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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-07-26
SUMNER SCHOOL OF MIS-
SIONS AT MT. LAKE PARK
Will Be Held This Year July 80
to August 6

The sixth annual Interdenomina-
tional Summer School of Missions will
be held at Mountain Lake Park this
year from July 30th to August 9th,
both inclusive.
A fine program for study and inspi-
ration has been arranged for bible
study, mission study, missionary mes
sages, conference and fellowship,
methods for Seniors and Juniors and
other interesting subjects having to
do with the real work Of such a gath
ering.
One feature of the school is the
Girls Camp" under the supervision
of Miss Mary Collins and Mrs. Foster
B. Davis, two consecrated Christian
women who have the welfare Of the
girls at heart.
There will be time for study and
also regular hours for recreation. For
information about the Girls Camp
address Mrs. Foster B. Davis, 2036
RObb street, Baltimore.
As there are numbers of all de-
nominaticnal churches in the vicinity
of Mountain Lake Park and in all
parts of Garrett county, the leaders
of the school are in hopes that MAJ
women and girls of this county and
the adjoining counties Pennsylvania
and West Virginia will avail them
selves of this fine opportunity for
study and preparation for teaching
Mission Study Glasses.
The UNCONVENTIONAL representa-
tives who will be present at the con-
ference and school include those from
the Baptist, Christian, Congregation
al, Lutheran, Methodist Episcopal,
Presbyterian and Protestant Episco-
pal
The daily program for both the
Senior and Junior groups has been
arranged by the officials Of the school
which contemplate busy hours from
8:45 in the morning until 500 in the
evening Of each day.
The special features Of the school
will be the evening lectures, twilight
service, etc
The lecturers will include Mrs. Dan
Brummitt, whose talk will be on "The
Americanization Of a Kentucky Wo-
man; monclogue on Indian Life, by
Mrs. Charles r. Vickery; stereopticon
lectures on life in Japan and on the
American Indian by Rev. L. S. G. Mil
Ter and Dr.. Elmer Higley, respective
ly.
On Sunday the morning service will
be in charge of the Rev. J. Watson
Hannah and in the evening Bishop
Francis J. Mcconnell will have charge
and deliver a sermon in keeping with
the objects OF the School
How many delegates will your So
ciety or church send to this School?
For information regarding rates,
reservations, etc, address Mrs. A. A.
Richards, Mountain Lake Park, Md.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-07-26
WEST VIRGINIA MAIN HIGH
WAYS TO BE RESURFACED
Plans Of Commission Are For
Completion of Work Next Year

West Nirginia's two principal high
ways, the Midland Trail, extending
from Huntington to White Sulphur
Springs, and the Northwestern Turn
pike, extending from Parkersburg, W.
Va, to Winchester, Va, will be COM
pletely hard-surfaced by the end Of
next season, according to plans of the
West Virginia State Roads Commits
sion which were announced ut Mar
tinsburg 4 day or two ago.
Incidentally, neither of these roads,
and particularly the Midland Trail,
will be in a condition which will per-
nit of satisfactory motoring during
the present summer, officials said, due
to the fact that on each road isolated
sections are at present in the process
of rebuilding.
Practical the entire Midland Trail
is now undergoing repairs and re-
build. Thirty miles of the Northwest
ern Turnpike in Preston and Taylor
counties was awarded to contractors
last month by the Commission, and
the highway as a whole is now I'M
der contract for work Immediately or
in the near future.
Marylanders, and particularly the
residents of Garrett county, are inter
ested in the improvement of the old
Northwestern Turnpike. Eight miles
of this road, from the Offutt farm
south of Oakland at the State line, to
the Potomac River at German, passes
through this county. This section of
the road will have to be improved by
the Maryland authorities, of course,
and it is not improbable that work
will begin under year or more.
When the road is completed one
can leave Parkersbuig and travel
eastward through Clarlsburg and
Grafton, Romney, and finally to Win
chester, Va, where the Valley Turn
pike to Staunton turns in to meet the
State road between Martinsburg and
Winchester.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-07-26
METHODISTS HOPE TO Be
UNITED YEAR AFTER NEXT
Breach Which Arose Over Cues
ton Of Slavery Thought to
be Nearly Healed

A plan for the reunion of the Nor
thern and Southern divisions of the
Methodist Episcopal church was ia
ken under consideration by the joint
commission on unification Tuesday
after having been approved by men,
bers representing both branches at
separate meetings.
The plan; drafted by Il joint COM
mittee of sixteen, was adopted unani-
mously by the Northern members
at a meeting Tuesday afternoon. At
its meeting Tuesday night the South
ern members made a few changes in
the wording of the plan which was
then submitted to the joint commits
sion.
Confident that the differences in
the wording of the plan would be
ironed out and the breach which
arose in 1916 over the question of
slavery would be healed, was express
ed by members of the joint commits
sion as they went into session.
Approval of the plan means the
possibility Of united church by 1925,
according to DR.. A. W. Harris, gen.
eral secretary of the board of edu-
cation of the Northern branch and
secretary of its unifcation commits
sion. If reunion occurs, the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church will be the
first of thS three great protestant
denominations which divided over the
question of slavery, to become recon-
ciled.
The plan, DR.. Harris said, provided
only that each church change its con-
stitution, so that instead of holding
separate general conferences every
four years, the two general conferen-
ces will be merged.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-07-26
COAL MAGNATES TO HOLD
MEET AT DEER PARK
Reduction. OF Freight Rates Is
Aim OF West Virginia
Operators

Directors Of the Northern West
Virginia Coal Operators Association
will meet at the Deer Park Hotel to-
morrow afternoon to discuss the In
terstate Commerce Commissions re-
cent decision on coal freight rates
from Southern Ohio to the West.
1t is expected that the reduced
rates, effective September 27, will
eliminate Northern West Virginia
steam coal from Ohio, Indiana, Hi
nois and Michigan.
ACCESSIBILITY of opening the case, if
traffic counsel thinks it can be done.
will be discussed The opertors will
be advised on this matter by Attorney
E. J. McNann, OF Washington, and by
John d. Battle, traffic manager of the
National Coal Association.
Also to be considered is the petition
just flied with the Interstate Com
merce Commission by Pittsburgh OPP
orators, asking for a reduction on
rates on coal from Pittsburgh to
lake ports. The Pittsburgh opera
tors claim they are closer to those
ports than any other operators of any
producing field and for that reason
they should have a greater advan-
tage than they now have
Coal operators in the Fairmont dis
trict are mucn concerned with the
fact that coal originating in South
ern West Virginia is now replacing
Fairmont coal in the New England
market by way Of coast shipment.
The extensive development in-the
New River coal field is forcing
high grade of steam coal into the
Baltimore market in greater quaint
ties than heretofore and to a large
extent is replacing coal from the
Fairmont field
The meeting at Deer Park will be
a joint meeting of the directors of
the Northern West Virginia, of the
Monongahela, of the Upper Potomac
and the lPan-Handle Coal Associa-
lions. The operators Of all of these
associations are as vitality interested
as are the Fairmont operators.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-07-26
ACCIDENT COMMISSION
HEARINGS IN OAKLAND
Were Held Last Saturday Be,
fore Commissioner Eppler

The State Industrial Accident Com
mission was in session at the Court
House in Oakland last Saturday. Ac-
cident Commissioner George Lewis
= EppIer, of Cumberland, presided at
both hearings.
Cases involving compensation and
dependency of surviving father were
presented before the Commission as
follows:
Ira Ellis SHger VS.. Mccullough
Coal Corporation, Friendsville, en-
ployer and the State Accident Fund,
insurer. James McGreevy, of Balti-
more, represented the State Accident
Fund. The claimant was injured in a
mine Of the Coal Corporation by the
explosion of dynamite, which destroy
ed the sight Of his leo eye.
Jacob Keefer, father of Earle G,
keefer, deceased, vs.. The Hamill Coal
and Coke Company, employer and the
State Accident Fund, insurer Rem
ringer & Offutt appeared for the
claimant and Wendell Allen, ssistant
Attorney General of Maryland, APP
peared for the State Fund Jacob
keefer was killed in mine near Kitz-
miller, Md, operated by the Hamili
Coal and Cake Company, on Novem-
Der 26, 1922. He was mining coal
and was crushed to death by fall of
breast rock. His father claims par
tial dependency on his sons earn
ings.
The following claims were heard at
Cumberland on Monday:
Margaret Cosner, alleged widow of
Jane Cosner, VS. Manor Coal Com
pany, employer, and State Accident
Fund, insurer. James Cosner was in
jured at VindeX. this county, and died
as the result of his injuries. An
award was made to Margaret Cosner
as his widow. Subsequently the At
torney General, representing the State
| Fund filed a petition alleging that
james Cosner was married July 6,
1912, to one Celia Montoney, at Pear
sons, West Va, and that she is still
living and was never divorced and
therefore Margaret Cosner, the pres
ent claimant, was never legally mar
ried to Cosner and is not his widow
and is not entitled to any compensa-
ton. Dispositions have heretofore
been taken in Wcsternport, Md, and
certain court records introduced The
issues are as follows: To reopen pro-
ceedings and grant further hearing;
to strike out the former award.
Edward Georg VS.. Black Greek
Lumber Company, employer, and Lon
don Guarantee and Accident Compa-
ny, insurer. The accident occulreu
Guard, Md, while claimant was haul
ing logs when his right arm and fin
ger swere injured. The issue was to
reopen and to determine the extent Of
permanent disability.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-07-26
{. TREE APPLICANTS FOR
OAKLANDP P. 0. QUALIFIED
Postmaster Deffinbaugh Is High
Man of the. Trio, Republican
Editor Being Second

Last Friday information to the ap-
plicants for the position of postmas-
ter in Oakland was transmitted to
them showing the ratings in the writ
ten examination made prior to June
9th. Three of the applicants. under a
rule laid down some years ago by the
Civil Service Commission, were elm
mated, leaving in the field the present
postmaster, Mr.. Charles A. Det1in-
baugh, DR.. Webster Ravenscroft and
Mr.. Benz. II. Sincell, editor of The
Republican, as the three whose rat
ings in the examination are above
the required seventy per cent gen
eral average.
Mr.. Definbaugh's rating, by rea-
son of his eight years experience as
postmaster, naturally gave him the
highest mark, being so. Dr.. Raven
scroft received 76.40, while Mr.. Sim
cells general average was 81 per
cent.
The appointment has not yet been
made and probably will not be for
some time to come, Congressman
Zihlman's recommendation to the
Postmaster General not yet having
been transmitted to that official.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-07-26
Picnic At Hutton

The grangers at Hutton will hold a
big picnic on the schools grounds at
that place on Saturday, August goth.
The day will be spent in contests, eats,
speaking, base ball game, other
amusements and a good social time
all around. This Grange is still young
but is progressing. The financial re-
turns from the picnic will go toward
a grange hall to be built in the COM
munity as soon as arrangements can
be made, consequently any support
that the outsiders can give will be
greatly appreciated. Come and have
a good time.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-07-26

Miss Grace Flanagan. OF Wheeling,
West Va, who was the guest of Miss
Jean DeBewy at her home near town
for short time, returned to Wheel
ing Monday morning, accompanied by
Miss DeBerry, who has reentered a
hospital there TO resume nursing,
she having been granted a vacation
of several weeks duration from her
duties by the officials of the insti-
tuition which she spent here.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-07-26
Trip Around The World.

The annual auto trip around the
world under the auspices of the La
dies Aid Society of st. Paul's Meth
odist Episcopal church of Oakland,
has been arranged for Thursday, Au-
gust End. Japan, the land of flowers,
Egypt, the home of King Tut, and
Washington, d. c., the capital of our
United States, will be among the
countries visited on this unique and
pleasing tour with novel attractions
en- route. Cars will leave Union Sta
ton ON. E. church, at close intervals
from $50 to 900 o'clock p m. Din
ner will be served en- route. Tickets
on sale at Harned's drug store.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-07-26
CONTRACT FOR STREET
IMPROVEMENT AWARDED
By State Roads Commission To
I. ID. Claiborne Company
of Baltimore

Within the past week, much to the
pleasureable surprise of the .esideuts
Of Oakland, especially those who re-
side on Third and Oak streets, the
State Roads Commission, announced
the awarding of a contract to the T.
D. Claiborne Company, of Baltimore,
for the improving of those two
streets, thereby connecting through
the town the improved system of high
ways which enter the corporate limits
north, south, east and west.
The action Of the Commission came
| about the same time that the women
Of Oakland We're engaged in adopting
resolutions, which were printed in The
Republican last Thursday, praying The
Road Commission to grant relief from
the almost intolerable conditions cx-
listing on these two much used thor
oughfares whore clouds Of dust fol
low in the wake OF every passing mo-
torist and then spreads, permeat;n@
the air and homes of all alika.
Before worl, on these streets will
be started, however, the citizens Of
! Oakland, through the Mayor and
Council, are compelled, on account Of
the shortage Of funds at the disposal
of the Roads Commission, to raise the
required amount Of money necessary
! by loans negotiated at the First Ma
tional and Garrett National Banks.
The amount Of the contract is in
round numbers S25, OOO.OO-to be cx-
act-S24,529.50. The money has been
arranged for Council agreeing to car
~ the loan at six per cent until the
/ Roads Commission is in position to re-
imburse the banks for the money thus
advanced, the Council holding a writ
ten agreement with the officials Of the
Commission to this effect
The banks are secured by an agree
ment signed by more than SO residents
CT the town whereby they obligetc
themselves to reimburse the insCitu-
tons in case the Roads Commission
and the Council fails to do so.
BY request of member Of the City
Council the names Of those who have
signed the above referred to agree
ment are published as follows: A. D..
Naylor, Henry Lauer, E. G. Naylor,
F, a. Thayer, Thomas A. Gender, W.
a. Gender, Carroll A Elliott, c. J..
Brown, Harry /. Miller, H. V. Leigh
ton, j. W. Hart, E. Z. Tower, \. G.
Ross, Charles 4. Tower, A. L. Lee,
J. H. Campbell, \. c. Mason, Ernest
C. Liller, d. w. Walter, Robert Sill
ger, f. L. Blake, Gilmor S. Hamill, S.
T. Hamill, D. burst, Earl C. burst,
F. E. Gorder, D. E. Ofutt, D. T..
Thayer, H. L. Bittner, Fred. c. Ped
dicord, F. G. Schoch, George Cess
man, William R. Offutt, A. L. Lawton,
c. S. Davis, Joseph z. Harmed, J. NJ.
Stanton, r. 7. Thayer, L. NJ. Fraley,
James p. Treacy, Playford A. Nay
lor, f. A. Shaffer, H. A. Loraditch,
J. A. Kerins, N. l. Broadwater, C. A.
Ashby, W. Ravenscroft, j. J. Ashby,
Jr. j. D. Darby, C. N. McIntire, R. E.
McIntire, G. A. Fraley, Benz. H. Sin
cell, H. A. Rasche, Henry w. Nc
Comas, ]. W. Whorton, W. F. Brown
ing, W. H. limbaugh, H. C. Sincell,
w. w. Dawson, Charles A. Defin-
baugh, Charles H. Linville, A. T. Mat
| thews.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-07-26
Children's Service Sunday

On Sunday, July 29th, there will be
an all-day children's service at Mount
Bethel U. B. church, midway between
Deer Park and Swanton. There will
be some excellent speaking in the af-
ternoon. Basket dinner on the ground.
The committee having the matter in
charge extends an invitation to all to
be present.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-07-26
Rev. VIM. F. Bayle, Rector

Rev. VIM. F. Bayle, Rector
Sunday, July 29-Ninth Sunday after
Trinity.
600 o'clock, Morning service, Mt
Lake Park.
HOO o'clock, Morning service, Oak
land.
500 o'clock, Evening prayer and
sermon, Deer Park Hotel chapel.
500 o'clock, Evenias prayer and
sermon, Deer Park village.
Everybody is welcome to these SER
vices.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-07-26

Marriage LlCeHSeS lSSueu
Marriage licenses for the week end
ing at noon tuesday were ISSUED TO
the following apphcantS at the once
OF the CLERK OF the Circuit court IN
Oakland:
George Levi Shatfer. q, coal miner,
of Fairchance, Pa. and Dorothy May
Maines, Is, store clerk, OF UmontoWn,
Pa.
William Cecil Shorter, 10, signal
helper, and Norma Matte Holt, Is,
both OF ColfaX, W. Va.
Howard Cornelius Kennedy, q,
coal miner, OF Cambria W, Va, and
bessie erosion, l9, OF Cecil, W. Va,
--Dolph Howard Daeg'sman, q, coal
e., and Marie Jones, ID, both OF
A7lllppl, West Va.
Carl Carlson, Al. cook, OF Weston,
w, Va, and Virginia May Purkey, AZ,
sales lady, OF Clarksburg, We Va
Ebert Roy Wiland, %, farmer, Of
New Germany, Md, and Clara Alice
Ferguson, IL, school teacher, Of
FrlendsvlIle, Nd.
Charles Bernard Eddy, p, laborer,
Of Cairo, W. v, and Senetta Lewis,
%, Of Petroleum, West Va.
Edward Albert Davis, u, machin-
list, and Viola Margaret Rocheleau,
IS, both Of Akron, Ohio.
William McClelland Bowers, y,
coal miner, and Lottie Agnes Peters,
is, glass factory, both Of Star City,
West Va.
Joseph Raczy, %, coal miner, of
Wendell, W. Va, and Sophia Anna
Gray, 20, Of Galloway, W. Va.
Frederick Warren Burnes, 81, coal
miner, of Lumberport, W, Va, and
Wilma Anita Hustead, 20, clerk, OF
Rosebud, " est Va.
Darius Blake, 80, farmer, and
Gladys Williams, Is, both of Orlando,
West Va.
Jesse Franklin Killing, %, laborer,
of Dellslow, w. Va, and Thelma Ma
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-07-26
Bazaar At The Park.

For the benefit of the tennis tourn-
ament at Mountain Lake Park, the
Women's Civic Club of that place will
hold a bazaar at the bowling alley
this afternoon and evening. The pat
ronage of the public is solicited.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-07-26

Miss Virginia Johnson, of Wash
ingtoh, is visiting at the home of her
uncle, DR.. w. w. Grant, in Oakland.
LOST-Sunday, July 22nd, in or
near post Office, pltinum bar pin set
with sapphire. Reward. Notify Miss
H. L. Mclaughlin, care Mrs. S. R.
Thorn, Oakland. Advertisement 22-1
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-07-26
Lawn Fete At New Germany

Z here will be lawn fete in the
Gaurch yard Of the Reformed church
at New Germany on August 4th, to
which all are most cordially invited
Proceeds for the benefit of the church
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-12-21
Five Members of Family
Meet With Violent Death

Hugo, Colo.-The body of Gottleib
Kaiser, twenty-nine. the latest victim
in family In which stark tragedy
seems to lurk, was brought to Hugo
from Canon City for burial. Kaiser,
an ex-service man, who was living on
homestead twelve miles north of
Canon City, was killed when team
Of horses which he was driving
hitched to load Of hay ran away and
threw him to the ground, killing him
instantly.
Twelve years ago Kaiser's father,
Gottlieb Kaiser, Sr., was killed In the
same manner when he was thrown
from hay wagon on his farm near
here.
Last December Kalser's stepsister,
Mrs. Minnie Patterson Talladay, her
five-year-old daughter and her infant
son were burned to death in fire
which destroyed their home four miles
east of Aroya, Colo.
Kaiser is survived by his mother
and sister living at Sunshine Valley,
N. NJ, and a sister at Grand Junction.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-12-21
Duels Are Now
Out of Fashion

Southern states. The statute books of
10 states carry laws prohibiting such
encounters, these measures having
been prompted by outbreaks of bloody
quarrels. Virginia barred from public
Office any one who had fought in a
duel.
The wastage in humanity engen-
dered by the duel has never appealed
to the Germans. although Heidelberg
and other universities have gone in
quite extensively for 1t.
Neither official dignity nor towering
rank prevented men from exercising
their right of giving or accepting invi-
tations to meet on the field of honor.
In 1889 the duke of York fought an
indecisive duel on Wimbledon common
with lieutenant colonel of the dukes
regiment. After dispute, the duke
had refused to stand upon whatever
immunity was his by reason of his be-
ing son of England's king.
William Pitt, the great commoner
and friend of American independence,
was challenged by George Tierney, a
| political opponent, TO mortal combat
Neither of them had the slightest
knowledge Of handling a pistol. Two
shots which each tried went wild, then
| the encounter was stopped by the Sec
onds, who must have been concerned
about their own safety and that Of
anybody else in nearby England.
Wellington on "Field of Honor"
The duke of Wellington, NapOleon's
conqueror, was challenged by the earl
| Of Winchilsea following the dukes
sharp rebuke of the earl In q religious
controversy. Winchilsea wrote: Il
now call upon your lordship to give
me that satisfaction for your conduct
which gentleman never refuses TO
, give" Wellington's reply followed the
approved form, and said "The salts
faction which your grace has demand
ed, 1t is, Of course, impossible for me
] to decline"
They met on a field at Battersea.
1 At the signal Winchilsea fred, missing
deliberately. Wellington withheld his
fire. Before the preliminaries for a
second ,shot were begun, one of Win
chilsea's seconds handed Wellington
second signed statement by Win
chilsea in which the earl apologized
for his attack upon Wellington in their
religious dispute. Winchilsea explained
later that he had felt he was In the
wrong, but had gone through with
the duel, regardless Of the fact that he
had not intended to fire at wellington,
It was the proper thing to do, he said
England's Most Famous Duel.
One Of England's most famous duels
was between Lord Byron, a grand
uncle Of the poet, and Mr.. Chau-
vert, In 1765. The affair followed
trivial argument In a tavern. Chauvert
was run through and killed. Byron
was tried by jury Of his peers was
found guilty and was required to 'pay
the usual fees"
Richard Brinsley Sheridan fought a
duel with Captain Matthews in 1772.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-12-21
pueIs Popular In Old Days.

In the early days Of the American
navy, the officers were sticklers for
dueling etiquette. In the war on
Tripoli. about the beginning Of the
Nineteenth century, dueiing among
naval officers was the vogue. Duels
among planters and politicians we're
ccmrsos occurrsaces In some Of the