Hlonttmf i|s|£; > —SC VOL. 55—NO 42 . ITEMS CONDENSED. WANTED.—LocaI agent to advertise and introduce the new educational work. WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY and ATLAS of the WORLD. Must be educated and able to furnish good re ferences as to ability and character. THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY, AKRON, OHIO. Edwin O. Lewis, William Penn I»arty candidate for recorder of wills in Philadelphia, has pledged that he will not. accept or retain State fees to a value of more than $5,000 a year in addition to his regular salary if he be elected. John E. Hammond, who started from New York on a motor cycle trip around the world on a wager of §5. - 000, is now in Pennsylvania. He and his brother Fred will meet in Dublin. Ireland, and are reqiured to make the trip in five months. One man was killed and four others j seriously injured when a train on a j mountain tramroad belonging to the . Tri-State Lumber company ran away and went over an embankment at Dun bar. The men were employes of the lumber concern. Rev. Father R. A. McAndrew,pastor of St. Mary's Catholic church at Wilkes-Barre, was made a monsignor during impressive ceremonies. Bishop Hoban, of the Scrantou diocese, con ferred the purple robe on him in the presonco of 100 priests. Elvin Gibbs, of near Warren, lias disappeared and it is thought that he has met with foul play as he had some difficulties with Italians recently. Ho went on a hunting expedition and has j not been heard from since. His wife is j almost frantic. He is 22 years of age. j Efforts are being made by the cham ber of commerce of ('onnellsville to boom the town. It is hoped to get the place iu the Pittsburg freight district and the Pittsburg chamber of com merce will be asked to aid in this re spect. It is hoped to raise ?:!,500 an nually to help boom the town and at tract industries. Announcement has been made that the Carnegie Steel company has bought the old Star mills of the Am erican Sheet and Tin Plate company at Pittsburg, and will raze the build ings to the ground to get space to build a warehouse from which small lots of goods that are manufactured in the works will be distributed to con tractors. This will take the job sell ing out of the hands of small dealers. Three-year-old Ralph Leach was | trampled by a horse at his home near I Harrisburg and so badly injured that lie died. His skull was crushed. Charged with violation of the State pure food laws twelve Wahington county merchants were arrested. All gave bail for the November term of court. Smithton's businessmen have united ! to boom the place. They will attempt j to get new industries and will join the fight to have the Youghiogheny river improved. William J. Mack, of Chester, was attacked by a cat whlie lie was on his way home at night. The animal jump ed on his shoulder from a* fence and inflicted deep scratches on his face Five Swoyersville councilmen were indicted of bribery at Wilkes-Barre. They are accused of accepting bribes in the letting of sewer contracts. The county claims to have witnesses who saw the deeds performed. Stephen Horan was held up by a gang of thugs at Duncott and so bad ly beaten that he will die. Robbery | was the motive. The State constabul ary is scouring the woods for the cul prits. Koran's skull was fractured. Hundreds of skunks were released by some unknown person on the skunk farm of Frank Strausser, near Read ing. This is the second time that the animals have been put at liberty and j the loss is considerable. Running in front of the automobile : of Harry Silman, a business man of St. Marys, the (!-year-old son of Geo. j Bauer, of Dagus Mines, ilk county, ; was instantly killed. Silmau iinnie.di- j ately gave himself up to the police. j John Rochford was instantly killed and his granddaughter, Kate Rockwell was seriously injured in a crash be tween a trolley ear and buggy near Bradford. Both the unfortunates were in tlie buggy. The horse was killed. I William Burns, of Chester,felt some thing alight on his hat and reached up to lind what it was. It proved to be ; an owl and when he grabbed it the | bird started to It put up a fieice j straggle and bit him on the hand. He ! held on however and took it home. Two men were killed on Saturday and another seriously scalded in the derailment of a Pennsylvania freight j train at Hannastown,eighty-five miles west of Altoona. The dead are A. J. Pershing, conductor,and A. F. Flynn, engine man, both of Derry. E. E. Craven, the fireman, of the same place was badly scalded. All the tracks were blocked for several hours. The cause of the derailment is not known. SITUATION II SECOND WARD ! The situation in the secon 1 ward re i lating to iliphtheriiv and scarlet, fever > remains practically unchanged. I There are now twetve eases under quarantine. In addition it is worthy ) of note, that, taking in the two dis ; eases, during the last 57 days thirty i eases have been reported, which, | of course, amounts to more than one ease fur every other day. It also means I one ease for less than every 800 of the i town's population within a period of jr i n days. In the same ratio,it ispoint j i'd out, in a city like Philadelphia it j would mean not loss than 2000 cases, in the same time, a situation which would no doubt call forth drastic ac | tion on the parr of the authorities. In view of these facts the board of health j feels justified in closing the schools : for twenty-one days. I The special watchman employed has ! been on the job since last Friday and [ the general impression seems to be that the rules of quarantine now are being pretty well obeyed. PUPILS GIVEN A CHANCE Owing to the change in the marking system employed in the schools, the pupils, if in the least industrious, will not necessarily lose much time while the schools are closed. The revised rules provide that pupils absent from good cause, which includes "quaran tine" may make up their work and take an examination. The examina tion mark will be used as the pupil's 1 mark for the time that lie or she is ab- ; sent, which, in the present case, im- ' plies the time that the schools are clos- j ed. In a short time the pupils will be ocrmitted to return to school and ob- I tain their books, which by that time will have been thoroughly fumigated. Practically the entire time Friday was spent, in outlining the work for the ; period during which the schools will be closed. The teacher's assigned two weeks' work, which, it is believed,the ; pupils can very easily get through j with in three weeks. Apropos of the loss of time it is a question whether the teachers of the ; schools closed will fare as well as the j pupils. The agreement signed by them | at the beginning of the term provides j that in case it be necessary to shut up the schools owing to contagion the sal- ! ary of the teachers shall discontinue j while the schools are closed. BRIDGE COMPLETED The Owego Bridge company lias completed the new bridge near Coun ty Commissioner John Coleman's, the concrete floor as well as other parts of the bridge being finished. The next bridge that will be built by the Owego Bridge company will be in Anthony township to replace the structure that broke down beneath Mr. Monlan's traction engine, a couple of mouths ago. The Nelson Merydith company who have several bridges to build in this county notwithstanding the approach of winter have not yet arrived on the ground. Neither has any of the mater ial arrived. Instead of replanking several other bridges, the flooring of which has given away the county conunissiouei 9 are constructing a driveway of con crete. On four bridges concrete floors have been placed—the one at Sidler's, I lie one at Mowrey's, at Sandel's and at Bagdad. ASSOCIATES HOLD COURT A session of court was held Mon day afternoon with Associate Judges ]j. W. Welliver and F. G. Blee on the bench. The object of meeting was to appoint two constables for vacancies existing respectively, in Valley town ship and the fourth ward of the bor ough of Danville. The vacancy in \ alley township was caused by the resignation of Pierce Gearlmrt which was tendered at the last sessiou of court. In the fourth ward of Danville the vacancy was caused by tli • removal of the Const able-elect, Benjamin F. Cook, from the Witrd. At the session of court yesterday afternoon in Valley township Henry M. Yeager was appionted to till the unexpired term of Mi. Gearhart. In the fourth ward of Danville John Dinnecn was appointed vice Benjamin F. Cook. JURY COMMISSIONERS Charles E. Shires, Sr., Democrat, of Strawberry Ridge and Curtis Cook, Republican.of this city having receiv ed respectively the highest and next highest vote for jury commissioner are elected to that office for the ensuing term. They are both representative citi zens of sound judgment and of wide acquaintance throughout the county and will no doubt discharge the duties of their important office to the satis faction of all. Mr. Cook previously served two terms as jury commissioner. DAWILLB }PA., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 4, 1909 Win. B. Startzel Elected Sheriff Has Majority Over John B. Mourer of 564—Charles E. Shires, Democrat, Jury Commissioner-=Munson Leads the Ticket in Montour. William 15. Start//1, Democrat, was elected sheriff of Montour county at the election held Tuesday, receiving j 1108 votes as against 589 for John B, Mourer, tlie Republican candidate. Notwithstanding the unfavorable; i forecast, which predicted rain, the i | weather, although threatening in the j morning, in the main proved pleasant j enough. It would be difficult, how | ever, to recall an election that passed I I off more quietly. The general apathy [ | commented upon elsewhere was especi- | ally noticeable in Montour county and j | was reflected in the light vote cast, j which in none of the districts amount ]ed to much more than fifty per cent, j of the full vote. What interest, existed seemed to be | VOTE IN MONTOUR COUNTY ?»2?>?Or. C. Z £ < % < H 2 n -■ c 2. 2 3 cr g p O < a. »" § 3 r = » 112 =r «r > CANDIDATES. » «S : § 5' 3 £ « r C- Pi p . . • I o 2 Q- •* . • 3 o a- a. . . < S , • i ; ........ s: g- , • * I * • ; * STATE TREASURER. II I I I ~~7 j j j J. A. Stober, R„ 143 105 88 62 II 19 21 16 10 37 8 26 12 10 568 George W. Kipp, D 155 112 123 49 68 25 56 73 31 79 9 56 26 38 900 AUDITOR GENERAL. A. E. Sisson, R !i 143 102 89 59 11 16 17 16 10 36 8 26 15 9 557 J. W. Clark, D., 156 109 123 95 68 29 58 76 31 77 9 49 24 33 937 SUPREME COURT. Robert Von Moschzisker, R., 89 68 60 41 9 17 | 7 9 6 24 6 23 9 7 375 Cyrus Larue Munson, D 230 155 159 124 71 31 70 84 35 94 12 56 33 38 1192 SHERIFF. !. John B. Mourer, R., 116 86 87 61 113 17 27 17 12 34 3 41 13 12 *39 William B. Startzel, D„ 214 157 144 115 66 31 52 80 30 95 17 42 27 33 1103 JURY COMMISSIONER. Curti.Cook.R".... 152 109 97 70 11 19 15 17 9 36 10 29 12 10 596 Charles E. Shire*. D., 132 96 118 84 67 24 62 72 31 81 9 48 26 27 877 REGISTER AND RECORDER. William L. Sidler, R 155 117 91 77 13 18 20 19 9 46 8 23 12 11 filQ William L. Sidler, D., |j 130 j 99 j 107 j77j 66 j 26 |5370 |3l 69 10 45 25 32 840 FUG BOROUGH BOUNDARY Borough Surveyor G. F. Keefer yes terday noon entered upon an survey to determine the borough's exact bound aries. He was assisted by E. S. Mill, er and J. W. Wallize. It is a fact that the borough's exact boundary at several points is involved in some uncertainty. East of the bor ough in the vicinity of Bloom street, especially, the disputed line has been the cause of much controversy between the borough council and the supervis ors of Mahoning township. The dis agreement- has been instrumental in holding up important improvement re lating to drainage and foi awhile threatened to result in litigation. The engineer with his corps began thejsurvcy below town at a point near tin' "dug road." In following the bor ough line the surveying party will lie obliged to make a wide circuit, climb ing over Montour Ridge 011 the way. The work will occupy nearly a week. A survey to tix the borough bound ary beyond dispute has been under contemplation for some time. The re sult, as relates to a few points especi ally, will be awaited with much in terest. A SERIOUS CHARGE William P. Jones, of Milton, was committed to jail last evening to await trial on a serious charge. He was arrested by Officer Yoris about I o'clock yesterday afternoon on a warrant sworn out by Mrs. Sarah S. Lewis, who along with her husband, G. 11. Lewis, occupies rooms in the Gross building, Mill street. Jones, it was alleged, entered the Lewis home during the husband's absence. The charge brought against the defendant was assault and battery with intent to commit a felony. Jones denied the charge before just ice Oglcsby.but he was held for court. In default of two hundred dollars bail In- was committed to jail. While Harry Stewart was examining a revolver at Pittsburg Raymond Rail of near that town, was struck by a bullet from the weapon, which explod- I od, and will lose an ©vo as the ivsult. | centered in the contest for sheriff. There was also a strong rivalry be tween Charles E. Shires and Curtis ; Cook, respectively Democratic and Republican candidates for jury com missioner. Mr. Shires won out, receiv ing 877 votes as against 5'.16 for Mr. ! j : Cook. j W. L. Sidler for register and record er was a candidate on the Democratic, j i Republican and Prohibition tickets I and consequently was without opposi- , tion. 11 Mr. Startzel for Sheriff carried every i district in the county and ran slightly ; ahead of his ticket. A table is present ed herewith which shows the full vote i received by each candidate. It will be noted that Cyrus Larue i Munson, Democratic candidate for i OFFICIAL COUNT AI HIGH NOON The official returns of each of the election precincts of the county arriv ed at the commissioners'office by noon yesterday. Aaron Mauser was the first to arrive yesterday morning with the returns from Cooper township. West Hemlock township was the last one heard from. The official count will lie made at high noon today and will be conduct ed by the associate judges, the clerk of the court and sworn assistants. The count will be made in the court room and will be open to the public. AS TO AMENDMENTS. The unofficial returns reveal an odd j fact in connection with the proposed | changes to the constitution voted on Jat the election. In the rural sections | of our county they were evidently re ! garded with suspicion and failed to i carry in a single precinct. In the bor j ougli the vote on the proposeil amend ; nu tits stood as follows: First ward, j "yes" 75; "no" 57. | Second ward, "yes" 27; "no" 31. ] Third ward, "yes" 50; "no" 35. | Fourth ward, "yes" 23; "no" 35. | The voters were especially chary in | disposing of amendment No. 7, which j ran behind all the others. PROHIBITION VOTE. The Prohibition vote throughout the | county was as follows; Cyrus F. Styer i for sheriff, 30; Thomas W. Mills, for | jury commissioner, 135; W. L. Sidler, j register and recorder, 82. HUNGRY ELECTION BOARD The entire election board at Locust I Gap was placed under arrest on Tues | day afternoon for forsaking their du ! ties for refreshments. ! Voters cast their ballots throughout j the morning until noonday, when the board, deciding that they were hun gry, shut up temporarily and procured something to eat. Samuel Hollistcr, a political leader, tried to vote at noou ami found the polls closed whereupon lie preferred information against the board before a justice. Judge of the Supreme Court, received an especially flattering vote, his maj ority being the largest iu the county. George W. Kipp,Democratic candid ate for State treasurer and James Woodward Clark, Democratic candid ate for auditor general, each ran far ahead of the Republican candidate. The big ballot, with its proposed amendments to the constitution, ten in number, proved a weighty proposi tion to the average voter. He readily expressed his choice iu voting for the candidates, but when it came to the amendments his mind was not so readi ly made up. The result varies consid erably in the different districts. Notwithstanding the big ballot the most of the districts finished counting at a reasonably early hour. WHAT GRADUATES ARE DOING The present enrollment in the com mercial department of the hif»-!i school is seventy-three. The graduating class, this year is composed of ten members. As to the value of this department of the high school, the efficiency and earning capacity of the graduates some facts were learned yesterday that re flect unbounded credit upon the teach er, Mr. F. \V. Magill. The showing is as follows: The number of students that have graduated from the commercial de partment to date is forty-eight, divid ed as follows: Class of 1901!. 15; class of 11)07, 14; class of 190S, (I; class of 11)0!), 13. The total number of graduates fol lowing up commercial work is thirty - nine, distributed as follows: In Phila delphia, ID; Danville, 13; Washing ton. D. ('. ,3; Williamsport, 1; Wilkes- Barre, I ; Altoona. ! : Syracuse, N. Y.. 1. Of the remaining nine four have eli te red schools, &c., for preparation in other lines of work; two are unem ployed and the remaining three are employed in Danville at other than commercial work. Upon inquiry it is learned that the average earning power of the several classes is found to be as follows: Class of 1006, seven males SBO.OO to $90.00 per mouth; six females, SSO per mouth. Class of 1007, six males $65.00; seven females, $35.00 per month. Class of 1 DOS, one male and three females $35 per month. Class of 1009, live malt s,s-10.00; four females, $30.00. Four of the male graduates have at tained to salaries ranging from SI,OOO to $1,300 per year. A record of the graduates and their places of employment is kept at the school building and can be seen at any time. Joseph Sokel. of Mahauov Plane, is dying in a Mahauov City hospital' as the result of having his skull split by an ax, it is alleged, by John Backer, at a christening in the Sokel home. SERENADE® UNDER ARREST The masquerad- j i /x\ \ ers were uot out / \ in very great num-| I I sSk\ I bers on Saturday I \ b evening. Those \// that were in the game, however, * decided to play it for all it was worth and as a result there were ar rests galore. That the celebration of Hallowe'en in its characteristic features each year is apt to become an unmitigated nuis ance is a fact that almost every JHTSOU jis willing to bear witness to. That : the observance, in its characteristic i and objectionable features has fallen off in late years is also quite apparent | and is 110 doubt owing to the ban that i has been placed upon disorderly con ! duct, use of chalk,charcoal, soot, Hour j and the like. Some very clever disguises were seen 1 among the masqueraders 011 Saturday | night. The fun began about 7 o'clock. ! The tooting of horns was heard in the j different centres of town along with I the clang of cowbells as the latter i were dragged over the paving. | It was not until about half past j eight o'clock that the mode of celebrat ! ing prohibited by the proclamation of j the chief burgess became iu evidence j !on Mill street. Four girls and two 1 young men, one of the latter, at least, j ! being from the country, appeared, and began to use chalk of different colors I indiscriminately. The revelers were enjoying themselves to the utmost when the police happened along and | I caught one of the young fellows in the < 1 act. Ho was unceremoniously "waltz- 112 ! ed" out to the office of Justice Dalton. j ' He gave his residence as Roaring creek | and threw the blame wholly 011 the j girls, who, he said, attacked him first marking 11 is clothing. He declared I that in self-protection he had taken j the chalk from the girls. He did not ! deny that he then entered into the game himself, but protested that he ! did not know that the use of chalk was forbidden, as he had no opportun ity nf ppm«injr Htw paper SnttintttV morning. Another young fellow, a | | member of the party,accompanied him \ \ to the office of Justice Dalton and cor- I j roborated his testimony. GIRLS BROUGHT UP I At this juncture it became known ! that two of the girls concerned in the affair, anxious to know the fate of the | young fellows, hail followed the crowd • to the 'squire's office and were stand ( ing outside. An officer went out and I brought them ill. They made no effort )to siiift the blame, but declared the ( young men wet chalking" as lnuea las anyone. The tiuth of their i< - I niony was well horn ' out by apjit 1 ances. The tall young man from f'i 1 country was stri]ied like a hurhe; pole | while not only the clothing but 1 I the cheeks of the girls were ''cl;; 11.. I red, white and blue. | It was decided to discharge ti | young man and to hold the girls. Tin latter wero half hysterical when they j i learned that they were under arrest. 1 I They readily gave their own names i j and the names of two other girls who, ! j they declared, were usiug chalk. By 1 I this time the young fellows hail van- ; j ished and the girls were left to face i I the music. There was considerable I sympathy for them in their predica | ment and as it was about ten o'clock ' jat night it was decided that they : I might depart to their homes until Mon j I day, when they were required to 1 report at the office of Justice Dalton. MALICIOUS MISCHIEF A band of sereuaders composed of ; five bovs overstepped all bounds and 1 broke 111 the front door of Simon \ Brown's dweii.ng on Ferry street 1 ; about K o'clock Saturday night. They j : bombarded the door with stones using | several that were as large as a man's ' list. A couple of the panels were brok ;en in and the door was so badly used j | up that a new one will have to be sup- i . plied. The police succeeded iu discovering J I the names of the guilty parties, and ' j on Saturday night the father of each ' ! one of the boys was notified to be on ; I hand with his boy at the office of Justice Dalton between the hoars of 12 j and I o'clock Monday afternoon, when ; a hearing was held. CLERGYMAN'S LONG DRIVE The Rev. C. I). Lerch and wife of ' Winchester. Vi., arrived iu Danville j Monday eve for a visit with relatives ! ;in this vicinity. Both Mr. and Mrs. j . Lerch are well pleased with their new ' I location. | On Thursday morning Mr. and Mrs. j Lerch will start on a long drive be- I tween the home of Mr. Lerch's par j cuts near Turbotville and Winchester, Va.,a distance of 360 miles. Mr. Lerch j will drive his favorite horse which ■ since the clergyman left Danville has been stabled on his father's farm. Probably a week will be consumed ou i the journey. ESTABLISHED IN 1855 PERSONAL LETTER FROM DR. DIXON 1 T —" l Dr. Stock, medical inspector, in re -1 ply to an inquiry yesterday received a j personal letter from State Health Com missioner Dr. Samuel G. Dixon,which | will settle a mooted question,one that. ! has been the subject of unremitting discussion in the school board for years past. A hypothetical question was pro- I pounded by Dr. Stock, as follows: "A child is taken sick and in view of the prevalence of scarlet fever the parents send a school child from home i pending a diagnosis. The next day the ease is "positively diagnosed scarlet fever. May this school child return to school (if not infected) after the period of incubation; provided that he or she does not again visit the infect ed home until both the periods of quarantine and school exclusion have passed? DR. DIXON'S REPLY. The reply to the above letter is as follows: "Dr. George A. Stock, Danville, Pa. Dear Doctor:—Your letter of Octo | her 27th received. The case as cited is a rather peculiar one and is worthy of some consideration. "While it would appear 011 first thought that it would be entirely pro per to allow the child in question to return to school after the incubation ! period, yet as a matter of principle to ! establish a precedent of this kind would encourage parents to rush out children of the houeshold indiscrimin ately whenever a case of contagious 5 disease broke out in the family,and as I act No. IMS provides the means, and 1 the only means, by which this may be | done and confines it to immuues we 1 think it best to obey the letter of the law and treat this child as having resided in a household where it was in ! contact with a scarlet fever case and excluded from school under the act for the same time that it would have been excluded had it. remained in the house hold and been properly isolated from the patient; that is, the child cannot return to school until the quarantine Is* fitted from tlio house where the case occurred and where the child lived ! prior to its hasty removal. Yours very respectfully, SAMUEL G. DIXON. " It will be noted that the hypothetic al case relates to "scarlet fever. " The same reasoning applies to diphtheria. The case is decided under the act of May 14, In the case of scarlet fever the above act provides that any child or person who is immune from scarlet fiver by virtu" of a former attack —this fact being 1 att sted by the attending physi cian—may 011 the outbreak of the said disease in the premises in which he or she resides, bo allowed after taking a disinfecting bath anil putting 011 itis infecteil clothing to remove therefrom and take up his or her residence in other premises occupied exclusively by adults, and may, from and after ten days from such removal, be admitted I into any of the schools. THE HARWOOD PLANT I To assert that the big power plant : now being erected at Harwood by the ' Harwood Electric Light & Power com j pany will be the equal of the great plant at Niagara Falls is a big. broad assertion, but anyone who visited the ; latter or read a description of it and will then acquaint himself of what is i going ou in the mining hamlet, will ! freely concede that the assertion is founded on facts. Th • ste 1 structural work on the power house has now reached its given height and is prac tically enclosed with brick on the west ; side. \\ hile this work is going on there are scores, aye, hundreds of oth | er men engaged in placing the travel ing electric cranes, powerful turbines, automatic puuijs.fuel coin yors, large ' and powerful boilers, etc. The builil i ing will be as near lire proof as 1111- | man agency can accomplish that end. J being constructed of steel and cement. 5 It Will be equipped in a thoroughly I sanitary manner, having baths,toilets, I lookers, etc., for the comfort and con venience of the employes. 'ln addition to the building force there is another j at work 011 the large reservoir adjoin I ing the plant. Here steam shovels. | small locomotives and steam rollers are at work, and when their task is 1 completed the company will have a I reservoir with a capacity for storing I fifty million gallons of water. Running Water Train. 1 The drought became so acute at Sha : mokin yesterday that the Reading I company started running water trains, ' while the water company cut off the boiler supply to the Mineral Railroad and Mining company. A number of collieries will have to be shut down unless the drought is soon relieved. Owing to the prevalence of diphthe ria in the Terre Hill, Lancaster coun ty, schools,the authorities have decid ed to close up the institutions for two weeks.