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The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-08-26
His Selection.


Mr.. Sharp-Oh, | say, Mr.. Dense,
what animal do you think you'd like
to be on a cold day? Mr.. Dense-Um
-er-ah-let me see-I think 1 should
like to be little otter. Anything else ?
Exchange.
grand jury on charge of Involuntary
manslaughter, for the death of Mrs
Frank Ross, of Dallastown, August A.
District Attorney Lloyd proposes
taking action against the Cumberland
Railway company, because it has re-
fused to raise feed wires that caused
the death Of Bishop Eveland, near Mt.
Holly
Owing to the advance IN food prices,
the commissioners of Chester county
have decided to allow the matron Of
the county house of detention twenty
cents instead of fifteen a meal for the
juveniles confined there.
Fearing he would be stricken with
typhoid, Levi M. Cramp, f1fty-two years
old, of Gibraltar, heaterswho stopped
work at Coatesville owing to the fever,
committed suicide by cutting his
throat with a razor in his back yard
For tying several hundred yards of
copper wire to a schoolhouse bell, in
Upper Gyynedd township and going to
a nearby woods and ringing it for one
hour, for a joke, seven warrants have
been issued for six Lansdale boys and
a girl.
Because the Travellers Insurance
company hasn't paid a death claim,
Mrs. M. L. -Eby, New Cumberland, has
brought suit for $1,000 accident insur-
ance, hemorrhages caused by a tooth
brush bristle having caused the death
OF her husband,
Many Pennsylvanians, particularly
residents of Philadelphia, of Bucks
county and the northern suburban sec
ton, are interested in the prospect of
the appointment Of Colonel Henry D.
Styer, of Bucks county, to the rank
of brigadier general in the United
States army, in the near future.
Banks township Carbon county,
school board elected James s. Boyle.
principal of Audenried schools; Joseph
Boyle, of Tresckow schools, and Hugh
McGee, Of L eviston schools, at salary
Of $50 each; Miss Susan Whalen, IF
Coxeville schools, and Anna Mulligan.
of Jeannesville schools, at monthly
salaries OF SIT.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-08-26

One man in baseball history placed
himself in the hall Of fame by deliver
ing just one ball. calling for probably
only few seconds actual participa-
ton in the game
He was Manager Childs of the Ports
mouth (O) team.
In game with Marion June 20, 1910,
Childs went into the box and pitched
one ball. 1t resulted in a triple play.
and Childs got credit, of course, for
pitching an entire inning with one
heave, the only time it has ever been
accomplished. Chicago Herald.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-08-26
A Voters CateChiSm

D. Have you read the Consti-
tuition of the United States?
r. Yes.
D. What form of Government
is thisf
r. Republic.
D. What is the Constitution of
the United StatesY
r. 1t is the fundamental law of
this country.
D. Who makes the laws of the
United Statesf
r. The Congress.
D. What does Congress consist
off 'F''- ii a. 3 - ,rstE 80 E4ss
R. Senate and House of Rep
resentatives.
D. Who is our State Senator'S
r. Theo. M. Kurtz.
D. Who is the chief executive
Of the United Statesf
B. President.
D. How long is the President
Of the United States electedY
r. 4 years.
D. Who takes the place of the
President in case he diesH
R. The Vice President.
D. What is his namef
r. Thomas r. Marshall.
D. By whom is the President of
the United States electedf
R. By the electors.
D. By whom are the electors
elctedf e
R. By the people.
D. Who makes the laws for the
state of Pennsylvania.
r. The Legislature.
D. What does the Legislature
consist ofF
R. Senate and Assembly.
D. Who is our Assemblymani
r. Wilmer H. Wood.
D. How many State in the un-
ionf
R. 48.
D. When was the Declaration
of independence signedf
R. July 4, 1776.
D. By whom was it writtenH
r. Thomas Jefferson.
D. Which is the capital of the
United States?
r. Washington.
D. By whom are they electedi
R. By the people.
D. For how long9
R. 6years.
D. How many representatives
are theref :.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-08-26

What is probably the strangest and
at the same time the most horrible be-
quest ever made is to be found In the
will Of Lieutenant de Pap, formerly
an officer in a smart regiment Of Aus
trian hussars, who was executed by
strangling some years ago for the muir
der OF his brother.
Previous to his execution the MUIR
derer requested that he might be pho
tographed while hanging on the gal
lows and a copy of the CHASTITY picture
sent to his father.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-08-26

Professor E. c. Toole, a graduate
OF UrSinus and native of Selinsgrove,
has been elected principal of Mahanoy
City High school.
Taken i'll on a street car, Charles T.
Snoddy, seventy years old, of Watson
town. died of heart failure before he
could be gotten home.
Falling thirty-fve feet from the top
Of No. breaker, Michael Dennis, of
Tamaqua, sustained concussion OF the
brain and fractured leg.
Lehigh county constables held their
outing at Fairviaw Park, South Beth
lehem, and were addressed by District
Attorney Warren Miller.
After Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Rufe had
searched all Doylstown for their four
year-old boy, they found him fast
asleep under sofa at home.
Rev. John Slack has resigned the
pastorate of the First United Evan.
gelical church, of Ashland, to enter
the Presbyterian denomination.
Thomas R. Jones, division superin.
tendent for the Lehigh Valley Coal
company, resigned to accept similar
position with Madeira Hill & Co.
Labor is so scarce in West Potts
grove, Montgomery county, that the
directors can get no one to give the
high school it's annual cleaning.
Held up by masked highwayman,
Carlo Antonio, Hazleton huckleberry
buyer, was robber of $50, in broad day
light, between Jeddo and Eckley.
Mrs. Mary Romeo, aged sixteen, a
bride of year, is missing with her
child from her home at Drifton, and
so is Joseph Phinezatic, a boarder.
A fall of coal killed Michael Povil-
sky, of Freeland, aged thirty-seven,
while robbing pillars in the Jeddo
mines of the G.. B. Markle company.
Wanted because his automobile kill
ed William Karalwicz, aged twenty
six, May 80, at Shenandoah, Charles
Tarowsky, Kingston, has bsen arrest
ed.
President Judge Seybert has IN
structed the constables of Perry coun-
,ty to report on bad roads, so he can
take action against delinquent super
visors.
Representatives of the Lehigh Val
ley Coal company and the Girard Es-
tate have decided to evict all speak
easy tenants on their Schuylkill county
lands.
Enjoying an after-dinner stroll
along the Lehigh tracks at RUNNER
field, Leslie Mingoes, aged forty-five,
a blacksmith, was killed by a fast
train.
Charged with conducting gambling,
proprietors of eight Altoona billiard
and pool rooms were arrested, at the
instigation of District Attorney Pat
terson.
James Dickson. thirty-five years old,
committed suicide at his home in New
Castle by cutting his throat with
razor. Dickson and his wife had been
separated and dependency over this
Is believed to have been responsible
for for the suicide.
George H. Clements, thirty-one years
old, superintendent of the Yough Sand
and Stone company, at Dunbar, near
Connellsville, was probably fatally
stabbed at a house dance in the resi-
dence of Job Cole, at Dunbar Cole
who is alleged to have done the cut
ting, escaped from the house, but was
capturesd short time later, and is
being held.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-08-26

Miss Albert w. Davis, booKkeeper OF
the Chester County Trust company,
aged about forty, was found dead in
her room where she boarded. at West
Chester.
The government has purchased the
homestead of former Congressman
Samuel s. Blair as the prospective site
for Hollidaysburg's 100000 federal
building.
A purse containing 80 that Jacob
Petschwender, of Bethel, lost while
blowing q field three years ago, has
just been found by George Bross while
moving wheat.
For burglarizing a Morea store Of
watches, rings, knives and jewelry
valued at $40O, Charles Wetzel and
Theodore Faust, both under eighteen,
are under arrest.
Altoona policemen reported nine vic.
lations Of the blue laws, but cool
weather made the ice cream and soda
water bus less so improbable, returns
will not pay fines.
Charged with collecting $3.50 for
the Four-County f1remen's convention
and failing to turn it in, Harry Seip,
Lehighton, entered bail for court be-
fore Squire Snyder.
Because the company would not pay
at noon instead of three P. M, breaker
boys struck and tied up the Scott Col
fiery, at Kulpont, 500 men being
thrown out of work
Mrs. John Ritter of near Carlisle,
was seriously hurt, and her husband
slightly hurt, when their automobile
was struck by car driven by DR.. N.
o. Eclkles, of Carlisle.
Blinded by the glare of another ma
chine, DR.. William Barr, of the State
hospital, AdroVe his automobile down
an embankment near Fountain Springs
but escaped uninjured.
Grangers around Kimberton organ
lied a buyers club" to purchase feed
at wholesale prices, which will be sold
to members plus twenty-five per cent,
to cover the incidentals.
A discharge under the insolvent laws
has been granted Philip Weiss, Tama-
qua, in jail ten months on a charge
of trying to shoot julius Weber, a
Westherly liquor dealer.
For fighting over the European war,
fifteen aliens were incarcerated in the
Coaldale lookup overnight, and then
fined SS for smashing the cots and cut
ting the water connections.
Scranton will appeal to the superior
court from the public service commits
sion decision declining to order the
railroad companies centering in that
city to erect union station
While crossing the Pennsylvania
railroad tracks at Freeport, John Pra.
gor, seventy-nine years old, was killed
by passenger train. He was former
ly a resident of Sharpsburg, Pa.
Failing from the electric railway
trestle near ,Burnham, John Crossgrovs
fractured thigh, while two sons car
ried under his arms, saved themselves
by holding on to the tie beams.
All the boroughs in the North Penn
Valley, including Lansdale, Souder-
ton, Perkasie, Sellersville and Quaker
town. have received cleanup" orders
from the state health department.
One policeman patroling the entire
town is not enough to maintain order
in Shippensburg, and citizens want an
other on account Of bootlegging and
other forms of illicit whisky traffic.
Elmer Weikel, a Red Lion automo-
bile dealer, has been held for the
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-08-26

"Don't you bring that man here
again He's unspeakablew
why, did he insult you?"
''No but he's dumb and wants TO
talk with his fingers" Baltimore
American.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-08-26

R. 435. According to the pop
ulation one to every 211, 900, (the
Ratio fixed by Congress after each
decennial census
D. Which is the capital of the
state of Pennsylvania.
R. Harrisburg.
D. How many Senators has
each state in the United States
Senatei
r. Two.
D. Who are our q. S. Senatorsi
R. Boise Penrose and George
T. Oliver.
d. For how long are they elect
edi AZ
R. 2 years. '.,>N,,>,-,.-
d. Who is our Congressman
R. S. Taylor North.
d. How many electoral votes
has the state of Pennsylvania
R. 3S. --,FtsSS
D. Who is the chief executive
of the state of Pennsylvania
R. The Governor.
D. For how long is he electedi
r. 4 years.
D. Who rs the Governori :,
R. Brumbaugh.
D. Do you believe in organized
government
r. Yes.
D. Are you opposed to organis-
ed government
r. No.
d. Are you an anarchist
R. No.
D. What is an anarchist9
n. "A person who does not be-
ieve in organized government.
D. Are you bigamist or poll
gamistf
r. No.
D. What is bigamist or poly
gamistf
R. One who believes in having
moro than one wife.
D. Do you belong to any secret
Society who teaches to disbelieve
Il organized government
R. No. /.
d. Have you ever violated any
Lewis of the United Statesf
r, No. - $..esl
D. Who makes the ordinances
for the City
R. The board of Aldermen.
D. Do you intend to remain
permanently in the U. ST.
r. Yes.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-08-26
Not Alarmed.

"Oh, Mr.. Robinson, somebody has
stolen your carr
That's all right The thief will
bring it back when he finds out how
much gasoline it takes to run it"-St
Louis POst-Dispatch.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-02
How We Sawed Our
Way Through Bay Ice
By ARTHUR r. PATTERSON.

Bay ice is an arctic term. I may ex-
plain, first. that II is formed during the
shortening nights Of spring. and being
found in wide sheets is one Of the most
serious obstacles TO early whaling.
For some hours Of April 2S. we, in COM
psny with sister ship. the Eclipse, had
been steaming through large fields Of this
bay variety. We. OF course, made free Of
her path and took life easy. But It hap
pened that We. at one time. found our
selves stuck fast. neither able to proceed
ahead nor astern.
Our captain signaIed to the Eclipse that
We were fast, and some of the men
thought she would come back and help
u.s. The captain most certainly did. But
nothing OF the sort. On she steamed with
out a signal in return, and disappeared
in a dull haze Of her own smoke. and fol-
lowed by a double strong volley Of foc'sle
abuse,
The captain. with all hope Of succor by
The Washington herald., 1916-01-02
he ~ss standing b. the outline of human form.

examination revealed the senseless body
object which l discovered to be a big
ghost story. 1t was the mans light that
had attracted our attention. q
1 called to John Gilbert and told him
lof my discovery. Soon he managed to
join me. we felt In the mans pockets
Tor matches and finally succeeded in
lighting the lantern. The senseless man
was Bill Gardner. husband of the woman
we had set out to visit. A wound over
the temple showed what had caused in
sensibility when he fell into the pit.
administered restoratives and soon
brought the man back to consciousness
Gardner had been at the village. and
while on his way home had been caught
In the snowstorm. stumble put out his
light and just then he fell into the pit
He declared tu9t he was not much the
worse for wear, and that his dog would
guide us to his house. Our greatest difi-
Guilty was to get out of the pit, but John
Gilbert managed IL, and Gardner and his
faithful dog led the way to his house.
And thus was the ghost of Hemlock
Hohow laid. Gardner's lantern and dog,
seen and heard after dark by the rather
superstitious people in the vicinity, had
given rise to the belief that old Betty's
spirit still roafned the wild Hollow in un-
rest.
Mrs. Gardner recovered. John Gilbert
Is still hale and hearty and likes to tell
to anybody who will listen of the re-
markable adventure when he and the
doctor laid the ghost
Copyrighted BY the Associated Literary Press-l
The Washington herald., 1916-01-02

BY c. L. TOMBSTONE.
Here are portraits of some youngsters
that knew:
Does the Reader feel like fitting on the
shoe?
For each subject Of this poem
Is a real boy-I stiu know him,
And wonder II by any chance it's
You.
used to know a boy who always lay
in bed till eight
Then shirked his bath and tore into
his clothes a fearful rate,
And remarked, when he came down,
Il didn't know IL was so late!''
Was 1t you-this sleepy sluggsrd2
Was II you?
Another boy is UP and out as soon as
1t is light;
He loves to bathe before the sun has
put the dew to flight: i
And then he'll fish till breakfast (though
he seldom gets a biteD.
Is it you-this early bather? Is It
you?
knew a boy who fused sbout the
things he had TO eat:
He grumbled at the pudding and he
growled about the meat;
With his cup half fun Of sugar he
would whine. 1T isn't SWEET
Was It you-this dainty feeder?
Was it you?
His cousin Just took everything exactly
as IL came;
Roast turkey or potato pie, he ate II
just the same;
Never quarreled with his victuais-|
didn't think it was "the game"
Was It you-this healthy youugster7
Was it you?
And every day this very boy would get
into a scrape,
But he never shirked the consequence.
however bad its shape;
Always stayed 20 face the music-left
the others TO escape.
Was it you-this plucky scapegrace?
Was 1t you?
There was another kind Of boy who loved
ito have lark"
Provided he was pretty sure that he could
keep II dark"
The Washington herald., 1916-01-02

the Eclipse gone. bestirs himself. II
seems that. although the ice Is not more
than SIX inches thick. Il IL quite sun
cient to prove dangerous IN jam And
that # is jamming is very evident. seeing
the way in which our wake has closed.
Other indications are also present. such
az the continuous grinding ana srunblns
and hummoclzs Of fresh uphesvaIs around
US.
Anchors out" shouts the eapt,ip
shortly. as he strides TO and fro on In.
bridge like an evil spirit. s'overboard
with two Of them, and keep the NIP OF
the ship"
"Ay' ay. sir" and each man oompetes
with his neighbor in activity.
I lean over the chains and watch than
The anchors are fixed in the ice In record
time, and a connecting wire havser car
ried through portfolio and round the
cspstan, at which the crew are set work
ing. can't say I. understand the method
but understand the conclusion. The
men have just left the bars, and tn.
hswser Is thoroughly tsut, when. snapl
II goes. making q report like a me
Luckily no one was within It's fling. OF II
would have sent him into eternity ip
two halves Yet another cabl. Is tried
but #. too, snaps like a thread, and tn.
sttsnpt to stay OF the squeeze il for.
saken-
began TO dislike the look Of thinxs
Whats 70 be doneT' I ask the cap
tain
"pOnsr- he says ssyssely. Saw our
way out"
own this comes a. a surprise. The
idea Of saving through two hundred
yards Of Ice and upward had not oe.
CURED TO me. However. the order g.
given: "An hands on deck TO saw tho
ship cut Mr.. Duncan. get the saws
started"
"Ay. sy, sir" And in ten minutes IN.
saws are overheard. set In their frames.
and bevy Of sturdy seamen working
like slaves on them Others, with axes.
hew guiding line TO the ship, and
myself and more, with boat hooks ana
seal clubs, pole out the segments as they
are cut, and so keep the way clear. II
is a scene full Of novelty and interest 10
a dry lander such a. L But Il IL also
the most dishesrtening work man ever
put hand TO. for no sooner have We cut
| fifty yards than the squeeze has shut the
| inlet II Is dishesrtening indeed! But
| with patience, perseverance,. and ten
| hours Of unceasing work, we gain the
/ day.
/ Yes, at last the ship is cut free. ''On
| board. there" rolls from the bridge, and
We scramble up the Side IN quick time.
/ Not a moment is 20 spare. Again we
/ gather In a cluster on the forepeak. and
/ hear the telegraph bell sound in the en-
/ gine room Long since the steam has
! been at fun pressure. Whish, vhooch!
replies TO the rattle Of shifting levers, as
| the sea dances up sStern round the
screw. The bark gathers way. VIII she?
/ Ay. No. Thus We talk. II is a tight 1T
! and we feel the CRATE Of the ice along
/ her ribs Another I'VE minutes would
/ have seen us at our weary task again.
] But fortune fHvors US. We are through
! at last And a ringing cheer from sixty
/ throats goes skipping over the ice sheet.
/ Hurrsh! And now all save the watch
| tumble down the fore and main hstches
or the companion, as the case is. TO bury
| themselves In sleep, having had quite
enough Of ice saving to satisfy for a
/ lifetime.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-02
is 1T YOU?

But when found out he shuIIed Sense
Of honor? Not a spark!
Was it youths shifty coward?
Was IL you?
knew a boy who thought # grand" to
gamble and to bet;
He'd talk about the Derby and the latest
prize-ring pet:
l think he was the dullest kind OF youth
ever met,
Was 1t you-this silly "sportsmAn7-'
Was il you?
Another boy was reckoned as a thorough
little brick.
For hardship. pain. or danger, well. he
didn't care a stick;
But there was one thing that he funked-
he dared not go on tick"
Was IL you-this canny thriftsterf
Was 1t you?
II once was my misfortune to know q
certain boy
Whose coming home for holidays was
not a source OF Joy.
For he used TO tease his sisters and the
servants to annoy
Was 1t you-this doubtful blessingg
Was il you?
He, too, possessed a cousin Of a very dif-
rerent brand
When Jack comes home again next
week" they said. 1T viii be Frandl''
For he always gives his mother and the
girls a helping hand.
Is II you-this useful brother3 Ia It
you?
1 knew a boy who promised well and
made a splendid start.
But tired Of the narrow path and chose
the crooked part:
His name Is never mentioned now He
broke his mothers heart
Was II you-this week-llneed strip
Hng2 Was It your
know a man that gave his life HIS fei-
lowmen 70 free
From slavery to sin and want for
neither fame nor fee;
And / heard a voice that whispered,
Thou hast done Il unto Me-
Is IL you-this noble vorkerf Is n
youf
Copyright. Isi1, by Associated Literary
Press.)
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-09

Years day to grasp the presidents
hand for a brief moment, The Marine
Band always played its ltrelieat quick
steps and for four and live hours the
line would pour in one door and our
the other. Presidents Roosevelt and.
Taft set some handshaking records.
at reception, / U is said that one
president, long since dead. solved the
problem by standing in front OF q vel
vet curtain. through slit in which
a relay Of aides stretched their hands
under the presidents right arm, and.
as the visitors crushed the hands OF
the aides the president bowed and
smiled appropriately and kept his own
right hand 1lnhar1nad
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-09
From Program for White House.
Winter Social Season as Isl
Wilson'S Custom.
..ar AsseeIATEo 80

WASHINGTON. Dec. The pro
gram for the White House winter. So
cial season has been announced and
as was generally expected. il omtts
the colorful Diplomatic reception. be
& honored New Years reception for
public.in accordance with the Gus
torn President Wilson set when COM
ing into Office.
In place Of the diplomatic recep-
ton there Will DO two diplomatic
.Iinners. The Entente diplomats and
all neutrals Will be entertained at
the first and the Tentonic diplomats
and M neutrals Will be guests at
the second.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-09
YEARS RECEPTION
TO PUBLIC Is OMITTED

he enbarrassmGnts which would
would be caused by inviting the rep
or the warning powers
70 rub elbows at the same reception
may be more ina ginary than actual
but they are regarded BY the social
managers as having possibilities. not
Wlthstanding that it is said the am
bassAdor from one Of the principal
Entente Allies and the ambassador
from one the principal Teutonic pow
ers always exchange courteous greet
ings when they pass on the street.
However. the program has been ar
ranged TO keep the Wslrralg diplomats
apart.
Come on Tuesdays.
The social events all come on Tues
days instead OF Thursdays, as for
merly;; the season begins earlier and
ends in February instead OF March.
due to the fact that the
White House wants it over by in
auguration time
This is the program as oticially
December Cabinet dinner, 81
IN. iii.
December Judicial reception.
Q ". M.
January Diplomatic dinner, 81
n. m.
January is Diplomatic dinner,
s y. III.
january Sc ongressiona re-
ceDtion, 3 p. IN.
January - Supreme court din
ner, S5 ID. m.
February Army and navy re-
ception. 8 3. IA.
February 3 Speakers dinner. 81
p. m.
Before the war the diplomatic re-
ceptiona was the social show of the
winter. Invitations We're sought So
eagerly by those who were not quite
sure to be invited that the president
set the rule Of placing an arbitrary
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-09

YOU are notified 70 appear with such CYL.
u" settlement of claims against the estate
December 1910.
RAY =. STROTlIER
AZ Ona1ni A4lnner Of Accounts for Harrison
County, West VIrElUIn.