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VOLUME III —No. 21
Strong Secures Nomination with Small
Margin; Graff Sweeps District for Senate;
W.H.Wood Leads Watson by4oo Votes
In the race for the Republican
nomination for Congress in this,
the 27th congressional district,
Nathan L. Strong has a majority
of 104 over S. Taylor North with
the vote from seven precincts in
the four counties missing. "The
Clover township vote in Jef
ferson county is one of the mis
sing," says the Punxsutawney
Spirit; "and it is generally con
ceded that this will increase Mr.
Strong's majority slightly."
The congressional race be
tween Strong and North proved
surprisingly close and the mis
sing precincts may change the
results, although it is not pro
bable since it is generally con
ceded that the missing districts
will increase Strong's lead.
The vote of this county be
tween candidates for the dif
tferent offices follows:
COUNTY UN-OFFICIAL
RETURNS
Congress
North 1884
Strong 1218
Smith 637
Senate
Graft* 2810
Morrow 631
Adams 423
Assembly -
Wood 2060
Watson 1657
National Delegate
Fisher 2632
Wilson 1814
Gates 1368
Auditor General
Tnyder 1684
. .mbler 1658
For the Republican nomina
i ion for state senate, W. B.
Adams, of Punxsutawney, car
ied Jefferson county over Wil
• ur P. Graff, of Blairsville, by
. majority of 71 votes. Graff's
vote in Indiana county was 2200
md Adams' 325, giving Graff a
majority of 1904.
John S. Fisher, of Indiana,
and Harry R. Wilson, of Clarion
. ounties, are the delegates to the
tepublican national convention.
Attempts Suicide
in Clymer Lock-up
Frank Russianasko, who went
violently insane Friday evening,
attempted suicide in his cell in
the Clymer jail a sTiort time af
ter he had been locked up. One
>f the borough officials chanced
to be in the lockup and heard
strange sounds coming from the
cell room. He found Russinas
:o hanging to a rafter, a belt
fastened about his throat and
suspended form a rafter.
Russinasko caused a near
panic in the streets pf Clymer
• esterday, when he ran through
he streets, shouting
le was bare-footed and haUess.
Vhen placed under arrest he de
lared that he was being persued
>y men who wantd to kill him.
The man was taken to the
county jail Saturday.
FALL OF SLATE KILLS ONE
AND HURT ANOTHER
CLYMER, May 18—Andrew
Bellas was killed and Napoleon
lussio was seriously injured,
vhen tons of slate fell in the Rus
•>el mine, Clymer, Friday even
ng. Russio was taken to the
ndiana Hospital. Bellas was
tilled instantly. He leaves a
widow and several children. Cor
3ner H. B. Buterbaugh is investi
gating.
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Special Notice
Commencing with June
1, the subscription of this
paper will be increased to
$1.50 a year. The reason
of this is due to the high
cost of paper, which
price is continually in
j creasing.
Long-Lived People
in Indiana County
James Bothel, aged 93 years,
of Center township, does his own
farm work and reads without
the aid of glasses. Mrs. Mary
Petty, of Indiana, who is more
than 91, does her own house
work and enjoys the movies.
A most remarkable man is
<Harry Johnston, of near Sheloc
ta. Although blind for many
years he lives alone, does all his
farming, housework, and in the
winter cuts trees and makes pit
posts for the mines of that dis
trict. He is a regular attend
ant at public meetings. He is
more familiar with the topo
graphy of the district in which
he lives than many residents
who can see.
Indiana Couple in
An Auto Accident
When the steering gear on
their car went wrong and their
auto crashed into a fence, Mr.
and Mrs. T. M. Fleming, residing
near Plumville, narrowly escap
ed serious injury yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fleming were
driving from their home to
Punxsutawney. When near the
,Ed. North farm the steering
gear of the car broke and the
'auto, swinging completely
around, crashed into a fence.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Fleming suf
fered slight abrasions. The
front wheels of the auto were
smashed and it was otherwise
damaged.
Dr. Harry Gourley brought
the occupants of the car into the
city and their auto was later
towed in.
NORTH POINT MAN PLOWS
AT AGE, EIGHTY-SEVEN
S. C. Welshonce, of North
Point, Indiana county, writes as
follows:
"I see in the Gazette Times
that George Amos, a farmer of
Bentleyville, who is 80 years old,
is following the plow this spring.
We can beat that at North Point.
"Martin Reits, who is in his
j 87th year, is still following the
I plow on his farm, and one of the
: team of horses that he is using
I is 30 years old, and still doing
good service. Now if anyone
can beat that, I would like to
hear from them.
ROOM FULL OF STOLEN
GOODS IS DISCOVERED
HOMER CITY, May 18—The
local police authorities have dis
covered a room full of stolen
goods in a vacant house here
and a number of boys, ranging
13 to 15 years of age, have been
locked in the town jail, charged
with wholesale thefts. The lad&
are of prominent families in this
town and the arrests have caus
ed a considerable sensation.
INDIANA, PA. SATURDAY, MAY 20 1916
View of Parral, the city into which t
theu treacherously attacked by the garrison and citiaens.
Mclntyre Quietly Working Away While
the Strike Leaders Are Held for Court
After being idle for 2 days
prior to the arrest of the seven
strike readers, the Mclntyre
mines are again working away
according to a resident who came
from that place yesterday, de
clared that the general situation
is quiet.
The strike leaders were given
a hearing before jutsice Cross
man Monday afternoon and were
held for the June term of court,
each under $3OO bail.
Airman Make Attack on Trains; Queen
of Italy Has Narrow Escape from Death
ROME, May 18.—Queen Hel
ena and the Princesses Jolanda
and Mafalda narrowly escaped
death, when Austrian aviators
attacked two trains on which
they were passengers near Ven
ice Monday, it was learned to
day, following their return to
Rome.
Bombs burst all about the roy
al train in which the Italian
queen and the 15-year-old Jolan
da were riding, and the coach
es were showered with spent
shrapnel from anti-air craft
guns. One bomb exploded near
the express train on which the
14-year-old Princess Mafalda
was a passenger.
Queen Helena, with Princess
Jolanda, was returning to Rome
from the front, having spent
several days with King Victor
Emmanuel at army headquaters.
Princess Mafalda had gone to
Venice, where she boarded an
express trrin for Padua, plan
ning to meet her mother and
TELLS OF MOTHERS' PENSION ACT
County Commissioner J. M. Marshall Explains Who Are
Eligible for Assistance-
The trustees of the Mother's
Pension act in this county, not
having organized yet, the fol
lowing information is given out
by County Commissioner J. M.
Marshall for the benefit of those
who are interested in the provi
sions of the law:
"It is regretable to the last
degree that the Mothers' Pen
sion Board will be unable to as
sist many who will be found
worthy but cannot qualify un
der the law. At the last session
the legislature changed the law
to eliminate mothers, whose hus
bands have deserted them, from
the benefits of the fund. The re
striction will somewhat reduce
HOMER CITY MAN CRUSHED
TO DEATH BETWEEN CARS
Caught between two cars he
was about to couple at the Wat
erman mine near Homer City,
Tuesday afternoon, Walter Duff,
aged 32 years, a native of Punx
sutawney, but who had been liv
ing in Homer City, was so badly
' crushed that death resulted
shortly afterward. He leaves a
widow, who was Miss Gertrude
JEvans, daughter of John Evans,
jof Homer City. The funeral ser
| vices were held at the Duff home
j yesterday morning.
j sister there.
A squadron of Austrian air
men, swooping down on the pro
vince of Venetia, attacked both
trains as they sped toward Pad
ua. Two planes pursued the ex
press aboard which the queen
and Princess Jolanda were pas
sengers, bombarding them con
tinuously until their bomb sup
plies were exhausted. The avia
tors were finally driven off by
anti-aircraft artillery.
News of the attack was tele
graphed ahead to Padua. Upon
arriving there, the royal family
was greeted by an enormous
crowd, which gave them a tre
mendous ovation, shouting: "Vi
va Italy!" The princesses wav
ed their handkerchiefs in re
sponse.
It is believed here that sp;es
informed the Austrian air base
] of the exact time on which tue
j queen would depart from the
! front, and that the attack on the
| trains was carefully planned.
the number of applicants but the
discrimination is the result of
Continued on page 4.
CLYMER YOUTH
DISAPPEARS FROM HOME
James, the 14-year-old son of
Squire and Mrs. J. C. Davison,
of Clymer, this county, has been
missing from home since la-t
Saturday. He is described a?
being rather slender in build ai:d
would pass for a 16 or 18 year
old boy. He is of fair complex
ion and when he left he wore a
broad-brimmed hat and tan
shoes. Officers of surrounding
towns have been asked to he'p
find the lad.
Brewery Men Under
Arrest; Illegal Selling
by Agent Is Charged
It is Said Their Representa
tive Sold When Clearfield
County Was Dry 7 Weeks.
DUBOIS, May 16—A county
detective today arrested Harry
G. Luker, president, Fred B.
Stage, Vice President; Dr. S. S.
Jessop, Secretary, and George
W. Reese, Treasurer, of the
Kittanning Brewing Company.
Detective Jeffrey went to Kit
tanning, Armstrong County, to
serve the warrants and the de
fendents were held in $lOOOO
bail, the charges being selling
liquor without a license and con
spiracy to violate the liquor law.
The arrests are the result of
activities of alleged sales by a
gents of the Kittanning Brew
ing Company during the seven
weeks that Clearfield County
was* without wholesale or brew
ery licenses pending action of
Judge Singelton Bell.
FORMER INDIANA MAN IS
KILLED IN BORDER FIGHT
Thomas Brown, a former
resident of Indiana who was
killed while fighting in the Unit
ed States Army in El Paso,
Tex., was a brother of Orin
Brown, of Windber; Mrs. W. P.
Leydic, of Johnstown and Mrs.
Harry Swarts, of Barnesboro.
He was a*son of John H. Brown,
of Punxsutawney, who received
word of his death last week. His
body was buried in Washington,
D. C. Thomas Brown was 30
years old,.
LIME AND WATER CAUSED
EXPLOSION—BOVS MAV
• BECOME BLIND
Guysell and Harold Wilt, aged
12, of Cookport, this county, may
lose their sight as the result of
curiosity to know what slaking
lime would do if corked tightly
in a bottle. They put the lime
into a bottle, poured in some wa
ter, pounded a cork into the neck
and then sat down to see what
would happen. The bottle burst
ed and part of the contents
struck the boys' eyes.
LIST OF LETTERS—Remain
ing uncalled for in the Indiana
office May 13, 1916:
Miss Larue Drummond, Mr.
William Fleming, Miss Marjory
F. Girad, Mr. John Reid, Mr. A.
W. Rink, Mr. M. G. Sloan, John,
Sabo.
When inquiring for letters in
this list please state that they
were advertised, giving date.
Harry W. Fee, P. M.
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Senate Has Passed
the Big Army Bill;
Goes to the House
First- Big Defense Measure
Expected to Reach Presi
dent in Few Days
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WAHINGTON, May 18—'The
Senate after an all-day debate a
greed tonight to the conference
report on the army reorganiza
tion bill without roll call. The
House is expected to approve the
report within a day or two, and
send the first of the big nation
al defense measures to the Presi
dent.
The bill provides for a regu
lar army of 211,000 officers and
men at peace strength, and ap
proximately 260,000 at war
strength, and a Federalized Na
tional Guard of 457,000 officers
and men at maximum strength.
Discussion of the conference
report embraced a denunciation
of Great Britain for execution of
the Irish revolutionists, attacks
upon the administrator's Mexi
can policy, renewed assaults up
on the National Guard as a poli
cal force, and vigorous criticism
of the provision for a Govern
ment nitrate manufacturing
plant.
Sudden Death of
Joseph Clements
Less than a week after the
death of his mother, Mrs. E. O.
Clements of this place, Joseph W.
Clements, aged 58 years, died
suddenly from neuralgia of the
heart at his home on North Six
th street Tuesday morning.
He had been identified with
the business and social interests
of Indiana for many years, and
was one of the principal stock
holders of the Indiana Countjr
Gas Company, the first concern
to furnish natural gas to the
residents of this county. He was
one of the promoters and char
ter members of the Two Lick
Country Club and the Indiana
County Hospital association and
at the time of his death was a.
member of the firm of Sutton K
Miller Co., the largest dealer in
automobiles in this county. He
leaves a widow, Mrs. Luna Jami
son Clements, two brothers, Dan-
Clements, of St. Louis, Mo., and
one sister, Mrs. Rose Scheurer,
of North Sixth street.
The funeral service was held
at the Clements home Thursday
afternoon. Interment made in
Oakland Cemetery.
Italian Earthquake
Caused Damage
ROME, May 18.—Heavy dam
age was done, particularly at Pe
saro, by the earthquake in cen
tral Italy on Wednesday. Re
ports received here today stat
ed that a number of persons *
were injured and many houses
damaged.
Undulations were felt through
out the region from Aquila to
Ferrera. Damage is reported
from Rimini, Forli and Perugia,
as well as from Pesaro. Build
ings were wrecked and church
bells were hurled from the bel
fries into the streets.
The shocks moved in a south
westerly direction.
MILAN, Italy, May 18.—A
severe earthquake occurred in
Romangna region today. No
details as to damage or loss of
life have been received.
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