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VOLUME lII —No. 30
2,900 GERMANS
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Gauls Seize Entire First Line Trenches on
Extensive Front; Teutons Pressed Back
in Engagment Extending from Estrees
to Heights of Vermandovillers.
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PARIS. July 20 —The French forces have captured the
entire first German positions extending from Estrees to the
height of Vermandovillers, according to the official state
ment issued by the war department tonight. They also
have taken on both sides of the river about % 900 prisoners
in today's engagements.
LONDON, July 20 Heavy fighting continues on the
Homme front. The War Office announced today that the
British had gained ground in Delville wood and Longueval.
MAJ. C. C. McLAIN AND THREE
SONS NOW IN MILITARY SERVICE
Orders received here Monday
morning by Major Charles C.
McClain inspecting- officer of the
Second Brigade, N. G. P., to re
port at Mt. Gretna to be mus
tered into service in the United
States as major and recruiting
officer places a father and his
three sons in active military
service.
Maj. McLain's eldest son,
Coal Company Buys
Big Tract in Indiana
One of the important land
transfers in Indiana county the
past week was that of the
transfer of coal land to the
Clearfield Bituminous Coal cor
poration and Rembrandt Peale
by Myrtle J.. McKendrick of In
diana. The land transferred was
174 acres in Cherryhill town
ship, one-third of 174 acres be
ing sold to Rembrandt Peale
for $5,288.46. Two-thirds of the
land, or 116 acres, have been
transferred to the Clearfield
-.Coal corporation for the sum of
The latter's coal
operations comprise p. large
.amount of valuable coal land in
;this county, and the acquisition
of the Indiana coal considerably
increases the holdings of the
company. It is not known wheth
er operations will be opened
on the new land in the near fu
ture.
The following appeared in
Thursday morning's Johnstown
Democrat:
"The Clearfield Bituminous
corporation is controlled by
New York Central interests.
This makes it all the more inter
esting. The reported negotia
tions for the sale of the corpor
ation's interests to the R. and
P. concern, because it was only
a short time ago that the Cen
tral people sold all of their coal
south of Nanty-Glo to the
Ebensburg Coal Company. The
latter is owned by the Coleman-
Weaver syndicate, which named
Colver. None of the "Indepen
dent" operators has been able
to solve the puzzle of the Cen
tral's recent maneuvering in the
Cambria-Indiana coal fields. It
may be suggestive that the
Coleman-Weaver interests are
building the Cambria and In
diana railway to reacc the fuel
bought from the Central peo
ple".
THE PA TRIOT
Charles Lucas McLain, is cap
tain of Company F. Tenfh Reg
iment, 0 of this place, and is the
youngest captain in the -Fight
ing Tenth, now a part of the
Seventh division, serving in
Texas. His second son, James
A. McLain, is cocrporal of Troop
H, First Pennsylvania Cavalry,
while his youngest son, Harry
McLain, is a bugler in Company
B. Eighth Ohio Infantry.
Held for Disposing
of Liquor Illegally
Through the efficiency of the
James Colangelo Detective
Agency, John Gbur, agent for
the Cresson Springs Brewing
Company and John Soltio,
for the Hyde Park Brewing
Company, and Joe Kolasko and
Paul Tomasko, all of Blacklick,
were arrested Saturday after
noon, charged with the illegal
sale of liquor.
The arrests were made by
Detective Colangelo, assisted by
Constable G. W. Roof, of this
place, and Mike Rager, of Black
lick.
Reports had been current for
some time that liquor was being
sold from a car at Blacklick,
without the formality of soli
citing orders.
PLATE GLASS FIRM
BUYS SEWARD QUARY.
BLAIRSVILLE, July 21.
An agreement has been entered
into between the Columbia
Plate Glass Co., Blairsville, and
the Cramer Quarry Co. of Sew
ard, whereby the quarry be
comes the property of the glass
company. The quarry has been
producing 150 tons of sand clay
daily and it is the intention of
the new owners to increase the
capacity to 400 tons per day.
MINE RESCUE CAR
WILL GO TO CLYMER
The mine rescue car of the
United States bureau of mines
now at Barnesboro, will remain
there until Aug. 5, after which
it will go to Clymer, and will
remain there until Aug. 18. The
miners take much interest in
the lessons of instruction given
and the number of seekers for
information frequently runs
above the 300 mark at each
stop.
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INDIANA, PA. SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1916
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This pictnre of Woodrow Wilson was made from one of his most recently
posed studio photographs and i 3 considered an excellent likeness of the
President, upon whom the Democrats have decided to confer again the
nomination for the presidency.
Father J osepliWehrle
Returned from Rome
Father Joseph Wehrle, the
son of Mr. and Mrs. E. N.
Wehrle, of Punxsutawney and
a nephew of R. W. Wehrle of
this place, arrived in Punxy.
Monday from Rome Italy,
where for the past four years
he has been studying in the
North American College, and
was ordained as a priest in Oct
ober of 1915. Acccording to
some information received
here; Father Wehrle left Nap
les in the evening of June 22
on board of the Giuseppe Verdi
and arived in New York after
20 days journey.
Father Wehrle was a student
at St. Vincent's College for se
ven years and upon his com
pletion of the course there en
tered the North American Col
lege at Rome and has comple
ted his four years' course there.
He is but 24 years of age. He
is a member of the Erie dio
cese, and will probably be as
signed to some pastorate in
Jefferson County.
The following appeared in
Monday evening's issue of the
New York Sun:
"Eleven young American
priests who arrived yesterday
on the Italian liner Giuseppe
Verdi were unable to return to
this port with a group of cler
ical friends in recently from
Bordeaux because the French
authorities will not permit
neutrals with German names to
travel through France. Five of
the piests who preferred to
take no chances by going thru
France are the Revs. Julius
Horn, Henry Scharhoff, Joseph
Burger, William Mackenhaupt
and Joseph Wehrle."
Infantile Paralysis Case at Connellsville. Pa.
Connellsville. July 20 A case of infantile paralysis
Tvas reported here today, the victim being Charles Cage. 4
years of age. The victim's legs are partly paralyzed. The
child became ill onlv vesterdav.
Repulses Claimed by
Germans on All Sides
BERLIN, July 20.—"Enemy
attacks against our positions
north of Posieres were disper
sed with no success anywhere.
"To the south of the Somme,
French attacks failed north of
Barleux and near Belloy-En-
Santerrfe. At other points, at
tempted attacks were checked
at the outset.
"On the right bank of the
Meuse the enemy ccontinued his
fruitless efforts at Froide De
Terre.
"North of Ban De Sapt, in
the Vosges, a German patrol en
terprise was sucessful.
"East front—south of Riga,
the Russians repeated their at
tacks against the forces of Field
Marshal Von Hindenburg, but
they broke down with high los
ses for the enemy. The general
situation on this front is un
changed.
SUPPLIES FROM DEUTSCH
LAND ARRIVE HERE.
The Pollock Music Co., has
received this week a consign
ment of "made in Germany"
violin strings. This is a part of
the cargo landed on the shores
of Baltimore by the super-sub
marine Deutschland that arri
ved last week from Bremen
Germany.
LIST OF LETTERS.
Remaining uncalled for in the
Indiana office July 15, 1916:
.. Allegheny Mfg. Co., Geneva
Cutlery Co., F. R. Ray, Jr., L.
J. Reithmiller, Miss Kathrine
Rummel, Mr. C. B. Wilson,
Lock Box 75 (2 letters), Louis
Pellegrino.
When inquiring for letters in
this list please state that they
were advertised, giving date.
Deutschland Crew
on Verge of Panic
Believe That They Cannot
Escape the Wire Nets Sup
posed to Have Been Set by'
the British.
BALTIMORE, July 20. —Ter-i
rorstricken and on the verge
of a panic the crew of the Deut
schland dreads the order that,
j will start them on then return
pasagc across the Atlantic.
1 None believe they will escape j
Lthe dragnet being thrown out,
by the allied cruisers now off
the Capes. They feel sure that
they will fall victims to the en-1
amy cruisers not through shots j
from the cannons nor balls from j
i the high powered rifles in the 1
! little British patrol boats, but!
from disabled engines in a net j
that the enemy is spreading
, just off the threemile limit.
The members of the crews
whose names will go down in
history for the creation of a
new commercial era have told
the same friends that Captain
Paul Koenig, the daring com
mander, is doing everything in
his power to keep up their spir
its and make them look on the
bright side of the affair, but the
men cannot see this side of the
venture.
Praying Every Night
"We are praying every night
and are getting our friends to
pray for us", Second Engineer
Carl Fruechte told a friend,
with whom he has been spend
ing his evenings since the crew
have been granted shore leave.
This same friend today told the
story of the terror-stricken
crew to a reporter not knowing
at the time he was talking with
a newspaperman.
"The crew have orders to be
ready to leave at any moment,"
said this friend of Fruechte to
day. "They cannot bring them
selves to see how the Deutsch
iland will escape the enemy off
I the Capes."
FLAG POLE IS HERE.
A chestnut pole, sixty feet
long arrived here Tuesday mor
ning from the Rinn Lumber
tract at Dilltown and as soon as
it is smoothed up a bit and pain
ted, will be planted at the ex
treme southeastern corner of
the Court House yard and from
its mast head will float the
Stars and Stripes until "Johnny
Comes Marching Home Again".
The decision to erect the flag
pole was reached at a recent
meeting of the Indiana Cham
ber of Commerce.
DEUTSCHLAND TO TAKE
BACK MUCH GOLD COIN
. .GREENSBURG, Pa., July 21.
—The Barnes Safe and Lock Co.
last Friday received a rush or
der for a lot of cash boxes from
the North German Lloyd
Steamship Co. for use on the
submarine merchantman Deut
schland. The cash boxes are to
be sent by express at once to
Baltimore.
It is said the cargo of dye
stuffs brought to this country
by the German undersea crcaft
was of far greater value than
the cargo of nickle and rubber
which it will carry back, and
there is considerable gold coir
to be taken to Germany by the
commander of the submarine.
FOR SALE—Two good team
horses: inquire of Joe Mazza,
Homer City.
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Child Playing in Field
Killed by Automobile
Machine Climbed Embank
ment and Tore Through
a Wire Fence.
While playing in a field on
his father's farm Tuesday mor
ning Clair Helman, aged four
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ora Hel
man of near Sample run, was
struck by an autimobile driven
by William McFeaters of
Wayne ave., and fatally injured.
Death resulted a few hours
later.
The accident was most pec
liar and occured while Mrs. Hel
man, mother of the dead lad,
was in the field repairing a wire
fence which had been damaged
by another auto several d:
ago.
Mr. McFeaters who is past
middle age, was driving a pow
erful six-cylinder car north
ward in the direction of Clymer.
There is a turn at the foot of a
hill near the Helman farm and
he had just started up the
grade, when he lost control of
the machine. It plunged up over
an embankment, turned about
and started down the other side
of the embankment through a
wire fence into the field in
which the mother was working
and child was playing. The lad
was in the direct path of the
machine and it was upon him
in an instant.
When the car was stopped
the injured boy was found un
conscious on the ground. He
was carried into the house, and
medical aid was summoned at
once, but death resulted a few
hours later.
Greek and Italian Ships
* ' Sunk in Mediterranean.
LONDON, July 19.—Lloyds
announced today that the Greek
steamer Evangelistria, 2,212
tons, and the Italian steamer
Angelo, 3,609 tons, had been
sunk.
It is supposed they were des
troyed by submarines in the
Mediterranean. The crews of
both vessels were saved.
INDIANA VISITOR
GOT SAD NEWS.
Miss Mable Burton, of Salem,
Ohio, who had been the guest
of Miss Louise Grant, received
a message Monday afternoon
that her father, William Bur
ton, had been killed by a train
in that city. Miss Burton left
for her home that evening.
WORK ON COMFORT
STATION STARTED.
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Preliminary work in the base
ment of the Court House has
been started. Half a dozen
men have been working since
Monday. The station for the
women will be located under
the County Commissioners Of
fice while that of the men un
der the office of the County
Treasurer. Each station will be
furnished with free sanitary
towels and soap..
Infant Dies from Exhaustion
Heat claimed its first victim
here last Thursday afternoon
when Helen Louise Leydic, in
fant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Geo. Leydic, died from exhaus
tion.
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