THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY items of Interest Culled From Our! Exchanges | The Ponfeigh mines of the Enter- | prise Coal company, located near Gar- | rett, has been closed down on zcsopnt} of some trouble the operators we anticipating with the miners. A pre-Easter celebration in € Italian settlement of Hooversville, on | Saturday night ended in the stabbing ! of John Maronich, aged 40. Two | brothers Gus And Mike Matrich, ars aleged to have done ihe stabbing and are now in the Somerset jail. The following named Somerset Countians received marriage licenses in Cambria Co. recently: Daniel F. Landis, of Somerset and Blanche S. Glessner of Berlin; Myles Berkey of Windber and Laura Edith Beckley of Salix; Edward Martin and Linnie H. Snyder, both of Somerset. Mrs. Eleanor H. Parker, aged 86 years, is lying in a critical condition at her residence in Somerset as the result of fa fall she had a few days ago, when she fractured her left hip. Mrs. Parker was on her way down stairs when she missed her footing and fell to the bottom. She is the mother of the late Ferg G. Parker, who for many years was one of the local officials of the Cambria Iron Company, Johnstown. St. Paul's Reformed church at Som- erset. which has been remodeled, will be redicated on Sunday April 16, The Rev. Henry H. Appel, D. D., President of Franklin and Marshall College, will preach at the morning service. The Rev. Dr. John C. Bow- man. President of the Eastern Theo logical Seminary, Lancaster, Pa., wit speak in the evening. : S. E. Dickey, head of the engineer- ing firm of S. E. Dickey & Co., Johns- t~wn, has closed a deal taking title i» the Joseph Risch farm of about 129 acres in Conemaugh township. The greater part of the farm is level, part of it being close to the projected Johnstown & Somerset railway. Part of the Otterbein resort wis taken from this farm. It is not far from the new shaft of the Kelso mine. The state highway department has been informed by First Deputy Al- torney General, Wm. H. Keller that under the law it will not be per- mitted to construct or ry as state aid highway any section of state highway route within the limits of a borough. The opinion upsets the plan under which the department has been acting in the past. As a result the boroug™ ~° Rerlin as weli as other boroughs wherein the state highway departr-ent “at 7"lrnned to work during the ‘ccmi~~ sunTame ion a state-aid basis will be de-rived of this opportunity to gain improved highways. . B. S. Thompson, a Somerset mer- chant, has entered bail to appear :ut the June term of the Commonwealth .court to, answer a charge of fraud pre- ferred before Alderman Will J. Lam- berd, of the Third Ward, by Maurice Berney, of the Berney Bros., whole- sale establishment of Johnstown. a Thompson was arrested Tuesday by | Constable James Downs and when taken before Justice of the Peace Mil- ler, of ‘Somerset, waived a -hearing. Mr. Berney ‘alleges that some months ago Thompson presented to his firm obtained . thereby a large amount of credit. Later, Ber- ney alleges, Thompson's liabilities proved to’ be far in excess of his as: séts at the time of the filing of the statement. : liabilities rg rm} BERKLEY. It. is a long time since we have heard from Berkley, but it is still on the map and is growing larger than ever. Camp No. 876 of P. O. S. of A. was instituted at Berkley March 11, 1918, with a ‘membership of 31 members and has a gain of four members since that time and expect five or six more Thursday might. This shows that the order is growing and doing good work. Anyone wishing to join please hand your application to one of the members. The American Union Sunday School of Berkley has opened for its sum- mer work. Wilson Bittner is moving into the Isaac Neimiller property. Lewis Sutton, who was working for Mrs. Ezra Berkley for the last few years, is digging dusky diamonds at Pine Hill Harry B. Saylor is going to move into the Dennis Ringler property now owned by Herman ‘Baker. Gladys Walker, who has been sick with lung pneumonia, is nicely. Levi Schultz has purchased a new Oldsmobile. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Berkley were visitors at Bdward Sellers’ and H. P. Berkley’s Sunday last. George Fritz and .wife were the and Mrs. Levi Schultz guests of Mr. Sunday. Say, boys! Don’t forget to get vour bells and circle saw in shape, for there is a wedding on hand. Fine sale bills printed here. recovering | 4 AMERICA’S FINAL WORD TO BERLIN " Jeopardizing 0 of Am American Lives on Liners Must Stop AUSTRIA IS CALLED TO TASK Latest Note of President Wilson After Consultation With Congressmen Was Sent to Ambassador Gerard. President Wilson’s note to Germyany on the submarine issue has Been cabled to Ambassador Gerard at Ber- lin. The president wrote the com- munication, availing himself of the ac- cumulated data submitted to him by Secretary of State Lansing. Ambas- sador Gerard will be directed to: ar- range with the German foreign office for its simultaneous publication here and in Germany. It is understood that both Senator Stone, chairman of the foreign rela- tions committee of the senate, ‘and Chairman Flood of the house foréign affairs committee, have been advised of the nature of the communication and that they agree that the timejhas come to force an accounting with Ger- many on the submarine issue. The note is a recital of all the ik legal attacks since the sinking of ‘the Lusitania, the case of the Sussex being only one instance in sequence. White House of reports that Ambas- sador Cerard’s latest reports Have caused the president to delay action. Neither Germany’s counter proposals nor offers to compromise have de- terred the president, it is said, or caused him to change the communi- cation. Secretary of State Lansing an- nounced that he had begun an inquiry with Austria as to why the Russian ship Imperator with two Americans on board was fired on by a subma- rine. Ambassador Penfield at Vienna was instructed to make formal In- quiry of the Austrian admiralty. Con-"' Hurst at Barcelona, Spain, who rv .~rted the attack on the ship and <ic‘ed one American, Gustav Olson, was wounded, also was in- structed to cbtain all the information rbtrinable and ‘forward it immedi- ately. ‘ Two Ar-ericans, William Smith and Nathan Til'man, were on the British steamship Eastern City when she was attacked April 9 of Cardiff, Wales, and sunk bv ~F~ll fire from a subma- rine. No lives were lost. A report on the attack was forwarded to the state de~artmient by Consul Lathronp at Card ff. 7 ENGINEERS BLAMED Weightéd Safety Valve Caused Loss ‘of 11 Lives on River Steamer. Steamboai Inspectors W. H. Clark and Charles C. Thomas concluded th~ investigation as to the cause of tae Sam Brown explesion at Huntington, W. Va. several weeks ago. They re port “that! +he' ‘weighting of the Brown's safety valve by engineers caused the boilers to explode. Eleven lives were lost, including Captain ' Tewis’ Blair of Pittsburgh. MARKET QUOTATIONS Pittsburgh, April 18. Butter—Prints, 38@38%c; tubs, 37 @37%c. Eggs—Fresh, 22@22%¢c. Cattle—Prime, $9.26@9.65; good, $8.65 @9.15; tidy butchers, $8.50@8.90; fair, $7.65@8.40; common, $6.50@7.50; heifers, $6@8.50; common to good fat bulls, $5@8; common to good fat cows, $4@7.75; fresh cows and springers, $40 @ 80. Sheep and Thdibe. Prive wether: $7.80@8; good mixed, $7.40@7.75; fair mixed, $6.50@7.25; culls and common, $4@5.50; lambs, $6.50@10.10; spring lambs, $10@16; veal calves, $10.50@ 11.25; heavy and thin calves, $6@8.50. Hogs—Prime heavy hogs, heav: mixed, mediums and heavy Yorker $10.20@10.25; light Yorkers, $9.65@ 9.75;. pigs, $9@9.25; roughs, $8.75@ 9.25; stags, $7@ 7.50. Cleveland, April 18. Cattle—Choice fat steers, $8.50@9; good to choice butcher steers, $7.756@ 8.50; fair to good butcher steers, $7@ 7.35; ‘good to choice heifers, $7@8; good to choice butcher bulls, $7@7.75: bologna bulls, $6@7; good to choice cows, $6.75@7.50; fair to good cows, $5.50 @6.50; common cows, $4.50@5.50. Calves—Good to choice, $10.50@ 10.75; fair to good, $9@10; heavy and common, $6@89. Sheep and Lambs—Good. to choice lambs, $11.25@11.75; fair to good, $9.50@11; good to choice clips, $9@ 9.85; good to choice ewes, $8@8.50; mixed ewes and wethers, $8.25@8.59; culls, $5.50@7.50. Hogs—Mixed, $10; Yorkers, ; mediums, $10; pigs, $8.75; $7.25@7.50; roughs, $9. Chicago, April 18. $9.85@9.95; light, $9.50 $9.90 stags, Hogs—Bulk, @10; mixed, $9.95@10; heavy, $9.40@ 9.95; roughs, $9.40@9.55; pigs, $7.40 @9.20 COWS and lamb Cornj—May May, 461&c. VILLA’S BODY FOUND, REPORT Mexicans Bringing It To Juciez for Identification Emphatic denial was made at the | ! § O., do not report CAPTIVE LEADS TO GRAVE U. S. Army Men Will Keep Up Pursuit Until Bandit Is ldentified—Lansing to Consider Troops’ Withdrawal. Francisco Villa, leader of the ban- @its who raided Columbus, N. M., on March 10, and Mexico's “man of ter- ror,” is reported dead in dispatches received at the state department from Zack Cobb, collector of customs at El Paso, Tex. : Press dispatches Paso from El of the first chief, in a secluded spot in and Parral. somewhat decomposed, with the left leg gangrened from a severe wound. As Villa had been reported con- gistently as suffering from a wound in tHe left leg in a fight with Car ranzistas at Guerrero, and in danger of blood poisoning for lack of medical that of Villa. As the reports are based entirely on information received from Mexi- can sources and as details are lack- ing Secretary Lansing declined to ex- press an. opinion as to whether the information is true. Officers of the war department are frankly skeptical, expressing the opinion that the Car ranza authorities, in their anxiety to get the American troops out of Mex- ico have procured a dead body of some sort to pass off as that of the bandit leader. | known” that he is ready to treat with the Carranza government on the.sub- ject of withdrawing the American forces from Mexico. i | No Orders For Withdrawal. | In the meantime it was said no or- ders have been sent withdrawing the troops, nor, it was stated by Secre- tary of War Baker, are any in con. templation. Secretary Lansing de clared that as far as he knew the par- suit of Villa is still on. At the White House the statement was made that the troops are to re main in Mexico. ate foreign relations committee, ad- dressed the senate on the Mexican situation, declaring that the only alter- natives were, withdrawal from Mexico or intervention, He expressed the opinion complished its task. Congressman McLemore put into the house a resolution providing that the into exile. for more troops on the border and Funston has not asked for any. communication south of Columbus, N M., as far as the first base at Colonia Dublan are “digging in.” This news was permitted by the censors to come ou‘, coupled with the explanation that “the soldiers are being given practice that may prove valuable to them in the campaigns further - in the interior of Mexico.” However, civilians arriving from Colonia Dublan assert that the en- trenchments appea® to be far more than practice work. It is asserted that they are all guarded from every direction. x m5) ~ tools from Columbus, which, sent in, were declared to be for the purpose of digging trenches around in the event of rain. on the mountains near Colona Dublan for the past week have attracted muc> attention in the army camp. Lieutenant KE. S. Gorrell and H. A. Dargue made a scouting tour west of Coloiia Dublan in an I 2eroplane look- CHINESE REVOLTER RS ACTIVE Confederacy Being Formed of South. ern Provinces at Hongkong. Reliable news has been received at Tokic of unusual activity on the part of Dr. Sun Yat Sen and other Chinese revolutionary leaders. It is alsp learned that Dr. Imai, who was once adviser and law counselor of the Peking government, has 'sud- denly departed for Hongkong, which suggests that he probably has been appointed to a similar position in the revolutionary movement. These things all verify previous ad- vices as to the likelihood of the es- tablishment of a southern confederacy in China with an independent govern- ment. Election Officers Must Report. If election officials of Youngstown, for duty at the presi- ary April 25 the services will be invoked to force eir posts. i of the po } them to th { Senator Stone, chairman of ‘the’ sen, state that the body, identified by Car- | ranzistas as that of Villa, was found . by Colonel Carlos Carranza, brother the mountains between Cusihuiriachic : It is said to have been’ attention, officials at the Mexican em- | bassy are confident that the body is Secretary of State Lansing let it be that the expedition had ac- | American forces should not be with- | drawn until Villa was Killed or driven | No orders have been given | American troops along the line of | being carefully ; and that the entrenchments ! had mountain guns mounted in them | guarding the approaches to the camp ! This work followed the shipment of | a large consignment of entrenching. when | the soldiers’ tents to run off the water | Signal fires which have been seen SARE = so A — What's In a Name It has required a great deal of planning and careful management and some additional expense to put into our clothes for spring the same high quality you have been accustomed to associate with the Oppen- heimer label. Due, of course, to the scarcity of woolens and dyes caused by the war. But we managed to do it, and we shall con- : tinue to do it, because we have a trade mark to protect,and we value your ge Soi i We believe the spring models a 7 Th now being shown by leading NA dealers, are the highest type of me- Y dium priced ready for service clothes F made in America. See them. Look ; . for the guarantee. Suits $10 to $28, Trousers $2 to $8. —_Every OPPENHEIMER Insurance Clause garment is inspected rigidly and then offered for sale with ABSOLUTE INSURANCE against any defect of any kind whatso- ever. Should the slightest irregularity be discovered the makers will correct it without argument, quibbling or delay. M. Oppenheimer & Co. Wholesale Exclusively 115-123 Seventh St. Pittsburgh, Pa. ee t NA rm, rm A NNN AS EVIL CONDITIONS DUE TO SHIFTLESSNESS IAIN mm Ss Uhre | Bad housing aud wusanitary conditions which are round in various parts of the State by the Bureau of Housing, recently organized by Commissioner of Heaith Samuel G. Dixon, are in many instances not the resu’t of poverty and want, but of shiftlessness, bad mandgement and a lack of knowledge of what constitutes sanitation and decency, The abeve picture shows a house and surroundings which is an offensive nuisance in a borough of several thousand people. The tenent in this cas: owned the house and the adjacent lot, and the foul condition surround- ing it was the result of indifference. The stream drained into and polluted a nearby water supply. and playground. Conditions of this character are all too common, and local Boards of bate- ment of such nuisances. If they are delinquent the Department of Health a ie fiw fo ewe tues The lot itself served as a combination pasture REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Stephen McClintock to Matilda Mc- Clintock Gower, Addison Township, $3,000; Jay Frederick McMullen to William Watson, Addison Township, $1,696; Sarah G. H. Hexley to Julia Belle Long, Berlin, $1,100; Mary Mah- an to Roy L. Custer, Benson, $550; lick Township, $3,600; Melvin Gaga- Jefferson Township, $3,000; Charles gen to Joseph Geisel, Paint Township Gibbons to Perri Giaewiro, Windber, $1.000; Frank A. Harah to Simon Tl. cd Enos, Milford Township, $10,000; Charles Von Lunen to John S. Miller, Conemaugh Township, $200; Samuel] Baker to Elijah Livengood, Elklick For Infants apd Children { Township, $255; Elmer J. Blough to % : % Es Elizabeth Taylor to Agnes Durst, Elk- | Tobins Eash, Conemaugh Township, LL Use For Over 30 Years lick Township, $225; John B. Cook to : | $1,800; D. W. Mannion to Justus Volk Always bears “ E. L. Cook, Northampton Township, | Boswell, $2,450; Harry L. Sipe to A af = : .3: Howard May to Clinton Bowman, | Mary E. Boyts, Somerset, $3g0; Lee | Blklick Township $700; Manasses | T. Nicola to Eva Nicola, Ursina, $709; Kretchman to Leonard R. Maust, Elk: |1da B. CASTORIA Hochard to Rosanna Shs
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