Punxsutawney Spirit, 1907-02-08

              i • ■1 fJS mm -7 JCD"A.UD II. HARUIMAX. Paris Will Hear "Salome." JAMES J, BILL. Will Mean No More Shortago Here Until Usual Summer Droughts. TUB WK4THB WASHINGTON, D. C.. F»b Pair and warmer tonight and Saturday.rm , "*$§ ill. SAID 10 AMOUHT10167,1 OTERATMS OF A. SUHSERI VOL. I. No. 123. GIVES UP FORFEIT IN LIEU OF HEARING Norman Stope is Arrested and Fails to Appear When Wanted. PRICE 2 CENTS FILTRATION SOLVES WATER PROBLEM TEMPORARIL PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA.. FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1907 Railroad and Coal Officials Order Work to Begin at Once. EVELYITC FRIENDS ARRESTED THREE GIRLS IN CUSTODY Pittsburg Court Officer Now Has Additional Task Upon His Hands. Jerome Gives Exciting Turn to the Affairs in Thaw Case. BANKRUPTCY AS A RELIEF More Peanuts Are Also Discovered in Another Building in Punxsutawney. Representatives of the American Tobacco Company, who have been here looking up the matter, believe that they will have no trouble In proving that the goods shipped to Punxsutawney are no other than those purchased by Sunseri and that they are entitled to recover. The same claim is made for the goods shipped to Huntingdon. ed the tons of peanuts stored away in the Lambo and Ford buildings, East End, would supply tfie town and community for many fairs. Where the other $4 7,000 worth of their goods which Sunseri is alleged to have bought from them went to they, as yet, have not been able to determine. Out with a few of his friends on Wednesday atfernoon, Norman took one too many and did a few stunLs ! that didn't seem perfectly proper to Policeman Wall, who arrested him about nine o'clock th>-.t night. Being anxious to get home and to work. Stope, who lives in Reynoldsville, was released on payment of a forfeit of live dollars to appear for a hearing at nine o'clock yesterday morning, j but he is still among the missing. Released on a foreit of live dollars. Norman Stope, who was arrested by Policeman Wall on Wednesday, must have concluded that that was getting off fairly cheap and he failed to turn up at the time set for a hearing. Are Expected to Show Relations Between the Witness and Stanford White. LOCAL SPORTSMEN 1R1C FIB MORE PH LEGISLATION Will Hold Public Meeting Next Week to Discuss Various Propositions. day and that work on the consti lion will be pushed as rapdily as i sible. In order that the town may  a sufficient supply of water durlr the period of the construction of ti filter the coal company and the ral road company will continue to ui Mahoning: Creek water during th day and draw from the water con pany at night. It has been demonstrated sir Wednesday that by this plan the to1 patrons, by using '.he wat< r econovi cally will not suffer for water I ordinary purposes. Hlnce the water question has been so forcibly impressed upon the Punxsutawncy Wai.r ('unpany, it Is said that the talk of erecting a water filter for furnishing pure water to the borough during the periods of low' pressure which prevail in the summer time. This plan had been advocated by the minority stockholders of the company for several years, and It is maintained by those who have investigated the matter that a plant could be installed for about $7,000 which would till the bill. Should the present situation develops a plan wherein the water question fur the borough of Punxsutawney could be solved permanently, the authors would place themselves in a. position to merit forever the grateful regard of a hitherto perplexed people.ACT AS HOSTESSES OF THE GIRLS' CLUB ! they gave order® to have put In operation the plans submitted by General Superintendent of Mines, A. W. C'alwiiy, of this plate, uh the lust solu| tlon of the problem. These plans provide for the <'r«etion at Elk Kun i Shaft and Adrian of large filters which will insure an ubundant supply GIVES PUNX'Y FULL SUPPLY wa'"' f"r uw; 111 ,lu lr Consequently In answer to telegrams, representatives of at least half i dozen manufacturers of filtering plants wore here yestrday looking over th«* ground*. Bids were received on the spot and last night contracts wore given for filtering plants both at Elk Run Shaft and Adrian. The plant to bo If the patrons of the Punxautaw- erected In Elk Run will have a ca.. , paclty of Hfi.OOO gallons per hour and ney Water Company, the Buffalo. th). ont. j|f AdrJnn a capil0,ty of ,4 _ Rochester and Pittsburg Railroad 000 gallons per hour for 12 hours Company, tin- Rochester and Pitts- !>«•»' day. This will give the coal burg Coal and Iron Company and the *%°nipany a maximum of i 20,000 gallons per working day or about 400,- weather man continue for four weeks ,, , .... f 000 gallons In excess of the present more their present harmonious rela- demands. lions, tin water supply question will Tlv companies receiving (ho eonbc solved, ill least, until the next dry tracts f°r filtering plants ordered ,j materials at onee and it is expected : that the work of construction will be As soon as the coal company and begun in a week, and that the plants the railroad company got a line on will lie turning out water in from the water situation in Punxsutawney three to four weeks. Wednesday, t'aey I about to insti- It is understood that the Buffalo, tute measures for permanent relief Rochester and Pittsburg Railroad as tar as they are concerned. Company has also given a contract for (>n Wednesday befor • the officials a liltering plant that will yield at least from Buffalo and Rochester departed, 500,000 gallons of pun water per FEARED HE MIGHT HE BURIED ALIVE CAMP MEETINGS IN MID-WINTER WANT NEW BILL PASSED hunt willing to bo deceived into opposition to this bill? "The advocates of this measure feel that every man who elects to hunt should be forced by law to help support «the Game Commission. If this hill should not become law the portsmen feel than an appropriation of not less than $(JO,OQO should be made to the (lame Commission for the coming two years. This, for general expenses, and «'v, ten thousand wherewith to*Wpeate preserves and to buy same for attribution throughout the HI ate." Believe Men Wflo Hunt Should Meet Expense of Propagating Game. Salvation Army Inaugurates Unique Service in Mahoning Street Barracks. Baltimore Man Dies Abroad and Leaves Some Very Interesting- Instructions. The Misses Sheaffer Pleasantly Entertain Popular Punxsutawney Organization. WILL PREACH TO THE LOCAL ELKS Rev. Fitzwilliam Accepts Invitation of Punxsutawney Lodge tb Address Members. Th Girl V Club was very pleasingly entertained last night with Misses Jessie anil May ShelfTer as hostesses. Kuchre was the game of the evening at which an extremely pleasant hour I ;incl a half was spent. Miss Marga- I ret lUnn was awarded tin- ladies' priae df a beautiful set of shirtwaist pins, while George Hartholoniew changed his money from a pocket book. which ho found In Africa Just previous to tli«- Boer war, to a handsome one given to him by the hostesses, because hi- never trumped his partner's ace. At eleven o'clock a collation was served that kept thin plasantly occupied for upwards of (in hour. Later a small amount of music and fortune telling was indulged in after which the guests said their good byes and left beaming with smiles, a sure sign that they had enjoyed themselves to the limit. Invitations will bo sent to all of the members of the local lodge and their families and to the lodges in the neighboring towns. The service will be held in the Haptist Church and the meeting will be public. C. H. FltzwiUlain to preach a sermon to the members of the organization. yesterday the invitation was accepted and Sunday evening, February 24, wns selected as the date for the sermon. The local lodge of H. P. (>. Elks recently extended an Invitation to Rev. "White made an arrangement with Abraham Hummel to protect me from Harry Thaw. Hummel, he said was The witness in answer to a question detailed her intimacy with White after her return from Europe. She related how White, after having told her of many scurrillous reports concerning Thaw that Thaw was a morphine fiend, "had regained my confidence and after that he came to see me constantly." The peculiarity of the letter was developed by Attorney Delmas, who asked Mrs. Thaw: Judge Delmas gave motion to the day's proceedings by reading from letters placed in evidence yesterday. "Did he speak oClhimself as 'he' In this correspondent4*?" "Yes; he wrote that way." replied the witness. Tho reading <>f the letters occupied considerable time, as the writing-, phraseology and abbreviations were confusing to the counsel. The contents, apparently a jumble of ideas and pronouns and the writing in some of the sentences was undecipherable.Jerome hopes to prove by these girls that improper relations existed betwi en White and the former artists' model after her alleged seduction by him. The girls are being held under surveillance at an uptown hotel.Evelyn Neslilt Thaw resumed the stand when Court opened this morning and #whilc her manner was composed she showed unmistakable signs of suffering. By Publishers' Press. NEW YORK, Feb. 8.—Things took an exciting turn in the Thaw trial today when it was found that District Attorney Jerome has had three of Evelyn Nesblt Thaw's intimate chorus girl friends arrested. Their names are given a.s Mazie Folette, Anne Crane and Edna Chase. Detectives are searching for Hattle Forsythe and Paula Desmond. Valuable jewels are bequeathed to the Countess Emmeline Ranovido and Matry Fontana of Italy. Mr. Magruder left to the Smithsonian Institution the gold sword and silver pitcher given to his father, tho late Qen. John liankhead Magruder, by Virginia and Maryland, as well as the decoration conferred upon him by Mexico and the diploma which goes with it. BALTIMORE, Feb. S.—The. will of Henry It. Magruder, of this city, who died In Rome on January 31, has been admmltted to probate. It appears from the document that the estator was in fear of being burled a live. Mr. Mhcruder <11 rooted that his body bo taken in charge 13y tho American Consul at Florence, who, after leaving tho body in the rhureh fortyeight hours, must out deep Into his leg" anil arm, insuring that ho is dead: an autopsy must then be ordered, after which th< body is to be buried In the lllari Cemetery. For his I trouble the American Consul- is to re- j ceivt $200. George Calton, of Steubenvllle, O., is visiting friends and relatives in town. Miss Madeline Anderson, of Franklin, i« visiting relatives in town. HARRIMAN DIRECTORS ARE EXPECTING FEDERAL SUIT Continued on Second Page A large number of young ladies and gentlemen last night went to the home of Miss Lena Mclvee, near Frostburg, and enjoyed a very pleasant evening. Games of every description were played, at which Miss Nannie Shaffer and Clair AicQuown excelled, and w« re awarded the honors- A delightful lunch was served and at an early hour they returned home. Miss Bertha McKee accompanied the party on the return trip. Saturday. February 23, at 8 p. m., He\. Kersehncr A cordial welcome is extended to everybody. Sunday. February 1"» $ !>• m » Great Salvation. Saturday. February 16, H p. in.. Kev. FitsswIUium. Wednesday. February 20, at 8 p. m.. Painters' Meeting. Thursday, February 21, at 8 p. m.. Rev. Hinies. Friday. February 22, at 8 p. m.. Brigadier Damon, of Philadelphia, will deliver his lecture in the M. 10. Church on "Darkest America." Admission free. Thursday, February 14. s p. Uev. C. \V. Min«r. Friday. February 15, 8 p. Rev. C. H. Clark. Sunday. February 10, at 8 p. m.— decommissioning of local officers and candidate Wood's farewell meeting. Wednesday. February 13. 8 p. m.— Mr. Haer, of the V. M. (A., will spea k For a month, beginning Saturday. February 9, and closing Sunday, March 10, the Salvation Army oftlclals of this place, will conduct a mid-winter camp meeting in the barracks on West Mahoning Street. Fol- io winjx is the program Saturday. February P, at eight o'- clock. p. m.. Sixth Anniversary In which Revs. * Miner, (.'lark, Fitzwilliam. Ilimes Irving and Kerschner will take part. GIRL'S PLEA TOUCHES PRESIDENT'S HEART Separation of Roads Would Still Leave Them as the Hill Interests. Teddy Commutes Convict's Sentence When Sweetheart Makes Appeal. Twenty Fast End ladles, all married, started out early this morning for the same place. They will have dinner and supper at the Pierce homestead and return some time tonight. The social events of the day continue principally to be sleighing parties to and from nearby towns. The latest of these was an affair yesterday when twenty-three school children from the Fast JOnd Journeyed I » the farm of Abraham Pierce, near liossiter. The boys and girls partook of a bounteous supper and returned home about nine o'clock In the evening. Commission, says that it had not been decided finally that the next meeting of the commission to continue the in- WILL FIGHT IN ALL COURTS If Defeated1 Stock Will Still Be Under Control of Mr. Harriman.On looking up the accounts he found that Sunseri was indebted to the company for a balance of $67,- 000. When he went to Sunseri's place of business he found the place Jlmost deserted and the proprietor rtih a balance In the bank to his redlt of only $47. The proprietor assumed an attitude of indifference about his accounts and when pressed payment went into voluntary bankruptcy. Where their goods went to the representative of the American Tobacco Company could not llgure out until about two weeks ago. This led to an investigation, which resulted in the finding of the facts as reported in last Friday's issue of The Spirit. The clue came from Lauderbaueh Barber & Company, of Punxsutawney, who are also customers of the American Tobacco Company. The local dealers Informed the Pittsburg firm that their high classed imported groceries were being sold in Punxsutawney for less money than the domestic brands were quoted at and that there must be something wrong with the market. The American Tobacco Company, through their agent, Mr. O'Connor, gave a bond of $15,000 and a warrant for the seizure of the goods was issued by the clerk of the United States District Court, Pittsburg. Sunseri was arrested and gave bail in the sum of $15,000 also. Wednesday the defendant asked to be released, alleging lack of jurisdiction of the District Court, but his petition was not granted. The case will therefore come up for trial at the present term. Since the local officers took charge of the goods a close watch has been kept on the consignee of the alleged Sunseri groceries. Nothing further developed until yesterday when the officials got track of another batch of peanuts. Stored away in a room of the Clark building they found 30 sacks, or about 700 pounds of the toothsome fruit. It is estimated that this batch add- Developments as to the extent of the operations of A. Sunseri, the Pittsburg dealer in imported groceries, some of whose goods It is alleged were shipped to Punxsutawney, are increasing at a rapid rate. As stated in last Friday's issue of The Spirit, Sunseri bought imported goods to the limit of his credit and when that failed him he went into voluntary bankruptcy. Some of the goods were shipped to Punxsutawney, consigned to P. Billantl & Company, who opened up a,store In the Lambo building, East End. Chief of Police Palmer was notified to seize the goods at the instance of Charles P. O'Connor, of Pittsburg, the latter alleging that the goods were not purchased through the ordinary channels of business. The local officer, as stated in The Spirit, made an investigation which resulted in locating about $10,000 worth of high-priced imported groceries consisting largely of cheese, canned goods and peanuts. It is alleged by the prosecutors that A. Sunseri, who had been in business in Pittsburg during the past three years, about three months ago began to conduct operations on a large scale. As his remittances did not correspond, with his purchases, Mr. O'Connor, who is the Pittsburg representative of the American Tobacco Company, started an invest!-* gatlon- BUTLER GETS PUCE III W. P. LEAGUE NEW YORK, Feb. 8.—It is learned in bunking quarters that the controlling interests in the Union Pacific are prepared for a recommendation Nearby Town Will be Represented This Year With a Fast Team. KINGSTON WANTS *5.000,000. In the tirst place Miss McOormick declared that she was simply a friend of the counterfeiter, but In the last week, when the final requost was made to the President, she acknowledged that she was his fiancee, and the President, pitying her, responded to her request so far as law within his power and judgment. Soon after this sentence was imposed Miss McOormick, to whom, by his order, $4,000 had been turned over after Crahan's affairs were straightened out, began to make an effort to have the sentence reduced. Up to th»' time that Crahan endeavored to get rich quickly by issuing counterfeit $20 gold certificates he carried on a large photo-engraving business in this city and was earning from $2,500 to $3.00 a year. Money did not come fast enough for him, and he made plates and printed as good a counterfeit of a genuine bill as the Treasury Department officials have ever seen. He issued these at race tracks In New York and St. Louis, and was tlnally arrested in the latter city. PROVIDENCE, It. I Feb. 8.—Re- Responding to an earnest plea which Miss Sarah McCormlck, a school teacher of this city, made to him, through Attorney Richard S. Cornstock, President Roosevelt has commuted the fifteen-year sentence which was imposed by the Federal Court three years ago on Marcus Crahan, a counterfeiter, to six years. Roth going and coming Domlnec Raffetto kept things going with the accordion and while there rendered a few selections such as are seldom heard In this vicinity. A lunch, or rather a dinner was served at ten o'- clock that, from the ladies' account of It, must have been as near perfect as such flings can be. After eating they Indulged in games of every description and made things hum until the chickens began to stir, when they started home. To the home of Milton Sutter, near Frostburg, fourteen ladies with two lonely male escorts Journeyed last night and notwithstanding the shortness of men, spent a very delightful evening. Resides Charles Eberhart, who drove the steeds, and Dominic Raffetto, who squeezed the aecordian, there were present: Mesdames Edward Lyman, charls Feicht, John Reezer, Patrick Hanna, Andrew Guthrie, George Brcnneman. John Murray, Dominic Raffetto, Patrick McGovern, John Carter, Misses Anna Redding, Mary Phillips and Mary Rrennan. PARIS, Feb. 8.—Preparations to produce the opera "Salome" in Paris in the spring are in progress here. Herr Strauss, the composer, is to receive 98,000 and 10 per cent of the receipts. Strauss will conduct the orchestra. Mile. Destinn, who created the part of Salome in Germany, will KINGSTON. Jamaica, Feb. 8-—The Reconstruction Committee appointed by Archbishop Nuttall to carry out proposals for the rebuilding of the cltjr, met Saturday and passed a resolution to ask the Imperial Government to advance a loan of $5,000,000 at a low rato of interest to be repaid In lu'onlv vniipa by the Inter-State Commerce Commission .after the completion of its hearings which begin in this city on vestigation into the Harriman roads would bo hold In Now York. It was understood thai the sitting would 1>« In the Union Pacific treasury then are also heavy holdings of the stocks of other roads in \Vestern territory, including" the Atchison, the St. Paul, Chicago & Northwestern, and the Ore- resumed there on February 23.' If gon linos, but It is believed that the on, Uvo or throe wltnpsseB were efforts of the Government will be I concentrated upon the Southern Pa- summoned. It was explained, It would citic control, and that a long legal not be worth while to take the whole battle will follow the attempt to wrest commission, with a force of stenograit from the Union Pacific. phers and clerks, to Now York, and WAHINGTON, Fob. 8,—Chairman the hearing could as well be held in en to divorce the Union Pacitlc and Suthern Pacific properties. It was also learned that the results of such an outcome have been thoroughly canvassed by those in charge of Union Pacific affairs and arrangements made to meet this contingency. Any legal proceedings brought by the Government to compel the Union Pacitlc to sell the $00,000,000 <>f Southern Pacific stock held by it will be contested up to the Supreme Court, and no expense will be spared. While the case differs from that of the Northern Securities Company and other similar cases, in that the Union Pacific does not hold a majority of the $240,000,000 of Southern Pacific common and preferred stock, and may not end in an adverse decision, yet Union Pacific Directors arc prepared for that. If suoh a decision be rendered the Southern Pacific stock will be sou, but its disposition will in no wise affect the harmonious relations between the two properties and Mr. Harriman will control both as James J. Hill controls the Great Northern and Northern Pacific. The great body of the testimony so far taken by the Commerce Commission has had for Its apparent object proof of the identical operation of the Southern Pacific roads. This has served to convince the controlling Directors of the Union Pacific that the real object of the commission is to accumulate evidence whleh will bo of service in its suit to separate the proeprties. Mr. Lawson, who is the president of the league, states that he has already secure several dates for exhibition games with the major leagues. Through the efforts of A1 Lawson. who in tho spring of 1906 organized the Oil City baseball team, Butler has been taken iato the Western Pennsylvania League, which, in addition to Butler includes Connellsville, Scottdale, Irwin, Latrobe and Greensburg, Pa., and Fairmont and Clarksburg West Virginia. The Punxsutawney Ideal Clun Club has completed arrangements for the public meeting in the Jefferson Theater Friday night, February 15, at which time Prof. J. L. Allison, Superintendent of the Public School, VV11- kinsburg, Pa., and Dr. Joseph Kalbfus, secretary of the State Game Commission, Harrisburg, Pa., together with other prominent speakers, will be present to address the meeting.This will be the most important meeting of the kind ever held in this city and every one who is a lover of wild birds and animals and interested in their protection should be present at thin meeting. The admission will be free and you will be many times repaiJ for the time you spend in attending the meeting. Thj' speakers will discuss every phase of the game laws now on the statutes of Pennsylvania and explain the provisions of the new law which the board of game commissioners and the various hunting clubs throughout the State are interested in having passed by the present legislature. The speakers will devote considerable attention to the proposition to compel all who wish to hunt to pay an annual license fee of $1, the prohibiting of hunting by aliens or boys under twelve years, and the features of the bill which refer to trespassing. It is understood that the farmers are objecting to the bill because licensed hunters are not prohibited from going upon their premises to hunt, so long as they do not destroy property. As a rejoinder to this criticism those who favor the bill point to a provision that provides for compensation to the farmer or property owner who will feed and care for certain game during the winter. On the subject referring to the necessity of imposing a license on hunters and the benelits which will accrue to the farmer through the operation of the proposed law, the secretary of the Game Commission, in a letter to the club, says, In part: "The Game Protectors of the State will be paid a salary and have their reasonable expenses paid. Fresh supplies of game will be propgated or purchased for releasing in different parts of the State. We can say to the farmers of the State, protect, feed and care for quail during the winter months and we will pay you a fixed sum for each pair carried through the cold weather, if you open your lands to legitimate hunting, otherwise nothing will be paid, as the sportsmen are the men who are to pay the bill, and do not propose to pay it for nothing. We can say t > the men having an excess of deer in their preserves—turn out a certain number under our supervision and we will pay you for the same. We can pay for the trapping and removal of game of different kinds from one part to another the State with many other things I might name. In other words this bill will make it possible for the Game Commission of Pennsylvania to make this State a hunters' paradise within a limited number of years, where the man who chooses t<i go hunting cannot fail to secure a return many times in value to the amount Invested. "Remember, that while the farmer, because of tho many benefits he derives through the live work of all kind of birds, will profit more than any other person in this State through the passage of this bill, not one man belonging to this class will be in any way asked to contribute to this fund unless he chooses to hunt within the Qlatu To thu man «fkn V'rv/v* •• ."Jp ' • -A PP? m