Mount Pleasant journal (March 5, 1913)

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VOL. 87.
MOUNT   PLEASANT,   WESTMORELAND   OOTJNTY,   PA.      WEDNESDAY,     MARCH   5,    1913.
NO. 10.
MARCH MEETING
Of COUNCIL HELD
Ik'
Transacting Business of Considerable Local Importance.
MUNICIPALITIES NOT  RESPONSIBLE
FOB    DEBTS    OF   CONTRACTORS    THET
MAY ENGAGE.
Maynard and Company Contractors.
Who Did Street Paving Here, are
Paid Money Due Them by the Borough Despite Liens Filed for Material Furnished by Local Dealers.
City Engineer Ordered to Prepare
Plans for Paving Additional Streets.
Council held its regular March meeting Monday evening and, after paying
February bills and receiving $66.10 from
Burgess Collins as the receipts of his office last month, transacted other business
of considerable local importance.
The city engineer was ordered to prepare plans for the paving ot Washington
street and the thoroughfares intersecting
with Main street, for which ordinances
have just been passed. Secretary King
was also directed to get bids for the sale
of $13,000 worth of bonds left over from
the 1911 series, of which there is also
$4,500 remaining from amount already
sold. With this, however, there is only
$17,500 in sight to finance the proposed
paving that would cost in the neighborhood of $40,000.
Waynard and Company were paid $?,-
000 due them on street paving despite
liens filed against them for material furnished by local dealers. The payment,
which had been held up for some time
by these claims, was made under a ruling of court which holds that municipalities cannot be held responsible for
debts of contractors they may engage.
A committee was also appointed to
buy a horse, cart and harness for the
borough.
SPORTS IN WRONG.
Constables Raid Big Cocking Main Near
Fayette City.
John S. Lindey, George Eckman, William Anderson and J. W. Tiley, constables in and about Fayette City, raided a
cocking main in an old mill near that
place, Fayette county, about 1 o'clock
Friday morning, getting fifty prisoners
in the crowd of 200 sports.
For the last year the old mill has been
used by the United Brethren congregation of Gillespie as a place of worship.
The Sunday before, preaching services
were held in the big room where the
main bout was held.
In the crowd were bankers, barbers,
policemen, ex-policemen, doctors, a detective in the employ of the county,
miners, clerks and others. About the
only profession not represented was the
clergy. McKeesport, Braddock, Altoona,
East Pittsburg, Uniontown, Brownsville,
Cbarleroi, Monongahela, Bellevernon,
West Newton and Fayette City were
represented according to the register
taken by the officers, as each man caught
was requested to put up a forfeit.
Men jumped fifteen feet through the
second-story windows, taking the sashes
with them when the officers appeared.
Four had to be hauled in an express
wagon and given medical aid for sprained legs.
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School Board Meeting.
The Mount Pleasant Board of Education met Monday evening and, after paying February bills, invited Rev. S. L.
Postlethwait to preach the annual sermon
for the high school graduates who will
take two evenings for their exercises.
The rival literary societies were granted
permission to hold a contest during
commencement week with the following
contestants.
Philo. Euzelwn.
Jos. Shefsick Dec Raymond Foust
Larue Baughman.Rec. Mary Ellen Dillon
Edv.-ard Janecek. Essay Sara Hood
Helen Cort
Harry Harcom
.   ) Violet Crosby
Debate) Maria Stewart
Basketball Notes.
The roughest football game of the season was that played at the state armory
Friday evening between the local Independents and Jeannette. The home
tossers won 18 to 16.
The proud Greensburg Ludwicks, after
canceling the game with the Independents here Friday evening, got off a lot
of newspaper hot air about playing for
the long green. The result is a series of
three games between these crack teams
for a $25 purse. The first clash will be
in the armory here Friday evening of
this week. The Jeannettes, who are also
getting sporty, will be accommodated
later.
NiPW^   Sflanshflts    Woo<ir°w Wilson and Thomas Riley Marshall were inaugurated as president and vice president of the United States
" ~JJ chief executive was sworn in by Chief Just ice White of the supreme court   The Essex troop of New Jersey, under
Thi' new
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Off   tho   Week mand of Captain Roome, acted ns personal < :<'ort to Mr. Wilson.   Mrs. Richard C. Burleson of Texas was grand marshal ol ihe
big suffrage parade in Washington preceding the inauguration.   John N. Anhut, a New York lawyer, was accused by !>:•   Uuh
sell, head of the Matteawan Hospital For the Criminal Insane, of offering him a bribe of $25,000 to free Harry K. Thaw.   Dr. Russell later resigned    A brum
Gonzales, governor of Chihuahua, was outlawed by the Huerta government in Mexico nud will be executed if captured.
COMERS AND GOERS.
Paragraphs About Prominent  People Gathered During; the Week.
Mrs. Edward E Znck spent last week
with Johnstown relatives.
Mrs. S. M. Albright, of Cleveland, O.,
was here the past week with relatives
and old friends.
Miss Pauline Harvey, of Latrobe, was
tbe week end guest of her cousin, Miss
Gertrude Jordan.
Miss Anna Stoner was in Pittsburg
over Sunday, the guest of her cousin,
Mrs. J. A. Lichty.
C. M. Muhlenberg, of Glencoe, Somerset county, is spending the week here
with old friends.
M. J. Kelly, late a member of Troop
B, United States Cavalry, stationed at
Del Rio, Texas, is borne.
Mrs. C. A. Bricker entertained the
Thimble Club Thursday afternoon at her
South Church street home.
Mrs. Louise Casey and daughter, Mistress Louise, returned Tuesday from an
extended visit paid Latrobe relatives.
Miss Edna Bricker, of Irwin, a Buck-
nell University chum, was here over
Sunday as the guest of Miss Pearl Graul.
Mrs. Samuel McCormick and Mrs.
Harry Mack, of Pittsburg, were here last
week visiting Mrs. W. L. Randell, of
Eagle street.
Mrs. Wallace Ryland entertained some
twenty lady friends from town with a
fancy work party at her Rainey home
Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Dan F. Weaver entertained a few
friends Friday evening at 500 and bridge.
The out of town guests included her
sister, Mrs. E. S. Callihan, a Johnstown
bride.
Raymond S. Coughenour, speaker's
clerk in the House of Representatives at
Harrisburg, is spending the presidential
inaugural recess at Alverton with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Cougnenour.
Mrs. J. P. Keller was at Uniontown last
week visiting her sisters, Mrs. M. A.
Kiefer and Mrs. W. C. Mullan, bringing
back her mother, Mrs. Sarah Shupe, who
had paid her daughters there a more extended visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Overholt were
at Canton, Ohio, yesterday, attending the
funeral of the latter's brother, Thomas I.
Smith, whose sudden death at Redland,
California, was noted in these columns
last week. The body was placed in a
receiving vault.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Levinson, of West
Main street, had for their guests last
week Joseph Wile and Miss Belle Cohen,
of Youngstown, O.; Attorney Ralph and
Miss Cecelia Levinson, of Steubenville,
O., and David Rosenfield, D. and Miss
Zetta Glick, of Pittsburg.
Rev. E. R. Deatrick, pastor of the First
Reformed church; C. R. Ferner, president of the Peoples National Bank, C. E.
Zimmerman and Lloyd Rumbaugh represented Mount Pleasant at the Franklin
and Marshall Alumni banquet held at
the New Fisher House, Greensburg, Friday evening.
Walter Brinker, construction engineer
lor Stone and Webster, contractors, recently in charge of work at Keokuk,
Iowa, was home last week with his parents, Mr and Mrs. M. S. Brinker, before
leaving for Fresno, California, where he
will be in charge of construction on two
big water power plants.
Mrs. Sarah Pore had a very enjoyable
surprise party given in honor of her 70th
birthday last Wednesday evening at the
Bridgeport street home of her daughter,
Mrs.   Phoebe   Parfitt,   who,   with   Mr?.
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Charles Leonard and Miss Agnes Parfitt,
assisted Mrs. James W. Pore in arranging
for the enjoyable function.
Miss Anna Close, formerly connected
with The Fair, will have charge of the
millinery department of the big Main
street store following the completion ot
the course she is now taking in a Pittsburg establishment.
TWO MUSIC CLUBS
That are Being Organized at the Institute
This Week.
As intimated early in the year, two
musical organizations will begin rehearsals on operettas this week. The "Institute Choral Clnb" plans to produce Bul-
lard's "Jack and the Baked Bean Stalk."
Persons over sixteen years of age who
are interested in singing are invited to
register for the chorus parts with Miss
Dunham or Mr. Hanke at the Institute
this week.
The younger songsters are to have an
organization of their own called "Institute Junior Clef Club." Boys and girls
between the ages of nine and fifteen are
urged to register with Mr. Hanke at the
Institute. The Junior Clef Club will
produce Shepard's "Boy Blue." The first
rehearsal of the Clef Club takes place
this week Saturday at 10 a. m. in the Institute Chapel. There is no charge for
joining either organization.
Captain Loar Coming Back.
The many old Mount Pleasant friends
of Captain James A. Loar, who moved
several years ago, on account of his
health, to California, will be pleased to
learn that his condition is so improved,
following a late severe illness, that he
left Sawtell yesterday for home, expecting to arrive here Saturday. His only
son, Dr. B. M. Loar, will meet him in
Pittsburg.
Damage Suit Settled.
The $20,000 suit of Mrs. Sarah C. Muir
and her six children against the Ligonier
Valley Railroad Company for the death
of the husband, Thomas Muir, has been
settled by the payment of $8,000. Thomas
Muir met his death July 5 last in the
wreck on the Wilpen branch of the Ligonier Valley road. He lived in Unity
township, near Youngstown, and was
going to a coal works near Wilpen when
he came to his death.
COKE AND COAL.
Items of Interest Gathered from Both Mine
and Yard.
Lent has improved the coke business
at least to the extent of making miners
stick closer to their knitting. Superintendents, however, are looking forward
to the Easter festivals with considerable
anxiety.
Arthur G. Page, the clever young superintendent of the H. C. Frick Coke
Company's Bitner plant, has resigned.
He will look after his private business
interests here for the present.
A. G. Price has entered suit in the
Fayette county courts against the Edna-
Connellsville Coke Company to recover
the sum of $10,000 as damages for injuries received July 30, 1912, while he was
on duty as hauler.
The many Mount Pleasant friends of
Robert Morris, of Greensburg, chief engineer for the Keystone Coal and Coke
Company, will be pleased to learn of his
appointment as a member of the State
Board of Bituminous Mine Examiners.
His appointment, made by Governor
Tener, was confirmed Wednesday last by
the Senate. Mr. Morris ranks high among
Western Pennsylvania mining engineers.
S. Shaffer, Son & Co., of Kentucky, are
taking up options on Bullskin township,
Fayette county, coal lands. Paulus
Dick is acting as their agent.
Testimony in the case of Rogers and
Prinkey, Indian Creek Valley coal owners, against the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company to bring about a re-adjustment of rates from Indian Creek to
eastern markets, will be taken in Pittsburg on March 12 before Examiner Eddy.
The Indian Creek valley operators want
the rates given Somerset county operators.
By a deal closed Wednesday Rockwell
Marietta, of Connellsville, purchased for
the Marietta-Connellsville Coke Company 225 acres of coal land in the Lig-
ionier Valley from Hon. John B. Steel,
of Greensburg. The consideration was
in the neighborhood of $200 per acre.
The tract adjoins the holdings of the
Marietta-Connellsville company, whose
plant is being operated to capacity.
M. E. Dodds. of Herminie, has bought
100 acres in 31 tracts of Greene county
coal from Hon. J. E. Rush, of Waynesburg.    The consideration was $30,000.
DEATHS OF THE WEEK.
A Mean Thief.
While Hon. M. P. Shoemaker, who recently married Miss Emma Sherrick, of
this place, was worshipping at the
Greensburg Reformed church Sunday
morning last, a thief took a whole set of
harness off his horse while the animal
was hitched to a buggy in a shed at the
rear of the church. Liveryman John
Sondles loaned him a set of harness to
drive home.
Nice Dinner Party.
Dr. Milton Sullivan Kuhn dined a
dozen or more of male friends in the
most sumptuous manner Thursday evening at his West Main street home which
was handsomely decorated for the occasion. Misses Anna Stoner and Eleanor
Coldsmith were Mrs. Kuhn's diningroom
aides, while the charming hostess also
had the assistance of Miss Lillie Mc-
Adams in the cuisine department. Music
was furnished by Myers orchestra.
The Grim Reaper's Work in This Place and
Vicinity.
Obituary Notes.
James Lampkin, a painter, aged 30
vears, died at the hospital here Wednesday. The body was sent for burial to
his late Vandergrift home.
Mrs. Elizabeth Stillwagon, widow of
John S. Stillwagon and a daughter of
Abraham Stonfler, died Friday evening
at her Bullskin township home. Following divine services Monday afternoon,
the interment took place in the Mt. Olive
churchyard. Four sons and three daughters survive.
Clyde Hood, son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Hood, of Stahlstown, died Sunday of
tnberculosis, aged 18 years. The interment took place there yesterday.
William Stouffer, only son of the late
Ben. F. Stonfler and support of his widowed mother, Mrs. Mary Farrell Stouffer,
died at his South Side, Pittsburg, home
Friday, aged some 30 years. His parents
were former residents here where his
grandmother, Mrs. Maria Farrell, taught
school in what is now S. C. Stevenson's
real estate office. Mrs. J. B. Jordan is
among her surviving pupils.
Missionary Society Reorganizes.
The Woman's Missionary Society held
its annual election of officers in the First
Baptist church Wednesday evening. The
officials chosen are: President, Mrs. M,
F. Hnsband; vice president, Mrs. E. T.
Humpton; secretary, Miss Araminta Galley; treasurer, Mrs. Mary Zimmerman;
superintendent sewing department, Mrs.
James S. Braddock; beads of vocal department, Mesdames Mortimore and
Wise; superintendent Baby Band, Mrs.
C. L. Kuhn. Miss Galley read an interesting paper on "Mormonism."
Somerset Official Convicted.
Samuel U. Sheber, superintendent of
the Somerset County Home, was convicted of criminal negligence in office in
court at Somerset Saturday afternoon for
failing to properly care for the inmates
of the institution. The inmate alleged
to have been mistreated was John O'Con-
nel, who was admitted last summer, suffering from paralysis of the bowels. The
jury acquitted Sheber of wrong doing in
office, but he was assessed with the costs.
A charge of selling diseased meats was
abandoned.    A  new trial will be asked.
A NEW HONOR
CONFERRED ON
ELLA M'CAIEB
Secretary  of Vassar College
for Past Twenty Years.
AFTER JUNE SHE WILL BE A DEAF*
A TITLE JUST CREATED BY THE BOARD
OF TRUSTEES.
The Talented Recipient of This Mark,
of Distinction is a Mount Pleasant
Girl Who is Now Serving her 28th
Year in Connection With This Famous Institution of Learning, Having Been First Secretary to the*
President.
The trustees of Vassar College, by way
of honoring Miss Ella McCaleb, a Monnt
Pleasant girl, who has served as secretary
of the college since 1893, have created at
new title for that important office. President Taylor annouueed in Faculty
meeting Monday afternoon that on and.
after June next Miss McCaleb will be
known as Dean.
This is the twenty-eighth year of Miss
McCaleb's connection with Vassar, for
she was originally appointed as secretary
to the president. Her office is one of tbe
busiest in the institution. Among other-
things all applications for admittance
must pass through it, all arrangements
in regard to academic courses are under
its supervision, and all academic records
are kept by it.
Tbe office of secretary has for some
years carried with it the rank of a foil
professor. The work of the office and
its rank will remain unaltered, the title
alone being changed.
Point Marion Tragedy.
While Mrs. Harry Welsh, of Point
Marion, was out Saturday night hunting
bail for her husband in jail at Union-
town on a charge of illegal liquor selling, she left John Sampson with her
three children. When she returned and
knocked on the locked door without
saying who was there, Sampson shot
through the door, perhaps fatally wounding her, and then ran off.
Here's a Chance, Girls.
A widower, aged 35, with a 2-year-old
son and whose address is Box No. 34, R.
F. D. No. 2, Mount Pleasant, writes The
Journal, desiring, with a view to matrimony, to become acquainted either with
a blue-eyed, fair-haired widow with not
more than one child, or a maiden of
from 25 to 35 years of age.
Serious Charge.
Justice Rhoades on Saturday last held
Frederick Griffith, a Mount Pleasant
township widower, aged 70 years, under
$1,000 bail for court on a charge of having criminally assaulted Dora, 16-year-
old daughter of A. L. Fisher, of this
place, while the girl was keeping house
for him last May.
SIGN OF THE CROSS.
Items of Special Interest to tha Loect
Church  Goers.
The U. B. congregation will worship
in the Grand Opera House for the last
time the coming Sabbath, An urgent
request is made to the entire membership to be present. Every man in the
Brotherhood Class must be there. Big
day March 16 when we go into the new
church.    Let us move forward.
A district meeting will be held in the
Free Methodist church of this place, beginning Thursday evening next, March.
6th, and continuing over tbe Sabbath.
Evangelistic services will be held each
evening at 7:30. Rev. W. W. Spiker, of
Indiana, Pa., District Elder, will be in
charge. There will be about ten ministers present and many laymen. The
public is cordially invited to attend by
the local pastor, Rev. Adam Leukerd.
There will be communion at the Middle Presbyterian church at 11 a. m. Sabbath next with preparatory services
Thursday and Friday evenings at 7:30
and Saturday afternoon at 2. Rev. Dr.
George At well, of Greensburg, and Rev.
W. M. Lorimer, of this place, will assist
the pastor at the latter services.
Beginning Sabbath morning next at the
First Baptist church Pastor Humpton
will begin a series of object sermons
with the following subjects: "Iron sharpening iron," "Emblems of time and justice," "The principle of death in the
soul" and "The wonders of the sin." He
will also begin a series of evening discourses that day on "The Debut, Imprisonment, Exaltation, Clemency and Exit
of Joseph," The public is cordially invited.
Rev. R. L. Leatherman, the local Lutheran pastor, will preach on Sunday
next in the Middle Lutherhn church at
10:45 a. m., at Ruftsdale at 2:30 p. m. and
in town at 7:15 p. m. The public is most
cordially invited to attend these services.
Rev. G. M. McCampbell, of Avalon, Pa.»
will preach at the Re-Union Presbyterian,
church Sunday next, morning and evening.
Postoffice Change.
The evening delivery of mail to city
carrier and rural route patrons has been
discontinued at the local postoffice owing to the new 8-hour law which went
into effect yesterday. The effect of this
law leaves Postmaster Jordan without the
service of a clerk with time to devote to
this window. City carriers and all office
clerks are not permitted to work over
eight hours daily.
Guardsmen at Washington,
Company E left Sunday evening with
the Tenth regiment for Washington
where they took part in yesterday's inaugural parade. They are expected
home this morning. Captain Kalp, in
addition to 63 men, took along Harry W.
Giles, the faithful local secretary of the
State Armory Board.