Punxsutawney Spirit, 1916-03-25

              MM • 4 -,v - ■&wm ■■'&< ■ ' ■'"* • : •: • S *< ww? **rofe. •' :-• **y- ■■' t , 'v j i- ■ '*-*• •' '■. ■ fc'.-K" . v.* • /■t*.'' ■-*■ "J^bS 1YOL. X,—No. 168 fcUNXSUTAWNBY, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 1016 PRICE TWO CBMTS Hi si mi; iBUflJUKHCMI REPORTED LOST roams kld ros mm miTMH STRONG FR0N1 Wand Mot tarn nod Ernest Hapei Show No Eigns of Breaking1 Down—Funeral of Victim. mamunussw. WIlHHEtlHSBT r UBOR IS SEGUHI CERMAH MHI AND ENGLISH NOtCHMMMSRIK IN C(MttlA1 EARLY SETTLEMENT OF WAGEAGREEMENTISNO LONGER ANTICIPATED ELKS BILLIARD TOURNAMENT IS PRACTICALLY DECIDED m nie force Captain McCartney's Team Has Won 12 Out of 16 Games Played. Although but It! matches have been played in the Elks billiayd tournament it has practically been completed. Captain McCartney's toam has won 12 of the 16 games played and needy but two more victories to clncli Ufe tournament. Inasmuch as seyral of Uwstrongest members of tme McCartney team are yet to play the remaining games is not Mrkeon. That Captain McCartney is in form he demonstrated in a game with H. P. Hilliard last evening, when he had an unbroken run of 10S. Ward Mottarn and ErnesT Haynoa, '.he Sprankle Mills 'boys who are charged with the murder of the latter'a father, Wilty&m Haynos, at Sprankle Mills on/SVedpeaday, are now in the Bropkvlllo. The boys malntatiK*' dlscm)psilence and are burden with congl®rab^roquanlmlty. Funeral the hody of William Haynes, the victim of Wedtesday's murder, were held yesterday ifternoon at 1 o'clock at SprankW Mills. The services, held in St. John's Church, were largely attended. Naval HiiitQgiillitmt in North Sen Result* » Distraction of Two — nansUBM' *em krflN LONDON, Miirch 25.—The Gorman commerce raider Grelr and the armed British merchant me hip Alcantara have been sunk in the North Sea in a naval -battle, it was announced today by the Admiralty. The British losses were Ave officers and 65 men. The engagement took place on February 29. The German raider had boen disguised as a Norwegian merchant man. After the light five Gorman officers and 115 men wore picked up and made prisoners. Operators Disagree on More Points as Conference Draws to a Close - AdjournUntil Monday. Increased Demand For Local Co's. Ware Necessitates Employment 75 More Persons. BOYS OYER 16YCARS0F AGE NEEDED With Chosen Band He is Said to Have Left Main Column and Disappeared in the South Range of Sierra Madre Mountains. British Steamer Englishman Torpedoed-Channel Liner Torpedoed \ Without Warning; 20 NAmdricans Were on Board. HUE CLAUSES REJECTED If OWNERS Tho Wightman Glass Company's plant In this city is on the boom. Orders have been fairly flooding the plant and five cars of ware are being shipped weekly. In order to keep' abreast of the demand for its ware it will be necessary to start another shift at the plant and this wftl be done at once If the necessary labor can be secured. A strenuous effort will be made within the next few days to procure the labor needed and upon the response to the appeal for workmen in the., next few days will dependithe company's action in instituting ne exdfk shift. The extt* shitfrwili require many additional 9 wafcmen—21 iblowers, Ave lehr tenders and about GO Doyf. The management feels assured that it caq secure the necessary adult la'bor if the required number of young men 1b forthcoming. The boys or young men for the jobs open must be more than 16 years of age. Those who are anxious to obtain work will apply at the factory in tho Elk Run section of the town between 2 and15 o'clock on Monday afternoon. The night shift, if it is Instituted, will start work at 5:30 p. m. and quit at 3 a. ra. An hour is allowed for lunch at midnight, and two 15- minute rest periods are allowed during the night, so that the actual working time is eight and one-half hours. The blowers can probably be secured without difficulty, as can the packers. Ab lehr tenders young men of about 20 years of age are needed. If the night shift is started it will practically double the payroll of the company and will mean the addition of a number of families to the city. REFUSED ADMITTANCE TOM BOY ENDS LIFT MIEIEHJMI MttCWPEHIMf HUUUTMUL COMPUCATIONSMAV (BUT INN ATMCK ON Ulttfo NO! A SINGLE MAN KISSING RON AMLRICAN IXPtOITIONAir FORCE SEVEN SUBSCRIPTIONS GETTHEWIZARDCOOKER Here's an Opportunity For You to Secure a Fireless Cooker Without Cost to Yourself. Perhaps one of the most interesting offers made In The Sp'rit's Free Aluminum Club is that of the Wizard Fireless Cooker, which may be secured by any reader of The Spirit who w'll induce six of her friends to subscribe for a year each for The Spirit, and renew her own subscription for a year in advance, or the cooker will be given to any person securing a club of seven new yenrly subscriptions. The Wizard is an all-aluminum fireless cooker. It is portable, and hence may be used in the home, the camp, bv the tourist., or for motoring The W'zard Fireless cooker consists of three parts, an Insulated cover, an insulated cooking receptacle, and a non-conductor asbestos mat. The four quart cooker offered in the Aluminum club is constructed of pure aluminum, which will not rust or corrpde, and has beautiful silverlike finish. It is strictly a sanitary utensil, occupies no more space than an ordinary kettle, and has been thoroughly tested In Its usefulness. This lifeless cooker is ft fuel saver —five minutes boiling of potatoes, and then placing thean in the fireless cooker, will have them ready for eating in 25 minutes, thus saving fuel visually require in 30 to 40 minutes' boiling tile old way. The same proportionate savings are effected In cooking oilier vegetables. While in foods requiring three to four hours' cooking, tho fireless cooker will have I hem ready for eating after they have been boiled for an hour over a fire, and then placed in the Wizard for from two to throe hours, depending on the nature of the tood. With every Wiaard tireless coolcer complete instructions for use are given, and now that the warm months are approaching there is not a housewife who cannot find use for onev It, with nmny other useful articles, is free to members of The Spirit's Free Aluminum Club. If you desire any information regarding this club, do not hesitate to write the Aluminum Club Dept.. The Spirit for further particulars. EVANGELISTIC SERVICES Continue at Close With Increased Interest Manifest—Ix>cul Factors Take Part. Evangelistic meetings In the Hall at Cloe continue with increasing attendance and interest. Rev. Martin Luther Weaver, who has charge of the meetings has been assisted by the following ministers: Rev. Henry Mndtes, pastor of the Punxsutawney Baptist church, preached a very helpful sermon on Tuesday evening: Rev. Weber, pastor of the Lutheran church, Punxsutawney, preached a powerful sermon on "Repentance" on Thursday evening. Rev. S. Hill, pastor of the Cloe Methodist Ep'seopal church, preached a very heart touching and spiritual inspiring ser■mon on Friday evening. Rev. P. E. Burtt, pastor or the Central Presbyterian church, of Punxsutawney, will preach this evening. The rest of the sermons were preached by the evangelist in charge. The special series of meetings will continue until further notice. "What makes you go in through the kitchen?" "I don't know our servants very well," replied Mr.' Cumrox. "Some way, the front hall seems kind of formal and distant. Around at the kitchen steps they've got an old door mat with 'Welcome* on It." —Washington Star. "A stock raiser has succeeded in , developing a breed of blue hogs." j Huh! The Democratic party did that | when they turned the ■Republicans away from the trough at Washing- j ton.—Louisville Courier-Journal. | Clearfield Youth Shoots Self Through Heart in the Rittenhouse Hotel at Philadelphia.Advance Guard of Evangelist Party in the City— To Organize Large Chorus. Rejected by the U. S. army recruiting officers at Altoona on Wednesday! and again at Philadelphia on Thursday, Earl C. Flegal, the son of Grant Flegal, of Clearfield, committed suicide in the Rittenhouse Hotel in Philadelphia yesterday afternoon. The boy, who is believed to have been slightly off his mental 'balance, had jeen desirous of entering the army sometime, and left his home in Clear- Jeld recently with his father's consent to his application at Altoona. Of the suicide the Philadelphia Ledger says: "Failure to meet the physical requirements for enlistment in the army caused Earl C. Flegal, 17 years jld, of Clearfield, Pa., to commit suicide yesterday afternoon by shooting himself through the heart in his room In the Rittenhouse Hotel, 2 2d and Chestnut streets. "Flegal registered at the hotel on Wednesday night. According to Deputy Coroner Waldln, who investigated the case, the young man came here solely for the purpose of joining the army, papers of consent from his parents being found in his clothing."When he applied at the recruiting office, 1229 Arch street, he was told that both his lack of years and weight were against him. This, according to the police, happened on Thursday. Later ho tried to obtain employment and telephoned to a number of large business bouses in the city, but without success. "A note, which he left on the bureau in his room, read as follows: " 'To whom it may concern: " 'I, Earl C. Flegal, hereby commit this grievous fault. I have taken the only way I can see out of ray difficulty without dishonor to myself or to my house. Was suddenly unable to meet my hotel bill, so I take this step. 'EARL.' "Although the young man referred to his inability to meet the hotel bill, it is the belief of Coroner Waldln that his rejection as a recruit preyed on his mind and was the real cause of his act. Flegal's relatives are said to 'be prosperous." The youth Is survived by his father, two sisters and two brothers. The body wa| taken to the home in Clearfield this morning. laternatfoaaJ Berrien. ' WASHINGTON, Mar. 25.—The Dominion liner Englishman, 6,257 tons, three days owt from Avonmouth, England, has been torpedoed and sunk, presumably by a submarine, Mid four Americans are among the missing, according to a cablegram to the State Department today from American Consul Armstrong, Bristol, England. The four Americans unaccounted for are: PETER MCDONALD, of Boston. OEORGE McDONALD, horseman, of Lawrence, Mass. P. BUCKLEY, horseman, address unknown.M. A. BURKE, address unknown. * Eighteen are Missing Consul Armstrong reported that 23 survivors had been landed at "a northern British portf' The name of the port is not glvem Sixty, cabled, are believed tJ have b«6n saved, which leaves a possibleieath list Of 18. I / The State Departnlenyave out the text of Armstrong's kajflegram J lift before noon. The concluding paragraph of the message follows: • "Englishman was bound for Portland, Me.; left Avonmouth 21st lnetftht. Transported horses to St. Nazfcrre, France, for Northwestern Trade Company, New York. Was not on government business. No further particular* at present available at Bristol. • "(Signed) ARMSTRONG." Suffex Attacked Off France LONDON, iMar. 25.—Dispatches from Boulogne quote passengers of the channel liner Suffex as saying that the ship was attacked off the French coast yesterday without warning, by a German submarine and tor\ pedoed. However, it has not been officially established whether this was iihe oase or whether the vessel struck to mine. Between ?0 and 30 of the passen-1 gers on the Suffex were Americans. them Was Tingle Culbertson, of Pittsburgh. Tho ship carried ' a crew of 50 and a heavy consignment of mail. Towed Into Fort According to late advices the Suffex, while badly damaged, remained adoat and was towed this morning to i Boulogne. All on board were saved. It is regarded as inevitable that if it is established that the attack was made by a submarine the tension between Germany and the United States will be greatly heightened. DOVER, Eng„ Mar. 25.—Some of \ the passengers rescued from the lin'isr Suffex arrived here today. They declare that there had been loss of lljie on the SSffex. Former Resident of Co. DleainEbenaburg C. M. Smatbew, a former well known Jefferson county resident died recently at Bbensburg, Pa., following an lllatss Of several weeks' duration, grippe and pleural pneumonia being . > the direct cause of his demise. Mr. ! Smathers was born at Limestone, ' Clarion county, in 1850, and was the son of A. J. Smathers. The family lived at Stanton for a number of years, Mr. Smathtrs resided In this county until 10 years ago, when he moved to. Cam brig county and located at Exped'it, where be has since reside*.— ■ mill mi ii mmtiffrmmmmmmmrmm Card Party and Dance Delightful Social Affair Held by the Elks 14* Evening. • ,v V ' ; " ■ | I The card p*rtr«nd dance held in the Sits rooms last evening proved a delightful affair. Mr». Louis Lar, den and Davld McQuown won the »*«**• At 11:30 P. m.. a # bounteous luncheon was served. Dancing began at midnight and did1 •■ not continue until 8 ». m. The Graff hjmm fwnifWa the rausiy. *•' «1 ■ a - My Lord Jupiter know® how to gild t*e MRS. A. T. COON DIES AT HOKE IN JEANNE1TE International JTtwi Servtcc. EL, PASO. Tex., Mnr. 25.—Pancho Villa, the bandit leader sought iby 12,000 American anil Mexican troops in tho greatest man hunt on record, is reported to have escaped from the trap set by his pursuers and fled into the Sierra Madre mountains at the southern end of the JUo de Santa .Maria valley. With a chosen band of his "Coloradoes," the "golden ones" of his bodyguard, he Is said to have run tho gauntlet of the rapidly converging American and Carranzista troops. To make his escape the bandit leader was reported to have abandoned to their fate 200 of his followers, caught at El Oso, to the east of Namlqulpa.In an attempt to intercept Villa before he can reach tho wild heights northwest of Guerrero, Generbl Pershing has sent a strong body ot cavalry towards Temosachic, on the Mexican-Northwestern railway, and southeastward along tho road to T«c-alocachlo. This district is more than 200 miles from Pershing's main base at Columbus, N. M„ but in this drive through Mexico tho American expedition is understood to have not lost a single man. Miscellaneous Shower » For Mrs. H. Williams A miscellaneous shower and TurrePn was given for Mrs. Homer Williams at her home on Station street Thursday evening. She received a number of very beautiful and useful presents. During the evening games were indulged in and at 11 oVlock a lunch was served. Tho party was given by Misses Mary and Fladys Pierce, Hazel Walker, Isabel Van Dyke, Jennie and Bess Jordan, Beulali Morrison, Mary and Bertha Armsi ronff. Agnes Groft, Mildred Redding, Mary Shermor, Orpha Means, Mrs. Zulu Van Dyke, Mrs. James Van Dyke, Mrs. Charles Jordan and Mrs. William Redding. Arrangement* have been completed fof the revival campaign to be inaugurated In the First Methodist church, beginning Sunday night, April 2d. The Rev. B. A. Glnader, pastor of the church, has secured the services of Evangelist Robert L. Jones of Jamestown, N. Y.,'and his party, to assist in the work. Carl E. Bufch of Boston is the soloist and chorister, and Mrs. Almira Ferrin BurcU is the pianist of the party, while Homer S. Klock is business manager. Mr. Burch is said to be one of the leading singers in evangelistic work, and also has rare ability In organizing and in training large chorus choirs. It in expected that a chorus choir of 150 voices will be organized under his direction. Evangelist Jones has been continuously engaged In revival work for over 25 years and has travelled from Maine to California assisting pastors in revival efforts. Thin is the third time that he has been associated with Rev. dinader in an evangelistic campaign, and he has held meetings in nearly every large church in the Erie Conference. Mr. Jones comes to Punxsutawney with the highest commendation ol his work and methods from pastors with whom he as labored all over the country, but perhaps the highest commendation of the man conies from his home city. The "Evening Journal" of Jamestown, N. Y. gives the following in reference to a meeting held in that city: "One of the largest religious meetings ever held in Jamestown was that of Sunday evening, when an audience which filled the Samuels Opera House to the limit of lis capacity, assembled to greet Robert L. Jones, an earnest young man who has won recognition as a successful evangelist. Hundreds stood in the theatre throughout the service, and hundreds more wero unable to obtain admission to the auditorium and had to leave In disappointment. "As a speaker, Mr. Jones is conversational *nd Informal, but always dignified and at times highly dramatic. Everything was handled in the atmosphere of every-day life and the commonplace problems. The average man and woman—their trials, difficulties, temptations and hardships—formed tbe theme of his talk and' furnished the concrete illustrations and incidents with which he impressed the spiritual truths." Mrs. Theophllus Coon, of Jeanette, died suddenly this morning about 3 o'clock. Shce had not been 111 previously, but was seized with a sudden pain in the night and died before medical aid reached her. The funeral will take place Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mrs. Coon was a daughter of Mrs. Lizzie Sutter, and Bpent all her childhoo4 days in Punxsutawney. Sho was married to A. T. Coon about 35 years ago, and she leaves one daughter surviving her, Mrs. Harry Patterson, of Jeanette, who returned home after a short visit her only two days before her mother's death. Her mother alBo survives her, she having made her home near Buffalo, New York, for several years past. The decease*} was aBout 55 years of age, and leaves many friends and relatives la this community. Where's the Freezer? Mrs. Frank Hastings entertained ft number of friends at a 500 party at her home in the Bast 12nd on Wednesday evening. After the close of festivities someone removed a freezer filled with ice cream from the back porch. Inasmuch o#,-iftfrn. Hastings had no pal t icuia#*fise for the ice cream its th<4ii»*ffan't worry her overmuch, but she would appreciate the return of tho freezer. If the Individual who purloined the freezer will drop Mrs. Hastings a note indicating just where he abandoned the freezer it will be much appreciated. JITNEY BUS WRANGLE WIlUMMUi FIGHT RETURNS IN MOT PHILADELPHIA, March 25.—The •first of April will come and (to before the soft coal miners and operators reach a settlement of the questions which are to form the basis of another longtime contract for wages and working conditions in the central Pennsylvania bituminous fields. Such was the opinion expressed yesterday, a» the hope of a speedy agreement waned at the conference in the Bellevue-Stratford. Two of the remaining Ave proposals were passed upon. Both wero rejected by the operators. The meeting was adjourned until 10 o'clock on Monday morning, when the last three of the 18 proposals will be taken up. The miners were anxious to close the conference last night at the latest, so that tile demands might be placed in the hands of the joint subcommittees for final settlement. After losing demands 14 and 15 they offered to group the last three clauses and call for a vote. The operators decliued to follow this method. They said they wished to consider them separately, in open discussion. Thus far 14 demands have been refused and one has been tabled. A sharp contest is anticipated on Monday, when the miners make a proposition to abolish the permanent Board of Arbitration. The clauses rejected by the operators yesterday were those for the reference of all questions of "local inqualitls and differences" to local unions, instead of placing them before a neautral board of arbitration, as is now the custom, and giving the miners a right to test scales for tho check weighman and the district executive board#. The operators opposed the latter clause on the ground that the State provided a commission for offleially testing the coal scales on tho request of either party concerned. STATE GAME WARDENS HAVE COMPLETEDPROBE OF FRAUDS Seven Counties Included in Investigation—Henry Hilton Takes Part, Officers of tho State Game Commission, 14 in number, under the supervision of E. W. Kelly, of Dubois, traveling game protector of the state, who have been making an investigation of the alleged 'bpunty frauds in the northern counties, left Mercer county yesterday for their homos. This was the last county investigated, it being finished Thursday. The officers conducting the Investigation under Mr. Kelly Carpenter, Philadelphia; Chfcles Haunt and William Bowman, Harrlsburg; James Sutton, Pittsburgh ;\k. D. Rodgers, Johnstown; Henry fflUton, Punxstttawney; Henry Sines^riniiiCastle; Joseph Kennedy, Allegheny; Joseph Curts, Butler; Elmer Tlrk, Franklin; Charles Emmlek, Tlonesta; Daniel Slegel, Kittannlng, and C. H. Kenstentaugher. Clarion. , Many thousands of dollars were saved to the state by this Investigation. Under the act of July 5, 1913, It was an easy matter for some justices to make fraudulent claims and to collect money' from the county. When It came to th#> state reimbursing the county faf1' money paid out for bounty claims, there was a holdup. When the state officers got on the job to investigate each county separately, a great many claimants and Justices found themselves trapped. Some flattering oilers, it iB said, were made the game protectors If they would discontinue the Investigations and keep everything quiet. The offers were turned down eold by the protectors. Settlement must be made either with the county commissioners or the attorney general. Many of tho justices have given the officers a written statcmeht acknowledging their guilt, and asking for mercy. The investigation just finished was conducted in the following counties; Jefferson, Clarion, Armstrong, Butler, Mercer, Crawford and Venango. An investigation was conducted in Elk county sometime ago, and resulted in a number of prosecutions. IN THE FIRST CLASS. The DuBols postofflce Is now one of the first class. The receipts have passed the necessary $40,000 mark. The DuBols postofflce is the only one of the first class between Bradford ami Butler. | Farther Hearings Will Determine Their Standing as Common Carriers. lataraatlnaal H«wi aarrtae. HARRISBURG, March 25.—Following the recent ruling by the Public Service Commission in the Scranton Jitney cases, numerous inquiries are daily being received at the office of the parties wishing to learn if IU& necessary for them to make aipjraation for a certificate ok Publi^convenience. As near as tan ban earned from the Commlssfcn, Jtaeema to be necessary in alrnosl jmtry case where a person or mTon» makes applications for a cemflcate of Public Convenience,, that It is necessary to hold a hearing to determine if the jitney or auto-bus confliets with the party or parties already holding a certificate, by holding a hearing the commission then decides if the jitney or auto-bus line is a common carrier and award* the certificate in accordance with its findings. The following applicants for certificates will be heard soon: April 3, the commission will hear the Altoona and Holidayaburg Auto- Bus case, and the case of the Jitney line running from Mlfflintowh to Lewistown to Burnham* On April 10, the Eagle Auto-Bus Company case will be heard! Will OF LEVI M'fiREGOR Christiana Hoover ifa Dies in Winslow Special Equipment Installed to the Campbell Pool Room—You Can Almost See the Fight. Punxs'y fight fans who are Interested in the Moran-Wlllard ten round bout, which is to be staged In New York tonight, will have an opportunity of seeing the fight through the eyes of the telephone and telegraph. Special equipment has been Installed in the Campbell pool room and the fight will be described by blows as it progresses. Every move of the fighters throughout the 10 rounds will be described a few minutes after It takes place In the ring at New York. The fighters will enter the ring at 9:30 'clock and the main bout will begin at about 10 p. m. Return# will begin at about 9:30. HARRISBURG, March 25.—The White Deer Mountain Water Company, have filed papers with the secretary of state showing an increase of capital stock from 9250,000 to 1850,000. >  If Carransa keeps his Mexicans from rocking the boat in the present squall, old Venustiano will have a pretty good claim to be ranked as one of the great wen that the Western Hemisphere has produced.—-Charleston News and Courier. Son nnd Daughter Get Major Portion of a Large Estate—Wife Has Fixed Income. The will of the late Levi McGregor, of this city, has just been filed. The will provides that the homestead. Its contents and 50 Bbares of , Punxsutawney National Bank stock go to his wifc, She Is alBo to have an Income «ff $1,000 a y«ar during her life frojh the estate,' To SaraWE. McGrajpftr, a daughter of the deceased, wiupeft 20 shares of PnnxButawaey Bank stock and $3,500IWash. The remainder of the estate is egually divided between the daughter and his son Gilbert, who ar® th® executors of tb® will. . EBEHHAIIT'8 STORE XBW'S. Candy Dept. special s tonight: Hershey's Milk Kisses, 60c value, special 39c lb.; very delicious. Hershey's Milk Chocolates; all 5c bars, 3 for 10c. ' .... "Romroe" Boots, regular height, $2 48: high tops, $2.98; roll sole, snag proof. We save you $1.00 and $1.50.—tl % Mrs. Christiana Hoover, of Winslow, died at her homo Tuesday evening of a complication of diseases, at the age of 8-1 years. Mrs. Hoover was the widow of the late 'Squire Samuel Hoover, who died ahout th Appears ago, and had iie< n a resideitwof Wiuslow since 1SG3. She wiw a nuMti'ber of the •Methodist Pronatjrtfl Church, and one of the hestTniown women in this vicinity. She was a woman of strong character, loving, kind and loved and respected 1>y an enormous circle of friends who will sincerely mourn her death. She is survived by her son, Dr. B. R. Hoover, of Reynoldsvlllo; two sitters. Mrs. John Wainwrlght, of Gatna. Neh.. and Mrs. Ella Smith, at home; also 13 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the home this afternoon at 2 o'clock and Interment made in the Mt. Pleasant cemetery, Rev. English, of Big Run, officiating. Li-ke a pair of rubber boots, an adequate army is badly in the way until needed, and then it Is wanted j badly.—Baltimore American.