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OVER SCORE KILLED IN
TROLLEY ACCIDEN
From 20 to 23 persons were killed
and no less than 40 others more or
less injured at Echo, 10 miles from
Johnstown soon after 11 o'clock Sat-
urday in a street car wreck. The in-
jured were taken to Johnstown.
The accident occured on the trolley
line which connects Johnstown wiith
Ebensburg, the county seat, at the
foot 6f a steep hill. One car had just
turned a sharp curve when it was tel-
escoped by another dashing down the
hill. The motorman had lost control
and the car running through a switch
had continued at high speed, crash-
ing into the car from - Johnstown
which also was making fast time to
reach the switch. All the available
doctors and nurses were hurried to
the scene of the accident.
The killed and injured were persons
residing in the vicinity. Many of whom
had just boarded a car for ‘Woodlawn
Park, where they were going to at
tend a reunion of the Rabblett and
Dishong families.
In the hospital where the injured
were brought it was said a number
could not survive.
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Vim
Mrs. P. W. White and infant spent
geveral days of last week visiting at
vim. )
Mrs. John Camp of Frostburg and
Mrs. P. W. Geidt and daughter, Mar
jon of Meyersdale spent Friday after-
noon at thie home of Martin Meyer.
Mrs. Annie Parker of Avalon Pa is
visiting her parents and friends since
Wednesday of last week; her husband
S. W. ‘Parker spent over Sunday at
Vim, on. Monday Mr, and Mr-. Parker
and Martin Meyer. left for Cumberland
and Frostbirg, Md, to spend several
days with friends and relatiives.
C. R. Martins loaded their house-
hold goods on Monaay, in a car on the
W. Md. R. R. te be shipped to Youngs-
town, O., where Mr, Marten is em-
ployed, the family after visiting about
a week ‘if Larimer ‘twp. and Frost
burg, ‘Md. “will~leave -for their: future
homie. Wim’ ‘108és§ a good = neighbor
and family and wishes them success
in their new. home.
‘Mrs. Chas Wertz and children of
Pinto. Md. spent several days at the
home of Wm. Valentine.
‘Mr. and Mrs. John ‘Miller of Wood-
“lawn spent Sunday with their dauzgh-
ter. Mrs. C. CW, Tressler and family.
GLADE
Mr.R. L. Conn of Milford Townchip
and Miss Linda C. -Foy of Rockwood
were united in marriage at the Re-
formed Parsonage by the Rev. W. A.
Mec Clellan on Satufday evening. ]
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Moone are very |
happy over the arrival of a baby boy.
Miss Pearl Miller of Somerset is.
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Aarion Miller
of east Main St. for a few weeks.
Miss Flora Malchen of Pittsburg is
visiting Miss Myra Dull. Miss ‘Mal-
has been in poor health and
hopes to recuperate some while here.
The Luther League held a social
at the home of Luther Duil on Aug. |
10th. The evening was passed very;
An interesting ‘program
delightfuily.
was prepared and refreshments were
served. About sixty were present. ..
Miss Helen Critchfield of Pittsburg
Myra Dull
Mrs. Wallace Mc Millan and daugh-
ter Laura who had been visiting Miss
Elizabeth McMillan have returned to
their home at McCook, Iowa.
The annual Lutheran picniic will
be held on Saturday next, August 19.
An interesting program has been pre-
pared. Rev. W. H. B. Carney, of Gar-
rett will make the address. All are
invited to attend.
Mr. and ‘Mrs. Bert Critchfield of
Somerset visited their respective par-
ents over Sunday.
WHIPPOORWILL
Picking berries and cutfing’ oats is
the order of the day.
Those who were Sunday guests at
Peter Maust’s were Mr. and Mrs. Geo,
Beals and daughter Nellie, Mr. and
Mrs. John Beals, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Shawley and baby.
Miss Sadie Opel is spending a va-
cation with her parents Henry Opels.
Norman Kinsinger from Berlin was
a visitor in our community on Sunday.
Joel Maust bought a Ford auto.
The Yoder brothers started thrash-
ing last week.
Vidiam Zimmerman who is work
ing for, the Bird brothers is home with
his parents John Zimmermans with
some trouble in his back.
BARN AND STOCK DE-
STROYED BY LIGHTNING
‘ Four hogs, one calf, all farm mach-
inery, and considerable hay, ‘and
grain were consumed when lightning
struck and set fire to the large barn
of Wm. Berkebile, near Windber a
few days ago. ‘The Toss ‘is estimated
$6,000. Two horses Stunned by the
bolt were removed Ti difficulty.
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FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
HOW THE WILSON
ADMINISTRATION HAS
PENALIZED PATRIOTISM.
“Having in view the possibility of
further aggression upon the territory
of the United States from Mexico and
the necessity for the proper protection
of that frontier,” President Wilson on
June 18 called out the mobile arms of
the national guard for federal service.
He did not call them out at their
existing peace strength, but at war
strength, which is practically double.
Lacking a system of reserves, the na-
tional guard organizations immediate-
ly had to start a campaign of recruit-
ing to bring about the desired increase
in their numbers.
Patriotic young citizens under the
urge of the cry, “Your country needs
you!” volunteered for service in grat-
ifying numbers. According to Senator
Chamberlain, chairman of the senate
committee on military affairs, the re-
sult is that about 135,000 citizen sol-
diers have been mustered into the fed-
eral service and are now on, the Mex-
ican border or in camp in their home
states. There may be more, but the
administration refuses to make known
the exact figures.
The movement is ‘costing’ the puabiie
treasury many millions of dollars; it
is costing the individual citizen soldiers
many millions more. They went to the
front believing the cry, “Your country |
needs you,” for war service. They sac-
rificed advancement in their eivil occu-
pations, severed home ties, suffered in
thousands of instances great financial
loss. The less patriotic, who did not
believe the cry or. believing, declined
to make sacrifices, fatten at home on
these losses.
The real purposes of the nll are [|
slowly. dev eloping. They ‘are two in
number:
First.—A patrol of the border. to-do |
.the work which President ‘Wilsons
friend, Carranza, finds it impossible to |,
do, Because the recognized /govern-
ment in Mexico is too ineffective to
keep-its.own, citizens in check and-pre-
vent them murdering Americans on
American soil the American govern--
ment. nadertakes the .epstly task of
doing thatywork for them. The mur-
der of Ameriean citizens on Mexican
soil is another matter, Carranza may’
go as far as he likes in that direction.
Second.—A p of the mobiliza-
tion on the border amnd in the camps jf: .
is to train citizens to, perform effective
military service. Tha re r military
establishment of the nation is mani-
testly! too small “or the actual military
‘needs. To:this, extent the ery, “Your
country needs yon,” was correct.
But these gaets were: ot.
¢ Belden
ed for actual — hot ator for Hoe
tary training. Deceit aga tiond.
Opposing in the open gation for
universal military service, the admin-
istration by its acts has established
what in essence is a #ystem of com!
pulsory military service, It is a BYS-,
tem all the more’ vicious because it
operates only against the patriotic.
whereas a legalized universal training |
system equalizes the burden of mili
tary service among all mea and all
classes of men.
When in 1914 Europe plunged into.
| the greatest war of all history and con
ditions in Mexico grew intolerable in.
' telligent men realized the fact that ¥
, was incumbent on this nation to build
18 spending’ several weeks with Miss
up its tiny regular army and put its
other military resources in condition
for use. National safety demanded
this. And yet in December of that
year,” “four months after the European
war began, President Wilson went be-
fore congress and declared that all
agitation for military preparedness
was hysterical; that we were ade-
quately prepared.
After - awhile the administration
changed its mind and professed to be
lieve in the necessity for preparedness.
First came an enactment to increase
the regular army by 20.000. : But the
body of the country, and even al!
parts of ‘the Democratic administra-
tion, could not change front so quickly
as the head. Recruiting for the regu-
lar army lagged. Not yet have the
20.000 been secured.
The need pressed. A new nationa!
defense act. providing for still move
men in the regular army, was enacted
But still the men were not forthcom-
ing.
Suddenly and without warning the
administration issued its call for mo-
seemed still obsessed with the Bryan
potion that an army could be created
by presidential ukase.
When the call went out the govern-
ment did not own enough uniforms.
shoes, socks, blankets, hats, wagons.
trucks, horses, mules and other things
essential to equip the men called. It
had made no provision for transport-
ing the troops called to the points
where they were required.
Who suffered most by this amazing
lack of foresight: this leaping before
looking?
Only the 135,000 patriots who - be-
Heved that their eountry needed them
for national defensejionly the men
s¢ho are; making the great sacrifices.
The whole disgraeeful story may be
summed up. in ghe phrase, the admin-
istration has, penalized patriotism.
fuge a reserve of trained moldiers. ‘but
events have @émonstrated that it-eried
ugiolrr who thereiswas mo wolf
SHould! iit Ohe( forceds sto ery iwell
Opportunity is said
to knock but once
presents itself.
ness ability.
SAVE.
But ycu have a chance to open an accotnt
with this bank six days out of ever, week,
Once you have started to save a part of
your earnings, you will be PREPARED
when a good business OPPORT UNITY
Ylaving a bank account helps create busi-
Qur WILLINGNESS to
SERVE is your OPPORTUNITY to
The Second National Bank
of Meyersdale, Penna
“THE BANK WITH THE Lon CLOCK”
clear |
bilization of the citizen soldiers. It
True, it is accurhulating by subter-
Driving It Home
TCT
Let us drive home to you
the tact that no washwoman
can wash clothes in as sani-
tary a manner as that in
which the work is done at
our laundry.
We use much more water,
change the water many more
:ms' uee purer and mores
costly soap, and keep all the
clothes in constant motion
during the-entire process,
It's simply a, matter of
vhaving proper facilities.
‘The ®.'W, C. Ciub, composed
several young giflsiand boys, me
bers of the Junior choir of the Luther-
an ’ Chiréh)” abéonmpanied by several
of theif {idthers; held a pienie in Lin-
coln’s Grove Thursday. d
THe many friends of Master Paul
‘Meyers, son of Dr. and Mrs: H. P.
Meyers, will be sérry to lean that he
is quite sicn.
LW. Turner, Baltimore & Ohio
traveling passenger agent, Baltimore,
Md., was a recent business visitor in
town.
Mrs. Margaret Burgess of this place
accompanied by her son-in-law, Ray
Bell of Pittsburg, left Thursday for a
visit to Niagara Falls, N. Y.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hall, accom-
panied by several members. of their
Sunday school classes of the Meth-
odist Episcopal Sunday: School spent
Thursday at Flanigan station, Picnic-
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. William Ferber is: vis-
iting for several days with their daugh-
ter and son in-law, Mr. and Mrs. How-
ard Wright, at Cereal, Pa.
Mra. G. R. McDonald has returned
home = from. Johnstown. She was ac-
companied by Miss Lena Nagle, a
niece of Mr. McDonald’s from Lances
friends at Listonburg, Pa., at present.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Show have re
turned from a visit with Mrs. Show s
;parents at Masontown, Pa.
1 Rev. L. W.
LePage, pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal Church here has
gone to Cambridge, O., to visit his
aged mother.
Rev. and Mrs, C. W. Hoover and son
Leonard of Circleville, have returnz4
home, after a few days’ visit with
friends in town. Rev. Hoover was for-
merly pastor of the Methodist Eipis-
copal Church here.
C. R. McMullin of Listonburg, was
here Saturday on his way to Connells
ville on business.
Mrs. Anabell Burnworth of John-
son’s Chapel, is visiting relatives
here.
Mrs. N. M. Phillipi has returned
from a visit with friends at Somerset.
Miss Isabella Kurtz is visiting with
friends in Connellsville.
W. B. Cockley of Rockwood, was
visiting friends in town Saturday.
“'Mrs. H. V. Prince of Fort Hill, was
shopping end visiting friends in town
Ssivrday.
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again, when tke. wolf is at the do.
what will be the result?
| FOR FLETCHER'S
| CASTOR! A
ter, who will spend several weeks
here.
Miss Grace Shipley is visiting|.
NOTHING
THOMAS CAFE.
opened to the public;
Domestic Cigars.
As to gu to a place to have a light lunch,
glass of Soda Water, or Ice Cream than to
patronage is appreciated. Our rest room is
I handle a full line of Pure Drugs, Medicines,
Perfumes, Toilet Articles.
SO GOOD
The place where your
you are welcome there.
Imported and
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Opposite Citizens Bank
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{GAVE HIS WIFE 50 CENTS A DAY
The following article appeared in
the Pittsburg Leader on Friday and
pertains fo a Meyersdale family.
Alleging that her husband, Wilson
Christner, a Baltimore & Ohio rail
road conductor, allowed her but 50
jcents a day with which to buy food
and clothing, while he, himself, trav-
eled around the country in an auto-
mobile and took frequent trips to Eu-
rope, Mrs. Elizabeth Christner asked
| Judge Willian A, Way in desertion
and nonsupport court today to make
an order compelling her husband to
| support her..
The husband resides at 417 Baus-
man street, Knoxville, and his wife
‘Plives at 361 Meyers avenue, Meyers-
dale, Pa.
Christner stated that he paid the
rent, .gas bills and other bills con-
fa
lowed his wife 50 cents a day for food
and clothing. He stated that he earn-
0
week,
CONTRACT AWARDED
Aug. 3-5t
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AND RETURN
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‘CONSULT TICKET AGENT FOR FULL
‘PARTICULARS
the early part of November.
is the general contractor.
SASTORIA
Eu ltuata Spd Callison
tracted. but admitted that he only al
ited about $150 per month, Judge Way |
ordered him to pay his wife $10 each
The Hillworth Coal Co., has award-
ed contracts for the erection of a
score of dwelling houses at Acosta,
Somerseto county. The work begins
at’,once and it is expected that the
houses will be ready for occupancy bv
The
houses will be built along the newest
type and will have modern convenien-
ces. The new buildings will cost about
$10,000. J. E. Miller of Glen Campbell
Where Motorists Lodge
“The favorite route for motorists is the
Great National Highway, formerly
known as the National Pike. It winds
from the east through Cumberland and
down. into Pittsburgh by way of
Brownsville, entering the main part of
the city right at the
Monongahela
PITTSBURGH
where cool, airy rooms Oph
river view afford the most hi J le
summer quarters.
European Plan
per day. Single room with bath $2. 2.00, $2.50
and $3.00 per day. Each additional person
$1. 3.00 per day in any room, with or without
Bes Service from 25c Club
to the most elaborate dimmer.
11d. iB. Kelley, Manager
Swntul St,, Water St. and First Ave.
Pittsburgh
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Joseph L. Treslser
Funeral Director and Embalmer
Fen Carter in New York Sun.
“Great Scott, Woodrow! “Pye Been Up In the Air Almost Four
Years!”
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Meyersdale, Penna.
Office :
229 Center tree
Both Phones.
Residence:
809 North Street
{ Economy Phone.
RE RE ORO CR OHO ERR RR ER EE
RURAL CARRIER EXAMINATION
. The United States Civil Service
Commission hac announced an exam-
ination for the County of Somerset!
Pa. to be held at Somerset, Windber
& Meyersdale on Sept. 9, 1916 to fill
the position of rural carrier at Hols-
opple and vacancies that may later
occur on rural routes from other post
offices in the above-mcnticned county.
The examination will be open only to
male citizens who are actually domi-
ciled in the territory of a post office
in the county and who meet the other
requirements set forth in Form No.
1977. This form and application blanks
may be obtained from the offices men-
tioned above or from the United
States Civil Service Commission at
Washington, D. C. Applications should
be forwarded to the Commission at
Washington at the earliest practicable
date.
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FOR FLETCHER'S
ECASTORILA
Get our prices on job work.
House s
Single Room, without bath, $1.00 and $1.50
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