HE MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL, MEYERSD ALE, PA. rma ” FIREMEN’S POPULAR CONTEST | HAS BEGUN { The Firemen’s contest of Meyers- | dale for popularity has already shown a great deal of manifestation among the people of the county and up to ‘Wednesday evening when the first count was tabulated it was found. that a good many contestants had al- ready endorsed their intentions to win the valuable prizes to be given to the winners of the different contests. For the popular lady or girl it was found that fifteen contestants had al- ready signified their willingness to capture the prizes while the contests for popular boy, popular baby and homely or popular man were far be- yond all expectations for the first day. { ‘All contests will be decided on next Friday evening, September 21, at the carnival grounds and voting stations will be established in the prominent stores of Meyersdale which will give the friends of the various contestants a chance to show ‘Leir generosity by depositing~their votes in the different ballot boxes. ig A list of the standing of cach con- test will be posted each ‘evening at the different voting places carnival which will tend*to: snow each of the contestants how their friends are helping them out. The following is the standing of the contéstants up to wi tinesday ev en ‘ # POPULAR LADY Name ! Emma Finnegan .... tise. oe Marion Dickey Mary Darrow. ... .... .alalwvocs 17 “Marcella Reich .... —o sprrioe 25 “Rose McKenzie .... ....'%. 04 F1L Hilda Lichty ..i i. sie saiass 28, Pearl Wertz .... ... Ae 25 Bessie Hady 021 Mildred Donges ... -.- wor’ or 2 Pauline Groff .... ... 32a. 19 Grace Saylor: i. fs ei lipmet ve 33 Elizabeth Wagner .... stan 8 EdithsRae .... - Lavage Evelyn Seckemby EET 26 BOYS CONTEST Homer Miller . wc oe 18 Farl Bowman .... ©... eo... 25 William Jenkins .... ....e. hws 16 Ghar Dively .... ote ee gs Pal Dively... ne TY Joe Poley =. .... ir akanbke ar Bb Jerry: Reich .... coo cil sie com eens 19 John Foy ... . vases 10 Co rere CHICAGO MAYOR ACCUSED OF AIDING ENEMIES OF U. S. fat the | {by the two forces, virtually equal in 4-geribed arc where it-is impossible for HOMELY or - POPULAR wan George Keim Charles” Fennessey a .o - . J. 1. Smith... =... +. GL C. W. Baldwin .... &. 58a 4 Burgess Gress .... wc. eee wren oe 14 Tom "Weller .... -... wc saw ineee 16 Grant Tressler .... ... ... .... 5 Phil: Reich oF rou on en 27 P.B. Have .. 0 i viii io 15 J. B. Jenkins .... oc. woe due 200 Frank Bolden .... .... .... ..onn 78. George Logue .... -.o oo oe 36 Chas. Dia... «oi oe amie 9 PH Ramer .... .... .... --. .. 2 16 J. B. Schardt ... 18 At the aeeling. of the “committee of Firemen on Wednesday it was de- cided that the contest for the popu- | dar baby would be declared off#and that only the three above: pontests for popular lady, popular boy and homely or popular man would bec con- tested’ for. © ¥ PUBLIC THANKS The letter from the Somerset Board of’ Trade fully explains itself and we cheerfully give room for the letter without mutilation. Mr. C. W. Baldwin, Meyersdale, Pa., My dear Mr. Baldwin: — The Somerset Board of Trade does not wish to let the occasion go by without thanking you and the Meyersdale Band for their generous participation in the send- off of Com- pany “C” last Friday night. While we realized that the departure of Company “C” was not a Somerset affair, but a matter of interest to the whole county, yet we do feel that since the Somerset Board of Trade did try to arrange for the celebra- tion, that it was a matter of very great courtesy on your part and on the part of the Band to come over and assist us in making the boys of Company “C” feel that our hearts and our interests are with them. We feel this particularly since’ the weather was anything but favorable that night. We trust that the occasion may come when Somerset can show their good will in such active service as you rendered us and that by such exchange of favors we can draw our towns even more closely together. Again thanking you, I am, » Very: sincerely; x Hdgar' F. Hoffmeier, Sec. 0. P. Kuffer. 12, 191%, Children ory FOR: FLETCHER’S CASTORIA September on ‘a pro-Arver.can:and pro-war with Germany pia tform,’ “has apparently completely fargoiten those planks. His Photo by American Press Asaociation. | WILLIAM H. THOM. Bo... Mayor Thompson; who wag elected anti-ally utterances’ and action§, and his espousal of the pacifist cause cul- minated in one of his lieutenants being mobbed in mistake for him, He also has been hanged in effigy. A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE WAR / io The fight against That the heights north- east of Gorizia continues night and day.» The continuous contest seems to the observer to be animated by super- human force, the Italians and the Aus- trians almost constantly engaging in hand-to-hand encounters. A strange situation is brought about numbers, strength and determination, struggling for supremacy in a circum- either side to employ more men, or angillery. : $3 Russian Aroops took’ the offeisive against the German forces in the re- gion of Segevold; - thirty-two miles northeast of Riga. In certain sectors, the Petrograd official statement: says, the Russian “death battalion,” defeat- ed the Teutons and forced. them “back. German airplanes raided the Chath- am-Sheerness area of" ‘England (Chath- mess is a naval and military depot), inflicting what were officially de- scribed as “naval casualties” totaling 107 dead and 86 wounded.; " On the Isle of Thanet the raiders ‘killed one and wounded six other per: sons. Chatham contains immense military and naval establishments, docks, bar- racks, engineer schools and immense fortincations ‘Sheerness is also a strongly forti- fied seaport, the naval arsenal of’ 'Eng- taxation measure in American history —was passed by the senate. vides for a levy somewhat under ‘$2, 400,000,000, as compared with $1,867. 870,000 proposed in the bill as i passed the house May 28. am is a British naval base and Sheer-, SENATE PASSES WAR TAX BILL Upper Housa Adds Half Billion + Doliars to Measure MANY AMENDMENTS LOST La Follette’s Substitute Bill Proposing to Raise Three Billions and a Half Is Defeated. The war tax bill—the largest single It pro- The vote was 89 to 4, Senators Borah, Gronna, La Follette and Norris being recorded in opposition, Senator Hardwick’s amendment to provide a zone system increasing sec- ond class postage rates on advertising portions’ ‘of publications was rejected, 48 to 20. 'His plan, it was estimated, ‘would raise: $16,500,000 next year. The senate adopted, 40 to 34, ‘Sena- tor Smoot’s' motion te strike out’ the ‘McKellar amendment providing 6 a zone increage-in second class postage rates beyond 300 miles and designed ito secure $12,600,000. The house zone provision and the senate ‘finance ¢om. mittee’s specidl publishers’ profits pro- visions alréady had been eliminated. Senator La Folette’s substitute war tax . bill, proposing to raise about : $3,500,000,000 solely from income, War profits, liquor . and tobacco, was .re- jected, 65 to 15, The Jones amendment, revised by the committee to levy a 10 per cent tax upon corporations’ undistributed surplus, was adopted on a viva voce vote: © A substitute by Senafor Jodes to eliminate an exemption in the com- mittee’s clause of income actually in- vested and employed was, defeated, 45 to 35. : Senator Owens’ amendment, provid- ing for a tax ranging from 1 per cent on inheritances of $100,000 to 1007 per cent on those over $95,000,000 was re- jected by a vote of 51 to 30. Ek The senate voted, 52 to 28, to strike out all consumption taxes in the bill, including those on sugar, tea and cocoa, all designed to raise $86,000,000. WESTERN PENNA AT HEAD 8,300 Men Have Been Sent to Will. tary Camps. ~~. President T. J. Keenan ‘of thedap- peals draft board of Allegheny c announced that up to Saturda 8,300' men had been sent to camps from western Pennsylvania’ “This, the greatest number of troops ever sent from this end of the state, is nevertheless just a starter in this war,” said Colonel Keenan. Americans In Brazil's Liberty Parade,’ American sailors from the Atlantic patrol were among 22,000 troops which paraded on Brazil’s indepen- dence day in Rio Janeiro. The Ameri. jcans were greeted with the wildest <athusiasm. LIVE STOCK AND GRAIN Pittsburgh. 45% @463%c; Ohic Eggs—Fresh, 42c. Butter—Prints, creamery, 42@43c. land. It likewise has great docks. A German submarine bombarded French, commander of home defense forces, announced. Three persons were killed and five injured. The material damage to the town was slight. The submarine fired thirty rounds in all, half of the shells falling on land. Scarborough, the “queen of the Brit ish watering places,” is a summer re- sort village on a headland extending into the North sea, 337 miles north- east of York. So far as known it is an unfortified town. Germany is preparing another strategic retreat in Flanders, accord- ing to reports. The new retreat to positions, ‘as the German military staff will probably announce it, will clear western ‘Flan- ders, east of Ypres and Dixmude as far as the line between Courtrai and Thourout. If it is carried out in its entirety it will release almost 225 square miles of Belgium from the in- vaders' grip. DRAFTEES IN CAMP Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio Men Under Arms: At Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va., men from western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. are arriving by the thou- sands. consignment of 46,000 will be in camp. The men as soon as they arrive ‘are assigned to regiments in the One Hun. dred and Sixtieth infantry brigade un- der command of General Lloyd M. Brett. Draftees Reach Camp Sherman. Unexpected orders detailed 200 com- missioned officers now at Camp Sher- man, the national army training camp at Chillicothe, O., to the Ohio national guard training camp at Montgomery, Ala., were received. The men, mostly Ohio graduates from the first officers’ training c am Pp at Fort Benjamin Hap. 3a, V 1m ately. western Pennsylvania's continue to arrive and by edi I ght the frst Bb per cent will be ur bans the British town of Scarborough, Lord | Within a few weeks the full Cattle—Prime, $11.50@12.50; $13@14.25; good, tidy butchers, $10.50@ 11.50; fair, $8.75@10; common, $7@ 7.75; heifers, $6@10.25; common to good fat bulls, $6@9.50; common to good fat cows, $4.50@8.756; fresh cows and springers, $40@90. Sheep and Lambs—Prime wethers, $11.50@12; good mixed, $10@11; fair mixed, $8.50@9.50; culls and common, $4.50@7; heavy ewes, $7@10; spring lambs, $12@17; veal calves, $15.50@ 16; heavy and thin calves, $7@11.50. Hogs—Prime heavy, heavy mixed and mediums, $19@19.10; heavy York- ers, $18.75@19.10; light Yorkers, $17.75@18.25; pigs, $16.560@17.50; roughs, $16.50@18; stags, $156@156.50. Cleveland. Hogs—Yorkers, $18; choice heavies, $18.25; good mixed, $18@18.10; pigs, $16.50; roughs, $16.25; stags, $14.50 Sheep and Lambs—Choice spring lambs, $15.50@16; fair to good, $14@ $8.50@10; culls and common, $5@86. Calves—Choice veal calves, $15.560@ 16; mixed, $14.50@15; heavy and com- mon, $3@12. Cattle—Prime shipping steers, $11@ 11.50; good to choice, $9.50@10.50; fair to good, $7.50@8.25; common to light steers, $6.50@7.25; good to choice heifers, $7.50@8:50; choice fat butcher bulls, $7.26@8.25; bologna bulls, $6@7; choice fat cows, $7@8; fair to good, $5.50@6.50; canners and cutters, $56@5.50; milch cows and springers, $60@ 90. Chicago. Hogs—Bulk, $16.90@18.05; light, $16.45@18.15; mixed, $16.45@18.30; heavy, $156.35@18.30; roughs, $16.36@ 16.65; pigs, $11.26@15.75. Cattle—Native beef cattle, $7.60@ 17; western steers, $6.50 @13.25; stock- ers and feeders, $6@9.25; cows and heifers, $4.65@1285; calves, $11.75@ 15.75. Sheep and Lambs—Wethers, $7.86 . second wanted to ride on freight ‘eats i = 14.50; common, $8@9; choice sheep,’ good to choice butcher, $8.50@9.50;, Promo#%ions In Business. In the American Magazine Thomas B. Wilson, the Chicago packer, says: “] often ask a man why he is doing a thing a certain way. If be tells me that he does it that way because it has always been done just like that I am inciined to be somewhat dubious about his ability. Not infrequently the fact that custom has been in force for thirty years is sufficient proof that it is wrong. We should be constantly on the lookout for better ways of doing things. Any business not showing constant advance- ment usually deteriorates. Individual positions are no exceptions. “One of the great foes to a good or- ganization is the practice of promoting by seniority alone. John Smith is moved into a vacancy because he has been in the department longer than some other fellow. This plan permits an inferior man to block the way of a good man. There should be no rules about promo- tion which can in any way hamper the selection of the best man for a place. In fact, I do not like to have too many rules about anything. Rules tend to make people follow custom without knowing why and without using much initiative.” er Origin of the Dahlia ‘By a curious irony the dahlia flowet, popular at the flower shows, is of very humble origin. It has been developed from a Mexican tuber. Some centu. ry and a half ago this plant was in. troduced into Europe by the Swedish botanist, Dr. Dahl, for, the purely com: mercial purpose of supplanting or sup- plementing the potato. But they did not prove popular, and the dahlia dish soon. disappeared from the dinner ta: bles of Europe, but the gardeners saw the latent possibilities of the. flower, from which théy have evolved the dou: ble dahlia and other popular floral fam cles. It would ‘thus appear that the dahlia had reversed the fate of the red clover, which was originally introduced as a garden flower, but was found to be much more desirable as a fine for- age. The tubers of the dahlia, though bitter, are still eaten in some parts of France. n ! Beyond Human Control. Children were discussing “what we'll do when we get big.” One wanted to be a milkman and ride’ around’ The and “make the round things go.” The third could not decide whether to be a minister or a grocer. The fourth child. a girl of eleven, did not care to tell.” “Aw,” cried he ‘for whom ‘the minis try and confectionery had “equal "at tractions, ‘“yurwant to’ get married.” “When ‘the toys'had fun off, the girl's ambition Yas confided to her favorite aunt. “I wouldn't tell them.” she said geornfully. “They couldn't tmderstand. Bit, aunty, I want’ ‘to’ be ‘a justice*of the supreme court and”—her voice be- came solemn—“beyond buman control.” ~Christian Register. Hlien | a # said the timid hightind 109- “1 wad kiss ‘ye; but I'm fedrt ye wadna let me.” ‘She blushed as’ Ted ag. the stnset, but | did not answer. ~~ 'Effie,” ‘he’ “repeated “timidly, a Title | 1ater, “1 said 1 ‘wad’ kiss ye, but I'm ‘fedrt ye wadna let me.” © ‘At the third repetition She asked: “Dae ye ‘min’, the cairt an” ye lifted them for me?” “Oh, aye!” he replied. “Weel, that shows, David,” she mur- mured, “that ye're far stronger thas me!” London Globe. 2 ny | The Clubby Smoke —“Bull” Durham You start something lively when you produce “Bull” Durham in a crowd of live-wires and start “rolling your own”. That fresh, mellow-sweet fragrance of “Bull” Durham makes everyone reach for “the makings”. A hand-rolled “Bull” Durham 4 cigarette brims over with zest and snap and the - of sprightly spirits. 1 ‘GENUINE ‘BULL DURHAM SMOKING TOBACCO Made of rich, ripe Virginia-Notth Carolina leaf, “Bull” Durham is’ the mildest; most enjoyable tobacco in the world. 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He—Then you are not interested in my welfare. She—No; but if the two syllables were transposed I'd not only Transcript. ©0000000600000000 PRACT! CAL HEALTH HI NT. 8d Wher Baby Cries. ‘Well babies do.net cry. When a:baby cries and cries it is inva- riably an indication that it is ili When ‘a baby cries himself to gleep ‘find’ out why he does sou: Aninfant may beso uncomfort- able’ from frequent handling that’ he is made nervous: feverish even and ill. . The nervous sys- tem of the young child is exqui- sitely sensitive, and profound sys- temie disturbances frequently re- . sult from irritation of a child's nerves. It is the mother’s duty to insist upon having her baby treated with courtesy.. When he is lying down to rest or content- edly playing with his toes no one should be allowed to touch him. Letting him . alone saves his nervous system from being irri; tated. ‘Naughty, fidgety” ba- bies are made 80 by their well meaning caretakers and visitors. 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It may be said unhesitatingly that the country which has produced the greatest men in literature and philoso- |’ phy, art and. architecture is Greece. In the little state of Attica—not much larger than Greater New York—true | civilization and all that ‘goes along with it , were born, All that has been done since the “age of Pericles” has been simply | the ¢éarrying out of the ideas, princl sles and methods” laid Marks of a Great Man. A really great mdn is known iby three signs—genecrosity in the design. humanity in the execution and modera tion in success.—Bismarck. and Salamis, Plataea and Mycale. Gal- ton, a high authority, does not hesitate to say that Athens and the little state of which it was the capital produced Greatest Inland Sea. + The greatest inland sea is the Cas- pian gea, which is 700 miles long and 270 miles wide. | An tidiscreet man is an unsealed let- | ter. 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