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VOL. XIX. NO. 3G.
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., AUGUST S, 1918.
$1.50 A YEAR.
RECORD OF DEATHS.
Short Skctchss of the Lives of Per
sons Who nave Recently
Passed Away.
Miss Mum A. Bohn.
Mias Mary A. Bohn died at her
home at Parkers Landing, Arm
strong County, Pa., Monday eve
ning July 22, 1018, aged 81
years. The funeral took place fn
the following Wednesday, the
services being conducted by Rev.
J. M. Briceland, of the Presby
terian Church, assisted by Dr.
Lusher and the Presbyterian
choir and interment was made in
the Tresbyterian cemetery at
Parkers Landing.
Miss Bohn was a daughter of
the late John Bohn, of McConnells
burg, and she was born in the
house now the residence of B. VV.
Peck, in 1834. Her sister Eliza
beth was the first wife of Row
land Austin of Saluvia. Her
niece, Nell Austin Barton, spent
much of the time during the past
year in the home of her aunt
Mary.
From the Parker Phenix, Park
er's Landing, Pa., we clip the
following: "Aunt Mary, as she
was known by her friends had
been in failing health for many
months, although her condition
remained about the same during
this time, no fear of a sudden
absolution, being entertained.
While those nearest and dearest
to her knew that her life was
drawing to a close and that her
death at best' could not be post
poned for long. They did not
look for it at the time and in the
manner in which it came. Mrs.
Pisor whp has been with Aunt
Marv for the Dast few years no
ticed there was a change in her
condition early in the evening
but was not alarmed as similar
changes had occurred before. A
little later she became more con
cerned and summoned the family
physician and neighbors who
were with her when the end came
at the hour above stated.
"Miss Bohn was a sister of the
late Philip Reymer Bohn and has
made her home here for over
thirty years. She was one of
those dear sweet, kind hearted
women who is loved by every
body. Aunt Mary had no ene
mies and counted her friends by
the hundreds.
"She was a member of the
Presbyterian church and lived
her life according to the teach
ings of her faith. She was broad
minded and loved life and its
pleasures. She was good herself
and saw only the good in others.
In passing on she leaves a mem
ory that will linger long in the
hearts of those who knew her.
Her old friends which were her
best friends have all, with few
exceptions, preceded her across
the river so that the lattpr years
of her life were spent more with
new friends and those who came
into her life ' after coming to
Parker.
"Miss Bohn is survived by one
brother, Wm. II. Bohn, of North
Yakima, Wash. She is also sur
vived by three nephews, Howard.
S. Austin, Pittsburgh, George C.
Austin, New York, and Edward
Austin, Virginia. Mrs. E. Bar
ton, of Minneapolis, Minn., is a
niece. Mrs. Barton spent con
siderable time with Aunt Mary
during the past year."
i Millers may exchange flour
with their own wheat with farm
ers on a 'basis of eight pounds
per month for each member of
the household or establishment.
Millers are not permitted to
grind the farmer's own wheat
and return to him his own nVur
en any basis excepting the above.
Blanks to be signed by the farm
er must be furnished by the
miller. These blanks may bo
had by. Bending fifty cent3 to the
News office and a hundred will
be sent by mail.
MrB. Kate Irwin Comcrer is
"Biting her daughter Mrs. B. E.
Ankeny at Aurora. III. a few
Important to families of Service Men.
No uneasiness need be felt by
families or dependents of service
men receiving allotment and al
lowance checks from the Bureau
of War Risk Insurance if they
find the checks reduced in
amount this month. .
The reduction is in accordance
with a now system of payment
adopted by the Bureau, which
will standardize the emount paid
through it. Additional checks to
make up the full allowance or al
lotment will be forwarded by
either the War Department,
Navy Department, Marine Corps,
or the Coast Gufcid according to
the branch in which the enlisted
men are serving. '
The Pennsylvania Council of
National Defense and Committee
of Public Safety has been inform
ed by Washington that the
change i3 intended to speed-up
payment of allotments and allow
ances, it will ao away with a
irge amount of figuring in the
War Risk Insurance Bureau,
which will hereafter issue checks
only in amounts of $13 or $20,
the balance to be paid by other
Government departments. De
pendents are urged to write to
enlisted men to find out how
much they are alloting out of
their pay to their famiifes nt
home. They will in this way be
able to learn rf they are receiving
the correct amount by the War
Risk Insurance Bureau is paying
them.
Frcra 1U. Union Times
"A. P. Doran and daughter,
Miss Bessie Doran, o f Burnt
Cabins, motored here Saturday
with their daughter and sister,
Mrs. Cleveland Hayes, of Charles
City, Iowa, who left the same
day for her western home after
spending some months at the
home of her father. Mrs. Hayes
was accompanied b y her two
young son3.
"Mr. C. M. Starr, merchant of
Three Spring, Huntingdon
county, Pa., ha3 confessed to vi
olations of the Federal Food Con
trol Act of August 10, 1917, and
has been permitted by Federal
Food Administrator Ham'iton, of
Huntingdon County to pay to the
Red Cross and Emergency Aid a
fine of $100 and purchase $500
worth of War Saving3 Stamps,
as punishment therefor.
"Recent visitors atthe home of
Dr. and Mrs. R. B. Campbell on
East Shirely street, were: Miss
Mary Hanks, a first cousin of the
doctor's wife whose home is in
Frederick, Md. ; MissOlive Lodge,
a sister of Mrs. Campbell and a
recent graduate of Shiupensburg
State Normal School; Miss Ruth
Kirk, a daughter of the district
attorney at McConnellsburg; and
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Lodge and
daughter of Reading, Pa. Mr.
Lodge is one of the echool,
faculty of Reading."
Engagement Announced.
On Thursday at one o'clock
luncheon, the engagement of
Miss Anna C. Reisner to Private
Ira M. Shoup was announced by
her sister, Miss Reisner at the
home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J . G . Reisner, Lincoln
Vay West. The color scheme
was most patriotic; for the colors
red, white, and blue were beau
tifully arranged everywhere.
American flags, candle shades
with patriotic decoratings place
cards of Uncle Sam and the tri
colored ribbon, gave the table a
very festive air. The guests
were Mrs. Clinton B. Alexander
of Washington, D. C, Mrs.
Scott Runyan, Miss Harriet B.
Sloan, Miss Mary Baumgardner
and Miss Mildred Reisner of
Hagerstown, Md.
Private Shoup is now with the
A. E. F. in France but formerly
resided in McKeesport. The
wedding will take place shortly
after Private Shoup returns
from performing his duty to the
U. S. A.
A son was born to Paul and
Kittle Mentzer Shimer last Fri
day evening.
the rmm otercnce.
July 4, 19M, Memorable as the Dnj
Vi hen It Was Decided to Launch '
the. Great War.
The inidde story of the Pots
dam Conference, at which the
Kaiser decided on war, was told
to th' United States Anb:iasador
Henry Morgenthau by a German
who was presents the Kaiser's
command. This man was Brcn
von Wangcr.licim, the German
ambassador at Constantinople
whonthuvar hpgan Mr. Mor
genthau ca the Rtr.ry in the
June issue of the World's Work.
He Hays:
The Gorman ambr.s."rvJor Ht"t
for Berlin soon cfter the assas
sination of the Grand Duke, ard
be. now r"veidod the cause of h a
sudden
Kaid'.r, h
'.Isnpr trance. T h e
luld r.c, hal sum-
nor.ed him to Berlin fur an in
1 rial conference. This Meeting
toi k placo at Potvdaui o;i July 5.
The Kaiser presided; nearly all
the ambassadors attended; Van
genhcim came to tell of Turkey
and enlighten his associates on
the situation in Constantinople.
Moltke, then chhf of Staff, was
there, representing the army, and
Hie Admired von Tirpilz spi.ke
lor the navy. The geat bank
ers, railroad director:-, and the
captains of G.'rmai iri'lustry, a!l
oi whom were as necessary to
German war preparations as t!.e
army itself, also attended.
"Wangenhcim now told roe
that the Kaiser solemnly put the
question to each man in turn:
Was he ready for war? All re
plied 'Yes,' except the financiers.
They said that they must' have
two weeks to sell their foreign
securities and to make loans. At
that lime few people had looked
upon the Sarajevo tragedy as
something that was likely to
caube war. This conference
took all precautions that no such
suspicion should be aroused. It
decided to give the bankers time
to readjust their finances for the
coming war, and then the several
members went quietly back to
their work or started on vaca
tions. The Kaiser went to Nor
way on his yacht, von Bethmann
Hollweg left for a rest, and Wan
genheim returned to Constantin
ople. "In telling me about this con
ference, Wangeriheim, of course,
admitted that Germany had pre
cipitated the war. I think that
he was rather proud of the whole
performance; proud that Ger
many had gone about the matter
in so methodical and far-seeing a
way; especially proud that he
himself had been invited to par
ticipate in so momentous a gath
ering. The several blue, Red,
yellow books which flooded Eu
rope the few months following
the outbreak, and the hundreds
of docurnents which were issued
by German propaganda attempt
ing to establish Germany's inno
cence, never made any impres
sion on me. For my conclu
sions as to the responsibility are
not based on suspicions or be
lief or the study of circumstan
tial data. I do not have to rea
son or argue about the matter. I
know.
"The conspiracy that has
caused this greatest of human
tragedies was hatched by the
Kaiser and his imperial crew at
this Potsdam Conference of July
4, 1914. One of the chief partic
ipants, flushed with his triumph
at the apparent success of the
plot, told me the details with his
own mouth. Whenever . I hear
people arguing about the respons
ibility for this war or read the
clumsy and lying excuses put
forth by Germany, I simply re
call the burly figure of Wangen
heim as he appeared that August
afternoon puflingaway at a huge
black cigar, and giving me his
accoupt of his historic meeting.
Why waste any time discussing
the matter after that?
John Glass, of Chambcrsburg,
spent a few days recently at J.
H. Kendall's,
IN THE JAWS OF DEATH.
Tremendous Slaughter Attending the
Great Kattle. Ground Covered
willi Dead Germans.
The great objective of the
German army since the begin
ning of the war has been the
capture ot Paris, aid the Kaiser
has been willing to stake his
last man on the hazard. That the
price is being paii without any re
turn for th.2 outLy is being de
monstrated daily.
Genetal March, the chief of
stvdf, indicated this several days
a;;o when he told newspaper
rri'.'n that, vi'atevtr the original
objectives of the Germans were
or Fech's objectives in under
taking to counterattack, thes-e
purposes had seen abandoned in
the one ::ut determination of
each side to kill as many of the
ether side as possible. Yester
day he repeated that statement
in different wort's and gave
some intimate information,
transmitted in confidence to the
war department by . General
Pershing, but released for pub
lication b y General March,
showing the terrific los.ses in
flicted on the German troops.
In front oi the Pennsylvania
national guard division, the 28 th
of the combined American army,
the soldiers could not advance
without treading on dead Ger
mans. This i3 told in General
Pershing's confidential cable
gram, which General March
read to his newspaper auditors as
follows:
"An tfT.cer of General Muir's
20th division, just returned from
IVres-en-Tardenois, reports that
it does not seem possible for an
a; piy to have gathered a3 many
gun?, a.i much ammunition, as
th'j Germans had -abandoned in
their retreat, which had ken
so hasty that they'had not had
time to bury their dead. The
ground was so covered with
corpses that it was impossible to
advance without walking over
them, and further, that the ad
vance of the 28th division had
been extremely rapid in ppite of
the fact that their position wa3
sonic distance from the nearest
railroad."
It 13 apparent from this dis
patch that the victory of the
French and Americans in the
Rheims salient has been much
greater than had been indicated
either in rfiicial or press dis
patches from the front. The re
port made by the officer of the
Pennsylvania national guard
shows that the German losses
not only of men but of guns and
ammunition must have been
enormous. Thi3 report makes
it plain that the enemy was not
merely defeated, but routed in.
disorder. His fight was so pre
cipitate that he did not have an
opportunity to take along can
non and stupendous supplies of
powder and shell. Knowledge
of German carefulness in guard
idg war material and vaunted
German efficiency in such mat
ters make the rout all the more
apparent and. significant.
"Ted" sees Lm War Aiicad.
Lieut. Jame3 Edward (Ted)
Meredith, former Mercersburg
Academy athlete and world's
middle distance running cham
pion, in a letter to his father in
Philadelphia, says he has been
transferred from the observer's
school to the fighting squad.
Meredith is now flying in Italy,
according to reports.
"Ted," in his letter, mentions
the anxiousnoss, with which our
aviators "Over There" are wait
ing the arrival of American
planes. He says, "There are
some great flyers over here and
they are crazy to get to work."
In the opinoin of the former
Ponn star, the war will last for
a considerable time yet.- When
he first arrived in France it
looked easier, but "it does not
look like an early end now," he
writes, "and it seems harder
than it did when I first came
oyer,"
HARVEST HOKE PICNIC.
Day Pleasant, Crowd Large, Dinner
Enjnjed, Speakers Appreciated,
and Music Entertaining.
Like the Soldiers Reunion, the"
annual Harvest Heme Picnic in
Sloans Woods in the Big Cove is
now regarded as a County affair,
and large crowds are attracted
to this pleasant spot every year.
Being under the auspices of the
Agricultural Society, the very
best platform talent obtainable
along that line is secured; and
in addition to the enjoyment of a
day's outing in the woods with
your fam ily, there is the added
advantage of hearing able and
instructive addresses.
The speakers last Friday were
J. W. Lighty ane E. B. Dorsett
both members of the State
Advisory Board of Agriculture,
and John R. Jackson Food Ad
ministrator for Fulton County.
The addresses were well worth
traveling mile3 to hear. The ex
planation of the Food Situation
by Mr. Jackson was timely and
was very satisfactory; for many
people who did not understand
the causes for the different rul
ings were chafiing under what
they considered hardships.
Then the Mercersburg Band
was there, and as Fujton County
people know the difference be
tween music and noise, the large
crowd were more than delighted
with the artistic renderings of an
apparently unlimited number of
the very best things in late band
music.
Just in this connection, it may
be added that the Band came to
McConnellsburg after the Picnic
and treated the citizens to sever
al splendid concerts. The Mer
cersburg Boys are all right, and
will always feel the grasp of a
glad hand when they come to
McConnellsburg.
The Committee, consisting of
Geo. A. Comerer, Herbert Duffy,
Harvey Nesbit, Roy Kendall,
Walter Johnston and William M.
Kendall, are to be congratulated
on the success which attended
their efforts to make this year's
picnic the "very best yet."
Kine Workers Making Dig Wages.
With the patriotic speeding-up
of production, the mine-workers,
to whose efforts the steadily in
creasing production is largely
due, are making wages that,
even in these days of high pay
for skilled labor, should make
coal mining attractive, and draw
many recruits to the mines.
At Thayer, Va., where the
miners determined to celebrate
the Fourth of July by a coal
digging contest, one mine-worker
with his son as helper, made $23
a day. Two nephews of the su
perintendent of the mine cleared
up $-15 by their combined efforts
for the day. These same young
men earned exactly $100 each
for five days work in that week.
They are both going into mili
tary service and they explained
their speeding-up by the fact
that they were anxious to have
some Bpare change when they
went after the Kaiser.
From other mine fields similar
conditions are reported. In the
Fairmont district it is a common
thing for mine-workers to made
$300 a month and an instance is
cited of a negro laborer who
came to the field from Alabama
and made $182.80 in the first two
weeks he worked.
Under the stimulus of the large
amount of money to be made the
miners are gradually lengthen
ing their working hours; more
than ever before getting up to
their full forty-eight hours a
week. Many of them, however,
who are working longer hours,
are not impelled solely by the
high wages to be made, but by
the thought that every extra
hour's work they put in is help
ing, by that much, to win the
war.
Miss Bessie Willett of Akron,
Ohio spent from Saturday until
Wednesday in the home of Mr.
and Mrs Frank Mason.
Ludcudorffs Explanation.
It is with difficulty imagineable
that even the Germsn people
with all their immense resources
of credulity, will be deceived or
agreeably impressed by the
amusing explanation of his de
feat which General Ludendorff's
has been moved to furnish. He
nays that his operations were
broken off because the enemy
had evaded him.
No words coidd be found to
convey a more false impression
of what actually happened. The
fact of course is that Ludendorff
allowed himself to be surprised
by a flank attack whose com
plete success gravely imperilled
chc forces against which it was
directed and necessitated their
immediate retreat. Ludendotif
had planned an advance on Paris
and a good start in the direction
of that city had been made, but
the German commander com
mitted the fatal mistake of under
estimating the Btrength and the
fighting qualitins of the armies
opposing him, and now he U
thanking his lucky stars for hav
ing managed to escape from the
trap into which he had improvi
dently entered. He had to pay
dearly for his experience in huge
losses of material and men, but
he ha3 substantial reason for
thankfulness at that.
After having told the news
paper correspondents whom he
was addressing about how the
enemy had evaded him General
Ludendoiff went on to justify
his withdrawal from the posi
tions he had occupied upon the
ground that it is a principle with
him always to stop an undertak
ing as soon a3 it became apparent
that the stake was not worth the
cost. There cftn be no disputing
the soundness of that principle,
although it is easy to recall
cases, like that of Verdun, where
there was a strange failure to
apply it, but in this particular
instance what was the stake
which Ludendorff decided not to
be worth what it threatened to
cost him? It is hardly an exag
geration to say that this stake
was the winning o f the war.
The German strategists had
planned to destroy the French
armies, to capture Paris, which
Hindenburg was to have entered
four months ago, and having
subjugated France to use that
country as a hostage to compel
the submission of Great Britain.
After months of preparation
and after a concentration of
armies which gave himanumeri
cal superiority, Ludendorlf be
can operations and achieved a
succession of unexpected and
highly encouraging successes It
looked for a while as though he
might be able to carry out the
far-reaching project he had form
ed, but one fine morning some
thing happened to upset all his
calculations. The American
reinforcements whose arrival he
was striving to anticipate, were
transported across the Atlantic
with a celerity upon which he
had not reckoned, which we may
be sure he deemed impossible,
and now he has abandoned his
own undertakieg upon the plea
that "the'stake is not worth the
cost." That 13 tantamount to a
confession of final defeat Phila
delphia Inquirer.
Not Our Harry Bender.
The News told that the name
of Harry M. Bender appeared in
the casualty list as published in
the daily newspapers, and inas
much as that Harry Bender had
enlisted in the marine service in
Chicago, and as the initials were
the same, his friends here, felt
sure that it was the McConnells
burg Harry. Just a day or two
ago, Harry's grandfather Martin
M. Bender receieved a letter from
Harry saying that he had been
wounded, that he had been in the
hospital, but that he was about
well and expected to be back in
the ranks soon.
Rev. L. F. Zinkham and wife,
of Washington, D. C, spent a
few days with their cousin, Miss !
Mary Knauff, East Lincoln Way, 1
ABOUT PEOPLE YOD KNOW.
Snapshots at Their Comings and Goings
Here for a Vacatun, or Away
for a Restful Outing.
Alvah William?, near Dickeys
Mountain, spent a few hours in
town, Monday.
Miss Grace Hendersonjof May
town, Lancaster County visited
Rev. and Mrs. William J. Lowe.
( Mr3. Virgie Beidelman, of Har
risburg, is spending two weeks
with her home-folks in McCon
nellsburg. J. Campbell Patterson and wife
of Clarksburg, W. Va., spent a
few days in the homo of Cam's
parents, Hon. and Mrj. D. H.
Patterson.
Mrs. R. E. Patterson and son
Billy left Tuesday morning fofc
their home in Philadelphia after
having spent several weeks in
the home of "Dot's" parents,
Hon. and Mrs. D. II. Patterson.
City Superintendent of Schools
and Mrs. Harry E. Cress and
daughter Elizabeth, returned to
their home in Mone3sen, Pa.,
Tuesday after having spent a
vacation of three weeks among
their many Fulton County
friends.
Mrs. Margaret Johnston and
sons Walter and Ralph of Ayr
township, left Tuesday morning
in their automobile for a trip to
New Wilmington,, where they
will visit the family of J. B.
Johnston and attend the Mission
ary Conference now in session in
that city.
Rev. Joseph D. Krout and fam
ily are guests of Rev. C. F.
Jacobs and family at the Luther
an parsonage. Rev. Krout i3
pastor of the Memorial Lutherari
church at Atidobon, N. J., and is
a brother of Mrs. Jacobs. Tha
Krout family arc traveling in
their automobile.
Rev. and Mrs. Harry Newman
and their daughters Helen and
Lillian, came to Fulton County
Monday to spend their summer
vacation among relatives and
friends. Mr. Newman has been
in the ministry twenty-three
years and is now pastor of a fine
congregation in the city of York.
Cyrus Wagner and family near
McConnellsburg, spent the time
from last Friday morning until
Monday forenoon in a motoring
trip during which time they vis
ited Cyrus's brother George in
Mechanicsburg, and his brother
Howard in Harrisburg. The
weather was pleasant and they
had a very enjoyable outing.
Mrs. Linna A. Deshong Trog
ler and two children Ethel and
Edith, after having visited friends
at Harnsonville, Andover and
Pleasant Ridge, were accompani
ed to their home in Mercersburg
last Saturday by Elias Deshong
and family in Elias'a automobile,
who spent Saturday evening and
Sunday in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Ellis Troglcr.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Murray Ray,
accompanied by Rev. and Mrs.
Wm. J. Lowe, left yesterday
morning in Murray's Sedan, for
trip to Lancaster County.
Their first stop would be at the
Community picnic at Hershey,
Pa., after which they would visit
former parishioners of Rev. Lowe
at Maytown, and later some of
Mrs. Ray's people at Lancaster.
They expect to reach home Fri
day evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Truax and
two children, Earl Bard, and
George Hann and lady friend
Miss Goldie Sharpe all near
Needmore, motored to Mercers
burg last Saturday and spent the
night and Sunday in the home of '
Mrs. Truax's sister Mrs. Harvey
Richards. Other visitors in the
Richards home on Sunday were
her brother Philip and family, of
Waynesboro; Harvey's sister.
Mrs. Ella Ely accompanied by
Mr. . and Mrs. Irvin Ryder and
sonsall of Markes. The day
was pleasantly Bpent, and the
visitors returned homo hoping to
have the apportunity of repeating;
the visit.