REE. In Two ise. n in two rs. Har- astor of 1» of this oh aAR0. agu. two irviving. > healthy that the planning ons’ sal- ZENS. opulation a recelv- each of 00, when n handed all Osage the Unit- p entitled 'ourteenth ymbers of yver their not affect ens. ney, Coro- t of testi- hip of red hem is in ourts, and not recall 1 has eve! - We have a big cir- culation and an “ad” here is read by thou- sands of people. Meyersdale Commercial. Many tell us they are delighted with our job printing. -- Bring us your work. VOL. XXXVI. NEW COMPANY TAKES VER KEYSTONE MINES Atlantic Big Vein Company To Increase Output from 400 Tons to 1600 Tons Daily. Will Be a Great Boon to This Community. 3 : STOCKHOLDERS FURMING THE NEW COMPANY : One of the really big business name of the new company and its transactions in this section occuring stockholders are F. B. Black, W. ia lately or for that maitter for several Hoblitzell, J. J, Hoblitzell, Jr. and Some Friends Whom You Knew MEYERSDALE, PA. THURSDAY, JANUAR: 27, MANY DEATHS GOVERNOR ISSUES : A PROCLAMATION Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh has issued a proclamation calling up- on the people of Pennsylvania to sot aside January 27 as a day on which to make donations for the relief of the Jews in the various countries at "IN COUNTY and Loved Who Have Passed Away Recently in This Vicin ity. war. af governor paid a tribute to the Jews and urged that the document be read in the churches of the State on Sunday and that wherever possible local committecs take charge of the SIMON H. MARTEENY. One of this community’s highly es: eemed citizens, Simon H. Marteeny that CONDUCTOR Widely Known Railroad Man, Native of Confluence, Meets Death years took place last Thursday when J. Milton Black. There has been no died at the hospital in Cumberland The Atlantic Caol Company with organization effected as yet. The | OR kriday last at which place he had gone wwe weeks preceding his death collection of contributions and where there are no such committees that they be formed. 1916. : . WILLIAM BOWLIN KILLED BY FAST TRAIN in Terrible Form Friday Morning In Baltimore & Ohio Service Since Boyhood. PARENTS AND OTHER RELATIVES IN THIS COUNTY Conductor William Bowlin, of Bal- gard, daughter of James Bungard, de- timore & Ohio train No.8 was stuck | ceased, and Mrs. Margaret Bungard of and instantly killed Friday Morning | Indian Head, Following their mar- 1 about 4:20 o'clock while he was walk- | riage Mr. and Mrs, Bowlin went to ing back to Mount Savage to telegraph | Pittsburg, residing there for three and the breaking down of the engine From a half years. They came to Connell offices in the Citizens National Bank : president of the Keystone Company building, took possession of the Key- Lat the time of the transfer was J. B. stone mines and all property pertain- Baker and Mrs, E. J. Weld, ,of this ing to the same. This change indus- | place, has been a' large stockholder. trially for this community will mean The late Geo. F, Baer of the Read- much. The present output of these | ing Railroad Company Company at mines is about 400 tons daily, which the time of his death was the presi- will be increased to 1,000. At pres, dens of the Keystone Company. ent ‘there are perhaps about 100 men | The Atlantic Coal Company which employed, but under the new mana-|jg controlled by about the same men agement over twice that number will 55 the Atlantic Big Vein Coal Com- be required, a little later when ex-| pany has other interests at Boswell tensive improvements are to be made. | ang at Blackfield but hitherto their The negotiations consummated are operations were of no marked bene- in the nature of a lease and will be | ft to this community and one of the operative until about all of the coal | managers who is much interested in is exhausted. The tract embodies 250 | this section of the county expressed acres and contains what is KkKROWD pimgelf as much gratified that now as the Big Vein, about ten feet in one of their operations would espe- thickness and reasonable computa: ;.11v be a boon to this community.At tions would fix the amount of coal to x in the asme time it is to be hoped that be mined at abut two million tons which would require from eight to twelve years to exhaust. The official MEN'S LUNCHEON FINE AFFAIR Sixty-nine men assembled them- f the public will be appreciative of this enlarged enterprise. | ANOTHER MINE INCREASES MEN'S WAGES. Effective January 24, the Victor Coal Mining Company at Holsopple will begin paying their employees in- creased wages. This decision was ful- selves in the basement of the Main |1Y voluntary on the part of the oper- Street Brethren church, on last Thurs- ators. The increase includes rates for day night, and after singing “Ameri- | pick mining to a maximum of 58 cents ca” they were, served with a splen- | 2 ton and a straight increase of 10 did luncheon by the ladies of the S, S. cents a day for both inside and out- CB ro side company labor, regardless of Mr. A. W. Poorbaugh, president i | C/as8 or present rate of pay, For the Federation acted as toastmaster | Machine mining, the new rate will be and, in his usual enthusiastic . man-. 52.0omt8 8 LON. ss runnin on = per, outlined a larger work for the or- |# “Taken as a whole the changed rate ganization and his talk was a real in- will add considerable to the operat- spiration to all present. ors cost of production for wages alone. : 17 ) 5 After a short business session the bout 175 men Will Share in'ine 34 following program was given: vance, Cornet Solo, Hugene Bowman; Quartette, “Quit You Like Men,” Rev, H. L. Goughnour, Maurice Clark, James .B. Hostetler, H. M. Cook. Burn’s Poem, “Man was Made to Mourn,” Robert Wardlaw; Duet, “The village Frog,” H, M. Cook and Mau- rice Clark; Violin Solo, C. E. Liven- good; Accordion Solo, Robert Ward- law; Talk, Rev. H. L. Goughnour, John McCray, 58 years old, died at 5 o'clock Sunday evening at his home in Boswell following an illness of a year with asthma. He had been em- ployed here for two or three years by the Merchants’ Coal Company. His widow survives. WANT SEASON CLOSED. The sportsmen of Somerset County At this point the toastmaster sta-| gre freely signing ‘a petition, which ted that the program committee had | wil pe presented to the State Game divided the evening’s entertainment | Commission asking that body to con- into three parts—Good things to eat | tinue for two years the ban against —Good things to hear—Good things | killing deer in. Somerset County. The to look at. The good things to look at, | forests of Somerset County were to which he referred, were pictures of | stocked with deer several years ago, various members of the Federation in| when the county was closed for a caricature, thrown upn a screen by a | period which expires this year. These Projectoscope. This part of the enter-| jmported deer were secured from tainment evoked much laughter, parks, and although their herds have The evening's program was con-| increased greatly, the sportsmen say cluded by singing “Blest be the Tie |they are too tame, and that, there- that Binds.” fore, hunting should be prohibited for 3 - two years more. PARENT—TEACHERS MEETING. There will be a meeting of the Par- ent-Teacher’s Association in the high school building on Friday evening, A very interesting program has been ararnged as follows: Pianio and Violin Duet—Kathryn Aurandt and Miriam Glessner, Readng, Mrs. Wm. Daily. Music, Meyersdale Quartet, Address,— Need of Systematic Teaching of Music in the Public Schools, by Rev. H. L. Goughnour. Duet—Violin ‘and Cello, Miss Mag- gie Damico and Mr. H, M. Cook. BASKET BALL CHALLENGE. lenge the Rex Club to February 2nd. composed of the Hoblitzell and Blake; or an operation for double hernia, The operauion had been successfuliy performed and the incisions made were healing very satisfactorily when a clot of blood was formed on his brain resulting in his death. The deceased was born at _Berk- ley’s Mill, September 15, 1851, mak- ing his age 64 years, 2 months and 6 days. On December 17, 1876 he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Fike who survives him as do the fol- lowing children: Elias, now owning the valuable homestead farm, just outside the borough limits on the | ‘north, which place the elder Mr. Mar-' teeny purchased the year of his mar- riage; Ada, Mrs. Ira C. Fike; and An- nie, Mrs, Howard F. Speicher; eight The goevrnor's proclamation is as follows: bound tracks and was struck by a “Whereas, It has been convincingly es | ny body was taken to his home in tablished that there are 9,000,000 Jews inithe countries now involved in the great war, and that the majority of these people through no fault of their own are homeless, without food shel- tef or clothing, and that, therefore, they are in such immediate need of relief that it behoves all good citizens to hear ‘this cry of human suffering and distress; and } Pennsylvanians Generous “Whereas, The people of Pennsyl- vania alwavs generous, magnanimous and sympathetic, will I am confident be glad to aid a race which nas giv- Connellsville. 8 and had been 17yrs, of age. By his courteous and genial manner he won the’ friendship and esteem of all milroad men and patrons of the company, with whom he Mr. Bowlin was one of the most pop in their employ since came in contact. He was considered one of the most efficient railorad men in the service of the company. Mr. Bowlin was born at Confluence on April 6, 1874, a son of Samuel and Anna Holiday Bowlin. He resided at |, Confluence until entering the employ of the company as a brakeman. On his train he stepped on to the west- |sville from Pittsburg and have resid- ed there since. During his service with train going in the opposite direction. the company the. only other accident with which he ever met resuited in a lighlt injury of one of his fingers. Mr. Bowlin besides his widow is ular men in the servce of the company | survived by three children, Olive, at present a student at Hood Frelerick, Md; Edna Mae, 10 years old; Helen Ruth, five years old; his parents who reside at Confluence, one trother, Frank Bowlin of Confluence, and three sisters, Miss Mary Bowlin of Confluence; Mrs, Rhoda Wolfe of South Oshawa, Canada, and Mrs. Ida Miller of Wect Newton. College, Over a hundred Masons besides a arge delegaton: of railroad men, at- tended the funeral at Trinity Luth- grandchildren are living; en such loyal and substintiol coatir- butions of service and efficiency to our Commnwealth: and one brother and three sisters: W. 8S. Max- teeny and Mrs. Sarah A. Brown! of Lagrange, Ind.; Mrs, Peter Shultz, ot Berlin; Mrs. Henry T. Raub of South Bethlehem, Pa. In 1876, Mr. Marteeny united witha the Church of the Brethren of this place and has ever since been a loyal member of the same, serving with efficiency for the past ten years on the finance committee, Ia politics, Mr. Marteeny was a Republican. He was a candidate at the last Septein- ber primary for county commissioner and lacked but a few votes of being successful, there being many candi- dates below him in the race.. One of the chief characteristics of Mr. Mar- teeny was his frankness, he always speaking otit ‘his convictions. The fw neral was held on Monday afternoon “Now, Therefore, I, Martin G. Brumbaugh, Governor of this Com- monweilth, in harmony with the cug- gestion of the President of the Unit- ed States do appoint and set aside, Thursday, January 27, 1916:as a day on which all our people may make such contributions to this stricken people as they may after prayerful consideration find it wise and proper | to make, committees organized in the several communities I suggest that our gifts be sent to such. committees and where no such comittee exists I sug: gest in harmony with the President, what contributions be sent to the A- merican Red Cross, Washington. | December 23, 1897, he was married in eran church, Connellsville, Sunday af Connellsville to Miss Ida May Bun- ternoon. OUT-DOOR- SLEEPING. ! Little Talks on .Health and Hygicnae CONTRIBUTIONS By Dr. Samuel Dixon. | ; That which is looked upon as a fad | { FOR JEWS today becomes the necessity of tomor- | 1 row. This is largely the case with out door sleeping. IA proclamation having been issued With the beginning of the active | by Governer Brumbaugh calling upon campaign against tuberculosis but a | the people of Pennsylvania to set a- few years or so ago, out-door sleeping | side January 27 as a day on which to Where there are accredited local | wis recommended for those suffering | make donations for the relief of the from tuberculosis and others whose | Jews in the various cvountries of general physical condition seemed to | war, the undersigned committee has warrant it . been asked to act for Somerset county These pioneers were looked upon Mr. M. J. Pritts is Treasurer of the by their friends and neighbors with | committee to whom all drafts can be interest and they openly expressed | handed or forwaded. The committee belief that if they survived this expo- | requests and hereby authorizes all sure, which was doubtful, they would | banks in the county to receive con- and was very largely attended attes- ting his popularity,; the church where the services were held was inade- quate to admit all who desired to en- ter, Rev. Howe preached a masterly discourse, being his second funeral sermon that day, He was assisted by Rev. J. W. Peck, Interment was made in the Union cemetery, The following out-of-town relatives were present: Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Raub of South Bethlehem, and Miss Ethel Hoover of the same city; Mr, and Frank Boyd, and Miss Annie Fike, all of Berlin; D. A. Marteeny, David Nedrow; Jacob Hochstetler and Jos. Meyers, of Milford; Mrs. Lula Say- lor, George Marteeny, John Martee- ny, Mrs, Jacob Brown, Beam Sellers, Calvin Sellers, Mrs. Simon Friedline, of Somerset; Gertrude Marteeny, Mrs. Thomas Marteeny, of Rockwood selman; W,Z A. Evans of Scottdale. WILLIAM W. GILBERT, Mrs. Peter Shultz, Edna Bayard, Mrs. ' Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Braucher of Cas- For many years a Court Messenger soon tire of the experiment anyhow. As a matter of fact there are a hun- dred open air sleepers today where there was one a decade ago and it is no longer limited to those who are in ill health. ' All who hiave tried open air sleep- ing are enthusiastic about it and they they constitute an ever growing group, A sleeping porch is coming to be looked upon as an essential part of the home. Whole families have taken to sleeping in the open and have been so benefitted by it that they would never consider anything else. The proper garb to insure warmth despite the temperature. is essential. With a warm room for dressing ac- cessible there is no reason why this invigorating and stimulating custom should not continue to grow in popu- larity. : TRIES TO HINDER ~~ AN EXECUTOR Mrs. William Daberko of the South Side, whose husband died and was buried last week, following the read- ing of the will on Friday in ’Squire Hay’s office ,refused to surrender any of her late husband’s documents to the - executor named in the will, Au- gust Daberko, a brother of the deced- ent. Whereupon Constable Bittner was granted a search warrant which he used effectively securing much that was valuable to the executor in adjusting the affairs of the estate. The sole legatee named in the will ‘after all debts are paid which are only those lately incurred, is the wife they ‘having had no children. This is generous on the part of the testa- tor as Mrs. Daberko was very pecul- five days, formerly Miss Miranda W. iar and because of that did not con- Mowry, were found dead in Noll’s cern herself much about the comfort | garage at. Bellefonte Saturday. The and providing for her husband’s | circumstances surrounding their death NEARBY NEWS. william P, Noll and his bride of tributions for this fund and to for- ward the same to Mr, . Pritts at the County Trust Company, Somerset. We ask the people to respond gen- erously to this call that the appeal of our President and Governor may not go unheeded. Hon. W. H. Ruppel, M. J. Pritts, S. B_ Philson, I. Hess Wagner, J. P. Statler, John G. Emert, Parker Trent. AN INTERESTING LECTURE Next Sunday evening, Rev. Dr, Souders will give an illustrated leec- ture in the Sunday School room of Amity Reformed Church on the sub- jeet, “Hungary, and Hungarian Mis- sions in this country. Dr. Souders is one of the Miisionary Superinten- dents of the church whose special du- ty it is to see after the Hungarian work. He will use a large number of | stereoptican views in the presenta- tion of his subject. His lecture is im- teresting and instructive. Everybody is invited. Adission is free but a silver offering will be taken. We, the South Side Juniors, chal- play us at Reich’s auditorium next Wednesday, The manager of the Rex Club a- greed to play us Thursday evening Jan. 26,.providing that we secure the floor for that date. After we had se- cured the floor they cancelled the game which shows that they are not very anxious to play us. Our team is folowing players: center, Opel; in the Somerset courts, died Monday at his home in Somerset after being ill several months from a complica- tion of diseases. Deceased was a son gi of the late Frederick Gilbert. He was twice married, his second wife, form- erly of Shanksville, surviving with one son, Frederick, of Somerst. Five chil dren of the first wife are living. The funeral was Leld Wednesday afternoon during the latter part of his life. John’s Church near Wittenberg preaching at 2:30 p. m.—At Glencoe tor. MRS. JACOB SHETLER ‘Died Sunday veening at her home near Davidsville, aged 65 years. She had been ill for the past three years AT POORBAUGH & BOWSER. Music—Meyersdale Quartet. Awarding of Banner. A very cordial invitation to be present is extended to all interested in our schools and their progress. guards, Hady and Stahl. Club. (Signed) Mgr, South Side Juniors. THE BlJOU. HISTORY OF ROMESBERG FAMILY. Theodore Romesberg of Garrett, this -week received from the printer a number of booklets containing an in- teresting history of the family from Bijou every night We feel confident that this team is strong enough to defeat the Rex Big things are happening at the Tonight Liven- good’s orchestra will furnish the mu- sic while there is being portrayed on the screen, Wm. Farnum in The New from that dread disease, cancer,which caused her death. Deceased was one of thirteen children. Her husband and two children survive. Mrs. Shetler was a member of the Amish church, of Fair Hope. Mrs. the Brethren and her pastor, MRS. ANNIE HOLZSHU, Widow of the late Michael Holzshu died at the home of her daughter on Broadway just above the B. & O. railroad on ‘Friday last following a two weeks’ illness which terminated MRS. BEATRICE DIEST, the time the first Romesberg came to America nearly two centuries ago. ture 5,000 people are in action These booklets can be obtained from Write him concerning the matter. FRESH AND SMOKED SAUSAGE |edy. COME. AT POORBAUGH & BOWSER, Try our job work, | right. Government. In this remarkable pic- Every night there is something new Mr. Romesberg for a very small sum, and on Saturday night the Broken Coin will be taken up again and The | of .the deceased was Smith and she Heart of a Tigress and an L-KO com- | was born near Garrett. Had she have i You will say our job work is al Two daughters survive: Sarah, Mrs. J hio. Deceased was aged 33 yearn in pneumonia, About a year ago, Mrs. Holzshu fractured two ribs and since that time her health has been in an impaired condition. The maiden name lived until the 30th of April coming, arriving here last | she would have been 79 years of age. ohn Roudabaugh with whom the de- high requiem mass. EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION at! behind the steerage wheel, and her Prayermeeting on Saturday and Sun- day evenings at 7:30.—At Meyersdale Revival services each night of the coming week.—Clewell E. Miller, Pas- THERE WILL BE A BIG BARGAIN AT OUR SPECIAL SALE SATURDAY ceased lived and Mrs. John Berkley Holzshu was a consistent member of the Church of Rev. W. M, Howe, conducted the funeral services at the Church of the Breth- ren on Monday forenoon folowed by interment at the Reformed cemetery. Wife of George Diest, died on Tues- day at her home at Steubenville, O- Besides her husband, three children | thirst, relieving his hunger or pro- survive as do her parents, Mr. sl Mrs. James Keegan, of Thomas street | cidents of his employment. this place, where the remains were taken by Undertaker Reich on their evening. The fun- | rr — eral 'services will be held to-morrow |S. will hold a Cake and Candy Sale |A FULL LINE OF HEINZ PICKLES morning in the Catholic church with | at Bittner’s Grocery, Saturday, Jan.| AT POORBAUGH & BOWSER MEAT are mysterious. Mrs. Noll was seat- LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION. ed in the front seat of an automobile Letters of administration have re- ‘cently been issued as follows: , | husband was standing elongside the | * James 0. Wolfersberger, estate of ,| car, leaning against the side, door, Matilda Klinefelter, late of Rockwood, Gas asphyxiation is supposed to be Bond $300. the cause of death. The couple were, Ross R. Scott, estate of Lloyd Rav- married Monday night. They Were . ...c jate of Confluence, Bond last seen Friday afternoon and $500. the supposition is ‘that they were Mary A. Knuff, estate of Harvey A. overcome by gas during the evening. |. oc 1atc of Conemaugh township. Noll’s brother discovered the tragedy. Bond $500 Mrs. Rose BE. Krauss, of Altoona, was notified that she has been award- ed a gold medal by the Panama-Pacl: fic Exposition for the best chicken in the world, a White Crested Polish, the prixe being won in the Universal Sweepstake Poultry Exhibition at the recent show. : The Supreme Court of Appeals of West, Virginia has decided in a test case that the employer is liable for compensation for the death of an em ployee who mistook poison for water, and died after drinking it. The Court held that ministration by a servant s. | unto himself, such as quenching his WILL OPEN KINDERGARTEN Meyersdale to have a Kindergart- en, this spring, which will be good news to the mothers of a number of little ones here. Miss Mary Black and Miss Kath- ryn Leonard will, during the months of April and May, conduct the Kin- dergarten in the social room of the Lutheran church, The hours will be from 9 to 11:30 a. m. eee Smarr ———————— The Citizens National Bank has placed two large 12 inch diameter globe lights on cast bronze brackets in front of the building that are re- ally very artistic and substantial in appearance in keeping with that well established and reliable institution. tecting himself from the cold, are in- CAKE AND CANDY SALE. Class No. 3 of Amity Reformed S, | 29th, MARKET, : . 9
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