Punxsutawney Spirit, 1908-01-23

              OX PAGE FIVE. ST II COUNTING IKE BALLOTS WASHINGTON, U. C.. Jan. 23 — TO GIVE ILLUSTRATED LECTURE FOR SCHOOL Fcr Baseball in This Section. Ho jse Committee Balls at Paying Men Used By the Attorney General. Miners Up in Air Over Scale- Will Wait For Operators to Speak. CLAIMS'EMPLOYES OF SECRET SERVICE USED IMPROPERLY DOLAN IN FOR FIGHT PRICE TWO CENTS Edmund Butterworth and Companion Run Down in the B. R. & P. Yards. VOL. II—NO. Ill FLEET BOUND ! SOUTH TWO MEN KILLED AND ' ONE SERIOUSLY HURT ON RAILROAD TRACKS PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 23, 1908 Co. Past Year Truly Prosperous As Shown By Annual Report of the Punx'y Foundry and Machine liral Evans and Men of the ittleships Given Good [ Sendoff at Rio. Kit SIOP MTU ARENAS FEB. 1 MANGLED BODY FOUND ill FALLS CIIK S41,910.00 IAS BEEN ASKED FOR Unless there is a long period of general depression the prospects are that the business of the company will continue to increase in all departments during the current year. i to 40 men, and paid in wages $27,- ! 635.75. During -the year there were ' 1,340 mine cars and trucks turned out at the shops, and on January 1, 1908, the company had orders for almost 400 cars on the books. In addition to car construction, the company did a largely Increased amount of repair work and entered the field of diamond drill construction. The drills made by this firm, and now in operation, are giving entire satisfaction and the prospects for building up a good business in that department are the best. Directors: E. VV. Robinson, A. \V. Calloway, John H. Bell, John H. Kennedy and D. H. Clark. At the annual meeting, atfer charging off the proper amounts for depreciation, the company declared the usual semi-annual dividend of 3 per cent., payable Fe bruary 10, 1 90 8. and had a large net surplus with which to begin the new year. After receiving and accepting the reports of its officers, the stockholders manifested their confidence in the management by retaining each in his former position. The officers elected are, E. W. Robinson, president and general manager; A. W. Calloway, vice president; E. C. Mc- Klbbon, treasurer; John Strang, secretary.TWO NEW MEMBERS HER PUn III TROUBLE The company, during the year, maintained a pay roll of from 35 to According to the reports submitted by the president and general manager, E. W. Robinson, and Secretary Strang, the company now owns property and equipment valued at almost $160,000. The assets* include real estate valued at $27,334.98, shop and other equipments valued at $47,- 687.19, shop, foundry and other material, $46,738.28. The report of the Punxsutawnpy Foundry and. Machine Company, which was made by the officers at the annual meeting January 20, and which was made public today, shows that institution to be in a most flourishing condlton, and the assets largely increased. PORTAGE DEM BUSY Sergeant f<ogan niul Men Making Hard lUvoril for Others to Kent. John Viske Said !<> Have* Abuse*! Ills Wife at HellwiXNl—Now ill Jail. I'. \. IOIo/.ier am! Claud O. Moekley Take t'p Tlieir DutlcH as Mont- Ix*rs of Ttck>|» I). MAHY WITNESS RACES Sergeant Joseph Logan, of Troop 1). State Police, who Is in charge of the detail at Portage, returned to that place yesterday afternoon after a four days leave of absence. In addition to Sergeant Logan there are stationed at Portage Troopers Nugent, Lehman and Hauber, the latter having recently relieved Trooper Richards. During the month of December this detail made elghtyeight arrests. From the beginning of the new year until January 19, seventy-eight arrests were made. The charges against the prisoners range from common drunk to murder. A soldier with an enviable record arrived yesterday to take up his duties as a State policeman. The new mem- ber is Fred A. Elozier, of Altoona Mr. Elosler served in the 5th Penn- sylvania regiment during* the Span- ish-American war. and three years in the United States Infantry. He was a so first lieutenant of Company C of the Fifth National Guards. Claude O. Meckley, of Philadel- 1 phla, arrived this morning1 and at once relieved Sergeant Mullen as his duties as Troop clerk. Mr. Meckley is properly enlisted but his duties will not extend beyond the office. The other troopers have enjoyed the | services of a speeial clerk since mid summer. THE OFFICML VOTE of the Sport. Speed Affairs nt Local Rink Last r Night Drought Out liovcrs Slate* Commission Gives Results of lis Work—Takes Just .\lK>ut an Hour. sure. Her death left three children without the care of a mother, and recently their father engaged the woman, who he assaulted, to take charge of the home. Soon after they were married, and apparently were living peaceably, • but on Tuesdaj morning about 6 o'clock, the storm broke in all its fury anri Mrs. Viske shut herself in a room and her husband is said to have broken open the door and assaulted her, biting her on the arm, near the wrist, scratching her cheek and striking her on the side of the head. She left the room in her night clothes and was given refuge at the home of Charles Ross." After Viske had abused his wife he left town and upon returning with another woman who, ho claimed, wji-s to take charge of his children, lie was arrested atnl held for his appearance in court. The following item from the Bell•vood Bulletin concerns a former wellknown citizen of Punxsutawney: "Tuesday morning of this week the town was stirred by the news that John Viske, who resides on North Seventh Street, had maltreated his wife and that her life was greatly in danger because of the brutal attack upon her. The affair soon became known and was the subject of conversation in the afternoon. It will be remembered that his former wife mei death In a very mysterious way on April 22, 1097. She was found on the floor of her residence with four bullet holes in her body, but It has never been determined who tired the shots which ended her life. SHOT THROUGH HAND INDIANAPOLIS, 'ind.. Jan. 23.— Delegates to the national convention of the United Mine Workers are high up In the air. They are anxious to know what the sea e committee is going to ask and who are to serve them as oincers during the year beginning April 1. The first proposition is a hard one to encounter.as wiw developed at the first session of the scale committee la.te yesterday afternoon. When the committee got together behind closed doors, someone asked the question, "To whom shall we submit the scale ui'ter we do agree oil what it should be?" Momentarily there was a scratching: «>f heads, when there was a grand chorus of "Nobody." The fact Is. nothing can be done on the wage question, which is the most important one, until the operators agree to consider the proposition to hold a conference, to be followed by a Joint convention on the wage scale. The committee of operators is scheduled be here next Thursday, when they have agreed to meet the miners, not t<» settle the wage rate, but whether they will agree to listen to the demands of the miners for a Joint gathering. No wage scale will be formulated la advance of the proposed convention, as the leaders of the miners consider it poor business policy to show their hands at this time and so early in i the game. The tellers are still plodding away on the returns of the two thousand locals who have sent In their ballots ' stating their preference for the various officers. At the rate of progress ] being made now it will take until j next week to determine the result. ! In the meantime the various committers will meet, taking plenty of time to make their reports, and a few sessions 'of the convention will be thrown In to vary the monotony. J Form or District President Put Doiin arrived yesterday armed with credentials by « unanimous vote of the Reisslng (Pa.) local as their delegate. H'1 will appear before th«- credential committee and ask for a seat in the ronvi ntlon. If he is refused it is expected that he will appeal to the convention and in the event of a second refusal will appeal to the national executive board which body ia in session considering the Alabama strike situation. South Side Citizen Ifatl Narrow Escape When (*1111 Was Accidentally Discharged. The fact is that the Federal Gov! ernment is, by decrees, establishing a "third section" slmlar to the one in Russia that can bo used as the Executive branch of th<- Government directs, because, from the very nature of the work to be performed, detailed information as to its operations cannot be expected by Congress. Secret Service men are being used to shadow army and navy officers, civil service employes and, the charge was made some time ago, even newspaper men who had written matter not palatable to a Cabinet member. That, however, is considered more surmise than fact. Chairman Tawney wrote a very formal letter to the Department of Justice asking to be advised under what section of the law the Secret Service men were transferred and under what section of the statutes authority was found for paying them after having been so transferred. The members of the committee are boiling with wrath over what they consider the contemptuous disregard of law shown by the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury In thus continuing a practice  they thought they had forbidden. The wrath of Congressmen was 1 first stirred by the fact that the Administration was using the Secret Service men of the Treasury, provided for no other purpose than the running down of those who strike false coins, to Inquire Into the antecedents of men recommended by Congress for appointment as postmasters. The West Virginia Senators first discovered that use of the Secret Service men and made a row, but the practice was continued. In the last Congress a proviso was I added to the appropriation for the Secret Service men forbidding their use for any work other than the detection cf counterfeiters. But even j that did not stop their use on other I work. Amazement possesses members of the House Committee on Appropriations on account of a letter sent to Chairman Tawney by Attorney General Bonaparte asking for an approprlatlon of $41,t» 10 to pay the salur'es and expenses of 4s members of the Secret Service of the Treasury Department "temporarily transferred to the Department of Justice." The astonishment Is the result of an understanding by those who control the purse strings that they made strengthening additions to the law at the last session that forbids the use of the Secret Service agents for any purpose other than the detection of j counterfeiting. RIO JANEIRO, Jan. 23. — To the boming of guns and the cheers of thousands on the accompanying I craft, the American wardships sailed from Rio Janeiro yester- ■ afternoon bound for Punta Arenas, on the Magellan Strait. Ten j {days will bring the fleet almost mid'way on its 14,000 mile cruise to San Francisco, and the ships and the, men carried with them the Godspeed and good wishes of the whole Brazilian nation. Not an untoward (Incident had i marked the visit of the Americans here. They were feasted and feted, (both officers and men, during their Sojourn in Rio, and half the population turned out from early in the rAorning to give them a lilting farewell. As upon the arrival of the fljeet, so upon its departure, the quays, the public buildings and the hills were crowded with thousands watching the warships until they had disappeared through the month oi' tfie bay into the open sea. 1 With their departure from Rio Ja- neiro the sixteen battleships under I he command of Rear Admiral Evnns enter upon the third stage of \heir voyage to the Pacific. In this »in of 2230 knots which will terminate February 1, according to the at Punta Arenas, the most (southern port in the world, the ships will traverse the hazardous narrows it the eastern entrance to the Straits kl Magellan. going through the Straits Adniiial Evans' fleet will have the best Ime of the year for the purpose, the midsummer of the Southern Hemisphere. There are few obstructions in Magellan Straits from rocks and Islands, [t is siimlar in character to the nunerous .channels and fiords along: the joast of Southern Chile. Like them t is bordered by high and often pre;eptous and imposing- land, and has lumerous branches. As compared to the Capo Horn •oute, the Strait has an advantage of lomewhat more than a hundred pnile#. Steam vessels seldom take be Cape Horn route; it is used prinip.ally by sailing vessels. The passage of Magellan Strait is ki most respects comparatively safe lor steam vessels, though there are a few dangers. The main difficulty is [hat there is too great a depth of Itraits is well lighted, however, by rater, in places it rcaches over 3.000 eet, to permit of anchorage. The ipe Virgins, the northern point of iumerous light houses. No word probably will come from he fleet until the warships approach he eastern entrance to the Strait, L'here there is a lighthouse and sigal stations. BUTLER. Pa. — For the third time within a year, Mrs. Aggers' home was visited £»y fire. A leaking gas tube was to blame. The house was saved by the prompt arrival of firemen. The mangled body of an unknown man was found between the passenger and freight station on the B., R. & P. Railroad at Falls Creek last night. The body, which was that of a very large man, aged about 35 years, was discovered by a brakeman, as he ran forward to turn a switch. The body was taken to Moore's undertaink establishment at DuBois, where today, it is hoped the remains may be identified. "As near as could be learned from those who Examined into the circumstances of the terrible accident, the two men were walking along the tracks, the place being the north end of the upper yards, and stepped aside to let a train southbound, the direction In which they were walking. pass, and stepping back on the track were struck, it Is supposed by a pusher which was following the train and which was unnoticed by them. A few minutes after the train and pusher passed they were found by the side of the rails in their mutilated condition by Michael McMahon. "The two men had been working at B. and S. ShaftNo. 2. They had been in this country only a short time. Cook Is a man about 45  old. • He has one son In this country, also employed at the shaft, the remainder of his immediate family being still in England.. He came hero from Castleford, Yorkshire. "Butterworth was much younger, apparently not more than 32, and was a wrestler. He was short in stature, but a strong athlete, and had won some local note in the old country as an athlete. He came from the same neighborhood in England that Cook did, but the Courier was unable last evening to get any particulars about his family. The men visited this office together on an errand about an hour and a half before they were found on the railroad. They had been in town during the afternoon, and after leaving the Courier office they started back to the shaft. They were seen to hail a trolley car on Long Avenue, but as they were not at a street crossing, it did not stop. They then decided to walk and started up the railroad track. Engineer Smiley was running the pusher and when he reached Rockton ho was notified of the accident. He examined his engine, but could find no signs of blood about it and there seems to bo some doubt after all whether it was the pusher or a yard switch engine that struck them." While on their way home from Du- Bois te Shaft No. 2, B. & S. mines, and while walking on the B., R. & P. Railroad tracks, two miners, Edmund Butterworth and James Cook, were run down by a pusher engine. Butterworth, with hi.-< head erushe 1 and his left arm cut off at the shoulder, died in a few minutes, while his companion, with less serious, but similar injuries, was taken to the Du- Bois hospital. At noon today he was still living, and the chances for his recovery are improving slightly. In its account of the accident the DuBols Courier this morning said. In part: BUTLER, Pa. — At the annual leeting of the Butler General Hosital Association the building of a irge annex was decided upon. The resent hospital contains forty wards nd many patients are turned away. J. Shufflin was elected president M/d J. W. Aland secretary. BELLEFONTAINE, O. — Mrs. Catherine Loldigh, nearly 90,"' was probably fatally burned while smoking. A spark from her pipe set flrn to her dress. CANOE RIDGE (Office of tho \V eathe r w o r k s ) —K now. THE MINSTREL SHOW HARRISBtfRG, Jan. 23.—The State Commission teamed to compute the vote cast for State Treasurer two months ago counted up the official returns Tuesday in the Senate Chamber and found that 459,963 votes hail been cast for John < >. Sheets, Republican; 313,7117 for John G. Harmon, Democrat; 119,830 for M. H. Stevenson, Prohibition, and Samuel j Cl.irk, Socialist, 14,346. The commission elected Senator A. E. Sisson, of Erie, chairman, with these officers: Secretary, George D. Thorn; reading clerk, Harry Baker; clerk, Clarence D. Seller; sergeant-at-arm, Thomas M. Jones; assistant, F. Bowman; messenger, A. ITrenle; doorkeeper, James A. Sweeney; page, Norman Calendar. Senator James, Luzerne County and j Representatives Watson, Indiana, and j Hunt, Northampton, were elected] tellers. Then Wilson I. Fleming, of the State Department, presented the returns, which were gravely counted up and the results announced. The whole ceremony occupied but threequarters of an hour. The Commissioners included Governor Stuart, Judge George Ivunkel, President Pro Tem. Sisson and Speaker McClaln and members of both Houses. FAVOR ON NEW LEAGUE •UBOIS LOOKS WITH l>c|Mirtuiv From More Serious Amusement i\ Good Thing For Regular Theatergoers. The former team proved the speedier, and were slowly forging ahead of their opponents, when Smith fell, the other three going over him. Smith, Dick and Myers recovered and finished the race. Myers, being told off as Robinson's opponent, was not counted In at but Dick managed to maintain the half lap lead, his team acquired at the time of the fall, to the end. In a mile race William B. Butler, of Philipsburg, succeeded in crossing the scratch before Kearn Fleckenstein, manager of the local rink. Arrayed in racing suits'the pair looked like professionals when they skated onto the floor. Butler; was given the advantage position and maintained it on the start. Fleckenstein hung closely in the rear. On the eleevnth lap Fleckenstein tried to forge ahead and in doing so went headlong into the wall. He recovered quickly and in five more laps had almost recovered his former position when his skates crossed and he went down again. A second attempt. to make up the lost distance proved fruitless and Butler finished up an easy winner. That Fleckenstein is a faster man than the Philipsburg skater was apparent to all those present last evening, and had It not been for the disastrous falls he would have finished first. But* I ler, however, handles himself like a I professional and the hard mile skate scarcely seemed to make an impres- I sion on his wind. The races at the skating rink last evening were witnessed by a crowd tandem which alomst filled the rink enclo- The first contest, a race with Frank Myers and Jar vis Dick pitted against John Robinson and Harry Smith. Neighboring Town Seem Willing to Do Their Share IHOQUOIS DANCE Conrad Christintine, who makes his home with Fred Krehl, of South Side, was the victim of a shooting accident accident in which he was both the shooter and the shootee. A thirtytwo calibre revolver in which he took especial pride had lain in his trunk for some time and Tuesday evening he took it from his trunk to show Mr. Krehl. After inspecting it carefully the latter handed it back to its owner, who placed it on the trunk. In doing so he jarred the gun and when the smoke cleared away Mr. Christintine found that the bullet had plowed its way between the first and second knuckle joints of the left hand. Grabbing the gun in the right hand he started for tlie doctor's office on the run. only stopping long enough on the swinging bridge to heave the offending revolver into the depths of Mahoning Creek. Dr. K. C. Gourley dressed the wound. HOLDING MEETING TODAY Money Taken in at Prof. Hammer's Entertainment to Be Used for Purchase of Decorations. About Fifty Couples Attend Pleasant Affairs 111 Cluli Uooium Last Kvciilng. Continued on Pago Two. Traveling Illustrated Lectures are ft new form of educational entertain- I single man. "< '»"• '« Ihe congest Is ncceMarlly the bl« ' raphy of Hor.HinJo Cortw. the Con- I''"jtVthouffh the Mexico of today nffon" relics Of the Spanish con- Luent. yer on,- who has read Prescotes narrative will find many famf- I liar landmarks as he follows the routo taken by t'ortes In his march to the Aztec cap! La I. Mexico is a land where the artist's Ideal is met at every turn. Magnificent scenery. Imposing architecture and picturesque types occur spontaneously and combine harmoniously. During two mmsdiib hi Mexico Mr. Peabody secure ! a matchless collec- tlon of vimv-:, a portion of which aro used for the illustration of this lecture.i Tomorrow night In the Jefferson • Street school auditorium will be given an illustrated lecture by Prof. , Hammers. The lecture is entitled. I "In the Footsteps of Tories. T e photographs, from which the ex ' was made, and the lecture, was prepared by Dr. Pes body, of B»*ton- Followng IS a description of the lecture and a synopsis of the  In the great program of human destiny, whenever a crisis demands he genius of a Napoleon or a Washington, Providence Invariably supplies the man to meet It. No chapter In the world's history exemplifies this fact more emphatically than the ' Mexican conquest: for no other Instance Is on record where an enterprise of such vastnew has betyi consummated, In the face of almost Insurmountable obstacles, by mean« of resources created by the genius of 8 An occasional visit of a minstrel show is a good thing for the theater goer. Wearied by a continuous course of problem plays, lurid melodramas and musical comedies, the stately presence and sparkling conversation of the interlocutor appeals restfully to him, while the familiar quips of the end men are halted as old friends returnlg from a long journey, and it is all very lovely. This statement ia especially true of as good a minstrel sHow as John W. Vogel's Dig City Minstrels are presenting, which comes to the Jefferson Theater to- i morrow night. There Is Ju»t enough newness, about It to please, and Ju»t enough of the oldtlmc favor to relelve It from any char*e CliSm- An demonstrated enthusiastic ns'U. r»'vr is ■ »'rK."S3fS« ST- , ! announced. j The Jefferson County representatives are Ell Miller, of Oliveburg; L. M. Lewis, of Young Township; Meade McGee, of Frostburg; S. L. Stewart, of Grange; Ladd Reita, of Stanton, and Ben Brosiu®, of Langvllle. Beaver Township. — The directors of the Patrons'••lutual Fire insurance Company, of Jefferson and Indiana counties are in session today at the annual meeting and settlement which is being held in the Washington Hotel parlors. On account of the late arrival of many of the directors, not much business was transacted until late this afternoon. The Indiana County directors are: James Speedy, |'J. Croasman and S. M. McHenry, of j Indiana; J. H. McElhoes and John I Klnter, of Home; William Morrison, of Marion Center; W. S. Learn, of Lovejoy. and S. J. Mulberger, of Ambrose. It timidity or downright stage •lght that prevents the baseball fans i towns within a radius of fifty ijles of DuBols and PunxsiJawnoy •om declaring themselves regarding; le formation of a baseball league? '(The DuBols Courier, In commenton some suggestions printed in ttie Spirit the other day, states the Inditions succinctly, as follows: "Punxsutawney has already defined jr position towards a league corn- Bed of towns in this section with reasonable salary limit, and has in intimated that the sports would look with disdain upon a fran- *lse in the West Penn League, prodding DuBols had a berth in the ime circuit. It is an acknowledged let that Punxsutawney in a league jlthout DuBols, or vice versa would • a mistake. As either of these towns in a question'of sports is the life of the other. "The Punxsutawney Spirit in an article recently says that all that is needed in that town is an organized movement of some sort. Precisely the same state of affairs exist in Du- Bols. Should the matter be taken up by somebody who is in a position to push it through there is no doubt One hundred about the fans coming to their as- co-operative plan, sistane'e. A number of different plans have been suggested by parties Interested and among them the Dancing started at nine o'clock, shares of stock in the team to be I and continued until two. The music, sold at $20 per share. This seems to furnished by Kettering's orchestra, of be a reasonable way to go about ft Greens burg, could not have beep Imand would no doubt meet with sue- proved upon and those present took cess. A manager could be appoint- full advantage of the fact. ed by the stockholders and with a I Dight refreshments were served Continued on Page Two. throughout the evening. The fifty couples present gave ample dancing room, and the informality of the occasion made the evening doubly enjoyable. Weber building. A most pleasing affair was the dance held last evening by the Iroquois Club in their rooms in the @tty fedition ffje ittttfittfototteu Hpifit 9 ■ t - "1UCHARD THE MKAEEN"