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, 11 Oct 1912 Volume 45, Number 40 Personal Mention Chalmers Jones, son of Mrs. Thomas L. Jones of this place was a member of an automobile party which came to Ebensburg Sunday from Kane, Pa. With him were Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Woodward, Mrs. Martha Griffith and Mrs. H. J. James. Harvey Roland and family with Mrs. Wm. Muhlenberg and Mrs. Charles Port motored to Sunset Park Tuesday where they spent the day picnicking. Mr. and Mrs. George Thomas of Ebensburg will leave in a day or so for Sioux City, Ia., on a visit to the latter's brother, Jesse Ferguson. Mrs. A. L. Black and daughter, Irene, of Colver are spending several days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Sechler at Johnstown. Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Wilkinson, Mrs. James G. Hasson and Attorney Charles Hasson, all of this place motored to Indiana Sunday. Mrs. Thomas A. Osborn of the Seventeenth ward spent Tuesday among friends at Ebensburg, where she formerly resided. Miss Martha Jones of Ebensburg returned to her home Saturday after undergoing an operation at Mercy hospital. Mr. R. L. Johnston and daughter, Miss Irene Glass of Ebensburg, are visiting relatives in Altoona. Newton I. Roberta and daughter, Mrs. George C. Jordan of Johnstown, spent Wednesday at Ebensburg. Among the visitors to THE FREEMAN office Tuesday was C. A. McGuire of Johnstown. Robert E. Treese was among the Ebensburg visitors in Johnstown this week. Mr. and Mrs. William A. Jones are visiting in McClure, Snyder County. Attorney H. H. Myers left Monday for Mt. Holly, N. J. to spend a week. Attorney Philip N. Shettig was in Pittsburg on business Monday. Mrs. Philip N. Shettig of Ebensburg is visiting in Philadelphia. Nicktown Notes Charles Beckel of Altoona was a visitor here Saturday. John T. Kirsch was out to see his aunt on Sunday evening. Frank R. Fresh is very busy these days going around assessing. Raymond and Earl Lieb made a pleasure trip to Cameron's Bottom last Sunday. John Wolfe was a visitor in town Monday morning bright and early, to see the blacksmith. George Houck, while using a grain cradle, slipped and fell and cut his finger very badly. Anyone wishing cider made should call on Henry Krug on Tuesday or Friday of each week. Luke Kirsch and wife took up housekeeping at Colver last Monday morning. They intend making there home there. John Kirsch Jr. and Philip Meisel of Ebensburg painted the church towers here last week. Mr. Kirsch did a good and complete job. Philip Gens and daughter, Anna, left for Shenandoah Monday morning where Miss Gens intends going to school. Mr. Gens returned home Wednesday. W. J. Pfister was tending bar for him while he was away. Pupils who did not miss a day for the past month are as follows: Jos. White Victor Weilander Ferdinand Lamborn Raymond Gens Lincoln Maceil Charles Maceil Raymond Soisson Walter Giles Clarence Hopple Alvin Ager Andrew Gens Frederick Beckel Joseph Gens Annie Giles Louisa Lamborn Claire Lamborn Agnes Gens Katharine Gens Blanche Ager Grace Hopple Christiana Pfeister Dessie Giles Ida Hopfer Mary White Mary Bechel Ruth Lamborn Mary Gens Hazel Giles Enrollment: boys, 28; girls, 24; total, 52. John J. McHale, teacher. Gallitzin Notes Gallitzin, Oct. 8 Mr. and Mrs. John Bussman of Braddock were here over Sunday. Miss Fannie McDermott and Miss Mentch of Cresson were in Gallitzin Sunday. Miss Edith Buck of Carrolltown is a guest of Miss Ruth Troxell of this place. Mr. and Mrs. James Farley of Philadelphia are visiting with friends in Gallitzin. Wm. Eckenrode Under Knife William A. Eckenrode was taken to the Spangler Hospital recently, where he underwent an operation for appendicitis. Mr. Eckenrode had been in Chest Springs Sunday afternoon and became ill on his way home. His condition became gradually worse when an operation was decided upon. He stood the operation very well and is getting along nicely. (Carrolltown NEWS) Griffith Bloom is Injured Griffith Bloom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Bloom, while driving a team of horses down the hill near the Fair grounds Tuesday morning, was thrown from the wagon and had one of his knees injured quite painfully. The wagon on which he was standing had no brake attached and when it forced itself down on the horses, they became unmanageable and ran away. The team was captured near the Fair grounds. Admitted to Supreme Court J. Wallace Paul and James Earl Ogle, of Johnstown and Philip N. Shettig of this place were the Cambria county attorneys admitted to practice Monday at the State Supreme Court now in session in Pittsburg. One Vacation in Twenty Years Celestine A. McGuire of the Fourth Ward, Johnstown, who for the past twenty years has been in charge of the engines and dynamos of the electric light and power plant on Vine street, is enjoying his first vacation this week. Mr. McGuire has been enjoying the week with friends and relatives in Loretto, Ebensburg, Cresson and other places of his boyhood. Les McGuire is a walking encyclopedia in matters of base-ball, politics and general sports. In "reminiscing" his conversations go into details and his remarkable memory of events makes him a character the like of whom few if any can be found. Les says that Boston will win the world's series, that Stineman will be elected, that Wilson will be the next President, that Bailey will be sent to Congress from this district and that he is not in politics at that. Brilliant Banquet for Dr. Shoemaker Dr. D. H. Shoemaker, who left Ebensburg Monday afternoon for Pittsburg, where he will reside and practice his profession, was the guest of honor at a brilliant banquet at the Mountain House Saturday evening. It was a roast pig banquet with all the trimmings and it is said to have been a hummer. M. H. James was the toastmaster and called upon many of those present for addresses. The responses were both soulful and witty and made a big hit. The following were present: James D. Monie, Harry Lloyd, A. M. Shoemaker, Dr. Clark L. Creery, F. B. Jones, Elmer C. Davis, Charles S. Evans, Frank J. Hartman, Edward H. Knee, F. C. Sharbaugh, John T. Blair, William Davis, M. J. Stoltz, Edward O. Jones, Philip N. Shettig, John Woolf, Leonard S. Jones, John L. Elder, D. A. McGough, Conrad J. Brown, Charles Hasson, O. E. Wilkinson, H. H. Myers, M. H. James and W. A. McGuire. Dr. Shoemaker's many friends here will miss him. His office will be in the Westinghouse Building, Pittsburg. THE FREEMAN wishes him abundant prosperity in his new quarter. Suspects Released Scalp Level, Oct. 9 Following an investigation by County Detective S. J. McClune, Andy Metro and Mike Wargo, who were arrested in connection with the death of Mrs. Andy Metro, have been released so far as the woman's death is concerned, but are being held on a borough charge. County Detective McClune learned where the woman stayed the night before she was found dead along the banks of Paint Creek and that she left the house about 8 o'clock in the morning. Andy Metro and the boarder, Mike Wargo, did not leave their home until 10 o'clock. The woman's body was interred this afternoon in the Greek Catholic Cemetery at Windber. Barn of Jos. Lauers Burned with Crops The barn of Joseph Lauers in Cambria township was struck by lightning during the storm Wednesday night and burned to the ground. The building held all the crops of the summer with the exception of corn and unfortunately Mr. Lauers carried no insurance. He had bought the farm only a short time ago and was making some headway in the matter of payments. Many of his friends feel like helping him. Some have already left money with A. W. Buck, cashier of the First National Bank. Any one that feels like contributing, no matter how small, can leave the same with Mr. Buck. Mr. Lauer (sic) is an honest, hard-working man and his ambition was to own a home of his own. He is in every way deserving of help. The people of this community know how to sympathize in a substantial way and we trust the Mr. Lauer case will not be overlooked as he has sustained a heavy loss. Gallitzin Home Burned The home of Joseph Phillips at Gallitzin was destroyed by fire Tuesday, causing a loss in the neighborhood of $1,500. The Gallitzin Fire company responded promptly but was not able to do anything more than to prevent the flames from communicating with nearby dwellings. Portage Home Gutted The home of Martin Zimmerman at Portage was practically destroyed Wednesday by a fire which is said to have had its origin in the garret, where children were playing with matches. The mother was at the home of a neighbor and her own and several other children were playing in the house. The Portage Volunteer fire company did effective work and neighbors assisted in saving the furniture. Emeigh Run Visited by a $10,000 Blaze Emeigh Run, a mining hamlet in northern Cambria county, was visited by a fire Tuesday morning that caused a loss in the neighborhood of $10,000. The blaze broke out in the business district and for a time threatened to sweep the settlement, but a bucket brigade was formed and by hard work, succeeded in confining the flames to five buildings that had been erected close together. The various losses, about half of which are covered by insurance are as follows: General store of Isaac Fine, loss $5,000 Dwelling owned by Robert Cadman and occupied by the family of David Snedden, loss $3,000 Pool room and bowling alleys of Joseph Yeaglin, loss $1,000 Barbershop of Mort Strum, loss $500 Store of Charles Schenitski, loss $1,000 The volunteers were aided in their work by the absence of the wind. The buildings were of frame construction and thoroughly dry, burning like tinder. The origin of the fire is not known. Hotel Threatened by Fire Spangler, Oct. 9 The Brandon Hotel was threatened yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock when fire broke out on the roof. Considerable damage was done by water. The loss will amount to about $500. Has Own Organist Frick Employs Skilled Musician to Play for Him Salary of $15,000 a Year is Paid Archer Gibson for an Hour's Solo Each Morning on Millionaire's $100,000 Instrument New York Pity the hard lot of Archer Gibson. He gets $15,000 a year for fingering a $100,000 organ an hour a day and rendering, "Dearie," between the classical thunderings and groanings of the costly pipes. Also he gets a summer home - you'd wish you owned it, if you saw it – and a nice comfortable automobile. Archer works at the above mentioned laborious task to delight the musical soul of Henry Clay Frick, multimillionaire Pittsburg steel magnate, whose summer home is at Pride's crossing, near Beverly Farms, Mass. Every day at two p.m. the phone rings in the Gibson house and the organist motors over to the Frick mansion. There in the music hall, the silent, gruff money giant sits waiting for his daily music. While the nimble fingers of Organist Gibson rip out peal after peal of stuff that dead men wrote – the kind that no one could see any merit in while the composer was alive – Henry Clay Frick, the tips of his strong fingers joined, listens in silence. After a particularly weird succession of crashes and thunders from the costly organ the millionaire's countenance loses its former expression of wrapt (sic) interest. He leans forward uneasily as the music bursts in a glorious finishing flare. "Play 'Dearie'!" he commands. Then the $100,000 organ sends forth the strains of "that popular ballad, ladies and gentlemen," strains that the common installment, go- as-you-please house piano used to know before everyone began "doing it." Usually a few repetitions of the above ballad are enough to allow a fresh start on the previous heavy stuff. And so the hour of music passes. Morphine Proves Fatal A woman who was known as Miss Helen Bloom or Storm, who is said to have made her home in Johnstown until recently, and who is believed to have been a daughter of James Storm of Mechanicsburg, Indiana county, died at the Altoona Hospital early Wednesday morning as the result of an overdose of morphine. She had been addicted to the use of the drug in moderate quantities and it is not known whether the stuff was taken with suicidal intent or otherwise. A Slavish Woman Perhaps Murdered Body Found Near Scalp Level – Caesarian Operation Performed on the Remains Whether Mrs. Andy Metro, whose lifeless body was found at noon Monday along the banks of Paint Creek near Scalp Level was poisoned, will probably be determined by a chemist, District Attorney Greer having announced his intention to ask such authority from the county commissioners. An autopsy conducted by Coroner Fitzgerald of South Fork and Dr. Emlyn Jones of Johnstown, coroner's physician, revealed no outward indications of foul play. It was discovered that the woman was in a delicate condition and probably for the first time in the history of Cambria county a Caesarian operation was performed on a dead woman. A child of about eight months and of perfect formation was removed. There were two arrests in connection with the woman's death, Andy Metro, husband of the woman and Mike Wargo, a boarder. Both men were placed in the Scalp Level lockup, where they were detained pending advices from the district attorney's office, but were later released. The body was discovered by women who were gathering firewood along the banks of the stream. They noticed a woman lying on the ground with bare feet and with her body partially covered by a shawl. They investigated and found that she was dead, although the body was still warm. The women notified men at No. 40 mine, near which the discovery was made, and they communicated with the borough authorities at Scalp Level who in turn notified the coroner and his physician and they hurried to the scene, conducting the post mortem at the home to which the body had been removed. There, also, examination showed absolutely no signs of foul play. Mrs. Metro was a comely Slavish woman and was between 25 and 30 years of age.