Punxsutawney Spirit, 1916-07-01

              Mlfe* JfiHai' Wiif^h-1 'ft^>kf|Btt **& WHUatn Sfarttn, of DnBols, Wed Xeiu-ly Two Months Ago. * BR(OOKVILLE, Pa., July 1.—The wedding of Mils Blla Marie Wilson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. ft. Wilson, of this place, to WlHiauf Merlin, the eon of Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Martin, of DuBots, was announced at a dinner party given last evening by Miss Gertrude Algeter at the new Jefferson Hotel, to several of the bride's closest friends. The wedding cere: mony was performed by Rev. Clarence E. Allen, pastor of the First M. B. Church of Wheeling, W. Va.. on May 8. Only a very few of Mfs. Martin's friends knew of-the event until Its announcement last evening. The bride, who has been employed in the dental office of Dr. Day, in this place, is one of the town's fairest and most estimable young ladles. Mr. Marlin is the son of Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Marlin, of DuBots. and Is one of the rising young men of the Clearfleld county metropolis. At present he is employed in Wheeling, W. Va., where Mrs. Marlin will join him within a few days. The dinner of last evening was a bounteous one of four courses. Miss Allgeler's guests were <Mrs. William Marlin, MiBses Mabel McKinley, Ethel MeFarlane, Ruth Buffington, Jane Wilson, Sarah and Anna George and Lulu Emery. EIGHT YEAR OLD BOY ISKHlfD UNDER THAW Child Horribly Mutilated When Run Down by Train Near Phllipeburg. While traveling along the. Pennsylvania tracks towards Phllipsburg yesterday afternoon an 8-year-old boy, whose name is Backhart, but who Is. the adopted son of the Walk family residing at Graham Station, met a horrible death under the wheels of a tralh about three hundred yards from the Graham Station. say* the DuBois Courier. The body was badly mutilated. The exact manner of the lad's death 4s not known. Near the point where he was run over by the passenger trjtln there is a sharp ehrve in the track. When a passenger train, traveling towards Philipsburg at 1:55 o'clock, rounded the curve, 'We engfn&r few 80tilelinat"8n "tRe track ahead of him. The object was between the rails. He at once applied the brakes and brought his train to a stop, but not before the wheels had passed over the object, which proved to be the. body of a boy. The body was horribly mutilated by the wheels of the passnger train, but was still warm when taken out from'under the train by the crew. It was apparent that the lad had been struck by a train just before the passenger train came along. A freight preceded the passenger train and the boy may have been riding between the cars and fell through to the track, or he may have been hit by the freight and thrown between the rails in which position bo was noticed by the passenger engineer. No one witnessed the accident and therefore it could not be determined which train was responsible for his death. THIAUMONT WORK TAKEN AFTER ALL-DAY BATTLE PARIS, July 1.—The French forces flighting in the region of Verdun yesterday recaptured from the Germans the Thlaumont work, northeast of the fortress, according to the French official communlca-1 tion issued last night. In a terrific attack night before last, west of the Meuse upon French . positions east of Hill 304 the Germans Captured a fortified work in the first line of the French trenches after the garrison had been literally burled under a storm of shells. The position was recaptured by a brilliant French counter-attack,SUPPLIES SEIZED IN MEXICO Chester Skipper Forced to Leave Southern Port Hurriedly. CHESTER, July 1.—His supplies confiscated and he and his wife having been insulted by Mexicans, Captain H. M. Crowell, of the small American steamship Ramos, arrived here yesterday with 500 tons of logwood from Laguna and Campeche, Mexican ports. Captain Crowell says he went ashore at Laguna, and took his wife with him. Mexicans gathered about them and jeered at them. At Campeche Captain Crowell purchased several hundred dollars' worth of supplies and had them carried to the wharf. Before he could lighter them to his ship 100 soldiers lined up on the do#k and confiscated the food and other commodities. Crowell feared to offer any resistance, and: immediately left port,, after having been'warned by an American merchant that he had' b«ter make for for Chester. !, of De*«cendafrts' of ThOmas ' , «d QwmortCffeley. * - '- ■ t IUI game mitts mm Members of the Gourley famjffy, • descendants of Thomas and Eleanor 1 JlouPtey, pioneer Citizens of Jefferson county, lipid; their gpnual rjSuninji at the Jefferson Par*' Friday. 126 or more peraous present tonJ> two, John. A. and OoufJjBjr, of this city, were sons of Thomas and Eleanor Oourley, and are " the only survivors of this well known family. Id?al weather and pleasant associations made for a day which will be retfnembered as one of the most pnjoyable reunions of the many held 6y the Gourley clarti. while the dinner, always noted for its bounty, was iiot lacking as compared with former years. The most exciting event . ot' the was a baseball game betwee(jf two picked teams headed by Dr. W. F. B.eyer and Dr. Cifirence Gourley. After putting up an heroic defense for an undetermined number, of innings, the team captained by Dr. Beyer finally acknowledged defeat* the score being 16 to 13, although Dr. S. S. Hamilton, the official scorer, refused to take oath as to its accu»acy. Featuring the game was the pitching of Dr. W. F. Beyer and the heavy hitting of Ezra Gourley. Among the out-of-town guests present were: Dr. Clarence Gourley and family, ot Mingo Junction, O.: Dr. JOhn Newcome and family, of Vandergrift; Lloyd Gourley, of Lincoln, Neb.; A. C. McChmg and wife, of Troy, O.. Mrs. Van Barrickman, of Morgantown. W. \a., anil Mrs. Laura Burroughs, of Bluft'ton, lnd. Children s Day at the Salvation Army Hall On Sunday and Monday, July 9th and 10th, the Salvation Army will observe the Young People's Anniversary. In all the services conducted on the Sunday the young folks will take a very prominent part. On Monday evening, July 10th. the Sunday School of the Army will give a demonstration. Besides some city musical talent, the young folks will render some very flne recitations, solos, duets, etc. There will he a splendid hoop drill presented by twelve girls, which will be very pleasing and Interesting. Some interweaving of Vlctrola selections and many other things will be on the program for that evening. Tickets are on sale at 10 cents, and the Demonstration will be worth It. The public is cordially 'invited and urged to attend this special service, and encourage the children. F. H. Black Appointed Highway Commissioner lateraatloaal Mem Servlc*. HARRISBURG, July 1.—Governor Brumbaugh today appointed F. H. Black, of Garrett, Somemet county, state highway commissioner, succeeding the |ate Robert J. Cunningham.PURCHASE THICK FARM Mrs. George H. Torrence has returned home after spending a few days in Mercer county, near Grove City, where she with her brother, Ernest H. Smith, has purchased a truck farm, known as the "Campbell Place", Mr. Smith now occupies the farm which is said to bo beautifully situated in an excellent neigh-i borhood. J Body Arrives»From Wem The body or Glenn Grube, died on June 27 in Bridgeport,,MM vada, arrived here early this  ing and was taken' to the  the deceased's mother, near '' low, where services will be  morrow, afternoon at 2 iBurlal in Pleasant Grove Sl - , hi KBEIIHAUT'S STORE » els # ■ ia Qt|r store closed all day l0 ■ Ask to, see the new neHH iu|fUI bur Mfen's Furnishing DemSm to/JoJ O.Uc Annual otIHI) Ladte*' Sport, AfternooMHtree'/  presses, opened this t.HlfW'fFrf<l all Indications will be onejl""" of alt. Certainly the lot otj dresaes ewer shown A»k to see them.—tl jcS0U p < 1 . / ' *' V« . ?' - . I If ' •- , /"» gjjf Management Grants Increase Based Upon " Length of Service and Class of Exchange. IWusllW UlCwlUlY rAlK OIK ' The management of the Summervllle Telephone Company 'has submitted to Its operators a proposition that the operators of the various exchanges deem an eminently fair one and which they have accepted. The new schedule takes into consideration the length of service of the operators, the class of! the office in which she works and several other things. J? The Increase gLK«h to the operators at this time raVges to $7.0,0 a month/depending upon the length of seryce. Jrae new agreement tyfa. certain stipulated servlctfUnervals an increase shall be granted. The offices of the Sutniuerville company* have been divided Into classes. The PunxsutaWney office is, for instance, a secondclass office, lacking but 200 telephones of being a first-class one. When the exchange here reaches the first class the employes shall participate in the benefits to the company, that is, the operators will receive a wage provided for in the new agreement for first-class offices. The new schedule affects the operators of the Punxsutawney, DuBois, Reynoldsvllle, Summervllle and other minor exchange points. When it was submitted to the operators here they immediately recognUed the fairness of the company's proposition and sign edit without further ado. as did the other operators involved. , new agreement is one that reflects rotfeh credit upon the management of the Summervllle company. > Funeral of Inference A II ■»>! Cfiiiul ■ — ' - auiiiwi on ounaay The bBdy of Florence Alllnson, *ho died Tuesday, will be taken from the home of (her mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. Reiser, Sunday afternoon at l o'clock, to the Central Presbyterian Church, where it wilt lie until the services at 2:30 p. tn, ThoSe wishing to view the body iuay do so. until 2:20 o'clock. Rev. P. E. Burtt will officiate. The Interment in Circle Hill Cemetery will be private. S. 8. League Leaders|Meet •ltd ;the Baptists Win A battle last evening between the leaders of the Sunday School League, the Methodist and Baptist teams, ended in another victory for the latter nine, whicli thereby Increased its already decisive lead In the league race, The final score was 6 to 4. A large crowd saw the game, which furnished plenty of thrills. The final inning came up with the •core 6 to 2. and the Methodists propped to stage a rally which aroused a frentied demonstration from the Methodist supporters. Two runs were pushed around, but the rally was nipped at that stage, and victory stayed with the Baptists. The Baptists, who won from the Catholic team the night before, have VOW won 8 and lost 1, while the Methodists have won 6 i and: lost 4. THE STRONGEST OF PICTURES "The Aryan" was the Triangle picture shbwn at the Jefferson Theater fast night in company with a Keystone comedy. It Is extremely doifbtfdl If a stronger drama has ever been thrown up6n any screen. William Hart was in the leading role, supported by petite Bessie Love. Hart was»-well Hart was Hart, which is the superlative of praise, while diminutive Bessie Love, who must be In Iter very early teens, was Ideal. Entertained Utopia Club REYNOLDSVILLE, Pa.. July 1.— A 'very delightful evening and delicious lunch was given to the Utopia Club at the residence of Alex Stokes OS Monday evening, It being the 16th wedding anniversary of Rev. and Mrs. J. E. Miller,'and the 28th of Mr. a«td Mrs. Alex Stokes. They coinblfied forces and entertained the .BQciOtJr, of which there are members of the. club to the*a»iount of 30 In attendance, and a more enjoyable function the Utopia never enjoyed until the small hours of the next day. Listen, girl: If you have ever met your Ideal man, you haven't missed alveston News. /„ I clum of an article a&d *DDearlng tu. t|»«w c|lurinl|* W. W- president of? tn? school E<ft«r Spirit: to the account of H&'i&st'jhe&lnit rfffthe SfhoopBoard wdlKiMSt' it created.'the iropftsslon I hlM,<;t here had lHfrfcfra Rreat *mai|y suspensions of t ;iri the School without the approval-of tl»e Board, and; that were unduly severe in  Unfortunately the fuptlfflf  )n Friday's issuelify (he'write'r.of the' only serves 06 afegrtvate this impression, for which reason I am refciftant to say anything more. "tiuapensloa <ror trivial offenses",' "many cowplattfttrt from parents",* j'crAfrdlag boys out for trivial, mischievous pranks", "a- positive evil for yetrs", "decided economic loss to the town',, "robbing the  chance for ap education", "teach a»s uifit job", and sudi ex$lres£ slops are' more than misleading: therefore, I must refrain, frpm diseasing them. It is?better that clti■ ■■.■■■ ■ -to . ... ... i ... ' (Continued on pace two) • APPEAL TOR FUNDS T(T AID WOMEN OF FRANCE PHILADELPHIA. July 1.—An urgent appeal for funds for  of the unemployed women of France Who have.no bread winners at the front, has been issued Uy Mrs. Mary. Hatch Willard, chairman of the International Surgical Dressings Committee, at the request of (he foreign secretary of the French section of the committee. Many of these unfortunate women have been self-supporting prior to the invasion of a certain section of France, by the German army, The charitably inclined people of Pennsylvania are asked by Mrs. Willard to aid her in her efforts to keep the French women from starving. The sum of $'.! will keep ten woman from starving in one day. .Money contributed by Americans, will be utilized by the committee for the employment of French women on material for surgwa* uwwffrttrs seht in the plere from the I'nlted States. The committee reports that France is desperately in need of surgical dressings. Contributions may be sent to Mrs. Hodman E. Griscom, chairman of the Pennsylvania section, at the Emergency aid headquarters, 1 4^S Walnut street, Philadelphia, and should •be marked for the French Woman's Fund. Each contributor will receive a letter of thanks from the French section. Money contributed for the causi" will bo taken to Fyyii.'^.bv.Mrs. Willard, who sails for IVBris, on .ftlVh first. J BIG III SIN ESS ANxfoiS TO AVEIIT^MEXK "AX WAIt WASHINGTON. July I. Wg business Interests of Ae country have made a strong aiial. within the last j ' 24 hours, (hat <Ar with Mexico be|( avoided If posylc. President Wil-h son has been m am pod with letters ' and hiiu to avert an •' armed conllicM I i' The the sudden - activity I )• of the ntan®' i liters and financiers I rt against waw>»' Is declared to be the (at acute in such large j?!) Industrial Mit'i* oi I'nited States as Pittsburgh. Detroit and C< Cleveland* Factories are running at tti top skilled men in many pi trades to be had at any1 wl pries. the cost of *8 living* ' mounted by leaps and l ttii to make the workers in spite of the hi,t;li scale pil of that generally prevails. be ItETI'ltX HOVD'N IIODY (lit JBtlco CITV. July I.—James special agent of the called at the War dpV today relative to an iuquiry A# tin- State Department at Waslt- Hpon regarding the disinterring of Hp body of ("apt. Charles T. Boytf, H) was killed at Oirrizal. 'due llfhe Foreign Office promised it To> Buhl issue the tieccssary orders to e0, fpedite the work. ertj ship iushhs gcabd homi<: i'°" MOW YOHK. July 1.—Because dlvi harles T. Beggn. private. 14th Reg- re"' uent, Pennsylvania Guard, was eag- i ■ to serve io <he Mexican tfe v I'nited Fruit Company from  ire today after  "Heggs, oil was itom* efflclitls and , JiftWRiment. f BECK KNTKRTAIX^^I! y Kvln,nBee/ e"te'talnea the Franc <y Evening Crocheting Club at man Home on East Mahoning street this night. ThenNwere about 251 they a present who's, enjoyed' cro-fthe S tag and a lunch. j weeks long awaited  Dcrpians inFrancey bVjSfl iatjachttd. > At tMe:- m<rtni|E<t Russia's mighty arrtiy  trig its> drive itt the^easteri^JH ter, and Italy* is forward against the  England is opening its teir^| theI'lcrmansAliiirilr Micr. as well us other leaders of (■ ■Vllies, believed that the outcome SB lie war would be decided the wc|J ;rn theater. The first attack of tH Uritish' army, made along a front ■ JO miles north of Sotuute river, ajd| jears to have be«>n CoiitpletMy. bu<* 'Frederick Palmer. the noted! Vmerican correspondent" now at •Brtt-j sh headquarters in France, stated hat the liritish captured the <Jerm«w 1 rat line in their initial attack, to[ether with many prisoners. " The offensive began at 7.:>t) o'clock his morning, it came following a )6nltta*dnient lasting only an hottf tnd a half, but for more than a week jreviously the British big guns hadi >een pumping shellings upon  Peutou trenches. The British War Office announces hat the German defensive over lil uiles has been broken along tlwi Somme river front. Bud'ahi. Rochester & p{t<3 Wifgii Railway is issuing a montifl bulletin, s)io«lng all' Injuries rl reived dttringr the month, in au ej■ Jeavor to decrease the number jH 'bailees its employes take whiletl Tlie Bulletin for June asks  iperatioa between all officers flu " • ■'•"•s and states: "The afSeai OU are playing for are the llres utdi nibs of yourselves and  •s, the comfort and peace of yoftr ' "'I' the future and welfare w "'r children, or perhaps the Html 'iiainlttg comfort of your rathvfl d mother. Can you afford to b9 rejesg for 0ne minute?" 1 iLu!1"5 that Inspection  nimittees look carefully to condlns on floors, stairs, and other ices to see (hat there are no places iere men are likely to slip or trip, the bulletin states that for five inths 2« wnt of aI( |njUrips re due to men slipping or (ripig Hi percent or the total numoi Injuries were due to employes Sleeting to wear goggles which company provides. *0,000,000 CASH DIVIDEND as OH Company Hliarebolders Get ao« Per Cent. Bonus |<Vout SulwidiaiT. 'EW YORK, July 1.—The Pro- j ers' Oil Company, of Houston, ] ««. a subsidiary of the Texas •Pany. controlling many oil prop- | ?s iu Texas. Oklahoma and , Isiana, yesterday declared a cash ; ■, J lend of 16,000,000, or 200 per*. • of its capitalization A lie dividends will g„ to share- M l.™ °' "'e Texas Company, fiie  >.Company stock is on  1 J18'® °f 10 per cent., but has at various tiu/s  dividends in  AT MAHyC'KV i\ip-Ollve Wetaej)P Gertrude tS-X Anna YounjrHelen Kurts, ?d Sheldon. Kdtiierine iH es Blattdell. jTrederlca Pur- l.S and M*. Nfwell Bid well left 'JM Mahaffey, where. vill camp in tike cottage isquehanna for the next twa'::JjH ltiR Imsl l,i ■||| to Reiterate [Cannot Per■ Ifovement of •• jhw the border. deration that it now to prevent furraida against Ameri-0N>ry. was the belief ex- Hp <Wll informed circles ■ti wax suggested that the H last Sunday's ultima trim ■tt ready for presentation to States ever since the HkAm issued for the'release of v. ptrriKal captives, but that it pending the comple» ceriam military move- Hp' the Mexicans. of thlB character is Wlsok raenrned frota » Yfttk trip shortly <berore 8 President he received fol- K»> any additional word had from .Mexico, but there either the White House department. on Bowler begun to reach the toor- Orders from Secretary of threw a screen of secrecy B trodp movements, and forcat!on of tlio disposi- but it can the New England first to reach the 'bor- of the militia was pre- coming Of 30 officers to and report their HvyKtfd equipment to General Jr., commander at Iralmi arriving here to- many pieces of field arbit guits from eastern the direction of army pieces were at once '-plaeed In various adt0 an official protest and army officers Investigate the al- Batlng by American troopers guard near Ysleta, 12 pere. 'According to the - the Mexican was his duties when the b-fired across the in- was Pupxsutawney Hossuffering from lnattached to a gas Mr. pielchner was and was working The exact details heen ascertained from a frac- Bi 9ft the skull or from been awardhy the Under- a dance in WLvimL IWOUITWI! In frVPIFMP C A ,*MT*GR E&4 NA. July I.—Th«: first Brigade ft-pnr Philadelphia, Fitm Second and Third Regiments, thorn/text expected to get away for the jfexicau border, is being further delayed on account of poor facilities on flthe railroad lines running between Cornwall and Lebanon, I . The Second Regftnent departed last night and the Firarit and Third, already entrained, are jfo readiness to follow.Colonel Turner,' of the Philadelphia refuled to permit his men to enter aeiii« of the cars provided by the railroad company, declaring they were .unfit for use. The Second Brigade, consisting of the 10th, 10th aH 18th Regiments, Field Artillery ami Second Cavalry, of Pittsburgh, conflSnanded by Colonel Logan, are expetifpd to follow the Phlladelphlans. 'preparations have already been matte. The work of turning over the stpte property to the Federal government was completed this morning. WASHINGTON, July 1.—-Captain George VanHorn Moaely, of the army general staff, today was assigned by Secretary of War Bakqr to be chief of staff of the Pennsylvania militia., with the rank of Colonel. Colonel Mosely will proceed immediately to Mt. Gretna to assume complete charge of the Pennsylvania guurds. fflY OffiCWPIfS Mm ROM 9103 ■ -*-r- , ... . The June Party at the Iroquois Club Rooms Was the Premier Social Event of Season. The JHine Party held by the Iroquois Clpb last night was the most successful ever held by that club. There were 51 couples present and there were few 'people there who nilqsed one of the dances from 9 o'clock until 3 this morning, which is the best indication that the party was a real one. Thi music, which was furnished by Beatties' Colored Orchestra of Pittsburgh, fllled every want of the dancer. Their music was full of ginger and they could all sing pleasingly. , / There was ryS idea oMOrinality. The men wearing whitaf or blue coatB and vanlte troupers, and ttye ladies werer frockecLnn pretty summer creations wljlfch added to the beauty awl brllWmcy of the scene- Anion J theJvut of town guests were ByfonOrton Bell, of Rey- McCauley, of Franklin; Josephine Dinsmore, of Patton; J. J. Kossouf, Ed Merrls, Helen Munch, Helen Merris, Phil Kearna. of DuBols; Mrs. R. O. Blacklock, of McKeesport; Rebecca Ross, of Clarton; Charlea Reese, or Warren; Frank Graff and Altman Young, of Wllklnsburg; Mary Louise Cook, of Cooksburg; Elizabeth Hoffman, of Pittsburgh; Gertrude Dlmllng and Emma Hlnkle, of Clearfield; Clara Belle Newcome, of Big Run. STATE HEUTHlfflffiTMENI GUARDS AGAIRST LOCK JAW HARRISBURG, June 29.—Preparations havd been'made, by Com nilbsloper of Health Samuel a. Dixon, far the distribution of tetanus antitofe in, to protect those injured on the Fourth of July, ljart yea'r Pennsylvania, 299 people were reported as Injured on the Fourth. Of these la* juries 155 were by powder and fire workB, 17- by fire arms, 29'by cannort, 73 bV fire crackers, and 25 by blank cartridges, hut no eftkdr of . tejtjbin"«8 developed. i* The early administration of tetanus antitoxin following injuries from fire works or gun shot wouad*, is the j only certain way of preventing lookjaw and Dr. Dixon has made arrangements for its atate-wlde distrHHiUee. It will be furnished without cost te the poor. Tetanus antitoxin should be ad* ministered within 24 hours after Continued on Page' Three. E9H