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Menersdale Commercial.
VOL. XXXVIII
MEYERSDALE PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 11,1917
THE SITUATION
UP THE BRANCH
Feeling running high—Every
precaution taken to pre-
vent trouble,
Much concern is expressed here
over the developments which ‘the last
flew days have brought into the Hoov-
erville coal strike, as the time draws
mear for the sentencing of the eight
strikers recently arrested on a charge
of contempt of court, because of their
alleged violation of an injunction re-
straining them from interfering with
mine guards. Last night there was
8 demonstration—one of the greatest
since the strike was called. Feeling
is running high and every precaution
is being taken to prevent trouble.
While the coal company is import:
ing more men in its effort to break
the strike, the union léaders are also
increasing their forces and preparing
to carry on their campaign with new
vigor after Monday,
Many Parade the Streets.
Scores of strikers paraded the
streets last night carrying banners
and red lights. Even the small child-
ren of the miners were in the parade.
The strikers are meeting every
train at the Baltimore & Ohio sta-
tion, and the arrivals of the trains are
always marked by the waving of the
banners bearing (the| inscription:
“Styike Still On.”
The court has answered the peti-
tion recently filed by Hooversville
people asking that the deputies be
removed from the town. Copies of
ithe petition and the court’s reply are
being circulated. Six deputies are now
stationed at Hooversville. The court
explains that they are appointed by
the sheriff and the coal company and
that the court has nothing to do in
the matter the circular being distri- |
. buted is as follows:
The Petition.
O 0 WE 1]
> nes y A ainst
pointment of deputies to officer
this borough. The act, itself, we be-
lieve to be an incentive to ill-feeling
and disturbance. We further coa-
sider it is wholly unnecessary and ex-
pensive to the citizens. Therefore,
we pray the honor of the court for
their removal. .
Following this is written a score
of names.
The Reply.
By the court:
It is to be inferred from this that
the petitioners in this instance are
““under the impression that these den-
uties are thereby appointed by the
court, whereas, in truth and in fact,
the court has nothing whatever to do
with their appointment. Neither has
the county, or borough of Hoovers-
villle, nor the citizens in that vicini-
ty, anything to do with their appoint.
menit. The pay of these deputies, or
the expense of maintaining fthem,
the appointment and compensation
are wholly matters fon the sheriff and
the coal company who supply them.
Just now the presence of these de-
putis, who ar there manifestly for the
preservation of peace and (order
shall be an incentive to ill-feeling on
the part of the law-abiding citizens
i® not clear io the court, There pres-
ence need not excite any {11 will,
More banners and streamers were
posted by the strikers this morning.
A hall has been rented and, it is
sald, conferences are being held
there every night.
Second National Band
The directors of the Second Nation-
al bank, who served last year were
reelected for the emsuing year at the
election held on Tuesday afternoon,
and the officers elected by the board
are the same as those of last year.
The directors are, BH. M‘' Berkly,
J. H. Bowman, W. B. Cook, J. N. Cov-
er, W.H. Habel, B. C. Kyle, William
P. Meyers, Perry C. Miller, N. BH. Mil-
ler and Wilson B. Walker.
i of a physician,
WAT have been left for re- |
pairs and not called for and have
been here over a year will be sold
after January 20th. |
T. W. Gurley the Jeweler.
Rockwood Items
Misg Eleanor Wadsworth, of Beech-
wood College, Jenkintown, Pa., Miss
Frances Hay, of Indiana State Nor-
mal School, Indiana, Pa., Miss Mamie
Brath, of California State Normal
School, California, Pa. Messrs, Nor-
man Moore who ig attending Schenly
High School, Pittsburg, Pa., Laurence
Kreger, Duif’s College, Pittsburg, Pa.,
and Emmett R. Ridenour, of the Uni-
versity of Pittsburg, are local stu-
dents who have returned to their re-
spective schools’ or colleges after a |
pleasant Christmas vacation.
Samuel A. Shoemaker, aged 68, was
run down and killed at Weimer’s run
several miles east of Rockwood on the |
Baltimore & Ohio railnoad, between
4 and 5 o'clock Monday afternoon
when he was struck by west-bound
passenger train No. 41, The ramains
were taken to Rockwood and prepared
for burial by Undertaker Ira Hechler.
Thls place is held insiege by an
epidemic of LaGrippe. Several se-
vere cases have been reported, among
whom are Masters, Paul Hood, and
Harold Coughenour and Miss Dorothy
Bracken whose attacks have turned
to pneumonia; Mastef Clarence
Hood has been admitted to the Memo-
rial hospital Johnstown, Pa, for an
operation for bealing ears.
Miss Florence Dull entertained at
per Market street home Salturday
evening at a card panty the following
young people, Misses Edna Wolfers-
berger and Grace McClellan, Messrs.
Everett Musser, Karl Statler, and
John Locke and Mr. and Mrs, H. A.
Miller. ¥
The O. A. B. C. Convention was
not as well attended as was expect-
ed. Those who did not attend not
only missed a menial treat but heard
things which gave plenty of food for
serious thot. Dr’s. Forsythe and
Ellis as well as others gave very inter-
esting talks’ along thir respective
subjects. rig
a young farmer, nearly bi
before he could be taken to the off ‘a
Lyons resides about
six miles from town. He was rushed
to Rockwood after the accident and
was attend~d by Dr. Saylor. Lyons is
in a ‘serious condition.
While attendng an injured horse
Tuesday, Harry Fike, a young farm-
er of near Rockwood accidently spilled
carbolic acid on his face. Both eyes
are badly swollen and physicians fear
that he has lost his sight.
Mr. H. A. Miller of Highland addi-
tion, has purchased a new Velie
light sir. The deal was made by the
E. F. Stalh agency, Somerset. This
is the first one of this make
of car to be delivered in thig county,
altho’ an old and reliable make of car,
Miss Anna Houltzhouer has re-
turned to her home after a visit
among relatives in Berlin.
Miss Minnie Gatchell of New York
City; formerly of thig place visited
friends here several days last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell’ Zearfoss of
Connellsville spent several days last
week with her father, Mr. Geo. Hoult-
houer.
Prof. F. GQ. Masters, of the Pittsburg
High School spent his vacation with
his parents, Dr. and Mm. G. B. Mas
ters,
Mr. Fired Swanson a student at the
University of Pittsburg was a visitor
among friends at this place for sev-
eral days last week.
Miss Pearle Sandles has resumed
her teaching in the Connellsville
Common schools after spending her
holiday vacation with her grand
father Henry Werner and friends
here.
Mrs. O. A, Laraway and daughter,
Miss Edna, have returned to their
home on W. Main street, after an en-
Joyable Christmas visit at the home of
Mrs. Laraway’s parents near Addi-
son.
Mr. Charles Martin, who was re-
cently injured at his work in Pitts-
burg, is spending hig forced vacation
at the home of hig father here.
Prof. and Mrs. H. W. Hay have re-
turned to Ferndale, where Prof, Hay
is principal of the schools, after
spending their vacation with their
parents,
Miss Annie Enos of Pittsburg is
visiting her parents and many friends
here.
(Continued to Bighth page.) ..
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pled to death.
OHIO RAILROAD SYSTEM.
Pending a decision by the United
States Supreme Court as to the con-
stitutionality of the Adamson Eight-
Hour Law, the Baltimore and Ohio
raflroad has issued a circular stating
that the company will pay its em-
ployes under the old schedules and
that accurate records will be kept of
the earnings of each employe affected,
so fthat in the event that the law be
upheld ‘any additional compensation
will be paid promptly.
ment reached between attorneys for
the government and for the railroads.
The notice issued by the Baltimore
and Ohio quotes this argumenti in
tion a compensation being as follows:
“In each pending case except this
a consent order shall be entered con-
tinuing further action therein until
the decision: of this court, and pro-
viding that plaintiff from and after
January 1, 1917, shall keep its books
and accounts in such manner that if
the constitutionality of the act is up-
held, it shall ascentain the account
due to the employes affected under
the construction placed upon the aot
by this court and shall promptly pay
them said acounts, which right can
efit on their motion or on the motion
of the defendant United States Attor
ney.”
SOME GOOD, SOME BAD. y
THE BALTIMORE AND G ett
mr i
This is in accordance with an agree- :
full, that section pertaining to addi-|
at any time be enforced for their ben- k.
Capt. Wiliam H. Sanner, of Som . §
Gatherings.
Undergoes Operation,
S. P. Lease went to Denpille: |
le Saturday where Dr. Baily per-
fmed an operation on his nose.
The operation was successful and Mr.
Lease is able to be out again.
dr- W. D. Baker was a Connells-
ile visitor last Saturday.
Left for School.
aw D. Baker left Sunday evening
on train No, 22 for Poughkepsie,
“IN Y. to resume his studies in the
Baston Business’ College after having
spent the holidays with his grand.
parents, Mr. and Mrs. B, Bittner.
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.’ CHURCH NOTICES.
{hurch of Brethern—B. F. Walts,
Sunday School 10:00 a. m. Church
‘Services 2 p. m, : :
- Luthern Church—W. H. B. Carney,
Pastor. Sunday School 10:00 am.
puro services 7:00 p. m.
+1 Reformed .Chupch—H. H. Weint,
‘Pastor. Sunday School 10:00 a. m.
Church Services,Jan. 21, 7:00 p. m.
JEvangelical Church—Rev Hetrick,
Pastor. Sunday School 10.00 a. m,
Church Services 2:00 p. m.
¥ Personals,
a Mr. B. Kgeiger and children Loretta
nd John who were visiting Mr,
eger’'s sister, Mrs. Jas. McIntyre
ft Friday for their home in Phila.
Fansacting business in Garrett the
arlier part of the week,
Mr. John Boose of Somerset was
| Garrett Monday looking after the
iterests of the Star Mutual Fire In-
in Somerset county, has made his af
nual report showing that during the
measures, weights, etc. Of these 559
were condemned, 400 were adjusted,
and 10,066 were fouud correct.
tom, Of these 61 were condemned
$16 adjusted, aud 1,502 proncuaes
cdkrect. Out. of 511 computing
bo
By ne d adjusting, ons
60 prescription scales were foun
correct.
Capt. Sanner examined 6,395 meas-
ures, tape measures, yard measures,
liquid measures, and counter tacks
embracing various styles. Of the 98
counter tacks inspected he condemned
all of them. The counter tack system
of measuring consists of tacks driven
into the counter at certain intervals
of a yard or more, or firactions of a
yard. Capt. says this is very unsat-
isfactory and inaccurate mathod of
measuring, and consequently is ta.
booed in this county. He pronounced
5,917 of the measures correct, con-
demned 435 and adjusted 43.
Out of 2,451 weights inspected 63
were condemned, 41 adjusted, while
2,347 were correct.
Married in Cumberland.
Clarence Edward Smith and Cath-
erine Freda Maser, both of Johnstowa
Calvin William Swindel, Meyersdale
and Bessie Ann Nicola, Garrett, and
Robert Blackwell Reed, Garrett, and
Sadie Riley, Sand Patch, were mar-
ried in Cumberland yesterday,
DEAL
Great weather for January. Auto-
mofiling fine,
Mrs, Joe Broucher and daughter
Josephine of Akron are visiting Mrs.
Broocher’s parents Mr. and Mrs. G.
W. Callen,
The W. M. 8S. held at the home of
Mrs, Lewis Knepp, Thursday Jan. 4,
was reported a great sucess and a
nice time.
Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Suder who were
on the sick list are again able to be
about,
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Weimer were
shopping at Meyersdale Friday.
Mrs. Cyrus Housel, spent the lat-
ter part of the week with her mother
Mrs. S. J. Smith of Wittenburg.
Mr. Clarence Christner and Miss
Mary Knepp, spent Sunday evening
with Mr. H. S. Emericks.
Mr. and Mrs. Bdgar Hostetler and
| son Carl are at present visiting the
set, sealer of weights and measures |,
year 1916 he inspected 11,025 scales, |!
A total of 2,179 scales of variols |
kinds were ispected, including wagana, {1
spring, beam, computing and pres ip. Hl
ance Co.
{ Mr. R. M. Biddle of Pittsburg ar-
fived Tuesday evening to spend a
ew days with his wife and other re-
atives of this place.
Mr. W. H. Miller of Indian Creek,
pent the week-enl with hig daughter
irs. L. A. Shennice.
Mr. C. A. Merrill Ieft Tuesday eve
‘Monroe, New York where he will
0 his wife who is visiting her par
"MY. Austin Chri sold his farm
t6 Mr. Wm. Deucker. Mr. C. expects
to move his family to Meyersdale in
the near future.
Mrs. Sam Weimer of Wilson Creek,
spent Saturday and Sunday with her
sister, Mrs, Lewis Christner:
Mrs. Wm. Porter and child of Coal
Run, spent the week-end with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Nedrow.
U 8, Weiner of Rockwood was a
Garrett visitor last Thursday.
Dr. W. J. Briggs of Philadelphia,
spent last Thursday in Garrett. While
here he visited the schools and gave
some very interesting lectures on
Birds and Bird:life, in the different
grades.
Hainrld Merrill left Tuesday mora.
ing for Lancaster, Pa., where he ig a
student in the Franklin and Marshall
Acedemy, havinv spent the Christ:
mas vacation with his parents Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. Merrill.
Bryan Merrill left Tuesday even-
ing for Poughkeepsie, N. Y. where
he is taking a business course at the
Easton School.
§
Vim
lias Fike of Meyersdale, spent one
day last week at the home of hig soa
William,
Calvin Swindle of Mt. Braddock,
spent Sunday at the home of his par-
ents Mir. and Mrs. Thomas Swindle.
A. J. Baer and family, spant last
Wm. Engle.
Sunday in Salisbury at the home of
Miss Margaret and Master Mar-
shall Nelson of Frost burg,Md., spent
several days at the home of C. W.
Tressler.
Ed. Smith of Johnstown, Pa. was
a business caller at the home of W.
W. Nicholson.
Misses Elizabeth Tressler and Ollie
Poorbaugh passed last Sunday after-
noon at the home of Henry S. Snider.
Mrs. Jacob Holl of Salisbury. spent
Thursday of last week with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Wison Ringler.
Mrs. P. W. Suder of Deal, spent
Monday at the home of her son, Hen-
ry.
| latters parents Mr. and Mms. Lewis
Knepp.
Mrs. C. B. Kelly is sick alt this time. |
Miss Menerva Emerick of Ellerslie, |
Md. is spending the winter with H.!
S. Emerick’s.
Miss Nelle Housel, spent part of |
last week with her parents of this
place.
Read the Commerical and get the |
the latest news.
|
| Hilda of Greenville township were
Mrs. W. M. Shultz and daughter
welcome Vim callers on Monday
Mr. and Mrs.Calvin Suder of Meyers
dale, passed last Sunday at the home
| of the former's brother Henry.
“I wonder why it is you can’t ar-
{gue with a woman.” “You can;
but it doesn’t do any good.”—Boston |
Transcript.
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NEGLECT FOR BABIES;
CARE FOR CALVES
The average calf op colt receives
more intelligent care than the baby
of our own flesh and blood.
Why should this be so in thig highly
civilized country of ours, where the
people are naturally affectionate and
kind? In the first place, it is due to
the psychological attitude of many
of the parents. They seem to take it
for granted that anything called by
the name of “food” will, if adminis-
tered in. regular three-times-a-day
portions, . sustain - the lives of child-
Ten satisfactorfly. #
They dow’t stop to thipk that you
need something besides a name to
make real food. The result of this
is that we see evry day many little
.children, stunted in nature and with
soft, weak muscles, all because of a
want of well-balanced diet. Many of
these little ones for instance, have
lasses, and thus missed entirely fat
and albumen. Such children have
little or no resistance to disease and
often fall victim to tuberdulisis.
That is because itheir parents did
not know that a mixed diet is neces-
sary to supply the different parts of
ithe anatomy, and to suffply the heat |
Jand other elements that are needed
to carry on properly the work of the
body. But those same people know
what their domestc animals need to
eat and they see that they get it.
Some parents go still further and
permit their children to select their
own food. There was a time in the
remote age of the ancestors of man,
when this might have been safe. In
those days humams participated to
a degree in the animal instinct to
avoid harmful food. - We have com-
pletely lost it nowadays, and if we
let our children select their own food,
wie place them at a distinct disad-
vantage beside the colt or calf already
mentioned, for the youngest animal
shares its elders’ instinct to diffor-
entiate between the poisomous and
non-poisonous products of mature.
Who is going to do anything for
the'babies? The colt and the calf do
mot. need any help, we have decided,
but who will teach the parents a little
of the things they should know about
their children, and don't?
There is somebody to teach these
parents about the colts amd calves
they own, and even the little pigs,
if they don’t happen to know. Our
national government has undertaken
the task and its department of Agri-
culture has a man at the head who sits
in the Presidents cabinet. He has
Congress appropriate large sums of
maney to teach farmers how to feed
and care for new-born colts, cows,
pigs, sheep, chicken, and all the other
stcck.
But our national government does
not seem to have thought about the
babies. There is no Department of
1Tea’th at Washington, anl at Cab
inet meetings the babies have no re-
presentative, though pigs do.
What we need is that more of the
composition and values of foodstuffs
should be taught in our schools and
that a Federal Department of Health
should be established to look after
humankind as well as the animals are
looked after,
Then we would not see on our farms
puny, half starved children and beau-
tifully developed Jersey, Guernsey
and Swiss cows, and Percheron,
Clydesdale and Hackney horses in
the pink of condition, which has been
given by the department of Agricul-
ture of the United States.
Citizens Bank Election.
On Tuesday, January9th the stock
holders of the Citizens National Bank
meet in their banking house and held
an election of directors for the ensa-
ing year. All of the directors who
served last year were relected and
the officials of last year were all re:
elected." The directors are: S. B. Phil-
son, S. A. Kendall, F. B. Black, W. T.
Hoblitzell, 8 C. Hartley, W. N. Moser,
H. B. Philson, Clarence Moore, R. H.
Philson. -
Witt-Poorbaugh,
Hdna Leora Witt, younger daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Witt, Wellers-
burg, Pa., and Ralph Andrew Poor-
NO2
IMPROVE THE
HUNTING LAWS
Sportsmen well pleased with
new and better Game
Rulings.
Sportsmen returning from Harrig-
burg repott that the series of confer-
ences held there between the game
department, the fish department and
the representatives of state wide and
Independent organizations of SpOrts-
men were remarkable for the large
number of men who attended, the
great diversity of opinions expressed
and the complete success in final
agreement on all important details
of a new game code and a fishermen’s
* license act, all of which will be pre
been fed 1egularly on bread and mo. |
sented at this session of the legisla«
ture with the joint indorsement of
the department and the organizations
of sporstmen, .
In the work of the conferences de-
tails were cared for by a joint come
mittee of five members from each of
the statewide organizations, the Unit-
ed Sportsmen, the Wild Life League
and the Pennsylvania State Sports-
men. The Independents were given
a similar representation and the com
mittee of 20 so formed was made per-
manent for the legislative session.
Every county was represented in
some way, and every interest. In the
general meetings discussion was open
to all, and fthe committee sessions
were also open. Two whole days were
taken up, the work running on urtij
late at night each day. Gov. Brum-
baugh, the fish and game commigsion-
ers, members of the senate and house
and spotsmen of all kinds had a mag-
nificent free-for-all fight on every
phase of hunting and fishing. The
state officers were greatly pleased
with the sessons and provided every
facility for business. Stenographie
reports were made.
On the Game Laws.
- The general small game season in
made from Oct. 15 to Nov. 25, a come
promise which gives the north an
early opening yet makes the season
of less than six weeks, leaving a per-
iod of suspended hostilities between
the small game season and the deer
season. By a narrow vote all protec-
tion had been taken of the raccoon,
at the demand of fisherman and oibers
who say the coon is destructive bug
lthe conference committee finallv re.
stored him to the protected list, ex-
tending the season from Sept. 1 to
Jan. 31, covering practically the en
tire period when this animal ig in
good pelt. Bag limits were slightly
reduced. New sections will go into
the law, particularly to regulate the
shipment of game 80 as to @top the
organized game hogs who hunt by
automobile throughout the season and
in a number of different counties, ang
to enable the game protectors to tei
who killed a deer. so as to stop the
expent shot from killing not hig allow-
ance but one deer or more for every
other man in his party or camp,
Camps are to have responsible camp
leaders or captains, who must tag
deer the day they are killed or hung
up, and a camp limit of four deer is
provided,
Bounties on wildcats ane to be in
creased from $6 to $10 and on weasels
from $1 to $2. The game commission
is to have authority to establish sma}
game sanctuaries. There wags a
lively fight on the question of posting
ungeated lands . against trespassers,
which went to the conference commit
tee. In the end it was decided the
unseated land question cannot be
adeqqualtely dealt with as a game
question, but the sportsmen who hunt
and fish have strong opinions that
something must be done soon, :
The Fish License Bill. 3
The fish license bill provides a noa-
resident license of $2 and a resident
license of 50 cents plus the cost of is-
suing. The tag is to be neat and n-
conspicuous but must be worn where
it may be seen. All revenues are to
go to the department of fisheries for
the protection and propagation of fish,
man, son of Mr. and Mrs. FL.
Poorbaugh, Glencoe, Pa., were mar- |
ried Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock
in ithe Reformed parsonage at Corri- !
gansville, by Rev. A. W. Von Kasks, |
pastor of the bride in the presence of
Mr. and Mrs. John Poorbaugh of that !
place and Miss Nyna De Haven, Cum-
berland, the happy pair left on the!
next train for Washington, D. C. and
Roanoke, - Va., on a ten day honey-|
moon,
and for no other purpose. Fish Com-
missioner Buller expects to be able to
employ 65 wardens, and to have suffi
cient funds for an active and success-
ful crusade against pollution of wa-
ters, in which the attorney generai’s
department is warmly co-operating. A
large number of delegates present
voted in favor of the license only with
the distinet understanding that a }-
cense fund means war on pollution and
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