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VOLUME III —No. 23
LAST MINUTE NEWS!
Brandies Wins C onfirmation
Washington, June 2 —The D inination of Louis D. Bran
deis of Boston, to the Supremi Court to succeed the late
Joseph Rucker Lamar was coniirmed by the Senate liere
today by a vote of 47 to 22.
Dr. Waite toDie, July 10
Ossining, N. Y., June 2 —l) \ Waite todav entered the
Sing Sing death house, whieh ie is to leave only to go to
the electric cliair, July 10, in a< :ordance with the sentence
imposed by Justice Sliearn in 1.1 e criminal brandi of the
Supreme Court.
Food Supply Sent lo Gen. Pershing
E 1 Paso. Tex., June 2 —Two million rations have been
sent to Columbus, N. M., for tli•» United Status army occu
pation in Mexico. These rations would last 13,000 men,
which is about the number in vlexico with Gen. Pershing
for 154 days.
The Military Band
Was Re-organized
John C. Watson Resumes His
Duties As Director of the
Organization.
\
During the winter months the
Indiana Military band has been
hibernating like "Br'er Ground
hog" but with the advent of the
spring and summer it has ceas
ed licking its paws and is under'
going a state of rejuvenation
which is wholly due to director
John Watson, who, after having
resigned from the position last
fall, has been prevailed upon to
again résumé charge of the
band . The boys are ali anxious
to get the band back where it
was last fall and it has been a
long time since so much interest
has been displayed by the mem
bers.
Some of the old musicians
who have dropped out have sig
nifìed their intention of coming
back, and altogether the outlook
is very bright for a fine musi
cal organization such as Indiana
might be well proud of. Rehear
sals start Tuesday next and pro
bably two or three will be held
each week. Centennial week
will no doubt see the Indiana
band again in the front rank.
MUSICAL NOTES
Those who did not hear Prof.
,Di Prospero playing the clarin
et at the Strand theater last
Tuesday night certainly missed
a rare treat. Prof Di Prospero
is one of our townsmen and di
rector of one of the best bands
in this county, the Italian band
of Iselin.
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The clarinet is a difficult in
strument and seldom used as
solo in the orchestra; tut in the
hands of Prof. Di Prospero that
instrument sings like a bird.
"It's a melody divine."
BROWN PLANT IS
TO BE REBUILT.
BLAIRSVILLE, Pa., June 1.
—The plant of the Brown Pack
ing Co., which was destroyed by
tire a few weeks ago, is to be re
built, it is announced. The off}
cials say that the damage caused
by fire was greater than had at
first been estimated. The loss is
said to be in the neighborhood
of $35,000.
Best stores advertise in Tàe
Patriot
"Indiana Wants You" to Help Make Its Jubilee Great and Grand During the Big Week, June 19 to 24
THE PA TRIOT
JOHNSTOWN FIRM WILL
BUILD 20 HOUSES
Officiate of the Homer City
C -al Mining Co. have announced
that they were ready to receive
bids for the erection of 20 aa-
dwelling houses at Hom
er City.
These houses are to be large
a d to have many modera con
v< niences. They will go a long
w i.y toward solving the housing
pioblem which has confronted
officiate in Homer City for some
ti >ne past.
The Homer City company de
si resto have work started on
these houses at the earliest pos
ble date and to have them
ready for occupancy by the
•e;irly fall.
( !ommittee Names
Are Made Public
From a certification of re
ti rns given State Chairman Ro
land S. Norris by Secretary of
( ti e Commonwealth Woods it is
p >ssible to secure the names of
Democratic county committee
n en chosen at the recent pri
n ary election. The committee
-11 sn serving in the counties in
Contrai Pennsylvania are as fol
1< ws :
Indiana—William G. Fluke.
Blair—A. V. Dively.
Bedford—John T. Matt.
Cambria—W. A. McGuire, J.
P. Denney.
Center—J. L. Spangler.
Clearfield—James D. Connel
lv.
Huntingdon—H. H. Davis.
Sornerset Charles F. Uhi,
Jr.
Westmoreland—John W r . Ben
nt3tt, Lester Love.
BODY OF DROWNED
LAD IS RECOVERED
The decomposed body of the
li tle son of the Rev. Mr. Stitt of
Livermore, who was drowned
Aprii 1, has been recovered. The
body had been washed to the
b inks of the river and had evi
dontly been found by dogs or
c her animals after the river
hid fallen. The legs and arms
vere eaten away.
ROBINDALE TO SHIP
Coal was shipped vesterday
f *om the Robindale mine, in
which eight men were killed by
a gas explosion in March. The
mine was badly wrecked by the
explosion and it was not until
1. ist week that the last of the de
fcris was removed.
Published Weekly t>y the Patriot Publishing Company
INDIANA, PA. SATURDAY, JCNE 3, 1916
Preparedness seems to be getting a good start in San Francisco, judging by this photograpb of the cadets of the
Polytechnic high school at drill in Golden Gate park. The boys are fully equipped and are trained daily by MaJ.
James R. Watson.
LIQUOR VALUED AT $350 WAS
CONFISCATED IN THIS COUNTY
County Officials Made a Successful Round-up Last Week in
the Blacklick Region.
SHERIFF HARRY BOGGS MAKES THE TNVENTORY
For the first time in the his
tory, Blacklick and Josephine
were "dry" Sunday, following a
raid made under the direction of
! District Attorney Liggett, back
ed up by Sheriff Boggs and
several other deputies, which
resulted in liquor valued at be
tween $350 and S4OO being seiz
ed. The raid lasted one-half day
and during this time two auto
mobile trucks were loaded to
their capacity with liquor and
Indiana High School Held Commencement
Commencement exercises of
Indiana high school were held
in the auditorium Monday night
when a class of 35 was graduat
ed. The names of the grad
uates and their part on the pro
gram follows :
Steel Guthrie, presidente ad
dress; Margaret Swan, oration;
Helen Shoemaker, historian; El
ma Williams, artist; Thalia Mc-
Cartney ; Martha Lowry and Ed
ward K. Cravener, prophecy;
Margaret Nichol and Robert Mc-
Isaac, donors ; Albrt Roben
s(teen, valedictorian. Diplomas
were presented by Supt. of
Schools, F. E. Work. The words
of the class song were written
by Miss Margaret Swan, one of
the graduates.
Memorial Day Was Well Observed Here
Patriotic Services Observed in the Locai Churches —Graves
Taking it ali in ali; we think'
the Weather Man was rather un
kind to the Veterans on Tues
day. From early morning un
til mid-afternoon the skies were
overcast and almost too gener
ous showers of rain fell dampen
ing everything but the old sol
diers' patriotism. The parade,
which was scheduled for the
morning was postponed and the
comrades gathered in the Court
House where the exercises were
gone through with as much ar
dor as if the sun were shin-
KISKI GAME HERE TO-DAY
The baseball game between
Indiana and Kiski, which wa3
PRÈPAREDNESS IN SAN FRANCISCO
Decorated by War Veterans.
sent to Indiana. In the even
ing 6 persons were taken to jail
on charge of selling liquor with
out a license. Monday ali gave
bail for appearance in the June
term of Court.
The following is an inventory
taken by Sheriff Harry Boggs:
95 cases and 14 kegs of beer.
82 quarts of whiskey.
2 1-2 barrels of wine. Ali of
which is stored in the basement
of the jail until after the trial.
The personnel of the class fol
lows :
Zaida Bley, George L. Beers,
Donald C. Beatty, Edward K.
Cravener, Edna Geesey, Paul
Glassford, Martha Hamilton,
Marian Hasinger, Kathryne
Highlands, Martha Iseman, Mar
tha Lowry, Hulda McHenry,
Hazel McAdoo, Thalia McCart
ney, John P. McGee, Harry C.
McCreary, Elizabeth McGaugh
ey, Ida M. H. Newell, Margaret
Nichol, Merle Newell, E. M.
Parks, Mary Plotzer, Grace Rob
ertson, Albert Robenstein, Don
Smith, Estelle Simpson, Janet
Sloan, Edna Thomas, Maude
Trimble, Helen Weamer, Laura
J. Wiggins, William Williams,
Elma Williams, Martha Wells,
Avonell Zehner.
ing and the day ideal. Judge
Harry \Vhite made the princi
pal address of the day in place
of Dr. J. E. Ament, of the Nor
mal, who was unable to be pres
ent.
The impressive services ;for
the sailor dead, which are cus
tomarilv held at Twolick also
had to be abandoned.
The graves of the veterans
who have passed beyond were
generously strewn with flowers
by their comrades who per
formed the rite in the driving
rain.
postponed on Tuesday on ac
count of the weather conditions,
will be played on the Normal
diamond this afternoon at 3:30
o'clock.
JUNE
How good it is to be alive,
When June is drawing near;
How good it is to hope, to dare,
to strive,
To fling a taunt at fear,
The world is never quite so fair,
And victory never thrills,
As when, withroses in ber liair,
June trips across the hills.
How fair a world, this world
can be,
"When June is just aliead,
"When blcssoms grace the appiè
tree,
And summer rugs are spread
Across the meadows. soft and
green,
And on the graceful slopes,
And on men's faees there's seen,
The glow of splendid hopes.
COAL COMPANY IS
SUED FOR 26 CENTS
The Jefferson & Clearfield
Coal and Iron company
through the Pittsburgh work
men's compensation bureau has
been made defendant in an un
ique suit brought by Mrs. Lela
Herman of Baggaley, widow of
one of the victims of the mine
explosion at Ernest. She seeks
to get 26c a week more than
was allowed her as compensation
for her husband's death. The
question involved is how the
compensation should be figured.
CLYMER MAN DROWNS
AT TEMPLE, OKLA.
CLYMER, June I—The re
mains of Vance Widdowson,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Wid
dowson of this place, who was
drowned Thursday at Tempie,
Okla., will arrive here within the
next few days. The lad had
been making his home in Okla
homa for some time.
ITALIAN PRINCE KILLED
ROME, May 31.—Lieut.
Prince Maximilian Dentice De
Frasso was killed in an aero
piane accident at Pisa. The
Prince was a nephew of the
Countess Carlo Dentice De Fras
so who, prior to her marriage,
was Miss Georgina Wilde of New
York, niece of Rear Admiral
Wilde, United States Navy.
Building Houses at Ernest
The Jefferson & Clearfield
Coal and Iron Co., are building a
number of new houses. The ma
jority of these houses will be
completed by the early part of
autumn.
CIRCI TLATIOX
BOOKS OPEN TO ALL
ADVIRTISERS
FTTE CENTS
Oil ancì Gas Boom
Assured in County
Wells to Ile Ihill ed TliisSum
mer and Land Owners
Are Confident.
Drill for oil and gas in East
and West Wheatfield townships
will start this week. About 7,-
000 acres of land have been leas
ed by James Lyle of Washing
ton, Pa., and drill, derrick and
casing, with four men, are on the
ground awaiting the arrivai of a
smokestack for the boiler. The
first hole will be drilled on the
Mapes farm, adjoining the John
Brown tract. It is estimated
that the wells will have to be
drilled 3,500 feet deep to strike
oil sand.
The leases are to run 10 years.
In case oil or gas is struck the
owner of the land will receive
SIOO for each well and one
eig'hth of the product. After
the first year 25c per acre will
,be paid whether wells are drilled
or not. The 7,000 acres under
lease stretch from Clyde to
Blairsville. a distance of more
than 10 miles, along the old
| stone pike.
Roosevelt Denounces
i
Hypht nateci Alliance
ST. LOUIS, MO., June I.
Col. The<t.lore Roosevelt made
three speeehes in St. Louis in
which de advocated military
services, declared the German-
American alliance was guilty of
moral and anti-Ameri
canism and denounced President
Wilson's Memorial day speech
as weak. Cheering crowds
greeted h m.
Mr. Roosevelt averred that he
thought well of Mr. Bryan and
Mr. Ford. "I like them in pri
vate life," he added. "They are
nice, ami;. )le men but I cannot
join them in any wild men tal
joy rides, which is what I should
be compeìted to do if I should
take theii ideas seriously."
Col. Ro >sevelt addressed the
largest cr wd at the City club in
the afternoon, where he said
that nemrality that allowed
tramplinf on American rights
could not be tolerated, and that
there c<>uld be no Americane
who were not Americans to the
heart.
"I denouuce the German-Amer
ican allia ice with ali my soul",
he shouted. "The acts of lead
ers const:tute moral treason to
our gove. nment and our peo
ple."
LUCERNA MINES
RESUMED OPERATIONS
VFTER BEING IDLE
The Lucerne mines, after be
ing idle for several weeks re
sumed operations yesterday
morning, when 166 men return
ed to work. It is expected that
Ernest will follow suit within a
few days, and the prospects for
the coal field in Indiana coun
ty are unusually bright at pres
ent.
Many of the Indiana county
mines suspended operations af
ter Aprii lst, and some of them
went out later. The return of
the mento work at the Lucerne
mines yesterday heralds the be
ginning of procerity for the
Indiana field.