The Daily Courier from Connellsville, Pennsylvania • Page 1

JQjdition unett Connellsville's Biggest and Best Newspaper. The Best Advertising Medium in the Yough Region. Price 2c VOL 24, NO 45. CONNELLSVILLE, PA SATURDAY EVJ JNINO, JANUARY 2 1926 EIGHT PAGES W. Mier Dies Suddenly at Home at Pennsville After Severe Influenza Attack Business a Was Able to Be About and Had Paid Visit to Ofhce Here in Afternoon.

PLANNING TO LIVE IN SOUTH Suffering from exhaustion following a severe attack of Influenza 400 Men Made Idle When Glass Tank at Brackenf idge Bursts By i Pi ess TARBVriTM Jan 2 tank con talning tons of molten glass burst lo tho a ot the Atlantic Bottling Company at Brat kenridgo last night the damage beint. estimated at $110 000 More than 10 emploves rushtd to tiho street when ttie heated glas" spread to parts e-i tho plant onguUlng I not lKther to bottle making machines a it 515000- each a lesult of the mishap 400 men will be i out of work, since in othei tank ot tli Atlantic Comipanj is now rp vvei plavlng two line of watei on the mo-Hen glass to It from IK nitmg i i suddonb tho bottom of the tank coll ipsed ind i 400 tons of glast flowed to the dooi of the building Realizing the danger they were in tho workmen ran trom tho building In 1921 the plant was destroyed by fire the loss estimated at J223 000 thai tl present fireproof building was cref ted Mier tieasurcr and general manager of the Keystone Planing Mill Company and one of the best known men in this locality died suddenly Friday evening it his home at Pennsvllle a few hours after a visit to his office and other places in Coanellsville Mier had been in his oflico In the Second National Bank Building In tho afternoon On leaving the office he remarked that ho expected to be at work today After he had banked tbo fires at the home for the night his daughter Huth, who was en the second floo hoard her father gasp Going down stairs sho found him Iving on UIR floor she ass sted him to a chair an 1 after giving him aiomatic spirits of ammonia ho rallied and remarkeo, tl-at he would be all right Death loi lowed Immediately A physician was summoned but life was extinct vvhe i 1 ai rived While Mr VUci was in Connellsvllle in the attern Km he made a brier call at the office of The Courier Relating his illness note ot i had been 1 made in the columns I Mr Miei sail he had been a sufferer' for more than two weeks from i he said was described as intestinal flu a sever form which had pros trated him for two weeks in bed and from which lie had been blow in recovering The "visit to town was his first since bung taken ill He was very thin and appeared "weak but said he felt much better than at any time since the onset ot the illness As he walkf to tho trollej car after chatting i the city cditoi of The Courier he said in response to an in auiry that 1 planned to leave on the 13th for the South Mrs Mlcr and three ot their chil are at Orlando TU where the Mlers some time ago lurch iscd a i mandolin amhn of tho Ind home i the intention of eventually pendent bat i Mr Rutherford at maklnfe that city their permanent resl the speakers dence Mr ici was bhapmg his at affair a i so as to be able to leave Janu Rutherford bald ary 13 to join them Ho probably would a i before that time had IIP not been taUen ill Bosideb the residence Mi Mier had In a lot in thf buslnebs soc- in i shines i other i i of the its unprecedented For a i ot a i thcv Ind sprat the i i i it Orlando re cd i to i tor the sum WASHIVGTON Jan counte nioi bul, the South had ikon bilch Katherine Karoij of a i today nold that i i i i were being flitd suit against Secictary ot State the entire yeai there Kellogg in Dlbtrl ot Columbia WASHINGTON MAN SLAIN IN BED BY THUGS, WIFE SAYS Suspicious Circumstances in Case, Think Police, Who Question Her. ANOTHER MAN MENTIONED Bj United Press WASHINGTON Pa Jan 2-- Uter bind ng and gagging his unidentified men today shot and at il ly T. ounded a Reed 29 a ma chin si after a floruj battle I a hit bedioo-m his bild Reeds on the "Little a on tho pike fhc miles east of According to Air 1 Reed she shortly atter i i by nolb a btalis SCOTTDALE NEWSBOYS GUESTS AT DINNER; TO BE ANNUAL AFFAIR SCOTTDALE Jan 2 of Scottdale were a hoppv lot last niug bj reason of being guests at a New dinner i probably i become an annual event Thomas Rutherford foster the plan and had the cobperatlon the Independent and Observer along i that ot tho Young Men Ch istlan tho dinner being solved at thp Sixty bovs attended Ihe speaker Secretary A A Albert Prentl a newsbov aided In the entertainn ent of the evening i a piano sol) ind Mike in Italian newsboy i music on a the occasion was Rowo of the affair was such i success Mr that it i probablj be nlade an a i i one Countess Karolyi Sues to Secure Passport to U. S.

i to spen VUUIcim 1 Mici i born at 1.1k i Someis.it countv a son of tho i Samuel a Haruet Mier Had he i i March ho have been 31 a i old He spent his boy lood a at Llk I ck ind then locat i at Penusv lie i he continued to mako his home Ho a uguged In tl Itimbet business and loimerly conducted i store at Penns i Besii es his the PI i i i a he is a stockhi Idei and directoi of the Broadway National Bank of Scottdale and a stockh lder in the 1 tn i Con nollwiric Cok" Company Ho vv.fi a member of the First Presbjterian Church of Scuttdale Besides his i who was former Iv Miss Ada Miller of Pennsville he Is i hv live children Mis a of Grecusburg Jean Will ada and Samuel who are i their mother in the South and Ruth at hom Two sisterb Mrs Lester pieine Court abk ng a a a to compel Kellogg to i the United States consul at iris to sc her Ipasspoit to allow her to this countiy Ihe import, dated Octobei i 112" states that i counctss wishes to maite a lecture tour in the United States the complaint said She said she did hei husband but proceeded to I i a hersolf Aa she vent the da? slairrnse she as grabbed and her tr stifled The I then bound and iggrd i owing her Into a next to the bedr xjm 1 hen Airs Reed aj the men the rooni her husband slept minutes a sho heard a shot and men Hod She was unable to get loose until HO hon aho ran to the home of a neighbor Roed died at fi A The condition of the btrfroom in dicated that Rr-ed a awakpned as the icon entered tlw. room and put up a stiff battle Mystery cloikcd tho shooting and during The daj Mrs Reed TV-IB the survelllaht-e of pr lice being cloelj questioned Officers baj Mrs Reed as ahc told her story ot tho lllling Sht said sonic momrj Is ng but poilop expressed the -view tihut th-e bedroom i a ransacked and left 13 disorder to bltnuldte robbery Burell Kellj of isliingt-on said to a i of Mrs Reed was i in connection the caso ami when hearing oE this lit i polic 1 headquurtcr-i and demanded an a i i lie waa asked to re port to headquarters and. to do sc this afternoon The Reeds ieen divorced and mai riod Hint Romance with Wales Patrick F. Scarry Dies; Served 50 Years on B. 0.

London gossips say Princess Astad of Sweden is going to Enuland on snoppmj tour for a husband, and link her namt with none other thai the Prince of Wales, British heir. Nearly 1,500 Families In Fayette County Given Aid Poor Board in '25 BANTAM HATCHES SIX LEGHORNS lefchoin lunched by a iiiiUm hen irn tx.in iml loi the of I roil of Arch itrce Soutl i i They the shells Dce mbr -1 and art be the nrst hen ha chcl of brok- said hi I On the tact a sin is too to cover the eggs i Ihe bantam from bringing foi th a larger flock it was said Court of Appeals Affirms Sentence Of Colonel Forbes Kellogg nndoi ertain i i 0 uion the has oidered the Paris consular construction By I to 1 Press CHICAGO Jan I Cedu al couit of appeals today susta ned the lowei federal couit in its tonviction and the sentences impose 1 on Colonel Charles Forbes and John Thompson Foibci i i i i of the a Bureau tnd Thompson a millionaire bt Louis i i 1 guilty ot eonspli icy to detnud in connexion with hospitals Boucher of Moigantown Va and Mrs Bt i tha Cunningham of Som erset also i Ariangemen i not be made foi" the a i the a i a homo of Mrs Mier and children Stmdav night on a Baltlmort Ohio i a due herp at 5 53 They Orlando this morn- Ing NEARLY ALL OF CITY OF LIEGE UNDER FLOOD offlce to refuse a i on the grounds that she is not a desirable poison to idmlt to the Lnlt bUtes Calls Issued for Bank Statements WASHINGTON Jan 2 Comptrol loi oE the Currency "Uclntosh today Ksued call for the (onditlon of all national banks as of December 31 IIARRlSBURlr Jan 2 Secretary Banking Cameion today issued 'a Cd.ll for the condi ion all state banks and trust mpanles as of tho close of business December 31 At tho same time he i sued i similar call foi building and 1 associations They i sen ences of years i in and lined 310 000 each Dawson Council to Reorganize Monday The reorganisation of Hie Daw son borough -council will bo effected on Mondiy At the same time Farl "3 Porter will take the oath as burgess succeeding bnllUi Flank Newmyer Is the new collector George "Whiorkov Is the assessor and Theodore VanHorJi auditor The four new mem'bers ot council are ftetirge Woods, William eorg-e Gruen and William McDonald W. E. West, B. fir O.

Engineer, Points Out Motorists Can Reduce Accidents at Crossings By United Press Pointing out the necessitv of auto- dies tl at occur at crossmjs, from time drivers absolving the warnings to time will continue BRTJSbELS Jan 2-The king installed by the i i a at gndel don the raiho ids remove and cabinet ministers todaj crossings it the i ublic vvotlld stop 0 crossings' is lirst question of accidents at such intersections of la ked time one of these neci which except'hlgl-v aj issenger dents occui If this i possible under flood locomotui engineer on the Councils you may be sine tint Ihe railioads waters IhouMiids inhabitants i Division of th Baltimore Ohio' would be the first to advocate such went to tho relief of tho tow nearly all ot parts on the h'Us are hreadles ind the town is i out light Th damage is esi mated kt scve al mil Ions of doll irs, Com munlcatlon Is i i Railroad and menil er of the bcw.id I trustees of the tonnellsville State Hospital makes th tollowmg earnest appeal to motorist When we stop to considei says BERLIN i 2 Two persons Mr Wost that le than the and a half of motor vehicles the wore in usp at the beginning of 1D-5 been drowned at first IcUms the Hoods in Rhine Thi i i has and that there i 6 DOO grade appropriated 1 2 for relief oC the crohslng's In the Un tod States we Rhine and Mosdlt, i understand that ju so long is i i The RhJne Ib at the highest stage fall to heui tin cautionb for their 100 years the distressing trage- nieasure But do you know that the average elimination ot a cross ing i i i i $75000 that it all the ci issiugs in this countiv were re moved it cost the iiuhoads arounc 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 a sum equal to the total capitalization of all the a i Lv.cn sucn a laige sun ot money at hand toi i lail roads use tni puipose it would take a a i do the physical i ellrnlndtloil can that Continued Six Greenwood M. E. People Move Into New Church Sunday I Creensvxxi Methodist JMscopal congregation i use ho- stone on Sundtiy for the rst time ace ending to announcement by the If the wealhi jwuiriits tta htrti and i tit thp schoo nil! 11 aunble In. frout of the i ai JO clot i ttul of 1C foi raising VnuiU, llap lad tl P'-nuuu Hi I an I will 13 for ihe OLLdsion 1C Ui inclement tie school will in social room ot tbe ahur i AffLor tho Hag and pi nruu raising UIP regular ess Urn of the bum 1 ay school will held i "rinrttml IMic usual si rueei ot -woi hip bt. In chaiffo of thf Thr her mon at rnln aervico i be Mlrd, 01 Christ In Rtsla lr Our Tso-w Chinch Tn th "Manijpll spo ik on oloxuon a Ptiyr-r Thor" be famil -ir Demand Has Grown 80 Per Cent In Ihree Years, Secretary Bitnkin Suj s.

MORE INMATES OF HOME Latest News Bulletins By United Press Jan CJu i ets two ind two gnl i bon today to Mrs Marguerlta Ten i hllo one oL tho boys died the othei I ee Ijihot, aic quite health; I'll -TSBURC, I a i Mr Adams i i cleaner here produced much of the food foi inmatea today ffom Injuries buffered in June a Hie feed for stock at thi farm 1124 when ho fell fiom a th rd stoiy i ot an oDlce building at Car- Out door relief was giun 14S6 families bv the Bajetite County Poor Board during 1925 according to tie- annu.il report of Secretary "William Runkin of UTS per Tyrone township Jio retired Thursday at the mcj of olfftit of service during all whitfh time he of the hoard Commenting on tho foregoing fact "vir Hankin. dd th it imprisonment heads of families or other bread winner's for violation ot the laws prijicipallv the liquor laws hab vastly Increased thp work of the poor board in tile matteir of outdoor relief The iucreuw, lw said has been close to SC pei cent In three ears Bxipendltures of the poor board for WJo i cached a total of $116 MS 2t, according to tho ropoit of Secretary Kankin Mr Ranklna report allows tl at cm lanuarj 1, 1925 there It7 inmates of the county home Ihe imber had increased to 20fi January 1 of this yeai During the Interim 121 persons ere admitted ird 06 discharged lhlrt one died Dining the year the comity home authorities buned unclaimed bodies ot 5U persons who died within the countj confines In uldltlon to those cared foi at the county home tlie county the expense of maintenance of 72 children d.t Polk Institute far the jninded ind two cnlldrcn who were bereft oC imrental a by desortton of the fathers Ul-e mothers being unable to care for them at Qeorge Jnn'or He public There arc 17 on the waiting list toi admission to folk As usual the county home farm i 3011 according to the coicnei re- HOMESTEAD I in 2 i women thieves early today ilfled i apart ment of Arthur Woods ere and escaped with clothing valued at 1200 Solses in tho building are bflleved to lave fiightenod tjie women way before they completed the isnsacking operation-! i PHILADELPHIA Ian 2- John I tiggs 71 traction president whose ionic was in "Wcineisvllle is found Inad his apaitnicnt at the ongacre Hotel i today as from natural causes I I vcrson Home Itolilic I A thief entered tlie Jiomt and Mrs Simon Weiraei at Dverson yesterday between 3 ind I clock in he bu was fi ghtened a by a membei of the fan 11 Two inen taible covers i take) The Weather i ind Sundaj follvv ed lain tonight change in 1hp wea-Lhei tenipei ature Eoiecast tor is til noon estei i Penn leinpti.iturc Reioid 192(i Maximu i i mi Mean Hankin figures show the follow ing Corn bus-hcls i aised an 1 husked 225 ensilage J50 tons corn fod shicdded 1200 hunjks hay 145 ton3 wheat 165 bushels, oats 1 325 bushels wheat st) aw 200 bales oats sitraw 376 green onions 75 matured onions 63 bushels, g-eens 25 bushels green beans 65 bushels beets 21 1 i bushels caib- bage 2 360 pounds of which 23 bar Continued on Pig-e 3tx HOMF GUFJCL. "Bill" PiHcs Spent and 15 Dajs in Wfttlve land. Bill 'Titles has returned from Greece after spending a year and 15 days In the homeland Mi Pittes formeily operated a candy sttore In the Smith House Pdtr Scairy resident of this city for mor-e than ilf a century ed this morning abo it 5 clock ai his home in 1121 Race stieet He was a Baltimoie i. Ohio Halhoad pension er being on the pens on list about fceven years Air Scarry recently re ccived a 50 yeai servh button from the railroad He was a machinist Death was attributed to Inllrmlties of age He had been ail ng for a although not confined 10 hia home iMr Scar-y would have been 81 years old on rebruai 28 He was born In Ireland and ame to Uhls country In 1870 HP married Miss arv Jane Clark of Piedmont Va and settled In Connell ville He is survived by the following children Frank of I ast Liverpool Ohio rred of Lelsenr ng and James at home and "VMlllam I Britt of Con a stepson Funeral arrangements have not been completed PENNSVILLE MAN EXHIBITS COIN COLLECTION Morrison of Pennsville was here esterday exhibiting many old cofns and pieces papei money that ho has collected in the past 20 or 25 years In a leather purse ha had 95 coins of various denominations and of many nations Jlobt of them were American casts He was not alble to place any CEllraate as to th value of the collection Among tine coins WU one on the data '1761 pla ny visible but It could not "be idflntlf ed He had a Spanish coin of and an American dime of 1778 One of Ills half dollars was cast In Ant ther coin Is a Jl gold piece recover from the Johnstown flood There were several one two and three cent pieces as as a couple half dimes In paper money he had 30 25 and 50 cent values Thej vere issued by the United States treastir In 1862 and according to the date of the series He also has some Confederate monej 4 Mr Morrison said that his collet tlon WHS nearl) all the result of gifts presented to him He 1 eeps the coins in a Scottdale bank Coal Producers Again Protest Unreasonable Rail Rates to I.

C. C. By United PJ ess WASHINGTON Jan coal producers in the Pittsburg district petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission today for rr argument Tor consideration of its decision on whit, is known as tl I akf cargo coal case The commisblon ismlsso I the original complaint ho ding that the utes were not unreaso lable and that they were not unduly prejudi al be cause the same i did nor servo Pittsburg and the field In Kentucky ind West Vliglnli 'Ihe producers accoriing to their now desire to the unreasonableness thi rates FIVE ROBBERIES REPORTED WITHIN WEEK TO POLICE Home of Otto Kochler Entered J.ast Sight; South Arch Street Store Also. NO ARRESTS ARE MADE A deluge of robberies all as unsolved Is sweeping the city, and piomises to leave considerable work on the bands oE the new city detective, Cor I Bishop, when lie takes his Monday succeeding Sort Ritchie, the present plain clothea man, to whom has been assigned ttie task of i down the perpetrator ot the recent hnrglaries No ai rests been made however Five rolbenes all within the past few days have been re-ported to the police Tae most recent took place lest night when the home of Otto Koehlcr at the corner of West Cedar avenue and South Arch street waa nsacked A store at 1328 South Arch street was also robbed At the Koehler home a thorough search had macfe by the visitor The manner in which the place waa robbed leads the officers to believe lie same man Is guilty Detective Ritchie wai assigned to the case and he had not reported to Chief Murphy yet this morning what be had discovered or what had been taken Little was known ot the- store rcflj- bery in South Arch street. Wordjof had been at the police station, and investigation, was to made At the home of Rajmond Addia, 1008 South Pittsburg street robbers entered Wednesday night The home was completely torn, up in the search for articles desired Three children banks one of them were stolen together with a traveling bag shoes clothing beaded bag and a string ot pearls At the home of I Drapei valuable articles were also reported taken, including diamond rings strings of peirls, ind clothing That place was entered Tuesday night.

Tho Union Building Lumber Company oflice was also entered this week and the safe broXcn open but nothing of value a secured In all robberies, it is said small footprints been found outside the peaces entered giving i Ise to the belief that a small man or boy is guilty George W. CalJhoun Has Foof Crushed George Calhoun of Coalbrook was injured this morning about 10 clock at the Everson car shops of the Frick Coke Company -when a bumper weighing aibout 800 pounds on his left foot vvaen the chain on vvhkih it was suspended bloke It Is possible that i large toe on left foot will a to be ampntat ed He taken to Ihf Mount Picas ant Hospital The fiont part of the toot was crushed lohn Jlarnliart's Vuiil Vend. Mr an 1 "Vila John Barnhart ot Sunnide werp callel to Turtle leek by the death aunt Mrs Sadie Eathone vvho i Fiidav eve nlug at the age of 80 years Dr. liiminan ai Jaison. Ther i be preaching it the First Chinch to morrow evening at clock with Rev Di 'n Scott BOM nan of Union ovv in charge Reopening Mines by Operators As Individuals Suggested as One Means of Bringing End to Strike i esa NEW "YORK in 2 --A plan whereby oper Uors at, ting as intlh idua.ls urci not as a body tliiow open theii mines to i i all miners dis gusLed after mooiLhs of Idlenesb 10 i to the pits is be-inp discussed is means of speeding negotiations the btalc en co here Vo i in i rep committees in confei dh potion i i vflu Piiesday i of the aaLhracito i ind operator vro scheduled to resume negotiations it the Union Lcag ic Club it Ic irned Union lendeis ire con ident that the moiale at Hie i i i Is stion lough lo i i ill plan opeiators to bre ik i i tile ant icke ticup Pooily dlbciplined and in Ilnancidl striiits the Scnnton Wilkcs Bane dlbtrlct mighr tak a.d\anlage of CORONER CLEANS WORK OF THE YEAR Coroner A Baltz conducted flve inquests in.

tlniontown Friday, clear- ng avvaj the 'work remaining on the year schedule The cases disposed of were Alice Myers, killed December 81 at Vances Mills when tho automobile son -was driving and in which une iv as an occupant was stuwJc by a passenger train Arthur Groves, Pennsylvania nailioad conductor, killed December 29 at Continental No 2 Caparoso killed December 11 when a motorcycle on which he was riding and which 'was being driven by Clarence Patterson crashed Into a truck on the Coolsprlng rosd at Hopwood Walter Zeis fatally burped December 1 at the Snowdon Place Gas Company plant in Brownsville and A Harris, run by a Baltimore Ohio train at Outcrop Patterson ivaa held responsblle for the accident in which Caparoso was killed and it was recommended that he be held on a charge of manalaugh- ter to await the action of the March. grand jury The cause of the explosion ivfeicb. set off gasoline in the tank truck driven by Walter Zels, was not determined However, the Snow don Gas Company officials or employes not held responsible Witnesses 'Baffled that the explosion came from the truck the large tank of was being filled with gasoline at the time 1 he Pennsylvania Railroad Com- panj and employes were absolved i all in connection with, the Gioves and Mjcrs accidents and no lesponslbility was attached to the iltimore Ohio company or em- plojes for the Harris accident. HENDERSON AND MORROW TO TAKE OATH ON MONDAY tlip ohanec to letuni I The union chiefs declared that in the S'lamokin and Hazclton districts the men aie 100 per cent letei mined to await word from their leaders before answering call ai -whistle. of people plan to go to I Monday for II Induction i office of ludgcu- i Henderson and Moi i jvv Tlip commiMbinib of the ripw judges a armed mil ire in 111' 1 a4nds of I Da loll Vi Smiley, who i idmini tn i oath at office at clock the larg" couitroom In the i at the Uniontown or tnc i i i Club Judges Hendcison and ane djl I i Hudson will I be guests of the Bar As ociation at a i banquet Tudgei Itepp rt who retired Thiirbdiir 20 yrart iv Ice on thp bench will be toastmaster The speakers will Ed-ward Cdrte- Higbee of Connellsville and Horatio Dumbauld ot Uniontown President Harry A Cot- tern the Bar Association.