Salamanca Republican-Press (Newspaper) - August 7, 1926, Salamanca, New York SALAMANCA REPUBLICAN PRESS Year No 87 Three Cents SALAMANCA N Y SATURDAY AUGUST 7 1926 Member Associated July Average 2426 THREE CRUSHED AS TREE FALLS Randolph Woman and Two Sons meet Death in Storm Olean Aug Catherine 37 years old of Randolph and her son Nelson Charles aged 4 years were killed when a tree pled over on top of them while they sat in front of their tent on creek near here today James Ketchum aged 3 is dying at the Olean General hospital from a fractured skull Mr and Mrs Ketchum and their four sons were vacationing in a tent on thu banits of the creek Thc with her sons was seated in front of their tent when a heavy wind storm struck the section Thc huge troe crashed down burying the three Two other sons escaped in- jury The creek is southeast of Olean and near thc Pennsylvania line Mrs Ketchum had relatives near the line at Ceres Pa She and her husband and four sons were spending a vacation at a little ment on the creek Mr went to this morning lo work on a farm planning on ing again tonight Both Mrs Ketchum and her dead received broken necks and death was instantaneous The other son received a fractured skull and death is probable The bodies of all three were badly crushed hailstones broke windows and ruined gardens Traffic on a number of highways out of Bradford was interrupted when large trees voles were blown across the road The rainfall EDERLE MAKES CHANNEL SWIM NOW GETS and hail was unusually heavy ut American Girl first of ford where many windows were Buffalo Aug Chief j ry C Bradford has had his salary creased to the year possibility her Sex to cross ers best Record broken Lightning struck a radio aerial at the home of Donald Mackic IS ter street and was deflected to the I ground through one of the Associated Press r 1 England Aug ing poles The Mackic home was not s 6 I Bradford was appointed chief of j the Buffalo and western New York dry agents early in May and since then has persistently led attacks on the wet citadels with increasing On July -3 he established gress may help Mexican Puzzle in Associated Press damaged LIGHTNING FIRES STORMS CAUSE Gertrude Ederle American ming marvel tonight won the proud distinction of being the first of sex to conquer the treacherous j crs of the English channel 1 i i i c- succeed after an I an sensational record by raiding fifty-five saloons I Mexico City Aug impasse in and around Buffalo The Buffalo dry chief is a native ment the of Salamanca and served for may the struggle between the Catholic possibly church in be solved Crowds greet Edisons On Chautauqua Visit Associated Aug of children gathered in Miller park this morning to greet Thomas A Edison in a reception which will be his only public ance while he is at the assembly Mr Edison accompanied by Mrs ison came from the collage at the head of the park and walked down the long line of children shaking hands smiling and giving thousands of grownups who were gathered about a chance to see him Washington and Brink streets washed Lightning hits ney ish in accomplishing this feat but she did it in faster time than any of the previous successful men from the beach at Krance at 7.01 o'clock this morning she landed on the at Kingstown near at Salamanca experienced the two o'clock tonight having taken most severe thunder storms of the but hours 31 minutes to make season Friday about 3 o'clock in the Uic difficult passage as against the years as a Deputy United States enactment by the new con- marshal in the Buffalo territory gress which convenes September 1st o Oj regulations less drastic lian those which went into effect a j family and officers of the Bird and eek least that is the hope Tree club were photographed in the 17 i ft i V ng the greeting to the children Mr and Airs Edison members of the held at present in some circles au ill r I I II II Legislation on the religious subject lage iiv i garden at the rear of the Edison expected to lie one of the first afternoon thc second at in the former record of 10 hours 23 During the first storm lightning Back on Farm Cal goes Fishing and Wife Berrying Associated Press Plymouth Vt Aug a utes made by the pair of kids of a lark President when he swam Mrs had a whale of a good department of interior tilings taken up by the new congress i may result in congressional of President lations in a contest between the ident and congress on the subject or in the passage of milder regulations Hope of congressional modification I Bulging Freight C a 1 based upon announcement by the I that it I PASSENGERS CUT BY GLASS struck the power line leading into the Channel from Calais to Dover the station on Water street and blew a fuse in the tower at the station all putting all lights in the city out for Miss would say as she paused three years ago I am a proud about 113 minutes In the second storm the chimney on the home of John at Slate Park avenue was struck by lightning which knocked off about S I just for a moment on English soil after triumphantly walking up the virtually as fresh as when she started on her long grind In fact she was feeling in such fine fettle time here today studying and preparing a draft law The President unpacked his rod j regulating article 130 of the and reel and set out across the which is the religious section tain brooks in search of wary trout The department will submit this for tiie rim time in forty years since to congress feel of the top No one was Superintendent of Public uvo hundred yards offshore to take in- she wanted to into the water ty swim to the tug waiting about Walter J Fellows and a force men were out after both storms keeping the grates on the sewers clear of refuse which washed the streets Large ponds of her back to France She was dis- however and was rowed out by the large which had come from the resort of Deal and other nearby scrapes P R R ger Train at nette Pa Associated Press Pittsburgh Aug sengers were cut by flying glass early Then a country lad he on the j HUMUS to the penal code Congress today when Pennsylvania railroad edge of lie brook witli a has not passed a law enacting train Pittsburgh to Philadelphia hickory a piece of twine religious section of the j local was liy a a bent pin his only fishing su This law if I freight car which bulged from an ad- Today he was outfitted with by fhc president would j joining track at Pa he was graduated from Black River academy and left tiie village for thc time President Calies promulgation regulated the religious clauses of the constitution but included a snappy bamboo rod metal reel and j the present regulations artificial fly But he seemed to got Dalles dominates con- Flames checked after causing Loss ed at in front oC places to watch the climax ess music slorc oil Main street and Of the momentous event in channel in thc undergrade due to the swimming ity of the sewers to carry thc water j The came to an end In fast enough j might be described as a blaze Washington and Brink streets of glory for to guide the swimmer were badly damaged by the large the goal huge amount of rainfall as deep gulleys j fires were kept burning along the much fun out of it The President waded stream in Warren Pa Aug the second tima in less than three weeks this town is the scene of a costly oil 1 refinery fire About o'clock this afternoon lightning during a severe electrical storm struck a tank field at tho refinery on South Carver street and at 7 o'clock JO small tanks had been consumed other buildings were on fire and the entire department aided by the force of the Company was centering efforts to large tanks filled with gasoline At 1 o'clock tonight the lire was declared to be under control The lightning struck the about o'clock K C Mason an employe escaped with his life by seconds He had just emerged from the building that housed the tank and but a few feel away when it burst into flames Soon after the first trucks re- to the alarm a crowd of several thousand of persons ed near the scene and it was sary to rope off the streets in the vicinity to prevent serious accident The danger of further loss and sible casualties from bursting tanks made necessary the greatest caution Absence of a high wind aided tile firemen in their work in confining blaze She fire started in the center of tank field belonging to the re- finery which occupied three city blocks from Elm street east over Cedar and Linwood to Carver thence down to the ri the Pennsylvania Railroad In the field are many large tanks holding from to barrels some filled others only partly filled with kerosene and Tho refinery docs a wholesale business and serves trade throughout tho country Fred C Eaton of this city is manager S Bennett superintendent estimates the loss at The scene of thc present gration a two miles from the Jamieson at which started July 20th and burned for four days SEVERE STORM IN BRADFORD were cut in the roads nml the tops beach lighting up the wafers so washed away Acting hat those ashore could sec to Many gardens were damaged the the cut Fellows estimates that it will j strong steady strokes which Miss take about to put thc streets kept up until she was able in shape j to touch bottom and walk ashore A large amount of the clogging j The glare of the torches en thc of sewers is due to people throwing boats and strong grass in the streets which is washed searchlights added and forms a cover on the grates holding the water back he raid Considerable damage was done lo the telephone lines in thc city The 0 rJ S Railway company reports no trouble from thc storms The second storm at did no damage to the city lighting system the superintendent reports done so and is expected dominates his own in thc last of modification will remain in his hands unless there is a congressional revolt The president thus far however not shown thc slightest signs of yielding Mexico entered the second week of the difficulty with each side ing ground and with priests still New York Girl New York Aug U Born aided on the sidewalks of and i ntl do a pair of old fashioned felt and her boots and cast for hours beneath thc I a clear mountain sky He was a con- tented but appearing j rod in his business suit high collar fedora ha and felt boots Colonel Bili Starling of thc secret handsome ing tiie regulation high boots and khaki fished along with the President Thc only unhappy ones hereabouts the cameramen Here the aru engaged in an economic President fishing in a stream of his boycott fostered by the League for jlR boyhood haunts was a classic photo Defense of Religious Liberty in that the country would like to see test against government reflations j w They were al set for the snap and there is considerable speculation when the President spied them as to its consequences if long con- from Catholic churches Many doctors at high winds blowing crops York's side the daughter of a butcher Gertrude Ederle into her successful channel swimming attempt today the heritage of u sturdy physique and unswerving determination backed by training down corn and has experts she is the I greatest woman swimmer of all time that a workman had AYhen Miss Ederle left amateur burned on the hand when lightning i a year ago for a professional struck a rod and went into the j career she left a record of Worsted company plant in Rochester I ment in speed and stamina rivalled were declared to be unfounded few feminine stars and by Harry Ashworth Calls to other plants revealed no place in that tion as having been struck Lightning struck the house of Ora Yaw in the village of Croat Valley about midnight It shattered the chimney damaged part of the roof unsurpassed by any in a generation which has seen women's swimming develop at an astonishing pace she is called by her family and friends learned to swim as soon as she could toddle into the surf of the Atlantic and going down into the front room Ocean off Highland X J where of the house damaged the had a summer cottage paper Mr Yaw was away His wife Al thc aSc of about 15 shc and son in thc escaped Swimming Association L C J uninjured The power line from ht of way of Great Valley was out of order this morning but had been repaired this afternoon L Strikes Residence and Oil Broken Aug 7 Considerable damage was caused in this section early yesterday afternoon by a severe electrical storm which reached the proportions of i cloud burst Lightning two places in Bradford At t o'clock firemen were callad to it J Paul Jones 45 lightning had Art to roof The blaze was after roof had en damaged considerably An oil tank located near South Kendall avenue and owned by Thomas Nolan was struck about 2.80 o'clock A small amount of oil in the tank was burned Surrounding sections report ex- tensive damage from a heavy hail Vein Keiv City state of New York and developed quickly under the tutelage ot the coach of that organization Broad shouldered of strong muscular build Miss Ederle ly mastered the famous crawl stroke which has revolutionized speed Former Police Chief swimming the past few years i i i Her first bid for fame came three nem on or a milc ocean Murder Shoots Self Joseph P Day cup which she won by defeating such stars as Helen Wainwright then the all-around Associated Press 111 Aug th murder In inth the death of Mrs Anna Carmody champion and Hilda lames the English champion She followed this by repeated victories at dis- to-do Jacob Michaels former tances varying from yards to chief of police was near death in a half a mile She shattered world's hospital today after attempting to shoot himself last night Hr fired twice one shot penetrating the brain when a coroners inquiry records right and left six of them falling to her credit in one day's In preparation for her first of the passengers was iously hurt and all continued mi their journey after a delay of one and one-half hours Their were dressed by burg and Johnstown Xo 32 a slow train was made up of express cars a combination baggage and two and a sleeper Thc cars on the front rnd bore the brunt of the scraping dows were shattered in several of the coaches showering thc passengers with flying The accident occurred as pacing A wooden freight I car loaded with merchandise side extended out as thc trains Altoona the train was new coaches were ob- to replace those damaged were shooed off The dent's fishing is very much a personal matter with Both government officials and 25 PLANES HOP Catholic leaders thus far have Mrs Coolidge dined to comment on the resolutions ing a checked gingham dress took a j adopted by the K of C convention quart pail and started up the road i at Philadelphia calling upon the to Herb Moore's pasture a mile away American government to raise the She walked with an easy swinging embargo on shipments of arms to stride a picture of radiant health and freshness An hour later back Mexico Mexico City paper has the resolution and the she came the quart pail full to over- public is unaware of action Rowing with berries taken by the knights WAY TO PARTY Liquor bound for Beach more than Half Wood Alcohol SENATE PASSES POINCARE BILLS OFF IN TEST OF RELIABILITY Detroit Aug Hess bird piloted by W A left the Ford airport at Dearborn a few utes after 9 o'clock this morning the first of 25 planes to take thc air in the mile commercial airplane reliability tour the Ford trophy Other planes took off at one ute intervals bound for Kalamazoo Mich the first of the I stops to be i made un the week's flight All types Premier makes Progress of planes from the air Buffalo Aug alleged members of the poison liquor ring Thomas Argo and Stephen Graci of Buffalo were arrested and 10 loir ef wood alcohol of the grade that caused the death of persons along the frontier were seized near Lockport today The arrests were marie by Corporal Earl F Foley of the state troopers flivver to great shifts are participating After a short stop the planes take the air for cago where an over night stop will be made in Plans to stabilize France Paris Aug preliminary hopes of Premier Poincare's plans to put France on a stable financial ing were realized today The senate LOSES LITTLE FINGER by wide margins in each adopted a creating a fund for floating debt one trans- Aug out to ferrink the monopoly to cooperate act as flagman behind an extra I control and n measure permitting bound freight train on the K W BUT PREVENTS WRECK j the Bank of France to purchase serves of foreign gold currency O last night Frank Jourden of Vincent had a narrow Next Tuesday the first measure from but flagged a in tiie that he be held for murder tempt to tlu English channel Weather Outlook for Week Starting Monday Weather outlook for week ning North and Middle Atlantic states of showers about Tuesday I shc was to year she swam from the Battery to Sandy Hook a distance of 21 in seven hours beating the men's record Although frustrated abroad later the American girl covered close to thirty miles in eight hours in spite of rough water ting a record for channel swimming and again about Friday Cooler at the beginning with reaction lo higher temperatures toward middle of week followed by cooler toward end Region of Great i Upon her return home Hiss Ederle partially blamed her trainer Wolff her failure serting he pulled her out of thc waler when she war still able to go probably by Tuesday and Wednesday and mostly fair weather in closing days of week Temperatures will be but generally below seasonal 15 Laborers wanted Reservoir Apply ot In S-G it that Misa Ederle did not train properly for her try This year the American put herself under the direction of as W Burgess one of thc five men I who have succeeded in swimming the channel when he stopped an automobile which the men were riding The liquor in gallon cans was taken to a Lockport chemist who i which is regarded by the premier of time to avert disaster slid after analysis that it contained 5 i i i ni the most important of Ins financial u orn out from long hours on duly will be made thc organic De is said to law of the land at an asleep by thc side of the trad session of two hours of he siepi he threw arm toward thc sitting at Versailles as a national rail Soon train he had been sembly sent to flag came What the premier's next step ran over his little be depends upon the outcome of the end completely off ministerial council's deliberations awoke with a scream find yelled Monday thc last few it loudly the engineer heard him and me to avert a more than 50 per cent of wood hol After the arrests Corporal Koley notified Mark Jr federal chief of the regional alcohol division Grehan went to Lockport and the prisoners but they refused to disclose the source of their supply Argo said he was taking the liquor to i Olcott beach where it was planned to serve it tonight at a party to which j had appeared that M Poincare halted the tram in ti confident nj rapid passage of his crash projects through both houses would call for immediate ratification of McKinney Road and British debt funding Titusville Pa Aug -10 guests had been invited SEVEN HELD AT FALLS POISON LIQUOR CASES However stubborn formal Ceremony McKinney mad Niagara Ont Aug powerful groups to officially known part of en men arrested in connection without reservations j WES m Us the sale delivery or handling of i poison alcohol were remanded today by Magistrate on the charge I of manslaughter j The men are John McCrae James I Its principal importance I that it shortens the distance between Pittsburgh and Buffalo via East has thrown a monkey wrench the carefully oiled machinery Heavy Buying i Xew York Aug j Sacco William Frank way equipment buying this fall is I fl I MIRK FT Boyd John all of Niagara expected by May Eppstein president Falls Nick Ricci of Thorold of the General American Tank Car John Cironi of Corporation following a of The charge against them is one prevailing conditions Mr under a section of the criminal j said business this year has been steady code that deals with administration j and his company has trad of poison and reads that they did al months booked ahead slow unchanged active and Barn Dance Dance every Saturday night at Smith's Rarn Sulliven Music Admission East Buffalo Aug 7 active and very manslaughter by culpably causing thc death of Upper John and Charles ham unchanged I and 300 ill ani unchanged MANIAC SON i Gives Incoherent count of Night of Torture Springfield Mass Aug night of horror for Mrs Etta S fighting for life with her maniac son ended early this morn- ing with her death from shock of horrible attack Tonight Richard C Hearse the son still able to tell only an incoherent story of his frenzied acts remained in the care of the police A plea of not guilty to the of murder was entered for him this afternoon and before ust alienists will return a report uf their examination Such a report is necessary for the court to send him to a state asylum but it was at apparent to the police when they burst their way in- to thc kitchen of thc home where mother and son lived that the der was the act of a madman Young Hearse although he never gave evidence of insanity known to have a violent and ily stirred temper The theory has been advanced that he tried to cure money from his mother with set up in business and that the argument w hen she refused led to the unbalancing of his mind The torture of Mrs Bearse began soon after midnight sun returned home at that time from a visit to a girl friend About a woman neighbor who did not make known telephoned the police that she had heard screams in the house and that the dis- first attracted her at The police hastened to the house and in Bearse sat on the floor blood covered ing the body that had been his mother She died twice in the night and I revived her he said simply to i he part of tale seemed logical I au my at about or 12 last night he said the evening with my friend Mother was not feeling well when I arrived so I her a drink of water She said her lips were burning 1 got some cough drops and then 1 threw water over her She had sick for a long time ami I to relieve her pain There and madness began Her eyes looked bad so I took them ha said And again wash away her was the reason he gave for fearful i The police believe the woman for some time the attack began Apparently no weapon was used for none was After thc first attack woman fainted the police believe j but later revived would ex- plain statement of the son that he resuscitated her Then the at- tack death relieved the torture Shock was the cause j of death Medical Examiner Jones STEWART NAMED i FOR SENATOR Press Aug W City attorney today was appointed by iov Hammill as j S 10 serve until the ber election in place of the Senator A 8 Cummins Stewart was named by the State Republican convention yesterday as nominee in the November election i fur the of Senator j SCOLDED FOR BRINGING CAT HOME GIRL KILLS SELF Aug bringing home a stray cat Martha 18 shit killed herself tonight When the woman came homo dinner the cat a looking creature Mi's her mother told her that plie should not pick up The cat was turned out Miss had little at the after dinner she to her room later dead with a pistil beside her j Dog 15 Children Washington Aug teen children and Miss Kosie Brozek assistant postmistress at a town near here were under treatment today after a report from the Pasteur of Pittsburgh that two dog which bit them several had suffered from rabies The attack occurred when the appeared a group of children playing near the and begin j napping at them Urosek was i attacked v hen she attempted to the animals away
