NEWS: Cambria Freeman; 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, 20 Sep 1912 Volume 45, Number 37 Personal Mention Miss Mary Rivinius visited friends in Johnstown last week. Attorney and Mrs. Mathiot Reade paid Pittsburg a business visit this week. Mrs. T. W. Dick is visiting her sister, Mrs. May Kopelin of Johnstown. Mrs. F. J. O'Connor of Johnstown is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Little on Centre street. Miss Sadie James of Johnstown was a guest at the home of Attorney and Mrs. S. L. Reed several days this week. Mrs. W. A. Scanlan and daughter, Eleanor, of Johnstown, were visiting relatives and friends in this place last Saturday. Otto Rivinius, son of Carl Rivinius, the jeweler, has gone to Pittsburg to resume his studies at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. E. J. Cleave, general superintendent of the Cresson division of the Pennsylvania railroad, has returned from a short visit to England. Nicktown Briefs George Houck went to Hastings to see his aunt. Joseph L. Sherry was on the jury at Ebensburg this week. James McClain of Spangler was in town Sunday morning to see the barber. John Kirsch of Ebensburg was a visitor in town Saturday evening to see his aunt. George Woods made a flying trip to Hastings Saturday to see the mines at that place. Nicholas Pfister of Spangler was here in town Sunday to see the barber, who is getting to be a great man in Nicktown. Philip Gens took the Nicktown barber out for a drive on Sunday afternoon. The barber needs lots of pure fresh air these days. Carroll Township Surprise A number of young people gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Farabaugh of Carroll township one evening last week and surprised their son, Amandus, on the occasion of his 21st birthday anniversary. Supper was served at 6 o'clock and the remainder of the evening was spent in games and other parlor amusements. Among the guests present was the grandmother of the young man, who is 85 years of age, together with the following: The Misses Grace and Rose Cain; Minnie Hoover, Olive Airhart, Virgie Eckenrode, Regina Hoover, Mary Bender, Catherine Ott, Bernedette, Mary and Irene Farabaugh and Hattie Fox and the Messrs. Harry Ott, Ben and Wilfred Airhart, Raymond and Clinton Eckenrode, Norbert Biller, William Fox, Elmer Gilbert, Irvin, George, Ignatius and Norbert Farabaugh. Clearfield Gunman Gives Himself Up Clearfield, Sept. 17 Jack Keeler, murderer, walked into the police station today and surrendered. His boast that he would "get" six more before he would submit to arrest was not put into execution. His brace of revolvers and belt of cartridges were still in excellent condition and he offered no reason for his surrender, but it is believed he was driven to give himself up by hunger. When Keeler surrendered several posses were in the timber lands searching for him and it was late in the morning before the police admitted that they had the prisoner in jail. As fast as word could be sent to the officers, they were brought in and all the officers were held for an emergency at the police station. There is considerable feeling manifested which was agitated by the funeral of the brewer, Roessner. The other three victims of Keeler's unerring aim are expected to recover. Irish Staying at Home Government Statistics Cited to Show Falling Off of Emigration From the Emerald Isle Boston Statistics compiled here from British government sources show that emigration from Ireland has declined notably in the last few years. The population of the island shows a decrease during the period from 1901 to 1911 of only 1.2 per cent, compared with 5.2 percent in the preceding decade. Anniversary of Battle Veterans of the Civil War who participated in the great battle of Antietam in Maryland are recalling the historic conflict which began 50 years ago and raged throughout the 17th. A great many local veterans fought at Antietam. It was the first campaign by the 125th regiment and was also participated in by the Pennsylvania Reserves, which were under the command of General Meade who later commanded the army of the Potomac and other regiments. The boys did not get into the battle until the morning of the 17th. In fact, but a small portion of the army, the corps of General Hooker, was engaged in the evening of the 16th. But they had enough of it on the 17th, and the commander of the corps to which the 125th regiment was attached, General Mansfield, was killed during the forenoon. Antietam was one of the most stubbornly contested battles of the war and in comparatively few other battles were the losses so heavy. Quite a number of Cambria countians lost their lives there. Bid for Napoleon Relics American Museums to be Represented at Sale of Villa on the Island of Elba Boston, Mass. Several American museums and private collectors of Napoleon relics will probably be represented at the auction sale of the villa of San Martino on the Island of Elba. The house has thirteen rooms and contains all the furniture and other things used by Napoleon Bonaparte during his residence in the villa while confined on the island. The Napoleonic museum will be included in the sale. The reserve price fixed by the present holders of the property is $27,500. DEATHS Somerset County Murder Somerset, Sept. 16 Harrison Brown, a rural mail carrier between Confluence and numerous points to the south, his route reaching Strawn, near the Maryland line, was brutally murdered and robbed of more than $500 in cash Saturday afternoon. Since Monday evening the officers have been hunting for a man name John Maus, who is suspected of the crime, but it is probable that he has made his escape, as no trace of the fugitive has been found. One Man Killed Indiana, Pa., September 16 A few hours after United States mine experts had declared the mine nongaseous, one man was killed and two others seriously injured by an explosion of a gas pocket in a mine of the Wharton Coal company at Coral, this county. The dead: Frank Scheelt of Indiana The injured: Harry Walker of Graceton Adam Clawson of Graceton The three men were at work on a wall in an exposed part of the mine when the explosion occurred.