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NEW YOBK AND CHIC A D
VOLUME! I —No 17
Third Dynamite Outrage
at Homer City
WAS WORK OF ENEMIES
For the third time within one
year Homer City has been visited
by a dynamite outrage, and' as
usual the officers have, thus far
been unable to discover who the
perpetrators of the outrage were,
although all the efforts of the of
ficials, as well as those of the eoal
company are being expended to
bring the dynamiters to justice.
The outrage last noted occurred
Thursday morning just at mid
night, when.the store room and
dwelling of Alarino Pace wa< dy
namited and the damage is esti
mated at over $5OO. The family
of Air. Pace occupies the second
floor of the store building and be
sides being badly shocked and
stunned by the explosion and
slightly cut by the flying glass, no
one was injured. The windows
in the store of Abe Hallow, direct
ly opposite the Pace store, were
all broken, as were also the win
Druggist Killed in Auto Accident
Dr. Clarence E. Shaffer, a prom
inent druggist of Windber, and
president of the Windber Fire
Company, was instantly killed and
five other persons were painfully
injured, though not seriously when
a touring ear toppled over an em
bankment on the Bald Eagle val
ley road, near Tyrone, on Sunday.
Richard Hill, of AVindber, one of,
the injured, suffered from abra
sions and sprains, was a former
resident here. -
Indiana's Police Opened War On
Dogs
Burgess Shaffer, of Indiana, has
issued orders that all stray dogs
must be killed. Canines have been
doing much damage to gardens
this spring and there are many
complaints coming into the office
of the burgess every day. There
are said to be a great number of
dogs running at large in town.
Indiana Man Ends
Life With Bullet
J. AV. Eicher, fifty years old.
ended his life by shooting himself
through the head at his home on
Sunday morning. No one but Ei
cher and his little daughter were
in the house. Eicher told the child
to go upstairs. The next minute
he shot himself.
HONOR PUPILS OF
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL
Aliss Bertha McHenry has been
named valedictorian and Robert
Carson will be salutatorian for the
commencement exercises of the
Indiana high school to be held on
Thursday night, Alav 27. The ora
tions will be delivered by Aliss
Florence Simpson and Thomas
Daugherty. The others of the
class will be assigned parts later.
Three Families Have
Anniversary Same Day.
Three families living in one ten
ement house here celebrated wed
ding anniversaries. Air. and Airs.
Alerle White, Air. and Airs. AYadq
Harris and Air. and Airs. Lee Cost
were the couples whose anniversa.
ries fell on the same day. The liusi
bands and wives held a little so
cial time together.
dows in the hffine and office of Joe
Alazza nearby.
The interior of the Pace store
presented a horrible sight Thurs
day morning. The glass of the
windows mingled with the queens
ware and crockery ware, covered
the entire floor of the store room.
All kinds of furniture were reduc
ed to kindling wood and several
holes were torn in the floor. The
entire front of the store which
was erected at a cost of $l5O, was
so badly damaged that it will have
to be rebuilt entirely. The time
of explosion was further evidenc
ed by the fact that the clock stop
ped at exactly 12 o'clock. The
clock was wound before the Paces
retired, and it is presumed that the
concussion of the exploding dyna
mite stopped the works.
Air. Pace is at a loss to explain
the happening, as he says he has
no enemies and that all the custo
mers of his store appeared to be
the best of friends.
General Manager Visits Indiana
S. C. Long of Philadelphia, gen
eral manager of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, visited Indiana
ir his special train Tuesday night
There has been a persistent rumor
that important improvements are
to he made an the Indiana branch,
but it was said that Mr. Long's vis
it at this time has no significance,
so far as local] developments are
concerned. The three mile spur up
Yellow creek from Homer City
was .completed recently and was
taken over by the railroad com
pany, and it is believed that Air.
Long's chief errand on the Indiana
branch was to inspect the new spu
branch was to inspect the new
spur. This spur is a portion of the
line which will eventually reach a
direct shipping route from the
northeastern section of the county.
NEW COAL FIELD
IN INDIANA COUNTY
Additional prosperity for Indi
ana county, which will directly
benefit Indiana town, is evidenced
in the confirmed rumor that the
New York Central railroad,
through local representatives, has
optioned a tract of eoal land, some
thing near a thousand acres in
White township, northeast of this
place. It is understood that the
option, which is for the coal only,
was secured at the handsome fig
ure of $9O per acre. The tract ad
joins that of the Shumaker tract
of about the same acreage and
which is understood to be owned
by the New Central interests
Development of this field and the
way the company would remove
the eoal from the district is await
ed with interest by the residents
oi Indiana.
List of Letters
Remaining uncalled for in the In
diana office April 17. 1915:
Saul Bibro. Joe C. Buehenan
Miss Jennie Fairbanks, Miss Thel
ma Fraley, Paul E. Gray, Clark
Henry, Rev. Thomas Hughes, A.
MeGuinnis, Airs. AI. J. Aradigan,
AL J. Aladigan. Airs. Harry D. Pal
mer, Xola Sarnie Rising
er, Aliss Alary Shields, John Soller.
Airs. C. Sollerger, Geo. Steiner.
Arrs. Harry Stewart. Aliss Ida Del
Torehio, Aliss Alinnie Wallace, Airs
B. F. Wolford, Perduk Alarinak.
AVhen inquiring for letters in the
list please state they were adver
tised. giving date.
HARRY W. FEE. P. AI.
PICTURESQUE GRECIAN SOLDIERS.
Photos hy American Press Association.
. Greek fighters in national wtnmp and their kln<. r , r*-o-.>r.HnA
WAR ULTIMATUM REPORTED
HANDED AUSTRIA BY ROME
Rome, April 22—A report
reached Rome today that Italy
had sent a note to Austria which
virtually amounted to an ultima
i turn. The note is said to embody
the minimum terms upon which
Daly will consent to conclude an
agreement with Austria It is im
possible to confirm this report
here.
General opinion in Rome is
that an agreement may still be
reached. Nevertheless military
preparations are bing continued
with the greatest energy along the
i frontier, where Austria is con
centrating troops.
AVord has been, received from
Aneona that an Austrian aero
plane was seen last night, scout
ing on the Italian coast, along the
Adriatic sea. The aeroplane was
! equipped with strong searchlights.
The authorities are attempting to
identify the aeroplane.
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Italy Stops Sea Traffic
With America, Report Says
Geneva, April 22 —News reach
j ed Lugano this morning that the
Italian government had stopped
the trans-Atlantic service with the
I United States. Passengers who
had purchased tiekets have' had
their money returned to them. The
Italian government, the report
I says, requires all the steamships.
Novelist Crawford's
Son Reported Killed.
London, April 22 —It is unoffij
' cially reported that Lieutenant
i Harold Alarion Crawi'oid, oi the
lrish Guards was accidentally kill
ed by a bomb explosion at Given
chy on April 16. He was the old
est son of the famous American
j novelist, Alarion Crawford, and
was 27 years old.
| Lieutenant Crawford was born
; at Sorrento, Italy, and was edu
' cated at Harvard. He joined the
Irish Guards reserve at the out
j break of war.
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Tacoma Feels Earth
Shock Twelve Miles
Tacoma. Wash., April 22 —A dis
tinct earth shock was felt in Taco
ma at 10:37 this forenoon from
the smelter near Point Defiance to
1 the southern limits of the city, 12
miles, and extending to South Ta
coma. No damage was reported.
SAYS ENGLISH SHIP
FLEW AMERICAN FLAG
Newport News, A'a., April 22—1
Thomas Hume, of the crew of the
. British steamer Dunedin, vhHh
INDIANA, PA. SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1915
arrived here today from for horse
elared the ship had raised the
American flag and steered a zig
zag course to escape a German
submarine, while the British liner
Falaba was sinking, after having
been torpedoed. Captain Case re
fused to confirm or deny Hume's
story.
Hume said Captain Case was
obliged to' leave the inking Fala
ba behind, but sent a wireless say
ing, "God save your souls; I can
not help you."
BRITAIN WILL
NOT ENFORCE
PROHIBITION
London, April 22—That the Bri
tish government does not intend
to have recourse to prohibition in
dealing with the drink question
was inferred from Premier As
quith's statement in the House of
Commons this evening, when he
said that on Wednesday or Thurs
day next, the chancellor of the ex
ehecquer David Lloyd George
dealing with the limiting of facili
ties for drinking,
deal with the limiting of facilities
The prime minister's remark
vas generally interpreted as mean
ing that the hours during which
drink would be obtainable in the
public houses would be consider
ably curtailed throughout the
country and not merely in the ar
eas where munitions of war are
manufactured.
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BIG RUSSIAN ORDER
COMES TO PITTSBURG
It was announced yesterday that
the Russian government had plac
ed an order for 17.500 airbrakes
valued at about $1,000,000 with
the Westinghouse Airbrake Com
pany of AYilmerding'. The order
is to be filled immediately and the
Wilmerding plant, which is on a
three-day schedule at present, will
run full time.
Though a branch of the West
inghouse Airbrake Company was
established in Russia 15 years ago
because the Russian government,
which owns the railroads, will not
permit importations, men in these
shops are now employed making
war equipment. Consequently the
representative of the Westing
house company in Petrograd ob
tained a special permit from the
government to buy in America.
Justice of the peace W. M. Ma
ban, of this place has been called
to Xew York City on important
Held for Court.
W. A. Kunkle and Fred Sherer.
two Ernest officials, who were ar
rested recently on information of
an Ernest foreigner, who alleged
that they had shot his dog, which
wore a license tag and was tied se
j hearing before Squire Grossman
i curely in a yard, were given a
of Indiana, Thursday morning. Af
| ter hearing the evidence the jus
tice held them for the June term
jof court under $3OO bail.
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LOCAL MAN IN
MINSTREL SHOW
I
Harry B. Marshall returned on
i -
j Wednesday from a week s stay 111
i Vandergrift, where he was rehear
sing the Eagles' Club for a mins
trel show. The show was present
ed last Friday and Saturday to ca
pacity audiences and universally
I commented on as the best amateur
J show ever seen in the steel town.
The usual amateur air was absent
; and it looked much like our own
j Eyrie Minstrels.
The principals were all local
'men, among them William J.
White, the interlocutor, and well
known choir singer; Roy Shirley,
a Punxy boy, now located in Van
dergrift, another choir singer who
made a distinct hit as an end man
and did a wonderful Italian im
personation; Jack Armstrong, a
real Scotchman in the Harry Lau
der songs, and Glissando, a profes
sional musical artist, who is billed
as the "Music Master" and lived
up to the title, in his skillful play
ing of many instruments.
Marriage Licenses.
Frank MeConncll ..Burrell twp.
Margaret J. Jones . . .Barrel! twp
John C. Wagner . .Marion Center
i Margaret E. Clowes Marion Center
Dalvin J. Edmiston ...... Indiana
Anna M. Walker Indiana
Orr A. Lyons Blacklick
Wilda J. Howard Blacklick
' Ira B. O'Xeil White twp
Mabel C. McCullough ... Lovejoy
Wm. 11. Gemmell Young twp
Rose I. Myers ..Washington twp
Wm. E. Lear Blairsville,
jEdna M. Groft Blairsville
Edna M. Groft .... |. .Blairsville
; W. Homer Robertson .Homer City
Bernyce Blvth Homer City
Joseph Smith Josephine
Mary Orban Blacklick
Raj* F. Fletcher Blairsville
Hilda M. Kyle .Cokeville
J, Purl Benett Indiana
'Martha B. AVilliams Indiana
Salesman: Reliable salesman
for Household Specialty. Write
F. A. Knouff. sales manager. 1209-
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LOSE LOCAL OPTION
BY 128 TO 78 ■
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Harrisburg. April 22—After
four hours' debate the roll was
called on the local option bill this
afternoon in the House and de
feated by a vote of 128 to 78.
Notwithstanding the fact that
a resolution had been introduced
limiting the debate to two hours
and one-half, it was prolonged for
nearly twice that length of time
and a vote was not reached until
2:15, with the result above given.
Patriot Sends Aid to
Red Cross in Rome
We have sent today through the
foreign exchange of the Farmers
Bank of this city, $160.75 to the
President of the Italian Red Cross
in Rome.
This sum has been collected
through public subscription, for
the benefit of the earthquake suf
ferers.
Elder Smith Smallpox
Victim; Church Closed
Blairsville, April 20—As the ra
suit of the illness of Capt. Wood
ward Smith, who is suffering from
smallpox, and the illness of his
two sons with chickenpox, the
Presbyterian church at this place
was not opened Sunday morning.
Captain Woodward is an olden
of the church and had attended
the mid-week services. The church
was closed as precautionary meas
ure.
Recently Captain Woodward's
herd of Jersey eows and other ani
mals were killed on account of the
hoof and mouth disease.
Fierce Fire Rages
at Waynesburg, Pi
Waynesburg, Pa., April 23—Fire
which started in a blacksmith shop
here shortly before last midnight
destroyed the entire business blocK
fronting on Franklin and Wash
ington stress, entailing a loss oif
$112,000.
Three persons were slightly in
jured. The fire, it is believed, was
under control at 1 :30 o'clock this
morning.
Public Notice
I hereby give notice to the pub
ic in general, that beginning with
this date. 1 am not responsible for
any business transacted by Joe
I 1 j
F.iggi, of Homer City, Pa.
A. CESARIO,
Punxsutawney, Pa.
Marion Center's New Postmaster.
J. C. McCormick has received
notice from Washington of his
appointment as postmaster at
Alarion Center. This closes a bit
ter contest that has been on for
the last ten months. Air. McCor
uiiek. who has been a Democrat
all his life, expects to assume bis
duties on Alay 1.
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