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The Prescott daily news., 1910-08-18
,nevs IN BRIBERY CASE
 MAKE CHARGES AGAINST OTHER SIDE.
NEW vENIRE IS DRAWN
:. 7hers Is Evidence of Tampering All of 100 Will Be D!scharged- Dramatic Scere in Court
 in Chicago.

Chicago, Aug, 1S-lnvestigation be
 ur hv Judge Kersten into charges
 .bat wholesale tampering with venire mon has been going on in the trial oi loo O'Neil Browne, Democratic mi noritv leader in the last legislature, charged with having bribed Repre- | sentative Charles A. White to vote for william Lorimer for United States senator. spread in several directions, with the possibility of special grand fury being impaneled.
 Charges and countercharges flew thick and fast between the state and defense.
 The scene In Judge Kersten's court when the judge charged that crooked work" was being done, and followed this by discharging 75 veniremen, was said to be the forerunner of revela- tons in scandal that would shake the city
 Promises to Make 1t Warm" We must make it mighty warm for somebody said States Attorney Wayman just before he entered Judge Kersten's court.
 T think the developments in Judge Kerstens court will precipitate on the head of the states attorney more trouble than he ever looked for" said Attorney Charles F. Erbstein of coun- sel for the defense
 Attorney Erbstein also said he was prepared to furnish an affidavit of one yenireman showing this man had been approached by agents for the state.
 New Venre In Court.
 While the charges and counter charges were being made a new ve- rire of 100 men was waiting in court sdlge kersten announced that the first thing he would do would be to ascertain whether members of this ve- hire or their families had been ap- preached by investigators for either the state or defense, and if they had, he said the entire venire would be dismissed and new one drawn.
 Judge Kersten was aroused to a nlgh pitch by the revelations made oy the veniremen whom he had dis missed. He demanded that the in- Vestgation go to the bottom and that ae Identity of every person connect ca With the alleged tampering be made known.
 10 accomplish this, attaches of the states attorneys office said that a special grand jury would be necessary " compel witnesses to testify under oath
The Prescott daily news., 1910-08-18
.LE BLANC WINS BIC RACE
AUBRUN, FINISHING SECOND, IS
 CLOSE BEHIND HIM.
Frenchmen Gather in Great Crowds to See Victor Finish Last Leg
 of Aviation Contest.

Paris, Aug. 1S.-M Le Blanc won the last and deciding stage of the worlds greatest cross-country aero plane race. 494 miles, completing the final stretch from Amiens to Issy, 70 miles, 16 minutes ahead of M Au- brun, the only other competitor ill the race at the finish
 By his victory Le Blanc wins the $20,0o0 prize offered by Le Matin, and other prizes that bring the total up to $47,000
 Le Blanc made the flight from Amiens in 1 hour and 42 minutes, having started at 503 Auburn left Amiens at 5:10 and reached Issy at 7:10, his time being nine minutes slower than Le Blanc. A corrected count of the distance travelled in the six stages of the race,. which. in
The Prescott daily news., 1910-08-18

cluded successive flights to Troyes, Nancy, Mezieres, Douai, Amiens and thence back to Issy, and the time made, shows that Le Blanc covered 4s4 miles in II hours and 56 minutes and AuDrun in 13 hours and 27 min utes.
 Paris got up early to witness the finish of the thrilling race, the long est ever attempted by ayiators. Thou sands gathered at Issy during the night, and by dawn the parade ground and most of the vantage points in the city and suburbs were crowded
 As Le Blanc appeared over the city tremendous cheer arose and con tinued almost without Interruption until both he and Aubrun, who came into view a few minutes after LeI Blanc, had alighted.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-08-18

10 accomplish this, attaches of the states attorneys office said that speciai grand jury would be necessary 10 compel witnesses to testify under oath
The Prescott daily news., 1910-08-18
MRS. COREY AS THESHREW
0''0f-Manager Waller Admits Wife Of Steel Magnate Wishes to
 Return to the Stage.

hohuon' Aug. 1S-Louis Waller. the .ase'or-manager, .s when questioned about tae tn report Mrs. William Ellis Corey. v ,vineriy Mabelle Gilman, is to play ~a'nerihe' us in The Tanning of the 'ueW' to his Petruchio, said:
 n. u Is true Mrs. Corey has ap- h,u'ened inu me on the subject, but noth- .rs .S settled yet. If the matter is ,Tha seu' shall probably present a.a ae Tanning of the Shrew' at half a Oozen nat 0ees."
The Prescott daily news., 1910-08-18

United States senator, A. J. Burkett' O. Lincoln, over Charles o. Whedon
 mocrats-Governor, Mayor J. E. Dahlman, of Omaha, over Gov, A. L. Shallenberger; senator, Congressman c. NJ. Hitchcock, of Omaha, over Rich- ard l.. Metcalfe, of Lincoln.
 Nebraska returns are notoriousiy slow and results of the most exciting primary campaign in the history of the state may not be known for sev- eral hours.
 Hooper Named in Tennessee.
 Nashville, Tenn, Aug. 1S.-Capt Beniamin w. Hooper of Newport, Coke county, was nominated for gov ernor by the Republican state con vention.
 The platform adopted declares for no backward step in the prohibition laws which were passed over the veto of Governor Patterson, and asserts the state should be redistricted as regards congressional, judicial and legislative districts. The platform indorses the administration of Presi- dent Taft On the subject of the pardoning power the platform says:
 The pardoning power should be used by the governor sparingly and with the greatest care and caution. It was not intended that under the cover of this power he should arrogate to himself the right to determine the guilt or innocence of all accused upon a record which such accused has been found guilty by the courts
The Prescott daily news., 1910-08-18
AUTO FALLS INTO CREEK
St. Louis Man Is Crushed to Death and Three Companions
 Seriously Hurt.

St Louis, Aug. 1S.-Charles c. Nor ris, assistant credit manager of the Grand Leader, was killed and his three companions injured seriously at 1 o'clock in the morning when an au- tomobile in which they were riding plunged off the Olive Street road bridge near Chesterfield into Bon homme creek, 35 feet below
 Morris was crushed beneath the auto.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-08-18

Fr...t. nescnt ToLacco Price Advance
 Paris, Aug. 1S.-That it doesn't al- ways pay to increase the cost of an article is shown by figures made pub lie, which disclose a decrease of $780, 900 in July tobacco sales for 1910, as compared with July, 1909, despite the increased price of tobacco. Tobacco is a government monopoly in France
The Prescott daily news., 1910-08-18
n.n.~cny Postmaster Disappears.

Paducah, Ky, Aug 1S.-No trace ot J. M. Richardson, postmaster at Lake ton, Ky, charged with embedding S175 of government funds, can be found. Deputy United States Mar shal Elwood Neel of this city followed him to Union City, Tenn, where he disappeared
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-09
Constitutional Amen d m en- ts.

Would't it be worth while for every
newspaper in the State to make a de-
termined effort to record at once the
attitude of the senators in its section on
the proposed constitutional amend
ments? On the action of the members
of the present Senate depends the vi
tai question whether the people of YER
mont are going to be able to start at
this time those changes of which the
State constitution is in such dire need.
Should the present Senate fail to take
favorable action on the proposed amend
ments it would be impossible to put
them into effect before 1924. We can
not actually believe that there is a
single senator who wants to postpone
for so long time the opportunity to
put Vermont's constitution in harmony
with the constitutions of all progressive
States in the Union. The present Leg
islature is not asked to pass final judg-
ment on these proposals; favorable
action would not commit a single law
maker to their support. All that the
people of the State demand is such
action as will pass the proposals along
to the Legislature of 1912 and allow the
people of the State to pass judgment on
them as soon as they can legally do so.
This action must originate in the Senate
and it therefore behooves the people of
the State to see that their wishes are
fairly represented by this body of states
men. -Brattleboro Reformer.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-09
Must Observe Laws.

New York, Dec. That the Ameri-
can Automobile Association, through it's
various state bodies and local clubs, in
tends to cooperate with the authorities
in different states in assisting in the en-
forcement of just laws, yesterday at
the ninth annual meeting held at the
Hotel Belmont, was made apparent
by the action which followed the reading
of a communication sent to President
L. R. Speare by Col. w. D. Sohier of
the Massachusetts Highway Commits
sion. 1t was stated that two visiting
motorists, one from New York, stopped
for over-speeding in Duxbury, Mass,
who had agreed subsequently to appear
in court, failed to observe the legal
summons forwarded to them by regis
tered mail. 1t was unanimously voted
that the national officers should at once
notify the state bodies in Connecticut
and New York of the acts of their Of
Tending motorists, and request that
pressure be brought to see that they
observe the Massachusetts summons.
1t was also voted that all similar cases
should call for the same action that all
assistance possible should be given in
the enforcement of equitable laws.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-09
ST. ANDREWS DINNER.
CONTINUED from page y

philosophy, metaphysics-sub jects alb
stract and abstruce books which the
general public would shy at as they
would at residence with a yellow flag,
yet they contain the knowledge and
wisdom to which we may go for refer
ence, and which underly and inspire all
progress. No class does more for the
education and moral uplift than they,
and no one has better warrant to speak
for The Land We Live In.
1--WE seen the time in the past when
| would have dearly loved to call down
a college president; to night it is with
pride and pleasure that call one up"
The account in the New York Son of
President Thomas address was as fol-
lows:
"Mr. Carnegie was followed by Pres
ident John M. Thomas of Middlebury
College. When it became known that
DR.. Wilson could not come Mr. Hepburn
sent for the president of his Alma
Mater. President Thomas came there
fore as an outsider, but won his way in
minute or so and had the room with
him before he finished. He compared
the New Highlander with the Scot-he
counting himself as one of the former
and cited as an evidence of duality of
thrift and business sense in both an
average Yankee horse trader with
thread bare clothes, dusty boots and
half open mouth. You would think
him an utter fool he continued, 'un-
less you bought the horse.
president Thomas declared that he
was not a pessimist, though he did read
the magazines now and then. He said
that this country's sefety as a nation
lies in the problem that confronts it.
AS it is hard work that makes men,
he explained, so it is difficult problems
that make nations He cited as the
most important of the problems at pres
ent before this country that of conser-
walton of our natural resources. There
is new patriotism coming over our
land, he said. While our ancestors
used to fight for the graves of the
sires, we are called upon to fight for
the welfare of our children. He cited
Abraham Lincoln as saying that pos
terity had not done much for US, but
said that the time is coming when the
sentiment implied will be out of date.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-09
GIRL RUN OVER BY AUTO.
on Struck Her in East SD
Street, Mani attain.
7 ours truly
ALoNZo A. KEYES.

An automobile belonging to Lewis
Nixon, the shipbuilder, who lives at %
East Fifty-third street, Manhattan, and
operated by Edward Pierson of sc West
One Hundred and Thirty-frst street,
Manhattan, knocked down and ran over
5-year-old girl, Mary Roland of 100
East Fifty-third street, Manhattan, in
front of her home last night.
Only the chauffeur was in the car at
the time. The little girl had just been
given penny, and was running across
the street to her 7-year-old brother,
Joseph, to ask him to take her to buy
some candy, when the car came along.
She ran into the mudguard and was
thrown under the rear-wheel.
Peterson Immediately stopped the
car, and with Alva C. Annerman of 800
East One Hundred and Sixtieth street,
who had witnessed the accident, he put
her into the machine and took the in
jured girl to the Presbyterian hospital.
The girl sustained fractured right leg
and some contusions. She is not
thought to be in serious condition. -
Brooklyn Eagle.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-09
T olstoy.

"Tolstoy is deadv" AS the news fol J.
lows the wires around the globe the
world pauses to discuss the career of
one whose name is known in every civil
lized land and whose thought has left
its impress upon many millions. And
who is this colossal figure whose falling
shakes the earth? A nobleman? Yes a
nobleman by birth who enobled nobility
by his character and attainments. A
novelist? Yes, novelist who made facts
more facinating that fiction. A scien-
fist? Yes, an instructor in the most
important of all science, the science of
life. He believed that the paramount
duty of man is to know how to live.
He taught that it is more imperative
that man shall draw near to his Creator
and lesson the distance between him
self and his fellow men than that he
should know how far the stars are
apart or be able to measure the age of
the rocks. And above all he was a
Philosophers lover of truth whose
definitions and illustrations brought
truth within the comprehension of the
multitude. He was moulder of
opinion, putting into apt phraseology
the heart cravings of the race.
He has been called the apostle of love,
and no one since the Apostle Paul has
preached it more persistently or prac-
ticed it more consistently.
He was believer in the doctrine of
non-resistence; he deprecated the use of
violence under any and all circumstance
es, and yet this man who would not
have resisted arrest or returned blow
for blow was the only person in Russia
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-09
to whom absolute freedom of speech

to whom absolute freedom of speech
was accorded.
He was also an advocate of dread
labor" the doctrine advanced by a
Russian named Bondaref, to "clip the
wings of luxury and lust" Tolstoy
believed that lack of sympathy is the
root of all injustice and that nothing but
actual and continuous participation in
the primary struggle that draws the
worlds nourishment from mother earth
will inspire spirit of brotherhood.
There will be difference of opinion as
to many of Tolstoy's theories and dis
sent from some of the applications
which he has made of truth advanced
by him, but no one will deny that with
the sincerity of pure heart and the in
tensity of great soul he sought to
bring himself into harmony with the
Divine will and to serve society. To
love God with all his heartt and his
neighbor as himself was the passion of
the latter years of his life.
The Commoner will, from time to
time, bring before its readers extracts
from the essays of Tolstoy, but it shares
the universal sorrow and offers a brief
tribute now: The night is darker be-
cause his light has gone out; the world
is not so warm because his heart has
grown cold in death.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-09
The Vermont Winter

In the minds of many intelligent
people, some of whom live no farther
south than New York City, Vermont
winter is associated with weather of
almost Arctic severity, not to be men
toned without shudder. Those of us
who are intimately acquainted with this
season here dread the getting into the
winter and getting out of it more than
the winter itself.
AS matter of fact the Vermont win
ter is much more enjoyable than the
same season in some other States. The
ground is covered with snow, as rule,
which is pleasanter certainly than alter
nate mud and frozen ground. All roads
are good roads when the snow paths are
we'll trodden. The honk of the automo-
bile is not heard in the land and the horse
has his innings. The snow prevents
the blowing of the dust laden with
germs which is an unhealthful feature
of winter in climate cold enough for
more or less freezing weather, but not
cold enough for snow in any great
quantity.
The boys and girls who grow to man.
hood without experiencing the joys of
sleighing, coasting and skating are to
be pitied. Few, if any summer sports
are their equal. One of the most
beautiful sights in Nature is the morn
ing sun shining on forest white with
newly fallen snow, or better yet, the
trees after an ice storm, when the ice
encased twigs flash and scintilate like
millions of jewels.
There are winter days when the air
is as eXhilarating as ''wine that maketh
glad the heart of man" There is a
tonic quality in this atmosphere that
brings out mans optimism and that is
not found in hot weather, or in hot
climates. OF course there are few
"cold snaps" days when the stern
iron-bound rigor of winter is so severe
that one longs for warmer climate,
but after all Vermont, generally speak
ing, is as healthy aplace as one can
find.
Most of the great nations, at least OF
our own time, are nations that possess
a climate with genuine winter season.
Probably a majority of our greatest
American men as boys have grappled
with the severity of winter in the coun.
try, and having subdued that have beer
able to conquer almost everything
else.
We complain of the cold, it is true
but we also complain OF the neat. we
are complaining lot anyway, at least
in the matter of weather, but if we
could have a referendum in our climate
probably majority of US would retair
our winter, if we had an opportunity tt
dispose of it.
We might make more of an attrac.
ton of our winter sports. Already
many city visitors come to Woodstock
for this purpose, but there are Other
places where attractions equally as
good might be offered. Such patron
age, however, does not offer itself
generally speaking, but is sought our
and comes as a result of the invitation
The Vermont winter is not thing tt
dread, as some picture it, but rather a
season to be enjoyed and source o.
health and benefit to our people. =
Montpelier Journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-09
CRANK YOUR AUTO
SILENTLY.
ST. Paul Court Holds Owner Re-
sponsibie for DAMAGES.

St. Paul, Dec. 2.-The noise made by
an automobile Immediately after the
machine has been cranked is officially
declared to be "nerve wrecking" by
Chief Justice Start of the Minnesota
Supreme Court, in an opinion handed
down to-day.
Miss Clara Fisher, of Elmwood, MINI.
was driving horse while an automobile
owned by John McGrath was standing
at the side of the road. When Nc
Grath cranked the car Miss Fisher S
horse became frightened and ran away
Miss Fisher was injured and sued for
damages, but the trial judge dismissed
the complaint before the case went to
the jury on the ground that the evidence
showed no negligence on the part of
the defendant. The Supreme Court
held the lower court to be in error.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-09

The story of "taxless town" is told
by the Omaha Daily News in this way:
There is little town in Sweden by the
name Orson, Orson. Remember that
name. For Orson is one of the greatest
towns in the world. Of course, Orson
isn't as big as London, or New York,
or Bagdad, or perhaps Oshkosh. But
Orson has done something that none of
the so-called great cities of the world
has ever done. Orson has lodged all
local taxes-successfully and honestly.
The Orson railway is free to every citi-
zen of the town. The telephone serv-
ice is free. Schools and libraries cost
the citizens absolutely nothing. All be-
cause, a generation or two ago, the pa
triotic people of Orson planted trees.
Orson has municipal forest that has
yielded the town $4,000, 900 in the past
thirty years. And the SIS, 600, 900 has
paid the running expenses of the town.
OF course, there isn't anything to him
der any American town from doing the
same thing. But we don't notice any
American town doing it. To date Mil
waukee seems to be the only American
town that has even thought about it.
But it's worth thinking about, isn't it?
Also it might be worth while to con-
slider at the same time the fact that
while Orson was paying her municipal
expenses for the past year from the
proceeds of her well-kept forest the
American nation, through neglect of
her forests, was suffering loss of 5000,
600, 900 and more than 100 lives. THE
Commoner.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-09
Com m u mic alton.
Gaysville, VT.
October 10, 1910.

Gaysville, VT.
October 10, 1910
Hon. Joseph Battell.
Dear Sir:
beg leave to write you my view of
automobiles and their uses.
If we have one man of means who is
not all carried away with the craze for
fast riding on our public highways, |
am glad.
| see Mr.. Prouty thinks the towns
should have no jurisdiction over them
for less than 10 miles an hour at any
point on the highway. No doubt he re-
members his fine in Massachusetts and
other criticisms.
Now in our town of Stockbridge We
have lots of road land on our main
roads, where two buggies can hardly
pass each other, and sharp turns where
one can not see far ahead.
There should be law against running
over five miles an hour on such roads if
they cannot be prohibited altogether.
There are but few of the horses that
are safe for ladies now. Some are
afraid that have not been, on account of
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-09

getting caught in bad places. Some of
our so-called permanent roads an auto
takes up the travelled portion, and
team has to be in the ditch in the mud.
have met some drivers who were
gentlemen and some who were not.
am farmer of as and live on hill
and am pretty well satisfied with the
times as they are, only the autos ought
to be looked after or rather the hog
drivers.
Yours truly
ALONZO A. KEYES.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-09
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
Rev. C. H. Dickinson, pastor.

DR.. Dickinsons morning subject,
10:45, 1.-THE Church and the Spirit of
Youth. Evening, 1880, ''Tolstoy. "
Bible school, 1905, with Professor
Wright's church and college class.
Young Peoples meeting, 6:45. Thurs
day evening, 1880, Last Chapter of
st. Paul's Letter to the Church at Phil
ippi."
Evening of Sunday, Dec. 18th, J. N.
Barss, principal of the Vergennes In
dustrial School, third speaker in the
winter course of special services.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-09
AUTO WRECKED.
M a h ne Skidded on Frozen
Ground and Was Overturned.

Northport, L. l., December 8. Sam
uel Burtelson, an employee of the c. M.
Bonner garage, was driving an automo-
bile belonging to Frank S. Bennett
along Ocean avenue yesterday morning,
ground and turned completely over.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-09
Auto in Crash on Way with In
jured Boy.

Waltham, Dec. 3.-Hurrying in an
automobile to the Waltham hospital
with little 4-year-old Denny Greenberg,
son of Abraham Greenberg of Myrtle
street, who had been run over and seri-
ously injured by the same auto on Moody
street, John Hannigan, Gal Cambridge
street, Cambridge, who was driving the
auto, crashed into laundry wagon on
Prospect street and demolished the
wagon. Boston Record.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-09
Struck by Taxicab, Pastor Wins
Suit.

Dedham, Dec. 3. a jury in the Nor
folk Superior Civil Court awarded YER
dict of So, 600 to Rev. George H. Young
in his suit against the Taxi Service Com
pany of Boston. Rev. Mr.. Young was
injured April 20, 1910, while walking on
the sidewalk on Water street, Boston,
by being struck by an automobile of the
defendant company running on to the
sidewalk. He sued for $50, 900. -Bos-
ton American.