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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1918
Page
3
Malone Mica'l Malone, arrested earlier in Tiona for furnishing liquor to a boy, appeared before Judge Hinckley and received ninety days in the Workhouse along with a $20 fine and costs. Mrs. H. Roberts of Sheffield was declared insane and a guardian for her estate will be appointed at the next court term.
Warren County plans to send 50 men to the training camp in August as part of the draft. The call targets Class I 1917 registrants while likely not exhausting all.
Percy Richardson, who left Warren for Camp Lee, reports sending all civilian clothes home and securing a complete field outfit. He notes transfer to a company in intensive training for overseas duty and that he has passed all examinations.
Reports last week stated David Winger son of C. J. Winger of Youngsville was killed in France, but no official confirmation exists. A telephone call to Mrs. Winger claimed the death, yet she was too distressed to learn more and the report is considered likely false.
Draft records list 461 men traveling by train to Camp Lee on Friday night. Regional counts include 92 from Erie, 156 from Warren, 28 from Forest County, 22 from Cameron County, and 160 from McKean County. Arrival at Camp Lee will be two hours later than the June draft.
Miss Grace Atkins of Water street now operates a girl elevator at the C. H. Smith Company store. Charles Bliss, a Central Lumber Company employee at Sheffield, fell 17 feet from a trestle last Friday, suffering severe bruises to his right leg.
Thad Lore of Yankee Bush tracked a stray cow and calf into brush and found a co and two fawns, the calf in the brush. He crawled in, freed the calf, and the fawns followed. He petted them. the doe appeared, unafraid, and nearby. The fawns were tiny, nearly newborn, and the doe thin.
Miss Grace Emerson of Tid ioute and Sheridan Moore were married Tuesday at the Evangelical church parsonage by Rev L C Hoover. The bride's parents and her aunt from Tid ioute attended as out-of-town guests. A dinner at C W Arird's Crescent Park Ave home followed, after which the couple left for a short trip and will reside on Penn Ave West.
Six year old Todd Siggins son of Hugh Siggins fell from a bicycle Sunday evening and broke his collarbone. He was treated at the local clinic and is recovering at home.
Peter K. Peterson, owner of the Hickory street fish market, suffered a paralytic stroke Saturday morning. He is reported improving and expected to recover.
East Side youths are causing trouble by entering orchards and stripping fruit. Chief Haag has dispatched officers to pursue the marauders and restore order.
Friday judge Hinckley dismissed the Times Publishing Co. versus R. C. Lund suit. The plaintiffs’ bill was rejected and costs of the proceeding awarded to the Times publishers, who have 20 days to file exceptions.
A boarder at Jan itor Johnson of City Hall reports $50, a gold watch and a suit of clothes missing. Another boarder left for Jamestown on the pretext of borrowing tools, and police are investigating the case.
Joseph McKinley Walker of Company C, Highteenth Infantry, was en route with colored troops when, in a nightmare, he leaped from his berth and struck an iron signal pole with his head, breaking it. He was taken to Hammond hospital in Indiana and appeared at the depot urging an Eastward move to rejoin comrades he described as bad actors.
Omaha motorcycle officer Leo Hays vowed to enlist in the tank service after catching two men and recovering a stolen car from A. L. Gilinsky. Hays, a gas engine expert, returned with the suspects and the vehicle, then joined the tank service.
A Camp Beauregard soldier wrote the Pine Bluff editor asking to correspond with a local girl for marriage. The editor published the letter and the next day the soldier received ten marriage proposals with more still arriving.
Mrs. Annie Ambrose a local wartime leader spoke from a second story window to a drunken mob gathered outside her house. She argued against forcing her Austrian-born boarder to fly an American flag, and the crowd dispersed after her patriotic speech.
Passengers on Chinese railways are being furnished gas masks for protection against infectious plagues in certain districts, according to Capt. H. Loeber, U. S. H., who has been here en route from Fuma to Washington.
The Clarion State Normal School invites men and women to train for service in Pennsylvania public schools. Completing the full course earns a life teaching certificate. a short course runs during the year to aid the public schools in the present crisis. Free tuition, board and room at cost. Fall term begins September 10. Inquiries to Principal C. C. Green, Clarion, Pa. 7-25-3 times.
Federal authorities arrest August Beneke in Rochester on mail fraud charges connected to a Chicago associate and a dubious horse meat scheme. Captain Archie Roosevelt’s arm remains seriously wounded after shrapnel, with eight months needed for recovery. Louis Weyand orders Oakland boilermakers back to work as the labor board plans a shipyard dispute review. Schenectady plant workers vote to resume duties. Forty American aviators petition for preferred status in the first trans Atlantic flight. Pershing receives grand cross. Bliss awarded a related honor. Food prices rise three percent from April to May, with vegetable declines overall. Scrip tickets for long-distance rail travel will be available by August. National cleaners pledge to keep colors displayed and donate plants to government. Montreal Americans petition Congress over double taxation. Johnson lands in France as a second lieutenant. More coal cars reach eastern mines. Von Hertling is convalescing. Berlin notes a cold. Agriculture calls for a record winter wheat crop. Syracuse dean’s appointment noted. War board sets lower hide prices for three months. Wilson commutes a death sentence for desertion to life. Cape Cod Canal to be government-controlled to protect New England coal supplies.
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