Punxsutawney Spirit, 1909-12-01

              »Fr. i Pie UmuSnfatonnj ffrifft. L PIP hat* tot Atrrnmra 0 MMfl BOMB OR PLACK OP SIHIM— roc WISH TO DISPOSE OPT VB m PUR CENT-A-WORD COMMIT. Mil | PRICE TWO CENTS LORDS DEFY NATIM AND REJECT BUDGET MAN WHO 100K MESSAGE TO GARCIA IS RETIRED PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA. WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1,1909. CHARLES T.SMITH MADE SERGEANT Of TROOP 0. FARMERS AND RETAILERS OF MEAT IN CLOVER DOUBLE TRACK FROM PHOT TO ASHFORD TEMPERANCE WAVE HITS REVENUE HARD DONATIONS SHOWER IN AT PONXOT HOSPITAL VOL. IV— NO.64 Three Hundred Gifts and $70 in Cash Received-Some Came From Distance. Receipts on Whisky Taxes Are $5,509,831 Less Than in 1908. I Homer T. Chambers Promot| ed to the First Sergeancy— j Two Capable Officers. Major AndrewS. Rowan Placed on Retired List After 32 Years of Service. By Vote of 350 to 75 They Force an Appeal to Country in General Election. Statistical Evidence in the Report of Secretary of Agriculture. Unofficially Announced That B . R. & P. Will Lay Extra Track. CABINET TO RESIGN HI ONCE rounding--. CHILDREN III ST. PAUL MIME Ivxces* in Sinking Fund. Figures of I'isijil Year Show SKI 17 GAIN OF NEARLY A BILLION DOLLARS TUBERCULAR GERMS ON EXHIBITION lows: The report reads, in part, a.s fol- WASHINGTON. 13. (\. Dec. 1.— Jam- s Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture. today laid before the President his annual report, the feature of which is statistical evidence that farm products have increased more than other commodities in value, and that the. retailers of meat are in clover. Special to The Spirit. BLOWN INIG BUS Sergeant Chambers hits be»n A' tin1; First Serg« .int since the departure of Lieutenant Walsh about a month ago, and his promotion was not unexpet ied. H" is likewise a member of tH« riginal troop and one of the most zealous and painstaking officers in the troop. He is remembered mo&tly for his bravery at the Florence riot three year- ago. .it which time he was badly wounded while trying t«» assist a fellow comrade t<» safety. For this act he was later made sergeant. His promotion is a source of gratification to his numerous friends here. Mr. Smith came to Punx-»utawney with the original body and during his services here has made tor himself many friends who rejoice in his promotion. He has proven to be an officer of the utmost integrity and one who dot s his duty at all costs. Thr promotion <»f J »!in Walsh from the first wrgftfim v «,(' Troop 1) to the lieutenancy <»f Troop |{. ;it Wyoming, caused a vacancy both at the top and foot of tin- Hcrgrarus of the troop. Kight men took tin- examination for tlie promotion and Smith. one «»f th»- oldest mi-mbcrs of the troop, managed to capture the prize* As u result of the examination held on November 17. Charles T Smith was today made third duty sergeant of Troop I). State Police, while Homer T. Chambers was appointed lirst sergeant.miss mm wins ring It is stated by officials that this piece til' new work will be exceptionally heaVy, representing an ex pendU ture of about $1,000,000. When the work is finished it will give to the system as tine a pier*' of traek as can be found in the country. There will be out' stretch of traek Mv** miles long that will be perfectly straight and without any perceptible grade. The survey starts from a point In the yard about 1.000 f. • • t « ast of the J. & H. Junction at Alt. Jewett, and extends four and a half miles east without a curve, thence to Newton with two long curves with very slight deflection. This line will cross the present track in two places. The grade is less than one-tent i of one per cent and will make one of the finest eight-mile stretches on the road. It is unofficially onnuonced Mint next year will see tin- beginning ,,i the ■tusk of straightening and doubletracking tin las tpleee of single track on the H.. It. (Sir P. railroad, says the trucking: the last piece of single track is a stretch of ton miles between Newton and J. & H. Junction, and when i: is double tracked it will give t ie It., it. & ]'. road a double track the entire distance between Punxtutuwney and Ashfonl, \. V.. where the Buffalo Rochester. division branch.■S off. Hownn made his way to Kingston, Jamaica. thence overland t<» the north coast of that island, where In slipped |;iwa\ in a sail boat for tin- s nnh shore I of <'uba. landing between Guantanamo and Santiago. He made his wu> to the Interior of the island anil found Gen. Garcia in the neighborhood of Mansanillo. Part of tin time Rowan had passed as a Spaniard and part of the time as a Cuban. Delivering his message, he .started to return, well aware that if he had been raptured he would have been hanged like Xathm Halt and Major Andre. danger 1 Major Kownn is known popularly all over the ! md as tin "man who took' the message to Garcia." He was a | first lieutenant in the Nineteenth Infantry when his great opportunity 1 came during the war w ith Spain. Necessity arising for the dispatching of a trustworthy messenger t«» den. t'alixto Garcia to ascertain whether the Cuban army could co-operate with the army of the United States, Lieut. , liowan was selected by Gen. Miles. ! Garcia was somewhere in the interior of Cuba, surrounded on all sides by tilt Spanish force#, and th• ■ tri,> consequently Wits one fr.iught with great WASHINGTON, I >. C, Dec 1.— [The Cnite States Army lost one of its l.ir.ivest and most conspicuous officer. today when .Major Andrew S. Row an, who lately has b< en on duty at Port Douglas. I'tah. was placed on the retired list after mor« than thirtytwo years' service. Special to The Spirit. BOY SUSPECTED OF STAR THEATRE THEFT IN TOILS By United Pres.*. < 'A M MR-OX. W. Va . Dec. I.—Tony PATRICK M'GRANOR EXPIRES SUDDENLY Pennsylvania .and New York produce the greatest number of cigars. New York produces the greatest amount of ale and beer. Pennsylvania come.s second on the list. The estimated receipts from the tax of corporations in li»10 will reach a fifteen million dollars. There i.s a decrease of one hundred and fifty-two million in the number of cigars smoked, is compared with last year. There is an increase of 703.0S7.278 in the number of cigarettes smoked over last year. The total revenue receipts for the past year are $24<>.2 1 2.7 U), divided as follows: spirits. $ 1 2X.31 5.1 SI; fermented liquors, f 5»'.,303,4tH»; tobacco, $51,- SS7.17S. *I*he revenues upon tobacco have increased J-.024.<1211 over the receipts of last ye ir. The largest increase is in chewing and pipe tobacco the amount being $1.47X..s75. The revenue on cigarettes has been increased by $72 2,1 91. The receipts from taxes upon whiskey ;» r• >.'•..»()!>.>3 l less dining 1901) than the preceding year; on ales and beers. $2,444.1 S3 !• >s. WASH IXC J TON, l>. C., Dec. 1.— The spread of temperance throughout the country has had a serious effect upon the revenue of the Government, according to the annual report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, which was made public today. fly United Press. Well Known Jefferson County Citizen Succumbs to Heart Trouble. Charles Kirpatrick Is Arrested at Johnsonburg—Other Arrests to be Made. Contiued on Page Two. ■And just here it will not be out of place to call the attention of the public and all who are interested in hospitals to their duty as humanitarians to hospital work. While donation da> entries but once a year, a great deal td' good could be accomplished by Last night the patients, without exception, who were interviewed on the subject, expressed themselves as being delighted with the attention they receivd from the visitors. Light lunch was served throughout the afternoon and evening, and most of the donutors spent some time visiting the in.mates of the hospital. Then there were choice groceries, all kinds of canned fruits, flour by the sack, silverware, rubber goods and supplies. The gifts included blankets counterpanes. sheets, pillow cases, towels, napkins bath-robes, wash rags and linens by the bolt or dozens. Hefore departing last night the Ladies' Committee appointed a subcommittee composed of the officers, who are to expend the cash contributions for supplies and equipment for the hospital. The committee includes Mrs. John P. Wilson, president; Mrs. Ed. P. Lynam, vice president; Mrs. IV (). Freas, secretary, and Mrs. G. C. Jlrown, treasurer. The gifts were stored in the big public reception room, where the tables, floor and window sills were taxed for storage room. About three hundred gifts, not including some $70 in cash, were received by the ladies' committee that yesterday conducted a donation party at the Punxsutawncy Hospital. The gifts came by the dozen, and every quarter of the tov\n and vicinity was represented. Some donations came from quite a distance, and from far-off Salina. Kansas, was telegraphed $5, the gift of Norman Balr, formerly of this place. ) Allow GENERAL DEMURS Contiued on Pago Two. Secretary Wilson concludes his review of the production of 1909 as follows: "Thi agricultural production of la-Oti mini add much to the prosperity of f'irmers. The record is unexam- The increas.' in the value of farm products this yea:- over 1908 000,000, is enough to buy a new equipment of farm machinery for over 6,000,000 farms. The value of the ceresil crops to the farmer would pay for all of the machinery, tools. and Implements of the entire manufacturing industry. The value of all crops, $i"»,700,000.000. would make a half payment on the value of all steam railroads according to the valuation of 1904. This is -the year of highest production Cor potatoes tobacco, beet sugar, all sugar and rice; next to the highest production for corn, oats and till c«*reals. Compared, with 1908 gains in values aiv found all along the line, the exceptions being barley, buckwheat, rye and milk. The increase for cotton, lint and seed i.s $208,000,- 000; wheat $107,000,000; corn $105,- 000,000; hay $29,000,000; oats $22.- 000,000; tobacco $18,000,000, potatoes $ I 5,000,000. Compared with the average of the previous five years, all principal crops are greater in quantity this year except cotton, flaxseed, hops, and; cane sugar; but without exception every crop is worth more to the farmer than the live year average. PUNX'Y HUNTERS RETURN WITH TWO BIG DEER After -ix days of debate, marked by many brilliant passages of statesmanlike oratory, they chose to defy th« power of the Liberal government and the apparent sentiment of the country, thereby not only blocking the conduct of public affairs, but mtklng«n Issue of their own prerogatives. For one of the most prominent features In the determined stand of the government is that the House of Commons alone should control the purse of the nation, and that the House of Lords has no right to reject or mutilate a financial measure. Tru«- to their traditions. If not to tin ir own interests or the interests of tin- <ountr\. tin lords took tin momentous step with a sedate and detached calmness. l>iss egardlng the appeals of some of its a blest members, such as Lords Hi'sehery, \l orley, Cromer and Halfour and the archbishops of Canterbur> and York, the hereditary chamber a< cepted the challenge of the taxation measure and forced an appeal to the country in a general election. Great Britain's long-threatened political crisis was brought to a dlreot issu» last night when the House of Lord.-. by a vote of 3.'»0 to 7!», rejected the government's budget. Later the King will be called upon to . \plaln the a* tion taken by the Lords r The course taken b\ the upper House has made the cabinet's position untenable and there will probably b< a resignation. Commons' rights. The Cabinet resumed its session today. and this afternoon Premier Asquith will file .i motion protesting against the Lord's invasion of the Th» Conservative newspapers say that England is"facing a revolution." By United Press. LONDON, Eng.. Dec. 1.—The general belief in England following the rejection of the budget by the House ol Lords, thai the whole legislative machinery will be changed, and that the Lords will becom. a purely elective body. HIS FlflST m ONLY JOB A FINISH FICHt Hits of llesh and splinters from tin wagon wore found scattered in ail directions. hundreds of yards away from the magazine. The c iuse of the explosion is unknown. A hole thirty-live feet in diameter and fifteen feet deep was found on the site of tin- magazine. Reports suy that the shook was felt in Washington, Pa., twenty-live miles from here. A team of horses and a wagon, standing nearby were also blown to bits, antl the windows in all the houses here were shattered. Shuster. an oil shooter, was blown to atoms early today as the result of the explosion of the nitroglycerin magazine of tile Marietta Torpedo Company, half a mile from here. Vnt>i«(l at Urrliliurir. Such Is the Claim of Frank Miller, Two Squads Manage to Get a Buck Apiece-One Party Had Long Chase. Each <>f the four leading contestants will tod i.v appoint a friend and the vote will br oHieiall-y counted. Miss Ga began wins the diamond ring. A locket goes to Miss McMillen and a theater pass to Mis.s Cromley unless the official count should materially change the figures. Sevteen thousand votes were cast in all. At eleven o'clock the friends of Miss (,1abegan stampeded the contest by nearly three thousand Votes in the box for their candidate. The unofficial count gives Miss Gfthegan, 5,261, Miss Carrie McMillen, -1,504; 'Marguerite Cromley, 1,269, and Miss Mary Zeltler 1,1 IS. The voting contest at the Star Theater wound up last night in a blaze of excitement. Up until ten o'clock Miss Carrie McMlllen led the van with over four thousand votes. Her nearest competitor was Miss Maud Gahegan, who had but little over two thousand votes in. eral Surprises. Star Theater Contest Minis With Sev- Fllllil BASKETBALL GAME Two squads of hunters, who took the full count of days allowed by law, returned home List night each with a fine deer in tow, and vivid descriptions of other antlered beasts that got 'I'm suspect a stranger of the robberies here would appear foolish, ;us the coreumstane«s surrounding the th«fts make it plain that the thi« ! or thieves witi entire! yfamlHar with tin- sur- Milled Claims that the hoy who es< ipid is .!>»** Smith, and that he hail never seen him before the night preceding the robbery. Miller had b« en seen in K tti nnaingy tdhrshdulfrfd seen in Kittanning the day preceding his capture. :tnd it is tin- belief of the police that he is implicated in several robberies that occurred there From the statement of Frank Miller, ef DuBoJs, who was raptured while robbing a furniture store at last Thursda\ morning, it would appear that neither he nor his companion who escaped, had been implicated In th' robberies which have taken place both here and at Du- Hois, as was at first suspected. Early in life he married Miss Mary Greer, of Wilmington who, with their two children, survives hm. The children are: Mrs. J. M. Quinn, Needles, Cal.; Mrs. J. B. Ericsson, Rocky Mount. X. C.; Frank, Canton, f)h 1»»; Mrs. J. P. Wilson, Punxsutawney, John and James, Hathmel, Mrs Joseph Mellany and Sue. DuBois and Esther and Charles, at home. Tile deceased was born in Ireland and came to this country with his parents when he w.is live years old, locating in Wilmington, Delaware, where In* spent his youth and early manhood. He was a member of Company I, 2nd liegiment, Delaware Volunteers, enlisting in September, 1861. | After the war he came to Jefferson ii'ounty, and has lived ever since on [the farm where he died. /Patrick McGranor, well known to the older inhabitants of Jefferson and Clearfield counties, died at his home four miles from DuBois, last night at nine o'clock of heart failure, aged sixty-eight years. DO N SHOPPING EAOEY STATE OUT OF DEBT The other boys, who were seen with Kirkpatrii k about the time the robbery was pulled olY, will be rounded up and It is expected that the hearing will result in more than tJie discovery of the Sunday night robbery. Constable O. P. \\'alk< r. who was deputized to serve the warrant, w« nt to Johnsonburg last night and brought Kirkpatrlck home this forenoon. slight operation, got the tip, he phoned to the Chief of Police at Johnsonburg to nab Kirkpatrick, whose father is Vaid to be employed at Johnfinliu rg. Chief of Police ('. K. Palmer >• -- terda\ got a tip about the Star Theater robbery of last Sunday night which last night led up to the arrest at .lohnaornburg of Charles, th. 1Gyear-old son of David Kirkpatrick, of Sutton Street. Punxsutawney, who Is charged with l>itig the leader of a gang of boys who were seen back of the theater about the time the robbers wa« pulled off. When th- chief, who has been routined to his hone since Sunday, recuperating from a The game will begin at eight o'clock sharp. Blose ha*, been moved from forward to center: Allison and Parsons will hold down the forwards, while Korh and Smith will be on the guards. Of last year's first team Blose and Allison are the only remaining ine:n-befs. The other members of the team, however, held down positions on the second five, and flu- team this year looks stronger than ever. The first basketball game of the season, which will be played at the Central V. »M. <'. A. Friday •■veiling, between the local high school five and tlie team of the Clearfield High School, promises to be a fast one. School Till ills Will Play Friday Kvening. Punxsutawney and Clearfield High The action was brought iby ten Italians residing in Florence through their (attorney, Lex N. Mitchell, of this place. The house in question was destroyed during the well-remembered Flornee riot, when two State Policemen were killed. The house was dynamited and later burned to the ground to force Tabone, who had killed the troopers from the upper story, where he had barrict| ded himself. He was killed and his body remove from the house before It was destroyed by the flames. The proceeding is the first since the creation of the State Police Force, and the Commonwealth claims that it is not responsible for any action of the State Police in discharge of their duty. Sajs State is Not KcK|xi»Kil)lc for Itaz( ing of Houses 11,v the i Police. HARRISBUUG, Dec. 1.—The Attorney General's department has demurred to the action brought against the Commonwealth for recovery of the damages by ten Italian residents of Jefferson County, who were granted permission to sue by the last Legislature because their homes were destroyed in a battle with State Policemen in September, 1906. ttlOO FILED PBOCEEDK MIDSHIPMAN Will RECOVER i><< i.—The state afternoon, and a statement show- that fiscal yi-iir ended at 4 o'clock yesterday ALABAMA GOtS MI Mr. Pinehot makes known his views upon these two "ehief sources of power of the present and future" in a letter written to Dr. Lyman Abbott, of New York, in response to a series of questions asked by the latter on "The National Conservation P«»llcy." which was ! made public yesterday, and which Ic declares aiv clearly the most pressing conservation matters which will require action at the coming session of congress. WASHINGTON, 1>. C\, Deo. 1.— Clifford Pinehot. chief of the United f-Uate.s Forest Service, has again thrown down the gauntlet to Secretary of the Interior Ballinger, in the issue between himself and the latter, in regard to the conservation policy. Me declares that Congress will hive to decide at its forthcoming session whether the great coal fields of the country shall continue to remain in the hands of the people or be gobbled up by monopolies, and whether the great water power sites shall be given lawny to special interests or be controlled by the people. l>ov\n to So«»ivtnry of the Interior. Pinehot lias Again Thrown <i4iiiiit|et Cmoner Malm refused to indicate what action he would take concerning this evidcm • It is reported that the factory inspector has other evidence conct rning boys who did not die in the mine which will place in the hands of the State'* attorney. CHERRY, lil i)c. i.—Evidence of violations of the child labor law in the ca.Ms of three hoys who died ill the r«'c« nt mine disaster was placed in the hands ->f Coroner Malm yesterday by a representative «>i Factory Inspector Edgar T. Div • Affording to the deputy inspectors the boys were fifteen yearn old each THREE INJURED II AUT01 ANNAPOLIS, Mil., Doc. 1—Midshipman Karl D. Wilson, quarterback of the naval lu-adcmy football tenth, who was Injured more than eight weeks ago in the same w'ith Villa Nova, and who ever since has been paralyzed from the head down, has ho far Improver that h<« Is able to sit up for a short time. The surgeons arc by this fact encouraged to hope that the spinal cord, which had been compressed by the fracture of a vertebra, will finally return to its normal condition, the pressure upon it having been removed. and that complete recovery from the paralysis will follow. The statement of the Treasury shows that during the year $4 5,700 of the state bonds were purchased, and that the State debt, which was anticipated, Is exceeded by the sinking fund. The State debt is given as $2,643,1*17.- 02 and the sinking fund $81171*4 in excess of that sum. '$29,101,188.78. and the expenditures $30,021.77:1.57, leaving a balance of $8,620,014.79 in the State depositories, divided between $5,967.1*79.83 in the general fund, and $2,652,034.96 in the sinking fund. The receipts during the year having the best previous record were slightly over $27,000,000. during the year the receipts were SIM DECLARE SHE Judge Galbraith. of Butler; Judge Telford, of Indiana, and either Judge lieed, of Brookvltle, or Judge Harry "Vtfilson, of Clarion, will constitute the court. The next step is the commissioning of the three judges residing nearest Kittanning to meet here, organize a court and conduct the hearing. Their decision is final and cannot be appealed from. The latter, after ascertaining the papers were in proper form, certified them to Governor Edwin S. Stuart. The rumored judgeship election contest in Armstrong County became ■a reality Monday morning when Democratic County Chairman W. A. McAdoo filed the proceedings at Harrisburg before the Attorney General, says the Kittanning Leader. NINETY HUNTING VICTIMS. A state wide prohibition bill whs passed by the legislH'ture which had been elected on a local option platform; and, while several counties had declared for prohibition under the local option act, the voters of the entire state had never been called upon before to pass upon the question direct.lion. B1 KM INGHAM. Ala. D< < I.—Ala- Alabama Monday defeated a prohibition amendment 1the state constitution by a large majority, estimated at from 12,000 to 20.000 votes. The election was the first popular expression in Alabama on the subject of proh'ibi- AKRKSTKD AT DUBOIS Punxsutawney stores are particularly well fitted this year to supply your Christmas needs, and at this season the stocks are complete and new. The goods have not been handled and overhauled by the hundreds of buyers and those who do their holiday shopping now will have a great adtage over the last minute gift hunter who, in many cases, will find themselves sadly disappointed in their selections."■Express companies all over the country, as well as the postal department, are preparing for an unprecedented rush of holiday traffic and. while they are making ever> preparation to handle it promptly, it Is probable that many consignors of gifts to distant points will be disappointed in not having their gfts de- Ivered until long after Chrstmas. Last year much of the Christmas traffic did not reach the parties, to whom it j was addressed until after the first of the year, and unless gifts are dispatched much earlier this year they i will probably meet with the same fate." Newspapers throughout the country are .solicited to give publication to the following advice to Christmas shoppers:Stock Will He Picked Over your Ciil'ts as Karly us Possible. John'R. Frampton, who had been hunting with William Wingert, of Brookville, and other Jefferson County nimrods, in upper Clearfield County, arrived home last night with a fin© two-pronged buck, which Mr. Frampton slew. The Punxsutawney hunter allowed another tine buck to escape in the belief that it was a doe. Shortly after passed from his view it raji into another bunch of hunters, and [was captured. He is a five-pronged beauty, tips the scale at 195 pounds, and is bring exhibited at the Central Meat Market. On the way home, and while coming through the open beyond Clearfield yesterday evening, the Punxsutawney hunter.s and all aboard the New York Central passenger, a good view of a line big buck that was browsing just across the river. About noon Thursday the entire party came upon the beast, who was still able to make 20 feet at a jump, and Beyer and McKee hit him in the shoulder, and Gourley put a bulle.t in his neck, after which the critter, bullet-laden, came to earth. away Dr. Meigs Beyer, Ezra Gourloy and William MeKee. who spent the season in the mountains of adjacent Clearfield and Clinton counties, g«»t a line five-pronged buck after n chase that began last Wednesday evening, and was not concluded until the next day about noon. Kzra Oourley shot the deer, and broke its left front leg Wednesday night. The animal came down, btit when McKee and (lourley were rushing up to give him the knife •be sprang up inct. swinging the wounded leg like a llail, made off un' dor cover <>f darkness Thursday morning, when the chase was renew- I ed. Or. Beyer, who got first sight of the deer, got a shot at him. but missed. Two more shots took effect in the same place, and the antlered [quadruped was off again. WASHINGTON. D. C., Dec. 1.— Following is the forecast for Western Pennsylvania: F.ar and warmer tonight. Thursday, warmer, with increasing cloudiness. sum and released. A man who gave his name as Watt, and his residence as Punxsutawney, was arrested yesterday afternoon at DuBols for fast driving. At his hearing this morning he was fined a small Oreenwald, the tlrst to regain consciousness. called for aid and they were brought o the hospital hero. The auto struck and broke off a telephone pole and then turned turtle. All the occupants lay in the field unconscious for two hours. MO.\ESSEN. Ph.. Dec. 1. — John Husher, Mrs. Edward Oreenwald, Harry Philipsbaum and Edward Greenwaid were injure last night by an automobile getting beyond their control and dashing from the road. CHICAGO, 111.. Dec. 1—The bunting season, which closed yesterday, was marked by many fatal acidents as usual, the number of dead reaching 90-find the Injured 4 3. In the previous year 57 were slain, in 1907, 82 and in 1906, 74. Wisconsin and Upper Michigan continues to furnish the greatest number of victims. 'PAKKEKtfBlTRG, W. Va., Dec. 1.— After a year's illness Newton Ogdenf 68 years old, formerly secretary of At ate of West Virgina, died at his home here this morning of Rright's [disease. NEWTON OGDEN DEAD By tonight every union man between St. Paul and the Pacific will have quit their jobs, thus tying up a vast amount of railway traffic throughout the Northwest. ST. PAUL. Minn.. Dec. 1.—-President Hawley, of the Switchmen's Union has declared a strike of switchmen on all railroads entering the Twin Cities. By United Press.