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VOL. XXXVI, NO. 21.
TWO MURDERERS SILVER JUBILEE OF
SEEK NEW TRIALS | REV. JLT. FARRAN | Andrew Mikula le, ge died at 3 o’-
Attorneys for Cantilla and|Former St. Augustine
Polumbo Make Motions | Celebrated Anniversary
and Cite Reasons Mass on Monday
|
Tony Polumbo and Frank Cantilla,|
in President Judge
motions for new trials. Both of the |St. Vincent's archabbey by the late Rt
men were charged with
of the murder of Louis Hoffman at his| Pittsburgh.
father’s farm in Adams Township in|
July, 1928. | Daniel and Matilda McCloskey
Attorney Ernest F. Walker, repre-/ran. He is one of a family of three
senting Cantilla, who was given the | boys and five girls. One of his brothers |
death penalty in the verdict returned is the Rev. Father Pollard W. Farran, |
Augustine's church at|
by the jury, set forth the following| pastor of St.
reasons in the motion filed by him: | St. Augustine.
That the verdict was contrary to the| Folowing his
weight of the evidence; that the ver-| Joseph Faran
ordination,
venue of the case to some convenient| then came to Altoona as assistant to
Pastor hospital, where she had been a medical
complicity Rev. Bishop J. F. Regis Canévin of]
Joseph H. Farran was a son of LAST LINK PLACED
Far- |
Father |
remained as assistant
dict is capricious; that the trial Court| pastor of St. John the Evangelist's|
erred in refusing to grant a change of | church, Pittsburgh, for two years. He|
|
|
Mrs. Mary Mikula, aged 37, wife of|
{clock Sunday morning at the Spangler
| patient for some time. She was born
[in Austria in 1893, where her mother
lives. In addition to her husband, Mrs. |
[Mikula is survived by the following|
The Rev. Father Joseph H. Farran,|children: Charles, Mary, Susan, John, |
alias the “Ace of Spades,” convicted ‘pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes church | George, Helen, Anna and Margaret, all|
of murder in the first degree by juries|in Altoona celebrated the 25th anniver-| at home.
John E. Evans'|sary of his ordination on Mon. Father |
Court last week, through their respec- | Farran, a native of Munster, Cambria 9 o'clock this morning in
tive counsels have filed with the Court| county, was ordained July 7, 1905, at| Greek Catholic church. Interment was|
Funeral services were conducted at
the local]
.|in the church cemetery. |
Cresson-Gallitzin Stretch;
Open in Two Weeks
| Concrete placing on the Cresson
| Musser,
man Paul Cauffiel and
. . Frehn, of Johnstown, and Thomas C.
| Concrete Pouring Finished on Evans, I. B. Williams and John R.
the last five
the Assembly, met at the Courthouse
early Monday afternoon and in a brief |
session selected Mr.
The new Chairman will appoint a
Chairman
candidates, Con.
“harles H. De-
for
candidates
Goughnour.
PATTON, CAMBRIA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 9th, 1930.
W. Blaine Gouchnour Unanimously Chosen as Republican County |
at Session of
Last Monday.
W. Blaine Goughnour, of East Cone- |
maugh, was unanimously
| publican County Zaair:
ling of the Repubiican candidates on |
Monday.
Mr. Goughnour, & former Burgess of |
| East Conemaugh, was Cambria County!
| Chairman of the Pinchot organization
in the recent primaries.
i ! \T | The Republican
ON MOUNTAIN ROAD gressman J. Russell Leech, Assembly-
elected Re- |
1an at a meet- |
|
adjoining county, where the causes al-|the Rev. Father Morgan M. Shesdy| momen section of the William Penn Vice Chairman, who must be a woman, |
leged in the petition for change of at St. John’s church, and when the
venue do net exist; that the trial Court|orphanages were built at Cresson he]
erred in permitting testimony that did) came first chaplain there. Later Father | : Si
not directly concern the defendant in|Faran went to St: Mark's Snowshoe, |Was done on the contract which was
the trial of the case; that the trial/and then to the St. Augustine charge
Court erred in refusing to add as a|also taking care of St. John's mission | struction Company, Inc.
part of its charge a request that the at Frugality.
jury closely scrutinize the testimony
of Catherine Tanchick,
Worthington and Elmer Hoffman, who|Lourdes congregation.
wealth were admittedly co-conspirators of that church.
and participants in the facts leading The Rt. Rev. Bishop John J. Mec-
up to the murder; that the trial Courf| Cort attended the silver jubilee mass
erred in instructing the jury that the at 10 o'clock Monday morning. The
manner inwhich statements were ob-|Rev. Father James F. Hanlon, instruc-
tained from witneses prior to their test-|tor of foreign languages at the Catho-
timony in the case was not a matter lic High school delivered the sermon.
to be considered by the jury in de- An entertainment in honor of Father
termining the weight to be given to|Farran was held in the evening in
the testimony of witnesess making|the school auditorium.
signed statements. |
Attorney Frank J. Hartman and Jos-|
eph H. Holzman, counsel for Polumbo, |) J HOUCK DIES
who received the life imprisonment|™ ® ¥*
penalty, advanced the following rea-| I
sons for a new trial in the motion filed | AFTER OPERATION
by them:
That the verdict was against the 2 -
weight of the evidence; that the ver- Well-Known Hotel
dict was against the evidence; that the, PD To bd : .
Court erred in admitting, over objec-| of Hastings Succumbs at
tion, the record of the defendant's Clearfield Hospital
prior conviction on a charge of volun- | L
tary manslaughter;
Proprietor
,jawarded to the Clark Brothers Con-
elapse
ged
will C
i the paved sections. still closed to trai-
fic and there will be but little incon-|.¢
venience to motorists.
The final paving operations last
| Thursday was the section of about 300
[feet just east of the Muleshoe culvert,
| which was a part of the second con-|
[tract awarded to the Clark Company |
themselves to the
be| Gifford Pinchot for Governor and to
the other candidates on the Republi-
can State ticket.
Resolutions setting forth the attitude
the local candidates
unanimously, these
as follows:
Whereas, The Republican voters
of Cambria County at the
primary election by an overwhelm-
Highway was finished last week, about and other officers fo
one year from the day the first work | Campaign.
| Following the election
nour as Republican County
y by the Republican nominees in Cam- |
: of Cherry-|pria County at their n
tree, late in June last year. A period of the Republican standard bearers
Father Farran returned to Altoona approximately two weeks must
Kathryn|in 1923 and organized Our Lady of|for curing before the route
Last week he|opened to traffic its complete length,
from the testimony of the Common- tompleted his seventh year as pastor but there is a convenient road around
the November
of Mr. Gough-
Chairman
eting Monday, |
pled -
support of
were
resolutions
passed
being
recent
Nominees on |
Busy Reader.
William Grove, 64, of Cresson, : 2 ee
ing majority, expressed their desire [removed to the Altoona Mercy Hospi- ducers’ association has filed a pe ti on
[tal Monday evening, suffering from a| With the public service commission of
severe laceration of the right knee re-|Pennsylvania, complaining of the un-
| ceived June 23, while at work in the [reasonableness of the present rates on
woods near Ashville. Grove was en.|bituminous coal from the base ori
gaged in peeling paper wood when in| districts to all eastern destinations in
[some manner his axe slipped, striking | ©
that ex-Governor Gifford Pinchot
should again serve the State of
Pennsylvania in the office of Gov-
ernor, and
Whereas, A plurality of the Re-
publican electorate of the State,
favored Mr. Pinchot for this high
and important office, therefore be
it
Resolved, That, we the other
succesful candidates of the Repub-
lican party of Cambria County,
pledge our hearty support to Gif-
ford Pinchot and all the other
chosen candidates of the party,
and we urge the voters of Cam- |
|
| him o then knee.
| moriak Hospital in
Catholic Church, at South
ship Cemetery.
$
| Condensed items Gathered from Point to
Various Sources for the
was
were
2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.
ARSE, bean Pinchot 9s Pledged Support of [LOCAL AND STATE PETITION FOR CUT
Cambria Republican Nominees NEWS OF INTEREST
N FREIGHT RATES
Unfair Jastbound
Charges in Plea to
Commission
The Central Pennsylvania Coal Pro-
n
he state of Pennsylvania.
The geographical territory embraced
Funeral services for Michael Ferugga |in this rate structure extends east from
who died Sunday evening at the Me-|Johnsonburg, Lock Haven and Lew
Johnstown, :
[conducted this morning in St. James’'| Delaware state line.
Fork. In- i
|terment was in the Richland Town-|the one recently filed by the as
town, to the New York-New Jersey-
This complaint is a companion to
[tion with the interstate
| The Cresson Colunteer Fire Com- Commission, involving the entire east-
3 ” 3 Q 1
| pany was called out Friday night at bound adjustment on bituminous coal
which has been set for hearing in
bria County sur g [10 o'clock to extinguish a fire in a
likewise. : ‘o supBor, em |sedan automobile, owned by Alvin Washington, D. C. Sept. 8. It 5 pro-
Be it further resolved, That a |Shaffer, of Wilkinsburg. The upholster- | Pable that these complaints will be
copy of these resolutions be sent [ing in the machine was ignited from heard simultaneously. : :
to Mr. Pinchot, to the Republican [a lighted cigarett and efforts of Mr. Claim Coal Rates Excessive, i
State Chairman, Gen. Edward |Shaffer to extinguish the blaze proved| This vast rate structure on which
Martin, and that they be published | futile. millions of tons of coal move annually
in the newspapers of Cambria “Look for the sign, ‘Safe Drinking has never been reviewed by the public
County. Water, Pennsylvania State Health De-| Service commission of Pennsylvania. A
The selection of W. Blaine Gough-| partment,’
nour, of Conemaugh, as Chairman of|Springs or pumps,” is the advice of
the Cambria County Republican party| the Keystone Automobile Club to mo-
leaves no cause for dissension which torists. And it is good advice, too.
The Gallitzin Volunteer
might prevent a united party front at
ire
|the general election in November. Mr. Partment was called out Friday to the!
De-
nnsyl-
Goughnour has pledged himself to|Eastbound bridge, above the Pe
work assiduously for the election of Vania Railroad tracks, to extinguisif a
every single member of the exception.|fire which is belivede to have
been
ally strong Republican ticket, and in-|caused by the spark of a passing lo-
|asmuch as his selection was unopposed, | comotive. :
Attempting to get out of the way of
he has an unusual opportunity to
lead a Republican victory in the fall.|tWo automobiles racing toward him as
late in October last year and upon |
which little work was done until this
year. It represented the approach of
[a bridge, also included in the second |
| contract. Paving on the original con-
[tract was finished on Monday of this|
| week, when the last slab of concrete
was placed at a point near the upper |
| Muleshoe reservoir. Al
While concrete is finished, the con-|
tract is still some weeks from being
completed, a large amount of berm !
construction remaining to be done. This
is at least five feet wide on either side
that the Court|D. J. Houck, aged 71. a well-knownial point and considerably wider to ac-|Brothers
Jolson’s
WO GOOD SHOWS
COMING TO GRAND orc, oz zee se
Greatest Singing
Picture is Berlin's
“Mammy”
“Mammy”
«rred in admitting, over objection, the hotel proprietor of Hastings for a num- | commodate parking at several other |comes to the Grr, Vg on Mon-
record of the Western Penitentiary ber of years, died Saturday at the
of Pennsylvania, showing that the de- Clearfield Hospital. following an oper-
fendant had served a partial term|ation.
therein under sentence on a former| operation more than a year ago and
conviction on a charge of involuntary had since been in poor health. He was
manslaughter; that the Court erred in| removed to the hospital a week ago
admitting, over objection, evidence of | and pneumonia developed after
the conduct of Carl Crow, Frank Can-!|operation last Friday.
tila. Srank Powell and others, rela- | A son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Houck,
tive to the engagement in the manu- D. J. Houck was born in Barr Town-
facture of liquor on the George HofI- ship and had spent his entire life in
man and other premises prior to July| that section. After the Johnstown
14, 1928, and evidance of effects to lo- | Flood, Mr. Houck was engaged in car-
cate liquor alleged to have been manu-| penter work in that city for several
factured thereon; that the Court erred months. He later returned to Hastings | was held on Sunday at the home of [and modernized and used with obvious where they stopped at
Attorney, and was engaged in the bottling busi-|A. G. Morgan at Wibur, Stoyestown, |relish.
“Mammy” is an adaptation of
in permitting the District
over objection, to show by the witness,| ness with his brother here for a num-|R, D, 2, many folks from the Patton | :
section being present. Cards, quoits,|Play by Irving Berlin, and the songs gasoline and two quarts of oil, the men!F. Gill, of Altoona, is
music and other entertainment took | and incidental music are also the pro-| gre alleged to have told Mr. Christy| Treasurer of the
up the day. The following wers pre-| duct of the Tin Pan Alley genius. Jol- that they wanted a light globe. When Other officers are George Kibler, of
sent. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Morgan and (Son and Berlin have long been close he went into the garage to obtain the St. Bonifac
family, Thos. J, John G., Andrew G.| Personal friends but this is the first| globe, the men are alleced to have ings, these men holding the positions of
Jr, Wilda E. Daniel W., Wilbur E,|time they have collaborated on a show. started their motor and escaped. Mr.| President and Vice President, respec-
Catherine Tanchick, that she had Ye | ber of years. later opening the East
quested to be confined in jail afver| End Hotel, of which he was proprietor
the trial of the case for the purpose| for many years.
of explaining her reasons for changing! Mr. Houck was a member of the
her testimony relative to her identifi-| Hastings Borough Council at the Hime
cation of Polumbo; that the Court err-{of his death and also had served a
ed in permitting Herman Hoffman to| previous term of office in Council. The
testify for the Commonwealth, over | deceased also served as a school teach-
objection, relative to his conversation|er in Barr Township for a number of
with his mother in conection with his| years. Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
alleged identification of Frank Cantilla| Catherine .Gessler) Houck and the fol-| Wilkie and family, George, Alice and |
and Frank Powell in the absence of the|lowing children: A. J. Houck, editor of | Nellie Mae, all of Wilbur. James Mor-!
defendant at the Windber Hospital in| the North Cambria “News” at Hast-
July, 1928; that the Court erred in|ings; Mrs. Elmer Truscott, of Cassan-
failing to charge the jury fully and|dra; Mrs: Henry Abel, of Hastings; |
adequately on the nature and effect | George Houck, of Duke Center; Miss
of the defendant’s evidence of his alibi.| Violet Houck, of Altoona; William
Both motion reserve the right to file| Houck, of Clymer; John, Helen, Enaes
additional reasons in support thereof, and Paul Houck, all at home. He also
following the transcribing and lodging leaves a brother, John Houck, of Con-
of the notes of testimony and the|nellsville, who is the last surviving
charges of the Court in both cases. |member of a family of 13 children.
ed | Funeral Services wil be conducted
tomorrow (Thursday. morning at 9
= | 0'Clock, a solemn high mas of requiem
OFFICERS|,, be said in St. Bernard's Catholic
| Church at Hastings. Interment will be
in the church cemetery.
VINTONDALE DWELLING
RAIDED BY
County Detectives G. E. Whited,
John M. Gross and H. W. Huether
Monday afternoon raided the dwelling | . Sor
house of Joseph Postich, of vinton-| MRS. PHILIP LINK
dale, where they found a 30 gallon| IS CALLED BY DEATH
still, 51 gallons of alleged moonshine | 7
liquor and three barrels of mash. In-| rpg Mary Jane Barclay Link. aged
formation was made against Postich|45 widow of Philip Link, died at 5:45
for violating the liquor laws before | o'clock Sunday morning at the Clear-
Justice of the Peace Charles G. ROW-| field hospital. She was born March 14.
land, of Ebensburg, the defendant wai-|1885 ga daughter of the late James
ving a hearing and posting bail in the] Barclay and of Mrs. Fanny Barclay
sum of $1,000 for his appearance at|,f portage. Her husband died 14 years|
the September term of Criminal Court. | ago.
| Mrs. Link is survived by three sons,
BIDS AWARDED FOR Howard and Charles Link, both of
STONE, AND SAND SUPPLY | New Kensington; James Link, Ebens-
burg; a daughter, Mrs. Cletus Bishop,
Bradley Junction, and a brother, Tho-
mas Barclay, Brackenridge, Pa.
The body was removed to the Bishop|
The Board of Cambria County com-
missioners in session Monday afternoon |
awarded the contract for the furnish-|
ing of 100 tons of No. 2 stone to H. home Bradley Junction. Funeral Serv-|af 7:30 o'clock Communion
J. Apel, Ebensburg, on his bid of $1.84 ices were conducted Tuesday morning| (conducted in Swedish).
Catholic church, |
Michael's | Monday evening, 7:30 o'clock serv-|
per ton. The contract for the furnish- in St.
ing of 150 tons of BS: -inch
screenings was awarded to the John|church cemetery, Patton. |
W. Walters Company, of Johnstown, on a——r——————
its low bid of $1.35 per ton and the|
contract for furnishing 61 tons of sand daughters,
Dorothy and
stone | Loretto. Interment was in St. Mary's | ices conducted entirely in English.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hart and grand- |
Evelyn, of|
was awarded to the Ebensburg Lum- Hollidaysburg, and Mr. and Mrs. Harry| The Altoona Navy Recruiting Station | Patton troop eq
this work is under way and until a gu-|
|must be exercised in traveling
| route.
/
| of reinforced concrete construction.
REUNION OF THE
{old minstrel
points where this is possible. While|day and Tuesda’;
Jolson made hi
" A reunion of the Morgan families | the most applause. These re revamped
|
|
|
[Albert L., Alberta, L., Lorainne M.,
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Morgan, and
son Andrew G.; Mr. and Mrs. Edw. M.|
Mae and Betty, of Hooversville, Pa. ;
and Mrs. Edward Morgan and family. |
Elizabeth, Edw, Jr., Ida Belle, and
Dickie, and Mrs. John Fisher and
daughter, Ruth, all of Lewistown, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Wilkie. Mr. and
Bert Williams and family, Bert Jr,|
Jackie, Robert and Milton; Mr. and
Mrs. David McConnell and
Edith, Sarah and Henry, and Richard |
Morgan, all of Patton. Mr. and Mrs.
Duncan Wilkie and family, Sarah, |
Daiel, Elizabeth, Andrew, Dorothy and |
Rose, all of Colver.
family, | With
|
PRIVATE NOVENA BY
CARMELITE SISTERS
A private novena in honor of Our
Lady of Mount Carmel opened at the
new Carmelite Monastery, Loretto,
Tuesday and will continue for nine|
ly by the sisters.
SWEDISH LUTHERAN CHURCH
Margaret and Kenneth M. Morgan; | “Midnight My stery,” on
Friday and Saturday
| Maine coast,
a terrific
{the solving of
quick- wit of
of the oddly-a
the forsaken isla
SCoU
Troop 1, of P
days ending on the feast day, Wed-|Sented at the
nesday of next week. Until the exterior|on July 4th. Ov
chapel of Carmel is finished the no-|€d at the Scou
venas will continue to be made private- [der first aid o
| Expoj
gates and kept
| pitching contes
The be
“Midnight My:
gan, of Boston, Mass. Mr. and Nom. DoWSt Cg
Daniel W. Morgan and family, Mall ?
Betty Compsor
a distinguished
Trevor, June Clyd
La Roy and Ra
in this electrifying
Mrs. John Morgan and family, Henry, | he Dremer mys
| 0 -! the screen, Geo:
{John Jr.. Sarah, Janet, Edna, James| Set Inst
G., rdith and Dorothy; Mr. and Mrs. |. ag =
isolated island
{ “Midnight Myst
| phere of nerve-
|is guaranteed ft
theatregoer. It
| consequences
| that takes on
ol
a
Ba { The drums ar
Mission Meetings, Sunday evening,| out. The drum
Everybody cordially invited.
J. J. Youngren, Pastor.
ber Company, Ebensburg, on its low bid' Hart and daughter, Ella Mae, of Read-|announces that John Stranko was |
of $1.93.
This material will be used on county and Mrs. James Mulligan of Mellon
road and bridges. avenue on Sunday.
Paul Long of Johnstown, was the| John Mulligan of Altoona and Wil-
on Friday last.
|ing, were visitors at the home of lor on uly for enlistment at Pittsburgh, |
services. | fine. Little is ki
| Watch for the
Camping st
|swing. Many b
the Johnstowr
| likewise erpect:
| own. A benefit
JOINS THE NAVY | Watch for an
WANTED: —1
on July 2nd. His home address is Mine | pany can use
31, Patton. [route in Pati
(rounding territ
| g LOST—Scotch Collie Jep, with white start; repeat b
guest of his mother, Mrs. aura Longlliam Mulligan of Chest Springs, were| markings. Reward Offered. W. J. Karl-|income. Writs
visitors of local relatives on Monday heim, Chest Springs, Postoffice Dysart. Altoona.
the mystery by
tery.” Radio Pictures’
thril drama, comes
heatre on Friday and
Lowell Sherman and
ast including Hugh
, Ivan Lebedefl, Rita
nond Hatton, appear
thriller, directed by
ery film director of |=
e B. Seitz.
background of an]
ff the surf-beaten
the black of night,
orm raging outside,
’ creates an atmos-
tingling mystery that
thrill the most jaded
lescribes the tragic
a “dummy” murder
iesome realism, and
the
irl who is a member
rted house-party on
d.
IING NEWS.
ton, was wel repre-
Industrial Exposition
a dozen boys stay-
1eadquarters to ren-
help patrons of the
alsp watched the
re for the horseshoe
fifes have been given
'S are coming along |
n of the fifing corps.
first appearance.
n is now in full
| ARREST ALTOONA
{Jury Saturday evening,
Al Jolson returns to burnt cork for nearing before Justice of the Peace!nesboro.
of the new 30-foot concrete ribbon at| at least a part of his lastest Warner Joseph Quinn, of Gallitzin, on charges |
picture i
first great success|ty jail.
The deceased underwent an|ard fence is erected, extreme caution as a black faced singing comedian and
the it is ni this happy choice of a medium friday night after a sensational chase
| thathe is seen first in this new pic.|py Detective Fred Lytle, of Lilly, dur.
The new highway is approximately | ture—a picture made for laughter—|ing which the officer was obliged tol
the| two and a half miles in length and is|with the star at his uproarious best.|fire two shots into the rear
No ome enjoyed the return to the) the automobile in which the men were
show beackground
Jolson himself, who at one time was
2 ,|a minstrel. He dug into Ris old bag
MORGAN FAMILIES | of tricks and brought out the gags that
as| riding.
(rate of speed.
|
|
|
|
|
erpect to enroll with |
ump soon. The troop
» take a trip of its
ow is expected soon.
incements Help the
Dp.
Fuller Brush Com-
n to handle built-up
Hastings, and sur-
Good earnings to
nes assures steady
|
|
Central Trust Bldg.
coal operator from Hastings c¢
MEN AFTER CHASE
way, demolishing his automobile.
ires to Halt Alleged Car
Thieves
home in Hastings.
{ <Florence Diroloso, aged 41,
{nesboro, is a patient at the Sp
and
Carl Ditsworth, 21,
|he was driving to Saltsburg one day
| last week, Edgar Cortright, prominent
ollided
with a tree as he turned off the high- $2.33,
While
| he and his son were not badly injured
Into | poth are suffering from shock at their
angler
Warren |Hospital, suffernig from a fracture of
before drinking at wayside few isolated coal rates have been be-
fore this body for adjudications. Only
recently they reduced the rate to War-
ren, Pa.. from Buffalo, Rochester and
Pittsburg Ry. mines from $2.24 to $1.50
per net ton. The unreasonably high
level of the present eastbound freight
rates on bituminous coal is shown
through the following comparison:
The interstate commerce commission
recently prescribed a mileage rate on
bituminous coal frony New England
coastal points to interior New Eng-
land of $1.74 for 157 miles. The pre-
sent rate for the same short line haul
from the coal fields to Harrisburg is
thus indicating that the present
eastbound coal rates are 59 cents too
nigh.
A revision of the rates included in
| this petition will affect the coal pro-
of Bar-| ducers and every consumer located in
The city of
environs
{eastern Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia and: its
alone
Salva, 22, both of Altoona, were held |the skull, sustained last week when an Consumes about five million tons of
for action by the September Grand |automobile in which he was ridir
following
Gordon Long, 20.year-old son
They were unable to furnish bond and | suffering a badly crushed left
KIBLER REUNION TO
tires of |
The ninth Kilber reunion w
ng left
a the highway and overturned near Bar-
of Mr.
which | of stealing an automobile and larceny. and Mrs. John Long, is at his home
fore-
vill be
Ditsworth and Salva are alleged to|conducted at St. Lawrence, Saturday,
have stolen the automobile of Jude| July 19, when kinfolks from
’e, and Ben Kibler, of
Christy, however, obtained the license| tively. The Kibler celebration wil
number of the machine and immedia-| with a high mass in SA
several
g ¢ Dolloway, of Altoona, earl Friday counties will participate in the get-
jused to get him the bigest laughs and evening and drove to Wildwood Spr-| together. For those coming from a
ings. between Gallitzin and Loretto, |distance and not caring to bring their
the Robert own food for meals, the Ladies’ Aid
Christy service station for gasoline and | Society of St. Lawrence Church will
a oil. After purchasing eight gallons of serve a chicken dinner and supper. B.
Secretary and
Kibler organization.
Hast-
1 open
Lawrence
tely communicated with the police at|Church at 10:30 a. m. Sports for chil-
Gallitzin. dren will be held between 1
Detective Lytle commanded the ma-|p. m. Dancing afternoon and e
and 2
vening
chine to stop when it passed him along |will feature the grownups’ entertain-
the highway near Gallitzin. Ditsworth, ment
who is said to have been driving, re- -
fused to halt and continued at a high| Visitors at the James Mulligan
Detective Lytle gave on Mellon avenue,
Mulligan of Clymer.
home
recently, included
{chase on his motorcycle and succeed- Mr. and Mrs. Francis Mulligan of De
{ed in making the machine halt after troit, Mich., Mr. and Mrs.
| firing bullets into the rear tires.
Charles
JUST HUMANS By GENE CAR
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‘“‘Do Ya Know You'll Drown in Therer”
“That's What1'm Hess Far.”
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‘| sonably
| bituminous coal annually. Any reduc-
{tion in the rate on bituminous coal
| would accrue to the benefit of these
| consumers. The statement continues:
{ Relief Has Been Refused.
“This association has earnestly and
| were committed to the Cambria Coun-|finger, the result of an accident Sat. | Sincerely solicited the presidents of the
| urday while he was pushing a P. R. R
The two young men were captured motor truck into the railroad’s garage.
{great eastern trunk lines for a rea-
voluntary adjustment ot the
eastbound coal rates. The presidents
have refused to grant relief. Facts
presented to them showed a tremend-
BE HELD ON JULY 19 ous loss of tonnage from the northern
coal fields which adversely affects the
revenues of the railroads and coal
operators. It has also demonstrated
that the railroads receive more money
for transporting one ton of coal than
does the coal operator who produces it.
With the refusal of the presidents to
co-operate, the only avenue of relie:
to the coal producers and coal con-
sumers was to appeal to the public
service commission.
“Since the post-war adjustment,
coal producers have reduced their cost
and selling price. Industrial consumers
of coal have reduced their cost and
selling price and the railroads have
cost of operation, but have not reduc
ed the freight rates. To restore an econ-
omic balan it is necessary that the
railroads join with consumers and pro-
ducers of basic commodities and re-
duce freight rates on bituminous coal
sO as to increase production and main-
tain prosperity.”
22 CONVICTS GRANTED |
PARDONS BY GOVERNOR
{
| Appeals of Harry Simmons, Local Man
Refused
Twenty-two convicts spent
| Fourth of July holiday outside per
tiary and prison walls through pardons
granted by Gov Fisher.
In addition to the 22 pardons. the
governor commuted the minimum
sentences of nine other prisoners to
permit their release before the time
set by the courts at their conviction
The governor, on the recommendation
of the board of pardons, refused to
pardon 27 other men.
Dispositions of cases heard at
June session of the board included
Recommended — Antonio Dimauro,
Somerset, murden in the second de-
gree; John J. Ponsell, Warren; Louis
Ottavario. Indiana, assault and bat-
tery.
Minimum sentence commuted
Charles Wilson, Somerset, murder
the second degree.
Refused—John Strock, Jr. Somer-
set, offense against morals; Harry R
Simmons, Cambria, murder in
degree; Francis Ske Indiana, lar-
ceny and Julus Ferry, Cambri:
bery.
second
PATTON SPORTSMEN TO
HAVE AN ACTIVE DAY
15th the Patton Sports
men’s Association will hold
meeting for the purpose of
arrangements to build small
the Killbuck that the trout m:
vive in the time of warm w
and low water. This is a needed +
and it is hoped the Sportsmen
respond in large numbers.
of the day will be spent in rec:
‘and refreshments will be furnished
the club.
On July