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for an operation. For time homes 49,.
entertained OF her recovery. but .ss ~
disease had too strong hold. Mrs Iasa ae
formerly lived in Vinaihayen, but came II =
this place five years ago and was 49, "
to Capt. Leslie Joyce. Her many lovss,.
qualities endeared her to frienda ~
neighbors. She will be missed bv ~
She leaves husband and one sister. M.
sympathy is felt for them.
June II.
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aunfr'isenfurs
CHICAGO MERCHANT
MAKES STATEMENT.
ADVERTISEMENTS

After Spending Thousands Of Dollsu
and Consulting the Most Eminent
Physicians he Was Desperate.
CHICAGO. iLLs.-Mr. j. G.
Becker, of ! 81 Van Buren ST., "A
well-known Wholesale dry goods
dealer, states as follows:
81 have had catarrh for more
than thirty years. 'Hase tried
everything on earth and spent
thousands of dollars for other
medicines and with physicians,
( without getting any lasting re.
lief, and can say to you that
have found Peruna the only ren,'
edy that has cured me per-
manently.
. "Peruna has also cured my
wife Of catarrh. She always keeps
h in'the house for an attack Of
cold, which il invariably cures W 4
avery short time."
Ellsworth American., 1912-06-19
BEECH HILL

Lawrence Harper, OF Center, is workin,
at Ernest Richardson's.
Miss Elizabeth Taylor has emplovmeu,
at Northeast Harbor.
John Carter, who has been teaching a,
Colts Island, is home.
Mrs. Mary Walls, of Pretty Marsh. /.
visiting her granddaughter, Mrs. Annie
Carter.
Harry Latty and wife, Of West fremont.
spent the weekend with Mrs. Latty,s
parents, Il. ID. Richardson and wife.
June IL. u
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NORTH LAMolNE.

Miss Muriel Linscott, who has been ill,
is much improved.
Elmer Merchant, of Bar Harbor, ie
moving into 1. N. salisbury's camp.
Miss Eunice Coggins, who has been
at Seal Cove, is home for the summer.
Miss Hope Norwood, of Southwest Har-
Dor, is visiting her grandparents, George
Fl. Coggins and wife.
June II. Y.
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encouraging reports from her, and all
hope she will have a speedy recovery.
Mrs. Emogene PeasIee closed her school
here Friday, after a pleasant and profit
able term OF ten weeks. The following
pupils were perfect in attendance; Martha
Marshall, Sumner Mckay Christie Nc
Kay, Lucy Stewart, Irving Stewart,
Kenneth Stewart, Leon Stewart, Carlton
Stewart and Muriel sabans.
June II. 8.
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ATLANTIC.

Miss Goldie Staples and Miss Bessie
Joyce are home from Castine, where they
have been attending normal school.
The community was saddened by the
death Saturday, June 10, OF Mrs. Leslie
Joyce. Mrs. Joyce had been a sufferer for
six months from cancerous tumor. Eight
weeks ago, in hope Of help, she went to
the Maine general hospital at Portland,
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FRANKLIN ROAD.
June II.

Andrew Martin, of Bar Harbor, and
Harvey Martin, of Houlton, were week
end guests of their mother, Mrs. Matilda
Martin.
The many friends here of Miss Blanche
Mcfarland, of Washington ID. c.. were
sorry to hear of her serious illness. She
was successfully operated on Tor appenei-
citis last Tuesday. Her friends receive
Ellsworth American., 1912-06-19
WEST suRRY.

Mrs. Eliza Lafkin Is poorly.
Alyah Leach, who is working In Bucks
port, is visiting 1. f. Lntkin.
Mrs. +. w. Biaisdell came home Thurs
day from the village, where she has been
working for George Phillips.
June IL l..
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MT. DESERT FERRY.

o. p. Cunningham and wife, OF Bucks
port, are at their cottage for week.
Miss Elizabeth Jeilison attended the
graduating exercises at Charleston last
week.
The Free Baptist quarterly meeting will
be held in the church at East Hancock
June u, y and 3.
June II c.
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In spite OF the inclemency of the
weather, there was large attendance at
the graduation exercises ofthe high school
Thursday evening. The church was
tastefully decorated with the class colors OF
gray and crimson, evergreen and peonies.
Over the archway was the class motto in
French. .sTo be rather than to be seen."
Those who graduated were Alton
Robertson, sslutatory and essay; Law
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JUNIOR EXHIBITION.


The junior exhibition of Gilman high
school was held at the Neighborhood
House Wednesday evening. All the parts
were well taken, rejecting much credit
upon students, teachers and the school.
The program:
Music
Prayer
Music
Essay, Mount Desert,
Henrietta Frances Gilpatrick
Reading Cora Livingston Frost
Essay, The Development of the Steamboat,
William Eugene Reynolds
James Preston Bunker
Solo o.....-.....-........-. ....Lucy Ames Balm
Essay, The Liquor Question in Maine,
samuel orman Smallidge
Music
Essay, The Holy Grail,
Evelyn May Manchester
Reading. Parker winsor Fennelly
Essay, oberammergau and the Passion Play,
Cora Mae Phillips
Solo,. ,..-.-......- Bartlett Wallace Dyer
Senior part, History of Glass of 1912,
Ada Crockett Brown
Presentation of diplomas,
supt E williams
Excused
Dancing followed, with music by Joys
orchestra.
June IL. x.
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MARIAyILLE.

George Brimmer and wife, OF Brewer,
spent Sunday In town.
Irwin Sslisbcry was guest at the nome
OF g. A: Frost sunday.
June IL y.
Ellsworth American., 1912-06-19

Miss Florence Homer is home from Boi
ton, whereishe lhas been studying mus
with Miss Lillian b. Ames.
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COUNTY NEWS.
BUcKsPoRT.

BUIkSFOhI.
The wardweli opened June 10 for the
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-19
his PAST
PERSUES
.EX-TH|EF
WILLIAM BURKE, PHILADELPHIA
COUNCILMAN, WAS ONCE A
NOTED CROOK AND CONVICT.
STUNNED HIS FORMER LIFE
ACCIDENTALLY MEETS FORMER,
MATE, WHO SOON TURNS
BLAcKMAlLER.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. lS.-Thc life
story OF William Burke, until Saturday
councilman OF the Thirty.thlrd ward
OF this city, is more startling than that
of the jean Vatican Of fiction. y man
oncea crook, then n convict. then Il
politician and relormcr and one OF
the city's most esteemed councilmen
and highly regarded throughout the
city, blaekmailed By a former fellow.
convict and forced to quit his public
Office and flee from the city-such is
the dencuement OF the attempt OF VIII
Lam Burke to forsake the path OF
evil and lead life OF honesty and re.
spectabIllty.
A crook and a councilman; an OK
convict and a city father; house.
breaker and sneak thief who turned
roIormer. stump speaker for pure pol.
tiles and lawmaker for n great city
this Is the career Of Burke, who by
hls1cwn confession lived the life of u
criminal from the time he was boy,
served seyep.year sentence for rob,
berry, and then determined to start
life over again and be able to hold his
head among decent men.
His Sins Find Him Out.
. III iu tho utprv nF IN niI.rnun1 ,rnnl,
who reformed and who, in the belief
that he had lived down his past, dared
to seek public office. 1t is the stor!
Of man. once the enemy to society,
who tried to take his place among
honest men Of his community, and
who lived for eight years, unknown as
a former jailbird, only to find that his
sin against society had found him out.
Today William Burke knows that
while the world may forgive crimes
for which the criminal has paid his
penalty. there is no forgetting. He
has learned the wOrld.old truth that
when II man gets down he may try as
he will 10 get no agaln-mav succeed
for time in keeping afloat-but some.
how there will arise some other man
who knows. This other man will tear
him down from his new.found respe2
liability will point ont to the world
the brand OF "crIminalT on Ibis fore
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-19

thief, plckpocket. a yeggman and q
porchc!Imber. When he was arrestea
previous TO his conviction at Boston
he was called the Prince of Fiat
Workers"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-19

Mrs. NJ. Mccoy, Esstchester rOad.
New Rochelle. N. Y, is externInatIng
the blacksnakes from that section o.
the city, She has killed Is saakas
this year.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-19

James Whitcomb Riley, the Hoosicr
poet. has deposited u check for $780,,
900 with the Union Trust company o.
Indianapolis in favor OF Edmund H.
Eitel, his nephew, who was married
recently. ts
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-19

Jesse Davis. of West Chester. Pa,
says It is 76years and 4 months since
he first went TO school at Old White
Horse School in WillIstown. Four
generations OF his family have since
gone TO that school.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-19
HE
DAHY
CRIT
CHAT
FAME AND NoToRlETY.


There isin human nature general
Inclination to make people stare, and
every wise man has himself 10 cure
of 1t, and does cure hlmselt. II you
wish to make people stare by being
better than others, why make them
stare until they stare their eyes out.
But consider how easy 1t is to make
people stare by heipg absurd. may
10 ii by going into a dining room with.
cut my shoes. Samuel Johnson.
That It should be considered de.
sirablc thing TO draw all eyes 10 ones
self because ones appearance or con.
duct Is such as to excite admiration,
seems perfectly natural.
But that 1t should be considered dc.
s!rable TO draw all eyes to ones self
because, ones appearance or conduct
Is so ridiculous. so improper, or so
conspicuous as to force attention with.
put the least admiration, seems alb.
sud.
And yet great many men and wo.
men especially the latter-seem to
confuse these two kinds OF attention
At summer resort where once
visited, one young woman was always
in evidence because OF her noisy con
versatlon and her eccentric actions.
Wherever she went, people stared al
he", and instead of reaiizinS that she
was making ridiculous show OF her
self. she was evidently delighted BY
the attention shc received. One day
when she happened to be of our par
ty on shopping tour in the village
two o. three Of the tradcspcople rc:o-.
nlzcd her and called her by name.
You see she said laughlngly and yet
with evident pride, how famous !
am
She should have said" notorious
That is the trouble with all the fool.
ish people who try to attract attention
by, their eccentric clothes and man.
pers-,they forget that fame and no.
toriety arr totally different things.
The woman who attracts attention
by appearing in Il skirt so tight tina.
II is almost impossible for her to
sicon over or, 10 step up on street
car. or the woman who wears some
startling conglomeratlon OF colors. or
a street dress cut as low as ball
gown. enjoys the stir she creates. but
would she II sne really knew what
opinion the people who stare have OF
her?
Perhaps some OF my feminine read
crs resented my saying that women
are Wore prone to try to attract atteR-
ton a any cost than men. But really
think hey are. Men are rather afraid
OF being stared at. They are more
conservative than women.
And let the woman who likes atten-
tlcn remember this, II she wants 10
keep her masculine friends that
while u man Is willing to have the
woman he is with attract attention be-
cause OF her beauty or her beautiful
clothes, he doesn'; like her TO be star
cd at because OF any ecccntr!clty or
loudncss in clothes or manner. The
women who draw attention to them.
selves in such ways, the average man
will seduious!y avoid.
Now surely that ought TO reach
some hearts that are deaf to all other
arguments.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-19

head, and all who have known him in
his new life will aid In kicking him
down again.
Burke has been blackmailed by q
man who was his prison mate in Mas.
sachusetts, almost ever since lie took
his seat in eommcl council. lie had
changed his name. but the former Eel.
low.convict l.new his face. II he had
kept out Of politics, had not obtained
public Office, had worked simply at
ms trade. making 10 pretenslops ana
claiming no influential connections,
Burke would have been no prey for
the blackmailer.
Former conyIets Meet.
There was 4 chance meeting on the
street shortly after Burke became n
councilman. Two former fcllow-con
victs, Burke and another. faced each
other, shook hands and parted. a few
days later they met again and the first
words 0! his old companion in crime
showed Burke that he was trapped.
billy, hear you are elected one
of the city fathers"
The game was up. This man knew
him, knew his guilt and the whole
story Of his experience as a ja'lbird.
There was no m!stakIng the signia.
curcc of his leering rcleren:e TO
BTrkc's political prominence. II there
had been 1t would quickly have been
dlspelled. The bIoOdsucker was upon
him, and Burke has since known no
let.up in demands for money - dc.
mands shrcwdly backed up by threats
Of exposure.
Leaves Councils.
Unable longer 10 stand the strain.
mental and financial. and fearing to
cause the arrest OF the Matchmaker
lest the whole story should become
public. Burke decided at Lass that to
continue the fight was impossible.
Rather than have the suspense Of fear.
ing exposure ever with him, he wrote
out his resignation us member OF
common council and decided to tell
his own story in his own way. T.
lie hadn't the nerve 10 stay and face
the jibes and reprolches Of his former
friends. He sent his wife and child
away for Il visit, and yesterday he left
the city 10 avoid seeing those who had
voted for him ana believed him an
honorable citizen, But he said thdt he
would return. probably within few
days, and fight II out in the open.
Benjamin II. Trip was sentenced
on December l6, 1896. by Judge Bond,
OF Boston. to not less than seven years
and not more than ten years imprls.
Onment in the Massachusetts state
prison al CharlcstOwn. lie had been
convicted of rObbing houses at Bos.
ton.
William Burke. who stumped for the
Keystone ticket last fall and was elect
ed common councilman, having serv'
ed the city In that capacity since Jan
uary 1. admits in his confession that
he is the man who served the term In
prison under the name of Benjamin d
Trip.
For years before he became con
vlctiat Boston ib9 had, ledqthe life. OF a
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-19

ZZ6zlZZZAEkEzzANNNXNNNNENl-
thief, pickpocket, a yeggman and a
porchc!lmber. When he was arrested.
previous TO his conviction at Boston,
he was called the Prince of Flat
Workers"
Demands DepIete Purse.
The owner Of a cigar store at 769
East Hilton street. Ecnslngton, he was
only earning on an average OF So a
week. He had wife and little girl.
who is five and half months old, de.
pendent upon him. WITH only the
trade Of hardwood fin!sher, which
he had learned IN the Charlestown
prison, to ball back upon for raising
ex.-a money to meet the repeated de-
mands OH the part OF the crook, his
PURGE was rapidly depleted.
After submitting to the eXactions OF
the man for six months he found him.
self unable to raise another dollar for
biackmaiI. He was forced to sell his
cigar store. He tried to reason with
the man, who was clinglng to him. ike
a leech.
He explained that his seat in com
mon council was only an honorary OF.
flee. He Informed the blaclimailer
that no money was attached 10 It. He
stated that he could give no more
hush money" for he coa!d rot raise
another dollar.
5lackmailer Shows No Mercy.
This se!f.dscrlbcd modern Jean Val.
Jain listened despa!rlngH 10 the reply
Of the crook who was bounding him.
The blackmaiIer showed him no mer
cy. Tie told him that. he would either
have more money or would let the
whole world know that common
councilman had been thief for years.
Burke said that he could not recall
how be started In life. A street Walt
on the East Side OF New York. all rec.
objection OF who his father and moth
er were had been blotted out before
he began to exc out an uncertain eX
istencc By selling newspapers. His
environment was That OF many anotll.
or New York boy of the streets. Chat.
ham square and the Bowery yawnea
about him. Thieves. stole softly
through the same dark alleys he and
other roys knew so well. 1t was while
he was hanging around the corners'
of the East Side that he began that
life of crook which he now, about
in his iorty.thlrd year. has confessed
to.
Gopher men," the species OF crooks
who confine themselves to cracking
and robbing safe, were the first OF the
underworld he fell in with. They used
him, so his strange story runs. 10 visit
Establishments where they thought a
safe might be worth riflinE. He spot
'e" many such an establishment for
them. his boylsh plea that he was
locking for work giving him the means
10 ma out the location of the safe
once the latter was blown open by the
gopher men" he was so,inting with
he received share of the plumber
Heohed women's Handbags.
Then he drifted in with gang OF
incl, mel BUYERS rn that class Of ,hIeve.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-19

Answer some real estate ads-edu
:ating yourself up to tie minute-be
tore closing ARE sort or real estate
purchase.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-19

1
With nltro.glyeerin and robbed.
In Chicago. Kansas City and Sal
francisco In the soc Burke was In
associate of desperate thieves. He
helped 70, cInck many a safe and tn
oughest sections OF western stiles
we're his fayorlte haunts He escaped
the clutches Of the laH;and finally wah.
cred back east in The. year following
the Johnstown flood.
New York. where he had first found
himself selling newspapers upon the
streets. becEoned to him.. He knew
he underworld there and, wlth,a con.
siderable sum OF money left from the
proceeds OF his "yegg" experience. he
sought 1t out in order TO make a
flash among the thieves he had once
known. He scorned picking pockets
then. No longer had he to remain sat
isfied with whatever gopher men.
night give him for "spottlng" for
them. He had risen to a higher level
in the underworld.
Becomes Gambler.
Gambling lurcd him as 1t has many
mother crook. The click OF the rou;
lette wheel. the roll OF the dice and
the shutting Of the cards fascinated
aim. lie Eamblcd and he-gambled
hard. Like all OF the rest OF them"
he says, Il lost more often than /
won"
From gambling he turned sneak
thief. His pals" at many gaming
table had been crooks who, when 10
need Of money, opened with skeleton
keys the doors, or climbed through uu.
fastened windows OF apartment houses
and stole whatever Of value they could
find. He fell in with them and soon
became their partner in crime. With
them he worked the wellknown bank
game, the Switching OF a bundle OF
bank notes by one thief while a con.
federatc is engaging bank cashier
in violent argument. There were
times, he says, that he and his pals
OF those days had as much as s2O,OOn
10 divide between them. He continued
TO gamble, however, and usually drop.
ped most OF what his thefts netted
him at roulette or poker. or in play.
ing the races.
AS a plckuockct, before he had gone
west as "yegsman," he had been
caught by the police aad sent 10 Black.
wells Island for three or ga six
months sentence. As sneak thief.
he was never caught in New York, al
though once or twice they took hun to
detective headquarters "op suspicion"
He spent his money freely when he
was not losing II; at gambling. When
he ran out OF money he simply help.
ed to rob another apartment house or
make away with a bundle OF bank
notes from bank.
Hundreds Of Robberles. y
l,o no, doc,ded % r,,y wh,, In do.
,.,.,,o. In ,,,,o.o,. - .nono
,,mc" In o,bo. word. he mode M
ris mind IN Son,r,to ,,,n,soI, ,ron, III
cro,rs bc had hcor ,ssociatiny with
,nI do, bis stoa,inr hr hin,so,, ua
,,ys no h,J ~ro, wIsc ;, tho fact that
,Lo non who worrod n,oro stood a
hnt,ar nnnnnC ,San 1na MN WIN
Iidn.t"
c. no ,r,,,aa 70 boston -, r,u,o,,
,,o had nome ma w,s weI, dressed
uo hoa,n rsm,rt,hIa life. in The
MS.ssaohmsot,s ni,y asaordinr.fo lie
or"n s,o,nman. rohhIna hnmso. r,aht
al ,orr T." hr,,I d,yt,,ht for ,hror
,onr. ,w,,hon, hoinr 5n,octod No
oIa,ns ~, ~ ,ha, ,,n,o Nm oon,mi,,oJ
rohhartes nm from s5O to zoo occasions
,x,,Sa,,, 60 vs,n. a i,mmy nv any
o,hcr t,loyos. ,onIs ,b,n bundle nj
sroIo,om bow
-, cs,,a.. TnI...f,,. =, n,,,,
- ,,,,o ,.,s-,,.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-19
No Munsey For Him.

Then the Wisconsin Senator add.
ed as he,polnted his finger at some OF
the Roosevelt Senators: a have no
grudge with Perkins and no Munsey
supporting me. 1t is a lone. practi,
cally single.handed fight have been
wagIng for rs years, and, Mr.. Presi,
dent, ! am going to keep 1t up until
the bells ring and the curtain falls.al
81 didn't intend 10 make this sort
OF a speech" he continued. "but I'm
Just seething with it. intend 10 go
on In two or three weeks, night and
day. I am never going to stop untll
the Republicans in the House and
Senate and each of the Legislatures
are truly progressive. am going to
keep the fight in the Republican par.
w 1t is the best instrument through
which to progress"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-19
LAF0LLETTTE SAYS
he VILE STAY IN I
RANKS OF G. 0. P.

WASHINGTON, d. C., August 49,
Politicians in Washington of every po-
iitical party and faction were today
awaiting the reply that was expected
from Col. Roosevelt to the attack
made on him late yesterday in the
U. s. Senate by Senator Bob LaFol,
let,e. of Wisconsin.
7. r. Didn't Stop u.
LaFellette said that when Roose.
welt became President there were 14s
trusts and combinations in the United
States. When he retired there were
lO,02O. When Roosevelt became
President, he said. these trusts had
q combined capitalization OF $1,000
100000; when he retired they had an
aggregate capitalization OF s3l.OOO,.
100000, more than 20 per cent. OF
which was water.
Therefore. | say. Col. Roosevelt is
not the man to find the way out OF
this trouble. He failed to apply the
Sherman antitrust law when 1t would
have done some good, but now 1t. is
too late"
The Taft men were becoming inter,
ested when LaFoilette shouted: 81
Wnnt 10 arid that there has baen mn
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-19
HAPPY rho, M IRRTFsDI q, e

There lives th1s5
the befoGted nd
end celed result
The to be happy
feelings, hyei
rayonte PRESCRIPTION restores
na and correcting generally in
above symptor
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-29

Arthur Macdonald, cri1ninologist,
who has been studying attempts to
kill Presidents and kings, tabulates
these in the Journal OF the American
Institute of Criminal Law and Grim
inology, with the surprising result Of
showing that rs per cent OF these eff
forts have been successful In this
country, while the highest in any 9TH
er country is SO per cent, In Austria
The total number of attempts In this
country from 1889 to 1902 was four,
three OF which were successful, and in
Austria only one effort out OF three
was successful. In England ten at
tempts were made and not one sue.
ceeded; in France seventeen were
made and only one succeeded, and in
Russia ten were made and two sue
ceeded.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-29
POLL or NEW YORK.

Director Mulvane, n charge of the
western bureau OF the Republican na-
tsonal headquarters, has reserved the
following telegram from New York.
Chairman Barnes has given the fol-
loving figures TO the press, showing
Republican maiorities outside greater
New York. 1t viii be impossible for
Democrats to overcome this With city
yote. -Four hundred and ninety-aye
election districts ont Of total OF
3,105 outside of greater New York re-
port through the canyasses completed
the following vote for president: Taft,
eS,s5S: Wilson. 5I,2s4; Debbs, 1885;
Chain, s.317; Roosevelt, 1883. Taft's
plurality, IL 6s4. This ratio of vote
carried out throughout the entire
state indicates vote outside Of great
er New York for president as follows:
Taft, 1856; Wilson. 321 .037; Debbs,
1884. Chafin. 2o,s16. Roosevelt, Ia
$50. Taft's plurality 110,224. These
canvasses are carefully made and
have been reliable guide to the Re
publican state committee for the past
fifteen years.
L. B. GLEASON,
Secretary Republican State Commit
tee