ONLY BI LINGUAL r APEK BETWEEN NEW YORK AND CHIC A 10 VOLUME I. —No. 17. BRITISH BATTLESHIP IS DESTROYED SEA-FIGHTER BLOWN TO ATOMS, ONLY 14 OF CREW SURVIVING DISASTER GERMAN SOLDIERS ON DUTY IN TRENCHES. Photo by American Press Association. Note iron cross on breast of soldier in foreground and others plucking ckickena. Between 700 and 800 Men's Lives Are Snuffed Out in Marine Dis aster When British Warship Bulwark Is Destroyed by Mys terious Means. WAVES QUICKLY SWALLOW GREAT FLOATING FORTRESS. Slieerness, Eng., Nov. 26 (via London) —The British battleship Buhvark Avas destroyed by a terri fic explosion as she lay oft here this morning. There are only 14 surA'ivors from the crew of 700 or 800 men AVIIO Avere aboard. The ex plosion is believed to liaA r e occur red in her forAvard magazine. Whether it Avas caused by acident or design is a question to be deter mined by the commission which has been appointed to investigate. In the opinion of naval men it Avas an internal explosion that put an end to the battleship, Avhich for 12 years had done service at home and abroad, and lately had been doing her part in guarding Eng land's shores. There Avas no great upheaval of Avater such as Avould have occurred if she had been tor pedoed or struck by a mine. In stead the ship Avas em-eloped in smoke and flames and Avhen this had cleared nothing could be seen but Avreckage floating on the Ava ter. Wreckage Is Hurled Distance of Seven Miles Houses in towns seA T en and eight miles were shaken by the explo sion. and even before men on ships anchored nearby could reach their OAVII decks the Bulwark had dis- Judge Telford Passed Judgment on Offenders Monday. , * Judge Telford held the weekly motion court on Monday morning and disposed of a large number of motions and arguments that grew out of the September court business. Ralph Graft* pleaded guilty to a charge of fornication and bastar dy preferred by Fannie Hadfield. and was sentenced to pay costs of prosecution, a fine of five dollars and $25 lying-in expenses, as well as $5 per week to the prosecutrix for a period of five yeJrs for the maintenance of the child. Sherman McDermott pleaded guilty to defrauding a boarding house keeper and was paroled on his agreement to pay the bill and costs, under conditions " thkt he appeared. The neighborhood was streAvn Avith an enormous amount of Avreckage, while pieces of ship were thrown six or seA r en miles on to the Essex shore. Considering the size of her navy England has been singularly fro • from disasters of this ch.a; a Nevertheless when the each warship Jene was dcetv- y d by an internal explosion in 1907, all cordite ammunition Avas taken from all the British ships and care fully examined. Refrigerators AA'ere installed in the ships to keepj the powder cool. The Buhvark, which Avas one of the older ships cost, 1,000,000 ster ling (($5,000,000.) Story of an Eye-Witness to the Disaster. London, Nov. 26 —The loss of the battleship Buhvark, according to a Central NeAvs dispatch receiA"- ly two men. I don't knoAV Avheth er the other boats rescued anyone. One man Ave saAV Avas dead. The disaster was the result of an ac cident." Another eye-Avitness said that Avhen the explosion occurred a great A'olume of flame and smoke shot into the air. The ship seem ed to split in two and then keeled OA'er and sank. She disappeared in less than five minutes. "We Will Win," Joffre. Paris, Nov. 26—An interesting story comes through from the north relatiA r e to Gen. Joffre. The French commander in chief, Avho is directing the movements of all the allied armies, has his liead- Avould be sentenced upon failure to comply. EAan Thomas pleaded guilty to having committed assault and bat tery upon his wife and Avas parol ed on his promise to treat her pro perly, refrain from the use of in toxicating liquor and pay all costs Apples from the Fax West. Mrs. Henri George, of Spokane. Wash., formerly Miss Eva Stumpf. of this place, in writing to Mrs. Craig Stumpf here, says,' ''The box of apples Jim (Craigs heir) will receive by express is from John (the new arrival in the George home) and shows four va rieties of our wonderful apples— ' Spitzenburg, "Grimes Golden,' 4 Jonathan' and 'Delicious.' The very biggest is a 'Delicious' and for any one you would pay in a INDIANA, PA. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1914. quarters in a school house seventy miles behind the firing line. It 4s in a quiet, peaceful litale village and feAV soldiers are to be seen in the neighborhood. Gen. Joffte Avorks 12 hours a day and is in ro bust heal and excellent spirits. His convictions are summed up in the follpAving words: "We will win." ed this evening from Chatham Avas due to an accidental explosion Avhile ammunition Avas being load ed on the Avarship. An eye-witness Avho was on a • - ship a short distance from the ill fated Bulwark said: "I was at breakfast at about 10 minutes to 8 o'clock this morning, when I heard an explosion and I Avent on deck. My first impression Avas that the report Avas produced by the firing of a salute from one of the ships, but the noise Avas quite exceptional. "When I got on deck I soon saAV that something awful had happen ed. The Avater and the sky Avere obscured by dense volumes of smoke. We Avere ordered at once to the scene of the disaster to ren der what assistance Ave could. Vessel Vanished Immediately Af ter Explosion. "At first AA T C could see nothing but Avhep the smoke cleared aivay Ave Avere horrified to find that the battleship Bulwark had gone. She seemed to haA T e entirely vanished from sight, but a little later AVC detected a portion of the huge bat tle ship shoAving about four feet above the water. "We kept a A'igilant lookout for the unfortunate crew, but saAV on- New York hotel 75 cents. This is the week of the National Apple Show. We took ift in last night and saw a wonderful display of fruit. The apples Ave are sending you Avill keep a long time, so don't hurry to eat them." Our friend Craig is a great ap ple eater and it is not to be sup posed that he Avill heed the last sentence in his sister's letter: Must Pay for "Juice." The residents of Rossiter must pay for electicity consumed. Here tofore the Clearfield Bituminous Coal Company furnished light at a flat rate and the lights were burned day and night. The light ing has been taken over by a new company and meters installed. Advertise in The Patriot. Street Car Collision. Owing to A'erv slippery rails a Jreekside and a Clymer car collid ed about 10 o'clock Thursday morning on North Sixth street. Slippery rails and unable to con trol the brake Avas the reason giv en by the motorman, who together with the passengers of both cars | Avere A'ery Avell shaken, up. Motorman Kier, of the Clymer ! car. seeing that a collision Avas in evitable, jumped back from the motorman's box. The breaking of the glass and the splintering of the AA'ood Avas heard for several blocks. It seems that? some of the em ployes of the Traction Company ei- j ther do not care to abide by the! company's rules or are negligent. ! Does the company not enforce its regulations toward their em ployes as to distance, speed and time? Let us hope this will be the last accident. JohnstoAvn Man Pays A Forty-Year-Old Debt E. 11. Griffith, of Marion Center, has received the third and last payment on a very old debt from a man noAv residing in Johnstown. About forty years ago a resident of Marion Center Avas overcome by misfortune and Avas unable to pay his debts. He left to Avirk in Johnstown, Avalking almost the en tire distance to that town. He OAved Mr. Griffith a bill and the Marion Center man long ago lost trace of the man. He'had forgot ten about the bill until a feAV months ago, when the debtor, noAv a very old man, walked into Mr. Griffith's store, told AVIIO he AA T US and made a first payment on the bilL He later made a second and finally the last payment. The JohnstOAA-n resident said he had neA-er been able to pay the bill un til now. Gipsy Postoffice Robbed' At an early hour last Saturday morning the postoffice at Gipsy, this county, Avas robbed. The thieves succeeded in bloAv ing up the safe, which not only tore up part of the building, but secured several hundred dollars' worth of stamps, one hundred and seventy-five dollars in cash and a number of checks. Mr. Tyger is the postmaster and proprietor of the store. Mr. H. B. Hamilton, postoffice inspector, of Vandergrift, ivent OA'er Monday to investigate. There is no light on the robbery yet. Postoffice Robbed. PunxsutaAvney, Nov. 24. The postoffice and store of the Mahon ing Supply Company at Helvetia Avas robbed of more than $5OO in merchandise, money and stamps in one of the most daring robber ies in some time in this section. Nitro-glyeerine Avas used by the burglars, AVIIO entered the build ing by removing a pane of glass. Five Are Held for Murder at Greensburg. Ernest Keeping. John Showal ter, WalterS cott, Thomas Shaffer and Edward Bluskey were held by a coroner's jury for the mured of Isaiah Wedge, of Ridge, whose body was found in the bed of a wagon draw by two unguided horses on the streets of Latrobe The five men went to the scene of the crime in an automobile, all confessed, and after drinking much beer determined to hold up the first person that passed that way with robbery for the motive. Wedge was the victim and all say that Keeping, a youth of twenty- [three years, fired the fatal allot. H. B. Marshall and The Lyric Minstrels. The presentation of the Lvrie Minstrels, made up mostly of our home talent, was well patronized Thursday evening. The program Avhich Avas arrang- Ed and directed by Harry B. Mar shall, Avas for the benefit of the Belgian sufferers. In raising the curtain the audi ence faced a pyramid of players, both musicians and black-face, the last mentioned Avere the ones who for a short time puzzled someAvhat the audience Avith their unfamiliar faces. W. P. Walker Avas the main at traction, Avho not only proved him- self as an all around man, but an excellent basso singer. Some one remarked, "Where is Geo. Leydic? He is supposed to ;ave Avhite trousers?" Nobody kneAv him until he sang. "If I Should Meet You Face to Face." LaAvrence Yogel put forth all his feelings in singing, "Dat's Music to Me." In fact, they all did good Avork, and showed frankness in their comic singing and acting. Harry Marshall is to be congrat ulated not only as a leader, but for AA r orking faithfully and en thusiastically in putting these young men on the platform to show our home folks that Indiana can do a few things by putting forth a little effort. Indiana Ccuntians High Up in Politics. Dr. Work, of Colorado, Avas not I the only native of Indiana county, who lost out by a narroAv margin in the western states for a seat in the United States | Senate. Ex- Judge Black was defeated by Sen ator Jones, AVIIO was re-elected, in a very close fight in Washington. -Logan J. Long, a son of Mr. and, Mrs. C. J. T. Long, of the Central Hotel, Indiana, Avas elected to the general assembly from Franklin county, Washington. New Automobile Firm in Indiana. The ArroAV Motor Company is the name of a neAv automobile firm in Indiana, Avhose garage will be located in the building just at the rear of the Clawson Hotel on Water street. Charles Huey" and Frank Moorhead, proprietors of the Indiana NeAvstand, have pur chased the interest of Ira Jobe, of the firm of Widdowson & Jobe. j and haA-e already taken charge of the business. Lead Pencil Cause of Serious Injury Inez Braughler, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Braughler. of Marion Center, while running up the steps of the 11. J. Thomp son home, struck a sharp pointed lead pencil in the lining of her coat with one leg and drove it into the fleshy part of the other leg. near the knee. About an inch and a half of the lead pencil Avas brok en off in the leg. An operation ivas necessary to remo\'e the pencil and a A'ery serious Avound is the result. Former Indiana Normal Star Captain of U. of Maine Team. "Dutch" Ruffner, former Indi ana Normal football player, cap j tain of one of the most successful ; teams in the history of that school has been elected captain of the | University of Maine team at Oro noy Me. Ruffner played a sensa tional game at tackle for three years at Indiana. For the past j three years he has been playing jwith the Maine team. Ruffner's t koine i..5 a l Arcadia. ALL THE NEWS FOR ALL THE PEOPLE. HAVE YOU SUBSCRIBED? in Held OH JUT in j Tells Almost Improbable Story of Death of His Brother-in-Law SAYS HE INTENDED TO END OWN LIFE Accident or murder is the ques tion that confronts Indiana coun ; ty authorities in the death of John Roof, aged 40 years at Homer City last Monday evening. Roof was shot and was later run over and badly mangled by the Pennsylv nia passenger train on its last trip south that evening. As none of the train creAv knew that a man had been run over until informed of the accident by the county an- • thorities, the story of Samuel Ma son. a brother-in-IaAV of the dead man, who is in the county jail on a charge of murder, is the ouly ex planation of Roof's death. Mason lives at Strangford, near Blairsville. lie and Roof married sisters by the name of Starry, j Mason declares that he has been having domestic trouble and he came to Homer City Monday morning to talk matters over Avith Roof. They spent the day togeth er, Mason intending to return to his home that evening. According to Mason, he and Roof were standing near Roof's home along the railroad track, near the incubator Avorks Monday night. Mason had been drinking and reciting the story of his do mestic troubles to Roof, his broth er-in-laAv. Mason dreAv a revolver and, remarking to Roof that he Avould end his troubles pointed the Aveapon at his head. Roof made an effort to secure the gun and in the scuffle that followed it was discharged, the ball striking Roof Mason declared that he ran for aid for the injured man and that dur ing his absence Roof staggered up on the railroad tracks and was hit by the southbound train, which passed a moment after the shoot ing. Returning to Roof Mason "dis covered the accident" and notified the authorities. A warrant was issued by Justice of the Peace Weir and his arrest folloAved. Ma son was brought to the county jail by Constable Griffith late Monday night. Residents of Homer City tell a different story, however. They de clare that a shot was heard just as the train passed and allege that Roof either fell or Avas pushed in front of the train during a scufiie. Roof was employed in the mines at Homer City and leaves a wife and five children. Mason says Roof ha