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ALLIES CLAIM
ALL Biil TWO
TURK FBRTS
ANGLO-FRENCH FLEET BOMBARDS
DARDANELLES FS9M BOTH SIDES.
THE TUEKS AEE CONFIDENT
Say Only Weakest Forts Affected
While Impregnable Inner
Defenses Are Intact
CONSTANTINOPLE PREPARED
London, March s—The5 —The allied
fleets Thursday morning resumed
their bombardment of the inner
forts of the Dardanelles, according
to a dispatch received by the Reu
ters Telegram Company from its
correspondent .at Athens.
A British officer of the allied
fleet is quoted iu the dispatch as
saying that only two forts now re
main intact.
While Britsh battleships are
battering Forts Nos. 8 and 9
in the narrows, French warships
from the Gulf of Saros are bom
barding the Turkish positions at
Bulair.
The British Admiralty issued
the following statement late to
night :
Shelling Continues.
"The attack upon the fortresses
in the Dardanelles continued yes
terday (Wednesday. The Admiral
has not yet reported on the results
obtained within the straits.
"Outside the Dublin demolished
an observation station on the Gal
lipolili peninsula aud the Sapphire
bombarded guns and troops at va
rious points in the Gulf of Adram
yti.
"Six modern field guns at Fort
B have been destroyed, bringing
the total number of guns demol
ished up to 40.
"French battleships bombarded
the Bulair forts and wrecked the
Kavak bridge."
Berlin (via London, March 4
The Constantinople correspondent
of the Frankfurter Zeitung sends
his paper an interview with Enver
Pasha, which is as follows:
"The action which began Feb
ruary 19 so far has achieved noth
ing more than heavy damage to
some forts at the extreme entrance
to the Dardanelles. On the second
day the bombardment overturned
six guns, killing four men and
wounding 14, but on the first day
only an observation officer was
killed and one man was wounded.
"Of the overturned guns, three
were again placed in position on
the following morning.
Outer Forts Weakest.
"The outer fortifications are the
oldest in Turkey and their speedy
subjection always has been count
ed on. The real defense line lies
further in, where the difficult wa
tt rwavs deprives ships of the pow
er to maneuver freely and obliges
them to move in a narrow defile
which is commanded by artillery
and mines. The real defenses of
the Dardanelles have not been af
fected in any way by what lias oc
curred so far."
Washington, March s—Ameri
can Ambassador Henry Morgan
theau is endeavoring to arrange
for the definition of a neutral zone
at Constantinople for the protec
tion of foreigners and non-combat
ants in the event that the allied
forces reach the Ottoman capital.
Extensive measures already have
been take* by the Turkish govern
ment for the protection of foreign
and native population, it was said.
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AUSTRIAN CROWN PRINCE VISITS GERMANY.
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Photo* by American Press Association.
Archduke Charles Francis Jo<iepb <i uniform 1n center! while In Oermanr conferred with Kaiser Wilhelra.
BREVITIES
Hon. Wilmer 11. Wood and R.
M. Sutton has returned to their
respective duties at Harrisburg.
Elbie Crops, Esq., and Law
rence Hasinger are home from a
trip to Philadelphia, Atlantic City
and New York.
Miss Blanche Seanor of Wilkins
burg, as a recent visitor in the
home of her parents, Air. and Mrs.
Harry Seanor, of Willet.
Miss Kate Walkinshaw, of
Blairsville, was the guest of the
Misses Mollie and Alice Smith, of
Sixth street, Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Marshall,
formerly of Smicksburg, now of
Portland, Ore., made a short visit
with Mr. Marshall's cousin, James
McAfoos, of the McAfoos Cafe.
Lex P. Watson Joins the Army.
Lex P. Watson, son of Mrs. A.
P. Watson, of South Seventh street
and a former member of Co. P, the
local military organization, has en
listed in the regular army and is
assigned to the 11th Recruit Com
pany at the Columbus barracks,
Columbus, Ohio.
Forty Doctors Couldn't
Save a Girl Bitten
by Canine 15 Years Ago
New York, March s—Miss5 —Miss Ella
Frances Hobby, of Far Rockaway.
L. 1., died Wednesday from the
bite of a dog intiieted 15 years ago.
During that time she underwent
12 unsuccessful operations to cure
the blood poisoning which set in
from the wound. Forty different
physicians treated her and failed.
She was 30 years old.
Wilmer Stewart Arrested.
Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock
Constable Robert Kerr walked in
to Wilmer Stewart's office aud
placed him under arrest on a war
rant sworn out by Godfrey Mar
shall. a harness dealer of town,
who claimed that Stewart had vio
lated the law by selling harness at
his auction at "The Big Livery"
last Saturday. Mr. Stewart gave
bail for his appearance at June
court.
FOR SALE —Gas range, nearly
new, at a reasonable price. Inquire
No. 521 Church St.
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INDIANA COUNTY IS
CLOSED BY QUARANTINE
State Livestock Sanitary Board
Issues Orders for Territory
There.
FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE.
In accordance with an article
published recently, the State Live
stock Sanitary Board has estab
lished a quarantine in the town
ship of Burrell, this county, on ac
count of the recent prevalence of
the foot and mouth disease among
the cattle on the farm of Wood
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Smith at Smith station. The peri
od of the quarantine is indefinite.
The quarantine area is divided as
follows:
Closed area: All territory with
in a radius of three miles of the
infected premises that has been
disinfected for less than 15 days.
Exposed area: All territory two
miles beyond the limit of the in
fected premise that has been dis
infected for more than fifteen
days, but less than thirty days.
Modified area: All territory
not included in the closed or ex
posed area and Free area: All ter
ritory not included in the quaran
tine area.
The word "livestock" includes
cattle, sheep, other ruminants and
swine. The term "official super
vision means under the supervi
sion of an agent of the State Live
stock Sanitary board and the
term 'immediate slaughter' is un
derstood to mean slaughter with
in forty-eight hours.
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MONTHLY REPORT
OF NEW
Miss Sarah M. Morgart, super
intendent of the Indiana County
General Hospital, provides the;
following interesting report fori
the month of February:
Number of patients treated in
the hospital during February. 77;
divided among charity patients, j
22; part pay patients, 37 and pri
vate patients, 20.
Number of operations, 21.
Number of patieuts iu the liospi
tat, March 1, 1915, 33.
As the time passes the managers ,
aud directors of the new hospital
are more gratified at the work be
ing done at the institution. The
affairs are assuming the much
hoped-for routine and as such the
results are most pleasing. The wo- j
men's auxiliary of the hospital is
at work on some very interesting j
plans, which will be announced
later.
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INDIANA, PA. SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1915
KILLED BY A TRAIN
Man Believed to Be James Keller
Meets Death
Blairsville Intersection, March
5—A man believed to be James
Kehler, of Levelle, Schuylkill
ciunty, was struck by a train and
instantly killed as he was attempt
ing to get over the track fence id
this place.
The man is believed to have been
on train No. 24 and to have gotten
oft at the intersection, lie walked
across the island platform and in
stead of going down the subway,
Tried to "get over the fence just as
the train passed.
Despondent Youth
Hurls Self to Death
at Pedestrians' Feet.
Philadelphia, March s—Frank5 —Frank
Snyder, 18 years old, committed
suicide Wednesday by leaping
from the sixth floor of a spiral in
the city hall. The body fell among
persons entering the building.
Snyder had been out of work for
some time and despondency be
cause he could not obtain employ
ment is believed to have led him
to take his life. A copy of an ap
plication filed with the federal la
(or bureau recently established i i
this city was found in the young
man's pocket.
Starts for Australia
To Become a Bride
Miss May Brownlee, a prominent
. i • g woman of this place, began
~v -j J mile journey Tuesday to wed
her lover iu Australia. She left
Pittsburg Tuesday afternoon for
San Francisco, from which place
she sails March 16 for Sydney, to
become the bride of Hugh M. Hen
ry, of New York City, who is en
gaged in business in Sydney. Miss
Brownlee expects to arrive at her
destination about April 5 and will
be married shortly after her arri
val. The prospective bride is a
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. J. Day
Brownlee, of East Church street.
She was born and reared in this
place. She is a graduate of Indi
ana State Normal school, Wilson
college and Columbia university.
N. J., for two years, and while in
She taught school in Perth Amboy.
that place she met the man whom
she will wed at the end of her
long journey.
Miss Brownlee will be accompa
nied from Pittsburg to San Fran
cisco by Miss Blanche Bell, of
South Carolina, a classmate at
Wilson college.
TWO COUNTY
TOWNS ARE
PROSPERING
Homer City and Marion Center
Are Working on Improve
ments to Benefit Them
THEY HAVE BEEN NEEDED
Two Indiana county towns that
heretofore had been living sort of
quiet lives, with an occasional po
litical light to cause a little excite
ment, are having a grand awak
ening and -before long we expect
to hear a much better report from
the two communities. Reference
is made to Marion Center and Ilo
mer City.
A petition has been received
from Marion Center residents ask
ing for aid in the building of a
new road through the borough. A
strange matter in connection with
the petition is the fact that it is
the first appeal for state and coun
ty aid for road making ever receiv
ed from that section of the coun
-1 ty lying north of White township,
l The proposed new road would ex.
: tend from the borough line,
through the business section to
Manor street, and then about 1500
feet along the Punxsutawney road.
| A special election will be held in
Marion Center on the first Monday
in May to secure the consent of
the taxpayers for the bonding of
the borough in a sufficient sum of
money to take care of the expens
es. Coupled with the new road
will be the electric light and water
systems and the town will boom.
Down at Homer City active steps
are being taken for the placing of
j a macadamized road over the main
i street of the town, an improve
ment that has long been needed.
The electric lighting of the town
will be accomplished within a
short time and it is said that a wa
ter system may be the next im
provement to be placed. All this
improving is costing money, but
! the taxpayers are evidently of the
intention that it is a paying in
vestment, as there lias been no
very serious objections to them.
Important Notice.
We announce to the public and
the dealers especially that Mr. A.
L. Frascona, manager of Frasco
na's Amusement Company, is not
with our newspaper staff any more
We also call especial attention to
the fact that the "Patriot" is not
in any way connected with the
company above mentioned.
The Patriot Pub. Co.
Venerable Women
Gather at a Dinner
One of the most remark
able dinner parties ever held
lin this county was given
; by Mrs. Adam Black, of Smicks-
I I urg. recently, when she entertain
:ed seven women friends who, in
! chiding the hostess, had a combin
ed age of 595 years. Mrs. Black
Ihe hostess, is 66 years of age. Th<
j guests were Mrs. Margaret Lew
| is, of Nebraska, aged 78; Mrs. Cyn
thia' Bond, aged 73; Miss Susan
I Spencer, aged 73; Mrs. Mary J.
Travis, aged 80; Mrs. Margaret
j Weston, aged 70; Miss Lizzie
I Crawford, aged 80, and Mrs. Grace
Frasher, aged 76. With the ex
; ception of Mrs. Lewis the other
women reside in Smicksburg.
WHAT IS GOING ON THIS EV
ENING.
Strand.
The Coveted Heritage.
Lyric Hall.
Rolles Skating at 7:30
Star.
Tracked by Hounds. A Race
ifor Life.
Colonial.
"A Study in Scarlet." 2 reel
Gold Grace Cunard, Francis
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Many True Bills Found
by March Grand Jury
The March term of civil and
criminal court opened Monday and
from the list of eases for both of
the courts already tiled the ses
sions will be prolonged possibly
two weeks over the allotted time.
Monday morning Judge S. J. Tel
ford heard the reports of the con
stables. Nothing of any decided
interest was reported by the offi
cers of the peace.
Charles Travis, of North Point,
who was arrested on a charge of
aggravated assault and battery,
and who pleaded guilty in court
last week, appeared before Judge
Telford Monday morning for sen
tence. He was sentenced to pay
the costs of prosecution, a fine of
£lO and undergo imprisonment in
the Allegheny county workhouse
for a period of one year.
A true bill on a charge of lar
ceny was returned by the grand
jury Tuesday morning in the ease
of the Commonwealth against Har
ry and William Palmer.
The grand jury also returned
two true bills against Clyde Car
ney, one for assault with intent to
kill and the other for burglary.
Carney will be remembered as the
man who was apprehended in the
attempt to rob the home of Mrs.
Shilling in Buffington township,
and shot the woman while he was
making his escape. After recov
ering in a Johnstown hospital Mrs.
Shilling came to Indiana and posi- .
lively identified Carney as the
man who shot her.
(Continued to Page 4)
Saw Unloading Cargo of Ameri
can Copper in Gibraltar.
Giacomo Runzo, brother of
Frank Runzo, of this place, return
ed from Europe last Monday on
board the "S. S. Dante Aiighieri."
Mr. Runzo left Indiana last Oct
ber and when he arrived in Gi
i altar the steamer was stopped i
the British authorities and relea
ed after seven days time, which
took to unload the cargo, said Mr.
Runzo.
"When our ship was made to
stop, together with four others
flying the American flag, the Brit
ish authorities came on board and
after learning of the cargo being
mostly copper they ordered it to
be unloaded. We left, Gibraltar af
ter seven days."
Postmaster and Nearly Half of His
Force 111 With "Lagrippe."
Postmaster 11. W. Fee, together
with seven of his postoffice force,
are ill with "lagrippe." A num
ber of extra mail carriers have
been employed to dispatch the
heavy mail.
Pittsburg Bank Closed
Pittsburg, March s—The Ger
nan National bank, one of the
Largest in the city, and believed to
>e one of the soundest, failed to
open its doors Thursday morning.
The only announcement made thus
far is that the bank was closed by
jrder of the comptroller of the
lurrcncy.
TWENTY-FIVE DEER
FOR THE INDIANA WOODS
The state game commission has
assured the members of the Wild
Life League of Indiana county
that 13 white tail deer, 12 fallow
deer and 12 ring neck pheasants
will be sent to this county in the
near future.
Six of the fallow deer will be
planted on Blacklick creek above
Heshboti and the other six aloL
Little Mahoning creek in Grai
township. One lot of whitee ta
deer will be taken care of by the
Twolick Country Club, between
Twoliek and Yellow creeks, and
the other lot will be in the care of
persons living near the headwaters
of Yellow creek. j
FIVE CENTS