SOR0B0808080808y
VICE
issue
st to
|
I
. Spare
We have a big cir-
culation and an “ad”
here is read by thou-
sands of people.
fa) ~e og pe
a FREY bide ‘
=
’ #5 Si
ersdale Commerrial, [=
Many tell us they
VOL. XXXVII
ELECTRICAL
STORM SEVERE| or, coves scene sans
© | Somerset County asylum has been
Worst of the Season on Tuesday laid bare by Tuige Willen 5 Rup-
ening. Elijah Livengood’s|Pe! in court at Somerset the past week.
Bvening Salisbury ry by In examining the papers on which
i . Milton Critchfield,” 37, a well-known
Lightning and Destroyed. Black township farmer, was recently
committed to the institution the
court discovered that Critchfield was
unlawfully detained.
The act of 1883 on which ' the
charge against Critchfield was based
requires that the commitment shall be
accompanied by centificates from two
physicians‘ of at least five years’
practice. In the Critchfield case Judge
Ruppel found that these certificates
were sworn to five days after the com
mitment was issued, the commitment
ILLEGAL PRACTICE .
AT COUNTY ASYLUM
During the unusually severe elec:
trical storm on Tuesday evening tha
large bank harn of ujah Livengood,
two and one half miles south of Salis-
bury, was struck by lightning and de
stroyed, together with five horses,
120 tons of hay, considerable oats, a
lot of farm machinery and wagons,
entailing a loss of about $5,000, with
perhaps about $2,000 insurance.
The storm in this section of the
| county began about 7:30 o'clock and | paying peen dated the 12h inst. and
was the severest ome, of the season,
considering the terrific lightning, It
was, however 10:30 o'clock before the
barn of Mr. Livengood was struck.
The family had all retired for the night
and Mr. Livengood had just been up
to get a drink of water, and: had lain
down again when a terrible crash of | custom, Judge Ruppel rules, is a fla.
lightning and a deafening sound of | grant violation of the statute, and
thunder fell upon them. All of ‘the |ghouig news. of the court's ruliag
household at once realized that some- |ieach the inmates there might be a
thing bad been struck. They lookod | rye, towards the habeas corpus exit
out the windows and already saw that | of tho place,
the barn was on fire. They rushed out
in a minute and then flames were
shooting out from under the overshed
A distance of twenty feet or more.
ne horse got out of its own accord Friends. of Critchfield who came to
and another got out too, but the sec- the county seat by the score testified
ond one was so badly burned that to that he is sane ahd alle that “rail-
its sufferings was an act of roading” him to the madhouse was
mercy - a little later to shoot it. Four one of the worst outrages ever perpe-
other horses could not be gotten out |irateq
and were completely burned up. prived of his liberty without due pro-
The barn was one of the largest in cess of law. Whether he will be taken
that community, being 120 feet in into custody again is doubtful,
length by 60 broad. The size of the The affidavit on which the commit-
conflagration in part may be imagined ment was based was sworn to by Da-
when it is taken into account that 120 vid W. Snyder, a neighbor of Critch-
tons of hay were destroyed, The house field, who is a well-to-do bachelor
and the other buildings being saturat- farmer.. When Snyder's daughter,
ed with rain prevented ‘a further des- ‘Migs Edna, a school teacher, became
ction property. ‘the ‘object Of Critchfisld’s attentions,
Wide from his extensive production of | She taught the home school and Sny-
maple syrup and sugar. : der contends that Critchfield’s atten-
- tions annoyed her. The girl was sent
to the California State Normal School
PLANNING : FOR % | ] where she graduated in June. Critch-
field’s . trouble followed her return
: OUR BIG FAIR = vee acces os 1 isles ot
: pointing firearms and surety of; the
The Board .of Directors of the Mey- | P26, the prosecutor being ' the
ersdale Fair and Race Association | 8iT's father. Getting his freedom on
the physciang’ affidavits on the 17th.
Under the court’s ruling it is appar-
ent that many inmates of the coun,
ty Home were committed there with-
out warrant of law, inasmuch as the
custom of many years’ standing was
followed in the Critchfield case. This
the court on a writ of habeas corpus
and ‘the court: ordered the discharge
“tof the prisoner forthwith, oi
~ held its weekly meeting last evening |P2il for his appearance at court, he
and are furthering their plans for a|W8 again arrested and lodged In the
great big fair to be held Septembar | ©OURty hospital. Critchfield asserts
19 to 23, only three full weeks away, | that his commitment to the hospital
There will be plenty of races, fine for the insane culminated in af eon
exhibits, big midway, impossible ac-|SPiracy to deprive him of his liberty.
robatic * performances, Berlin and \
Meyersdale bands to furnish the mu-
sic, Look for add next week. OPENING OF
eres, OUR SCHOOLS
The rites uniting in marriage Mr.
The Public Schools of .Meyersdale
‘Wm, E. Hornig, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Paul: Hornig and Miss “'Madeline,
will open on Monday, September ¢th
at 8:45 a. my :
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Rey-
Children of the district! who will
nolds, all of Shaw Mines, were solem-
nized at high noon in the Brethren:
church of this place on Wednesday, be six years old after the opening of
the officiating cleggyman being Rev. (the term and before January 1, 1917
H. L. Goughnour, the pastor of the | wi be admitted at the opening of
bride. The best man was Mr. Wm. the term. Children who will be six
Crosby Reynolds, a brother of the years old after January 1st. 1917 and
bride, and Miss Nellie Weller was before the close of the t wil! be
bridesmaid. Following the Ceremony | admitted on January 1st. 1917.
a sumptuous repast was served at The examination for those who will
the home of the bride. The happy cou- | have conditions will be held in the
ple left yesterday afternoon on No. 15 study hall of the high school building
for Akron, Ohio, where the groom has on Saturday, September 2nd., at ten
a position’ with the Goodrich’ Rubber a. m.
Co. Both of the contracting party are Pupils from other districts who de-
exemplary and highly esteemed young | sire to attend the high school during
people : this term will bring their diplomas
: or certificates from the county super-
TROUBLE OVER APPLE intendent of schools to the office of
TREE PRODUCTS. | the supervising principal of Schools
Mr. and Mis. Wm. Stott and Son, | on Saturday, September 2nd, at 1 in
‘Walter, of Large street, a few even-|the afternoon .
ings ago, had a hearing before Bur- A’ teachers’ meeting will be held on
‘gess Gress for disorderly conduct, Saturday, September 2nd. at 9 a. m.
on charges preferred by Frank Aus- in room 5 of the high school build-
tin, their neighbor, ing.
The trouble arose over the club-
bing down of apples from Mr. Aus-
tins apple trees and this led to words.
When tne plaintiff could not protect
his rights he invoked the assistance
of the law. The Stotts were fined $10
and put under parole for 6 months,
W. H. KRETCHMAN,
Supervising Principal.
HARVEST SUPPER.
The Young People’s Guild of Amity
Reformed Church, will hold a Har-
vest supper in the Banquet room of
CANNING PEACHES ARE NOT AR:| Amity Hall on Thusdayr evening,
RIVING PRICES ARE FROM 75 TO | Sept. 7.
$1.00 PER DELAWARE BASKET| All kinds of products of the field
AND NO PROSPECTS OF GETTING | and garden will be served and at the | E. Shaffer, Samuel Shunk, J. L. Wen- term of enlistment had expired and |
ANY CHEAPER. SEND US YOUR | meager price of 25c.
ORDER IF YOU WANT PEACHES.
AT HABEL & PHILLIPS
pleased.
The Critchfield case came before |:
in the county as he was de-| Nathan D.; Ellis, I. A.; Bilis, John 8.: confluence,
LIST OF C0. C. EIGHT CASES
SAREGT.PA.VOL, PARALYSIS
Those Who Enlisted From. This | Three Victims of Infantile Dis-
County at the Beginning of | : H
the Civil War. Interesting 3% i Somerset County Have
Dat. Furnished- :
= id Infantile paralysis claimed another
The following is a full listuefiCo. |, 1s ‘11 this region Sunday. In
C, 54th Regt, Pa. Vol. Infantry hat 4:15 , sudden outburst of the dis-
was mustered into service from Som- |..." Cenfiuence in this county,
erset county on September 4th, 1861. ‘resulted in an extraordinary joint
While, a few survive of the long list | meeting of the board of health and the
herewith given, the @great majority | borough council Sunday afternoon. As
have answered to the final roll call.
a result of the session, a rigid quaran-
This is authoritatively furnished BY |y;,0 on all children in the borough fcr
a member of the company, Mr. H. C. |,
the next two. weeks was ordered. All
Wahl, of Garrett. little ones are to be kept on the pre
Captain, B. D. Yutzy. : mises of their parents and all church-
Ist, Lieutenant. R. J. Robluson; | .o gungav schools and other assem-
2nd. Lieutenant, Samuel Lowry; Of |;,,.05 are to be closed until the quar-
derly, I. L. Smith; 2nd. Sergeant, W. | opting hag been lifted.
H. Sanner;3rd. Sergeant, Wm, FUCK; | ‘pp 1iti1o chap who died was Cole-
4th, Sergeant, Fred A. Smith; 8th Ser |), 1,., souryeanold son of Mr.
geanf, Wm. Epinger. Corporals, Sam- _ Mrs, David Karp of Barnesboro.
uel S. Griffith; 2nd’ Corporal, H. W. : He died at 4 o’clock Sunday morning
‘Boucher; 3rd. Corporal, J. D. Miller; ‘ao. 4.00 days’ illness. The child
4th Corporal, J. G. Klingaman; '&th ; suffered from what is known as as-
Corporal, George W. Lowry;6th Cor. ..nging paralysis, which begins in the
poral, W. H, Weller; 7th Corporal | root a1 successive limbs until it
Alex Althouse; 8th Corporal, Adolph reaches the vitals. The child died
Habeck. Musicians, John F. Diveley, ‘nyo tno respiratory and cardiac cen-
Charles A. Diveley; Bugler, J, A. (ors in the medulla oblongata . were
'Heckart; Teamster, W. Lowry | paralyzed, making respiration and
Privates—Ankany, Henry; Avy, W. jo. action impossible.
H.;, Bowman, Noah; Baily, Job; mne “pemains of the child
Barkley, Wm.; Barnett, David; :Bak-: (yon to Johnstown
er, Jonathan; Baker, Enos; Baker
Francis; Cole, Jacob; Collins, M. &.;
Chyle, Edger; Cover, David; Cover
Emanuel; Caton, Lewis R.; Cross. near Confluence, as follows:
Thomas W.; Dial, Isaac W.; Dickey, p.:; seven-months-old daughter of
Aaron F.; Dickey, Frances E.; Ellis ,.., Kennedy of Dumas, a village near
wera
in an auto
{ hearse and were buried in the Hebrew
cemétery at Giestown.
Five new cases developed Sunday at
Edinger, Samuel G.; Edinger, Jno. i" James,
N.; Fleck, Alex.; Faith, Samuel; Gar- Havne
dner, J. J.; Griffith, Ellis; Grine, Sol-
two-yean-old son of Frank
r of Confluence.
atten Hershl
dg known. far-and | her fathersbecame indignant, it ‘seems | Henry J.; Hemminger, George; ones
Bvery body coms; you will be|John Yoder, Francis E. Dickey.
May, three-year-old daughter of C.
mon J.; Hiple, Theophilus; Hiple 5 cunningham of Confluence.
(Franklin; Heckman, John R.; Huff- vincent four years old, and Eva,
(man, Jacob; ; Hershberger, W., W.; three years old, children of Albert Hy-
. Huffman, Solomon; Huffman, iw att of Confluence,
. Hoffmeyer, Samuel; Horner, The Fox children, who first became
J.; Hormer, Henry; Hawn, smuel 1] at Confluence, returned Sunday to
‘W.; Hawn, John W.; IPISOL, their home in Conshohocken, Pa.
Ao ‘The situation. in Cambria and Som-
John D.; Kreeger, Ephraim 8.; Kantz erget counties, outside of the places
Chambers H.; Klingaman, Josiah F; pameq, is said to be unchanged.
Lorh, Michael; Lorh, Josiah; Lorh, migje the eight-year-old daughter of
Andrew J.; Lorh, Jonathan; Launtz, w. A. pird, of Listonburg died yester
Richard; Livengood, John J.; Lich- day after only one day’s illness.
ty, Wm. J.; Lybarger, Joseph J.;
Long, Benjamin H.; Meyers, Nelson; weeks in all thirteen cases of infantile
Mognet, Harrison; Miller, Josiah; parajvsis in Somerset county.
Miller, Mahlon; Miller, Samuel H.; . ’
Miller, W. A:; Miller, J. A.; Miller, © :
George W.; Pile, George; Pile, Sam- MEYERSDALE FIRE BOYS MAY
uel; Peterson, Wm. H.; Rhodes, Jos.; BATTLE AT CONNELLSVILLE
Reel, Hiram; Ringle, Wm; Ray, gonnelisville. is planning for a big
Wm.; Shaffer, Michael E.; Shaffer, Labor Day demonstration and one of
Henry D.; Spiece, Henry A; Stutz ne’ features which they are trying to
man, Henry; Shockey, El; Shunk, ;,¢ together is to have the Meyers-
Samuel; Saylor,- Samuel M.; Secoll, .ga1e pire Laddies engage in a water
Walter; Scott, Alex.; Shaffer, TIOb: pie wity the Stowe Co. who now
as; Speicher, John Snitohost, Hen- hold the championship cup. The prize
ry; Trent, Daniel Trent. Moses Wend- jo +o be a $200 purse.
16, J. 1. Wendle, J. J.; Witt, David L.; . yi y,0 154 be generally known that
Wall, Henry C. Walter, Wi; Walker, yp vocerit Qlassport convention of
Melanchthon; Weller, George A.; Wel-
fley, Samuel; Weimer, John R.; Wei-
mer, Henry M.; Winters, John; Yod-:
er, John; Yutzy, J. GC.
Promotions. £.
T. W. Cross to Corporal Jan. 1, 1862
A. F. Dickey to Corporal, Feb. 1, 1862
J. R. Weimer to Corporal, Mar. 1, 1862
Jno. Winters to Corp. June 1, 1862
Corp. J. D. Miller to Sergt. Jan. 1,1863
Corp. E. D. Yutzy to Major Feb 1, 63
Orderly, I. L. Smith to Capt. Febl; *63
A
Sry i
that the Meyersdale team vanquished
all comers and when it came time
for them to measure strength with
the Stowe Company, the latter team
wrangled about this and that and
played a game of delay tactics until
‘it became dark and the affair was
declared off without any contest. The
committee is now endeavoring to de-
cide to whom the cup belongs and
: from all reports it looks very favora-
Sergt. W. H. Sanner to Ord. Fe 1, ’68 ly towards its coming to Meyersdale.
Alex Althouse to Cor. Feb. 1, 1863 The local boys who represented the
Deaths By Disease. : department in the contests at Glass-
Isaac Bowman died at Harrisburg. OBL are Jonas Pik e, Wm. Sperry, F.
Nov. 17, 1861; A. J. Lorh died at Som- P. Hare, H.-C. Beynon, Christ Hartle
erset, Nov. 14, 1861; Corporal H. W. and Walter Lindemy n.
Boucher died at New Lexington, Pa. :
on March 9, 1862; B. H. Long died
Clarysville Hospital, April 13th, 1862. ed but many were permanently in-
! ‘Transferred. jured—several lost limbs.
Sergeant Wm: Fleck to Quartermas- ' Those Living at This Time.
ter Sergeant March 1, 1862. I. A. Ellis, W. H. Sanner, John J.
Discharged for Disability. Livengood, A F. Dickey, John W.
Corporal S. S. Griffith, Oct. 1, 1861 Hawn, Henry C. Wahl, John F. Dively,
W. A. Miller, Dec 2, 1861 Charles A. Diveley, Samuel Welfley,
Theophilus Hiple Dec 11, 1861 Fred A. Smith, David Barnett, Isaac
H. M. Weimer, August 16, 1862 Dial, Josiah Lohr, John R. Weimer,
Samuel Welfley, August 16, 1862 J. S. Grine, Wm. Barkley, Henry
Tobias Shaffer, October 31, 1862 Speice, W. W. Hershberger, Samuel
J. A. Miller, October 31, 1862 Hoffmeyer, H. D. Shaffer, J. C. Yutzy,
Jacob Hoffman, October 31, 1862 John R. Heckman, Francis Baker,
John R. Heckman, October 31, 1862 Samuel Pile, .W. Ringle, Alox Scott,
Noah Bowman, February 18, 1863 Walter Scott, J. F. Klingaman.
S. J. Grine, February 18, 1863 Company- C. was recruited in Som-
J. D. Jones, February 23, 1863 erset County, Pa., was sworn into
Casualties During 2 service on September4, 1861 at Har-
" Enlistment in Battle, risburg for three years or during the
Wm, H. Weller, Jonathan Baker, wan. The company served its full
Lewis Caton, Wm. H. Peterson, Na- term of enlistment. Some of the com-
than D. Ellis, Hiram Reel, Michael rades re-enlisted before their first
del, J. J. Wendell, George A. Weller, served to the cloge of the war.
August 15, 1916. H. C. WAHL,
Cannot give the number of wound- Garrett, Pa.
There have been in the past few |
‘the fire companies of Western Penna |
MEYERSDALE PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1916
BODY OF MAN.
County Detective Edwad Hancock
and Deputy Sheriff C. L. Berkey were
in Jennertown on Sunday where they
had been called to investigate the
death of an unknown stranger, whose
body was found by a party of outoists
on Sunday when they stopped at the
‘Sliding Rock, a short distance west of
the Haines school house, to eat their
lunch. Three bullet wounds were
found in the man’s body and the sur-
roundings indicated that he had met
with foul play. :
A loaded revolver was found a few
yards from the body and a number of
loaded shells ‘were taken from a coat
pocket of the dead man. the condition
of the ground indicated that the body
had been dragged “across the pike
placed in the undergrowth where it
could not be seen from passing cars.
The dead man wéas well dressed,
but all the identification marks on his
clothing had been carefully removed.
A penknife and handkerchief were the
only articles found in the pocket a-
side from the loaded.shells.
No one in the vicinity could identi-
fy him and all seemed to think that
he had been «xilled and left in the
mountaing by his traveling compan-
ions. County Detective Hancock and
Deputy-Sheriff Berkley were un-
able to obtain the slightest clue, but
they are both convinced that he was
the victim of foul play. >
The family living close by the
Haines school house claim to have
theard shots in the directicn of the
sliding Rock some time Thursday
evening.
ROADTO
~ BE IMPROVED
Col. Turner, the ‘right of way agent
of the W. M. Ry., and Chief Engineer
| of that company Mn. Pratt, were in
‘this place on Monday relative to fix-
ing up the highway at Salisbury Junc-
: tion near town. They gave a contract
to Valentine Gress to grade and to
straighten _ the ‘road, this
Western Maryland rch.
completed it believed that the state
highway department will take it in
hand and make a mile of good road-
there.
When the Westy n Maryland Co.
constructed the raiiroad a few years
ago, it appropriated the public high-
way at the point; a satisfactory road.
was not provided, and sometime ago a
true bill of indictment was found a-
gainst the company, The company is
inow going to try to make things as
they should be. The credit of having
this matter adjusted is due in the
!'main to State Highway Commissioner
| Black. The move is an excellent one
'and when completed will be much ap
_preciated by the traveling public.
CHURCH NOTES
THE CHURCH AND PAGAN ROME.
| Will be the theme of the illustrated
, sermon-lecture at the Methodist Epis-
| copal Church on next Sabbath evening.
This will be the 1st of the illustra-[
ted sermons for a while. They have
been greatly enjoyed and this one is
the last but by no means the least.
..The morning theme will be, “Chan-
ceg That Were Missed. You are in-
vited.
CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN, Rev.
W. M. Howe, Pastor. Elder J.. W.
Peck will preach at the 10:30 a. m.
service. At 7:30 in the evening, a
missionary service will be held at
which an excellent letter from Sister
Ida Shumaker will be read. 8, 8. at
inp at 6:45 p. m: Revival. Prayer
meeting on Wednesday evening at
7:45. Bible Class on Friday evening
at 7:30.
BRETHREN CHURCH: *. L. Gough-
nour, pastor. On August 27, there will
be Sunday school at 9:30 A. M. and
church services at 10:30 2. m. and 7:-
0 P. M. in the Meyersdale church
Christian Endeavor at 6:45 P. M. All
ane cordially invited.
1
$25.00 IN CASH PREMIUMS GIVEN
FREE FOR THE BEST BREAD
MADE FROM GOLDEN LOAF, LAR-
'ABEES BEST OR CERESOTA FLOUR
EXHIBITED AT THE MEYERSDALE
{| FAIR. GET THEM FROM HABEL &
PHILLIPS
CUSTOM CHOPPING DONE - ON
| SHORT NOTICE AT HABEL & PHIL
AUTOISTS FIND DEAD |
Vien ths Is |
9:.0 a. m, Christian Workers’ Meet- |.
| LIPS.
VETERANS
0 MEET
Will Hold Annual Gathering
With Sons of Veterans at
Stoyestown, on Sept. 7th. Good
Program Being Prepared.
I BH THE
The annual meeting of the War Vet-
erans Association of Somerset County
will be held at Stoyestown on Thurs--
day, September, 7th. 1916.
Although it was voted at the 1ast
Annual meeting that the meeting this
year should be a Basket Picnic, the
Committee on arrangements have con-
cluded to hold the meeting in Custer's
Hall so as to avoid the possibility of
being interrupted by inclement weath--
en. This will not interfere with the
Basket part of the program.
‘Trains coming from Johnstown ar-
rive at Stoyestown Station at 7 and
from Rockwood at 8 o'clock A. M. Ar-
rangements will be made for convey-
ing Veterans from train to place of
meeting and gpeturn.
The Order of Sons of Veterans have
been invited to take part in the meets
ing, which they ‘have arranged to do
and have appointed their representa~
tives on the local Committee,
A Parade will form on, Main Street
at Diamond and will march a short
distance to the Hall.
Every body is invited to jon this
great. gathering of Veterans and Sons
of Veterans and spend the day with
them. Bring your baskets and come
early. Arrangements will be made to
check baskets and return to owners at
dinner hour. Hot coffee will be served.
to all persons bringing baskets and
providing cups for same.
An, interesting program has been.
prepared, consisting of Martial and _
vocal music, short reminiscent speech=:
es and addresses by prominent speak-
ers that have been invited to taki part
in the meeting. :
COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS
War Veterans Association J: W.
Mostoller, N. B. Critchfield, Philip .
Sons of Veterans, N. D. Bowman, 6.
H. Shockey, Geo. 8. Lohr, W. H. Mos-
toller.
BOLT STRIKES
HOCKING HOME
During the extremely hard electric
storm at this place on Tuesday even-
ing, lightning struck the tower of the-
old Hocking home, at Meyers avenue
near Center street, breaking off a por-
tion of the upper top of the tower. The
electric: current then went diagonally
into ‘a bedroom making a hole in the.
; roof, ‘tearing off paper and plaster,
‘|sending the latter clear across the
room, and then continuing down a pil-
lar of the side porch. The direction of
the current in the bedroom was dir.
ectly where Miss Belle Hocking was
accustomed to sit by the window an@
the severity of the storm had caused
her to go down in the hall where the
rest of the family had assembled. All
the members of the family wera
slightly affected by the stroke.
At the Summer Garden the light.
ning put out of use, one of the ma-
chines but did not affect the finishing
of the show.
The grocery ware room of John
‘Groff of Berlin was struck by light-
ning during the same storm. The
current descended from the roof in-
to the wareroom and set fire to some
flour sacks, but the flames were at
once put out. About the same time
the tobacco factory of Fogle & Long
was also struck, but not much dam-
age was done.
Mrs. L. J. Knepper had three cattle
killed out in a field under a tree.
She lives about three miles from Ber-
lin.
TRY OUR 17 ¢ LOOSE COFFEE AT
HABEL & PHILLIPS.
For Sale—=Two good second hang
indian Motor Cycles. Also all kinds
of bicycle and auto supplies.
GURLEY’S Sporting Goods Store,