The Daily Notes from Canonsburg, Pennsylvania • Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Unsettled tonight and Thursday local snow; colder tonight. TEE A TO BUY OR SELL property of any kind, use The Notes Classified The cost is little and the results big. Twentieth Year No. 6073 CANONSBURG. PENNSYLVANIA.

WEDNESDAY EVENING APRIL 8, 1914 One Cent a Copy; $3 a Year ILY MOTES MINERS TO REMAIN OUT UNTIL VOTE IS TAKEN MS. jane champ YOUNG MAN HAS DEAD AT 86 YEARS SK(JLL FRACTURED ROAD BUILDING IS DEMONSTRATED BY MOTION PICTURES DYNAMITE USED IN ATTEMPT TO WRECK BUILDING PLAYGROUNDS TO 0PEN0N MAY 1 Committee Will Endeavor to Pay Off Indebtedness for Last Season Mrs. Champ. S6 years old, Although they had been advised by union leaders to return to work and one member of the official board of lidow of Stephen Champ, died at the I home of her daughter, Mrs. Philip Jesse Ross, Aged 17 Years, Probably Fatally Hurt on New Railroad subdistrict No.

2 of district No. 5 of: lO'Rrien. Third ward. Canonsburg, the United Mine Workers of America Novel Feature of Annual Three StorV Structure in Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'cloc Mrs. unamp niaioen name was was present to urge tnem to tane tnis action, the miners employed at the I Manifold mine of the Youghiogheny Convention of Supervisors and Controllers Armstrong and she had been a life Spring Street Damaged to Extent of $1,000 COST THIS YEAR, $250 HIS HOME IS UNKNOWN BLACK HAND BLAMED A meeting of the committee in charge the playgrounds was His skull fractured when he was struck on the head by a piece of flying long resident of Canonsburg and vicinity.

Mr. Champ died several years ago at Houston, since which time she had live! with her daughter. She had been in declining health for a long time. Mrs. Champ was a member of the Houston Methodist church.

She is survived by two daughters and one Ohio Coal Company at a meeting held last evening in Manifold votel almost three to one to remain out until the operators had signed a wage scale. This same action was taken by the men employed in the Rich Hill mine of the United Coal Company and in the Meadow Lands mine of the Mead jheld in the Council room Tuesday evening. Four members of the com- rock, Jesse Ross, aged 17 years, an employe of the Patton Richardson 20 Workmen Hurled From Their Beds; Much Glass is Shattered mittee were in attendance company wmcn is constructing iu- son, Mrs. Philip O'Brien of Canonsburg, Mrs. William Zeigler of Wash- An explosion, which shook the -en-, jngton, and William Champ of Pitts- ADDRESS BY HUNTER More Than Sixty Highway Officials Are in Attendance at the Meeting (Special to The NotesJ WASHINGTON, April 8.

Good roads in the making were 'demonstrated by means of motion pictures to more than sixty supervisors am controllers of the county who gathered here today for their annual convention. The meeting proper was held ia'ths p'ublic meeting room or. She is also survived by twcC tunnel on the Chartiers Southern railroad at Glyde, is in the Washington hospital in an extremely critical condition. His home is in the state of North Carolina. I.

Ross received his injury about 5 o'clock yesterday morning when a blast was put off in the tunnel. He had just entered the mine after having taken a load of dirt and stone and ow Lands Coal Company at meetings held in Meadow Lands last Saturday. The miners of the Arden mine of the Meadow Lands Coal Company have not held a meeting recently to take a vote on the question but they have not worked since April 1 and will remain out with the other workmen of this section. The financial end of the committee's work for the past year were gone over, and it was learned that the committee in 1913 received from all sources' that the 'expenditures amounted to $653.41, leaviag an indebtedness of $121.88. It was decided to start subscription papers for money with which to meet the deficit; also for the expenses for tne coming season, which are 'estimated sisters, Mrs.

Frank Donaldson of Canonsburg and Mrs. James Young of Linden. The funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock, in the Houston Methodist church. Interment in Oak Spring Cemetery. tire East End district, at 2.20 o'clocx Thursday morning, damaged the store building of Stavros John at 11T Spring street, to the' extent of $1,000, and also' did considerable damage to nearby buildings.

The explosion was caused by some person or persons, as yet unknown, placing a quantity of dynamite under the front of the building in an attempt to blow up the structure. The owner of the building this morning dumped it on the outside. He was standing probably 300 feet away from the point where the blast was discharged when hit. The blow knocked him unconscious i and Ross was not discovered for sev- REBELS PREPARE TO ATTACK MONTEREY at $250. Any one who subscribes or more will be listed as a member of the Playgrounds Association and will be entitled to have a say in the business when r.ieetinss of the as-' the court house, but in order that the constructionof highways might be better explained, the" road men were invtied to a moving picture theater in Main street, where sever- stated that he had no enemies so far as he knew, and was at i loss to ex-1 plain w7hy one should make ah at-1 APRIL SNOWSTORM WHITENS GROUND Unseasonable Weather Interfering With Work and Business eral minutes lying on the ground by sedation are held, the mule he was driving.

He was' so It was decided to open the grounds far away from the point 'of the blast fr the season on the first of May. that he was considered to be out of j' The grounds will not only be open danger and no inquiry had been made I through the day but -also will be as to his safety following the explo-1 lighted in the evenings until 10 sion. o'clock. Ross was given immediate medical Burgess Grubbs was elected a tempt to harm him. He had never received any threatening letters, lie said.

The building is a three-story frame, 27x60 feet in dimensions. On the first floor are two storerooms, al reels of films were thrown on the General Gonzales Ready to i screen depicting the actual making. Move Forces On City; Lit- I of the of ce-ii i tit i ment and other good-roads work. tie to Impede Him This part of the meetlng was ln charge of G. H.

Talbot, the repre- VALASCO IS FLEEING entative of a cement concern. Tire pictures proved of great interest to (By United Press to Tne Notes) the supervisors and controllers. BROWNSVILLE, Texas, April JosePh W. Hunter of Harrisburg, member of the committee and he has attention at the construction camp one being occupied as a grocery store MAY BE EASl'ER STORM by the owner of the building, and in the other room, John Verne 'conducts belated gpring snowst0rm sifted a barber shop. Along the front ofjfjown during the forenoon, until tne the building is a platform supported ground was whIte and roofs were cov.

ty a. tile, foundation, and it was atjered 0wjng tQ the we(. earth lfle the east end of platform tnat snow m.eUod aimost as soon as it the dynamite haa been placed. The SE0W tollowed showers General Gonzales will leave Romonbs i assistant State Highway Commissioner, made the principal talk at trie," and at 8 o'clock yesterday morning assured the committee that the po-was taken to the Washington win Preserve order on the tal. An operation was performed im- grounds.

mediately but last evening there had no apparent change tls Qp CMIMTES Station tomorrow for an advance on Monterey. General C. Carranza, I meeting in the court house. His sub- ject was road making, and he spoke brother of the Constitutionalist com-1 mander-in-chief, has arrived at Mat at some length on proper road proper drainage, and proper care of The young man had been employed a moras. the highways.

L0SEJNCHICAG0 JAUREZ, April 8. Federal troops by the Patton Richardson firm since last fall. It could not be learned last evening just where his home was in North Carolina. under General Mass, who arrived i A general discussion followed Mr. Hunter's address, and various phases too late to assist in the defense ot Torreon, are the only impediment in the sweep of the rebel forces on Mon i of road building were brought up.

I Supervisors irom a majority of tne townships were present, notwltn-! standing the unfavorable weather However, They Aid in Adding 12 Illinois Counties to Dry List CITIES ARE INCLUDED COURT LIFTS SENTENCE IMPOSED ON WOMAN The explosion was terrific and lhft much of the anJ tJie blew the platform to atoms, hurling; temperature decidedly. Ana pieces of the lumber across the not the weather man gays tracks. The tile foundation was com-jBnow and for tonight Pletely wrecked and blown ali over. The flr3t beavy tnQW Qf the wln. the street.

The glass in the large ter ffrI1 Xovember 9 five montn3 show wimfows was literally blown rg0 During this period into atoms all the windows in tnejmoie thaa six feet Qf snQW bag faI1. building were broken. Miner Hall en breaking all records for at is located a short distance east of wrecked building and the glass in itj' Tt unseasonable -weather is de-was also shattered. The Blaustein laying WQrk of kindg building, located about 150 feet west, fering wilh framework and al30 nav. had all the glass in the east siJe of Jng fflore cr e3g deregsin8 eftecl the building, broken.

Several of tne up0Q busine3S of various kind8-houses on Pike street, east of the so He terey, Meagre reports were received to-1 day of an engagement between fed-J conditions. erals and rebels at a point sixty miles fast of Torreon. Practically all tne; MA PFI ATIVF FOUND federal troons have been cleared out 1W ALa 1 L0 UUU, (Special to The Notes) WASHINGTON, April S. CHICAGO, April vS. Between Helen ESTATE GOES TO STATE of the state of Coahuilsr.

General Valasco and his troops, who escaped White, who on Monday pleaded guii-j000 and 100.000 of the 217,614 women from Torreon, have reached a point 45 miles east of Torreon. (Special to The Xotes) ty to a charge against morality ana voters eligible to vote here went to v-as benteaceJ to jail for a term jolls for tbe first lime yesterday 3C days, had her sentence lifted this 8ild their vote'3 in the railroad crossing, also had winaows ia Apri, tfae Sunaay broken. (morning about two inches fell. The The two upper floors of the build-, slorm todav wag regarded as tne ing are used as living apartments, which according t0 irornine when she was releasPrt n-; eKCUOJ- ine maie voters, oi cu payment of $1 and costs. Tina u-nm 'j -i iq H-i-iilAw r.aa--"iiY- in about the same proportion.

bnd for the most part are occupied ob8ervationa of weatner sharps, is WASHINGTON, April Final Refugees at Jaurez steps were taken in court this morn- 'JAUREZ, April 8. A long ig to dispose of the estate of Albert lefugee train, made up of five pas- Jaccaba of Monongahela, who died senger coaches, baggage car and several months ago. eight box cars and caboose, carrying Jaccaba was a miner and a Ger-612 Spanish refugees and 165 federal man by birth. He was unmarried prisoners, pulled into the Mexican and lived with a German family for Central Railway yards at Jaurez at years. He was friendless, and the 2.30 o'clock this morning The doors administrator of the estate has-been None of the nine women candidates in Pittsburgh and had gone to Gas-iwho souht to thpir war(js supposed to be winter's parting shot.

in the City Council va3 elected, and except in the First ward, where Miss tonville. She and her friend went to the home of a man named Thompson for their supper, and liquor was MINERS CONDEMN OFFICERS' ACTION Marion Drake had made a spectacu- PITTSBURGH, April 8. Trouble is brewing among the miners in many parts of the Pittsburgh district over what they term the duplicity of the served. Mrs. White says she doe3lar fight agai.nst John (Batn House) not drink, but upon being insisted coughlin, the women candidates did take a couple of drinks.

Af- td only a sma fraction of the w0. ter that she says she does not re- votes member what happened. In the First ward CougnUn won by Thompson was arrested on a 4 to 1. charge of keeping a disorderly house, ninois women swarmed to the and the woman, heing at tRe house, noils in nearlv three hundred towi- by Greeks. At the time of the explosion there were twenty men asleep in their apartments, an i many of tnem were thrown from their beds, so se-eie was the shock.

Strange to say, 'A one was injured. 1 At first it was thought that the ex-ilosion might have been caused by or powder, but upon a closer ex-unination it was shown that dyna-nite had been used, from the way he explosive acted. There was no as leaks of any kind and there was powder in the building. If the had been caused by either is or powder the building would ve been fired, but there was no hre arted. ships, and, as a result of their activity at least 12 counties have been also was arrested.

Her sister-in-law-came from Fittsburgh yesterday and interceded for her. She said tnat officials of the United Mine Workers of America, in ordering the men to go to work pending a settlement ot the wage question. Several outbreaks have occurred. At Shannon, near here, 400 men refused to go into the mines. Those who did were stoned, and two added to the 30 which now bar sa of the cars' were locked and no pas-; unable to locate any biood relatives, sengers weie permitted to leave the; either in this country or in his native train until after daylight.

land. Advertisements have been in- The condition of the passengers, serted in papers both i America many of whom had been on te train and Germany, and while there has for 46 hours, was pitable. No oppor- several claimants, none of them tunity for leaving the train for re- could furnish any data to prove' their laxalion or recreation had been given claims. since the train left Torreon, shortly! The estate, after all expenses are before midnight Monday. (paid, will amount to a little over Four passengers died, on the way, which will now revert to the adding to the distress of the exiles.

state of Pennsylvania. J. Carter A great many more were sick as tne judson has been appointed escheater result of anxieties and hardships ex-jby the State, and he appeared in perienced on the trip. court thi3 morning and presented a Though the United States customs petition on the administrator to pay regulations permit passengers to over the balance on hand. Final dis-clear baggage at 8 o'clock, it will be position of the estate will be made on late in the.

day before the last or' April 27. the exiles set foot on friendly soil or I Mrs. White was a widow and had oonS- 0f the larger cities the fol- An effort will be made to locate were severely beaten. At Charleroi 700 men are out for the same reason. guilty parties If possible ana ing them to justice.

John, the own- At Fayette City a big mass meet two children to care for, and that sne was a woman of good repute. The court, upon investigation, believed that the woman had been more sinned against than she bad sinned, and agreed to release her upon the payment of $1 and costs, which was done and White returned to her Pittsburgh home this morning. lowing voted from wet to dry: Bloomington Decatur, Belvidere, Canton, Freeport, GalesbuJrg, Joliet, Monmouth, Kewanee, Lockport, Elgin, and East Galena. Rockford and Galva which were dry, remained dry. The following cities remained wet: Springfield, Quincy, We3t Galena, Rock Island, Dixon, Aurora, Wauke-gan, Alton and of the building, is a Greek; hej 0, the miner8 employed ln tne that he could not read Engli3h, Fayetee City, Arnold, Apollo, Ked Stone, Tremont and Naomi mines, exceeding 1,000, adopted resolutions condemning the officials of the United Mine Workers for their "be the United States LOCAL MAN TO MANAGE COLD WATER PARTY SUGGESTS CANDIDATES trayal of trust" in.

signing the scale. COUNCIL AFTER PITTSBURGH MAYOR BISHOP WHITEHEAD, CONFIRMS CLASS OF 14 for a return to the Clt! Contract rates', instead of the run of the mine basis. 1 had never received any demands any person at any time. The theory is advanced ty those the vicinity of the explosion that daslardiy deed was the work or ck Handers, theory sYucei by some of the of the EasA End today was the explosive had been placed er the building by a young man se attentions to a young woman lpant of the building had been reed. This rumor, however, could be confirmed.

WASHINGTON, April 8 The executive committee and other leaders AEROPLANE USfeD IN LOCATING STEAMER (MNSBIIRGPLAYGROUND G. Fred Ashe of Canon3burg, wno has been connected with the Pittsburgh Playgrounds Association, was elected superintendent of the Greens-burg playgrounds at a meeting of the teachers' committee and directors or the Greensburg Playgrounds Asocia-tion. Mr. Ashe Is a son of the Kev. The impressive, confirmation ser-of the ProL1bition party of of the Episcopal Church was ob- ton county met here on Tuesday at-served at St.

Thoma3'3 Church lastj ternoon and suggested the following r.ieht. when a class of fourteen sev-, candidates PITTSBURGH, April 8. By unanimous vote, late yesterday afternoon, the city council passed a resolution presented by Dr. J. P.

Keer, containing a scorching Indictment of the city administration and calling on Mayor Armstrong to at once remove al men having criminal records or records of scandalous conduct, who have been appointed to city positions. Although five of the nine councilmen had been 3trong supporter of tne administration, not one raised a word of protest against the ESIDENT PLANS BRIEF VACATION Dr. A. J. Ashe, pastor of the FlrsiJ Methodist Episcopal Church.

For Congress Dr. J. T. Pender of New Brighton. For Stata Senator K.

W. Dougan of Waynesburg For General Assembly D. N. Hall of Charleroi; William CaMwell or Canonsburg, and O. A.

Hoagland ot Morris township. For members of State Central (By United Press to The Notes) MARBLEHEAD, April 8. An aeroplane was used today for the first time ln locating a disabled steamship in distress. Attracted by the whistle of the vessel In a dense log, the life saving crew secured an teroplane and the vessel was located. The disabled vessel proved to be the Coastwise, and was towed Into Salem harbor, where repairs were made, nnd later the big ship went on her way.

en men and seven women was confirmed by Bishop Whitehead. The attendance of church members was large, and the bishop's sermon on "The Last Tuesday of Our Lord's Earthly Life" appealed to all. During Holy Week services are being held dally iff this church. Tomorrow will be observed as Maundy Thursday, and on Good Friday a three-hour service will be conducted. NEW YOKK TO REVISE STATE CONSTITUTION iy United Press to The Notes) SHlNGTON.

D. April 8. lent Wilson and his entire will leave Washington tomor-for a brief Easter vacation at Sulphur Springs, Va. The dent plans to return to the LCommitte E. VanVoprhls of Mo- iiongahela and B.

C. McGrew ot Washington. Among the se ln attendance waa John Neill of this place, who also made a speech. Carpenters Leave for Carnegie Several local caipenters shipped their tool boxes to Carnegie this morning, where they have secured work at DO cents per hour. BRITISH AVIATOR KILLED INSTANTLY NEW YOKK, April 8 Woman suffrage and home rule for cities are expected to be two of the important questions brought before New York's constitutional convention next year.

These and a Bcoro of other reforms may be written In the new constitution following today's count of yes ler Jay's balloting. The majority voting for a revision Interest on County Funds The interest on county furJg for the month of March, as reported by S. M. Downer, Treasurer, yesterday was 1307.91. The interest for each month this year and the total is as follows January, February, $1,431.46 March, $307.91, making a total of l.

reight Taken Off Chartiers a result of the Pennsylvania any'B general policy of re-ment, one freight train has taken off the Chartiers. This "Nigger Local," whlcu arrived 'rom' FUtsburzh about 11 a. m. Now Is Your Chance To make your selection of Easter LONDON, April 8. Sergeant Beatre of the fcmy uvlatlon corpfl was killed Instantly today while making a flight, the engine of his Congregational Meeting Tonight.

The annua! congregational meeting of the First Presbyterian Church will be held this evening, following the prayer i IPIawai wfollA nil lino ia inmnlato at of the constitution was glvtn at J7, tbe Thomp80n Flow shop. Tr'U8t C86' early today. Building, 33 Central avenue, c-1-73-1 machine becomlngdisarrangetl.