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PENNSYLVANIA, MONDAY NOVEMBER 22, 1920. 'TWO CENTS STATE TROOPER CONFESSES TO SETTING SERIES OF FIRES AT CENTRAL HOTEL Francis H. Davis, Member Of Indiana Detail, Placed In The County Jail For Crime Man, Believed Sufferer from Paranoia, Made Startling Disclosures to Police Head and in Supplementary Statement to the Court -Also Fired Barracks Building at Newville Through the arrest and subsequent confession of Francis H. Davis. State Trooper, formerly connected with the Indiana detail of the Pennsylvania State Police, the mystery surrounding the series of mysterious fires, which virtually wrecked the Central Hotel, corner of Philadelphia street Taylor alley, on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, November 6, 7 and 8, has been cleared up.

The trooper is now a prisoner in the County Jail here, his arrest boing asked at the instance of Captain Smith, of the Greensburg Barracks. on a charge of arson, Davis made his confession in Greensburg last Tuesday, made a subsequent statement to the officials here on Saturday, and his incarceration followed. He has waived a hearing before Squire Harry K. Smith. The man's confession is complete in every respect and fully does away with any suspicion that has been resting in other quarters (frankly speaking, on Charles Nollenberger, owner and manager of the hotel, and on the State Police, then members of the Indiana detail).

It is the firm conviction of officials that Davis is suffering from paranoia, which is described as al chronic mental disorder and lack of judgment on certain points; a species of insanity. The mental condition was brought about by a physical condition suffered by Davis, according to his own statement. It was felt from the first that the originalor of the fires was mentally deficient, wheher of a chronic nature or less serious, it was hard to determine. For the arrest and incarceration of Davis the credit must go to the State Police. It was through their cfforts, working on the line that the person responsible for the fire which destroyed one of the Stale Poice barracks at the training school in Newville, Cumberland County, was also at the bottom of the series of fires in the Indiana hostelry.

Davis was a student trooper in the Newville school at the time of the fire. He entered the service July I. last, and came to Indiana November, last. Working on the theory that Davis was at Newville when the mysterious fires occurred, and also that he was in Indiana when fires similar in nearly all respects, occurred, suspicion was instantly directed to him. Then, with the peculiar actions of the man during the week he was in Indiana immediately before the blazes.

and the further instance that his conversations with other members of the detail always ended with a discussion of fire, additional suspicion was obtained. It was only last week that the suspicions justified the taking of Davis into custody. He was, therefore, taken to Greensburg by Sergeant Rowe, where after a short questioning he voluntarily made his confession. He was then returned to Indiana, and the other statement cinched the case. It is learned that Davis comes of an important and wealthy family in Alameda, his father formerly having charge of the water works at New Rochelle.

N. With the clearing up of the mystery great anxicty has been lifted from the mind of Charles Nollenberger, owner and manager of the hotel. Mr. Nellenberger announced this morning that the I work of repair at the hotel would be started at once and that the hotel would be re-opened as soon as possible. It will also be a source of gratification to a number of persons in Indiana that Sergeant Rowe has been given an entirely new detail for the work in Indiana.

The presence of the former detail was not desirable and much criticism was evidenced, ing a series of unpleasant instances. The men now under com-: mand of Sergeant Rowe are old members in the force and fully, competent to perform their duties. Davis will be kept under observation in the jail for some time, and it is expected that a commission will be appointed to in-' quire into his mental condition. From his actions in Indiana and from the origin of the six fires at the Central Hotel, it is believed that the man is of unsound mind. Such being the case, he will doubtless be remanded to an institution for the criminal insanc.

Others, however, believe him to be in full possession of his mental equipment; such being the case. his conviction and sentence will be but a matter of lime. Either way the arrest and imprisonment of Davis is a matter of sincere satisfaction to every citizen in Indiana and clears up all ugly situation. Continued on Page Column The Thant giving Roaster. Road this hile serial completed m' two editions of Now." P'age 4.

Coming "Shinesel Among Th It- a Universal cial. Strand Thur 0 Grand Tonight. Wallace Reid in Jho Moran' Strand Today. "The Moon 2 reels of west ern and 2 reels of comedy. Grand Tonight -Vallace Reid in "Alias Mike Moran." A story proves the folly of deception.

Inn Little the leading lady. Tomorrow Shirley Mason in "The Winning Girl" based upon George Weston's story of "Jem of the Old Rock" Niles Welch the leading man. Eurning WATER STILL MOOTED FACT AT BLAIRSVILLE Preliminary Injunction Restrains Council from Turning Off Supply for Non-Payment of Back Rentals. NEWSY NOTES against the council. The preliminaly! injunction is returnable 011 day, next, when a date will be for a hearing agreeable to both pa.t-| les.

The injunction prevents the con. cil from collecting buck rental, and; from turning off the water for fail-1 ure in such payments. Friday night of last week a meeting of the water consumers who had; received past due bills was bold in the Chamber of Commerce room and' an organization formed. The purp of the organization was to secure l. gal services and 'ascertain the status, the situation.

BLAIRSVILLE. Nov. to pay not to pav," is the situation ninety Blairsville water find themselves in The ques-1 of back water rentals 15 stili paramount in town and which no' of I doubt was to reach a crisis on Mon-! day, as that day with to witness ther the council would carry out itintentions and discontinue water -el vice to those who have not paid then, back rentals. But this crisis was; avoided late yesterday, when Judge! Langham granted an injunction, (Continued on Page 4 Col. 6) Continued on Page 3 Column MANY SERVED BY P.

SYSTEM THIRTY DEAD IN BLOODIEST DAYS IN IRELAND Dublin Taken over British Troops-Popution lation Spends Night of I -Fatal Reprisal Raids. DEVELOPMENTS LONDON, Nov. than 30 persons have been killed in Ireland the bloodirst week-end the cry has ever known. Between 70 and were wounded. lamar Greenwood, chief secretary for Ircland, held a long conference with Lloyd George today to' devise means for checking the fic growth of Irish violence.

Following the wave of assassinaLion and reprisal violence on Sunday, Dublin was taken over by British troops. The Dublin population spent. a night of terror Street fighting; broken out between Sinn Fein volnn-tof The railroad lines owned and ted by the Pennsylvania which come under the head of the Pennsylvania System, according to figures just compiled, are now servnig a population of more than 000 people in fourteen States, or approximately 18 per cent of the population of the United States. The Pennsylvania System now traverses 11,967.86 miles of territory in these fourteen States, but the actual trackage of the System in this territory covers nearly two and a half times this number of miles. The Syste 10 1 as 28,031.99 miles of track wl includes main lines, branch lines, siding, etc Of tus track age 17.906.48 miles of taburgh and Erie and 1 2, 65 01 are west of those points.

SCOUTS JOIN FOREST SERVICE All Indiana oy Scouts who wish to I become members of the Forest Guides please come into the office at the T. C. A. before Thursday. Let us make this 100 per cent enrollment.

The Scribes of all oops are to 1c- port to Headquarters at the Y. M. C. .1. Tucsday after school.

Important. They hatched a plot to make him go until to work. The thing worked he married the heroine and went on a honeymoon instead. Sec Frank May in "The Girl in Number 29." Strand Wednesday. WANTED.

Three boys, going to East End School, for daily paper routes. J. D. Johnston's News Shop. 27-tf-x Coming "Shipwrecked Among The Its a Universal superticial.

Strand Thursday and Friday only. Strand Tomorrow. William Duncan in the 9-10-11-12 Episode of "The Smashing Barrier." Thanksgiving Dance. The tenth annual Thanksgiving dance will be held in Lyric Hall next Thursday night, Nov. 25.

Dancing 8:30 to 12. Steffy's. 31-x FATAL RIOTS IN BOLOGNE ROME, Nov. person. 1,10 billed and 64 vound-d in riot: ai Holognc, -aid 21 dispatch from that! city today Three bomb, were ed durne tr.c meeting of the Muni Council.

A battle with 14, oltased in the sur.et- for several ho JUNIORS PREPARE THEIR YEAR BOOK Charles T. Douds of Plumville Editor of, State College Publica-: tion-Students Come from Every Continent. COLLEGE BRIEFS STATE COLLEGE, Nov 22 Michaels tle Junior class at the Perp ylvama State College ale busy then volume of the "Penn State La Vie," the college annual publiention Each member of the class will have his photograph reproduced 111 the five hundred page book, which will illustrate every of college activity Charles T. Douds, of Plumille, Indiana county, who 1S led In the School of Aguculture, 18 the editor, and Willam E. Perry, of Pittsburgh.

in the School of Liberal Arts, is the business manager Every Continent. Every continent in the world is represented by one or more Continued on Page 4 Column 4 POSTAL CHANGES ARE OF INTEREST A recent postal ruling makes it possible to ship packages sealed, by pa. cel post. prepaid at the fourth class rate. This is a great advantage! in the present uncertain condition of freight and express shipments.

Letleis and enculars, canying one cent postane will be returned to the sendhereafter if the printed line, Postage Guaranteed" is 0N1 the circular, according to a new Post Office Department ruling. Business e- by carrying this line can keep their mailing lists up to date; otherwise the piece of mail would be destroyed. AULTMAN HAS MURDER MYSTERY 'The body of a dead foreigner, with five bullet wounds in his body, was found near the school house in Aultman early this mornme. The identity of the dead man has not yet been ascertained. The motive for the crime Shrouded in mystery.

County De tertive A DeGactano 15 investigaIting. Feature, Minke Mill at Grand Record R-onbor. With "Tramper Island, the upolrich in a. tu, 1 and that-, -and to be one of the De super- on the screen. and horse race of the ago, that me mg ana between Na.

We, the pleat American horse, and Barton, king of the Canadian turf, has an added feature, the bill at the 'Gran Theatre this week is a coke and bound to plea 0 the most of theatre The Educational Film ('(m- pans. at a cost of 810.000 for the privilege, stationed fourteen camera wn at pond of vantage about the nitworth Winosor. Can- ada, to nhotogra; the horses race between the two greatest trace horses of the 320 and too film produced a doubt is the finest ever shown. Toor: are stmill galore for the lovers of racing, land judging from Uno acknowledged appreciation of tho, who have teen It. every one likes ine picture.

The films to be shown at the Grand the last three days of this work are the only original and authentic pie-! tures of the great race taken, and is hn exclusive showing. prettier A Gazette 75 WERE AUTOMOBILES DESTROYED ED CHICAGO. 22. -A series of, -ions 111 Drexel Square today, 84 ine which wreckel a plan. and destroyed 7.3 automobiles.

One fireman was mjured. The loss 15 estimated at $300,000. The origin of the explosion- has not yet been leternined. BIG DAYS AT STATE CAPITAL Ten Different and Distinct Agricultural ganizations Meet with Farm Products Show in January. PARTICULARS HARRISBURG, Nov.

conI vection with and as 1 part of the Fifth Annual Farm Products Show to be held in Harrisburg January 24- 28 the greatest assemblage of agrcultural organiations in the history lof the State will take place No less than ten different and distinct agricultural organizations will hold then annual conventions and business meetin Ilarrisburg during the time the show 15 in progress. and these meetings will bring thousands of agriculturists together from every nook and corner of the State. Included in the list of organizations that will meet in connection. with the show State Horticultural Association of Pennsylvania, Pennsylv- na Brrede.s' and Dairymen's ion, Pennsylvania Holstein-Fresiar Association, Pennsylvania Potato Growers' Assobaton. Pennsylvania State Beekeep4rs' Association, l'ennsylvania State Poultry Association, Tobacco Growers' Association.

Pennsylvania Nursery Vien's Association and the Sheep Breeders' and Wool Growers' Association. Every available hall in Harrisburg 02. been secured by the Pennsylvania Derartment, of Agriculture for the 1. 17 of the various mectings. whiten to the business scssion the var.ous organizations have prepared programs and speakers of trie and nationwide reputation are furnished by the State Department of Agriculture and by Pennsylvania Slate College.

The show will bc officially opened Tuesday mouning. Jan. 25. and will lose Friday afternoon, Jan. 28.

More an twice the amount of space available last year has been secured for the show proper this year and it is believed that all attendance figures will he broken. The Potato Growers' Association alone is expecting at least four dred of State the, leading attendance potato at the growers show or and the association meetings while the other organizations are expecting equally large crowd-. while practicalJ' all tho farmeis will be accompanied by their families and in addion there will he a small army of lutursts who are interested in one show alone and are not affihated with the various organizations. Strand Tomorrow. William Duncan In the Epi-ode of "'The Smashing Barrier." A Bride in Trouble.

Sec how she managed the situation -in "Hardware News, this Page 1. Wallace Reid in Mike Moran." A young clerk who puts on a million dollar front. Grand Tonight. Extra Special! Extra Special! Tom Terris Production pet Island" by Governeur Morris with an all star cast. A master piece flan production Also Man o' War.

'The superior horse in "The Race the Ago" Grand Theatre Friday and Saturday. Coming "Shipwrecked Among The Its Cniversal Strand Thursday and Friday! only. Frank Mayo in "The Girl in Number 29." bests Bull Mountana, a burly professional wrestler, in one of the most terrific roughand tumble lever shown on the screen. Wednesday. TEDDY SAYS: Two more days to The National Bird comes 'high this year, hut what of that? DEATH CALLED WAR VETERAN ON SABBATH John A.

Woolweaver, 78: Years Old, Passed? away from a Complication of Diseases--No table Record in Battle: OTHER DEATHS. John A. Woolweaver, aged 78 years, a voteran of the Civil War and a well" known resident of Indiana for many; years, passed away at his home, on School street, Sabbath afternoon at ten minutes after one o'clock; Death was due to a complication ofJiseases. The deceased was a member Company Seventy-eighth Pennsyl vania Volunteers. He participated in the battles of Lookout Mountain, Mist sionary Ridge, Chicamaugua, Roost, Nashville, Dallas and: several others, under the command? Capt.

Forbes and Capt. McCord mick, and Col William Sewell, servg in all for a period of three years; and Your menths. He wa- a member of the Free Methodist Church, of which place he' attended when in good health. The deceased leaves his widow, Mrs! Matilda Woolweaver and these ren: James Woolweaver of Blairsville: Mrs. John Sonnenlitter Harry Woolweaver Jiss Lizzie Woolweav Charleroi; Paul Woolweaver of Kittanning and; Harold Woolweaver at home.

Funeral services will be at his late residence on Wednesday afternoon at half past two o'clock; by the Rov. Leight. Interment will made in Oakland cemetery. AMERICA IS CHIEF TOPIC AT ASSEMBLY MEET Formal Effort to Inter-' pert Article at Geneva, to Pave Way for Entrance of Untied States into League. PREPARATIONS GENEVA, Nov.

first formal effort to interpret Article of the League of Nations covenant, in order to clear doubts United States as to responsibilny of member nations, was made by I. .1. Fisher of the British delegation at a secret meeting of the Commuter on Applications for Member it was learned today. The real object of J. Fishers topresentations to the committee, why is mecting in connection with the League of Nations Assembly, It said to be the bringing into ine, League of the United States.

The British delegation that a sub-committed! the mittec on Applications for Membership. taken Artele under considertion in all future discussions, recognizing the importance of the question in America's presidential election. Dir. Fisher's proposal and his declaration concerning the United Continued on Page 4 column 5 U. P.

Bazaar-Food Sale. The Young Women's Bible Class or' the First United Presbyterian Church will hold Bazaar and Food Sale in the Loughry storeroom on November! 26 and 27. Bazaar will open evening at seven o'clock and will continue Saturday afternoon at three oclock. The food sale will open Saturday afternoon at three o'clock. It' is asked that all articles for the Baz-1 aar be delivered at storeroom hetween 10 and o'clock.

Friday and for the Food Sale between ,11 and o'clock Saturday. Come and bring your friends. Coming "Shipwrecked Among The Its a Universal superficial. Strand Thursday and Friday only. Du Uses be 260 John A.

Lydich, caused: ho death Saturday evening of John .1. Lydick, aged 66 years, at his near Ferrier's Run. He leaves "his widow, Mrs. Tillie Lydick and these children: Mrs Laura Runyan and Miss Mary Lydick of Pittsburgh; Mrs. Elizabeth Cramer of Johnstown Smith Lydick of White township, and Cair, Erma and Genevieve, at home.

He also leaves these brothers and biers. Sis. Mary Wimer of Ohio; Mrs. Henry of Starford; Dantel Lydick of line township; Elmer Lydick of Indiana and Edward dick of near Clymer. The funeral ices will be conducted at his residence on Tuesday afternoon one o'clock, by the Rev.

Richards. terment will be made in Greenwood: A complication of diseases cemetery. Myrtle Marie Cunningham. Miss Myrtle Marie aged 19 years, died in the home of 0,11 ents, Mr. and Mrs.

D. Irvin' Cunningham of Wayne avenue, Frievening at ten o'clock. Death was due to scarlet fever after a short illAS. She leaves her parents, four; sisters and one brother. The funcral services were conducted on Sabbath' morning at ten o'clock, by the Rev.

Dr. James A. Lawrence, pastor of the Second United Presbyterian (nun. h. Interment wils tande in Greenwood cemetery.

A COUNTY COUPLE RECEIVE LICENSE: A marriage lice: be was granted here Saturday to Blair Homer Shaf-4 fer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Shafof White townshhip, and Miss Delta Myrthe Davis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.

Morrell Davis of Cen-: tor township. Coring "Shipwrecked Among The C'anmoal Its a Universal superfirut. Stand Thur day and Friday only W. C. T.

U. Meeting Tonight The ladies of the W. ('. T. U.

vul hold meeting thi, evening at 7 1 full attendance is sired. Business of importance. Thant giving Suggestions Hosiery, gloves, sweaters ties, handker. hiefs, camisols, furs, chokers, ete. The Fashion.

Coming "Shipwrecked Among The Its a Universal superficial. Strand Thursday and Friday; only. Strand Today. "The Moon Riders," 2 reels of west-: ern and 2 reels of comedy. Hospital Auxiliary Meeting.

A special meeting of the Hospital Auxiliary will be held in the Municipal building; chis evening at 7:30. A attendance is desired as buriess of importance must be too. Thanksgiving Singestions. Hosiery, gloves, sweaters, tics, handkerchiefs, camisols, furs, chokers, etc. The Fashion.

Coming "Shipwrecked Among Its a Universal supers cial. Strand Thursday and Fridas only. Grand Thursday, Friday urday "Trumpet Island" Race of the Age." oh unag wal 64 8 48 Inag serial 64 8 45 A.