Titusville Courier

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THE  TITUSVtLLE COURIER.
A WEEKLY "HOME FOLK'^* PAPER POR CRAWFORD, WARREN, VENANGO AND FOREST COUNTIES.
VOL. XXV*
TITUSVILLB, PA., FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 191a.
NO. 43
NO CHOICE YET
FOR PRESIDENT
Reactionaries Have Lost Control at Baltimore
'SPOOKS" PUMP OLD WELL
Weird
'Pipe" Story Comes Frem McDonald, Pa.
WILSON   STOCK   1$ RISING
Magnificent Battle for Honest Democracy
by William J. Bryan Bids fair
to Result in Victory
At the hour the Courier went to
press, last night balloting forthe
Di mocratic presidential candidate
et thxt Baltimore convonfion had
no' commenced. The prospects
were that while balloting might be
begun at the evening session, there
would be no choice. The indications are thait the deadlock WiU
continue throughout Priday and
possibly Saturday. As the successful oandidate must have a two
thirds vote and none of them can
claim even a majority at' the
present time the outcome is much
in doubt.
The bettef prevails, however,
that bv reason of the heroic tight
made by WUliam Jennings Bryan
and the telegrams that have de-
lunged delegates from the "folks I
back home" demanding a progres-
sive candidate and platform, the!
reactionaries will not be able to,
"put over" their original plan to '
nominate a non-progressive on a
conservative platform. Mr. Bryan
is said to have received thousands
of telegrams from all over the
country commending his battle for
honest Democracy. It is stated that
the telegrams received by - him
would fill three bushel 'baskets
and all Of the ore commendatory.
The other party leaders and delegates have heard from the country
too, though of course in less volume.
Mr. Bryan tore another hunk
from .the hide of the Tammany
tiger yesterday when-he and Senator O'Gorman were chosen to write
■every wiard of the platform. It
wUl be .presented today at the
convention,,
The abrogation-Sy the conven-
" tion of the-^tft^-rSe is belived to
have . eliminated Harmon from the
presidential race and to have helped Wilson's prospects. If the
delegates 'who stood by Bryan in
the fight for a progressive temporary . chairman stand by nim to
the finish it will be impossible for
the reactionaries to control the
.nomination. Progressives believe
that Bryan wiil stick to Wilson so
long as there is a prospect of hia
nomination and will become a candidate himself only if it is necessary to prevent the nomination
going to a reactionary or pseudo-
progressive. The name of Senator
John W. Kern as a nossible compromise who would be acceptable'
to Mr. Bryan and the progressives j
was frequentlv heard yesterday
Mr.  Kern   is
mate of foui ^^ 	
Bryan's choice for the temnorary
chairmanship of the convention before the matter was settled by the
convention.
According to a story from McDonald, Allegheny county, Pa.,
With only "spooks" as the pumpers, an old abandoned weU In the
oil field there is making five
barrels of oil nightly, and with oil
selling at $1.67 a barrel, the Well
is producing over $8 daily without
a cent of cost for operating expenses.
"When the well was abandoned"
the story goes, "the machinery
was left about the derrick and the
old boiler was rusted almost
through. Not wi t hstaning the general rickety condition of the pumping paraphernalia, the spooks who
are operating it managed to get
good  service.
"Two weeks ago, the tenant on
the property heard the unearthly
creaking and groaning of .the big
walking beam as it began rising
and lowering the aucker rod.
"With  a lantern he  hurried    to
'the well, but when he approached
ithe operations   were     suspended.
He searched about the derrick*and
engine   house  but  could   find  no
One.  As  he  passed through    the
boiler house, he touched the boiler.
I He made a more thorough inspection and found it was warm, but
j failed  to  find  any  fire  or  other
I evidence of a recent fire. Opening
the valves he could find no steam.
I    "He  returned to  nis   home and
(the pumping started again, in the
morning he made another investigation   and   found      about       '.ive
! barrels of oil In the tank. II. i ■•-
\ lnted his  experience to  neighboring farmers and they laughed at
| him. The second night, the pumping again was started. Again   tne
tenant told his     neighbors     and
showed them the oil. They decided
I to watch.
j "That night when the pumping
I was started the party crept cau-
I tiously to the well, directed by
I the noise of the rusty machinery.
I As they approached the pumping
' ceased. They investigated and
(found conditions as had been stat-
| ed, even to the warm boiler with-
| out fire. In the morning they made
another in—«>i-io-ation and found
oil  in the ,
"The fal— .- ._._■ _-r—ft- well'
spread and nightly parties visited
the scene, but they became so
numerous that the tenant had to
drive them away, as it interfered
[with the operation of the well and
the production dropped from five
to two barrels a night. No one tea
been able to explain the mystery."
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Cost of Andrews Trial Paid
I    The   Erie county commissioners
have received a Cheek for $2,003,(2.
.in payment ot the expense of the
second trial of John M. Andrews,
i charged with the murder of Emile
! Amann, and who was     acquitted
i after   a two. weeks'  trial  at    the
j May term of court. The check   Is
I drawn on the Warren Trust company by C. A. Love, treasurer of
, Warren county, and is made payable to the board of county   eom-
', missioners  of Erie  county.      The
i witness  fees, charges of      defectives and other incidental expenses
.of the trial were paid at Warren,
the check of the Erie county commissioners being in payment ofthe
Andrews
»*..   a ', n I, n       .»j_i_vexpense   of  keeping  Andrews   at
-      --"   ■ ™|the  trial jury, sheriff's,  deputies,
I etc. In the itimized  account submitted the commissioners of War-
| ren county is a charge of
i water  supplied  the court
WUson stock took another upward trend yesterday \yhen the
convention adopted the minority
report of the credentials committee seating the Wilson delegates
from South Dakota. Champ Clark's
prospects took a corresponding
slump as his delegates.' recommended for seating by the majority report of the credeitVniff 6dm-.
mittee, were turned down.
It was reported yesterday that
Ex-President Roosevelt had communicated, to Mr. Bryan that he
would support Woodrow Wilson if
he is the candidate of the Democratic convention and withdraw
froth the field as the candidate of
the progressive Republicans in
Wilson's favor. Friends of Col.
Roosevelt have been
tion with Mr. Bryan:
in  the past few days.
The reactionaries are very much
downcast over the situation and
the progressives correspondingly'
elated.
9    for
,   ___._._!.^B^^- (room
' during the progress of the trial.
I There is also a charge for a safety
I razor for the uae of the Jury, as
| well as other charges of an odd
j character, but all of which make
the sum total of costs in a criminal trial. ,
Pure Pood Prosecutions
WattsbuJg  Man Missing
C. C. Pettit, a young man of
Wattsburg, is searching for his
father, E. E. Pettit, who dlssapear-
ed Thursday, June 13, trom his
home on a farm near Wattsburg.
The young man states that when
his fsther left home he carried a
wallet containing $180. He thinks
(ds father has become mentally unbalanced. The elder Pettit eould
not have been troubled with financial affairs as he owns a farm! of
180 acres, well stocked and free
from debt,- and also has several
thousand dollars in' a Corry bank.
Al last reports no trace of the missing man had been found.
Three Warren merchants were
arrested Monday on complaint of
Pure Food Agent George M. Pel-
ton of YoungsvUle, charged Wtth
violations of the pure food act.
The defendants are E. H. Morrison, Cappellety Bros., and Charles
D. Behrman. The first two are
m consulta- , charged with selling flour eon-
several times taining nitrous acid. Morrison was
| fined $60 and costs, which he paid.
The case against Cappellety Bros,
is stiU pending and will he heard
on July 2. xThe offending flour
was purchased from an Brie milling company. Groceryman Behrman was charged with selling
dried peaches containing sulphur
dioxide not stated upon the package.
WILLIAM   JENNINGS   BRYAN.
Hero of a Gallant Fight for the People Against a Sordid
Combination of Predatory Wealth and Corrupt
Politicians at the Baltimore Convention
CHAUTAUQUA    ONCE    MORE
Unique Institution at Chautauqua, N. Y.,
I        Opens Its Thirty-ninth Season
New Hospital Trustee
Frank Brown, of Mayburg, Forest
county, has been appointed by
Governor John K. Tener to fill
the vacancy on the Board of True-
tees of the State Hospital forthe
Insane at North Warren. His appointment was made upon tne
recommendation of Senator J. K.
P. HaU, of Ridgway. Mr. Brown
fills the vacancy caused by the
death of the late John F. Brown.
Pennsylvania Fair Dates
In addition to the Titusville fair,
which will be held Sep. 10 to IS
inclusive, the dates of other fairs
In this  section this year are    as
follows: Zj\_
Conneattt Lake, Aug. 26 to 19.
Wattsburg, Sept. 3 to 6.
Corry,   Sept.  3  to   6.
Mercer, Sept. 3 to 5.   .
Stoneboro,  Sept.  16  to  19.
Struck by a Train
Fred Carpenter, aged 48 years,
a teamster in the employ of the
Northwestern Construction Co.
was struck and injured by an Erie
1 passenger train at Franklin Monday afternoon. Though he was
knocked 30 feet, he escapee Without  a fracture  of  any  kind      and
I will  undoubtedly recover.
The venerable Chancellor of
Chautauqua Institution, Bishop
John H Vincent, participated in
the exercises at 10 In the morning
and at 2:30 in the • afternoon,
Thursday, June 27th, which inaugurated the thirty-ninth annual
assembly at Chautauqua, New
York. Bishop Vincent, who lately
celebrated his eightieth birthday,
is still vigorous in body and keen
in. interest concerning the great
movement that he set going in his
young manhood.
The program for the first few
days includes the following items:
Bishop John H, Vincent, devotional address at 11 a. m„ Thursday, June 27.
President WiUiam G. Forest of
Berea CoUege, Berea, Kentucky,
"Educational Pioneering in' tne
Southern Mountains," Friday, June
28th at 2:80. Devotional addresses
at 10 a. m., Wednesday, July 3
and Thursday, July 4.
Professor Francis G. Peabody of
Harvard, "The Christian Ufe in the
Modern World," Saturday, June 29
at 2:30; Monday, July 1 at 10 and
2:30; Tuesday, July 2 aft 10 and 2:30
Sermon Sunday morning, June SO.
Professor Percy W. Boynton of
the University of Chicago, and the
Chautauqua Summer Schools, "The
-3P!d   saW«MO  jo   seuiix  pus   ajvj
ens," Friday, June 28th, at 10 a.m.
Professor F. J- E. Woodbridge of
Columbia University, lectures on
"Historic and Modern Ideas of
Life," July 1 to 5, daily at 11a.m.
Joseph Henius of the New York
Institute of Musical Art and the
Chautauqua Summer Schools, "The
Pianoforte and Its Music," July 1
to  5,  daily  at 5 p. m.
Arthur B. Bestor, Dirdbtor Chautauqua Institution, Independence
Day address, "The Old World and
the New," Thursday, July 4, at
9:30 p. m.
President David Starr Jordan of
Leland Stanford Jr. University,
"The Case Against War," Saturday,
July 6, at 2:30.
Entertainments will be given on
the evenings of July ,3 and 5 by
Ross Crane, crayon artist and lecturer; illustrated lectures on tbe
Amazon country by Algot Lange,
explorer, scientist and author on
the evenings of July 3 and 4, and
the first quartet concert of the
season,   Monday  evening, July   1,
FOR THE  GLORIOUS FOURTH
Tetanus  Anti-Toxin   Stations     Established by the State Health Board
The 67 tetanus antitoxin stations
throughout     the     Commonwealth
[have received their supplies from
[the Department of Health and are
ready to meet the usual Fourth of
{July  demands.
I The antitoxin wiU be furnished
(without cost to the poor and the
.stations are so located that every
I part of Pennsylvania is within easv
I reach of one. It is essential that
the tetanus antitoxin be administered within 24 to 48 hours after
'the wound has been inflicted.
Any physician can secure .in immunizing dose of 1S00 units ' free
upon applying to a distributing
station, on certifying that it is for
the treatment o'f a person too poor
to pay.
In urging the prompt use of antitoxin to prevent lock-jaw following explosive and pther
wounds, Dr. Dixon, Commissioner
of Health, says:
"Do not consider any such
wounds trivial, send for a physician at once. If it is impossible, to
promptly secure his attendance,
wash out the wound thoroughly
with hot, boiled water, remove
every particle of foreign matter
and until the doctor arrives, apply
a wet dressing; cloths saturated
with a solution made by adding
a teaspoon full of salt to a pint
of boUed water."
In Crawford county the antitoxin stations are the drug stores of
F. K. Easterwood at MeadvUle
and James Lydell, Cambridge
Springs. For other counties in this
section the stations are located as.
foUows: Erie county; S* F. Ames,
Corry; Forest; J. G. Dunn, Tionesta ; Warren: Wm. S, Peirce,
Warren; Venango: Guy H, Curtis,
FrankUn.
SAFE AND SANE
FOURTH PLANS
Titusville Will Celebrate
Sensible Way
in a
PARADE   TO   BC   SHORTER
tittle Ones' Strength Will Wot be Taxed—
Literal Prizes Offered Those
Participating ia the
Procession
Work
TROLLEY TALK
on    Extension   to   Cambridge
Springs About to Begin
Corry Man a Suicide
"WUliam Darling, of Corry, was
found dead in Chautauqua Lake,
between Beachwood and Grass
Island about three o'clock Saturday afternoon. He had been dead
since the previous Sunday, it is
thought. The matter is shrouded
in mystery, although many ofthe
details have been ascertained by
Coroner B. F. Hist on, who was
immediately notified. James Harrison discovered the body of Darling, which was badly decomposed.
Attached about the waist by two
strands of rope was a five-quart
tin pail filled with cement, evidently an anchor of a row boat.
No reason for suicide can be
given.
Last Friday's Cambridge Springs
News had the following:
W. J. Smith, general mana
the Titusville Traction company,
was in town yesterday, his principal business being to find a
suitable house for himself and
family in which to reside while he
is looking after the construction
of the extension of his company's
Unes to -Cambridge Springs. Good
houses at moderate rentals are
scarce In this city and Mr. Smith
spent some time looking around.
There are only a few vacant residence properties here now, arid as
he wanted a lease for only four or
six months the position was more
difficult than would ordinarily be
the case.
M". Smith stated to a News reporter that material for the new
extension woula be coming in here
rapidly Within the next ten or
twenty days, and he wished to get
located here with his familv in
time to direct building operations
from tbe start. The extension
will follow cioselv the former
Petroleum railroad right of way,
most of which was graded about
38 years ago, so thar the work of
buUding the line is made much
easier. New bridges, a shaping up
of the grade, the laying of ties and
rails is about all there is to it.
As gasoline cars may be used, the
matter of buUding overhead construction for an electric trolley
Une is not to be taken up now.
The News has heretofore kept
its readers fuUy informed as to
the progress of matters concern*-
ing this Une, its manifest"-, advantages to the people and the
citlsens of central Crawford and
TitusviUe citv, and hence is very i To
glad to reoord the almost certain three
prospect of the beginning of const-notion work on this extension
within the  coming  three weeks.
Plans   are  about  complete    for
j the "safe and sane" Fourth of July
celebration in TitusviUe this year.
J The ch-Udren's parade wiU not be
, so long as last year, it having been
decided   that   the   younger   children are scarcely equal to a   long
march. Eight sections will form the
parade, which starts at 9:30 in the
morning. The sections will consist
of the Elm, Drake Main and Fourth
ward grade, schools, ithe high
school, advanced parochial school,
grade parochial schools and a
free-for-all section, in which viaiting and aU unclassified children
may take part. The. parade wUl
start at Perry street and march
south to Main, west to Brown,
north to Walnut and back on Walnut to the Drake street school,
where the chUdren will sing their
songs and all join in a salute to
I the national flag. The prises will
be distributed here. The Spartansburg band of 18 pieces has been
engaged for the day.- They wiU
come overland in their band wagon
arriving in time for the morning
parade, and wUl play for the
sports in the afternoon as well as.
during the fireworks in the evening   at  the  Carter   athletic  field.
_^      The grand stand and part of   the
. I field, where it is needed by those
ger OI I putting off the fireworks display,
wUl be electrically lighted,
througb the kindness of Manager
E. C. McCabe of the TitusviUe
Light and Power Co.
i
Prizes for Parade
I    FoUowing is  a Ust of prices as
offered for the parade:
To the boys' organization giving
the best historical representation
$5.00.
| High School
To a group of not less than four
giving the best historical representation, $6.00,
i    To a group of two giving   the
best historical representation, $3.oo.
To the best individual historical
representation—boy's first,     prise,
kodak; boy's  second prize, $1.00.
I    To the best individual historical
representation—girl's     first prize,
kodak; girl's  second prize, $1.00
Other
the
 Divisions
ea^h  division     except     	
school   division.
the best individual patriotic ,
[representation—boy's
prize,   $1.50;   boy's      peeond
$1.00.
the best individual, patriotic
historical representation—girl's
first prize $1.50; girl's second prize,
$1.00.
the best bicycle, first
seco id prize 75c.
the best doll carriage,    first
$1.00; second prize, 75c.
vehicle, not doll carriage or
prize,  $1.00;   second
In
high
To
or  historical
first
prise.
To
or
To
$1.K):
To
prize,
To
prize,
bicycle,   first
prize, 75c.       !  -___m--
a group of not less than
giving the best historical or
patriotic representation in any
part of the parade excepting the
high school division, first
$5.00;   second  prize,  $3.00.
prize,
A Serious Fall
'Mrs. W. J. Kerr of Franklin was
probably fataUy injured the other
evening by a fall down a stairway
at her home. In the fall one of her
ribs was loosened from the spial
column and penetrated the lungs.
As Mra. Kerr is nearly 80 years old
there are but slight hopes of her
recovery. The victim of the accident is weU known in thiscityand
section. ._•. '■ ._.>'^j_|»|
Insane Man Causes Furore
A good deal of excitement was
created at OU City Monday by the
actions of Clarence Hopkins, a
Tidioute man, who is said to he
mentally unbalanced. Laboring.un-
der the hallucination that he had
lost his tools, Hopkins entered a
number of houses and frightened
the women by tearing up
lineoleum and searching for the
lost implements. When taken to
the OU City lockup he tore out the
plumbing and did. considerable
damage. Hopkins, who is about 30
years old, is said to have been an
inmate of the Warren asylum once
before. He will be taken back
there.
Metal Sign Posts
State     Highway     Commissioner
j Bigelow has asked for bids for the
first sign posts to be erected by
the   state  along  main      highway
routes.   The  bids  are  asked      on
1,000 posts to be furnished as needed. The index boards as well as
the  posts are to be of metal according to design adopted bythe
commissioner some time ago. The
posts will be erected along     improved highways and in such other
parts of the state as are needed
because of crossing routes. Several
penalties   for  defacing  of the sign
posts   will  be  made.  Metal   posts.
and signs will be considerable of
an improvement over the old-fash- !
ioned wooden  ones, the tottering
of which wore off and left the Is- I
scription  unintelligible and   which}
were defaced by every "fool" gun-'
ner  that  passed  using them      as I
targets.
Believe Horse Thief Insane
Lewis Guiseman of MeadviUe,
who was arrested in that city last
Thursday on the charge of stealing a horse from Daum Bros., OU
City liverymen, a week ago, confessed and implicated another
man from Erie county, but who
has not been captured yet. The
authorities beUeve Guiseman ia not
in his right mind. He is a Russian
Jew* and seems to be perfectly
crazy over horses. He never abuses
a horse, but would feed one and
go hungry himself. The Daum
horse had not been recovered at
last accounts.
Guys Mills to Celebrate
The national anniversary is not
tn go unobserved at Guys Mills,
The business men met the other
evening and planned a Fourth of
July celebration. There will be a
good program throughout the day
with amusements of all kinds,
races, speeches, a double header
baseball game, and in the evening
there will be a display of fireworks. The main feature of the
day will be a basket picnic. This
part of the program wUl be in
the nature of an old home day
and everybody is invited to come
with the proverbial "well filled
basket."
t
To Celebrate the Glorious
East Hickory will celebrate July
4th In fine style thi Siyear. They
wUl have the     Endeavor     band,.
grand fantastic parade at 10 a. m.,
an old-fashioned picnic, races and
all  kinds  of  amusements  on  the
grounds, merry-go-round, greased
pole,  and     many other features.
Everybody  invited.    Mayburg    is
preparing  for a      big celebration
■along similar Unes and in addition
KeUettvUle and Mayburg wUl play
two baseball games. Fireworks in
the evening. ','3-"Z
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Annual Reunion
*
The annual reunion, of the NeiUtown cemetery association will be
held at NeiUtown today. A fine
picnic dinner will be a feature of
the occasion. A number from TitusvUle will attend the reunion.
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