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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