Punxsutawney Spirit, 1910-01-17

              m % ■ (Mai IN LOCAL HOSPITAL. iff RETURNS II VERDICT OF GUILTT III MUMFBRT USE PRICE TWO CENTS TAFT III THE ROLE OE PEACEMAKER BIG CQNfEHEHCE IISESSI01 MJNXSUTAWNEY, PA. MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1910. YOUNG SEWICXLEY PASTOR A SUICIDE IIRGMAILARRIVES AN HOUR EARLIER Pouch Arrives on 10:- 30 Train From Butler Over B., R. & P. the First on What Promises to be a Second Eldorado. Dr. Frank VOL. IV-NO. 103 nvEC PORC LICENSE COURT HI SEWBIIT LITTLE Oil CR HALF AN HOUR and ? Disposed of Apicaiykjfo Quick Order. Win ON THE SCENE No F Juda Pf Brings Insurgents and Regu- lars Together on Naming Ballinger Committee. 1 Health Causes Him to Take His Own Life—Found by Brother. Charged With Aggravated Assault and Battery With \ Intent to Kill. I HEWITT CASE Oil TIM TODAY This greatly improves the mail servibetween Pittsburg: and this place. A closed pouch is placed on the six o'clock train leaving Pittsburg: over tile Allegheny Valey and at Moagrove the pouch is transferred to the H., R. & P. train, tie early morning Pitts- burg- mail thus ariving half an hour than heretofore. The morn- train has over *l'he train that arrived here at 10:30 o'clock this morning from Butler, carried a closed mail pouch from Pitts- burg, the drvt that handled. Ingr Pittsburg papers arrive in this mail. By United Press. The body was found by a younger brother in the barn, after it had lain there for several hours. * PITTSBURG, Jan. 17.-—Rev. Paul Axtell, aged 28 years, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Sew irk - ley. Pittsburg's most exclusive suburb, succeeded this morning in shooting himself through the heart, at the home of his father, in Lebanon. Axtell had been in 111 halth and secured a leave of absence from his congregation. He was resting at th$- home of his father. J. S. Axtel, pastor of the Lebanon Presbyterian Church, and failure to recover his health is believed to have led to the suicide. AGED MAN KILLED By B, 18 P. FLYER David G. Marshall Struck Near Mars—Head Crushed to Pulp. SNOW DfilfIS INNUMERABLE Continuing, the President said that reformers usually proposed the establishment of a Federal bureau to suit* rvlse State, action where the Stat- s really had exclusiv jurisdiction. He believes that most of th conservation work must be done through State legislation. Mr. Taft seored the delays in the courts, and said the Fed. ral Court should be a model for the State. He warned the conference that if the States are to retain the power given them by the Constitution they must < xerci.se that power in the interest of the people. The Governors' Congress opens tomorrow, and will continue until Thursday. The State Laws Commission will hold its sessions in'connection with both of the others. There will also be a series of social rvents. Including a dinner at the White House tomorrow night. President Taft, addressing the Uniform Law Conference said: "There is a responsibility resting upon every State that ought to It. felt by those calling themselves progressive, and who are working to make n more comfortable life for the average citi- zen." The Conference Committee opened the first session at 10 o'clock this morning, and will continue until Wed- nesday By United Press. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 17.— The city is tilled today with distinguished wen from practically every State in the Union, who have arrived here to attend the conference tending toward adopting uniform State laws. SLEIGH ffllllMMflST onehukdMsaco /-/ Harry Gwroe Has Vehicle Built by "Devil" John Thompson in 1818. Or. Frank Q. Lorenzo returned last Saturday from the province of Ontario, Canada, where he has lofcatedl five claims of forty acres .each in the new Porcupine C*oldlields. According to the Toronto World, which is paying close attention to the mineral developments in that country, the new gold Held promises to be one of the richest in the world. ("Jold ore that assays $20,000 a ton has been found, and the evidence is that there are immense quantities of such ore. . A man by the name of M. J. O'Brien, who took an option on n claim at $300,000, tested it to a depth of 120 feet with a diamond drill, and did not reach the bottom of the gold-bearing rock. Tin' World .says editorially of tli• * now Rldorado, which was accidentally discovered by men searching for coal, that "the great ridge <>f quartz or gold-bearing schist is attracting the '"Vjdo.t att«ntion. The reef is of un- Inown depth, hut varies in width from twenty to seventy fret. It crops out over territory covering llfty "Tnlh-hor more, running from northeast west, and probably extending WfSl. than has been traced, at fifty to a hundred miles Ajfth of the new transcontinental %\\y^r richest ore has bem found In ih(. of Tlslall and Whlt- Poreuplne l ake, Dr. Unrenis being in Whitney Town- Following- license court this morn<ng, which occup t d but little over half an hour, a jury for the trial of R. R. Hewitt and John Davis, charg- 1 with violating th- mining laws, was empanneled. It is expected that he Hewitt case will be concluded this -veiling r early tomorrow morning. The jury went out about four >'clock and did not i• ach a verdict •intil after nine. After five hours deliberation the jury in the case of Harrison • Mumfort, whf> was charged with aggravated assault and battery intent • kill, returned a verdict of guilty as indicted. A Ivy Siars was found "not iuilt.v,"' but must pay the cos>ts. It will b< remembered that young viumf o t quarreled with Jay Cowan, a son of \Y. 1*. Cowan, of Hrookville, \nd «tru< U hi!n with a rock with such force that the frontal bone In young ■'owan's head was flushed to a pulp, or several days he lay between life ul di a.th in th,- Punxsutawney Hospital.OF SWEEPING VICTORY LIBERALS CONFIDENT FV*fple are flocking into the terriat tho rate of from 200 to 300 a Jviy, and prospecting? is going on with wild enthusiasm, in spite of the fact r-the earth i.s covered with From to throe iVet of snow, and th<- miayury gm-s down tr> ."0 degrees heykiw x.rpo. SflHDAY A BUSY DAY AT THE Y: M. C. A. In thv-lr favor. Tli" results of Saturday's election arc more inspiring to the Liberals than the Conservatives. The form or are confident that the result will be By United Preps. LONDON, Jan. 17. — With the knowledge that today's voting in ir» London and 4 9 provincial cormtltu• ncfes will decide beyond question who .shall control the next Parliament, activities by the various partisans of the two par fie.'? were resumed early today. »•-  BETTER QUARTERS FOR TEACHERS' INSTITUTE The list of Senators on the committee js exactly as made out at the White House when th« investigation was first decided on. Senator Nelson is an insurgent and chairman of the old Roosevelt national conservation commission. Hopt is to be the principal attorney of th,. committee. The resolution as agreed on by the conferees is practically the same as passed by the house. ft differs from the original resolution in that all meetings of both committees and subcommittees are required to be open to the public and that those under charges will have the right to be represented before the committee by counsel. The committee is also required to report to the present congress.Unless something entir. ly unexpected happens, the resolution for the investigation as agreed to by the conferee of the two houses will be passed by both houses and signed by the President and the committee will organize for business tomorrow. It is likely that witnesses will be summoned and the investigation will be set under way before the end of the week. From the house, Republican—Olmstead. Pennsylvania; McCall, Massachusetts; Stevens, Minnesota; Madison, Kansas (Insurgent). Democrats. -Rainey, Illinois; James, Ken- tuck y From th.- Senate, Republican—Nelson, Minne.-ota; Root, New Y <»rk, Sutherland, Utah; Flint,. California Democrats- -Hughes, Colorado; I'aynter, Kentucky. President Taft, who is achieving an enviable 'reputation as a pacificator, on Saturday brought order out of chaos when he brought together the "Regulars" and "Insurgents in the Republican < amps, and got them to name the men who will constitute joint committee that will Investigate the charges that have been made against Secretary of the Interior Ballinger. Following are the members of the committee: ROOSEVELT REFUSES STATEMENT ON PINCHOT B. Horton Addresses Sev> ej*rf Assemblages—Week of Work for Boys. Mr. Marshall was one of the best known residents of Mars und was known to every one as "ITnclo Dave." Me w as 7"i years of age. Mr-. Marshall started across the H., •JCr < >. tracks over which the I?.. K. & r. trains are operated, to get a drink at the "Hubble Springs.' He tailed to notice the approneeh of the train rushing down on him at a rate or f>0 •miles an hour, and was struck and hurled 15 feet from the tracks. 1 .ith was instantaneous. His head was crushed and rut and his body also was badly contused. The accident was witiu-sse by a half dozen persons, who rushed to his assistance, but life was extinct a second after the train struck him. I >avhl (I. Marshall, an aged man. living in Mars, was hurled to his death by a it.. H. & P. railroad train Sunday morning, while returning from a \ isit to his nephew, Oscar. Mis death was the second by violence in the family. ;i brother meeting with a similar fate. Mesdames 1'. <1. Rowers, Frank Mi-fall, Cecelia Wright, Philip M cluing, \V. E. (Icrman, Irvln Simpson, J. B. Sickles, Abe Kesslar, William Black, Maude Ocssler, S. C. Williams, Hilda G ratlins, William Ferguson. C. H. Tyger. Miss Maude Braughler, Miss Cora Mehring, Clair E. Tyger. Miss Irma Johnson, Miss Olive Tyger, Clair E. Tyger. Heturning, the drifts were still there, and the ladies hove in sight of Punxsuta wney lights shortly after pated I\n<'Ouiit<M'e<l l»y Sleighing l'nrty Koiliesier Mills—llomc al Midnight. To the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. M Tyger, of Koehester Mills, a party of women £rom this pla.ee went Saturday afternoon in the Marshall#tallyho. Drifts innumerable wer encountered, and tin. outgoing trio was not completed until nearly six o'clock. They arrived In time, however, for an excellent supper, of which oysters, in several style**, were the main stay. Following the repast the ladies were entertained by Miss Cora Mehring, Clair Tyger and M■ A. "tt. Tyger, with music. c.\r<;irr Birom: i>\m\<;i:i> Up to County Superintendent Jones to Secure Them Im- mediately—Punx'y Is "It" Roosevelt is known as the sponsor and warmest admirer of Pinchot, but islde from expressing: Mirprlse, Roosevelt refused to make any c<ynment..1 m 17. -Word from Roosevelt, who i< now at Rhino Camp, says be refused to mal.« any .statement when he was informed of the dismissal of Chief Fori ster Clifford I'inchot. RCTIARA. I'ganda Protectorate, The partj will probably spend tho entire week hunting white rhinos. BOYCOTT HUT MARKET Thomas Fleckenstein, Punxsutawney, Continental Hotel. W. S. Ross, West Reynoldsville, (Continued on Two.) Richard E. Clover and Harry p. Edelblute, Punxsutawney, Hotel Pantall.S. Stringer, Big Run, Hotel Mc- Clure. Samuel Dickey Sankey, Punxsutawney, Lindsey Hotel. John J. Conrad, Henderson Township, Wayne House.' Jacob H. Haag, Punxsutawney, Hotel VVaverly. John Punxsutawney Tl Parnell House. Courtis A.. Cuwy, McCalmont Town| ship. Hotel McGregor. Patrick .7. Casey, Falls Creek. Tay-i lor Avenue Hotel. John A. Donnelly, McCalmont Township, Park Hotel. , ' G. H. —ftotvhty, WaMfHtgrton, Township, Hotel Barclay. < ! Frank A. McTort-nell, Reynoldsville, Frank's New Tavern. David W. Naylon, Punxsutawriey The National. H. C. Heplogle, Brookville, Central Hotel. K. A. Hunter, Brookville, Nyw Com niereial Hotel. W. W. Wiley, Rrynoldaville, City Hotel, Alexandor Watson, Winslow Towu-| ship, Hotel Big Soldier. R. U. McKinley, Brookvillo, Union Hotel. ' Archie Clinton Pavi, Fall Creek Fall ('reek Hotel. Philip J. Allffdor, Brookvllle, Jefferson Hotel. <\ I-i* lladaker, MeOalmont Townhip. Anita Hotel.. E. <•*. BulHngton, Rrookville, Hotel Longview. Jacob 13. Sykes, residence, Sykesville, H<otel Sykes. £ Kobert T. Smith, residence, Sykesvi 11, Hotel Smith. Following is a H~t of the names of those whose applications were granted:There was h large attendance at Court in Brookville this morning, the County Seat being the Mecca for hotel proprietors who were after the documents necessary to enable them to keep open another year. There were no remonstrances filed and hence the business of license court, which was a matter of routine only, occupied little over half an hour. Miss Ettle Pearsall, of Brookville, yesterday underwent an operation at the Punxsutawney hospital for appendicitis. The operation was performed by Dr. Wayn. L. Snyder, of Brookville. The patient is getting along nicely and gives promise of a speedy recovery. A runaway this morning attract* >! considerable attention along Mahoning street. A horse standing front of the Ebei'hart department store took flight and started towards West End at a two minute pace. The sleigh upset, cushions flew to all sides, and the frightened animal barely missed several other vehicles. It was finally caught below the Fink corner and before serious damage 'had been done. Money Will be Dearer in 1910 Than in Past Year If the employes enter into the pact, approximately 30,000 Olevelanders will abstain from meat during the next month. The pledge is effective today. The anti-meat action was •ninnavna orrows tomo,f 21KT1NNNU1 taken at a meeting ol' the superintendents and foremen's clubs in which practically every manufacturing plant of th<- city is represented. Vegetarian Club Formed at Cleveland May Include 30,000 Persons. CLEVELAND, O.. Jan. 17—Four hundred and sixty superintendents and foreme of 21 of the largest manufacturing firms of the city have pledged to aid in the general boycott on meat for 30 days. 1 In addition to agreeing to do without meat themselves the superintendents and foremen have promised to induce as many as possible of the 7,000 employes under them to dispense with th»- food for the same period. LOST TO WEEDVILLF Until n year ago, when Harry Grube bought the .sleigh, it had been in the Kremkau family 4". years. Devil John Thompson rode in it for 2". years and it might have served the builder twice that long had not Devil Tolin Thompson jn«'t a violent death while In the prime of life. Just who owrn-d this remarkable vehicle during the 20 years that elapse*! from the time Thompson went hence until it was purchased by Mr. Kremkau, is not known, but it is said that one buyer exchanged a f>0-aere tract of pine timber far it one time. Lumbermen figure that if that pltoe timber were standing today, it would be wprth from $50,000 to $75,000. Devil John Thompson was famous us a Imilder «»i" slolghs. The Grube vehicle is said to have been the best and last one that hi' constructed. Hi' was shot to death at Lumber City, Oleardeld County, in ISfiS, hy Frederick Hockenberry, as the result of a trivial dispute about lumber. Hockenberry served seven years in the penltentiaiy for the deed. It is a quger looking craft, with its dashboard topping the runners at a distance of some 1 •"» inches from tli*• front of tii< bed, which projects backwards little farther than either the runners or the back of the seat. The first coat of red paint it received i.s still intact. The panels of the bed and dashboard were beautified with gaudily painted woodland and landscajA scenes, but these have become quite indistinguishabie. TIarry t'Jrube, of <'!«»«», mar here, accompanied by J. IT. Krcmkau, drove to town Saturday in wnat is probably the oldest sleigh in tie country. While tradition says that tie- vehicle was built in IMS, It is Known for a certainty that it was manufactured by "Devil* John Thompson, a noted character who lived on the upper Susquehanna River, in the vicinity of what i.s now McGees Mills. The .sleitch. although rubbing the century mile post pretty closely, does not show signs of going to pieces, even when carrying two robust men, ami unless Mr. < J rube an.I those who Inspected it Saturday are greatly deceived it will go the proverbial \Yon'1< rful Onc-hn.ss Shay of hundred-year lain,, a few decades better. The runners, bents and cross bars of the sleigh were built of oak, and the bed of poplar, both materials being yet in a state of almost pe'rfect preservation. Iron was used sparingly, excepting as soles for the runners. The original shafts are still Intact, and it has never been repa.iied excepting by the addition of new footboards that were worn out by the feet of those who entered and dismounted from it. JIVSTOVS TRIAI. I'OSTPOXF.I) Following la the WASHINGTON. 1) (V. Jan. 17.— TI1K WKATHER / *ui .»?,' nh V V Weather forecast for Western Penn- sylvania: Rain tonight anil Tuesday. Warmer tonight.HATlRISBrRO, Jan. IT. — By ag/oement of counsel the trial of Architect Huston, a in the "capItol Kraft" case, was postponed rtntll Wednesday. A fine spirit was shown in the union young people's meeting at the Central church. Mr. Horton gave a <iuiet Inspirational talk which was received with earnest attention by his audience. Mr. Horton is a man of exceptional ability in the line of work he has chosen, and has made hosts of friends among the boys and young men during bis short visit to Hunxsutawney. The officials of the Y. M. <\ A. feel that his coming has been a' great benefit to the work of that organization. The conference of .superintendents and teac'hers included nearly all the men thus engaged In rnnxsutawn. y, and it is safe to say that the work for hoys In the Sunday Schools has had a distinct uplift through this conference.Yesterday was a busy «lay in Y. M. C? circles. The Week of special work for boys closed with a number of meetings, all of which were ad- by C. B. Morton, State Secre- tary Boys' Department. Beginning at ' 2,: lock in the afternoon with a of older boys and young men. which taxed the capacity of the Y. M. C. A. lobby, followed by a conference of Sunday School teachers and superintendents at four o'clock, which was in turn followed by a meeting of the adult committee on boys' work, Mr. Horton was kept so busy all the afternoon that he had to go to the union young peoples' meeting at the Central Presbyterian Church supperless. Here again the auditorium was crowded with the workers of the various young people's societies. The afternoon meeting for boys was notable for the number of boys and young men who took a forward step in th