Mount Pleasant journal (June 10, 1914)

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VOL. 38.
MOUNT   PLEASANT,    WESTMORELAND    OOtJNTT,    PA.     WEDNESDAY,    JUNE    10,    1914.
No.. S3
4IST ANNUAL
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OMNSTITUTE
Opens   Friday   With   Senior
Entrance Examinations
FOttOWED  BY  GRADUATE   RECITAL
HELD IN THE   INSTITUTE  PARLOE8 ON
SATURDAY EVENING.
Rev. H. D. Allen, of Scottndale,
Preaches the Baccalaureate Bermon
in the First Baptist Church Sunday
Evening. The Choral Club Gives
Two Operettas Monday Night in the
Grand Opera House With the Junior Recital and Senior Reception at
the School Last Evening. Commencement Day Exercises will Follow Tonight.
The exercises going to make up the
41st annual commencement at the
Mount Pleasant Institute began Saturday evening with the Graduate Recital
in the parlors of the school that were
filled with friends who greatly enjoyed
the following well rendered progrm:
Graduate Recital.
"Knowest Thou That Fair Laud?" from
"Mignon" Thomas
Miss Cunningham.
Aunt Elnora's Hero Pauline Phelps
Miss Bossart.
(a) None but the Lonely Heart	
 Tchaikowsky
(b) I Am Thy Harp...    	
 Huntiugtou Woodman
Miss Cunuingham.
The First Day at the Kindergarten  ...
     Marion Hall
Miss Bossart.
(a) The Lotus Flower Schumann
(b) Thou Art So Like a Flower 	
 Chadwick
Miss Cunningham.
The Mourning Veil	
Miss Bossart.
(a) O Thou Sublime   Sweet Eveniug
Star from "Tannhauser" Waguer
(b) The Quest Smith
Miss Cunningham.
Baccalaureate Sermon.
Rev. H. D. Allen, pastor of the Scottdale Baptist church, preached the baccalaureate sermon in the First Baptist
church Sunday evening.
The reverend gentleman, whose subject, "The Christian, God's Poem," as
taken from Ephesiaus, 2:10, "We are his
workmanship," preached a most scholarly discourse, full ol deep thought and
good advice to the students about to go
forth to fight life's battle. In concluding
his most pleasing address he said:
"The instrument of the masters seem
to be a part of themselves, and to vibrate
as if pulsating with their own very life
blood, What you are will give character
to your music. The soul of the poet
thrills in his song. Be God's poem, and
the music of your soul shall cheer your
fellowmen. The world, tired and weary
with care and sorrow, is calling to you,
not simply to read some poem, but to be
God's poem to their hearts, and you
shall hear them daily entreating:
* 'Come, be to me a poem,
A simple and a heartfelt lay,
That shall sooth this restless feeling
And banish the thoughts of day'."
Operattas by Choral Class.
The Choral Club gave two excellent
operettas in the Grand Opera House
Monday evening, "Tale of a Hat" and
"Sylvia," in both of which the musical
performers played well the parts reflecting credit alike on themselves and their
accomplished teachers, Misses Trickey
and Durham.  The program in full was:
Lassies—Hazel Cunningham, Catherine
Finch, Angela Gandolfi, Martha Wilkinson, Oma Harmon, Ruth C. Rumbaugh,
Leona Rumbaugh, Ruth F. Rumbaugb,
Bertha Springer, Helen Shaw, Winnie
Tedrow, Grace Ware.
ACT I.
Scene—A hayfield, a summer morning.
ACT II.
Later—The same day.
CAST OF CHARACTERS.
Sir Bertram DeLacy Mr. Ogle L. Long
Prince Tobbytum. . .Mr. Moody DeVaux
William John Nixou
Robin Leonard Chain
Sylvia Mabelle Sherrick
Betty Elizabeth Dodson
Arabella     Ora Detwiler
Araminta Marjorie Rose
Polly.  Emma Gelsthorpe
Molly Mary Kiefer
Dolly Olive Schwartzendruber
Farm Lads.   . .  Barnhart, Houser, Chain,
Nixon, Robertson, DeVaux, Long.
CAST.
Miss Style-Eater..
.Miss Martha Wilkinson
Miss Croakenboss Emma Gelsthorpe
Miss Smiler Ruth Rumbaugh
Miss Lofter  Vida Shumar
Prof. Hightone     Mr. Ogle L. Long
Mr. Leigh Z. Sleeper Mr. John Nixon
Mr. S. Low Mr. Leonard Chain
News Snapshots
Of the Week
I In- Caiiiidlnn Pacific liner Empress of Ireland wns struck by the Norwegian 0011161 ptOTfltfld In the St Lawrence river off
I'nllief Point unci sunk. Over 1,000 lives were lost About 500 of the pUMOgfen and crew were saved. Tho Canadian and
British governments are Investigating. Captain Kendall of the Empress of Ireland nnd Captain Andersen of the Storstad
eaCti state that the other is to blame. The bodies of the victims found wore taken to Quebec. The situation In Mexico
ivmaliK'il Unchanged. ETunston'l troops and the rebels took active steps to repair the railroads outsldo of Vera Cruz. Felix Diaz, nephew of tho ex-president became talked of as a candidate to succeed Huerta as President of Mexico.
Dr. A. Long Hike. . .Mr. Moody DeVaux
Mrs. Addlcpate Mabelle Sherrick
Scene—A Rehearsal Room
Junior Recital.
The Board of Trustees held its annual
meeting at the Iuslitute Tuesday forenoon and tlie reception for the Class of
'14 followed there las! night at the close
of the Junior Recital that delighted another large audience with this program:
1. Hungarian Etude.     ... MacDowell
Leona Rumbaugh.
2. Nocturne iu G Minor op. 37. .Chopin
Ray Houser.
3. Impromptu in C Sharp Minor. . .
 Reinhold
Angela Gandolfi.
4. (a)    ALoveofaDay Nevin
(b)    An Open Secret	
 Huntington Woodman
Elizabeth Dodson.
5. Fauues   Poldini
Winnie Tedrow.
6    Prelude in C Sharp Minor	
 Rachmaninoff
Ruth Rumbaugh.
7. Cocerto in D Major (First Movement) Mozart
Iola Zeckhauser.
8. (a)    My Jacqueminot Johnson
(b)    Invictus Bruno Huhu
Moody DeVaux.
Concert Etude MacDowell
Olive VanHorn.
Liebestraume No. 3 Liszt
Nettie Gregory.
Quartet—Wedding March	
 Mendelssohn
Winnie Tedrow.    Leoua Rumbaugh.
Nettie Gregory.     Angela Gandolfi.
The  exercises of Commencement Day
proper, the closing number of the week,
will be held in the opera house this evening, beginning at 8 o'clock.
TRYING EXPERIENCE
Which Frank Andrews Thought he Had in
Monnt Pleasant.
Frank M. Andrews, the well known
Mount Pleasant township farmer, was in
town the other day when he received the
congratulations of many lriends ou his
recovery from au attack of pneumonia
that for days threatened to prove fatal.
Just before the crisis and turn for the
better came the sufferer had a most Irving experience. He found himself in
town, barefooted on the street in the
winter's cold and no means of getting
home. Even George Stoner, cashier of
the First National Bank where the shivering wanderer always carries a comfortable balance, refused to help and
poor Frank was about to give up in despair when he thought of this office and,
of course, it didn't take The Journal
long to get him fixed up and back home
safely. The happy ending of the imaginary trip may not have done it; but, the
fact remains that he began to mend right
then.
Benefit Festival.
Local lovers of strawberries and ice
cream will make a mistake if they fail to
remember that the Lutheran church
choir's festival will be held Friday evening of this week at the Fred Irwin home
on Eagle street. The singers hope to realize enough to pay for the instruction
they are receiving from Miss Muir, a
talented Scottdale musician. If the
weather should prove inclement, the refreshments will be served indoors, otherwise on the lawn.
Nice Trip for Pastor.
The First Baptist people have donated
funds for a nice trip for their pastor
Rev. L. E. Yahn, whom they will send
as their delegate to the Northern Baptist
Convention meeting at Boston, Massa-
chuseets, June 17-25 to celebrate the Judson Centennial and one hundred years
of organized mission work. There are in
this country 51,997 Baptist churches
with a total of 5,799,253 members who
last year gave 127,549,711 for benevolent
purposes, $3,271,808 of which was for
missions.
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HOW ABOUT THE LOCAL FOURTH?
There does not seem to be any good reason why
Mount Pleasant should not tickle the American eagle to
the .screaming point on the coming Fourth. Patriotic
citizens who would like to become ticklers and have a
barrel or two of fun ou that glorious occasion will kindly
meet with the Burgess in Council Room at 8 o'clock tomorrow (Thursday) eveniug when it is proposed to see
what can be done.
REDPATH CHAUTAUQUA COMING.
Representative Here to Make Final Arrangements for the
Big Seven Day Affair.
Mrs. J. G. Wilford, of Pittsburg, is in town for the purpose of making
final arrangements for the Big Seven Day .Redpath Chautauqua that will be
held here shortly on lots in the rear of Mrs. Harriet Ruff's West Main street
residence in a big water-proof tent containing comfortable seats for from
2,000 to 3.000 people.
There will be six events each day, beginning at 9 a. m. with Boy Scout work,
followed by a lecture on a literary subject at 10 o'clock. At 2:30 p. m. there
will be a concert and at 3:15 a lecture by
a prominent speaker. The evening program will begin at 7:30 with a concert
followed at 8:15 by a lecture, concert or
other entertainment.
The great musical artists, who will be
furnished through the Chautauqua, could
not otherwise be seen outside   the large
cities, owing to the limited seating capacities of places of amusement in
towns. The large tents used by the
Chautauquas accommodate the crowds.
Dr. B. M. Loar is president and Howard Stoner secretary of the local committee that is working with Mrs. Wilford
who wants everybody to be a booster for
the Mount Pleasant Chautauqua. The
wise patron will buy his or her season
tickets now and thereby save fifty per
cent.
COMERS AND GOERS.
Paragraphs Abont Prominent  People Oath-
erert During the Week.
Walter Dollman, ol Pittsburg, is here
visiting his aunt, Mrs. James B. Fultz.
Mrs. Louis Gleck returned Sunday
from a short visit paid Pittsburg friends.
Mrs. C. D. Kimball, of New York, is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Nevin A.
Cort.
Mrs. Ralph Overholt, of Pittsburg, was
here the past week with her father, John
Husband.
Misses Maolla Giles and Margaret Hurst
left Thursday on a visit to relatives in
Chambersburg.
Miss Inez Miller, of Uniontown, spent
the past week here with her aunt, Miss
Flossie Zundell.
James Cowan, Jr., a sophomore at the
University ol Virginia, is home for the
summer vacation.
Mrs. Hirsh Kobacker will leave tomorrow on a three months' trip to her
former home in Russia.
Miss Pearl Graul returned home yesterday from a visit paid her brother,
Walter, at Detroit, Michigan.
Captain Walter Evans, Company E's
new commander, visited division headquarters at Harrisburg last week.
Armel Heffling, in the real estate and
insurance business at Hammond, Indiana, is here visiting his mother.
Misses Myrtle Fultz, Sarah Wiedman
and Verna Stairs spent Sunday with
friends at Mammoth and Kecksburg.
Miss Emily Shields, a teacher in Dor-
land Institute, Hot Springs, N. C, returned home Friday for the summer vacation.
Jesse Falkenstein, wife and family, of
Fairmont, W. Va., were at Stauffer the
past week visiting Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Davis. Mr. Falkenstein, who was formerly employed here by the West Penn
street car people, says business is fairly
good down his way, but the state will be
very dry when the prohibitory amendment goes into effect July 1.
Rev. Bennett W. Hutchinson, ot Pittsburgh, is here visiting his mother and
sister, Mrs. Mary aud Miss Anna Hutchinson.
Mrs. J. B. Bungard, of Acme, was here
yesterday receiving congratulations of
friends on having killed a monster
blacksnake.
George Colborn, wife and family, of
New Kensington, were here the past
week visiting Mrs. Colboru's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles G. Page.
Mrs. Heinzelmau, who spent the winter at Stauffer with her parents, has, with
her son Carl and daughter Hazel, returned to her home at Toledo, Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Byers, who motored
down to State College last week for their
daughter, are planning to leave with
Greensburg friends Friday next in their
big Six White for a trip through the
Shenandoah Valley.
J. H. Adams, wife and children, of
Bellevue, Pittsburg, were week end guests
of that lady's mother, Mrs. Sarah Dillon,
of Braddocks Road Avenue. They were
accompanied home by Mrs. Adams' sister, Miss Laura Dillon.
Morris Friedman, the Suterville banker
who captured the local colored postoffice
robber there, with his wife and family,
spent Sunday here with his sister, Mrs.
Kirby Miller, and his brothers-in-law,
Richard Gerecter and Will Rakusin.
Harry Hitchman stopped off here Wednesday with his wife and family who are
visiting that lady's mother, Mrs. W. R.
Simpson. He was on his way back to
Roseville, California, to resume his railroad work after a trip through West
Virginia.
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Garden Party.
The members of that lady's U. B. Bible
class will hold a garden party at Mrs. B.
M. Loar's College avenue home from 4 to
8 Thursday evening, June 18.
DEATHS OF THE WEEK.
The Grim Reaper's Work in This Place and
Vicinity.
Mrs. Barbara Rowen.
Mrs. Barbara Rowen, widow of Peter
Rowen, died of diabetes Friday morning
at the Bridgeport residence of her daughter, Mrs. Jerry Sullenberger, witb whom
she made her home, aged almost 81 years.
She was a member of the Evangelical
church and following divine services
conducted at the house Monday forenoon, the interment took place in the
Pennsville cemetery.
Besides   Mrs.   Sullenberger   two other
children survive, John Rowen and Mrs.
E. K. Seamann, ol New Salem.
Mrs. Eliza J. Brown.
Mrs. Eliza J. Brown, widow of the late
Jacob E. Brown, died Thnrsday at the
North Church street home of her younger
daughter, Mrs. Henry H. Werry, of
stomach trouble, aged 73 years, 7 months
and 10 days. Rev. Mr. Salladay, pastor
of the local Methodist Episcopal church,
conducted special divine services at the
house Saturday evening and on Sunday
forenoon the regular funeral services
were held at the Acme Methodist Episcopal church, of which Mrs. Brown was
long a devout member. The interment
followed in   the Zimmerman graveyard.
The other surviving children are: W.
A. and C. O. Brown, of Acme, and Mrs.
Roll Keyser, of Pittsburg. Her surviving step-children are: John H, and Miss
Kate Brown, of this place, and Mrs. Jennie Gettleman, of Wyandot, Michigan.
Mrs. T. P. Painter,
Mrs. T. P. Fainter, wife of the well
known United physician, died Thursday
at Mercy Hospital, Pittsburg. The interment took place near Kittanning Sunday.
COMMON PLEAS COURT.
Civil Baits of Local Interest Disposed of the
Past Week.
The most interesting case, from a local
standpoint, disposed of in the common
pleas court at Greensburg the past week,
was that of Frank Demander and A. and
J. Jacobs agaiust H. Kobacker & Sons.
The plaintiffs were doing business in the
old Simpson House block when the defendants bought it as a site for their new
store and were forced to vacate when
the structure was torn down by Smith
Shaw under contract. Mr. Demander
asked $1,000 damages and Jacobs Brothers
$2,500. After the plaintiffs had presented their cases Wednesday, counsel for
the defendants asked for and was granted
a compulsory nonsuit.
Another warmly contested suit was
that for $10,000 damages brought by Mrs.
Elizabeth Beck, of Scottdale, against
F'rank McCudden, chief of police there.
This case grew out of the arrest and prosecution of the plaintift on a charge of
having set fire to her own home some
three years ago. The grand jury ignored
the bill. Mrs. Beck came back with this
action for malicious prosecution. The
case went to the jury Wednesday morning. After being out 24 hours the jury
returned a verdict in favor of the defendant.
Mike Toth suftered a non-suit in his
case against the Keystone Coal & Coke
Company. He lost a leg in the defendant company's mine and sued to recover
$5,000 damages.
Wedding Secret Oat.
Marcus True, a glass worker at the
Smith factory on the Duncan Plan, and
Miss Bertha Bryan Walker, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Walker, were
married at New Castle on May 8, although the affair was not made public
until the bride was graduated from the
local high school Wednesday last
THIRD ANNUAL
OUTING Of ELKS.
AT IDLEWILD PARK
Will be a Great Event Tuesday, June 23rd.
GREAT OUTPOURING OF HORNWEARERS
FROM    POINTS    ALL    OVER    WE8TKRN
PENNSYLVANIA.
Already 36 Lodges Have Agreed
to fro, and Representative John F.
Lowers, of Braddock, Chairman of
tho Sports Oommittoo, Says it Looks
as if There Would be a Prize for
Noarly Every Contestant in the
Different Athletic Events that will
Feature the Big Gathering of B. P.
O. E. Men.
The Hlks of Western Pennsylvania,
embracing thirty-six lodges, will hold
their annual reunion at Idlewild Park
on Tuesday, June 23, and everything
points to the biggest outpouring of
hornwearers in this end of the state.
"It looks like a prize for nearly every
contestant" said Representative John F.
Lowers, of Braddock, Chairman of the
Sports Committee, when asked about the
prizes to be offered the winners of the
various contests planned for this great
event. "This statement may be slightly
exaggerated" said the chairman, who is
also Deputy Register of Wills of Allegheny, "but from the way they are being
donated by the merchants and manufacturers of Western Pennsylvania it
does look as if we would have nearly
enough for every contestant."
Tbe prizes are valuable too, ranging
from a barrel of flour, to a pearl handled
pocket knife, including cash (gold), umbrellas, shoes, hats, silk skirts, base ball
equipment and cut-glass ware.
An event that always creates great interest is the annual Tug of War between
the lodges for a silver loving cup presented by M. L. Howe. Ia order to secure this cup permanently a lodge must
win the contest three times. Duquesne
has already won it twice, but will have
to fight for its laurels this time as strong
tearru have been organized by the Wilk-
insburg, Woodlawn, Jeannette, and other
lodges, and are now practicing.
A base ball game will be played between the Bachelors and Benedicts, to be
umpired by a representative of each,
Addison C. Gumbert, of Pittsburg, and
Di'. Mark Baldwin being the respective
selections for these important positions.
The interest in the picnic still continues to increase, four more lodges having joined the past week, namely, Johnstown, Rochester, Beaver Falls and Ap-
pollo, making a total of thirty-six lodges,
altogether embracing a membership of
12,000 Elks.
In addition to the crowds that will go
on special trains, a large number will go
in automobiles, special arrangements for
the parking of which have been made by
the Grounds Committee.
TERRIBLE CYCLONE
Almost Wipes Ursina off the Someriet
County Map.
A cyclone struck Ursina at 3:30 Friday
afternoon and almost wiped that mountain village oft the Somerset county map.
Among the citizens most severely injured were Mrs. Sarah Cameron, aged 80
years; G. Bruce Hyatt, aged 52 years, and
J. L. Biddle, a merchant, all of whom
were caught in   the wreck of buildings.
The property loss, estimated at $50,-
000, embraces the stores of J. L. Biddle,
J. B. Coder and J. B. Davis, the postoffice, Heil's hall and the homes of Mrs.
Cameron, Jonas Romesburg, Jacob Schai-
ble, A. S. Levy and Mrs. Helen Fuller,
besides several stables.
Street Car Victim Identified.
A well dressed but unknown man, aged
about 34 years, was struck by a West
Penn street car near Udell Friday and
was brought to the local hospital where
he dfid Sunday night of his injuries. A
gold watch and six cents were all that
was found on his person. At the Zimmerman morgue Monday the body was
identified as that of Charles Gettemy, of
near Bradenville where it was sent for
burial and where his widow survives.
Engagement Announced.
Dr. and Mrs. S. M. Crosby announce
the engagement of their oldest daughter,
Miss Violet, to William V. Eichar, both
popular young local people. The marriage will be an afiair of about the middle of August.