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New-York tribune., 1908-04-02
4RMY And NAVY NEWS.
Exams VII Not Become Dlce-Ad-
niraL at This Session.
fErom The Tribune Bureau.

washington. April l.
NO PROMOTION FOR EVANS-It has become
obvious that the movement 10 give 10 Rear Adnlrai
Evans the rank and title of vice-admiral Will not
meet with success at this session OF congress-
Chairman Foss of the House committee believes
that there should be at least two viceadmirals III
the American navy, but Senator Hale is oPPoSen
to granting this recognition 10 Admiral Evans 81
this time although it may be done after the au
r2iral has gone on the retired list 1t is believed
,ba+ even we're the House to pass such a bill 1t
would be allowed TO slumber in the Senate COM
rrlfttee and under these circumstances there is ~
likelihood that any action will be taken bE 'Ie
House committee despite the earnest efforts OF
Representative Kennedy, who has introduced Dill
along these lines
been issued
Major FREDERIck PERKIES I8s infaPtF tn
island vice Major CHARLES r. MOVES. adjutant
Major wILDs RICHARDsoN, from 9Th to 18TH N
MajoT CHASE w KENNEDY. adtu'ant general from
Colonel or cHARLEs s L. HEIsEMANN assistant surgeon
Ma35 MIAM & F E65 K6HLT te 5te Fsa sG5enant
cHARLfs H WATTS 9th Cavalry, to his regiment
CAPTAIN hn 'fs REE5AMI5 E9,MM M KoEER artillery corps
First Isufenaht ATsTiS allen PARKER 94th ,I In
FBWIx faD1ET = Bet ESSTs sS Isntr 3s
Contract surgeon PERCa ,s1 e. DK-Ahh' ii0''
Major W1IMoT E Ellis, coast artillery corps to com
Leaves Q: absence Captain EDWIN BELL S5R T In
{ HUGHES - Field Artillery, and HAREth ~.
HIGLEY 9th Field Artillery, from May IA 10 June 50
NAVY.
Commander A CLEATES detached torpedo station. New
port 70 command the St. Louis - -
Lieutenant Z. A BRAND. detached Navy
Department granted three months leave IT,,
Lieutenant R WILLIAMS. medical school hospital
Washington; 10 general hospital Hot Springs .
Lieutenant c : ROOKWALTER. detached Navy Depart
uent: home and wait orders -
Lieutenant T. GHENT. detached the Milwaukee: 70
the Goldsbcrough- -. -
Midshipnlan r. E CASSIDY detached the St Louis: 10
the Rowan yu ,-.-,.,
Midshipnlen F \. PRYOR and J 2. EARLE, detached
the Milwaukee. the Wisconsin
Passed Assistant Paymaser 3. P. DU B01S. detached
Philadelphia Textile School; 70 Ne" YORK
MOVEMENTS OF WARSHIPS.-The following
movements OF vessels have been reported TO the
Navy Department
ARRIVED.
March aa-The Cesar. a. Bradford
March 3p-The Yorktown. Mare Island
shire yard, New York; the Nayfower at
New Orleans.
SAILED.
March 3o-The Yorktown. from Francisco for Mare
Island; Connecticut from MagdaIena Bay for San
March 5l-The Nero from League Island for Bradford
New-York tribune., 1908-04-02
TBy The Associated Press ]

IBy Associated Press.I
Ros+on ADril IA revision to-day OF the re'ui Ii'
from, tho Renuhican caucuses held throughout Tue
state last night showed no material changes III uo
conopIexion of the Massachusetts delegation 10 'e
national convention at Chicago the few Varla'iols
from the original figures apparently la'oi1iie "
Presidential aspirations of Secretary 1al'
OF the thirty-two delegates who VIII coh'li'u'e
+ba sacbusetts delegation 1t is asserted that at
least sixteen will vote for Mr. Taft on the hsI
ballot OF these sixteen, however, ohly l"o We
actually instructed by caucus action, the remaining
fourteen being either avowed supporters OF 1att OF
having EXPRESSED themselves publicly in favor OF
his nomination. There ten unpedsed delegates
and five remain to be definitely chosen at the con-
ventfons in the Sth. 10th. 11th and lith congress
districts and one delegateat-large from the state
convention is in doubt.
At both the Taft and the 'unpledged' headquar-
ters to-day the MANAGERS claimed a victory in me
state the Taft leaders being confident that win
the pledged delegations and what they asserted
were preferences of some of the unpledged dele
gates they would lave large majority of the
delegation while the other side pointed TO the TACT
that A large number of Caucuses failed TO pass IN
structions or even resolutions of preference.
Returns compiled about noon to-day show that
of the $50 delegates to the state convention, S"l
are either pledged TO or are favorable to Taft and
644 are unpledged. If the Taft delegates support
the ticket which is understood will be offered by
that side at the convention the deegates-at-
large will be Senators Lodge and Crane. ex-Gov-
ernor Bates and Colonel Sidney Q. Bigney.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-02

With the sailing of the steamship Mauretania
Yesterday the Cunar. Line issued attractive
cloth bound volume entitled "Cunard Souvenir
Guide TO Europe" 4 copy presented TO each
nrst cabin passenger board. The book. which
is bound ia dark green cloth and embossed in gold
containr Information 10 passengers going abroad.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-02
ARRIVED.
TPST4TE CONVENTIONS.
Erie County assembly Districts In
dOrse Hughes-Other Results.

Buffalo, April 1-Repubican conventions were
held in each of the nine Assembly districts of Erie
County to-day. Delegates TO the state convention.
be held in New York, April H. elected,
and resolutions adopted praisng President
Roosevelt and indorsing Governor Hughes for
President.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-02
LRr TeIezraph 70 The Tribuns ]

Catskill. y. Y. April 1-At the Greene County
Republican Convention to-day the following dele
gates were elected: State convention, W. s. c.
Wiley, Frank d. Cole Eugene Wolfe, Pierre s,
Jennings, Stanley z. Sherman and ". T b Van
Orden: Congress X. S g Wiley, D. Q. Greene
H Leroy austin, Edward A. Clifford Rufus ".
Bronx andtZadoc Platt
a resolution adopted present the name OF
". D B. Van Orden d delegate o the national
cony ention from this district. He is for Governor
Hughes first for President and Secretary Taft as
second choice. At a meeting Of the county COM
mittee W s. e. Wiley was elected chairman in
place Of Frank D. Cole, who has held that office
for the last years but last fall appointed
Warden al Dannemora Prison.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-02
G. A. SMITH, COMPOSER. DEAD.

Hubbardstswn Mich, Ayril &c. A Smith.
music composer. VIII va time associated
with Moody and Saukev Ia angelistc work. G.ed
a. his home here to-day.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-02

Utica, y Y April THE lst Assembly District
Democratic Convention tonight elected Samuel A
Beardsley William Townsend Frederick Gil
more as delegates the state convention a
luton was adopted expressing the of the
Vention that an instructed delegation be sent
.o the national convention.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-02

Salamanca, N Y, April 1.-The Cattaraugus
County Democratic Convention yesterday elected
three delegates the state convention and in
structed them to vote for William j. Bryan.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-20
Worse Than an Epidemic.
Greenfield Recorder.)

Brattleboro can have her smallpox
scare, and make the most of it,
Greenfield can match it with her cold
shivers about men who walk into homes
and somewhat insistently demand mon
ey of the lone wife. 1t is situation
which attracts wide attention and
there is advice coming to us a plenty.
The Springfield Republican contributes
one piece of counsel that is valuable
that the town police make business
of quizzing every suspicious stranger
they come across and that they make
further business of coming across all
there are. The recent incident shows
that there is something for the officers
to do besides answering calls or pur-
suing their regular beats to discover
actual breaches of order; they are to
be out for the man who cannot reason
ably account for himself Our recent
visitor of note had evidently been
slayer about the town and the neigh
borhood of his feat for some time and
he might have been discovered in his
investigations but without having been
annoyed by unpleasant questions under
the existing rules of police courtesy.
Let the rules be stretched and the gen
tleman of unexplained leisure be made
to tell all about himself, at some risk
of interfering with his carrying out
well laid plan of extra-neighborly
calls.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-20
REV. Z. W. WHITNEY REriREs.
Former Local Minister WIN Devote
Himself 20 Study.

lirV. ,iransr kenl pastor Nrsimihstel
Unitarian ehnnh, Providence. evrnpias
the pulpii At the FIR, lniyeeali.t ehuTel
Ia Milford, Mas,, Sunday, aud Ia "
u,rmlefs hr rad the letter u rslgnalloi
tiled hS the pastor, Rev, T., W, Whitney
who Is 10 conclude his laton Jan, l.
The letter was,
10 The meml,en Of the Firs, uniScr
sallsi church,
"For morv than n year. Il has been N,
privilege Ia be- pastor ~ this historic Uni
VeIsallsi chufvh They have hern YEAR 81
great aud varied activity and Of many
changes. During this hong period, which
includes the building 1T our beautiful rev
chunh, a rare dcgirc If harmony has pre-
walled, and You have joined scalously ~
every good work,
"for many acts 81 kindness Ia me and
mine, and for many friendships. often
ifiol aud never iound wanting, We ar
deeply grateful, The beet YEAR. 1T onr
lscs have bccn devoted io the work 81
the church. aud II l. hard to scyor tie.
precious and sacicd, hat an unexpected
opportunity has come Ia ~. which u
seems 10 h. our plain duty 10 accept.
Therefore. | nrslgn my office a. pastor
al thi, churrh. aud ak that my term oi
srnirr shall close with the year lars.
deem interest ia the wcliaw oi ihls 20.
cirty. Wishing You the largest prosperity
A. individuals aud church, ! remain,
sincerely your,
''Elbcfi ". Whitney
Rev. Mr.. Whitney j. graduate pi
Tufts college and n TUFTS divinity school.
He i secretary nf the lnivrr-alist fellow.
ship committee oi Massachusetts,,
Tie became pastor Of the l,niNeralist
church IN $500, and after the destruction
by fire Of the Pearl street church, was nc
tive in obtaining funds for building the
new cdiiicc occupied by the society on
Pine street. Previous 10 going 10 Milford
Mr.. Whitney was pastor oi the tnlvcr'
salist church in Brattlchoro,
His family consists Of his wife and a
daughter Mrs Mabel Whitney OF Mil
ford: also son. Rev. Arthur u, Whit.
ney, pastor OF the tniversali,t church at
Saco. Ne.
lie plans to return 10 his former homc.
in Waltham. where he will devote himself
To study. and will he a supply preacher.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-20
BANNER YEAR FOR HUNTERS.
Over 100 Bucks Were Killed in the
County Last Week-Two Does Shot.

Reports from Game Warden Roswell L.
Frost indicate that the deer hunting sea.
son Just closed has been the most fruit
ful for Wlndham county hunters m the
history of the sport Although but partial
reports have been received by the game
warden these show that over 100 deer
have been killed within the county limits.
From present indication, it looks as
though Jamaica would be the big noise
town, with a sum total of 10, and il also
looks as though Brattleboro would bc the
banncrcarIier with a report OF one soil
tary buck. With so many hunters early
on the stamping grounds il would seem
from the reports handed out by the game
warden as though Illegal killing had been
reduced to a minimum.
But two does have been reported killed,
and one of these was apparently run TO
earth by dogs as when the carcass OF the
animal was found it had been partially
eaten. The other animal had been killed
and had then been left by the roadside,
the hunter discovering his mistake and
passing on. Two does have been reported
as wounded and orders have been issued
by the game warden to have these found
and killed.
From Londonderry report was sent in
that two deer had been killed by Mr..
Chadwick. This report was investigated,
ana IL was CIdllIlpu ny NIdNNlCb tudl tic
killed one deer, and that the next day he
went out with his son who is II years of
age. and that on the second day the latter
killed deer. Another man claimed that
while hunting in Westminster he saw a
large herd of deer, and picking out large
buck fired. Instead of hitting the buck
aimed at the bullet described curve and
hit small buck with horns less than three
inches. in length. This will also be inves,
tigated, and Mr. Frost is in Westminster
looking up this complaint today. So far
his partial reports show a total of 81
deer killed.
There are four more Brattleboro hunt |
ers to be added to the list of deer killers.
these four being George Prouty, who shot
his buck while hunting in the Halifax |
woods, and the other three being Caspar
Moran, who killed his deer Friday morn
ng near Stratton; Chauncey Knapp. who
shot his near Dummerston on Thursday,
md Timothy Sullivan who was successful
While hunting near Wardsboro on Sat
lrday.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-20
MAY HAVE OPERATED HERE.
Criminals Caught in Hartford, Conn,
Had Notebook Of Local Firm.

Two criminals with long police court
records, were arrested in Hartford
Conn. Sunday morning and IL is
thought they may have been connected
in some way with the many burglaries
that took place in Brattleboro during
the past spring and summer. The rea-
son for this suspicion is due 10 finding
on the person of one of the men note
book or pad bearing the name of Il.
Crosby 4 company, Brattleboro, VI.
| This book contained list of the stolen
stamps which the yeggman had in his
possession. The chief of the Hartford
| detective bureau called Chief Evans on
the telephone Monday morning and
had a long conversation regarding the
criminals but nothing definite was
learned. Mr. Crosby, head of the local
! firm, was questioned about the matter
but he does not know of any notebook
or pad that the firm has recently is
sued. Moreover, it is possible that the
| book was stolen from some of +. Cros-
| by & company's customers who are
scattered all through New England.
When arrested the men gave their
names as James Howard and James +.
Blake but the police soon identified
them as Conathy and Sprague who
have served long terms in prison.
Howard has so many aliases that it
is hard to follow them all. His real
name, however is James Conathy. He
was born in Kensington, and has been
known as "New Britain Red" and
Connecticut Red Under the name
of Conathy he was convicted of shoot
ing policeman named Coote in
Springfield and served IS years in the
Charlestown prison Howard would
seem to be too young man to have
served all this time in addition to his
other sentences, but the Hartford de
tectives think that he has done it, He
was arrested in Hartford July 4 last by
Policeman Ahern for breach of the
peace.
Blake's real name is Edward C.
Sprague, but he also has the alias of
William Carleton In 1898 he served
term of 80 days for vagrancy in New
York state, and on March H. 1902, he
was sent to the Connecticut state pris
on on a sentence of one to three years
on a charge of burglary. On Nov. 80,
1904, he was sentenced in Boston to
three and one-half years for safe-blow
ing, and was sent to the Charlestown |
prison, but being United States pris-
oner was later sent to Atlanta, Ga.
When he was in the Connecticut prison
he was known under the name of Garlic
ton. Some attempt was made at first
to connect him with the man Richie,
who, with Clatfey or Conathy, shot the
policeman in Springfield, but the police
say now that he is not the same man.
Blake, or Sprague, has been identified
by the clerk at the New Dom as the
man who sold him some stamps Satur
day.
Safes have been recently cracked in
Glastonbury, Poquonock
and an attempt was made in Unionville
station, so that it is being attempted
to connect the two men with these
,rimes. 1t was known that Claffey, or
Howard, was in the locality and the
police were on the lookout for him.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-20
The Taxation Problem.

The taxation problem itself j. one that
the layman, II lac knows anything at all,
knows j. extremely complicated. The 30,
luton which the legislature i pledged Ia
make before adjournment i complicated
still more by the Introduction Of 80 many
bills ON the subject. The following pro.
posed measure, however, looks a. II II
would tend 10 correct ~ many Of the pres
cnt evils as any:
Section l. Ne personal property shall be
Offset for debts owing To any person who
resides, or to any firm or corporation
which has it, principal place OF business
without this state.
Section . No personal property shall be
offset for any Indebtedness unless the rate
OF interest paid thereon exceeds four per
cent.
Sec. 3-No personal property shall be
offset for debts owing unless the person,
firm or corporation claiming such Offset
shall have filed with the Town Clerk in
the town where such person resides. or
such firm or corporation has ITS principal
place of business, between the first and
fifteenth DAYS OF January of the year in
which the list is made. a schedule Of such
which schedule shall give
the name OF the person. firm or corpor
alton, and the residence or principal place
of business thereof, 10 whom such debts
are owing. and shall append thereto an
affidavit TO the effect that said debts are
honestly owing TO the parties named, and
I hat the same were not incurred for the
purpose OF obtaining said Offset and said
taxpayer shall also insert in his or its
inventory .he same schedule Of indebted
ness and state therein that il is still
owing.
section 4-There shall be no offset from
So.
incurred by the purchase OF
any goods. chattcs or effects so inserted
IN said schedule filed under the provisions
IF Section of this Act. unless the same
hall have been delivered in this state to
he taxpayer on or before the first day Of
April
Section 5 Nothing in this Act shall be |
Construed as affecting the taxation OF !
deposits in Savings Banks,
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-20


The following sIatenoHi i made ia H.
hall II the iIr. fnss job department
The "nolpTi0us oiiniTad ~ 1884 a.
signed esItaia l.,als Ia Ia printed hg lh'
state ~ that lsriNu~n the printers ntakins
/ the asfssmsnl ihsIv Atiuil L. ~ 0uinl~s
I iiiinn liul She pfi~s a. ls1 charged tbs
I state nrrr tho l1ar-i s,sFksi VIl.ss- N
l.li Nhan AsW Hampshire allowed tbs
/ rate II a. ssnis I~f lhensand eihs ipl
i.a,i-l itI- the FIVE fT-ss BIB depaIl
m-nl printed the session i.aas ii Yer
mont a. ~ cents loI solli matter, The
r0niIad MAS aNaniel ~ the FIVE itrs.
less than that II ll9 l.Nans Printing com.
/ iany, the 0nly other bidder, lin-s this
| lnk like ,iriamiins the slalef
Then ia lgs, on a mll amounting "a
81 ~ III the diiirWnfr 10 favor ri ihr
printer i hul slaaiin, had the sans ho0k
l,,sn iguvd ga the sale 81 ipss THIS
l. a diH,nnte IT les than ) PAR cent lrs
tween the ilu,h iirncs II iesi and the lean
,lays II lge, Ma lairmlndcd man can
80 any oNrrrhaIge 10 that case,
II should H. stated hem that the piirr
lur tia, book la lsg hns hern mad" by a
PRINTER who never lariaw did the Job
aud who consequently has ne knowledge
~ the night work now involved. Since
the lrei.laiui. has legun 10 extend ~
sessions into D,tsmbrf quick progress Z
Necessary IN 0plrr g. sumulsic the look
bN February !. and the FIVE frss lob
department rai-,,l the pucc this YEAR on
au,uuni II the night work involved ~
pate ~ the lat u was known there
would be- competition
Mhrn the printer. hf,i made an asrrr
mrnt similar io that II 1871 the printing
commissioner. took several weeks % "a.
yr.iigair the prices AMI then awarded the
contract. after such 40 Investigation iH'-
cause they found that $50 other New Ing
land state was huNing IL printing 30
uhcaply
Having tina. had the sanction of The
printing commissioners the printers felt
justified IN continuing 'hc same arrange
mUnt, - long a. the prices w'rr not IA
erased The prices bid by these Yer
mont printers in lp0i, the year oi the
notorious contract WyIc absolutely the
same ~ iho.e made the tint year at
their association.
WHY I. Il more criminal for printer ia
establish scale Of prices and apply ihi-
scale t0 al customers the state NJ Yer
mont among other. than for an assucia
ton uf lawyers Ia agrrr upon a standard
81 legal charges aud court ivcs; or Tor
physicians aud dentists 10 establish
scale III charges for professional services
Had these printer. changed the state
more than other customers they should
be- condemned. The Free Press job de- |
uartmeni hopes that this matter viii h. |
investigated - that il may he cleared oi
any unjust suspicion Of having over /
charged the state.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-20
TRAVELLERS AND THEIR BOOZE.
Everything From Rum TO limitation
Whiskey Represented in Bottles.

! Their, have brcu iids anu iancies salui'
ifom iimcu 80 lar remote that lhc "iilel
I cannot recall the exact dates. There nave
b,cn collectors ui almost everything, iron
| precious stones, STAMPS CONS aii hpss y
! ibs modern iad OF antique FURNITURE
| Nany oi th,.c have survived Virulcnt at
/ tarks made through the pres, othcrs have
| dird A natural death, while siil other
] have been outgruNu long since a. unid-h
] ionablr Hut probably one oi the most
REGULAR collections ever made 10y one man
/ !. that of DAVID ;. Carey, the baggage
master at the Central Vermont railroad
station.
I'm one corner 81 the baggage room Is
one OF the most unusual collections oI
glassware ever gathered together. On a
small -heli. seTeney gazing upon, the IN
Gaming aud outgoing trunks and other
pieces oi baggage, are about two dozen
bottle, OF all shapes, sizes and descllP
tons. In case there should be anything
misleading about these bottles II should
be- stated right here that they are not
item, of personal property, and do not IN
any wnV belong to MIR Carey IN sense
of ownership. They are simply one OF the
inevitable result, Of travel IN prohibitloh
state.
Hardly train come. into or goes ont
Of Battlcboru without leaving IN lts wake
will give one tine idea OF their contents.
The weekly roundup averages about -
bottles In summer the average : some
what higher, while IN winter II drops cor
rcspondingy a. the thirst OF the Traveller
ahates. Unlike most collectors, Dave
does not gather them III from sense OF
CURIOSITY but merely as one OF the lncl
dental tasks connected with his duties a.
baggage master. and as fast a. a iresh
hatch Is located they are dumped over
board To continue their travels down the
Connecticut. To detail every variety OF
booze.receptacle which parts iron ~
owner when Brattleboro l. reached Would
be- but To I'LL The Reformer with useless
labels but some Of the apologies ior nose
naint are 50 glaringly bad that their users
should be regarded with sympathy instead
OF condemnation.
Vermont being prohibition state. many
of the bottles bear labels OF Massachn- |
.etts cities and towns. some OF New loik
firms. while great many have Travelled
across the border from Canada.
High wines. rye whiskey in several varle-
ties. Mclcher GIN. beer in all the known
stages of brew. Canadian rum, ana many
other brands are represented IN the coiieS
lion. these liquors coming IRON oulsue
states aud the provinces. From the up
ate towns and rural districts come the
bottles marked straight alcohol, Jamaica
ginger and essence of peppermint, the TWO
latter seemingly being the iayorlte SUP
sti,ute for the real stuff. one bottle
found this last week caps the climax. on
the label in bold type was the following
inscription. The contents OF TINS pott,
IRE chemically pure. Imitation whisGey'