Punxsutawney Spirit, 1908-01-29

              Bh fm? pppfff ErjMMniy "RICHARD THE WHAMW* H ' VI OK PAGE riVH. ■'i 11 Believe a Good Team Gould Be Made Up Largely of Local Stars. to Es- Sides to Be Taken Regarding Agreement Uncertain—Canvassing Committee Will Finish Tonight. SHOIMIER III CHI THE QUALITY PLANS C.'oj Verdict, l'lt(l< !on Suys Prosecution Is Compelled to Prove Tliaw Sane lo THE WEATHER TODAY. ILLS EMPLOYING MANY THOUSAND MEN RESUME FUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29, 1908 LICENSE COURT AT INDIANA DRAGGING ALONG SLOWLY FANS OF PUNXSUTAWNEY BECOMING ENTHUSIASTIC MINERS AND OPERATORS WILL MEET TOMORROW VOL II—NO. 110 PRICE TWO CENTS TRIAL Of CAPITOL GRAFTERS MAKING LITTLE PROGRESS Several Witnesses Being Called By Remonstrants tablish Unfitness of Applicants for License. IMTELTN CLAIMS I HIS ACTION CORRECT 1 DORINC THE PANIC K would Have Been Glad to Be I 1 Relieved of Responsi-11' bilities. the Day. Huston's Handy Man Furnishes Only Excitement of NEW STYLE OP DELIVERY. UTS THEK US HO HVMUISM Commonwealth May Claim Furnishings Could Have Been Bought in Stock. There is practically no doubt but reached an agreement. that Thomas L. Lewis was elected ' Without an understanding of some president. John P. White vice presl- kind being,' reached Ohio. Indiana, dem, and \\ . D. Ryan, secretary- I Illinois and Western Pennsylvania optreasurer. orators \n i 11 flsht the union and force Tomorrow the miners will be ready :i decrease in wages, if possible. i By United Press. to meet the operators. Tiie position INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 29. — Be- which either side takes as to the refore this evening the miners in con- newal of the Interstate Agrement is vention here will have the feport of unrtain. It is almost certain, howthe Canvassing Committee, which will ever that both the miners and opermake known the electon of officers. : ators will go home without having ! ADDRESSING THE iW m chicks take phizes Records Show Canal Bonds Wdnt to Forty Different States. White Leghorn* Belonging to Ralph Oliver Oirry Off Honors at Kociicstcr Poultry Show. ELPLAINS ACTION John J. Miller was sworn. He was at Manner's bar-room when Dave Murray came in. Bartender Youngblood refused to give him a liquor. Later he was given drink by the head barkeeper. II<> had seen Manner intoxieated. Tie had seen Dan Wagoner drink at tin- bar there when intoxicated.The third day of license court at plicant. Special charges, alleging II- Indlana brings but megre results so legal sa'e to minors, to men of known far as the number of cases heard Is Intemporate habits, to men visibly concerned. Many witnesses are be- under the influence of liquor, with ing called on both sides and every employing unfit bar-tenders and with point Is being strenuously contested selling liquor after the hour of closby the opposing lawyers. Ing as laid down by the court, were The Gazette, describing the pro- present. ceedltigs Monday afternoon, said that John Williams was called to testify when court was called 20 women be- on behalf of the remonstrants. He longing to the W. C. T. IT. filed Into testified that he had drank beer in the court room and were assigned Manner's bar-room and In a room at seats in the jury box and inside the the rear of the bar. lie named others bar enclosure. whom he had seen drinking there. The application of Elmer Manner He had seen men whom he thought for a license for the National Hotel In were Intoxicated drinking there. He the Second Ward was first called, had never seeen any lighting about John H. Pierce and Harry W. Earhart the place, lie had never seen Manner appearing for the remonstrants. They drink about the place, but had seen applied for an attachment for Daniel him refuse to drink, and had seen him Wagoner whom the subpoena server refuse to allow other men to drink. has been unable to locate. The attachment was granted. Other witnesses wanted by the remonstrants not being present, attachments were issued for them. The application of Mr. Manners was opposed by two remonstrances: one against the necessity of the license and one against the fitness of the ap- HIKED FROM NEW ORLEANS ! DATTON CITIZEN BEAD the second trial of Harry Thaw be- l'y United Press. NEW FOfUv, Jan — The announcement that Littleton would today begin the summing up of the trial of Harry Thaw, served as an attraction for the largest crowd since gan George Kktlchorger, of Curwensville, Passes Away at Ills Home After an Eventful Life. Thomas If. Marshal Passes Away in Forest County—Well Known All Over tlie State. George Kittleberger, one of the oldest and most widely known citizens of this county died at his home at Curwensville yesterday afternoon of a complication of diseases, aged 77 years. He had been suffering for a Of the life and death of George J&ettleberger, uncle of S. A. Itlnn, of this place, who died at Ourwensv!Jlo Monday, brief mention of which wus made in yesterday's Spirit, the Du Bois Courier says: "This defendant Is entitled to every presumption of Innocence," he thundered. "An American verdict from an American jury Is all we want. We believe you are convinced that the defendant was of unsound mind when he killed Stanford White. The prosecution w\$s compelled to prove him to be sane at the time of the (killing. but we were not compelled to j prove that he was of unsound mind." Littleton Immediately took up the question of a reasonable doubt. ICvelyn sa: beside Ms. rtee'rge L. Carnegie and Mrs. William Thaw, the latter showing plainly by her appearance that she was worn and ill. PROHIBITIONISTS MIME Full Ticket Named at ifir Convention lfr|<l In llcyoolrisvlUo Lost Week. Tomorrow the judges will award the prizes and it is the Intention of the entire Punxsutawney contingent to be on hand when the prizes are p.isse alonfc. Fred Warren sent a kennel of four horoughbred Belgian Hares. On Monday exhibits were whipped to Butler by Mr. Ollvej, W. D. Campbell, Wilson Blose and Samuel Todd, with Fred Warren represented in the pet stock department. The present week bids fair to be of still more interest to Punxsutawney poultrymen on account of the exhibits they will have at Butler, where the Butler County Poultry & Pe' Stock Association Is holding a show. ' First and third prizes were drawn by the two cockerels and the pullets carried off the third prize. Mr. Oliver yesterday received the blue and yellow ribbons, which his birds had drawn, and a frame has been ordered for their ensconcement. ( Ralph Oliver, ten single combed White Leghorns, one cock, one cock- I erel. and eight pullets; W. D. Campbell, seven single rose-combed Rhode Island Reds; Wilson 13lose, five Black Minorca*, one cockerel and four pullets; Samuel Todd, five rose combed Huff Leghorns. The Punxsutawney exhibitors have shipped tlie following birds; prizes. The llrst to obtain good results the present year, is Ralph Oliver who. yesterday, was notified that the coop of five single-combed White Leghorns, which he has on exhibition at the Genessee Valley Poultry and Pigeon Show In Rochester, New York, has carried off ten prizes, including one first, two third and seven special The progressive poultrymen of Punxsutawney are beginning to reap the rewards of many years' strict attention to business in the propagation of blooded chickens. CARNATION DAY TRACK WALKERS KILLED For the first time the fact was made public that the Panama Canal Bond issue was over-subscribed more than forty-four times. "The chief object of the funds distribution was not afford the banks profits, but to afford the business community means to carry on transfactions upon a normal basis." In declaring that the public deposits were made to meet business Iriemands, the Secretary says: He meets the charge of favoritism In the distribution of the bond Issue by producing records which show that the bonds were distributed among forty states, and the certificates in eighteen States. Secretary Cortelyou says that the gravity of the situation was further ,■ JU>0* the nipney market which was not localised In this country. He says that it was after the enormous amount of public deposits had failed to check the adverse current, that he decided upon the Panama Canal bond issue and certificates of indebtedness. Hs justification for taking such vigorous action to arrest the panic Is based upon what he declares was the disappearance in six weeks after the Knickerbocker Trust Company's suspension of $296,125,469, amounting, substantially, to one-tenth,of the entire amount of money in circulation In the United States. In those words Secretary Cortelyou responded this morning to the Senate resolutions of inquiry, which a 15,000 word justification statement for the radical methods which he employed in meeting the recent financial panic, and which have been radically criticised b,y the minority leaders in both branches of Congress. "The present Department head has not assumed the obligation willingly and would gladly be relieved at leas' in part by suitable legisation." WASHINGTON, p. C„ Jan. 29. — "In every measure taken the Secretary is felt bound to have a regard not simply for the treasury operations, but to their effect upon the country's financial condition. By United Press. McKinley Itejiiemliered by Scnntors Today — To Hold .Memorial Services Tonlglit. By United Press. GREENSBURG, Pa.. Jan. 29. — Jack Dackow and Alex Swatka, trackwalkers of this place, were run down by an empty engine and Instantly killed this morning. The funeral will take place from the late home of the deceased in Curwensville tomorrow at 2 o'clock p. m. He Is survived by the following children: Misses Sallie, Rosie and Louisa, at home, Mrs. Lewis Wrigley, George F. and Harry. The deceased was born in Germany on August 23, 1831. He came to New York when sixteen years of age and from there went to Pittsburg where a brother was living. He entered into the butcher business with hs brother and stayed there only theree months. Then accompanied by his brother he set down the river to New Orleans. Arriving at that city at the time of the yellow fever epidemic he immediately started to walk back and arrived in that city after walking the entire distance, at the time of the great Pittsburg fire in 1854. From Pittsburg he went to Punxsutawney, where, in 1855, he married Miss Louisa Haag. The following year he moved to Curwensville and started a meat market, supplying the lumber operations of Philip Blanchard, which | were at that time the most expensive In this section, with meat. He continued in the butcher business in Curwensville uninterruptedly until his death. He was a devout menvber of the Lutheran Church and held in high esteem by the entire community. resulted in a complication which caused his death. Thomas Hindman Marshall, aged 84, bank director, stock raiser, and one of the pioneer citizens of Dayton, Pa., died last Sunday at Redclyffe, Pa., Forest Covinty.-from an attack of grip and pneumonia. He was born at Dayton and was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Marshall. In his early L'Os he entered into partnership with his father and his brother, William Marshall, in conducting a large farm and merchandise store, the partnership lasting until the death of his father and brother. In 1885 h«' organized the Maple Creek Lumber , Company, which purchased about sixthousand acres of land in Forest County anil which since has been developed. At the time of his death he was senior partner in the firm of C. R. and T. H. Marshall, general merchants at Dayton. Among the other enterprises in which lie engaged was the Dayton Union Academy, of which he was a founder and liberal supporter, and which later developed into the Dayton Normal Institute: he was treasurer and collector of the Dayton Soldiers' orphan school during its existence; a director of the Dayton National Bank and one of the promoters of the Dayton Fair. He was universally respected and esteemed for his sterling integrity, fear'ess honesty and clean morals. He was a charter member and a regular attendant at the United Presbyterian Church, and was well known for his liberality. In 1S50 he married Miss Rossetta Neal, who died two years ago. The following children survive: Silas W. and D. Duff Marsha 1, of Dayton, Robert N., of Parnassus, the Rev. C. H. Marshall, of Evans City, and Mrs. E. E. Good, of Sacramento, Neb. Thomas H. Marshall, of Dayton, who passed away at Redclyffe, Forest County, Sunday, and was burled yesterday, was one of the foremost citizens of Central Pennsylvania. The following excellent biography of Dayton's patron saint Is taken from yesterday's Pittsburg Gazette-Times: 80BBEHS CAPTURED CANOE RIDGE (Office of the , Weatiierworks) — Much colder with cold wave tonight. Thursday, fair and continued cold. NEW KENSINGTON, Pa.—The plant of the Aluminum Company of America, the largest manufacturing concern here, is no wbelng operated day and night with a full force. Continued on Page Two. The testmony was for the most part dreary and unlutcrntlng. Only once, in the afternoon, did a ray of sunlight threaten to shine across the pages of the offlcal stenographers and I the pads of paper of the newspapermen. It wai when Stanford B. Lewis, Huston's assistant, called to the witness stand to iden'tlfy the much-talked-of quality plans, wa« All day yesterday was taken up before Judge Kunkel and the Jury by the Commonwealth attorneys in laying the foundation for the trial of the Capitol grafters. Forty-three exhibits were introduced by half a dozen wtn' -«f« who had to dentfy each. Adjournment was then taken unit this afternoon. The certificate in question was then offered n evidence by the prosecution but was objected to by Kothermel. The objection was overruled exception granted ly the court to the d efense. The witness then said he filled out the certificate, signed It and jrave It *■ f«» .Sanderson. This certificate show. «•<] that the Contractor was entitled to $53,513.61 on Item No. 22. He said he got the number from the bill face. "I told him my brother was away. Ho said the Auditor and Superintendent of Grounds and Buildings would approve them." ' "Sanderson told me," the witness continued," "that he would like to have the certificate filled out. ture. With the bill wan an affidavit certifying to its correctness. After some minor witnesses had been called lie\ Huston was called to the stand. 11< said that he held a clerical position In the office since 189lf. Mr. Huston stated that his brother. Joseph, made a trip to Eui*v>p« In 190G, and during his absence left a number of blank certificates. While hi* brother was away said Sanderson came to the office on business, i and was shown some of the exhibits. After some time the witness admitted j that he saw them too when Sanderj son took him the bill for the furnl- Stanford H. Lewis,, Huston's partner. was the first witness called this morning. He identfled the signature to let:er by the latter to Contra, tor Sanderson, in forming him that the plans for the furniture for the new building had been approved. Lewis was then excused HAHRLSBUJm, Jan. !!«>. — That JnM'ph Huston will be caled a witness by the Commonwealth? w as admitted today. A subpoena was served on the architect this morning and It is expected that he will be summoned to the stand this afternoon. isy Unted Press. Delegates to National Conventln A. D. Deemer, J. C. Sprankle. Alternates: A. J. Meek. J. A. Parsons, J. I,. Jones. Ed. McGlnniss, James Nelson. Delegates to the State Convention: C. K. Temple, A. D. Deemer. R. F. Milieu, William Mangle, J. C. Sprankle. A. D. Deemer and M. H. Caldwell were appointed as conferees on congress nominations. senator. James Startzell, Oliver Township, George Minish, Porter Township, sheriff; Samuel Fernian, Snyder Township. prothonotary; Marshall McLaughlin, Lanes Mills, register and recorder; James Startzell, Sprankles Mils, Treasurer; J. <\ Sprankle, Orange, and R. F. Mlllln, Falls Creek, commissioners; Mllo Uarber, Falls Creek, and William Steele, Warsaw, auditors; A. D. Deemer, Brookville, and M. H. Caldwell, Reevnoldsvllle, assembly. Nominations were made as follows J. C. Sprankle, of Orange, president; R. F. Miller, of Falls Creek, secretary; H. T. McOarey, of Stanton. treasurer. The Prohlbi.'on County Convention which was held at. Reynoldsville last Friday, elected officers as follows; S. OF B. V. M. EUCHRESOCIAL WELL ATTENDED Two Mill Take $3,000 From Clerks In ExprCMN Office—Found With llio Goods. fiut this "leap ball" looks like tlio goods. As the regulation bat Is limited to 2 1-2 inches In diameter, you will see that It has yet three-quarters of an Inch In which to dodge. The "stop ball" is an innovation of Leon Ames, and is supposed to come to a dead stop just before it gets t<> the plate. It was first put on the public through the energies of one Charles Webb Murphy, now president of the Champion Cubs. Napoleon LaJoie, however, put a crimp on the stop ball by defining it as one that the batter stopped every time it started toward the plate, resulting in twobaggers, three-baggers and home runs ad lib. it would wind all the way around the park and come back to the pitcher. It was barred on account of making the game too long. Probably you do not understand the principle of the "boomerang,* but that is a curve of snakelike formation, said to have been used by Walter Clarkson, the theory being that if it had enough force, and sufficient time, it is believed that if a league could be formed in the near future the clubs could be organized largely from the material in the towns named and •ther nearby towns. Those who are most active in the matter offer the suggestion that the fans in the towns hereinbefore mentioned elect delegates to meet, say at Clearfield, and go over the matter with a view of organizing a league along the lines already suggested. The suggestion made in a recent issue of The Spirit Tor a new base ball association to be called the t'entral Pennsylvania League, and to be composed of say, Punxsutawney, Du Hois, Curwensvlile, Clearfield, .Phtlipaburg, Osceola, Tyrone and Patton, has caught on with the iofral fans who are being converted to the Idea by scores and who express the opinion that with a good local man as manager the funds to finance the Punxsutawney end of the deal would be a mere matter of getting the proposition in writing. And now, while we are discussing base ball, let us contemplate the new style of delivery that has been developed during the past year. The hardest thing to hit. ever, is described by #the dope artist of the New York World as follows: The proposed league has already attracted the attention of the magnates of the other leagues both of major and minor proportions, and there are no good reasons why it should not be a go unless, perish the thought, the other towns hereinbefore mentioned are "afeard" of us. This bunch, on paper, has anything DuBols may have up her sleeve beat to a frazzle, and that wpuld be equivalent to winning the pennant. There are dozens of fans in Punxsutawney who have already selected In Punxsutawney and nearby towns a manager and captain, a world beater pitching staff, an infield, superior in every respect to any that ever lobbed them up in the Punxsutawney League, and an outfield of all stars. Taking this new curve into the list., we now have the "fade-away," the "spit ball," the "stop ball," the "boomerang" and the "leap hall." That ought to make any culb sit up and take nourishment. "The latest invention is called the "leap ball," which, it must be understood, bears no relation to leap year, but derives its name from the fact that It jumps 3 1-2 inches to the north of northwest just before crossing the plate. The only batters who have been able to beat this are those who i run out to the corner of the batter'.-; j box, and catch it asleep just before I it makes the Jump for life. j About 250 Guests Present During the Evening—Delightful Program Rendered— Prizes Awarded. Addresses on the life, services and character of President McKlnley will be delivered by Rev. Frank M. Bristol, Auditor VV. E. Andrews, of the Treasury Department, and former United States Senator Thurston, of Nebraska. WASHINGTON', D. C., Jan. 29.— ] Today was McKinlcy day at the Capitol. The slxty-tifth anniversary of the birth of th,e martyr President was remembered by a very large number of Senators and Representatives by tiie wearing of red carnations as boutonniees. Tonight the customary memorial exercises are to be held in the Metropolitan M. E. Church under the auspices of the United States Historical Society. Special to The Spirit, and Steei Plants Start Machinery After Several Weeks of Idleness—Mines Open. <• WHAT THEY ALL SAY. TOLEDO, Ohio.—Three years in the Columbus penitentiary frfr Perry C. Daniels, and one year In the reformaatory for Irel Daniels, hls.son, are the sentences meted out to the Lima cnouterfelters who pleaded guilty to the charge. N CANTON, O., Jan. 29. — "Carnation Day," the anniversary of the birth of President McKlnley, was generally observed In Canton today. Memorial exercises were held In the public schools and under the. auspices of various societies. A number of handsome wreaths were received and I deposited at the McKlnley tomb, among the senders being President Roosevelt, Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou and former Governor Herrlck. I jfORRISTOWN. —1 The steel plant The company'* Keystone furnace will be ready to start about February St. Temple furnace will be ready to PpMime operations on April X. Ertiaua Furnace Is running to Its full capacity.Dispatches to yesterday's city papers Indicate lhat many Idle Industrial plants that have been out of commission for from one to three months have resumed. Plants employing over 30,000 men were heard from a:i follows: ( READING. — Another mill of* the Reading Iron Company's big plant resumed today, giving employment to SS0 more men. Two other mills will go Into operation next Monday. A largo number of guests were present from surrounding; towns and th» festivities were not concluded until a late hour. Music and games delighted the big crowd until J 1:15 o'clock, when a delightful luncheon was served. I The following "on pri*®"; .iunr [Miss May Glynn, flrtit P*" *f' . jf, 'knives and forks: Mr* C*£,r. iFeicht, second, china te* fsr-S.'S-;"? [umbrella: Michael Hou.herty, third. cl*ai' case. Thirteen (amea were played and MIhs McGlynn went through without lojfng a (fanie. Mr. Callahan, who won eleven out of thirteen, effected a trade w!th Mr. Coleman, the former taking the handsome silk umbrella. One of the most largely attended oclal functions of the present sea mn In Punxsutawney, was the euciir ind luncheon given by the S. of B. V M. in the Knights of Columbus hal in the Clark Bulldlnr. North Find ley Street, lust nJ*ht. Over * geusts were present and two **r*' rooms were required to accommodate thon of the crowd dancln. * th« au6*tloh.> *nd th® ."'Llnment was confined to cards Vocal solos were render- J bv Rose Schneider and James Donnelly. both of whom were lira,—. Mim Earah Watklna played the accompaniments, and Miss Winnie O'Connor delighted the audience with Inatrumental solos. rorty euchre tables were kept bus; in ttife hall and several more wen improvised for the overflow rooms: Htf* to Mttabur* j CHESTER. W. Va.—In a raid on I the Eagles' Social Club and tha mond Social Club, In Cheatar, a <'d«r , town. Sheriff A. F. Wilkin deputies captured HJ ° forty gallons of number of yrowtoalit I The first They employ 35, resumed today. tonight. READING — The Reading Company's collieries, to the number of 28.000 men and boys. shipment of coal was sent to market work. day. YORK, — The Monarch Silk Mill, a bag containing t3,000 removing a of this place, owned by the American i package containing $40,000 to one Silk Company, resumed operations to- I side, In order to reach the bag, and day after a suspension of four weeks, j then made their escape, being at lib- Two hundred employes were given crty until canght at New London to- brought in by the express clerks. The robbers immediately covered employes of the express company and went to the safe, wher they secured PITTSBURG — Councils met and authorized bonds aggregating over t2,000,000 to provide labor for the unemployed of Pittsburg. By United Press. MANSFIELD, O., Jan. 28. —Carry- Carrying $3,000 In gold, two men were taken from a Big Four train toflay at New London, charged with stealing the money which they had In their possession from the Adams Express at Ivy Rock, which has been shut Company last midnight, In this city, down for two months, partly resumed The two men entered the express operations today, about two hundred office where the clerks were working men being put to work. with packages that had just been ■> I was on the lookout for two ♦ ] 4> weeks for help for the Key- ♦ <• stone Restaurant. Being un- ❖ successful I thought I would ♦ ❖ try an ad In The Spirit. Be- ♦ <• fore the close of the flrat day ♦ •> my ad appeared In your*pa- ♦ •> per had four applicant.Each ♦ ❖ one said that they had read ♦ ❖ my ad In your paper. So ♦ ❖ much for The Dally Spirit. It'a ♦ all rjght and deservea patron- ♦ age. Youra truly. ♦ <' J. ■■ LANC*#- ♦ ❖ Punrsutawney, Jan. it, iMfc ▼ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ <• Editor Daily Spirit: AKRON, O.—Tortured by the grip and despairing of recovery CurtU Shreve, aged flfty-flve yeirs, tried to end his life by cyttlng his throat and la dying. V :7 .. " TO JR