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VOLUME lII—No. 44
G. 0. P. RECEIVED BIG
BOOST AT MONSTER RALLY
HERE THURSDAY NIGHT
Republcans from all parts of
Indana county and many from
adjoining counties were here on
Thursday night to hear Philan
der C. Knox, of Pittsburgh, can
didate for United States Sena
tor, address the biggest political
rally in the nistory of Indana
county. The Auditorium, the
largest building in the county,
was packed.
Fourteen bands, 1,000 sticks
of red fire, scores of political
banners and the longest parade
ever witnessed here were fea
tures of the demonstration pre
ceding the meeting. Special
trains over the Pennsylvania
and the Buffalo, Rochester and
Pittsburgh railways, extra trol
ley service and hundreds of au
tomobiles brought the largest
crowd ever gathered here for po
litical purposes.
Crow Unable to Be Present.
A message was received from
State Chairman W. E. Crow who
was to have been a speaker at
the meeting, that he could not
reach Indiana Thursday night.
County Chairman J. Willis Wil
son called the meeting to order
and former Senator John S.
Fisher presided. Mr. Fisher paid
the former secretary of state a
ITALIAN SEAPLANES
SHELL TEUTON PORTS
ROME, Oct. 25.—Important Austro-Hungarian ports on the
western coast of the Istra peninsula have been bombarded by a
fleet of Italian and French aeroplanes, ministry of maftne an
nounced today. Two Austro-Hungarian machines were downed,
one falling in the Adriatic and the other in Bazleghe lagoon.
The text of the report follows: "On Tuesday Italian and French
seaplanes reconnoitered and bombarded Salvore, Umago and Cita
nova. All were attacked simultaneously. French machines pur
sued and attacked several Austro-Hungarian aeroplanes. One of
the latter capsized and fell into the sea. Another fell into Bazleghe
lagoon. The observer and air pilot were captured. All the French
machines returned."
ZURICH, Oct. 25.—Trieste, the chief objective of the Italians
on the Istrian peninsula, is being evacuated by the civilian popula
tion, according to a dispatch to the Stefani News agency today.
Many residents of the city have already reached Switzerland. Per
sons in this and other Swiss cities have received word from rela
tives in Trieste that the military authorities, fearing a battle
there, such as took place at Goritz, have ordered all the civilians to
leave.
PUNXSUTAWNEY MINERS RETURNING TO LABORS
PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., Oct. 25.—Miners employed by the
Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal and Iron Company in seven mines
in this vicinity, who went on a strike more than a week ago, start
ed returnng to work this morning, following a meeting of eight
locals of the United Mine Workers of America here last night.
The Adrian and Helveta mines resumed operations today and
three others will start tomorrow.
The Florence miners have refused to accept the vote to return
to work. The Eleanora min£, which was wrecked by an explosion
Saturday, has not yet been repaired. Seven of the eight locals
voted to return to work pending action by the district board of the
United Mine Workers. The strike was not backed by the board.
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BOXING MATCH HERE TONIGHT
Fans of Fightdom are interested in the announcement today
that a boxing match will be held in the Auditorium this evening.
Joe Varga, of Johnstown, who is visiting friends here has accepted
the challenge of "Spike" Kelly for a match and arrangements
have practically been completed for the affair. Varga has estab
lished quite a reputation for himself in Johnstown, his home town,
and other cities, while the excellent reports coming from the
southland, while Co. F was located ehere, told of the superiority
of "Spike" Kelly. The match will be an interesting event.
INDIANA COUNTY COURT
STENOGRAPHER IS THE
YOUNGEST IN STATE
Miss Maude McGuire, of Cly
mer, Pa., is the second woman
to have ever held the position of
THE PA TRIOT
high tribute when he introduced
him to the audience.
Mr. Knox took up the state
ment that President Wilson had
kept the United States out of
war and asserted there was
nothing in the President's rec
ord to justify the claim. "He
has not kept us out of war,"
said Mr. Knox. "We have been
in a state of war with Mexico—
not a great war, but a mean, pit
iful war, waged against a help
less nation."
Adamson Bill Assailed.
The Adarnson law and the
child labor law were discussed
by Mr. Knox. He said the eight
hour law benefitted only a small
proportion of the railroad em
ployes, when by a simple amend
ment it could have been made
to include every man who works
for a railroad which engages in
interstate commerce. He de
nounced the cnild labor law as a
sham.
The federal law, he said, is
; mild and ineffective and does not
prohibit the employment of child
labor; it merely prohibits under
certain conditions the shipment
in interstate commerce of goods
that have been produced in fac
tories that employ child labor.
official stenographer for the In
diana county courts. She was
appointed to the office recently
by Judge J. N. Langham and is
believed to be the youngest girl
court stenographer in the state.
—Pittsburgh Gazette Times.
Published Weekly by the Patriot Publish'mg Company
LAFAYETTE MONUMENT AT FALL RIVER UNVEILED
View of the parade during the Lafayette celebration at Fall River, Mass., when a statue of the great Frenchman
was unveiled; and, inserted, the monument at the moment of unveiling. —-— ~
AUTOS, NOT GERMS, BLAMED
FOR PARALYSIS EPIDEMIC
Gases and Fumes Given Off By Combustion of Oils Used
in Machines Causes Plague, Doctor Tells Ameri
can Public Health Association.
CINCINNATI, 0., Oct. 26.
Automobiles, not germs are to
blame for the epidemic of infan
tile paralysis that has swept the
country, according to the asser
tion made by Dr. Thomas F.
Hartingdon, deputy commis
sioner of labor of Massachusetts
in an address before the annual
convention here today, of the
American Public Health Asso
ciation.
"Infantile paralysis is due to
chemical agents namely, gases
and fumes given off in the at
8., R. & P. RY. AGENTS
TO MEET AT ROCHESTER
Station Agents of the Buffalo,
Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway
will hold their next meeting at
Rochester on October 26th,
about 75 agents, officials and
conductors having arranged to
be present. The principal ques
tions to be discussed are way
bill corrections, loss and damage
claims, embargoes and the pres
ent car shortage.
E. J. Devans, General Super
intendent of the Buffalo Roches
ter & Pittsburgh Railway, will
be chairman and will call the
meeting to order at 9:30 A. M.
Agent L. Shoemaker of this
place, left for Rochester, Wed
nesday night to attend this
meeting.
WALL STREET ODDS ARE
LOST—EVEN MONEY
NEW YORK, Oct. 23.—Wa1l
street today surrendered to the
Wilson wave which is sweeping
the country and wiped out the
odds on the election betting. At
the opening of the market this
morning a few bets were placed
at 10 to 8 on Hughes. This
quickly dropped to 10 to 9 and
at 1 o'clock E. Bunge and com
pany a large curb concern, an
nounced that it had $l,OOO to
bet on Wilson at even money. W.
E. McGee quickly followed with
$5,000 on Hughes at even money
It was freely predicted on the
curb that the president will be
the favorite in the betting be-!
fore the end of the week.
INDIANA, PA. SATURDAY, Oct 28 1916
mosphere by the combustion of
oils and fluids used in automo
biles" Dr. Hartingdon declared.
"Cases of gas and fume poison
ing and cases of infantile par
alysis agree in every essential."
"In Infantile paralysis, we are
dealing with a chemical agent,
and not a micro-organism. In
fants and old persons are more
susceptible to the malady. Al
though infantile paralysis has
been epidemic for years, its pre
valence in epidemic form dates
from the introduction and wide
use of the automobile," he said.
PARCEL POST
IN OCTOBER
Parcel Post, Oct. 1 to 16—13
working days, Indiana, Pa.
Total number parcels receiv
ed, 9,438; delivered by regular
carrier, 4,734; by sub. carriers,
232; through boxes and general
delivery, 1,435; to Normal, 1,354
by special delivery, 63; by rural
carrier, 1,620. Parcels dispatch
ed weighing 5,840 pounds or al
most three tons. The postage
on parcels dispatched was $152.-
64. During the period named
188 parcels were insured and 13
sent C. O. D. This makes a to
tal of 11,523 parcels handled in
13 days. If the parcels received
averaged as much in weight as
the parcels sent out, the total
weight wpuld be 16 tons.
STREET CAR OVERTURNS;
AND 12 ARE HURT
CONNELLSVILLE, PA., Oct.
26.—Twelve persons were injur
ed and a score of others suffer- j
ed bruises when a street car on
the West Penn Railway Com
pany's lines left the rails and ov- [
erturned on a sharp curve at the
Brookdale school house on the 1
outskirts of Connellsville last
night.
The car was running fast and
slippery rails are thought to j
have caused the accident.
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GERMAN ARTILLERY
IS VERY ACTIVE
PARIS, Oct. 26.—French
troops on the Vaux-Douaumont
lines, northeast of Verdun, were
violently bombarded all night by
German artillery, the French
war office announced today.
It was indicated that the
• Germans were preparing for an
. other great series of infantry
assaults in an effort to win back
ground lost to the French on
Tuesday.
The situation generally was
unchanged, the communique
said.
The latest attacks of the
French on the Verdun front
were made in the direction of
Fort Vaux, indicating that the
next big drive would be launched
against the Germans holding
that position.
The war office statement told
of the exploit of a French air
man, who, while 100 yards above
ground ,opened fire with a ma
chine gun against a German ar
tillery column. The attack
caused a panic among the driv
ers.
NEW AUSTRIAN CABINET
HEAD IS CHOSEN
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 26.—A
Vienna dispatch reports that Dr.
Ernest von Koerber has been ap
pointed premiar of Austria. Dr.
von Koerber, who is a minister
of finance and president of the
Austrian council, is called " a
great friend of Germany" by the
German press.
It is said that the minster
made it one of the conditions of
his acceptance that he be allow
ed to guide the financial policies
of both Austria and Hungary.
The Rome correspondent of;
the "Exchange Telegraph" had
previously reported that Prince
von Hohenhole-Schillingsfuert
had been named Austrian pre
mier.
BRITONS MAY SEND
ARMY TO RUMANIA
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LONDON, Oct. 26.—War Sec
retary Lloyd-George's declara
tion that the allies are helping
Rumania was followed by a re-1
port today that England would
send a large army into the
war theatre. England has al
ready sent a big force into Rus- 1
sia for use in the Caucasus and
this force may be diverted and <
used against the armies of Von 1
Mackensen. It is admitted even 1
in official circles that the plight \
of Rumania is getting desperate <
CIRCULATION
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RUMANIANS BLOW
UP BRIDGE OVER
DANUBE STREAM
LONDON, Oct. 26.—The Cer
novada bridge over the Danube
the biggest bridge in the Bal
kans, has been blown up by the
Russo-Rumanian forces, accord
ing to a wreless dispatch receiv
ed from Rome today.
BERLIN, via Sayville wireless
Oct. 26.—The great 12-mile
bridge spanning the Danube at
Cernovoda, has been blown up
by the Rumanians, the German
war office announced today.
The destruction of the bridge
followed the retreat of the Rus
so-Rumanian forces from Ceraa
voda.
German aviators have bom
barded Fateshti at the western
end of the bridge.
Advices had been received
here several hours before the
war office's report was given out
to the effect that the Rumanian
army had made an attempt to
wreck the bridge but the extent
of the damage done to the
mighty structure was not stated
BAY STATE'S
RICHEST GIRL
MARRIES PRINCE
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.
Miss Margaret Preston Draper,
"richest girl in Massachusetts/*
at noon today received the Ital
ian title of princess. She mar
ried Prince Andrea Boncompag
ni-Ludovic, of Rome, at the Dra
per mansion in K street here.
The full ritual of the Roman
Catholic church was performed
by Cardinal Gibbons of Balti-
more. Nuptial mass followed.
The unusual privilege of hav
ing this mass said in a private
residence was granted as a favor
to the Boncompagni-Ludovici
family by the Vatican.
The mass was said by Monsig
nor Russell, rector of St. Pat
rick's church here, who officiat
ed when Miss Draper was receiv
ed in the Catholic church a few
days ago.
The prince's gift to the bride
was a cornet of diamonds, the
jewels having been taken from
heirlooms that have been in the
Boncompagni family for genera
tions, which was brought to the
United States by special per
! mission.
VINTONDALE YOUNG MAN
IS GROUND TO PIECES BY
TRAIN AT CONNELLSVILLE
Falling between cars of a Bal
timore & Ohio freight train near
the stock yards, east of Connells
ville, Tuesday, John Straus
baugh, of Vintondale, was
ground to pieces. His head, an
arm and his legs were severed.
A flagman walking back to pro
-1 tect the train discovered frag
ments of the body. They were
gathered up and removed to the
undertaking establishment of J.
E. Sims. The body had been
dragged 100 feet or more.
The young man was a son of
Charles Strausbaugh, of Vinton
dale, his mother having been
dead for some years. He was a
brother of Raymond Straus
baugh, of Vintondale, Mrs. Eu
gene Lynch and Mrs. Wallace
Gibson, of Cresson.
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