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VOLUME IV —No. 9
Break With Austria Now
Expected to Precede the
Wilson Visit to Congress
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.
The United States almost cer
tainly will have broken with Au
stria before President Wilson
again goes to congress to fur
ther review the critical interna
tional situation. Officials today
frankly admitted that the com
munication sent the state de
partment to Ambassador Pen
field at Vienna is couched in ab
solutely straight language.
It directly asks whether Aus
tria has repudiated pledges al
ready given. And if the reply
is to be, as Vienna advices in
dicate, that those pledges were
in specific cases and do not cov
er the future, when read in con
nection with the original Aus
trian note announcing her sup
port of the German policy of un
restricted submarine warfare,
there is nothing that the presi
dent can do, his advisors say,
COAL FAMINE CAUSING GRAVE TROUBLE IN WEST
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. Government officials today de
clared that threatened suspension of light, heat and power plants
in the middle west because of inability of many towns and cities
to obtain coal, is second in seriousness only to the food shortage.
The American Railways Association announcement that hold
ups and delays in coal and coke transportation has reached a
critical stage named the following cities as being affected:
Chicago, Oak Park, Evanston, Blue Island, Kankakee, De
kalb, Bloomington, Gelena, Rockford and Springfield, 111.; Indi
anapolis, Ind.; Burlington, la.; Detroit, Cadallac, Coldwater, and
Munroe, Mich.; Toledo, 0.; and W 7 aukesha, Wis.
ANOTHER PRISONER ESCAPES—ALMOST
Harry Dickie, of Waterman, arrested on a charge of assault
and battery, preferred by his wife, while being taken from the
Judge's chambers to the county jail Thursday, made a bold dash
lor liberty "a la Waterhouse". Escaping into the alley at Stew
art's livery he made his way to Sixth street, hotly pursued by his
erstwhile custodian, Deputy Elmer Borland. On the north side of
Water street Dickie had a head-on collision with an innocent ped
estrian who was rounding the corner at the crucial moment, fell
ing him to the ground, but this didn't even perceptibly check his
headlong flight. His liberty proved to be of short duration for
the deputy was hot upon his heels and just as the fugitive reached
the bowling alley he was captured and taken to the bastile.
BROKE BACK IN COAL FALL
A fall of rock in No. 25 mine at Clymer Tuesday afternoon,
resulted disastrously for Tommaso Montani, aged 26 years of
Clymer, who was caught underneath it. When he was extricated
it was found that his back was broken. He was removed to the
Dixonville Hospital, and it is not believed that he will recover.
MUST ANSWER TO SERIOUS CHARGE
Harry Little has been held in $l,OOO bond by Squire W. M.
Mahan, to answer to a serious charge by Bert Long of Brushvalley
township, father of the 13-year-old girl with whom Little recently
eloped.
JOE CAMPBELL BUYS HARTSOCK SHOE STORE
Joseph Campbell of East W T ater street, became the owner of
the shoe store conducted for the last several years by H. S. Hart
sock, of South Seventh street. Mr. Campbell, who will assume
charge of the store today, is one of Indiana's progressive young
business men, and success is expected to follow him in his new
business venture.
RAILROADS TRYING HARD TO AID IN FOOD RELIEF
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. Herculean efforts were made to
day by high railroad officials to rush freight cars to the W T est in
order that they may be filled with foodstuffs and rushed back to
Eastern cities. The interstate commerce commission, acting un
der pressure from every big city in the East, has issued urgent
demands upon the heads of every railroad. Reports to the com
mission today indicate that the demands are being met.
So drastic is the situation in some cities that the railroads
have been requested to sidetrack everything for food and fuel
trains. Passenger schedules will be sacrificed if necessary, it was
declared.
CARRYING 1,000 HORSES AND GUN FOR PROTECTION
NEW YORK, Feb. 21. Armed with a rapid-fire gun and
carrying a cargo of 1,000 horses, the Italian steamship Napoli
sailed for Italy today. The horses are for use by the Italian army.
Among the crew are a number of ex-seamen from the Italian
army. The Napoli carried no passengers.
THE PA TRIOT
but to recall Ambassador Pen
field and all American consuls
and send the Austrian ambassa
dor and his suite home.
It is considered likely that the
Austrian situation will receive
final consideration at tomor
row's session of the cabinet. Un
der orders from the president,
officials cannot discuss for pub
lication the development of the
last two weeks in the negotia
tions between Washington and
Vienna. But they say that
nothing has appeared which
would warrant a strong hope
that a crisis was not to come.
It would have been forced before
this were it not for the fact that
the war prisoners' relief work of
the Americans in Austro-Hun
gary is on such a scale that it
will be very hard to get another
neutral representative to take it
over. *
Published Weekly h>y the Patriot Publishing Company
INDIANA, PA., SATURDAY, FEB, 24, 1917
MINE OWNERS SPLIT
OVER STRIKE ISSUE
JOHNSTOWN, Feb. 23
Three mines on the Portage
branch railroad, operated by the
Terminal Smokeless Coal Com
pany resumed operations today,
by the firm granting demands of
the miners that standard weight
cars be abolished and that actual
weight of coal on cars be made
the basis of pay.
More than 2000 miners along
the branch are still out, while
twelve firms controlling twenty
two other mines stand firmly
against granting demands of
the men, claiming violation of
the union scale contract.
However, settlement is in sight
as the executive board of district
No. 2, United Mine Workers, is
expected to be at Portage with
in a day or two, to arrange ar
bitration.
The miners, at a mass meeting
notwithstanding that the United
Mine Workers has not sanction
ed the walkout, decided to re
main idle until standard weight
cars as a basis of wage computa
tion are abolished, and actual
weight substituted.
From the operations along the
Portage branch railroad the out
put is normally more than 7000
tons a day.
SEEK SUBSTITUTE FOR
SPUDS AS PRICE SOARS
ALTOONA, Pa., Feb. 23.
Wholesalers today asked $3.25
a bushel for potatoes the high
est price ever known here. They
say when the limited stock is ex
hausted they will be obliged to
charge $3.60.
Retailers are advising their
customers to reduce their pota
to consumption and find a sub
stitute for spuds. Housewives
are planning to inaugurate a
boycott to bring down the price.
Uncle Sam Is In
Indiana For Recruits
Captain W. J. Harrel of the 37th U. S. Infantry, and Private
Harry E. Gast have completed the arrangements and have opened
recruiting station on the third floor of the Hetrick building on
Philadelphia street.
Applicants accepted will be transferred from here to Pitts
burgh and thence to New York for six months' training.
Liner Perseus is Added to U-Boats' Toll
w iglT ' r.. ... §
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The Perseus was a steel screw steamship cf 6.728 tons and was owned by the Ocean
Steamship Company, Ltd.. and managed by A. Holt <fe Co. She was built in 1908. Her
port of- registry was Liveapool.
U. S. PUTS AUSTRIA IN
HOLE, IS VIEW IN ROME
ROME, Feb. 23. "The Am
erican Memorandum", says the
Messaggero, "puts Austria in a
terrible dilemma, compelling her
either to confirm her adhession
to the ferocious submarine war
fare, thus hastening a rupture
with America, or to disavow her
solidarity with Germany."
The Popolo Romano says the
American memorandum falls
short of being an ultimatum on
ly because no date was fixed for
the Austrian reply.
This comment refers to the
note handed to the Austrian
government on Tuesday, de
manding a clear interpretation
of the Vienna government's at
titude toward ruthless submar
ine war.
REPRIEVES ASKED
FOR MURDERS
HARRISBURG, Feb. 19.
Speaker Baldwin of the House of
Representatives tonight sent to
the Board of Pardons a letter re
questing that reprieve be grant
ed all murderers now awaiting
execution in Pennsylvania, in
view of the possibility of pas
sage by the Legislature of bills
abolishing the death chair in the
State and substituting life im
prisonment as the extreme pen
alty of the law in first degree
murder cases.
LAD IS INJURED
WHEN STRUCK BY CAR
John Martin, son of Mr. and
Mrs. D. B. Martin, residing in
the Bell flats, while on his way
to school on Tuesday was struck
by an auto truck driven by H. C.
Kunkle for J. M. Stewart & Co.,
and was knocked down, being
painfully hurt. The lad will re
cover.
MO WHILE INVESTIGATION
PROCEEDS SOME MAY STARVE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. No move will be made by the
iederal commission to begin the food cost investigation ordered
by President Wilson, it was learned today, until congress appro
priates money with which to conduct it. The president approv
ed a request for $400,000 for the inquiry and the commission has
outlined an investigation to cost that sum and to cover a period of
from six to eight months.
The president has let it be known that he will insist that the
appropriation be made before congress adjourns. The house ap
propriations committee failed to include it in the sundry civil bill,
but when the bill reaches the house the provision will be offered
as an amendment. •
If the inquiry is undertaken on the scale planned it is con
sidered likely that it would be under the direction of Francis J.
Heney, the San Francisco attorney, who now has charge of the
commission's new print paper investigation.
CORAL WOMAN
NOT A SUICIDE
PORTAGE, Feb. 20. Miss
Sarah Fairbanks, whose home is
in Coral, Indiana county, was
found dead Tuesday afternoon
in the home of Calvin Plummer
of Portage. Miss Fairbanks
came to Portage about a year
ago and had been employed in
various residences, doing house
work. Recently she was engag
ed by the Plummers.
Mr. Plummer came home from
work Tuesday evening and
found the woman dead in an up
stairs room. A glass containing
some powders was found near
by.
The remains were removed to
the undertaking establishment
of John Tickerhoof, where an
autopsy was performed by Dr.
J. F. Buzzard of Portage. Con
trary to an earlier report that
she had committed suicide, it
was found that she had died
from acute indigestion.
Funeral services were held
yesterday at her home in Coral.
GOVERNMENT GARDEN
SEEDS
Through the kindness of Con
gressman S. Taylor North, we
have received a selection of Gov
ernment garden seeds for distri
bution. If our subscribers will
call at the Patriot office .we will
be glad to distribute these seeds.
No seeds given to children.
CIRCULATION
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FIVE CENTS
EVERY SIXTH FARMER
IN PENNA. OWNS AUTO
Year Ago Only One in Ten Soil Til
lers Was Possessor of Car
HARRISBURG, Feb. 23
Every sixth farmer in Pennsyl
vania owns an automobile, and
every hundredth farmer in the
State owns an automobile truck
according to figures compiled by
the bureau of statistics of the
state department of agriculture.
A year ago there was an auto
mobile on every tenth farm, and
the total was estimated at 22,-
608 but during 1916 farmers
purchased 10,660 more machines
bringing the total up to 38,268
at the present time. In 1915-
there were approximately 15,-
000 automobiles on the farms
of the state, and in two years
this number has more than
doubled.
On many of the farms the cars
are used for pleasure purposes
only, but other progressive coun
trymen have added an automo
bile truck to their equipment, so
that now it is estimated there
are 2150 of them of various
weights, scattered over the
farms. In twenty counties 20
per cent or more of the farmers
own motorcars, and in only ten
counties is there less than one
machine for every ten farmers,.
Seven counties show more than
a thousand farmers owning ma
chines. Lancaster is well in the
lead, with a total of 2600 cars
for its 10,000 farmers. Philadel
phia shows one car for every
third farmer, but the total is on
ly 247, as there are only* 800
farmers in that county. Twenty
four per cent of the farmers or
1369 farms, have cars in Chester
county, while in Bucks there are
1324. Allegheny county stands
fourth with 1195; Washington
has 1135; Berks, 112 and York,
1099.
Other counties in which there
are more than 500 cars are:
Bradford, 932; Erie 881; Mer
cer, 886; Montgomery 929; Som
erset, 825; Westmoreland, 826;
Butler, 710; Crawford, 782; Sus
quehanna, 763; Franklin, 637;
Lehigh, 659; Luzerne, 643;
Northampton, 651; Tioga, 621;
Bedford, 507; Lebanon; 508,
Schuylkill, 540 and Wayne, 551.
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HOGS AT $12.95 PER
HUNDRED IN CHICAGO
C HTCAGO, Feb. 23. Hogs
sold within five cents of $l3 per
100 pounds at the Union Stock
Yards late yesterday, the high
est price paid in the history of
I the Chicago market.
Stock yards commission men
estimated that there is a short
age of 1,000,000 hogs at the 11
principal markets of the coun
try.