Punxsutawney Spirit, 1916-05-06

              J>wHBm ■! m TnKtt,ed tonight and Sunday; prtfb^ Jy I ,Wr showers; warmer. - / |p I .___ j ' ■ , •;':-*. : „. -.". ••;':i^LJ.-'. . ■ / , ME^MMBB^BWPBBKMMMBMI I veu t~Ho. m • PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 6, 1916 price two dNHRII'm AMERICAN FORCE IS VICTORIOUS IN CLASH WITH BjGVfLLA FORCE 250 Men Under Major Howze Meet and Put to Route Superior Number of Mexicans. 42 OF THE BANDITS MCT THDR DEATH International Rem Serrlea. Advance Base American Punatlve Expedition, Near San Antonio, Mexico, Majr 5, via Wireless to Columbus, N. M., May 6.—Major Howe, with a column of 240 men of the lltU cavalry today met and defeated a large force of Villaistas under General Domlnquez and Azofta, killing 42 of the bandits and scattering the remainder.The official report of the battle, which took place near Ojo Azules, was made by Major Howe to General Pershing here today. There were no American casualtics.Major Howe's report made no mention of how many men the Mexican comVnand contained nor did it give the number of Mexicans wounded. Officials here are of the opinion that the Americans certainly were outnumbered as Majqr Howe's report, "a large forotf of Villaistas". Not ati'Amertfun was wounded, according tjpMajor Howe's re- The battle followed a surprise attack by the American troopers after they had ridden continuously a full day and night in pursuit of the Mexicans.LOCAL INDUSTRIES AT FULLJAPACITY Punxsutawney Has Not Looked or Been so Prosperous in Years as at Present. Local industries are all going full blast at the present tiiue and the indications are that they will continue to do so for (he next six months at least. The Punxsutawney Iron & Steele Company is waiting for parts from the big engine which were to have been shipped some time ago. They expect the parts on the lf>th of the present month. As soon as these parts are recplvjft and installed and the new furnaJP which is being installed is competed they will start on full time. / The Wifiitraan Glass Corp. is working doulle time atyf have orders on hand sufficient to kelp them going on two shiftl until jfttgust 1. This afternoon nnl eveaf Saturday during the the men will observe Saturday as a half holiday. The Eldred plant is working at full capacity, but will close for a short time during the summer, on account of the excessive heat and for repairs to the establishment. Building operations have started about the town, but the question of securing houses for the new employes of the different factories is still a serious one. Charles Long is laying a foundation for a residence in Elk Run, and homes are being improved and paintod all over the town. The town has not looked so prosperous for years as it does at the present time, and the indications are that it will do so for a long time. SWEDEN MAY BAB FOREIGN AIR SCOUTS LONDON, May 6.—A Central News' dispatch from Copenhagen quotes the Dagens Nyheter, of Stockholm, to the effect that the Swedish government has decided to introduce a bill prohibiting passage of foreign aircraft over Swedish territorial waters. It is believed this measure iB to cheek reconnolterlng excursions of German aircraft which have been of frequent occurrence recently. 1 WILL MARE RI LES fV)R JITNEYS. HARRISBl! KG, May 6.—The Public Service; Commission next week will make a rule regarding the operation of Jitneys whose drivers have reoelved certificates of public convenience. The rule will apply to only about a dozen cars, but will affect all others granted certificates In the future. y PITTSBURGH, May 6.—The strikers' oommlttee today rejected the proposals of President «err,' of thtf Westlnghouse Electric Company, and sent to him a counter proposal by special messenger. All is qhlet. GERMANS RENEW MIR OFFENSIVE IN VERDUN REGION;MTRENCHES Deadly Artillery Fire Compels French to Arandon Trenches to Prevent Slaughter. INFANTRY ATTACK IS REPULSED laternntloaal Nam Serrlce. PARIS, May B.—Terrific bombardment and furious infantry assaults /narked the renewal of the German •offensive in the Verdun section. The French office in its official communication today admitted that the French have evacuated positions ncrtli ol' Mill No. 304, northwest of Verdun, but stated that infantry attacks of the Germans west of the hill were repulsed with the bayonet. Abandonment of the trenches was brought about by (lie deadly artillery fire of the Germans. They had concentrated an enormous number of cannons and the cannonade was blasting the French position to pieces when General Pefaitig decided to give them up in order to avoid a useless loss of men. The Germans tried to advance when the French fell back from the. trenches but they were prevented by curtains of Are from the French guns. This is the birthday of the German Crown Prince and it was expected that the German troops at Verdun would make extraordinary efforts by way of a celebration. FREIGHT TRAIN MEN ? ASK SHAREOF PROFIT Eight-Hour Day Their Demand For Increased Tonnage on Railroads. CLEVELAND, Ohio, May ti.—A statement issued by the Transportation Brotherhood today says: "Tlie railroad brotherhoods are asking the railroads* to better their conditions and want an eight-hour working day. men claim that the revenues oy the companies have increased enormously on account of long, heavy-tc/inage jffeight trains. The men desife reUfr from the long hours of which have increased greatly in recent years on account of the Heavier und longer trains. "Official reports show that there has been an increase of 33 per cent. In the tractive power of locomotives, an increase of 30 per cent. In the capacity of freight cars, an Increase of 29 per cent, in the number of freight cars in a train, an Increase of 21! per. cent, in the number of loaded cars In a train, an increase of 10 per cent, in the tons carried in the loaded car and a total Increase of 47 per cent, in the tons carried by the average freight train. "A statement issued by the Executive Committee of the Association of Western Railways April 23, 1916, declares that the railroads received In the year 18!»0, $1.05 per freight train per mile, and in 1914 the earn-, ings per freight train per mile were $3.31, or an increase of 100 per cent, over 1890. The freight train crews are producing double the revenue for the railroads, according fo this statement by the road them(Continued on pags thro*.) INDIANAPOLIS MAYOR GOING TO CAMP INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 0.— Mayor Joseph E. Bell, of this city, and Dr. Thomas C. Howe, president Of Butler College, have signed applications for admission to one of the three military training caps to foe held at Fort Benjamin Harrison during the summer. COLOMON CONHATH. Solomon Conrath, a veteran of the Civil War and a former resident of Cookport, died at his home in Olean, N. Y., May 8. The remains will be brought to Indiana and taken to the homo of a relative, E. E. Williams, on Wayne avenue, where the funeral services yill be conducted this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Ho was an uncle of George and H. M. Conrath, of Indiana. FRENCH BARK 8UNTK LONDON, May 6.—The French bark La PUier has been sunk. She was of 2427 tons gross and was built at St. Nazal re in 1902. r She was owned in Nantes. I PUNXnUKf  GOHPMff BOHBUHC CAPACITY New Storage Houses, New Ice Machine ami Many Other Improvements Under Way. The Punxsutawney Beef and Provision Company has started improvements at Its local plant that, when finished, will more than double the capacity of the plant. For the past three years the business of the concern has been growing to such an extent that the capacity of the plant, running night and day, was ta«ed to its utmost. Now it has reached such mjoportions that it is no longfr pontile to meet the demands up aft without more and accordingly two nrwstorage houses are being constructed, nn additional ice machine is being installed and other additions made that will mort than double the plant's output. NINE HURT IN WRECK ON INDIANA ClYHER LINE Freight and Passenger Cars Collide on Indiana Line Near Clymer. INDIANA, May 0.—Nine persons were injured, two seriously, when a passenger car and a freight car of the Indiana County Street Railways Company collided on Grace Church hill, near late yesterday afternoon. The injured: [JOSEPH L. STADTMlLLER, aged 3f>, motorman on the passenger car; side crushed, internally injured; condition serious. DELBERT J. MEANS, aged 32,' of Indiana, conductor ou the passenger car: cut and bruised on the head and face. MIKE DllTT, aged 40, or Clymer; cnts on face anil body. JAMES L. KINTER. aged 29, of Homer City; lacerations of the head, injured internally; condition seriousJOHN KLINGENSMITH, aped 34. contractor, of Indiana: cut and bruised. EDWARD AIKEN, aged 10. of Indiana ; contusions of the legs and right arm. MRS. REBECCA AIKEN, aged 44. of Indiana: fractured jaw and lacerations of the h£ad. THOMAS GIBSON, aged 66. of Idamar; cuts on the head anfl facQ. ARTHCR KINTER, aged 19, of Homer City: cuts on the head and arms. The Clymer passenger car was en route to Indiana from Clymer. The freight car, late, it was said, was running beyond its usual rate of speed. The freighter was thrown over an embankment 4 0 feet from the track. The passenger car was derailed and completely wrecked. The injured were taken to Indiana by a special car. and from there removed to the Indiana County Hospital.ACTION Of CHURCH BOARD DECRIED BY 8R0CKVILLE NAN R. M. Matson Objects to Action of Four of ill) Members of Brookville M. E. Board. R. M. Matson, of Brookvllle, has asked The Spirit to publish the following interview, in connection with an effort, to have the Methodist Church at that place, indorse N. L. Strong for Congress. • Mr. Matson makes the follo/ing statement: "As a menibe/ of the Board of the Brookvllle Methodist Episcopal Church I deslrI to enter a protest against the hiwi-handed action taken last Tuesday fvenlng, whenf without previous riotiJ* of their /mentions, one of the pulllshers Brookvllle Republican, Gil CyReltz, introduced a resoltlUon URtorslng N. L\ Strong for and succeeded in having It passed with the votes of only four out of a board of 39, only 7 mepibers having been present, two of them voting against the resolution. ( "I have.no quarrel to pick with Mr. Strong, but I do have most strenuous objections against any person or anything that is designed to draw our church into politics, and for this reason I deem it my duty to publish the facts insofar as jtliey may have a bearing upon the resolution adopted last Tuesday evening. "The writer was out of town, and had no intimation of the proposed action, or he would have been present. At the meeting were present Mr. Reitz, A. D. Deerneh. F. C. Swartzlander, Fred Smith, Major John Mc- Murray, F. E. Knapp, C. D, Benscoter. Rev. Potter. Of this number the (Continued on page three.) EBERHART'H STORE NEWH. On page 8 you will find listed a few of the hundreds of specials at our Big Fire Sale now In progress. We can save you good money on every item you'll need for the balance ftj the summer. Come every day, stay late and get your share of the good things.—tl j m • RATIFICATION Of WAGE AGREEMENT SEEMS SURE Vote of Those Favoring Scale as Signed Now Has Substantial Lead. All possibility of a strike among the miners in District No. 2 disappeared yesterday when a recapitulation showing a majority of 4,3 28 in favor of the new scale was prepared by the officials of the district, says the DuBols Courier. To date 28,490 of the men voted on the referendum. Of this number 12,081 were against and 10,409 for the Philadelphia scale, giving a majority which it is not believed can be overcome in the remaining votes to be counted. The district officers look for a vote of between 32,000 and 33.000 out of a possible 40,000. If the present lead is maintained the favorable vote will be considered unusual in face of the opposition which was offered to the scale by some of the men. To defeat the scale it will be necessary for every one ot the remaining votes looked for by the district officers to go against it, and then the count would be extremely close. Pending the result of the vote there are a number of local unions out. It is believed that the men will return to work immediately it becomes known that a majority of the men favor the adoption of the scale as it was accepted by the miners' committee. The result of the vote will not be officially known until Monday evening, when the final count will be made. Following that steps will be taken immediately by the district officials to inform the various locals of the official count. Local Man One of Judges at DuBois H. S, Contest The fourth annual oratorical contest between the Lowell and Irving Literary societies of the DuBois High school for the oaken shield offered by the High School Alumni terminated in a victory for the Irving society last night before a large attendance In the auditorlu niof the high school. The result of the contest as announced by the judges gave the Irving seven points and the Lowell four points, says the DuBois Courier. The judges were all out-pf-town men and complete strangers to the students for honors. They were as follows: H. \V. Cramblet. principal high school, Punxsutawney. C. B. Baldwin, head of science department, Ridgway high school. W. H. Jenks, a well known citizen of Brookvllle. The judges' selection of the winners In the contest was a popular selection, although every one of the contestants showed remarkable oratorical ability in the manner of presentation. They were entirely deserving of the compliment paid them by Prof. Cramblett in his announcement of the winners, after the contest was over. Besides having their names placed on the oaken shield each winner will receive a certificate from the high school in recognition of their talent. Hiked to Little Creek ! Several Y. M. C. A. youngsters, under the leadership of C. 11. Mauley and Phil Lewis, hiked to the Little Mahoning creek, just beyond Trade City, yesterday adernoou and spent the night alongbe fishing. They returnedjnome £Oday by rail. In the party jFi'e Hiifmer and Edwin Scott, Lex Porter, Jr., William Heflwmaorn. Reynolds Mauley, Walton Curry and John Hayes. U. S. MARINES LANDER AT SANTO noMIMiO ii Situation Critical, Following Attempt to Overthrow President of Island Republic. SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, May 0.—Marines were landed from the American converted cruiser Prairie for the protection of the American Legation. The situation growing out of the attempt of factional leaders to overthrow the administration of President Jlminez is critical. President Jlminez has ordered tin- Governor of Santo Domingo city to take charge of the forces under General Ferrer. The rural guards have been placed under the <0111 maud of authorities appointed by the Chief Executive. UNVEIL MEMORIAL TO * JOHNNY Al'PLKKEKD." FORT WAYNE. Ind., May A monument in madiory of John Chapman, better as "Johnny Appleseed,"' plo»er orchard 1st of Indiana and Ohm, was unveiled in Swlnnejr Park liJe yesterday. Dr. Alfred Vivian, detiM of the agricultural college, told m "jpbhnny Appleseed's" travels foynap than 40 years from the Pennsflvalita cider mills back and forth acrssjlhlo and Indiana, planting new Ajlards and caring for his nurserlesapattered over the two Mates. STSOttG EVIDENCE A6JUNSTI .COME WHO KILLED RUSSO Indiana County District Attorney - Says He is ConffQent of First Degree Verdict. 5 Only a little over 48 hours after the crime had been committed, through the quick and accurate work of Sheriff Harry A. Boggs and District Attorney Liggett, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bosgio are prisonens In the county jail charged with the murder of Sam Russo, of Iseliu; the witnesses are secured and sufficient evidence to guarantee a first degree murder verdict are in 'the hands of the prosecuting attorney ready for presentation to the June grand jury, says the Indiana Gazette. Junice seldom moves as swiftly in lafilana county as It did in this casapand If the jury acts*with the stufle swiftness the man and woman? who are charged with the helnoy^crime, will be punshed long beforyununer ends. Yesterday Sheriff WoggR and District Attorney Ligiw went to Nowrytown, where th£ jpearched the Bosgio home, but vierf unable to find any conclusive evidence of that couple's part in the crime. Later, a couple of boys who had been semi-officlally assisting in the search, unearthed a bundle tied in a handkerchief, from a hole under the end of the porch at the iBosgio home. The package when opened revealed three revolvers, .38, .32 and .22 calibre, along with a photograph of the couplo. The investigation was then continued at Saltsburg, where it was learned that the first two guns and a box of cartridges had been purchased at Shoop's hardware store. At the Bosgio home the sheriff and district attorney found the trunks (Continued on Page Two.) Todays the Day, Yes Straw Hats Are Here I. Official Sanction of Fashion Goes Eortli That All Men May Wear Them. Put it on today. No matter if you have a conservative poise toward the fashions, get it out, and get. it on today. No matter if you have to rummage around the forgotten odds and ends of last year's style, put it on today. No matter if you have to go into your pocketbook and spend several dollars, don't forget to get it on today. What? Why the straw bat, of course. Today's the day when the official sanction of fashion is set on the jaunty "lid"—panama, flat straw, rickstraw or the dinky new hat that looks like one of the affairs  fashionable when the Cavajjlfers and the Roundheads Jfere busjfy engaged in taking off oyanothg^Thead, As the poet sings# JT In the springflhe Mrfung man's fancy mid the flkuMTof love doth roam, But in May the young man's fancy turns to something for his "dome". | And today's the day. Surprised Miss Lattimer Members of F. T. Club Arrange a Pleading Pfirty For One of Their Number. The members of the T. F. C. Club tendered Miss Nancy Lattimer a surprise party at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lattimer, last evening. The occasion was the 21st anniversary of the young lady's birth. The celebration was a most enjoyable one in which about 20 young people took part. Miss Lattimer received several gifts. Luncheon, music, and various games were enjoyed.GERMANS VAINLY INVITED IRISH AT FRONT TO REBEL LONDON, May 6.—Immediately after the outbreak of the Irish revolution German soldiers In trenches opposite the Irish division lighting on the western front put up signs inviting 'Irishmen to join the Germans, according to word received by John E. Redmond, the Irish Nationalist leader, from his brother, Captain William H. K. Redmond, now at the front. One notice read: "Irishmen in" Ireland are in revolution. English guns are firing on your wives and children. Sir Roger Casement persecuted. Throw your arms awty. We give you hearty Welcome." Another sign read: "We are Saxons and if you don't fire, we won't." The irishmen replied by playing an Irish air and "Rule Britannia", on mouth organs. DRAWS LIFE SENTENCE, * LEEDS, Eng., May 0.—Albert Bright, 49 years old, an iron merchant of Sheffield, was yesterday sentenced to penal servitude for life. Bright was convicted of collecting and attempting to elicit information from workmen employed at an ammunition plant'concerning the description of war materials. :t a iheld now food iblic ;ated ip to i re£ the cs a ts be :hat ndlf the s AAtliilVVVT to flflHIlWflPAI HINT w n ntimuif hl ruin i Confident That the Public Service Commission Will Qrant Right to Construct and Operate. fviiiBi(».(wmirKQii^ 1' Members of the special committee of counclli who are devoting much time and energy to securing a municipal water plant for thlB city, are confident that their efforts are to be rewarded. The three members of the committee, William Elwood, David Anderson and T. E. Hilllard, all feel that the decision of the Public Service Commission wnl toe favorable to the borough, resulting in better and cheaper service foutbe people of the Though the jpght to construct a municipal play should be withheld from the city/the proceedings now under way cannot but result in good for the community. Jfhe Public Service Commission Jrns Indicated that the pjesent aerne is not up to standard, /nd in event of the refusal of tie comjMsslon to grant the borough Che permission it seeks a course of procjaBure will doubtless be laid doxm fo*he water company that •will. justify the expenditure in both time and money of the borough counclL The following communication regarding the situation will doubtless be both Instructive and interesting: Editor Spirit: We, the members of the committee of council in charge of the proposed municipal water plant, wish to ex• press to the people of Punxsutawney our appreciation for the hearty support which they have given us in our fight. We are in this fight because we yrere compelled to make an effort tp better conditions as they now exist as to water service. We.VThht the people of this city to continue In this fight with us for We feel thtlt the time is not far distant when the matter will be decided, and it looks vory favorable for the people of this borough, mainly because of the many defects in the present water company's system and its poor financial condition. When the engineers' conference reports to the Public Service Commission it will then be up to that body to either grant the borough a permit to construct and operate a municipal water plant or compel the present company to improve its plant so that it can furnish a sufficient quantity of good water at reasonable rates. No doubt the Public Service Commission will demand convincing proof that the water company can securo at least $150,000 to improve its plant, and we 'believe that this would be impossible with $550,000 in bonds now standing against the company. The present annual income of the Punxs'y and Lindsey Water Companies is somewhere near $10,000 or $45,000,•which would be a good income on an honest investment. We believe this means the finish of this water company, that has been imposing on the people of this town for a number of years. For the benefit of those who do not understand the method by which we propose to finanee this municipal water plant we want to say that an act of assembly gives a city or town council the Tight to issue bonds for the full cost of a public service plant and the income of the plant will be used to pay the principal and interest and all other expenses. The bonds issued stand agalnBt the plant alone, and will not affect the taxes or increase the borough indebtedness one cent. We feel confident that if the (borough owned Its own water system that rates lower than those now in effect would ytpld an income sufficient to make it profitable to the city, and that instead of causing any burden to be placed upon the people it will cause the burden you are now carrying to be lightened, and the ones who are paying the bills will get the benefit. Instead of those who are not interested in the welfare of the town or its people. Yours for a square deal. DAVID ANDERSON, T. E. HILLIARD. V . MHSED BRAKES, HITS WOMAN. y6\jN0ST0WN, O., May G.—Mrs. (jlaftt Nevln, principal of the South Avenue School, was injured probably fatally yesterday when she was struck-by an automobile after allght.ing from a street car. George Kelley, "driver of the auto, said he attempted to put on ,tbe brakes, but His foot slipped, and instead he put Ofc the gas. Mrs. Nevln's skilll was HHNI RESERVES! DECISION OH GfBMM HOT! FORTH PRESENT Official Washington is 1 Content But Wilson is Said to Have Grave Doubts. CABINET DISCUSSES TEXT OF NOTE Intrrnntloaal X«m Sfrrlce. WASHINGTON', May —President Wilson will probably not permit any announcement of his decision on the German submarine reply before next week. Tito note, as transmitted by Ambassador Gerard, was in the President's hands today. Clerks had worked at the State Department all night decoding it. Should the President set the opportunity he will take it up with Secretary Lansing this afternoon. but it was emphasized at the White House that there would be no haste In consideration because of the mailt angles that should be considered in reaching the decision as to whether the note meets the views of the administration. Officials accept that the note has postponed, if not entirely removed, the danger of a diplomatic break. The Presid* nt's closest advisors in both houses of Congress are recommending to him that he accept the German position, as it. does, they argue, "effect au immediate abandonment" of the methods of submarine warfare he has complained of. This being so. these men believe, the President should wait to see whether the new orders will accomplish what. Germany says they will. » Generally official Washington has settled down to a belief that the immediate crisis has passed. Official circles generally reflected this view, although the President admittedly is in grave doubt aft to whether the concluding portion of the German reply is not so coupled with the new order to submarine commanders as tp make il a sharp condition on German compliance that this country force England to change her blockaide methods. "Irritating but acceptable." That is the administration's first view of » the German response to the demand of the United States that the Imperial government immediately declare and effect an abandonment of present methods of submarine warfare. The administration Is willing to construe the new instructions to German submarine commanders which are disclosed in the response of the Imperial government as compliance with the American demand for a declaration that the ohjectlonable methods of submarine warfare be abandoned. If the declaration is made effective by a cessation of illegal submarine practices, the two governments will continue on good realtions. The paragraph above furnishes the gist of a tentative conclusion reached bv President Wilson and hie cabinet during a session that lasted for more than two hours yesterday. The unofficial press translation of the German note was laid berore the President and his advisers shortly after they assembled in the cabinet room of the White House, a few minutes after 1 I o'clock a. m., and was read at I lie meeting. Technically no decision as to a course of action by the United States government was reached, but practically, judged by the agreement of opinion among the President and the members of his cabinet, the position or the t'nited States will be to regard the German answer as a compliance with the demand of this government. When the cabinet adjourned it was with the understanding that each member should read and study the unofficial text of the German communication with a view to forming a matured opinion by the time of the next cabinet session. The next regular meeting day of the cabinet, is Tuesday, May !h As the situation was understood after the cabinet1 meeting, there will be no break in diplomatic relations between the two powers as long as Germany refrains from resuming Illegal attacks upon merchant vessels, belligerent as well as neutral, armed as well as unarmed. Whether a formal response will be made to the German government's note has not been determined. INDIA WHKAT TRADE NKAItI.iV NORMAL AOA1X SIMLA. India. May G.—The government yesterday restored normal conditions pertaining to the private export of wheat, subject to the maximum restrictions on the quantity permitted to be exported during the war. A government monopoly of the export 'of wheat from India originally was fixed to extend through tho fiscal -a year ending March 3 last. This tend* sj ed to hold down the price of bread ttt ,J Great Britain. fAj