WE DO FINE BOOK and JOB PRINTING TRY US! VOLUME IV—NO. 25 AMERICAN RED CROSS WEEK, IDNEIB TO 25 All next week is Red Cross Week, as proclaimed by President Wilson, May 25, 1917. From June 18 to 25, inclusive, is to be devot ed to the increase of membership and collection of money and sup plies. The week will be observed in a befitting manner in Indiana county. The membership commit tee co-operating with the auxilia ries throughout the county, have outlined a comprehensive plan that is expected to have the desir ed results. Soon Indiana county will send its quota to the new ar my, being raised by selective con scription. Shortly afterwards the armies will be sent to the battle front in France. It is necessary to look the matter squarely in the face. Some of the soldier boys may be injured, some may be sick. The Red Cross will be right there APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP - AMERICAN RED CROSS INDIANA COUNTY CHAPTER Date I hereby apply for membership in the class checked below and enclose the sum of Dollars ($ ) therefor. Please check class desired and be sure to write name legibly. ( ) Annual Member $ 1 ( ) Subscribing...annually 2 Name ( ) Contributing..annually 5 ( ) Sustaining annually 10 Home address ( ) Life one payment 25 ( ) Patron one payment 100 Boro or Twp Cut Out and Mail to Geo. H. Fulmer, Indiana, Pa. Ex-Sheriff Jeffries Must Pay $375 for Negligence Conduct or Speer Not Guilty—Ernest Phil ips, Charged With Murder, Now On Trial. In criminal court here this week p the jury returned a verdict of $375 against ex-Sheriff George H. Jeffries, of Rochester Mills, for negligence in serving a paper on the son of S. M. Cunningham, of Clarksburg, on a breach of prom ise case brought by Miss Horrell. The sheriff, through his deputy, Harry Williams, accepted the promise of the defendant to ap pear instead of placing him under arrest and he left the state. Mary Waugaman recovered a verdict of $35 against H. A. Beat ty for an attachment against her goods taken for the debt o£ her husband. Robert Clyde, of East Mahon ing township, pleaded guilty to assault and battery on John North who in company with a member of the state constabulary had called at his place to kill two dogs on which the county commission- One Killed, One Hurt, By Premature Blast Joe Combo, aged 18 years, was killed, and Tranquillo Pucci, 20 years old. was seriously injured by a premature explosion of dyna mite in the Fulton Run mine of the Jefferson & Clearfield Coal & Iron Co., four miles north of this place, Monday afternoon. Combo was preparing dynamite for a shot when the blast exploded. He lived at Creekside, while Pucci lived in Carneytown, near the mine. THE PA TRIOT to take care of and nurse them to health. Following injuries the Red Cross work becomes effectual. Base hospitals must be ready to take care of their assignments and to effectually do this must have every desired article neces sary for modern treatment of med ical cases and surgery. It is this latter part that the auxiliaries show their work. Bandages, sur gical dressings, linen, bed clothes and sick apparel are made up in the auxiliaries' home places; sent to the Chapter headquarters and from there are requisitioned as they are required by National headquarters. The English, Bel gian, French and Allied Red Cross organizations are about at the end of their resources, and they are depending upon the United States Red Cross to help out. ers had reported the tax unpaid. Clyde used a shovel on the officers, who overpowered him, after which they arrested the defend ant. The court sentenced him to pay the costs and a fine of $l, making a total of $22. A non-suit was directed to be entered in the ejectment, case of Philip Evans et al. against Harry McClurghon, respecting the title to the small lot on which the Zion church stands in the second ward oi Indiana. The building was used by the colored folks of town until the congregation disbanded seve ral years ago. Joe Regent, of Graceton, was convicted of aggravated assault and battery inflicted on John Kos marcik, by cutting him in the hand and mouth with a knife. In the case of Commonwealth vs. W. A. Speer of Indiana, charg ed with adultery, the jury return ed a verdict of not guilty but pay the costs. The case now on trial is that of Commonwealth vs. Ernest Philips, a negro, who is charged with the murder of Jack Covington, of Jo sephine. last March. LIST OF LETTERS Remaining uncalled for in the In diana postoffice June 9, 1917: B. A. Clark, Mr. G. R. Fulton. Mr. Antonio Cilione, A. Curuso, Mr. L. H. Getman, Mr. Jesse Lit tle. Mrs. Wilbur King. Mary Klos ki, Mr. Alfred Learn. Miss Annie Lubert, Mr. S. T. McCullough. Miss Caroline Piper, Mr. James C. Smith, Mildred Slovensky, Mrs. Margaret Whitman. When inquiring for letters in this list please state that they were advertised, giving date. HARRY W. FEE, P. M. Published Weekly by the Patriot Publishing Company INDIANA, PA., SATURDAY, JI NK 16, 1917 Who will head the Government's food board DON'TS TO BE REMEMBERED BY ALL LOYAL AMERICANS New York, June 14— Dr. Pres ton W. Slosson, of the history de partment of Columbia University, has drawn up a list of "Don'ts on the war." Some of them are: "Don't say 'My country right or wrong.' We are right." "Don't call national necessity and international justice by any name as vague as 'national hon or. ' "Don't say Wall Street or Brit ish gold' or the 'Northcliff press' made this war. You don't have to bribe a nation to make it resent the murder of its citizens. Don't call every pro-ally * pro- British.' Great Britain is only one of a dozen or so of the Allies. "Don't say that both sides think they are fighting a defensive war. A man may honestly think that two and six are eleven, but it does Indiana Woman Is Aunt of Gen. Perching Mrs. Joseph Pershing, of West Philadelphia street, is an aunt of Gen. John J. Pershing, of the Un ited States army, who is now in France with his staff awaiting the arrival of the American troops to be sent to that country to fight. Gen.'Pershing, who is a son of John Fletcher Pershing, was born and reared near New Florence. PENN-MARY MINERS TAKE $22,550 IN LIBERTY BONDS Employes of the Penn Mary Coal Co. at Penn Mary, this coun to four words : " o peace with au paign with the Bethlehem Steel makers, of whom they are really a part, and when the books were closed for the day last evening they had subscribed $22,500. There are about 550 men em ployed at the plant, which has been a busy one for month on month. The Bethlehem Steel Co. plan is to pay for bonds out of the corporation and allow the men to pav in installments. \ WANT BISMARCK ST. TO BE FUNSTON AVE. Hutchinson. Kans., June 13— Because the residents of Bismarck street here are patriotic, a peti tion is being prepared for submis sion to the city commission, ask ing that the name be changed to Funston avenue. not make them so. Don't call universal training 'Prussian militarism.' It is <no more Prussian than it is Swiss, French, British, Argentine, Japa nese or Australian. "Don't say that we owe aid to France on account of Lafayette. We didn't help France in 1870 and we were right not to do so. We only owe aid to any nation when it is fighting (as at present) in a righteous quarrel. "Don't say that 'lt doesn't make any difference to the work ingman what country governs him.' On the contrary it makes more difference to him than to any one else, because the rich man can spend his time in travel or buy his way into the privileged class if he finds political conditions oppres sive." Work Starts on the New Postoffice Building Work began this week on the excavation for the basement of In diana's new postoffice building. Robert McLeod, who will superin tend the construction of the build ing for the contractors, W. H. Fis sell & Co., is in town now arrang ing the preliminary work. He pre dicts that the building will be un der roof by next fall. The same firm is erecting the new court house building at Ebensburg and are at present erecting a postof fice building at Media, Pa., simi lar to the one planned for Indi ana. Pro-Germans Dragged Out in Night Clothes; Forced to Hoist Flag Aurora, Ind., June 15 —Flags were flying from the windows of all Aurora homes today. Some were put up reluctantly, but they were there just the same. A crowd of 1,000 persons, im bued with the patriotic spirit of Flag day, marched from home to home last night, and dragging out pro-German citizens in their night clothes, made them hoist the stars and stripes on their residences and rlaces of business. Authorities made only a feeble effort to check the crowd, one third of which was composed of women. (ANINA OCCUPIED BY THE ITALIANS A Measure of "Military Neces sity", if the Line of Commu nications Is to Be % Maintained The occupation of Janina, capi tal of the province of Epirus, in northern Greece, by the Italian troops has been accomplished without bloodshed, and apparent ly to the satisfaction of the inhab itants of the province, who have suffered discomfort from the con tinuing "contention of Venizelist and Royalist forces. That Epirus is now an integral part of Greece is largely due to the patriotism of a Philadelphia Greek. Constantine Stephano. When I was in Athens in 1915, ex- Minister Zografos, who formerly held the portfolio of Foreign Af fairs under Venizelos, told me that the contributions of Mr. Ste phano made the acquisition and the pacification of the province possible. Janina is fairly close to the Al banian frontier, on Lake Janina. It has a population of about 22,- 000 persons, of whom about 15,000 are Greeks and some 2,500 are Jews. It manufactures Gold ware and silk goods principally. It came into the possession of the Turks in 1430, and was the capital of a Turkish villayet. But in the first Balkan war, on March 6, 1913, it yielded to Greek prowess after a long siege, and by the treaties of London and of Bucha rest it was ceded to Greece. The Italian government has ex plained to Washington why Jani na was occupied. Map in hand, it is not difficult to understand the reasons advanced. In the great WHAT LEADING NEW YORK PAPERS THINK OF PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS TEACHERS ELECTED IN THIS COUNTY Miss Mary Cooper was elected as teacher of the Clarksburg school at a meeting of the school board held on Saturday. The school house will be papered and a new roof put on it during the summer. Miss Margaret Lockard, of Church street, a teacher in the Wilkinsburg schools, returned to her home Saturday for the sum mer, having completed her term as teacher. Miss Lockard has been re-elected and her sister, Mary, who is a teacher in the Johnstown schools, has been re elected for another term. C. Ernest Kinsey, of Armagh, has been re-elected principal of the Cherryhill township high school for the coming term. Mr. Kinsey, who has taught school at Penn Run for several years, is at present one of the instructors of the Penn Run Summer Normal. The following have been elected teachers of the Bolivar school: Principal of high school, H. E. Sa ville; assistant principal, Miss Car men Kahle, of Oil City; music in structor, Miss McFarland; room No. 1, Emma McKelvey; No. 2. Nora Armor; No. 3, Lena West; No. 4, Miss Moore, of town. The following have been chosen teachers of the Creekside school for the coming term: Principal, \V. H. Mahan: room No. 3, Bessie Lytle; No. 2, Mary Hopkins; No. 1. Hazel Stephens. CIRCULATION BOOKS OPEN TO ALL ADVERTISERS FIVE CENTS force of half a million men under General Sarrall spread out along the Macedonian border from the Adriatic to the River Struma east of Saloniea, the Italians occupy southern Albania, between the sea and the large lakes of Ochrida and Presba west of Monastir. They must have an unobstruct ed landing on the coast opposite the islan<| of Corfu, where the Ser bian civil headquarters are es tablished, and at points further" north wherever they can elude or defeat Austria's sharp vigil. Oth erwise, incurring grave peril from the submarines, their troopships must round the Peloponnesus and traverese the Aegean to Saloniea, the soldiers taking thence the railway to Monastir, and at that point detraining to march west ward over almost trackless moun tains. The Timor Dagh range, in the heart of the Albanian terri tory, where the Italian troops are;, rises to nearly 8,000 feet. There is a good road from Jaui na to Monastir, passing through Koritsa. From Koritza there is a road westward across the Timor Dagh to Berat. Or there is a short er inferior trail from Ostanitsa down the right bank of the Yiose River to Tepelen and thence to Be rat. It is also essential to the It alians to hold the coast roads op posite Corfu. The Greeks of late have been unable to protect these roads, which are threatened by irregular bands operating in Alba nia and Epirus. A strong Italian force in Janina is probably ac cepted by the Venizelists as an assurance that after the downfall of the monarchy the Greek repub lic will retain possession of Epi rus. *». * New York "Times"—We find it exceedingly hard to believe that an intelligent American cau be ig norant of or in doubt about our reasons for going to with Germany There may be such. Let us maker all charitable allowance for im permeable minds. Whether they be few or many, none of them car* resist the force and lucidity of President Wilson's Flag day speech. Every American should* read it, the vast majority for re freshment of memory and firmer resolution, the hypothetical few to whom we have alluded for infor mation or for the ending of their false pretenses. New York "World"—The mes sage of President Wilson's flag day address can be compressed in to four words: "No peace with au tocracy." It is a true message. Except with that goal in view, the war is worth fighting and the Continued to page 4 CHERRY TREE CHAMPION LIBERTY LOAN BOND TOWN The business men of Cerry Tree r this county, claim to be the cham pion Liberty Loan bond town of Pennsylvania. Although the town has a popu lation of only 500 people, its bank, the First National, has purchased $125,000 and expects to add to this total within the next few weeks *
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