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VOLUMEU —No 15
Ready to Figt, Italy
May Back Out
Hopes to Get Desired Territory Peaceably Will Delay Action
London, April B—Although she
has concentrated her| army along
the Austrian border and her navy
within striking distance of the Ad
riatic, Italy is still endeavoring to
exhaust every means which may
lead to a peaceful settlement with
Austria of the question of territo
rial concessions. Advices from
Rome indicate that even should It
aly become embroiled in the war
she will not strike for some time.
It is believed in Rome that the de
cisive struggle among the nations
now at war will not begin before
the early summer, which would al
low Italy a considerable interval
in which to decide upon her policy.
The Austrian correspondent i-f a
Turin newspaper telagrphs that he
has reliable information that there
is a basis for the reports that Aus
tria is seeking peace with the Tri
ple Entente powers, the better to
deal with Italy. Semi-official ne
gotiations, he says, have begun.
Rome, April B.—Carasso Effen
di arid Midh&t Bey. the first a
member of the Turkish Chamber
of Deputies, and the second former
secretary of the Turkish commit
tee of union and progress, are at
present in Rome. They deny hav
ing any special mission, but it is
recalled that they appeared here
on the eve of the negotiations
leading to the peace between Italy
and Turkey.
Chiasso, Switzerland, April 8 —
Col. Montonari has been apointed
secretary to Lieut. Gen. Coun Ca
dorna, chief of the Italian gene
ral staff.
DUPONT COMPANY'S
SALARY IVLLN WILL GET
BONUS OF 20 PER CENT
Wilmington, Del., April 9 —The
recent action of the duPont Pow
der Company in granting an in
crease of 20 per cent to all pay
roll workmen at plants through
out the country was followed to
day by a further increase. .Pierce
Dupont, president, announced an
increase in the shape of a cash
bonus of 20 per cent to all em
ployes on the salaried list. The re
cent advance affected 15000 men
and means an additional expendi
ture of $2,000,000 a year. The bo
nus just granted affects 2500 per
sons and the total increase will
probably be less than that recent
ly allowed.
Arrested on a Charge of Larceny
On a charge of larceny of brass
jimk. preferred by Louis Handler.
Claytin Palmer was giveu a hear
ing before Justice of the Peace J.
A. Crossman on Wednesday morn
ing of last week. On the conclu
sion of the evidence Palmer was
held without bail for trial at the
June term of court.
The same prisoner and Thomas
Elliott were arrested on charges of
furnishing liquor to men of known
intemperate habits and to minors
and were called for a hearing be
fore 'Squire Crossman. Owing to
the absence of the witnesses Elli
ott was released on his own recosr
nizance for a hearing in the future
and Palmer was remanded to jail
on the two charges.
Best stores advertise in The
Patriot.
Subscribe for the Patriot $1 year
THE PA TRIOT
Italian newspapers say the gen
eral staff is decidedly anti-Austri
an. Count Cadoma still wears the
wateh which his grandfather own
ed when he was hanged by the
Austrians.
EGYPTIAN TRIES
%
TO SLAY SULTAN.
London, April B—An8 —An attempt
was made at 3 o'clock this after
noon to assassinate the sultan of
Egypt, Hussein Kemai, according
to a Reuter despatch from Cairo.
As the! sultan was leaving Ahdin
palace, a native fired a shot at him
This went wild and the native was
immediately seized.
WAR COSTS 6,000,000 LIVES.
Over Eight Billions in Money Is
Spent, Paper Estimates
Rome, April 9—The nations now
at war have lost 5,950,000 men in
the first eight months of the con
flict and spent $8,400,000,000 in
the first six months, according to
figures prepared for the Avanti, a
Socialist organ, by its military ex
pert. The article declares the on
ly result of the war will be a re
ciprocal wearing out of the forces
engaged and not a military victory
It is calculated that nine or ten
months more will exhaust the re
serves of men and that the coun
try which will suffer least from
this exhaustion will be Russia.
Accused of An Awful Crime
Chester Fry, a notorious Indi
ana county young man) and w r ell
known to the officers of Indiana,
having figured in several crimes,
has again been arrested charged
with a most heinous crime—that
of criminal assault on his own nine
year old daughter.
Monday evening in the custody
of County Detective Josial Neal,
Fry was taken to Blacklick for a
hearing before 'Squire J. W. Hus
ton. The hearing was quite brief
and the testimony so convincing
that the justice ordered Fry re
committed to the county jail to
await trial at June court.
Simpson-Neal Hospital to Close
The Simpson-Neal hospital,
which has been conducted here for
several years by Drs. George E.
Simpson and Harry B. Neal, will
close in a short time. With tin
erection of the new county hospi
tal it was the intention of Drs.
Simpson and Neal to close the pri
iite institution, and with the re
covery and discharge of the pa
tients now in the hospital the in
stitution will be closed.
Home Quarantined;
He Resigns School
Because his family is quaran
tined and he will be unable to
leave for some time, J. B. Ander
son, a teacher in the West Pike
school, has resigned his position.
11. B. Beers will be the teacher for
the remainder of the term.
On account of ill health Mrs.
Craig Stumpf has severed her con
nection with the Bon Ton store.
Accompanied by her son, Jimmy,
Mrs. Stumpf will spend several
weeks at her former home in Buf
falo. N. Y.
INDIANA, PA. SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1915
GIRL WALKERS ON HIKE TO EXPOSITION.
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Photo by American Press Association.
The Misses Fay and June Shea and Miss Kittle Bebertz of Portland, Ore., walkinc to Panama-Pacific exDOsition.
Prefers Husband to
a Normal Diploma
Declaring that/ she would rath
er have a husband now than a di
ploma in June Miss Ella Ralston,
a member of the senior class of In
diana State Normal school, eloped
to Altoona and was married to
George Growden, formerly if the
county. The couple are spending
their honeymoon in Florida and
on their return will reside in Al
toona. The bride Is a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James Ralston, of
White township.
Bill Would Puncture Automen
Harrisburg, April 8 Senator
Mills today introduced in the Sen
ate a bill of vital interest to auto
provides that in any civil proeeed
provides that n any civil proceed
ings for injury done by a motor ve
hicle the register number display
ed on the vehicle shall be prima
facie evidene that the owner was
operating it.
If he shall prove at the hearing
that he was not operating it and
reveal the name of the person ac
tually operating it, then the regis
ter number evidence is removed
and the burden of proof shifted.
Mothers of Couple
Die at Same Time
Double bereavement befell Mr.
and Mrs. A. M. Welchonce, of Ho
mer City, when the mother of each
died. Mrs. W'elehonee received
word of the death of her mother.
Mrs. Elizabeth Blose, of Hamilton,
Pa., and was preparing to go tq
that place when a message came
announcing the death of her hus
band's mother. Mrs. Margaret
Welchonce, of North Point.
City Prison Bill Is
$536 for 3 Months.
Ebensburg, April 9—Tuesday
the county of Cambria, through
the county controller's office, mail
ed to the city of Johnstown a bill
for the maintenance of city pris
oners in the countyj ail from Jan
uary 1, 1915, to March 31, 1915.
The total amount of the bill owed
by the city is $536.70.
List of Letters
Remaining uncalled for in the In
diana office, April 4, 1915:
W. W. Brady. Miss Linda Claw
son, W. F. Huffman, (Miss Esther
Kunkle, Mrs. Nancy Jane Low
man, David M. Lvdick, Mrs. Min
nie Martin. Mrs. Victor Myers. W.
Nial Rook. Miss J. Schwab, Mrs.
Mary E. Shaffer. Mrs. Charles
Shoemaker. Mrs. C. Stonebraker.
When inquiring for letters in
this list, please state that they
were advertised, giving date.
t H. W. FEE, P. M
Wireless Atop Wehrle Building:.
Through the progressive spirit
of an Indiana firm, R. W. Wehrle
& Co., Indiana is to know definite
ly each day just what time it is
and also may learn of important
happenings in the wofld, the lat
ter -being still under discussion.
Reference is made to the wireless
equipment that is being installed
on the roof of the Wehrle & Co.
building. Many towns and cities
in this section of the state have
similar .equipments and Indiana
will fall right into line with the
improvement.
Wild Life Cards Arrived Here
The membership cards for the
Indiana County Branch of the
Wild Life League arrived Thurs
day morning and the members who
may wish their cards and do not
care to wait until the next meet
ing, may get them by calling on the
secretary, F. M. Smith, at the Ga
zette office. Active work of the
Indiana County Branch will start
in the near future, when a meet
ing of the Board of Directors, of
which W. N. Liggett, is chairman,
will be held for the election of of
ficers and appointing of commit
tees to draft the constitution, By-
Laws, etc.
WILLARD WILL NOT FIGHT
ANYONE IN THE NEXT YEAR.
Havana, April 9 —Jess Willard
will be banqueted tonight by the
Cuban officials. He will leave to
morrow afternoon for Key West
and will then travel by special
train to New York.
Willard says he will not fight
for a year. He avers that he has
whipped all the white men of any
consequence and that one has a
claim to a bout with him at this
time.
Josephine Steel Plant
Will Employ 350 Men
The new steel ingot plant of the
Bollinger-Andrews company at Jo
sephine, this county, has been put
into operation and has given em
ployment to 100 men. It is said
that the plant will employ 350 per
sons when all departments are op
erated.
WHAT IS GOING ON THIS EV
ENING.
Strand.
When We Were Young.
Colonial.
Grace Cunard and Francis Ford
Lyric Hall.
Rolles Skating at 7:30
Star.
From a Life of a Crime.
It All Depends.
The Combination.
Rossiter Young Man Met
Horrible Death in Mine.
The funeral services for John
Bland. Jr., who was killed in the
Rossiter mines Monday afternoon
at 3 o'clock, when he fell beneath
a trip of cars and was crushed,
was hed in the Union church Fri
day afternoon at 1 o'clock. Inter
ment was made in Union cemetery.
Bland, who was 26 years old,
was braking on a trip of cars that
had just left the mines. All tha
cars were empty but two and they
were loaded with rock. It was his
intention to cut the loaded cars
from the trip by a fiying cut and
he was preparing to manipulate
the couplings when he lost his
footing and fell. Both loaded cars
passed over his body. He managed
to draw himself from beneath the
cars, but died in a few minutes.
He was a member of the Odd
bellows lodge. He leaves his wife
and a year-old child; his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bland, one
brother, Frank, and three sisters,
Mary, Pearl and May.
MINE EXAMINATIONS
Bip Class of Prospective Foremen
Meeting in Municipal Building.
Sixty-one applicants are taking the
examinations for certificates as mine
foremen in the bituminous mines of
Pennsylvania, which opened in the
Municipal building here yesterday.
The tests will continue for three days
under the supervision of the examin
ing board of the twenty-fifth bitumi
nous district. The board is compos
ed of Mine Inspector Thomas S. Low
ther of this place; Supt. W. B. Ward
rop, of Iselin, and George Taylor, of
Graceton. The examination for fire
boss certificates will be held on Fri
day. Those taking the tests are:
Mine Foremen First Grade Certificate
A. R. Ritchie, Indiana; John Lud
er, Iselin; Webster C. Buhite, Homer
City; Joseph Paydock, Mclntyre; J.
M. Coleman, Iselin; J. H. Laney, Co
ral; Evan Townsend, Heilwood; Jes
se M. Lutman, Lucerne Mines; Jas.
Kenniburg, Homer City; T. M. Pet
tigrew, Mclntyre; W. S. Griffith, Wa
terman; Thomas Jones, Ernest; H
D. Walker, William J. Walker, Ho
mer City; H. J. Kennard, Iselin; M
M. Nolan, Indiana; David G. Rud
dock, Ernest; William Bullock, Heil
wood; Andrew Watson, Indiana R. D
No. 7; Heath Hilliard, Indiana; Mi
chael J. Zuby, Kent; John O. Strand
quest, Ernest; Ole Olson, Heilwood;
Joseph Steel, Clymer; William Mar
tin, Iselin; Robert McCracken, Indi
ana R. D. No. 7; A. J. Stoker, Love
joy; Thomas D. Thomas, Aultman;
William F. White, Mclntyre; Thom
as Jeffrey, Ernest; Ross Laney, Ho
mer City; C. H. Carroll, Iselin; H.
W. Beamer, Saltsburg R. D. No. 1;
George Love, Ernest; F. D. Patter
son, Ernest; L. Q. Mellinger, Water
man; Reuben E. Shaner, C. S. Horn
ing, Homer City; M. J. Voyten, Lu
cerne Mines; Timothy Jones, Grace
ton; Matthew Harris, Lucerne Mines;
Joseph E. Gorman, Indiana R. D. No.
7; William Ruddock, Indiana; M. E.
Jones, Waterman; Roy Seaton, Ho
mer City; James A. Donahue, Heil
wood.
Mine Foremen 2d Grade Certificates.
James M. Simpson, Iselin; John
Stone, Heilwood; Robert Jarvis, Cly
mer; William St. Clair, Clymer; El
lis Thomas, Iselin; Harve Strickland,
Mclntyre; George Airgood, Liver
more R. D. No. 1; John C. Hannah,
Blacklick; W. G. Jenkins, Clymer;
Ellis Burkett, Clymer; Michael Sulli
van, Ernest; Clair Snyder, Homer
City; Thompson Fletcher, Heilwood;
Edward Dwyer, Clymer; Andrew
Daj w on, J 3£ep.. ,ne.
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BUSINESS
IS GETTING
NEW GRIP.
Washington, April B—Business
conditions throughout the country
are showing marked improvement
in almost all lines, according to re-,
(ports from national bank examin
j ers. made public tonight by the
treasury department. Eighty of
the 90 examiners in the United
States! reported a permanent im
; provement in business and Maine
is said to be the only state where
real depression exists.
These reports are announced to
be the result of careful observa
tion and supplemental to the reg
ular reports on business conditions
made each mouth to the controller
(f the currency.
"Pronounced hopefulness is pre
valent in nearly every district,"
says the announcement. ''Agri
cultural conditions are generally
excellent, and commercial lines,
with comparatively few exceptions
are enlarging their activities,
mainly through an increased de
mand, but in some cases prepara
tions for activity is expected to de
velop with the coming of good
weather. Manufacturing is on the
increase and those industries hav
ing orders for supplies from for
eign countries continue especialy ,
active.
"Further orders have been plae
ed for cars and rails by the rail
roads, and some large gains have
been made for structural iron for
large buildings in different por
tions of the country.
ROAD SUPERVISORS
IN ANNUAL SESSION
The annual convention of the
road supervisors of Indiana coun
ty was held at the Court House
Tuesday, when practical address
es relative to road building and
the care of the highways wer.
heard by the fifty road supervb
ors present.
At the opening session in th
forenoon Attorney William N.
Liggett, of town, presided. In de
livering the address of welcome
Judge S. J. Telford referred to
the importance of the office of road
supervisor and the great public
benefits derived from the work ac
complished by these officers. Ex-
Congressman J. N. Langham, also
of town, followed with an address
in which he advocated national aid
in road building.
E. A. Jones, second Deputy*
Highway Commissioner, made an
excellent address at the afternoon
session, reviewing at length the
relation which existed between the
State Highway Department and
the road supervisods. During the
afternoon Mr. Jones answered a
great many inquiries made by the
supervisors in reference to state
highway laws and other problems
which confront the road supervis
ors. The closing address was made
By Attorney William Liggett, who
discussed various phases of the
road question from a lawyer's
standpoint.
Resolutions favoring the observ
ance of "Good Roads Day"
throughout the state on a date to
be fixed by Governor Brumbaugh,
and endorsing the new act requir
ing the state to refund to town
ships fifty cents for each dollar
expended for road purposes, were
adopted by the convention.
The new officers elected for the
ensuing year were: President, G.
'S. Braughler, Grant township; sec
retary, W. W. Hopkins, East Ma
honing township; treasurer, Wil
son M. Bowser, West Mahoning
township.
Indiana Hospital Report
Following is the report of the In
| diana Hospital for March : Pa
tients received, 57; discharged
44; births, 1; deaths, 5; operations
27; patients in Hospital April 1,
FIVE CF.NTS