Punxsutawney Spirit, 1909-09-30

              mme beueves mi )n of 1ick Is PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 30, WW. MINES AT HILLSDALE PRICE TWO CENTS Po rti Blac In j VOL. IV-N0.12 Explosion in Horatio Mine Kills One and Badly Inj ures Another United Mine Workers Take Up Investigation" of Extortion Cases es TOUR 10 PACFIC COAST IDE WEMINC OF COUSIHS Use of Dynamite Prevents Whole Town From Being Burned. Machine Cutter Penetrates Into Abandoned Room—Gas Strikes Naked Lamps. Five Adrian Miners Make Affidavit That They Have Paid Large Sums for Choice Jobs. BUSINESS SECTION SUFFERED ONE DEFENDANT JUMPS BAIL CIITIER OPERATOR HAS NECK BROKEN Italian* Claim They Ualil HI5 91 a Day Tor  of Work. Sertaper is Thrown Against Coal ami Received Injuries Tim I May Prove Fatal. A cor;»s of surveyors started field vork at 11 i 1 IucIh 1<» last week, ami art4 mining preliminary lines. Other trangern are operating diamond drills n the flt'ld. The drillers are now on :he Irwin and Gromle farms. The work being done by the engineers Is along the line of the railroad that was graded as far as Hankin Summit some yeais ago, and was then abandoned. opened at jAreadl. Residents in the vicinity of Hillsdale are elated with the prospects for n big coal mining: development in that neighborhood through the operations of the Pennsylvania, Beech Creek a. Eastern Coal Company, which has started much new work in that section, says the Indiana Times. The company owns about 12,000 acres of coal In that vicinity, arjd have mines vnnfa. Beech Creek A Eastern Conl Company. Activity In That Section By Pehnsyl- ber shop at IJlaek Lick, destroyed 11 frame buildings In tlu« business section Fire believed to have started when a lamp exploded in the Wissinger bar- TWO RMCJHTIYV BURNED pi:i:sim:\t c;ii.i>\y hkhk NEW MEN FOR TROOP 0 HAVE SEEN SERVICE Mr. Whitney denied that fommaniler Peary had removed Dr. Cook's stores from Annatok to Etah. What Peary really did was to transfer a few things ond rebuild the house at Annatnk. lioatswaln Murphy's only reason for refusing to help Captain llernler's Canadian expedition to get <logs and sledges at Etah was that they I wi re .short of dogs themselves. Speaking of Dr. Cook's detailed account of his trip, Mr. Whitney said that the explorer showed him how the western drift of tin* Ice had landed him in a region far remote from where h«> expected to go, and he was unable to get back. "Dr. Cook's story," he ntilled, "s.-ems to me truthful and probable. Nothing else would explain his twelve months' absence." Vital Cook Told trim and What Peary 1>I(1 Willi Cook's Store*. Pea ry ST. JOHNS, N. F., Sept. 30.—Harry ! Whitney, of New Haven, believes that Dr. Frederick A. Cook found the pole and that Commander Peary did the same. In expressing this belief Mr. Whitney said that he knows no reason for doubting Cook more than The thirteen recruits who arrived FIREMEN'S CONVENTION IN OIL CITY NEXT WEEK HOSTON. Mass.. Sept. 30—A train- load of about eighty prominent street railway officials c»f this port of fh> country, anil others interested in street railways, started from here this afternoon on a tour •»f 3,000 miles to the Pacific coast and hack again. The members «»f the party, which is conducted under the auspices of the Massachusetts street railway association, are on their way to Denver, Colo., where they will attend the convention of the American street and Interurhan railway association, October 4-8. On their way to Denver and return, the travelers expect to visit many cities along their mute, which « xtends as far west as Los Angeles, north to < *;» 1- gary and south to the Texas coast and New Orleans. Incidentally, the travelers will visit the Alaska-Yukon-Paclflc exposition and many other features of interest In the West and Northwest. They are traveling in a special train, consisting of four sleepers. dining, composite and baggage But who 11 the couple debated with him he begun to recede from his position. They weren't really first cousins, they argued, nor were they second cousins. At most, they were only "half-cousins." and there is nothing In the law to prevent the marriage of "half-cousins." The Pennsylvania statutes prohibit the marriage of ilrst cousins, and when the couple told Recorder Johnson that their mothers were step-sisters he Inclined to the belief that the license could not be issued. He believed that the applicants were tlrst cousins, because their mothers had one common parent. Cliiltlriti of S|«'|) Slutcw llalf Wny l"n- FRANKIJN. Pa, Sept. 30. — Arc children of step-sisters first cousins? Register and Keeord»*r H. Gordon Johnson yesterday decided that they aren't, and' issued a marriage liei-nse to two such persons. The "children" are Lewis Swab, of Venus, and Elizabeth E. Biekel, of Pertlgs, the former being Tfi and the lattep 57. iler tin* Nuptial linn. Hut llotli Seasoned. the firemen's convention and old Oil City is getting in readiness for NICHE FOR HUM STATUE WEDDING JIT PORTER Following the ceremony the young couple left for Pittsburg where Mr. Marshall holds a lucrative position. They will make that city their future home. Both young people are well and favorably known in this section, and have the best wishes of a host of friends. M'ss Velm Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. II. Miller, of Porter, and Paul Marshall, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. \Y. Marshall, of Dayton, were married Tuesday afternoon at the home of the bride's parents in Porter, by Kev. Adams. Marshall. Miss Yclnui Miller the BrUle of Paul tastes. AI1T0 SERVICE STARfS PEARY'S SHIP ARRIVES OFF SANDY HOOK MILITARY DAY OF NEW YORK'S CELEBRATION The vacant dwelling owned by James Gardner where the houses selected and the fire was thus stopped when these two places were blown down. gade. despite the work of the bucket bri- there at l:3f> o'clock yesterday morning. Thi blaze raged for two hours, Following the northern side of the street to the east, building after building was gutted and even the large two story dwelling of S. H. Snyder fell before the raging demon, it was then that some one thought to dynuimtc tin structures in the path of the fire and thus prevent its continuing to have free reign would probably check it. Besides entailing a loss of '$20,000 divided among a Score of residents, tiie (Ire will cripple things tin re as as one entire block of the town's limited business section was laid to waste. It is without doubt one of the most widespread fires in the county. Miller's clothing store, Peter Palazzi's fruit store, Wissinger's barber shop, a jeweler's stand, Sam Shi pley's drug store, Tony Genarra's grocery, Charles Grader's meat market, the residences of S. H. Snyder and Lyman Palmer, two unoccupied buildings owned by James Gardner. The new bank checked the lire on one side and two buildings were dynamited in its path at the upper end of town. The buildings reduced to ruins are: It is reported that the* inaccessibility o.r tilt- niche w is n I«-it<1 iiir* factor in shaping the choice of those who picked out the a lcove. Tin- niche on the staircase in which tin* statue will go is Hi* or eight fiM't above the steps, so that anyone who wishes a marble lock of hair or some memento will have to be possesse tint considerable agility. Mr. Hitner said his workmen, with the necessary rigging and tools, left New York yesterda> for llarrisburg. Marble and or Kellc the evening. If A It RI SIM * k' «. Sept 30. Karl Hitner, arrived lure yesterday from X> »v York, ami arranged w ith Superintendent Samuel II. Tin mho for the Instiillation of Ouay statue in the .)M'' was here only about two hours, returning to New York in (iraven Finger* Out liinlers' Kcadi. The arrangements have been made to care for, entertain and amuse that number, and the estimates are based upon communications received from organizations of firemen not only throughout Pennsylvania, but from Ohio, New York and West Virginia, a> well, and who have received hotel a lull private home accommodations for tii«• full week. Oil City, feeling that it has a reputation to sustain for hospitality, has entered into the spirit of the occasion and will give the glad hand to all. The large body-of 11 ess men who form the hundreds or more of committees have made up a program so elaborate that it cannot fall short of the desired end—to give entertainment that will please all home week that opens in that place October 3. Tnc Derrick yesterday stated that the number of delegates who- have already secured quarters there, with their ladles, is over 3,000, and it will be a big disappointment to every member of the committee if the number of strangers every day will not exceed 10,000. UNMASKED BANDITS ROB BANK IN OAYLIGHT President tBIday declared that, if conditions existed such as the live miners made affidavit to, it was manifestly unfair to the other miners, since those who paid over the money to the Italians in question, it' such money had been paid over, received the good Jobs, and that the ofllciais of the lr. M \V. of A of the district would make a thorough Investigation of the charges.District President Ollduy, of Clearfield; John Sullivan, president of Sub- District No. 2, William Owens, ,»resident of Sub-District N'<». 5, of Keynoldsville. and Italian Organizer Ferrari, of Sykesville, were here this morning to attend tie hearing «»f Fernalla. w hich did not necur, because of the absence of the defendant. The bail bond of $K00 was forfeited, ami sent to Brookville. The case has been taken up by tho I'nited .Mine Workers of America, who intend to push it through to a finish. Fiv« employes <»f the Adrian mine, who were the plaintiffs in the cists, have made affidavit that they have paid anywhere from S4«» to $100 during the pst four months to either 1'Vrnalln or Pogleise for change of .lobs and choice work, and that they paid th< se men $1.00 a day for working under these favorable conditions.On September 17. warrants were sworn out for the arrest of <'baric* Fernelln and Frank Pogleise, both charged with conspiracy and extortion. Fern.-lla was arrested by Constable O. P. Walker and was placed under $800 ball, which he forfeited by not appearing this morning. Pogleise made good his escape, and has not yet been apprehended. The hearing of Charles Fern.ilia, of Adrian, charged with conspiracy and extortion, which was scheduled for this morning before 'Squire Corey, failed t>» come off, the defendant not putting in an appearance. Spencer P. Reed, Harrlsburg, flve years In Governor's troop, X. (J. I*. Practically every man of the thirteen has an enviable service record, all but three having been discharged as non-cf>mmissioned ollicers. Most ol* them are six-footers, and in all should greatly improve the efficiency of the Troop as a police body. Michael Pratt, Shamokin, three years lT. S. Cavalry. William Owens, of Lilly, three years 1'. S. Cavalry. Frank F. Lightfoot, Philadelphia, yeven years l\ S. infantry. Charles K. Savage, Wyoming, three years IT. S. Cavalry, three years secmid battallion of IT. S. Engineers. Paul G. Kallay, Painesville, Ohio, four years, IT. S. Marine Corps. Joseph F. Johnston, Philadelphia, three years lT. S. Cavalry. Howiand B. Humphrey, of Philadelphia, three years infantry; three years cavalry. Robert K. Greer, Hubbard, Ohio, six yearn in IT. S. Cavalry. Howard li. Hill, Deny, .six years in U. S. Infantry. Harry F. Evans, of Hrtllldaysburg, four years in Sheridan's troop of cavalry, X. G. I*. Joseph M. Bandish, Plymouth, six years in tin- lT. S. Cavalry. Lorenzo A. Boyd, of Fayetteville, Tenn., no service. Following is .1 list of the new men, their residence and service: here yesterday from Harris-burg as members of Troop D. State Police, are only recruits as far as the S. P. F. is concerned, the majority of them having seen active service in the Spanlsh- Amerlcan War, while all but one had served enlistments in the Pennsylvania National Guard, United States Infantry or Cavalry. Affidavits that the following amounts w re paid over to i-Vrnalla I00K SICK 111 LOCKUP GUARANTEED DEPOSITS LAW IN ACTION (Continued on pagft three.) The ship was .greeted by whistles from other vessels in the harbor. The members of the crew refused to discuss polar affairs. Captain liartlett said that he expected instructions to participate In the Hudson-Fulton naval parade on Friday. The Roosevelt shows the effects of a hard trip. Her sides are badly scarred and dents in her hull are plainly visible. SANDY HOOK, Sept. aO. — The Roosevelt, Peary's vessel, arrived here this morning and dropped anchor to await Peary's orders. By United Press. Two round trips will be maili' daily, the towns passed through on the route being1 Frederlcktown, Brownsville. Centervile, Ueallsvilie, Sccmry Hill and Washington. , The ear used is 4.» horse power and equipped for both passenger and baggage. It is covered and the interior is lighted by elec- Ir'c lights and heated. The ear is run by John A. Foraythe. Illg Machine Makes Us First Itoinul Trips From Brownsville to Washington. WASHINGTON, Pa., Sept. ,'10.—The automobile service between Fredericktown and Washington went into effect yesterday, the big 12 passenger machine making its first two round trips over the route. The company, which N known as the Washington and HrownsviUe Passenger Transit Company, is composed of Monongahola, Ellsworth, Cokeburg and Scenery 11 ill people. Putting the loot in sacks, they mounted their horses and disappeared. The robbers are heavily armed and a battle Is expected. The bandits filtered from both the front and rear and leveled their guiiB at Cashier Drach, forcing him to empty the cash drawers. C5 LKN'W (>01) Si* it IN CIS, Co!., Sept. .10.- A mounted posse is still pursuing in the mountains tin* three unmasked bandits who late yesterday rode up to the Citizens National Hank here and escaped with $10,000 in cash. By ITnlted Press. MAKES RECORD FLIGHT IN PRESENSEOE ROYALTY PBlf PEOPLE AT THE DAYTON FAIR The body of Yorko was brought to the Sprankle Undertaking parlors l>ere and prepared for burial, which mis made this afternoon at three o'clock in the Greek Catholic Cemetery at Horatio. He Is survived by his wife and seven children. Ten loaders were sitting about the room waiting for the coal to be cut so that they could load it, when the explosion occurred. The flames shot over the'r heads, and the concussion knocked them all over. Only Lewis and Sapiro were Injured, however, and they only received slight burns. Had! lire followed, the fatalities would have been at least twelve. Vargo was brought to the Punxsutawney Hospital at three o'clock yesterday afternoon and th edetails of the accident were suppressed until that time. Vargo was a short distance behind, and he, too, was thrown against tlie coal, badly lacerating his head and body. Both ears were almost severed frpjn the UH* fteU-t lejff was badly cut, and he sustained three scalp wounds that penetrated to the bone. The accident occurred shortly before noon, when Yorko was using a machine cutter In one of.the rooms, and Vargo Was behind scraping back the coal as it was cut. The machine suddenly shot through the coal opening into a room that had long been abandoned, and where gas had collected. •The gas poured through the opening, came in contact with the naked lumps of the miners, and the terrible explosion which followed threw Yorko forward against the coal with such force as to break his neck, killing him instantly. Small pieces of fly'ng coal struck him about the body, lacerating it badly. THK INJURED STEVE VARGO, scraper, horribly I lacerated, may die. MIKE LEWIS, slightly burned. JOE SAPIRO, slightly burned. THK DEAD JOHN YORK, aged thirty-six, cutter in mine. Leaves wife and seven children. An explosion in No. 7 mine of the Berwlnd-Whlte Coal Mining Company, at Horatio, yesterday morning caused the death of one and the injury of three others, one perhaps fatally. VOGEL'S MINSTREL!) TOMORROW NIGHT At his hearing he was fined $",.00 and costs by Burgess Freas, making his total bill SN.75. Lacking the required cash he was given a sentence of live days in the borough jail. When at ken to the lockup he went into severe epileptic convulsions, brought on by excessive drinking. l)r. S. S. Hamilton was called in and finally revived the man, who refused to take any medicine after he became conscious. Collapse. Kxees*ive Drinking Caused Prisoner to Fred Miller, of Syracuse, N. Y.. was arrested last night by Chief Palmer on a drunk and disorderly change. He had gotten a meal at the St. Elmo restaurant and refused to pay for it. and when arrested had been stopping passersby an making a general nuisance of himself. MOST POWERFUL SHIP AFLOAT IS LAUNCHED The naval contingent, forming the second and third divisions of the parade. was the chief attraction. For over six miles along the streets lined and canopied with colors and before an enormous crowd, the fighting men of the American and foreign warships made their way to the martial tunes of their shipmates' bands and to the cheers that began with the first command to march, and continued until tin- sailormen had again embarked in their boats and returned to the battleships and cruisers in the river. The navies of Great Britain, Germany, Prance, Italy. the Netherlands. Argentina, Mexico and several other nations were represented. NEW YORK, Sept. .10—With the booming of tlie guns of the many warships lying in the North Itiver at sunnVe today the fifth day in the elaborate programme of the Hudson-Fulton celebration was ushered in. This was military day and it furnished one of the most imposing pageants ever seen in this city. Probably the greatest throng that ever gathered along Fifth avenue witnessed the parade this afternoon of lifty thousand Soldiers and sailors, representing the United States Army, the New York City regiments of the National Guard, the marines and sailors from the American and foreign war vessels and the naval reserve. Gen. Charles F. Iloe was the grand marshal! of the parade. day. Tho reputation Dayto galneij for running clean much to <lo with Its great lty„ The big events are scheduled for to- The stoek exhibit this year at Day-' ton is said to be the best ever shown there, while the races have been good. has has popular- That the Dayton Fair la as popu- j lar as ever among the townspeople was made evident this morning when nearly three hundred from Punxsutawney left on the early morning train to take in the big day of the fair. A large number of people from DuBois and intermediate points and residents along the Indiana branch passed through on their way to the big fair. Several automobile parties left this morn'ng, and early this afternoon for Dayton. Why did Cook bind Whitney anil Prltchard to secrecy, and yet allowed Captain Adams of the whaler Morning to divulge Cook's claims to Peary. What did Whitney do with the flag Cook gave him? What were Cook's sledges loaded with so heavily that he could not take his instruments to ITpernavlk? If he carried supplies for three on sea ice, going, why could he not carry everything on the sledge for himself and one Eskimo returning? Among the question that will be asked are the following: Peary made public today the gist of the inquisition through which he expects to put Cook. Mrs. Peary will accompany her husband.PORTLAND, Me., Sept. 30.—Evidently assured that the Roosevelt, would be given a conspicuous place in the naval parade tomorrow, Peary this afternoon announced that he would go to New York, and be on the bridge of the Roosevelt when the Hudson-Fulton parade starts. attorney. He also attacks Charles F. Murphy and Daniel F. Cohaian, thus making it certain that Tammany will not consider Jerome any further for district u SEW Yiii:K, Sept. 30.—District Attorney Jerome in a bitter attack last night on Justice William J. C.raynor, the probable Tammany candidate for mayor, calls him "that most abhorrent product, a political judge," and charges that Justice Graynor's "personal liberty decisions" have consisted in orders restraining the law enforcing powers from pursuing law--breakers. Yesterday Roy Wood, a conductor on the city line of the Jefferson Traction Company purchased a lot on Liberty Street from Dr. 11. C. Newcome. Mr. Wood now has plans under consideration for the erection of n handsome dwelling there this fall. The deal was made through Beck and Corey, real estate dealers. Several Important real estate deals have been made In this place recently, and the revival of good times promises extra activity in that line. The flight was one of the prettiest ever made, and was two hundred feet higher than any previous record. plane. Wright sent his machine aloft eight hundred ami ninety-three feet, and was cheered b> a great throng. The Km press sent him her personal congratulations, and asked for an explanation of the workings of the aero- dam BERLIN. Sept. 30. -In til. presence of the Empress of C.ermany, Prince Oscar, ami a number of other members of royally. Orville Wright today made a record flight at Pots- By ITnlted Press. REAt ESTATE ACTIVITIES JEROME ATTACKS CAYNQR lie558 as usual. However, the public, reassured by the State guarantee law, is not pressing the inst'tutions having their reserves here, and they are doing busi- The liabilities are about two milium live hundred thousand dollars, and the company carried the reserve funds of numerous State banks. Bank Examiner Young has :i< yet issued no statement of the condition of the concern, which is one of the biggest banks In the State. At no time was there any indication of a run, and there were' no demonstrations.Four hundred depositors of the Columbia Bank and Trust Company, w hich closed its doors Tuesday, today withdrew their deposits in full from the funds supplied by the State Banking Board. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Sept. 30. -Oklahoma today is experiencing the first practical working of the new bank deposit guarantee law. By United Press. DIRBY HAT SAVES MAN FROM INJURY BLOSE RECOVERING fairy FIRST|l/i <?oon \\Jx off laaf J Drunflp In giving an account of tho shooting at Yatesboro, which ail but cost Mr. Hlo.se his lift*, it was stated that he was acting as a special policeman for the company at Yatesboro, whereas he had been employed there as a teamster. CJ. \Yr. Blose, who was shot in the groin at Yatesboro about two weeks ago, is Improving speedily at the Adrian Hospital, and will within a short time be able to resume his duties.On Friday evening at th<• JrfTcrson Theatre, an unexcelled minstrel performance can be looked for, for on that date John \V. Yogei's Big City Minstrels, with upward of fifty people will hi' here. Vogel is known as the greatest manager, while Charles Gano is conceded! to be one of the must popular comedians in the minstrel world, and there is little doubt hut what the organlaa- Christ Arched, who recently cnm« ! tlon Is as claimed, the richest and costhere from West Virginia, and who has 1 licst in existence. been staying at the home of Alex The (irst part will be set in a new ('hristopherson, this morning fell in creation, entitled The lOleetrlc Yelour a fainting spoil in front of the J. A. Palace, a magnificent affair, beauti- Wcber clothing store, and had it not fully staged and appropriately cosbeen for his derby hat might have sua- turned. The overture is teeming with tallied serious injury. charming, up-to-date music, excellent Arsted was walking along when he vocalisms and graceful action, suddenly toppled over, falling head- The vocalists include the famous allong to the sidewalk. The rim of his to. Harry Leighton, the most wonderderby hat prevented his head from j ful Aeolian voiced child soprano, striknig the pavement. He was rend- Master A. Newton, th»- Loulsinna (1l®e ered unconscious by the fall. It. 1). (Club, and a host of cithers. Roy Em rick, who saw the man topple over, Peck, droll humorist, "IRU" Conroy, picked him up and hurried him to Dr. J coon shouter, John (loss, bone soloist, Russell Oourley's office where the and others .will appear in the all fea man later revived. * j ture olio. The Neptune is of l!0,2f>0 tons displacement, and is both longer and wider than the Dreadnought. The admiralty has observed its usual reticence with regard to tho details of the design and construction of the vessel, but from the figures given out it Is manifest that the experience gained from the construction of St. Vincent and other battleships of the Dreadnought type has been utilized in this vessel. The cost of the Neptune is estimated at over $10,000,001). PORTSMOUTH, Eng., Sept. 30— The Neptune, the "super-Dreadnought," which is designed to be the most powerful battleship afloat, was launched here today. An enormous crowd gathered to see the vessel take the water. She was christened by the Duchess of Albany. The first /oon hufrt of the seaaoi was pulled/off lajp night, when San Plfer, Bud/Drimmiond, W. P. Orgai and Cad ftrrrfun Instituted a search for the elusive animal near Big Hun The hunting party did not catch sight of any of the coon family, but bagged a possum they found1 roosting in a tall tree, and a little later found one of the Canoe Ridge groundhogs taking observations of Halley's Comet, and gathered him in. , TIIIC WK ATI I Kit WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 30.— FollowInK is tlio forecast fur Western Pennsylvania: Fair tonight and Friday. Cooler tonight. Frost. % >