£ E & 5 i i ® g i i i 2 i + i 3 2 % ¥ E ¥ Sous 3 | By : . had ne | to line points. No shipments to points 4. 5 protest against its destructive. west © VoL XXL, Xo. 11 Doings In Nearby Lived Almost to | Coal Fields Century Mark fg ot. Iles, Sikes Uy yi Mrs. Joseph Bilenaky, of North! Barnesboro, died at the home of her ‘son Joseph, Jr, at 1:00 o'clock Tues. : [day moshing, Fahruary th. She had, : EE HE ¥ . 1 sick since January 27th, but hee | Employes of the Nanty-Glo CM. onrh was at Toakea for tnt Hee Co. at Nanty-Glo, to the number of | Sunday when it was seen thut she was’ gbout 40, half the force, have been | inking and had lost the power of . They want yardage includ- | speach. 8 Agreement On OpERIng 8 Mrs Bilenaky was born in Russian | r mine. a { Poland on November 10th 1815, and | The Ideal Canal Co, Johrmtown, has | would have been 98 years old had she | rchased 112 acres of Cement and fived until November, of the presint ilier conl from George Schrader, in | year. Her maiden name was Sells nyereek , and will mine | May Yacabeska. She came to Amer- it from the tipple of the Sunnyside oa in 1899 and made hor home with Coal Co, which it operates, i her daughter in Cleveland, Ohio, un- | . The Valley Smokeless Coal Co. is ti] three years ago, when she came ing i ng to bd iB plans prepared for a new shop | to Barnesboro to keep houne for her be erected at its new mines gon Joseph, on the death of his wife. pear Krings. . | Mrs. Bilensky™s husband died about ¢ Feport of the Cambria Steel | 28 years ago; and six of her nine chil- will hat its mines produced | dren have aiso preceded her to the than 1,000,000 tons of coal dur- | grave. The children liviag are: Mrs. 1916. { Annie Stronsko, and Mrs. Mary Gu- | » Senator W. J. Endsley and jock, of Cleveland, Ohio, and Joseph, J. Pritts, Somerset, Pa. have be-! of Barnesboro. The last-named is, pment of a tract of ithe youngest of the family, and it is 3 ' coal just outside of | with him the venerable ‘woman had Somerset. : i been making her home, engaging ac- | William hagan, Windber, has tively i: household work until a few fompleted two of a block of 20 houses | days ago. There are surviving also on king run. A railroad one and | 35 grandchildren and 32 great-grand- | one-half miles long is also being con | hildren. structed to the Cairnbrook branch of | - the P. R.R. the | CIVILIZATION COMING T0 ool Look ect daning last BARNESBORO SOON week, Embargoes, stareity ol cae. —— | tion, and weather conditions | Producti A ombined in dulling the market. “The Great Master Production Rare Treat-—Coming Under Heavy Guarantee. Sn Ad SAYA BERRA WA 4 Car Repairmen wanted at orce at the Car Shops at market was so weak,” said one agent, ' “that we hesitate about buying Orders did not come in 88 they might. Tt was such a fluctuating marke? EE ; such a varied one. Coal sold as low One of the grentest motion picture as $4.25 as compared with the lowest productions ever conceived. Civiliza- | joe of $4.50 the week previous. We tion—is coming to Barnmeshoro, and ht coal erly in the week at as | will be shown at the Operas House on mm as $4.60. Industrial concerns Friday and Saturday, Feb. mh and vdid not buy as eagerly.” 10th. In speaking of {Ris wonderful An operator ssid: “The market show the Chicago Journal says? broke last year during February and First the historian, next the propo- ‘we Jook for u repitition this year. It gandist, then the idealist so come the stands to resmson that the prices will workers in the films Taking it for slip awsy. They have been slipping | granted, as one may do, that “The for three or four weeks. They wert Birth of a Nation” set the pace and abnormal and they are hound to come | the standard for all pi tures of war, down. Last year st this time, coal we have in I. W. Griffith, its produce- | was sold on the railroad cars st $1.60 cor, the fit historiun Came next per ton. We would'nt be surprised if Stuart Blackston, propsgandist, with normal conditions were reached bY his “Battle Cry of Peace” Contes summer.” pow Thoman W. Ince, the idealist, with | Another agent said that orders for his “Civilization.” Whatever the pur spot shipments were seant during the | ef any one of these pictures, it week dud to weather conditions In iy hattld that gives to each its spec. New York, and due to congestions oft | ¢acular valoe. Griffith picture Jing the piers. The Sheaper grades of 4, do with war and its machinery as Pennsylvania coal sold for $4.40, whilt they were known in the bloody eight the better grades brought $460 10 gen.sintiex. The Blackston and Ince $4.70. 2 wl | pictures have to do with War - it Due to congestin at junction pointh, is fought in this year of grace. But the Cumberiand Valley and Western the inventiveness of the makers of the’ | Maryland to accept cosl from .ngines of battle cutpaces the imagi- the Baltimors & Ohio, affecting all pation of the makers of tattle films, of Somerset county. Deliveries could 4nd on every front in Furope there be made to Port Reading. Then gop more death-dealing devices than ing wus rushed to St. Geor®e, any motion picture camers has seen. : i An em- Ein, there is blood enough in “Civ. The B. & O. jlization,” which is pot forward not place to ship to, except ,, 4 record of the glery of war hut Apply to F. M. Snyder, Master Mechanic's Office at the Roundhouse CHE CAPACCE A LAVORARE NELLE CARRE STOPE DELLA P.R. R. CO. SE PRESENDASE DA F. M. SNYDER CHE VIDORA IL LAVORO. i i pn PADD GAB ie POTREBUJENE MUZOV DO PRACE P. R. R. V CRESSON POTRE. BUJE MU20V KU REPEROVANIN KAR V KAR SAPE HLASTE SA NA F. M. SNYDER, MASTER ME. CHANIC'S OFFICE V ROUNDHOUSE. Pittsburgh were permitted. n.0 It is not a plea for prepared. slump was & natural SGUENCE. page nor is it a ples for nonresis- the B. & O. line. conl of the 50006 It in a plea for Christian for- grade hreught gel) $4, while pegrarce, for international neighbor. for $3.76. Prices |jiness and for the gunrantee of per. y Western Maryland were petual security to the Foret people same. ‘of the world. It is, | would say, the ! wney, the B., BR. & P. qin, for the pucifists | jd not place any exrs Friday | ’ j because es | _ of he Co he COMPENSATION CLAIMS OF TWO mo- | MEN ADJUSTED At UB ———— SIP Br HS SO ees Will Be Paid For Time Lost. | Two claimants for compensation, ‘one from ie and the other ‘from Nanty-Glo have been able to i secure amicable adjustments. a {| The first claim was that of Charles | PATTON. CAMBRIA CO, PA, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 9, 1917 NOTICE TO PARENTS SENDING © THEIR CHILDREN TV) THE POST OFFICE FOR MAIL Your attention is hereby called to the faet that a very large number of | children crowd the Post Office room ‘hetween the hours of 2:00 and D0 PAM, 12:00 and 1:00 Nooh, and 4:00 and R:00 P. M, : ¢ We recognire that it is quite an sccomodation to the patrons of the joffice to have their children come for ‘the mail, which necomodation we do | inot, in any way, wish to restrict, but | i three-fourths of the children who come | ‘to the office, come wtihout the slight. | est idea of getting any mail for them. Inelves or any one else, and while there. make a j deal of unnoces- ‘sary noise which is not only annoying to those handling the mail but also to the patrons of the office. {Will you kindly instroect your chile dren that when thay come to the | Post Office for the mail to not hiring { their little comprniony with them, and while there, refrain from making any unnecessary noise, and leave the office as soon ay they are waited on. This will remove the complaint of the pub- lic which has become quite general, i Under the postal laws we are re fquired to maintain order in the Post | Office, even if necessary o refer the i matter to the Police Department i Parties having lock boxes must give { the party coming for mail the key to (the box or must acquaint them with ithe combination of the box, otherwise, mail may be refused © Lounging, loud talking and lnagh- ing and other unnecessary noise must be discontinued. Notice is hereby giver that the penalty of the law will be inflected ‘upon those violuting the rules ‘W. H. Denlinger Sr, P. M a Em = FORMER PATTON MAN IS KILLED AT DERRY John Swabb formerly of this place ‘but who hos been located in Derry | i for some time, wus fatally injured ' Satorday evening when he fell from | ‘a trestle. The deceased was employed | as a civil emurinesr by the Pennsyl | (vanin Railroad Compiny and sas a ‘gradunte of Washington and Juffer. son College. He was noted sn one | of the best popular amateur bugeball players of this distriet sod wap the star catcher of the fast Derry tenm fast summer, Mr Swabb is survived by his wife, | who wan formerly Miss Rose Werner, iH Explosion == +100 PER YEAR IN ADVANG Llesming—— 15 North Spangler were given a oud jar by an explosion, when : twenty-five pounds of mite “lot go” in the Madeira Hill Coal . pany's powder house near the shaf just east of town Within & minutes the heavens were aglow with the spectacular glare cau when the : fire guickly consumed t Was of the powder house and spread to the ware room close by. The Barnesboro Fire Company was called but immediately following the cail for the fire company, was telephoned to the fire engine house that it would be of no advantage to have the company turn out as the fire could not spread and had burnt itself nearly out on the ; house. Windows in all nearby b : ings and houses were com shattered, but no one was injuerd The explosion was possibly caused by a rE from a short-circuited er line. Aside from this being the posible ease, no other theory has been advanced as to what may have enuned the powder to ignite. account of being so near the first of the month not much material was on hand in the supply houses, this preventing the as well as the explosion from helng muh greater. e loss will about $1,000 HASTINGS TEAMSTER REN- DERED UNCONCIOUS BY COLD BS Wilfred Yeager, son of Mr and Mu. PT. Yeager. of Hastings, nar rowly eicaped death Monday when he was rendersd onconscious by the bite ter cold weather. Mr. Yeager, whe is about 24 vears old, is employed an a tegmster and war hauling cos! all {day and when driving throogh town pedestrians on the Man street noticed Chim wwaying back and forward on hs wagon and stopped the team. He was taken to the Moose Club, where he collapyed into unconsciousness and did of Derry, and his J Lnta Mr. wii Maw, | Ob revive until about § o'clock that t Charles Swab of this ple with the following brothves snd sisters: Mr | Frank Dernosky, of Johnstown: Mrs. Stephen Jacobs, of Patton; Frank, | evening. Dr. Rice and Dr. MeCoy were summoned and after nearly four {hours were able to restore conscious ness. At the present writing the a student of Kiski Preparatory school; [FOU a is recovering rapidly. Charles, Albert, Agnes nnd Fail at home, Funeral services were ry Tuesday morning at 9 o'cloek, the Rev. Father Conlin officiating. Inter. “ment was made in the Derry comotery EE aa Patton basketball tenm defented | Barnesbors {ean in the Miners’ Hall | Wednesday evening by the score of | 26 to 3 The Farabamgh brothers and Snvde Yerger played the hest pame | for Patton. McNeclis played best for! the visitors The Patton bova profaise to give! the basket-biil lovers of Patton seme! JOHN held in Der. DEATH OF RANDOLPH MeMUL- | tine where his Pwas successful | ber business in Virgina. WILKINS EXPIRES SUD- LIN S———— 1. 0. McMullin, of this place hel EE PE Ne AEE Ara ray. | ABY, On account PATTON DEFEATS BARNESBORO brother Rando Mec Mullin hd . | Abiline, Va. th of hi inte many years a resident of St. A nts are buried. engaged in the A ARI SETH SAI GROUND HOG SEES HIS SHADOW Every paper {ar and near says the ‘real live games in the near future as ground hog did appear mid a ¥ SON CAR Se Ba SA PLO ee DEATH OF MRS. JOSEPH CONARD | OF ASAVILLE | Mra. Josenh Conavd died at \ hame in Ashville Wednesday ever nv | ‘at about § o'clock. Her husband and | the following chifdren survives J 1 ‘wood, of Altoona; Harrison, of Coupon | and Mrs. Charles Chindon, of Ash. ville. Fununml services were held this | morsing th St. Thomas's onthel ‘ehurch with interment in the MNshvilk JeeLeLery ova hs 5 Wr ————" 3 i ants; of Barnesboro, vs. the Barnes stated hy Jaa on the al Feanayivania coal sold that. capacituted for com re i he said, | ployed by the ft Re iL 10 $475. : jronautes him ther phy tre- |} : i niu cons another physician, § : ey: ol Change, . be wy treated him for two weeks. Barn- § Johnstown, sold ‘es & Tucker Compuny refused to ac-| The demand for Ford Cars has never been so great as it is now. In the past it has been customary to stock Ford Cars in the winter months for Spring delivery, and now it is impossible to get enough cars to stock for any future delivery. I have a letter of January in 4th from the Ford Motor Car Company stating that it will be ab- PRE-LENTEN DANCE AT SUNSET. The Northern Cambria Strest Rail. R way Compuay have made arrange: } ments for un Pre-Lenton Danes ty be held at Sunset Park, Monday Feb 19.1 BR 1917. Wetzel's orchestra of Johns. ‘town whose reputation is such to in. isure first class muos'c has been en- | Wuged for this occasion. they have games booked with Altoona | gnd hinzing sun, and back inte M. CA, 8 Benedict and Cotver ‘hole Be run, and for six weeks of more he will sleep before he takes another peep. So we can lock for sow and ice and weather anything but nice, 4 A EI ENTERTAINS STAG PARTY Mrs, L. Claire Smale entertained 8 number of her husband's "at a Stag party at their home on Mage avenue last Saturday svening. { present were: The Messers. win, J. P. Lupole, E. M. Smale. Frold Kinkend., Frank L. Brown, Ra Brown, John Noonan and Alex | VALENTINE DANCE The ladies of the Trinity Gi the Episcopal church will hold & eitine dance in the Pi Wednesday evening, F A cordial invitation is tons for $7.25, a pn , the price was An agreement was made between the e cede to his demands, on the advice § prevailed since Jan. {of his physicians. Hence the contest. § PN i parties whereby Kunta received §7 per | § i week during the period of his incapa- { citation. ; The case of Steve Folas ve the Lincoln Coal! Company, of Nanty-ile, aE AFTER MAIL ROUTE Realdents bet ween Ebensburg and | was settled by the defendant company 3 : the lidisna Clay | Pike are making an effort to secure a HE a hv IY route out of agreeing to pay the aimant the sum of $1.66 per week dyring his incpaci- tation. He wus injured when he was ; Ehensburg for the sotam dation 2 | squeezes between tw mine cars. measured, the new route hii, would be a fraction engrth and would { Cambria it past office is eventually } the Governtient and | and would also | the new town of Revloc, until |ferson county coul EC JEFFERSON COUNTY COAL LAND SOLD wil do An important transaction in Jef- lands was con. summated during the st week when Vernon F. Taylor, formerly of Brockwayville, and one of the most prominent young men in the indus. | & (trial centres of Western Pennsylva. § R ) \ § nia, purchased the holdings of the} : owned by the R AAWDeY. | 8 carried solutely impossible for them to take care of the demand for Ford Cars in the Spring. Materials of all kinds has advanced in price and is still going higher. Ford Cars are guaranteed to be no lower befor August lst, 1917, but are not guaranteed against a raise at any time. We do not know what the price will be February 15. Now is the time to buy. 1 know you want the cars and I ean gut them now if you will take them mow. When the good roads come in the Spring you will be ready. If you don't, the chances are you will be in the same position ss many wer last August and September, who were waiting to pet cars. Remember | have two-thirds of my 1317 contract signed up for delivery. 2 The price is right, and the Ford Car is Best. TOURING CAR, $360; RUNABOUT, $343. LET ME HAVE YOUR ORDER NOW. We carry a full line of Goodyears, Penn V, C. and Michelin Tires HASTINGS AUTOMOBILE COMPANY HOME OF THE FORD Hastings, Penna. RA dramatization of Gene Stratton. 8 | Porter's “Freckles,” hug proven that there is no limit of success to good clean, moral song playss. The Broad- way Amusement Co. first saw the which now stands as one of the m substantial successes in code of theatrical s As a love story, it is Jentimatis a story of i ur possibilities of Mrs. Porter's work,
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