Punxsutawney Spirit, 1911-02-15

              PUNXSUTA ¥ • ' -. <•!? VOL. XXXVIII. #**4 J I for your choice from a lot of men's fancy $1.50 stiff bosom shirts. ■p For choice of men's white pleated dress shirt. Regular $1.25 vals. Special Shirt Offer for your choice from a lot of boys' 50c shirts. Choice line of colors. For choice of regular 75c white dress shirts. Have cuffs attached. For choice of 50c colored dress and work shirts. Pain and fancies. For men's $1.50 and $2.00 flannel shirts. A nice line. *1.00 25c 75c 75c 40c 25c SEE SPECIAL WINDOW DISPLAY STATES DEFENDERS EGGS TAKE II TUMBLE DID TOD GET A VALENTIRE? NO. 37 AGCBSED MURDERER TAKES HIS OWN LIFE FIDE HI ELEHOM PA., FEBRU Y 15, 1911 SOCIAL FEMES OF VALERTIRE DAY John McCombs Found Lifeless In Indiana County Jail This Morning. Many Enjoyable Functions Were In Evidence Among Young People Last Nignt. USED WET III HMD HIMSELF DANCE ATTEIDEO BY 60 COUPLES A double house in the blocks at tfleanora was totally destroyed by lire yesterday. The blaze is believed to have originated in a clothes press from a defective flue and was in its infancy when discovered, but so fast did the frame building go up I that all endeavors to quench the conflagration proved futile. The building was occupied by two families who succeeded in removing all their household goods with the exception of a few sum 11 articles. Several people were slightly burned in carrying furniture from the burning building. The house was owned by the It. A. I'. Coal and Iron Company, and the loss is about $2,500. SLATE Kll FATAL TO FLUIICf MINE WORKER The accident was one of an unavoidable nature. Its victim was years of age and a man held in the highest esteem by his employers and associates He is survived by his wife and three children the oldest of whom is hut five years of age. Funeral services were held today and burial was made in the Greek Catholic cemetery at Anit;». A fall of slate that slid without warning from the side of a heading in the Florence mines yesterda> enveloped the body of Steve Slovyan crushing him so badly that death ensued three hours later. Slovyan with three others was engaged in cleaning up a heading:. He was bending over when a huge quantity of slate slid from the side of the heading without warning. The hod:- of Slovyan was almost completely enveloped and it was several minutes before his conmanlons could release him. He was hurried to the surface and his home, where death occurred at : '■)0 o'clock. Sieve Slovyan Horribly <'ru*he<| by Mass of Slate and Death RustlesDISASTROUS BLAZE IS NARROWLY AVERTED I h- was one of I ho most prominent and n-sportod fanners in the vicinity of Eldersridut- He was {<; yi ars or ago, and is survived by seven < liII- Uron. A few days ago his brother visited him and since that time his melancholia had increased. He paced his cell like a caged animal and spoke but little. Sheriff Thomas watched him continually, but he eluded his vigilance and cheated justice b> the same method that would have been employed had be been tried and found guilty. MeCombs had brutally murdered his wife, believing her untrue to him. He first attempted to shoot her but failing, used his Run to club her to death. Ho later attempted suicide, but failed. Tearing his blanket into strips the prisoner had formed a strong rope, the one end of which he tied to the top of his cell. At the other end he formed a noose and this he drew tighth about, his neck. The blanket, rope was of such length that it would not have been effective had he stood Upright, and the desperate man assumed i sitting posture allowing the noose to tighten with his weight and slowh strangling himself to death. About one week ago, MeCombs, who is reputed to be worth about $4 5,000 ci I led in his attorney and made his will. Since that time he had been despondent and often repeated the wish that he could die. Sheriff Thomas, fearful that he would attempt suicide, asked for a special guard, but this the county commissioners, on the advice of their attorney, refused. When Deputy Sheriff Charles Mc- Cready entered the jail corridor at 7:150 o'clock this morning he found the lifeless body of MeCombs hanging in his cell. The body was cold and it is believed that he had been dead for several hours. t'sing his blanket as a rope, .John .M< Combs, who was in the Indiana jail awaiting trial for the murder of his wife, this morning cheated justice by continuing suicide. BStllALMUADER GFCONSTABLE AROUSES All CAMBRIA C0IM1T =J. A. Weber Store E. S. SWARTZ, Proprietor The loss is covered by insurance, Mrs. Notarian and her mother wore in the collar at the time and the cellar door is so situated thai had the fire gained any headway they would have been trapped in the collar. An infant was sleeping in a buggy near where the blaze started and but for the timely arrival ow Mr. Notarian would doubtless have been seriously burned. The older children were at school at the time of the fire. The timely appearance of .loo Notarian at his own home yesterday afternoon about o'clock probably saved the lives of his two children, his wife and mother-in-law. When Joe arrived home he found a pile of clothing lying on a sowing machine in the dining room ablaze. II" promptly stamped the lire out, but not before clothing and furniture had been damaged to the extent of about $ 100. It is believed that the fouryear-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Notarian had been playing with fire and started the blaze. STANDARD OIL DIVIDEND HO TRUTH IK IT NEW YORK, The directors of the Standard Oil Company declared a dividend of fifteen dollars for the quarter. The same dividend, declared a year ago, previous to the quarterly dividend, was $10 a share. Robbery is believed to have been he motive. With his second son. Kora Shaffer, aged li». Mr. Shaffer went to the born to do the usual morning chores. The boy watered the horses while the father milked. After returning the horsey to the bary, the boy went to the house for a few minutes. When he returned he found the body of his father lying under the cow. Mr. Shaffer had been instantly killed by a 32 calibre bullet, which struck the base of his brain, just behind the right ear. The whole neighborhood was aroused, and, believing thafjJJ the murderer is hiding in the baf/aing. are guarding it until the arrival of the constabulary and bloodhounds from Somerset. ( lly I nlted Press.) JOHNSTOWN, Fob. 15. Constable Jerry Shaffer, aged .*►(», of Hummel, a mining village near here, was murdered about 7 o'clock this morning, while in the barn milking a cow SHBI LIFE JMEW Now that would undoubtedly mean that some person doesn't like you. Some one else Is showing; you just how you lok to them and If you are not clear none it ought to help. "Oh you wishy, washy rummy You model for a clothier's dummy You nipkel-a-grab, swell-headed pest (it> shoot yourself and let the world rest." Uiiln't net a valentine yesterday? Well you are in hard luck. No one thought enough of you to send one of those mushy, three-yards of paper lace, a wreath of forget-me-nots an J a squashy verse kind, nor no one disliked yon sufficient to mail you one of the two cents apiece, three-for-a-nickel kind? That's bad. You know that one of those skybluish pink things with "Forget me not, my valentine, around your heart iny love Is twined" inscribed thereon, means that some fellow or some girl is lying awake nights thinking about you. It's a great satisfaction to know that someone besides yourself can't sleep. On the other hand one of these ljelp. They arc telling an awful mean story about DulJOis, one that is in no wise appropriate, but since it is be- lug told it won't hurt to repeat it. "A traveling man who "makes" I he towns along the B., R. & P. railroad about once a month, left Buffalo not long ago on the night train and took a sleeper. Ho never fails to eat a midnight lunch and on this oeeasion had placed some Llmberger cheese and crackers in his grip. About 12 o'clock he awoke, ate a couple of sandwiches and started toward the toilet to wash the rather heavy smoll from his hands. As he pased the smoking compartment he noticed the brakeman sitting with his head propped against a window, contentedly snoozing. The drummer stepped softly into the smoking room and passed his hand under the nose of the sleeping brakeman. The latter, so 'tis said, staried up and at the top of his voice yelled, 'DuBois, DuBois, all off for DuBois.'" Mrs. Samuel Hrutnliaugli Eggs are selling now throughout the local district at 22c and 23c a dozen, retail, practically half the price asked earlier in the season. There has been a steady decliue froiu week to week throughout the winter season. In the last ten days there has been a drop of five cents In the retail price per dozen. "The prices will fall a little lo\Ver: in Chicago the wholesale price will go to 14 cents," a local wholesale dealer said vesterday morning. The wholesalers' quotation in Chicago today is 15 cents. Strictly fresh eggs, "the kind the hens lay," have forced their broth; ers in storage to the wail, the big | dealers say, and the latter will soon ' be a gone and forgotten, hauled to | the dumps or thrown into the rivers ' and lakes, If conditions continue . along their present trend. An enormous supply of the poultry product has been thrown upon the market i from the South, West and Southwest. ensure Provides $7.50 for Those Who Volunteered to Kepcl Lee's Army. A State pension bill was presented the House Monday evening by rank Gray, of Philadelphia, pro- dins $7.60 a month for all Pennjlvania now residents of the State io volunteered for the defense of nnsylvanla under the calls or the vernor In September, 1862, and ne, 1863, to repel invasion of the ite by the Conferedate army. The bill provide for the creation [a commission of three members, sh of whom is to receive $1,000 a Lr. The headquarters of the comusion are to be in the capitol fading and authority is conferred Vpemploy clerks and stenographers to1 assist the administration in its work. The bill carries an appropriation of $20,000 for the commission's expenses for two years. All pensions are to be paid on warrant from the Auditor General, ■tnd the manner of application for the pension is fully set forth in the bill, which confers power upon the commission to make its own rules and regulations. The pensions are to be paid in quarterly installments. Music, games, and a luncheon on par excellence were enjoyed by the following: Misses Oludys Johns, Nelle Glasgow, Mildred Elder, Marie Valentine SurpriM- I'art.v Misses Gladys Johns, Mildred Elder. Nelle Glasgow and Nelle Neal were responsible for the combined birthday und Valentine surprise party tendered Miss Gertrude Franipton at her home In Enst End last evening. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Arnold, of Keynoldsville; Mr. and Mrs. Daniel O'Connor, Mr. and Mrs. Edward O'Relly, Mr. and Mrs. John McAndrews, Mr. and Mrs. William Moore, Mr. and Mrs. James Kelley, Mr. and Mrs. John McGowan, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gratil, i\lr. and Mrs. Cleveland Walton, Mrs. William Smith, of Clearfield. J. J. Madden. Mr. Walton admits that he was greatly and agreeably surprised, but states thai he has a laugh coming himself, inasmuch as lie was 57 on February 12, whereas the surprise came two days late. The surprise was complete. On Mr. Walton's return home he was met at the door and apprised that there was sometlUng doing in the social line in his honor. And there was dancing, games and music which kept the guests busy until \2 o'clock when refreshments of a most delicons nature were served. Mr. Walton was presented with a rocking chair and many other useful gifts. A Surprise Party While John Walton was busy on a hoax errand in the West End last, evening a number of his friends gathered at his home on Lane avenue. His daughters had prepared a birthday anniversary surprise for him and the friends were there to help along the big celebration. Seniors of the class of 1911— Mr. James Gillespie, Mr. Wiliam Guthrie, Mr. James Nolan, Miss Madeline McGovern, .Miss Mary Carter, Miss Mary Downey, Miss Clara Lynam, Miss Catherine Noonan, Miss Gertrude Tracey, Miss Agnes Sisk, Miss Margaret Donahue. Class of 1910- Miss Sue McCarthy, Miss May me Moore, Miss Barbara Derr. Clas of 1908—There were but two graduates that year, Thomas Flood, who died but recently and James O'Connor, who is at present in Chi- cago. When the graduates had recovered from their surprise they were seated at various tables, the members of each class being assigned to a separate table which was ensconced in the corner from which hung the colors of that class. The class color decorations were exquisitely carried out in the table adornments. The luncheon was one of unsurpassable deliciousness and that it was fully appreciated was demonstrated during the next hour. To the senior class of the school the graduates owe their thanks for last night's most enjoyable surprise. Those present were: Class of 1905 .Mrs. H. J. Kleekenstein, Miss Mary O'Connor, Miss Helen Manning. Class of 1907 Mrs. J. K. Aekord, .Miss Margaret Downey, Miss Nora Callanan. .Miss Ethel Gribbcn, Mis Nolle Guthrie. AM >l\l The alumni of the fl. S. Cosmas and Daminas Parochial school last night held their annual business meeting. Miss Mary O'Connor, president of the association, tendered her resignation as president and likewise withdrew from membership in the alumni, her action being due to the fact that she will leave Punxsutawney in a short time. The election of officers followed and Mrs. J. C. Ackerd was chosen president, Miss Nelle Guthrie, secretary and Mrs. B. ,1. Fleckensteln, treasurer. The meeting, contrary to custom, was held in the convent and following the conclusion of the business session those in attendance were invited to the annex which was darkened. As the last of the mystified alumnus passed the portals of the annex the lights were suddenly switched on and the scene revealed was one they will long remember. The big room was most tastefully decorated. Reminders of valentine day in the shape of hearts hung about In profusion and from each corner of the room shown resplendent decorations in the colors of the various classes represented. The young people of Punxsutawni'V last night enjoyed numerous Valentine day festivities. At 11:80 o'clock delightful refreshments were served. Among the out-of-town people present were: Miss Floreuce Malick. of Sunbnry; Miss Anna Bohren, of lleyneldsvllle; Miss Leah Colin, of Altoona: Esther Johnson, of I)uHois. Al I'ouell Home William I'owell was tendered a surprise party at his home In Elk Run last evening. Thirty gnests enjoyed music and most excellent refreshments. .. The Mitchell orchestra was at Its heat and the dancers showed their appreciation by loud and vociflerons applause. From 9 until 1 o'clock the danclng continued and it was with genuine regret that the young people heard the strains of "Home. Sweet. Home." Valentine Dunce The valentine dance held last night by the Mask and Wig club in the Zeitler hall was an occasion of unalloyed pleasure. There were 60 couples in attendance and unless appearances are deceitful everyone of the one hundred and twenty young people enjoyed themselves to the utmost.Mlsslmer, Nelle Neal, Mabel and Jennie Brown. With Rizzo were his wife and family. During their stay in DuBois Rizzo entertained a crowd at the B.. B. P. station with a detailed storr of the shooting which caused the death of the young American. His story was the same as told to the court and was quite Interesting. Mrs. Rizzo is still suffering from mental strain caused by the excltement during the Interim of the shooting and trial, and of the time her husband the story.—DuBois . Si Rlzzo, the Clearfield Italian, who was acquitted of the charge of murdering Fred Fulton at Clearfield last Saturday, was In DuBois for a few hours yesterday morning, leaving on the ilyer for Salamanca, where he will visit for a short time before starting for a new location to begin life anew. Mrs. Samuel Brumbaugh, of Elk Run, died suddenly about 11:30 o'clock Sunday night. She retired in her usual health and during the night she aroused her husband by moaning. He endeavored to arouse her but failed. Medical aid was quickly summoned but life had mean while ebbed away. She is survived by her husband and one child. The Big Run Juniors, who were to have played the Walkover Juniors Wednesday night, and cancelled, will play the game on Thursday right. The teams are both strong, and should prove a good drawing curd when they come together. The Walkover Juniors have been practicing diligently, and it is <>.*pef.f.ftd that they will give a good account of themselves. Oakley and Glenn Beam, who luid their legs punctured by an accidental discharge of a revolver cn Monday night are getting along nicely. The only danger lies in blood poisoning and the danger from this in the present ease is remote. Both young men are now convinced that the horrors of battle are not bo honibye as depicted. Neither one of them Knew they were shot, so it coul lu't have hurt much. i' Tonlght the Royal Neighbors will Hold a euchre in the Odd Fellows HWI. All members of the Modern Woodmen of America and their lthr«« are Invited. These euchres i«re now being held monthly and are looked forward to with much enjoyment by those who may attend. ffffieggpmt. fv * f -• A