Mount Pleasant journal (May 31, 1916)

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VOL. 41.
MOUNT   PLEASANT,    WESTMORELAND    COUNTY,    PA.,    WEDNESDAY,    MAT    31.    1916.
No. 22.
MOUNT PLEASANT
ONCE MORE PAYS
FITTING TRIBUTE
To Memory of Her Soldiers
Who Have Passed Away.
EXCELLENT MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM
ARRANGED   AND  CARRIED OUT BY LOCAL   80N8 OF VETERANS.
The Annual Sermon is Preached by
Bev. A. W. Barley in the Well Filled Opera House Sunday Afternoon.
Bain Stops Big Parade Yesterday.
Babe F. Marsh, Esq., the Well
Known Toung Greensburg Attorney, Delivers the Oration in the
Opera House.
Mount Pleasant has once more paid
a fitting tribute to the memory of her
soldier dead by the observance of Memorial Day in full keeping with the
spirit of the occasion on which are recalled the brave deeds of those who
gave their lives that this good broad
land of ours might live. The.excellent program was arranged and faithfully carried out by Robert Warden
Camp, No. 180, Sons of Veterans.
The opera house was well rilled Sunday afternoon when Rev. A. W. Barley,
pastor of the First Reformed church,
preached the annual memorial sermon
for the old soldiers with whom were
joined the Grand Army Ladies, Sons of
Veterans, Philippine veterans, Company
E and the local firemen. Rev. J. L. Updegraph made the announcements and
Rev. C. P. Salladay read the Scripture
lesson. Vocal selections were rendered
by the new Choral Club and a quartette
composed of E. A. Weaver, J. L. Ruth,
Byron Loar and M. M. Byers. Rev. Barley's
text was from the words which God
commanded Jeremiah to say unto the
King of Judea:
"Execute ye judgment and righteousness and deliver the spoiled from the
hand of the oppressor."
The reverend gentleman paid a high
tribute to the American soldier for his
deeds of valor and for the sacrifices he
made for his country in its hour of need.
It was also greatly to his credit that he
had never fought except for justice that
in the end had always crowned his effort with victory. Nor would lasting
peace, he added, come to tbe European
notions at war until they were guided
by a sense of this same justice of which
the prophet of old told.
Chief Marshal T. O. Anderson had
everything ready for a big parade yesterday morning when rain interfered.
As a result, Rabe F. Marsh, Esq., of
Greensburg, delivered the address in the
opera house. In substance his oration
was:
Fellow citizens, we meet here today
on ground consecrated by the graves of
the departed; we meet "For a purpose
that has the dignity and the tenderness
of funeral rites without their sadness."
We are gathered here not to pay tribute
of respect to a new bereavement, but
rather to one that time has softened and
made hallowed. We do not meet around
newly opened graves, but around closed
ones which nature and loving comradeship have decorated with tokens of love
—nature with grasses, vines and sunshine, and with our hands, flowers and
our country's flag. We do not say "ashes
to ashes, dust to dust," but "blossoms to
blossoms, laurels to the laureled."
The great Civil War has passed, and
with each succeeding year the regiments
of the Boys in Blue have been decimated
aud this has become their camping
ground and these white stones their
tents; in this camp there is no distinction of rank—we pay our tribute of love
and honor to all alike. In a short time
only a few tottering figures will represent the Grand Army of the Republic
and only too soon will they fail to
answer roll call. Who, then, will take
it upon themselves, as each succeeding
year rolls around, to continue this loving service of respect and honor to our
departed heroes? It is indeed fitting
and appropriate that for one time this
day be given over to the Sons of Veterans who, while we still have some of
the Old Guard with us, may have an opportunity to express in word and deed
the honor, duty and respect we owe to
our fathers and the great cause for which
tbey sacrificed themselves, and indicate
that after "Taps" sound for the last survivor that we shall continue to commemorate and hold precious this day
for those who gave their lives that we
might remain one nation.
On each  succeeding   Memorial   Day
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News Snapshots
Of the Week
Activities on ull fronts marked the lighting In Europe; Field Marshal Hoetzendorff, Austrian chief of staff, Rained considerably in a strong offensive ugainst the Italians under General C'adoma; the Germans at Verdun again attacked Douaumont
in a furious assault, while in Asia Minor a detachment of Russian cavalry joined -with the British forces which are working
toward Bagdad. The "war" in Mexico quietly continued under General Pershing despite reported hostile movements of Carranza troops; a daily patrol now watches the Mexican quarters in El Paso* Jury in trial of Dr. Waite for murder of his parents-in-law was selected In record time for New York. Champ Clark was made permanent chairman of Democratic national convention. Tapping of telephone wires by Commissioner ot
Police Woods of New York caused several indictments.   Elephant Butte dam, New Mexico, largest in world, is now In full operation.
when the roll is called there are fewer
responses, and their loyal surviving
comrades answer in flowers, a most fitting and beautiful tribute.
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This community gave to the cause
of the Great Rebellion the flower of its
manhood and we, their sons, who have
in charge the commemoration of this
sacred day, should not be unmindful of
the fact that it is a precious privilege
for us to do homage to their memories,
and to the fact that, should necessity
demand it, we are the ones to answer
the call of duty, and go forth in the defense of that nation for which our fathers
fought valiantly.'.Jo the end that in the
words ot the Jm,'iot>rtal Lincoln, "This
nation shall not perish from the earth."
The nations of the old world are in
the midst of a gigantic struggle. Never
before in the history of the world has
there been a war of such colossal magnitude. We as a nation have much to
be thankful for, that we have so far
avoided being drawn into this mighty
whirlpool, and yet, are you conscious
of the fact that notwithstanding all tbe
modern inventions of warfare and hideous devices for taking oi lives, that the
number of killed and wounded in this
present war is not as great as that of the
Civil war, in proportion to the number
engaged in tbe conflict?
Reflect, then, fellow citizens, through
what a gigantic struggle onr fathers
passed. Is it any wonder that this day
has been set aside by this country aud
given over to the commemoration of
those who took part and died for tbe
honor of their country? The North aud
South are again united; they stand
shoulder to shoulder, ready to respond
to the first call, should their nation desire it. The breach which was so wide
in the " '60's" has been closed and the
fallen heroes of both armies lie side by
side and are honored alike for their
valiant deeds and bravery, and the survivors at times gather together and pay
tribute alike to the heroic deeds of tbe
several armies engaged and their brave
commanders and to the wisdom and sincerity of the Great Emancipator—the
immortal Lincoln.
It is indeed a great privilege and
honor for one who was born and raised
in this community to be permitted to
come bsck to bis native town on this
day and join with you in the loving
tribute that has just been paid to its
soldier citizens by those who are bound
to them, either by ties of blood or by
ties of devotion and appreciation for
the service rendered and sacrifice made
for their country and posterity.
Survivors of the Grand Army, you
have answered the roll call for your
comrades wbo have gone before with
flowers and flags; we have joined with
you in this beautiful ceremony. We
now pay our humble respeets to you
and, God willing, we hope that you will
be with us next year and the next and
for years to come, that we may be inspired by your living presence to give
our country that devotion which you so
willingly gave to it in its hour of need.
POSTAL SAVINGS CHANGES.
Deposits at Local Office are Now Forty-Four
Thousand Dollars.
Under an amendment just made to the
Postal Savings Act a depositor is now
permitted to increase his account from
$500 to $1,000 in any amounts, the f 100
monthly limit having been removed.
Postmaster General Burleson's report
shows the total number of depositors in
this country is over 500,000 with over
$80,000,000 to their credit.
The account at the local postoffice is
the largest in this section, deposits having jumped from $17,000 a year ago to
over $44,000 at the present time as shown
by Postmaster Yothers's late report.
FORTY-THIRD ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT
Of  the  Western Pennsylvania Classical and Scientific
Institute May 31 to June 7.
FULL  PROGRAM   AS  ARRANGED   FOR THE WEEK.
The forty-third annual commencement of the Western  Pennsylvania Classical and Scientific Institute will be held May 31 to June 7, inclusive    The full program for the week is:
WEDNESDAY, MAY 31
10 A. M.    Senior Entrance Examinations.
THURSDAY, JUNE 1
8:15 P. M.   Junior Recital, assisted by Advanced Students.
9:30 P. M.    Junior Reception to Senior Class.
FRIDAY, JUNE 2
8:15 P. M.   Post-Graduate Recital by Miss  Emma Cunningham
and Miss lola Zeckhauser.
SUNDAY, JUNE 4
7:30 P. M.   Baccalaureate Sermon in First Reformed Church  by
Rev. A. W. Barley.
MONDAY, JUNE 5
Graduating Exercises in Grand Opera House.
Address of Welcome Miss Sara Harden, Class President
Address to Graduating Class Rev. I. E. Runk, D. D., Scottdale
Gamble's Orchestra.
TUESDAY, JUNE 6
11 A. M.    Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees.
These exercises are open to the public and will be held in the Institute
unless otherwise stated.
School year for 1916-1917 begins September 13th.
Examinations for admittance to Junior Class October 3rd.
COMMON PLEAS COURT.
Principal Cases Dispoeed of During the
Fast Week.
M. B. Goldsmith lost his suit against
the borough of West Newton. He demanded $1,000 for damages done his
property by street grade work that destroyed his shade trees and steps leading
to his residence.
An order of court was made to the superintendent of the Somerset County
Home for the Insane to provide for the
care of Amzi B. Fretts, of Scottdale.
A trial of the action in trespass brough-
by William Gaut against the Youghiot
gheny and Ohio Coal Company went
over until the August term of court. The
plaintiff, who owns the old Col. William
Robertson farm near Wyano, claims the
reserve coal under his house has been
taken by the defendant company and his
domicile threatens to topple into the pit.
F. A. Farmer, of North Huntingdon
township, who brought suit for damages
against the Pennsylvania railroad for
the auto he had wrecked by the cars
near Irwin last summer, suffered a nonsuit.
A Trio of Bons.
A son was born Mr. and Mrs. H. E.
Dyche, of Wilkinsburg, on May 21. The
young mother, who was Miss Edythe
Guy, who formerly resided here, and the
father is professor of electrical engineering in the University of Pittsburg.
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Miller, Jr„ of Mead-
ville. rejoice over the birth of a son.
The proud daddy, who is a Mount Pleasant boy, is city engineer at Meadville.
A son was born Mr. and Mrs. E. T.
Stevenson, of Franklin, Pa., last Tuesday. The mother is the older daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. James S. Braddock, of
this place.
STARVING ASIATICS.
Special Offering to be Taken at the Presbyterian Chnrch Next Sunday.
Offerings will be received at the Re-
Union Presbyterian church next Sunday
morning for relief work in Asia, among
Amenians and Syrians, who are starving
by the hundreds. This is not a church
matter, and the church receives no
credit; but only offers itself as an instrument to act for the Relief Committee of
America, which is composed of prominent men of all creeds and nationalities.
Contributions from any persons in the
community may be made through D. M
Pigman, who will guarantee that all
funds will be forwarded promptly to the
American Committee in New York. One
dollar will keep ten persons alive one
week. Each dollar contributed here
will be duplicated by friends in New
York. Five million dollars is required
for the Armenians alone.
Bright Buckeye Stndents.
J. S. Pershing, writing to The Journal
from Canfield, Ohio, tells of the graduation of Beatrice Pershing, Nora Kennedy
Luther Brobst and James Brown from
the Turner school and receiving the
diplomas admitting them to the high
school. The commencement was held
May 19, each of the graduates being generously remembered in the way of nice
presents.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
WILL CLOSE ON
FRIDAY NEXT
Following Final Examinations
Tomorrow and Thursday
WITH THIS TEST OF THE YEAR'S WORK
COMES THE   DISTRIBUTION OF ALL IMPORTANT PROMOTION  CARDS.
The Commencement Exercises Open
Sunday Morning with Baccalaureate Sermon by Kev. W. T. Lytle
in the U. B. Church. The Senior
Reception Follows Monday Evening, Literary Contest Tuesday,
Class Day Frolic Wednesday and
the Grand Finale Thursday When
the Class of 1916 Gives its Graduating Exercises.
COMERS AND GOERS.
Paragraphs Abont Prominent  People Gathered Dnrlng the Week.
Miss Mildred West, of Marion Center,
was here last week visiting Miss Garnet
West.
Miss Elizabeth Cowan was the week
end guest of her sister, Miss Grace, at
Beaver College.
Mrs. Rose Moyer, of Greensburg, was
here over Sunday as the guest of her
neice, Mrs. W. A, Marsh.
Clarence Zimmerman left Monday
with his mother and Rev. and Mrs. A.
W. Barley on a West Virginia auto trip.
Mrs. Eliza J. Johnston, of Kecksburg,
spent Wednesday here' as the guest of
her granddaughter, Mrs. Frank Simpson.
Paul Hanzus, with the Federal Supply
Company at its Moon Run, Pa., store,
was here over Sunday with old friends.
Mrs. Caroline Page, ot Pittsburg, and
her sister, Mrs. George Tuning, of Cora-
opolis, spent Monday here with old
friends.
Miss Evelyn Goldstone, of Connellsville, and her little niece, Gwendolyn
Michael, of Latrobe, called on old friends
here Saturday.
Miss Jessie Dunn, of Donegal, visited
Miss Ada Bungard here last week while
enroute to Greenville College from which
her sister graduates this year.
Edwin Overholt, who is attending a
dental college in Chicago, is home for the
summer vacation. He will be a full-
fledged tooth carpenter next year.
Miss Nellie Rupert represented Mount
Pleasant in the recent organization of
Phillip Freeman Chapter, Daughters of
the American Revolution, at Connellsville.
Mrs. Jerry B. Myers and daughter,
Miss Velma, after an extended visit paid
relatives and old friends in this place
and vicinity, left Satnrday for their
Battle Creek, Michigan, home.
Misses Stairs and Weimer, of this
place, were at Uniontown last week with
their fellow Tri-State telephone operators attending an efficiency lecture by
W. H. May, a Pittsburg expert.
Mrs. Nan Scott, of Fayette City, where
she lives with her brother, C. B. Power,
and Miss Susan Hurst, of Washington,
Pa., were Memorial Day guests of the
latter's brother and his wife, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Hurst.
John T, Fishell, an Altoona contractor,
brought his wife, son Lloyd and neice,
Miss Dorothy Bockel, over Friday in his
Mitchell Six to spend Memorial Day
with his brother-in-law aud sister, Mr.
and Mrs. D. M. Pigman.
Commissioner and Mrs. S. C. Stevenson, of this place, while attending the
late Presbyterian General Assembly at
Atlantic City, ran over to Pleasantville,
New Jersey, where they were guests of
Dan McMillan, a Mount Pleasant boy.
Miss Nancy Truxal and her sister. Mrs.
Jamison, will turn their faces homeward
from Los Angeles, California, today; but,
stop-offs with relatives in Missouri, Illinois and Ohio will likely make it the
middle of July before they reach Mount
Pleasant.
Everything is set for the close of the
public schools on Friday of this week,
when promotion cards will be distributed following the final examinations
on Wednesday and Thursday After
this, nothing remains to be done but
go through the graduating exercises of
the senior class in high school. These
have been well prepared and promise
to be unusually interesting.
Next Sunday morning at eleven o'clock
Rev. William T. Lytle, pastor of the local United Presbyterian church, will
preach the annual sermon to the graduating class in that place of worship.
The public is most cordially invited to
join with the students and teachers in
this service.
On Monday evening from 8:30 to 9:30,
the Senior reception will be held in the
high school bnilding. The parents and
friends of the students are invited to attend this reception. The feature of the
short program to be given will be the
presentation of the class picture to the
school, which will be placed in the upper hall with the pictures of former
graduating classes.
The usual contest between the Philo
and the Euzelian literary societies will
be held in the Grand Opera House on
Tuesday evening, June 6th. Admission
to this exercise will be by free general
admission ticket distributed by the members of the two societies. To defray the
expenses connected with the contest, a
charge of ten cents is made for a reserved seat which can be secured by taking
the general admission ticket to Morrison's jewelry store after 9 o'clock Friday
morning.
On Wednesday evening the Seniors
have their Class Day frolic in the Grand
Opera House. It is at this time the secrets of friendship are told, and the last
harsh thought is forgotten. Admission
is had by free reserved seat ticket distributed by members of the graduating
class.
The final chapter in the graduating exercises come on Thursday evening in the
Grand Opera House, when those not
taking part in the Class Day program
read essays and deliver orations. Dr.
M. W. Horner, president of the school
board, will present the diplomas to the
twenty-seven members of the class of
which Myrtle Koontz ranks first, having
the highest average for the four years in
high school, and Susan Overly second.
Young Victim ef Larry.
William Kopper, a son of Ludwig Kop-
per, of Sycamore street, died at the hospital Saturday morning shortly after being run over by a larry while sleeping
on the coke ovens at Standard. It seems
that the victim had gotten away from
parential authority and was in the habit
of sleeping wherever night overtook
him.
Lucky Accident.
Thursday last while dumping a load
of ground taken from the East Washington street grade work being done by
Contractor John Mitchell, a team owned
by Henry Bassinger and driven by his
brother—driver, two mules and a wagon
—went over the 20-foot embankment
into the water. The only injury done
was to one of the animals which was cut
severely in several places.
Wright-Weaver.
Thomas Harrison Wright, an old Hecla
boy now located at Crabtree, and Miss
Margaret McGee Weaver were married
last Wednesday at the Mehaffey, Clearfield county, home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James M. Weaver.
Guests were limited to the two families.
The groom's father, William Wright,with
his two brothers, Dr. Samuel and Emerson, their wives aud his uncle, Mr. May,
motored down from this county. The
principals will be home at Crabtree after
tomorrow. The Journal extends congratulations and ! best wishes in behalf
of Toms many friends in this section.
Connty Medical Meeting.
The Westmoreland County Medical Society will hoid its June meeting at
Greensburg Tuesday afternoon next. The
scientific program embraces papers on
"Surgery of the gall tract" and "Some
physicians of Westmoreland county we
have known" to be read, respectively,
by Drs. T. P. Cole and Lemuel Oftutt.
The society held its annual banquet at
the Zimmerman House, Greensburg,
Thursday evening and was a marked
success. The members with their wives
and friends who enjoyed the splendid
repast numbered over 100 people.