Punxsutawney Spirit, 1908-04-16

              Gity Sh Wbt $tm£fntatoneii if. tssggftir m PRICE TWO CENTS Successful and Unsuccesef. 1 Candinates for Election Make Speeches. VOL. II—NO. 18 3 fCountg Convention Held In Brookville Yesterday | Thomas V. Hendricks Elected Chairman and Fred W. Smith Secretary. ELECTION OFFICERS RUN SHORT OF BALLOTS ion wis usurious Several Citizens ot Indiana County Deprived of Privilage of Voting. PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, 1908 Miners and Operators Coming Closer Together NEW METHOD SAVES COUNTY MUCH EXPENSE Ninety Cent Wage Scale and Two Year Contract Agreed Upon. SUB COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS Detective Ward Has Prisoner Sentanced By Court Within Twelve Hours. SAMPLE BALLOTS li BUTLER Will Condemn Suspension of Work During Settlement Conference. HAD STOLEN CONDUCTOR'S WATCH By 1'niteJ Pre.s.s By I'll i ted Press. to Savo Hoy's IJIV. By United Press, MONTANA FLOOD OVEK THE WEATHER SUPPORT PLEDGED Dr. John E. Grube's New Hospital Open For Public Inspection Today TOLEDO. O.. April 16.—With tha BOTH SIDES GIVE IN In I'aae unq differences arise efforts will be made to settle them between the parties without a suspension. One of the most important thing.* that will be recommended by the sub-committee to the Joint convention Is a joint resolution signed by the representatives of the operators and miners condemning any action on the part of either the miners of the oprators which may result in a suspension of work In any mine located In the Central Competitive Field. A number of demands which were made by both sides have been passed b> The minor local differences are ;•> be left for settlement to the respective districts. 90-cent wage scale and a two year contract agreed upon between the miners and operators, a sub-committee composed of two miners and two operator.* from each State represented Id the conference, is now working ou the details of the agreements. Mi\ CM! Ill « before the convention. f After the speechmaklng, during which all hands pledged loyal support t.» the party, national state and county, the Resolutions Committee mada Addresses were made by the newly-clected officers of the convention | and the successful and defeated candidates of the late unpleasantness. Mr. Hendricks' address, accepting the office of County Chairman, furnished the keynote for an harmonious culmination of all matters com- John Johnson, Brockwayville; Smith McCrelght, Reynoldsvllle, and Thomas V. Hendricks, Resolutions Committee. Thomas V. Hendricks, of Brookville, chairman; Fred W. Smith, secretary.The delegates were called to order by County Chairman J. B. Henderson, and after transacting routine business [officers were elected as follows. vllle and In convention assembled, elected officers for the ensuing term and gave expression to the principles and policies that arc expectd to guido the G. O. P. during the coming presidential campaign. The newly-elected county committeemen yesterday gathered in Brook- r.'ftlil, Follows \tt6mi»t to Operate Cnr s- Willi Strike Breakers— Troops May He Called. Assisting the physicians Is a corps of competent trained nurses, including Miss Susan Heily.enrater, head nurse, and Mioses Dow del I, Speedy, Beck, ? T<-. l-vijv arid. liarlduo, Mrfl*ttov?.c spwUO. To take care of those who apply | arc Dr. John E. Grube, chief of staff, and his resident assistant. Dr. James Collins, both of whom have been eminently successful as physicians and surgeons. Dr. J. M. Grube, ot' West End, and other physicians who are on the medical staff, treat their patients I in -the new hospital. The new hospital already has 26 patients and the indications are that the second story will soon be needed. The result is the handsome upto-date structure which today will be seen for the lirst time by hundreds of people. commodate 15 beds, and when that number became inadequate the new building was planned. I Detective Ward, who is eminently (successful in inducing criminals to plead guilty and thus save the expense of a trial, also holds the record in Butler County, where he ac- j complished a similar feat in 15 hours. Long admitted the theft but said 1 he had been Intoxicated and did not remember having taken It from I Kelly. Long was held for court "before ! Squire Corey and at 11:20 o'clock I the same day was given in charge of I .\Tr, Ward who, with his prisoner, set sffttY <*n ttio ud-. ! vice of the officer Long entered a plea of guilty and at 4 o'clock p. m., just twelve hours after his arrest, was sentenced to pay the costs of prosecution and undergo a term of three months in the workhouse. I Kelly drifted off into dreamland at 1 about 10 o'clock and when he awoke at about 12 o'clock he missed his watch. Having seen a stranger about the building during the fore ' part of the night Detective Ward was notified and at four o'clock the stranger was located asleep on one of the engines In the round house. He I was arrested and the timepiece, a I valuable and useful part of a conduct| <>r's equipment, was recovered. Loiig, as was told In The Spirit Tuesday, was arrested Tuesday morning at four o'clock by Kallroad Detective Ward, charged with stealing a watch from Conductor J. J. Kelly, while the latter was taking a snooze in a chair In the H.. R. & P. R. R. V. M. A. Monday night. Thus a lawbreaker was arrested, hound over, found guilty and sentenced to prison in the brief space of 12 hours and at a cost of only about $15. period of 12 hours, Charles Long was arrested, held for trial, taken to Hrookviile, induced to plead guilty, and sentenced to three months in the workhouse within a als. was demonstrate Tuesday, when always operate i;i the case of erlmin- That the "laws delay" does not M Br TWO won two nouns County Coin wins Ioiioj*h l>ig l'|» Corrivt Number After Days of Hard l^ahor. Physicians ami \ssis|ants l'sc<l ftvrrj Means Known to was Tti'1 authorities have furnished the company with sufficient protection lo enable it to operate its lines. The railway officials then decided n<»t to attempt to run any more cars, and have put the ituatlon up to the local authorities. windows. .Motortnan (Irci-in ". r, a strikebreaker. was wounded by one of the bullets. Forty or more shots were fired, many going through the car shots. When the traction company decided to make an attempt to operate 'its cars the strikers gathered near the barns, and the moment the first car appeared opposite where the mob stood, it was met with a fusillade of Ten other participants were also clubbed and badly beaten, and have been taken to the hospitals. The police have received orders to <1 u e 11 the disturbance at any cost, and if they are unsuccessful troops will bo called out. I A score of lights followed the appearance of the ears on the street, as 'the result of which one strike breaker an J a special policeman are badly woun Jed. rious rioting marked the attempt of the street railway company to operate its cars during the early hours today with strike breakers that had been imported from New York. CHESTICR, I*a., April 16. — So- DROP OF A Mllll of II. cV O. I>iirii!£ MhivIi Show IHvlilt'd railing olT in Husliiois. The body was then taken to the home of thi? boy in South Side, where funeral .services will be heirl tomorrow afternoon at one o'clock. Burial will be made in the cemetery at Marc hand. For two hours every known means «>t resuscitation was pursued with vigor. Four of the men present took turns, rubbing the oody and working the limbs. At one time it was thought that life had been revived, but a few minutes later the body, whicli for a time had bee:i flightly warm, became cold and the physicians with great regret admitted that he was dead. u U.mi from the Mahoning Creek yesterday about forty-five minul >s after he tumbled from a frail craft into the water. Not until after half past ill rep o'clock y.sterility afternoon < 1 i <1 the ;i;j« inlinu phy.-icans. Drs. W. F. and AlctKs 13eyer, give up the work of trying: :o resuscitate Herton Newcome, iIn thirteen-year-ohi boy who Eight months later his hospital, including Ave beds, was moved to the fourth floor, and the demand for accommodations grew apace. Last summer the hospital was expanded to ac- I» September six years ago Dr. Grube started a hospital with one patient. His apartments included an office and one bed room on the second floor of the Orube building on Mahoning Street. He received '$15 per week from his patient, but it was not a paying business, for it cost him $15 per week for a nurse. $7 pelweek for her board at a local hotel, besides his professional services. Dr. Grube was after results, however, and the public began to take nbtlce. That the new institution is a necessity and that its founder has abundandt evidence that his undertaking is assured of success is demonstrable. country Will in in P. Lour was the architect and Jam's K. T.ong & Son were th«• contractors. The electrical equipments v.«-re instalelti by KYctrical Supply House, and the plumbing and heating: by the Brown Hardware Company. The most casual observer will be hound to admit that the contractors and all who had to <1 » wit a the erection of the big structure, for excellent . workmanship needs not lake second place to any firms in thr The new building. which, when completed. Will have cost $40,000, is i model hospital In every respect. It was planned by Dr. (*rul><\ who has made a thorough study of such institutions and no feature of modern sanitarium have been omitted. I ing and utensil sterilizers, and opening ! directly into ii are (he physicians' dressing room, sterilizing room and I c: heraing room. Big plain sanitary doors close off j the operating room and the hallway ' surrounding it so that the patients ' in the other apartments are free from I all noise. i • ! There are six hath grooms on the ; first floor for the accommodation of j patients. i The basement is divided off into j apartments which are us cheery and j comfortable as those on!, the first floor. The basement of Street wing includes boiler r<fir>m, two stor- I age rooms 15x24, ambulance court.) j laundry 15x18, stairway, kitchen 16- ! :C24 feet, dining room! 15x22, drying 1 room 15x24, waiting room 12x15, and I a large bath room. ) J In the basement of (he Torrence 1 Street wing provision hu^jt-JuatLe jfor a system of baths. The depart- | nurses. j ment will be ISxtJO feet and will in-| The first contribution to the new I elude a modern system of electric, hospital came in the shape of a hand[ steam and hot air baths. some clock for the public parlor, a | The second story of the building; present from Mr. and Mrs. VV. Jl. i will not be furnished until a later Hill. I date. The new hospital today Is attracting JQntranee to the hospital by pedes- much attention. The doors were for| trians may be made either through mally opened at I o o'clock this lorethe office or side iloor. ivhile pati-nf noon and will remain open for all, are received from the ambulance di- corners until S o'clock tonight. reetly into the alcove or court which Light lunch is being served in the communicates with the accident room consultation room, the first large on the first floor. The Torrence apartment to the left as you enter the Street wing is fronted by a copious hospital. promenade or porch where patients Dr. Grube is being- showered with may enjoy outdoor life under favor- congratulations for his pluck in proable surroundings. viding I'unxsutawney with such a fine When the second story Is completed I ,,nlacc for the care and healing of j the hospital wil! accommodate ">."• | tv- y -k ami unfortunate. patients, 85 on tie firs: Iloor and on the second, The gross earnings for the month totaled $5.'410.640 as compared with $ii.41*3,288 for the same month one year ago. NEW YORK. April 16. — The March monthly statement just issued by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, sIvjw a decided decrease in the corporation's net earning*. en voters." ''The law as it stands is not only unfair but It would appear Is unconstitutional. as it virtually disfranchls- "The occasion for the ballot shortage is the arbitrary provision of the primary election law which does not empower the commissioners to print ballots equal to more than twice the party vote at the last general election. As the party vote last fall was very much split In the county and in many strong Republican precincts but a third of the Republican strength was thrown to the Republican ticket. "The sample ballots will not hava to be used, It is thought, in more than eight or ten precincts of the county. Election officials will be given the right to use their own discretion as to the use of the sample ballots. The chance that their use may be the basis of objection later on is, of course, a material matter but it is the best thing that can be done under the circumstances. "This conclusion was arrived at after it had been shown that no man could be disfranchised through the shortage of ballots. There must be some way to permit an elector to vote and if the sample ballots are identical with the official ballots except they are marked "sample" there can be no objection to their use in voting if they are needed. "The shortage of Republican official ballots for the primaries this afternoon may not result in any elector losing his vote. The commissioners gave out the information thin forenoon that the sample ballots which are supplied the election board In each precinct according to law might be used in case the regular ballots wer insufficient. Down in Butler County they had a similar experience which a Butler paper Saturday afternoon reported as follows: "Judge Telford and others discussed the shortage of the ballots in an informal manner. It was the general impression of the party that voting would have io cease when the slips were done and that specimen ballots would not be admitted If used. Instructions to this effect were given." "The Commissioners are not to blame because of the ballots becoming exhausted. An Act of Assembly states that twice as many ballots are to be furnished at the primarM were cast at the preceding %3SSM»«sr Commissioners not only doubled tho quota, but bccause of the growth of the districts mentioned and upon recommendations made by the respective chairmen, the number of ballots sent out in tho congested districts was again doubled. 9 "Twenty freemen each of Ruy:ie No. 2 in the vicinity of Ernest, of Center No. 2 near Lucerne and of Young No. 1, near Iselln, are said to have lost their votes because tlie ballots were exhausted. One of the first parties to hear this was Mr. Jeffries, who immediately engaged counsel. He also asked his lawyer to look Into the matter of counting the votes and represent his interests when the ballots are examined. "Election board officers in three districts reported to the commissioner that not'a suflicient number of ballots were provided and Jeffries desires to pee whether he will suffer in the districts mentioned. The section in the new primaries act which stipulates th1 number of ballots that the Commissioners shall print, is to be tested in Indiana County at once. In some of the townships in that county there were not sufficient ballots to go round and Hugh J. Jeffries, of Grant Township, who came within a few votes of being nominated for Sheriff, is preparing to test the law. Regarding the matter the Indiana Gazette says: SAX DIEGO, Cal.— (Special)—Today thousands of citizens and -visitors are at Coron&do Beach, witnessing the flebarlcatio nof thousands of sailors who haev reecived shore leave. The principal event will be a regatta in which th warship crews will partici| pate, and field sports. * TO {SUBSCRIBERS. ❖ ❖ ❖ ♦> ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Today the Commissioners are wrestling with the official returns made by the Democrats and Prohibitionists.It is worthy of mention that these were the only misakes made by the return judges for the Republican ticket throughout the county. The mistakes. therefore, which were made in making out the duplicate, due probably to the long siege in counting off the votes, could not be determined until the Commissioners, late last night, checked off the vc.te in the county for Prothonotary. The returns ha 1 been given correctly over the telephone which iwhy Irvin had been given as the winner before the duplicates came in Monday, and disarranged the figures. The First Eldretl returns gave Seller 32 votes when i' should have been 37 an.I the Clover duplicate gave him 32 when ii should have been 2 3. Then, as if the fates had taken \ hand in the matter the number "23" I lave.I an important par: in the confusion that obta'ned during the past few days. After vasciilating between candidates for four or IIvdays the Mir- | tatioiis figures that will decide the Republican nominee for Prothonotary in Jeff rso i County, have been cor- Yalle.l and unhorsed. Late last night the Commissioners discovered two errors in the duplicate returns brought to them by the return judges, one from Kldred First, and one from l clover, which, when corrected, gave lie nomination to lllaUe lrvin, of ltrookville by two votes over Dan- I iel Seller, of Sprankle Mills. CANOK RIDGE (Office of the Weatherworks) — Fair with frost tonight. Friday fair and warmer.HELENA, Mont.. Aprlt 16. —(Spe- (Special)-*—It Is believed today that the worst or lite flood I* over .it Gr»»t Falls, and that Hip biff Boston and Montana smelter Is safe. Relief **• afforded by the dy nam I tin* of the mack E«)fle Dam. In the Mlseouri River yesterday. The loss I* estimated at nearly a million dollar*. Mrs. Mary Lowry, of Church Street, has returned home after a two-weeks' visit with her daughter, Mrs. Alfred Roes, 9t Ciymer. Complete unofficial returns from aM the counties show the Congressional vote to be as follows: Langham, 7,820; Smith, 5,500; Beaie, 5,079; Arnold. 2,033; Gillespie, 557. Langham's plurality over Smith in the district Is 2,320. It therefore appears that if 1,161 of the votes that went to Langham in Jefferson County had been given to Smith, he would [have been the nomifige. CONGRESSIONAL VOTE COMPLETE (Continued on Page Two.) "We commend to the people of the county the ticket nominated by "We commend the 3tand taken by our Representatives in Congress and by our Representatives In the State Senate and the General Assembly in behalf of those principles of Republicanism which have made the party powerful, and congratulate the people of the legislative, senatorial and congressional districts upon their able representation In the State and national lawmaking bodies. courageous action we have proven tc the people of the State the ability and the intention, on the part of the Re< publican party in the State, to strike with swift justice the traducers of the i people, regardless of where the chips may fall. and an intense loyalty to his pre-election pledges. Through his wise and age upon the part of the Governor [higher degree than ever before the Iftparty of the common people. With trwre courage he has led the attack up- I % Intrenched Interests which threatlied the life of the nation; with rare k/plomatic skill he has conducted the foreign affairs of the country; with a bare enthusiasm he has pushed forfvard the great work of constructing rhe Panama Canal, i\ work which will j.nevltably redound to the credit of fihe Republican party—proving in ev- I cry way a president of the people I and for the people, and a Republican ' without blemish. V "To the work of the state government, under the guiding hand of our illustrious Republican governor, Hon. 'Edwin S. Stuart, we challenge the attention of the country. Redeeming' fto the utmost the pledges maJe to tl\e lt»eople upon the rostrum Governor Jetuart has added strength to our /cause at every point. The swift and sure judgment upon the despollers of ,ihe state credit, by the trial and conviction of those representatives of Official life who have beeen derelict In their duty to the people of the State, has- dmonstratd a sturdy cour- . ent under the leadership of that ,-Cise patriot and sturdy Republican, r'heodore Roosevelt, who lias blazed |[<t new pathway of honor for the i party of his choice, and made it to a "We point with a just pride to the h nievements of the National govern- front. . the common enemy in the great Prcs• sciential campaign with an unbroken face | cinles of Republicanism under whose (banner we have fought and won so many hard fought victories in the past. We rejoice in the fact that factional [strife within the party ranks has been dene away with, and that we allegiance to the time honored prin- ga "We, the representatives of the Ref: publican party of Jefferson County, 1 in county convention met, renew our present, eighteen of/Whom voted for, 4;axid four against the following resoluf tlong and pronouncements: C. E. Suoke, of Glen Campbell* was a Punxsutawney business visitor yesterday.\Y. E. German, representing this paper, is now working on the R. F. D. routes and in the country districts. Subscribers in arrears will please pay him promptly, and greatly oblige THE SPIRIT PUB. CO. The linen room Is a model of convenience and sanitary arrangement which insures sanitary perfection. The chief apartment of interest on the first floor, however, ia the operating: room and equipment. It is 16 x22 feet, with half dome windows on ❖ top, circular wails with abundant •> window .apace, linished in white •> enameled material and block floor, * and equipped with arc, electric and gas lights. This department has been ❖ equipped with a full compliment of ♦> the iateat devices known to surgery, ♦> including water, instrument, dress- ❖ One of the most striking departures in hospital construction is the plain impanelled massive oaken doors. There are 73 of them, those leading from the apartments to the hallways being 42 inches wide and 7 feet C inches high. Being as smooth as ©lass and perfectly plain there is no chance for dust to accumulate. In fact the construction is such that dust will be an unknown quantity in the new hospital. The hallways and all interior apartments are finished with veneered oak. The private rooms arc all 1 1x1". feet with unobstructed window view, perfect light, immaculately tidy and white. Each room Is supplied with an iron bed supported on five inch rubber casters, complete complement of sanitary bedding, dresser, chair, stand and ward robe: electric and gas lights, telephone, electric bell and warm water heat. The door knobs, hinges and all hardware furnishings are made of burnished brass. 'I he wards have similar furnishings and conveniences, and are 16x24 feet. Turning to the right at tin- east end of th<> Gilpin Street wing hallway you gel a view of the corridor leading to the Torrence Street exit. ir,0 feet distant. To the left in tinorder named arc a men's ward, a woman's ward, s« ven private rooms and bath rooms. < >n the right are .« linen closet, a woman's ward, six private rooms and bath room. on entering the hospital from the office, the first Moor view is continuous to the wast end of the North Gilpin Street wing. On the right in the order named is tlie drug supply room, public parlor, doctor's dressing room, sterilizing room, etherizing r« om, private bed room, nurses' ofllce and record room, and a diet kitchen. On the left side, a hiall and stairway leading to the second story, public consulting room, lavatory, arched ambulance entry, accident patients room, two private bed rooms and two stairways, one leading to the basement and the other to the second flftor. Both wings of the building are bisected with a nine foot hallway which therefore forms a continuous passageway 300 feet long. The building consists of tw<> large wings 150x4 2 feet each, one fronting on North Gilpin Street and the other on Torrence Street, so as io effect a union at the rear of each, and making an outside measurement of 300 feet. The wings are three stories high, the first being a basement aboye the ground. The North Gilpin Street wing is an extension o£ the dwelllug. which, below, serves for the office, with the second story reserved for nurses' apartments. Tho building is constructed of buff brick and stone, the masonry and walls being most substantial and durable. Dr. John 10. Grube today Is entertaining the people of I'uiixsutawncy at his new hospital, corner of North Gilpin and Torrence Streets. The function has much significance, not only J'<»r the proprietor, who six years ago instituted private hospital service in Punxsutawney with one bed and oik* patient, but for the stricken of the town and community who wish to avail themselves of all that is modern in surgery and and the care and treatment of diseases under the most fa vora b! e c 1 rc um stances. - ... . ... WflPi >»,. - I.-- .it,...-. _ _  1 u 4 " 3 n