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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
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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
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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.
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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 *