The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-16

authorities learned Of this far.away
! mountain disfilIey running II Wo'aDlV9 ,s
81 the state laws, and they sent shrs'i
TO Investigate. Cureton was arfesse9
and brought to trial, N the course 2.
which Inc government st0lekeepef anu
eauger, B. z. Thompson BY name W.
called upon 10 testify az g Nhal We
| ii Curetons workshop Thompson
fused 10 give any information. on WE
ground that government regulations pip.
/ hibited a revenue officer from disclosing
any knowledge gained in the course q
his business lie was promptly aeht y
iail for contempt Of court
About the same time, deputy collector
INV. II. Crockett broke of and removed
the lock which had been placed On tne
distllery BY the sheriff and ne was
placed IN prison.
The national government was arfaSees
against the state government agents q
the one UNFOLDING the treasury depart
ments regulations and officials ana oth.
ers supporting the trampled dignity o.
/ the state laws and courts There were
lhabeas corpus and other court proceed
/ ings brought. and suits threatened pafk
land forth Both sides refused 70 recVg-
nize the authority Of the other and z
really ugly situation was created,
The row started early last fall, and It
was not until dav or two ago that
an amicable adjustment was reached.
/ The government revenue agents pleadeu
guilty Of technical" contempt Of court,
and the cases against them were at once
dismissed
But poor Cureton, who had pinned
his faith TO the government stamp was
| fined Al 600 with the alternative 81 gong
to state prison for year.
Last year. Uncle Sam gave 10 the
asl 900 surviving veterans, and widows
81 veterans. sle00o3c00 IN war pensions.
Details Of a paternalistic governments
pension business were recently presented
/ ID Congress By the secretary ot the
/ interior. In the number Of pensioners
| Ohio and Pennsylvania lead, zach with
| ~ 900. ia round numbers. New York
has $4,000, Illinois, 5000, and Indiana,
81 600
More than 5000 pensioners live in for
eign lands. Canada leads with 2,05l,
I Germany has $50, Ireland 48Q and Eng
land 37i. Remote places Of the earth
to which pension money is sent include
the Seychelles islands. st. Martin, 81.
4 Helena. Azores. Bahamas. Turkey
/ Greece. Liberia. Korea. Honduras, Hong
kong and the Isle Of Man. The total
sent 20 % foreign countries OF dependen-
eies is $685. COZ year.
Three Civil war veterans have reached
the patriarchal ages Of 1903, i05 and los
years respectively The oldest veteran
Of the Mexican war u a comparative
youngster Of - years
Chianti and other famous Italian and
French wines and cordials, made or hot
tied IN this country, viii probably cost
more az a result Of a decision Just made
public by the treasury department
Bottles containing these and similar
other kinds Of goods are usually covered
with q straw plating, which was for
merly considered sure proof Of foreign
origin. But ii seems 81 late that there
has been quite trade In the importa-
ton into this country Of empty bottles
With straw coverings Heretofore the
treasury department has allowed these
I 70 tQNft III WITHOUT AAOtttNHAl UuAyt tb
the ground that they were used in good
faith to protect the bottles from break.
age
Recently. however. the department in
vestieated the matter and reached the
conclusion that the straw coverings or
jackets were not usual coverings for
empty bottles imported into this coun-
/ try
II appears That other varieties Of emp
/ ty bottles imported at Boston and Phil
/ adelphia are invariably packed in loose
straw; at Baltimore the majority come
in bales Of straw, covered with burlap.
and at New York only about 20 per cent.
are imported III straw covers
Instructions have therefore been sent
out BY the department directing collect
ors Of customs to hereafter treat the
straw coverings on empty bottles as II
they were separately imported This
means that they win come iii as man.
nfactures Of straw" and pay duty Of
80 per cent ad valorem.