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Newspaper
Warren Evening Times
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1918
Page
2
This afternoon optimism among Liberty Loan workers ran high as the campaign neared the million dollar target. Organizers reported steady contributions and a strong turnout at local drives.
Subscriptions in banks totaling 717050 were reported as officials aimed to reach a 1 million dollar goal by night. The women’s committee continued active in all wards, planning booths in Warren stores to solicit bond subscriptions while avoiding large meetings.
Vienna dispatch reports King Ferdinand of Bulgaria has abdicated in favor of Crown Prince Boris. Boris has already assumed the crown, and the transfer is officially announced from Copenhagen.
On the British front October 5 Lieutenant Ford Terry of New York City commanded a platoon nearly surrounded in heavy fighting. He organized three man groups with hand grenades using natural shelters. They held off the Germans until the American line advanced and then broke through the defenders.
Federal order requires all German enemy alien residents and workers in Warren within the barred zone to carry permits. Officials Howley Muir and Haag announce strict enforcement by U S Secret Service with a four and a half mile barred radius around plants on government work. Employers urged to report any unauthorised aliens promptly and comply with permit checks.
Elton L. Harvey 45 of 51 Eighth Avenue Glassport was fatally struck by a car dumper at Edgar Thompson Steel Works Braddock while working as a brake man for Carnegie Steel. Survived by widow and two children. funeral by Rev. A. C. Curran at Glassport Lutheran Church. body to Dickerson Run for interment. Former Warren resident, K O T M band member, Pink and Lavender Club, Centennial Hose Co No 4, Franklin Street.
The late Joseph A Schofield was a forceful speaker and graceful writer who served as Warren correspondent for the Williamsport Grit for several years. He enjoyed preparing a weekly news budget rather than remuneration. He also edited the Morning News for several months in 1894 before its sale to local publishers.
Government appeals to households to save peach pits and nut shells for carbon in gas masks. Junior Red Cross organizes collection through schools and households to ship materials, stating 200 pits and 7 pounds of shells yield one mask and 400 million pits are needed for two million men. First shipment begins today as public cooperation is urged.
Fragmentary note states machines to be used only for the drive. No further context or details are readable to specify project, location, or responsible parties.
The Fuel Administration notes Warren's 100 percent loyal record since gasolineless Sundays began and urges continued automobile use only for war aid. The Liberty Loan effort benefits from motorists keeping cars in garages and logging their gas-saving deeds, while drivers promote national war aims.
A Warren County meeting of the Oil City Motor Club approved funding for stenciled sign boards to guide auto tourists. The 480 initial poles will display the Oil City and Buffalo Pittsburgh trail marks, with directions from Snowshoe to Meadville and from Slippery Rock to Jamestown via Warren County.
County Treasurer Stewart reports hunting licenses issued reach 291 by Friday. Last season 2501 licenses were granted, but this year fewer are expected due to closed seasons and many young men serving in the war. Names listed include Byers Tidioute McKean Atkins Swanson Knabb Skelton Stenger Mant is Springstead Miller Thompson Johnston and others in Warren Sheffield and Spring Creek.
Dr. Schmeh l receives data from the State Board of Health urging caution in coughing or sneezing into a handkerchief and recommending isolation of cases. The memo notes stringing wires and hanging sheets in large wards and asks communities to report using telegraph or telephone after advisory board conference.
The state health department letter urges Warren authorities to enforce the anti spitting act to curb influenza spread. It calls for warning posters and circulars, ventilation, hygiene, and limiting crowds. close supervised public venues if needed and prepare emergency hospital facilities.
Mr and Mrs W S Hoskins longtime Lovell Wyoming residents depart for Warren Pennsylvania by car via Denver. Hoskins formerly secret ary and construction manager for Midland Carbon company which built and operates the largest carbon plant in Cowley. He also drilled in the Byron field bringing in two gas wells and now at a third hole. The couple will be missed for church work and war measure support, with hopes to visit Lovell occasionally.
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