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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-01

The following story, told by the Yer.
gennes Enterprise and vermonter, is
faaing duplication in many sections Of
Yerment;
'4The summer business was never
greater IN Vermont than this year. The
railroads are carrying their full quota,
aad nearly as many more are coming in
autos There has been more thaR deu-
bic The numheF Of such parties enter
tanned in this city so far this season
shan there were last year. Vermont
end its scenic attractions are being dis.
covered by countless thousands, who
viii come again and again"
Let them oeme, fer then we shall be
forced to make accommodations for
them.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-01
ONE MAN killed
And Another Badly Injuredby Lightning
in Middlebury.

Middlsbury, Aug. l.--cyrus Stone, n
wears old. a prominent farmer Of Bird
port, was Instantly killed BY bolt Of
lightning on Saturday during the heavy
thunder storm which occurred at that
time. With two hired msn he was en-
gagged in getting load Of hay into the
barn before the storm overlook them
and had entered the building. He was
pitching the hay on the wagon into the
NOV, whom he wWs struck, dying in
stantly. Daniel Delpne, one Of the hired
men, wag in the NOW and received a
severe shock, his clothes and shoes be-
ing torn from his body, which was ter
rihly burned FIFE Is IN serious conai-
ton and hope Of bis recovery is slight.
Howard Stone, brother Of the dead
man was In the barn at the time and
carried the bodies 81 the two men into
the farm house, later returning to ex-
tinglith the flames, which had been
started BY the lightning.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-01
Current Comment
Clement a PPioueer.

Candidate Fleetwood has published q
detailed account Of what his campaign
cost him Just where every penny went
and to whom. He spent IN all $5663l.
This. all will agree, Is modest sum, and
evegy item IL stricfly proper and legi-
innate expense This Is tie fret time
that a candidate has ever giveR out a
detailed list though P. W. Clement once
PubIched his aggegatae expenses, run
aing up into The thousands. Mr.. Fleet.
woed, by this act, as vel Az his entire
course, has commen&ed hinnelf TO the
state as man Of honor. high moral at.
titude, and not 80 mtan a politician as
many At first esteemed him.---Randolph
Herald and Newa
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-01
TWO WORLDS RECORDS
One by Melvin W. Sheppard and Other
BY Dan 0'Hearne.

New York, Aug. LIN the face of a
strong wind, and on a heavy track re-
Gently oiled, Mervin w. Sheppard broke
the worlds record yesterday for two-
thirds OF mile. He was running at
Celtic park. His time was 2i45 rs,
one fifth Of a second better than the
mark set last year BY Emilio Langhi,
the italian champion on the same track.
Dan O'Hearne added tlree-quarters Of
an inch to his own worlds record for
two hops and Jump. His new mark
is 81 feet, inches.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-01
Rutland Lost a Good Citizen.

As soldier, business man and
public Official, John A. sheldon performed
his duties faithfully and we'll. Hds death
was not unexpected, but the announce
ment brought Forth manifold expressions
Of sincere feeling which evidenced the
csteom which he had wen and held
Capt. Sheldon served with unusual cred
il ID the URien army and HE work as
postmaster Of Rutland, WAS 50 credit.
able that his term Of service haa been
continuous since President Mckinley ap
pointed him to that office. John Shell
don's clean life record ard hiss career as
town officer, alderman, mayor and
postmaster exempliAed the best that was
in him. BY his demise the Grand Army
loses an ex-eommaRder whom any orgeH
izatisn might have been proud to num
Der among its members. His pfohity
was nnquestioned and Of sterling man
hood his was type thoroughly weYthy
Of emulation Rutland Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-01
We Are Living in an Age

in which education counts. Provide BY
insurance sure fund for the education
Of your sons and daughters 6lst year.
National Life Insurance Co., Montpelier,
VT. lMutuall
S. s. Ballard, General Agent, Mont
pelier, VT; N. B. Ballard, local agent,
Barre, vt. lMutuall
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-01
The Fight Against Mead.

The itemized personal expense account
Of Frederick G. Fleetwood for the cam
paign from the 18th day Of last septem-
Der to the day the delegates in eonvens
ion assembled at Montpelier decided to
giye him second place are for postage
I'd stamped envelopes S2s62i tele-
phone, $685. printing and stationery
1892; hotel $500; teams, railroad
fares and autos. sl6.54s staaograpbeE.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-01

President Taft declines to add any
thing to the history Of the Vermont
Historical society by his presence at
tine next annual meeting But let not
che society Be downcast and cancel its
Reeting. There are others.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-01

The unusual situation Of father ar
Iaysd against son in political contest
IL shown in Washington county with
Or. I'll S. Carver Of Marshaeld nsmi-
mated by the Democrats for State sen
ater, aud j. Ward Carver Of Barre
named by the Republicans for states
atternsy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-01

A high wind did much damage in
Brattloboro last Monday, crops being
destroyed and hay lodged, while many
large trees on the bank Of the river were
uprooted, one boatman encounteeing
thirteen trees floating in the river dur
ing a short trip which he made after
che etouu was oveE
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-01

The absoonding cashier Of The Russo
Chinese bank in New York was arrested
IN New York restaurant. The way
to mans arrest is through bis stOm.
ach.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-01

1t is certain, as the Concord Monitor
says, that no state Of the six in New
England has displaced Vermont from the
cellar championship. You can bank on
fhat before the returns Gene IN.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-01

Judge Frank j. Martin Of the Wash
ington county probate district finds him
self ia unique position, endorsed BY
beth Republicans and Democrats.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-01

"Cars guarded by armed men, The
headlines weuld have it that our Rut.
land is warlike place just at present
but ne doubt they are too lurid.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-01

Mrs. Marilla M. Kicker Of Dover, can
didate for governor Of New Hampshire,
trpped going ever the first hurdle be-
cause she's a woman.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-01

Made-to-ordsr governors Of New York
don't lock well, Pinchot among them.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-01

Republican headquarters were estab-
lisbed in Rutland to-day, which insures
a little neat fer the month OF August.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-01

A Proctor man has invented "perpet-
ual motion again. The only perpetual
melton is the effort 70 discover 1t.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-01

Just the same advant-
ages for the boys as for
the men at our July clear
ing sale.
To keep up our repu-
tation for style we have
to keep up the freshness
Of our stock by closing
out every Suit before the
fall clothing arrives.
Wash Suits, now 35c
and 75c.
Wool Suits, S1.35 to
So. Suits that sold for
81. 90 to. $3.50.
Straw Hats, I5c, 35c
and 8Sc S5c for any
Straw Hat in the store,
except Panamss.
We Clean. Press and Repair Clothing.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-07-29
APPALLING RETICENCE AT
OYSTER BAY CONTINUES

oyster Bay, y. Y. July 2S.-Be-
fore Theodore Roosevelt launches out
again on the troubled sea of national
politics he will scan the chart with
those of his friends who already nave
tested the temper of the storm
The colonel's reticence of last night
continued today. He repeated that
no was unwilling to comment on inc
action of the Ohio republican state
convention until he had received re-
norts from men who were on the
rround. but he added who these men
will be. They are James r. CARRIED
and Wade Il. Ellis, chairman OF tho
Ohio republican committee.
Mr.. Ellis, 1t is thought VIII ASK
colonel Roosevelt TO stump ONO Tor
the ticket nominated yesterday The
colonel would not say tonight whether
ne will accept The colonel already
has agreed to speak at Cincinnati on
september o. but it IS unlikely he VIII
vanture on state Issues then.
clifford Pinehot, now returning
from the Pacific coast Will bring BACK
word of how the west feels toward
conservation. The colonel inquired
today with considerable interest "heh
Mr. Pinchot was due 20 return.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-07-29
PRESIDENT AND
EX-PRES|DENTI
keep MUM
TAFT NOR COLONEL
PEEP ON OHIO OUTCOME
Evidently in Sacred Silence
Pact; MayfIower's Cruise
EndSi Roosevelt Waiting to
Interview Garfield on Situa-
ton.

nv Morning journal speciai Iaassa wirel
Beverly, Mass July 2S.--President
Taft's ten-day vacation cruise along
the Maine coast ended at 3 o'clock
this afternoon when the Mayflower
dropped anchor in Beverly harbor
Immediately after coming ashore
Mr.. Taft read the details OF the Ohio
convention. The wireless messages
that reached him yesterday were de-
cidedly meager
1t is not likely that Mr.. Taft will
make any formal comment upon the
situation in Ohio or upon the plat
form. He sent tonight n telegram to
Warren c.. Harding, the republican
nominee for governor of Ohio, which
read:
Il sincerely congratulate you on
your nomination and earnestly hope
that you may be elected"
The statement was reiterated here
today that President Taft did not take
any active part in the shaping of The
Ohio platform He specifically stated
to Senator Dick and Chairman ellis
of the Ohio executive commit
tee when they were in Beverly, 1t
was asserted today, that he did moi
wish to be placed in the position OF
approving or disapproving any draft
of platform
He has a busy time ahead OF him.
A large number of engagements al
ready have been made and 1t Is said
there will be continuous stream oi
prominent visitors to Beverly.
The executive offices are to be
moved from the board OF trade rooms
| in the center OF the city to the water
| front where an old colonial mansior
has been leased for the purpose. the
board of trade proffered the rooms tc
the government last year. AS ths
| president is likely TO remain IN BeV'
erly at least two more summers u
| was thought to be too much ol an
| imposition to use the board rooms al
| Of that time.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-07-29
TRANSCON TINE NTAL
PROJECT MAY
Be REVIVED
Purchase of Pearson Railroad
Holdings By Powerful Inter
eStS May MeaaaeaIization OF
Plan for Vast System,

sses Morning Journal sneciai Lsassa "ifei
New York. July 2S.-Now that the
sale of the so-called Pearson holdings
in Rock Island, Lehigh Valley, Wa
bash. Missouri Pacific and Denver 4
Rio Grande stock is confirmed Wail
street was asking today what the kuhn
Loeb syndicate the purchasers, pur-
pose to do with the securities.
DR.. +. y. Pearson and his brother
associates acquired the stock late in
1909 and early In 1910 with the dream
of a vast transcontinental system. TINS
plan must now be abandoned, temper
arlly at least, but opinion Is divided
as to whether 1t win be revived under
new and more powerfui guidance
one member of the purchasing syndi-
cate said positively this afternoon
that 1--WE have no plans for new
transcontinental railway system. and
the purchase does not embrace con-
troll of any of the properties whost
stocks we have acquired
on the other hand, another banker
concerned said that DR. Parsons pro-
ject would be shelved only for the
time being.
While the primary OBJECT OF i"klhs
over the holdings, he said, was tc
save an awkward market situation
yet he was of the opinion thai
plans for the new system remain
as heretofore.
The American members OF the syn
dicate acting with Kuhn Loeb 4 Co.
include the First National bank, q
Morgan institution. but the Morgan
banking house itself. IL is emphatic.
ally declared. is in no way a party Il
the syndicate. II Is believed, how.
ever, that the Kuhn Loeb syndicate
win ere long sell to j. =. Morgan
& Co, its newly acquired Lehigh Val.
ley holdings. so that the road will re-
main in the hands of the Drexel-Mor'
gan interests where IT has alway:
been
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-07-29

10 make stronger culverts and bridges
to hear heavier engines and steel cars.
Then they must borrow more to buy
the large locomotives and big cars,
all of which add 70 the efficiency of
these steel highways.
The country rond-makers have not
kent up with the railroad makers
They too, must get money TO cut
down grades, TO get smooth, hard
surfaces, to provide good drainage
and 10 reduce the cost of mainten-
ance when this is done the farmer
can go from his farm to his market
or shipping station quicker and carry
n bigger load. The firm road-bed
and smooth, heavy steel make the
railroads cars and engines last
longer. and the substantial well-made
country road makes the farmer
horses. wagons and harness last
longer. The saving to the railroad
4. only n small fraction OF cent on
zach ton hauled one mile, while the
saving 10 the farmer is 10 cents ton
n mile This difference in cost OF
hauling will often turn a losing farm
into a paying one.
The greatest value of good roads
win he to the farmers who have mel
as vet become interested. You have
not vet found way TO reach them C
properly place your arguments aho
statistics before them. They need e
no shown that the poorest roads are
the most expensive roads They have
NOT been shown that their broker
wagons. broken harness and black
smith bills cost them more than tbs
cost of having good roads. They have
M, been shown that a s4 day team
can do twice the work over gooe
roads. which makes that team wortr
to them sS a day
The agricultural people OF TN
country are beginning TO realize then
own situation. They are commencins
seriously TO study economic questions
They are beginning to figure then
time as worth money. When your
association places the facts before IN
owners of the six million farms, wh'
represent, according to governmen
estimates. including their famliles
narly one-thlrd of our population
(Contlnued on page 3, col. a.,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-07-29
LAURA JEAN LIBBY NOW
INVADING THE STAGE

New York. July 2S.-Laura jean
Libby, the author OF when His Love
Grew Cold" Lovers once But Strang.
ers Now" and more than fifty 9th
er similar novels with more thnn fiji
ty other similar titles. viii make her
debut on the stage next Monday night
in New York roof garden.
"In the years | have been writing,
she explained tonight. II have re-
ceived thousands of letters from girls
throughout the country asking foi
personal talks. This opportunity
gives me ability to answer them
When was a school girl my teacher
told me that one day I should be
either great writer on a great act
ress. Well. ! have been writer for
a good many years
Now am told that ! can act. the
time has come to make a trini.
Miss Libby is Mrs. Van Meter Still-
well in private life. She was horn IN
Brooklyn in 1899.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-07-29
INCOME TAX AMENDMENT
ADVOCATED BY YALE DEAN

Excelsior Springs, Mo. July 2S.-At
the annual meeting Of the Missouri
State Bar association. which opened
here yesterday, Dean H. w. Rogers
Of the Yale law school, delivered an
address on the proposed income tax
amendment of the constitution of tho
United States, advocating the ratifica~
ton of the amendment. The decision
Of the supreme court offthe United
States in the case of Pollock ". The
Farmers Loan and Trust company.
made IL essential he said. to amend
the constitution in order that the ma
tional government might be able 20
command the national resources in
time Of crisis.
Mr.. Rogers took the same view that
Senator Root entertained OF the words
from whatever source derived as
used in the text or the amendment
now before the states. and stated that
IL was his conviction that the supreme
court would never construe these
words as authorizing congress 10 Ga.
the instrumen.alities OF the states. lie
thought the states could not make a
success OF taxing incomes and tnev
should not have any reluctance IN
granting to the nation this essential
power.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-07-29
PEAK.SCALERS
MISS TOP Of
M'K|NLEY
NEWSPAPER EXPEDITION
RETURNS UNSUCCESSFUL
Claim Mountain Assembled By
Or. Cook Is Ten Miles From
Real Summit; Unable to See
Lloyd Paty'S Flag,
IN, Morning journal spsCla, L.assd wirei

Seward. Alaska. July 2s--The PORT
land Oregonian-New York Herald
Mount Mckinley expedition, headed
by c. T. Rusk, OF Cheian, Wash
which sailed from Seattle on tne reve-
nue. cutter Tahoma, April a. ana
which followed DR. Cooks route up
the Susitna and Chulitna rivers, fall
ed to reach the summit OF Mount
Mckinley and is now on the way back
10 Seward
The climbers ascended the peak al
legged by Dr. Cook to be the summit.
hut Il is ten miles from the topmosI
point of the mountain. The Rusk party
were unable TO see the flag which
the Thomas Lloyd party are alleged
to have planted on the summit last
April, and are dsinclined to believe
the story told by the Fairbanks eN'
pedition. The party, headed by Pro
fessor Hersehel Parker of New YorR
ana Relmore Brown of Tacoma, !:
stlll endeavoring to ascend the noun.
tain.
This news was brought to Seware
today BY w Mcpougall, president o.
the Cache Greek Mining company
who met the Rusk party few days
ago at Susitana station.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-07-29
ASCENT POSSIBLE ONLY IN
SPRING. is CONTENTION.

Seattle, Wash, July 2S.---ft s the
contention OF Thomas Lloyd and 9TH
er Alaskan mountaineers that Mount
Mckinley cannot be climbed from the
Cook Inlet side at any time, and that
it can be ascended from the Fair
banks side only in the spring, while
the snow Is hard and the crevasses
in the great glaciers are hridged by
the snow. In the summer the erevas-
SEES are perllous.
The disappearance OF the flag from
the summit Of Mount Mckinley was
to have been expected. they say. on
account OF the nigh wind that sweeps
over the peak
Asahel Curtis of Seattle. celebrat-
ed mountain climber had not ex>
coed. lie says that Rusk has no SUI
perior as a mountaineer and If Rusls
could not succeed In summer no one
can. Mr. Curtis believes Thomas
Lloyd's story Of the ascent as do all
the members of the Seattle mountain
eer's club. Lloyd Is n wealthy man of
high reputation and has made no Of,
fort to exploit his feat for financial
gain.
Major E. S. Ingram, of Seattle, who
climbed Mount st. Elias. with the
Duke of Abruzzi, says that IL he were
To attempt to ascend Mount Mckin-
ley he would establish n camp I'm au-
tumn at the base of the mountain
and make q dash for the summit III
the spring, when the crevasses are
sealed
Besides Mr.. Rusk there are In his
party. A. l.. Cool of Chelan, Wash,
trapper; Joseph Ridley a Mount Ba-
ker forest ranger, and f. III. Rojec oi
Portland, ore photographer.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-07-29
ORGANIZATION WINS IN
RITTER NEW YORK FIGHT

Utica, Y. Y, July ~ nc " sH''
,zation republicans Of Herkimer
county tonight won victory III the
urinary contests after a bitter ilg'i'
which continued until nearly inia-
night. Congressman Charles ;. Mll-
lington, candidate of the ORGANIZATION
hacked by Vice-President sherman
obtained a majority of the delegates
over Theodore Douglas Robinson
nenhew Of former President Roosevelt
who is the candidate Tor the iisu's
ent" faction.
There are sixty-six delegates 10 .lie
county convention which chooses ael-
egates 10 the constitutional conVeh-
ton. and the convention was success
ful In fourteen towns. winning ior'y-
three delegates.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-07-29
CARRIE NATION HOME
FOR DRUNKARDS' WIVES
GOES BACK TO CARRIE

Kansas city. July 2s.-Recause
there are not enough drunkards'
wives In Kansas City. kan, to Keep
the home founded for them by carrie
Nation going. the home Is to be re-
turned to the giver. This was an
nounced today by Peter SHeoeH
president OF the Associated Charities'
Mrs. Nation has asked thar the
property be restored TO her. as she
desires to sell It and devote the pro-
Goods 10 a school for neglected chil-
dren in Eureka Springs Ark. II VIII
be returned.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-07-29
HOLDS NOSE
WITH CL0THESPlN WHILE
HE SElZES CANNED EGGS

Pittsburg. Jufy 2S.--A federal food
Inspector. armed with legal papers
and with clothes pin clapped over
his nose today seized i25 cans OF Ne
braska eggs which we're marked
canned fancy mixed and frozen" and
Vet guaranteed pure and fresh" An
analysis by chemists of the agricul-
tural department in Washington Is
declared to have disclosed about O.
i6S,ISS bacteria In single ounce Of
the product. 10000 OF which were
gas producing species.
United states District Attorney
John II. Jordan declares that within
two months twenty thousand pounds
Of Nebraska eggs have been br"neht
TO Pittsburg.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-07-29
OENUNC|AT|ON
EASY IN HOT
WEATHER
LITTLE MENTAL EFFORT
DECLARES STANDPAT TER
Fact That Republican Majority
Are for Measure Immediately
Makes It Target for lnsh
gents, Says KanSanl
III, Morning Journal sDeclaI LEASED wirsl

fBy Morning Journal speciai LEASED Wirei
Holton Kan. July 2S-Represeh-
tative p. p. Campbell of the third
Kansas district, a 'standpatter, In i
speech here tonight. proclaimed the
Insurgents to be iconoclasts VINO have
taken the course that has required
the least fort--denunciation.'
when the weather is hot" he SAID,
and mental effort irksome il pos
sible. the true patriot and only friend
of the people, with a show OF rare
courage, rises to the occasion and de-
clares that the republican majority OF
the house and senate were for a GER
tain measure, therefore in the interest
Of the great common people, it must
be opposed.
whether the measure is good or
bad does not depend on the measure
itself, according to these mere CRITICS
and fault finders, but upon the per-
sonne of its supporters
rs the measure good? The repub-
lican majority of the house and senate
are for it, and il is approved by the
president The measure is therefore
bad. and these men opposed to II.
Is the measure bttu 1 hN 'l''''f
lican majority in the house and senate
and the president oppose 1t. IL Il
therefore good and these men sup
port it,
IF the republican majority in the
house and senate and the president
/ would avoid the rocks, these mei
would split upon them. If the repup'
! lican majority in the house ana senate
and the president would steer int
| harbor, these men would miss 1t.
| The president and the majority o.
the republicans of the house and sen
ate agreed upon a tariff law THESE
men opposed it. Democrats and in
surgents said they wanted the tarit
reduced The Payne bill carried a re
duction in consuniptive value - ehem
icals. including a IA per cent reduc
lion in white lead, of s4S3, ls9,S46 II
earth, esrthenware and glassware 0
I$l2S,423.732; In wood lhcluuihs iu.'
! ber, of $3.50. 6.S70,950i in metals IN
cluding steel and iron, of $l,22l, ,95o'
600: in sugar, molasses and manutae
turers of $300,965,95S; pup, whl''
paper and books, $67,62S,0oo; suhur'
articles, $1,7l9,42S,S S69
THE bill contained 654 reduction
in articles of necessity ana common
use The average ad valorem rate oi
dutiable imports under the Dlhsle'
law was 25.4S per cent uhuer th'