New Oxford Item (Newspaper) - April 30, 1914, New Oxford, Pennsylvania XXXIII NEW PR THURSDAY APRIL 1914 NO 46 Ready-to-Wear Spring Suits We will fit you with more contort and with greater ti tch of lines than any made-to-measure suit you can wear fret worry and money You have the im- mense advantage of being able to try on suit after suit select the style and pattern you like best before you obligate yourself Sis fy At o'clock on Wednesday morning in St church Mies Helen G Todt daughter of Mr and Mrs Valentine Todt and Edward C Smith son of Anthony Smith all of near were united in marriage by the Rev Fr On Saturday morning April Beatrice and Paul F Asper both of township were ried at the Lutheran parsonage at West Fairview Cumberland county by Rev Wolf Stewart Shaffer Cash and One Price Clothiers 22 Carlisle Street Hanover Having disposed of the butchering business I will now embark in the business and will be please to at your door daily except Sundays in any desired at bottom prices Ice can also be secured at the meat market of K S Baker Center Square at any time Jacob H Young and Miss Louise E Forney daughter of Mr and Mrs David P Forney all of Hanover were married on Thursday evening at 8 o'clock by Rev George W Nicely Linus Smith eon of Mr and Mre iam P Smith of near and Miss Katharine Wagner daughter of Mrs Ida Troutman of York recently of united in in a Nuptial Mass in St Joseph's church at 8 o'clock on Tuesday ing by Rev Fr Shanahan f William H Staub of York and Miss Minnie F Myers daughter of Mr and Mrs C B Myers East Berlin were ried on Sunday morning The ceremony took place at o'clock at of Rev 0 P Shellhamer Samuel and Miss both of East Berlin were man led at York on Saturday by Rev 0 P The groom who is a brother of W H Kling of the New Oxford Flouring Mills conducts a tinning business in East Berlin On Saturday evening April 25 at lisle by Rev M C E Nell of Camp Hill and Miss Bessie M Kauffman of Reading township were united in marriage The groom PERSONAL Murray Sadler of Gettysburg who has been suffering from a Bevere cold for eral weeks spent Thursday at the home of hie parents Mr and Mrs J A Sadler at Mre John and child ol ver spent the past week at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs E C Bond West street Brother Vincent who for some time hat been the cook and housekeeper for tbe priests at Paradise Catholic church sailed on Thursday from New York for hie home in Ireland Mies Isabella McClure of York was an over Sunday visitor ai tbe home of Rev and Mrs C W Baker at the Lutheran parsonage Philadelphia street Two Gettysburg Families Quarantined Following violations of their parole the homes of W B and K Wolf at the brick plant were ed on Sunday afternoon A Warrant wan issued Monday morning for Mr Wolf on tbe charge of breaking the quarantine and the was made the man now being in jail The action n stance of Dr Henry Stewart secretary of tlie Board of Health who that both men failed to report at his office last week for examination according to tbe provi sione of their parole which was imposed at the time that Charles Sheeter tbe timore declared to have been victim of the Up to the ent time none of the men has shown any Accepts Offer of Latin Diplomats Will FREE REFUGEES collation Mr and i Mre Paul Walker of df and no further out- spent Sunday at the borne of her break ie father Geo A Klingel Hanover street Mieses Eva and Helen Suyder ol Pitt I street spent a few days with their father Dr J J Snyder at Philadelphia Mies Emily Ehrehart of Hanover spent Sunday with Miss Dorothy Miller Pitt street Mies Francis Barnitz spent some days with W J MILLER Hanover street her friend Mies Mary G Hoi linger at Abbottstown and also attended the High School ment exercises at that place Friday night of which Miss Hollinger was one of Autos Collide A serious accident was narrowly ed Sunday aboul 3 p m of M Schaeffer of Hanover and Eustace C DePutron of York collided on Hershey's hill on pike Mr Schaeffer accompanied by hie wife were going in the direction of town while Deputron and wife were on their to Hanover On the creet of the hill stood a third machine owned by J P Barnitz of Hanover As both formal acceptance of the proposal wau received by or Riano the Spanish ambassador Washington and was immediately by kim to the of the three South American governments which had offered their good offices Da of Brazil lost no time in calling bin two colleagues the diplomatic service Ministers of Argentina and Suarez of conference and at a late in Naom Chile in hour they were still discussing the re- graduates William Wiest and wife of Hanover were Sunday visitors at the home of his tbe chines tried to go around the little Metz the collision occurred The accident d of the machines and No one was in- t front wheels caught mother Mrs Sarah S Peters bt d from a nervous Mrs T J Stable and Miss Anna Hugus I of Gettysburg spent Thursday at tbe home of the sister Mrs C W Baker at the Lutheran parsonage Miss Clara B trained nurse of touring car was I on its first trip after undergoing repairs ly of near East Berlin holds a position V R R and the bride is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Eobert is spending a short time at the home of her mother Mrs H I Smith Philadelphia street and is again under repairs Beyond the breaking of the windshield and the of the fender Schaeffer's Roadster escaped damage man Hanover Dye Works Expert Dyers and Gleaners French Cleaners S Proprietor 45 Frederick St Hanover Pa Local Phone Prices Reasonable Plumes Dyed and Gleaned Laces Dyed to Match Colors Dresses Cleaned and Pressed Portieres dyed any shade made to look like new All Work Delivered Court Items News Notes From Hanover's Best Store Men's and Boys CLOTHING The people of this vicinity certainly do appreciate the remarkable values we are offering in this department by the number of suits we have sold this spring 11 you are in need of a good suit and do not care to pay an extreme price this is where you should go Our scale of prices are as lows Men's fine clothing at and up Boys Norfolk suits at and up Come and giye same your thorough in- you will not be urged to buy Greenebaum's On The Square Hanover Tuesday day for filing tions for place on the primary ballot and each party is represented in the 20th dis- On the Republican ticket C Wm Beales of Gettysburg is the on aspirant and is the only Congressional candidate county Democratic datea are A R Brodbeck H N Gilt C A Hawkins and J H Myers all of York Robert C Bair of filed for the Washington party nomination On May 2 the Reformed Sunday School of Hampton will hold festival on the square in that place At a session of Court on Saturday the following business was transacted The account of R M Straley executor of Wm R Stambaugh late of Oxford township was continued I Edward A Weaver was appointed in the first and final account of Wm H Frame administrator of the estate of John Frame late of Liberty township All the other accounts advertised were confirmed Peter S Harbaugh was appointed judge of election at Fairfield to fill the vacancy caused by the removal of D H Rock from tbe borough Wui F Penn was appointed inspector of elections in the Third Ward burg to fill a vacancy Jacob A was appointed Latimore township to fill the cancy caused by the resignation of John L Clever Isaac H Hoechst was discharged as ad- ministrator of the estate of Edwin J well late of Reading township A charter was granted to Christ's Lutheran church of Bendersville station April session of Adams County Court opened on Monday The first case tried was that of the Com ys Oliver Miller charged with assault curred early jast summer Miller has been out on bail The jury found the de fendent guilty The cases against tbe Sponseller family the father John Sponseller Sr and his 3 Mr and Mrs T E Warner bave re turned home from a five weeks visit with friends in Baltimore Gillie Staub who holds a position as en- gineer at a large brick plant near Easton Pa is spending a short vacation at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs L J Staub at Berlin Junction Misses Cecelia and Clara Staub of spent Sunday with friends in town Adams County Candidates ply from Huerta's minister of foreign affairs Secretary A State Bryan was in communication with the diplomats and it was that he had been called to the conference The receipt of Huerta's reply ed close upon the disclosure in ington of the fact that England many and France have been ing great pressure upon him to Bent to a peaceful settlement of the present difficulties The acceptance of the offer of the South American republic to mediate does not mean that the entire can problem has been solved It does mean however that a crisis has been averted and that the chances are very much in favor of some development which will prevent a renewal of the hostilities into which the United States has been forced There is noting in the mediation taken while the peace plans are belai considered The first conflict on the Mexican border came when the Federal of Provisional President Huerta flred on the United States border patrol at Laredo Texas from across the Bio Grande The was promptly returned by the United States troops on the Texas side of the river Th lasted for about half an hour during which three persons on the American side were killed and at least twelve Mexicans were seen to fall under the accurate aim of tbe American soldiers Beside the casualties sustained by the Mexicans in tbe exchange of shots twenty of them are reported to have been killed by dynamite explosions in their efforts to destroy Nuevo Laredo which appeared successful as tbe flames were then raging The Federals besides setting the Mexican town on blew up buildings Among the structures de- by explosion and fire there were the United States consulate the municipal building the flour mill one of the largest la this section of the southwest the theater and custom house It was in the destruction of the building that tbe twenty Mexican soldiers lost their lives Hundreds of persons were attracted to the river banks by the sound of the firing and both men and women ed their lives in watching the combat while fell near them Base Ball The great national game spirit seems to have again been aroused All those who feel interested in the games and those who intend participating in the same are re to attend the practice on Monday and Friday of each week The diamond has been placed in excellent condition the finest in the country it is hoped ers of the sport and citizens will age the team at different games to be ed It is now expected that the season will be opened in New Oxford on May 9th when the opponents will be Spring Grove's fast team Tbe Democratic nomination will be between J A Calvin Rudieill The Republican nomination will be con- tested for by Samuel Bream and Chas J Deardorff For the Washington party nomination only one petition was filed for S G ham C A Bream Dr Geo L Rice of and Joseph I Weaver of this place have been named for tic State Harvey A Scott has been named for Republican State and ert C Miller of Gettysburg for can County Chairman proposal as submitted to Huerta which indicates the conditions imposed by President Wilson These conditions That Huerta be eliminated and that constitutional government in Mexico be restored On occasions flatly refused to consider any suck als In tbe present emergency ever he will find himself under mendous pressure not only fro r tha European powers but from practically all of the Latin-American countries Coincident with the of the mediators President and the cabinet met the subject of ing interest being the Mexican tion with peace proposals as the Hospital f William of Bittinger who was recently discharged from the York hospital was readmitted on Friday ng for medical treatment Mary Louise of Gettysburg was admitted to the York hospital on as a surgical patient Injured in Runaway Two horses attached to a wagon be- topic under consideration Da Gama of Brazil confer with the secretary of state but Mr Bryan being at the cabinet ing the ambassador ed Robert Lansing counsellor of the department that Huerta had teed a safe exit for all Americans de- parting from Mexico The White House declined to make any statement as to what proposals the United States would submit as a SCORES KILLED AND WOUNDED President Wilson ordered six com- panies ot United States regulars to proceed at once to Trinidad Colo to quell the labor troubles Formal announcement to this effect was made after several conferences between President Wilson and tary of War Garrison White House officials stated that the president had acted because all parties including the senators and congressmen from Colorado the ernor the mine operators and the miners as well had asked for the eral soldiers Governor Ammons of Colorado had issued a proclamation declaring that a state of rebellion existed in the coal fields The strike at the mines of the Colo rado Fuel and Mining company has been in progress seven months Alter much disorder the strikers were dis possessed from the company houses and securing tents camped on the mountain sides Last militia opened fire on the colony and set fire to the tents Forty-five persons were killed or burned to death among the number being eleven women and three babies Since then a condition of civil wax has existed there eons John Jr Charles and Eli were next listed All are charged with of various articles The case is now on trial A process was awarded for the super- visors of township on count of tbe bad condition of highway in their district Process was awarded for the supervisors of Latimore township on account of the dangerous condition of a bridge in their district longing to James Mummert of Reading township ran away several days ago and when Orpheus Myers a neighbor at- tempted to stop the runaways he was hurled to the ground and wagon passed over and severely injured one of his legs The team was later caught with no further damage The United States Senate on Monday afternoon confirmed the appointment of Charles S Duncan Esq as postmaster at Gettysburg The third Adams county Sunday school district will hold a conference in the M E church at Littlestown on Thursday ening May 7th at o'clock A con- ference will also be held at St Luke's church near White Hall on Tuesday ening May 12 at o'clock Miss Ruth C Diehl daughter of John Diehl formerly of near but now of York passed successfully her examinations at West York school which entitles her to second place in her class of thirty-two members John Ziegler has sold his 60 acre farm near East Berlin to Abram Ruth of New U DUI KAMU C T Hersh ol the Eagle Hotel took basis for mediation It was Announced TnAT the early train on Wednesday morning for Philadelphia to enter a hospital to have his eyes treated Rebels Protect Stars and Stripes American Consul Hostetter has tele- graphed to the state department that Generals Obregon and Alvarado of the Mexican had fied their forces in the state of nera that any demonstrations against Americans and seditious speeches would be punished by hanging The resignation of C D Groft constable of was accepted to take effect at once George Gordon and Preston S Peters were chosen as tipstaves for the first week of Court The report of the viewers on a road in township was received and con- firmed ni si the road to be opened to the width of 33 feet The report of viewers for a road in Liberty township was ed filed and confirmed ni si Firebug Confesses W H Foglesong a discharged ber of the fire department in rla 111 has confessed to firing tbe ca sheds of the Morris Cattle ast Monday which caused a loss of and resulted in 1000 cattle being burned to death Foglesong was discharged from the department two weeks ago when It was charged he bad a mania for turning in false alarms was William F Codori and four of his dren of Gettysburg were taken sick alter supper on Monday evening and for a time were in a serious condition Tho trouble was evidently caused by something they eaten at the meal but they no idea what it could have been Several doctors were called to attend the family and all recovered York on private terms Possession April 1 1915 John McKim of Midway formerly of the hotel at Centennial underwent an op- for dropsy on Sunday afternoon The operation was performed by Dr Geo L Rice of McSherrystown assisted by Dr J H of Hanover The Gettysburg Classis of the Potomac Synod of tbe Reformed church convened on Tuesday evening at o'clock in the Reformed church in this place The mon was preached by Rev W H Miller of East Berlin the retiring president Classes will be in session until Friday W D of this place was ly re-elected a director ol the York turnpike Co A brood mare owned by Michael later of near Bermudian last week gave birth to n pair of fine colta U S Sailor Kills Marine One of marines killed in Vera Cruz Mex by a y bluejacket The sailor was on sentry duty and became excited when he saw a figure move towards him out of the darkness He forgot his instructions to challenge three times and fired iui mediately the marine falling dead Want Mosquito Nets For Soldiers Among the many orders just ed at the department in Philadelphia there was one which may show how great are the plans ol seems to be said Secretary Bryan after the cabinet session Americans are being moved out of Mexico City tion In the absence of definite word from the mediators speculation took a wide range among diplomats some of whom suggested that one of the possible plans which might be considered would contemplate the establishment of a committee representing all tbe Mexican factions to take charge of Mexico pending fie election of a pres ident and the founding of a stable The British has received from Sir Lionel Garden British ister to Mexico a telegram stating that Huerta has promised to give friendly consideration to any tion under the proffer of mediation This is in answer to representations made to him by Great Britain France and Germany The telegram has been communicated to the state depart ment If Huerta insists on recognition his government the mediation will prove of no avail but from Vers Cruz comes news dispatches that seen to that Huerta has at lasi been forced to consider his elimination because of adverse sentiment In hli capital If that proves to be true the A B C mediation as the plan Is called from the Initials of the mediating powers mny point the way out and eventually lead complete ment of the Mexican troubles In anj j there is no evidence that ilson will recede one bit from may snow A t will recede one u the war department that Huerta shall The order nets as coverings to protect from insects May They Wish Should anti-American develop an attack on the Ameri can embassy In Mexico City the of fenders will bo injuring Mexican prop erty and not American The United States does not own the building in the Mexican capital and its lease runs out on June 1 and must be eliminated Admiral Fletcher's declaration o martial law at Vera Cruz IB by officials in who realise his difficulties with housetop shooters and concealed enemies While extreme measures will taken to enforce order In Vera to hold the water and points In the vicinity of the city t ensure protection of the Inhabitants no further of will b Scores Are Probably Dead in West Virginia Mine jj In a gas explosion in shafts No 5 and 6 of the New River Collieries com mines at W Va Mon day 190 men were trapped in the for mer and seventy-six men in the shaft i Four men have been taken out dead from shaft No 6 and thirty-eight were rescued severely burned Trained mine rescue chews are endeavoring tc reach the remaining men in the mine The explosion occurred when a full force of men were at work weer down about 600 feet The first terrific roar was followed almost immediately by the second From the shaft a mass of debris shot 200 feet into the air One rescue crew succeeded In drop ping down one shaft to the bottom where two men were found burned and brought to the surface It is believed both were fatally hurt Another rescue party was organized and Immediately tried to enter the mine Fear exists that a great num ber of the entombed men have per ished Rescue trains are being rushed from Pittsburgh and West Virginia points Edwin mining engineer and specialist In rescue work has been called upon from Washington The explosion occurred just as th miners were changing shifts and foi this reason there was a larger of men in the colliery than usual Two Senators Offer Senators Fall of New Mexico and Sheppard of Texas have offered services to President Wilson In campaign against Mexico Senator Fait has written that he will resign from the senate and go to the front If t Votes Wilton President Wilson was given by the senate vote to aid In American citizens from Mexico Action was only taken after prolonged bate The resolution which ready passed the house lots to tiw president for bis 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