Mount Pleasant journal (September 6, 1911)

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MOUNT   PLEASANT,    WESTMORELAND    COUNTY,    PA.,    WEDNESDAY,    SEPTEMBER
1011.
NO. 38
HEU F SHIELDS
IS BEING TRIED
F
the County Criminal Court
at Greensburg
fefORE JUDGE ALEX. D. M'CONNELL
|H0 DIDN'T WAIT FOE JUDGE   REED'S
ARRIVAL.
Lawyers for the Defense Make
lEvery Effort to Have the Case
■Again Postponed, but Judge Mc-
loonnell Says No and the Highest
■Peace Officer of Westmoreland
|Has at Last Had to Face the Music,
■Charged With Keeping Money
■Which Rightfully Belongs to the
■County.
The case of Sheritl John E. Shields,
larged with having kept some $54.to
}r the service of Fayette county writs
toad of turning the money over to
us county, was taken up in criminal
hurt at Greensburg Monday morning
Wore Judge McConnell who didn't
fait for the arrival of Judge Heed, of
rsort county, later in the day.
tant District Attorney N. A. Cort
a 1 lenna C Ogden represented the
Immonwealth. Attorneys Robbins,
mini  and dwell, counsel for the
tendant, tried hard to have the case
|ain postponed, but Judge Alexander
said no.    The prosecution rested
case at noon yesterday and wit-
tsses for the defense are now being
eaid.     The case may go to the jury
nday.
I There were three true bills against the
lerifl as found by the grand jury. The
1st was on a charge of misdemeanor,
Jlegiug appropriation of money collect-
p on serving writs sent into this county
lorn Fayette.
I The other two bills charged escape of
Vlsoners and malfeasance in office.
Ihese charges grew out of the alleged
llease of six deputy sheriffs from jail,
Iter they had been committed by Jus-
ce of the Peace Henry L. Meerhoff, of
(•win.
J Deputy Sheriffs Albert Anderson, Tony
[letcher, Thomas Conibcr, Jacob Vozel,
, F. Adams and Bert Roadman were ar-
Isted at Irwin on charges of trespassing
la property of the Penn Gas Coal Company. Following a hearing they were
ommitted to jail for live days each.
It was claimed  the men were allowed
leave the jail before their time was
|p and reappeared in Irwin. Again they
}ere sent back for ten days each. The
Irst commitment was on May 23 and the
Tjcond on May 29, this year,
j The second sentence, it was claimed,
las also not carried out, and the men
Lain liberated.   Deputy Constable Chas.
. Livingstone, on duty at Irwin, then
[cut before Justice of the Peace Meer-
loft and preferred the charges against
Shields,
the head wilh a pick handle. The (toy
acquitted the prisoner.
Louis J. Nadler, an East Vnudergril'
constable, was convicted on a charge of
extortion made by Mrs. Agnes Sedecky
from whom he took $50 to get her husband out of jail, but failed to make good.
Joshua Miller, of Millwood, was convicted on charges of assault and battery.
He smacked L. S. Shaw for squeezing
Mrs. Lizzie Miller on a street car.
Joe Joenja, charged with dynamiting ;i
house at Atlantic No. 2, was found not
guilty.
Frank Gray, of New Keiisiugton.charg-
ed wilh enticing two little girls into a
cabin which he had rented, was acquitted but directed to pay the costs.
Ralph Lesse got 20 days to jail for
having drawn a gtin on James Simeon.
The grand jury found the court house
aud couuty home in good condition, also
the jail, barring overcrowding. The jury
thought jail prisoners should be made
lo keep the court house clean aud thus
save the county some $10,000 a year.
DEATHS OF THE WEEK.
Found guilty of having criminally as-
aulted his deaf and dumb 15-year-old
Jtepdaughter, John Ivanko, of Tarr, was
liven an indeterminate sentence of not
Jess than 3 years and 9 months and not
liore than 15 years in the Western Penitentiary by Judge Doty on Thursday.
Nine months to the workhouse and a
Ine of $500 were handed to Oliver Mauley, colored, convicted of conducting a
lawdy house on a houseboat on the
tonongahela river near Monessen.
Found guilty of felonious assault and
lattery as charged by Harry Fry, Mike
f>emeter, an Italian, of Latrobe, was sent
the workhouse for four months by
Judge Doty who also imposed a fine of
■25 for carrying concealed weapons.
Three months to the workhouse were
Siven John Pronusik, found guilty of
[etonious shooting at Herminie as charged by State Trooper Reynold Plorentine.
Sentence was imposed by Judge McCon-
tell
Following a short deliberation Friday,
Ihe jury in the case of "Dick" Johnson,
accused of attacking and stabbing Judge
Thomas   D.   Caruahan   of  Pittsburg, on
Vugust 18, when Judge Carnahan order-
Id Johnson oft the Carnahan property at
loss Park, a fashionable summer residential district in Ligonier townshipi
reported they found Johnson had committed the attack and that he was insane,
lohnson probably will be taken to Dix-
uont. He was charged with felonious
Itssault and battery.
An equal division of costs was made
In the first case sent up from here, being
Ihat against Albert Konturick, prdsecn-
led by Jacob Skoira. The plaintiff alleged that the  defendant   hit  him over
Tho Grim Reaper's Work in This Place and
Vicinity.
Squire Joseph Lytle.
Squire Joseph Milton Lytle died at
Connellsville last Tuesday, aged 90 years.
His widow, five sous and three daughters survive.
William A. Peterson.
William A. Peterson, a prominent Ligonier merchant, dropped dead of heart
disease at the dinner table Thursday.
He was 57 years of age and leaves a
widow and one child.
William C. McCormick.
William C, better known as "Blind
Billy," McCormick died at his Union-
town home last Tuesday, aged 53 years.
He was a prominent contractor despite
his eighteen years of blindness. He is
survived by his second wife aud three
children, of whom one is a son by his
first wife from whom he was divorced.
Enoch H. Abraham.
Enoch H. Abraham died at his Union-
town home Friday of a long-staudiug
stomach trouble, aged 57 years. As noted
in these columns some time ago, he was
operated on at the Columbia Hospital,
Wilkinsburg, and on returning to Uniontown seemed much better for a time.
Recently the disease returned and iu
order to satisfy himself in regard to his
true condition he went to Wisconsin and
had Mayo Brothers, world-famed surgeons, make an examination. They told
him his case was hopeless and he returned home last   Tuesday to await the eud.
Mr. Abraham lived here a number of
years with his wife and family while he
was first manager of the Union Supply
Company store at Morewood and afterwards local natural gas agent. On moving to Uniontown he was first superintendent at the Frick company's Continental works and afterwards went into
the coal aud coke business with his
his brother, ventures that proved financial successes.
The surviving members of the family
are: Mrs. Abraham, Lieutenant Clyde,
U. S. A.; Mrs. Edith Crowe, of Union-
town, and Miss  Pauline   and Harold at
home.
David Baer.
The interment of the body of David
Baer, of Scottdale, took place Thursday
at Tarr. He was a member of the old
28th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, during the Civil war and had
passed the fourscore mark. t
Alice Barron.
Alice, a   infant  daughter   ol   Mr. and
Mrs. Frank   Barron, died   Friday at her
Morewood street home, aged 4 months.
Samuel Orimm.
Samuel Grimm, of McClure, died at
the hospital Monday of general debility,
aged some sixty years.
Mrs. Lulu Livingston.
Mrs. Lulu Livingston, of Conuells-
ville, died at the hospital yesterday of
typhoid fever, aged 26 years. She was
very low when admitted. She leaves
her husband with   three little   children.
"Patronize Home Industries"
Do You Know What Is Manufactured In Your
Own Community?
1§ Who cans tomatoes and other
vegetables for the trade ?
tj Who makes shoes or harness or
other leather goods ?
^| Who manufactures overalls, night
shirts or underwear?
<J Who makes suits of clothing,
overcoats or dress skirts?
€J Who makes flour, meal, breakfast foods or other edibles
for sale ?
^J Who prints pamphlets, stationery,
cards and other jobwork?
If you want to help boom your town find out
about these things and "PATRONIZE HOME
INDUSTRIES" instead of buying these products
from Mail Order concerns.
PUPLIC SCHOOL OPENING.
First Day's Roll Call Registers Almost One Thousand Pupils Which Means Over Eleven Hundred Eventually.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTS TWO NEW TEACHERS.
The Mount Pleasant Public Schools opened Monday with an enrollment
of almost one thousand pupils. The attendance is increasing daily, giving
assurance of eventually running over eleven hundred. Some of the lower
rooms in the First ward building were so crowded that a division had to be
made with the same numbers in the Third ward building; while the High
School rooms were also over crowded.
ber of its regular corps of teachers.
The High School congestion was largely
due to the many pupils from the surrounding townships who, under the new
school code, are permitted to come to
town provided they live within three
miles. While Ihe new law makes this
provision, it requires the home townships of such scolarsto pay the borough
the cost of their tuition so that no additional burden Is put on the town taxpayers. In this instance, with 28 such
pupils, the Mount Pleasant Board of Education will receive over $1,100 for the
year, or more than enough to pay the
wages of the two new teachers just
elected.
The directors met Monday evening
and, on learning ol the condition of affairs, decided to establish auothcr High
School room and elect a teacher for it as
well as a substitute. Miss Elizabeth
Miller, of Greensburg, who had applied
for a similar position here before the
term began and failed only because the
board had determined to fill the place
with a male teacher, was unanimously
elected; while Miss Eva Plotne'r, of this
place, was selected as the needed substitute. Miss Miller came down yesterday
and assumed charge of the new room.
She will, however, stay only until the
board can secure a successor as the
Greensburg board has elected her a mem-
Aber-Sittmaan.
A. C. Aber, of Great Meadows, N. J.,
and Miss Sarah E. Sittman, a nurse whose
home is at Deck postoffice, this county,
were married at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the West Main street home
of Dr. and Mrs. Milton S. Kuhn by Rev.
Charles F. Fox, of Findlay, Ohio. Mr.
and Mrs. Aber will make their home at
Great Meadows.
WILL BE ALL DRY
When Women of the Country are Allowed
to Vote.
At the Thursday evening session of
the county W. C. T. U. convention at Irwin, Mrs. Florence Richards, national
lecturer, spoke to a large audience for
one hour. Tn the course of her remarks
Mrs. Richards said that one of the main
reasons that the church cannot do more
toward getting rid of the saloon was that
the majority of its members were women
and they were not allowed the right of
suftrage at the polls and when given this
right the whole country would quickly
be dry. The speaker pointed out that
40,000,000 people now live in dry territory. Mrs. Richards insisted that church
members who sign petitions for license
should be turned out of the church.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: Mrs. Lucy A. Poole,
of Scottdale, president; Mrs. Sue Simpson, of Branch, vice president; Mrs. W.
W. Eicher, of Scottdale, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. George W. Stoner, of
Mount Pleasant, treasurer. Mrs. Sue B.
Simpson was elected delegate to the national convention in Milwaukee in No-
yember. The next annual convention
will be held in Vandergrift.
Pretty Bubble Party.
Miss Mary Ramsay gave a prettily appointed bubble party at her South Church
street home Thursday afternoon for the
members of the infant class in the Reunion Presbyterian church. The little
tots had barrels of fun making bubbles
and, with their accompanying mamas,
were served with a nice lunch.
Pretty Social Event.
Some twoscore young people from this
place and vicinity greatly enjoyed the
mock leap year party given in the bank
assembly rooms Friday evening by
Misses Marie Koehle, of this place, and
Sue Graf, of Tarr. The tastefully arranged decorations were green and pink
and excellent music for dancing was
furnished by the Myers orchestra. The
fair hostesses were paid many compliments on their clever management.
FINALS IN TENNIS
Played at the Scottdale Tournament on Saturday Last.
The tennis tournament, played on the
Scottdale courts under the auspices of
the Westmoreland Outing Club, of this
place, for the championship of Westmoreland county and which had been
held up on account of rain, was finished
last Saturday when Braddock and Durs-
tine, of this place, the winners of the
men's doubles, were challenged and defeated for the cup by Hone and Murphy, while Hone, of Vandergrift, who
held the cup for men's singles, defeated
Poller, of Parnassus, the tournament
winner.
The Mount Pleasant players, who
speak in the highest terms of the royal
entertainment given them by the Scottdale club, did very well in the tournament, winning three cups. Miss Nettie
Fox retained that won last year in ladies'
singles, while she and Sherman Durstine
each got a cup as the winners in the
mixed doubles.
COMIRS AND GOERS.
Paragraphs Ahont Prominent   People Outh-
ered Dnrlntr the Week.
Mrs. George Murray is entertaining lict
sister, Miss Rttby Saylor, nl BoBMTMi
B, W, Berg, of Petal Marion, called on
a lew of his old friends here Monday.
Charles Freed paid friends at Rock
Springs, Virginia, a short visit las! week.
Misses Jennie and Nellie Cooper relumed Thursday from their Chautauqua
visit.
A. H. Truxal, of Pitcairn, spent Sunday  here   with his  sister, Mrs.   Blaine
Coldstnilli.
' Mrs. James S. Braddock is at Franklin,
Pa., visiting her daughter, Mrs. E. T.
Stevenson.
Abraham Neish, of Duquesne, is here
visiting Mr. and Mrs. John Velesk,whose
uncle he is.
Councilman and Mrs. W. P. Henderson
spent Sunday with Morgantowu, West
Virginia, friends.
Russell Smiley, of Altoona, was here
over Sunday with Fred King, his Lafayette College chum.
Superintendent and Mrs. William S.
Ramsay are at Mt. Clemens, Michigan, on
a two weeks' visit.
Miss Lena Myers left Thursday to resume teaching in the public schools at
Crandou, Wisconsin.
Miss Velma Myers returned Wednesday from an extended visit paid relatives at Emerslie, Maryland.
Mrs. C. D. Kimball, of New York, is
spending a week here as the guest of her
sister, Mrs. Nevin A. Cort.
Prof. C T. Fox, ol Findlay College,
aud his daughter, Mistress Ruth, are here
visiting relatives and old friends.
Mr. aud Mrs. W. H. Templeton took
another auto trip to the lakes last week,
returning  Friday with a new Kline car.
Prof. Emel Hanke, the newly elected
principal of the Institute, arrived Friday aud took charge ready for today's
opening.
Mrs. Levina Jordan and Miss Emily
Shields go to Markleton today to spend
a week with Mrs. Elizabeth Hitchman
at her summer home.
Misses Margaret and Irene Bowers entertained fellow members of the Mount
Pleasant Outing Club at their East End
home Thursday evening.
Prof. Bricker and his bride arrived
here Friday and have gone to housekeeping iu part of Miss Maria Mitchell's
South Church street residence.
James S. Hitchman look Postmaster H.
J. Jordau, R. H. Goodman and W. F.
Smith »n his new White gas car to Pittsburg Monday to see the ball games.
Mrs. James Craig, who has beeu visiting Kentucky relatives for some time, is
here settling up her affairs preparatory
to making her   home at  Grove City, Pa.
David Edwards, of Pittsburg, was here
several days last week with old friends
while placing new agencies for the
American Insurance Company, of which
he is district manager.
Justice and Mrs, John W. Hunter were
called to Wilkinsburg Sunday to attend
the funeral of their nephew, Benjamin
Hunter, a son of James Hunter, who
died of diabetes Friday, aged 22 years.
The interment took place at Irwin.
Anthony S. Malek has resigned from
his position as manager in the local International Exchange Bank and has left
for Michigan where he will attend
school. Mr. Malek has held the position
since January, 1908, and has many friends
who will miss him very much.
COUNCIL HAS
A BARE QUORUM
MONDAY EVENING
And as  a   Result   Transacts
Only Routine Business.
PASSAGE OF IMPORTANT ORDINANCES
00 0VEH TO A CONTINUED MEETING SET
FOR TONIGHT.
Tho Ordinances for tho Paving of
South Shupe Bad North Hitchmitn
Streota will bo up for Final Pannage. Tho Proposed Sewering and
Paving of North Diamond St.i<••■*
will not be Takon up Until Friday
Evenings, September 8 and 18.
As there was barely a quofUtn present, Council simply paid fhe August
bills al its regular September meeting
Monday night and adjourned to meat
this evening. Burgess Collins' check
for his past month's ollicial business
was for £135.75.
Three important ordinances will be up
for consideration this evening. One II
for fhe grading and paving of South
Shupe street, another would provide for
a similar improvement of North Hitch
man street from Main lo Smilhfield
street, while the third calls for a $25,000
bond issue to meet Ihe borough's share
of contemplated improvement in the
way of both sewering and paviug. ft is
said that the town's financial condition
is such as would permit of a $30,000
bond issue without a vote of approval
from citizens.
The sewering and paving of North
Diamond street, which Council proposes
to do under a lale act of Assembly without a petition signed by a majority of
property holders, will not come up for
final consideration until later, the paving on September 8 and the sewering on
September 15.
Another matter thai will come before
Council Wednesday evening is a demand
from Major Henry Coulter, of Greensburg, for the return of a ten spot taken
oil him several months ago by Burgess
Collins for 'fussing around here ol an
evening with the tail light on his auto
out. Judges Doty aud McConnell have
both handed down decisions holding
that auto drivers charged with violating
buzz wagon rules must be taken before
a justice of the peace.
NARROW ESCAPE
For an Italian Boy Who Bum Into a Carriage Thursday.
A little Italian lad ran in front of a
carriage on South Diamond street Thursday and was severely hurt by the
wheels passing over his body when he
fell.   He was   taken to the hospital.
The occupant of the carriage, whicli
was driven by young Arthur McCIoy,
was Mrs. Kirk Bryce and both were so
concerned about the boy that they ran
no little risk of bodily harm when angry
fellow countrymen, some with pistols,
joined the half-crazed mother. In fact,
it required considerable tact on the part
of Policemen Stefi and Parfitt to get the
crowd pacified and permission to remove
the little victim to the hospital. Fortunately, he was not hurt internally and
was able to return home in a couple of
days. Those who witnessed the accident
say it was unavoidable.
Killed for Half a Dollar.
In a quarrel over 50 cents, Annie
Brown, colored, was murdered near Fort
Hill, Somerset county, last Monday night
by Bert Burns, also colored. The killing
took place in one of the construction
camps along the new Western Maryland
railroad. Burns, better known as "Piedmont Jim,'' ascaped. •
Fair Preparations Complete.
The Westmoreland Agricultural Society has everything ready for its annual
exhibition which opens today at Youngwood. Weather alone can prevent the
fair from being a success.
TRAGEDY AT DAWSON.
Harrison Hone Shoots Wife, Alleged Lover
and Kills Himself.
Seeing his, wife in a buggy with her
cousin, Frank Welsh, on their way to
the B. & O. wreck near Layton last Tuesday night about 10 o'clock, "Pip" Hone
shot his wife, Welsh and then himself.
Mrs. Hone was shot in the left shoulder,
Welsh in the back on tbe left side.while
Hone's wound was in the mouth with
the bullet emerging from the center of
the forehead.
Both men were placed side by side in
an automobile and taken to the Connellsville hospital where Hone died.
Welsh is also in a serious condition as
the bullei penetrated the left lung. The
woman was taken to the Welsh home
where her recovery is assured. The
Hones had been separated for about a
year.
Big Drawing at Bridgeport.
The grand drawing for the men's suit
and lady's $10 parasol will be held in
O. of I. A. Hall at Bridgeport Saturday
evening. September 16, at 10:30, following the service, of toothsome refreshments.    Tbe public is cordially invited.
Fatal Boating Accident.
Joseph Ernest and William A.Wagner,
North Braddock boys, were drowned and
James Hutchinson and Elmer Wolfe,
young Swissvale men, made narrow escapes from meeting a similar fate San-
day morning near Cbarleroi. The goso-
line launch, in which they were riding
on the river, was capsized by the waves
from a passing steamer.
Colored Campmeeting.
There will be a week of colored campmeeting in Spelker Park commencing;
next Sunday with three preaching services and a service each evening until.
September 17 under the auspices of the
local A. M. E. Zion church with the
pastor, Rev. Mr. Ball, in charge. The
famous Bethel choir of Greensburg will
furnish the music. Meals will also be
served on the grounds.
Latrobe Business Jubilee.
Latrobe is preparing to hold a business jubilee September 14, 15 and 16.
Besides balloon ascensions each day,
Thursday will have a band concert and
unique bargain fest; Friday, free street
shows, mercantile, industrial and automobile parade, with fireworks at night;
Saturday, street shows, country circuses
and mummers' parade.