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MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL io the Socialis; appeal? Is it not { ,
Issed Every Wednesday possible that abnormal conditions yur est ul
er K. Cookley, Editer and Pro- brought on by the war may have the
{effect of bringing to a point of identi-
ty the interests of both the slave for
5 per year. | Profits and the slave for wages—the
‘small business man and the horny
{handed son of toil? Or is it to be
{passed upon as simply a case of eco-
{nomic determinism, which to the
{average man is a term that does not
at this time have any definite mean-
Tr.
bseription price, $1.2
vertising rates, 10 cents per |
space; 10 cents extra per |
for composition done at this of-|
5 cents per inch additional for |
‘red position. Small reader ads.,
ts per line. These rates are net.
for
ing?
SCOo1 y i hublishe ns :
ants or cutting of publi d Verily, some strange things are
now coming to pass, but, we will
tered as second-class matter, at
ost-office at Meyersdale, Pa.,
b act of March 3, 1914.
venture to say, not nearly so strange
yet as some that are about to come.
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EDITORIAL
HERALD OF VICTORY
TE NELLY 3 VIEW IF
eee IL WAUKEE ELECTION
usiness in selling to commis- |
officers of the army the uni-
they are required to wear, and
they must under existing reg-
ns purchase from their own
from a private concern. Pa-
Senators presented complaints
are reaching them, some cases | Victory for our party.”
cited where an officer is held | This was the declaration of Ed-
three to five times the actual | {mund T. Melms. Socialist candidate,
of an outfit, and in some in- | op the results of the speciaj election
p this has been cited as a cause | held Wdnesday, Jan. 2, for the elec-
prospective officer who is a
br of the ‘working class having | the
en his commission because he | eighth senatorial district, made up of
not pay the exorbitant prices | several wards on the south side in
ded by private profiteers. | Milwaukee.
Chairman of the Committee | Practically complete returns show
these patriotic Senators that [that Melms was defeated by 217
mmittee is investigating, and | votes He received 3,952 votes com-
ed that some things may be | pared to the 4,169 ballots cast for the
bed through this investigation | combination candidate, Louis Fons,
ould not be permitted to ap- | running on the Republican ticket.
print, | Big Lead Wiped Out!
attention of the Senate was | The special election resulted from
led to an alleged understand- [the vacancy caused by the expulsion
ween the Quartermasier’s de- [of i'rank Raguse, Socialist, from the
nt of the army and some pri- (State senate, because of alleged dis-
mg which has this long post-|loyal remarks made during a speech
he furnishing of uniforms to on the floor of the senate. He re-
by the government itself at {fused to sign a ‘retraction’ ‘framed’
0st, and an investigation of | by the democratic and republican
rge was also promised. {senate leaders and was ousted.
the attitude of the distin- | The Socialist victory anises drom
Senators during this discus- the fact that Raguse was elected in
the Senate chamber we get |a three-cornered fight in November,
ression that capitalism, as|1916. The combined anti-Socialist
bunkerdom, must be relegated | [vote in this election showed a major-
yrap heap as a result of the | ity of more than 2,100. This com-
war to make the world safe | bined opposition vote was cut down
Milwaukee, Jan. 7.— “We here jin
the result of
lw ednesday’s special election a grand
| Milwaukee consider
tion of a state senator from
War, Declares Hend
J.ondon, Jan. 15.—Arthur Hender-!
son, leader of the Labor party in the
House of Commons, stated it was his |
opinion that British labor would
welcome Premier Lloyd George’s|
statement of the aims for which
Great Britain is fighting in the world
war. “In some respects,” Henderson
said, “it embodies the principles and |
the object which labor, at our recent |
conference, defined as essential to the |
war aims.” |
Labor stands for the absolute free- |
dom and integrity of Belgium, Ser-
bia, Rumania and Montenegro and |
the establishment on a firm basis of
a league of nations and peoples for
disarmamen; and the prevention of
future wars, he pointed out.
“These things,” Henderson contin- |
ued, ‘‘constitute our irreducible mins |
imum, and if we secure this, we de-
sire the fullest resumption of inter-
national intercourse and the com-
an economic So
far
forms
‘war or a boycott.
to these principles we
no other-settlement cam be consist-
ent with the expressed desire for
peace, which, as’ he says, will not
wars.”
British labor, Henderson
war rly Welcomes the main | principles
List under this heading your busi-
ness name, location, telephone num-
ber and a brief general description of
lic.
more thin seven printed lines.) The
bn ceLacy, and. thig — as it | ony Wednesdaly to 217. - In other
be. | words, an opposition lead of 2,100 in
body whose blood flows {1916 was almost wiped out this week.
patriotic channels will wel- | Faced Wierd Opposition.
> downfall of such vicious | It was the wierdest kind of am
and the system which makes opposition tha; the Socialist Party
itable venture. | forces iin Milwaukee went up against
SU lin this special election.
LIVENGOOD PARTAKES| Not only were they opposed by the
E FORBIDDEN FRUIT. [regular combination of the republi-
: to say here, the present | cangg@#democrats, prohibitionists, pro-
e in which many strange | gressives and independents, but they
happening, a time in which | Were also forced to meet the villifi-
is stranger than | cation and abuse of several expelled
Socialists. Chief among the ex-party
now meighbor William S. [mimubers were A. M. Simong and
d, the editor of our es-| Winfield R. Gaylord, who vied with
ntemporary, to bite into the | the old party machine wheel horses
Socialism, and from the | in their mis-representation of Soc-
n which he wipes the juice |ialist principles. Charles Edward
his well developed journal- | Russell was imported in a hurry-up
it doesn’t go mearly so bad {attempt to turn back the rising Soc-
ght have imagined. | ialist tide. The lesson of Russell's
hs not been accustomed to | speeches and Hillquit’s record vote in
5s autograph associated with | New York City had evidently not
socialistic, but, on the con- been thoroly learned.
1 really
Cost is 50 cents per month,
+t x= =
MEYERSDALE, PA.
Furniture, Carpets,
Stoves, Pianos & Musical Goods;
Undertaking a Specialty;
phones,
W. B. COOK & SON,
bile, Compensation,
Glass Insurance,
Fire, Automo-
W. A. Clark,
Business Conducted at.the
Place; Prompt Attention Give.
31s; Both Phones.
= * *
GARRETT, PA.
Funeral Dir ector;
AN
WILLIAM MARTIN,
aess Repairing; Shoe Shine.
SIDNEY BURK « SON, First Nation- |
a) Bamk Bldg.’ Up-to-date Shaving |
Parlor,
plete repudiation of all attempts at |
as the Premier's statement con-
wel- |
come it and we are convinced that!
contain within it the need of future!
added, |
THE COMMERCIAL’S UP-TO. DAT
GUIDE AND PROFESSIONAL
These Business and Professional Men Cont
port of The Commercial; Commercial Re
to the Support of These Business and Px
R. REICH & SON, 130 Centre St.,
Wall Paper, |
all |
and Plate |
WILLIAM C. PRICE, Successor to
Same |
Shoe and Har- |
| PHOTOPLAY
Boisheviki Principles
Rejects Completely Any Idea of Making a
Naticnal or Imperial Profit Out of the]
€rson.
laid down by the Russian Govern-
ment, but it.rejeets as completely as
[the Bolsheviki themselves any idea
lof making a national or imperial pro-
| fig out of the war.
“In essentials we agree with
the Bolsheviki, and so, to judge
from his published statement,
{loes President Wilson,” Hender-
son declared. & “We now - are
making every effort to arrange
another interallied conference,
as a preliminary to a complete
conference of ‘the whole labor
movement of the world. We de-
sire nothing more than to have
a fresh and the fullest joint dis-
«nssion (with the representatives
«f labor, first among our ‘allies,
then with nemtrals, and our
present enemies. :
“I make one urgent request of
uur comrades in Russia. If they
reach any basis of agreement
with the centra powers for gen-
| eral peace, I ask them to insist
that the central powers shall
submit this basis for considera-
tion to all the governments and
peoples concerned.
‘They can then depend on it,”
Henderson concluded, “tha¢ the
representatives of British labor
will ‘do all “in their power to..
see that they | receive aclear,
| candid and r sasoned reply.”
BUSINESS
ECTORY
fibute to the Sup-
ofessional Men.
TON, PA.
oe
| MARK
Merchandise and. Country Produce.
Keconomy Phone.
| woos, va
i CRWAOD HARDWARE (€O., W.
Main St, General Hardware and
full line of Miming Tools. Econ-
omy phone. i“
{J. J. KARR, Farmers’ and Mer-
chants’ Bank Bldg., Tonsorial Ar-
tist.
A. MALSBERRY, W.
Jewelry and Watches;
Watch Inspector.
FRITZ MACHINE SHOP, Al Kinds
of Repair Work; Pipe ahd Pipefit-
tings. Hconomy phone.
THI. HOME MADE BREAD MAN, J.
D. Snyder. County Phone No. 26;
|E. Main St.,
B. & O.
i Economy phone Ne. 15.
| 4. ED. MILLER, W. Main St., Fruit
and Groceries. Fconomy phone
No. 87.
PETE MANCUSO, Ww. Main St., Mer-
chant Tailor; Cleaning, Pressing,
Repairing; Work Guaranteed.
THEATRE, Geo. Rid-
with this Paper
MOR a limited time we are able to
ders Contribute
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goods carried in stock, or of profes- |
sional] services available to the pub- |
No single ad listed to contain |
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[hicazo Labor Donoses
‘Chicago, Ill., Jan. 16.__Opposition
to the suggestion of Levy Mayer,
Rev. Newell Dwight Hillis and EIl-
bert H. Gary, that 5,000,000 Chinese
should be imported to the United
States to do the “rough work,”
voiced in the Chicago Federation of
Labor. The resolution adopted de-
clared:
‘Putting into effect such a half-
witted proposition would demoralize
working conditions in this country
and lower the standard of wages. Be-
sides, there are hundreds of thous-
ands of ‘men past military age who
are capable of doing the work re-
quired of willing hands and brains
to help the government win the
war.”
The
pers.
THE FAMILY MARKET BASKET
(By Samuel C. Dixon, M. D., Com: |
mission of Health.)
On a Saturday morning a poor
woman, with her baby in arms, was |
ket basket.
travagantly dressed gentlemen sitting
together, across the aisle from the
woman and child. One was evident- |
ly suffering with a bad cold, a ser-
ioms infection, which the extremely |
changeable weather had made very |
prevalent. This sick individual was
the floor of the car.
was |
resolutions will be sent ‘to |
President Wilson and Samuel Gom- |
returning from the town to her home |
in the suburbs with a well+filled mar- |
1
In the electric train were two ex- |
ignorant of sanitary laws, as well as !
police laws, for he wag spitting the |
poisonous contents of the cough on |
Directly, the |
two well-dressed individuals left the |
train at a way-station and the wo- |
~~ WEINSTEIN’S
Importation of Chines January Clearing Sale
At Price Reductions that will effect a clearance of all
this season’s garments.
Ladies’ Coats
At $4.90, $7.90, $12.90 and
$15.90.
Ladies’ Dresses
In Serge, Satin and Silk Poplin,
from $4.90 to $9.90.
Children’s Coats
From $1.90, $2.90, $4.90, $6.90.
Ladies’ Skirts
In all shades and in latest styles,
$1.90, $2.90, $4.90. ~
Ladies’ Suits
In Broadcloth, Poplin, Garba-
dite, Serges and Whipcord, in
all shades, at $9.50, $12.50,
$16.50.
Millinery
Ladies’ $3.50. $4.00, $5.00 Hats
will be closed out at $1.25.
Children’s Hats, $1.00 and $1.50
will be closed out at 50c.
Ladies’ Waists
$1. 25 and $1, 50 White Waists,
trimmed in Lace, in Voile’ andl”
Lawns, at 95¢.
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Do not miss these bargains and call at
Weinstein’s, next to P. O.
'MEYERSDALE, PA.
Beginning January 12, 1918.
ea
to feel
FreshandFit
—you must keep your stom-
ach well, your liver active,
the bowels regular, and your
blood pure. Your physical
condition depends on the
health of these organs.
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Driving Home!
Let us drive home to you
the fact that no washwoman
can wash clothes in as sani-
tary a manwper as that in which
the work is done at our laun-
dry. !
We use much more water,
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made it appear that he wi In Pad, Governor Phillips, THE ANGEMA LABORATORY, Man- | enour, Prop., W. Main St., First | 220 being somewhat crowded with | y § goes wrong | 3 change the water many more
1t Socialism and Sherman's! V fon In 2 COTTaISHID Javan €X*! ufacturers of Medicines, Toilet Ar- | Class Pictures; Change daily. baby and basket in the seat, divided | | 9 times, use purer and more
ut war were pretty much | ecutive, who has been active in ticles. BXLEhcts. Sos | fg 2 it am i
$ fu y Soap, ete., Main of- . : 2 x y with another passenger, moved to the | 4 o y
identical ideas. In fact, | crushing out the study of Socialism ice Pittsburgh, Pa. : ’ | MEYERS' HARDWARE & MEYERS’ PIITE Sart Te Ee Ch | § costly soap, and keep all the ;
impression which prevails | in the University’ of Wisconsin, and BEAL'S RESTAURANT. Short Or. YARIRTY STORE, N. KF. Meyers, She carelessly laged her basket) @ clothes in constant motion §
Suny oe | ex ) M . 4S Ms : hs i . | op... Mi "' G po i nt R ji oka . | . . 3
nds of men everywhere ba Joye MeGoyern Were: RIsol- ders; Cigars and Tobacco; Grocer- 0 es Hae er Ya on the floor in such a maner that it | @ id doses of Beecham Pills | X during the entire process. 2
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this section of the coun- Sous inte the distriet to help de Jes; Toe Cream; and Justice of thé > enn fing 9 ariety Goods. took up a portion of the poisonous TH avol ay SErious 1liness. - mn a
ve at times taken the 1ib- feap the Socialist candidate. Peace. .Noonomy Phone. “conomy , phone. | sputum. The rest of the story is €y are a fine corrective and : It is simply a matter of having ;
express themselves in the Sees Victory This Fall W. H. CLEMENS, Notary Public; Ice MILLER & WOLF, Successors to easily told. tonic for the system, and a | proper facilities. :
the Editor. “Money was poured into the dis-| (peam, Soda Water, Confection.| 7° DI. Locke, Miller Block,| The basket was carrisd home ana) great helpin maintaining good |¢& :
bre ig pending in the Sen- | trict Ike water in the frantic effort ery, etc. Economy Phone. Clothing, Shoes and Hats for Men. placed on the kitchen table where | health. A single box will $ Me ersdale Steam Laundr :
United States a resolution | to defeat us,” said Melms. “Many of |g. &. JUDY, General Merchandise | MILLER’S HOTEL AND RESTAUR- the food to be eatem raw would be | Prove the remedial edie of |¥ J : J :
if it were enacted into | the old panty voters became disgust- and Country Produce. Economy | ANT, Rooms, Meals, Short Orders; | prepared for the family. The sick- | OOOO 00 000000000
he production and distri- | ed and remained at home. They will phone. Tobacco and Cigars; full line of | ness of the baby in arms, and maybe | . -
howsprint paper out of the [Vote our ticke; mext time. The re-| wank KISTLER, Shoes, Hats and tiroceries. First Claks Accomoda- | other members of the family, can be | ook
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he poweriul paper trust sul of this election assures us com- Tailor Made Suits a Specialty; full tions. . left to the imagination. | > i z *
trol of this great indus- | Plete victory in both the legislative | jie of Dry Goods and Notions. ! rE | To keep well, our foodstuffs must s )
Federal Trade ' Commis- | and congressiona] elections this fall.’ Next Door to Postoffice. | SOMERSET, PA he kept clean. | . (RiY] $850 De Us ;
The resolution referred | * x = oe Sg | : :
: i \ Senate | SHIP YARD RAISES WAGES. ; r fi 0 : ; : ;
denounced in the Senate | Rales : HOOVERSVILLE, PA. |W. CURTIS TRUXAL, Attorney-at-| WORLD WHEAT OROP LESS. | cule of Any Medicine i the World, 2 respectfully announces ¢
ic and extremely danger- | . So Law; prompt attention given to all : Sold everywhere. In boxes, 10c., $ that commencing with .
reactionary members of Wilmington, Del.——The Harlan &|C. A. LOHR & SON, News Agency; | legal business. Washington, Jan. 10.—World erop | 4 D b 1 h ill ‘
ative assemblage, but a | | Hollingsworth corporation, iron ship | daily papers, late magazines; Can- . | statistics compiled by the interna- | OUR STOCK OF GOLD. g ecember 1st he wi ;
campaign is being con-| p.jiders, has accepted the wage scale | dy, Cigars, and Soft Drinks. WINDBER. PA [tional institute of agriculture at Washington, Jan. 17.—The gold : adhere STRICTLY to :
he American Press Asso- Casi tion of the Philed Sonia HARRY ISAACSON, Water street at | iw | Rome and telegraphed to the depare- mongtany stock (coin and bullion | § the CASH SYSTEM
avor of the measure for | ° * Vaceipar corner Bridge; Clothing, Shoes, | ment of agriculture show 1917 wheat | used as money) in the United States . . .
f the country publishers, Navy yard. These rates will be made Gents’ Furnishings. County phone | [FRED BRUMBERG, 911 Graham | broduction at 1,864,000,000 bushels, | on November 1, 1917, is estimated in '& Hockin Block, Nov 20, nr. | 3
cen and are now being | retroactive to November 2. Overtime 18. Ave, General] Blacksmith and | or 3.9 per cent less than last year. | Secretary McAdoo’s annual report at} 5 g ° :
gouged by the paper will be paid for at government rates {JOHN E. HAMILTON, Main St. Morseshoer. Local phone. | statintion do not include production | $3,041,500,000. The increase in the COQCOCOOOCOOOOOL 300
ors all over the country and double time will be paid after| Drugs, Soda Water, Cigars. County | ¥EORGE RUDOLPH, 1321 Midway, in Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bul- past 10 months has been $174,500,-| = = eT
ng generously to the As- | midnight and on Sundays and hoki- | phone. Custom T2jlor. Local phone. | garia, and Russia, where war con-| 009, and in the past three years $1,- | SO0000000000000D00000C 00
bpeal to them requesting | days (J. C. DULL, Water St., Shoes, Gents’ | TORQUATO BROS., 1317 Midway, | ditiong have prevented collection of | 236,500,000. In five years the por- JOS. L. TRESSLER 2
ite to their Senators and ‘This corporation is a subsidiary of| F urnishings; Bicycle Supplies. | General Contractors. Bell phone reports. {tion of the world’s gold monetary | . : 2
ves in Congress urging the Bethlehem steel corporation and | F. W. MENSER, Plumbing, Heating, | Ao. 107-3. {i -— | stock held by the United States has F I Di ¢ ;
of the pending resolu- maintains the usual attitude of these| Tinning. County pkone. SOL. BRICKER, 1320 Graham Ave.,| The ‘railroad strike” bugaboo is increased from approximately one- | unera rector a
1 the list of Editors who institutions toward organized labor,|W. E. DOYLE, Main St., Barbering, | Clothing, Shoes, Gents’ Furnish- discounted in a report by the Federal | fifth to more than one-third. | and Embalme’ 4
their Senators and Con- | but economic conditions force them | Shampooing, Massage. | ings. { Board of Mediation and Conciliation, : | "3
king them to vote for the | to accept wage scales and conditions | HOOVERSVILLE GARAGE, P. M. C.D. NUPP, 1214 Graham Av., News- which says that interruption of inter- |. « onnecticyy State Compensation | Meyersdale, Pa. 4
sure appears the name that unionism makes possible. | Doyer, Prop., Successors of Autos. papers, late Magazines; Candies, | state railroad service by labor dis- | Commission reports that 45, 233 ; !
Will, much to our sur- _ ss | Doth phenes. Cigars and Tobacco. fro has been almost negligible | workers were injured in that state | Residence: Office:
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ive hundred of the employees of | Sm——— == since the board was organized four last year. (@ 309 North Street 229 Center St.
[ange incident to he re- the Stines (England) Linolsum Fae- | | vears 980. eos Phone. Both Phoges
an indication that the tory have gone on strike because s Da ronize = ver Isers re Sacramento bartenders ask {n- Economy Phone. Lic ne
man is ready to listen | non-union men were employed | Patronize Our Advertisers. creased pay and a nine-hour day. COCO000000000000000000000G