Registrations Board Completes Draft Figures Tally
Indiana County board of registration reported 6777 young men eligible for service under the Selective Draft Act, with prisoners in jail not counted. Officials said later registrations and unprocessed cards may raise the total slightly, with exemptions and later registration possible. Recapitulation sheets sent to the War Department, quota announcement expected in about three months. Continued in next column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
Harry A. Bogs
W. LB. Wagner
Walter IL Ayers
William A. Simpson
Hugh R. Wiley
Indiana County Board of Registration
Crowder
War Department
Armagh
Pah Fat Oqoue Ae
Armstrong
Eese
Banks
Blacklick
Sxpwinteye
Blairaville
Blairsville
Brushvalley
Buffington
Burrell
Wvcaesseenesenen
Bi Canoe
Boy Search Goes to Chicago in Keet Baby Abduction Case
The Keet baby kidnapping case moves to Chicago after a prisoner claims a Chicagoan nicknamed Scarface Riley engineered the plot. Prisoner Allie Adams, who was jailed, says she fears for the infant and names Riley as the man behind the abduct. The seventh arrest reported is taxi driver George Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keet
Chicago
Riley
George Walker
Boy Scouts Meet At Maple Street Garden Friday
The Boy Scouts are ordered to report at Maple Street Garden on Friday after school. If rain cancels, they will meet Saturday at 2 p.m. Mrs Charles Heister and her son Huber from Clymer Avenue are in Harrisburg visiting Mr Heister's parents. Grand Theater tonight features Mary Pickford in A Poor Little Rich Girl with showtimes 7 8:30 and 10. Admission adults 20 cents children 10 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple Street Garden
Charles Heister
Huber
Clymer Avenue
Harrisburg
Mr. Heister
Grand Theater
Mary Pickford
Miss Mable Ortz Taken To Hospital
Mrs David Ortz and her daughter Miss Mabel Ortz of Oak Street traveled to Pittsburgh yesterday where Miss Ortz entered Allegheny General Hospital for treatment. She has not fully recovered from a serious illness in previous years but this course of treatment is hoped to restore her health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Ortz
Mabel Ortz
Oak Street
Pittsburgh
Allegheny General Hospital
Miss Ortz
Offensive in Belgium Opens In British Drive
London reports the British offensive in Belgium began after a week of heavy bombardment. Troops advanced along a nine mile front between Mesines and Wytschade ridge, capturing all initial objectives. Attacks extended beyond West Flanders with further gains and many German prisoners taken.
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London
Belgium
War Office
Measines
Wytschade Ridge
West Flanders
Colonial Theatre Tonight Features Startling Climax Drama
Gold Seal presents Gertrude Astor and Fred Church with Val Paul in a Startling Climax drama full of surprises. Nestor Comedy features Eddie Lyons and Lee Moran with Edith Roberts in a western comedy with an eastern accent Shot in the Went.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Theatre Tonight
Gertrude Astor
Fred Church
Val Paul
Nestor
Eddie Lyons
Lee Moran
Edith Roberts
Heavy Rain Fells Inch Storms Across Town
Unusually heavy rainfall this month totals 3.81 inches from June start through today with 1.76 inches yesterday and 0.28 today. Sharp lightning frightened East Church Street residents and caused a bolt to strike Joseph Welteroth's home, tearing a roof hole. a bolt hit the Second Ward school and minor roof damage occurred at the Hoover home on West Church Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wehrle and Co
East Church Street
Fifth Street
Joseph Welteroth
Second Ward
Hoover
West Church Street
Indiana girl weds Florence man in North Carolina
Miss Katherine Park and Madison Wilbur Jones quietly wed Saturday in Nashville NC. The couple, after the ceremony, traveled to Florence where they will live with Dr. and Mrs. Hicks. Miss Park, a former voice teacher in Florence, and Jones, a loyal guard member and head houkkemen for United Grocery Co., plan to settle here.
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Florence
South Carolina
Katherine Park
Madison Wilbur Jones
Nashville
Nash County
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Jones
Rocky Mount
Florence, Mrs. Jones Is the Eldest Daughter of Rev and Mrs. J.C.N. Park
East Locust Street
Indiana
Miss Park
Leech’s Business College
South Carolina Guards
Meeting of M E Auxiliary in Church Friday Evening
A brief but important meeting of the Methodist Episcopal Auxiliary of the American Red Cross will be held at the Church on Friday evening at 7 30 o clock All auxiliary members and church members interested in the work should be present as important business will be decided
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Auxiliary of the American Red Cross
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Evening Gazette
Strand Theatre Tonight Shows Two Crime Dramas
Sun photoplay presents James J. Corbett and Claire Whitney in The Burglar and the Lady. Admission 6 and 10c. Tomorrow Fortune photoplay presents Henry King and Lillian West in Vengeance of the Dead. Produced for Smith magazine stories. Admission 5 and 10¢.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Strand Theatre
Sun
James J. Corbett
Claire Whitney
Fortune
Henry King
Lillian West
Smith Magazine
Warships Reach French Coast With Wheat Supplies
U S warships arrived off the French coast, bringing the Collier Jupiter and more than 10,000 tons of wheat and other food supplies. The vessels docked safely as relief efforts intensified amid ongoing hostilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
French Coast
United States Navy sinks first German sub in war shift
Jupiter supplies 10000 tons of wheat and food arrive in a French port as The Silver Shell sinks the first German submarine since the war began. Commander William J. Clark leads the gunners in the Mediterranean engagement. The piece also notes U S merchants' wartime routes and a sober call to awaken public war spirit amid Registration Day calm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Clark
New York
Alrteady
Paris
Mediterranean Sea
United States
Orleans
Rochester
Somerset Man Killed in Storm
Charles Stutzman age 61 died when a barn was lifted from its foundations during a violent wind storm in Somerset County. Three others were injured and crops ruined as buildings survived. Tornadoes across Kansas Missouri Kentucky and Michigan killed 39 and damaged millions in property. A totals update shows 502 dead with many injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Charles Stutzman
Somerset County
Stutaman
Chicago
Kansas
Missouri
Kentucky
Michigan
Revie
Hungarian man taken to Dixmont asylum
Philip Gavok of Dun nelton, a Hungarian, grew mentally disturbed by the war and was taken to Dixmont this morning by County Commissioner James M. Maraha and Major C. McLain, superintendent of the county home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Gavok
Dunnelton
Dixmont
James M. Maraha P
C. McLain
Civil Court Verdict in Waugaman v Beatty and Cuningham
The jury awarded Mrs. Mary Waugaman 35 dollars in compensatory damages after defendants attached her goods on a writ against her husband. The trial then covered Elsie Horrell v Ex-Sheriff George H Jeffries over alleged dereliction of duties in serving papers during her divorce case. The Grand Jury plans to complete duties today with presentment to the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Waugaman
A. T H. Beatty
Sr. C. Cuningham
Grand Jury
Body Not Found In Dam Tragic Homer City Drowning
A news item from Homer City reports the accidental drowning of eleven year old Rocco DeChurch at Lucerne dam yesterday afternoon around 5 30. A search party has worked since the incident but the body has not been recovered and is believed swept downstream. The boy and a Charney child were playing near the dam when DeChurch fell in as waters ran swiftly after heavy rains. The drowning occurred as the victim called for help before being carried over the dam shore about 60 feet away. Immediate rescue efforts continued through today with no success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocco DeChurch
Homer City
Lucerne Dam
DeChurch
John Charney
Charney
De-Church
Honus Wagner Ready for Pirates Comeback Today
The famed baseball star Honus Wagner plans a comeback with the Pittsburgh Pirates against the Brooklyn Dodgers after declaring the call of baseball too strong to resist. He telegrammed Baseball Commissioner August Herrmann seeking reinstatement and a return to the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honus
Snower
For Sale Bas cases See Ray and Elder
Classified note lists sale items bas cases available through Ray and Elder with buyer options including a Liberty Bond. No clear date or location provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray and Elder
Red Cross Chapter House Seeks Furniture and Classes
The Chapter House of the Red Cross opened with supplies for military relief. They request tables and chairs for sewing groups, offering dray pickup. Indiana Red Cross Educational Committee lists instructors for First Aid, Dietetics, and Surgical Dressings. Readers are urged to join, ask questions, and address the editor with Red Cross queries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Hospital
Chapter House
Chapter House of the Red Cross
Gazette Office
Indiana
The
American Red Cross
Eliza C. Dill
Lottie McHenry Stewart
Sarah M. Margart
Red Cross
America
Lpace
Delegates To Pittsburgh Meet From Indiana County Club
Mrs Ella Elkin president of the Indiana County Board for Mothers Assistance and Mrs Samuel W Rose left on the 8 35 train for Pittsburgh to attend the State Mothers Assistance Box convention sessions. A correction states the Chief of Police salary was raised to 80 dollars monthly. the clerk earns 400 dollars yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Elkin
Indiana County Board For
Mother's Assistance
Samuel W. Rose
Pittsburgh
Marines enlist new versatile fighting man St Peter
Washington dispatch notes another recruit to the United States Marine Corps Leroy William from Chicago joins the ranks with minor leg varicocele. The piece lists famous names as part of a humorous roll call including Caesar from Brooklyn and Julius Caesar described as very young needing his mother's consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Caesar
Caesar
Brooklyn
Marine Corps
Julius
Confederate veterans parade in Washington under flag
In Washington on June 7 under the Stars and Stripes the United Confederate Veterans and thousands of others marched along Pennsylvania Avenue. The parade honored Southern veterans with 5,000 Confederate vets and 5,000 supporters, escorted by Union veterans from the Department of Columbia Posts. A list of unclaimed letters in the Indiana office dated June 2, 1917 was released with names including Ethyl Bailey and several others.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
South
Departament of
Columbia Posts
Grand Army For the Republic
Indiana
Ethyl Bailey
Robert Brennan
Elizabeth Beer
Barthel
Lillie B. Butterbaugh
Alice Calllahan
David Davidson
Betstie Edwards
Giovanni Fico
E. Plowman
Grace Risinger
Kata Stephens
Web. Sutter
F. M. Simm
James Wil
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Registrations Board
BOY
Springfield
BOY Scouts
Mable Ortz
Locust Street
M. E. Auxiliary
Middle Western
Germany
International News Service
Homer
Rocco de Church
Honus” Wagner
Buccaneers
John H. Wagner
Cincinnati
Wagner
Herrmann
International Mews Service
Garee
Ninth Streets
Dearolph
Undertaking
Clymer
W Taberty, Bowdi
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