——— Meyersdale Commereial. [Registered at the Postoffice at Meyersdale, Pa, as second class mail matter.] |’ THEY MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL, A. M. SCHAFFNER, Editor and Proprietor. ®ablished €very Tbharsday in the Year at’ £1.50 Per Year Cash Phone No. 55 110-112 Center Street. THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1913. New Use For The Army. There are those who are much opposed to the standing army | and the large expense connected with that safe guarding of the ‘nation. The spirit of war is not the spirit that should be cultivated in the 20th century, but the well drilled, and disciplined men can be made of much service, aside from the bloody field of battle. The administration without any authority by law took hold of the flood situation in Ohio. The secretary of war was early on the field, and helped to bring order out of chaos. It strikes us that in situations that confronted our country a week ago there should be authority by law, to do what the secretary of war did, without this authority. An army does a good work when it saves life and pre- serves property. That opens a new new field for the army’s opera- tions and a better sphere of usefulness. While this was done with- out i.e authority of law, there was no criticism made. Indeed, the course of the secretary and the administration deserves the highest commendation for their zeal in behalf of their afflicted “countrymen. The Court Decides. The: expected has happened in the license court. Somerset county continues wet from north to south and from east to west. Those vgho stood for a dry county are filled with-dismay. The bat- tlé which the temperance people have made apparently counts for naught.z. The church element to whom the strongest possible ap- peal was made during the judgship campaign, on the grounds of ‘W. H. Ruppel’s life long professions as a temperance man, have little to show for their zeal, and Somerset county continues wet, even though the candidate of the Prohibition party was elected to the judgship. We take it for granted that the character and number of re- monstrants and signers was taken into consideration by the court, and it woyld seem that the court places the character of the patrons of the saloon on a higher plane than the pious mother and the pray- ing father. Judge Ruppel exercised his prerogatives as a judge and as good citizens we suomit to those things coming from the court but, in view of all that W. H. Ruppel, church manu professed in the past, and in view of all the claims his church friends made for him during the campaign, we feel that the Christian church in Somerset county received the heaviest blow she has received in a quarter of a century, and that the darkest page of Somerset coun- ty’s history was written when Judge Ruppel gran*ed practically all the old licenses and added new ones to the list. ‘Less Than Two Year Later. In the last judicial campaign The Commercial supported the Republican candidate for the office in question, It did so for several reasons. In the first place The Commercial had been a Republican paper from the beginning. In the second place in the comparison of candidates, the estimate it formed of them did not justify it to forsake the candidate of its own party. It was appealed to, and importuned to espouse the cause of another on the ground of his reputation as a great temperance man, and zealous churchman. The Commercial however did not believe that the promised good results would follow upon success of the one upon whom it was so strongly urged to support—by many full of zeal. It followed its own judgment in the case. In consequence it was reviled, de- nounced and threatened with loss of patronage. But now in less ‘than two years the very parties who so bitterly opposed its course, are ready to admit sorrowfully, that they have been grievously disappointed ad greatly deceived by their expectations, and that The Commerzial had a better forecast of the future results than they, and the stand taken by The Commercial in the fall of 1911 is now commended by hundreds of men who at that time thought its course should be unsparingly censured. The Commercial does not rejoice, for the case is a sad one, nevertheless it cannot help hut smile, jut a little to hear its former critics relate with sorrowful countenance, how ey they have been fooled, The Grost Flood. A large section of our country has passed through an expe- rience of tornado, flood and fire in which many lives were I st, millions of dollars in property swept away, transportation intefered with, distress, poverty and hunger with many have taken the place of comfort, good circumstances and plenty, but in all this the nation once more learned a beautiful lesson. If any have lost confidence in human nature let them revise their views, if any are disposed o think only of man as a selfish being let them look at the other side. Joaquin Miller, the poet of the Sierres some years ago said ‘Men whom men pronounce as ill, I find so much of goodness still, Men whom men pronounce divine, I find so much of sin and blot, I hesitate to draw the line Between the two where God has not.” If human aid can feed those who hunger it will be done. If their suffering can be alleviated that will follow, the heart of man is touched by suffering, and in the depths of the heart there is much goodness. This relentless flood was only another opportuni- to see the goodness of man. We are living 1n the age when more and more we are actualizine the Christ idea that we are our broth- ers keeper. The cry of the perishing and the wail of the sorrow- ing is heard and the response is always liberal and cheerful. : Meyersdale, which did so much to. relieve Johnstown in the time of the flood, is again stretching forth the hand of help, and a heartfelt God bless you as she sends her contribution to the un- fortunate in their great trial. The a Commercial Has All the News. : ond offenses. " BALDWIN BILL BECOMES A LAW Tener Signs Measure Crea- ting County Controller. ELECTED IN NOVEMBER .Governor Also Vetoes House Bill.Reg- ulating Cross Examination of Defendants in Crimi- nal Trials, | : Harrisburg. — Dauphin county will get a county controller. Governor Tener made possible ‘the establish- ment of this office in this county and in all other counties having over 100, 000 population when he signed the Baldwin bill. At thé November elec- tion counties having that population which have not controllers will elect such an officer. Thé bill abolishes the office of county auditor or auditors. The controller to be elected in Novem- ber will hold office until the first Mon- day of January, 1916, and at the No- vember election in 1915 a controller will be elected for a four-year term. Salary $2,500. The governor also approved the companion bill to fix at $2,500 sal- aries of county controllers in counties having over 100,000 population where no provision has been made for the! pay. iin * Another bill approved prohibits the carrying of red flags in parades and provides that only the stars and stripes shall be allowed to wave from public buildings except such as are occupied by representatives of for- eign powers. The effect of this bill might be to remove the state flags from the capitol. Vetoes House Bill. goa The governor vetoed the house bill regulating cross examination of de- fendants in criminal _ trials, saying: “The subject of the act of 1911, which act it is now proposed to amend, is the cross examination of defendants in criminal "trials, whereas the sub- ject of the proposed amendment is the introduction in evidence, by the com- monwealth, in chief or in rebuttal, of the records of a prior conviction of a defendant. It is, therefore, at least questionable whether the ‘proposed amendment is germane to the subject matter. Apart from this question of constitutionality, however, the ap- proval of the amendment might tend to defeat the proper administration of the criminal’ law, especially in the trial of defendants charged with séc, : Other Bills Signed. _ 5 Other bills signed inciude: Authorizing forestry departments to lease for ten years sites on forest re- serves for cottages, churches or gchools. Regulating appeals from judgments pf magistrates to the county court of Allegheny. Permitting husband and wife to sue each other for recovery of their sep- prate property regardless of whether they have separated. i Amending act of 1907 requiring that reports of county auditors shall be published in weekly newspapers. This act simply provides that..they shall be published in at least two newspa- pers, one to be of the minority party. Validating obligations issued prior to January 1, 1913, where there has been a failure to file financial state- ment of municipality in court ‘under act of 1874. House Passes Liability Bills. Harrisburg. — The workmen’s com- pensation, or employers’ liability, acts were passed finally in the house of representatives and will go to senate for concurrence. There was very lit- tle opposition to the bills when they were reached under a special order and no debate occurred. The bills were drafted by the state industrial accidents commission, ap- pointed under act of 1911, and estab- lish a complete system, including a proposition for a constitutional amend- ment to take away any rights which may be found to exist in the constitu- tion or in the common law against compensation. The main bill, which defines liabil- ity of an employer to pay damages for injuries received by an employe in the course of employment and es- tablishing an elective schedule and procedure, received the votes of 158 members, 28 voting in the negative. The votes were still more decisive on the proposed amendment and the bills to regulate policies of insurance against liability, provide for incorpora- tion of employers’ mutual liability in- surance associations and requiring employers to make reports of acci: dents to the state bureau of industrial statistics. The hunters’ license bill was tem- porarily postponed. Other Bills Passed. — Other bills passed finally were: Prohibiting any anthracite miner from having charge of more than one breast or chamber. Empowering municipalities to regu- late mining of minerals beneath sur- faces. The bill to provide for fire escapes and exits in third-class cities was amended so as to the state fire marshal. ‘| considered astwas ruled recently by Fo GY JUDGE RUPPEL’S | LICENSE DECISIONS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) NS SN ~~ typewritten form and all averring the same facets, a sort of blanket remon- strance which likewise could be used anywhere in the State as effectively as in Somerset County. 3 It is another significant fact that the remonstrances against the appli- cants for brewers’ and distillers’ licen- ses are identical in form as those against the applicants for hotel .li- censes, and the only reason suggested for refusing the licenses is that such licenses are unnecessary. The act of Assembly under which these licenses are granted specificially enactsand the appelate courts haye repeated over and over again that this is not a valid reason; that the question of necessity does not enter into the consideration for a brewers’ or a distillers’ appli- cationgfor license. To refuse a brew- er’sgor distiller’s license, the Oourt must have some reason which is rec- ognized by the Act of Assembly. Where a corporation is an applicant,the ques- tion of fitness is not involved, and therefore the objections®ito some of the applicants which relate to alleged misconduct of certain individuals con- nected with scorporations cannot be the Supreme Court in the Indian Brewing Company license. I am sat- isfied that if I were to refuse all li- censes against which remonstrances | | have been filed simply for the reasons | set forth in the remonstrances, the appellate courts would reverse. And believing it my duty to tollow the line | marked§out so clearly and so plainly by the higher courts, I cannot, depart therefrom simply to conform to the wishes of people whose views are an- taganistic to the laws we have. I think it a dangerous business to try to to upset a law or render it to 0 NO | effect by such proceedure.ge I'l That is what leads to anarchy, Frais, and other disorders. Neithet can I acceed to the senti- ments frequently expressed by persons who perhaps thoughtlessly say the without giving any reasons, because the Supreme Court in such cases will not reverse. I cannot stifle my con- science so easily as that. AS TO VIOLATION OF LAW. And it may be well at this time to give expression of another r thought {in fin connection with the license System, Court should simply refuse a license | ces of opinion among the Judges in the State on this question and as far as I know there has been no expressed ruling by the higher courts,and there- fore every Judge is at liberty to fol- low his own inclinations, or his own views, as to the interpretation of the statute. NO TREATING TO BE PERMITTED. I have been appealed to by persons ‘of all sections of the county to adopt a rule against the practice of treat- ing. From what has been developed in the cases now before the Court, it is very clear that much of the com- plaints and much of the trouble brought on the landlord arises from this pernicious custom. I do not think it is a custom contemplated by the act of the Assembly and it is not to be encouraged in any way, and the licenses this year are granting with the understanding that no treating is to ‘be allowed in the barroom. As I stated to the landlords in granting li- censes last year the hotel men must conduct their busiress in such a way as to conform largely to the reason- able wishes of the public, and if they fail to do so, they are not conforming their privilege to the requirements of the act of Assembly, aud they are ex- pected to yield a cheerful obedience to this rule, as they have done, I be- lieve, in the main to all other rules prescribed by the Court and the hotel keepers’ association a year ago. The licenses granted at this time are for a period of one year, and no licenses | will be tronsferred during the year ex- | cept upon such a cause as is recogniz- ied by the act of Assembly or under special circumstances, unless such tranfer is provided for at the time of the granting of the licenses. The depositions taken in some of the contested cases reveal the fact that a few of the landlords have side rooms connected with their barrooms, some of them probably almost entirely ex- clusive of the barroom, and others with small openings through which drinks can be passed by the bartender. I have not had time to make a care- ful examination of this question, but I am impressed with the fact that this would make it very easy for a land- lord to evade the responsibility by having drinks passed into that room to persons of the excepted classes s and yet the landlord or bartender have no personal knowledge. Whether it be a violation of the law or not to maintain such a room, Ithink the better prac- tice is-for the landlord to discard such opportunities for evasion, and d_oppor- unifies for wittnesses to be produced ought also to.&ee who does the drink- ing, and his only safe course isto have no such objectional features Tonneet- ed with his bar.’ BY THE COURT. : Som Es For SALE—August Daberko’s valu- able farm, south of the Union Ceme- tery, one mile from Meyersdale, eon- taining 60 aeres, under laid with coal and good mine in operation. A dwell ing house, barn and all necessary out-buildings on the premises— All in good repair. A good bearing orchard and spring water. feb.13-tf. SE 0 My wife Maggie, on Wednesday, March’ 26th, 1913, left my bed and board = without my knowledge and without any cause, and consequently I will not be responsible for any debts she may contract. : apl 3-2t. Rost. E. LEE. ad Don’t Suffer Steady Pain Wear a Johnson’s Belladonna Plaster. It will give you al- most instant relief and sup- ports, strengthens and massa- ges the affected parts. Johnsow’s Belladonna Plasters do their work quickly and well. Doctors recommend them—we sell them. THORLEY’S DRUG STORE, Naugle Building, MEYERSDALE, PENN’A SEVERAL BARGAINS IN Second- Hand Automobiles ! One 2-cylinder Maxwell, 2-pas- tion, must go at $250. One 25 %5. hores. powes ““‘Over- land”’ Touring Car, with a de- tachable rear body, in A'1 condi- tion, a bargain at $375. Also a bargain in a Ford Tour- : ing Car. to give satisfaction. : For particulars call on or ad- and that is on the question of viola- inst thém on issues offfact raised | dress, tions of the liquor laws by persons illegalsales. The landlord ought,|. .. D. J. STEVANUS, holding licenses. Therelare differen- @ foe Sepersongonno Bet ligior. “and fman Ri ~ Grantsyille, Mad. 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