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VOL. XXXVII
—
HAD WRONG MAN FOR
STEALING AUTOMOBILE.
Pittsburg detectives thought a few
days ago that they had located an au-
“tomobile thief of that place in Meyers-
dale.
Parker was the name of the pan
for whom they were looking, ##d as
there was a man here by that name,
who had been housing his machine in
MEYERSDALE PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1916
NEW PROCESS
FOR FLOUR
C. E. Deal Installing a New Mill
Which is a Marvel, at a Cost
of $4.000.
-
the Meyensdale Auto Garage for ab-
out a week when not in use, that he
must be the man.
Ordes came on Tuesday to arrest |
him. One of the local officers pro-:
ceeded to do so but soon found out |
that the Frank J. Parker, temporari-
1y residing in Meyersdale, because he
;had married a girl here about a year
ago, was certainly not the man, the
Pittsburg detectives wanted. Word |
was at once sent to them not to come,
but they were then already on the ,
way and found out for themselves
that they were on the wrong track.
a ———— EAs.
DEATHS IN
THIS COUNTY
CHARLES W. MAY
Of Connellsville died at the Cottage
State hospital, on Aug. 9. On June 29,
Mr, May was working in the West
Penn Power Plant, and came into con-
tact with wires carrying 22,000 volts,
which traversed one side of his body,
paralyzing him, land which later re-
sulted: in his death connected with
pneumonia.
The deceased was a son of Mr. C.
‘W. May deceased of near Deal this
county, and lke was aged 20 years, 19
months and 10 days. His father pre-
ceded him to the grave 20 years ago,
Survivors of the deleased are a wife,
and one child 3 months old, his motih-
ar Mrs, A. ©, Miller and one: brother,
Myrtlin as "and threw half brothers,
Harry, Edwin and ‘Walter Miller and
one half sister, Zulma Miller, My. Mil-
ler ‘was a member of the Lutheran
Church of White Oak, The . remains
shipped to a Be Wot,
charge. of by ‘Undertaker. ie ein
were conveyed to the home of his
mother. On Sunday morning the ro-
mains were’ taken to Temple Evan-
gelical church where services were
conducted by Rev. J. T, Shaffer and
Rev. C. E. Miller following which in-
. terment was made at that place.
HENRY DIVELEY
Henry Watson Dively, aged 41
‘years died at his home in North Ber-
"lin Aug. 8, from congestiion of the
brain, Mr. Divéley was taken ill last
March, suffering with congestion of
the lungs and liver, but had improved
to an extent that he was able to walk
out again. About two weeks ago he
was afflicted with brain congestion
and he grew gradually worse until
death ensued. Deceased was the only
son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Diveley
and spént his entire life in Berlin. On
July 4, 1897, he was united in marria-
ge ‘with Miss Mary E. Landis, who
with two children, Leroy and Marion,
survive him. He is also survived by
four sisters, Mrs. William Rubright,
Miss Carrie Diveley, Mrs. Earl K. Bru-
baker, and Mrs. Miller Brick, all of
Berlin, : j
A. J. BREIG
Word was received here Saturday
of the death of A. J. Breig, "a
cured at his home in Berkley Springs,
W. Va. Mr. Breig was a natives of
Meyersdale, being born and reared
here. He with his family left here
about 20 years ago, going to Lonacon-
ing, Md., and later to Berkley Springs
where they since resided. Deceased
was about 55 years eld and is surviv-
ed by his wife and six children. The
relatives from here that have gone to
attend the funeral, which wiil be held
today, are the following: Messrs.
John Stacer, George Stacer, P. P.
Breig, Mrs. BE. S. Kemp, Miss Clare
Stacer and Miss Mary Breig; Mrs.
Wilson Hawn of Salisbury, and Mrs.
Ozias Weimer of Greenville township.
The deceased was born at Salisbu-
ry, this county, and was aged 56 years,
His wife who was Annie O'Malley,
survives as do six of 11 children born
to them. The following brothers and
sisters are also living. Mrs. J. Stacer,
Mrs. R. Kemp, P. P. Breig, all of
Meyersdale; Mrs, D. J. Haley and
George Breig, of Vandergrift; and
Mrs. W. Hanney of Blk Lick. High re-
quiem mass was said on Aug. 14, by
Rev. O'Leary. The deceased hore a
long period of illness with resigned
Christian patience.
C. E. Deal, one of Meyersdale’s en-
terprising business men, a few days
ago unloaded from the cars for his
"mill the “Midget Marvel” mill, being
the very ‘latest process for the manu-
facture of flour, The installation and
, cost of his machinery will be in value
“about $4,000.
: Being of an intricate character it
_ will require about a month before it
wiil be ready for operation. This pro-
cess of making flour from wheat is a
new one and is regarded the best by
far yet tried. It requires 48 hours to
temper the grain which is a dampen-
ing method. The capacity of the mill
is such that all of the wheat grown in
this section or lower half of the coun-
ty can be taken care of by the Midgnt
Marvel. “This will be a great saving
| to the farmers in getting wheat ground
! into. flour for their own consumption,
as well as a good market for their
surplus grain.
Just now the town and this commu-
nity are agitating the idea of com-
munity interest, one phase of which is
dealing and trading at home. Surely
when farmers and othere can dc as
well by dealing at home they certain-
‘ly will do so.
The purchase of this new milling
_brocess by Mr. Deal is an asset to the’
whole community and local interest
should be aroused in the matter.
CARS ON PER-
_ CENTAGE BASIS
‘It’ 18 unusual and may be unpre-
cedented for ‘the B. and O. Railroad
‘Company, at this season of ‘the year
to give out ears ‘on the; BScaniage,
by base, | (ANE 0. eis
We This means ( a 0 the sf
|
ion’ of ‘the’ decd & 0. win
give ‘out to each operator ¢ or corpora
tion, his proportion of cars, on the
‘basis of the highest number of cars
-proaching suburban traction car. But
(every place. Only one square from t
REV. GLESSNER TELLS,
OF NEW HOME
The following letter is from Rev. A.
S. Glessner at his new appointment
at Greenville, Ohio, and being not
necessarily of a private nature is
hereby given to the many friends of
the family who left here hbout two
weeks, ago. The clippling from one of
the papers of that city follows the
letter and reference to which is made
in Rev. Glessner’s letter.
Editor K. Cleaver,
Meyersdale Commercial,
Dear Sir: —
The
enclosed clipping from the “Greenville
Daily Advocate” is selfexplanati 3
and gives you an account of my intro-
duction to official Greenville, The ae-
cident on my part was absolutely un-
avoidable and the city officials imme-
diately @mbsolved me from all blame.
Whilst the accident did not result in|
any serious disaster. As it was the v
hicle occupied by the lady was over:
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‘OUR FIREMEN
rations were made for entering the
turned immediatily in front of an ap:
when you behold the almost countless,
autos of all kinds and conditions, the
vehicles drawn by horses, the multi
tudes of pedestrians (this is Chautau-]
qua Week in Greenville) apparently
with different objective points, it is
almost miraculous that our escape | crowd,
{was even “by the skin of the teeth.” |
We like our place of residence &
217 East Fifth street. Convenient to
East Buildings where Bertha will go
«| to school this winter, and only three and voting on the next place of hold-
|and four squares respectively from the)|
AT GLASSPORT
Win Honor for Themselves and
Meyersdale in Competition
With Other Companies.
—— Sinn
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At the recent firemans' convention |
the Meyersdale boys were among the
most successful and prominent ones
there. :
Arriving at Glassport, campgrounds
were secured and immediate prepa-
arious events. Robert Wardlow and
ohn Hare, being delegates, proceed-
gates, where the address of wel
40 HOUR DEVOTION
AT CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Sts. Philip and Jarmes Catholic
Church will observe the Forty Hours
devotion service beginning with Sun-
day at 10 A. M. next Sunday and clos-
ing with Wednesday morning. The in-
iatory service will be conducted by
Rev, C. M. Reich, of Albany, Ga. as
celebrant; deacon, Rev. Gabrill, of
Cumberland; sub-deacon, Rev. Brady,
the pastor of the church; Master of
ceremonies, George Larkins, In the
evening, the Rosary and sermon by
Rev. McCarty, followed by solemn
benediction, -
On Monday evening at 7:30, Rosary
and sermon by Rev. Lennan of Balti-
more, Tuesday evening at 7:30 Rosary
Other visiting and assisting clergy-
men will be Very Reverend J. M. Cod-
ed to the meeting place of the dele- and sermon, Rev. Corcoran.
was extended to all firemen of Wes
ern Pennsylvania, and the key and
the freedom of the city was granted
visitors by the mayor, Mr,
prayer several , addresses
¥ n after which the officers
were nominated. When evening came
the crowd was immense, especially
at the water battle. It was not our
boys’ turn to fight on Tuesday even-
ing , but because of trouble with oth-
er teams and not to disappoint the
the chief of the Glassport
fife department induced two teams to
enter the contest, Meyersdale be-
ing one of the contestants, and made
an: excellent showing.
ori, of Johnstown; Rev. Thos Galla-
gher, of Westernport; Rev. James
Quinn, of Midland; Rev. S. J. Cudy of.
Baltimore,
PHILIP REICH
BADLY BURNED
While filling a vulcanizer at his
garage, near the Summer Garden,
Wednesday noon, Philip Reich was
quite badly burned from the explo-
sion of gasoline.
Wednesday was election of officers
ing the annual meeting; those aspir-
The flames spread over Mr. Reich
burning his hands, arms and face
very severely. When the accident oc-
Central High School Buildings, the ing for that honor were Braddock and curred, Mr. Reich ran out into the
, Carnegie Library, the Memoriial Hall
and the Court House. Our new friends
Irwin, the latter getting it for 1917.
There was a water battle in the
street with his clothing all on fire
'and his injuries would have been
and neighbors have received us gral evening between our boys and Mec- much worse and perhaps fatal, had
| ciously and make us feel welcome in| | Kees Rocks, Meyersdale coming off Dot Mrs. J. C. Bowmaster, who lives
our new home. With the exception’
that we are suffering somewhat from
the intense heat and by reason of
ice famine which now prevails here,
we are all well and happy. When you
come to Ohio don’t flail to visit Gr
ville the county seat of Darke coun
claimed to be the first county of
great EE awith. _ Wishing ¥
pci
‘Spoke Cordially Yours,
“=. Albert S. Glessner.
“A young lady barely escaped ser-
vigitorious in a 23 minutes fight.
This put the Meyersdale laddies in
the popular ranks and everybody had
words of praise for them and thelr |
way of conducting the affair.
Thursday was Parade Day ahd
Meyersdale secured the eighth place
decoration. Over 10,000 Volunteer
men were in the parade and pos- i what might
itively over 100 ‘bands of all kinds. !trous fire. He
The largest company in parade num-|ical appliances
just across the street, rushed to his
assistance. with a rug and smothered
‘the fire on his clothing. :
Meanwhile the flames had spread ad
the building and were gaining head-
way as the fire siren was sounded but
‘tire presence of mind of Jerry, the
in the procession and were out in nine-year-old som of Joseph F. Reich,
who was in the garage, prevented
e been a most disas-
2 done -of the chem.
for extinguishing fire
“bered 132. The streets were lined with | and spurted the contents on the flames
autos and people from all over the:
. State. This parade was said to have |
used by each, during a month in the ious injury Tuesday evening about 7 heen four miles long. A water battle in from the pouring of gasolene into
! extinguishing them at once. i
The explosion was due, is believed
preceding year. For example Mr, A. O'clock when the buggy in which she ‘the evening with Creighton resulted the burner of the vulcanizer when it
last November used 5,000 cars; Mr. B. Was riding was struck by an auto- in a win for our boys after fighting Was too warm, Mr. Reich is not seri-
each will then get for a month one-
half of the amount he asks for. |
It is a puzzle as to where all the tators ‘to have been driving across ‘Friday, was very wet until after seo} te
‘and Broadway.”
Connel’s-
| ville being the winners mile in 1 min.
“The . young lady is said by spec- |g sec. Horse hauled trucks also raced,
300; Mr. C. 10,000. There are availa-' mobile and overturned. The accident|35 minutes. Before the parade the | ously injured and his hands though
"ble only 50 per cent of the demand; | occured on the corner of Water St. fire trucks raced on time.
badly burned will not be permanently
impaired.
cars available in slack times are now! Broadway going east on Water street ' ang caused some confusion, and Chief |
"in these times when they are so much and was watching the approach of a | Beynon of Meyersdale with-drew his |
in demand.
northbound interurn4s car, whea an
this cily came from the opppsits dir-'
ection, North Broadway, and before
THE STATE tne driver could stop his machine it
Governor M. G. Brumbaugh and | | went crashing into the rear of the ve-
Secretary of Agriculture Charles E. |
Patton have planned an automobile
hicle, upsetting it.” .
“At this the horse started to run
excursion for next month through away and preceded toward the Broad-
the richest agriculture districts of
Pennsylvania. Three distinct trips
through three sections have been de-
cided vpon; the intent of the move-.
ment is to call attention to the diver:
sified and successful agricultural
interests in all sections of the state.
Three days are to be given to each
trip which will cover approximately '
500 miles. Noon-day megtings are to
be big features of the trips. Wherever
practicable they will be held in a park!
or grove and the county chairman of
the State Board of Agriculture will be
asked to invite the farmers for miles
around to gather at the selected “point
for a picnic lunch and to meet the
Governor and his traveling compan-
ions. The Governor's party will be in
Somerset County on Wednesday, Sep-
tember, 27.
* The Lotus Club, a colored club of |
this place, gave a big dance at the
way bridge. The occupant being una-
ble to escape from the overturned
buggy, wag dragged some fifty feet
before the animal was caught. A num-
ber of bystanders assisted the young
lady into the home of Frank D. Meek- |
er, where immediate attention was gi-
ven her by Mrs. Meeker until the phy-
sican could be summoned. An exami- |
nation by Dr. R, H, Spitler showed
that other than a few bruises and an
intense nervous shock the young lady
was uninjured. ‘ After her recovery
.she was taken to her home north of
the city in an auto.”
“The buggy was damaged but
‘slightly. The (horse was placed in a
‘the decison
men and got ready for the Champion-
| automobile driven by Rev. Glessner of ship of Western Penna, but the writer
GOVERNOR'S TRIP THROUGH »
is sorry to say it was not to_ be, Stowe |
township being Champions ‘wanted
every thing there own way and over
ruled the officials by unreasonable
and base arguments until darkness
set in. Meyersdale wanted to fight on
fair grounds and received the plaudits
of the crowd and officials. The referee
declared the battle off, and referred
: to the Committe on Ev-
ents; this decision is anxiously await: :
ed by the Meyersdale boys and my |
opinion is they will get the decision
Tt will be a pity if they don’t. No games
| and fairer set of boys even entered
j into competion of any kind. The pop-
| ularity that the boys raised by their
sportman attitude gives Meyersdale a
name in Western Penna never to be
‘forgotten. People wondered where they
came from, and what railroad gave
them the good service that they had,
how some looked when they were told
that the Western Maryland and B. &
| stable here to be taken home later b¥ | 0. both run through that beautiful
i members of her family.
| “The young lady’s name
learned.”
was aot
THE NORTH AMERICA
On account of the scarcity of news '
| town away up in the Alleghenys. Mr.
| Editor in conclusion, give -the Fire
i Laddies encouragement, they have
and will any time prove their worth
to this community and in unison with
.the Citizens have the Volunteer Con-
Summer Garden last evening. There Print paper, which amounts almost to | vention of Western Penna. Firemen
were many out-of-town guests.
MRS. SUSAN KIMMEL
Mrs. Susan Kimmel, wife of the
late Daniel Kimmel, died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Jacob Winters, |
near Will's church, recently of drop-
sy, aged 87 years. Deceased was a!
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Abram Landis of Stonycreek town-'
ship. Mr. Kimmel proceded her to the
grave a number of years ago. She is | delivery of paper Daily and Sunday |!
survived by two daughters, Mrs. Ja-
ber, of near Will’s church. Funeral |
services were held Aug. 8. by Elder D.
| a famine at the present time, and af-
| fects all newspapers alike, The North
| American has been obliged to discon-
tinue the privileges heretofore accord- |
| ea newsdealerg and newsboys of re-:
turning unsold copies, and will only
‘ print the number of papers for which
they actually have orders,
It is urged by The North American |
' that readers who have not been in the |
habit of placing a regular order for
i do so at once, in order to insure re-:
ion.
| If there is any difficulty in securing '
in Meyersdale in 1918. We can man-
‘age it, and all can be benefited by i%;
i it takes a small sum to operate it and
{ would put this town _in the lime-light.
I will close now by giving one big
“Hurrah for Meyersdale” as I did a
hundred = times each day while at
| Glassport. ;
Yours
A Citizen and Booster,
people of Meyersdale for a time yes-
H. Walker of the Church of th Breth- | (the paper locally, The North Ameri-- terday as they perambulated some of | of Gioydlé Ang ane supplies.
ren, of which she was a member. In- | ean will welcome a letter explaning the streets. Some people were asking | y y
terment in the Pike Cemetery,
| the reason.
for the officers,
Two colored young men in athletic
cob Winters and Mrs. Samuel U. Sho- receiving the paper without interrupt- uniform, of trunks, and armless shirts, i
-' barefooted got the attention of the
FOR BLACKFIELD
Mr. J. Milton Black of the Atlantic
Coal Company of this place in an in-
wrview this morning states that his
company had given the con-
tract for the erection of ten substan-
tial houses at their mining works at
Blackfield, to the Meyersdale Planing
Mill, These: houses are to be entirely
i separate from each other. The com-
‘pany has been hampered because
while they could get men, they could
not house their families, and the er-
ection of these houses is to accommo-
date the demands of their increasing
trade.
Mr. W. H. Deeter, the president of
the Meyersdale planning mill inten is
to put a force of carpenters to work
next Monday and purposes having the
buildings completed in about six-
weeks,
——
REPAIR OF KEYSTONE
BRICK PLANT. |
| Manager McClure is preparing to
rebuild the burned down brick plant
at Keystone Junction near this place,
with a view of starting this fall. Men
rae now at work cleaning up for the
general rebuilding of the plant that
was destroyed by fire several years
: ie
Se Moma oF,
Shield Mass®,
“historic Gettysburg battle
ygovernment
SEVEN CASES
DREAD DISEASE
Two Victims of Infantile Paral:
ysis in Somerset County Have
Died.
Seven “cases of infantile paralysis
have developed in Somerset County is.-
Spector, Dr. C. P. Large, fo this place. .
Two of the cases have proved fatal.
and of the survivors one, at least, will.
be in all probability a cripple for life
‘having become paralyzed in the lower
limbs.
The two unfortunate little ones whe -
have succumbed to the ravages of the .
dread disease
and Mrs. Frank May of near Ursina,
in Lower Turkeyfoot township. There
is a five month old baby in same home -
that is afflicted with the disease. It
“will probably recover. Two other ca--
‘| ses are at the home of Mr. G. G. Groff
being. children of Rev. Fox, a sonin. .
law of Mr. Groff of Confluence. They
have about recovered.
Another case is that of a child of
Henry Dial of near Ursina, and the
other case is that of a family living at
Cairnbrook in Shade township, in the.
opposite end of the county from the
other cases cited. How the disease Is
conveyed is beyond the knowledge of
the medical fraternity.
All passenger trains on the B. &
O. and Western Maryland railroads
entering Pennsylvania from Mary-
land are being closely inspected by
the State Health Department, and"
children under the age of 16 years are
required to undergo examination ba--
fore they are permitted to cross the
line into this state.
GETTYSBURG EXCURSION. :
The excursion of the Connellsville
fo | Military Band to Pen-Mar and Get~
tysburg Saturday at midnight, Au--
gust 26th, promises to be the biggest
of the season and will afford resi-
an opportunity not only to see Pen-.
Mar the beautiful mountain park, but |
well. The latter is a “place of marked '
interest, where over 20,000 paifiots.
a few days which changed the ‘entire. -
of ‘the country. There.
is not in the whole world such a well”
marked battlefield to-day. Over 409-
magnificent monuments mark the-
spot where famous generals fell and"
engagements took place, while there
are more than a thousand points of
is more than 25 miles in area. The
is made over the battlefield under the
escort of experienced guides, who ex-
plain it all and relate a most inter-
‘esting story as the visit proceeds.
The trip will be most enjoyable and"
will no doubt attract a great deal of
attention. There will be only one ex-
cursion run to Gettysburg by the
band this summer. A solid vestibule
train has been ‘secured. Train will
arrive at Meyersdale 1:28 a. m. The
round trip fare to Gettysburg is $2.50
and to Pen-Mar alone, $2.25.
THE DESTRUCTION OF JER-
USALEM BY TITUS 70 A. D.
‘Will be the theme or next Sabbath
evening’s Illustrated serman lecturs
at the Methodist Episcopal Church.
This is the fulfilment of Christ’s pro-
phecy in the 25th and 26th Chap. of
Matthew and the most terrible calam-
ity that had befallen the Jews up to
that date. There was a large crowd
out to listen to and see the life of St.
Paul last Sunday evening and there
will be a larger crowd next Sabbath.
You had better come a litila early to
get a good seat,
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Chas, F. Darr to Quemahoning
Creek Coal Co. Lincoln Twp. $1036.
Michael Jordan to Nerbert Topper,
Allegheny Twp., $700.
Allegheny Twp., $700. oe
Jacob 8. Picking to David E. ‘Naw.
gle, Garrett Borough, $1.00.
Milton C. Hutson to Alice 'B. Hut.
son, Somerset Borough, $2,600.
Chas, Crist to L. B. Reed, Windber
Borough, $1,600,
Mike Yanek to Mike Ference, Shade
Twp., $216.
Mike Ference to Mike Yanek, Shade
Twp., $216.
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J. W. Jones, of this place who u
‘For Sale—Two good second hang | | employed on the B. & 0. at Sand
indian Motor Cycles. Also all Kinds | | Patch, bruised one of his hands very
| severely which has now developed in-
to a felon, causing him not a little
“| GURLEY'S Sporting Uoods Sture
suffering,
the statement of County Medical In--
were children of Mr. .
dents of this section of Pennsylvania.
fell and where history was made mm ©
historic interest on the field, which
- Norbent Topper to Chas. RA
¢