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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1911-09-01
BURGLARS Leave Without Booty.

Rutland, Aug. 29-Burglars en-
tered the grocery store OF E. S
Slade in Center Rutland last night
but, after boring holes in the safe
and laying fuse to the vault, they
departed without getting anything
but few dollars in stamps from the
postoffice which is in the same build
ing.
Holes were bored in the door to
the store and piece of wood taken
out so that the door bad been un-
locked from the outside and it was
found open by VIZ E Morehouse,
who lives next door, this morning
Mr.. Morehouse notified Mr.. Slade,
who knew nothing of any attempt at
robbery.
1t is thought that the burglars
must have heard noise when they
were preparing to blow up the vault
and rushed away, hurriedly. The
drills which were used in boring the
holes were left behind, but evident
ly were not secured in the village as
no one had ever seen them No
other clue was left by the yeggmen.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1911-09-01
WORLD NEWS OF
THE WEEK.
Covering Minor Happenings From
All Over the Globe
DOM ESTIC.

Arthur Rhodes, teller of the bank
in Dolgeville, N. Y, killed himself in
Little z. lis when on the first vacation
he had in three years.
Two more victims" Of the Lehigh
Valley train wreck at Manchester died.
making the dead roll twenty-nine.
Five coaches were thrown from the
cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Rail-
road, near Kirkwood, Ohio, by a de-
fective rail; the engineer was fatally
hurt.
Gen. Otis, owner of the Los Angeles
Times, whose plant the Mcnamara
brothers are accused of dynamitfng,
was threatened over the telephone
with death IL he failed to give $4,000
for the McNamaras' defense.
The bride of John Christmas, of
Brooklyn, was taken from him in Mill
brook, N. Y, by her father. who said
she had eloped.
Thomas w. Lawson is cited to
court as the promoter of lottery be-
cause horse and buggy were drawn
for at fair of which he is president
in Boston
of the United Wireless Company, and
two associates were taken to Atlanta
Prison, where they will serve their
.entences.
A petition for the pardon of Capt.
Peter C. Hams, who killed w. E..
20 e.
Albany, N. Y.
George Stahl, sixteen years old,
-rrested as a witness of the Coates
vile, Pa, lynching, was denied free
ON on habeas corpus and held with
,ut bail on charge of murder.
Beulah Binford said she no longer
owed Beattie, was afraid of him and
would net marry him should he be
cquitted, at Richmond, Va.
The Commissioner-Ma OF Tren-
1on, N. j., started his official career by
performing wedding ceremony.
J. Q. Emery, of Wisconsin. told the
Association of State and National
Food and Dairy Departments. In con-
.ention at Duluth. Mimi, that tremen-
Il us pressure was being brought to
oear on the pure food men in public
employ by the special interests.
Many industrial, health and acct
lent insurance companies were sew
rely criticised at the convention Of
late insurance commissioners It MIL
yankee; it was declared that many
rickery and deceit to escape honest
5ligaticns.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1911-09-01
WASHING TON.

President Taft, Secretary Stimson
md Clifford Pinchot will address the
National Conservation Congress in
Kansas Cit. in September.
Nearly fifty resolutions for investig-
.tions still are pending before the
House Committee on Rules.
In was announced that a proposal
had been made to the Navy Depart
rent TO build battleship of between
$4,000 and 10000 tons displacement;
such vessel would cost $15,000.000.
President Gomez of Venezuela
cables to his Republics Minister here
denial that the smaller South Am
.'ican governments planned a coali-
on to oppose the United States.
The President sent a message urg-
g $25O,OoO appropriation to finish
iisiEg the Maine.
Representative Mann raped the
temocrats for their work and Speaker
lark praised them.
TIE Presidents cotton revision veto
vas sent Il the House. the Demo
rats made no attempt to pass the bill.
Secretary Wilson, before the House
ommittee, contradicted parts of DR..
Yiley's testimony.
MeEsrs Root and CUllom and Mr..
urton submitted minority reports de.
ending the arbitration treaties, but
action was taken.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1911-09-01
SOUNDS KEYNOTE
OF HIS CAMP A|GN
President Taft Scores Insurxent
Members of Republican
Party in Congress
TARIFF REVISION AS DANGEROUS
Declares he Recognizes General De.
mand for Reduction Of Duties so tar
as Consistent with Protection Of
Industries of the Country.

Hamilton, Mass.-President Taft
began the presidential campaign OF
1912 here, his friends believe. In
speech that breathed defiance, he
scored the insurgent members of the
Republican party in Congress and the
Democrats who combined to revise
several schedules CT the present tariff
at the special session OF Congress,
just closed.
He signaled out Senator LaFollette
of Wisconsin, Speaker Clark and
Chairman Underwood Of the House
ways and means committee as leaders
Of the attempted revision and gave
them special mention. Several times
he referred to Mr. LaFollette and
mentioned tho other insurgent senators
merely as the latter's associates. !"
Mr.. Taft indicated plainly that he re-.
gardGd the proposed revision as fniu.
dic:ouS and dangerous to business, but
that if the tariff board in December
represents that downward revision of
the cotton and wool schedules should
be made he will recommend the use
of the pruning knife.
Standing on the broad terrace of
Congressman A r. Garoner's farm
with Senator Lodge and other Massa-
chusetts Republican leaders. the Pre-
".9ent seemed to scent the smoke OF
he coming battle Many OF the 500
"embers # the Essex county Republi-
can club gathered below thought they
heard the keynote" speech of the
coming can paign and their cheers
wee loud and lorg.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge sup.
plementcd the Presidents tariff
speech with few remarks.
The President came out squarely
IS rot in syn pathy with the older
Republican ideas regarding the tariff.
Declaring that no recognized the
general demand for a reduction of
duties as far as that reduction can be
made consistent with the maintenance
Of measure of protection that shall
enable the industries of the country
to live. he said:
THE time of the Chinese wall and
duties exceeding the difference be.
tween the cost of production here and
the cost abroad has passed, ard we
of the Republican party are under an
oDllgatlon as soon as opportunity
comes to advocate and carry through
revision of the tariff which shall
meet the present popular demands
and to which we are really pledged
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1911-09-01
HA!RMAN UNDE7WooD's tLANs.
Ell bers Of Both Parties Cheerful
IS Congress Adjourns.

Washington, d. C.-The first ses-
Hded and Immediately the exodus of
.enbers began. President Taft
oined with several hundred tired
g,slators in the hegira and official
ashirg;on comps rativeiy was de-
'rted. Every outgoing train bore
majors and Representatives on their
5A.eward journey aftsr an extraor-
nsly session that stretched over l21
VS. ard set the liveliest pace of any
-isiatiye session in years.
The adjournment was featureles:.
ten ors ctivity that had
.,nne before. The President vetoed
e Io:iuU tai # ICVis.cn oil, just as
e had vetoed its two revision Pre-
ecea. ors. the wool and free list bills.
>ae veto went only to the House. in
ccc1G nee with custom. and there it's
cception was marked by Democratic
aushter and Republican applause
democratic Leader Underwood,
mid cheers, formally thanked the
Republican members who voted with
he Democrats to pass the tariff re-
Flslcn bills. Democrats ran across the
isles TO shake ha.ds with the Republi-
can insurgents, and the cheering and
oEnGing of desks on the Democratic
de were protracted. AS soon as he
ould be heard. Underwood announced
lat as the Democrats did not have
he two-thirds majority necessary to
lass the bill over the Presidents veto
-le would lely move the printing of
the veto and accompanying papers
nd their reference to the Ways and
leans Committee, of which he was
&c chairman. The House agreed to
Ills fixed course. With the committee
he bill will rest until the whole sub
set of tariff revision legislation is re-
1ewed at the regular session of Con-
sress, which will convene at noon on
Ionday, December a.
EVERYBODY was in a happy mood in
9th houses. but the usual vaudeville
proceedings that feature the few
;inutes following an adjournment of
he House for years were missing.
The nearest approach was the singing
If Aud Lang Syne" by group of
younger members, led by Hefiin of
Alabama, kinkead of New Jersey.
}yrnes of South Carolina and Garrett
If Tennessee. But their chords did
lot inspire common chorus. The gal.
leries in both HOUSE and Senate were
crowded
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1911-09-01
d. N. Barrett browns When Motor

Bethel, Aug. 80 Herbert M !.
Barrett, aged 81 years, retired
farmer, was drowned this afternoon
when the motor boat in which he
was riding with friends was over
turned in the swift current of the
White river. He was invited by
Edward Putnam and his son, Stan
ley, who also had as their guest Gill
man, the 10 year old son of W. w.
Marshall. The current in the river,
swollen to great depth and width
by Mondays rains, was very swift,
and when near the Electric Light
& Power company's dam, mile
from this village, they tried to turn
around. In an instant the boat was
swept broadside over the dam, all
four of the occupants being plunged
into four or five feet of foamirg wa
ter. They all struck out for the
right bank of the stream, the elder
Putnam getting out not very far
down, without much loss of breath
even, while his son, helping the
Marshall boy, was having q hard
time and was nearly exhausted when
100 yards below the dam he made a
landing. The small boys head had
been kept above water and he suf-
fered no serious damage.
Meanwhile Mr.. Barrett was seen
approaching the same point and
when he came to the shore and was
pulled in he was to all appearance
lifeless, though he had been in the
water only few minutes. AS soon
as possible DIR. O. V. Greene re-
sponded to the call of O c.. Boyce,
engineer of the lighting station, who
seeing the accident called the doc
tor by telephone. The boat went
over the dam at about 2:2O and the
doctor found no sign of life in Bar
rett's body at O'Clock. An exam
ination failed to disclose any mark
on the body and the doctor says
death was by drowning, though
heart failure has been suggested as
q possible explanation of death with
in so short time.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1911-09-01

Free Admission For Children,

Brattleboro, August %. = An
nouncement is made by o. f. Ben
son, Sec of the Valley Fair, that
that this year children under Is
years will be admitted TO the faIr
grounds on the opening day. This
fair is one of the first to make a
move in that direction, and no doubt
their action will be followed by the
arrangements of other agricultural
fairs in New England.
1t is believed by the management
of the Valley Fair that since the
prime purpose of the fair is one of
public uplift that everything posi-
BILE should be done to attract to the
grounds and instruct the younger
generation.
The attractions of this years Val
ley Fair, TO be held here Sept. 26,
q and %, promise to far surpass
any of the eveLts of previous years,
and everything indicates a large at
tendance from Vermont. New
Hampshire and Massachusetts,.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1911-09-01
VERMONT NEWS.

After "a years absence J Frank
lin Shedd, for several years a con-
ductor between Bellows Falls and
Burlington, is paying visit to his
old home in Rutland. He is now
engaged in sheep ranching in Land
er, Wyoming. He is over 70 years
of age.
A South Dorset man by the dis
tinctive name of Brown fell off a
trolley car at Castleton the other
day and suffered dislocation of his
left elbow ard cuts and bruises. but
a bottle in bis pocket remained Sc
cure from harm. He weighs 200
pounds and was trying to change
seats when the car lurched forward
and precipitated him to the ground.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1911-09-01
What Others Say.
Editor Sitter

Editor Sifter.-
Some may deem me too fault
finding, but I can't help it when /
sne how things some times are 60
ing, notably in road repairing. All
my life long years have been
forced to travel over the uneven road
from Don Wyman's, north, to Wes-
ton line, which could SO easily be
graded, with Comparatively so little
expense; and yet no attention has
been paid to the urgent demands OF
the travelling public. Twice have
appealed to the town for part OF
the public money to be laid out for
the public good, to be answered by
the remark, "When Weston takes
down their hills, Derry will attend
to theirs" To date, Weston has
expended, approximately, near
81 900 on their end, and numerous
teamsters in Weston have offered to
put in team work, gratuitously, il
Derry would only furnish a compe-
tent man to direct the laying out and
planning of the work. A vast
amount of freight 0a,m products,
lumber, etc } yearly is transported
over this road. II is the main thor
oughfare from Londonderry to
Ludlow and Mount Holly on the
north, and South Londonderry is
the trade center for Weston and
they are clamoring for easier grades,
when their traffic would naturally go
there instead of to Ludlow and
Chester as it now does, thus avoid
ing climbing two mountains which
cannot be taken down. The money
laid out yearly, that amounts to but
little, permanently, if spent in TAX
ing down some of the hills would
soon give us a fine grade, highly ap-
preciated by everyo one who may pass
this way. Let us wake up from our
Van Wrinkle sleep to embrace the
progressive ideas of the age in
which we are living.
D. D. Wait.
Londonderry, Vt.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1911-09-01
Taft RECOGNIZES Labor Dey.

Beverly, Mass.-President Tiff has
issued an executive order directing
that all per diem employees and other
day laborers in the federal public ser
vice, wherever employed. and whose
employment extends through and be-
yond" Labor Day, shall be excused
from work on that day. Heretofore
federal employees who took advantage
of Labor Day did so at their own ex
pense.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1911-09-01
FOREIGN.

Richard Croker in London, says he
cpes to see horse racing revived In
>merica.
Andre Jaeger-Schmidt, the partisan
journalist, completed his journey
round the world in SO days, 10 hours
3 minutes and 3 As seconds; he made
re trip from Cherbourg to Paris by
ton obile.
A revolutionary plot duplicating
prmer President Davila was dis
oyered in Honduras.
Two looters were shot against a
all in Jojutla, Mexico, by order OF
;encral Hernandez, in order to strike
error into the bandits infesting the
late of Mo-elos.
England participated in the Franco
German negotiations on the subject
Of Morocco.
The French Government issued a
firm note saying French rights must
he recognized in Morocco, and Germany
ust reduce her territorial desires in
ne French Congo.
Sir David Harrel was appointed
hairman of the commission named
inquire into the causes of the re.
mt British railway strikes and to
AXE recommendations for averting
renewal of the trouble.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1911-09-01

Ii you nave bad breath, constipation,
pain n the small of the back, discolored
skin, nervousness or dizziness, your only
wise course is to take DIR. David Kenne-
dy's Favorite Remedy, of Rondout, N
Y. 1t will cleanse the blood of all impuri-
ties, regulate the Kidneys and Liver,
and thus restore a healthy glow to your
cheeks again.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1911-09-01
STATE FAIR ATTRACTIONS.

White River Junction, Aug. 29-
F, With Uhlan, the famous trotter and
the most widely talked about horse
in the world today, to trot an exhi-
! bition mile at the Vermont State
Fair on the opening day, Tuesday,
Sept. 10, large crowds are sure to be
in attendance. President Evarts of
the State Fair commission is espe-
c;ally DESTROYS that Uhlan be given
a warm and enthusiastic welcome in
the state where his ancestors were
reared, for Uhlan is Morgan de-
scendant. His owner, Mr.. C.. X.
G. Billings of New York is a. de-
scendant of Vermont family. He
will drive Uhlan in the exhibition
mile and the time is sure to be close
to two minutes.
Beginning on Wednesday, James
Ward, the famous Chicago aviator,
will make three flights each day in
a Curtiss biplane, giving every
known "stunt" in heavier than-air
flying machine. He will make al
titude ascents, coast from dizzy
heights, make distance runs and
give exhibitions the equal of which
have not been surpassed in the his
tory of flying.
The Morgan horse exhibit will he
larger and better than ever. The
number of entries of draft horses is
unprecedented and this department
is sure to have great interest to
farmers at the present time on ac-
count of the scarcity of good work
horses i'm the state and the large
price asked for them.
Two other conspicuous features
that will prove of great interest TO
farmers will be the plowing match
and the milking contest. A feid for
this contest has been selected and
entries are sufficiently large to war
rant a spirited effort to win, the
money prizes. The milking contest
is for girls under 81 years of age
The commission is greatly inter
ested in this event 1t believes
that the daughters of the farm can
be of great help to the fathers and
brothers by doing practical things
| and with this idea in mind liberal
money prizes are offered.
The poultry exhibit which for two
years has been the largest ever seen
in New England will be even much
larger this year. In fact it viii be
the greatest poultry show ever seen
in the east. One exhibitor alone
will have FIVE car loads of fine poul-
try stock.
There will be a great contest for
supremacy between b, exhibitors of
;; Jersey and Short horn cattle. Tie
breeders and owners of these tv O
breeds are determined to carry off
the big prizes and rivalry will be
keen and intense. The short horns
are given credit for having made
Vermont famous dairy state and
short horn enthusiasts are out to re-
tain the laurels they have already
won.
Many improvements have been
made to the commodious grounds
and buildings, the idea being to
provide every possible accommoda-
ton for both exhibitor and specla-
tor.
The Vermont State fair for 1911
promises to prove the greatest edu-
cational treat ever given in Yer
mont.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1911-09-01
Postal Bank Receipts Grow.

Washington, D. C-Postmaster
General Hitchcock designated fifty
more postofices of the first class as
postal savings repositories. The re.
ceipts in the postal savings offices in
New York, Chicago, ST. Louis and Bos.
ton which opened for business on
August l, it was announced at the de.
partment, amounted to s250OOO at the
end Of the first three weeks.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1911-09-01
UTAH IN SERVICE,
U. S. Navy Has Another Warship Of
Super-dreadrouqht Class

Washington. D. ca powerful
addition to the navy was made when
the new battleship Utah was turned
over to the government at Philadel-
phia and ordered to proceed to Hamp-
ton Roads for duty.
This great sea fighter Is of the
super-dreadnought class and bears
enormous batteries of ten and twelve,
inch guns. Capt. w. S. Benson will
command her
The Utah is equipped with Oil
burners to be used when coal runs
out, or when more advantageous under
battle conditions to avoid smoke,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1911-09-01
Nasal Catarrh, an Inflammation of

Nasal CatarrI, an Inflammation of
the delicate membrane lining the air.
passages, is not cured by any mixtures
taken into the stomach. Don't waste
time on them. Take Ely's Cream Ballu
through the nostrils, so that the fevered.
swollen tissues are reached at once.
Never mind how long you have suffered
nor how often you have been disap-
pointed, we know Ely's Cream Balm is
the remedy you should use. All drug
gists, Doc, Mailed by Ely Bros, 10
Warren Street. New York,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1911-09-01
THE
Editorial Column.

To those who have the best inter-
ests of the entire town at heart,
there is considerable food fer
thought in the article by Mr.. D. D
Wait, in another column If by i'm
proving the highway between here
and Weston village we can make it
more of an incentive for Weston
people to increase their business in
this town, it is certainly to our adj
vantage to do SO. If one of the
greatest improvements to the Yves
ton road is to cut down one of the
hills and make an easy grade, then
it is about time this Improvement
were made. Heretofore it has been
the talk that Weston should show
her inclination to improve the route
by cutting down hills before she ex-
pected Londonderry to do SO; Wes-
ton has now made a grand begin
ming on that work, and we believe it
is time for this town to show her
willingness to help along the cause
of better highways between the
towns. With easier grades there
will be more traffic; and the more
traffic, the better for both towns.
OF course this grading means a
damage to owners of property ad-
joining the highway, compensation
in full should be rendered to them.
Improvements cost something, but
are they not worth it?
This state needs stricter laws in
regard to carrying concealed weap
ons. During the past few years
there has been a growing tendency
on the part of juries to be more len
lent towards respondents who have
shot and even killed human beings,
provided something in the line of
self-defence is maintained. This
tendency if fully known to that dan
gerous class of people who carry
concealed weapons for no special
purpose, bat who would use them
upon slight provocation, losing their
temper, with it, their better judg
ment. Thus many homicide is
committed by person who, having
become impassioned and having lost
all control of himself, has whipped
revolver out of his pocket and fl ed
the fatal shot, and nearly always to
his regret during the remainder of
his life. The point is that if he had
not been carrying weapon, he
would not have committed the deed,
and if the laws were more stringent
he might not have been carrying u
weapon.
The state of New York has recog-
nized this Legislative need, and re-
Gently has enacted laws, portions of
which Vermont might well adopt.
We should go farther than to legis-
late against the mere carrying of
weapons; there should be laws
against the manufacture, sale, loan
or gift of such articles as brass
knuckles, slung shot, sand bag or
blackjack. For what good are these
articles? They only work for harm,
and hence should be eliminated from
the land. Furthermore, no one
should carry revolver, dirk, or SIM
liar weapon without license from
proper authorities. 1t ought to be
a .nisdemeanor for anyone under the
age of Is to have one of these dan
gerous weapons in his possessions;
and likewise a misdemeanor for any
one to furnish one of the weapons
to person under 10 years of age.
Preventing homiciIes is far pref
cradle to punishment for them; but
a strong combination of the two
ought to give the best results. Let
us see that this subject is not ne
elected at the next session of the
legislature.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1911-09-01
More Clothes for Rathers

Atlantic City, N. J.-Acting Mayor
Germany issued an order forbidding
women bathers to walk through the
streets or along the boardwalk in
bathing suits unless raincoats or other
garment that will co"er bare arms
and legs are worn. Policemen were
instructed to arrest women who dis
obey the order.