McKean Democrat (Newspaper) - December 2, 1920, Smethport, Pennsylvania WIDELY LARGEST PAID CIRCULATION IN McKEAN COUNTY A LIVE GROWING COUNTY PAPER WITH MISSION VOLUME co INC SMETHPORT PA THURSDAY DECEMBER 2 1920 PER YEAR NO 49 WROTE PRIZE ESSAY ANNUAL DEER HUNT OF OLDS ns tin n n w Kms has boc 8 I I P r rj by Ul U i nf the National Board of Fire j Underwriters hf The deer hunting season in Pennsylvania in the Howard Strong Awarded Second Prize For Pennsylvania 1 Toward Strong son of Mr and Mrs been a I vania opened this Wednesday Essay Contest on Fire Pre- Jug and was ushered in at the private rhc consists of a bronze hunting preserve of the Olds Hod Tnc doners aie arranging for Gun Club near Smethport with through the National bers of that club out in full force Preparations have been underway j for some time for this year's hunt Tbs stooping quarters of the hunting lodge Headquarters of the Boy Scouts In letler Mr Ve sincerely congratulate you upon your liave been increased and a chef en- gaged for the duration ot the liter members the club went nine interest in Fire Prevention which lies back of it The Fire Prevention Contest was con LOCAL MEN AT HEAD OF BIG The Bradford Kra of Nov 24 con- tains thn following account of one of the largest glass manufacturing gers of recent in which parties are THEY COME LAUGHING i AND SCRATCHING i j many of our readers have n secret longing some lime or to travel with a Democrat o take all its renders on a real honest tour a amusement enterprise A friend of the editor an entertaining consented to let our ers in on his and fanciful Ins ron interesting nature BODY OF J REED BROUGHT HOME IN JAIL Reed of Keating township fither and Keed of East tali ni it from hin cabin since time The first hypothesis Reed Imd no pistol Is by to the authorities by several fact liiM night that i Lewis Hun I All fied Announcement was mado day that 12 or 15 glasa companies scattered through four stales ing several plants in McKean county had been merged into tin tion known as the Inter- State dow Glass Company The president of the new corporation is IT J Walter into carni Tuesday night to be hand National Board nf Fire early this morning This club Underwriters and was open to any a tract containing more than scout ln the States and of Bradford All the other officers thirty square of woodland and ts A statement from the j are McKean county men as are also many deer are known to be within that the essay boundaries Game Warden help was necessary will be master of the of the requirements was that and positions will be assigned all tha hunters to rerti.ee the danger of dents to a minimum Moat of the hunters expect to stay Judges were Major General Leonard Wood H Livingstone Charles M E West at the club house for days The J harn on the premises has recently R remodeled ind will be used as First in Pennsylvania won ing quarters for the members j by R N Youne ward R Bennett the well known chef will look after the culinary de- Tuesday members of the were hoping for a tracking and in the event of a snowfall it is a fore- that some hunters will tiring home the venison 3 MURDER CASES Well Known Young Couple United in Marriage at Cleveland Married at St Paul's Episcopal TO BE TRIED AT TERM OF COUNT 13 Seldom in history has there been a time when any the North tier of Pennsylvania had three sons awaiting trial for murder To county at the present time belongs the unpleasant distinction of church Cleveland Ohio Friday having three men prisoners at the ing November Lena E county jail in this borough awaiting daughter of Mrs Jane D Young of trial for murder at the term of Pa and George Albert court which will convene in Smeth Sears of Cleveland Ohio Mr and Mrs Sears reside Cleveland where Mr Sears is employed 13 The men on trial for lives by the Steel Works The a Smethport girt a graduate of the Smethport high school and a popular member of the town's social set She is a registered nurse and has followed her profession in Cleveland for some time past The Democrat unites with many friends in extending congratulations to this py couple JOB convicted of murder first degree at the last February term of criminal in the shooting of Antonio Moreno on the streets of Brad ford New trial Frank murder of Tony charged in with Kane the last SHOCKING CASE OF DEPRAVITY Smethport's chief of police hap un- a case of depravity has been equalled in this section -Ac cording tn ho at least thirty for males are involved delicto i Tho victim who is said lo be years of age told a complete tale of to the officer together with tho names of the alleged guilty parties and the July claims Lenzi had ded his home to annoy Mrs George charged with jng Reed at Lewis Kun Monday alleges be caught through a window at his wife ami that he shot him in self Attorney E 1 Potter the Democrat that he is I try chief in turn with hip customary en- ergy has beer busily engaged in ing the public at large assuming the functions of town crier the only ongh position lie does noi draw pay for Either the grave cause for statutory charges Inst n number of citizens or a three although probable that at least one sew will he put Judge 1 W expects to leave r Florida and in his large numb for fiction a nf insi K Vive canse depart for the unsavory publicity tho stead Judge Heck of will hi addition to the trials the of Moreno charged with being a party to the theft of sedan from the lim H H Redfield in this borough will be plated on trial Chief for The common n them j ACCEPTS POSITION IN BRADFORD Carrie who during past year has efficient j keeper at the plant of he Garage Co resigned that position to accept a clerical post with the McKoan County Trust Co of Bradford Miss resignation effective Saturday and she left Monday for Bradford to enter upon tile discharge of her new duties The best wishes of the many friends of this Jenkins pleaded to their part in and art now serving rente the penitentiary to who the young Vidy will follow her new responsible position her to POMONA GRANGE HERE As the goes to pross day Wednesday a large number of are n town for the meeting of the McKean County Pomona ge which convened this morning The annual election of officers is being held afternoon and the interesting gram published in week's crat is being carried out The Farmers Airt Society will LAST OF NORWICH been made month office Norwich up to September tling lumber town up valley from will discontinued Since the last s at oig mill there re- cently has steadily drifting away and the town is now The land the town site ia now now or Pennsylvania State Game In 3 time the huntling valley will return to its paradise several of the directors H will be remembered that the Era some time published a dispatch announcing the incorporation of tho company in West Virginia It is that the merger resulted from litigation between a number of the independent coin pan Jes and American Window Glass Company the outcome of- which was favorable to tho American company The plants entering the merger will use the erican glass machines under a royalty license The plants involved in the merger the Smethport Window Glass Company of the vania Window Glass Company and the Kane Glass Company both of the Consolidated Com- pany with plants at Hazelhurst and Mt Jewett the Empire Glass Com- pany of Shinglehouse and a number nf companies in West Virginia Ohio and Oklahoma The officers of the com- pany H J Walter of Bradford T W of and W P of Kane vice presidents F D Gallup of port secretary and treasurer The directors are Mr Walter Mr and Mr Calderwood George W Mitchell of Smethport A H enough prophesy Brother of who ll he of tho Bradford hospital on Tuesday Singularly of wook from in- nicted by George Derkis in Lewis Hun personal acquaintance in this Monday night Nov went to of the United Slates and some and Lewis Run last week on re- of news of the tragedy They drove from Bradford to Smethport with the body and to the late home in Keating township where the funeral was held Thursday Rev Pang of j mers Valley officiating Interment was Interesting disclosures can be ed now and then His first cation Mobile Ala November ear Friend After playing all of the for last ten years 1 at last signed made in Fanners Valley cemetary out with a real Big one and when 1 n big one 1 mean a BIG one Gene Wack the band in this out- fit and has thirty one men myself in- County Detective brought George Derkis held for tho shooting of Jabo Reed to Thursday and lodged tho prisoner In eluded there are some of your lo trial at tho next term pals along Archie cher Kepler and George when we lined up for the first rehearsal we sure did miss that ng mug of yours v We are headed along cotton belt then up the coast to Portland only playing the big when we get to Portland which will be some time in July we aro going to start back KO 1 will get a peek at you before snow flies in 1921 I marie very many of this bunch HO just now can't tell you very about hem hut will at some future You how the used to fly for some joint after nothing like that now down here is so dry the frogs never learned to swim of Oil City T F Weston W Va Henry MacSwiney Atlantic City and Charles er O The merger becomes effective ary 3 next MRS McCANDLESS RESIGNS Mrs E II who left last for California to the ter and who was organizing Pennsylvania rjf Women Voters and wae a member of hoard of that lhat fii on she left for the west her gnat ion being arc- ep t 1 n ing t if M M r Cft n i Mrs af returned from the con- vention nfj of Women Her will to learn ini of c oi to California for t h f w i 1 1 1 or TT IM h n pr rt t h t ri i- future time she will thip work of tlif during thr J DEAD 1 ami's -T Mt Alton occurred morning 1 If home wan t member of the A O H C M K A Nn Fur many be a of Nft and had served as justice of the were of criminal court Mra Derkis and their son Donald 3 also her mother Mrs Slocum accompanied tho accused man to this place and much time with him at the prison ing the day is a mnn about 28 years of age about C feet 2 Inches in height and is said to be highly thought of in Lowls Run However the result of the investigation by County Allison gives the case against him a dark aspect No trace could be found of the automatic pistol Reed is alleged to have dis- played was formally placed under arrest on the murder charge day afternoon He was arraigned be- foro Alderman Williams of Bradford on information furnished by County De- Allison and held for court out bail County Detective Allison the Democrat that several important tures from the Commonwealth side of tlie case have developed aa a of his investigations It will he that according lo the story of the crime published in the Democrat last week Derkis claim a window of the home of Mrs thia Gllmore of Lewis Run where Mrs wna spending the night of Nov and that when he accosted Reed whom he alleged had been annoying Mrs Derkis Reed pulled a gun and Derkia-fired in self defense Three shots were fired two of which and arrived in i j lodged in Reed 3 horly both entering his one entered tho hip and the the j Hood's of such a weapon to been established Tho second possibility that the on was carried away nn unknown Person after tho shooting bo more plausible were It not or the fact that sentiment In Lewis Run seema to be on Derkis aide finding so Im- portant a bit ot evidence In the er's favor would turn It over to the authorities As to the third that the was taken from since Monday IB no evidence that anyone except tho dead man's father and brother and Detective entered the shanty which locked and up by order of the authorities after the shooting Allison lound no pistol nnd Reed's father and brother told thn county's trial they found none Tho two Reeds took a shotgun from tho shanty Tuesday but told tho authorities that this was tho only ar- lelo which they carried off and hoy saw no pistol In tho cabin So for fit least Reed's pistol like coffin suspended between en and earth jus time go out to the so I will have to pack up Oh by the way what happened to that fat fruy from your town I think you used to call him Barney if he IH still there him my regards Your Old Pal Lemon REPAIRS TOP R R STATION NOW IN NEEDED through A large force of Pennsylvania road East last week and are renovating and improving r entirely through i body puncturing the intestines Mrs Gilmore it is stated on ing the shots hurried to the door and and decorated The partition be- im his hands and knees tiie office and ladies waiting i the fully 100 feet from the Bast Smethport depot The ex- of the station is newly i painted and the interior is being FOUND DEAD IN ROOM Bradford Nov Word received in Bradford lay of the sudden death of M of which curred In New York yesterday at tho hotel whore he had taken a room on Saturday Deceased who was X well known chemical formerly resided in His brothers W S and Tl K of this city left last evening for New York H in understood here that Georga M arrived In New York on Saturday from his homo city and tbat ho wont to a hotel and registered He did not feel well on Saturday arid when he riot mako an appearance t when It was found ho dew in his room Heart trouble Is lo have been the cause of his death The late Mr married Ho was well known In this section whore for many years ho wag engaged In tho chemical business Many friends will be shocked to hear of hla sudden de- mise R J of Angeles Calif and Oils of Kane are brothers of the room has been torn out creating one large waiting room and an enlarged carpenter are also other extensive repairs to the station n addition to improvements the house and other at the station are repainted This is the first time in the ry so that the P P R has iv If put its property iri Whin the week or ten days til AS TO OLEAN ROAD SMETHPORT AND WORKING FOR IMPROVEMENT the house although he was to have a window of the ing when the shots were fired Another phase of the case was re- hy a statement made by Reed communication from Secretary victim to before of tho Olean Chamber of Com- merce in which tho assurance Is con- H J secretary of the t club is in receipt ot a tho If I'd i At ime i link in the rase of the d IM veyet that lhc are pull- to hasten completion j of of highway between Port A9 ns hy York the iin and mi will rtf Town rl in lo look aft or the nf s witit irip for Th f r A 1 1 i sx in J of n HP e n t i b r n 1 1 and PRISONERS GIVEN i THANKSGIVING SPREAD of -T F1 the of i i is houls of d had In Vi McKean county will i did not up the between Valley and and making a hours of improved highway between n at and Mr stales that Ills sation is in communication with York Ktate in this connection and hopes to report favorable progress in the near I h r h of tho to and ave 1 was from thn to ho plant Si In Monday 3 10 o'clock The hody taken and to Ml for burial iH hy hui four Jennie Martha of Mt Alton and K T -n of Bradford Frank Thn ri dinner to Tnc club is arranging Thf and J jr William HITS 8 STRIDE Ii that oil well com- hy contractor A J Hyatt for J W Bouton on that man's Campbell lot lease or Marvin creek prove one the best wells in that field Last week in Its i Matthew O'Connell all of Mt rf and Mrs Kilmurry and one brother Them i O'Connell of Tampico Mexico church fair Friday Dec 10 of tho of the well and stated would be good f or j I CHRISTMAS GIFTS don't fail to of wi with gravy biscuits to The I greatly nnd loud in their of In i Rev and No hie I Mark of the In t church called at jail find loft a basket of nute and wwe appreciated ANNUAL SUPPED BAZAAR The Annual Christmas Ba- of the Aid of the K church will hf hold at the church per In the Adv It M offer now handmade beaded Doc fl of Fancy Work of firo barrels daily This estimate of the ow Thn well is daily of towel arts caps elr 21 47 actually ivill fit p m nnd supper will WHITE'S bc O'clock 1 Adv 2t Mr Allison's at which Mr Fitzgerald and any trace of tho members of the Olean Chamber which Is alleged of the of have an the night of the county State highway members of the McKean County Hie proMem of the case Roads will be guests of honor At this meeting the project lamoly has become of will bo gone over and It la pistol if he actually had one? Tf he hoped lhat a concerted plan of had such n and Jt can bo arrived at There la no tm tho night of the tragedy it should son why the improved to have been found somewhere near the Olean road cannot be realized next scene of the shooting If he summer a pistol but left it in bis that night H Should have been found his effects There romain n C A KRANKING INJURED Whilo a box with a sharp Heed tool last Saturday C A had no second that he carried tho sustained it the night of tho shooting and that a severe injury Tho tool slipped from It up nnd carried It the hox Into Mr right arm away the affray and third above tho wrist inflicting a deep cut he weapon behind Wm the attention of a offer now J The Democrat C for SI Act now Monday but hae
