Punxsutawney Spirit, 1908-05-11

              vr'. PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., MONDAY EVENING, MAY 11, 1908 SECOND TRIAL OF CAPITOL GRAFTERS MOTHER'S DAY IS OBSERVED IN PUNX'Y PRICE TWO CENTS Hundreds Hear Delivery of Baccalaureate Sermon Crowds Throng to the Scene of Many Murders VOL. II—NO. 204 CalleJ This Afternoon at Two O'Clock—Will Begin Tomorrow. POUR WATER INTO CRATER OF VESUVIUS Gutiess Farm the Mecca for Fifteen Thousand Sight Seers. Doors in S4<<<011<I Srrvl<-rs There. lluilrotHl V. M. A. Crowunl T« PRESIDENT PRESENT AT CORNER STONE LAYING Bureau of American Republics Office Bulding Started With Solemn Ceremonies. LEWIS EMERY JR., DISLOYAL TO KNOX Jefferson Theater Crowded to Doors By Represenative Body. SeleiulKt Leaves lleyiioldsvillr To l<aj linn Before King of Italy. After a Year's Study. PICNIC PARTIES EDUCATIVE PROGRAM DoIckuIc lo Itepiililiran National Convention Prom Twenty-First District a llryau Man. WILL COST $1,000,000 NO APPLICATION FOR SEVERANCE Special to The Spirit. WASHINGTON, D. t\, May 11.— To the many memorable events of itev. Madtes, Castor First Rapiist Church, (iIvcm Wholesome Advice To Gradual lug Claw*. Postal Card Vender* and Ijtnicli .Men Iteay Rich Hanrnl From The Crowds. ANOTHEK BODY FOUND. SCHOOLS CLOSE WEDNESDAY. The wisdom of selecting the* Jefferson Theater for the High School graduates' sermon last night was made the hour for beginning the exercises the handsome edifice was filled from evident during the evening. Before Those who believe that the infernal regions are in the center of the earth and are fearful lest they inhabit those regions In time to come, may glean some comfort from the professor's plans. The professor expects to make Vesuvius resemble a burned-out bonfire by boring a huge tunnel from the Mediterranean sea to the crater of the big volcano. The rush of waters, he claims, will not only place the volcano in the down and out class, but will go rambling down into the center of the earth, causing colossal changes in that region. Professor Julius Klkendorfer, who claim* to be a member of several European scientific societies, and who for the past year has been in Rcynoldsville investigating certain physical phenomena manifested by gas wells, has departed for Italy, where he proposes to lay, before King Victor Emanuel, plans for the extinction of Vesuvius. Jl STRIKE BREAKER'S VIEW Sees Xo Reason Wliy Man Should Turn Down Fat Salary For Sentiments' Sake. "Shall wo wear the white carnation Iti her honor?" "The noblest power and the sweetest, most pervasive Influence in this old world is the mother's. It has kept many a foot of man and woman in the straight way and urged and led to higher good. The mother influence has been a lamp to the feet in dark places, a kindly leading light, a star of hope; her bosom our first resting place, her love our earliest sustenance and through life, strength ami benedictio—a part of heaven brought down to earth to make humanity kin with tlrts divine nature and heir of heavenly things. The white flower, symbol of purity, is a lit emblem of the mother who remains to inspire and cheer, to encourage and counsel, or whose picture on memory's walls is as a shrine to which the soul turns for purillcation. The exercises fittingly celebrated what the originators of the movement had in mind when they prepared the call for a "Mothers' Day", which reads, in part, as follows: Tn closing the meeting Secretary Emrick presented each lady with a white carnation in honor of the day. The first half hour of the services was devoted to solos, duets and the singing of specially selected hymns led by the Y. M. iA. Orhestra. This was followed by a splendid address by Rev. IT. (). H. Kerschner. Men and women began coming as early as two o'clock, ami continued until it became necessary to place chairs in the reading room and lobby, and the steps leading from the lobby th*» second Moor were crowded with members of the Association. Mothers' Day was observed for the first time in Punxsutawney yesterday, and judging from the crowd that attended the meeting held at the Railroad Y. M .y. A. in honor of the best mother that ever lived, the function bids fair to be a fixed day in Punxsutawney.STOCKS ADVANCED 20 POINTS SINCE PANIC "This statement is made at this time to prevent the Republicans throughout t he country from being misled by Mr. Emery when ho attempts to carry out his previously avowed purpose. The Republican I of Pennsylvania were never more ear nest or more determined than nov to stand by her candidate, and he cause, and never more convinced tha his nomination would prove the bes possible outcome of the Chicago con ventlon." the Chicago convention, picture the sipht of the last Democratic candidate for Governor, who ran on an anti-Roosevelt platform and lost, voting? for Taft, and the Republican Governor, who ran on a Roosevelt j platform anil won, voting for Knox. "If Mr. Emery were admitted to the Chicago convention has to deal, I that is, the successor to Theodore 1 Roosevelt, Mr. Emery is already on 1 I record as committed to William *J.  Bryan, he has privately declared hitpurpose to vote for Secretary Taft. whose name he proposes to substitute for that of Mr. Bryan in his new declaration as to who shall be th* 'certain successor of Roosevelt.' "Having learned that his right to1 sit in the Chicago convention Is about to be contested on the ground I that on the only question with which "Lewis Emery, Jr., a former candidate for Congress on the Democratic ticket, and the last Democratic candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania. whose platform declared that the only prominence the administration of Theodore Rooscfvelt has at-' tained has been by the feeble and pretended application of the principles of William J. Bryan, the great Democratic commoner, who is now regarded as the certain successor of Theodore Roosevelt, has declared for Taft. Lewis Emery, Jr.. of Bradford, delegate to the Chicago Republican National Convention from the 21at District, having expressed disloyalty to I Senator Knox, who has twice been I endorsed by the Republicans of this State as their ehoice for President, t«> succeed Theodore Roosevelt, is to be barred from voting at the convention. Mr. Emery, if allowed a s«>•«t in the convention, will not only vote against Knox, but in the event of Taft's nomination he will vote foi Bryan al the general election next fall. The political status of the erstwhile Democratic candidate for governor was summed up Saturday by Congressman James Franeia Burk, of Pittsburg, who, in an interview it Washington. D. i\, said, in part: AGED POSTMASTER ARRESTED fhiii'gvd Willi Opening Mull—Releas- Released Ileellu-C ol Ills \d\ aiiccd Years. The building will be entirely of Georgia marble, from the Marble II ill quarries, one of the richest in the State. lot on one side and an equal frontage on Potomac Park on the other. The new h'»me of the bureau will be completed some ;ime next year. Iffc cost will be approximately $1,- 000,000 of which Andrew Carnegie contributed $750,000 and the several i American republics about $250,000. The old Van Ness Park, which was required some time ago for the purpose, will afford almost five acres of ground for the building an1 ifs surroundings, and It will have a frontage of about a square on the White Jt never, however, had the ? :ni piete support and interest of the United States or of her s'»tei nations, u:i-til Secretary of State Hoot made his memorable visit in 11*07 to South America. The third Pan-American Congress assembled in Rio Janeiro in that year, passed strong resolutions in favor of reorganizing the bureau, and outlined the plan tb make it a worldrecoprnlzad institution for the promotion or both commerce and comity. The building of the Bureau of American Republics will bo among 1 tlie cos'.llest and finest structures in j the national capital. It will house I the offices and museum of the Bureau of American Republic?-, an Institution I which was founded sever.teen years ago, at the llrsi Pan-American conference held In Washington In the winter of 1889-1800, and presided over by Jarpes G. Blaine. The original object, as ihtn announced, was that of making the American republics better acquainted with each other and of exchanging Information about their respective resources and trade. The cornerstone laying was made notable bv the presence of the President of the United States and many of his cabinet bv the representatives of the South and Central American government.;, by the Supreme Court, by the Senate and House of Representatives an l a largo proportion of Washington's population. the past year or two which have emphasized In a formal, but none the less real, way the development of closer relations of friendship and commerce between the United States and her sister republics of the new world, must be added one other, the laying of the cornerstore for the office building of the Bureau of American Republics with solemn ceremonies this afternoon. This is the building which has been designated as the Pan-American peace palace, and toward the cost of whieh Andrew Carnegie contributed three-quarters of a million dollars. BOOM FOR PlWIllE ASK DIRECTORS TO MY Pittsburg Company Leasing Farms. Will Test For Oil and (■as. (themselves on the sloping lawn un'der the pines and cedars which dot the dooryard, or found resting places beneath the flowering apple and plum tree3 of the orchard. Children were numerous and many groups had a (baby cab as a nucleus. grouped Family picnic partie" ful relic hunters were numerous. There was nothing in the attitude of the crowd to indicate that they were visiting a place where gruesome rtragedies had taken place. Jokes and Bomments were heard on every side and exclamations Nof joy from success* Along the roadside were many lemonade stands and lunch wagons. At the gates were venders of souvenir postal cards, and those bearing a group of Mrs. Gunness and the three little ones who met death with her [found readiest sale. Several visitors, however, wore there seeking information concerning missing friends or relatives, and some further information regarding the possible identity of the victims of the farm resulted from the inquiries. Upwards of 15,000 sightseers visited the place of death before sunset of the first Sabbath to pass since the news of the mystery transpired. Nearly every able-bodied resident of fLa Porte went to the Gunness farm, and railroads and trolley lines brought about four 'thousand none-residents to the city. Yesterday Laporte was the scene of 'a most remarkable spectacle. Crowds flocked from all directions to learn at Unit hand anything that might transpire on the Qunness death farm, where at least a dosen murders have Wken place.' Sheriff Smutzer found In the ruins of the burned Gunness house a key to the safe deposit vault which the woman had rented the day she made feer wifi, and made a deposit of $700 n the bank. He thinks that this irongly indicates that the woman la lead. .The authorities are now generally accepting the theory that Mrs. Gunness is not alive, but perished in the fire. Dr. J. H. W. Meyer reported to the Coroner that he fount! in Helgallne's clenched right hand several brown, burly hairs. The lingers of the hand had been cut off at the knuckles, showing that an attempt had been made to remove the hairs from his grasp before the body was buried. By United Press. LAPORTE, Ind., May 11. — Evidence that Andrew Helgaline, one of the victims of Mrs. Ounness' murder passion, had a terrible struggle with his slayer, before he was killed, were discovered today. Deficit. llecelver For Waynoslmi'K Bank Wants Them to Settle $1,(MR>,000 TAFTII IKE LEAD Secretary of.War Has M3 Delegates III lilno—nox Second Willi M. When he was arraigned In court the district attorney dm ided r.ot to push the charges against him on account of his ag< *nd was suspended in his case on condition that he pay the costs of the pros*•< ution before th»» United States Commissioners.—Altoona Gaze tie. Complaint had ,m tne 1*» InM'ector Ulbbena that Uahagan was :i little too curious about wnat jn- »pl<- wc re writing In their letters and it was alleged that ho opened letters and r ad their contents. Other allegations of a more or less serious character v re made I against him. growing out of his curiosity.One of the men arrested by Postolllee Inspector It O. Olbbens of Altoona and whose case came up last week In the United States District Court for adJusimeiit, was John M. Ouhngan, who bad been postmaster at Loop. Indiana County. Gahagan U K:"| years old and lie escaped on account of his great age. WAYNESBURO, Pa.. May 11.— Directors of the Farmers' & Drovers' National Hunk, which was forced to close last year, following the arrest of Us cashier. J. F. B. Kinehart, on charges of embezzlement and misappropriatlon of funds, have received letters from the attorneys of J. H. Strawn, receiver for the bank, demanding that they make amicable settlement of a detlcit of about $1,- 000,000 in thu bank's funds, with the alternative or being sued for thut amount. SAK-FRANCISCO HOSPITALITY WEATHER FORECAST PITTSBURG, May 11,—The weather Indications are: Showers tonighl and Tuesday. Warmer tonight. SAN* FRANCISCO, Cal., May 11 — an Francisco continued today its long program of entertainment for the salors and oIBppw of the American battleship fleet. Thousands of bluejacket# came aihore to enjoy the observation car trips and other features arranged for their entertainment. Special to The Spirit. Last week the contractors hauled tnnterla] and the apparatus for a new well, which will be started soon on the farm of Charles Jewart, near town. The contractors pave out the statement that several more wells will be started as soon as the material can be equipped. The first w.'11 has been drllU'd on the farm of A. P. Miller, about l\\ o miles from the town. The well is down about L'.OOO feet, lint it is th.- intention of the company to drill it at least 1,400 feet more. These developments In connection with the coal operation* In the vicinity win prove a great impetus to PlumvlHe and tho adjoining town*, and mWe can be expected of these towns in the future.^ This boom has not been entirely unexpected as nearly all the available territory in this section has been leased for a number of years, one woman was paid the sum of cents ah acre on her farm during the past live or six years. Plumville residents are highly flat- | ed over the fact that a k:»s and oil | l>oom has been started around their j town. A Pittsburg company, under a Philadelphia management, has started operations in the vicinity by leasing a number of farms and lands of | private Individuals, says the Indiana Gazette. "The evident purposes of this representative gathering and of the offering were to emphasise his loyalty to the religion of his father to extend the worship of Jehovah amo:ig the people, and to unify the nation under the new leadership. "His wisdom received Immediate reward. God gave to him a revela- Uun of himself In the way cuntomaty In that early day when there written revelation, and M • ««j" encouraged him to As* what I •*« "aod'- .•« «h» ■»*»•' W contlnueJ en Hit *•»••• cient altar located there. national festival on Glbeon. a high hill six miles north of Jerusalem. He went there with an Imposing civil, nligous and military procession, and amid oriental splendor offered a thousand burnt offerings upon the an- Kine David, before he addressed the words of the text to his son. urged the assembled official leaders of . n«- people to "keep and seek the com- of the Lord their G'>d. a"5 a policy of state, a means of the nation's security and perpetuation. Profiting by his father's advice, Solomon. a year later, held a great li< Iv recognized as an Important factoi in shaping ih" character of the \ i.uiik This. too. without doing vlo- I lence to tile American doctrine of m l aratlon of church and state. place among the customs of institutions of learning, that the religion of modern life which has always ofstere.l learning, and Is, In fact, a vital fore behind education. Is pub laureate sermons held a welcome 1'iuiM for congratulation that llaeca- Hefuro announcing the text of the sermon, [lev. MadLes said it was H radua . etl from tin- High School l.llcatlon to the da.-H about to bo whom it was addressed, an.l Its ap- i:pon the mind of tlie young ruler to llclted It, lie Impressions It made In dismissing the text the speaker recalled the circumstances which ' Rev. MaJtes chose as the text of his sermon I. Chronicles 28:9: "Thou. Solomon my son, know thou the Ood of thy father, and serve nrllh a perfect heart and a wlllnlg mind:  If thou seek him. He will he found o.' thee; but If thou forsake Him. He will cast thee off forever." "Tile alphabet of growth lies In a i consciousness of Immaturity" was one o' ihc many fine sentiments expressed by the orator. ' Rev. Henry Madtes. pastor of the First Baptist Church. dellv*>rd the sermon to the graduating class. It was a most fitting discourse and held the attention of the vast audience throughout. nry finish and charm Her accompanist was Miss Parsons, who also presided at the piano during the exercises. During the offertory Mlssl'Bessle Putney, music Instructor In the Punxsutawney Schools, jind director of music ai the baccalaureate exercises, favored the audience with a vocal solo, which she rendered with her custom- J. B. Baklns; prayer by Revs. Clark and Hlmes; offertory, and sermon by , Rev. Henry Madtes. Rev. Miner; Scripture lesson by Rev The services, while following out the usual church curriculum, were such as to appeal to the educational as well as tl\e religious sentiment* of the audience, and doubtless made a strong Impression upon the mlnda of the student body. The services Included anthema and hymns by the audience and the Hlfh School pupils; Invocation by Kev. Miller; Responsive Reading conducted toy n<>-.s ami professional men, as well as the social leaders of the town. moat of the school's supporters, busl- tho boxes were occupied by the fore- of tin- auditorium, '.he balcony, and uating class were given scats in tho orchestra circle, and the remainder The members of the high school department, the faculty and the grad- plt to dome and hundred®, being u.l- ibl«- to find seats, went away. BUTLER.—Rev. Robert B. Miller, pastor of the V. P. Church, waa tendared a reception by Ihe-wiwregmtloii., Iii the present instance the advance movement has been unquestionably prolonged by powerful manipulation. No important recession, such as would have broadened the market and attracted an outside interest, lias yet been permitted. On the contrary, prices have been pushed upward with a persistence that impeded rather tha encouraged a real revival of confidence. It was evident that the market was in control of exceedingly powerful operators, whoso purposes were not tit turn clearly understood. It Is now fully appreciated, however, that the chief support comes from those interested in financiering the requirements of the railroads and other bit? corporations during th<i current year. The exhaustion of the supply of capital In 1907, and the panic which followed, put a stop to many of these demands; but, now that money is easier and capital Is coming out of hiding. there ise a rush to secure control of all available supplies. It Is estimated that between $250.000,000 to $300,000,000 of note, bond and stock Issues will have to be taken care of during the remaining eight months of J 908. One corporation alone, the Union Pacific, will shortly finance $60,000,000 of bonds and has secured authority for the Issue of another $00,000,000 at discretion. This authorization, In addition to others previously granted, gives the latter company freedom to issue some $258,- 000,000 new bonds and stocks, the uses for which are just now beyond the comprehension of the Street. Continued on Pafe Three.  NEW YORK, May 11.—Stocks have advanced from ten to thirty points since the October panic, awl strong efforts are being made to carry them to a still higher level. The query now is: Will thjtjso efforts succeed, and if so, on what grounds? Of course, the greater portion of this rise was the natural rebound following the panic, when all securities fell far below their intrinsic value owing to compuln'ir.v liquidation and loss of confidence. The natural level of prices to be expected after the panic would depend upon a proper readjustment t»> reduced net earnings and to the lower rates for money which were bound to follow the crisis. While tin- general depression of business was an adverse factor to stocks, the great decline in money was an equally bullish factor; and the play for mastery between these two forces finally resulted in partial victory for the latter. This is the history of all panics, since easy money is an argument for the rise that cannot be indefinitely resisted.There remain to be chosen 140 delegate*, with ten State conventions to be hold, counting the Lily White faction In Loulalana. The BtateB to (•ame are nearly -all for Taft. lneluanlg California, Idaho, Michigan, Moniana, North Dakota, Oregon, T»*a» SBraaltlngton. Unlnitruoied Contest* ... t 148 v"1 Fairbanks ®2 LuFollette 25 Knox Hughes c0 Cannon 44 68 Taft (instructed) 341 Taft (Indorsed) 22 The totals, with Emery still credited to Knox, now arc as follows: Although 124 were named last week, up to today there was a net gain In the convention list of only 104, the others Bolng contests. Of these 104 Taft secured fifty, the others being unlnstructed or contested. WASHINGTON', D. ('., May 11.— The selection of delegates to the Republican National Convention goes on apace, with Secretary of War Taft In the lead and Senator Knox second. arrested and lined *7.50 apiece. The company stood the los.*. "We were most of us without money, an dlt was a favorite trick »f the eltlsens to get on the car and offer the conductor a $3 bill, knowing that h<; could not change It. And If he attempted to get change In any store It was refused. One of our motormen left his car for a moment once, and some on stole the controller hahdle, so that the car to be hauied back tour miles." "We hn.l some rough: work at times, as we were met at the station by a crowd of about 2,000 men, who used sticks and stones freely. Hut seme of the tilings that happene! afterward had a ht.norous side. There Is an old law In Chester that forbids calling a strike breaker a scab, ati'lj violation Is punishable by a line of *5 | or Imprisonment. After a few arrests were made those who wanted | to apply the name to us woulj scratch , the back of their hand" significantly, and, of course, there is no law against that. "When we first got the-c we did not know that there was a law commanding a five-mile an hour speed limit. fk> whin some of the boys took charge of the ears thev cut loose and rollgd through the streets at 40 miles an hour until a few of us were When questioned further concerning the new union Mr .Smith said no definite organization had been formed yet, but that the plans were well under way and that when they are more advanced they will be made j public "We shall be a wonderfully efficient organization," he said, "and we will be able to work at any old thing in a pinch. We'll be able to handle anythng from reparng watches to architecture, &nd from diamond setting to printing. 1 We shall have meu good for any trade you care to name. I don't care what it Is, and we have certainly shown thut we can run and repair street ct'ra. And, finally, wo can tight. "But on one thing yi u can depeni we w'H never do a lick of work till doubl'3 pay is offered. By United Press. HARRISBURO, May 11. — The trial of former Auditor General Snyder, former State Treasurer Ma'.hues, Superintendent <»f Public Grounds and Buildings Shumaker, Traveling Auditor Frank Irvine, Architect Joseph M. Huston, and Congressman H. Burd Casseil, on charges of conspiracy to defraud the State, growing out of the contract for the metal furniture for the now Capitol, was called at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The trial, however will not really be eorrimeneed until tomorrow afternoon, as another case in which some of the cc unsel for the graft defendants are interested, will hold the court until noon tomorrow. All the defendants and their attorni ys are here and the attorneys for the Commonwealth are prepared to begin proceedings at once. Attorney General Todd, for the State, has served notice on Huston's attorneys that there will be no seeyrance of Huston's trial lrom the rest and that he must stand trial with the other other defendants. The attorneys for the defendants face the task of harmonizing two widely divergent defences to which is added the bitterness felt aginst Huston personally by some of the defend_r unts because of his course in the llrst NEW YORK, May 11. — William |r1 Smith, a veteran strike-breaker, who Huaton, ,„8 brothpr, n„v. 8amucl has been through the heat of five big (, HustoI, an(1 stanford LcwlBt campaigns and many small ones with camo up ,aBt evenln({ but huti „„ Jim Farley, and has just returned communlcatlotl wlth Dr. Snyder, Confrom helping to quell the traction greiuman cassell or James. M. Shuriots at Chester, Pa., defended strike- ma|,er> who are quartered at another breaking as a profession In a talk bote) jvtr. Mutinies and Mr Irvine .JVUfc reporter yesterday. He said not arrive until late and did not he could see no reason why a sen- sce t j1( .n] either, and the chances are slble man should refuse $.1 a day, (bat the llrst time they will meet with three square meals and amuse- thl. Soptember days when hall ments, all provided by the company, wna entered will be In the court and with almost nothing to do. ■ roonr1< Huston, It will bo remembered, "Who Is the wiser, I'd like to dj(| not ;1opeii'r at the last trial at know." ho demanded; "the strikers or a|]> although In the city. the strike-breakers? We can't af- Late last night Attorney Orahani ford to be sentimental'about it, and made this statement: '"Huston Is In when double pay is offered with precisely the same position he was board and amusements and almost heretofore. He Is not a conspirator nothing to do, why—we know on and knows nothing of any conspiracy which side our bread Is buttered. So far as he is able he Is willing to It's better than most men get all their tell all he knows. Whateyer he days. On this Chester traction strike may have done In his enthusiasm as w< were treated better than we have an artist, that is different in that It ever been before on any of the strike- may be crltlclded by other artists, but breaking jobs we have undertaken. there has never been any personal "I know the. names of all the men criticism. All he knows he has tolil that took part in the suppression of to Messrs. Todd, Scarlet and Cunnlngthe Chester strike, and I know they ham and they.thought it sufficient to are all right. In the future It Is grant him severance on the first likely to go hard w ith the men who case. Since ten they have, for some spread such slander, as we are think- reason, changed their minds. I here Ing of organizing a Strike Busters' will be no application for a sever- Unlon. Local 2 3. of New York. or ance." anywhere on the globe. When we The commonwealth's lawyers were get together maybe we shall he able In conciliation last evening. I hey to do something about such things, have with them James Cameron of and as there are some of the strike the audit company, and Senator Fox busters Who have worked for the men and District Attorney YVelss. who w who spread those lies, it is possible be in charge of the States side that we may later on be able to turn selecting the Jury. the tables." * afciiris sistsiii-] MS 'jri ; • M . : X W) * PpfFf' ff -;fw ""J $p PlUlnwOllU]) Jipint !:•■■= r„~={