Mount Pleasant journal (July 29, 1918)

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MOUNT    PLEASANT.    WESTMORELAND    COUNTY,    PA..    MONDAY.   JULY    29.    1918.
NO. 31.
OKTY MORE MEN
LEAVE HERE ON
TUESDAY EVENING
•or National Army Training
at Camp Lee, Virginia.
HIE TOWN DOES THEM EVERY HONOR
)KBPITE A DOWNPOUB   OF RAIN THAT
WAS BADLY NEEDED.
rhere was the TJsual Escort of Public
Officials, Civic Societies, Citizens
and Municipal Band, all Taking a
Ducking in Preference to Breaking
the Parade from the Armory to the
East End Baltimore & Ohio Station.
Preparations Being Made to Send
Thirteen More Draftees from This
District Next Week.
Forty more draftees from the Sixth
Idistrict left here at 8:15 Tuesday eve-
Jning on a special. Baltimore & Ohio
Itrain bound for Camp Lee, Petersburg,
■Virginia, to train for the National
lArmv. The local Red Cross chapter
(supplied each one with a sweater as
Idid also the Visitation Unit with a
I lunch, although it was a wet bunch of
I sturdy lads that boarded the waiting
I cars at the East End station.
In the escort from the armory were Burgess  Stevens, members of Council, Four
I Minute   Men, Knights of Pythias, Patri-
larchs   Militants, Slavish and  Italian so-
I cieties,  citizens  and  Municipal   Band.
I The long-prayed for rain came when the
I head of   tbe   procession reached Hitchman street and it simply poured on the
marchers   until the station was reached
I and the  goodbys to the boys said.   Tbe
corrected list of the contingent, that was
in charge of Carl Shirey, Wiiey Overly,
Joe Svik and Walter Rogoviaski, follows:
Mount Pleasant. Baggaley,
Joseph E. Svik Charles McKenna
Louis E. Harkins Mammoth.
Waltei Roeoziuski ._ ,    _        ,	
RotUrt Yezek Moke Evanchop
Patrick Doyle Ltrnnnni
Martin Brazinski L,ycippu«.
Charles Saloom George Aukerraan
Howard Slacker ¥       _
Edward C. Newill Latrobe Eural.
Robert Rasche
C. Wylie Overly
Joseph R. Jackson
Shildon O. Myers
Sam Spenallo
Ludwig R. Steiner
John Mullaney
Southwest.
Tony Turrizani
John Dragovch
Franklin Meade
Andrew McManus
John Shander
Calumet.
Michael Kearus
Yonngstown.
Jake Stewart
Joseph Showers
John Wilk
Stephen Amer
Carl Shirey
Raymond Dodds
Joseph Seranko
Jos. Ponderendolph
Greensbnrg Baral.
Alex C. Johnson
Richard Truxal
Rodney.
Jos. Tarkososki
Keffer
Harry Queer
Jones Mills.
John Neide.ihi.ser
Stahlstown.
Rush M. Ulery
Dnqueane.
Martin Kovacs
Toledo, Ohio.
( John Vice
* Transferred for entramment at his home
i town.
Before the present fighting season is
over Gen. Foch will have at his command in France at least 2,000,000 American fighting men, according to opinion
expressed at Washington Tuesday. Secretary of War Baker announced that day
tbat the War Department's new program,
embracing enlarged Army appropriations, modifications of the draft ages to
increase the reservoir of fighting men
and plans lor a larger mobilization of
the Army than any yet undertaken,
would soon be ready for Congress.
He would give no details, bnt it is
probable the plans aim at getting under
arms without delay a force not far short
of the 5,000,000 figure that was widely
discussed in Congress when the subject
was last under consideration there.
The next call for this district is thirteen men who are ordered to leave here
for Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina,
during the five-day period beginning
August 5.    On  this list with alternates
are:
Mount Pleasant.
Charles K. Fausold
J. Wade Lemmon
Andy Ponzurik
Frank Lepre
Southwest.
Mike Ponzurik
Lycippus.
Clarence H. Pershing
Baggaley.
Emidio Elenteri
Isatrobe Rural.
Albert Jetteson
Daniel A. Safter
Anton J. Kotzur
John M. Wilt
Albert R. Heerholtz
Youngstown.
Frank Meidel
Greensburg Rural.
Howard G. Riggle
William J. Hemminger.
The local   board  will   send   Charles
AMERICAN TRANSPORT  COVINGTON TORPEDOED
The United States transport Covington, formerly the liner Cincinnati, which was torpedoed while on Its return
trip from France.   Six of the crew were lost.
Zeraa, of this place, as a limited war service man, to Syracuse, New York, Friday next. Wilmer McKenuey and James
Lewis, of this place; James Desesau, of
United, and William Miner, of Scottdale,
all colored, will be sent to Battle Creek,
Michigan, about the same time.
COMERS AND GOERS.
Paragraphs Abont Prominent   People Oath
ered During the Week.
Miss Olive Glassburn is visiting friends
at Pitcairn.
Mistresses Sara and Mabel Irwin are at
Rochester, Pa., visiting their grandfather, George Irwin.
Mrs. Wilbur Barnette and niece, Miss
Leonore Weaver, spent last week with
Washington friends.
John A. and Misses Elizabeth and Alice Warden left Wednesday on an extended tour of Michigan.
Miss Josephine Jordan, oi Latrobe,
spent Thursday here with ber former
school chum, Miss Katherine Loar.
Mrs. F. K. Fox and son, John Clarence,
left Friday to take up their residence at
Greensburg. The best wishes of many
friends go with them.
Mrs. John C. Bossart spent part of last
week with her son, Edward, ill of liver
trouble at the Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburg.
Mrs. Owen Murphy and Mrs. Lottie
Murray, of Johnstown, were here Tuesday as the guests of the former's sister,
Mrs. James Harkins.
Mesdames Daniel H. Stoner and Joseph
Grantz attended the Inter-County W. C.
T. U. Institute at Ridgeview Park Wednesday aud Thursday last.
Miss Emily Shields, who spent her
vacation here, left Tuesday for Hot
Springs, North Carolina, where she is a
teacher in Dorland Institute.
George Colborn, wife and two children, of New Kensington, were here the
past week with Mrs. Colborn's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Page.
Misses Bessie and Annie Morris, of
Greensbnrg, with their sister-in-law, Mrs.
George Morris, of Cumberland, spent
Wednesday here with relatives.
J. G. Shope, cashier of the First National Bank of Hollidaysburg. wife and
family motored over and spent Friday
night here with relatives and old friends.
Miss Bertha Swanson, a Pittsburg trained nurse, was home last week. She will
report for army cantonment Red Cross
work with an Allegheny General Hospital unit October 1.
Mrs. Jacob Trauger and daughter, Miss
Margaret, of California, are here visiting
the former's brother and his wife, Mr.
and Mrs. William L. Byers. Miss Trauger
will go on to Washington City to see tbe
young soldier to whom she is engaged.
Rev. H. G. Trimmer, of Confluence,
pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church
at Ohiopyle for two years and a Monnt
Pleasant boy, is spending a two weeks'
vacation with relatives and friends in
this vicinity. Seventy have beea added
to his church membership the past year
with $500 raised for benevolent purposes.
Miss Rath Rumbaugh has just returned from a very pleasant visit paid her
brother, Sergeant Roy Rumbaugb, at
Camp Lee and her nncle and aunt, Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Sherrick, of Richmond,
Virginia. Tbe many friends of that young
local soldier will be pleased to learn that
he has passed the examination for a
lieutenancy. He is one of the best shots
in camp with either rifle or revolver.
Yankees Turn Tide.
The more than a million
Yankee soldiers in France are
turning the world's war tide
in favor of the Allies who still
hold the offensive they took
on July 18.
The German Crown Prince
may get his army of some 400,-
000 men out of the Soissons-
Rheims wedge; but, if he does
he will pay dearly for his escape. The French and American have already caused him
a loss of 150,000 and are
pounding away at him with
their big guns, having completely upset the Huns' plans
for this season and made the
enemy's 1919 outlook appear
mighty dark.
The Allies' losses are estimated at 100,000 with fallen
Americans at 25,000. That
possibly means we had 5,000
killed, balance being wounded
or captured. The official report covering the 110th Infantry's casualty list, which is
sent by mail to Washington,
is anxiously awaited here.
Loyal Local Girls.
Twenty-five girls, meeting at the East
End home of Viola Vetesk Friday evening, organized the Sammy Bockns Club
to do knitting for the soldiers. The officers are: President, Nell McClain; vice
president, Viola Vetesk; Margaret MacDonald, treasurer; Hilda Grasselin and
Catherine Fitzpatrick, Emma Huffman,
Minnie Mae Crosby and Hilda Grasselin,
the social committee. Refreshments were
served. Tbe club will meet next Friday
evening at the McClain home.
Feur Minnte Men to Best.
The Four Minute Men, after speaking
four nights this week, beginning with
Tuesday, in the local theatres on "Mobilization of America's Man Power," will
take a vacation during August. The
speakers in the order given are: At
Cox's, Mary Madden, Samuel Warden
and Revs. Fulmer and Harper; opera
house, Rev. Barley, C. E. Zimmerman,
Rev. Hartman aud Dr. Knox.
Scottdale Machine Gunner Killed.
The War Department on Friday last
notified P. J. Maloy, proprietor of tbe
Kromer House, Scottdale, of the death of
his son, Corporal Raymond J. Maloy,
aged 21 years, of tbe Machine Gun Company, 110th Infantry. The young gunner
was killed in action on the French front
July 15.
Madden-Qibboney.
Joseph Madden and Miss Katharyn
Gibboney, well known young local people, were married at 6 o'clock Thursday
morning at St. Joseph's church by the
rector, Rev. Father John Hacked. Pol-
lowing a short wedding trip, they will
reside here.
IMPORTANT RULES
Made by the United States District Conn in
J   V. Thompson Case.
In the United States District Court at
Pitisburg Tuesday last Judge Thompson
relused to affirm the distribution of
$168,788.26 among the referee, trustees
and attorneys iu the J. V. Thompson
bankruptcy case as fees aud commissions
iu tbe recent sale to the H. C. Frick Coke
Company of 7,500 acres of Thompson
coal laud in Greeue county.
On the same day Judge Orr ordered
the sale ol 3,000 shares of stock of the
Liberty Coal Company and 7,000 shares
ol the capital stock of the Wetzel Coal
and Coke Company, owned by Thompson, and deposited with Comptroller of
Currency John Skelton Williams to secure Thompson's indebtedness to the
First National Bank of Uniontown, of
approximately $800,000.
Judge Orr also ordered that a master
be appointed as quickly as possible and
the sale consummated. He said distribution of the proceeds will be decided
after the sale. The stock is said to be
worth $1,700,000.
SCHOOL METHODS
To be Held at Greonsburg the Week
of Angnat 19.
Connty Superintendent R. C. Shaw has
arranged to hold the 19th annual session
of tbe School of Methods in the Greensburg high school the week beginning
August 19. New teachers in the county
or those having had but one year's experience are required to attend. There
are several bnndred such in Westmoreland.
On (he list of instructors are Superintendents M. S. Bentz, of Cambria county;
J. S. Carroll, of Fayette county; P. E.
Beck, of Harrisburg; Superintendents R.
M. Steele, of Latrobe; E. M. Long, of
Jeannette! H. E. Greese, of Monessen;
Charles G. Pierce, of Pitcairn; J. Spiegel,
of Hempfield township. Miss Marie
Weaver will   instruct in primary work.
Morewood Prize Garden.
The 255 gardens at Morewood were inspected tbis year by Hon. J. B. Cold-
smith, C. A. Sherrick and Charles Evans
who placed the total value at $5,950. The
prize winners are: First, Imrich Slanina;
second, John Wilczynski; third, Kiser
Kosletnak. The first lawn prize went to
Mrs. John Broaer; second, Mrs. Steve
Tuiilc; third, Mrs. John Barrick.
Great is tbe Ford.
Elmer Galley, of Los Angeles, California, who made the four thousand mile
trip to his old home here in an auto
equipped with both eating and sleeping
compartments, swears by his Ford that
has already 78,000 miles to its credit and
is good for possibly as many more. He
also carried with him a sample of his
patent window frame and screen.
Changed His Mind.
An Italian industrial worker at South
Greensburg, who refused to sign a paper
agreeing to give one hour's wages each
pay day to some war fund, quickly
changed his mind and attached his signature when his indignant fellow employers threatened to give him a coat of
tar and feathers.
Card of Thanks.
The children of the late John Berg desire to thus express their deep sense of
gratitude for the many kindnesses shown
them by neighbors and friends following
the recent death of their father.
COKE AINU COAL.
Items of Interest Gathered from Both Mint
and Tard.
Fuel Director Garfield is much encouraged over the coal situation. If production keeps up at present rates he says
the problem will be solved.
Sales of the Freeport vein ot coal about
Arona, Hempfield township, continue.
Some three thousand acres have recently
been bought up at prices rangiug close
to $500 an acre.
Patrick Mclntyre, retiring mine foreman for the Frick company at Leiseu-
ring No. 1, was presented with a Liberty
Loan Bond by the employes.
''We have encouraged in every way
the dissemination of information sent
out by the government with reference to
the need of coal and coke for war work,"
says Assistant General Superintendent
Glasgow, of the Frick company,"and have
assisted in every way possible the representatives of the Shipping Board, Fuel
Administratiou, Emergency Fleet Corporation, and other governmental departments who have been lecturing to
the workmen about the mines and industrial plants, as we consider these
lectures of particular valne in themat'er
of making a direct appeal to the patriotism of our men."
Wednesday night's heavy rain did
considerable damage at the Standard
mines by flooding the yards and railroad
tracks.
HOSPITAL NOTES.
Superintendent Donet Expects to Leave
Abont August 1.
Miss Elizabeth Donet, whose resignation of the superintendency of the local
hospital was noted in these columns
several weeks ago, expects to be called
to government Red Cross service about
the first ot the month as does also Mrs.
Florence Pore, both hoping to be sent
overseas. Mrs. Herman Hamel, of Greensburg, will again take charge of the institution.
Mrs. Frank Carbangb, whose husband
is Company E's top sergeant, will take
up Red Cross work at Nitro, Virginia,
about the middle of August.
Miss Ada Barnhart, recently operated
on for appendicitis, was able to retnrn
to her country home Wednesday.
Mrs. Irwin Cofiman, of near Acme, is
being treated for typhoid fever.
Anna Walter, of Scottdale, underwent
an operation Tuesday.
Joe Kopczak, a charger at Standard,
became a patient Monday when both
bones of left forearm were badly broken.
Amputation, however, may not be necessary.
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Lucky Taxeollector.
Taxpayers of Fayette connty and Uniontown will have to pay J. Searight
Marshal, taxeollector, a sum approximating $7,000 for fees and commissions on
the 1914 taxes collected by Charles T.
Cramer, in illegal possession of the tax
collector's office, occording to the decision of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court,
handed down the other day. The decision sustains the verdict in Mr. Marshall's lavor rendered by tbe Fayette
county courts nearly three years ago
when the case was   tried in Uniontown.
To Complete School Corps.
The Mount Pleasant Board of Education expects to complete its corps of
teachers at its regular August meeting
next Monday evening by filling the vacancy in the Commercial Department
for wbicn there are a number of applicants. As Mrs. Presley Hurst desires to
do only substitute work, her room will
likely be given to Mrs. William C. Stevenson. The schools will open Monday,
September 2.
Loyal Connty Bakers.
The newly organized association of
Westmoreland connty bakers, of which
Charles A. Graul, of this place, is president, has resolved to use 60 per cent,
wheat flour, 20 per cent, rye flour and 20
per cent other substitutes in the bread
baked. The association meets the last
Saturday of each month in the court
house at Greensburg.
Engagement Annennced.
The engagement of Miss Eleanor Colborn, daughter of L. C. Colborn, of Somerset, and Prof. H. H. DeLong, head of
the local public schools, was announced
on Tuesday last. While no time has been
set, the marriage is expected to follow
before very long.
Chnroh Service Flags.
A service flag with 29 stars, one of
gold for Harold Rowland who died in
France, was unfurled at the local United
Brethren church last Sunday. There was
a similar service at the Re-Union Pree-
byterian chnrch yesterday, the flag there
bearing fifteen stars.
COLONEL POWER
HAS BIG PLAN
FOR THE ALLIES
When the World War Shall
Have Gome to an End.
IT  IS TO CONTINUE THEIR UNITY
AND   MAME ALL   LANDS   AS WELL   AS
8EA8   FREE.
Of Course, the Fayette City Sage Recognizes the Necessity of Licking
the Kaiser Good and Plenty and
Then if Germany Prefers to Remain
an Outlaw, She Could Play in her
Own Little Back Yard Until Sho
Reformed With the United States
as the Model.
Fayette  City,   Pa.,  July   27,   1918.	
First, the German army must be subdued.
While the war is going on we shonld
now get together politically as we are in
war—under one head. The United States
furnishes the model. Then, since the
Allies control the water roads to the
seas, they can proclaim to all the world
free seas and tree trade to all other nations that come into the Union of Nations that gives to all under tbis flag
freedom of the water, roads and seas and
oceans. All nations not coming in are
pirates and are outlawed and of course
would not be allowed to trade.
Then all the Allied nations would
have nothing to iritate them or oppress
them from the outside; therefore, each
nation would go to work and settle it's
own land question. That wonld be done
by giving to the producer the product.
This is God's way and He is bound to
win.
This war is causing people to think
about the way to stop war. They are
ready to follow the way that proves the
right way. The right way is to restore
the seas and land to all, aud all we have
to do to have free seas and free land
forever, is to restore land value, irrespective of improvements, to all. Then
for all to get each their share, tbe public expense would be paid with the unearned rent of Nature's bounty and all
wonld share alike in the blessings of the
public service. God offers to do this by
His law of rent. The rent of His bounty
belongs to Him. He gives His bounty
to all free of charge and sets aside by
His law His rent to pay our public dues.
The manor woman who works for this
plan of Our All Father is walking with
Ged. Tbey are reconciled to their fellow and prove it to him. His brother
sees it; he is not humiliated. He sees
each looking the other in the eye on the
level; he has his equal chance at the
great table God has provided for all. He
sees people throwing away their surplus
or idle land; he sees farmers living closer
together; he sees the slim districts scattering out.
He does not see any more land grabbers, sees no loafers, no more buying and
selling land; he sees no one who worries, frets, toils; no one breaking through
to steal. He sees tbat it is easier to earn
a living than to steal it; that the dominating desire is for the esteem of our
fellow and no way to merit it only by
service; how awkward it would be to
ofter a free man a bag of corn or a dollar
to merit his esteem.
He sees in this new arrangement put
into practice by a very very old law
each person developing the best in human nature; he remembers this present
and past arrangement developed the
work in human nature; how ihe devil
threw open Oklahoma to settlement; how
tbat rumpus shamed even the devil; that
at a later date Indian reservations were
thrown open to settlement by lottery,
when time the individual would be run
in, if he started a lottery. But now he
sees the receipt he gets from government
that shows that he has paid the price to
exclude all the people from his possession, which receipt is the best title to
hold land for it traces direct to the
maker and owner of the land.
He sees these United States supporting
five hundred millions of people aud every
one without hurry or worry getting by
effort an abundant life. He sees the aged
getting a good support from God's rent.
He sees the rest of the people by labor
supporting their own poor; he does not
see any going over the hill to the poor
house, no jails, no locks for doors—
everybody growing healthy, everybody
clean, polite, friendly, industrious yi the
way they like best, each choosing his job
and fixing his own income and wages,
and a thousand other good things. Can
any one doubt that il we allow God to
pay all public dues, all these good things
mentioned above will be added unto us?
Calvin B. Power.