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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1913
Page
5
The proposed league of semi pro baseball seems to have petered out after a recent Warren meeting. No team will form in this city with professional players. Titusville Oil City Franklin Warren and others pursued the scheme in the nineties and paid the price to keep teams afloat after July 4.
A large business deal in DuBois sees E B and B J Martin buy the D L Corbett store on North Brady street. The Martin Brothers team with Smart and Silberberg of Oil City and C E Metzger of Warren to form the Martin Brothers Company and operate the Corbett store with retired owners D L Corbett and H A Landis remaining residents.
Harold Nelson and Merle Hull, two Warren youths, were canoeing on Conewango Creek when stones were thrown from a bridge. Nelson swam to Hull after their canoe capsized, assisted Hull to the overturned craft, then both boys reached shore as the current carried the craft downstream.
Ross K. Conaway of Trinity Church has been elected to Phi Beta Kappa at the University of Wisconsin Madison, marking a notable senior achievement after studies at Allegheny College and the Wisconsin program. The Ridgway Record notes twenty one of twenty nine honorees are women.
William Morrow aged 47 of near Tidioute died after a derrick collapsed while pulling tubing at the Charles Carnahan oil farm on Babylon hill. He suffered a crushing head injury and died about an hour later after 4:30 pm. He leaves a wife and seven children.
A Monday court session refused Samuel W. Kerr's petition to reopen his license application. T. J. Henderson of Sheffield was named guardian of Charles W. Miller, insane and a State Hospital patient at North Warren, with $1,500 in personal property and a half interest in a nearby logging partnership. a $3,000 bond was set.
Referee in Bankruptcy Earl H. Beshlin held a creditors meeting for J. E. Rickard a wholesale liquor dealer and William A. Meas a furniture manufacturer both of Warren. Rickard assets listed at 57111.50 with liabilities of 42257.37 including a Brownsville Fayette County hotel property. Meas assets 13141.53 liabilities 16544.99 with Anthony Mintzer elected as trustee. James West Pittsburgh C E Bordwell and W C Heasley Warren named trustees for Rickard.
A group of women met at Miss Eva J. Smith's Market street home to discuss starting a Young Women's Christian Association in Warren. They plan to canvass residents, secure a house if response is strong, and open rest and lunch rooms for women with a matron directing a house committee. Mary Johns Hooper of the YWCA will visit Warren to speak on the project.
The Allegheny Valley Golf League was formed by Titusville Country Club Willow Brook Golf Club of Dunkirk New York Wanango Club of Oil City and Franklin at Titusville. E O Emerson of Titusville was elected president and J M Bloss of Titusville secretary. A team match is planned at Titusville on August 8 and 9. Rev W H Jones and Clare J Crary represented the Warren club.
Groundwork is underway for a proposed Eldred refinery in McKean County with iron parts on site. The facility aims to process local McKean County oil, starting at about 500 barrels per day, with Warren investors F. A. Hall Geo Hoagland among those involved.
Civil War veteran David W. Stafford of Kinzua near Warren is identified as one of 160 heirs to an English estate valued at four million pounds. Heirs are scattered and court action is months away.
Major D F A Wheelock, Warren city engineer, presents elevation data for high water marks of Allegheny River floods in Warren. Figures include 1865 1188.92 ft, 1875 1187.42 ft, 1913 1187.23 ft at Keebley shop, suspension bridge 1185.96 ft, and 1179.61 ft at Gisholt Plant. Miss Weiss notes no 1865 reference in old papers. accuracy to be refined at low stage.
James P. Johnson died Tuesday morning at 417 Laurel street after about two months with pernicious anemia. Born in Rome Denmark in 1848, he came to the United States in 1867, settled in the city, and led the Johnson Furniture Company. Survived by second wife Annetta Reed, two sons, a daughter, a brother, a half brother, and three grandsons. Funeral Friday at 2:30 from his home, conducted by Rev. J. W. Smith.
Eben N. Ford Post 336 G. A. R. outlines Memorial Day plans appointing committees General Committee R I Kerr R Ward John Wilkins N D Winton C A Waters Chief Marshal Col L Gardner President of the Day Jas N Olitenel Orator Rev J W Smith D C Financial Committee R W L Stith John Dentler Floral Committee J E Wheeler R L Kerr John Wilkins Municipal Committee T P Reig C A Waters
Washington observers note a three way gubernatorial contest in Pennsylvania with A Mitchell Palmer favored by Democrats and Willis J Hulings urged by Progressives though he has not committed. The piece also mentions Celoron street railway issues and a muted resort season.
Celoron will not open this summer as all attractions are canceled. The Celoron Amusement Company abandoned plans to operate due to a street railway strike and Chautauqua Company disruption. A contract with Victor's band and theatre attractions were nearly finalized but canceled amid the stoppage.
A Cleveland article outlines how pedestrians should act on highways. It lists eight rules covering speed, lighting, signaling, hiding behind trees if needed, carrying sharp items, yearly five dollar licenses with numbered tags, exams on dodging and escaping wrecks, and liability for untagged walkers in collisions.
The Thompson bill prohibiting the sale or gift of cigarettes to individuals under 18 in Pennsylvania became law after Governor Tener signed it on Saturday. The act targets vendors and surfaces penalties to curb youth tobacco access.
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