UADE iLL WIN IN, State. EY OF wood and and Cour- y the Brit- ed all the les and the cording to More than red in the verful gen- 16 heaviest hat of July ive began. ls over sjx [hiepval to anch army the entire of the past ridge from gh Ginchy econd line nade their down the ucted Ger- seless Brit- permitted gouts and ns became rtillery for to have: in arandcourt 50 to the cking. The e struggle © hiepval to delivered 1gainst the 1ian front, ording: to n won by itish. icates that as admin- drove the after scv- Lake Os- oners and ten out in tch to the pound and is terrible working- 1e British Sopotamia, e forces the Tigris om Swiss > suffered west of athians. Austrian nt and in wuriol was [REE DIE e Lives at ren were result of a ing their tt Ireland, indas, O.; n months, X months, ome from occurred. d nearly d and her antly. The lous when a nearby ENTED Bars of 3 frustrat- f Thomas rs in gone unty jail t the en- cell block ed. There jadl. —~ ty ERT TRE Pe TRY BRITISH TIGHTEN BLOCKADE LIAES Shipments by U. S. fo Helland : Stopped ed by Edict Hes T0 REFUSE CARGOES rads with SS Gndinaviin Countries Must Undergo Close Scrutiny—Theft of American Trade Secrets Denied. The British plan of rationing the neutral countries of Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Holland, under which no’ further licenses will be granted for | the present. to British exporters, has been extended to apply to the United States by; the expedient of refusing to allow Thé Netherlands’ Oversea trust to accept. further American consign: ments and by declining to grant let ters of assurance for American ship- ments destined for these countries. In consequence American shipments for Holland will be stopped absolute- ly, while the regular transportation companies trading between the United states and Scandinavia will not take cargoes thout assurances of their innocent destination by fhe British au- thorities.” Furthermere tramp steam- ers are hardly likely to risk the in- evitable lagding in’ the prite court of any cargo they might accept. Neutral diplomats in London be- Heve two reasons induced the British government to take this action. The first is the simplicity of the plan whish enables the government to con- tral supplies at the source. The second is the growing bill with which Great Britain is being pressed by neutral governments for demurrage and other expenses incurred by taking suspected ships’ into Kirkwall and other ports for examination. Denies Stealing Trade Secrets. David Lloyd-George, British secre- tary for war, gave out the following statement: “‘There appears to be a deliberate campaign, set on foot in the United States by German agents, to throw deubt on the good faith of his majesty’s government in regard to the use of information obtained through the censorship. “Let me now say on behalf of the military authorities what has already been said on behalf of the foreign of- fice—that when information is passed on by the censorship to other depart- ments it is for the sole purpose of guiding the action of the government in the conduct of the war. “For instance, when we get informa- ~ tion that an American firm, to whom te foreign office has given a permit for the export of certain goods from Rotterdam, on the ground that these goods had been paid for before the war, is using that permit fraudulently, as frequently has been the case, we pass the information on to the foreign office in order that they may cancel the permit. “That, frankly stated, is what we do. But we affirm, and challenge any- one to deny it, that honest business interests and trade secrets of an American merchant or manufacturer are as safe in the hands of the mili- tary censors, and of every other gov- ernment department, as they are in the hands of the American postoffice.” PENNSY SETS'N NEW RECORD Supsr-Dresdnoucht’s Gunners Hit: Small Target at 11. Miles. 3 : i A new world’s record in maval gun- nery has been made by the dreadnought Pennsylvania, the navy department announced. super- Credit for the feat is given to the| big battleship’s twelve. 14-inch rifles, mounted as a maim battery in four tur- rets, which on a simultaneous dis- charge in a recent trial registered five hits on a small target eleven miles away. At that distance a target is not visible to the gunners. Records of the highest scores ever made under similar circumstances prove that none equaling that of the Pennsylvania has been found. The Pennsylvania is the first vessel to have its entire main battery mount- ed three guns to a turret, and her per- formance is declared by ordmance and construction officers to be the final answer to critics opposing the three- gun turret system. The Pennsylvania and Oklahoma are undergoing their final tests and navy department repre sentatives say are fulfilling the re- quired specifications in a highly satis- factory manner. . BOYS TIE UP GLASS PLANTS Morgantown Firms Hampered; Union Official Tries For Settlement. Operations at Senaca A, Economy and Union Stopper glass factories, Mor- gantown, have been seriously impeded during the past few days as a result of a strike among boys between four- teen and seventeen years of age, em- ployed at the plant. Their wages are from $1.20 to $1.25 for a day of eight hours and thirty-five minutes. Edward Zimmer of Pittsburgh, na- tlenal organizer of the Flint Glass ‘Workers, is assisting managers of the cempanies to effect a settlement. Salesman Has Close Call. B. 8. ¥owler of Youngstown was carried over 100 feet in an awtomobile on the pilot of a Pennsylvania railroad engine at Warren, O., and escaped with a few bruises. mC BAVARIAN SOLDIER NOW IN COMMAND CN SOMME Photo By American Press Association. CROWN PRINCE RUPPRECHT. The crown prince has been given supreme command of all troops of the central powers facing the drive of British and French at Combles, Thiep- val and@ Peronne. —_— FIVE KILLED IN BLAST { Oakdale (Pa.) Chemical Plant Ex. plosion Blamed on Nitric Acid. [ora ) — Lolo) —| A SMILE of SATISFACTION Beams on the face of the individual who Banks with us. COMPLETE FACILITIES and | PERFECT ‘make this a most desirable BANKING HOME SERVICE well ‘The Second National Bank of Meyersdale, Pentif” ‘ ! lo obila i: No BANK WITH HE CHIME CLOCK" E=—=0EI0 Oo E—x SALLOW SKIN is one of the greatest foes of Five persons were killed and almost a score hurt when a boiler exploded in the piant of the Aetna Chemical com | pany at Oakdale, near Pittsburgh. i The explosion was heard for miles and attracted many persons from Me- | Donald and Carnegie. It tore out one of the walls and caused the roof to | coliapse, burying the employees in the debris. It was officially announced that the death toll would not exceed five, as | all workmen are reported to have been accounted for. The list of dead in- cludes Bertram R. Dodge, night su-' perintendent; John Paul of Nobles- town, Samuel Paul, a brother; Frank Zygnersky of Noblestown, and James turner of Birmingham, Ala. Of the workmen injured, Frank Blunt of Harrisburg is the most seri- ous. Blunt was taken from his home in Oakdale to Mercy hospital, suffer- ing from fractures of the ankles and probable internal injuries. His con- dition is serious. Some men were hurt jumping from second story windows and others were caught by the steam and burned. More than a dozen men who were | E working on the third floor jumped from the windows, but none suffered serious injuries. They assisted phy- sicigns in dressing the arms and leg: of those burned and more seriousl: hurt. The explosion occurred in the boiler room of the nitric acid building. Iti: thought to have been caused by nitric acid falling against a hot plate. In =a few seconds clonds of steam aros from the boiler and before any of th men could reach the outside of the building the boiler blew up. INLAND WATERWAYS URGED womanly beauty. It is quick’:- cleared by correcting the cause —sluggish liver—with the aid of the gently stimulating, safe and dependable remedy— BEECHAM'S PILLS Largest Sale of Any Medicine in the World, 5; Sold Syren dn In boxes, 10¢,, 25¢, SAS Ar : Superiority of Educational Merit. final thorit; a ki ds of authority in cd ni questions such as ‘‘How is vol I ronounced ?’’ Secretary Danlels Says National Dc- | fense Requires Canals. A series of waterways, by whic. submarines may travel from Bosto to Key West without entering the A: lantic ocean is vitally necessary to na tional defense, Secretary of the Navy ! Daniels told the Atlantic deep water- ways commission in. Philadelphia. The convention is working for es- tablishment of 131 miles of canals to lik wW..o.+.iy5 from Maine to Florida. In an adaress at the Philadelphia navy yard Secretary Daniels said in part: “The importance of sheltered water paths up and down our Atlantic coast, through which underwater boats may pass from point to point has been in- creased by the conditions of modern warfare. ! “Every inland channel adds that much more to the protection of our coast, to the safety of our ports, and, it is not too much to say, to the safety of our entire country from in- vasion. “Their importance from a military point of view has not, perhaps, been recognized as it should be until the present war in Europe.” : GERMANS PLAY WELSH HYMN | Cornet’s Strains Head hy Foes, Who Join /In Native Song. Minister of War Lloya-George, who is back in London from Frarce, re- lates a curious incident from the front, Up from the German lines opposite a ‘Welsh division a notice was one day hoisted. “Look out for 10 o’clock to- night, Taffy,” it read. A bombardment surely, thought the Welshmen, but lo! at that hour not shells, but the strains of a cornet play- ing the well known Welsh hymn “Craig y Bar” came floating over to the British lines, and the Welshmen jeined in and sang the words they all knew so well. Youngstown Has Big Payroll. A payroll record for Youngstown dis- trict was announced with the report that the August disbursement reached $8,889,129. This distribution was a gain of $16,138 over the July pay and $1,286,697 over the month of August in 1915. The September distribution is expected to reach the $4,000,000 mark, as it will include the bonus dis- { tribution of the Youngstown Sheet and | Tube company. men pag Iustradions, ete. E Free, a of Pocket Mots if 5 you name this = paper. Ce. t MERRIAM CO., = ; 7 an No matter what car you use, be sure of the best gasoline. The four famous Waverly Gasclines 76° — Special Motor—Auto are all distilled and refined from Pennsylvania Crude Oil. Clean, Uniform. More miles per Gallon. Contain no compressed natural gas product. WAVERLY OIL WORKS CO. independent Befiners PITTSBURGH, PA. Iluminants—I ubricants Paraffine Wax FREE 320 Tage Book— Tells All About Oil, Waverly Products Sold by Biine Mache Wo ks Dt, Weise, PP J ov i: & Son Me de BOale, Pa ® ® » NAILLESS HORSESHOE A patent has been granted to John H. Miller, of near town for a Na'l.ess Horseshoe. The object of the Inven- tion is to improve the construction of the horseshoe and to provide a sim- ple and practical horseshoe of inex- pensive construction, adapted to and readily applied to a horse’s hoof with- out the use of nails and hammer, and can be put on even by a boy. This is ventor, 7-27 tf. Meyersdale, Pa. R. D. No 1, 8 can wash clothes in as sani- J oul laundry. 1 Meyersdale Steam Lamndry dt 4 Ly 84 Driving It Home 3 fet us drive home to’ you | the faci that no washwoman tary a manner as that in wich the work is done at- We use much more water, chz nge the water many more :m8‘ uee purer and mores costly soap, and keep all the clothes in constant motion during the entire process. It's simply a matter of having proper facilities. Og OT “Where is 21 tS Springfield, Han, 2 ; for sale. Apply to John H. Mille, In BALTIMORE & OHIO $12 NIAGARA FALLS AND RETURN -SEPT. 8, 22 AND OCTOBER 6 TICKETS .G0OD 15 DAYS ATTRACTIVE SIDE TRIPS vo. .- CONSULT TICKET AGENT FOR FULL PARTICULARS | GENERAL TREVINO WIUNBED | the town of Chihuahua Ffiday night, troops were able to take part in the '| ers by the constitutionalist army were Joseph L. Tressler Funeral Direetor and Embalmer Meyersdale, Penna. Residence: 34% North Nireet Economy Phone. Office : 229 Center tree Both Phones. THE ALIEN I don’t know where I was before I came here, I'm not sure where I’m going when I leave; But this much I’ve learned of life, With this turmoil and its strife, That it dosen’t pay to fold your hands and grieve. I'm not quite sure just why He sent me hither, And doubt sometimes that I am mak- ing good; But at any rate I'll try, As the speeding days roll by, To pass the spot where yesterday 1 stood. I'am not quite sure that life is worth the living, He could have left me otu without regret; But this one small iting I know, In a world of seeming woe, That it’s better for to smile than frown and fret. VidOLlLSVO . S.M3491314 ¥od £I0 UOIDIIYD (er nvr prices On lob work. VILLISTAS ATTACK CHIHUAHUA; LOSE 250 Killed, Many Wounded In ~ Night Attack cette. Residents Assist Army. of 1,000) Which Invades: Citys Public Buildings Cap . Transcript, » - » > o, The Houstom Post reasons that it was easier for its own beloved Democ- racy to indorse the president's Mexican policy than to define it. - While he was about it Senator Jani:s Hamilton l.ewis also might have cx- plained that the Rome that was “tue proud to fight” died a rather disastrcus death. “In all fairness,” asks the Boston *shouldn’t the expense of financing Carranza be borne by the | Democratic campaign committee?” tured by Insurgents, But ‘Retaken. | General Obregon, Mexican minister of war, announces that 1,000 fellow: ers of Francisco Villa, who attacked were routed early Saturday morning with a lass of 250 men killed and many captured. : After the battle Gemeral Trevino’'s regular independence day parade at 11 o'clock Saturday morning. During the fighting General - Trevino was slightly wounded in the shoulder. Aided by some of the townspeople, the Villa forces attacked at 11 o'clock Friday night’ and teok the peniten- tiary and the municipal gnd federal palaces. General Trevino gathered his troops, placed his artillery, re- captured the public buildings and com- pletely defeated the attackers in the early morning ‘light. General Obregon has sent a message of congratulations to General Trevino. Advices from EI Paso Saturday night said Villa had attacked Chihua- hua Saturday and penetrated part of the city, but was driven out with heavy losses. The men tdken prison- Igmeliately put to death, the dispatch a ? Many residents of Chihuahua City ; have been arrested and charged with | complicity in Villa’s attack upon the! city, while martial law was proclaimed |; throughout the state. : This action followed the discovery | that during the attack numbers of resi-; dents, among them amnested revolu- tionists, had been sniping from their windpws and that others had provided information to the bandits. Two columns of Mexican cavalry, under General Rames and Colonel Jose Marrero, are pursuing Villa azd his band into the rugged Santa Clara canyon district to the nortaeast, ac- cording to reports to General Francis- co Gonzales, commandant in Juarez. The bandits are well mounted anc apparently are leading the de faclio forces over the jagged rocks, ruincu to thé feet of horses, into the canyor. Persons familiar wita the country pointed out that should Villa reac’ one of his lairs in the d!strict the gov- ernment troops may have the greatest difficulty in finding him. TINPLATE MEN GET RAISE MaiKaespart Firm Will Have Payroll ‘df $4,000,000 a Year. ; The McKeesport Tinrlate company has announced an increase of wages of 10 to 20 per cent, affecting 1,700 men. Friday the largest payroll of the year, amounting to $104,000, was distributed. This week sevén new mills were put on, making a total of forty-two mills in. operation. Later twe more mills will be started. With the plant in full operation the payroll will be $4,000,000 a year. LIVE STOCK AND GRAIN Pittsburgh, Sept. 19. Butter—Prints, 36 @36%c; tubs, 35 -@35%c. Eggs—Fresh, 33@34c. . Cattle—Prime, $5.25@9.50; $8.50@9; tidy butchers, $7.75@8; fair, $6.50@7.25; common, $5.50@7; com- mon to good fat bulls, $4.50@7.25; common to good fat cows, $3.50@7; heifers, $5@8; fresh cows and spr.ng- ers, $40@85. Sheep and Laiibs—Prime wethers, $8@38.25; good mixed, 37.40@7.85; far mixed, $6.50@7.25; culls and common, $3.50@5; spring lambs, $7@11.50; veal calves, $1250@13; heavy and tbin calves, $7@9. Hogs—Prime heavy, heavy mix«