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VOLUME 57
NUMBER 2
TERRIFIC SLEET STURM LASHES NORTH
COUNTRY, PARALYZING COMMUNICATION
LINES AND HAMPERING ALL TRAFFIC
TICONDEROGA. N. Y n THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19,1929
South Bay Bridge May
Be Open Next Week
PETERSON
CO.ELECTI
To Re-open Upper Falls
Plant Here Today
The South Bay bridge on the
Ticonderoga-WhitehaU state highway, which was damaged and
closed to traffic about two weeks
ago, has not as yet been re-opened. Repair work is progressing Present County Treasurer to Assume Duties of New Office
as rapidly as possible, but the
January First
span will not be opened before
the middle of next week.
SUPERVISORS
APPOINT
In the meantime cars are crossing the ice parallel to the bridge.
The ice will withstand the weight County Legislature Adjourned
Saturday After Busy Meetof an ordinary passenger car. but
ing—Adjourned Session
is not of sufficient thickness to
December 26th
bear heavy trucks.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $2.00 PBB TEAB
COASTING ACCIDENTS FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY RESULT IN DEATHS OF
With necessary alterations completed, one of the three paper
machines at the Upper Falls plant
of the International Paper Company here, which suspended operations about three weeks ago, Christian Pozzouli, 6, Fatally Injured Neat* Moees-Lodin^ton HosGlens Falls and Saratoga Center of Storm Area—No Serious Acwill be placed in operation somecidents Reported, Although Many Cars Were Abandoned
pital—George Merriam, 12, Instantly Killed Near Porter's
time today. The plant, heretoDuring Tuesday Night—Tkonderoga and Northern New
Mill in Crown Point When Sled Struck Car on Hill—Playmate
fore utilized for the manufacture
York Isolated From Down State Cities by Damaged Lines—
Escapes Serious Injury—Coroner Gaus Absolves Drivers of
of book paper, will in the future
Roads Here Passable
produce newsprint exclusively.
Cars From all Responsibility
The announcement that the
mill
is
again
operating
is
a
welOne of the most terrific sleet storms in the history of northCoasting accidents, occurring within twenty-four hours last
come surprise to ma,ny Ticonderern New York Tuesday and yesterday paralyzed communication
oga residents who feared the Saturday, resulted in the death of a Ticonderoga and Crown Point
systems throughout the north counplant might be closed, indefinitely.
'boy, and the automobile driver in
try and ice coated roads in the capi-1 MI TOT P C f l Q T T P
The annual adjourned session of (Further details on page nine).
each case waa ateolved from alt
tol district seriously hampered thejRlUul
KCtllulEJl
the Essex county Board of Super-'
blame and responsibility. ., • ; y*
movement of traffic. No serious acvisors at Etizabethtown *ad|ourned I
Christian Fosszoali, 5, uon of Mr
cidents occurred, although dozens of
last Saturday, after a full week dis-j
•ad Mr*. Al^horao POKOUH, of Tfcan- Sskidded from the
road, and
posing of routine matters before the
l
conderoga, passed away la the Momannv machTneS"w7re 7bandoned"onjUse of 1929 Plates After Januexpiration of the present year. An
ary First is Violation
highways during Tuesday night,
unprecedented volume of business
of Law
when the storm reached its zenith of
Reputed "Bear," Reported Suc- still remaining, however, will ne-j
Albany, Dec. 17 —Motorists who
cessful in Stock Maneuvers, cessitate another adjouned session,'
•
not
" I L e x and other northern counties' ^
re-registered their cars for
Gives Interview to Plattsburg to* be held at Elizabethtown Friday, Fire Chief Rendered Uncon193
Paper
were aided Tuesday by a substan-1 * are cautioned against waiting
December 27th. This will be the
scious by Live Wire at
j
co
The Plattsburg Daily Republican final meeting of the present board,
Blaze Monday
tial snowfall, but in the vicinity of' u n t l 1 t h e l a s t d a ^ o f t h f * « " * "
bile accident in
Albany, Saratoga and Glens Palls ' fore filing their applications. Fa- says that curiosity has been rife and the organization meeting of the
a snow storm, fol- ss tt aa tt ee hh II g h w a r >
In one of the most stubborn fires
lowed
by
recovery
in
a
lonely
Adihospital
sleet fell on the bare roads, froze cilities for supplying new number concerning the whereabouts and new county legislature
ry
in
a
lonely
Adi
be held the Whitehall fire department has
rondack woods home of a f r i e n d i ^ a l
solid, and the highways were ex- plates without delay have been pro- status of the resident of Essex coun- early in January.
j been forced to fight in many years,
down
tremely treacherous. Sleet also ad- vided by the Bureau of Motor Ve- ty who is reported to have made
Practically the entire -week was and in near-zero weather, the Royal was related when Alphee Bedard re-, T h e
hered to windshields, impairing vis- hicles, and automobile owners should several stragetic campaigns in the devoted to routine matters, and the'block, in Main street, Whitehall
Ith
the
ion, and candles, hot water bottles, attend to the registration require- stock market, generally on the only interesting development of the'owned by Fire Commissioner Louis and child.
main road he was struck by a car
glycerine and countless other de- ment without deferring the matter "bear" side, in the last few years. session was the unanimous appoint-! Royal, was badly damaged early
Police had been looking all over d r i v e n b y p ^ V e t t e r J
vices were pressed into service to until the last day.
The Republican has been able to ment of Ernest W. Parker, of Eliz- Monday morning, with a loss esti- northern New York for the missing d e r o g a . A ^
^ ftt • ,™£
clear or attempt to clear the glass.
Many owners use their cars come in contact with the gentleman abethtown, as election commission- mated at approximately $14,000.
man, who left Massena, where he m a d e l t i m ^ ^ f o r M V etter to
Heavy Crust Here
who,
although
wishing
to
remain
uner
to
succeed
Carl
F.
Paterson,
of
throughout tlhe winter, but unless
During the blaze, Fire Chief John was temporarily employed, to drive n o f e tlM a*
o h i J ?»L ! i ! tt
The storm continued, almost with- they make provision for 193(1 plates identified, has made the following Port Henry, who has presented his C. Inglee, who was directing the opout cessation, from early Tuesday before January 1st. they will violate statement:
resignation. Mr. Parker's present'orations of the firemen from a point cember 7th. On his arriv
morning until early this morning. the law if they continue to drive
The Bears may" be parading in term as county treasurer will ex-{in front of the burning building, home a week after he was
Tkonderoga and vicinity has about with 1929 plates on their cars after Bull's clothing but they deny it, and pi re January first., at which time he was struck on the forehead by a fall- he told of driving off the road in
four,, inches of snow, topped by a the close of the year. Charles A. some of them havp honestly reform- will assume his new duties. He is ing wire carrying 110 volts of elec- the blinding snow strom and into a eral feet before Mr. Vetter brought
his car to a halt on the icy road ewrtbiejk crust which will withstand the Harriett, commissioner of p^otor ve- ed and tell us they believe that familiar witli the functioning of trfeity. and was rendered uncon- culvert near the four corners
face.
weight of pedestians. The streets hicles, made arrangements at con- probably at no time in the history county affairs, including election'scious. He was not able to return tween Duane and Xake Titus. "»He
The unconscious lad was taken to
here are being cleared as rapidly as venient points for the sale of num-of this progressive country have board matters, and 1« admirably fit- to duty until two hours later,
wal S ™
yodwhle. but almost
herculean ber plates- five weeks before the be- there been opportunities to the peo- ted for the office. Dr. Charles W.' Patrolman James Waldron of the was severely cut when his arm went t^+^£ri^~*
through the windshield and he **f-|ed he wa. « u l t ^ fro* a f r t e t r o ginning of the new registration year.
strength is necessary to remove the and there can be no excuse for fail- ple of the whole world to take ad- Straight of Keeseville will take of- Whitehall police department, who fered bruises.
skull, H« d i e d ^ i t h s a t regaining
vantage of low values for invest- fire as county
frozen mass.
The car
sr-i January was standing near Chief Inglee when
crippled by the consciousness.
ure to comply with the law.
Then? is not a clear street in Glens
and Bedard waited .an hoax,
---*• * • ^ r - ' - - i%~ * the wire fell, was slightly shocked
The 1930 plates may now be at- ment as at tile present time. The Irst.
Fall-- or Saratoga. In " both citiei | tached to automobiles, and under a unprecedented, drastic and quick
William P. Shoemaker, of Essex, when he removed the wire from the for help from a passing motorist,
At a coroner's inquest Saturday
thoroughfares are strewn with trees, new provision of law they will be decline in quoted prices has scoured Chairman of the board, presided at fire chief's body. He and other men None came by at the late hour anc morning, Dr. L. H. Gaus, of Ticontelephone poles and wires.
TheJ recognized as . evidence of registra- the markets to a point of polish thi meeting "last week,
' and" JirTTus carried Chief Ingles to the White- he set out ou foot for the home oi deroga, Essex county coroner, absleet formed so thickly on commun- tion for the remainder of 1929 as that can't '"be tarnished. So severe j A Roberts, of Elizahethu
serv- hall fire station, directly across .the E. Trim, about a mile
ay on a solved Mr. Vetter from all responication lines between Whitehall and! well as for the whole of 1930.
has' the collapse been that the old-j e< as clerk.
j street.' where Chief Inglee was treat- side road. Arriving there he re- sibility in connection with th« acciAlbany that many heavy cross-arms
tjst stock market veterans have had j
.
mained
for
several
days
to
recovei dent and rendered a verdict of
ed hy Dr. Leslie A. White, who said,
on poles broke completely in two;
• •
their judgment twisted, twimbied. j Whitehall F a r m Hand
ifter an examination, that he did from the loss of blood and his in death due to accidental causes.
fro:!, the excessive weight.
| Saranac Lake Man, Feared
turned and twirled to a complete! Drowned in Watering Trough not believe the chief's injuries were juries.
Funeral services were conducted
The lack of a telephone at Trim' at St. Mary's church Monday mornsouth Bay Lines Damaged
;
Drowned, R e t u r n s Safely
and the high priced seat) Whitehall. Dec. 12"-William serious. There were no burns . on
place and the snow^-blocked road ing at nine o'clock, Rev. Cyril Stev11. -Vu- South Bay section, near; Amos Gadwaw, 29. caused rela- flfedgirigs have had their plummage i Smith. 65. a farm hand, was drown- his body.,,
Wlc.rt-haH. employes of the Ameri- tiws and officials much anxiety clipped to pin leathers. Their singV- j ed in a watering trough yesterday.1 The estimated damage is as fol- prevented his notifying his family. ens officiating, Interment was in
can Telephone and Telegraph Com-! when il w'as feared he had been ing will have educational value for j Coroner H. A. Scott, of this village, lows:
the Alexandria cemetery. Besides
jwho conducted an investigation,
pany face an almost hopeless task drowned in lower Saranac Lake. future stock market orgies.
Commissioner Louis Royal, block Road to Montreal
his parents, the Pozzouli boy is surin repairing the damaged Hrw?s. j He had been seen crossing on • the
It is a selfVevident guess that gave a verdict of accidental drown- ai d living apartments, fire and wais
Open
to
Traffic
vived by seven brothers and sisters.
Practically every line across the bay; ice. When he did nor. return to this country is on .the verge of the ing.
ter, $11,000. No insurance.
The
St.
John's
Board
of
Trade
a
Crown Point Boy Killed
was damaged. Every available re-j town it was believed he had fallen greatest era of commercial activiSmith went to the *hed in which' Miss Ellen McAuliffe. fire and wa- St. John's. Que., Monday opened the
The second coasting accident vicpair crew is at work throughout the, into an air hole.
the
trough
is
-located
to
water
the
ties which mean prosperity. Inventv.\ $100. No insurance.
storm area, and Ticonderoga and the- Preparations were being made to tories are low; money will be easy stock. He was found face down ' Capital restaurant, fire and water. road between St. John's and Rouses tim was George Merriam, 12, son of
Point with snow plows. So far this Mr. and Mrs. Charles Merriam, of
north country, isolated from Albany | recover his body when he returned
long time to come; taxes will in the trough, which contained eigh- $1,500. "Partly covered by insur- season the plow has not been over Crown Point, who was instantly
and the south so far as telephone home and reported that he had been b e r e d u c e d . T h e H o o v e r c o n s t r u c . Lteen inches of water. The theory ar.ce.
he road, and travel between Rouses killed at about 7:30 o'clock Satur:
and telegraph were concerned, were tending hi, traps and had been in; t i v e p o l i c i e s , the most dignified con- is that he was seized with a heart
James Etifanio, grocery store, wa- Point and St. John s has been diffi- day evening when he ran headlong
informed this morning that com-1 the woods a day or two longer than servative ever set forth, simply stag- attack and accidentally tvil in.
] U-: damage. $600. No insurance.
cult. However, the plow had been with his sled into a car driven by
munication lines will probably be re- he had plarn^rl.
ger the "old school" students of
Grady shoe shop, damage by wa- over the road between St. Jol
Roland Phillips, of Crown Point, at
opened late this afternoon.
ter slight.'
finance.
The old storm beaten, Peterson is named to Legion
and Montreal and there has ^b a point near Porter's mill, in that
; Falls was without power all
_
Swan
meat
market,
damage
slight.
much
traffic.
leather-faced captains of industry!
Legislative Committee
village. The Merriam boy, with a
day yesterday and part of last even- Supervisors Want
caunot believe that legislative
C. F. Peterson of Port Henry and Coffee and sandwiches were supThe St. Johns Board of Trade in- playmate, Roy Dudley, son of Mr.
ing and industries in that city were
More Travel Pay gestion or action can influence ug-' a prominent member of the Essex pj.>f| u i e firemen by Edward Ken- tends to keep the highway to Rouses
and Mrs. Enos Dudley, of Crown
The
the
temporarily crippled. The principal
members of the Board of Su- natural, inexorable law of "supply County American Legion, has receiv- yr a o f t h e Whitehall Grill,
Point open until February 1st, as Point, had, coasted down Sugar Hill,
streets in that city are a mass of Pervisors of Jefferson county have and demand!" Nature, in her mon- ed notice of his appointment to the
there is money* available for this which is rarely used for traffic, and
wreckage caused by fallen poles. adepted a resolution asking the
purpose. The officers hope to keep the sled, speeding swiftly over the
, umental undertakings, has her ownlegislative committe of the New
trees and wires. Hudson Falls and ator from that district and the as- set rules, but she is ever read/ and York State Department of the Le-j
the
road opened throughout the win- icy road, continued into the main
Fort Edward were also hit. T! semblyman from that county to work seeks cooperation to assist and fa- gion. The committee is the most A ; e d Streetroad Man Takes
ter if enough money can be raised Crown Point-Port Henry state highfor an amendment to the present
damage, while impossible to es
Poison B y Mistake in the meantime.
in carrying out her plans important one in the department,
way. Here the sleigh gained added
mate at the present time, w law at the next session of the legis- Ij by supplying a favorable environ- and the chairman is Samuel E.' 1 ) a v i d Wakefleld, 81, of StreetThe snow has practically disap- impetus on another incline, at the
lature allowing the supervisors to
Aronowitz
of
Albany.
The
appoint™:.d,
a
hamlet
about
three
miles
amount to thousands of dollars
peared
from
the
highway
between
base o
charge eight cents a mile for one! ment.
Glens Falls.
To force the employment of labor m e n t w a s m ado bv State Command- north of Ticonderoga. is in the Mo- Plattsburg and Rouses Point and cated.
round trip from their homes to thej
er John J
Fifteen Cars Abandoned
se--Ludington
hospital
here
suffercars
may
go
to
Montreal
via
St.
indu^try
would
seem
averse
to
Bennatt,
Jr.
Phillips was driving up the hill
The roads in the vicinityof Round c o u n t y s e a t e a c h d a ^ t h e b o a r d i s i n
ing from the results of bichloride of'John's without any difficulty,
at the time. At a point near the
(Conunued on page eight)
Lake were, glazed with treacherous session.
mercury, which he swallowed Tues-J
.
mill
he noticed the sled approaching:
Order Granted for
^ evening
^.«^« e VJ
^.^
ice. and fifteen cars were abandoned
day
by mistake,
thinking ati
FAL.L£ FROM POLE
at a fast rate of speed. Phillips
Recount at Chateau*ay ~ ; ^ T t h a t ^ e w a s
within^ a distance of a few hundred
a harm-j Earl T. McLellan, an employe of turned his car sharply from the
An order, granted by Justice less rvedicine. Hi3 condition is sat- the New York Power and Light Com
yards during Tuesday night. Car
Crapser, has been; served upon four isfewjtory under the circumstances,' pany, is confined to the Moses-Lud- road, but not in> time to prevent the
after car swerved from the road into
Republican inspectors of election of but physicians in attendance fear ington hospital here with a sprained unavoidable collision. The si^gh
ditches bordering the highway and
bearing the two youths struck the
Dec. 14—Changes in thej state line; U. S. 9—New York city the town of Chateaugay, requiring the poison may have a fatal effect ankle, suffered when he fell from
several were severely damaged. r o uAlbany.
te
None of the oecupante was injured.
numbers of more than 500 to Albany, Clifton Park, Saratoga them
w.v^.. lto
'cause
» » ^ Mti^ic
wu.^w^o
j > e c a u a e Of M r wakefield's ad vane- pole while at work near Ticonder- rear wheel of the machine with a
show
before
Justice
v »..*,„
terrific impact.
why a re- ^
*
.
.
„, „.„
Many persons suffered minor injur- s t a t e highways have been announc- Springs, Glens Falls Ghestertown, Heffernan at Amsterdam why
oga Tuesday morning.
Died Instantly
ies on the icy streets of Albany e d °y t h e s t a t « Division of Highways Keeseville Plattsburg, Rouses Point count should not have been made of
to
the ballots cast for superintendent
Merriam died almost instantly
Tuesday. Cars were abandoned on
inform with the plan for mark-1 (East side Hudson river); 9
9
ia
a
main and
of
highways
of
the
the
town.
In
the
from
a
compound
fracture of the
streets throughout the capitol city S »
secondary routes Glens Falls. Brayton, Fort George
lPark
skull. He also suffered numerous
and street car service was made pos- i n t h e s t a t e ' » N—BUaabethtown, Jay, election Abner Cowan, Republican,
abrasions and a compound fracture
sible only by sanding the tracks.
Heretofore only the main routes Keeseville, Port Kent; 28N—North was declared elected over A. V.
of the right arm. The Dudley boy,
Motor traffic between Albany and h a v e b e e n marked wl *h numerals. Creek, Newcomb, Deerhead, Blue Vaughn, Democrat, by a plurality of
It
is
believed
that
with
the
arrest
small
purchase
with
a
$20
bill.
AfDu u n a e r t n e
partially protected by his playmate,
Schenectady vas practically at a * *
new program all high- Mountain Lake. 32—Newburg, New three votes.
of three Albany men at Hopkington, ter he had received his change he who was on the front of the sied,
wa s in t h e state s 9
standstill, and between Albany and ^
y *em wUl be Paltz, Kingston, Greeneville, Albany,
Franklin county, a few days' ago, started to go out and then decided escaped with minor bruises.
marked witn
New York conditions were qually
metal number signs so Cohoes, Mechanicvilte, Schuylerrille, Adirondack Resorts Ass'n
authorities have at last identified to make another small purchase
The Merriam hoy's paresis had
th
dangerous
* n a t m °torists equipped with a new Glens Falls; 32 B—Thomson, HudSuddenly he
® group of "short change" artists under one dollar.
to Meet Jan.
Ticonderoga Isolated
route map, will be prepared to know son Falls, Glens Falls,' 32 A^—Bemis
Philip E. Rice, President of the who in the past few weeks have would find a dollar bill in his poc-staged by motor for Addison, Verhia
The Ticonderoga office of the
location at all times.
Hefghts, Schuylervflle; 47 — Lak< Adirondack RestorS Association, an- victimised residents of Willsboro, ket and ask the merchant to give mont, only a few minutes before the
new
accident occurred.
route signs have been George, Bolton and Hague; 373— nounces that the midwinter meeting Essex and other ]
Western Union Company is com«x county towns. him back the $20 bill so that he
Wallace C. Foote, caretaker of the
d their
h
pletely isolated from the outside Purchasedd and
installatio* Attsafele Chasm, Port Kent; 29 — of the association will be held in The trio are now lodged in Franklin would not have to carry around so
Lake
Cbam plain bridge stopped Mr.
world.
While communicationn with
county jail pending a hearing be- inuch change. The merchant in
r
with throughout the system will be com- Johnstown, Saratoga Springs and Montreal January 10th and 11th.
| Salem; t%—Kingston, Oneonta, MoMembers of the Adirondack Re- fore a justice of the peace at Hop- most cases returned the $20 bill and Mrs. Merriam, after being inAlbany and Montreal was impossible P f e t e d n « x t spring.
ormed of the tragedy by telephone,
yesterdiy, -vires were open to Platt»- t h i Ts n e numbering of highways in hawk, Aider Creek, Blue Mountain sorts Association will be the guests kington on December 27th.
{without counting the change and
burg, 'iuruig last night, wires to the
district includes he following: I Lake. North Creek and Warren s- of the hotelmen of Montreal and According to the troopers who when the man left the store the vic- md they returned at once to Crown
>oint.
U. S. 4 — Glens Falls, Hudson burg.
the Montreal Tourist and Conven- made the arrest, one of the men tim found he had been short changed
Funeral services were held from
FaIls
iConUnued on Pago EigLt;
. Whitehall to the Vermont
tion Bureau.
would go into a store and make a $10.
(Continued on page e'ght)
4
COUNTY MAN
CARS AT ONCE ESSEX
DISCUSSES MARKET
WHITEHALL FIRE
CAUSES $14,000 LOSS
MAN MISSING IN
WOODS FOR W
Changes In Highway Route
Numbers Announced By State
*Short Change ' Artists Cooling
Heels In Franklin County Jail
sn: