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, 27 Sep 1912 Volume 45, Number 38 Personal Mention Miss Lillian Apel of the Center Ward spent Sunday in Big Bend with her sister, Mrs. Charles Kessler. "Uncle Bill" McClarren of this place has returned home from Atlantic City where he spent last week. The condition of Isaac Kelly, who had an arm badly cut several days ago while at work in the woods, is improving. Mrs. Porter and Miss Margaret Myers of High street are spending two weeks in New England, having gone from New York to Boston by boat. Miss Verna Williams of the East ward is the guest of the Flemming family in Cambria township. W. I. Stineman of South Fork was an Ebensburg visitor Sunday. Visitors in Ebensburg Sunday were Dr. G. A. Zimmerman and Charles Campbell of Johnstown and Walter Davis of Wilkes-Barre, formerly of Ebensburg. Nicktown Briefs [most items faded and unreadable] Theo Nelen and his two sons, Joseph and John, left for Oregon Monday; their many friends were sorry to see them go. Nicolas Shand and wife of Altoona were visitors in town Sunday. Geo. Houck went to Altoona last Wednesday to see President Taft and his [word cut off]. Peter Lieb is having a new roof put on his house. Lewis Kirsch is doing the work. Priests Transferred On Monday last the Rev. Father McQuillen of Lock Haven was appointed by Bishop Garvey to succeed the Rev. Father Looney as pastor of St. Bridget's Catholic church at Lilly. Father Looney celebrated his last mass in the Lilly church Sunday and will leave in a few days for his new charge at Tyrone. The Rev. Father Davies of Newry has been appointed pastor of the church at Lock Haven. Father Roger O'Donnell, first assistant to Monsignor Boyle of St. John's, Johnstown, was appointed to succeed Father Davies at Newry and Father McCarty, assistant to Father Gregory Kelly of Tyrone, lately deceased, was appointed to succeed Father O'Donnell at Johnstown. These changes will all be made to take effect next Sunday. Ebensburg Dentist Soon to Locate in Smoky City Dr. Donald H. Shoemaker of this place is preparing to go to Pittsburg where he will make his home after Oct. 1. Dr. Shoemaker's dental office will not be closed, but a dentist from out of town will be placed in charge of it. Dr. Shoemaker will open an office in the Westinghouse building, Pittsburg, and will also engage in other business. Wants Big Damages Dominico Pantalone has filed suit against the Southern Cambria Street Railway company at Ebensburg asking $10,000 damages. Pantalone alleges that while unloading ballast on June 12, this year, a locomotive bumped into the car on which he was working and that he was thrown under the wheels of the train and an arm was amputated. He alleges that negligence on the part of the company to notify the workmen of the approach of the engine, was responsible. Drivers Leave Without Notice Becoming tired of waiting for the funeral party to come out of a Fourteenth ward, Johnstown, church Tuesday afternoon, the drivers of eight carriages drove away, leaving the undertaker and mourners at the church. Other carriages were ordered from other liveries. The services were for the little Woodvale girl who died at the Memorial hospital from burns received on Sunday. The services were very lengthy. There were a number of delays in starting the services, which were originally scheduled for 8 o'clock, then 11, then at 2 o'clock and the "French leave" of the drivers was the result. Shot Through Jaw Denic Nicholas of Nant-y-Glo got mixed up in an affray near Burkhart's on the Southern Cambria line late Sunday and when another fellow's revolver went off, accidentally or otherwise, Nicolas, who is an Italian, received a wound, the bullet going entirely through his lower jaw, coming out behind the right ear. Dr. Bennett of Ebensburg gave Nicolas treatment and sent him to the Memorial Hospital. Elder Township Man Stabbed James Kitchen, age 25, was stabbed through the chest with a large knife while struggling with two highwaymen who held him up on the Westover road early on Sunday morning. Kitchen is not in a serious condition and no traces of his assailants can be found. He had about $50 on his person and after a terrific struggle the highwaymen were frightened away without Kitchen's wallet. Detectives Discharged Despite the strong protests of Attorney Percy Allen Rose, who claimed that all that was desired at this time was to prove a prima facie case and intimidated that further evidence of a very interesting nature could be forthcoming later, Alderman M. R. Brennan, following a hearing Saturday evening, dismissed Detective Bala and Machettia, who were charged with attempting to bribe a prospective juror in the case of County Commissioner T. Stanton Davis. The magistrate decided that the facts presented were not sufficiently strong to justify his holding the defendants for court and they were discharged, the small bill of costs devolving upon the county. To Mark Soldier Graves David R. Bryan has issued a call, as representative of Emory Fisher Post No. 30, G. A. R., for information as to the unmarked soldiers' graves in this county. Congress recently appropriated money for suitable markers for soldier graves and the call is in compliance with the general order to take advantage of the appropriation. It is said there are many such graves in Cambria County. In Need of Miners Somerset county coal operators are beginning to feel the car shortage somewhat but the greatest cause of complaint in the new operations south of Johnstown at the present time is the lack of miners. Notices have been posted in nearly all the coal centers of the county, advertising the fact that more men are needed. Mines to be Opened Fallen Timber, this county, whose industries have been more or less inactive in recent years, will shortly enjoy a boom if the plans of the Fallen Timber Coal company are carried out. The company made application for a charter and it is proposed to open from three to five new mines at that place in the near future in order to develop a tract of 500 acres. Two of the mines will be in operation as soon as possible and 200 men will be employed. Howard Beers, Frank Beers, George Beers, William Beers, Charles Lamb, A. W. Evans, Leonard S. Jones and Mary Bell are mentioned as the incorporators of the new company. Coroner Busy Man Coroner Fitzgerald of Cambria county is unusually busy these days. Monday an inquest was held into a death in the mines at Vintondale and an inquest was held into the death of a man smothered to death in endeavoring to open the hoppers of a steel car. He fell and was buried under 20 tons of iron ore. There was also an inquest into the death of a man killed by a fall of rock in the Cambria Steel company's plant. Tuesday an autopsy was held over the remains of a middle-aged man who was stricken with apoplexy. In addition to these duties Coroner Fitzgerald has held an autopsy over the remains of the six victims of the explosion at the No. 8 blast furnace of the Cambria Steel Company's plant. An inquest into the cause of the explosion was also held.