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Forecnt THE OIL DERRICK. ASSOCIATED PRESS--UMIVtMAt OF I E. F. STAFF CORRESPONDENTS Yntentay'i TwiWtturt: ESTABUSHED1NIB7I. NO.

20,633. 18 PAGES ck. CITY. WEDNESDAY MORNING. JULY 1.1«;.

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP PUNS SELF DEFENSE LIKELY TO BE AARON'S PLEA SOULD BRING BOND ISSUE TOA6AUOT Plan Erection of Large Building at; Stanleys Corners For District CUT DOWN TUITION PAID TO OIL CITY Erection of School at Seneca Also Included in Program of Directors At a mectlns of ihe hoard of pducatibn of Cranberry township held Tucartcy evening', wns decided to take steps to put before the board of voters of the district at the cominff election thn question of a bond Issue tn build a consolidated -School nt Stanley's Corners to carp jor the pupils now bclnc served by the Reid. Haney. Hill City. Karns, Rose. Oakwood and Saga i Run schools, anrt to construct nt Seneca adequate to tako ol Plnoate.

The school at Seneca would take care ol the Plnoak and Bra- aensburg pupils in addition to thos? now een'ed In the Seneca, achool. tnth these liuIJiUnjrs high school work could bo Introducrd and in addition to saving good share of J13 OOo or 113,000 now being paid -In tuition for hoys nnd KlrU of the township, ihn -roillii Accorded the benefit of a secondary -education- In present It a atep from the. common branches to hlih school work. Thii. coupled "-with the tuition from district to city systems, keeps a larftc number of boys nnd girls from entering high school.

TVith a high school at many of the children who would otherwise not have the opportunity gf attending a school of learning, will he benefited, officials explain. BALLOON RECORD THOUGHT BROKEN Detroit. July 5--- reported arrival of tho Detroit a balloon entered In the Detroit trophy race and piloted by A. IV. riasmiiisfln of Detroit, Kinston, N.

tonight, has apparently MtahHahert a new Worlds record for long ili.itnnce travel balloons for ihe third category, and possibly in endurance record. The present woHd'n record Is about 500 white the illstsnca beiwci-n Detroit a Kln.iton is approximately 5SO miles. In addition, the landing of the Detroit at Montvale. V.i.. o.i broken Ihfi world's endurance record of hours nnrt 25 minutes the afr.

The Detroit was In Apparently but balloon, the Goodyear remains in the air. EVOLUTION LAWS WILL BE FOUGHT Scuttle, July IM -Opposition to the Tennessee "evolution" law and Mate statutes which forbid the tcnchlnff of certain BUblcctH In tho public schools was expressed tn a resolution overwhelmingly adopted here today by tho resolution committee of the National Educational association. resolution which will be presented to tho representative assembly Friday for idoptlon, also protested against tho tassagQ oi laws directing that ape Jlfic shall be taught commltteo put asldo for year resolution which would hav protested "domination education by politicians" througt appointive boards of am proposed elective as remedy. COUNSEL FOR MINERS TAKE CASE HIGHER Piitahurirh, July tr.r the United Mint to it.jy filed In superior cour from trie-decision or Common uourt refmtns to open Judgmcn in eviction cases started rtrlkinB union mlnen occupying ousts of the Plttiburgh corporation non and Coverdale. Bonds of I75U llW-lft THREE GENII OF FLYING a than any othen except the themselves these three men.

responsible' for the success 'of the transoceanic flight expcrim'entr of Chambtrlin, Byrd and MaHland. From left to right they are, Chariea H. Cotvin, dcjijner of the Snductof compass; Anthony, Fokker, president of the Fokker. Aircraft corp07atien and Charlti L. Lawrence.

of the Wricfat whirlwind tirtlftnc mctai Five Killed In Crash Of Express And Freight Conference Of Nations Near Crisis Rupture. of Treaty Depends Entirely on Great Britain Now July E. i A crucial stare tit-en rc.nchPd in the trl- p.irtite n.iral conference. Whether events a thin critical turning point pushed th! pnur parlerc toward un rupture or tnwarjjf. treitj- iintloubcdly 3e- chiefly on Great Britain.

The United Stales today, actuated, it Is eald. by a concillatorj' desire to underiCanrt British crulspr net'ils and meet them as f.ir as pos- nractkaHy loid 'r" 1 i that it noulJ go the extreme maximum limit tonj. which Is 100,000 move than ihe 'maximum Cor cruisers contained In lh? original American fait stronsly Indicated i would ex-ft oontiniicil effort to put linsltatl'jn wrll under tons. Tno sudden Aincritan InlUntlvc Induced W. Brliiseman.

first lonl of the lir.tLth a'lmiralty, to receive the press rppre.sontatlyes tonlgh: and in he denied reports that Grotu lirioin was animated by ag- in ni-klnc for a largo nunilier of small cruisers. described Great Britain n. country In constant danger of interception of food supplies. The naval delegates fca a whole ileslre to understand tho Bsltlili cnilcpr rcaulrcments, but it was Indicated that the United States must eo higher If Great Britain's needs arc to he fully recognized. The situation that the United Klnic.1 has raised the figure In cruiser tonnage, but the question rcmalnH whether Great Britain, manifesting similar conciliatory attitude, will abandon her original demnnd.

which amounts lo something under Another significant development was an Intimation emanating from Amcrldal that the 1 Amf rlcan ion can ace little good reaching nn agreement at Geneva merely on dotroycre and submarines. The United SUten Is singularly TrsflX tn crlusor strength buf- relatively strong In destroyers and submarines. Hancc, It la pointed out, nn accord- confined to the InttOr categories would merely bo deirl- mental to the United States. BRAZILIAN FUER ATR10JAHER10 Jflnelrri, "July B-- mnndor tlnrrfiB. flnt xllla'n aviator to fly acron the south Atlantic from Europe, arrived from Rahla thin afternoon and wn grcnlod by en immense crowd.

Tho hop from Bahln. to RlO Janeiro completed nnothnr lap on commander's, flight. from fijintos. Britsll. which tit itaried months Disregarding Signal Blamed For Wrecking of New York Trains, lona Uland Station, N.

July 5 with pawfrngers homeward bound from the Fouth of July holiday, nn espn-ss tj-aln plunpcil Into the rrat- of ft freight train pulling onto a siding here lo day. five pereoni are dead. A score of the more or less serious! injured were ruahed to In Ihe vicinity. Tht wreck occurred when th frt'Ight train waa get ting out uf 11 Ontario A Western esprcsa, run nine from KlncBton. N.

to Wet h.iwken. J. Thorns killed wer which wns telescoped Into the bng C.IRC car Hoy scouts from a nearby cam mariner from tho United State toutlsts malted lo tho scene of th wreck. They had to chop awny tl wrecknce to free aime of the In Jurcd paaacnBers. Amons the seven passengers rea cued an flilnrly whos J-iw had been broken anil was un Near the' bodies of Parnctt coldbcrs and Irvht? Samnd iritz a scattered pack of cards found.

was believed they we plnylni: cards when the crash currcd, Kuclitrt-r. Xcw York. July 1 )-- An ofH statement iasnird liy tlie No York 1 Central railroad tonight connettlon with the wreck ne. Jonft lalrtnrl today naid that a pr liniinarj' Invcstlaation Indlralc tint the rnplneer of New Yfir Ontario Western train, Wlllia Itrandt of U'echawlten, N. ia disregarded the automatic, block signals which wcrn found upon test lo ho working properly.

A formal ot thp wreck: will be conducted tomorrow Reserve Decision In Banking Case Dntiphln county today reserved Its dcctalon after hcarlns to (iiiash nsnlnst seven persons in connee with thn embezzle ment of "npproxlmately JTOO.OOf from tho Commonwealth Trus company of Counsel. for tho rlefcnee con tended that Indictmenlo were improperly In that They did not utalo Intention to rlcfrftUd. Do puty. Goneral M. Stfoup, whn is representing jitata department lianklnj Ir Iho prosecution the charges nalrt thAtlndlctnientfl n'fra propc and "You can't without Intention to are.

Ban miller, former UMlstant-trcanurt of the hank, who has plciided pulHj to a number of charges: C. A huslneea -awocliite, unt E. ClunceT. C. A.

McUujrhl G. Garmin, Frank A. Brln anil" Car! nil former ployei 9t thi Cornelius Tells Insidt His faster' ociety Girts as Restricted as a Chinese Woman's Feet CORNEUCS Jr 1927, by Universal Service and the X. T. DMIy Mirror Xew York.

July elopc- of my abler, Vandet- llt. and Henry O. Davis the oiher may have been rather startling those who follow, the fortunes so-called society peofilc. Many ere at a loss to understand tho Ircumstanees which caused such hasty marriage between two pcr- ons piora or less in the public eye. Much has beerfs.tld In tho public re-3 about the fast Uv" ounffslrls of wealth It-ad.

Thia Is of some sets. But many cirls re brought up almost as strictly ns a Hindu or I'erslan woman. They art never allowed anywhere without chaperone, and not Jusl chaperone In nsmo hut one In act. They are under surveillance ay and night. They ran hardly ay a word or make a gesture thai heir mothers do not find out about.

Freedom ol speech and free- of movement Is unknown to hem. In the hanPJ' springtime, of heir lives, their souls and minds are as curbed nnd- cramped as a Ihinese woman's feet by her tiny shoes, liverytlllns p'umt a society sirl'a Ife Ja rcsuUtt In order thni she may make what the older women crm "a marriage," one that fortify enhance, if possible, her family prestige- Every- else about tho flrl'a Ufe IB subordinated to this marrJaBc, There Is a feeling among certain members that tho only Desirable Alliances for their daughters are with titled foreigners, particularly the Briilih- And thf rreitot happiness lhn.t several Scw-TorR ivomcil can conceive of la to have their daughter wfd lo ot the princes ot English royal blood. Thft amount ot campaigning and annlnff that they will do to achieve this end is almoel Incon- iinbtUeveablc. This certain sel of older women thlnlt that all young Americans arc common and vulgar and that only real Centlemen arc Iho forelRners of i certain brccdlns. Why they should adopt niicli an attKiiae hard to when they arc of pure American blood ihctnrclvea, and all ihalr money and ponitlou come from Air.orlcan sources.

They arc really to be held In more contempt than thr- expatriates who are frank enough in say that they live abroad because ihry dlillko America. Xo Mnrrlngo certain ones who so Ufipian Americana and American ways would never dare say 50 publicly. They only open up their hcarls when they arc surrounded by 0 Rfoup of intimate friends This party explains the troub es some of thcwe poor RlrlB have and how i i li for them to marr someone whom they love All fornlcners more or less. In lliclr Innermost or a east adopt a supercilious attitude toward American ic mn In reason they inatfl ihem in for the iriatciial ndvantnge to he Rained. CJod the poor American Goday znderbilt Story Of 's Elopment irl of seniltlve nature who lamar- ed to of these dissipated for- noblemen! Hor life Is a con- Iniious sorce of aoul-prlcka.

I iivo seen too many of these nternntlonal-mlcalliances to have ny false optimism about them. Vmertcan'slrls are happiest with vmcrlcan men. I am betraying no iecrets or dcnces when I mention tha fact hnt certain membera of ny family made etrenuoua or years to arrange and mj istcr despite her objections Into a narrlace with an Englishman of tilBh rank. When she, urncd down all the Britishers 'who cere proposed slip waa asked what continental man cared for When she persisted In her Intention mo-try. an American was told Lhat thli was Impossible, that there 1 no Americana at her age who vere good enough for her.

Besides, all yo'ung Americana, ehe Wld, were hopelessly vulgar. Is Attracted. My slater, had been several attracted us any healthy, whole- aomo young girl would to one and another worthwhile. attractive young "American, who would have made 'desirable, husband for any woman. She did not love any of thorn sufUclently, until met ThU took plnce last New Year's eve, at the party given by E.

C. McLean, the well known publishTM-, at his party In Washington. To use a trite expression, It was caao of at first sight. Their meeting Is interesting. The hosteas ml asked Mr.

Davis, along with several, other young men, to be particularly nice to certain girls, amons the thrco that my brother In law was to take or. none whom ha had Keen, was my sister. But he did not her when first In- He eaw a fclrl flanclac'iTttth who was slightly under tha weather from oo. much Indulgence In a hlp- naok. Wlshlnj to reacue her from ivhnt was evidently nn Ing filtuntlon, he cut In.

and with her. Ho told this younp lady thai he wna supposed to -look after three glrlfl. but ho hadn't found them as yet, that ho felt It would bo a bore, nnd that bo would much prefer to dance and talk with her WAR my sister, Grace, An soon ns was evident thn Orace W.IH attracted hy thia excel lent young man. much pressure was put upon her to give- him up Uut luvc always finds a way. ant spite of every obstacle they man- npnl sco each My sister kept Informed tha progress of thrlr courtthlp.

was, ot course, nym pathetic, am what I could to help the young couple along, because if there I nn'- or.i- thing that I believe In cercly It if (hat pr-rsoha should be nllowcd 10 love and marry whon they choose, without Id rirnncc from 'anyone. Asks Father. As I undarstand their th marriage wns to have taken jilac In late Septcmncr when Mr. Davis relumed from his mining trip British Columbia. It waa hope lhat the consent of my family, re luclant or otherwise, could on page tin) The expressed in thia column art not necestarilv tkoso of (Ail newspaper.

They are published as the observations of one of tka -most energetic mi'nds in (Afl newspaper profession. Whoit fault? A king crowned. Shm rtadt dimitef. Educating Europe. By ARTHUR BRISBANE Copyright.

by On tho Huilnon. not 10 yard from shore, oft Sing fllns prison three boya were I'rlsor Kuards could not leave their dut: to nave them. Convicts bfBcei permission to save the boys, leveled, forbiid them to follow their impulse. Into tha river and null the drown Injc lioyti aahoro. The three boya drowned wntl gunrda and convlctit looked on some of tho latter weeping.

To saved ono-of those boy mlkht have nccured for tho con vlct a pardon from 'the, governor hut the prisoners had' not 'thought in mind. They wanicd drowning boya almost wlthl reach, onco thoiw that they never-had a ohnnce.mo "aven a 'rlik to IhemMlven, had'a bad' In moit of and thinpfi hav Kone wroTW with them over nlncr ihiy mlsicd tho.opi'orlunll to save life. It waa not the guard fault, they had no alternative. If the prisoners had no chance 1 the beginning Is not the fault society, whose fault is It? Mlvs Orlfrls. who studies nlnrs, rciids In them plainly that tidnl wave will hit Now York ct in September with- vlo lenco and doflth." The zodleal Cnncer la to, blame, -nays the youn lady.

Sht ndvlsea Xew York build dykes with dirt taken -fro ihe but predicts that Ne York won't do That part of nrcdlollon nt will come tru Five hundred yean wou frightened many. the great Kepler- had to preten to road stars rpfld in them th future of the emperor, to retain 1 favor mid help, Interesting thlnga a over- the. world yesterday. Of the nil none.would-lntireirt "as man i youhp people In the United Stat HOW AMERICA'S CREW WAS SAVED ThiV picture fchows Commander Byrd testing, before the K-fatctf a fllKht the collapsible rubber boat, with which the America wu rtuiPMd It was in this flimsy craft that Byrd and his three pmiqci MhoK the America down off the French American A Again Feted flowed Their Freedom After Fulfilling Many En- gagements Parla. July an aviators who (lew across the Atlantic- In the Columbia and America had another busy day of receptions, from breakfast until dinner In the evening and then thev were allowed the niRht hours to ilo with as they pleased.

Some of them decided to got a well earned rest, while tho othera rtlned privately or joined the tour- ft trek to Montmartre. Commander Byrd waa the center of interest in all thn public npnearances the nlrnicn made. With gracious ways and words ho has captivated the hearts of the French, ns well as their admiration--Just ns Lindbergh did before him. Thn cross nf the Legion Honor will he conferred upon Commander Byrd. The decoration may alro bo conferred upon Acontn.

Seville nnd Bnlchcn. tho rommandcr'a three companions on the trans-Atlantic fliffht. Tho commander was presented with the gold mcdnl of the French Aero club. The fliers hesan their day nt Le Bourfiet and ended it ns pucsta of tho French senate. Between these two encasements the crew of tho American lunched at the ministry of nmrlne.

vL-ited the news- plant of anfl mot many of tho nir nces of Kurope at the reception at the Aero club of France. Tomorrow morning they will visit the wounded aviators of Franco their home In Paris, then lunch with the can Treiis association. Both Chamberlln nnd Byrtl went to Le Bourcet In thn mornlnc, but on different Chambcrl mnde the trip to look over his plane: Byrd's visit was a formal one- to Inapect tho 34th regiment of Aviation. Acoata and Balchen wont nlonp with him. Troops nnd olanen nllko were lined HP for Inspection, while overhead two planes went through nerla acrobatics.

Colonel Poli MnrchetU. In tnnsl- inp the commander of tho a 1 the officers' mess, told him his Kronen comrades felt preat admiration for his exploit. have succeeded over crcat dirflcul- tlcs with real science," aald Colonel Marchettl. For his shipmates (ind (or himself thft commander expressed thanfcs at the reception extended by their "flying- mntes" of France you compliment me on the science of the flight," he paid "I appreciate that deeply, for tin a dldthiKUlshed 'flylnff officer yoi Xnow, Colonel the dlf- ncultlejJ encountered. "The flight wnn also 'to promote nterrnitlonsl relations, nnd If nnj American has doubt 'as to the feeling of France for Amcrlcn.

he should malie a nonttop night from Tork to thin cojmtry. I hope "a French aviator will noon erow from Tarls to Xew York: wn shnl able to return the hpapltnllfy you have-shown After Inapectlny the military 'field anfl commercial airport -Byrd anfl Wu companions went to itonft 'which 1 marks' the placed at the spoU viators Are 1 By French Jitusville Man Given StifrTerni Bank Teller to. Hard Labor For 3 to 6 Years MeadvIIle, July -Pleafl- tnc; RUlIty to thr embezzlement of approximately over the space of three years. J. Vincent TlendrlcItBon.

33, a teller at the Commercial iwnli Trust Ti- tusviltc. waa today sentenced by Judge Thoinas J. 1'rather to serve a term of not more than years and a minimum term ol not losa a three years In separate nnd solitary confinement at hard labor in the western pentteji- wlth'a fine of (500. Hondrlckson's defalcations, nc- rordins to his confession, began in j.inuary, 102-1, he nt first tak ns $10 nt a time and later Increasing the amount to S2fl at a time. In all, he made 475 Individual abstractions, either or 520.

Jlendrlcltson this morning told the court that the embezzlement wns made In his efforts to recoup losses suffered In tho stock market. -During the past 11 or 12 years, he MM. he had lost approximately 520,000 with the Commercial Bank fe Trust Co. holding Iiis notes on a urge share amount. lie commenced to "play" the 'market first, ho suirt.

with G. Home, president of the bank, who provided thn collateral on a large Hendrlckson, a Tilusville young man by birth, has always enjoyed a sterling reputation and the en- tiro cliy was shocked to Icarn of his trouble. OfOcialE of the bank. In which he had been employed ever since graduating from gh school, did everything In their power to lessen the charges made by tho stute examiner, llendrlckiori accepted the aen- tence of the court without slble trace ot 'emotion. Upon the adjournment of the morning aession of court, he conferred a few minutes wKh his attorney nnrt th members of his family.

He Is the means of support of a mother past 70 years of age and of a. cr p- plcd staler. Only a short time ago Her.flr ck- son wns mnrried to a Miss McCat- lin, fnrmerly of THuaville, but then of Florida. HORSE CARETAKER AT WHITE HOUSE WINNER AT RODEO By UntTcnNil Belle Koiirche, S. July -caretaker ol the horses at the summer.

while house who dlstlnKUlfihcri himself. fcy riding TJghtlnff. untamed horee In the bronco busttn contwt, wor further laurels by wlnnlnfi the wJW horse 1 rnce. President Coolldst app him IROUGHTOUI OFCOfiOe unfit Find Margaret Aaron of Reidsburo Dies at Hands of Husband RISONER SAYS IT WAS.TO SAVE HIM pped and Battered Hatchet, the Instrument of Death, Shown Jury (Derrick Staff Corrwpondcnce.) Clarion, 'July Should Inward aron -ia year 'old Reldaburg oal nor, charged with atchct murder of his wife, on June 30. be brouehti to rial at the August term of courts It plea will probably be ol elf.defer.ae.

Thli was brought out by cstlmony of witnesses at the corn er's Inquest In the office 01. Mstrlct Attorney John M- Mxeri 0 o'clock. this morning. 'In- uest was held at the call ol County Coroner Haskcll. with At- orney conducting- the In- During the course of the teitij nony, several witnesses testified hat Aaron shortly after tha al- eged attack on his wife had hat "it was to save himself Al i result ot the Inquest the ound that Mrs.

Aaron's death najk flue to the actions of her Dr. George B. Woods of CwJIfc vllle. the attending physician witness called to the aUni told of being called to the JUrott ictme in; Rcldfcburs on the after- iOOITOl'June-30 anrl of flndlnff Atron, mortally wounded. told of flndlnV the skull and shattered on the right The wound had been made.

by a blunt instrument, he testified, and WM clnaaed ns -a- compound fracture ol he skull. The Injury had extended Into brain, shattering the aku I. There, were also hemorrhages ana some of the brain had been evacuated by the blow. Second Wound. Two inches back of this wound anrl on the same side of the head, another wound was found, a small, clean cut which penetrated bono but did not reach the brain This wound had evidently been marie with as harp instrument as It was a precise cut.

Dr. Woods stated thai the Ihjur- ies described were the cause i ot deal i and that death, sooner or later, could be the only quencc of such wounds. Ho returned at 8:45 o'clock in the evening. 43 minutes before Mrs. Aaron died.

At that Umo she was gradually slnklnc showed- the Jerky respiration which precedes death. He was shown ,1 hatchet and told was. thft Instrument Inflicted the wounds. The doctor stated that when he arrived -it ihe house he did not mow what he had been called for. There was a crowd around the house.

G. B. Miller, W. B. -Davis iind Homer Myers were Inside.

He was told that Edward Aaron was under guard at the power house of the mine and did not have any con. versatlon with him at that tirne. Later he talked to Aaron; and him, In tha jrorW made you do this?" To Save Himself "I had to do it to save Aaron replied, the doctor from the Aaron home and who, is superintendent of Alsace 12 of the Pcnnsy Coal Tranche next witness. He was at home at the time A (iron Is allesed to have attacked, his Ho had just left ner table when Edward Aaron (Continued on three) BERT ACOSTA WRITES FOR THE DERRICK Bolt Aoistn In; his ciix-ncnccs n-llh ihc Byrd c.iin!«lra 'or Tht Bh nrtl- eta In jupct tlib itrrttorr. fttM citcax In line Derrick's pcjJfcr Hi raXcn the hot Ikcm In ffMtHtn.

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