Punxsutawney Spirit, 1907-07-10

              SlHrnern Tonlglit and Th«r«d»f, I 'Li ; i.. ... P.. r «r?;~ - - * IjIVED IN A PIANO BOX. FOR RECEIVER COMPANIES ARE ACTIVE IN THIS CO. FOUR TOWNS Jefferson County the Scene of Much Lively Competition in Gas. SIT IUCNK TWEF nix of On* ind One Half Year's Investigation i ReKhed- National Guard WW go From Here to Tipton to Second Brigade Encampment. big trusts PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA- WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 10, 1907 FOUR COMPANIES WILL ASSEMBLE HERE JULY 18th MURDERER ARRESTED WOULD-BE le Police Make important Capture at Florence Mines Yesterday. BREAK EVEN WITH OLEAN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FOR PUNX'Y PRICE I CENT Farmers National Bank Will Be Converted Into Trust Company- Ou Bola l«d Has Checkered Career. Arrested In Butler, Nearly Starved In Cleveland. I'uux'v I'lrali* Ixw First (iaim' «f Double HAlilcr. Hut Make It U|i iii Second. MANY ADVANTAGES BliANCHAlW SAVES US. Will Have Several Privileges Not Accorded to National Banks. Special to The Spirit. I Trust Will Monoe Buriness of World Unless Broken. WIIIK STRIKE TO GROW. i I '•I'M GOING TO DIB TODAY" WANTED IN CAMBRIA MANY TEST WELLS Attempted to Kill Four Men in Amy Run Boarding House. Rhillips Gas and Standard Oil Have Large Force of Drillers at Work. On Thursday, July 18. four companies of the Sixteenth Pennsylvania regiment will assemble here prepa'/.tory to going into camp at Tipton. Company C, of Bradford; Company X, of Waren; Company A, of Corry; Company G, of Erie will arrive here some time during the. day of the eighteenth and from this place will make up a battalion train to Tipton, where the Second brigade of the Sixteenth Pennsylvania regiment will camp during the latter part of this month. SENATOR'S SON IS NOW OWN RULER Harry McNichd Given Fitt-> ing Sendoff By Father and Friends. r the tobacco business of lha wnless relief is at once grai.t- i*nt has "flushed its biggest oc■.V for the petition declares that trust has encompassed the entire (1 and says tliut through the uo Mnent of foreign Interests and Hnations it will absolutely mon- harges Indicate that the Oov- ■ls move Is the climax of the year W half of Investigation which had l in progress by the experts of thu uii of Corporations and the Dement of Justice. » court la also asked to appoint «Krer - for the concern. t, for the Southern District ot Tork, today (or the dissolution Ha American Tobacco Company, m as the "Tobacco Trust." By Publishers' Press, r YORK. July 10. — Suit was In the United States District Traynor injured an ankle In the ninth inning <>f the first game and Montgomery held Hecond down in the second game. A lion caught In tho second game to relieve Bailey, who had a hand Injured In the first game. The second game was decidedly a pitchers' battle with tho blithe Blanchard way ahead on points. Only six times during tho game were the Oleanders able to soak the leather wicked enough to get It out of the diamond. the* batters going nut In one, two, three order, almost every inning. Both teams played a fast game, both In hitting and fielding, Orum for Punx'y being exceptionally busy in middle Held. OLEAN, July 10.—The Oleanders and the Punx'y Policemen broke even In a double header here yesterday afternoon. The tlrst game whs considerable of a slugging match, the home team chasing the redoubtable Johnny Yoedt to the tall timbers In the sixth Inning. Blanchard, the lean and hungry looking one who succeeded Yoedt, stopped the slugglnggcttlng Instanter and would not have allowed the locals a look In again but for an error in the sixth inning. (Continued on Page Six.) CHURCH WORKERS i BUSY AT SEATTLE Record Breaking Attendance at Meetings of Christian Endeavor Society. le assets of this gigantic combin> now exceed a grand total of two Ire* and seventy-live million do1- lit action is gainst the American Jecq Company, '.he Imperial Tola Company, the British Am'erl- Tobecco Company, the American f Company, the American Cigar pany, the Unite# Cigar Stores Ntiy and flfty-nlne other corporis and twenty-nine Individuals; are connected with them, and is kt under the Hherman Anti: Act. SJUIA FE "The young man referred to in thu above article is the same one that slept In a piano box back of Schaffner'n store for a long time. He had a blanket and several pieces of elothing In his 'den/ and the fact that someone tampered with his wardrobe was the cause for a large slsed scrap reported In the Express some weeks ago. It will be remembered that the battl raged from four o'clock In the afternoon until eight at night, with no fatalities oh either side. Hall, while In DuBols, was the acknowledged leader of a 'gang' and they would fight for him at the drop of the hat. It Is not stated that he rented his apartments while away and judging by the courso he is steering It would be better for him to return and live a retired life." "The slot machines along the road was one of the boy's specialties, as according to evidence gathered by the detectives the boy opened a number of the machines and took money and candy from them.—Butler Times. "The boy, after being taken home, stayed some time and again starteu for Pittsburg, where he had been for some time on one of the trips to the city, the boy hopped off a train »at Wlldwood, and as the agent was oft duty at the time, 'ne went through the station and stole a number of articles as well as going through a slot machine. "Andrew Hall, the tfhlrteen-yearold DuBols boy, who wan picked up by the police in this city about u month ago, in company with a companion, who had ran away from home, and who was held here until the other boy's father arrived and took the boys home was arrested near Sharpsburg on Friday by Detective Dlehl, formerly of this city, on the charge of larceny. Friday, July 5. The 8plrlt printed a special telegram from Cleveland, Ohio, about a DuBois boy being found In a box ear In that city. The telegram stated that he had been without food for five days and was almost on the verge of collapse when ho was released from hi* prison. .The boy gave his name as Arthur Hall, of DuBois. Now conies the Butler Times and the DuBots Express of yesterday with the following account of Arthur, or rather Andrew Hall's doings: MMIY SIDE TRIPS TEACHERS TAKE The board of directors, which In - eludes all of the Incorporator*, exceptingr Bernard Schneider, ha* derided to open the door* of the new institution just as soon a* the charter has been granted by the Governor i which it Is expected will be about Au - gust 1. 1907. The lint of stockholders includes all of the incorporators and about, sixty other well known business men of Punxsutawney and \icinity and it is predicted that the new organization will soon become a most important factor in the financial affair* of the Jefferson County metropolis. Tho advantages of such an institution, according to a statement made by Jeff. O. Winger. Ksqulre, who ts the prime mover In the developments I that led up to the organisation of tho : new institution, will be all t'nat the Farmers' National Bank now euJoy.t with many addition powers, such as making time loans on real estate, thus keeping a large sum of money | employed at home instead of , it abroad; acting as trustee for exoxutors, administrators, assignee*, receivers and guardians, bonding agenia and all forms of surety. The Institution may also become, without bond* a depository for certain State funds. The officers of the "lew organization, which will be known as the Farmers* and Minors' Trust Company, are: Samuel States, preslcent; J. H. Fink, vice president; James 11. Maize, secrotary and treasurer. The incorporators, as given In th<\ application for a charter, printed elsewhere in this issue of The Spirit, are Samuel States, James H. Prothero, Jeff. O. Winger, J. Pogue North, William Elwood, T. <'. Zeltler, James H. Maize. E. B. Henderson, J. II. Fink, F. O. Snyder, Albert Jordan and Bernard Schneider, all well known Punxsutawney business men and capitalists. As soon as the Incorporators obtain their charter It is the intention to take over the capital stock and assets of the Farmers' National Bank, which owns the building in which the business is now being conducted at tiio corner of Mahoning and Flndle> streets. The Importance of Punxsutawney as a financial center Is to be further emphasised by the establisment here on August 1, 1907. of a title and trust company. The new institution will have a paid up capital of $150,000 with a surplus of about 130.000. Ho was lodged In the lockup la »t night and this morning was taken to Ebensberg, Cambria County, by Sergeant Hoddy and Private  A reward had been offered for his | arrest by the Cambria County autlio* ' itles which will go to the State. Verdi at first denied that he was tiie man wanted, but admitted that he was upon Florentln showing him the picture, which is a perfect likeiie .r except for the length of the hair. A ring which the Italian wore at the time the picture was taken and when I he committed the crime for which hi' ! was arrested, was stiil on his tlngei | A Hhort time ago the Captain ef Troop I) was Informed by someone in I this community that Verdi was In tni» vlcnlty. Troopers In citizens' clotn ?a were at once gent out to look for hii<i, but It was not until yesterday that  State Police were Informed as to h exact location. Privates Mosllgiit and Florenteln were at once sent to Florence where they found their qu?'* I ry in the mine. , One of the pictures with a perfect description of the man, reached Captain Robinson of Troop 1). and. as Is the custom, the picture with the description, was posted so that the m«m I might become familiar with it. Verdi left while the affray wa.-t yet In the air, with the police of Cambria County hot on his trail. Photographs and descriptions of the  were sent all through Western Pennh>lvania by County Detective Berkcbile, as ho was sure that he would locate In a mining community. About thirteen moiUns ago Verdl was employed In the mines at Am> Run, Cambria County. In a boarding house squabble one night wh«in nearly all the Inmates were intoxicated, Verdi became involved in a quarrel with another Italian. T\\ j brothers and the father of the man with whom he was quarreling quickly took sides with their kin, and \n the scuffle which ensued, Verdi shot all four of them. The father and one of the sons was Injured so seriously that it was thought they would die, but all tlnally recovered. After eluding an active hunt f >r over a year Frank Verdi, wanted for attempted murder, was captured ye— terday afternoon at the Florence mines by Privates Moslight and Florenteln, of Troop D, State Police. COLKiTT FAMILY ANNUAL REUNION Ul HDEITUflS HIE MM! OFFICES Meetings Not So Well Attended Today .as on Opening Days. The hole being put down on the old Henry Freas farm, near Ringgold, will rtach the 100-fot mind about Friday. In view of the tents being made and ihone already reported at Kmotdale, Sprinkle Mills, Rlnrfgold and I'urrynvllle and on other contiguous territory It does not require an expert I' locate that part of Jefferson County that Is, evidently, most sought lifter for gas by the men who are in a position to know. IIUEM (KIUIELPHU Recti! t developments Indicate tliM a large portion of Jefferson County 1.1 to be the scene of considerable activity by tho various gas companies operating In Western Pennsylvania, including the Standard Oil Company the Phillips (las Company, who own Iho Punxsutawney plant, the Plttsbui g Plate Glass Company and other competitors.As anlndlcatlon of the actlvty of the Phillips people that company ye h terday moved Its drilling outfit fro<n the J. J. Hamilton farm near Perrysvllle, to the William Haines farm near Sprankle Mils where two wells Special to tne Spirit. are to be put down as rapidly as pox- ANTIC CITY N. J.. July 10.— slble. The Haines farm adjoins th. v. McNichol. of Gaston place where about ten year. , , ,ht. h(,st toda>. at a ago a well was filled that showed pX whlch tended to add conhigh pressure as did one on the Let- a|(lt,r(|,bly t() the reputation of Atlantic farm, south of Sprankle Mills, and H8 a |)la(.e for jollifications and about two miles distant from the celebr^,ona ln the Item of ex- Gaston hole. nense cuts small ligure. The scene That there will be something do- P f wa() Sfnator McNichol a Ing In the Sprankle Mills Held In the h d cottaff,e and the occasion near ruture, Is also Indicated by tue celebration was the coming ol fact that yesterday morning the Ph - McNIchol's son, Harry lips Company unloaded five carload* » MrNirhol of six-Inch pipe at Hamilton and there ' • rtalnlng- to the enare other large consignments of the uln*ellt waa „n a ,avlsh scate. same materia on the way for use at The mllJor,ty of t„c KUCBtes wcro we„. Sprankle Mills. known Phlladelphlans, and the dln- The removal of the drills from the „ f ka vicinity of Hamilton was ak,n »s an ™ from the Bellev .c-Stratevldence tnat the Perrysvlllc Held was Jt to be abandoned, but such Is. evl- add the plpa„urell of the ocdently, not the case as the Phillips McNichol was made the' company has been "«uring easea m handsome gifts rXh plV from his family and friends. From Pnn».ii»«wn«v hl" fathcr he received a forty-horse. . f ' Punxsutawney wer touring car. In which he plans ■J* tar north as where °a to sUrl ncxt month wlth » P*"* " as far north as Knoxdale where a fr|en(J(| on a 3 000-mlle trip through company composed of Clarion the Northwe(lt. ists has already found gas ln paying quantities on the Stewart and .. Hlner farms and where the Standard rflll I y Oil Company 1s getting drills ln po- Mil* I T sitlon to put down a test hole. | (f|| I I Ovor In Ringgold and Beaver Townships drillers for at least two of these companies are pegging away and saying little, but the fact that they are keeping at It is evidence that there Is "something below." WILL NAME MM .FN SU FRMHSCa UEillEI MSI MSIEI i Indictment was also voted Oat the B. H. Stafford Furniture pany In connection with the furre trust cases. The concern Is fed Wfth violating the Elktns -trust law. MM Indictments contain I counts. By PtHMhher*' Prew. SICAQO, 111., July 10. — The Fed- Ortnd Jury today returned an in- ha United States Sugar and Land ipany thirty-flve thousand dolrln rebates. nent against the Santa Fe Rail- Company, alleging that It grant- Indiana Embalmers Get Into Lively Discussion—At- Attorney Says Yes. Thirty-Eight Members of the Family Gather at Winslow. Neurly one hundred men were employed on the Jol). All went down with the crash. The section of the factory that collapsed wan a four-story concrete addtlon In the course of erection. By Publishers' Press. PHILADELPHIA, July 10—Bridgeman Brothers' Iron pipe factory buildings collapscd today and thirty to forty are reported dead and many Injured. At two o'clock llftcen bodies had been recovered In which a spark of life remained. These were rushed to the Howard Hospital In wagons, ambulances, push carts, eight of them being dead upon the arrival at that place. Seven others were almost beyond the hope of recovery. Fifteen bodies weie recovered at 1:45 o'clock.. There arc two-score workmen who «ro yet unaccounted fo» raw us IK F1 IK BAN FRANCISCO, July 10. — A convention of delegates from the commercial clubs and labor bodies will be called within the next few days to choose a mayor to All the unexpired term of Mayor Schmlts. Supervisor Charles Boxton, who was elected acting mayor yesterday by the Board of Supervisors, will hold office until a successor Is chosen. By Publishers' Press. ■lied to the Letter. Acad Woman's Sudden Phophecy Ful- ring on the action of the Governit to force nine ol the officers of so-called fertilise rtrust living In Unta to answer an indictment reled against them In Tennessee. h« indictment charges tewnly-four M;s of the fertiliser combine with HMpas of tfca traat laws of the Mirr' VheM officers live iu dlffit parts ef . the South, and tha [ernmant has found It a matter of at difficulty to force them to Ten- Lm stand trial on tho Indict- ' Special to The Spirit. rA8HINGTON. D. C.. July 10.— ng in compliance, with an order a the Department of Justice, Judge Idlll, of the United States District rt of Virginia, I* to conduct a LOS ANGELES, Cal., July 10.— Business and pleasure divided the time today of the hundreds of teachers in attendance on the annual convention of the National Educational Association. No general sessions were held during the day. but the numerous departments of the association had Interesting programs scheduled for both the forenoon and afternoon. Those who did not participate In the sectional conferences prepared to spend the day In the enjoyment of entertainment provided by the Los Angeles teachers, or In little excursions to some of the many places of interest in tha eity and vicinity. Teachers' .salaries and pensions Is the general topic to be discussed at the open meeting of the association this evening. Foremost among those scheduled to speak on the subject are Charles H. K«jres, of Hartford, Conn.; Superintendent B. G. Cooley. of Chicago; President Geo. W. Nash, of-the South Dakota Bute Normal and Industrial School, and Superintendent Alexander Hogg, of Fort Worth. Tax. CRANK AFTER THE IIKOt l the ftrat eftuit In- that dltectlon 'Government lout. If the Virgintvtkndanta an required to auiwor lh# Indictment* In the Tennn»e© rts the Gdvtrn neat will ptoceed th same way against the iKfond- Itn ether Southern states. The list of speakers Includes many , names of prominence. Vice President ( Fairbanks, who is to be heard Friday ; evening, heads the list. Among oth- i ers of prominence may be mentioned j Rev. John Pollock, president of the European Christian Endeavor union; Rev. W. H. P. Faunce, D. D., president | of Brown University; Rev. Stephen I L. Penrose. D. D., president of Whit- i man college; Rev. B. B. Tyler, I). D., j of Denver; Rev. Hugh K. Walker. D. \ D.„ of Lo* Angeles, Rev. W. F. Wil- i son, D. D., of Toronto. T. Sawaya of the Japanese Christian Endeavor union, Rev. Andrew Seattle, Ph. D., of China,. Rev. Alexander Francis, D. D., of Russia, Dr. Samuel M. Ssemer of Arabia, Governor Albert E. Mead, of Washington, and Rev. W. H. Barraclough, of British Columbia. Tomorrow will open with the usuai sunrise prayer meetings and at ten o'clock the regular order of busness will be taken up. Elaborate programs have been prepared for the different auditoriums and churches for each of the remaining days of the week. This evening the regular welcoming addresses will be heard. Two of the auditoriums will be used simultaneously for the purpose. In addition to the exchange of greetings, President fc'Iark will deliver his annual address and Secretary Shaw will report on the society's progress during the past year. President (-lark will occupy the chair at one of the two meetings and vice president Howard B. Grose will preside over the other. The music will be a leading feature of the programs. Soloists will assist the large chorus In each of the auditorums.During the early hours receptions and rallies were held at different State headquarters. This afternoon, at the Hotel Lincoln, the annual meeting of the United Society was held for the election of officers and the transaction of other business of a perfunctory character. Later occurs the animal meeting of the board of trustees. Special to The Spirit. SEATTLE, Wash., July 10.—With an attendance that fulfills the most sanguine expectations, the twentythird international convention of the Christian Endeavor Society began In Seattle today. WHMli HPti»;*WiWew IWIW M '-WIH wt Dinner wan a revelation, with supper oven more no, und the thirty-eight <1 til full Juki Ice to both. Mr*. Colkltt, whoae health and carriage are remarkable for a woman of hor advanced age, wan not far behind her young" er relatives when It came to performing at the table. Those present, not living In Wlnslow, wero: H. S. Wolfj kill. Misses Edna Bowers, Anna Jordan. of PunxButawney, two sons and their wive* from Sykesvllle, Mrs. Dat vld Livingston and two daughters, of I Sykesvllle, Mrs. Rlghtenarr, Bedwood; I Mrs. William Yohey, Sykesvllle. The annual reunion of tin* Colkitt family was held yesterday at the home of Mrs. F. A. Colkitt, the occasion being the eighty-third anniversary of Mrs. Colkltt's birth. At the home in Winslow thirty-eight of the children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren gathered early in the morning and all day long employed themselves in tusking the occasion a happy one, not only for themselves, but for their aged relative. A handsome purse contained a munificent sum was presented to Mrs. Colkitt. Unionism; ChNfo Next. Western Unlou Puts Foot I>own V|h>h HOLT HEAD, July It.—Offlcera accompanying King Edward and Queen Alexarair on their tour of Wale* took a suspiciously acting man Into the|r custody yesterday afternoon. He had hidden In the bushes alongside the approach to the residence of Wv Richard Bulkeley just before the arrival of the King and Queen. He made frantic efforts to escape, hut was captured after a lively chase. The police had difficulty In protecting the prisoner from the mob's vengeance.YOUNG PBOHJre WIOH The "Sunnynlde" In Its Isnue of I November Invited discussion of the mutter and la glad to aee that such discussion wag had and that It haa led to an authoritative opinion on the I subject. In the 'Sunnyside" of November last [appeared a letter from H. H. Stevlng. ] of Indiana, Pa., raising the question' whethor a licensed undertaker could ] legally maintain gram h offices. Mr. Stevlng called attention to the advertisement of a competitor who had his main office in Indiana "and branches at Clymer, Mechanlcsburg and Chambersvllle", and also submitted a letter from Charles L. Dykes, at that time secretary of the Pennsylvania State Board of Embalmers, evidently written In reply to a question, saying: "You have a perfect right to open a branch_ office. If you desire, under your own name only.' From an article which appears In the "Sunnyslde" June IB It will be ■een that the whole subject was subsequently submitted to the attorney of the State Board of Embalmers and that the decision arrived at Is that licensed embalmers havo the right to do business only in the office In which their license Is displayed and that all branch offices arc Illegal and must be closed under penalty of revocation of license. Over In Indiana the question as to whether an under taker can legally maintain a branch' office Is being discussed. The problem was first put up to the editor of the Sunnyslde Magazine, his answer being reported In the Indiana Gazette as follows: By Publisher*- Press. PITTSBURG. July 10.—A fire of huge and as yet uncontlned proportions I* raging In the vlcnlty of Rebecca and Snowden streets, Allegheny.The big plant of the Queen City Woven Wire Company Is In ruins with losses above eighty thousand dollars. The welding plant of B. A. Clansman, adjoining the wire company's, was destroyed with a loss of fifteen thousand dollars. The flames are now raging among double rows of thickly populated tenements along Rebecca Btreet. Tne occupants of these houses are panicstricken, and several of them have sustained minor Injuries, but no se« rlotU accidents have yet been report- entire department of the city has been called out to the scene of the blue and are steadily fighting to put the flames under control. PITTBBURQ (later)—The fire waa put under control Ihortly after noon, ft originated in the Japanning department of the wire factory. The lossea aggregate above I ISO,- itt and the Insurance on the burned buildings is not yet known. No one waa seriously hurt. Mrs. Elisabeth Blngle. an aged woman, who had lived In Akron for years, often commented upon the habit of physicians and undertakers In entering "exhaustion" upon their reports as (he cause of death. Today Mrs. Blngle lay dying, and Just before she passed away she urgently requested the attending physician to refrain from recording the hated word on her death certificate. It later appealed lira. Blngle had died of "arterial soM- And when the son came home at noon he found his mother dead In her armchair, where he had left her. Death was caused by the excessive heat. "No," was the answer. "Bomethlng seems to tell me that my race Is run." AKRON, Ohio, July 10.—"I'm going to die today, Jacob," remarked Mrs. Kolb, ninety years old, to her son yesterday morning as he started to work. "WHat'a the matter, mother?" he asked. "Are you stckT" Ml DEMIEI By Publish#!** Mr. Miller refused to let the committee enter his office, but sent them a.note saying he would ms«t to*"1" individuals If they sought whewl ment, but would meet no mm """i as such. I OKLAND, Cat., July 10.—Following refusal of Assistant General Superintendent Miller, Jr.. of the Western Union Telegraph Company yesterday to meet a committee of the striking operators, President Small of the telegraphers' union will leave today for the east. It is reported he will call a strike in Chicago and several eastern cities. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn —Len Reynolds, president of the Coal Miners' union at Mont Lake, Tenn.. who was «hot by VT. H. EMIows. labor agent ef the Mont Lake Coal Company, died of Ms wounds. NEW YORK — George B. BcrUftham. manager of tne International Policyholders' Committee, 'has demurrod .to the two Indictments of perjury found against him. Charles T. Stirrup, clerk, Jointly' indicted .tor perjury with Scrughnn., also entered p. demurrer. . FITCHBURO, Maw. — About »P0 machinists employed at eight shot* bave struck for union recognition, for a nine-hour day and for an increase :n pay. BOSTON, Mass.. July I*. — A hyst | Of earnest and eaUtuslaatle young Ire- Hgious workers havs gathered In Boston to te»te part in the nineteenth an* Mat convention of the Young People's' Christum union, which win be in session here during the next tan days, opening with n welcome service MM aMtto*. The anion Is the yeung people's organisation of the Unlv.r-saltst Church. ' . IPIPswjffl s££i " v f. ./ in§V'n .f"*"', i t * x' *' flj? «* ' ,'■• . :-;f ' v: > '' ■ i ■ ■ • #