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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13
THE CHILD SLAVE.

For a little bread and q little meat.
For two poor soles for his weary feet,
For a tattered coat and bed Of rags
And a curse or a blow II he ever lags
For the right to live as a worm may live.
He gives up all that q child may give
Ere he tastes the 10y to which youth l.
heir
His brow Is scanned by the marks Of care.
Before he has learned that he has the
right
To set his goal on the fairest height
He is robbed Of hope and deprived Of zeal
And is bound for life to the racidng wheel.
Our God we say Is a God Of love.
And we preach OF glories that are above
But never whatever death has In store
For the little slave when be slaves no
more.
May the glee OF youth he has never
known
Or the JOY OF winning become his own.
He may never know that the world IS fair.
And he never may struggle above despair
He is robbed OF the chance that he had
at birth
TO claim the price that man is worth,
And. with limbs that ache and with eyes
that plead.
He Is crucihed on the cross Of greed.
For a little meat and little bread
And little rest when the day is dead
For the right to live as worm may live,
He gives up all that child may give,
And we speak with pride Of the grace We
claim
And with love We mention the dear
Christ's naInel
IS e. Kiaer
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13

STOKES CASE
The House Asks For Inform
alton
C0DIFICATION OF LAW
Lively Debate, But Little Progression
gresham Mccall of Massachusetts
Alone With Democrats for
Labor Men.

Washington, d. G.. Jan. I3.--Anoth-
Or move toward airing the troubles in
the navy was made saturday, when the
House Of Representatives adopted a res.
olution calling for all papers relating
to the resignation Of Rear Admiral
Brownsond and the appointment Of Sur
geon Stokes to command the hospital
ship Relief. This resolution should sue.
coed in bringing to light the missing let
ter or memorandum from Admiral
Brownson in which he has been supposed
to have given the legal side Of his argu.
ment 70 the presidents. 1t ii learned that
this letter was III reality addressed to
Mr. Loeb, the president S private secre-
tary, which accounts ID part for its not
having been previously given to the
public
The House again devoted itself to dis.
cussion Of the codiiicatiom Of the penal
law. If the progress made Saturday is
a sample Of what Is to come, it will
take As many years to adopt the new
codiheation as it has taken to prepare
It. The discussion turned Saturday upon
sections Of the criminal law which were
adopted III southern reconstruction times
and which dealt with the crime Of con-
spiraey Owing to their obnoxious origin
the southern Democrats were anxious to
have these sections repealed. As mat
ter Of fact. the sections in question are
now dead inasfar as their original pur-
pose is concerned, and are OF practical
service only in securing the enforcement
OF the revenue laws An attempt was
made to bring in the labor question BY
amendments excepting so-cailed labor
conspiraeiea from the provisions Of the
penal law which were under question.
An interesting legal debate was the
result.
The most interesting feature was the
attitude Of young Representative Sher
ley Of Kentucky the leading Democrat
on the committee in charge Mr.. Sher-
ley eourageously opposed nearly the
whole body Of the Democratic party in
its effort to repeal the offending see
tions, and he argued that the labor ques
tion in no way touched upon this por-
ton OF the federal law. Representative
Mccall Of Massachusetts also took part
in the debate and opposed his Republi
can colleagues somewhat as Mr.. Sherley
opposed the Democrats. On a party
vote. the debated sections were retained,
the Republican position being that the
present question was that of a mere cod.
ificati0n OF the laws and that a debate
as to the retention Of individual sections
would render impossible the adoption Of
any codification whatever
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13
MADE S5OO,OOO IN
In COUNTRY STORE
Fortune of John S. Foote, Connecticut
Eccentric, Ready For Division
Among Heirs.

Waterbury. Conn, Jan. 13--J0hn s.
Foote's estate. worth more than $780,
600 is ready for division among the
heirs, Howard T. Moss, the administrator
announces. Foote, the eccentric village
storekeeper at Cheshire. VINO was eigaty-
nine years old, died recently.
Regularly each year he swore before
the Cheshire tax assessors That he
owned no stocks nor bonIs ana was
worth not more than $500 The estates
value has shrunk $4,000 during the re-
cent depreciation Of value: the admins
traitors fees amount 70 thirty odd thou
sand dollars, the assessors have added
$4,000 To their assessment Of his Con
necticut property
Foote, a bachelor and woman hater,
lived alone in tumble.down house next
DIS store. lie never rode on a steam
or trolley car He chewed tobacco I'M
til the civil war, when the price went
mp; after that lie never used tobacco
nor liquor His only amusement was to
play the clarinet.
Shrewd as he was buneo steerer
caught him for $4,000 in mining
scheme, and another for several shares
in ehome for inyalidsa which never
was built. A nephew, William s. Foote,
Of Ottawa, Ont, gets about s250,000 Of
the estate, the rest II divided among
nine grand.nepnews and nieees living in
Minnesota.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13
A STRIKE FOR FORAKER.
Committee Selected to Displace "Regu-
lar" County Committee if Possible.

Cleveland, Jan. I3.-The first strike by
the Foraker following at Cleveland was
made Saturday, when IN a mass meet
ing a committee Nas selected 10 dis.
place the regular Republican county
executive committee. The question 81
the legality Of the committee selected Al
against the regular committee, said BY
the Forakerites 10 be Taft organiza
tion, will now be submitted 90 the county
board Of elections The claims of the So.
called Roosevelt committee, third ele-
ment IN the local situation. also rest
with the same board 1t win be the duty
81 the board 10 determine which com
nittee i lawful and has authority 70
act for the party in that county Te
place the issue squarely before the board
each committee has issued call for the
Republican primaries On the same date,
February III.
The regular" committee, held bv the
Foraker element to be without author
itY. precipitated the crisis by filing call
for the primaries with the board Of cleo.
tions Friday. Immediately the Foraker
faction protested The rights of the com.
mittee and issiied d call for convention
IL select committee Friday night the
Roosevelt organization named com
mittee. Saturday the Foraker commit
tee vas named The board has until
Wednesday 20 decide upon the merits Of
the three committees.
Many policemen were on duty Satm
dav In The convention ball in antieipa-
tion of an encounter between the For
akerites and The followers 81 Taft, vino
early announced their intention Of pack
ing the convention, but it was quiet. and
everything went through unanimously
and without hitch Resolutions con.
demning the regular. committee and
one-n man power IN the party were adopt
ed. AT the proposed primaries delegate
to the state and national convention
will be chosen.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13
ACTOR KILLS SELF.
Nephew of Joe Jefferson Suicides in New
York Hotel.

New York, Jan. 13 Charles Jackson,
a popular and capable young actor, and
a nephew Of the late Joseph Jefferson
Committed suicide Saturday in hotel
Gerard in West Forty fourth street.
He hanged himself BY trunk strap
TO clothes hook in the closet in his
room.
AT the Lambs club. Of which jackson
was a member, and in the various man
ayers Offices and theatrical resorts, the
news Of his suicide was received with
amazement He was at the Lambs Fri
day night until late, and gave no indica-
ton to those who met him Of neIan-
cholia
Although be was temporarily out Of
an engagement, il was not known that
he was financially embarrassed if, in
deed he really was.
MI3r. Jackson went on the stage as a
boy. He was graduated from one Of
Klaw changers County Fair COM
panies into Charles Frohman's employ
and became an excellent higa-cIass light
Comedian. His first big bic was made
IN Just Out OF College, with Joseph
Wheelock.
Then be went with William Collier
and was a member Of Che Collier COM
pany on the tour OF Australia His last
role was that Of the valet in Golfers
play, THE Dictator"
Formerly jackson had home at Bnz-
Yards Bay, Mass. He sold it some time
ago.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13
LAgOa BRIEFS.


More than twenty five new laws in
the interest &C the wage earners Of
New York and their children were
passed By the legislature and approved
hy Governor Hughes during the ses-
zion OF 1907.
The officers Of the international I'M
ions IN their reports to the American
Federation Of Labor state that eondi-
tons Of employment are steadily i'm
proving ard that work IS plentiful
The Plumbers union reports a mem.
hership Of $4,000
Tho international Association Of Re
tall Clerks Is shout to BEGIN a cam
reign Of organization among saleswo-
men.
HencefoFsh members Of Boston IN
ION No. Of the international Union OF
Industrial Insurance Employees who
are in good standing viii wear a union
button OF neat design.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13
WITH THE
CANDIDATES
Interviews and Resolutions
Adopted
SEC. TAFT IN NEW YORK
Calls on His Brother in Wall Street and
Puts OF a Rsporter--How the Other
Candidates Stand in the
Contest.
SEC. TAFT IN NEW YORK

New York, Jan. l3. Secretary Of War
Taft, who came to New York Friday to
deliver an address at Cooper Union, spent
the forenoon Saturday in the down town
business district. lie was at the Office
of his brother, Henry WI Taft, at 40
Wall street, Tor several hours in confer
encew It'll interested parties concerning
the Philippine railway situation Fol
lowing the conference Secretary Taft
said to reporters that his present plans
provided for his return to Washington
thatn light. lie had many engagements
for the afternoon and evening, he said
Asked if politics would have any place
in these meetings the secretary replied.
Well, at the present time, you know. it
il pretty hard for me to talk with any
body without the conversation drifting
10 politics. AT the same time / hardly
think my conversations to-day will be
OF such confidential nature that the
general public viii be interested in their
TENOR
Mr.. Secretary" said his interrogation
"it y reported from Washington that
President Roosevelt has stated that You
would receive the nomination for presi
dent on the first ballot
Well he replied with laugh, you
know President Roosevelt has said that
nothing could be believed as coming from
him unless his signature il appended to-
1t. II President Roosevelt says a thing,
ii IL so; but II does not say "a thing,
II i not So SO, with regard to the an
from Washington, you
should see that the Authorization il ap-
pended
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13
CHANGE FOR
NORWICH MEN
To Fill Vacancies in U. 5.
Army Positions
WITHOUT SPECIAL EFFORT
Honor Graduates at This Institution as
Well as at Five Others in United
States Are Eligible for
This.
WITHOUT SPECIAL EFFORT

| Mortified, Jan, l3.--By the provisions
of general order no. /, under date OF
Jan. 2, 1908, by the war department at
Washington, the ten vacancies in the
list Of second lieutenants, existing after
the graduation Of West Point, and the
successful applicants for promotion from
the ranks have been provided for, are
to be filled by appointment from the
honor graduates Of the military institu-
tions Of the distinguished class.
Candidates for these appointments are
to be named BY the regular army officer
detailed as professor OF military science
and tactics.
The men so named are requi ed to take
only physical examination and test
In horsemanship. The six military in.
stitutions at present in the distinguished
class are Norwich university, Penn Nih-
tary institute, Virginia institute, ST.
Johns military school, Culver military
academy Of Indiana and Shatsuck iuili-
tary school Of Fairbault, MIMI
Heretofore the candidates from these
institutions have been required 70 pass
the same examinations as those pTeserib-
"a for men from civil life, who have not
pursued o special course "a academic an1
military subjects as prescribed by the
war department. for these schools.
In recent years the demand for men
in civil life has ben SO gTeas that few
graduates have felt willing 70 make spe
cial preparations for the examinations
which have come several months after
they are graduated and haze preferred
70 accept positions open 70 them imme
diately after graduation. rather than
wait 10 take chances later Dndss pro
visions in the above order named she
dates for the examinations are liked at
July 4, 1908, and Jan. /, 1909.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13
ANNAPOLIS VACANCY.
viii Soon Be Filled by Senator Dilling-
hams Amendment.

Senator Dillingham; has been notified
by the Navy department that nomina.
tion for midshipman in the naYl academy
will be al bis disposal on or before March
4. 1908. For the selection Of candidates
for such nomination he will hold an ex-
animation at ten o'clock on the morning
81 February 22d, in The office of William
N. 1heriault, in Montpelier. The eAami-
nation Will cover reading, writing, spell.
ing, punctuation and capitals, grammar,
geography, Initel States history. worlds
history, arithmetic, algebra, and plane
geometry. Under the rules 81 the naval
academy all candidates must he physit
cally sound, we'll formed and 81 robust
constitutions must not be less than s
feet 2 inches in height between The ages
Of Is and Is years and not less than 5
feet inches between the ages Of Is and
20 years, tie minimum weight at 10
years being los pounds with an increase
Of not less than i've pounds for eaeh
additional year Those intending to take
The examination will give notice Of the
fact to Senator Dillingham; IL Washing
ton D. G., on or before February 18th,
next.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13
IN ITALIAN soMALILAND.
Meager Details Of clashing Of Europeans
and Abyssinians.

Rome. Jan. Foreign Minister Tit
toni recently sent from Rome 70 dis.
patch to the Italian minister at Adds
Abelia, Abyssinia, regarding the trouble
in Italian Somalilapd which resulted IN
pitched battles between the Italian
forces and the AbySsinions What this
message said Is not known. but yester-
dav an answer was received, sewing: 4
have received your instructions and am
executing them"
Adviccs received at Rome yesterday
from Italian Somatland give brief de-
tails 81 the attack Of the Abyssinians on
Imgh. Capt Bongiovanni, the commander
Of the native garrison at Lurh, Woo
fought milliantiv aeainst the Ahvssin-
ians, vas killed in tie final encounter
Another Italian officer withdrew from
the town vita a number Of native sol
diefs. but It is not known what taeir
destination was. Only IS native sol
diers re-entcred Lueh. il IS stated, after
the AhTssinians witkdreE 70 the north.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13
Tie 100 u PEACE.
Unions That Are Ready For the Fray
Rarely Have TO Fight.


Rarely Have TO Fight.
That the average member OF a labor
organization is not a HghteF Is the
opinion OK the Railroad Trainmen's
Journal, which also asserts that he
prefers to follow the paths Of peace,
listen to the reports of his chosen rep
resentatiyes and, II things 60 well, to
accept conditions as his right and
make no personal effort to assist the
work OF the organization except to
pay his dues and KNOCK" occasionally
when some one advises him that
things are not right.
While all this may be true in sense,
It has been demonstrated during the
past two years that organized labor
will fight, and aght hard when It has
a great principle al stake. This is
shown By the successful inauguration
Of the eigh. hour day by the Interna.
tional Typographical union. But there
is much truth In the opinion Of the
Trainmen's Journal that 1.-THE price OF
peace is preparedness for emergency
when Ii argues thus.
"The majority Of the labor organiza
tons, like all other fraternal organiza
tons. rest on the hearty endeavors OF
few Of the members who realize the
need for constantly keeping at 1t and
who hold their organization to its field
OF operations. If there is danger, then
there is q raliying around the dag and
hard effort 10 get up to the fighting
standard In hurry. How much bet
ter it would be always TO be readyl
The defenses Of the organization can
not be substantially repaired III d day,
nor can an offensive action be followed
IL the organization has allowed Its In
terest to igane and new employees not
brought ilto the organization.
Always be ready to fight, and you
will not have to fight. To be ready
enough merely to make fuss and
either baak fa~n ar gst licked Is not
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13
HASKINS FOR
RESERVE
AS Member of Agricultural
Committee
~---
GETS HEARING FOR 10Th
He Is Deeply in Earnest in the Movement
to Preserve Forests Of the White
Mountain Regiou--vemOnter
in Washington.
GETS HEARING FOR 10Th

Washington, d. c., Jan. l3.-Interest
in the White Mountain forest reserve
movement has been revived by the action
Of the House committee on agriculture
in deciding to take up the subject at q
meeting Of the committee on January
80, when a hearing will be given various
persons interested in the project This
action was taken on the motion Of Rep
resentative Haskins Of Vermont. Con
gresham IIaskins is a leading member
Of the committee on agriculture and Is
deeply III earnest in the movement for
the preservation Of the forests in the
White Mountain region.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13
RESERVE DEFICIT is WIPED OUT.
New York Banks Show Surplus on Hand
Of S6,os4,o5o

New York, Jan. i3.--For the first time
since the beginning Of the financial
stringency III October, the New York
clearing house statement Saturday
showed that not only has the heavy bank
reserve deficit been entirely wiped out,
but that a surplus OF se,0sf.05o above
the % per cent legal requirement has
been established. The figures made
known yesterday exceeded the most eX-
pectant hopes of bankers and brokers,
and when the statement appeared on the
stock tickers It was greeted with round
OF cheers in practically every banking
house In Wall street. Bankers declared
that no better evidence than the clearing
house statement could be obtained to
show the rapid restoration of confidence
and the tremendous ontpouring Of
boarded money. The excellent statement
f0reshadows an early retirement OF
clearing house certificates, which were
first issued on October 20.
With the end Of the money striBgency
there will be plenty Of cash for the bus
iness and Industrial world, and many
projects which were temporarily aban-
doned during the squeeze" can now be
financed and proceeded with, The clear
ing house hanks faced deficit in re-
serves on November 23 of S54,103, 600,
the largest IN their history. Since then
the deficit has constantly decreased, and
with the rapid return of boarded money
and funds from the interior. last weeks
deficit Of 1900 $50 mas not only been
obliterated but substantial surplus Of
over S6,000,D00 has been established.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13
LICENSE NUMBER is 1891.
Gladys and Count May Figure Out What
The Total is.

New York. Jan. 13.-Miss Gladys
Moore Vanderbilt and Count Laszio Jenc
Maria Henrik Simon Szechenyi took ont
marriage certificate No. 1,29f at the ma.
trimonial bureau in the city nall yestef.
day.
It Is remarked BY the superstitious
that the number on the certificate to-
Ia, the iIl-omened "t3."
They were accompanied BY Morris
Cukoo, counsel for the count With the
exception Of having 4 lawyer to FIJI out
tne application for him. the count and
Miss Vanderbilt we're as democratic as
John Smith and Mary Jones.
Miss Vanderbilt gave her age as 2t
years place Of birth. Newport. r. I.
She answered tine necessary questions
and made oath to the truth OF her state
ments without hesitation. Te count
gave MS age as p years, place Of birth.
Harpaes, Hungary. occupation, land
owner and royal chamberlain. The IL
cense issued TO the pair was numbered
j ,291.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13

Great impetus was given the agita'
ton Of the blue label of the Cigar
makers union at the third annual con.
vention Of the grand lodge, Massachu'
setts Liquor league, held At Fall River,
when It was unanimously voted 70
urge all liquor dealers ii Greater Bos-
ton to give most liberal patronage 70
union made cigars.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13
sroRK BRINGS
bhlNuo
HIM HIS 18TH.
Roosevelt's Congratulations in Order
For 0. L. Darling.

New York, Jan. 13.-For the eth
time, Oscar l. Darling, a civil engineer
and inventor Of Amityville, L. l., mas
just mad child born 10 him.
Twenty Of bis children are living. He
i Ga years Of age and has been married
twice, His first wife was Hannah Smith
OF Flushing, whom he welded in 1864.
She bore him 5 children and died in
1884. Ten of these children are living.
In 1886 Mr.. Darling married Catherine
n. Hamilton Of Flushing, who has just
given birth to her 10th child BY him.
Two Of ner children have died. Mrs.
Darling is about 20 years old the latest
arrival is a boy, and is said to be a
ebouneer"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13
vermont DELEGATION Entertained.

Washington, d G., Jan. l3 Represen
tative and Mrs. Ernest w, Roberts Of
Massachusetts, recently entertained
members Of the Vermont congressional
delegation. and Judge and Mrs. Wendell
z. stafford, MIR. and Mrs John W. Tit
comb. Mr. and Mrs II. n, Tapiih and
Mr.. and Mrs Paul S. Dillingham;. all
members Of Washington's Vermont col
ony. at dinner at their home in N
street.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13
BOOST ZOE FAIRRANKs BOON.
Congressional District Republicans In
dorsa Action d Meeting.

indianapolis. Ind. Jan ~ Republi
cans Of the 7th congressional district 1t
indianapolis Saturday adopted resoln.
tions strongly indorsing Vice president
Charles w Fairbanks for the presidential
nomination. William + Taylor was in
dorsed for the mihernatorial nomination.
Resolutions were also passed indorsiug
Representative 0vefstreet and Chairman
HAIRY S. New.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13
Ex.Goy. Bell visits Capital.

Washington, D. G., Jan, H. Former
Governor Charles J Bell Of Vermont,
who has been in the city for several days
attending conference Of the executive
committee Of the National Grange. Of
which he is member, left for home yes
ferday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13
Make Flying visit.

Washington. d. G., Jan l3.--Hon. and
Mrs. A Y. Durkee Of Sheldon, Vermont,
made brief stop In Washington en-
route for Los Angeles. California, where
they win spend a portion Of the win
ter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13
HUGHES ENDORSED.
Republican General Committee Of Monroe
County Falls Into Line.

Rochester n. y, Ian 49, The Re.
publican general COMMITTEES Of Monroe
county. at its meeting Saturday, in6orsed
Governor Hughes for PRESIDENT.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13

cures made by Or.
lxilmer's Swamp
Root, the great kid
ney, liver and bIad-
der remedy.
It is the great med
zeal triumph Of the
nineteenth century ;
discovered after years
Of scientific research
by DR.. Kilner, the
eminent kidney and
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13

the way to carry on the work Of an
organization successfully. The price
of peacs Is preparedness for emer.
gencyye
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13

OF the District Of Columbia will be held
on january Is, E Il Temple, formerly
Of Rutland, Il the president Of the assoc
cation
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13
Meeting q vermont AssOciatiOn.

Washington, d. c., Jan l3.--The an
nual meeting Of the Vermont association