Punxsutawney Spirit, 1911-04-27

              W**- y - • •••?■ • A. ' ™ V" ' " -' ' "' * ■' Technicalities IWin't Go. THK WKATHKH NEW POWER PLANT AT LUCERNE IN OPERATION PUNXSUTAWNEY PA.. THURSDAY EVENING APRIL 27. 1911. LAST CASE ON LIST IS NOV ON TRIAL VOL. V—NO. 189 audit a set of accounts such as exist In the commissioners' office, ft is CITY LEAGUE WILL CONSIST OF TEN TEAMS BUSINESS WOMAN DEAD PENROSE TO SUPPORT THE RECIPROCITY BILL PRICE TWO CENTS Made Leader of Republican Side In Senate and Victory For Taft Is Assured. All Jurymen, With Exception of Those On the! Troutman Case, Discharged. R. & P. C. & I. Company and Star Iron Workers Are Granted Franchises. Brockway ville Paper Evidently Not Satisfied With Last Audit and Report of Jury. BECH SCORES THE BOARD Of AUDITORS MSMTFilNMEMICIMMT SCALIIHG WILL BE THE OIFICML MIL "And If the auditors have a grouch with the commissioners, let them go to their own back-yards and fight it out, and not charge the county with time consumed In fault-finding and scrapping over little, narrow things in which the county is in no way interested. The action of the auditors in this matter Is very suggestive of child's play." high time we elect men who have at least some- knowledge of thi3 kind of work. TAYLOR WINS AGAINST INSURANCE COS. INSURGENTS WILL HUE LIVELY TIME She was a daughter of the late James McAnultv, a Pennsylvania cnnal boatman and pioneer lumber dealer, and was born near Mahafft y October, 17. 1 N 4 C. INDIANA, Pa., April 27.—Mrs. Mary Melissa Thompson, widow of H. S. Thompson, one of the best Known women of this county, died suddenly at her home here Wednesday. She was manager of the Thompson Insurance agency, which was established by her husband in 1 870. OADEO OF OWLS HOLDS IIS FUST Em The turning on of the power at the new plant was not accompanied by any ceremonies. The power is generated by two Curtis turbine G. E. generators, both developing 3,000 k. w's. There Is room in the plant for another generator of the same size. The new plant which will furnish power for practically all the it. & 1'. mines in Indiana county, is one of the most moderif and thoroughly equipped plants In the country. The power house itself Is of brick, is roomy and thoroughly equipped. The new power plant of the it. & P. C. & 1. company, situated at Lucerne, was started today with a large force of men employed. ATTEMPT IS MADE ON KAlStR IUELN Lilt SEAT SALE OPENS FOR "THE FLOWER OF THE RANCH" LONDON, April 27. A dispatch from Corfu says that while the Kaiser's yacht, Hohenzollern, with the empress aboard, was cruising off that port, three rifle shots were fired at it the bullets whistling over the imperial cabin. The outrage is believed to have been committed by anarchists, the Italian and Spanish branches of which have been very active lately It is supposed they are plotting the wholesale assassination of the royal family at the coronation of King George and the European police arc using repressive measures. Three llullt'tv Whistle Over l-liuperor's Cahiu on IIK Private Yaeht. (By I'nited Press.) BLACK HANDERS ARE BUSY IN CHICAGO The Trout man case will prababl.v be concluded this evening. Mr. Taylor also received judgment for a similar amount in his suit, against the Manufacturers and Merchants Mutual Fire Insurance company, of Philadelphia. A judgment of $IH)U was granted 13. E. Taylor in the suit of Taylor vs. the Exchange Mutual Fire Insurance company of Pennsylvania. In the suit of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to use of the borough of Brookville vs. P. P. Blood, an application for amanded statement by plaintiff was granted and the case continued. The case of Keubin Cohen vs. E. \Y. Smith, assumpsit, attracted a great deal of attention and the suit was hard fought between the attorneys. The jury brought in a verdict for the defendant and awarded the plaintiff $25 with interest from June 22, 1910. In the cast of the Citizens' National bank of Big Run vs. J. F. Crawford, et a!., assumpsit, a verdict was rendered for the plaintiff in the sum of $1,:M9.32. The cast' of Prank J. Troutman vs. the Pennsylvania Railroad company, for trespass is now on trial and with the finish of this case the court of common pleas will come to a close. The jury in the Troutman case was selected at I 0 o'clock this morning and the hearing of witneses began issediately. All other jurymen were disc ha rgcd. OIL HEAR BARNESBQHO? Printers Vindicated Anyhow. The fact that Senator Penrose had agreed to support "Hie Canadian reciprocity agreement eYwised somewhat of a sensation, among Pennsy 1 vanians. It miu|(e strongly than anything else the gradual evolution of #eu~ tlment, and its acceptance Pennsylvania senator will  tower of strength to the  tion and a source of vexatious embarrassment to the progressives. While the selection has been expected for months, its consummation Is the logical sequence of the steadily growing recognition of the developing political sagacity and administrative eapacitv ot' the Pennsylvania senator. He has become the titular head of Regular Republicanism and what is more, the chief and dominant expounder of the policies and purposes of the Taft administration. Although Pennsylvania is the recognized rock-ribbed citadel of high protection, the moderate policy on tariff, as represented by President Taft, has found sympatietic support in Senator Penrose. WASHINGTON. Tpril 27. -Boies Penrose was yesterday named by th® Republican cauc us as chairman of the finance committee of the United States senate and first after the chairman of his old committee of postoffice and post roads. By virtue of his selection as chairman of the finance committee, Penrose becomes by precedent and in fact the Republican leader and the head and front of lingular Republicanism as well afl the administration spokesman in the upper house. He succeeded Senator Aldrich, who for years has been the undisputed master of the senate and brings to Pennsylvania, for the firs' time in several decades, the honor of the headship of the chief legislative hod.\ of the nation. "Sincerely yours. "J. L. D ROM EX." Dunkirk X. V., Ami] 24, I ill f. "You will make no mistake boosting this attraction. "Dear Sir- I understand the "Flower of the Kranch" plays your house on on next Friday and wish to state that this show played my house tonight and is one of the most pleasing musical shows we have ever had had, with an abundance of good voices and an excelent cast. "Mgr. Jefferson Theater, "Puxsutawnev, Pa. Manager Fish yesterday received the following letter: The first musical comedy to visit Punxsutawney in two months comes to the Jefferson theater tomorrow night. The production "The Flower of the Ranch," is produced by the same individual who offered "The Girl Question," "The Time, the Place and the Girl" and "A Stuboorn Cinderella,' to the theatergoers throughout the country, so that ther Is no doubt but that the production will be first class in every respect. Seat sale opened this morning and the indicationcs are that the big musical show will be greeted by a large house. duct ion is One of the liesl on the ltonti Manager Fish is Assured That Pro- THOSE GARBAGE GROUND RATS of the black hand. TAFT A year ago his aged father was murdered, presumably by members Devoney is one of the wealthiest 11 habitant8 of "little Italy" and lias eceived many black hand letters. CHK'AC.O, April 27. \ Black Hand bomb was exploded in the doorway of the Oak Savings bank, owned by John Devoney. an Italian, at '•'> o'clock this morning, and tore a hole a foot square in the iron-plated door and broke all the windows in the four story building and threw the occupants of the building from their beds. i liy United Press.) Streets of Punxsutawney Fairly Reek With Dirt It John J. McNainara and his associates are guilty of the crimes charged against them, the most severe punishment should be meted out to them. But whether they are guilty or not, it is not fair to hold organized labor responsible for the acts of individuals. At the time of the Los Angeles horror suspicoln; was directed against the organized printers, but this it now appears, was absolutely unfounded. The coming trials of the alleged dynamiters, at Los Angeles, will bring out important facts that, as yet. are not known to the public. And the outcome of the affair will be to discourage criminal zealots in their frenzied attacks on those who incur their enmity.—• Bradford Era. NI'NAMAHA IS CUM The engineer, Albert Lucas, 1« dead and many others are reported injured. A special train of physicians and surgeons was rushed to the scene from here. P A U KSKUSBl' R(», W. V., April 27 A Baltimore & Ohio pasenger train carry ing a large crowd of •Ritchie county people to this city for Ringllng's circus, was wrecked near Petroleum, twenty miles from this place at neen,. just after leaving the tun nel. WUKCK ON 11. O Ac (By Cnited Press.) The Order of Owls met in The Spirit lodge roonl last night. There was a large attendance, of two hundred being present. Messrs. Rearick and Tozler, the organizers, turned the business over absolutely to the members, who proceeded to demonstrate their capabilities for intelligent action by electing the following officers: duct Affairs of Iah'hI Nest. Well Know n Mc»u Are Chosen to Con- The membership of the Owls is now about five hundred, and the Punxsutawney Nest bids fair to reach from 1,200 to 1,500. The action of the new organizers In giving the members a free hand to conduct the affairs of the order proved very satisfactory, good feeling being thus restored, and it is expected that every member will be a booster with a determination to make It the banner organization in Western Pennsylvania.President, H. F. Spranklo; vice president, J. H. Depp; past president, N. I). Corey; Invocator, Cyrus Wilson; secretary, Walter Hick; treasurer, H. L. Grube; warden, George Lanzendorfer; sentinel, John Walton, picket, Cook Barnett; trustees, W. A. Dick, B. F. Thorn, J. A. Drake. ■ffeit, At last night's session held in the Spirit building it was also decided that the Spauldlng ball should eb the official ball of tiie league and a proposition from .1. M. Beyer to the effect that a watch fob would be given every member of the winning team, that a $."i Jersey or sweater be given to the player with the best fielding average and a Spaitlding gold medal ha1, to the player with the best batting average, provided the Spauldlng ball be used, was accepted and a contract with Mr. Beyer signed to that The City League will consist of 1(1 teams. It was so decided at a meting of the directors last night and the it. & !'. C. & I. company team with the Star Iron works' aggregation were sold franchises. The com k> make arrangeni' of the East 10n(I part .nat the directors of t .iter Oil company require of one dollar per Kii use of the park. It was - assess each member of tli(j ttmros contesting five cents to pay the ground rental. f' At a previous meeting: another ball had been adopted as the official ball of the league and that motion was last night rescinded. tee appoints! s for the in announced Petfei t h e pnj in for [cldei The matter of securing umpires for the league was left to the president of the league. Frank Honey has been chosen as one and two others are to be secured. Monday, May 1 — Mask club vs. Red Men. and Wig A schedule committee rearranged the schedule formerly announced to accommodate the two new teams and the following order will be in effect for the first two weeks of the season, which begins next Monday. Thrsday, May I It.. I!. & 1'. vs. It & P. P. & I. Tuesday, May 2—Spirit vs. Jokers Wednesday, May I! It. It. Y. M. C. A. vs. Star Iron^Works. Friday, May 5—Open. Saturday, May 'i—-Glass Workers vs. High School. Monday, May S Glass Workers vs. It. & P. I'. & I. Tuesday May !• High "School v*. Mask and Wig. Wednesday, May 111- 11., It. & P. vs. lied Men. Thursday, May 1 1 -Star Iron Works vs. Spirit Force. Friday, May 12- R. K. Y. M. I'. A. ve. Jokers. Saturday, Mary 1 :> Open. DOG GOES ON WILD RAMPAGE AT RATHMEL Tilden is charged with contempt of court anil failure u> appear before J the bribery investigation coiiimii/ Armed with a warrtnt for the arrest of Edward Tilden, of Chicago, a millionaire, and head of the National Packing company, the reputed custodian of the alleged $100,000 bribery fund used in the election of Senator Lorimer, Assistant Sergeant at Anns Hatfield of the Illinois senate today left for Chicago. MILLION A IKK AKRKNTKI) ( By United Press.) SPRINC.FIELD. Ills , April 2 7 of (he Interior Samuel Adams of Illinois.Puii\'y Veivs Insists Tlicy are More in Evidence Than Kvcr A Meyer avenue resitleixt, who has i hail his ey« oil Punxsy's dump pile I and rat farm off and on for several years, says hi- has noticed that the rat population is increasing at an alarming rate. He says they are the fattest and largest rats he ever saw and that the felow who can't see rats at the garbage dump can't see anything. Well, this Meyer avenue citizen has been doing some wonderful thinking along the line of how to exterminate • rates. He says if there are rats anywhere else in town or within a radius of twenty miles of the dump pile tti:it they all come from the dniwff' heap as It is the parent mountain of accumulated rottenness and mangy rats, he declares. The Beyer avenue man's thoughts have resolved themselves Into this Tact; that the skins of rats are valuable and marketable; hence, the rat farm may be made to pay for Itself in cold cash and the rats exterminated. -Punxsutawney News. A well known citizen of this place, who bus taken much interest in the rat question and who has on several occasions visited the garbage grounds vouches for the fact that there are fewer rats on the dump lot than in many buildings about Punxsutawney. The rat killing and skinning industry in Punxsutawney, it is to be feared, will never materialize. KIJKRH ART'S STORK NKWS GARBAGE Can you wonder that Cambria county gasped, reread, and then tool; active Interest. Soon every telephone line into Barnesboro was buzzing with inquiries. The answer to each and every oue was a laugh. N'ot only was the oil well missing, but the special train of oil men had vanished between Pittsburg and Burnesboro. The Smoky City papers reached the "North Star," but nothing else was doing. There Is general question question now as to where and by whom the Joke was started. The oil men went to Barnesboro last night for the purpose of leasing all the ground available in that vicinity with a view of drilling. The report caused considerable excitement and hundreds of sightseers Hocked to the scene last night. The fortunate Barnesboro man immediately notified a Pittsburg oil man, and a special train was made up at Sharpsburg and two car loads of piping was rushed to Barnesboro and the oil tanked. A score of Pittsburg oil men left this city last night for Barnesboro, Cambria county, following a report that oil had been struck there by a resident drilling a water well, and flowed at the rate of 100 barrels an Hour. The Dispatch made public the following Tuesday morning: Although April 1, 1911, has been history for almost a month, very day might as well be All-Fool's Day for the Pittsburg Dispatch, as witness a wonder tale on the first page of Tuesday's Issue, says the Johnstown Tribune. The story was especially startling for Cambria couutians, as it told of the sudden development of an ordinary water well into a hole spouting lot) barrels of oil an hour. All this was supposed to have happened at Barnesboro. Pittsburg; Dispatch Stirs up Cumbria County Folks oil April Fool Story CLEARFIKLP, April Three f hundred veterans of the Spanish American war, troni till parts of Western Pennsylvania, arrived here this morning for the furth annual reunion of the Fifth regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers. Hilton opposes the interposition of technicalities in the case.He says that the men were kidnapped too late to do anything now, and Insists upon a speedy trial, strictly on the merits of the case, if he remains as chief counsel.The district attorney is merely waiting on Judge Hilton and the other counsel for the defense before proceeding with the trial. Judge Hilton, chief counsel for the defense, received a teregram from President Ryan, of the StVuctural Iron Workers today, saying that the Indianapolis attorneys would conduct the defense. Hilton immediately dropped his preparations for the trial. LOS ANGELES, April l!(i.—-After considerable misunderstanding, the retention of Judge Hilton as counsel for John J. McNamara, was continned by the local labor leaderss. Despite the gravity of the charge against him, John J. McNomara preserved perfect calmness today. He asserts his innocence and expresses his confidence of a speedy acquittal. (By United Press.) E-lszw TAFT BUST II HEW IBRK Once the si reels are in respectable condition the citizens themselves should do the rest. A half hours! work every morning would clean the I strets to the car tracks In front of each property. The dirt could b< | placed in piles and carted away each, evening by the borough. The town , can certainly spare enough money for that. If the above scheme doesn't appeal fo the business in eh of Punxsutawney why not all g«t toegther as did the business men of North Find ley tsreet last year? Each subscribe so much a week and keep a squad of mcu at work constantly. Council Sliy on Kiimls ("iti/.ens <>nj;lir | to l>e Wiling to llo Something Themselves Tiie streets of Punxsutawney have probably never been in a worse condition than at present. The dust is at least an inch thick on all the paved streets and the clouds of germladen filth that go swirling about at | each puff of wind and in the wake of every auto, fill the throats and eyes of every pedestrian. Council is evidently,.funcere in its protest that there, 'is insufficient money on haad tu^start the street sweeper and «oef>* it going. Realizing,*' Ujfit but little aid van be countedLrffion from the borough, the citizens should take matters into their own hands. Primarily the borough should come forward an 1 give the streets one good cleaning with the aid of the street sweeper and the white wings. This should bo followed by a generous flushing of the bricks with water from the fire] plugs. J3HN PREHODA Technicalities have brought the law into some disrepute and that i urged in behalf of Architect Huston 'is one of the kind that creates no good opinion. The jury in his case i found him guilty of defrauding the 'state. The Indictment accused him ! ■<( conspiracy to defraud the Stale. I His attorneys contend the verdict was an acquittal. But to the lay mind the difference Is less than tint between tweedle-dum and tweedlede—Oil City Bllizard. We are gtlll booking dates for Santo vacuum cleaning. Call ther phone for exact dates. A new line of dress patterns, beautiful patterns, all the new shades; $3.50 to $4.60. A new extra heavy 70-Inch bleached damask at 85c per yard. Don't fall to get Ebefhart's red profit sharing stamp*.—!• Just Wright oxfords for men at $4.00 combine everything that goeH to make up a perfect shoe. All lasV and leathers. Friday and Saturday, 400 boys' suits, ageR 10 to 16 years, straight, pants, in serges, cashmeres, and fancy worsteds, regular $3.00 to $5.00 grades, $1.98. A quaint kissing custom still exists in the pretty little Wiltshire town ot Hungerford- An ancient toll is claimed by the authorities on Easter Monday from every man and woman in the town. From the men the toll is 1 penny, but that imposed on the women is a kiss! The custom is maintained by two beadles, who march from house to house and levy their quaint taxes. After the beadles have had their innings, every man Is at liberty to embrace any girl he meets. And Hungerford Is crowded with visitors on Raster Monday.—London Chronicle. kissing on Muster, John Prehoda, aged about :»2 years, died at his home In Ernest early on 'Sunday morning of a complication of diseases. He had been in ill health for some time and recently returned from a Punxsutawney hospital. The deceased was a well known miner. The remains were accompanied here Monday morning by members of Lodge No. 1, I. C. S of Ernest. Interment was made in St. Bernad's cemtery.- Indiana Gazette.Our Ulfa of a martyr Is the plain, evory-day man who permits a famous woman to marry him. --Oil City llliizard.WASHINGTON, April 26—Following Is the weather forecast for Western Pennsylvania: Unsettled. Showers tonight or Friday, As aoon as we are »ure the postal deficit ha« been wiped out It will be la order to Inaugurate penny postage for letter*, or something else thai will cause Another deficit. The president leaves for Washington at midnight. The program tonight includes a newspaper publishers' banquet at th<) Waldorf-Astoria, the "Methodist Social union dinner at Sherry's and the Aeronautical Society banquet at the Astor pinner in honor of J. Van Vechten Olcott at ABtor. (By United Press.) NEW YORK, April 27—President Taft is In conference today at the home of Henry W. Taft, with the state Republican leaders regarding the political situation here. A lunch was given In honor of President Taft by Henry Clews. The following from last week's Issue of the Brockwayvllle Record Is printed at the request of a citizen, evidently friendly to the interests of the present board of county commissioners, either that or unfriendly to the board of auditors. The Spirit ventures no opinion in the matter, it would seem to the laymen that the auditors have performed their duties satisfactorily. "After spending three months In going over the occounts, a task that should easily be performed in thirty days, the auditors condensed the rtport and sent it out for publication in a form that made it almost unintelligible to the average citizen. Instead of setting forth accounts as they found them the auditors, in an attempt at brevity, bunched the accounts together, the main object, it appears, being to cut down the expense of publication regardless of whether the public would understand the report to its satisfaction. Seemingly unconscious of the fact that the auditors' report is of interest to every tax payer, the auditors shove it onto the people in a mixed mass with the explanation that an old receipt book has been mislaid in the commissioners' office. "After having spent three months' time in compiling the report of the finances of Jefferson county for the past year and publishing the same in condensed form, the auditors of the county attempt to justify their loss of time, and failure to get up the report so that the taxpayers could understand it, by appealing to the grand jury of the April court sessions for an Investigation of the bookkeeping system in use in the commissioners' office and that an accountant be appointed by the Court to audit the books of the county commissioners. The auditors complain that a receipt book has been lost a .d that several pages are mislng from one of the ledgers and that the said board of auditors were unable to perform their work with the proper dispatch. "To the ordinary person reading the complaint of the auditors it would seem that the business of the commissioners' office is conducted In a liap-hazard and loose manner. To those who have read the annual statement, and have taken the trouble to investigate the complaints of the auditors it needs no great amount of intelligence to discover that the trouble is mostly with the auditors who have more or less of a grouch against the.- -commissioners. "To go over the situation briefly, the county auditors met at the usual time to audit the accounts of the county. Instead of going ahead with their work, as has been done In former years, the auditors started in to conduct a sort of investigation in the commissioners' office, and a great deal of time was spent in flicking flaws in the work of the commissioners. All that the.v could find that they considered worthy of passing o nto the public was the fact that an old receipt book, which, by the way, had been audited in a previous year's report and was practically useless as a factor in settling up last year's accounts, was missing. In addition to this, two ledger pages are said to be missing, which are supposed to have been wanted by the auditing board. any occasion for the service of an I accountant. If the auditors cannot I The Record believes that the busines of the commissioners' office is done in a straightforward manner and that the, bookkeeping system used there, while it Is not elaborate, is such that any man of ordinary intelligence, may readily understand. We do not believe that the auditors are justified in their present attempt to belittle the administration of the present board of commissioners, and ■neither do we believe that there Is "Next comes the Information that after haviog fussed around for three months In getting up an excuse of a report and publishing it at a small saving to the county in newspaper advertising, the auditors' bills for their work amount to over $600 for services alone. And on top of all this comes the request that the county go to a lot more expense In having an expert go over the books for no other reason than that an old receipt book is missing, and two pages being absent from the proper place in a ledger, said pages being old records on which the commissioner? claim they have no knowledge of having entered any accounts. There is terror in the neighborhood lest the dog may have bitten many others than those known to have been attacked. The residents would b? glad if the state would establish a tlgjd quarantine over the whole township during (he warm weather. —Reynoldsville Star.- j While on the rampage the mad dog attacked three Shetland ponies belonging to Ed Mulhollan and bit nil three, one of them having Its throat, badly mangled by the dog's teeth. The ponies have been closely conflnever since and will not be killed until a report is received from Philadelphia after an examination of the Mulhollon dog's head. Dr. Harry B. King sent the head away. A dog belonging to Cleveland Mulhollan, son of Ed Mulhollan, of Rath-111 el Junction, broke out of confinement about three o'clock Sunday morning and from that until 6 in tli" morning ran wild over the section near the power house at the Junction. How many dogs were bitten it Is not possible to state accurately, but five others showed marks of the mad canine's teeth and were promptly shot, along with the one on the rampage. Among the dogs killed were several valuable ones, full blooded bulls and shepherd dogs. Two belonged to Cleveland Mulhollau. one to William Kisette, one to Peter 'Smith, oue to an Italian living near the power house and the last was a line bull which was kept at the power house of the Jefferson Traction company, and was the parent of the litter of bull pups belonging to John Irwin, the killing of which was mentioned last week. Six dogs were shot at ltathniel Junction, Sunday, following a mad dog scare, and three ponies, the property of Ed Mulhollan may have to be shot in a few days. m wm w? P T Mi ■> >