Punxsutawney Spirit, 1909-08-25

              One (be Seven Wunta of ltiiu»ul»«..«■» Okl Horn.. Week, tlu- Hui.uu> flac, COM**®* «* v,a£ GKT Til KM NOW. -  The subjoined, self-explanatory communication on the subject of tobacco signs, etc., divulges a legal proposition such as we had, from the beginning of the controversy between the people of this town and the Amorlean Tobacco Company, anticipated, and we again refer all parties of the first part t<> Public Sentiment for a final solution of the problem: Strocliel Airship as it Api>caml Yesterday at a height of live liuiitlrc^l THE PROGRAM FOR THURSDAY'S PARADE HARRIMAN BEGINS BATTLE FOR HEALTH 1,600 MILESWITHOUT ASREAK By I'ni'd Press. PITTSHTltd, Aug. 2ft. All hopes of the strike at the Pressed St. . I Car Works being settled by arbitration, unless the company voluntarily meets its men, was lost today. Judge McFarlane has refused to grant th«* petition Hied by the strikers, asking that tin- company be compelled to arbitrate. The Judge held that tin- Act of 1S93, under which the petition was Hied, is unconstitutional and void. The Pittsburg Hallways Company hns stopped Its cars from running further than (>' Donovan's bridge today it is said that no more cars will 1 • run to the plant until the strike is settled.The p.-opir of PunxHuta wney and their Old Home Week guests and the big erowd of sight • • rs yesterday got their first view «»f a luiman aviator. True, a luckless man, during the Punx'y Fair, ten years ago, pierced tbe amb i nt 1800 feet, but be started unwilling and unfortunately, high up and came to earth unimpeded. It was said of a certain policeman, who ran quickly with the crowd to where the balloonist struck the ground, that he ordered them to stand back and give tin- man plenty of fresh air. The machine, which the multitude wondered at and "applauded yesterday, h«»wcver, is not of the treacherous kind, and in such perfect weather as prevailed lu re, it Is a delight for the operator, as well as the onlookers. The operator had trouble tilling his ship supporter, the big cigar shaped Iwg, with pas the first time, and did not get off until about Hve o'clock, for which reason the whistles did not blow, but tb« second "fly" which was pulled off at about U;30, was a peach. T'ie operator arose from the shed yard in Must tend baseball park with pcrl. i t ease, cut a reverse curve over home plate ;ind the bald head of one of Johnny .I"iies barkers, and then ni.-ide a Im-c line for \\ • st i:Ind, I'unx- Harrlman stated that he hoped to regain the ten pounds ho lost in Europe, as "ten pounds is a whole lot for a litti** man like me to lose." Arden Is an ideal place for a rest cure. Nestled high up anions the Runinpo hills, it is 000 f$ t above the sea level. Harriman's sole work Uhtc will he the supervision of the d«M'oration of live rooms left for his personal di/reetiori. 11 • • will have French, German, Italian, Japanese and American rooms. By United Press. NEW YORK, Aug. 25.—E. II. Harriman Is at home today, and has hegun a supreme effort to "get well". The Wall Street bears and bulls are watching the process, and pay heed to the master's voice that they are sure will he heard soon. NOTABLES WHO WILL BE HERE GROUNDHOG DAY suta wney Tin* whirr of th< propeller and the distinct 1»* :ils of tin- little < ntfine caused everybody to turn their ga/.e heavenward and hav a look. And everybody looked. Th« heuutlful machine sailed gracefully to directly over West Knd, turned about and cut Continual on Page Throe. HISTORICAL DAY BALL Dr. Williams states that for good roads, one must look to New .!< rs< \ and New York, win n- tin- Uastly thauk-you-martns so c'«mmon in Pennsylvania, arc entirely missing That Punx'y's Old Home Week is well advertised, us att< sted by the Williams party, who saw posters up as far away as a point between Blnghampton and Klinira, N. Y. The Williams automobile party, ineluding Dr. T. K and Mrs. Williams and son Cn'orgi' and Mr. Williams' niece. Miss Donna Paine, and Chauffeur Paul Evans, who yesterday a week ago, left for Atlantic City, arrived home last night without a single untoward incident, having driven 1,600 miles. "Gude in re City of Punxsutawney, "The O. J. Gude Company, N. Y., have referred to us correspondence affecting an ordinance of your Borough, reference to signs* painted by the C). J. Gude Company. You will please note the fact that these signs are painted on private property. We have had occasion before to attack ordinances attempting to limit the right of an owner of private property to paint his property as he sees tit, either with or without signs, and we respectfully call your attention to the fact that your Borough has no right, as a matter of law, to decree by ordinance that, a man may not paint a .sign on his own property, and we therefore beg to notify you that should you interfere with any of the signs of the () J. Gude Company, that we will hold you personally | liable for any damages done to their property. "MAYER & GILBERT "Counselors at Law "II Wall ■Street 43 Exchange Place "New York "August 23rd, 1909. "Mr. P. O. Picas, "Burgess, Punxsutawney, Pa. "Dear Sir: — SPUME MILLS RESIDENT A NEW RAILROAD •ASC1-M" Philip Weaver, of Punxsutawney, acted ns judge of tin- race, and liaii<1 lt><l th<- office in a very capable manner. Alex. Crawford, foreman of the Friendships, of DuBols, and Carl North, of Punx'y, were the official timekeepers. The 100-yanl-dash was won by Kane, of Punxsutawney, with Black, also of this place, second, and Ryan, of DuBois, third. This morning at 10:110 the fireman's races were run on Union Street in tiepresence of a big crowd. Promptly at 10:30 the running teams of l'unxsutawney and Duiiois inarched to the I course, headed by the CitlEens' Band, and the races began immediately. The hose race run against time wa*. the lirst event, with only the Punx'y and DuBois teams entered. Both teams made the run in record time, but both had trouble with the coupling, DuBois winning in 32 1-5 seconds, against Punx'y's 32 1-2 seconds. In the hub-and-hub race there was misunderstanding among the ofllcials, the starter giving the signal on Punxsutawney's run before the timekeepers were ready, and as a result no time was given. DuBois agreed to run the. race twice In order to be on an equal footing with the Punx'y team, hut this proposition did not tlnd favor, and it was decided that. DuoBis should -un the race anyway and then toss up a coin to decide tie winner. This was done and Punx'y won. At this juncture th'- Bellwood lire department arrived, having been delayed by a wreck, and asked to be allowed to compete in the balance nf the events, or to run against time in all of them. For some reason their request was not granted. The I look -a ml -ladder race was won by the DuBois runners in 29 seconds. O'Brien, "| DuBois made a pretty run up the ladder. Punx'y's time was 30 1-2 seconds. Krle and liroctou, N. Y. Cut-oil' of Fifty-seven Miles Between The second speaker was B. M. Clark, Esq., who gave an optimistic view of Punxautawney's future. It was an able address, and received close attention. Mr. Clark said, in part: "An Optimistic View of Punxsutawney's Future' is the subject which has been assigned to me. The word "optimistic" is in my opinion one which "is generally misinterpreted or misunderstood. The general understanding of the word 'optimist' is a person who is boastful and hopeful, always picturing out or predicting the extreme possibilities of a subject, person or community. In other words, the majority of the individuals here today will naturally expect me to picture out Punxsutawney's future to be the greatest railroad, manufacturing, mining and farming center in the universe; that the town is going to be filled with railroads and manufacturing plants, more mines opened, and to tell where and how we are going to have these wonderful improvements, describing summer resorts on our hills and lakes In our valleys. If I were to do this It would cause you to smile from the fact that you would not nor could you believe in any such future. The Historical Day program at the Jefferson Theatre yesterday afternoon was successfully carried out, and was. interesting and edifying. A quartette composed of Charles A. Jcnks, Ray Bowers, Joseph Williams and George E. Bender, furnished the music, assisted by the Keystone Band, of ncynoldsvllle. W. O. Smith acted as chairman. The first speaker was George W. Porter, who gave an interesting sketch of the Indian history of Puxsutawney, as well as some history of the early white settlers, their customs, amusements and industries, which was In structlve as well as entertaining. His speech will later be printed in The Spirit In full. The 78th Pa. Vol. Inf.. and 741 h P. V. Regiments, who arc holding reunions here, an dthe 206th. which will effort a permanent organization, will fall in with the G. A. K. section. CAPT. LEON PITCH Kll, Chief Marshal, All lodges participating are requested to be at their respective streets not later than 1:.10 p. m. The State Police will lead the parade.The Grand Army of the Republic will form on Penn Street, right of line on the corner of Mahoning Street. American Mechanics and Junior American Mechanics will form on Union Street, between Penn and Jefferson streets; the odd Fellows on Jefferson Street; Knights Pythian on Union Street, between Findley and Jefferson Streets; F. O. K. on Findley Street; Knights of Golden Eagles on Union Street, between Gilpin and Kindley streets; Red Men on Gilpin Street; foreign lodges on Front Street. The parade will start promptly at 2 p. m., moving east on Mahoning Street, countermarch at the Penn'a railroad crossing out Mahoning street to Lindsey; countermarch to Jefferson Street, (o Union Street. Union Street to Penn Street, Penn Street to Mahoning Street, where parade will be dismissed. MADE II THREE STRAIGHT Quaker Ooats, breakfast cereals and King Midas Biscuit free every day this week. Speeials every day in our Cloak and Suit Department. The latest in millinery. J. B. EBEltllA UT ('(>.. Ltd.—1 Following is the li t. as corrected Sim • publishing: the list of tho names of the distinguished guests who will be here Friday for the circumgyratory pageant of the prophets and metrog'dists of the Canoe Kidge W'. ithei works and the Governor's Itanquet Friday night, many acceptances have been rereived, and the list of notables has ulri ad.v surpassed by far th« ni"st sanguine expectations of Hi, officials of the Mid Home Week A. o. ia! ion. The Historical Day nail held at the Jefferson Park last night under tlu auspices of the Iroquois Club was without a doubt the most enjoyable of all social functions of the year. N'earl\ two hundred couples participated, more than half of that number being out of town peopc. The enjoyabilitv of the affair was augmented by perfect weather conditions. Dancing began at nine o'clock and continued until two with a short intermission. Refreshments were served throughout the evening. The mu- •••e furnished by seven piecs of tlio Mooro orchestra of Greensburg, was in a large measure responsible for the enjoyabillty of the affair. NIPPED III IKE BUH A threatened disastrous bin/.. .it the XVhitnew Motel was last night nipped in the bud when Mrs. Margaret Dougherty, one of the attaches. I rom her bedroom window discovered and gave the alarm that the. barn was on tl re. This action is made necessary by the Lake Shore's new rotue from Buffalo to Pittsburg: by the way of Erie and Ashtabula, whereby the P. R. U. ha* been left a good many parasangs behind the procession. A year or two will be required for the completion of the cut-off and when it is finished there will be a very good chance !'«»»• the Pennsy to come into its own with the business northward. Information from Pittsburg told of a plan of the Pennsylvania Railroad to reduce the distance between Pittsburg and Buffalo by forty miles. This will be done by building a new railroad from Erie to rBocton, N. V. This will make possible runningt rains between Pittsburg and Buffalo iri much shorter time. The route is over tin- Lake Erie and Pittsburg division in (•Irani and thence to Erie. The old operating agreement between the New York Central and the Pennsylvania will bcome ineffective when the new route is completed, says the Titusville Herald. Funeral services will he held Friday morning at nine o'clock. Burial will be made in Kbenoezer Cemetery. In lN67 he was united in marriage to Miss Kusia Butter. To this union nine children were born. eight of who survive; Daniel A., of Big Ilun; < . Roy, of VVorthville; Mrs. C. C. Itowan. of this place: Mrs. Charles (Jeist, of Sprankles Mills; Mrs. James Cay|or, of New May.sville; James C»., of rtossitcr; Venrn L and Florence, at home. YV. J. Schwab, a well known and; highly respected citizen of Sprankle Mills expired Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock after a lingering illness. Some time ago the deceased suffered a paralytic stroke which eventually brought about his cleath. He was sixty-eight years of age. Horn in Perry Township, Jefferson County, he moyed to Sprankle Mills « arly in life, and had resided in the old homestead in which he died for thirtyseven years. When but a boy he Joined tli«* 10 van gel lea I church and had been a consistent church worker since that time. 11 loess. W. J. Schwab Rxpirrs After Lingering a r Golf Milks a Popular Plm-e Yesterday—Jefferson Theatre Orchestra Held Portli. <;i:t Yorit cosn mi:s All members of the Punxsu- 1" ta wney C.rouinlhog Club and V% I* the members of the Stunts 11 K Committee and the Prince X K Nimmie Club are called to >5 meet at Municipal Hall Thurs- 1» it day night to get their num-  J5 bers, receive their final instruc- VZ M tions for the clrcumgyrutory pageant and get tin ir costumes.IX A Buffalo costumer will ar- V* It rive here tomorrow with 17.r> %J% r: outfits and all who take part it I* are t<» appear in costume. M The automobile chliuffeufrs M Vi and all who are to ride in the 11 y% ears as prophets, arc also no- M y, tilled to be at the meeting. S3 J® !:; k x :: i: i::: i' J? " •* Till. \\ I M ill K WASHINGTON. D. <\. Aug. 2.V Following is the forecast for Western Pennsylvania: fair and continued warm tonight and Thursday. Continued oil Page Three Hon. Hcnjarnln Shivel-y, 1 S Sunator from the State of India .' Col. A Blakeliy. a noted military General Harry White, Statesman, Judge and war veteran. \ |, Col.-, lOs'i . on* of Western Pennsylvania": leading lawyers and orators. C..I |;i., uuis Wilson, The Quiet Ob- M'rver <>t tin Pittsburg Ma/ett, Times. Col. W T. .Mei h 11 ii, one of the heroes of the Civil War. to date Honorable Kdwin S. Stuart, Pennsylvania's I governor. Honorable Kobert S Murphy, Lieutenant Governor of this state. Hon. .1 din K. T« ner, Cnngiessmau from the Washington, Heaver and Lawrence counties Congressional district.George Shaffer, clerk. and Fred W'a/elie, one of the barkeepers, answered the summons and bad the blaze, whleh was rapidly getting the better of a pile of ruhIrish under control in a jiffy. BECEniOH AT COUNTRY CLUB CHOLERA BREAKS OUT AMONG SPAIN'S SOLDIERS "In 1880 we find Punxsutawney a mere country village with a population of less than seven hundred, with unpaved streets, candles and kerosene lights, one small bank, poorly constructed business blocks and residences, and without a railroad, and her surrounding country consisting of poorly cultivated lands, covered with valuable timber and underlaid with rich minerals. The pessimist was abroad in Punxsutawney at that time who undoubtedly predicted that Punxsutawney was doomed, would never amount to anything, that her countrywas unfortunately located, that her people were not equal to the people of other sections, that she could never be or expect to be equal to Brookville or Indiana, who were favored with being county seats and having railroads, more money and greater opportunities was alsa there. The optimist was also there. He was satisfied with life as he found it. He knew, or at least thought he knew, that everything was for the best and that nothing but good and plenty could come to Punxsutawney in due course of time, and thatrthe people who lived here at that time would be equal to any emergency that might arise, and as a final result that everything would be right and her people prosper. Marys Yesterday. Puiix'y Took olllli CiaiiieM From St. Punxsutawney finished the series with St. Marys yesterday by winning both the morning and afternoon games. The first by a score of tl-.'l, and in the afternoon by \ to 1. Both contests were witnessed by fair-sized crowds. The morning game was a very good exhibition. Both teams had plenty of ginger and the play was fast. Haws, /or St. Marys, was ft trifle wild, however, which resulted in passing up six men and letting in two runs by wild pitches. He redeemed himself to some extent at bat with three clean hits, one of which was a three-baggr, and one run to his credit. Magee, for Punxsutawney, was hit quite freely during the first few Innings, and it was then St. Marys chased in their three runs. But after the fifth inning ho tightencyd up and all bids were closed. The afternoon game was not, so fast. At times the play lagged noticeably, but, taken altogether, it was a fair exhibition. Neither of the pitchers were hit as freely as in the morning game, and there were sevral sensational plays pulled off, but after the first two innings both teams closed In and with the exception of Punx'y's one run in the sixth, there was nothing doing. Continued on Page Throe. MKKKWKtaHHKHHKMBH «* « « ii AIUSHIP K<HEDUI,E « According to Melllta dispatch 2."i0 Spaniards and 600 Moors were killed In the latest attempt of the Spaniards In advance from their outposts. The effort failed. Another offensive att ick l>y the Spaniards is reported today.By United Press. LISBON. Aug. 25.—Cholera has broken out among the Spanish soldiers who are defending Melilla, according to today's issue of the Seculo. The situation is said to lie threatening.FIREMEN CAI1I.ED OUT. The majority of those who had chased the elusive pellet, as well an many who had never before swung the golf ('lull, went around the course. A large number who took baskets with them took supper on the club i house porch. Following the close of the Historical Day Exercises in the Jefferson Theatre yesterday afternoon a large number of those in attendance took the trolley cars for West End, from whence they were conducted in automobiles to till' Country Club. Here the Jefferson Theatre orchestra held forth during the afternoon and entertained the visitors with various selections that were highly appreciated.At 5:30 o'clock this morning a small blaze liroke out on the roof ot Mcllevitt home 011 Torn nee Street. Tile firemen turned out In good time and made a record run but neighbors had doused Ihe lire out before their arrival. The damage was practically nothing. NOTICE TO ODD FKIiLOWS All those who have not yet secured a booklet containing 150 illustrations which embrace everything in the town worth while, should do so at once before the edition runs out. They can be bought 011 the streets and at the' drug stores, news stand, and stationery stores, as well as at the Spirit office, for 25 cents a copy.- All ready for mailing at the postofflce for 28 | cents. Get them now. * * • "Fortunately for Punxautawney a very large majority of our people Is optimists. These people have prospered by reason thereof and have been greatly benefitted. Theso people have built up your town until today it is populated with more people than any other town In our Immediate vicinity, at (east with more people within her boders and within a radius of live miles thereof than any other section in the western part of Pennsylvania outside of large cities. They have built up your town with churches of architectural beauty and lilled them with good, Kind-hearted, generous people; solid, substantial business blocks, filled with large stocks of merchandise, the largest banking institutions of the surrounding country managed by conservatism which guarantees security; fine and commodious hotels for the the public; manufacturing plants, well stocked and managed; weekly and daily newspapers that are unequaled by any town of twice our population; modern school buildings, filled with children who are being well educated; magnificent residences, with every modern convenience, and paved streets. They Continued on Page Six All Incnl and visiting Odd Fellows are requested to participate In the parade Thursday. Report at I. O. 6, F. Hall at 1 p. m. sharp. Hall open all day, and open meeting and lunch In the vunlng. 55 The crowds are cautioned >5 not to be alarmed when I lie 53 J? siren or other whistles blow II SS during the remainder of Old 5! JJ Home \Ji'eek, but to be on Ihe 5! K lookout, half an hour later, for 51 M the airship, which will ascend K at the East End Baseball Park 51 51 and aviate the ambltjnt at mo- 51 54 sphere In the vicinity of Punx- VI 51 sutawney. «■» X Arrangemnts have been 51 55 made for two flights dally, af- H 55 tcrnon and evening, hut the M K time will depend largely In at- 54 55 mospherlcal and mcterologlcal 54 R condltons. •' 55 The siren will anounee the 5? 51 appearance, half -an hour' la- 58 55 ter, of the airship. f K 5! 5! 51 51 SI 51 51 51 55 51 51 K 55 51 51 B. M. Clark, Esq., in Interesting Address Shows What Is in Store for Town. POIXTSFUTUIE LOOKS EXCEEDING BRIGHT 10 FAR.SIGHTEC OPTIMIST VOU I11-N0.290 ■■y mm pFfp PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 1909. PRICE TWO CENTS STRIKE ARBITRATION BUBBLE BURSTED BY JUDGE M'FARIANE AIRSHIP MAKE TWO THRILLING FLIGHTS THOUSANDS SEE THE OFFENSIVE TOBBACO t SIGNS MAY RESULT IN LEGAL TANGLE Aviator Circles Over Punxs'y With Big Ship Under Per-J| feet Control. FIREMEN'SRAGESDREW BIG CROWDS TO UNION STREET THIS MORNING Refuses to Grant Petition of Strikers Asking for Amicable Settlement. Attorneys for Sign Company Inform Burgess He Will be Held Responsible. Punx'y TookHub-and-HubRace and DuBois Took Two Other Firemen's Events. DR. J. B. MCKNIGHT'S ADDRESS CUT FIGURE EIGHTS IN AIR ACT UNCONSTITUTIONAL KANE WON 100-YD DASH ARE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY "291. 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