WE DO FINE BOOK and JOB PRINTING TRY US! VOLUME III —No. 24 Indiana People Busy Cleaning and Decor ating for Centennial The Time for Indiana's Big Celebration Is Rapidly Ap proaching and Elaborate Preparations Are Now Be ing Made by the Citizens. Indiana folk are very busy this week in cleaning, painting and decorating. The time of celebrating its jubilee is rapidly approaching. Thursday morning the decora tors, who came here early in the week started their work of put ting up white columns on top of pedestals along Philadelphia street. These columns give the main street the artistic atmos phere of Pompei, Troy or the Ro man Forum. In a few days "Arch de Triumph" will be plac ed upon them. The Street Railway Co. is re pairing several bad places in the paving of Main and North Sev enth street. Godfrey Marshall is having his business block painted and the facade on Main street will have a Business School Hold Graduation Exercises The faculty and graduating class of Leech's Actual Business College has issued invitations for the commencement exercises of the school, beginning Sunday evening, June 11, with the bac calaureate sermon to be deliver ed in the First United Presby terian church, Greensburg, by the Rev. T. D. Edgar, D. D., of Wilkinsburg, Pa., at 7:45. The graduates from the Indi anna and Latrobe branches of the school will be present and receive their diplomas with the Greensburg graduates. The com mencement exercises will take Thursday evening, June 15, in the Westminster Presbyterian church, Greensburg, at 8 o'clock. RESIDENCE NEAR WEHRUM IS BURNED WEHRUM, June 9—The resi dence of John Empfield, here was destroyed by fire Mon day afternoon. The family was at dinner when the fire was first noticed. The entire roof and part of the upper floor were then in flames. Almost all of the fur nishings were lost. 8., R. and P. BOYS LEAVE FOR PLATSBURG. O'Donnell Iselin, Soliciting Freight Agent at Rochester; M. J. Casey, ticket agent at Buf falo, and Francis Creedon, of the General Superintendent's office, were part of the advance guard of Buffalo, Rochester and Pitts burgh Railway employes who left for the New York training camp at Plattsburg N. Y. It is the intention of the 8., R. and P. Ry. to allow all of its men, who can be spared, to go to Plattsburg this summer. HOWARD GRAHAM CALLED BY DEATH ' Howard Graham, former Bur gess of Blairsville and a prom inent resident of this county, died at his home near Livermore Monday afternoon. Heart trouble seems to have been the cause of his death. "Indiana Wants You" to Help Make Its Jubilee Great and Grand During the Big Week, June 19 to 24 THE PA TRIOT New York Militiamen Show How Quickly They Can Mobilize ~ In order to show New Yorkers and others how quickly the national guardsmen could be assembled in case of necessity, nearly 10,000 of the citizen soldiers mobilized in record time at the Sheepshead Bay speedway to take part in the battle problem which they were to work out in the presence of Major General John F. O'Ryan and some B,ooospectators at the military and naval tournament. Bit the exercises were interrupted when it was announced that, owing- to complaint of the Kings County Observance league against the breaking of certain "blue laws," there could be no noise in the mimic war. Blank cartridges forrifle and cannon were taboo, drums, bugles and bands were forbidden, and no aeroplane was allowed to fly, with its noisy exhaust. And, acting under orders from General O-Ryan, the guard obeyed the law so carefully that the only noise the watchers heard during the whole "fight" was the crack, crack, crack of the rifles and the zig of bullets in a shooting gallery near by that ran merrily through it all. The pictures show: No. 1, practice with field guns; No. 2, anti-air craft gun on exhibition; No. 3, Colonel Conelius Vanderbilt, millionaire and national guard officer and enthusiast; No. 4, auto towing two field guns. STRIKE AT ROSSITER ENDS AFTER 7 WEEK'S IDLENESS The strike of the miners em ployed by the C. B. C. C. at Ros siter, instituted seven weeks ago came to an end Tuesday morn ing. The miners walked out when the company refused their de mand to provide tracklayers in the headings. The differences have been satisfactorily adjust ed and the 800 men employed went back to work Tuesday morning. Newspaper Raises Price SCRANTON, Pa., June 9 Commencing this morning, the Scranton Republican (morning) raises its price from one to two cents per copy and 40 cents a month. Increased cost of ma terials due to the war is assigned as the reason for the advance. AUSTRIAN WOMEN ASK PEACE WITH RUSSIANS. GENEVA June B.—Austro- Hungarian pacifists have become so truculent that machine guns have been mounted around the Schoenbrun castle, where Em peror Francis Joseph lives. The castle is heavily guarded. Monday thousands of women marched by the castle demand ing that Austria make peace with Russian. Published Weekly by the Patriot Publishing Company INDIANA, PA. SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1916 Party Reunion New Seems Impossible —Peace Meeting So Far Practically a Failure Roosevelt Alone Can Bring About Harmony and Then by Eliminating Himself from the Presidential Cam paign—The Reports of Some Committees. Nominating Speeches to Be Made Today Chicago, 111., June 9—Unless Col. Theodore Roosevelt eliminates himself as a candidate for president, any peace between the Republican and Progressive parties is decided ly impossible. This was the judgment of the leaders of the Republi can party when its convention reassembled here early this morning. The peace conference was ready to report "progress" but that was all that could be said. The Progressive party committee has agreed that there would be no trouble on get ting together on any question of policy. But it insisted that Colonel Roosevelt was the man to lead the fight of a reunited party. "HELLO" GIRLS ARE BACK AT WORK The Summerville telephone girls in the Punxsutawney ex change returned to work a few days ago, the trouble having been adjusted under an agree ment signed by both parties, in which the company is to submit a new schedule of wages next JVlonday. If this schedule is not satisfactory, then both parties frind themselves to abide by the decision of a board of arbitra tion to consist of one disinterest ed person selected by the opera tors, one disinterested person selected by the company, and the |rwo persons thus selected to choose a third. INDIANA COUNTY STORE BURNS DURING A STORM In an electric storm of unex ampled severity that swept ov er the southern part of this LAST MINUTE NEWS j Admiral FiskeWill Quit the Naval Service Washington, D. C., June 9—Rear Admiral Bradley Fiske, whose difference with Secretary Daniels have attract ed widespread attention, has now been detached from the war college at Newport, preliminary to his retirement on June 13 on account of age. Relief Ship Has Been Sent to Explorers Montevideo, Uruguay, June 9 The steamer Institu pesca left here tonight for Elephant Island to rescue the Shackleton expedition. One of the officers of the British transport Macedonia accompanied the rescuing party. The Macedonia will proceed half way to keep in wire less communication with the expedition. Newspaper Men Will Hear Wilson Washington, June 9 —President Wilson today accepted an invitation to speak in New York City, June 30, before the New York Press Club. - Grand Jury Completed Their Work Thursday Other News from the County Court The first case that came up Monday morning was that of James L. Culp vs. Roger A. Lam bert, of Kittanning, for $5OO damage as a result of an acci dent last August. The jury re turned a verdict against Mr. Culp. In the case of B. E. Mikesell vs. John Madil, a verdict of $431.32 was returned in favor of the plaintiff. On motion of the plaintiff a voluntary non-suit was allowed in the case of Samuel L. Henry vs. Charles E. Henry. The Court also disposed of the cases of Barbara Zodic and Eliz abeth Mereni against Ex-Sheriff Jeffries. It was alleged by the plaintiff that the defendant had sold at Sheriff's sale a lot of goods that the plaintiff had put up a forfeit on. These cases were both non-suited. True Bills John Gbur, embezzlement and. Gino Rauli, carrying concealed weapons. Joe Rupa, assault with intent to murder. Domenick Trunzo, assault and battery. Tony Korpalsky, Selling li quor without a license. Paolo Barchelli and eight oth ers, indicted for riot at Mcln county Friday evening, the store of the Kiskimjnetas Supply Co., at Strangford, this county, and owned by Graff Brothers, of Blairsville, was totally destroy ed together with all its contents when it was struck by lightning. One of the owners stated that .the loss on the building was ap proximately $4,000 and that there was insurance to cover practically all the damage. DRUG LAW APPLIES ONLY TO DEALERS WASHINGTON, June 9—The supreme court today interpret ed in the Harrison drug act of 1914, making it unlawful for any person not registered under the law to have opium in his possession, as applying only to those who deal in the drug and not to those who use it. RUNNING SPEAK-EASY Last Saturday night Sheriff Boggs and Constable Pierce raid CIRCULATION BOOKS OPEN TO ALL ADVERTISERS FTYE CENTS tyre mine. Not True Bill John George, assault and bat tery. Mike Miska, assault and bat tery, prosecutor to pay cost. Nix Aix, assault and battery, prosecutor to pay cost. Monday June 12, 1916, 1 p. m. Commonwealth vs.: John Obur, embezzlement. Dom. Trunzo, Loui Pecoia, as sault and battery. Cena Raul, carrying concealed deadly weapons. Paul Barabella et-al, riot. Tuesday, June 13,1916, 9 a. m. Frank Stiles, wantonly point ing firearms. Earl Stewart, wantonly point ing firearms. Wm. Stonebreaker, fornica tion and bastardy. Joe Rupe, assault with intent to commit murder. Peter Cook and Nick Birk, lar ceny. Vasil Karitsky, larceny. Wednesday June 14,1916, 9 a. m. Frank Borgio, Angelina Boryio, murder. Thursday, June 16,1916, 9 a.m. Dom. Madaline, Murder. Friday, June 16, 1916, 9 a.m. Joe Strippari, murder. Ed an alleged speakeasy at In dia, near Bolivar. John Pucani and his wife, Annie, were given a hearing before Justice J. W. Houston, of Robinson, who held the pair for court. List of Letters Remaining uncalled for in the Indiana office June 3, 1916: Mrs. E. Anthony, Elizabeth A. Barcley, Messrs Browell and Michles, Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Buch anan, Mrs. Gaye Cramer, Mr. J. R. Calhoun, Edna Cunningham, Mr and Mrs. Calvin Fleming, Mrs. David Fleming, Mr. George Henry, Miss Lair Lee, Mrs. Mary Plotz, Mr. L. V. Rumbaugh, Mr. Reed, Miss Ora Swift, Mr. Julius Sabs, Mr. A. Jokes, Mr. Tony Palero, Antonio Valles. When inquiring for letters in this list please state that they were advertised, giving date. Harry W. 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