The Indiana Weekly Messenger from Indiana, Pennsylvania • 4

INDIANA WEEKLY MESSENGER THURSDAY MARCH 15 1917 pagP' entered at the Post Office at' Indiana as Second Class mail matter Printed by the MESSENGER PUBLISHING CO 17 Sixth St Indiana Pa JI SMITH Manager RANK DAUGHERTY Editor Qae Year $100 ADVIBTISING BATES LEGAL ADVERTISING One inch wtte week $100 one inch two weeks SAeO one inch three weeks $2S0 one thch 'four weeks S3 00 Rates for ad ntlttnnal space for longer terms and for cttimmercial advertisements made known application All legal and official ad wtertlslng charged for by the inch George Wilkins Guthrie Uni te! States ambassador to Japan former mayor of Pittsburgh and fang one of the leaders in the ipablic and professional life of Pittsburgh died suddenly March at the embassy in Tokio He 69 years old News of the aanbassador's death which wasIue to apoplexy reached Pitts burgh in a cablegram from Post Wheeler secretary of the embas sy to the ambassador's brother Robert Guthrie of 6200 HoweStreet Pittsburgh He was the democratic candidate for lieuten ant governor of Pennsylvania in 1'902 mayor of Pittsburgh 1906 to 1509 and nominated ambassador fo Japan by President Wilson May 7 1913 The State Department Monday Sent to all the foreign embassies and legations in Washington offi sfal notification of this govern ment's decision to place armsand armed guards on all American ships leaving our shores for the Submarine zone The armed Retard will be American naval gjmr ers Germany may class our vessels so armed and guarded as she did England's armed mer chantmen as warships It appears to be merely a mat ter of time before this country will find itself at war with Ger many and to find ourselves total ly tinpr pared to meet the emer gency as a few of our United States Senators desired would iiive been criminal negligence The appeal to against the rules that al fowd a very few to dominate the rasany and restrict the passage of it law for the benefit of our entire station met with a quick response aid the hearty endorsement of xll irrespective of politics The President no doubt will do all in is power to avert war but he Realizes the critical situation as the following paragraph from his ibaugural address of March 5 vjciuld indicate: of the injuries done us Jiave become intolerable We Slave been obliged to arm our selves since it seems that in no uSther way can we demonstrate what we insist upon and cannot forego We may even be drawnn not by our own purpose to a more active assertion of our rightstnd a more immediate associationWith the great struggle itself And it is imperative that we Henry Houck Dead Henry Houck State Secretarysaf Internal Affairs died Tuesday morning of paralysis at his home ill Lebanon Pa He was 81 yearsjid and had been associated withShe Department of Public Instruc tiou for 50 years He was elected Secretary of Internal Affairs in and chosen for the third Term in 1914 The House of Rep resentatives and the Senate paid Jrlbute to his memory by adjourn jiiig for a brief session In the opinion of men active in the educational work of the State fir Henry Houck did more than anyone else ever connected with Ae school system of Pennsylva nia to make teachers see the bright side of their daily labors rom the time that he entered Department of Public Instruc just 50 years ago Dr Houck Was the official of the to use the word ap plied toihim one day by the late Governor Pennypacker He ad stressed meetings in ev cr county in the state and innu rnerable gatherings of teachers read directors and always brought cjvt the smiling side of life State Senator Magee Dead State Senator Charles Magee died in a hospital in Pittsburgh lale Tuesday sight of pneumonia The Senator contracted pneumo nia last Thursday and had been iu a serious condition since that time He was 34 years old Mr Magee was elected last November from the orty third district A Concern That Needs Watching There is an organization calling itself the American Union Against Militarism It is composed of a handful of half baked Americans of the Amos Pinchot variety peace at any price persons whp would rather see men and women murdered on the high seas than lift a hand to defend them It is opposed is this unsavory organization to adequate prepar edness opposed to the assertion of American rights would meek ly submit to orders from German militarists would dress American ships in the striped garb of con victs and slaves This organization will bear watching for it is of the same cal ibre of American patriotism as is the Dishonorable "Gum Shoe Bill" Stone and that other states man of dishonor Robert La ollette In these days American citizens are either for the United States or against it There is no half way course Philadelphia Inquirer Latest Anti Cigare te Law By riqaest we are aak by tne Minis Serial Ansociiti to publish the Latest Anti Cigarette hw aN ACT Prohibiting the furnishing by gift or otherwise of cigarettes or cigarette piper to minois nquiricg minors to divulge where and from whom cigarettes or cigarette paper have been obtained and providing penalties for violation of this act Section 1 Be it enacted That I any person who shall furnish to any mi nor by gift sale or otherwise any cua rette or cigarette paper shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction ther of shall be sentenced to pay a flue of nor less than one hundred dollais ($100 nor more than three hundred dollars ($300 00) Section 2 Any minor being in pos session of a cigarette or of cigarette pa per and being by any police officer con stable juve Ale court officer truant offi cer or teacher iu any school asked where and from whom such cigarette or cigarette paper was obtained who shall refuse to furnish such information shall be guilty of misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof before any aiderman magistrate or justice of the peace such minor being of the age of sixteen years or upwards shall be sentenced to pay a flue not exceeding five dollars or to un dergo an imprisonment in the jail of the proper county not exceeding five days or both If such minor shall be under the age of sixteen years he or she shall be certified by such alderman magis trate or justice to the juvenile court of the county for such action as to said court shall seem proper Approved Tne 9th day of May A 1913 John Tener The foregoing is true and oorrect copy of the Act of the General Assembly No 137 Robert McAfee Secretary of the Commonwealth Test for Eighth Grades Teachers throughout the county having pupils wishing to take the ex amination for High School may se cure a test list of questions by writ ing to the county superintendent James Chapman Indiana Pa This list will be sent out in time that the test may be given on the last riday of March Those pupils making a satisfactory grade on this list will be admitted to the class on the third Saturday of April in those districts having seven months of school and four w'eeks later in those having eight months JAMES CHAPMAN Two Questions If James oust Dairy and ood Commissioner of Pennsylvania is cor rectly quoted by the daily papers he advocates a potato boycott We desire to ask him two questions and will ap preciate a clean cut answer thereto: What business has an official of a state department of agriculture to ad vocate a boycott of any agricultural product? What right has any state official to propose illegal means of re ducing the price of any product? Stockman and armer Hit him again Why he get after the cold storage people? The government has purchased 16 non rigid dirigible airships for coast patrol at a cost of $649250 Have us publish your administra tor or executor notice TEMPERANCE NEWS There are 1953 retail liquor on file in the courts of Philadelphia The one applicant for license in Hunt ingdon county was refused Thursday thus making the entire county dry for another year According tp news from Ebensburg the breweries from Oambna as dis closed by statements filed in the office of Clerk of Courts Monday last there were 62783 barrels of beer short of pro duct for year 1913 During 1014 thjre were 224470 barrels of beer produced and in 1916 it dropped to 191848 License court opened in Pittsburgh nd ay and as indicated by questions asked by the judge it is evident that complaints have been made to him against a number of applicants There are 1768 applicants this year 25 less than last year Of this number 1454 are for retail and 314 for wholesale license Re monstrances have been filed against' a great nember of the applicants Judge King handed down the het of liquor licenses for Armstrong county Tuesday granting 41 licenses which is an increase of two over last year ourteen applicants were refused and two were held over The 41 licenses granted include 28 for retail 11 whole sale one brewery anl one distillery Three new licensee were granted and the only old applicant refused was Wil liam eioht proprietor of the Central Hotel Pai kers Landing Luzerne county is to be just as this year as it was last despite the fact that the five judges were presented with many remonstrances There will be the same number of saloons this year The judges handed down decis ions Thursday revoking the licenses of five old houses against which remon strances had been filed and against which violations had been shown To offset thi decrease five saloons that lost their licenses one year ago were reli censed Testimony was offered in liquor li cense court at Beaver by Peter Rid del an expressman of 1310 Eighth ave nue New Biighton to the effect that shipments of half pint bottles of whisky had been made to New Brighton during the last year in packages marked Holy In the imitation Bibles the witness declared the bottles of liquor were lecreted The liqu was in from Ohio towns Drastic measures will be taken to stop the importation of the liquor which has continued in this manner since all wholesale licensee Wore refused last year The 0 Institute held at Marchand last week was well attended by both Oovode and Marchand The opening devotional exercises conducted by the beloved county president Mrs Holt put it on a high plane of spiritual ity and the interest in the two sessions never digged Men and women did their part well The Oovode and Mar chand gave loyal help in songs and recitations Miss Hazel Hicks spared no labor in preparing the music The topics were ably discussed and the play "Who Pays was ably rendered by ten men and five women who gave clear logical reasons for keeping the sa loons out of the county that will be long remembered by all who heard them The efforts of the dry forces of Clear field county will be directed toward the criminal prosecution of the DuBois Brewing Company Schwem Company both of DuBois and rank linn of Mahaffey wholesale liquor dealers on charges of illegal selling of liquor under their licenses of 1916 17 as the result of a decision handed down by the Superior Court at Scranton The decision of the Superior Court Justice was in answer to an appeal taken by Attorneys I Swope and Arnold for the Dry ederation upon the grant ing of the licenses It will be remem bered that during the license court in ebruary 19'6 the fact developed thft tne law was not fulfilled in regard to publishing the applications for wholesale licenses at least twice All of the whole sale licenses were held up for a time pending a decision upon the matter from Judge Bell The court finally granted the licenses with the understanding that if they were lilted the licensee would take upon his own shoulders the risk of a reversed decision by a higher court The attorneys for the applicants con tended that the error in the advertise ment was caused by the county prothon otary and was not their fault Their clients believed that the Superior Court would view the situation as Judge Bell did and pass over the omission in view of the fact that the error was one of a county official and not the applicant if the case should happen to ba carried up Based upon that idea ail of the licensee were lifted the dry forces selected the three mentioned for test cases and took an appeal from the decision The ap peal was argued early in the year and the decision has just been handed down The aspect put on the situation by the decision is that every drop of liquor sold under a wholesale license granted at the 1916 term of license court was illegally sold The figures produced at the re cent term of license court showed that 621818 worth of business was done by the five wholesale concerns of DuBois alone in 1916 It would indicate that more than a million worth of liquor had been illegally sold in the en tire county during the year A Letter from the South 8t Petersburg la March 8 1917 Editor I notice in the Messenger of March 1 that my brother William land I are Spending a few weeks in St Petersburg la Then farther down the column the statement that "there had been a severe tornado which vis'ted Atlanta Ga and all the south ern states with many lives lost and that our visitors down there are getting all the thrills needed Withat least a dozen tornadoes the last few days and the frost that killed all vegetation will make old Pennsylvania look good to those who thought to better their condi tion" I wish to inform you "that things are not what they seem" It has been re marked by the oldest citizens that with one exception this has been the most de lightful winter they ever spent in lori da The editor of the daily St (Continued from Pane One) ington murder George Sowers assault and battery Mrs Grace Woodring prosecutrix not a true bill and the prosecutrix pay the costs Thomas Runzo selling liquor with out a license on two counts Swaney prosecutor a true bill Mrs John Woodring assault and 1 battery A Sowers prosecutor not a true bill and the prosecutor pay the costs John Kovach and Paul Gyromati selling liquor without a license Mike Dock and Joe Kovach prosecutors not a true bill aiid Mike Dock the real prosecutor pay the costs Joe Ragtano larceny receiving sto len goods etc Mike Sambol prose cutor a true bill Domenick Nacutis assault and bat tery a true bill The Jury in the case of Joel Miller against Marion Rowe in which dam ages were asked for injuries asserted to have been received in an automobile accident in Ridgway returned a ver dict in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of $50 The jury was given the case at 5 riday evening af ter an all day hearing and they arriv and the re furnishing and re fitting of the various offices of our officials respectfully tender our thanks to the Honorable Judge and District Attorney for the courtesy and assis tance rendered us during our delibera tions STREAMS The first case placed on trial this week was the Commonwealth vs Dom inick Nacutis charged with assault and battery A verdict of guilty was found In the case of the Commonwealth Vs' Ercole Liberatti and rank Combo charged with assault with intent to i kill the jury returned a verdict of not 'guilty The Court quashed the indictment in the case against Irwin Long of White township charged with assault and battery by his wife This case was begun two years ago but no in dictment was presented until the pres ent court Judge Langham held that the disposal of the case by Judge Tel ford was final I The jury in the case of the Com monwealth against rank Combo charged with aggravated assault and battery returned a verdict of not Petersburg has made an offer to give the paper free to every one who asks for it every day the sun dees not shine on St Petersburg up to the hour of going to press This is the fourth time the paper has been given away although the offer has stood con tinuously for seventy eight months and through all seasons of the year We have had a most delightful winter in lorida Have seen no evidence of a tornado We spent the holidays in Jacksonville which seemed more like July weather We were escorted around ed at their verdict Saturday morning guilty without retiring to their room at 2 for consideration The evidence show The trespass case of John Stewart ed that Combo was present at the against the Ray Coal Company was time of the stabbing of Vincenzo Aro settled out of court co but that the other defendant Er in re petition of inhabitants of i cale Liberatti did the stabbing The Brushvalley and West Wheatfield Jury in the case against Dominick townships for appointments 'of view i Nacutis charged with assaulting ers to view and locate a county bridge Keagle manager of the over Blacklick creek where the public store at Ernest returned a verdict of road leading from Mechanicsburg to guilty sight seeing by Miss Hattie Me Amity and brother Armstrong We then came to Mt Dora La county which has five large takes in it full of fish some aligators and have flue boat exour ions Dura is a beautiful village with homes surrounded by an orange grove the live oak festooned with Spanish moss aiohitig the macadamized streets Dur ing' our stay at Mt Dora there were eighteen visitors from Indiana county and several from Johnstown Dora is in the center of the state 259 degrees above eea level The and ver due were coveied with lovely vines per tect curtains of glowing color all ths fl iwers iu perfect bloom the orange grape and other fruit trees just loaded with trmt ready to be sent to the pack ing bouse for shipment when a cold wind began to blow from the northwest Toward night we were obliged to gather in around the open fireplace which was bountifully supplied with pitch pine wood Next morning we arose to find icicles hanging from the roof an inch ut trezeu water on the porch and the flowers fruit leaves and some of the branches trezen stiff All was gloom But soon the tuu and air asserted their rights the birds began to sing and all was joy again although the truit and folLige ot the tender trees and plants wee destroyed for this yesr 1 We then decided to pull up stakes and go farther south We noticed on one side of the railroad orange trees green Clyde and from Mechanicsburg to Heshbon crosses the said creek was approved The case of Griffith against Williams action in appeal grow ing out of a lumber transaction the Civil Court Jury gave a verdict Thurs day evening to the plaintiff for $150 with interest from June 11 1911 Upon application of Taylor attorney for the Saltsburg Coal Com pany the Court granted continuance in the following case growing out of the riot at the Saltsburg Coal Mining Company plant and directed the de fendant to file recognizances for their appearance Scheibner McQuade et al The jury in the case of Walter Bennett against Sadie Graham an action to recover an alleged bill for flour and feed amounting to $1325 morning returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for that amount with interest from March 14 1916 to March 9 1917 The March Grand Jury completed its labors riday afternoon and made its presentment to the Court REAL ESTATE TRANSERS Zinnie Kuhn to Sink 20 acres in South Mahoning $600 David Brendlinger to Elmer Davis 18 acres in East Wheatfield $1 Elmer Davis to Samuel Ellie 18 acres in East Wheatfield $1 Rieeiuger to Campbell lot iu Center $050 Lillian Biaoken to Almira Lytle 2 lots in Homer City $1500 George Hart Rhodes lot in Blairsville $150 John Rowe to George Rowe Aj lot iu Rayne $90 Driggs to Margaret Driggs lot in Indiana $3500 Bowder Harry Spicher 59 sorts in Montgomery $2500 air to Margaret Sbrom lot in Burrell $4525 Jasper McAdoo to Jay Ansley lot in Burrell $450 Clark to Hezekiah Rupert 4 acres in Armstrong $1575 Hetrick to Helen Hetrick lot in Indiana $1000 ard beautiful and ou the other side brown aud bate We aritved at Tampa which is situated on Tampa Bay aud is the first seaport city of lorida It is celebrated tor its cigar factories and its magnificent Tampa Bay Hotel in a park all owued by the city We had a de lightful trip across Tampa Bay to St Petersburg landing at Municipal pier which is 40 teet wide and oue fourth mile long where the street cars were waiting to take us to the Board ot Trade which assigned us to a boarding house The PineTasPeuinsula has been settled bythe The presentment follows: have acted upon 27 bills of in dictment of which we found 20 true bills found the Willard Home in as i good condition as possible under the circumstances but far from satisfac tory The building should be remod eled and modernized in every detail We call particular attention to the floors plaster modern bathroom fa James A Smith to rank West lot in Marion Center $2800 Mike Yankacky to Russian Greek Orthodox Catholic church lot in Green $1700 Morgan Duncan to Tony Copcheck lot in Homer City $200 I Roberts to George Walsh lot in Center $100 A Campbel) to Millard Campbell lot in Armagh $500 northerner and with his knacK ot get ting the best tor his money has worn a way down the west coast to St Peters burg Some came for a day and stayed for years some were merely traveling whi others came to stay We have seen but two cloudy days since we came three weeks ago anned by a soft wind which blows from the gulf and bay the nights are cool aud with purest artesian water for drinking There ae numerous hotels boarding houses rooming and apartment houses cafes and restaurants to suit all tastes It has eight modern and thor oughly equipped schools handsome churches and public library It has 100 miles of cement walks and its streets afe 100 feet wide Much of the fame of St Petersburg is du to its fisheries We spent a delightful day veiling Pass a Irill Island a place ot proved desire and known delight After a trolley ride of five miles we took a boat across Beca Oeiga bay about a mile wide and two miles long The social life ot St Peters burg is democratic everybody being al lowed to enjoy themselves in their own way All visitors remark the cordiality and kindness of the citizens But all roads lead to and that is Wil liams Park in the center of the city Under the pines and palms are comfort able seats and a music stand and tourists are here all day long enjoying them sehes in different ways I admire the location of ot Petersburg sloping gen tly toward Tampa Bay and stretching out west to the Gulf of Mexico with air as clear as crystal On lag Day the State ot Ohio Olub which has the most tourists here presented St Pateisburg with a beautiful flag for the park music stand which drew an immense crowd I did not see one drunk man or hear a profane word It has ten beautiful churches which are filled every Sabbath with worshiping people Yours truly Jennie Mitchell cilities modern steam heating equip ment installed (using steam generat ed at the County Home if practical) and the interior changed to meet the requirements The Willard Home in view of its beautiful surroundings its prominent situation and its worthy purpose should not be so far below the standing and dignity of our coun ty We desire however to commend the matron Miss Mabel Sheesley for her successful management under very adverse conditions We recom mend that these improvements in and about the Willard home be the first expenditures to receive the attention of the county commissioners further recommend that the county jail be remodeled as recom mended by the Grand Jury of the De cember sessions 1916 with the excep tion of lowering the floor above the furnace room We advise the placing of an instantaneous heater in the jail to provide hot water for the proper comfort of the inmates and the sher iff and his family and for the proper sanitation of the premises the further performance of our duties we approved the placing of a bridge over Blacklick Creek at Clag horn Indiana county at a cost not to exceed the estimate $18500 desire furthermore to express our satisfaction to our County Com missioners upon the appearance and the improvements in and about the Court House the successful placing and maintenance of the public toilets James Dias to Campbell 14 acres in Brushvalley $800 James Speedy to DoraO Stephens lot in Second ward Indiana $4600 Alonza Gray to Wilbur Stahl lot iu Third ward Indiana $225 Harry Wimer to Ellis Stiffler 1 6 70 acres in Montgomery $1 00 8 Shaffer to James A Mack 4 lots 5 acres in West Wheatfield $1200 Alice Martin to Norman Koontz 3 lots in ourth ward Indiana $700 Edward Thompson to Ry 628 acrejin Rayne $800 Andrew Postorelo to Co 628 acre in Saltsburg $1200 John Sink to Douds 10 acres i in South Mahoning $400 I Catharine Creighton to Abe Eliashof lot in Blairsville $565 I Solomon Lightcap to Ry 1053 acres in Rayne $500 I Harry Lingenfelter to Laura A McMillen 107 acres in Rayne $300 I Daniel McGregor to Harry Ra pine lot in Indiana $6500 Samuel yock to Mary Ann Stew art lot in Glen Campbell $225 Elmer Hanan to Curtis Bracken lot in Homer City $1400 Clarence Libengood to George Kel I ly lot in Homer City $1800 Sloan Buterbaugh to Buter baugh 2 lots in Green $600 Ackerson to ames Ackerson 177 acres in Oberryhill $7250 Learn Altemus to Warren Delano coal 321 acres in Buffington $5165 56 Same to same coal 321 acres in same $5155 57 I Horse Blankets Must Go i I will not carry over one blanket Every one must go at cut prices Gome in and pick out a pair or two at a bargain I WILMER STEWART.