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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1911
Page
1
Postmaster General Frank Hitchcock orders May as a cost audit month for all Warren office staff. Every employee to be inventoried and time tracked, from clerks to postmen, with data on mail types, handling cost, and postmaster duties. The effort aims to reveal efficiencies and cut operating costs.
New York state reservation commission under chairman George Foster Peabody purchased the Geyser and Victoria springs at Saratoga. The Geyser spring, an early spouter, will join the reserve with 20 nearby acres including a stream and gorge. A 25 man crew began a five acre state tree nursery adjacent to the site.
Mrs Andrew Carnegie wife of the philanthropist suffered a sudden head hemorrhage at the Lyric while Hamilton Holt spoke. Medical aid was given in the box she improved and was taken to Hotel Belvedere in Washington that evening.
Washington May The rules committee of the house reports a favorable action on Representative Stanley s resolution to appoint a five Democrat four Republican probe of United States Steel to determine alleged antitrust violations. Senate contingent expenses committee reviews La Follette s bribery complaint in Lorimer election and recommends favorable report.
May 4 dispatches note mixed reports from Alcazar about Fez area. One claim says part of the Beni Hassan join Major Bremond's French relief column, another says Bremond’s native troops deserted, and a third rumor speaks of Charb tribes proclaiming a jehad.
A humane defense letter by Edgar Allan Poe sold for 1700 dollars at the Hoe sale. Buyer G S Hollman, a longtime Poe manuscript dealer, secured it for a collector. The price ranks among high records for American author letters.
Alcoholism and ill health divide responsibility for most insanity cases at the State Asylum for the Insane in North Warren per the twenty-ninth annual report. Each cause accounts for 35 cases. total admissions were 371. Erie led counties with 60 patients, followed by McKean 37 and Warren 30, with smaller totals from Venango, Elk, Lackawanna, Mercer, Jefferson, Potter, Indiana, Franklin, Somerset, Westmoreland, and Washington.
Dorothy Whitney of Geneseo New York died Saturday afternoon from burns suffered Friday while playing with matches. She was 13 years old.
Letter from Harrisburg dated April 13, 1911 informs Fred E Windsor of Los Angeles that he is placed on the retired list of the Pennsylvania National Guard with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Announcement will appear in General Orders. Windsor, once a U S volunteer during the Spanish American War, was officially Major in the Guard.
The State Water Supply Commission heard objections to 18 charters for power companies to build two large dams on the Clarion river and one on Tionesta creek. Forest, Clarion and Warren county residents, businessmen, legislators, and the Pittsburg Flood Commission argued the plan would upend lumber oil and gas industries, disrupt railways, and cause regional losses worth millions. George A. Maxwell claimed the project is speculative and harms Allegheny valley conservation efforts. Representatives Schofield Knight and Campbell joined the protesters.
Mrs Charles Gates is granted a divorce from her husband, identified as the son of J W Gates, in a judicial action reported by the paper. The decree ends the marriage and records the terms as filed in the court.
New York May 4 Charles G Gates son of John W Gates lost a divorce bid that he pursued across the country at a cost of 50000 to prevent his wife from filing in the supreme court Mrs Mary W Gates the plaintiff was deaf to his pleas She named a young Broadway singer and asked for a referee Former Justice David Leventritt ruled for Mrs Gates Justice Girard granted the decree Gates was in Los Angeles when he learned of the outcome He chartered a special train and claimed he was racing death across the nation fearing blood poisoning
At Gary Indiana two box cars in Kirk railway yards were dynamited killing Benedict Aglio and Giagama Impastato and wounding about a score of Italian workers employed by the American Bridge company. The injured are treated at United States Steel emergency hospital. Police note Chicago labor agent rivalry as a possible motive.
Sharon Pa May 4 It is announced that the South Sharon tin mill of the American Sheet and Tin Plate company which has been operating four days a week for the last month will begin full capacity production. About 1 500 men are employed at the works.
Dynamite hidden beneath the Zanesfield town hall was discovered during floor repairs in Bellefontaine Ohio on May 4. Officials have not disclosed how it ended up there and no formal investigation has been conducted.
In Ashtabula on May 4 a 14 year old girl, Miss Charlotte McCool, was fatally wounded when a revolver her brother was handling derailed to be unloaded fired. The bullet entered her chin and passed to her neck and shoulder, prompting probable fatal injuries.
In Corry on April 27 the hearing of Dr. F. A. Beebe and Miss May Fieberling over the death of Miss Lottie Dugan ended with both defendants held to $1,500 bail for the May grand jury. The session filled Lyric theatre as officials testified septic poisoning from the uterus caused the death. Lawrence Dugan defended his daughter’s character while her parents observed. Defense led by Hon. John B. Brooks. prosecution rested before waiving further examination.
In Cumberland county near Harrisburg the Civil War high water mark is identified at Fort Washington. Senator Manbeck seeks state purchase and preservation with a $29,000 appropriation. Union forces in 1864 built entrenchments there to deter a threatened invasion of the capital.
Cambridge Springs May 2 Hon Clark D Eckels learned Saturday his nomination as post master has gone to the Senate. A 52 year old former Assembly member and newspaper man, Eckels is son of Rev John Eckels. He has worked at Warren Paragraph and Semi-Weekly News and in Titusville Meadville Oil City and Erie. He is Mason Odd Fellow and Modern Woodsmen. He and Mrs Eckels have one son John Perry Eckels.
The Ottoman government orders two army corps in the vilayet of Constantinople to mobilize for maneuvers today. Officials say it is for exercises, but reports claim troops are headed to quell Albanian unrest as Shefket Pasha, minister of war, recently traveled to Albania to assume command.
Lander High School holds its third annual commencement tomorrow evening at the M E church. Eight graduates: Elsie Cowies Sepha Parker Ethel Strickland Florence White Gerald Babcock Harold Babcock Lawrence Firth Ford Hitchcock. Rev Horace M Conaway of Warren to give the address. Smiths Orchestra of Busti to provide music. Class of 1911 is the largest yet with growing school interest. Wednesday evening the play Home Ties was staged in Grange Hall.
A Roanoke Virginia blaze last Friday destroyed a home and left Mrs. H Nunn and seven of her ten children dead. Three children survived with severe burns and cuts from shattered glass. William Nunn succumbed to burns Friday night.
After Warren Welch funeral a hack driven by Martin Callahan with two ladies two men and a child rolled downhill a half mile south of Gosport New York. The back brake failed causing the horses to run away and throw occupants. Callahan landed head and shoulders and was unconscious for a time.
Announcement notes a May concert by the Warren Festival Chorus, highlighting the program and venue. The date, time, and ticket info are provided for interested listeners.
Thirteen lives were lost when a teachers' special derailed near Martin's Creek Pennsylvania last Saturday. Four Pennsylvania Railroad employees die among seven teachers and other passengers. Flames from acetylene gas tanks swept the cars as passengers escaped through blazing coaches and windows.
At Easton hospital physicians fear Miss Carrie Rutherford Utica and Miss Augusta Lyte New Hartford NY may die from injuries after the Utica special wreck near Martins Creek. Miss Lyte faces possible hand amputation to prevent blood poisoning. Miss Ethel Smith Waterville NY is seriously ill but expected to recover. Margaret Jones is confirmed among victims. her brother H K Jones identified a dress fragment. Mr and Mrs William Fields are safe in Norwich. Death toll reaches 13.
Four miles of tile have been laid in Geneseo New York this spring with more than a mile yet to be installed this month. The record surpasses all prior drain building in the area and is credited to heightened farmer interest sparked by the recent agricultural institute.
Two sheep were killed and several bitten when two dogs entered a flock of 69 owned by C. H. Griffin and Frank Stehler of Oakfield New York. Assessors Halsey and Fisher inspected the flock on Thursday and appraised the damages.
Mrs. Alice M. Douglass of Lima New York was found drowned in a cistern on her property Sunday morning. Authorities believe she raised the door then stumbled or fell backward into the cistern, resulting in her death.
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