WK DO FINE BOOK and JOB PRINTING TRY US! VOLUME III —No. 51 VERDUN DRIVE STARTS French Troops Begin Offensive and Ad vance on. Both Banks of the Meuse. # BERLIN, Dee. 14.—French troops took the offensive in the Verdun region this evening, says tonight's supplementary War Office statement, advancing on both banks of the Meuse. Field Marshall von Mackensen's Danube army has effected a crossing of the River Jalomitsa in Eastern Wallachia, adds the of ficiai announcement, which reads: "On the Somme there has been lively artillery fire in some sectors. French advances were launched this eVening on the east bank and west bank Of the Meuse. In Rumania the Jalomitsa has been crossed by the Danube army." The Bulgarian War Office at Sofia issued the following state ment : "Our troops which crossed the Danube near Turtukai occu pied the town of Anceniza, which had been looted by the enemy. Other troops crossed the Danube near Sidistria. Bulgarian troops captured the bridgehead on the left bank of the Danube opposite Tchernavoda. On the Macedonia front after drum fire, the enemy attacked Trnova and height 1248, being re pulsed. Likewise attacks on the broad front from Dobrimir to Makovo failed. The enemy nowhere obtained any success." NEW 8., R. & P. AGENT AT MARION CENTER. R. M. Flick, formerly freight and passenger agent of the Buffale Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway at Echo, Pa., has been promoted to the agency of that company at Marion Center. Mr. Flick will have jurisdiction over territory between Barton and Home, a distance of fìve miles. The appointment was effec tive December 4th. BEGIN OPERATIONS. The Juneau Coal Mining Co., of which N. S. White is president and superintendent and Harry Owens is treasurer, began opera tions this week. The company has 220 acres of land. TERMS ON WHICH GERMANY IS WILLING TO MAKE PEACE WASHINGTON, Dee. 14.—1 n circles dose to the German Em bassy the peace proposals offered by Germany are said to include: 1. The complete restoration of Belgium. 2. Evacuation by Germany of ali territory captured ir Northern France. 3. Establishment of Poland and Lithuania as independent kingdoms. 4. Restoration to Bulgaria of ali territory taken from that country in the Second Balkan War. 5. Restoration of the German colonies in Africa and other parts of the world. 6. Restoration to Austria of any territory captured by Italy in the vicinity of the Adriatic Sea. 7. Retention of Constantinople by Turkey. DONNER FURNACE TO MAKE FERRO PRODUCT One of the Tonawanda furnaces at Buffalo recently acquired by the Donnei* Steel Co., shortly will be turned on ferro-mangan ese and ore for that purpose has been purchased, according to the Iron Trade Review. One of the Dunbar furnaces, which has been making ferro-manganese and spiegeleisen, will be changed to bes semer around January 1. PRINTS HIS PAPER ON FIG LEAVES SANTA CRUZ, CAL., Dee. 14.—Because of the high cost of paper and the failure of subscribers to pay up, Luther McQueston, publisher of the Mountain Echo, at Boulder Creek, has printed an edition oi his weekly on fìg leaves. The edition consists of fìve dried leaves printed 011 both sides, and contains newk items, ciassi fied and legai advertising and an editorial in which MeQueston sets forth his reasons for "returning to first principles for print pa per." 1500TH IN P. O. TO SELL XMAS SEALS A booth has been erected in the postoffice from which will be sold the Red Cross Christmas Seals, the receipts from which will go toward the fight against the White Plague. FAIR GROUNDS STABLES AT PUNXS'Y BURN. A spectacular fìre, believed to be of "hobo" origin, Hestroyea more than a thousand feet or stables, cattle pens and fence at the Punxsutawney fair grounds Sunday evening. The building used for the exhibition of pou?- try and that for the exhibit of swine were also destroyed. The loss is approximately $3,000, with no insurance. The stables destroyed were those situated along the south fence of the fair grounds, from THE PA TRIOT near Carlton avenue, west to the south western corner of the big exhibition grounds. The south fence formed the rear of the stables and cattle pens destroyed AMERICAN PRINCESS RECEIVED BY POPE ROME, Dee. 14.—Pope Bene dict yesterday received Prince and Princess Andrea Bone? ì pagni in private audience. The princess was Miss Mar guerite Preston Draper of Bos ton. Prince Boncampagni is a scion oi one of the oldest fami lies of the Holy Roman nobility. with a title dating back to 1133. Published Weekly by the Patriot Publishing Company INDIANA, PA., SATURDAY, DEC\ 10. 1916 MONSTER MILITARY "SAUSAGES" EMPLOYED IN EUROPE TO WATCH FOES' MOVEMENTS * ' 1 * I! il * V »' \< *# I . PREPARINO TO SENO UP RRENCH CRPT/VE BtìLLOQN | Photo by American Press Associatioi VVhile the exploits of the more spectacu lfir and of.ei sively eiiicient aeroplane fili rnany eolumns of the space devoted to w.ir news, themiltary balloon is not neg !eet*d by the .qcneral.s of the fìghting pow er» of Europe. As in the American civil war ;tnd othor wwrs, the baìloons are used for •tbserv? IÌOR purposes. especially cap EX-JUSTICE SENT TO JAIL. BELLEFONTE, PA., Dee. 14. j—L. C. Bullock, a Republican politician, who last spring was appointed a justiee of the peace in State college by Governor Brumbaugh, and who last» week pleaded guilty to six indietments charging illegal sale of liquor, was sentenced yesterday by Judge Quigley to pay a fine of SI,OOO and serve six months in the county jail. Bullock resign • ed as justiee two weeks ago. HAS A NEW FORCE BILL _ BOIES PEXROSE, Senator Boies Penrose of Pennsylvania has startled poli ticians and statesmen in Wash ington by his announcement that he would introduce this ses sion of congress a bill for federai supervision of national elections similar to that fathered by Hen ry Cabot Lodge, in 1890 as a member of the house. The bill will be directed at southern Democrats accused of not per mitting negroes to vote. 1 from Aledem. tive balloons, such as the Fre'ch con- i struction shown in the plcture. Only the ! Germana have made extensive use of the j cruising dirigible balloon, such as the Zep j pelins. France, Great Britain, Russia, It aly and other warring nations prefer to I trust their fate to the heavier than air machine. Balloons like the one in the pie- AUSTRIAN CABINET IS SAID TO HAVE QUIT AMSTERDAM, Dee. 14—Res ignation of the Austrian cabinet was announced in dispatches re ceived today from Vienna. Alex ander Spitzmueller is to attempt the formation of a new ministry. ! If the Austrian cabinet has re | signed, it has attained the uni que record of lasting for a short er period than any ministry or recent years in any European country, unless it be Greece. Dr. Ernest von Koerber, who suc ceeded to the premiership on the assassination November 1 01 Premier Stuerghik, formed a cabinet on that date. i List of Letters Kemaining uncalled for in the Indiana office, December 9, 1916 Mrs. G. Bonarizo, Mr. Henry Bedorf, Mrs. Lillie B. Buter baugh, Eugene Caldwell, Rev. J. F. Chilcote, Mr. H. C. Herman, Miss Sara M. Jones, Emmanuel G. Koones, H. C. Lvons, Mrs. Frank Lovelace, Mrs. J. L. Ma honey, Miss Sylvis McMillen, Mrs. Marjory Myers, Miss Ellen Parish, Mrs. Jane Ray, Mr. John A. Richards, Mr. Fred Roberts. Mrs. S. M. Mr Joe Salo mon, Mary Sckonskv, Dei Srrong' When inquiring for letters in this list please state that they were advertised, giving date. HARRY W. FEE, P. M. Best stores advertise in The Patriot. I ture, nicknamed "sausages" by the sol ! diers, ascend to great heights and are held captive by cables that are immensely strong. From the baskets are made useful observations of the movements of troops, disposition of artlllery, etc. Generally the balloons have telephonic communication with headquarters. Note the rlfle strap ped to the side of the basket. 8., R. & P. RY. DISTRIBUTES CHRISTMAS GREETINGS For several years the Passeng er Department of the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway has made a practice of issuing te employes some few days prior te the holiday season a Christmas message, which, in addition te conveying the men the season's greetings, carries a few well chosen thoughts concerning the observance of true Christmas ; spirit in the handling of traftic | at this busy time of year. From a single page of type written matter, the message has gradually assumed a more pre tentious form. This year's issue is a four page pamphlet on goid quality deckled-edge stack, printed in two colors, with ap propriate illustrations. and is en titled "Our Christmas." KAISER THINKING OF A NEW TITLE LONDON, Dee. 14.—1 t is re ported that the kaiser may change his title from the Ger man emperor to the emperor of Germany, says a Press dispatch from Amsterdam. It was indi cated that announcement to this effect might be made in the reichstag soon. The grandfathei of the kaiser wished to make the sanie change, after the Franco- Prussian war, but was prevented by opposition of some of the German states. Subscribe for The Patriot, $1.50 a year in advance. CIRCULATION BOOKS OPENTOALL ADVERTISERS Criminal Court In Full Swing The first case called for trial on Monday afternoon was a false pretense charge preferred by Greasley & Co., of Blairsville, against Mrs. Pearl McCann, whom the prosecutor alleged ob tained goods of the value of $45 on false statements as the own ership of'property. The jury ac quitted Mrs. McCann and placed two-thirds of the costs on the prosecutor and one-third on the defendant. The case of Commonwealth vs. William Stonebreaker, of Grant township, charged with fornica tion and bastardy, by Mary E. Beatty, of East Mahoning town ship, the jury returned a verdict of guilty. The first case appear ed in court in December, 1914, and has been continued from time to time at the suggestion of friends on both sides, who inter ceded to effect a settlement. The defendant having married re cently brought matters to a cli max and resulted in the present trial. The case of Commonwealth vs. Andrew Uhasz, of Rossiter, charged with burning his store last June and thereby destroy ìng several other properties, the case was continued. A number of riot cases grow ing out of the strike at Edri sta tion on December sth, in which six men were shot, were contin ued until March court, pending the recovery of witnesses. Both strikers and deputy sheriffs are under arrest. In the case of the Common wealth vs. Angelo Manoli, failed to appear and recognizance for feited. A contest over the ownershlp of a rooster, valued at 50c, threatened a race riot between Sani Laspina, an Italian and Frank Turzit, an Austrian, both of Tide, near Homer City, and occupied almost a day in its trial in Criminal Court. The jury failed to establish the ownership of the fowl, but divided the costs between the prosecutor and de fendant, requiring each to pay about S6O. The indictment of Thomas Runzo, charged with embezzl'e ment of the funds of the Inde pendent Brewing Company, amounting to something over SIIB.BO, was quashed, upon rec ommendation of his attorney. It is rumored that a new indict ment may be found against the defendant. The case of the Common wealth against William Wray, ot Lucernemines, charged with as sault and battery, was tried. The jury found the defendant not guilty but assessed him with the costs. Later Attorney Samuel Cunningham made a motion to the effect that the costs of the action be paid by the county and it was ordered so by Judge Langham. The jury in the case against Dominick Orlando, charged with larceny by bailee, returned a verdict of not guilty. The cases of John Polaski, charged with carrying concealed deadly wea pons; Paul Milliken, violating the quarantine act and Andrew Y"uhasz, charged with felonious arson, were continued until the March term of court. Yuhasz was indicted by the Grand Jury as being responsible for the fire that destroyed $20,000 worth of property at Rossiter earlier in the year. The case now on trial is that of Joe Morasco, charged with il legal liquor selling. PIVE CKNTS
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