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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-03
CHORUS GIRLS
GIVE TAFT CHASE
Want Cap As Souvenir and Go After 1t
by Trailing His Train Through
the Yards.

Omaha, Oct. 8 President Taft did a
shocking thing at Vernon, Neb, on his
long trip. A trainload of chorus girls
threw kisses at him and the president
waved back at them and smiled
The storm was responsible for the
presidents passing the time o day with
the ladies Of the merry merry His
train and two Others were held up at
the Nebraska town. One carried mu-
steal company with fifty chorus girls,
As the presidents train passed, sew
eral leaped from their train, which was
standing still, and one, picking up her
skirts, ran up the track after the train.
Throw ME your cap for souvenir,
she cried to Mr.. Taft
He watched her interestedly, but shook
his head. She did not give up her
chase until she stumbled and fell.
An early riser at Rushville, wandering
down to the station, spied the strange
train on the side track.
what train is thatl" he Injured.
"The presidents" replied railroad
man.
What President Bryanf' queried the
old man.
At Atchison and at Falls City Mr..
Taft appeared on the rear platform and
chatted with the groups at the station.
"The old Missouri gets pretty high
here sometimes, doesn't itf" Mr.. Taft
inquired of a bystander at Atchison.
II don't know, Mr.. President he
replied. Il am just a rambler out here. 2
"Then," laughed the president, you
and have something in common"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-03
Election of Wisconsin Senator
Investigated
SAID TO HAVE KEPT SECRET
Many Observation-Disclosures Report.
ed Only StG7,7o3 Expsnses-Senator
Is Defended by Former Con-
gresham Littleheld.

Milwaukee, Oct. 9.-on the witness
stand before the senatorial investigating
committee for three hours to answer
charges that bribery and the corrupt use
of money had contributed to his cleo
ton, United States Senator Isaac Ste
phenson yesterday testified that although
he spent Sl07,793 in his campaign, he
had little knowledge as to how it was
spent except that il was not used in
violation of law.
Details, ho said, he had left to his
campaign managers The witness testi-
fled he frequently asked where so much
money was going, but on being told it
was a close fight and that the state had
to be Systematically eanvassed to elect
him, he questioned the matter no fur
Their.
Senator w B. Hepburn Of Idaho the
chairman Of the investigating committee,
opened the inquiry Former Representa-
tive Charles f. Littleheld Of Maine and
w. f. Black of Milwaukee, act as coun-
sci for the defense" The other mem.
bers of the committee are Senators
George Sutherland, Republican, of Utah,
and Atlee Pomerene, Democrat, of Ohio.
The charges against Senator Stephenson
were presented in declaration by John
j. Blain of Boscobel, Wis., who charged
the senator with having paid to +. A..
Edward $lO7,793 to be used in Senator
Stephenson's primary campaign for the
nomination, and that the money was
used corruptly.
At the beginning of the inquiry, Mr.
Littlefeld said on behalf of the sem
ator:
"At the outset we wish to state that
Senator Stephenson is now in his SD
year. His character so far has been
without spot or blemish. ANY result
which comes from this investigation is
therefore, of vital interest to him. 1t is
essential that we should see what is to
be investigated"
Mr.. Littlefeld urged that the charges
related to the primary nomoination,
whereas the present committee was au-
thorized by the United States Senate
to investigate only the election Of Mt
Stephenson.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-03
HELD WIRE" FOR
BROTHERS, ARREST
Sisters Of Man Accused of Wife Murder
Had to Listen to All Accusations
Against Him.

Dixon Ill.,, Oct. 3.-Hazel and Rilla
Webster, sisters OF DR.. Harry Z. Web
ster of Chicago, who Sunday night con-
fessed to the police that he murdered
his wife near here, went through a
trying experience OH Saturday night.
The girls are the night operators in
the local telephone Office, and while at
tending to her duties, Hazel, the young
er of the two, heard a message going
over the wires from the Dixon author
tiles to the Chicago police
''The body found here has positively
been identified as that of Mrs Web.
ster," said a mans voice. Arrest Web
ster and hold him.
"All right" answered the desk SER
geant at the Chicago avenue police sta
ton.
Rilla stunned by the shock, turned
from the switchboard in time to catch
her sister, who had collapsed. The elder
sister called for help, and sent her little
sister home. Then she Strengthened out
the tangle of wires and went back to
her post,
Calls poured in from every direction.
Newspaper correspondents were demand
ing connections with their Offices in
Chicago, and the residents Of Dixon put
in many calls.
Frequently the girl was asked for
news Of the murder.
She replied courteously 70 all qaes-
tons, and stuck TO her post until Z
o'clock Sunday morning.
DIR. Webster was taken yesterday to
Logan, county seat OF 0gle county, where
he confessed he murdered one of his two
wives fortnight ago. She was Bessie
Kent, daughter of contractor, who
met the physician while she was a
trained nurse. He had married her un-
der threats by her relatives while al
ready a husband, and committed the
murder through fear OF exposure.
The physician, whose nonchalance had
excited the wonder of the police, sobhed
as he lifted the curtain on dual life
that had existed since his second mar
riage last January.
He told how he had taken two wives
within week He also related in de-
tail his efforts to rid himself OF the
second wife, how she had insisted that
She loved him and had pleaded to be
introduced to his parents. 1t was this
desire that led her to follow him to
Dixon and to her death.
The remainder Of the story, viewed
from DR.. Webster's standpoint, was SIM
pie enough. He became so enraged at
the woman's perseverance in following
him that he decided 10 kill her.
He says she drove with him in a
buggy to the almost inaccessible spot in
the woods where her body was found
a few days ago. There he threw from
the vehicle, hurled a suit case and a
travelling bag at her head and finally,
he said, he leaped from the buggy and
stabbed her several times in the throat.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-03
HACK WAS SCARED
Says Former Trainer of the Russian
Wrestler Recently.

Seattle, Wash, Oct. $50 scared
was George Hackensehmidt OF Frank
Gotch that it took $500 in cold cash
few minutes before the match to
make him appear in the ring on the
fateful Labor day" says DR.. b, +. Roll
Ter, the Russians former trainer, who
is now in Seattle.
Hack was simply afraid" said Roll
Ter Sunday. There was nothing else
the matter with him, just case of
plain eowardice. For a whole week be-
fore the match he was in a state of
terror, so scared he was unable to sleep.
When we left England he was in the
best possible shape and would have been
at the match If he hadn't broken down
and lost his heart.
There was nothing seriously the mat
ter with his knee There wasn't a bruise
on his whole body that football play
er or any of the other great wrestlers
would not have laughed at. He was
beaten before he entered the ring. And
at that didn't take much to beat
him. think that any of the best
known of the grapples could have turned
I've bilth bhut udg win AAaSh y NSNtio5t
in the state it was.
"As far as Gotch is concerned, he is
not the man he was when he wrestled
Mahmout a couple Of years ago. Frank
has gone back and back long way, and
/ don't think that he viii ever appear
on the mat again Pretty fair proof
of it is the way Zbyzsko called him
when he offered $4,000 for match.
Gotch is done as a wrestler for all time.
Roller thinks that the next great
wrestler viii probably be Hindu and
picks big fellow named Ahmud Bux
as likely aspirant.
These Indians are going to make a
noise in the wrestling game and ! think
that Bux viii be one Of the first to
attain prominence, as he has everything
wrestler needs.
My plansY About at year more OF
wrestling is all | figure on and then
will settle down at North Yakima on
my fruit ranch / want to get few
more matches, as | am in better shape
than I have ever been, weighing well
over 200 in condition
Roller came over from North Yakima
Sunday and joined his wife, who has
been in the city several days.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-03
ALBANY SESSION HEIGHTENED.
By Failure of Senate and House to Agree
on Direct Nomination Bill.

Albany, n u, Oct. 81, Sunday morn
ing, the legislature adjourned, after an
all-night struggle over the question Of
direct nominations, which has been a
bone OF contention among legislators for
five years. The Senate passed one bill
and the Assembly another, thereby up
setting the plans for final adjournment
Saturday and protracting the session at
least another week. Legislators said lt
was the first time the legislature was
ever in session on Sunday.
Saturday afternoon the Senate passed
the HinmanGreen bill of last year. after
it had been amended so as to retain the
state convention and the New York state
ballot in preference to the Massachusetts
ballot. Then it adopted resolution call
ing for sine-die adjournment of the leg
islature at p. m, and declared q recess
to await the Assembly's action. When
the bill reached the lower house, where
the organization leaders planned to kill
it, it quickly was referred to the ju.
dietary committee and unsuccessful eff
forts to bring it to n vote led to an
all-night session.
Governor Dix soon learned that the
opponents OF the Dlll were blocking All
efforts to pass the measure. He sent
for Majority Leader Smith and told him
plainly that unless vote on direct NOM
nations was permitted before adjourn
ment ne would summon the legislature
back Immediately in extraordinary SEES
sion. A recess was declared and there
was a hurried conference between the
Democratic leaders and the governor to
determine what should be done. 1t was
apparent from earlier attempts to get
the bill out of the Senate that it had
sufficient backing in the lower house to
insure its passage if it could be brought
to vote, but this the leaders determined
to prevent If possible.
1t was after midnight before the con,
ference with the governor broke up.
The governor finally consented to the
passage of the Ferris Blauvelt bill and
consequent adjournment of the legis-
lature over to another week TO permit
Senate action. This measure provides
for the direct nomination of all but cleo
tive state officers, including party COM
mittees. 1t retains the New York state
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-03
HAMMER THROWS TO
BE WITHIN A FENCE
Western Conference Adopts a Plan to
Safeguard the Crowd
of Spectators

Chicago, Oct. g. When the western
conference track and field championships
are held, next spring, the hammer throw
ers will perform in a space inclosed by
a wire fence in order TO remove all pos.
sibility Of injury to any Of the spec
tators who may too near the COMPETE
tors during the event. 1t was only upon
this condition that the hammer throw
was retained in the list of western con-
ference championship events and some
of the representatives present at the
meeting, Sunday, were in favor Of its
adjustment.
Last season, at Indiana, death fol-
lowed hammer throwing competition
and this fact is responsible for the
radical action just taken by the confer
enee officials.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-03
FLOWERS BEAUTY
REVEALED IN BOOK
Times Dictionary Even Tells What
Blossoms Mean TO Sweet
hearts.

"The flowers that bloom in the spring =
And many are the blooms that the
balmy breezes of the last few days
have brought forth. To appreciate them
to the full one need not be a botanist
to the extent OF the meaning of that
word but amateur knowledge enhances
ones pleasure, and il may be easily
gained. The Times wonderful dietion-
airy is the key that unlocks the door
to aequaint YOU with spring blossoms.
You viii find many explanations Of
the meaning of the names VI the flow
ers between the limp leather covers, and
in the back OF the book is the fun and
complete guide TO the language Of flow
ers.
With that as your guide you can
learn the why's" and "wherefores" OF
the significance OF floral nomenclature,
just what certain combinations of flow
ers are meant to express and the APP
proprate flowers for certain seasons and
certain celebrations.
Trips to the country at this time Of
year are always enjoyable, but with
the added pleasures Of an acquaintance
with flowers and their blossoms, the
country viii seem the more beautiful.
There is, OF course. what some might
term the FOOLS ~side Of the language Of
flowers Interpretation, but little non.
sense now and then is relshed BY The
best Of men, and ii you are in the habit
Of sending flowers as gifts, you may
avoid embarrassment by knowing the
rules OF this flower language.
In selecting flowers for cher" you will
be able TO express the proper sentiment
and not inadvertently say what you had
no intention Of saying. II she does not
understand the language, well and good.
you have an attractive combination Of
oolors anyhow; if she does, YOU have an
effective means of communication.
Six consecutive dictionary coupons
clipped from The Times get the mar
yellous book when accompanied by the
small expense bonus. See coupon on
page and start clipping to-day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-03
HER HAIR GREW
That's Why Thankful Woman Recon-
mends Partisan Sage.

The Red Cross Pharmacy will sell YOU
a iftycent bottle of PARTISAN SAGE
and guarantee it to baniah dandruff,
stop falling hair and itching scalp, or
money back It's delightful hair dress
ing that makes hair lustrous and fasci-
Mating.
I'm the spring | was recovering from
severe case of erysipelas, which left
me virtually bald on the front of my
head and next to my ears. The hair kept
coming out rapidly and nothing | used
stopped my getting entirely bald, until
used two bottles Of PARTISAN SAGE.
This tonic made my hair start to grow
in and, in fact, grew me good fair
amount of hair. and it has entirely
stopped falling out
1T is with pleasure that | give pub
lie recommend to PARTISAN SAGE,
which know is wonder" Mrs. Ella
Gilehrist, w, Pitt street, Bedford, Pa.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-03
Stone In Bladder Removed
Without Surgical Operation

In the Spring of 1904, I was confined
to my bed with kidney trouble and
thought that / would never recover. /
took a lot of medicine but did not realize
any benefit from anything. FINALLY saw
DR.. Kilfner's Swanp-Root advertisement
and sent for sample bottle and thought
tie sample bottle helped ME, so bought
more of the medicine from my Druggist,
and after using few bottles discharged
q very large stone from my bladder.
I After passing this stone my health was
very much improved and l have been
able to continue my business without
any serious sickness.
!. L. KNOWLES,
Headland, Ala.
Personally appeared before me this Sth
day of September, 1909, J. Lotus
Knowles who subscribed the above state
ment and made oath that the same is
true in substance and in fact.
]. w. WHIDDoN,
Notary Public.
Prove What Swamp-Root VIII Do For You
: SEND to DR.. Kilmer & Co., Bingham
ton, n. Y, for a sample bottle. 1t will
convince anyone. You will also receive
booklet of valuable information, telling
allabout the kidneysan6 bladder. When
NIiting, be sure and mention this paper.
Regular 50-ceut and 81 90 size bottles
for sale at all drug stores.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-03
MADER0 ALONE
IN THE ELECTION
Vote Practically Unanimous for Pro-
visional President in 0ne-Sided
Contest in Mexico.

Mexico City. Oct. 3.The returns from
Sundays elections are coming in slowly
and indicate that Gen. Madero has re-
ceived a practically unanimous vote for
the presidency. Few of Gen. Reyes par
tisans voted because of their leaders
withdrawal, and Madero was left the
only remaining candidate who had been
regularly nominated.
No vice president candidate seem
ingly has sweeping victory. From
claims advanced by the progessives and
the Catholic party it appeared that the
race between Pima Suarez and President
de la Barra was close, but the Vas
uitas were unwilling to concede the de-
feat of DR.. Yasuez Gomez, claiming large
gains in Guadalajara, 2acatecas, Guam
ajuato, Puebla, and Aguas Calientes.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-03
National League Standing.
WILLIE HOPPE ACCEPTS.
Billiard Champion to Defend Title
Against Sutton.

New York, Oct 3.-That Willie Hoppe
intends continuing playing billiards in
defense of his 1871 and 1872 national
titles is made certain by his acceptance
of the challenge issued recently by
George II. Sutton TO play for the 1872
championship, Hoppe is expected to re-
turn to this city to-day, when the for
felt money will be posted and date
determined upon.
Under the rules, the match can be
decided upon one nights play of 500
points. but the defender has the privilege
to make it three nights OF more, if he SO
desires. The game will be for $500 a
side and win very likely be in the Madi-
son Square garden concert hall.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-03

ballot. and under its provisions per
cent. of the voters of a district are re-
quired on petition for independent
nominations. The bill which passed the
Senate requires much smaller percent
age, This plan was ratified at confer
ence of Democratic senators, which did
not break up until 2 q. m. The Ferris
Blauvelt bill was finally passed at 4:35
a. m, under an emergency message from
the governor, by vote of IL to 10. But
one Democrat voted against it At 4;4S
the Assembly adjourned until yester-
day,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-03
TAFT TOAST
BY BRYAN
Peerless Leader Welcomes the
President
EXTENDS CORDIAL GREETING
Forenoon Is Spent in Seeing Omaha
-Four Hundred Men at the
Luncheon in Lin
coin.
EXTENDS CORDIAL GREETING

Lincoln, Neb., Oct, president Taft
received cordial non-partisan welcome
70 Nebraska and to Lincoln yesterday.
William j. Bryan, rising before the 400
guests at the luncheon given here in Mr.,
Tatts honor, proposed toast to the
president of the United States.
Following breakfast at the Omaha club
where he spent the night. Mr. Taft was
taken on an automobile ride through the
city. An address TO high school chill
dren concluded his program there. The
president started out from the Omaha
club in a drizzling rain, and before he
had gone two blocks the car was stopped.
Mr. Taft stood mp and while persons on
the sidewalk cheered he donned an over
coat. On his trip TO the high school,
United States Senators Brown and
Hitchcock accompanied the president. He
spoken to several hundred high school
pupils on peace and arbitration Ii was
an epitome of the speech the president
intended to make in the auditorium in
Omaha Sunday. On the automobile ride
the president was taken through Miller
park and Fort Omaha. In Miller park.
Mr.. Taft waved friendly greeting TO
twin babies whose mother had brought
them out in the rain carefully tucked
under blankets. At Fort Omaha Com
pany A of the Signal Corps went through
some rapid manGuvres for his benefit,
The entertainment of the president at
Omaha, at Lincoln and at Hastings last
night was of a non.partisan character,
but the atmosphere was surcharged with
politics.
President Taft met a hearty welcome
in all three cities. Republican leaders
with whom the president talked were
anything but optimistic over the pros.
pect of harmonizing the party differences
in the state.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-03
STEAMER SUNK IN
COLLISION; 20 MEN DROWNED
British Ship Hatfield Goes to the Bot
tom in Crash Near Rot
terdarn.

London, Oct. 3,The British steamer
Hatfield, from Huelya, Spain, for Rot
terdam, was in collision yesterday with
the British steamer Glasgow from Rot
terdam for Dundee, and sunk, All the
members of the Hatfield s crew, number
ing about 20 men, were drowned. At s
O'Clock yesterday morning, the steamer
sailed for Buenos AyTes
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-03
.INDIcT FOUR FOR RoBBING BUTLER
Charged With Luring Boston Man to
Providence.

Providence, R. l., Oct. 3.-The four
men who are alleged to have robbed
Samuel Butler, Boston junk dealer Of
81 800 here on July Is, were indicted by
the grand jury here yesterday. John
Ogden, town treasurer OF North Provi-
dence, who is charged with embezzling
the towns funds, also was indicted.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-03
eaA4
WASHINGTON.

Mrs. Gertrude Chamberlin returned
home Sunday.
Great preparations have been made for
the fair. At it viii be the last one in
the state this year, all win surely be
there.
George H. Nichols of Montpelier, with
his family, is at G. H. Bigelow's for
short visit. Mrs. Nichols will be re-
membered as Miss Grace Clough.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-03
Years of Suffering
catarrh and Blood Disease =
Doctors Failed to Cure

Miss Mabel f. Dawkins, 1914 Lafay-
cite St, Fort Wayne. Ind, writes:
"For three years l was troubled with
catarrh and blood disease. ! tried sew
eral doctors and dozen different rem
edies, but none of them did me any
good. A friend told me Of Hoods Sar-
saparilla. took two bottles OF this
medicine and was as well and strong
as ever. ] feel like different person
and recommend Hoods to any one sur
fering from catarrh."
Get II today in usual liquid form or
chocolated tablets called SarsatabS.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-03
ATHLETICS COMPULSORY.
Worcester Academy Out With an An
nouncement to That Effect.

Worcester, Mass, Oct Sin the fu-
tlire, athletics among the students OF
the Worcester academy will be compul-
sorry, although the branches of sport in
which the student INDUCES will be left
to his individual selection. All athletics
will be under the direction of Physical
Director O. n. Messer. Glass competi-
tons will be made more prominent than
in the past. This fall there viii be a
class football series. class track meet
and a class crosse country run, in the lat
ter event each class being required TO
be represented by team of at least
five men.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-03
ANOTHER AVIATOR KILLED.
Dixon Falls at Spokane Fair--Every
Bone Broken.

Spokane Oct. Aviator Dixon, who
crossed the Rocky mountains Saturday,
fell 100 feet at the fair grounds here
yesterday and was killed.
His machine was caught by an adverse
current OF mir and plunged into rocky
railroad cut Nearly every bone in Dix
on's body was broken.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-03

Yesterdays National League Results.
At Philadelphia, Philadelphia 8; Bos,
ton 3.
At Pittsburg, New York 6; Pittsburg
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-03
Yeaterday,s American League Results.
American League Standing,

AT Cleveland, Cleveland Il Detroit 4
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-20
EAST-SIDE NEW YORK
BANK CLERKS ORGANIZE

On the East-side of New York
city the Jewish bank clerks have
organized and affiliated themselves
with the United Hebrew trades, a
central body comprising 125
unions.
The bank clerks demand more
wages and shorter hours of labor.
All but two of the banks combined
against them and refused the
clerks demands. So several hun
dred clerks and bookkeepers walk
ed out. The bankers are coming
to time, however, and this is how
the strikers worked it.
The men and women walk about
the district withdrawing their saw
ings from a bad" bank and de-
post them in a flair" bank. Then
they reverse the process. One de-
positor will take his little savings
out of a bad bank, just to make
the strikebreakerS work-and the
clerks are overVorked, counting
money, opening new accounts and
closing accounts. II
The bankers, 1t is claimed, are
on the verge of granting the d.
mands of the striking clerks and
bookkeepers.