Punxsutawney Spirit, 1909-02-23

              Wilkerson arid A tornoy Harry Parkin, represent ul and A Government, and John H. \1 ill«r, Moritz 1 again th« defendant >mpany that they « \peet to prove 4(12 separate offen*e.s of rebatlnf? In If the fiovernmen In n-wrsinKC th in revenue from the exemption of eer in an op lit] not form an in Th<» new hearing will differ from th hand, :it til The Attraction at tin* JeffcM'son Then trc Next Tncwlay Kv<miiliAT.follow Medical College, Philadelphia. $200, Continued on Page Three Orphans* Asylum of Jloly Fa.mil, | ilea. 1462 SEME OFFENCES 10IHSWER th«»y would lmvo ivmonatranctvs within a f«w days signed by at least 250,000 citiiens. JIARRISBURG, Feb. 23. — There was presented In tho House of Representatives last night a remonstrance against the paavag«« of a local optlor bill, signed by 178,652 cltizcns o Pennsylvania. The remonstrance \va circulated by the Liquor Dealers' As soeiatlon of th<- State. sentativrs declared last night A hearing- on the Fair local option bill will be hold by the law and or- A. B. Anderson. Will be Retried Before Judge Famous $29,000,000 Case Relatives in Johnstown ather of Murdered Rossiter Boy Told Detective He Had Burglar. Chief of Police Is Shot Down in Pistol Duel With Town Is Growing Steadily- New School Building Needed for Recent Arrivals. Arrest 01 Williams HUE IMS CUELESS11 TRAVELS REIT HUH SUTEI TIM MM CROOK WAS ALSO INJURED OLE AX. X V.. Fib. yoars has transpired in this ] which has wrought the ritizens pan in the United Stat* m District >il Company ami the CJowrnment be- The second great struggle between the Standard Nothing It place ion of veniremen for tlv it jury which will retry the famous dents <>f Northc fill,, case isecl. became known when Sims no violation MOTHER mono BLAZE KeturnnMv Mot Friday. Member* of the Eldred Window Glass Company In this plaee who had money on deposit In the Eldred bank when that Institution was closed some months ago, have bten notified that the papers in bankruptcy which were filed last week are returnable Friday. The parties will then answer to their ability to pay and if not able to secure the creditors will be adjudged bankrupts and their assets taken in charge by a referee. It in the Intention, says the Eldred Eagle, to induce J. E. Mullin to act as trustee as he is conversant with the case and knows several points that will result to the depositors' interests. The criminal part of the business has been given but little attention but is now being reviewed and will be brought out. Some retain hope yet that the stockholders will settle before allowing the proceedings to get beyond their power to do so, but there is no indications apparent that they will be able to do so, even should they so desire. si'ss the maximum penalty. $10,000. Tin? minimum penalty, if tl .1 woul dbf $720, tiu* juri*? >U1 one in one respect only—the Govrument will not contend thtjt each •at lot constituted a violation oX the ,1.1'The appellate Court's decision 'f>iMr»cliidea this. The ' Qqvernrnenr* lejfal butteries will be trained In an responsive endoayor to convin *ury that each shipment-—perhaps a Company, of which the door was open. u,rsv Numbor of Appropriation lllll- Capt. Hassett entered the dark j Vre Introduced— Keinonroom, ami Instantly there was a scuffle. | stramvs 1 Ml'vented. The telephone girl ran back to her' HARUISBUUG, Feb. 23.—A large desk and again called up the police number of petitions and memorials Station for help. While at her desk u,'n' presented to the lions.- this she heard several shots, and then Po- morning. Most of them were for or lleeman Vollmer, who had been pass- against local option, some took up tli« ing, ran up the stairs and encountered educational bill and one opposed the a man who was running out of the j "State Boulevard." A idler from tie building. The man tired two shots Auditor General was read in response at Vollmer and tin.' policeman tired to th<> Treasury resolution of Feb s. replevin, to recover chattel riot ex I several times at the man, one of the asking- for information as to the i I shots striking him in the head. Voll- - mer chased his quarry for some d!s- tain trust companies, i tance, but could not overtake him, tlio decrease is about $108,000. and finally the stranger got away, was referred t<> th«- Ways and Mea Meanwhile more help had come, and Committee. the captain's body was found in the The House passed finally the fo dark office. He had been shot lowing bills: through the head and had died in- Reorganization of tho Treasury Di stantly. partment. Requiring: . .Dre^,sJW--Aft^il -getting away from rtmf-fttta\vprs* iffth tVrfihnhfl t!i«' policeman, walked about the Court to be sworn to, and abolishing nearby roads for an hour and a half rule that averments of or more and then returned to his answer must be overcome by two wit room in the hotel. He already had nesses. etc. Authorizing justices o' paid his bill there the night before, the Peace and aldermen t«» issue writ t had said that he expected t< t'k. His return at that hour of reeding $300 in valu Appropriation bil HOUSE PASSES Bill Thursday evening of thus- thos«- advocating- the bill, and d«T committer tomorrow evrninj? of The law and order committee will such a high pitch of excitements as probably Ignore the thousands of the murder, Sunday morning of t'hief Postal cards handed into the House of Police Timothy Hasset by O. I)r<ss- advocating the passage of a local op- lor, a Canadian crook who was also, tion m« asuro. Th«*y w« r<> proscnU d perhaps, fatally wou.uled during his to tin- speaker in bundles and pur- struggle with the brave officer. ported to be petitions for the passage The murder took place at four 01 a local option law. An inspection o'eioek Sunday morning. At that 1,1 ,'1<" cards shows that they are adhour the night telephone operator in dressed to individual members of th«• the Olean exchange, which is on the Legislature, and not to the House and second floor of the Masonic Temple, Senato as a legislative body. The called up the police station and said eards were never delivered to th<- that some one was trying to break in- nu mbers, but handed to tl to tin- ofliiM'H in the building. ('apt. ,)Vtr their head. Hassett himself responded. Th«» girl operator accompanied the police eaptain as he made a search through that floor of the building until they eame to the office of the Droney Lumber tH nbout one o'clock th«- night b< '<'nu.«o ho h;u1 said when h»» h-l't th ir morning: occasioned no surprise Some person 111 the office of the Nelson Lumber Company, which operates a mill at Crab Orchard, fifteen mlle« from Johnson City, Tennessee, has Written' a letter to The Spirit calling attention to a disastrous fire which on Saturday night, February 13, destroyed a large quantity of lumber belonging to the company. Enclosed with the letter was u clipping from the Johnson City Staff. The Item reads as follows: "The yards of the Nelson Lumber Company at Crab Orchard, Tenn., near Koan Mountain, were consumed by fire Saturday night. The origin of the lire is unknown. "There were on the yards fully two and one-half millions feet of lumber and it was totally destroyed. The loss will aggregate $25,000, partially covered by insurance. "It J,s thought that the yards of the Penn Lumber Company were also destroyed, they being alongside of the Nelson yards." The Nelson Lumber Company Is composed of the following former Punxsutawney citizens: Dr. S. C. Aldrlch, L. W. Missimer. formerly employed by D. H. Clark, and later in the employ of H. c,. Bowers, of this place; Charles A. Oberlin, formerly associated with Dr. T. R. Williams in tJi*• manufacture, George Johnston, whose son Glen, was shot and killed by Lew Williams, near KoSsiter last Wednesday night, was in Punxsutawney yesterday afternoon, accompanied by his brother, William Johnston. Both Johnstons are drillers in the employ of Q. C. Hoffman, of this place. George Johnston was operating a drill at Summer Hill when Mr. Hoffman notified him of the tragedy, and William Johnston was at Boswell, Somerset County. The brothers arrived at Rossiter Friday night and on Sunday attended the funeral. While at Indiana Friday evening, George Johnston, although the slayer of his boy was not personally known to him, gave out a tip which on Sunday led to the capture of Williams. In a conversation with County TV j of lumber in West Virginia, and L. E. tective Josiah Neal 'Mr. Johnston sta-j Faulk, son-in-law of Mr. Obi-rlin. ted that Williams had relatives living) The Nelson Lumber Company was near Johnstown, and that .the mur-! organized some years ago by Wade derer would probably seek shelter Coon, formerly of Horatio. About with them. two years ago Coon sold out, and the Accordingly Officer Neal communl company, us at present contsltuted, cated with the Johnstown police offl- built u large mill and Hume, the latter dais to be on the lookout for Williams, being about live miles i.i length and who easily fell into their hands Sun- | costing about In,000 per mile. The day. Neal was notified and went af* (timber on the tract was estimated at ter the fugitive Sunday evening. about 15,000,000 feet, hemlock and George Johnston, father of thu I pine. murdered boy. who had not been Uv-1 The Penn Lumber Company, which lng with Mrs. Johnston f %/over two owns lands adjoining that or the Nelyears, some time ago had Institute,! son company's tract, is owned hv J. llvorce proceedings, and the case iq E. Smith, of PuBois; Jrihn St. Clair, of to come up at the next term of Court, i this place, and C. Luther Lowe, nt He Is a well-to-do driller, and had DuBols, formerly owned stock in the never failed to provide for Ills soh, of Penn, but it Is said these men sold whom he expected to obtain posses- ! their Interests some years ago. slon after securing a divorce. His | Former acquaintances of the men wo children by a former wife were composing the Nelson Company, in icing ra«re,attho home .of Mr. John-i PunXButawriey, had ng, up until yesrei«i¥f4 aox- «uwedr ai>o.ut ,Mw "POliy OF THE cm»" the new Clark Terrace*on Ridge Avenue, one on Liberty Street, and one facing the park, most of them to be Constructed of brick. l'Mr. Beck, who has been dividing \im attention between Punxsutavvney al estate and real estate in various her towns, believes that the pros- •rtis for the coming summer arc such I to justify hir* in devoting: all of MECFPANIC'S SOCIAL hroe.) _ "Roth Jonnttuns very" bitter toward Williams, and it was with difficulty that they were restrained from going1 to Indiana yesterday, learning; of iWilliams' capture they wrro i I'iced to allow iho c nrf;-» io deal witti tlio slayer of Glon Johns- ton, air] to.hiy they rc*tm\i."l t» v »rk. >h.\ '•on stated th liam.q had tired two charge's from his tic upon Later KERN FIGHTING first linn- in this city. The .scrnr i laid in :i small town in tin- inkl(ii« will Ik- Kiven for thr Next Tuesday night, March 2, "P«»! The First National Hank building of Barnesboro, containing-, besides the fixtures of the financial institution, a hardware store, two telephone exchanges' and a number of offices, waf partially destroyed by fire Sunday afternoon, entailing a loss estimated at $25,000. trally Destroyed—]Loss off $25,000.00. I II'M National Ittiuk liulMiiic Is l'ar- The lire was discovered in the basement of the Gay tor & Musser hard- I ware store, and is thought to have been caused by the explosion of a tank of gasoline. The rear portion on the first floor of the building, which is built of pressed brick, was gutted and the back part of the second story was badly damaged. The firemen pumped water from the creek and used three streams of water from the gasoline engine. Assistance was given by the Spangler department, but the combined forces had a hard battle, as the fire was a stubborn one and hard to extinguish. Special attention was .given to the I bank vault, a stream of water being I The. exeh ajrgrtjs : the Huntingdon & Clearfield Tele| phone Company and the Bell Tele | phone Company were on the second floor. The office of the former was destroyed, the floor in that part of thp building- falling" through to the basement. While the office of the Bell company w&s not damaged the wirewere burned off. On the second floor were tlio ofric - The local will find slight comfort In contempla\ingr the report recently submitted by Prof. Jackson, Superintendent of the Punxsutawney schools, in which it was shown that notwithstanding the fact that a 16- roomed schoolhouse was dedicated In this town only about eighteen months ago, eight more rooms will be needed by next fall. He will find even less to his liking if he wll call on a real estate firm in this town, IBeck & <1orey, and learn of the present extraordinary demand for hoif%is building* lots. In an interview with a representative of The Spirit last night, Elmer E. vBock stated, that he had now « list of thirty people who want to locate here or home people who want to rent dwellings. Th<> same firm has a line on at least a score of people who are dickering for lots on which to build, and during: the past few days of fine weather, at least six of them have decided upon .sites and will soon buy and begin to ✓ build as soon as spring weather Is assured.Several of Mr. Beck's prospective renters are traveling: men, among: tliem A. M. McCartney, of Meadville, who will move to Punxsutawney as soon as he can secure a suitable dwelling1. A Pittsburg man, who recently come here with the ail vent of a local industry, is dealing for the Graffius mansion in Elk Run, and several employes of the Eldred 'Window Glassj Company are In the market, some ' d< siring to rent, while half a dozen, j ar least, will build next year. Already deals for lots are on for a I jftftqjjggw dwelling oi* Torrenee Street,: "T!l iFlfflii BJlfft fn-iYUn' ncy.l Be time#to local deals, an I has made era tor. a id James X. Patterson, nc rngements to stay in I'unxsiitaw - , ({,ry pubiie and aeeounrant. Thes were badly daimievrt |ck & ( <>vcy have also r.ridvvd j year ago hist Monday this town fro r> persons cltsirin.i? ]os( one hundred thousand dollars "by One Hundred mid Fifty Attend Cc! INDIANAPOLIS, Inc Tin- play is by Margaret Mayo, and its its name iadicatr* it is a story of Worn IVnn Asylum for Indigent Will ing In a vacant lot adjoining the par !rr t State Normal School, Clarion, $10 Pli'tluiay Aiiiversary sonago Miss Washington's •sa ry lent I Polly. tli< principal rider the rliiK STARTS THE FASHIONS T th h r« atl lig b; tvoultl t 5 0 hting h uisy season for j room th- \A the b tho Amorkft!i Mcc r of ai-oUt 150, who assembled in uy just as wo 11 nrukr ar T!v driVat <>f John \Y. Kern p' iv.ngcrri' Margaret CiHh'spU*. of This I'lacr, Culling Wide Swath iii Fashion's CViitoi' corrur Wha Ma igar nuto, inn ( Edna Snyder, rc is. m nwGfM Mr. Sprinkle drew two vv«Tl«'S hy pirution :ure farms reque | Saturday's i.ssu ;i.i follows: nan*. •> SfV TluVsi d by It he <i \ and \"03{ ■ P \ f > ::e, to M-ent. gife? ilawLt more houses to rent PUNXS'Y EXPRESS tw on friend Mily• austMl Ins Xf\v Y.»i k \ni»*rit ;«n Sfirankle unrt M sportive I; lowed by The first and the K. of P. Hall jvnd indulg ;>n an .1 not a tiieory. and ill to retiro to .some romotu Butler Thespians Have Homo Talent With a Bit of This City In It. the roar and absquatulate. . The budding1 Thespians of Butie» 'unxsutawney needs, rigt thi* last Thursday a-id Friday nigh Is g-jiv more suitable houses, of al- a home talent show which ineulded a dos for ;i tow.i of thin feature of Interest to Pun>:m'awney- The stunt was described in During: her long poilod JilV except that of :h >ltal in tlitown «h< M iss tli I'lyan, tor United States Senator -conil prizes for the a tremendous appeal to the clergyman who i-s in love before he knows it. nv brcNvi-ry influence and Kt»rn i. exceptionally strong eas hi«• ma«l\r prnchii'tion given at th ovi-rllowing houses for n Liberty Tin ;i11**, Nr\v York, win.1 to lumc Died of ;t i 'ompliral Ion or IHscasis > . -1<-i ifjt v \ l't« rmmmi :it W.'ciiJin-ii) nitslit \V. K. V At til- clost» n, in Paris niiUU G. A ircu su Id vv t r Oiul i»ri r«' an<l Miss Snyder won ii umr Pi rl. M id entcrtainin Th«- stoiy of tb ',1111V 111;i wiii'.v Kast !• 1 till croat Miss Gi statement even jnded ta charming apartment hen- ill rovol in romnnci Av« nm Henry .Marti ,Iiss <Ji Kwrythir licvr ihv y or sht-ath skirt, Invented a now rorsi-t Tho (i 1 was til >t" Jolm Montgomery rouj \vh»n was married several yon Mr. Montgomery ooinlue BASKETBALL Mont ent at the first day's session of the By ITnlted Press. THE WEATHER, They will return to Washington im- night. mediately after the obsequies. dow at Harvard College Saturday By United Press. •BALTIMORE, iMd., F.b. 23. — One RESENTED INSULT elections this week option law has passed the House and is being held up in the Senate to await the result of the twelve local option in tin- world's most famous fashion nine apparel whiih lias bo regarded as tho quren of modiste1 thousand delegates from all over the now highly prifecri hv angular womrn »ne can sec and go away happy with , III ivt;» to ;i siniplo It Is a piece that A. Robinson, Greenfield, I ml Your letter r< The banquet, which was servod at p nomination ;»rul read thr follow- ubinson charged tli it the brewers id < < IVati-.l K«Tii for the Senator- piny Is rat'iier nine! fuiil it has th:i pi.iys of thr season Thosft who neither dunced nor eon tested for prizes amused themselves at flinch and other popular parlor was about 11 o'eleck, cairn1 a.s a fitting laughter ami tears. Its little story i 1' 1 ''' 1,1 ' "U1 ' hrt\\ir> luu r .Umax to a program that was con- is well told and beautifully framed. \ lKts "'created l,u' ,inrt 1 suppose 1 sidercd most ' njoyable, and reflects Tin1 scenic production is most elab- 1 (Ooitil oi tin ii nppusith n. much credit upon the members of the orate, and the circus scenes true I ) | 1 . " K"'' "ult Mr' stn,'Kland. ol your local order ami tile committee on ar- life, with acrobats, tumblers, clowns district, in defiance ol the will ol his ranevments. and trainers. constituents, stood will, them through... ... , out. His alliance with those obimx- The favors were carnations and a *•* Un- American for PAINTERS IN SESSION gSf "joHN KEIlx','"' * • _______ The hill repealing the county local HOSSIIER RESIDENT DEAD when it reached the center of the .stage, It collapsed. "Finally 'Mrs. Smith' got on the coal car and was off. Punxsutawney Express,' in largo letters, informed thr audeince win re the train was bound for." United States and Canada were pres- Two Climes Will Be Played 111 Hie Aiiilltorlimi Skating Kink Tonight. for a passenger enr were run across the stage, and Mrs. George Burekhalter, playing the part of Mrs. Smith, ook a trip to Punxstuavvney. Tinengine was made out of scenery, and "All amuslos: feature wan introduced Inst night. An engine and a .store-box l.r.Sics Sodality Kntwtiiliia [ Piiiixsutanik\v n:ul DuBois" j People. Tuie Young- Ladies' tiodality of tteynolasville last night entertained the Sodalities of this place and DuBois, also the. Knights of Columbus of the same towns. Euchre was pl?.yed from nine until eleven o'clock. Miss Maud Eckard, of this place, winning the ladies' prize, a beautiful hand-worked table cover, while John King? won the gentleman's ►rise—a box of cigars. Following: the euchre Clement piynn, Esq., delivered an address Washington and Lincoln that ighly appreciated. Refreshments were served at elev-1 o'clock, shortly after which the contingent returned 'unxsutawney home, .satisfied that as hostesses the Reynoldsville young women were in a class by themselves. Those who attended from Punxsutawney were: Mary Naylon, Bridget Cantwell, Nell V Guthrie, Goldie Speaker, Ethel Grib\ bon, Margaret Cokely, Florence \Wehrle, Rose Harkln.s, Elizabeth Maude Eckerd, May Carter, Edna Tracey, Anna Parkhill, l|lary Bridge, John O'Connor, John Williamson, George Cokely, T. P. and ,F» L. Guthrie, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Fteekensteln. Th«« Maie.stic parkeJ for the home-t Un w-. -c cp.rr1«'l better night before, Mild the entire perform arid- was' very enjoyable. The ond night's show was smoother, ru to practice, of i-oursc ATTEND FUNERAL ba nd ffomery •n living: with her daughter, and only about a week ago left for her home, believing that a change for the better had set in. th reo The dei-eased is survived by a hus mitl ono daughter, Zo< years old Patchenvlll Wagnt' M rs. J !if past your Mrs. Mar BUTLER, III.. Feb. ing what he thought wore insults to his wife as he walked along the street with her last night in West Butler, Ernest Genung attacked a crowd of Arrangements for the funeral will not be completed until the arrival or relatives from Patchenvllle this af D. C\, Fob. 23.— began this morning. | WASHINGTON, I The convention will continue the ! President and Mrs twenty-fifth annual convention of the International Association of Master House Paiters and Decorators, which Roosevelt next four days. A business ses-slon leave this afternoon ti*n loafers with a dirk will ed knives. George Tavelin received it for Henderson probably fatal wound. Alexander will be hold this afternoon, and a re- HoUae, Herklnu.,. county, New York, Seaman, John Stevens -.ml Alexander caption will be tendered to President „ . Pnrron were seriously cut. Mrs Van Sickle tonight. I to attend the funeral of Stewart Doug. Qenunjf „ns knofki>1, senseless and lass Robinson, the President's nephew, o. nuns was eut about the head and who was killed by a fall from a win- shoulders. A crowd of police dispersed the | mob and Genung and Peter I'atpula were arretted. Tavolin is nt the hospital in a critj ical condition. Ji'fforson A IWIICK COMKDV Theatre Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings of this week and see a real farce comedy. Gebhart, West and Birneim in "The* Barnstormers." Also two full reels latest films. One hour's show for five and ten cents.—5t3 Visit The P. F. D. basketball team will tonight endeavor to trim the Reynoldsville Athetlc live. Reynoldavilte is said to have a strong aggregation, and the best team in the city will represent the P. F. D„ so that a. fast, hard game may be expected. The Wishaw Athletics and the sec- His daughter Is his only known surviving relative. Burial will be made Thursday afternoon at Battle Hollow. Richard Henry, for many years a well known and highly respected eitinzen of Anita, died this morning- at 12:10 o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John Davis, of Rossi ter, aged seventy-nine years. He had been ill with a severe attack of the grippe since December 10th. Born in Wales the deceased came to this country when a young man and located in Tioga County. There he resided until eighteen years ago when he moved to Anita. Upon the death of his wife four years ago he took up his residence with his daughter at Rosslter, ond team of the P. F. P. will also play. Two games for one admission. The first game will be called at 7:30 o'clock. "WASHINGTON, D, C., Fob. 23.— Following: is the forecast for Western Pennsylvania: Rain tonight. Wednesday, rain or snow and colder. NEWSPAPER PUNT BURNED RICHMOND, Va.. Feb. 23. — The / plant of the Richmond Evening Jour| nal was destroyed by fire today, with j a loss of seventy-five thousand dol- V ,ars* biiBi (JV .* , FEBRUARY 23, Olean Man Is Killed | By Thiefi REMONSTRANCE PRI< b TWO Standard Oil Case Up Again »n«»y Men N'rnir ■pletcly l»e- Ftre. 178,032 Citizen* of Pwiiwj I van in Doctare Atmiiisi Iam-uI Opthin Bill. 1  A L' > -' Tliflr ropretha-.In By United Pr CHK'AOO. F< b. 'ourt hero today, with an oxamina Fcdor A. H. Anderson is :mt! the names of 150 rest- Illinois have been the panel from boson United States District Attorney Rims, ;tant District At