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VOLUME IV—No. 'l2
ITALY STRIKES DUAL
MONARCHY IN ALBANIA
AUSTRIAN ARMY IS ATTACKED
AT VITAL POSITION
LONDON, May 31—Upon an
almost forgotten theater of war
signs flared up today of a new
menace to Austria-Hungary at a
moment when it needs all avail
able man-power on the Isonzo.
The Rome war office issued a
brief bulletin announcing the cap
ture of four villages in Albania,
uorthwest of the Adriatic seaport,
of Avlona, No details were given,
but the advance is taken as the
beginning of a new offensive
against the dual monarchy whose
troops occupy most of Albania.
Th«? Italian forces there virtually
form the extreme left wing of
General Sarrall's Balkan army.
On the Isonzo front there were
no actions on a major scale in the
last 24 hours. The Italians con
solidated their gains, while the
Austro-llungarians made counter
attacks which, according to Rome,
were beaten off.
While London dispatches herald
the sudden Italian advance in Al
bania as the forerunner of a new
drive in that theater, the news
from Rome gives rise to another
theory which from a military
standpoint is more plausible—the
capture of the four villages may
mean a local Italian offensive to
screen the withdrawal of the en
tente Salonika army by way of
Albania. British man-power in
the west lias been seriously deplet
ed by the Arras drive, as is shown
by the huge total of British casu
alties in May.'The communication
VIA DOLOROSA
History is making so fast these
days that it is more than usually
difficult to get the true perspec
tive of events. Looking back to
the Revolution and to the diverse
parts which England and France
played in it, there as a peculiar
significance in the tributes paid
by Mr. Balfour and M. Viviani at
Mount Vernon to the memory of
Washington. No more impressive
illustration of the common pur
pose which now moves the Allies
could have been imagined. Yet
the visit of the Italian commission
ers to lay a wreath upon the tomb
of our national hero is in one
sense a fitter symbol of the course
which destiny has marked out for
us. With Italy, too, we must
hereafter have the closest ties.
Nothing could have been more fe
licitous than the address of the
Principe di Udine on this occasion
It had a sustained note of noble
feeling and high resolve. That is
indeed a via dolorosa upon which
the champions of humanity, have
entered. Great sacrifices have
been made; greater sacrifices may
be to come. In what Washington
did and dared we find our best
example. 'We come to this tomb,'
said the prince, "to seek purifi
cation." to dedicate ourselves to
a holy cause. It is a cause in
which Italy has already won great
triumphs. Her representative tells
the latest of the Allies that she
will never falter in its service.
" We shall never lay down our
arms," he declared, "until our
facilities of the Salonika expedi
tion have been rendered difficult
and perilous by the U-boat cam
paign in the Mediterranean. With
drawal of the army by way of the
Aviona-Brindisi across a short
stretch of the Adriatic would be
the logical move if a withdrawal
is contemplated.
Poet Animates Comrades
Undine, Italy, May 31—The
Austrians in attempting to recap
ture San Giovanni, on the south
ern portion of the Carso plateau,
came into a terrible hand-to-hand
fight with the Italians. Among
the Italians was Gabrielle D'-
Annunzio, the poet and play
wright, whose word and example
animated the soldiers in the hero
ic struggle, which ended in the
annihilation of the enemy.
Harrisburg Italians
to Greet War Mission.
Every Italian in Harrisburg,
Steelton and vicinity have been in
vited to a mass meeting t.o be held
Sunday at a time and place to be
announced today. The purpose is
to promote plans for a fitting re
ception for the Italian war mission
which will be there for 90 minutes
Tuesday morning, June 12.
In the party of visitors will be
the Prince of I dine, head of the
mission, son of the Duke of Genoa
and cousin of the King of Italy;
Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of
the wireless telegraph, and other
distinguished Italians.
liberties and the liberties of the
peoples who are suffering with us
shall be rendered safe against all
surprises and all violence."
No war has ever been quite like
this war. Whatever its immedi
ate or ultimate causes, whatever
ambitions or resentments may
have been involved in its begin-
I nings, it has become a union of
the great nations of the world
against a peril that threatens all
they hold most dear. No one can
fail to be moved by the horrors of
it; to wish for an ending of them.
Never, as the prince said, has
there been a conflict more abound
ing in sorrow. But the definition
of the purpose of tradgedy, to
purge the soul by pity and terror,
suggests that after all our via dol
orosa may lead to the City of
Peace. Unless this were so, un
less the world is to be made bet
ter. then the present suffering
would be of a truth in vain. If
M*e are to have any faith in the
future we must believe that "the
complaining millions of men dark
en in labour and pain" only un
til this agony be overpast. That
is what our Italian visitor bids us
believe. He could have said no
more appropriate word. It has
been hard for us. so long apart
from the conflict, to realize all that
is required of us. Italy, who has
her devotion with blood and
tears, shows us too how to endure
to the last. —Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
Published Weekly by the Patriot Publishing Company
INDIANA, PA., SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1917
I'M SHOWING HiM .HOW TO THROW A HAND GRENADE."
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—Rehse in New York World.
, Governor Wants Bells Tolled
Governor Brumbaugh last week
issued a request that on Tuesday,
June 5, as a part of the observ
ance that all bells be, tolled from
12 noon until 12 :05, that flags be
at half mast and that all our peo
pie stand with heads bared and in
solemn silence during this period. ]
FEALTY TO AMERICA IS
PLEDGED BY CATHOLICS
Washington, May 31 Thous
ands of Catholics from Washing
ton and surrounding territory
gathered before the statue of Co
lumbus in front of Union station
and pledged their undying fealty
to the nation. The occasion was
made historic by the presence of
Cardinal • Gibbons, who presided
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church previous to the open-air
at a pontifical mass in St. Aloysius
| ceremony. Among the speakers
were Martin G. Glynn, former
governor of New York; Represen
tative Norton, of North Dakota;
Charles Warren Currier, bishop of
Cuba, and Henry I. Quinn, of
Washington.
FIND A NEW EXPLOSIVE
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Ten Thousand Times More Power
ful Than Dynamite, Is Claim
New York, May 31—Dr. D. De
Waltoff, vice president of the Am
erican Medico-Pharmaceuti c a 1
League, announced at the annual
meeting and banquet of the league
here last night, that he and his
son, Mortimer, had discovered an
explosive so powerful that a five
grain tablet would suffice to wreck
the tallest building in New York.
The discovery, he said, resulted
from an experiment to find a
cheap substitute for gasoline. He
and his son were using a com
pound in a wedgewood mortar
three feet across the bowl.
'"Suddenly," declared Dr. De
Waltoff. "there was a terrific ex
plosion and the mortar was pul
verized."
Dr. De Waltoff claimed that his
explosive was "10.000 times more
powerful than dynamite."
Italian War Mission
To Visit Pittsburgh
According to a telegram receiv
ed by Josep F. Guffey, the Italian
war commission will visit Pitts
burg, Monday, June 11, enroute
from Chicago to New York. The
message came from Breckenridge
.Long, who is in charge of the par.
! ty. Some time ago Mr. Guffey on
| behalf of Pittsburghers extended
| the invitation.
The exact time of the visit,
which will be brief, will be an
nounced later in connection with
the arrangements for the recep
tion. The mission is headed by
I Ferdinando di Savoja, Prince of
I dine, and includes Guglielmo
Marconi, inventor of wireless tele
graphy ; Erico Arlotta, minister of
marine; Cavaliere A. Bragdin,
General Gugliemotti of the Italian
army, Commander Vannutelli of
the Italian navy, Cavaliere G. Par
do of the department of industry,
and Galtna Pietra of the depart
ment of agriculture.
U. S. U-BOAT CHASERS
NEARING COMPLETION
Washington, May 31—The navy
made final preparations today to
take over complete control of all
the waters in this part of the
world. Within tw T o weeks there
will begin to slide from the ways
scores of the fast submarine-hunt
ing craft on which every construc
tion energy of the nation has been
concentrated for the last 2 months i
These 110-foot speed boats,
armed *with naval guns heavy
enough to,send and U-boat to the
bottom, are rapidly nearing com
pletion, it was announced today.
LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining uncalled for in the In
diana office May 26, 1917:
Mary W. Campbell, D. Fleming.
Mrs. Eva Little. Mr. Charles L.
Myers. Miss Got el Moore., Mr.
Zurnzele Philipsi, Arthur Mc-
Susanev. Mr. John Shield. Ger
trude Smith. Dr. J. C l . Short. Mr.
J. T. Telford. Miss Eleanor
Thompson. Mrs. Walter Werrah.
Miss Mary Wilson.
When inquiring for letters in j
this list please state that they
were advertised, giving date.
HRRY W. FEE. P. M.
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Unites States Makes Big Offer of Co
operation to England - Equipment to
Include 3500 Aeroplanes
London, May 31—An official
statement was issued by the Brit
ish government today summariz
ing the co-operation given and
promised by the Ignited States.
Details are as follows:
Expected:
3.500 war airplanes.
6,000 aviators.
Aid already given:
$750,000,000 advance.
U. S. destroyer flotilla.
Ordered to France:
One division of 25,000 men.
ALIEN BARRED ZONES
IN EFFECT JUNE 9
Washington, May 31—All enemy
aliens found within restricted
zones near government works aft
" er 7 p. m. on June 9 will be liable
to arrest and detention. The or
iginal date for removal was set at
June 6, but Attorney General
Gregory today announced an ex
i tension of three days.
The forbidden areas include all
4 districts within a prescribed dis
-4 tance of the United States navy
k yards, armor plants and other
agencies working on contracts for
( the government.
! President Wilson Makes
Investment in Liberty Bond.
Washington, May 31—President
Wilson tonight bought a $lO,OOO
Libertyßond. In sending in his
. subscription personally to the Sec
retary of the Treasury he declar
i ed he regretted it could not be for
. a larger sum. The President's let
ter to Mr. McAdoo said :
"May I not send to you person
. ally my subscription to the Liber
ty Loan, which I make with great
satisfaction and with the wish that
it might be a great deal larger."
The Bank of Montreal's sub
scription of $1,000,000 to the Lib
erty Loan was also announced by
, Secretary McAdoo tonight.
House Rejects the
Censorship Measure
Washington, May 31—By a vote
of 184 to 144 the House today re
committed the espionage bill with
explicit instructions to the confer
ees to eliminate the censorship
section. The elided provision au
thorized the President to declare
what would be published.
Although it had been anticipat
ed that the Democrats would
stand strong for the administra
tion's policy no less than thirty
seven Democrats voted with the
Republicans. On the other hand
despite the recent caucus of Re
publicans against censorship ten
i of that political persuasion voted
against their fellows.
There seems small chances now
that censorship will survive the
decisive blow. Twice has the
Senate rejected application to in
clude such laws in the espionage
bill. The debate today was long
and not without acrimony.
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ADY EKTISKKS
Nine regiments of engineers.
A force of marines.
Ordered to England:
10,000 doctors and hundreds of
nurses.
Including those Americans now
in France, a total of 100.000
equal to five German divisions—
is expected to be on or immediate
ly behind the fighting front in the
near future.
Hundreds of engineers, doctors
and nurses already have arrived.
Lloyd Carnahan, of Josephine
i Is Killed by Fall from Dock
Lloyd Carnahan, aged 19 years,
of Josephine, who was employed
as assistant craneman for the Jo
sephine Furnace and Coke Com
pany, fell from the ore dock at
that place Saturday night and
was killed instantly. The acci
dent occurred during the night
lunch hour and tlie other work
men knew nothing of the tragedy
until the following morning, when
the dead'body was found 30 feet
below the ore docks. "The young
man formerly resided at Salina,
but had been living with his mo
ther, Mrs. Ferer, of Josephine,
for some time.
Boy Horse Thief Sent
to Industrial School
Rudie Bellas, a 12-year-old boy,
who was recently placed in the
care of the WilLard Home by di
rection of the juvenile court, was
sent to the Boy's Industrial school
at Oakdale Monday as fche result
of his connection with the disap
pearance of a horse on Saturday,
While attendig the circus on Sat
urday. Miss Campbell, daughter
of David Campbell, of White
township, left her horse in the
rear of Thomas's Bros, livery and
the boy secured the animal and
rode to Dixonville, where Sheriff
lioggs found the stolen property,
as well as the youthful horse thief
the following day.
Indiana Plant Is at
Work on War Orders.
The plant of the Indiana- Bent
Rung Ladder Company is busy
working on "war" orders and to
fill the rush orders the local con
cern is compelled to work three
nights each week. Orders for sev
eral carloads of cots for the army
have been received and shipments
are being made each week to the
training camps established in dif
ferent parts of the country. With
requisitions for the various prod
ucts of the plant in addition to
this standing order for cots for ,
the army the company is assured
of one of the busiest seasons in its
history and in all probability it
will be necessary to work extra
time continuously for months to
come to insure prompt shipments
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