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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-13

railroad, and therefore man Of the
highest prestige in TIE city.
So as soon as Cornish lad put this
line in place, he kept his men at work
strirging other lines When the police
interfered, he showed them Col seott's
sirnstme aud was let alone. In this
way he put IS wires up before the trick
was a.seo7sred, and sooa aftcrward with
eight sub .aibgrs. founded the first
Philadelphia exchange.
IN the very midnight, Of this depres-
ion. poor Bell returned from England,
whittier he and his bride had gone on
their honeymoon, and announced that
he had no money, that he had faiied to
establish a telephnc business IN Eng
land and that he must have 81 $50 az
once to pay BIS urgent debts. He was
thoroughly discouraged ana sick A. be
lay IN the Massachusetts, general hos.
pitai he wrote cry Tor help to the
emlsttled little company that was max
ing is desperate fight TO protect his pat
erts..
Thousands Of telephones are now in
operation in al parts o. the country"
fe said, abut / have not yet received
one cent from my invention, On the
contrary, | am largely out Of pocket
by my researchs- as the mere vaue
of the profession that have sacrificed
during my three years work amounts
to $4,000.
Fortunately there came, in almost the
same mail with Belle letter. one from
Young Bostonian, named Francis Blake,
with the good news that be had in
vented tfansmitter as satisfactory as
Edisou's and preferred to sell it for
stock rather than for cash. Ii ever a
man came as an angel Of light that
man was Franeis Blake, The posses.
ion 81 his transmitter put the com
psny on an even footing in the matter
81 apparatus with the Western Union
It encouraged capitalists to come for
ward.
General business had improved and in
four months the company had $4,000
telephones in use and had raorganized in
u the National Bell Telephone company,
with $500 capital and Col. Forbes as
arst president. lie was the son Of an
East India merchant, son-in-Iaw Of
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Bostonian Of
the Brahmin caste, popular and efficient.
This reorganization brought the heroic
and experimental period 70 an end.
From this time On, though it was az
tackled BY the Western Union and BY
rval inventors, half starved by cheap
rates and crippled by clumsy apparatus
abused and gumbled at BY an impa-
tient public, the conpany nevertheless,
By the art Of making and selling had at
Iast been built up into commercial
system.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-13
Magazine REVIEW
Honeymoon in tie Air.


All, the wives of these aviatorsl Has
an aviator, in the present stage Of the
progress Of the science, any right to
nave wife, In asking this question,
I refer more particularly to the aviator
who is out for laurels, in The flimsy ma.
chimes built for making records, where
strength is sacrificed for lightness and
high power engines, And yet as | write
there lies before me a newspaper clipping
that tells Of the plans Of one Schneider
New York man, who has built an
aeroplane in which he intends 10 take
bis bride on their honeymoon journey.
Schneiders machine fell few months
ago and lie was badly bruised. The
young woman who is to marry him was
the first to reach his side after the acci-
dent and she nursed MIN back again
70 strength. And now for the honey
moon voyage in high air.
When plane-aying gets into the blood
Of a man or woman, the desire for far
Their and further flights becomes a posi-.
tive mania. Not all wives, however, are
like Mrs. Clifford B. Harmon, who after
her husbands Roslyn accident, in which
he glided into a tree and thus saved
his life, met him with an expectant
smile and asked;
Didn't you fyf"
Eyes, was the reply; @but il looked
like | was going to fly into eternity, 20
| came down had an accident"
"Well,9 said the unpertlrbed wife,
you must try again
Nobody in the world has more need
Of caution and careful preparation in
an adventure than the aviator. Every.
thing about his aeroplane and engine
must be IN apple pie order before ne
ventures aloft. and yet the silliest risks
arc sometimes taken. For example, the
accident which was the cause Of the
death Of Antonio Fernandez, at Nice, in
December last, was the direct result Of
earelessness on the part Of that fool
hardly plane driver Impatient Of de,
II lay and despite approximations Of his
mechanic, Fernandez tied up a stay piece
with a bit of common Irvine. OF course,
the string broke, resulting in the sudden
fitting Of his planes Despite this man.
ifest flaw, Fernandez essayed a sharp
turn to gain few more plaudits from
the populaee. In a twinkiiug his ma
chine turned turtle and took long
Phaeton-fall to the earth, the aviator's
head striking so hard as to be buried in
the soft ground. Life was extinct when
trey picked him up.
Fernandez, the yain,9 they called him
ia Nice, and, indeed, he had that to be
vain Of, for he was one Of the hand
soonest men ii the town. lie was a pop
uiar ladies' tailor, and some Of his best
customers tainted when they saw him
fall out Of the sky. Just why his van
lily should have led him from the con-
struetion Of blouaes and skirts to that
Of aeroplanes nobody knows From
Death and the Airmen,a BY Baily Mill
lard, III Technical World Magazine for
I September.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-13

The murdered woman walked IN
"Jedge." she says. = seen IN paper
that my husband was a-goln - be
.rled fur KILN me- jIst come back
to say that II there had a been any
killln I'd a done Il myself
The court adjourned aud the prisoner
was set free.
"I'd like to know" says Mandy 70
Rogers. whose body you carried out
chat mornin."
"The crows was eatin' the corn and |
wanted to stop EN- THAT body you
seen was a scarecrow."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-13

AT an adjourned annual meeting Of
he Bennington Battle Monument and
Historical association, held August 8, il
was resolved to undertake the raising Of
funds for the building Of a memorial
aall as a monument to the Union sol
ieTs of the war Of 1860 and OF an
endowment fund to sustain it, the use
i said hall to be free to all patriotic
oeieties but same to remain in the
astody Of the association.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-13
DROVE 40 MILES WITH BODY.
Brother Killed by Lightning-viIla Took
Remains Home.

Brother Killed by Lightning-villa Took
Remains Home.
Tucson, Aiiz, Aug ls.-After drivins
with one hand team Of bronchos for
20 miles on a stormy night, Alfred villa
delivered the body OF his dead brother
to his parents near the city, last night.
While driving through the storm the
bu.kboard ia which the two boys were
riding was struck by lightning, kill
ing the younger boy instantly and para.
Tying one side Of the other. Regain
ing consciousness the elder brother head
ed the team for home, driving with his
unaffected hand
seseral Others persons were stunned
during the storm.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-13
Struck 4 Rich Mine.

S. VI. Bends Of Coal City, Ala, says
he struck perfect mine Of health in
Dr.. Kings New Life Pills, for they cured
him OF liver and kidney trouble, after
II years Of suffering. They are the
best pills on earth for constipation, ma
laria. headache, dyspepsia, debility. 25c
at the Red Cross Pharmacy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-13

Gladncss comes with better under
standing OF the transient nature Of the
many physical Ills which vanish be-
fore proper olforts-gentle Efforts
pleasant efforts--rightly directed and
assisted by the pleasant laxative rem
edy Syrup of FIGS and Elixir Of SIENNA.
It's beneficial effects are due 10 the
fact that ii is the one remedy which
promotes internal cleanliness without
debilitating the organs on which IL
acts. To get its beneficial effects al
ways buy tho genuine Manufactured
by the California Fig Syrup Co.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-13
Can | Afford to be without a Telepho-eo?

If you need further details to cost ask
Local Office to Contract Agent to
VERMONT TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COLT Az
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-13
Boys SHEETS oIL-soAKED.
Dead Of Suaocation in Fire--His Guard
ian Accused.

Dead Of Suaocation in Fire-His Guard
ian Accused.
Washington, Aug. Following a fire
at tho Rock Springs hotel, J. G Hoay,
the proprietor, was arrested hy order
Of the county coroner, charged with re-
possibility for the death, by suiFoeation.
Of Edwin Cromwell, 10 years old, an
orphan, his ward Several stopping at
he hotel were taken from the windows
by framen.
Before the coroner's inquest sheets
saturated with kerosene Ill, upon which
the boy was lying, were exhibited Tes-
timony was to the effect that the boys
life recently had been Il 81 IN favor Of
[ lily for $500, and that he carried
heavy fire insurance.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-13
BABY'S
SAX Z: GJsS Z

Then his skin wll be nee from itching
chahng. scsldiag, rashes, and al sore
ness. The origiael and bcs, baby pow
der. For twenty years Comfort
Powder has been considered the
Standard Of perfection by thousands
Of New England physicians. nurses
and mothers who use no olhsr.
n,.-ssa Look for the name <. S. SYKES on
H'H eyery box. None genuine without H.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-13
Dr. PierCe'S FaYOfita Prescription

Il the BEST Of al medicines for as cure q qsa'ea.
Of its kind devised BY regularly sda-
o.y phe;ansn experienced and skilled s2seast IN
the diseases of women.
safe medicine in any condition OF sse system.
THE ONE REMEDY which eorfeifs 40 ale9aoA
--s-:--;a,- Eafis-fcr11ins drugs smd waieh
- ~ orayina for such stnauiarss.
1rur ONE REMEDY 50 good that its makers
-. 1f-s;d TO print its every insredisnt on
-..,, outside bottle wrapper and attest 70 th9
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-10
IMMEDIATE WORK
ON HARBOR URGED
Oakland Chamber of Commerce
Wants Bay Channels Deep
ened by Government

OAKLAND, Dec. 9.-Two resolutions.
both urging the representatives in con-
gress to devote their efforts toward Sc
curing immediate use of federal appro-
pria ations. in developing San Francisco
bay harbors, were adopted by the rivers
and harbors committee of the chamber
of commerce today.
One resolution favors dredging for
the naval station at the north end of
the bay. The other advocates rapid
work on the deepening of Oakland
harbor from the bay to the tidal canal
telegram from Congressman ]. r.
Knowland prompted the resolution call
ing for completion of the Oakland har-
Dor dredging project Knowland had
Informed the, members of the chamber
that the engineers of the war depart
ment had recommended an additional
appropriation of $150,000 for Oakland
harbor. The sum of S262.000 remains
from previous appropriations, and
Knowland advised the committee that
both sums were available for use.
The committee urged that the dredg-
ing of Oakland harbor should be COM
pleted as nearly as possible at the same
time as the Improvement of the har-
Dor by the city, which has voted bonds
for wharves and is now undertaking
the construction of docks
The chamber suggested that the
deepening of the channel at Point San
Pablo would not only be serviceable for
naval purposes, but would be beneficial
to commerce and encourage the location
of a supplemental naval station at
that point
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-10
DRINK CAUSED ruin,
SAYS CHECK PASSER
Former Schoolnate. of Pardee
and Budd Sentenced to 7
Years at Folsom
Especial Dispatch TO The CALI

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 9.-Boasting an
education secured at st. Mary's and
Santa Clara colleges and the state uni
versity as classmate of two former gov
ernors, John Smith pleaded guilty to
forgery today before Superior Judge
Hughes and was sentenced to seven
years in Folsom prison.
Drink, confessed Smith. led him to
pass a check upon W. A. Vogel with
intent to defraud and without having
funds in the bank on which the check
was drawn. He spoke in the court as
follows:
| was born in Oakland 81 years ago.
l attended St Mary's college and Santa
CARA college and the state university
and In 1871 my father left me be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 and l got hold
or that when / became of age. Every
body knows me in Oakland. I went to
school with two former governors, Par
dee and Budd, and l have schoolmates
all over the state
1 was little wild and then got
INTO business and lost my money In
the grocery business in 1878 Since that
time | was employed by General Will
Jams for five years at Emeryville, and
then l worked for j. B. Haggin for two
years.
Smith has three children living in
Oakland
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-10
STUDENTS CLOSE
A YEAR OF WORK
University of California Organi-
cations Make Plans for the
Holiday Season

. BERKELEY, Dec. 9-various coll
lege organizations closed the terms
activities today with the election of
officers for next semester. The archi-
tectural association appointed A. J..
Evers a Junior, to handle the arrange
ments for the fifth annual exhibition
which will be held January %, rs and
27 of next year. The officers of the
organization are:
President, E. L. Snyder; vice president, L. H.
Stoch; secretary. Miss Penelope Murdoch;
treasurer, A. ]. Evers; monitor, E. X. Martin
The glee club is devoting its time to
the arrangements for the Christmas
vacation trip through the southern part
of the state These officers have been
elected for the next term:
President Irving v. Augur; vice president, R.
C. McGee; secretary H. A. Stern; manager. H.
r Hfbbard; librarian, E. G. Burland; mem
bers of the executive committee, E.. N. Einsten
$. S. Peterson and r. O. McGee.
The officers of the College of Com
merce club who have been chosen to
serve next year are:
President. +. L. Sargent; vice president D. T.
Babcock secretary treasurer, X. c. Mohrhardt
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-10
.DIVORCEEPROMISES
TO BECOME BRIDE
Mrs. Lois Hughes Announces
Her Betrothal to Realty
Man of San Francisco

ALAMEDA, Dec. 9-Mrs. Lois
Hughes. divorced wife of Charles c.
Hughes. former superintendent of
schools of this city. has announced her
engagement to Francis Addison Cor
buster, a real estate man of San Fran
cisco.
The wedding will take place Decem-
Der % at Mrs. Hughes home, 1850 Jones
street, San Francisco. Rev. Charles
c. Champlin of the First Congrega-
tional church will perfor mthe cere-
mony and the bride will be attended
by her sister. Mrs. w. F. Cobb of Chi
cago.
Mrs. Hughes obtained a divorce from
her husband a year ago. He recently
married nurse who. was connected
with the Roosevelt hospital in Berke-
ley. Mrs. Hughes was formerly Miss
Lois Fish of this city.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-10
STOCKTON PLANS FETE
FOR NEW YEARS EVE
Street Concerts by Miners
Chorus and Bands Promised
Especial Dispoieh TO The Call

STOCKTON, Dec. 9.-The Stockton
merchants association is arranging a
big celebration for New Years eve
One of the attractions will be the min
ers' chorus of 60 voices from Grass
Valley. which will sing in the streets
and give a concert in one of the
churches.
The Stockton Union band and the
Oakdale band have been engaged, and
the streets will be efstooned with hun
dreds of incandescent lights.
The following committee has charge
of arrangements: W. c. Wall, Bert
Lewis. Mike Conway, John Harris, S
H. Dyott, F. A. GUNNER, Joe Cuneo
Joe Campodonico. Henry Click, James
E. Morgan. Joe Dunno, William Gross
and P. J. Lynch.
The merchants have also appointed
S. H. Dyott, F. A. GUNNER and Car
Steinhart a committee TO make plans
for running trade excursions to Stock
ton from nearby towns.
quarters, consisting of Carl Steinhart,
D. B. Morrill, and A. B. Lang, has Sc
cured rooms in the Hansel building at
Hunter and Bridge streets.
The Central California traction COM
pany has invited the merchants to
travel over the interurban line January
; to Sacramento and return. A band
will be taken along and a quantity of
literature boosting Stockton S. H.
Dyott W. c. Wall, ]. A Sanford and
]. K. Wagner have charge of arrange
ments for the merchants.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-10
TIMBER COMPANY
AFFAIRS TANGLED
British Barrister in Sacramento
to Look After interests
of Millionaire
Especial Dispatch TO The Call

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 9.-Ervin de
Montpelier, a British barrister and rep
resentative of w. C. Bonsell of New
York, millionaire investor in the
North American hardwood timber COM
pany, of which former State Forester
Lull has been field agent, has come to
Sacramento to straighten out the af-
fairs of the timber company which con-
trolls about 5000 acres of eucalyptus
land In Solano county. Prior to his ar
rival reports of overpainted prospec-
fuses on eucalyptus were current here
and in Solano county.
De Montpelier asserts that the fren-
zied financing of e. r. Temple, pro-
moter of the company in this state,
had greatly crippled the concern. One
of Temples alleged schemes was to
increase his own salary from $4,000 a
year to $4,000 by the formation of sub
sidiary companies, from which he drew
liberal salaries.
Field Agent -Lull, it is reported, has
received no salary since July and has
been maintaining a local Office out of
his own pocket. Both Lull and De
Montpelier deny this report, but De
Montpelier declares Lull resigned last
Saturday and then withdrew his resig-
nation. This assertion Lull denies, say
ing he never had any intention of re-
signing. The local Offices of the COM
pany have been closed, however.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-10
SHOULD INSTITUTIONS
TAKE TAINTED MONEY?
Students Will WrestIe Tonight
With Knotty Problem

BERKELEY, Dec. 9.-Two juniors
and two seniors will mount the rostrum
at Hearst hall tomorrow night to dis
cuss the right of public institutions to
take money which is known to have
been obtained dishonesty. The speak
ers of the evening will be Charles
Kasch and A. c. Madden, seniors, and
T. B. Kittredge and H. c. Kelley. jun
iors.
The students qualified for the discus
sion by sumbitting essays which met
with the approval of the committee In
charge of the contest Each student
received SIS and the winner of the dis
cussion tomorrow night will receive
an additional S100.
Prof. David P. Barrows will preside
at the meeting and the judges will be
Prof. w. s. Bade and Warren Gregory
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-10
BUSINESSMEN INDORSE
SUNDAY DAY OF REST

BERKELEY, Dec 9.-The chamber of
commerce has indorsed the movement
of the letter carriers of this city for a
Sunday day of rest Director w. A.
Gates was appointed to interview the
church federation to secure its indorse
ment, as it was shown that practically
the only patrons of the postoff1ce on
Sundays were the church congregations.
Final arrangements were made last
night at the meeting of the directors
of the chamber for the annual banquet,
which will be held December Is in the
Shattuck hotel.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-10
AUDITOR CONVICTED
BY STOCKTON JURY
James II. Kroh Is Found Guilty
of Misconduct in
Office
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

STOCKTON. Dec. "a jury in Judge
]. A. Plummer's court this afternoon
found County Auditor and Recorder
James H Kroh guilty of the accusa-
tion of misconduct in office. The jury
was out As minutes.
Kroh was accused of having hypoth-
ecated his salary warrant before it was
due. The action will result in his re-
moval from office.
Whether it will have the same result
so far as his next term is concerned.
he having been reelected, is a question
not decided by local authorities.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-10
STUDENTS OF HIGH
SCHOOL GET DIPLOMAS
Fifty=four Graduate With Class
of 10

OAKLAND, Dec. 9.-Fifty-four stu
dents, members of the class of Decem-
ber. 1910. of the Oakland high school.
received their diplomas at the Com
mon School assembly hall in Grove
street tonight.
Rev. Albert W. Palmer pastor of
Plymouth Congregational church, de-
livered the address of the evening. His
subject was THE Making Of a Man"
The exercises were opened with an
invocation by Rev. Miles B. Fisher.
Miss Rita Damanoski read an essay on
California in the Light of Romance" ;"
Miss Dorothy McCargar rendered a
vocal selection. Milton Sapiro was the
valedictorian.
The diplomas were presented to the
students by DIR. A. S. Kelly, chairman
of the high school committee of the
board Of education.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-10
Tn the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
Alien Ownership Of
State Lands Opposed

The following resolutions were
adopted yesterday by the fruit
growers in convention at stock
ton:
Whereas, the Occupany of the
land of this state by citizens who
are freehOlderr and home build
erS In the ideal condition of rural
life greatly TO be desired; and
Whereas. land and its products
arc ocfmng into possession of
alien persons Incapable of citi-
zenship and incapable of assimi-
lation; therefore be IL
Resolved by this thirty-eighth
fruit growers convention. that
we request our legislature TO
enact effectfev laws to prevent
the aline ownership of land; and
be IL further
Resolved, the the chairman
appoint n committee of five on
Legislation, TO whom all matters
pertaining TO its legislation shall
be referred.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-10
FAILURE TO REPORT
WILL MEAN PENALTY
Fines Will Be Imposed on De-
linquent Corporations
Especial Dispoich 10 The Call

SACRAMENTO, Dec. .9-PenaIties
ranging from $500 to s5,OOSNEill be i'm
posed on public service cc@Aorations
that fail to report their gross earnings
and other Information whereby an as
sessment can be fixed under amend
ment l, If the agreement reached today
by the state equalizers state tax COM
missioners and county assessors is put
in force. It was agreed that a fine of
some size besides arbitrary assessment
must be held over the corporations in
order to facilitate the work of the
equa lizers.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-10
STOLEN JEWELS ARE
RETURNED BY DRIVER
Bank Cashiers Wife Refuses
to Prosecute Man

OAKLAND, Dec. 81. II. Burdick, a
driver for the F. Snow cleaning works
at 1914 Twenty eighth street, was ar
rested and confessed to the police the
theft of jewels valued at $1,000 from a
coat sent to be cleaned by II. A.
Mosher. cashier of the Central ma
tional bank, living at 325 Staten ave-
nue.. Burdick told the police he found
the Jewels in the pocket, took them to
his home at s431z Athens avenue and
concealed them. Having taken the po-
lice to his room and delivered the val
uables, he was released this afternoon,
Mrs. Mosher declining to prosecute.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-10
POLICEMAN is SUED
FOR FALSE ARREST
M. j. Slattery Asks $1,000 of
James Pullman

OAKLAND. Dec 9.-Martin J. SIat-
terry has filed suit against Policeman
James Pullman for $1,000. claiming that
he was falsely arrested last September.
He asks the dana ges as well as a new
suit of clothes and a dental bill OF $50
Slattery was arrested on a charge OF
drunkenness. He charges that the ar
rest was brutal and that the policeman
struck him in the mouth and dragged
him in the street The surety company
on PulIman's bond is made codefendant
In the suit.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-10
WOMAN REFUSES TO LIE
TO HELP MRS. MARTIN
Witness Proves Disappointment
in Dynamite Trial

OAKLAND. Dec S.-'sNo. I won't lie
for you and / don't want to talk TO
you.'' exclaimed Mrs. Mary Hanna Of
Weaverville to Mrs. Isabella ]. Martin
in Judge Wells courtroom this after
noon when Mrs Martin finally cor
nered her after chasing her about the
room to whisper to her.
Mrs. Hanna had been subpenaed by
Mrs. Martins orders as a witness in
her defense. After Mrs. Hanna had
answered less than half a dozen ques-
tiOns Mrs Martin said:
I'm through with you. You are a
disappointment to me as a witness"
District Attorney Givens of Trinity
county was put on the stand, but he
stated that he knew nothing about the
case and was excused.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-10
YOLO COUNTY Land
BRINGS S45O,OOO
1000 Acres Will Be Reclaimed
and Subdivided Into Small
Farms
[SeeeiaL Dispatch 10 The CaNl

SACRAMENTO. Dec. "a deal by
which 1000 acres of Yolo county land
across the river from Sacramento is
taken over by the West Sacramento
company at a price close to $450.0O0
comprises the Bryte ranch of 1000
acres. which was sold for S150,00O, and
the Glide ranch of 5000 acres. which
went for a sum in proportion. The land
lies between the town of Broderick and
Webster station and is to be reclaimed
and subdivided into small farms. The
company now controls 5000 acres in
the vicinity.