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BAKERSFIELD.

Mrs S. O. Tillotson visited her son.
benjamin Tillotson. in Franklin last
week.--Miss Mable Start of Worcester,
Mass, Is visiting in town.--Mrs. JOS
eph a. Narcotic died Friday night.
The funeral was held Monday morn
ing from the Catholic Church. the Rev.
+. T. Cray officiating. Mrs. Narcotic
was 20 years old.-The funeral of W.
o. Brigham was held Friday afternoon
from the Congregational Church, the
Rev Mr.. Houghton NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Brigham OF Winchendon, Mass. and
Clarence Brigham of Leominster
Mass were in town Ias, week to at
tend the funeral of their father. W. o.
Brigham.-Miss Lena Tillotson has re-
turned from visit with her sister.
Mrs. Howard Marsden, Of Clarendon.
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SWANTON.

Ambrose r. Carr, for several years mill
superintendent for the Barney Marble
company, has resigned his position. Mr.
Carr began working in this mill % years
ago learning the trade under George and
r. l.. Barney. He has not decided what
he will do but is considering an offer
by New York parties.
c. f. Smith has sold his interest in
Hotel Champlain at Maquam to his son,
Chauncey, who takes possession April J..
Mr.. Smith has managed the hotel for 20
years although the son has really had
the active management OF the house for
the past three years. Thirty years ago
c. f. Smith was running the old Central
House in Swanton. The Hotel Champlain
II owned by the st. ]. & l.. C. road and
connected with the house Is 7Oo-acre
farm,-superin tendent Wilbur gave the
first Of his series of lectures to teachers
in the high school rooms Saturday fore
noon.-Miss Matte Hussey entertained
the Teachers club Friday evening The
Junior Auxiliary met Friday evening
with Miss Lillian Hoag. The work OF
dressing dolls for missionary box was
experimental by Mrs. f. *. Smith
The Shakespeare club met with Mrs.
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e. A. Burnett Monday afternoon. Mrs.
Berner Furman Phelps and son are visit
Ing relatives in Highgate.-Mr Scott. who
has been carrying on one of the Brown
farms at Maquam, has moved into the
village and Is occupying the Dunbar tene-
nent recently vacated by Prof. Guild
The Woman's Auxiliary of the Episcopal
Church met with T.. ". Gates Wcdnes-
day afternoon The engagement is an
nounced Of Ora S. Webster. son of c. A.
Webster. to Miss Mabel Sayles OF Albany.
n. W. l.. Hunter, former manager
Of the Robin Hood Ammunition company,
who has been visiting at the home OF
f.. II. Bradley, has return ed to his home
In Thompsonville, Como. C. Warner
has moved into the Manning house on
Spring street.
Mrs. IlswNins Of Waterbur,'. Conn. Is
guest of Mrs. a. j. Becbe.-NIiss Mollic
Smith has gone to Ohio to visit friends
and Miss Henrietta Smith is in Troy. n.
y, the guest of n former schoolmate.-
A. l.. Aseltine and wife left last evening
for Chicago and will be absent three
weeks. Before returning they will visit
friends in st. Louis. Mo
Mrs. John O'Connor. who has been i'll
for several weeks, II no better. Notable
improvements are being made to the Far
rar block.-Business generally is good
here. Both freight and express transac-
tions are largely in excess Of that Of n
year ago now. All manufa curing plants
are running to capacity and labor is fully
employed james +. Pierce who has
been away on a vacation of month is
back in the local office Of the ST. ]. e. l..
G.. railroad.-J. r. Kidder of Proctor has
succeeded A. T.. Carr as mill superintend-
ent for the Barney Marble company and
Is now in charge. He is a graduate Of
the L. V. NJ. and has been in the employ
of the Vermont Marble company for IA
years.-Mss Flora Baker. 10 years old.
had hearing before Judge Post, yestcr-
day on the charge Of stealing small sums
OF money from several persons The case
was conducted by States Attorney John
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SWANTON CENTER.

Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Sweeny and daugh-
ter of Lakeside visited at NJ. W. Jenn-
sons Sunday.-Mr. and Mrs II. G.
Royce of Sheldon Springs passed Sunday
at A. p. Royces-Mrs J. T. Catln is Wis
iting relatives in Sheldon this week.
Ambrose, the little son of Edward Don
aldson, is very i'll with diphtheria.-Mrs.
James Barber has sold her farm at
Green's Corner and moved in with her
nephew, Luman Roberts. of this place
Mrs. Lydia A. II. Towne of Alburgh
Springs is visiting at a. *. Honsinger' $
for ten days.-Mr and Mrs. Ephram
Holmes celebrated their golden wedding
November 3. Owing to the very feeble
health of Mrs. Holmes. the occasion was
quiet and attended by the children and
grandchildren only. Several choice gifts
We're presented.
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UNLEREILL.

Clayton NJ. Fell and Mrs. Florence r.
cook We're married Mt the home of the
pride November 8 by the Rev. a. II.
sturges
At the annual meeting of the Homeland
.irCle the following officers were elected:
PRESIDENT. Mrs. II. y. Clark; vice presi
dent Mrs. l.. c. MacGibhon: secretary,
Mrs \. +. Wright; treasurer, Mrs. Bert
Z base; executive committee. Mrs. Fred
IillisCn. Mrs. George Benedict Mrs.
Charles Aver and Mrs. Carl Mead.-E. j.
Reeves of burlington was In town We'd
nesday on husness-Mr. and Mrs. Clar-
tuce Bell have moved to their farm in
North Cnderhill.-- c. y. Styles is car
ing potatoes Edmund Martin is recov-
!rng from the effects of his recent sick
ress.-L =. Metcalf has had his large
lcrd Of cattle tested by the State com
missioners, who found them all exempt.
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GRAND ISLE COUNTY.
SOUTH HERO.

The September statement of the South
Hero Creamery association shows ::
Whole number of pounds of milk re-
ceivcd 226,S54 whole number OF
pounds OF butter made, 1891: aver
age price per hundred for per cent.
milk. $40
Mrs. Frank Perkins Is seriously i'll at
the home OF John Perkins.-The Con-
sregational pulpit was filed by Mr..
Kindly, a student in the Congregational
College at Montreal-W. NJ. Stevens
who was injured at Essex Junction, is
slowly convalesclng. He Is able to sit
up short time the injuries to his spine
are not permane II is thougnt-Maple
Lawn Academy reopened on Monday.
having been closed for week on ac-
count of the illness of Mr.. Stevens
The young people Of South Hero had n
private dance in town hall Friday even
ing
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LAMOILLE COUNTY
CAMBRIDGE.

Mrs. w. T. Patch and Mrs. O. L.
Woods were in Burlington Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. Brush of Bolton have
been spending several days at Mrs. Amy
BruSh's.-Mrs. Henry Connell and
daughter. Marion, of Jeffersonville were
in town Tuesday.-W. J. Gallup of Tn
derhil was in town Wednesday,
and Mrs. II. T.. Gray and SON Mr.. and
Mrs. Bond Of Burlington spent Sunday
at II. y. Gray's,-W. NJ. Smith has been
loading n car load of potatoes this week.
Mrs. O. L. Nords of Morrisville has
been spending few days at her sisters
Mrs. W. f. Patch.-Nrs. Ruggles and
Mrs. Ballard of Fairfax were IN town
the first of the week.-N. b. Lapoint
spent Sunday ut home.-The Emily Mud
gettc farm was sold at auction Tuesday
to +. NJ. Wiley for sl,e25--A Robinson
cf North t'nderhll was in town Tuesday.
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RANDOLPH CENTER.

Rev J.. @. shorhurn. agent Of the YER
mont Bible society Of Burlington, preach-
ed to the societies at the Federated
Church last sunday and to the Young
people in the evening r. Il. Wood has
been taken To the santorium and his
condition Is said to he somewhat better
Earl c. Bickrovd. who has been visiting
the western country tho past three
months. returned home last week Peter
MacQueen ~ Charlestown. Miss. gave ar
interesting illustrated lecture on his ira
wells In Africa in Normal hall last Mon
day evening. The Rev. Aubrey Gilmore Is
moving 10 Randolph this week.
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ORLEANS COUNTY.
NEWPORT.

1.-The Toymakers" will play here on
Nov. l3,-Mr c. A. Tarlton OF Spring
field was in town a few days the last of
the week-W. S. Bean of Washington,
ID. c., is visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs c. r Bean.-Mr. and Mrs. w. A.
Hines are passing "A month In Boston
and Springfeld-C. u. French of Orleans
was a visitor at NJ. u. SINNERS last
week.-John A. Prouty of Dartmouth
passed the week end with his mother,
Mrs. c. A. Prouty,-Mrs. George +, Root.
who has been passing some time in
Lowell Mass; returned trday.-An
alarm for fire in the block belonging
to the Bean estate was rung in Sunda,
at Has a. nj. Fortunately the fire wal
discovered in time to prevent any serious
damage. only small place being burn
el on the roof, II is supposed 10 have
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SENEGAL and Fred lombard. The inter-
ment was In Mount Calvary cemetery.
Mrs SENEGAL was 65 years old and is sur
Vivcd by two sons and two daughters
Frank W. Chafee. who has been in poor
health Of late, leaves next week for Red
lands. California, where he will make his
home.
The city hail was the scene of a re-
markahle occasion last evening. when
55o of the representatives and leading
mon and women Of the city sat down
To the annual banquet of the board of
trade. The attendance exceeded all ex-
rectations and the cord cheer, harmony
and good will with which the atmos-
pherc seemed 10 he charged, augers we'll
for the future of the city The commit
toe having the affair in charge. had
done its work well and nothing was left
undonc tn ensure the success Of the oc-
casion. The nall has been handsomely
decorated on other occasions. but the ef-
fectivc drapng Of flags and colors. on
HANGED by hundreds OF additional electric
lights which hung in festoons IN all parts
of the hall. transformed the hail into a.
thing of beauty. The idea OF using SNAIL
tables for tn" hanqueters was used with
great Success some forty tables bein;
scattered throughout the hall. while the
long speakers table was arranged
across tho south side. lie Clar's orcnes-
ira gave a hna concert while dinner was
being served, and the combination of
popular airs splenddly rendered, called
for frequent AMI hearty encores. One of
the features I'll the evening was the re-
ccipt of several acro-grams during the
arrival Of which the lights in the hall
were turned out while the wireless ma
chino snapped end cracked and emitted
It's weird flashes, the messages which
took the nature of local hits were read
To- the neighrors by NJ $ Rostwick and
were received with merited applause.
Following tho excellent supper. 50 we'll
served by the 1.end-a-FTand society of
the First t'riversalist Church. the Hon.
S c. Greene. president of the board Of
trade. raped for order and introduced
the toastmaster col. Frank l.. Greene.
who added now laurels to those he al
ready has. ae Ncrmort's premier in this
line The speakers included Mayor War
rem Il Austin. Lieut.. Gov. Jhon A. Mead
of Rutland: Miss Sara f. Barnes. who
represented the ladies' of st. Adams;
John W. Lond OF Montreal. freight traf-
lie manager OF the Grand Trunk railway;
the Hon. G W. Gates OF Franklin. State
highway commissioner the Hon. Freder-
lex C.. Fleetwood of Morrlsville; M. D.
Armstrong. presenting the business
men of ST Alhans and the Hon. Fuller
G. Smith for tie board of trade. Politics
were tahooe1 and the speeches were all
along the fin" Of bigger. better and
buster St Alhans, The affair was q sue
cces Of which st Adams will long re-
member and lie proud Of.
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MONTGOMERY.

The regular monthly meeting of the W.
c. r. U. will be held Friday night with
Mrs. b II. Fuller.-William Hurlburt has
moved into the Mary Gates house,.
II. Combe has rented c, l., Clapp's house.
Mr.. Clapp Is to move to the farm he re-
Gently purchased of w. c. Richardson.
Village schools close this week for a
two weeks vacation.-F, W. DONNA held
services at the Methodist church Satur-
day evening.-Mr. and Mrs Mitchell Bolt.
who were recently married, were given
a reception Wednesday evening Mrs. ID.
p Bragg OF Greenfield Mass. Is visiting
friends in town,-The Ladies' Aid society
held business meeting Wednesday at
the parsonage Arthur Lagrow has NOV
ed into Frank Pratts house.
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MONTGOMERY CENTER,

j. r. Dodge has rented his farm on
the Notch road and moved into James
McDonalds house here in the Center
Mrs Abbie Atkinson of Ludlow is in
town visiting relatives.-C. r Hall is
quite sick.-T. +. Hutchins Is building
quite an extensive addition to his barn.
Clarence Duhra was in town from
Newport over Sunday.-tieorge Bates has
returned from the Canadian Northwest
where he has been for the harvesting
season.-The Rev. Mr.. NuttinC. the new
pastor of the BAPTIST Church, is expected
to arrive this week and preach next
Sunday.
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WATEPVILLE.

Dan Morgan has had n New England
Telephone put into his house.-Mrs K.
s. Pierce spent Sunday with friends in
orrisville.-ReV. g. {. Westcot of
Franklin visited his parents Monday
Mrs. G. G. Howison is caring for her
mother at JOHNSON for n few days.-John
Cunningham of Greensboro has bought
Frank I.arawaNs Chaffec farn.-Mrs. q.
A. Mann spent the past week with her
parents Mt Foster. Canada.-A company
of choppers are very busy al the pre-
sent time cutting Christmas trees.-Mrs
Edward Culver of Richford spent SUNDAY
with her father Charles Child.-Mr. and
Mrs. James Ray of Johnson are With
Mr. and Mrs George Mann
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ISLE LA NOTE.

About 1900 bbs of apples were shipped
from the island this year.-Miss Evelyn
Holcomb of burlington spent Sunday
with Mrs. w. 7. Connel.-E. r. Goodsell
Is in very poor health.--Mrs. r. e.
Houghton went to Plattsbugh Friday
for few da ys.--Mrs. Cornelia Hill is
about the same.-Mrs. Twinnil La Bonn
bard has been visiting her brother in
Plattshurgh.-M Sterling has returned
to her home in keene, y. H-Wilie
Fleury has moved to AlburEh John
Rorbach has closed his house for the
winter and has gone TO y. Y-Mrs A.
A. Mills and Miss Margaret Bicknel of
Boston are guests of Mrs. j. NJ Skeels
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GEORGIA.

A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Mvron
Churchill November 6-The little sen OF
Mr. and Mrs, Bemis died Wednesday OF
acute Brght's disease. Funeral services
heiu friday.--One hundred attended the
pouhu social given the Rev. and Mrs.
Mcpoueal Tuesday evening.-Mr. Marvin
Oh 81 Adams Will assist In the singing
~ the Methodist Episcopal Church next
sunday and the Rev, Mr., Terrence will
uehVer the sermon,-The Rev, G. c. NC
Dougnl has gene to Waterbury to attend
the Epworth League convention.
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FRANKLIN.

~ W. Mullen who has been i'll for
few days is mproving.-Merrill Geno has
moved to the Edison Wilder farm which
his father recently purchased.--Mr and
Mrs. f. -. Gallup have been spending IL
few days with relatives in Canada Work
on the new school building is progressing
finely and it will saan be enclosed, -Har
old Powell has gone to Lamoille county,
where he is working for the y, X. Fair
banks company.
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FLETCHER.

Fifty deer were shot in this town dur
ing the ouen season.-An employev" Of
the Vermont Construction Company Of
Burlington is in town to superintend the
placing of the iron bridge at the Center.
Miss Bushey has bought the Kingsley
place at Binghamville.--J Nevens is
confined in the house by illness.F. l..
Smith was recent business visitor at
>,l
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BEAVER.

Mr. and Mrs. Edison Ufford of Grand
Isle visited friends here the last OF the
week.--T g. Austin has moved to RAN
and Mrs. +. A. Burnell OF st.
Adams were at Walter Haywood's Sun
day George Wagner wife visited friends
in ST. Adams and Swanton Saturday.
Miss Oraille Pierce Of Mt. Hebron. n. Y.
Mrs Charlotte Farnsworth of Essex, and
Mrs Hattie Hudson OF Warren visited at
II. +. I-eachs the last OF the week.
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Fred Gonya.-Miss Matte Rockwell, who
has been visiting friends in Montpelier
returned TO her home Monday.-Sidney
Hutchens is slowly faiing.-Mr. and Mrs
Dexter Hutchens Of Manchester n. H.,
are in town, called here by the serious
Illness of his father, Sidney Hutchens.-
Mrs. Dyer Hall and son of Isle La Motto
visited at W. b. Rockwelrs Sunday.-M
Mullen OF Swanton was the guest OF his
daughter, Mrs. Roy Rockwell Sunday
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ALBURGH CENTER.

The Isle La Motto Telephone company
hova added six new phones to the Center
line and 1t now extends as far south as
Wvron McGregor's residence.-Mrs Ros-
zoe Beeman OF Burlington was the guest
of her sister, Mrs. Jackson Reynolds last
week.-The Congregational social held at
tho home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Seneca Hazen
last Friday evening Melted the society
about s2S.-Mrs. Elisha Goodsel spent
Saturday on Isle La Naturalization
Gonya OF Morrisville Is visiting his father.
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WEST BERKSHIRE.

G. C. Jolley was in Burlington Tues
day.-Frontier Grange will hold a power
ty social in Foresters hall, Thursday
evening.--The Rev. o. L. Barnard went
to Waterbury Monday to attend a
preachers meeting.-The Women's Home
Missionary society will meet at the par
sonage for dinner Friday and tie a pun.
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ORANGE COUNTY.
RANDOLPH

Hayden Gaylord completed n shipment
of le5o barrels OF number one quality
apples TO Fall River, Mass. This is by
far tho largest shipment ever sent out
from this place. From s. 20 $50 per
hnl rel were mid for tie annles
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The Springfield herald., 1909-03-12
: Call for Extra Session.

Washington.-Pr Taft Sat.
urday issued call for special ses-
sion of the Sixty-first Congress to con-
vene March 18th. Following is the
text of the call:
by the President of the United
States of America-A Proclamation:
Whereas, Public interests require
that the Congress of the United States
should be convened in extra session
at 10 o'clock noon on the 18th day of
March, 1909, to receive such commun-
ication as may be made by the eXecu-
tive;
Now Therefore, /, William Howard
Taft, President of the United States
of America, do hereby proclaim and
declare that an extraordinary occa-
sion requires the Congress of the
sion at the capitol in the city of Wash
ineton on the 18th day of March,
1909, at u O'Clock noon, at which all
persons who shall at that time be en-
titled to act as members thereof are
hereby required to take notice.
Given under my hand and the seal
of the United States of America, the
9th day of March, in the year of our
Lord, 1909, and of the independence
# the United States, the one hundred
and thrty-third.
"WILLIAM II. TAFT.
by the President.
"P. C. KNOX.
Secretary of State"
The Springfield herald., 1909-03-12
GENERAL NEWS.


The Arkansas Legislature March
list, passed the Gam state wide prohi-
bItion bill.
A blizzard of unprecedented piopor-
tions prevailed throughout France
February 2Sth and many deaths were
reported.
The German Imperial Automobile
Club has decided to organize an exhi-
bition in 1910 for motor boats, airships,
aeroplanes etc.
Complete data compiled for the year
1906 shows that motor car manufac-
turcrs of the United States paid out
$10,419,500 in wages, salaries, opera
tion of plants and for material.
Veterans of the Union and Confeder-
ate armies who faced each other in bat
tie from 1861 to 1865 during the Civil
War will again meet at the third ma
tional encampment of the Blue and
Gray Association to be held in Fitzger-
aid, Ga. March 11th. 18th and 18th
The headquarters of the organization
will be at the Lee-Grant hotel
Walter r. Day. state treasurer of
Kentucky under Governor Taylor, has
been sentenced to one year in the pen
itentiary on a charge of forging the
name of his uncle to a note for 81 900
More than s1.OOO.0OO will be spent
on the large 21a mile automobile race
track of steel and concrete projected
at Atlantic City, N. j., according to its
promoters.
The executive committee of the Ma
tional Educational Association has an
nounced July 9th to 9th as the date of
the annual meeting of the association
to be held this year at Denver.
The Paris Temps says that the most
important note in President Taft's in
augural address is Mr.. Taft's insist
ence upon a strong army and navy. in
dicating that America will maintain
and even strengthen her position as
a world power.
The New Jersey State Association
of County Engineers, which is discus
sing the needs for a plastic binder for
roads, is planning a series of import
ant tests The association seeks to
reduce the cost of construction of
roads and lessen the dust nuisance.
The Springfield herald., 1909-03-12

At the Oxford University sports In
England on the Bird inst. l.. c. Hull Of
Michigan, Rhodes scholar, won the
100-yard dash and the quarter mile.
His time for the first event was 10 3-5
seconds and for the second 81 seconds.
James A. Leroy. secretary for Presi-
dent-elect Taft while governor of the
Philippines. and American consul at
Durango, Mexico, from August. 1903.
to March 1907. died February 2Sth at
the military hospital at Fort Bayaud,
N. NJ.
On March 10th the Pennsylvania
Legislature will elect George r. Oliver
of Pittsburg TO succeed Philander C.
Knox in the United States Senate.
Senator Knox having resigned to be
come secretary of state in President
Tafts cabinet.
The status of a Chinese woman who
has been legally admitted to the
United States is not changed by n
separation between her and her hus-
band, according to a ruling made by
United States Commissioner Hayes in
a Boston case
Rear Admiral Schley on behalf of
the Arctic Club of America, in letter
made public in New York, makes an
appeal for financial aid to enable Dill
Ion Wallace, Arctic explorer, to res
cue DIR. Frederick Albert Cook from
the Arctic regions, where he has not
been heard from since last March.
Thi:ty-five per cent. increase in
speed Will be the result of new connec-
tions the Commercial Cable Company
is going to make. according to Clarence
II. Mackay. A branch will be run into
st. Johns, N F., which has been mon
opolized by the Anglo-American com
pany, and from there will be extended
to New York.
Efforts made by the district attor-
ney of Queens county, New York, to
have an early date set for the trial of
Capt. Peter C. Hams, Jr, accused of
the murder of William E. Annis, were
brought to naught on the 5tht inst. by
a decision of Supreme Court Justice
Garrettson postponing indefinitely the
naming of date for the Hams trial.
President W. c. Brown of the New
York Central railroad on the 9TH inst.
announced that the full equipment or
der of the line for 1909 had been de-
cided upon and that it included 5,40o
freight cars, 200 passenger cars and
seventy-five locomotives. The eX-
penditure for the new equipment will
aggregate SS,O00,000.
In an attempt TO persuade Congress
TO establish reciprocal coal trade with
the Dominion of Canada practically
every coal power in the western Penn
sylvania district has signed his name
to a petition addressed to the ways
and means committee of the House.
Such an agreement, says these men.
will mean an immense increase in the
output of bituminous coal.
Addressing a political meeting in
Bristol, England, Fir. Birrell. chief
secretary for Ireland. expressed the
belief that President Taft in his in
augural address pronounced the doom
of the hope of the disarmament of ma
tons. There was an universal feel
ing abroad in which the United States
now joined, Mr.. Birrell said, for in
creased armaments.