Punxsutawney Spirit, 1909-02-17

              PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 17, 19C9 PRICE TWO CENTS ENTIRE G. O. P. TICKET. ELECTED IN THE BOROUGH WATER COMPANY FILES AN ANSWER TO BOROUGH SUIT VOL III—NO. 130 Beveridge Speaks on i the Tariff Shot in Taxicab Thos. Bevan . Makes Categorical Denial of All Complaints Lodged in the Truitt Bill. P. 0. Freas Wins Over F. B. Hastings On Extremely Small Margin. NOW UP 10 COUNCIL AND CITIZENS DIRECTORS ARE ALL REPUBLICANS I'< lire in Work Trying to Unravel Mysterious Death of * Heading <»irl. Well Known West End Resident Died Smldt lily l n-t Even- In?;'. Next Tariff Will Have to Be Built In Old Way—Probably Last so Constructed. Coiry II row ii for .flintier of tin* IVjicv l>> Lantr Majority. I.OC'K \KI> II \l> I TIMI . "FURNISHING TORE WATER". I\ < >. I 'ri iis, Hrcft'tl llurges-. of 1 *n»»x-;11ji\\ ncy < »tcr;la> Ki oil MrOtlnmiit Township Citizen IHr>- I'hmii l\fleets of Paralytic Stroke. ELECTION AT DUBOIS MUSI PUT II ON BUSINESS BASIS Must Appear Before4 Judge Heed and Prove the Allegations Made. The .virl was '.veil known hero aii quite piomlmnt socially. Kn:ur was ai. inspector for a telephone com puny. "It's a a accident! Drive to tlu hc spi iii as quick a - you ean." The chauffeur started off at full speed, when a second shot rang ou» and he stopp'.ul the eab. Both <-imi pants of Hit eab were dead when tIi door was opened. '('he chauffeur say*; he heard one shot, and Knaut immediately afterwar is leaned out of the window, shouting: «i- i-.'/n a motive. The police authorities declare tha* i' is a plain cr.se of murder and suicde, but ere totally at a loss t > Attracted by the revolver shots, passing pedestrians ran to the taxieab p.s the chauffeur halted it. and found the woman lying on ii»« Moor with ;i bullet in hit brain, while Knaut la> crumple up in his scat, a revolver still !n his hand, and a bullet through 1m Iva rt. By I'nited Press. 11K ADING, Pa., Feb. 17.—The local police are at work trying to unlavel the mystery .surrounding the diath ot Mis-* Stella Rooktasliel and George Knau', early today in a taxtcebJudge Heed has not yet fixed a day for the hearing of arguments, but will Likely do so within the next few days. The bill of complaint was filed by A. J. Truitt, one of the attorneys for the citizens, but upon what authorityis not known. v The answer filed by the water company Monday through Its attorney, A. L. Cole, makes categorical denial of all of the complaints lodged in the Truitt bill and defends its act in restoring the water rates. As the case now stands, it is up to the citizens or patrons of the water company who brought the proceedings in equity last fall to appear at Brookville during the March term of Argument Court and prove the allegations made in the Truitt bill of complaint or let it go by the board, in which event the citizens must pay the costs of the co tempt proceedings.Borough Solicitor William Gilles- pie yesterday received a copy of the answer of the Punxsutawney Water Company to the complaint recently filed in the Jefferson County Court, asking that the company be held in contempt of court for certain alleged violations of the agreement last January entered into between the Punxsutawney Water Company and its patrons. Mr. Be van was a native of Herefordshire, England, and when a boy of twelve he went to South Wales, where he followed railroading until th<> year 1873. at which time he came to Morris Run. Pa., and resided there until the year 1890. A: that time he came to Punxsutawney an.I resided here up to the time of his death. Besides a widow he leaves five children. Thomas, of Johnstown, J hn of Cutler, Mrs. Guy Mottern. of Altoonn. Dvid and Margaret at home and two grandchildren, Bessie and Esther, who r< side at the Bevan home. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made Thomas pevan, a highly respected citizen «»f West End. died last evening at 7:30 In Grube'.s Hospital, when he had undergone an operation that same afternoon for gangrenous obstruction of the intestines. On Monday the deceased was in fair health, did his usual day's wmk and ate a hearty supper. At seven o'clock he left home for walk, and was taken suddenly ill, shorty after h«' left the h »usc. He yucceeded in reaching the house without ai 1, and a physicion was called. His condition was at once recognized as critical, and bwas taken to the hospital yesterday afternoon at four o'clock. And operation was performed a once and it was found that ten feet of his bowels were gangrenous. Realizing ■ hat h was beyond human aid, the incision was closed, and lie passed away short-1; after. Ghent Treaty R R Promotion Tin: weather WASHINGTON. I>. C.. Feb. 17. Following is the forecast for Western Pennsylvania: Partly cloudy tonigh; and Thursday. Slowly rising tcmpcratu re. riblo K« 'm11(llcxwd liatlly lltirm (I. Minr lApldslon in lingland lla* r«*i- Ariiien Ixeliii, Jr.. is Elected President oi ii.. R. Ar I'.—Xoonau Vice President. I ol' Corcimnij'— Tablet I'uveiled. Octagen House in Washington Scene 11111>i*<>\< (I Order ok .Mm \\ ill Hold So und Annual (.;i I lu ring—1'ro- 1'rotvods to tin* Poor. I Charity Social School r>iiv >r First Ward. \V. \\ . W in low : Second Ward, George Stephenson; Third Ward. Hoyd A!* lis.-n; Fourth Ward. I'. C McKibbln and A. W Calloway; Fifth Ward, William Allison. tin.i offlt its, the Republican- elected the following: ward otficers: John Dow:icj u as elected tt» sui-cccj himself as town councilman from the Fifth Ward. There won* no council- Tin- Republicans of Punxsutaw.iey wtTc uniformly successful yesterday, electing the following borough ticket: 1'. < » Fleas. burge >• N. H. Corey, just it • of In- p. aeo. H 11. .Mcllenry, 11'•-a.surer. James Lockard. tax collector. John F. Cro.nby, auditor. Not taking into account the dec- Hy I 'nit'Ml I'rv-.v X K\\ CASTU :. Kligla ltd, L«VI». I . Thlrfy-iwo miners, lYightfuiy bnrn^i were rescued this morning from tin Stanley < *«». 11 .Mi H-, whir!-! was wr<< 1. "Heretofore, both parties have buiided our tariffs without sufficient 1<nowlcilKr of thr fucts, without seientilit* classification of schedules. Both parties, whether gframing a so-called revenue tariff or a vrotective tariff, have handled this intricate subject in a way which would have crlppeld any any business man <»r complication nn\dllng their enterprises in the same fashion. Both parties have made the tariff exclusively political; have waged campaigns as to whether our tariff (.'ontiiiU' (I. on I'ago Thic. "Within less than four months i new tariff will have been made. I hoi e and believe i. will be the best tariff that Congress ever constructed. It will be historic in this: that it will be the last American tariff created without the aid of a tariff commission i commission t<> net facts and make classifications for Congress; and not to tix duties, which is the exclusive business of Congress. "Immediate revision must not be delayed until a tariff commsslon is rreatcd and has made necessary investigations and arrange scientific ; classifications—that would require at least two years and ought to take a longer period. So, for the last time, we must have a tariff buiided in the old way. Hut that this shall be the. last tariff thus buiided, we soon must provide i commission of tariff experts. The present emergency never must he faced again. Mr. President and ("Scntlemen of the ('onvention: INDIANA POMS, hid . Feb. 17.— Speaking before the Tariff Convention which yesterday begun a hree-days* session in this city, Albert J. Beveridge, Serfator in Congress from Indiana, said, i:i part: Jacob Kuntz of A. G. Yates, lale president of the Tin? changes made In the official personnel of tin- is., ji. & |\ r. R. • 'omiiany consequent upon the (loath I Th" members of Puke. Initio Coun[cil No. »(!, 1 »i i; i < of Pocahontas, of the improved Order of lied M«n. on Friday night. February 1will hold their second annual social and banquet, the proceeds of which are to be devoted to charity. At ih«' Hist annual banquet the •> • iety cleared ovi-r $40, which th< > used most advantageouslv. and there is a general feeling among th< members that the si i ond banquet ran he ma do even moro of a success. The program for the evening includes dancing and other amusements from !» to 10 o'clock; lunch from 10 to 11 o'clock, and dancing »nd amusements from II until I a. m. Saturday Th«- total vote polled in the borough yesterday, was 1,4-0 out of a reglstra- (Contlnucd on page : hrec. t In Hie First Ward. W. W Winsh.w W0|> easily for school director, as did Stephenson in the Second Ward, and F'oyd Allison in the Third I t th» Fourth Ward, two . i ts of . andidates ran a pretty race. K. <\ McKibbin wlnnin over Charles r* Jenks by J vot--s. while A. W Calloway downed George c. Brown. the present tna air- r of the school board, by eight votes. N. I>. Corey, against whom a determined tight, led by some members of his own party, was made, bobbed up serenely wi»h 33s votes to the good, while II H. AIcHenry. for treasurer, had 670 to spare. Lot kard, for tax collet !..r won out by -11 votes, and Crosby had a lead f• »r auditor of :: l P. »». Pre as, for burgess, tarried four wards, the First, Second, Fifth and Sixth, and Hastings two, the Third a id Fourth. Both candidates polled a large vote in the Ward in which each lived. men t" elect in the other wurds. The election in Piia.xsu'awiny yesterday developed some decided surpri-< s, the most notable of which were the large vote polled by F. H. Hastings for burge.s. and the large margin obtained by X 1). Core\ for Justice <•! the peace. In Townships Big Run Vote with i-V as, The n-seuers s ty that it is impos s'ble to u.- cither out ur in. The a?, proaeiu.- t«> thr sram are .shaky and the timber support* :tn burning. Thr ill-fatril mim is rapidly fllUn Thr... men w» re working in th • Hrockwrll seam when thr explosion • (curr- il, •>nd thr entianrr was foloekby tons of fall< 1 stone. ()nr hundtrd and eight miners ait still missing, a sd it is believed the ill of them ar<- dead. • ■ I yrst»TilM> iii'- runn by mm < \pl<» Kiglit ihvul bodies \\ials » removed *" SUHLttTJT Gillespie, having read (he answer made by the water company, now desires to be Instructed 'by the iitissens and the council, whether or lot t«> go ahead and preparo to atempt to proye what is alleged in the ion tempt proceedings. \The answer, as amended and filed .the Water Company on Monday, reans as follows: l<T|rst—That the defendant has not knowingly or purposesly done or causeA to be done or omitted to do anything in contempt of this hnorable Court Sor of any order of this Court, hut It yias in all things acted in good faith tjpwards the plaintiffs and this honorafele Court, and it freely submits iti-) action to the judgment of said Court ;Mter hearing the facts. Seeojnd—It is not true that the de\(oa\} aScd uo panupuoo) Defense Busy Prosecution in Clli.sc of \V. W. Ramsey lti'sts After Bringing Forth ' Damaging Evidence. Contents in Township \rc School Plhi lor l iiilil Hot in Me< almoin. Doors will he Open at S: !!0 o'clock. Tickets will !•< on sale at the door. Admission, gentlemen L'O c. 111> . ladb 10 cents. All are eordlallv invited. who morning romilliltlM'H 1i;iVV lx-Oll «l 4' I to look after the comfort ami convenience of the quests ami excellent music lias been procure,i for tho-» choose to dance DuBois Guest Charles Miller Wilis in I'in111 Willi I'oiir Volt's to Spurt-—Two S< lect< <1. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 17.— The historic Octagon House in this city, now the home of the American Institute of Architects, wiis tho scene today of an interesting ceremony, the unveiling of a tablet commemorating tht; signing of the treaty of Ghent, which terminated the war of 1812 between Great Britain and the United States. The tablet was placed in the Octagon, House for the reason that it was there that the preliminary negotiations leading up to the peace agreement were conducted. The tablet was erected by the District of Columbia Chapter of the United States Daughters of 181 U. Speakers at the unveiling ceremonies included Mrs. Wiliam Gery Slade of New York, president of the National Society. United States Daughters of 1812, and Case Gilbert, president of the American Institute of Architects. Appendixless >liss I- <11i;i SIktiiu r 1 iilcrteiin <1 I :» \iifht for >li«s ( I;11:► W illiams. I'lijsieians From All Over Country Give Banquet to Dr. J. B. Denver, This action by the hoard of directors is highly important for Rochester and the country served by this growing road. Mr. Noonan has demonstrated since he came to this city a progressiveness of spirit and an interest In the various communities served by the It., R. that leaves no room to doubt that the aggressive policy which has made the road a success, will he continued. While still a young man, Mr. Noonan has had a unique and valuable experience in the railroad world. He hns been closely associated with men who stand practically in a class by themselves as executive officers. Like Contlnued on Page Two At a special meeting of the board of directors of the Buffalo,. Rochester Ac Pittsburg Railway Company, held at No. ,'1(5 Wall Street, New York. Monday, Adrian Iselin. Jr., vice-president, was elected president, to succeed the late Arthur <J. Yates, and William T. Noonan, of Rochester, was el e ted vice president. Mr. Noonan will be in active management of the. property, with headquarters in Roc hester.Company, are given in yesterday's issue of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle as follows: Surprise Party Supervisor -Kdward Harry. I: l»4. 44; total 170. W. It Neal, I) , v,. si. s7; tot \\ J . : D. H Sutter. iv. School I »ircct<»j (two in elect i — David Carrlck, It.. !»S, 101. 7:J; total If7 1. L M. Lewis. R. 100, !<!». ♦; 1 ; t..- tol -00. J. F Snyder. !>.. L'i. 00. total s;;. L. B. Williams. IV. 111. Levi M l'( 'oMM uk1)> P.. Tin* precinct h' inn mv.-n in order is above the i' Mills for other i-amilitates were as follow - Tli' 'it'l l i< hi in Y <mm T- >»\ ."-up yesterday resulted as follows Justice of the I• Felix « \ Y (Jatti» II- Walston 11 j; Adrian JI ; I lor itio 2.1; total MS T. K. Lamison, II.. Walston 0. Adrian VJ 11.>ra- ti-. s J . total I 70 < i< Willi un l» WalHtoii , Adrian 1: lluratio 20; total 11 Anniversary of His Hlrtli. F. W. Nolls Is Tendered Parly on I lie Miss I'Mn i Shermor e.ivc a reception .it her home on Ride- Av« liveun Tuesday night. in honor of her KU'-st. Miss Clara W illiams of l»ui:->: After hi arlng the election returns prunes war played and music, both vocal and instrumental, was enjoyed. A bounteous luncheon was served by Mr-, Sli» rmer w hich was much enjoyed by tie following: Misses Hattie Staples, Maggh Staple-?, Anna I'rcas, Alice Stokes. Nellie Shermer; M1 <srs. William Treluirne, \Y;<yn< Fr. as. Thomas North, Harry Quigle.v. Herbert and (iiar: •> Shermer.* World Indicted PITTSBURG, Feb. 17.—After fol- lowing up the advantage gained yesterday in the trial of W. AY. Ramsey, lYrmerly bank president charged with tion the bank president fi.ially ad- bri'bng the Councilman, through the strengthening confession of former Cashh r A. A. Vilsack, also under indictment. with the testimony of the bank examiner, the prosecution abruptly rested Its case this morning. Bank Examiner's assistant, \V. M. Barnett, told how, on questioning Ramsey about the peculiar transac- mitted that $17,500 had been paid 1 Councilman Klein for tiie passage of \ an ordinanco making the bank u city \ depository. \ The defense appeared crushed, and |>egan examining its witnesses without addressing the jury. Judge of K lection .J. A. .Mi ('Inn , (r), <»4 ; .1 W. Whit- (d), 1 Inspector -S. A. Ream.- (r), 127; Rlttenhouse, (d), (J2. Council S. (Join l> .\ (r), !♦ •;: W. H. lletrk'k <r), 111; \V. 15. M. Thcrson (d), 40; C,. 1. Davis (<1». School Director—J. A. Kellc.v, (r), 52; A. I!. Murray, <rj, 111; Frank Bow.-rs (d), 93; T. C». Kuntz, (r), 62, Tux Collector- Eara Means (r), A. (; < 'ondron <.1 >. 71. Auditor B. F. Veil (r),J31; 1- S. Pifer (d), 31. Burgess Charles. Miller (r), 85; .V Weber (d), si. UK 5 IM'X. I'a . ! '■ l» I T. I Sp. ial> —The town -!« rday held t«» the path of bygone >« 11': . and hut two IK'iiioirats vvrrc elected in the borough. The vote: Tho funoral will ti»k«- place from the late home of the deceased near Adrian tomorrow at ten o'clock a. m. Rev. S. T. Hlmes, pastor of the Kir- Lutheran Church, a ad the Mt. Zlon Church, will officiate. interment in the (1 rube Church Cemetery. The deceased. who was 711 yearn old, is survived by a widow ami on daughter, Mrs. Samuel Hawk, of New Kcihlehem, and two brothers, Jefferson. of Brookvile, and Amos Kontz. <•;' Marion (Renter. H« is also survived by one brother, 'Squire Kurtz, »»'" Trontville. Mr. Kuntz came to Jefferson County from Haatern Pennsylvania abou: lifty years Hgo. He was one of the I'm • .settlers to clear oil a farm in this section, where he lias since lived, a id for 2.*» year« his was one «• I tin- most p:oductive of farm properties in this section. He was also oiv ol the pioneer lumberman of this section. Honest, upright i !(l industrious, a staunch member of the Mt. Zlon Lutheran, lormerly the (Irube. church, h- was equally esteemed us a citizen and a neighbor. Jacob Kuntz, one <»f the oldest and b».-t known citizens of Md'almont Township, aad Southern Jeffeison County, died at 11 o'clock a. m.. yesterday. as the result of a paralytic stroke, which lie suffered about tw» Weeks ago, Won 2 Games INDIANA STRONG IIIPiltiH AN di:m(k i:\is in kutwmm. nent surgeon Dr. John E. Grube yesterday returned from Philadelphia, where on Monday night he attended a dinner given to Dr. John B. Deaver, the cmi- The banquet W.l- unique in that it was made up of physicians, ail of whom had been operated on for appendlctis by Dr. p.aver. It may not be a breach of newa- paporlal etiquette to stale that in each case the operation was successful, and that the patients are doing as well as could be expected. The banquet, besides being a success from a culinary point of view, was one of the finest tributes ever paid to a physician. V. . terday at Kittanning the cntir Democratic !icl\et was * ■ I«<1 urge-s. H arry IV Roarls; Justice V the pence, I'M I! T«ec; council. II. K. K<'Hnerdell, I'M ward A. Mc< iover-i, J. P. Hoey; tax coleetor, James M King; school director, William Daugherty Independents Won •llard <.aioe From Clarksburg—Tigers Snowed Big Huit Under. hiiook\ II.LM i;I.I:< TS \ \ di :>io< n \ 11< lU Ht.Kss <\ K. Rodaker, supervisor: John Swartz, tax collector, and C. M. Warner and C. M. McOce. auditors. Other officers elected, all Republlcans, were as follows: In .Mct'almont Township the only eontest was for school director, where U H. Dick, mine superintendent of Florence and Robert Harvey, both He. publicans, won out by large majorities.Tax Collector—T c Hang, II . la,". 104. total 28'J. P. 1, Wingert. D. I J 13, tti; total 71. K. Kessl.tr P.. l.« Auditor Janu s Wood, |j , xK, 70, si. total 240. James Stcft'y. D. L';?, 1 i». 'J!»: total 12. Max Williams f», 0, 13; total IK. At 11:00 o'clock the most palatable of luncheons was served with covers laid for: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Honey, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Haag, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Shaffer, Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Craft, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Me- Quown, Mrs. Ella Campbell, Mrs. Daniel Snyder; Misses Vane Shaffer, Florence Ambrose, Alice Moyer, Jeannet te Campbell, Tharessa Lohey; Messrs. Fred Snyder. W. Baldwin, Alex Frew, J. Long, Charles Nicholson, Alfred Moyer. Games and music sped the time away 'ill too quickly. Miss Florence Ambrose. Lawrence Haag and Frank Boney performed the principal music stunts. K W. Nolls, of Indiana street, was last night groatly surprised when a number of his friends arrived at his home about eight o'clock in the evening. to help him celebrate his twentyfourth birthday. By United Press. WASHINGTON, D. Feb. 17.— The Grand Jury of tlw? District of Columbia this afternoon reported indictments in criminal libel against the owners and responsible edtors of the New York World and the Indianapolis on account off the recent publications reflecting on the President the Secretary of State, Charles P• Taft, Douglas Robinson and William Nelson Cromwell fn connection with the purchase of the Panama Canal. The Press Publishing Co., Joseph Pulitser, Caleb Vauhman and Robert W. Lynam are all concerned In the World, and Delavan Smith and Chns. p. Williams of the Indianapolis News, are Indicted. * The Republicans of DuBols were victorious for all borough offices yesterday. Following is a list of the names of the successful candidates: F. R. Scofleld, burgess; Rowe, tax ct Hector; Johnson, auditor; Councilmen—-First Ward, E. J. Price; Second Ward. Frank Kuhn; Third Ward. George (Minns; Fourth Ward, Archie Donaldson. School Directors—First Ward, T. W. Munroe; Second Ward, F. A. Toiler; Third Ward, H. S. MciMlnn; Fourth Ward, D. E. North, by one | vote over W. S. Luther. Sincerely yours. N. D. COREY. (OKKV is (dlXTKl'CL To the Citizens of Punxsuiawney 1 feel grateful to the citizens or Punxsutawney for the interest you have manifested In my behalf, in the campaign just closed. A very small crowd last night saw two Punxsutawney teams win over aggregations from Big Run and < 'ltirkshurg. The first game, between the Tiger team of this place and the Continued on I'age Two. Big Run High School live was distressingly one-sided and consequently rather slow. The Tigers scored almost at will, the visitors the greater part of the time standing off and allowing them free throw for the basket. Tax Collector—Grant Heaslcy. Town Council — Richard Arthurs nrd W. X. Conrad. School Director- Meade Moore and T C. Hwartx. At the election In Hrookvillc yesterday Harry McMurray. editor of the Democrat, defeated Thos. V. Hen('ri ks. editor of the Republican, by about "0 votes. The balance of the Republican ticket went through with substantial majorities.More than two to one was the ma- jority scored b\ the R«-;)Ublii .tol Indiana yesterday. J. Willis Wil.-"i was ele< ted burges> over Harry Fe. Democrat, and J. Oamlile, Flemin Prohibltlonits. The Prohibitionist made good gains. By four to one, i $50,000 bond issue for sewerage disposal plant and paving was authorized. Besides Wilson the winners «vere: Treasurer, J. B. Taylor; tax collector*. Taylor Boucher; constable. Fin- Icy Barr: school directors. Dr. (Jritflith. J. S. Hastings. Samuel Cunningham, F. M. Lockard and Oliver Fry: C( uncil, Robi rt Voting, Ira. Mycr*. Irvin Shaffer and George Conrath. 108 Missing .. > i ' i ' * 9 4 «ri*' '• >a/:/«|PIeJW^ • # j Pie Dttftflntetottei! Hiiifit !"t—~i as r< 7