WE DO FINE BOOK and JOB PRINTING TRY US! VOLUME IV —No. 2 i WILSON MEETS ITALY WAR MISSION MEMDEOS r WASHINGTON, May 14. It aly's minister of transportation, Enrico Arlotta, member of the Italian war mission to the Unit ed States, reached Washington today and was presented to Sec retary Lansing. Military and na val members remained in New York and will come here later, when the leaders of the Italian mission reach the United States, probably within a few days. All will be presented to President Wilson then. Italian citizens of the Middle West are arranging a reception for the commission when it has completed its preliminary busi ness in Washington. In Chicago a general committee has invited the commission to visit the prin cipal cities of the Mississippi Valley. All invitations will be held at the embassy for the /ar rival of the entire commission headed by Prince of Udine. INDIANA COUNTY WILL HAVE FARM EXPERT Through an appropriation of $l,OOO, news of which has just been made public by the Indiana County Boa/d of Commissioners, this district takes place in the front line of counties in the state The money tluis apropriated is to be used to defray the expen ses of a Farm Expert to be sent to Indiana from State College and who will devote his time to explaining and demonstrating to such residents of farming dis tricts as desire his advice, the proper cultivation of crops as worked out to a perfecting de gree at the farms at the state in stitution. HIGHWAYMAN ASSAULTED WOMAN; TAKES POCKET BOOK / i The local authorities are look ing for a young man who made an assault, Wednesday evening, on Church street, between Rail road avenue and Oakland avenue The victim was Miss Alice Har per, who is staying at the R. A. Thompson home. It is said that during the encounter, the high wayman received a number of blows, the young lady was thrown to the ground and her silver purse, containing a ten dollar bill and some small change was taken. ( CLEAN-UP DAY, MAY 22. Attention is again directed to the annual Clean-up Day to be observed in Indiana on Tuesday, May 22, the date set by the In diana Board of Health. Especial attention should be paid to clean ing up stables and alleys and see ing that your property is in spic and span condition for the in spection trip that will follow. Any Indiana resident not finan cially able to have his rubbish taken away will be thus accom modated if he will leave his name and address at the Free Reading Room before noon on Clean-up Day. The only restric tion is that the rubbish must be piled on the sidewalk or some other convenient place for the person vt T ho will call for it. Best stores advertise in The Patriot. "Damn the torpedoes; go ahead, full speed."—Admiral Farragut, at Mobile. THE PA TRIOT France Wil Furnish America Aeroplanes Domestic Machines Fail to Meet War Department Tests. - ' WASHINGTON, May 16. The United States has been forc ed to go to France to obtain aeroplanes for its army. Ma chines of American manufac ture have failed completely to meet the war department tests, it was learned here, and, as a result, contracts for supplying the entire army of 1,200,000 men will be placed abroad. An initial order for 1,800 ma chines has already been placed, it is understood, and further contracts are to be made which will run into the tens of thou sands. The advisory commission on aviation, after a close survey of the field, has notified the war department that France will be able to supply all the machines needed by the American army. These facts became known to day in connection with the first open move of the Government to put the air service on a war foot ing. This was the appointment of Prof. Hiram Bingham of Yale University as director of cadet instruction. Prof. Bingham has been attached to the office of Brigadier ' General George O. Squier, chief signal officer of the army. He will be in direct charge of the 3,000 cadets enlisted in the special aviation corps, which will supply the new conscriptive army with its "eyes." ANOTHER DISASTROUS FIRE AT JOSEPHINE Josephine was visited by an other disastrous fire early Wed nesday morning, when the build ing, housing the supplies and time-keeper's office, together with all' its contents, were de stroyed by a blaze, origin of which has not yet fully been de termined, altho it is presumed that is was due to spontaneous combustion as it started in the oil room. The damage, which is partly covered with insurance, will run about $2,000. CLYMER MAN HAS CLOSE CALL • 3 ■ Harry Levenson, a well known merchant of Clymer, had a nar row escape from death last ev ening when he lost control of his automobile at "Devil's Elbow" near here. The machine plunged through the fence on tne road and turnea turtle. Levenson was uninjured but the machine was badly damaged. ITALIAN DRIVE ON TRIESTE IS RESUMED ROME, May 16.—The spring campaign on the Austro-Italian front has opened with a renewal of the Italian drive toward Tri este. Advances were made in the heights, southeast of Gortiz, the Carso plateau, in the Plava sec tor, and also on Monte Cucco, but the Italian troops had to withstand violent counter-at tacks by Austro-Hungarian forc es. A large number of prisoners, some cannon and machine were captured by the Italians. Published Weekly by the Patriot Publishing Company INDIANA, PA., SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1917 WEST POINT GIVES 139 MORE OFFIC iR TO ARM . Photos by American Press Association. Weeks ahead of their regular graduation time 139 cadets were released to serve their country. Harris Jones Oneida county. N. Y.. the first honor pupil, is shown above, while Secretary Baker is seen receiving a graduate. HOW AMERICAN YOUTHS ARE TO BE CONSCRIPTED WASHINGTON, D. C.; May 17.—Machinery for drafting in to the service the first,levy of 500,000 men is being worked out by the war department. The local electoral systems of the townships and precincts will be utilized for the huge task of registering and sifting out the exemptions. / Although the details are far from completion, the system in general will be as follows: On a day designated by pro clamation, probably before Sept ember 1, all the men in the na tion between the ages to be set in the conscription bill will be ordered to visit the polls and register themselves. Upon registration they will be given cards designating the number of the class in which they will be called for examin ation. It is planned to use local po lice facilities of the townships, villages' and cities to seek out "slackers" who fail or refuse to register. Under the bill a heavy penal ty will be imposed for failure to register. Then calls by classes will fol low. As each class reports the men subject to exemption und er the bill—munitions workers, men with dependents, men en gaged in industries vital to the military machine .and other classes, such as agricultural workers, to be fixed by the presi dent—will be weeded out. After that the remainder will be again sifted by physical test and the unfit rejected. Then an other class for examination will be summoned and the process repeated until all the men of the nation, physically fit and not subject to exemption, are deter mined. It is believed the jury wheel system to determine the first le vy by lot will be used. These men chosen from the ranks sub ject to service will comprise the first levy. They will then await the order to go to the training camps. GRACETON POSTMASTER RESIGNS Congressman Strong sends us notice that the postmaster at Graceton, this county has re signed and that an examination for a new postmaster will be held in the near future. PENNSYLVANIA FIRST AGAIN IN RECRUITING Washington, May 16.—Penn sylvania led again in the regu lar army recruiting yesterday with 268 men enlisted as against 217 in Illinois. The day's total was 1,920, making a grand to tal of 71,670 new enlists since April 1. PATRIOTIC WHISKERS MAY WAVE IN PARIS PARIS, May 13.—The short age of soap has caused the sug gestion that shaving be prohib ited. It is argued that, as the sol diers at the front wear beards and mustaches —hence the pet name "poilu," which means "the hairy one"—civilians need not waste soap by shaving. CHILD DIES FROM BURNS Little two-year-old Myrtle Thompson daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Thompson of this place, died Friday afternoon in the Indiana Hospital from burns sustained when her dress caught fire from an open stove in her home. The funeral was held Sun day afternoon. COUNTY BANKS HAVE SUB SCRIBED $300,000 TO WAR LOAN Indiana county banks have al ready subscribed $300,000 to the government war loan. This is a splendid showing for the county and this amount will be in creased as all the institutions were not represented at the meeting held last week, when the subscription was made. The banks will make a detailed an nouncement next week concern ing the subscription to the war loan. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE ON 8., R. & P. RAILWAY The summer timetable of the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Ry., will go into effect Sunday, May 20, 1917. No trains have been taken off and the changes on the Roches ter, Middle and Pittsburgh Divi sions are very slight; in most instances the time of trains changed has been made a few minutes later. The time of trains on the Buf falo Division has been shorten ed in several instances about 5 minutes owing to the improved facilities enjoyed at Buffalo since the Company began run ning trains into the Lackawanna Terminal. FIRE SWEEPS NEW YORK NAVY YARD. / - NEW YORK, May 15—Fire of unknown origin which strated shortly before 11 o'clock tonight in the five-story brick building at the New York Navy Yard, de stroyed that structure and caus ed a loss which probably will run into hundreds of thousands of dollars. On both sides of the ordnance pier leading to the building are moored interned German steam ships. These, however, were not damaged. COAL NEAR WEST LEBA NON TO BE MINED BY STRIPPING A unique coal operation, which is to produce 40 cars of fuel a day without mine shaft, slopes, entries or tipples, is to be located in Young township, this county. A tract of 100 acres was bought in the vicinity of West Lebanon recently by Corbett & Heckman, and is to be worked entirely by the use of steam shovels. The coal lies near the surface and five big steam shov els will strip the surface from the vein and then shovel the fuel out and onto cars. After the first strip is taken out the ground will merely be shifted by the shovels from more coal and dumped into the gulley from which the coal has been taken out, and in this way it is believed that the entire ac reage will be worked within eight months. BOY HURT BY AUTO Crossing South Seventh street Monday evening, Robert Wilkin son, 12 years old of East Church street, was run down by an auto mobile driven by G. T. McHenry. The boy was slightly bruised ov er the head. LIST OF LETTERS Remaining uncalled for in the Indiana office May 12, 1917: Mr. N. R. Broder, Mr Nathan Broder, Mr. Thomas De Pasqua le, Mr. Thomas D. Pasquale, Master William Henry, M. G. E. Johnson, Mrs. Elsie Keefer, Emanuel G. Koones, Mary Klos ki, Mrs. William Reed, Mr. John Teats, Miss Lula Welsh, Mr. E. % A. Wheeler, Mr. James William son. 0 When inquiring for letters in this list please state that they were advertised, giving date. HARRY W. FEE. P. M. CIRCULATION BOOKS OPEN TO ALL ADVERTISERS FIVE CENTS WAR AT A GLANCE The Russian cabinet situation resolved itself today, the repre sentatives of the radicals accept ing and signing the govern | ment's declaration of policy. The oraginzation of the cabinet by the admission of Socialist and other representatives of the par ties that are powerful in the Council of Soldiers' and Work men's Delegates is proceeding. Military conditions on the Fraco-Belgian front are shown little changed by the official re ports of the day. Some further progress has been made by the British within the village of Bullecourt, on the Hindenburg line. Berlin admits a German loss of ground at Roeux under a powerful British attack. It also reports a total of 5,000 British and French made prisoners by the Germans since May 1. Possibly more ominous for Berlin, in view of the wobbly condition of 'her Austrian ally, is the news of the great blow struck by Italy in the direction of Triest: The Italians have op ened their spring offensive in brilliant fashion, attacking on a wider front and apparently with greater forces than at any other previous operation. The Isonzo a turbulent mountain stream, bordered by mountains and cliffs is in their hands for a distance of 15 to 20 miles north of Gor izia. General Cadorna appears to plan a great flanking move ment against the Corso plateau, nature's great rampart defend ing Triest. The operation is, however, in too early a stage to permit judgement of its exact import. On the front held by the French, the Germans have made heavy attacks near the western end of tne Chemin-des-Dames plateau. Six assaults by the crown prince's troops, three of them north of the Laffaux mill and the other three northeast of Braye-en-laonnis, were repulsed with heavy losses to the Ger mans, the Paris war office re ports. ( The Germans have piled high their dead before the British lines, but have failed to stop the British advance. The most fur ious and sustained counter-at tacks have withered before the blast of the British artillery, and the sapping of the Hindenburg line goes on, slowly but without halt. The tremendous efforts made by Field Marshal von Hinden burg to stem the tide of victory which was steadily setting against him have given the bat tle of Arras an appearance of ebb and flow, but the net result is that the most violent efforts of the Germans to regain the in itiative have failed. Von Hin denburg apparently used every, ounce of strength at his com mand to wrest from the British the villages of Roeux and Bulle court, and the outcome is sum med up in the almost monoton ous repetition by the British war office of the statement: "Out troops made progress in the Hin ! denburg line."
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