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EBER K. COCKLEY,
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EVEN 4 RAT WILL FIGHT
WHEN IT IS CORNERED
When President Taft was a
candidate for re-election in
1912 and the campaign began
to get pretty warm—so warm
that he could not stand it to
keep his pious and dignified
face straight and smiling any
longer—when he ‘stepped
down from the dignity of his
high office to roll up his shirt
sleeves and engage in an active
campaign to continue in pow-
er what he believed to be the
one and only party or policy
which could direct or guide
the nation safely and protect
the best interests of its citizen-
ship, a host of friends besieged
him with this question, “Why,
Mr. Taft, do you not remain in
the White House and not take
any part in the disgraceful mud
slinging and scramble for self
aggrandizement?’’ And Mr.
Taft replied, “Even a rat will
fight when it is cornered and
cannot get to its hole.”
Reviewing the election ea
turns in the papers last week
we could not help but recall
that little bit of wisdom uttered
by Mr. Taft, which can be very
appropriately applied to the
political situation at the pres-
ent time. In almost every in-
stance where the Socialist Par-
ty showed signs of unusual
strength and where prospects
of a Socialist victory loomed up
before them, Democratic and
Republican politicians laid a-
side all their so-called griev-
ances, and, where they did not
actually put up a fusion ean-
didate, they had an under-
standing among themselves, or
in other words a slate, which
they used as a weapon to “de-
feat” the Socialists. In New
York the Republicans deserted
their candidate for Mayor, Mr.
Bennett, and went over by the
thousands to the Tammany
stool pigeon, Mr. Hylan, in or-
der to “defeat” Mr. Hillquit,
the Socialist candidate. In
Chicago a slate was made up
by the old line politicians con-
taining-the names of both Dem-
ocrats and Republicans, and it
was a straight fight, with the
Socialists on one side and all
non-Socialists on the other. In
Akron, Buffalo, Cincinnati,
Cleveland, Dayton, Reading,
Rochester, in fact, about every
where that an election was
held there was evidence of
“a rat in the corner.” And the
tremendous gains made by the
Socialists in all of these local-
ities indicate that the politi-
cians were pretty much in the
same predicament as Mr. Taft
was when he uttered those
words of wisdom.
It looks very much as if the
Socialist Party has the rat cor-
nered, and all men who are
with us in the fight to exter-
minate the rat as a factor in
politics should come forth and
offer his services in the effort.
Any person in the United
States found with explosives in
his possession after Novem-
ber 15, and who does not have
a license issued by the Federal
government showing the pur-
pose for what the explosives
are to be used, will be at once
arrested and fined up to $5,000
or sent to prison for one year.
If the circumstances warrant,
the person may be fined $5,000
and in addition given one year
in prison. :
This the principal clause .in
a war measure passed by the
last Congress which is now be-
ing put into effect by the Bur-
eau of Mines, Department of
the Interior, which bureau has
been charged with its enforce-
ment. Francis S. Peabody, of
Chicago, a well-known coal op-
erator familiar with the use of
explosives, large amounts of
which are used in the coal
mining industry, has been ap-
pointed by Secretary of the In-
terior Lane to act as assistant
to the Director of the Bureau
of Mines, Van H. Manning, in
the enforcement of the law.
Under the law, the Director ot
4
the Bur powered to
utilize the services of all Uni-
ted States officers and all po-
lice officers of the states, in-
cluding the city police forces,
county sheriffs, deputies, con-
stables and all ofiicers in any
way charged with police duties
The Police of the cities have
already been organized for
this -work, headed by a com-
mittee of chiefs of poiice in the
big cities, of which Major R.
W. Pullman, superintendent of
police of Washington, D. C., is
chairman. The police are not
only to look after the enforce-
ment of the law, but are also to
make thorough investigations
of all dynamite outrages and
fires in factories and ware-
houses, and to make their re-
ports to the Director of the
Bureau of Mines.
Persons apprehended in
plots to blow up factories and
bridges will be turned over to
the authorities for prosecution
under Federal or state laws.
Most states have specially se-
vere punishments for these
crimes. New York has an ex-
treme penalty of twenty-five
years imprisonment for the
placing of dynamite with in-
tent to blow up property. The
penalty provided in this Fed-
eral war measure is merely to
cover the illegal possession of
explosives.
The law provides that every-
one who handles explosives
must have a license. The man-
ufacturer, the importer and
the exporter must have licens-
es issued by the Bureau of
Mines in Washington. The
seller ofs explosives and the
purchaser of explosives must
also have licenses, these to be
issued generally by county
clerks, or other local officers
who are authorized to adminis-
ter oaths. There will be at
least one licensing officer in
each county, and more agents
will be designated if the coun-
ty is sufficiently large to war-
rant it. If a state has laws
providing for a system of li-.
censing persons manufacturing
storing, selling or using explo-
sives, the state officials author-
ized to issue such state licens-
es ‘shall be designated as fed-
eral agents; also city officials
qualified to issue city explo-
sives licenses will be given
authority to issue federal li-
censes. A federal license will
not relieve any person from se-
curing licenses required under
state laws and local ordinances
In each state there will be
appointed a state explosives
inspector, who will represent
the Bureau of Mines in the ad-
ministration of the law within
the state.
Only citizens of the United
States or of countries friendly
to the United States and the
Allies may so obtain license.
Contractors, mining ecom-
panies, quarrymen and others
using large quantities of ex-
plosives, which are handled by
employees, may issue explo-
sives to their employees only
through those employees hold-
ing a license, called a fore-
man’s license.
The purchaser of dynamite,
in obtaining a license, must
state definitely what the ex-
plosive is to be used for and
will be held accountable for
its use as stated and the re-
turn of any explosives that
may be left.
With the strict enforcement
of this law, the Federal auth-
orities hope to prevent explo-
sives falling into the hands of
evilly-disposed persons and to
put a stop to all further dyna-
mite plots.
“MORE LIKE BAER”
Washington, D. C.— The
Farmers’ League of North Da-
kota has the Washington Poli-
ticians guessing. It is known
that there are 40,000 members
of the League in North Dakota,
and it is claimed that there
are 90,000 in other states. The
mandate has gone out that
there must be “more Congress-
men like Baer.” The Repub-
lican and Democratic Com-
mitteemen have been up a-
gainst many forms of indepen-
dent political movements, but
the North Dakota plan, where-
in the voter pays a fee into the
treasury for the purpose of
helping to protect his suffrage
is vitally different from the
methods by which the old par-
ties are accustomed to work,
and they are afraid that there
really may be “more like Baer”
sent to Washington.
Use Oleomargarine and re-
duce the cost of living, 36c¢
per pound—
at HABEL & PHILLIPS | w
REAL ESTATE
erset County real estate have
been consumated during the
week ending October 30th, ac-
cording to deeds recorded in
the office of Recorder John E.
Custer:
George P. Brubaker to Car-|
rie Fogle, Berlin, $175.
Berlin School District to G.
E. Fogle, Berlin, $2,000.
Charles E. Moore to Harry
W. Moore, Lincoln Township,
$800.
Scalp Level Coal Mining Co.
to Pennsylvania Rail Road Co.,
Shade Township, $1.
Frank Veres to Harry C.
Umberger, Shade 7 ownship,
$1.
Harry C. Umberger to Frank
Veres, Shads Tewnship, $1.
Telford Lewis to Jasahill
Coal Mining Co., Conemaugh,
$1. :
Samuel Dempsey’s Xxtr. to
Nora A. Berkebile, Hoovers-
ville, $2,200.
Jennie Wilmoth to Herman
J. Leltig, Larimer Township,
$5,250.
William H. Shultz’ Heirs to
Charles H. Harah, Casselman,
$700.
Isaac Manges to Audry Le-
ver, Shade Township, $2,000.
Henry C. Umberger to Paul
Hrapscsak, Shade Township,
$120.
J. K. Lev to William H. Mil-
ler, Shade Township, $400.
Maniel Coati to Peter Jiru-
cek, Shade Township, $800.
John Kavicky to Katie Ka-
vicky, Shade Township, $181.
Amos W. Knepper to John
W. Brunner, Somerset Town-
ship, $7,000.
Henry Dickey to E. Leroy
Cook, Brothersvalley, $2,801.
F. S. Bissell to Edgar N. Mil-
ler, Elk Lick Township $20,000
S. Newton Mognet to Mary
E. Mognet, Middlecreek Town-
ship, $400.
H. W. Musser to J. R. Shanks
Windber, $3,865.
George Sewells Mowry’s
Trustee to H. . Musser,
Windber, $3,865. :
Henry Johus':: to Daniel B.
Zimmerman, Jenner, $1,500.
George H. Weber's Admr.
to William Eckels. Addison,
$150. ;
John H. Veil to Berwin
White Coal Mining Company,
Paint Borough, $1.
Mathias Nahlew to Maud V.
Brinton, Ursina Borough, $1.
Luther G. Gardner to Chas.
E. Hurd, Jenner Twp., $1,605.
George Shockey to Sebas-
tian W. McKenzie, Greenville,
$125.
Rebecca Kaufman to Johns-
town Somerset Railway Co.,
Conemaugh, $1.
Henry A. Zimmerman to
Johnstown Somerset Railway
Co., Conemaugh, $1.
Samuel Shaffer to County of
Somerset, $450.
Essie M. Long to Catherine
¥ Long, Somerset Township,
Mary Ellen Long to Henry
S. Kimmel, Somerset Township
$525. .
James’ B. Holderbaum to
Frederick W. Beisecker, Som-
erset Borough, $1,650.
John J. Kimmel to Harvey
H. Kimmel, Jefferson Town-
ship, $2,000.
Harve M. Kimmel to John J.
Kimmel, Jefferson Township,
$9.500.
Eliabeth Custer to Leroy
Long, Windber, $1,125.
W. S. Mowry to Robert H.
Frantz,
$700.
Husband Cemetery Co. to
Frank A. Holbert, Somerset
Township, $50.
John F. Walker to Edward
Fallier, Jenner Twp., $1.500 .
Leah Negrelli DeCara to
Maria Duca, Windber, $1.
Maria Duca to Joseph De-
Cara, Windber, $1.
C. A. Miller to Sadie A.
Flick, Rockwood Boro., $185.
John M. Cover to Emma J.
Dannecker, Meyersdale, $1,500
Adam J. Sembower to w.|
W. Keim, Upper Turkeyfoot
Township, $10.
Alvin H. Ferner to Margaret
B. Barnett, Black Township,
$5,000.
Harry H. Gnagey to James
C. Michaels, Somerset Borough!
$5,000.
W. H. Stoddard to E. D¥
Mostoller, Somerset Boro., $1.
George F. Rinard to Andrew
Anderson, Windber Borough,
$4,750.
B. F. Kline to E. J. Frauen-
heim Coal Co., Lincoln TWP}
$406.10.
William H. Dickey to Henry
Dickey, Brothersvalley Town-
ship, $1.
Ella Fisher’s he
D. Mostoller, Stoney-
rard 5
Somerset Township, !
irs to Ed-:
| ARMENIAN SYRIAN RELIEF
The following deals in Som-| Last August $73.25 was con-
‘tributed for Arme~nian-Syrian
relief at a union service held
in the Methodist church. Last
week I received a letter and
some literature from the "~w
{ York committee in whic 2
{following statements occur:
| “Thousands of our fellow
| men, women and children are
| starving today; others will be!
! dying tomorrow of starvation;
as winter approaches an in- |
| creasing number will die every
| day unless we help and help
| quickly.” i
Apportionment for Meyersdale
: “To provide food, clothing
.and other necessities of life
| during the winter months for
nearly 3,000,000 destitute sur-
| vivors in western Asia requires
a minimum total of $30,000,-!
1 000. Of this amount the care-
{fully computed proportionate
share that normally should be
| contributed from your city Is,
| “The above apportionment!
may seem large, but should:
every city and town in the
' United States contribute its
full share as suggested, the
total would give to each de-!
' pendent man, woman and child
a pittance of less than eight’
cents per day to meet the win-
ter’s needs at famine prices.
Every dollar lacking means
untold suffering and possible’
| death, which is within our
power to prevent.
This speaks for itself. It is
an appeal to the people of
fering and starving. What can!
be done in the matter Ido not!
know, but what ought to be
done I do know. An organi-
i zation of leading citizens ought
ito be effected, and some man
of health and vigor and a lively
conscience ought to be selected
| as manager of the cause. Per-
| sons of wealth and persons of
large incomes ought to be ap-
i pealed to for liberal contribu-
tions. The committee says
(that one individual has given
$100,000, another $90,000
rand others $25,000 each.
There are at least a dozen per-
sons in our community who
can each contribute $100 and
upward without any injury to
| themselves or their fanfilies.
Hence there. ought to be no
difficulty in securing the $1,140
asked for. The inclemency of
the season and my age prevent
me from taking a leading part
in such work, but the cause
lies so heavily upon my heart
that I am constrained to pub-
lish these statements and lay
the matter before the leading
citizens of the town and com-
munity. Let the worthiness of
the cause and the honesty and
. responsibility of the committee
in charge be investigated, and
if the call for help be a justi-
| fiable one, as I believe it to be, |
‘let the funds for the cause be,
secured. The present is no
time in which men and women!
"ought to bend all their ener-!
gies towards the accumulation:
| of large wealth for themselves.
| The spirit of patriotism, the
{love of Humanity and the
teachings of Christianity -unite
in demanding that persons of
means should minister unto the
suffering and needy. It is my
earnest prayer that this matter
¢hall be given sympathetic con-
sideration by the people of the
community. Men, women and
children are suffering and dy-
ing; we can alleviate their suf-
fering and save their lives if
we will. Will we do it?.
Respectfully submitted,
A. E. Truxal.
NO TRESPASSING
Persons are hereby notified that!
hunting or trespassing on my prem-
ises will not be permitted.
John Heining,
6 : Garrett, R. D. No. 2
creek Township, $200.
Daniel E. Long to John M.
Lambert, Stoneycreek $9,823.:
Chauncey Dickey to Maryi
Jane Dickey, Somerset Twp. $1
John N. Cover to Calvin
| Suder, Meyersdale Borough,
$1,400.
James R. Barron to Puro
| Coal Company, Black Town-!
| ship, $1.
Henry H. Johnston to Thom.)
' as Benegose, Jenner Township, |
| $150.
| Oliver G. Barnhart’s heirsi
|to John M. Lambert, Stoney-|
creek, $50.
| _ Daniel E. Long to John Mj
| Lambert, Stoneycreek, $10,983]
{ John M. Lambert to R. A.!
| Walter, Stoneycreek, $10. |
Catone Cammarata to John!
Del Crosse, Windber, $925. |
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The Only White
Shop in Town
JACK’S PLAC
« When you want a real shave or hair cut under the the most senitary
conditions possible, this is the place to come. Send the children to
us, we use the same care and take the same pains with everyone.
“The best is none too good” for our patrons is our motto. Try us.
Jack Dively
Lower Center St.
Meyersdale, Pa.
Meyersdale for aid to the suf-|
Just Arrived
10,000 Black Shells
The Black Shell Prize Contest
We will give a handsome gun case free to
The Black Shell user who gets the best single
day’s bag during the season. The gun case is
of genuine leather, is made for a double-bar-
reled gun having a barrel of thirty inches or
less. It is lined with felt and contains an
inside pocket for cleaning rod The end of
case is fastened with 2 combination locking
buckle. This is a distinctly high-grade case.
Meyersdale Hardware Co.
J. W. MALLERY, Prop.
115 Center Street, Meyersdale, Pennsylvania
Graphophones
Have you ever given this a study---by looking at a Gramaphone on the
outside does not make a good machine. It is the interior that makes the
machine. Call and compare our Columbia with others and be the judge
F. B. THOMAS
Leading Druggist
Meyersdale, Pa.
Columbia Records for December will be on sale the 20th of this month
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