Punxsutawney Spirit, 1916-07-31

              Hjjj'nt.'la ■. • -  PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., MONDAY EVENING, JULY 31, 1916 PRICE TWO CENTS'! Bbs mm m f kv in to mm UBBI UBS OF 150,000,000 »^w«ji > & '\ I QH^£' k>SrJ jN&TT'^SKMMn •*&■■ -: .;•  f\ ; w f^iSSiCaflL 4^ly 'llPSr $&<■>. sw Jit jXSJbSit! JBfBH COUNTY HIGH FRONJUSTICE KILLED II (III BATTLE WITH OEFICER HEAD BLAIRSVILLE Hi ol Lighterage Company, Lehigh Valley Railx'■way Agent and National Storage Company Bile ad Are Held For Manslaughter-Worst ■Explosion in History-Three Are Known to be ■Dead and a Dozen Are Missing. I** ■ - D. K. McFarland, Formerly of Valier, Wanted on Two Charges by Punxsutawney Police, Shot and Fatally Wounded Saturday Afternoon at Stranford, Indiana County—Chief Palmer Identifies Victim. International News Service . . EW YORK, July 31.—With three investigations under way it beted by night progress will be made in placing the responsifor the ammunitions explosions at Black Tom Island, that 8 damage estimated at $50,000,000, is known to have killed persons and believed to have resulted in the death of 12 more, ire still missing. THREE MEN ARE ARRESTED lready a charge of manslaughter has been lodged against three accused of criminal negligence. Other arrests are expected, iceusedjr e Theodore B. Johnson, president of the Johnson erage flpnpany; Alexander M. Dickman, agent of the Lehigh t Railway at Black Tom Island pier; Alexander Davidson, suendent of the National Storage Company's warehouses on the In a p,un battle with a Blairsville officer, D. K. McFarland, formerly of Valier, wanted by the police of Punxsutawney for various crimes, was fatally shot Saturday afternoon near Indiana county. Charles Byrnes, of Blairs#ille, for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, was^ightlv^rffumded. oi'K\Ki> Special Officer Byrnes, of Blairsville, and John Beatty, of Blairsville, had been summoned to the vicinity of Stranford to locate Mc- Farland. They stepped from the automobile in which they had made the trip, at the head of a small ravine near Stranford. I hey had jtisi alighted when a bullet came front the ravine, striking I»\ rues in the hand. \ second later another bullet whipped his hat oil and inflicted a slight scalp wound. Ilyrnes located the source o! the lire ami opened up with his automatic. One bullet struck Mc-1 arland fn the abdomen and another in the chest. Me was taken to Blairsville, given iirst aid and then rushed to the Indiana Hospital, where he died at 11 ::>() p. in. Saturday. Scene in San Francisco's recent, preparedness parade. The prepared- liess celebration was marred by the killing of six people and the injuring of 40 by bomb thrown by an nnar-chist. "«»i:m 1:1: svkksviu.s: kkhihknt JAMES HESS, FORMER RESIDENT, IS KILLED IN A U T O ACCIDENT GERMANS LAUNCH VIOLENT ATTACK AND AREREPULSED Md at land had previously resided at Sykesville, About a vear ago he purchased a farm near Yalier and huckstered through town, lie disappeared about six months ago. bout two weeks ago complaints were made to ( hief ol Police i'ahner, of thi ; cit\, that a man hese three men are specifically charged with causing the death rneliuB Leyden, captain of the Lehigh Valley police. Leydon ■at seen standing near the warehouse on the pier a few moments b the great explosion, that was felt 158 miles away from New . His body has not been recovered. lie rrants allege that Johnson and Davidson permitted the er of one of Johnson's barges to tie up at the pier with a cargo ngerous explosives. Dickman is charged with allowing cars ining boxes of high explosives to be placed on the railroad sidt the pier, in such a position as to be likely to catch fire when Hckman and Davidson have been arrested. Johnson, his friends d, would surrender. Commissioner Hague, of Jersey City, declared the S for the explosion could be laid at the door of the Lehigh Valtailway, Natioanl Storage Company and the Johnson Litherage James K. Hess, who only a time ago visited here in cojffitny with Dyron Zeitler at tlio homo of the latter's uncle William Zeitler, was killed near New Castle Sunday afternoon when he was pinned beneath a wrecked automobile. The deceased formerly resided at Valler and for several years lived in Punxsutawney with his mother, in the house jUSt above the Continental hotel. , For the past, two years he had been making his home with his siter, Mrs. Hose Zeitler, at New Castle, formerly of this place. A sister residing at Summerville also survives him. The young man will be remembered by many Punxsutawney residents as a boy- Only a short time ago the deceased and Byron Zeitler drove a big Palmer-Singer car to this place, French Gain Ground After Beating Teutons Back—F o r c e s Rest Along the Somme River. the size or the car causing much comment. Of the accident a p*oss dispatch from No wCastie says: "Traveling atiout 50 miles an hour in an automobile this afternoon. James K. Hess, aged 34, cashier of I he Shetiango works of the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company, was killed when a tire on a front wheel blew out, causing the car to overturn on the New Castle and Wilmington highway. He was pinned beneath the wrecked automobile. "Witnesses said the car leaped nearly two feet from the ground when the tire exploded. "Mr. Hess had been associated with the tin plate company several years. He was a Mason and a member of the Klks, and sang in the choir of the New Castle Methodist Episcopal Church, lie 1$ survived by two sisters." * 'representing hmtselt as a govern- ,incut officer was searching the houses of foreigners at Horatio and \ alier, and demanding $100 in settle ment when he found guns. Incidentally lie was appropriating all the jewelry, money, etc., lie found during his search for the guns. Last Tuesday Mrs. George Rodgera of Valier, reported to Chief Palmer that a man representing himself as , the executor of the estate of John Rodgers ha<l pome to tliejr home ami told them that John ledgers, the lather of (Jeorve Rodgers. had died in the old soldiers home at Harpers Ferry, \'a., and tliut he had been appointed executor of the estate, which was large. He apparently Knew all about the family and his mission was never questioned. When lie asked for $-•"> to defray the expenses ol the removal of the body from Harpers Ferry to Valier, the money was handed over. The, man promptly disappeared. The description tallied with that of McFarland who travelled under various aillases among them Cunard, and a warrant was issued ofr his arrest. \ warrant had previously been issued chariot; him with impersonating an officer. Kfny' ■More than 40 persons are receiving treatments for injuries to- Continued on page three.) Mrs. 0. Rowland, nee Leone Brooks the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clark Brooks, of Big Run, was killed in an automobile accident near Niagara Falls on Saturday afternoon. A sister of Mrs. Rowland's husband was also killed. The relatives of Mrs. Rowland in Big Run have not yet learned the details of the accident. IntS DROWN IN DAM AT It OLD LONDON MINES B., R. & P. ENGINEER IS B BITTEN BY COPPERHEAD Last week Mr. ami Mrs. Rowland with Mr. Rowland's sister were in Bis Run visiting with Mrs. Rowland's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clark Hrooks. They left on Monday on the homeward trip to Viola, Delaware. On Saturday evening a tele- and George Zemak Perish Toether—Small Boy Attempts Rescue. AUSTRIAN LOSSES ARE 750,000 Wiliam Orlbbs, Kngineer of Work Train, Now in Adrian Hospital. ha and George Zemak, aged 14 13 years respectively, were Bed in the old dam at London ■ Saturday afternoon about 3 Ck when they waded beyond 1 depth. Alfred Allen, a 10 old boy, who was swimming at line, attempted their rescue but »ut success. Ith the Zemak boys young Allen Cone 'to the dam for a swim, r, a food swimmer, plunged into water and swam across the l. When he turned he saw the ters, tightly clasped foundering le water. He went to their resand both boys grabbed him. He t«ed tA shake off their hold and l shore, He hurried for assisting about three quarters of an later the bodies of the boys ; All effects at reatton were futile. William Cribbs, a prominent B., R. & P. railway engineer running out of this place, is in the Adrian Hospital, suffering from the bite of a copperhead snake. His condition, while serious, is such as to lead the attending physician to believe that the bite of the venembus reptile will not prove fatal. / gram was roreived announcing that Mrs. Rowland and tier sister-in-law had been killed in an auto accident near Niagara Falls. No further details were given. The body will be taken to Viola. Delaware for burial. Mr. and Mrs. Brooks left Big Run this morning for that place to attend the funeral. liili-riuKimiiil Veiv* Sorvl<M* l'AIUS, July III.—Violent Qerman attacks were launched last night in a violent offensive on the Somme front aBd within the iector of V'erdun. Not only were ilie Geramn assaults repulsed but/the French in a counter attack, \\Ah had grenades made progress on /ie right bank of the Meuse on the #erdun front. This news was in the Atliclai communication today of thtf French war oflice. LONDON, .lull ::i.—There was a cessation last nifluot the heavy lighting east of WafTerTot Farm and Drones Woods, between tlie Ancre and Somme rivers, the Oritisii war olticp reported today. British troops spent the night strengthening positions captured Sunday. BODY OF HAN FOUND ALONG TRACKS NEAR HERE, BURIED TOURNAMENT, SUPPER AND DANCE ON THURSDAY NEXT Mr. Cjrbbs, whose family resides in DuBcw, has been hauling the work train am of some time. Saturday afternoon the train was ljwig Idle near Jiflie, and Mr. Cribbsli'alked right of way gathering berrlaj*^He felt a sudden pain in Trial leg, and' glanced downward just in time to see a large copperhead gliding away through the bushes. Realizinz his danger, he hurried to the train and told the crew members that he had been bitten by a copperhead. Mr. Cribbs took the throttle himself, and the train was rushed to Dayton, where he received medical attention, He was then brought to the Adrian hospital here. NO CAUSE FOR ALARM OVER INFANTILE PARALYSIS W orking (ianie Near Stanford This morning a description of tHn dead man in the Indiana hospital was telegraphed to Chief Palmer. II tallied precisely with that of Mc» Pari and. The chief, who had previously located McFarland's wife in Big It11ii. went to that place and then to Indiana where the identification was completed. Prior to his death McFarland had refused to give his name or indicate what section of the country he camn from. Authorities Unable to Locate Helatives of George II. Zimmerman. Date of Social Affair at the Country Club is Advanced One Ihiy. The body of the man found a week ago lying along the B. & S. railway tracks, near Onondaga, about throe miles above this city, has been bnrrled in the Bowser cemetery. All efforts to locate relatives or friends of the deceased were futile. The man, who was about 600 years of age, had been employed formerly on a B.. R. P. section gang. His body was found early Sunday afternoon between thfS rails of an abandoned piece of mckag/'. The coroner was notified, /unAjhn Inquest was held. It that alcoholism caused his dleatur A peculiar wound in the discovered when the body was taken to the undertaking parlors of Mr. Sheesley, and It was thought that It had been .caused by a bullet. It was found later to have been caused by an operation. Zimmerman had app'.ied for treatment at the Adrian Hospital the day prior to his death. The wife of the man, it is said, Is a prisoner in Rrle county. New York. The tournament, supper and dance, announced for Friday at the Punxsutawney Country Club, will be held on Thursday, August :!, instead of Friday, August 4, as announced previously.Walton Child Improve* Death .Reported from Mtinson, Clear- Held County. 1,000 Machine (inns Taken The 11 months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Walton, who is believed to be suffering from infantile paralysis continues to show slight improvement. Nothing that resembles the disease lias developed elsewhere in tljo city andlhe health authorities here are iJJt alarmed in tho slightest. One Physician stated this morning that jlss infantile paralysis had been in »»denc(j in this section this year thawfor several years past. The New affliorities are talking every prm'aut jpn to prevent the spread of till (lwase. A card was received SalufthfT by the secretary of I lie local board of health, slating that Mrs. O. Ball and children had left that city for Punxsutawney; that the one child under IB years of age hal been examined and found to be free from any Evidence of the disease. The childf wil be kept under snrveilance by the local health board for several weeks. ROM 10, July 31.—Austrian losses on the Russian and Italian fronts were unofficially estimated here today at more than 750,000 men, GOO bis guns and 1,000 machine suns. LONDON, July 31,—A British aeroplane early today attacked and defeated a Zeppelin airship in a battle 30 miles off the coast of England, according to the official statement issued by the British Admiralty this afternoon. The pilot fired two or three times nt the Zeppelin when he was temporarily incapacitated yba part of the. machine gun flying oil' and Rtunning him. The Zeppelin was nowhere to be seen when the pilot regained consciousness. 11. F. Weiss and J. F. Crosby have been chosen as captains of the contesting golf teams. The captains will make their choice at once and they will be published in Tuesday or Wednesday's issue of The Spirit. The team captains will also pick four contestants each, for tennis single the wins in i\if tennis la'atches to count one poiMt, as do/fach of the winning matdpea in tUIR golf tournament. The Risers pay for the supper whiclf is to^illOw. Tim dead man had been practising tho same knavery in Indiana county that he was wanted for In this county. Ho had been operating about the Flynn stone quarry near niairsville intersection, searching: the houses of foreigners for guns. On Saturday, one woman, who suspected tllat he was not what he represented himself to be, telephoned to lilairsville for an officer and Charles Byrnes responded, with John Beatty, of Blairsville, driving the car in which they made the trip. At Stranford they learned that the man they sought had last, been seen in a ravine near town and the two proceeded to 1 hat point. Scarcely had the two left the automobile when McFarland opened lire with an automatic revolver. The lirst. shot plowed its way through Byrne's left hand and the second in- j dieted a small scalp wound. McFarland stepped into full view as ho i opened tire and Byrnes quickly re- > turned the fire. McFarland* fell at jj the second shot. Beatty and Byrnes • advanced cautiously, keeping th» s fallen man covered. They found j that two bullets had struck him, one i In the abdomen and the other in chest. Hefnwil to (!iw Name. M Trior to his death McFarland *jlj| solutely refused to make any stat*"®] rnent either as to his identity, hMgg relatives or the section of tfe« eOWM try from which he had com®. jl The fangs of the snake bad fastened In the calf of Mr. Crlbbs' left leg. Within a few minutes that member was horribly swollen and when he first arrived at the hospital, it was thought that amputation .might be necessary. feed Slayer, Arrested, Admits Quarrel Wit Denies Guilt— Hisfer Finds Body. ?,CLMKSBURO, W. Va., July 31. fecund Of murdering Robert Ger| t middle-aged coal miner, of ■oUtevlllie), by beating him with pita wlien they quarreled over a GO cents early yesterday! Ilitis to the northwestern turn- I near that town, Otis Richards, MM* married man of that place, I ttM. CQtinty jail here awaiting «ction of a coroner's jury. When Rtt<}d shortly before daylight at KMne tof deputy sheriffs, Richards * dumbfounded that Gerrard had | killed. He admitted having the MR* gerrard, the officers say, 'dttt not think the man was serlhurt. Oerrard's body was £4 by a. sister, who, alarmed at Mptfecetbegan searching for him. There wilWbe :yffanee following the supper, beKiiniW! at S o'clock. A by-law rfTTIie Country Club provides that residents or Punxsutawney not residing in Punxputawney. may be entertained at the Country Club once each year. Members are privileged to bring to the supper local residents who have nbt been previously entertained at the club this year. Out-of-town persons will be welcomed. GRADUATION EXERCISES OF NURSES AT COUNTRY CLUB H. M. DORWART IS COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF ROADS WUI Be Held on August 8 at 4 p. ni. —Senator kllne to Speak. The annual graduation exercises of the Punxsutawney Hospital Training School for Nurses will be held at the Punxsutawney Country Club on August 8 at 4 o'clock p. m. Senator Kline, of Pittsburgh, will deliver the principal address of the day, while prominent local men are also on the program. Seven young ladies will receive diplomas.The doath of a child at Munson, Clearfield county, from infantile paralysis, is reported. Dr. Marion Dinsmore Died Sunday in Pittsburgh DuBois Man is Named to Succeed J M. Owens of Strnttonville. Those who intend to take part in the day's outing will please Inform a member of the field committee before Wednesday evening, also as to the number of guests they will have. SON BORN TO MR. A\l> MRS. .IOKKIM! WIN'STjOW Dr, Marion Plnsmore, a nephew of R. W, Dlnsmore, of this city, and the only ion of Dr. and Mrs. W. S. Dlnsmore, of Sharpsburg, died yesterday morning in Pittsburgh, after a protracted illness. Relatives here had heard that the young man was improving sloVly and -news of his death proved a distinct shock to his relatives* ana friends here. He had visited here on several occasions and had many friends here. He was I but 33 years of age. To Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Winslow a son was born at 8 o'clock last evening. The father is naturally nigh tickled to death. The son is a husky youngster and with his mother is getting along nicely. 00 IN THE SHADE. ■D AT DETROIT. tight deaths from heat representing toll Mike George, an Assyrian aged 48 years, dropped dead In the car shops of the B., R. & P. Railway Company at DuBols this morning. Death was •due to heart trouble superinduced by j tile heat. PUNXSUTAWNEY EVENING SCHOOL Fall term begins Sept. 5th. Bookkeeping, shorthand, typewriting, etc. Positions secured. John S. Ha use, principal.—ti. "y '■■■! -' ■ * FORMER BIG RUN GIRL MEETS DEATH IN AUTO ACCIDEN1 Daughter of >Jr. unil Mis. ( lark Brooks Killed Neat' NuigHru I I'il! I u V V MKBinUf MAN NIIED tl ROW OVER 60 CENTS Brother of Mrs. Monroe Zeitler, Pinned Beneath Car When it Overturned Near Butler Yesterday—Had Visited in Punxsutawney Few Weeks Jhtgo.