NEWS: Cambria Freeman; 7 Jun 1912; Ebensburg, Cambria Cnty., PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Patty Millich Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cambria/ _________________________________________ Cambria Freeman Ebensburg, Pa Friday, 7 Jun 1912 Volume 45, Number 23 Personal Mention M. D. Kittell and family of Ebensburg were visitors to Loretto Tuesday evening. Ralph Davis of Johnstown was here visiting his mother, Mrs. S. W. Davis last Saturday. Dr. Helfrick, one of the prominent physicians in northern Cambria county, was in Ebensburg Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Davis of this place were Johnstown visitors last week. They were guests at the home of their son, Olney. Gerald McBreen, who had been attending college at Ada, Ohio, spent Sunday here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert McBreen. John D. Bradley of Cresson was among the Ebensburg visitors this week and paid THE FREEMAN office a pleasant call during his stay in the county capital. Robert R. Jones, the engineer who was injured by his engine jumping the track near Barnesboro last week, is recovering and was in Ebensburg with his fatter, John J. Jones, "Camp," Monday evening, having driven over from Cresson in their car. Bobbie's many friends in this vicinity will be glad to learn of his good fortune in escaping from serious injury. Lawyers Purchase Machines Two Ebensburg attorneys lately have entered the ranks of automobile owners. Attorney Harvey Roland has purchased a 1912 Cadillac from the Johnstown Automobile company. Attorney Charles Hasson purchased an Overland car, which was delivered to him Friday. Among other Ebensburgers who have recently purchased automobiles are postmaster Walter R. Thompson and Dr. John D. Caldwell. Buys Plot John A. Gray, steward at the poor farm, has purchased 20 acres of ground in the Minnie Lloyd tract from John L. Elder. The price paid was $100 an acre. Mr. Gray will erect a fine house on the property. Mrs. Schwab Here Mrs. Charles M. Schwab, who is spending the summer at the Schwab summer home at Loretto, was an Ebensburg visitor Wednesday morning and met a number of old friends. Mr. Schwab went to Europe several days ago. In the meantime Mrs. Schwab and a number of friends will remain quietly at "Immergrun." Miss Roland's Party Miss Olive Roland entertained the members of her Sunday school class, 14 altogether, and her teacher, Mrs. W. R. Humphreys, at her parents' home on Centre street Saturday evening in honor of her 14th birthday. An automobile ride was a feature of the entertainment as was a dainty luncheon. The Roland home was very prettily decorated, the color scheme being pink and white, while the souvenirs were also in pink and white. The feature of the day for Miss Roland was her father's gift of a five-passenger touring car. Parrish Pleads Guilty John Parrish, who shot and killed his father, Bernard Parrish, at Winterset last March, appeared in court Thursday and pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter. He was remanded to jail. When he is 15 years of age he will be sent to Huntingdon reformatory. Joe Gluce, who pleaded guilty to killing Joe Guetsko at Emeigh some weeks ago, got nine months in jail. Revere Bell's Tongue Out It Fell From City Hall Tower, Bath, Me., and Made Hole in Roof – No Curfew Rung Bath, Me. For the first time the Paul Revere bell in city hall tower did not ring out the curfew a few nights ago. When it rang for the noon hour, as has long been the custom, its 15 pound tongue fell out and smashed a hole in the roof of the city building. The bell is the genuine Paul Revere and nearly a century ago hung in the steeple of the old North Church in Bath. DEATHS Michael Bradley Killed Lilly, June 1 Michael Bradley, assistant mine foreman and father of [paper cut off] children was shot to death by Oscar Krumenacher, as he was leaving his work at the Moshannon mine at 8 o'clock last evening. The bullet entered Bradley's left side and death followed within 15 minutes of the shooting. Krumenacher gave himself up to the authorities and was [page ripped] to the county jail at Ebensburg in an automobile. Krumenacher had been drinking heavily for several days and was apparently under the influence of liquor when arrested. Mob violence was feared for a time after word of the cold blooded murder gained circulation. The police authorities believing that the citizens might take the law into their hands decided that it would be advisable to remove the prisoner to the county jail at once. Walter Bowser, Kittanning Walter, 7-year-old son of James W. Bowser, died suddenly. He was playing in the yard of his grandfather, Jackson Rupert, with several boys nine weeks ago when he fell against a sled and injured his neck. Infantile paralysis developed. Air King is Dead Wilbur Wright, First Man to Fly, A Victim of Typhoid Fever Invented the Aeroplane How Wright Became the Lord of the Air – Won Title in France before His Own Countrymen Acknowledged His Greatness. Dayton, O., May 31 Wilbur Wright, pioneer of aviation, died at him home here after a relapse from typhoid fever following an illness of several weeks. Messages of condolences have been received from all over the world. His father, Bishop Milton Wright, was at his bedside, as were his brother, Orville, with whom he had been associated in aviation; his sister, Miss Catherine Wright and his brothers, Lorin and Reaschlin, who were not so well known to the public. Wilbur Wright was the first man in the history of the world to leave flat ground in an engine driven, heavier than air, flying machine. The Wright brothers, sons of Bishop Milton Wright, were born in Henry county, Ind., Wilber (sic), on April 16, 1867 and Orville four years later. They are of English extraction, the first ancestors in America having settled in Springfield, Mass., in 1736. Regarded at first with doubt because of the secrecy of their experiments and later forced into patent litigation marked by bitterness, Wilbur Wright and his brother, Orville, lived to see honors. Wilbur Weight, dying at the age of 45 and in the fifth year of his triumph, lived to see the era of aerial transport he had inaugurated well on its way. Wilbur Wright demonstrated the possibilities of aerial traffic when he made the historic flight from Governors Island to Grant's Tomb and back in October, 1909. Four years after the first public flights of the Wright brothers, aeroplanes have flown in exhibitions in every country of the globe. Washington, May 31 Tributes to the memory of Wilbur Wright were paid here by President Taft, Secretary of War Stimson and army officers. President Taft said: "I am very sorry to hear that the father of the great new science of aeronautics is dead and that he had not been permitted to live to see the wonderful development that is sure to follow along the primary lines of the new science which he laid down. He deserves to stand with Fulton, Stephenson and Bell." "Lord of the Air" the French called him in admiration and amazement and freely said of their own experimenters in aviation, - Farman Blerlot and Delagrange - that compared to Wright they were "as little children."