Phones. rn tes. | ort. A you are separ- modern stay at “reams, | Kinds. 1 r / le, Pa. »d St, Penn’a. ries with an ng point. d Goods, kers, ete. to select 25¢ ickles,25¢ lale, Pa. pas. sy RR A Ew \ —— tn go a Me ners Oal eli real, VOLUME XXXVI. MEYERSDALE. PA. THURSDAY. JULY 10. 19i3 - NUMBER 1896 = PITTSBURG BANK CLOSED Receivers Remede-Depoditds Will Not Lose—Banking Conditions Sound. PITTSBURG, July 8.—Pittsburg bank conditions are sound, was the reas- suring statement made today by Pitts- burg bankers and business men an by the officials of the Treasury De-. partment at Washington, following the appointment of receiyers for the First-Second National Bank, ‘ae Am- erican Water Works & Guarantee. Company and J. S. & W.S. Kahn, Inc., and the temporary closing .0f the First National Bank of McK.ees- port. J. 8. Kuhn this morning resigned as president of the Pittsburg Bank for Savings, He was succeefled by W. Jone§ svaretary and treasurer of e institution, snd the latter was cceeded by A. H. Voight, who was elected secretary-treasurer. Banking circles here are optimistic over the situation. None of the bank- ers expects that depositors in the First-Second National will’ be more than temporarily embarrased as a re- sult of the closing of the institution. The acting comptroller of the cur- rency took charge of the First-S8econd National Bank of Pittsburg because its directors expressed their inability to make good an impairment of its capital and decided that the wise thing for all interests was for the act- ing comptroller to take the situation in hand. House Association, which has had the matter under consideration for sever- al days, in the meantime, also decided that it was inexpedient to furnish the amount of assistance required to keep the bank going. ie The acting comptroller had no al- | ternative in the circumstances, but to | 5 Suid fe charge of the First-Second Nat- © Bank, in order {¢* prevent the lrawal of large deposits, which iv begun, and to secure for ypositors equal treatment > ones. Everything will acting comptroller to liquidation of the that the depositors h the least possible ~f the national : of the cur- strong con- muantry. The nk is simply nk of Me- S. Kuhn is 3 directors ry meas- ren that sound, Wash- nent. ISTS. for 1 The Pittsburg Clearing to conserve the interests of all alike under the circumstances that had arisen. J. K. Duff, treasurer of the company, was appointed receiver under $50,000 bond. At a meeting of the Pittsburg Clear- ing House Association yesterday afternoon, the following statement was made through its officers. ‘“The closing of the First-Second National Bank by the Deputy Comp- troller of the Currency was not en- tirely unexpected by this association and it was therefore prepared for the crisis. The members of the Clearing House are all in good condition and we believe, that the banks and trust companies in the city of Pittsburg as a whole are prepared for any emer gendy. It will take several days to ‘arrange for the transfer of accounts and the proper and careful handling of checks made on the First-Second National Bank. We therefore ask the indulgence of the public and re- quest that they will help in every way possible to assist in the solution of the problem which confronts the Clearihg House committee and the banks ?’ Acting Comptroller Kane last night issued the following: Z ‘At a meeting of the directors of the First-Second National Bank held on Sunday, the condition of the bank and the results of the recent invésti- gation of the bank examiners were ‘discussed. After full consideration, the directors declared their inability to make good the bank’s impaired capital and “without dissent decided that it would be best for the protec- tion of the -depositors and all other interests to have the comptroller of the currency take charge and to ar- range for the liquidation of the bank. . *“The Pittsburg Clearing House Oommittee, which has been engaged for the past four days in going over the affairs of the bank with the ex- aminers and in making a careful in- vestigation as to its condition refused to furnish funds sufficient to justify the bank in keeping open, and agreed under the circumstances there was no | alternative to the course recommend- ed by the bank’s directors. ‘“The officers of the bank have ex- pressed to the department the belief that there will ultimately be but lit- tle if any loss to the bank’s deposi- tors. The liquidation of the bank, and the distribution of its assets will proceed as expedi iously as possible.”’ The First-Second National Bank is a merger of the First and Second Na- tional Banks of Pittsburg, effected in April. The officers besides President W. S. Kuhn, are Vice Presidents J. M. Young and William McConway. Mr. Young is also cashier. President Kuhn is at Prides’ Crossing, Mass., in attendance upon his wife, who is sick. From the failure there should be no particular cause for alarm. This banking institution transacted busi- ness in all parts of the country. One of its particular spheres in which it worked was to carry on big business in the way of selling bonds for big corporations. - To our way of looking at the matter, there is no monetary connect’ +. between the bank and *f the companies whose sold are solvent, then od, regardless of the » bank’s affairs. that the bank ns, and that emed to be ' no reason safe as ‘der THE MOOSE PICNIC. If the words ‘‘bigger and better than ever’’ could bef§justlyjused, they may be written here in describing | the Moose picnic held at Riverside Park, on July 4th. It seemed ‘as if everybody was there and it was just as natural for yon to nudge a stranger in the ribe as an old aec- quaintance and everybody appeared to be enjoying themselves. It was a jolly, good-natured and> patriotic crowd made up of young folks, old folks, young old folks and old young folks. Everything was moving along nicely and at a lively clip until late in the afternoon when a thnnder shower struck the park which caused the gay revelers to check up for a while and seek shelter from the rain. After the clouds rolled by and the rain ceased the festivities were re- sumed and continued until a late hour. The various races, however, which were scheduled to take place in the evening were called off on account of the rain, but the remainder of the program was carried out as adver- tised. The parade through the principal streets of the town was not so large as it should have been, but yet it made a very good showing. The music furnished by the Moose band of Cumberland, was of high class'and there was plenty of it, and altogether it was a big day for ‘the Moose and their friend. }. It is not necessary to say more but the members of Friendship Lodge, No. 76, L. O. O. M., wish to thank all those, who aided them, financially and otherwise, in making the picnic a success. The members of the Moose band of Cumberland, and the_local order of Red Men also have the thanks of the lodge, and if at any time in the future the Moose are called upon to aid in anything of a like nature, they will gladly do so. are willing to follow. . If they can’t lead they THE GRIM == =I=im REAPER JOSEPH BLOCHER. On Sunday evening at seven o’clock, Joseph Blocher of High street passed quietly way. Mr. Blocher was born December 27, 1854, at Frostburg, Md. In 1876 he was married to Margaret Zehmer of Grantsville, Md. To this union was born a family of six children, two died in infancy and Jacob died four Years ago. The wife and three chil- dren, Mrs. Warren Holzshu, of town, Laura and John at home, the latter ‘a city’ mail carrier survive. Six grandchildren also survive, three children of Jacob Blocher, deceased and three children of Warren Holz- shu. One brother also survives Mr. Blocher, Jacob L. Blocher of Fair: mont, W. Va. Mr. Blocher had been a citizen of Meyersdale for the last 20 years and had been variously employed, at the Slicer Hotel, the Meyersdale Planing mill and later by the Kenne- weg Wholesale Grocery Co. Mr. Blocher had been a member of the Maccabees lodge and a member of the Carpenters and Joiners Union. For the last four years he had been in feeble health. In September 1909 he received a stroke of apoplexy, in November 1910 he received a second stroke and on July 4th, while down town he received another stroke which terminated fatally on Sunday evening. While at the corner of Center and North streets his helpless condition was noticed by W. H. Habel, who called | to his assistance Dr. Truxal, together they were taking him to his home,and were relieved by Chas. Zehner and Chas. Saylor. Medical aid was sum- moned at once. After reaching home he was rational for a half hour, after which he was in an unconscious con- dition until he died. He was aged 58 years, 6 months and 9 days. The funeral services were GREENVILLE TWP. R rg nald.. at the home on Tuesday after- FORMED CHURCH DE- STROYED BY FIRE. - The Greenville: Reformed church went up in smoke on Thursday night. This church had been a centre. of religious life in Greenville township for many years. It had been known as a union church of the Lutheran and Reformed denominations. A few years ago the Lutheran congregation erected its own church, and the Reformed congregation purchasing the interest of the Lutheran church. This church but recently succeeded in getting a pastor to care for the spiritual needs of the people. The church had been in a dilapidated con- dition and the matter of building a church had been agitated for several years. With the people it had been a matter of location which retarded the erection of a new church, some wanted the church erected at the old place while others felt that the church should be located at Pocahontas. The destruction of the old church by fire will now compel the congrega- tion to take early steps for the choos- ing of a site and the erection of a new church. Last Sunday the congregation through the courtesy of the Church of the Brethren held service in the Hostetler church and will again hold “ice in that church in two weeks. rigin of the fire appears to be a JL. BOARD ORGANIZED. 00l Board met in regular Monday evening and or- ae year by electing the ‘cers:—Secretary, J. M, asurer, Clarence Moore, t and vice president are ley and F. A. Bittner, Their term expires at year. LY MEETING. sting services will be yersdale Evangelical turday and Sunday. Conference will be ‘ock Saturday after- ding Elder, Rev. W. of Johnstéwn, will ing services by the on Saturday evening Sunday morning at the evening at 7:45. munion will be admin- morning service. Sun- t 2:00 p. m. A cordial ; extended to the public. 3. RITTENHOUSE, Pastor. noon at four o’clock. He was a mem- ber of the Reformed church, Rev. E. 8. Hassler of St. Paul, Keim, con- ducted the services. Interment was made in the family lot in the Union cemetery. rf e——— OPENED FOR TRAFFIC. The new low-grade line built by the Baltimore & Ohio between Rockwood and Garrett, Pa., a distance of seven miles, was opened for traffic July 1. The line was constructed to facilitate the movement of coal traffic from the Quemahoning fields of Southwest- ern Pennsylvania. Coal trains may now be run from Somerset, to Cum- berland, Ma., and with the new line in operation there will be no inter- ference with traffic on the main line west of Yoder, providing three tracks between Yoder and Rockwood. The improvement isa part of the work begun three years ago of equipping the Baltimore & Ohio railroad with sufficient tracks to insure expeditious handling of traffic. Third and fourth tracks have been built on sections of the road where density of traffic re- quire ii. AUTO TRIP. Mr. and Mrs. ‘S. A. Wakefield, of Lock Hayen, came to town in their automobile on the Fourth to visit Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Von Moos. While here they took Mr. and Mrs. Von Moos and Ike Weinstein on an auto trip to the Moose picnic at Riverside Park and from there to Berlin, where they took supper at the. Albright Hotel. While at Berlin they saw a number of well known Merersdale people. Mrs. Wakefield is the daughter of Mrs. VonMoos, and attracts favora- ble attention where ever she goes. MOTHER FOLLOWS SON TO GRAVE: Five weeks after burying her son who was killed in Davis, W. Va.,Mrs. Jaceb Schroll, of Windber, about 49 years old, died of acute nephritis Sat- urday morning. Her funeral was held on Monday, with interment in East End Cemetery. NEW FOUNTAIN HAS ARRIVED. The new fountain which is erected under the management of the Civic League has arrived, and work has been begun on its erection. When the work is completed this will form a pleasing feature in connection with C64 ‘the ‘‘town beautiful.’ to be | | day, a heavy thunder shower struck le | day afternoon. | Zufall. BUSINESS SUSPENDED. The fourth of July opened auspici- ously in Meyersdale. The sky was clear and the sun was shining, the indications were for a warm day and and a fair day. It was warm all right during the day and fair part of tte town in the afternoon. . The business places were generally open till noon, although there was comparatively little business done in the forenoon. The ice cream season had not been up to the standard, but no complaint could be made on that score on July Fourth. There was a remarkable demand for ice cream on that day. : "PARADE. The Moose parade was scheduled for 10:00 o’clock, and it was generally believed that the various fraternal and other organizations of town would turn out in large numbers to help cel- ebrate the day. This was Moose day and they were out in full force and presented a neat appearance, each member carrying an umbrella of red, white and blue. The Moose band, of Cumberland, led the procession. The only other organization that took part in the parade was the Red Men. The members were dressed in brown suits, they wore masks and carried their weapons. This orgination attracted considerable attention. Luke Hay’s jackass, dressed in blue overalls, with Charley Brant riding and masked, did some funny stunts along the line of march. The automobiles were pret- tily decorated, although few in num- ber. The prizes which the Moose offer were as follows: . $10.00 for organization with most men in line; $5.00 for organization with next number of men in line, $10.00 for best decorated automobile or wagon, $5.00 for second best dec- orated automobile or wagon. The Moose were not contestants for these prizes. The Moose highly appreciate the contributions of the business men towards these prizes. : _ PRIZES AWARDED. $10.00 to the Red Men for organiza- tion with most men in line; $10.00 to Philip Reich for best decorated auto- mobile; $5.00 to John Hartung for second best decorated automobile; $5.00 to Red Men for best fantastic parade. The judges were A. M, Schaffner, W. H.Deeter and F. B. Thomas. BASE BALL AND PICNICS. . With the conclusion of the parade, the large crowd assembled on the streets separated to different points of interest, those interested in base ball wended their way to the Slicer ball grounds. The Moose headed for Riv- erside Park, the Socialists went to Coal Run,a number went to St. Paul, others went out automobiling. Alto- gether there was plenty to amuse and entertain during the day, while in the evening there was a display o# fire- works in town aad the moving pic- tures were largely patronized. FAMILY REUNION. A beautiful family reunion took place at the old Frederick Shaulis homestead in Jefferson township, among the children of the late Fred- erick Shaulis, who died about five years ago. The occasion was in com- memoration of the visit to the old homestead of Charles S. Shaulis, of Lyndon, Ill., accompanied by his wife and daughter, Miss Doris. Two large automobiles took the Somerset rela- tives and friends to the homestead. The following were present: Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Shaulis and children, Roy, Earle, Samuel and Evelyn, Miss Ruth, and Alexander Shaulis,of Som- erset; Dr. and Mrs. E. Frank Shaulis, and son, Frederick, of Indianna; Mr, and Mrs. A.J. Weimer and son,James of Freidens; Dr. and Mrs. C. R. Bit- toner, of Hooversville; Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Putman and childien, Dwight and Foy; Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Brugh, and Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Shaulis, of Bakersville. EXPIRES ON WAY "TO REUNION. Aaron Zufall, of near Somerset, while being taken in an automobile to Gettysburg last Friday to attend the reunion of the veterans of the North and South, became ill in the W. C. Shafer car near Mercersburg, Frank- lin county, and died there on Satur- He was 68 years oid and fought in Company C. 142d Regi- ment, P. V. I., during the Rebellion. His death was due to heart trouble. Mr. Zufall is survived by his widow BASE BALL. SOMERSET VS. MEYERSDALE. Much has been said and written in recent years of the ‘‘has beens.” Of those who at one time occupied the front rank, but had gone back. It has often been interesting and pathe- tic to see men and organizations try to ‘‘come back.”” Jim Jefferies the pugilist tried and made a sorry fail- ure. Cy. Falkenburg, the pitcher had been relegated to a minor league a year ago, but this year he ‘‘came back’’ and proved to be the sensation of the season. Our base ball team played some wretched games this season and the wise ones were pro- nouncing dire judgment upon the team. On the glorious fourth, they again made their appearance on the diamond for two sessions, with the best that Somerset could produce. At the morning game the attend— ance was fair, and the game was in~ terspersed with bad, good and indif- ferent playing by both teams. The batting was light. Barnhart and Olark constituted the battery for the home team. DannyjMiller, our crack third baseman of a year ago was the pitcher for the visiting team, and nosed out ahead. Thanks to the light batting of our team. The score wa 4 to 2 in favor of Somerset. : In the afternoon’s game Johnny Stafford was on the mound for Mey- ersdale, while Somerset placed a man in the box who pitched a strong game. In the afternoon game Meyersdale displayed the spirit of ‘76.’ The grandstand and bleachers were filled with enthusiastic fans, who encour- aged the home players by their pres- ence and their cheers. The county seat boys had with them many en- thusiastic supporters of their team. This game was an improvement on the morning game. Somerset played hard to win both games while Mey-~ ersdale was there to do or die. The game resulted in the score of 5 to 3 in favor of the home team. There was a bad mix-up in the Price family of three brothers, one was, one of the umpires, one played on the Somerset team, and one on the home team. In one particular play on first base the Prices wére very much in evidence, Kennedy played first base, his brother tried to steal second, and on a close decision Umpire Price called the runner out while trying to get back to first base. The umpires were Hostetler and Price, and the scorer was J. J. Hob~ litzell. PROF. KRETCHMAN HERO. Prof. Kretchman, while visiting at his home last week took a walk out on the farm about three-fourths of a mlle from the house and saw some distance ahead of him, what seemed to be a belt in the field road. On nearer approach he saw it was a snake, when he picked up a broken fence rail and commenced to beat the life out of the snake. With the first well directed blow from the Professor, the rattler gave. the alarm, but the back of the reptile . was broken and all danger was over. On examination the snake had ten rattlers and o button and that the snake measured about four feet in length. The Kretchman farm has been in pos- session of the family for a period of seventy years and never before in their recollection was there known to have been a rattle snake on the farm. The explanation for this is that during the extremely dry season, on the mountain, was the cause for the snake wandering so far away from its natural home and the belief is that another rattler will be found in the immediate vicinity in which Professor Kretchman wielded with unerring aim the rail that ended the rattler’s life. SOCIETY NOTES. A Monday evening Miss Helen Collins delightfully entertained a number of her friends at her home on North street, in honor of the anniversary of her birth. The house was beautifully decorated with ferns and daisies. A delicious lunch was served and was thoroughly erjoyed by the forty guests present. Mrs. W. T. Dailey was hostess on Monday evening when she entertained a few friends in honor of her sister, Mrs, J. M. Ramstead, who has been: | her guest for several weeks. LAWN FETE. and three children, Mrs. Shafer, and | Mrs. Harry Davis and Warren W. | {ing, July 12. A lawn fete of the Lutheran church, will be held at Keim on Saturday,even- - 1 . . % Everybody is ing, * *» it was found that’ = i 4
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