Punxsutawney Spirit, 1907-12-20

              BflplsPI m Bdition fie DO TOP NEED HEI.P? DO TOP WANT TO BUT, 8ELL OR TtVtt APfVTHISO?—81'IIIIT SPECIALS AT 1 CENT A WORD BRING RE8CUA w mm home from school MANY MONEY PRESENTS. ADVOCATE A PARCELS POST PRICE I CENT Teachers Much Benefited By Week's Work at the County Seat. JEFFERSON COUMY INSTITUTE GOMES TO SUCCESSFUL CLOSE QUEEN OF ENGLAND IS BUYING HER OWN GIFTS WILL NOT HAVE MOTTO TAKEN FROM THE COIN All the Members of the Royal Family, Including Cousins And Aunts on List. man's Suffrage.'' State Orange to Chase Oleomargerine and Champion "Wo- L. II. No. 82 \NY BODIES HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM THE DARR MINE; MORE ARE EXPECTED AT EVERY MINUTE PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA.. FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1907 line Inspectors at Jacobs iek Assist in Work of Rescue. SALVATION ARMY AND THE RELIEF COMMITTEE BUSY IMMENSE CROWD LAST NIGHT HI THOUGHT TO BE READ ice On Ground To • Order Among Foreigners FANS ARE WORKING ' The Salavtion Army people, who are j now raising: a fund, expect to pack an J ; distribute 35 or 4 0 baskets Christmas ! morning-. Each basket will contain chicken or turkey, cabbage, po' tatoes, bread and butter, tea and coffee, apples, jelly, cranberries and pies. The baskets will be packed, some with provisions for two, some for four, etc., and be distributed according to the number in the family.money over to the committee to be used as they may deem best. r within 3,000 feet of the entrance, these three were headless; all were oslon in the Darr mine of the Pittsirg Coal Company will be rescued Ive. All that is hoped for now I that their remains may bo reachand decent burial accorded them. Mrteen bodies were found last even- By United Press. JACOBS CREEK. Pa., Dec. 20 — lere is not the slightest hope en- rtained that the more than 200 Inres entombed by yesterday's ex- The committee has also learned that some of the children as well as the father anil mother, have decided to forego the usual presentation of gifts to their friends who are well provided with the necessaries and comforts of life and instead, turn the Churches, societies and individuals who know of families to whom a visit from Santa C'laus would be acceptable, are requested to report them to the General Relief Committee at once. The General Relief Committee has now on hand, and hopes to receive herefater, certain sums that are not to be expended for Christmas gifts, but which are to be used in providing the necessaries of life in cases of emergency and destitution. of deserving poor. The canvass has already progressed far enough to indicate that about fifty families will receive a call from these kindly agents of Old Santa next Wednesday. About half of these families are so situated financially that a call from Old St. Nicholas on Christinas will be all the aid they will need, while in the case of the other twenty-five families the probabilities are that they will need more or less assistance throughout the winter. e. his mornig at nine-thiry o'clock, more dead bodies were recoveramong them being the tire boss mine foreman of the ill-fated In order that no needy family shall be neglected, the General Relief Committee and the Salvation Army, under the direction of Capt. Zula Herschberger, are making a thorough canvass of Greater Punxsutawney and vicinity in order to locate and learn the needs of each family In addition to the funds on hand and the amount subscribed through The Spirit the local Lodge B. P. O. Elks has donated $50, and a church in a' nearby village has promised to donate a handsome sum. The authorities of church next Sunday will take up the usual Christmas collection but instead of buying candy for the little folks, the money, l>y a vote of the Sunday School children, will be expended for Christmas gifts for the poor. The General Relief Committee is receiving offers of assistance that will place at their disposal at least $200 with which to purchase the necessaries of life and Christmas gifts. tawney a happy Christmas. Plans are being worked out by the General Relief Committee, the Salvation Army and other benevolent organizations of this place which will insure the poor of Greater Punxsu- ONE DENT PER TDH WORK ON ABUTMENTS OF NEW TRESTLE STARTED To cheer the needy and aid the unfortunate is a world creed, and both giver and receiver participate in tlie resultant happiness. The disposition to make Christmas a time for exercising practical charity has never been so strong before in Punxsutawney. Not only individuals, but societies, such as the Salvation Army, the 131 ks, the Red Men and the church in the neighboring town, have become interested in the movement, and many others will doubtless be heard from in a substantial way. Christmas night there will be a literary contest in the Barracks at which prizes will be given to the children.OVER THf CENTURY MM >lrs. Klizabctlk Vasblnder, of Clarion County, Can Thread Needle Without Glasses. WILL STRAIGHTEN TRACKS. John Q. Adams Awarded the Contract—Materials All On the Ground. Representative) Leiuiliau Luiuulies a Tax Bill for the Proteetiin of Miners' Widows. The bill also proposes the establishment of a Bureau of Mines and Mining. to be under control of the Department of Commerce and Labor. "WASHINGTON, D. C., X>ec. 20. — Represtntative Lenahan, of Wilkes- Barre, Pa., introduced a bill into the House of Representatives this morning which proposes a tax of one dent per ton on all coal minde. The bill calls for one thousand dollars to be paid out of a fund which is to be formed with the proceeds from the coal taxe, to each family made dependent by death in the mines or his injury. By United Press. THIRTT BODIES RECOVERED ansburg and have taken charge of police arrangements, going on duimmediately after their arri- x members of Troop A, State stabulary, arrived here from will now be but a matter of bW, hours, provided no uniooked obstacle turns up. he fans are now once more in option, and the Are which started in tnine shortly after the explosion been put out. The work of rearing the remainder of the' dead Tuesday or Wedesday. e employed in the Darr mine re[d to report for work, despite fact that work has been slack, that the mine did not operate ibly 200 of the Russians who it the number of dead is not 400 Lead of half that number is owing [he fact that yesterday was a Greek biolic Church holiday, and that ins of arriving at any definite coniton regarding this is by looking the pay checKs, which were made distributed before the explosion. were unable to state just ex- ly who was in the mine when the riosion occurred, and the only [any of the victims were Engl'.shiking men. Som6 are foreigners. proportion is about evenly divi, according to what can be learn- Last night the company ofli- Death List Prow Powder Explosion Is Ex|)«'tc(l to Reach Alarming Propirtions. arise. tuto has been one of the most successful held in the county, not only from an educational standponlt. but from point of attendance. The sleigh- I |ng throughout the week has been excellent and the residents from the rural districts have formed u good part of the institute's attendance. In the manner In which he conducted the Institute and the many able speakers he procured for the occasion, County Superintendent Jones has undoubtedly satisfied the people of the county that he understands his work iuid Is entirely capab'e of disposing of any difficulty which might I morning IJrs. Clark, Pearson and Vin- I rent in turn delivered short address' os. The reports of the many com - mitttees was received and the Institute was closed. Without ft doubt this year's instl- exercises this Last night the hall was crowded to the doors to hear the "Dunbar Male , Quartette and Bell Ringer®. Standing room was at a premium and the entertainment proved to be worthy of the large attendance, After devotional of Pittsburg, rendered a s«do in a highly phasing voire and manner. B. Hare, the soloist of the week, sang a partleularly pleasing solo. l>r. George E. Vincent, who l'or the past three years has been in attendance at 'the Jefferson County Institutes, I was then introduced and launched im-1 mediately into a lightning address on 1 "The Physlcology of the Crowd." i Dr. Black then completed his talk 1 on literature, which was followed l>y | the closing address made by Dr. Vln» \ cent. She was ollowed by Dr. Pearson, who closed his talk on Eugen. l-'ield. S. In the aternoon session Dr. Black continued his talk on the teaching of literature. Greetings were read from the Indiana and Clarion County Institutes now in session. Miss Bishop. "Old King Moo," and "The Bow legged Boy." BROOK VILLE, Dec. 20.—With the attendance undiminished institute was opened yesterday by devotional exercises conducted by Rev. I. X. Karl, of the Brookville Baptist Church. Professor Painter, Ex-County Superintendent of the Butler public schoo s, then gave a highly instructive address on "The High Calling of Teachers." He was followed by Dr. Black, who continued his instruction of the week, taking, "How to Teach literature," as his subject. Professor Pearson continued his work of the week with Eugene Field and his works as his subject. During his talk Professor Black recited several selections from Field's works, among which were STEAMER DISABLED explanation that the terrible »r was due to an accumulation ras has been advanced by some he officials, but no dellnite conion as to the cause has yet been hed. mine inspectors are now on the of the explosion and are making ►rough investigation. 1 Liner Cambrian Being" Tow- Into Port—Now in Fierce Gale. BADLY SCABED The cause of the accident, in which four hotels and several houses were converttd into piles of wreckage, is unknown. Many of the bodies which have been found were so badly torn by the explosion, that it is feared it will be impossible to identify them. By United Press. PALMKRO, Italy. Dec. 20.—About thirty bodies wore recovered from yesterday's powder eyplosion. About one hundred were more or less seriously injured, and it is believed that many of them will die. You will find It easy picking If you go to Dlnsmore's to buy youv Christmas gifts, suits, overcoats, rain coats, bath robes, house jackets, shirts, I night shirts and pajamas. collars, I cuffs, neck wear, mufflers, suspenders, | shoes, fancy silk and linen handkerchiefs, collar hags, grips, suit cases, umbrellas, underwear, sweaters, scarf pins, cult links, stocks, and everything nice and nobby in furnishings that will make a useful gift that will bo appreciated. ALso a nobby line of lading gloves, mufflers, and natural stick umbrellas. Don't forget—Dlnsmore's—D0t4 liuests of Now York Hotel Hun From .New York llostolry In "Shocking" Attire. .-NEW MARTINSVILLE. W. Va. The Wetzel Cigar Works, which burned last Monday evening, causing $10,000 loss, and thrown!* Persons out of employment, will be rebuilt at once. The P. R. R. Company will removo three bents from the trestle at (he Grafflus Avenue crossing and replace the woodwork with an iron span 4.'] feet long. The material is now in the P. 11. It. freight yards, and the work of putting it in place will be begun as soon as the abutments are completed. When the three bents have been removed the traction company will straighten the track at that point, which will be the connecting point for the Punxsutawney and Reynolds- I ville line with the new Mahoning Valley line to Big Run. While digging at a depth of about ten feet Mr. Adams struck a gravel fill which yielded some curiosities, ineluding hickory nuts, butternuts, pine cones and limbs of trees, etc. In each case the nuts were as well preserved as the day they fell from the trees, while the pine cones and limbs showed not the slightest evidence of decay. The indications are that these specimens had been covered up by the wash from the converging runs in that vicinity during a heavy rain storm to the depth of five or six feet, and that the balance of the filling was made in grading Grain us Avenue. They also constitute mute evidence that the land thereabouts was formerly covered with a growth of pine, walnut and hickory nut trees. sonry today ley line crossing. An excavation 12 feet deep for the abutment on the south side has already been made, and work waH begun on the ma- section of the P. & N. W. trestle that will span Grafflus Avenue art the Jefferson Traction Company's trol- John Q. Adams, of this place, has i been awarded the contract for building the stone abuttments for the new»j io two vessels were laboring in a y sea caused by the terrific gale h was blowing at the time, tnus iff much to the difficulties of res- nship William Cliff, the Leyland p, Cambrian, was sighted this ilng. By United Press. rEENSTOWN, Ireland, Dee. 20.— lied, and being towed by the COLLISION RUMORED MEET JAIUART 21 e Cambrian left London for Phil. >hia on December 7. Great excitement prevailed for u time, but the lire was soon put under the control. In spite of the fact that for awhile there was a mad rush to get out of the endangered building, noone was injured. NEW YORK. Dec. 20. — Fire broke out In the Grand Hotel this morning, and several hundred panic-stricken guests hastily made their escapes with but few clothes on their backs. By United Press. Disastrous Wreck in Which Many Arc IX-.id Kalil lo llavc Taken Place. "At present there are five generations of the Vasbinder family living as follows: "Aside from asthma Mrs. Vasblnder is remarkably free from sickness and considering the fact that she weighs in the neighborhood of 200 pounds gets about with unusual alertness. She has an especial fondess for chickens and cats and last summer raised a whole flock of chicks at the same time having eight tabbies about the house, all of which she looked after and cared for personally. "Besides her son, William, Mrs. Vaeblnder has one daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth McKibben, of Sturgeon, Pa., living." "Mrs. Vasbinder, William, lier son, who has been constable of Brady Township, Clarion County, for forty years; Mrs. Charles Sinister, daughter of William Vasbinder, and the wife of tho well-known ear inspector at lied Bank; Mrs. Uoss Smauck, of Philipston, daughter of Mrs. Charles | Shuster. and the wife of a wellknown freight conductor on the Valley road; three children of Mrs. Smauck, the youngest of which is two years old. "Mrs. Vasbinder was born at Bear Creek. Butler County, June 2. 1807. and after ner marriage moved to Jefferson County and later to Clarion County, where she has lived for forty years. Her husband died fifteen years ago at the age of about eighty. "The stirring days of the War of 1812 are vividly recalled by Mrs. Vasbinder and her children and grandchildren and great grand children love to gather in her home and hear her tell yf the exciting times in the years that are passed when all this section was mostly forests, roamed ai will by wolves, foxes and other wild animal.".. "Past the century mark and yet able to read and thread a needle without the use of glasses, Mrs. Elizabeth Vasbinder is residing alone In her own home, near the residence of her only son, William, on the hill above Phlllipston in Clarion County, enjoying comparatively good health , and still manifesting great interest in every day affairs. son County, who can see to thread a needle without the use of glasses. The Kittanning Times yesterday printed a biographical sketch of Mrs. Vasbinder, which reads as follows:Clarion County Is to the fore again with another centenarian, Mrs. Elizabeth Vasbinder, formerly of Jeffer- In addition to the usual Christmas j gifts to relatives and personal friends both king and queen have a number of pensioners to whom they regularly send substantial sums of money every | Christmas It is said that the king s private "money present list" runs Into something like $10,000, though this is a subject which, from the nature of things, can only be matter of conjecture. Royal presents range anywhere from extremely valuable ji-wolry. statuarj and works of art to books, handker-i chiefs and knjckknacks. Now and | then the presents take the "'"'I „f some article »f wv,r'*! apparel, such as magnlflee{ or ermine cloaks, \alua > hon- I and other things. The»' or attendant upon her | rru.J — boon long established. "cousins, sisters and aunts," whose name Is legion. All the king's relatives and personal friends and also those of the queen receive appropriate gifts at 'hristmas. Hundreds of present* lave already been despatched to Copenhagen, for relatives of the lueen; to Athens, for the king of Greece and his family; to Berlin, for he German emperor, his children and grandchildren; to St. Petersburg for ho czar and family; to Madrid, for vlng Alfonso and his English consort tnd 'the infant prince—in fact, all ,ver Europe among royal English is now thirteen years old and lias reached the age when he has a mind of his 'own. As he is destined for the navy and has already entered upon the necessary training to flt him for a naval career, probably he will come in for a fine model motor boat or other marine object. Of course, just what each of the j royal poungsters wlil receive is always kept a profound secret until Christmas day. With the king and queen and other European royalties to think of them and select for them, it goes without saying, however. that they always get "the very thing they wanted." Prince Edward. the king's favorite grandchild, in the outer hall at Handringiiam, and Queen Alexandra always looks personally to the decoration of the tree itself and the room in which it Js , placed. • ne of great festivity. It is customary to erect a great Christmas tree many young royalties to add to the cheerfulness of Hie occasion, the Christmas season has a J •ays been ess! on of Ki'i? Edward, with so Daring the l.lelime of Queen Victoria, Christmi* was celebrated at >sbotne or Windsor in a more or less srolGi'ijn manner. But since the ac- for Queen Alexatn'ra makes it a rule J : to personally choose the presents ; which she sends to her many friends I 1 at home and abroad. With that 1 I thoughtfulness for others which t* 1 one of her chief characteristic, and I I which will perpetuate her memory In 1 1 history, her Majesty endeavors to buy 1 articles made by reduced gentlewo- | I men, although \i is also necessary to 1 purchase from various Din*or. firms, I i■ ngthy is orr list of Christmas ' \ \\ A i It Is rather as the wife of a wealthy squire than as the queen of England that h •t Majesty spends Yuletlde. With her. Christmas begins a week or two before Dec. 2T», jewelers and fine art dealers. This year all the English royalties are at home. With all the royal children who will be present at Sandringha—where the King a ways spends Christmas—the event promises to be very lively. King Edward and Queen Alexandra are taking a very active interest In Christmas this year. For two or three weeks the queen has been assiduously shopping; while the king, through his secretary, has ordered hundreds of Christmas presents to be sent to him by London tradesmen, to the fashionable women with Christmas presents to buy, everyone turned to the shops. Broughams and automobiles of the West End have been forced to take their turn with omnibuses and carrying vans, and from the unemployed who had turned gutter merchants. LONDON, Dec. 20. — With Christmas hut Ave days away the holiday shopping In London is now at it? height. All week the shops have been filled with Christmas buyers. ind those who have had money have been enjoying themselves to the full. Special to The Spirit. T. R. Skinner, at t)uoBis, is a bus ness visitor in town today CANOE RIDGE (Office of the Weatherworks) — Light snow and slightly warmer tonight. Saturday snow. VLADIVOSTOK - Jew. have ordered to depart Jewish property-holder* *^ days in which to liquidate. — — France and BeirlBmBC concluded a convention which provides for the maintenance of France's preferential rights in he Kongo Independent State after the annexation of that territory to Pelglum. _ __ The report declares that many of the passengers were killed and seriously Injured. I3y United Press. OTTAWA. Dec. 20. — It is rumored here that a disastrous collision has taken place on the Canadian Pacific Hallway near Sudbury. "The present internal revenue laws | have been so interpreted by United States District Judges as to permit the concealing of stamps, marks and brands, after they are placed on packages of oleomargarine}, renovated butter and adulterated butter. This statute should be so changed that stamps, marks and brands shall be exposed to the public. "Applications for revenue license should be required to certify that the location given is true and correct as to address, and if oleomargarine If. sold by the applicant at any other lo- i cation than that designated In the revenues license, It should be a mleae-J meaner.'* J rescue; consequently, any such feature or provision of the law should be eliminated. "As the revenue laws now stand, revenue collectors can, by and with the consent of the Secretary of the Treasury. settle by compromise, all civil and criminal cases arising from violations of the law. This opens the way for abuses on the part of the violators who are able to bring men of prominence and influence to their "The national law should bo so changed that It will not be necessary to prove that the yellow color of oleomargarine is due to a foreign substance introduced for the purpose of giving color. If the Federal law was amended so as to make it practically conform to the Pennsylvania law on this subject, it would afford protection to pure butter which is not at present given by national law on this color question. 'olio SV.- In reference to the inadequacy of the Federal oleomargarine law, changes were recommended In part as "Resolved. That the Secretary of this meeting is requested to forward a copy of this resolution to the President, to the Senators from this State, and to the members of Congress from this district." "Resolved, That the undersigned on behalf of the State Grange of Pennsylvania in annual convention assembled at West Chester, respectfully ask for the prompt passage by your honorable body of a Sixteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution, to be submitted to the Legislatures of the several States for ratification prohibiting the disfranchisement of the United States citizens on account of sex; and. :he men in the States in which they ive, and, "Resolved, That justice demands that their present political disability be removed, and that they be enfranchised upon the same terms as "Whereas, Women pay in every State in this republic a rapidly increasing amount of taxes, therefore, "Whereas, Taxation without representation Is tyranny, and. "To the Senate and House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States: The resolution presented by Miss Frances W. Broomall on behalf of the Equal Suffrage Association was adopted, with remarks in commendation of the movement. It Is worded I thua: "Resolved, That such protest be communicated to the two United States Senators from Pennsylvania requesting them to use their influence in having the motto restored to our [coin and that our different Congress| men be so requested by the various subordinate Granges of the State." "Whereas, It Is the desire of this State Orange that the principles of the Order are at all times adhered to, therefore, be it. "Whereas, The principles of our Order are founded on truth and respect for the Deity, and, The motto on the coin was made subject of a resolution: "Resolved, That we commend the position taken by Pstmaster General Meyer in regard to postal savings banks and the parcels post, and that we pledge him our best efforts to help secure the passage of laws favorable to the same.'' In the parcels post connection a resolution was adopted as follows: "Woman's suffrage." and the "Federal Oleomargarine Law." Following the resolutions passed by the Grangers at their meeting last week: extracts from the report of the annual State Grange which met at West Chester last week, and Interesting as they have been it is certain thfit they are not more so than the expressions of the convention concering "parcels post," the removal of the "In God We Trust" phrase from certain coins, his week have been printed various In previous issues of The Spirit January 21, 1908. In this place this morning. ..call for the convention was from the headquarters of the By Unted Press. PIANAPOLIS, Dec. 20. — The teenth Annual Convention of the td Mine Workers of America will bid in TomllnBon Hall, Indlana- UNIONTOWN, Pa. — The School Directors' Association of Fayette County eleoted George L. Moore, president, Biddle Hornbeck vice president, John H. Prlnkey, treasurer and Virgil Hess, secretary. Syler and Clyde Oberlln. Oakley Pantall, Wayne Smith and Fred Beyer, all of this place, have been awarded the football "B" at the Bellefonte Academy. It might be more In keeping with the lineup of the eleven tl have awarded all the players P's, as It Is mostly a Punx'y squad. VIENNA — Twenty-eight letters and 4" pages of manuscript music In the handwriting of Beethoven have been unearthed in this city. Mrs. P. B. Geatty and son, of Altoona, are visiting friends in town. .rles Lorenzo returned yesterday State College at which Instltui® Is a second year student. V \