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Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-15
Rancher
Dies Suddenly

Takusahura Nakamura. 46, died
yesterday at his home three miles
southwest of FL Centre after an ILL
ness of six months duration. He
suffered from heart ailment.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed from the Buddhist church to-
morrow afternoon at 2 O'Clock with
interment to take place at Ever
green cemetery.
He was born in Japan and made
his home in California for the last
% years.
His survivors are his widow and
five children. Three of the chill
dren are in Japan and two reside
here,
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-15

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Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-15
BEAVERS MEET TRAIN

LOCKES MILLS. Me, (U.P)--
Five beavers meet the o'clock train
here each night and later loiter
around the post office. The post
master has suggested that maybe
they're waiting for their mail.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-15
SORORITY SELLS PEANUTS

CORTLAND, N. Y, (U.P)-Mem-
bers Of the Clionian Sorority Of
Cortland Normal school have turned
TO peanut vending to fill the soror-
ity's treasury.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-15

Neyada's best crop last year was
hay worth S7439 600 Cattle, val
ued at $4.843.0OO, came second
sheep and lambs third.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-15

in mountains; cooler east portion
Tuesday; moderate west winds off
shore.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-07-02
GIRL FINDS FATHER HERE AFTER BELIEVING HIM DEAD

Monday morning, the place Of meeting
being at Red House, to which point
Mr.. Browning had gone to meet a
Greyhound bus which had brought his
daughter to him from her Kentucky
home.
Mr.. Browning is well known thru
out Garrett county and will be remem-
bered as former County Superinten-
dent of Schools. He is now Justice
of the Peace with Offices in the Dixon
building on Liberty street.
Miss Browning is a teacher in the
schools of Louisville. She was edu-
Gated in Baltimore but has been in
the Kentucky city for number of
years. She will remain here for an
indefinite period before returning to
her home.
The happy father and daughter are
inseparable. They spend great part
of their time visiting sections of the
county where their ancestor, Meshach
Browning, roamed for so many years
as frontiersman and hunter of big
game.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-07-02
YOUTHS BODY IS FOUND
AFTER ALL-NICHT SEARCH
Martin FiIsinger, II, Drowned In
Deep Creek Lake When Seized
With Cramps Monday Night
TO BE BURIED TODAY

The body of Martin Filsinger
was recovered from Deep Creek
Lake, Tuesday morning at $3.50
o'clock after an all-night search
had been made by a group of
men following the drowning of
the youth late Monday night.
Filsinger was II years of age
and was the son of Mrs. Pearl
Casteel Filsinger-Durst, former
ly of Oakland, but now a resi-
dent Of Dry Run, near Swanton, and
had been visiting relatives and friends
who reside along the shore of Deep
Creek Lake near Glendale bridge when
the tragedy occurred. He was SWIM
ming with a company of boys about
ten o'clock Monday evening. Upon be-
ing seized with a cramp he called to
his companions for help, it was stated
by Elmer Haulenbeek, ST., member
of the searching party.
It is said that another youth in an
endeavor to rescue young Filsinger
narrowly escaped drowning.
The search for the body of the boy
was continued throughout Monday
night and was sighted the following
morning at nine o'clock by Earl Har-
vey, of Sand Flat, who saw the body
at the bottom of the sloping shore of
the lake in about ten feet of water and
about ten feet from the waters edge.
1t is evident that Filsinger suffered
a cramp while in the water as his body
was drawn in an unnatural position
and was quite rigid when found.
The remains were taken to the home
of John Green, Dry Run, near Swan
ton, by William Winterberg, under
taker from Grantsville and there pre-
pared for burial. The funeral service
will be held at the Green home this af-
ternoon at two o'clock.
The youth is survived by his step
father and mother, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
burst, and by two brothers, Paul and
Edward Filsinger, and by two sisters,
Marie. and Catherine Filsinger. Two
half brothers and two half-sisters
also survive.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-07-02
CANNING COMPANY BEGUN
OPERATIONS ON, TUESDAY
$50 People Given Employment !;
Pea and Corn Crops Are Ex-
pected to be Abundant

With seventy-five men, women and
boys employed, the Mount Airy Can
ming Company's plant at Mountain
Lake Park went into operation on
Tuesday, commencing what is expect
ed to be six-weeks' continuous run
on peas.
The force of employees at the plant
has grown to $50 men, women and
boys this morning, which number will
be kept busy during the entire can
ming season, it was stated by Howard
Reinhardt, manager of the plant.
Six hundred and ninety acres of
land is being used this year through
out the county for the production of
peas, and providing the crop proves
as abundant as is now anticipated, the
company will can approximately
$4,000 cases, Mr.. Reinhardt said.
The corn season will follow close
upon the pea season and will provide
employment for a large number of
people for an additional period of time
which cannot now be determined as
the corn has not developed suffi-
GENTLY to enable an estimate being
made as to the yield.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-07-02

Garrett county has at least one
extremely happy man and one happy
young woman within her borders to-
day. 'r4.
The story:
After having believed her father
dead for twenty years or more, Miss
Edith Browning, "a years old, met
with an individual whom she now
calls a "real friend" at her home in
Louisville, Kentucky, along about
Eastertime, who, in the course of a
conversation unknowingly mentioned
the name of her father, Mr.. Edward
A. Browning, now II years Of age,
and after comparing notes and MAX
ing an investigation, Miss Browning
was soon convinced that she had been
misinformed and was happy to think
that she might see her parent still
alive.
The young woman lost no time in
getting into communication with her
father and after establishing one an
others identity, she arrived in Oak
land, the place Of her nativity, on
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-07-02
ALLECANY COUNTY JURY TRYING MRS. ROSA ZELDA FOR
KILLING HUSBAND FINDS VERDICT OF MANSLAUCHIER
Jury Deliberated From Yesterday Afteroon Until 1880
O'clock This Morning In Case Removed From Garrett
County-State Dismsses Case Against Mrs. Carrie Hair
vey, Indicted Jointly With Mrs. Zelda.

At eleveny o'clock this morning the jury before whom
Zelda had tried for the murder of her husband
Mike Fed February last at the Zelda home Wilson
Station Garrett county, and removed for trial to the Agany
County Circuit Court rendered verdict of mansaughter after
having deliberated since early yesterday afternoon.
The verdict of the jury carries with penalty ranging from
fine of $780, two years in the county Jail ten the
pententiary.
In the Mrs Carrie Harvey indicted jointly with Mrs.
Zelda in causing the death the atter husband the State
tered plea guilty and the charge against her dismissed
by the Court.
is said that majority of the jurors the Zelda
inclined bring in verdict of second degree murder but those
avorng the lighter penalty them and the verdict
above set out rendered.
Testimony in the completed at HOO o'clock yesterday
morning by the State and denense counsel continued with
examination of witnesses for time aterwar when the
given to the jury.
Chief Judge D. Lndley Sloan in his instructions said the
could return any of five verdcts O Murder in the first de-
gree 2 Murder in the first degree without capital punishment
() Murder the second Degree az Guilty of mansaughter
not guilty of MURDER (5) Not guilty.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-07-02
Bon Ton Confectionery Is Being
RemOdeled

By cutting away partition in the
Gender building w. A. Gender, pro-
prietor of the Bon Ton Confectionery,
is enabled to enlarge his place of bust
ness considerably and add to it dane
ing floor, and a kitchen.
In remodeling the interior of the
business room, the proprietor will add
several booths, placing four of them
in the main room, 10 on the balcony,
and on the dance floor.
A Capehart automatic monograph
with wall boxes for the control of
the machine will be available for
dancing at all hours and is being in
stalled at cost of $1,000, it is said.
A kitchen is being added for the
preparation of light lunches and regu-
lar dinners to be served at all hours
At least two weeks time will be re-
quired before the newly acquired part
of the room will be ready for use.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-07-02
AMBROSE MATTINGLY, A
RECLUSE, FOUND DEAD
His NOnappearance Led a Neigh
Dor To Find His Body

Having noted his nonappearance for
several days, Harry Helbig, neigh
Dor, upon investigating the disap-
pearance of Ambrose Mattingly, an
aged recluse residing in small dwell
ing located on Route 81 at the north
edge of Oakland, peered through a
window of the building and saw him
lying dead on the floor.
The dead man, who had lived life
of seclusion for a number of years,
had upon number of occasions housed
himself against the rest of the world
and would not be seen by his nearest
neighbors for a week or more at a
time, hence his absence did not raise
suspicion in the minds of those ac-
quainted with him that anything of
serious nature had befallen him.
Upon one other occasion he was dis
covered by Mr.. Helbig in seriously
weakened condition due to illness and
lack of food, although he was a man
with sufficient money laid by to sup
ply his meagre wants. He was last
seen alive on Friday, when he was in
his yard surrounding his home.
States Attorney w. w. Dawson and
Sheriff w. H. Haenftling made an in
vestigation into the, cause of death.
After forcing their way into the
dwelling and making an examination
of the surroundings an inquest was
deemed unnecessary and the body was
taken in charge by Undertaken Boil
den. He had been dead two or three
days in the opinion of the undertaken.
It is said that Mr.. Mattingly's age
was between 10 and 80 years. He had
never married and had lived peculi-
arly quiet life.
Funeral services were conducted on
Wednesday morning in st. Peters
Catholic church, interment being made
in the church cemetery here.
He is survived by one sister, Mrs.
Raymond Mattingly, of Kingwood, w.
Va, who was here to attend the fun
eral, her husband being detained at
home on account of illness.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-07-02
THREE MEN ARE HELD FOR
SERIES OF ROBBERIES
Are Said To Have Operated In
County Several Months

Three alleged robbers were appre-
hended on Sunday and Monday by
Deputy Sheriff Clarence Spear and
several fellow officers, when George
L. Beeman, of near Frostburg, and
Dennis Long and Branson Brady,
both of Deer Park, were arrested and
confined in the Oakland Jail and in
the Petersburg wv. Va.) Jail.
The three men are said to have OPP
Grated in Garrett county for the past
two months at least and stand charged
with entering and burglarizing Har-
vey & Ream's store at Mountain Lake
Park and the James Walter service
station and Warnick's general store
at Deer Park, besides the Virgil Stey-
err store at Steyer. Garrett county.
Beeman was taken into custody at
Frostburg at 400 o'clock Sunday
morning by Deputy Sheriff Spear, in
company with Sheriff Kimmell, of
Grant county, West Va, who wanted
Beeman on warrants charging him
with having committed crimes of a
like nature in West Virginia, and as
the Garrett county officer had no con-
vincing evidence at the time that Bee
man is guilty as charged in the war
rant, turned him over to the Sheriff
from West Virginia, who took him to
Petersburg.
Long and Brady were taken into
custody on Monday and are being held
in the Oakland Jail for the action of
the grand jury at the September term
of Court.
Since the apprehension Of the three
men is has been alleged that they
were implicated in series of robber-
les extending over a period of sew
eral months and also with the theft of
an automobile belonging to a Frost
burg resident which was located by an
officer at Terra Alta, West Va, back
of the high school building in that
town.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-07-02
Sailed For Scotland to Visit
Relatives

Mr.. Robert Gemmell, who has been
in the employ of the H. Weber & Sons
Company, local florists for many
years, left Oakland Friday night for
New York City and on Saturday he
sailed on the Mauretania for a visit
of several months with relatives in
Scotland and England. Mr.. Gemmell
visited Scotland just before the World
War and when hostilities between this
nation and Germany began he exrer-
fenced considerable difficulty in seeur-
ing passage home.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-07-02
Manhattan Tea Room Opened
Yesterday Evening

Charles D. Bosley, proprietor of
the Manhattan Hotel, announced the
opening of the Manhattan Tea Room
in connection with the hotel at light
luncheon and dance last evening.
The tea room is located adjacent
to the ball room and a menu covering
light lunches, regular dinners and re-
freshments has been prepared. An
electric .Capehart Automatic Amper-
ion is available at all times for dane
ing.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-07-02
2-DAY CELEBRATION BEGINS TOMORROW
MIR. GEO. HI. HANSTAND MISS
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Member of The Republican Staff
Marries Magazine Editor

Miss Pauline Johnson, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Lee johnson, of
Frametown, West Va, and George
H. Hanst, of Oakland, were quietly
married Saturday evening at 7:15
o'clock at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Weaver, Inwood, West Va,
miles south of Martinsburg, West
Va. Rev. ]. B. Bittinger, Gerards-
town, West Va, performed the cere-
mony in the presence of number of
close friends of the bride and groom.
The ceremony took place beneath
an arbor of roses on the lawn adjacent
to the Weaver home, the porch of
which was beautifully decorated with
flowers, tree bowers and lanterns.
The wedding march was played by
Mrs. Donald R. Sincell, sister of the
bridegroom, and Reeves Blandford, of
Emmittsburgh, Md, formerly of Oak
land, sang cat Dawning" Mrs.
Weaver was matron of honor and Mr..
Weaver was best man. Little Martha
Gold Clendenning, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Paul Clendenning, Bunker
Hill, Va, was flower girl.
Mrs. Hanst is a graduate of West
Virginia University, class of 1928, and
at present is one of the field editors
Of the Farmers Wife, national wo-
mans magazine published at St. Paul,
Mimi, having charge of the All page
and the girls page. She was home
demonstration agent for Richie coun-
ty, West Va, shortly after her grad
uation, and during her entire high
school and University life was closely
connected with All work in West Vir-
ginia. She is member of the Kappa
Kappa Gamma sorority.
Mr.. Hanst is also a graduate of
West Virginia University, class of
1927, where he was associated with
the Athenaeum, University publica-
ton, acting as managing editor in
1926 and editor in 1927. At present
he is associate editor of The Repub-
lican, with which newspaper he has
been connected in various capacities
for more than ten years, and since his
graduation in 1927 from the Univer-
sity has devoted his entire time in
the publication of this newspaper. Mr..
Hanst was one Of the honor men at
the University, being selected as a
"Mountaineer," the highest honor
conferred by the student body of the
institution.
Mr.. Hanst is the originator of
Scoops Column" and in this connec-
ton has became widely and favorably
known.
The bride wore gown of flesh col
ored mousseline de sole over pale
peach taffeta and veil of eggshell
toule, fastened at the neck with or
ange blossoms and carried shower
bouquet of sweetheart roses and for
get-me-nots.
The matron of honor wore green
organdie dress over taffeta and carried
an arm bouquet of snapdragons.
A reception was held on the lawn
and porch following the ceremony,
after which the couple left for motor
trip in the Catskill Mountains.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-07-02
American Legion Over Million
Mark in Members

A bulletin from State headquarters
this morning addressed to local
Legionaires stated that for the first
time in history the National member
ship of the Legion has gone over the
million mark. Proctor Kildow Post
is responsible for this in a meager
way by more than doubling its men,
bership during 1881. The member
ship of the Post in 1880 was 81, while
today it has 1O3 members.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-07-02
Fractures Arm in Fall From
Boat House at Lake

Donald Colaw, Crellin, received q
fractured left wrist and badly bruis-
ed hip when he attempted to dive into
Deep Creek Lake Saturday evening
from the top of boat house along the
shore line of the lake. Colaw slipped
on the roof of the house and fell upon
a rail surrounding the building at
water level.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-07-02
NUMEROUS ORGANIZATIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND
Affair Being Held Under Joint
Auspices of American Legion
and Volunteer Fire Department
BIG ATTRACTIONS LISTED

The Firemen's parade, consisting
of two bands, Junior drum corps, a
large number of fire departments
from the Tri-Towns, Frostburg, Mey-
ersdale, Terra Alta, Grantsville,
Friendsville, and other towns, will
start what is expected to be the lar
gest two-day celebration ever held in
Oakland. The parade will start
promptly at o'clock Friday evening
and will traverse the streets of Oak
land, ending at the show grounds on
Third street.
People are already beginning to
come in to Oakland for the two-day
event, and providing the intense heat
situation, which is causing much suf-
fering in the cities, it not broken by
tomorrow thousands of people are ex-
pected to spend the weekend here in
the mountains.
Banner Day on The Fourth
With amusements of all kinds, plen-
ty of shade and cool breeze, abun-
dance of pure mountain water, and re-
freshments on every hand, the Fourth
of July is expected to bring the lar
gest crowd Of people to this we'll
known mountain resort that has ever
before been present.
There will be no set program dur
ing the day, except shows, rides, con-
cessions, wheels, ETC., and band con-
cert on the celebration grounds at
2:30, but at o'clock p. M, a MANI
moth parade consisting of bands,
drum corps from all over this entire
section of country, several fire de-
partments, deliberately decorated
floats, Boy Scout troops, and other
organizations, and led by State Conf
mander George Henderson, American
Legion, and his aides, accompanied by
the city officials, will traverse the
streets of the town and Immediately
thereafter gather on the grounds to
make the night of the Fourth a glor-
ious affair.
Decorator In Town
The streets in the business district
as we'll as the residential section of
town will be appropriately decorated
by a professional in this line of work.
Fire Works Will Bring Program to
A Close
An abundance Of fireworks will
bring the celebration to close on
Saturday evening, after two big days
spent on the mountain top.
Many beautifully decorated floats
are being built today for the parades
and the organizations sponsoring
them are the Civic Club, American
Legion, Legion Auxiliary, the Rotary
Club, and several business houses.
The Public Health Association, under
the direction of Mrs. J. F. Fahey,
health nurse, is building float which
will be depicted a pre-school clinic.
This feature is expected to draw the
particular attention of the public.
The amusements at the celebration
grounds, in the most part are provided
for by the Keystone Attractions COM
pany, a Pittsburgh, Pa, amusement
organization, and their shows are
continuous.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-07-02
Planes to be at Deep Creek Lake

During the two-day celebration on
the mountain top and continuing until
Sunday evening several passenger
planes will be located along the shore
line of Deep Creek lake. The planes
will be located on the peninsula near
Rainbow Inn and will carry passen-
gers daily.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-07-02

taxing Cne SCanQ IN ner own
defense, Mrs. Rosa Zelda, So
year-old Garrett county woman,
charged with the murder of her
husband, Mike Zelda, last Febru-
airy 8, admitted Tuesday that
she bought poison on February
6 at an Oakland drug store, but
claimed she put the poison in a
bottle of moonshine liquor with
the intention of ending her own
life. Her husband drank the
liquor.
The case, removed from Garrett
county, was taken up Tuesday morn
ing before jury in Circuit Court at
Cumberland. with Chief Judge D.
Lindley Sloan and Judge Albert A.
Doub on the bench. The State COM
pleted it's case Tuesday afternoon and
several defense witnesses testified be-
fore court adjourned. The jury was
locked up for the night at the Algon-
quin hotel, in the custody of Deputy
Sheriff George Kemp.
Mrs. Zelda, who was the second de-
tense witness called, said she married
Zelda in 1905 and was the mother of
ten children, of whom three are liv-
ing. She said she loved her husband
and was griefstricken over the tragic
death. The woman admitted purchas-
ing a quantity of strychnine in Oak
land, at her husbands request, to kill
rats and squirrels about the home.
The accused woman said she placed
the poison in cupboard and two days
later, on Sunday, she was nervous and
depressed, and decided to take the
poison and kill herself. She testified
that she placed half of the poison in
a bottle of moonshine and threw the
remainder in the stove. Mrs. Zelda
said she put the poisoned liquor in the
inside pocket of coat of her de-
ceased brother, which was hanging
behind a door, in place her husband
never looked. Zelda, apparently dis
covered the liquor, she declared, and
drank it. -
Zelda was seized with cramps, she
declared, and she attempted to aid
him by giving him salt water, but he
succumbed before physician arrived
at the home, near Wilson's Station
Was Drug Addict
DIR. A. K. Fidler, of Kitzmiller, the
first defense witness, testified that he
treated Mrs. Zelda last October for
nervous disorder and had her commit
ted for several weeks to the state hos
pital for mental diseases, at Sykes
vile, Md. Defense council declared
that the woman was drug addict.
Drs. Thomas W. Koon and A. Leo
l Franklin, of Cumberland, testified
y that drug addict sometimes has sui
cidal tendencies when deprived of
drugs.
Relative Also Held
Pattie McRobie, brother of the
: accused woman, said he was at the
Zelda home when Mike Zelda became
i'll. He said he heard Zelda say "they
poisoned me. Rosa and Carrie did it. "
Mrs. Carrie Harvey, relative Of Mrs.
Zelda, was also indicted in connection
with Felda's death, and is charged
with procuring the moonshine which
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-07-02

was poisoned. McRobie testified that
he went for a physician after Zelda
became i'll.
Calvin Browning said that he talked
with "Aunt Jane" McRobie, 78-year-
Continued on Page 81
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-07-02

Harland Hardesty, Pittsburgh, ac-
companied by Andrew Harteck, were
guests of Mr.. Hardesty's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Hardesty, on Monday
and Tuesday, the return to Pittsburgh
being made Tuesday evening.