Punxsutawney Spirit, 1909-06-29

              ' "HE'S GOT IT" Condemned Men Name Relative, as Party to Deed, in Confession. PUNXjHJT rNEY. TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 29, 1909. mm soi? m mi PRICE TWO CENTS FRANK VELTRA IS IMPLICATED IN TOZIER MURDER \\ itMon I'M nil Met TCiigHw fti Quarrel HiMl kave Kai'li Oilier Arrested. STATE'S SOCIAL EPOCH sniff 7—X Miss Anna l iAi'lmrl ydrlevo's Over Father'* Ikreail SUMMER MINING INSTITUTE IS IN SESSION TODAY VOL. Ill—N0.242 WiltsJjCHNIIClF rrsHiiipr l; /» \m\wy /»klng yft' / p.istur intMlyrli Delegates Arrive and Hotels Are Taxed to Their Capacities. Hi-v. K< »r Attorney General T(xld Reviews Three Important Acts of Legislature. 1'a rlii Her. Sherman In Awny lT|i in I3as«'l>a|l 1511 ANNUIL MEETING OF Bill TO BE PLACED ON TRIAL t'oiviniwt Mining M. n or till- United Ul'O I'll I. Illy Part. COMPREHENSIVE PflGRAM <2111*41 at THo o|* Ho XoRlcelrd *» I In* Pri'ss. r l»i* inarfijiRo r<•#?- Rev. IT. o. II. Kersch<>f th<> St. 1Vt< r\s II«-- f" ,uroh, dlseoverod that ho 1? rried three couplfn, an a e' whose weddings he had n«»t given to th« press. They are as follows:In ordfi rv; r, III- IMiiiiiii-iI ilic llm|. Willi ilur \ I'ltrii mill Itruno farlioiiti OF UNIVERSAL. ISTUIIICST scaffold hi:i\<; hiilt VISITOR GfTS JACK-KNIFED The rice eased Is survived by one brother, J. F. Lukohart, at homo, and live sisters. Mrs. Charles Roland ami Mrs. Albert Jrvin, of South Mahoning Township, Indiana County, Mrs. feorsoy MeDiviti. of West aMhoning Township, and Mrs. Mary and Margaret Lukohart, at homo. The members of thf family realized that h«*r case was serious, but thoy w« re totally unprepared for the shook that came as the result of her sudden do mi.so. I A case of fatal grief over the loss* of a father is reported from Smloks| burg where today will be buried in the Mahoning Baptist Cemetery the remaifls of Miss Anna Lukehart, who on Saturday morning at nine o'clock, died while sitting In a chair. About two months ago Miss Lukehfyt followed the remains of her father, the late John Lukehart, to the cemetery, soon after which her gre.H grief brought in ..tuberculosis. Tinmost that physicians and relatives could do for h«-r was unavailing, and her decline from rugged health was ra pid. A rase that caused considerable merriment was alreil In 'Squire Corey's court yesterday. Recently, Mrs. Angelina Tromlmtta, of Walston, ha.I a neighbor, one Antonio Mumbrleha, arrested on an aasuultand battery chance. The case was tried last Friday before '.Squirt* Corey. Angelina al- I'ged that Antonio had lilt her Doughnut over the head and thrown him <>ver tli** fen re all because her Doughnut and a boy of Mambricha's were • ngaged in a friendly wrestling match. Following the hearing Friday Angelina and Mrs. Mambriea got in .in argument durnlg which Mrs. Trombafti used her feet on her opponent's ! anatomy. This was food for another suit, and Mrs. Trombatti was arrested <»n a charge' of assault and battery. I During the hearing yesterday afternoon, Angelina wailed contlnual'y about her Doughnut having been hi\ Not until Iul.• in the day did 'Squire Corey understand that her boy's name was Donati, and that "Doughnut was a nickname. mm EHGAGEMEHT Decision was reserved In the ease until next Monday afternoon. "Itr has it! He ha» it!" yelled the The bleachers and grandstand  up. An excited fan in front <if Mr. Sherman watched the progress cif the bull. Milan caught It. "Heavy" Oessler, Captain of tin1 Boston American baseball team. formerly of tlif Punxsutawney League, who directg things from the rij^tit I garden, and Outfielder Milan, of the | \\ ashing ton. Amerie-.ins, during a I game recently, wore the principals in a little episode that gave Vice President Sherman, who was rooting for the Senators, an opportunity to teach the fans some "correct" baseball parlance. The Incident was reported in a Washington press dispatch a.s follows: Congressman Ralph Cole, of Ohio, is telling oil.' on Vice President Sherman, who is a baseball enthusiast. He went to the game between Boston and Washington. The hard hitting Geasier oi the lied Sox swatted a hard one to Uutllelder Milan of the Washington*. ('nhlc-ltmlolpli. AI the Reformed I'arsonago, in the presence i»f a few friends, on the first inst., Mazie Cable and William A. Rudolph were united in marriage. They are at homo to their friends at Rig Run. (iiilsnet-llalre. At the home of the bride, on CJrafi lius Avenue, Juno 20. Mavme Ouignet and Ira Hafre wore married by Rev. Kersehnor. The young people are both very popular, and the ceremony took place in the presence of a few Invited friends and tho 'immediate invited families of the contracting parties. After the wedding tour to Ruffalo and tho Lakes they will be at homo on csramus Avenue. \Vo||'e-Ro<kw«M>d At tho Reformed Parsonage on the 20th ult., Mary V. Wolfe and Clinton Rookwood wore united in the bonds of holy matrimony, by Rev. Kersehnor. They are ready to receive their friends at their homo on East Masoning Street. "What the hell kind of baseball language is that?" demanded Mr. Sherman. "He's got it!" ■ ■ MRS. LOUISA BONSAI PENNSYLVANIA EDUCATORS IVaili of Prominent Troiilvllle Wo- man—Idirial Made <>n StlUltl) . Mrs. Lauisa Bonsai, wife of A. .1. Bonsai, of Troutvllle, died Friday evening at six o'clock at her home. after an illness of about four weeks. Mrs. Bonsai had been ailing for the past two years. Her death was due to a complication of diseases Col Fay has been lishing for inusealonge up in Canandaigua Lake, X V., and this is what he is telling tho members of the institute: "The other day, with the assistance of three natives. 1 landed the Vhampeen' llsh of this or any other season. JThe finny one was .so large that we hired a creaky wagon to ban! ii to camp. The tail of the fish extended over the end-gate, and we had to hold it from falling out. "On the way to camp a mother wild goose kept Hying about and pecking at us, a performance that wo could not acount for until >ve arrived 'In nrimn a .«•!. _ Secretai\v-Treasurer of Summer "Milling Institute Tells a Flsli Story. Charles L. Fay, f Ooroensburg, secretary-treasurer of tho Coal Mining Association which began its summer session here today, has already eap- I lured the official jack-knife from tho Hhlnroastors' club. RHjTHLTCHNM, Pa., June 29.—-With an attendance greatly surpassing all expectations the fifty-third annual convention of the Pennsylvania Rducational Association opened its threedays session here today. To accommodate the largo number of teachers in attendance at the meeting the dor- Before night It is expected that all of the hotels will have registered a full quota of delegates who will be here for three days. DuRois coal men are to assist In the entertainment of the delegates and other towns have representatives on the reception ( committee, which is composed of tho following well-known operators and m|0o officials: A. W. Calloway, chairman, Punxsutawney; Eliah Phillips, DuRois; Roger Hampson, James R. Cook. Samuel A. Rinn, Punxsutawney; John Reed, Roy- noldsvllle; E. E. Hewitt, Punxsutawney; R. Dawson Hail, DuRois; c. C. Gadd, Sykesvillo; Chas. P. Munch, John Fulford, Austin Blakesloe, Du- Bois; James Craig, Yatesboro. Following is the program for 'ho session that began at two o'clock p. m., and tonight's session: Add rew of wnUionMh - A. W.^lallo«#Vv All incoming pasenger trains today have been unloading delegates who are here to take part in the sum- mer meeting of the Coal Mining Insti. tute of America, which at two o'clock was called to order in the auditorium of the new Y. M. C. A. building. Owing to tho death of R. F. Jones, of Pittsburg, president of the Institute, the meeting was called to order by H. II. Stoek, of Scranton, first vice president. BEDFORD, Ta.. June 20.—The fifteenth annual session of the Pennsylvania Har Association was called to order at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the Bedford Springs Hoi. i, with a large attendance of members from all parts of the State, Hon. .VI. Hampton Todd, Attorney-CJeneral, presiding. „ The first business of tli• - meeting was tin- delivery of the I'residentV speech. Mr. Todd devoted him* st If almost entirely to a review of the legislation of the last legislature, and his remarks proved informing and keenly interesting to the large assemblage of members of his profession. The following is an abstract of his address "Three of the acts passed at the rec* nt session of the Legislature tmark an epoch in our social development: I he act providing for a Legislative Reference Bureau; the act authorizing an agnostic to be affirmed as a witness; and the act providing for the paroling of convict prsoners. Probably the most important of the acts of the recent Legislature is that which makes it a crime for any State otlicial pay or to authorize payment of money out of the State Treasury except by authority of an act of Assembly. A practice bad grown up under the constitutional provisions requiring "appropriations by law"; of specifying the amount of appropriations and providing for payment generally 'out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated in the treasury.' "Because found convenient in some cases, the amount of the appropriation wus not stated the No man in New York is better known than August Belmont. lie is tirst of all an aristocrat. It is claimed that the blood of the canny Scottish warrior William Wallace flows in his veins. But the man who can claim Oliver Hazard Perry, hero of the battle of Lake Erie, as an ancestor, is not required to go back to Wallace NEW YORK, June 29.—The report from London that Eleanor Robson, the actress is to marry August Helmont has caused no surprise here. A strong friendship has been known to exist between Miss Robson and Mr. Belmont for some time. This Spring, before Miss ltobson's departure for Europe, they were to be seen together frequently a guest at the Belmont country place. Her love for horses is said t«» be the common bond between the couple since they tirst met five years ago. INK WEST EDO SCHOOL Mr. Fay exports In return to Canandaigtia and finish the season in the hope of catching a whale with an ostrich nesi under one of its tins. "While cutting1 the flsli into pieces I for shipment, the camp butcher discovered a nest of thirteen little wild geese under the Rills of the musca- Ion go. When we liberated them the mother wild Rose g»»t them on her back and flew away to the opposite side of the lake."' entehwd nurses those of the Bethlehem preparatory school and the Moravian College and theological seminary have been placed at the disposal of the visitors. The sessions of the convention are being held in the Parker Memorial Church at Lehigh University and an unusually interesting program has been arranged for the several sessions. Among the distinguished educators who have consented to address the convention are Dr. W. 11. P. Fa unco, President of Brown University: Dr. E. D. Warflold, president «»f Lafayette College; Dr. John A. \\\ Haas, president of Muhlenberg Colleges Rabbi; Stephen S. Wise, of Now York, and ■ Dr. W. S. Franklin, of Lehigh Unl- i versity. The funeral took place Sunday at two o'clock, Rev. Solnor, of Luthersburg Church, officiating. pxowTfKmp, (Tfin'n.'TiT county, Novr JfoT 1804, and was therefore «'iged 4 4 years, t» months and 20 days. She was the eldest daughter of Henry ami Mary Weber, her mother having preceded her to th«* grave about HI years ago. The deceased is survived by her husband. two sons, Harry and ('lair, two daughters, Susie ami Idella, all at home, and her invalid father and six sisters, Mrs. Sallle Knarr. Mrs. Katie Grape, Mrs. Elizabeth Price, Mrs. Emma lvuntz, Mrs Florence Kinterman and Miss Jennie ami three brothers, W illiam. Christ and George. Mrs. Ronsal was an earnest church worker and member of the Troutville Lutheran church. under which appropriations were made not of specified but of such anionntH as were necessary for contractu out of the moneys not other- wise appropriated. "It wns under ihis system that nine millions of dollars were drawn out of the treasury to complete the Capitol building, though it was plain from the statutes that the Legislature intended to control the expenditures. ISRAEL I DURHAM EXPIRES SUDDENLY "in its origin it was but a slight departure from the right path, yet in the end it caused one of the greatest scandals of the day, ruined the reputation of men who had been honored by high office, and Some of whom have gone down in sorrow to their graves. It caused a loss of many millions of dollars to this State and besmirched its fair name so that in the presence (Continued on page two.) Indiana County is to have another murder (rial as the result of a confession made Saturday b> Joe Veltra and Bruno Carbone. the two Italians who are under sentence to nie Image,! July S. I he circumstances surrounding the making I the confession are described In yesterday's Issue of the Indiana Gazette, In part, as follows: Prank \ eitra t ame t<- Indiana on Saturday evening to say good-bye to [tile condemned men, and was arrested and locked up by Ofllcers Burns and Kurtz, oi tiie State Constabulary, lie "ill likely be placed on trial on Thursday afternoon. They admit that the shot which killed Tozler was tired by Joe Veltra, Othough Bruno Carbone was in the party at the time. ' he plans for the killing were .nade while the party—Joe, Bruno, Frank Veltra, Mrs. Veltra and Tozier — waited for tiie train at McGee's on the morning of the murder. Toiler hail exhibited a roll of money on the way from Pnnxsutawney to McGee's, and Frank Veltr.i wanted it. At McGee's he gave Bruno his revolver and told the younger men to kill the old man and get one) or lie would kilt them. At Glen Campbell a rig was hired at MeCrudy y livery and McCrady's drove Fiank and the woman to near Foster mine Joe and Bruno started to walk with Tozler along the railroad leading to the mine. When they arrived at a spring near tho track tliey stopped, ostensibly to get a drink. Here it was planned to kill Toiler, but the appearance of some hunters Interfered with this plan, and the trio continued along the railroad. | 1'hey reached a Held considerably overgrown with brush and it was proposed to Tozier that they stop and get some blackberries. In this Held the murder was committed, Joe Veltra tiring the s.iot while Bruno was slightly in advance. The pockets of the victim were rifled, and his watch and some eighty dollars in cash were In the trial it was developed that secured. Tossier must have had as mi ch as $.X00 on his person, but the prisoners deny getting more than the smaller amount. The balance is unaccounted for, ami it Is the belief of the authorities that the convicted men' have not yet told the truth on this Thad CJ ratlins and son Ouy have received a contract from the Punxsutawney School Hoard to repaint throughout the interior of the West Mud school building. The contractors have instructions to do for th* West Mud building what last summer added so much to the beauty of the interior of the Mast End school house. Harry Simpson, who has the contract for putting down new floors throughout the entire West Mnd structure is making excellent headway, ami when both contractors have completed their repairs. West Mnd will have a school building that for interior adornment wil Icompare favorably with any other building in this or neighboring towns. tHVITATIOHS WERE MIKED Paper—"The Heat and Coke Ovens," J. Ft. Campbell, Chemist, H. C. Continued on Page Two 7:»0 P. M. Paper—"The Preservation of Mine Timbers," John M. Nelson, Jr., U. S. Forest eSrvieo, Washington, D. C. Paper—"European Coal Mines," J. W. Paul, U. S. Testing Station, Pittsburg, Pa. Paper—"The Safe Use of Electricity in Mines," George R. Wood, electrical engineer, Pittsburg, Pa. Paper—"Clay Mining and Its Relation to Coal Mining in Central Pennsylvania," R. It. Hioe, Beaver, Pa. Paper—"The Sociological Side of Coal Mining," C. Rae King, Supt. Donohoe Coke Co., Crabtroo, Pa. Paper—"Mine tntfpectlon 'With Respect to Car Allotment." H. B. Douglas, mining engineer, N. Y. Central & Hudson River R. R., Pittsburg, Pa. Election of members and other business.general superintendent R. & P. C. & I. Co., chairman local reception committee. WHEELING, W. June 2 9.— (Special)—Four thousand five hundred employes of the Laughlin awd Aetna -Standard Company and the American Sheet and Tinplato Company, will walk out at midnight Wednesday. This is the result of the open-shop policy which becomes effective July 1. .UTLV 1 SFiniOX \T COOI. SPRING On Sunday morning, July 4, at 11 o'clock, Rev. I< K. Yahn, pastor of the Church of God at Cool Spring, will preach a sermon on the subject of "Our Country's Growth and the Blessings of Its Freedom." All citizens in and near Cool Spring are cordially invited to be present. When the arrest was about to bo Continued T»n Will Ascend Five Miles to Experiment With Air Pittsburg's Big Street Car Strike Is Settled Dr. Coxo, Misses London, Bryan, D. C. Wyer, Callahan, Dovorsplke. ltadaker. Osier, Campbell, Sweeney, Halvesson, and Dr. Smith. MEANT TO KILL CZAR The evening was posed pleasantly with "Fortunes" as the mainstay. At eleven o'clock refreshments were served at the Greek Confectionery Store, Findley Street. Those present were: Mrs. Clara Goliccn Hostesses Pleas- ant (■inhering. Mrs. Clara Qoheen last night entertained a number of the nurses from the Adrian Hospital, chaperoned by Dr. Coxo. Chief of Police (M. Palmer, of this place, who yesterday returned from Indiana, states that (Jeneral Harry White, of Iieantown, is making considerable ado about having received, the invitation to attend the Old Home Week in Pun\'y that was meant for Col. Mlbert Hubbard, of East Aurora, which is in New York. Judge White, (Iroundhog Day, is now engaged in trying to locate the "Pastor of His Flock with 21 view of getting their invitations on straight, as lie does not relish the thought of not being included among those who will have a seat on the reviewing stand when the i cyrcumgaratory pageant of prophets j an dmeteorologists of the Canoe Jtidge i Weatherworks goes by. By United Press. STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 29.-— Although he refused to. divulge the names of his co-conspirators, Adolph Vang, the assassin of General Bookman, confessed on his death-bed that ho had been commissioned by anarchists to kill the Czar of Russia. He stated that he was only prevented from carrying out his commlslon by his inability to get within striking distance of the Russian sovereign. TAFT TO NEW HAVEN A tax receipt made out to J. B. Morris, was found today at noon, and will be returned to owner if he calls at this office. By Unltod Proas. WASHINGTON, D. C„ Juno 29.— President Taft starts late this afternoon for Now Ha von, whoro ho is to assist in the Yalo commencement, in addition to making an address to tho graduates. He will also visit a number of fratornlty houses and do n I to of hand-shaking, Ho will bo tho guest of President Hadley. I'nlon hindquarters was at on op notified by Mayor Magco and executive committee to inspect pickets at the various car bams to rail the men from duty commencing at f» o'clock. By 7 o'loek all the 3.500 cars in Greatr Pittsburg were running on schedule. factions assembled, the mayor addressed them In plain terms and swted what he thought only the just deserts of the residents of (Greater Pittsburg, and suggested that the temper of the people seemed to understand that they would neither tolerate rioting or traffic disturbances. Tt was only after the mayor had made his sentiments extremely plain, that the car company officials and union men finally agreed to settle their differences. With slight modifications, an agreement allowing discharged men proper hearings before superintendents and the decision of the car company, that they would shorten "swing runs" fifty per cent, was drawn up am! signed. Greater Pittsburg's first street car strike was thereby effectually voided. •tThe only way to obtain absolutely accurate results with a telescope is to get above the atmosphere that is always in commotion. I am going to get the largest balloon I can find. In "The object of my ballon trip is to learn whether at a height of 25,000 feet air pumped from the surrounding atmosphere and compressed will support human life. It is my theory that it will. if my balloon experiments prove that I am right then I wfll have established the feasibility of a plan I have for building the most efficient astronomical observatory in the world. This observatory will bo on the summit of Mount Ohimborazo, In tho Andes of Ecuador. This peak has an altitude of 21,000 feet. It is perpetually covered with snow and Ice. The atmosphere is so rarefied that human beings cannot breathe it and live. Hence the utility of my experiment with compressed air. AMHERST, Mass., Juno 29.—Prof. David P. Todd, of Amherst College, Is not going to ascend five miles Into the air for the purpose of endeavoring to exchange wireless signals with the planet Mars, as has been reported. Ke is going to make a balloon ascension and have a wireless outfit in the basket, but having doubts about there being anybody on Mars he will not waste any time trying to communicate with the planet. White lawn dreses, IU.98. STOKIO NEWS. Four-in-hand, bat wing and Windsor ties and $1.00 negligee shirts. Pongee dusters for ladles are among the new goods received this morning. J. B. Eberhart Co., ltd.—1 All during yesterday Mayor Ma gee made vain efforts to bring the two factions of the traffic tangle together. The mayor did not give up the light and' as late as 7 o'clock dictated a loetter to both the car company officials and the union men asking their attendance at a conference in his office at nine o'clock. Both sides agreed , to be present. When the warring The strike, it developed last night, was the outcome of but two points of difference between the car company and the motormen ami conductors, one being the nllegfd neglect upon the part of th# car contpany to shorten "swing runs" and the other the refusal of the railway officials to reinstate discharged men without proper hearing. PITTSBURG, June 29.—At 10:30 o'clock last night the street railway strike, which has cost the city of Pittsburg over $200,000 in two days, was officially declared to be at an end. In the private oMlce of Mayor William A. Magee articles were signed by ofllclals of the Pittsburg Hallways Company and an executive committee from the Amalgamated Association «>f Street and Klectrlc Hallway employes which will for years to come prevent another tie-up of the 400 miles of street railway tracks In and about Greater Pittsburg and Allegheny County.the basket of this 1 will have two aluminum tanks, one for the aeronaut and one for myself. Each tank will be about six feet high and three feet in diameter. "There will be three or four windows, tfie same as those used in a diving suit, around tho sides, and the bottom of the cylinder will be of clear thick glass. There will also be a hand air compressor, or perhaps a fot pump instead, so that the hands of each inmate will be loft free. Within the tank occupied by the aeronaut, perhaps also in the tank occupied by myself, there will be mechanical means of performing certain work outside, such as throwing out the ballast When desired, without diminishing the desired pressure in the tanks. "1 am confident of reaching 25,000 feet. That is as high as I need to go to establish my theory about condensed air. Rut if all is working well when we reach that height I'll continue to ascend. "•Now, if this balloon voyage establishes the corettness of my theory that a an can live in air pumped from an altitude of 25,000 feet or more and compressed so that It exerts a pressure of fifteen pounds to the square inch, then I will immediately try to push to completion my project of building an astronomical observatory on the summit of Mount Ohimborazo."PHILADELPHIA, June 29.—State Senator Israel W. Durham, one «»f the most popular as well as most powerful political leaders who ever held office in Philadelphia, died suddenly of heart disease at his summer home in Atlantic City yesterday evening. Mr. Durham, whose health had been poor for several years, was convalescing from an acute attack of grip contracted at llarrisburg last winter during the session of the Legislature. Death came almost immediately after he had eaten luncheon. He was seated at tile table with his sister, Mrs. Philip If. Johnson, who had been his devoted attendant since he first become ill about five years ago. As lie arose he pitched forward into his sister's arms. He was unconscious and the doctor who was hastily called, said that death ensued almost immediately, heart disease being the » probable, cause. 'Senator Durham became ill about five years ago and his illness baffled the skill of the most eminent physicians."Is" Durham, as hi' was familiarly known, was liked by all classes. He was r»3 years of age and rose to almost national political prominence from the ranks. He learned the trade of bricklayer and served in politics as division worker, then ward leader and next as city leader. He was a follower of the late Senator Quay and owed much to the friendship of that astute politician. United States Senator General change. Cooler weather in j Boise Penrose was a friend and neighprogress In north eastern states, Lake bor of Mr. Durham and acknowledgrcgions and northwest. «-d his debt of gratitude to the man Indications of cooler weather in tho ( who fought many winning political MiVldle Atlantic States tonight and battles in his Interest. |Wednesday. I Recently Mr. Durham purchased a WASHINGTON, D. C\, June 29.— The Weather Bureau holds out another promise of relief from the hot waee. Today's bulletin makes this prediction: Til WKATIIER large interest in the Philadelphia National League baseball club. Senator Durham was a bachelor. He in survived by two brothers. John Wesley Durham, a member of the board of tax revision of this city, and Thomas F. Durham, and two sisters.' Two nephews, one Lieut. William Norris, are in the United States navy. HA HHISBURO, June 29.—Presi- President pro tem Crow, of the State Senate, appointed the entire membership Of the Senate a committee to attend the funeral of of Senator Israel W. Durham. As a rule only about half a dozen members ore appointed to represent the Senate at the obseques of a fellow member, but the 'unusual personal popularity of Senator Durham made it Impossible to choose among hs associates and the entire 4i* arc therefore named. * 7W ™ ■ w /