WE DO FINE BOOK and JOB PRINTING TRY US! VOLUME III —No. 18 Ex-County Officials Are Surcharged by Auditors Charge That Former Commissionerà of This County Were Overpaid —An Appeal is Taken in Case. The county auditors in their annual report made public Wed nesday, surcharge E. M. Ansley, of Chambersville, and John Ben nett, of Blairsville, former mem- | bers of the board of county com missioners, $330 each on the grounds that they were overpaid that amount. J. M. Wakefield, the other member of the board, who received the same amount as Ansley and Bennett, has re turned $330 to the county. By a recent act of the legisla ture the salaries of county com missioners who serve as poor di rectors in counties of specified population were increadfed to sl,- 800. Indiana county comes un der the provisions of the act and the board of county commission ers took advantage of the in crease, which amounted to $330 each, from the time the act went into effect until the expiration of Adrian Miners Back to Work Ali Locala Have Now Receiv ed Officiai Notice of the New Scale. The miners employed in the Adrian operation of the R. & P. Coal and Iron Company returned to ,work yesterday. Three of the mines of this company that have been idle for several days have now resumed operation and it is expected that the differ ences existing at the other plants will sjiortly be adjusted. Vice President Charles O'Neil of the United Mine Workers, dis trict No. 2, states that every miners' locai in the centrai Penn sylvania field has received the officiai endorsement of the re cently signed scale agreement. Scale Meets With Approvai "I have heard from a number of districts," said Mr. O'neil, "and it sems to meet with gen eral apporval. "In March, instructions were given the rnen to continue at work until Aprii 20 at least. In some localities, we understand, the men have discontinued work." "Was it the idea that they should cease their labors Aprii 20?" Mr. O'Neil was asked. "Here and there," said Mr. O'- Neil, "miners are out because of locai conditions, but the great majority of men are at work and will continue at work. The March notice instructed them to remain at their posts until or dered out by the union heads. Needless to say, we have not or dered them out. I expect to see the recently signed agreemnt ratified by a large vote, as let ters received by the locals con tained our endorsement of the agreement." HOMER CITY COUPLE MARRY HOMER CITY, Aprii tin S. Byers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Byers and Miss Ethel C. Dick, of Homer City, were married in the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Dick, on Monday, Aprii 24. The ceremony was perform ed by the Rev. D. A. Magill. The couple will live in Homer City. Mr. Byers being a chemist by trade. THE PA TRIOT their terms. The auditors in turn surcharg ed them for the amount on the ground that an act to increase the salaries of constitutional officers in power. The commis sioners and their legai advisors declare that the office of poor director is not a constitutional office, but an elective one, and that they are therefore entitled to the increase. The mater will be appealed to the locai court for decision in the near future. A similar condition presented itself four years ago when a board of commissioners, of which the present commission er, J. M. Marshall, was a mem ber, was surcharged for overpay in salary. The case was appealed to Judge S. J. Telford, who allowed the increase on the grounds that poor director is not a constitu tional office. Town News Pension Bureau Delayed Owing to the illness of Gov. Martin G. Brumbaugh, it is likely that this county will have to postpone its establishment of a mothers' pension bureau. The governor has not as yet appoint ed the county pension board. The Shick Printing Co.—Mr. James Shick, who for many years has been employed by Henry Hall, the printer and stationer, has opened up a shop of his own in the White Build ing. He has a very modera equipment and according to his smile, Mr. Shick is doing weU. We wish the new printing company success. Candidates File Papers— Among those filing nomination papers at Harrisburg last week were, for Assembly, M. C. Wat son and Wilmer H. Wood, Repub lican; John A. Remaley, Demo crat, and J. S. Kirkwood, Prohi bitionist. Improving —The many friends of Sheriff J. C. McGregor will be pleased to learn that he is slowly on the mend. We hope when the weather gets balmy to see Mr. McGregor's smiling countenance again on our busy streets. Veteran Dead—William Hen ry Ruffner, aged 69 years, a vet eran of the Civil War and a resi dent of Indiana county for many years, died at his home on S. Third Street Saturday evening, Aprii 22, at 5 o'clock. Death Death was due to cancer, he hav ing been a patient sufferer for nearly a year. New Truck A new Buick truck has been purchased and is now in service for the locai establishment of the Lauder bach-Barber Company. The truck has a capacity of a ton and a half and is an efficient look ing affair. List of Letters —Remaining uncalled for in the Indiana office Aprii 22, 1916: F.H.Barber, Fred Berry, Mrs. H. C. Bloomer, Miss June Cum mins, Prof. Frank Drew, F. B. Eastborne, Miss Elizabeth Kin ter, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Law rence, Mrs. Harry Little,Mr. Continued on page 4. INDIANA, PA. SATURDAY, APRIL 29. 1916 <1 » * « 1 COPVRIGHT UNDERWOÓO A UNDERWOOD. H. v U. S. MOUNTAIN BATTERY, PART OF, PUNITIVE EXPEDITION SENT AFTER BANDIT VILLA. The type of Mountain Battery whieh is part of the Punitive Expedition into Mexico, in an effort to get Villa, dead or alive, and to wipe out his inaurading bands of followers. These men. seasoned campaigners many of them, veterana of Indian campaigns are familiar with the kind of war waged by Villa in his fight against extermination. Martial Law Declared Throughout Ireland Warships Traili Guns on Dublin As Re volt Grips Entire Is land Rebels HoJd Sway ir\,Capital and Menace Gov ernment Property —Machine Guns Mounted on the Roofs to Quell Ali the Attacks of the Ricters. London, Apr. 28 —Martial law jhas been declared in ali Ireland. Fighting is going on in the streets of Dublin, and it is ru mored that many persons have been killed and wounded. British warships are anchor ed in Dublin bay, opposite the city, and have their guns train ed on the city ready for instant use. That the rebels had sacked parts of Dublin, but that the banks were in no immediate danger of being looted, was ad mitted by Premier Asquith. Ali government and financial property in the capital is said to be guarded by troops and ma chine guns have been mounted on the roofs of many buildings ready for instant use should the occasion demand. Premier Asquith told the house the Irish situation stili presented serious features to day* and that there were tions of a spread of the move ment to other parts of Ireland, especially in the west. The premier said there would be a searching investigation in to the cause of and responsibil- NO CHANGE IN THE MINING SITUATION IN DISTRICT There is no change in the min j ing situation in this region to day. The Walston, Eleanora, Florence, Lucerne and Ernest mines are stili idle, but the pros pects of a resumption at the majority of these mines within the week is highly probable. Neither the operators nor the miners anticipate a prolonged shutdown at any of the mines. FEDERAL BUILDING FOR INDIANA SOON A new federai building is to be erected in Indiana in the near future. The government officials have been looking over the locai situation and are satisfied that the present postoffice is over crowded. It is expected that the contract for a modera structure will be awarded in the near fu ture. LUCINSBORO ORGANIZED SUNDAY SCHOOL APRIL 23. HOMER CITY, Aprii 27—Lu cinsboro, the new town near here, celebrated Easter by or- ity for the outbreak. He added that it was obviously necessary to exercise military censorship while martial law prevailed in Ireland. Sir Edward Carson and John Redmond, who were the leaders of the opposing factions in the Jrish home rule controversy, ex pressed in the house of commons their abhorrence of the uprising and their desire to support the government. The uremier announced that Maj. Gen. Sir John Maxwell, wjio formerly commanded the British forces in E?ypt, was leaving this afternoon for I/e land. The general been given plenary powers, under martial law, over the whole country. 1 The troops in Ireland have been and are being strongly reinforced, Mr. Asquith added, and the government was satis ; fied the force dispatched was , adequate to deal with the situa tion. | The Irish authorities will , place themselves at the disposai of Maj. Gen. Maxwell to carry out his instructions. ganizing a Sunday school. Ser vices were held in the first-aid rooms with 42 persons present. The following officers were elect ed : Superintendent, W. K. Ray ; Assistant, Bert Fisher; Secre tary, William White; Treasurer, Thomas White. Services will be held every Sunday at 2:30 o'- clock. INDIANA CHILD ALMOST STRANGLED BY PENNY A pennv almost caused the death of Virginia Kelly Stewart, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Stewart, of Indiana, Tues day. The penny lodged in the child's windpipe. Wallace Cun ningham, a painter working in the house, dislodged the coin by holding the child up by its feet and striking it violently on the back. FOR SALE - House that cost 12, 200; 10 rooms and suu parlor, 8x24 feet. lot 50x170: well-water pipe in house; half of house reuted ats7 per month. Price SI3OO. Inquire of JohD McConnell, Farmers Bank Bldg. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE PATRIOT FLORENCE HASINGER SHEA DEAD. Mrs, Florence Hasinger, Shea, wife of C. J. Shea, of Wilkes Barre, and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Clement Hasinger, of School Street, died in the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Balti more, Md., last Sunday night.. She leaves her husband; two children, James and Mary Louise Shea. SAXMAN QUITS THE EBENSBURG COAL CO. COLVER Aprii 27—E. F. Sax man of Philadelphia, for some time vice president and general manager of the Ebensburg Coal Co. at Colver, has resigned his pos'tion. Mr. Saxman has been a coal operator in this state for a number of years. PROBE ROBINDALE DISASTER, MAY 9 Coroner H. B. Buterbaugh, of Indiana county, has selected May 9 as the date for the in quest into the disaster which caused the death of eight men in the Robindale mine of the Cone maugh Smokeless Coal Co. The inquest will be held at Indiana, the coroner announced. Mine inspectors, mine officials, miners and others connected with the Robindale disaster will testify at the hearing. The case is attracting the attention of mining men from ali pars of the country. Almost a month ago the ex plosion occurred in the Robin dale mine. Eight men lost their : lives. Seven bodies were re moved some hours after the dis aster. The mine fìlled up with water and it was found impos sible to recover the eighth body, that of Thomas Hoover. After more than a score of days the water was drained from the mine and the dismem bered body of the workman re covered Friday evening. Mining men have advanced the theory that gas was ignited by the use of open lamps by the miners. CAN MAKE MOTOR DO WORK OF GASOLINE ELMIRA, N. Y. Aprii 27 Edward Lewis, a locai inventor, says he can make a motor per forai the same function as gaso line with one ounce of sulphuric acid to each gallon of water. CIRCULATION BOOKS OPEN TO ALL ADYERTIBKRS FIYK CKNTS More Plants Are Closed in Pittsbu£h Other Works of the Westing house Company Now Prac tically Idle, tlie Sliadyside and Twenty-Eighth Si reet Mills Being Shut Down. The Westinghouse strikers to day had succeeded in closing ali the plants of the Westinghouse company. Inability to operate its plants was admitted by the company to day when it closed the Shadvside plant of the Westinghouse Elec tric and Manufacturing com pany, employing 1,500 mechan ics. There was no disorder, the men finding notices posted that the plant had been closed and returning to their homes. The company also closed the plant at Twenty-eighth Street and the Allegheny Valley rail road. Superintendent J. E. Bar iceli said nearly 450 men were employed there. James O'Connell, president of the metal trades department of the American Federation of La bor, left Washington, D. C., for the scene of the big Westing house strike and he is expected in Pittsburgh some time thia afternoon. Mr. O'Connell is coming here to look over the strike situa tion and make a report on it to William B. Wilson, secretary of labor in President Wilson's cab inet. Patrick Gilday, state med lator for Pennsylvania, today is en deavoring to arrange a coufer ence between the employerc and the employes, and come to some sort of understanding bet veen them. Big mass meetings were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at Swissvale, Turtle Creek, Wil merding and East Pittsburgh, when men were selected to nake up the general strike commi ttee. Peace reigned in the Turtle Creek valley strike zone today, and the streets practically were deserted. Pickets were station ed at the various plants, but they had little or nothing to do. Only at the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacuring plant in East Pittsburgh did any employes show up for work, but the strikers declared most of them were office employes. Ten pickets were on duty at the bridge, but they did not sto ) any of the men entering the plant. At the airbrake plant in Wil merding and the Switch Sig nal plant at Swissvale, the plants were closed, and no workm<n en tered save enginers for the boil er houses and trains. It Ì3 ne cessary to keep the boile s of the plants in operation and nany cars in the yards must be mov ed. Last Warning to Owners of Doga There remains but three days after today in which dog tax may be paid. If you wish to save your dog from the execu tioner, who will appear on May 1 or soon thereafter, you had better attend to this now. Licen ses may be had of your assessor at the commissioners' office. The constable who kills the dogs will have no authority to issue Jicen ses. DO NOT PROCRASTI NATE! Get busyì County Indiana, Pa., Aprii 26, 1916. Best stores advertise in Tke Patriot.
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