Punxsutawney Spirit, 1911-06-14

              k NO 2. VOL. XXXIX. M cwEumru NNt NTS HUK I UTS IF mmis ; * ' PtfNXSUTAWNEY, PA., JUNE 14, 1911 FOURTH OP JULY MEETING TONIGHT AT EIGHT OCLOCK PORTION OF SCHOOL OEOT TO BE PAID STORM RASES IN ! THE MILE SOUTH WORK STARTED ON NEW TIPPLE AT LUCERNE All .Summerville Wondering As to Cause of Howaru Guthrie's Rash Act. Sixteen Are Reported Dead As Result of Cyclone In Virginia. Payment ol $5,500 Bonds Will Be Made on July 1—Duplicate for 1910 Paid in Full. MAKE REPAIRS AT EAST END BUILDING UIIICIOII CUT OFF FROM WORLD ma « in loft or babn Tonight the Fourth or July celebration committees will meet in the lower room of the Municipal building to make further arrangements for the big celebration. The fact th*i an aeroplane with a celebrated avtetor can be secured for an exhibition flight here, lias aroused considerable'interest and the project will be considered at tonight's meeting. Whether or not the aeroplane and n via tor will be brought here depends entirely, upon the finances. A full attendance i< requested for to-j nights' meeting. Delaware, (MliO, Woman Amti'il for Poisoning ller 21 -year-old Daughter II PARALLEL fOl IKE FAMOUS SUNK USE •J  HK'HMONI), Va., June i:t.—Estimates today placed the number or dead at from fifteen to eighteen as a result of a cyclone storm last night. The property loses at Newport News is estimated in the neighborhood of one hundred thousand dollars. The Norfolk electric wires were all down" for a time. At Cape Charles, cars aboard a barge of 'the railroad enroute from Norfolk to Cape Charles in the Chesapeake Hay were unroofed. it is the heaviest storm in years about the capes. (By United Press) WOODMAN KILLED BV FALLIDfi IREEAT HICKS RDH Washington, June lit.- The capital was cut oIT last night from communication with the outside world owing to the terrific storm. Early today indirect communication from New York states that heavy damage was done to the park trees. One workman was electrocuted by a live r/lr" with which he came in con- BLACKHANOEDS DYNAMITE IWO CHICAGO SALOONS tact (By United Press) CHICAGO, Jline 115. A band of J une 13.— DELAWARE, Ohio, time the parade will start. It Is hi- With the securing today of details lieveil that at least two thousand un- In the alleged poisoning case of Mrs. iformed knights will be in line with Jessie It. Way; lieakel, who was arseveral bands. rested hcnrgeq with administering During the afternoon Alahoe park, arsenic poison 4 o her pretty 21-yearsltuatod between Puaxsutawney and old step-daughter, Miss Merle Henk- Blg Run, will be the seene of action.lie, the ofllcers declare they have a a number of notable speakers are1 parallel to the famous Schen case down for addresses beginning at'"' Wheeling. Mrs. Ilenkle asserts 2:110 o'clock, p. m. Among the ber lnnocense. speakers are: Kev. K. 10. Clark, of, known as the town's "college wid- Pittsburg; James M. Rickard, a ma- llow- and a m<mth a«° ha<1 11 npr- Jor general in the uniform rank, of vollr breakdown. ller step-mother Pittsburg; Colonel Zuck, of Erie; care<1 for her' She waB later r«- llarry Thompson, grand chaticeller, of' move(' '° ">0 Jane Case hospital. Altoona: Ceorge Hawkes, of Phlla-! A"en,° from her stomdelphia; Kev. H. C. Teagarden, of'^h' Detectives say that Mrs. Hen,, , ,, .1 kle gave the girl an overdose of I'nnsxutawney. Following the speech- . , . , , T , . , , . , , . , , , , poison in a glass of grape juice. J. making a basket picnic is scheduled D He ,he futlu,r ()f t|l„ |r, ls and a dance will be In progress dm- a trnvo„ aalesnllin. P. Atkln. Ing the evening. In addition there # wea,th retjreJ merchant> of will be boating, etc. 000 ba)| for Mrs H„nkol. A degree team will administer the M|siS „enkel> in her 1ln»,>ital bed, third degree to a large class in the te„s „ story t,lat her Btep-niother evening in K. ot I', hall at lllg Run. t0](] iler wj|||e s|1(, ]ay s|ck about a Both the West End and Punxsu- roam she had In which she saw a tawney lodges will bo well represent- hearse come for the girl's body, ed at the convention. | Mrs. Henkle was proprietor of a millinery store before her marriage Ave months ago. Tho store was destroyed by fire jwd sh ewas arrested by the fire mnfWiat but the grand jury failed to Indict her. The first uf the oaitle to be strick-j PARADE SCHEDULED FOR 10:30 A. m. broke through a fence and ran about. the farm until it fell dead, about 4 ( o clock. I'our other cattle were( jjjg j^uu j3 preparing for the largstrieken and died on Saturday. Dr. egt rrovwl in its history tomorrow, S. (... Weamer went to the scone on die event being the annual reunion Saturday and diagnosed the disease .0j 1L. Knlglits of Pythias of the First as rabies and ordered the remaining District of Pennsylvania, the district cow to be isolated. Her death occur- including Jefferson, 101k, Clarion, fed late on Sunday night. J Indiana, Armstrong and Clearfield Dr. Weamer says this is the worst counties, with one lodge, Philipsburg, outbreak of rabies that has occurred jn Center county. Throughout the for some time in this county, and district there are firty-seven lodges ■that it is of particularly severe form aild it la expected that each and as all of the animals which were' every one will have a representation stricken died, and shortly after show-' present Ing signs of the infection.—Indiana The festivities begin at  Gazette. o'clock in the morning at which Frank Repine, who lives aboui two miles from Homer City, on the Jacksonville road, is a heavy loser Lareest Crowd In ToWtl'h aa a result of an outbreak of rab|/s ° which manifested itself among his History Is Anticipated— cattle on Friday night and which has already caused the death of six of AftertlOOn At Alahoe. his blooded young stock. | S County Coroner J. C. Sayers, of Reynoldsvllle, was called to Hiimmervllle yesterday, where an inquest was held over the remains of Howard Guthrie, the 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Quthrie, who yesterday committed suicide by. hanging. The coroner's jury gave a verdict of suicide, death being due1 to strangulation. j All Summervile is conjecturing a.v to the cause of the boy's rasli act. Yesterday morning shortly after S o'clock he left the house and went to the barn to do Ills morning chores. I About 12 o'clock Ilia mother grew worried at Ills continued absence and started to liuut him. it was In the hay mow of liis uncle's, JJr. Simp- L son's barn, that she found him, stiff R and cold In death. I The horrified mother managed to call help und in a few moments oth- I era appeared and the body cut down. I The body was cold and it was evident J that death had occurred about three 1 hours before. The boy had eaten his breakfast with the rest of the family and up-' peared in his usual quiet, but good spirits. He had done all his chores,1 even to the smallest before going to I his uncle's barn, where he secured a halter and trying a double wllp-knot around his neck attached the other end to a rafter by standing on a box. 'He had evidently kicked the box out j' from under him and slowly choked ■ to death. ■ Absolutely no cause can be assign- I ed for the deed. The boy was of a I quiet disposition, but took an active K interest in life. He was a member of B the Summerville band and of the ■ baseball team. He was n student at ■. the Rummer Academy at Summer■ 1 ville and is said to have been the B brightest' boy in the class. He was- K esteemed and respected by every aequalntance and that he should have taken Ills own life seems almost im- possible to his friends. A boyish love affair is liiuted at as the cause of ills act, but is given little j credence. He is survived by his heartbroken parents and one sister,' 10 years of age. Funeral services' be held tomorrow al'ternoou. I war the MIENS urn MASONIC TEMPLE I>.\M\«EI> inence. LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 13.—Pub-] Ushers representing all the larger daily newspapers from Virginia to Texas and from Missouri to Florida! are gathering in Louisville for the ninth annual convention of the Southern Newspaper Publishers' association. The program prepared for the two days' sessions provides for the discussion of a wide range of topic** together with addresses by a number of speakers of national prom-j Trees wore thrown across t?i T tracks, delaying all trains, which reached this cily from points south from three to four hours late. While the storm was felt as far north as New York, the cyclone raged in its greatest fury around Haitimore and Washington, which were cut off from communication with all northern points. Wires were prostrated along the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio railroads from points about. 15 miles south of Wilmington and to cities far south of that, making it impossible to got exact information as to the amount of damage inflicted. Philadelphia. June 13.—The Atlantic coast territory, as well as a large part of Pennsylvania as far wi st as Pittsburg, was spent by a terrific thunderstorm early last night, leaving death an dvast destruction in its wake. The passage of the storm which reached cyclonic fury, the wind blowing at 4 2 miles an hour, was marked by a striking electrical display, great streaks of Are shooting across the blackened heavens continuously, while a cloudburst deluged the earth. CREDIT MEN III SESSION While the crowd gathered there the Hlackhanders blow up Itemitta's place, which is only a few block® away. The damage caused by the explosions will reach thousands of dollars in each place. In houses In the Immediate vicinity, used as lodging places, many narrow escapes from death have been reported. Blaekhanders, foiled in their demands for blackmail money, today, dynamited two saloons on the South Side, throwing hundreds of persons in a panic. Ignozia .Lottlsanto, a rich saloonist, had paid no attention' to the Black Hand demand of llve| hundred dollars. He showed the letters he had received to Sam Remitta, another rich saloonist, who said he had received a similar letter. They compared the epistles, but neither of the men paid any money. At 3:15 this morning Lottisanto's saloon was ( wrecked by a bomb. People in the neighborhood were thrown from their beds and the greatest excite meat prevailed. The accident was a rather peculiar one, not commonly encountered by woodsmen. One crew of mert working on the lllce job cut down a tree and when It fell It swung around In such a manner that the top struck another tree and broke off, the broken part hanging high In another tree, but,gradually loosening and slipping. Before It dropped another crew of men came along and were warned to look out for the dangling tree-top but evidently didn't hear the warnings, ,l)eius directly underneath It when it let go and dropped upon them. Bit man was struck squarely and had both arms broken in addition to having a big gash cut in his head, death being almost Instantaneous. MoCaslin was crushed beneath the tree and badly bruised. For a time his lite was despaired of. The dead man is Ira Bit men, of Clearfield, and the injured man was Truman McCaslin, of Hicks Hun. The remains of the former were brought to Duliois last evening and this morning will be shipped to the home of relatives at Clearfield, where interment will be made. The first accident to happen in the Hicks Hun region for some months occurred on Saturday when one man was Instantly killed and another badly injured by a falling tree near Rice's camp, says the DuUois Courier.Ira llilman Meets Instant Death and Trillium MrCasliu is Jtadly Injured ERIK, Ph., June 13.— Asevere electrical storm accompanied by rain nrul linil, swept over Brie yesterday| afternoon Lightning struck Iho ne wMasonlc Temple, tearing up a corner of lite roof and doing considerable damage, but no one was injured. Another bolt hit the Boston store department, causing the establishment to be demoralized. The electric cash and lighting systems] were put out of commission and two girls at work in the cashiers' office fainted. Street cars were also put out of business on several lines. I The bond was fixed at j $20,000, the collector's bond at the same amount. The sinking fund committee announced that payment of $5,500 bonds of the schood district would be made on July first, reducing the total indeebtedness from $Si),500 to $84,000. As nobody present could remember when any bonds had ever been paid before, ex-1 cept by the issue of refunding bonds, the board felt that they had really done something. The building committee reported the necessity of new toilet rooms in the East End building, which were ordered to be supplied. After more than 20 years of service the old ones are no longer sanitary or safe. Numerous other repairs suggested by the committee were authorised. The collector's compensation was fixed at two per cent on all taxes paid before October first, and five per cent on all paid thereafter. As the old abatement allowed on taxes paid within sixty days lias been abolished, there is now no financial inducement for anybody to pay before the last day of September. After that date five per cent will be added, so that! it is to be expected that the proceeds of the duplicate will be more this; year than last, on the same mtllage. I Treasurer Robinson reported that Collector Lockard had paid over the balance of the 1U10 duplicate in full, so that a temporary loan can now be lifted and sufficient funds are in hand to take care of the summer's expense. The board expressed Its appreciation of the collector's promptness, and took up with »i*m for discussion several questions of interpretation of the new school code. matters that required action before issuing the 1911 duplicate and entering upon the new fiscal year. routine business, besides several board attended the regular monthly meeting last evening and disposed of Members present were President] Winslow, Secretary Sutter, Treasurer Koblnson, J. B. Allison, William Allison, Calloway, Hastings, Davis, Jenkins, Hughes, Stevenson and Me-' Kibbin. Mr. Denade, who was elected teacher of science in the High school at the last meeting, wrote to the secretary that he was not Inclined to accept the place at the salary fixed. After discussion the matter was k,'ft to the high school committee. The full membership of the school Work has been started on the construction of a gigantic tiple at Lucerne where the Rochester and Pittsburg Coal and Iron company has extensive operations. This tipple will take the place of the temporary affair that has been in use since operations were first started there several years ago. I AH of the buildings of the company at Lucerne, and the openings have been arranged with this in view and the gigantic power house, recently completed at that place, will be sufficient to operate mines of that output, as well as furnish a large amount of current for mines in nearby towns. The work of excavating is progressing rapidly. One of the very latest steel shovels is being used in the work. Five shovels of dirt from this huge machine will till the large cars being used at that place to haul the dirt away. Indiana Gazette. The new structure will be entirely of structural steel and will be one of the largest tipples in this part of the State, being built to accommodate tlie entire output of the Lucerne mines after they have been fully developed. The company estimates that the output of the operations at that place, when in full operation, will be in the vicinity of 10,000 tons per day. WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE BILL IN ENGLAND IS LOST CHICAGO, 111., June lil.—Count Johann BernsdortT, German auibaisador to the United States, was the principal speaker today at the soventy-tbird convocation of the TTnlversity of Chicago, when nearly 201) degrees were conferred. The ambassador's subject was "The Foundation of the German Empire." TURIN EXHIBITION OPENED YET HARDLY STARTED COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION AT BROOKVILLE SURPRISE PARTY FOR MISS ESTHER WRIGHT Oili TANK BURNED BRADFORD, June 13.—During :i terrific rain storm yesterday light-) nlng struck a 25,000-barrel oil tank of the Tidowater Pipeline company.1 rhe tank contained about 4,(too barels of oil. The Are burned all night. 1.lie loss Is about $5,000. A number of I'unxsutawney people left tills morning for the County Seat, among them ltev. MeKlnney, who is on tomorrow's program, and Misses Ilazel Crlssman, Pearle Mogle and Edna Harlan, from the First M. E. Church. The County Sunday School Convention convened this afternoon In llrookville with several hundred delegates present to participate In the two days' session. MRS. JANE SUPLETtil Till: WKATHICIt. WASHINGTON, D. C„ June IS.— Following is the weather foercast for VVesLern Pennsylvania: Uener- Moderate temperature. Misses Alberta Got wait, Violet Burch, Irene Palmer, Freda Wells, Berdalla Reld, Mary Crissmau, Helen Barton, Gladls Georga, Fernande Brassla, Hazel Albertson, Jeannet Schriner, Kuth Oliver, Myrtle Keid, Evangeline Hughes, Elizabeth Wright. Miss Esther Wright was tendered a surprise party last eveulng at the home of Mrs. E. J. Jones, of Jeuks. avenue. The following young ladle? enjoyed games, music and delloioua refreshments: William Condron Entertains Sunday School Class SENATE PASSES DIRECT SENATOR VOTE RESOLUTION The afternoon session was devoted to the reports of the standing committees and to addresses by James J. 1111!, president of the Great Northern railway, and II K. Huntoon, of Stillwater, Minn. The sessions concluded with an address on "Reciprocity" by 11. 11. Pigott, of Winnipeg. President McAdow delivered his annual address, in which he reviewed the history of credit men's associations and the salutary results achieved by them in placing business upon a sounder basis anil in securing needed legislation. The address of the president was followed by the report of the secretary-treasurer, Charles E. Mcelc of New York City. The convention was called to order at 11 o'clock this morning by the president, F. II. McAdow, of Chicago. Governor Eberhart and Mayor liaynes delivered addresses of welcome. Responses in behalf of the visitors were made by H. (i. Moore, of Kansas City and H. E. Choate, of A tiant a. MINNEAPOLIS. June i::. The sitxeenth annual convention of the National Association of Credit Men in this city began today and will continue four days. On the last day the sessions will be transferred to St. Paul. The attendance embraces more than one thousand delegates, representing the leading wholesale houses and manufacturing tirms in all parts of the county. hen LONDQN, June 13.—Englishmen [l; "(are never tired of wondering why b foreigners are able to compete with t tliem successfully in their own homo I markets. A Briton who signs himself "ironmonger," which is English for hardware dealer, undertook to explain to them in a letter to the Londan Morning Leader. The result was that he is about the worsthated man in the country. Not only the Leader, but al the rest ot the English newspapers, have been publishing columns of letters ever since, telling what poor opinions the writers have of an Englishman who talks about his felow-'Engllshmun in the way "Ironmonger" does. What he wrote was this: "On March 21, I ordered about £5 worth —that is to say $25—"of handsaws i from a well-known firm in Sheffield, and ten days later some iron plates from New Britain, Conn. In each instance the goods were regular catalogue lines. I received the goods from America May 5, but up to the ] present time have not received the goods ordered from Sheffield. Yet I wrote to Sheffield April 11 asking for Immediate delivery, and was promised the goods within a week. "(Jan anyone blame the Ironmong\ ers In this country for crowding S their shops with American goods, | when the Yankees can give Sheffield I ten days and 3,000 miles start in the \ race to Londan and win easily." Arthur Robinson, George Dunn, Bert Waddng, Lawrence Robinson, Fred Kerr, Paul liley, William Rawson, A. C. Robinson, Merlo Condrou. Those present were: William Condron last night entertained the members of his Sunday school class at his home on Beyer avenue. The boys enjoyed games, the most delicious refreshments, and talked baseball. KUERHART'S STORE NEWS The whole trouble with the bill Is that it gives the franchise only to women householders. The result will certainly be that four out of five of all the new voters will be Conservatives. "We do not approve of universal adult suffrage," Authur Henderson, a Labor member of parliament, says one of the leading suffragettes told him. "The franchise 'is too low already. The enfranchisement If women of property Is the heat remedy for the present condition." Henderson believes In women's suffrage, but naturally this speech turned him against the pending bill. The concensus of progressive sentiment is that It Is positively reactionary. It Is certain that the house of lords favors It. Opposition to the measure has developed in radical rather than in conservatice circles. It passed its second reading, it is true, by a comfortable majority, but since then the progressives, who disliked it, have been working against it so effectively that it looks as if the lawmaker's feehngs towards it had undergone a complete change. LONDON, June lli.—'Present prospects are that the women's suffrage bill, which seemed to stand a fair chance two or three weeks ago of passing at the present scssilon of parliament, is now probably lost forever. That is to say, all signs point to its burial In committee. BARN AND HOUSE STRUCK Just received a new lot of pure linen hand embroidered dresser and stand covers, 50c to $8.00. Sec our window display of porch mats, and furniture. We can save you money. , J New line of plain and fancy flax- FHEEPORT, Pa., June 13.—The ont yard. barn on tile W. Watt farm, near here, 'A beautiful line of ladles whit# wan at ruck by lightning and destroy- wash dresses, Just received, lace ed by Are enrly yeRterday morning, and embroidery trimmed, high and causing a loss of $000. The rest- low neck effects, $2.50 to $32.50. dence of Miss Phoebe St. Clair, of Kxtra fine choice strawberries, Whltesbnrg was struck hv lightning two baskets for 25c. The nlceaf. but the damage was alight | berries you've ever seen.—1, . The delegates from here left on the flyer sod anticipate « good time. The Trl-county Convention of Christian Endeavor Societies will meet this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at Falls Creek. The Tercentenary anniversary of the English Bible will be the1 leading thought of the whole convention. Dr. J. B. Eaklns, of the Ceiitral Church, Punxsutawney, has been Invited to deliver four address on the Literary Study of the Bible, and several distinguished speakers from Plttsbarg and Philadelphia are also on the program. THE COUNTY C. E. CONVENTION ILMNOM a. A. K. I JOLIET,'111, June 13.—Gayly dec-! orated in patriotic colors, Joliet ex-' tended a hearty welcome today to the ] thousands of veterans and other visitors gathered here for the forty-flfth i annual encampment of . the Grand' Army of the Republic, Department* of Illinois. Today was devoted large-1 ly to the business of the encampment. Tomorrow,1 which will be flag day, has been appropriately selected as the day 'for ike big parade. Oovernor Deneen, Commander-in-chief John C. Oilman, of Boston, and other notablM are expected here to review th«{ procession. Neither tile buildings nor the out er wals are much more tlian begur and the grounds are a wilderness ol scaffoldings, packing oases, mouldings, plan Us and miscellanepus litter. The inttin difficulty seems to have Ueen the Italian commissioners Mra ,ano stepleton_ a we|1 knowi utterly failed to realize the rnagni- w of noMlte dled ye8terduj tude of their task. They did not en- .. ,, ,, , ,, . , ' nornlng of a complication of dlseusgage enough workmen and they , „ . . practiced petty economies which IV"' as'1 ' . J ' .. (L., ' ,h .. ' soon got everything hopelessly be- WASHINGTON, June i3._The been a usid,nt of for a hind hand. Much of the work which aenate '«at »'Kht by 64 to 24, passed f " ' they professed to have completed Is ,he resolution amending the constl- there She lb survived b> now being taken to pieces to be dono!tutlon to Provide for election of sen-: number or „'®n' ,,, . . .. . a.11 over again. Continual strikes #to,'s b>" direct popular vote. Tho funeral seivices will bo held tohave also delayed progress. (BHstow amendment, giving to the morrow. Services will take place in If the ehxibitlon is ever finished ' Tederal government supervision of i tllc Catholic church at Rosslter and however U promise to be at ««ch elections, was adopted, 44 to 44.1 "urlal will be made in the West End tractive? f6r th™ plans were Yell vice .president casting the decid- Catholic cemetery. Punxsutawney. drawn and there is plenty of materia! lng ''allot. The house has already mi'RRAY'S htohk to be exhibited as soon as there Is P»S3ed resolution. | ** MURRA1 g IWBfc  some place to exhibit it In. Hotel 1 naoon drffted Into'* nnllUral cludo 100 dozen children's pants, prices. In the meantime, are about °°°"; '" tnra up to 4, regular 15- and 26c five times the normal. i D6macr»tic senators critlcl* value8 at only l0c pair. __ . led Senator Brlstow's change of atti- corget8 in our 8Ulllm0r BUTLER Pa., June 13.-Dnrlng tude Mr. Brlstow framed the prne- ga]e are bl t values evor oKered an electrical storm yesterday after- cipal amendment, in the nature of a by tb,g store noon the chapel of the Slippery Roc* substitute to the Man proposition.) A tan boot for ladies on B, iState Normal school at Slippery Rock and which seeks to continue the »u- c and A iasl8> at $4 00 pair and a was strdew and the cupola torn pervlsion of senatorial elections In blg gpeciai 0fler In patent oxfords at away. At Hooker the large barn on congress Instead of delegating It to 92.00 pair. the property of Mrs. A. A. Marshall the states, as proposed by the house >j>be ]ong black lisle gloves at 75c was burned and the house damoged. resolution. In the last session the an(j tbe Knk gloves in regular The residence of Mrs. Morris was Kansas senator voted against an lengths at 50c are specials for this shattered. Mrs. Morris was rendered amendment offered by Senator Sutln week. uhconscious. No person was la tha erland, of Utah, which would have Ask for the Murray gold bond State normal chapel when the bolt had the same effect as his own pro- trading stamps, $50.00 books. Bestruck. | vision of this session. [Kin to save stamps now.—1. TURIN, June 13.—Visitors to the Turin exhibition don't know whether to be amiHed or Infuriated. Those who did not come far to see It generaly the former. Those who made Ions trips in anticipation of seeing something wonderful are the latter. It would have been more appropriate if King Victor had laid the exhibition's foundation stone Instead of opening it, April 29. 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