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COAL COMPANY TO
HAVE A FINE PLANT
ON YELLOW CREEK
Extensive plans have been
completed for the expansion of
the new plant of the Meco Coal
Co. along the Yellow Creek
branch of the Pennsylvania
railroad in this county. The
Meco company has offices in the
Johnstown Trust building.
A new drive is being made,
tapping the Freeport seam
about three miles south of Ho
mer City. One mine is now in
operation on this tract of land,
mining the B seam of the Miller
«/ein. The preliminary survey
has just been completed by
Engineer A. B. Crichton of
Johnstown.
The plant is on a 600-acre
tract of rich coal. Timbers are
being cut away and prospects
for a big mining town in that
section before very long are un
usally bright. A sawmill has
been installed. The mine will be
operated by electricity, the cur
rent being furnished by the
Penn Public Service Co. of
of this city.
CURED OF HIS PARALYSIS,
BOY TAKES TO TOBACCO.
GREENVILLE, N. C. Aug. 25
Recovering from an attack of
infantile paralysis, Charlie Ed
wards, the four-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Edwards of
Greenville, N. C., has developed
an unusual likeness for tobacco.
His parents tdbk the boy to
Newbern, S. C., yesterday for
treatment, but physicians do
not know how they can cure his
taste for tobacco until he is
fully recovered from the paral
ysis.
Charlie last night insisted on
smoking a cigar while his par
ents had him out on the streets
of Newbern. His parents declare
he consumes four cigars a day.
ITALIAN SPEED DEMON
PICKED AS WINNER OF
GRAND PRIZE AUTO RACE
CHICAGO, Aug 23.—Dario
Resta, the Italian speed demon,
was picked as the winner of the
grand prize auto race here today
but in the background loomed a
dark horse in the person of
Louis Chevrolet, and his Fron
tenac car. But Resta and his
big Peugeot made the two miles
at the rate of 135 miles an hour.
Today's racing is an innovation
in auto racing. Five heats of 20
miles each will be run. The win
ner of each heat qaulifies for the
50-mile final. There is $lO,OOO
in prizes, split up as follows:
First, $5,000; second $2,500;
third, $1,250; fourth, -1,000;
fifth, -500.
BAKER PRAISES FOREIGN
POLICIES OF PRESIDENT
WATERVILLE, ME., Aug. 24
—Vigorous praises for the ad
ministration's European jand
Mexican policies was the feature
of an address here tonight by
Secretary of War Newton D.
Baker, principal speaker at a
meeting held in connection with
the Democratic campaign in
Maine in behalf of President,
Wilson. The President's course, 1
Mr. Baker said, "has infused the
spirit of the Declaration of In
dependence and of the Golden
Rule" into this country's for-1
eign relations.
GORITZ COMMANDER DISMISSED
BERNE, SWITZERLAND, Aug. 24 (Via London Aug. 25)
—A wireless from Austria says a court-martial at Klakenfurt has
sentenced Gen. Riedel, in command at Goritz when the city was
captured by the Italians, to dismissal from the army and loss of
rank and pension.
THE PA TRIOT
BRITISH SOLDIERS IN THEIR GAS MASKS
WORLD^^ITUR^S
Photo by American Press Association.
"At 10:50 the gas men don their special
respirators, which in the dim light give
the wearers a strange, almost inhuman
appearance," says a graphic account of
the British "gas corps" detailed and
•quipped to meet German gas attacks
BREAD INCREASED 5 CENTS
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A LOAF IN FRISCO
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 25
Retail bakers raised the price of
raisin and twict bread from 5
to 10 cents a loaf here today.
Doughnuts went up to 15 cents a
dozen in company with rolls and
buns, while the weight of the 5-
cent loaf of white bread was re
duced from 14 ounces to 12 1-2
ounces.
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MANY BIG EVENTS FOR
BARNESBORO LABOR DAY
BARNESBORO, Aug. 24.—A
coal dust explosion demonstra
tion will be given as a part of
the Labor day program at
Barnesboro Sept, 4, attaches of
the United States bureau of
mines of Pittsburgh to be in
charge. The new park will be
dedicated, a first-aid contest
held, a street parade and base
ball games will take place and
there will be other methods of
entertainment for the visitors
and the people of Barnesboro
that day.
: WOMAN HELD FOR COURT
At a hearing before 'Squire
J. A. Crossman Tuesday, Mrs.
Mary McDermott was held for
court trial and Mrs. Annie Ros
ensteel was fined $lO and half
the costs of prosecution. The
two women were arrested at
Brushvalley on Saturday on a
charge of disorderly conduct and
running a bawdy house. Mrs.
McDermott was unable to se*
cure bail in the sum of $3OO and
is still a prisoner in jail.
EDITOR KICKED BY
HORSE
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Frank Daugherty, editor of
The Messenger, iss off duty this
week, as the result of an injury
sustained to one of his eyes last
week, when he was kicked in the
face by his horse.
Published Weekly by the Patriot Publishing Company
INDIANA, PA. SATURDAY, AUG. 26, 1916
with responses of the same sort. "Masked
and goggled, with weird, trunklike pieces
of hose running from the mouthpiece to
the box of the air purifying chemicals I
strapped to their chests, they look like:
Borne of the unearthly beings who people !
BOY SLAYER ACCUSES
SON OF MURDERED MAN
BROOKVILLE, Pa., Aug. 25
—A verdict of first degree mur
der was today returned against
Henry Mottorn, aged 16, who
was charged with the killing of
William Haines, a farmer of
Sprankle Mills, last March.
Ernest Haines, aged 18, a son
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of the slain man, was at once
place on trial on a similar
charge. Mottorn in a confession
alleged'that young Haines plot
ted the shooting and hired him
to do it. Robbery was the mo
tive.
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INDIANA RURAL LETTER
CARRIERS MEET SEPT. 4
The Rural Letter Carriers' as
sociation of Indiana county will
meet in Clymer Labor day, Sept. I
4. All the topics on the program
will be open for frfee discussion.!
the books of H. O. Wells. But not a
breath disturbs the still air. The feeble
breeae has died completely. Hurriedly
the order runs down the line, 'Cancel and
stand by.' Behind their masks the gas
men grunt disgustedly."
COUNTY GIRL
MISSING FROM HOME
Mary, the 14-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kar
po, of near Rochester Mills, this
county, has been missing from
herh ome for several days. She
is about five feet tall, slender,
with light hair and a slight scar
on righ cKeek. When she left
home she wore a white dress,
white shoes, pink hair ribbon
and pink sash.
ROSSITER MERCHANT
CHARGED WITH ARSON
Andrew Judasz a merchant of
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Rossiter, this county, whose
stock of goods was badly dam
aged by fire two months ago, is
under arrest here on a charge
of having started the blaze. He
was given a hearing before Jus
tice Crossman Thursday after
noon and was held for the Sep
tember term of court.
GROUND TO DEATH BY A
TRAIN NEAR CYLMER
John Sac, aged 30, wen to
sleep on the Buffalo, Rochester
and Pittsburg tracks near here
Wednesday night and was
ground to death by a freight
train.
WAR REASONING
Governor Whitman, of New
York, discussing war prices, said
in Albany the other day:
"Our war profiters have the
face to tell us that, because our
wheat, for example, commands
a war price abroad, it ought to
command a war price here at
home. Absurd!
"Such reasoning reminds me
in its absurdity of a waiter in
a Broadway restaurant.
"A guest, beckoning this
waiter to him, said:
" 'See here, my son—this bill
here—"One lobster, $1.75, plus
one steak, SI." —that makes
$2.75, not $4.75, doesn't it?
" 'Ah, but sir/ said the wait
er, 'you forget that everything
has gone up since the war., "
SCHOOLS CANNOT OPEN
BEFORESEPTEMBER 18
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In hope of blocking the possibility of infantile paralysis be
ing spread by contact of students at the opening of the educat:on
al year State Health Commissioner Dr. Samuel G. Dixon issued
a sweeping, order in Harrisburg last night forbidding public and
private schools, academies and colleges, including Sunday schools,
to open before September 18. At that date a survey \yill be made
of conditions existing in different sections of the state and re
sumption of scholastic activities will depend upon local circum-.
stances.
The order affects particularly city, county, parochial and
Sunday schools, nearly all of which were to open September 5.
Most of the colleges and academies begin the year about the third
week in September or later. Moving picture theaters which can
not pass drastic scrutiny of sanitary conditions will be compelled
to close their doors. Examination of the photo-play houses will
begin at once.
"DEUTSCHLAND ARRIVES HOME
LONDON, Aug. 24.—Reports of the return of the German
submarine Deutschland from the United States arfe corroborated
in a telegram received at Amsterdam from Bremen as forwarded
by Reuter's correspondent. According to this information the
Deutschland traveled 4,200 miles on her homeward voyage. At
the beginning the sea was tempestuous but later it became more
calm. The Deutschland proved to be able to navigate the stormy
seas excellently. Her engines worked faultlessly. No icebergs
were passed on the journey. A distance of 100 miles was travers
ed under water without difficulty.
FARMER'S FINE DEFENSE
Tells. Editor. Why. He Gets
Goods From A Mail
Order House
Recently a merchant of Nat
chez happened to see a farmer
receive a box at the depot and
noticed that it was from a mail
order house. He also noticed
that the goods were right in
his line and the same as he car
ried for years. He immediatly
approached the farmer and
said:
"I could have sold you the
goods you have • here for less
money than the Chicago house
and saved you the freight."
"Then why didn't you do so?"
said the farmer. "I have taken
the local paper for a year and
have not seen a line about your
selling these or any other goods.
This mail order house sends ad
vertising matter to me asking
for my trade, and it gets it. If
you have any bargains, w*hy
don't you put them in the paper
so we can see what they are?"
—Natchez (Miss.) Democrat.
Whan a Dead What* Sinks.
It happens on rare occasions that a
dying whale, "sounding" deeply, falls
to rise again to the surface and re
mains In the sea depths after death.
The "flsh" is not lost, however. From
some unexplained cause the gases set
free by decomposition Inside the car
cass And their way to the whale's
tongue. This organ becomes inflated,
resembling a huge balloon, and by its
buoyancy brings the body of the dead
whale to the surface, when it Is picked
up by the crews. The process of infla
tion and flotation commences within a
few hours of death, and the lapse of
two or three days win generally suf
fice to bring the body of a "lost" whale
up from the sea floor.—Exchange.
Grim Solace.
"Is Bliggins an optimist?"
"Yes. He's one of the kind who con
vince you that everything is going to
the bowwows and then teH you there
is no use worrying about it-"—Wash
ington Star.
A Fabla Verified.
"Do you believe the old fable about
the man of whom it was said that
everything he touched turned to gold?"
"Yes. I've seen It work In a modi
fled way. Everybody I touch turns to
Ice."—Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Bachelor's Opinion.
"Who does the baby resemble?"
"Every other baby that I ever saw."
—Detroit Free Press.
CIRCULATION
BOOKS OPEN TO ALL
ADVERTISERS
NEW HEALTH RULES
TO PREVENT SPREAD
OF INFANTILE EPIDEMIC
Keep your house or apartment
absolutely clean.
Go over all woodwork (Daily
with a damp cloth.
Sweep floors only after they
have been sprinkled with saw
dust, old tea leaves, or bits of
damp newspaper. Never allow
dry sweeping.
Screen your windows against
flies.
Do not allow garbage to ac
cumulate.
Do not allow refuse of any
kind to remain in your rooms.
Kill all forms of vermin.
Pay special attention to body
cleanliness. Give children a bath
every day and see that all cloth
ing which comes into contact
with the skin is clean.
Keep your children by them
selves as much as possible. Do
not allow them to visit places
where there may be a large
gathering of children.
Do not take your children
with you when you go shopping.
Do not allow your children to
be kissed.
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LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining uncalled for in the
Indiana office August 19, 1916:
Mrs. A. I. Cline, Mr. H. B.
Cooper, Mrs. Esther Davey,
Miss Elsie G. Evans, Miss Mary
Kirby, Miss Olive King, Mr.
Presdenk, Luigi Pellegrine, R.
E. Simpson, Mr. Angelo Scar
lato, Mr. Andy Walley.
When inquiring for letters in
this list please state that they
were advertised, giving date.
Harry W. Fee, P. M.
Best stores advertise in 7k«
'atriot.
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