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INVENTOR HERE WITH
ITALY’S WAR MISSION
Photo by American Press Association.
WILLIAM MARCONL
A GENERAL SURVEY OF
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IHE WAR
Sir Douglas Hzig, commander of the
British forces in France, refuses toc
accept Hindeanburg's verdict that the
entente’s spring drive is over and has
failed. As if in reply to the message
from the kaiser to the empress, the
British drove home a powerful punch
to the scuthwest of Lens, the big
French coal city.
“Good progress already has been
made on the front attack and a num-
ber of prisoners have been captured,”
was all the official report said. The
past has taught the war office to take
no chances in reporting “good prog-
ress.” Good news is, therefore, looked
for.
Unofficially it is figured that 713
airplanes were shot down on the west-
ern front in May, of which 442 were
German and 271 British and French.
British headquarters admitted the loss
of eighty-six machines, but as the
French do not announce any war
losses it is impossible to verify the
inference that they lost 185. The esti-
mate of 271 is compiled from German
official reports. Total air losses for
April were estimated at 769.
Arrangements have been completed
with the German government for the
withdrawal of all British war prison-
ers from the firing line, according to
an official announcement. The pris-
oners will be kept a minimum distance !
of 18% miles from the actual front, !
both in the eastern and western zones.
According to Rome reports Austrian
losses between May 14 and 29 are
estimated at 82.000 dead, wounded ang |
missing, including five generals and.
forty high officers. One hundred can. |
non have been taken or destroyed. |
The Giornale di Italia says that ¥Em- |
peror Charles soon will proclaim |
Trieste autonomous whereby it will
become a free city, like Hamburg and
Bremen. The announcement, the paper
says, will be accompanied by numer-
ous amnesties.
Heavy gun firing reaching a stage of
great intensity in the region of the
dumes on ihe Belgian coast and in
the Ypres bend, particularly in the!
Wytschaete scetor, says the official |
statement iszued by the German army
headquarters staff.
Reports from both Berlin and Lon-
don indicate the probability that an
important military movement by the
allies is under way on the Belgian
front—possibly an attempt in force to
hit the German flank on the coast a
crushing blow.
A pitch of notable intensity such a:
usually precedes an attack has been
reached by the artillery fire near the
coast and to the south in the Ypres
district. The German war office an-
nounces this extremely heavy bom:
bardment.
Between April 15 and May 24 |
the number of German prisoners
falling into French hands reached a
total of 31,829, of whom 28,045 were
unwounded. This period covers three
phases of the general attack, now
temporarily abated, which the French
undoubtedly will continue when the
proper moment arrives.
Upon an almost forgotten theater of
war signs flared up of a new menace
to Austria-Hungary at a moment when
it needs all available man-power on
the Isonzo.
The Rome war office issued a brief
bulletin announcing the capture of
four villages in Albania, northwest of
the Adriatic seaport of Avlona. No
details were given, but the advance is
taken as the beginning of a new offen-
sive against the dual monarchy whose
Italian forces there virtually form the
extreme left wing of General Sarrail’s
Balkan army.
MORE TORNADO DEATHS
Fifty-two Persons Killed and More
troops occupy most of Albania. The M: ZEHNER is not a reform crank. She says: “I am sick and tired of
when we have that we will have all the reforms we need. What our nation
needs most is a million fathers and mothers who will bring up their own chil-
dren and not sublet the contract.” She will speak the fourth afternoon of the
chautauqua.
THE MEYERSDALE COMMERC
IAL, MEYERSDALE, PA,
The Merrie Maids, With Mary Hart Stebbins
[EX Merrie Maids will be at the Chautauqua the fifth day. “ihe Merrie
T Maids” —rightly named, for their programs bubble over with happiness,
radiant and irresistible.
Expert characterizers of the spoken word, handmaidens of musical art, ’
impersonztors of more than ordinary skill and fancy, the “Merrie Maids” give
a pro oa atled with joy. They are versatile, talented, original.
“Miss “lary Hart Stebbins.” says a leading metropolitan paper, *‘is keenly
intellizent, with: a personality that is at once appealing. In her portrayal of
the various characters with whom she peoples her stage we catch a glimpse
of ithe reat heart of humanity. Drifting with ease from song to story, from
pianolozue fo dlalect, she carries a wealth of sunshine and happiness to her
audiences.”
Miss Madeline Vettle has won big success throughout the country, par-
ticularly by the introduction of violin accompaniments to enrich her character
sketches. She is a young lady of natural grace and unusual personality.
Miss Sarah Higgins, contralto and cellist, is among the best known women
cellists of the lyceum. She is most unassuming, yet a finished artist, both
vocal and instrumental, and an accomplished pianist as well. ;
Miss Mary Kelly. soprano and second violin, a pupil of the celebrated Von
Linke and a vocal graduate of Notre Dame University. Miss Kelly's ability
is well known. She rounds out a personnel of distinction, making the “Merrie
Maids” the *‘attraction of no regrets.” :
Mrs. A. C. Zehner, Lecturer
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hearing so much from women lecturers and others about reform. What
we need is not so much reform, but more good, plain common sense, nnd |
Than 300 Injured In Missouri.
Reports from southeast Missouri | *
said fifty-two persons were killed and x
more than 300 injured in the tornado
which swept about thirty towns in
that section Wednesday and Thurs-
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The chautauqua is the most thoroughly American of all present day
American institutions.— Theodore Roosevelt.
day.
A report from Cape Girardeau said
seventeen .persons were dead and fif-
teen injured at Zalma.
SEE CR XT TT RENEE
9c per pound at Habel & Phillips.
Fresh salt Newfoundland herring
Habel & Phillips.
‘sick headaches,
© Worm Killer is needed at once.
Carload of granulated sugar at| who have talked countless friends to
death after holing ten foot puttsi—
Marriage Licenses.
Marriage License Clerk Charles 1.
Shaver has issued marriage licenses
to the following persons:
George Harris .... .... ... Hooversville.
Fannie Blige, .... .... .... Hooversville.
Manferdo Farncessa .... .... Cairnbrook
Elda DiAllesandro .... ... Cairnbrook
Stanislaws DiGrevino .... Cairnbrook
Carmella Francassi Cairnbrook
Grant A. Ott .... .... .. .... Paint Twp.
Mary Jones .... .... ... .... Paint Twp.
Emidio Emarco .... .... .... .... Windber
Carmella DiMarco .... .... ... Windber
Amos W. Knepper .... .... .... Somerset
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Melvin Geisbertof ... Somerset Twp.
Nora Siel .... .... .. .. .. Meyersdale
{ Joe. Homway .... .... ... Windber
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| Albert M. Cober Brothersvalley
{Erla Brant .... ... ... Brothersvalley
Frank H. Baurer .... .... .... Johnstown
Margaret Isabell Rogers Windber
Highest Averages in Senior H. S.
Class for 4 Years.
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| Classical, 1st—George Griffith,
1 1913-14, 91.8; 1914-15, 91.3; 1915-16,
| 94.6; 1916-17, 97.2. Average 92.9.
2nd—Edna Zinn, 1913-14, 86.6;
1914-15, 85.9; 1915-16, 90.7; 1916-17,
89.9. Average 88.3.
Commercial, 1st—Margaret Ople,
1913-14, 91.6; 1914-15, 89,1; 1915-16,
92.2. 1916-17, 93.1. Average 91.5.
2nd—Margaret Damico. 1913-14,
| 83.2; 1915-16, 911; 1916-17, 914.
Average 87.2.
Investigation
Will prove the attractive-
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prise financed and being well
equipped, well managed by
men of the highest standing.
' Indications are that returns
will be quick and enormous.
Information regarding this
excellent investment furnished
upon written request.
B. A. Kummer & Co.
Colorado Bldg.
Washington, D. C.
21-26
Sloan’s Liniment for Rheuma-
tism.
The pain goes so quickly
after you apply Sloan’s Lini-
ment for rheumatic pains, neu
ralgia, toothache, lumbago,
sprains, and its so easy to use.
It quickly peneratss and
sooths without rubbing and is
far cleaner and more effective
than mussy plasters and oint-
ments.
Keep a bottle in the house
and get prompt relief, not only
from all nerve pains but from
bruises, strains, sprains, over-
exercise and all external aches
At your druggist, 25¢, 50¢ and
$1.00.
The Evils of Constipation.
Constipation is one of the
main reasons why the average
human life is below 40 years.
Leaving waste material in the
body, poisons the system and
blood and makes us liable to
biliousness,
nervousness and muddy skin.
When you note these symptoms
try Dr. King’s New Life Pills.
They give prompt relief, are
mild, non-griping in action,
add tone to your system and
clear the complexion. At
your druggist, 25c.
This Safely Removes Worms.
Worms are a common dis-
ease of children and every
mother should know their
symptoms. Sallow complex-
eyes, irregular bowel move-
ment with stomach hard or
swollen, grinding teeth or itch-
ing may mean that Kickapoo
It is a mildly laxative remedy
in candy tablet form that
children like. Kills and re-
moves the worms and lets the
child grow strong and healthy.
At druggists, 25c.
Large Power Easily Controllea.
Tn some cases a 1,000 ton or 1,500 ton
viess may be controlled by one finger
upon the clutch lever, so that the ram
will rise one-eighth of an inch or so
at a time. More often, however, a
press is set so that the ram will always
stop at the top of its stroke, and the
control of this condition is usually
made by a foot treadle, although gome-
times with a handle also or with a
handle alone. Generally such presses
are arranged for continuous running.
This is often practicable with long,
slow strokes.—Oberlin Smith in Engi.
neering Magazine.
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For Goifers.
Bunker—D1id you read about the golf-
er who dropped dead right after mak-
ing a 210 yard drive? Hunker—No,
but I have heard of several golfers
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Good in Pullman Oars
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JUNE 28, JULY 12 and 26, AUGUST
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CONDENCED REPORT OF CONDITION
: I'he Second National Bank
MEYERSDALE, PA.
MAY FIRST, NINETEEN SEVENTEEN
RESOURCES X
Loans and Investments ..... BE Lavine $ 577,660,10 ;
U. S. Bonds and Premium ........ er tiie 70,179.87
Real Estate, Furniture & Fixtures ....... ai 64,075.20 3
Cash and due from Banks ......... 2x ue 117,341.45 §
Total Resources $ 829,256.20 3
LIABILITIES 5
Capital Stock Paid In ...........:... cea aaa S 65,000.00 8
Surplus Fund and Profits ....... ............... 62,669.69
Circulation .... ..... .. iri ce ae eae 64,300.00
Deposits .: .........0 a. ...... vies aeaandlheens. 637,286.51
Total Liabilities $ 829,256.20
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RECORDS OF THE LAT-
EST SONG HITS-
75¢
Von Tilzer, Robert Lewis Tenor.
A 2219 I’m a Twelve o’clock Fellow in
10 in. a Nine o'clock Town. [Harry Von
75c Tilzer.] Byron C, Harlan, Tenor. Or-
chestra accompaniment. :
With His Hands in His Pockets
in His Pants. [Von Tilzer,] Byron §
Harlan, tenor. Prchestra accompanment, :
A 2221 I Wasn't Born to be Lonesome. i
10 in. AL Von Tilzer. Sam Ash, tenor. Indi= ]
75c ana. Hanley. Knickerbocker Quartette. y
Orchestra Accempaniment, i
A2222 The World Began when I Met
10'in. You. Gumble. George Wilson, tenor, 5
Love Will Find the Way. Harry :
"HFAR THEM TODAY.
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They'll please you
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