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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-24
GARDINER ACQUITTED
OF BRIBERY CHARGE
Case Goes to Jury Without Argument
on Either Side-Four Ballots
by jury.

New York, Feb. "a. The states first
endeayor to make criminal case out
of alleged corruption in the attempted
purchase Of legislators votes to defeat
the anti-race betting bills three years
ago collapsed late yesterday, when for.
mer State Senator Frank j. Gardner was
declared not guilty of having offered a
$4,000 bride 10 former Senator Otto
G. Foelker The case was tried in the
supreme court. and il is understood the
jury took four ballots, on the first of
which four favored conviction. In the
succeeding three ballots. the minority
gave way to an acquittal Gardner de-.
clared he was not surprised at the re-
suit. His wife and mother. who were
present when the verdict was returned,
embraced him.
A unique feature of the closing ses-
sion of the trial was the suggestion Of
Max Steuer, Gardners counsel, that the
case 20 to the jury without summing
up by either the defense or the prosecu-
ton, to which prosecutor Charles Mott,
ir, agreed, and by unanimous vote of
the jury the plan was carried out. 1t
was most unusual move in trial of
such Importance.
The defendant was questioned for a
good part OF the session again yesterday,
undergoing cross-examnation and deny
ing again and again that he had at
tempted to bride Foelker Justice Sea-
bury in his charge pointed out that the
jury should not consider any references
to The S500,000 doodle" fund which it
had been alleged was raised at a dinner
OF the race-track interests, but confine
themselves to the question whether or
not Foelker was offered bride by Gard
ner. He made it plain that in final
analysis the issue largely resolved it.
self into a question of veracity between
Foelker and Gardner
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-24
The Great Express Monopoly.

A writer in the March American
Magazine calls public attention to a a.
gantic monopoly which for years has
been fattening on unheard of profits
wrupg from the people by the exercise
Of usurped privileges. This monopoly
is that controlled by the great express
companies. six of whom execute 80 per
cent. OF the countrys express business.
Mr.. Atwood, the author Of the article,
shows that these companies by agree
ments between themselves, have never,
entered into competition with each otl4
er, and rates, arbitrarily determined, are
never cut. Mr.. Atwood wants to know
why the Y. S. post office runs at a loss
and why the express companies have re-
peatedly declared enormous dividends to
their stockholders. Speaking of the en-
tire lack Of competition between the eX-
press companies, Mr.. Atwood writes: /,
cat first thought there would appear
to be competition among the different
companies on one occasion at least, that
is, when railroad contract expires.
But unfortunately there is competition
only as to which company will pay tht
railroads most for the privilege Con-
sequently the bigger the payment the
more the public must be charged to en-.
able the express company to make the
large profits to which it il accustomed,
Indeed, the public is better off when
there is least expiration of contracts, for
the railroads are demanding more each
year from the express companies. For.
merly the railroads did not expect mor2
than 40 per cent, of the gross receipts
where the business was heavy, whereas
now IS and Sta per cent. are the Gus
tomary percentage for choice contract
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-24
Magazine Repiew.
Our Comedy Of Bad Manners.

Walter Priehard Eaton, writing i'm the
February American Magazine. deplores
the lack OF good manners on the stage
to-day. He claims few of our American
actors appear or act like gentlemen,
He says
"All OF us who care for the amenities
of life, who esteem correct department
in its proper place, who are charmed by
grace and distinction and hurt by its
absence from plays where it belongs,
have suffered only too often from the
prevalent bad manners of the American
theatre. For these bad manners, of
course, the type of drama that such
playwrights as Edgar Selwyn, George NJ.
Conan, James Forbes, George AIDE are
writing is not alone responsible, though
its popularity has undoubtedly tended to
encourage the more flippant side Of the
players and to discourage the asaiduous
cultivation of correct department. of
good manners Our present stage man.
ayers are contributory cause They do
not~-and too many of them camot-in-
struct the players in carriage and de-
pertinent, nor insist upon correct speech
and graceful bearing. The producing
managers, also, are to blame, because,
in the first place, most OF them mount
more plays than can possibly be repro
duced with proper attention and rehears-
al, and in the second place because they
are themselves too often quite blind to
the charm OF good manners and the value
OF distinction. Finally in the last
analysis chiefly-we, the public. are to
blame, because we ourselves place too
little emphasis on charm and distiHc-
ton in our judgment Of the players las
in our Judgment OF our fellow menl, es-
teeming some too highly who lack these
graces, esteeming the few who possess
them not enough, and in general showing
too little vigorous insistence in our
drama on final note Of style, of ele-
GRANGE Of good breeding
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-24

the sounds he is making that he has
become cadght in something, and viii
soon die and give offense TO people by
this simple act.
You therefore get Il crowbar and a
Ratchet and saw. and with extreme
difficulty dig him out, finding incidental
" that he was not caught at all, or
wouldn't have been if he'd had sense
enough to back away, instead Of con-
tinuing to try to squeeze through.
You take him home and tie him up,
and his bowls make things so merry
for neighbors that some of them call on
you and talk about it.
Then you take him INTO the house
again, where he chews the sofa cover,
tears up shawl, spills his drinking wa
ter on the drugget, and at last falls
asleep, the sleep of the justly weary in
a heap on pile of expensive furs after
he has gnawed the imitation martens
head of the boa.-Galveston News.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-24
REMEMBERING THE PAGES.
An Illinois Representative Who Dis
tributed SIS Gold Pieces.

Page boys in the House OF Representa-
tives and in the Senate can size up a
statesman as soon as he is assigned to
his seat.
Some members make hit with the
youngsters because Of their ability and
Others because they seem to remember
that they were boys once.
just before Congress adjourned for
the Christmas holidays. the pages in the
House got together after the members
had departed for the day
"The House win come to order, de-
clared the oldest boy, pounding the desk
in front OF him after the fashion of
Uncle Joe"
The gentleman from Illinois is fecOg-
nized," was his next announcement.
Il desire to present the following priv
LEGGED report declared the youngster,
who got his Job from some member OF
the Illinois delegation.
"Clerk will read" ordered the presid-
ing officer shortly.
Resolved" began the clerk. "That the
pages of the House Of Representatives,
in convention assembled hereby express
their gratitude to the Hon Frank o.
Lowden of Illinois. Mr. Lowden was
good enough to remember that page
boys as well as others have to buy
Christmas presents, and remembering
that important fact he provided us with
the wherewithal to wit: fve-dollar
gold piece for each and every page.
We are deeply grateful for this sub
stantial remembrance of the Yuletide
season; be it further
Resolved, That we are sorry that
Mr.. Lowden will not be with us next
Christmas; be il still further
Resolved. That we are glad that Mr.
Lowden is leaving us of his own free
will and not because be had TO become
member of the Lame Duck Brigade. -
Washington Times.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-24
Worlds Highest Liner.

Some day next July a skyseraper will
come floating up Ambrose channel, the
Narrows and the North river to her
berth at the new Chelsea docks in New
York. For they are building sea going
skyscrapers these days and they are
doing pretty well at it. considering.
As a starter it may be said that the
length Of the Olympic, $50 feet 8 inches,
is 1872 feet greater that the height OF
the Metropolitan tower in New York,
the tallest structure on the continent,
and four times the height of the Bunker
Hill monument; and yet any one who
has toiled mp the steps TO the top Of
Boston's proudest landmark viii feel.
ingly agree that it is not to be sneezed
at Also the length of the Olympic and
her sister ship, the Titanic launched
in February, 1911, is twice the height
of the dome of st. Peters in Rome and
equals the total drop of the famous
Bridal Veil falls in Yosemite valley.
Placed end to end beside the Brooklyn
bridge these two ships would completely
span the East river and extend over the
shore one hundred feet on each side.
In short the Olympic is 81 feet inches
longer LhOn the AlaufeIuliN ana lliNt-
tania, is % feet six inches wide over
all, and "a feet wide over the boat deck.
From the boat deck to the bottom Of the
keel is 81 feet; from the top OF the
captains house to the bottom Of the
keel is los feet six inches, and from
the top OF the tunnels to the bottom
of the keel, IT'S feet. There are eleven
steel decks and fifteen wstertight bulk
heads.
The launching Of the Olympic alone
cost more than enough to build fine
steamship. More than six hundred steers
died merely to make her path into the
water smooth, for twenty-five tons Of
tallow We're used to grease the ways.
Many Belfast waterman made a mod
est little fortune Judged BY Belfast
waterman's Standard peking up the float
ing tallow after the launch. The tall
low, however, was too trivial an item
for serious consideration when compared
with the rest Of the bill--From
"Olympic, Greatest of Steamships" in
March Technical World Magazine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-24
FINE THING FOR THE HOME.
Nothing More Diverting or More Absorb
ing Than a Puppy.

A little pup, provided it be old enough
to be active, which is not so very old,
is a very nice thing to have about the
house
1t is diverting. 1t takes the mind
from sordid troubles and brings smile
TO stiff lips.
The pup wants to play, oh, so badly.
You humor him, and he snatches your
bandkerchief-s such lovely game
With the handkerchief he gallops mad
~ about the house, diving under tables,
vaulting over chairs, all the while smil-
ing joyously, just as you do until some
thing occurs to you,
The something is that the pup has
torn the handkerchief beyond repair. So
long as YOU are cIutching at his receding
tail the handkerchief is safe. but when
YOU desist he sits down and begins
tearing off mouthfuls of handkerchief.
Whereat You grieve.
You become in earnest about catching
him. You desire to grab the blame
fool pup by the neck and squeeze it.
hard. The pup fails to grasp this.
You've been such a nice man that it
never occurs to him that harsh thoughts
come into your mind. Therefore he
eludes you with the uncanny skill only
pups possess, and every foot OF his
route is strewn with fragments of hand
kerchief
When at last YOU corner him and slap
him zealously on his latest spots, he is
amazed disappointed shocked rieved.
lie makes you feel that you are not a
sport; that you are a miserable UNI
spprtsmanlike~ person who loses at a
game and squeals.
The handkerchief is wreck. The
pup fees under the bed, aud because
somebody says, Il told you SO" you go
off and sulk,
Then you decide that the pup belongs
outdoors. In two hours he has scratched
all the varnish off the bottoms of three
doors. has dug up all the rose bushes,
has dragged the cooks apron off the
line and made kite strings out OF il,
aud when you discover all this you dis
cover also, from shrieks and yells, that
he is chasing the neighbours chickens,
and some of the chickens are about
ready to give up the gallinacious ghost,
When you have pried him away from
this new and fascinating game, he runs
under the house, and it is plain from
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-24
CALL ON PRESIDENT
FOR TARIFF FACTS
Senator Cummins Wants information
Before Acting on Reel
procity.

Washington, Feb. "a. That . deter
mined effort will be made on the floor
OF the Senate to amend the Mccall
bill to carry out the Canadian reci-
procity agreement and that the agree
ment win receive the support Of con
siderable number OF Republicans both
regulars and insurgents became appar-
ent soon after the Senate convened yes
terday
Senator Cummins of Iowa, the insur-
gent, offered a resolution calling upon
the president to send to the Senate all
tables and statistics gathered by the
tariff board bearing upon articles which
enter into the trade between Canada and
the United States, whether covered by
the pending agreement or not. After
brief discussion il was adopted.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-24
The Latest Skirt.

AT present. says Woman's Home
Companion for February, cit is the skirt
upon which all eyes are centered. The
hobble skirt now belongs, OF course, to
the long, long ago Is its successor.
the very scant, very plain, very straight
skirt, going to soon follow in it's foot
steps That is the big vital question OF
the moment. One thing at least is APP
parent Skirts are losing their plain
ness. They are growing a bit wider
too. but as to their straight-up-and-
downness, that still prevails.
zone OF Drecoll's latest tailored suits
points plainly to the fact that skirts
are changing The costume is OF cheviot
and the skirt made, even though it is a
tailored skirt, was band trimmed tunie.
The underksirt is gored, while the scant
circular tunic is trimmed with band OF
self fabric.
"The coat, which is box model, closes
rather high at the neck, which is de-
cidedly new change"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-24
Sweating for Moneys Sake.

Conspicuous in the throng upon the
decks of the Kaiser Wilhelm II while she
was being laboriously warped into her
berth at Hobollen one day last septem-
Der were fifteen dignitied matrons. Al
last they tried to look dignifed, but
realizing that they were conspicuous
and being stiIl more distressingly aware
of the reason therefor, they made rather
poor fist OF it, For All the fifteen
were swathed in obstreperously new
Persian lamb coats which would have
been admirable garments for an Arctic
winter excursion, and yet it was a grill
ing hot day. The seasons keep fashion
ably late hours in New York. spring
lingering into summer and summer lap
ping over into autumn.
At the imminent risk of sunstroke, the
fifteen kept their new fur coats closely
buttoned throughout the wearisome time
that it takes to moor big steamer,
Perspiration streamed from their red
faces as they staggered down the gnng
plank. and distributing themselves
among the lettered sections of the torrid
deck began the vigil of the baggage.
Bv the time her trunks were all assem-
bed ready for the customs examination,
the lucky one was OH the point of col
lapse When asked to acknowledge her
signature on her declaration. she could
only gasp and nod her head. The in
spector to whom the document was
handed glanced at it, then at the new
Persian lamb coat.
"That is a handsome coat YOU have
on. madam he remarked, seemingly
bent on making conversation.
Eyes, | think it is rather fetching. .
murmured the melting one, finding her
voice again, for no woman is ever too
far gone to rise to neatly turned
compliment,
ut has the real Persian cut. You
must have purchased it abroad
"Oh. yes! You cawn't get such furs
at home"
81 see you forgot to include it in your
declaration"
"Why. I'm wearing it. Don't you see?
I'm wearing it
chat makes no difference whatever.
You win observe that the law distinctly
saws that only one hundred dollars
worth OF goods purchased abroad may
be admitted duty free II YOU viii kind
IN step to the desk, madam, | think you
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-24
Keep Knitting.

Don't worry about what the effect oil
reciprocity with Canada win do relative
to farm products Just devote your time
to improving your farm raise the best
OF your young stock and keep the pens
well filed with growing hogs and you
viii have no cause for or time to worry
Uncle James Crossett, one of Duxbury's
grand old men, is often quoted as say
ing. THE more hogs you keep the more
cows YOU can keep, and the more cows
YOU can keep the more hogs you can
keep The farmers in this vicinity are
just commencing to realize the truth
of Mr. Crossett's statement.
Some may argue that the prices Of
farm products are high, but carefully
prepared tsatistics show that this Is
not true. The farmer to-day is only
getting a legitimate profit for what be
sells, the same as the merchant and thu
manufacturer. The prices are so firmly
established that they viii vary only as
the season demands.
The day when the farmer has to de-
vote any Of his time worrying over
prices is past.
Larger problems are confronting the
average man who is engaged in agri-
cultural pursuits. The crops that are
best adapted to our soil is one Of the
most perplexing problems that confront
the farmer to-day. Then again is the
registered stock question This is i'm
portant, and the raising OF stock can
be started in a small way at little
expense. Every farm should grow up a
registered herd. less than a dozen farm
ers in Waterbury are doing this, but all
who have taken the advance step can
see the advantage as well as the profit
Record
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-24

can't find words to express my thanks
for the good your medicine has done
me. You maypublish this If you wish. /"
Mrs. HERMAN SETH, Pound, Wis.
The success of Lydia f. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs. is unparalleled. It may be
used with perfect confidence by women
who suffer from displacements, inflam-
nation. liberation. fibroid tumors, ir-
regularities, periodic pains, backache,
bearing-down feeling, fiatulency, indi-
gestion, dizziness, or nervous prostra-
ton.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has been the
standard remedy for female ills, and
suffering women owe 1t 70 themselves
TO at least give this medicine trial.
Proof is abundant that It has cured
thousands of Others, and why should
it not cure your
IL YOU want special advice write
Mrs. Pinkham. Lynn. Mass. tor IT.
1t Is free and always helpful.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-24

will be allowed to amend your declara-
tion."
No thermometer would have recorded
that matron's temperature when she
realized that she had sweltered in vain,
and that she must pay $3.50 in duty be-
fore she could take her prize away. Her
lmpotent rage was scarcely assuaged by
the knowledge that each of the other
fourteen were making the same discoy-
cry in other parts Of the dock There
are times when misery is too much en-
crossed with its own mhappiness to
care whether it has company or not
From Making the Tourist Honest" in
March Technical World Magazine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-24
GIRL PREVENTS MURDER.
She Grapples Man with Revolver and
Prevents Killing of Children.

Chicago. Feb. 24-m struggle with
Robert Braun in which girl braved a
magazine pistol and was beaten about
the face until she was all but uncon.
seious. the victim Wednesday night
worsted her opponent and by remark
able display of courage probably saved
the lives of four children The unequal
fight occurred in the parlor of the home
of George Eichner on East Illinois street,
and Miss Emma Eichner, is years old.
was the heroine. 1t began the instant
that Braun. who was nursing fancied
wrongs against Eichner, knocked at the
door early in the evening and asked
to be admitted. Miss Eichner seized his
arms and tried to push the intruder
back Together they struggled until,
reaching the parlor door, Braun noticed
the four children. Then he leveled his
pistol at them and was about to fire.
But the girl released her grip on his
other arm and with both hands forced
the muzzle Of the weapon towards the
ceiling as Braun fired, Unable to bring
the pistol into play, Braun beat the
girl until blood flowed from half q dozen
wounds in her face. But she stubbornly
chung to him. Again and again he fred,
but 10 no purpose. Finally the gun
cloeged. and while he was examining it
Miss Eichner pushed him out of the
front door and locked il. Braun then
rushed to the tailor shop Of an acquaint-
ance. Joseph Stumpf. shot him in the
shoulder and in the hand, and was
about to fire a third time when once
more the gun clogged. lie drew an
other weapon from his pocket. but IL
missed fire. While examining it. he
shot ono of his own fingers of. He then
abandoned his attack. visited doctors
Office and was arrested while his injury
was being treated. Braun viii be held
in Jail pending an examination into his
mental condition.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-24

In accordance with the suggestion Of
some Of the good women of this city who
have experienced the wonderful effects
following the use Of Palm Vine in the
special troubles Of their sex, D. F. Davis,
the reliable druggist, has decided to sell
this remedy on the "no cure no pay
plan.
In order to interest a large number Of
women quickly in this new health treat
ment. which cures By natural and scien-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-24

posed increases, the commission holds
and its decision in both the eastern and
western cases was unanimous--that the
carriers did not sustain what the law
imposes upon them, l. O., the burden of
proof that absolute necessity existed
for the advances proposed.
In his elaborate discussion of the
eastern case, Commissioner Prouty says
that "The railroad rates Of this country
have not been constructed as a rule upon
any scientific basis, and this is espec-
tally true of the interstate rates."
He points out that the rates have been
put into effect without especial inquiry
as to the amount OF revenue they might
produce or as to the burden the par
ticular commodity affected by the rate
ought TO bear.
at might not follow" the opinion
says, even though we were of the opin-
ion that those carriers entitled to addi-
tional revenue, that they ought to OBJ
tain 1t from an advance Of these par
tieular rates"
1t is laid down az principle that
mo general advance in rates should be
permitted until carriers have exhausted
every reasonable effort toward economy
in their business" and the opinion is
expressed that railroad operators have
not given to this subject the attention
which it deserves.
After Analysing thoroughly the fnan-
cial and operating methods Of several
important eastern railroads including
the Pennsylvania and the New York
Central the opinion concludes:
at seems plain that they have not
sustained the burden which the stat
ute casts upon them Of justifying the
proposed advanced rates, insofar as that
justification depends upon necessity for
greater net revenues
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-24
SPECIAL OFFER TOWOMEN
All Are Urged to Join New Health Movement Just Begun

tifc means, without the use of alcohol.
be viii give a regular soc box Of Sanativa
Tablets absolutely free with every pack
age Of Palm Vine
All women are urged to take advant
tage Of this offer to-day. Il is a gree
chance for the mothers. daughters. siss
tiers and wives Of Barre and Near BIZ
towns TO get health and strength at a
tihmg sum. with no risks whatever Of
paying ont &ney without return
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-24
WRESTLER BREAKS HIS NECK.
William Baldwin Probably Fatally In
jured in Match at an Iowa City.

Iowa City, la, Feb. "a William
t"Fsrmer"l Baldwin, claimant to the
wrestling championship Of Iowa, sus-
tanned broken neck in match with
Dad House here Wednesday night. He
is not expected to live many hours.