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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1912
Page
3
The State Water Supply Commission will meet Thursday to discuss provisions to attach to the charters of the Clarion water power projects to keep state control. A series of local incidents follow including a fatal electrocution on Center street in St Marys and a near fatal self harm attempt in Sherman NY.
Charles Dracheslin, employed at Sterling Furniture in Sala manca, NY, suffered severe arm injuries from a large splinter while at work. He was taken to Salamanca hospital by Crant's ambulance and treated by Dr. Hoeeffler, with several arteries severed. John Fitzgibbons of Silver Springs, NY, was killed when hit by train cars between Silver Springs and Castile. He had been to Portage and was returning home by the pick-up. his body was found by Edward Brown of Castile.
John Hager sells his 150 acre farm two miles south of Le Roy for 20000 to Dr. Johnson of Batavia. The property includes 30 acres of apple orchard. Dr. Johnson hires an experienced orchardist to manage the fruit.
About 5 o clock Sunday morning in Emporium Pennsylvania a gas explosion at John Kerhlys Westward home wrecked the building. Kerhly severely burned and injured helped his wife and two children escape then was taken to Ridgway hospital with poor prospects for recovery. Elk Tanning company owned the building and insurance covered it. Kerhly household goods were a total loss.
Elmer Kent, about 50, of Cherry Creek New York, killed himself Tuesday by hanging from a barn beam at his mother's home. A passer-by found the lifeless body as the barn door stood open. Domestic troubles are given as the motive. He had recently separated from his wife and moved in with his mother, Mrs. Josephine Kent.
Bayless Pulp & Paper president George C. Bayless and superintendent Frederick N. Hamlin seek a venue change for their involuntary manslaughter trial after the Austin dam disaster. They claim Potter County prejudice would deny a fair trial. District Attorney Harry Nelson has requested a stay to prepare opposition. Trial is set for the June Potter County term.
Former First National Bank of New Berlin cashier Frank T. Arnold embezzled about 250000, wrecking the bank. Physicians say his condition is critical and recovery unlikely while a new bank charter is sought next week. The treasury team led by Rorbeck reports a 148000 shortage already found in Arnold's accounts.
Late Monday report states Fred Bartles home in Hornell was robbed at an early hour. Entry came via a rear window. theft included a child's bank with $1.72 and a $20 roll. Robbers packed many pieces of silver and fled, leaving the tied silver behind.
W. S. Lick of Sherman New York killed himself with a revolver at his son C. H. Lick’s Willard street home. He died several hours later without regaining consciousness. Despondency is believed to have caused the act. Lick recently moved to Sherman from North East Pennsylvania.
John Le Fevre formerly ran the Olean water department and had declined to qualify as sealer of weights and measures. He has now been appointed to a position in the state department of highways and placed in the office of Resident Engineer George T. Keith for the present.
The Episcopal house of bishops will choose three new bishops for New Mexico Puerto Rico and South Dakota. The report notes the upcoming regional selections as part of church leadership changes.
The North German Lloyd line awarded a $10,000,000 contract to build the largest steamship in the world. Premier Asquith introduced his home rule bill in parliament, drawing welcome responses from Irish Nationalists and Labor members of the coalition. Chicago suffragists stayed undeterred after Illinois primaries and planned to persist in the equal suffrage effort. Kentucky delegates-at-large were instructed for Taft, while Roosevelt supporters aimed to unseat them at the national convention.
The Stanley steel investigating committee concludes hearings and plans a 30 day period to draft a report on the existence of a steel trust. Theodore Roosevelt tours New Hampshire defending his peace record and opposing unrestrained arbitration. A dispatch from St. Petersburg reports Kurdish priests attacking an American mission station at Sur Bulak, Azerbaijan, Persia. Lowell unions in textile firms accept a 10 percent wage increase from mills. IWW expected to follow.
Returns from Pennsylvania primaries suggest Roosevelt could claim 70 of 76 delegates at the national convention. In Lynn Massachusetts a woman who heard shots in the George E. Marsh murder case is unidentified, with the mystery unsolved. Mrs. Raymond in Augusta Maine faces murder indictments but appears content in custody away from gossip. The Porto Rican delegation denounces another island group’s independence petition after protesting the free sugar bill.
Thirteen Louisiana parishes face rising waters that have wiped out several villages. In other news, diocese officials granted Bishop Harkins of Rhode Island $50,000 for his silver jubilee. A Rock Island train derailment in Colorado injured nineteen, some severely. Cook County Republicans in Chicago endorsed Taft's administration in a party platform. United Mine Workers head John P White confirmed coal field talks with operators, signaling a potential suspension lift.
A fire in Santtiago de Cuba damaged a home, with losses estimated at 250000 dollars. In London the home rule bill cleared its first Commons reading by 94 votes in a 626 ballot. Philadelphia observed half staff as Titanic tragedy claimed residents. Miss Quimby became the first American woman to fly solo across the English Channel from England to France. Paris mourning Titanic disaster noted with Admiral Marechal's son reported among the saved.
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