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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1917
Page
5
Mrs. Frank Crull, shot by her husband two weeks ago, has left the hospital and is almost recovered. She is staying with her mother Mrs. Katherine Spence in the Mill Building.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company settled a year old claim after a church at Sprag Creek was burned by sparks from a passing locomotive. The agreement totals $2,000 and rebuilding will begin at once.
The automobile division of the State Highway Department has turned over to the treasury $3,017,003 to date, an increase of nearly $1,000,000 from last year. Through this period, 469,883 licenses have been issued covering cars, drivers, motorcycles and duplicate tags.
A Teamster named George Grace employed by Chester Frost for Central Pennsylvania Lumber Co. died Monday after he fell from a log car while guiding it from a siding to the main track. The accident occurred in the Fall Run area and his body was sent to Ridgway for burial.
The July oil report shows 265 wells completed in New York and McKean Warren Elk Forest Venango Clarion and Butler counties, 14 fewer than June and May. New production credited to wells totaled 321 barrels, down from 328 in June. Bradford and Middlefield posted small gains in completions and production.
Lemuel Gaines a tailor at the State Hospital for the Insane at North Warren was arrested for furnishing liquor to a member of Company I 16th Regiment P N G. Officer McKendricks eye witness testified. He appeared before C M Shakey US commissioner in Warren and was held on $2500 bail for the next federal term. Possible sentence includes a $1000 fine and federal prison.
Captain A G Lyons of this city won a Republican nominating endorsement at a Warren County Republican meeting in the Court House last Thursday night. Lyons, an oilman with Connegan go Refining since 1899, was born in Pittsburgh in 1868 and later lived in Titusville. He led Company K of the 16th Pennsylvania Infantry and served in the Spanish American War in Porto Rico. He is president of the Chamber of Commerce and former First Ward councilman.
Joseph A. McGee 79 died at home Sunday at 4 30 AM after a Civil War service and a long oil business career in Warren area. Survived by his wife Katherine Nesmith and two sons Harry A. and Roy H. Funeral Tuesday at 2 PM from 405 Conewango Ave. Dorothy Frances Madden eight daughter of Mr and Mrs James Madden died last Tuesday in a Cleveland hospital from meningitis and was buried in Erie Thursday.
D G Blackman named to fill vacancy created by T C Slater resignation due to ill health. Bond accepted in the sum of 2500 dollars by the post.
Derrick Munger aged 84 died Sunday at 4 o clock at his home in Pittsfield township after a three month illness. He is survived by one daughter Hettie Comstock and two brothers Ed Munger of Corry and Marcena Munger of Fredonia.
United States court order led to the release of John Jelley a hanger-on of the Lake Erie races as a material witness after the arrest of James Higgins on a liquor to a soldier charge. Jelley has left town.
A New York State car wrecked beside the road above North Warren near the Farm Colony Monday. A driver identified as Oviate of Jamestown reportedly lost control and struck a telephone pole. No injuries were reported.
Franklin H. Crull was taken from Emergency hospital to his father Marshal Crull's home. He posted bail of 2000 for the September term on a charge of assault with intent to kill his wife, with Clyde Smith and George Grosch acting as bail providers and D. A. Arird as defense attorney.
A string of tools has been moved in on the Fair Grounds and work on the drilling of the oil well to be shot during Fair week commenced. The contractor must have the well down by shooting time or he will not be paid under the agreement with the Association. The well is to be shot at 3 o'clock Wednesday August 29 Children’s Day.
Leroy Connors of Jamestown suffered burns when his Saxon car caught fire while pumping gasoline from Standard Tire Repair works at Market Street. Both Connors and store manager Glenn Baird were burned as flames were extinguished by the fire department using chemicals. The blaze started from an overflow in the gasoline tank.
The Farmington township picnic will take place on August 16 in the grove north of Lander. Officers include President C. C. Burch, Vice President Rev. C. H. Quick, Secretary Jarry M. Nelson, with Arden Miller in charge of games and amusements and Del mar Hitchcock handling concessions.
The Prohibition county committee met at L. P. Rogers home on Oak Street and named part of the county ticket. Sheriff and coroner spots were left open with plans to fill soon. Nominations included Register and Recorder L. G. Little Prothonotary C. A. Strong Burgess J. W. Neilly G. G. White W. O. Wilson School directors J W. Elliott G. G. White W. O. Wilson Tax collector G. G. Sill.
A man, unnamed, entered the Struthers hotel on a late Sheffield car night with a scalp wound after a reported quarrel with a conductor. He was attended by Warren doctors who stitched the gash and admitted him. his condition is not serious. The incident occurred near the Lacy farm at Glade.
Ferando Gross, 41, a single teamster from Irvington Pa, was struck by a logging railroad train eight miles from Hallton while not at work on Sunday. Coroner's jury verdict deemed the death accidental. Remains taken to Undertaker Osborne's, with a brother in Kane Ridgway Record.
George M. Langdon of Titusville, a Crawford county game protector, says in an interview he will sue the city of Franklin after being arrested for speeding by Franklin police.
Libels in divorce were left with the Sheriff Friday for Lulu P Notchkiss versus Karl T Notchkiss Gertrude McNulty versus John Joseph McNulty Sarah A Johnson versus Carl Oscar Johnson and Elwood J Hooper versus Carrie T Hooper The petition by E J Hooper was withdrawn from the docket Monday by Clerk of Courts Clark.
Mrs. Charles Bergstrom of 6 Hertzel Street was struck by a motorcycle driven by assistant fire chief Fred Schaefer after alighting from a street car at Oak Street. She suffered severe cuts and bruises and was treated at home by Dr. J. O. Russell before being released to her residence.
Dr. Meals of Columbus Pennsylvania was notified by the War Department Surgeon General that his commission as a lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corps has been forwarded to him. He served in Company D 16th P W Oil City during the Spanish American war and then studied medicine. He has practiced general medicine in Columbus for about six years.
Dry leaders press Dr. J Smith of the First Presbyterian church to enter the Republican Congression al race against Captain A G Lyons whose candidacy has stirred the 28th district. E H Beshlin, the prior Democratic nominee, is silent on his intentions and may seek the Democrat nomination.
The Farnsworth family plans its eleventh annual reunion on Thursday August 16 at Celoron Park Celoron New York. The group lists Warren Clarendon Sheffield and nearby towns among members with Mrs Alice Dossinger Celoron as chairwoman and Geo B Farnsworth Cleveland Ohio as president, W J Farnsworth Clarendon NY as vice president, Carrie Palmer Ripley NY as secretary, M C Gilson Sheffield as treasurer and O G Farnsworth North East as historian.
Dean Holmes of a Pennsylvania state college reports four years of college education yield about 20 000 dollars in value or 5 000 dollars per year. He finds bachelor of arts graduates earn about 1 187 dollars yearly while noncollege men earn 518 dollars annually, a 669 dollar gap, lasting roughly thirty years after graduation.
Harrisburg announces that nominations for Congress in the 28th District will be made at the September 19 primaries and not by party committees under rules. Vacancies follow 1913 law unless a special election coincides with a regular one and the vacancy existed 60 days before the primary. Captain A G Lyons is tied to a bipartisan scheme, while dry leaders warn a Lyons nomination could aid a wet outcome. Lyons is long tied to the oil industry with ties to Emlenton and Titusville.
The Franklin Herald notes prominent local figures in Warren and Mercer counties entering or considering nominations. Gervaise G. Martin of Franklin seeks the Democratic nomination with E. H. Rowley of Greenville possibly joining the ticket. Mercer County lists four Republican contenders: Benjamin Jarrett, S. H. Miller, James M. Campbell, and A. R. Hodge. O. D. Bleakley may announce soon. Warren leaders urge William H. Allen to run amid party shifts as campaigns heat up for a hard fought district race.
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