Punxsutawney Spirit, 1909-02-06

              fSpfi?? ■••jr Till-: \\i:\tiii:k VISITING IX M AllCII AN I) SIXTI VICTIM rOVID MOO RMS HAVOC PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1009 VOL III—NO.I21 PRICE TWO CENTS Residence Addition To Punx'y A Special Message on Census Bill Attack on Girls Still Continues Section To Be K n o w n As Glarke Terrace Will Be Improved. White People of Pittsburg Bitter Against Negroes-Outrages Almost Daily. President Roosevelt Vetoes Measure Because it Involves Return of Spoils System. Illow Baby a Half Mile. Killing It— Severn in Storm. By United Press. HANUEVILLE, Ala . Feb. 6.—Yesterday a tornado blew George Stewart's 'baby a half nulle, killing it. and blew his two year old child into the prate, fatally burning it. The Stewart home was destroyed, and Stewart himself fatally injured. Mrs. Thomas Bowser and a child were also fatally injured. The tornado levelled houses for a strip o i«. mile long, injuring many and j lulling three negroes. THEIR OUT OF TROUBLE SHOULD BE UNDER CIVIL SERVICE AN IDEAL PLACE III WHICH TO LIVE ICED JOiSTOH WOMAN I VICTIM I*11 iixstitawuey Girls Start for Georgeville—One \rrives in Time for l/<Mig Walk. Misses Maude *and Mabel Smflth, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Smith, of East End, had an eventful c'r.y returned to the House, without lug message President Itonsevdt to- ny United Press. A' ASH 1X(»T<)N. Feb. 6.—|:i a rlr.tf time yesterday ana last night Having been Invited to go to Qeorg»■- Mrs. A. Boulfrois was attacked abou; midnight by a big negro, who kicked her in the side and knocked her senseless. A.s a man came rumiiing up he lied and made his es- By United Press. PITTSBURG, Feb. — Two new attacks were added last night and this morning to the list of unpunished assaults upon the young women «>f Pittsbu rg. "But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated It far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here; but it can never forget what, they did hi re. It Is for us, the living rather, to be dedicated here t > the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be hero didcated to the groat task remaining before us, that from those honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause fur which they gave the last full measure of devotion; that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation under God shall have%a new birth of freedom; and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth." The address, which was delivered at the dedication of the National-Cemetery, Gettysburg, November 19, 1863, reads as follows: "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought fourth upon this continent a new nation, conceived in .liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. "Now we are engaged in a great oivil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that Held a* a final resting place for those who gave their lives that that nation might live. It lis altogether fitting and proper that we should do this Lincoln's Gettysburg Speech » One of the features of the Lincoln Day Exereses, whlcji will be held by the Punxsutawney schools next Friday, will be the concert recitation, by the pupils of the High School, of the Martyred President's Gettysburg address. In order that the pupils, a.s well as others, may have access to a copy, the President's speech, now universally regarded as the tersest and most forcible ever expressed in the English language, is herewith reprinted. ville to attend a pie soeial last night the young ladies spent a busy afternoon helping to put the house in order, as /it wire, a.s well as to lix up The girl had come to the eity from Vandalia in search of employment. Decomposed Remains of Young Girl Pound In Clptrrn—Dayton in an Uproar. DAYTON, Ohio, Feb. G.—The town is aroused to fury over the discovery of the decomposed body of Elizabeth Fulhart, wrapped in a sack, in a cistern. making the sixth young girl victim of the man-ape. The police are making desperate efforts to run down the ravlsher and are aided l>y thousands of amateur sleuths. It is believed the murder of the .six young girls Is the work of one man. • The body of Miss Fulhart had been in the cistern probably since December 29, when the girl was last seen alive. The body bore marks of bruises, marks on the neck corresponding to those on the neck of Dora Oilman, ravished and slain November 26, 190H. Anna Markowitss, who met a like fate August 5. 11*07. and Mary 'Forsehner, victim of the fiend only two weeks ago, on January -3. The body of the girl found in the cistern was decomposed and was unrecognizable except by the clothes, by which Adam Fulhart, brother of tin- girl, identified the body last night. QUALTROUGH IS GUILTY some. MURDERERS IN EARTHQUAKE U. & W. V. ELECT OFFICERS The verdict comes as a complete surprise, as it was unofficially reported y<sterday i 1:11 Qualtrough had been exonerated of the charges of drunkenness at tl»e official reception at Tan- aud Loss of Ten XuiiiIhiv. By United Press. Sentenced to Six Months Suspension GIBRALTAR, Feb. 6. — A court martial composed of officers of the American fleet today announced that it had found ('apialn K<l\vard F. Qualtrough, of the battleship Georgia, guilty of conduct unbecoming an officer of the Navy, and he was sentenced to six months' suspension from duty and the loss of ten numbers 'in his rank. That Hho arrived at her destination all right there is no doubt. Sho was met at tho train by her undo, John X'ichol. and conveyed to Georgeville beind a pair of high-stop- Sonie several minutes before the r»:20 o'clock p. m. train was due Miss Maude decided that she needed some out-door exercise, and started to walk to tho station. Miss Mabel waited for her father to come with a rig. When the train pulled out of the station Mabel was aboard, but her sister was not in sight. Whether M>iss Maude got lost In the network of streets Inherited by consolidation with Clayvlllo, or whether she had merely miscalculated the distance, is not known, but the train pulled out without her. To make matters as bad as they could be. Miss Maude Smiiih carried the official poeketbook, i and Mabel found hcself aboard the train without a sou. Kier The reduction of ten numbers in rank puts ten other officers ahead of Quajtrough for promotion. lOIUlIT DEFEATS SHRU8B Blanche Smith and Rose Sesoek, n s-iding iin a suburb, were attac ked by negroes yesterday, 1 »ut their screams frightened the assailants, who escaped. Two negroes* accused of helm t hos • who attacked the girls, were later arrested and sent to the workhouse for three months. John Stokes, a negro, aged thirtytwo years, was arrested yesterday on charges preferred by Mrs. Jane Thompson, of the South Side, who alleges that he entered her home and the room of her daughter, but. was frightened away by the screams of the girl. The man will be given a hearing tomorrow. The feeling between the white people and the negros is becoming more acute as each day brings its quota of attacks, and reported attacks on white girls by negroes. ca pe. Anna ivieinlein, aged twenty-two years, while on her way to work, was attacked by two Italians. After a desperate struggle with the men the young woman made her escaped from their hands and fell fainting on the door step of a nearby house, just after she had succeeded in ringing the doorbell. The assailants both madi their escape. Probable that .Mm Who Committed Crime In Portage I'erisheil at Messina. It is believed that the Italians who some years ago committed a foul murder at Portage, Cambria County, and subsequently were captured in Sicily and locked up in jail at Messina, lost their lives when, during the recent earthquake, the building was destroyed. Referring to the matter, the Johnstown correspondent of the Pittsburg Dispatch says: "So far as Patrick Campbell and his counsel are concerned, tin- prosecution of the Italians charged with •the Portage holdup and murder is ended, even though it be found that the men escaped unharmed from the destruction of the Messina jail by the earthqua ke. "It is generally believed that they were killed in their cells with thousands of other Sicilians, but Mr. Campbell, who was wqundpd in the holdup, being left for dead in the road by the bandits, declared that so far as he is concerned the fellows have suffered enough, even though alive, and that he and his attorney have no further desire to push the prosecution, leaving matters in the hands of the Italian authorities to be adjusted as they see lit. Shortly after tin assault a negro, giving the name of Arthur* Cochran, and said to be the one who committed the crime, was arrested a.id is being closely guarded, as the neighbors of Mrs. Kruise threaten to do the prisoner bodily harm. JOHNSTOWN. Feb. 0.—Mrs. Mary krii'ise, aged eighty years, was attacked at her home near here yesterday by a negro. The aged woman's screams frightened her assailant, who escaped, leaving his victim in a i ritical condition. LAST LEG OF VOYAGE BIG BATTLESHIP LAUNCHED "District Attorney Leech Ins received a letter from the State Department at Washington in which it is stated that the United States Consul at Messina has been instructed to make careful inquiry as to whether the four men confined in the Messina jaM for the crime at the time of the earthquake survived the calamity and whether 'they are still in custody. It is hardly believed that a reply will be received in less than six weeks or two months, as considerable time must elapse in making1 the investigation owing to the unsettled condition of the city." DOLLAR LIKE THE CUT The Indian finished in fine fettle, and was in no wise distressed. Longboat's time fur the race wa.s two hours, 53 miinutes, 40.4 seconds, which is nearly eight minutes behind the record made by Dorando, the Italian, in his race with Johnny Hayes, the Olympic Marathon winner last fall. Mtiglisliimiii Collapses In Twenty-first .Mile—Indian Not Distressed, I XRW YORK, Feb. C».—Maintaining an even, swinging stride that rarely varied throughout the race, Tom Longboat, the Onondaga Indian from Canada, wrested the laurels of an (indoor Marathon last night at Madison Square Garden when victory seemc I almost within the grasp of the plucky Knglishman, Alfred Slirubb, who collapsed in the twenty-fifth mile, leaving tie Indian to finish lie long race of twenty-six miles and 3S5 yards alone Fairman Avenue will parallel St. Clair Avenue on the western side of the new terrace. Beginning at Ridge Avenue it passes bet wen th dwelling now occupied by Mr. Woodward and the Neorr brick building, with an offset extending back of the Neorr lot, .r> it again takes the orignal direction and extends back to Grafflus Avenue. A pretty thoroughfare, which will be known as .'Wescott Avenue, will be in the nature of an extension of that part of St. Clair Avenue fronting on Ridge Avenue, as it will parallel the street cur track from Ridge Avenue to Gradius Avenue, following close the edge of the bluff. Highland Place will be the name of the cross street, which will be an extension of the alley back of all of the lots, fronting on Ridge Avenue. It is planned to make Clark Terrace an ideal residence district, and, as it is located on a height overlooking Elk Run, East End and a large portion of the town, it is susceptible of any kind of beautification, with the best possible facilties for sewage. The plot and the proposed improvements represent an investment of about $20,000. The land was purchased from Mrs. John Neorr, et al. The most important real estate deal that has been pulled off In Punxsutawney for several moons 'is the one consummated yesterday through a local firm, whereby a syndicate headed by D. H. Clark, becomes the owner ot a valuable plot of ground, 26 lots all told, facing on Ridge Avenue, and bounded on the east by the Jefferson Traction trolley line right of way, on the north by Grnlfius Avenue, and on the West by what will be known as Fairman Avenue. The blue prints for the new addition were completed yesterday and placed in the hands of Beck & Corey, real estate agents, who will exlight, heat and sewerage and street The Clark company, as soon as spring opens up will proceed to make- Clark Terrace an ideal place to live, by providng facilities for city water, light heat and sewerage and street pacing. The principal thoroughfare will be called St. Clair Avenue. Beginning at a point almost in front of the John Noerr dwelling it will »sklrt the front of the lots fronting on Ridge Avenue, until it reaches the middle of the plot, from which point it will run in a straight line through the middle to Graftius Avenue. Since the organization of the camp here a little over a year ago the membership has increased rapidly, there now being: thirty names on the muster book, with prospects for an "Increase to forty within a short time. (At present over twenty of the thirty members of the camp are non-residents, and it is hoped to secure at bast ten additional members who reside In the city within tin- next month. The United Spara'.sh War Veterans throughout the country are working hand in hand with the (Jrand Army of the Republic, it. being their idea to perpetuate to future generations tinpatriotism which fills the heart of ev-6ry citilzen of the United States when he views a body of marching soldiers with the Stars and Stripes in tin hands of the col or-bearer. It was decided at the meeting last night that the local camp would participate in the Lincoln Day celebration. The members of the camp will assemble at Dr. J. L. Robinson's office an hour previous to the.' opening of tinpublic ceremonies in tin- Jefferson Theatre. From thence they will march to the Jefferson Street school building, where they will join the line ot march. Captain J. L. Reese* commander; (Jeorge I). Post, senior vice-commander; Dr. J. Ij. Robinson, junior vice commander; George B. McClelland, officer of the day; George V. Shaffer, trustee. Commander Reese appointed Frank Carter adjutant and Homer Ij. Chambers puartermasters of the ea mp. Participate in Lincoln Day Ceremonies. Eight New Members Accepted—Will Max Wilson Camp No. 35, of the I'nited Spanish War Veterans last night held their annual election of officers in the room of Dr. J. L. Robinson, In the Weber building. Previous to thi' election of officers, eight new members were accepted. The following officers will serve for the ensuing year: A MOST COMPLETE SURPRISE DEATH CLAIMS MRS. WM. MOGLE (»l MHALTKlt, Feb. fi, — Fort ami foreign ships boom* d a farewell (•> the American battleship fleet which weighed anchors and sailed out on the last leg of its notable voyage around the world today. The next shores that will be seen by the fleet will be those of home, after an absence of many months. It is expected that the fleet will make Hampton Roads about February 22. The Nichol family and their Punxsutawney guest, therefore, was obliged to trudge home through the mud and rain, how many miles it is nor necessary for the reader to know, but they got there just the same. Miss maud, who this evening will make another start for CSeorgeville, when 'informed this morning by telephone of her • sister's plight, two plights you might say, replied, lugubriously, "Ain't it"  pers. Reports from Georg-vllle this morniing are t«» tho effect that tin; pie social which was hold in tho Georgoville Hall, was a decided success, notwithstanding the Inclemency of tho weather. About 200 persons. Including Miss Mabel, were prose'it and the ladies of tho Presbyterian Church cleaned up S35.n0. Hut the troubles of the Punxsutaw-' voy girl were not over with her safe arrival at the pie social. During the excitement of the festivities, Mr, Nichols' team became detached and when the family was ready to start for home they had no conveyam . A search was instituted, which revealed the fact that tho team had broken the tether and put out for home at an alarming rate of speed. When about half way they collided with a tree and wrecked the vehicle, but the horses showed up at the stable all right. .Miss .lean Smiley is Taken Immures By Large Number of Friends. Miss Jean Smiley, of Park Avenue, NK\VPOUT NKWS, Va., Feb. 6.— tion, were completed yesterday of enthusiastic spectators, the giant 30.000-ton battleship Delaware, which will take rank among the most formidable fighting machines afloat, was successfully launched today from the yards of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. LAWMAKERS TO GO 10 WASH'H lust might was taken completely by WASHINGTON. D. Feb. lb— F< 1 lowing is the forecast issued from the Coiled States Weather Bureau today: Snow Hurries and colder tonight. Fair tomorrow. CHKSTKU, Pa, Feb. n.— (Special) Nev. Henry Griggs, of Weston, the veil era bli president of the Crosier Theological Seminary, died today. Directors' Convention Advises Postponement IIMILLEI HOUSE services will be held at the \y afternoon. Further ta have not yet been made. Ajentralline, tttenry, of T also survive LPiiBoig, un< litAld. Jrunerai hoine Moinl a i i a Werner mm Spied JittHt Mglit ut 8:55 OYlork Fol\ lowing Lingering IIJiicsm. \\Irs. William Mogle died laj#t night ai $:55 o'clock, at her home on Lane Avenue, after a lingering illness, of kidney trouble, aged sixty-two years, i Th<! deceased had been sinking gradually the |)asi week and the end was ; not unexpected when it came. For a number of years Mrs. Mogle ltad been a resident of this place, and during her residence here acquired the love and respect of all with whom she came in contact. She is survived by her husband, a step-daughter, Miss Pearl, at home, three sisters, Mrs. Nettie Kriner, of 'hillcotte, Mich., Mrs. W. L. Home, Miichigan, Mrs. W. H. Mcoutville. Two brothers her, Christ Zumstein, of lohn Zumstein, of Clear- A joint resolution is now on its way through the Legislature appropriating $23,000 to pay the expenses of the Governor, his staff and a provisional brigare of the National Guard. HARJilSBlTBG, Feb. ti.—Speaker Cox is planning to have the Legislature witness the inauguration of President Taft. He will confer with the Governor on Monday concerning the matter. It has been the custom for years for the Legislature of Pennsylvania to be present when the chief executive is Inducted Into office. This is the first time since the disappearance of the railroad pass that a President has been inaugurated. In other years the Pennsylvania railroad placed a train at the disposal of the lawmakers The company cannot extend the courtesy this time. The Speaker says that it will require about $4,000 to pay the expenses of the trip and a bill appropriating this amount will be put through if it is decided that the Legislature will attend the inauguration. surprise, when a number 01' her friends gathered at her home to help her celebrate the universary of her birth. Miss Smiley had prepared to attend* the supper and dance given by the Knights of the Golden Eagle last night, and was just about to leave for the scene of festivities when the crowd descended upon her home. Among th many presents which Miss Smiiley received was a beautiful handpainted plate. Following the presentation of presents anil good wishes, the guests settled down to an evening of solid fun, music and games of various kinds being th»i main features. At eleven o'clock a luncheon of surpassing deliciousness was served by Miss Margaret Smiley and Mrs. H. L. Crissey, with covers laid for: Misses Melle Garriston, Sarah Johnson, Ruth Sprankle, Lilly MeNeeley, j Eftie MeNeeley, Maud Muller, Mrs. J. McClurg, Mrs. H. L. Crissey, Messrs. Blair Ellwood, Robert L. Rowland, Frank Guthrie, William Herpel, David McQiiown, Clark Lyke, J. I. McCleavey, H. L. Crissey and Master La van < 'rlssey. Until It Was Scut to liny Goods IY0111 u >l»il Order House. The mail order and sample-agent method of buying merehandi.se is being opposed, systematically by the merchants of many towns, and in some instances the board of trade has tackled the problem. In Bath, New York, the evil has attained such proportions that the Board of Trade is conducting a campaign of education against the practice. Below is reprinted an article which the Board has had published, and which it agrees -to pay for at so much per line: "Ten years ago an Allen County, Kas.. farmer put his initials on a dollar bill. The next day he went to th6 nearest town and spent lit with a merchant. Before the year was out he got the dollar back. Four times in six the dollar came -baek to him for produce and three times he heard of it in the pockets of his neighbors. The last time he got it back was four years ago. He sent t to a mail order house. He has never seen that dollar since, and never will. That (h ilar bill will never pay any more school or road tax for him, will never build or brighten any of the homes of the community. He sent it entirely out of the zone of usefulness to himself and to his neighbors when he sent lit to the mail order hduse. The moral is plain." CEliEBIUTK (iOLDEN WEDDING Early yesterday morning, between the hours of two and three o'clock, the home of Thomas McMiillen, on West Mahoning Street, was entered, and the lower floor ransacked. En-trance was made by way of the front door, probably by means of a skeleton key. William McMUlen heard what he believed to be a chair fall, and immediately started down stairs, whereupon the burglar or burglars departed In haste, leaving the front door standing wide open. Owing to -the Intervention of Mr. McMUlen (he Intruders secured noth\ "n*. "To the House of Representatives: | I herewith return, with approval, H. 'It., 1 P>,954, entitled 'An act to provdebtor the Thirteenth and subsequent decennial I do this with extreme reluctance, because I fully rcali/.e the importance of supplying tin Director of th« Census at as earl) a date as possible with tho torce necessary to the carrying on of his work. llu; it is of high consequence to the country that the statistical work of the census shall b: conducted with entire accuracy. This is as important from the standpoint ot business and industry as from the scientific standpoint. It is, therefore, in my judgmtnt, essential that the result should not be open to the suspicion of bias on politaical and personal grounds; tha( it should not la open to the reasonable .suspicion, of being a waste of tile people'* money and a fraud. Following is President Roosevelt's message, In part: approval, the bill providing for tho inking of the Thirteenth Census. Ills principal reason for vetoing t is that it contemplates non-competiti\v examination of employes, which, In- sa>s, is a return to the old spoils system. President Moose\rIt also wishes the bill amended sv that any printing done •>u the Census outside the Government Printing OlHce will be under the eight hour law. The President says that incompetent ' mployos would be secured under tin terms of the bill as it now stands, and that would mean that the great dec<nnial undertaking would be turned over for the professional politicians to Ufco to their best advantage. A two-thirds vote of tht House and St .Kite is necessary :o pass the bill, unless it Is amended in accordance with the President's lesiros, in which event only a majority will be needed. There is a strong probability that the House will let the census master rest until the special session of Congress in .March, because the two-thirds majoritj necessary to pass over the President's veto is doubtful now. A new bill covering the same ground as that rejected by Roosevelt may be passed in March and put up for Taft's signature. The adherents of the measure think Taft will pass th0 bill. ".Section 7 of tin aet provides, in effect tha; appointments to the census shall be under he spoils system, for this is the real rr.eanig of the provision that they shall b» subject only t noncompetitive examination. The proviso is added ;hat tin y shall be selected without regard to political party affiliation." Hut there is only oil" way to guaranb • that they shall be .-elected without regard to politics and on merit, and that is by choosing them after competitive examination from tin- lists of eligible.** provided by the Civil Servce Com mission. The present Director of the Census in his last report sta es the exact fact about these noncompetitive examinations, when he says: " \\ noncompetitive examination means that every one of tin many thousands who will pass the examinations w ill liavt- an equal right to appointment, ami that personal and political pressure must In the end, as always before, become tli» dctermin- 1iK factor with regard to the great body of thes> temporary employments. I can not too earnestly urge that tho Director of the Census be relieved from tlii>. unfortunate situation.' (Continued on page six.) "To provide that the clerks and other employees shall be appointed alter noncompetitive examination, and yet to provide ih.it they shall be selected without regard to political party affiliations, means merely that the appointments shall be treated as the perquisites of the politicians of both parties, instead of as the perquisites of the politicians of one party. 1 do not believe in the doctrine that to the victor belong the spoils; but I think even less of the doctrine that the spoils aha 11 be divided without a fight by the professional politicians on bi th sides; and this would be the result of permitting the bill In its present shape to become a law. Both of burn, of Doyle.stown, chairman of the committee on resolutions, presented a resolution recommending thai the Legislature be petitioned to postpone action in connection with thschool code for two years. It was claimed that none of the directors had had time to study the new law. The resolution was immediately turned over to the Legislative Committee, composed of H. M. Lessig, Pottatown; L. A. Coburn, Somerset; A. J. Simons, Newfoundland; M. H. Kenning, YVllkiinsburg, and \V. II. Parsons, Phoenlxville. The committee returned shortly with a negative recommendation, and the suggestion that for tin present the convention take no action in regard to the school law, but appoint a committee of three to confer with the State commission which drew up the code. This recommendation caused great excitement among the four hundred delegates and half a dozen men were (Continued on page 'three.) Mr. and Mrs. Miner Fostlewalte, of near Hamilton, who are among the best known and most highly respected families of Perry Township, on Saturday. February 15. will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding, a ceremony which was witnessed by only five persons now living. A NATIONAL HOLIDAY. The 12th of February having been made a national holiday, It Is expected that the State Legislature will follow suit in which event the business men of Punxsutawney will be asked to close on Lincoln's birthday so that nil who may desire to do so can participate in the big joint celebration. The school men assembled at Harrisburg this week did likewise, until Thursday, when the members of the School Directors' Annual Convention threw a bomb Into the proceedings. In its account of the rumpus the Harrlsburg Patriot says, in part: "The new school law was responsible Thursday afternoon for the wildest kind of excitement at the fourteenth annual conventon of the Directors' Department of the State Educational Association. The convention was opened in the /morning, but It was not until the afternoon that the delegates took up the discussion of i the new code. It was then that Hugh B. East- Prof. K. S. Jackson, superintendent of the Punxsutawney schools has returned from Harrlsburg, where he had been attending* the annual convention of school superintendents, who on Wednesday gave unanimous endorsement to the proposed new School Code Law. Harry Hush, of New Castle, formerly a resident of Perry Township, was In town today on his way to Marehand to visit an aunt, Mrs. Hicks, who Is (unite ill. Mr. Bush Is the New Castle representative of the Arbuckles Company. Ji :WW:. - NtHR ■ •j'":/*'