Punxsutawney Spirit, 1909-08-10

              12,04)0 KILLED TIIK WIvVrilDIt FIRE AT BAKEltTON I i fulfil ! » i r PRICE TWO CENTS COUNT SMIH RECOVERING PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 10, 1909. Marine Corporal Claims to Have Seen Lieut. Sutton Shot to Death WIRK 01 fllTEl rum is mnr well on m Operators' Statement To the United Mine Workers of This Dis't \ VOL. Ill—NO.277 UMl BUHI , WHS ITS KM i MINTHLT SESSnM ; Punxs'y's Share of Appropri- V ation, Amounting to $7811.- 87, Is Received. " 'Stop running; you are under arrest!! Stop, or I'll shoot." The physicians dont* know h»w the report was started that the Count was dead. This is the message received here today from the sanitarium at Constance, where the Count is recovering from an operation for abscess on the neck. I STUTTGART, Aug. 10. — "Count Zeppelin is so much alive that he wil probably be able to make anoth* r airship record within a fortnight." By United Press. BHEA GROUNDHOG'S CULL Finishing Touches Are Being Put to Big Brick Building That Will House Plant. GOOD WATER FOR OLD HOME WEEK "1 was on duty at midnight and saw the figure of a man about 250 feet away in his shirt sleeves I did not know who it was. 1 saw Lieutenant Osterman and Adams, and r-'-ognized them. The man in the shirt sleeves BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 10.—Corroborating almost every detail claimed ')>• Mrs. Sutton that her son James was shot at Annapolis by a brother officer, Sergeant Archie Todd, corporal of the guard on the night of the tragedy, who is here today, declared he saw hte shot tired that killed Sutton. A telegram was sent for Todd, saying he was wanted at the investigation. When he was found he said: By United Press. stand. Todd said that the voice ordering the man to atop came from the direction of Osterman and Adams. He said he would tell where the Mash of the revolver came from when he took the " Iran over and saw It was Lieutenant Sutton. I saw a hole in his lore eahd and another back of his left ear." was a shot. Then there w re three more revolver shots, and the man who w is running dropped KENSINGTON CITIZENS HAVE WO REJOICE ECUADOR CELEBRATING 100TH ANNIVERSARY "What is the explanation of the distress now felt in th's District, by both Mine Operator and Mine Workers?"PraH bully the only mines in District No. '* now working on siil>sianthilly lull lime, ami with workers earning living wages, are those which do not recognize your scale of wages. "What is the result today? All over the District, as you wall know, there is a long and dreary catalogue of mines shut down; mines working on half time and quarter time, some on much less time; mines, with a long and noble history behind them, now bankrupt, and in charge of receivers, appointed by the Courts; miners who have no work at all; miners who have not enough work to support their families; miners who have emigrated to non-union fields, where, though working at a lower rate of wages, they are earning more money than they can in District No. 2 today. "New England, and other eastern markets, where formerly we sold large quantities of coal, arc now practically lost to un. of us, and have gone to our common competitors in other fields. The exposition was opened today with appropriate ceremonies and the representatives id' the United Slat's and nearly all the European and South American countries were in attendance at the exercises. The United States and Colombia are the only governments that have separate buildings at the exposition, but most of the European nations have large and interesting exhibblts. QUITO, Ecuador. August 10 - Today is the one hundredth anniversary of Ecuador's national independence and the whole country is celebrating the day with universal enthusiasm. This city, having been chosen as the place for the international exposition arranged in honor of the celebration, is th«• center of the festivities with which the nation -the first of the Latin-American republics to reach its centennial—observed the beginning of the second century of its independence. OPEN YAKIMA RESERVATION If. G. BOWERS. Pres. Purjx'y <»._ 11. Club. QUAY HEWITT, Chairman Stunts Committer. Therefore, be at Municipal Hall tonight.A wireless from tin4 office outworks fit one o'clock today .states that RrVr Groundhog is havlhg repairs made on his .steam roller, and that all those who do not answer his call to come forth will get pulverized before Junrise tomorrow. I "Affectionately, "BRER GR(UTNDHOG. "c *;i Hue Ridge Observatory, Aug. 10, "The mazuma is at your disposal, and 1 have 5 7 varieties of weather which I wish you to make in the presence of our distinguished guests Friday afternoon. August 27. "That tonight laying aside your mundane cares you do, at 8:15 o'clock, assemble in the town hall anil there collaborate with the officers of the Punxsutawney Old Home Week Association in devising, planning and promulgating a program for what will hereafter be known as the eircumgyratory pageant of the prophets and meterologists of the Punxsutawney Weather Works. And 1 do hereby 'command that you reason one with another and the young men and boys of genius on these preserves, who will be your successors in perpetuating the Weatherworks, and evolve a procession that will be most befitting the occasion of the lirst visit to our domains of the Governor of a great State. "To all my faithful subjects, this indenture witnesseth, and I hereby promulgate, to-wit: The folowlng is a copy of the annual ukase isued by Br'er Groundhog at the Punxsutawney Weatherworks, Canoe Ridge, this forenoon: BOTH HOMERS mer resort. Further ii[» fMover Run there ire sulphur springs that are said to have splendid medicinal qualities that would make them a feature at a sum- It is said that Supt Rat* has coneet(»d the new supply with the -Mover Run main line, and will he in a position to furnish good, pure \ater f< r GUI Home Week. To tiie layman, the company, when it gets its new plant in operation, will hav- an abundance of goo i wat« r. Both East Branch and Clover Kun are Mending down good streams to the basin at the junction, while a big artesitn well, near the plant, which lias been i spouting mineral water from a defth of 300 feet for years, adds security to the available supply. Doubtless if the company so desired, they ould put down any desired number of wells, which would be duplicates of the one now In action. The water from the artesian well in <>f a .superior quality, being mixed with ;i proper proportion of sulphur It reaches the .surface through an enlarged aperture which enables one to look Into the depths. The hole is a veritable fountain that bubbler, sparkles and fizzes. It was put down many years ago when the site of the new plant was the property of the Henry Brown heirs. The Punxsutawney Water Company is putting the finishing touches on the big hrk-k building that is to be the home of the new filter plant which is located at the junction of Clover Run and Kast Branch, about two miles smith* ast of Big Run. The building is ready for 11 • • lllt< r plants, which are not yet in sight, an excavation lias been made for a huge germicide plant, just east of tho main building. When his new home, which will bo directly over the big tilter plant, is completed, it will be convenient, roomy and up-to-date in every appointment, and the building will be surrounded by wide lawns in front and on the north, and a big garden in the rear. The new building was constructed of brick, two stories high, wii!i a smoke stack about 80 feet in the clear. The building is 80x40 feet, and will house, the filter plants, the boilei and engines >n the ground floor, and l"e family of Harry Isset, the eng'neer. •»f Big Bun. .Mr. Isset took charge of the temporary engine last Fndav. Continued on Page Thre« "The question which confronts mine workers and mine operators in District No. u is: How can we hold our markets with these conditions against "About ten years ago occurred the first joint conference between Mine Workers and Mine Operators in District No. 2. In the meantime, wages in this District have gradually risen, until today they are from 30 t<» 40 per ■ent. higher than In competitive fields. "YW, .the operators, arc profoundly convinced that the first answer must come from your convention. "Second.—This question is not raised now, because operators, having signed the scale as of April 1st of this year, desire for selfish reasons to be relieved of its moral obligation. "What is the remedy? Shall we shir down and wait for the li'«\ <iver or the Sheriff? Those' officers of the law will surely come, not to perhaps all, but to many now safe concerns. Shall we sell out, and emigrate with capital and labor to non-union fields, and live; or shall we readjust, equalize, work and prosper ? "It is simple. For several years this District has worked under a scale of wages higher than any established, and with a day's work two hours shorter than any recognized in any of the vast coal fields whose coal meets ours in the markets. The difference in labor cost against District No. 2, compared with competitive fields-, now amounts to from 2f» to 40 cent.- » ton. As things now are District No. 2 cannot meet this competition. "Indeed, the condition which we have said is inevitable is already here. Business, to the extent of many millions of dollars, which brought the means of life to thousands of families, and which for long years has belonged to this field, has been lost to all "We do not want, to convey the Impression, by anything in this communication, that unless the equalization asked for Is made, no coal whatever will be mined in this District, but we do want you to understand that, unless this is done, vast markets which rightly belong to this region will be lost, and the natural growth of the region stopped. "The necessity for such an understanding lies in the fact that, unless such an equalization is promptly effected, mining operations in District No. 2 will inevitably be more and more curtailed; business and tonnage, already diminished to an alarming extent, will continue to diminish, until our and your competitors will entirely exclude the coal of this District from railroad and tidewater market, and leave us only the relatively small and local markets tributary to this region. "The purpose of the conference is to see whether some means may be devised by which there will be brought about an immediate equalization of the scale of wages, between District No. 2, and the vast competitive fields. "First:—We desire to express our appreciation of the action of your officers and Executive Committee in calling this Convention, and giving us an opportunity to meet you for a business conference. That there is grave necessity for such a conference we think will appear from the reasons which we shall give in this communication. "The operators of coal mines In District No. 2 submit to the Convention the following statement: vention assembled, "To the President, Officers and Delegates of thy United Mine Workers of America, District No. 2, in Con- Saturday the operators submitted a statement, which they asked to have read and spread on the minutes of the convention, and which reads as follows:Saturday The Spirit published President Qilday's report, which was widely read. At the special convention of the miners' representatives and operators of District No. 2, U. M. W. of A., which convened in Clearfield Friday and Saturday of last week, to disi%is« a proposition on the part of the operators for a modification of the wage scale agreement, the president of District No. 2. U. M. \\\ A., submitted a report which embodied the views of the miners from their standpoint. Superintendent S. F. Jackson subrd a requisition for new books, the Committee on Supplies wat (trite ted to purchase same. The Finance Committee was cmpowadjust the water bills and lew contracts. officers of the school hoard were I to pay the bills for repairs 'est End school building, to about Sl.'JOO. upon the >f the building c>nimittce. jjcHenry, tax collector, reactions, 11)08 tax, for the lly, $540.90; cash on hand, hot including $7,811.87, [fasurer, Ed. W. Robinson, laving received from the .ugust 1. il committee that had to secure additicnai porary use, reported been unable to locate i A complaint, to the effect that tho .Auditors had been overpaid for their ;work, the amount being $13 each, was ')received, but it was the unanimous •opinion of the directors that they had earned every cent of what they got and more, too. notes as they mature. trict the other day received its share of the aiSnual State appropriation in the sum $7,811.87. On the] other hand a committee that had neon' vested with the power to secure nne or two additional rooms, reported tliat they were unable to locate anything of the kind !n Punxsutawney, anH unless somebody comes forward wltfe the desired information, some of th<f rooms will he crowded, and one or itwo applicants will not be elected to teach here this winter. The directors voted to pay off a demand note of $1,000, and other time BOSWESS NSrOSEI OF WITIIDISPJITCH R The School Commissioners of Punx.phtawncy last night met in regular session in their chamber in the Jeffer* aoljj Street school building, and, by attesting strictly to business, went thrcMigh the regular order with neatness® and dispatch. Tlifc Punxsutawney school board is a mode}) aggregation of citizens, who waste no time in idle bickerings, irrelevant jargon or personalities, arc they vUe with one another in disposing of business in hand promptly. The optimistic feeling that prevailed last may have had its source in the mni(uncement of Secretary Sutter and Treasurer Robinson that the dis- MANY G. A. R. VETERANS III SALT LAKE CITY FLY AEROPLANE 1000 MILES WITHOUT A STOP A KICK REG1STEKED "Ash collections are made during day, and in the summer, especially, the dust finds its way through the open doors, to the detriment of merchandise. The business men think some arrangement could be made to have the work dane after the stores arc closed." The citizens of Kensington are jubilant over the appearance there of a trade carnival, which, according to the papers, yanked them out of the slough of business despair, and put them on their industrial feet, so to speak. The Kensington correspondent of the Philadelphia North American puts it thusly: "Street cleaning and ash collections at night are matters the Kensington Hoard of Trade propposes to bring before the city authorities. On the more congested streets, according to A. ('. Keeley, president of the board, the streets cannot be properly cleaned during the day because of the presence of many wagons belonging to business firms. Following up the advantage thus gained, the correspandent drops a hitUk it .would be appropo in Punxsuflrv\ ney, and concludes as follows: "One Kensington merchant said yesterday: 'Why, before those carnivals three were hundreds of people living in the northeast who had never known what a good shopping district we have up here, and it brought them to us. We are just going to keep right at them. Business has been good since the carnivals, and we are not going to let it be anything else.' " "The Kensington Hoard of Trade, the Frankford Avenue Business Men's Association and other trade associations of the northeast have found a great many problems to tackle, but none so big as the business depression, which did not seem very near its end last fall, when the Kensington organization inaugurated its trade carnival, to be followed by the Krankford avenue merchants. Since then business has been good. MISTAKES IN LIST cioiiai encampment of • th<- Grand SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, A up. 10— Today ushered in the forty-third n - PRESS AIUCKS BALUNGER SPOKANK, Wash.. Aug. 10 Private advices have been received in Spokane from Washington, l» confirming the reports from other sources that the Yakima Indian reservation, in central Washington, probably will be opened I" settlement and entry .some time in I!' 1 <». w hen it likely that the lottery system will be adopted in distributing the land among actual homeseekers. The reservation is south of the Yakima valley, which is famed throughout the world for the excellence of its apples and other fruits. It is served on the eastern border by a transcontinental line. The reserve contains more than 2,000,000 acres of land, which is adapted to almost every branch of agriculture. Much of it can be irrigated and made to produce large crops. (Miarles F. Hauke, chief clerk of the Indian department, announces that a commission, now at work appraising the lands, maj be ready to make Its final report early next year, though no effort has been made to have the Indians sell their holding.-. , Hearty pi IfHO. 2(1,000,000 \< res of I.and Tlial Will be Bender made the home run, and the "near" home run came from the batting proclivities of Thompson. "The return of the PunxsUtawney team here was greeted by a big crowd, which cheerd the home players, but, according to the gate receipts did not give rhem sullicient other support. Tne game was a very good one and things were kept moving pretty lively. Pur.x'y two runs which were of a very spectacular nature, the first being a homer and the second a near home run. The latter was much moVe interesting as the ball was making ?i race for the plate with the runner " That (Heckler's Independent base ball team, which was out on a barnstorming expedition last week, gave •« good account of themselves, at least at Kidgway, is evidenced by the following from the columns of the Kidgway Kecord: Bender Circled Bases on m Nil. J'mii'.v I'laji'd <i(hk1 Ball at Bidzwa.y BIG SWEEDISH STRIKE IS HEARING END Wright stated that the mac hine could carry fuel for a 25-hour ltighr, and maintain a speed of forty rniV-s per hoiir. By United Press. NEW YORK, Aug. 10.—Before sailing for Europe today, with his sister, Catherine, Grville Wright announced that he and his brother Wilbur have perfected a device whici will enable them t«» My their aeroplane 1,000 miles without stopp'i g. A citizen of this place, who has been stung by the improvement l»ee and among other things, is having his house painted, registered a kick yesterday that went something like this: "(Mean-up day is a mighty good Idea and I'll do my best to help it along, but you can't • \pect the citizens to get much ginger in it when the town allows the streets to remain in their present condition, dust inches thick • »n the street, and the sprinkler an entire stranger. The painters started to put on a fresh coat of paint on my house yesterda\. and had to stop about mid-day because the dust from the street rose up and stuck to the paint until the house looked like the mud dwelling of some Zulu, or whoever lives in mud houses. If the borough dads want something to look right in this town, they will have to set some kind of an example them- RED MEN MEET Chief Forester Pinchot was 111 • • principal speaker of the day at the Irrigation ('ongrcss. SPOK.WK, Wash. Aug 10 The Press in a story this morning severely attacks Secretary of the Interior Pallinger for his action In connection with the re-opening of lands In Montana, which had been withdrawn by President Roosevelt, and giving tic water power to a monopoly. M> United Press. HILL TOPPERS WIN NEW YORK. Auk 10- Mr*. .W\ iHe Castle, who shot William ft. Craig. Was held to tin grand jury today, and released on producing $f>,000 hail. Magistrate Bills denied that the ras«- will be droped. Noting: these differences, then* is u gain of $75 over th»* total printed yesterday, and one new subscription, H. S. Bussett, $3.00. The Neal Granite and Marble Co. subscribed $15 Instead of $10. as given in the list printed in the Spirit. F. M. Kirby & Co. was listed as a '$25 donor, whereas treasurer Cole's books show $20. pense of Old Home Week, which was printed in yesterday's issue of the Spirit, contained several clerical errors made by the transcribing clerk. Three hotel men, namely Clover and Edelblute, of the Pantall, \V. S. (lodge, of the City, and Kd F. Lyman, of the Washington, were put down for $25 each, whereas they each subscribed $50. The list of citizens, who have contributed toward defraying the ex- BRA IN Eft D, Minn., Aug. 10—Hun- Hundreds of lied Men from all parts of the State and representing every tribe of Minnesota are in attendance at the .sixteenth session of the Great Council of that order, which opened here today, for a three days' session. The local members of th,e order have made great efforts to make this session of the Council memorable and an unusually interesting program has been arranged. H. D. Sipson 13.25 S. Hoover 45 Snyder Bros 11* J. H. Fink 1.60 Brown Hardware Co 33.30 Punx'y Fdy. & Mach. Co 2.40 i rooms fo | that the*1! any. ay,,-—, The si-JClal committee on sinking fund req* Irejpents submitted a report ind the treasurer was instructed to have a complete record made of all outstanding Jbond« and coupor.3. The insurance Committee reported on the policies now in force. The report was accepted and held over for further investigation. I The High School Alumni were grantfed the use of the rooms, halls and auditorium of the Jefferson Street building: the Old Home Week reunion a Ind banquet. The Secretary was authorized to advertise for bids for aoal. / The President and Secretary of the u board were authorized to secure copie* Lof the deeds to all school properties jFand have the lots designated by suittable cornerstones. V The following bills were read and c»rdered paid: A. V. Hewitt & Co., hdwe $ 1.75 f H. Mundorff 1.50 Mrs. Van Horn 3.13 E. D. Williams 114 been api The porte<V montlffi $1,592.1 which 1 reportel State si' appr' aim OKLAHOMA FARMERS Total . . $59.66 There were present President W. W. Winslow, Secretary W. A. Sutter, Treasurer Ed. W. Robinson and Directors McHenry, McKibbin, Allison, Calloway, Davis, Stephenson. BAND I IT K, India. Aug. 10 Duke d'Ahrussi arrived here today for a short rest. He had just completed climbing Mt. Godwin-Austin, -1.S00 fret high. WASHINGTON. D. C., Aug. 10. A bulletin issued by the Wenther Bureau today says that the intense heat in the eastern and northeastern states will be broken today, to give way to comparatively moderate temperature. There is little likelihood o fthe railroad employes walking out tomorrow. It is believed the strike will end this week. Much uneasiness is felt on account of the recklessness of King Gutav, who goes about the city unguarded, even within the lines of tho strikers. Owing to the .suspended publication of papers, news I? meagre, but .seven 1 are reported killed. This being the middle of the harvest season, would result in a great loss of crops, and trops nave left the capital today for the mot disturbed ditrlcts. STOCKHOLM, Aug. 10.—Rioting is reported today from many of tincountry districts throughout Sweden. The strikers are now endeavoring to got tho farm laborers to join in the strike. By United Pres. In connection with the meetings of the Grand Army, there will be held during the week the annual meetings of the National Woman's Relief Corps, Ladies of the G. A. R., National Daughters of Veterans, National Ladies' Aid Society, National Army Nurses' Association, National Association of Naval Veterans, and the National Association of Ex-Prisoners of War. The arrangements for the week were completed this mornini;. Tonight the formal opening of the encampment is to take place in the great Tabernacle, where 10,000 persona will assemble to listen to welcoming addresses by Governor Spry, Mayor Pratt and others and to responses by Commander-in-Chief Novious and other officers and prominent members of the Grand Army. Vocal and instrumental music, with performances on the great organ bby Prof. John J. MeClellan, are to be features of the performance. Army of the Republic with its several alliliated bodies, and from all indications the gathering will go on record as one of tin- largest and most successful held in recent years. I'p to noon today the veterans and other visitors continued to pour into the city, and it is conservatively estimated that at least 40,000 strangers arc here. WASHINGTON, P. C., Aug. 10 — Following Is the forecast for Western Pennsylvania: Fair tonight and Wednesday; moderate temperature. The remainder of the game was played Monday evening with disastrous results for the Groundhogs. Pierce, who twirled for the winners, had everything. including a snake curve and jump ball, while Fryer likewise did some mystifying stunts in the box. The score at the end of the last half of the second Installment of the game stood eight to seven. Each team has now won three games apiece. 4 Last evening at East End Park the Hill Toppers baseball aggregation of East End. evened up with the South Side Groundhogs and won a fast game from them on the installment plan. The game was started Friday evening, but was called in the fourth inning on account of darkness, with the score standing two to two. STILLWATER. Ok la., August 10— The Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture and the Farmers' State Institute opened their annual meeting here today and will remain in session for three days, The program prepared by Charles Barrett, the secretary of the Board of Agriculture, is unusually interesting. The proceedings today were confined to routine maters and the election of members of the board for the purpose of filling vacancies. Tomorrow Superintendent of county Institutes, J. C. Elliot, will submit his report and various matters of nterest to farmers will be discussed. C Hams, 12 l-2c per pound. J. B. EBERHART CO., LTD.—1 All suede oxfords, regardless of color. go at $2,990. This is the las: week at those prices. STORK NEWS Bring the children to our Clean-up Shoe Sale and have them fitted. Remember our $4.00 bronze pumps at $1.98. \ The writer did not sign his name or / give his previous address, nnd hence \ until he supplies these, It will be lin> possible for the Spirit to comply with ' his request, which otherwise would be i done most cheerfully. change my address to Jed, W. Va." Jed, 8.7—0!». The Spirit yesterday received a postal card, on which was written a message that reads as follows: H \ltl> PROPOSITION' ALTO ON, Aug. 10.—Fire this morning destroyed, a store, three residences and a school house at Bakerton, near here. A fourth dwelling was dynamited in order to prevent a further spread of the flames. Several hundred pounds of powder in the cellar of the store exploded, but nf-ne were in- Jurd. The loss is $15,000. LISBON. Aug. 10.—Twelve thousand Spaniards were killed in th»- recent revolution in Barcelona and oth| er parts of Catalinia, acordlng to today's issue of "Diariode Noticias," which declares that the figures are based on reliable estimates. This includes those who were killed in actual fighting and others who were either assassinated or executed. 157 KISIIKRMKX DHOWXIll) TOKIO, Aug. 10.—A dispatch from ! Kobe today says that a coral fishing fleet caught in a squall off Kobe, was sunk, 45 7 fishermen being drowned V v*"„- x'ifflpwP started to run when a voice cried "The man ran on and then there hi:lk\si;i> on ih>m> HEAT WAVE BKOKEX 1 « % l)l'RK IN 1N1>I\