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VOL. XXXVI.
MEYERSDALE, PA. THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1915. +
GOVERNOR BRUNMBAUGH
TO BE HERE OVER SUNDAY
He and His Staff Will be Guests of Mr. & Mrs. F. B. Black at Hol-
land Farm. To Preach in Church of Brethern Unless
Other Plans are Made.
TO ARRIVE IN TOWN
SATURDAY MORNING
This morning , Mr. F. M. Black, of
this place, Chairman of the State
Commission on Agriculture, received
a telegram from His Excelency, the
Governor of Pennsylvania, Martin
Grove Brumbaugh, that he, with oth-
ers in an auto party would arrive in
Meyersdale, Saturday morning, and
‘ would preach on Sunday morning in
the Church of the Brethren.
The governor is a close friend of
the Black family and his visit here is
in the nature of a social one. While
Mr. Black is to be congratulated on
becoming host to the State’s chief
executive, and while the local Church
of the Brethren is to be thus signally
honored for the first time in her his-
tory, to have so distinguished a cit-
fzen to fill her pulpit, the people of
Meyersdale and this part of the coun-
ty feel that they can say “Our Gov-
ernor” is coming. With such owner-
ship relation existing between Gov-
ernor Brumbaugh and the citizenship
here it is to be earnestly hoped that
everybody may hear him preach, say
in the open somewhere, if the day
be a fair one.
Since the preceding paragraph
was put into type, Rev. W. M. Howe,
the pastor of the local Church of the
Brethren states that he had a tele-
gram from the Governor offering to
preach for him in the morning. Rev.
Howe, mindful of the fact that no
church in this part of the state would
be sufficiently large enough to hold
the congregation that desires to hear
the Governor, accepted the offer and
sugested in his reply telegram that
general in the afternoon. It is to be
hoped that people who are unable to
hear him in the morning may have
[eet privilege in the afternoon.
HAUSFRAUEN
SOC
PICNIC PLANNED
On Thursday, July 1st, a special
meeting of Die Hausfrauen was held
"at the home of Mrs. F. B. Black, Hol-
land farm, at which time arrange-
ments were completed for the society
picnic which the members are giving
IALIST
CANDIDATES
Following is a list of candidates en-
dorsed by the County Conference of
the Socialist Par:. and approved by
referendum vote of the party mem-
bership. These candidates will enter
the fall primary for nomination to
in honor of their men folk. | the respective offi :se.
The picnic will be held August 3
in the Hay grove, near Pine Hill
Each Hausfrauen is privileged to
invite her friends of which there is
a goodly number. After the dinner
is over, which, by the way, will con-
sist of the homemade delicacies fit
for a king—which these women know
so well how to make —a special pro-
gram consisting of songs, speeches,
and instrumental music etc, will be
, given.
As the women of this society con-
sider their homes, this section and
this county the only place—they
have adopted for their society song,
Billy Sunddy’s great evangelistic
song, “Brighten the Corner where
you are.” In our small part of the
world, in our small way, that is what
Die Hausfrauen are trying to do.
The September meeting will be
held at the home of Mrs. Jerome
Dickey, she and Mrs. Morgan Dickey
and Mrs. Harvey Walker to enter-
tain. hy A
WATER C0’S
fo °
Borough couiicil met in regular
session on Tuesday evening with
the following members present, Did.,
Darnley, Saylor, Bauman, Staub,
Bittner, and Emeigh.
Chas. Capital presented a petition
signed by citizens asking to place a
light on Large street at the property
known as Cartwright’s.
Burgess Gress reported that $63
had been collected in fines and the
same was paid to the treasurer.
Mr. Emeigh refused to pay bill for
sewer connection on Sherman street.
Solicitor Truxal was directed to
proceed to settle up at once all unfin-
ished business.
The finance committee reports that |
there are in the active account $46.21
Sinking fund .. .. .. 1948.14
Due from Tax Collector .. .. 572.99
The motion prevailed that $500 be
borrowed from the sinking fund for a
period of 60 days.
An article of agreement made by
the Sand Spring Water Company
was presented to the Council for con-
sideration. On motion of Staub and
seconded by Emeigh to offer the Sand
Spring Water. Company $250 per
year for water for fire protection
for Meyersdale, also to ask for a few
minor changes in the agreement.
Those voting in favor were Saylor,
Staub, Emeigh, Bittner; against was
Darnley; not voting, Bauman.
Several
and ordered
comunications were read
filed. B. J. Lynch sent
Sheriff, Paul W. Geddes, Windber.
Prothonotary, Julius Fuigensi,
Windber. :
Register and Clerk of Orphans’
Court,Clarence E. Connor, Windber. here, came as a great shock to many ered Mr. Shaffer with a revolver and |
Recorder, Oscar E. Person, Windber friends. Mrs. Smith had been in poor escaped. He was captured later in ; the spot at the right time is most
Quarter Sessions, | health for several months but seemed the day by Leslie Holsopple, who
Clerk of Court of
C. M. Cunningham, Confluence.
Treasurer, H. G. Lepley, Elk
| Township.
| District Attorney, John R. Willis,
Rockwood. '
| County Commissioner, George Ru-
dolph, Windber; Marshall Criswell,
, Windber. i
| Jury Commissioner, Curtis A. Jones
Windber.
| Poor Director, Noah Johnson, Jen-
iner Township; Lawrence Geddes,
| Windbers Charles Sheeders, 'Wind-
ber.
| Auditor, Eber K. Cockley, Somer-
|erset; Charles H. Sterner, Rock-
wood.
Surveyor, Sylvester L.
| Shade Township.
Coroner, William H., Ream, Conflu-
ence. .
The following resolutions were &:
dopted:
“Be it resolved, by the members of
the Socialist . Party organization in
Somerset County, That every effort
possible be employed in support of
the proposed amendment to the Con-
stitution of Pennsylvania extending
the right of suffrage to the women of
the state, and that each of us person-
ally visit neighbors and friends and
ask them to support this amend-
ment.”
“Resolved, That we hereby express
our sympathy for those of our Euro-
pean comrades who had the courage
to oppose the present war on princi-
ple, and especially those who have
been and are being persecuted by or-
ganized governments because of such
action.”
Two women are candidates for
School Dirctor on the Socialist ticket
in Somerset County. They are Mrs.
Inez Cunningham, of Confluence, and
Mrs. Phebe C. Baughman, of Shade
Township.
Lick
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Pebley,
Two boys in Clearfield were killed
Monday while using dynamite in a
home-made cannon. They were Foster
Shaw, aged 15, injured internally and
David Ogden, aged, 19 who had both
hands blown off.
Try GOLDEN SUN brand TEA, blen-
ded especially for ICED TEA—at
'‘BITTNER’S GROCERY.
stop on Centre street longer than to
unload or take on occupants.
A general ordinance to license Jit-
ney busses and hacks was read but
no actio
in his r ation as Borough Engi-
neer. Th ough has no record that
he was elected surveyor of the bor-|
ough.
It was decided by Council that any
automobile shall not be allowed to
Tax E presented
a list of s,—Poll tax,
384.00; Boro ove ex-
onerations were
he consent to speak to the public in |”
DEATHS IN COUNTY.
MRS. LOUISE LAMBERT,
Widow of Abram Lambert, died
Tuesday at her home in Lamberts-
at the age of 90 years. She had been
in ill health for some time and her
death was not unexpected.
Mrs. Lambert was a native of Som-
erset county and spent her entire life
in that community. She was the moth-
er of "Jonathan, James and Joseph
Lambert and Mrs. E. D, Gonn, of
Lambertsville; David, of Friedens:
Mrs. George Wagner, of Stoyestown;
Mrs. William Shaffer, of Boswell;
Milton, of Johnstown; Albert, eof
Illinois. Surviving also are a brother
and a sister, John W. Mostoller and
Mrs. Carver, both residing near Ber-
lin. Mrs. Lambert was a member of
the Lutheran church for 75 years and
the pastor of the Lambertsville charge
of that denomination, the Rev. W. E,
Sunday, of Hooversville, will conduct
the services Thursday at 2 p. m., with
interment in the Lambertsville cem-
etery.
Se.
a MRS. GEORGE SAYLOR
~ Mrs, Anna Bird Saylor, wife of
George Saylor, died at her home in
Somerset, Monday night, of paralysis,
following an illness that“extended ov-
er a long period. Mrs. Saylor suffered
several strokes of paralysis but ral-
lied each time. Her condition became
serious several days ago. Surviving
are her husband and Bix children as
follows: The Mesdames Thomas Coo-
per, Robert Berkey, and ‘Charles Mur-
ray of Somerset; Mrs. Edward Sim-
mons, ofTurtle Creek, and Alexan-
and George, of Somerset. The funeral
was held Wednesday, Rev. Henry
| Muffington, pastor of the United
{
. Brethren church officiating.
| MRS. A. G. SMITH.
Albert of Bethlehem and George, of:
| THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
The United States Court has desig-
nated the Farmers National Bank, of
Somerset, as a depository for bank-
rupt funds.
Rev. A, C. Miller, the Scalp Level
United Evangelical preacher, on Sun-
day was taken ill at the morning ser-
vice and died Monday morning, aged
68 years.
Frank Lowry, the well-known Italin
hotel keeper at Windber, was called
to the back door of his home one
night last week and shot three times
just above the heart, by a fellow coun-
_tryman with whom he had a quar-
| rel during the day. The assailant es-
caped.
By a vote of 228 to 8 the electors o
Berlin recently gave their approval to
the proposition to bond the borough
in the sum of $8,000 for street im-
provements. It is proposed to pave
Main street from end to end. The ex-
pense will be shared by the borough
the county and state. The work will
be in charge of representatives of the
State Highway Department and will
be completed this season.
Legal proceedings to set aside the
will of Michael Hurley, one of Conu-
ellsville’s richest men, formerly of Ur-
|sina, were begun in the Orphans’
‘court at Uniontown Thursday, when
Attorney William J. Sturgis appeared
in behalf of Mrs. Pearl Hellen and
Mrs, Bridget Doyle, daughters of Mr.
Hurley. Allegations that Mr. Hurley
who died some months ago, was of
unsound mind when he made his will,
are in the petition.
Cloyd Lohr, of Hooversville, has
n-taken to the Somehset County
b
ja
and De
Frank A. Shaffer, near that place,
i] Sunday morning, Hearing some one
; Wall ing about upstairs when they re-
turn home from church, two wom-
MEYERSDALE OFFICERS
Hands of Policemen
Their Booty
Two burglars, who were about to,
depart with their booty about one o-
clock, Wednesday morning, from the
home of Asa Shiparo, at the lower
end of Broadway, in this place, were
confronted by the muzzles of two re- |
volvers in the hands of Officer Hare
and Constable Bittner. The two men’
wilted completely, the one crying like
a child and both were so surprisingly
terrified that they had hardly strength
to elevate their empty hands above
their heads. They were searched at
onc and one revolver, a brand new
one, was found. They gave their
names and places of residences as:
John Miller, of Falls City, Montana;
and Harvey Steel, of Westminster,
Ohio.
The men were taken to the local
lockup and on being put through
some of the degrees they implicated
Jacob Burkholder who lives out in
the country. They stated that it was
he who had directed them to the Sha-
piro house and told them how to get
in and that he would buy their booty
which they were to place near Sal-
isbury Junction in the woods about
a mile from this place and that he
would take it away. Constable Bittner
accordingly in company with Shapiro
a charge of attempted robbery | went out to Burkholder’s place and
nting firearms at the home of ‘ searched for the stolen booty and all
i that could be identified was a hatchet
belonging to Shapiro. Burkholder
| was arrested but was given his free-
| dom on furnishing bail amounting to
The sudden death Sunday morning en of the house investigated and $800.
of Mrs. A. G. Smith, wife of the Con-
found Lohr hiding behind a chest in
The other two men are to be taken
solidation Coal Co’s superintendent the @ttic. Lohr ran downstairs, cov. to the county jail to-morrow.
i to be improving and on last Friday
‘she and her husband and their son,
George motored to Keyser, W. Va., to
visit relatives, where her death oc-
curred. Besides her husband two
stepsons and several brothers and
sisters survive. Mrs. Smith was a de-
voted member of the Catholic church.
The remains were taken to Piedmont
where the funeral wash eld yester-
day.
ba oa el
of
WILLIAM E. HESS.
William E. Hess, for a number of
years employed on the P. R, R., died
Monday at his home in Johnstown,
aged 33 years. For nine weeks he had
been confined to his bed and within
the last few months he underwent
several operations but no relief was
afforded. Death was due fo & eom:
plcation of ailments. Mr. Hess was
born at Heckwoed. He married Miss
Minnie Womer of Franklin 13 years
ago, who survives. | wl
MRS. SHERIDAN FOUST.
Mrs. Lydia Pfeil Foust, wife of
Sheridan Foust, died on Thursday of
pulmonary trouble at the Foust home,
Ferndale borough aged 33 years. The
deceased was born in Somerset coun-
ty. She is survived by her husband
and three children.
i DEATH OF CHILD.
Eveline, the five-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Slater, died
at the home in Rockwood, after an
illness of two weeks from typhoid fe-
ver, on Thursday last. The funeral
was held Sunday afternoon Rev. Ed-
munds officiating Her parents and
three sisters and one brother, all ol-
der, survive.
CHURCH NOTICES.
Brethren Church: There will be
preaching services on Sunday, Julv
11, at Salisbury in the morning, Sum-
mit Mills in the afternoon and Mey:
ersdale in the evening. The pastor will
preach at these services. Sunday
School and Christian Endeavor at u:
sual hours. All are cordially invited.
H. L. Goughnour, pastor.
CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN—
Rev. W. M. Howe, pastor. Preaching
Services on Sunday, July 11, morning
sermon, subject, “The Poor and our
Relation to them Evening, “How
God Chastens.” Teachers Meeting,
Friday, 7:30 p. m. Members’ meeting,
Friday 8 p. m.
Clyde Rowe and likewise a son at
the home of Mr. Geo. Blake to-day.
1ds of job work here.
A son arrived at the home of Mr. |~
chas
him for several hours.
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ANNIVERSARY
| On last Saturday, the twenty-fifth
wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs.
[ Joseph F. Reich was celebrated in a
very delightful manner.
What made the event particularly
pleasing was the fact that Father
Reich, of Albany, Ga., a brother of
Mr Reich, celebrated 8 o’clock mass in
SS. Philip and James Catholic church
at which Mr, and Mrs. Reich and all
of their family were present. As they
"knelt at the sanctuary rail they re-
néwed the vows and received the nup-
tial blessing given by their pastor,
the Reverend Father Brady. Twenty-
five years ago Mr. and Mrs. Reich
| were married in the same church by
{ Rev. Fr. Henry McEvoy. At this mar-
riage, Rev. Reich acted as grooms-
| man. raft re
I About 200 of their relatives and
| friends attended a reception given in
, the evening. The guests were receiv-
'ed by Mr. and Mr, Reich at their
"home on Broadway; here a short time
was spent after which all repaired to
the Summer Garden where the festiv-
ities were held. Dancing was indul-
ged in and the grand march was led
by Mr. and Mrs, Reich. Delicious re-
freshhments were served. The Meyers-
dale band furnished a number of fine
selections in their usual pleasing
manner. A number of beautiful and
valuable gifts were received by Mr,
and Mrs. Reich.
The out of town guests were: Mr.
and Mrs. William Gorman and three
children, of Johnstown, Mrs. Gorman
‘being a sister of Mr. Reich; Miss Sar-
ah Smith, of Pittsburg, a sister of
Mrs. Reich; Robert and Fred Tag-
gart, of Altoona; Miss Regina Minke
and Mrs. E. L. Clayton, Cumberland;
Mr, and Mrs. Lloyd Beachy, Mr. and
Mrs. M. F. Riley, Mr. and Mrs. Wibur
Derry, Miss Edna Smith, J. J, Smith
and John Smith, all of Salisbury;
Miss Sheba Mitchell, W. J. B. Mer-
rill, C. H. Merrill and J. H. Nedrow,
of Garrett.
[CHAUTAUQUA ASS'N MEETING.
| There will be a meeting of the Mey-
1ale Cha
The work of the officers in being on |
commendable and the incidents lead- |
ing up to the apprehension of the,
men is full of interest. |
ter and was
CAPTURE TWO BURGLARS
Shiparo House Again Robbed And Thieves Confront Revolvers in
as They Leave With
by Window.
BOTH OF THE MEN WERE STRANGERS HERE
It will be recalled that about six
weeks ago Shapiro was robbed of $50
by three negroes who entered his
house at night and so terrorized him
that he is not living there any longer.
One of the negroes was arrested la-
identified by Shapiro
as the one who took the money from
off his person. That negro is in the
county jail awaiting trial.
Since that night attack his house
has been invaded several times and
junk of various kinds amounting to
about $500 has been taken. On the
night of June 18th, he was robbed of
rubber material. Two days later there
was shipped from Raineytown two
bags of rubber goods to a junk deal-
er in Somerset, but investigation at
that place disclosed none of the mis-
sing goods. Mr. Bittner made a thor-
ough search of all territory that in
any way seemed to contain a clue of
the robberies but without avail. Last
Friday night another haul was made
on the house; local territory was
examined but nothing could be found.
It was finally decided to watch the
place. So the second night of their
watch they found the men as before
stated on the job. Mr. Bittner and
Mr. Hare went to the place about
midnight on Tuesday. They saw a
very dim light and the men were hard
at work filling their sacks. The offi-
cers waited outside until the men had
gotten out through the “window on to
the porch when each officer selected
a man and the violators of the law
submitted at once as to the inevita-
ble.
Constable Bittner and Officer Hare
are to be warmly comended for this
act. The town and the community
need men like them for the protection
of the public.
RECENT COUNTY
"WEDDINGS
David L. Custer, of Jenner town-
ship, and Miss Elizabeth Foust, of
Foustwell, were married Thursday
forenoon, by Alderman John Sween-
ey. Mr Custer, who is a son of Lowis
Custer, residing at Windber, is a.far-
mer operating an 82-acre farm in Jen-
ner township. They will begin house-
keeping in a newly-furnished home.
Edward Bash and Miss Ada Thom-
as, of Holsopple, gave their friends ga
surprise Saturday evening, June 26,
by driving to the parsonage of Rev.
Elmer Blough, at Davidsville, and get-
ting married. The serenade lasted un-
til midnight when an excellemt supper
was served.
Miss Hilda K. Slagle and Ray Leck- |
emby, both of Hooversville, Were uni-
ted in marriage on Wednesday of last
week by the Rev, C. E. Wagner. The
bridegroom is émployed by the Léwis
Coal company. He is a Sofi 6f M¥. and
Mrs. James E. Leckemby, of Meyers-
dale. After several here they left on |
Sunday to visit relatives in Ohio and
Indiana.
Miss Elizabeth Straub, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs .Gottlieb Straub of
Stoyestown, and Jesse Stakem, of the
Reading Iron company, were married
at 6 a. m. on Wednesday of last week
in the Stoyestown Lutheran church,
by Rev. J. S. English. They are enjoy-
ing a trip to the great lakes.
Fred Uhlery, of Greensburg, and
Miss Susan Bird, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ross Bird, of Somerset, eloped
to Cumberland recently and were
married. When Mr, and Mrs. Bird
went to the station to meet their
daughter, she gave them a big sur
prise by presenting her husband. Mr.
Uhlery is connected with the Greens-
burg branch of Armour & Co.
The marriage of Miss Marian Es-
tella Ferner, only daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Alvin H. Ferner, and A.
FICTITIOUS
BOUNTY CLAIMS
Justice of the Peace A. Kent Miller
Friday afternoon at Somerset held a
hearing in the case of Squire Charles
H. Miller, W. E. Gardner, Jacob H.
Flick and A. L. Enos, all of Jefferson
Township, who are charged with vio-
lating the State game laws in issuing
alleged fictitious certificates for boun-
ties. The four men were taken to the
Somerset jail Thursday evening by
Game Warden Kinter B. Rodgers, of
Johnstown. It is alleged that Squire
Miller sent in claims for large sums
of bounty money. The state officials
became suspicious and information
was made against Squire Miller, whe
implicated the others, }
In Game Warden Rodger’s investi:
gation he interviewed several of the
hunters named in the certificates and
learned from them that the certifi-
cates were fraudulent, some of them
it is alleged, having been raised and
altered after they had been sworn to
by the hunters. In one instance where
a claimant asked bounty for two wea-
sels, the certificate is said to have
been raised to include six weasels
and two foxes. > "1
The certificates seem to have been
issued for the payment of the bounty
without the presentation of the pelts
as the Act of 1913 requires. Squire
Miller says that occasionally the
proofs of killing and certificates were
filled out while he was busy in his
store and that at times the seal was
put on documents by others. He says
he only received his lawful fee. To the
inquiry whether he did not know that
a claimant for bounty was required to
produce the entire pelt , he said that
he did, but having not required {it
at first he did not insist on it later,
PROF. KRETCHMAN TAKING
COURSE OF LECTURES.
Prof. W. H. Kretchman, the effi-
cient supervisory principal of the
Beam Sellers, was solemnized June 30
at 5 a. m., at the home in Somerset,
Rev. G. A, Collins officiating. After
| a northern trip they will be home on
Meyersdale public schools, while ex-
cellently equipped for his profession,
| is desirous of coming into contact
| with some of the leaders in the ed-
hautauqua Ass'n this even-| yuly 15. Mr. Sellers is a member of |ucational field and accordingly left on
in Amity building for | perner Bros. & Co., Somerset. | Duqu Thursday morning, to at-
the purpose of closing up old business | a tend a lectures at the Uni-
and el I : h ing versi to be absent sev-
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