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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-08
IN HONOR OF
CHAMPLAIN
Monument to Great French Ex-
pIorer is Unveiled
AT PLATTSBURG, NEW YORK
Shaft Is Presented to That City, Gov
ernor Dix, Stetson, Stewart and
Others Speaking Design of
Shaft Is Typical.
AT PLATTSBURG, NEW YORK

| Plattsburg, July S.The series of
ceremonies in commemoraton of the ter
centenary of the discovery of Lake
Champlain by the French explorer of
that name came to an end at Platts-
/ burg Saturday with the unwilling of
large monument to the explorer. In
the presence of gathering of thous-
ands of residents OF Canada, Vermont
and New York, who stood under a
cloudess sky, former State Senator ii.
Wallace Knapp, chairman of the COM
mission which has conducted the series
of tercentenary exercises, formally
turned the monument over TO the state
GOV. Dix accepted it, and then in turn
placed the memorial in the custody of
the city of Plattsburg, in behalf of
which Francis Lynde Stetson of New
York, whose boyhood home was in that
city, delivered speech of acceptance.
Vermont also shared in the cere-
monies, being represented by Adjt.-Gon.
Tillotson. Gov. Mead was prevented
from being present by illness. John A.
Stewart of New York City, chairman OF
the executive committee of the organiza
tion which has been formed to celebrate
the Tooth anniversary of peace among
English speaking people, job i. Hedges
and Count de Peretti de la Rocca OF
the French embassy at Washington were
the other speakers. Rev. H. p Lefgra-
bau, rector of Trinity Episcopal church
of Plattsburg, invoked the blessing and
Mgr Lavelle of st. Patrick's cathedral !
of New York City pronounced the bene
diction.
The monument was unveiled by Miss |
Catherine Booth, daughter of Judge John |
H. Booth of Plattsburg. The design of |
the memorial was executed by Dillon, |
Mclean & Beaded with G. A. Heber
as sculptor. 1t is granite pedestal p
feet high, carrying l2foot bronze
statue OF Champlain. At the base is
seat, interrupted in front by die on
which crouches Huron Indian in granite
and similarity interrupted on each side
by die that supports canoe prov.
About the top of the pedestal are gar
lands Of Indian corn. Champain is
shown in his costume as a soldier, hold
ing in his hand the arquebuse OF which
he speaks in his memoirs. The monu-
ment is situated on a terrace overlook
ing the lake. and for artistic effect it
vies with the memorial lighthouse with
its statue of Champlain and Robins i
bust, La France" which was unveiled
at Crown Point Friday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-08
BOLT KILLS MAN
IN HIS DOORWAY
Hodgdon, Me-, Victim Was Reading a
Newspaper When Lightning
Struck Him,

Hodgdon, Me-, July s.-Benjamin Col.
Inns was sitting in the doorway of his
home reading newspaper Saturday,
when he was struck by lightning and
instantly killed.
He was As years of age and is survived
by a widow and eight children, the
youngest two weeks old
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-08
A DRESS that
| HATED TO
PART WITH

1t had fitted well and was unusually
becoming, but goodness knows / wore
it so many times my dear women
friends must have thought | did nos
have anything else. / got package OF
Dy-o-la dye of little darker shade
than the dress was, then changed the
trimmings a little and dyed the whole
dress at home. The result was great.
just as if had new dress. Go you,
sister, and do likewise.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-08
LABOR NOTES OF
VIDE INTEREST

The great hope OF the future lies in
the education OF the masses. Organized
labor recognizes the permanent relief
from the ills we suffer economically and
politically must be won through battle
of intellect, brains, and the inquiry of
right, reason and justice must be relied
upon as the dominating factors in solv-
ing the labor question. Humanity
sweeps onward and to men and nations
as time advances the moment arrives
when decisions must be made. The brave
choose what conscience and Judgment
dictate Is right. while towards doubt
inglv stand aside or Judas.like accept
the oppressor's bride Rights are given
and held by those who dare to maintain
them. and as new occasions teach new
duties, men who possess the courage of
their convictions push boldly forward
to grapple with the wrong that is for
ever climbing to the throne of power
that would place humanity at the mercy
of the shrewd and selfish few. The in
visible chains that bind the toilers and
cheat them of the work their hands
have wrought must eventually yield TO
that irresistible impulse, so admirably
voiced by Patrick Henry in his impas-
stoned demand for ''liberty or DEATH"
The energy of the labor movement is
not prompted by mereenary motives or
directed against individuals, but its in
spiration springs from knowledge that
our land is full of workers, whose busy
hands and active brains have harnessed
the forces of nature to do their will,
and yet many are homeless, with hungry
mouths to feed, and that schemers and
sharpers hold the wealth and rule the
land Awakened to these conditions, the
mind of labor is fixed, and ms protest
will continue to be heard so long as the
wealth produced by the millions goes 70
swell the gains OF few. Its war on
privilege will continue until men. can
live in peace and enjoy tran
guilty on terms which viii mean pros
perity to the whole of society, of which
all are members.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-08
10 DEATHS IN CHICAGO.
Heat-Crazed Dogs Attack and Bite i:
Persons.

Chicago, July s.-Temporary relief
from the three days hot wave came Sat
urday night, when a lake breeze caused
the mercury to drop from 90 to rs in a
few hours. Later the breeze died out
and the thermometer began rising again.
There were 10 deaths from the heat
and p prostrations reported Saturday.
Heat -crazed dogs attacked and bit Is
persons.
Three hundred thousand men, women
and children left the city in the after
neon for nearby resorts Every lake
steamer and railroad train leaving the
city was crowded.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-08
SUN so HOT TIES
BURST INTO FLAME
Blaze Warps Rails on New York Cen
trail and Trains Are
DELAYED.

Fishkill-onH Hudson. y. Y, July s.
Fire, said to have started from spon-
taneous combustion due to the excessive
heat, destroyed several hundred new ties
piled along the roadbed of the New York
Central road here, and so warped the
rails that trains were delayed for half
an hour.
A wrecking crew put in new rail
block signals as a preeaution against
wreck.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-08
ATHoL MAN COMMITS SUICIDE.
George Hapgood Hung Himself in BAN
at West ToWnshend. )

Athol. Mass, July s.-News has been
received here of the suicide in West
Townshend, VT, of George Hapgood OF
this place. Mr.. Hapgood left Athol
early last week to visit relatives in Yer.
mont. He was found hanging from D
beam in barn near the old Elbridgt
farm by his sisterin-law. TIL,
funeral was held at Ashby on Thurs.
day and the burial was in that town,
where Mr.. Hapgood was born.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-08

Two or three months ago, the San
Francisco labor council set about to as.
certain if the various unions affiliated
with that body desired to take political
action along such lines as would be pro
mulgated by the council The question
was submitted to l49 organizations, only
60 of which voted upon the matter. The
vote of these unions sending in returns
was 3ll6 in favor and 1876 against
The showing is disappointment to
those who desired to have this question
settled. from the fact that small inter
est was taken, as mirrored by the total
vote cast.
Alex. Ironside,
Correspondent
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-08
Insect Bite Costs Leg.

A Boston man lost his leg from the
bite of an insect two years before. To
avert such calamities from stings and
bites of insects, use Bucklen's Arniea
Salve promptly to kill the poison and
prevent Inflammation, swelling and pain.
Heals burns, boils, ulcers, piles, eczema,
cuts, bruises. Only 25 cents at the Red
Cross Pharmacy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-08
Boy Kills Chum With Fist.

New York, July s-There was panic
in Seward park when William Poland
sky, 10 years old, was instantly killed
by single blow from the fist of anoth-
er l5-year-old boy in a quarrel over
baseball game.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-08
CADUM
~ for
Eczema

Cadum stops the terrible itching
of eczema at once and begins
healing with the first application.
The suffering it has relieved has
been so widespread that it is called
a blessing by thousands II is anti
septic and destroys disease germs.
Trial box Ioe. Large box e5c.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-08
Troup's HANDY Desian Book.

Cemetery photographs numbering 40
latest and different designs Compiled
in handy-sized book, which slips con.
vepiently into the pocket. Can be seen
by calling at Truop's studio.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-08

thus the scope Of organized labor's in
fluence is extending and enneshing the
Molochs of the steel industry.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-08

In all due respect to City Judge Scott
for his remarks on the $1,000 exemption
law at the recent county convention of
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-08

Labor organizations have won another
victory in the courts. Recently the IL
lnois state supreme court denied the pc
tition for rehearing in the case of Mil
ford f. Streeter against the Western
Wheeled Scraper company. Streeter was
employed by the above company ana
lost one of his hands, due to the fact
that machine he was operating was
not safeguarded. Suit was instituted
to recover, and the lower courts decided
against Streeter. Upon appeal to the
supreme court. however that tribunal
reversed the lower courts, and upheld
the eonstitutionaIty of the factory in
spectiou act, as well as holding that the
law requiring machinery to be safe
guarded must be observed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-08

II is reported from New York that
a circular has been issued by the chair
man of the United States Steel cor
poration to the stockholders, announcing
that number of reforms are to be
instituted relative to labor conditions.
1t is stated that these reforms are to
be in accord with the recommendations
of committee of stockholders, which
investigated labor conditions last win
ter. The circulars announce that it is
proposed to abolish seven-day labor in
all the mines, mills, shops, railways,
docks and works of the steel corpora
ton, except under special circumstances,
and then only upon the consent of the
finance committee. It is also proposed
to eliminate the so-called 'long turn" in
continuous process work. A committee
has also been appointed to consider il
any arrangeent with view to reducing
the l2-hour day, can be practicable. And
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-08

Chicago.-The Cigarmakers' 1nterna-
tional union has recently had a unique
experience. One of its own members
was charged with, tried and convicted of
misusing the union label, and as con-
sequence the label was taken from him.
The aggrieved member sued the inter
national union for damages and the case
was stubbornly contested before jury.
the result being that the international
union was awarded verdict in its favor.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-10-19

The Democratic carping critics OF
James S. Lakin should remember
that their party has two governors
running around the country in this
campaign. While they are crying
out against a subordinate state Of
ficer's serving his party at no ex-
pense to the state, they should con-
sistent1y set up howl against the
states OF New Jersey and Indiana
paying Wilson and Marshall their
salaries at present. Lakin shows up
in a far better light than Wilson and
Marshall. He is drawing. no salary
now. from the state, while both Will
son and Marshall are taking their
sa1ary all the same, Notwithstanding
the fact that they are giving all
their time and work to politics.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-10-19
ReWare 81 Bledsoe.
answer

Abe Lilly, Republican nominee for
the ONCE of attorney general in this
state, knows how to strike and he
certainly does strike hard. The
other day the Democratic state
headquarters sent out fake about
his not being qualified to practice
law in this state. Here is his reply,
a solar plexus blow to his critics:
81 was. practicing law before the
supreme court Of west Virginia Eve
years ago when Tom Bledsoe was
over in virginia voting to disfran-
chise his fellow citizens and to heap
upon West Virginia a part OF the
virginia debt"
Bledsoe. LiIly's Democratic OPP
ponent. was nominated unPer very
suspicious circumstances over Gil
bert D. Smith, leading st. Marys
lawyer, his nomination being so
shady that the Democrats of Pleas
ants county refused to let him go
to St. Marys and speak the other
day, when Thompson, the Demo
cratic nominee. spoke there.
Coming from Virginia only few
years ago, Mr.. Bledsoe IS rocked up
on as the special representative OF
the old state which is undertaking
to saddle millions of dollars of its
debt upon this state.
In view OF the fact that
Charles y. Faulkner. Stuart W.
walkers law Walker, who
is chairman of the. Democratic state
committee and in charge of the Wat
son headquarters lat Parkersburg as
well as the Watson campaign for re-
election to the United states Senate
would profit to the extent OF
100000 by the payment of the OLD
Virginia debt certificates, Bledsoe's
election as attorney general no doub;
is desired by the old state and the
holders Of those certificates. 1t is
not desired by West Virginia. The
taxpayers should not allow them 60
be trapped. Beware of Bledsoe.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-10-19
Other WAY.

When the legislature had been
hrtbed. the sheer. brute force OF
money" as Albert Sidney Johnson
termed it. triumphed; when "a
saturnaHa of debauchery," as Col
Thomas H. Dennis. OF Greeubrier
county. called it. had ended, and
the whole people of West Virginia
felt the shame and humiliation OF
the greatest crime ever committed
against their liberties and the laws
of political honesty and deeency, the
ministers of Grafton, Protestant
and Catholic, it will be remembered,
held a meeting and adopted resolu-
tons.
Here is a sentence from those res
oIutions which went resoundinE
through the press of the state: In
the name of God and morality we re-
Quest an Investigation of the
charges Of bribery and immortality
which are reported in this section OF
the state as playing so large a part
IN the nomination OF candidates for
the United States Senate
That prayer was never answered.
investigation was prevented by Wat
sen and Chiffon, the beneficiaries OF
the stolen goods"
There is an opportunity, however
for the people to get the answer. to
that prayer themselves. and that
will be on election day next month.
To get it. they viii have to vote for
the Republican candidates for the
legislature. There is no other way.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-10-19
eII p (1Tliest Crime.

saIYhe party IS now on the deten=
sive and, instead Of making aggEes-
sive war. must stop-to excuse. palli-
ate. explain or apologize to the peo-
pie Tor this wretched. most unfortu-
nate blunder, or else diseIaim re-
sponsibflfty. is the veteran and
respected col. Thomas n. Dennis, Of
Greenbrier, talking to the Demo
cratic party.
Is that party explaining or apoi-
ogizing to the people Of West Vir-
GINA for their betrayal by its legis-
lative representatives. Is it dis
claiming responsibilities? It is do
ing nothing Of the kind. It is
keeping silent on the greatest crime
that was ever committed against the
people OF the state, and hopes that
the voters Will so far forget it as to
walk up to the polls and vote to en-
dorse the legislative record OF 1911.
.Are the rank and file Of the
Democratic party to endorse and de
fend this saturnalia and debauchery
and the nominations evolved from
it? Are these would-be leaders and
nominal representatives stark mad
that they talk Of building up the
party by such disgraceful pro
cesses?" asked Albert Sidney John
son, whose loyalty to the Democratic
party no man dare question
These questions and many others
will be answered by the people OF
West Virginia at the polls. A Re
publican legislature should be their
answer. $50
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-10-19


the ilCiIl e,Il tlt ltG-
eto'es tx h0dEe-
F'g1ee 81 our ESrfE laws
tllae were onteRP lated blythe Un-
derwood bills when they were sent
up to him from Congress. Had
these bills been passed, it is most
likely that the six thousand or more
industrial workers in this district
would now be either hunting work
in other trades or be working on
half shifts and at half wages; and
that a caIamitous state OF affairs
would be now existing in the general
business OF the district
The Exponent may rest assured
that If the Democrats are successful
in the November election to the ex-
tent that they can pass crazy tarih
bills such as were concocted in the
last Congress, there viii be small
picking for the tin plate worker,
the glassworker,. the steel worker
the iron worker, the potter and the
other Industrial workers of this dis
trict when those bills go into effect
And there Will also be small pick
ing" on the part of the merchants
and the men in all channels OF BUSH
ness in Clarksburg, at Fairmont, at
Weirton, at Wheeling, at Follans-
bee, at Benwod and other industrial
eenters when the big industries there
are forced to close down as the re-
suit of the withdrawal Of protection
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-10-19
-Four NIisfts.

DO American farmers, American
workingmen. American manufactur-
ers, American merchants, desire a
return to the Cleveland condition?
If so, the way is open by the cleo
ton of free trade president and
a free trade Congress John
Wanamaker.
West Virginia is misrepresented
in the House of Representatives by
four free trade congressman. II
you do not think so, inquire how
they voted on the tariff bills. These
insists should be retired next month
by the voters in their respective dis
tricts
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-10-19
ner,ocratis -,

In its hysterical efforts to bam-
,beozIe the voters, the Clarksburg
Exponent says that Republican
of this ?, section were
loud in their lamentations during
the last congressional campaign be-
cause the glass factories would be
oerats be observation-disclosures
forced. to shut. down should the
Democrats be successful; that the
Democrats were successful, and that
much to the disappointment of the
said Republican newspapers, the
glass factories did not go out OF
business.
The Democrats were successful"
we're they? The records of the last
Congress do not indicate that the
Democrats were successful in hav-
ing the destructive Underwood tar
if bills enacted into law. 1t is true
that the Democrats were successful
in the last election to the extent that
they captured a majority in the
House of Representatives, but not to.
the extent that they could override
the presidential veto, although they
came dangerously near it. 1t is for
tunate for the thousands Of work
iugmen who are employed in the
glass factories of this district, and
in the tin plate, steel. iron, pottery
and other industries, that a. Repu6-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-10-19

The miserable fzzle of the Will
son meeting here clearly demon
strated that the Democrats are over
confident and that they greatly over
estimate their voting strength in the
present campaign. Although this
meeting was extensively advertised
for many miles around, the records
or the number of persons hauled to
CIarksburg on passenger trains for
the occasion show that only very
few came here for the affair. Ten
passenger coaches, for example,
were hauled from Sutton over the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad but
they carried only seventy-two pas
ssngers,,euotc all of whom came to
CIarksburg to hear Wilson speak
at was boastfully predicted by the
DgmoeratfOe hireling press that fully
twenty thousand people would at
TEND the meeting. yet only small
fraction of that number attended
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-10-19
Hearst DIseredfts Exponent.

The "tear-the-tariI-w Ex-
ponert of our Congressman Davfs's
campaign of late has shown a dispo-
sition to air its knowledge Of condi-
lions IN foreign lands The Exponent
is widely travelled and in its world
wide wanderings it, has apassed
knowledge really astounding Just
at this season, when its fallac:es are
being shown up and its idolized can
didacies are hard-pressed into the
corner and making last stand, there
is more of method than madness in
taking these mental journeys across
seas.
The burden of its latest specially
-cabled" knowledge is the high cost
of living in this country compared
with the low cost of living in deah
old Hingland. Much as We love and
respect our neighbor tpardon us for
crossing our. 5fugers). We prefer MI
william Randolph Hearst on this topic
to our almost extinguished contem-
porary.
Mr.. Hearst has been over there
making study of this question and
he is sending back the result of his
months OF personal investigation as
fast as the dots and dashes and flashes
of the, cable can bring them to us
The false. stSitement,- he says, that
living in England is cheaper in Amer
lea has been made so often that it IS
believed by those who have not taken
the trouble to learn the facts, liv-
ing is not cheaper in England. 1t is
dearer." OF course, Mr.. Hearst did
the Exponent slight injustice IN this
statement, for we all know that the
Exponent, at great expense, has had
a special representative living abroad
testing these questions
And says Mr.. Hearst: AS matter
of fact, even the most radical tariff
reduction does not materially reduce
the universally increasing cost OF liv-
ing, but it does materially reduce the
wherewithaI to meet the increasing
cost of living" Get that gentle sir
and allow n to sink in
Then Mr.. Hearst gives US table
of figures to prove that prices are
higher in England than they are here
for the most part, and that wages are
astonlshingly small compared to the
wages paid the Iaborers in our own
country. For example he gives US
comparative table of, wages of the
railroad men, from engineer and con-
ductors on down to just the ordinary
unskilled fellows. After showing
that the average daily earnings OF an
engineer in this country is. $4.z5 vas
against $1.86 in England, he tells US
that the cost of living for these men
is practically the same in England as
in America. There would be rev
oIution in America" he says, and
a justihabIe one. if such wages as
these we're paid to our competent
railway employees. Yet with such
wages workingmen in free trade Eng
land are expected to meet a cost OF
living as high or higher than ours,
Does it not seem to LOu that Mr.
Hearst has the better OF the arsu-
ment?
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-10-19

Woodrow Wilson opened his
mouth and talked at his meeting
here Friday, but he did not say any
thing. He uttered few platitudes
about The people and their duty to
govern themselves but not single
argument. not even a weak one
did he offer as to why he should be
elected president. It seems
shame. does it not, that he should
have been carried all the way to
CIsrksburg in a special train at
great expense for such empty twad-
die?
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-10-19

The Exponent climbs down from
its twenty thousand mark and now
says 5000 people attended the Viii
son meeting. Ha. ha, ha,> Wonder
what became of the other 5000
souls? They were not at the viii
son meeting.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-10-19

So ashamed and chagrined over
the Wilson speech here yesterday
was the CIarksburg Exponent that
it had to publish a four column fake
speech, not a word of which did the
New Jersey governor utter.