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r Revival Opens Consciences.
As a result of a religious campaign
% Brackenridge, Pa., old debts are
fcing paid and "conscience money is ,
feeing transferred. A grocer was sur
prised when a customer of long
standing entered his store and hand
ed him nearly $4. Having made no
Cjiarge against the customer, the store
keeper asked for an explanation. It
developed that the man had picked
dp various articles of small value
irom the counters and had eaten
crackers and cakes during his trips
•o the store for which he had not paid.
Having been converted the man felt
tihat the grocer should be paid for
tbem.
Ten Perish In Fire.
Ten men were burned to death, five
ferhaps fatally and one escaped from
S fire started by a gas explosion at the
lumber camp of the Tionesta Chemical
Company at Mayburn, neat* Shef
geld, Pa. Most of the men em
gloyed are wanderers who come and
go and their names are unfamiliar
even to their employers. Five of the
men who escaped death managed to
<rawl away from the blazing building
gnd are now in the hospital at Kane,
Pa. It is said that they have small
fiance of recovery. All the victims
were Macedonians.
I Wage Dispute Adjusted.
In Pittsburgh the representa
tives of the Amalgamated Association
f Iron, Steel and Tin Workers tenta
tively agreed to accept a 6 to 11.2
yer cent reduction in wages and rep
resentatives of the independent sheet
and tin plants of the country, employ
ing from 10,000 to 15,000 men, agreed
to maintain, even at the certain loss
®f some business, the high standard
of manhood among their employees.
Prize Chickens Killed and Stolen.
Chicken thieves carried away ninet"
blooded White Plymouth Rock chick
ens from the poultry farm of W. E.
McGoripick, Mt. Lebanon, near Pitts
burgh. , Many of the chickens were
exhibited- in the various show?
throughout western Pennsylvania dur
ing the winter. The thieves killed tin
chickens .in the coop and, it is bo
beved, hauled them away in a wagon
artender's Bad Memory Saves $l,OOO.
burglars entered a Homestead (Pa.)
but overlooked a rich chance,
securing only a few dollars from the
cash register. A roll of almost $l,OOO
was slicking behind the register. The
money had been placed there by a
bartender, he intending later to put
it in the safe. He forgot it when he
locked up the place.
Coke Company to Increase Work.
Receivers for the Tower Hill-Con-
Coke company of Uniort
town, Pa., filed a petition in court ask
ing permission to take such steps and
make such improvements as are need
ed about the plant to insure the ful
fillliig of a large contract with the
Tbungstbwri Sheet and Tube company.
>'" Papfer Mill to Resume.
As the fesult of the New York and
Pennsylvania Paper company receiv
ing An immense government order for
machine-finish printing paper, the
TaSge 'lnill of-the company at Johnson
kttrg, Pa*. Will start operations at once
capacity. The order means
employment to 1,200 men.
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no#:i Wishes Borough Managers.
©hatdee--A; Woods of Sewickley, a
member' jo* the Pennsylvania legisla
ture; .wants ai provision in the borough
eogie: Mil :.rfor the employment of
borough managers. His idea is taken
irO&i-sh£ systems of government now
itfifilse it* Dsiyton,-O.; Lockport, N. Y.,
aiMMStAantorij Va.
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Two-Pound Baby Born In Sharon.
• Newell and wife of Sharon.
the. happy parents of a two
jNMtnd baby daughter. In lieu of an
incubator an attempt is being made
to develop the youngster in the oven
f.the kitchen range. This is believed
io ;.be. the; smallest baby born in
Sharon. .. .'• .
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Youth Ends Life on Marriage Eve.
On the eve of his marriage, Frank
01esko,' jweriity years old, shot and
kilted at his boarding house
to ,: £*arrdll; Pa. He had arranged to be
initleS iffhiarrlage with Sophia Vodan.
chuse is known for the act.
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•v.t :oolt Has Two Bodies.
Acolr having two heads, two necks
titd two'bodies from a point half way
hack to the- tail, with only four legs, I
wah'bom to ft mare owned by Joseph
Bmdfd bear Cambridge Springs, Pa.
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5- r Six Women Are Pallbearers.
Six society women, members of the
Charitable association, acted
astpalßj.earers at the funeral in Punx
Of Mrs. Martha Thomas,
an aged .colored washwoman.
Weinman Dies Ten Days After Marriage
ft. Glunt, aged seventy, of !
bj^ne^Jmstiapd. Mrs. Glunt was mar
ried only" ten days, having remained
a up to that time.
Aft&rih Pretzel Makers Raise Prices.
Sharflbg test Monday all the pretzel
makers ~bf Altoona, Pa., raised tin
price 1 cent a pound,
making 4 iP io cents, because of the in
price of flour.
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Order* For Sixty-eight Cars.
The Pennsylvania Railroad com-!
sixty-eight all-steel pas
senger•:/and, baggage cars from the
- shefm at Altoona, Pa.
THE PATRIOT
published weekly by
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Office: Marshall Bldg., Indiana, Pa.
F. BIAMONTE, Manager & Editor
F. SMITH, English Editor.
A. L. FRASCONA, Italian Editor
Entered as second-class matter
September 26, 1914, at the postoffice
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An Old Larch Tree.
Italy can boast of a larch tree the
age of which is estimated to be 2,000
years. It is situated on the northern
flank of Mont Cbetip In the direction
of the huts of Pian Venl, above Cour
mayeur, a few steps from the footpath
that skirts the limits of the meadow
land. Due allowance being made for
the extreme slowness with which the
larch grows, for the altitude above sea
level (1.650 meters) at which K is root
ed and for its northerly exposure in
the near neighborhood of the glacier,
where the cycle of its development Is
barely five months every year, this
venerable larch, untouched alike by
woodman's ox and thunderbolt, cannot
be less than 2.000 years old.—Scots
man. ... . za
Laughed and Won.
When the British were storming
Badajoz the Duke of Wellington rode
up and, observing an artilleryman par
ticularly active, inquired the man's
name. He was answered "Taylor."
"A very good name too," said the
duke. "Cheer up, my men! Our Tay
lor will soon make a pair of breaches
In the walls!"
At this sally the men forgot their
danger, a burst of laughter broke from
them and the next charge carried the
fortress.—London Answers.
Always Apprehensive.
"My wife gets nothing but apprehen
sion out of life."
"How so?"
"She's afraid of cows in the conntry
and automobiles in town."—Kansas
City Journal.
THE PATRIOT
QUESTIONS THAT A GOOD
CITIZEN SHOULD KNOW
D. Have you read the Consti
tution of the United States?
R. Yes.
D. AY hat form of Government i
j.s this?
R. Republic.
D. AY'hat is the Constitution of '
he United States?
R. It is the fundamental law of
I his country.
J). AVho makes the laws of the '
jK'nited States?
R. The Congress.
D. AYliat does Congress consist
off
| R. Senate and' House of Rep
; esentatives.
D. AA'ho is the chief executive
>f the United States?
| R. President.
D. How long is the President
jf the United States elected?
R. 4 years.
D. AVho takes the place of the
President in case he dies?
R. The Vice President.
\ D. AY'liat is his name? \
|i R. Thomas R. Marshall.
( D. By whom is the President of
(the United States elected?
)' R. By the electors.
1). By whom are the electors
jelcted? e
| R. By the people,
j D. AA"ho makes the laws for the
j date of Pennsylvania.
R. The Legislature,
jD. AA T hat does the Legislature
J jonsist of?
| R. Senate-and Assembly,
ji D. How many State in the un
■ ion ?
\ R. 48.
| D. When was the Declaration
)f Independence signed?
I R. July 4, 1776.
1). By whom was it written?
! R. Thomas Jefferson.
I ' D. AYhich is the capital of the
United States?
* R. AVashington.
1 D. AYhich is the capital of the
| state of Pennsylvania.
| R. Ilarrisburg.
\ D. llow many Senators has
i'each state in the United States
Senate ?
R. Two.
D. By whom are they elected?
SR. By the people.
D. For how long? ■
R. 6 years.
D. How many representatives
are there ? ..
R. 435. According to the pop-
Ration one to evefy 211,000, (the
' ratio fixed by Congress after each
' decennial census.)
D. For how long are they elect
ed?
R. 2 years.
D. llow many electoral votes
has the state of Pennsylvania?
' R. 38.
D. AVho is the chief executive
'of the state of Pennsylvania?
R. The Governor.
I D. For how long is he elected?
R. 4 years.
D. AY'ho is the Governor?
R. Brumbaugh.
D. Do you believe in organized
'government ?
R. Yes.
%
D. Are you opposed to organiz
ed government?
R. No.
D. Are you an anarchist 1
R. No.
D. What is an anarchist?
R. A person who does not be
ieve in organized government.
D. Are you a bigamist or poli- j
gamist ?
R. No.
D. AA'hat is a bigamist or poly-;
gamist ?
R. One who believes in having
more than one wife.
D. Do you belong to any secret
Society who teaches to disbelieve
in organized government?
R. No.
D. Have you ever violated any
'.•ws of the United States?
R, No.
j D. AA"ho makes the ordinances
for the City ?
R. The board of Aldermen.
D. Do you intend to remain j
permanently in the U. S.T
R. Yes. *-t
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Old Time
Detective Work
By EVERETT P. CLARICE
I have been a detective for many
years, though now that I am getting
old I seldom take a case, and then only
one that promises to interest me. My
leisure time I spend in study. And
what do you suppose is the subject of
my studies? 1 will tell you. I am
searching the past when there were
no detectives that I may learn how
criminals were traced.
I have found a succession of condi
tions, beginning with confession by
torture—to this may be added confes
sion by influence of the clergy—and
ending with our present highly per
fected detective system. I regret to
say that there still exists one relic of
the practice of obtaining confessions
by Influence of the clergy. I refer to
securing them by means of the "third
degree."
A curious instance of confession I
have found in a record of the latter
part of the eighteenth century.
During the year 1790 an altercation
occurred between James Thorpe and
Pardon Winston in Bradford, a small
town in Massachusetts. Robert Thorpe,
a brother of James, came on to the
scene while the fight was in progress
and struck Winston on the head with
a piece of wood, knocking him sense-
However, he revived in a few
minutes, and the brothers, who had
been friends of Winston, frightened
lest he had been killed, assisted him
to his home, expressing great regret at
the occurrence.
Winston did not seem any the worse
for the blow he had received and re
mained in Bradford some time after
the scuffle. But one day he was miss
ed, and, when months passed and he
did not show up, among the various
causes for his disappearance that were
suggested was one that the quarrel be
tween him and the Thorpe brothers
had been renewed and the mlssiug
man had come to his death through
their instrumentality.
However, since there was nothing
but inference in the matter, the sus
picion died down. Several years
after Winston's disappearance Aimer
Twiteheli. a citizen ot Bradford,
dreamed one night that the ghost of
Winston had appeared to him and said
that the Thorpe brothers had killed
him, burned his body and buried tho
residue under a beech tree, the only
tree standing in the back yard of his
home. Twiteheli gave the civil au
thorities an account of his dream.
At this point in my narrative it is
well to remember the conditions of
that period. The belief in witchcraft
that had reaped so many victims had
died out among educated persons, but
still prevailed among the lower class-'
es. Today a belief in revelation by
dreams, though not what it was then,
is not entirely extinct
The Thorpe brothers were arrested,
the ground about the roots of the
beech tree was dug up, and some but
tons and the metal parts of a pair of
suspenders were found. This evidence
was considered so strong that the
Thorpe brothers were urged to con
fess in order that justice should be
meted out to each in accordance with
what he deserved. James, under the
incessant pleadings of his spiritual ad
viser, finally gave way and confessed
that he had been the murderer. But
later Robert confessed that he, too,
had taken part In the killing and had
done the principal part in getting rid
of the body.
Now, if we consider the evidence in
this case as it would be regarded to
; day there is nothing in it First, we
would not accept the dream as of any
value whatever; second, the articles
| found under the beech tree might
have been thrown out in the yard or
burned with other refuse under the
tree and become mingled with the soil;
third, we have numerous confessions
in murder cases that are not true.
But in those days, when the people
were emerging from a period wherein
an organized court of justice would
convict a woman of vomiting crooked
pins and sailing on the water in a
sieve, the evidence against the Thorpe
brothers, backed by the confession of
both, was considered quite sufficient
to hang them. They were tried, con
victed and sentenced.
One day a man rode into Bradford
and while sitting around the tavern
stove was told that the next day there
would be a hanging in the town and
he had better remain over and see 1L
On mention of the name of Winston he
said that he had seen a half witted
man in Hadley of that name. A friend
of the Thorpe boys was present, and he
went to the judge with the story, ask
ing for a stay of the execution in or
der that the matter might be investi
gated.
A constable was sent to Hadley and
returned with the man for whose mur
der the prisoners were to have been
hanged. The brothers were released
and received an oration, the towns
people really rejoicing that they had
been saved by a mere chance from hav
ing committed murder themselves.
The blow that Winston had received
from Robert Thorpe had caused an in
dentation of a bit of his skull on the
brain. Even nowadays we are never
sure when or what vagaries may be
caused by such a pressure, though it
can now be removed by surgeons.
Whether the surgical process of trepan
ning was done in those days or not I
den't know. I found no record of the
subsequent condition of the Injured
inn MMdVtf try*.-- 17115551
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