Punxsutawney Spirit, 1911-01-04

              ttejjSjjiril / ®l)C]|)tltt£0tttft XXXVIII. of the The Opening Inventory Sale Come Early- Come To-Day No matter what you may want in the line of clothing, furnishings, shoes, etc.. you can get it here, and all at reduced prices. There is no reserves, every article in the house at 25% off, many of them at 50% off regular priccs. Proved to be larger than we expected. From the time the doors were opened at 8:0() o'clock in the morning the store was filled with buyers. In addition to the extra large force of salespeople we had provided for the occasion, it was necessary for us to secure more. The celebrated line of clothing, furnishings, shoes and baggage carried by this well-known store has established a reputation in this vicinity. Every article is the best to be had. Think of buying such well-known brands of goods as: Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothing for Men Clothcraft Clothes for Men Sampeck Clothing for Boys Cluett—Peabody Shirts Knox Fine Hats and Caps Shoes of Sterling Quality Likely Baggage Furnishings of Style and Quality l and many other world-famed lines of Men's Wear at a price reduction ranging from 25% to 50% less than the former selling prices. This is an unusual opportunity and only comes about once in a life-time. Take advantage of it now and get your share of the bargains. There are Bargains for all E. THE J. A. WEBER S. SWARTZ, Proprietor STORE Dictaphone [VX(i.\X CASK FOR Till A1* Medical Socictj Mtvts \V. M. Mrs. Jamos Holmes of l>uHois. is the guest oT her sister, Mrs. Jacob Haag, at the Waverly hotel.  BARRACKS FOR TROOP AT BUTLER NEARLY COMPLETED NO. 31 THE POSTAL SAVINGS BUN OPERATION DuBois Has Distinction of Having Only One in Pennsylvania.BOROUGH SOLICITOR MAY 6RING LIBEL SUIT PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., JANUARY 4, 1911 Shall Resort to Court it He Deems it Necessary to Vindicate His Integrity. 33 DEPOSITORS Oil OPMWC OAT ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT OPEN TO ILL Advices l'rom Hut! r an to the effect that the barracks b» inn constructed there are fast nearing completion. The stables, a> cording to th.- same information. are finished.  will be reads for o-cupancy at aity time It is the gneral belief that the Standard Steel i'ar company Is constructing tin- new barracks In Hutit*r. The building - a handxmn' affair. r*ciuii»j>«*il with baths, pool room. gymnasium, etc. The r> moval will prohably take pi:*< this month —Ma> Come at \ny Time No Orders \ ct a> to Time of llcmo\al The exact date for the departure of Troop I>. State Police for Butler, i.- ti 11 a matter of conjecture. Captain Marsh has as vet received no official word to the effect that the troop will' be transferred, but as the department is in the habit of doing things on.a moment's notice, it is not probable that Word will be received until a few days b fore the removal is to tak- place EROMON CLUB HOLDS MOST ENJOYABLE DANCE i .\|MH't lo <•«*! I Ol'eig lll'ls Savilltsv There was a total • ; depositors during the da> On. I Milan bos.-, who has JO men under him asked if he could make deposits for all the men. He was informed that each depositor must make appiicati'Mi in person. A promising feature of the opening da> is the larg number of employers who tailed at the bank and made inquiries relative to the system, stating that they were going to recommend it to their men. In many in«tanees th«\ are employers of foreigners and this s.s a 'a~-- < f men tinpostal banks are anxiou- to reach as it Is realized that thousands of dollars are sent out of th- country ev- Yesterda> vas the first working da. of the new year and the postal savings bank> throughout the rntted Stat s were pat into operation. DuBois en* jo\s the distinction of having the only postal savings bank in th« state of Pennsylvania, and the peopie of tin* place yesterday took advantage of the opening by depositing a fair sized amount of mom > The de-posits at DuB-'i> varied all tile way from ten rents to $<»"». postmaster H' ss, .»t that pi-, who but recently return* d from Washington, when- he n ceiv* d instructions as to th. postal sayings system is handling that department In tin DuBois *.»f - flee himself. The I'romon club last night h«M its lirst New Year's dance 111 th Zeitler hall with about tlftv coupb presnt. Front ev« r\ standpoint th affair wa> a most enjovable one. Th music furnished by Mitehell's otvhestra, was of th- usual high order, th refreshments were delicious and the big crowd was in a holiday mood. Dancing continued Ham :• until l o'clock, and the fact that practical'.\ every dancer remained until the strains of "Home, .-r.weet llom» wer played, is a testimonial to the • n.joy ability of the function. BIG RUN BASKETBALL TEAM DEFEATS ROSSITER I looi* l'i\e i- l'i,o\inj> Invincible on its Own The oft repeated statement to the ITect that the Big Hun basketball team is in vincible on its own tloor was borne out on Monday night when the fast 11 v e took into camp the H »s- S'ter aggregntlon. which team had decisively beaten Big Run at Itossiter. The gam* was not e\en clos« at an.v stag . and ended with the score standing to 11. with Big Bun having the margin. The line-up: Sloppy Cochran e Tyson Weber . Leard F. P. . < I Jon - . Fahey Bp nnan Burns . Mullen I'*'1 (i —AN « ln r 7, Cm hrani J Tyson Sloppy 2, Leard 1, Fa hoy - Itr. iiiian 1. Burn* Pou I n o: 11 - -T\ son one out of 3, Burns on out of 1 Rot« i t •—Irvin. Miln> Ito> •» Npplicaiil- It was <111it« not if« ,ible thai a I irnc° number ol" lio\s w *• f• appls ints for postal cards, Those card* ran be purchased r<a 10 . .nt. in : additional stamps for th« in can be had at the rate of 10 •• nt*» • uli When the card and nine stamps ar presented at the bank a deposit -lip will be Is sued in the nam*' of the deposit"! Inspector Johnston stated that the banks are not established for the purpose of gain, but as an accommodation to the public. It is realized that thousands • f people do not patronize banks because they tear that they might fail, but with the United States government back of the deposits, the\ know their earnings will be safe and will leave their money in the keeping of 1 'neie Sam. cry day Inspector Johnston, of this district who is in Dultois taking notes relative to thi opening and for the purpose of future guidance when other banks are established, expressed himself as well pleased with the open ing of the bank, stating that the inter* 8t was ver> good and Indicated that the bank would be doing a large business Just as soon as the public became educated to it. PANAMA III SOU FAILS III SUPREME COURI state ('(Mirts I 'ili llio11 Niliplc Mi'llllli of Ucdi'iSN. Sji>w Niipi'i'im* Court hi I anion- Suit. ■employes of II.. It. & I'. Railroad Will Clglil Company lllaz«*>. TiUhI at Coming Term of irt iii tJeffcrHon County. OlUiANIZE FIHK COMPANY posal of tho local chief In case of a bit? fire In the town which the Central firemen find themselves unable to cope with alone. The organization of the R. R. & P. flr;• company means additional protection for the town and especially for Elk Hun. The Jefferson County Medical Society held lea monthly meeting Friday afternoon In the. National hotel at Reynoldsvllle with President I>r. A. H. Bowser in the chair. Dr. H. C. Gourle.v. of this place, read a most interesting paper on "Skin Cancer and its Treatment with the Xray." Dr. S. S. Hamilton of this place read a paper on "Cancer of the Uterus." Both papers were generally discussed by the physicians attending. Following the meeting the visiting doctors were the guests of the Reynoldsvllle physicians at a dinner In the hotel National dining room. Those /present were: Drs. Mock, of \Tedlx Run; Merill. of Dent's Run; Mills. Smathers. of Big Run; Hamil-, ton. IT. Gourlcy, R. C. Gourley, S. M. Beyer, of Punxsutawney; McCormlck, Borland, of Palls Creek; r. D. Bow-| ser. of Rathmel: H. B. King. J. C. King. A. H. Bowser. .T. H. Murray, of Reynoldsvllle. :he coming term of court which r»e» Jan. 2 3. a numtber of cases sted for trial, mo.st notable |x them the suit against the bor|pf Punxsutawney for damages, h't by J. S. Langan, of this place. Iuangan. it will be remembered, nt suit against the borough for pes because of injury to his on Mahoning street at flood The water backed u.p In his on several occasions and flooded eystone restaurant. Holding le borough is responsible for an uate sewer system he brought The case was llrst tried in the ion county court and the borwon. Langan'e attorney'* apto the supreme court of the ind the case was ordered back county court for re-trial. It heard this month. It appears he general belief that the bo fill again win the suit. case of Mrs. Ella T. Loney vs. Commissioner Dlstel will aHo .rd at this term of court. The rose over an alley which Mrs claims Is private property and rttlsens of that section allege .s p. resulted and Distal was given Ing before Squire Means and I. Another action was brought Hel held for court. Mrs. Uoney placed a water it In the alley and the street iloner moved it. An action for I "The busy man's best friend" is tho Dictaphone, an apparatus, which has just made its a>ppea ranee In Punxsutawney, although it has been in general use ifor a year. W. p.. Adams, Esq., is tlve first in Punxsutawney to purcnasc the Dictaphone, and he ha.s been "busy th past week shorwing it to other busy men. he Dictaphone works on tho same principle as does the iphonogroph. busy man who owns a dictaphone need not wait until one letter has been transeriped to dictate the next to hb? tsenographer. He goes to the dictaphone at any time, tells the almost human machine what he wants said and at the proper time the stenographer takes the record, places it on the reproducing machine and writes the letters. The machine Is also equipped so that it can (be stopped at any time, giving the stenographer plenty of time to 'make an absolutely correct transcription. The dictaphone consists of throe separate machines. That which records the dictation, that which produces it and a shaving machine which removes the dictation from the reccord.The saving in time to the user* of the dictaphone is almost incalculable to the busy man. The speed of dictation without the dictaphone is limited by the activity of Mr. Busy Man's tongue. The dictaphone is a marvel both machanically and as a time saver. t'hfef Justice Whit* said that invest iff at ion planly established the* tart that adequate means were ifforded for punishing: the circulation of a libel on a United State- reservation by the State law. and in the State courts, without the necessity uf resorting to the courts of the United States for redress; and thai resort could not he had to the courts of the United States to punish the act of publishing a newspup« r libel by circulating a copy of the newspaper on the reservation upon the theory that such publication was an in dependent offens« . Separate and distinct from the primary printing and publishing of the libellous article within th< State *»f New York without disregarding the laws of that State and frustrating the plain purpose of such law, which was that there should be but a single prosecution and conviction. In effect the decision was that tho federal court had no Jurisdiction over the alleged offense, because the rase might have been brought in a State (\ urt. The decision of tlie - ourt yesterday dealt entirely with the act of Congress in is;»s. under which the indictment was brought The effect of this act was to incorporate the criminal laws of the several States in force on Jul\ I. \X9H. into the federal statute and to make them applicable to federal reservations within the various States. Among th-*.• State law s w as a New York libel law. W ASHINGTON. Jan. t. By muim mo us decision. the Supreme Court «»t the I'nited St.it.-s yesterday d< » idod that the federal go\ ' rnmcnt could not maintain do so-called "Panama .anal libel suit" against the Pre s Publishing Compan> "i N« w York, in th» Federal court- <»I' New York, so holding. the court atllrmed the decision of the Circuit Court of tho United States for the Southern district of Nw York which a ad quashed the famous indictment. At tlo trial, we submitod the ordinances embodying the contract signed by a. Ii. Cole, its assignment by him to the Citizens' Fuel company, which latter was in the sole possession ot th Phillips company, and there w is iin copy in existence and without it Ave could not have connected the Phillips company with th. Cole oiltract at all. We then offered thej merger of the three companies and the charter of the Citizens' Fuel company. We then called th« only witness upon whom We could rely for valuable information relative to the transfer of the Mahoning Gas and Heat company to the Citizens' Fuei company, and of the Citizens' Fuel company to the T. W Phillips Gas and Oil company. I had subpoenaed the members of the Citizens* Fue. company and had excused trun attendance those whose testimony would have weakened our ca>e. 1 cannot go into detail as to my reasons for excusing these witnesses, but suffice it to say that when I represented them to my eolleagu . he heartily concurred in the course I had pursued. Put to return to Mr. Truitt. W hen I was notified that there would be > meeting of the executive committ ••• of the chamber of commerce to discuss the gas situation, at which I was invited to be present, I Immediately, out of courtesy, acquainted Mr. Truitt with the time and place of the meeting. He was present, and his raidieal remarks were such as t<i excite regret on the part of the com-) m it tee, who were his friends, but sin-1 cerely regrrftted his attitude. Again I repeat, that I did give Mr. Truitt our accountant's report, and 1 that he wrote some figures there-1 from. Not only that, but I instructed Mr. Mader to withhold no facts from the citizens of Punxsutawney. In addition to thi.*>, Mr report Is now in the hands of Mr. T. P. Mitchell, our borough secretary, together with my full report of the case, I will s»y further that all th I likewise acquainted Mr. Truitt with all the facts I could glean from the witnesses and in addition, requested him to be personally present and participate in the trial, it he wished to do so. He was not in attendance at the hearing, but the death of his father-in-law no doubi furnish a sufficient excuse for his a bse nee. Editor of The Spirit Borough S<»lh itor Gillespie answers Mr. Truitt'.s communication "printed in yesterday's issue of The Spirit in no undecisive manner. Mr. Truitt's last coni/nunlcation regarding the Gas case Is so seurrillous thai I fear I descend from the platform of a gentleman to give it any notice w hat ever. It is a libellous attack upon me and L onl<y wait to sea whether his statements are likely to be believed, tin which ease I shall resort to the court in a libel .suit it' I dee-m the same necessary to vindicate my honor and integrity. Mr. Truitt claims, to be one of my clients in this case who has b en fooled, as hf calls it. Nuw the facts are that when the council employed me to draw the Bill in Equity. 1 .stated that it would look much better to the court if some of the citizens, patrons of the (las company, w. re joined with the borough as plaintiffs. Accordingly I selected a number of those whom 1 regarded as representative citizens who, I thought would be willing to allow the use of their name.*. Norn- of them paid me any fee, nor was it expected that they should, since the borough was my real client. Mi Train's name was not on my orig-' inal list, imt shortly after the council I had instructed me to proceed, he be-1 came quite officious in giving his «>pjni.<n and advice as to how the case should be conducted. My first Impression was that 1 should in a g n tle<manl> way. remonstrate against this obtrusion, but as Mr. Truitt and were, at the time, warm personal; friends, I not only tolerated his course, but sugested that it" he wish.d .Lu hfl itnc of the plaintiffs. I in sert his name in the bill, he knowing all the while, my purpose in joining individual citizens as ostensible plaintiffs while the borough was the r al plaintiff. He readily acceded, and from that time on to the day of trial, I kept him thoroughly informed of the several steps in the preparation bt the case. As a lawyer and as a g ntlenien. (if such titles still belong to him), he should state publicly that 1 served notices upon the Gas company, had rule served In court, likewise a subpoena duces teum. and all other process known to our profession which was calculated to adduce and bring before the court every scintilla of evidence which could throw any liffht upon the controversy. Not only this, but the com,puny was compelled, at the h arlng, to produce all the documentary evidence in its possessiot bearing upon the litigation. That the facts were adverse to us was no fault of mine. 1 will close with a comment upon this sentence firom Mr. Truitt's artlcl •: "The world's greatest reformet was crucitied." This comparison of this self-constituted champion and apostle of the people with our blessed Redeemer verges so closely upon the confines of blasphemy as to shock the sensibilities of every one not blinded by egotism and perverted by svl f-conceit. Permit me to say that I have too much confidence in the good sense of the members of th town council and of the people of my ward to believe that any of either of them ever spoke to Mr. Trultt in favor of reopening the (Ins case. \Yh a I stated that I relied upon the judgment of my colleague, Mr. Pole, It w a.> not for the purpose of making him a scape-goat, for wo had no sins t » pat upon his head. Mr. Cole was tiie person with whom the 'JO-ecnt rate contract was originally made and was instrumental in the organization ot thoCiti/.ens' Fuel company, was a principal factor in negotiating the purchase of the Mahoning Cla.s and Heat company franchise, and of the consolidation of tli se companies with the T. VY. Phillips Gas and Oil company. He was, therefore, likely to !e thoroughl.N familiar with e\\ r\ ph i -« of the transaction. For thi> reason and because in* wax a lawyer of known ability, the council employed him, and I felt that I could not d - b tter than to rely upon his judgment in this case. NY-hen this concurred with my opinion 1 felt that we were safe in compromising the ease Mr. Trultt says in effect that the council turned my compromise proposition. He should have also said that the proposition came from th attorneys for the defense and that 1 immediately acquainted him with th*. fact. He should haw said further that the main reason for the council's not at that time entertaining th roposition was that the lias Co. had turned down a similar proposition made by me before suit was brought and the majority of the council thought that inasmuch as the litis ition had started, it would be well to go far enough to ascertain the real facts and wait until we could g t th report of our accountant before attempting to make any settlement. 1 believe further that if Mr. Mader's report had then been before th council that body would have advised a compromise. evidence available wa> submitted and the Mader re,port was not offered for the r<-asou that we considered that it would not strength' a our case, but in fact might w a ken it. Barclay Woodward, who la employed near Gary, Indiana, is visiting here. He will return to the Wait in company with Mrs. Woodward in a Uw day* «_ Mtfeitilfc M Adelaide Jenkins and Jennie on; Don G. Humm and Jarvls pf this place, attended the Club dance at DuBois Thursmine.Fred Wolcott has returned to his home in Corning. N. Y., after spending a few days here with with friends. . t Mr. and Mrs. D. Tj. Auehmudy. of Albany. New York. Walter Haines, of Altoona; Catherine B. Haines, who Is a student at th« Indiana Normal School, were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrjg, M. X. Haines, of Rosslter. during the holidays. tion of company property. The employes of the B., R. & P. railroad in Punxsutaiwney met la>»t night in thr H. R. Y. M. C. A. to organize a tin* company for the protee- who, after temporary officers in tho The meeting was called to order oy General Foreman John F. Kendrick. Y.. general persons of J. F. Jack, president and Carl Framton, secretary, had been selected, introduced John S. Rock- well. of Rochester, N. agent for the B., R. & P. railroad. Mr. Rockwell explained the purpose of the meeting and outlined the work of other companies that had been organized at DuBois. Salamanca, Buf- falo Creek and points along the B. R. & P.. where shops or large yards are in evidence. He likewise explained that the company would purchase all equipment for the fire companj and that the men would be drilled on the company's time. Permanent officers for one year were elected os follows; R. D. Em- ricik. president; J. Bahme, vice pres- ident: Carl P. Frampton. secretary; J. F. Brennan, chief;* Bert Depp, assistant chief. A committee was chosen to inspect the company grounds and make a report on equipment The chief and his assistant needed. were appointed to draft a code of signals. A constitution and by-laws were submttted toy General Foreman Kendrick and after being read were adopted. The company which will consist of 30 members, will act In conjunction with the local company in cas« of fire on conrpany property. Likewise the railroad company will be at the dig- 1 r. •v-