St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-11-08

having tried to subvert or evade the
law. On the contrary, from the be-
ginning of the corporation they have
endeavored scrupulously to comply
with it's provisions, as shown to them
by precedent, as set forth to them by
their own attorneys, and as constru-
ed from time to time by responsible
officials of the government. Nor do
they believe or are they advised that
the recent decisions of the Supreme
court in the Standard Oil and Tobac-
co cases fetch the steel cooperation
within the inhibition of the Act.
Clearly, then, a voluntary dissolu-
ton by the trustees, involving in
calculabIe losses to hundreds of
thousands of investors and en-
ployees, would be a betrayal of trust
itself, not merely craven, but I'M
[Harper's Weekly.
Another Rule Wanted.
Just because nothing has been
heard from Lieutenant Governor.
Slack and Mr.. DeBoer will not fit
out a publicity bureau they are ruled
out of the governor question and
Hon. Allen Fletcher looms large
on the horizon" 1t is very evident
Mr.. Fletcher cannot be accused of
Withholding time or money to Sc
cure the nomination, consequently
the governorship question looks as
the ST. Adams Messenger says, like
a blue ribbon in a millionaire's but
ton hole.'' This being the case bet
ter add to the mountain rule the
steastside'' and ''westside" a third
rule, ''all candidates must have mon
ey to burn, time to give away and
a stable of blooded stock. "-[Groton
Times.
A Lady's Privilege.
1t is proverbia1ly a lady's privi-
lege to change her mind. A st.
Johnsbury lady has undertaken to
exercise this privilege, and the re-
suits, however satisfactory to her
self, may perhaps prove highly I'M
satisfactory to the promoters OF
number of religious, educational and
charitable undertakings in Vermont
including our Home for Destitute
Children.
The late Edwin Underwood was a
ST. Johnsbury tailor, who LETT an
estate of some 100000. He was
survived by his second wife and an
only child, Miss Carrie Underwood.
At the time of Mr.. Underwood
death, as the ST. Johnsbury Caledo-
nian tells the story, Mrs. Underwood
and the daughter, Carrie, were the
only heirs to the estate. Mrs. IN
derwood had been decided a valuable
farm by Mr.. Underwood before his
death and she told the daughter,
Carrie, that as she had been a mem
Der of the Underwood family only
few years and had no part in accu-
mulating the fortune she felt she
should not demand the full share OF
one-third of the estate which the law
allowed. They agreed between them
selves that Mrs Underwood should
take $4,000 worth of such secur1-
ties as she desired and allow Car
RE the rest of the estate. An agree
ment to that effect was drawn up
and signed. and Mrs. Underwood was.
given the securities she desired ana
Mr.. Underwood's estate was settled.
Miss Underwood died year or
two ago, leaving her entire property,
practically to various church, educa-
tionaI and charitable institutions:
Now Mrs Underwood, the widow,
has experienced a somewhat start
ling change of mind. She has
brought suit to recover the one
third of the estate to which she had
a legal claim when her husband d1ed,
on the ground that the agreement
she entered into with Miss I'm
derwood is void, as Miss .Underooo
was acting in a fiduciary capacity IN
settling the estate and the agree,
ment was to her personal profit and
benefit. Should the plaintiff win
the suit it will so reduce Miss Carrie
ITnderwood's estate that the residu-T
ary legatee, the Home for Destitute
Children will receive little or moth
ing according to the Caledonian.
How courts and juries will look at
this change of mind remains to De
Daily News
Not Self-Seeking at All.
"T. N. Vail, president of the Bell
Telephone Co., had, as recent guests
at his Speedwel1 Farms at LYNDON
vile. J. Pierpont Morgan, w. Murray
Crane, United States senator IRON
Massachusetts, and Nelson A. AL
dricb. former United States SEN
ator from Rhode Island. Mr.
Vail is reported as being possible
candidate for governor, and, failing
that. to be a delegate to the national
republican convention next year. =
Milton Arrowhead.
Let us try and be safely within the
facts when we make the attempt TO
insinuate a little popular distrust
of a man that this paragraph. appears
to aim at. The Messenger uses these
words deliberately, because its Mil
ton friend and neighbor is Well
known to be somewhat anti-cap1tlal-
istic in it's opinions and utterances
and rather inclined to oppose the
principle of economics or theory OF
public service upon which all these
well known men base their attitude
toward some of the important prop
lens of the day.
Now the truth is that, so far from
Mr.. Wallis being a possible candidate
for governor, he has in a public
statement distinctly and in terms re-
pudiated such an intention and given
good reasons for his stand. He
should be taken at his word, be-
cause he is known in two hem1-