Punxsutawney Spirit, 1910-01-27

              10 v- \UOM« \ \t>°. ftylvania: Partly cloudy ami colder tonight. Friday, fair. WASHINGTON, D. Jan. *J7.— Following is the weather forecast for Western Penn- PRICE TWO CENTS WATERS« STILl M ARB All WESTERN EUROPE IS TERRtR STRICKEN to dispose or? mnr M 4-WORD OOLOm. it li | m GOES mi 18 MIIES PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA. THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1*1*. fit BURRS IIOUIH LOCAL ACTRESS MAKING GOOD HIKE FOR A ML IEMEH VOL* IV-rNO.112 Highly Commended by Big City Newspapers Throughout the Country. Y. M. C. A. Wants Local Business Man to Teach Night School. Satterthwaite Accuses State Zoologist of Gross Irregularities. * HUNDREDS OF BOATS GO DOWN IN STORM-PROPERTY LOSS IS OVER $200,000,000—SUBWAYS IN PARIS COLLAPSING—HOUSES FALLING—DEEPEST GLOOM HANGS OVER CITY. HEME ROOMS REEL SUPFLIEB FERSORAL BSEOF STATE B90G1T E000S STARRING IN "THE MELTING POT" Hence only a few minutes after the little porcine quadruped had hud his rheumatic pains allayed he was transformed to a mass of roast pip. the delicate odors from which pervaded the circumambient atmosphere for miles around and invaded tli«■ nostrils of the natives thereabout. In less time than it takes to telT It. the shout was all ablaze although rv • •ry effort was mailr In » xtinguish the fire. The pig, it is said, fell a victim to rheumatism, and. in order to effect lelief, Mr. Mc( Ymhaughey took the shoat up on tin- barn floor and applied a coat of thick, oily pain killer. While putting on the finishing touches Mr. Mc('onuaughey struck a match to light his pipe and then something happened. A spark fell on the oleaginous coating, followed by a flash and a blaze thathrove the painter to cover while the pig squealed and writhed. i'Uliar accident. George McConnnughey of Horatio, is shy a pig as the result of a pe- Oil \|i|ilic<l to Cure Rheumatism Catches riro anil Porker Dies. Yesterday he pot a square meal, loosed his belt a bit put on the new outfit and started lor a Brookville & Mahoning Railroad Camp, where he Is employed as a coal digger for a stt am shovel crew. After the accident I'at secreti d himself in a vacant but warm coke oven, where later in the day he received it call from Dr. Smith and Supt. John DriscolI. Hut Pat did not want medical aid. All he wanted was a pair of new pants, new rubber boots and tini. to sleep off a good sized jag. He pot all three but it. reiitiired four days of fasting and rest to put him on his feet. coke oven track at Walston, mention of which was made in The Spirit. A coke trip, plowing through the blinding snow, ran over l'at, rolled him over the open hobs in three live coke ovens, burned the seat out of his trousers, burned off his gum boots, but left him without a blister or a bruise on his body. Pat is the man who on Monday gol bewildered and went to sleep on 21 Boots HiiriKtl OIT Returns to Work. Man \YIm» llail Trousers mid Gun Pat Monahan. after spending live davs in the coke ovens at Walston, yesterday went back to the mines. The report of a tidal wave in Venice is unfounded, but several buildings wore destroyed by the high water.The quay.- an- Hooded at Naples, and th.' Tiber is threatening to inundate Home. Italy, Spain. (Jermany and the Scandinavian countries report great loss of property and life. The situation is the most appalling that Kurope has faced in years. Lives haw been lost through the sinking of at least half of the little boats. LONDON. Jan. 27.—Partial reports from European seaports show that fully two hundred vessels, most of them fishing craft, have been lost in the storm of the past two days. •Hy t'nited Press. GROWING INTEREST III PATTON-KING CONTEST CHARGE THAT PRESIDENT MAINT/11ED A LOBBY Communication with the interior In Spain has been cut off, and several Alpine tourist parties are missing. By United Press. ■V\ ASHUNCfTON, l>. <\, Jan. 27.— There was no hearing of the Ballinger-Pinchot charges by the committee today, but they will resume to- MENU LIED Continued on Pago Two. Star. — Florence Fisher has a very difficult part, but she played it in fine styl« Sin is pretty and makes an Philadelphia Citizen.—Florence Fisher, in the part of Vera Kevendal, plays with tact, feeling and sincerity. Friends of Miss Florence Fisher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs J. U Fisher, Ksq.. of this place, who are Interested In her histrionic success, will be delighted to learn I hat the Punxsutawncy pirl is winning added laurels this season. I'ndcr the management of the Shuberts and with Walter Whiteside as leading man, Miss Fisher is reaping the reward of perseverance as Vera K» vendal in "The Melting Pot," by Isral Zangwiil. Standard-Union.—li was Miss Fisher's tirst appearance in the role of Vera Kevendal, and her work was worthy of the highest commendation for itn sincerity, appeal and soreness of touch. Brooklyn I'upcrs Times.—Florence Fisher is cast as Vera, and she plays with a charm of manner and understanding that are invaluable to the success of the piece. The company* has played in Brooklyn, Providence and Baltimore, and this week is playing a stand in the Adelphi Theatre, Philadelphia, and Mis\s Fisher's success may be judged by the following expressions from the various theatrical critics: Tit A PEEP YT THE "1910 A" COMET Tho police today found hundreds of eraz< d unfortunates clinging to the ruins of their homes, and sent them to the relief stations. Hunger and starvation are feared also from the fait that the (Jovernment's red tap« in hanling such situations is seriously inconveniencig tho rendering of speedy aid. The basements of the big department ston s were Hooded today. The <|ii( - i »n ni food supply is hourly heenmtng: more serious, and unless th erailro 'iis will be able to resume traffle In the next three days there will l»e a famine. over t h!'n bridges that willy L>«» either destroyc.i by th. river, or dynamited In order to prevent them from forming a dam. Food pt n « s are still rising, and it is possible that the Government will either have to interfere to prevent a further 1 ise. thus putting tin* food beyond reach, or confiscate all stocks of provisions, which are being rapidly depleted. At leiist half the city is Hooded, und fifty thousand an homeless. Many milt s of the famous boulevards have been washed away, and many famous structures are undermined. Firemen fought a tire In the building of the Ministry of the Public Works, standing in water in the streets waist deep. Tin tire was • xtingulshed with a small lose. The conditions in the suburbs are as bad as tlu-y an- in th« city. rn unity that there are still thousands of books lying unused on library shelves which would make valuable additions to the Association library. There,being no public library in town, it would seem that this library should 'ish to remind the people of the coni- A11 the books donated to the Association library at various times were scrutinized by the commiittee, all being accepted but one. The committee Provision was made for practical Instruction in electricity and mechanics by lectures by (V M. Means, chief electrical engineer of the It. & P. C. & T. Co. Mr. Means will give a practical ialk. illustrated, on this subject the first and third Thursdays of each month, beginning Thursday, February 3d. These lectures will be free to all who are sufficiently interested to come. It is hoped that nil men in the mines of ithis district, who work with electricity, will take advantage of this opportunity. The Educational committee of the V. M. C\ A. has adopted plans for the extension of ,fhe educational work of the Association. The general secrctary reports a peculiar condition in the shape of a need of a "night school" in the afternoon. A number of young men who work at night wish to take up the study of the common branches afternoons, and the fact that no teachers are available at that time makes the problem difficult. Here is an opportunity for some business or professional man. who has itaught school, to do some good work, giving a part of one or two afternoons each week to this work. Who will volunteer? U. 8. STEEL HMD Continued on Page Two. The d I s a h r h i- bnonic so widespread that cinh city will have nil it can dn to !>n»k after its own sui ty-elght !'« • t. two inches. The river hfis gone ovt r the arches of Pont Royal, with scon m of hmist s anil streets and portions of tin sub\vn> collapsing the Government is hard pi i -ned for means to save lives. as well as for caring for Ih«* destitute. 'Phc sta.'. of the Seine is now tu«n- The suffering from the eold is great and many women, children ami cripples and aged people are being found half frozen. Homeless and starving people from he country districts are pouring In o the city in hopes of securing food md .shelter. ed on the street corners and* thousands of destitutes driven from their homes have been housed in the Pantheon and other famous structures, and fed on hot coffee and rolls. Huge coffee boilers have been plae Park. The aged keepr of the park, when he saw the complete devastation being wrought, today committed suicide. •Wild ducks ar. swimming about on the water, which has now reached th» branches of the trees in Henry IV Kngineers say that it will take two years to repair the flooded subways and collapsed streets. The city has become Sobered, and the gay mood of the people who hitherto had been looking upon the Hood as a spectacle for their entertainment has disappeared. ts histor.N PARTS, Jan. :'7.—With the thermometer below freezing and the river Seine continuing its devastating progress toward the top of the retaining wall, Paris is facing what may prove to be the most terrible day in 600 DINE ON CHICKED "A witness would not permitted to make such ii reflection upon motives of* the President of the United States in any committee of which I was chairman, evun if tli.it office were filled by William Jennings Rlyun or a Prohibitionist or a Socialist." ■Chairman Beveridge sajd to the committee: The Senate Committee took seriously the aspersions which seemed; to have been cast upon the motives of the President. Judge Wickersham was called to order by Senator Beveridge, chairman of th< committee. and warned in guard his utterances with more care. Charges by Delegate Wiekersham that President Tat't and former President Roosevelt had maintained in [Washington an Alaskan lobby in the persons of former Governor \Y. B. Iloggatt and Major W. P. Richardson, | an army officer, who is head of the Alaskan ropd commission, are revealed by proofs made public, yesterday of art executive hearing "before 'the Bon'ate Committee on Territories. In relation to the Alaskan Legislative Council bill. Counter-charges by Mr. iloggatt thai Judge Wiekersham "is humbugging" furUier enlivens the sit uation. Glavif, impressed the investigators yepterday • with his apparent earnestness and thorougji knowledge of the situation in Alaska. morrow Hereafter the committee's meetings will be hi Id on Fridays and Saturdays.A SURPRISE PARTY Panama Libel Suit Is Thrown Out of Court his mornlg and the water ha* gone rry point will be fouffht t«» a finish. The people are demanding thai every ballot !»<• inapeetyd. They desire to have the country rid <>f political pirates and demand a lair count, no matter who proves tin- vietor. Patton and Kling have been persoiia 1 friends for years. Ptttton is president of the Armstrong County Trust Company, in whirh King: was a < 1 ii*• -« tor until within a few months of makink his campaign for judge. The contest premises to'he bitter. .Mr. King: was abb* to present to the attorney general of tie state sufficient evidence to show that there wns great need of opening the ballot boxes. The Patton faction fought hard to keep them closed, but the attorney general could not ignore the evidence presented by the Democrats. Defeated in this move, the Patton side is ready to put up a desperate battle to disprove the King allegations. J. \V. King, the Democratic nominee for judge, has made numerous charges of fraud at the election in November which resulted, according to the returns, in the re-election of Judge \V. D. Patton by a plurality of Hi votes, the few Socialist ballots cast furnishing the majority. .Mr. King stands ready to prove every allegation and show that be was really elected  Judge Patton and his friends say they ::re ready for the contest, and will be able 'to show that the election was an honest one. lv ITT AX XING. Pa.. Jan. 27—Interest in the King-Patton election eontest which opened here this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, is increasing, and it is evident that citizens from every section of Armstrong county will be on hand to hear the testimony. The contest is being heard by Judges 13a 1 - breath, of Hutler county: Wilson, of Clarion, and Telford, of Indiana. I. ' mI nmateiir astronomers have been perturbed by the apparent shift to th< northeast of the moon, which ris. v about the time the comet becomes visible in th< evening. Cynthia is probabU traversing her wellbeaten path for this time of the year. •<>ut th< Atmospherical conditions make her sv • rn to be «• If her beat. i\\ th ; cloudless >ky. as w< re the condition.- in thi. s- ■«.tion Tuesday night, the comet discovered on January 17. i. vsllUe to tin naked eye just bet'or< unset. The wanderer, which is said to be movit:.; away from the stin at th- rate of 00 miles a .second, in be :-cen of a clear evening just above the s uifhe.tstern horizon. It will be. o'me fainter each day, paa*- ii -; from view of the naked eye withn .i week ('om putat ions taken from "Comet A 1!».10," as it has been named, ind: .111 that its tail is 20,- 000,000 miles long and its head 100,- 000 miles long. It ij estimated that it Will be 100,000,000 miles from the earth when it becomes Invisible. The German • mbass> was Hooded •rers. Continued on Page Two. "That Surface is erratic and unreliable in his statements and his conduct, breaking a public promise that "That Surface caused to be paid to P. Z. Hratzell at State expense a salary of ninety dollars per month during the winter of 1907-08 requiring him to render private service on one or more occasions; "That Surface; caused to be paid to Philip Miller at State expense a salary terminated in 5th mo. 1908, this man being engaged at planting trees; "That Surface caused to be paid to Geo. Hiler at State expense for one month in 190 7 (probably 10th mo.), a salary for corn-husking and other commonplace farm work: "That Surface Caused to be paid to Peter at .'Mtpense, from mh mo. 1st to 3d mo., 31st inclusive, the sum of forty dollars per month, about half of the timJ being given to so-called experiments and to mailingroom work and the other half of the time being given to felling trees, cutting and hauling woojl, hauling wood ashes, building barnyard fence, razing an old building, moving household goods, digging cherry seedlings and painting bee hives; "That he caused to be paid to John K. Myers, at State expense in 2d and 3d months, 1908, the sum of forty dollars per month, for exclusively platn farm and tree-planting work on his (Surface's) farm; "That he purchased fertilizers for use on his farm and at State expense; "That the said Surface purchased or caused to be purchased at State ex pen&e a field potato spraying machine and used it for his own personal work; "That the said Surface purchased or caused to be purchased at State expense, a gasoline engine, representing that it.s use was for experimental purposes. The engine was neglected for a time and was afterward used to pump water to a tank for private use on the property of the said Surface. "That the said H. A. Surface removed. from the Capitol building in 1908, an incubator, property of the Commonwealth, and used it on his farm near Mechaniesburg, Pennsylvania, for private purposes. (Without particularizing iMr. Satterwaithe's charges against Prof. Surface read, in brief, as follows: The Spirit, through the mail today rec eived from A. P. Satterwaithe, former Assistant State Zoologist, of Harrisburg. who resigned his post Dec. 15, a communication embodying charges of a serious nature against his former chief, Prof. H. A. Surface, head of the Division of 'Economic Zoology, whose weekly bulletins about San Jose scale, sprays, rots, blights and other enemies of crops and fruity have been printed in the papers extensively the past few years. The total earnings for th« year 1909 amounted to $131,479,975. The record year of the corporation was 1907, with earnings of $180,964,673. Since its organization in April of 1901, the corporation has earned the sum of $1,- 071,220,94 5. The regular quarterly dividend of 1 .'{-4 per cent, was declared on the preferred shares. For the first time in the reports of the'corporation there appeared an item of $3,200,000 to l»- taken from the reserve fund "t«» (-over advanced mining royalties." • States Steel (Corporation havi marie announcement that dividends on th«* common shares of the corporation had reverted to the original rate of four per e'ent. annually. The directors Tuesday declared a "regular" dividend of one per cent and an extra dividend of three-fourths of one per cent, pectation, the directors of the United vest men I. In accordance with popular ex- its Stork Still ftCKnt'dcil as <ioo<| In- Tendered Mrs. S. P. Stokes on 7l!iul Nmiiversiiry of Her Birth. Mrs. S. P. Stokes, of 330 Elk street, Great Interest Manifested in First Aid Movement tnent against the Press Publishing was yesterda.v tendered a surprise party by her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, the occasion being the 72nd anniversary of her Continued on Paye Three. X K \\ V« • 11 K . .la n. J 7 . Th<> indui- Nr t !• - i i son i w . \« i. II" star i liiimbcr again than Mich a nion iMils prat/the as thi* Government SATURDAY mUM DM Another sleighing party from Du- Bois had ordered suppt»r at this hotel for ten o'clock the same night and supper was served to them at 7"> cents per plate. The truth looks different in print. Sct> ■>—(Reynoldsville Star. Jan. -t>. The above statement is not correct and is not fair to the hotel referred to. This party of young folks had not ordered supper at the hotel at any price. They came to the hotel, got a room for the young ladie.s who took off their wraps while the *porty ( •'> young men tried to arrange to have supper served at midnight for fifty cents a plate, but the proprietor would not agree to get up a supper at that hour for less than 7T» cents a plate. Would any Du- Bois hotel serve a supper at that hour for regular rate? (Juess not. The young men could not stand the extra LT» cents per plate and they left the hotel. They were charged $1.00 for .he room, the hedding and statu! cover having been soiled some by the wet w raps. On Moruiaj evenig a party of young folks from DtiHols visited Ueynoldsvilie with the Intention of attending a dance and having supper at midnight. They were ushered into the parlor of one of the hotels, where supper hau been ordered and m titled that the feast would lie a sun that was regarded as greatly ur. reasonable and the order for supper was cancelled. Howi ver. the hot> I management was not out of pocket in the deal, the party being ultimately ordered out of the public house into the rain and charged for the use of the parlors at tinrate of $1 per minute. It would be ivell for future sleighing parties to take note of these things and not be put to such Inconveniences upon arriving in that town.—DuHois Courier, Jan. 1!). A Question of Veracity I let ween Kcynoldsville and lliillois. Somebody got the best of somebody else in the following self-explanatory couplet: CAPTAIN AND MRS. A8B0TI Those who attended wen-: Mrs. James Vernon, Mrs. .1 <Shermetr, Mrs. George Stokes. Mrs. Stan. Keams, Mrs. Baughman of New Bethlehem, Mrs. Ralph Quigley, Mrs. Harry Quigley, Misses Elsie Stokes, Ona Quigley, Kvalyn Stokes, Nellie Shermer. Messrs. John Ueams, George Reams and Ualph Quigley, jr. b'lrt h, Following an excellent lunch, those present were entertained by Klsie Stokes and Ona Quigley, who sang several selections,, and Alice Stokes, who recited. HER 71st BIRTHDAY It wan a huge success and no mistake, and tfie ladies who managed the affair are being- congratulated on all sides. Many persons with a penchant for ('. P. chicken and waffles w»*nt to the church to get a lunch in a hurry but finding that they could not get served before about UOO others, who preceeded them, had been given their turn*, went away. Some of the turn■ a ways went back the second time, but | found conditions as crowded as before. How long the crowds . would have kept coming had the ladies not run shy on chicken and waffles, deponent sayeth not. for, although it was raln-1 ing briskly durin gthc festival there seemed to be no end to the throng that applied for victuals. Last Might the Central Presbyterian congregation folks held one chicken and waffle supper and they are not over it yet. Before the supper hell rang at f»:00 o'clock they had sold 300 tickets, and when the doors of the banquet room were thrown open, there was a rush for the tables. An«* the rush continued until over H00 people had dined and a bout $1X0 In money garnered. Announce a chicken and waffle supper at the C. P. Church and wait for results*. Bather prepare for the rush. Such a becsness! It is a beautiful token of respect and* remembrance shown 011 the part of a grateful people toward one of their greatest statesmen. Saturday will mark the anniversary of the birth «if MrKinley and the wearing of tin earnatlon on that day has become an established custom since Mcl<inle\ was shot in September. 1901, at Buffalo. Xe\t Saturda> will be observed throughout the United Stalls as Carnation Day, on which the carnation, the favored Mower of our third martyred president, William M- Kinley, will be universally worn. TRIAL COITINUED "The statute under which this suit was brought was drafted to punish offense* not covered by the laws of the section In which they were committed. Tn construing the statute it is not for us to consider what a fairminded attorney general might do under it; it is for us to consider what can be done with it. We had bet- "This is not a prosecution brought by aggrieved or injured private individuals; it was begun by the President of the United States In an attempt to show that a libel hud been committed upon the American people Oelancy Xicoll, counsel for the defendants, interpreted the decision as signal victory for the fr. edom of the unterritied press. "The curious and ingenious mind," he said, "that brought to life for the first time in eighty-five years the law under which this prosecution was begun, has retired to private life, but has left this legacy behind it. Company, publishers 'if th- N« w York World, charging Joseph Pulitzer and others with criminnl libel against Theodore Itoosevelt, President Taft and «»th• is, was quashed yesterday in the Cnited States District Court. Judge Hough ruled that the statute upon which tin indi< tment rested was not sufficient in authority, or in other words, that tin court had no jurisdictionA few members of the Baptist congregation yesterday afternoon went to the home of Mrs. J. K. Francis, and surprised her mother, Mrs. Martha Blose, it being her 71st birthday. A delicious supper was served. Among: those present were: Mrs. Clay Camp-! bell, Mrs. Miller. Miss Martha Davis. Mrs. Emma Burkett, Miss Margaret Cahipbell. Miss Nan Wilson. Mrs. W. R. German. Mrs. Mel In tyre, Mrs. Calloway. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Stump. Mrs. Auck, Mrs. Francis, Miss Anna Neal, North Point. Mrs. II. Bowers. Mrs. Crompton. Captain and Mrs. Abbott have made many friends during their sixteen months stay in this city, and the good wishes of all go with them to their new command. Captain and Mrs. Abbott have also been pronlbted to the rank of ensign in recognition of their, faithful and successful career as officers.Captain and Mrs. Abbot and Cadet '/Lydia |Bohnertr whx* have 'been in charge of i he local Salvation Army work, have received orders to farewell from Punxsutawney. Captain and Mrs. Abbott go to take command of the Army's work al Bradford, Pa., and Cadet Bohner goes to -the Army's Training school. Charge of Work at l)ra<lford. Will Lcttvo In a Short Time to Take Juror Novinger was released for service after, being quarantined yesterday, but tile other jurors wee unwilling | to sit in ihe case I HARll ISBURQ, Jan. 27.—The trial of Joseph M. Huston, charged with graft in connection "with the State Capitol, was continued today until March 31. A large representation of miners, mine superintendents and laymen last night assembled in the gym auditorium of the Central Y. .M. C. A. and enjoyedi a lecture given by Dr. Shields, "who is in Punxfiutawnoy. establishing "First Aid to the Injured" corps. With North McCeright as his sub- ject, Dr. Shields demonstrated what First Alders should do in case of both common and open fractures, how to stop hemorrhages, either from tinveins or the arteries, the cure to be taken ho as to not infect the wounds from soiled hands; how to apply pressure so as to stop the blood flow, but not entirely stop circulation in the veins or arteries not affected; what to do in case of accidents to your- Letters from hospitals and physi- seif or Others from electric shocks, cians stating the value of the first aid *»how to rescue those in contact with corps work in the anthracite mines, ♦llectric wires without becoming a vie- were shown by Dr. Shields to the local tim yourself, how to apply the gauze Y. M. <\ A. men. The hospitals stabandages and splints to various parts ted that in many instances they were of the body; how First Aid men sure the services of the first aid corps should place a patient on the stretch- men had been the means of saving the er, and carry him without aggravat- lives of those who had come to the ing tho injury and ( concluded? with hospitals for treatment. The men an interesting demonstration of how had been treated so well that !n a to improvise a stretcher from two number of cases serious complications mine augurs and two Kentucky Jean had been averted. The letters from jumpers or coats. the physicians wer of n like nature, Dr. Stephenson, of Adrian, Prof, and they made a strong appeal for Martin and others assisted Dr. Shields the effecting of the plans. and gave the committeemen a flne Don't miss the lecture Friday nlght.v and assist in carrying on the work. harness and do first aid work for his inspection. The mine superintendents and miners are taking hold of the movement in a most commendable spirit, and good results are bound to follow. Dr. Shields invites all physicians to attend these First Aid lectures, share In the Instruction given to the corps, on the work hereafter ti> get into the lesson* in first aid work. Dr. Shields complimented Chairman Calloway and the committeemen representing the mines and factories hereabouts as well as The Spirit, for the interest manifested in the work and promised to return Friday night, when he expects those who will carry i' '•*;! A MP 9?p v