Punxsutawney Spirit, 1909-06-25

              :'v- ' STORK NEWS. LONG—SHUGERS PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 25, 1909. ENJOYABLE DANCE FMO CITY BELGIAN'S TERRIBLE REVENGE MURDERER Of GIRL IS SHOT TO DEATH PRICE TWO CENTS VOL. Ill—NO.239 , wumms mui MRS. KATE GOULD IS EXONERATED TAX or 2 PER CERT ON SEX COMPANIES Grants Her a Seperation and $3000 a Me n h for Alimony. Emmet Roberts, Slayer oi Edith Thompson, Slain by Sheriff's Posse. ner, in the presence of the members of the families of the contracting par- Margaret E. Long and George C. Shugers, both of this place, were united in marriage by Rev. U. O. H. Kersch- On Wednesday, June 23, at the parsonage of the Reformed Church, Mrs. Kills Wife, Tries to Shoot Daughter and Takes His Own Life. Nordstrom Woolen Mill to be Transformed Into Grist and Chopping Mill. 111 ERECT MINK II SMC Whose Net Income Is Over $5000—Amendment Has Been Framed. IISOIIEI EMM DRINKING WHS EXCITING EIGHT 11 BOATS 110° *011 SEE IKE!« Mr. and Mrs. Shugers are widely acquainted here, and have tin1 best wishes of a large circle of friends. They will go to housekeeping in this city. ELABORATE WEDDING AT SPRANKLE MILLS SIDNEY VOMAN IS VICTIM or STORM Out of town people present were Miss Sarah Gibson, of Indiana; Miss Rose Horwitz. of Reynoldsvllle; H. Brody, of Anita, and Mlse Lillian O. Cohn, of Butler. Dancing: began at nine o'clock, and continued until one, with four pieces of the Jefferson Theater Orchestra furnishing the best of music. Refreshments were served throughout the evening. Forty couples last night attended the dance given by the Mask and IWig Club in the Skating Rink, and despite the heat, the affair proved, to be one of the most enjoyable dances of the sea-, son. PiHALI) FOR fMllEM RETURNS SUMMER CAPITAL IS READY FOR PRESIDENT XHW YOltli. .lime 155.— (it p. in.) —tlUHtliti l>o\illiig. in tlcchlliig I he iionld ease, tlii> afternoon, completely exonerates Mrs. Gould from all charges brought by her IhisIniimI. lie grants tier scfNtmf inn and $;i,(HNMKl per month alimony. The deceased was twenty-nine years old and is survived by iter husband and two small children. The remains were brought here this morning and taken in charge by A. C. Robinson and son, undertakers. Funeral services were held in the Greek Catholic Church, West End, and burial was made in the Greek Catholic cemetery at Anita. The husband and a sister of the deceased were in rooms adjoining, but neither one suffered the slightest shock. The bolt passed through the ceiling and into a bed in the room above. The mattress caught lire and bed and bed clothes were destroyed. During the storm Wednesday evening the deceased was standing near an open window washing dishes. A bolt of lightning came through the open window and passed through the entire length of her body. The left leg and side of the body were badly burned, while on the left side of her face only two small blue marks were visible. Death was instaneous. Wednesday evening at six o'clock Mrs. Mary Simon, wife of Steve Simon, of Sidney, was struck by lightning and instantly killed while working in her home. OLD HOME WEEK SUTfONS During the fusillade Roberts dropped In a heap in ktis boat and then the deputies waded out to the small craft. Roberta had been shot through the mouth, and was dead. Roberts did not utter a word, but rose in the boat, a big revolver in his right hand. lie quiekly leveled il at the party and fired at Meyer Crone. The deputy tired a shot from his r»- I voiver at the white-shirted figure [Standing defiantly in tie- boat, and then Magistrate Willy discharged his shotgun and Roberts and Crone each fired | a second shot. •For three hours the two boats proceeded up the river, the shores narrowing all the while. As Roberts got abreast of the landing place, and but a hundred feet from the shore. Magistrate Willy and two deputies stooped out of an opening with a "Hello, Roberts, throw up your hands!" Shirtly after midnight a mysteriouslooking craff was seen moving up the water on the river. Sheriff Mortimer and Magistrate Willy were notified and they, with a posse of six men hurried to the scene, all armed. The posse obtained a boat and followed Roberts leisurely, in order to create the impression upon Roberts' mind that he was not being chased. ST. MICHAELS, Md . June 25.— Km mot t Roberts, the slayer of the beautiful and talented Edith May Thompson Woodsill, adopted daughter of Col. Charles A. Thompson, ward of a former secretary of the treasury, and wife of Gilbert Wodsill, a wealthy lios Angeles automobile manufacturer, whose nude, mutilated and weighteddown body was dragged from the river here Wednesday afternoon, was shot to death by a sheriff's posse while resisting arrest on the wharf at McDanie|, Talbott County, at four o'clock this morning. Refusal «»r neglect to make returns by March I, or rendering false returns, will make the olfi'iiding corporation liable t«> a penalty of not less than $100, nor more than $10,000. Any person who is authorized to make returns f«>r any corporation and makes false returns with intent to defeat «»? evade an assessment, is liable t«> a tino of not more than $1,000, or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or. both, at the discretion of the court Where false and fraudulent returns are made, the Collector of Internal Revenue is to add 10 per cent, to the tax assessed on the corporation, and in rases of refusal or neglect to verify returns, the Collector Is to add 50 per cent. of the tax. Reports arc to be made on or before March 1, «iph year to the collector of Internal Revenue of the district in which the corporation has Its principal business office. The amendment provides that every Joint stock company, all associations organized for profit and every insurance company shall pay an annual tax of two per cent, upon its net income over and above $r>,000. Washington, d. <\, June 25.-- The corporation tax amendment prepared by the Finance Committee of the Senate, in conjunction with President Taft and the lawyer members of his cabinet, lias been framed. By United Press. n 70 [HE FRONT RECITAL AT G. P. CHURCH DaiGHTS BIG AUDIENCE Quickly aiming the revolver at hisj temple, Olivier snapped the trigger several times, but the weapon, but the weapon failed to explode. !!<• then threw it aside and drew a razor from his pocket. One slash severed his throat. Mrs. Doms and Mrs. Beaudere then rushed from the house and summoned neighbors. Ouvier was dead when they returned. The two other women were too frightened to move, while Ouvier's little child, with her hands over her ears, stood near by staring at her father. When the child took several steps toward the prostrate mother, Duvier turned upon the child and fired two shots at her at close range. The child was not hit. According to Mrs. Beaudere, Duvier began an argument with his wife, and drew a revolver. As the wife turned to run he fired a shot which struck her in the back. She died instantly. Another shot went wild. Duvier, a Belgian, left home last Saturday after a quarrel, and, returning last evening, went to the home of Mrs. Doms. He requested her to send word to his wife that he wished tg say goodby to his little daughter before he left town. The woman and child appeared a few minutes later. The tragedy occurred at the home of a neighbor, Mrs. Lottie Doms, where Mrs. Laura Beaudere was also a caller. Both, women, the latter with an infatit in her arms, were so paralyzed wit hfright they could not move to prevent the murder. KITTANNING, June 25.—Ford City, four miles from here, last night was the scene of a double tragedy when, after shooting his wife to death and trying kill his three-year-old daughter, who, with two women, witnessed the murder, Amos Duvier, 30 years old, slashed his own throat witli a razor, after his revolver failed to work, and died in a few minutes. SHOWER FOD BUI-TO-BE K<»r tl«e greater convenience of the President a spur track was constructed at the Montsurrat station, which is considerably nearer to the Kvans estate th in Beverly. This track will be used by the President's train and it has been arranged that all guests invited l»y the President will leave the trains at Montsurrat station instead of going to Beverly. It was no small task to transform this usually rather quiet little town Into the national capital, even for a few months. The house and grounds, which President Taft rented from Admiral Kvans, although well kept and in excellent condition, hud to be rearranged for tin- exigencies «»f an executive mansion. The driveways and paths were resurfaced, the trees trimmed, the lawns put in perfect condition, and hundreds of electric light* distributed throughout the grounds. HEVKULY, Mass, June .'5.— Here as well as on Wodbury's point nearly everything is in readiness for the arrival of President Taft and his official staff within a week or so. With the arrival of the President and his small army of clerks and officials, Beverly will become the summer capital of the nation, with a fair prospect of holding this post of honor until the close of the seashore season, when official duties will make the presence «»f President Taft in Washington imperative. MRS. GOULD DENIES HAVING BEEN DRUNK Fire destroyed the woolen mill and the distillery at one time, and on the foundations* was erected the structure which, after next summer, will serve as a ware house. The late O. H. Nordstrom at one time had on the site of the new plant a sawmill, woollen mill ai>d a distillery, one or more of which, «is recently told in The Spirit, had been in operation for almost half a century, until 1899. The old woollen mill had not been operated since 1899, and the machinery which, when new,- cost $10,000, was sold to Abe Light for $100, with the exception of the engine and boilers and line shafts, which were reserved by the Nordstrom heirs. The new structure will be erected immediately in front of the old frame structure, which will then be used for a stock room and ware room, and a large stable and sheds will be erected ' for the use of customers. Early next spring the company will begin the erection of a brick structure, 55x65 feet,vthree stories high, which will be the home of what is planned to be one of the finest equipped flouring and chop mills in this section of the country. A full complement of machinery for a chopping mill has been ordered, and ~ the establishment will be turning out feed products as soon as consistent with getting the machinery on the ground and in place. The old brick boiler house lias been torn down and removed, leaving only the frame part, formerly the woolen mill, intact. Yesterday a contractor was put to work raising the old mill, which will be supplied with a substantial fqpndation. The company, which is composed of Messrs. E. N. Wehrle, Joseph Bau ingardner, Sr., Henry K. North, J. B. Haag, John Montgomery and Leon Hoffman, is capitalized at $35,000, and! has plans on foot for making application for articles of incorporation. The Mahoning Valley Milling Cmpany, composed of six progressive business men of Punxsutawney, has been organized for the purpose of taking over the old Nordstrom Woolen Mill property, South Side, and transforming it into a new and up-to-date grist and chop mill. SHOWER FOR YOUNG COUPLE Mrs. LT. O. H. Kersehncr, Miss Carol Kcrsehncr, Harry Hctrick, John Hetrick, Mrs. John Hctrick, Laura Smith, Dora Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Hindcrliter, Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Stahlman, Mr. and* .Mrs. ('. 15. I'lyler, Mr. and Mrs. Fihnore Smathers, Mr. and Mrs. W'm. J. Smith, Mr and Mrs. Frank Mohney, Mr. and Mrs. John Mohney, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Weber, Mr. and Mrs. George Williams, Mrs. Sara Larimer, Peter Llngenfclter, Mrs. Adam Smith, Mrs. Daniel Eisenhart, Mrs. Frank Fisenhart, Miss Hazel Keek, Mrs. Laura Keck, Farl Keck, Mrs. J. Mohney, Miss Ruth Lettie, Prof. T. F. Weber, Miss Fmina Smith, Miss Anna Weber, Mrs. Mary Chrisman, Horace Smith, Roland Smith. Arthur Smith, <>tto Smith, Flias Smith, Marion Smith, Lloyd Smith. Those who witnessed the ceremony were: The bride is an accomplished young lady of wide acquaintance. Mr. Smith has been employed for some time by the K. »V- P. Coal Ac Iron Company. He is a young man of estimable finalities and has the best wishes of a host of friends for a happy wedded life. Following the ceremony and congratulations a sumptuous wedding dinner was served. Later the bridal couple came to this place and left on an extended wedding tour through the Fast and South. On their return they will go to housekeeping in aFst Fnd, Punxsutawney. At high noon yesterday, Miss Minnie F. Hetrick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Hetrick and J. Milton Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Smith, of near Sprankle Mills, were united In marriage at tlie home of tin- bridegroom's parents, by Rev. IT. o. 11. Kerschner. pastor of the Reformed Church, *of this place. I i es I RAILROAD WINS CASE THROUGH NEW RULING t loll. "1 .mi not nearly so observing of Mr. Famurn's personality as you t" think," replied Mrs. Gould to his ques- Attorney Nicoll spent some time In an unsuecessful effort to have Mrs. Gould toll him the color of Farnum's ryes, his hair, how broad arc hi.5* shoulders, whether he is clean shaven or wore a mustace, or whether or not his hair was long and curly. "Absolutely, and In every detail," snapped hack Mrs. Gould. "Then every witness who testified to your drunkenness, swore falsely?" asked Nicoll. "I paid then, and I say now, that I wa never drunk in all my life," sh« replied hotly to Nleoll's opening; question.NEW YORK, June 25 Defiant ami more than ready to fight back, Mr*. Katherine ('lemons Gould today tared DeLancey Nicoll, her husband's counsel in the suit for separation. The buttons will bo on salt* at all of the business places in town Out* firm bought f>00 this morning, and already has given most of them out as souvenirs. In the red circle are the letters "Old I-Inm*' Week, Punxsutawney, Pa." A white bar, on which is inscribed "Aug. 2L'-28," holds the center-piece in place. ()n the upper edge of the white disk "1909" l.s prominently displayed, and in the lower edge will be found the name of the designer and the official marmot who dispenses weather from the main works, on Canoe Ridge. The buttons are done in red and White, Punxsutawney < >. H. W. colors. Within a circle of red is a cartoon of Br'er Groundhog. Punxsutawney's unparalleled mascot, wearing a Horace Greeley chapeau and carrying, folded, of course, the symbol of fair weather, an umbrella. The Advertising Committee of tho Old Home Week Association this morning received a consignment of 10,- 000 lapel butons which, for novelty and beauty, have other buttons of a like character faded to a famish. 000—will Sell I'm* Olio Cent Apiece. Advertising Committee Receive* 10,- EVENED UP A! IQAYTON COKE PRODUCTION IKES Commissioner Prouty held that the Pullman Company, under Its tariff, was justified in refusing to sell Kurtz accommodations on the transportation he presented. Kurt/ was going from New Castle, Pa., to New York and he presented t<> the agent a local ticket from New Castle to Pittsburg over the Pennsylvania lines and a mileage book over the Pennsylvania from Pittsburg to New York, asking that a Pullman ticket through to New York be sold him. The agent refused to sell him the Pullman ticket. lie told Kurtz that the regulations would not permit him to do this because he could only sell a Pullman berth on a through ticket and in this case a through ticket from New Castle to New York cost more than the sum ofthe local tickets. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 25.— Commissioner Prouty has rendered a decision for the 1 liter-State Commerce Commission in favor of the Pennsylvania Company and others in a case brought it| the form of a complaint by Edward \<. Kurt/, against this railroad, .tin- Pennsylvania Railroad and the Pullman Company, because of a regulation which was enforced against him. Mesdameft Brewer, Butterbaugh, Alice Moyer, J. F. Sutter, Wesley Jenness, C. VV. Rishei, 'Walter 10. Clout. R. H. Black, John Zeigler, W. E. German, L.