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VOLUME 111 No. 31
Seven Hundred Millions For
Defense Provided By Senate
Army Bill Passed with Few Changes from
Committee Recommendations Carrier
$311,000,000, Increase over House
Washington, July 27 Nearly seven hundred millions
for defense in the fisGal year of 1917 is the aggregate of pro
posed appropriations reached in the Senate today with pass
age of the army appropriation bill carrying, in round num
bers $314,000,000.
This grand total for preparedness still is subject to re
vision, however, because the army bill will follow the naval
bill into conference, where reductions are probable, despite
the firm attitude of President Wilson in supporting the lib
eral response of the Senate to the call for adequate defense.
Appropriations for preparedness as they now stand are :
Army, $313,970,447.10; Navy, $315,826,843.55; Fortifica
tions (passed by both branches), 825,748,050; The Military
school, §2,238,328. 57 ; Army and Navy deficiency, $27,559,-
348.05; Total, $685,343,017.27.
Hog Cholera in North
Part of This County
Entire Herd of D. H. Wyant
Js Wiped Out by Disease.
Hog cholera has made its ap
pearance in Indiana county and
as a reseult of its ravages David
H. Wyant, of Covode, has lost
20 valuable swine.
The disease had its appear
ance in the select herd of swine
owned by Mr. Wyant about a
week ago. Within two days the
herd had been pratically wiped
out. The State authorities were
notified and an agent of the
State Livestock Sanitary Board
was immediatly sent to Covode.
Two of the hogs were still liv
ing and these were inoeulated
at once with the cholera ser
um. The disease had advanced
too far in one of them and it
died shortly after inoculation.
The other animal is recovering.
A quarantine has been estab
lished and inasmuch as the dis
ease has not made its appear
ance elsewhere it is not believed
that the disease will spread.
Mr. Wyant recently lost 100
chickens through an epidemic
of gaps. —Punxy- Spirit.
Stars and Stripes to
Wave Until Co. F
Returns to Town
In commemoration of the ser
vices of their members who are
serving their country with Com
pany F, Texas, a large American
flag was floated to the breeze,
atop the Odd Fellow's building
Wednesday afternoon. The Stars
and Stripes will remain until
the local company returns to
Indiana some time in the future.
Willian Spr ankle, 90,
Dies at Home, Here
William Sprankle, one of the
oldest of Indiana County's re
sidents, died Tuesday evening
at the home of his brother. He
was 90 years old, and had been
ill but a short time.
The deceased, who was reared
in the Northern part of this
county was a prominent and
succcessful farmer until his re
tirement several years ago. He
was a brother of the late Shar
rets Sprankle.
FOR SALE—Two good team
horses: inquire of Joe Mazza,
Homer City.
THE PA TRIOT
DE PALMA ENTERS TWO
CARS IN CHICAGO EVENT
CHICAGO,III., July 26. Ral
ph DePalma, Italian daredevil
auto driver, has entered two
cars for the speedway grand
prix race, to be run at May
wood August 19, it was announ
ced today. DePalma refused to
say who is also entered for the
300-mile race, to be held a week
from Saturday.
WAR PRISONERS MUST
SALUTE ENEMY IN ALPS
BERNE, July 27.—The gen
eral staff of the Swiss army has
issued the following order to
the French, English, German
and Austria-Hungarian war
prisoners who have been sent to
Switzerland for recuperation:
"The soldiers of the different
belligerent nations on Swiss soil
have to salute the commissioned
and non-commissioned officers
of their enemies in the same
manner as they salute their own
superiors. They must remember
that they are on neutral
grounds, where hatred can
not be tolerated. In the eyes of
the Swiss nation and its govern
meent, the prisoners are equal.
They were all captured in hon
orable battle, while fighting for
their countries, and should treat
each other with respect."
EIGHTY THOUSAND CATS
AND DOGS PUT TO DEATH
NEW YORK, July 26.—Sev
enty-two thousand cats and 8,-
000 dogs have been put to death
by the S. P. C. A. since July 1
in the fight against infantile
paralysis.
WELL-KNOWN DUBOIS
MAN TAKES OWN LIFE
Robert Fishman, manager of
the F. & S. Beef Co. at Dußois,
committed suicide by shooting
himself in the temple last Sat
urday. The suicide occurred at
the Central Y. M. C. A. at Du-
Bois, in a room which he had
occupied since April 1.
MAY GET HOME FOR
THE FEEBLE-MINDED
BLAIRSVILLE, July 27.
State authorities are inspecting
a tract of 500 acres of land on
the outskirts of this town as a
site for the erection of a home
for feeble minded. If the bulid
ing is erected here, it is probable
that 500 additional acres will be
bought.
Published Weekly toy the Patriot Publishing Company
INDIANA, PA. SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1916
NEW YORK'S FAMOUS 69TH LOSES
OFFICERS; BLISS SENT TO BORDER
i'ljotus by American Press Association. g|?. if I- - '-J, Xb
SIXTY-NINTH ON MARCH. | f
GENERAL BLISS.
COLONEL CONLEY.
[The Sixty-ninth New York, the "fighting
Irishmen," got under way' for the Texas
border, but under circumstances that
caused a veritable explosion in Camp
Whitman. At the very moment of en
tralnment a telephone message was re
ceived from Major General Wood at
Governors Island relieving Colonel Lew
is D. Conley and Lieutenant Colonel
John D. Phelan of their commands. The
only explanation vouchsafed was that
these officers were laboring under
"physical disabilities."
The whole camp was thunderstruck by
the news, but the men of the Sixty
ninth were more than that. They were
in despair. To flght without Colonel
Conley seemed even worse than remain
ing listlessly at Camp Whitman, and a
more than ominous murmur was heard
in the ranks. The men are closely at
tached to their officers, who have work
ed hard in the service.
With congress clamoring for informa
tion as to the treatment received by the
national guard and press dispatches
coming in from various sources relat
ing the trials to which the men are be
ing subjected en route and of the lack
of sufficient equipment, Major General
Tasker H. Bliss, assistant chief of staff (
of the army, was sent to the border to ,
make a thorough inspection of all con
ditions. After a conference with President t
MAN ENDS HIS LIFE
IN TOWN RESERVOIR
Local Water Company Asked to Drain and
to Clean the Container.
Three Million Gallons of Water Emptied
Curtis Stuchell, a plasterer of
this place, drowned himself in
the town reservoir, Tuesday
evening. After making several
attempts, he at last succeeded
in ending his life. No reason is
given as to what made Stuchell
take his life. According to some
citizens, the body was taken out
of the reservoir a few hours
after his death.
Hundreds of people saw the
body and many of them asked
the employees of the Clymer
Water Co. to drain the reservoir
at once. The following day, Supt.
W. S. Hamilton of the Water
Co., made a statement that he
would not drain the water out
LETTER WRITTEN BY GLAD
HAIR IN 1904 TRAVELS
14 MILES IN 12 YEARS
After spending 12 years to
travel a distance of 14 miles, a
letter mailed at Smicksburg,
this county, a dozen years ago,
reached its destination in Punx
sutawney.
Glad Hair of Smicksburg
wrote a letter to his sister, Mrs.
Clark Wilson of Punxsutawney,
in 1904. He never received a
reply and the incident was for
gotten until this week, when
the delayed missive was deliver
ed to Mrs. Wilson at her hom^
$5.00 NIAGARA FALLS
& RETURN
The popular mid-summer 5
day vacation to Niagara Falls
will be August sth. Tickets on
sale for all trains. BUFFALO
ROCHESTER & PITTSBURGH
RY.
Wilson Secretary Baker directed Major
General Scott, chief of the army general
staff, to make an inquiry into the circum
stances amending the action of Major
General Wood, commanding the eastern
military department, in ordering the dis
charge from the federal service of Colo
nel Conley and Lieutenant Colonel Phe
lan. It was said in an authoritative way
that the president had taken a personal
interest in the matter and that he want
ed all the facts ascertained.
There were hints from persons close
to the president that he was anxious to
learn whether the detaching of the two
chief officers of the Sixty-ninth had been
due to any other reason than that as
signed.]
of the reservoir, as it would re
quire three days to do it and
that in case of a fire, Indiana
would be without water. Fol
lowing this statement hundreds
called up W. C. Chapman, Sec
retary of the Board of Health,
and asked what if anything he
could do. Several stories were
told, but finally the Water Co.,
to avoid annoyances ordered it
drained. It is said that over
three million gallons of water
are in the reservoir.
Employees of the Clymer
Water Co., said Thursday even
ing that the water is tested
each month and that it stands
the best tests of any other
water in the State.
BARNESBORO MINE
TROUBLE ADJUSTED
BARNESBORO, July 27.
All of the 150 to 200 miners of
the Barnes and Tucker Coal
Company who have not been
working for the past few days
are expected to return to their
positions tomorrow. Some of
them went back today. The sus
pension of work was due to a
■ dispute over the care of cars,
according to an official state
ment given out this afternoon.
The difficulty was adjusted to
day, it was stated.
ROCHESTER MILLS
RESIDENCE BURNED
! .
The residence of David Kryt
zer, at Rochester Mills, was to
tally destroyed by fire last Sun
day, the loss being more than
$5,000. Insurance to the am
ount of $1,700 was carried.
COAL CONCERN TO PLANT.
TREES AT HOMER CITY
The Grazier Coal Mining
Company, with offices in the
Johnstown Trust Company
building, is planning the refor
estation of an idle tract of land
at Homer City, where part of
its operations are loctated. It is
planned to plant seedlings now,
to be used when they mature for
mine props and ties.
ALL WELL WATER
MUST BE BOILED
JOHNSTOWN, July 28.—'The
residents of Walnut Grove who
use water from wells in that
section yesterday afternoon re
ceived warning from the John
stown health authorities to boil
all water before using it. An
analysis of the water in the
seven wells in that vicinity
shows that in six of the wells
are bacilus cloacae.
No typhoid germs were found
in the water, but the presence
of bacilus cloacae indicates that
seepage is finding its way into
the water and that therefore
typhoid germs in the ground
could find their way into the
water as well. N
The seven wells are located
in the rear of properties at 142,
179, 161, 1144, 174 Solomon
street and two at 167 Silomon
street. One well was closed by
the health authorities some days
ago.
LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining uncalled for in
the Indiana office July 22, 1916:
Mrs. W. S. Barr, Mr Harry
Barton, Miss Huld Clark, Mr W.
A. Davis, Miss Jessie M. Field,
Mrs. Jay Hill, Mr. Wm. Patton,
Mr. Charlie Turner, Mr. Wm. J.
Williams, John Zigo (special
delivery).
When inquiring for letters in
this list please state they were
advertised, giving date.
Harry W. Fee, P. M.
CIRCULATION
BOOKS OPEN TO ALL
ADVERTISERS
President Expresses
Regret Over Death
of Great Poet Riley
WASHINGTON, July 24.
President Wilson yesterday paid
high tribute to James Whit
comb Riley, the "Hoosier
Poet" who died Saturday. In a
letter to Henry Eitel of Indian
apolis, brother-in-law of the
poet, the president declared "a
notable figure passes out of the
nation's life." His letter follows:
"May I not express to you my
sincere sorrow at the death of
James Whitcomb Riley.
"With his departure a notable
figure passes out of the nation's
life; a man who imparted joy
ful pleasure and a thoughtful
view of many things that other
men would missed. I am
sure I am speaking the feeling
of the whole country in expres
sing my own sense of loss.
"WOODROW WILSON."
Buchanan Family in
Bad Auto Accident
Mr. and Mrs. George Buch
anan of South Eleventh street,
accompanied by their children,
Paul and Miss Edith Buchanan,
had a narrow escape from death
on the National Pike near Un
iontown Tuesday afternoon,
when their automobile skidded,
turned around and then over
turned into the gutter. All the
passengers were more or less
bruised, but Mr. Buchanan suf
fered the most, sustaining
sprains and contusions of his
neck and back and a slight la
ceration on his head. Mr. and
Mrs. Buchanan returned home
by train last evening and Mr.
Buchanan is now .being cared
for by a trained nurse. Paul
and Miss Edith Buchanan took
the car to Uniontown after it
had been returned to the road
and arrived here last evening.
England Spends
$25,000,000 Each
Day on Her Weir
LONDON, July 27.—A vote
of credit for $2,250,000 was
moved in the house of commons
yesterday by Lord Asquith. This
brings the total credits this
year up to $5,250,000 and the
total since the beginning of the
war to about $14,160,000.
The premier said that the to
tal expenditures of the govern
ment from April first up to the
last Saturday were $2,795,000,-
000. The treasury has in hand
now about $205, 000,000.
In explaining the expendi
tures, Mr. Asquith said that the
war is costing approximately
$25,000,000 a day. His recent
statement that $30,000,000 is
being spent daily, the premier
explained, was, meant to include
all the expenditures of the gov
ernment, both ordinary and ex
traordinary.
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WRECK ON TROLLEY LINE.
The work car of the Indiana
County Street Railways Com
pany, Berry, motorman and a
passenger, car with Mr. Stiffler
as motorman, met in head-on
collision at the Bluff near
Blacklick Monday. The front
ends of both cars were badly
smashed. Passengers on the lat
ter car were badly shaken up
and a few painfully bruised. One
of the injured was taken to
Blairsville for treatment, but it
is not thought that his injuries
are serious.
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