “inadequate to act as a sufficient deterrent to offenders,” and the sale of lots on the Beuna Vista plan in the Seventeenth ward of the city of Johnstown, made by Meade Cauffiel, son of the mayor, “men and women whose business subjected them to appearasice nefore the mayor in his capacity as police magistrate,” a practice to be condemned, the Jun grand jury filed its report before Judge McCann on Tuesday and discharged. Reconvened June 11 to conduct a general investigation of law enforce- ment conditions in the city of Johns- town and Cambria County, the grand jury was in session seven weeks and heard testimony from 70 witnesses. “After conducting a most searching inquiry,” the report says, “we find no corruption, bribery, collusion or per- sonal misconduct on the part of any offical of Cambria County or of any detective or member of the police force of the city of Johnstown.” In its findings, however, the grand jury points out that it has exposed a most lax enforcement of the liquor laws in several boroughs, notably the municipalities of East Conemaugh and Franklin, “where offenders against the liquor laws are at intervals, fined un- der tippling house ordinances, without any serious effort being made to pre- vent further violations. This practice has resulted in virtual licensing of law violation for the benefit of municipal treasuries and is strongly to be con- demned.” The grand jury also recommends that in the future all arrests in the city of Johnstown on charges of vio- lating the liquor laws be made the ba- sis of commonwealth charges, “so that adequate punishment may be imposed upon persons who continue to violate the law.” | “It would appear,” says the report, | “that the constabiss, with few excep-! tions, are not active in law enforce- ment, nor in tracing the manufacture and dispopition of illicit liquor,” and that the activities of the district at- orney’s office in regard to liquor law enforcement, “have been more restrict- ed than might be desired.” The report continues, “It is claimed by prominent federal enforcement off- icers that there was very little coop- eration between them and the district attorney's office and that as a result of this, as well as of alleged Yght pen- alties imposed within the county, fed- eral prosecutions relating to liquor law violations in this county have been made in the federal courts. Constables li se have complained that full coope ion has not been giv- district torney’s of- repo adding that | 2 to find that there to was kewi fice ,the grand ju it has been “un: CHETREMON CLUB TRIMS EBENSBURG | A group of golfers representing the Chetremon Country Club on Thursday afternoon defeated Ebensburg Country Club's team 35 to 25 points. The tournament was held at Ebensburg and was participated in by 20 mem- bers from each club. The scores made by the individual players follows: Ebensburg Chetremon Little McAnulty P. Larimer Dill ... C. R. Myers WHderman Dunnick Browne .... R. S. Davis F. Brown ......... M. Larimer ... R. Brown ....... Wes McKenzie Oswald P. Griest ... Nelson .... Rhody .......... Grant . Taylor Knee C. Griest .. “ PF. J. Myers .. McKeehan ......... Buck ... Cowher .... T. Larimer Dinsmore Miller Lang Evans . Costo .... Campbell .. Brinton oi Good .......... Todhunter ........ Thomas . 104 D. W. Hawes _ 100 E. Dav . 82 Pritz Hawes .......81 Following the tournament the Eb- ensburg club entertained the Chetre- mon club with a dinner at the New Highland hotel. IN THE CHURCH LEAGUE. St. the tne . 88 . 83 85 . 83 85 88 79 LA +121 90 93 108 D0 ..109 «83 111 . 118 “101 89 87 101 Mary's defeated the St. batteries: Jenkins. Shuss. The church league will not regular schedule on August and and St. Mary's—Lamont St. George—E. Haluska play on 15th, but | called George | team, 10 to 6, the other evening. The] port having had a fine time. They vincial. : have all registered for next year. Mr.| A distinguished prelate in attendance Brown talked to the Scouts about at the services on Sunday afternoon Scouting. Some of the Scouts passed | Wa§ the Most Revi Faher \ArnaXlo their first class tests. They then closed | Rigo, minister general of the Third i the meeting with the Scout oath fol- Order Regular, who arrived from Rome lowed by Taps. | last week on a tour that will take him | to all the houses of the Franciscan fa- Mr. and Mrs. James Fisher and son, | thers in this country, FOR RENT OR SALE. House for rent or sale, nine rooms, | al of Mrs. Louisa Jones of South Fork | all modern conveniences. In heart of recently. Patton, Inquire at Courier office. main line residents to Harrisburg this will make way instead for the much week, where they conferred with of-| heralded Army and Navy game ficials of the state highway department| Coming games are: Thursday, Aug- in regard to the improvement of that |ust 1, Methodist-Presbyte 1S VS SS section of state route No. 53 between | Peter and Paul; Tuesday, August 6, Ashville and Gallitzin. This is the only | Methodist-Presbyterians vs. St. Geo; section of this route that is not im- | Thursday, August 8th, St. Mary's vs proved at the present time and when SS. Peter and Paul. | improved will afford the shortest hard Standing of the Clubs. { surfaced road between the National Won Lost and Lincoln highway and points north. | St. Mary's ) The part of the road to be improved | SS. Peter Paul | has been taken over by the state and |M. E. and Pres. placed on the secondary system. St. George Pct 1000 667 333 .000 has been any serious failure in this respect.” The grand jury did find, however, that the “violation of the liquor laws in Cambria county is alarming.” : The grand jury finds that its origin- al recommendations to the poor board to remedy conditions at the county poor farm are being carried out in a meritorious manner. A recommendation that a trained in- vestigator be employed to look into all applications for poor relief is contain- ed in the report, the grand jury finding that the “labor and responsibility of investigation, passing upon and caring for the large number of people feM on the three members of the poor board entirely with the result that only one member could have any idea of the conditions existing in any one case.” The employment of an investigator will, the inquiring body believes, “re- sult in a material saving to the tax- payers of the county.” Referring to the parole system in vogue in Cambria county, the grand jury finds that “many persons violat- ing the liquor laws are apprehended by municipal or federal authorities after having been paroled for good behavior by the county courts, but this informa- tion is not “brought to the attention of the court with the result that vi- olation of the parole goes unnoticed.” Commenting on the lack of public interest manifest in law enforcement, the report says: “The integrity of of- ficials has been definitely determined. In spite of integrity, laxity has like- wise been found. Such laxity is in pro- portion to the interest which the pub- lic has in enforcement. “It is felt that disrespect for the liquor laws has produced disrespect for all law and there is a serious alarm ov- er what the future might develop,” the report continues. “The existence of disrespect for law and lack of confidence in the admin- istration of justice is always a most serious matter, whether justified or not, and if it is necessary for those charged with the enforcement of law to accept more responsibility than the strict letter of the law demands in or- der that respect for law may be main- tained, such added duties should un- hesitatingly be assumed. Leadership and example are expected from those selected for the honor of public of- fice.” In discharging the grand jury Judge McCann expressed the appreciation of the court for the faithful work of its members and the special prosecutor, Russell R. Yost, and assured them that they had the complete confidence of the court throughout their investiga- tion. Judge McCann declared that he had visited a number of counties in Penn- a and that he believed Cambria County compared most favorably as to law forcement, even with the so- “dry” counties. MONS. SAAS TO BE ELEVATED AUG. 15TH Dates for the formal elevation of 3 Catholic Diocese of Al- toona to the Monsignori of the church have been announced by the Rt. Rev. Bishop John J. McCort. Announcement of bestowing of the honor upon the priests was made last month by Pope Pius XI ,supreme pontiff of the Catholic church, who designated the honored clergymen as domestic pre- lates and members of the Vatican household. The Rt. Rev. Mons. John P. Sass, irremovable rector of the historic St. Michael's Church, Loretto ,will be ele- vated to the Monsignori on Thursday, August 15th, which is the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin 7. The ceremonies incident to the elevation, which will be attended by the Rt. Rev. Bishop and other clergy in the diocese, will take place at St. Mi- | chael’s church. The same honor will be offiically be- stowed upon the Rt. Rev. Mons. Peter Fox, LL. D., pastor of St. Mark’s chur- ch, Altoona, formerly of the Church of the Holy Name, Ebensburg, and the Church of the Sacred Heart, Cone- maugh, on Sunday, September 8th Similar services will be held in hon- or of the Rt. Rev. Mons. Bernard Con- ley, chancellor of the diocese and pas- tor of the Church of the Holy Rosary, Juniata, on Sunday, September 15th. The fourth priest named a Monsig- nor by Pope Pius in June, the Rt. Rev. Mons. Hugh M. O'Neill, pastor of the Holy Name Church at Ebensbu was formally invested with robes of the church recently ts of the the the GALLITZIN STORE AND STATION ARE ROBBED seemed to elry and who Harmq crave mou helped themselve. John Marusk in ( it to be > same who broke i P. R. R. station in the same short time before and stole 29 cents in cash. The theives bear earmarks of local talent, and arrests are believed not far off S
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