Punxsutawney Spirit, 1910-06-09

              SB m mm. & ■ mm 9,8-63 Totals . PRICK TWO CBNT8 ROOSEVELT IS OEIYIK ALL POLITICAL RUMOIS PROFESSOR CHARLES H. RICE INTERESTS BIG AUDIENCE CONSTRUCT OVERHEAD BRIDGE AT PERN ST. PUNX8UTAWNEY, PA. THURSDAY BVBN1NG JUNE % IWt. YATESBORO COUPLE MARRIED HERE i  FIREMEN HUB Mil FIRST ANNUAL BANQUET MISUNDERSTANDING RESULTS IN ARREST AND TRIAL VOL. IV-N0.2J5 imm Hittia Council's Action Applauded— Delay Due to the Railroad Company. Reports of Engagements for Speeches Annoy Him—But One on Schedule. Sixty Attended Most Pleasing Social Function in Spirit DAI AND WILL LEAVE EUROPE FOR AMERICA TOMORROW EXPRESS THEIR THANKS ARDS ILY ENJOYED ENDEAVOR TO MAKE P. R. R. PAY HALF BUILDING COST lAt the home of Mrs. Daniel North on Torrence Street, yesterday afternoun at three o'clock, Miss Catharine North and -George If. Stinmean, of Yatesboro. fcvere united in marriage 'by Rev. Charles A. <?lark in the presence of a few friend* and relatives. Roth young people are well known and highly respected in their home town. The bride is a sister of Daniel North, Who was killed in the railroad here some time ago. Following the ceremony the couple left for Cowansville, where they will visit friends tor several day*, after which they will go to housekeeping in Yatesboro. Parochial School Commencement Operetta Will be Presented in Connection With Graduation Exercises. This afternoon he* !#» addressing the Missionary Society of the Central Presbyterian Church, and tomorrow night he will speak in the Olivebutg < 'hur< h. iprofetnor Rice, who is not yet out of his twenties, surprised Tils hearers by his knowledge of general conditions In India That there werfrom fifteen to twenty-two colleges in each of th«* live big cities of India, and that in each of the flw cit!<».«; are two Christian colleges, was new* to the majority of his audience. That the Hindoos and Mohammedans are slowly but surely approaching < 'hristlanity. that they are becoming . xceedlngly active along industrial and educational lines was the gist of Professor Kict 's talk. hi India. Talks on "Xew Religious Awakening j Before a fair-sized audience, in thei First Presbyt< rian Church, 'Professor! •Charles H. nice, of the Forman'i i Christian College, India, last night] delivered a highly Interesting and ed-j ucational address on "New Religious Awakening in India." Commissioners Count Votes Riggold iwas discharged with apologies?, and the casts \mto placed on the Common wraith* Pfttftbiirtr Charged With Urceny. Iiuioeent Italian Brought Hero From Charged with steading a bass viol belonging to Joseph Yorko, Frank fUgtgold was brought here yesterday from "PlttsJburg, when It was discovered that the information was the result of a misunderstanding. A week from last Saturday, Yorko's son took the viol in question to Onondaga. iwhere he played at a social functiorj held by some of his friends there. Not wishing to carry the unwieldy Instrument home on Sunday, he left it in the charge of Rlggold, who was instructed to leave it at a house in Onondaga. Going to the house on Monday foi the fiddle, young Yorko .found that Riggo>ld had gon« to Pittsburg, and no trace of the instrument could be found. He at once concluded that Riggold had taken it with him, and made out an information ibeifore 'Squire Corey, of this place. (Rigigold was Mimmoned and came for a hearing 'before the Squire yesterday afternoon. At the hearing it developed that the custodian of the viol had, through a misunderstanding, brought it to a house on Torrence Street. On investigation the 'big fiddle was found there, safe and sound. school. The mom'bi rs of the Class of 1911, s»s. Cosmaa and Damian's ticbool, numbering three, will comiplete their school course tin the night of Tuesday, June 21, when, in connection with the commencement exercise* an operetta will be presented by the by Spirti. Official Totals Vary But Little From Those Given Fireman Killed on B., R. CBl P. R. R. J. W. Jensen Meets Instant Death at Howard Junction, Near Bradford. 1,317 By United Press. LONJX)X, June 1).—Roosevelt will make no ' kk ynote' speech with which thi Congressional campaign will bo opened in the United States, as tho in< n controlling thi* League of Republican clubs had originally planned* at tiie annual convention of the organisation In New York City next month. The Colonel will not be present at the convention. and, further, has not planned to make iny political speeches. nor will he until h« reaches Oyster Bay. ' J Today the t'nlted Press is authorized to den\ that lions, wit has acc< ptod an Invitation from Congressman Moore, of Philadelphia, to ad- dri.'v; the League The reports of extensive i-ngajtements for political speeches anno.v the Colonel. and he refuses to discuss them. HI* friends, however, declnrt th< reports are unfounded. and say. In many instane* a, thit the Regular Republicans are circulating: falsi- statements in order to make It appear that Roosevelt intends to aid the Regulars against the In- surgents. The only positive engagement of even a semi-political nature that the Colonel has is to be present at Rob- ert J. Collier's dinner, in Xew York, and thus was arranged before the Colonel departed for Afri«a. The Roofm velts are today at the country home of Sir Kdwurd (Irey, the Foreign .Secretary, and tomorrow they sail In thoj Kaiserin Auguate Victoria for America. Wall Street Owns Mexico The affair came to a merry close at a late hour. At midnight the party, stuffed as thoroughly as the chicken had been, resumed the dance. The tables were removed, and those present indulged in many gyrations and antics not prescribed in the conventional dance. The feature of the evening was the square dancing of the older folks, who displaced the youngsters for a time and gave an unequalled display of oldfashioned country dancing, with several side numbers by wo me of the more agile. Shortly after eleven o'clock the screens that had hidden one end of the hall were removed, and the results of the utmost endeavor on the part of the fir«' laddies wen- revealed in the form of two long tables, handsomely decorated, and fairly groaning under their load of good things. The chefs of the tire company. Ions noted f«»r their prowess In scientific cookery, had fairly outdone themselves in the preparation of one of the finest chicken banquets that ever graced a table. The first annual banquet given by r the Punxsutawney Fire Department | on the seventh door of the Spirit 1'buUcling last night s»-t a standard hthat it is safe to say will never be improved in the years to come. pany. A merry eompan.N of about sixty gathered In the large hall and enjoyed themselves to the limit. From the first there was an absence of stiffness and all present entered into the spirit of fun that lasted during the evening. Dancing and cards formed the amusements for the early part of the evening, music on piano and traps being furnished by members of the com- Continued on Page Five. "The Fairy Grotto," the operetta to 1>»' presented, is a spectacular affair, in which the little folk* predominate. The .story of the play: I list Act A -band of fairies with their queen are sporting in a forest glade, when they are warned by the queen's attendant that two little mortals are approaching. The fairies disperse, after which Carl and Anna, brother and slater, enter pnd discuss the -poverty of their poriinifciafrh»»r. The conversation is overheard by the queen's attendant, who put them to sleep, and with th»' permission of the queen. on next Thursday night the Alumni of the school will hold their annual ibanquet in th. school annex. The graduate* of this year's class are Misses iBarbara Berr, .\layme Moore ami Susan .McCarthy. FEDERAL TROOPSI MARCH ON INDIANS P. A. Hunter A. King Yost j. B. Allison W. IS. Sibley S It. Williams J. X. Langham Harry Whltu For Assembly— it. I. Wilaon H,436 3.396 1.502 1,346 f*. T North  J. ft. Mitchell ... William Calhoun . Delegates— W. H. Bctt  For Congress*— The County Commissioners ye.st«'rday finished the otftcial count of the votes cast in Saturday'* primary In Ji fferson County, and announced tinf<>Mo\vi totals, which comparison will show to bt» v« ry cl«use to those glwn in Monday's issue of The Spirit: MISS HARL ENTERTAINS COMPANY OF HER FRIENDS No one saw the accident, but it is I supposed that while shoveling coal from the back) part of the tender he ibecame overbalanced and fell 'between the tender and car. His body was cut in two and was horribly mangled. The remains were taken to Bradford, where he had been making his home. The unfortunate man, who was on a run from Punxsutawney to iSalamanca, X. Y.. when killed, was well known here, his run carrying him into Punxautawney about every third day. He was about 28 years of age. J. \V. Jensen, a fireman on the middle division of the 11., R. & P. Railroad, was instantly killed last night about six o'clock at Howard Junction near Bradford. YOUNG PEOPLE WED BY REV. HENRY MADTES Miss Alice P.' Ora$VM>f Echo, and -Iarry S. West, of Dayton, were united n marring?' yestejraay afternoon by Rev. Hen/y 'Mantes, of the Baptist at on Liberty St. Theyoupljflleft on the three o'clock Iyer Vor jjrshort honeymoon, after vhiap thfey will at once go to houacceeirlwg In Dayton. Following a lengthy report of the resolution committee, Thomas V. Hendricks was placed In nomination by Joseph M. Heyer, of Punxautawney, for re-election. Mr. Hendricks* valiant aervicea to the party were recognized by a unanimous vote. Frew W. Smith, of Brookvllle, was re-elected treasurer of the committee and Joseph Moans was appointed secretary by Chairman Hendricks. The convention adjourned with a rousing hurrah for the Republican candidates and the Republican party. I)r. Rainier Chairman ♦ The committee went into session at 2:1® o'clock and Dr. A. F. Baliner, of Brook virile, was chosen permanent chairman of the convention. Thomas J. Evans, of Young Township, was chosen permanent secretary. Dr. Ha line*' appointed the following resolutions committee: Dr. J. O. Say-res, of Rcynoldtsville; W. 11. Ale- Henry. of Big Run; Uer.rge M. Gayley, of Howse; S. \V. Cook, of Perry Township, and the committee retired for a private conference. Meanwhile, l>r. Balmcr announced the nomination of J. u\. Langham for Congress, S, Taylor North and H. I. Wilson for Assembly, as well as the election of VV. <H. Bell, IP. A. Hunter and A. King Yost as deie*atcs to the Republican '.State Convention. CniKlidiites LiukN Itolbert 'H. Longwell, of BrocktwayviIIo, H. G. IMiller, of Punxsutawney, C. R. Vasbinder, of Brookville, made short addresses commending the selection of the people and pledging themselves to the hearty support of the ticket. Henry I. Wilson, of Big Run, 8. Taylor North, of Young Township, Assembly nominees, gave short talks In which they expressed their gratitude. W. C." Calhoun, defeated in the Assembly race, gained the (plaudits of the crowd by pledging his warmest support to the winners. >A. King Yost, of Punxsutawney; P. A. Hunter, of iBrookville, and W. H. Bell, of Reynoldsville. delegates elected. expreiasgd themselves as being highly grateful, and pledged their alleglence to the party. Fifty-one delegates were present, either in person or by proxy, at the meeting of the Republican County Committee yesterday afternoon at Brookivtllc. MISSIONARY SOCIETY MEETS AT HOME OF MRS. J. M. BEYER Sensational Charges to the Effect That Diaz Is Able to Use U. S. Officers. . . . . 3.566 . . . . 3.277 . . . . 2. r» 4 7 ....1,490 .... I. .11 7 . ... 1.195 The delay was not dtie '.so much to the Council as to the 'Pennsylvania Railroad Company which, for some reason or other, has held up the approval of the plans for the bridge submitted to It by Borough Engineer Van Uenss ,.er. Several communications with the superintendent of the Pur\sutawn ey-Bell wood Division and also the he.nl of the Pennsylvania lines failed to br!n.4fa satisfactory response and consequently the members of the Council, who were desirous of having the railroad company pay for j hall' the construction of the bridge, were reluctant to act. Compel li. It. Company to Pay. * sir Borough Solicitor Giillespie is confident that if the bridge complies with the specifications laid down in the Act of Assembly, i. e., that it be twenty-two feet, or more, above the track level, the borough will be able to collect one-half the cost of const ruction from the Pennsylvania TinMroad Company. Attorney Corbett, for the railroad company, holds that the act j which, requires the railroad company to pay half i.s unconstitutional, and it, will likely 'be left up to the courts to decide. A Year's l>e|a> After almost a year's delay the Council's action is hailed with delight by all citizens. The big bridge spanning the Mahoning at South Penn Street i.s growing rusty, the grass is growing as rampantly as in many a Held, and no one wiW deny that Council's action, while a long time coming. is a popular one. In a short time the residents of the Bubeck Addition will have access t<» the central part of town via an overhead bridge, crossing the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks anil the county bridge, at Wouth Penn street. At the recent meeting of Council the Street and Alley Committee was instructed to proceed with the building of the overhead bridge and that committee is busy making preparations for its early construction. ( The residents of the South Side .will, as soon as the overhead bridge is well under way begin the work of constructing a trestle from the overhead to the county bridge. TO CONTROLL SALE OF WESTERN WHEAT MEXICO irity. June 9.—With telegraph wires cut and operators murdered or forced t<» flee for their lives, definite Information is lacking as to the present situation at Yalladolid. Yucatan, the scene of tli«- bloody mssacre by Indian insurgents several days ago. Meager advices received by the Government today estimate the number of killed at 40. More than 2.000 Indians are said to have been engaged in the attack. The Insurgents held Valladolid at last accounts, having fortified themselves In the Jail and other buildings. Federal and State troops and volunteers. numbering more than 2.000 men, are concentrating at Zltas, near Valladolid, and are about to march on the rebels. DR. COOK AFTER PEARY Those present were Misses Leila and Zula Grinder. Rose and Annii | Schneider, Georgia Hewitt, Vera ilarl; Messrs. Merl<* Curry, Oakley Beam. Lynn iNorth, Frank Harl, Webster, Daugherty, and Eugene MeKinstry. At about eleven o'clock a light supper was s?-r\« (1 iri the dining room of the Harl home. Lollipops were features of the luncheon. Musie and fortune telling were the features of the evening. Miss Rose Schneider rendered a pleasing vocal solo, while Miss Georgia Hewitt gave a piano solo that was much appreciated.Miss Mary Harl lnst night entertained a number of her friends at her home last night at a charming social function. In Favor of Duke of Oporto- Royal House in Financial Straits. Believe Manuel Will Abdicate After the business session a moat appetizing supper was served from f>: .">0 to 7 0 in th« dining room of the Beyer home The following: officers were elected: 'Mrs. C. W .Miner, president; Mrs. Ivaylor, secretary; ami Miss Klla Pef- Tht meeting combined lioth business and social features, the election of officers for the ensuing year being held, while Mrs. Beyer served the indies a dainty and delicious supper. for. treasurer. A mooting of the Women's Homo Missionary Society of the Methodist Church was held at the home of Mrs. J M. Bey< r, of Rockland Avi nue, -yesterday evening. Miss Gray is a charming and comely young lady, well known in her home tow" while .Mr. West Is engaged in tjie lumber business near Dayton. LANGHAM'S MAJORITY IN THE DISTSICT THE SPEED FIEND'S DEATH WARRENT STRIKING MINERS RETURN TO WORK J. N. Langham's majority over Harry White, in this Congressional district is 5,007. The vote by counties follows: The paper says that Cook seeks to recoved $10,000 which he alleges is due him in payment for bear skins and other polar products delivered to the commander. BERLIN, Germany, June 0.—Ac- According to the Lokal Anzeiger Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the Arctic explorer, has instituted suit In the Berlin courts against Commander Robert E. Peary. By United 'Press. ■LISBON, Portugal, June 9.—It is rumored in official circles today that King Manuel wild abdicate In favor of the Duke of Oporto. Unrest among the people and ifinancial troubles in the Royal household are th ereasons given. The scandal resulting from the financial dealings of the King's grandmother, the Dowager Queen Maria Pia with the Government started an Investigation of the Royal family's finance* and the dsicilosures of alleged grafting has turned tl?e people against the King. INSANE MAN AT LARGE TRAIN PITCHED; THREE KILLED Armstrong Clarion . . Indiana . . Jefferson 1,317 Langhanr White 3,003 1,745 669 250 2/5S2 1.544 3,519 W1L.KHS-HAHRK. Jutl. In ;»•- cordance with an agreement reached ■between gneral manager May of the | Pennsylvania Conl Company and a 'committee representing the twelve thousand striking anthrnolto miners, resumption of work began at many collcries yesterday morning. 4,856 Special to The Spirit. XPOKAXE, Wash., June 9.—Preliminaries have been completed for the consummation of a gigantic plan in which the grain growers of Eastern Washington and Oregon, north and central Idaho, and western Montana, are greatly interested atid which is 1 expected to be of great benefit to them by placing them in a position to sell their wheat at the greatest profit by eliminating the middleman. ■ At a meeting to ibe held here tomorrow the Farmers' Warehouse Association of the Inland Empire, controlling approximately forty per cent, of the sixty million bushels of wheat annually harvested in the district referred to, will be formally organized under the direction of officer!) of the Farmers* Educational and Cooperative Union of America. The immediate object of the plan is to pool the grain grown in this part of the Northwest arid sell it in lots of 100,00*0 bushels and upward direct to millers and exporter, charging the grower not more than one cent a bushel for handling and marketing the grain. •In a very short time big board signs, reading "Danger, Run Slow," will greet the eye of the autoiat at eve.*y corner. The signs mean a ttvelvemWe-an-hour .sliced limit an<y the police of the town are going ,fo see that the warning/on the boards Is taken literally by All chauffoflrs. The cleatf\ warrant? to the speeding fiend hav/ been ordered', and will probably roe plaCe early next weeki toyIStreeir Commissioner Dlstel. PYTHIAN HOME IS DEDICATED MAY BR VISION TICKET IN THE FIELD THIS PAIX PLANS FOR ROOSEVELT'S RECEPTION AT NEW YORK BUSY By United Press. srr. LiplTIS, Mo.. June !>. — Throe trainmen were killed1 and eight injured, several of the latter seriously, when a fast mail train on the Iron •Mountain route .was ditched near the outskirts of this city today. The derailment occurred at a double curve, the cause being unknown. By United' Press. tion committee through which it is expected to sho wthat Wall Street In- WlVSHlXKtfTON. D. C.. J no 9.—h< nsational barges that President Diaz, of Mexico, has been able to use United States Government officials as tools in the persecution of his political enemies, will be made tomorrow before the House Rules Committee* which is considering Wilson's (Pa.) resolution to create a joint investlga- torests owning concessions in Mexico valued at nine hundred million dollars. which Diaz had given them, forced American officers to persecute mercilessly Mexicans in the United 'States opposing Diaz. John Kenneth Turner, author of "Barbarous 'Mexico". L. Guiterrea de Lara, a co-worker, wiW produce doc* umentary evidence which it is •be- lieved will substantiate the charges declaring that the Ciuggenhelms, the Continental Ttut»er Company. the Standard Oil Co., the Southern 'Pacific Hallway, the Merriman heirs, the Sugar Trust and the Wells-Fargo Express Company are heavily interested In Mexico. TIIKKK XKW ACTS At the Jefferson Theatr» tonight the •bin changes. Three exceptionally strong acta will be presented. They are: Princes iMyrofff, Russian dancer and1 vocalist; Boston, Van and Company, in a comedy sketch, "The Minister's Reception," and the La Dells, comedy acrobats. Turner say that these financial interests are so heavily indebted to Diaz that they have paid their obligations by bringing pressure upon the Federal Government to accomplish Diaz's ends, pleading that American capital is in danger unless their wishes are complied with. THE" WEATHER LETTING WELL ENOUGH ALONE REPUBLICANS IN posse started In pursuit of Champion, but he tied from his home and Is hiding In the woods. He abandoned his shotgun and took a large knife with him. Champion was seriously Injured by a fall about a year a£0. KITTANNJNQ, Juno 9. —Joseph Champion, a farmer of Hays Run, Rcyb'urn township, became Insane .yesterday and procuring a gun held his family at bay In the house all day. One of his daughters escaped from the house in the evening and hurried to the office of Justice Mobley. Constabl Samuel Richardson and a J3ECATX.tr, 111., June 9.—The dedication of the Pythian Home here today was witnessed by several thousand visitors from Chicago, Spring- Held, Bloomlngton and other cities of the State. The home, whieh has just been completed at a cost of nearly $50,000, is designed as a shelter for the Pythian aged and orphans. The dedication exercises were conducted under tho ansplces of the Illinois grand lodge of the Knights of Pythias. The general arranfpmenta for the reception are in charge of a committee of which Cornelius Vandcrbilt is j the chairman and- which includes In . its mem/beiship nearly one thousand ' of the foremost citizens of the Btat* | an<j City of New York. ! XF3W YORK, June 9.—AVhen Theodore Roosevelt lands in New York a week from next Saturday he will receive an ovation from his friends and Admirers of this and many other States which promises to eclipse any similar demonstration ever beheld in | the metropolis. The volunteer (iromen of Vandergrift are holding a atreet carnival, and an Intlux of pickpockets and thieve* is reported. Many people have been I robbed, and one girl wa» awaulted and I hr gold watch taken. It is proposed to nominate Cyru* iMunson for Governor, Wdilllam R. Berry for treasurer, and hav the convention empowered to deal with the remnants of the Lincoln party regarding the nomination of a Lieutenant Governor and a Secretary of Internal Affairs. It Is rumored that [the placing of former State Treasurert Sheatz on the ticket, who Is partly, on the outs with the Rejublicans, on' ; tho ticket, IlEil? ny United Press. PITTSBURG, June 9.—It la reported today on Kood authority that well known .Democrats will submit to Dcmorntlc State Leader OurtVy a plan for a fusion ticket prior to the Allentown convetlon. Br United Press. nraTHLlOHiEM, Pa.. June 9.—"The 'besetting sin of our people now is superficiality," said Attorney General Wickersham to the graduates in Nasareth Hall IMIlitury Academy today. "We are too content with doing thing*, well enough, bet fail to strife for fhoroughnesu." LITTLE HOOK, Ark., June 9.— Representative Republicans of Arkansas are rounding up in the capital today for what promises to be the largest and most enthusiastic gathering that the party has held In this State In several years. A congressional convention and a meeting of the Republican State league were held today, to be followed tomorrow by the regular Slate Qonvention at which plans and candidates will be discussed for the coming State campaign. Road the serial fc'tory "A Unique Campaign," on. second page.—24112 FIjEW 106 MlliBS WITHOUT STOP IPIAIRtlS. June 9.—(Special) — Two French army officers today flew from to Paris, a distance of 1<H miles in twohours and iftfty mtnates, without a atop. m mm cuiufi mf ' J Fifty-One Delegates in Attendance jrf Republican Counjy Convention. SUC&&SFUL CANDIDATES forecast for ? IIJiii iMiiii Ajt# gBgppyyipwili 'jpii . . "" "f H . ' j £.* £  ■ran wr •• ■ m wm * - '