Punxsutawney Spirit, 1911-02-01

              m * ryt VOL. XXXVIII. Beginning Wednesday, Feb. 1,1911 1 \ ' i '■ XT- of Men's and Boys' Winter drawn, with the exception the house will be with- 25% off on any article in The general reduction of Overcoats. The Inventory Sale has been a grand success and the heavy buying during its progress has left many broken lines which are now being closed out at ONE-HALF PRICE and in many instances for less. Keep your eye on this space for future announcements and price lists which will save you money and a lot of it. lor Balance of Term Pupils Will Have In Pay s',50 a \\ i»Ck The Highl liiiul Old IkllllMH* I loll* I'p MAKE IT MORE EMU A HIUGWAY HKItO Bowersville Girl, Not Yet Fourteen Years of Age, the Bride of Frank Catanase. PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., FEBRUARY 1,1911 EDNA FILER WEDS MAN WITH WHOM SHE ELOPED BORED LAND Ml IK PECK OE TROUBLE NO. 35 BUND GIRL STILL REMAINS FAITHFUL Believes That Sight Has Been Partially Restored—Confident of Full Return. WILL PROBABLY PSH IMS CHIME FAMILY MICHES fOR MIRACLE Advii from Flor da that there aiv thirteen families in this section an tiling th«• return of Mr. Harr> to arrange for the trip to Florida. having made all preparations t • leave tor the southern state. It i-5 alleged that sonn of the families v\ > have gone South from here n In much trouble over th- land proposition.K. K Marshall. onr th- right Butler mrn to bu> land : nn Mr Horry hu;t fall and m uk. thr trip t" Florida, arrlvrd home Satur«la\ evening. .Monday b< eonsultc.'. an attorncj and st<ps arc bring laki'ii t>> Bring Mr. Barry to Butler t• nivr an account ol' the transaction The parties interested are attempting t<» get togeth» r and g« t up a lend to prosecute him. claiming that he ha* defrauded them h> selling them land for SI00 that !»e bought !'<>r *'-'0 an acre, and wh!ch run be bought now for $20 an acre. --Butler Kagle. Captain (icockc \\. Itarr> s«»ld I'lorida l.ami tor Considerable More Than It Was Worth. A newspaper at Summerfleld. Fla . near the hak«- Wier distri. t. where Captain (»e uge W. Barry, of tills city, has purchased land and is celling it to Butleritees and others. *ays. "('apt. tieo. W Harr> of Hutler. 1 *n.. who brought down a numb* r of «-t-tlers on lands southeast of Lake Wier. ;s in a peek of troubie. The s« ttlers arc up in arms because as one in town this morning said, he misrepresented conditions- and he is looking up legal advice. BOROUGH TOS THE BARR SUIT Defense Proves That Walk on Which Mrs. Barr Fell Was Reasonably Sale. SUITE HID FOH NORMAL SHIMS IS EXHAUSTED At the hearing tin- girl denied every allegation she had made as to her mother's conduct and tli mother did hut little to press the c harges against Oaanase. Squire forey, however, eeemed the evidence In both cases sufficient and C'atanas.- ami Mrs. Pearce were held for court. The marriage of the igrl and Oatanase wj 11 doubtless be the means of quashing the indictments against the Italian, while if the girl persists in saying that she was telling an untruth when she made information against her mother, it is not likely that the case against Mrs. Peatv will hold. At 11 o'clock this morning in the nn'M'iKM* of Chief of Police Pa1, mer ami Klmer K. Heck. Kdna Uose Fib »" and Charles Catanase were united in marriage by Squire N 1 >. Cony probably bringing to an end criminal suits that might have reaultrd seriously for Catanase and lIn* mother of the girl, '.Mrs. Hessie lVaw, of Bo\ver.«vUle. Previous to running away with i'atarnsc the girl, who will not be 14 years old until next March, asked her mother to consent to her marriage This was refused and the elopement followed. C'atanase and the girl were arrested and the mother preferred charges of statutory rape and abduction against C'atanase. The girl in turn had her mother arrest, d on charges of adultery, keeping a disorderly house and keeping a bawdy house. LDNE1 SUII IS BEIXG HEARD pencil. A great host -f people gath- r d outsidr the house, hearing the pray• •is, believed that: the revelation had runie true. They clamored for admittan tn tli little house. All wore barred. Onlv newspaper men were admit!• d. When the reporters proposal .i test to determine whether tho giri could - Mrs. Halderman objeetnl, sht would ii<• t sa\ whether tho < 1 >nlidr1111 y expected miracle had hap- IMTT.-'I tt' lit J, Jan. 31.—"I can see someone already," was the remark of Miss Margaret Ship V. the blind gi'l. Who, for eight Clavs. had been fasting, and who. during the last four daya ,.! hi fast, had lain as one in atrance The miracle, did not fully mat« t itili/- I do aot think 1 have received full M«ht. Not enough to satisfy the scolv te:>. I,i 1 us wait a bit," sh. added. y\u iv u a an air of expectancy in the hum "t i' F. Halderman, 111 ntympia str- ■ t where the girl lives. \ , i; ,im> th :> nu besieged the littlo Horn . waiting for the expression of tho I>ivinc to be manifest d. The prom use that the girl. blind .-•in. rtli was to sr. the light, a niadt In the revelation which 12-yearold Kdn i Taubrr declared she had received. was to have been tuHilled at th . xpiratlon of her fast. ( lire to Be t oniplete Kreqar.it messag s said to have be. ii t . • - i\ r.! by th« girl from a 1>1~ vine sour. <. told that her cure would .«. om| t \t th. appointed hour Marg.irrt Ship!. > arose from tho .-ouch on which she had been lying; at.d .started across the room. Mrs. I i a i1 • • Mil a ii. I'll n a Taub< r and Mr>. Bertha Su )i\an. a sister of the girl, wri. th- only oth r ov > upants of the •il'iu. dimly lit chamber. \v thr girl arose from her couch tli» thr. . faithful watcher- ran to the blind girl praying that the girl might be given str ngth Th« \ offered thanks for victory. The girl was led to a chair, and whrn she had seated herself, Mrs. Halderman gent'.j stroked her hair and ryes. E. S. SWARTZ, Proprietor —J. A. Weber Store H.VTTIiKI> W ITII < IIAMI'IO.V An alley adjoining the > property on the Soulh SSide, which Mrs l/>ney claims is private property and the borough maintains Is a public lloy, caused the action for trespass The street commissioner moved a water piuk from the alley onto the Loney property ami was later arretted on Information made hy Mrs. Loney. first for di<sord< rly conduct and later for trespass Several Punxsutawney eouncllm« n are witness--s on the ease. The ease of Mrs Klla T. Lou- > v- Street Commissioner Distel for trespass was taken up immediately after the jury came in on the Barr cas. . and witnesses are still belli or heard, and many mon are to b called, thai it i> highly probable that the ease will not ooine to a conclusion until late this afternoon. A large number of witnesses were called and th< attorneys for the litigants worked overtime on the ease. The outcome of th case was at a . times much in doubt and many were of the belit• f that Mis Barr would win until the jury brought In a verdict for the del- ndant. The case may be appealed. The ra?e (i! Mrs John Barr vs the Borough of Brookville, which has been before the court of common p'eas since Saturday and which was concluded yesterday afternoon, attracted more Interest than any cas • on the docket that has yet - ome up for trial. As stated in a previous i> sue of The Spirit, Mrs. Barr fell from a crossing into a ditch, while crossing a street i\* Brookville and broke h< r arm. A suit for damages against th borough resulted. • The amount of nion-> available lor tin payment of the state aiti to students of the thirteen Normal schools in I'i nnsj Ivanifl. has hecn • xha isted ami it will be necessary for all the students who have declared their intention to tench, to pay th. $1 '.0 per wrek, which has heretofor been paid by tin- state, says the Indiana (Jazette. This will bo the case unless an appropriation is parsed by the legislat n i t to cover the deficiency that exists at present in the fund for the payment of the state aid. Last year the sum of money available for state aid was exhausted and a sum of money pas appropriated by tli state to cover the deticiency. Students of the local Normal were required to pay the $1.f»0 per week, but as soon as the appropriation was made the money was returned to them. In the appropriations for schools in Pennsylvania, money is tirst s; t aside for the public and high schools and the remainder is given to the Norman schools. Should the common schools need more money than was at first thought necessary there is a deticiency In the amount available for the use of the Normal schools. It has been announced to the students of the Indiana Normal that the money usually paid on their behalf by the - commonwealth, must be paid by them this term and that it' an appropriation is made they will have their menoy returned. As there are over 800 students at the local Normal school, almost all of whom expect state aid. this will mean the expenditure of $ is. 000 this term which would otherwise have been paid by the state. HOT COAL STARTS FIRE UNDER H. J. LOEB STORE B„ R. & P. Railway Co. Wins Suit Over Salamanca Property Thus th- firm believer in the miracle showed b r faith. "1 can see persons walking between myself and the light, something 1 have not been able to do since childhood. 1 am sure my .sight will be r. - Ktored fully. I have been promised that my sight will be given me at the end of the eight days fast. 1 hav,. done as directed by the Spirit. Already my eyes are better. 8<> much better are they that I can. with safety, say that 1 have been blessed with the return of my vision." "\\Y mast have carried out the directions of Clod improperly." (.irl Mill laHhful. Kven in her disappointment Mlsn Shipley said last night: '.Mr. 11 a Idennan. who firmly believed that t,U«■ criii'a faith would result fn her obtaining the pow« r of sight, is said to have stated y 'sterday that in ease th. miravjle did not occur he would mo', i with his family from Me- K'.spoi! Last evening, after the girl arose from her couch, Mr. Halderman said: No outsiders were perntitcd to sea th-- gr! t night. A prayer meeting, attend- d by tile watchers ami one or two was held. Wfc- vigil . ontinm d all through tin Mrs li t derm in refns. tu><iivulH" the nam s of the who. it was reported, arc to be the follow rs wT *3RX* SXUSBm* irr evangelizing tin? world. Well, then it would he a misunderstanding of God's direction," was the reply. Today the fast is to be broken. In spite of Miss Shipley's long fast, she is believed to have developed almost, supernatural strentgh. This one thing tended to cr. ate additional faith among her watchful friends. "What would you amy if Miss Shipley fails to receive her sight V" Mrs. Ha Id rman w as asked. "I am not e« rtain." she exclaimed, "but, oh. it will ertalnly be tonight or in the morning." Ml \rc Confident Still oiifiiient. Mrs. Ilalderman cxpi<ed faith that th t manifestation would happen. THE J. F. F. CLUB In The Spirit of Jan. 30 I notice .that you say: "At least one ntnvspa. (per came to the front and charged the Brand jury, or certain members of it. (Uith having axes to grind or some- (thing of that sort." Whatever newspaper that has muile the above chargcg has a right to come to the front and let the people of Jefferson county know who the member* of the grand jury are It charges, upd by refusing to do so the peoplo of this county will be convinced that [this charge Is an absolute falsehood. The grand jury Is ready at any time to set forth the facts backing up Its recommendations whenever the court Is ready to give Its permission. A -MEMBER OF THE (JRAiND JURY. E. K. BECK. The following communication needs no explanation: Editor Spirit— Unt> night last week a well known young man of this section. Frank Gray, of the Falls Creek glass house. sparred for three rounds with "Jack" Johnson, the champion heavyweight pugilist ot* the world, in the Harry Williams academy of music. Pittsburg. Mr. Gray had no trouble in staying with the big colored man for the three rounds, and received a very fine compliment from him because of the ease with which Gray met the onslaughts of the colored champion. Johnson is a big. well trained man, but Frank Gray is no babe in arms and he did not have much trouble in handing a few over to the champion. It will be remembered a short time ago Gray sprung Into considerable prominence because of his strength. He has lifted a weight of a little over 2,900 pounds, and on account of his strength was induced to travel for awhile giving exhibitions. He did this more for the novelty of the thing dnd has kept himself in line physical shajf? On Monday he took it Into his head that he would like to stand up befote the world's champion for awhile to see how it would feel, so he took the next train and left for Pittsburg. At the academy he was informed that Mr. Johnson was not taking any un- j knowns, but he visited the big black fellow at hi» hotel and induced him to give him a try out of three rounds. —'Brookville Record. Misses Margaerite and Kathleen Qulnlisk last night entertained th* members of the J. K. club at euchre. t.Miss Kthel Orlbln won the first prize and Miss Kiln Clark the consolation award. Music and dainty refresh-- menu* occupied the remainder of th* evening. The guests resent w re: •Misses Sue .McCarthy, and Elizabeth Quinllsk. While tiring the furnace In the Farmers and Miners' Trust company building tills morning at 11:30 o'clock Scott Harr drew some red hot ashes from the pan. The hot coals came In contact with some waste paper and in a f< w minutes the entire cellar under the Flndlcy street portion of the H. J. Loeb store, appeared to be ablaze. An alarm was sent in and chemical extinguish* rs were pressed into service but to no avail. The flames communicated themselves to the rafter* and flooring. The llremen were on the scene In double quick time and in a few minutes after the alarm sounded a heavy stream was playing on the burning floor. The tlames were finally extinguished with but small damage to the building. The stock In the children's department and the rear end of the gent'.* department of the store was damage by smoke. "It's the most profitable advertising—therefore, the best. There Is no limit to Its business-getting powers, provided It Is backed up with the right merchandise at the right price. It Is the repeating gun of the present day business-hunting methods. it hits hard and fast, and you get in six, eight, ten shots In the same time that you were firing one under the old methods. The man who cannot afford to advertise can't afford to waste time In his business. And if he advertises at all, his flnpt and last and main reliance should be the newspaper." Advertising mediums was the chief topic for discussion at the regular meeting of the Binghamton (N. V.) Merchants and Advertisers' association held in that city a few days ago. Concerning th»- value of the newspaper, William McMahon, a woli known advertising manager, said in part: "In my estimation the handbill and the rest of its kind bear much the i same relation to the recognized best means of publicity as the old-fash- ' ioned, muzzle-loading blunderbuss of the past doea to the rapid-tire magazine guns of the present day. If you were going out gunning today you wouldn't select a blunderbuss. Then why, in hunting up new business, do you use those same methods? "You probably want to know by this time what I consider the best means of publicity. To my mind, there'** no doubt about it—newspa- newspaper Advertising. The officials looked after other mutters pertaining to the Interest of the road and everything about the Indiana end of the branch was reported as being in excelent condition.—In- Indiana Gazette. It was rumored that while the officials were hero they were also making inquiries in regard to the putting on of another train on the Indiana branch. This is something that would he a very great benefit to Indiana as well to to the towns between Indiana „and Punxsutawney. These official* conferred with the committee and gave every assurance that the B., K. P. would do air m Its power to land the encampment or take up any venture that would be for the interests of Indiana. This was in pursuance of the usual custom of the B., It. & 1*.—that of furthering the industrial development of the towns along its routes. Four officials of the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railroad company were in Indiana recently conferring with the Committee of the Board of Trade who ar« endeavoring to secure th; encampment of the Second Brigade, National Guard of Pennsylvania, here the coming summer. The following comprised the party that visited Indiana: T. M. Bale, of Rochester, IN. Y., general freight agent of the B.. It. Sc P.; H. 10. Huntingdon, also of Rochester, g neral passenger agent; ■H. C. Watson, division freight agent, C. O. 1>. PascauIt, division passenger agent; the last two men reside in Pittsburg. H. B. Rhlnes, of Rtdgway, who was for some time employed In Funxsjtawney, and who Is well known here, recently plunged Into the toy waters of the Elk creek and rescued a boy at the risk of his own life. Although Mr. Rhlnes, who Is serving In the capacity of mail messenger In Rldgway, seens nothing uncommon In his deed of bravery, the citlsens of Rtdgway do and are endeavoring to secure a recognition of the act from the Carnegie Hero commission. The district attorney of Elk county has taken the matter up and has presented the facts tit the commission. \V. a. Broome, of Brookvtlle, was a business visitor here yesterday. Miss Belle Weaver on Thursday evening entertained a number of her friends In honor of the Knocker basketball team of DuBols. In addition to the DuBols young men. twenty misses of this place were In attendance.Kugene (J rube, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar (Jrube. of near this place. Is in the I'unxsjtawney hospital fluff ring from typhoid fever. There are at present five cases.e of typhoid fever In the borough. Not one of those suffering from the disease used city water. Mrs Mary MeJunkln Mechling. wife of Colonel William T. Mechling. or Butlet. died Wedn.sday of pneumonia. The deceased was a member of the Ka.stern Star and was well known here. ai.i. iMmiiilla •A* SAUWIANVA. x v.. Jan 31 Among th< decisions hand <1 down bv the appellate division at Rochester yesterday was one in the case of the Buffalo. liochesti r A Pittsburg Kailway company, appellant-respondent, vs. Jacob l> Mellenbacher and others, appellants respondent. This ij* a continuation of the condemnation proceedings instituted by the 11.. K. & P. about is months ago to obtain title to the Mellenbacher property east of (Main street and north of th - Erie railroad tracks, for the purpose of erecting a pasenger station thereon. The company was unable to agree with Mr. Mellenbacher on the price at which they could purchase the property i;i question for a depot site, but before the condemnation proceedings were begun made him an off r in writing of $5,000 for the land in question. 'Mr. Mellenbacher declined to accept the offer and the condemnation proceedings were institute It Is understood that the H., R. & P. will now proceed at an early date to build the new terminal. iMr. Kevins says that an appeal from the decision of the appellate division may be taken. The way the weather man is cutting up is something awful. Rain, a mite of sunshine, more rain and then *ero weather, all In ttventy-four hours. The faithful disciples of Brt'r- Groundhog arc looking for him to put a kink In the weather man's working arm along about February tf. Miss Sophie Heckenstein, who has been ill at the Adrian Hospital the past month, left that institution today and is now at the homo of J. \V, Brown, on ."Church Street, V " V V 1 ■ % - ••