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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-08-27
CAR HITS CARRIAGE.
Police Say Auto Which Hurt Won
an Belonged to New Workers.

Utica, N. Y, Aug 20 Mrs. Freder-
lex Matthews, of Wilkes Barre, Penn,
visiting relatives in Marcy, was injured
and narrowly escaped death in col
lison with an automobile on the State
Road, between this city and Rome,
this afternoon.
Mrs. Matthews was driving to this
city, when an automobile approached,
miles an hour. witnesses say. Her
horse became frightened and practically
manageable but she succeeded in
turning the animal so as to avoid a
head-on collision. AS it was, the auto
mobile struck the rear of the carriage
and smashed it, injuring Mrs. Mat
thews. The driver of the automobile
did not slacken his pace.
Mrs. Matthews was assisted to a
house in a neighborhood, where she in
formed the authorities by telephone and
the police at Rome were ordered to ar
rest the speeders. Mrs. Matthews in
juries are not thought to be serious. A
dispatch from Rome says that the police
there were unable tointercept the auto
mobile and that word had been sent to
Syracuse to arrest the occupants there.
The Rome police say that the machine
was occupied by William Jones and R..
A. Root of New York, who are making
an endurance run of 1000 miles from
New York to Ell Paso, Tex, expecting
to cover the distance in two weeks. -
Mau, Xn,.ly Tr;b,,aa
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-08-27
ORWELL.

The. county fair at Middlebury this
weeK win call out more of our people
than ever before attended any fair, and
good string of horses have gone up.
S. l.. Stevens is entertaining his daugh-
ter and family of Station Island, N, Y.
Rev. MIR. Long preached last Sunday
and those who did not hear him should
do so the coming two Sundays.
Judge Branch left on Tuesday to take
up his duties at our county fair at Mid
dlebury.
Miss Emma Bruce of Burlington is at
+. NJ. Bottnm's.
The county fair held by the ladies at
Orwell last Friday was full success
and they took in $l12. The Log Cabin,
containing John and Pricilla Adams, a
boat with the Gold Dust Twins, and the
Mounted Female Band, The Old Women
of the Shoe, were wortnS OF city par
ade, and a good ball game between the
fat and lean, after II innings, resulted in
favor of the fat by one run.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-08-27
THREE KILLED.
Car Leaves Course on lndisnspo-
lis Speedway and Crushes Me-
cnsnician and 2 Spectators.


cnanieisn and 2 Spectators.
indianapolis, Ind, Aug. q. During
the running of the 300-mile race at the
Motor Speedway this afternoon three
persons lost their lives and two others
were so badly injured the chances of re-
covery are so slim as to be almost hope
less, when a National ear crashed
through fence and ploughed through
throng of spectators.
The dead are:
Kellum, Claude, mechanician of Ma
tional car, who lived at Kokomo.
Logan, Benjamin, of this city.
Jolleffs, John, of Trafalgar, this state.
The injured are Henry Tompkins and
Henry Tapping of this city and Bruce
Keene, driver of Marmon car
Today's accident brings the total num-
Der of deaths incident to the inaugural
meeting at the Speedway up to seven.
The others killed either on the track
or upon their way to it We're:
William A. Bour9ue and Harry Hol-
combe of the Knox racing team, who
lost their lives in the Pres-o-lite race on
Thursday.
Cliff Literal, a mechanician, struck
by car on his way to the speedway
on Wednesday.
Elmer Champion, six years old, run
over by an automobile which was carry
ing party to the races.
Merz was driving the National car,
with Kellum as his mechanician, and
was coming around the course at ter
rife speed when the tire on the right
front wheel of his machine blew out.
At the same instant the machine ran
upon the bridge that spans a small
stream across the track, went into the
air, bounded through the fence into the
crowd of spectators, and turned over,
pinning Merz underneath. Kellum was
hurled with terrific force against the
fence as the machine struck it. His
head hit a post, and he fell among the
panic-stricken men, women and child
rem, unconscious. When picked up and
hurried to the Emergency Hospital,
Kellum was in a dying condition, and,
though efforts were made to restore
him to consciousness, he died an hour
after the accident.
Logan and toilette We're both caught by
the machine as it plunged into the fence
and were terribly bruised and acerated.
They were spectators and had been
warned several times by the police not
to crowd against the fence, but as the
machine started toward them they were
directly in its path and the dense crowd
back and around them prevented them
from getting out of the way.
A second accident that resulted in the
wrecking of the Marmon car driven by
Bruce Keene caused the American Au-
short the programme and meeting.
The Marmon car ran into the side of
the Overhold bridge opposite the bleach
ers. The car was put out of commits
sion, but was not badly wrecked
Keene was badly cut about the head,
but is thought to not be fatally hurt.
Immediately after the second acct
dent the race was called off 1t was
! evident that many of the drivers and
mechanicians were completely exhaust
ed by the strain of the day, and the
managers, after consultation, thought
that there would be increasing danger
if the races We're continued to the close
New York Times.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-08-27
FRIDAY. AUGUST ~, 1909.
The Automobile Peril.

In the matter of the way in which
automobiles are operated at the present
time there should be no mincing of
words. The vehicle has become pub
lie nuisance as well as peril to human
life and limb. 1t might fill useful
place in our economy. There can be no
doubt that it has come to stay. But
until it is handled under certain re-
straints, it will be as unsafe as a road
roller running wild.
There are a number of objections
against the present use of the auto
mobile which can not be disputed.
First, it is often operated by irrespon-
sible parties. Second, it has made our
country roads so disagreeable that Pc
destrians can secure no degree of com
fort because of clouds of dust. Third,
il has made the driving of horses peril
GUS in the extreme. Fourth, it Injuries
the improved highways. Fifth, the
odor of gasoline is as disagreeable as
the effluvia of garbage can which
receives little or no attention. Sixth,
immunity from punishment for speed
madness is increasing contempt for the
law.
A recent dispatch from Chicago de-
clared that automobiles have killed
ffty-one people and injured LOIS with
in the limits of the big city during the
given out by officials at the bureau Of
police. If all the cities in the United
States should publish reports similar to
that sent out by Chicago, the public
would be appalled, by the total of IA
talities due to recklessness or ineffi-
cheney in the operation of the horseless
carriage.
Residents of the rural districts are
greater sufferers from the reckless
operation of automobiles than urban
folk. This is due to the fact that the
long stretches of good roads tempt to
high speed. Even in the village streets,
where children are wont to play, ma
chimes with red, black and white ton
neaus cover twenty-five and thirty
miles an hour. With its helpless con-
stabulary, every rural place is at the
mercy of men who run machines which
are more dangerous than the war
chariots which were used by the Britons
during the Roman invasion.
1t is useless to tell certain people
that they should cultivate a regard for
the Golden Rule. There must be laws
for the regulation of every act of reck-
lessness on the part of the chautfeurs
or their employers. When the one who
has been warned subsequently runs
over and kills human being, he should
be compelled to serve the extreme SEN
tence for manslaughter. Be the guide
of the modern juggernaut millionaire OF
man with little money, an exhibition OF
disregard for the rights of the public
should be punished in a stern. manner
Today long suffering nation expects
every public servant to do his duty
without fear or favor. Troy Record.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-08-27
Autos Caused Runaway. Woman
Dead

Baltimore, Aug. 20. - Thrown from
her carriage as her runaway horse,
frightened by two racing automobiles,
dashed down the Reisterstown Road,
Mrs. Charles Hahn, wife of Captain
Hahn, of the Maryland National Guard,
sustained injuries last night from which
she died this morning Mrs. E. b.
Lucket, who was with her at the time
of the accident, escaped injury. New
York Tribune.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-08-27
Decomposed Body Of Vermont
Farmer Found In a Ravine
CLOSE TO HIS own HOME
Nothing Had Been Heard Of Him
Since He Visited a Neighbor More
Than Six Weeks Ago-Discovery
Made by His Two Young sons-Two
Elder Sons In Prison, One Awaiting
Hanging For Murder Of Woman

Townsend, VT. Aug. 25.-The ac-
cidental discovery of the decomposed
body Of George Kent, GO years old,
farmer of this town, by his two young
sons at the bottom of deep and un-
frequented ravine near the Kent
home, was the cause OF an investiga-
ton into the mans death by State At
torney Williams.
On July Kent paid visit TO the
neighboring farm of Herbert Barker
and since leaving Bankers house to
60 home nothing has been heard OF
him until the discovery made by his
two sons
These lads, Bernard, aged IA, and
Perry, aged 10, while playing on the
hillside near their home, clambered
to the top OF the ravine and peered
over The eye of Richard detected
something that looked to him like the
coat his father had worn on the day
he disappeared. The boy made his
way down the gully, followed by his
brother.
The coat was identified by both the
boys as the one their father had worn +,
and pursuing their discoveries further
they discovered the body Of their
father beneath some bushes, badly
decomposed and partly gnawed by
some wild animal.
Mortified at their discovery they
fed hastily to the home of the nearest
selectman and tod of their discovery.
Led by the two lads a party of men
went to the ravine and confirmed the
story of the two boys. The select
men could not account for the pres
ence Of the old man in a place so hard
to get into and unfrequented except
occasionally by venturesome boys.
State Attorney Williams was mott
fed Of the circumstances and he came
here to make personal investigation
Little could be learned from the boys
except that there had been some fric-
ton between the old man and one of
his elder sons. What further in
| formation Williams learned he would
not make public.
Fred Kent, one of George Kent's
sons, who is at present in Jail at New
fanes on the charge of burglary at
| Westminster, will be questioned by
the authorities in the effort to cast
further light upon his fathers death
if possible.
The dead man was the father of Ell
roy Kent, who is in the Windsor Jail
awaiting the death penalty for the
murder Of Della Congdon at Waling
ford. This crime was committed after
Kent had escaped from the state in
| sane asYlMm at MiddleburN. VI.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-08-27

II Appears to Have Taken Pretty Firm
Hold on Cranston Jail

Cranston, X. L., Aug. 24.-Three
guards of the Providence county Jail
here have been taken to the Rhode
Island state hospital. suffering from
typhoid fever, two others are at their
homes with symptoms of the same
disease, while three prisoners are
suspected of being afflicted.
The epidemic follows closely upon
the death three weeks ago of Thomas
Eagan. prisoner in the Jail who de-
veloped typhoid fever soon after en-
tering in July. The authorities are
investigating to determine II possible
the cause OF the spread of the disease.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-08-27
TWO KILLED..
Car Of c. a. Mclean Of Chicago
Hits Telegraph Pole on Road
from Princeton.


New Brunswick, N. j., Aug. 81
Peter Teller, the proprietor of The
Pines. a roadhouse between here and
Metuchen, saw big touring car go
past his place this afternoon at rapid
rate of speed In it besides the negro
chauffeur were two men and four
women, three of them young girls.
Teller peered down the road after the
flying car and was Mortified suddenly to
see it veeryto, one side of the road and
smash into telegraph pole.
Teller waited only long enough to
telephone to Metuchen for all the doc
tors available, and then he set off down
the road with all the men employed
about his place. They found the sew
eral occupants of the car lying on the
ground at various distances from the
broken car. The chauffeur was uncon-
scious and the younger of the two men
was found to have had his neck broken.
He lay fully 100 feet away from the car
and was dead. From one of the young
women who retained consciousness al
though both her arms and legs were
broken. Teller learned that the dead
boy was George A. Mclean, Jr, of
Chicago. His father died later in the
hospital.
THE INJURED.
Mclean, Mrs. George, the boy S
mother.
Mclean, Miss Dorothy, young Nc
Leans sister
Macdonald, Miss Harriet, and
Macdonald, Miss jeanette, of 2S3
Hazel Avenue, Chicago, the last two
sisters and neces of the McLeans.
Physicians found that the elder Nc
Lean was the worst hurt of the survi-
wing members of the party, the physi-
clans agreeing that his back was bro
ken. Mrs. Mclean had been injured
internally, and the younger women all
had broken legs and arms. Miss Jean
cite Macdonald also had a broken rib
AS soon as possible Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Lean, their daughter, and the Misses
Macdonald, with the chauffeur, Scott,
were brought to the hospital here, where
Mr. Mclean died at $50 O'Clock to-
night. The news that her husband and
son had both died was kept from Mrs
Nc. Lean, and her daughter and neices
were likewise kept in ignorance, the
physicians fearing the shock would in
crease the danger of their condition.
1t was learned that Mr.. Mclean, who
was manager of the Marshall Field
department store in Chicago, had come
East with his family partly on a vacation
and partly to make arrangements for
his sons entrance into Princeton Uni
versity this fall.
Scott could not account for the acct
dent. In some way the steering gear
got out of order, and before he could
bring his car to a stop it had shot off
the side of the road and into the pole.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-08-27
BEES GET BUSY IN COURT
Magistrate Casts Dignity to the Winds
and Flees Through Window

Columbus, Ga, Aug. 22.-Justice
Daniels court at Shack was broken
up by swarm of bees being dislodged
from the ceiling.
During argument by an attorney the
bees dropped down and scattered over
the crowd. Almost every person
present was stung.
The magistrate escaped through
window. Several persons were seri-
Ously injured by the bees.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-08-27
Apple crop a Failure

Annapolis, n. s., Aug. 24.-What
was expected to prove a banner apple
crop in the Annapolis valley will not
come up to the forecasts Of the early
summer and in many sections will be
An entire failure.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-08-27
series Of Auto Accidents :

Salem, Mass. Aug. 25.-Florencs
Froton, aged IL, and seven other per-
sons were more or less injured in
three automobile accidents here yes
terday and last night
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-08-27
Shark Devours a Man

Pensacola, Fla, Aug. 23.-When
a fourteen foot shark caught here was
cut open its stomach was found to
contain the backbone. two ribs and
portions of the skull of a man.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-08-27
Hatters' Strike Continues

Newark, N. j., Aug. 22.-Gov-
ernor Fort admits that his efforts to
settle the hatters' strike have failed.
The men have now been out more
than five months.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-08-27
General Booth May Lose sioht

London. Aug. 23.-General William
Booth, COMMUNICATIVE chief OF the
Salvation Army, was operated upon
for septic poisoning of the eye. The
SECTORS are not yet able to say wheth-
tr or not the generals sight will be
saved
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-08-27

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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-23
Spoiled the Performance.

The play was all about horse-a
famous horse. the autobiography of
which is even yet among the best
sellers" and over the sufferings Of
which thousands of readers have
shed tears of sympathy, The four
iegged actor that had been cast for
the part OF the horse was doing its
best, presumably to look pathetic.
With dropping head, it stood on the
stage from time to time switching
its POOR docked tail. One or the two
lCc"ed actors was delivering an i'm
rass.oned and really touching speech,
when the audience suddenly burst
in-o a ht Of prolonged and uncontrolla-
HE laughter.
Tee oration came to sudden stop.
The actor glanced at the horse, then
turned and fed in dismay behind the
scenes,
Black Beauty" was yawning.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-23
ALASKA LONGEST CIVILIZED.
scientist Finds Skeleton Of High Type
Thous lands OF Years Old.

Port Townsend, Wash.-News Is
brought by the United States revenue
cutter Tohama, which reached Puget
Sound after steaming around the
world from Baltimore, that a party of
ethnologists. headed by DR., William
Yochelson. a noted Russian explorer,
encountered at the Island Of Attu, In
the Aleutian Archipelago, has discov.
cred relics and skeletons that would
establish the record of population Of
northwestern North America during
the prehistoric ages.
In statement to Captain Queenan,
Of the Tahoma, DR.. Yochelson told Of
differences from the present cfvliza-
ton on the islands. He said the rel
les uncovered would establish com.
pietely a belief that thousands OF
years ago the highest type OF humani.
ty existing In the new world existed
In the North
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-23
MONEY.MAKERS NOT AL
WAYS lNTEllIGlNT.

People are very apt to imagine tha,
man who has acquired wealth mus.
be a particularly intelligent man
whose advice 1t would be safe to fol-
low on almost any question, but as a
matter of fact there is probably more
practical common sense to be found
among those who have to work bard
and live from hama to mouth than
among those who have plenty o.
money ana nothing to do; for ta-
workers have more conscious neeg W
wisdom and give more thought to I'd
practical problems of life.
Few persons seem to be aware %
the fact that the human brain is u1
simple but a complex instrul
1t possesses many different facu,tt..
but not by any means in the s-4..
proportions or in the same relate.
10 each other in all individuals.
The faculty for acquiring wealth is
Z very convenient one. which most o
us would like to possess in som.
measure at least. but it is far fro ID
being one Of the noblest of man
faculties, and does not indicate great
ness of any kind, although it not IN
commonly enables the man who pgs.
sesses t to attain to much proEi.
nence and perhaps to political a.
social power.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-23
Bloomsbury, Pa.
China'S Ban on Newspapers.

Acting upon the recommended on
OF the foreign board, the Regent
issued mandate last week closing
up two of the ablest Chinese news
papers in Peking, the Kuopac and
the Tatunpac. This action was
taken because the papers published
Government kilograms in which
the Governor of Kirin discussed
Japan's military intentions in con-
nection with the opening of Kirin
Province by the extension OF the
Kirin Railroad and the exploitation
OF the Chinese territory in accord
ance with the terms of the agree
ment recently signed by China and
Japan.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-23
BATHING WITHOUT WATER
= Good Rub and an Air Bath a Sub
stitute for the Tub.

The conditions and conventions OF
our civilization demand frequent bath.
ing. 1t is popularity supposed that this
frequent bathing is essential to health.
This is quite untrue" says the
Medical Journal. We have seen fine
and vigorous men among the habi.
:ants Of Canada who had never taken
a full bath in their lives. Were the
truth known many thousand Of our
fellow citizens probably know moth.
ing Of the alleged benefits Of the tub,
though maintaining excellent average
health.
such people do not present the
fresh and pleasing appearance Of the
frequent bather. however long lived
tie- may be. Is not, however, much
Of the benefit attributed to the water
in reality due to the complete expos
ure OF the skin to the air?
The respiratory function Of the
skin is Of high Importance. and al.
tough water may be dispensed with
closing the pores to air would result
in speedy ssphyxiation. The historic
Instance Of the boy who impersonated
John the Baptist in a medieval pro-
cession, and whose body was covered
with gold leaf with rapidly fatal re-
suits is proof.
The ice cold bath is a superstition;
il is a pastime for the abHormally
vigorous; not desirable for the aver.
age civilized man. A bath not too cold
is really an agreeable stimulant as
well as being a luxury. The feeling
ot well being after a bath can hardly
be obtained in any other way. and
the rapid multiplication Of tubs in
hotels and private residences, soon TO
approach one OF the individual, shows
low they are appreciated.
Unhappy persons, however, whose
travels in the provinces or into the
io.e-r may temporarily deprive them
&C sufficient water for bathing may
find substitute that will at least af.
ford o part Of their accustomed en-
joyEent. The body may be emerge
ticaliy rubbed with brush or coarse
Turkish towel and afterward exposed
20 the air for fifteen minutes or so.
The accustomed feeling Of vigor will
follow and the process will be found
by the un!nitiated TO be astonishing.
ly cleansing"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-23
THE FACTS IN
"RACE.SUlcIDEn

The birth-rate in the Unite States
In the days Of its Anglo-Saxon youth
was one Of the highest in the world
The best OF authority traces the begin.
ming Of its decline to the FIRST appear
ance about 1850 OF immigration on a
large scale. Our great philosopher.
Benjamin Franklin, estimated six
children to a normal American fam.
lily in his day. The average at the
present time is slightly above two. For
1900 1t is calculated that there are
only about three fourths as many chill.
dren to potential mothers in America
as there were forty years ago. Were
the old rate of the middle OF the cen.
tury sustained, there would be III.
teen thousand more births yearly in
the state of Massachusetts, than now
occur. In the course of a century the
proportion Of our entire population
consisting Of children under the age
Of ten has fallen from one-third to one
quarter. This, tor the whole United
States, IL equivalent to the loss OF
about seven million children. So
alarming has this phenomenon OF the
falling birth-rate become in the Aus.
tralian colonies that, in New South
Wales, r special government commits
sion has yoluminously reported upon
the subject 1t is estimated that there
has been 2 decline OF about one.third
in the fruitfulness OF the people in
fifteen years. New Zealand even
complains of the ack OF children to
fill her schools. The facts concern.
ing the stagnation, nay even the re.
trogressicn Of the population of
France, are too we'll known to need
description.