Mount Pleasant journal (September 18, 1917)

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MOUNT    PLEASANT,    WESTMORELAND    COUNTY,    PA.,    1CEHDAT,    SEPTEMBER,    18,    1917.
No. 88
140 PER CENT.
MORE ARE CALLED
TO THE COLORS
|In the Sixth District of Westmoreland County,
THIS    MEANS    EIGHTY-FIVE    MEN
| WILL BE TAKEN FKOM  MOUNT PLEASANT AND VICINITY.
| The Final Call was Issued Yesterday
by the Local Board for those on the
List Who Will Assemble Here on
Sunday. September 83, Ready to
Leave for Camp Lee at Petersburg,
Virginia, at 4:30 by Special Train
from the East End Baltimore &
Ohio Station. Notes from the First
Contingent Already at the Southern Training Camp and from Company E at Augusta, Georgia.
PARADE OF NEW YORK'S SELECTED SOLDIERS
The second call for 40 per cent,
more men from the Sixth district of
Westmoreland county for the National
Army was sent out Thursday by the
local board, telling the recipients to
hold themselves in readiness This
was followed yesterday by second
notice ordering them to report at the
state armory here on Sunday, Sep
tember 23.
The second call means 85 men iu this
district who will assemble here nex
Sunday and leave the East End station
at 4:30 that day by special Baltimore &
Ohio train for Camp Lee at Petersburg,
Virginia.    The men selected are:
Mount Pleasant — Setteneo Domato,
John Chepec, John Quashnock, George
Pokory, Emerson Boyd, Frank Pfrogner,
Frank Zeglin, Tony Natale, William
Yonick, William Porch, Carl Gorisi,
Donald MacDonald, Albert Steadman,
Joseph Yaisechko, Mike Steiner, Felix
Murtha, Celester Pirott, Steve Zawera,
Bendella Sandoce, Homer Boyer, John
Chermitsky.
Mount Pleasant Rural—William H.
Davis, Paul Harhog, Walter Boarts, Roy
Rumbaugh, John Sheets, Isaac Miller.
Hecla—W. S. Tookossosky, Joseph
Milots, John Tokan, Nick Dragovich,
George Yachon, Joe Ogonondin, John
Wagner, Frank Boegae, James Laird,
John Harvan, Mike Harvan.
Mammoth—Joseph Hansel, John Kear-
na, William Busse, James Dryden, Edward Hide, John Peratch, George Kuhn.
United—Paul Beudick, Paul Viazauko,
Joseph Bernad, Mat. Logaydo, Charles
Rickard, John Partocsak, Steve Ondreak.
Trauger—Mike Balog.
Calumet—John Grimm, Andy Barron,
Mike Dunkin.
Brinkerton—Jacob Ferencesick, Mike
Zebulak.
Lycippus—Edward Rolla, Raymond
Shirey.
Hostetter—Peter Murray, William
Holzer.
Youngstown — Albert Achhammer,
John Mullen, Steve Shimko.
Baggaley—Charles Goodman, Charles
Beatty, Andrew Guidos, Thomas Lenney,
Valentine Milano, Joseph Lisko.
Latrobe—Mike Hozenka, Earl Tenny,
John Lessie, John Hrobok, Steve Divit-
sky, Thomas Kaminsky, Eugene Isadora,
George McCann, Jacob Cole, Lewis Kridle,
Peter Hutter, and Prof. John C. Haberlin,
principal of tbe East Huntingdon township schools.
Stahlstown—Ernest Grimm.
Jones Mills — Elmer Neiderheiser,
Cloyd Sheflar.
The men will assemble at the armory
at 1 p. m. for instruction from the board.
At 3 there will be a public reception
with short addresses, to be followed by
a big parade to the station.
Letter from Camp Lee.
Camp Lee, Petersburg, Virginia, September 10, 1917.—Our party of eleven
men arrived here at 12 o'clock last night
with everybody in good spirits although
somewhat tired and sleepy. We were
the first to report and were assigned to
Company E, 320th Regiment. It didn't
take the officers long to place us in barracks where we were ordered to put up
our iron cots. Steiner and I were sent
to bring ten bales of straw for our comrades to fill the canvass bags or mattresses.
We were then given our mess kits and
two blankets.
There will be plenty of work to do,
although at present over 1,500 civilians
are engaged in completing the camp.
Every building is new and the camp
itself reminds one of a city which will
have every modern convenience for at
least 40,000 men.
The Y*. M. C. A. is doing a wonderful
work here. Already there are free movies
COMERS AND GOERS.
Farewell parade of New York members of tbe National army passing the reviewing stand at Fifth avenue unci
Forty-second street.   At the left Mayor Mltchel marching with the selected soldiers.
and wrestling and boxing contests. We
cannot leave camp until we get our
uniforms.
I wish the members ol our local board
could have seem us partake of our first
meal in camp, the second after leaving
Mount Pleasant. We had no time to eat
until we reached Richmond. There
everything was crowded and I had to
visit two restaurants before securing au
11 o'clock breakfast lor the parly. That
did u> until 5:30 p. m.
Every man from District No. 6 is well
and happy and we all want to express
our appreciation of the splendid send
off given us by the people at home, and
feel sure we will do our best to make
them proud of us. If auy of us were to
return, it would be to urge the men in
tbe uext call to hasten here.
With kindest regards to members of
District No. 6 Board and all the good
people at home, I am,
Sincerely yours,
Harry S. Lane.
Company E All Bight.
Camp Handcock, Augusta, Georgia,
Septmber 15—Company E arrived here
safely at 2:30 Monday morning last with
the balance of the regiment, united at
Washington, and by daylight had everything of) the cars and ready to move
three miles away to the camp which has
Texas beaten by many a city block.
The weather is cool and pleasant, the
boys are all well. We have wooden
mess shacks that are much nicer than
those on the Mexican border although
not quite completed. Each company
has a shower bath:'
We are going to board up our tents in
order to make them more comfortable.
The cost will be about $2 per man.
There was battalion review Wednesday
afternoon and regimental review that
evening, both good as a beginning.
The fact that Second Lieutenant Fiske
has been assigned to us leads to the belief
that E will eventually have 250 men.
It is also rnmored that the guards may
go to France before long.
Colonel Coulter, Captains Hitchman
and Bryce and Lieutenant Braddock with
other headquarter officeres supped with
us Wednesday evening.
Company E went on guard last night
at headquarters, brigade and store, 2
hours on and 4 oft.
It looks as if tbe lover of strong drink
was booked for a long dry spell, although
the crap shooter ought to be happy.
Private Guesswho.
INTERESTING MEETING
Held by the Local W. C. T. TJ. on
Friday Evening Last
Mrs. D. C. McCloy had her Smithfield
street home beatifully decorated for the
W. C. T. U meeting Friday evening but
her husband broke one ot tbe society's
rules althoug he was promptly pardoned
when be had served the goodly
company of fair temperance wokers with
stacksof the nicest kinds ol refreshments.
Mesdames Sevitla McAfee, E E. Berg,
Joseph Grunts aud the hostess reported
the late couuty convention at Jeaunette,
while Mrs. Harriet Brothers performed
a like service for the inter-county meeting at Ridgeview Park.
As a result of Mrs. D. H. Stoner's
report, tbe society adopted a war orphan
in France aud iu a jifty raised tbe $36 50
for the child's maintenance for the coming year. The society also assumed the
first local cost of national prohibition
advertising.
West Newton Oarage Burned.
Fire, which destroyed the West   Side,
West Newton, garage of   Walter   Greeu-
wood. caused a loss of $4,000  m which
there was no insurauce.
SPEED DP CALL
Made on Local Red Cross Knitters by
Division Headquarters.
Owing to the sudden change iu the
weather, many calls for knitted articles
are coining to the Red Cross from southern training camp. As a result the
Atlantic Division has asked the local
chapter to speed up its knitters despite
the shortage of wool. Early shipments
are urged. t,
There were shipped from here last
week the following articles: Scottdale,
3 sweaters, 2 mufflers, 14 pairs wristlets
aud 25 pairs socks; Friendly unit, 21
sweaters, 8 mufflers, 5 pairs wristlets, 8
pairs eocks and 3 hemlets; United Presbyterian unit, 9 sweaters, 8 pairs wristlets and 3 pairs socks; Presbyterian unit,
11 sweaters, 1 muffler and 2 pairs wristlets; Methodist unit, 11 pairs socks and
2 wristlets, a total ol 136 articles.
It will be seen that local knitters are
not loafing.
An Ugly Dose.
Joe Perz, a Greensbarg   jail   prisoner,
took a   dose  of   disinfectant   Thursday
with suicidal intent.    He was rushed to
the hospital where he may yet die.
FORGET YOUR TROUBLES, SEE THIS PLAY
It is *Ws Tubbs of Shanty town" to be Given by the   Red
Cross E Unit of the Local Chapter,
Paragraphs About Prominent  People Uatn-
ered During the Week.
Miss   Helen Cort is visiting Mrs. Mary
Shupe at West Newton.
George Sipe joined the local students
at Otterbein University last week.
Mrs. S. C Stevenson and Miss Anna
Galley were Killarney Park visitors the
past week.
Mrs. William Cbristner aud three
children, ol Oklahoma, are guests of
Mrs. John H. Brown.
Mrs. Alice Hench and danghter, Mrs.
William Pore, visited Cleveland, Ohio,
friends the past week.
Robison Cooper, of Cleveland, Ohio,
building contractor, spent the week end
here with relatives and  friends.
Walter B. Bnnker, of San Antonio,
Texas, reached here Wednesday evening
to attend the tuneral of his father, the
late M. S. Brinker.
Robert Cunningham, Raymond Foust
and Jay Pigman went to Pittsburg yesterday for entrauce examination to the
Allegheny General Hospital war unit.
Arther Ward, wife and little daughter,
who were here visiting Mrs. Ward's parents, Mr. aud Mrs. C. H. Jaquette, returned to their Potlsville home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. William Martin Overholt
lelt yesterday in their automobile for
Philadelphia with their daughter, Miss
Elizabeth, who will enter tbe Drexel
Institute in that city.
Miss Elizabeth Clark, of College
avenue, handsomely entertained a score
of her fellow high school students Friday evening of which games and refreshments were the main features.
John Updegraph, of this place, and
Rue Hale Pritts, of Scottdale, left last
week to enter college at Findlay, Ohio,
to which place the former's parents,
Rev. and Mrs. J. L. Updegraph, aud
family will move in about a month.
Mrs. Meade Spiegel, of Indianapolis,
Indiana, who was here last week visiting
her sister in-law, Mrs. F. L. Marsh, and
other relatives, is the proud mother of
three sons, of whom two are in the army
aud the third is awaiting a call to the
colors.
TWENTYFIETH
ANNUAL COUNTY
Of the Westmoreland County-
Sabbath School Association
WILL BE CONVENED AT GREENSBURG
IN TWO DAY SESSION THURSDAY AFTER-
NOUN NEXT.
The Work of Preparation Has Been
so Thorough That There is no
Room for Doubt that the Gathering
Will be the Greatest Event of its
Kind in the History of Pennsyl -
vania Special Plea for Belies to
be Displayed in the Hall of  Fame.
WITH SIGNAL CORPS.
AT THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE TUESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 25
Aid for Coal Shippers.
Fuel Administrator Garheld expects
to have his coal conservation scheme
well under way by October. If everything else fails, the coal produced will,
it is said, be pooled under government
control and distributed arbitrarily by
government agencies whereever most
needed. Operators protesting President
Wilson's prices are given uniform cost
sheets which they must fill out and return to Administrator Garfield.
Nice Trip East.
Edward King, Earl Herbert, Homer
McCracken and James McDaniel returned
last Monday evening from a very enjoyable trip to Gettysburg taken in Joseph
Ward's anto with the owner at the wheel.
If you like a first class comedy drama you will be delighted with "Mrs
Tubbs of Shantytown" which the E Unit of the Red Cross will give as a
benefit performance at the Grand Opera House next Tuesday evening, September 25, under the clever direction of Miss Hall. The cause will appeal to
the loyal people of Mount Pleasant and vicinity so will the following cast
of characters:
Mrs. Tubbs f, i Mrs. Glenn Harrison
Clingie Vine     Rachel Stoner
Mrs. Hickey Tillie McMurray
Miss Campbell    Madaline Shaw
Mr. Riordan Lloyd Rumbaugh
Mr. Rubbells Raymond Faust
Elmira Hickey   ' —Lenore Weaver
Qneenie Sheba Tubbs       Margaret Overholt
Metbusalem Tubbs Donald Stoner
Billie Blossom Tubbs :     Robt. Merrill
Punky Dunks Tubbs       Virginia Harper
James Scotland Tubbs Paul Mullin
Music Mission Quartette
SYNOPSIS ,
ACT I. Mrs. Tubbs and her family. The pretty teacher and censns taker
disagree. Mrs. Tubbs as first aid to Cupid. Miss Vine has her "census took."
Bad news from Kansas. "There ain't no way too long for a mother's love, I'm
going to my boy."
Music—Mission Quartette.
ACT II. Mrs. Tubbs returns. Simon Rubbells concludes to find a wife.
Clingie Vine decides to become a   "Siren."    Mrs. Tubbs refuses Mr. Rubbells.
Music—Mission Quartette.
Solo—"The Star Spangled Banner"—Mrs. Frank Cooper.
Pantomime—Ladybird Sipe, Mary Schaub and Genevieve Mullin.
Color bearers—Ralph Stoner and Edwin Weaver.
Music—Mission Quartette.
ACT III. A Shantytown Thanksgiving. Little Hunky Dunks sings a solo.
Clingie Vine inherits a fortune. Mr. Rubbells proposes. The return of the
Prodigal Son.    Finale.
This popular comedy-drama is from the pen of Walter Ben Hare who has
written "The Hoodoo," "A College Town," "Parlor Matches," and other notable successes. Mother-love is the theme of the play and is ably portrayed by Mrs.
Tubbs, the sunshine of Shantytown. Clingie Vine and Mr. Simon Rubbells
furnish a strong comedy element. The whole play abounds in good wholesome
humor. The cast is a capable one and working hard to make the production a
complete success.
Hugh Russell, of this Place, Going
from Texas to France.
Hugh Russell, a son of Mr, and Mrs.
Robert Russell, of this place, and a last
year's graduate of Bucknell University
is wiiu a United States Signal Corps, at
San Antonio, Texas, awaiting orders to
go to France, In the course of a letter
received here Thursday be says:
"Litfle did I think lour years ago tbat
I would be a soldier. But one never
knows what one has to do in life. The
weather is extremely warm in the day
time although cool at night. I am getting used to Texas and even the Mexicans who are not as a class desirable
companions. I have met a lot of fine
soldiers—lawyers, bankers, teachers aud
members of all professions from every
state in the Union. Not all the heroes
are at the front.
"When I look back over my life I begin to appreciate tbe many different
kiuds of service rendered by people at
home. I shall always hold Misses
Martha and Alice Warden in grateful
memory for their faithful and efficient
work in teaching us boys. I do not
dread the order to face German cannon,
but I am afraid of one thing. To resist
evil seems an easy task, although temta-
tions are great and I hope I will have
tbe prayers of my friends to resist."
COKE AND COAL.
Items of Interest Garnered from Both Hint
and Yard.
Continued scarcity of labor and cars
kept the price of spot coke well up to
the $12 a ton line the past week.
David P. Hudson, of Greensburg, has
bought the coal of the Dailey and Sho-
walter estates in Latrobe, paying some $1,700 an acre. The purchaser
will develop the tracts by means of a
shaft.
As an aid to relieve the difficulties at
the bituminous coal mines caused by insufficient cars for western shipment being available, tbe Public Service Commission has granted the coal-carrying
railroads anthority to amend the car
distribution rules, efiective immediately,
to permit the assignment of box cars to
mines, regardless of the number of coal-
carrying cars supplied, and not to be
charged iu the distribution.
Tbe Garfield Smokeless Coal Company,
of Latrobe, has just been chartered with
$200,000 capital. The incorporators are
Joseph C. Head, J. E. Barnett and F. B.
McFcely, ot Latrobe.
The 25th annual convention of the
Westmoreland County Sabbath
School Association will be held at
Greensburg Thursday and Friday
next, September 20 and 21. The
work of preparation, done by teams
in every district, has been thorough,
leaving no room for doubt that this
gathering will prove the greatest
event of its kind in the history of
Pennsylvania. The following is an
outline of the splendid program that
has been arranged:
Thursday Afternoon, First Lutheran Church
0. A, B. C. Conference—The conference will be presided over by County
O. A. B. C. Supt. Rev. J. L. Updegraph,
of this place, and in charge of W. C.
Pearce and Dr. John G. Benson.
Mr. Pearce, with a world wide reputation, is the international O. A. B. C. Supt.
Dr. Benson devotes his entire time to
Adult Bible Class work in Detroit and
the State of Michigan. He is also in
great demand all over the United States.
It is a rare opportunity, indeed, 1o
come In contact with two such men on
the same afternoon and in the same
meeting.
Each class should send at least two
delegates, the best, to this conference;
more if possible; the greater the number,
the greater the blessing to your class.
Thursday Evening,
Big Adult Bible Class Bally.
Four monster mass meetings iu Greens-
burg's four largest churches. There will
be two speeches and great singing at
each meeting.
The speakers will be W. C. Pearce,
Dr. John G. Benson, Dr. Luther Allen
Weigle and W. G. Landes. Dr. Weigle
and Mr. Landes will speak on the "Home
in religious education."
T!'». Greensburg District will award
three beautiful silk flags at the Rally,
as follows:
1. Flag to registered O. A. B. Class in
Greensbnrg District with the largest percentage of its enrollment present in a
body.
2. Flag to registered Adult Bible Class
outside of Greensburg Dirtrict, enrollment 25 to 50, with tbe largest percentage
of its enrollment present in a body.
3. Flag to registered Adult Bible Class
outside of Greensburg District, enrollment over 50, with largest percentage of
its enrollment present in a body.
Class must have enrollment of at least
25 before it can compete for flag. Enrollment must be forwarded to proper
person at Greensburg at least one week
before Rally.
Sitting space will be reserved for each
class so reporting, and due notive given
of church to which it is assigned.
The Conference and Rally are to be
Westmoreland County's two greatest
Adult Bible Class events.    Win a flag.
At the request of President John C.
Silsley, of Greensburg, The Journal asks
the people of this place and vicinity for
Sunday school relics, such as papers,
maps, charts, tickets, lesson helps and
the like used in Sunday schools a quarter of a century ago. These will be displayed in the Hall ot Fame. They
should be sent to J. J. Weaver, Greensburg, with the name of the owner. Their
safe return is guaranteed. President
Silsley adds:
"You can safely say it will be the
greatest county convention ever held in
this state.    It is a great opportunity."
Change ot Hail Service.
Commencing September 24th, a new
local mail service from the South will
be received at 11:05 a. m., four hours
earlier than these mails are received at
present. The mail at present due at
7:05 p. m., bnt which seldom has beeu
received until after the office is closed,
will be discontinued. This mail will be
received at 6:20 the following  morning.
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