EE MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT MEYERSDALE, PA. .K. Cleaver, Editor ‘When paid strictly in advance $125! When not paid in advance $1.50 THE LUSITANIA DISASTER Thedestruction of the great Brit- {sh transatlantic liner Lusitania, by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland, Friday afternoon, has caused consternation and indignation throughout this country as over a hundred American men, women and children went to their deaths with the sinking of the great vessel. Calm- ness on the subject is being advoca- | ted by President Wilson and the leading papers. The fact that so ma- ny of our countrymen met such a fate brings a great problem to this pation and President Wilson is a man competent to deal with the sit- nation—if any man can, and he gives the assurance that the United States will remain at peace. There are other means than fighting to obtain the rights of a nation as well as of an in- dividual; and this policy will be car- ried out by the steady minds at the head of our great country in this un- parallelled crisis. German authorities justify their position from many standpoints of tte war and persons sailing on such vessels are fully aware of their dan- ger but the wholesale murder of in- nocent Americans should be preven- ted. It has generally been the prac- tice of a submarine to afford those on board a vessel an opportunity to save their lives but not a moment's warn- ing was given these unfortunate ones. Germany will possibly succeed to some extent in discouraging Ameri- | can traffic with Great Britain but more prejudice than ever has been created against the German cause by such a proceedure. The horrors of war are certainly akin to those of the infernal region and the ruthless murders on high seas and land should soon incite those responsible to end it. The war is not the will of the masses, who like dumb, driven cattle go to their death not knowing what it is aliabout. In a sense, though horrible the re- | sult, Germany, according to the rules of warfare, has the right to cripple her antagonist all she can. England CONFLUENCE. Mrs. P. S. Rowe is very ill with rheumatism and oti cr complications. Rev. E. Bower, a former pastor of the Lutheran Church here for five years, will leave in a few weeks for South Americe to take up missionary work. John Matthews, of Markleysburg, has returned to his home after visit- ing his son, Attorney Ross Matthews, of Connellsville. Mrs. Millie Vansickle is able to be around again after a siege of rheu- matism. Mrs. Elsie Beggs, has a large mu- sic class in Ohiopyle andMiss Marie Younkin a large number of scholars in Ursina. William Bowers has purchased a plot from the Bird estate, along the Addisqn road. Rev. J. J. Hill, District Superinp- | tendent of the M. E. Church, Pitts- ' burg conference, recently held quar- terly meetings at Addison and Johm- son Chapel. x James Wilson has returned to his home at Elm Grove after visiting his mother-in-law, Mrs. Mabel Burnworth at Johnson Chapel. Paul Meyers is able to be about once more after his illnessfrom pneu- monia. Mrs. J. W. Clouse is not improv ing. Miss Mona Burnworth, of Elm Grove, has been visiting her grand- mother, Mrs. Anabelle Burnworth, of Johnson Chapel. W. C. Criss, Baltimore & Ohio a gent at Hooversville on Saturday visited his father here who is very ill. Rev. J. T. Davis, pastor of the M. BE. church at Ursina, was here Te- cently. Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Lyons were cal- led to Vandegrift by the death of Mr. Lyons’ father. Dr. C. W. Franz is remodeling his residence and office. He will add six rooms for the use of private patients. A carload or more of automobiles come to this place every week, show- ng that many residents of this sec- tion are investing in machines. Elmer Shipley, 6-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Shipley, fell off one of the trucks at the B. & O. station last week, cutting a deep gash in his head. He was unconsious for a time and it was thought his injury was serious, but now he is able to be a- bout. has tried to bottle up the Fatherland and the latter believes she is fighting | for her very existence. She gave a world warning of her purpose and made good her threat. 8T. PAUL. While Mrs. John Engle was busily Miss Erma Flanigan, who broke her wrist by falling off a stepladder, is doing well. Aaron Shannon, one of the oldest residents of the county, is seriously ill of cancer of the stomach. The Confluence storage plant which was closed since last fall, resumed engaged in doing her Saturday work the part of a window pane she was cleaning gave way bringing her wrist into contact with the remaining glass inflicting a serious wound. ' Mrs. Jacob Sechler is at present confined to her bed, due to a mner- vous breakdown. We are pleased to say that she is improving. Mrs. Marcellus Sechler, of Okla- homa, is visiting her brother-in-law Mr. Ross Sechler at present. Miss Florence Engle, of St. Paul, accompanied by Harry Shoemaker, Rosa Tressler and Charles Hutzell of Springs made a tour of Cumber- land on Sunday. Socialism is not a religious move- ment, but it would for the first time in history make it possible for the high idealism of religion to be at- tained. No man should allow prejudice to prevent him from investigating the Socialist’s point of view. Oppor- tunity is given to do so at the Wed- nesday evening meetings at the St. Paul Club room. Two delegates were elected by the Reformed Sunday School to attend the Inter-denominational convention at Garrett on May 21st. : The Reformed Sunday School will meet next Sunday School at 9 a. m. Hon. and Mrs. S. A. Kendall and daughter, Miss Grace arrived home from Washington Tuesday evening, where they have been spending the winter. The trip was made by auto. Accompanying them was Rev. Angus, the fiar'cee of Miss Kendall, whose marriage will take place next month at their home. Rev. Angus is pas- or of a Presbyterian church in Wash- ington. Miss Kendall is an accom- plished lady and very active in church circles. Tt is not generally known that last fall she was elected captain of the Girl Scouts of America, taking the oath before the president’s wife shortly before the latter's death. An unfortunate woman, who is best known in this section by the name of Mrs. Shoemaker, arrived here on last Friday from Detroit, Mich. and went to the home of Mr. Peter Albright on | but she | goon manifested that she was men- | the South Side, a relative, tally unbalanced. The next morning following a sleepless night, she ran away and the officers of this place ar y her for safe keeping to herself ers until her daughter came and took her back home from he ad operations Saturday and began man- ufacturing ice this week. The plant also will store produce. ilF WE PLEASE .YOU .ONCE WE know we may at least expect to have the pleasure of pleasing you again. hence our care in purchasing Quality Groceries. We sell Ward’s Bread and Cakes, fresh every day. It will pay you to buy your cakes and crackers from us; we keep them in dust proof cans, and always fresh. You will profit by* buying your cof- fee from us; we can please and save money for you. These Prices ought to interest you: 3 Boxes of Matches for 10c.—Full Ib. can Salmon for 10c.—1 can Lombard Plums for 10c—22 oz Jar good Peach- tard for 10c—I can Good table Peach- es for 16c—1 can Good Pears for 15c —3 cans Barly June Peas for 25c— 3 cans of Corn or tomatoes for 25c— 3 cans best Baked Beans for 25c — 3 Norway Mackerel for 25c. —You can not match our 35 c¢ loose Coffee for the money. F. A. BITTNER. CHURCH NOTICES. Brethren Church: Preaching ser- vices next Sunday, May 16, at Sal- isbury in the morning, Summit Mills in the afternoon ana Meyersdale in the evening. Beginning on Sunday ev- { ening there will be special services, | beginning at 7:30 and lasting for not more than one hour, each evening in the Meyersdale church. One or more of the parables of Jesus will be discussed at each of these services. The parables are an important and { very interesting phase of the teach- ings of Jesus and all are invited to at- tend these brief, rapid-fire studies of them. H. L. Goughnour. Evangelical church, Rev. A. G. Mead, pastor: Preaching services Sat- urday evening, May 15, by Rev. J. W. Richards of Blairsville, Pa. Sunday morning preaching by Rev. Richards at 10:30, followed by Communion. ing at 7:30. william Keidel, formerly of this county, but now residing near Lin- | coln, Neb., after a short visit among | friends left on Wednesday for his Lome. He was called east on account | of the serious illness of his brother, Harvey rad Keidel, of UL Township gS. S. at 2 p m. Preaching in the even- | He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Northampton 3 hb fen 30 Do You Need a New Nuit? Then Come Here For If. Come here and take your B choice from soo of the rich- est, most stylish, up-to-date fabrics ever shown., -:- 'Rezdv-fo-Wear ils af $5.00, $8.75, $10, $12.50 |3 | 4 Made-to-your- measure suits own order and made to com- ply with your own individu- ality, at— 4 $14 $16, $18 & 390° $ i : from your own choice of fa- ¢ Nearly 1400 persons, 115 of them American men, women and children, perished on Friday afternoon when the great trans-Atlantic liner, Lusit- ania, was destroyed by German sub- marines off the coast of Ireland, within ten miles of land. The great vessel carried 2,160 souls and there are 764 survivors. About forty died after being rescued from a watery grave, from their injuries. Among the well known Americans to perish were Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt; Charles | Klein, the playwright; Justin Miles Forman, author and playwright and Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Hubbard and al: | so Charles Frohman, the New York hundred millions gave his life belt to a woman, though he could not swim, as did others and he had not time to procure a second one. The survivors were taken to Queenstown, as were all of the bodies recovered. The latter were laid in rows in the dock sheds and many oc- cupied in the work succumbed to the horror of it and had to be replaced by others. ' “I think the Lusitania has been | torpedoed deliberately for the pur- pose of making the United States de- clare war,” said Lord Char Beres- ford, in London on Saturday. “I foretold the whole present situation in February, and gave my reasons for thinking Germany meant to bring America into the war.” The British government made the following announcement: “The state ment appearing in some newspapers { that the Lusitania was armed .8 wholly false.” The scene as the big liner went down is described by the survivors as heartrending beyond words. Bat- tling for life, the passengers called | to relatives and friends or bade each | other geodby. | A cabin steward of the Lusitania | gave the following acount of the sink- ! ing of the gréat vessel. “The passen- gers, a large number of whom were seriously injured by the explosion of | the torpedoes and by splinters from the wreckage, were all at luncheon. 3 beautifully clear and 8¢ about 18 bric and model; cut to your Se {ELEM Fok ? a . 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Only three Pittsburgers |qenly above the surface on our star- out of the 12 who sailed, are reported board bow, and discharged a torpe- safe. Vanderbilt, the owner of ome do at us The submarine disappeared |ted by Rev. D. W. Michael, of Mey- ! as suddenly as it came into view. We saw the track the torpedo made in the whater, and we got it fairly a- midship. The Lusitania ward and started to settle. Then the submerged submarine discharged another torpedo, which likewise | struck us and our ship sank in twen- 'ty minutes. The captain at first thought that he could reach land. The submarine went off after ac- complishing its work and did not at- tempt to save men, women Or chil- dren, but left them to drown like rats in a trap when the great ship sank like a stone. The scene was frightful as the | ship went down. A great many per- sons were carried down at once by the great suction. About 100 persons jumped overboard and clung to the floating wreckage or upturned boats which were blown off the ship by the explosion: There were 124 children aboard, | forty babes in arms being drowned | with their mothers or killed when the big hole was opened up in the vessel’s side, besides most of | older children losing their lives. On- ly eight of the children seemed to have | been saved At Queenstown, a memorial ser- | vice was held on Monday, over 139 coffins and many bodies interred in {the cemetery there with military | honors. The Americans are to be sent | to this country. | rmans justify the atrocity t that it was a British ves- munitions of war though i | | Successor to Apple & Glessner. listed for- the 3 3 THE GOOD THINGS COME FROM™ S. GLESSNER SOOT |E 7 NR AUT it was not an armed steamer as de- clared. They say Americans had no right to risk their lives on a vessel of the enemy and repeated warnings had been given that the Lusitania great rejoicing in Berlin over the ca- tastrophe though the loss of Ameri- can life was deplored. However, on Tuesday, Germany, through her Ambassador, notified the United States that Submarine com- manders had been specifically in- structed not:to harm neutral vessels not engaged in hostile acts; and that | Germany mould pay for damage to such ships in the war zone. In pre- | vious communications, Germany has | disclaimed responsibilty for any harm that mght befall neutral vessels ven- | turing into the war zone. GLADE CITY. At the preaching services conduc- ersdale Lutheran church at Keystone | Junction on last Sunday afternoon | several persons joined the church. The Sunday School at Glade City | is prospering nicely under the zeal- ous devotion of the superintendent, Mr. J. W. Forrest. Mrs. R. H. Whitford, who suffered | something akin to a stroke of par- | alysis a few weeks ago, is now up | and about in the home. Mr. Conrad Shultz, one of our aged | citizens is suffering from a partial de. _ngement of his mental faculties. His son, William Shultz and the lat- ter’'s family were visitors here on Sunday. Rev. William Howe on Sunday af- ternoon preached to a large and ap- preciative congregation at Berkley Mills. DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. Notice—Is hereby given that the partnership existing under the firm name of Becker & Streng, doing a general milling business was dis- solved by mutual consent on May 1, 1915, the said Becker retiring from the firm; the business to be contin- | ued by the said Streng. The books | and accounts of the firm will remain | at the mill where all persons knowing themselves to be Indebted to the firm are to appear for settlement and those having claims against the same | are to present them without delay GEORGH .JECKER, { C. C. 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