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VOLUME III —No. 7
Secretary Garrison Has
Resigned From Cabinet
War Department Head Resents Abandon
ment of Continental Army
ASSISTANT ALSO QUITS HIS JOB
Washington, Feb. 10—Lindley
M. Garrison, Secretary of War, to
day tendered his resignation to
President Wilson and it was ac
cepted. Refusal of the President
to insist upon acceptance of the
continental army plan generally
opposed in Congress, and Mr. Gar
rison's disapproval of the Philip
pine independence bill as it pass
ed the Senate are understood to
have been responsible for his deci
sion to quit the cabinet.
The resignation of Henry C.
Breckinridge, Assistant Secretary
cf War, was also announced at the
White House tonight at 8 o'clock,
when it was officially announced
that Secretary Garrison's resigna
tion had been accepted by the
President.
The President took the position
that he could not dictate details
of an army plan to Congress. He
conferred today with Republican
members of the House Military
Committee, who informed him that
Democrats and Republicans alike
on the committee were opposed to
the continental army scheme and
BLAIRSVILLE MINERS
GET A WAGE INCREASE
Blairsville, Feb. 11 —Men em
ployed in the Armerford Coal Min
ing Co. will receive an increase in
wage. Notice has gone in effect
(Feb. 1), it has been announced by
D. E. Thompson, president of the
operations. Several hundred men
will be affected.
Man Was Run Over By Car
Was Lying on Track and Was Completely
Covered with Snow
Graceton, Pa., Feb. 12 —George
Kondoly, aged 24 years, of Grace
ton, was run over by a northbound
car and instantly killed here Wed
nesday. Kondoly, who had been
in an intoxicated condition, had
lain down on the tracks. The hea
vy snowfall of Tuesday evening
had covered him.' Motorman M.
O. Steele saw the obstruction, but
thought it was a snowdrift, and
MORE HOUSES FOR THE
MINERS IN BLACKLICK
More houses are needed in
Blacklick and if present plans do
not fail the Atlantic Coal Co. will
erect a large number of dwellings
there next spring.
Since the labor troubles are ov
er and the miners have been
granted an increase in wages more
families are removing into town.
With the prospects of this field
being mined more extensively this
year there are prospects that the
population will be doubled before
tiie summer is over.
Monthly Hospital Report.
Miss Sarah Morgart makes the
following report for the month of
January at the Indiana hospital:
Patients admitted, 61.
Births, 1.
Deaths, 5.
Treated, 99.
Discharged, 58.
Charity, 8.
Greatest number treated in any
THE PA TRIOT
that it had no chance of being ap-
proved. Secretary Garrison would
not admit that there properly
could be modifications on the plan
Favors Continental Army
President Wilson has supported
the continental army scheme and
continues to believe that it is the
best plan for strengthening the
army. He has made it plain, how
ever, in speeches and in talks with
Congressional leaders that the
main thing is to get a large re
serve for the United States army,
and that the details must be work
ed out through "common counsel"
The President and Secretary
Garrison have been close personal
friends since the administration
came together and have stood to
gether on practically every ques
tion.
Secretary Garrison has been a
leading figure in President Wil
son's official family ever since the
administration began. To his urg
ing has been ascribed in part Mr.
Wilson's determination to carry to
the country his plea for adequate
national defense.
Will He Be a Candidate?
It is rumored that Attorney W.
B. Adams, of Punxsutawney, will
soon announce his candidacy for
the Republican nomination for the
office of State Senator in the Jef
ferson-Indiana district. Mr. Adams
will be a very formidable candi
date if he decides to enter the race
—Brookville Republican.
immediately put in operation the
air brake. Before the car could
be stopped it ran over the man.
County Coroner H. B. Buter
baugh conducted the inquest and
said that the man's death was due
to accidental means and exonerat
ed the Indiana Street Railways
Co. from blame.
Funeral services were held in
Indiana Thursday afternoon.
ne day, 40.
Operations. 30.
Patients in hospital today. 46.
Many cases had to be refused at
the hospital last month on account,
of crowded conditions.
SON ARRIVED HALF HOUR
. AFTER HIS MOTHER DIED
The funeral of Mrs. Henrietta
Williams, who died Tuesday at
tne home of her son. Bert Wil
liams. of Punxsutawney, took
place there Thursday morning.
Mrs. Williams spent practically
all her entire life in Indiana coun
ty. The day after Christmas Mr.
Williams came to Indiana and took
his mother to his home.. She was
taken ill a short time later and
had been sinking rapidly. A son.
Alex Williams, formerly of Punx
sutawney, who was summoned
from San Diego, Cal., arrived just
half an hour after his mother died.
Best stores advertise in The
Patriot.
INDIANA, PA. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1916
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LUSITANIA ADJUSTMENT NEWS
German Reply Satisfactory
in Substance
Washington, D. C., Feb. 10.
Germany's latest proposal in the
Lusitania case having proved, in
substance, satisfactory to the Un
ited States, final settlement of the
controversy is expected within a
few days.
Some alterations, however, in
the form of the agreement, regard
ed as minor ones, are to be made
to meet the wishes of the Ameri
can government and involve the
dispatch of the proposal again to
the Berlin Foreign Office. One of
the changes, it is stated, authori
tatively, is that the communication
shall specifically include the state
ment. that it was in answer to the
last American note.
The changes were suggested to
Count von Bernstorff, the Germau
Ambassador, by Secretary Lans
ing, yesterday, after President
Wilson and his Cabinet had gone
over the latest proposal of Ger
many. The Ambassador immedi
ately afterward submitted the
whole matter by cable to the Ber
lin government for final approval.
It is expected that a reply will be
forthcoming in about six days.
In Teutonic diplomatic circles
the belief is expressed that the
proposed changes will be accepted
by the Berlin Foreign Office.
One of the changes in the Lusi
tania agreement suggested by Sec
retary Lansing to Count von Bern
storff is the substitution of the
Mords "recognizes liability" for
the words "assumes liability."
which were employed in the tenta
FOUR HELD FOR COURT
Out of eight foreigners who
were arrested by Constable Kun
kle, of Creekside, on a charge of
selling liquor without a license. 4
were held for the March term of
court.
tive draft.
It is understood that upon this
change and, others described also
as minor is based the expressed
view of high officials that the two
governments are "substantially in
accord," although not wholly so.
No new difficulty is expected
here from the change of words. It
is felt that Germany could not or
would not assume a liability which
she would not recognize. It is not
believed here that Berlin officials
will hesitate to accept the sugges
tion.
It was not disclosed just when
American officials determined that
the recognition instead of the as-
sumption of liability was more to
be desired. . The understanding,
based upon authentic information,
had been that the assumption of
Lability was contained in the ten
tative proposal which had embod
ied in it all the wording the Unit
ed States desired and in which the
German government substituted a
phrase for the word ''illegal."
From one quarter came the sug
gestion that the word "recogniz
es" makes clearer the meaning the
German government desires to
convey. It has not been suggested
it was said, that either the word il
legal or legal be employed in the
formal communication, the under
standing being that the Berlin of
ficials are particularly undesirous
of" using either, at the same time
wishing to have the viewpoints of
the two governments concerned in
harmonv.
BURNS PROVE FATAL
Mrs. Anna P. Taylor, who was
burned about the body early last
week, died Saturday afternoon
noon and the body was buried on
Monday. Mrs. Taylor came to In
diana from Johnstown about 12
* years ago.
Germany And Austria To Treat
i The Armored Boats As Warships
Schools and Banks Will Celebrate
Lincoln's Birthday
Owing to Lincoln's birthday
coming on Saturday this year, the
exercises at the schools were held
yesterday. All Banks will be clos
today in honor of the great patriot
G. A. R. INSTALLATION
The installation of officers of
Post 28, G. A. R., held in the court
house Saturday evening, was an
event of special interest to Indi
ana people and the big court room
was filled with friends of the vet
erans. The officers were duly in
stalled by State Commander
Gramlich. of Philadelphia. The of
ficers were: Commander, Harry
White; senior vice commander, J.
M. Imbrie; junior vice command
er. Wm. A. St. Clair; chaplain. W.
J. Wilson; quartermaster, E. M.
Lydick; adjutant, John 11. Hill
The principal address of the ev
ening was given by Erasmus Wil
son, of Pittsburg, the "Quiet Ob
server" of the Gazette Times. Sev
eral other visiting veterans made
short addresses. It was an excel
lent meeting.
YOUNG MAN
KILLS SELF
Leaves Note to Parents Asking for
Nice Funeral
David Wagner, aged 18, son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Wagner, 1113
Twelfth street McKees Rocks,
shot himself while in his home last
night and died shortly afterward.
He left a note to his mother and
father, which read:
Good-bye I have had enough of
life. Excuse me, I cannot live any
longer. My last wish is a nice fu
neral from the house.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
At the meeting of the Indiana
County Branch of the Wild Life
League of Pennsylvania, held in
the court house on Monday even
ing the following officers were
chosen for the ensuing year: Pres
ident, W. N. Liggett, of town; vice
president, Rev. J. T. Davis, Blairs
ville; secretary, J. R. Richards, of
town; treasurer, Jno. M. Carson,
of Homer City. C. M. Lingle, of
Graceton, was /udorsed for the ap
pointment as a member of the
State Game Commission.
Pennsylvania Inventors
The following patents were just
i issued to Pennsylvania clients re
ported by D. Swift and Co., Pat
ent Lawyers, Washington, D. C..
| who will furnish copies of any pat
ent for ten cents apiece to our
reads: U. Wedge, treating metal
lic sulfide, etc.;, L. V. Thayer
Jamestown, potato digger; Ed
ward Reukeuf, Allentown, cabi
net (sold); R. J. Pechko, York,
precious metal alloy; V. 11. Palm.
Butler, combine gas and air en
gine; Henry Hess. Easton, vehicle
fifth wheel (sold); Chas. M. Ileet
ers. Butler, making well tools
isold ) ; E. J. Iledden, Bala, retain
ing and reinforcing device for
piaster board and stucco construc
tion; Wm. M. Fawcett, Erie, loco
motive and tender (sold); Jas. S. I
Fraser, Charleroi, controlling ap-;
paratus for metal flowing fromj
blast furnaces; Harry X. At
wood. Reading, vapor producing
and distributing apparatus.
I can furnish you men for outside
work. Inquire of Joe Mel ley, or at
this office.
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Washington, Pa., Feb. 10—Ger
many and Austria through their
embassies here have notified the
United States of their intention tq
treat armed merchantmen as war
ships after March 1. That date was
fixed to give the Entente allies
time to signify their intention to
ward the recent note of the United
States proposing the disarmament
of all merchantment.
The notification of the German
ic powers while delivered orally
was formal and it was said that
because of difficulties of communi
cation with the United States, for
mal notice in writing will be de
livered to the American embassies
in Vienna and Berlin.
Disarmament Suggested
The United States recently pro
posed to all the belligerents that
the development of submarine
warfare had made it desirable for
all to agree that merchant ships
dismounting even the small cali
ber guns which they have hereto
fore been permitted to carry in de
fense.
The memorandum went forward
by mail about two weeks ago and
no replies were expected inside of
six weeks. The proposal was bas
ed on the theory that no merchant
ships of the Germanic powers and
none of their destroy
ers except submarines were at sea.
M. C. Watson
Announces
Candidacy
In Letter Prominent Indiana Man
Sets forth Claims to Repub- *
lican Nomination
In a letter printed elsewhere in
today's issue Hon. M. C. Watson,
of Indiana, announces his candi
dacy for the Republican nomina
tion for State Senator. Mr. Watson
sets forth that he was instrumen
tal in securing the two-term alter
nating rule between Indiana and
Jefferson counties, which was rat
ified by the county committees of
both counties, and then stepped
aside for the sake of harmony in
the interest of another candidate;
that eight years later he did the
same thing and that now he thinks
it is about his time.
Mr. Watson is well known to
the people of this senatorial dis
trict, having figured largely in po
litics in Indiana county, serving
three terms in the legislature and
being widely known as an attor
ney. He is a man of undoubted
ability and has always had large
political following in Indiana
county.—Punxsutawney Spirit.
Advertised Letters.
Remaining uncalled for in the In
diana office February 5, 1916:
Mr. B. 11. Bennet, Miss Ruth
Byers, Mrs. Samuel Ilenry, Mrs.
William Patterson. Mr. I). R. Por
ter. Miss Ruth Randal, Mrs. Hen
ry E. Reed, Mrs. Bertha Work,
Andy Karabin, Andy Karabin.
Jan Papczia.
When inquiring for letters in
this list please state that they
were advertised, giving date.
HARRY W. FEE, P. M.
99 Apply for Citizenship Papers.
Naturalization court was held
here last Wednesday, when 99 men
of foreign birth made application
for the papers through which they
can become full fledged citizens of
the United States.
United States Inspector Graff re
fused 20 of the applications.
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