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MEYERSDALE, PA.. JULY 26 1917.
A PEOPLE IN
GREAT DISTRESS
The present European war is most
far-reaching in its dire results.
With the sufferings of the Belgians,
the Serbians, the Polanders and
others, we are more or less familiar,
and much has been done by the
people of the United States and other
countries toward their relief. DMMil-
lions of dollars have been spent aid
large quantities of food stuff have
been sent to them to keep them from
perishing by starvation.
But, as it seems to me, no people
have suffered to the extent that the
Armenian and Syrian Christians iu
Asiatic Turkey have suffered. The
atrocities committed upon them ave
heart rending in the extreme. The
distance these people live from us,
and communications with them being
so largely hindered, prevents us from
becoming familiar with their distress.
Since the war began the Turks, and
especially the Kurds, have treated
the Armenians and Syrian Christians
most brutally and barbarously. They
murdered many of the men in cold
blood; tore children from the arms
of mothers and cruelly slew them;
killed aged women; carried young
women and girls off to their harems;
robbed the people of their property;
destroyed their homes and drove
them in all directions to distant
parts of the country. Many of them
perished on the way from sickness,
exposure and starvation. More than
two millions of people have been
scattered abroad, robbed of their
possessions, unable to earn their
livelihood. - Many of them with no
roof over their heads, dependent en-
tirely upon charity. Such as ‘surviv-
ed found their way to regions under
“he control of Russia and Great Brit-
tain. They are at Tiflis, Aleppo and
Damascus; in Persia, Mesopotamia,
Egypt and Salonika. Hundreds of
thousands of these cople ae in most :
dire distress. F. Willoughby Smith,
: ate tor.
the refugees there wis on: “appalling
number of widow" with dependent
children, and 40,000 orphans.” “The
fis greats
GARRETT
‘visiting the home of her parents.
GATHERINGS.
Church Notices.
Lutheran—W. H. B. Carney, Pastor.
Sunday. School 9 a. m.
Preparatory Services, 10 a. m.
Communion, 11 a. m.
Reformed—J. E. Sheetz, Pastor.
Sunday school 10 .2 m.
Church, Aug. 5th, 10:30 a. m.
Brethren—B. F. Waltz, pastor.
. Sunday school 10 a. m.
Church services 2 p. m. e
Evangelical—Rev. Hetrick, Pastor
Sunday school 10 a m.
Church services, 2 p. m.
i
* *
Miss Margaret Carney of Johns-
town arrived Tuesday to spend seme
time at the home of her mother, Mrs.
W. H. Clements.
J. H. Judy was
visitor on Tuesday.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Simon: Brock
a son, last Friday.
Mrs. Roy Nedrow returned from
Tyrone last Sunday, where she was
a Cumberland
Rev. H. H. Wiant, of Pittsburg,
was visiting friends in Garrett on
Wednesday.
Clyde Tydball of Pittsburg, spent
the week end with friends.
Nina Cochran is spending the week
in Holsopple visiting friends.
Mrs. .Ed. Landis, of Somerset is
visiting. at the home of Mrs. Ida
Brant.
Miss Velma Henderson of McKees-
port is visiting the Misses Brant.
Cumberland visitors Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Merrill were
in Cumbrland to see Mrs. Merrill’s
father, who was in the hospital.
Dr. Pollard made a professional
visit t6 Fair Hope this week. ;
‘Mr. Glen Vought of Rockwood was
a Garrett visitor last Sunday. - i
Miss Blanche Smith and nephew, [the first of which struck ou
‘Ward Beachley, were Garrett visit-
‘ors last Saturday. =
* Mrs." Richard
Irene Hemming dead, her Fathe
izge of Coal Run was the scene of a
tragedy, most distressing in its effect
by reason of the death of a young
1 girl, an inocent witness of the affair,
and the shooting of two men who |
b.en friends in the past. : a
i was a disagreement between William
H. Beal and Mrs. Beal and that she
had refused to prepare his brea!
On bonday hg did not go to work.
but remained about home.
day he came to Meyersdale and.
drank to excess and took with him a |
bottle.
ised George May that he would make | #4
a drink from his bottle.
once went to the garden where Mrs.
FATAL SHOOTING AT COAL RUN.
adly wounded and Wil-
Shooting by the latter
~ liam H. Beal in Jail the Result
While Crazy from Drink...
On Tuesday evening the small vii-o
hly respected in the commun-
He is employed in the mines
home. His family consisted
e and seven children; Ethel,
years; Dallas, 13; Neilie, ii;
); Lawrence, 2; and Paul, 5
i
*
e Hemming the innocent victim
igedy, was a very attractive
resting little - girl, and no
cere mourners will iollow
The evidence seems to bé that the:
e was probably the fourth
‘which was intended for her
‘he was entering the house.
Struck her on her little
ost separating it m her
tering the groin and lower
ait ofithe abdominal cavity, cutting
its way. It was found
isday morning by Mrs. L.
when washing the clothing
child had worh at the time
On Tues- |
On the way home he prom-
boda)
some repairs about his barn the next F
day, and insisted on giving Mr. May.
He reach-
ed home a few minutes later and at.
SALISBURY
SIFTINGS.
Mttersburg,
~with Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Lichty.
Mr. Frank Farner went to Sand
Patch to help care for his brother,
H. C. Farner, who is seriously ill. |
Miss Myrtle James and Mr. Chas.
Conner spent Sunday in Adams with |
the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. |
Conner. :
Mr. and Mrs. John Cochran spent
Tuesday in Grantsville, vid. >
Mrs. Austin Brown and children,
Mrs. James. Raymond and children,
of Akron, O., are spending a week
iust and . dinner pail on Saturday ains to their last resting ith their mother, Mrs. Lucretia
morning. Beal went to work on Sat- han her playmates of bertson. ‘ ;
urday. The same refusal toak place = h whom she was a general Mr. and Mrs. James Conkle of
on Monday and on Tuesday mornings. The shot which ended her | Akron, Ohio, are wvisiting Mrs.
Conkles’ father, Mr. Josepha Wagner. |
Mrs. John Stutzman and son, of |
vnio, spent ‘l'uesday
‘Miss Mary Lichty and brotneis, |
‘Dan, Ross and Roy Lichty, of Gortn- able. minister and
er, Md., spent Saturday with the}:
brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and ministrations the church and Sunday Cope
Mrs. Jonas Lichty. : 5
1
Mr. P. Van Fischel of St. Louis,
{WILL
| Laughlin took occasion to remind the
their supper.
Hemming,
talk to her, but she replied that she
did not wish to talk’to anyone Ww
: was acting as bad as he was, an
Misses Nell and Verda Brant were [went into the house. Mr. Hemmi
who had just come from work, ¢
in the house and have his supper
ready in ten minutes. He followed
her to the house where some more “8
words oeceurred, when she, with the #4
children, escaped from the house and
went to the residence of O’Conner
just across the street.
Beal called to Mrs. Hemming from
his porch and said he wanted to
around the house at this junctu
and was roughly accosted by 1
who charged him with harboring
wife, and asked that she be sem
home. This Mr. Hemming refu
Beal tl Je re
feet; rac
distance of eight
of the left sh
collar | bon i
Giviors ©
a
rovinces of Aleppo ‘and as
The majority are women and children
and they are slowly dying of starv-
ation.” In every tent there are sick
and dying. Any one who cannot. get
a piece of bread by begging, eats
grass, raw and without salt. ‘The
people gather locusts and eat them
‘raw. They catch stray dogs and like
savages, pounce upon dead animals,
whose flesh they eat eagerly and with
out cooking.” :
Reports of like horrible nature are
sent in by missionaries and consuls
from other regions filled with these
miserable refugees. The Red Cross
has had its hands more than full in
ministering unto the suffering and
needy ones in Belgium, France,
Serbia and other European countries,
so that it has not been able to do
very much for these destitute people
of Asiatic Turkey.
An American committee for Ar-
. menian and Syrian relief was organ-
ized a year or two ago in the city of
New York which has gathered and
sent relief funds to these people.
But hundreds of thousands of dollars
will be needed to keep hosts of them
from perishing this . winter. This
committee, with headquarters in New
York, is composed of fifty men of
various religious faiths and of es-
tablished reputation for honesty and
good faith. At the head of the list
stand the names of William H. Taft,
ex-President of the United States,
and Charles E. Hughes, former as-
sociate justice of the Supreme Court
of the United States, and among
them are other names familiar to
many of our people, such as John
Wanamaker, Vance McCormick, John
R. Mott. and others. This committee
is worthy of all confidence. It has.
been appealing, and continues to ap-
peal, to the people of our country in
all sections for contributions for the
relief of these people in distress.
The ministers of Meyersdale have
given this cry for help earnest con-
sideration and they propose in the
near future to give to the people of
Meyersdale and the readers of the
Commercial, in General, the oppor-
tunity of contributing to the relief
of these people. The suffering is
great, the need is urgent. I do not
see how any one conversant with the
facts of the case can turn a deaf ear
to this call for aid in distress.
A. E. Truxal,
Mr. Zack Christner of Canton, Oo.
spent several days visiting among his
children, friends, and other relatives
of Garrett.
Miss Ruth Bowlby is visiting at
the home of her uncle and aunt, Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Blair of East Pal-
estine, Ohio. :
Mrs. Richard Hoover was visiting
her sister at Holsopple last Wednes-
day. ;
Mrs. Roy Biddle visited her sister,
Mrs. L. Bowlby at Somerset last
week.
J. B. Schrock of Berlin was in Gar-
rett transacting sbusiness for the Co-
Operative Insurance Company of
Berlin. :
Miss Smith of Mineral Springs
stopped at Garrett to call on friends
before leaving for Frederick; Md,
Mr. and Mrs. John Tucker and
children, Mrs. Savilla Tucker and son
Tom, motored to Hyndman last Sun-
day where they spent the day at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. A. Pyle.
Mrs. Harry Swarner and daughter
Mildred visited several days in Pitts-
burg.
The Reformed Sunday School will
hold a basket picnic Thursday, Aug.
2nd, at Riverside Park. The other
Sunday Schools are invited to join.
At a recent school board meeting
the following teachers were elected:
H. B. Speicher, Principal, Misses
Nell and Verda Brant and C. Hare.
* * *
. Cornelius Judy.’
»..Cornelius Judy, died July 24th,
1917, at 9 p. m., at the Western
Maryland Hospital, Cumberland.
Death was caused by tumors. He
'was the son of Jonathan and Eva,
nee Christner, Judy. He was about
70 years old. He is survived by the
following children; Mrs. W. A. Mer-
rill, Wilson and Elias Judy, and Mrs.
Della Ray. He is also survived by
the following brothers and sisters;
John, of Nebraska; William and
Jerome of Garrett and Mrs. Henry
Fogle. Funeral services were held
from his late home Friday morning
at 10 a. m. Services conducted by
Rev. B. F. Waltz, pastor of the Breth-
ren Church of which he was a mem-
‘ber. Interment at Beachdale Cem-
etery.
—— em
Notice to Water Consumers.
The time of year is at hand when
water usually becomes more or less
limited in quantity. Therefore the
Sand Spring Water Co., hereby call
their patrons attention to the neces-
sity of seeing that all forms of waste
is prevented on their premises.
The Supt. will visit every consum-
er’s premises once each month during
the remainder of 1917 and is author-
ized by the company to shut all
48 Diamond Tires this Week at |
Two 34X4 Non-Skid |
Special prices.
t $15.00 each.
I. W
vas fired 3 -
Mt. Hemmings little girl, I
found, dying, on the porch from a
shot from the revolver. Her death
occurred in five minutes. Mr. H
could testify to but two shots, al-
though eye witnesses testify to the
four shots. He also stated to a Com-
mercial representative that the first
he knew of the injury to his daughter
was when Mrs. Hemming brought her
into the house after the shooting.
Mr. Beal then crossed the street
to his house and ascended the steps
to the upper one and sat down for a
few minutes, declaring that he did
not regret his action in the least.
Ca
years old on November 6th, was. pty he and
‘Hem-.
ming stated at the inquest that he | Mrs. Beal was a daughter of Mr.
and Miss Sophia C. Fischel of Pitts-
burg, are visiting their brother, Rev.
Mr. fischel. 4 .
“Among the ggests ‘at the Valley
House 2 Miss Edna Faidley and
ne | neice, Anna Gerwig, off McKeesport;
d admissions Threats | Miss Zuleca Smith, of Philadelphia.
re made but cooler| ang Mrs. L. Matthews of Huston
iled when it became | Texas ?
, officers. from Meyers- oo : . j
way for him. Miss Sarah Breig of Meyersdale
A Harven Bittner Shent: Sunday with Mrs. Louise
and were eagerly ad-|™aWn. 2
“man who feared the Mr. and Mrs. Herman Reiber were
ance of the enraged | the guests of Mrs. John Lepley of
revolver was tak- Meyersdale on Sunday. ~
nd proved to be empty.| Mrs. Leo Derry and children are
Mi ale and visiting -Mr.. Wilber Derry.
eh 2° Misses Edith Reibe and Maud
“| Schramm spent the week end in Mey-
ersdale, attending the Red Cross
dance -on Friday evening.
ting. :
. Beal had attempted io
wn life, he entered his
arficaded the doors from
‘men who congregated out
threatened the lives of those
vulcanizing shop, tire and tube re
pairing in he McKinley. building” on’
i main street. Qute a convenience to
a Ne
Mr, Earl Beachy, who i8 a membe
J OWIng On | vigit his mother, Mrs. Je Beachy
un return home and then hav-| rf Spri : e
ing LE ; no ry before gine into camp
y
"Hemming had lived
-in the place about 12 years, and had
worked together and were always
i good friends. :
Death of Mrs. Welfley.
5 The Jurierel services of Mrs. Eliza-
] is e elffley, who passed away on
and Mrs. Poster ash and Is Spoken Saturday, July 21st, was held rerdoy
of as an estimable lady and has Whe | jpro1n60n at 2:30 at her home on Ord
svmpathy of the comunity in this sad | oot Rev. E. E. Oney officiating
affair. They have three children; | “no weifley was an old resident
T.uth, 14 years; Robevt. 11 and Clyde, | o¢" Sajishury. She had. lived prac-
7 years of age. 2s Beal is Pros-| ically all her life in or near Salis-
trated over the affair. bury. She was heid in high esteem
Mr. Beal is the son of Mr. and Mrs. by all who knew her.. Mrs. Welfley
G. W. Beal of Route 2, Meyersdale, a} 7,3 500d 85 years, 1 month and 21
very estimable couple, who have been | 3,u5 2% ‘the time of her death:
caused to suffer on other occasions | gp. is survived by two daughters;
’
Pitt and Wright have opened a % the drawing was done in Washing~ Ca
He then fired the remaining cartridge
from the revolver into his own breast
the ball entering about 2 inches a-
bove the left nipple and lodged in
his back against the skin, where it
was located and extracted by Dr.
Large when he was brought here in
the evening. Bittner, George May, Eli Folk, Wil-
Dr. Lichty, of Salisbury, was sent y;,n, Bodes George Reese and R. M.
os (Swiior, who, sie Uatening in the
be resting comfortably, and it is hop- i Yo DW Sipple
ad ls on His way to. uitimake retover: and others, rendered a verdict “that
of ool Run oe a number of ycars Irene Hemming came » het Sean
ME intelligent: man of a1 °%% July 24, from a wound inflicted by
and is a very in PE ha temily | 2 bullet from a revolver tn the hand of
bout 10 years, and he and his family ‘william H. Beal.
Sr
August Cosmopolitan. I
The big feature in August Cosmo- |
politan is Robert W. Chamber's new
novel, “The Restless Sex.”
Hare—Stratton.
A very pretty wedding occurred
at the Reformed parsonage on the
” + evening of July 18th, when Rev. Dr.
Another great Story is Truxal said the words which united
Aloes,” by Cynthia Stockley. . | Mr. John D. Hare and Miss Gladys
Other great writers and artists in| mp "Stratton in the Holy Bonds of
this number are: Lillie Langtry, Her- | : : :
3s matrimony. The contracting parties
bert Kaufman, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, : are of this city and have the good
Jack London, Joba Ga ISworiy: San : wishes and congratulations of their
son, Mary Roberts Rinehart, George friends.
Ade, Arthur Reeve, Howard Chand- |
ler Christy, G. Patrick Nelson, Will |
Foster, W. D. Stevens, George Gibbs, |
Anton Otto Fischer, James Mont- The report is being circulated that
gomery Flagg, John T. McCutcheon | the farmers are in need of help to
and W. T. Benda. | care for the harvest, and at the
| meeting of the Boosters Club on
“Blue
Farmers Attention.
Red Cross Rally. Tuesday evening, several good, hus-
Make your plans to be in Somerset, | ky men expresed a willingness, yea,
Saturday, July 28th, 1917. Help | even an anxiety to go out and assist
make this a banner Red Cross Day | in the work of harvesting. Persons
for Somerset County. Members of | Who are in need of help should com-
the Somerset County Chapter in all | municate with A. Poorbaugh at
its ‘branches and auxiliaries are’ in- Poorbaugh & Bowser’s Market.
vited and urged to make an effort to |
attend. All fraternal organizations |
~~ rr
by reason of escapades of their son |r:
rs under the influence of drink. Miss Ida, at home, and Mrs. L
The sympathies of their neighbors
and friends go out to them.
On Wednesday morning, an in-
quest ‘was held by Esquire Hay of
Meyersdale, who summoned a cor-
oner’s jury, consisting of Harvey
Fernser, of Akron, Ohio. She is
also survived by four brothers, three
of whom live in the west and were
unable to attend the funeral, and Mr.
Mahlen Keun, of Johnstown, and a
unmber of grandchildren.
Those who attended the funeral
from out of town, beside the immedi-
ate relatives were; Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Beggs and children; Mr. and
Mrs. Frantz of Confluence; Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Stoller, Mr. Wm. Hay,
Mrs. Henry Werner and Miss Tillie
Knepp of Meyersdale; Mrs. Hugh
Spear, daughter Agnes and son,
Engle of Frostburg and Hazel Fern-
sener, a niece, of Akron, O
CENTRE CHURCH
Farmers are busy making hay.
Frank Schrock spent Saturday
evening in Meyersdale.
M. C. Haer is making hay on the
Kretchman farm.
Mrs. Harry Sanner visited at the
home of Nelson Sanner a few days of
last week.
S. J. Engle, who is employed as
B. & O. fireman spent Sunday with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C
Engle.
Wednesday evening. There were a-
bout 60 present.
at the home of IL. M. Schrock of
near Meyersdale.
carpenter by Andrew Horchner
and Mrs. Carl Schafer.
and secieties are invited to partici- |
pate. Booths will be located on the
diamond and Red Cross members
will distribute literature, explain the al ) €
work and register those who have!
not yet joined. A parade will be
formed at the High School grounds |
at 2:30 p. m. with Capt. Schrock, |
Capt. Sanner and Mr. Louis Colburn
acting as marshalls. It is the duty]
of every Red Cross member to take |
part in the parade, if possible. |
The boys of Company C, if they |
are still in Somerset, will lead the]
parade. Flags, flowers and baloons |
will be sold. We who stay at home|
Carpenters on construc-
tion of power plant
45¢ per hour
Apply
water off when waste is insisted
upon.
Persons using hose without pay-
ing for same will be charged for at
he usual rate $3.00 per year.
water will
off.
nd Spring +. C
wo.
If not
The Foundation Co.
m help our nation to victory. Rockwood, Pa.
VE to help is to interest your- || son
some time with relatives.
+ lall, the women must be pleased, for
A moon light party was held at
the home of Truman Sanner last
Miss Elsie Schafer spent Sunday
Louis Schafer, who is employed as
spent Sunday with his parents, Mr.
NO. 29
BULD
PARSONAGE.
Last Sunday was a day that will | fad
long be remembered by the Lutheran a
congregation in Meyersdale. : :
Rev. C. P. McLaughlin, of Greens-
burg, a former pastor here, preached
morning and evening, assisted by
Rev. France, the pastor. Rev. Mec-
¥
congregation of the necessity of &
parsonage and also of an adadtion to
the Sunday School rooin, the Sunday
School having largely outgrown the
present aceommodations. .
Pledges for a sum in excess of
$11,000 to be paid within a year
were received and several persons
were not present and are yet to see.
The cost of the buildings is roughly
estimated at about $15,000. It can
readily be seen that the small sum
yet necessary to secure can easily be
raised. . bi
The pastor, Rev. France, is a very
) r justly popular
with his congregation, and under his
RAR RRA
School is prospering in a marked
degree, and while the auditorium is
sufficient to accommodate the audi-
ences, the other rooms have been out-
grown. There is but little doubt
now that this will be remedied in
the near future and that the School
will have ample accommodations and ”
the parsonage will be a credit to the
congregation.’ . s
the Draft © oh a
On Friday about noon the numbers J
of the conscripted men began toming'
over the wires and in the afternoon a
the interest became very marked. = .
During'¥ the. afternoon and evening 3 Ey»
the Commercial office was kept busy , iy
looking up the numbers of anxious "7 :
ones who, when furnished their” * «=
numbers, at once went to “have a dae
look” to see if they were among the
numbers wanted. The numbers and Si
names dre given in this issue of those oy
drawn from this section. The work - ‘
n and was completed at 10 p. m.
1 Friday. The numbers were. plac-
ed ‘in a capsule and when thoroughly
i were drawn out and nun
porting for examination now
Claims for exemption. must be made
to-morrow and affidavits filed. It is
hoped to have the accepted men, .
about 700,000, in training camps in’
a short time.
(GLENCOE.
Chas. Diest, Jr., met with a serious.
accident Monday evening when try-
ing to drive his auto into the barn.
He lost control and the car went.
through, overturning , and pinning
him under, fracturing his arm at two
places and bruising him badly.
Robert Webreck and Wesley Ship-
ley secured a leave of absence to
spend Sunday at home. My, but we
were glad to see them! jot
Albert Raupach and family of
Cumberland came Saturday to spend
Alfred Broadwater left Saturday
morning for Ohio, where he will en- -
joy a visit with his father and broth-
ers. >
The following teachers were elect-
ed Saturday; C. B. Bittner, North-
ampton. Mabel Bittner, Roddy; Wm.
Broadwater, Wagamon; K. G. Miller,
Bridaquin; Ruth Bittner, Brushcreek;
Miss Bowman, Bowmans.
Two recent auto owners are Chas.
Diest and Ben Leydig.
Don’t forget the Civic meeting in
Glencoe Hall Thursday, July 26th.
Tells How to Dress for
Motion Pictures.
“Dressing the part in motion pic-
tures has become a most important
part, for the time has arrived when
the movie actress must ‘dress the
part’ in every meaning of the term,”
says Kathlyn Williams, who will ap-
pear in “The Spoilers” at the Summer
Garden, Wednesday evening, Aug. 1.
“One or two modish gowns will not
do, as was once the case, for, after
they are one of the mainstays of the
film industry.
“I have discovered that even the
most expensive gowns must be quick-
ly altered. If a motion picture act-
ress wears one gown too frequently,
even in a single film play, sharp
feminine eyes discover this fact, and
feminine pens do not hesitate in
writing to the film company, and the
»iactress, with caustic comment.
“I have arrived at the belief that
the motion picture theatre has, to a
of Harvey Marker.
N. A. Sanner.
WHY THE DIFFERENCE?
quent addresses and statements upo
the ta
publican dares to m
ject it is a partis
act.
+h
ention
yv and help memes
1apte Get ou 2s on Job Work.
F. H. Sanner and family of near
Rockwood spent Sunday at the home
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Landis of near |Small part of the entertainment they
Berlin spent Sunday at the home pf | derive from patronizing film society
The Centre S. S. will hold a picnic
in Enfields Grove Saturday, Aug. 4. up to date.
Members and employees of th
Tariff Commission are making fre-| out-of-date wardrobes, for a continu-
riff question but if any Re-
he sub
1 and unpatriotic
very great extent, supplanted in in-
fluence the fashion journals. Many
women have confessed to me that no
ramas is from viewing up-to-date
gowns worn by the actresses and in
criticising the gowns that are not so
And so it can be readily
| preceived that the manufacturer of
{films cannot afford to present society
€ dramas which present women with
mn uld mean a
; In turn, the
requires that the