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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-09

The upshot of the whole affair has
been striking and contained dash Of
the dramatic. There was wide
spread protest against the new code
when it was first reported Contract
ofs said IL was tyrannical and UNI
fair and favored certain concerns at
the expense Of others Mayor McClel-
Ian had not looked Into it, supposing
that it would go ever till fall In
this belief he went Oh his summer va
cation in the Adirondacks. 1t was at
this point that those behind the build
ing code got busy. The bin was
crowded through the board Of alder
men by q close vote and went to the
acting mayor. MCGOWAN, for his sig
nature. the law providing that 10 the
absence from the city Of the mayor
the president Of the board Of aldermen
shall become acting mayor McGewan
ordered a public hearing on the meas
ure for certain future day. The day
arrived, but MCGOWAN did not con
duct the hearing. Something else ar
rived at the same time. that some
thing else being the actual mayor,
George X. Mcclellan. Acting Mayor
MCGOWAN did not even attend the
hearing be himself had called
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-09

How many times a day do you com.
mendg How many times during day
DO you hnd fauItF--Atchisop Globe.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-09

TO return to sachem Cohalan. While
the paper head Of Tammany is over
Swallowed by the real head, he IL still
good sized proposition Ia the SO
ciety. Everybody knows that Cochran
was a big noise. Well. Cohalan is not
40 much Of an elocutionist as Cochran,
but he Is big enough to have bis
brother John the surrogate Of New
York county and to be himself very
much in evidence In the framing Of
nominations and other states. Dan
Cohalan is the large push behind the
new building code-or, rather, was. for
the code is now very much dead.
Cohalan appeared to argue Ia person
for the hollow tile proposition.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-09

one building, little figuring wal show
how many millions might be involved
In single innocent looking item like
this ia a city the size Of New York.
Now, it is more than suspected that
there was just this sort Of an African
concealed in this particular building
code wood pile. Enter az this point
Daniel H. CoLaIan, who succeeded Mr..
William Bourke Cochran as sachem
Of Tammany. Cohalan is not as much
Of wordoiogiat as Cochran, but prob
ably knows more. Cockran's prorun-
dity is mostly in bis voice Cohalan IL
something Of an orator himself, but
is also canny and a politician and can
think as well as declaim. The sachem
Is the titnlar head Of Tammany Hall.
Croker was and Murphy IS only chair.
man Of the finance committee. The
fact that this comparatively minor
post carries with 1t the boss-ship Of
the organization and makes its possess
or the II Of New York politics
shows Just how important money is in
the eyes Of Tammany politicians.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-14
NAMED FOR PLACE
ON PARTY TICKET
Michael Merigan Endorsed by
Independent Republicans as
Candidate for Supervisor

Michael Merigan. indorsed for re-
publican nomination for supervisor by
the conference of independent repub-
lican clubs, has been a resident of Cali
fornia for more than 80 years. He has
lived in San Francisco for 1s years.
He has been connected. with civic move
ments ever since he came to California
and while a resident of southern Cali
fornia was actively interested in poll
tics. He is engaged in the wall paper
and paint business. Merigan was one
of the mot active members of the Nc
Farland grand jury.
Merigans picture was published by
The Call yesterday with those of his
associates on the supervisoriaI ticket
indorsed by the independent repub-
licans. An error resulted in Merigan' S
picture being labeled with another
name-"E. Salmon.
No person named Salmon has been
indorsed for supervisor by any re-
publican organization. Merigan's pic
ture, which appeared yesterday over
the name of Salmon, is reproduced
herewith.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-14
DETECTIVES FAIL
TO UNFARTH HAYS
Banker Remains in Hiding,
Not Being Able to Secure
Necessary Bondsmen
Attorney Processes to Have
Found Fatal Error in the
New Banking Law

William C. Hays, former vice presi-
dent and manager of the Union state
bank and the State savings and com
merciaI bank, for whom a warrant
charging felony was issued by Police
Judge Shortan Thursday afternoon.
succeeded yesterday in eluding the de-
tectives detailed to bring him to the
city prison.
All day yesterday Detectives Taylor
and McPhee searched the French res
taurants mad lodging houses in an eff
fort to locate the banker"
Hays wife, Mrs. Grace Hays. spent
several hours of the morning and aft
ernoon searching for bondsmen. but
up to a late hour had not been sue
cessful.
Hays telephoned to his wife early in
the afternoon and requested that she
search for bondsmen, giving her at the
time the names of several people who
might go on the bond. She called on
all those that were mentioned by Hays,
but received no encourag cement 1t was
reported that Mrs. Hays and Hays at
torney. J. II. Jordan, had secured one
bondsman Thursday night at the time
the warrant was issued and would have
secured the other yesterday morning,
but Hays refusal to give himself up
had frightened the second surety.
Jordan claimed to have found de-
feet in the section of the new banking
law under which Hays was charged
yesterday, and said that as soon as
Hays had procured his bondsmen or
had secured the required amount of
cash bail, $1,000, he would take the
matter to the supreme court on a writ
of habeas corpus.
Jordan maintains that the section
through one -"and"-makes it
compulsory that a man charged with
the violation of the section shall have
been charged not only with overdraw-
ing his account, but of asking for a
commission for permitting any deposit
tor of the bank to overdraw his ac-
count
superintendent of Banks Anderson
maintains that Jordon's theory is
wrong and says that he has had the
law gone over by eminent authorities.
cellent.
The section under which the warrant
was issued is as follows:
Any officer, director, agent, teller.
clerk or empl0ye of any bank who
either,
First-knowingly overdraws his ac-
count with such bank, and thereby OBJ
tains the money, notes or funds of any
such bank; and
SecOnd-Asks or receives consents
or agrees to receive any commissions.
emOIumenf, Gratuity reward, or any
money, property or thing of value or
of personal advantage, for procuring
or sendeayOring to procure for any per-
son, firm corporation any loan from,
or the purchase discount of any
paper, note, draft, cheek or bill of ex-
change. by such bank, or for permit
ting any person, firm or corporation to
oyerdraw any account with such bank,
is guilty of a felony.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-14

your consideration the following brief statement
Of his business and political career since he came
TO San Francisco:
He came 10 san Francisco from New York in
IS7c. and has resided here continuously ever
since. Between 1876 and 1880 he was engaged
in the grocery business; since 1880 he has been
continuously in the tea and coffee business sell
ing 10 the trade representative Of Leege q
Haskns. tea and coffee merchants.
Since becoming q voter he has always affiliated
with the republican party and has been an active
worker in its ranks He was elected as super
visor OF the city and county OF san Francisco
in 1901. During his term Of office he took an
active part in all matters coming before that
body pertaining 10 public, permanent improve
ments and other measures which We're Of vital
Importance 70 the general public The people
showed their appreciation of his course as super
visor in re-electing him by very large majority.
The undersigned bases his candidacy on this
platform:
honestly and economically in the interest of the
public. He win require Of each and every one
Of his assistants two things:
That they perform their duties fully. faith
fully and promptly; and that they treat all per
sons having business with the Office courteously
and impartially.
Remember that there has not been and viii
not he anv convention nominate republican
candidates to be voted for at the general election
in November. There have been some gatherings
Of republicans to suggest candidates to the vot-
ers Of the party. Those gatherings have. how
ever been purely voluntary and without any
official standing under the law The voters Of
the party will name their own candidates d-
rectlv at the primary. Tuesday, August ID.
Remember the date and do not fail to vote
With the aboFe brief statement Of his career
and purposes he cheerfully submits his hopes TO
your verdict. Yours respectfully,
FREDERICK EGGERS.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-14
CANADIAN STRIKERS ARE
COWED WITH BAYONETS
Soldiers Protect Railroad Dock
and Imported Workmen

FORT WILLIAM. Ont, Aug. 13-The
sight of bayonets and men loading
leaders of the Canadian Pacific dock
strike today. Colonel Steele followed
up his advantage by taking vigorous
steps toward disarming the strikers
Three hundred soldiers patrol the
streets in the dock district tonight to
prevent any outbreak, as it is known
that the strikers have hundreds of
weapons hidden away.
Under the escort of soldiers the first
strike breakers arrived today. They
were hundred French Canadians. well
equipped for muscular work and for
fight if necessary.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-14
BELIEVES LOGAN DID
NOT FALL TO DEATH
Uncle Of Missing Student Says
Youth Left Yosemite
With Tramps
CIews Point TO Conclusion That
st. Matthews Athlete Has
Become Vagrant
[SpeeiaI Dspeteh 70 The call


YOSEMITE, Aug. 13-That Horace 4
Logan. the young ST. Matthews school
athlete who dropped out of sight at
Glacier point last Friday. did not fall
over the precipiee to an awful death
but chose rather to conceal his depar-
ture from his friends and slipped out
on the highway to wawona in company
with a band of tramps is the latest
theory of the young mans mysterious
disappearance.
And it is one propounded by none
else than the lads uncle, NJ B. Rose
krans, who has been here for the last
few days Investigating the strange
case, offering rewards for the discovery
of the youth, dead or alive, and lead
ing searching parties in fruitless eX-
piOrations of the cliffs below Glacier
point.
Young Logan. it has been learned.
entered the valley with tramps as his
companions. His movements were Pc
culiar. and his manner was strange.
He appeared to be travelling alone. and
it was not supposed that he had any
comrades ready TO join him in his wan
derings through the valley But word
has just come TO Major W. w. Forsyth
that several parties travelling from Wa
wona last week remember seeing four
tramps walking toward the big trees,
accompanied by a lad who, strange
enough, wore handkerchief over his
head instead of hat Logan. IL will
be remembered lost his hat over the
Glacier point cliff. and it was discov-
cred in a rill below the overhanging
rock Monday. three days after he had
dropped from sight.
Rosekrans. the boys uncle, believes
that this and other accompanying cIews
point to the theory that young Logan
has deliberately chosen for the time
being tramp's life.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-14
% TIE REPUBLIcAN VOTER.

Doar Sir. a primary election IS 20 be held in
So, Frsncisco Oh Tuesday, August II 1909 This
e-r,-ion Is 10 be held under the provisions Of
f,o firecf urinary law, passed by the state leg
iSlr. : 81 it's last session It differs from any
l,rirsrr election hitherto held in this city. At
former primaries voters elected delegates to con
S.+es ~ be voted for At the general elections
,rio direct primary law eliminates all nominat-
ing conventions. At the primary election the
--rr.-s n tia various parties viii directly nomi-
na-e .beir own candidates BY this law the
,-o.ars have been given more power than ther
,.r.~ lad hpforc and. likewise they ought 10
frei more than ever that ii IS their duty 10 take
=, interest Ia and vote AZ the primary.
me Undersigned has complied with the neces-
err-r roouiromeufs 10 have his name on the reDnb-
7icsu ballot and give republican voters an op-
r,o~frrffv 10 make him their candidate for the
Office 0f sheriff. Af f plranf Tor such n0nii-
ration he rosDectfs -or ss leave to nrosent fo-
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-14
EGGERs' APPEAL TO VOTERS

The mails were flooded yesterday
with the following letter signed by Egg
gers. explaining the primary law and
Identifying the man who for many
years mas been Eggers' ideal candidate
for sheriff.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-14
HISTORIC COURTHOUSE
is DESTROYED BY FIRE
Place Where Mrs. Stoves Uncle
Tom Was Sold

LEXINGTON. Ky. Aug. 13.-The
courthouse at Washington. Mason
county, in which Uncle Tom of Uncle
Toms Cabin fame was sold, was
struck by lightning and destroyed to-
day The building was erected in 1874.
1t was the sale of the aged negro at
this place that gave Harriet Beecher
Stowe the basis for her story.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-14
COAST SHIPPERS FAVOR
LANES REINFORCEMENT
Interstate Commerce Commits
Sioner Supported in Seattle
Especial Dispatch TO The Call


SEATTLE. Aug. 13-The trustees OF
the Pacific Coast shippers association
today passed a resolution urging that
Franklin K. Lane, member ofthe In
terstate commerce commission. whose
term expires next January, be reap
pointed. The trustees will ask Wash
ington's congressional delegation to
work for Lanes reappOintment.
A resolution was also passed in sup
port of the request of the Interstate
commerce commission. asking for a
sufficient appropriation to make val
uatiOn of all the railroads in the
United States.
The trustees, who have worked with
other lumber associations on the coast
for a system of coast weights on all
lumber shipments. took steps toward
making an arrangement with the rail-
roads whereby cars may be reweighed
in transit.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-14

ALLEGED FoRGERs HELD-Los Angeles
Aug IA E. Warrington and W. c. Carpen-
ter charged jointly with forging a mortgage
were held 10 answer TO the superior court today
by Justice Summerfeld. Their bonds were fixed
at s5 600 each
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-11-14
: Famous Temperance Advocates


abstinence, and among those who think
like Gen. Frederick D. Grant are
Field Marshal Lord Wolseley, Field
Marshal Lord Kitchener, and most of
the generals who have served under the
latter in Egypt, in South Africa and in
India, Admiral Lord Charles Beresford,
and many another military and naval
commander of equal note and standing.
Wolseley has long been an enthusi-
asst on the subject. and during his term
of office as commander in chief of the
British army, in succession to the late
Duke of Cambridge, he inaugurated a
series of careful and exhaustive expert
ments, with the object of ascertaining
the comparative effects of alcohol and
of total abstinence upon the physical en-
duranee and the staying qualities of the
troops. Advantage was taken of the
annual maneuvers, as well as of those
petty wars of which England has al
ways a few on hand in one part or an
other of the world, to investigate care
fully the problem. One regiment would
be deprived of every drop of stimulant;
another, belonging to the same brigade,
would be allowed to purchase, as usual,
its malt liquors at the canteen, while
a third, probably Highland corps,
would receive sailor s ration of grog,
in the form of Scotch whisky. In each
instance the experiment went to show
that whereas at first the corps which
had received an allowance of grog sur
passed the others in dash and impet-
uosity of attack. yet that after the
third or fourth day its members began
to show notable signs of lassitude and
a lack of spirit and endurance. The
same manifestations, though IN minor
degree, were observed in the regiment
restricted to malt liquors; whereas the
men who had been kept from every
sort of stimulant increased in staying
power, alertness and vigor every day.
No Liquor on March to Khartoum.
It was as the result of these expert
ments that when Lord Kitchener or
ganized his Anglo-Egyptian force for
the final march upon Khartoum for the
reconquest of the Soudan and the de-
struction of the Mahdi, he declined to
allow a single drop of stimulant in his
army. save for hospital use. Spirits,
wine and malt liquors were barred from
the officers mess table, as well as from
the regimental canreen. and from the
l. IN % n r11r mn hnUS
camp followers liquid refreshments were
restricted tc tea and oatmeal water.
When one remembers how devoted the
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the accomplishment of that object are
premature, and that there is little like.
lihood of the Society of Friends agree
ing to any such proposal. But the re-
quest has been made, and will doubt
less be made again, so that it behooyes
all lovers of this notable shrine to be
watehfui.
Mr.. Edward Marsh of Luton, who is
one of the Friends closely associated
with the maintenance of Jordans, in
formed our contemporary that there were
certain negotiations pending in 1881
between a commissioner appointed by
the commonwealth of Pennsylvania and
the trustees of Jordans Meeting House
and Burial Ground with reference to
the proposal to remove the bones of
William Penn to Philadelphia. These
negotiations came to an end, and they
have never been resumed. the senti-
ment of the official custodians of J0r-
dams being now, if possible, more COM
pletely opposed to any disturbance OF
human remains than it was twenty
eight years ago
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gagement. Indeed, the one object of the
officers is to keep their men calm, cool
collected and free from excitement, so
that they may reserve their fire for the
proper moment and then shoot to hit.
But this becomes matter of difficulty
when the soldiers have been wrought up
by even ever so small a draft of what
is known as "Dutch courage The
spectacle of bloodshed and the noise
and din of BATTLE are quite sufficient in
themselves not only to produce excite
ment, but also to arouse all the latent
disposition to savagery that turks in
every human breast. This being the
case, is it wise or polite to still further
inflame the passions and to lessen the
restrictions of civilization by the use
of stimulants2 If there is one class of
people more than any other among
whom abstinence ought to be encourage
it is the troops, and on account of the
surprising value of this rule in the mat
ter of increasing their efficiency it
should be vigorously enforced in times
of war.
1t is not only in war on land that
abstinence plays a role, but also in
war at sea. Although the British Ad
miraty has not yet followed the ex
ample of the United States, which has
long since abandoned the daily ration of
grog to the men of its navy, yet the
commanders of all British men-ofwar
in commission have instructions that in
lien Of the double rations of spirits
formerly served out TO the crews when
going into action not a drop of alcoholic
liquor no matter whether spirit. wine
or malt is to be allowed among officers
orr men when there is any fighting to
be done. IN order TO stake the tn rst
engendered by the heat, exertion and
smoke inseparable from a naval combat.
supplies Of oatmeal and water for drink
ing are arranged all over the ship.
This is. Of course. very radical de.
parture from the former practise. but
If is q step which has been rendered i'm,
peratiye by the extreme importance of
sighting, with the utmost degree Of ex-
actitude. the guns upon he precision Of
which the success Of every action at sea
nowadays depends. In naval engage
merits ere is little boarding 20 be done
In these times Of ironclad warfare
Vessels are no longer armed with tier
upon tier Of small guns. some Of the
of the early Victorian era
having over hundred of them. Modern
and cruisers are equipped
with gigantic pieces, relatively few in
number. but carrying projectiles Of
colossal weight over a range Of several
miles. It is no longer necessary to pep
Der the hull of a man-of-war full Of
small cannon ball holes in order to sink
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Three Leaders In Gunnery.

Today three maritime powers surpass
all others in the matter of naval gun
merry, namely, Great Britain, the United
States and Japan. Lord Charles Beres-
ford, who for years has been a total
abstainer, like Gen. Frederick d.
Grant, not as matter of principle,
but by way of. affording an example
to the men under him when in command
of the Mediterranean and home fleets.
in a conversation with ME the other
day before sailing for England, laid
stress on the fact that his prize gunnefs
were men who did not drink and who
were, therefore, able to shoot with more
precision than any one whose pulse is
in the least bit quickened by a stimu-
liant. Under the circumstances, may we
not assume that the superiority of Eng
lisn, American and japanese naval gun
merry is attributed to total abstinence,
encouraged or enforceds
The modern warship is the most
complicated piece Of machinery in ex-
istenee. Everything practically is done
by electricity. The coming tower, or
the cabin from which the commander
directs every movement of his ship, has
its walls literally covered with electric
push buttons and small levers. There
are hundreds of them. 1t is necessary
that every faculty of the human brain
should be keenly alert and sharpened to
the finest point, in order to know just
what button or lever to touch in a
moment of emergency. since the slight.
est mistake might result in an appalling
catastrophe, with the destruction of the
lives Of all the crew of six hundred or
eight hundred men. The responsibility
is overwhelming. It is not only one Is
own career and ones life that
are in the balance, but also the
fate of the ship. representing a cost
perhaps of $10,000,000, and the exist
board. Men who have to shoulder this
burden do not dare to drink; the risk
is too appalling. That is why inebriety,
formerly treated with relative indul-
,, gence, is now punished with such great
severity in the American and English
navies. and why drinking has gone out
of fashion among naval men. No one
feels more strongly about the import
ance of abstinence. both in the navy
and army, than Edward VII. who,
aware that in accordance with old
tradition and custom the health of the
sovereign is drunk each evening at the
officers mess, both on land and at sea,
and that any failure to honor it in
wine or spirits was regarded as SAVIOR
ing of disloyalty, caused some time ago
a general order to be issued that he did
not consider wine or spirits as indis-
pensable to this toast and that from
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PENN'S BURIAL PLACE.

Westminster Gazette.--For some time
post there has been movement in the
United States for obtaining the per-
mission of the English government to
transfer the remains of William Penn
from the little burial ground at Jor-
dams, Chalfont st. Peter, Buckingham.
shire, to America, but the Middlesex
and Buckingham Advertiser is in s
position to state that any fears as to
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powers are strenuously endeavoring to
foster temperance, not so much as a
matter of principle as for the reason of
the degree to which it increases and
promotes the efficiency of the men sub
ject TO their control. In these days of
modern warfare and of arms of pre-
cision. it is no longer ferceness, fury
and reckless dash that are required of
soldiers and of sailors, but calmness,
colleetedness, the exercise of every
intellectual faculty and endurance.
These are impaired by the use of in
toxicating liquors, but promoted by