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“tThe; News enjoys a larger ^subscription List; in. This Section Tha,n Any Ot,her Paper.— It is a Paying Ad- Vertisingi Medium. A llegany C ounty N ews The News is $1.25 per- Ye.ar ajid Worth —No Pay no paper.*—It Cohitalns AH the local and Vicinjiy VOLUME XIX WHITESVILLE, ALLEGANY COUNTY, NEW YORK, THURSDAY FERUARY 26, 1914 n u m b e r 45 PAUL HESS, FORMERLY OF WIESVILLE, WENI INSANEjT CORNING LAST WEEK , jFormer Resident Whitesvillcf Has Been in. Limelight -Considerably J During: Past Week.—Enlisted jn Army at Corning Then Had Pecu liar Experience Which Developed Later tn be Insanity— Has Been i Placed in. S tate Insane, Asylum . tP-aul Hess-, a former ■well kn.owii the person of one Van Cis© of \Vaver .TOsident of W hitesviUe an viainily, —a young man about 25 years 0-f ags aias; been in tbe lim© light consiaer- a«biy during .the past week. Up until .3as-t w e ek Monday he bad been run- aain.g a farm in- Alle-gany County near iAHmon-d, but the latter part of week -Ibefore last be d€!Cided to give up ifeirm life. He turned over one team ito a m a n who held mortgage upon it a n d so*ld th e other two .to his broth e r for $200. A fter settling some bills 3ie left home last week Monday in- ■tending to join th e United States iArmy at Elm ira. H e stopped in Hor- ■aiell; and had drinks there. Then he fwent to 'Geneva Tuesday w h ere he srisited his stepm o ther, Mrs. Hess ^who conducts th e Torey P a rk Hotel. M e left Geneva for Elm ira Wednes-- .^ay. At Elm ira he tried to enlist in ‘^he Army but found at th© Foderal IBuilding th a t only naval recruita were auccepted there, so he came on to Rooming to enlist next day. OLiast Thursday -night at aibout 9 .^vo'c-iock he entered Br. A. A. Argue’s o ffice on -West F irst street in Corn- JfiQg. He was unable to give th e phy sician his nam e and he did not know w h e re he was. Hess told the physici- iKLn. t h a t , h e could write hjs- name, ai- sthouigh h© .could not speak it, and ^ipon. being supplied paper he wrote “‘John- H a rris, Sabinsvilie, p.a.” Some SiWo hours later after he had been tu r n e d over to Police Captain Thomas P . OElyan whom Dr. Argue called to •take charge of the young man, .Hess Iwith- the aid of Captapi- Ryan and bothers gradually succeeded in re-es- tteJblishing .his own identity and tell in g a fairly connected story of his 5ram!blings since Monday. He was not Sit all clear as to the los,s of his mon- ;ey, holsrever. H e knew th a t he had it tw ith him when he paid for his room -at a-n Elm ira hotel W ednesday night, Shut he could not recall definitely Slaving seen it after that. He had •aeonoei^to Corning on the B. C. & W. lin e ^ h u r s d a y morning, and had not ^ h e n taken out his bills as he had Phoney in his pocket with which .to 30tty Ms. fare to Comibg. A fter having been turned over to Ithe police by Dr. Argue, Hess told ^K3a<ptaiii Ryan th a t he had a team ^hfla-erWhere in the city—^that the A r s e s ' names were .Maj. and ToPsy— ■jan4 he asked Captain Ryan to hunt ^ e m up, Hess objected to Captain lEtyan’s leaving him alone.. (Hess w rote his name as “John H a r r is’* once more for Captain Ryan. H e said he was a farmer living near iSiabinaville and unmarried. His Par- ^euts* name he could not recall'. He i5n.ally recalled where he h,ad -had 4ftu.pper, an.d that he had been here W ith a “Corporal.” W ith this cine p a p ta in Ryan ferreted out H e ss’s td e n tity rapidly. H e ss’s memory was fielped- out wonderfully by 11:20 O’clock Friday night as, link by link chain of his memory was reSitor- \ 'After H e ss’S' identity had been es- itejbi'ished .by Captain Ryan through ^ e exercise of some clever detective -Iwork which resulted in H ess’s name iie in g found on- the register hook of rthe St. Jam e s Hotel, as- “Paul Hess M. S. A.,” H e ss’s memory gradually vreturned and h© was able to give an .account of himself. H e ss was bom in P o tter County, jPa., .Hector Township, 22 years ago. H is father, Henry Hess-, became in- s a n e and died in- th a t con'diHon, Hess «ay s th a t he now has a sister in the IStat© Asylum at AVarren, Pa., an.d th a t his own m other became insane i>efore she died. At one tim e HeSs's ^ t h e r conducted a -farm for Hon. triieodore Cobh near W hitesviile, and ^ u n g Hess used to carry th e mail, ihe told the Corning authoriites, he- ’tw e e n W hitesviile.and Mills, Pa., Hess say s his uncle, Howard Hess, lives at tWestfiel'd, Pa., and a brother Frank H e ss lives near Galeton, Pa. W hile M ess ■was able to talk .about peoPlo 3ie knew in- Sabinsvilie, AVestfieid, H a rrison A’^alley, Pa„ etc., he was still unable -at the tim e to recall 3iis own identity and that of his fath- '©r or other relatives on- Thursday might. (Hess says that he stayed .at a brick |jj|Llio,tel o-pposite the Erie depot in El- W a u i r a W ednesday night. He paid for Ms supper and lodging there. T h a t ^■s> th e last he recalls having seen i i s money. He Put the Purse contain in g it back in. his sw e a ter pocket. Hess admits that he was in an Itaii- mn resturant on Railroad avenue, El m ira W ednesday night, but he denies > Slaving had anything .to do w ith loose •characters and he denies taking more $han one e r two drinks. He was up W ight an-d early Thursday morning .^nd came to Coming to apply for eu- ^istm e u t in the army. H© was examined at th© enm iug ^recruiting station, and passed exam- fnation. in accordance w ith th e us- aial rule he was provided w ith ac com odations 'Ut the St. Jam e s Hotel t >7 th e government until ordered to tHolunabus, O., where he was to have lieen. giiven in-struction and then sent •to a cavalry regim ent in th e army, ■was given a room m a te in ly, also a recruit. H qss spent Thursday aftenreou playing pitch with- tne two leguiar army soldiers wlio have charge of tn-.* recruitin.g station at Corning . lie went to dinner with one of them at 6 o’clock, and after th a t he says, he w e n t a t once to h is room to hed. 'Shortly afterwards. H ess told Cap tain Ryan, he felt ill, got np and dressed. He recalls going down stairs and he thinks he went somewhere for a drink. All after that is- a blank except th a t he remembers th a t some one directed him or led him to a Id'octor’s office and th a t some one else told him he was crazy. When i.Hess reached the physician’s office he wore a hat th a t was not his own. He had eviden-tiy secured this in th© place where he had a drink or drinks with th e men whose identity he now knows- nothing of. Hess could rememiber nothing as to- w h ere these drin-gs. w ere had. >Dr. Thom as L. MoNam-ara. city physician- of .Corning, attended Hess on, Thursday night and Friday morn\ ing. Dr. M'cNamara thinks that H e ss’& condition- may he due to a complica tion of causes. Hess recalls th a t he fell from a hay load the latter part of week before lasjt at his home in Almond and at the tim e a neighbor induced him to take a large amount of some patent pain killer. As mosit of these contain powerful drugs. Dr. ‘McNamara thinks th a t H e ss’s condi tion on Thursday night may have been due in part to taking so much of this medicine. Hess- also has a step-sister in Corning in the person of Mrs. Burton (Lewis of 53 Bridge street, who w ent 'to City Hall Friday night to see him. The latter did not know that his sister was now* living at Corning. Mrs Lewis was- m arried and went to th a t place to live only about a year ago. Mrs. Lewis confirmed the story of Hess as to his father’s dying while •in-sane and as to the insanity of oth^ er members of the Hess family of .•which Hess had already toid th e au thorities. George Coiegrove, the -West •Market street baker, has known the H e ss family for a long period. H e also confirmed what Hess had told 'the local authorities of his relatives. H e ss’s Condition did not improve m aterially Friday as he was very restless -and nervoois. A t ope time during the night he told Captain, Ry- an th a t there were thre© women in the cell with him. To satisfy Hess th a t there were no women there the iCaptaln had to look under th e bunk land shake out the bed clothes. H e ss’s condition a t tim es appears +0 be perfectly normal. At other tim e s he looks and acts the part of. a wreck, tw itching nervously, and working 'with his fingers at his arms and hands-. He told Captain Ry an that he was afraid if released th a t he might take his own life. He does not want to be left alone at all. .One of H ess’s four brothers lives at Ceres, Allegany county, a t the end of the lin© of the Nerw York & Pennsylvania railway. This broth er, Louis C. Hess, was communicat ed w ith Saturday over the telephone by Acting Police Chief Robert Sey- ■ter, and he w ent to Corning to take charge of his 'brother. H e ss's $10'0 which he claimed he had when he left home appears more and more to b© a fiction created by his imigination in his present mental State. Hess' formerly worked in Buf- has also recently worked in a livery stable and elsewhere. lOn Monday -Mr. Hess was taken t.o/the W illard Insanse. A sypln. The expense of his care wUl be charged to Allegany County, as .HesS’s resi dence was at Almond. . This week we present to our readers, and the people of Genesee and vicinity, a new news feature—a page devoted to Genesee. Genesee and Whitesviile are but six miles apart, geographically—and the residents in and around both towns have news-interests in com m o n , to a great extent. There is no reason why Genesee people should not share the benefits of a good, live newspaper wdth Whitesviile. Our Genesee Page \tvill be edited in the same manner as if it was a newspaper complete in itself: It will boost Genesee; it will report each week all the news events of that live town and surrounding vicinity; it will be in truth, just what is expected of a local paper. This will be a PERM ANENT feature. The News is $1.25 a year in advance, 65c for six months, and 35c for three months. It is worth it too. William. Daily, Jr. receives subscriptions at Genesee and gives receipts for same. SPECIAL MEeiNG OF iFSUPEf DR. on SURPASSED ALL EXPECTAINS Residenit of lAIlegany County, Nc^w Prfvat;e Becre.tary to, W. J , -Bryan Fayons The N^Ws Wjth Interesting A rticle on, Impo.rtant Ouostion“ B e lieves Thai; Standard c,f Educa,tjionj ain,d Morals Should b e Rajs- ed OU All©n,s. , . On© of the m-osi important sub jects now before congress, an-d whiob is a t present r-eceivinig the careful consideration of the Commit tee on Immigration -of the Senate, is- th© question, of immigration. All seem to agree th a t sum© naw immi gration laws ar© necessary, but a difference arises among the Congress men and Senators, as to ■what form these laws shouQ-d take. 'With the 'Chinese, Japanese and Hindu labor problems- which 'Cali fornia, owing to her position, on the coast, necessarily has to deal witb, the Representatives from California have taken radical position. That s^ate is a unit -for stringent im m igration laws-. H e r Representative-s favor leg islation. which will entirely exclude the Chinese, Japanese and- Hindus. They state, with apparent sincerity, tha't a real, probliem confronts the people of California in the rem a rk able increase in the num ber of Asi atics' who find their way tio her 'Shores. Caiifornian-s do not Object' so much to the educated Chinam,an or Japanese, hut it is- the cheap'cooi- ey lajbior which they fear is of suf ficient danger to threaten the pros perity and social -comforts of her citizens. These laborers, it is claim ed, -can- live on almost nothing; ahd when a conisiderabl© group of ei'th- Ha.rry 'Craig of Canaseaga vvas Elect ed Chairman.— L. D. Bennett; of Grange; was , Elected ‘Clerk.— Mr. Fortner was Placed on, Three ’Cqm- ittjeeis. -Supervisor L. J, Fortner returned from Bci-mont last evening where he had been to attend an extra ses sion of the Board of Supervisors which was called for th e purpose of organizing the new Board and elect ing a clerk to th a t body, which posi tion was made vacant by th© death of the late Charles Stillman. ■Harry Craig, Republican, of Can- aseraga, was elected chairman, E. D. Bennett, Republican, of Grange, was elected clerk to succeed Mr. Still m an. ’ Resolutions, expressing the res pect and esteem in which th e late clerk was held, were passed. In the appointm e n t of committees, Mr. Fortner wasi placed on three: County Clerk’s accounts; Supervisor’o accounts; and U, S. Deposit Fund- The new Good Roads committee is practically the same as last ex cept that Supervisor H. G. Priudl© of Genesee township was appointed to succeed H a rry Craig. The commit, tee now stands; F. C. Mulkin, chair man, B. B. Ackerman and H, G. prin- vdle. The only Supervisor absent from- the session was E. J. Richardson of OVER DEATH RATE Many Say Tha^ it Was the Most VVonderfuI Lecture! Ever Heard In Whitesviile. And all Agree That It Has Done. Great Good. •Dr. Edward Amherst Ott, on© of the greatest lecturers th a t ©ver vis- lte<i •Whiteaville,, delivered -on© pf •his masterpieces, “ Sour 'Grapes,” at Chapin opera house last Thursday evening before a large audience. No on© left the hall disappointed, -but, instead w e n t away thinking and thinking hard too. To say that it was “great” would be putting it mild ly. Thiose who missed the le-cture will: hav© something to regret—th-os© who attended have something which they Will cherish th© rest of life. ■Dr. 0-tt’s them© was so aipreaching and- all-interesting th a t no m a tter w h at one’s creed, faith, disposition or hobby is, everyone received some par ticu lar help. If there is- to he a lectur© course in W hitesviile again next year, -it is to be hoped th a t Dr. Ott will be secured to give his second lecture. NEi von ON EXCISE E. L. Hodnett of New Friendship Hotel Was Turned Down By Judge, Who Claimed That Voters Had Not Beem Misled. At Belm'out Saturday, Feb. 14, Judge Brown denieu the petition o-f Edward L. H o d n ett of Friendship for a re-submission of the excise ques tions. As w© understand it, the base on -which the application -was ground ed was- that ^-he question card had become displaced during the day, tbus misleading v oters and causing ir regularity in voting. The two can vasses. on-e bv the inspectors and the other by the Board of Supervisors showed marked discrepancies. Judge Brown in denying tb© motion based his decision on th© fact th a t it was not shown that any particular voter or voters had been misled.—'Register. —^You cannot; afford to, be iDrut The News, wit^~ Sta,te Gra,nge Has Presented Resolu tions tOi Statei Health Commissioner Asking for Immediate Repiedy to “Shamcffuf S|tiUatjon.\ The New York State Grange through a committee; bave presented to state Health Commissioner, Dr. Biggs, a copy of a resolution adopt ed at the recent meeting of the State Grange in Poughkeepsie, reciting the fact that if the death rate -in rural New York had been as low as ^he death rate in N©w York City last year more than 3,000 lives would have been saved in the country dis tricts. The resolution demanded that immediate steps be taken to remedy this “shameful situation.” The com m ittee asked that a rural sanitary inspector and at least one public health nurse he assigned to each of the 20 State sanitary districts and that the State de5>artment conduct a thorough educational campaign thro’ th© rural press and in other ways to arouse rural public opinion to the necessity for improved sanitation and hygiene. Dr. Biggs told th© committee he Twas in favor of their Plan and would adopt it if appropriations to carry it into effect could be secur ed from the Legislature. As a part of the educational campaign of th© Department, Commissioner B i s s s sug gested that the Grange committee perm it th© departm ent to publish th© report presented by the commit tee to th e State Grange, which ar oused th a t organization to dema’ad* rural health reforms. Th© commit tee agreed to th is and volunteered to circulate it among the 109,090 (grangers in this state. HORNELL TO HAVE A CITY MARKET Plot In, Rear of City F|r© station; istoibe Bought for Us© of Farm- ers Who Will Co;me to Sell Pro- due© DirecL Hornell is- soon to have a munici pal m arket, if the plans of iMayor •Nelson do -not run amuck. He is ne gotiating for the purchase of land in th© re:ar of Broad street, -hack of the fir© station. It is the plan of the mayor to erect a building which will be divid ed into stalls. These stalls will be rented out by the year to nearby farm ers 'Who may use the same to sell their produce from. Tli© agita tion for this m a rket has been strong for a number of years and the fact th a t the land can be secured cheap and in. such a good location has caus ed the mayor to urge th© purchase. The deal has been unanimou&iy ratified by the common council and although the necessary mon©y for the purchase and erection of a building has not as yet been appropriated will be forthcom ing just as socn as the proposition is riPe. At th e pres ent tim© farm e rs are obliged to use Union Park as a m a rket Place but this has become obnoxious to th© residents of th a t part of th© town and they are among th© most active in urging the new proposition. •It is not expected th a t th.e work of constructing th© building will be even started at this tim e but next year it is expected that the erection of a suitable structure will b© s tart ed. The securing, of thjs m a rket will do away with the uso of Union Park as a hitching ground which v/ill b^ gratifying n©-w3 to maiiv Homeiiians. to exclusion from this country of all i-mbeciies', fee:ble-mind€d persons, epu lepti-cs-, insane pers'ons,^ pauperg,’ pro fessional beggars, -prostitutes and persons affi-icted wi-ht tubereiiliosiB in -any form or wiith a loathsom© or dangerous .contagious- disease. Yet, should any un-desirab.ie* alien who might become a public charge or who falls- within th'© ciasise-g just enum erated enter j^his- counXrj, he or she nday be deported within five years from the date of such entrance- Und©r the present law no such- pe'ri son can be deported after 'a Period of three years, A tax of .$5 p e r person is like wise imposed upon every' alien sea m an W'ho shall, be regularly ■ adm it ted into the United Stales. ’The whole immi-gratiion question •presents: a prohlem which must be caref'uilily cons'ide:red; -and is safe. to say'; that, even should th©- House .bill become a law, it will in no wise finally settle th e matter.- l^lr. A. cam- • in ^ ti; Commissioner Pf Imm igration; is giving, his- d€|Ppest study t-o th© s it uation. ..‘In- hii-^^ first .annual report iwhicih ha% jus.t been; \made to Sec retary of Labor'.Vvijisd^;- .\:r..;..Camir hetti presents. somef' intdrestiHg facts, “It will be found th a t 18.2,S’6!0 im m igrant ala©na. cam© from ' northern, and western,-Europe during th© past year. This constitutes- about I'o per' dent of the entire immigraUon. On- tiie Oith©r hand, or about 7S p e r ..cent, cam©, from .©astern and ■southern Europe and Wicstern Asia.’’ Of the 'tofal number,, bf aliens ad m itted 808,144 w e re m-alds and. 38-9,- 7'48 fem.ales-; •&8‘6,355 were between th© ages: of fourteen and, forty-four, while 1-47,158. were under fourteen, and 6(4,3(70 werej'forty-five or over. In. this connection th© report says: .-“'Of those, admitted, 26;9,988, males' and 84,116 females) ■ could neither read or write, and 5,326 .(-2,'84'2 males and.2,484 females) could read but not write. This does not 1D\ iclude any aliens under fourteen years of age. T/ae percentage of adm itted aliens shOiwn by these figures to have bee-n illiterate is, therefore, 2i6 per- 'cent,” Th© report says- that to understand -and appreciate how in.adequate are the so-ca41ed exclusion I-aws to pre vent the ©ntiy of Chinese l^aborers •to the United States it is n’ecessary i only to analyze the statistics on this subject, in this connection th© report ' S'tating; • “All possible under ex{s-ting law iS ' done to prevent the entry of Chf- nele not entitled i-a be in the Unit ed States; but, d-''-?,pite these ef forts, Cl'Ines-e 1-aborers are constant ly gaining admission in th© guise of ’minor .sons o-f merch-ants,' ’S'tudents,' ’natives,’ or ’sons c-f natives.’ “In the past year 5,662 Ch'iuese were admitted, as compared with 5,374 in . , , „ ^ - 1912, 5,.h0-7 i-n- 1911, 5,950 in 1910, are quickly d r i v ^ out. ^^24 in 190)8.’’ Recdn-ti.y, m -th© House of _ Rep re- 'Commissioner Camin©tti draws the sentatives-, whil© th e Imm-igration ,e©n'clnri-on that the standards of phy- Bi'LL was: under consideration, aiii of moral' qualifications ©ho-ui-d the Cdliforniia i C o n g r e ^ m'aterial-Iy ringed. As a rule 'all excluding all the_ Asiatics. All amend- aliens must earn their livelihood by m ent was introduced to accompiisn jabor. and manhood and uhy- this) result. The fact however thatstrength m u st b© one of the Japan has' not ceased her efforts to - ant tests to be applied to obtain .-some better under-sLanding ( seeking admission inito our IMANiTOiN M. WYVIEiliL er CMneise, Japanese or Hindus' ap pear in any -community, thq whites w ith the United States over troublesome alien- land question, and that the Foreign Office of Japan and th e State Departm ent are s-41.], hav- •ing conferences over the m a tter pre vented the Californians in the House from receiving much outside sup port; and the amendment was de feated by an overwhelming m ajor ity. The House, did, however, pass a more stringent m easure; and the lower legislative body approved a m easure -wbich provided for a liter acy test. If the bill becomes a Uw every immigrant who seeks to come to this- country and who is over six teen years* of age, m ust be abi© to read and writ© in, some lacga-ige. Even tiiis phase of the bill provoked much argument, and it is conceded that there is- much to he said ou both sides of the question. Many foreigners who came to this coun try in t^e past and v/ho could not •read amd itahle citizens—others, of course, did not. However th a t may be, it is generally felt th a t the weight cf ar gument is- in favor of tee pronosi- tirk-n that a.a o To-hme iUit.'-mtfi, irn- country. THOOSANOS OF LAW No Less Than 56,873 Passed S iocs New York Becam-o State.-— Pop ulation Has Inere-ascd 3 , 7 C 0 Per cent. Since S tate governm e n t w as organ ized in New Y o rk, during v/hich tjm e th e population has- increased 3,700 p e r cent, from 238,807 to 9,113,614, exactly 56,973 lav/s have been adopt ed, th e h ighest num-ber in any tw o sep a r a te year, 1,034 and 1,003, being enacted in 1905-< j after the ratifica- Recelved New 'Cars Reynolds & Baker received a car load of F-ord Automobiles Monday. They have great success in selling tb© Fords, and it is to be expected th a t th e n-dw machines will not bo in their hands for any length of time. vn© pa st ana Nvno co'-i.a n-ut tion of certain consiituticnai amend- i 'w r ite developed into cred- ments according to the annual re- - --------- ..fT,— -.c Miteheil May, Secretary of •State, made public W-ednesday, of last week. 0 Of the total number cf statutes tion that, as a whoie, iUlM'iat© im-14,472 conferred special charters upon mlgi-ants do not make desirable c i t - ; corporate enterprises-, v/hile under izens; and it is not improbable th a t! th e general corporatio-'i law ostab\ the Senate will follow the example j Ushed in 1811, the Urst of this char- of the House. ; a c ter in the United States, zpvrsJd of In addition to the lierary test, oth- j 137,000 companies have been authoriz r features are introduced to k e e p jed to do business in this State, 99,- out undesirables. A more ‘Stringent 1082 being formed since 1892, when inspection is pro-vid-ed for. The law !the present act became effective. provides ttat tbe Coinin!sston-€r of i ~ 7 , Immigration shall have the right to ' ^izes in.. iHcnes place physicians -of both sexes upon j Ther© are thousands of peoPl® steamships so th a t th© -work of in- who do not know that a size in un- spection may -be performed u n d e r ' derwear is two inches, in a ,sock an conditions which wj’l give more , inch, in a collar a half an inch, in tim e to each individual person who ■ sh-oes on© sixth of an inch, in trous- ehail seek entrance into this conn- ; ers one inch, in la t s an eighth of try. The la-w m akes clear and more an inch, in gloves, a quarter Pf definite th© restrictions w ith regard inch. ; C
