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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-02
PLANS COMPLETE
FOR INAUGURATION
CEREMONIES WILL TAKE PLACE
IN AUDITORIUM - OATH BY
JUSTICE DUNN.

Oklahoma City, Jan. 2.-"Practical-
" all of the details for the inaug
uration ceremonies of Governoi-elect
Lee Cruce have been completed, 1t
was announced by Charles f. Bar
rett of the Joint Legislative commit
tee Saturday evening. il has been
definitely settled that, no matter
what kind of weather prevails, the
Inauguration ceremonies will take
place at the auditorium, as it will
accommodate more people than any
other building in the city The 10
cal committee will arrange for the
building and prepare the decora-
tions. Seats will be reserved in
front of the stage for both houses
OF the legislature, and the stage will
be arranged to accommodate the SUI
preme court, the criminal court OF
appeals and retiring and incoming
state officials. A space will be re
served for the govenorelect, gov
ernor and attendants.
Jesse Dunn, chief justice of the
supreme court, has been invited
to administer the oath, and the Sc
lection of a minister has been left
to the personal choice of Mr. CrGce
The governors party will be es
corted to the auditorium by a mill
tary guard OF honor and the parade
will form in the streets adjacent to
the auditorium, after the inaugural
| address has been delivered. and
march by the nearest route to the
Lee-Huckins hotel. passing review
| before the new state executive and
party. who will occupy the balcony
Of the Lee-Huckins motel.
Immediately after the parade re
ception will take place in the par
lors of The Lee-Huckins hotel, to
which all visitors are invited. The
reception will end at / p. m, and
this will close the formal function
in charge of the legislative comit
tees.
The Oklahoma City committee will
then take charge of the arrange
mentments and make all provisions
for the evening reception and ball.
The Lowenstein orchestra of Ard
more will furnish music for the
legislative reception during the af
| ternoon
Col. Roy Hoffman and the field
and line officers of the national
guard will command the state troops
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-02
ENTIRE CENTRAL WEST AND
SOUTHWEST SHlVERING TO-
DAY AS RESULT OF DROP.
RAILROAD TRAFFIC IS DELAYED
Top of Passenger Coach of Rock ISL
and Train Running at Full Speed,
Is Blown Off Creating Panic Among
Passengers.

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 2.-Blizzards
swept Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Mis-
souri, and Oklahoma last night and
this morning the wind here reaching
a velocity of 30 miles an hour. At
Omaha, 40 miles an hour.
The temperature over Kansas aver
ager from two below at Wichita to s
below at Dodge City.
Amarillo Texas, reported below.
North Platte, Nebraska, 16 below.
Des Moines, below.
st. Joseph, below
Kansas City, below, at a. m, TO-
day.
Trains on all railroads were run
ming late into Topeka. Rock Island
passenger train No. 2S, due in Topeka
this morning, was running at full
speed in the western part of the state,
when the wind blew the top off a
passenger coach, creating panic
among the passengers. The damaged
coach was abandoned at Belleville.
What's the matter with the gas?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-02

lie Blon Hubert, at San Sebas
tan, Spain, April 2.
Michelin, Hauvette, at Lyons
France, May IS.
De Zosely, Aindan, at Budapest
Hungary, June ..
Robl, Thaddeus. at Stettin, Ger
many, June IS.
Wachter, Charles, at Rheims,
Us, nee, July 8.
'ofHco, Hon. Charles Stewart, at
Boz Socls, England July y.
Jinet, ~ Ghent, Belgium,
July 10. -.
Ninet, Nicholas, Brussels. Au-
gust 8.
Vivaldi, Marquis, lieutenant of Ital-
ian army, near Rome, Aug. 20.
Van Mansdyk, A, near Arnheim,
Netherlands, Aug. 27.
Poillot, Edmund, Chartres, France,
Sept. %.
Chavez, Georges, at Domodolossa,
Italy, Sept. %.
Plochmann, at Mulhausen, Germa'
NY Sept. 2S.
Hans, Heinrich, at Wallen, Ger
many, Sept %.
Maiziewich, Captain, at st. Peters
burg, Russia, Oct. q.
Madiot, Captain, at Donai, France,
Oct. 23.
Mente Lieutenant, at Madgeburg,
Germany, Oct. 25.
Blanchard, Fernando, at Isy Les
MolinearX, France, Oct. 81.
Sagliette, Lieutenant, at Centezello,
Italy Oct. 27.
Johnstone, Ralph, at Denver, Colo,
Nov. II.
Carmmarota, army engineer and a
private, at Centezello, Italy, Dec. 3.
Grace, Cecil s., lost in English
Channel, Dec. %.
Senor, Piccolo, Sac Paulo, Brazil,
Dec. 20.
Paula, Marquis, Paris, France,
Dec. 80.
Hozsey, Arch, Los Angeles, Dec
81.
Moisant, John b., New Orleans,
December 81.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-02
THE TOLL Of LIFE
IN AIR CONQUEST

The record of aviation for the
year 1910 bore out the forebodings
of those veterans who, when nov
ices first began to flock the air,
issued the warning:
Watch the death list"
Counting Hoxsey and Moisant Sat
urday, thirty aviators and their pas
sengers were killed during the year
in falls from heavier than air ma
chimes against five the two years
previous. And those three years com
prise the working history of the
sport, for it was in 1908 that Lieu
tenant Thomas +. Selfridge, U. S.
A., fell with Orville Wright in the
first public trial of an aeroplane at
Fort Myer. He was the first pas
senger and the first man killed in
a self-sustained machine. The other
Americans dead, all killed last year,
are Johnstone, Hoxsey and Moisant.
The complete list for the year fol
lows:
De La Grange, Leon, at Bordeaux,
France, Jan. 4.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-02
BELIEVED THAT CUMBERLAND
(MARYLAND) COUPLE WERE
VICTIMS OF POISONED CANDY.
SUICIDE THEORY SCOFFED At.
Physician Who Made Autopsy Says
Charles Twisg and Grace EIosser,
His Fiancee Died Of Cyanide Pois-
oning.

Cumberland, Md. Jan 2.-TheI
mystery of the death of Grace
Elosser OF this city and Charles Il.
Twigg of Keyser w. Va, her fiance,
is as deep a mystery today as on
Saturday when the bodies of the
couple were found in the Elosser
residence.
Twigg and Miss Elosser were to
have been married last night.
The result of the examination of
the candy and chewing gum, found
in the E!osser home, is awaited
with interest. The theory that pois-
oned chewing gum may have been
the cause of both deaths, finds many
supporters. A piece of chewing gum
was found in Twigg's mouth The
candy was partaken of by othe"
members of the household without
Ill effects
The theory of suicide is secuted
by relatives and friends of the vic
Tins.
DR.. Thomas w. Korr, physician,
who made the autopsy, said that
death was caused b. cyanide pois-
oning.
What's the matter with the gas?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-02
Representative Rainey Wants tc
Know of RooseveIt's Trip.

Washington, Jan. 1.-The African
hunting trip as organized and carried
out by the Smithsonian Institute by
Roosevelt is the subject of the lat
est proposed congressional investiga-
ton. The suggestion was received
here today by Representative Rainey
of Illinois, from citizen of a Geor-
gia town, who referred to such an
inquiry as a public service" and to
the Smithsonian" as a trash heap
institution"
Mr.. Rainey is the democrat who re-
Gently introduced a resolution to in
quire into the manner in which Mr.
Roosevelt obtained his transportation
and supplies on his trips about the
country while he was president. He
purposes at the earliest opportunity
to press this resolution, though it
was referred to the rules committee
and proptly pigeon-holed.
The Georgian declares that an eX-
tension of such an inquiry to include
the way in which the African hunt ex-
pedition expense was borne by the
Smithsonian institution would show
waste, extravaganza, and squandering
of public money"
The railroad travelling expenses
come off the owners of the corpora
ton and they get enough to do be-
sides deadheading a Roosevelt" the
letter added. The Smithsonian has
never reported the cost of the expe-
dition 10 congress, but did submit a
statement showing that 6,663 skins
and $500 shoots of plants were OBJ
tanned.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-02
REDUCTION OF FROM FIVE TO
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS PER HUN
DRED ORDERED TODAY.
ON INTERSTATE BUSINESS
Commission Holds That the Express
Companies Doing Business in Iowa
Are Making Excessive and Unusual
Profits.

Iowa railroad commission today or.
dered a reduction of from five to twen-
ty-fve cents per hundred pounds in
the maximum express rates for in
terstate shipments by Adams, Ameri-
can, Great Northern, Pacific, United
States and Wells Fargo Express Com
panes.
The commission holds that the ex-
press companies doing business in
Iowa are making excessive and un-
conceivable profits"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-02
ORV|LLE WRIGHT
ISSUES STATEMENT
SAYS DEATH OF HOXSEY WAS
NOT DUE TO FAULT OF VICTIM
NOR MACHINE.

Dayton, Ohio, Jan. 2.-Orville
Wright today made the following
statement regarding the death OF
Arch Hoxsey at Los Angeles, Satur-
day, in a flight:
I'VE have a telegram from men at
Los Angeles stating that the accident
was caused by neither the fault OF
Hoxsey nor of the machine itself, but
was due to conditions prevailing dur
ing the forenoon. Further than this
We have nothing to say"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-02
INDIANS TO WASHINGTON.
To Lobby in Behalf of Tribe of
Osaqe.

Tulsa, OKLA, Jan. For the pur-
pose of lobbying in behalf of their
people, a delegation of members
from the Usage tribal council will
go to Washington next week. The
delegation will be headed by Chief
Brown of the Usage tribe. They will
oppose the increase of the tribal
rolls of the Usage tribes by the add
ing of the names of many claimants
and will seek payment of the full
share of the tribal fund, about So
600 apiece, to all competent men,
bers of the tribe Relief and assist
ance for aged and incapa citated
Usage also will be advocated.
What's the matter with the gas?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-02
NEW YEAR RECEPTION
IN THE WHITE HOUSE
WEATHER CONDITIONS IN MA
TIoNAL CAPITOL TODAY CUT
DOWN ATTENDANCE.

Washington, d. c., Jan. 2.-The
New Years reception in the white
house was held today under weather
conditions that tended to materially
cut down the number that usually
passes the receiving line in the blue
room.
The presence of three members OF
the Roosevelt family in the blue room
attracted attention. Mrs. Nicholas
Longworth came early with her hus-
band and brought Miss Ethel and
Kermit
What's the matter with the gas?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-02
What's the matter with the gas?


Muskogee, Okla, Jan. 1.-The
North Muskogee State Bank at Rex
was looted by robbers who secured
$1,000 in cash last night and escaped
The robbers are believed to be ex
perts. There We're five doors which
had to be blown open and the rob
bers used only six charges of nitro
glycerine to reach the cash. The
robbers are believed to have left Mus
kogee in an automobile and robbed
the bank. There is no clue.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-02
What's the matter with the gas
Hearing on Murder Charge.

Pawnee, Okla, Jan. Frank Man
ming, charged with the murder of
Joseph Kennefick, was given a pre-
liminary hearing in Justice Hale's
court. but little evidence was offered.
Manning was bound over to the dis
trict court without bond. The other
two charged with being accomplices
in the murder were given their pre-
liminaries some time back, with the
result that Mrs. Manning was dis
charged and J. W. Overstreet was
held to await the action of the dis
trict court under a bond of SlOOO.
The trials in the district court are
set for the January term.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-02
What's The matter with the gas?
Eaby Accidentally Killed.

Tulsa, Okla, Jan. 1.-While John
Stark and wife of near Hill City were
returning home from visiting a neigh
Dor Friday, a rifle, which was in the
bed of their buggy, dropped out of
the vehicle and was discharged. The
bullet struck their 2-year-old daugh-
ter, killing her instantly. Mrs. Stark
was slightly injured.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-02
IN FIRE WHICH DESTROY
HOME AT MINERsVlLLE, PENN,
FIVE BURNED.
THEIR PARENTS ESCAPED
John Markasavage, "a Foreigner, and
His Wife Escaped from Burning
Building, But Couldn't Speak Eng
lish and Tell Rescuers of Children.

Pottsville. Pa, Jan. Five chill
dren of John Markasavage We're burn
ed to death today at Minersville, near
here, in a fire which destroyed their
home. The children's ages ranged
from two months to eight years. They
upset an oil lamp at the New Years
celebration which started the fire.
Markasavage and his wife ran from
the house, but as they couldn't speak
English, the rescuers thought there
were no children in the burning
house.
What's the matter with the gas?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-02
Muskoaee Attorney Assaulted.

Muskogee, Okla, Jan. Judge M.
G. Bailey, prominent Muskogee at
torney, was badly beaten up and left
lying in a creek south of here Friday
night. Two unknown men dragged
him from his carriage as he was driv-
ing to the home OF relative. No
money was taken from him. The mo-
tive of the attack is unknown.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-02

in attendance and the officers OF
cadets will be in personal command
of their organization. Every civic
and fraternal order in the state is
invited TO participate and all organ.
i2ations Of Veterans will be assigned
posts Of honor in the line. Company
G OF oklahoma national guards of
Ardmorc has been especially desig.
mated as the color company" and
guard of honor to the governor.
elect.
Governor HaskerS entire staff will
be present in uniform, and the ca.
dats from Tonkawa and the \. and
VI. college are expected
All national guard companies will
be compelled to rely upon their own
resources for transportation. Quar-
ters will be furnished by Company
N of Oklahoma City, and 1t IS OK.
pe2ted that the local committee will
provide subsistence for the visiting
organizations.
The present outlook is for a sue
cessive and impressive inaugural,
and visitors from the state at large
are promised a most hospitable and
sincere welcome.
c. G. Jones will give prompt at
tention to all requests for special
trains, rates, etc, and inquiries in
this respect and arrangements
should be made at once.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-02
CONTEMPT OF DISTRICT COURT
is CHARGE ENTERED AGAINST
OkLAHOMA'S TREASURER.
VIOLATED THE COURTS ORDERS
In Removal of State Records from
Guthrie to Oklahoma City, Menefee
Is Charged With Contempt Of
Court.

Guthrie, Okla, Jan. State Treas
urer James Menefee today obtained
a continuance until tomorrow of his
case, in which he is charged with con
tempt of the district court through
the removal of the state records from
here to Oklahoma City in violation of
the state capital injunction.
The case was due to come up to-
day.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-02
MISSING BALLOON
IS BELIEVED LOST
SPHERICAL GERMAN BALLOON
WITH FOUR PASSENGERS BE-
LlEVEO IN BALTIC SEA.

Berlin, Jan. 2.-The spherical bal
loon Hilderbrandt, wiich ascended
from Schmargendorff, a short dis
tance from here, Thursday with four
passengers, had not been reported.
The balloon was last seen headed
toward the Baltic Sea.
Aviation circles believe the air
men came to GRIEF IN the Baltic.
What's the matter with the gas?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-02
WICHITA BUILDING
DESTROYED BY FIRE
ESCAPING GAS IN BASEMENT
CAUSED FlRE-MEMBER OF
FIRE DEPARTMENT FROZEN.

Wichita, Kan, Jan. 2.-The four
story Fitting office and business block
and the Hess Clothing stores stock
on the first floor of the building, We're
destroyed by fire today.
The loss is s15O,OOO with $4,000 in.
surance.
Gas, escaping in the basement
caused the fire.
Fireman Bessie was dangerously
frozen.
What's the matter with the gas?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-02
PRICE OF OIL INCREASED.
Crude Oil Now at Highest Price for
Three Years Past

Independence, Kan, Jan. 2.-The
price of all grades of crude oil was
advanced two cents per barrel today
by the Prairie Oil & Gas Company,
making the price forty-four cents, the
highest in three years.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-02
SEVEN MEN MEET
DEATH IN COLLISION
VICTIMS WERE RIDING ON Pl-
LOT OF ENGINE WHEN 1T
CRASHED INTO COAL CAR.

Ashland; KY, Jan. 2.-Seven men
riding on the pilot or a locomotive
on the Miller's Creek railroad were
killed near Vanlear, Kentucky, to-
day when the locomotive crashed
into three coal cars which had
broken away from a mixed accom-
modation train on a grade.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-02
DIX INAUCURATED AS
GOVERNOR NEW YORK

Albany, n. Y, Jan. John Allen
Dix, democrat, was inaugurated gov
ernor of New York at noon today.
He succeeds Horace White, who be.
came chief executive of the state
last October, when Governor Charles
Hughes resigned to become associ.
ate justice of the United States SUI
preme court.
What's the matter with the gas?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-02
TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION.
Has Meeting and Elects Officers for
Year.

At a regular meeting of Typograph-
ical Union, No. 649, held Sunday, the
following officers We're elected for the
present year: ]. w. Golledge, presi-
dent; J. II. Dollins, vice president;
Allison Coleman, secretary-treasurer;
E. B. Finley, sergeant-at-arms.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-02

No, Cordelia, a man doesn't neces-
sarily use cuss words when he takes
the oath of office.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-02
The Weather

New Orleans, La, Jan. p
The weather forecast for Ok
lahoma for tonight is fair with
continued cold. Tuesday fair
and warmer.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-02

Miss Myrtle Lewis of Berwyn
spent New Years Day here with
Mr.. and Mrs. S. T. Underwood.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-02

What's the matter with the gas?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-02

FARThING BROTHERS
Clothing French dry cleaned
and steam pressed. Only
French dry cleaners in city.
Phone 496 Blue.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-02

our Foundry is in operation. and
we are making fine castings of all
kin Is, we have few hitch weights
in stock TO move quick.
Jones-Evereff Machine Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-02
WANTS TRIP INVESTIGATED.

What's the matter with the gas?
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-04-29
Second Body Found In Creek.

Spa creek gave up the second of the
bodies TO he dual mystery that has
banled the Annapolis. Md, police an.
thorities for nearly two weeks past,
when the body of Miss Alice Shores.
who disappeared with her younger sis.
ter, Mrs. Dora II. White. on the night
OF April 5. and whose body was re
covered on Sunday. came TO the sur
face
Whether the women came to their
deaths by drowning by accident or
suicidal intent or BY violence is still
being probed by the authorities.
Though the face of Miss Shores
bears several pronounced marks Of
discoloration. nothing in the way -
the severe bruises as marked the face
and neck OF Mrs White was discov.
cred when the body was taken from
the water
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-04-29
Why So Weak?
Kidney Trouble May be Sapping Your
Life Away. Snow Hill People
Have Learned This Fact.

When healthy man or woman begins
to run down without apparent cause.
becomes weak. languid. depressed, suf-
fers backache. headache, dizzy spells
and urinary disorders, kidney weakness
may be the cause of il all. Keep the
kidneys we'll and they will keep you
well. Doan's Kidney Pills make sick
kidneys well. Can Snow Hill readers
demand further proof than the following
statement:
Mrs. Carroll Hastings. Back St.. Prin-
cess Anne. Nd, says 'For about
seven years | was afflicted with kidney
disease and during that time suffered
severely. was so weak that could
hardly drag myself around and ! also
suffered from headaches and pains
through my loins. Finally the kidney
secretions became unnatural and caused
me much annoyance. My case steadily
grew worse until | learned Of Doan's
Kidney Pills and began taking them.
They so completely freed me from back
ache that it has never returned and the
other Affections have been greatly
relieved. can recommend Doan's Kid
ney Pills as a reliable remedy for the
kidneys"
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents,
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York,
sole agents for United States.
Remember the name-Doan's, and
take no other
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-04-29
Steel Earnings Decrease.

The United States Steel corporation
reports earnings for the quarter end
ing March 81. of 1858. 203
This compares with S25.990.97S for
the quarter ended Dec. 81; s37. 1866. 1877
for the quarter ended Sept 30. 1910.
and s37Gl6.S76 for the quarter ended
March 81. 1910.
The regular quarterly dividends
were declared on preferred and com.
mon stock. The report gives the net
earnings Of the corporation for the
quarter ending March 81 at s20,00l.-
SIT.
The board of directors reelected all
the old officers with the exception OF
w. b. Dickson. who resigned his pc.
sition as vice president some toge ago.
His place was not filed.
Former Judge Ebert II. Gary, chair.
man of thu United States Steel cor.
poration, authorized a denial of stoiy
that in the near future he would re.
tire from the head of that organiza.
ton.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-04-29
SUPPOSEDLY DEAD
WOMAN REEVES
RegainS Consciousness as I'm.
dertdkeT Enters.

A remarkable instance Of suspend.
ed animation occurred at Upper lie.
high. near Freeland, Pa, when Mrs.
Patrick Mcclure was restored to life
after the undertaken had arrived to
prepare the body for burial.
Mrs. Mcclure, who is sixty.three
years old. had been III for the last
two weeks. Her physician. DR.. Henry
NJ. Neale. informed the family of the
gravity of the case and advised them
10 send for absent members of the
family. This was done and. surround
cd by her six children. the woman ap
parently died.
The husband arrived in Freeland.
engaged an undertaken and gave or.
ders for opening the family cemetery
plot for the reception Of the body
Two boys were with the body at home
meantime. and while grieying over the
inanimate form one of the boys felt
tremor of the body. He told his broth.
er Of the occurrence. and they appeal.
ed to neighbors. who rubbed and ma.
nipulated the body vigorously.
As the undertaken appeared in the
door the woman opened her eyes and
rapidly gained strength She became
fully conscious and is now able TO re.
cogniAe her family. though she Ia still
very weak.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-04-29
Divided Victory In Catholic Case.

The first OF the pending decisions
In the Catholic church cases in
Pottsville. Pa. brought by the late
Archbishop Ryan. was made when
Judge Bechtel informally stated from
the bench that the three county judges
are unit as TO the law governing the
conduct OF Catholic cemeteries.
The decision is that the lay mem
bers of the congregations. under the
laws of Pennsylvania. have superyis.
ion over all such cemeteries. and can
manage the financial affairs, hire the
grave diggers. etc.
But on the question OF who is 10 be
buried IN consecrated ground. the
count holds thar the priest alone has
authority. nd that lay members can.
not decide whether person has been
in good standing in the church so as
TO eniille him or her to burial in a
Catholic cemetery.
This is divided victory for the
parties 10 the suit.