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.
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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. :
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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.
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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.
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EVIL CONDITIONS DUE TO SHIFTLESSNESS
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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
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Blklick Township $700; Manasses | T. Nicola to Eva Nicola, Ursina, $709;
Kretchman to Leonard R. Maust, Elk: |1da B.
CASTORIA
Hochard to Rosanna Shs