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The Republican., 1925-06-11
PERSONAL AND LOCAL
NOTES OF INTEREST

Mr., j. NJ. Falkenstein and members
of his family visited relatives in Terra
Alta Sunday afternoon.
Miss Margaret burst, of Keyser,
West Va, spent a few hours Monday
in Oakland with relatives.
Mr.. H. G. Custer, of Jennings, was
in Oakland Thursday last when he
called at The Republican office.
Mrs. Harry L. McComas returned to
Oakland Monday morning from Balti-
more, where she had spent few days
with relatives.
DR.. W. D. Reed and members Of his
family arrived in Oakland Monday to
occupy their summer home located or
the outskirts Of town.
Mr.. John L. Harvey, one of the
residents of the Ryan's Glade section
of the county, visited Oakland or
business last Thursday.
Mr.. Judson Loar, i'll for several
weeks as the result Of an infection OF
his finger, is now much better and is
able to be out of the house.
Former County Treasurer Robert
l.. Fries, of near GAINESVILLE, visited
Oakland yesterday for the first time
in a number of months.
The Republican., 1925-06-11
NOTICE NOTICE
SEALED PROPOSALSSEALED PROPOSALS
N OF ICE

To Be Received by The Board of
Education for the Abandoned
School Building in the Town
of Deer Park, Garrett County,
Maryland.
The Republican., 1925-06-11
THURSDAY. JUNE 25, 1925,

as necessary for: CD Heating plant,
ETC.; (2) Water supply, ETC.; (3) Two
toilets, etc, the same to be installed
in the public school building located
in the town of Grantsville, Garrett
County, Maryland.
Complete specifications of the
above work are on file in the office of
The Board of Education of Garrett
County, Court House, Oakland, Md,
open to any interested bidders or
parties or copy thereof will be sent
upon request to any one interested.
All sealed proposals or bids are to
be accompanied by certified check
for $250.00.
The Board of Education reserves
the right t, reject any or all bids.
F. E. RATHBUN, Secretary,
Adv. 16-2t. Oakland, Nd
The Republican., 1925-06-11
Solicited by the Board of Educa-
ton for Heating, Plumbing,
etc, Grantsville School
Building

Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Education of Garrett Coun-
ty, Nd, will receive at its office in the
Court House, Oakland, Nd, sealed
proposals or bids for the supplying of
the necessary supplies, equipment,
ETC., and installation thereof, until
II O'clock noon. of
The Republican., 1925-06-11

Mr.. and Mrs. R. H. Armstrong mo-
tored to their former home in Pitts
burgh, Pa, last Friday evening where
they spent several days with relatives
and friends.
AS he was ahghting from a train
in Oakland Monday morning, Capt.
James A. Hayden sprained his ankle
so severely that he had to return to
his home in the Park in an automo-
bile.
Franklin E. Rathbun, of Oakland
was here Friday and attended the
contest between the literary societies
as one of the judg es. Mr.. Rathbun is
the Superintendent of Schools of Gar
rett county.-Kingwood Journal.
The work of tarring and repairing
the State roads in the vicinity of Oak
land is now under way, the contract
having been awarded Baltimore firm
some weeks ago. This firm has COM
pleted oiling the Friendsville and
Keyser Ridge roads.
Messrs. S. w. Bittinger and Gus
tavus Stanton, the latter accompanied
by his son, were in Oakland Tuesday
attending court as witnesses in a Grim
inal proceeding against one of the
Fiddler brothers who was recently ar
rested and jailed in conectionn with
the series of robberies committed in
the Bittinger section of the county,
and whose case was heard Tuesday
| by the Court.
The Republican., 1925-06-11

Notice is hereby given, that The
Board of Education of Garrett county,
Md, will receive at its office in the
Court House, Oakland, Md, sealed
proposals or bids for the purchase of
the abandoned two-story, two-room,
frame school building, located in Deer
Park, Garrett county Maryland, until
1900 o'clock noon, of
The Republican., 1925-06-11
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1925.

The abandoned school building
which is herewith offered for sale is
the one now being used for school
purposes in Deer Park which has now
been replaced by a modern, two-story
brick structure.
Possession Of the building is to be
given by July I, 1925, and is to be
moved from the premises of The
Board of Education by August 15,
1925, the moving of the building to
include the removal of the founda-
ton, trash, debris, etc.
The Board of Education reserves
the right to reject any and all bids.
F. r. RATHBUN, Secretary.
16-2t.
The Republican., 1925-06-11

A corps of engineers until recently
engaged with the Oakland office of the
General Construction Corporation, has
been transferred to the Friendsville
section where they will be engaged in
completing preliminary survey be-
gun some months ago.
The Republican., 1925-06-11

Justice of the Peace J. L. Taylor, Of
Terra Alta, was in Oakland yesterday
on business.
New Britain herald., 1925-08-19
DISPUTE
 COMING UP IN COUNCIL
Disagreement Over Maintaining stand on Commercial Street
 Committee Visits Mayor.

A movement started by some Of the city's longer established express companies 10 do away with the Com mcrcial street expreSsmen's stand will be fought by a majority of those concerned. a committee which visit ed the office of Mayor A. NJ. Paon- essa this morning declared. "rhe committee was assured that Council man David l.. Nair, chairman Of the ordinance committee. will also go on record as opposed.
 A resolution to abolish the stand is expected at a meeting of the com mon council tonight, and if it is re- ceived will be referred 10 the or dinance committee. That committee will hear the expressmen and report hack al the next common council meeting.
 Councilman Nair today character ized the movement as an unwarrant- ed attempt by some Of the more prosperous expressmen 10 drive out of business their less fortunate com petitcrs. Many of the smaller busi- ness men have no telephones in their homes and unless they have a regu- lar stand will be deprived of much business, they complained.
New Britain herald., 1925-08-19
32 Dead and More Than 40 Others On Dan
 ger List Following Explosion on Steamer
 Mackinac In Narragansett Bay - Many of The 677 Passengers Trapped by Clouds of Live Steam-Harrowing Scenes of Suffering.
By The Associated Press

Newport R. l Aug 19-Lve steam that poured over 677 eXcursonsts aboard the steamer Macknac in Naagansett bay late yesterday afternoon today had claimed the lives of 32 persons while Il others badly scaded that fear was e tor their lives Many less seriously burned and one persons was reported missing
 EnveOped In Steam
 Groups Of merymakers the steamer were startled by hSsng sound and surgng of the decks about 15 minutes alter they had put out from Newport for their return voyage to PaWucket In instant cloud of steam enveloped the vessel crowds rushed for the railing many jumped overheard while almost all of those below decks were believed to have lost their lives or to have been seriously burned.
 No Loud Explosion
 There was no loud report such usually accompanies an explosion and the of the disaster remained mystery today Conflicting reports said the ships boiler had burst and that steam pipes had been broken An official investigation started.
 Most of the eXcursonsts from Pawtucket and Proyi dence, R. l., and from Attleboro Mass
 Investigation Under Way
 The effort to determine the of the explosion which poured cloud of live steam the 677 excusons aboard was started when State Boiler Inspectors Richard Bailey and John A. Brooke and the state inspector of hus boarded the vessel to inspect the shattered engine room Later they will question Captain Thomas McVey who commanded the steamer
 Death Toll Grows Hourly
 Every passing hour today sWeled the death toll of the disaster At the naval hospital at Newport naval training sta ton where most of the critically scaded taken physicians round Hew deaths in the accident wards almost every visit was stated by hospital officials that the number of dead would probably mount to almost 50.
New Britain herald., 1925-08-19
Explanation of Newport General Manager of Steam Excursion Tragedy
 ship Company Gives His
SEC. HOOVER CALLS
 FOR INVESTIGATION

Pawtucket, R. l.. Aug. 1s P)-- .The bursting of large pipe or mud drum in the bottom of the boiler of the steamer Mackinac was the cause of the disaster yesterday which killed 32 eXcursionists at Newport and scalded scores of others, George J. Kelley. general manager of the Blackstone Valley Transportation company, owners of the vessel, an nOunced today.
 Boiler Was Strong
 Investigation revealed, he said, no weakness in the main boiler. He de- cared that after Chief Engineer Grant had reported slight repairs 10 the boiler necessary yesterday salI- ing was hold Up until all was pro- nouncod safe. The delay amounted 10 about 45 minutes. Passengers were not permitted aboard until half an hour after the secduled sail- ing time.
 Frederick Lavalee. 21 year old waiter reported missing last night, this morning telephoned his mother here he would be home today.
New Britain herald., 1925-08-19
MURDER WITNESSES
 DESCRIBE SLAYERS
Three Who Saw Hance and Wife Shot Give Im-
 pOrtant Evidence

Muncie, Ind, Aug. t9 (Pl--A red motor car which stopped on the Middletown pike. near where Ben Hance and his wife were being shot to death last Friday, did not con- tain members of the George "Dutch" Anderson gang.
 A resident of 2 nearby city and his two sons were passing al the time and stopped when they heard the first shot, they testified at q coroner's inquest into the Hance deaths. They gave minute dcscrir- tons of the gunman and his com panion.
 The driver of inc rcd car has de- rlined 10 reveal his identity fearing his testimony would bring reprisals from the Cunmen.
 Police had thought the machine had contained other members Of the Anderson gang, whose leader was accused by the dying Hance of the double murder.
New Britain herald., 1925-08-19
Middle West Rauqged By Fierce
 Storms, Damage Fully q Million

was caused by storms in Iowa. Pas sengers on a Rock Island train were injured when windows were shattered as the train moved through the storm area near Brigh- ton. In Cedar Rapids, Iowa, light ming struck power plant. causing a Sc5,000 fire.
 At Mount Pleasant 6 storm that levelled corn fields, broke windows, demolished concessions at a fair and killed many hogs and sheep, damage was estimated at SI5o, 900.
 Guernsey reported damage aggre- gating S10O,00O.
 At North English. a hall storm destroyed corn fields in a path 6 miles wide. At Fairfield, hall and wind caused damage of Sl5O,0o0 breaking windows and lowering growing crops.
 Corn Crop Ruind
 Washington reported an almost total destruction of the corn crop in sections south and west of the city.
 A dozen cities in Kansas reported temperatures above the century mark. At Topeka. where the mer- cury reached 1o5, Colonel ]. W. F. Hughes fried eggs on the street car rails. Emporia was the hottest point in the country with 1O6, while Newton also registered 1O5. High temperatures prevailed in central Missouri with the official reading at Jefferson City an even 100.
New Britain herald., 1925-08-19
Hail Storms Size of Hen's Eggs, Couple of Hurri- cane Line Winds, Rage Crops -- MurphysbOrO, Ravaged by Tornado, Also Suffers Heavily

Chicago, Aug, 19 lPl-The wealth CT has returned 10 the first page in inc middle west.
 While a rival of the early July heat wave sent the mercury sky rocketing to record heights in parts of Kansas and Missouri, severe wind and hail storms ploughed destruc- tive courses through southeastern day for the heat belt where yester- day. Bringing vivid memories of the tornado disaster of mid March.
 Fry Eggs on Car Rails
 Cooler weather was predicted to- day for the heat belt where yestcr- day it was possible to fry eggs on street car rails.
 Damage to crops and property estimated in the neighborhood of $1,000, ,0On was caused by rain. wind and hail in Iowa and Illinois. At places the hail was the size Of hens eggs. The greatest devastation was in western McDonough county,
 
 ed at S50o,0OO 10 $S00.oQ0 over 200 square miles Corn was beaten down by the hail, thousands of win doWs were shattered in BlandsviIe and Colchester. and wire service was demoralized.
 Murphysboro Damaged
 Murphysboro. barely recovering from its elemental disaster of last March, suffered So0,pp0 damage in a wind storm, which strangely start ed at the same hour as the March tornado. 8 p. m. The roof of a school house was blown 200 yards and the sidewalks razed. The city was with out electric light service last night. The spire of St. Mary's Catholic church ar Paris. Iihnois, vas struck by lightning
 Big Losses fin Iowa
 Damage estimated at s45o,0eO
New Britain herald., 1925-08-19
BANDITS AGAIN ACTIVE
Trio of Motor Thieves Who Have TerroriEed Worcester District Held Up Taxi Man This Morning

Worcester, Mass. Aug. 19 tPl- Following close upon information received by the police during the night that John Troy had rejoined his gang of alleged automobile bandits and that the notorious Troy Britt -Derosier triumvirate is formidably armed, came the report of the attempted daylight holdup of taxi driver here early today.
 After firing one shot the bandits, who were in a touring car, drove off in the direction Of Millbury. The taximan. who is believed to have been armed, gave chase but the newsboys who were delivering pa pers in the vicinity at the time say the bandit car when last seen was drawing away from the taxi over the Grafton street hill.
 The taxi driver at s:sO had made no report to the police
New Britain herald., 1925-08-19
Auto Bandit Steals Mail
 Pouch ThOwn From Train

Waukegan, III, Aug. 19 (Pl-An unusual mail robbery at Highwood. near here. was disclosed today when it was learned that a pouch of regis tered mail thrown from a Chicago & Northwestern train rushing through the village. was snatched up by man who leaped into an automobile and escaped.
 The postmaster at HiEhwood said the registered mail received at his office often contain as much as s4,0oo. The sheriff at waukegan was notified and a search Is being made for the the thief.
New Britain herald., 1925-08-19
POLAR FLIGHT ABANDONED
 BY M'M|LLAN'S EXPEDITION
MRS. KOPECz FREE ON
 MANSLAUGHTER COUNT
Andrezczyk Held Under S1,000 Bond For Jur-
 kOwski's Death

Frank Andrezczyk of no Grove street was held for the September session of superior court under S1,000 bonds by Judge William C. Hungerford In police court this morning when he was arraigned for hearing on a charge ot manslauChter in connection with the death August [ of Alex Jurkowski at the New Britain General hospital. Mrs. Stanislaw Kopecz of 40 Grove street, arraigned with Andrczc2yk on the same charge, was discharged, Judge Hungertord asying that he did not think it probable that the part she played in the affair had any thing to do with Jurkowski's death.
 Andrezczyk and JurkoWski went to the house at 40 Grove street where Androzczyk lives on the morn ing of August , about 10 o'clock, according to the testimony this morning, spending the time there drinking until the early afternoon when Jurkowski is reported to have become drunk and noisy and was ordered out of the house hy Mrs. Kopocz. He refused to leave and 2 tussle started between him and Andrezczyk when the latter attempt ed to force him to leave.
 Witnesses told the court that inc two men were on the rear porch of the house when, after few blows had been struck, they grappled each other and pitched over the porch railing to tho ground. After landing on the ground. AndrezCzvk is said to have shook .Turllowski fin an effort to make him gnt up. and then tried to lift him 10 his feet, letting him fall again after )ftinG him short distance and finding himself unequal to the task of carrying him.
 Jurkowski was left lying on the ground and about five minutes later Mrs. Kopecz came from the hous" and it was alleged after giving the rrostrate man q fow kicks tn walk" him up, she pokcd him with an nm brella, telling him to get ur and ont of her vard The man failed to move and a, short time later Patro'- man Charles Anderson arrived and arrested Jurkowsli on a charge ot drunkenness. After romatninG in 2 cell from ahout 3 o'clorlI in the aft crnoon until II o'clock th1t might, the man began to complain of pains and was removed 10 the hospital aft er q doctor had examined hlm ana recommended his removal
 Sergeant Patrick I. O'Mara then took ur the investigation of the ease and after listening to the stori'" ot several witnesses. AndrozczNk va arrested on q charge of assault The assault charge was nolled hv Prose cutor Joseph c. Woods yesterday morning and the manSauShfor charge substituted, The woman vas arrested Monday night.
 Medical Examiner Waterman Lyon said that Jurllowski had died of q runtured spleen. the discovery heinz made when hc performed an autopsy after his death at the hos pital Judge William r. Mangan' who with Attorney Lawrence Colon anrearcd for the defendants brought out in cross eXaD1ination that it would take heavy kick to cause 2 rupture of the spleen, and the doctor said that from the testi- mony given, he did not think that any of the kicks the man received
New Britain herald., 1925-08-19
Panic Is AyCrtcd

Hysteria bordering on panic. at first gripped the crowd on the ves- sel, but soon rescuers were seen put ting out from the naval training sta tion, which was only about a mile away from the scene of the disaster. The passengers, many of them wo- men and children, calmed and it was not long before a steady stream of survivors were being rushed to the Naval hospital and to a Red Cross relief station in Washington square, the heart Of Newport. The death toll did not begin to mount until after midnight, but then there was scarcely an hour until noon to- day when additional deaths were not reported.
 A number Of children were among the injured and hospitals reported that some of them were waiting for their mothers to claim them,
 Trapped in Engineroom
 Boatsmen who rushed to the res cue said screaming women and chil- 1ren hung over the rails enveloped in the Vapor many of them badly burned. Joseph Levalley. a fire man, was trapped In the engineroom and killed instantly. Whether all of those who jumped overheard had been rescued could not be ascer- tainei.
 The Mackinac, after the disaster, was lowed to Sullivan's wharf here after she had been grounded by her captain, George w. McVay, who also commanded the ill-fated Larchmont when she sank off Watch Hill light in l9O7 with between 125 and l75 passengers on board. He was ex- onerated of all blame in that dis aster by United States steamboat inspectors of the New London dis trict. As the Mackinac lay at the wharf today there was little ex- ternal evidence of the fact that she had dealt death and injury 10 so many. She was hardly damaged on the outside, although the steam had mutilated her interior and furnishings.
 This afternoon the pleasure ship was lowed 10 Providence where she will be placed in dry dock for re- pairs.
 Virtually every member of the Naval hospital staff was on duty throughout last night and today and they were aided in their task of caring for their painfully burned pa tients by nurses from the City hos pital, the Red Cross, Sisters of the Cenacle and the White Sisters. The Naval hospital Is permitted 10 care for civilian patients only in an emer- gency. and it was reported that as soon as the survivors were able 10 be transferred they would be taken 10 the City hospital.
 Alfred Breault of Pawtucket was another man reported missing today.
 Tragedy Near shore
 The accident happened within q stones throw Of the naval hospital, less than 100 yards from shore otherwise the casualty list would have been trebled. passengers on the boat said today.
 The excursionists, most Of them from Pawtucket and Providence, R l., were returning from a vacation voyage 10 Newport. A patch on the boiler, which had been placed there just before the departure of ths boat, gave way, exploding the boil, CT and throwing the passengers into
New Britain herald., 1925-08-19
Mellon Asks That Case
 of Reeme Be Dropped

Washington, Aug 19 tPl-Secre- tary Mellon has asked that prosecu- tion of Will K. Reeme at Kansas .City on ground that he had threat tened Mir. Mellon, be dropped.
 Bceme, dry crusader, charged that Mir. Mellon with failure 10 en- force prohibition. but since his ar. rest treasury officials said he had come convinced that the secretary Is faithfully endeavoring to uphold the law, They added that Reeme be- lieved his original idea as to Mir. Melons unfitness was based on statements of political opponents,
New Britain herald., 1925-08-19
, chaotic state.
 Loaded to Caparity

Loaded to Capacity
 Captain Thomas McVey, c Paw tucket, skipper of the stricken yes sel, said the boat was travelling 1b knots an hour. its fullest speed and was loaded to Its capacity. At the time of the accident he was in the pilot house with Captain Ben Thomas, the pilot and Herbert Spenard quartermaster and wireless operator, the latter two from Provi- dence.
 In a statement made 10 the Asso. ciated Press shortly after the acci- dent, Captain McVey said T was in the pilot house with Pilot Thomas and Quartermaster Spenard when we heard a concussion aft. This was followed immediately by the hissing or escaping steam and the entire vessel was enveloped with a steam ing mist. Then the engines stopped suddenly and l gave the wheel a yank and headed 1t to the beach. where its own momentum grounded it shortly after"
 No Panic Occurs
 Passengers who described the scene said 1t was one of tremendous confusion but no panic developed. A distress call was immediately sent out by the wireless operator and launches from the Al naval ships at anchor in the cove rushed to the rescue.
 Passengers on the two lower decks were the victims, observers said, especially those amidship near the boiler room. Those on the top deck for the most part, escaped with minor injuries. While the en- tire scene was one of confusion there was no panic and the com mands Of the officers were opeyed 10 the letter by the stricken pas sengers, those who came out un- scratched said today.
 Rush for the Rails
 Immediately there was & rush for the rails. Two men are known to have jumped overheard and were picked up by passing boats. Others climbed 10 the gunwales and at- tempted to reach the top deck. Helping hands were lowered 10 aid them in their rush to safety. Boats were lowered when 1t was thought the craft was going to sink while life mats and deck gear was tossed overheard with reckless abandon,
 Captain McVey said that he heard a report and that soon after the pilot house was so enveloped by steam that he could not see any part of his ship. As soon as the cloud cleared he said he headed the Mackinac for the shore. where he beached her to prevent sinking.
 Suddenly Entrapped
 Many of the victims failed to hear the report and their first warning was the swift rush of deadly steam which trapped them. Those who saw the disaster ashore described & large burst of black smoke which shot from the steamer, This was followed by the steam which ens veloped the ship to such a degree that she could not be seen fren shore. AS Captain Mcvey beached the ship. the navy launch sent out by the battleship Wyoming. the scout cruisers Denver and Raleigh. the tender Dobbin and scores of torpedo boat destroyers swarpned tcontinued en Pass Ter