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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-10-01
State of Pennsylvania and U. S.
Government Join In HOnOring
WashingtOn's Memory

Ground was broken on Tuesday for
the rebuilding of Fort Necessity, %
miles west Of Keyser's Ridge, on the
National Highway, where for the first
and only time George Washington in
his military career, met defeat.
Col. Frederick H. Payne, Assistant
Secretary of War, in an address on
the site of the old fort, declared the
rebuilt, rough fort will be more fit
ting monument to the youthful Wash
ington than would be a granite struc-
ture, such as the shaft in the capital
or a replica Of Mt. Vernon.
Plan National Drive
The United States Government has
appropriated funds to erect monu-
ment on the site of old Fort Necessity
and the State of Pennsylvania has ap-
propriated funds to establish the sur
rounding Great Meadows property as
State park.
Work on the old fort and park will
proceed at once, so that it will be COM
pleted before the anniversary of the
battle on next July 8, which will be an
outstanding event in the national eel
ebration of the two hundredth ami
versary of the birth of Washington.
SIN a reconstructed Fort Necessi-
ty," Col. Payne said, twas born the
military career of Washington. On
this ground he received his baptism
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-10-01
District Governor Addresses
Oakland Rotary Club

DR.. Paul E. Ellsworth, president of
Washington college, at Chestertown,
and district governor of the 34th
district of Rotary International, was
the principal speaker at a special
meeting of the Oakland Rotary club
held last evening at the William
James hotel. ~"
He spoke on the need for coordina-
ing and working together during the
present conditions of. the world, and
stated that Rotarians had a wonder
full opportunity to hold things steady
as there were representatives in 81
different countries.
At the conclusion of the meeting
DR.. Ellsworth met with the board of
directors and chairmen of committees
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-10-01
INTER-CITY MEETING HELD
BY ROTARIANS LAST WEEK
Oakland Furnishes Program at
Terra Alta Last Thursday

More than eighty Rotarians of the
Twenty-fourth International District,
in which are located the clubs of Nor
gantown, Kingwood, Terra Alta, W.
Va, and Oakland, joined last Thurs
day evening in an inter-city meeting
at the Hotel Casseday, Terra Alta.
The Oakland club had charge of the
program and the Terra Alta club was
host. E. Ray Jones, president OF the
Oakland club, presided. The invoca-
ton was made by L. Deets Parrack, of
the Terra Alta club, and l.. F. Ever
hart, also of Terra Alta, made the ad-
dress of welcome.
DIR. Scion ]. Buck, director of the
Western Pennsylvania Historical Sur
vey, was the principal speaker and
discussed the subject, Community or
Social Memory"
Following several selection by the
Oakland Quartet, short talks were
made by Judge A. G. Hughes and F
]. Reed, Kingwood; F. L. Lakin, Terra
Alta, and Richard Asphalt, Morgan
town.
Those in attendance from Oakland
included F. D. Bittle, DR.. H. w. Nc
Comas, J. A. fowler, Cecil Smith,
George Hanst, William Gibson, Jesse
]. Ashby, Jr., Wade H. limbaugh, c.
E. Sharps, A. R. Martin, E. R. Jones
w. o. Davis, Floyd Stahl, Charles W,
Ream, Walter w. Dawson, Paul B
Naylor, H: C. Sincell, Joseph E. Har-
ned, DIR. w. w. Grant, C. A. Fleegle,
Rev. C. A. Shilke, Playford Naylor
Sebring, Florida, and R. E. Sliger
Cumberland, the two latter being the
guests of members of Oakland Ro-
| tary.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-10-01
GROUND IS BROKEN FOR FORT NECESSITY MEMORIAL,
WEST OF KEYSER'S RIDGE, ON NATIONAL HIGHWAY

of fire. Among these hills and valleys
he served his apprenticeship as SOL
der and learned the value of disci-
pline. At no other place and in no
other way could his early services to
his country be so fittingly commem-
Grated" f.,
Washington's First Battle
Fort Necessity is the site of George
Washington's first battle in 1854. At
that time he was a colonel in the Pro-
vincial army and this battle, in which
he commanded, was the opening shot
of the French and Indian war. He was
then only % years old.
After the surrender of Fort Neces-
sity, General Washington, on July 4,
1854, returned to Wills Creek, Nd,
and began the erection OF fort on
the site where the present city of
Cumberland now stands and named it
in honor of the Duke of Cumberland,
commander-in-chief of the British
Army.
At Fort Cumberland General Brad
dock later assembled an army which
met disastrous defeat. He failed to
follow Washington's advice, built on
experience gained at Fort Necessity.
Half of Braddock's army was COM
posed of British regulars, upon whom
Braddock declared it would be impos-
sible for the savages to make an i'm
preston. Braddock rode into battle
superciliously in a coach drawn by
four horses and as history records he
was killed just a few miles west of
Fort Necessity.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-10-01
Motor Stolen From Boat on Lake

Mr.. ]. E. Ebeling, of Wheeling, W..
Va, whose summer home is located
on Deep Creek Lake, had an out
board motor stolen from his boat last
Wednesday night, September %, and
the boat set adrift. Mr.. Eberling is
offering a reward for the return of
the motoror infor nation ..kindai =
the motor and no questions asked or
in case the same is not returned then
he will pay $50 for information that
leads to the arrest and conviction of
the party guilty of the theft.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-10-01
REAPPOINT REV. DAWSON
TO OAKLAND PASTORATE
Methodist Conference Names
Ministers for this District at
Closing Session Monday
CHANGE MADE AT PARK

Rev. ]. w. Dawson was reappointed
pastor of st. PauPs Methodist Episco-
pal church, Oakland, at the conclu-
sion of the annual conference of min
listers held at Fairmont. The sessions
began on Tuesday, September %, and
closed on Monday of this week with
the announcement of appointments to
the various charges throughout the
area by Bishop Mcdowell, of Wash
ington, D. c., who presided through
out the conference.
Rev. Gregory Blakely, Of Warwood,
Wheeling, West Va, will succeed Rev
l. S. Middaugh as pastor of the Noun
tain Lake Park church, Rev. Mid
daugh being left without an appoint
ment to enable him to attend school.
No other changes were made in this
area. Rev. T. E. Shea was returned
to Friendsville; Rev. A. G. Bell, to
Grantsville; Rev. J. H. Rupert to Cor
NTH, w. Va. Rev. Bernard Gibbs, for
mer pastor of st. Pau's M. E. church
in Oakland, has been returned to
Terra Alta for another year.
Rev. John L. Wolfe was named as
district superintendent of the Morgan
town District, of which the charges
in Garrett county are located.
District Assignments
Morgantown district assignments
are as follows:
Albright, H. E. Summer; Arnetts-
vile, W. T. w. Sleeth; Aurora, Lor-
ing Howell; Barracksville, H. w
Flanagan; Basnettville, G. N. Sharp
Blackville, ]. F. Hockenberry; Bran.
donvelle, S. E. Ryan, supply; Bruce
ton, J. F. Fitzwater; Blaine, C. R
Cupfer; Bayard, A. F. Weeks; Brave
o. L. Hawkins; Corinth, j. B. Rupert;
GAINESVILLE, C. E. Hawkins; Evans
vile, C. ]. Allender.
Fairmont, Diamond street, Minor G.
Miles; First, J. E. Scott; Highland
Avenue, E. J. Halter.
Friendsville, ]. E. Shea; Grafton
Andrews, S. C. Jones; Grafton Cir
cult, Eugene Dick; St. Paups and
West Main, French Boone.
-Gormania, N. L. Dearien; Grants
vile, A. C. Bell, supply; Halleck,
Stoneking Groves, supply; Hendricks
Montrose, J. A. Arthur; Kingwood
R. o. Phillips; Knottsville, Lloyd My
ers; Masontown, C. S. Thompson;
Meadowdale, E. J. Johnson; Monon-
gala, A. J. Renick.
Morgantown Circuit. A. Garfield
First, S. W. Bell; Highland Park, j
j. Loudin; Sabra, F. D. Jones; West
over, Job Jones.
Mountain Lake Park, Gregory
Blakeley; Newburg-Blueville, P. w
Arbogast.
Oakland, J. w. Dawson; Parsons
R. G. Doak; Reedsville, w. B. Cum
ningham.
Rowlesburg, w. D. Swan; Terra
Alta, Bernard Gibbs; Tunnelton, w. L
Casey; Tunnelton Circuit, to be sup.
piled; Thomas-Davis, w. R. Eckew;
St. George, H. H. Westfall; Upper
Tract-C ircleville, L. E. Storey; Yves.
ley Foundation, D. B. Brown; Wades-
town, C. C. burst.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-10-01
VO-AG BOYS WIN HONORS
In STATE JUDGING MEET
Hagan Frazee Wins High Indi-
vidual HOnOrs in Corn Judging
Oakland Team Is First
Observation-Disclosures

Garrett county, with a num-
Der of winners, including Hagan
Frazee, of Oakland, who won
high individual honors in corn
judging, and who with Wayne
Fitzwater took first place among
the corn judging teams, was
well represented in the contests
among students of vocational
agriculture, held last Thursday
and Friday in connection with
the annual Frederick County Fair at
Frederick. The demonstration team
from Oakland High School was also
awarded first place.
Garrett county placed two teams
in the cattle judging contest and two
Garrett countians were given places
in the individual scoring. Other hon.
ors were received at the Future Far
mers banquet on Thursday evening
when Wayne Hamilton was elected
vice-president of the Maryland Asso-
citation for the coming year.
Oakland teams, composed Of Wayne
Hamilton, Wayne Fitzwater, Hagan
Frazee, George Porter and Earl
Spoerlein, accompanied by o. T. Ora
ser, vo-ag instructor, and w. r.,
Spoerlein, of Gortner, left Oakland
last Thursday for Frederick. Other
high shoots of the county also sent
teams for participation in the judg-
ing contests, including Grantsville,
Accident and Friendsville.
The results of the work of the stu
dents from Garrett county were as
follows:
Cattle Judging: Oakland, George
Porter and Wayne Hamilton, Sth; Ac-
cident, William Harmon and Randall
Sebold, 9th; Friendsville, 13, and
Grantsville, 18th. Thirty-one teams
from various sections of the State
were entered in the contest. The in
dividual winners were: Randall Sc
bold, Accident, 9Th; Wayne Hamilton,
Oakland, 10TH
Demonstration Team: Oakland,
Wayne Hamilton, Wayne Fitzwater
and Earl Spoerlein, LIST. The team
demonstrated a model bull pen.
Corn Judging: Oakland, Hagan
Frazee and Wayne Fitzwater, 1st;
Grantsville, C. Murphy and C. Loech-
ell, 9th. Twenty-nine teams were en-
tered. Individual honors: Hagan Fra
zee, Oakland, 1st; C. Murphy,
Grantsville, End; Wayne Fitzwater,
Oakland, 9Th.
The cup in the corn judging contest
will be presented at the annual Father
and Son banquet, the date for which
has been tentatively set for Thursday
October Is.
Wayne Hamilton was elected to re-
ceive the third degree in the State
Future Farmers Association, the
highest degree that can be conferred,
and only seven others were chosen fol-
this honor. Hamilton was also elected
vice-president of the Maryland F. F.
A. for the ensuing year.
Wayne Fitzwater was POSTMASTER
and chairman of the F. F. A. banquet
on Thursday evening.
Agriculture boys from the four high
schools were accompanied by their in
structors, H. w. Beggs, Accident;
Charles Miller, Friendsville; Harley
Spoerlein, Grantsville, and o. T. Ora
ser, Oakland. rt
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-10-01
improvements Being Made

Workmen are engaged today in the
construction of a new brick and glass
front on the Gortner building, Second
street, which will add very mater
tally to the appearance of the struc-
ture.
The Bishop Hotel, corner Third and
Alder street, is being reprinted and
otherwise improved. The property
is now attractive in appearance.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-10-01

Mr.. Paul Mcmillan returned to his
home in Meyersdale, Pa, on Sunday
after having spent several days as a
guest at the home of Mrs. John T.
Mitchell, near town.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-10-01
Held On Charge of Assault

Asa House, Jennings, is being held
in the Garrett County Jail charged
with assault with attempt to kill Sam
uel Bittinger, also of Jennings. Sheriff
Walter Haenftling made the arrest
on Sunday. The man will be given a
hearing Saturday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-10-01

Howard Rathbun, who spent the
summer months here with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Rathbun, will leave
Oakland tomorrow to resume his
studies in Western Maryland College
at Westminster.
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death. They were maudlin. affected
letters, pitiful postures Of stage heroisrn,
These poor creatures are the victims
of a false concept Of life that has de-
veloped among the younger generation
in a decade or so. Whether from lack
of parental training and effective in
fluence. or from their own exposure to
the seductions of immoral and criminal
influences. they have just gone wrong"
Gun-carrying was to the chief figure in
the group a means Of assertion of per-
sonality. Jealousy is limited as cause of
the big fellows" murder of woman.
The other homicide. the shooting of a
policeman, was without any excuse,
wanton use of a gun in a flash of
bravado.
The British visitor who spoke of the
strain on the young" of modern con-
ditions might have said, with perfect
truth. that such things are not hap
pening in England. Certainly no such
battle as that which ended with the
capture OF these three youngsters has
ever been staged In that country, the
nearest approach being the famous en-
gagement between police and a group of
barricaded anarchists, in which Winston
Churchill. then home secretary. figured
CoaspicuouSly, If not gloriously. The
spectacle Of a siege lasting several hours,
with hundreds of shots exchanged. with
ten thousand or more spectators as
scmhled as at show or game, is GER
tain,y not one that gives Americans any
thrill Of pride
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-09
Strain on Modern Youth.

One of the British delegates TO the
meeting of the international Chamber
of Commerce in this city, speaking be-
fore another organization regarding the
general situation of the nations repre-
scented at the assemblage. mentioned the
strain put upon youth" by the present.
dsy conditions He did not specifically
mention an evidence Of the tragic re-
suits Of that strain which might easily
have come 10 his lips, being the oc-
caslon of a conspicuous display in the
pages Of the metropolitan newspapers
of the same day Three young people,
two men and a girl Of sixteen, were
captured By the police after a fierce
the men wanted" for murder and the
girl a companion in fight OF the chief
figure in series Of crimes that ended
with the roundup after bombardment
and charge.
These three youngsters were drama
tizing" their lives in accordance with
the teachings Of much of the cinema
such Is the term the British speaker
would have used that forms the chief
entertainment of the younger genera
ton In this country. They were des-
peradoes like the glamorous characters
seen on the screen and heard. oh, so
raucously, from the loud speaker Of the
talkies. The principal member of the
THO, only nineteen years old, was proud
Of his self-given title Of Two Gun
Crowley" The other was slightly older
and more of the heavy villain type, the
bulky bruiser. The girl was the typi-
cal "gunman's sweetheart" These three
were besieged in an apartment for sew
eral hours while bullets few back and
forth and gas bombs were hurled. In
that time the girl wrote letters of fare
well. evidently in the belief that shs
and her companions were doomed b
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-09
Alderman as Strong Force
In Education Widely Lauded

might have been aptly described as her
most brilliant scholar" and that 1.-The
particular field TO which DR.. Alderman's
life work was devoted has been robbed
OF its most distinguished figure"
"The institution which Jefferson
founded will long feel the stimulus
which he gave to it," thinks the
Springfield (Mass) Republican, with
the statement that the esteem in
which he was held in the educational
world was attested by the ii honorary
degrees he held, 10 of them being
LII. DIS conferred by colleges and uni
versities in the North" The Atlanta
Constitution states that "he was &C
claimed in all academic circles for his
concepts of education and for his in
dependence of thought and utterance
upon the ethical, social and political
problems of his times" The Birminp-
ham News recognizes in him perhaps
the last of that band Of stalWarts
which made the South. education-con-
scious 40 years ago" The Providence
Bulletin feels that the South has lost
one OF its surest guides and the United
states great educator and man"
SA'AN oPOcIIC VI HlRQer eQucatlOn."
Is the estimate of the Charlotte News
while the Columbia IS. c. State be-
lieves The will be held in enduring
remembrance as an uncommonly sue
cessful university administrator and as
one OF the really great American era
tors OF his time" The Dayton Daily
News emphasizes the loss to his uni
verslty, to education and to the conn
try" and points to the honors from
many universities.
Landing him as "the Most gifted and
eloquent man in the Nations educa-
t1onal life," the Raleigh News and OBJ
server says: DIR. Alderman under
stood, and, what is better. caused
thousands who lacked his perception
and philosophy to understand. that
education Of all the people is a public
duty and natural right. There have
been-there are-learned scholars who
have sought to make universities the
center OF light and research for the
few, net acknowledging the kinship
with the little country school in the
mountains or the sand dunes. Alder
man knew they were one and insepa-
rable. An sristocrat in culture, he was.
like Jefferson and Wilson, a democrat
in championing the right of the poor
est to equal opportunities with the
children of the rich. He saw the
public school and the university com
ponent parts Of one system"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-09
President BRAND

Next Wednesday. May IS, France
elects new President OF the Republic
When the fed Of prospective candi-
dates began to bee canvaSSed six
months ago, the name OF Aristide
BRAND. twelve times premier and per-
ecnial f>reign minister. was on nearly
everybody's lips as the logical sue
ceSScr 10 President Doumergue Then
came "AnSchluSs"- new threat of
Fan Germanism contured up by the pro-
posed German Austrian customs union.
French Politicians. contending that
Berlin and Vienna had caught Partisan
diplomacy off its guard, blamed BRAND
His presidential boom seemed to be on
the verge of collapsing 1t would not
do to elevate the old fox Of the Ouai
dOrSay to the Elysee Palace under such
conditions. said the psrtisans of other
sSpirsnts
In the early hours of this morn
ing, with the suddenness of a light
ming flash. Brands fortunes under
went a dramatic change for the better
TIE Chamber CT Deputies, which, to-
National Assembly" at Versailles to
choose the next President, gave BRAND
vote of confidence 1t was no snap
or scratch majority. BY the tremen-
deus vote of 40 to So, the deputies
placed the hallmark of their approval
on the conduct of French foreign policy
under BRAND. IAN doors of the Elysee
Palace, the French White House." says
the Associated Press in a graphic
cable, were opened wide to Aristide
BRAND, when the Chamber thus in
dorsed his six years of indefatigable
labor in the cause of world peace"
BRAND is a commandingly eloquent
statesman. Those who remember his
speeches at the Washington Arma-
ment Conference can visualize the fire
and fervor with which he must have
charmed the Chamber last night.
Every step I have taken has been a
step toward peace" he said. French
prestige is at its zenith. Our COM
patriots travelling from the ends Of the
earth come to me and say 1t has never
been so great. France is considered
a soldier CT peace"
AS to Anschluss. BRAND was able to
assure the Chamber that the German
Austrian scheme has not yet been ac-
complished. In its stead, he has
proposed and will shortly bring before
the League of Nations at Geneva, a
substitute plan which would place all
Continental Europe under one customs
umbrella. 1t will then be possible.
BRAND contends, TO measure the good
faith of Germany and Austria, who say
they have a right to make an economic
treaty of their own
So it may be President BRAND, after
all. Sixty-nine years crowded with
eminent service to his country sit light
ly on his leonine head. A seven-year
term as Chief OF the State evidently
conjures up no terrors fer the sage
of Nantes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-09
Highlights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

the very height of egotism and SUFFICIENT
to start new privileged order.
Pcssioly the father intended only TO
memorialize Graf Zeppelin as nun.
dreds of other mothers and fathers nave
desired to name their offspring after
famous men and events. Apparently
there has been no embargo on "zeppe-
lima as the name of a girl, II We can
Judge from the numbers running about,
and there are also plenty OF boys named
''Hindenburg"
such nomenclature recalls the prevs-
lence of "Sedanias" in 1870. as well -
hosts of juvenile Bismarck" Mott
kes," Poems" etc.
But these illusions are specific ana
understood It would never do to turn
loose on the world Graf Obermaiers"
when Herr Obermaiers" are the &C.
cepted fashion. If this concession were
made, beyond all doubt. We would soon
be flooded with Baron MuellerS,
'Freiherren Won Schulzes." "Herzog Leh-
MAINS and "Fuerst SchmidtS '-titles
that could all be borne as simple prop
er names. Such "reminiscences, however,
whether for better or for worse. are no
longer considered appropriate IN demo-
cratic Germany.
Bomb OutrageS
Spread to Croatia.
Volks-Zeitung, Basel, switzerland
It seems to be the erdeavor of the Bel
grade dictatorship to "Macedonianize"
the whole of Jugoslavia. Bombing OUT
RACES directed against representatives OF
the regime are now becoming popular,
even in Croatia. Within a short time
there have occurred the explosions Of
an internal machine in the governors
house, another in the Offices of the
finance administration and yet another
in an express train which was carrying
a high police functionary. The posi-
bility of a Serbo-Croatian understand
ing has now become entirely out of the
question.
Two fundamentally different objec-
tfves are in conflict. On the Croatian
side there is the indomitable will to
defend by all means possible the ma
tional political and cultural individual
ity against the pan-Serb hegemony,
while in the opposite camp one per-
CeiveS the desire to extend and strength
en- the already privileged position Of
Serbia.
1t is not necessary to speak Of the
terror which reignS in Macedonia, whers
the persecution and internment of the
Croatian political leaders cannot pre-
vent active propaganda among the peo-
pie for free and Independent Croatia
and Croatian Church. which latter finds
itself in sharp conflict with the ortho-
dox dictatorship in Belgrade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-09
Movie Advertising Hit
AS Public Imposition
From the Fort Wayne News-sentin.l.

From the Fort Wayne News-sentinel.
Carl Laemmle, noted motion picture
producer, says: ITS pretty raw to ask
people to pay their money to see an en-
tertainment at the movies and then to
use part OF their time to present ad-
vertising matter" 1t is rather raw. at
that. Even the "prevues" are some
times a little Wearying. But We could
stand for that without much Whimper-
ing II advertising ended there. But it
doesn't always. The advertising features
that frequently mar current screen pro-
auctions are actually an imposition.
And people don't like TO be imposed
upon. As the Kansas City Times re-
Gently observed in this connection, "Ad-
vertisers are concerned in building good
will for their products. But when they
force their advertising on people who
have paid for entertainment, they are
building resentment instead