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Evening journal., 1909-07-16
Cases in city Court.

AS the result Of a quarrel and a
hair-pulling match at No. 235 Tatnall
street yesterday. Helen Gordon and
Grace Wilson, both colored, were fined
IS and costs in City Court this morn
ing on the charge of disorderly conduct.
Charged with reckless driving. Benja-
min Hinson, colored. was fined 81 and
costs. II was charged that he ran into
a Peoples line car at Fourth and Pop
lar streets on Wednesday. while the
reins were out OF his hands.
Evening journal., 1909-07-16
GETTING GIFT
BIDS IN SHAPE

The special committee. which win
award the contract for the silver SER
vice to be presented to the battleship
Delaware. expects to receive from for
mer Governor Lea this afternoon the
designs and the bids. Mr.. Lea spent
much of the, morning marking the
designs and making duplicate bills
AMI should he finish the work to-day
he VIII at once turn over all the prop
erty TO the committee. Josiah Marvel.
Vice-chairman of the committee, said
this morning that the committee would
likely meet next week 10 award the
contract
The committee has i'm 'hand nearly
$1,000 Of the amount necessary 70 pur-
chase the service.
Evening journal., 1909-07-16
Farlex 10 he . Cardinal.

ROME. July 16.-The Tribuna de-
clares there are persistent rumors
around the Vatican that Archbishop
Farley OF New York will be elevated
to a cardinalate at tho November con-
sistory. despite the reported declara-
tion OF the Pope that he did not in
tend TO make another American car
dinal until the death of James. Cardinal
Gibbons
Evening journal., 1909-07-16
Pronoses Tax on Pistols.

WASHINGTON. July ia bill in
troduced in the House by Sisson (Dem-
ocrat. MississippD, provides tax Of
81 each, and % per cent. ad valorem
on every deadly weapon offered for sale
in the United States. and a tax OF one
tenth to one-ffth cent according to
the size on each cartridge.
Evening journal., 1909-07-16
cIaumont visitor from West.

William S. Sloan of Eldorado, Ar
kansas. is visiting Claymont as a gues,
OF his old friend and chum, School
Commissioner w. l.. Habbart. and will
remain several days. lie left Claymont
10 years ago. and has Travelled exten-
sively in the South. having lived sew
cral years in Louisiana.
Evening journal., 1909-07-16
Mr. MIII.r Nom a. Homo.

Suffering with paralytic stroke
several days ago while visiting in Ber-
lin. Md, Harry A. Miller, the we'll
known plumbing contractor. was re-
moved to his home Yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. Mniers condition r. rapidly im-
proving and It IS thought that he viii
be about in a few days
Evening journal., 1909-07-16
WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, July 16.-The North
western storm area moved to Eastern
Ontario from Lake Superior in the last
"a hours.
The indications are that there will be
SC altered showers this afternoon in the
Middle Atlantic States, followed by
partly cloudy and slightly cooler to-
niqht, and fair weather Saturday.
Forecast till p. m. Saturday:
For Delaware Partly cloudy and
somewhat cooler tonight. Saturday
fair; light to moderate westerly winds.
Evening journal., 1909-07-16
strioken In the Park.

Stricken with heart trouble while on
duty. William p. Kane. special Off
Ger at Brandywine Springs Park. was
removed to this city on car and then
taken TO his home at No. 402 East
Sixth street in the Phoenix ambulance.
Evening journal., 1909-07-16
DIED in Trenton.

Miss Elizabeth Henderson. head nurse
Lewis Thompson. a well-known resident
Of this city. died in Trenton on We'd
nesday. The funeral will take place
on Saturday. Services will be held at
Etlkon, Md.
Evening journal., 1909-07-16
spoke of Work ln chlna.

Mrs. Carrie Judd Montgomery Of
Oakland. California. made. an address
last evening at the Christian and Mis-
sionary Alliance, 5O4 West Fifth street.
Mrs. Montgomery has recently returned
from = visit to mission stations in
South China and India.
Evening journal., 1909-07-16
Rids For New Houses.

Architect Newton II. Cloud is taking
bids on four brick residences to be
erected on Edge Moor avenue at River
view Heights. These homes will con-
sist of seven rooms besides fine re-
ception hall. bath room. pantry and
laundry. and will be up-to-date in
every particular
Evening journal., 1909-07-16
Rin EanIa Eor the Zoo.

Joseph Zimmerman. Of Fourth and
Tatnall streets. presented 10 the Will
mington Free Zoo this morning. a N'r-
ginian gray eagle The bird is tie
largest one ever seen in this city II
measures seven feet from tip to tip Of
wing
Evening journal., 1909-07-16
rn Aavs a lawn Party.

A lawn party. under the auspices of
the National Protective Association,
will be given this evening on the lawn
at John Sheldon's residence, Red Oak
Road and Benson street. opposite Rock
ford Park
Evening journal., 1909-07-16
Home From Water Can.

J. Frank Ball has been spending sew
eral days at Delaware Water Gap. Mr..
Ball reports that forest fire threatened
the hotels OF the district on Wednes-
day.
Evening journal., 1909-07-16
serviees At rempIe Of Truth.

At the Temple Of Truth services
will be held this evening at 7.45 o'clock.
The Rev. George Benedict will speak
on prejudice"
Evening journal., 1909-07-16

Advertising Is Nothing More
Than An Invitation, Saying,
We Need You; You Us.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-28

to soon or the chauffeur of big three
seated touring car just behind them did
not stop soon enough. There was a
bump. The tall lamp on the Hanan car
was shattered. The last flicker of its
flame ignited fountain of gasoline that
burst from puncture in the end of the
tank.
The car that did the damage had no
passengers, In the confusion the chauf-
feur backed his machine out Of the crush
and drove up Broadway, but not until a
policeman had read the number, 3l,3l3,
The machine was later identified as be-
longing to the Spring Automobile Com
pany, with garage in Sixty-second
street, near Broadway. The chauffeur
gave his name as James French. He
denied that he was careless or in any
way responsible for the accident.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-28
HOW THE AUTOS WORKED
BY Frank S. Billings, NJ. d.
WHAT i PROGRESS:

There Is but one practicable way to
control the speed of automobiles on the
public ways. and that way is
TO REGULATE THE MACHINE
10y law and not attempt the impossible
task of regulating the brains of the
speed-crazy automobiist. No machine
should be registered by the authorities
with speed possibilities exceeding the
maximum limit fixed by law. Any
infringement of the law, by any hocus-
pocus of machine regulation should be
followed by forfeiture Of the license for
the first offense, and of the machine for
the second, said machine to be sold for
old junk. If the autOmobilist is to be
made to respect the law, he must be
made to fear it, Drastic penalties should
be provided for all local authorities who
failed to execute the law. All fines for
overspeeding should be abolished. The
proposition to place the whole automo-
bile business in the hands of the State
Highway Commissions which shall sign
board all the roads in the State and diff
ferent parts of the road, indicating the
speed permitted, as well as police all
those roads, is beyond the limits of pos
sibility unless autos are limited to few
selected roads. 1t would require police
force far exceeding the State Militia in
number, and increase the state tax to a
degree that would be ruinous to many
towns now struggling with broken finan-
cial back-bones.
The country road question is no very
easy matter to solve unless by one dras-
tic law automobiles are peremptorily
barred from all roads having "A roadbed
less than 20 feet vide. Intelligent and
honest automobiles generally admit
that the average country road is alto
gether too narrow and generally too
crooked for them to use with safety &c
other vehicles, but there comes in the
American idea of liberty, that the roads
are made for all, which causes them C
rebel at any restrictive regulation of the
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-28
THEY SHOULD HAVE POWER TO MAKE
REASONABLE TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Albany, N. Y, May Ex-Governor
Hughes announced today that he had
vetoed the automobile bill, the chief pro-
visions of which were the abolition of
specific speed limitations and annual
registration of the automobiles at in
creased fees. The measure was advoca-
ted by the New York State Automobile
Association and it has been estimated
that if enacted into a law the registra-
ton and license fees imposed would have
yielded an annual revenue of $500, 900
for the repair of improved highways.
While he declared that the revenue
provisions of the bill were important in
view of the large amounts the State is
expending annually on improved high
ways, the governor says the subject of
paramount consideration at this time is
protection to life and limb. He points
out that whatever may be said as to the
wisdom of the rule requiring simply care
and prudent operation of automobiles so
far as the open country is concerned,
large cities should not be deprived of the
right to make reasonable traffic regula-
tons TO ensure the safety and conven-
fence Of the public.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-28
WHITING.

Memorial Day is to be observed in the
schools in town with recitation, songs,
drills etc. The pupils in the village
school will march to the cemetery and
decorate the soldiers graves with flags
and flowers.
Miss Laura Shorkey of Poultney is
spending the week with her parents.
Miss Margaret Walsh visited her peo-
Pile in Hubbardton Saturday and Sun
day.
l.. A. Webster was called to Chicago
Monday. He has accepted position on
the editorial staff of the American Sheep
Breeder published there.
Ralph Peck and Miss Minnie Peck of
Cornwall We're at Owen Peck's Sunday.
Mrs. Chandler johnson, Of sudbury,
visited Mrs. Mary Wooster last week.
Henry Needham and wife of Peterboro,
\. H., are guests of his brother, Frank
Needham.
Tuesday evening, June /, is Patriots
night in the Grange. Everyone is cor
daily invited to be present at the pro
gram.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-28

ding of State after State to the original
United Colonies and star after star to the
American flag, the old thirteen still num-
Der about one-third of the entire S0,000,-
900 people of the Union.
Another third, according to the Bureau
of Statistics of the department of Com
merce and Labor, live in the States Gre
ated from the territory coded to the
common Union by the original States.
This is the region known for half cen
fury as the West, which has always been
a relative term according to the period
in which it was used. The other third
of the population live in what were
originally known as the Louisiana Pur-
chase, the Gadsden Purchase and other
areas added by purchase or annexation.
The center of population, following the
star of empire westward, has passed over
Ohio and now halts in Southern Indiana
1t is interesting to learn from the sta
tistics furnished by the bureau that in
1908 there were still 754, 1896 900 acres of
unappropriated and unreserved land.
OF this nearly one-half is in Alaska, and
its value is yet to be determined. In
Nevada there are 61,177 900 acres of this
unappropriated land, in Montana $685.,
600 acres. in New Mexico A, IT'S, 900 acres,
and AZ, 769, 900 acres are in Arizona.
But these figures are more imposing
on paper than the land will justify as
the possible home of a large population.
By irrigation many thousands of these
acres, now practically desert, will yet
be made fertile; by drying up or drain
ing the immense swamp areas in some of
the older States another large area will
be eventually made available. The day
of "free land" however, in the golden
West. cry once so attractive to the i'm
migrant or to the settler from the older
States, has practically passed, Much OF
the land yet unappropriated may be free
enough, but it will require wealth to
make it productive.
The United States, as far as regards the
opportunities it offers the landless, is at
the close of its first great era. The eras to
come may be better in some respects,
but they will be different There are no
more boundless areas of turtle, we'll
watered soil awaiting the settler. The
day of free land is over
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-28
BEFORE S tation.
lExchange.l

The Pennsylvania sets an example for
all great railroads. 1t will set out this
spring million trees, making a total Of
about three and half millions which
have been planted in the last three years
to provide for some of the company's flu
ture requirements in timber and cross
ties.
OF the trees to be set out this spring,
S93 600 are red oak. 10000 scotch pine,
$4,000 locust, $4,000 hardy catalpa, a.
coo pin oak, 5000 Euporean larch, 5000
chestnut, 1900 yellow poplar, 2 600 black
walnut, and ! eco white pine.
Furthermore the policy Of encourage
ing reforestation on the part of the pub.
lie has been pursued actively this spring
by the railroad company. Some 15l, 600
trees have been furnished practically
at cost, to private corporations and indi.
vidua!s. In addition, 1000 hedge plans
have been supplied to'private individuals,
and 1000 are to be set out to ornament
boundary lines along the company S
right Of way. \ special effort has been
directed this season to growing orna-
mental sErubbery for use on the lawns
around stations and unoccupied spaces
along the roadway. The example of the
big railroad should be followed.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-28
An Indifferent People.
New York World. I

Speaker Cannon says that "of all the
letters on thetaIiH that | receive-and
I get good many-not one in fifty
makes any objection to the Tariff bill as
passed 10y the House or to the amend
ments proposed by the Senate"
The World doe, not doubt the truth of
Mr.. Cannun's statement. Public indifTer-
ence to great questions Of taxation has
become chronic in a country that won
its Independence through revolution
that originated in taxation.
Congress is considering a tariff bill
that will raise $500 COO coo year in rev.
enue, and during its lifetime will prob.
ably take no less than $4,000, goo 600 in
public revenue from the pockets of the
people. The indirect taxation Tor the
profit of protected industries will amount
to more than the public Treasury re-
ceives 1t is safe to say that this bill
means not less than $4,000 COO 600 of
taxation in one form or another. and
yet as Speaker Cannon says, not one
letter in fifty makes any objection to it.
Practically the only organized protest on
the part of consumers was made bv the
clubwomen who objected to the duties
on gloves and stockings. The average
American seems content to let the news
papers fight the battle for the protection
of his pocket.
What is true in the National Govern
nent is true in State and city govern
ment. Gov. Hughes has Just hacked
81 Ass, 600 from the State budget, "a very
respectable sum of money; but we have
vet to hear of any organized protest
against the appropriations of the Legis-
lature. There is more activity in regard
to city taxation, yet the Mcclellan adj
minislratiOn has been allowed to 20 on
increasing expenses until the total ex.
penditures of the city government
amount to about 1925, 10000 a year.
Only recently has any considerable ele-
ment of the voting population come to
appreciate the meaning of such waste
and extravaganza.
There is no more common American
delusion than that somebody else really
pays the taxes and hence there is no
occasion to worry about the cost Of gov
eminent. 1t Is never true that some
body else pays the taxes, and there is no
more demoralizing waste of money than
governmental waste, Even at its best
every dollar that the Government throws
away is a dollar taken from productive
industry. 1t means dollars less work
for labor, a dollar that can no longer
contribute toward the general economic
progress of the nation.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-28
MoNKTON.

Miss Rosa Sorrell died Saturday, MayN
% after few weeks illness, aged 10
" years. The funeral was held at the house
Tuesday at ten o'clock, Rev. Alder
Larzalere officiating. Interment at Fer
rssbafg Center.
Miss Madge Baldwin from Los Angeles.
Cal, is the guest Of her brother. GUY
Baldwin.
DR.. Denton is moving into the house he
recently purchased at the Ridge.
The Willing Workers will meet at Mrs
Frank headers Friday afternoon, Nav
2S.
Mr.. Henry Miles of Boston is the guest
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. \. B. Miles.
Literary meeting at the Grange Friday
night.
Is. w. Bidwell is able to be,out after G
week illness.
Rev, Alder Larzalere preached his
farewell sermon at the Friends church
last Sunday, leaving this week for his
new charge in Poplar Ridge, n. Y.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-28
We Want Your CaIfSkins

Beef Hides, Horse Hides, Sheep Pelts,
Tallow, Bones, etc, and will pay you
outside prices therefor. We pay spot
cash; we pay the freight; we pay full
value. We want to arrange with some
one in every village where we have no
agent, to collect the above named goods
for us and to sell Pages Perfected Poul-
try Food and other poultry supplies.
We furnish money with which to buy
and we keep our buyers thoroughly post
ed at all times as to market values.
Write for full particulars.
CARROLL S. PAGE, Hyde Park, Vt.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-28
FAMILY HURLED FROM CAR
RAGE.
Father Not Expected to Live =
Horse Frightened by Auto
mobile.
New York I ribune.]

Mr.. and Mrs Nathan Gordon of No.
1872 Saint Marks avenue, Brooklyn, and
their two young children, Frank and
Max, WERE hurled from a carriage last
night when a spirited horse attached to
the vehicle took fright at a passing auto
mobile and ran away. Gordon was re-
moved to ST. Mary's Hospital in a criti-
cal condition. His wife and family were
taken to their home suffering from Sc
we're bruises.
The family party was returning
through Eastern Parkway from drive
through the Flatbush section Of Brook
Ign. An automobile passed close to the
horse. With snort the animal bound
ed aside and before Gordon could regain
control, dashed at high speed up the
road.
The carriage was swerved against a
heavier two-horse vehicle and careened
so that Gordon was hurled onto the road
on his head. A wheel passed over him.
Little Max managed to grasp the relns.
Aided by his mother he held on. ana
they threw their weight ON the reins to
avoid collision with trolley car at the
Ralph avenue corner But the mother
effort was costly, for the horse dashed
upon the sidewalk and the carriage with
its occupants was thrown with great
force against telegraph pole and over
turned. The horse, breaking away from
the wrecked carriage, ran two blocks
further before Policeman Thomas Mears
caught him.
Gordon, who is well to do clothing
manufacturer is not expected to live.
This is the third accident reported in
New York papers within few days
where horses were frightened by auto
mobiles, with loss of life or very serious
injuries to occupants of vehicles.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-28
Auto Takes ire Near Opera House,

The limousine car owned by j. II. Han
an and occupied by himself and wife, took
fire Monday night in front of the Met
ropolitan opera house, New York. The
streets and sidewalks were crowded at the
time and excitement was intense. For
twenty feet about tine rear of the auto.
mobile the asphalt became a blazing gas
oline lake, while the flames shot high
in the air from the tank. Women were
lifted bodily by their escorts and carried
beyond the fire zone lest the light spring
gowns should be caught by the flames.
Chauffeurs of other machines. fearful
that their own tanks would be ignited,
shouted warnings to each other and to
people in the street to make way as they
edged out of the tangle of carriages and
automobiles in front of the Opera house.
Passengers crowding a southbOund
Broadway car which was stopped close
to the automobile were thrown into
panic as the gasoline ran beneath the car
and the flames began licking up its sides.
The motorman had the presence of mind
to drop all his sand on the tracks and
the fire was soon out at that point, but
not before hats and gowns were crushed
in the rush the passengers made for the
doors.
The Hanans' chauffeur either stopped
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-28
Some Expert Shooting.

The Middlebury gun club held a shoot
Monday afternoon for W. G, Hill, rep
resenting the Union Metallic Cartridge
company, and W. G.. Wheeler of the
Peters Cartridge company. In a 80 bird
contest. the score was; w. O.. Hill Is,
g. NJ Wheeler a., X. f, Pinney 40, II.
b. Dutton 3s and Cushing Hill 81. w.
G.. Hill and g. NJ. Wheeler then shot a
l95 bird match, Hill breaking 1872 and
Wheeler l2l, from the sixteen yard line.
The final exhibition was given by Messrs.
Wheeler and Hill in 25 bird match at
the 25 yard line. Hill broke 90 and
Wheeler 81
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-28
Mr.. Jordan's Money Talked

Expended So for L. q NJ. Paint to
fix up his house. If for sale it will fetch
good price The painters said it was
the 3 gallons of oil they mixed with 4
gallons of l.. & NJ that did the Job at
1-3 less cost than ever before. It's color
ing is bright, beautiful and lasting. 1t
won't have to be painted again for l2 to
Is years, because the l.. q NJ. Paint is
Metal Zinc Oxide combined with White
Lead and wears and covers like gold.
Sold by Farnsworth d Co, Middle
bury, w. b. French q Co., Orwell, E. c.
Dixie 81 Co., Bristol.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-28
Letter to W. m. jackson.
NlIDDLEBURY, Vt.

Dear Sir: The wear of paint goes by
gallons: the less gallons paint wears
longest. The reason, of course, is its
strength. 1t takes less gallons, because
it is strong; it wears long time be-
cause it is strong. 1t is all paint and
the strongest paint.
There is best paint among all
paints. No two are alike, of course; no
two cover alike or wear alike. One is
thin, another is thick; one has too much
lead, another too much zinc, another is
right. The right is Devoe, SO far as is
yet known. Perhaps somebody else
will find out better paint than Devoe
then Devoe will become a more gallons
paint, cOstlier paint. weaker paint
less durable paint, a less, economical
paint. timid paint.
Bigger changes than that have come
over the world. Devoe has the lead !:
why shouldn't we lose it to somebody
else;
least gallons.
Yours truly
81 F w DENOE & co
z. 5. A. Calhoun & Son sell cur paint.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-28
WEST 6RIDPoRT.

Melvin Wilkinson has been i'll the past
week
The Schroon River and Newcomb star
route mail carrier, together with his wife,
were in town Saturday, returning to
Schroon River Sunday
While c. F. Pratt was chopping recent
ly his axe glanced. striking his knee pan
and intlicting an ugly wound which re-
quired several stitches to close.
A. e. Murdoch of Crown Point was in
town Sunday
Ben II. Wilkinson and Perry Wilkin-
son were guests Sunday of Melvin E. Viii
kinson of Addison.
Snow to the depth of several inches
fell on White Face Mountain one of the
peaks of the Adirondack range, Sunday
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-28
6RIDPORT.

Rev; J. d. Curtis and family have
moved from town.
Keep in mind the strawberry supuer
of June 3.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Drolette. of Corn
wall recently visited Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
tOnsoherbno.
John Grosvenor has returned from the
west
Mrs. A. II. Palmer and son recently
visited at Mr. Hamilton's in Wey bridge.
Moses Powers has returned to his home
in Burlington.
Miss Marion Wheeler lis in a very fee
BILE condition.
Rev. Henry Lamb will deliver a Mem
orial sermon Sunday, May 30. All the
exercises will be appropriate to the oc-
casion.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-28
The Era of Free Land" over.
New York world.l

The original thirteen States bulk rather
small on the map of the United States.
AS respecting population. notwith-
standing the enormous growth of the
country since the Revolution, the ad-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-28

Everybody's friend-Dr Thomas Ec.
lectric Oil. Cures toothache, earache.
sore throat, Heals cuts, bruises, scalds.
Stops any pain