Punxsutawney Spirit, 1907-04-20

              Fly Publishers' Press. Fj ; 4 EtiNXSUTAWNEV, PA.. SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1907 HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS HOLD NICE RECEPTION Wage Earners Protective Association Launched By Substantial Business Men PRICE 2 CI PUNX'Y WILL BE THE OFFICIAL HEADQUARTERS OF MINING ENGINEE: IN THE TOP RANKS Parent*. Teacher* and Mem born » I Junior Clam Wore tlx' Graduates' Guests. Tifl« Mto First Named As Day When . Punx'y Canines Will Wear SCHOOL BOA It D ALSO THERE Social Event at Skating Hlnlc Was Enjoyed By a I*rgt< Crowd IM Nlgbl. MANY IN ATTENDANCE AT MASQUERADE The pupils of the graduating class of the high school last night held their reception at the home of Miss Vera Simpson, a member of the class. During the reception the Maniiolln club, led by Miss Bess Putney, furnished many pretty selections. From eight until nine o'clock, the seniors received the school board; from eight until 9:30 o'clock the teachers were received, and from eight until nine o'clock the parents attended. After the older people had made their departure, , the cluss received the Juniors who departed only when the fun "was over. A dainty iuneh was served, the class colors being worked Into the Ice cream and cake. The house was also decorated with the colors of the class. The masquerade at the skating rink Inst night was a sueeess In every way there being a largo number of laughable and baeutlful costumes in evidence.From 7:30 until after nine o'clock the floor was crowded with those in disguise and their manouveres .furnished a great deal of amusement to the large number that had assembled In the gallery. Shortly after nine o'- clock the skaters took the masks from their faces and the judges announced thut Miss Gertrude Ha time had won the ladles' prize and that Tie Guthrie, an employe of the American Express Company, the gentleman's prize. Miss ahme's coStume was that of a daughter of liberty, while Mr. Guthrie's very successfully impersonated a hobo. LEGISLATURE PUTS III A BUSY* WEEK BURGLARS ARE . HELD FOR COURT Deadlock Expected on Appropriations—Committee Recommends $12,656,139 Could Not Produce Necessary Bail So Go to Brookville Jail '°o*® or at large without having around Its neck the said collar having attached thereto the laid metal tag or plate aforesaid, shall be prima fade deemed unlicensed Section 5. That any person whatsoever may make complaint of persons having, keeping or maintaining any such unlicensed animals to the Burgess, High Constable, or any policeman, and It shall thereupon become their duty to entertain and Immediately Invevstlgate the same, or •ause the some to be done, and If salil complaint bo found correct, to apprehend arid Impound the said &ntma! as hereinafter provided, unless such person having, keeping or harboring any such unlicensed animal shall Immediately proceed to the Hurgess and procure a license for the same. Section 0. That the Burgess o' mid Borough Is hereby authorize^, mpowered and directed to provld. -ind establish a pound at such place Within the limits of said borough as he may deem best, wherein he shall *ause to be Impounded all dogs ana bitches that may at any time be found at large or loose or going abroad in any of the public streets, lanes, highways or other public places in the corporate limits of said Borough wtth"Ut being licensed and wearing' the metal tag or plate us hereinbefore »et forth; tvnd also to employ a pound master to take charge of said pound, ipprehend, take up, capture, collect 1 ind impound all of said animals liable to be impounded, and to enforce the provisions of this Ordinance. The compensation of such  shall be lift>"% cents for each and every animal so impounded, which compensation shall be paid by the person reclaiming said animal, and ill case they arc not reclaimed, he shall be compensated as hereinafter provided Section 7. That no animal impounded as aforesaid shall be released or discharged therefrom except» by the owner making demand therefor ai the pound In which said animal ma> )e Impounded, within forty-eigVt hours after such animal was impounded therein, proving ownership to the satisfaction of the pound master, paying him the sum of twenty-five •ents for each and every day or fraction thereof during which said animal vas Impounded therein, in addition to the Hum provided in Section C;» and procuring a license for said animal in F. Augustus Heinze P. Augustus Helnze, the woilj-known authority on mining engineering ("olumbin i"h N'.Y" "" Dw,mb,'r 6- 18«». "»<1 graduated from tlio mlnTnl f '? m9, xv,'Kt to Montana when the mining fever was at its height In that state. ■ |° ,hc •>* ■' mining expert, and has made a fortune and a splendid reputation as a mine devel unusual talent. He has been very active as a Democrat in Montana politics. He Is a member of a number of clubs in New York, Montreal and Helena, Mont. Mr Heinze Is a member of the American Institute of Mining Engineers. ANOTHER MAN BURNS OLD COAL ASHES "SCOTT!" WILL • HAVE TO BE SHOT (Continued On Second Page.) TAfT AGAIN ADVISES THEM TO BE SATISFIED This Time It Was a Matter of Necessity—Worked O. K. Good Horse Belonging to Stale Police Can Never Be Saddled ets Impatient With Porto Ricans in Their Plea for Citizenship. "Scotty," fhe horse belonging to the Statu Police, which was injured last Thursday by falling- on Mahoning Street, will in all probabllty be shot unless some person is willing to take the Injured horse and keep until the break heals. The horse if put In a sling and taken proper care of for three or four weeks would make a good farm horse or be useful to those who wanted a gentle family horse. The State Police only wish to dispose of it because it can never again be saddled. If there i.s any person wishes to pay the sum of twenty-live dollars for the injured horse it can be procured at the barracks up until Monday morning, at which time it will be shot. ReynoldsviLLE, April 20.— The burglars that are supposed to iave robbed the post office at Falls j 'reck Thursday night and the post of- j lice and general supply store at Big Soldier, were captured yesterday ! morning and lodged in the city Jail. They were given a hearing last evening before 'Squire Smith. The first charge ' was Commonwealth vs. Frank Wagner, Harry Wiliarns and Frank Daily, for running an opium Joint, and i I smoking it. The prisoners were captured at the . house of Cad McKee- 'Squirt- Smith, after 'hearing the evidence of both Bides, bound them over to court with a bail of 1800 each. I The next charge against them was j burglary In the Mahoning Supply Oo.'s II store at Big Soldier. /C the postal authorities tend to all the tampering with Uncle Sum's mall, evidence was produee in court of their guilt, $400 1 j worth of stamps being shown which were found in the house they had occupied. A rubber bag which was supposed to contain nitro glycerine, | was also in the court room, but not put | In evidence. [ After all the evidence was taken C. I W. Flynn, attorney for the defendant, j made his plea, which was to the ef. feet that they were being held on circumstantial evidence. After Mr. Flynn was through, Mr. Clark, of Punxsu | tawney, on behalf c»f the State, mad< j hia plea. W The hearing- was concluded at nine I o'clock. The prisoners were locked up and were taken to Brookvilfa jail on j the early train thl« morning. 'Squire Smith was notified last night by the post office inspector at Pittsburg to "hold the men, as he desired to make an investigation. OHIO 101MOS WANT 10 LYNCH MARVIN UD SAID TO BE LOCATED TORPEDO BOAT GOES TO BOTTOM I'y Publishers' Press. HAItniSBURO, Pa., April 20.— The matters of especial Interest In the Legislature t'.ils week were the deft at of the MeCord bill by the Renate, and the passage by the House of the Lydick Uniform Prlmnry ;«m, nnd the Casey Employers* IJaNlity bill, and the passage on seeond reading of the Reynolds bill to carry out platform pledges by enforcing the provisions of the Seventeenth Article of the . State Constitution. The McCord bill, which!) wopJd have permitted electors to express at the | polls their preference for United [states Senator, which expresslop would I not have been politically binding up I on the members of the Legislature, J was defeated by a tie vote in the Seni ate. This action is denounced from j one end of the State to the other The ! 1 Lydick Uniform Primary bill contains ■ | a provision which will permit the' | voters at primary elections to "vote j upon the official balot instructions In- ; | dicating tin* preference of the voters" i j for United States Senator. An ef- ; | for will be made to strike out that | provision. It is hinted that the poin1 ] I will be raised that the Senate cannot, act upon a House bill similar to one which the Senate has already defeat- \ ed. The Employers' Liability Mil earrle out another of the platform promises, anil although a numebr of amendments, to it wore offered on third reading, it was passed without change. Wednesday the House defeated the Senate bill creating a Legislative Keferenc Dpartmnt, which providd for the appointment of several new offices.The new county bill, which was reconsidered and postponed for the present. The final passage battle must be fought again. The Olarency bill for the regulation of Building and Loan Associations narrowly eseaped defeat by indefinite postponement, by the adoption of a motion to postpone fr the present. Alleged defects In the bill will bo corrected in committee and it will then probably bo pasned, as wil,l the bill providing a maximum fare for steam (Continued on Second Page.- Thoiv wns organized In Punxsutawney In the offloe or Attorney Jeff. Q. Wingert, lout night, u corporation which will be known as the Wage learners' Protective Union, home office, Punxsutawney. The board of directors and official ■tafT, which include some of thy most substantial and Influential business and professional men in the town as well as from other towns, men who have had practical experience in fon<1 iicting the affairs of such orga/iisations, are composed as follows: Seymour H. Landon, of Troy, Pa , supreme president; Charles L. Marvin, Troy. Pa., supreme vice president, and JofT Q. Wingert, supreme sec re- tary and supreme counsellor; James H. Maize, supreme treasurer; J. Jfe. Walters, M. D.. supreme medical examiner. Besides the officers the bq&rd of directors includes the fol- lowing Punxsutawney citlsens: John P. Wilson, James H. Prothero, Hon. W. O. Smith and John Fink. The character and object of the new corporation, as stated in the char- ter notice, which is published elsewhere in this issue of The Spirit, Is the formation of a secret fraternal beneficial society, whose membership i shall include all acceptable persons [above the age of eighteen years, of ; good character, and without referenc [ to faith or creed, and to provide for the payment unto its members of sick, 'disabilty or death claim.* In such amounts as*may be authorised and dlreeted by its constitution and general lows. To improve the mental, moral. social and financial condition of its members and to render timely aid in seasons of distress- To provide for the payment of money, expiration of a fixed perVod of live years, - to members, whose beneficiary or distribution period may then expire, in case payment of death losr has not been Incurred before the expiration «»f such period, Of such sum not exceeding the maximum amount named in beneficiary certificates. The new association will make its bid for patronage on the proposition that It will give you better protection and brintf you greater returns at less cost than any other similar association now In existence, in that It will conduct a purely mutual business and pay on a strictly equitable basis. In ivew of the fact that foreign companies are withdrawing from PunxsutaWney and vicinity annually from $ 10,000 to $20,000 in premiums for similar Insurance risks and protection. It will be plain to every citzen of this community that a local organisation, whose management and llnancal backing will be equal, or superior to that of any company now doing husinesN In this community, will operate to keep the money at home. Not only this, but the officers of the company will at once begin to se<*ure agents to represent them in every town in this and adjoining states, so that the money paid in by every policy holder wil come to and be invested in Punxsuta wney- Tlie officials of the company, who have to do with the handling of uny or all moneys, will be required to glvo ample bonds In an approved security company so as to guard against lost or mismanagement, and the eoppora,- tion will be under the supervision of the State Insurance Commissioner. Messrs. Land on ana Marvin, who have been here during the past week perfecting the organization, have had many years experience in similar wort. They, however, recently, conceived a plan to organize a parent company and locate in a community where tile conditions were favorable for a strong local organisation. Punxsutawney being located in the very heart of ono of the most Important Industries In the central part of the State. was selected for the basts of operations and the men behind the movement is a sufficient guarantee that the- funds of Dy Publishers' Press. DOVER, Del., April 20.—Dr. Horace Marvin, father of tho four-year-old lad who was kidnaped March 4, Is today In receipt of a telegram from Gloversvllle, N. T., which reads as follows: am holding here 1b your son "I am postlve that tho boy I Horace Marvin. (Signed) "Police Captain Colson." Doctor Marvin's brother-in-law has started for Gloversvllle to Identify the boy. If possible. Dr. Marvin, t'ne father of the lad Is of tho opinion that the boy has at last been found. LIMA, O., April 20-—George Meyers, charged with a fiendish crime, was landed in jail here this morning. The prisoner wan only Rotten into Jail, however after ho eluded an inraged mob of Meyer's neighbors, who were bent on lynching him. As a result of the fiend's terrible outrage Gladys Kyan, the fpur-yearold daughter of a farmer is reported to he in a dying condition. Another attempt at lynching is feared and the sheriff has asked that a detaohtoent of State Guard come to hiH assistance at once. i Meyerf is forty-flve years old. WOMAN BEAT MAN AT WIFE'S FUNERAL (Continued On Second Page.) MOTHER EARTH ILL WITH AGUE C. J. Boyles, of Falls Creek, formerly Captain of Co. L, 16th Regiment, Spanish-A mer.Van volunteers, recruited from Punxsutawney and Falls Creek, according to the DuBols Courier, has been making some experiments concerning the possibilities of generating heat from ashes, a subject that has recently received much consideration from the press ol' this state. Getting up in the morning, Capt. Boyles found something less than a foot of snow on the ground and remembered that he was getting short of fuel for his# furnace. Like other people, he had been anticipating spring weather and was not concerned in looking closely after his coal suppi, assuming that he Would not need another installment until some time next fall. With snow everywhere and a cheerless atmosphere rilling the space in his store not otherwise appropriated, and running up his back, ho went to the basement to inevstlgat<> the furnace. He found ashes in the ash pit, but very little coal in tne bin. As he had been reading of the Altoonri experiments it dawned on his mind that the asheA would preserve lif«'. and the emergency was at nand. He went up stairs, mixed up Phe right proportions of oxalic acid and «*alt and returned to the basement. He found a handful of coal and, taking a quantity of ashes, he made a mash '»ut of the whole lot of Ingredh-nts. He then kindled a fire and shoveled some of the decoction into the furnace. The remainder of the day the store was warm and the boss and clerks were comfortable and happy. The furnace was full of blue, blazes all day and the cellar still contains as many ashes as It did the day before yesterday. TIMOTHY BREAKS BOWLING RECORDS ItotlH Dp Remarkable Score of MS— Con Hardly be Beat For a long Time at Least. By Publishers* Press. MALTA, April 20.-— One man was drowned during the maneuvers of the British tornedo boat destroyer Ariel hero last night. The warship collided with the Breakwater, which went to the bottom. The ship carried a crew of sixty mod, who were all gotten off safely with the exception of the man who was drowned. PANIC RESULTS IN DEATH OF TWO OLOVERSVILLE, N. T.. April JO. —Mr. and Mrs. Alexander H. Allen, the m»n and woman who had the boy who Is supposed to be the long lost son of Dr. Marvin, of Dover, Del., are under police guard. Allen' claims that he Is a traveling salesman. Nfi STUCK YAMS ALMOST BSSTROYEO By Publishers' Press. CHICAGO. III., April SO—A panic among the two hundred employes of the Ubby, McNull £ Ubby warehouse, In the stockyardi, caused serious ln-x Jury to a number of people, and cauaed 4 loss of above flfty thousand dollars. i Wor a time the great stockyards »«• In dancer of destruction. LARQE SUPPLY HER] r No Excuse For People Not A Paying Dog Tax—Ordi- M nance In Full May 1, 1907, la the day at for all who own, maintain or har- dogs in Greater Punxsutawney to busy. It may not be generally known, but la a fact that there is a stringent ordinance on the statute of Punxsutawney that prescribes HmM duties and restrictions for KthMe who own dogs. The document been a dead letter for years, but of dogs should take cognisance Hif the statement that it will furnish exceedingly lively topic for dlscus- HUons during the next few days. the dogs of this town are a nuisance and a prob■le menace during dog days is the of the borough authorities Hd hence It is that every police having authority within the limts will be instructed to and impound any dog run- at large without a license tag on, after May 1, 1907. The authorltes have ordered 9. suf- supply of tags which will be on sale with the burgess or oth■r designated person within a week Hnd a stockade will be erected for Impounding of all dogs that fall the clutches of the constituted In order that- the owners of dogs in may familiarize them- with the provisions of the law, complete text of the ordinance Is. Hiereby submitted: ■ ORDINANCE M - NO. 89. An Ordinance requiring owners of ■5» within the Borough of Punxauiwney to procure a license and tag or each dog kept within said Boriugh; fixing the license and prescribing manner of procuring same; Axing penalty for keeping unlicensed dugs; establishing a dog pound, am describing the disposition of- -UFril censed dags rilnnlng at large, find tlx .lag the compensation for the office go disposing of such unlicensed dog ) found running at large; fixing th< penalty far removal of license tag an< for breaking open pound; rcciulrlni dogs to be mussled at certain tlmea and fixing penalty for neglecting .same Be It ordained and enacted by th< Town council of the Borough of Punx sutawney, in the County of JefferF»" and State of Pennsylvania, in coun elll lawfully assembled, and it is heretyy ordained and enacted by the »u ttfiorlty of the same- J Section 1, That no person shal Have, keep, maintain or harbor anj , Jog or bitch within the limits of th< Korough of Punxsutawney w'.thou mimt having obtained a license t'rorr /the Burgess of said Borough as hero§ inafter provided. r Section 2. That the Burgess of suit [ Borough shall, from time to time, glvi I and grant licenses to such persons at I shall apply for the same, to have ' keep, possess, maintain and harboi dogs or bitches within the Borougl of Punxsutawney, which shall continue in force until the first Monday of April next succeeding, and no longer and each person to whom such li" cense shall be given shall pay therefor, to the Burgess of said Borough irajhe sum of $1.00 for a dbg and $2.0( license shall contain the num- residence of the owner, th< Lljulfafcsr Of license, and the name ■Mreod, 4ex, age, marks and othei Ot'identification of the "animal tJmf which such license Is issued- Ev- Ofc owner of such animals shall have r 181 continuously wear around Its neel I a collar with a metal tag or plate | thereon the number of the II' eenso granted for said animal attached thereto, which said tag or plat< Shall be furnished to the applicant foi such license by the said Burgess. Section 8. That the said Burgesi , shall keep a full and complete record of every license Issued by him, showing the namo and residence of th< person to -whom said license is issued the description and kind, tog»thoi .'with all marks of Identflcatlon of th< / animal for which such license Is Is/ eued, and the number of slad license I M Hereinbefore set forth. For Issti- L lag said license, the' Burgess shall tx ; entitled to receive the sum of twenty Ave cents, and the balanco shall 1>< f jWd to t|>e Borough Treasurer monthf: ; Beetk* «. That any person wh> fees. keeps, maintains or harbors an: ' Wtlloensed dog or bitch within tlx l/jHNjjfftMe of spid Borough, shall o* any duly qualified o»cei Igg&Sg&S to'bT'commJltted^ (M •»» fcMk keep#, main- WWlmmS deemed the owner thereof 1— PONCE, Porto Rico, April 20.'— Secretary Taft and his party, Uov- Jinor Wlnthrop and the insular o(- ilclals accompanying them, arrived here yesterday afternoon. A banquet in honor of tho secretary was given by the city. Herannlo Diaz, a member of the executive council, who acted as uiastmastei, made a strong plea for citizenship and expresed the hope that Secretary Tafl would unite with President Roosevelt against Speaker Cannon, wh.>, when here recently, gave the Porto Ricans little hope in the matter ot cltlxn.dup. , ;  fecretary Taft spoke vigorously in reply, saying in part:. "Again I am urged to make a f'i'i and specific declaration regarding ilia po.'icj. ot the United Stutes t..iward the people of Porto liko. I am only a humble member of President r t cevelt's cabinet. Whatever 1 nuy t'.i.-'i' or whatever I may do are matters of little Importance to the people of this Island. T can or.ly invoice your attention to the fact that ProsIdent Roosvelt has visited Porto meo .and the Island has been visited b> Mr. Root, the secretary of state, and by Mr. Cannon, speaker of the House, and in som respects lisj most powerful man in the Republic. "WhUt these visits Indicate Is fl>,is: "That the people, of the Unite 3 States have a deep affection for the people of Porto Rico and feel more kindly toward them and have a greater Interest In them than In tho people of Cuba or the Philippines. The ! United States has gathered Porto Rico to her bosom and has given her That which means the material progiese of the' Island—ihe benefit of tho markets of the United States. She has given her the markets qnd the prosperity she enjoys today. She has given every Porto Ricsn tho 'same .liber?} enjoyed by the people of the United States. "You say you have not been glv-.n citizenship. President Roosevelt has recommended that citizenship be given, but there have been conffrsalonat difficulties with referene to this matter. I am not dealing, however, with generalities, but with .the concrete facts. "I ask What Is It that a Porto Rican does not enjoys than an American enjoys T You have every guarantee and security which a citizen of the United States'has under ,the constitution. Tou have the writ at habeas corpus and the trial by Jury, and when you are In a foreign couitntry the same flag protect* you that protects a cltlaen of the United State*." The secretary and his pfrty loft More in the morning far Ouavama. By Publishers' Press. PHILADELPHIA. April 20.—A gas tank explosion In* the carpet mills of Hi b->on Brothers, set Are to the plant, causliig a panic' among the four tbousan.l employes, most of whom were Ctrl*. In the mud rush to got out or the building, three of the girls were fatally Injured. The Are was conAned to the building where the Are otlglnutod. The explosion was a heavy one, greatly damaging the machlnory. By Publishers' Press. NEW YORK. April 20.—Old Mother Garth Is 111 with the ague.  So the scientists declure In explain- .. „ ing that the earth Is punting through ,„«T T u *,m°thy Su'»van a period of unusual Instability, but £*.m.™*e ,1 I®00!? K a. to whether will continue with In- ff.!! t, hl,th ?OTZ ZTlZr'y- the Be",molo«1«» that during the w»h ss&s:« r aroUD fears 'oT311?. town wa* « «take. Last night, tins hmvovor »h t »k ! w|tlv the small matter of twenty centa mta* r "f*ht ■eU- Involved, he rolled up Mi, by ton* h ,ur? "OMlble- The Odds the hlfheai score «ver made TL *",co D,,cember *• here. He struck until the next to the there have been twenty-«U earth- last frame when h. "split" and then quakes, several hurricanes and ty- -struck" out. aomethln* that doeM't phoons following them, with great happen more than once tn » life time damage to property and !oaa of life- to the beat of tfcwn. By Publisher!' Pre**. LONDON, O., April 20.—Sixteen Irate women of Resaca. Madison County, boat George H. Ward, t prosper* m, ous farmer until his antlrs Wy was  Mi? , ' "• ;',UsPX ' '" • * ' ,. . j : > C- '"■ ■ ■ ■ '<-' . s HOME INSTITUTION Money Will All Come To This Town—Firmly