Mount Pleasant journal (May 22, 1917)

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VOL. 42.
MOUNT   PLEASANT,    WESTMORELAND    OOTJNTY,    PA.,    TUESDAY,    MAY    8H,    1917.
No. 21.
JUNE 51H
IS Tilt DAY
VOI MUST
REGISTER
If a Man Over 21 and
Under 31 Years
ORDER Of  PRESIDENT
As
Commander-in-Chief
America's Armies.
of
PROCLAMANON ISSUED
On Signing the Selective Conscription Act.
JULY 15TH IS  THE   DATE
When  the   National  Guards
Will Get Busy.
The Senate and the House Would
Have Permitted Roosevelt to Lead
Volunteers Abroad, but "Tommy,"
Folio-wing the Advice of the Gen
eral Staff, Kindly Declines the Col
onel's Patriotic Offer and Instead
wilL at an Early Date, Send Major
General John Joseph Pershing; with
a Division of Thoroughly Trained
Regulars to Uphold Uncle Sam's
Honor at the French Front.
Every American man who is
Over 21 and under 31 years of
age must register between the
hours of 7 a. m. and 9 p. m.
on Tuesday, June 5th, 1907,
or be subject to imprisonment
for not more than one year and
then registered just the same.
From the number so registered
the first installment of 500,000
soldiers will be chosen for the
new National Army.
The date of registration was fixed
by a proclamation issued Friday by
President Woodrow Wilson as Commander-in-Chief of the United States
Army after he had made the selective
conscription measure a law by his sig
nature. Ihe bill, as finally agreed
upon by the benate and House, would
have permitted Roosevelt to take volunteers abroad; but,"Tommy" kindly
refused to accept of the Colonel's
patriotic offer and instead will at an
early date send Major General John
Joseph Pershing with a division of
thoroughly trained regulars to uphold
our national honor in the trenches of
France.
Under orders from the War Department National Guards of the diflerent
states will be recruited up to war strength
in nine grand divisions that-will Jo into
extensive training at southern cantonments under General Wood, of the regular army, who is in charge of that district. They will, it is said, be assembled
in three installments, the first July 15,
the second July 25 and the third
August 5.
The Pennsylvania guardsmen will form
a division of 32,000, from which 3,800
men will be transferred to the naval
militia. They are expected to mobilize
at Mount Gretna and be taken thence to
camp at Chickamauga Park,   Tennessee.
Sheriii John P. Kilgore is anxious to
hear at once from township registras who
are willing to act as such in their respective districts on June 5. Volunteers
must be American citizens, residents of
the district and be able to write a good
hand. Applications should be made at
once  to   the  sheriff   at his  Greensburg
office.
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Big Scottdale Demonstration.
Elaborate preparations are being made
at Scottdale for a patriotic demonstation
to be held on June 14—Flag Day. Lieutenant Governor Frank B. McClain and
F. P. Becker, of Pittsburg,   will   deliver
While tin* world waited Chancellor vim Belhiiianij Hollweg told the relchstag Ihat the time was not ripe for another move for
peace Ml his part. Democracy io Itussia iviih put to a severe (eis| during Ihe past week mill reunited hi the resignation of Foreign Secretary MllukolT niul a coalition cabinet In wide 11 the people are mote folly rei>renented. Tlie American mission lo itussia, headed by Elilm Root, Contains, besides others, Genera] Hugh L. Scott, elder of staff of our army. Following his wonder-
Joffre Malted West. Point, Beaton ami Canada, where Be was given farther ovations, with sl'irUing suddenness came the death
of Joseph II. Choiite, former ambassador to Great Britain; (lie strain placed on him In caring for foreign Minister Ilnlfonr during his visit to New York
wns too much for him.   Slgnor Arlotta, head of the Italian commissioners who nrrlved tn America unannounced, snys Italy needs tonnage most.
News Snapshots
Of the Week
ful reception in New York,
COMERS AND GOERS.
Paragraphs About Prominent   People Oath
ered During the Week.
Mrs. Margarel Freed is spending two
weeks with friends at Fiadlay, Ohio.
Mrs. Levina Milbee is at Stahlstown
paying her son, George, an extended visit.
The local High School Seniors were
nicely entertained Friday evening by
Miss Madaline Shaw at her College avenue home.
Mrs. Charles Alexander Sherrick entertained for the First Reformed Aid Society at her East Main street home Friday evening.
Dr. and Mrs. Horace Cope and their
daughter, Mistress Jane, of McKeeeport,
spent Sunday here with that lady's
father, R. K. Hissem.
Rev. S. W. Keister, of Wasterville,
Ohio, former pastor of the local United
Brethren church, popped into town Friday morning to greet a few of his old
friends.
Dr. Charlotte Goodman, of Harrisburg,
spent the past week here and at Pittsburg with relatives and old friends.
She was on a week's vacation from her
state insane asylum work.
General William E. Mobley, of Mor-
gantown, West Virginia, Commander-in-
cheif of the Gospel Army, war here
Thursday inspecting the local post in the
old Hotel Cooper of which Captain E.
A. Daugherty has charge.
Mesdames Gerald S. Bryce, M. W.
Horner and William M. Hitchman and
Miss Irene Husband were at Latrobe
Tuesday showing their sisters there samples of Red Cross sewing done by the
Friendly Society.
DISTRICT CONVENTION
To be Held here by the Epworth League
Jane 27, 28 and 29.
The Epworth League of the McKeesport District of the Pittsburg Conference
will be held here in the Methodist Episcopal church, June 27, 28 and 29.
Arrangements are now being made for
the meeting by the local society of which
Miss Rosa Patterson is president, Miss
Bertha Springer secretary and Ernest
Anderson treasurer. Provision will be
made to entertain 250 delegates.
The opening session will be Wednesday evening when Rev. Dr. E. J. Knox,
the pastor, will make the address of
welcome. Prof. George Sleetb, of Pittsburg, will also speak. The speakers at
the diflerent sessions on the next two
days are: President Samuel E. Vaugh,
Revs. J. E. Clear, C. A. Clark, J. J. Hill,
J. Vernon Wright, Andrew Shea. W.
Rufus Hofelt and Herbert Baum, Thea-
dore Hockey, R. E, Diltinderfer, Miss
Fleming, Ralph Starkey, Mrs. Pfahler,
Mrs. J. E. Williams, C. W. Hall, F. W.
Pennington and Ralph Walker.
SIGNJFJHE CROSS.
Items of Special Interest to the Local
Church Goers.
Rev. R. F. Shields, of Allerton, Iowa,
preached here in the United Presbyterian church for the pastor, Rev. R. R.
Scott, a seminary classman. Rev. Shields
will leave September 1 as a missionary
to Sudan, Africa.
The First Baptist people will raise a
flag on the 11-foot pole in the interior of
their chnrch Sunday next. Deacon John
D. Leonard, a Civil war veteran, will
make the address.
Pastor Scott will, commencing Sunday
morning next at 10 o'clock, conduct the
first of a series of studies on the history
and composition of the Bible for the
United Presbyterian Men's Bible Class.
All young men interested in the subject
are invited.
Rev. J. L. Updegraph, pastor ol the
local Church of God, will preach the
baccalaureate sermon for the graduating
class of the Bullskin township public
schools Sunday evening next at the Paradise church. The commencement exercises will he held at the Mount Olive U.
B. church Saturday evening, June 2.
Fatal Auto Accidents.
Elmer Young, a well known West
Newton citizen, aged 48 years, who leaves
a widow and oue son, was killed Thursday afternoon at Gratztown by his auto,
in which he and four other men were
riding, skidding from the road down a
15-foot embankment. He was crushed
beneath tbe machine. His companions
escaped with slight injuries.
Charles Highberger, an 18-year old
Greensburg boy, was killed Sunday evening when his Ford auto was wrecked
near Delmont. Seyman Henry, who lives
on-the Freeport road, is of the same age
and who was driving the car, had a collarbone broken.
Speaking Out in Meetin'.
Judge C. D. Copeland, of the Westmoreland County Orphans Court, recently
taken to task for doubling the $1,500
salary of bis stenographer, says he did
so when he doubled her work by donating his own services to the Common
Pleas Court bench. At the same time
he announces his candidacy to succeed
President Judge Lucien W. Doty.
COKE AND COAL.
ttenis of Intereit Qatnered from Botb Mine
and Yard.
The car supply last week, being barely
50 percent, of the demand, greatly handicapped coke operators. The price for
spot furnace fuel remained about $7.50 a
ton.
The Fairfield Coal Company on Wednesday last ad vanced the wages ol the
100 miners at its Bolivar works 10 per
cent. The men refused to accept and
because they couldn't get 20 per cent,
more, promptly went out on a strike,
lohn Husband, of this place, is interested in the plant, being still receiver
of the Lacolle concern, the Fairfield
company's predecessor. The trouble is
about over a9 over half the men have returned to work.
George Dawson, who was mine foreman
here at Standard years ago and now resides at Hazzard, Washington county, is
back to harness at Hecla No. 1.
The 2,000 striking coal miners in the
Portage district of Cambria connty returned to work Wednesday. The settlement involves the payment of wages of
89 cents a ton for pick mining and 95
a ton where the miners are obliged to
push cars to and from the headings.
For cutting and scraping the new wage
scale will be 65 cents a ton, with 60
cents a ton where miners do their own
car pushing, drivers receive an increase
of 92 cents a day and motormen are increased 68 cents a day.
Tbe Scottdale Coal and Coke Company
has sold its Hempfield township holdings, consisting of 134 acres of coal and
108 acres of surface, to T. B. Cook, of
Johnstown, for $49,096.
The Mount Pleasant Coke Company
has purchased 250 acres of coal from
the Benedictine Society near Latrobe
apd contracted with Frank Stark, of
Greensburg, to put down a shaft for the
development of the new field, for which
$2,000 an acre was refnsed some lime ago.
The Westmoreland Coal Company is
preparing to develop tbe last large tract
of coal in the Irwin district laving near
Harrison City and containing 5,000 acres.
Tbe opening will be by means of a 210-
foot shaft on tbe Waugaman farm. The
plant has been named McCulIough.
The
DEATHS OF THE WEEK.
Grim  Reaper's  Work  in   This
Place and Vicinity.
fraternal and patriotic organizations  in
line will feature tbe celebration
Talented Mount Pleasant Girl.
Mrs. Herman Feister, of Erie, (nee)
Jane Gorton, a Mount Pleasant girl, is
the possessor of a wonderful contralto
voice that bids fair to attract national
fame before long. Her most recent successful eftort was put forth at the May
Festival given by that city's combined
Oratorio societies. She sang the contralto
arias from the "Stabet Mater" by Rossini.
Community Day.
Final arrangements are being made for
'Community Day" at  the   Mount Pleasant   township   high   school   on   Friday,
 June  1,   by   the  supervising principal,
the principal addresses.    A parade witrrj Prof. Walter E. Evans.    A full program
of exercises will  appear in next week's
Journal.        ,
Mount Pleasant's Memorial Day Program.
The local Sons of Veterans have completed the program for  Mount
Pleasant's observance of Memorial Day, doing tbe work that was heretofore
performed by the Robert Warden Post,
Grand Army of the Republic. Tbe annual sermon will be preached by Rev.
Dr. E. J. Knox, pastor of the local Methodist Episcopal church, in tbe Grand
Opera House at 2:30 p. m., Sunday next,
May 27.
On Memorial Day, Wednesday, May 30,
there will be a parade at 2:30 p. m. with
President of Council S. P. Stevens- as
chief marshal.
Tbe exercises will follow at tbe cemetery with tbe usual decoration of the
sleeping soldiers' graves. City Solicitor
Ralph D. Hurst, of Greensbnrg, has been
chosen as the orator of the day.
Special invitations have been sent out
to all local and fraternal and civic organizations as well as the public and parochial schools. Should the response be
' as general as the management has the
right to expect at a time like this, the
parade should be tbe largest in the history of   this  always   loyal  community.
 HThe public is invited to take part.
In compliance with Governor Brumbaugh's proclamation, the   local
church bells will be tolled for 5 minutes beginning at noon on Memorial Day.
Ralph Husband.
The many local friends of Ralph Husband, older son of John Husband, of this
place, were shocked to learn of his death
which occurred at his Cumberland,
Maryland, home Thnrsday afternoon of
pneumonia while relatives, alarmed by
a message a few hours before telling of
bis dangerous condition, were hastening
to his bedside. He had been here the
week before attending a social function,
the picture of manly health and strength,
and was at home looking after his sand
business when stricken with the fatal
disease. His father went down Wed
nesday.
The body was brought here by auto
on Friday to his boyhood home, from
which the interment took place Saturday
afternoon in the cemetery following de-
vine services, conducted by Rev. Dr.
Knox.
The deceased was 35 years of age and
leaves a widow aud three small children
together with his father, one brother and
two sisters—Elmer and Miss Irene Husband, of this place, and Mrs. Ralph
Overholt, of Pittsburg.
Elmer C Hnbbs.
The many old friends of Elmer C.
Hubbs in this section will learn with
sorrow of his death which occurred from
uraemic poisoning at his home at Du
Bois, Pa., on the 9th instant following
a lingering illness. He was a native of
Donegal and managed the Union Supply
Company store at Mammoth for years
before moving to DuBois where he engaged in the laundry business. He was
a member of the Baptist church, was 58
years of age and leaves a.widow, who
was Miss Lulu Campbell, of this place,
and four sons.
Obitnary Notes,
Rev. Francis Pikulsko, aged 56, for
six years pastor of the Immaculate Conception of Mary Roman Catholic churcht
Carnegie, died at his home there last
Tuesday night. He was a native of Poland and a brother of Mrs. Teofila Kaez-
marek, of this place.
James A. McDowell, a native of Monnt
Pleasant township and a well known
attorney at Washington, Pa., died last
Monday, aged 75 years. He leaves a
widow, who was Nancy J. Rea, and two
sons.
NUMEROUS CASES
ARE DISPOSED OF
IHE PAST WEEK
In the County Criminal Court
With Three Judges.
SEVERAL WERE OF LOCAL INTEREST
ALTHOUGH THE MAJORITY WERE OF A
MINOR NATURE.
William Brown, who Made no Defense
to a Charge of Involuntary Homicide for Having Run Down and
Killed Two Fairview School Children with his Automobile Last October, had his Sentence Suspended
and was Parolied on Payment of
the Costs of tho Suit.
Letter from Free Russian,
On Wednesday last Hirsb Kobacker,
bead of the Kobacker firm, received an
interesting letter from his brother-in-law,
D. Berman, written from a province of
Riesanoff, Russia, March 27. The war
drove him from the border of Poland-
He tells with delight of the revolution
which had then just taken place and
expresses tbe belief that Russian people
will soon learn to govern themselves
and enjoy a freedom like America's.
Some Long Fall.
Councilman S. P. Stevens's son Frank
is carrying around a nice assortment of
surgeon's stitches used to close up the
cut in his face got when he went over
the high embankment in front of his
Center avenue home, landing on the
street car track. Franklin was riding his
coaster and tbe break wouldn't work.
Death of Judge Head's Son.
Morris L. Head, son of Judge John B.
Head, died at bis Pittsburg home last
evening of pneumonia, aged 39 years and
leaving a widow and eight children. He
was connected with the Jamison Coal &
Coke Company's city offices.
With Judges Doty, McConnell and
Copeland presiding on separate bench-1
es, big inroads were made on the tria
list of the May term of county criminal court the past week. For the most
part the cases Jdisposed of-were of a
minor nature.
William Brown, of near this place, appeared before Judge Doty Friday on a
charge of involuntary homicide for having last fall run into pupils at the Fair-
view school, two of the victims, Katie,
13-year-old daughter of Andrew Shef-
sick, and Jnlia, 14-year old daughter of
Frank Kiel, dying of their injuries. He
made no defense and, on the motion of
his attorney, Nevin A. Cort, of this
place, sentence was suspended under the
act of 1911 and he was then discharged
npon the payment of the costs, some
$39. It is said that the defendant, by disposing of his personal property, has settled all the claims for damages except
two, those of Shefsick and Keil, having
thus already paid out some $2,000. The
two plaintiffs named demand more money
than Brown can see his way clear to pay.
Lafayette McMahon, convicted oi
felonious assault and battery, was sent
to the workhouse for eleven months.
C. M. McClnne. superintendent of the
water works, secretary of Council, street
commissioner and policeman at Ligonier,
charged with larceny by Mike Stanovich,
whom he arrested, was acquitted.
Herman Brinkmau, of Latrobe, convicted of felonious shooting, was fined
$100 with costs.
Jacob Lucas, a young Trauger man,
charged with having robbed the cash box
in the Catholic churcb there, wu
acquitted.
The grand jury ignored the bill of
Sam Levin, of this place, who charged
Joe Salenkontz and Others with having
stolen junk in which he deals.
Frank Egnochak, os Standard, was acquitted on a charge of carrying concealed
weapons, but had tbe costs to pay.
Homer Wolfe, of Jeannette, was convicted of having enticed Zella Yahnert,
a 14-year-old girl, from her home there
to Wellsburg, W. Va , where they were
married some two months ago. He was
sentenced to pay a fine of $10 »ud costs "*
and be separated from his wife until she
was of a marriageable age.
Andy Farrel.Sam DeFellippo and Ralph
Scalo were convicted of pandering is
connection with the Greensbnrg nese
restaurant. Emma Russell, of this place,
was a leading witness and told a shocking tale of shame.
Henry Cbristenson, of Carbon, convicted of pandering, was sent to the penitentiary from 7 to 9 years.
Tbe grand jury recommended a separate
building at the County Home for sufferers
from tuberculosis and venerial diseases,
approved the working of jail prisoners
on tbe roads and county farms, asked
for sign boards on all roads and opposed
the building of new county rosds, holding such money should be used on tbe
upkeep of those already improved.
John Porazanish was placed on trial
before Judge Doty yesterday ou tbe
charge of having on February 24 last at
Arnold killed Tony Sturenka by hitting
him on the head with a beer bottle. He
was acquitted.
The charge of murder against Mike
Uptic was taken up at tbe same time before Judge McConnell. He is accused of
having shot and killed Mrs. Wladislaw
Szpulsky as she lay in bed at her home
near Vandergrift April 24 last in addition to wounding two of her little children.
The case of John Baptiste Dantine,
charged with the murder of Louise Del-
arere at Jeannette, was continued until
the August term.
Tony Saitte, Joe Rock and Contolo
Contella, convicted of pointing firearms,
were sentenced yesterday by Judge Cope-
land to from 1 to 3'A years in the workhouse