WE DO FINE
BOOK and JOB PRINTING
TRY US!
VOLUME lII—No. 39
More Arrests Promised
by Government Sleuths
On Blackmail Charges
WASHINGTON, . Sept. 22.
Following the series of confer
ences begun last night and con
tinued today between the chiefs
of the department of justice and
its field agents, it was stated
today that many more arrests
and additional sensational dis
closures in the Mann white slava
law blackmailing conspiracy
shortly can be looked for.
The investigation and search
for the "brains behind the band"
was today ordered extended to
many of the principal cities of
the country. Officials confident
ly declared that the men and
women who now are known to
have planned the campaign
which clearly up nearly a mil
lion dollars im 10 months short
ly will be caught unless they al
ready have fled the country. In
view of the great difficulty in
obtaining passports, officials say
the latter probability is almost
impossible.
Plans for a nationwide cam
paign against the known con
spirators, and others as yet only
suspected of having used the
Mann law for blackmailing pur
poses, were completed today. As
a result, from now on all inquir
ITALIAN AIRMAN
MAKES NEW RECORD
TURIN, Sept. 22—The Italian
airman Antonacci has just beat
en the world's height record near
here.
He carried six passengers, and
rose to a height of 19,000 feet.
The previous record with the
same number of passengers was
recently achieved in France by
Poire, but the height reached
was only 9,000 feet.
Antonacci used an Italian
army biplane.
IMPORTANCE OF RUSSIAN,
ITALIAN AND BALKAN
x OPERATIONS
All through this war we have
heard most about the western
front. And this has been true,
whether decisive actions like the
Marne and Verdun were going
on, or minor affairs like the
v countless little local attacks and
counter-attacks from the Vosges
to the sea. This is bound to con
tinue, but there is every indica
tion now that the decision in the
war will come not in the west,
but in the East.
Bear in mind that in the Civil
war our fathers, North and
South, had their attention fix
ed upon Richmond and Wash
ington and counted the Virginia
campaigns the decisive opera
tions. They were not. While
' Lee held Grant for many months
with little change of front, and
prevented him from obtaining
any considerable advantage, the
whole Confederacy crumbled to
nothing under the blows of Tho
mas and Sherman. The wes
tern field in Europe may again
become the most important, but 1
it is not at the moment, and Rus-,
sian, Italian, and above all, Bal- j
kan operations deserve far clos-!
er attention.
If you think first of the bat
tle of the Somme, you will ne-;
cessarily get a distorted view of
the war. The long trench war
before Petersburg similarly mis
led Americans in 1564. But if
s'ou think of the battle of Eu
rope, as I "atorians 'now think o: ,
' the whole field of the Civil war
«!j£eratio:i oi
ies will be directed from the offi
ces of Chief Investigator Bielas
ki in this city and every agent
of the department will report di
rectly to him.
At today's conference, partici
pated in by A. Bruce Bielaski,
chief of the bureau of investiga
tion; John C. Knox, special as
sistant attorney general, who
has been placed in direct charge
of all prosecutions;' Hinton C.
Clabaugh of Chicago and sever
al other special agents, it was
decided that the initial prose
cution shall be moved in the fed
eral court in New York next
month unless in the meanwhile
a stronger case can be found.
This probably will be the* case
of Mrs. Regina Klipper, who was
the victim of the band arrested
in Chicago, who victimized her
in a New York hotel. The evi
dence is said to be conclusive in
the opinion of the department
of justice. The fact that Mrs.
Klipper was subpoenaed as a
witness by District Attorney
Clyne in Chicago was said here
today not to affect the case
which is to be pressed against
"Doc" Donohue, Harry Russell
and Mrs. Helen Evers.
of the Russians as playing some
thing of the role of Sherman, of
the Italians fulfilling a part of
Thomas' mission, if you recall
how Sherman and Thomas broke
the back of the South while Lee
and Grant stood firm—you will
see the picture as it is in its
making and be able to judge ac
curately the real state of the
war.—Frank H. Simonds, in the
American Review of Reviews.
INJURED IN A SHOOTING
AFFRAY NEAR HOMER
i Antonio Waloz of Tide, near
Homer City, was admitted to the
Indiana hospital Thursday suf
fering from two gunshot wounds,
j The injuries were received at
| the conclusion of a free-for-all
| drunken fight at Tide in the
morning. Dr. Paul C. Reed of
Homer City accompanied the
man to the hospital.
LOCHRIE TO OPEN
ANOTHER MINE
CAIRNBROOK, Sept. 22.
Announcement was made yes
day that John Lochrie will open
another mine in this section,
which will be on the new rail
road about half way between
Cairnbrook and the mine now
operated on the Mangus farm.
Work on this opening will begin
within a few weeks, according
to the announcement.
LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining uncalled for in the
Indiana office September 16,
1916:
Mrs. S. M. Black, Mrs. E. M.
Pradley. John Buckno Blanford,
Miss Mary Carney, -F. C. Cook,
Miss Kathrine Domestic, C. S.
Hill, Miss Ruth Hoover, Mrs.
Reuben Jones, Mr. Mac Levy, A.
F. Moorhead, Miss Elizabeth
Mundorf. Jas. T. Shank, Mr.
Dorsey Taylor, Mrs. A,. Miles
Thompson, Mr. Harry Walker,
R. C. Watson, • Mr. Sherman
Welch, Miss Alpha Webber, Mr.
R, B-. Wilfong, Fred McCurdy.
When inquiring for letters in
thx - please state that they
"•i erased, giving date.
HARRY W FEE, P. M,
Published Weeidy by the Patriot Publishing Company
INDIANA, PA. SATURDAY, Sept 23, 1916
General Smuts. comma after'of ihe British forces in East Africa, making
observations from the top of an armored car. It has been officially reported
that General Smuts has occupied Dar-es-Salaara, the chief town of German
East Africa, find a principal seaport.
• ONLY TEN WOMEN IN WESTERN PENITENTIARY
A rather unique condition of prison affairs was disclosed when
| Sheriff Boggs accompanied Mrs. Mayme Hilty to the Western
Penitentiary to begin her year-and-a-day sentence for larceny. In
. quiry was made as to how many women inmates there w T ere in the
institution and the astonishing answer, "only ten," came back.
Mrs. Hilty was the tenth,.
ONE MORE CASE OF INFANTILE PARALYSIS
Another case of infantile paralysis, the sixth in the county,
has developed in Pine township, near Heilwood, the latest victim
being Margaret B. Williams, 16-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Benton R. Williams,.
BRUSHVALLEY GIRL INJURED BY AN AUTO
Miss Olive McCrea of Brush valley township, this county, a
[ nurse in training at the Indiana hospital, is a patient in that in
| with serious injuries, the result of being struck Sunday
by an automobile driven by Delos Hetrick. Five nurses were out
on a stroll when the machine turned a corner and dashed into
them. Several of the others sustained minor bruises.
HEILWOOD'S LYCEUM COURSE
\
The business men of Heilwood have succeeded in securing *a
| lyceum course for their town during the coming winter. There
will be five entertainments, instead of four, as in previous years,!
and all for the same price. The course will be shown on the dates
named, subject to changes, as seen fit: The lonian Serenaders,
Thursday, Nov. 2; Marios, the magician, Saturday, Nov. 18; Scott
and Mahoney, reader and cartoonist, Friday, Jan. 17; Marsh en
tertainers, Feb. 20; Hampshire male quartet, March 7.
v 1
FOUND DEAD IN COAL HOUSE
I
The dead body of Philip Wolf,aged 32 years, a well known young
man of Juneau was found in an abandoned coal house near the
home of his parents, late Friday. A physician called developed
the fact that he had been dead for several days and this theory
was corroborated by the fact that he had not been seen since last
Tuesday. Deputy Coroner A. H. Stewart conducted an inspection
and reported that death had been due to heart trouble. He leaves
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Wolf and several brothers and
sisters.
BUYS CLYMER PHARMACY
•
Clark Neal of Clymer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Neal of
South Seventh street, has purchased the Kirkman drug store at
Clymer and assumed charge of the business this week. Mr. Neal
has been manager of the Evans drug store at Clymer for several
years. Maurice Trainer of town, who recently sold his drug store
at Penn Run to Dr. T. D,. Stephens, is now clerk in ihe Evans drug
store at Clymer.
t
- - -
CORN FIELD OF 27 ACRES
One of the finest and largest fields of corn in the county is
o'ned by Harry Be ?e of near Marion Center. He has 27 acres
growing in a singfe field and expects to have a yield of 3,000
bUSfcrlS.
Judge Langham Hands
Out Salty Sentences
To Various Offenders
Monday was sentence day in
the Indiana county courts and
Judge J. N. Langham made dis
position of a great number of
cases, the defendants in whom
were found guilty to charges in
Criminal Court last week. In sev
eral of the cases the sentences
were severe. They follows:
Frank Stibin, pleading guilty
to the charge of selling liquor
; without a license, drew the us
ual sentence of the costs of pros
-1 ecution; a fine of $5OO, and
three months in the Allegheny
county workhouse. The prison
er was given a parole on condi
tion that he pay the costs of the
! prosecution; a fine of $5O and re
frain hereafter from the viola
tion of the liquor laws.
Wallace E. Semple, who was
accused of fornication and bas
tardy, was ordered to pay the
costs of prosecution and to pay
to t*he prosecutrix the sum of
$2O for lying-in expenses and
the monthly sum of $5 for the
next sixty months.
Mike lute of Homer City, who
pled guilty to the "shooting at
a friend five times just or fun"
drew a fine of $lOO and was or
dered to pay the costs of prose
cution.
John Pierce of White town
ship, better known as "Devil
John." pled guilty last week to
a charge of assault and battery
He was sentenced to pay the
costs of prosecution; a fine of
$lO. and to undergo a further
imprisonment in the County Jail
for a period of 90 days.
Joseph Stripparo, indicted for
the murder of Angelo Morasco
at Carneytown, pled guilty to a
charge of manslaughter and was
sentenced to pay the costs of
prosecution; a fine of $5OO and
to undergo imprisonment in the
Western Penitentiary for a per
iod of five years.
Don Pardee of Richmond, pled
PLAN TO PREVENT
POTTERY STRIKE
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 22
,Plans for taking action against
members of the National Broth
erhood of Operative Potters in
order to put a stop to strikes
among pottery workers in the
East Liverpool district and com
pel them to fulfill the terms of
their contract with the manu
facturers were made today fol
lowing a meeting of the Unit
ed States Potters association;
here late yesterday. Just what
form this action will take was
not announced." *
The meeting was attended by 1
50 representatives of the manu
facturers, w r ho claim that they
have lost thousands of dollars
because of the failure of ttie
men to abide by the agreement
made by the brotherhood.
ITALY OBSERVES ANNIVER
SARY OF TAKING OF ROME.
ROME Sept. 22.—1n the midst
of war, Italy yesterday solemn
ly observed Sept. 20, the forty
sixth anniversary of the occupa-1
GROUNDHOG DAY AT PUNXSUTAWNEY SOON
Wednesday, September 27, is the date set for the annual
groundhog hunt and feast. The invitations for the big event will
be sent out within a few days. It is planned to invite, a number of
prominent men this year and the hunt and feast promise to be
CIRCULATION
BOOKS OPEN TO ALL
ADVERTISERS
FIVE CENTS
guilty to a charge of riot and
was sentenced to pay the costs
of prosecution; a fine of $25 and
undergo imprisonment in the
Allegheny county workhouse for
a period of three months. His
brother, James Pardee, indicted
on the same charge,, was sen
tenced to pay the costs of prose
cution ; a fine of $5 and undergo
a workhouse sentence of three
months. The latter, however,
was paroled on condition that he
| pay the costs.
Peter Ferro of East Wheatfield
township, who pled guilty to the
charge of manslaughter, was •
sentenced to pay the costs of
prosecution; a fine of $5OO and
undergo imprisonment in the
Western Penitentiary for a term
of not less than eight years and
not more than 12 years.
Matteo Palugga pleading guil
ty to a charge of 12 counts on
aggravated assault and battery,
assault with the intent to
etc., was sentenced to pay a fine
of $500; the costs of prosecu
tion and to undergo imprison
ment in the Allegheny county
workhouse for a period of 18
months.
Lew Palmer of Indiana, con
victed of assault and battery,
was sentenced to pay a fine of
$100; the costs of prosecution '
and to undergo imprisonment in
the Allegheny County work
house for a period of six months.
Domenick Delpratta and his
wife, Angeline Delpratta, of
Ernest, charged with selling li
quor without a license, were
sentenced together to pay the
costs of prosecution; fihes of
i $5OO each and three months'
sentence each in the Allegheny
county workhouse.
A parole was granted on con
dition that they pay the est of
prosecution; penalties of $75.00
each and to hereafter refrain
from violations of the liquor
laws.
I
tion of Rome by the Italians. On
this date in 1870 the Holy City
passed from the temporal rule'
of the pope. .
There were big celebrations in
all the large cities and through
out the country. Telegrams of
congratulation were exchanged
by the king, the premier and
the mayor of Rome. Messages
were sent to the troops at the
front and the merrymaking was.
general,.
TO REDUCE SIZE OF BALLOT
TO MEET PAPER SHORTAGE
DES MOINES, la., Sept. 22,.
The lowa state executive coun
cil has taken cognizance of the
shortage of print paper. News
papers in various county seated
where the specimen ballot for •
the next general election will
be printed, have requested the
council that the»ballot be held
down to the least possible space
on acount of the shortage of
paper.
Best stores advertise in fflw
Patriot.