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VOL. XXXVI.
IN BIG MINE
AT BOSWELL TUESDAY
The explosion at the Ordena mine
No. 2 of the Merchants’ Coal Company | The official list of the dead is 18
at Boswell, Somerset County, Tuesday
forenoon, claimed its nineteenth vic- :
im Wednesday morning, when James
Bergalena expired in the Memorial
Hospital, Johnstown. Sixteen of the
men died in the mine, another expired
a short time after being carried out
of the shaft and two have died at the
Memorial Hospital.
That the section of the mine where
the explosion occured was condemned
by Fire Boss’ John Taylor, after he
had examined the mine previous to
the entry of the miners, | was the state-
ment of mine officials. Tuesday: Tay-
lor condemned ‘that “section ‘of the
mine known as No. 8 dip, No. 10 left
as being gaseous, and. fenced it off,
Martin McGuire, foreman of the sec
tion in which the ssplesion pecutred;
it is alleged, allowed the
enter the gaseous ‘section | i {
for them to enter. Mc Guire was kill-
11i, age 40 married;
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ME YERSDA LE, Pa, THURSO
NINETEEN MENKILLED
EXPLOSION
ed in the explosion. *
as follows:
Martin McGuire, dge 32, married;
Frank Beigle, age 17; single; Joe Mo-
loca, age 42, married; Emery Baldi
age 25 single; Fosta Mecosta, age 25
single; Olo Colerith age 25 single;
Lewis Colerith age 23 single; John
Colerith, age 30 single; Patsy Propel
’ Maldo' Delcocto
age 25 ‘single; Andy Sabitsky age 45
married; Frank Trauski age 23 mar-
ried; Joe Rock age 55 married; Joe
Yarros age 35 married; Frank Croves-
ti age 18 single; John Sagit age 26
single; Jas Bergalena age 25. single.
All resided at Boswell.
When, the explosion became known |?
in Boswell there was great excite-
ment ‘for a time among the people. |
The number of the dead and injureg | N
‘was kept concealed for a time, Many
{men women and children’ ‘soon gath-
he believed that he had made) it pafe |
ered about the mine shaft awaiting
anxiously some definite ROWE,
INTERESTING SOMERSET C0.
in WC TU. CONV
st annual. convention
such proof and in answer ng
8 Chr {atian Temperance | ginients of thosé “opposige
et ii conyened |
onal worker is Frown
as the “Silver Torgued orator of the
West”. and surely no reasonable
thinking person could listen to her
addresses of the afternoon and even-
ing without confirming all the good
things that had been said about her.
In part she stated: “I want in the be-
ginning to correct a mistaken idea
‘that some may have concerning me.
i Although I am from Utah I am not a,
“Mormon. We are
' Salt Lake. It is so wide and so deep,
that if one were able to transfer the
proud of our old
state of Delaware from its present po-
sition and drop it into the lake noti-
ing could be seen of it, provided we
would be able to make it sink. sA
great salt palace has been erected on
its shore and a public playground
with an amusement park is run in
connection wtih it, for the benefit of
the poorer inhabitants of the city. Jt
opens on Memorial Day and closes on
Labor Bay. One year while the W.
C, T. U. was napping, a beer garden
was opened upon..the grounds. ‘The
next season after a persistent strug-
gle with city council the bciy which
grants the licenses in Salt Lake City,
the application was refused. The woiu
en assisted by the good men have suc-
ceeded in driving all districts of vice
from the city,
The evening session was opened by
devotional exercises conducted by
Mrs. Jones.
Immediately following this was the
address of the evening by Mrs. Shep-
ard. She saild—If a man wants to
vote all that he has to do is to satis-
factorily answer three questions, but
when women ask for the ballot they
must prove by statistics what could
be done were they granted such a
privilege.
The time was spent in bringing
for ‘women.
" “In Utah we have succeed:
travel under: Sesnged names and
dare not use such on the ballot. But
if they do exercise the right of
franchise, nothing worse has been
done than allowing bad men to vote.
So many of the intelligent women
who are antis know practically noth-
ing of the good that might be done,
and in the shelter of their own com-
fortable homes they think little of
the misery and temptation some self
supporting women must meet. It
takes much less time to cast a bal-
lot’ than to attend a card party and
money spent on our own fellowmen
is alleviating more suffering than
when lavished upon dogs for funer-
als . .
But the millennium will not come
when the women of America are en-
franchised. However, the votes - of
good women coupled with those of
good men will in time bring results
that otherwise would be long delay-
ed.
The devotional exercises on Fri-
day morning were conducted by Mrs.
Frease of Somerset after which the
early part of the morning was occu-
pied with business, Before the noon
hour of prayer, a short memorial
service was held for members who
had died during the year, as follows:
Mrs. Platt, Mrs. Benfora; Miss Pearl
Gustin, and Mrs. Simpson, cf the
Somerset Union and Mrs. Benford and
Miss Mary Eicher of the Meyersdale
Union.
On Friday afternoon the devotional
exercises were conducted by Mrs.
Lauver of Confluence.
The following officers were elected
for the coming year:—President, Mrs.
Ida Stottler, of Rockwood; Vice Pres.,
Mrs. Dr. Wilson, of Somerset; Ree,
Sec., Mrs. J. C. Matteson, ofMeyers-
dale; Cor. Sec., Mrs. Granger, of Som-
erset; Treasurer, Mrs. Dr. Hemmin-
ger, of Rockwood,
LAWN FETE.
The 8 8S. C. B, of the Summit
Mills Brethren Church, will hold a
Lawn Fete and Parcel Post package
sale on Saturday evening, Sept. 11, in
Fike's Grove.
Sandwiches, Home-made and city-
made ice cream, candy, cake and cof-
fee will be served.A good time is pre-
dicted for everybody. Come.
Rockwood is planning to organize
8 Board of Trade.
HARVEST SUPPER.
A Harvest supper will be served in
the banquet room of Amity hall Fri-
day (tomorrow) evening from 5 to 8
p. m. 26 cents will be the price
charged. You will find the supper to
be worth a great deal more. All are
invited,
Some Good Bargains in
MOTOR CYCLES this
\ week at Gurley’s Spore
ing Goods Steve.
* JENNERS MAN
COMMITS is SUicE
Within sight of his two_morth old | .
Stanley Grittith, a7 |
and- killed ~ himseif |
baby daughter,
years old, shot
about 10 o'clock Tuesday I morning . in
his home at Jenner's C Cross “Roads.
The ‘fatal shot frightened the ‘baby,
and its screams attracted the mother, 3
sister, iy Lloyd Mai
short distance ‘away.
An inspiring view is that, present-
ed in the accompanying cut whch is
ay School pupils
: ity, one mile
of
nearly 100 persons ds a band united
for Christian service and duty did not
exist previous to February 6, 1913
and subsequent to that time from |
‘very small beginnings the number has |
gradually increased up to the present.
The start was made on the date nam-
ed when Mr, J. G. Dees, a profession-
al Sunday School organizer connected
with the American Sunday School
of Philadelphia, organized the school .
with six puipls and two
prospered was due largely to a few
faithful, ones among whom are the
ce ReRent, Mr. J. W. Forrest and
Frances’ Swearman, assistant. The’
teachers. , lowing the closing of the school at
The supplies were furnished by this!3 p. m. Sundays.
organization gratis. That the school]
1915.
i
“‘Bomerset one
- w ~ i
about $120 a
home. Mr.
the ‘civil war
monument for
: wife and
~ ABROPLANE FOR
MEYERSDALE FAIR
A Striking Feature Now Announced Horse Racing Will be Un-
usually Fine. First
.
Class Trotters Will
Contest for Prizes.
Meyersdale Fair and Race Associa-
- | tion, if the prospects are fulfilled, will |
surpass all those that have gone be- |
fore this season, September 21 to 24,
four days.
One of the most striking and mod-
ern day features will be a big aero-
plane, which will be soaring off and
returning to the fair ground. As this
vehicle of the air is becoming such a
powerful factor inthe European war,
everyone in Somerset county will want
to see waht it is like, to see the
“Darious Green and his flying ma-
chine” not come flopping down to the
ground but to sail around at will, eir-
cling about at will, up and down over
town and out into the country.
Those who enjoy horse races and
| there are very few who do not, will
{have that desire gratified to a fine de-
gree as the local organization has
three circuits from which to draw,
jand all the prizes will be hotly con-
tested, by first class and bred trotters
that have made records on the big
tracks of the country. The Cumber-
land fair will follow the week after
{the one at Meyersdale and this place
| makes a fine link in the chain fall
races,
While mention is made in the issue
of last of the Commercial concerning
the fact that the state department at
Harrisburg was to furnish =n exhibit,
nothing definite was said ae to the
character of the exhibit. One of the
features of this exhibit will be every-
thing pertaining to the dairy industry.
This ought to appeal to the farmers,
especially, but will be very interest-
ing to all.
Let us all remember these things
and get ready for the four days, Sep-
tember 21 to 24.
DEATHS IN THE COUNTY.
MRS. JOHNS LOHR.
Mrs, Johns Lohr died at her home, !
716° Highland avenue Johnstown re-
cently aged 39 years. Her maiden
name was Viola Gohn and she was
born at Lamtiertyille, ‘Somerset coun-
names of two or three ladies ought to
be mentioned in this” connection, but
the writer is putting this down in th
the absence of the informant of these
facts, and he.does not know who they
are but he knows that tmey materially
have assisted in the work.
Regardless of the weather each
Sunday during the about 150 Sundays
has found enough persons present to
conduct the Sunday School. Tae
school is undenominational in char-
, acter and ministers of different
churches of Meyersdale have at dif-
ferent times preached to the school
and the people of the comunity fol-
The photograph of the school and
a few friends was taken by Photo-
i grapher Geidt one day last week on
| the occasion of the annual picnic held
in the A W, Bittner grove.
BERKEBILE REUNION
Seventy members of the Berkebile
family attended the third annual re-
‘union at the Berkebile homestead, be-
tween Mostollar and Stoyestown, Som-
erset county, Saturday and all enjoy-
ed themselves in spite of bad weather.
Owing to the rain, the program for
the day was dispensed with and those
present spent the day in talking over
other days. .
These officers were elected: Presi-
dent, George M. Berkebile; vice presi- |
dnt, E. J. Berkebile; secretary, Irvin
Wilt; treasurer, D. Guy Cypher; his-
torian, Mrs. George C. Mostoller,
MASONS BUSY ON CEMENT
WORK AND SILO.
Dennis Knieriem and Norman Shoe-
maker,masons, have orders ahead of
them for some time to come. At pres-
ent they are engaged in constructing
a cement block house for John Blocher
one of Meyersdale’s mail carriers. The
property is on High street above the
B. & O, railroad.
Messrs. Knieriem and Shoemaker
have contracted to build eight or nine
silos mostly of tilinv blocks; some of
the farmers are: Mr. Maust, near
Wilhelm church; Peter Meyers, Daniel
Otto, and Daniel Kinsinger.
Mr. L. Valentine Lepley, of Perry-
opolis spent a day or two at the home
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Lepley, of Broadway.
( HAY-HERWIG
| The nuptial rites making man and
| wife, Mr. W. T. Hay, a prosperous
| young farmer of Hay’s Mill, and Miss
| Ida Herwig was solemnized by three
| clergymen at the home of the bride
in Summit township at 3 o’clock on
Tuesday afternoon. The ministers
who assisted in the service were a
brother of the groom, Rev. B. J. Hay,
of Woodstock, A. E. Truxal, D, D,
pastor of the bride, and Rev. H. H.
Wiant, pastor of the groom. The
bride was the recipient of fine pres-
ents,
HOCHSTETTLER-KREPPS
Mr. Edgar Franklin Hostettler, of
Pocahontas, Pa., and Miss Elizabeth
Agnes Knepps, of Deal, Pa. were
united in holy wedlock by their pastor
Rev. A. 8. Kresge at the home of the
bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
Knepper, on Sunday, August 29, at
5:30 p, m. An elaborate dinner was
enjoyed by the many guests. The
happy couple were the recipients of
many beautiful gifts. Mr. Hochstett-
ler is one of the efficient school tea-
| chers of Greenville township.
As John Horning was driving home
his cows shortly after nightfall on
Tuesday while he was passing the
distillery on Keystone street an ap-
proaching auto blinded one of the
cows so that it did not get out of the
way and as a result the cow’s nose
was very badly cut on a broken lamp,
A respected resident of
i 9th, 1915.
ATTENTION
‘M. C. LOWRY POST G. A, R.
By a vote of the Post at the last
regular meeting it was decided to have
a Basket Picnic in Howard ‘Miller's
‘sugar grove, midway between Key-'
ag
1 this fe ponies all old.
Take the trolley anywide
the line for Miller's Groves;
ville died at her home there on Sun-’
day from rheumatic trouble,
54 years. She had been a
aged
sufferer
from this malady for five years. Her |
husband is the sole survivor. The
maiden name of the deceased was
Catherine Meyers and her girlhood
was spent in this community. She
was a devoted member of the Luth-
eran church and services were con-
ducted in Connellsville before the re-
mains were brought to this place for
interment, Mr. Price having charge
of the funeral here, Interment was
mad in the Union cemetery, Tuesday
noon.
MRS. JOSEPH KAUFFMAN.
Tubercular trouble Saturday resulted
in the death of Mrs. Joseph Kauffman
at her residence near Forwardstown,
Somerset county. She is survived by
her husband and one son, Earnest
Willard Kauffman. The funeral took
place Mon@lay morning, services con-
ducted in the Thomas Menonite
church at Thomas’ Mills.
SENATOR PENROSE TO
BE IN SOMERSET,
Virgil R. Saylor, the district attor-
ney, and chairman of the Republican
County Committee, has issued the fol-
lowing call: :
“United States Senator Boise Pen-
rose will visit Somerset next Monday,
the 6th day of September. At that
time he will address the County Con-
vention of the P. O, S. of A. at Shanks-
villee. He will come to Somerset in
the evening of that day at which time
an informal reception will be tendered
him at the Hotel Vanneer. Our de
sire is to have as many Republicans |
as possible to meet him. I wish you
could be present. Come, if at all
possible and bring others with you.”
ANNIVERSARY.
Next Sunday, September 5th, will
be the 1st. anniversary of the coming
of Rev. Wm. Howe to the pulpit of
the Church of the Brethren of our
town. All members and friends are
urged to be present and hear “what
God hath wrought.”
Miss Edith Just is expected home
in a few days from Pittsburg, recover-
ed from her recent operation and ex-
pects soon to resume her position in
th Second National bank.
By order of
M. C. Lowry Post, 214, G. A. R.
rr
JAMES B. LANDIS FOR \
DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
James B. Landis, of Somerset Bor-
oughh, formally announces his can-
didacy for the office of District At-
torney of Somerset County. Mr. Lan-
dis was born in Brothersvalley Town-
ship and received instruction in the
JAMES B, LANDIS.
Berlin public schools, Gettysburg
college and Dickinson Law School.
Mr. Landis was admitted to practice
before the Supreme Court of Penn-
sylvania, in Oct. 1912, and later ad-
mitted to practice in the various
courty of Somerset county. Before
engaging in the study of law he taught
gchool in Berlin, Confluence and Mey-
dale boroughs.
Mr, Landis respectfully solicits the
support of the voters at the ensuing
elections.
Bern to Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hoffman
at their home in ‘Bedford, the Hoff-
| man Hotel and Garage, a little daugh-
ter. The grandmother, Mrs. Frank
Hoffman of Meyers avenue, this place
is there to celebrate the new arrival.
Mrs. Jno. Peck, of near this place
who is a daughter of Mr, James Dav-
is, has been quite {ll. A little girl
| was born to Mr. and Mrs. Peck a
short time ago.
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