Mount Pleasant journal (May 3, 1911)

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MOUNT   PLEASANT,    WESTMORELAND   COUNTY,    PA.,    WEDNESDAY,    MAY    3,    1911.
NO. 1H
ITHOMAS WILSON
CRUSHED TO DEATH
AT SPOKANE.WASH.
|"While Helping to Load a Big
Turning Lathe
lAT HALLIDIE MACHINERY WAREHOUSE
|WHERE HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A SHIPPING CLERK.
|He Was a Mount Pleasant Boy, Aged
S3 Years, and Son of Mr. and Mrs.
Bobert Wilson The Body Was
Brought Here for Burial by Herman
Connor, a Brother of the Girl to
Whom the Young Victim was Soon
to be Marrifd in that Western City
Where he was Well Thought of
Thomas Wilson, a Mount Pleasant
boy, aged 23 years and a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Wilson who recently
moved   from  here  to   Yukon, was
THE LATE THOMAS WILSON.
crushed to death at Spokane, Washington, Tuesday morning of last week
at the warehouse of the Hallidie Company, manufacturer of machinery,
while helping to load a 2,900 pound
lathe on a Northern Pacific railroad
truck.
It seems that he had gone to work
earlier than usual that morning in order
to make the shipment. With him were
two railroad men and Jack Weiden-
backer, a 15-year-old boy. The lathe,
which was on timbers with rollers beneath, had been moved Irom the house
across the platform until it projected
over the truck on which young Wilson
was standing when the machine was
tilted to release the rollers. This threw
the weight on the wagon, breaking a
wheel and throwing him to the ground
where his chest and right side of the
face were crushed to a pulp the next instant by the ponduous lathe falling over
on him. Death lollowed in forty minutes.
Spokane advices are that Tom had been
making a name for himself out there. He
was a member of the Baptist church at
Hillvard, near Spokane, where he boarded and where he was engaged to be married to Miss Lena Connor, having bought
furniture with which to go to housekeeping following a July wedding. Mrs. Anna
Mclntyre, a fellow member of the Hill-
yard church, in whose choir he sang,
sent this letter to his mother, under date
of April 26th:
"My Dear Mrs. Wilson—I do not feel
that it would be right if I did not write
a word to let you know how we, as members of the Hillvard Baptist church,
sympathize with you in this great sorrow which has come into your life. And
I, most of all, leel for yon, for I lost a
sou last November as suddenly and terribly as yours has gone. I know how
your heart will cry for your boy every
hour of the day, as mine does. I cannot
yet say 'God doeth all things well,' but
He must have known what is best. God
comfort your aching heart is the prayer
of a sister in sorrow.
"P. S.—You would have loved Lena
Connor.    She is a dear, sweet girl."
Herman Connor, a brother of Tom's
fiance, brought the body east, arriving
here Monday morning with the remains
and boxes of beautiful flowers from
Spokane friends. The body was taken
first to the North Diamond street home
of the victim's sister, Mrs. Dick Morti-
more, and then to the First Baptist church
yesterday afternoon where divine services were conducted by the pastor,
Rev. Mr. Humpton, the interment following in the cemetery.
Six years ago Tom was here with Andrew Lindsey when  the latter shot and
Nowe ^ntn«tini« TlironSn the efforts of Willlnm J. Burns, former government detective, John J. McNamara, eeeretary-treasnrer of the Intema-
neWS onapSUOIS tlonal Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers; his brother, J. W. McNamara, and Ortie lfl. McManigal have been ar-
01 the Wftfik rested, charged with complicity in the blowing up of the Los Angeles Times building last October. The -finding of a box of
VI WIC dynamite alleged to hare been hidden by the McNamaras is a feature of the case, Samnel Gompers, the labor leader, declares
it is all a plot against the unions. Pope Plus is still suffering from a recent attack of gout Henry 8. Bout ell, American minister to Portugal, lias been sent
to Switzerland. Humors that E. H. Gary was going to retire as head of the steel trust have been denied. Report has it that President Diaz of Mexico and
Francisco I. Madero. the rebel leader, have practically come to terms.	
killed Chief of Police Braden Pore and
left the same nighl with the murderer
who is still at large. Tom came back in
the course of a few months and gave
himself up to the authorities. He .was
tried for complicity in the killing, but
was acquitted. Last July he went west
and eventually settled down at Spokane
where he got in with good people and
was rapidly establishing an excellent
reputation.
COMERS AND GOERS.
Paragraphs About Prominent   People Gathered During the Week.
Mrs. Joseph Goethe is visiting relatives at Plymouth, Pa.
Mrs. William Rakusin and little daughter are visiting Pittsburg relatives.
Miss Viola Myers is paying Mrs. H. D.
Calhoun an extended visit at Loveland,
Colo.
Misses Irene Perkeyand Violet Summy
returned Tuesday from a visit paid La-
trobe friends.
Miss Lydia Lohr, of Morgantown, W.
Va., was here last week visiting Mrs.
Andrew Henderson.
Mrs. Christopher Lobingier and little
daughter are spending a month with
friends at West Alexandria, Pa.
Mrs. Grove Cooper, of Uniontown,
spent last Tuesday here with Mrs. Geo.
F. Cooper, of South Church street.
A. H. Truxal, a Pennsylvania raflroad
employe at Pitcairn, called on his sister
and a few old friends here Monday forenoon.
Rev. L. R. Byrnes, of Avenue, Pa., a
veteran Church of God pastor, spent last
Tuesday here as the guest of Rev. J, L.
Updegraph.
Mrs. Lawrence Keister, of Annville,
Pa., returned home Monday after a week's
visit paid her father, Rev. S. E. Cormany,
of this place.
Mrs. William C. Mullan and son, Master Thomas Lynch, of Uniontown, spent
part of last week here with that lady's
mother, Mrs. Sarah Shupe.
Mrs. Norman Hays and son, Master
Grant, spent last week with that lady's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wadsworth,
who reside on the pike above Laurel-
ville.
Mrs. Frank Hurst was at Youngwood
Thursday evening attending a reception
given in honor of her sister-in-law, Mrs.
Carney Hurst, whose 58th birthday it
was.
Jacob Trauger, of South Dakota, who
drew 140 acres of fine government land
there last year, is here visiting relatives
and old friends. Mrs. Byers is sitting on
the homestead lid and looking after the
spring crops which include 100 acres of
flax.
Friends of Miss Laura Dillon, who
came home last week in company with
her sister, Miss Flizabeth, from Dr-
Kelly's private sanitarium in Baltimore
will learn with pleasure that she continues to improve in health following
severe surgical operations.
Superintendent and Mrs. James A.
Cowan were at Greensburg Saturday evening attending the wedding of John E.
Sweet and Miss Louise K. Hillis which
took place at the Alexander street home
of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lyman H. Hillis.
Card of Thanks.
Local relatives of the late Ray McFad-
den, whose body was buried here, desire
The Journal to express their gratitude
for many kindnesses shown them by
friends and especially are they grateful
to Mrs, A. J. Thompson for the excellent
music that lady furnished during the
services.
92ND ANNIVERSARY OF ODD FELLOWSHIP
Fittingly  Observed  Here Wednesday   Evening Under the
Auspices of Moss Rose Lodge, No. 350,
INTERESTING EXERCISES HELD IN GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
The 92nd anniversary of the institution of Oddfellowship in this country
was fittingly observed here Wednesday evening with interesting exercises held
under the auspices of Moss Rose Lodge, No. 350, Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, and the affiliated Hzra b'neampment, Daughters of Rebekah and
Patriarch Militant societies in the Grand Opera House which was well filled
with representatives of orders in neighboring towns who joined with their
local brothers and their friends in the observance. The thctter was handsomely decorated with flowers and flags.
While the large audience was gathering {he Municipal Band gave a very enjoyable street concert in front of the
house and following the overture by the
Mount Pleasant Orchestra there was invocation by Rev. Mr. Younkin, pastor of
the local Methodist Episcopal church.
Captain John A. Stevenson, who for
more than a generation has filled the office of its secretary, spoke briefly of Moss
Rose Lodge and its over 1,000 initiations
before introducing Past (nam! Master
William K. Mohr, of Allentown, Pa.,
representative of the Sovergn Grand
Lodge, the orator of the evening. Mr.
Mohr is a fine speaker and his address
that dealt largely with the growth of the
order drew the closest attention of his
hearers- He was followed by a short
talk from Past Grand President Leon
Gicqnelais, representative of the Sovergn Grand Encampment.
Just before adjournment there was introduced   by Charles A. Graul a feature
that, while it wasn't down on the program,
was enjoyed just the same. "Charley"
hadn't talked very long until Captain
Stevenson, as the presiding officer, felt
like calling him down for being out of
order. But, be kept quiet and was later
well repaid for his silence when the
German baker, on behalf of his Moss
Rose fellows, presented him with a beautiful big silver loving cup suitably engraved with his name and long years of
faithful service. The recipient had been
presented with a pretty veteran's jewel
several weeks before when he retired
from the office and D. H. Stoner and
Norman Hays were elected his successors as financial and recording secretaries,
respectively, and thought that was sufficient remembrance on the part of the
lodge for what he had done. So that
when the cup was handed over to him
he was barely able to express bis gratitude in a few words that were, however, well chosen.
BOLD HIGHWAYMEN.
They Holdup Foreigners on Pay Night at
Standard.
Three of the boldest holdups and robberies in local history took place on the
public road near the No. 2 shaft at the
Standard mines last Thursday night following the pay at that plant that day.
The victims were all foreigners from
whom some $60 in all was taken by two
of their fellow countrymen who used
revolvers and handibillies.
Chief of Police Stevens and a detective
for the H. C. Frick Coke Company
headed a posse that almost captured the
two highwaymen the next day when they
ran them from Standard for several miles
out toward Tarr. The robbers won the
race and escaped for the time being, but
they are known and the authorities feel
confident of eventually getting the rascals who have bad records.
Ray McFadden Died a Hero.
The body of Ray McFadden, of Pittsburg, the steamboat fireman who was recently drowned near Fayette City when
the vessel went down in a storm, was
brought here for burial Thursday evening.
Rev. E. R. Deatrick, pastor of the First
Reformed church, conducted divine services Friday morning at the East End
home of the dead fireman's uncje, James
B. Fultz, the interment following in
Greenlick cemetery. It is now known
that young McFadden lost his life in a
vain attempt to save Mrs. Lawrence, the
cook.
CIVIC CLUB WORK-
Steps Taken to Beautify the Good Old
Town This Year.
The Mount Pleasant Civic Club will
have its twelve cans for waste paper,
banana skins and like refuse placed along
Main street and adjoining public points
this week, and trusts that the public will
make proper use of these needed receptacles.
The club also oflers $25 in prizes this
season for the best kept private properties, $10 for best general appearance, $5
for the best kept back yard and $10 for
the best kept front and back yards. Contestants for the first three prizes must
register their names with the club's secretary, Mrs. John D. Hitchman. Members of the Junior Civic League are alone
eligible to enter for the last named two
five dollar prizes, and they must first
give their names to Mrs. George W. Patterson. All prizes are given by private
individuals.
Sunshine Man Coming.
Rev. N. L. Brown, "The Sunshine
Man," will deliver his celebrated lecture, "The Battle of Gettysburg," at the
Methodist Episcopal church next Tuesday evening, May 9th, at 8 o'clock. Rev.
Brown is an orator of great personal
magnetism and holds the closest attention of his audience as he describes the
thrilling events of this great battle, He
has delivered this lecture to more than
150 delighted audiences. The admission
s 10 and 25 cents.
TAXPAYERS' APPEAL
HISSEM CASE IS DISMISSED.
Marshal George Owens was here Thursday subpoenaeing witnesses for the new
trial in the United States District Court
at Pittsburg of R. K. Hissem, of this
place, charged with misapplication of
funds of the defunct Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Mount Pleasant.
The trial began Monday, the government closing its side at noon yesterday
when witnesses for the defense and Mr.
Hissem himself were heard. Judge Orr
at 11 o'clock this morning dismissed the
case on accouut of a defective indictment.
How Sheriff Shields Would Even up With
Controller  Hitchman.
Sherift Shields, his deputies and others
to the number of eighteen on Saturday
last presented a taxpayers' appeal to
court from flic last annual report of Controller Hitchman.
A few days ago Sheriff Shields called
attention to the fact that for a year Welty
M, Dom had been paid a salary of $1,800
as county detective and his appointment
had never been approved by the court.
Since the first of the present year Dom
has not received his salary, and Shields
has demanded a surcharge of the amount
already paid.
Another item which he claimed was
irregular was a salary of $1,200 paid to
the controller's legal clerk, which he
pointed out is not authorized by law.
He also held that nearly every official in
the court house is receiving fees of various kinds outside his regular salary as a
county official.
It is on this information that the taxpayers appeal from the controller's report is made. They ask that a full and
complete investigation of the report)
which they allege to be "erroneous and
incorrect,'' be made.
On Monday the County Commissioners
filed an answer denying that Controller
Hitchman's report for last year erred and
claiming that Sherift Shields's reflections
upon other officials of the court house
are extraneous, impertinent, irrelevant
and immeterial to the issue.
BOYD KENNEDY WEDDING.
Nicely Appointed Uniontown Affair on
Thursday Evening.
The marriage of Burgess Bauchant
Boyd, superintendent of the H. C. Frick
Coke Company's plant at Tarr, and Miss
Anne Kennedy, was solemnized Thursday evening at the Uniontown home of
the bride's pareents, Mr. and Mrs. O. W.
Kennedy. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. Frederick K. Beeklan, pastor of
St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal church,
at 7:30 in the presence of a goodly company of relatives and friends.
The bride was attended by her sister,
Miss Jean Kennedy, as maid of honor,
while Harrison Null Boyd was his brother's best man. A handsome gown of
white satin, with rose pointe lace insur-
tions on the bodice and skirt and a tulle
veil caught with orange blossoms was
worn by the bride, who carried a shower
bouquet of white rosebuds and lilies of
the valley. The maid of honor was
gowned in French blue messaline, w'.h
an overdress of blue marquisette trimmed with embroidered gold bands and
blue roses. A large reception followed
in the Laurel Club.
Following an extended wedding trip
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd will reside in Scott-
dale.
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UP TO STOCKHOLDERS.
They Can Take Over and Operate Press Steel
Pole Plant.
Local stockholders of the Pressed Steel
Pole Company had a meeting here Friday evening with their attorney, Eugene
Warden, Esq., and James W. Shields who
bought in the East End plant over a year
ago for $3,800 at the public sale conducted by the Citizens Savings and Trust
Compauy, of this place, acting as receiver, which sale was recently confirmed by
the county court.
A committee was appointed to find out
how many of the stockholders are willing to bear their share of paying oft the
indebtedness, that totals about $4,000,
and take over the plant whose machinery is said to be worth at least that sum
as junk. The question of resuming operation will be determined when the
stockholders have reached an agreement.
MAY MEETING
OF
COUNCIL ON
Disposes   of Several Matters
of Much Interest,
BALL TO BE PLAYED AT FRICK PARK
AT LEA8T A MAJORITY OF THE COMMISSION FAVORABLE TO IT.
Rev. Mr. Graham and Father Janda,
With Commissioner M*agee Oppose
the Idea Vigorously, but the Other
Two Members of the Board and tho
Majority of Council Take the Other
and Likely Winning Side. Paving
of Shupe Street Held up for Lack
of Signers.
' Council's regular May meeting, held
Monday evening, disposed of several
matters of considerable interest in addition to routine business.
Frick Park will likely be turned back
into a ball field as Council left the whole
matter in the hands of the Park Commission, and two of that body, Dr. J. W.
Shelar and Frank S. Dallinger, favor that
idea, although the third member, James
Magee, was oppesed to it and had Rer.
Mr. Graham and Father Yanda with him
in the stiff fight he put up against making the change. The commission will,
however, draw up stringent rules for the
government of the park.
The petition for the completion of the
North Shupe street pavement to the
borough line was not granted owing to
a lack of sufficient signers.
The Bell telephone people asked to be
allowed to set a few more poles; but,
when Secretary M. A. King, speaking as
president of the Mutual company, had
explained the limited local franchise
held by them and how well equipped
his company was to give an out of town
service without even hope of making
any money and how it had held dowa.
the Bell rates, the privilege requested
was not granted.
The check from Burgess Collins for
receipts of his office during April was
for $83.
70TH ANNUAL SESSION
Of  the  Westmoreland Classis   Being H»14
Here This Week.
The 70th annual session of the Westmoreland Classis of the Reformed Church
convened here in the First church of
that denomination Monday evening and
will likely not adjourn finally until tomorrow some time. The day sessions are.
devoted to routine business and those at
night to preaching and addresses on
special subjects.
The opening discourse was by Rev. J.
C. Bowman, D. D., president of the Lancaster Theological Seminary, and was
followed by the annual election of officers which resulted in the selection of
President, Rev. S. U. Waugaman; vice
president, Rev. E. S. Bromer; secretary.
Rev. Howard Obold; stated clerk, Rev. W.
J. Muir. The treasurer's report for the
year showed receipts of $18,000.
Last evening there were three interesting addresses—Rev. A. A. Black, of,
Derry, on "Systematic Benificence/
"Pastor's Salary" by Rev. S. U. Waugaman, of Export, and "Society for
the Relief of Ministers" by Rev. D. N.
Dittmar, of Hyndman.
The speakers tonight are Rev. D. A.
Souders, of Irwin, on "Home Missions,'*
and J. Albert Beam, M. D., of Yochow,,
China, on "Foreign Missions."
A SUITABLE MEMORIAL
For General St. Clair Proposed by Congrete-
man Curtis H. Qregg.
Representative Curtis H. Gregg, o£
Greensburg, has introduced a bill is
Congress looking to the erection of a
suitable memorial to the memory of Maj.
Gen. Arthur St. Clatr, president of Congress and first governor of the northwest
territory, whose remains are now lutsr-
red in an abandoned graveyard in Greensburg, the grave being unmarked except
by a modest and fast-disintegrating monument. The bill looks to the transformation of the burial place of General St.
Clair into a national   park in his honor.
Under the terms of the bill a commission is created and $5,0C0 appropriated
for its necessary expenses. The commission is to be composed of one senator
and one representative from each of the
states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin to be,
appointed by the vice president and
speaker of the House respectively.whose
duty it shall be to investigate the character of the memorial and the burial
| place.