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MEYERSDALE
VO XXXVIII
MURDERER GETS
SECOND DEGREE
William Beal, of Coal Run, was
Jere with murder by the Grand
jury on Wednesday at Somerset,
and on Thursday came into court
and pleaded guilty of murder in the
Second degree, and was sentenced
by Judge Ruppel to serve not less
than 14 years nor more than 18 years
in the penitentiary.
Beal lived at Coal Run and on
Tuesday, July 24th, came to Meyers-
dale and drank to exe¢ess, returned
home and had some words with his
wife, who, with the children, took
refuge from his ungovernable temper
in the home of O’Conner Hemming,
just aeross the Street, Beal got his
revolver and went across after them
but was met at the gate by Mr.
Hemming and began firing at him.
Three shots took effect in his shoulder
and back: Four shots were fired,
one of which struck the 7 year old
daughter of Mr. Hemming and her
death resulted in a few minutes.
The officers here were notified and
Constable Cramer and Harvey Bitt-
ner went to the scene and arrested
the man who did the shooting, who
was in his home surrbunded by an
angry crowd of men.
He had previously fired a shot into
his breast, the bullet being extracted
by Dr. Large when he was brought
here.
He was taken to “Somerset that
evening and committed to the jail
where he has since remained, until
he was. brought before the court and
pleaded guilty.
Tad msi
A SHOOTING ARFAIR
settled before "Squire: Patton of ry
ber. Mrs. Fenyea returned to ‘her
husband's home ‘and, seemingly, the
matter had been satisfactorily ‘ad-
Justed.
About 10 o’clock Monday Joe went
home and, he claims, found Steve
there with his wife. Without asking
any questions he drew a revolver and
shot Steve in the back, resulting in
death about 3 o'clock next morning.
Joe did not try to get away nor did
he resist arrest when two deputy
sheriffs from Somerset came to take
him into custody. Joe said he is “d—d
glad he did it,” because he believes
Steve came back for the purpose of
getting more money and to induce
his wife to go avay with him again.
YOU WANT ONE?
We neglected to mention last week
that we have prepared some very
neat, in fact, might say some very
beautiful receipts, suitable for fram-
ing if desired. If you are in arrears
for subscription to the Commercial,
the possession of one of these will
ease your concience and go a long
ways toward simplifiying matters be-
tween you and St. Peter when you
present your “Press Ticket” at the
gate.
These nobby little souvenirs can
only be procured by applying ‘at this
office or by mail if more convenient,
when if not already a subscriber, by
loosening for $1.25 which will also
entitle you to the Commercial for 52
weeks, if in arrears by paying at
least, part of the arrearage.
The supply of this little work of
art is limited and no well regulated
family should attempt to get along
without one. Do not delay but pro-
cure one at once.
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OFF FOR THE SOUTH
Last Friday Company C, which had
Leen encamped con the Court House
lawn since July, received orders to
proceed .0 camp a’ Augusta, Georgia.
The Company, to exhibit their pro-
ficiency, was marched on the street
and put through difficult evolutions,
in which the members acquitted
themselves with credit.
A “Comfort Kit” of $2,520 was
presented the commissioned officers
to provide ‘for emergencies for the
men when occasion required.
Amid a cheering crowd the Com-
peny was marched to the depot and
embarked for their journey south
passing through here at 1:20 A. M.
BIG FAIR ON
NEXT WEEK
The Meyersdale Fair always has
enjoyed a very liberal patronage and
a large attendance but the indications
are that, with fair weather this
year will ‘ exceed all previous ex-
hibitions. The entries arz very large
this year in all departments except
the fruit and here are some fine speci-
mens, but owing to the failure of the
apple crop the entries are fewer in
number than heretofore.
In the sport department the entries
of horses for the races cre very large
and the best horses are entered for
the various events.
The liberal prizes offered has been
an incentive to bring in the beat in
horses, cattle, swine ahd poultry, and
the animals entered for prizes in the
different classes will be very large
and should attract much attention.
Even though not interesied im cattle
raising, a slight inspection will con-
vinge' anyone that the industry is
forging to the front in the county,
and that farmers are taking more
care to secure only the best stock on
the farms.
The fair management this year
have procured extra attractions—that
on Friday being the flights of De
Lloyd Thompson in his aeroplane.
Our merchants have laid in stocks
of seasonable’ goods that the people
whe attend the fair may also do their
full shopping at the same and avoid
another trip to town during this busy
season. Patronize our advertisers.
ing ap for 1 a lly
“I have the best “mechanic in 7 the
world,” declared Thompson. He was
good ‘enough for Lincoln Beachey,
who lost his life at the San Francisco
Exposition. He looks my machine
over always very carefully, and I
take his word for it being in” spick
and span shape. My complete re-
liance in him in the matter of care
of my machine makes him the more
careful.”
“When I tumble to my death, if I
do, I do not want any blame attached
to my mechanic, as I know it will be
the fault of myself or my machine
and not my faithful assistant.”
One of Thompson’s faverite flying
feats is the “death tumble,” the dread
aerial stunt that was responsible for
the death of Beachey. Ascending
more than a mile in the illimitable
the earth at the rate of more than
200 miles an hour. When the awed
and shuddering multitude expects
him to be dashed to death at its very
feet, the great aviator shows how he
has conquered the atr by coming
easily and gracefully out of the drop
and again flying to a point of safety
in the clouds.
Another of his trick aerial man-
euvers is the upside down flight. It
almost proved fatal to him last year.
He was rushing through space in an
inverted position at Spokane, Wash.,
when one of his aclirons smashed on
him. Only the fact that he was up
2,500 feet, a height which enabled him
to flop over with his biplane, saved
him from being killed. He had to
flounder about for more than a mile
and a half before getting his un-
manageable craft to earth.
After he disappeared from the
view of the crowd, the report went
out that he had been killed. Dario
Resta, his exhibition team-mate,
covered the fastest mile he ever re-
corded in rushing to the spot where
he expected to find his maimed or
killed partner: To his great delight,
wrecked machine, he found Thompson
carefully inspecting his biplane and
wondering if he could get it repair-
ed rapidly in order to go up again
and give the spectators the rest of
the aerial thriils lost to them by the
accident.
Thompson and. his mechanician
worked all night on the aircraft, and
the next day went through with their
a hespital or ag from oh an
blue, he drops perpendicularly toward |
when he arrived on the scene of the |]
First Year Has Proven Big S
And Many Impostant
Second Year Promises B
The Community Boosters Club of
Meyersdale met in their rooms in the
day night, a goodly number of" the |
members being present. This was |i
the first regular meeting in the]
second year of the club’s existence
and in looking back over the accom=
plishments the first year the mem=.
bers are well pleased with the resul
achieved. President H. M. €
his remarks of culogizing th
year’s work of the club, }
many good things which the orga
ization ‘had ‘done and of numer §
other. matters which ‘were under way:
for the welfare of Meyersdale and th
community in general. He said, in
effect, that of all the commendable
features for which the club bad been
organized perhaps the most impor
tant was of getting thc business
together to work as one for the
of all—“cementing them together as
it were.” He said this in itself
it's great accomplishment. NE
Perhaps the most important - ‘bus
ness of ‘the meeting was the ‘8p]
ment of a committee to see into
tablishing an emergency room for th
accomodation of the general publi
The suggestion .was made by
Large of the necessity of . 8
institution on their way to recovery
but still in such a condition that a
warm room with reclining accomo-’
dations would be a great convenience
Lar AA AA A
TYPHOID CASES
An epidemic of typh of typhoid fever has
broken out in the eastern section of
Somerset. Twenty-five cases have
been reported. The disease is
thought to have originated at a. junk
establishment in this section. The
dealer, it is claimed, allows old hides
to lie around the place. Another
possible source is an old pump near
the livery stable, which is said to be
contaminated. Samples of the water
have been submitted for analysis but
no report has yet been returned. Two
deaths have resulted from the dread
disease and a number of the patients
are in a serious condition. The" dis-
ease appears to be in a very mild
form.
The Rev. I. Hess Wagner, pastor
of the Somerset Lutheran Church,
who has been confined to his home by
illness the past week, is reported to
be improving nicely. He expects to
resume his duties about the church
in a short time.
SUCCESSFUL RECITAL
The recital given by pupils of Mrs.
Della B. Livengood in Amity Hall,
Tuesday evening was very successful.
The greater part of the program was
rendered by Miss Rena Brant, of
Garrett. Miss Graves rendered two
selections. The historical selections
were especially good. A silver offer-
ing amounting to $35 was lifted to
be used for Red Cross work.
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Second National Bank building Tues- | i
est P:
ood sigh
most
tainment next
this paper.
With Mach Acsomplithed
rogressing Favorably;
le: they were waiting ‘for a train
car or for friends or relatives to
and take them in charge. Many
ble talks were made for such
convenience in a city of the
of Meyersdale and a motion was |
aously carried that a committee
appointed to look into the matter.
3 ving ‘committee was named:
Dr, ‘Hemminger, Clarefice
S$. Rush and J, M. Gnagey.
tter of some importance
"dp by W. S. Livengood,
“who ‘suggested that Centre:
ed a good ¢leaning “every |
ght, stating that on Sun-
hy morning the street was not a
sight for sore eyes.
showed his good spirit
had been in’ the habit
eaning up the street in fromt of
‘store every Saturday night him-
¥President H. M, Cook thought
a very easy way out of the diffi-
and each business man will be
ed to: use the broom in; front
wi place of business on Sat-
night especially.
ended a little farther and in-
week days whenever it is
and each business house use.
0; a very decided improve-
: sity would be in evi- §
corned po as the reports “rom the
community in general was that the
chautauqua was’
Boosters will see that we have this
important educational enter-
year.
Some dogs are admitted nuisances.
One young man has a broken heart
over the loss of a pet rabbit which
some dog had the temerity to devour.
Someone is very evidently going to
lose a pet dog as a result, as is shown
by a notice published elsewhere in
Moral—Don’t
your dogs and they won’t eat your
neighbor’s pets.
If this could
a necessity the
F. A.
starve
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Get our prices on Job Work.
this week for $12.00, other sizes at
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Two Big Days
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Only
Secure Your
Tickets Early
On Sale at
Box Office
and
Thomas’
Drug Store
Fteen years.
BURGESS
CANDIDATES
Meyersdale has three popular can-
didates for Burgess; viz, J. F. Reich,
H. M. Cook and Fred Hare. Of
these two will be nominated, one
Republican and one Democrat, after
which a contest will be on for the
election. Of the two first named can-
didates, we can say that either is
qualified, that the affairs of the
Borough would be safe with either,
one of them hdving served a very
satisfactory term.
Fred Hare has been connected with
the police department for eight years,
four of which were served as Chief.
He also served as Truant Officer, and
as Health Officer. He resigned as
Chief of Police August first, effective
September first, to accept a more lu-
crative position. He has been a mem-
ber of the Fire Department for fif-
In all of these positions
he has always maintained a clean
record. He has always treated all
with whom he had business dealings
in a courtious manner, performing his
various duties firmly but not arro-
gantly.
These positions have been but
training for efficiency should he be
elected Burgess.
Mr. Hare is a young man of good
habits and has the interests of the
Burgess at heart, and by reasen of
his excellent qualities is deservedly
popular and will poll quite a large
vote for the nomination and if nom-
inated will poll a very large vote. He
numbers among his friends many
who are active 20 enthutiustle Worker,
KILLS SPOUSE 3:
mother in’ Rak phton.
said, had trouble. Some time ago at
sulted in a separation of the couple.
Mrs. Edwards went to Ralphton to
visit with her mother. . Edwards
came here several weeks ago and ob-
tained employment in the mines of
the Qucmahoning Coal Co. On Sat-
urday, it is alleged, he went to the
place where his wife was staying and
as!zcd her to come back and live with
hiza. Upon her refusal to do so, he
pulled a revolver and shot her through
the heart.
Leaving immediately after the
shooting Edwards went in the direc-
ticn of Listie. The authorities are
on his trail and it is expected that
his arrest will be effected shortly.
SECOND LIBERTY LOAN
The Secretary of the Treasury is
sending us quite an amount of copy
which he expects us to run free gratis
for nothing regarding the Second
Liberty Loan.
When the Liberty Loan was being
sold in the name of Patriotism, we
expended all the patriotism we hed
in running their copy and in writing
copy of our own, but when we
learned that the daily papers were
paid for their patriotic efforts by the
government our patriotism in that
line sunk to a very low stage, and we
greatly fear that it will have to be
revived on a cash basis, or we will
devote our time and attention to se-
curing good, live news as heretofore
for our readers instead of playing
second fiddle to dailies for paid ar-
ticles. Wouldn’t you do the same?
MARRIAGE LICENSES
The following marriage licenses
have been issued by Register Shaver
since our last report:
Nepher Hirus
Margaret Remel
Michael Glades
SE mass Paint Borough
Paint Borough
Windber
Anna Lazarchek ... Garfield, N. Y.
Joseph Barnhart ...... .... .... Garrett
Sugie Hagman .... ..... .... Garrett
Virgil Lowry .... .. . Bedford
Gertrude Porter .... .... ... Meyersdale
Herman Grant Lepley ... Elk Leck
Mary Agnes Tennefoss ... Elk Lick
—IMPORTANT NOTICE—
Somebody’s dog came upon my
phemises and killed a pet rabbit and
I give fair notice that I will shoot any
dog that comes upon my premises
unaccompanied by the trainer, keeper
or owner.
H. C. McKinley.
MANY CASES
Edwards, it is
his home in Johnstown, which re-
NO. 36
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UP IN COURT
The regular session of Criminal
Court convened in Somerset last
Monday. The usual routine business
took place, when the following cases
were disposed of:
Harry Fresh, charged with on of-
fense against morality; Sherman
Miller and Samuel Shaulis, charged
with aggravated assault and battery,
by Joseph Reese; Robt. Hay, charge-
with assault and battery by F. H.
Zeigler; Philip Cotchen and Joseph
Andrews, charged with blackmail, by
J. C. Bently, of Boswell. Henry Metz,
charged with rape; Joseph ‘Roberts,
charged with a serious offense against
morality.
The following cases were nol-
prossed. Roy Shaulis, offense against
morality; Edward Friedline, offense
against morality; James Labor, op-
erating a motor vehicle when intovi-
cated; John McMahon and Howard
Kelley, peddling; Joseph Fenya, as-
sault and battery.
Continuance were anounced in the
following cases: Boyd Trimble, of-
fense against morality; Walter Stott,
offense ‘against morality.
Pleas of guilty entered by these
defendents: J. R. Gardner, ‘operating
motor vehicle when - intoxicated;
Steve Nyeste, aggravated assault and
battery. :
Among the cases heard in court
this week pleas of guilty were enter-
ed by these defendents: Robert Terry
larceny; Annie Soranco, selling * li-
quor without a license; George
Fleegle, receiving stolen goods, ‘par-
oled; Oran F. Saylor, cha¥ged with
offense against morality. Frank J.
Brogan, assault and battery and
urety. of the peace, paroled. .
Nagy, pointing fire arms and’ carry-
ing coneealed Weapons; Mike Kash-
inski, larceny.
The following cases were settled?
O. M. Llewellyn, larceny; William
Russell Rosenberger, John Walker
and Chester Herring, charged with
offenses against morality.
Decisions were handed dewn in the
following cases: Charles Burkholder,
larceny, not guilty; Uriah Sylow,
ceny, not guilty, prosecutor, Tom
Daniels, pay costs; Williams Williams
abuse of confidence, not guilty, pres:-
cutor, Edward H. Shaulis, pay costs;
Benton Anderson, larceny, not guilty,
Angelo DeGrazzia, larceny, not guilty
defendent and prosecutor, George I..
Silva, each pay half the costs; Ian
Jones, carrying concealed weapons,
sentenced to three months in jail.
Joseph Cassese, charged with an
offense against morality, was direct-
ed to pay the sum of $1 cach week
for seven years.
Continuances were announced in
the following cases: Norman L. Shau-
lis, statutory rape and an offense a-
gainst morality; Henry Reitler, big-
amy and adultery; Fred Elsworth,
larceny; Merle Gindlesperger, Chas.
Eisentrout, Walter Scott, Everett
Pyle, offenses against morality; R.
L. Byrd, practicing medicine and sur-
gery without a license; Harry Show-
man, larceny; John Ewanick, assault
and battery; Steve Chivey, adultery;
John Horyath, assault and battery;
Joe Kosatch, aggravated assault and
battery; Verna Himmer, assault and
battery and surety. Grace Eppley,
assault and battery and surety.’
Tape
VISITORS
On Monday, about noon a delega-
tion of about a dozen autos drove into
town occupied by strange men. The
Burgess was besought to interview
them as to their intention and inform
them of our helpless condition, about
fifty of our men being now in Augus-
ta and a few were drafted and were
on their way south.
However, they were seen to be
friendly with Mr. Mason, of the Dull
Mercantile Co., and also were a very
gentlemanly bunch, a few more fear-
less soon learned that they were
members of the Consolidation Coal
Company from West Virginia, Mary-
land and Kentucky, and were on a
visit of ‘inspection of their properties
in the states named, as well as those
in this state.
Use Ivory shaker table Salt, it newer
gets hard, 10c per box at—
Habel & Phillips