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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-02-08
.bLNES NEW TRAIL
Tax Commissioner Adams
Tells of Duties of Income
Tax Assessors.
EXPECTED TO GET RESULTS
State Commission Will Not Seek to
Point Method in Which Officials Will
Work but Results Must Show Sue.
cess in Various Counties of State.

AT the closing session of the school
OF instruction for income tax assessors,
held under the direction of the Wis
consin tax commission, Commissioner
q. S. Adams made the following appeal
for fair, firm and full enforcement
Of the new income tax law:
This is a momentous year in the
history of Wisconsin. Your positions
and your regulations hang upon the
vigorous and successful enforcement of
this new experiment in state income
taxation. Far more important than the
risk of your reputation, however, is the
hope of reform which also hangs on
the successful issue of our experiment.
1t is not only question of success in
collecting new tax. 1t is question
of the introduction of new idea, q
new spirit, and new life into the
financial organism of great state. A
great moral and political question is
at issue, as well as a great question in
taxation.
"This is a man s job. The tax it.
self is difficult and complex. The solu-
ton of it's legal and administrative
problems will require study, industry
and sound common sense. We expect
all of these qualities from you; we
believe that you have them and that
you will exhibit them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-02-08
Thursday.

Morning Session, 10 O'clock.
Soil Conservation. ....... Mr.. Imrie
Crop Rotation ............. Mr.. Jacobs
Afternoon Session, 1880 O'clock.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-02-08
Friday.

Morning Session, $50 O clock.
SWINE .................... Mr.. Imrie
ciovers and Corn. Mr.. Jacobs
Clean Milk, Mr. Cominos
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-02-08
Must Ask Questions.

Thirdly, we expect you to ask
questions. The American taxpayer is
not liar. The trouble is that we
have been assuming that he is a liar.
If on want to know a man s income.
don t snoop around like cheap inmi-
ton Of William j. Burns, but 90 to
Che taxpayer and ask him. He will
tell you. And if he .doesn t, ask him
again. And if he doesn t tell you then,
yon have it in your power to make
him wish that he had answered, and
we expect you to use Your power.
That power doesn't consist Of back
talk or angry words. Epithets are
cheap. 1t consists of good, round.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-02-08
Depends on Spirit.

''But far more important than in
telligence is the spirit which you dis
play, particularly in the first few weeks
Of the new work. It is then that you
will set the tone, then that you will
determine in the people the attitude
which they are to take toward the tax
"The people Of Wisconsin have made
a rather heroic resolution that they
will accept and lay upon themselves
the unpleasant burden of new tax
honestly administered. No new tax Of
general scope touching every part OF
the state, involving all classes and
conditions Of people, can ever be popu-
lar. And when people impose tax
of this kind upon themselves it is not
only thing but an evidence that they
have resolved to break with the bad
past, and in the future do things not
only more Systematically, but more
honestly than they have done.
Accordingly, we Will make the
greatest mistake Of our careers if we
approach this task in any apologize
spirit of concession, tempering the
wind here and there to some power
full shearer of lambs, assessing at 90
per cent when we know what 100 per
cent is, making compromise here, a
concession there, showing weakness
eYervMhere.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-02-08
No Concession Wanted

"The psychological moment is here.
We deserve to be drummed out of
camp if we miss this moment--the
hrst IN several generations which Of
fers a practical opportunity to put a
tax at 100 per cent upon the rolls.
"We want patience, kindness,
courtesy, tact, good humor, tongue I'M
der control, and temper in reserve, but
we want no weakness. We expect YOU
TO do your duty. More than that. the
people of Wisconsin expect you to do
your duty. And your duty means an
income assessment at 100 per cent.
. ! have said that we want no weak.
ness or apology. What we do want i
your whole hearted cooperation in =
tactful but firm administration of !.
just law. There isn't among all the
enemies and opponents of this law in
Wisconsin man good enough or learn.
ed enough or influential enough to he
al assessor or incomes.
Z" If your heart is not in your work
get for yourself either new heart or
a new job. This is pioneering work.
We are blazing new trails. and Won
can not blaze new trails if, like Lot s
wife, your head is constantly turned
back toward the flesh pots. We expect
from you not only devotion to the
work, but we expect initiative and in
vention, suggestions and improvements.
If you find new and better way TO
do it, tell us about it. Let us start
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-18
GOES TO SUPREME COURT.
Pauper Case Between Waitsfield and
Craftsbury Decided in Favor of Latter.

The jury case Of the town of Waits
field VS.. the town of Craftsbury was
taken up in Washington county court
yesterday. This is case involving
about $l35, which was paid Jerry Doy-
ing, pauper, who made his last list
in Craftsbury in l904-5. After that he
lived in various places. married and bad
several children. In March. l9l0, while
he was living in Waitsfel1, he asked
aid from the town, which was given.
The overseers of Craftsbury and Waits
field conferred and WaitsfeH claimed
Craftsbury should pay the amount which
Doying was aided. The latter place
alleged that as Doying had horse and
one or two cows at the time he was
assisted, he was not pauper and also
that they had insufficient notice
The plaintiff contends that as the over
seer of the town of Crsftsbury came
to Waitsfeld to discuss the matter, he
acknowledge tht sufficient notice had
been received. However, the court ruled
that verdict be rendered for the de-
fendant to recover costs. The case will
be taken to the supreme court for a
decision. the point raised being insult
iiciency of the notice.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-18
BURLINGTON SUICIDE HAD
WORKED IN NORTHFIELD
Body of Man Drowned Identified As
That of William Flynn and Has
Been Claimed By Relatives

Burlington, Sept. lS.--The mystery as
to the identity of the stranger who was
drowned in the cove Friday by falling
out of rowboat was solved yesterday
afternoon by the arrival OF Mrs. Margaret
Lynn and Michael Flynn. who live near
Newcomb, n. Y, and who identified the
man as their brother, William Flynn.
who left home few months ago and
who had been working in Northfield.
They took the body back with them last
night and the burial win be held in Min
erva, \. ", the home OF the family
Chief Russell learned yesterday that
a man named William Flynn had been
registered at the hotel Champlan and
the place of residence looked as though
it was Newcomb. ~ Y. As there were
marks on the dead-xaan,s 4 clothing which
would to the conclusion that he had
come from Newcomb, the clue was fol-
lowed up. The register at the hotel was
kept in such hapsazard manner, with
no dates to tell whether the name was
signed this year or years ago, that not
much hope was taken in the search un-
til communication was established over
the telephone with John Anderson ir., of
Newcomb, who sold Flynn some of the
clothing he was wearing at the time of
his death.
The description furnished by the police
fitted Flynn, and the brother and sister
were notified and came to Burlington as
soon as possible, arriving on the boat
last evening. They did not need to see
the body as they easily recognized the
photograph,
Last evening they went to Bouchers
undertaking rooms and made arrange
ments for the removal of the body
Mr.. Flynn was 2s years of age and
unmarried. He is survived by mother,
Mrs. Sarah Flynn, who lives in North
field, this state, and three sisters and
four brothers. For the past few months
he had been employed in cutting pulp
wood for John Ross in Mortified and he
was on his way from there to Neweomb,
where he expected to stay with rela-
tives for while, when he stopped off
at Burlington and was drowned.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-18
DRUMMER BOY PUFFER DEAD.
Bennington Man, Who Died Sunday,
Was Present When Lincoln Was Shot

Bennington, Sept. ls-Norman NJ.
Puffer, past department commander
of the Vermont g. A. r., and one of the
Youngest survivors of the Civil war, died
at his home here Sunday. He was a
native of Bennington, where he was
born May 4, ls47. He enlisted as a
drummer boy in 1861 at the age OF IA
with che Second Regimental band and
when the regiment was mustered out of
the service he re-enlisted as drummer
with Company L Of the 10th regiment
and served through the war.
He was one of the few survivors of
the audience that was in Ford's theatre
on the night that President Lincoln was
assassinated and distinctly heard the re-
port of the pistol. Returning from the
war he entered the employ of the late
A. B. Valentine, manufacturer of un-
derwear, and remained with him until
about 1880, when he established the Ben
nington knitting company. The corpor-
alton went out of business about ten
years ago. At the time of his death he
was director of the Bennington Coun-
ty National bank and was connected
with the Bennington Wax Paper compa-
ny. A wife and one son survive.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-18
Decided in Case of Mrs. Benja-
min H. Roberts
BODY WAS FOUND IN RIVER
Police Believe Gloucester Woman Fell
from Bridge and in Falling Received
Injury to Her Head-She Has
Been Missing Since Sept. 9.

Manchester, Mass, Sept. ls.-The
mystery surrounding the death OF Mrs.
Estella G. Roberts of Gloucester, whose
body was found in the Manchester riv-
er Monday, was cleared up to-day. The
death was due to an accident and was
not the result OF murderous assault. 1t
is evident that Mrs. Roberts fell fror.
bridge. and Chief OF Police Converse
believes that the wound in Mrs. Roberts
head was caused by striking timber
while she was falling
Clarence Blake told the police that
he and Daniel Northrup walked with
Mrs. Roberts and another woman on
the night of September o. ldentiIica-
tion of the remains was made last night
by her husband, Benjamin II. Roberts.
who is a wharf watchman of Gloucester.
the identification being by means of the
clothing. watch and other articles.
The woman had been missing since
Monday, Sept. o. On that day she came
here from Gloucester to visit a friend,
Mrs. Timothy L. White Mrs Roberts
stayed until late in the evening and Mrs.
White then accompanied her to the rail-
road station, where she left her at IL
p. m.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-18
CONSIDER DANCE HALL SHOOTING
Chittenden County Grand Jury Takes UP
Case of Margaret Carter.

Burlington, Sept. lS.-The case Of
Margaret Carter, colored. who, it is al
legged, caused the death of Pearl Hooper
also colored, by shooting in Sam Frank
Inns resort on Weston's hill, was con
sdered by the present grand jury em-
Ipaneled yesterday afternoon in Chitten-
den county court. A horde of colored
witnesses were present ready to testi-
fly.
In instructing the jurors, previous to
their going into deliberation, Judge w.
III. Taylor defined the degrees of homi-
eide which determine murder and man
slaughter and explained that certain ae-
tions leading up to '0mede might be
considered as fair pruof of premedita-
ton, which would constitute murder, As
an illustration. in this connection, he
remarked that if person aimed a re-
ivolver or gun at vulnerable part of a
persons anatomy such action might be
considered as proof of premeditation. as
ia deadly weapon was pointed and fired
Iat a human being with evident inten-
ton to kill.
w. +. Chaplin of Essex was selected
lby the court as foreman +. Sey-
1nour of Colchester and P. J. Fay of
Shelburne did not answer to the roll
call, the former being excused. B. j.
Martin of Milton and c. j. Lapresse of
Burlington were empanelled in their
places.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-18
TUBERCULOSIS EXHIBIT CLOSED.
Small Number of People Listened to the
Addresses Last Evening.

The tuberculosis exhibit of the state
board of health, which has been placed
in the floor space of the city hall for
merly occupied by the postoffice, was
closed last evening and the exhibit in
charge of DIR. H. A. Ladd of Burlington,
inspector for the state board of health.
was shipped to Burlington to-day. This
closed a special campaign in Barre and
Montpelier. The exhibition was open
during Yesterday afternoon and las;
evening, in which time nearly 800 peo-
pie examined the displays for the pre-
vention of the ravages of the white
plague.
In the evening at the opera house,
nearly one hundred gathered to listen to
DR. II. A. Ladd discourse on tubercu-
losis. DIR. Ladd spoke somewhat over
Il half hour on the topic. He main
tained that tuberculosis was not in
herited but that some people were more
susceptible to it than others. Preceding
DIR. Ladd City Health Officer Dr. Joe
jackson rpoke briefly DIR. jackson pro-
duced statistics to prove the prevalence
of tuberculosis in the city In the
course of his lecture, Health Officer Jack
son quoted letter from one of the
-workmen in the granite plants of the
city, who maintained that the ventila-
tion conditions, under which the gran
lite cutters were obliged to work, were
poor, and that their efforts should be
directed to ameliorating these eondi
tions. rather than by demanding great
paw and lesser work hours.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-18
$50 HUNTING PERMITS.
Have Been Granted by City Clerk Mac
kay Since Iuly /.

Since July |, when all hunting licenses
granted by City Clerk James Mackay
for the season of l9ll-lg-l2 expired,
some $50 permits to range the forests
with firearms have been granted. Most
of these have been taken out in antiei-
patton of the open season for birds and
few fur bearing animals, which began
September l5. According to the state
fish and game statutes, game birds, such
as ruffed grouse tpartridgel, woodcoek,
quail English snipe, plover, wild duck
and geese may be killed with restrc-
tions after date of September Is. The
ban on rabbits and gray squirrels is
also declared off in the middle of this
month. According to reports received
from a few local hunters, who have
been in the woods, game abounds in
many sections, but the heavy foliage
prevents successful hunting.
The loudest call for hunting licenses
is usually sounded in the days Just prior
to the opening of the deer season, around
October 20. BY the middle of next
month, however, the shooting and trap
ping of marten mink. raeeoon, fisher,
foxes and skunks will be legal, and the
desire to engage in the profitable occu-
patton of shipping furs to the market
viii probably prompt few to secure
their licenses, although trapping. ex-
cept for skunks is said to be generally
unremunerative in this section. The law
prohibiting the destruction of otter is
lifted for a limited time November |.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-18
SCENES WERE
NARROWING
When Express Train Was DeraiI-
ed Near Liverpool
SIXTEEN PEOPLE KILLED
One Car Caught Fire and Dead and In
jured Were Cremated, While Pas
sengers in the Cars Were Res
cued With Difficulty.

Liverpool, England, Sept. ls.-Sixteen
persons were killed and so injured by
The derailing last evening of the ex-
press from Chester to Liverpool at Dit
ton Junction, eight miles from Liver
pool. The train had passed over the
long bridge spanning the Mersey and
was running down the incline leading to
the junction, when at the cross-over
points the engine jumped the rails and
crashed into the buttress of bridge
spanning the line.
The coupling of the car next to the
lengine parted, and the train of nine cars
sped on to the station. The leading cars
crashed into the platform with terrific
force and were wrecked, One car was
overturned and caught fire. In spite ol
the efforts of fire brigade, it was soon
consumed. Several bodies in this car
We're cremated, but some of the injured
were rescued from the windows.
The engine driver was crushed to death
between the engine and tender, and the
fireman had both legs broken. He was
pinned under the locomotive for two
hours.
The work of extricating the dead and
injured by the light of bonfires was con-
tinued until late hour. All the pas
sengers in the first two cars were killed.
The fourth car became roaring furnace,
and the terrible cries of the injured and
appeals for help, together with the diff
Guilty in taking the passengers from the
wreckage, caused narrowing scenes.
Several of the bodies are still uniden-
titled but apparently all aboard the
train were local residents.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-18
JORDAN TRANSFERRED
TO DEATH HOUSE
Man Condemned to Die in Electric Chair
Maintained Same Apparent Cool
ness Manifested Always.

Cambridge, Mass. Sept. ls.-Chester
S. Jordan sentenced to die IN the elec'
tri chair some time next week for the
murder of his wife, Honora H., in Somer-
vile on Sept. |, 1908, was transferred
last night from the Middlesex county
jail, where he had been confined since
the murder, to the death house at the
state prison.
Jordan was taken to Charlestown
shortly before O'Clock by Sheriff Fair
BARN and his son, Court Officer Edward
Farbarn, in closed carriage. He main
tanned the apparent indifference to his
fate which has characterized his be-
havior since he was found guilty.
Jordan has been twice sentenced to
death and untiring efforts have been
made on the part of his family to secure
his commitment to an insane asylum or
communication of his sentence. Sentence
was deferred for nearly two years after
his conviction on May A. 1909, pending a
decision of the supreme court Of Massa-
ehusetts as to whether his trial had been
constitutional. The appeal was based
on the fact that juror in the case
had become insane soon after the trial
ended. The court decided that Jordan
had been lawfully convicted.
The first sentence of death was pro-
nounced on Jan. 6, 1911, making the
date Of execution early in March OF that
year.
The decision of the state supreme
court was then appealed to the United
States supreme court. Another year
elapsed before decree was handed down
sustaining the state court.
Jordan was resenteneed last May, and
his execution was set for the week of
Sept. %. Within the past week, Gov
ernor Foss received a petition for com
mutation OF the death sentence, on the
ground OF insanity, but has not referred
it to the executive council. which has
the power of committing sentences.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-18
TWO VISITORS ARRESTED.
One from Washington and Another from
Hyde Park in Court To-day,

Washington and Hyde Park contribut
ed an offender each to the police court
docket this morning, one of the respbn-
dents paying fine for first offense
of intoxication, while the other accepted
straight sentence in county Jail for a
third offense. r. +. Barnete, whose last
name is spelled with seven letters in
stead of twice seven for eonyenience's
sake. came down from his little farm in
Washington yesterday and took charge
of gallon of whiskey which awaited
delivery at the American Express office.
Afterwards, according to the story told
the court, Barnete thought to sample
the beverage before returning home. The
whiskey seems to have been too gener-
ously sampled, for Barnete was pres
emily graphing with a switch flag at
the Granite street crossing when Acting
Chief George H. Carle found him yester.
day afternoon at o'clock.
AT police headquarters the man pro-
duced name that foored the officers
by reason of its length, and only by
court time this morning had the cOgno-
men been modified to Barnete. Judge
Scott imposed fine of So and costs,
which the respondent paid.
James Savage, born in Ireland and
counting Hyde Park as his home. awoke
in the Central Vermont station at I
o'clock this morning to find himself in
the clutches of Officer Edwin L. Mcleod,
who took him to the station as an al
legged drunk. In city court this morning.
Savage pleaded guilty to a third offense
and was sentenced to serve thirty days
in the county jail at Montpelier Saw
age was taken to the capital by Officer
Harry Gamble later in the forenoon.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-18
MUCH DAMAGE DONE
TO STONES { 81 YARD
Miscreants Last Night Daubed Black
Paint on Granite at Carswell, Wet
more Co.'s Plant-Police
Have Been Notified.

Some time during the night, mlschiev-
Gus persons, believed to be boys, went
to the Carswell. Wetmore Co.'S stone.
shed ON Batchelder's meadow and
smeared black paint over number OF
valuable stones in the yard. The work
of the young eulprits was discovered
this morning, when members of the firm
went to their place of business at ]
o'clock Officers at police headquarters
were notified of the affair and a patrol
man went to Batchelder's meadow to
conduct an investigation. The damage
will reach a considerable sum, as the
guilty ones daubed dressed stone ready
for shipment, as well as much rough
stock lying about the yard.
The youthful painters found paint
pot which had been left outside by the
workmen last night, and succeeded in
covering several rough stones with black
paint before leaving. The damage in
these instances may be repaired, but
the paint on the finished stone cannot
be removed, and the firm will be put
to the expense and inconvenience of low
ering the face of the job so ruthlessly
besmeared No clue as to the identity
OF the perpetrators has been secured,
but developments are expected to fol-
low within few days. cne member OF
the firm stated this morning that the
paint escapade came as a climax to a
long series OF evil doiugs at the Cars
well. Wetmore Co.'S she'd For some
time past. individuals, presumed to be
boys of irresponsible age, have visited
the shed by night and pilfered small
articles lying loose about the premises.
At other times. the shed windows have
been targets for many boys with stones.
At the police station it was stated
that an investigation was under way,
although the officers admitted that the
task of running down the mischief max
ers seemed difficult. Last night, one of
the regulars, in making his rounds at
the south end, passed through the yard
of the Carswell, Wetmore Co.'S shed at
8 o'clock. He saw nothing to arouse
his suspicion.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-18
CALF STEALING CHARGED.
Frank W. Taylor Is Being Tried In Ad-
olson County Court.

Middlebury, Sept. ls.-"All about a
calf might be the title of the case of
State VS.. Frank w. Taylor Taylor is
charged with stealing a calf, belonging
to Mrs. Napoleon Hance of East Mid
dlebury, from the pasture of Daniel Dra-
gon in Ripton. Suspicion poited to Tay-
lor as the thief because he was seen in
Ripton on August l6, when the theft
was committed, and the testimony yes
terday brought ont the fact that Daniel
Dragon also lost property at the time,
consisting of yearling heifer and a
flock of 81 turkeys. Taylor later sold
a pelt at J. X. Piper's market here,
which strongly resembles the skin of the
missing calf.