Punxsutawney Spirit, 1908-03-31

              (i. I*. Illirtlloloinett Urn rely Come- Id llio Kohcup — Others Have Plenty .to l.eimi. To tlii' Voters of the 27th Congressional District: CANNOT ITT HIM DOWN IIEFVSEI) DEMAND. PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 31, 1906 VOL. II—NO. 160 CHARLES EBERHART WINS PRIZE OF {10 FOR BEST PARK NAME PRICE TWO CENTS 295,000 TOOLS «II HI OKI m~m ran (Sily Safti 010 ROT MEAN THE OFFER TO GILBERT IN WAY OF BRIBERY CHARLES LORENZO AND MRS. MUSARFIT HELD FOR NEXT TERM COURT WITHOUT BAIL Attorney W. 8. Adams Believes Matter Will Be Settled Tomorrow. Dubois Courier Gives Its Side of The Argument— Only A Rebate. Su.vs Corrupt Politics, if Persisted in, Must liu'vilnlil.v Itiiin ilie ltcpubic. BIE'R GROUNDHOG IS DEFENDED IN THE SUN BY WILMINGTON MAN W. 0. SMITH'S PLATFORM i i < * His New Summer Re- H. L. Grube Will Christen sort "Alahoe". Illinois  Indian (outside block Held).. Ohio  Western Pa  Missouri. Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and outlying districts By .«tfl>s the number of men who v. ni lie Idle tomorrow are us follows: 70.000 15,000 40,000 30.000 MANY CONSTESTANTS WAS PAID BY CHECK . 295,000 This is not a strike, and therefore tetrlke benfii* from the Xatiionat Treasury will not bo paid. But the local districts are expected to prevent actual want among the families of the miners. Total TRAGEDY HI FORT DUPOIT Ffflf III CRAWFORDTOWN exceptions of the In.liana Bloek Com District and (Vntral Pennsylvania bituminous district. In all tin- other districts no new contracts have been made. Tonight thousands upon thousands of miners will lay down their tool.1*, and a "suspension of work" will be in force. Tonight all contracts in the bituminous fields expire, with the two By United Press. Indianapolis, in.i.. March 3i — Thomas L Lewis, President-elect of the United Mine Workers of America, Is working for a joint intcrs£ite conference of miners and operators to be held here, and it seems that ho will be successful. TARENTUM HEARING TliJritM*) - Year-Old Lad killed b.v Bullet Meant l-v>r 1 ii|M»|»ular fMTffCOIIt. William fiallo SufTeiN l,<»s of 9:1,000 in Ulnae Uist Night—|»nrtial Insurance. W. B. Adams, Esq., who went to Turentum Sunday to appear on be- WILL Wi FOR ODE believed that Sergeant Blackburn tvai 'the in tended victim, jus it is rumoret that he is very upopuiar among tin s. ldiers. The bullet It 1h aald was not mi for the unfortumi'ted lad, but it search was In vain. Tho occupants of tho store dashed out into the darkness from whence the bullet ha<l been tired, and In a short space of time the alarm was i given and Fort Dupont notified of [the tragedy. Guards hurriedly rush- It d forth from 'the various exits of the ;Ui vornment reservations, but their Little thirteen-year-old John Cook, Jr.. was laughing and talking with a group of soldiers who had gathered in the store, when suddenly without warning the whl/.z of a bullet was heard and the boy fell to the floor mortally wounded, with his jugular vein severed, and died before a physl-1 clan arrived. In the little confectionery and tobacco store conducted by Sergeant Lacey, just outside the Fort Dupont Reservation, near Delaware City, last night. A pathetic little tragedy was enacted By I'nited Press. WILMINGTON. Del., March 31.— dudgr Kwl DIsinKscs Itult-—W ill Interfere With Policy of the Party Ixiidm. Mr. Grube was very much pleased ' svlth the list of names suggested, and next summer will extend tine courtesies of tin- park to all of the contestants upon their first appearance at Lake Ala hoe. Alahoe Park will he dedicated some time early-in the summer months, and the reports are to the effect that it will be one of the prettiest summer resorts in this section of the country. The name selected by Mr. Qrube Is j Alahoe, meaning, 'Vome In; all are! welcome," which was contributed by | Charles Eberhar.t, of Punxsutaw- ' ney. Mr. Kberhart, It l« said, hit upon the name while leaning on a hoc handle and thinking of a la ho<* cake for dinner, down on the farm. He got the $10, 'tennyrate. Other names suggested are Alahoe, Mishawaka. Lcnapee, Minne'onka, Winnettka, Xicoswanda, Bonnie Rrook, Minm akic, Crescent Lake, Lak*' «»1 the \\"oods, Reecli Moat, Willow Lake, ICaglesmere, Appaiachicola, Winniepesogec, Wllllamette, Suwanee Lake, Saskatchewan, Oranchlat, Nlehltoch<>s, La Cyn«\ Alberta, Apalachee, PassarnHquaddy, Moss Spring Park and Alrnerdlne. Immediately those versed in nomenclature and etymology set to work, with the result that Mr. Grube had many suitable and highly romantic names to seleot from. In almost every instance the competitors suggested Indian names of more or less mellifiousness, bu; some few sKle-stepped the main point 'and suggested such prosy and incongruous appellations as C3It'll Wood, Ormond Reach. Waterloo and Olympia. One tinmen dm ur 1st, who is a sentimentalist, and has evidently been a close observer of the "goin's on" a: parks sug- 5 gested "Lake Klssanee," while oth- 1 ers, who have ]| In for the printer and the alphabet suggested such names a.s Atchafalaya. Dhawuliglrl, and Waskanonglwaganilng. Last fall Harry L. Grube, of doe, who (s fitting up a park in the forest along Mahoning Creek, between Big Run and Onondaga, offered a prize of $10 for the most suitable name. The offer stipulated that the name should suggest a lake and carry with it a suitable meaning. M RACE QUESTION m m sum urn Mr. Gallo's loss is estimated ;»t about $3,000, with insurance an follows: Building. $1,000; stock, $S0U; household goods, $L'00. The second IIi*«*, it is alleged, was caused by sparks or smouldering embers from the first lire. The first tire, it is said, was caused by an exploding lamp. During tinprocess of putting out the flames the beds were drenched with water, .so that the family found it necessary go to the home of some friends to spend tiie night. The Gallos, including the parents and four children, did not save anything but themselves and their clothing.At about one o'clock a second alarm 1 of tire was given at Crawfordtown. This time the blast* had eaten through the roof of the dwelling and the tiro I companies of both Adrian and Anita j responded. They -wore too late to > save anything from or any part of I the Gallo building, but rendered I heroic service In saving the John Kelly dwelling, a new $1,500 structure which occupies a tot next to the Gallo establishment. At about ten o'clock an alarm of fire was given, which was answered by \V. S. Heed. John Davis and Alex. Warden, members <>f the Adrian tire company, who discovered a bed on tire in one of the rooms In the living apartments on the second floor. The tire was quickly extinguished without much loss, excepting from water William Gallo. of Crawfordtown. a small settle merit between Adrian and Anita, were totally destroyed by fire between one and two o'clock last night. The store room and dwel'ing of living Club llohls Interesting Meel ing at Home of Mrs. I-on Pan tall. < liildren and I'rirmls Spring Plea-am Surprint* on .Mm. Heady —IlirJInlay I (e minder. "In connection herewith we therefore call attention to the fact that within several months the paper here that was use«l to rabidly oppose the election of Mr. Lewis Is reported to have received upwards of $.1,000 from the district office for printing, approximately ten times what Mr. Gilbert said he had paid to the Courier—and the Evening Express ha.s not received one dollar's worth of printing. This in the face of the fact tha't the Courier and Express each employ more union labor than the other and at better wages and shorter days." "Soon after tlie? work was delivered ilr. Gilbert sent a check, ami at oner 0 per cent, of the amount was return (1 according Jo agreement. In <ln< ourse of time Mr. (Jilbert began t< • II that we had attempted to brib lim. Tbu't led some who heard hi eports to Inquire of us about it. \V tatcd the circumstances as trie; v«re, as given above, ana ...re care ul to say that In our opinion Air Jilbert could not be charged witl irong doing If be turned the diseoun »r rebate, whichever it may be term •d, Into the district treasury; an; hat he should not be charged witl irong doing In the mater by an: ntcrest<d party before they knev i hat disposition had been made o he money. Our understanding is thahecks are not used In shady trans ,c! ions, and for our part we had n« icsitancy whatever In refunding th» liscount by check. As we interpret I there was no bribery so far as wi \ ore concerned. If Mr. Gilbert wa: bribed it could only have been In Himself. Ifow he handled t ha money, or ajiy other money that ha come Into bis hands is net our af fair. It is only the affair of tbos people of the organisation who ma be interested. order. 'Those who attended Saturday I morning's session of the miner*' convention are aware that a great deal ! "f attention was devoted by District | Secretary-Treasurer Gilbert, aril some , less by District President Gllday, to I tills paper: and thai they were carrying out a prearranged program which ! well understood hy the retiring ! national secretary. \V. n. Wilson, j "N'dw as to the business relations j with Mr. Gilbert: He alleged In his I address that the Courier tried to bribe him, and in 'the course of his talk, consisting id' charges and appeals to the sympathetic side of his audience, he occasionally stepped back to his promoter, •■Bin" nines, who sat behind the scenes, and after a word from him resumed his talk. The "bribery" was '.his: Mr. Gilber had some district printing to give out; the writer of this article said to him that we would make him a price, and if we were awarded 'the order there woulu be a return of ten per cent. It wit, very carefully explained to him that it was not. a bribe proposition, but V as made on knowledge gained by long experience thait w e could not obtain orders f.»r that amount of work a' a less cost; thai If we went beyond the fegular patronage for orders for prlnitlng a representative had to go after It and wages and expenses, or commission, if it were a commission arrangement amounted to fully that much or more, and we were obliged to meet that com: all thn time. He seemed to understand il and sent in the part of the proceedings, perhaps, are touched upon by the DuBols Courier which in yesterday's issue .said, in part: week that will not be Riven out as Some of tile issues debate J daring the miners' convention at DuHols last Hill FOR BERLIN % The club will hold its next mooting with Mrs. H. L. Young:, on Tuesday evening, April seventh. Winslow presented the views of Thomas Dixon and Thomus Nelson Page on ! the same question in a very interest-; ing paper. Mrs. G. L». Glenn read an artie'e entitled "The Tragedy of j th« .Mulatto." by Hay Stannard Bak- • er. which was followed by the event i of the club year—the yearly debate. The question this year was, "Uesolv-| ed, That the Fifteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution should be repealed." It was ably debated on the affirmative side by Mrs. J. L. Fisher and Miss Martha Davis, but the decision of the elub was in favor of the negative side debated bv Mrs. J. H. Prot hero and Mrs. A. M. Hammers. After the decision the question was freely discussed by all present, and no phase of the vexing race question i was left untouched, except, perhaps, a satisfactory solution of it. Miss Maragret Campbell made clear to tho club the views of Benjamin K. Tillman and Booker T. Washington on the race question. Mrs. It. < The resignation of Mrs. c. G. Hennigh, of Cristobal, Canal Zanc, was read and accepted. The weekly meeting of the Irving Club was held at the home of Mrs. Lon PantaM last night, with twenty members present, who responded to , roll call with patriotic quotations, i Itcxltfiiiitlou of Tower AiiiiouiuhmI mikI BuccemorV \auk< 8ent to the V?. N. SoiihU' Twliiy. Mr. .tnd Mrs John Irvin, Mr anil | Mrs. A Ziinmers. Mr. and Mrs. W. j E Bowser. Mr. an.I Mrs. C. ,1. Smith. I Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. \V. S. Dunkle. Mr. and Mrs. J.; F. Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Parsons, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. McQuown, I Mr. and Mrs. \V K. Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. \V. 11. Fetterman. ftev. and Mrs. \\ S. Wilson, Mrs J. F. Zufall. Mrs. M. G Walker. Mrs. W. It. Walker. Mrs. Kzra Orr, Mrs. C. A j Tucker, Mrs. It. \\ Adams. Mrs ('. I A. Wulfel!, Mrs. Delta Hutmire, Mrs. Klla MeGlvness. Mrs. Elizabeth Watson, Misses Anna irvin, Anabel Lowry, lolu Anderson, Caroline Campbell, Mary Zufall, Iva Depp. Mary Hlnton, I Kmma Parsons, Viola and Hazel I Smith, Messrs. Berton Williams, J Clyde Pearce, Haymond Thomas. Uay| inond Miller, Harry Merser, Charles j Parson, David Smith. present were her home at the invitation of her children. Ira, Grace and Fred, and Mrs. W. K. K.iufman, the event being a reminder that Sunday was the anniversary of her birth. Music, games and an exqulsi.e luncheon contributed o a pleasant evening. Those number of her friends assembled at Mrs. A. S. Bea'ity last night was given an agreeable surprise when a If the conscientious voters of this | district will stand by me in this contest and put the seal of their disapproval upon the senseless and unbusinesslike custom of regarding: the office of Representative in Congress as a mere favor to some individual, to be passed around according: to the exigencies of machine politics, instead of viewing the matter in the light of what is best for themselves and the public service, a long step will have been taken In the direction of good government. The majority of thinking men know that the custom of rotating this important office must continually result in bungling inefficiency. I do not pose as a man possessing superior qualities or special capabilities for affairs, but my nomination under the circumstances would mean the triumph of reason over a vicious custom. it would mean a victory of common sense over the customary deals and trickery of political devices. I and the disabling of men's judgment by arguments altogether foreign to the issue. W. O. SMITH. Very slncerly yours, This will be the first nomination of a candidate for Congress under the direct popular vote system. It Is for the people to say whether we shall adopt a rational, business-like view, or whether we shall continue a system that must forever deprive the district of the Influence and prestige that it should have In Congress. A popular verdict In favor of the rotation idea Will fasten it upon us indefinitely and virtually rob the people of the power of selecting their representative. ' I believe In clean politics. On this subject I have profound convictions. In this country the ballot box is the , Hcource of authority, apd to corrupt the sovereign power is the gravest of all crimes. The voter who permits . himself to hi- influenced by motives ( other than the good of the public service Is (perhaps unwittingly) helping to undermine the foundation of our free institutions, and by lending his aid toward putting unscrupulous and incompetent men in office iscncouraging corruption, extravagance and peculation In State and National affairs. The robbery of the people by those whose duty it was to guard the interests of the State In the construction ; and furnishing of the Capitol at Har- j rlsburg, was the legitimate fruit of corrupt politics at home. If the people do not rebuke corrupt practices at the polls It must inevitably result in the ruin of the Republic. T would I favor any legislation tending to purify politics. The platform of the Republican party as a whole has always appealed to me, and as it is in the nature of a pledge to the people, good faith demands that it should be carried out. That platform has uniformly declared for protection to American industries, for the improvement' of rivers and harbors, for measures calculated to ; better the conditions of labor, for liberal pensions to the Nation's defenders, for progress and development along all lines, anil the general uplifting of humanity. These things have my hearty approval. But no representative can get far in advance of public sentiment. He must be. content to Jog along with the procession. and act conscientiously according to his light. It appears to be the fashion Tor candidates for Representative In Congress from this district to set forth a decimation of principles. 1 have never thought It expedient or wise to adopt a platform of my own, but regarded It rather as a duty to support the platform of the Republican party adopted at the preceding National Convention. After all It Is character and industry that counts. it is not what a man says, but what he does, that should be considered. MAY KKCOVEU SIIOUTLY This moans that the party reaolu* lion to "vote for one," will bo printed above the names of the Democrat* ic candidates for County Commissioners.This forenoon Judge Heed filed his opinion, which was to the effect that he found no cause for granting the petition, and the rule to show cause was vacated. A ft or hearing the evidence and argrum»nts yesterday, Judge Hoed took the matter under a Ivlaement, reserving his derision. Pwo years ago, while In convention assembled the Jefferson County Democrats* adopted a resolution or enacted a by-law which provided that only one candidate should be nominated for the office of County Commissioner Last November the Demo* • rat- in convention assembled. re.adopted the "vote for one" plan, and the County Commissioners were notltVed to print the Democratic tickets In accordance with the resolution. I >cmocrat* I h»» rule to show cause was served on the Counts Commissioners who yesterday, through tfielr attorneys, answered that ihe words "vote for one," was being printed on the Demociatie tickets because «»f instructions from the Democratic County ' huirman as well as from prominent rnlssioner Jutlgv John \N. iteed yesterday at ! i'mokville heard arguments In a rule to show cause why ;he words "vote '"f* I wo instead of the words "vote for one", should not be printed above the* names of the Democratic candl• dices for county <'omissionera on the • tickets which will be used by the I Democrats at the comlnff primary • lections. April J J. The order was made on the petition of Charles At. Dinner, of Reynoldsvi'le, who. ci:fn« a provision of the Suite Constitution, holds that It Is mandatory for the Democrats to vote I or wo candidates for County Com- "If there is any doubt In the minds of the unbelievers, ask of the pilgrims, E. Hubbard. Has Wilson or De Soto Freas, or others who annually gather at the seat of author! fy, whether your consignment of the groundhog to a premature burial Is justifiable." "It Is enough that the predictions are regularly forthcoming and that the spirit of the Institution Is growing by leaps and bounds. Colonel 13. M. Clark, Esq., of this place, also a member of the famous club, and a former co-collaborator of fosslldiliferous remains 1 of the arctomys monax with Colonel Bartholomew, upon reading the Wilmington man's letter In The Sun, yesterday, immediately began preparations to Mlasourianise every mollycoddling sun of a gun who hereafter doubts the Canoe Ridge weather schedule. "That the toothsome s;» w made from the earthly remains of the little animal sacrificed on the altar of weather futures, and the famous groundhog punch, verily a reproduction of "the purer nectar" of the ancient Elyslan fields, both influence the deductions of these erudite conservators of nature's elements, who can gainsay ? "You are evidently unaware, sir, that the elaborate, although little understood forecasts of said bureau are in reality but the published declarations of sedulous and clandestine seances carried on between the official weather works at Punxsutawncy and the government at Washington. You are perhaps unfamiliar with the tales of the clans which gather once a year on the storm tossed summit of Groundhog Hill and there hold communion with the departed spirits of the wary rodents and record for the coming year the actions to be expected of the ethereal elements. tions of this wary and indefatigable four-footed weather proph«'L have, through the sponsorship of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, long since been lifted from the realm of mysticism and are today accepted as fact. The deductions of this august bo.ly have year after year proved so reliable that the United States Weather Bureau, out of sheer desperation for the maintenance of its own existence, has been forced to give the club its official stamp of approval, which action, while extremely gratifying to the aforementioned club, returns to It no credit, honor or remuneration which of right should accrue to it. not a fact that the prognostlca- "This the Mast word' would strike consternation to the hearts of countless thousands of the faithful Were "In The Sun of March 12 appeared an article consigning to the grave of ignominious oblivion the long cherished prerogatives sacred to the memory of the ancient and honorable groundhog. I Mr. Bartholomew, a devoted disciple of the Druids of Groundhog Knob, and an honored member of the Punxsutawney & Pit-tsburg Groundhog Club, in a letter published in Sunday's issue of the New York Sun. takes the marmotologist of that luckless luminary to task and reduces to extramundane and pneumatvscoplc rubbish his recent effusion about the "passing' of the great weather prophet, in the following language: the slanting shadows of Mount Call oo Ridge. Irresistible logic and facts to the rescue of the faithful who dwell in tency of Br'er Groundhog by the New York Sun, Col. George Prentiss Bartholomew, Engineer-in-chlef of the Dupont Powder Company, formerly K'nglneer-lnchlef of the Rochester & Pittsburg Coal & Iron Co., of this place, with rule and mitre square held aloft in one hand and a pen In the other, comes rushing with Stuns to the iiuick by the Irreverent and paradoxical attack recently made upon the prerogatives and prepo- ot the Punxsutnwney Weatlierworks. In fur-oiT Wilmington, Delaware, a voice is raised In defense of the Sage ■> I (Continued from Page One.) "Mm. Rltcher, of Rraokenrldge, who about six months ago adopt- "Lem Wolfe was nex called and told the court the circumstances surrounding the case. From the evidence brought out it seemed as if Wolf© shoul-.l surely have known something was wrong, when one child was forced into the carriage and began screaming, while the other escaped down the road crying for help. All the time the man and woman were trying to capture the children by force. Wolfe sat in front of a two seated rig and could not help hearing all that was said and done. When "the one child was placed in the carriage and gagged so that her cries would not attract attention, Lorenzo handed Wolfe a dollar and told him to 'drive fast.' He obeyed and despite the fact that efforts were made by the people to stop the rig Wolfe drove on, probably faster than ever. Wolfe stated to the court he was simply obeying orders from the stables to take the people to their destination. claiming he did not know of any wrong being done. Lawyer Peffer represented Wolfe and although Justice Bell did not seem to think much of the way Wolfe had acted In the matter, he could not think he meant any harm and discharged him. Mr. Warner was also exonerated from all blame. "Lem Wolfe, a local driver, who was in charge of the kidnappers carriage, and who was held on a charge of aiding In the escapade, was next caled and plead "not guilty." Mr. H. L. Warner, from whom the rig was hired, made the same plea, saying he simply hired the carriage to the man, not inquiring Into his business. Lorenzo had only said he would be away about three hours and was going a little below Hite Station. He asked for a driver and Mr. Wolfe was Instructed by his employer to take charge of tlie rig and drive theman and woman to their destination. The rig was paid for and nothing more thought o£ the matter, j brought In, and in an instant every one present had their necks stretched •to get a glimpse of the man and the woman. Both were refined looking people, being well dressed and presenting an attractive appearance. The charge of kidnapping was read by the Squire and the man was the first of the prisoners called. He gave his name as Charles Lorenzo, and when asked if he plead 'guilty' or 'not guilty,' to the charge said he hardly knew what to do as his lawyer had not arrived from Punxsutawney to take charge of his case. The woman gave her name as Sarah Inanza and was excused from answering to the charge preferred. "Justice Bell ordered the prisoners Describing the hearing which was -. held before^Justice Bell, of Tarentum yesterday, the Tarentum Daily News said: Attorney Adams also stated that the Punxsutawney people could have secured abundant ball yesterday, but the Justice's papers had not yet reached the courts In time, and therefore could not be acted upon. Attorney Adams states that although his clients were held for court without bail at Tarentum yesterday, he has but little doubt but what the case will be nolle prossed a', a supplementary hearing which has been set for tomorrow morning. Attorney Adams holds that since the woman, who yesterday gave her name as Mrs. Sarah Tnanza, was trying <to abduct her own children, and was not attempting to kidnap for the purpose of extortion, the case is not a serious one, and believes that when 'the matter is taken up with the district attorney of Allegheny County, who wag not in the city yesterday morning, the matter will be dropped. half of Charles Lorenzo, and Mrs. Musarflt, who on Sunday were arrested for 'the alleged kidnaping of Mrs. Joseph Musarflt's children, returned home last night. MONONOAHELA.—During a brawl among fifteen men. George Slawlschy. a Pole, was slashed twice across the face, the sight of both eyes being destroyed. THE WEATHER. fANOE RIDGE (Office of the Weatherworks) — Rliln tonight and probably Wednesday. Colder, Wednesday afternoon. By United Press. WASHINOTOJC, D. C\, March 31.— It was announced at -the White House I' day that the resignation of Charlemagne Tower, United Sta'tos Ambassador at had been received 'to take effect June 1. The President has accepted the resignation and will send the nomination of David Jayne Hfll for the post -to the Senate this afternoon. The Foreign Office takes the attitude that It would be Improper to turn over a French cHIfen to the Justice of a foreign power. By United Press. PARIS, Marvh 31. — The Foreign Office has practically decided to refuse the demand from Washington requesting the surrender of Paul Hoy, the Frenchman who married Glacla Oallu. and is charged by the latter with shooting her brother, Gev>rge Carkins, to death last January. PHILADELPHIA, Mar. 31.—(Spo-1 cia I)-—(Senator Penrose's condition continues to improve, and his physician say unofficially that if the kidney complications improve as much today as in the past twentyfour hours the patient will recover. Ft was announced today that the patient passed a restful night and wa» sl'ghly better. K ITT A N»\ I NO.—New scales  chased by the borough having ke«a 1 muni be weighed on llMAK •0B*|K4 unce with a recent ordinance. : •* \ • .'V ,yv"; 40,000 ant Bail But Papers Were Delayed. Could Have Secured Abund- OUUKE IDT CUSIIERED SERIOUS