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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1917
Page
5
Miss Inez Hyatt of Tidioute is among 18 teachers recommended for scholarships for the 1917 Summer Schools at Chautauqua.
Clergymen met at the YMCA on Monday morning to arrange a union service of all city churches for Sunday July 1 designated by the President as Patriotic Sunday. Expected turnout and interfaith participation were emphasized as key aims of the event.
District Attorney Frank J. Lyons moves John B. Shortman, owner of the Eagle Hotel in Youngsville, to show cause why his license should not be revoked. E. M. Jackson accuses Shortman of selling liquor while intoxicated and selling to visibly intoxicated men.
An inmate of the Warren insane asylum was picked up near Oil City outskirts by two Franklin volunteers aiding in the search for two foreigners who shot in Franklin. He is held at the Franklin lockup awaiting Warren authorities.
The event gathered 130 delegates from county and city at the First M E church for the meet ing. Officers were elected with Rudolph Nelson president Burton Bell secretary for the boys and Miss Ethel Olson president Miss Madeline Rogers secretary for the girls.
A double wedding was solemnized at 324 Prospect Street last Thursday afternoon. Miss Adaline Blanch married Dr. Charles Winfield Dodge of Dewittville and Miss Lois Jacquins wed Charles Gordon of Warren. Rev. H. H. Barr officiated with music by Emeline Jaquins.
Judge W. D. Hinckley announced there would be no term of Common Pleas Court this week and jurors excused. The trial list showed many cases but all but two could be continued. the session was postponed because weather may clear and allow farmers to tend crops.
Public school superintendents and principals from all towns of Pennsylvania were summoned to a war time conference at State College by Dr. Nathan C. Schaeffer. The meeting set for July 11 and to last two or three days will discuss the effect of war on the school system and related institutions. Topics include teacher shortages compulsory education laws pupil employment and school term length.
Mr and Mrs J P Jefferson after a two year voyage in Oriental countries sail for the United States. They plan several weeks in Santa Barbara and vicinity before returning to Franklin and Warren about July 15. Mrs Jefferson was previously Mrs W G Trunkey.
Chapin Hall will edit the Warren Morning Chronicle which debuts July 1. He is editor and owner of the Arizona Gazette and has connected with the Evening News and Warren Times. Hall has been in Warren the past ten days.
Arthur Rosenquist 35, a Warren street car motorman, lost his left foot near the Smith Horton warehouses last Thursday evening. He may have been riding a New York Central freight or walking on tracks when the accident occurred. he was taken to Warren Emergency Hospital with a broken nose and a dislocated shoulder.
Samuel Rea, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, issues a communication to every officer and employee east and west of Pittsburgh. The railroad seeks full cooperation from 250000 workers to aid the government and support the Railroad War Board in Washington, to achieve a successful war effort for the country.
Herbert Lunberg aged 20 of 118 Russell Street Warren died at Emergency Hospital from injuries suffered Thursday night when he stepped into an open elevator shaft at the Russell garage and fell 16 feet to the concrete. He had driven friends home from a carnival and then waited for car repairs before stepping into the shaft as the gate failed to close.
George D. Dixon announced that the P R R will revise passenger traffic to support coal and military moves. The railroad aims to release locomotives and cars by consolidating trains, cutting underused service, reducing dining and sleeping cars, and possibly ending club cars. East of Pittsburgh passenger miles are expected to drop to about 6 000 daily.
Five nurses completed the Emergency Hospital training class last Thursday at the Woman's Club. Rev. W. E. Staub delivered the commencement address and a reception followed. Grads were Mildred I. Berry Anna S. Boyer Ethel L. Hodges Jennie C. Cockburn and Floretta J. Clark.
The county shows less than 5 percent of arable land planted despite agitation for higher production. At the Pomona Grange gathering in Lander farmers voiced patriotism and effort, but progress remains minor. Weather is cited as the main barrier, with 25 percent more land prepared than last year yet unseeded.
John Benson of Hungry Hollow received eight months in the Allegheny workhouse after stealing Dan Bennett's pet duck and several chickens from a coop in Akeley. Ludwig Johnson got six months after earlier escape and capture in Jamestown. Harry Sutter received one year for boat theft tied to an old charge revived. George Clark’s sentence was suspended. his wife filed for divorce days later. Sheriff DeForest and deputies escorted the trio to the workhouse.
A sudden Sunday cloudburst raised Jackson Run ten feet in minutes and flooded farms between Dutch Hill and North Warren, causing about 10000 dollars in losses to corn, potatoes, and oats. Cows were stranded and some plots of crops washed away. no animal deaths reported. Farmers Hugh Lundahl Hilmar Anderson James Benson Will Erickson and others affected.
More than 500 delegates attended the fifth annual Inter-County W C T U Institute at Warren’s First Lutheran church last Thursday and Friday.
G Scott Smith, referee of the Seventh District under the Workmen's Compensation Act, has been reappointed. The Compensation Bureau office in Warren has handled many claims lately. Smith has been an efficient referee with assistance from Joseph Goldstein, and friends welcome the news.
The executive committee announced Warren County will donate 100000 dollars to the Red Cross during the week of June 18 to 25. The group was named at the initial meeting held Wednesday at the Conewango Club with A F Kottcamp as chairman and W F Messner C T Conarro Leonard Larson and A A Printz as team leaders.
Pennsylvania State College experiments show cultivation improves fruit size and quality. Mulching, dust mulch, and cover crops conserve moisture and boost next year’s buds. For hillsides and calf pastures straw mulch and shallow plowing prevent root injury. Submit orchard questions to your County Farm Bureau.
Lord Northcliffe arrives as head of Britain’s foreign mission in the United States. He will open a downtown New York office to coordinate allied efforts, report to the British embassy, and seek American ideas while promoting the empire’s war aims. He is seen as England’s unofficial war steward.
Sweden presses to remove spies amid wartime concerns. International Mercantile Marine reports 1916 earnings of 26 299 595 dollars under president P A S Franklin. Pershing to be escorted with Marshal Joffre in Paris when he arrives. US grand jury indicts anti draft agitators including two Columbia students and a Barnard senior.
Miss Eleda May Simmons daughter of Mr and Mrs John H Simmons and John Albert Larson editor of the Mail were married at noon today at the Simmons home 406 Pennsylvania Avenue East. The ceremony was by Rev Norris A White with only immediate family present. They will honeymoon west and reside at 18 St Clair Street South Side after returning.
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