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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1913
Page
1
Michael E. Riley once a Fairview hotel keeper was recognized by few friends in Wilkes Barre after three decades. He had been convicted for shooting Thomas May, sentenced to eight years, went insane, and repeatedly committed to asylums and penitentiaries before vanishing into institutional care.
Owing to over four inches of rain in 72 hours mountain streams overflow and rush into mine breaches at several collieries. Underground pumps operate at full capacity to keep tunnels dry. The Reading mines are flooded the worst.
Allentown Pennsylvania May 1 reports Thomas P Wenner secretary of the school board broke toe when his trousers bulked while undressing and he kicked the bed post. The injury will leave him crippled for about six weeks.
Richard Stack Jr aged nine and John Stack aged seven sons of Mr and Mrs Edward Stack of Halstead Pa were struck by Lackawanna express train No 6 last week and instantly killed their bodies badly mangled authorities said the tragedy occurred on the tracks near their home as the brothers were playing nearby
The Rev. Charles Edgar Heermans aged 77 died suddenly at Clifton Springs last Saturday. He leaves a widow, one son and two daughters. He retired from the ministry years ago and had lived in retirement at Clifton Springs since.
Keefe of Groton who had been missing since Wednesday was found dead in bed at an Ithaca boarding house. A bullet hole in his head led police to suspect death by his own action.
Former Hawaii governor George R. Carter argues that abolition of sugar tariffs or price controls would ruin Hawaii's economy and threaten the colony's stability. He urges protective measures and faulting free sugar policy as dangerous to the islands.
In Greensburg Pennsylvania on May 1 Domenick Petrelli received the death penalty for killing his son in law Ferdinand Salvitore. He was carried to the scaffold by deputies after a solemn jailhouse farewell to fellow inmates his fourteen year old daughter Albina and family members absent. His wife has not returned since the trial and seeks a death certificate to remarry. Attorneys will not assist in this part of the case.
Mrs. Rachel Sparks of Corbin, aged 50, had Frank G. Girard, 56, a burlesque performer, arrested for stealing $50. He offered repayment with marriage, and they wed hours later in Lexington after she pursued the troupe.
The physicians report a needle in the heart as the cause of death for Samuel Zuckerbrot's 2 year old daughter. The child once swallowed a needle belonging to her tailor father, an incident the family forgot until X rays revealed the needle lodged in the heart wall.
A new South Dakota law lets any resident woman file an application with the county register of deeds to hire a maid. The law, passed in the recent session, allows selection by specifications such as size and appearance.
London buyers bid fiercely at Christies for Sir Lionel Phillips collection tapestries. Butler, the collector, paid 73500 dollars for four Burgundian panels likely depicting Isabella I of Castile in a piece titled The Catholic. The panels, dating to the late 15th or early 16th century, feature narrow borders of interwoven flowers foliage and grapes.
London is reaping the benefit of Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont as she occupies the hotel’s most expensive suite and buys candies. She attends a suffragette meeting and lunches with her daughter the Duchess of Marlborough at Sunderland House. She plans to go to Paris on May 10.
A mobile chapel built into a car serves as an auto church. Peter, a Roman Catholic clergyman by adoption, uses it to travel to areas without rail access. The vehicle features a rear chapel with a priest platform, an organ, sleeping bunks, lavatory, and cooking facilities, combining church and living space.
Harvey Lyman and Sol Lyman liverymen returning from LeRoy with a purchased $600 team of horses were struck by Verne Lewelly and Dennis Kearney in an automobile. Both horses suffered broken legs and had to be shot. Lyman and Harvey sustained bad bruises. all parties claim they were on the right side of the road.
A M Phillips age 68 died at Bath after a long illness. Born in Medina he lived in Penn Yan and Rochester. He was an inventor of the first power spraying machine used by nurserymen. Surviving are a wife a daughter Mrs Ss R Kinner Bath and two sons Harold and William Phillips Rochester.
Ohio Supreme Court rules that a judge ordered alimony survives a spouse's death. In Stoneman v Stoneman the court upheld a 1907 divorce decree granting alimony of 4790 dollars payable in installments over three years. After Mary E Stoneman died the executrix pursued remaining 1000 dollars, and the husband argued the obligation ended with her death.
The Cornell student conduct committee reprimands students charged with hazing a fellow student. A student recounts hair clipping and beating during a Galeton Pennsylvania trip to study agricultural subjects. The charge was deemed not serious enough for harsher penalties.
J. C. Murphy sells the Akron Herald and Breeze to Jay M. Smith who will run the papers as proprietor and editor. Murphy founded the Herald in 1896 and merged with the Breeze in 1901, running the combined operation for 17 years before selling to pursue a larger field.
American Locomotive company contributed 750 dollars to the Dunkirk board of trade to aid campaigns for attracting new industries. Ellen D. Warner, attorney for the company at Dunkirk, presented the gift to the board’s directors, and the contribution was unsolicited.
Governor Tener approved a bill creating county pension systems for mothers. A commission will review cases and may grant payments to abandoned mothers or widows unable to support children at home. Maximums: $12 per month one child, $20 two children, $25 three, and $5 per extra child. Also, Mrs. Henry Gardner of Laona New York was bitten by a woodchuck before she could drive it away. Dr. Loch of Fredonia treated her wounds.
Paris May 1 Isadora Duncan the dancer whose two children drowned in the Seine has gone to Corfu She says she will still devote her life to dancing.
Sacramento reports the legislature prepares to pass a new alien land ownership bill aimed at those deemed ineligible to citizenship under a reciprocal treaty provision. The measure targets aliens including Japanese nationals, drawing praise from the governor but criticism from Dr. David Starr Jordan and Senator Wright who vow to challenge it in the Senate.
At Avlona the prominent Young Turk Niazi Bey and a Turkish officer were killed by Albanian gunmen as they prepared to board a steamship to Italy. The attackers were led by the son of bandit Issa Molletinata. The Italian consul sought naval protection and Rome considered warship readiness to deter Austrian intervention in Albania.
In South Bethlehem Pennsylvania on May 1 a child named Harry K. Maurer died after eating several strychnine pills meant for his elder brother. The mother found the pills and gave emetics then called a doctor who treated the boy for hours.
London May 1 bulletin says the Duchess of Connaught who had a second intestinal operation Tuesday passed a fair day but her general condition continues to cause anxiety according to attending physicians.
In Summit New Jersey on May 1 the St John’s Evangelical Lutheran church youth plan a penny drive to raise enough cents to form a mile long chain for the church building fund.
Strike leaders press to halt a rank break as wheels turn in a big harvester twine mill for the first time in six weeks. They call for a three member arbitration panel with one member chosen by strikers and one by the company, the third by both, or by Mayor O Neill if not agreed. The statement opposes the state mediation board. Signers include Charles A Miles AF of L organizer and John W Dennis Auburn Central Labor union business agent.
Charles Crawl and Philip Legler were found alive early Saturday in the Finleyville Cincinnati mine of Monongahela River Consolidated Coal & Coke. Rescuers followed faint cries to exit as 96 bodies have been recovered. Legler praised Crawl for saving his life. Crawl gave a graphic account of their ordeal.
Dr Friedrich F Friedmann sells American rights to his turtle vaccine consumption care for 125000 cash and 1800000 in stock. The Risner Mendelsop company will organize 98 institutes with 150000 each and allocate 100000 treasury stock to each, with 50000 stock to Friedmann.
In Wyoming County Supreme Court at Warsaw Justice Wheeler resentenced George Harris to return to Auburn prison and be executed during the week of May 25. Harris was tried in Warsaw in February 1912 for first degree murder of his wife Beatrice Shutt Harris and convicted.
The assembly in Albany adopted a resolution congratulating the state board of arbitration for outlining the differences between railroad and firemen in a dispute that yielded a 10 percent wage increase for the firemen.
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