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10 GAPTERE VILLA
Bandit Loader R Reported In
Canyon Near Chihuafiua
CABINET CHANGES HINTED
Carranza Issues Decree Providing For
Redemptian of Paper Currency at
10 Cents Gold to the Paper Peso.
Mexican government troops are pre-
paring to take the field in a vigorous
offensive agajnst Villa and his bandits
reported to be in the Santa Clara
canyon.
This announcement was made by
Gefieral Jacinto Trevino following a
conference with Generali Matias
Ramos, Domingo Arrieta and Eliseo
Arrendonde.
General Trevino said that fifteen
pieces of artillery, of the 70 and 80
millimeter caliber have been sent from
Montfrey for use in the campaign.
Fifty-five mutinied Yaquis are ter-
rorizing residents of small towns and
ranches in northern Songra, according
to reports reaching Nogales, Arizona.
The reports said the Indians have
raided Auga. Neuva, Santa Maria, El
Oro, Sauceda and the Jesus Maria
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A GENERAL SURVEY OF
ranch in the last three days, killing a
total OI seventeen people, among thes |
THE WAR
being prominent ranchmen of the dis | i
trict.
A force of civilian volunteers er.
countered the Yaquis at Tuapi an!
was beaten back with a loss ef thre:
men, it was, reported.
Reports of probable changes in th:
Mefican cabinet persist.
A rumor is that General Pablo Gon:
zales is to head the department of fo:-
eign affairs, and Jesus Acuna that of]
finance, to succeed Luis Cabrera, now |
in the United Statcs.. It is reported
that thé resignation of Secretary Pal
layicins of the bureau of public in-
struction has been in General Ca:
Tanza's hands for some time, and that
its acceptance is only awaiting the!
appointment of his successor. |
The Mexican department of health!
has mot decided on the establishment |
of a quarantine for typhus
Zacatecas.
against
the gold certificates to be issued for
the Vera, Cruz currency when the lat
ter is called in must be paid for in
five annual installments, instead of ai!
the end of five years by. a lottery |
drawing. The certificates were issued!
on a basis of 10 cents of national gold
far one peso of Vera Cruz.
General Pablo Gonzales, it is under
stood, has concluded negotiations fo1
a twelve days’ armistice with Generzl|
Dominguez Arenas, the . reactionary
Some measure againstthe!
city, however, probably will be taken |
soon. :
A government decree provides that |
A great battle
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i ting Bualgars
the Roumaaians,
trcops.
An undated official Bulgarian report
received in London says Bulgarian
and Germai: forces have captured the
fortress of Dobric (Bazardjik) and the
sea ports of Baltjik, Kavarna and Kali
AKra.
A later report irom Bucharest
claims the places have all been re
i captured.
The struggle is now under way ove.
the whole front in Dobrudja, betwee:
the Danube and the Black sea. Figh:
ing is pariicularty~~desperate ‘near
Baltiik, on the Black sea coast, abou.
ten miles north of the Bulgarian fron-
| tier.
Official announcement is made that
the German and Bulgarian forces in-
vading eastern Roumania have cap-
tured the Roumanian fortress of
Silistria, on the Danube, sixty miles
| southeast of Bucharest.
| Russian troops which have crossed
‘the Dvina river north of Dvinck were
attacked repeatedly by the Germans,
i the Russian war office announces, but
| succeeded
ositions.
In the sector southeast of Lemberg
the Austro-German forces have made
is developing in
ania between the
and Germans and
supporied by Russian
| a furtber retreat, falling back to the |
| western bank of the Gnita Lipa river.
general operating in. the states of pyajics has been abandoned by the
Pueblo, Morelos and Mexico. The:
armistice is to give time to complete
arrangements for the surrender -of
Arenas and his men, estimated to num
por 7,000.
(LIVE STOCK AND GRAIN
Pittobuigh, Sept. 12.
Butter — Prints, 35% @36c; tubs,
341, @356c. Eggs—Fresh, 33@34c.
Cattle—Prime, $9.25@9.76; good,
$8.50@9; tidy butchers, $7.75@8.25;
fair, $7@7.50; common, $6@7; com:
mon to good fat bulls, $4.50@7.26;
common to good fat cows, $4@7.50;
heifers, $6@8; fresh cows and spring-
ens, $40@89.
Sheep and Lambs—Prime wethers,
$7.80@8; good mixed, $7.25@7.76; fair
mixed, $6.50@7; culls and common,
$3.560@5; spring lambs, $7@11.50; veal
calves, $13@13.50; heavy and thin
calves, $7@9.
Hogs—Prime heavy, mixed and
mediums, $11.30@11.32%; heavy York
8, $11.16@11.30; light Yorkers, $10.25
10.50; pigs, $9@9.50; roughs, $9.50
@10; stags, $8@8.25.
Cleveland, Sept. 12.
Cattle—Choice fat steers, $8.76@
9.50; good to choice butcher steers, $8
@8.75; fair to good butcher steers, $7
@38; common and light steers, $6.25@
7; good to chotce heifers, $7@8; fair
to good heifers, $6@7; good to choice
Butcher bulls, $6.26@7; bologna bulls,
$6.25@6.25; good to choice cows, $6@
880; fair to good cows, $56@6; com-
mon cows, $3.60@4.50.
Calves—Good to choice, $13; fair to
good, $11@13; heavy to common, $6
.@9.
00 and Lambs—Good to choice
springs, $10.50@11; fair to good, $8@
10; culls and common, $6@8; good to
choice wethers, $7@17.25; good to
choice ewes, $6.50@6.75; mixed ewes
and wethers, $6.76@7; culls, $3.50@
4.50.
Hogs — Mixed, $11.20; Yorkers,
$11.15; mediums and heavies, $11.25@
11.30; pigs, $9.560@9.65; roughs, $9.60;
s, $8.75.
Steen, § Chicago, Sept. 12.
Hogs—Bulk, $9.90@10.80; light,
$9.90@11.20; mixed, $9.70@11.25;
heavy, $9.60@10.95; roughs, $9.60@
pigs, $6.50@9.50.
Cattle—Native beef cattle, $6.60@
11.35; stoekers and feeders, $4.70@
7.60; cows and heifers, $3 50@9. 30;
calves, $8.26@12.75.
Sheep—Wethers, $6.756@8.35;
$7@11.20.
Ee $1.5645. Corn—Dec,,
723% Oats—Dec., 473c.
lambs,
i Austrians.
In August, the Overseas News
ainiis annéunces, 31 men, 27 women
and 17 children, were killed in
tricts of France and Belgium occu-
pied by Germans, through artillery an?
aeroplane bombardments by the en
tenie aliies. Fifty-two men, 90 women
dis-
‘and 39 children were wounded. Total
deaths due to these causes since Sep-
tember, 1915, the agency says, are
1,963.
Press dispatches from Stockholm to
the Overseas News agency report that
a revolt occurred recently at Moscow,
resulting iu the killing or woundin ,
of many persons.
The destruction of the Americ
consulate at Alexandretta, Asi? c
Turkey, during a bombardment by »n-
tente allied warships is announced in
a delayed Turkish official report dated
Sept. 4.
The British steamships Strathtay,
Tagus and Heathdene have been sunk.
DIES AFTER LONG FAST
Youngstown Dentist Succumbs After
Stomach Refuses to Assimilate Focd.
Dr. H. G. Huffman of Youngstown,
0O., advocate of fasting as a nature
cure, lost his fight against death after
died in a' Youngstown hospital.
had made three attempts to eat after
a fast of forty days, but each time
his stomach refused to assimilate the
nourishment.
He /bégan his fast at his open air
camp on Grand river, near Geneva,
June 30, and disregarded the warnings
of his friends when his stomach first
refused :nourishment after the forty-
day period. He continued his fast.
Two years ago the doctors gave
Huffman a short time to live. He fast-
ed forty days and appeared improved
in health. Last year he fasted thirty
days.
CROCKER LAND NOT FOUND
Ensign Green Reports Peary’s “Dis.
covery” Does Not Exist.
Ensign Fitzhugh Green,:who accom-
panied the McMillan Pelar expedition
in search of Crocker Land, reported to
Secretary Daniels that the expedition
found no such land as Rear Admiral
Peary reported he saw from Cape
Thomas Hubbard in 1908.
Ensign Green will submit a written
report: later.: ‘He told Segretary Dan-
jels that no such land as Crocker Land
exists.
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a fast of sixty-nine days, when he!
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. property
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i Meyersdale, $1,800.
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PROPERTIES SOLD BY
SHERIFF WAGNER
heriff Lester G. Wagner a few
days ago sold the Somereset opera
house at sheriff's sale, on an execut-
ion issued by the Farmers’ National
bank of Somerset. Attorney Charles
W. Walker bought the property for
$4,075. The purchaser assumes a mort-
gage against the theater of $2,200.
It is understood that Attorney Walk-
er acted for the Scmerset Automobile
company and the playhouse will be
converted into a ‘garage. The opera
house ceased to be a dividend payar
Driving It Home
Let us drive home to you
the face that no washwoman
can wash clothes in as sani-
ff tary a wanner us that in
# wuict the work is doge at
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We use rich more water,
chonge the vo. ier many Iore
:m3* ‘use purer and mores
costly soap, and keep all che
clothes in constant motion
during the entire process.
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having proper facilities.
Meyersdale Steam Laundry
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with the advent of the “movies.”
ther properties sold by Sheriff |
Wagner included a farm of 284 acres |
in Lower Turkeyfoot township, be |
longing to Emory S. Litechy and M.
M. Hasho, which was bought by Cor-
nelius Judy for $5,000. The farm was
sold on an execution issued by the pur-
chaser,
A two-story residence and four
acres of ground in Jenner township,
of Jacob F. Rhvades, wag
sold to Sevilla Witt for $100, at the
suit of Daniel E. Witt.
F. P. Raygor’s one-ninth interest in
foo: tevwrnchin was sold to Albert
Eicher and William Romesburg, for
$260, at the suit of M. E. Giller’s use.
A two-story dwelling house and
barn on a farm of 81 acres in Upper
Turkeyfoot township, property of F.
P. Raygor, was sold to Albert Cleven-
ger, for $1,595, at the suit of M. E.
Goller’s use.
An eight-room dwelling house and
lot © of ground in Addison borough,
property of John H. Corbett, Jr. was
suit of Thomas J. Augustine.
District’ Attorney Virgil R. Sayler,
returned today from the Plattsburg,
N. Y., military training camp where
he spent four weeks. He is preparing
for criminal court: here nert week. :
REALTY TRANSFERS
Deeds conveying Somerset county
real estate have recently been entered |
of record = of the office ‘of Recorder
John BE. Custer as follows.
“Frank D. Allen to Michael Suztoski
Quemahoning township, $1,265.
Matilda J. Wendall to Margaret
Fischner, Somerset township, $375
W. 8S. Barefoot to-John A, Clark
Hooversville, $75.
Samuel Bockes to David Spence,
Joseph L. Treslser
Funeral Director and Emhalmer
Meyersdale, Penna.
"esidence: Office :
304% Yorth Street 229 Center tree
Economy Phone. Both Phones.
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AUTUMN EXCURSION
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Sunday, Sept. 17
Leaves Meyersdale 10:25 A. M.
Returning, Leaves Cumberland 6:15 P. M.
Western Maryland Ry,
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Albert Owen to John E. Strayer,
Conemaugh” township, $1.
A. J. Hillegass to Perfecto Fernan-
dez, Brothersvalley township, $400.
Katherine Holliday to Jesse F.
Lichty, Addison township. $100.
Leora H. Nutt to Grant Heiple,
Somerset township, $2,000.
Robert C. Griffith to Quemahoning
N. Y. STREET CAR
STRIKE SPREADS
Surface Car Men to Go Out.
Gompers Takes Hand
A. F. OF L. BAGKING STRIKE
Union Leaders Threaten General Tle-
Up of City In Sympathetic Strike.
Strikebreakers Charge Peonage.
The strike of street car men in New
York is spreading not only’ to the sur-
face lines, which, so far have not been
affected, but to other industries affect-
ing the lines.
A strike bas been called on the Sec-
ond and Third avenue surface car
lines in New York. The vote of the
Second avenue men was unanimous.
A strike of stage émployees, long
shoremen, brewery workers, machin:
ists, bartenders and molders in sym-
pathy with the unionized car men who
quit their places four days ago, has
been decided upon, according to an
announcement by Hugh Frayne,. state
organizer of the American Federation
of Labor.
Immediately after the Second ave-
nue vote was taken the stfike lead-
ers marched. to Lyceum hall, where
the Third avenue employees were in
session. A strike vote followed at
once.
An attempt made by Oscar S
Straus, chairman of the public service
commission, to prevent. the men of the
two lines from striking, met with
failure.
Plans for one of the greatest in-
dustrial strikes New York city has
yet encountered are understood to be
on foot. :
The first move in this direction was
a hurried visit’ to the city by Sariuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor.
He came to hold a conference with
officials of the Central Federated
union. The local union officials, wlo
head about 500,000 labor unionists, are
eager to enter the sthike in order to
prevent the disruption ef the newly
organized car men’s union. A one-day
demonstration tying up all the af-
filiated industries is the federation
plan.
The threatened demonstration is the
result of intimations by Presid®:t
Shonts and General Manager H~iloy
of the Interborough
railway lines, that steps may be taken
by them to destroy organized unions.
The situation now takes the colcr of
being a fight by the federation for the
preservation of uniomism. -
Announcement was made by Wil
liam Feinstone, secretary of the Unit-
ed - Hebrew Trades, that more than
200,000 members of the organization
Vole prepared to quit work in sym-
pathy with the striking eay men. He
said the strike would be called when-
ever word was sent frem' the Ameri
can Fedération of Labor, with which
the organization is affiliated.
Ten strikebreakers, most of them
from Chicago, who said they had ‘“es-
caped” from one of the Interborougi
barns, presented themselves before
Mayor Mitchel and the public servic
commission and charged their employ-
ers, a strikebreaking agency, with
forcing them to remain on duty at
points of pistols, the weapons in many
cases heing held by New York city
policemen. The men complained that
they had been misled as to pay and
working ccnditions and bezged the
commission to aid them.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federatica of Labor, de-
clined to discuss the probability of a
general strike, but union leaders as-
serted that, if necessary, 50,000 unio:
men could be called out.
The general walkout proposal was
held up until Thursday night to awaii
the report of a subcommittee of the
conference committee appointed to
draw up a detailed scheme of pro-
cedure.
to the full committee Thursday night
for definite action. At the same time
the Central Labor union of Brooklyn,
which represents most of the labor or-
ganjzations of that borough, will meet
at the Brookly Labor Temple to de-
cide on its course of action.
Attacks by strikers became so fre-
quent along certain lines, notably the
Lexington and Madison avenues, that
the company finally set a force of car-
penters to work equipping the cars
with vestibule screen protectors simi-
lar to those fitted on forward wvesti-
bules of subway and elevated trains.
KILLS BOY WHO CURSES HEF
Arkansas Girl Admits Slayjng
Sweetheart After Quarrel.
Naomi Beach, aged eighteen, daugh-
ter of a farmer living near Hunts
ville, Ark., was indicted on a charge
of first degree murder. She is said to
have admitted that she shot and killed
Earl Sisco, aged twenty, son of a
neighbor, on July 11.
They had been sweethearts but had
quarreled. The girl is reported to
have said that she killed the boy be-
cause he cursed her when she sought
a reconciliation.
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Detroit Now Fifth City.
Detroit has a populatiae of 820,778,
according to the latest city directory
ate 1
esti 12 direciory ranks Detroit
i 5 the
Branch railroad Jennor township $75.
fifth yirgost American city.
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and New York;
HEAD OF ROUMANIAN
MINISTRY OF WAR
TAKE JONESCU.
priating $75,000,000 to be spent in five
years.
Postal Savings Law—Amendment
increasing the amount which individu-
als may deposit from $500 to $1,000
with interest and an additional $1,000
without interest.
Federal Reserve—Amendments, in-
cluding amendment to the Claytom
anti-trust law permitting officers apd
directors of member banks to becofie
officers and directors of not more than
two. other non-competing banks;
amendments permitting national banks
to establish foreign branches, liberal
izing regulations for discounting com-
mercial paper and permitting member
banks in towns of 5,000 or less popu-
lation to act as agents for insurance
companies.
Tariff—Creéation of a non-partisan
tariff commission of five members to
investigate and advise congress on
tariff revision; repeal of the free sugar
provision of existing tariff law:
amendments increasinz duties on dye-
stuffs in the United States; enact-
ment of an anti-dumping provision to
prevent dumping of foreign-made
goods at less than foreign market
prices; authorization for the president
to retaliate against foreign nations
prohibiting importation of goods from
the United States by laying an en
bargo against imports from offendinz
rations.
Cotton Futures Act—Providing a
prohibitive tax on cotton sold for fu:
ture delivery in fictitious or wash
sales.
Prilippines—Law to provide for »
more autonomous government of the
islands, enlarging self-government, re-
organizing election laws, establishing
an elective senate and promising in
dependence whenever, in the judgment
of the United States, the Philippine
people demonstrate capability for it.
Railroad Eight-Hour Day Law—Es
tablishing eight hours as the standard
for reckoning the compensation of
railroad employees operating trains in
interstate commerce after Jan. 1,
1917, and providing for a commis-
sion of three to investigate the effects
of the eight-hour standard, present
wages not to be reduced during the
investigation, nor for thirty days
thereafter, and work in excess of eight
hours to be paid for at a pro rata rate
FOOD ADULTERATION CHARGZ=
Toledo Spice Concern Cited to Appear
In Federal Court.
Charged with violating the pure
food and drug act, the Woolson Spicé
compapy, a Toledo (O.) concern, with
branches in several cities, has been
cited to appear in United States dis-
trict court.
A bill was filed citing thirty-five.
counts in which the company is ac
cused of adulterating black pepper
One of them alleges that ground pep-
per shells were used and that these
goods were misbranded.
YACHT UPSETS IN STORM
Lake
Erie Light Keeper Rescuer
Party From Wreck.
During a severe storm the forty
five-foot auxiliary schooner yacht
Luella was capsized in forty feet of
water in Lake Erie, two miles west of
West Sister island.
Captain Chauncey Fitzmorris, keep-
er of the West Sister light, put out in
a small boat and after a half-hour’s
battle with the storm, rescued the
party, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Otto
Peters, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Peters, their
baby of this city, and Miss Anna
Broad of Pittsburgh.
Ohio Oil Property Sold.
The Reno Oil company of Sisters
ville, W. Va., has purchased property
from the Diamond Coal company in
Harrison county, Ohio. The property
consists of fifteen good wells and
much acreage to be developed. The
consideration was $85,000.
Hughes to Speak In Pittsburgh.
Charles E. Hughes, Republican
nominee for president, is to make an
address in Pittsburgh on Sept. 20, ac
cording to word sent out by Republi:
can Chairman Willcox.
Farmer Sews Up Hogs’ Eyes.
ececuse he sewed up his hogs’ eyes
to keep them from catching chickens,
Joseph KX. Leigh, a Pleasant Valley
(N. J.) farmer, has been arrested and
fine. $20 and costs.
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