Punxsutawney Spirit, 1910-03-28

              v:<: ) t' • * ms^m- ult'rti Why I km tso W v l*u blii* <>» ' pril 7 the y Isvillo, will /«' it of mi ,11 From M >w ned is a BROKEN LEG DOLLAR A OH PEISIM HELD HIES II EflBEICE PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA. MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 28,1910. PRICE TWO GENTS VOL. IV—NO. 163 FRIGHTFULLY INJURED BY FREIGHT TRAIN ON PENNSYLVANIA COLONEL ROOSEVELT DENOUNCES KILLING OF PREMIER BOOTRES FOREIGNER DROWNED IN SMALL POND NEAR WISHAW MINE GDN HORROR ON THE UNITED STATES CRUISER CHARLESTON Eight Are Killed When Breech Plug of Three Inch Gun Blows Out. u*nry Love Endeavors to Board Moving Train and Misses His Footing. Fell From Boat Into Watfr and Quickly Sank to the Bottom. Pennsylvania and Ohio Miners Have Practically Agreed to Cutting of Increase Demand. TO 0ISRE6AR0 OHIO OPERATORS IN FIXING UP NEW WAGE SCALE With Audience of Those Responsible for Assassination, Ex-President Scores Crime. NIKS ON MIOU!! TilH iiii is 111 stssioi row WITH ASL |» HORRIBLY INI MO IKED m inn n small boys ill I'liili-rhriiNli. Dry Onulltlons Cause Con llam a f ion* Forest ft rep, or rather field fire.s, are already beginning: to make themselves manifest in this vicinity. Yesterday afternoon, aibovq th<- McPV.-nvy mine, near Florence, oif the tfi;burban trolley line, lire swept about tve ve acres, and assumed such proportions that a number of miners from the >McCleavy and Florence mine, af-.er a hard light, extinguished it. i At Reynoldsviile, Friday evening, th«- grass and underbrush in the vicinity of the glass works and silk mill, in some manner caught lire, and th«• structures mentioned were for a time in danger of destruction. Th«- Reynoldsville tire company was called out and the flames extinguished. BUSY DAY III BUR6ESS' COURT Representative ♦Sherwood, himself tt veteran of the Civil War. retiring a Brigadier-General, was jubilant over Ihe successful reporting of his bill. "I have been trying to get this bill before the House for five years," said (Jen. Sherwood. "I-a.st year I Rot It out by one majority, hut Speaktr Cannon refused to recognize me to bring it up for consideration. This year 1 am going to bring it up, or there will be hell to pay." WASHINGTON, D. C., March One dollar a day for all old soldiers incapacitated in the service, is provided in a bill reported favorably from the House Committee on Military Affairs by Representative Sher-1 wood (Democrat) of Ohio. The bill | has been before the committee for years. BUILDING HE TREATING PLANT AT BRADFORD drowning in a little over six feet of terday afternoon met his death by mine at Wishaw. Seralino Domino yes- In a small pond near Number 2 While endeavoring to jump a movig freight train at Sydney .Saturday 'ternoon about 5:15 o'clock, Henry ie, son of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew e, formerly of West Kndj who are ►r living in Vandergrift, missed his ting, and fell between the stai platform and the  Injuries that may result in his th. Commander Hubbard expressed the opinion that the explosion is the result of ii premature disc harge. The vessel brought its d«-ad t<> Cavite, and then returned t<> tin turret range, to continue practice. This was received in a report from ■Commander In Chief Hubbard, of th*» Asiatic fleet, today. Burial was made at Cavite. WASH I'hill,) J< and \V;il Leo Henn. Ralph Kerkmnn, Maxie Rarncnl, am Kdvvanl .Violin wvro killed on tin <'miser « 'harl«st<»n as the result of the blowing out of the brooch plug" in a throe-inch gun. » BUYS BIG TIMBER TRACT A. V. Robinson anil wife have r< - tnrnomhomo after spending the wintor in Florida. Mr. Robinson is more pleased with „FlorJda than ever, probably < 111*• to tho fart that 11in angling was visited with more success this year than previously. \ Th< trad compriM-s :i hundred acres «»t" lirst-class timber, and Mr. Grubo will in a short time erect a mill and place the lumber in readiness for the market. TTnrry Tj. C.rube, of cloe, has purchased what is believed to be the largest area of standing timber in this viel lily, from J. 15. Ilaeh, who recently moved to Alberta, Canada. IE BUM O mil fOONO WITH SLASHED fjvo ha<l been driving mules at ley thf past few months, and rday afternoon endeavored to <1 a passing freight to c«>me to Ixsutji\vn«-y. His foot missed the lpt<*p, and caught in ijuch'a manner Syd' Satij boa I'ur ca r that* ho was* thrown between th<* irai? | anil the platform. The ontin trail ol* thirty oars 'passed by him tin- Jourr CMtC ill ill'-' bod> sen for nil, lor iho (train up il»y n iiit-i' the wiifj KiVc he }viih br< lieiy, jiiii will III hi! horribly lie Mi O" .sions of ' it is ffai f« red internal injuries. Owing to the bruised and torn condition of his body the physicians have not yet been a hie to make a thorough examination, but it is believed that if no internal injuries have been sustained, his chanct'.s for recovery ate good. DR. J. H. MURRAY water. Domino, who was about fifty years of age, had been employed at No. 2 mines, and yesterday afternoon built a raft of a few logs and boards. He nnished the craft about four o'clock, and pushed off from the shore into the middle of the pond. While poling1 from one side of the pond to the other, be lust his balance, and toppeld into the water. C.iable to swiin, he struggled violently in tlie water for a l«-w seconds, and then disappeared. A number of* hoys had seen the accident, and hurriedly jumping into a boat they soon, by the aid of poles, located the body. Stripping thcmjjt-lcvA, two of the iboys dove to th« bottom of the pond, and succeeded in bringing it to the surface. Medical aid was summoned, a.id. for Jin hour, efforts wiv made to restore life, but 10 no avail. The body, it is estimated, was in the water for a little over twenty minutes. The deceased was single, and without known relatives in this country, although he was well known and highly respected by his countrymen in this vicinity. The remains >verc buried this morning at Ueynoldsvillc. The I'.iiversity will confer upon the Colonel the degreo of Doctor of l.ilWS. "You m u.st Inculcate morality, cleanliness and manliness. Youp curriculum shouldn't be exelusiv- |y literary. It should train engineers and merchants as carefully as it Uoe.s other iM'oi'e.Hnlonnl men." Mr. Roosevelt emlcd his speeeh wit A an appeal for religious toleration between the 1'hristians and M unit ms. "Tlie assassination of the Premier was a greater calamity to Egypt than the Premier's \vron«. The assassii is .1 type possessing* qualities that most alienate good citizenship. The t.vpe pour soldiers and worst' citizens. H.- stands at the pinnacle of evil and infamy, and persons endorsing such acts £>tand on the same bad eminence. "You must first train the people. This i.s usually slow, though steady." he declared. "It will not make the people selfgoverning t«» give them a constitution, no matter how admirable a document it is. .Many of Roosevelt's hearers wlneed under his denumiation, as a number ut the members uf the faculty, and many of the students are Nationalist sympathizers. The speech, however, made a hit. Hy I'nitctl Press. <\WU(>. March 28.—Ooionel Theodore Roosevelt, In a speech before the students and faculty of the ( Diversity of Egypt, advocated enforcement of the law, and denounced the reel nt assassination of Boutres Pasha, the Premier, fearlessly. The Nationalists have been charged with responsiblity for the assassina t ion GRAND JURY TO EXAMINE THE BANKERS MIME LODGES " trout weighing twen ty-se veil pounds and measuring forty-four Inches in length was Mr. Robinson's biggest catch. said to be tin* largest fish ever caught with hook and line in that region. The head of the fish is on oxhibition In tho window of the A. C. Uobinson & Son furniture store. PITTSIU'UG, March L'S—More than At the jail Burgess Fnns filled Oils $22.75, and Wazeile $7.7ii, both of which tint's (Jus paid, as per agreement, and, having had an enjoyable day's visit, hilled for Walston, Xot satisifiod with his llr.st llekinj?, RerUholtz refused t<> 'be pinched, ami ( lute hud to administer another decisive drubbing. Wazzelle refused on the ground that he might be arrested and lined, •but (Jus agreed to pay all lines and costs If Wazzelle would only light.. Having thus secured himself from pecuniary damages, Ferdinand procoede ! to polish off (Jus in a businesslike manner, and (Jus was driven to foul measure.1, having bitten his opponent's hand badly when Chief1 of Police Palmer arrived. The climax of the day came when (Jus Herkholtz, of Walston, came to town for the time of his life, became slightly splfllicated, and challenged Ferdinand Wazzelie to a bout with bare lists. (William Chambers was arraigned lor shooting within the borough limits, and received a line of $12.75. Thl» Incident was reported in Saturday's Spirit. The cases continued to grow worse, two lawbreakers 'being the next offenders, when Chief of Police Palmer arrested Charles Matti and Paul JCrnst, both of Ernest, on a drunk a .id disorderly charge. Charles and l !i list tried to break up housekeeping at the Nyoek restaurant. They paid $('..75 each. Saturday was a busy day at the jail, the authorities being kept busy all day attending t»» various delinquents, and taking in $(i!).'J5 in Ones. The first case was a mild one, Thomas Zolinsky, of Valier, being jugged on a common drunk charge. Ho paid a Mm- of $4.75. The next offender was more strenuous. II. P.. Brown, drunk and lighting, was lined $7.75. STERI1THECHURC! IF PUNXSUTAWNEY Tho polico are now searel m clr.c t«» the whereabouts of t man'a husband. Tiy Unite.! Press. BALTTMOUK. Md., March 28 body of a handsonio woman, v boon identified as Mrs. A1 was found with hor throat si athe suburban ostato of Ale Hrown, a millionaire banker. 1 AI THEATRE TONIGHT GYMNASTIC CARNIVAL Friday morning a force of work mon started to build a lodging house, located directly south of the shop. .'When completed it will accommodate 100 men. Italian laborers who are to work on the construction of another track between Mt. Jewett and Newion. will be quartered in the building. The company has arranged for quarters for an additional 100 men. The storage of the ties and timber after being treated to creosote, will require a large area of land. There will be live standard gauge tracks in the storage yard—one of SOO feet in length and four that will be 1,200 foot long. The upper yards and shop of the 15.. R. & t\ Kail road present unusual scenes of activity these bright spring days. Seventy-live men and sixteen ttams are busily engaged in constructing a tie-treating plant which, when completed, will treat with creosote all of the railroad ties and timber of the company. It will bo one of a few plants of its kind in the United States, says the .Bradford Star and Record of Saturday. The work of grading and all <»f the brick and concrete work is done by the railroad company. After the company's part of the work is completed th- machinery fyr the plant will be installed by the'Chalmers company, of Chicago. A brick building which will house the pumps, compressors, retort and boilers is almost completed and in a few days will be ready for the roof. The building is one story high and 14 feet long. It is constructed on a solid concrete foundation and has foundations of the same material for the retort and machinery. About 1 (Ml feet east of the building two concrete foundations of the same material for tho retort and machinery. About 100 feet east of tin- building two concrete foundations have been constructed, which will support largo steel tanks for tlii' storage of creosote. Tho liquid will be drawn from these tanks to tho retort. Tonight the Modern Woodmen of America will hold a smoker ami euchre in tho.'r rooms in tho odd Fellows building. The consolidation of the Brookville bulge with the local camp will also be discussed. Brookville camp organized some time ago with about twelve members. Xo one has taken an interest in the work there since that time and the membership stands as It did on the night of organization. The local lodge has a membership of 250. o'clock. The questions at issue have been submitted to :t board of arbitration t onsisting of two members each of the operators' and miners' scale committee, and an umpire. This board Is sitting now. ami the result of the itting is t«> he reported to a joint conference of the entire « omrnlttees, which met this morning at nine The acute conditions of Friday and Saturday have been relieved by u bold stand taken by President T. Ij. Lewis, oi th.- United Mine Workers, which resulted in sending the Ohio delegates home and renewing negotiations between th. delegates and operators of the other states. CIXCIXNATI, o, March 28 — The critical character of th*- situation of the mining; industry in this country, is passing. It appears to be very well settled that there will be no general strike. The rej i ritativ. of both sides, except those of Ohio, have substantially agreed t<> an equal division of the difference 'between them in the price of minim?, and the only question of complexity remaining is in the powder controversy. The meeting of the arbitration committ. .• is secret, and the official result will not be known until it Is submitted to the meeting tomorrow morning. But the arbitration was agreed upon with the understanding that the award should be final. In arriving at this plan of bringing an agreement -between the warring elements. President Lewis asked the delegates to adopt a resolution giving himself and his associates on the scale committee authority to disregard Ohio operator in efforts to tlx a new wage scale. He declared that with Ohio owners in tin conference no chanes for an agreement was possible. Without them, there wa- every opportunity t.> obtain an increas. from Penn* sylvania and Indiana employes. An agre* ment in of th< stages, he Haid. would imtkc probable similar agrc< ments in i.linofs. Michigan, Wcslt-rn Kentucky and a part < f \\ • st Virginia. Vice President Mcrullough d hired that sonic ' >hio operator.* were willing to grant an advance. "I've seen th<- written documents authorizing their representatives to the advanee," he declared. "It would be sulcida! for u.s to refuse to negotiate with Indiana and (Pennsylvania" "The falling of th« miners operatorc* committeeH to • ffcet a settlement today, will result in an order for a strike on April 1. Every union miner in the I'nJted States will be affect« d," declared President 1-ewis to- BIG SYMPATHY STRIKE HAS BEEN CALLED Off JORDAN GUILTY OF RCBBtRT For the present Dr. Murray will be in his Punxsutawney' office .ill ilay on Tuesdays and Wednesdays of eueh week, where lie will treat those of his patients who reside in this vicinity.similar institution in New York. So that he is specially qualified to treat all diseases arising from impairment of the digestive system, and is equipped with all the latest devices to aid him in his work. MILE'S HEW THEATRE BELIEVE WALTERS KING OF WHITE SLAVE DRIVERS i tUJU- Opened to ffelphi Theatre ftt • opened wvrti one ■rn drajatfis, "The UeynolW: of the \ Qentleml TheJJ Bernard Ganley, J. A. O'Connor. John Williamson and Patrick rle took a pronhlnont part m the musical service at the Catholic i'h urch. Kjaster. anniversary >of Christ's triumphant arising from the deati. was yesterday observed by every denomination in Punxsutawney, special Frrvices toeing held in all churches, both morning and evening. From every altar and pulpit bloom - ed forth fresh, pure, sweet-smelling flowers, the graceful lily and th«> fragrant hyacinth predominating, while from choirs and soloists came music that served to beautify the ministers' theme, "The Resurrection". At the evening services in the Roman Caatholie Church, Miss Julia O'Connor, of sang "O, Satutans Hostla" With beautiful effect.ill EASIER EGG Attorney ,T. L. Fisher, who assisted in the prosecution of Jordan, states that the prisoner was found guilty of robbery, and that his sentence will be of an indefinite nature, of froin one year and nine months to seven years. Three years would have been the maximum had he been found guilty only of the larceny charge. In Saturday's issue of Tho Spirit it was stated that Frank Jordan, tried in Armstrong County, on a charge of robbery and larceny, has been found guilty of tho lesser charge of larceny.FIRE HI GAIITIZIK GRANDMOTHER » 28 A thick pile <>f Indictments from the District Attorney's office, believed to be thoHe that were ordered last week in the wraft cases, were given to Judge Cohen t<» sign today, and will be returned to Kn. < man Harrison Xesblt. None of the oduncllmen named on Friday appeared to give bond or confess. Nono of the bankers appeared this morning. Consequently, this will bo known as "Bankers' Day" before the grand jury. The grand jury now wants to hear from representatives of all the depositories. District Attorney William A. Blakeley and his assistants in the 'graft prosecution b» licve that but few, if any, of the bankers will now attempt to sidestep making plain statements in the matter. 100 officials and emplo>es of the six city depositories began this morning to tell the grand jury what they knew in reference to money being paid to councilmen to secure the passage of the bank ordinance in 1U08. Forty or more men who were members of councils at that time have confessed that they accepted bribes in the interest of the depositories ordinance. Two bank presidents, one of whom is now serving a term in the penitentiary for bribery, have admitted that money was paid to have the ordinance passed. 4'hild conservation—his 'betterment mentally, morally an<l physically, li» a subject with which the big men of today are dealing, and| they are unanimous in believing that the public playground is the greatest step towards that end that has been taken in years. Tonight the several gymnastic classes of the Central V. M. <\ A. will give in the Jefferson Theatre the much* talked-Of Gymnastic Carnival, the proceeds of which will go towards the purchase of a public iplayground for the children of Punxsutawney. The exhibition, one such as has never before been seen In Punxsutawney, promises to be a treat. Drills, tumbling, high bar, clown work, comedy stunts of all kinds, juggling, balancing and a number of other performances, bound to find favor with the people of Punxsutawney, are on the program. Even though the people ojf the town were not sure of their money's worth when they attend the big carnival tonight or tomorrow night, they owe it to the children of Punxsutawney to attend. Flsh- byij •edit to tho town. Th® seating eaipaeity of tli«• auditorium 1* :i little over four hundred, while tho ■balcony capacity is estimated at 375. Four boxes bring tho total seating capacity to SI2, about 400 less thai that of the Jefferson Theatre. The playhouse is handsomely finished throughout, and will- be modern in every detail. The stage is Jlftv- I live feet in width with a depth of 1 thirty-five feet. The .proscenuim | arch Is about thirty-five feet in w'dth. iMr. Fisher plans to run lirst-cl iks shows mid vaudeville ilurltiff tho spring and onrly fall. <*oroner Holthauser today declared that the girl was dead when she was placed in the llre,daee. The polled believe that Kalchvn is Innocent. An indictment is expected in which Walter will be charged with mur« der in the lirst degree. The police, however, are collecting a damaging chain of circumstantial evidence, and are attempting to charge Walter with a series of revolting <,rimes, and display him as the "king of white slave drivers". Katchen Mueller. Walters pseudo wife, who supported him, gives damaging evidence B> I'nited Press. XI A YOlt'K, March ~x. — Albert Walter, in the Tombs, denies that be is guilty of sinking Ituth Wheeler, aged 1ft years. SUSY III rOD TAFT rOWI'T COLONY IN ALBERTA Delegates of the Central Labor Union hail considerable to say abuu* cases in which employes who hud taken part in the general strike would not be reinstated in their positions by their employers. It was decided to refer all such cases to the Grievance Committee of the Central Labor Union. There were some warm incidents in the session, particularly when delegates tried to explain why their unions had not participated in the general strike and when the movement for the projected new political labor party was in debate. PHILADELPHIA, March 28,—In- Interest in the trolley strike, so far as (dpganized labor was concerned, centered yesterday in the meeting of tho Central Labor Union at its headquarters at 232 North Ninth street. As expected, the Central Labor "Union, upon recommendation of the (leneral Strike Committee of Ten, formally declared the g.neral sympathetic strike off and ordered ali union workers to return to their employment this morning, with instructions to continue their moral and linancial support of the striking street carmen. (■ rail ins Avoniie. Hon Surprises >lr. and Mrs. Coy, of Mr. and Mrs. Coy, the proprietors of the Keystone Restaurant, were in line for their Kaster treat along with the children, according to Alfred liaughmuu, a boarder at the Keystone. iSunday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Coy went visiting, and left the doors of their home at 310 Grafflus Avenue, n,)»>n. During their albsenee an old hen bent on surprising them, walked ii» the front door, and upstairs to the bed room. When the Coys were about to retire for the night, they found—not the hen—but an Easter egg which Biddy had deposited between the pillows. WASH1NGTON, I>. ('.. March 28.— Tho nomination of Maurice H. Thatch or, of Kentucky, to bo a member of the Isthmian Canal Commission ami Governor of tho Zone, vice ex-Senator Blaekburn, of Kentucky, who has resigned, ws sent to the Senate today. The Keystone Hfttel at Gallitzin wax burned about 11 o'clock Friday night, causing- a loss of $10,000, with but $1,000 insurance, and driving out some of the guests in scanty attire. The lire started in an ice house ad joining the hostelry, and though an alarm was promptly sounded, the hose belonging to tho dire company was found to be so rotten as to be of.no use and a bucket brigade was formed thai saved adjoining property. Th« hotel Is owned by Charles Quinn and has been partially burned three times previously. Before going to Gallitzin, Mr. Quinn owned a store at Tunnel (Hill that was destroy ed by lire. Frank Antonio, of Ernest, was to the Adrian Hospital here on Saturday afternoon, with a simple fracture of tho left tibia, the ibone being broken about midway between the ankle and the knee. The fracture was sustained when Antonio full fiom a car in the mines. India nia lis. I-Mvc (icncratioiis Idving in Family ol' TUCH MONO, IXIX. March 28.— To be grandmother at the age of 28 years is the unique and perhaps unparalleled distinction, in this state, at least, of Mrs, Everett Parker of Richmond. A boy has been born to Mrs. Parker's 15-year-old daughter, Mrs. Charles Lane, arresident of Indianapolls, making the fifth generation in the family. Mrs. Parker's mother and grandmother are both living. The former, whose name is Mrs. Tidella King, and who is but 4*1 years of age, resides near her daughter, while the ' great-great-grandmother, Angellne Davis, Is 80 years old and lives near Raton, O. Mrs. Parker was married when but 1.1 years of age.. | The {President got his dates mixed, and will miss the Yale-Cornell base* [ball game, the Knights of  charity ball and the "Younger Set'* dance ijt the White House. WASHINGTON, I). CM March 28.— Mr. Taft left at noon for New York <'ity, where he. will attend the Yale class of '7 8 dinner, of which he is a member, and return at midnight to Washington, THK SALVATION AH MY Brigadier Atkinson and wife, also Start' Captain Butts, all of Philadelphia, will conduct the flcrvloe at the Salvation Army Everybody welcome.  THK WKATIII0I1 WASHINGTON, E>. C„ March 28 — Following is the forecast for Western Pennsylvania: Generally fair tonight and Tuesday; cooler In northwest 'portion tonight. n i a week. MARION, 1ml., March 28. — The jury in the Klauss divorce cose did not implicate William R. Klauss In the murder of his daughter, Crystal, but held that he condoned his wifes crime. The divorce will be decided The Punx'y colony in Alberta is growing and several other residents of this place are contemplating leaving for the wheat belt when the weather warms up a little more. Trevor and Quay Grube, sons of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Grube, of near this* place, have left for Alberta, Canada, where they have secured employment on a farm. cmm • V: .! - tfliii xMJ PUNXS'Y Murray, of Ttrynoldsville, —Tin' has established an oftice on tin third .10 has fl""r of TI»V Spirifr'-Biiildiii.u. I derrick! Hr a the led 011 .Modico-< College, Phi'ad«l-:ander phia, aiur has been conspicuously oday. bring ri-eognlaed as?., one n.ur for «• f tUr leading; physicians seci, wo- ti'jf of tin- Stair. thr««> years awo lie took diseases of the stomach m tract as a spe- i:X»«• 111 last w i\\U»v at the irO American Stomach Hospital, I'hila-1[0 delphia In preparation f<>^\vorj^in^his (lino. He also spent two months in a TIC FLEE! AT fiAVITE 3y ITniteiL/'fM'oss. Si JT< fcN.. f>. »March **.— hn n( Arms, r Kt-nry H<ator, • Uoavt'S Gruden, il.s on several of the cars and dragging Jfim, with his ling the etUfr ol" the platloarly iwJtiy feot. After lad puswd he was  lway 'Jrlployes and  /ass'-njy i- station, v. lj-eVc lie 1 modioli attentionyr At (i:20 tIn• Adujftn Hospital <1 it /was a I'tyr ten o'eftick . ..jaincil  several .severe eontu»•■ fiea(L#nd face, his body In latXyy<j(ed and bruised, and red that he may have suf- • « * § be fmiini atones