The Meyersdale commercial. (Meyersdale, Pa.) 1878-19??, June 15, 1916, Image 1

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VOL. XXXV II
(HAUTAUQUA [ERE
© WEEK
Six Days of Splendid Enterainment, Beginning June 28. In all
Fifty-nine Highly Talented People Will Instruct and’ Entertain |
the Residents of this Vicinity
Manner:
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In a tow ‘days Chautauqua will be
‘here. A program of unusual strength
has been provided ang as such merits
the interest and support of all class-
es of citizens. Six big days, twelve
‘unusually complete - sessions; - with
double numbers at every session, and
a change of talent each day. To
those holdng season tickets the cost
of a concert or lecture (not including
the round-table and talks to. ‘parents
in the morning) is but aight cents.
"The program represents the best
possible in entertainment and instruc
tion and has never been excelled’ at
any price. Gigan =
«Note the Musical Features.
: Ellis Brooks, with his famous con-
cert band, who has ent ned mil
lions . with his déHghtful music; the
charming Craven Family, and. their
orchestral program; Booker Wash-
ingtons Tuskegee Singers, who have
delighted hundreds of audiences from
sea to sea; Ora Padget Langer. one
of Chicago’s best known singers, and
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her company; and Martha Cook, well
known throughout the Northwest as
one of its sweetest singers, -
Then note the Exceptional Enter-
tainers.
Maude Willis of national fame and
universal favor, in a message for
peace; Beulah Truitt, talented read-
er, and Beatrice Weller, with her
cartoons and art pictures illuminated
with ‘sparkling humor.
Then turn to the Lecturers.
AFTER NEXT
for Nearly a Week. in the Best
ote LR # : fe i * w
Strickland" Gilitland, * foremost a-
mong America’s living humorists and
poets; Reno Welbourn, scientist, who
should be seen. ‘and heard ‘by
every boy in the country. His “mir-
aeles of science” are. well worth the
price of the season; . R. P. Shep-
herd a real community. efficiency man
of brains and ability; Rollo McBride,
gocial service workekkkkkkkr, ETEE
social service = worker; organizer of
“Parting of the Ways Home,” friend
and helper of discharged prisoners;
Chief. Tahan, the civilized Indian;
Captain Neely, in a short but eloquent
description of the late Booker T.
Washington and his remarkable work
for the colored race: Editor Kramer
inspiring and helpful; Dr. Katon,
Chautauqua favorite, with his wit,
humor, science and philosophy, and
‘Prof. Dyer, the Southern orator.
Last, but not least, the young wo-
‘man Junior Supervisir will be a revel-
ation to fathers nad mothers, ' show-
ing them ‘the possibilities of mental |.
and moral development through a
proper control of the play* hours of
their children.
In all there are fifty-nine highly tal-
ented people on the big six-day pro-
sessions. altogether, is yours for
$2.00, The price of the season ticket.
You would pay that much for a sin-
gle theatre ticket in the city. Youths
tickets, 8 to 15 years, $1,00, Children
under 8 accompanied by their parents
free. Tickets are pransiotable.e- x
CLEAR AWAY
THE WEEDS
At. the last meeting of the Civic
League it was decided to have the
gutters and walks leading to the:
Chautauqua grounds cleared of weeds
and to plant vines wherever practi
cable near the entrance that the ap-
proaches to the grounds might pre-
_ sent a more attractive appearance.
The League also asks all house:
holders every where in town to re
move weeds and other unsightly
things which may have accumulated ,
in front or about their premises, so
that the town may present as well
‘kept and attractive appearance as
‘possible during Chautauqua week as
well as the rest of the summer, when
the ‘town is generally full of visitors.
Look about and see where an im-
provement can be made and do it
.or ask some one to help you, Many
times things are left undone simply
‘because the attention has not been
called to it. Let us have the town
looking better this year than ever
‘before. It needs only a little concert-
ed action to make it a very lovely
place. Nothing is sightly where it
has a run down look and it takes ve-
ry little labor to make it attractive
instead of umsightly.
How many people are working for
-the prizes? Remember, $10 and two
$6 are being given for the grounds
.showing the most improvement this
summer. The winners will not only
‘have this nice little sum of money
‘but also the satisfaction of seeing the
results of their labors in a fine lawn
and beautiful flowers.
If possible, those working for one
.of the prizes should speak to a mem-
ber of the League that their efforts
-may not be overlooked as might hap-
pen if their home is a little out of
-the way. Committees have been ap-
pointed and they will do the best they
_can but it will help matters a great
deal if their attention is called to
special places.
And don’t forget about the weeds In
the gutters and along the curbing,
this week or next. The time is short
and the weeds are tall and unsightly.
of
bry for
[BOROUGH FUNDS
AT LOW EBB
T Meyersdale, Soroeh council mat,
fi adjourned session Tuesday even-
ing, June 13. The following members
i were present: essrs. Darnley, Say-
ilor, Staub, igh and Deeter. ab-|-
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sent, Dia, and pley. -
Mr. Lang was present and asked
| council to vacate the alley from 6th
‘street to the B. & O. railroad. A com-
mitteee consisting of Messrs. Deeter,
} took up the matter. Solicitor W. Cur-
{tis Truxal was present at the meeting
in reference to making a loan to e-
liminate the current bills against
the borough. He suggested that coun-
cil make a temporary loan to meet
these bills and not apply any of this
fund for improvement. Council is
donsidering the making of some
street improvements in the way of
paving and sewers. The president ap-
pointed Messs. Staub, Deeter and
Emeigh as a committee to ascertain
how much work and an estimate of
cost on same, to be submitted to the
solicitor. If council decides to make
this improvement it will be necessa-
ry to pass an ordinance and let it be
submitted to a vote of the people
whether or not the indebtedness of
the borough shall be increased. The
solicitor instructed the burgess rel-
ative to dog license; ordinance, No. 6
positively states that any owner who
fails to register that he has a dog
is liable to a fine. The burgess, with
the consent of council has the right
to kill and remove dogs whose own
ers have no license for them.
Tax Collector Baer was present
and furnished a list of exonerations
from the 1915 tax duplicate. It was
‘decided by council to exonerate the
persons whose names were checked
on the list.
The Secretary presented the a-
mount of the tax duplicate for 1916
which is as follows: —
gram. This feast of good things 18 |
Darnley and Staub was appointed to |
HUGHES AND
FAIRBANKS NAMED
ON 6.0:P. TICKET|
Suprome Court ur durlst Selo ;
“on Third Ballet -
ACCEPTS THE JE YoMATION
Theodore Roosevelt, Nominated by.
the Progressive Cenvention, ‘An
_‘nounces ‘He May Support Muighes ho
For President, Charles’ - Evens
Hughes of New York.
For vice president, ‘Ghurles Warrer
Fairbanks of Indiana.
This is the ticket guiiiited’ in: the
Republican convention in Chicago.
Justice Hughes has resigned from the
supreme court bench and accepted the
nomination.
has signified his adherence to the
action of the convention.
Theodore Roosevelt ‘was nominated
by the Progressives, byt sent a com:
ditional rejection of the nomination,
declaring he intended to support Mr.
Hughes if the statement of the latter
as to his position on ‘the questions of
the day was satisfactory to him.
The Republicans opened their con-
vention on Wedhesday, June 7, and
nominated the candidates on Satur-
day. Three ballots were ‘taken, two
on Friday ght and the third’ Satur
day. The justice received an over-
whelming vote on the third ballot.
as folloars:
‘The First Ballot."
Totals—Hughes, 253%; Root, 10%;
Burton, 77%; Weeks, 105; Dupont, 12; | he;
Sherman, 66; Fairbanks, 74%; Cum-
mins, 85; Roosevelt, 65; La Follette,!
25; Brumbaugh, 29; Ford, 82;' Borah, |
2; Willis, 4; McCall, 1; Taft, 14.
The Second Ballot.
Totals: Hughes, 328%; Root,
d es a drummer boy in Compan D,
B > oeks 3 , the party. 88; e oy pany
| oars: J 18%; 5 ofp ote | iehiete 142nd. regiment, Pennsylvania Vohun-
ik ro spable teers, Following the war he returned
256; McCall, 1; Knox,
Wood, 1; Harding, 1; Wanamatr, 5:
not voting, 2...
The Third Ballot.
‘Justice Hughes was named -om the
third ballot, receiving 949% votes.
Colonel Roosevelt received 181%, Sena-
tor Lodge, 7; General Dupont, 5; Sen-
ator Weeks, 3, ond Senator La Fol
lette, 8.
Former - Vice President Fairbanks
was ‘chosen on the first ballot for vice
president, receiving 863 votes. Former
Senator Burkett of Nebraska received
108, Senator Borah of Idaho, 7; Gov-
ernor Johnson of California, 2, and
Cp
Mr. Fairbanks likewise| “_-
@ by American Press Association.
' CHARLES. EVANS HUGHES,
Present Structure.
"Sight Before Work Begins.
‘At a Erosatoml meeting held ;
at the Zion .. Evangelical Lutheran
church in this place, on Sunday,Rev.
D. W. Michael, pastor, it was deci
ded to enlarge a part of the church
and to erect a new parsonage.
The plans already adopted are for
a new and large Sunday School room,
to extend where the parsonage now
stands, and to build a modern par-
sonage where the present parsonage
ted.
Before work is begun, however, a
2 ATHERAS PLANNING
~~ $10.000 BUILDING CONTRACT
Hindsome New Parsonage to be Built on Broadway Adjoining
Sunday School to be Entended up to Broad-
way Covering Site of Present Parsonage.
Funds must be in
committee is to solicit funds for the
work and the major part of the ex-
pense must be in sight before any
thing will be done. The contempla-
ted improvements - will aggregate-
about $10,000. It is hardly thought
that much can or will be done: his.
summer.
The following is the finance com-
mittee: Clarence Moore, J. H. Bow-
man, J. F. Naugle, William Deal, Har-
ry Snyder, Wm. Martz and Barron.
Shipley.
LEFT PENNILESS -
RETURNS RICH
|
After 46 years’ absence, Isaac Di-
bring
dence of the people; he, above. all
others, can bring: to the country pros-|ing up hope that her son still lived,
perity, happiness and honorable peace.| applied for a pension. As there were
* “Gentlemen of the convention, the|no proofs of death
Or.
nd us.
tnat’ we are td choose a° standara
bediyer in a great. campaign.
in be wise ‘and righteous we will
5 this place after having Hanied ing of his near relatives. He
8 future ruler of 100, 000, 000, people. that place when a penniless lad but
pare here ‘to select the next|now is worth over a half million in |
nt of these United States.”
th a pecord of Justice Hughes at length, | 67 years of axe, was unheralded and
g his management Of the insur |was as if he had come back from
investigation and his work a=
He called attention to his
gveat werk in the 1908 campaign in
behalf of William H. Taft.
The total of the titfee ‘ballots were| © ir
6, & above o all other men, can bring remembered him. He quickly located
A to the people the fact that the{his relatives and is now visiting his
jocratic party has failed -miseradiy niece, Mrs. Nathaniel
ies stewardship.
state of New York presents the name
of Charles Evans Hughes as its nomi
nation for the presidency.”
: . Nicholas Murray Butler made
the second o=
name of Eli. : : !
“He was the greatest secrstary of|cept the two children of his sister.
was| Mr. Dibert “struck it rich” in Alas-
the manner in which Dr. Butler sum-|ka but now resides with his wife and
ation, presenting the
war this nation ‘has ever seen,”
If our
above all| Stoyestown, and his nephew,
ler men, can bring to the people a|Mostollar of the same place.
viction ef the dangers which sur ;
He, abeve all: other men,
| assure this ‘country that the Re
bert’ returned a few days ago to his |
former home in Stoyestown, fasing
only a niece and a nephew remain- |
gold and coal lands in Alaska.
The coming of Mr. Dibert, who is
the grave, It was believed that he had
died long ago and his mother, who
passed away many years ago, drew a
pension for him as he had been an
.|only son and was a Civil war veteran.
Only a few aged men like himself,
Homer, of
B. Z
In 1862, Isaac Dibert, who was then
13 years of age, left home. He enlist-
© can home, but soon after started west to
ack tothe bing the: ‘confl-| make his fortune.
About 11 years ago the mother, glv-
, it'was necessary
that ‘congress pass a special bill
granting it. This was done. A year la-
ter Mrs. Dibert died. So it was that
upon his return a week ago the wan-
derer found no one to greet him, ex-
AUTOMOBILE
Last evening shontly after ' six
o'clock Mr. Peter Knepp, a veteran of
the civil war, and his daughter Miss
left joo, while riding in their automobile
were run into by a fast west bound
freight at the North St. crossng of
the B. & O. railroad and were hurled
from the car a distance from thirty to
fifty feet and while severely injured.
they are alive and stand a good chance
of recovery. When one surveys the
smashed up automobile, with hardly
a piece recognizable, one marvels at
the miracle that Mr. Knepp and his
daughter are alive to-day.
A few weeks ago, Miss Knepp pur-
;chased a late Ford Model Car with alk
the modern improvements. She learn~
ed to run the machine and was a care-
ful driver. The day being beautiful,
Miss Knepp and her aged father ad-
vanced to 74 years. decided to take a
little spin after supper last evening
and had just gotten into the car, their
home being but the second house a~
bove the railroad on North street.
They however came down 7th street
which crosses the railroad diagonally.
As they approached the crossing the
(view-of the tracks east and west was:
‘partly hidden by two box cars, one at
one side of the street and the other
car at the other side of the street..
To make possible the accident, an en--
gine was standing on the siding blow-
ing off steam with deafening mnoisa
which prevented the occupants ofthe
car from hearing the rushing freight.
train. Miss Knepp who was driving
the car did not see the train bearing:
down upon them till it was almost
William Grant Webster; 2.
Presenting the Candidates.
There were eleven candidates be
fore the convention. The first to be
presented was that of Justice Charles
HE. Hughes.
_Cheers greeted Governor Whitman
of New York, who presented the name
of Justice Hughes for president, after the hall. The Ohio men fol
Arizona yielded to the Empire state in axoind ihe ?
the nominatinggsession.
Governer
‘Whitman,
in opening,
didate.
Arkansas yielded to Ohio and ths
chair recog zed Governor Willis to
nominate Theodore E. Burton.
Ohio delegation started a Burton dem-
onstration.
Governor Willis took the Ohio stan.
dard from the floor and began a march
low in force.
Connecticut on the call of the states
med up the" qualifications of his can-|three children in Seattle.
MINER SHOT
As Governor Willis cencluded the |.
above them; she thinks that in her
terror that she applied the brakes
‘causing the machine to stop. The-
pilot struck the auto at the front door
and hurled them from the middle
track on which the freight was run-
ning out on the westbound passenger
Henry Pyle, a Coal Run miner, was track. While Miss Knepp was on the
shot in the face Saturday night,about |side of the car next to the engine,
10 o'clock, by an Italian who had strange to say her father was thrown
been on the lookout for Pyle for some 25 feet beyond where she fell. Miss
said: “We_haye. frequently beeu tad
BE I ———————
The Somerset County Sunday
School Association will meet in con-
vention at Elk Lick on June 26, 27,
and 28. It is ito be an important meet-
ing; try to be one in attendancd.
Special features will be a Great
Automobile Parade and a great lec-
ture, “Cff to Wonderland” by Rev.
C. H. Woolston, D. D, of Philadel-
phia.
This is the Twelfth Annual Sunday
School Convention of the County In-
terdenominational Association and
will be held in the Reformed church
of Elk Lick. Preparations are being
made to make this the greatest con-
-vention ever held in Somerset Coun-
ty.
The State Association is sending
two of its best speakers: M&M, J.
Freeholders ee av en $7892.97
Poll Tax .. .. «os +» 296.00
Total — — — — 8,188.97
Tenants es sa tees me 263.00
Poll Tax wa eee a hee - 855.00
- Total — — — — 618.00
Single men a. 79.40
Poll Tax .. «. «see 122.00
Grand Total of Duplicate $9,008.37
DON’T FORGET THE BIG CELE-
BRATION AND OX ROAST AT
For Sale—Two good second hand| SALISBURY, JULY 4th.
indian Motor Cycles. Also all kinds |
of bicycle and auto supplies.
GURLEY'S Sporting Goods Sto
EVERYBODY IS
|SPEND THE 4th IN SALISBURY.
GOING TO |
Baldwin, State Hlementary Superin-
tendent whe will speak each day of
the convention and will conduct con-
ferences with elementary workers.
Preston G. Orwig, State Superin-
tendent of Secondary Divisien, will
|be present during the entire conven-
| tion. His talks will be appreciated
| by all, for he is an expert in this line
|,of Sunday School work. Every Sec-
{ondary Division class should send a
delegate.
Continued on Second Page
A AAAS ANd NS INL dA SANS NSAI NS NINA NL ADNAN
BIG SUNDAY SCHOOL
AUTOM
time. The trouble dated back to the
Knepp got up, made a few steps to--
recent strike at Coal Run. The min-
ers had taken their tools away with
the exception of this Italian. He went
back for them later and Pyle called
a “scab” and since then the Ital-
Ele
ian has been seeking his revenge. Mr.
Pyle had been to his home in Salis-
bury and the shooting occured as the
was at the home of Albert Philippi,
Dr. Theo F. Hermon, of Lancaster: on the r tr
will address the Men's Mass Meeting gin tip
on the evening of June 27.
T. BE Helsinger, principal of the tooth ond lodged 1a the back of the
schools at Avalon, will deliverer two
addresses.
The Automobile Parade at 6:30 on |ca] attention but the bullet was not
The bullet struck Pyle in the up-
per jaw, knocking out a couple of
neck. Dr. E. F Hemminger of Meyers-
dale, rendered the necessary surgi-
Wednesday evening is a new feature |removed. The man is in a serious
and the line will be formed on Main | ongition.
street and travel to Meyersdale by
The Italian has not yet been appre-
way of St. Paul and Summit MillS|pended and has probably left this
and return by Hunsrick
road and |gection of the country. .
Boynton. Let us make this a mighty .
demonstration for S. S. work.
Everybody will naturally want to
hear Dr. Woolston’s Lecture, “Off to
Wonderland” and which
illustrated with many mechanical ef-
fects, showing the power of teaching
by objects.
|
i
S. Monn,
our presence at this convention
H. B. SPEICHER,
County President..
to be
THE BlJOU.
Just think of it—three big photo-
plays going on this week at the Bi-
jou. Now everybody will want
to see the conclusion or the 22nd ep-
isode of “The Broken Coin” as to
who will get it, and whom Kity will
Registration cards have been sent | marry when all the entanglements
to every superintendent in the county |spe straightened out and the elouds
and each school is entitled to two |,¢ mystery have cleared away.-Then
delegates and each organized class t0 «peg 0 the Ring” has the attention
one. For more cards send to Rev. J. |r all who saw the opening episode
last Saturday night. Each evening
Let us ouadt the work by showing |though is complete in itself. There ted.
is a matinee on Saturday afternoon |
a- | TRY HEINZ'S PURE OLIVE O
if yon want to
ay night.
|for yoh to see
void the fam
wards her father, and realizing that
she could not stand dropped to the
ground and began crawling towards
her father. To her anxious inquiry of
her father whether he were hurt
or not, the latter replied that he was
not much hurt. A crowd soon gather
ed and conveyed Mr. and Miss Knepp
to their home, Dr, McMillan was sum--
moned. and later Dr: Lichty, the R,.
R, Company physician: They found
that Mr. Knepp’s worse injury was:
four wyery badly erushed ribs, from.
having been thrown across one of hes
steel track rails: Miss Knepp was!
badly injured in one of her hips and:
was very badly shocked. She and her;
father are resting fairly comforta-:
bly and it is hoped by their many
friends that may soon recover. They
have the sympathy of the whole com-
munity. 3
The engineer who was going at a
pretty good rate of speed on a down
grade, when he saw the peril of the
occupants of the auto, applied the e-
mergency brakes and stopped ths
big train in about 150 feet. The auto
was carried on the pilot until it was
reduced to pieces by coming into
contact with the standing engine.
This street crossing and that at
Broadway are dangerous and either
a watchman should be” placed at
these points or bell signals institu-
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