Mount Pleasant journal (November 1, 1911)

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MOUNT   PLEASANT,   WESTMORELAND    COUNTY,    PA.,    WEDNE8DAH,   NOVEMBER    1,    1911
NO 44
IT MUCH f
NOR FEATHERS
IS BEING MADE
rer the Election that Comes
on Next Tuesday.
A RESULT IT'S HARD TO GET LINE
THE   PROBABLE   RESULT   OF   THE
CONTESTS.
I Would Seem, However, That the
>emocrats are Centering Their
Greatest Effort to Make Truxal
3heriff, Although the Republicans
Appear Confident of Landing Steele
\n that Office. The Commissioner
fight is Very Much Mixed. "Jim"
lulvehill would Like to Get Boyd's
3calp, hut Berkey is Not Liable to
Jose it. The Local Campaign is
7ery Quiet.
|The election comes on Tuesday
Ixt, but there is not much fuss being
lade by either the Republicans or
;mocrats, making the campaign a
|ry quiet one and therefore one to
|t a line on which is largely guess
jrk. As the G. O. P. followers have
Imajority to start with they are natu-
llly more confident.
|The unterrified seem to have centered
leir greatest effort to make Truxal
lerift and there is no denying the fact
lat the Greensburg Squire is a good
liooth vote getter, better, in fact, than
leel, his Republican opponent. But,
Bends of the Irwin man express confi-
fcnce iu his election.
|A big hubbub has been raised by the
ate hotel men's association butting in
|ith a view to defeat Boyd, Republican
trainee for county treasurer. There are
Lose who profess to see the fine hand of
rim" Mulvehill in this job as it is
laimed that lames still remembers how
erkey upset his Arnold calculations at
le last legislative election in this
punty. People who are in a position
judge say that this attack on the Honorable B. H. will only increase his ma-
prity.
The  hotel association's actions is reputed   by  many   members   throughout
le   county and there  is good reason to
lelieve  that  the  Westmoreland   liquor
leople are fighting shy in the campaign.
It   least   M.  J. Kennedy, of Scottdale,
|istrict manager for the Pittsburgh Brew-
ag Company, when seen Thursday by a
jurnal  representative, said his people
[ere attending strictly to their own bus-
less and had no intention of meddling
politics when   they  had nothing at
[take.    He added   that, while he was a
Democrat, his local pride made him de-
lirous of  seeing fair play given his dis-
knguished fellow townsman, Mr. Boyd.
The   fight   for  commissioner   is very
lucb   mixed  up   between Reamer and
thields, Republicans, Hamel and Brech
pill, Democrats, and Lauffer, Democratic
lember of the present board who is run-
king   for  re-election on  the   Keystone
ticket.    Laufler,   who   was defeated  by
Brechbill for renomination by but three
/otes,   is  recognized as  an  honest and
competent  official   and  is  sure to poll
lore   than   the   Keystone   vote.    This
lakes one element of uncertainty.    Another is furnished by Shields for whom
pome Republicans won't vote and some
Democrats  will.    What   the  number of
kither is will  be learned only when the
(•eturns are in; for, the voters have little
Dr nothing to say.
The local campaign is also a very quiet
ane.    Interests centers on Council in the
?irst and Third wards.    In the former E.
Swartz defeated Charles Evans for the
Republican  nomination   and   then   the
latter  accepted   the  nomination on tbe
Democratic  ticket.    Down in the Third
f'Tom" Tighe, Democrat, and "Pete" Mullen, Republican, are both going some.
A Narrow Escape.
In avoiding a horse and buggy the auto
rjf Dr. W. W. Miller, of Jeannette, colluded with Col. E. M. Gross' car in front
lof the latter's country home near Greens-
■burg Sunday and then was smashed to
[pieces by striking the fence. Mrs. B. M.
I Loar, of this place, was seated in the
■Gross car with Mrs. Gross, her aunt, and
Ithe latter's son, but none of the occu-
I pants in either machine was hurt.
Important Meeting.
An important meeting of the Board of
[Trade will be held at Municipal Hall
[tomorrow (Thursday) evening at 7:30
lo'clock. A full attendance of the mem-
I bership is requested as officers for the
Iensuing year will be elected in addition
I to discussing further steps looking to
Ithe proposed extension of the Pennsylvania railroad's Mount Pleasant branch.
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American Press Association.
The Philadelphia Athletics won the world's baseball championship by defeating the New York Giants. Bender, the Philadelphia star, easily outpitohed Mathewsou, on whom the New York fans had pinned their hope. General Caneva, In charge of
the Italian land forces In Africa, was attacked by a band of Arabs and lost nearly 200 men. The Italian government formally
announced the acquisition of Tripoli. Dr. Sun Yat Sen, the Instigator and financier of the Chinese rebellion, proclaimed a republic ami named General I.i Huan Hong as the first president The United States government filed a suit to dissolve the steel corporation. Morgan. Carnegie and Rockefeller headed the long list of defendants.
News Snapshots
Of the Week
COMERS AND GOERS.
Paragraphs About Prominent  People Gathered Daring the Week.
Miss Helen Ramsay was a shopper in
Pittsburg Saturday.
Rev. M. V. B. DeVaux spent several
days in Erie last week.
Miss Sarah Neel is at Harrisburg visiting Miss Effie McCaleb.
Mrs. Will Murphy was at Somerset
Friday with her sister, Mrs. Webster
Parker.
Mrs. 'David Stull and little son, Frank,
were guests ot relatives in Scottdale,
Sunday.
Leo Keller returned Sunday fat and
hearty after a three months' stay at
Globe, Arizona.
Bert Mullen will be married today to
Miss Blanche Klinger at the bride's home
at Shamokin, Pa.
Mrs. Lide Wolte, of Sea Girt, N. J.,
called here Thursday on her cousin, Mrs.
Elizabeth Andrews.
Miss Ora Shaw returned Thursday
from Pittsburg where she had spent several days with relatives.
Mrs. Arthur McGueggan, of Jeannette,
was here the past week visiting her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hood.
Rev. Lawrence Athey and wife, of New
Mexico, visited at the Smithfield street
home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sturtz last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. William Brinkley spent
part of last week here looking after improvements being made to their Church
street property.
D. P. Wadsworth, wife and daughter,
Miss Dora, of Sandusky, Michigan, are
here visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Mc-
Michael. Mrs. Wadsworth is Mr. Mc-
Michael's sister.
W. E. Shope, cashier of the Peoples
National Bank, and Howard Stoner left
yesterday for a week's hunt at the former's Huntingdon county farm. The
Journal expects at least one wild turkey.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Keller gave a
quiet but nicely appointed dinner Sunday at the Hotel Keller in honor of
their sister-in-law, Mrs. Edward Keller,
of Indianapolis, Indiana, who is spending a week here with relatives.
Mrs. Howard S. Wilson spent several
days here last week with her father,
Rev. S E. Cormany, and old friends,
preparatory to leaving with her husband
for York, Pa., where he recently accepted a call to the United Presbyterian pastorate.
H. E. Baldwin, a manufacturer and
importer of optical goods at Philadelphia, and Henry N. Way, president of
the First National Bank of that city,
spent several days here last week with
James S. Braddock, accompaning their
host to the Knights of Honor meeting
in Pittsburg Wednesday when Mr. Braddock was re-elected a state representative to next year's convention of that
order's Supreme Lodge at Louisville,
Kentucky.
Ugly Italian Quarrel.
Sam Sicko and Gemica Nicholet, two
Dices Extension Italians, fought Sunday
over 15 cents, The former was cut on
the arm and the latter severely kicked
about the face. The police gathered
both scrappers iu, Burgess Collins making it $10 fine and costs tor each. Sicko
had to be taken to the hospital.
Oaa to be Shut OS.
In   order to  repair  main line the gas
will be shut off Sunday next at 9 a. m.
Real Estate Sales.
L. C. Carey, of Mount Pleasant township, has bought the East Main street
residence of Ernest Wakefield, the local
tailor, who intends moving with hiswife
and little son to Marietta, Ohio. Mr.
Carey and family will take possession as
soon as the property is vacated.
Abe P. Myers has bought the Benford
Hotel property near the B. & O. station
from Harry Benford for somothing less
than $4,000.
The public sale of the Brechbill property on Thursday last was continued,
Agent S. C. Stevenson not accepting the
$2,750 bid.
A Dastardly Trick.
Last Wednesday night a miscreant
daubed tar all over the peddling horse
of W. F. Barkley, of Mount Pleasant
township, while the animal was in pasture. The owner, who spent two days
in getting the mess off, proposes to hunt
down the guilty party and make him
pay dearly for the dastardly tr ick.
Clark ComeB November 21.
Hon. Champ Clark will positively be
here and open the local lecture course
on Tuesday evening, November 21. The
Dr. Ott lecture, set for November 17, has
been postponed until next May.
PARTING WORDS REGARDING A FEW CANDIDATES.
CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS.
What Republican  County   Chairman Sensenich Says on Eve of Election.
With the election of Tuesday, November 7, only a few days off, the outlook
is for a glorious victory for the Republican ticket. Chairman C. D. Sensenich,
of the Republican County Committee,
has had reports from practically every
district and estimates that the majority
for the Republican candidates will be
from at least 3,000 for the lowest up to
6,000 for the highest.
Chairman Sensenich has conducted a
clean, vigorous campaign, assisted by the
workers under him at headquarters.
Members of the County Committee in
their various locations have also done
good work which will be continued until the polls  close on Tuesday evening.
The ticket is a good one, and has previously been pointed out. At the head
stands Judge John B. Steele for Orphans
Court Judge. The man and his record
on the bench make him an ideal candidate and his big majority that is sure to
be rolled up will bear oat the statement.
Berkey H. Boyd, for Treasurer, is sure
to have a rousing majority on account of
the high regard in which he is held.
Honest Ben Steele, for Sheriff, is another man who is a credit to the party
and ticket, and people are rallying
around him to such an extent that his
election is assured.
David A. Miller, for Register of Wills,
Dr. L. C. Thomas, for Recorder, and Dr.
H. A. McMurray, for Coroner, have made
such good records during their terms just
drawing to a close that the people of
Westmoreland county want no change in
these important offices.
John S. Sell, for Controller, pleases the
people. He is a business man of the best
type and just the kind of a man required for the business place.
Burgess Ross, for Surveyor, and W.
Dick Reamer and John E. Shields, for
Commissioners, round out the ticket
that will win out according to leaders
in touch with the various sections of
Westmoreland.
JUDGE JOHN B. STEEL.
A Word About his Ten Years' Service on
the Bench.
Judge Steele is a man among men. His
ten years of experience in this county
as Orphans' Court judge have won to his
side thousands of friends of all parties.
That he has been a public benefactor in
more ways than one no one will question. Judge Steele has an open heart, he
has an open pocketbook, he has that
sweet-spirited disposition that commends him and wins him friends.
When Judge Doty ran for office and
signally won out, he did so not because
of strength of the Democratic party, but
because of the many friends he had made
in other parties. So with Judge Steele,
he is a good man, honest and upright.
A man who  has  served   the  people so
well no newspaper could keep from the
public kind words such as are due.
Judge Steele's candidacy for the Orphan's Court to succeed himself was not
brought about for his own personal aggrandizement, but because of the adjudication of the masses, with whom he
has done business for and with, and
without any question of equivocation.
This paper fearlessly says, his re-election to this important office will be hailed with delight all over this county.
Judge Steele is not a politician. He is
a learned man of the law and pays little, if any, attention to practical politics. This shonld be the attitude cf
those in judicial positions, and we are
proud to say Judge Steel steers clear ol
politics and has always been elected on
his merits as a man and an unbiased
judge of the people at large.
BERKEY il. BOYD
IS A FIGHTER.
COKE AND COAL.
Items of Interest Gathered from Both Mine
and Yard.
The   coke  output   will   drop  oft this
week as the  Frick plants dropped back
to five days.
Many operators and miners from the
region were at Pittsburg yesterday to
witness the mine demonstration and
hear President Taft speak at Forbes
Field.
A deed was filed in Register and Recorder Arthur Griffith's office at Ebensburg Thursday transferring the properties of the Pennsylvania Coal and Coke
Company from Clarence Ballantine, as
master in chancery, to the committee of
bondholders who represent the new control of the vast property that embraces
titles to mining and other properties aggregating 100,000 acres lying in Cambria,
Indiana, Blair and Clearfield. It is said
that the New York Central railroad people are back of the transfer.
Although the Pennsylvania railroad
officials assert that they expect no trouble when the agreement between the coal
companies and the miners expires next
April, there seems to be a disposition to
avoid any possibility of running short
of fuel. For three weeks the company
has been storing coal in large quantities
at various places along the lines.
Abstractors representing the Pittsburg
Title and Trust Company are looking up
titles in Register and Recorder J. Blair
Sutton's office at Indiana to coal lands
adjoining the field of the Ebensburg Coal
Company, which recently started the
new town of Colver. Everthing indicates that another big development will
follow in the Blacklick district.
Berkey H. Boyd, says the Greensburg
Review yesterday, is a good example o
a man who will fight to the finish for
what he believes to be right. The finish
is usually victory for Boyd. His arch
enemies, the wholesale liquor dealers of
this state, are determined on his political ruin and be has never flinched, always standing their fire without faltering. His victory at the primaries will,
without a doubt, be repeated at the election, and there is every reason to believe
that Mount Pleasant will help along with
the good work.
A Word to Voters.
Mr. Voter: I am a candidate for School
Director on the Republican ticket for the
6-year term. My endeavor has been to
treat every person having business with
the office with courtesy and fairness, and
if re-elected, shall continue my efforts
to render efficient service. If my administration during my first term just ending has been satisfactory, your influence and support are earnestly solicited.
Hoping to be able to see you personally,
I remain. Sincerely yours,
U. G. Weimer.
Fitted to Fill the Office.
A ballot cast for Herman Hamel for
county commissioner at the election on
Tuesday next means a vote for a man
fitted in every way to fill that office.
He has been tried in the conduct of
county afiairs and found to be both honest and competent. What more could
the taxpayers of Westmoreland ask of
their hired servants?
Wants the Office for Himself.
M. F. McCulIy, the Republican candidate for high constable of the town, authorizes The Journal to deny the silly
rumor about him wishing to win out in
order to resign in favor of some friend.
He says he wants it all for himself.
MEANS MUCH HERE.
The Tri State Telephone Troubles are Near
an End.
To end the litigation between the old
Tri-State Telephone Company and its
successor, against the will of many of
the old stoekholders, the American Union Telephone Company, is in sight,
According to a statement made Wednesday by Attorney E. C. Higbee, of Union-
town, the long-drawn conflict is about at
an end and the work of re organizing a
new company will be undertaken.
With this end in view, application
will be made to Governor Tener on November 14 for a charter for the Tri-State
Telegraph and Telephone Company, the
object ol which is the maintenance of
the present lines of the Tri-State and
their extension.
The settlement will greatly help the
Mount Pleasant Mutual Telephone Company which has connection with the
Tri-State as the latter has just completed
a new trunk system from Scottdale to
Morewood where the Mutual people will
connect with additional new lines now
under construction.
PLEASANT SURPRISE
Given a Popular Young Teacher by Her
Pnpils.
The pupils of Fairview school gave
their teacher, Miss Delia DeVaux, a very
cleverly arranged surprise in the way of
an afternoon lunch which was served
immediately following the dismissal of
school Monday evening.
The boys and girls had baskets hidden
all along the road from the many homes
and filled with good eatables that the
good farmers of Mount Pleasant township are capable of producing.
Magical music and other pleasant
games closed the function after which
the pupils all bade their teacher a hearty
adieu.
SOCIAL EVENTS
THAT MARKED
HALLOWE'EN
And   Made  the    Past   Week
More Enjoyable Here.
THE   M.   E.   GIRLS  AID   SOCIETY
LED   OFF   WITH   A   MASQUERADE   ON
THURSDAY EVENING.
The Mount Pleasant High School
Scholars Followed with Their Thirds
Annual Banquet in the Armoryr
Friday Night. On Monday Evening
the Young Presbyterian People
Held Forth With a Pumpkin Pie
and Game Function, while the Firemen Capped the Climax With a Big
Fantastic Parade and Dance Last
Night.
The local Hallowe'en gayeties, begun last Thursday evening by the
Methodist Episcopal Girls Aid Society,
had their enjoyable climax capped by
the big fantastic parade and dance
given last night through the clever
management of F. M. Carson and under the auspices of the Mount Pleasant
Fire Department.
Lots of Fun for Little Money.
The fair M. E. young ladies' entertainment, which was held at the St. Clair
street home of Mrs. N. M. Crusan, was
most successfully bossed by Mrs. Clyde
C. Weaver who also made an ideal fortune teller. The guests, who came masked, were received by ghostly figures who
relieved each caller of ten cents. Masks
were removed at 10:30 when a nice lunch
was served. Doubtless no one of the
fortunate large number in attendance
ever had such good fun lor a dime, to
say nothing of the refreshments.
Annual High School Banquet.
Some 250 delighted people witnessed
the third annual banquet given by the
Mount Pleasant High School Friday
evening in the armory that had been
prettily decorated by Paul Doncaster,
Arthur McCloy, Frank McLain and
James Cowan, Jr. Misses Emma Gelsthorpe, Hazel Cunningham, Gertrude
Jordan, Verna Schindel, Velma Myers
and Lulu Brinker, the committee in
charge, were paid many well deserved
compliments upon the success that
marked every feature of the enjoyable
function, for which Meyers orchestra
furnished excellent music.
The costumes were all unique and
those of the ladies pretty as pictures.
The prize winners were John Bowers,
"A Dutch Sailor," and Blanche Cox, "A
Bohemian Girl." The judges were members of the Faculty, Profs. Gordy, Bricker,
Gillispie and Baker and Misses Anna
Yothers and Blanche Galley.
Missionaries Make Merry.
The MacMillan Home Missionary Society held a Hallowe'en social in the
lecture rooms of the Re-Union Presbyterian church Monday evening with
palate-tickling pumpkin pies to eat and
games to amuse the guests, of whom the
younger portion appeared as masqne-
raders. This was another entertainment
worth many times the ten cents charged
for admittance.
Firemen and Fun.
By the Mount Pleasant firemen going
down and helping their Scottdale brother
flame fighters out with a parade Monday
evening and winning the $10.00 second
prize, the Scottdale laddies came np
and returned the compliment last night
when the local department gave a big-
fantastic parade that was followed by at
dance iu the armory. The street showing was one of the biggest affairs of tha
kind in the old town's history.
And when it comes down to cases om
outlandish outfits they were all in the
parade and then some, and no one could
envy the judges who had to decide the
winners of the fifty prizes hung up by
by local business people embracing about
everything from edibles to tooth brushes..
The five dollar gold pieces were won by
August Robenslaw, a six foot two blushing bride in white messaline with long
veil, and Miss Mary Steiner, a mighty
pretty white winter. Miss Blanch Gibbony, as an Indian maid, won one of the
two and a half gold pieces, while Bab
Goodman, as a big Indian chief, took the
other.
Bather Expensive.
A young son of Street Commissioner
Mathias was run over in the East End
Saturday by a buggy whose occupants
were Curt Brown and Harry Wagner, of
near Acme, both of whom were arrested
and taken before Justice Rhoades. It
cost Brown some $14.