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VOLUME IV —No. 13
Germany's Course
Hastening Gash
Sinking of American Tanker Speeds Up
War Preparations
WASHINGTON, March 23.
Germany's latest affront in the
torpedoing without warning of
the American tanker Healdton
will be followed by continued
speeding up of all preparations
for actual hostilities, which are
w *
now regarded as inevitable.
President Wilson and Secre
tary Lansing are convinced that
Germany's present course is
merely hastening a clash. The
President and his secretary are
known from the highest and
most authoritative sources to
have held the firm conviction —
even before the sinking of the
Healdton —that the kaiser's gov
ernment is determined on forc
ing a declaration of. war from
this country.
MOTHER AND SON KILLED
BY EXPLOSION OF COALITE
Coroner H. B. Buterbaugh in
vestigated the explosion of coal
ite at the home of Alex Karski,
Ernest, which killed Mrs. Jennie
Karski, aged 27 years, and her
infant son, Steve Karski, and in
jured a three-year-old daughter,
Mary.
The father is employed at the
mines at Ernest and secured a
case of coalite from the company
store, Tuesday evening. He
placed the explosive near the
kitchen stove and later went to
a neighbor's house. Returning
he had just reached the front of
his home, when a terrific explos
ion occurred in the kitchen.
Mrs. Karski and her son were
blown through the side of the
building and killed instantly.
The daughter was found in the
front of the house unconscious.
The building was completely
wrecked.
AN ACCIDENT.
Andrew Kovach, a Hungarian
of near Creekside, Saturday
night, lay down on a hot cinder
pile at the engine pits to get
warm. An engine backed down
and ran over his foot. At the
same time his clothes caught tire
from the hot cinders. He was
hurriedly taken to the Indiana
hospital where his leg was am
putated just above the ankle.
FIRE AT ISELIN.
The residence of A. and J.
Popivchak, located at the Y near
Iselin, was destroyed by fire on
Thursday. Practically all of the
contents were burned, in addi
tion to a sum of money which
was secreted in the house. The
origin of the fire is not known.
CHANCE TO GO TO NAVY.
Congressman N. L. Strong has
been requested by the Navy De
partment to nominate one prin
cipal and three alternates for ap
pointment as midshipmen in the
United States Navy. This means
admission as students in the Na
val Academy at Annapolis from
which the officers of the navy
are graduated. A splendid op
portunity for ambitious and pa
triotic young men. The first ex
amination is on April 17th, and
those desiring appointment may
communicateAvith Mr. Strong at
once
THE PA TRIOT
Cabinet Meeting Held.
President Wilson met with the
cabinet today to consider devel
opments in the international sit
uation, and to discuss the prog
ress made by all departments in
preparing for hostilities. There
is indication today that the
President after Congress has de
fined the status between Ger
many and the United States, will
augment his cabinet by one or
more posts to cover the work of
transportation and possibly a
portfolio to handle the work of
munitions making.
This, however, is entirely ten
tative. The more likely course
for the present, at least, is be
lieved to be the continuance of
the National defense council as
a special advisory body in pre
paring for war.
BRITAIN IS SPENDING $30,-
000,000 A DAY.
LONDON, March 19.—Reply
ing to a question in the House
of Commons today, Andrew Bo
nar Law, chancellor of the ex
chequer of the British govern
ment, said that the daily expen
diture of the government from
April 1, 1916 to March 31, 1917,
would work out at £6,000,000.
Mr. Bonar Law said the nom
inal total national debt was esti
mated at £3,900,000,000. The
total estimated amount due
from Great Britain's allies and
the dominions was £964,000,000.
The chancellor said the aver
age daily payments between
February 11 and March 31
would amount to £7,260,000. In
'that period especially heavy pay
ments were falling due which
had increased the expenditure
by a daily average of more than
£1,000,000 and the daily expen
diture for the year would work
out at £6,000,000.
DUBOIS MINERS. END THE
STRIKE; RETURN TO
WORK
DUBOIS, March 22.—More
than 600 miners employed by
the Northwestern Mining & Ex
change company who have been
on strike since last Wednesday
will return to work tomorrow.
A settlement between the min
ers and the company was reach
ed today, the company agreeing
to reinstate eight discharged
| motormen whose dismissal caus
ed the strike. It is estimated
i 15,000 tons of coal were lost as
J a result of the week's strike.
STRAND THEATRE HAS
BEEN SOLD
A. Blitz, of Pittsburgh, who
for some time past had been the
owner and director of the Strand
Theatre on Philadelphia street,
has disposed of his property to
Caris Brothers of Wilmerding.
The deal was consummated on
Wednesday and possession is
given immediately. Starting on
Monday next the threatre will
be closed for a week, during
which time extensive improve
ments will be made, including
the placing of new picture ma
chines, a new piano and the
building of a new lobby with a
central box office.
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INDIANA, PA., SATURDAY. MABCH 24, 1917
—Seibet in Aibany Knickerbocker Press.
KAISER'S PICTURE IS TORN
DOWN BY STUDENTS
WASHINGTON, March 22.
Patriotic students of the Central
High School here today tore
down from the walls of a class
room a picture of Emperor Wil
liam of Germany and hung in its
place a photograph of President
Wilson, decorated with two Am
erican flags.
The emperor's likeness disap
peared before officers of the
school cadet corps had an oppor
tunity to present to Miss Marie
Siebert, teacher of German, a
resolution protesting against the
presence of "a murderer's pic
ture" and demanding its remov
al.
Harry Roper, 15 \ ears old, son
of Daniel C. Roper, recently ap
pointed to the tariff commission,
led the agitation begun several
days ago against the picture by
turning its face to the wall sev
eral times.
Miss Siebert, who is an Amer
ican citizen, insisted that it re
main, saying she intended to use
it to illustrate a lecture.
BIG GUNS ACTIVE IN TREN
TINO.
LONDON, March 22.—The
Italian War Office issued today
the following report:
In the Trentino yesterday
there was again considerable ar
tillery activity. On Costabella
heights after a violent bombard
ment with gas shells the enemy
repeatedly attacked our advanc
ed positions. He was impulsed
with heavy loss.
The usual artillery actions and
patrol encounters were reported
on the Julian front. Two of our
patrols entered the enemy lines
in the Goritz area and destroyed
them.
JURY IS GIVEN FATE OF
KITTANNING MAN
KITTANNING, PA., March
22.—John Mechling, 30 years
old, of this place, was placed on
trial yesterday in the local court
on a charge of murder, and to
day the case went to the jury.
Mechling was alleged to have
killed John H. Willis with a club
in a livery stable near here. The
prosecution and the defense
were conducted in less than five
1 hours.
THE END OF THE SLIDE.
TWO MEN HURT, ONE DIED
IN HOSPITAL
Two men were accidently in
jured at the Foster mines near
Edri on Wednesday; one of them
dying shortly after being admit
ted to the Indiana hospital for
treatment. The dead man is
Harry Uncapher of Marion Cen
ter.
Paul Stonebraker, son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Stonebraker,
of Cheryhill township, is in a
serious condition in the hospital
as the result of accidental injur
ies received Wednesday morn
ing. Mr. Stonebraker is a coal
and iron policeman in the em
ploy of the mining company near
Saltsburg. Wednesday morning
in the performance of nis regu
lar patrol duties, his rifle slip
ped between two planks, on top
of the tipple. The hammer of
the gun was accidently touched
off and the charge entered his
abdomen and worked its way up
ward, lodging near the right
shoulder. The bullet has not yet
been located. He was brought
to the Indiana Hospital and his
condition is considered quite ser
ious.
NEW PRINCIPAL FOR THE
NORMAL SCHOOL.
Dr. John A. H. Keath, princi
pal of the Normal School at
Oshkosh, Wis., was elected prin
cipal of the Indiana State Nor
mal school at a meetings of the
Board of Directors, Friday night
last. Dr. James E. Ament, the
retiring principal will have
charge of a girls' school, The
National Park Seminary, in For
est Glen, Md.
CAN CROSS OCEAN IN 40
HOURS IS CLAIM
ST. PAUL, March 20.—Paul
Rickel, aged 23, today asserted
that he can fly across the ocean
in 48 hours by using in his en
gine a certain oil formula he
claims to have perfected. He
has sent this formula to the Uni
ted States government as a gift.
Miss Goldie Graham, of Buf
falo, Wyo., is visiting her cousin,
Miss Edith Duncan, of Church
, Street.
GOOD ROADS GIVEN BOOST HERE
COIMJEWS
In an order, Judge J. N. Lang
ham refuses to confirm the ap
pointment of District Attorney
William N. Liggett, of L. G.
Clark, of South Seventh street,
to be County Detective.
In the case of Joe Morasco and
Tony Morasco, charged with il
legally selling liquor at Ernest
and Creekside Tony Morasco en
tered a plea of guilty and it is
understood Joe Morasco will do
the same as soon as he returns
from the hospital in Pittsburgh,
where he is now a patient. This
case was tried in December and
when about to go to the jury
one of the jurors suddenly be
came ill and the case was con
tinued.
Albert Maruca, of Mclntyre,
paid the costs on the liquor
charge against him. Maruca
pleaded guilty some time ago to
another charge preferred after
this one and was paroled. The
costs amount to $157.
The liquor charges against
Martin Smalko, of Clymer, and
Dr. F. W. Corsin, formerly of
Blairsville but now in Westmore
land county, were dropped on
payment of the costs by the de
fendant in each case. The costs
amount to more than $lOO.
Sam Gallo, charged with sell
ing liquor without a license, fail
ed to appear when his case was
cailed last Friday. Wednesday,
he appeared before the Court
and gave bail for $750 for his
appearance at the June term of
Court.
The case of the Common
wealth against Joe Raglani, of
Tide, Pa., charged with the theft
of chickens was heard Monday
afternoon. The prosecutor was
Max.Sambol. The jury return
ed a verdict of not guilty, and
divided the costs among the
prosecutor and the defendant.
Nick Malchan, of Brush valley
township, near Crown Hill, con
victed of wantonly discharging
firearms and shooting with in
tent to kill; the prosecutor being
Joe Carba, was sentenced on
Monday by Judge Langham to
pay the costs of prosecution, a
fine of $5OO and to spend 11
months in the Allegheny County
workhouse.
• «
James Rocco pled guilty to
selling liquor without a license,
and was sentenced to pay the
j costs of prosecution, a fine of $5O
and to spend three months in
the county jail. He was later
paroled on condition that he pay
the costs of prosecution, a pen
alty of $5O for the use of Indi
ana county and thereafter re
frain from violating the liquor
laws.
The jury in the case of the
: Commonwealth against Henry
M. Foster, of near Armagh,
charged by R. R. Campbell with
malicious mischief growing out
of timber cutting, returned a
verdict of not guilty, directing
the prosecutor to pay 2-3 of the
costs and the defendant 1-3.
WANTED
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will have to furnish his own
I team, etc. 150 acres or over of
cleared land, good and easy to
work, plenty of fruit, 3 1-2 miles
from Marion Center.
J. H. Rochester,
Marion Center, Pa.
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HIGHWAY BETWEEN COKE
VILLE AND BLAIRSVILLE
TO BE PAVED WITH
BRICK
Good roaas in Indiana have
received an additional boost by
favorable action which was tak
en Saturday. At that time it was
decided to pave the highway
from Biairsville to Cokeville,
brick being used as the covering
The state highway department
will stand one-half of the ex
pense and the other half of the
money outlay will be divided be
tween the borough of Biairsville
and Indiana county. Work will
be started at once and will be
rushed to completion. The pav
ing of the road will add but an
other link to the good road pro
ject in this section.
From Biairsville to Reed.
The next important step in
this direction will be the maca
damizing of the highway be
tween Biairsville and Reed sta
tion. Work on this stretch will
also be started as soon as the
spring weather conditions per
mit and it is also being planned
to have it finished just as quick
ly as possible. With its comple
tion motorists to and from Pitts
burgh will have the pleasure of
making the entire trip over a
highway ot either macadam or
brick construction. No more
clay roads will be encountered,
although such roads in Indiana
county have so far been quite
successful.
To Abolish Grade Crossings.
The building of these two
roads and the expected action of
the state highway department
and the Pennsylvania Railroad
Co. in abolishing the grade
crossings at Graceton and Reed
station will put Indiana county
on the map as a county that is
| constantly looking forward to
progressive steps that lend
themselves to the careful and
laudatory attention ol' all trav
! elers.
MCCARTHY APPOINTED TO
ASST. SUPERINTENDENT
According to a notice just is
sued by E. J. Devans, General
Superintendent of the Buffalo,
Rochester & Pittsburgh Ry. Co.
D. W. McCarthy has been pro
moted to Assistant Superinten
dent of the Middle and Pitts
burg Divisions, with headquar
ters at Dußois, Pa., vice R. F.
Dawson, resigned. For some
months past Mr. McCarthy has
been acting as Assistant Super
intendent of the Middle and
Pittsburgh Divisions, with head
quarters at Indiana, Pa.
j The same notice announces
the promotion of A. H. Stokes to
the position of Assistant Super
intendent of the Middle and
Pittsburgh Divisions, with head
quarters at Indiana, Pa.
I Both appointments are effec
tive March 20th.
NEW FUNERAL CAR
Steving & Streams, the Phila
delphia, street Furniture and
Undertakers, on Monday receiv
ed their new funeral car. It
was made by Cadillac Automo
bile Company and is one of the
newest and most up-to-date
models. The purchase of the
funeral car is but another step
in the plan of this firm to give
;the people of Indiana and this
county the best service possible.