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VOLUME lI—No. 49
21 More Days to Christmas. Do Your Shopping Early; Avoid The Late Rush
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OFFICER GUILTY
May be sent to prison
and fined $lO,OOO each
NEW YORK, Dec. 2. Three liigli officials and a su
bordinate officer of the Hamburg-American steamship line
were found guilty tonight in tiie Federal District Court ol
having violated the law sof the United States in sending
coal and other supplies to German cruisers in the South At
lantic in the first fe.v mouths of the European war.
The jury retiirne I a verdict of truilty on each of two in
dictments. The specific charge was conspiracy to deceive
and defraud the Unite I States.
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Christnas fade t pen;
Indications that a genuine boom
is near at hand in business and
' mercantile circles are found in the
j preparations which the local mer
chants are making for the holiday
trade.
"We anticipate a most prosper
ous Christmas trade this season
and we do not see any indications
that our expectations will be dis
appointed," said C. C. Dinsmore.
manager of the Dinsmore Bros.
Other merchanU of the city
made similar statements and some
were even more emphatic.
Stocks of Christmas toys are al
ready on display in some of the
stores. '
"The town is going to boom as
it never did before," said a real
estate man, who added that the
real estate operators of this vicin
ity were preparing for big busi
ness within the next few months.
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Saks of Red Cross Seals
will be Pushed with
Vim.
The Indiana Chamber of Com
merce has purchased 10.000 of the
little seals and has endorsed their
sale in the city. The stamr>s have
f^ISISS
been placed on sale, at one cent
each, in all the different stores, ho
tels and banks of this place.
f ehrotn man expires
at Danvillu Asy'um
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Word was received here a few
days ago of the death at the Dan-i
ville State Hospital for the Insane
last Saturday of William McNel-:
is, of Wekrum. McNelis was seut
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to the Danville institution from j
the Indiana county jail. His death
is declared to have resulted from
injuries alleged to have been in
flieted by six attendants who were
* fcelu iea "Onsible by the coroner
jury. An inv igaurm of Cue ease j
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THE PA TRIOT
® The maximum penaty for each
indictment is two years' imprison
ment and $lO,OOO fine. Sentence
! was not imposed tonight and be
-1 cause of the late hour when the
! verdict w as reported. Judge Howe
( deferred until tomorrow morning
a hearing on the formal motions
to set aside the verdict and arrest
judgment which the defense is
sure to offer. A date for passing
sentence will then be designated.
In reaching its decision the jury
is reported to have taken only one
ballot, and this after several hours
of discussion of the evidence in
minute detail. The jury was giv
en the case at 2:40 o'clock this af
ernoon. Its foreman, George W.
Palmer, announced the verdict at
10:10 o'clock tonight, seven and
one-half hours later.
Check forgers bu>y
in three Counties
Local business men have been
warned to be on the lookout for,
check forgers who are said to be
! operating in Indiana, Armstrong
and Jefferson counties. A number
of persons have been swindled, it
is reported.
Heavy Coal I rains
on Indiana Branch
Unusually heavy coal trains are
seen daily along the Indiana
branch of the Buffalo, Rochester
& Pittsburg railroad. The mines
in this section are working day
and night shifts now.
Big transfer ha. bgenhegistored
The following real estate trans
! fer was registered on Thursday
: morning: J. C. McGregor et al.
lot karles F. Nollenberger, lot in
Indiana. The valuation is given
as $25,000. The transfer includes
j tl e property known as the Central
ITotel on Philadelphia street, of
which Mr. Nollenberger will take
charge this month.
; Other transfers recorded are:
I John A. Miller to Mary E. Mill
-1 or. 100 acres in Brushvalley, $3,-
000.
C. W. C. Nippes to Clances M.
Gamble, lot in Blaekliek, $B5.
Sentenced lor Voie fraud
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Pittsburg, Dec. I—Charles Mc-
Chesnev, who yesterday pleaded
; guilty to opening ballot boxes,
stealing ballots and entering a
i building in connection with fraud 1
at the September primary election j
v as today sentenced to pay a fine
of $250 and serve nine months in j
jjail. I
More than 100 indictments in
I connection vPh T election are
! yet to be "
INDIANA, PA. SATURDAY, DICKMBER 4, 1915
BANK WRECKED' SOMEWHERE IN LONDON"
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Photo by American Press Association.
Bank destroyed by a Zeppelin. The censor baa carefully obliterated its
name on the photo, you will notice. This was done to keep its location from
being known and being used as the possible basis for future raids.
JUSTICES MUST ACCEPT HFFICI
SOME HAVE NOT COMPLIED.
A large number of justices of
the peace who have overlooked
the formality of filing their accept
ances of their commissions at Ilar
risburg and are now busy seeking
information as to how to proceed.
The last legislature passed a law
making it necessary before a com
mission is elected to a newly-elect
ed justice of the peace, that he
file an acceptance of the office.
Heretofore commissions have been
made out at Harrisburg for every
justice of the peace elected in the
state. The state authorities secur
ed the passage if the law making
it. obligatory on the part of the
newly-elected justices to say whe
ther or not they will fill the posi
tion.
Saltsburg to have a Christmas
True
At the last meeting of Saltsburg
Music Club it was decided that
the organization would for the
second time take up the Commu
nity Christmas Tree project for
Saltsburg, if the people are in
sympathy "with the movement
Last year's program was a great
suecess and the line of procedure
this year will be somewhat similar
.o last year, except the treat for
children will be omitted.
List of Letters
Remaining uncalled for in the In
diana office November 27, 1915:
Mrs. Rose Azzerelo, Borgi An
geta, Miss Annie Bairhart, Mr.
Harry B&ird, Mr. Ben R. Beisel,
Matt M. Collins, Miss Mollie Mc-
Gaughey, Miss Mollie McGaughey,
Miss Beulah Mulliner, Charles T.
Noll, Mrs. Nell Pierce, Mrs. D. M.
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Rose, E A Snyder, Miss Annie !
Stuchel.
When inquiring for letters iu
this list please state that they
were advertised, giving date.
HARRY AY. FEE. P. M.
Best stores advertise in Th
at not.
Aasiria a Ess n opk time
to answer Anccna note
Washington, Dec. 2. —The Aus
'ro-llungarian government has
informed Ambassador Penfield at
Vienna that it desires more time
to compile a formal statement re
garding the sinking of the Italian
steamship Ancona. Advices to the
state department today say that
the Austrian government has en
countered difficulties in obtaining
a statement from the commander
of the submarine.
Officials of the state department
make no attempt to reconcile this
new development with the formal
statement issued by the Austrian
admiralty, and which was present
ed to the state department several
days ago.
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Take swindler to Philadelphia
Pittsburg, Dec. 2—An order was
issued in the United States dis
Lict court here today for the re
moval to Philadelphia of E. A.
Starklolf, arrested last night in
Altoona, Pa., on a charge of being
x fugitive from justice.
Starkloff, according to postal in
spectors, has an international rep
utation as a gold brick operator
and is wanted in Philadelphia for
lumping a $12,000 bail bond in
1910.
FREE FAhM HOhK WAS
A MI.CISUUS VENTURE
Albert Dick, a resident of Indi
ana. offered last spring to give
any person the privilege of work
ing a part of his farm free of rent
(and free of taxes. Five men ac
cepted the offer and the farm was
divided between them.
The men were successfi 1 in the
work and big crops of fruit and
vegetables have resulted. Next
spring the farm will be divided
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t a ra in.
Italy Enters Campaign
in the Balkans
Paris, Dee. 2.—Detachments of
Italian troops were landed at Av
ona, Albania, on Tuesday, accord-1
ing to information from a reliable
-.ource in Athens, a dispatch to the
Temps from the Greek capital to-
J ay says:
Although Aviona, in southern j
Albania, on the Adriatic, has been
under occupation by Italian troops
for some months past, the state
ment that Italy is sending addi
tional forces there may readily be
taken to mean that they are in
ended for use in connection with
th allied operations in the Balkans
Julfre chief < all Trench Held
arm es
Paris, Dec. 2.—Gen. Joffree has
been appointed commander-in
chief of all the French armies ex
cept those in North Africa, in
eluding Morocco and dependent
ministry colonies. President Poin
care signed the decree today.
Ptiuxs'y boy Is Deserter
Clement A. Bridge, private in
Troop M, First Cavalry, who was
enlisted October 23, 1914, for sev
en years, is reported to have de
serted from the Letterman Gene
ral Hospital, San Francisco, Cal.,
November 5, 1915. At enlistment
he gave his resilence as 106 South
Walnut street, Punxsutawney, and
the name and address of person to
be notified in case of emergency
as Mrs. Tillie Bridge, of the same
address. lie was horn in Latrobe
and is 22 years old. Sheriff Jer
fries received word Wednesday
morning from the Adjutant Gene
ral that a reward of $5O would be
paid for his capture.
; Histiop Hushes give yocd Lecture
The lecture given by Bishop
Hughes, of San Francisco, at the
Normal school on Tuesday evening
was attended by a good sized aud
| lence and thoroughly enjoyed by
all. The bishop took for his sub
ject "The Development of the
Boy", and traced in a thoroughly
instructive manner the various
stages through which the boy
passes in his progress toward
! manhood.
Bishop Hughes' style is fluent
land magnetic. He held the inter
| est of his audience from beginning
to end. His lecture was especial
ly helpful to prospective teachers
as he understands the needs of
the teacher thoroughly on account
of his long association with edu
cational work as president of De
j Pauw University.
, The bishop is in great demand
' as a speaker at the various schools
and colleges of the country and is
to preach at Columbia University
next Sunday.
Chief Harris is still busy
Chief Keller Harris and Consta
ble Robert Kerr placed under ar
rest Tuesday afternoon William
Arusko of Blaekliek, charged with
assault and battery with intent to
kill. Arusko shot a foreigner with
a rifle three weeks ago and sine; l
that time the officers had been
searching for him but without sue
e s until Tuesday, when they lo
a;o * him at Blaekliek.
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Balkan Campaign Predicted
Reports that Italy would tak©
part in the Balkan campaign have
been current for some time, but
no positive announcement that she
would do so has been made. In
his address before the Italian Par
liament, reported from Rome this
morning, however. Baron Sonnino,
the Italian foreign minister, gav©
what was thought to be an intima
tion that an Italian expedition
would soon be sent to Albania in
his remarks regarding the Italian
flag waving as soon as possible
"from the opposite coast of the
Adriatic to help the Serbians."
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IS ING THROUGH
Quantities of Christmas mail
are already passing through the
Indiana postoffice, according to
Postmaster 11. W. Fee, and the
amount is expected to increase
steadily as the holidays approach.
Special preparations are being
made by the postoffice staff to
meet the expecte d rush for mail,
which includes everything from
picture postcards to man-size par
cel post packages.
The mail is already very heavy
and is becoming a severe task on
the strength and resources of th©
postoffice force. Carriers leave
the oflice almost daily with 90 to
ICO pounds of mail matter, besides
the immense quantities delivered
by other means.
UNION'S ORGAMZIKS
HaVE tit on colver
Colver, Dec. 2.—Several of th©
United Mine Workers' organizers
who were recently located at Kb
ensburg have joined two fellow
workers at Rexis, where they ar©
making an effort either to union
ize Colver or cause the miners to
move elsewhere.
Colver miners have not yet been
organized, but a large number of
them have gone to other coal
towns. There is a large number
of vacant houses here, but officials
of the Ebensburg Coal Company
say operations have not been ham
pered through the loss of men.
dub dag to Insensibility
tn get his mastei's bedy
Kittanning, Pa., Dee. 2—Guard
ing the body of his master, killed
by a train, a fox terrier was club
bed into insensibility by railroad
men before they could remove th©
body of Samuel Crea, a trackwalk
er on the Buffalo and Allegheny
division of the Pennsylvania rail
road, from the tracks near Kit
tanning today.
Last May a friend gave Crea th©
fox terrier, and the dog was hi©
constant companion on his trips
along the railroad. When Ore*
was killed last night the faithful
dog resisted all persuasion to 1 eav©
the body.
8., R. & P. Time Table Changed.
Under the new schedule whicb
became effective Sunday, Novem
ber 28th, on the Buffalo, Roehesr
ler & Pittsburgh railway, the traia
which has been scheduled to leavd
at 5:45 p. m. leaves Indiana at
5:25 for Punxsutawney, arriving
at that station at 7 00 instead of
7:15 p. m., as heretofore. ,
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