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VOLUME II —No. 1
Austrian Dreadnought Is Struck
By A French Submarine Torpedo
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BRITISH SUBMARINE B-11.
Photo by American Press Association.
London, Dec. 31—3:32 a. m. —
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from
Venice contains a report that a
French submarine boat has tor
pedoed the Austrian dreadnought
Viribus Unit is at Pola.
It is said the hull of the dread
nought was pierced, but that she
succeeded in reaching her dock.
The Viribus Unitis is of 20,000
tons displacement and has a com
plement of 1,000 men. She is one
of the four ships constituting the
largest type of the Austrian navy.
A London newspaper dispatch
from Venice in September said
that one side of the Viribus Unit
is had been badly damaged in a
fight in the Adriatic, but that she
escaped her pursuers.
CLEARS WAY FOR
A FINE BUILDING
The Loss to La Mantia Bros. Will
Amount to $3,000
What is known asi the "Judge
White building", a dilapidated
story-and-a-half frame structure,
which clung like a parasite to In
diana's new skyscraper, the bav
in gs and Trust company building,
v as destroyed oy fire early Tues
day morning. The old building
was one of the landmarks of In
diana and was located in the busi
ness heart of the town. It was oc
cupied by La Mantia Bros., who
lost fruit and other contents va
h ed at .>3,000, and who were pro
tected by $2,000 insurance. The
fire was caused by an overheated
move in a storage room-
The destroyed structure was
occupied by attorneys for law
offices and real estate firms many
years ago. It later housed the
\ lant of the Indiana Progress,
which was issued there for a num
ber of years.
Gen. Harry White, owner of the
structure, has announced that a
modern three-story brick structure
will rise from the ruins of the old
building.
Military Ball January 3.
The annual military ball of Co.
F, Tenth regiment, N. G. P., will
be held on Wednesday evening.
January 13. A committee of the
non-commissioned officers is in
charge* The ball will follow the
annual inspection by the United
States army officers.
ITALIAN MOVE IS A
PRELUDE TO NEW WAR
London Dec. 29—"Italian oc
cupation of the Albanian port of
Avlona is another step toward par
ticipation in the war."
This statement, made by a prom
inent diplomat to the Internation
al News Service Saturday, sums
up the general belief in English
official circles* While the forces
landed at Avlona are sailors, it is
expected that troops will follow.
No one doubts that Turkey will
protest against this action, and the
direct result of such a protest, if
pressed, would be the alignment
of Italy with the allies.
KAISER HAS NARROW
ESCAPE SROM BOMBS
Amsterdam, Dec. 30—That Em
peror William had a narrow es-
Fire at Blacklick Is
Blamed on Incendiaries
Three families are homeless and
property valued at $B,OOO was de
stroyed as the result of an early
morning fire at Blacklick Sunday.
The blaze started in the shoe re
pairing shop of John Ross shortly
after 1 o'clock, spread to the home
of Mrs. Duncan, and then to the
Nirick hotel property, from which
place it leaped across a narrow al
ley to the home of Dr- E. M. Bush
nell, destroying all of the buillings
in its pathway. Little of the con
tents of the burned buildings were
saved. Rose, proprietor of the shop
in which the fire started, was not
at home at the time and lost prac
tically all of his possessions. It is
believed that the fire was of incen
diary origin.
List of Letters
Remaining uncalled for in the In
diana office December 26, 1914:
N. Brady, Miss Florence Buck
ley, Mrs- Emma Campbell, Louis
Hamaut, Vernon Hunt, Mrs. Fan
nie McFadden, Mrs. Bertha Mill
er, Samuel Morgan, Miss Lizzie
Mundorff, Max Ponceranz, Relia
ble Phonograph Co., Reliable Pho
nograph Co., Miss Hattie Sarvey,
D. L. Simpson.
When inquiring for letters in
this list please state that they were
advertised, giving date.
HARRY W. FEE, P. M.
INDIANA, PA. SATURDAY, JA>WARY 2, 1915
cape from death at the hands of f
French aviator while he was a
German field headquarters in Hes!
Flanders on Christmas day was
the information contained in a dis
patch received here today. While
the Kaiser was dining with his of
ficers, a French airman flew over
the German camp and dropped
bombs, one of which landed less
than 200 yards from the emperor.
The dinner partyha stily broke up.
Shrapnel Steel Is
Made in Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, Dec. 29 —Orders for
65,000 tons of high carbonized
steel for shrapnel shells have just
been placed in the Pittsburg dis
trict, it was learned yesterday.
Fifty thousand tons go to France;
the balance to Russia.
GAME PROTECTOR DOES
NOT LIKE ORLANDO'S COAT
Orlando Nieholitti is in jail for
hunting without a license and Jno.
Parfetti for hunting without being
naturalized. Game Protector Kin
ter B. Rodgers, of Johnstown, and
Constable Enoch Miller, of Ebens
burg, made the arrests Saturday.
Nieholitti was wearing a coat
several sizes too large for him. It
bore a hunter's license tag. Orlan
do explained that he bought a big
coat because he expected some day
to be fat. Rodgers wanted to be
sure he had not borrowed or stol
en it and Orlando admitted he
took it from another man to wear
while hunting. Parfetti, had no
good story. The pair had been
hunting several times during the
reason- Guns and dogs were con
fiscated, but the father of one of
the men claimed the dogs, which
were licensed.
Incendiary Caused $200,000 Blaze
Dußois, Dec. 29 Officers
throughout this section are search
ing for incendiaries who fired the
big storage/ house of the Buffalo
Rochester & Pittsburg rairoad at
this place, which was totally de
stroyed with a loss of $200,000.
The building burned to the ground
after two fires in unfrequented
places from mysterious causes had
I been extinguished by workmen.
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Advertise in The Patriot.
PLEASING PROGRAM
GIVEN LAST NIGHT
Large Audience Witnessed Clos
ing Exercises at Municipal
Christmas Tree.
The second and closing celebra
tion incident to Indiana's first
Municipal Christmas Tree, was
held last evening before a large
and appreciative audience of citi
zens of Indiana and vicinity*
The program for the evening
was:
6:55, Ringing of all church bells.
7:00, Tree lighted and trombone
solo.
Invocation, Rev. Dr. J. W. Cary.
Adeste Fidelis, band, choir and
audience.
New Year's Greeting, Prof. Er
est Work,
"Star Spangled Banner," baud,
choir and audience.
Greeting to Italians, Rev. Joseph
Sanna.
Three songs, school children.
"America," band, choir and
audience*
"Columbia," band choir and
audience.
Selections by the band.
J. Blair Sutton acted as master
of ceremonies. The choir was plac
ed on the stand facing Brilhart's
store; the school children on the
side next to R. W. Wehrle & Com
pany's store and the band occu
pied ap osition directly in front
of the tree.
Each night since Christmas the
tree has been lighted from 7:09
o'clock until 9:00 o'clock and the
beautiful sight has attracted hun
deds of persons, as like celebra
tions have done in so many towns j
and cities in this neighborhood.
The success of this, the first tree,
has been the means of making it
an annual event in Indiana. The
committee having the matter in
charge feel well repaid for their
efforts, and the public in general
has seemed to be well pleased.
Retires After 40 Years in U. S. N.
Word has been received by Gen
eral Harry White, of this place,
that his son-in-law, John N. Speel.
of Harrisburg, pay director of the
United States navy, will retire on
July 30, 1915, after 40 years' ac
tive service in the United States
navy. At present Mr. Speel is do
ing special work in Washington.
D. C., but has been in service in
nearly every part of the globe. He
entered the navy when 22 years
of age and since then-has visited
many of the countries with United
States battleships. He was in
charge of the ship that took the
U* S. engineers to Nicaragua to
survey the proposed canal route
in that country. He married Mrs.
Virginia White Hitchcock, a
daughter of ex-Judge Harry
White, of this place.
Woman Judge Presides
In Los Angeles Court.
Los Angeles, Dec. 30—For the
i first time in the history of the
American jurisprudence west of
the Mississippi river a woman
judge Monday presided over the
department four in the Los An
geles police court. Attorney Geor
gia P. Bullock sat in the judge's
chair, tried eight cases and impos
ed sentence in five cases. Judge T.
P. White, whose place she was
taking, sat at the side of the wo
man jurist to give sime advice if
necessary.
Only women were arraigned and
jail spectators and men were ex
cluded from the court room. Po
licewoman Lillian Bowen acted as
bailiff.
. SENT TO JAIL FOR
VIOLATING LIQUOR LAWS
>! \cnteen year old Rosy Girelli,
of Homer City, is in the jail here,
charged with the illegal sale of
liquor. She is the youngest prison-,
er ever confined here on a charge
of that nature- The girl is mar- 1
ried and the police are searching (
for her husband, Tony Girrelli,;
who is wanted on a charge similar j
to the one on which they are hold
ing Rosy.
Homer City, where the offense
is alleged to have been committed,;
is a prohibition town five miles.
from here. Residents there pro-1
test vigorously against any appli- j
cation for a license there. Almost
every term of court produces one
or more cases of illegal liquor sales
there.
"Beau" Ritchie a Suicide in South
G. Devie Ritchie, known here a
Beau", formerly a resident
ndiana and Punxsutawney, ac
cording to a letter received by H.
F- Sprankle from the Rev. W. R.
McMillen, of Bamberg. N. C., com
mitted suicide in that city Decem
ber 14 and was buried in the Pot
, rs' field in that town the follow
ing day. Ritchie was well-known
throughout this section as an ath
lete and volunteer fireman. Some
time ago he joined a carnival com
pany and his death came as a sur
prise to his many friends.
BLOW SAFE IN STATION
Robbers Make Get Away With
Pennsylvania's Receipts.
Bolivar, Dec. 29—Pennsylvania
railroad detectives are searching
lor robbers who broke into the
Pennsylvania freight station here
Sunday night and after blowing
open the safe in the office escaped
iwith the day's receipts. The ex-
I act amount of money taken by the
robbers has not been announced
by the Pennsy, but it is understood
that it is a considerable sum.
A number of persons are said to
havd heard the explosion, but no
cue investigated and the robbery
was not discovered until late on
Monday morning.
Movie Theater Sold
By Sheriff Jeffries
Sheriff George H. Jeffries Mon
day sold the Pitt theater as the
property of Frank Mackert to a
Pittsburg man named Blitz- The
new owner takes charge at once."
At the same time household goods
and other property of Mackert
were sold under the sheriff's ham
mer. The Pitt theater was form
erly the Globe theater and is in the
.
j Thomas building, adjoining the
; Moore hotel.
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J. R. Stumpf Is 75.
J. R. Stumpf, of School street,
celebrated his 75th birthday last
j Saturday. Mr. Stumpf was hon
i ored with a postcard shower and
; received about as many cards as
jhe is old. The well known Indi
ana resident thoroughly appreciat
ed the shower and takes this
means of extending his thanks to
the maDy friends who remembered
him.
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General White Had Much
Chicken for Christmas,
General Harry White, head of
the National Ex-Prisoners of War
and former judge of Indiana coun
ty, had chicken for Christmas, al
though this had not been original
lv planned at the White estate.
For some time the White domain
has been furnishing a large num
ber of chickens to persons who
took chickens from the roost with
out the formality of asking the
owner. As there was a tendency
to raid the roosts just before
Thanksgiving and Christmas, an
alarm was arranged so that en
trance to the chicken coops would
arouse workmen ou the White
farm-
The alarm sounded. Joseph
Strittmatter, an employe of the
White home, responded and sur
prised a dusky colored man wring
ing the heads off of the chickens
and putting them into a sack. The
thief ran away This bag contain
ed eight fine chickens. Hence Gen
eral White ate chicken on Christ
mas, instead of turkey.
Christmas Visit Gets Two in Jail.
William and Harry Palmer are
in the county jail, charged with
train riding and refusing to pay
their fare. The information was
made by Buffalo, Rochester and
Pittsburg Officer Cohut and Sher
iff George 11. Jeffries, who aided
in the arrest. The men were re
turning from Punxsutawney on
Saturday evening and refused to
[•ay their fares, it is alleged. It is
also alleged auinformation on a
more serious charge will be made
against them.
Three Aged Persons 111
Three aged Indiana persons arc
very ill and their recoveries are
matters of doubt. They are: Wil
liam McElhaney, aged 85 years*
Kobert Lowry, aged 90 years, and
Mrs. Robert Lowry, aged 85 years.
The Lowrys and Mr. McElhaney.
all live on Railroad avenue.
Civil Court Monday.
Judge Ruppel, of Somerset, will
assist Judge S. J- Telford at the
opening of the Jenuary civil court
Monday. The first case on the list
is the trespass action of Mrs. Ella
Caldwell vs. W. A. Simpson.
Offers $5OO Reward
for Vandals Arrest
Punxsutawney, Dec- 29—A re
j ward of $5OO is offered for the ar
rest and conviction of the persons
j who piaced iron or other sub
j stances in the glass tank of the El
dred Glass Company at this place.
| As a result of the deed the plant
of the company is greatly handi
capped and is only running part
! time. An immense quantity ot
| raw material was ruined.
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Aged Woman Burns to
Death in Brookville
Mrs. Sarah Turner, aged eighty
| seven, is dead at her home in
Brookville from burns received
when she was standing with her
back to an open grate at her home
there. A daughter, who succeed
ied in tearing the burning clothes
' from Mrs. Turner suffered severe
burns about the hands.
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