Punxsutawney Spirit, 1908-11-04

              TRIUMPH OF REPUBLICAN PARTY MOST COMPLETE P. H. S. WON SPEEDY GAME FROM JOHNSONBURG l.oculs Scoml Six Touchdowns. Until Tennis Played last |in || mid ory. #lr. WARDS 1st 2il 3d 4th 6th f.ih ..185 107 135 167 90 142 .. 82 62 7 7 81 60 75 ..7 0 26 18 14 8 . . 3 0 0 3 0 0 ..175 99 136 160 85 121 .. 67 4 S 64 67 44 52 ..13 1 20 18 20 15 . . 3 0 1 2 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 ..169 102 128 152 90 128 ..SI 49 66 69 39 55 .. 11 15 23 21 22 10 ..196 1 18 126 175 90 113 . . 47 45 63 48 45 64 ..15 14 31 21 21 21 ..133 80 98 111 56 74 ..157 87 101 113 60 70 . cr, 74 4 0 60 SS 4 8 ..143 16 107 139 97 139 . . 3 13 14 16 9 9 ..197 0 138 179 98 134 . . 5 9 0 5 0 5 2 4 5 51 7 0 14 18 11 9 ..1 98 98 143 170 93 1 32 ..58 57 62 61 46 45 . . 9 14 17 15 12 14 ..185 99 125 161 93 129 ..73 .',4 SI 70 50 56 9 15 19 18 13 10 ..1 88 1 00 136 166 96 1 27 ..61 60 60 63 42 51 . 8 15 20 19 14 15 170 97 111 148 85 13* .14S 66 116 121 90 108 . 0 26 24 15 0 12 ..7 3 4 9 47 82 46 62 .22 0 29 2 4 26 15 ;.v 0 4 2 3 2 0 3 .64 0 S 7 13 3 . . 0 0 55 39 0 13 . . 1 s7 137 164 9". 119 .156 112 137 75 96 . 7 9 63 80 72 76 .14 29 16 9 18 . . 12 31 14 II 17 .205 153 1 75 10.1 137 IK'i'hncMit. Spuria I Train Over Pennsylvania— TalU by Sialc Collcfto I'l'olVssors. COLtJMHITS. Ohio, Nov. 4.—Wheth- Total The latest returns by States shows TIIE FJJECTOKAIi VOTF. votcft to spare. Bryan's c hances were materially injured through the heavy vote cast for NEW YORK, Nov. 4.—New York State yesterday agin went on record for the Republican Party and returned a plurality of from 175,000 to U00,- 000 for Tuft and Sherman for President and Vict» President of the Unite-el States and about 50,000 for Hughes and White for Governor and Lieutenant Governor of this State. With the returns still incomplete Taft comes down to the Bronx River with a plurality of about L'03,000, and Hughes with about 133,000. the Independent Party candidate. Hlsg«-n, who ran far ahead of expectations. I'hanler received a much smaller vote i:» the county of New York than had been counted on and this spoiled whatever chance he had for beating Hughes. Simpson by a few hundred votes. In the Stao Senatorial District I Kurtz's majority will be about 9,000, and Lang-ham will carry the Oongres- I i tho vote far Assembl yLongwell gionel tllfet riot by fjie normal Releada Mitchell, anJ Deemer lead* publican majority. R. P, HABG00D OF BRADFORD DEFEATED Indorsed hy Lewis I'iii- l)emo<-mis I'hvt I{oberl \\ . Ililtml— Candidates Are Elected by Largest Popular Vote Ever Cast—Will Have 317 or More Counts in the Electoral College INTO THE LINE DOUBTFUL STATES SWIING I New York, Ohio and Nebraska Are in the Taft Column With Doubt In a Few States Claimed By ;the Bryanites. MARYLAND FALLS IN WITH REPUBLICAN STATES Following is the vote In the six wards of the Horough of Punxsutawney:On account of th« cutting of ticket4! returns were slow coming in the First und Sixth wards, being unable to report complete returns until two o'clock this morning. The vote in Punxsutawney was :ibout normal for a Presidential election year. About 1,400 ballots were cast In proportions as follows: Hepublicans, Sf»0; Democrats, 450; Prohibition 75; other parties, 25. r< tnrn« favoring Taft hail bfcomrt s , overwhelming that the most skeptic al hud t oyield. It was a big, happy give and take gathering and there were few Democrats who did not share in the rejricing that followed the announceritat of the great victory achieved for Judge William H. Taft and Jamt-s Schoolcraft Sherman. Chief among the demonstrationist* wore th»- boys, who yelled their sentiments at t»ach flash of the st«'roopticon, and added to the gayety of the occasion by making noises with all sorts of wlerd instruments. The crowd was about evenly divided <i,s to Republicans and Democrat® and the latter had their Inning while thi early returns were coming In from the Democratic districts of New York. For two hours the partisans of the two leading parties kept up vociferous manifestations, but by 9:30 the The returns, which were supplied by three of the leading news gathering agencies in the world, came thick find fast. So very fast that by eight o'clock several metropolitan newspa- I era had conceded a landslide for Taft. . . Ily eight o'clock a crowd had nasi tnbled which blocked Mahoning Street for two squares, and there was little vacant room on that section of the street until almost midnigh. If there was apathy among the Republicans and Democrats of Punxsutawney during campaign, certain it U that there was nothing of the kind manifested while the returns were coming iri last night. Shortly aftrr dark a crowd began to assemble In front of The Spirit offlct* and by 7:15 o'clock The Spirit force, assisted bv Prof. Carl Hammers, was Mashing the returns o nthe front window. figures last night. The election of Cowherd, Democratic, is. now very much in doubt, ul- Missouri as indented by the available By United Press. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 4.—Today's returns promise a startling reversal in by Chairman Frank llitchcuck, of the Iti publican National Committee was to be verified. That telegram clinched the story of By United Press. NEW YORK, Nov. 4.—William TaIt's great victory over IJryan, one Howard Taft, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and of the most sweeping victories cv-r .tames S. Sherman, of Utiea, are elect- recorded in the United States. The ed President and Vice President of the crowd yelled and soon melted away United States, to serve the term of from in front of the office, when four years beginning March 4, 1909. tliey learned that the forecast made At 11:45 p. m., last night the returns indicated that the popular vote would be the largest ever recorded, and the majority in the electoral college is almost as decisive as that of Roosevelt and aFirbanks four y<?ars ago. •Maryland is lost to the Democrats and Kentucky is in doubt. New Ohio, Illinois, Iowa. a?4 ESCAPED FI10M COUNTY HOME Hryan * Pluralities—Arkansas, f»0.- 000; Nevada, 2,000; Georgia, 5,000; Florida, 1,800; Tennessee 15,000; Kentucky, 10,000; North Carolina, 40.- 000; Mississippi, 45,000; Colorado, 10,- 000; Louisiana. 50.000; Virgina, 15,- 000; Oklahoma 25,000; Missouri 35,- 000; Texas, 100,000. New Jersey. Taft by 00.000; New Hampshire. 20,000; Maine. 31,000; South Dakota. 1,500; Rhode Island 10,000; North Dakota, 30,000; Massachusetts, 110,000; Maryland. 5,000; Michigan, 100,000: Illinois 150.000; Iowa 50,000; California, 00,0000; Wisconsin, SO,000; Delaware, 8.500; Connecticut;. 25,000; Idaho, 20.000; Vermont 2S,000;« Montana, S.000; Oregon 25.000; Wyoming 4.000; Utah, 20,000; Kansas, 25.000; Minnesota, 80,000! Ohio 50,000; Indiana 50,000; New York. 200.000; Pennsylvania, 300,000; West Virginia, 30.000. pluralities as follows: HY8HIDI2ATI0I OF WHEAT Habgood was opposed by Louis Emfry, Jr. Habgood is President of the Slate League of Republican Clubs, and had been prominently mentioned for lie- position of Speaker of the House in case of reelection. By United Press. BRADFORD, Pa.. Nov. 4.—Returns from McKenn County this morning show "that the Republicans have swept everything with the exception of o'ie Assemblyman, Rober; P. Habgood, Republican, of Hradford, he being defeated by less than 1 r»0 votes, by Robert \V. Hilton, of Southport, who ran on tiie Democratic ticket, and was indorsed by the Local Optionsts and Prohibitionists. Cereal Fx ports at Washington Siale College Make Suco<*ssl'iil I'x- In the second half Punx'y kicked off and the Johnsonburg man was downed in his tracks. Dock recovered a forward pass. Campbell.• Bender and On the hteird kick off Johnsonburg ran the ball well back and executed two clever forward passes for substantial gains. Time was called with the ball on Punxy's live-yard line, tin* only time 'that the goal of the P. H. S. was seriously threatened. Punx'y kicked off and Johnsonburg ran th« ball back about fifteen yards. A speedy forward pass failed to work, Pantal Irecovering the fumble and running thirty yards for a touchdown. Again Puntall placed the ball square between the uprlglvts. Score Punx'y 12, Johnsonburg 0. The game was tailed at exactly 3:30 o'clock and the visiting team started in like winners. Johnsonburg kicked "IT and alter Punx'y had twice ploughed through their line recovered the ball on a fumble. Almost before the j team had lined up a speedy forward l puss was executed and a gain of fif| teen yards was netted; a second one I followed immediately afterwards and another gain of twenty yards was I « ha Iked off. hut the referei* claimed the pass was illegal and the hall went t'» Punx'y on their fifty yard line. Punx'y tried two end runs and kicked, I Jock recovering the hall on Johnsonburgs five-yard line. Two line plunges and Dock went over. Pantall kicked goal. ? In what was undoubtedly thfastest game of the season seen oti the local gridiron, the P. H. S. eleven yesterday afternoon defeate dthe Johnsonburg High School eleven by the score of thirty-five to nothing. ItiK'lt (o Crninly Home. Waller Ifocli aiul Klmei* Jones Arc \ppreh<Mided ami Will He Taken The indications at 12 o'clock wero that Nebraska would cast its electoral vote for Taft. At this hour Taft is ccrtain of the following electoral votes: his policies. Indiana, for a time was doubtful, but finally swung into Mno for Taft. The only states Bryan appears to have wrested from the Republican crlumn are Nevada, Missouri and possibly Colorado. They were lodged in the loeal locklip and will likely be taken back l«» Urookville as soon as the election excitement subsides sufficiently for the commissioners to make the trip to Punx'y. Yesterday 'they wrrc located and brought to tliis. place by members of the Staote Folic The two walked :iil nighe the evening folloing their escape and landed in Punxsutawney last Thursday. They then went to the home of Hoeh's sister in Pin ley. near Juneau. Walter Hoeh and Elmer Johns, two young men ager twenty-two and s \- teen, respectively, last Wednesday ran away fro mthe County Home at Brookville, where they had been inmates for several years. ohio <;riiEitvvrom.\ij coxtint YKT l\l)KC!l>r.n. INSTRUCTIONS FOR FARMERS of the Pa louse grain belt, south of Spokane, have just closed a series of successful experiments, will add from $1.S<)0.000 to $2,000,000 a year to the value af the State's product in the future. Prof, t'. \V. Lawrence, station cerealist, and Prof. George-Severance, now acting head of tin* agricultural department, took charge of the propognting work four years ago. It was ascertained late last year that their plans were successful, but they preferred to wait another* year before announcing the results. In the meantime seeds of the hybrid wheat were sent to farmers in various parts of tiie State, from whom the final reports are now being received. The ranchers report that the nearly created varieties of wlieat can be depended upon to yield at least 10 and in many Instances as high as 25 per cent better than the standard varieties. cereal experts at the Washington State College at Pullman, in trie heart bridissation of wheat, with which the Itestilf Will Not lit* Definitely Known null All I>isti4hts \re Heard From. ft. T. MeCSaw, Democratic  Jerome <\ Sprankle Prohibiton  Jcroirn* (' Sprankle, Bryan laM«u< I'ar;y A. C. Smith. Bryan League Party  A. <\ Smith, Independent  County \u<litor T. I? Adams. Republican  John (1 t'ofhrun, Republican  David Ni-'ale I >' inoeratic  Milo Barber, Prohibition  William Ste le. Prohibition  County Coroner J. c. Say.v.s, Republican  teams again lined up. Johnsonburg Failed to gain and kicked. Rojip caught the ball and made a magnificent sprint <»f thirty yards. Pa ma II Conlniued on Page Two. c wwn \ti:s Pit s, mid \ Ice Pivs. Tuft and Sherman, Rep  Bryan and K» rn, Dem  Chafln and Watklns, Pro  Debs and Hanford -Socialist  Superior Court .linlgo W, I). Porter, Republican ...  Webster Grim, Democratic  Daniel Sturgeon, Prohibition  Thomas H. Kennedy, Socialist  Luther S. Kauffman, Independent-* . . Ilcp. in Congress J. N. Langham, RepuV>lican  S'Pith Democratic . . . . ! ll,af,n/pb!^"l\ven~t through M• Pender, Prohibition  Mora touchdown.Pantall added another Stale Senator ion goal. Score. Punx'y IS. Johnson- T ,Kurt?- H^u,b"oan V.  13. I? Brumbaugh, Democratic  I )UIk ' James M. Startzell, Prohibition  Hidwell then went In for Jones nt v*s, center, Putney for Richardson at Hobert 11. Longwell, Republican ... guard. Rapp booted the ball back of James CJ. Mitchell, Republican  the goal posts and the runner was Alexander D. Deemer, Democratic . downed almost in his tracks. The lrvin M. Simpson, Democratic . . . i . kick out was a failure, Goheen nail- Mathew H. Caldwell, Prohibition .... ing the ball about ten yards from the Register ami, llGcortlrr line. Three line bucks netted fifteen ,ra J ''anipbell, Republican  . , ,, . .. J. c. Shcrnor, Democratic  yards anil Rapp went over for the ,. , , , ... , . . ... . Marshall McLaughlin. Prohibition ... fourth touchdown. Pantall s toe made .... Protliotiolary it Punx'y 24. Johnsonburg 0. B]akl |rvin R(.pUb|lcan  Eberhart went in for Goheen, Con- («u|Vj„ Mowry. Democratic  way went In at end and Dock took Samuel Ferman, Prohibition  Render's place at half. Rapp kicked sheriff off and Johnsonburg ran the ball well A. 10. (ialbraith, Republics i  back, executed a successful forward 1311 Vasblnder, Democratic  pass for a gain of Hen yards, tried ("Jeoige W Mlnic'i. Prohibition  again and Pantall grabbed the ball, C< unty I roasuror . . . . \\' (j. r.ullington. Republican  dodged a half dozen players and  placed the ball within a few feet of Uufus Rjik .j i<>n  the goal line. Rapp carried it over , ommU-ionci and Pantall missed goal. Score, j N K.'iiy, Republican  Punx'y 29, Johnsonburg 0. \ j,\ k, it/.. Republican  With but a few minutes to play the p. it, i •/, Prohibition . leged stewards were convicted of .sel- eiimin.il court when three »»f the nl- QUO MM PHOCEEOIHCS involved in a casi' in the September Washington 5 West Virginia 7 Wisconsin 13 Wyoming 3 3 . . . 8 4 New Jersey 12 New York 39 North Dakota 1 Ohio ; 2 3 Oregon 4 Pennsylvania 3H lthode Island 4 South Dakota 4 Utah 2 Vermont 5 11 Montana  Nebraska  New Hampshire • Minnesota . . . Maine <» Maryland * 8 Massach uset ts 16 Michigan  1 r, Iowa 13 Kansas . . 10 3 27 7 3 Indiana Idaho  Illinois  ('onneetieut Delaware . California 10 S17 The above was tfco reassuring telegram which was bulletined in Th«* Spirit office window last night at about twelve o'clock. Those of the bis? crowd In front of The Spirit Office who had hart doubts while the bulletins were coming in, dropped them when they saw the figures for Taft's total 317. ling liquor without a license, declared forfeited -The petition in the matter was presented t<» the court by .1. W. King, l.sq , who with Rush Fullerton. Ksq.. .t.sslsted in the prosecution of the easo at the late criminal seslort. and the allegations are made that the club ha grossly misused the charter rights granted by the court, liquor having been and since ihe conviction of the stewards sold illegally at the club. Xorlli side Rod and Gun Club «»i Parks Township I'or Sri ling siquor. Sara nd Rebecca Evans. Nell ami Janet Allison, Celestine and Florence McCarty, Marguerite Phillips, Gertrude and Ida Quinlisk, Klsie Bennis, Mildred Clark, Irene O'Connor, Gertrude Weber, Mary Speaker, Clara Lynam, Clementine McGowart, Gertrude Tracey. Miss McCarthy was the recipient of many useful and ornamental gifts. Those present were: From seven to nine the young people made merry, a bountiful lunch being partaken of at 8:30. sntriusH rxr.TY. A number of friends of Helen Mc- Carthy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles McCarthy, gathered at her home <>ii West Mahoning Street Monday night as a surprise party in honor of her birthday. The Republicans still claim Maryland for Taft, but give no late figures. BALTIMORE, Nov. 4.—At ten this morning Chairman Murray Van Diver, of the Democratic State Committee, claimed Maryland for Bryan by about 100 majority, basing his claims 4>ti the reports he is now receiving from counties outside of Baltimore.The Democratic managers are basing their, claims on Harmon's election from the result of 4,000 precincts now in largely from the cities. COLL'.MHUvS, <>., Nov. 4:—Early advices are today that despite the eonllicting figures from the rival State headquarters, Taft has carried Ohio by at least 50,000, and Harris by over half that figure. Sereno E. Paine will continue in ins ]<i sition as Chairman of the the Ways ur.d Means Committee, and will introduce the bille and steer it through the House. Every big Republican Congressman, with the possible exception of Overstreet in Indiana, has won ou\ and about the only well-known face that will be missing is that of James S. Sherman, who has been called "up higher" to preside over the Senate. l;oth sides, however, agree that the .tariff will be "revised by its friends", .so if "Uncle Joe" Cannon can override the opposition iii hs own party as well as he withstood the light upon hi.m in his own district yesterday, lie will preside over Congress with enough Republican majority to enact any* legislation President Taft may desire.The Democrats dispute this, and insist that Lin* majority will be but T>7. Bryan's plurality may be cut from the estimated forty thousand to less than twenty-live thousand. NEW YORK, Nov. 4.—The Republican leaders claim today a majority of tit) in the coming Congress. ■wriuiii winner. xiuuiy, rwepuuiic.au, is making big gains with almost every return, especially in St. Eouls, and lias a chance for election. er Har-ns, Republican, or Ilaimon, Democrat, is to be governor of Ohio is to be told by belated returns only. Harris has swept the cities through the influence of the liberal element and Harris will have to show big gains in the rural districts to overconic Harmon's lead in the cities. Hut it is rural Ohio yet to be heard from and it is rular Ohio that is to be eounted-up on to furnish a Ilarri splurality. Judge Taft has carried his home State by fifty thousand. The legislature seems safely Republican on face of what returns are In, but if Harmon should prove to have been elected by big plurality, the aseinbly may be in doubt. riub, of Parks township, which was Joseph P. Cuibertson to have the charter of the Northside Rod ind Gun court, Monday, by Djstriet Attorney stituted in the Armsrong county Quo warranto proceedings were in- NEW YORK GOES TAFT BY NEARLY 200,000 CongressMun Wilson Kc-Klcrtcd. WILLIAMSPORT, Nov. 4.—Meagre returns from all counties In the Fifteenth Congressional District Indicate the probable re-election of Wilson, Democrat. PENNSYLVANIA LEADS ALL WITH BIG MAJORITY NEW YD UK. Nov. 4.—William Howard Taft and Janus Sherman, :;«!). William J. Bryan and John W. Kern, 174. This will hi- the doctoral vote which will be- east for the nexii President and Vice President of the United States. Continued on Page 2 Under the direction Prof. Alva Agee of the Department of Agricultural Extension of the State College, pamphlets have been prepared for distribution by the railroad agents at the different stations at which the train will stop. These pamphlets will eontain practical suggestions to the farm- In an effort to create added interest in the scientific farming in the State of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Railroad and the State College of Agriculture are to co-operate in an unusual plan of instruction and assistance to farmers. On Tuesday, Nevember 10th, a Farmers' Special Instruction Train will leave Broad Street Station for a three days trip through Eastern,Pennsylvania. Twenty-two stops will be made, at each of which 45 minutes lecture by experts from tht; State College will be given on the growing of alfalfa, fertility, corn culture and dairy products. The following is the context of a circular which lms been issued from the Hroad Street Station of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company: K ||*l* RK-K1,RCTKI> TO COXC2KKKK. The indications" are that George W. Klpp has been re-elected to Congress by a small majority. 000 majority. REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET WINS Incomplete returns from Jefferson E. McGaw will bo elected on the County show that the Republicans Democratic ticket with about 500 have made a clean sweep, electing; all of their candidates by from 500 to l\- The Legislature is overwhelmingly Republican, the party majority on joint ballot befcng about 124. The result assures the re-election of Boies Penrose, Republican, to the United States Senate for another term of six years. Congressional districts indicate that there will be 25 Republicans and seven Democrats in the next House of Representatives. This is a party stand-off. Incomplete returns from the various The Keystone State has rolled up a plurality of approximately 300,000 for Taft and Sherman. Porter, Republican, defeats Grim, Democrat, foi Justice of the Superior Court, by almost the same vote as that of the national ticket. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 4 —Penn- Pennsylvania, as usual, leads the list of States in her devotion to the Republican cause. t • lf,ar i fgh* Ihntfgntatnttm ImtfiL iararttSl VOL HI—NO.42 PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 4, 1908 PRICE TWO CENTS Veritable Landslide for Taft and Sherman RepublicansofTown Were Out Full Force