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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-03-03
AGAINST BIG HIGHWAYS.
New York to Washington Plan
Criticised by v. s. Official.
FAvoRs ONLY STATE ROADS.

DIRECTOR PAGE OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE, OPPOSES THE
SCHEME OF $25, 1000, 600 NEW YORK
SYNDICATE ON THE GROUND THAT
SUCH PROJECTS USUALLY FAIL
DELAwARE'S GIFT.
Opposition to the plan of New York
capitalists to build great railway from
New York to Washington was voiced
yesterday by Logan Waller Page, di-
rector of the office of roads of the De-
partment of Agriculture, who declared
that private corporations and individ-
uals should not be encouraged to take
up the work of road building. He said
the work should be left entirely in the
hands of the States.
Announcement was made Saturday
that T. Coleman du Pont, president of
the Du Pont Powder Company, had
given 81 800, 600 to the State of Della
ware for the construction of a modern
highway the entire length of the State
In addition, and according to dispatch
from Wilmington yesterday, a number
of New York capitalists have formed a
company, with capitalization of $25, =
900, 900, to construct a boulevard be-
tween New York and Washington. An
du Pont in their movement, according
to the dispatch.
SAYS PROJECTS USUALLY FAIL.
1t is the plan of the New York capt.
talists to build highway 140 feet in
width at an approximate cost of S45, .
600 a mile, according to the dispatch.
They have proposed to Mr.. du Pont
that the road passing through the State
of Delaware be made part Of the sys-
tenn.
Mr. Page declared yesterday that he
has received word of the offer of Mr.
du Pont and of the formation of the
company, and that he is strenuously op-
posed to the project. 1t is not good
policy for road building to be done by
private capital, he said.
1.-THE government policy is opposed to
this kind of project" he continued.
"All road building should be conducted
directly either by the State or county
governments. Roads are strictly pub
lie works, and should be built by public
institutions, not private. know little
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-03-03
FRENCH MOTOR OBLIGA-
TIONS.
Owner and Driver of Car Must
indie Injured Passenger.

Paris, Feb. 25. A point of very con-
siderable Importance for Americans
who make extended motoring trips on
the Continent is to be aware of the ex-
tent of their legal liability, not only in
the case OF persons whom they may in
jure on the road but also of persons
they may have with them.
The recent judgment of Paris court
throws a curious light on this subject.
A chauffeur using his masters car
asked one of his friends to make a trip
with him. There was an accident and
the friend was injured. He forthwith
brought action against the chauffeur as
we'll as against the chauffeur's master,
recovering very considerable sum of
damages.
Foreign motorists in France are in
terested in this judgment in two ways.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-03-03

decided interest in the question of es-
tablishing remount stations for the
breeding of horses for army purposes.
Whether the government is to establish
breeding stations or whether individuals
should furnish animals for army use
under the specifications and regulations
of the War Department is a matter
under discussion. In the meantime,
however, several stations have been
offered to the army by members of The
Jockey Club, and at Fort Riley, Kan,
where there is a mounted service
school, which turns out some of the best
cavalrymen of the army. Messenger,
bred by Henry T. Oxnard, is serving
mares in the neighborhood for the ben
eft of the farmers, and also for army
purposes.
At the November meeting of the
United Hunts Association, a Govern
ment horse, entered by the mounted
service school at Fort Riley, and ridden
by Lieut.. John Spring, Jr., Seventh
Cavalry, won the Hunt Cup for the
Army Officers Steeplechase. This
cup, it was finally decided, belonged to
the Seventh Cavalry, and is now re-
tanned as a regimental trophy. The
regiment has furnished the school with
a reproduction for it's library.
The first military steeplechase was
run in 1905, at Morris Park, under the
auspices of the United Hunts Racing
Association, with but one entry from
the regular army. Six horses, how
ever, faced the starter, the other five
being from militia regiments from
Manhattan and Brooklyn. The race
was won by one Of the militia horses,
and Gen. Grant, commanding the De-
partment of the East, who witnessed
the event, said he was delighted with
the good beginning then made, though
the inferiority of the regular army
mount was evident. Since that time he
has done all in his power to encourage
officers to enter in such events.
The second race was run at Benning,
Washington, ID. G., being won by Lieut.
Martin. The fact that Lieut.. Martir
came all the way from Cuba to partici
pate in the event goes far to show the
enthusiasm Of officers and the leaning
of the War Department as whole t
the movement. Since 1906 the military
J races have been run at Belmont Parl
| f.,,-, ,nl
| year, when it was run at Saratoga.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-03-03
PASTOR HURT BY AUTO.
The Rev n. c. Mendenhall Struck
Near His Church in 23d Street.

The Rev. H. C. Mendenhall, pastor of
the West Twenty third Street Presby-
terrain church, was struck by an auto
mobile in Twenty-third street, near his
church, yesterday afternoon and pain
fully hurt.
He was cut about the head and his
hip dislocated. He was taken to New
York hospital and later to his home at
81 East Seventy-ffth Street, where he
will be confined for several weeks. The
automobile got away.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-03-03

"The people of the United States
should stop and think"
"Demagogues have their ear and are
hurrying them along dangerous road. "
"There is popular fallacy that with
a Federal income tax it will be the Car
negies and Rockefellers and other multi
mllionaires who will pay for running
the Government.
1.-The poor man does not regard his
wages or salary as AN income. :"
1.-THE Sixteenth or Income Tax Amend
ment to the United State Constitution
now before the States Legislatures for
ratification, gives Congress the power
to levy tax on the profits of farms,
factories, stores; on the earnings of all
men and women in whatever work or
calling, and on all other kinds of in
come"
"Under our present system of taxa
ton it is the mass of the people who
bear the burden, not the multi-million-
aires. Under Federal income tax the
same condition would exist. Under the
former income tax law, Kentucky, then
poor State, paid over a million and a
half of dollars year"
"Give Congress the right to tax, and
Congress will use it,"
Congress is greedy for money and
extravagant in spending it. Why in
crease its opportunity for greed ard ex-
travagance.
This income tax amendment is the
most serious encroachment on the State
rights since the organization of oui
Government. The resolution of 1896
read like an intangible dream under
that amendment.
Congress will be enabled to destroy
the power of every State, county, OF
municipality to borrow money necessary
for public purposes.
IF we are willing to give the Fedora
Government the power to take this
money from Kentucky when the Fedora
Government already has more thar
enough, why shall we not at once lev!
an income tax in Kentucky to pay on
moderate deficit, and new appropria
tons? Justice, as well as charity, be
gins at home, and we ought to pay on
debts and support our public institution
properly before we make lavish grant
of new and extraordinary powers o
taxation and millions more of money t.
the Federal Government"
These pithy expressions give the gis
of striking interview on the incom
tax amendment that the Hon. Augusta
E. Wilson, Governor of the State o
Kentucky, gave last week to repre-
sentative of The Times. New Yorl
Times, February 81.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-03-03
For an Elastic Reciprocity.

That the spirit of the Edge automo-
bile reciprocity bill, which was killed in
the Senate, survives in the Bracken
measure now in the House is fact on
which friends of the Edge instrument
are pinning hope. But it will be of
waste of time to neutralize the principle
automobile reciproc city unless it is made
elastic enough to satisfy the financial
interests of the State. Absolute free
dom of the Jersey roads to visiting
motorists for fifteen days each year
scarcely will receive more favor in the
House than it did in the Senate. A
compromise that will carry fee might
have chance, and probably would be
accepted by DIRECTORS to the Edge bill.
Most Jersey automobiles are for a
modified reciprocal law, and manu-
features of automobile supplies are of a
similar mind, but the Jersey roads have
to be maintained at large expense, and
it is only fair that all who use them
should contribute something to this end
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-03-03
body; Dora Thomas. head injured.

body; Dora Thomas, head injured.
The injured were taken to st. Mary's
hospital. After the accident the auto
mobile, total wreck, was lying dozen
feet from the telephone pole and was
overturned. At first it was thought
that McKenny was also killed, but he
regained consciousness. The two unin-
jured women disappeared.
The party of nine left Detroit at
late hour and went to Crosse Point.
They were returning when the accident
occurred.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-03-03
Ba s ketbaII.

The class basketball teams have agreed
to discontinue the inter-class series, as
the games played on Friday, February
II, made the outcome Ger tain. The 1911
team is again victorious, for the fourth
consecutive year. This team has lost
only one game in its entire career. when
the 1910 team won game from it two
years ago. The standing of the teams in
the series is as follows:
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-03-03
Oldest Colorado Woman Dies.

Florence, Col, Feb. 16. Mrs. Francis
Esper, 1OS years old, said to be the
Oldest woman in Colorado, died in the
arms of her 111-year-old husband last
night from burns received when her
clothing caught fire from an open
CRATE. Mr.. and Mrs. Ester had been
married 81 years.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-03-03

If they are riding in car belonging to
a motor company, they can hold the
driver and the company responsible for
any damage they may suffer. If, on
the other hand, they have invited a
friend to take seat beside them in
their own car, they are under the legal
obligation to indemnify him should
there be any accident in which he is
injured. New York Times.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-03-03

The above is from the Washington
Post of February q, and illustrates
how quickly the agents of automobiles
are to frown upon the efforts of those
who are inclined to. advance money to
build automobile roads; the only reason
given, because he thinks they would
fail, that is, that their funds would soon
give out. Perhaps they will, but if
there are to be many more roads built
for automobiles, it will soon have to be
by private funds.
Railroads have no difficulty in raising
funds and building their roads. Then
let the automobiles do the same. They
would doubtless make large profits, or
else lose what they put in. In either
case they would have the roads-until
they were worn out; and they then
would have the experience, or if they
had any money left might build more.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-03-03
DU POINTS STATE BOULE-
WARD.
Powder Man Will Spend About
100000 on Delaware Road.

Wilmington, Del, Feb. 26. T. Cole
man du Pont, president of the Du Pont
Powder Company, after a conference
today with ex-Attorney-General Rich
ards, announced that he would bear the
expense of constructing boulevard the
entire length of the State of Delaware
The boulevard will be 103 miles in
length and will extend from Claymont,
on the north, to Selbyville, on the
south. The cost will be approximately
100000
Mr.. du Points idea is to make the
boulevard about $50 feet in width, with
room for the installation of public util-
tiles. He will present the highway to
the State, with the reservation that
Governor Pennewill will appoint State
Highway Commission to keep the road
in repair. New York Tribune, Feb. 81.
This is a pretty fair offer, but the
State of Delaware cannot afford to
keep the road in repair, unless it re-
ceives high tolls for it's use. any more
than it could the railroads of the State.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-03-03

of the New York company just formed,
and it may be a very worthy corpora
ton, but the majority of companies
formed for road building fail because of
the lack of public support"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-03-03

The above article was clipped from
the New York Times of February 81.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-03-03

DIR. Carrick is expected to be in town
Monday. March Q.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-07-14
WHO WANTS WILEY
FIRED AND WHY
IS WORRYING
THE HOUSE
Committee Agrees That Inves'
tigation of Charges Against
Pure Food Expert Should
BE Made at Once.
LETTERS AND WIRES
ARE POURING IN


WASHINGTON Juy - .uuEr,a-
s..nal investigation OF on, charges
asolnst ur Wu,. ghlrr chemist aud
government pure food" rNp.rt was
agr"cd ON today hy 90, majority m,m-
h,rs OF the house cowwittc, ON rN.
pcudiurcs tn tho department, ~ nsri-
culture
TN, charges mode against pr uar
vcN W. Wiley OF IN, bureau of chem
istry win be- taken up TODAY Hy th,
house committee ON expenditures tn
the department oi agriculture, Rep
'rcsoutatlyc Moss ot Indiana, chairman
OF th, committee. this morning called
the committee To meet later iu the
day.
u was declared that tn, commit
tee wanted tu know who wanted Dr
Wiley frrd, ana why
Tho recommendation that the rurc
food export Dee dismissed and tho
reason therefor 10 is euid viU he"
thoroughly gone into.
lcttcrs ana trIrEpms ,Nrrr4siur
opufidcn., m Dr Harvey " Wiley
tb, pure food expert of the DEPART
m"nt of agr'rultur". and urging ptv~i-
I.ut Tart tu consider most carefully
tn' charges made ngausi him cam,
pouring into the white nous, today
from ill over the country
MANY ot the message were from
commercial. ORGANIZATIONS. others from
personal friends ot the president amt
oi pr wiley, and still others from
organization. especially Interested iu
br Wu,l.a Nurk.
secretary Wilson said before the
cabinet mr.tns that the personnel
OF the board which recommended Dr.
Nilcys resignation Wus q permanent
board surh us exists iu most govern
mental departments, that 10 had not
acted hurU,dN aud that its cunolu-
sion had been reached after hearings
m, committee decided to can at
once upon Secretary uf Agriculture
Wilson for COPY of Am thv charges,
testimony ANA other papers In tnc
ease, and tu begin the Investigation
immediately upon their receipt
Secretary Wilson solicitor McrHhc
aud momb,rs ol h, personnel board
which recommended WuoN.s removal
probably viii De- summoned first
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-07-14
LIST or DEAD WILL
REMAIN UNKNOWN

Cobalt ont, lul. 10 IN cry hour
udi. tu .hy Isr %. hose dead, injured
aud rendered destitute in thr IRE
devastated pmruuue district where
.Ur rr. Iyu loss probably iH moro
than e. UuUu.H
About nuD. bodies either have been
buried u. DESIGNATED Tor shipment m
ruu unInu UuW being rushed north.
ward H. INc carload Many persons
u.. missing from the more densely
..uu'H'nI townships. How many OF
fHp hundreds Nymg 100 coWpa1atiS"
ISOLATION have uotish,d ouly deys ot
HHr. 1F .h. organized relief parties
can reveal a WcssJg. UoW Porcu.
Uup early today stated that seven
.olios bal u-l Hrgu found %, 'h'
Nuuud uiu.
Men. women and children thinly
clad and heariu. marks oft the awful
tsht urau flames aud Wothering
.moNp. ar. $3.50. 0lu,.lu- into lhe larg'
o. towns boo .H- ri.Ety auJ lf Nouh
BaF Tho hospitals ar llailcynurN
Cobalt L#.uHrG auu North Ray are
DllyH with sufferers
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-07-14
II Will Be Many Days Before
Death List in Northern For
ests Can Even Be Accurate
ly Estimated
REFUGEES POURING
INTO NEARBY VILLAGES
Modern Machinery Proves No
Match for Wall of Flames,
Even Men Who Fled Into
Mine Depths Pershed.
~, r,cnins uerala \. -. Leased wire,

thN EVENING HrrRld \. q. Leased MIrcI
North BAY Ont. July ~ Hundreds
of refugees are coming out OF Porcu.
pine on special and regular trains and
ll toll narrowing stories of terrific
flights Tor llc Many bodies are 70.
ported s'rcwu along the trail Cofhns
are being shipped north In carload
lots
A. th, biz Dome mine q splendid fire
lighting apparatus wca available with
powerful pumps ana plenty OF hose,
aut nothing could Withstand the
flames. TWO hundred and sixty men
were working at this mine and It is
Thought thar an but ten escaped.
When the hrp struck the Big Dome
mine men ran in all directions. some
went down the shaft others ran 10.
ward tho lake. one man iell exhaust
ed iu a deep ditch aud by keeping
hls face covered with mud for three
hours manarcd to save himself Those
who went dowA the shaft were sur.
locatCd as the SHAFT house and even
The ,iWbcIinE Oi The SHAFT walls were
burned SIX bodies have been recOy.
erred from the big Dome shaft and
iNruiNscycn bodies have been recoy-
cred uoW W.-, Dome.
Reports from South porcupine grow
U horror one survivor states that
tycutN'Wu people were swept on
ruit gon porrluiuo lake ia the storm
Huudrcd- OF people stood for five
hours in hc water where the only
breath available Was close 10 the wat.
,ta surface. between waves which
dashed spray over their heads Many
sank beneath Jhv waters and the first
search brought out niue bodies from
Purrupluc lake.
Estimates ut lbc number drowned
range from twenty uu Seven bodies
were found 0u no, Trail between Hul.
'ngor ANA Mcintyre mines, half =
mile apart ana hN" bodies have been
found uu thc Niirnd property
Relief trains with physicians, tents
guI blankets ave being rushed IN over
the government railway and the food
supply al puyoupuo Is nov adequate
The Nishr lHWk district also was
caught ny the flames and several
death. were reported Many are
coming ont with bandagcd arms and
heads suito ring from severe burns
aud ail tcll of fearful death roll and
many injured
DAYS viii pass before anything like
ucyUrJ., estimates %. the dead can bo
utdp
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-07-14
DENEEN RECEIVED
FIRST BIC JOB
FROM LOR|MER
IS CHARGE
Governor of Illinois Admits
He Received About $780,
900 from Being States At
torney Under New Senator.
LEGISLATURE WAS
FIELD FOR BRIBERY


Washington, July IA. Evidence
about "jnrkpots' or general corup.
,Iou funds for th, h,u,n, of rr,ucl-
tron' legislators was suusht today
from Governor Dcnocu OF Illinois
when hr resumed M, witness stand
before the senate Lonm,r committee.
Tho governor entered into tu ANALYSIS
of the Illinois Legislature with view
ot demonstrating the cNistrlc, uf
forth, field there 'or corrupuou.
After a discussion OF th, legislative
Organization Governor p,u,.u aJs
turned over Tor cross examination Geo
Elbridgc Haucry counsel for soma
Ton LuriWrr Mr. Uaur.t first .auaUt
90 show that senator Lor.msr was iu-
strumentJl iu making uruoru states
attorney of Dout .muts Illinois %
position from Hn.n 'H. Witness tpsu.
n"d, hc pr"cur,t % SALARY aud rr,s
in th, Hlshr suIr Of hls occupancy
about 100000
senator Juuus Interrupted iu slN
that hr did NOT .., .hul p"prue l.tt
had on On, D.U even lf p.uuvn got
lhr fees Illegal,
4 long line 1f questions about tHo
wurkIuE of lN, primary laws uI lHI-
nois also evoked protest hy SENATOR
Jones that thr testimony Wae mWI
lcriul Nr lHu.., ursu,i tuut Gay.
cruor D,uDnu had uluuuyd credit for
pussiuE fur primary laws Hy reform
| measures, 300 tho face of tn, uuuus.
! tiuu uf others aud set DO. governor
had continued fu NNt|U rllrr .u HI. |.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-07-14
MANY INQUIRIES FOR
CONDITION OF GATES
callers Ni-it Hotel aud large Nuni.
br at Cable. \rc RrcciNcd Asking
Nhnut Tiuauclor; Heart 4, Weak.
On, rvrnlnv ue,ard \ = leased Wire,

Paris. july u. Throughout I've
daN rh.rr was PROCESSION Of iuuuir-
ers az tho hotel where John " Gates
lies critically no. con-, hundred aud
nuy cabl, messages from American
fr,ruds had ho'u received
Mr Gates passed fairly good night
but his condition is considered grave.
The heart tpr tho FIRST time showed
sigrs of weakness this morning but %
recovered quickly.
\ slight Improvement iu tho coudi-
tion of Mr. Gates was observed this
afternoon, The dny has boon the hos
test of the summer, but tho nigh tom
pcraturo was satd Go have hocn rather
helpful In tho treatment the physt
clans are giving
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-07-14
EDIC NTOiiS ENDORSE
STATEHOOD IN NNINOUSI.N

san Francisco, cat. July lily
unanimous vote tho National Eduua-
tioual association today adopted a
resolution recommending immediate
statehood for both Sew Mexico and
Arizona Prof Rupert r. Aspluud of
Now Mexico was iu Attendance and
worked for tho passage OF the resolu-
ton. tosythpr with other members of
tho Ncw Mexico ana Arizona dcl,ga-
Eatipn.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-07-14
THE BACKWARD CHILD
AND WHAT HE NEEDS
Most Interesting and Important Dis-
ru-sinn ~ Entirc Ncctiug Take
itacC Today Among Educators.
ny Evening HsrarG \. y. Leased Wire,

san FrIu|ie'O, IUIN u" IHc |IO|-
ing duN Of the National Educational
associations convention here develop
rd program 900 many respects the
most important oI the session from
am educational point oi NirW.
Much attention NJs given tu th'
study of backward Mia uruhlpm 70
br NJ D. r.. Grossmuu ot Plain
u,ld, s.. j., said that an, country
contains between four ana i.N, mill
Hou children of this type ana oi those
900 least aoo.uou are distinctly ahuur-
mat
A tendency to use most stringent
m,u urrs tu discourage the propaga-
ton oi inevitably backward children
was shown iu other papers ana in dis-
russIOus.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-07-14
BUSH FIRES ARE
MENACING RAILROADS

Uu.. nry. nNa Ucpu raging for three
du,- atom. tho canadian Northern
railroad luu rom sudbury fo Sell
u.uI Millions ui feet oi timber have
I.,u DESTROYED aui many farmers with
'l.r uullIr. have abandoned their
homo. Th. Ur. lf One fimD reached
Jne ursNrt. Cd. sudbury and threat.
Duud Iu destruction
The .uHI 'ua# h,rD Is about $500
GOO $50 ns. OF - has been re-
ported
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-07-14
STATEHOOD. Politics;
TNIiOSDItD ny fINS

ltluutic city N. j., July ~ Tho
grfnd lodge of Benevolent ana Pro-
toctivc order ot Elks held brief sss-
sion today aud disposed of routine
business An effort 90 gct the grand
lodge to put itself on rorord as favor
ms the admission ot Arizona ana New
McNicp Wus voted down. ID being tho
opinion of majority of the delegates
thnt national politics should not be
permitted tu become an Issue with tho
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-07-14
WHITE MANS HOPE
WILL MEET FLYNN


Tulsa, Okla, July i4.A boxing
contest between Jim FlNnn, the fight
Ing fireman, ana cart Morris. tho
oklahoma "whitc mans hope win
hr s,ukcd ,iihor iu Philadelphia or
san Francisco next August. according
60 AN announcement made here today
by " r. Dt,r, Morriss manager. Just
rrtusnod from the east
MI rfcr said the time and place
would bc decided definitely within ten
DAYS.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-07-14
CIVIL GUARDS AND
SPANISH STRIKERS CLASH
Thirty Persons Arp Nounicd aud
State or siege Mnl IiLcl, Bc he.
clarcd bN GuNcrnm"m v Wcsult


Suragossa. spain, JuN ~ Thirty
persons were wounded last night dur
Ing encounters between the strikers
ond civil guards In the streets ot th,
city The strikers armed with ro-
voNcrs. attacked the police from dif.
irrcut quarters aud th, oiN was
thrown into "a state of terror. The
shops this morning ar" closed aud
no newspapers appeared ON thu
streets state uf siege probably viii
bc proclaimed.