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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-31
AFFECTS MONTPELIER FIRM.
Order Promulgated BY Public Service
Commission Regarding Contract
With Granite Manufacturer.

Newport, Mar. 25.-R. W. Spear,
clerk of the Public Service Commits
sion makes public the following or
der No. 172 today. The order refers
to The petition OF Bonazzi and Bonaz-
ri VS.. the Central Vermont Railway
Co, In relation to contract with the
defendant company. The petition
claims that the contract which the
Central Vermont wishes him to sign
is unreasonable and that he had been
informed that other concerns in and
around Montpelier and Barre, are
served by side tracks similar to his
and are not required to sign said con-
Tract. The railroad company threat
ened to discontinue shifting for him
After due hearing on the case the
commission find that the contract is
not unreasonable, except that the
price charged for rails is $40 per ton
and the commission fix the price at
500.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-31
DROWNED IN BLACK RIVER.
Three Year Old Boy Thrcw ing Peb.
hles Into the Water, rails in and
Body is Still Uncovered.

Springfield, March 29.-James
Henry. the three-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. James Scales, was drowned
this afternoon while throwing peb-
bles into the Black River near this
place. The boy left home with his
tpur-year-old sister and another
child of about the same age, and the
first intimation of the catastrophe
was received when the young daugh-
ter of Mrs. Frank Handley rushed
into the house and said that the lit
tie Scales boy had fallen into the riv-
er. Mrs. Handley informed Mrs.
Scales of the fact and a search for
the body was at once begun, cannon
being fired over the water and dyna,
mite being used in an effort to bring
the body to the surface. All eff
forts were unavailing, however and
all hope of recovering the corpse has
been given up, for the present at
least. as the spot where the boy was
drowned is one of the deepest in the
river.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-31
COMPANY COMPROMISES.
Ten Party Lines to BE Abolished From
Telephone Service in Rutland.

Rutland, March 2S.-The abolish
ment of 10 party lines, with the ex-
ception of farmers lines" leaving no.
thing but six party residence lines in
this city, is agreed to by the New Eng
land Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany through its counsel, M. B. Jones,
in plan submitted to the Public Ser
vice Commission, as the, result of pc
tition brought by States Attorney j.
C. Jones, alleging exhorbitant rates
and poor service. The company asks
for stay of hearing for six months,
until able to study the local situation,
with view to working out possible
improvements. There will be a con-
tinuance of the hearing at Montpelier
April 6, when Mr.. Jones will siren.
uously oppose any stay OF six months
In the righting of what he claims is a
wrong In this citys telephone system.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-31
BETTER RELATIONS
Minister Fielding Says Tarifi Agree
ment With United States Paves the
Wny

| Way.
Ottawa, Ont, March 30.-The Do
minion Parliament and the people of
Canada received their first official
announcement of the settlement of the
tariff with the United States and the
granting by the latter of the mini
mum tariff rates, through statement
made in the House this afternoon by
Finance Minister Fielding. 1t was
evident from the trend of Mr.. Field
ing's remarks that the process of re-
adjusting tariff relations between the
| two countries will not end with the
agreement just reached.
Mr.. Fielding arrived here from
| Washington at l o'clock and at once
conferred with Premier Laurier and
other members of the cabinet. after
which he proceeded to the House.
He was greeted with applause when
at 4;30 he began to speak. Mr.. Field
ing reviewed in great detail the ne
citations between the two govern
ments. The first overtures for a re-
adjustment of tariff relations came
from Washington he said. When a
deadlock seemed inevitable the gov
ernment took firm stand and would
not have shrunk from 8 tariff war.
although it preferred 30 avoid hostil-
| ities of that sort,
No pledge was given by Canada that
the export of pulpwood would not be
prohibited, Mr, Fielding declared.
In the negotiations Canada never
had admftted that the Franco-Cana-
diaR treaty amounted to a discrim-
ination against the United States and
by his proclamation, issued at Wash
ington today, President Taft tacitly
admitted this to be a fact
I Continuing Mr.. Fielding said that it
had been claimed in some quarters
that President Taft had been bluffing
and that he would not have dared
to impose the maximum tariff rates
against Canada, even if the dontn-
ion had failed to make any eoAees-
sions whatever. This was o Mistak-
en- idea, Mr.. Fielding said. With all
of his friendly regard for Canada,
President Taft might have been fore
ed into imposing the maxium against
Canada
IF We stood pat it is possible we
might have in some way obtained the
minimum American tariff" said Mr..
Fielding. THAT perhaps would have
been a great triumph for Canada. To
hurl defiance at the United States
when all the nations of Europe are
accepting their terms might have
been heroic, but some victories are
too dearly bought.
Fully believing in the professions
of President Taft that he desired to
establish TIL best of relations with
Canada, we sought an honorable COM
promise
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-31
CREATES SENSATION
French Admiral Discusses Possibility
Of War Between United States and
japan.

Paris, March 31.-The memoirs of
Vice Admiral Fournier, commander
of the Mediterranean squadron of
the French navy, in which he discus
ses particularly the possibility of Il
war between the United States and
Japan and the resultant danger of
dragging all Europe into a terrific
conflict, were issued in book form to-
night. The memoirs have caused
something of sensation in political
and diplomatic circles.
Admiral Fournier accords the star
role on the stage of international pol
itics to the German Emperor not
only in Europe, says the writer
where the Emperor is trying desper-
ately to break the league of powers
against him, but also indirectly as an
influential factor in the relations be-
tween the United States and Japan.
Admiral Fournier says it is use
less to deny that there is possibil-
ity of war between the United States
and Japan as a result of popular irri-
tation in America should Japan's
demands or Japan's policies of alb
nj nj l.
ica's excessive self-esteem or, inter
ests in the far East.
! In case of a hostile, coalition of
the United States with the Triple AL
lance, the admiTal believes, France
would be forced to supplement the
forces of England, Japan and Russia
He doubts, however that the Ger
man emperor, although devoured by
desire to smash the league. and
adopting a diplomacy as unserupu-
lous as that of the iron chancellor
would enter on the perilous venture
of such war, which would offer lit
tie chance of victory ON land or sea,
without the Intervention In
| Europe of the navies of the triple
alliance in a way to help the Ameri
can fleet at the moment it was seri
ously engaged in the Atlantic and
the Pacific, the decisive superiority
y, in that struggle" declares the yice
admiral would rest with the forces
of Japan and England. Under these
conditions which spell defeat, the
United States would undoubtedly re-
sist the temptation to settle hel
differences with Japan by an appea
to arms.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-31
COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED.
Few Towns In Rutland County That
Voted "Wet" Are Relieved of En-
barassing Predicament.

Rutland March 29.--License COM
missioners for two towns in Rutland
county that changed to wet" at the
March election were appointed today
by the Assistant Judges, H. NJ. Red
field of Hubbardtown and f. M.
Plumley of Sherburne. Commission
ers in three towns that were wet"
last year were reappointed at the
same time. This leaves Castleton
and Rutland city the only places
where commissioner have not been
appointed, although the time for maxi
ing the choice expired at midnight
on March 18th. The commission
ers appointed for Benson today are
w. S. Bascomb M. E. Wilcox and l..
d. Belden and for Mt. Tabor. NJ. f.
Millard, Nelson Nichols and j. C.
King. A petition was received from
citizens OF Mt. Tabor asking that nc
commissioners be appointed, but
Judge PhImley said that he and as
sociates believed il their duty to ap-
point the commissioners. The dead
lock between the judges over the ap-
pointment OF commissioners for this
city shows no sign of breaking.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-31
WICKERSHAM MAKES DENIAL
Claims That He Never Was Attorney
For the "Sugar Trust" But That His
Partner Was Retained.

Washington, ID. c., March 2S.-At
toreny General Wickersham TO-DAY
placed on record formal denial tha
he ever acted as attorney for the
sugar trust" as charged by Repres.
entative Martin OF Colorado in the
House few days ago.
This denial was in the form of a
letter to Representative Bennett of
New York and was read in the
House. MIR. Wickersham said the
only reason he knew for the maxi
Ing Of such charge was the fact
that one of his law-partners was
three years ago retained as one of
the counsel of the American Sugar
Refining Company in a single case,
but he (Mr. Wickersham) had new
er been consulted nor did he rem
der any service in connection with
that case.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-31
SEARCH ABANDONED
Belief Prevalent That Young Tele-
phone Operator Who Lett Home
Sunday Is Mentally Deranged.

Rutland. March est is now be-
lieved that Joseph Treahey. the Is
year old night operator for the
New England Telephone and Tele-
graph Company in this town, for
whom an almost continuous search.
part of the time with bloodhounds.
has been kept since he disappear
ed on Saturday, deliberately left
home, or is suffering from some tenn
porary mental trouble. The search
was abandoned today at noon when
1t was learned that Treahey was
seen yesterday by a Polander with
whom he was acquainted and who
was returning from Hampton, N. H.,
to Poultney. A man answering
Treahey's description was seen on
Saturday by woman betw cen Fair
Haven and Poultney and she had
to turn out to avoid colliding with
him in the middle of the road. The
belief is growing here that the boy
has run away
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-31
TO REVIVE UNIONS.
Labor Organizer In Burlington Does
Not See Why Brain Workers
Should BE Paid More Than Ditch

Burlington, March 29.-Stuart
Reed labor organizer, spoke this
evening at mass NEE ting of labor
ers and advised the men to get all
they could from their employers,
stating that he saw no reason why
brain workers should be paid more
than ditch diggers or hod carriers.
Another meeting will be held tomor-
row evening and frequently hereafter
An effort is to be made to revive the
unions in this city, as at one time
there were 1900 unionists here,
while al present there are but a few
hundred
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-31
TOWN FARM BURNED.
One Aged Man Removed From Burn
Ing With Much Difficulty-Loss Is
$1,000.

Springfield, March 3l.-The farm
known as the Weatherfield town farm
owned by the town of Weathersfield
and located on the Weathersfield
road some distance beyond the resi-
dence of the late Mart A. Beal, was
destroyed by fire yesterday. The fire
was discovered in the ell part of the
house by Harry Bellows, the occu-
pant, at about Z o'clock. Smoke was
seen issuing from the roof and Mr..
Bellows, who was at the barn, started
Immediately for the house to eXtin-
guish the blaze Walter Barnes and
Charles Streeter, living on adjoining
farms also saw the smoke at about the
same time as Mr.. Bellows and started
to his aid
Daniel Robb, one of the charges, a
man 50 years of age, was in his room
on the first floor of the burning build
ing. The first efforts of the few men
who had come to the farm was to get
was done with difficulty. as the man
was determined to remain and after
he was taken out made repeated at.
tempts to reenter.
1t was seen at once that with the
help available nothing could be done
to save the building and the men i'm
mediately began to remove the fur
niture from the house. Nearly all of
the goods were taken to a safe place.
The horses and swine in the barn
were taken out without difficulty.
The cause of the fire in unknown,
but many theories have been advanc-
ed The loss is slightly over $4,000,
$3.50 of which was insured The house
was built so years ago.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-31
WILL FIGHT TO A FINISH
Charges of Bribery in Mississippi
Now Under Investigation.

jackson, Miss. March 29.--Behind
closed doors tonight the State Sem.
ate began its investigation of the
statement made by State Senator
Theodore G, Bilbo, that he accepted
bribe of $645 from L. c, pulaney,
to change his vote from former Gey,
ernor James X, Vardaman to Leroy
Percy. the successful candidate in
the recent senatorial contest.
Bilbo's fight to retain his seat in.
the Senate will be on the gene raj
grounds that he was justified in ac-
cepting the bribe. acting In the cap
acity of detective and with honest
motives.
Mr.. Dulaney was arrested today
and released in bonds of $4,000. He
declares Bilbo's statement is a pol
itical frame-up.
Tonight formal declaration was
made by leaders of the Percy faction
that they intend to fight to the fin
ish; that they will put before the
grand jury evidence tending to
prove that former Governor varda-
man used his executive contingent
fund extravagautly and unlawfully:
that he failed to make a proper ac-
counting therefor as required by law;
that during the year 1906 he accept
ed and used a railroad pass in viola
lion of law.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-31
KILLED BY BURGLAR
One Woman Dead and Another Dy-
ing As Result of Attack by Mask
ed Men.

Springfield, Mass, March 31.-Miss
Martha Blackstone, daughter of c. j,
Blackstone, was murdered by mask
ed burglar in the home of Mrs. Sarah
]. Dow, Round Hill, at o'clock this
evening. Miss Harriet Dow, daughter
of the house, was shot in the head and
is in dying condition. The murder
er escaped.
Mrs. Dow and her daughter, Miss
Lucy, were able to give but slight
description of the murderer. The po-
lice say that in general way the
crime resembles those of the man who
terrorized the city last fall. The des-
cription given by the frightened wo-
men say the man was about five feet
ten inches in height, wore dark clothes
and a black slouch hat; had a dark
cloth about the lower part of his face
and was about twenty-one or twenty
two years old.
The murderer was a most wanton
one. Mrs. Dow, her two daughters
and Miss Blackstone, who was a guest
for the night. were seated in the liv-
ing room of the home about a small
table solving a picture puzzle. Sud
denly there came a demand for money
from the dining room, just in the rear
The women looked up to see masked
man in the dark doorway, threatening
them with revolver. Mrs. Dow re
tanned her composure and replied:
We have no money but Mis-:
Blackstone jumped to her feet ant
ran screaming into the reception
room. The burglar said ''If yol
want to be killed keep on screaming,
and fired as he spoke. The bullet en-
tered Miss Blackstone's left breas
and death was instantaneous. Th'
murderer, hardly paused to see hi
victim fall, before he turned the re
volver on the group, shooting Mis-
Harriet Dow in the head. He thel
ran to the front door, leaped over th
piazza railing and disappeared.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-31
To Present Town Clock.

Newport, March 29.-Skinner &
French, one of the wealthiest firms of
this Gown. have decided to present
the village with town clock, which
VIII be placed in position in the tower
OF the Congregational church some
time next week. The clock is of mod
ern construction and will be a yalu-
aoie addition to the public convent
ence of Newport.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-31
DIFFERENCES SETTLED.
Trainmen, Conductors and Yardmen
of the n. Y, n. H., & II. X. r.,
Satisfied With COMPROMISE


New Haven, Conn, March 2S.-Fol-
lowing conference tonight between
General Manager Samuel Higgins of
the New York, New Haven and Ha, t
ford railroad and the adjustment
board of the railway conductors,
trainmen and yartimen, II was stat
ed that a satisfactory settlement of
all difficulties had been reached and
that the settlement was on the
basis of that recently made by the
Baltimore & Ohio with it's employees
The agreement covers the wage
and train schedules and the hours OF
labor.
The mems demands were first pre-
sented to the road in January and
several coferences followed. result
ing in letter from General Man
ager Higgins to the adjustment
board in which the position of the
road was stated and also to what ex-
tent the road would accede to the de-
mands of the men. This letter was
unsatisfactory to the men and nego-
tiations were broken off and the
road was polled, which resulted in
an almost unanimous vote to strike.
At this stage of the proceedings
the adjustmentk board took mat
ters up with President Mellen of the
road and today's satisfactory settle
ment resulted.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-31
BABY'S SUSPICIOUS DEATH.
Autopsy to Be Performed on Infant
That Died, Apparently From Starva,


l. Burlington, March 30.-A peculiar
case has come to the attention of the
State authorities in Burlington, in
which baby died under strange cir
cumstances and an investigation Is
now in progress, The baby, which was
three months and fifteen days old, be-
longed to Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Meyers,
who live near Sheldon Falls. From
nearly all accounts the unfortunate
youngster slowly starved to death, or
was given an excess amount of sooth-
ing syrup. Sheriff Allen, in looking
the premises over found 2S empty
paregoric bottles Is castor oil bottles
and bottle partially full of paregoric.
1t was ascertained that until a week
ago the family have been taking one
quart of milk day. The baby took
a bottle and half OF paregoric on
Monday.
The mother told the sheriff that the
stuff was given the baby to quiet it.
When the baby died it looked little
better than tiny skeleton. Another
bad circumstance in connection with
the case and one which led to the
Investigation. is that this is the fourth
baby of the same mother to die in ex-
actly the same way. DR.. C. f. Dalton
OF the State laboratory went to Shell
burne Falls this afternoon to make an
autopsy.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-31
GOVERNOR ON STAND.
Called as Witness In Case Brought
Against His Chauffeur for Man.
slaughter.

Burlington, March 30.+Goyernor
Prouty was introduced as the States
witness in County Court this after
noon in the case for manslaughtcr
against his chauffeur, William II.
Benware. Governor Pronty describ-
ed the automobile, which was the one
That caused young Monegon's death
as a Mitchell model touring car of
10 horse power, built to carry five
people. He said he had considered
Benware an efficient and careful
chauffeur and that during Tercenten-
AIRY week, he had been especially dill
igent in making the difficult trip
from Swanton to Isle La Motto.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-31
100000 MINERS OUT
Big Tie-Up In Bituminous Coal Bus
mess Over Wage Scale Dispute.


Pfttsburg, Pa, March 31.-Three
hundred thousand organized workers
of the bituminous coal fields of Penn
sylyania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa,
Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Ar
Kansas, quit work last (Thursday)
night
The miners, members of the United
Mine Workers of America, declared
the walk-out was not a strike, but
merely a suspension OF work pending
AN arrangement between themselves
and the operators, of a wage scale for
another year, the old scale having ex-
pired with the month of March.
The men demand an increase of pay
in some instances of five cents ton,
and in other instances more, and GER
tain changes in working conditions.
Confidence was expressed by the
al coal famine, large supplies of fuel
having been secured in anticipation
OF the walkout.
While the miners predicted the sus-
pension would be cut short by a
prompt signing of wage scales, some
of the operators maintained that the
mines might be kept closed for a
month or sixty days or even longer.
The conditions in the various States
are as follows:
Illinois, nine hundred mines closed
and $4,000 quit; Indiana, $4,000 out,
Pennsylvania, approximately 10000
men out; Iowa, every mine in Iowa
closed pending settlement of the wage
scale.
Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and
Arkansas, comprising the southwest
ern interstate fields, $4,000 quit; OhiC
all miners quit. At Lorraine, Ohio, one
steel plant shut down and threw out
1000 workmen, the managers an
noucing a shortage of coal.
The first victory for the men came
in an announcement from Brazil, In.
diana, the center of the Indiana Black
coal district, where it was announced
the mems demands for a five cent in.
crease had been granted.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-31
TALKED TO BIBLE CLASS.
Hon. +. G. Fleetwood Addressed
Newport Audience on "Christian
citizenship"

Newport, March 29.-Hon. F. G.
Fleetwood of Morrisville delivered a
most scholarly and polished address
here this evening before the adult
Bible class of the Methodist church
known as the Pioneer class, ore of
the largest organizations of its kind
IN the State, The topic of his talk
was Christian Citizenship" and his
audience expressed their appreciation
OF his efforts most volubly.