Punxsutawney Spirit, 1907-09-26

              DOWN THE SOLD HIS COAL WISELY. Stores, Factories and Other Establishments Are Being Carefully Looked Over. Black Hand Letters Prompt Them to Put Savings in a Safe Place. BRINGING MONEY TO LOCAL 8ANKS FOREIGNERS ARE PROMINENT CITIZEN OF NEAR ANITA HAS BEEN CALLED HOME PRICE 1 CENT John Schaller Passes Away At Age of 72 Years—Injured Two Years Ago. Mass Jennie and Roy Beck Ait Dr. Qrube's Institution and Miss Lottie at Adrian. PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA.. THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1907 A DEPUTY FACTORY INSPECTOR IS AFTER PUNX'Y INDUSTRIES THREE MEMBERS OF ONE FAMILY ARE IN PUNX'Y HOSPITALS ARRANGEMENTS ARE ALL COMPLETED FOR PRESIDENT'S TRIP THOUSANDS MAKING THEIR ANNUAL VISIT TO DAYTON'S FAIR Will Make Speeches at Cantoi), St. Louis and Many Southern . Cities. Had Laid Clever Trap to Get Stone Before Jury in Ferguson Case. JAMS FRANCIS BURKE BELIEVED . GROATS INNOCENT VOL. II. No. 9 ALL ARE DOING NICELY. Special Train of Eighteen Coaches Left Punx'y Early Today. By Unite.1 Press. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS TOO AY USE C»NS, BOIES 110 BASKETS WHAT THE LAW SAYS RACE PURSES LARGE CEIM THAT HE VMS THE UN Some of the Money Has Been Hidden Away For Many Months. Attorney Ritz Says McQuaide Must Have Been Misquoted. NO ULTERIOR MOTIVE HAS A BAD ODOR Yesterday Miss Beck, who lived ai the home of Mr. and Airs. Arch iMcQuown, of Jefferson Street, was taken to the Adrian H ispital, suffering with a slight attack «>r peritonitis. The hospital physicans are hopeful that in her case an operation will not be necessary, ami if their hopes are realized, she will lie able to be around again fti two weeks »r ten days. Friday, September 13. Miss Jennie Beck was taken to Dr. .1 >hn E. Qrube's hospital. On the folowing day she was operated on for appendicitis and now is on the high road to recovery. Monday her brother Hoy was taken to the same hospital and successfully operated on for the same disease. Three members of the family of John Beck, .»f Oovode, are in the Punxsutawney hospitals, two of whom have undergone operations for appendlcits. while the l\hird is being treated for peritonitis. Dayton always has the last fair in this section of the country and the ! crowd that is In attendance today •proves that the people in this section i would go to the Dayton fair it it was I raining rats or snowing snowballs. ! With a great many it is'as much a 1 part of the yearly routine as it is to eat and sleep. The stock exhibits this year have proven to be better than ever before, while the large race purses have attracted some of the fast steppers. With overcoats, mufflers and gloves nearly three hundred people this place this morning for the liuyton fair. On the regular train four extra coaches were attached while the excursion train left directly afterwradu with eighteen coaches, partially tilled, but which. were literally crammed when the train pulled into Dayton. GRAFT CASES NEXT WEEK ITALIANS ATE DM Thought He Was a Fancy ltree<l of Chicken—.Many Stomach Pumps Were X cccssa ry. (■raiwl Jury of- Dauphin County Mxpei'teri to Hcturn True Kills In All Cases. The funeral will take plnce from the lute home >f the deceased tomorrow at 10 o'clock a. m. ltev. Mueller, pastor of the German Lutheran Church, will officiate. Interment in Circle Hill Cemetery. Mr. Schaller was a zealous church I worker, having l>«•• n a most active member «»f the German Lutheran congregation in this place for many years. He was esteemed by • his neighbors an.I his word among th >se who knew him was as good as his I bond. .Notwithstanding their comfortable income from royalties on the coal Mr. Schaller and the other members of the family continued their habits of industry and econ >my on the fa rra. Later when John McLeavy & Son opened a mine at High Florence. Mr. Schaller contracted to have his coal land, consisting of sixty-f >ur acres, mined on a royalty. That he was wise in his day, is evident from the fact that McLeavy A!r Son has already paid, in royalties, almos: $;t0,000 with much of the tract yet to be mined. no; sell, The family, Including Mr. Schaller and wife and one son John, and one daughter, now Mrs. Ce.»rge Swartz, who, with her husband, lives on the old liinn farm, near Grange, worked Industriously and lived frugally so that when the devel >pment of the coal in the vicnity of Anita began they were In good circumstances and did Mr. Schaller came to this country when but a young man and settled in Allegheny, where for a number »f years he worked in the iron mills and saved some money. Ab >u; 35 years ago he came to tills section and settled on the farm which had since been his home. John Schaller. a prominent arid respected citzen »f near Anita, <1 led yesterday at 1:15 o'clock a. m.« aged 72 years. Mr. Schaller, about two years ago, was injured internally in a runaway and although he had apparently recovered from the effects of the accident the wound began to trouble him ab >ut two weeks ago, finally resulting in complete dissolution. writer of the letter. tlon he may have had concerning One depositor, a foregner. told of having received a letter from the lllack Hand, the contents of which prompted him to bring his money to the bank for safe keeping. He refused. however, «to give any Informa- Some of the prospective depositors can be anticipated as they enter the hanks by the ratt'e of gold or silver in old tin cans and not a few carry their savings in ordinary market baskets.The other da> one man brought in a roll of gold certificates amounting to about $1,000 .the odor from which could be detected a block away and indicated that the bills had 1>< hidden In an old »traw bed i for many a moon. "rolls" recently brought to the local banks for safe keeping, or to bo placed on interest, show signs of having been undisturbed for many years and the nature of their former abiding place can in some Instances b judged from the condi'tion of the coin The atrocities ..f the Black Hand Society in this community Is operating to send large sums of money from old hidden places to the banks. During the past few days several residents of tin- suburbs and nearby rural districts, who have not been in the habit of keeping money at any of the local banking institutions, have been resurr. « ting their hidden surplus and bringing it to town in order to forestall a possible hold-up from these nefarious bands. Some of tii€» NARROW ESCAPE til FIRE MUM CONTENTION Ofllccps Kloeled fop ICiisuiiig' Year — Xew Castle l»laee of Next Meeting. Village of Briton Saved From Oesirnel»,\ ilie Timely Arrival of II ruddock Firemen. "Me no likk da chook! He maka me seek ina de bel!" The dealer, thinking that there was a chance for a sale rushed out and began to quote prices and describe the animal at a furious rate when he was sudd'ently interrupted by one of the Italians who, while gesticulating profusely, said: On the following day three of the boarders who had assisted in killing the strange looking fowl chance J to pass the store of a dealer in stuffed animals. Among the collection was an owl and when the former subjects of King Humbert got a glimpse of the bird they began to make a demonstration. A Clarion lady, who recently visited friends in Punxsutawney, is responsible for a story .to the effect that one night not 1 >ng ago an Italian, who lives near that place, and who keeps a boarding house, killed an owl and, believing that it was a chicken, had the bird cooke.l and served for supper. That night all those who had eaten »f the dish became violently ill, and it required the services of two physicans and as many stomach pumps to re&tore anything like normal conditions in that boarding house. CHARGES BRIBERY j BRITON, Pa.. Si'pt. ~»i Hut for the I timely arrival of the Braddo. k tire def partment this morning the entire 1 business seeeion of tli«• town would have been wiped out. As it is throe houses were entirely consumed by a flre of mysterious origin breaking out about two o'clock this morning- One child was almost overcame by the smoke and the people were rescued with great difficulty. The loss is estimated at over $5,000. 10 PRESERVE IffiiON BIG BANQUET TBNIGHT (Continued on Second Page.) At St. Louis the President will deliver one of the important addresses >f his trip. He will speak in the Jai Alai building, a structure that will seat 11,000 people. A luncheon at the Jeffersontan Hotel will follow and then the party will leave for another section of the journey, that from St. Louis to Cairo. The Southern Illinois city will be reached the morning of October 3. The Governors will accompany the President. At Cairo the party will stop but two hours, but in that time the President will deliver another of the speeches he has specially prepared for the occasion. Leaving Cairo at 11 o'clock in the morning, still accompanied by the Governors, the whole party will steam to Memphis at 10 o'clock on the From Keokuk th< President and his party will journey down the Missippi to St. Lvjls, which city will be reached Wednesday morning, October 1. At. St. Louis the President will be greeted by the following Governors of States: Burke, of North Dakv.a; Folk, of Missouri; Paterson, of Tennessee; Buchtel, of Colorado; Chamberlain, of Oregon; Toole of Montana; Brooks, i f Wyoming; Crawford, of South Dakota; Davidson, of Wisconsin, Sheldon, ot Nebraska; Cummins, of Iowa; Hoch, of Kansas; Deneen, of Illinois; Frantz, of Oklahoma; Plndall of Arkansas; Blanchard, of Louisiana; Broward, of Florida, and Campbell, )f Texas. The President and the Governors will be the guests of the Business M<*n's League, while in St. Louis, and arrangements -are being made to give the distinguished visitors a hearty welcome. The members of the Inland Waterway Commission which the President appointed a few months ago, will meet him a*: KVokuk and accompany him on the river trip. The commission is scheduled to 1« ave St. Paul today ftu an inspection of the upper Mlssissipr i River. This inspection will occupy four dajuf and the commission will reach Keokuk In time io meet the President n< \t Tuesday. WASHINGTON, I). ('.. Sept. 2G.— All arrangements have practically been completed for tht- coming trip of President Roosevelt in the West and South. According to the present schedule the President will leave next Sunday f<>r Canton, Ohi >, which city will be reached about noon Monday. In the afternoon mf that Jay he will patricipate in the dedication of th<* rpagniflcent monurrert to the late President McKinley, making the principal address ot that occasion. The same evening he will leave Canton for Keokuk, Iowa, which city will be the starting point of "his seven hundred mile journey down the Mississippi River. Special to The Spirit. Man Xow Serving Time For Offering; Bribe Implicates Kx-Scnator McCoiiieu. Taking It for granted that President Judge Kunkel, at the conference of the lawyers on both aides after the grand jury lias disposed of the cases, will announce that the cases will be brought to trial at a special term of court in December, James Scarlet and ills associates are got ting ready fov the trials at that time. All of the witnesses who will be subpoenaed to appear before grand jury will be here Saturday to attend a conference of the state's attorneys. The first case will be sent to the grand jury at I o'clock on Monday morning next, and by Tuesday night Attorney General Todd believes true bill will have* been found in the thirty-two cases. Much of the evidence will be docu- , rnentary and if necessary, will be ex- j plained by the experts of the invest!- ' Ration commission. These experts include representatives of the Audit Company of New York, who turned up the fraud in the "trimming" contracts and the men who weighed, measured and tested the "fake" chandeliers. the steel tiling cases and the alleged mahogany furniture. Attorney General Tood and his associates are getting the testimony in such shape that it may not be necessary to call these experts before the grand jury. Subpoenas have bee nissued for them, however, and are now being served as a matter of form. HATtRISBURG, Sept. 26.—Only a few witnesses are being subpoenaed to testify before the Dauphin county grand jury in the eapitol graft cases. Attorneys for the prosecution believe It is not necessary to call many witnesses to make out a prima facie case against the fourteen defendants. VERY LITTLE FROST C Continued on Second Page.) BOSTON, Mass., Sept. 26.—Elabor- Elaborate preparations have been made for a great banquet at the Hotel Somerset 'tofiight to mark the close of the International Congress of Religious Liberals, which as been in session here for nearly a week. The speakers at the banquet will include representatives of many foreign nations, as well as distinguished divineso f America.crime committed near Bentwooj, W. -~.yA:v*nd had disappeared. No one knew where he was except his relatives, and they would not talk. I was to locate him and keep him under surveillance. At that time we thought Liggett Was in doubt about Kovovic and were sure if confronted by the right man he would immediately recognize him. We thought Stone was some place in New York Suite at the time. Mr. Burke's plan was to have me discover his exact whereabouts arrest him for «tahe crime he had committed in West Virginia and extradite him just at the time the Ferguson I murder case was being tried and at the critical moment have the officer who had him in charge on his way to Wheeling stop off with him at Washington and walk into the courtroom, where Liggett was bound to identify him In the presence of the Judge and jury. The effect of this yoti { could easily see. If he identified him there as he did at Columbus, Kovovic wouM certainly have gone free, and unless Stone could have proven an alibi, with Liggett swearing he was the man he saw leaving the scene of the crime, he would certainly have been convicted of the Ferguson murder, plan fell through, however, because, notwithstanding all my efforts at the time 1 could not locate Stone and when Stone says he was at Ben wood "Stone was wanted another "As soon as I learned of the charge which his.mother-in-law mad.' against Stone I went to work on the case and soon afterwards laid all the facts before Congressman Burke, who, with Judge Hall, was conducting the defense. Mr. Burke was so impressed with the matter that he not only encouraged me in my* efforts to capture Htonel but advised me of a most ingenious way to get him intj Washington County and bring about a dramatic scene that was bound to acquit Kovovic and convict Stone if my theory was correct, and if I had been able to carry out Mr. Burke's plan at the time I am sure Kovovic would have been acquitted. The plant was this: PITTSBURG, Sept. 26.—Attoirney James Francis Burke, of Pittsburg, is of tme belief that Milovar Kovivlc would have been acquitted of murder had the plans entered into between himself and Attorney J. S. ilitz, Df Wheeling, developed four years ago. Mr. Ritz made a statement last night which is fully corroborated by Mr. Burke. It shows that an effort to locate Stone had been made In 11)03 and that plans were made to charge him with the murder. Mr. Ritz's statement was read to Mr. Burke last night and he corroborated it vin every particular. Mr. Ritz's statement follows: Pennsylvania Suffered Little From Cold Last Night — Ohio Valley A fl eeted. RICHMOND. V.i . Sept. —Tho Virginia brunch of the Patriotic Sons of Amerk; has started a movement for the purchase of the old Stratford house in Westmoreland county, this state, historic as having been the birthplace of a long line of the Lee family, beginning with "I*ight Horse" Harry Lee and ending with Gen. Robt. 13. Lee. It is proposed -to make the old mansion one of the national shrines of the country and t<» preserve it for the historical and patriotic Instruction of future generations. New Castle has been selected for the next convention. President, R. F. Latimer; vice presidents. Hon. T \\ Phillips, New Castle; Rev. Wallace Thorp, Allegheny; Rev. Byron E. Tombaugh. Washington; Rev. '.J W. Reives. Johnstown; Rev. ('. L. Thurgood. Pittsburg, and Rev Theodre K. Allen. Charier >i; Recording Secretary. Frank M. Gordon Pittsburg; Corresponding Secretary, J. A. Joyce, Pittsburg; Treasurer, Clark IV Beggs. Pittsburg; Treasurer of Permanent Fund. \V. R. Eerrett. Pittsburg. B. A. Cole, of Washington, was named as Superintendent of the Christian Endeavor Work B.rnr I. The Board of Trustees remains unchanged. The nominating committee presented the following names f tv officers: Addresses vver made this m ►rning by Rev. <). H. Phillips, editor of the Christian Worker, selecting as his subject, "The Kel'.gous Newspaper," and Rev. F. A. Brigh', of Waynesburg. spoke on "Western Missions." BEAKR, Pa., Sept. —The Western Pennsylvania Missionary Convention continued today with two hundred delegates present. By United Press. MANY ARE HOMELESS HAS ACCEPTED THE CAEl McConica denies any knowledge of attempts at bribery. Statements are being ma.le by Williamson in an attempt to involve Ex- Senator Thomas M. MeConlca, the leader of the Foraker foreesjin this section of th<j State. By United Press. F1NDLAY, O.. Sept. 1!6.—Byron W. Williamson is in the county jail, on the charge of having offered a bribe to a jurji* in the Standard Oil trial last June. MURDERER CORNERED Kev. Henry Madtes Will Hccomc Pastor of First Baptist Church off Puiixsutawney. I it'll i £ Hold Ily Armed Torre* At Summit, 111. Xoffro Wanted Hy Chicago Polkv From most places the frost is reported as light and It is n >t believed that vegetation was Injured very much. The Weather Bureau received a report of frost at Heaver, Pa. The frost belt extended apparently westward. including nearly all of ohi:». except that portion bordering on Lake Erie, and, the Ohio valiley, as far south as Louisville. By United Press, PITTS BIT KG, Sept. 2(i. — The surrounding boroughs and towns report no frost this morning. A number of nearby t >wns, however, reported a big fa,11 In temperature but no frost. CANTON ALMOST READY ors resulting famine is also threatened.Thousands »f p« >ple are homeless and destliuto and t » a-.ld to the hor- M ALA OA, Spain. Sept. HC. To.laV estimates made from reports place the number of druwunl in yesterday's cloudburst a' one hundred and llfty. By I'nited Press, CHICAGO, Sept. 2G.—-Inspector Revere and Lieutenant O'Brien, who have been trailing Richard Walton, a negro wanted on the charge of murdering Mrs. Nellie White, a Grant school teacher, have telephoned to headquarters fr3m Kummitt. 111., that they tyave Walton cornered there. They hatfe asked for reinforcements, and twenty-five men equipped with Winchesters have been sent. McKinlcy Memorial Dedication Will Attract Large Number of Visitors. MOl NDSVIld.!:. \V Yn. Georgo \V. p aver.1, was rel.-ase 1 from the penitentiary Tue-lay night, after having complet" 1 his tw >-year sentence in the postal fraud case. On next Sunday he will deliver a sermon In the Baptist church, but he will not assume charge until the first of November. Rev. Madtes was for a number of years the pastor of the New Castle Baptist church, where he-was highly regarded. The members of the First Baptist church of this place at a recent meeting issued a call t<> Kev. Henry Madtes, of Monessen, which call Kov. Madtes has decided to accept. During the time the Baptist church has been without a pastor the Kev. Madtes has delivered two sermons in that edifice and impressed the congregation not only with ills ability as an orator, but with his genial and amiable qualities. WEIjLSBURG, \V. Va. — William MeKenna Hall was instantly killed at Dam No. 11 on the Ohl> river b>' lhe falling; of a boom pole of a large derriek used In construction work. Ho was a grandson of the late General John TIall. >vho died a year ago. j ! dollars, or an imprisonment of from ten to twenty years. It is a mlsdenfteanor to violate any of the provisions hereinbefore set forth, the penalty for which is a fine of from twenty-live to live hundred The Chief Factory Inspector and his deputies have the ri&ht to inspect any establishment employing men, women and children, and It Is the duty of those in charge of such establishments to furnish said inspectors with any information required by law. Fire escapes must be provided on establishments of three or more stories high. The escapes must be of iron and so placed as to be readily accessible, safe and adequate. Serious accidents and injuries and fatalities befalling employees must be reported by the employer to the Chief Factory Inspector within twenty-four hours after their occurrence. Once in every twelve montiia the owner, agent or lessee must file with the Chief Factory Inspector a certificate of inspection of such boilers made by a casualty company of other competent person approved by said Inspector. All boilers used for generating steam or heat must be equipped with safety-valves and proper gauges. Workrooms must have not less than two hundred and tlfty cubic feet of air space for eaeh person employed therein. Such rooms, their halls and salrways mus>t be kept clean, sanitary and well lighted. Automatic doors or traps must be provided for elevators. Cables, gearings and the like must be kept in safe condition. Well-holes must be enclosed or guarded. No danger notice may be removed from a machine until such machine has been made safe. No safety device may be removed except to make repairs, and It must be replaced thereafter. Workrooms must not be overcrowded with machinery, nor may machinery be installed in excess <»f the sustaining power of floors and walls. Exhaust fans, or other sufficient devices, must be provided to carry off dust, gases and poisonous fumes. the noon-day meal Machinery of every description, and vates and pans, must be properly guarded. One hour is the legal allowance for But for good cause this time may be reduced by the factory Inspector. There must be posted in every work room a notice as to the number of hours per day and per week required of males above sixteen years of age, and of females and minors under sixteen years of age. Where both sexes are employed males have the same rights as females to separate toilet rooms, etc. There is no legal limit for the hours*j of labor of male employees who are above sixteen year of age. Water-closets, wash and dressing rooms must be provided for female employees, such rooms to be entirely away from those use by male employees and be properly screened anil ventilated. Suitable seats must be provided for female employees for their use when not engaged in active duties. Females under sixteen years of age may not be employed at night after i* o'clock, except in retail stores, as noted above. Female employees must not work more than twelve hours per day, nor more than sixty hours per week. The names and ages of children under sixteen years of age mush be posted in the rooms where such minors are employed. Minors under sixteen years of age may not run elevators, nor oil or clean machinery while in motion. Edward P. Gamble, deputy factory inspector, of Altoona is In Punxsutawney, making the rounds of the institutions in which his department is interested. After inspecting his building each proprietor is given a copy of the laws governing the employers of men, women and children, which read as follows: Children under sixteen years of age may not work a<t night after nine o'clock except to prevent waste or destruction of material In process of manufacture, in which case the hours must not exceed nine in twenty-four, and in retail stores on Saturday nights and the nights from December 6fth to the twenty-fourth, In which ease the hours must not exceed ten In twenty-four.No child between fourteen and sixteen years of age can be legally employed without tirst presenting to the employes an affidavit of age, date and place of birth made by a parent <>r guardian, or by himself or herself if without parent or guardian. When employment ceases, the affidavit Is t<» be returned to the child. No child under fourteen years of age shall be employed in any establishment.CANOE RIDGE (Office »f the Weatherworks) — Partly cloudy and warmer tonight and Frilay. «V>i- J. A. Weber—Change. J. A. Weber—Extra Good Clothes. John B. Balr—Change. For Sale—Gas range—Special. For Sale—Jefferson theatre stock- Special. Mrs. Mame Olnneflf—Local. Maggie Nlel young—Local. Shearer, Fink. Hess—Local. Home made Fee Cream—Local. Theatorlum—Local. Wa n< ed—O rga h 17.e rs—S pedal umn. All business will be suspended. Senator Dick, Major General of the- Ohio National Guard, is to be Grand Marshal of the day. Two thousand Federal troops will bt> in Canton to bo reinforce A by two thousand members of the Ohio Nation Guard, CANTON, O., Sept. I2<i.—Prepara- Preparations are being matte t » entertain a hundred thousand visitors here next Monday when President Roosevelt will dedicate the McKlnley memorial. By United Press. The new Chinese minister to the taked States, Sir Liang Tung Yen, i an old friend of Americans, having ©en partially educated at Yale University where he was very popular ttd was ctmslderel an excellent ten- Is player. He was at Yale in the seventies and early eighties and as a tine mathmaticlan. When with the authorities until he was made collector of customs at Tient-Esln. Ho played an important part in putting down the Boxer revolution in China. He succeeded Sir Robert Hart as collector of nhtional customs in China. railed home by the Chinese government he was made private secretary to Viceroy Chang and grew up in * SUMMITT. 111., Sept. 26.—Fifty defectives from Chicago surrounded Wooded island three miles from here, where Richard Walton, the negro wanted for the murder of Mrs. Lillian White Grant, is believed to be encamped with a party of well armed negroes at his back. Thus far the police have been unable to procure a boat to get to the island. If one is not wtihiii the next few hours they will build a raft and cross. Walton and his party are reported to havo sufficient food to last itwo or three days. Farmers from the surrounding country have joined the man hunt and great exeitement prevails. Orders of the police are to shoot Walton on sight as he is known «to be desperate. » UPPER SANDUSKY. O. — Brooding over domestic troubles Joseph Decore of Forest went uptown, got drunk, and returning home, blew out his brains. : -jjr , _____ - _ . . ... # . j BinolTiinorten " as? v, - t"&ty edition) Hk Hpffit t=t?ig=~f ■i