Punxsutawney Spirit, 1910-10-01

              <'i;\xr.N or Missoriti Till WKVTIIKIt \\ \a'.HI-V«TiN.V. c, Oct. I. — IPolloWiPB 's tlw ,r<?cfl*r for P^nn^y'vfln'^- lr tntiirht and jay; cooler to- Continued on page 2. VOL. y-NO. 13 m V. BOYD DIED EMIT THIS MORNING INDIANA COUNTY'S STATE TAX EXCEEDS JEFFERSON'S DEATH FOLLOWS IN WAKE OF VANDERBILT CUP RACE PUNXSUTAWNEY PA. SATURDAY EVENING OCTOBER 1,1910. FIREMEN ENJOY ANNUAL FEAST OF GROUNDHOG DIX NAMED FOR GOV. BY I. Y. DEMOCRATS PRICE TWO CENTS Most Remarkable Convention in History Concludes Work at Rochester. Four Killed and Several Fatally Injured on Course—Grant Wins in Alco—Endicott Wins Massapequa Sweepstakes in "Cole 30"—Chevrolet Strikes Car Loaded With Women— igns and Names of Many Injured Are Unknown. Mechanic Killed—Chaos Rei i Mourns the Loss of of Its Most Respected Citizens. The State tax collected In Jefferson County this year is for some reason or other somewhat smaller than that collected in Indiana County. Indiana set a mark of $12,996.25, while Jcfferaon County falls over one thousand dollars behind with $10.- 871.87. That amount has been forwarded to the State Treasurer at Harrisburg, and three-fourths of the sum, or $8,163.90, returned for the use of the county. CONWAY 1HE SECOND ON TICXEI hie n ig m physicians don't oven ,es of th • injured. and face until Harry i\. i the ninete n Buick, strj VJj Songs and a general good tlcm f*»l-low« d the lating: festival. Thirty, including almost the entire membership of th«- company and a few friend®, enjoyed th outing, the bis: feature of which was the feast consumed between the hours of six and seven. Groundhog and chicken formed the mainstays of tin pread. and the delicacies and side dishes were innumerable. The annual groundhog feast of th< members of the Central Fire Co. held yesterday afternoon and 'evening at Mitchell park proved a most enjoyable event. JDHI W. SUN DIES AFIEB A LONG ILLNESS WILL HUM Dili GAME IK IKE MAUN WOODS turn It. A. M., Ki» Knights ltlto of ho of Al- Vw Bcthlctid A. M., .Society was out in force, and tho grand .stand, for splendor and display Mortimer Roberts came in second in the Massapequa sweepstakes. A 11.nz, driven 1»y Heim, caught fire while rounding the West bury turn, and was stopped and lleim and his mechanician jumped out safely. The (lames destroy d the ear. It developed later that De/.iuvas and hiis wife were injured inst ad of killed. making a total of thre killed, and over a score Injured. Between four a.ul live hundred thousand attended the ra e and twenty thousand automobiles lined the course when tho race began. (Jrant, who passed the thre - leaders in the nineteenth lap, won In •1 hours. 3 5 minutes and s seconds. The car which he drove was the AJeo. John l>awson cam. in s< c<»nd, being but l.> seconds behind the leader. Atkins came pi third. tion, and tli< know the n; Dawsoi led in the ,nt pas.s ed the-m ii a p. Chevrolet, in ;o k a touring car loaded wit , spectators, and caromed aside. The mechanician, Charles Miller, was killed outright, being somersaulted under the car, and Chevrolet made a miraculous escape. being catapulted into the bushes along the course. SCHOOL BOARD MEETS IN SPECIAL SESSION The Mineola Hospital is crowded, and everything is in a chaotic condi- One spectator is dead and eleven arc injured, sonic of whom, it is believed, will die, as tli result of being struck by ears. The Injured have all been taken t>« improvis. d hospitals. •Ferdinand Deziuva and his wife were injured a few miles a*way from the course as the result of their machine, in which they were bound for the race, turning: turtle. The brakes failed as they were coasting downhill at a terrillic rate of speed, and when they reached the bottom, the ear left the road. At Meadowbrook bridge .Mechanician Howard, of Hurman's Buick, was injured, and will probably die, as the result of the driving chain snapping in two and striking him on the body. Driver Hurman, who was unhurt, stopped the car, repaired the broken chain, and once more started in the grilling race, as though nothing had happened. By United Press. VAXII)'E'ltHTI/r CUP COURSH. L. 1.. Oct. 1.—Bill Kndlcott, in a "Cole 30" won t'he Massapvqua swecpsta< ks. A Columbia car, competing for the much coveted Vaml rbilt cup, was badly wrecked, and Harold Stona. the driver, kiled outright, while his mechanician, William Bacon, was rritcally Injured just after the start was made in the race. (Later) It wa.-. at firt thought that Htone ws dead, hut later it was discovered that he was fatalls Injured. Mechanician Bacon was dead, and he was mistaken for Stone. Despite the casualties W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., manager of the race, and donor of the trophy, announces that the conclusion of the contest for the Grand Prix will be held October 15. Mrs Stone, nineteen years, old, wife of the fatally injured driver, waitd in vain at the grand stand for husband to complete the lap. A half hour later she telephoned about the course to locate her husband's car, ignorant that the Columbia was on top of Its driver and mechanician in a fifty-foot gully at Meadowbrook Bridge Two motorcycle mcsengers found the bodies. but neither was willing to inform Mrs. Stone of the accident. For upwards of thirty minutes she chatted with friends, carefully scoring the race, and collapsed when she wa Informed of the death. An early rain had soften ed the track, and deep ruts were cut at ewrv Scores of Plnekrtons and deputy sheriffs patrolled the course. Thousands of pectators crowded the track at danegrous turns where the fatalities were most likely to occur, and it was there that most of the accidents occurred. rivall d the horse shows of the old days. PROSPECTS FOR A FIRST CLASS HUNTING SEASON Stat- Kn-:in«er and Surv.yor—John A. 1 Vi,. • 1, of N» w York. Associate Ju<lg«- of the Court of Appeals Frederick Collin, of Chem u ng. Attorn- : <~»en< ral—Thomas J. Carmodv, «»f Yates. Slat- Ti isurer—John J. Kennedy, of Erie Lieut* iiant (lowrnor- Thomas l\ ('onw a>. of <Minton Count> . Stcretary of Stat. 'Edward Lazurt- sk.v, of Kings. .Yev, V "ik. I»i\ . «ui nti il to h- ad the ticket onl> after an • ntire day .spent in argument and persuasion. Conway persistently refused s< > >nd plaee until the pressun of friends and the Tammany machine was made too severe to ho re sted. Martin H. (llynn was named in the tentative slate for comptroller, hut refused absolutely, when Sohmo.r was substituted. I lie Ticket Nominated < .■! nur John \. 1 n.x, "1 Wa h- ington County COuVVKXTION" HALL. ROCHESTER. X. V . Oct. 1.—One of the most remarkable <on\ ntlons that ever assembled In this or any other state concluded Its work last night with the nomination of a ticket headed by John a 1>I\, of Thompson, Washington Count>. now chairman of the stat<- committee, for gov. t nor. The New York Democratic convention has not only been remarkable for the fact that it was dominated by one man, but that being admittedly subject to bis will, he was for days uncertain until th< last moment whom to select the'first place. [fhat lai 'ille, fl erritorj | The i Itate tii jfecepth in whlj lot to /ill fa or] less bj The body arrived at Falls Creek last evening and funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock at the Snedden home. Burial will be made in the Kumbaugh Cemetery. Rev. H. G. Teagarden, of this place, an intimate friend of the deceased, will officiate at the services. For twenty years the deceased had been a resident of Falls Creek and during that time he amassed a comfortable fortune, being a large stockholder in the Venango Oil Company. The deceased took a prominont part in politics and several years ago sought the Republican nomination for ' " *'y he was vvel esteemed th- 11 her Br<>< Tom Tem toon At one timo the deceased was a prominent labor loader in this section. He is survived by his wife and one son. Prominent Falls Creek Man IHcd Yesterday at Cambridge Springs. Well Known in Political Circles. John \V. Sneddon, one of the best known residents of Falls Creek, died yesterday morning: at Cambridge Springs, after an illness of several months. Reward for Pupils Who do Satisfactory Work—New System of Penmanship. IRAIEFOREIGNERSHOOTS THREE AT FALLS CREEK James Plutino Shoots Girl Whom H e Duped, Her Mother and a Friend. Mmra> I.cl'l This M'tcriioon for New HriiiiswifU. II. I \ Weiss, II. (i. flowers ami I . \ This afternoon II. K. Weiss. H • Jiower.s and K. A. Murray, three of Punxsuta wney's most ardent . portsmen, left for New York. They will leave the metropolis it once. and proceed to IJostui, where they will take a train for Port.and. Maine. At Portland they are scheduled to tak« a train that goes straight up—north, which will land them at a point known as Plaster ,K<»ck. the end of the line. From /Plast< r Itock they will proceed to /a. point sixty-four miles to the north. Thi alter part of the journey will make by spring wauon, and on foot, about an equal portion of each. Their destination' is a point In the wildest part of the .New  Canada, woods, only o'pcn"d to*iMiril - men two years ago, and 'Sold to be fairly overflowing with moose, caribou, deer and small game. The Punxsutawney party, \with a guide, will spend two or three weeks in camp, and will devote most of their time to hunting for bear, moose, dear and caribou. The smaller game, such ns partridges and squirrels, will be shot when opportunity presents, and used as food in camp. Nothing but small rifles are u«sed in that section of the country for small game, the shotgun ! "bring in almost total disuse, owing to the fact that it is too no Iffy. Wing shots are likewise almost unh'ard of. JEFFERSON COUNTY PEOPLE TO ATTEND S. S. CONVENTION FOUR DIVORCES GRANTED ASSASSIN ESCAPES-POLICE ON HAIL was scored A • pai 11• plank Is given to the declaration In favor of the election of ('nit .1 States senators by direct vote. and a promise is made that personal registration will bt extended to t!i, whole The platform I# very !>' mocratlc In its denunciation of th T\nn<-Aldrieh tariff* law and" In its declaration for downward revi>'on <»f the tariff. X- w Nationalism Platform Is Kadicnl. Tht platform takes extremely advanced ground on the subject of primary election. The Democratic party is pledged to give them to the whole state, which means that New , York will be included In the •'.event of Democratic sueeess. The ; purpose is to prevent fusions fn New j Vork City, or it least make them j extremely difficult. J. S. Hunter from Klla Hunter. Ten a]>plieations for divon. were heard at the recent term of Argument Court. The following were granted: IMury I. Gall from Burton (Jail. Min i Bort/ from George Bortz. Robert Burton Brown from Hattle Brown. Small (aunio of all Sorts Keported Plentiful. The prospects for a season of exceptional hunting are good. Nearby residents of Punxsutawney and those who occasionally take a trip to the woods, state that squirrel are. more plentiful this year than for many years past; that rabbits are as thick as Hies in July, and that pheasants arc also abundant. Next Aiond.v* the hunting season will j open, not wide, but far enough for the j hunter.* to take a shot at a bear or A local sportsman woodcock, | positive that he can in a day's liuntj ing bag1 a bear within a radius of ten I miles of Punxsutawney, and states I that he is going; to do it sometime next week. Look out for a bear story in an issue of 11 xt week's papers. WASHINGTON. S pt no.-—The (•••nsua of Missouri Is reported to be 3.2 93, a nr.. which is an increase of 1 sfi.fi70, or si\ per «nt. FIFTH ANNIGERSARY SERVICES il THE REFORMED CHURCH i \Mni s < \\i>\ MM\i:i; i»r \i> RYK. N V . Oct. 1 —.lohn K Huylor, the t imou.s a nd\ manufacturer, died here today. The pastors', superintendents', and Adult Bible Class meetings, will be features of the three days' convention.County—Attendance Will Be I dirge. Ten Delegates Alotted to this County A number of Jefferson County people are planning to attend the. State Sunday School convention to be held in Altoona, October 1-, 13 and 14, when it is estimated that fifty thousand Sunday School workers will assemble in the big P. It. It. town. Jefferson County is entitled to ten delegates to the convention. The delegates' credential cards and order forms for reduced, rates on the railroads, can be securd from Jane E. Cottle, Broolkville, Pa., corresponding secretary of the Jefferson County Sunday School Association. MiA'NlWESTI'M{. Eng.. Oct. 1.—The refusal of a workman in the Fern cotton .Mill, at Oldham, to clean machinery after being ordeivd to do s> by the factory superintend! nt, has resulted in the lockout of IT,0.000 rattan workmen in the .Manchester l>i>- trict today. Two hundred th'Uisamt workmen in th Manchester district may be affeetd. Seven hundred mills are closed. Shortly after live o'clock tills* morn'Ing P&rks W. Boyd, one of the most known and best respected citizens of this section, died at his home Ion Church Street after an illness of lour weeks, death being due to an obstruction of the gall duct. For the past week he had been adually sinking and death was not lexpected when it came. From the ft his condition was serious and on Isday last his strength was seen be fast ebbing. He finally lapsed |i( unconsciousness and passed pfully away. re deceased was born at Mahon- L'urnace Sepember 30, 1853, just raven years ago yesterday, the f Samuel and Mary Boyd. Ihis parents hje moved shortly "irds tcynrar Rimersburg. where •w to manhood. >He had l reached >nis majority when he H>ii the mad as traveling saies\fi up u/til the last illness prelm tfG had followed the same KjyITh lh<- exception of about l*s' time, when he was in the ■msiness at New Bethlehem w at iRimersburg. For the [Ai years he had bn-n the repof the Jones, Tyler Com- notions (halls territory. | been a resident of Punx- Lfor nine years and pre■T&rrival here had lived in Njsix years. In 1887 he was flpiarriage to Miss Clara • ilalrsville. To this union ® were born. Xljld not have claimed a man jfMty whose departure would inmore generally mourned, ■('lligent, ever striving to ftp. only himself but his l'el- ideal citizen. All Hp ad been a member of the |fn Church, and the time oL' was an elder In the Pres•ian Church here. He was lost active member in church and in Y. M. C. A. work, he ; been a director in the Central C. A. here since its reorganitwo yeas ago. The affairs that toward the betterment of the ind the people was ever to the He knew no enemies and call' acquaintance a friend, survived by his wife and the I brothers and sisters: Wil- Boyd, of Rimersburg; L. S. f this place; Mrs. Mary I. \ of New Bethlehem; Mrs. llard, iMrs. S. E. Stewart, of; rl Mrs. Margaret McMurray, j ijjustontown, Ohio. L services will be held at the j Street at 7:30 o'clock [) evening. K- morning body will be ' Rimersburg, where services j .held in the Presbyterian Monday afternoon at two j IRev. Charles A. Clark, pas- \ k First Presbyterian Church officiate at .both services amersburg will be assisted (ttlnger. Your baby cries a little bit, poor dear; everybody else's yells like the dickens, little imp. \OTICi: TO WM l K CONST>11 Its The water will b turm d oft »n •Sunday, ()ctober at I p. m. iITN.VSITA WN I: V and LIXD.s'EV WATER CO.—1 In a Republic it is the duty of every citizen to vote, and vote as he is given the light to se- the right. Elmer E. Beck, for Assembly.—* e Written by Temporary 'arisian Excites Much Comment Explosion in Newspaper Plant Kills Sixteen and Injures 20 H> rnlted i'res>. I ji »!< AXJNKLKS, Cu .. Oct. !•—Six- teen are dead, sixteen are missing and having used dynamite. Thb' morning Chief of 1'olice Gal* low;iy announced that lit- lias obtained MiUieient evid-nee to eonvinee him that dynamite blew up the Times b ullding. ■tide appearing in The Spirit, this 1 )and signed by Miss Waleska »r, who formerly resided near [lace, and who is at present a [in Paris, France, excited considf comment among the towns} yesterday, and a number of [ents made by Miss Sadler were td by the friends of Miss Kdittt find M'iss Aura Law, who made h, to Europe, at The bpirft's if, and afterwards told of tjPeir through the columns of KEPT lin PASTOR BUSY A larg" number of out of town people will be in attendance and a full attendance of the membership is expected. Sunday school at 9:20 o'clock and Christian Kndeavor at 6:45 p. m. Today the members, old and new, of the Reformed Church, are holding a reunion on the church lawn. Dinner, speeches and music and a general good time constitutes the program for the day. Rev. Kerschner, of Rural Valley, is scheduled for an address this afternoon, while P. S. Weber will give a historical review of the church. A number ol other speeches arc 011 the program. The fifth anniversary of the pastorate of Rev. I*. <>. H. Kerschner of the Reformed Church, will be observed tomorrow, and the services promise to be very interesting;. Rev. Bowling, of Kit tanning, and Rt v. Souders. of Pittsburg will be in attendance, Rev. Bowling occupying the pulpit in the morning, and Rev. Souders in the evening. Communion and reception of members at both services. W ASll IXC.TON, I). Oct. 1.—Tho President oday pardoned Thomas Kehoe, Patrick J. llenneasyll Kid ward 11. Hoyle and John It. Coyle, who were .sentenecd to a year in prison in anuary for .sugar weighing frauds. Their terms expired November l», but were released imme diately because of good i behavior, and for testifying against Gerbraeht and Heike. a the " , that I ll iS IW i, thai e betourThe police wore at once notified and started out on a search for the man. Good descriptions of both are in the hands of the police and as all avenues of escape are being guarded, it is expected that the men will be captured In a short time. Several suspects have been arrested both by the Falls Creek officers and the State Poliet, but all have been released. The shooting was the result of a family quarrel. Plutino and his sup-' posed wife had been living in Clearfield. A short time ago it developed that the man had a wife living in tinold country and the girl with whom he had been living left him and went to her mother's at Falls Creek. Yesterday in company with another Italian, he went to Falls Creek from Clearfield and at ten o'clock last night went to the Cortti home. About 10:15 o'clock, as he was sitttlng in the kitchen, talking over the arrangements for a separation with the girl who had believed herself to be his wife, he suddenly drew from his pocket a revolver and fired point blank at Mrs. Covctti. the bullet struck her left shoulder. Hi- then ran to the next room, and as he • 11- tered the door, fired fit his wife who was sitting talking t<> a neighbor, Carmon Petruieh. The ball entered her mouth and tore away a portion of her left cheek. Petruieh jumped to his feet and rushed toward the seemingly craved man. A;- he was almost upon him Plutino tired again and the bullet plowed its way through Petruich's left breast. Plutino and his companion, who took 110 part in the shooting, then ran from the house and disappeared. Mrs. .Jim Plutino, aged sixten. shot in mouth, face badly torn, suffering from loss of blood; will live. Mis. Corrctti, mother of Mrs. Plutino, shot iu left shoulder, not serious. nil: iN.ii KI:D. Carmen Pcti'iiirh. shot in left breast; in Du'Bois Hospital; will probably die. An irate foreigner last night shot and fatally wounded one and seriously injured two others shortly after ten 'o'clock, in Falls Creek. \F\V MIOXIOO'S UOim/ATTOX The publication of the Times wi be continued from an auxiliary plan The. managing editor declares that Union labor, with whom the paper has had trouble, is responsible for the blowing up of the building, and accu.se members oC the organization Members of the editorial force, who left the building before the explosion occurrd, say they smelled gas leaking.The big edition was being run off, and everything was still in full swing, when .suddenly, without warning a terrililc explosion occlirred. To add J,o the horror lire followed the explosion, completely destroying the building, and it is possible that a number w< r incinerated in the ruins. Most of the dead were employes of he composing, stereotyping and mailing departments. twenty are more or less seriously injured as the result of an explosion which wreeked the plant of the Los Angeles Times at 1:30 o'clock this morning. llonly fair to state in til that the Punxsutawney, % not at any time mall >Jn that Paris was immoraj njot beautiful, that thero lite among the people, es abound there, and that , statements it is not necessary either of them, or anyone else, jombat Miss Sadler's allegations ihe contrary. It is true that *g Jones and Law made but a eh live on the boulevards, but ,|y passed Paris up by saying i they were rather disappointed, that the streets of the city wer. y as the streets of Punxsutawbeing an afterthought of the editor's. nee The Spirit's tourists made no Again, Mlas Sadler says: "They on- flying trip to Paris, but they wore there a sufficient length of time to determine for themselves that the city is far from being cleanly. That it was dirty when they saw it they st'ill maintain. It might have been that those were i»lt days in Paris, that the street sweeper* were on a strike, <»r that the city council was a little short on thi> street fund, but, never! heless, the streets of Paris at the time of The Spirit's tourists' vlalt there, wfVe dirty, and if Paris presents ,|ln appearance, all the year 'round that it presented on their in"lecrfon of it, they are ready to con- Miss Sadler's assertion that it is cleanest city in the world. /•'Such and numerous other charges are the charges many provincial tourists, especially, carry home with them after a three days' sojourn in Paris," says Miss Sadler, after enumerating what she claims to be the. evils accredited to Paris by the tourists. It is hard to believe that here Miss Sadler referred to the local tourists, ma'inly because they made no such assertions, made no charges whatsoever against Paris, except that it is dirty. NO EIGHTH GRADE Ol'/ISiON AS *ET At an adjourned meeting of the Borough SchoTTT Board, held last even- ' ing, at which all the directors < x cept one wore present, several mens urea of importance were discussed ant some new methods of school work were adopted. The must important of these was the extension to every day in the week of the practice which prevailed during part of last year as to Wednesday and Friday— that of permitting- the dismissal of any room at th- discretion of tinteacher a half hour earlier than the regular afternoon closing hour, which is four o'clock for te higher grades and three-forty-live for the primaries. Jt is not expected that in any case all* the pupils will be dismissed at an earlier hour, but only those who have done all the work required satisfactorily and are not in need of any as- ; sistance from the teacher. Pupils who are detained until the usual closing hour will be of all kinds—not only the dull ones or those who for willful neglect during the day are kept in as a penalty, but also those who are capable and earnest, but who have met with problems during the day upon which they wish to have further assistance. Tinhours of the teachers will not be shortened, as there is no likelihood that in any day there will be none who should be detained; but this system holds out an inducement to the children to do their best, and at the same time does not penalize the teacher for the shortcomings of the laggards, or impose extra burdens upon the teachers who would be glad to aid ambitious pupils who want help outside of school hours. Another innovation adopted by the Board Is the introduction of the Ben- Thls is not an untried experiment, as it has been in use in many places where the most efficient schools in the United States are maintained. Its partial use last year gave noticeably good results, and it is confidently expected that its further extension will result in considerable reduction in the percentage of pupils who fail to pass for promotion at the end of the year. The child who takes ten years to do eight years' work is only an expense to the district, but is most liable to lose interest and quit school altogether; so there is every reason for the adoption of methods that have been demonstrated to be an aid in overcoming this difficulty. D. C., Oct. — The Census Bureau announces that New Mexico lias 327,396 population. Rev. J. R Makins, of the Central Presbyterian Jmurch here, returned yesterday after a brief visit to his former psixish ;1n St. Clairsville. Accepting* an invitation to address a large crowd of 1$(6 me-Comers at the Belmont Coupt > Thursday of last week, he spukuffo an Immense throng. Sunday he fiwtfl the pulpit in the First Presbyterian Church, his old charge. Sunday evening he addressed a union meting in the United Presbyterian Church. On Monday night Dr. Kaklns was the guest of honor at a ministerial banquet given him in the Clarendon Hotel. (Continued on page six.) w H1 I/ocio»r« is I j D*f(BY M«wrw\| / TRcm If TM.Nn<m| i > VT# or J \ ONETH- J 9 ' 1,1 'rW-:sU 11 »h tsscmbly, cninscqiuMji known *yid hiRhl> ughout the county. 1 was u h><-nil»cr of ? No. j$'l'1 P. ok ('ha i>f< r No. 1!2r» han yjt o m um n el o ry No. Ayfii-nt Si-otti.-i \/A. O. N. M ilkrnm^ ft , v*j ■H Pie Ihmlgttfetonei) §|dfIt