WE DO FINE ' HOOK and JOB PRINTING TRY US! VOLUME lII—No. 41 Rumanian Losses In Danube Rout 15,000 Entire Army Is In Hasty Flight Accross Danube SOFIA , Oct. 5 Bulgarian troops have enveloped and de stroyed 15 or 16 Rumanian bat talions (about 15,000 men), which crossed the Danube and invaded Bulgaria near Riahovo, said an official statement from the war pffice today. The defeat suffered by the Rumanians is the greatest since the destruction of the Rumanian army at the fortress of Tutra kan, when 23,000 Rumanians were trapped and captured south of the Danube. The Rumanians were caught by an encircling movement and began to stream back across the PENNA. INVENTORS The following patents were just issued to Pennsylvania cli ents, reported by D. Swift, and Co., Patent Lawyers, Washing ton, D. C., who will furnish cop ies of any patent for ten cents apiece to our readers. J. A. Andersonn, Philadelphia, Fastening device; E. Bagnall, Mahonqy City, glass-grinding table, sold; M. Bartley, Blooms burg,Nutlock, sold; W. M- Bash lin, Grove City, apparatus for treating wood; R. A. Benedict- Roche, Meadville, Garment-stay, sold; R. H. Bowen, Shroudsburg, device for measuring transmit ted torsional resistance, sold; E. V. Brennan, Philadelphia, Mo tor to control automatically a subscriber's telephone for var-_ ied service; F. E. Bright, Phila delphia, grinding machine; P. Chovanecz, Johnstown, metallic railway tie and rail fastener; H. Chrisman, Edgewood Park, Flu id meter, sold; G. H. Clamer, Philadelphia, making brass and copper alloys; W. F. Conklin, Tarentum, Clutch; R. N. Ehr hart, Edgewood Park, conden ser, sold. FOOD PRICES INCREASED GREENSBURG, Pa., Oct. 4 Bakers from all towns in the county met here last evening and fixed a standard price for bread, rolls and cakes, at an in crease over the old price. The 5 cent loaf of bread was advanc ed to 6 cents and rolls and cakes dealers last Monday increased the price of milk from 8 to 10 cents a quart. Prisoners Escape From Punx'y Jail PUNXSUTAWNEY, Oct. s—Several posses are scouring the country-side today for George Graham, aged 35 years, a prisoner in the city jail, who last night pounded Jail Warden Andrew Neil, aged 64, into unconsciousness, and escaped with Rosie Spyers, aged 15, his alleged accomplice in a series of robberies. Graham used a shoe as his weapon and the jail corridor where the battle was fought was drenched with blood. The warden was decoyed to the cell tier by the girl, who asked for a pillow. Graham and the Spyers girls were arrested in connection with the robbery of a big supply store and the former is believed to be the leader of an organized band, warrants being out for eight others, all believed to be members. 8., R. AND P. RY. TO ANNOUNCE SCORES OF WORLD'S SERIES The Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway announces that in accordance with their custom of previous years, arrange ments have been made to announce to passengers on all trains the scores of the world's series games by innings. These scores are to be obtained in the dispatching offices at division points and trans mitted to operators at points jus ahead of rains, where they will be handed to the conductors and announcements made throughout T the train by trainmen. THE PATRIOT | river without offering stubborn opposition. Teutonic monitors had smashed some of the pon toon bridges over which the in vaders crossed, thus interfering seriously with their retreat to the north bank. Bulgarian artillery was train ed on Rumanian transports that | attempted to facilitate retreat | adding o the confusion in the ranks of the enemy. The exact | number of prisoners is not defin itely known but it is reported that large quantities of war ma terial were brought in. On the Dobrudja front all RusSo-Rumanian attacks were frustrated. ITALIANS WIN PEAKS IN MOUNTAIN FIGHTS ROME, Oct. s—"Our offensive operations in the mountains have resulted in some new suc cesses," the War Office announc ed. "At the head of the Crismon- Brenta Valley (Eastern Tren tino), our troops after climbing precipices under enemy fire, cap tured the second peak of Col. Bricon, 2,604 metres high, the first peak being already in our possession. ELECTION BETTING DROPS 9 to 5 ON HUGHES TO WIN \ NEW YORK, Oct. s— Wall Street, whose vision never reach es west of Philadelphia, has at last heard of the political trend in the middlewest and tpday re duced the odds on Hughes in ] the election betting to 9 to 5.; Even at this figure there was very little Hughes .money in sight. GREEK CABINET PLANS CONFRONT DIFFICULTY ROME, Oct. 5—A dispatch from Athens says that consid erable difficulty has been exper ienced in forming a "war cabin et" for Greece. It is doubtful if a post is held by IJleutherios Venizelos, the former premier and leader of the proally party. Venizelos is quoted in a dis-! patch from Crete as saying that he will be satisfied with any j ministry that stands for war on the side of the allies- PcitolisHed Weekly fc>y the Patriot Pufoli«hins* Company SALONIKI SEES LIVE REPRODUCTION OF AMERICAN PAINTING, "SPIRIT OF 1776" r• ? N W* ; Photo by American Press Association. As the three men shown in the picture paraded the streets of Saloniki, where they were photographed, they reminded some Americanized Greeks of the Ameri can painting, "The Spirit of 1776," and the - SAYS G. 0. P. MUST WORK TO CARRY WEST FOR HUGHES. COLORADO SPRINGS, Sept. 29—Clarence P. Dodge, former Progressive Chairman of Colo" rado, today strongly censured the Republican organizations of the Western States for their weak campaign measures. ''lf the Republican Party ex pects to carry Western States for Hughes, the State organi zations must adopt more system atic methods to obtain the large vote made up of Progresives and Hughes Democrats," said he. "Otherwise the chances are ex cellent for Wilson. The party organization of Colorado has so far devoted too much time and attention to local internal dissension." MARRIAGE LICENSES I Jacob Frantz Rossiter Anna Maddine Kroner Punxsutawney Harry A. Weston New Kensington Helen M. Wallace Homer City Calvin Lester Cribbs South Mahoning Margaret Ann Ray Washington John E. McCullough Montgomery Mary E. Spencer Rossiter Peter Barasicek Aultman Katherine Frencak Aultman Dorsie Smith Gipsy Carrie Beck " Eugazio Zuffato, W T est Lebanon Giuseppa Piazza, West Lebanon Elmer John Engle Connelsville j Victoria Edna Spackman James T. Bell Loyalhanna township Clara M. Steele Loyalhanna township INDIANA, PA. SATURDAY, Oct 7 1916 SPIRIT OF 1916* IN GREECE. picture was dubbed, "The Spirit of Greece in 1916." Strictly speaking, however, these men are not Greeks at all, but Macedonian Turks and wandering mendicant musi cians, wandering from town to town in the disturbed country. Men such as these CAMBRIA AND INDIANA IS SEEKING RIGHT-OF-WAY IS THE LATEST RUMOR ERENSBURG, Oct. s—lt is rumored that representatives of the C. and I. Railroad Company are busily engaged in securing rights-of-way for a new railroad through Jackson and Cambria townships leading from Nanty-Glo to the, new town, about two miles north of Ebensburg, where a shaft is now being sunk. MINER KILLED AT ERNEST Charles Rakere, one of the most prominent foreign residents of Ernest, was instantly killed on Friday by a fall of slate in an Ernest coal mine. He leaves a widow and four children. The funeral services were held in St. Bernard's Catholic church, Indi ana, on Monday morning. "BILL" ST. CLAIR TAKES BRIDE William M. St. Clair, the local express agent -who was mar ried recently to Miss Vesta Swick of Elwood City returned last night from a honeymoon spent at Saratoga Springs. They were married at New Castle by the bride's uncle, Rev. H. F. Hazlett.* SOLDIERS' REUNION The annual reunion of soldiers will be held as usual this year on Thursday, October 12, in the Court House at Indiana. There will be addresses by well-known speakers, a good dinner, an auto mobile ride—if weather permits—and a good show at the Grand Theater. All soldiers and their .wives are invited to be present and will be made welcofne. Invitations have been mailed to many, but no matter whether or not you get one, come anyway. • J. M. MARSHALL,, Mgr. CREEKSIDE MAN INJURED AT ERNEST Angelo Moraca of Creekside, and a worker at the Ernest mines, sustained several bruises about the body as the result of a large rock falling from the roof. He had to b carried home and it had been supposed that his leg was broken but investigation prov ed that such was not the case and that his injuries were very slight. He returned to work yesterday morning. BRUSHVALLEY DWELLING IS BURNED TO GROUND Fire destroyed the two-story dwelling of C. F. Remaley, at Brushvalley, yesterday afternoon. The loss is about $2,000, with a small amount of insurance. have caused much trouble In Saloniki and the surrounding country by their lawless ness, and their activities will probably be restricted severely when Greece begins active operations against the Bulgars and Turks. CIRCULATION BOOKS OPEN TO ALL ADVERTISERS Origin of Bon Ton Fire A Mystery There have been no develop ments in .the investigation start ed today to learn the origin of the fire which damaged the Bon Ton store here early Sunday morning. The fire started short ly before 3 and when the firemen reached the store the building is said to have been burning at two distinct places. Broken cash registers, the disappear ance of a valuable coat and the [finding nearby of two handbags belonging to the store indicate that the interior was visited for the purpose of securing loot and fired either accidentally or in tentionally, as the intruders left. The loss is estimated at sev eral thousand dollars. As soon as the insurance adjusters com plete their work the storeroom, which is located on the first floor of the Elk building, will be re modeled and restocked. INDIANA COUNTY AWARDS CONTRACTS FOR BRIDGES The County Commissioners awarded the contracts on Thurs day for the erection of five county bridges, representing an expenditure of $19,131.15 for the construction of the structures 1 and culverts. The most important bridge is that of reinforced concrete over Twolick Creek, near Lower Two lick, on Indiana-Homer City road to replace the present iron bridge, which was condemned, owing to the curves at the ap proaches, due to the location of the structure. The new bridge, v which was designed by Engineer Thomas Pealer will have two 67 foot spans with an 18 foot road ; way and a clearance of 16 feet. The contract was awarded to Whitaker and Diehl, of Harris burg, for the sum of $10,419. The contractors have already begun the preliminary work on the construction of the bridge, which will be completed this year. The other contracts award ed follow: Starford bridge in Green town ship, P. E. McGovern and Co., $2,294- Green township assumes $394 of the amount. Richards Run bridge in West | Wheatfield township, G. W. Dru jry, York, Pa., $1,898. Sidney bridge in Banks town ship, P. E. McGovern and Co., Punxsutawney, $1,133.15- Laurel Run culvert in Buffing ton township, Whitaker and Diehl, Harrisburg, 2,587. - JOSEPH WINGAR HURT While returning home with a load of buckwheat late yester day afternoon, Joseph Wingar of White township, accidently fell from the seat to the ground and the heavily-loaded wagon passd over his shoulder, frac turing it. He also sustained a number of painful bruises- PLUM CREEK VALLEY ORGANIZES BRANCH OF THE STATE GRANGE The Plum Creek Valley grange was organized Friday evening by the Rev. H. G- Teagarden, state deputy and chaplain of the state organization. The char ter members number 30 and the enthusiasm in the grange, with headquarters at the Bell school house, Washington township, is keen. FIVE CENTS
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