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VOL. XXXVI.
MEYERSDALE, PA., THURSDAY. MARCH 18.
1015.
$55,000 Opera
House Burned
Donges Theatre and Three Other Places
Burned. Flames Threaten Whole End of
Town But Gallant Fire Laddiesand Strong
Water Pressure :’revails. Comme sreial Build-
ing on Fire Three Times.
Between five and seven o’clock
this Thursday morning fire licked up |
about $65,000 worth of property
the junction of Méyers avenue and
Centre streets, this town, in which
the sole loser was Mr. George Donges, |
the buildings destroyed being the
large Donges theatre, his dwelling |
house which also contained the meat |
market of his son, Edgar, and also |
the building next to it occupied and |
owned by The Meyersdale Auto Com- |
pany was damaged to the extent of
nearly $1,000.
James Hoblitzell, the civil engineer,
who was on his way to make the Du-
quesne train, first saw the fire and
gave the alarm. The Volunteer Fire
department with Chief Campbell at
the head responded quickly, but be-
fore they were ready to apply any
water the flames had burst through
the roof of the tall structure and as
Mr. Dahl, a baker, who lives near the
opera house saw the fire at the time
the alarm was sent out, that there
was fire in the basement, six stories
beneath the roof, the inference is
the fire started in the furnace part of
a steam heating plant. This means
that the entire building from roof to
cellar was ablaze before a drop of
water was attempted to put upon it.
To try to stay this was entirely fu-
tile. The attention of the firemen was
therefore directed to saving nearby
buildings.
at |
POPULAR
COUNTY LICEN-
SES GRANTED
Somerset county gains two new
retail liquor licenses as the result of
the decisions of Judge Ruppel hand-
ed down on Monday, but it loses one
of its breweries for a year at least,
unless an appeal is taken to a higher
court and appellant is sustained. The
new retailers will be Wilson K. Walk-
is 80 years of age, is in a critical con- ‘er, of the Hite House, of Stoyestown,
dition from pneumonia, brought on who was refused last year and Frank
TEACHER DEAD
Miss Nelle Dom, one of Meyers-
best and most popular grade school
teachers, died last night at her home
Meyers avenue as the result of ner-
vous prostration.For some time Miss
Dom had not been in good health and
preparation for Parents’ Day ended
in her fatal illness. Her mother, who
| Gurley, but fortunately these were
‘all gotten out.
Clyde Rowe and the Commercial
building were afire several times and Lutheran church and most highly re-
it looked as if the Commercial would | SPected. Besides her mother, three
'not make its usual weekly visit, but | brothers survive:
{thanks to the very efficitnt fire de-
partment, we are still existent. We
| desire to express to them our sincere |
| gratitude. That men will undergo se-
vere privation and suffering, risk life
and limb that the property of others
may be saved is one of the highest
forms of human service. We take off
our hat to the Fire Laddies. May they
sleep well and may some good things
come their way. i
The opera house was completely de- |
molished, hardly one brick being left
upon another.” As wall after wall fell
the flames would take an added spurt
skyward seemingly bent upon some
further devastation, but its force af'
ter an hour’s rampage was spent and
all breathed more freely once more. |
The building was erected in 1904 and i
was the only place of its kind in town |
In size it was 80 by 110 feet, 4 stories |
in front and six in the rear. Mr. Don.
ges, the owner was in Somerset at
the time of the fire, but he hired an |
! automobile and came here as fast as
‘the bad condition of the roads would rection of the building, formally pre-
allow. The loss is about $65,000 cov-
ered about one-half by insurance.
There was a show in the
opera
The sparks flew in showers and a house the evening preceding the fire
strong southwest wind carried the 'anq the manager, Mr. Clay Donges,
burning embers to all parts of the 1
“town. Buildings were being ignited
here and there but the whole town
was by this time awake to its danger.
The home of the owner of the opera
house was just next to that building
and it was soon on fire also, the men
being unable to save it from complete
_ destruction. The household goods were
in part removed. The Garage was
the prey of the fire element, the roof
of the long one-story building catch-
and destroying it pretty thoroughly.
More valuable than this building were
the 28 autos in it belonging to the va-
rious citizens of the town, besides sev
_ eral belonging to the proprietors of | thousand dollars in
the establishment, Messrs. Plock & | scenery.
and two of the actors remained about a
half hour after the close of the per-
formance, going to different parts of
the building but they detected noth-
ing amiss. As the evening was mere
ly cool, there was no forced firing of
the furnace.
The Donges Meatmarket will re
sume business in one of the Hocking
8tere rooms next to the novelty store.
Mr. Donges is undecided as whether
he will rebuild or not.
The Tom Waters Stock Company
which played in the opera house om
Wednesday evening was the loser by
the fire to the amount of about one
costumes and
‘ber firm of Windber last week brought to Michael B. Martin, Fairhope twp.,
THROUGHOUT THE : REAL ESTATE.
COUNT Y Frank W. Scheller to F. S. Egolf
‘Rev. E. B .Boyer, who has been pas- Allegheny township, $5, 000; O. B.
tor of the Confluence Lutheran | Statler to Paul Bachoric, Shade twp.,
church for a number of years, has re- $50; John B. Zeigler to Joseph Sul-
signed and will leave thatplace in the korsky, Shade twp., $225;
near future. Jennie Lohr to Ed. S. Thomas, Cone-
Lamb & Thomas, a well known lum- 'maugh twp., $1,600; James P. Martin
suit against the Summit Milling & $250; Caspar H. Wahl to Jeannette |
Lumber Co. to recover $1700 for s.w ' Mc Kinley, Confluence, $1,300; Lloyd
| Dom was a graduate of the California
The residence of Mr. Harry Dively, | | State Normal school and has for ma-
the Glessner house, occupied by Mr. joy years been a teacher here.
was
‘Tea and wafers were served by the
Braucher. The total cost of the build-
‘$20,000; this amount covering equip-
'home of her |
| Weber, in Pittsburg, on Monday night. in8 March 26 at 7:30 o'clock.
by solicitation for her daughter. Miss | Lowry, of Windber who recently
completed the construction of a three-
HELP BEAUTIFY PROM... NT
OUR TGWN
"Now that the springof the year is
fast approaching every person should
get busy have their gardens and
lawns cleaned up and put in
for the planting of vegetables and |
flowers. That every home may have |
a flower garden at a very small cost |
the ladies of the Civic League will |
furnish seeds and plants providing
the people will give their order to the |
solicitor that will call on them with-'
in the next week. Should anyone be
story stone hotel building in that
place. The brewer’s application refus-
ed is that of the Jenner Brewing Co., !
of near Boswell.
the case of fthe Jenner Brewing
Co. it was alleged that the company
had violatd the laws within the last
year and the remonstrance against
the granting of that application was
a very strong one.
The refusals in Shade township
She
a the
consistent member of
Henry, of .Johus-
town, Oliver, Pittsburg, and Thomas,
on the B. & O; also three gisters:
Mrs. W. H. Klingaman, at whose
home Miss Dom and her mother live-
d, ; Mrs. Lillian Meese and Mrs. G.
W. Day, both of Pittsburg. The fun-| were of a Sweeping character. It was
eral will take place Saturday at 1 p.m.{in the new Cairnbrook-Central City
Miss Dom‘s pastor, Rev. D. W. Mich- mining community that M. R. Bren-
ael pReisIng ‘nan and Adam Stibick of Johnstown
‘and John F. Werner constructed ho-
tels, those of the first two named be-
IS DEDICATED. ing very large structures. It was ex-
Very interesting exercises were pected that at least two of them
held at Berlin Thursday that being and perhaps the trio would be granted
the occasion of the dedication of the a license, but all were refused. Three
splendid new public school building. applications in Windber were also re-
In the afternoon the public en- fusd. They are Nettie C. King, A. L.
joyed viewing the building and admir- Gohn and J. T. & S. R. Metz.
ing the conveniences and appliances. : Contiued on 4th page.
BERLIN'S $20,000 SCHOOL
High school girls and Directors’
wives. In the evening the dedica-!
tory exercises were held in th Re- |
formed church which was filled. Pres. |
of the Board E. B. Walker, after re-
viewing the facts leading to the e-|
sented it to the townspeople. The
Rev. Burkholder accepted it in the
name of the citizens, while Principal
J. C. Speicher spoke as representing
the schools. Rev. John Brubaker, D, !
D., formerly at the head of the Be
schools spoke. Dr. Hammersch
head of the Carnegie Tech. Sshool, of
Pittsburg, made the main address of
the evening. Other speakers were
Revs. Stephan and Wiant,
The school is a two-stery building
with finished basement and is built of
solid brick, faced with buff-colored
brick, and trimmed with brownstone.
It is 68 by 104 feet in size and occu-
pies a very prominent location. It re-
flects much credit on Contractor. S. G.
A READING
ing, which contains eight grade rooms ;
and a High School department, con-
sisting of three rooms, is about
| display of flowers,
PICTURE EXHIBIT TO BE VERY INTERESTING HERE.
If you delight in seeing copies of High School,
famous pictures do not fail to see the
. Elson exhibit in the basement of the pictures
missed, just call on Miss Jessie Me-!
Kinley, secretary of the League, and
| she will take your order. A prize will
be given on each street for the best
vines and well
kept lawns, the prizes to be two!
rose bushes or hardy vines.
The League is working hard to
beautify the town and tb %hould
have the co-operation of Xe peo-
ple. Following is the list @ s and
vines you may select fron 11 nas-
turtium, dwarf Basturtivg, “morning
glory, marigold, sweet alyssum, giant
cosmos, petunia mixed, petunia white, |
phlox, Japan pink; each of the above
one cent a package.Nicotiana, canary |
bird vine, ornamental gourd, salvia,
or scarlet sage, two cents The hardy
vines are Japan ivy, eight cents;
clematis, nine cents; scarlet trumpet
vine , seven cents; crimson rambler,
fifteen cents and Dorothy Perkins,
fifteen cents.
Friday and Saturday,
of this week. Admission 10c the pro-
ceeds to be used ror the purchase of
for ourschools.
FROM HOMER,
AGED PHYSICIAN
; FATALLY BURNED.
On Sunday Pr. B. R. C. Blaek-
burn was burned to death in his home
at Pleasantville, 15 miles from Bed-
ford. He was well known in this coun-
shape i
| sity,
ment,seating ete. as well as the cost
of the ground, a plot of 200 feet
square.
LADY WELL KNOWN
HERE IS DEAD.
Word was received here Tuesday
morning of the death of Mrs. Hel-
en Wilson, which
mother, Mrs.
Annie |
ing timber on a track in Stonycreek L. Mountain to M. M. Royston, Salis-
township.
Bruce Phillipi,
chewan, Canada,
Johnstown, were united in marriage |
of Canora Saskat- | Bots, Shade twp. $2,850;
formerly of Ber- Zimmermanto Harry Pugh, Somerset | | died only last August. And a
lin, and Miss Pearl Vandersloot, of | twp., $100; Jacob I Kaufman's execu- |
| Deceased was the oldest daughter of |
: bury, $1; Nancy Wingard to Rlmer K.
Cora M. | Meyersdale. Mrs. Wilson’s husband |
short
tors to Harry J. Kaufman, Cone
at the latter place on March 6 by the | mbugh twp., $7,695; Jacob M. Wagner | | typhoid fever from which she mever
Rev. J. N. Scholes, pastor of the First | © Anna F. Dravets, Shade twp. $115;
Christian Church of that city, witess- |
ed by friends of the: br ide and groom
Mr. Phillippi departed for his home
in Canada, last Monday morning but
Mrs. Phillipi will remain in Johns-
town until the coming June 1, in or-
der to complete the current term as
a teacher in the public schools of Dale
Bessie Kelley, aged 8 years, was fa-
‘tally mangled by a trip of mine cars
at the Reading operations at Kimmel-
ton, recently,. The accident was wit-
nessed by the child’s mother and she
| fully recovered. She is survived by |
George F. Shirey to Samuel
Elk Lick twp. $6,000; Boswell. Im- | six sisters. Mrs.
re 0 ig a | " known here as she frequently visited |
| Hayes, Quemshoning twp., $500; L.' at the home of her grandmother,
W. Fogg to I. W. Seamans, Middle | Mrs. Anna Weber. Mrs. Mary BE. Mec-
creek twp. $1; Nathaniel Blauch to | Kenzie and Mrs. Anna Hurley, aunts
John Shaver, Quemahoning twp.,
$9,600; Cesare DePetri to Jerome Mar
chotti, Jenner twp. $1; Warren G.
of the deceased, left here yesterday
Ferner to Harry L. Sipe, Somerset,
$3,600; Ida B. Nicholson to John O.
in Pittsburg this morning.
occurred at the | the teachers’ institute to be held at
the late W. J.. Weber, well known in | ler.
(time after she was taken sick with School Work, John Schrock.
Baker, | two small children, her mother and |
Wilson was well |
to attend the funeral which was held | 2nd H. B. Saler, captains.
ity and was aged 70 years. Fire broke
| out in the sitting room and the aged
| man tried to put out the flames. Ow-
ing to feebleness he became exhausted |
| fell and was burned to death.
1
STRATFORD—ON—AVON.
TITTIES SENT EE |
TEACHERS’ INSTITUTE PROGRAM LOCAL POLICE CAPTURE
WANTED MAN
Chief of Police Hare and his asso-
ciate U. B. Fuller on Monday night
| captured Jno. Morrell, an Italian mi-
{ner at Sand Patch who was wanted
|for shooting Shepherd Dunn, a color-
| ed man at Frostburg, the latter now
| being in a critical condition from two
| bullet wounds, the esult of a quarrel.
Word “was telegraphed here as the
Concentration, Sydney Lenhart. a ey ms In tis
Object of Promotion, Nettie Maust. | 3
Select Reading, Mary Guagey. | he was found at Sand Patch. He was
Topical Discussion, W. E. Walker. Placed in the Meyersdale Jockwp
Self-Direction, S. C. Witt. when he confessed to the two officers
Current Eevents, Mae Moore, lof his crime. He was later taken to
Solo, Ruth Commons. | the Cumberland jail.
The Miracle of Love, E. R. Hay.
Moral Training, A. G. Maust.
Topic for Discussion, F. J. Fike.
Spelling Contest—Lloyd Shumae |
The following is the program for
| the B. Lichty school on Friday even-
Seng.
Industry and Application, H. B. Sa |
School ‘Economies, Jared Walker.
Political Science as Applicable to
Wm. HOCKING Jr. IN-
JURED BETWEEN CARS
Wm. Hocking, Jr, who has been
| operating the South Side mine, at
Paper, Mrs. Velma Beals and D. | Garrett, was
crushed between two |.
Lease, Somerset twp., $2,200.
narrowly escaped the same fate in an
attempt to rescue the little girl. The
latter was picking coal under the cars
and the motorman did not see her.
Ex-County Commissioner Hiram P,
Hay, of Brothersvalley township, as
the result of a fall some time ago, |standard of the world. We have this
was operated upon a few days ago |and other lines to select from. Get
fr the removal of a blood clot on the
I Motor C evden and Bicycles, the
brain. He is resting well and it is be- | ing. Bicycle tires and supplies,
leved that he will recover. M:3. Hay | parts and repairs for bicycles, any |
remains at his bedside in the hospltal | make. T. W. Gurley, Sporting Goods. |
BEAUTIFUL ALUMINUM ROAST ER|
| our prices and see our line before buy- |
i Mr. and Mrs. Simon Naugle have
The. Luther Brotherhood. of Zion | i113 down on the farm they bought
Evangelical Lutheran Church of this | near this place a year ago and where
plage, to the number of 100 enjoyed | py. Naugle’s father, Josiah Naugle,
a banquet on the evening of St. Pat has been living and who has a saw-
rick’s Day. The ladles who served |. i; t1ereon. A new barn was buflt|
on the occasion wore green caps |
and aprons. The event wag a most | 125% fall and everything will be put
enjoyable one. lin first class condition. The
| tt | couple were married last fall.
young
all| TRY GOLD MEDAL FLOUR—Money | GLADE CITv.
GLADE CITY.
| refunded if it doesn’t make good | Jos. Long was confined to his home
| bread. $2.00 per large bag at Habel & | last week with tonsilitis.
Rev. D. W. Michael preached to
Everybody will attend the Phillips. the 2 Tarsc Lothar ef oivte at
Beautifu! Aluminum Roasters—Given 1ally Advar ised Goods Keystone Jun tion Sunday; he
away to cash customers at Habel & 01 1 Meyersdale on| 10 Bars of Good Laundry Soap for 26 will preach at ity at 3 p
Phillips -0 ed Grocery m. Sunday next.
nip abs LU Lilo
| C. Handwerk. jars last night about 10 p. m. and sus-
— {tained a fractured hip. He was
: ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY.!
| the 10:20 car where he received med-
ical attention by Drs Hemminger and
Lighty. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
|A LARGE SHIPMENT OF BROOMS’
| received by McKenzie & Smith. They |
arrived ahead of‘time. Notice the spec-
ial low prices for Friday and Saturday.
3 Ibs. of Evapor ated ‘peaches for
i 25 cts. at Bittner’s Grocery.
Beautiful latest Suit and Dress Hats
be found at the May Millinery
It will pay you, please you, to buy
| your flour and feed from C. E. Deal.
PHYSICIAN DIES
Dr. Oliver Getty. For
Twenty Years Lo-
cated Here Passes
Away After Being
Invalid For Five
Years.
At midnight on Sunday, Dr. Oliver
G. Getty, for many years a prominent
physician of Meyersdale, died at his
home in this place after having been
an invalid for five years as the result
of a stroke of paralysis.
Dr. Getty was born and reared in
. Grantsville, Md. He attended the med-
ical school at Johns Hopkins univer-
graduating with honors, after
, which he practiced his profession in
his natve town for a number of years.
He came to Meyersdale 21 years ago
has been a prominent figure in this
place ever since that time.
The deceased is survived by his
widow and the following children:
Dr. W. E. Getty of Pittsburg, Daniel
B. Getty, Meyersdale; Gorman B. Get-
ty Pittsburg; Oliver G. Getty, Mrs.
Edna Moore and Mrs. Eugene Hostet-
ler, Meyersdale. Funeral took place
Wednesday morning high requim
mass was celebrated at the Catholic
church. The remains were taken to
Grantsville for interment.
ANNUAL BANQUET OF
COMMERCIAL CLUB.
The Commercial Club will hold its-
annual banquet, Frday evening, this
week in the social room of tbe M. E.
church. It will be served hy the Wom-
an’s Bible class of the church. Be-
sides the representativ: business men
of the town, there wiil be present
: three prominent officials of the B. &
O., three of the Western Maryland
and members of the Somerset and
Cumberland Boards of TIrade. Any
_|.who wish may attend the banguet.by.
previously notifying Mr. Paul Clut-
ton. The plates will be 50 cents each.
JOHN J. ENGLE
Died in the hospital at Cumberland
PFriday morning as the result of liv-
er and kidney trouble. He was aged
75 years and was a veteran of the
civil war. Since 12 yrs. of age he was
a devoted mem ber of the Reformed
church and had served in nearly ev-
ery capacity in its interests. He was
greatly esteemed by all. His wife and
eight children survive. The funeral
‘took place on Sunday at 2 p. m., Rev.
Munn officiating. The funeral was
one of the largest ever in that sec-
tion, it being estimated that nearly a
thousand persons attended it.
ese
CHILDREN’S DEATHS.
Charles Edward, infant of John M.
| Housel and wife of Salisbury Junc-
i tion, died March 10, and was buried
the following day in the Reformed
cemetery.
Edgar Wilson, the 8 month old child
of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Ringler, of the
South Side, died March 15. Burial on
‘Wednesday in the Union cemetery.
MINER KILLED AT
BLACKFIELD MINES
Wm. Valentine, a Slav, was in-
stantly killed in the mines at Black-
field Wednesday about 9:30 a.m., by
falling slate. The remains, in charge
of Undertaker Price, were brought to
Meyersdale for interment.
MARRIED.
Swindell—Nicola.
On Sunday afternoon, March 14, at
2:30 o'clock, Mr. John H. Swindell
and Katie E. Nicola, both being
highly respected young people of
Meyersdale, were united in marriage
at the Brethren parsonage by the
Rev. H. L. Goughnour. A host of
friends wish them the richest of bles-
sings throughout their married life.
BRETHREN CHURCH—Preaching
services on March 21 at Salisbury in
the morning, Summit Mills in the af-
ternoon and Meyersdale in the even-
ing. Sunday-school and Christian Ene
deavor at usual hours. All are cordi
i ally invited. H. L. Goughnour.
Don’t fail to attend the May Millin-
ery Opening ‘Friday and Saturday, of
this week.
It will pay you to buy your goceries
Bit iners G
+
and get “Glen.
7 lbs. of Good Coffee for $1.00 at the
Bittner Grocery Store