Punxsutawney Spirit, 1911-07-19

              W  i—l_:—■-- ••• ' * ■ - - "• • ■ • -y • "• • Kr ■ Wb • ''ST % ■ ■'' * '; State Mine ln*|icctom Determining the Cmimv of 8«tur<liiy Night's Ex plosion mi,i,ii> will': iiit. u, iimo EASY MONEY ma n m off hnse PUNXSUTAWNfY, PA., JULY 19, 1911 MB. ALICE IL romo NO. 7 Vuuhk Woman Hucrlmlw to Attack Loft an Bodies of Twenty-One Victims of Sykesville Horror Buried Today WW. XXXIX. Was to Have Hung Today Cheats Gallows Charles Hickman Who funeral Processions Wind Their Way Through Grief Stricken Town HH Day. Takes Strychnine Poison and Dies Few Hours Before He Was to Be Executed. lu the eighth and ninth headings, all of whom were killed, drilled Into a large pocket of gas, whidh Ignited and caused the worst catastrophe Jefferson county has ever known. A woman of aobut 40 summers and a girl of about 20 wended their way to the Penn street •bridge last evening and Induced In a fight of words which culminated In the older woman trying to jump from the bridge Into the creek. She made three attempts, but was stopped each time by the girl. hater In the evening the same pair were seen on the Church street bridge and again the woman endeavored to hurl herself over the railing, but was again prevented by the girl. The identity of neither one is known. Muny Believe l|i- Whs Insane anil Think County Is Saved .1 Clinic !. M. C. J. CAMP HT. M'GEES OPENED T004I LONDON, July 18.—The one hundredth anniversary of the birth of William Makeplece Thackeray, the famous novelist, was widely celebrated today by literary and other societies throughout the United Kingdom. TWICE ESWE8 FROM BEAM JUL KEKSI MM III MB MRS. NttCM BARfOW ran rim? mims it CHICAGO, III, MB MCI IK HUMS' row T" The Granger* of Jefferson county at their June 'meetlngideclded to hold their annual basket pniclc on Thursday, Aug. 24, at Chlttlster's grove, a'bout two miles from Knoxdale. The committee on arrangements has secured some prominent speakers for tne occasion, among ti.em the State Lecturer/ Mr. E. B. Dorset, and Henry G. Teagadren, <*h. D., chaplain of State Grange. They .have also made arrangements for good music and other amusements, such as are popular on picnic ocoaslons. It is the ■hope of the Grangers to make this one of (he best picnics ever held in Jefferson counly in the interests ofthe grange and agriculture. Cornel and bring your friends with you. By order of Committee. J. H. ELDER. JAIL BREAKERS PROVE SLIPPfHT Orphan Mrs. Alice M. Potter, of Elk Run, died this morning at 2:20 o'clock of paralysis, aged 37 years. On two previous occasions the young woman had suffered a stroke and when she was again stricken yesterday afternoon It was believed that she would not recover. She never rallied attu j the third attack and died at th«; hour suited this morning. I Her husband, who had been an invalid for years, expired last January, an,l there remains of the family but one son, Ellery,, who is employed In the J. B. E'berhart store. The young woman held the respect and esteem of all who knew her. She Is survived by one sister, who is in Philadelphia, and her son. The body will be taken to Onshore tomorrow morning where burial will be made 011 Thursday afternoon. RKL.1KF ri'XU IS NTAKTKI) OP. WILEY Will BE HO Mrs. Margaret Bartow, who was well known in f'unxsutawney, died July 3, at the home of her grandson, George Knarr, of near Summerville.Mrs. Bartow, whose maiden name was KanoufT, was horn in Germany in 1831. Her husband and daughter preceded her to the grave many years ago. The deceased Is survived by one grandson and two granddaughters, also the following brothers and sisters: George KanoufT, West Decatur; DavlS Kanauff, Juneau; Mrs. Adam Martin and Mrs. C, Sutter, Covode; Mrs. Sara Rlchner, Clearfield: Mrs. Elizabeth Waltman, who resides In the West. Funeral services were held in the church by Rev. Walcher, and interment fallowed In the church cemetery.SAMUEL Mil DuBois Chester Orris, Austin Blakeslee, Carl Crissman, Albert Crist, C.vrys Hutton, Ju(in Hallowell, (leorge Goarhart, Ross Pentz. Thursday will be visitors' ilay at the camp and those who take advantage of visitors' day are requested to drop a card to one of the camp managers so that preparations may be made for them. Those in attendance from Punxsutawney and DuBois are: Punxsutawney — Donald Brown. Wilford Curry, Robert Calloway. Joseph Davenport, Francis Devonny. Robert Hall. I<ynn Lewis, William Mitchell, Merle Neville, Robert Sutter, Benson White, Joseph Cray, W. H. Colegrove, Elmer Hoffman, Arnold Sutter. Boys from I'unxsutan ney, Clearfield mill DuBois in Attendance. The Y. M. C. A. camp at McC.ecs Mills opened this morning, the Punxsutawney and DuBois contingent leaving for the camp on the 7:">o train this morning over the Pennsylvania Railroad, while the Clearfield campers made the trip direct from Clearfield. The outing this year promises to be the most successful yet held. The have evidenced the greatest of interest in the camp and the number in attendance is larger than ever before. CHBUnASITUAnOIIREASSUItlNG Men < a|Uuic<l After Leaving Friinklin Jail to«|M- from Kmk-ntoii Lockup FRANKLIN, Pa.', July IS.—James Itay and William New, charged with robbery, who escaped Saturday morning from the Clarion county jail, are proving to bo on e'luslve pair. After making their escape, It is alleged they stole a horse and buggy from K. R. Lewis, near Shlppteenvllle, but abandoned that, and early Sunday morning are saki to have stolen another outfit from George Miller, residing near Edenburg. To muffle the sound of the horse's hoofs on the cement floor of the barn the thieves covered the floor with blankets. When Mr. rvll'ller discovered the loss he gave chase in an automobile. Later in the day he overtook Ray and New. The two were bound with roptVi and taken to Kmlentou, Venango county, where tliey were placed in the lockup. Last night the two men pried the bars off the door of their cell and once more gained t'ueir liberty.A horse and buggy were stolen from u farmer in Allegheny township, •Butler county today, and Ray and New are suspected of the crime. The first stolen has not 'been recovered and what became of It Is not known. OIL BIDDIE MIS DIVORCE The gallows, the sheriff's jurp ami all wcii! ready for the exccut.ion. The i ondemned man was a tinner by trade and had kiled his wife Fell. u, IJHn, she alighted from a street, car in Beaver Falls. Hickman was in sanely jealous because she kept company with other men. The had been separated for some time. He escaped from Jail the first time Just four months after he was convicted, and was found four days later starving and faint by Dan William aft<T old U'crftihfftfaiH ■ •. who got $1,000 reward for his capture. On April 7 1, 101 I, he again aseaped, and was captured after a few hours. His ribald joke* during the pas' few months led many people to say that he was Insane, and declare the eBavor county authorities were saved a crime of killing an insane man. j The jokiug bravado of the past sev- I era) months lift broken down in the | end. After a visit of the ministers ! y ester da > afternoon Hickman was (Duiteous to the guards. He was seized with 111> of trembling later. The guards and physicians staid witlt all night. He gradually grew weaker lie told Attorney 1> A Nelson he was sorry I did this." He died a. Sj04. The doctors say Jus death was from natural causes, but are not believed by the people who were witu him. ( B> I'nited Press) IHSAVER, Pa . July I s. Charles Hickman, the wife murderer, who twice escaped from the Beaver county jail, cheated the gallows today. He died of strychnine poisoning  moinjug in his cell jail a few hours •before he w.iuh to have been hung, at 1 • a. m. The deceased was In his 70th year and Is survived by eight children, his wife having died three years ago. The children are as follows: Robert Medland, Mrs. S. J. Braund, Mrs. I>. S. Braund. .Mrs. Hannah Phillips, Mrs. C. N. Clark, Mrs. R. M. Fawcett, Miss Roset.ta and James Mudland.—DuBols Courier, Samuel Medland, of SOU West Weber Avenue, DuBois, died at 10:3(f o'clock last evening, after an illness of about four months, bronchial trouble being the cause. The deceased was a natfve of England and came to this country almost twenty-four years ago. All of which he has lived in DuBois. Dur-, Ing the last throe years he was janitor of the First Ward school building. 1 Busy Mays for King and (^tieen DAZZLES DANCER WITH HER JEWELLED ANKLET KDINBCRGH. July IS. Their Majesties put in an exceedingly busy day in the Scottish capital today. \; 10 o'clock this morning the King presented colors to the royal company of archers ami later received addresses of greeting from delega- tions representing various bodies throughout Scotland. A levee was held at Holy rood Palace at noon. During the afternoon the Queen inspected the Women's and Children Hospital at Bruutsiield, while the King visited Edinburgh Castle and the Royal Scottish Academy. HunIuiikI Says Wife Called Him ItuldhcHil, Hluckhctul, Hypocrite. POTTSVILL.K, July 1$.—Dr. J. C. Biddle, superintendent of the Miners' Hospital at Fountain Springs, was yesterday granted an absolute divorce from his wife, Agnes N. Biddle. The divorce was sought ou the grounds of cruel and■barbarous treatment, the plaintiff alleging that his wife In private and in the presence of U14 board of trustees called him "baldhead," "bloekhead," "hypocrite," and other disparaging names and that she caused her chil4 dren to speak' disrespectfully of him. Dr. Biddle says he slept with bedchamber door locked to protect himself against possible injury. Mrs. Biddle's application for a trial by Jury was refused. The family Is. one of the most prominent in the county. Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, the pure food expert, will be publicly reprimanded for "irregularities" in the administration of chemistry bureau. It Is learned today that Ibis solution of ♦he Wilev-Wirkersham difficulty was determined on by President Taft. It is also rumored tthat Wilson, thu secretary of agriculture, might resign owing to friction between himself and Dr. Wiley. I'resideiW Won't Dismiss Thief Chem- ist, it is Said on Good Authority WASHINGTON, D. C., July 18.— Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, the pure food expert, will be retained in the public service, it is said. Thai President Taft practically has made up his mind to this \yis ascertained here last night from an authoritative source. From the same source it was learned that Attorney General Wtekersham will not. resign if the president sustains Dr. Wiley. The International N'ews Service is Informed authoritatively that there is a perfect understanding 'between the president and Mr. Wickersham, reached before the latter left for the west Sunday to till a speaking engagement. Floyd W. Robisan, an important member of the staff of Dr. Wiley, it ,developed yesterday, was dismissed from the bureau June 30 011 charges of Insubordination. Although his dismissal waa Important, Dr. Wiley knew nothing About it. Robison was a member of Dr. Wiley's staff of experts in New York city. Secretary Wilson said that. Hobison had been relieved of service because of insubordination. The insubordination, iu effea*. w..as .a refusal to carry into effect ail order of the secretaries of the departments of agriculture, treasury and commerce and labor, to prohibit the use of benzoate of soda mixed with food, which had been determined is deleterious to health. The order was not to be rendered effective provided "ttwu tiieh container or package of such food is plainly labeled to show the presence and amount of benzoate of soda." The dismissal of Kobison, the secretary declared, had nothing to do with the recommendation for the dismissal of Dr. Wiley by the depart-' me n't board. A HUH ACCICENT FARMERS NEtD HELP MI.CTING <>l' C \ V \ DI \ V CU BS WINNIPEG, Man., July IS. The Association of Canadian Clubs b»- gan 'vfs third annual convention in this city as the guest of the Winni* peg Canadian Club. Considerable business is to be transacted during the two days' session, though much of the time will be given up to tlie entertainment of the visitors, 'llie latter include delegates from twenty-six clubs representing nearly all the principal cities of Cunad i from Halifax to Vancouver. They say a golden circlet of gems above the openwork Insertion of a silk sticking' They could not agree whether the gems were diamonds, rubles, sapphires or opals, but all agreed that It was decidedly chic. The wealthy young society woman brought the fad Irom abroad last Tuesday. That night she joined In the dance. After she had made a feiy rounds one of the other dancers gasped her astonishment and then others looked and saw and stopped dancing to gaze. Society Woman Introduce* Foreign Fail at Manhattan llcacli. NEW YORK, July 18.—Manhattan Beach has a new wonder. For a •wee kthe dancers at the Manhattan have almost fallen over one another to get a glimpse of It. For, be It known, the owner <>f tl*-.■ wonder is coy, and the only chance the awed gazers have to gllnipts at is when the waltz or polka are under way and the flashing gems of Mrs. Louise Wlnterfeldt's anii/;t dazzle and delight. STELLA HODGE IH COW The fight to bar the cholera contin ued yesterday with a federal expert helping the local health department No cases were found among the 201 passengers and 1)1 members of the crew of the Perugia. All person aboard, however, remain under cio&i. observation. The ship is being disinfected. I Fully realizing if cholera ever gels a foothold in the crowded,* unsaniary tenemtnts of the Italian quarter on fhe lower East Side, the stamping out of the disease will be a herculean tasek, the health officers of the port, aided by the United States experts of the Marine hospital service at Washnigton today put in effect the most stringent quarantine regulations. Italian immigrants are to be held ten days and all food stuffs from Italy are to be examined. Last night Dr. Doty issued a statement saying that he regerded the situation as satisfactory. NEW YORK, July IS. The cholera situation at quarantine is reassuring to Dr. Alvah 11. Doty, healtn officer of the port, and his assistants. During the lust 24 hours there has been one death, but no new cases .have been reported, and sevral of the IS persons in the Swineburne Island hospital are reported convalescent. Some of those now suffering from the plague are seriously ill, however, and the death list may be swollen within the next few days. Tfce painstaking task of making bacteriological examinations of the GOO persons from the -steamer Molt* ke and upon the Perugia' was begun yesterday. READING, Pa., July 18.—Berks county farmers are facing their annual problem of how they may find men needed to help them in the flplds to harvest, thresh and house their grain. The grain is ripe and must be harvested without delay, but It Is the next thing to Impossible to secure sufficient help. The farmers are advertising for help In the local newspapers and $1.75 a day and board is paid. » * Tramps and "hlfoboes," who are so often accused of not doing any work, stmm to be the most willing to help on the farms. BKAKKMAN SHOOTS BANDIT A dltcli at the side of the Hlg Run road near Bells Mills frustrated an accident last night that might have been extremely serious. The B. Al. fclark car, driven by George Shallenberger, and with Mr, and Mrs. Clark, t wo sons and Mrs. Clark's sister, Mrs. Wiseman, In the car, the auto was speeding along at a fair rate when the steering gear broke. The car shot off towards the aide of the road and iuto the ditch. Shallenberger jammed on the brakes when the right front wheel was but a few inches from the edse of t'lie embankment, and the rise of the upper side prevented the car from going over. FIRE ill MM** HOMt Many Y. M. C. A. buildings along the route were also visited and a most cordial welcome was everywhere .received. Mr. Manley carried a camera and a number of interesting photographs were secured. But three accidents occurred during the entire trip. Two were of practically no consequence, while the, third came very near being a serious one. A loose set screw going and a puncture on the return CRUsed some little inconvenience. A collision with a motorcycle on the return near Patterson, O., was of a serious nature. At a crpss roads a young man by the name of O'Roark, riding an "Ihdian," struck Dr. Bethune's square in the side. The crossing was doWn grail o through a cut with a hedge alonn; both roads and neither could see the other until but a few feet apart. Although Dr. Bethune was driving slowly it was impossible to stop hiB machine in time. The motorcycle struck the mud guard of the auto just back of the front wheel, the rider pitching forward and striking the tool box knocking It completely from its place while 'hlq feet hit the back brace of the top, and his hat landed In the rear seat. He was up in an instant, however, and, aside from a badly bruised shoulder and a lacerated hand, was not seriously Injured. The forks of the motorcycle were badly bent and one pedal was broken off. ' Mr. O'Roark plaoed no blame on Dr. Bethune, acknowledging that he was running his motorcycle much faster than he should have done at so dangerous a crossing. After replacthe tool box the party continued home without further Incident. The trip was a business one for Dr. Bethune. Stops were made wherever any number of horsemen were congregated and samples of his remedies were distributed. He was very much pleased to find a large number of horsemen already using the remedies and still more pleased to hear nothing but praise for their good qualities. On reaching Chicago he found that his representative, W. D. Hlghfield, was meeting with splendid success with the horse owners and horse managers of the large transportation companies ' of that city. I Or. aiul Mrs. J. U. Ik-Ilium- and C, H. Mauley Take Long Jaunt. Dr. and Mrs. J. 0. Bethune and Secretary C. H. Manley.iof the Central Y. M. C. A., returned home on Saturday evening from an auto tour to Chicago. The trip was of nearly two weeks' duration, the party having left here on Monday, July 3. They reached Canton, 0., the first day, remained there over the Fourth with relatives of Dr. Bethune, cbntlnulng on to Chicago Wednesday morning and reaching there at 3:30 Friday afternoon. On the return they left Chicago at 3:30 Wodnoftlay afternoon and arrived here at 8:30 Saturday evening. The route was via Kittanning, Butler, New Castle, and Youngstown to Canton. From there through Mansfield and Lima, O., then north to Butler, Ind., and west through South Bend, La Porte and South Chicago to Chicago. Mr. Manley stopped at the Moody Bible Institute and in company with Daniel Thomas and Captain DIubmore, of this place, both of whom are students there, visited some of the missions, the jail and other places where some of the work of this institution Is carried on. The Central Y. M. C. A. and the various parks and playgrounds were also visited. Just before leaving the whole party, including Mr. and Mrs. Highlield, took dinner at the institute.FAST DRTWTIX'KS. IMMCTKI) 1 By United Press) ERIE, July is 'I'llo federal tfnmo jury returned indictments against Gilbert Perkitus aud'Charles Franklin of the Perkins detective agency, PltUfourtf. A iwouk the witnesses ex atnnied was Charles H. Strong, tli•* Brie multi-nii'llionaiiv, who aliened he received a letter demanding flft> thousand dollars which ' Perkins is charged with sending. % OVERHEAD BRIDGE IS GOING UP Voliva kissed all the Infants and comecrated them In exactly 48 minutes. Zlon Imulpr VoIIvii KInson UHfl Babies for the "CauMt." CHICAGO, July 18.—After kissing 286 babies, ranging In age from six months to four years, and consecrating them to the "cause of Zton," Overseer Wllber Qlen Voliva, successor to John Alexander Dowle, stood by a barrel in Shlloh Tabernaclc Sunday and watched his disciples tOM 127,500 Into It as a "sacrifice" offer. Judge Names Attorneys us Her Legal Representative*. WARREN, July J 8.—Attorneys Edward S. Lindsay and C. E. llordwell were yesterday afternoon appointed by Judge Hinckley as legal representatives of Miss Stella Hodge or Mrs. Arthur L. Drake, as she is also known, who is in jail here through her onfesnion that she accidentally killed Emlle Annum, of whole murder John M. Andrews, former • superintendent of the Warren Water Company, has been convicted and awaits sentence. The woman was In court. I'rovlded the graud jury indicts her, she will be tried at September court. No date has yet been set for hearing arguments on the application for a new trial filed by Andrews' attorneys, but this may be fixed this week. At the present rute It will be but a short time until the bridge !«'completed and it might be wine for the residents of tlio Bubeck addition to complete their plana (or the trestle that is to Join the overhead to the county bridge. Work is progressing rapidly on the South I'enn Street bridge. The lumber ha« been hauled to the scene of operations and (his morning a force of men was put to work putting in the concrete for the bridfeu abutments. A man would just as lief have bolls as go shopping with his wife. I EBKRH ART'S STORE NEWS. Our entire stock of hammocks, .1-4 off. One 9x12 Wilton bruwels 18,1.60, aale price $24.50. ..All $5.00 to 11.00 street $2.76. ?0 pair $4.00 men's oxfords $2.98. Men's straw hats 1-8 price. I There's no fun In loafing if you Fancy embroidery dress patterns, I can't bother some person who Is M.50 values, 1. Jbuajr, ,^^dlmjfrg^ | A small fire at the home of Scott I Plttman in Elk Run caused consid' erable excitement shortly before one I o'clock today. In some unknown | manner the roof of the Plttman j home near the chimney caught lire I and an alarm wag turned in. The fire company responded In ] good time but before they arrived at the scene of the fire after a long I run. a garden hose bad been put Into ' | play and the flames extinguished, hats - he ,08s" 18 BO »Hl?ht as to be hard| ly noticeable.  (By United Pr«ss) BEUbBPUAINE, la., July 18.— A bold attempt to hold up the Chicago & Northwestern passenger train, known as No. 8, from Chicago to Omaha, -between Tama City and Belltplalne, early today, wll prabably cost the lite of tlie bandit. 'While the train was traveling at the rate of forty miles an hour, a "lone bandit" entered the sleeping cars and : oommai>ded the brakemen to hold up their haitds. The brak«- man shot the bandit instead. 'The injured hltrhwayman gave the nanui of W. 1. Morris, of New Jersey, when taken to the hospital. v THE WEATHER WASHINGTON, J«ly 18.—Fol- When calling for above letters lowing Is the weather forecast of please mention advertised Ita't, gtr- western Pennsylvania: Pair today Ing date. H. Q. Teagarden, Post- and toitoerrow. Moderate temper*- muter. J ture. ADVERTISED LETTERS Advertised letters at Punxautawney Pa., for week ending July 18. Harry C. Ames. Murl Cooper. Mlsg Sarah Rosier. Miss Katie Tyaon. • Wtimer H. Wood. Foreign Edwardo Ferro. Tavero Mancuso. Ml Jo Pavlslc. The funerals of the other victims were held at various hours today and by 5 o'clock every one of Che bodies had reached its last resting place and the pall of gloom over Sykesville had begun to lift. At the Cascade mine, the scene of the explosion, all is quiet today. The four mine Inspectors are busy in the eighth and nlqth headings, where the catastrophe occurred determining the cause of the explosion, and alt others •re excluded from the inlne. Superintendent Qadd stated tJhls morning that the work of cleaning up the ntineg would not 'begin until the last ©X the victims had been burled. The 4am«ge is "ml ted t0 three cavelnt, two of considerable volume, and the tearing down of electric wires, •to., so that It is probable that by Saturday the 'mine will be in excellent shape and ready for working by Monday at the latest. ' A subaerlptlon fund for the relleY of the famine* of the victims has been and Sykeavflle cltfiens fre responding nobly. The Coal company which has paid the funeral expanses of every one of the twenty-dne victims, la expected to donate a large fum, the sis« of which has not yet been made knowjt. Mining men throughout this vicinity are confident that the State in■pectors will fla4 that the workmen All night Sunday a corps of undertakers -worked preparing the bodies of the twenty-one victims for burial. After the embalming of each' corpse a tag was tied to the' wrist with marks of Identification and the bodies were ranged side by side. Following thq embalming a large throng composed of relatives and t'he morbidly curious filed past the bodies and a short time later the work of removing the bodies to the homes of relatives began. By nightfall thirteen of the twenty-oue -victims were resting in the home of deaf ones. Small crowds followed the corpses as they were taken from the hardware store to their homes. At tile Pavolc home the "bodies of father ana son were met by a mother and ten children. Those who had followed the caskets turned away at the door apparently realizing for the first time (the sorrow that had come to the thomes of the victims' families. ! At the Hook home two aged and reeble parents met at the door the Iaskets containing the bodies ot heir sons, their sole supports. It is eared that the mother will not surive the tragedy of Saturday night. ; The bodies of the eight men, all 'Italians, which -were not 'taken t# phonies of relatives, were burled this 'morning. Father Utrieh, of Sykesville said mass in the temporary morgue, following which the first of the funeral processions that wended their way through Sykesville the entire day, began. Relatives of the deceased and residents of Sykesville and vicinity followed the bodies to the cemetery, near Soldier, apparently realising for the first time tlhe magnitude of Saturday night's catastrophe. Simultaneously funeral services were heing held in a dozen homes throughout the town. The body of George Sheesley was taken to Troutvllle where burial w<us made this afternoon: while the remains of Urover Conrad were taken to Uniontown for burial. ( State Mines Inspectors Joseph [Knapper, of Phlllpsburg; T. D. Williams, of Johnatown; Charles P. Mc- Gregor, of Pittsburg, and Q. P. Byrne, of Punxswta'wney, entered the Cascade mine at Sykesville this morning •to determine the cause of Saturday night's disaster. The report of the anine inspectors Is not expected before Friday morning, when it will be given out for publication. The scenes of horror which prevailed at Sykesville Saturday night and Sunday, yesterday changed to ones of sorrow, as the black caskets were removed from the Sykesville Hardware company building and taken tp the homes of relatives, where they were met by heart-broken mothers, fathers, wives, sisters, brothers and dhlldren. . - . u v. v .- ■  I ;