WE DO FINE BOOK and JOB PRINTIN TRY US! VOLUME III —No. 19 German Reply to U. S. May Now Mean Break Conditions Named in Answer to Submar ine Question Cause Alarm BERLIN, May s—Germany's reply to the United States in subitanee sums up the enti re controveisy in the question: "Ts the United States government wilJing to goto war with Germany over secret Britisli admiralty orders issued to mer chantmen —orders which are in direct contravention of in ternatiorial law?" . WASHINGTON, May 4.—Germany's reply to the de mand of the United States for immediate abandonment of prese nt metliods of submarine warfare,delivered to Ambas sador Gerard today, was awaited by otiicials of the Washing ton government toniglit with expectant tension. They were without any definitive idea of what the comunication contained. A brief message from Ambassador Gerard as well as press reports, however, had created the impression tliat the imperiai government would propese conditions which the United States could not accept. It was reiterated that President Wilson stood unalterably bv the position declared in the note to Germany—that the abandonment of present submarine methods must be declar ed and effected immediately, or the United States must sev er diplomatic relations. This demand was designed to per mit of no argument, and high officials repeatedly liave as serted that anything short of a literal complince would be followed by a diplomatic rupture. WESTINGHOUSE TO BUILD NEAR PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia, May 3 The Westinghouse Electric Company of Pittsburgh, it is reported on good authority, shortly will build a $1,000,000 plant on Pet ty's Island, in the Delaware op posite Cramp's shipyard. The island, which comprises abofyt 350 acres and is a part of Pensauken Township, Camden County, has been sold by David E. Dallam, who took it over by foreclosure about a year ago, to A. M. Zane, who is said to re present the Westinghouse Co. Before title passed about $20,- 000 in unpaid taxes on the ground was paid. Several years' arrears on the mortgages on the property were also discharg ed, the whole cost of the ground being, it is said, somewhat in excess of SIOO,OOO. STRIKE AT BLAIRSVILLE. Blairsville, May 4—The strike at the Columbia Piate Glass Works was short-lived. The workmen walked out on Tues day and returned to work the following morning. Their dif ferences with the company man agement were speedily settled with out any trouble. COAL PLANTS IN FOUR TOWNS ARE CLOSED Owing to labor troubles, the plants of the Jefferson and Clearfield Coal and Iron Co. al Ernest, Fulton Run, Lucerne and Mclntyre have been closed down. The operators held a con ference Monday night and it Is not known when the plants will te reopened. Fiiropean Peace Not Near, American Ambassador Says WASHINGTON, May 4. Tho mas Nelson Page, American Ambas t Sri* 'or to Italy, who saw President "W .'son today, said he saw no iin me di te prospect for peace in Europe, b■>' biheved that when peace carne it v uld be suddenly, just as the war va» begun. "Indiana Wants You"to Help Make Its Jubilee Great and Grand During the Big Week, June 19 to 24 J. C. MCGREGOR IS DEAD. James C. McGregor, a prominent resident of this place, died last Saturday evening at 4:30 p. m. Mr. McGregor was well known throughout this county and many of his friends will regret to learn of his death. For 20 .years he was a pure food inspect pr, and also held many responsi ve county positions, being sher iff for a term. He was a con scientious officiai and held the ,regard of practically every resi dent of Indiana as well as other sections. He was aged 75 years. 1,500,000 BRITISH IN FRENCH TERRITORY PARIS, May 4—England has landed in France, according to expert calculations, no less than 1,500,000 men. This tremen dous army, composed mostly of volunteers, occupies the line from the North Sea to Soissons, with the exception of the terri torv inundated by the Yser that is now being held by the Bel gian army. INDIANA COUNTY WAR . VETERAN DIES IN DUBOIS J. A. Johnson, for many years a merchant of Dußois, died Sat urday of pneumonia. He was bora and reared in Center town ship, this county. Mr. Johnson was a member of Co. D. Twent ieth regiment,Pennsylvania Vol unteer infantry. List of Letters Remaining uncalled for in the Indiana office Aprii 29, 1916: Antoni Angello, Mr. Alex Bad ner, M&ss Bernice C. Brown, Signor Onafria Ferano, Mr. Her bert Gressley, Mrs. James Han na, Mr. W.M. Lawson, Mrs.Wan nah Lewis, Signor Vincenzo Majzetti, Andrew Mezak, Claude C. Neville, Ebbie C. Roy, Mr. Oliver Ray, Mrs. Ida Renz, Richardson and Willis, Mr. I. C. Shaw, Frank Sweezley, Wm. Sherp, Dal Pellegrino. When inquiring for letters In this list please state that they were adverised, giving date. Harry W. Fee, P. M. MI'JTJA GUARDS PLAMT FROM STRIKERS Militia of the New York National Guard crossing a bridge at Hastings-on-Hudson to enter and guard the plant o£ the National Conduit and Cable company, beeause of the fight between the strikers, former employees at the plant, and the directors, who refuse to advance the wages of the men. BACK TO WORK IS THE SLOGAN ADOPTED BY PITTSBURGH MEN That thousands of Westingliouse strikers were anxious to return to workassoon as possible was apparent in a very peaceful demoustration last night wlien the men marched thr< ugli the streets of East Pittsburgh sing ing, < 'Back to Work Monday. in stead of their previous cry, i: We want eight hours." The demonstr;it:ou <D followed another step toward si ttle ment of differences. GYPSIES USE AUTOS Gypsies camping near this place have discarded their horses and are using three large tour ing cars in which to travel. Che locai authorities have ordered them to move out of the coun try, because of numerous petty thefts reported in the vicinity. TROOPER HURT BY HORSE STUMBLING, Altoona, Pa., May 4—Elmer H. Milligan, aged 26 years of Altoona, is not with the Sheri dan troop, on strike duty at Braddock, owing to an accident which befell him while report ing to the armory at Tyrone, when his mount stumbled and Milligan was pitched over its head, suffering internai injuries and a rupture. He is confìned to his home here. DUNSMORE RESIGNS AS SUPERINTENDENT CLYMER, May 4-W.D.Duns more, one of the best known coal authoritiies of Indiana Co., has resigned as superintendent of the Russe! Coai Co. He wiiì locate in Patton. Mr. Dunsmore is succeeded here by Charles Severa, formerly of Heilwood. PENNSYLVANIA INVENT'RS The following patents were just issued to Pennsylvania clients, reported by D. Swift and Co., Patent Lawyers, Wash ington, D. C., who will furnish copies of any patent for ten cents apiece to our readers. W. H. Adams, Jeannette, ma chane for manufacturing ex-. panded metal; J. Badlat, Archi bald, emergency clamp for ve hicle-springs : J. J. Barry, butter j derailer; S. H. Carbis, Freeport, water-motor; E. M. Deal, Alien-j , town, resilient-wheel, sold ; H. L. Falk, Titusville, gas-iron, sold; E. E. Greve, Warren, casing ele vator, sold; R. W. Griswold, Erie„ hot-plate, sold; W. I. Hal deman, Pine Grò ve, chickencoop. INDIANA, FA. SATCRDAY, MAY H. 1916 AUSTRIAN TOWN IS DgSTROYED BY ITALIANS ROME, May 4—The officiai communication issued today says: On the Garda-Brenta front there has been intense artillery activity in the mountainous zone of Loppio. Our artillery, reply ing to the incendiary shell fire of the enemy south of Mori, des troyed the village of Pannone and blew up an enemy ammuni tion depot in the Gresta Valley. On the Upper Avisio our in fantry detachments, overcom ing the difiìculties of ground and the determined resistance of the » enemy, carried a strong position 3,000 meters above sea level. We captured 52 prisoners, two ma chine guns and a quantity of arms and munitions. On the Isonzo front there has been an intermittent artillery bombardment. BERLIN, May 4.—The Vien na war office statement on the Italian situation says: On the Italian front there has been the usuai artillery at several p]aces. Gorizia was again shelled for a time. Austro-Hungarian air me n dropped bombs 011 the barracks and camps near Villa Vicentina. Italian detachments advanc ing from Dosson di Geneva at tacked an Austro-Hungarian position at Topeto pass in the Adamello district. STATE COLLEGE TO HAVE COURSE IN JOURNALISM STATE COLLEGE, May 4. Preparations for 1,200 students at the Pennsylvania State col lege summer session which opens June 26 were announced here today by Dr. E. R. Smith, the director. There have been added to the curriculum many new courses never before offer ed, making a total of 166 differ ent courses in charge of 70 in structors. Tha teaching force has been strengthened in ali de partments to meet the increase in attendance at the last few sessions. The new courses will be given in agriculture, home economics, education, journal ism/German, history, industriai education, music, industriai and fine arts, public speaking and Spanish. Most of the work will be in charge of the regular in structional staff of the college, although a number of teachers from other institutions have been engaged. CLYMER THEATER HAS REAL CLEAN-UP PLAN CLYMER, May 4—Last week the mangement of the K. of P. theatre at Clymer offered to ac cept in payment for one admis sion to the theater the receipt of 20 tin-cans ; to be delivered to the-front of the theatre building As a result many persons took advantage of the offering and hundreds and hundreds of tin cans, in boxes, bags and other containers found their way to the theatre, where they are now resposing in ali their "glory" a waiting to be hauled away and disposition made of them. Was not that a good way to help in cleaning up the town and doing away with unattractive objects asks a correspondent ? INDIANA HAS A NEW DETECTIVE James Colangelo,who has con ducted for the past two years the Montgomery Hotel at this place, received his commission Tuesday morning to act as a private detective. Mr. Colangelo is well qualified to act in this capacity and his many friends will be glad to hear of his new venture. RIFLE CLUB HAS NAMED OFFICERS The Indiana Rifle association has elected the following offi ces: Major D. W. Simpson, pres ident; George H. Clark, vice president; J. L. Jack, secretary; John M. Daugherty, treasurer, Jesse L. McKean is the execu tive officer. STANDARD OIL RAISES EMPLOYES' WAGES SAN FRANCISCO, May 3. A general wage increase of 10 per cent to ali employes receiv ing less than $3,000 a year prior to May 1 was announced today by the Standard Oil Company of California. The increase be came effective May 1. BLACKLICK DEDICATES THEIR NEW HALL Blacklick, May 4—Business is at a standstill in Blacklick to day. The handsome new hall of the locai lodge of Odd Fellows is to be dedicated this afternoon and the entire town is taking part in the festivities. The prin cipal address will be by Judge J. N. Langham. CIRCULATION BOOKS OPEN' TO ALL ADVERTISERS Man and Wife Are Cbarged witli the Murder of a Winer Following an inquest eonducted by Coroner H. B. Buterbaugh last evening into the murder of Sani Rosso, who was fatally shot at Nowrytown, near Iselin, Tues day evening, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Borgi were lield to ans wer for the crime at the next terni of criminal court. The couple made a statement to Sheriff Harry A. Boggs, in which they declared that Rosso had been paying attentions to Mrs. Boigi and that the husband was jealous. They talked the matter over and decided that the surest way of ending the difficulty was to kill Rosso. Following the shooting, the Borgis fled to Saltsburg on an early train. They were captured there and returned to Indiana I Tuesday afternoon. Rosso is a miner and formerly resided with the Borgis. Mr. and Mrs. Borgi are said to have hired an automobile and gone to Iselin, where Rosso worked in the mines. They wait ed until he had returned from his work, as they knew that Ros so must pass that way to getto his home . Shortly before 6 o'- clock he quit work and started to his boarding house. When he got within a short distance of Borgi and his wife both opened fire upon him simultaneously. Both Borgi and his wife, it is maintained, emptied their re volvera and four of the 10 shots flred took effect, two entering Rosso's breast, while two struck him in the back. Throwing away their revolvera they ran through the town and out the road towards Saltsburg. A short distance from lselin they overtook George Hart, of Saltsburg, who was driving in the direction they were preceed ing. They asked him for a ride, and with him drove to a point A short distance from lselin where they met Miller, who was returning from Narrytown.They got into his auto and drove to their home at Narrytown, sec ured their 2 children and drove to Blairsville, evidently with the intention of taking the 7 o'clock train out of that place for Pitts -1 burgh. They missed that train, but bojyded another shortly be fore 2 o'clock. Sheriff Boggs, of this place had learned of the movements of the fugitives and he tele : phoned to the constable at Salts burg, who boarded the train when it stopped at Saltsburg and placed the two under arrest. Sheriff Boggs went to Saltsburg Tuesday morning and returned about 4 o'clock with his prison ers. The dead man was single. AMERICAN WOMEN TAKEN OFF LINER New York, May 3 Offìcers of the Holland-American Line steamship Ryndam, which ar~ rived today, reported that two women who claimed to be A merican citizens, living at San Francisco, were taken off the ship by the British at Ealmopth and held for examination. The British authorities refused to explain their act. The women gave their names as Mrs. Gert rude Evelin and daughter, Mia» Anna Maria Evelin. Advertise in the Patriot! FTVE CENTS
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