Mount Pleasant journal (June 29, 1921)

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MOUNT   PLEASANT.    WESTMORELAND    COUNTY.    PA..    WEDNESDAY.   JUNE    29.  1921.
NO. 26.
I1LBERT KELLY
IS CAPTURED
AT HOMESTEAD
|And is  Said  to  Have Confessed Killing James Neal.
MURDERED MAN WAS THE MESSENGER
IkOBBED   AND   8H0T   ON LEAVING  THE
BOGQS& BUHL 8T0BE.
I This Prisoner, the Second of trie Gang
of Three Bandits Arrested and a
Former Scottdale Boy. Says Ben-
jamin Stokes, Who is Still at Large,
Beat Him Out of Most of the Swag
and Adds that Whiskey, Bad Com-
panions and Fast Women Headed
Him for the Electric Chair.
Gilbert F. Kelly, of Swissvale, aged
120 years and a former Scottdale boy,
wanted as one of the three bandits
who murdered James H. Neal, messenger for the Boggs & Buhl Pittsburg
store, after robbing him of $50,000
in checks and cash on June 10, was
arrested at Homestead Friday. Rufus
Costner was caught on the scene of
the crime and Benjamin Stokes, who
got away with $14,000, is still at large.
Young Kelly says he got $4,000 and
gave nearly all of it to bis mother who
promptly turned it over to the police.
Alter stealing and abandoning several
autos, Kelly claims he went to Easton
with Stokes. There the two separated,
Stokes inducing Kelly to come back to
Homestead for a final division of tbe
swag. Kelly came and was arrested, but
Stokes failed to show up.
Kelly says that whiskey, bad companions and fast women headed him for the
electric chair, but he is ready to take his
medicine.
LOCAL ENCAMPMENT
Celebrates tbe 92nd Anniversary of that Odd
Fellow Branch.
Ezra Encampment celebrated the 92nd
anniversaey of the institution of that
branch of Odd Fellowship in the order's
ball Wednesday evening last, The program embraced reading by Miss Leonore
Weaver, vocal duet by Mrs. Frank Cooper and Miss Breaker accompanied by
Miss Rega, address by Past Chief, W. O.
Stillwagon, reading of "Old Glory" by
Archie MacPhail and remarks by John
Elliott. Toothsome refreshments were
served.
Connellsville members of the order,
Brothers Williams, Hurst and Fisher,
appeared in behalf of the big ioint picnic
Odd Fellows trom all over Westmoreland and Fayette counties will hold at
Kenny wood Park on Friday, July 8.
Local members of the order will go by
trolley to Connellsville where they will
take the special train.
WILL DRILL
ON DOWN TO THE
BRADFORD SAND
At Thursday evening's meeting of the
stockholders of the Moant Pleasant Oil
and Gas Company in the Municipal
Building it was decided to drill the well
on the Frank D. Barnhart farm on down
to the Bradford sand. The cost, a thousand or more dollars, was raised by voluntary subscriptions, the stock being
non-assessable. Each subscriber to the
fund will be given a certificate showing
what he or she paid. If no mishap occurs, the last sand should be reached
this week.
Slaughter Home Improvement.
In compliance with the state sanitary
laws, Edward Hostofler has just completed a furnace for the incineration cl
all offal at his slaughter house on the
Albright larm at a cost of one thousand
dollars, which means entire absence ol
flies. The young proprietor was the first
butcher in this section to install a complete cold storage system at his plant.
PgppENCtDAV
COMERS AND GOERS.
National Song
(July Fourth)
Our hearts are the hearts of the yeomen
Who stood with such resolute mien,
And bullet for bullet gave foemen
That day upon Lexington Qreen;
Our praises are still for the freemen
Who signed and wrought tyranny's knell;
And still is our glee for the gleemen
Who rang the old Liberty Belli
We never have fought with the craven
For wrong; though it stood on a throne;
We never have flocked with the raven;
Our bird is the eagle alonel
Our banner, may none wave above it
Atop of the tapering spars,
Is the red, white and blue—how we love it~1
Its stripes and its spangle of stars I
Clinton Scollard.
LIPPS-G1LES.
Bride's   Qirl   Friends   Add   Life to   Quiet
Wedding Plans.
John Theodore Lipps, of Scottdale, and
Miss Maolla Maxwell Giles, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Giles, of this
place, planned to be married in the local
United Presbyterian church by the pas
tor, Rev. James E. Springer, using the
riDg ceremony at 9 o'clock Saturday
morning with witnesses limited to the
immediate members of the two families.
But tbe bride couldu't say nay when
some fifty of her former fellow teachers
aud girl friends here pleaded to be allowed to be present and, as a result, they
were there with Miss Ruth Byers to play
the wedding march on the church pipe
organ, showering tbe principals with
rice and tin cans as they left on an eastern auto trip,
Cards enclosed with the announcements of the marriage sent out by the
bride's parents tell that Mr. and Mrs.
Lipps will be at home at 505 South Chestnut street, Scottdale, after July tenth.
Tbe groom is in the clerical department
of the H. C. Frick Coke Company's shops
at Kversou.
Band Concert Tonight.
The   Municipal Band, with Miss San-
tore  as   vocalist, will   give a concert at
Frick Park this evening at 8:30.
TO PROVIDE
EXTRAS FOR
COMPANY E.
In order to provide extra rations for
tbe men of Company E while in fifteen
days' camp at Mount Gretna, beginning
July 9, a series of entertainments will be
given, beginning with an invitation dance
in the armory tomorrow (Thursday)
eveniug and following with public dances there ou the afternoon and evening
of the Fourth. A pie and cake auction
will be held on the Diamond Saturday
evening next at 8 o'clock for the company's benefit. A movement is also ou
foot to organize a girls' sponsor club with
seventy-five members.
Store Manager Moved.
The many local friends of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Frankforter will regret to
learn that they are moving to Columbus,
Ohio. Mr. Frankforter will continue his
general management of the Kobacker
stores here and at Greensburg and Connellsville as a member of the Coch Mel-
ancon Company in addition to the Ohio
chain of big establishments owned by the
same people. He was taken to Columbus
in order to have his new office more centrally located.
Shower for Local Bride.
Miss Sarah Guzik, of this place, gave a
shower last Wednesday evening at the
Connellsville borne of Mrs, Mary Ka-
minsky for her chum, Mrs. Joseph Hri-
bal, who, before her recent marriage, was
Miss Agnes Sidehammer. Fifteen young
Mount Pleasant couples enjoyed tbe
nicely appointed function
OFFICIAL PROGRAM ARRANGED
FOR MOUNT PLEASANT'S BIG
4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION.
With the blowing of the fire whistle at 9:30 Monday morning, the signal
for the parade to move following its formation on Bridgeport street,
Mount Pleasant's big Fourth of July celebration will be on with this as the
order of the day's events:
9:80 a   m.—Parade starting from Bridgeport street.    Every local military organization, civic and patriotic society is expected   to   take  part.    Prizes for
best floats are $10 and $5.
10:00 a. m.—First aeroplane flight.
10:30 a. m.—Base Ball at Frick Park, Czecho-Slovaks vs. Ford City.
1:C0 p. m.—Races on Church street with $25 in prizes.
2:30 p. m.—Base Ball at Frick Park between same teams.
3:30 p. m.—Second aeroplane flight.
5:00 p. m.—$100   contest   for  all   bands   taking  part   in parade—selection, "Star
Spangled Banner."
6:00 p. m.—Water battle on tbe Diamond for prize of $25.
6:30 p. m.—Third aeroplane flight.
8:30 p. m.—Reading oi Delaration of Independence on the Diamond.
9:30 p. m.—Gran 1 display of fireworks at Frick Park.
This display, embracing 156 shells, 17 get pieces and a picture of the late Cap
tain Jimmy Zundell, will be in the personal charge of J. Edward Lawton, a Mount
Pleasant boy, who is now   the  president of  the  Conti  Fire Works  Company, of
New Castle, Pa.
DECORATE   YOUR   HOME.
VICTIMS OF RIPE OLIVES.
Mrs.  Joseph Weniling,  Mrs    Covode   Beed
and a Domestic Die at Oreensbnrg.
Mrs. Mary Lynch Wentling, wife of
Joseph D. Wentling, and her domestic,
Ella Woodward, aged 32, died at the former's Greensburg home Thursday of
ptomaine poisoning due to having eaten
ripe olives the evening before for dinner. Miss Woodward succumbed early
in tbe day, while the condition of her
mistress grew worse Thursday, death
following at 9:30 p. m.
Mrs. Wentling, who was a daughter of
the late Thomas Lynch, president of the
H. C. Frick Coke Company, was 38 years
of age and is survived by the husband,
two sons and three daughters. Miss
Woodward was a daughter of John Woodward aud with her father leaves two
brothers and a married sister,
Mrs. Hydie Wentling Reed, wife of J.
Covode Reed, who also ate of the ripe
olives at the birthday dinner given for
ber biother, Joseph Wentling, died Monday of what tbe doctors call "botulism."
Gratitude of Borrowing Parents.
Mr. and Mrs. William Wilson take this
means of thanking many friends and organizations and the L. E. Smith Glass
Company and employees for their many
kindnesses and floral tributes following
the sudden death of their son, Andrew
N. Wilson.
Announces Own Engagement.
Miss Ruth Fox, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. Z. Fox, of East Washington street,
entertained the Par ci-Par-la Club Saturday afternoon when she also announced her engagement to Charles Mullin,
Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Mullin,
Sr.    The marriage will follow in August.
JUDGE BEACOM
Annonncea   that he will be   a Candidate to
Succeed Himself.
To tbe voters of Westmoreland county:
I wish to announce that I will be a
candidate at the Republican Primary
Election to be held September 20, 1921,
to succeed myself as President Judge of
tbe Orphans' Court tor tbe Tenth Judicial District comprising Westmoreland
county, Pa.
Having served in this capacity by appointment since January 6, 1920, the
members of tbe bar and the people generally have had an opportunity to judge
of my qualifications and if satisfactory,
I will greatly appreciate any expression
of your confidence at the polls on election day. James S. Beacom.
President Judge of the Orphans' Court.
Adv.
Paragraphs Abont Prominent  People Gathered During the Week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Porter Clarke, of Pittsburg, spent Sunday herewith the latter's
people.
Miss Margaret Hay, of Connellsville,
spent last week bere as the gnest of her
aunt, Mrs. James S. Braddock.
Marion Nunemaker, of Irwin, and
Howard Weaver, of Greensburg, spent
Sunday here with Porter W. Myers.
Misses Mable and Valma Barnhart,
Ethel and Hazel Stall and Mae Long are
attending the California Normal this
summer.
Miss Margaret Brindlinger, of Connellsville, spent part of last week bere
as the guest of her sister, Mrs. Edward
Harhager.
Mrs. S. C. Stevenson and daughter,
Miss Viola, entertained Friday afternoon
for Misses Sarah and Jane Brown, of
Fayette City.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Davis, of Lancaster, stopped off here with old friends
several days last week while enronte to
visit Ohio relatives.
Dr. W. A. Marsh took his wife and
family Thursday on an auto trip to Lancaster county where they are visiting
Mrs. Marsh's people.
Miss Rublee, the bead of the Institute
musical department, left Friday to spend
the vacation with her brother at the old
New Hampshire homestead.
James S. Braddock returned Saturday
from St. Louis, Missouri, where he almost roasted as a delegate to the national
convention of Woodmen of the World.
Miss Margaret Evans gave a nice entertainment at ber South Side home Saturday afternoon for the members oi ber
Middle Presbyterian Sunday school class
who bore big baskets of good things to
eat.
Clifford M. Smith, a yonng New Kensington lawyer who served overseas in
the Marines, was here Wednesday looking after his political fences. He is a
candidate for District Attorney on the
Republican ticket.
Eonald MacPhail, of Uniontown, motored over here Saturday and took his
brother, Archie, and Miss Rose Leonard
to Listie, Somerset connty, returning
Sunday with his wife who had been visiting relatives there.
William B. McCaleb, of St. Davids,
Delaware county, bead of tbe water interests of . the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, and his younger son, Baird,
were here over Sunday as guests of Mr,
and Mrs. George W. Stoner.
Merritt A. King, of this place, whose
parents gave the site, was one of the
speakers Sunday at the fiftieth anniversary ot the dedication of the Murrys-
ville Presbyterian church. His wife,
Mrs. Ellen Morrison and Mrs. Emma
Tinstman motored over with bim.
Miss Mary Thelma Miller, who graduated this year from the Western Pennsylvania Institution for the deaf at Wil
kinsbnrg, is now at borne with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Miller, of
the East End. She was considered one
of tbe best monitors in the history of
the school.
Prof. W. D. McLean, a Jones Mills boy,
who is now the proprietor of the Peterson Business College, Scottdale, was here
Wednesday looking up local students.
Prof. P, O. Peterson is preparing to locate
in Greensburg where he will devote all
his time to penmanship instruction in
the public schools.
Chicky Plies, the baby playing in
George W. Cohan's musical comedy,
"Mary Company," which has just closed
in Philadelphia after a run of a year and
a half, is here visiting her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. George Plies, of South
Church street, with whom she will remain until next fall.
Mrs. Felix Eberhart, daughter Lena,
and Miss Marie Moser were at Summer
Hill last week attending the funeral of
Frank Steiger, a World War veteran who
died of wounds received in France September 12, 1918. The concourse of relatives, friends and overseas comrades was
the largest in the history of that section.
Will Mliler, of Easton, Pa., spent the
weekend here with his father, B. F. Miller. He was accompanied by bis niece,
Miss Charlotte Benford, of this place,
who has just been re-elected as a teacher
in the primary schools at Easton with a
nice increase in salary. She will take a
summer course at State College before
resuming her school work.
Miss Mary M. Fox, spent last week
with her Carnegie Institnte of Technology friends, Misses Elizabeth and Jennie
King, of Loraine, Ohio, at their beautiful
summer home on Lake Erie. Following
that visit she attended commencement
exercises at Oberlin College from which
Miss Fox's cousin, Miss Catherine Oberly,
of Scottdale, was graduated this year.
PLANS MADE BY
THE GRANGERS OUT
To Do Some Manufacturing
on their Own Account.
INTERESTING LETTER FROM G.W.BULS
A MOUNT PLEASANT BOY NOW A FAB-
MEK NEAE EVERETT.
He Has Just Returned Home from
Oolville Where he was a Delegate
to the State Grange Meeting, Farmers out that Way, who are Compelled to Sell Calf Hides for Twenty-one Cents Each and are then
Held up for Fifteen Dollars for a
Pair of Shoes, Decide to Get into
the Game Right.
George W. Bills, a Mount Pleasant
boy now living on a farm near Everett, Washington, in renewing his
JOURNAL subscription under date of
June 18, says:
"I have just returned from a two weeks'
business trip toColville, this state,where
1 attended a four-day session of the
Washington State Grange as a delegate
from Snohomish connty. Colville is 85
miles north of Spokane and I got over
one thousand miles of fine country in
tbe eastern part of Washington.
"The Grangers of this state are doing
or will do big things in the very near
future. The farmers of Washington expect to own their own flour and woolen
mills, shoe factory and tannery. When
a farmer bere sold twenty calf bides and
got $4 20 for same and then went and
bought a pair of sbees that cost him $15
we thought it time to make our own
shoes.
"We expect to have a home for old
people to be known astheKegley Home
for Aged Grangers, which I think is a
fine thing for the Grangers ot our state.
There are many other things I could say
in regard to Grange work and the conditions as they are but do not want to take
up too much space.
"I do not know what yon will think
of my samples of drawing, but I am sending you a few on my fifth lesson and
will send something better soon. I am
taking up now cartoon work but do not
know how I shall come out. My teacher
gives me some good marks aud is doing
all he can for me and claims he can put
me on top of some of the present cartoonists at work now. So I may in a
few years yet be able to make some
money if I prove a success.
"Tbe crime wave drawing is au original I sent to tbe school on the fifth lesson. The corrections are in blue ink. I
have much better work now to send as
soon as I inkup on layouts in pencil.
"One drawing is Irom a photo and the
other is an advertisement I tried for the
Mount Pleasant Baking Company taken
from the ad run in The Journal, 'White
Lily' is certainly a striking name for the
firm's bread."
BEST FOREST
FIGHTING SYSTEM
IN THE STATE.
Forest Fire Warden E. C. Myers, of
this place, has perfected a torest fire
fighting organization which is the most
effective in the state, according to the
Pennsylvania Department of Forestry.
Warden Myers has organized 12 companies of fire fighters, each in charge of a
captain, in various parts of his territory.
The companies have been trained intensively so that each man knows his place
and his duties when a fire call comes in.
District Forester Bearer, ot Ligonier,
says that Warden Myers' fire fighters are
so efficient that they usually locate and
put out the flames before the warden
reaches the scene.
I
HENRY POORBAUGH KILLED
By Pall While Patching Boot of  Hie   Barn
Near Wooddale.
Henry Poorbaugh, aged 65 years, by
tbe rope he had tied about him slipping
loose while patching the roof of his barn
near Wooddale Monday evening, fell
from the high eve, breaking his hip and
several ribs and suffering internal injuries that proved fatal the next morning. He leaves his second wife with
five small children and three children of
the first union.