Mount Pleasant journal (March 8, 1911)

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MOUNT   PLEASANT,    WESTMORELAND   COUNTY,    PA.,    WEDNESDAYS',    MAKOT   8,    1911.
NO. 10
IURGESS COLLINS
ISTILL TOO SMOOTH
fOR REPUBLICANS
[s Well as  Democrats Who
| Jump Their Party's Traces.
GETS JUST  WHAT  HE WANTS
[hen   council   reorganizes   on
monday evening last.
tie Fight Centered on the Presidency
lof 'lhat  Body and Street Commis-
sionership, Which Go to George
I Benford and George Mathiaa, Respectively, as Councilman Charles
I Cunningham Didn't Get Home from
I Pittsburg in Time for the Meeting
land Alexander T„   as  the  Town's
Chief Executive, Decided the Tie
lvotes That Resulted.
Burgess Alexander Trouncem Col-
hs, at the reorganization of that body
londay evening, gave Council a sarnie ot politics that not only put his
jepublican opponents down and out
lit taught several of his fellow Dem-
Irats the folly of jumping their
pity's traces when both the ribbons
pd whip are in his hands.
|The officers elected are:   President of
crancil,  George Benford; Secretary, M.
King; Treasurer, James S. Hitchman;
|>licitor,  Eugene   Warden;  City Engi-
^er, Robert Hill, of Greensburg; Street
ammissioner,  George Mathias;   Police,
Iward  Stevens, chief, at $15 a month;
Klliam Ong, Patrolman. $60 per month.
I The  election  of   Attorney Warden is
Ir three years and in   this   connection
1 is due his predecessor, Nevin A.Cort,
sq.,   to  add   that   his   difference with
imucil on the question   of   his   salary
as been adjusted to the entire satisfac-
:>n of both parties.
I The reorganization fight centered on
Le offices of President of Council and
ireet Commissioner. The Democrats
ive six members and the Republicans
it three so that it looked like plain
filing for the former. The unterrified,
jwever, were divided; that is to say,
»o of them went over to the G. O. P-
kid, making it apparently a sure thing
Lat F. E. Painter, Republican, would
lep into President Henderson's shoes
laving Mr. Benford, the Democratic
jmdidate, to continue to stick his pedal
ttremities under his own little desk in
juncil Chambers. But Franklin and
ts friends have another think coming
|id all because Councilman Charles
mningbam, one of the Republican
lembers from the First ward, wasn't
. To his absence there are attached
no tales, of which Journal readers are
rivileged to make their own choice.
I Mr. Cunningham, who had been in
{lorida for a month or more, hurried
ime last week for Council's reorgani-
iiioa, but went lo Pittsburg Monday
lorning and didn't get back until after
lie body had adjourned, missing the
Jht as well as the nice little oyster
lpper which Secretary King gives an-
lally for all his fellow borough offi-
lals. This affair was better than ever
year as Mrs. Merritt Adolphus
|>oked after the spread which she served
: home.
I The explanation given by Mr. Cun-
lingham to a Journal scribe was that
lis son, Robert, was in Pittsburg, too,
pd without transportation home, com-
Idling his father to wait for him until a
]ite train. The other story is that Bur-
ess Collins, knowing that in case of a
kmncilmanic tie he has the right to cast
lie deciding vote, instructed his bosom
Vieud, Thomas Tighe, .to accompany
Iharley to Pittsburg aud show him such
[good time that he would never think
|i the approaching election. But be
pese tales as they may, the fact remains
iat the absence of Councilman Charles
Jed the Republicans and Democrats at
3ur votes each and allowed Burgess
|ollins to seat Mr. Benford in the pres
ieutial chair and to give Mr. Mathias
Itreet Commissioner W. D. Mullin's
|lace.
Hospital Nurses to Graduate.
The Mount Pleasant Memorial Hospi-
kl will graduate the Class of 1911 from
Is Training School Friday evening next,
larch 10th. The exercises will be held
the hospital. The graduates are Misses
|usan Cecelia McKenna, Ida Josephine
lasters and Cora Edna McElwee.
SARAH HEATH
PASSES AWAY
IN CALIFORNIA
After  Having  Rounded  Out
the Full Century of Life.
Carter H. Harrison, Democrat, and Charles E. Merriam, Republican, were nominated by their respective parties as candidates
for mayor of Chicago. By a vote of forty-six to forty in the United States senate William Lorimer of Illinois was declared
legally entitled to his seat in that body. The question has arisen in the appointment of Henry S. Bontell as minister to
Portugal whether the United States government has given formal recognition to the new provisional government. America
and other countries are hurrying food and medicine to the thousands of plague and famine stricken sufferers in northeastern China. Wide Interest is being
taken In New York's $100,000 breach of promise suit brought by Miss Anna Berthe Grunsnan ngainst \v iUhim English Walling, the well known Socialist
News Snapshots
Of fhe Week
SHE DIED ON FEBRUARY I9TI1 LAST
AT THE BALDWIN PARK HOME OF HER
SON, DR. M. D. HEATH.
COMERS AND GOERS.
Paragraphs About Prominent   People Onth-
ereii During the Week.
Mrs. Robert A. Ramsay, of Elk county,
spent Sunday here with her husband's
people.
Miss Carrie Painter, of Greensburg,
spent Sunday here as the guest of Misses
Elizabeth and Alice Warden.
John Hissoug, wife and daughter, Miss
Ethel, of Jeannette. were here over Sunday as the guests of Rev. and Mrs. M. V.
DeVaux.
Jerome and Alfred Kobicker are home
from the most successful eastern buying
trip in the history of their firm's stores
here and at Connellsville.
Mrs. James McD. Bryce represented
Mount Pleasant at the luncheon Mrs. E.
H. Reid, of Scottdale, gave Thursdav for
Mrs. Ellis Phillips, of Columbus,   Ohio.
Mrs. Ern K. Miller and little son,
Haiden, of Canonsburg, Pa., are spending
the week here with Mrs Wilmer Bar-
nette.   The ladies are old school friends
County Controller John D. Hitchman
and his attorney, Nevin A. Cort, Esq.,
went to Harrisburg yesterday to look up
tax matters that concern Westmoreland.
Councilman and Mrs. Charles Cunningham returned Thursday evening
from a most enjoyable six weeks' trip to
Florida. Both were well browned by
tbe warm sun at Saint Petersburg.
C. R. Ferner, president of the Peoples
National Bank, returned Thursday from
Philadelphia where be attended the annual meeting of the Board of Publication
of tbe Reformed Church, of which he
has been a member for many years.
A GRACEFUL ACT.
MISS SHELAR BACK AT WORK
But the Biute Who Assaulted Her the Week Before is Still
at Large Despite Numerous Arrests of Suspects.
WEST OVERTON YOUNG MAN GIVES GOOD DESCRIPTION
The brute who assaulted Miss Camille
Shelar, teacher of the Alice Mines school,
as she was going home last Monday
evening, is still at large aud there are
fears that he has made good his escape
by leaving this part of the country,
despite the fact that County Detective
Welty Dom, state troopers and a host of
police and constables have been making
a close hunt for tbe past ten days.
The pretty victim's father, Dr. J. W.
Shelar, of this place, offered $100 reward
as soon as he heard of the outrage and
the East Huntingdon township Board of
Education, at a special meeting, increased
this sum to $350 for the arrest of the
guilty party.
There have been some eight arrests of
suspected parties in this vicinity, at
Connellsville and other points in Fayette county. Some of the prisoners were
not even brought here, while those Miss
Shelar saw were at once released as none
of them was the much wanted man.
Miss Sbelar's recovery was rapid as
she was able to resume her school duties
on Monday last.
Lot McEwen, son of the superintendent of a West Overton mill, believes
that he met the man, for whom so many
officers are on the lookout, earlier on
the day the outrage was committed.
The description of the fellow, who asked
the way to the Alice Mines school house
and said he had lived here for nine
years, is thus given by young   McEwen:
The man was an Italian, about five
feet, eight inches and weighed about 155
or 160 pounds; was about 35 years ol age,
had large dark eyes with heavy lashes
and was rather good looking. His eyes
were somewhat flashy when talking, had
a dark complexion, with olive skiu, a
black mustache with a slight curl on the
ends, had high c'-.cek bones slightly
tinted. In one of his front teeth the
man had a solid g >ld iilimg, in the shape
of a half moon. He wore about a pum-
ber eight box toe shoe, a slouch hat, a
cheap grade, chocolate brown sui', a
gold chjiu with bone links and a nickel
plated railroad watch of cheap grade.
DFATHS OF THE WEEK.
The Grim Reaper's Work in This Place and
Vicinity.
Father and Son Killed.
While en route to work shortly before
o'clock Tuesday morning, two   Italian
iuers, John and Cosino Dieurio, father
Ind   son, were run down by a Pennsyl-
lania railroad train just west of Greens-
lurg and instantly killed.
Connellsville Chamber of Commerce Endorses
Our Railroad Efforts.
The Connellsville Chamber of Commerce, meeting Wednesday evening,
heartily endorsed the efforts Mount Pleasant is putting forth to induce the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to extend
its local branch through to Hecla, by
tbe adoption ot the following resolution:
"That the Chamber of Commerce of
Greater Connellsville notify the Monnt
Pleasant Board of Trade and the citizens
of that town that it has a due appreciation of the great need of the proposed
connecting Pennsylvania railroad link
between Mount Pleasant and Hecla, and
that assurances be given to them that the
Chamber of Commerce of Greater Connellsville is heartily in accord with their
efforts and will gladly assist them, in
whatever way, and to the farthest degree
possible, in accomplishing their desires
in this connection, being thoroughly
convinced that the pressing need of such
a connecting road is clearly indicated
and warranted, and that if it were built,
Connellsville would share with Mount
Pleasant the benefits derived from same
through the opening of new territory."
Basket Ball Games.
The Jeannette High School basket ball
team was handsomely trounced in the
state armory here Thursday evening by
the Independents 30 to 14.
The Company D team at Connellsville
will come over here Friday evening and
measure tosses with Captain Kalp's boys
of Company E.
The Mount Pleasant and Connellsville
junior teams clashed in the local armory
Saturday afternoon, the former winning
23 to 19.
The Irwin and Mount Pleasant High
School girl fives will play here in the
armory Saturday afternoon next at 3
o'clock.
Mrs. John Kurtz
Mrs. Sarah Stevenson Kurtz, widow ot
John Kurtz, who died on February 16th,
was but nine days separated by death
from her husband as she passed away on
February 25th at her Donegal home, aged
71 years. She suffered from no disease,
only grew weaker until tbe gentle spirit
returned to Him Who gave it and Whom
it was her pleasure to serve as a member
of the Baptist church. Following divine
services conducted by Rev. Mr. Faust
assisted by Rev. Mr. Miller, the interment took place on Tuesday last.
As so recently noted in these columns,
there survive two sons and six daugh
ters: John, of Scottdale, and Albert, of
Donegal; Mrs. John Eicbler and Mrs-
Anna Stahl, of Pittsburg; Mrs. Walter M.
Sheppard, of Smock, Pa.; Mrs. T. Layton,
of Bayard, W. Va.; Mrs. Henry Whetzel,
of this place, and Mrs. Delmar Ulery, of
Donegal. In copying tbe names of the
children following the death of their
father, The Journal regrets that that of
Mrs. Whetzel was overlooked.
Joseph McGee.
Mr. and Mrs. James McGee, of East
Main street, who on Wednesday last
buried the body of their 5-year-old son,
John Cancey, were called upon to bear
another terrible blow Saturday morning
when their oldest son, Joseph, aged 16
years, dropped dead at the breakfast
table of what is known as a leaking
heart. He had suffered for a number of
years from this trouble, but under proper
treatment it was hoped he would outgrow
it. The interment took place Tuesday
morning from St. Joseph's Catholic
church.
Mrs. Grace Pyle Lowe.
Mrs. Grace Pyle Lowe, wife of Dr.
Edward H. Lowe, oldest son of David P.
Lowe, of this place, died Saturday at her
Ashtola, Somerset county, home, aged 36
years. The interment took place Monday at her girlhood home in Somerset.
Mrs. Lowe, who had many friends here
aud at Ruffsdale, where she and her
husband formerly resided, leaves two
little daughters with their father who
served with Company E in the  Philip
pines in the famous Tenth Pennsylvania
regiment. The cause of Mrs. Lowe's
death was puerperal fever.
David Armel Keiater.
David Armel Keister, a Mount Pleasant boy and son of the late Daniel B.
Keister, died at his home in New York
City Saturday, aged about 50 years. For
years he had been confined to a chair
with paralysis that made him helpless
except in mind which, stored with
knowledge gained irom constant r aim}
of the Bible and the best literature, was
both a wonder and delight to the many
friends who were wont to call on him-
He leaves a widow and two children, a
son and daughter.
Joseph Caldwell Morrow.
The death of Joseph Caldwell Morrow,
the Pittsburg auctioneer whose people
formerly resided here and who had his
leg amputated in the Passavant Hospital
recently, occurred at that institution
Monday morning. Mr. Morrow had
stubbed his toe while in Florida last
December, but paid little attention to
tbe injury until after he returned home
when it was found the bone was broken.
Then gangrene set in, effecting the left
leg that was amputated first at the knee
snd then at the hip, but all in vain.
Mr. Morrow was a son of the late John
C. and Elizabeth Morrow, having been
born in East Huntingdon township December 31st, 1851. He taught school at
Donegal and Scottdale and later became
an auctioneer of national reputation.
He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, Odd Fellows, Maccabees
and Royal Arcanum and is survived by
his widow, five sons and two daughters
Committee Heads Named.
President C. K. Fox and Vice President D. W. Fox, of the Henry and Mary
Fox Clan Reunion and Historical Society, have appointed the following
heads of committees looking to the next
gathering of this famous family: Music,
Miss Margaret K. Fox; invitation and
refreshments, Miss Nettie Fox; literary
and historical program, Lyman W. Fox;
amusements and games, John L. Ruth.
The appointees are requested to meet at
7 o'clock on Monday evening, March
20lh, at the West Main street home of
John S. Fox.
COKE AND COAL.
Items of Interest Gathered from Both Mine
and Yard.
The coke trade continues on the up
grade as the Frick company has added
253 ovens to its active list. Of that total
in this district Morewood, Central,
Hecla aud Trauger got 20 each and Tarr
12. All the plants will make six days
this week.
The report of Mine Inspector Chaun-
cey B. Ross, of Greensburg, shows there
were mined in the Second Bituminous
District last year 8,048,673 tons of coal
while the output of coke was 2,186,960
tons, 58 of the 61 mines being in operation. There were 9,406 persons employed and 37 fatal accidents.
The Producers Coke Company, which
proposes to handle annually over a million tons of coke for independent oper
ators, has opened up for business at
Uniontown. The capital stock is $50,000
held by the five directors, J. W. Abraham, president; F. E. Peabody, vice president; H. W. Semaus, secretary and treas-
uier, and J. E. Hustead, all of Union-
town, and R. W. Gilmore, of Dunbar.
District No. 5, United Mine Workers
of America, meeting at Pittsburg Thursday, expelled Francis Feehan, president;
Van Bitner, vice president; Timothy
Donovan, treasurer, together with the
members of the executive board for having failed to attend a convention when
notified so to do. The trouble grew out
of the coal strike in this county.
NEW KIND OF PILLS
That Brought Stable Boss Jack McOoogan
Around All Right.
Recently Jack McGoogan, the H. C.
Frick Coke Company's faithful stable
boss at Standard, felt so mean physically
that he consulted his physician and was
given a lot of little white pills to take;
so many, in fact, that for safe keeping
he put them in a small dish, going religiously three times a day for his dose.
He soon began to feel better and is
now all right again, but he isn't saying
much about the pills, of which he has
practically all on hand still. He got
into another saucer and made way with
nearly a whole string of loose beads.
Meeting of Red Men.
A district meeting of the Red Men,
including tribes at Greensburg, Pleasant
Unity, Youngwood, Connellsville, Daw
son aud Uniontown, will be held here
ou Saturday evening, March 18th, in
Red Men's Hall. Grand Sachem A. M-
Long, of Philadelphia, will be present
and exemplify the "unwritten work" in
addition to conferring the Past Chief's
degree on all past sachems of the district After the exercises a lunch will
be served by Oneta Tribe, No. 237.
Mrs. Heath was a Daughter of Marti*,
and Elizabeth Overholt Stauffer
and was Born in Fayette County,
This State, on January 14th, 181 t.
She was Well Known to Many
Mount Pleasant People, Being e>
Sister of the Late John T. Stauffer»
of This Place.
Baldwin Park, California,
Feb. 25th, 1911.
Editor of Journal:   1 enclose a
notice ot the death of probably your
oldest subscriber.     She lived many
years in Mount Pleasant and vicinity
and was known to many of your
readers.    We wish the Uniontown,
Connellsville   and   Scottdale   papers
would please copy as she was widely
known in those places.
Very respectfully yours,
Margaret Heath.
Mrs. Sarah Heath died at the residence
of her son, Dr. M. D. Heath, Baldwin
Park, California, February 19th, 1911,
aged 100 years, 1 month and 5 days. She
had been confined to her room since the
latter part of October, but an attack of
grippe hastened her death. Funeral services were conducted at the home by
Rev. Johnson, pastor of the Methodist
Episcopal church of Covina, this state.
He read the scripture lessou from the
Bible that was given to her by her father
in 1820, and from which she learned let
read as was the custom at that time.
Among the pall-bearers were Capt. J. A.
Loar aud T. C. Patterson, Mount Pleasant,
friends; while Mrs. Elizabeth Overholt
Richie led in the singing of the familiar
hymns "Jesus, I.over of My Soul" and
"Just as I Am." The body was laid in.
Oakdale cemetery beside that of her
daughter, Elizabeth, who died about a
year ago.
Sarah Staufter, daughter of Martin aud
Elizabeth Overholt Stauffer, was bora
January 14th, 1811, in Fayette county.
Pa. She was the last of five children,
her youngest brother, John T. Stauffer,
having died in Mount Pleasant some
years ago. She was married to Samuel
Heath in 1830, and ot the seven children
born to them, only one, Dr. M. D. Heath
survives. The husband, Samuel Heathy
died in 1864, and during the forty-seven
years of her widowhood Mrs. Heath has
made her home in different states, residing at various times in Iowa, Missouri.
Kansas and California; but she always
had the desire to return to Pennsylvania
to end her days.
Relatives and friends gave her a post
card shower ou her 100th birthday, upon
which occasion she received over one
hundred cards. Although her memory
was impaired, she was able to understand and grasp many of the messages as
they were read to her and it pleased her
to be remembered by those so far away.
She joined the United Brethren Church,
about 1829, but in later years was affiliated with the Free Methodist Church.
Besides the son there survive two
granddaughters, two grandsons and two
greatgrandsons. She was related to many
of the old families of Westmoreland and
Fayette counties and has a number of
nieces, nephews, grandnieces and
nephews, and greatgrandnieces and
nephews still living there.
Murderer With Blank Mind.
Guilty of murder in the first degree
was the verdict reached on the first
ballot by a Somerset county jury Monday in the trial of Henry Brent, a negroi
for killing Charles Laugley at Husband
on January 28. Brent told one of the
most remarkable stories ever heard in
court at Somerset. He declared that his
mind was a blank for hours preceding
aud following the murder.
Chinese Snfferers Remembered.
The Protestant churches of Mount
Pleasant have forwarded to the Red
Cross, Washington, D. C, for transmission lo Chinese famine sufferers, $30 as a
part of the contributions during the
union evangelistic services.
Pretty Home Wedding.
Martin Wiltrout, a young Baltimore *
Ohio freight conductor, and Miss Margaret Nixon were married Wednesday
afternoon at 4 o'clocd at the East End
home of the bride's mother, Mrs. William
Nixon. Rev. Wm. M. Lorimer, pastor ot
the United Presbyterian church, officiated in the presence of some thirty
relatives and friends who bore the bride
many handsome presents. An elaborate
spread followed the ceremony. Mr. and
Mrs, Wiltrout will reside with the
groom's mother on Bridgeport street.
Looal Option Bill Killed.
The House at Harrisburg Monday evening, by a vote of 121 to 76, refused to
put the local option bill, negatived by
the Law and Order Committee, on the
calendar and the measure was thus
killed for this session of the Legislature.
All five Westmoreland representatives
voted for the bill.
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