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VOt. IV N0.71 mil DAUI IMM Till n rotM HOME OR PLACE OP BUMlIT— VOr WISH TO DISPOSE OPT TR* Ot'H CENT-A-WOUD COLUMN. It tt HAVE YOU nn|#nf attmes jfyifit JAMES HCElAIStERS T. L. LEWIS' STATEMENT PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA. THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9,1909. Ml! run « IDCERK FREIGHTER BURNS TO ! WATER'S ED8E ON LAKES PRICE TWO GENTS PETITION TO fMD COMPANY BEAftS FRUIT STRUCTURE CAPITALIST Mate and Member of Crew Perish in Flames—Captain and 12 Others Are Adrift. Train That Formerly Left Punx'y For Bradford, Early in Morning Will be Put on. Malefactors" alist in Adders Hall. Vice-President District No. 2 United Mine Workers of America Defends Himself, j NEWS CHALLENGE 10 LEWIS SURYIUQRS III SERI60S COllUH ALL SETTLED BUT THE TIME to Cook Willi It-opoMltloii When Tl'.i'y ICfallzcd Ho Wh* In I)oop Water. IDLE! KIEV KOTHING OF PUNS" [Turned on iplorer Be* cause Promised Failed to Materiaize. TOR IUMTED AT THE CHANCE'* EHJOTEI) M STFAK The Prairie State Incubato; peoplP atv making things hum these days. Last week 2a,000 cataloging were mailed at the postbffice in this place. At present about f»0 men are employed in the factory, and each day sees many new orders placed on the nit The force will be greatly increased in a short time. This factory is amo.ig the leaders in the United States, and supplies the necessities of life for scores of fatpilies in town. R. & P. Company Constructing Power Plant and Tipple—Now Men |V)r Work. HOMER CITY. Doc. 9.—With tht« various coal companies making full time, and increasing their plants workmori arc coming here. During he past week a half dozen new families have moved to town, and many more are expected in the near future. The men will be mployd on the work at tin- Rochester and Pittsburg Coal & Iron Company's plant at Lucerne. A power plant and tipple is included in the new work there, which i« to !>«■ erected at once. Ground has al- ready been broken for the power plant, which will be rushed with all possible speed. This plant and tipple will, be among the largest in the State, and will require a year and a half to complete them. liruiu. Shot l>y W'ahcr llroun and .loliu l ink. Caracas Table at I'uuxsiita wncy Club. ONLY PRODUCES LAUGHIfR tails from yllle, roim I tuted Ins through Big: Run selling a wagon load of jilce young porkers. At the McClure Hotel Mr. Sirwk endeavored to soil n couple of the pigs, and while In dickering with the proprietor a well known Big Hun citizen, In a spirit of mischief, cut about an ine'i off the tails t»f every one of the pigs. The appendage operation did not damage th<' porkers In tin* slightest, but it intercfcrecl greatly with the sale ol" them. Prospective buyers in looking over the stork noticed that the pigs were all minus a part of their tails and refused to buy. believing: that some disease was rampant among the stock. Mr. Sink believes that the extra endeavor required to sell the pigs is worth ten dollars. .P. X. Cni>taln l.con Pitcher Says There Is Notlilllg in "The Hlue Mouse" to OITcml. recover. The dead first mate, whose name has not >vt been learned, was suffocated soon after the tire was discovered. The six survivors who are here tire in a serious condition from exposure, hut the doctors say they wifl The Anchor officials fsar that Captain K. J. Bell and his Hwlve men 4ire lost. By United Piths. CLK VKI.AXP, Dec. 9—The \nchor JJne freigh;er Clarion was ourned to I hi- water'* edge off Point Pelet. Ontario. last night. The first mate and one of the crew perished Six members of the crew are In Cleveland and the Captain and 1J others who left the ship in a life boat have not been heard from. The six men brought here were taken off a boat by th> steamer Hannah. Seven tried to leave the Clarion in yawl, but it swamped and one of them was drown* d. The others returned to the Clarion and were rescued.Onv of the petitions signed recently l>y the buainetw men and traveling men of Punxsuta wney, anil knights «»f the grip in general u ho "make" this town, for additional railroad service, is to bear fruit In the near future, in the re-eatabliHhment of the train that formerly left this place early in the morning and the one that arrived hern from the north late at night, over the U . II. \ P Railroad. The* train is scheduled as th. Bradford Punxsutawne> Accommodation. It now haves Dubois at 7:45 a. m., go«* to Bradfo/d, and, returning, arrives at DuBois at 8 o'clock p. m. When the service Is extended to this place it will leave Punxsutawney i about 7 o'clock a in. for Bradford and, returning, will arriw in Punxsutaw ne\ at about V4.*» o'clock p. m. The schedule makers of tin- B., R. Ar P. haw not yet completed their work, and the date for the change in the service has not been decided, but it can be stated on the best authority that it will be in the near future. The addition of an early train out- from this place, and a later train in from DuBois, has been desired by patrons of the B.. It. & P. Railroad, and the new service will doubtless prove ,i popular move on the part of the company. MAKING A BIG HI! lue on the perfected records IW YORK, Doc. 9.—Reiterating leelaration that Captain August I "perfected" a series of astro- Ihl observations for Dr. Cook in- Rg a "map of the heavens" as Kinety degrees norteh," George K an insurance broker, insisted IB turned on Cook because the Hailed to pay the "balance of $3.4 nomfl dical seen] Dunj thatj lattfl submitted to the University of and bfecause this story was .-S to the local morning paper. He s«f that John R. Bradley knew *>f Cook's planning to frame up He also said that W&L Bradley was honest but had been handed a lemon by Cook. lie said Oook jumped at the proposition of Dunkle and Loose to make the observations, he not seming to know how to make them, and acted as a man relievo*! of a great responsibility. Besides the money promised for the records, said Loose. Cook Is still a mystery. Friends of Cook say that this is another attempt of the Peary Adherents to discredit Cook. Jr Dunkle declared when questioned Mhat he realized when he made the jSiropositlon to Cook that he could Snake money selling the story to the tiewspapers if Cook wouldn't pay fenougn. He said that always thought a faker and that he was never [near the pole, judging from the varilT.oo*e saying that be beliovyd C »ok had been somewhere near tin.' pole. While in the City of Brotherly Love and beautiful houses, Captain Pitcher one night went to the Adelphi Theatre to see "The Blue Mouse," whie* had a two-weeks' run in Philadelphia, and which will be the attraction a* the Jefferson Theatre next Wednesday night. Captain Pitcher confirms the Philadelphia theatrical critics, who s-tated that "The Blue Mouse" has nothing in the lines or production that should offend any lover of farce comedy or of extravaganza, and that it is one of the brightest and best laugh produee.-s anu»ng eVrntemporn neous show« of the kind. Philadelphia ns packed the house every night as did Ootlia.nites during its long run in New York City, and there was no talk of banishing it from the stage One theatrical otitic says that "The J31ue will stand the test «»f the "Pure Fudge" laws,, and Is guar anteed not to contain harmful Ingredients. such as the old joke microbe, this-is-no-place-for-a-lady torn my rot, etc. It is five per cent, humor, one per cent, nonsetfse, til'teen per cent, cleverness and 70 per cent riproarious- Leon Pitcher, captain or Troop D, State Police, has returned from a two-weeks' vacation, part of which he spent in Philadelphia. 'Dear Sir and Brother: — "Supplementing my explanation made i.i the telegram yesterday, 1 beg to say that President Lewis participated in all the negotiations between to< miners and operators of Eastern Ohio, in 190G. He agtccd to the contract and signed same, and 1 assure you that if he, who was then National Vice- President, had 11 oc favored and agreed to the contract himself, the miners' representatives would not have agreed to the same. Mr. L#evvis also Mgned the contract* in lOasit rn Ohio in 1908. and as evidence of this I win forward you under separate cover, a copy of the agreements of 1906 and 190s. You will then sc. his name attached to these agreements. In addition, at no time has he ever criticised myself or any of th»- other ofllcers of the Organization, at least In my presence, on account of these agreements, for It could not be consistently done by him for the reason that he himself favored, agreed to and signthis contract. "Trusting: this explanation will correct any impressions that might be made, I am, 'Very 11 ui> yours, "WILLIAM <! RiEEN." "I also .submit affidavit made by President Watkins, President of Sub- District No. f». or District No. ♦». <>1 Ohio, which will be sclf-cxplanator> : ness. It is also guaranteed to supply tho darkest cloud with a silver lining. Infants, old men, ladles who ure longer young, and the man who doe* not keep track of tho ball score, should see it f"r what ails them. 447 RAILROAD EMPLOYES KILLED IN OCTOBER Kenneth s. Clark Hoiim* |\»r Holiday* i sjht Bi lls" Selling l-'ast in Xmet'ica and JCur<>|>c. Kenneth S. Clark, the song writer, arrived here yesterday from New York to spend the holidays at the home of his parent*, Mr. and Mrs. F\ j L. Clark. Mr. Clark reports that the pres. nt theatrical season is adml'ted to !>• the most disastrous* in years, due, partially, to the popularity of moving picture .shows At a time of mi h depression in the theatres Mr. Clark is fortunate In having: a standard composition, "Vesper H» H-. which is not affected by fluctua!ion* in the theatrical business. In fa. t, h« has taken id vantage of the situation b> granting to the Excelsior Slide Company. of New York, th« . xclusive lantern slide rights of "Vesper Uells." which is used as an illustrated song- in moving picture houses throughout the country. The John Church Company, publishers of this number, has sent to 10.000 convents in the United States and Canada, copies of the title page, on the hai• k of which is&taitip' ii the tlrst page of tin piano solo. And arrangements of "VeSp. r ).Selis" have been distributed to or. hestras and bands everywhere. in addition to the splendid showing of the number in America good .sales are reported from England and Cuba, and sacred song edition of "Ve.-per Hells" has Just been issued, enlarging the wide appeal of Mr. Clark'> new. st success. CHRISTMAS SINNER FN PCOR (Continued on p.tare -three."v For the Democratic party, which he denominated as "trust buster", and the Republican party, which lie dubbed the "trust-regulator," Mr. Kennedy has nothing in common. He stated that it made little difference whether they elected good men or bad men to office. They would at til Sir worst I" grafters in a small way. What the Socialist wants, said he, Is every cent of the product of his labor. Here the speaker named over a list of ancient worthies who had been squelched by the guillotine, sabre or what not. Mr. Kennedy, however, may not have noticed the temperature, as h<" ♦rot riirht down to brass tacks and ken' it un for over an hour, not even allowing time for bis* business agent to ills*nose of any of the Socialistic literature that was spread over a desk back of thef audience. Mr. Kennedy looko i wurrn himself, and if he had made it as warm for thp daneine class a« be did for the "capitalistic" class there would not have been any grumbling on th:j t score. M \ Kennedy is in favor of ellmlnmating the capitalist from <»ur sociai structure. How rapidly he would 'ewe It done was indicated by him I when he naming certain "malej factors of great wealth," that if thev should all tret aboard a blpr boat and s ill for Kurope and if the boat, when about (100 miles off the Sandy Hook lighthouse, should go to the bottom with all on board they (the M. of O. \Y.) neve* would be missed. Ah h a consummation couWl probably, not be consummated, the speaker let drop the hint that the trust magnates and capitalists should be effaced like unto certain tyran's of tiie past ages. Thi- youngsters. they who had come to do the Highland Fliag. and not to h»»nr the "welkin ring." did their br*t »o aret Interested in what Mr. Kennedy \va* vivinir. and thev mleht have been successful but for the fact that a current of cold air somehow found »ts way into the hall and gave the aroeeedine"« a chill aspect. " A few waltzes and two-steps would have come in handy as chill-breakers, and the young men in the audience said it was a shame for that man to kern ♦hem sitting there freezing. The girls did not say the same thing, but they looked it. n men, five wo* ni'-n, ten girls and 11 boys who heard anj considerable portion of the addtvss 11i-t last night was given in Zeitler's Dance Hall by Thomas F. Kennedy, of McKeea Rocks, Pa., Socialist. and author of "The Pennsylvania Infernal Regions." Of the eleven boys and ten girls present during the fore part of the • veiling, all of the former and most of the latter belonged to a dancing class that looked upon the proceedings with anything but ecmaninlmity at first, but later permitted themselves to become a nart «»f the aud'enee that huddled around the man on the platform. Later six more 1; »vs came in and six men went out, leaving the audience at an even 44. and the compound dangefeusly near 4-11-44. ANITA COAL MINING COMPANY BUYS NO. 6 W. S. B:*own$ Si nator T. M. Kurt'/, I"). U. Mi* In tyro, T. J. Uodgers, S. A Minn. J. \V. yVilson, John li. Fee Robert Criss, George Post. Jesse Whitemr.n. A. \V. Calloway, Thomas Fleckensteln, olaf Hansen, \V. S. Dins more, John furry and C. Jl. Freas. of Punxsutawney; Nat II. W'etstein, • if f'ittshnrr "(1 Owon Fdelblute, of Roynoldsville. Those who wire in on tli< finish of Br'er Hear last night were the l'ollo wing: 1' ii'n Mr. Brown, who contributed the b*:v:* in< if, and the Club man .v-n rs who got up the affair, received more congratulations than a newlymarried couple a; a church wedding, and Mr. IJrown was importuned to kill more bear in the manner and form I hat brought down «>1>I bruin, up li the wilds of Canada. Mr. We st»-in got ;i noisy hand foi hi.s first « ff»-i t, an encore for his next, in o\r lion for .ii.<. ::ext. and so on until he got Sunny Joe Wilson. Ola» Hansen, the bell boy, J esse Whiteman and others started, and before the diners had finished their cigars, these celebrate.1 reconteurs had provoked more laughter than did "A Broken Idol" back at the Jefferson Theatre the other night. Space no. time, etc., will not permit of a ro production of the output, but if laugh ter is, as claimed by Horace Fletcher and others, an aid to digestion, tha collation was in process of assimilation long before the last story w& ri i led off. The function was to have been without uftcr-dinnei' frills, but bear meat and cranberry sauce ha.s other than dcglutitiona i y att ribu Someone mentioned that Nat H. Wotstelh, of Pittsburg* who on< ir the invited guests, knew a good story, and it was all olY with conven- lonalfty. The choicest c uts from the eareasts of the big black bear that Walter S. I'rown an.I John Fink, of this place, slew in Canada .some weeks ago, last night formed thr nucleus <'f a line collation thai was .served in the banquet hall of th" Punsutawne> Club. The curcass had been kejit in the Merris ' Href Company's refrigerator until it w«uv "dime" to a dark hue and the club > iefs did the re.st. Served with yams, tomatoes. Ktufling and cranberry sauce, with a submerge I cherry concoction as a washer, the "b'ar mra: furnished a "ground chunk* for a spread that was disposed of with neatness and dispatch by the score of epicures En- gaged THE HOLY HIT TONIGHT HARU1SISURG, Dec. 9.—Statistics compiled by the Pennsylvania Ktate Railroad Commission show that dur ing the month of October, 11)00, 447 employes were killed and 6<* 1 Injured, on the steam railroads of thiyf Ji/ite. Urakemen. &cctionmcn and train laborers furnished moni than 50 per cent, of the fatal accidents. Others killed or injured were as follows: Iias:a:afcrorn. n avp iniured; brake, men, 12 killed and 190 injured; car repairmen and lnsepctors, three killed and 15 Injured; conductors, six"killed and 44 injured; engineers, four killed and 53 Injured; firemen, 82 Injured; flagmen, 15 injured; .sectionmen and worktrain laborers, 13 killed. and 110 injured. HYDROPHOBIA EPIDEMIC salvation \riu> Here Will Do Their I'a'-t to ((hidden l>c*olaie Hearts. The Salvation Army throughout the entire Christian world is at the present time soliciting money, food and clothing, to b> distributed among the needy poo;- on Christmas. Last year the local brunch of the army gladdened the homes of a score • »r more of I'unxy'n poor by the Rift o( a real Christinas dinner, clothing, i'U'. Through the agency of the Salvatoin Army 400,000 Christmas tilnners were scrvil to the poor of America alone on Christmas, lnOs. t'aptuin Abbott, in charge of the local barracks, is familiar with the conditions 'h< r« and knows tIi«• worthj t»«•'»!*. and tho.s, who give t the caus< can rent as*'- ' — it moat will cause that « reived by Money, c and all U MIIS. "This da> personally appeared before the undersigned authority, A. It. Watkins, who being the lirst duly s\vo: n t>y the undersigned authority. on his oath deposes and soys: that he was President of Sub-District No. .*■ and took part in the Joint conference composed of the Association of Pittsburg Vein (>perator.s of Ohio, for their mines in Heiniont, Harrison and Jeff.-r-son counties, Ohio, and the United Mine Workers of America, that arranged the 1906 contract for Sub-District No. or what is generally known as Eastern Ohio; tnat T. L. Lewis then National Vice President and now President of the United Mine Workers of America took part in said conference; that he advised and agreed to the acceptance of the contract, then agreed upon in the Joint conference, and that after the agreement he signed the 1906 contract for Sub-District No. A. 11. WATKINS. "Taken, sworn to and subscribed before iile this 4th day of September, '00. "bOUIS PR IS BOLT. •Justice nf the Peace of and for above County. ".My Commission expires January 1st. 1912." 'State of Ohio, County of Jefferson, to wit: "The Holy city." Clarence Bennett's wonderfully .successful Hlblical drama, s-'i ms destnled to take a place amon% tli»> classies of the American stags, say the advance agent. Each year It is presented to audiences of Increasing size. Its popularity does not seem to wane and eager demands are always made for return engagements. The .costuming is rich and a delight to the eye. and the company to said to be a very capable one. "The Holy City" i.*> the attraction tonight at the Jefferson Theatre. The full narratives of Captain Loose and Mr. Dunkle constitute one of the mot facinating chapter in all the literature of imposture. Captain Loose, it will be scon, frankly expresses his scorn of Doctor Cook's claims, laughs at his ignorance of the simplest essentials for accurate observations in the Arctic regions, and describes at length how, working backward frroJ/N the pole, he calculated observations that would fit ni with Cook's narrative, and coached him on the necessary modifications of the latter—as, for example, that he must be sure to record that he rose before 4:15 o'clock on a morning, because it was at that time a certain star, mentioned In one of Loose's calculations, would be visible. Mr. Dunkle describes the inception of the enterprise; how from the newspapers they gathpapers they gathered that Doctor Cook was in deep water, and inferred that he would be glad to pay fo. help; how Dunkle got John R. liiaJley, Cook's backer, to introduce him; l)ow the subject was led up to delicately and the bargain finally struck and carried out, and how, at last, Doctor Cook disappeared, after accepting their work and paying only 1260 for it. The Philadelphia Public Ledger and the New York Times in this morning's issues, devoted over two pages Lto the Cook expose. The Ledger says, Bn part: K The Public Ledger presents here- Ifcth the remarkabl enanatives of two .Kn, made under jath, declaring that tVkv were employed by Dr. Frederick JBk to fabricate astronomical aclother observations far submission story. toV the University of Copenhagen, wh*'h is about to pass upon Dr. Cook's assertion that he discovered the North poh] on April 21, 1908. These men are George H. Dunkle, an insurance broker, of 31 Nassua street, New York, and Captain August Wedel Loose, a sea captain, of 4 37 Thirteenth street. Brooklyn. For their labors they were to have received jointly from Doctor Cook *4000, with an additional bonus of $500 to Captain Loose upon the acceptance of the records by the University of Copenhagen. They say that Doctor Cook had paid them only $260 when he disappeared on the eve of the dispatch of his "records" to Copenhagen, two weeks ago, andl his failure to pay the sum remaining due them freely acknowledge to be their motive for coming forward with the Funeral will be held Saturday afternoon. Funeral arrangements have not yet been completed. Shi- Ik kui .one child. nn«l thror brothers als osurvlve her. Mr*. last «>vt»n!ng ajc<*d t'hirtj grratly b*«! h«*r uMtimby her mi and thu tthn.-. w!i»» mod ' R't it. >thing,l and food of any ids will bo gratefully reaptaln Abbott. It is a « ryone should help along. mm l»!i rtones, of Elk Run. died iiktvr n protrucfc-d illness, j> ars. Well Itnown and \<-d in that neighborhood, lyuleath will Me deeply felt Itiiude of fjpfends. irvlWd Inkier husband and HoP""*fatht,r and mother Coshocton, O., 8-11. 1009. "Mr. Jamex Purcell, Vice Pres., "District No. 2, IT M. W. of A., Clearfield, Pa. Continued 011 Page Three. "Am further evidence at an Executive Board Meeting Held at Altoona, August flat, 1 submitted the follow - "I have five other nfflduvils ol a similar character, made by the mem* bers of that Seal Committee to stantlate the statement made by Pn »« ident 'Wutkins, to-wit: Le«' Hankln, secretary of the Joint Conference; Frank Peltx, Jaines Uriggs. John Ze* lenka, ami Joseph Swindler. "After reading carefully judge for youraelvea who lies. "To further corroborate my position 1 herewith submit a letter from William Green, President of District NTo. 6, of Ohio: " 'This explains why my name was to the contract of 1906.' "Now what correspondence or what harmony is there in the two statements^"To show that he LIED in his circular, on line 27 he makes the following .statements: "'While I was In Indianapolis till* Joint Convention and Joint Scale Committee held sessions and ag.ved upon a number of rules In my absence, among them was * the conditional clause in the agreement for the payment of 2 cents in regard to handling .vlate. " 'When 1 arrived in Wheeling from Indianapolis on July 25th, 1 fold President Green that 1 was not in favor of any such a clause. Hut he was the President ami 1 was willing to support his position, and did support It. I James Purcell, vice president of 'District No. 2, U. M. W. of A , of Clearfield, has issued the following selfexplanatory circular letter: "To the Members of D triet No. J, r. M. W. of A. "Brothers and Gentlemen—In a circular recently issued from Indianapolis a bovr the signature of National President T. L. Lewis some very misleading statements art> made in th s • Ircular concerning myself as your vice president that 1 canno; in justice to myself and to you leave go unchallenged or unanswered. President Lewis jn his circular seeks to vindicate himself of certain statements he made at the Clearfield Convention relative to thr signing of a Conditional .Scale in Ohio that carrird with it a reduction of some two cents per ton. 1 knrw that when the statements were made that he lied and I belirve that it is my duty and the duty of every man who has the least respect for truth, that when he Is fully convinced in his mind that, misleading statements or untruths have been made Irrespective of injuring friend or foe, that he shifujd know the truth. In order to have this information I comnunicatrd with a source from which this knowledge could be obt»>.n.C'd, but through some underhanded schema my telegram was intercepted and the contents immediately communicated to ''resident Lrwis. Immediatrly upon obtaining the information he goes out on the streets and in the hotel lobbies in thr town of Clearfield, denouncing me as a C» d liar and embrl- Mshing the .same in other words of orofanity. but failed to state to thos* people to whom he said that I had lied on what grounds I was lying. If it s a lie and a man is ty be classified is a (J d——— liar simply because . asks for information in order to >bUiin the facts and the truth, and if his Is tiie conception that the man 'las who occupies the position as National President of your Organization of what constitutes a liar, then you nor I will wonder why this gentleman makes such wandering and meandering statements, when a man has not got thr right conception of what constitutes truth and occupies the position as the President of your great Naional ,< )rganization—your representative and your mouth-piece. The im- ression that must naturally be Impressed upon the p'ublic at lafgc ' that the whole basis of your Organization is built upon falsehood and nisi epresenta tion. "To «um tho whole matter up In ihis brief explanation, the whole drcular is a campaign dodge where he ikes one .slap at me and two at bis opponent, William Gre»-n, and are the most demagogic utteranci-s that a man could make on the eve of election. 1 reiterate the statement again i.hat President Lewis lied and to substantiate the statement. J herewith luote from .stenographic and verbatim reports of the Convention held ai Mearfleld on August 7th. On page 1*7, line 39, he made J,he following &tatc. •lent: "I want to say irentlemen. that I novcr signed a conditional contract in my hie, and as long as 1 have goi tayihing to do with this organization 1 never will.' On page 1 OH, line 22. mother statement: 'And let me say to you mi ti here that I was not a party „o the agreement and critcised the Executive Officers of the District for making such a conditional #contract. Those are the facts.* The boy.s wore taken to Pittsburg for treatment and the. hog continued to run In a pen with eight other hoss. Several days ago two of the hogs bognn raving with hydrophobia, biting the other hogs and biting and shaking sticks like a dog. Mr. Stlteler w|lf lose the nine hogs.—ReynoltUvllle Star. About eight weeks ago a strange dog, showing signs of having hydrophobia, ran onto the premises of J. W. O'Hara, near Panic, bit Mr. O'- Hara's dog and ran on. The O'Hara dog was allowed to live four week*, until it had a fully developed case of hydrophobia, and after It 'had bitten Mr, O'Hara's son, two sons of John Stlteler, a neighbor, and also one of Mr. Stitcher's hogs, then the dog was killed. John Antonio Moreila, Infant son of Rev. and Mrs. John Moreila, of Anita, died early th'la morning and will be burled tomorrow afternoon in the K. of P. cemetery, at Ahlta. Cllllil) OIKS. J. B. KBKRHART CO Ltd.—I KTOllE NEWS, Several new numbers In Shirt Waists, embroidered front, nicely tailored, $1.50, and pure linen, $2.f»o*. Ladies' Fur Coats. 1-3 off. Several good ones at this price. Full new line of men's negligee shirts, ties ami hosiery. Ladles'. Misses and Children's underewear in great variety of kinds. Pricep 10c to $2.50., Holiday candies, nuts and fruits at vholwele prices. Although No. # has been idle for fourteen months it has been kept In igood repair by the Berwind-Whlte Company, and the new proprietors can begin taking out coal as soon as the switches are supplied. The Anita Coal Company t'-.us secures a body of excellent coal, the production of which will give employment to a force of men tor at least a decade. The Anita Coal Company, of this place, has purchased the No. t» mine property from the Burwind-VVhite Coal Company, south of Punxsutawney, and will begin operations at once. The new owners expect to employ about 100 men, and it will require about ten years to exhaust the supply that will be brought to the surface at No. (>. The shaft is located south of Punxsutaw ney. between the 13., R. & P. and the Penna, railroads, and most of the acreage lies south of Mahoning Cr6ud, although it extends northward and eastward under West End to a point underneath the Catholic. church. THK WEATHEIt WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 9.— Pair and colder tonight and tomorioyr. IttHBhn ■ - 6 mmm Sink, of Nca/l*luiiivHliy(\'iiiils j , , -* lJaniagiK— uTCSS 111 Zfi Thought I'yfkcrs wcu^ick. unique dafnagv was insti- ~ yesterdrf- in Corey's ij lirinn I wlicn Jf H. Siurn. of ni'iir Plum- 4* HtAnU I . ask»'d /for t«Jr dollars damages •\ for rutting the ,ff n of hSs »l*»- Then. v. . IV righto, summer Mr. Sink was huxtei - ■ §3 /•
Object Description
Title | Punxsutawney Spirit, 1909-12-09 |
Volume | IV |
Issue | 71 |
Subject | Jefferson County -- Newspapers; Punxsutawney Spirit -- Newspapers; Indiana University of Pennsylvania -- Newspapers: |
Description | An archive of the Punxsutawney Spirit daily newspaper (-1911) from Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. |
Publisher | Smith & Wilson; Spirit Pub. Co. |
Date | 1909-12-09 |
Location Covered | United States; Pennsylvania; Jefferson County (Pa.); Punxsutawney (Pa.) |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Identifier | ps_19091209_vol_IV_issue_71 |
Source | Microfilm |
Language | English |
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Title | Punxsutawney Spirit, 1909-12-09 |
Volume | IV |
Issue | 71 |
Subject | Jefferson County -- Newspapers; Punxsutawney Spirit -- Newspapers; Indiana University of Pennsylvania -- Newspapers: |
Description | An archive of the Punxsutawney Spirit daily newspaper (-1911) from Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. |
Publisher | Smith & Wilson; Spirit Pub. Co. |
Date | 1909-12-09 |
Location Covered | United States; Pennsylvania; Jefferson County (Pa.); Punxsutawney (Pa.) |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
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Language | English |
Relation | Property of The Punxsutawney Spirit. Use of the microfilm Courtesy of the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Special Collections & University Archives. |
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Full Text | VOt. IV N0.71 mil DAUI IMM Till n rotM HOME OR PLACE OP BUMlIT— VOr WISH TO DISPOSE OPT TR* Ot'H CENT-A-WOUD COLUMN. It tt HAVE YOU nn|#nf attmes jfyifit JAMES HCElAIStERS T. L. LEWIS' STATEMENT PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA. THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9,1909. Ml! run « IDCERK FREIGHTER BURNS TO ! WATER'S ED8E ON LAKES PRICE TWO GENTS PETITION TO fMD COMPANY BEAftS FRUIT STRUCTURE CAPITALIST Mate and Member of Crew Perish in Flames—Captain and 12 Others Are Adrift. Train That Formerly Left Punx'y For Bradford, Early in Morning Will be Put on. Malefactors" alist in Adders Hall. Vice-President District No. 2 United Mine Workers of America Defends Himself, j NEWS CHALLENGE 10 LEWIS SURYIUQRS III SERI60S COllUH ALL SETTLED BUT THE TIME to Cook Willi It-opoMltloii When Tl'.i'y ICfallzcd Ho Wh* In I)oop Water. IDLE! KIEV KOTHING OF PUNS" [Turned on iplorer Be* cause Promised Failed to Materiaize. TOR IUMTED AT THE CHANCE'* EHJOTEI) M STFAK The Prairie State Incubato; peoplP atv making things hum these days. Last week 2a,000 cataloging were mailed at the postbffice in this place. At present about f»0 men are employed in the factory, and each day sees many new orders placed on the nit The force will be greatly increased in a short time. This factory is amo.ig the leaders in the United States, and supplies the necessities of life for scores of fatpilies in town. R. & P. Company Constructing Power Plant and Tipple—Now Men |V)r Work. HOMER CITY. Doc. 9.—With tht« various coal companies making full time, and increasing their plants workmori arc coming here. During he past week a half dozen new families have moved to town, and many more are expected in the near future. The men will be mployd on the work at tin- Rochester and Pittsburg Coal & Iron Company's plant at Lucerne. A power plant and tipple is included in the new work there, which i« to !>«■ erected at once. Ground has al- ready been broken for the power plant, which will be rushed with all possible speed. This plant and tipple will, be among the largest in the State, and will require a year and a half to complete them. liruiu. Shot l>y W'ahcr llroun and .loliu l ink. Caracas Table at I'uuxsiita wncy Club. ONLY PRODUCES LAUGHIfR tails from yllle, roim I tuted Ins through Big: Run selling a wagon load of jilce young porkers. At the McClure Hotel Mr. Sirwk endeavored to soil n couple of the pigs, and while In dickering with the proprietor a well known Big Hun citizen, In a spirit of mischief, cut about an ine'i off the tails t»f every one of the pigs. The appendage operation did not damage th<' porkers In tin* slightest, but it intercfcrecl greatly with the sale ol" them. Prospective buyers in looking over the stork noticed that the pigs were all minus a part of their tails and refused to buy. believing: that some disease was rampant among the stock. Mr. Sink believes that the extra endeavor required to sell the pigs is worth ten dollars. .P. X. Cni>taln l.con Pitcher Says There Is Notlilllg in "The Hlue Mouse" to OITcml. recover. The dead first mate, whose name has not >vt been learned, was suffocated soon after the tire was discovered. The six survivors who are here tire in a serious condition from exposure, hut the doctors say they wifl The Anchor officials fsar that Captain K. J. Bell and his Hwlve men 4ire lost. By United Piths. CLK VKI.AXP, Dec. 9—The \nchor JJne freigh;er Clarion was ourned to I hi- water'* edge off Point Pelet. Ontario. last night. The first mate and one of the crew perished Six members of the crew are In Cleveland and the Captain and 1J others who left the ship in a life boat have not been heard from. The six men brought here were taken off a boat by th> steamer Hannah. Seven tried to leave the Clarion in yawl, but it swamped and one of them was drown* d. The others returned to the Clarion and were rescued.Onv of the petitions signed recently l>y the buainetw men and traveling men of Punxsuta wney, anil knights «»f the grip in general u ho "make" this town, for additional railroad service, is to bear fruit In the near future, in the re-eatabliHhment of the train that formerly left this place early in the morning and the one that arrived hern from the north late at night, over the U . II. \ P Railroad. The* train is scheduled as th. Bradford Punxsutawne> Accommodation. It now haves Dubois at 7:45 a. m., go«* to Bradfo/d, and, returning, arrives at DuBois at 8 o'clock p. m. When the service Is extended to this place it will leave Punxsutawney i about 7 o'clock a in. for Bradford and, returning, will arriw in Punxsutaw ne\ at about V4.*» o'clock p. m. The schedule makers of tin- B., R. Ar P. haw not yet completed their work, and the date for the change in the service has not been decided, but it can be stated on the best authority that it will be in the near future. The addition of an early train out- from this place, and a later train in from DuBois, has been desired by patrons of the B.. It. & P. Railroad, and the new service will doubtless prove ,i popular move on the part of the company. MAKING A BIG HI! lue on the perfected records IW YORK, Doc. 9.—Reiterating leelaration that Captain August I "perfected" a series of astro- Ihl observations for Dr. Cook in- Rg a "map of the heavens" as Kinety degrees norteh," George K an insurance broker, insisted IB turned on Cook because the Hailed to pay the "balance of $3.4 nomfl dical seen] Dunj thatj lattfl submitted to the University of and bfecause this story was .-S to the local morning paper. He s«f that John R. Bradley knew *>f Cook's planning to frame up He also said that W&L Bradley was honest but had been handed a lemon by Cook. lie said Oook jumped at the proposition of Dunkle and Loose to make the observations, he not seming to know how to make them, and acted as a man relievo*! of a great responsibility. Besides the money promised for the records, said Loose. Cook Is still a mystery. Friends of Cook say that this is another attempt of the Peary Adherents to discredit Cook. Jr Dunkle declared when questioned Mhat he realized when he made the jSiropositlon to Cook that he could Snake money selling the story to the tiewspapers if Cook wouldn't pay fenougn. He said that always thought a faker and that he was never [near the pole, judging from the varilT.oo*e saying that be beliovyd C »ok had been somewhere near tin.' pole. While in the City of Brotherly Love and beautiful houses, Captain Pitcher one night went to the Adelphi Theatre to see "The Blue Mouse," whie* had a two-weeks' run in Philadelphia, and which will be the attraction a* the Jefferson Theatre next Wednesday night. Captain Pitcher confirms the Philadelphia theatrical critics, who s-tated that "The Blue Mouse" has nothing in the lines or production that should offend any lover of farce comedy or of extravaganza, and that it is one of the brightest and best laugh produee.-s anu»ng eVrntemporn neous show« of the kind. Philadelphia ns packed the house every night as did Ootlia.nites during its long run in New York City, and there was no talk of banishing it from the stage One theatrical otitic says that "The J31ue will stand the test «»f the "Pure Fudge" laws,, and Is guar anteed not to contain harmful Ingredients. such as the old joke microbe, this-is-no-place-for-a-lady torn my rot, etc. It is five per cent, humor, one per cent, nonsetfse, til'teen per cent, cleverness and 70 per cent riproarious- Leon Pitcher, captain or Troop D, State Police, has returned from a two-weeks' vacation, part of which he spent in Philadelphia. 'Dear Sir and Brother: — "Supplementing my explanation made i.i the telegram yesterday, 1 beg to say that President Lewis participated in all the negotiations between to< miners and operators of Eastern Ohio, in 190G. He agtccd to the contract and signed same, and 1 assure you that if he, who was then National Vice- President, had 11 oc favored and agreed to the contract himself, the miners' representatives would not have agreed to the same. Mr. L#evvis also Mgned the contract* in lOasit rn Ohio in 1908. and as evidence of this I win forward you under separate cover, a copy of the agreements of 1906 and 190s. You will then sc. his name attached to these agreements. In addition, at no time has he ever criticised myself or any of th»- other ofllcers of the Organization, at least In my presence, on account of these agreements, for It could not be consistently done by him for the reason that he himself favored, agreed to and signthis contract. "Trusting: this explanation will correct any impressions that might be made, I am, 'Very 11 ui> yours, "WILLIAM 1 Ohio, which will be sclf-cxplanator> : ness. It is also guaranteed to supply tho darkest cloud with a silver lining. Infants, old men, ladles who ure longer young, and the man who doe* not keep track of tho ball score, should see it f"r what ails them. 447 RAILROAD EMPLOYES KILLED IN OCTOBER Kenneth s. Clark Hoiim* |\»r Holiday* i sjht Bi lls" Selling l-'ast in Xmet'ica and JCur<>|>c. Kenneth S. Clark, the song writer, arrived here yesterday from New York to spend the holidays at the home of his parent*, Mr. and Mrs. F\ j L. Clark. Mr. Clark reports that the pres. nt theatrical season is adml'ted to !>• the most disastrous* in years, due, partially, to the popularity of moving picture .shows At a time of mi h depression in the theatres Mr. Clark is fortunate In having: a standard composition, "Vesper H» H-. which is not affected by fluctua!ion* in the theatrical business. In fa. t, h« has taken id vantage of the situation b> granting to the Excelsior Slide Company. of New York, th« . xclusive lantern slide rights of "Vesper Uells." which is used as an illustrated song- in moving picture houses throughout the country. The John Church Company, publishers of this number, has sent to 10.000 convents in the United States and Canada, copies of the title page, on the hai• k of which is&taitip' ii the tlrst page of tin piano solo. And arrangements of "VeSp. r ).Selis" have been distributed to or. hestras and bands everywhere. in addition to the splendid showing of the number in America good .sales are reported from England and Cuba, and sacred song edition of "Ve.-per Hells" has Just been issued, enlarging the wide appeal of Mr. Clark'> new. st success. CHRISTMAS SINNER FN PCOR (Continued on p.tare -three."v For the Democratic party, which he denominated as "trust buster", and the Republican party, which lie dubbed the "trust-regulator," Mr. Kennedy has nothing in common. He stated that it made little difference whether they elected good men or bad men to office. They would at til Sir worst I" grafters in a small way. What the Socialist wants, said he, Is every cent of the product of his labor. Here the speaker named over a list of ancient worthies who had been squelched by the guillotine, sabre or what not. Mr. Kennedy, however, may not have noticed the temperature, as h<" ♦rot riirht down to brass tacks and ken' it un for over an hour, not even allowing time for bis* business agent to ills*nose of any of the Socialistic literature that was spread over a desk back of thef audience. Mr. Kennedy looko i wurrn himself, and if he had made it as warm for thp daneine class a« be did for the "capitalistic" class there would not have been any grumbling on th:j t score. M \ Kennedy is in favor of ellmlnmating the capitalist from <»ur sociai structure. How rapidly he would 'ewe It done was indicated by him I when he naming certain "malej factors of great wealth," that if thev should all tret aboard a blpr boat and s ill for Kurope and if the boat, when about (100 miles off the Sandy Hook lighthouse, should go to the bottom with all on board they (the M. of O. \Y.) neve* would be missed. Ah h a consummation couWl probably, not be consummated, the speaker let drop the hint that the trust magnates and capitalists should be effaced like unto certain tyran's of tiie past ages. Thi- youngsters. they who had come to do the Highland Fliag. and not to h»»nr the "welkin ring." did their br*t »o aret Interested in what Mr. Kennedy \va* vivinir. and thev mleht have been successful but for the fact that a current of cold air somehow found »ts way into the hall and gave the aroeeedine"« a chill aspect. " A few waltzes and two-steps would have come in handy as chill-breakers, and the young men in the audience said it was a shame for that man to kern ♦hem sitting there freezing. The girls did not say the same thing, but they looked it. n men, five wo* ni'-n, ten girls and 11 boys who heard anj considerable portion of the addtvss 11i-t last night was given in Zeitler's Dance Hall by Thomas F. Kennedy, of McKeea Rocks, Pa., Socialist. and author of "The Pennsylvania Infernal Regions." Of the eleven boys and ten girls present during the fore part of the • veiling, all of the former and most of the latter belonged to a dancing class that looked upon the proceedings with anything but ecmaninlmity at first, but later permitted themselves to become a nart «»f the aud'enee that huddled around the man on the platform. Later six more 1; »vs came in and six men went out, leaving the audience at an even 44. and the compound dangefeusly near 4-11-44. ANITA COAL MINING COMPANY BUYS NO. 6 W. S. B:*own$ Si nator T. M. Kurt'/, I"). U. Mi* In tyro, T. J. Uodgers, S. A Minn. J. \V. yVilson, John li. Fee Robert Criss, George Post. Jesse Whitemr.n. A. \V. Calloway, Thomas Fleckensteln, olaf Hansen, \V. S. Dins more, John furry and C. Jl. Freas. of Punxsutawney; Nat II. W'etstein, • if f'ittshnrr "(1 Owon Fdelblute, of Roynoldsville. Those who wire in on tli< finish of Br'er Hear last night were the l'ollo wing: 1' ii'n Mr. Brown, who contributed the b*:v:* in< if, and the Club man .v-n rs who got up the affair, received more congratulations than a newlymarried couple a; a church wedding, and Mr. IJrown was importuned to kill more bear in the manner and form I hat brought down «>1>I bruin, up li the wilds of Canada. Mr. We st»-in got ;i noisy hand foi hi.s first « ff»-i t, an encore for his next, in o\r lion for .ii.<. ::ext. and so on until he got Sunny Joe Wilson. Ola» Hansen, the bell boy, J esse Whiteman and others started, and before the diners had finished their cigars, these celebrate.1 reconteurs had provoked more laughter than did "A Broken Idol" back at the Jefferson Theatre the other night. Space no. time, etc., will not permit of a ro production of the output, but if laugh ter is, as claimed by Horace Fletcher and others, an aid to digestion, tha collation was in process of assimilation long before the last story w& ri i led off. The function was to have been without uftcr-dinnei' frills, but bear meat and cranberry sauce ha.s other than dcglutitiona i y att ribu Someone mentioned that Nat H. Wotstelh, of Pittsburg* who on< ir the invited guests, knew a good story, and it was all olY with conven- lonalfty. The choicest c uts from the eareasts of the big black bear that Walter S. I'rown an.I John Fink, of this place, slew in Canada .some weeks ago, last night formed thr nucleus <'f a line collation thai was .served in the banquet hall of th" Punsutawne> Club. The curcass had been kejit in the Merris ' Href Company's refrigerator until it w«uv "dime" to a dark hue and the club > iefs did the re.st. Served with yams, tomatoes. Ktufling and cranberry sauce, with a submerge I cherry concoction as a washer, the "b'ar mra: furnished a "ground chunk* for a spread that was disposed of with neatness and dispatch by the score of epicures En- gaged THE HOLY HIT TONIGHT HARU1SISURG, Dec. 9.—Statistics compiled by the Pennsylvania Ktate Railroad Commission show that dur ing the month of October, 11)00, 447 employes were killed and 6<* 1 Injured, on the steam railroads of thiyf Ji/ite. Urakemen. &cctionmcn and train laborers furnished moni than 50 per cent, of the fatal accidents. Others killed or injured were as follows: Iias:a:afcrorn. n avp iniured; brake, men, 12 killed and 190 injured; car repairmen and lnsepctors, three killed and 15 Injured; conductors, six"killed and 44 injured; engineers, four killed and 53 Injured; firemen, 82 Injured; flagmen, 15 injured; .sectionmen and worktrain laborers, 13 killed. and 110 injured. HYDROPHOBIA EPIDEMIC salvation \riu> Here Will Do Their I'a'-t to ((hidden l>c*olaie Hearts. The Salvation Army throughout the entire Christian world is at the present time soliciting money, food and clothing, to b> distributed among the needy poo;- on Christmas. Last year the local brunch of the army gladdened the homes of a score • »r more of I'unxy'n poor by the Rift o( a real Christinas dinner, clothing, i'U'. Through the agency of the Salvatoin Army 400,000 Christmas tilnners were scrvil to the poor of America alone on Christmas, lnOs. t'aptuin Abbott, in charge of the local barracks, is familiar with the conditions 'h< r« and knows tIi«• worthj t»«•'»!*. and tho.s, who give t the caus< can rent as*'- ' — it moat will cause that « reived by Money, c and all U MIIS. "This da> personally appeared before the undersigned authority, A. It. Watkins, who being the lirst duly s\vo: n t>y the undersigned authority. on his oath deposes and soys: that he was President of Sub-District No. .*■ and took part in the Joint conference composed of the Association of Pittsburg Vein (>perator.s of Ohio, for their mines in Heiniont, Harrison and Jeff.-r-son counties, Ohio, and the United Mine Workers of America, that arranged the 1906 contract for Sub-District No. or what is generally known as Eastern Ohio; tnat T. L. Lewis then National Vice President and now President of the United Mine Workers of America took part in said conference; that he advised and agreed to the acceptance of the contract, then agreed upon in the Joint conference, and that after the agreement he signed the 1906 contract for Sub-District No. A. 11. WATKINS. "Taken, sworn to and subscribed before iile this 4th day of September, '00. "bOUIS PR IS BOLT. •Justice nf the Peace of and for above County. ".My Commission expires January 1st. 1912." 'State of Ohio, County of Jefferson, to wit: "The Holy city." Clarence Bennett's wonderfully .successful Hlblical drama, s-'i ms destnled to take a place amon% tli»> classies of the American stags, say the advance agent. Each year It is presented to audiences of Increasing size. Its popularity does not seem to wane and eager demands are always made for return engagements. The .costuming is rich and a delight to the eye. and the company to said to be a very capable one. "The Holy City" i.*> the attraction tonight at the Jefferson Theatre. The full narratives of Captain Loose and Mr. Dunkle constitute one of the mot facinating chapter in all the literature of imposture. Captain Loose, it will be scon, frankly expresses his scorn of Doctor Cook's claims, laughs at his ignorance of the simplest essentials for accurate observations in the Arctic regions, and describes at length how, working backward frroJ/N the pole, he calculated observations that would fit ni with Cook's narrative, and coached him on the necessary modifications of the latter—as, for example, that he must be sure to record that he rose before 4:15 o'clock on a morning, because it was at that time a certain star, mentioned In one of Loose's calculations, would be visible. Mr. Dunkle describes the inception of the enterprise; how from the newspapers they gathpapers they gathered that Doctor Cook was in deep water, and inferred that he would be glad to pay fo. help; how Dunkle got John R. liiaJley, Cook's backer, to introduce him; l)ow the subject was led up to delicately and the bargain finally struck and carried out, and how, at last, Doctor Cook disappeared, after accepting their work and paying only 1260 for it. The Philadelphia Public Ledger and the New York Times in this morning's issues, devoted over two pages Lto the Cook expose. The Ledger says, Bn part: K The Public Ledger presents here- Ifcth the remarkabl enanatives of two .Kn, made under jath, declaring that tVkv were employed by Dr. Frederick JBk to fabricate astronomical aclother observations far submission story. toV the University of Copenhagen, wh*'h is about to pass upon Dr. Cook's assertion that he discovered the North poh] on April 21, 1908. These men are George H. Dunkle, an insurance broker, of 31 Nassua street, New York, and Captain August Wedel Loose, a sea captain, of 4 37 Thirteenth street. Brooklyn. For their labors they were to have received jointly from Doctor Cook *4000, with an additional bonus of $500 to Captain Loose upon the acceptance of the records by the University of Copenhagen. They say that Doctor Cook had paid them only $260 when he disappeared on the eve of the dispatch of his "records" to Copenhagen, two weeks ago, andl his failure to pay the sum remaining due them freely acknowledge to be their motive for coming forward with the Funeral will be held Saturday afternoon. Funeral arrangements have not yet been completed. Shi- Ik kui .one child. nn«l thror brothers als osurvlve her. Mr*. last «>vt»n!ng ajc<*d t'hirtj grratly b*«! h«*r uMtimby her mi and thu tthn.-. w!i»» mod ' R't it. >thing,l and food of any ids will bo gratefully reaptaln Abbott. It is a « ryone should help along. mm l»!i rtones, of Elk Run. died iiktvr n protrucfc-d illness, j> ars. Well Itnown and \<-d in that neighborhood, lyuleath will Me deeply felt Itiiude of fjpfends. irvlWd Inkier husband and HoP""*fatht,r and mother Coshocton, O., 8-11. 1009. "Mr. Jamex Purcell, Vice Pres., "District No. 2, IT M. W. of A., Clearfield, Pa. Continued 011 Page Three. "Am further evidence at an Executive Board Meeting Held at Altoona, August flat, 1 submitted the follow - "I have five other nfflduvils ol a similar character, made by the mem* bers of that Seal Committee to stantlate the statement made by Pn »« ident 'Wutkins, to-wit: Le«' Hankln, secretary of the Joint Conference; Frank Peltx, Jaines Uriggs. John Ze* lenka, ami Joseph Swindler. "After reading carefully judge for youraelvea who lies. "To further corroborate my position 1 herewith submit a letter from William Green, President of District NTo. 6, of Ohio: " 'This explains why my name was to the contract of 1906.' "Now what correspondence or what harmony is there in the two statements^"To show that he LIED in his circular, on line 27 he makes the following .statements: "'While I was In Indianapolis till* Joint Convention and Joint Scale Committee held sessions and ag.ved upon a number of rules In my absence, among them was * the conditional clause in the agreement for the payment of 2 cents in regard to handling .vlate. " 'When 1 arrived in Wheeling from Indianapolis on July 25th, 1 fold President Green that 1 was not in favor of any such a clause. Hut he was the President ami 1 was willing to support his position, and did support It. I James Purcell, vice president of 'District No. 2, U. M. W. of A , of Clearfield, has issued the following selfexplanatory circular letter: "To the Members of D triet No. J, r. M. W. of A. "Brothers and Gentlemen—In a circular recently issued from Indianapolis a bovr the signature of National President T. L. Lewis some very misleading statements art> made in th s • Ircular concerning myself as your vice president that 1 canno; in justice to myself and to you leave go unchallenged or unanswered. President Lewis jn his circular seeks to vindicate himself of certain statements he made at the Clearfield Convention relative to thr signing of a Conditional .Scale in Ohio that carrird with it a reduction of some two cents per ton. 1 knrw that when the statements were made that he lied and I belirve that it is my duty and the duty of every man who has the least respect for truth, that when he Is fully convinced in his mind that, misleading statements or untruths have been made Irrespective of injuring friend or foe, that he shifujd know the truth. In order to have this information I comnunicatrd with a source from which this knowledge could be obt»>.n.C'd, but through some underhanded schema my telegram was intercepted and the contents immediately communicated to ''resident Lrwis. Immediatrly upon obtaining the information he goes out on the streets and in the hotel lobbies in thr town of Clearfield, denouncing me as a C» d liar and embrl- Mshing the .same in other words of orofanity. but failed to state to thos* people to whom he said that I had lied on what grounds I was lying. If it s a lie and a man is ty be classified is a (J d——— liar simply because . asks for information in order to >bUiin the facts and the truth, and if his Is tiie conception that the man 'las who occupies the position as National President of your Organization of what constitutes a liar, then you nor I will wonder why this gentleman makes such wandering and meandering statements, when a man has not got thr right conception of what constitutes truth and occupies the position as the President of your great Naional ,< )rganization—your representative and your mouth-piece. The im- ression that must naturally be Impressed upon the p'ublic at lafgc ' that the whole basis of your Organization is built upon falsehood and nisi epresenta tion. "To «um tho whole matter up In ihis brief explanation, the whole drcular is a campaign dodge where he ikes one .slap at me and two at bis opponent, William Gre»-n, and are the most demagogic utteranci-s that a man could make on the eve of election. 1 reiterate the statement again i.hat President Lewis lied and to substantiate the statement. J herewith luote from .stenographic and verbatim reports of the Convention held ai Mearfleld on August 7th. On page 1*7, line 39, he made J,he following &tatc. •lent: "I want to say irentlemen. that I novcr signed a conditional contract in my hie, and as long as 1 have goi tayihing to do with this organization 1 never will.' On page 1 OH, line 22. mother statement: 'And let me say to you mi ti here that I was not a party „o the agreement and critcised the Executive Officers of the District for making such a conditional #contract. Those are the facts.* The boy.s wore taken to Pittsburg for treatment and the. hog continued to run In a pen with eight other hoss. Several days ago two of the hogs bognn raving with hydrophobia, biting the other hogs and biting and shaking sticks like a dog. Mr. Stlteler w|lf lose the nine hogs.—ReynoltUvllle Star. About eight weeks ago a strange dog, showing signs of having hydrophobia, ran onto the premises of J. W. O'Hara, near Panic, bit Mr. O'- Hara's dog and ran on. The O'Hara dog was allowed to live four week*, until it had a fully developed case of hydrophobia, and after It 'had bitten Mr, O'Hara's son, two sons of John Stlteler, a neighbor, and also one of Mr. Stitcher's hogs, then the dog was killed. John Antonio Moreila, Infant son of Rev. and Mrs. John Moreila, of Anita, died early th'la morning and will be burled tomorrow afternoon in the K. of P. cemetery, at Ahlta. Cllllil) OIKS. J. B. KBKRHART CO Ltd.—I KTOllE NEWS, Several new numbers In Shirt Waists, embroidered front, nicely tailored, $1.50, and pure linen, $2.f»o*. Ladies' Fur Coats. 1-3 off. Several good ones at this price. Full new line of men's negligee shirts, ties ami hosiery. Ladles'. Misses and Children's underewear in great variety of kinds. Pricep 10c to $2.50., Holiday candies, nuts and fruits at vholwele prices. Although No. # has been idle for fourteen months it has been kept In igood repair by the Berwind-Whlte Company, and the new proprietors can begin taking out coal as soon as the switches are supplied. The Anita Coal Company t'-.us secures a body of excellent coal, the production of which will give employment to a force of men tor at least a decade. The Anita Coal Company, of this place, has purchased the No. t» mine property from the Burwind-VVhite Coal Company, south of Punxsutawney, and will begin operations at once. The new owners expect to employ about 100 men, and it will require about ten years to exhaust the supply that will be brought to the surface at No. (>. The shaft is located south of Punxsutaw ney. between the 13., R. & P. and the Penna, railroads, and most of the acreage lies south of Mahoning Cr6ud, although it extends northward and eastward under West End to a point underneath the Catholic. church. THK WEATHEIt WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 9.— Pair and colder tonight and tomorioyr. IttHBhn ■ - 6 mmm Sink, of Nca/l*luiiivHliy(\'iiiils j , , -* lJaniagiK— uTCSS 111 Zfi Thought I'yfkcrs wcu^ick. unique dafnagv was insti- ~ yesterdrf- in Corey's ij lirinn I wlicn Jf H. Siurn. of ni'iir Plum- 4* HtAnU I . ask»'d /for t«Jr dollars damages •\ for rutting the ,ff n of hSs »l*»- Then. v. . IV righto, summer Mr. Sink was huxtei - ■ §3 /• |
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