THE PATRIOT Published Weekly By THE PATRIOT PUBLISHING COMPANY. Office: No. 15 Carpenter Avenue Marshall Building, INDIANA, PENNA Local Phone 250-Z F. BIAMONTE, Editor and Manager V. ACETI, Italian Editor. Entered as second-class matter September 26, 1914, at the postoffice at Indiana, Pennsylvania, under the Act of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION ONE YEAR . . $l.OO | SIX MONTHS. . $5O The Aim oi the Foreign Language Papers of America TO HELP PRESERVE THE IDEALS AND SACRED TRAD ] HONS OF THIS,' OUR ADOPTED COUNTRY, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; TO REVERE ITS LAWS AND IN SPIRE OTHERS TO OBEY'THEM; To STRIVE UNCEASING LY TO QUICKEN THE PUBLIC'S SENSE OF CIVIC DUTY; V ALL WAYS TO AID IN MAKING THIS COUNTRY GREAT- R AND RKTTER THAN WE FOUND IT. jl: DIT OR 1A L | The Jewish Relief Fund Tho who were in charge of the Jewish Relief Day work in Indiana Thursday, uto be congratulated. Tho who contributed so nobly to the worthy cause are to be com plimented. The tanner in which the citizens of the Buckwheat county respond ed to the r uest of Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh for financial assistance to the Jewi * people of Europe is a credit to the community. Tin light of the Jewish 'people in the war zone can scarcely be pictured. In many localities the horror of their desolation is entirely be yond desci ption. Wo sen and Children are starving. Clothing and food must be had immediate y. Hundreds of the Jewish people in Europe are dying, others will die un < ss financial assistance is rushed to them immediately. Tho mallest contribution is appreciated by those that are in charge of the Relief Fund. "Every little bit helps." In a Roosevelt article the 4 Ts" have it. You can't tell the average man anything about Turk ish atroi it ies. He smoked many a 25c package of 'em. It is hard to convince a school boy that summer vaca tion dayc are longer than winter school days. You would give a lot to have J. D. Rockefeller's millions but Job D. would cheerfully give his millions to have the digestio i or the hair you have, on his coco dome. Tin re exists good reasons for giving the Carranza gov ernment a chance to show its good will andefficiency in pun ishing the murderers. Other courses will not bring the dead pt >ple back to life. It i very kind of Turkey to assume responsibility for the sob; larine that sank the Persia. After Germany and Austria had sidestepped the issue, Bulgaria might have tak en the 1 lame upon herself, but generous Turkey will per mit no e .asions, she sank the steamship. And,of course, she will be >rompt in making reparation. Speedy justice is an other of Turkey's many virtues. The episode is thus in a fair wa; to be cleared up, sometime after the war ends. The Mexican Murder Th United Sr-ates Senate is trying to get all 44 het" up over tli' fact that a squad of Mexican bandits murdered a dozen / ncrioaiis a short while ago. The people of United States (•> not want to see a war with Mexico. However, such m i as William .Randolph Hearst, who owns the New York J< iirnai and other papers in Boston, Chicago, San Francis and other places and who, it is believed secretly owns oi controls a few others, such as the Washington Post is shaking Heaven and Earth in his frantic efforts to drag this cci dry into war with Mexico. Mr. Hearst is owner of thou inde of l res of Mexican land on which he has large cattle r nches. There are others who own oil lands, miner al land - and oilier properties. These people are using every p wer incl tdiug their influence over the U. S. Senate to force our wise mid patriotic president into a needless, useless .ud a rid villous war. However, it is not believed that th< ir efforts- will prevail. President Carranza has only been in office a ew and has restored peace in nearly the ent re natioi . Only one little section of territory ad joining 'he Unit d States. which was formerly dominated by VilL remain in rebellion, and it was here that the 12 or 13 Americans were murdered. President Wilson believ es, and most of "lie Ameiican people believe that in a short while C irranza ill have restored peace in all sections of his don tnion. Once More the Literacy Test From the New York Sun At no time in the nation's history has there been less excuse for a literacy test for immigrants than there is to day. The labor supply is already alarmingly depleted. The prospect of serious shortage is recognized in all parts of the country. The future course of immigration is not known to any man. And yet the effort to exclude honest, competent and industrius men because of the hardship of their youth is revived in the House of Representatives. The argument that illiterate aliens make less worthy citizens than those who can read and write, that they cling more tenaciously to loyalty to the lands of their origin, can not be brought forward. Expeiience has shown that the ability to read and write does not assure adherence to Am erica, comprehension of her ideals or devotion to her inter ests. One stock defense of this false theory has been rend ered obsolete by the incidents of the last year, and cannot be used again to influence the judgment of this generation. Representative Sabath, of Illinois, has succeeded in eliminating the exemptions in favor of Mexicans, Cubans, and Canadians which were part of the original draft of the measure. As it now stands in the committee it provides one rule for all. and thus the objectionable nature of the proposal is made more obvious. The unnecessary, harsh and ill-judged provision is made all inclusive. Mr. Sabath wisely lias forced it to a form in which no exceptions offer shelter to its more timid opponents. Three Presidents have vetoed the literacy test. None has had opportunity to veto it twice. That opportunity may be Mr. Wilson's, if the Sixty-fourth Congress proves as weak as its predecessor; if it comes to him, there should be lie doubt that he will improve it. FOR SALE 0$ INI ADS. 0 Advertisements under this head lc a word each insertion. FOR SALE—Corner lot in Chevy Chase, 65x150, for further informa tion, apply at this office. FOR SALE—Horse, buggy and harness. Inquire August Sund berg. Homer City, Pa. WANTED—Slavish or Polish men, well acquainted in Indiana and mine camps. Can make $25 to $3O per week. Call 15 Carpen ter avenue, Indiana, Pa. FOR SALE—Good automobile, 1914 Vulcan Roadster. A-l run ning condition. Will demonstrate. Sacrifice, $250. Need money. Call or write J. M., care 44 Patriot." 15 Carpenter avenue, Indiana, Pa. WANTED —Carpenters. Will pay according to merits. Inquire at this office. Wanted— Girl for general housework. Small family, no chil dren. Foreign girl preferred. In quire at Patriot office. Wanted —Laborers and ehippers Inquire Boilings & Andrews Con struction Co., Blacklick, Pa. In Half Mourning. "I don't understand you, Linda. One day you're bright and jolly and the next depressed and sad." "Well, I'm in half mourning; that's why."—Fliegende Blatter. Kin and King. Icings in the earliest days were mere ly the "fathers of families," and the word is derived from the same source as "Tela." Every man will get his rights when every man does his duties and not be fore. Gems of Architecture. The three buildings which are eeo sklered the finest examples of ootoot&l architecture in the United States ace the dty halt la New York, the state house la Boston and Independence hall la Philadelphia. Tibetan Panel Coda. The Tibetan penal code is curious. Murder to punished with a fine vary ing according to the importance of the slain, theft by a fine of seven to one hundred times the vahse of the article stolen. Here, again, the fine depends on the social importance of the person from whom the theft has been commit ted. The harborer ef a thief is looked upon as a worse criminal than the thief himself. Ordeals by fire and by boiling water are still nsed as proofs of Innocence or guilt, exactly as was the custom in Europe in the middle ages. And if the lamas never inflict death they re adepts at torture. Kj trade marks and copyright* obtained or no I I fee. Send model, sketches or photos and de- H S scription for FREE SEARCH and report M I on patentability. Hank references. ■ PATENTS BUILD FORTUNES for ■ I you. Our free booklets tell how, what to Invent IE I and save you money. Write today. ID. SWIFT &C9.S PATENT LAWYER®, StWashington, P. C.|| A Stormy Trip. "Good gracious! How in the world did you happen to get lost?" * "Oh, after we had been on the road about five hours we found that the chauffeur was trying to find his way with a weather map."—Puck. wrormug. A perfume of flowers is wafted gent ly from the mountains. The sun Is new risen, and the dew still glistens on the leaves of trees and the petals of flowers. A road like a gray ribbon thrusts into the quiet mountain gorge —a stone paved road which yet looks as soft as velvet, so that one almost has a desire to stroke it. Maxim Gorky. The Human Face. Rosa Bonheur, the great painter of animals, had a system of mnemonics wbVh was exceedingly quaint She ccukl trace in the faces of thoee peo ple who visited her a resemblance to some sort of animal. For instance, if some one reminded her of a certain lady she would probably hesitate for a moment and then say, "Oh, yea, the lady with the camel face!" or, "Oh, I remember—she bad a cow face!" This memory system was not flattering to her friends, but It showed bow satu rated she was with a knowledge of an imals and their characteristics. On ev ery human face she found a to some animal she had studied and de lineated. Four Kinds of People. There are four kinds of people: (a) Those who are grouchy at home and pleasant everywhere else. (b) Those who are pleasant at home and grouchy everywhere else. (c) Those who are pleasant both at home and elsewhere. (d) Those who are grouchy every where. Class (a) are as the sands of the sea. Class (b) are rare. Class ic) are rarer. Class T;.* --, PENNSYLVANIA NEWS IN BRIEF Interesting Items From All Sec tions of the State. CULLED FOB QUICK READING News of All Kinds Gathered From Various Points Throughout the State. A thousand persons have signed re monstrances against Watsontown sa loons. Kicked by a mule, Albert B. Graff, of Lancaster, is in the hospital with a fractured skull. Doylestown council has decided to raise the pay of policemen from $45 to $5O ann nth. Injuries re eived it coasting at Sal ladasburg < '.use . the lc .ih ot Edgar Thomas, aged ten. Train-- c •„ and r or reights fill all si:le'.r-t ks I ; c-a C\ nberlan.l and linger-:own. innroooo iV m < o "V O • incrtvuoC ; . ua - * . *. • A natural gas sh : a i\ lue to th cold snap, paralyzed Washington in dustries, leaving 15,000 Idle. Arthur B. Eaton, of Philadelphia, addressed 200 members of the Royal Arcanum at a banquet in Carlisle. Roy Meisky, twenty-six years old. committed suicide in Lititz by inha'- ing gas during the absence of his fam ily. Altoona is threatened with a coal famine, and a shortage at the mines and the railroad delays are responsi ble. Antonio Augustino was run down and killed by a passenger train on the Pennsylvania railroad at Warritr Ridge. Shipping upon a mine rail as a car passed, at Beaver Meadow, Paul Co lichter lost two fingers under the wheels. Lewis and Fanny Brady, of I Lancas ter, brother and sister, died within four hours of each other from pneu monia. Mrs. L. A. Cahill, thirty-eight years old, fell on an icy pavement in Pitts burgh, breaking her neck. She died shortly after. A crusade against spitting in pub lic places is being waged in Pitts burgh by the police. Many arrests have been made. The new children's department of the Hazleton Public library, the gift of John Markle, was thrown open to public inspection. Columbia council offered $65,000 in bonds hearing four per cent interest and did not receive a bid, as the in terest was too low. Although Jacob Gajeiki, of Hazleton, has no arms, he Is charged by his wife in divorce papers with having fre quently beaten her. While the township school building at Phillipsburg burned. Miss O'Don nell, the teacher, marched the pupils out in perfect order. A speeding locomotive at Lewistown Junction tore a satchel from the back of Scott Doebler, yet spared him, as he Jumped like a wild man. Shortage of natural gas used for heating purposes caused great suffer ing during the cold wave in Pittsburgh and in neighboring towns. Bad housing conditions in the poor er districts are responsible for a high death rate among children, the Harris burg health department reports. Having lain harmlessly imbedded in the flesh ten years, a needle has caused a serious infection in the right foot of F. M. Everhart, of York. After a two weeks' deadlock the Northumberland county commission ers have elected Charles K. Morgan roth, of Shamokin, their solicitor. Miss Carrie Moyer, who gained much fame as a base ball pitcher a few years ago, has resigned as prin cipal of the Mauch Chunk schools. Conductors and motormen of the lines of ttic Southern Pennsy!van : a Traction company at Chester received an increase in wages of ten per cent The governor has granted requi:-i tion for the removal of Robert Burke arrested in Philadelphia as a burglar who escaped from the Colorado peni tentiary. Frederick Holland, a colored preach er, was held In $6OO baJL, in Coates vttle, on charges of conducting a gam bling house and selling liquor without a license. Overcome by gas in Mnsconeteong tunnel, William Niece, of Raston. a Lehigh VaFley engineer, fell aeslns 4 the boiler, suffering burns of the face and hands. Pittsburgh has been forced to r-ay for a new set of teeth to replace t" o*e knocked out cf John Keirler's rr ntb by an insane inmate of Marshs'-ea City home. Western Pennsylvania Demo rats favor the candidacy cf E. J. Lynett, owner of the Scran ton Times, fo- the United States senatorship tooor, r -"-se P. C. Knox. The United States senate confi roed fee nomination of F. W. McFadd n to be postmaster at McKeesport; K, S. Lnnghlin, at Oil City, and P. H. Jher rltr at Belief on te. An alien lat*>rer. Andy Cotvplup, kill ed at the Franklin plant of the Cam bria Steel company, furnished the first fatal accident for which that company must pay compensation. The Punxsutawney Brewing com pany and the Hlk Run Brewing com pany, located at Punxsutawney. have withdrawn their application for li cense In Jefferson county. Mrs. Forrest H. Mitchel has started divorce proceedings, in Easton. on the ground of indignities, against her hus band, who is an officer in the British army, stationed in Flanders. Virtually all Altoona ministers, or ganists, choir singers, janitors and other employes of local churches have been insured in accordance with the workmen's compensation act. Robert Cullen, fourteen years old. son of Alwin Ctillen, of Beaver, was accidentally killed with his shotgun while hunting. The charge of shot tore away one side of his head. William E. Tubbs. of Bloomsburg, has instituted action against Berwick borough, asking $25,000 damages for injuries sustained in a runaway caus ed by neglect to repair streets. The government employment office in Pittsburgh has jobs for 4000 men. Miners, lathe hands, furnace workers and all-around machine hands princi pally arc wanted. None is to be had. Rev. John J. McMahon, curate of St. Patrick's church, in M'Adoo, has received word from England that his younger brother, an officer in the Brit ish army, Ims been killed in Flanders. The Joseph Seep Purchasing agency, in Oil City, purchasers for Standard Oil companies, annoum e- that the price for "gathering" oil has advanced to twenty to twenty-five cents per b ■ rrel Joseph Tlorron. of Monongahela, head of the banking house of Alexan der & Co., there, has announced as a candidate for delegate to the Republi can national convention in Chicago next June. Announcing himself as a third-term candidate for the state lesri°lature on the Republican ticket from the Hazle ton district. Representative Willi m L. Adams, of Beaver Brook, comes oat for local option. Colonel James IJ. Bigger, ranking officer of the Eighteenth regiment, N. G. P., after thirty-one years' continu ous service, will he retired at his own request on February 1, with the rank of brigadier general. Dr. F. B. Brobst, president of the Taxpayers' League, in Reading, has stopped the pay of William A 1 bitt WJtman, councilman, on the ground that Witman's election expense ac count is incomplete. For two years there has been a de ficit in conducting the University Ex tension course at Doylestown and now it is announced that if the course is not supported, this will be the last year it will be given there. The auditor general's department proposes to stand pat on the new escheat law and to require a/11 com panies, firms or persons coming under its operations to file reports by Feb ruary 1 or to face prosecution. Attorney R. W. Knox, of Washing ton, has announced as a candidate for delegate to the Democratic national convention from the Twenty-fourth Pennsylvania district to be voted for at the spring primary, May 16. The Allegheny county commission ershave protested to Secretary of War Glrrison against the raising of the present bridges over the Allegheny river, declaring thta it would involve an expenditure of millions of dollars. Fire destroyed a building occupied by the Allegheny Supply company, the Dr. Guy Knight drug store and office, and the office of Dr. J. W. Hamm r nd, a dentist, at Kaylor, eight miles from Chicora, entailing a loss estimated at $BOOO. John Gyzack, of West Hazleton, has confessed that he stole a trunk with $3OO in money and $2OO in jewelry, etc., from the home of Ludwig Neu berg, thinking that as the bad burned the theft would never be de tected. A contract was let to the Rogers Construction company, of Corrv, for the enlargement of the Titusv I e Forge company, now owned b tho Bethlehem Steel company. Tho im provements will cost $300,000 and will double the plant's capacity. The question of abolishing the pres ent "business" council of nine in Pitts burg,* and providing for the election of one councilman from each of the twenty-seven wards is being strongly agitated and will be an issue at the next session of the legislature. John nineteen years old, a coke worker of Mount Sterling, near Uniontown, was arrested, charged w th the murder of A. M. Wilson, sixty years old, of Mount Sterling, who d'ed on a street car en route to a hospital. Wilson's skull was crushed by the heel of a boot. Copies of the opinion of Attorney General Francis Shank Brown, clari fying the child labor law cm points which had been raised with the slate educational authorities have been 1b sued by the bureau of vocational e u cation for the government of empl y ers and school officials. Judge Ryan has decided that r ad supervisors may not charge for the use of their own teams in road w rk. and dismissed the appeals of Willi m C. Becker, Robert Johnson and J K Cornell from the report of the audi - ors of Southampton surcharging t e supervisors with the amount of thel" claims. C%al valuations In Fayette conn v have been Increased $5O an acre bv the county commissioners, who cc-- tend that coal is more valuable to* than ever before. The Connel'svi vein, consisting of about 13,000 a has leen adr*>-eel from $650 t r * an arre: an r ? Pittsburgh vein 000 acres from $55" to $6OO. C-LI UOMINI D'AFFARI D'OGGI Pagano buon salario ai loro datillografi, contabili edl assisten ti di ufficio, ma loro debbon essere competenti. Nella nostra scuola si da' istruzione individuale tutti i giorni e quando il graduato e' competente riceverà' un buon sa lario. Corso completo in Inglese tutti i rami commerciali. Catalogo gra tis dietro richiesta. 60—Piano—Lincoln Bldg. Telefoni—Bell 269. J. City 1352. Johnstown, Pa.