WE DO FINE BOOK and JOB PRINTING TRY US! 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.. ... § r e 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