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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-08-16
How the Gazette
Lost a Beat
By ALLEN L. CHURCHILL

~ IL was QuH midsummer DAY Ii
the city room. Standfsh, the
city editor, after vainly seek
ing for assignments to keep
busy the half dozen idle reporters, had
cut the knot by driving them into the
street with orders to stay out until
each had found a story.
It may be guessed that the Gazette
was not a metropolitan newspaper.
But, while our little city. did not give
herself airs, she boosted three daily pa
pers, Of which the Star and the Ga
zette were published In the afternoon.
The rivalry between them was nat
urally keen. The Star had beaten ua
badly on local story the week be-
fore, and 1t was common knowledge
In the Office that Standish was burning
to redeem his reputation as the clev-
crest newspaper man in town. There
seemed little likelihood that he would
do 1t on a day like this.
A newcomer on the staff Of the Ga
zette and a beginner In newspaper
work, I had thus far found the life
singularly lacking in that excitement
which is popularity supposed to be the
accompaniment of the reporters ca
reer. On this particular day I was
working In the graveyard" This is
not as ominous as 1t sounds. The
graveyard in newspaper parlanee is
the cabinet which contains the obit-
uaries of all persons whose decease is
likely to require extended notice.
These must, of course, be kept up to
date, and I was adding to them from
various sources and filing the complet-
ed notices away In the cabinet.
1t was a tiresome business, and
was glad when Billy Moulton, our
''star" reporter, came in just after the
general exodus. Moulton and / were
alumni of the same college, and this
fact, with some other things that we
had in common, had made us as good
friends as was consistent between the
"star' and the 'cub.'
He nodded to me and walked to the
city editors desk. With a freedom
which I contemplated with. awe he
chatted with that august parsonage as
If he were an ordinary mortal. Sud-
denly the telephone bell rang.
Answer that, will you Billy?'' said
Standish. .Moulton took the receiver
and listened. Then he turned to
Standish,
s'I think you had better take this, "
said he.
What's the matter2 Has anything
broken looseT
Moulton, without replying, handed
the receiver to him as he came for
ward. The city editor listened intent
ly, making rapid notes on the pad by
his side. A few sharp questions, and
he hung up the receiver and FASTENED
to his desk.
Anything In it?" asked Moulton.
YES, a. lot, If we can get it. It's
from Morgensen. He has found out
by accident that Thompson. the cash
fer of the Fifth National bank, has
gone with $4,000 OF the banks money.
The police are after him, but they are
keeping 1t quiet. If we can get hold of
the facts before the last edition we
viii score a beat that will make the
town sit up"
/ had never heard the city editor say
so much at one time before. a. flush
on his impassive face showed that he
was unusually excited. MoultOn had
seized a handful Of paper anc stood
waiting. Standish looked at him.
you viii do the bank end. Let 1t
run for all it's worth" He glanced
around fha room
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-08-16

A man should be grateful even to his
enemies when they open his eyes to
sense of his own faults and failures.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-08-16
kespina Worms From Plants.

If air-slaked lime be used in earth
in which plants are potted it will keep
worms away.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-08-16

around the room
and groaned.
"Of course 1t
had to ha PIP e u
when everybody
Ia out, t." he said.
/ felt his eyes
upon me and bent
over my work.
My he art was
humping wildly.
/ heard a whis-
pered consulta-
ton with Moul-
ton and looked
up just in time
to see the latter
nod emphaticaIly.
ky over to where
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-08-16

slaughter the innocent as well as the
guilty. You'll get hunk with me yet"
IF he doesn't I'll kill him. Billy
said fiercely, "even as I'm going to kill
Mullaly after I've had that cigar
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-08-16

FEt CtLs9lgBT IttLS gu1EE % s6E tHS E1lleE
sOtth $50, 600" nod emphaticaIlv.
standish walked quickly over to where
sat
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-07

tie one.
A short time ago, however,
agents of the orphanage told him
that Mrs. O'Neill had borrowed
the girl, and that she would have
to be returned, in the absence of
legal steps for. her adoption.
O'Neill was forced to surrender
the girl.
Today he began circulating
petition asking Gov. Deneen to
restore the child to him. She has
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-07

y
STORM WARNINGS
The next time a sidewalk
scourge sweeps dust on me, I'm
going to ram the broomhandle
down his throat!
Isnever climb, over an end-seat
hog. | wade into him!
The mildest dose Ihave for a
swellhead who blows his own
horn is to suck lemon where he
can, see me! 80,
If, l were a. yellow dog, there
Thinks Child His Own; ,:s}}
Finds Wife Borrowed It
Waukegan, ILL.,, NOV. q
Stranger than fiction was the de
nouement here today, whereby
Charles O'Neiil, "a painter and
contractor, was advised by agents
of St. Vincent's Infant Asylum
that the. daughter he had for six
years cheriched; as his aown1was
an orphan, borrowed by Mrs.
O'Nei1l. Z .1l'.-2 ~,
Six years ago O'Neill was ad-
vised while away from the city,
that his wife had borne him a
daughter. He grew very fond of
the child, and year ago, when
he and Mrs. O'Neill were separ-
ated, obtained custody of the lit
tie one
A short time ago, however,
agents of the orphanage told him
that Mrs. O'Neill had borrowed
the girl, and that she would have
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-07
The Difference.

If Jones brides Browns agent,
the courts will compel Jones, to
surrender any advantages he has
secured by the bribery, But if
Jones brides a Legislator or City
Council, the courts will not pro-
Etect the State or the City as they
will Brown or any other individ-
ual. =.
Has it ever occurred to you
that the Referendum affords the
relief which the courts had de-
MED?
If the, courts had protected
public interests as they did pri-
vate interests, bribery of public
agents would not have been so
profitable. The public had to pro-
tect itself, and it has provided the
referendum to do what courts re-
fused to do.
Sultan of Morocco has 1000
wives. Naturally, he doesn't
worry about the designs of
France or Germany. He has 9TH
err trot1hIes
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-07
STORM WARNINGS OF EVERETT TRUE

are some people I'd have too
much self-respect to bite!
An automobile speeder ran
over me the other day. He may
recover. ~
l could kick the fellow who
drops tin whistle into a blind
mans hat What's more, I will!
The day somebody talked of
sending me to congress it hur-
riedly adjournedi
been given to another family by
the asylum.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-07-07
Lawrence Youth Killed Under
Heavy Motor Truck.

Derry, N. H., June 80. - Stephen
Murphy. Is, step-son of Noah Hamel of
Lawrence, Mass, was almost instantly
killed few miles north of Derry this
afternoon, being run over and crushed
by heavy automobile truck. Hamel
was returning from Suncook whittier he
had taken a load of furniture. After
making brief stop near Londonderry,
the boy went to the front to crank the
automobile, which was started. The
boy was standing on the step and in
some unaccountable manner slipped so
that he was thrown around beneath the
wheels, the rear one passing over his
body. A physician was called, but the
unfortunate lad was dead before aid
could be rendered him. - Boston Journrl
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-07-07
De ath List of Fourth Ia.

Thirteen deaths from old fashioned
celebration of the Fourth of July was
the total reported in the United States,
according to figures compiled by the
Chicago Tribune Tuesday night. The
nation wide spread of the sane Fourth
movement brought fruit in the smallest
number of celebration casualties ever
recorded. In nearly every city, where
the use of explosives by individuals was
prohibited, no accidents were reported.
In others where the discharge of ex-
plosives was permitte under limitations,
there was decided falling off in the
number Of the dead and injured as COM
pared with previous years.
The death list of Is compares with 2S
reported the first night of last years
celebration when the sane Fourth move
ment was effective in fewer cities The
number Of injured reported is 294, as
against l, 785 reported up to the same
hour last year. In 1909 there We're Al
killed and 1851 wounded.
The larger cities of which this year
absolutely forbade dangerous fireworks
included Atlanta, Ga, Birmingham,
Ala, Cleveland, Ohio, Kansas City,
Mo-, Los Angeles, CAL, Minneapolis,
Mimi, San Francisco and Washington.
OF the 80 large cities, which have
ordinances forbidding the use of any
fireworks or the restricting their Use to
the least harmful, nearly half had their
new ordinances in force for the first time.
Giant frecrackers took the lead in the
number of fatalities causing five to Is
deaths. Revolvers and fiji earns were
second with four. Gunpowder caused
two, and toy pistols, formerly the chief
death agents, caused two deaths.
In Chicago there was only one person
a little girl who died as the result of her
burns when a frecracker set fire to her
dress. The heat killed many more than
fell victims. to the Fourth.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-07-07
CHAUFFEUR is ARRESTED
Sped Away After Injurine Six
Year-Old Boy.

The chauffeur who was driving the
automobile which ran over fve-year-old
Charles Fernando of Sc ST. Edward $
street, at the corner of ST. Edward s
street and Park avenue, Saturday after
noon was located during the evening by
Detectives Mahan, Tacardo and Bat
talore at the Green Taxi Company
building, 159 Clymer street.
He is Jack London, "a years old, of
% Fillmore street. Because he sped
away, after striking the boy, he was
arrested on charge of felonous assault
in accordance with the provisions of the
Callan law.
The boy, who had been to the Brook
lyn Hospital and attended by DR.. Wag-
ner, later left for home. He was suf-
fering from Commissions of the shoulder
and head. - Brooklyn Eagle.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-07-07
AUTOS CRASH AT CORONA.
Flushing Mans Wife and Child
njured-BrookIyn m. D. Held
in Bail

While motoring through Corona Thurs
day afternoon, DR.. Gerard Raster, a
well known physician of ia Marion
street, Brooklyn, was in a collision with
the machine of George H. Doyle of 132
Ash street, Flushing. Doyle, his wife
and 2-year-old son Edward We're thrown
to the sidewalk, the child receiving seri-
Gus internal injuries. DIR. Raster was
not hurt.
Doyle was driving his car along Bell
avenue at rate of about ten miles an
hour while Raster was coming down
the Rocky Hill road toward Bay Side at
a rather fast clip, it is claimed. Doyle
says that Raster suddenly turned into
Rocky Hill road, too late for him to get
out of the way.
The ma chimes met at the corner in
front of the home of James Cain, the
Doyle's being thrown out, DR.. John
Hicks was summoned, and found that
Mrs. Doyle was badly bruised and suf-
fering from shock so that she will be
confined to her bed for at least ten days,
while the child had sustained rather Sc
rious internal injuries.
Dr. Raster, in the Flushing police
court this morning, charged Doyle with
violation of the highway law by driving
on the wrong side of the street. Doyle
made a counter charge against the ply
stefan of felonious assault Magistrate
Fitch released Doyle without bail, but
held Raster in $500. The money was
furnished by John Ketterle of l42S
Greene avenue.
The case was then adjourned until
July 10, at which time it will come up in
the Jamaica court. Brooklyn Eagle.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-07-07
TWO KILLED, TEN HURT.
Days Toll Of Pleasure-Seekers in
Pennsylvania Heavy.

Pttsburg, July 1.-Two persons killed
and ten injured, the injuries in most in
stances being broken bones, are days
toll of recreation in this part of the
State. At Clintonville, in Venango
county, Earl Sisney, aged 3S, was
crushed to death when a touring-car
steering gear went wrong, hit curb,
and turned over. John Hobbs suffered
fractures of both arms and William
Hutchinson was injured about the back
and head. Hobbs is in serious condi-
ton. The party was running for home,
at Annandale, Butler county.
At Angola, N. Y, near the New York
and Pennsylvania State line, Dr. Sam
uel M. Ziegler, of Greenville, Pa, chief
surgeon of the Bessemer and Lake Erie
Railroad, was touring to Niagara Falls
with party, when the steering gear
went wrong, and the machine went over
an embankment. DR.. Ziegler was killed
and Miss Ziegler and their guests, Mr..
and Mrs. F. c. Shepardson, were seri-
ously cut and bruised.
Between Ford City and Kittanning, in
Armstrong county, an automobile
plunged into ao embankment, and threw
out the occupants. The injured are DR..
S. A. Jessop. fractured ankle, cut, and
bruised; Walter Otto, colarbone bro
ken, cut, and bruised; Charles Neubert,
Earl bosch, and James McMasters, all
seriously cut and bruised. All live at
Kittanning
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-07-07
The Summer Session.

Middlebury College opened her Third
Summer Session on Wednesday, with
the prospect of larger attendance
than ever before. Students are still
enrolling and the number is likely to go
well over one hundred
The formal opening of the session was
held Wednesday evening, when the
chapel was well filled with students and
visitors to hear the announcements
made by the Director and the address by
President Thomas. President Thomas
spoke on the value of acquiring the
ability to study we'll Chapel services
are to be held daily at 7:45, recitations
begin at and continue until u, and
afternoon courses meet from 2 till 5
O'Clock. Mr.. F. H. Shepard, Director
of the Professional School of Music,
will observe office hours at his room in
South Painter Hall at 10 a. m. daily
for one week. A vocal class meets at
4 p. m. Further announcements will
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-07-07

speeding motors pull out the frag-
ments, and the wind tears out the finer
dirt leaving the road wreck. Unless
better ways are discovered of protect
ing our stone roads they are likely to be
a terribly costly failure. There is an
increasing disposition to return to the
old fashioned gravel road as cheaper
and more readily repaired. And even
at that, the greatest care needs to be
used to get quality of gravel that will
pound down into hard surface. Some
so-called gravels are little but loose
sand. AS the automobiles are the most
destructive users of the highway, they
ought to contribute more heavily to it's
maintenance.
The State road from South Hadley
Falls to Cranky was one of the first
built in this section. 1t was regarded
at the time as the model road. Now a
lot of money is being spent for its re-
pair. It's worn out. This will be the
fate of all our macadam roads. A Hol-
yoke road builder speaking of this road
destruction says it will be matter of
ten years before the roads will be built
with two paths for vehicles and autos
built either of paving or concrete. This
he claims can be done at an enormous re-
duction in cost and will be the only way
to approach anything permanent in
road construction. These are things
that have got to be thought of. -Hol-
yoke Transcript.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-07-07
FAST AUTOS COLLIDE.
Boy of IA Is Killed and Two
Women Are in a Critical
Condition

Troy, N. Y, July 2. Two automobiles
going at a terrific rate of speed colided
head-on on the State road near Crooked
lake, Ia miles west of this city, about
eleven O'Clock this morning, and as a re-
suit Leo Lasch, ID years of age, is dead
and his mother, Mrs. Leopold w. Lasch,
and Mrs. Peter Schumacher of Albany
are lying in a critical condition at a hos
pital in this city. Both machines were
wrecked.
The cars came together at narrow
point in the road and just west of a
sharp curve. Neither chauffeur saw the
other car until too late to avoid a COLI
sion. The occupants of both machines
were thrown out of the cars and the
Lasch boy struck upon his head, fractur-
ing his skull. He died three hours later
at the hospital.
The occupants of one car were w. N.
Grounsell manager of the Buick Auto
mobile company, Mrs. Leopold w. Lasch
and son, Mrs. Peter Schumacher. wife
of the law librarian of the Supreme court
at Albany, and A. j. Cook all of Albany.
The party in the other car was composed
of the owner, w. B. Crisp, an attorney
of so Broadway, New York, who is also
a member of the law committee of Tam
many hail. and Mr.. and Mrs. A. H.
Wood of New York, who We're on their
way to Lake George from Great Barring
ton, Mass. None of the New York party
was seriously hurt. The injured were
brought in automobiles to the Troy city
hospital. Mrs. Schumacher is internally
injured and her condition is critical.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wood were seriously cut
and bruised, but will recover. -Burling-
ton Free Press.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-07-07
AUTO UPSET; TWO INJURED
Car Skidded at Corona, Men in
Party Hurt; Women Shaken Up.

The members of an automobile party
of four-two men and two women had
a narrow escape from death when their
machine was overturned in a collision
with tree at junction avenue and
Flushing road, Corona, Friday after
noon.
The victims gave their names as John
Moore, builder, and Edgar Lang, a mer-
chant, both of Manhattan. Moore had
his hip badly injured and Lang had his
right leg injured. The women in the
car at the time of the accident said
they were Miss Alice Rowland and Miss
Lillian Warner, and both said they re-
sided at 224 West Fortieth street, Man
haitian.
According to the story told by Moore,
the machine skidded while taking sharp
turn, going headlong into a tree. All
of the occupants were thrown out of
the automobile, which turned over.
Fortunately the occupants had been
thrown so far by the crash that they
escaped being crushed under the heavy
machine.
Both women were badly shaken up
but quickly scrambled to their feet.
The two men lay groaning on the grass,
unable to help themselves.
A man who said his name was John
Schneider of 329 West Forty-ninth
street, Manhattan, came along in a ma
chine and went to the aid of the injured
He was alone in his car, but, finding the
two men had been hurt, assisted them
one at time to his auto and did what
he could to make them comfortable
The women helped him, and climbed in
to the back seat with the injured men
to support them on the trip to a ply
stefan.
A short time after the accident the
machine was lowed away. Brooklyn
Eagle.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-07-07
WILL BUY FORESTS IN NEW
ENGl AND.
Reserve Commissio Ready to
Take Land as Soon as
Surveyed.

Washington, June 90. In the an
nouncement made this afternoon by Sec
rotary of War Henry L. Stimson for
the Appalachian and White Mountain
Forest Reserve Commission, the state
ment was made that so far no timber
lands have been bought in the White
Mountain section, and that in all only
80, acres of land in Georgia had been
taken over.
1t is known that a good many hun
dred thousand more acres of property
have been surveyed, however and may
be purchased any time the commission
and owners get together on price.
The price paid for the Georgia land
was ST. an acre, and this tract was
practically the only area of virgin
forest left in the Southern Appalachian
section.
Mr.. Stimson said that purchases in
New England would follow just as soon
as the surveys could be completed and
prices agreed upon. Boston journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-07-07
FREY BURIED UNDER CAR.
Going at IS Miles an Hour When
Machine Skidded

E. H. Frey, driver of the Mercer car,
one of the entries in the automobile
races at Brighton Beach, was probably
fatally injured while taking a practice
spin around the track Saturday after
noon. Frey was driving at 65-mile an
hour clip, as he reached the paddock
turn, where Ormsby's Simplex car was
standing. In trying to avoid the car,
Frye's car skidded and ran through the
fence. 1t was overturned completely
and the driver pinned underneath
When finally extricated, it was
found by a doctor from the Coney
Island Hospital that Frey had a collar
bone broken and deep cut several
inches long just over the heart. The
injured driver was hurried to the hospi-
tai, where later fear was expressed re-
garding his recovery.
This is the third accident at the track
during the past three days. Brooklyn
Eagle.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-07-07
Worn Massachusetts Roads

There is a good deal of complaint over
the condition of the State road between
Smiths ferry and Mt. Tom. What
was good road has been banged to
pieces by the automobiles. The saving
of the State roads that costs such for
tunes to build is one Of the serious prob
lens as time goes on. AS they are now
built they will not stand the wear and
tear of the traffic of the autos with
their heavy rubber tires. The suction
from these tires as the machines whirl
over the roads is what is tearing them
to pieces. In many places our State
roads are fast degenerating into heaps
of little sharp and pointed stones. Ere
quently the trouble is due to the failure
to use tar or oil binder to protect the
surface. The gravel roads of Vermont
and New Hampshire are standing up
better under the enormous strain of the
automobile traffic than our State roads.
To return to the condition of the North
ampton road the Greenfield Gazette
takes this whack at it. "Where a tar
binder has been used, notably one not
far from Mountain park, Holyoke, the
condition of the road is described as
like badly broken tar sidewalk. The
horses hoofs cut up the surface, the
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-07-07
FRIDAY, JULY I, 1911.
DANGEROUS RUNAWAY

Sunday evening, July 2, as Mr.. Harry
Mack of Cornwall was driving from
Lake Dunmore to Middlebury by the
mountain road an auto approached him
from the rear and began footing the
horn. The road through the woods is
very narrow and turning out places are
far apart. Although Mr.. Mack hurried
his horse, it was some little time before
he could turn out and let the auto pass.
During this interval the footing was
frightened. Before Mr. Mack was
fairly out of the road, the auto rushed
past causing the horse to jump and
break the hold-back. The horse then
began to kick and run. Mr.. Mack and
his companion were thrown out onto
the rocks, the former being badly
kicked and bruised, and the carriage
was demolished. The auto party rushed
ahead at full speed and never stopped
to ascertain whether their victims were
dead or alive.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Thomas of Sails
bury were short distance ahead and
hearing the crash narrowly escaped an
accident by driving up into the woods
They returned and took the injured
people to their home and cared for
them over night. The next day they
were able to be taken home. The auto
is said to be owned in Middlebury and
the parties running it known; if the
damages are not settled, more will
probably be heard from the case later.
This is one of those narrow, dangerous
roads over which autos should not be
permitted to travel. The auto bill
which passed the House at the last SEES
sion but was killed in the Senate by
automobile influence and money, was
introduced to prevent just such acct
dents. There is very little to the theory
that the horses will all get accustomed
to autos, after which accidents will be
rare. Mr.. Mack's horse was one of the
pair of chestnuts driven around the vii
lage every day on milk wagon and is
as much accustomed to autos as horse
in the country can be. The Register
has often maintained that automobiles
should be restricted to their own roads.
No other complete solution of the
question will ever be found.