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MOUNT    PLEASANT,    WESTMORELAND    COUNTY,    PA.,    TUESDAY,    OCTOBER,   2,    1917.
No. 40
HIRD CALL FOR
NATIONAL ARMY
SENT THURSDAY
|By  the Board of  the Sixth
District of This County
SUMMONING FORTr FOUR MORE MEN
0   REPORT   HERE SUNDAY NEXT FOR
TRAINING    AT    CAMP    LEE.
[he War Department Planned to
Take a Second 40 Per Cent, but Cut
the Number in Half as the Petersburg Cantonment is Not Yet Complete. Failure of the Apellate Board
to Pass on the Exemptions Asked
Causes Delay on the Part of the
Local Board in Getting its List Out.
Notes from the Boys Already in
Camp.        	
The third call for the National
I Army, 20 per cent, of the 687,000
men first listed under the selective conscription act, has been sent out. Thfs
means 44 more young men from the
Sixth district of Westmoreland county
who have been ordered- to assemble
here Sunday next preparatory to joining
their 98 comrades who have preceded
them to Camp Lee at Petersburg,
| Virginia.
The local board did not get its notices
I ont until Thursday when it finally succeeded in having its list certified by the
Appellate Exemption Board at Greensburg. The latter board, owing to a
change in its membership, James S. Bea-
com succeeding Paul H. Gaither, is back
in its work with a long list of appeals
for exemption to pass on. As a result
the local board had a narrow margin of
accepted men to pick from. In the call
are:
Mount Pleasant — William dinger,
William Shumaker, Russell Myers, Antonio Maculuso, Curtis Sheppard, Elzie
Nedron, William Mullen, John Klara,
Charles Lewis, Charles J. Francis, John
Frolic and Hegniew Sokier.
Mount Pleasant Rural—Geo. Whip-
key.
Stauffer—John Salutric.
Southwest—Nicholas Bohanok, William Dugau, Stephen Lesko and John
Tokan.
Donegal—William Kuhn.
Jones Mill—Samuel Pyle.
Kregar—Harvey Shaulis.
Mammoth—Clem Miller and George J.
Beverage.
Freed—John Fabian.
Whitney, Baggaley and Youngstown
—Wasyl Prybyten, John Zrelensky,
Charles Shearer and Charles Johnson.
Pleasant Unity—Harry Novic.
Latrobe and Vicinity—Paul Harvan,
Ira L. Marshon. John Yukofski, Joseph
Hauntz, Dennis Roy Ernst, Harry Hoke,
Charles Lutler, Joseph S. Kelly, Erme
Elecsny, Ralph Townsend, Martin Teska.
Other Points—Ward Joseph Kalp,
East Pittsburg; Thomas Kearns, Turtle
Creek; Leo Nesslor, Greensburg; Earl
Milliron, Rochester.
Amog the 60 men called in the Sev-
, enth district to be sent from West Newton to Camp Lee Sunday are: Andrew
Jovilla, of this place; Stewart E. Shotts
and Peter J. McMann, of Tarr; Paul J.
Byers and Elmer Stantz, Ruffsdale; Harry
T. Dodson, Alverton.
Camp Lee Notes.
Camp Lee, Petersburg, Viroinia, September 22:—Many thanks to you for
sending us The Journal. We appreciate
reading if very much. It keeps us in
touch with the folks back home. It is
pretty warm here just now. Yesterday
afternoon I took a hike out to the old
battlefield and found several bullets that
had been used in the war. I visited a
little cabin there which contains many
relics from the war. Last but not least
I visited the crater. It is a large hole
in the earth which was caused by an explosion by the Union troops in the Civil
war. It is a very enjoyable .trip for anybody that hasn't been there.
We have our uniforms now and we all
feel like real soldiers. We got our second shot in the arm today. Some of the
fellows in the company are feeling
pretty sick after it. A bunch of new
fellows came in today. The barracks are
not complete as yet, but when they are
there will be quarters for about 50,000
men. The barracks are in the shape of
a horseshoe and cover about nine square
miles. It will be a nice place after it is
finished. It will remind one n{ small
city.
There are about 3,000 officers here.
They are a fine looking bunch of men.
We have been getting plenty to eat and
hope it will  continue.    They  say  they
1—Photograph of the giant Caproni triplane, a sample of which has been sent to the United States from Italy and
which carries 25 passengers. 2—President Irigoyeh of Argentina, who Is trying to arrange united action of
Latin-American nations against Germany. 3—The Chateau of Peronne, reduced to ruins by continuous bombardment by the Germans. 4—W.A. Holman, prime minister of New South Wales, photographed In New York
where he attended a luncheon of the Overseas club.
are going to make things as comfortable
as possible for us.
Everybody from Local Board No. 6 is
getting along nicely in their work and
our best wishes go back to the people of
Mount Pleasant.
September 24—The second contingent
of our comrades from the Sixth District,
87, arrived here at 1:45 p. m. today and
were accorded a hearty welcome by the
original eleven. They were in charge of
"Captain" Peter Garsticke, an old regular army man, and "Lieutenant" Donald
MacDonald. The latter had charge of
the meal tickets and stuck to them and
the result was his bunch got three square
feeds on the trip; while other parties,
whose men in charge surrendered tbe
food tickets all at once, got but one
meal. William M. Steiner.
COMPANY E NEEDS SOME MORE MEN.
Advices received yesterday from Captain James K. Zundell at Camp
Hancock, Augusta, Georgia, says Company E, of the old Tenth Pennsylvania Infantry, now the 11 lth, are that he will need some men in addition to
those expected when the old 18th and 16th are assigned to other commands
on October 10. He would, therefore, like to have some more good men
from Mount Pleasant.
COMERS ANU GOERS.
SIGN OF THE CROSS.
Items of Special Interest to the Local
Church Goers.
Sunday next, October 7, will be rally
day at the local United Brethren church
with the Sunday school taking a prominent part in the exercises. Superintendent C. E. Mullin on Sabbath last distributed 500 numbered paper pigeons
which the recipients are expected to
bring on Sunday next and place iu a
homing loft erected on a platform in tbe
church. Anyone desiring to attend the
rally can secure a pigeon either at the
Morrison jewelry store any time this
week or at the church door Sabbath
morning.
The Greensburg Conference of the
Pittsburg Synod of the Lutheran Church
met in annual fall session at the old
Brush Creek church Tuesday and Wednesday last, transacting mainly routine
business. Rev. R. L. Leatherman, of this
place, opened the general discussion
that followed addresses on "The principal influence which shaped the life.and
work of Luther" and "Qnadri-centennial
celebration in relation to the future of
tbe church."
The 35th annual session of the Pittsburg Conference of the Free Methodist
Church will open at Greensburg tomorrow afternoon and continue until October 7. There are 60 churches in the conference and with the ministers there
will be 250 delegates in attendance.
Rally Day in all departments of the
Re-Union Presbyterian church will be
held October 7. The Lord's Supper with
baptism and reception of members will
be celebrated on the same day at 11
o'clock. Preparatory services on Friday
night preceding will be in charge of the
Rev. I. J. Liggett, D. D., pastor of First
Presbytarian church of West Newton.
There will be special services at the
United Presbyterian church this week,
beginning this evening and closing Friday evening. Wednesday evening there
will be a children's service and on
Thursday a prayer service for the men
of the church in France and in the training camps. Communion will be observed on Sabbath morning.
Fall Arbor Day.
Governor Brumbaugh has proclaimed
Friday, October 26, as Fall Arbor Day.
Dr. Nathan C. Schaefter, State Superintendent of Education, desires the school
children of the state to pay particular
attention to this day on which he urges
them to plant trees wherever possible.
Paragraphs About Prominent   People Gatb
ered During the Week.
John L. Rose, Jr., is home from a seven
months' stay in Illinois.
Mrs. U. B. Hubbs and Mrs. H. C. Morrison were guests of Somerset friends
last week.
Mrs. George A. Rodgers, of Vernon,
Indiana, spent tbe past two weeks here
with her father, John W. Fox.
B. P. Miller, Jr., city engineer at Mead
vi lie, spent   Sunday here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Miller.
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Miss Alice Smith, of Lambert, Fayette
county, spent part of last week herewith
her aunt, Mrs. Annie Overholt.
Miss Anna Rose Anderson, of New
York, who spent the summer here with
her aunt, Mrs. J. L. Rose, has returned
home.
Mrs. J. L. Myers, of this place, and
her daughter, Mrs. R. S. Stoner, of Fos-
toria, Ohio, visited Vandergrift relatives
the past week.
George Barron, the well known Greensburg lawyer and Democratic candidate
tor District Attorney, was here Tuesday
looking up old friends.
Mrs, Reese returned Saturday after
having accompanied her son, Grover,
and family to their new home near Mor-
gantown, West Virginia.
Mrs. VanOss aud son, Master Hen-
drick, who were here visiting that lady's
parents, Dr. and Mrs. F. L. Marsh, left
Thursday for their Plainfield, New Jersey, home.
Mrs, A. M. Rumbaugh, of tbis place,and
Mrs. Wade Kline, of*Greensburg, left
Sunday for Camp Hancock to visit the
former's son George and the latter's husband, Captain Kline.
Mrs. Martha Deemer, Charles Rhome,
Jr. and Sr. with their wives, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Rhome, Mrs. Sarah Pore, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Jones and daughters,
Bessie and Mary, were at Greensburg
Thursday evening attending a family reunion at the home of Brasby Blackburn.
Mrs. Milton Eshelman, of Wichita,
Kansas, and her daughter-in-law, Mrs.
David Eshelman, of Oxford, that state,
with the latter's 4-month-old son and
heir, Master Hamel Ki Eshelman, are
spending a month with relatives and old
friends in this place and vicinity.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Brusb, of Fort
Douglas, Utah, are spending a month
with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Brush. The younger Mr. Brush has
been a musician in the regular army
band for tbe past eight years, being now
stationed with the 43rd Infantry Band
at Fort Douglas.
William Mullen and his bride, Miss
Florence Gibbouey, who were  married
last Monday at St. Joseph's church by
Rev. Father John Hackett, were oft on a
wedding trip the past week. The attendants were the groom's brother,
Stephen, and the bride's sister, Miss
Mayme Gibboney. The groom is in the
next National Army call from this district.
HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS.
Revival  of  Sports   Promises to Raise That
Institution's Standard.
Athletics has been revived in the
Mount Pleasant High School and gives
every promise of raising the standard of
that institution. Following evening
training at Frick Park steps are being
taken to organize football and basketball
teams.
For several years, the enthusiasm for
athletics in the high school has been extinct. Perhaps tbis was due to the fact
that the students, as well as the faculty
of former years, did not realize the value
of physical training in relation to mental and moral training. Withont physical training, mental and moral training
is brought down to a lower standard.
Athletics is not only au essential in
high school, but also a form ot recrea
tion, which proves valuable to the stu
dent because it fnrnishes clean and
healthful amusement. If a student who
wishes to succeed in life would devote
his spare time to athletics instead of
loafing around in places'of an unwholesome nature, he would more easily
achieve that desired success in the future. Then also he would cultivate a
desirable disposition, socially.
COKE AND COAL.
Items of Interest Gathered from Botb Mine
and Tard.
Cutting the price to $6 a ton by the
government hasn't increased the output
of coke and, even if it did, the situation
wouldn't be improved as the railroads,
owing to a shortage of men, are unable
to handle promptly all the cars now
loaded.
The largest schedule of assets and liabilities in the history of the United
States {Court in this district was filed
Wednesday at Pittsburg by Josiah Van
Kirk Thompson, of Uniontown, in his
voluntary bankruptcy petition. Liabilities are $39,368,098.11 and assets, $57,-
474,593.71. This action does not invalidate the recent sale of 7,351 acres of
Greene county coal to the Frick company.
The Fuel Administration has ruled
that where coal is hauled in wagons direct to commerce without transportation upon any railroad a reasonable
charge representing the cost of wagon
haulage may be added to the price fixed
in tbe President's proclamation.
Last week's Washington conference
between coal operators and miners over
a wage increase resulted in a deadlock,
leaving it up to Fuel Administrator Garfield to adjust differences.
David P. Hudson, of Greensburg, has
transferred his recently purchased 49
acres of coal in Unity and Derry townships to the Greensburg-Eastern Coal
Company for $1. He paid $102,389.38
for the two tracts.
Cyrus Echard and the Sherricks have
sold 350 acres of coal near Point Marion
to the American Manganese Company
for $1,000 an acre.
The Frick company gave notice of
well on to 10 per cent, advance in wages
Saturday tor its workers outside of day
laborers.
DEATHS OF THE WEEK.
The   Grim  Reaper's  Work  in   This
Place and Vicinity.
Amos Bents.
Amos Bentz, the well known East
Huntingdon township supervisor, died
Saturday at a hospital in Wilkinsbnrg,
aged 40 years. He bad been in ill health
for a long time, having been treated here
a year ago. He was unmarried. The interment will take place in the cemetery
here this afternoon following divine
services to be conducted hy Rev, R. L.
Leatherman at 2 p. m. in the Lutheran
church.
Obitnary Notes.
The body of Eva, the infant daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John Kovalik, was buried
Tuesday from the Slavish church in the
cemetery of that parish.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
PICKED UP ABOUT
CAMP HANCOCK
Where Company E is in Training with State Guardsmen.
FEW MORE VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED
IF THE MEN   OF   EIGHTEENTH   GO   TO
OTHER COMMANDS.
The Order Disbanding That Famous
Pittsburg Regiment Meets With
Much Opposition and it Seems Governor Brumbaugh will Have the
Final Say. The Tenth, Now the
111th Under Reorganization, Still
Retains its Old Fighting Name.
ANOTHER GOOD CAUSE
Which the Loyal People of Mount Pleasant
are Privileged to Aid.
The Carnegie Library Association has
begun a campaign, approved by the government, to supply American soldiers
and sailors, both at home and abroad,
with good books for their entertainment
when off duty or in the hospitals. One
dollar will purchase, maintain and circulate one book and it is suggested that
each community set aside as a library
war fund a sum in dollars equal to 5 per
cent, of its population. Mount Pleas-
ant's share would be some $300.
Miss Edith Warden has been asked to
look after the campaign here. Any contributions given her will be promptly
acknowledged and sent to the proper
authorities.
FRIDAY'S INGATHERING
Nets the Local Red Cross Chapter 112
Knitted Artioles.
Tbe local Red Cross chapter on Friday
held an ingathering in which there were
112 pieces of knitted articles from the
following units:
E—3 sweaters, 2 scarfs, 5 pairs wristlets and 1 pair socks.
Middle Presbyterian—1 sweater, four
scarfs and 1 pair socks.
Friendly—16 sweaters, 21 scarfs, 2
pairs wristlets and 7 pairs socks.
Methodist—1 scarf, 2 pairs wristlets
and 2 pairs socks.
Tarr—2 scarfs, 2 pairs wristlets and 3
pairs socks.
Re-Union Presbyterian—9 sweaters, 10
scarfs, 7 pairs wristlets and 2 pairs socks.
United Presbyterian—3 sweaters, two
scarfs, 1 pair wristlets and 3 pairs socks.
EARMARKS OF A DUEL.
Camp Hancock, Augusta,Georgia, Sept. 29:—Company E, in going
to full war strength of 250 men with
a reserve captain, \> lieutenants and
sergeants and corporals galore, had
hoped to see a lot of new faces from
home when the needed volunteers
came. But, Captain Zundell has recalled the call as the shortage may be
made up from the old Eighteenth
Pennsylvania Infantry that has been
ordered to disband, its units to be divided among other commands.
If this order goes, although private
soldiers are not supposed to know anything except to obey, the Tenth, which
still retains its old fighting spirit as the
new 111th Regiment, will, it is said, get
nearly enough men from tbe 18th. Even
away down here we hear that good old
Pittsburg is up in arms over the prospect of losing its famous Duquesne
Greys and bombarding the War Department with 42 centimetre kicks. It is
even hinted that Governor Brumbaugh
will have to approve the plan before tbe
change takes place.
The Y. M. C. A. educational activities
in camp are rapidly assuming definite
form. The administration and storage
buildings, with the garage, are the only
ones ready for service, but it is expected
by tbe time the remaining 22,000 Pennsylvania troops arrive, everything will
be ready for a full schedule of religions,
edncational and physical work. On Sunday Y. M. C. A. workers occupy Augusta
pulpits, preaching the needs of the association in camp work. Citizens of Augusta are co-operating admirably, placing
their cars at the disposal of soldiers tor
Snnday rides in the country. Prominent
women are also giving dances for officers
and soldiers with great success.
Last Saturday evening we had tbe
pleasure of being reviewed by our old
colonel, now Brigadier General Richard
Coulter, and stationed at Charlotte,
North Carolina. The boys sure did well
and were glad to see "Young Dick."
A new Augusta ordinance allows us
to see the "movies" from 2 to 10 p. n».
Sunday. The city ministers are trying
to have the measure revoked, while
army chaplains do not favor the idea.
Lieutenant Cort and Sergeant Carbaugb
are attending a machine gun night school.
The 111th will, it is said, have sixteen
of these wicked weapons.
Our mess sergeant, Artie Brown, is the
real busy boy and it is simple justice tc
add tbat he is in the A class.
The latest wrinkle is a regimental fire
brigade, of which Major Tom Anderson
is chief with Captains James Zundell
and Edward Boyle as his assistants.
Broken Back Doesn't Count
Among the new men conscripted is
George Whipkey, of Laurelville, who is
as chipper as yon please despite the fact
that he had his back broken in an accident at the Standard coke works some
years ago. A small lump, which won't
interfere with bis fighting -qualities,
shows where the fracture was.
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Two Italians Shot Near Third W^rd 8chooi
Sunday Night.
Clement Pizzello, aged 30 years, and
John Coledina, aged 40 years, were shot
back of the Third ward school building
about 9 o'clock Sunday night, the former
in the left hand and the latter in the
chest. The police sent both victims to
the hospital where Pizello was locked
up to await the result of Coledina's
serious wound.
Both men are married and live in the
same house on Morewood street. The
shooting has the earmarks of a duel, a
bloody revolver having been found near
thej scene. Pizello, however, claims an
unknown man who escaped fired all
seven shots. Coledina ran to the Owl
cluh room where Policeman Ong   found
him.
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Missionary Convention.
The Fourth District of Redstone Presbytery will bold its fourth annual convention in the local Re-Union Presbyterian church on Friday next, October
5, beginning at 10:30 a. m. Noted speakers are on the program. The public is
cordially invited. Those attending are
expected to take their lunch with them.
NICE POSITION.
Prof. Mitch Now a Member of the University of California Faculty.
Prof. George F. Mitch, late head of the
Institute, who went from here to take
charge of Proctor Academy at Provo,
Utah, has resigned and is now a member
of tbe University of California Faculty
at Berkeley, that state, holding down the
chair of Social Economics. Writing to
The Journal under date of September
20, he says:
"If nothing occurs to prevent, I'll soon
be on my way to a career in university
circles as a professor of Social Economics, a subject that deals direct with
tbe welfare of society. With that and
life in California, I am indeed happy."
Blacksmith Firm Dissolves.
The well known blacksmith firm of G.
W. Smith and Arthur Gearhart is preparing to make a friendly dissolution
and leave the old Diamond street stand.
Mr. Smith is building himself a shop on
tbe rear of bis Main street property,
while Mr. Gearhart will move into the
old Boltz place in tbe East End.