0h APPLICANTS “CARPET” TUESDAY EBINSE URC, Feb pense hearings this featured throughout by ti numerous applicants and the “carpet” by the court first cal'ed was Charles Yon, proprie- tor of the Buckhorr tavern, between Altoons and Ashvifle “Mr. Yon,” said the court, “we feel deeply grieved over reports we have received concerning the conduct of | your place of business. This place kad fallen somewhat into disrepute some years ago and we felt when we grant. ed you this license we were placing it{ in teh hands of a person wham we felt | 2 4s be thoroughly responsible snd ‘trustworthy. Some of the reports that | have reached us of lite are very grave indeed, and come from such & source ‘that we must, even though reluctantly believe them. You may ¥ thees al legations, but we say @ you again that our informations has come from ‘such a source as to make jt hard for you to establish any position of in. hocence you might take. However, we mceredit you with mistakes only, ra- ther than a desire to infract the law. » 4 Fae BEN after wore of | Ltenuss to or ¢ {Ring Even in the Blair county courts tes | timony has been preesnted in cerisin instances reflecting seriously upon the conduct of your hotel” Denies Wrongdoing Yon and his attorney My here in- 43% 463 terposed denials of any wrongdoing. | Mr. Yon said he had ag all times tried | to observe teh law snd to comply with | the court's instructions. Judge Ste. phen added that the All had complained frequentd place of busines, of dierepute from i 5 % > Y1 Ww i € ns > # § E 3 8 ne Moh BLY Nd REI w 3 Altsona allowed privileges the ‘ accustomed to going out to the Buck - foewem tavern woth men ike night, and oven on Sunday, considerable licentivusness was por mitbsd. You said le had never sold on Sunday, bat adm Pha were ¥ 594 Be in iy Ww ¥ # Ie | tanded drinks oul the window to pa- | Aros. “It is true,” be said "thet quite a number of wornen have come Ww my! plano and have been served drinks, bot 1 would rather be withoat this trade | 1 reevr catered to such a class, bot when they came | siways served them | the same &a anyone else’ Swede Stephgra intimated that the reniway of this license might not be expected, He anid he had sent the wounty detective out there to investi. gate and that the officer bad brought | back corroborative proof of these al- JAegpations through the testimony of at least a half-dozen disreputable women s¥he bad patronized the place. Pazama Hotel Complaint Milan Salonovik, proprietor of the Paiama hotel, Washington Johnstown, was summoned trom S_- audience. “I understand,” suid Jude Stephens, “that you have been con- ducting a preity loose place. It is doubtful, at Jemst, If the coudwt of your hotel would meet the approval «of the court. Your business nel hiors have complained personally soout tue class of patrons you entertain. So far as handing out advice is concerned, One of the | Gime police at all hours of! ted thet he had | vg] putacide beer WGI Bilan cand inv be by going bottle a fit nersen 15 § pie to me in and boy | trosted with a Haoor leenge™ be fie a oF RIS3R The * » FRAN PE 6“ Eiri BEd Sustrians Waris License BRS te 0 PRB J Sl understood that Mr AE who 16 tiose ther places of Dunes = com some kind of an English name plisnce with orders ismued by the foel said Be was an pd ministration Siighetti said this "as : like to Hievras but made » | nod rae The ip Montuy Sis erie 1 wor showing of versatility when the | went into «fect, he said, ad eon- | sulted his atlorney about what to do aE hak Yim some import. His attorney told him, be said, that be os might serve drinks if he maintained | MM. Glumicich, propriet as Beat amd kept his front doors | Lincoln hotel, Jalnsitown, was called closed. However. he discovered lute. | iup. The court saul he had nothing in Jained. that this was a mistake. | | particular to say to Mr. Glumicich The l iLquor Dealers’ association | /95t Just now. Complaints had been made, sent Reta werd that he must not dis. | | though, about the general conduct of any liquor at all on hesitiens | i his piace of business and the class of TE Since then, he said, he has women who were served there “The pot only closed his bar but his res. "O07" learns that 3 proserution has ty aldo. been made sain Mr. Glumicich for a a : infractions of the liquor laws" said Misised to See Court. Judge Stephens. “We do not know Ralph M. Reade of the Grand Cen- | what merit, if any is contained in tral hotel, Johnstown, was called be- | thess charges. That will be » matter fore the court. “I have nothing ints be determined in the court particular to say to you mow, Mr Reade,” sind Judge Stephens. (the existing circamstances that this ever, let me mivise you to ser Judge license could be safely granted until O'Connor vr myself -t your earliest { the situation has cleared.” possible convenience.” $iitud he Wigs fiend itwe theleiliow sed Bt Adam forward and & surname. The ia ee Ss 4 3 # reprow Ey digi his Se oho TE ARR OF SARIe the two soned refised Agitrian and would | have the “How | Two Men Want Linenin 5 Beant annie Bade Musulls of Cambria City, was | i Judge Stephens said ! { sian had nothing particular at 3 ¥s : iE Bos ¥ ¥ iF Spee 4 fares for the lLineuin hp Mr. Glumicich ia 2% 2 Py i AbER ree i Ea siete Mr. * SRY WO added, Mr. the cours applicant. However, Be, ¢ stands conrale : $45 pe AL: a * ¥ aon Mu LE Sl SHimamel's spplics- ¢ Ematen Lh afternoon By .i 4 y¢ ugmrter seasons of s hs 4 i Hi cosy Faw f..fs srafin hai wi PF us ose ing app TA {BES Wt pen neT for & tras. fingiy ¢ Bi : FaGEe 8 FERN Musulins stad 18. NN innercia GOT prvi Wl Bedome Atta app company has & wholesale that John sLEtha § Sune Lek 3 5 PR 8 GLihir RIE ®t Pied interrogniad $ 3 ¢ i YAIR en Fhey EE ef ¥ i fam Eat BL Tew ‘ “ Eating the water of the Germania TRE WeTE ening BE - 4 fi Sa bY | ha BY as : fie . by EE w Hi 1 airvndy Grwed $d H TY He iength court 4 Fer eit ees isa ha WY Were gues. 4 i : lien se {. 3 Ieriions ti it Mw that Lhe prantel this year see pind ion wd | in what Judge today . M. Notley SR pe rienced {wasily, 5) fay NEW CRS ot A DRReY Ths Mr ratgil deralon, Raireme i Er well | LEreseurer ho : ig a be thal ne BYRON fii RCE TD 4 *g # de wid CREE, % apples cond have fi beg eR i torney Wilts ¥ i Mr. Blisnme » deni ed these allegations tard seid a Bliirieesl bad no individ. | ual pennection with gaestion, ta is J Td Fed Boum AB ay gaily is rah 4 $ * 3 fe yeRrx apo he soriuetdd bd iat Cherrytres, Indians Wier was proprador of the Central | hotel, Barnestors, for some years, He | is row applying for & retail license | ‘for a new establishment between Fru. i gality and Flynn City. During the | court's ¢ examination of Mr. Notley Judge Stephens said: Retrenchment the Idea i Byy Notley, this court ix well and favorably scquainted with you. Your) ability as a hotel man is not ques i tioned. However, we feel that to street, | ETON you a license st this piace just now in the fare of the present liguor aituation would be doing you a grave vailding would be a serious venture. Che ides row in the liquer business is wward retrenchment, at least the court so regards it. The average man .n the business mow is looking far some fellow to come along and buy him out, so he can get back the money a ROLE comnty, mid the brewery in you your hemor.” interposed Attorney Dufton. “lank it over and you will Har o Weather Causes Delay cally concladed by 4 o'clock, but owing to the fact thant sisme people were un. able on account of weather conditions to reach here today and others were newspaper articls already mentioned, Judge Stephens said court would be | applicants could themselves them if they wished or of the | ne said to Bim: | “It's a wonder you wouldn't try to pet : Adam | | biggest i { ~ PERN TRAFFIC CO. BEGINS “64” DRE | Johpstown Niercantile Fs tablichment Starts Hs Poblirity {ampaign on the Sith Event af the Penn Trafic is diaplay. | toe {rest In ' Department at the roams Adbvert ising | ied the publicity material which will the used, early in Febroary, in the campaign ever laonched by | {the store Reviewing the costly pre gets a fair idea of the measures employed and spread the news of an important event Elaborsting upon the plants of last. year, the opening broadside will re- | sound in Johnstown and the outlying | towns simultaneously. Unique Method of Advertising From February Ist, or shortly after # rollectors of poster stamps will have : i f Bppiv: ng | charged |" bees | a ed | erirnading i eh 4 lives TS i given a false impression through a. even more a time of economical in session tomorrow and that these | TEA | parte the atieetion of the Mail 5X. AL 1h sane § 4 the {reder De. wil 5 3 1 £ abields und pennants, in the GE wand Poa red, gold asd assemblage, it proclaims February 18 te 23 Mall requests from | 3 There is 2a Grzfonola for every home. Weare anxious to help you choose yours wisely. Hf you think you can decide best in your own home, we shall be glad to send any Cirsfopols there for you to play. every piece of mail and every package, | express, parcel and freight shipment will carry in 8 conspicosus place, a bandsonie poster stamp in rich oniors. The design is by sn artist of note, | How. {and (ever, the court dons not feel under .icive the Sith Anviversary Event ut Pern Trae Also all the atest records ir: stock. Drop in and hear } ime the Delivery Fleet be sddresaed The YY. with a respon. KBE & re. fwnmrds bewlyn share $% a 5 BCE nE. Ea eh | os mata LE oa RR eT i i ENE ag Wail 1% RET ei 3% wana | HB Bao A 5 pa YE. 3% sR HS PI LEA: VASO SP The Event has Been Carefully P fanned | The intensive and worth while vaines in the sale, or the stove will suffer for violating the peo a | ple's co Gdence, soe that Johan C. Blimmel is president, | 4 hse, . Event began enrly in 101 7T-—abmost n manager and treayurer of the brewery | ¥ | add year age. Ever since, the store's | buying organization has bad watchifal Burisg Yor the f4th eyes for things of note. Of Special Impurtaney This Year The initial Aniversary Event, held last February, was ox ihrifty home makers the your's grestest opportun- ity. In this yesr of 1918 the occasion semrc ty of raw materials, the in creasrd demands upon munufsctarers | for staple things—all tend te lessen suppl les, magnify consumption and eleva's prices. $ileniign coe. | i palling sdeance paliicity ic certain to . impress thogsands, so there must be “You have the application before! # i buyicr. The limited importations, the i } ! POOR DIRECTOR WILLIAM T. EVANS DIED AT 8 let me say that I don't intend to do De has invested. This court would any more talking. From the infor. consider it unfair treatment toward mation received, the hcief objection | *0¥ men to start him up in the L- Reduced prices on maple proiscts | this year sre, therefore certain to be . registered is about the class of dis! reputable women you are said to have | . hanging around your place of busi- ness. You certainly know better than ithut. If you do not, you are not a fit person to hold license.” John Denny, n new applicant for the _MiAteer hotel, Johnstown, was called ‘mpd interrogated Ly the court. Coun- | ‘sel explained that an arrangement had been reached bitween Mr. Denny and J. Hayden Bracken, trustee for Chas. -H. BeAteer, through which Mr. Den- rmy had purchased the personal prop- | ~erty and arranged for a lease on the vbuilding. The court said he merely wished to understand the situation be- ‘fore being called upon finally to act «on _ the application. Otto E. Mueller of Bedford street, Johnstown, was called by the court “*I understand, Mr. Mueller,” said Judge Stephens, “that you are one of ‘the’ two liquor dealers in Johnstown who failed to respond to the request of the fuel administration to close your . business. What have you to say about this?” Couldn't Help Meddling. Mr. Mueller denied the allegation. He said he had misunderstanding ax “lo the exact letter of the order when “it was first issued. However, he re- rueived further enlightenment and . gince that time he has complied wwtrictly with instructions. was true that he permitted his mother to tend bar for him. Mueller said this was a mistake. | “Last year,” he explained, “the license was in the nanie of my futher and myself. Mo. ther just simply couldn't help med. dling, it seems, and that was one of the reasons 1-am applying for the li- conse now in ny OWh shine. « udge Stephens said he had been informed ishat Muefler's mother had a habit of Judge Stephens then asked him whether it! | quor business just pow. Robert Smith of Lilly was called be- 1 20rt the court dnd 10M to pay more at- tention to his hotel business and give less attention to other matters which seem to divide his interest. “When a fellow gets too prominent so that be has to divide his business interests in so many different ways he oughn't te ' need a liquor license,” Judge Stephens said. Mr. Smith said he bad no other business interests just now, except a little farming he does. The lumber business he had been interested in, be explained, has been disposed of and be has been giving all his time to the care and management of his hotel Joseph Wendiker, who conducts the Christo hotel at Patton, was interro- gated by the court as to his conduct on | Jan. 7. “We understand,” said the | Mrs. Walter E Ellis of 320 Lincoln court, “that you were intoxicated that street, Mrs. J. J. Evans of Buffalo, day and that you hit your wife over | N. Y, George H. Evans of Peoria, IIL, the bead with a beer bottle” “Yay” | Lieut. Arthur W. Evans of Bridge said Wendiker, “1 hit ber. She come, port, Conn, anid Hayden J. and Miss ‘in and make big trouble fo rme. I Martha Evans at home | throw beer battle at door. | no want| Mr. Evans’ wife was formerly Miss | to hit her. But beer bottle, he glance | Minnie Levergood, daughter of Jacob and hit woman on head.” C. Levergood of 524 Napoleon street “Were you sober?” asked the judge. Mr. Evans wis a member of Johns “Yas, sure, I be sober all the time.” said Joe. “Lots of people like make much trouble for me. They like see me put out of this hotel and put somebody else in. If you you like put me out because for this, all right, go ahead I guess 1 go out, all right” “When did your wife get out of the | hospital” asked Judge Stephens. | “lot me sea” said Joe. And he! scratched his head before responding. S———— Passed Away at Home of Parents, Mir. and Mrs. T. B. Evams BELONGED TO MANY FRATER- NITIES i Poor Director William T. Evans Thomas B. Evans, of 330 Lincels St. Mr. Evans was born in Demville, Montour county, and would have been 43 years old next Thursday. He came to Johnstown when six years old Besides his wife, Mrs. Minmie Le- Evans leaves two children, Dorothy, aged 11, and Charlies Levergood Evans, aged 8. He was a brother of lar, and Johnstown lnige No. 157, Knights of Pythias iber of the Rirst { church. nen yet beer made He was a mem. Congregational RC NOTICE weeks ago.” rer cRvea th We anyone ard chro 248 Joseph A. Gauntner, writ WY + Kikay oa L¢ Dlephens, don't think that any man who wou! strike his wife over the head with a O'CLOCK LAST EVENING died last evening at § o'clock at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mes vergood Evans, and his parents, Mr. them taken No store in the community is so well prepared to hamdle in a big way, the | merchandising problems of 1918. To do so, at prices sdvantagesus to the trade, is an scoamplishment that Penn Traffic is certain it can put throegh. AMERICAN RED CROSS HAS HH — WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 An ac counting of American Red Cross war council appropriations made public to. ah er a op to Jan $ there had been appro- priated from the war fand $77543.- 435, every dollar of which was for! some form of relief at home or abroad. All administration expenses in the United States are paid out of general] funds, largely from membership dues, | § {apd for this purpose $1,289.29¢ had: been appropriated. This, with $318. | 000 drawn from miscellanecas funds for various purposes, made s grand | pon total of $79, 450. T Cmt all purposes. Nearly three-fourths of $44,637 798 | withdrawn fur foreign went to France, Relief m | jin country among sick and wounded | diers, and famlies behind the lines, eaten of hospitals, recorstruc. Funeral arrangements have 07% 3¢fvice, rest and welfare service | wih the American expendit onary | } forces and the prisoners” casualty and | I will not be responsible for any | debts contracted by anybody but my. “1 believe she come out about three self and any one giving anything to uformation service. ari i There is nothing in the fuel order (of January 17 to prevent the opera ton of automobiles, motor vehicles of | appropriated for relief work | and of $2LITIINN | town branch Nu 538, F. & A. M.. Port. used in purchase of supplies, naerly | {age chapter Ni. 195, Knights Temp. | | one-thini was for Framsce Kinkead’s i sll classes being considered a com. ! * 2 i keening with this valing Atapes Patton, Pa. [ave been eexmpted. Patton,
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