Punxsutawney Spirit, 1908-01-06

              A';/ <*ty iaition Hk. II b* ■■ HK flfpfl HI HI HI HI W Ha HI H H Hi HI K HI H HI HI H HI Hi HI HI DO YOU NEED HELP? DO W> WANT TO BUY, SELL OR FIKP ANYTHING?—SPIRIT SPECIALS At 1 CENT A WORD BRING RESCLiTl WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 6.—A 1RIII RELEASED By United Press. PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 0, 1908 REPRESENTATIVES WILL DRAW PRIVATE OFFICES ♦ ♦ ♦ NOTICE TO 81TBSCKIBERS « PRICE TWO CENTS NOMINATION PAPERS ARE FILED BY REPUBLICANS THAW'S ATTORNEYS READY AND ANXIOUS FOR TRIAL TD BEGIN CORPORATIONS ARE GETTING READY FOR THE HEPBURN LAW FLINN OPENS FIGHT AGAINST PENROSE WITH A STATEMENT Railroads Condoling Timber And Coal Lands Transferring Holdings. Thursday Set For Date Lottery to Take Place—Some Disappointments.OL. II—NO. 96 No Person Named for Inspector of Election in Fourth Ward Of Punxsutawney. Not Expected That Second Trial Will Consume Nearly So Much Time. SOME WANT MORE ROOM. lemns Action of Admiral \ Resigning Rather \ Than Obey. ES1DENT LAMS 1BROWNSON WITH [HAMMER AND TONGS ONE MAN FOR TWO JOBS. Former State Senator From Pittsburg Thinks Time For Decision Is Here. WILL ASK FOR MORE PAY FOR POSTOFFICE CLERKS « All subscribers who miss «C» •J* their paper will please notify ♦> ❖ this office. 'We will demand a •> •> fine from each carrier who ❖ misses a customer on and af-j •> •> ter this date. <» ❖ Our collector will call on ❖ a)l subscribers in the West «9> <♦ End on Tuesday and Wed.- ❖ ❖ nesday. Please be prepared •> ❖ for him. <• •> •> ••• ••• ♦> •> •> •> «j» ••• »ji HE WANTS PENROSE'S SCALP WILL LOSE MANY THOUSANDS Old Postmasters. Hitchcock Claims Service is Improved By Reappointment of ILL HOLD MIGHT SESSIONS DEFECTS III IMttV fesident WASHTf] iestion oi WONDERFUL GROWTH. , High Constable—BraUen Zelgler. Auditor—James H. Conser, Cloy Duff. Borough Treasurer — H. H. Mc- Honry. tion papers, and whose names will appear on the ticket to bo voted for at the Republican primaries, January 25: Following is a list of Punxsutawney Republicans who have filed nomlna- Braden Zeigler has filed papers for High Constable as well as constable of the First Ward but whether he can serve in both positions or not is a question to be yet decided. period for filing nomination papers for borough and township officers in Jefferson County. The Republicans of Punxsutawney, who made their nominations under the provisions of the new law, succeeded In making nominations for all the offices to be filled in the various wards, excepting for inspector of election In th»» Fourth Ward. That office has been left without a candidate, so that it will be necessary for the candidate's name to be written on the ticket. Since the Republicans held their caucus, It has been found that there Is no vacancy in the a.s3Cssorshlp in the Fifth Ward, but that the appointment of John Donnelly, who succeeded Martin Sutter, deceased, will hold until the next election for assessor, which will be in 1910. Saturday marked the close of the Judge of Election—J. F. Sprankle, Inspector of Election—W. T. Neville.Constable—C. E. Palmer, Braden Zelgler. School Director (one to be elected) —E. W. Robinson. First Ward Councllmen (three to be elected) — W. II. Heckendorn, Ellas Cochran, Dr. G. \V. Means. The completion of the House Office Building relieves this necesity. Until now Representatives maintaining private qMces. in Washington have had to pay for them out of their own pockets. About a dozen of the fifty odd committees have already taken quarters in the new office building. Provision has been made for the rehousing of 14 committees. Speaker Cannon is much in need of additional office room in the Capitol, and he feels that he could use to excellent advantage a part of the space now devoted to the Committee on Ways and Means, \>ihich takes not kind'y to a change. Another big committee which shows no intention of moving is the Committee on Appropriations, which, either •in its whole, or in sub-committees, sits oftener than any other. As it is a daily occurrence for its members to hold meetings during sessions of the House, Chairman Tawney feels that to take up quarters a'cross B Street' would be impractical. That only 333 o fthe 3 96 members of the House will participate is accounted for by the fate that the chairmen of commltteers are not entitled to private officcs in the new building, but instead will use rooms set aside for their respective committees. Three hundred and thirty-three marbles, consecutively numbered from "I" up, will be p'aced In a box, and as each in turn is drawn out by a blindfolded page and handed to the reading clerk its number will be announced. The member whose number on a prepared list corresponds to that on the marble will select by diagram a room from among the 397 offices into which the first, second and third floors in the building are divided.unique feature of the week's proceedings in the House of Representatives will be the assignment to members, by lottery, rooms in the $3,000,000 House Office Building, now about completed. The drawing will be held Thursday. DEAD FOUR MONTHS School Director (one to be elected) —Wllfam Allison, Dr. C. W. Hugrhes. L. S. McQuown, T. M. Sadler. Constable—A. Neale. Judge of Election—S. C. Curry. Inspector of Election—C. N. Miller.Second \V«rrt Councllmen (3 to be elected) — W. A. Dick, H. C. Outellus, A. M Grube, J. C. Smith. a CHAIR FOR HM The total number of postmasrcrs of a'l (lasses appo'ned during the year was 13,315 as against 14,535 fo» lU0f>. An extension of the city del'very service to smaller towns than are in- I eluded under the present law Is recommended. Under the amendment to the law he suggests free delivery service would be given to over 1,400 towns that do not enjoy that advantage. | Increased salaries for various classes of employes of the department are recommended. In order to relieve third-class postmasters of th«$ *ie ;cssity of paying for assistance oui of their salaries, a recommendation is made for an Increase of $2,000,000 t<< the allowances for that purpose. Th'"- ty instead of fifteen days' annual leave Is recommended for postal employes."The present policy of re-appointing presidential postmasters who have conducted their offices to the satisfaction of the public and the department has resulted in decided bcr.- ellt to the service," says Mr. Hitchcock. He adds that about 66 p r cent, of the presidential postmasters have been re-appolnted. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. C. — The annual report of First Assistant Postmaster Frank H. Hitchcock was made public yesterday. The revenues collected through the postoffices during the fiscal year 1906 amounted to about $168,000,000 a gain of more than $15,000,000 and the report states that his growh was continued In 1097 when the aggregate reached $183,000,000. In order to meet this contluous growth of his bureau, Mr. Hitchcock makes a plea for larger appropriations. Hank-book Loads to Identification of Skeleton Found Near Hicks Ilun on Friday. Unfortunate Man Supplied With Vehicle By Several Benevolent PunxstiUiwney Citizens. Inspector of Election — H. S. Bowers.Election — Jonathan Judge Frampton Jordan, Constable—Clarence Smifh, J. B. Tlii ml Waril Councilmen (one to be elected)— H. W. McQuown. Alex. Williams. School Director (one to be elected) —T. K. Hastings, E. H. McHenry, H. L. Morehouse. Scully was well known in this vicinity. He ma"de his headquarters in this section and has a sister living at Howards Siding and a cousin at Sterling Hun. At the bank it way learned that the deceased had money enough to pay for his burial expenses, but It Is understood that his relatives will take charge of the boiy. No evidences of foul play have been discovered and It is likely that he died from natural causes.—DuBols Courier. A bank-book on th DuBols National Bank found in a pocket in his clothing was the means of establishing the identity of the ma/l whose skeleton was found near Hicks Run Friday. The name on the bank book was Thomas Scully, and it was found together with a watch which was known to have been in Scully's possession previous to his disappearance which occurred about the first of last September. e President's second letter to Metcalf is an argument to sushis decision to assign medical ofto the command of hospital He recalls an order of the Department of December 12. made by Secretary Bonaparte, ting that hospital ships be placed r command of a medical offio- Such ships, the President theredirects. shall hereafter, unless •wise directed by Congress, be d under the control and oml of medical officers their navigabeing exclusively controlled bv a etent sailing master and civilian the sailing master having the leto responsibility for f'erything jcted with the navigation of the rly fitted to give judgment. has asked Secretary Metcalf for itement as to the exact facts conng which there have been dis», .desiring particularly the opln>f Admiral Converse, formerly ■ of the Navigation Bureau, who, use of his high profession atnents and standard of conduct duty the President considers pe- n and exaggeration," the PresI- Ms untruthfulness. He scathlni,- >bukes those guilty of exploiting t in grossly exaggerated form in /ancied Interest of an Individual flique of individuals or for the of supplying sensational matefor the newspapers. Clause of "so much mlsrepresen- >u hyserical exaggeralon or ma- .rtment and the actual drill of fleet. It Is well, he says, that e defects be pointed out, but It Iso well that ftiey be pointed out jegardlng the controversies In the ly, the President admits that ther* jiys are and always will be defects porrect, both in the construction [hips and the organization of the lal feeling on behalf of some parjlar bureau or organization to renj them disloyal to the interests of [Navy, and therefore of the coun- Jas a whole." e of opinion as to the gross im- Ipriety of the admiral's conduct in jgning sooner than carry out th* jers of his superior officers in such natter. The officers of the Navy rat remember that it is not merely [dish, but in the highest degree rehensible to permit either pernl pique, wounded vanity or fac- k issue with the Navy Depar.t-nt, the President declares, id one |to whether there can be entirely jlmate differenes of opinion, but idds "there is no room for differ- of Admiral Brownson. declaring o be unseemly and improper. The bstion on which Admiral Brownson i Roosevelt without mincing words, idemns in unmeasured terms the ln the first of these letters Presl- ey Metcalf gave to the press two ters from the President, address} to him on the subjects. jps in th\ fe resignati ;d H. and incidentally ne caustic observations on that inent and the controversies among » naval officers and their adherents to the detail of naval construcn and methods of training, v»tre ide known yesterday when Secre- the command of hospital ! Navy, which resulted in Jon of Rear Admiral Wii- rOTON, D. C., Jan. 6. loosevelt's attitude on the Colnstable — Patrick Sweeney. Judge of Election—John C. James. Inspcetor of Election—Morgan Du via. . Sixth Ward. Councilman (one to be elected) — Adam Clawson, Thomas J. Sutton. Inspector of Election — George Fairbanks. C. E. Jones. Constable — :W. M. Wall, I.awrence Judge of Election — Clarence Gourley. Judge of Election—Willis X. Zeltler.Inspector of Election— Fifth Wart! School Directors (three to be elected) — s. E. Barrett, W. A. Sutter, J. J. JWlgaman. Constable—W. M| Wall, Lawrence Haas. Fourth Wartl. Councilmen (two to be elected) — George R. Bell, John G. North, Reubin E. Young. Man Wlio Wanted to Slaughter ill* Wife Again at Head of Family. "The Buffalo & Susquehanna Coal & Coke Company owns lands and mining rights estimated to contain 120,000.000 tons of coal. On these I lands near DuBols. Pa., aro situated I two modern mining plants the output of each being approximately 25,- 000 tons per month, and at Medix Run, Pa., there Is a small drift mining plant now producing 5,000 tons of coal a month. During the last two years the company has been constucting a new plant at Onondaga, Pa., which is now nearly completed, and which will have a producing capacity of about thirty thousand tons per month. The company is also con- Continued on Pa** *• The B. & S'. equities In coal properties as stated in lis last annual report aro as follows: Buffalo & Susquehanna Coal & Coke Company, entire stock, $1,14 0,000: Buffalo & Susquehanna Coal & Coke Company entire first mortgage, $1,240,000; BuffMo & Susquehanna Mining Company stock, $10,000; Powhatan Coal A Coke Company stock. $99,000; Powhatan Coal & Coke Company, entire mortgage, $1,761,559. nr.--) foldings, the change to become effective before May 1 of this year. It is claimed that under present financial conditions It Is impossible to sell these properties at a fair price, and if they were distributed among the stockholders the road would lose over J4.000,000 of assets and a large annual Income. | The plan devised by Mr. Clark haw I found favor with other companies .similarly situated, evidently, the last I to fall In line being the Buffalo & Susquehanna. That the Goodyear people are preparing to follow suit Is evident from the following article which appeared in a recent issue of the Pittsburg Post: "Directors of the Buffalo & Susquehanna will meet next (this) week to discuss plans to dispose of its ex- took over every dollar's worth of coal and mining stock so that at present the railroad and the mining com. panies are entirely disassociated as regards operation and control. True there are men who own stock# In both the railroad and coal companies, but the holders are relying#on the Federal Constitution to protect them 1n their right to Invest money in whatever legltlmute enterprise they may elect. lumber companies from shippi coal over roads in which they hokt stock, will go into effect. Before building their roa is almost all raii! road companies now operating ii Pennsylvania and other coai and lumber producing states, purchased large tracts of mineral and timber lands with a view to future development and If the Hepburn law is found to be constitutional they must either give up their holdings in the coal and lumber tracts or sell their railroads. During the discussion of the Hepburn bill and after its passage, railroad officials and their attorneys got busy and made an effort to figure out some plan that would enable them to comply with the law without demoralizing one or both properties. The first organization to take action In the matter was the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railroad Com- I pany and the allied coal companies | with operating headquarters In Punxsutawney. At the smsgestlon and through the Initiative of B. M. Clark, ICeqv their local attorney, a holding company was organized which On May 1, 1908, the Hepburn law, which prohibits mining companies or coal and lumber are in a dilemma. or timber lands and ship iheir own Railroad companies that own coal Had Looking Hunch Arrested Friday Night Ordercrd to Get Outside—"Quick."sd without a hitch." niral Brownson was shown the ient's letter and asked if In view ; fact that Mr. Roosevelt's Fide subject had been stated In these Lunicatlons he would not feel at y to say something in his own n has been tried In the army :rled In foreign navies and has e same conditions as in tlme» of declares the President. "The ipltal ships should be mainin times of peace exactly un- uies the mm ►t a word," was his prompt reind this attitude he maintained Inquiries for his views. I Michael Kinorsky, who on Saturday I was arrested by Rothstein and O'Brien, of Troop D, State Police, charged with assault and battery and surety of the peace, on Saturday afj ternoon had a hearing before 'Squire Corey. During the progress of the hearing It developed that Mike had thereatened to kill his wife and had a'.so started In to use her up when she broke away and escaped. His wife agreed to withdraw the charge and a brother of the arrested man paid the costs. Prosecutor and defendant went home all smiles, agreeing to live as becomes man and wife, in the future. IT 10 BE DIVEO GREENSBURQ, Pa.—The Democratic county committee has endorsed William J. Bryan for President, and Charles D. Copeland was elected county chairman. CANOE RIDGB (Office of the WeatherworkO — Ruin or snow tonight anil Tuesday. Warmer tlnight. William Glfford. Frank O'Day and Thomas Daii-ey, who were arrested on Friday night by Kohut, of Troop D, mate Police, were yesterday after-, noon released. Considerable Mgh«-1 lingered work has been •ol"f k I the vicinity of Klttannlng. »  Ing that perhaps th. trio aboire-men I Tot,z:\-Tooi o. ZP"roL. " "»'l be taken and t e. t jclttannlnflr. t0 received .hVt cltr that those who were iXv the robbing In that city had lesn ssen at liferent time, but ony A night- »nd no one wfta ab ,1 d entity their faces. Accordingly a.l hree men were freed and told to Bet autside the borough limits In the quickest way possible. "Certain corporations must be made to realize that they are creatures of, and not above, the law. The granting of franchises for public utilities, as well as the right to annual the same where corruptly or improvidently given, should be vested in the voters of each municipality. To thia and the granting of all special privileges, should be applied principles, similar to. the referendum bill. I had the" honor to frame, and whl«n passed the House unanimously during the last session, but was beaten In the Senate by the corrupt influences) controlling » ,|»- JfrusW; 2-J85 > Ountluued on P««* "The time has come for a radical < change In the leadership and practice of the Republican Party of Pennsylvania. It .should no longer be considered that the State Organization is in sfisslon for llnal action whenever a few political contractors and a Uni| ted States Senator answer the roll call. Unless the assertion of Independence which compelled the commendable legislation of the Extra Session of 1900 and brought about ihe nomination of the present Governor. Lieutenant Governor, Auditor General and the recently elected Treasurer, shall be in vain of permanent benefit, and unless we are to be carried back Into absolute bondage, It is necessary that control cf the party shall be wrested from these arrogant dictators. "In the record of the last Legislature is evidence of the continued dominance of these dishonest business manipulators. Bills designed to give the people a more direct part in the choice of United States Senator and in matters of municipal government were defeated. Measures passed by the House for a more equitable " nroperty were strangled in committee of the Senato without a hearing. On account of his partiality to corporate interests and disregard of the needfc of the peoplo, Governor Stuart was forced to veto the Soldiers' Pension Act and to cut down appropriations to many worthy charities. Sufficient funds or© denied for good roads and our people continue to travel in the mud in order that the political corporations may be favored at the expense of the public. "Of equal importance and as a necessary part of our loyalty to these principles of better politics and the Impartial enforcement of just laws. Is the duty of setting our own house In order, "For many years a band of spoilsmen masquerading under the banner of the Republican party, have plundered Philadelphia. Not content with the loot in that municipality, they have attemped, with humiliating success, to control the Commonwealth. They have dictated legislation, enacted vicious laws, put incompetents into office of great trust and assumed the management of the par'y organization. A long record of shameful conduct culminating in the recent capltol scandal has sickened well nigh every citizen. "I am in this fight to the bitter end to prevent the re-election of Senator Penrose and to eliminate the Philadelphia control both of Republican party affairs and leglslati#- action. I am not, however, a candidate for a seat in the United States Senate myself and will not be under any circumstances. "In view of the many reports which are maliciously being circulated in certain quarters respecting my attitude in the present political situation. I believe the time has come when I should make some statement. the following statement PITTSBURG, Jan. 6. — Senator William Fllnn, of this city, has issued "The situation in our Commonwealth presents opportunities and duties which neither the patriotic citizen nor the loyal party man can ignore or shirk. "The essentials of those policies, of which President Roosevelt is the great exponent, must be defended and the reformation which he has inaugurated must be carried to completion. Delegates to the National Convention should br selected who, while honestly supporting Pennsylvania's can| dldate, Hon. Philander C. Knox, are nevertheless In hearty accord with the policy of Theodore Roosevelt and not his secret enemies. FORT GRAY, W. Va.—During the celebration following an eScltlHC munlclnnl election, flam Kln.ltr ihot and probably fatally wou»d«a Da«d »artran.A few weeks ago J. E. Maglnnla, having heard th it John Nyock, thi miner with a broken back, could use a rolling chair, went among sonic ot his friends and secured subscriptions for a fund with which to purchase ihi desired article. The chair, which was ordered through a local furniture dealer, arrived yesterday, and will be delivered today. It is u handsome piece of furniture of  latest and best make and retails at $35. 'The local dealer, Alex. Williams, manager of the Williams Installment House, chipped In with the subscribers and furnished the chair for $24.00. Other donations were made In sums as ofllows: one dollar, each, by E. E. Shaffer, George Bevan, Capt. J. F. Robinson, Lieutenant James Reese "Cash," J. E. Maglntvls, Arthur Eberhart, J. A. Weber, H. J. Loeb, W. O, Smith, J. P. Wilson, T. M. Kurtz. J. E. Francis, H. D. Edelblute, Willis Zeitler, W. J Brown, Father John Devllle, Father Joseph Zubrlskl, S. Taylor North, Jacob L. Fisher, Dr. Qeorge Splnelli, George W. Post, Lon Pantall.Continued on Page S. Missing when the ca.se went to trial the first time was Miss Ida Vera Slmonton, of Pittsburg-. She was In South Africa, where she remained until u short time ago, when she returned to Pittsburg. The testimony to be offered by this missing witness is the unknown quantity in an eqation that has once refused to' yield to the solver, and It Is awaited with interest. Admitting that she knows something about the case, Miss Slmonton has announced that she wiM obey a summons of the court and will go 011 the witness stand. Also she has said that her testimony Will be sensational and will be for the commonwealth, as aganst the defendant. One actor in the dramatic first trial has passed out of the case. This is Abe Hummel, the once prominent little attorney, who testified to the relations betweeen Evelyn Nesblt and Stanford White and was regarded as one of the star witnesses for the prosecution. Hummel Is now serving a term on BiackweTs Island and as he will not be released until March, District Attorney Jerome must get along without his aid. There has been much speculation as to whether or not Evelyn Nesblt Thaw, the school girl like figure about which the storm and tempest of the first trial beat out its fury, will again take the stand in her husband's defense. A report has been current for some time that she will not, but a definate decision in the matter may not be arrived at until the trial Is well under way. Without her testimony there would be difliculty in making out a case of emotional insanity. If medical or hereditary Insanity be the plea of the defense, the best. Thaw can Other contributions were made as hope for is an indefinite commitment follows: Punxsutawney Brewing Co., In the State Hospital for the criminal $[>.00: H. C. Rudolph, 50 cents; Ed. Insane. A successful plea of emoto- p. Lynam, 50 cents; cash 50 cents; nal Insanity Is the only defense which cash 25 cents; George Arthurs, 40 can be relied upon to gain Thaw's ab- cents; total, $30.15. solute freedom. Neither Thaw nor his The balance, $6.15. was turned over wife relishes the idea of placing the to the Nyock family In cash. girl at the mercy of another cross-ex- Mrs. Nyock was tendered a posiamlnatlon by Mr. Jerome, who, un- Hon at the barracks, but being unable moved by her tears or her burning to speak the English language, and cheeks of shame, forced Jer to admit having come to America because of the long continued relations between antipathy for things military, she reher and Stanford White, and to tel' belled and expressed a deslre"To be althe jury In plain words of the two lowed to pursue the arts of pace. European tourft she made with Thaw before becoming his wife. It was on one of these tours the girl declared, that Thaw demanded to know of her the reason why she would not consent to be his wife. Then she told him her Mfe-history and of the alleged wrong which she declared had ruined her career. Told for the second time, the wonderful story might loose much of the dramatic effects In Its first offer- Mae Mackenzie, an actress friend of Eve'in Nesbit Thaw, was one of the foremost characters in the first trial, and had a prominent place In the history of the case. It Is now rumored that she may be placed on the stand by the commonwealth and be used by the district attorney in an effort to convict Thaw. There will' be a few changes among the witnesses, though for the m >st part they will be the same as testified at the first trial. Several of th • alienists will be dropped and is is possible there may be several now ones introduced. Fireman Pau'J Brudiw,ho was ona of the first on the scene after the shooting; Policeman A. L. Debs, who got Thaw, and the gun; E. H. Covey, assistant superintendent of Madison Sqpare Garden; H. F. Blease and Meyer Cohn, eye-witness of the affair, will all be put on the stand to tell their stories again. Great interest centers in the course of the defense at the coming trial. It is generally believed that despite any ideas of justification which Thaw may believe in. his present l.-twyers will confine themselves to making out a case of legal insanity. This may be emotional, or hereditary, both of these phases of the matter having been gone iritc at the first trial. The decision as to where the Thaw trial will be held delayed the proceedings until 11:15. meantime. The Grand Jury for the January term of court is being charged in the The second list was at once summoned by Judge Dowling and began arriving after the first batch had been dismissed. By United Press. •NEW YORK, Jan. f>. — The first venire of one hundred jurymen for the Thaw case was dismissed at the opening of court today, because the!'* names were published on Friday through an error. noted vocalUt will receive her •pen Saturday. PUNT CLAIR. N. J-. Ja» «•— me Shumann-Helnk, the famous opera singer, has grown so of America that some time a?o >Ught cltlsenshlp. By United Press. LONDON, Jan. 6. — The perjury accusation against Herbert Druce has been abandoned today. It Is thought that this action foreshadows the dropping of the suit for [the Duke of Portland's estate. r •f: