Punxsutawney Spirit, 1908-03-21

              m priation Bill. UNCLE SAM TO LOOK AFTER THESAFETY OF COAL MINER: Senator Knox Has Four Word Amendment For Appro- HISS FISHED II nnSBtffl . PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 21, 1808 FIREPROOF BUILDINGS FOR SCHOOLS ARE UK6ED Cleveland's Coroner Points Out Difference Between Hh City and New York. PUNXSUTAWNEY HARD HIT BY PITTSBUR6ER Woman Writer For the Sun Intimities Tliat Our (iirlx Are Wiriiout Style. TO AMEND MSI PRICE TVO CENTS TARIFF CHANGES BY COMMISSION ACT? BOW WOVII HAVE IIIE HEWER ' :■ f ! i La Follette Introduces Bill For Rearrangement of Schedules. President Holds Conference With I**- Ulntive Imlfrs of — «Hy Exempt Sonic TiniMs Jl'ST A WANDERING ItHKAM. BIfi UF.I'OltM MOVEMENT Critics of Smoky Clly Praise sIurc Work of Punxstitnwiiey Young tally. Limited Membership Restriction Removed And All Got) CUI. ions Asked to Join. JlAltl.Z MEXICO • THE WEATHER Not More Than Five Could Be of One Political Party. Provides for Protecton of Miners in the Territories.THE AMENDMENT $10,000.00 SALARY A tentative draft of tli«* measure has been prepared, and it is supposed that this was gone over by those who were present at the conferene. tions. It is understood that the subject under discussion was the proposed bill to amend the Sherman Anti-trust law, which wii exempt from the provision. ,,f that act certain kinds of combinations, under proper restric- WASHINGTON*, D. <\. March 21.— President Roosevelt held an important conference al the White House today with Senator Aldrieh and Representatives Payne and Dalsell, the men who largely control the course o? legislation in Congress. By United Press, 1 RICHEST BABY .lolill l>. ItcM-ki-filUr III. is Two Vims (H<| Ttxlny — x<,t a SjH»IIOll Soil. "Of tho supporting company great j praise is duo .Miss Florence Fisher, for her admirably expressive portrayal of (ho unhappy Mrs. Klvsted. Miss Fisher has a finely mobile face which she uses to advantage. ftor voice is vibrant and clear and her intelligence marked. While the portrayal was not that «>f rounded maturity, it was one of force and understanding."Of Miss Fisher's work Charles M. Bregg, theatrical critic of the Gazette Times, said: "Dodson Mitchell was the Judge Brack and he seemed to fit the role. Florence Fisher, the Punxsutawnev girl, played Mrs. Klvsted with considerable force and finish and was the recipient of individual encomiums. Tonight the new play by Owen Johnson, •The Comet,' will be presented. "Another Ibsen p'ay was put on bv Mme. Na/.lmova at the Nixon Inst evening. "Hodtia Gabier" was presented with admirable skill and was thoroughly enjoyed by a fair audienee. Mme. Nazimova as Hedda was superb and won Innumerable curtain caUs. Brandon Tynan played Lovborg with splendid effect, and John Emerson ivade a true-to-llfe George Tcsnan, the stupid husband. The Pittsburg Dispatch yesterday morning in commenting on the theatrical production, "Hodda Gabbler," which was the attraction at the Nixon Theater Thursday night, said: SMI ROOD!! LOCKED Only those who aVe over twentyone years of age are eligible to membership In the Ideal Gun Club. Yesterday morning Borough Engineer Coulter, L. C. McGaw and \V. P. Wehrle laid out a rille range near the traps on the gun club's leased property near the fair grounds. Punxsutawney has a number of flrst-clas* rifle shots and the sport promises to be one of decided Interest this year. The local gun club' Is using lis bes! endeavors towards Inducing the Stale to buy and stock the Clark, Kiser and Klpp tract near Cortez. At present conditions appear favorable for the accomplishment of their object and should they succeed only those who are members of the club or receive permits from them could hunt on those grounds. With the Stale Police at hand but little unlawful shooting would be done. Up to the present time a limit of fifty had been placed on the membership of the club. This restriction was at the last meeting removed and Is I now unlimited. The club Is anxious [ to annex all good citizens who are Interested in the protection of game. The time is surely coming and It but a few years off when a permit will be necessary for all those who desire to hunt. The gun clubs throughout this country are working towards this etid, and are receiving great encouragement from the powers that he. The members of the Ideal Gun Club of this city at a recent meeting in Dr. J. L. Robinson's office elected the following officers for the ensuing year: L. c. McGaw, president; Harry Nlckerson, vice president: Jack Crosby, secretary; T. B. Mitchell, treasure.\Fir© In Kpiuigler Temple of Education Causes Commotion Among Tax Payers. HIT EI6AGED Mine. Anna Ciotild Says slie Ila.s Hatl Quite Enough of Married Life. OLD ALMANACS MONEY WITHOUT VALUE CLEVELAND, March 21. — The Cleveland coroner who conducted the investigation of the Colllnwood fire, In which one hundred and sixty lives were lost, Includes In his report. Riven out today, a recommendation that the legislature shall enact a law to the effect that all school buildings must be made llreproof. Every mother and father who has u child of school age has an Interest In the passage of such a law. Within forty-eight hours after the tragic event in the Cleveland suburb, one of the great public schools in New York caught tire and not a chHil was Injured. This was due partly to tile coolness of the children and their teachers, but mainly to the construction of the building. The partitions and Honrs were built of terra cotta blocks that hail withstood tests of 2000 degrees, and the blaze was therefore confined to the room where it started. Besides the Character of tile structural materials, the broail stairs and the doors opening outward helped to avert danger. With the price of lumber as high as it is these days, the difference in cost between a fireproof and a nontlreproof building is rapidly becoming smaller. This tendency weakens whatever excuse there might other- wise be for having lire-trap schools. over for stricter building laws. pealed to legislative bodies the country In New York and other large cities and *tJ 1<1 you ever see such a most of the schools built in recent and 'did you ever see such an years are of the modern steel-and- old-fashioned coat,' and 'what do you tile construction, exemplified In the think of her hair, not a rat. or wave, huge "sky-scrapers" which, insurance or anything?' were some of the experts say, are more effectually fire- questions they hurled at each other resisting than any other class of over their club sandwiches and cups buildings. or tea. Individually and collectively, arclil- "Look out, girls! I'll bet in a year tects and engineers have begun to that girl will be earning more dollars urge legislation which will do away than you. with flimsy construction in the. fu- "Don't you know these girls from lure. Hlchard Humphrey, the the eountry have nn unlimited <■»-] United States Geological Survey's en- paclty lor work? Don't you know glneer In charge of structural mate- that they outstrip their city sisters rials, told, only a few days ago, how wherever they come into competition the annual fire loss In the country with them?" reached more than *5 per pacltn, as This Is a base slander on our against an annual loss of thirty- neighboring cly. It is art undeniable three cents per capita In twenty-one fai.( that tho women (lf PlmNfiUta„.. of the principal cities of Rurope. The ,,PV arc as. flvwhionablp ail(| U]l.t(,.,lat>, Society of Hullding Commissioners „„ lhoy are a Jt lvm„„ and inspectors, with headquarten. In in (inlor for th(> c, Washington, has launched a "build- of Ing reform" movement and has ap-  which were not the poor little thing's fault at all, and about her unstylish Friday's DuBois Express very kindly places a bunch of rubber on a hammer wielded by a woman writer for the Pittsburg Sun, who, because of her remoteness from the commercial, baseball and groundhog center, notes only the peculiarity of the nann of the most wide-awake, up-to-date, thriving little city in tne State. Of the allegation the Express says: Punxsutawney, on account of its name, has been called upon to stand quite an amount of comments from the city press, but the unkindest cut of all was what one of the woman writers said recently* In the Pltisburg Sun concerning the style displayed by a girl from Punxsutawney. The writer was telling about overhearing the conversation carried on by two girls, in which they were talking about a third, and one paragraph was as follows: "They were talking about some Kirl a girl who hail Just come from Punxsutawney or some other place wi'.h an impossible name to take a position In the oltk'e where they worked, and oil, how that poor little country girl did get grilled and basted and roasted! "They talked about her clothes—- Mrs. S. \. Weaver, of Valier, the Possessor of Several Old Pieces of liea<IJi!tf Matter. Civil War Veteran of Horatio Has $500 Bill Only Caoocl to liook At. MP fflU THIEF KillS M The youngster will find In hi.-) fathor a most excellent example of a millionaires who prefers the simple life to the pleasures of high society. I" his tastes, his every-day habits, his pleasures and his beliefs, John 1"). Rockefeller. Jr., is a most striking contrast to the ordinary son of :i mTliionalre father. Possessed of ;i fortune which would enable Itim to gratify any extravagant wish, which would enable him to pay half a million a year for a yacht and think it no waste, it,, support a racing stable or to buy] | a princely estate, lie wants none of them. To his mind It is pleasanter to work daily, to live quietly at home and to devote much of his time to religion and charity. ta booed The heir to millions Is being brought up in accordance with the traditions of the Rockefeller family, which, in other words, means that the follies and foibles of the sons of many millionaires of today will be Special to The Spirit, X10W YORlv, March 'J 1. — John ! l>. Rockefeller 111., heir presumptive to one of the largest fortunes in the world, was two years old today. From all accounts he is a tine, healthy, blureyed youngster, who is Just beginning to take a lively Interest in what goes on about him. He is the idol not only of his parents, but also «»f his grandfather, John D. Rockefeller, Sr. The latter has grandchildren in the MeC'ormick and Strong families, but I these young persons, who are destine! U. be tremendously wealthy, will have meager fortunes compared with John D. the third. It is believed that Democratic Senators will oppose the amendment on States' rights grounds, but Senator Knox is reasonably certain that Republican Senators enough will support him to write it into the bill and thereby start the Federal Government into an investigation the result of which will be of great benefit to miners and mine owners. with it ag he is with the one In which he hae taken such great interest. To meet the objections of the Supreme Court to the Bates liability law, Senator Knox introduced a bill extending the provisions of hlrf proposed liability law to any operaof a railroad to which the regulative power of Congress attaches itself. the lives of miners is so closely rc- The question of greater safety for lated to the question of employers' liability that Senator KnoS is familiar On either proposition involving a construction of the Constitution, Senator Knox Is prepared to take the affirmative of the proposition that the general Government has the right to spend money to assure the greater effliiency of mining methods and the safety of miners. It is the impression that the section wag written In that way to please the States' rights men and those who befcfeve that the Federal Government haa not the power to make Investlga* tlons for lt)e benefit of the miners of in States. "And in the States" are the words of amendment Senator Knox will ask the Senate to put Into that provision. He was amazed when he read the bill as reported from the Senate Committee on Appropriations to find that the section had been rewritten so as to make the money available only for investigations In the Territories and for the benefit of the miners in those parts of the country over which the Federal Government has exclusive jurisdiction. That bill contains a provision appropriating *l»r.,000 to be immediately available for "the protection of the lives of miners in the Territories and District of Alaska, and for conducting such investigations in tho Territories and in the District of Alaska as wll increase the efficiency and safety in mining. WASHINGTON, D. C.. March 21.— When the Senate Monday takes up the legislative, executive and judicial apappropriatlon bill Senator Knox will offer an amendment of four words, which will1, If adopted, prove of immense benefit to the miners of tho country. STRANGLED TO DEATH! It Is requlred to report to CoagresA bj January t. 190!*, and annually thereafter. , The commission Is authorized to make a special inquiry regarding the difference In the cost of producing articles in this country and in foreign countries, ascertaining that wages, hours of service, efficiency or labor and standard of living in such foreign countries. The commission is also given authority to make minute in[quiry as to the cost of production of Articled in tills country and In that t conneeion is authorised to summon witnesses, examine books, etc. In presenting his bill, Mr. LaFoIiette said regarding the section authorizing the suspension of duties that he (had placed that provision there an giving his own views on the tariff and because he believed Congress had a right to legislate along those lines. Washington is made the headquar| tors of tlie commission, but it is authorized to .sit and have hearings at I my place in the United States, and to send members or officers of the commission abroad for the purpose of securing information. ary uf $10,000 each, and after the lirst eleven years of the existence of the commission, each of the members Is to be appointed for 10 years. The first appointments are arranged to terminate so that a new member should be appointed every year. The members are to receive a sal- it't and reciprocity, one in the knowledge of production and accounting, another a statistician, who has made | a study of the foreign markets, and the last "an eminent economist." tariff laws, the next an expert in tar- The bill provides for the appointment of a commission of nine members. one from each of the Judicial circuits of the Union and no one of whom shall be a member of Congress. Not more than live are to be members of any one political party. One is to be skilled in manufacturing, another in agriculture, another In Imj ports, another a representative of labor, the next a lawyer skilled in the ticle upon which there was such a combination as would control production, prices or wages within the I'tilted States, or in any foreign market.together, to suspend any tariff schedule and put on the free list any ar- law, it would be competent for the commission an ;1 the President, acting WASHINGTON', D. (\, March 21.— If a bill for the creation of a Tariff Commission, introduced yesterday by Senator LaFollette, should become a <iun Siip|M»sctl |o Fix Chicken Thieves Im Forgotten by Woman When She (iocs lo the Coop. NEW MEXICO FOU TAI'T The matter has created a great commotion in the town, which Just now is being sued In court by the contrac tor who put up the school for a balance alleged to be due on his job. The people blame thp school board for accepting what they term a pooljob, and they also say that the old and crippled man who Is Janitor should be displaced by a younger and more active employe. The matter may get into court along with Contractor Joseph Peters' suit. The citizens nf Spangler, one of the prosperous mining towns of Northern Cambria County, have not yet got over the terrible scare they had St. Patrick's Day, when fire was discovered In the cellar of the borough's largo central school build ing. rays the Aitoona Gazette. .< heating pipe not covered by asbesto: was In contact with a post in tlv cellar and fired it. The pipe had be come overheated, thereby bringing t. n focus trouble long threatened b; the contact of metal and wood. For tunately the blaze was discovers early and was put out before It ha< I eaten up through the floor. The pa rents of the school children are es peclully grateful for this, because ai examination at once begun disclose ! it is said, that almost every oute door of the building was locked a the time and a couple of them wen oven nailed fast. FEU UNDER TRAIN imate of Inline Hospital Thought To llatr liivu Murdered by Another Patient. ALBUQUERQUE, N. M.. March 21. —It is expected that the Republican Territorial convention, which meets in Silver City today, will declare for Secretary Taft as the choice of the Republicans of New Mexico for the Presidency. The convention will name the delegates from New Mexico to the Chicago convention. Hoy Mini slioxui' Mifls Willi I'ulnful Accident at Crtrksldc — Uft l.cjj Amputated. NEW LIABILITY ACT The books were given to her by her father, the late 'Squire John Bell, wrfo died in 1865. and was burled £t Valier. %!r Bell came to Jefferson County from Westmoreland County in. 1809 and settled on what is now the J J. Hamilton farm near Perryville. Mrs. Weaver also has a United Slates speller which was published in 1830 and which is also In a good state of preservation. j They were printed by the Western Vw'ilot, a Canton, Ohio, publishing house which aimed not only to instruct its patrons in everything pertaining to the science of almanac making. but In all of the other arts an 1 sciences. Mrs. 8. A. Weaver, of Valier, who was in Punxsutawney yesterday, exhibited four almanacs which she believes hold the record for antiquity. [They were printed in the years 1838. j 1839, 1840 and 1842, respectively, and although as yellow with age as the proverbial October leaf, are still well preserved. # OFF FOR EUROPE Mi'.m. Burdette, forgetting about tintrap, went to the coop this morning, and upon opening the »loor. she wfts shot dead. KEN'TON, Ohio, March 'J 1. — Sherman Burdette, living at Foraker. near here, had been annoyed by chicken thieves. At last Burdette's patience left him and he fixed a shot gun with an attachment which would discharge it wen the door of his coop would be opened. By United Press. Speaker Cannon mul Vice President 1'ulibanks llcllcvu Jllll Will Ik- I'ihscd This S<*hsIoii« Alio HiiiiiiitH Will S|m»ihI n Year Abroad for Public to Forget. CITY OF MEXICO. March 21. — The one hundred and second anniversary of the birth of Benito Juarez, known to history as the savior of Mexican Independence, was honored throughout the Republic today by the customary fete* and celebrations. Juarez, who rose from humble Indian origin to the office of President, guided the destinies of Mexico during the most crucial period of her history. "I shall take my children for n trip lo Niagara Bulls, but that is all. I am very gad to be back In my own country. I experienced no trouble in leaving France, and the voyage was B pleasant one." "No," she said; "I am not engaged. I do not know whether the Prince is coming here, nor am I acquainted with any of his plans. I have come to pay my sister a return visit of two months." t When asked if she intended to travel during her visit Mine. Gould said: She shrunk back perceptibly when asked if she Was engaged to Prince Hciie dp Sagan. When seen by reporters- on shipboard Mme. Gould at first introduced her three s»ons and then smilingly said: "How can I be of service to you?" As the former countess came down the gang plank she flung her arms around the neck of her sister, and there was an affectionate meting She appeared to be in the best of health. Mme. Gould was met on the pier by Mrs. George J. Gould and Miss l#len Miller Gould, and went at orive to Miss Gould's home, No. 575 Fifth Avenue, where she will spend several days. Mme. Gould and her children occupied a suite of hooms and on embarkation entered on the passenger list as "Mrs. Miller and party,' but after the steamship was on the n<m they were registered under their own names'. This statement was made by Mme. Anna Gould, former Countess Boniface deC'astellane, when she arrived from France in the White Star Line Steamship Adriatic with her throe children, Jay, George and Boniface de Cast el lane, and a maid, a chauffeur, and a valet. NEW YORK, March 21,—"I have no intention of becoming engaged to Prince de Sagan or anyone else. I have had enough married life.' The Hospital authorities say that •loath wan due <» an accident. It is believed, however, that the woman was killed 1 y an insane person. ••• -—  DUKE Mir RETURN A sheet was tightly wound aroun l the woman's neck ami after making a superficial investigation, the police declared that the woman hail been murdered. X K \Y YORK, March -1. — Margaret Mcl'une, of Brooklyn, was found strangled to death in the observation ward <>t' the Kings County Insane Hospital tins morning. By United Press When the Yankees learned that It would require an armful of the Confederate "long green" to buy a meal, some of them supplied themselves with otic for a pocket piece, and the rest was dumped back Into the vault oj the bank. One of the banks searched contained $3,700,000 of Confederate notes, all In the denomination of $500, one of which was secured by Mr. Law. Mr. Law went out in August. 1X04, as a member of Co. B. 206th Reglmept, Pa. Vols. Col. Brady was in command with, the late William Xeal, of Valier. as captain, U. Xeal, of West End. Punxsutawney, as First Lieutenant, and H. Clay Campbe.i, of Punxsutawney, as Second Lieut. The 206th was stationed before Richmond, awaiting orders to capture the Rebel eapltal, but a tight was not necessary. The Union troops entered Rlchmon.1 without a struggle, among the first to be placed in charge of the city's government being the 206th,. Robert F. Law, of Horatio, who was in town yesterday, has a $500 bill which at one time was a legal tender among a people who participated in one of the most destructive wars in all history, but which is now not worth the paper it is written on, excepting as a memento. The bill was engraved and printed at Montgomery, Alabama, in 1861, and fell into Mr. Law's hands' on April 3. 186">, six days before Lee's surrender to Grant. Even at tha' time Mr. Law's $500 would not be received in exchange for a barrel of Hour by the people who had been Unarming a war with that kind of motley. UNIONTOWN, Pa. — A re inspection of the Lafayette mine of the Atlas Coke Co. has been made by Mine Inspector* Williams Lowther and Blower. They make an excellent report as to the general conditions of the drainage, ventilation, etc. The same inspectors made an advene report several weeks ago. POttTtrOESE MOURN FOB CllOVVN PHIXCE STEUBENVILLE. O. — Mrs. William Cann, aged 30. swallowed carbolic acid at Mingo Junction in a tit of despondency and will die. The family recently moved there from Pittsburg.' He was hurried to the AJrlan Hospital where the leg was amputated. His condlton is greatly improved today.The man had gone from Cummins to C'reekslde to call a crew. About the time he had completed his work a freight train pulled out of Creekside and Munshower attempted to board It. His foot slipped from the step and he was precipitated under the moving train. The train at the time was moving slowly and he succeeded In drawing his body from the rail, but the wheels passed over his leg. crushing It to a pulp. Hoy Munshower, caller and general all around man for the B., R. & P. Railroad at Cummins, was seriously injured Thursday evening, when ho endeavored to jump a moving train und fell under the wheels. Hummel will remain abroad for a year, spending his time touring in an automobile. NEW YORK, March 21. — Abe Hummell, the diminutive lawyer who was released Thursday from Blacjcwell's Island, after serving a term of imprisonment on the charge of perjury and subornation, in the Dodge- Morse trial, sailed In the Cunard liner Lusitana. By United Press , cupied .by the general store or Borland ... A felt and the Rockland postofflco, ™ was struck by lightning and burned. The Iom is $16,000, with flO.OOO Insurance.PRANKLIN, Pa.—The building oc- CANOE RIDGE (Office of the Weatherworks)—Pair and warmer tonight, Sunday fair and warmer followed by rain In the afternoon. WASHINGTON, Pa. — Ninety-five cents 'fetid a rain coat was ail the loot secured by burglars who visited the new Wayneaburg & Washington station here. LISBON, aMrch 21. — Ha.lCrown Prince Lulz Philippe, who met death at the hands of the regicides last month, lived until today he would have been twenty-one years old. On public and private buildings throughout Lisbon flags were displayed at half-mast today an.1 many of the Litbon papers contained tributes to the memory of the Crown Prince. NKW YORK. March 21. — The Duke of Abruz/.l, who it is reported will marry Katherine Klkfna, daughter of Senator Klkins, of West Virginia, sailed for Liverpool this morning.By lTnlted Press. The Duke did not say when he expected to return, but hli demeanor indicated that he expects to be bafrk soon and then claim his bride. He refused to affirm their engagement. These statements were made unreservedly by Speaker Cannon. and by the Vice President lo a delegation, led by Samuel Qompers. president of the American Federation of Labor, from eighty-seven national and International trade and labor unions and organisations of farmers assembled In a national conference in this city. The delegation called on the Speaker to lay before the House or Representatives, through him, a memorial entitled "Labor's Protest to Congress." WASHINGTON, 1). C„ March 21.— Speaker Cannon and Vice President Fairbanks have announced their belief that the present congress will pas« an employers' liability act which wir meet and overcome the un-constltutlonalltles of the present law pointed out by the Supreme Court of the United States In a recent decision. LT8BON. Ohio —The barn of Joseph Faloon at Hanoverton, was burned by lightning. The loss is $5,000. Seven horses were consumed. i if Jj§ . ■ " V. . ■ '% V f to' mam is bfecied ItoiutUfl Mb m PI 1 GUI CUM ELECTS