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VOLUME XXXVL
MEVERSDALE. PA. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1914
NUMBFR 1: 54
WAN INVADERS ARE -
"SLOWLY ADVANCING ON ON PARIS
Main Column, Regardless of Fearful
Death List, Pushes Allies Further
- Back on Paris
-_,
FRANCE CALLS LAST RESERVE
French Left Wing Compelied to Give Way Before
Irresistible Tidal Wave of Kaiser's Invading Legions.
Another Column Advancing on Oise Valley
London, England.—Fighting hard to stem the German advance on Paris
the French and British. troops who have been retreating for the last week
in the North have dropped back to positions along the Somme River, roughly
speaking within 76 miles of the French capital. Another column is pressing
forward to the valley. of the Oise River, which flows into the Seine a shori
Along the line of the: Meuse the French have been
distance’ from Paris.
able to check for a time the Germans there.
The allies are in dire need of reinforcements. For a week of practically
continuous: fighting they have been overborne by sheer weight of numbers
Jt was acmitted that the situation contained little
hope that the resistless German advance that has porued on, spending the
blood of the Fatherland like water in the face of a death list that | is terrible
and bulldog tenacity.
to. contemplate, could be checked.
The French official announcement #
Which ‘mentions that the progress of, AAA AAAI SAS AAIASILS
the German right wing has forced the
allies to yield further ground, would
seem to indicate that the Germans,
notwithstanding repuilses, are making 5
daily advances toward Paris.
The statement of Field Marshal Si
John French, commander of the Brit:
ish troops, however, spoke of fighting
accord
he to the Sepor
right
i
Ha
teers. She must “pour ‘more and ever
more men into: the gap to face that |
relentless advance thet has driven the
flower of her home army’ back with
teary slanghter,
e French war office made this
terse admission of further reverses:
“The progress of the German right
has obliged us to yield ground on our
left.”
This tells another: story of defeat.
The allies’ left is the army that is op
posing the main German advance
from the north and this brief sentence
shows that the defenders, given nc
chance to reform and fight a pitched
battle, so swift is the German forward
movement, have been compelled to
‘yield more of France to the kaiser,
‘ The ‘announcement adds that the
French are making a strenuous re-
sistance along the River Meuse, the
right wing of the allied army.
The Times in a special edition prints
a long story from its special corre-
spondent at Amiens = regarding the
seriousness of the situation in north.
ern France. The correspondent says:.
“We have to count the losses, take
stock of the situation, and set ow
teeth.”
He continues: “Along the Sambre
and in the angle of the Sambre ané
the Muese, the French, after days of
long gallant fighting, broke, Namur
fell and General Joifre was forced to
order a retreat along the whole line!
The Germans, fulfilling the one best
of all the precepts of war, never gave
the retreating allies a single moment's
rest. The purpsuit was immediate, re-
fentless, unresting. Aeroplanes, Zep-
peling, armored motor cars, cavalry,
were loosed like arrows from a bow:
Poi
VERY INTERESTING
LYCEUM MEETING.
the human family.
Thursday evening did not arrive ab
any definite conclusion as the causes
remedies for the evil,
that the subject should be investi
deed remove it in a large measure.
Father Brady.
The meeting ‘of the Lyceum last
Thursday evening in the Forum on
North street, proved to be one of the
most interesting ones held thus far. |
{oun of EE when bal-
aatod subject. It is being ees
all over the land by professors and
humanitarians. The increasing num-
ber of imbeciles, criminals, diseased
persons and dependents of’ all kinds
and character is demanding the at-
tention of all patriots and lovers of
The meeting last
DR. DIXON GIVES |
SCHOGL DAY HINTS.
Hundreds of thousands of children
will go trooping back to school with-
in the next few days. Immediately
following their return, measles, diph-
theria, scarlet fever and certain other
communicable diseases, which reach
their lowest ebb during the vacation.
period, will increase by leaps and
bounds.
The result will be disease and death
for the children and more or less dis-
organization in the schools. :
The responsibility for the spread of
niuch of the contagion rests with the
parents. Unfortunately in many
homes a cold or sore throat is not
considered a sufficient excuse for
keeping a child at home yet these arg
the preliminary symptoms of a u
‘ber of the diseases of childhot
When Johnny or Jane has a cold ors
sore throat they should remain
home and have it cared for. If, as
often proves to be the case, it is the
first stage of scarlet fever or diphthe- |
ria this may be of vital importance.’ i
Even it it is a more simple malady
a day’s eare may prevent a week's ill-
ness. The child with a cold or sore
‘| other members of the family wee
MERE JOTTINGS OF
DOINGS IN COUNCIL
Meeting held Tuesday evening.
Darnley, Saylor, Dia, Bauman,
Emeigh present. Health Officer
Klingaman reported unsanitary the
tail race and ditches in front of public
school building. $25 were collected
from fines. Troliey Co. notified to do
its part of repair on Salisbury street.
Street crossing is to be lowered on
Cherry street, and pavement to con-
form to grade. Bids for sidewalk ad-
vertised in this issue. Peter and Ada
Meyers and Geo. Donges directed to
lay sidewalks. Policeman reported
some street poles as unsafe. $1,500
ordered to be made from sinking
fund. Jno. Mathews may make steps
in sidewalk but will be held responsi-
ble for damages which may arise.
Bills paid ‘to be published next week.
BROTHER AND SISTER
- DIE OF DIPHTHERIA,
On Wednesday night with an inter-
ter aged 1 1-2 years and a son aged 4,
of Nicola Antoneska, of Keystone
"| Mines, died of a milignant type of
| diphtheria. Dr. Large was called on
Monday afternoon, and at the time
convalescing from the same malady
CORNER STONE LAID
AT POCAHONTAS.
throat who comes in contact with
source of infection is in an ideal ©
dition to contract disease. So.
marily for their own protection and
welfare and secondarily for the pi
tection of the other children #t
shoald Je fort at home.
ance it is ge
anced against health. The parents
boast that ‘‘onr children neyer miss a
day at school,” means that in many.
at home. No one questions the valze
of that portion of our education ac-
quired through schooling but the
good health of the child is the basis
upon which rests the fubturetof the
man and woman and it should not be
of school work.
|. The placing of tte corner stone
instances they have been forced to go |
when they would have been better off |
jeopardized for a few hours or days
Reformed church preached in his
shalisteristis forcible conversational
style.
The pastor quickened the giving by
stating that the name of every donor
to the building fund whose subserip-
tion equalled or exceeded $1.00 would
be placed in the corner stone; by
this means $300 were raised during
the day.
The corner stone cost the congre-
gation nothing for it was the gift of
A. H. Johnson of Meyersdale.
val of about two hours, a little daugh- |
One 4 Green,
hy ; as
: re Dr. a of the Amity
PINCHOT AND
- COMING N
The campaign tour of Pinchot and
Lewis through this section is part of
the state wide tour which these can-
didates are making. They have ai-
ready visited over thirty counties,
meeting the voters face to face, and
explaining their stand on all the
issues now before the people, This
18 the first time in the history of any
State that candidates for the United
States Senate and the Governorship
have made such a thorough canvass
of the electors. Pinchot and Lewis
have visited sections where import-
ant cardidates have rarely been seen.
They make a stop on the average in
from twenty to thirty towns a day.
Although th: tour is primarily a
band shaking one, so great has been
the interest awakened among the
voters, and so insistent have they
been on hearing the candidetes dis-
cuss the issues, that in many places
Pinchot and Lewis have been forced
to make from fifteen to twenty five
speeches a day.
Up to the present time nearly all
.| the agricultural counties in the East
baye been visited, The bard coal
regions have been toured from Oar-
bondale down to Hazleton and the
{lower part of Northumberland and | {
upper Dauphin counties.
‘Beginning with Washington county
Pinchot and Lewis expect to visit
Fayette, ‘Somerset, Blair,
Oambria, Bedford, Fulton and Frark-
lin counties. Later on in the cam-
paign the two candidates will spend | |
LEWES
6 NEXT WEEK
To Tour Somerset rset County Next Tues-
day and Wednesday. Will Ad-
dress the he People Here.
OTHER CANDIDATES TO SPEAK
This method of campaigning has
already brought Pinchot and Lewis
into contact with thousands of people.
In the smaller counties alone they
have met from two thousand to three
thousand people, and in larger coun-
ties such as Lackawanna and Luzerne,
they have met from six te seven
thousand people.
The candidates expects to keep up
this style of eampaigning until late
into the Fall. They will tour Somer-
set county next week, Tuesday and
Wednesday. Their schedule for those
two days is as follows:
SEPTEMBER 8.
Leave Uniontown, Fayette county,
at 7:30 a. m.
Reach Somerfield, Somerset Co., at
Springer Hotel, 9:45 a. m,
Reach Addison, front of Rush’s
Hotel, 10:15 a. m.
Reach Salisbury, front of Loechel's:
Hotel, 11:45 a. m.
Reach Boynton, at street car rm,
‘which are producing such dire results,
much less did it propose any specific
But it is well
gated and discussed for when the
general public once becomes thor-
oughly aroused in regard to it some
remedies will no doubt be evolved
which will reduce the evil if not in-
It will be beneficial if the reading
and thinking people of Meyersdale
will meet regularly for the discussion
of questions that are of general and
specific interest. The Lyceum meets
the last Thursday in each month at
8:00 o’clock inthe evening. The sub-
ject for the next meeting is ‘The
Drama’? and will be presented by
It would be well if
others would also read up on the sub-
ject in order that they might take
part intelligently in the general dis-
in the church and premises of Amity
Reformed church are about completed
and the date of re-dedication has been
fixed for September the 20th. The
feast of dedication will begin on
Thursday evening previous when the
first service will be conducted by the
pastor to be followed by a social meet-
ing of rejoicing by the members of
the church in the Sunday school hall.
Sermons will be preached, on Friday
the Lutheran church of this place;
on Saturday evening by Prof. J, C.
day by Rey. Charles E. Schaeffer, D.
D., of Philadelphia.
have been made during the summer |
evening by Rev. D. W. Michael of,
Bowman, D, D. of the Theological
Seminary at Lancaster, Pa.; on Sun-
Others to assist
and served immediately to harass the:
retiring columns and also to keep the.
Berman staff fully informed of the
movements of the allies.
According to reports from Berlin
he Kaiser's troops have reached St.
Quentin, where the German cavalry
tompletely routed the British, Toei
‘ogses to the British were heavy,
BAPTISM.
Evangelists W. J. Armstrong and
G. B. Winemiller will have a baptism
in the river at the Red Bridge, near
Shaw Mines, Sunday, Sept. 6th, at
2:45 P. M.
ir emer eer nein,
Glassware and Queensware, mostly |
at 10c per piece, at the Globe Electric
and Novelty Store, ad
cussion. se Boy = 2 rob grsve lots in the cemetery, I do
; : * + |not know. Respect for themselves
OCCUPANTS OF AUTO | Stephen of Borin; Rev. or: fia , | should prompt them to act otherwise.
HURLFD OUT OF CAR |Monn of Salisbury; Revs. A. 8. 1 ean name some of them but 1 for.
As Wilson Saylor, Samuel Firl, Jr.,
Jno. Boyer, Elmer Engle and Adam
Grew were riding in the anto of Mr.
Saylor on Sunday evening about six
o’clock, when they came to Daniel
Wingard’s place, owing to the car
becoming unmanageable, they were
plunged into an embankment and
hurled out of the car. The only one
receiving serious injury was Firl who
suffered a concussion of the brain.
Dr. Hemminger was summoned.
er—— ———
Nice ripe Tomatoes 50c per half-
bushel basket at Habel & Phillips. [ad
remem enees ree
Agent for Edison Mazda Lamp.
7th.
urged to come.
Globe Electric and Novelty Store. [ad
Kresge and A. 8. Glessner of Meyers-
dale. Special musicis being prapared
for the occasion,
To these coming religious festivities
the general public is cordially ir-
vited.
MEETING OF
CIVIC LEAGUE.
The Civic League will hold its regu-
lar meeting in the High School Build-
ing on Monday evening, September
and others are
All members
Mgs. B. LicHTY, Sec.
I ————— ee maa
Wall Paper 10c and up at the Globe
Electric and Novelty Store.
ad
The adage ‘‘forbearance has ceased
to be a vyirtue’’ is true in my case.
3 be and boisterous talk and laughter
and unseemly conduct on the part of
young people have about reached the
limit along Salisbury strect, late at
night. The rest of tired and ‘aged
people is much disturbed by such
conduct. Nor is this all:
Flowers that have been cared for
in order to beautify the lawns have
been ruthlessly destroyed; mot con-
tent with taking the flower, the stalks
are broken and ruined for this season.
More than twenty geranenm flowers
from one stalk on my lawn were tak-
en and the stalk ruined on Saturday
night.
Whether these thoughtless or ruth-
iess young people are the same that
bear. H. C. McKINLEY.
IN THE SOCIAL CIRCLE.
Miss Martha Deist was hostess at a
picnic at Riverside Park Thursday
evening of last week in honor of her
guest Miss Ida Keifer, of Akron. O,
A delicious lunch was served and all
had an enjoyable time,
Among those present were: Misses
Zura Peck, Bess Hady, Margaret
Hady, and Messrs. Charles Griffith,
Maurice Olark, Bob Peck, John Wei-
mer and Olin Lichty, of Waterloo, Ia.
mm r——— pr ———————
Osakis Flour (straight Spring Pat-
ent), $6.0C per barrel, at
GIFFORD PINCHOT
ten days in the Pittsburg district, vis-
iting the shopmen at the mills and
factories at Pittsburg in the mornings
and going out to surrounding towns
for night meetings.
Both Pinchot and Lewis conducts
strenuous campaigns on these tours.
The candidates get up early in the
morning and go out to the gates of
the mills in the various towns at 6:00
o’clock, meeting fthe men as they go
to work. In industrial towns at noon
they hold noon shop meetings, and
wherever possible in the evening,
draw up their antomobile at the gates
of the mills and meet the men as they
are going out.
At night an open air mass meeting
is held in some center and the issues
of the campaign are fully discussed
from the national and State view-
point.
DEDICATION THOUGHTLESS
h M oh, r b oloni
ANNOUNCED, YOUNG PEOPLE, A
-| The repairs and improyemenits that Mr. Bditor: Toh Reach Garrett, front of postoffice,
at 2:30 p. m.
Reach Pinehill, front of Gumbert’s
store, at 3:15 p. m.
Reach Berlin, at lower diamond,
at 3:45 p. m.
Evening meeting at Somerset, at
Court House, at 8:00 p. m.
: SEPTEMBER, 9.
Leave Somerset about 7:00 a. m.
Reach Jenners, front of Farmsworth
Hotel, 8:00 a. m.
Reach Boswell, front of Wampler’s
Hotel, 8:20 a. m.
Reach stoyestown,
House, 9:25 a. m.
Reach Hoovyersville, front of post
office, 10:05 a. m.
Reach Benson, front of postoffice,
10:45 a. m.
Reach Windber, front of Wilmore
Hotel, 12:30 p. m.
Pinchot and Lewis will be accoms-
panied by Charles F. Hood, Washing-
ton Party Candidate for Congress in
this District, Captain W. H, Sanner,
County Chairman, George Scull, Dr.
Chas. Hemminger,
the State Senate, and Messrs. Robert
Lohr and Jacob Miller, on the ticket
for Assembly.
front of Hite
Lumber for Sale.
Buy your lumber from H. Phillips
and save some money. I have a gcod
supply of frame lumber ready for
prompt delivery. Address,
aug.27-tf Sand Patch, Pa.
re — ee ———
Buy your Coffee at Bittner’s Gro~
cery and have it ground free of
charge. ad
i —
Pure cider Vinegar 20c per gallon,
at Habel & Phillips. ad
Srna ———
We are headquarters for Fruit Jars,
For SALE.—Fine new roller-top
desk, used lightly but three months.
ad Habel & Phillips.
Call at Commercial. ad
Tin Cans, Jelly Glasses, Sealing Wax,
| Parafine, Jar Tops and Jar Rubbers.
I ad Habel & Phillips.
FIVE DAYS OF FESTIVITY
B: combining all stores, Johnstown in five days will offer a two e159
hs
| Sept. 15-16-17-18-19 |
months’ showing of the newest things to wear, use or eat.
Every line is included.
BEING PREPARED FOR YOU
AGNIFICENT city, stor
ou, despite thé war every civilized country will be
on to make this Expo a long remembered event.
e and window decorations will greet
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