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, 22 Nov 1912 Volume 45, Number 46 Nicktown Notes Mr. and Mrs. Bert Lieb of Big Bend was (sic) visiting A. J. Lieb on Sunday. P. J. Gens who was married some time ago brought his wife home Tuesday and a large crowd gathered Tuesday evening and gave them a great old serenade. They were all treated very handsome and wished them good luck. Frank Fresh, the assessor, made a trip to Ebensburg on Monday. Mrs. Mary Kline and daughter, Catharine, are visiting relatives at Marstellar. Mr. and Mrs. John Kline were visitors at Spangler Sunday. Ed Krug, Jacob Kirsch and Bill Krug of Ebensburg spent a few days hunting in Barr township. Promotions on Pennsy The resignation of President James McCrea of the Pennsylvania railroad and the promotion of Samuel Rea to the vacancy causes considerable interest among railroad men because of the fact that the advancement of Mr. Rea leaves a vacancy to be filled. It means there will probably be promotions among the three vice presidents that will extend down in the operation department. Simon Cameron Long may be moved up into the vice presidency causing a new general manager to be appointed. Mr. Long succeeded W. Heyward Myers, who was appointed fifth vice president. W. W. Atterbury, considered one of the best operating men in the country, ranks next to the new president and will doubtless reach the presidency eventually. Lawyers Play Little Joke on Mr. M'Cann [Oscar Krumenacher Case] They had Attorney John H. McCann scared Wednesday. Mr. McCann is counsel for Oscar Krumenacher who is to be tried for murder at the coming term of court. Some one called him up and told him Krumenacher had pleaded guilty. Mr. McCann made a beeline for the court house to find that brother attorneys had been jollying him. It is said that Krumenacher wants to plead guilty. He killed a man named Bradley at Lilly a number of months ago. During the last two or three months he was written letters to the widow of the murdered man in which he admits the killing and says he has nothing to ask for save her forgiveness. Krumenacher's trial was postponed during the last term and it was said that a commission would be appointed to inquire into his sanity, but since that time it has been learned, it is declared that the accused man is perfectly sane. Ebensburg Church's Call The First Baptist church Sunday evening extended a call to the Rev. Stewart M. Smith of Ogontz, near Philadelphia, who has been supplying the local pulpit for several Sundays past. Mr. Smith will inform the local congregation of his decision some day this week. Sunday saw the banner attendance of the year at the Baptist Sunday school. Judge O'Connor Returns Former Judge and Mrs. F. J. O'Connor, who have been absent from Johnstown for several weeks on a trip to the middle west, have returned home. The judge was not in good health when they left the city, but is considerably improved as a result of the rest and a change of environment. Naturalization Agent Here Naturalization Agent R. A. Weatherby, of Pittsburg, is now working in Cambria county, examining nearly 200 applications for their final naturalization papers. Mr. Weatherby will sit in Johnstown to examine the applicants from the southern part of the county the coming week and at present is located at Ebensburg, after which he will sit at Barnesboro and at Patton. An unusually large number of foreigners from the Balkan states have made application for their first papers since the outbreak of the war with Turkey about two months ago. Some of the persons who made applications for their first papers have been in this country for the past 13 years. Mine Rescue Class to Graduate An additional class will graduate in the mine rescue, resuscitation and first aid work that is now being given Cambria miners by Mine Foreman D. D. Davis in charge of Mine Rescue Car No. 6 that has been stationed in Johnstown the past month. Classes are held in the mine rescue work each night, when officials and others of the Cambria Steel company management take the training. Unusual interest is being manifested in the work, which is held in the open because of the great distance of the mines from the city. Tampered with Mine Signals Burgess J. J. Green of Portage has committed Earl Davis, aged 17, over to the county officials for having tampered with the electrical signals of the Miller Coal company's operation at Portage, endangering the lives of the miners. Saturday he pulled the danger signal and the miners were thrown into a panic. This is the second time that he has committed this offense according to his own admission. He was also charged with having changed mine car checks. Teacher Has Diphtheria Health authorities of Indiana and Johnstown are delving into a case of Miss Myrtle McKendrick, a teacher in the Johnstown city schools, who went to her home in Indiana while suffering from an attack of diphtheria. Thirty-five new cases of the disease were reported to the Johnstown health authorities this week. During the past week, 55 cases of diphtheria developed, an increase of 25 cases over the previous week. Has Typhoid Fever Dr. H. J. Bennett Monday pronounced the illness of Miss Lillian Meyers, daughter of J. R. Meyers, to be typhoid fever. The diagnosis of the disease and the tracing of the source of infection presented an interesting problem. Mr. and Mrs. Thad Jones, Horace Jones and a young man named Meyers, contacted typhoid fever from a well on the Thad Jones farm. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are confined to their home while the others are inmates of a Johnstown hospital. Child's Foot Cut Off Angela Shorto, 3-year-old child of Anthony and Mary Shorto, an Italian family on Church street, Johnstown, was run down by a Southern Cambria Street Railway car near her home Saturday afternoon and her right foot crushed. The child was sent to the Memorial hospital where it was found necessary to amputate the limb just below the knee. The little girl rallied well from the shock and will probably recover. Large Barn Burned A large barn owned by John Landis of French Hill near Hastings was destroyed by fire Thursday night. The Hastings fire company was unable to do anything at the scene. A large amount of farming machinery was destroyed but the stock was all taken from the burning building. The loss will be heavy and is only partially covered by insurance. Four Coroner's Inquests: Mrs. Katherine Markiwicz; Warren Barnes; Miss Angeline Inglert; George Boltz Four inquests were held at the City Hall Tuesday by Coroner C. A. Fitzgerald into the deaths of Mrs. Katherine Markiwicz who died of uraemia under mysterious circumstances; Warren Barnes, who was fatally shot by Madison C. Pegram, who confessed the shooting; Miss Angeline Inglert, the young Pennsylvania railroad company operator who was run down and killed near the platform of the local station on November 16; and George Boltz, who was killed while working in the Heidingfelter coal mine near the city on Thursday. Struck by Team, Neck Broken Herbert Ditzler, aged 8 years, only child of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Ditzler of 716 Ash street, Johnstown, was struck by a team owned by the Gindlesberger Moving and Storage company at Messenger and Ash streets and instantly killed, his neck having been broken by the sharp hoofs of one of the horses. There was not another mark on the body.