Mount Pleasant journal (August 21, 1917)

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VOL   42.
MOUNT   PLEASANT,    WESTMORELAND    COUNTY,    PA.,    TUESDAY,    AUGUST   HI,    1917.
No. 34.
500 REGISTRANTS
WERE EXAMINED
IN IS DISTRICT
And  the Board  Sends  Out
Call For 500 More.
ONLY NINETY-SEVEN ARE ACCEPTED
WHEN    THE    FIRST    CONTINGENT     18
GONE OVER.
Over Half of Those in the First Call
Asked for Exemption Although
Quite a Pew of Such May Be Dis-
appoined Today When the Board
Passes on Their Cases. Then About
One-third Were Aliens. War Department Will Begin to Call Ont
the New National Army Early
Next Month.
The exemption board in the Sixth
district of Westmoreland county,
meeting at the Mount Pleasant Township High School, on Thursday last
completed the examination of 500
registrants composing the first call to
fill its quota of 212 men. As only
97 were accepted a second call for 500
more was made, with orders for the
first hundred to report for examination
on Monday next. One hundred failed
because of physical debility and the
balance asked for exemption.
While only 97 have passed the physical examination, waived exemption and
been accepted, that does not say that all
those citizens who have asked to be excused, about 150, will have their request
granted. In fact, when the board meets
today and passes on the long list it is
believed that the quota will be much
nearer full than it is at present. The
board, however, is taking no chances
and, for that reason, seat out a second
call.
With the 150 or so aliens the case is
different. Under treaty agreement with
their countries this government is not
permitted to compel their citizens to
bear arms; but, it is thought foreign
countries will waive that right, action
now being taken by the Federal
authorities to that end.
The appellate board for this district met and organized Friday at Greensburg where it will set for some time to
hear the appeals of those who are not
satisfied after having been refused exemption by their local board.
Washington advices are that the entire 687,000 men composing the first increment of the National Army draft
forces will be under training early in
October. Under orders issued Tuesday
last by the War Department the first 30
per cent of the quota of each district
will begin entrainment for cantonments
September 5; the next 30 per cent September 15 and another 30 per cent September 30. The remaining 10 per cent
will be mobilized as soon after that date
as possible.
The plan to assemble the forces in
three increments distributes the task of
furnishing supplies and equipment
through September. It will also prevent
serious shortages in any camp, and will
give the new officers from the training
camps time to familarize themselves
with their duties gradually before responsibility for a great body of men
falls on them.
Tbe drafted men from Westmoreland,
Fayette and surrounding counties will
be sent at an early date to Camp Lee at
Petersburg, Virginia, for training. It is
also said the War Department's intention
is to increase our forces in France to
1,200.000 men.
Firemen's Convention.
The annual convention of the Western Pennsylvania Firemen's Association
was well attended and drew many people to Irwin last week, especially on
Thursday when it is said 20,000 spectators gathered for the big parade. Scottdale carried off the prize tor the chemical engine. William E. Debolt, of Connellsville, was elected president. Next
year's    convention    will    be   held    at
Meyersdalc.
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Special Meeting of Council.
Council held a special meeting last
evening to straighten out its mistake of
having given Joe Rega the contract for
the Vine street sewer without an ordinance. The expenses he incurred will be
paid him. A resolution was adopted
requesting that neighboring towns withdraw opposition to recent advance in
natural gas rates. Councilman Skiles's
term was extended two years by lot in
order to comply with the law.
Npws   Snarnhnt«   WIth a tremondous Push the »'U« succeeded In gaining on the German wing In Belgium,
vjiiciijoiiuia wllUe tne popg.g )A.,(H   ; A. . ^ . WHS stm ln tho Btftte ()f (1|S(.ussin], (111(1 met wlth a c0,d
Of the Week r0si|O,lse iu t!l(! allied countries, American troops parading In England received a remarkable ovation from the London populace. At a reception in New York Rlihu Root
said itussia would eventually be an example the United States would he glnd to follow; first pictures of Russian
amazons reach this country. Japan will continue in the war for the same principles Hie United States seeks, was the
message Viscount Ishii, head of Japan's mission, brought to America. The government committee to regulate the wheat,
supply ls headed by Harry A. Garfield, son of the former president. Arthur Henderson waf forced to resign from
Lloyd George's cabinet when he hacked British labor iu its demand to attend the Stockholm peace conference.
COKE AND COAL.
Items of Interest Gathered from Both Hint
and Yard.
Continued scarcity  of   labor,  due   in
part to pay day layoffs, sent the price of
spot coke up to $15 a ton yesterday,
A big barn on the H. C. Frick Coke
Company's fasm near Jimtown works
was struck by lightning and completely
destroyed by fire last Monday night. A
large quantity of hay and grain, just
harvested, was destroyed. The stock
was gotten out. The loss, it is estimated,
will run over $6,000.
Little coal operators are having trouble trying to meet with the government
fixed price of $3 a ton for their output.
In tact, some have retired from the poor
paying business that, in some instances,
nets them less than a cent a bushel.
One operator the other day gave his
diggers a voluntary advance of 20 per
cent in wages and the next day, in order
to get them to work, had to agree to 20
per cent. more.
The Pittsburg Coal Company has
bought 7 acres of Pittsburg coal in Unity
township from James E. Zimmerman
for $8,500.
GALLEY FAMILY REUNION.
To be Held at the Dawson Driving Park
Wednesday, August 29.
The Galley family reunion will be
held on Wednesday, August 29, at the
Dawson driving park. Ewing Galley of
Dickerson Run, is president of the association, and Orrin Galley, of this place,
is secretary.
The gathering this year will mark the
20th anniversary of the organization of
the association and because of this the
attendance is expected to be exceptionally large. The members of the well-
known Fayette county family have announced their attention of coming from
all parts of the west. It is the desire
that every one who claims any connection with the tribe of Galley will be on
hand for this year's reunion.
BIG CELEBRATION.
To Be Held at Uniontown on Labor
Day, September 3.
Announcements is made here that the
Army and Navy sweep-stakes races,
which were scheduled to be run in Cincinnati on Labor Day, will be transferred
to the Uniontown speedway on the
same date.
The Tri-County Federation of Labor
will stage the largest celebration ever
seen at the Fayette county capital on
Labor Day. Several thousand persons
will participate in the parade, which
will precede the races. Two races are
scheduled for the day, the dealers' race
and 100-lap professional race.
Judge Seeks He-Election.
Judge J. Q. Van Swearingen made formal announcement Saturday as a candidate for re-election. He will go before
tbe voters of the county at the primaries
on September 19 next upon his record
as a member of the Common Pleas Court
of Fayette county for the past ten years.
TIME IS SHORT TO GIVE.
An advance detail from Company A at Monongahela left
yesterday for Camp Hancock at Augusta, Georgia, and that is
accepted to mean that Company E and the other commands
of the old Tenth Pennsylvania Infantry will so follow. It is
said Mount Pleasant will be called upon to bid her sons goodbye not later than September 5. If you haven't subscribed to
their comfort fund at the Citizens Savings and Trust Company,
your time to give is short. All subscriptions should be
paid there this week.
HOME GUARDS.
War Department Advises Congressman
Robbins in Regard to Them.
The War Department, in reply to an
inquiry regarding the institution of
home guards at Butler, Greensburg,
Latrobe and this place, has informed
Congressman E. E. Robbins that a late
act permits the Secretary of War to furnish arms and ammunition for such purpose. For the present, however, the available supply of equipment will only meet
the demand of such guards already on
duty. The communication closes by
adding:
'It is suggested, therefore, that the
home guard organizations of the several
towns named in your letter communicate with the Governor of Pennsylvania.
To the extent that the Governors of the
several states may request equipment
for the use of home guards for the purposes above named, it will be the endeavor of this department to comply
with the requests so far as available
equipment will permit."
Bain Didn't Interfere.
The rain in tbe forenoon held no terrors for "Late" employees of the West
Peun Railways Company Tuesday when
some 3,000 people turned out to their
annual outing at Oakford Park. The
program, embracing a first aid demonstration, patriotic address by D. J. Mc-
Cahill, the company's Pittsburg attorney,
athletic contests and a picnic dinner,
was faithfully carried out. Miss O'Harra,
°f this place, was the winner of the
peanut race for which the prize was a
box of candy.
Reunion of Old Soldiers.
The Westmoreland County Soldiers
and Sailors Association will hold its
annual reunion at Oakford Park on Friday, August 31. Tbe program as arranged
for the Civil war veterans embraces a
sham battle, capture and execution of a
spy, blowing up a German submarine,
athletic contests for the young people
and a big picnic dinner. Congressman
E. E. Robbins will be the orator  of   the
day.
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Derry Soldier Badly Hurt.
Paul Henderson, a private in Company M, Latrobe, whose home is in
Derry, was found along the railroad
track at Greensburg late Thursday night
with his right leg crushed by a passing
train. On being taken by ambulance to
the Greensburg hospital the injured
limb was amputated below the knee.
SUCCESSFUL WORK.
Second Class in Red Cross Surgical
Dressings Organized Friday.
Dr. W. A. Marsh organized his second
Red Cross class in surgical dressings
Friday evening with a membership
of twenty-one.
The first class, of which there were 21
members.came through with flying colors,
all passing the final examination with
credit alike to themselves, Dr. Marsh
and the instructor, Miss Rusch, whom
they will assist iu the lessons given the
second class.
The personnel of the second class, of
which Miss Opal Bertbel is chairman
and Mrs. Samuel N. Warden secretary-
treasurer, is: Mesdames Marjory Ramsay, Anna Berthel, Helen Barnhart, Elsie
Bryce Heard, Andrew Benjock, B. M.
Loar, A. T. Collins, Lyols Morris and
Jesse S. Mullin; Misses Viola Stevenson,
Margaret Overholt, Isa Christner, Artie
Doncaster, Irene Husband, Mabel
Stephens, Katherine Bungard and Florence Loar, all of this place; Misses
Daisy Peary of Alverton, and Katherine
Sauerwein, of Hecla.
Colonel Coulter Goes Up.
Colonel Richard Coulter, of Greensburg, commander of the old Tenth Pennsylvania regiment, was on Tuesday last
appointed one of the 37 brigadier generals named by President Wilson.
"Dick," as he is best known by a wide
circle of friends, is a son of General
Richard Coulter, commander of the
Eleventh Pennsylvania Reserves, a famous Civil war command. He enlisted
as a private in 1895 in Company I, N. G.
P., going to the Philippines three years
later as its second lieutenant. He was
commissioned as major in 1904 and was
made colonel of the Tenth ten years ago.
General Coulter has been assigned to
Camp Freemont, California, where he is
ordered to report Saturday next.
Local Gunner Honored.
Lieutenant Coulter, Sergeant Harry
Hostetter, of this place, and Private
Irzinger, of the Tenth Regiment Machine
Gun Company, of Beaver Falls, were
picked for special foreign service Thursday last and left Saturday for Lancaster
where the new command will be mobilized before being sent to France.
Big Week at Cox's.
Commencing tonight, Valeska Swratt;
Wednesday,  Jack  Pickford;   Thursday,
Vivian Martin; Friday, Viola Dana; Saturday, Gladys Hulett.
COMERS AND GOERS.
Paragraphs About Prominent  People Gathered During the Week.
Mrs. J. G. Sauers is home from a   two
weeks' visit paid Ohio friends.
Mr, and Mrs. C. R. Ferner left Saturday for a month's stay at Ligonier.
Misses Mabel Eicher and Araminta
Galley are sojourning at Chautauqua.
Mrs. S. P. Stevens and family were
guests of Pittsbarg friends the past week.
Dr. F. R. Mellon, wife and family left
Saturday on a week's auto trip to New
York.
Miss Elizabeth Hamel left yesterday
for Cleveland to attend a millinery
opening.
Mrs. William Lobingier, was at Latrobe
the past week visiting her sister, Mrs.
Harry Benford.
Lieutenant James J. Rehanek, of the
regular army, was home over Sunday
on a leave of absence.
Colonel E. M. Gross and family, of
Greensburg, were here Sunday as guests
of Dr. and Mrs, B. M. Loar.
Miss Frances Fritch, of Kent, Ohio, is
here visiting her uncle and aunt, Mr.
and Mrs. William McMichael.
F, M. Husbaud is home from a three
weeks' stay at Mt. Clements, whose
baths always renew his youth.
J. E. Speers and bride, (nee) Miss
Aleta Freed, are spending a few days
with Clearfield county friends.
Mrs. Myrtle Van Estenburg and three
children are at East Liberty visiting
that lady's sister, Mrs. Elmer Berger.
Miss Mary Davis, of Lancaster, a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis S. Davis,
is here visiting relatives and friends.
John Rishbager and son, Herbert, of
Wilkinsburg, spent Sunday here with
the former's brother-in-law, Thomas N.
Seaton.
Misses Margaret and Eleanor Evans
were guests of Pittsburg friends last
week. They made the trip in their
Ford coupe.
Miss Janet Swan and nieces, Misses
Grace and Annie Swan, of Pittsburg,
motored out and dined with relatives
here Sunday.
William Everett, wife and daughter
were at Trauger last Sunday as the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Riley on the J.
W. Pollins farm.
Fred Milbee, a veteran employe in
the Cumberland Valley railroad paint
shops at Chambersburg, spent the week
here with relatives and old friends.
Mr. and Mrs. James Hatfield spent
Thursday at Beaver Falls with the lalter's
brother, Springer Gardner, head cook
for the Tenth Regiment Machine Gun
Company.
Rev. J. E. Hartman, wife and son,
Herman, returning from their auto trip
to Havover, Pa., were home Wednesday
and left the next day iu their car to
visit Ohio friends.
Miss Grace Close was at New Stantou
Tuesday evening attending a farewell
party given Ray Taylor, a Tenth regiment soldier, by his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Jesse Taylor.
Mrs. Margaret Reese, with her two
granddaughters, Helen Reese and Martha
Van Esteubnrg, spent Friday at Calumet
with her brother and sister-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Jerry Hout.
Mrs. Samuel Bungard went up to Acme
Tuesday to assist her sister, Mrs. J. D.
Gearhart, through the canning season.
Mr. Gearbart's friends will be pleased to
learn that he is recovering following a
long illness.
Lieutenant Roy McLain, who recently
won his commission in the Officers' Reserve Corps at Fort Niagara, is home on
leave of absence. He will report for
duty on August 29 at Annapolis Junction, Maryland.
Miss Helen Hamel returned home
Sunday from a ten days' Ohio trip. At
Wauscom she visited her friend, Miss
Olgo Steumpel, whom she first met at
Munich, Germany, seven years ago. She
also took in Toledo, Dunkirk, and Putin-Bay Island.
Mrs. E. J. Freidline and daughter,
Miss Margaret, of Jones Mills, called on
friends here Friday while teiurning
home from a ten days' trip to Texas
where the former has a farm on which
one oil well is producing 360 barrels
daily at $1.90 per barrel. Her royalty
is one-eighth.
Toung Soldier Weda.
Private Eugene M. Sheppard, of Company E and a son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Sheppard, of the East End, and Miss
Edna May Finch, daughter of Superintendent and Mrs. John Q. Finch, ot
Staufler, were married Thursday evening
at the Church of God parsonage by Rev.
J. L. l.'pdegraph.
THE TIME IS NEAR
WHEN COMPANY E
WILL MOVE SOUTH
To Train with Fellow Guardsmen at Augusta, Georgia.
SEPTEMBER   5  IS THE   DATE SET
ALTHOUGH ORDERS MAY CHANGE THK
DEPARTURE.
The Railroads Face a Bier Task When
It Comes to Transporting- the Firat
Iwo Hundred Thousand Men for
Whose Accommodation Over Fifteen Thousand Cars Must Be Provided. Railway Officials are Hard
at Work Preparing Schedules.
It is believed that Company E will
soon be ordered to Camp Hancock at
Augusta, Georgia, with the other
commands of the old Tenth Pennsylvania Infantry whose Company A,
of Monongahela City, left yesterday
for that southern cantonment as the
advance detail Although no orders
to move have yet been received, September 5 is thought to be the date of
departure and possibly sooner.
The transportation of 350,000 National
Guardmen to their various training
camps is some problem for the railroads,
but handling 687,000 men in the first
call for the National Army is a much
bigger problem for the common carriers
of the country.
An idea of the magnitude can be obtained from the fact that to move merely
one field army of 80,000 men required
6,229 cars, made up into 366 trains, with
as many locomotives and train crews.
The first movement will start September 5. Between that date and September 9 the railroads will complete the
entrainment of 200,000 men, or approximately 30 per cent of the total number
scheduled to be moved to tbe various
training camps.
It is expected that a second movement of approximately 200,000 men will
begin on September 19, continuing for
four days thereafter, and a third movement of the same size on October 3.
Four thousand five hundred and
thirty-one points in the United States
have been designated by the Provost
Marshal General as points of local concentration, at one of which each individual will be required to report at a
stated time and from which the parties
will proceed by railroad to the cantonment to which they have been assigned.
The Provost Marshal General, through
the state authorities (the Governor, Adjutant General,-etc ), will retain control
of these men until they are placed upon
the trains designated, aud will designate
a man in each party to be in charge of it
from each local concentration point to
destination.
BIRTH CERTIFICATE
Bought for Her 8on by a Former Mount
Pleasant Woman in France.
Mrs. Alexandrine Piedbouef Hacking
of Lyons, France, has written the Burgess with a view to securing for her son
a birth certificate which is abcr tely
necessary iu Europe at that time.
Mrs. Hackin formerly resided here in
the Third ward where, as the wife of the
late Oscar Ledieu, the boy, George
Amour Ledieu, she says, was born
September 3, 1897, and now lives with
her and her second husband at Lyons.
There was no state law at that time requiring the registration of births, but it
is thought the desired information was
secured from the St. Joseph church
baptismal record or from the midwife,
Mrs. Fannie Bolaline, who now resides
at Suterville and whose affidavit, which
Mrs. Hackin has, was acknowledged before Justice L. S. Rhoades here April
26, 1898. The justice, however, kept no
record of the acknowledgement.
Auto Cutouts Forbidden.
The use of cutouts on motor vehicles
about town has become such a nuisance
that notices prohibiting them have been
posted. The fine for the offense is of
the progressive order, increasing with
each repetition on the part of the violator until he tires of payment.
Doocors Called to the Colors.
Dr. J. L. Burkholder, of this place,
who has been commissioned as a first
lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corps,
has, with Dr. D. A. Walker, of Southwest,
been ordered to report for duty at Fort
Oglethorpe, Georgia, August 27.