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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-26
BACON ALONE IS
A TR|FLE LOWER
Potatoes Have Advanced 111.9 per
Cent. in Decade-Findings on
High Cost of Living.

Washington, Sept. 23.-The most
marked upward trend of the cost of
living is disclosed in the federal bu-
yeau of labor's report of an inNestiga-
ton of prices for the past 10 years
conducted in the important Industrial
renters Of 80 States. Fifteen most i'm
portant articles of food, as well as
coal, comprising two-thirds Of a work
lngmans needs We're investigated. In
many cities the Investigators gather
ed statements of merchants on the
cost of living and specimens of these
are published in the report
On June Is. 1912. the report shows.
IA of the Is articles of food were
higher than a year before and 10 had
advanced In the past 10 years more
than so per cent. over the average re-
tail price for the 10-year-period 1890.
1899.
During the last decade prices of po-
tatoes changed most and sugar the
least Their advances were 111.9 and
s5 per cent, respectively. During the
last year, bacon. which decreased just
one tenth OF one per cent, was the
only one of the IS principal articles of
food that showed a decline In price,
while nine of the Is advanced more
than 10 per cent. varying from "a per
cent for milk, to 1876 for round steak.
OF the fifteen. only eggs. butter. milk
and sugar were lower. but the price
Of three of these four Is normally low
ar during summers than during win
ters
COMPLAINTS OF MERCHANTS.
Specimens of the statements of mer-
rh MT in, oil
report, follow
New York-"Meats in general are Sc
high that If prices continue much longer
will be obliged to close up business Have
already lost about 500 since advance ir
prices"
Chicago-"Jobbng price on flour has
advanced 80 cents per barrel and unless
there is a decline In the near future re-
tail prices will advance"
Baltmore-"If the present high prices
prevail much longer in the wholesale
market, | do not know what will become
of the retail dealers"
Boston-"Cheap sirloins are so high ant
poor that am not cutting any at present
Both grades Of cattle have gone up ant
the above prices just about let me on
without profit" CA second) Beef, especial
~ on cheaper cuts. 10 to 20 per cent
higher" CA third "The high prices o.
meats is causing us to close our place o
business on or about July A."
New MISUNDERSTANDING this week w
Will advance two cents pound on al
meats, as we are paying the highest price
for beef and lambs in my time, | canno
say the reason. the jObber hlames TIT
farmer. the farmer blames the high price
OF corn"
Phiiadelphia-"No money in meats a
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-26
THE LIMIT or TRIrS1'

+. p. Dunno tells this story on himself,
but insists 1t was started by his enemies,
and has no basis In fact. He had a speak
ing engagement in a small town in south
ern Illinois few weeks ago, and after
luncheon. according to the story. he was
standing In front of the little hotel, wait
ing for the local committee to come for
him.
stranger drove up and, jumping from
his buggy. turned to Mr., Dunno and ask
ed him II ne would hold his horse for a
few minutes.
why should ! hold your horse?" ask
ed the one addressed. do you know who
l am? ! am former mayor Of Chicago"
well. don't mind that" replied the
stranger, I'm willing to trust you for
ten minutes
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-26
BAPTIST SOCIETIES
ELECT OFFICERS
State Convention at st. Johnsbury
Attended by IT'S Delegates
and Speakers.

st. Johnsbury. Sept. Pat the an.
nual meeting of the Vermont State
Baptist convention in session here
there are 175 delegates and speakers
In attendance. Encouraging reports
are made by officers of the various or
carnations. The sessions will close
tomorrow. Officers were elected as
follows by the different bodies:
The Young Peoples union OF tha
Baptist state convention-President
the Rev, w. F. Meyer, Benningtons
vice president the Rev. ]. Harrison
Thompson. Ludlow; secretary, MISS
Mabel L. orion. Fairfax; treasurer. p
II. Blake, Chester: auditor. A. G. Crane
Burlington; leader of sacred lttera-
ture courses. the Rev. Morgan Pease.
Richford; superintendent of junior
work. Miss Julia A. LOOMS, Bennrng-
tom association leaders. Addison, tho
Rev. George +. Harvey, Vergennes
Danville. the Rev. ?. II. White, Hard
| wick; Lamoille the Rev. Morgan E.
Pease, Rrchford: SALISBURY, the Rev
| c. w. Turner. Brandon; Vermont Gem
trial, r. F.. Castor; Win 1ham J. Wes-
ley Rafter. Wilmington; Woodstock
the Rev. r. II. Tibballs, south London
derry.
Historical Society-President. tho
Rev. Henry Crocker Chester; vic9-
president the Rev. John Il. Cow, Brat
tleboro: secretary and treasurer the
Rev F. NJ. Mason. Saxtons River.
Ministers Conference and Aid society
President. the Rev r. y. b. Estey. ID. D,
, Middlebury; vice-president. the Rev, 5.
L. Perry, Fair haven; secretary, the Rev.
w. $. Boardman. Fairfax, treasurer.
Arthur G. Crane, Burlington; adviser &c
treasurer, Or. Dawson,
The nominating committee will present
the following list of officers tomorrow
for the State convention: President. John
A. Greenwood, Chester, vice-president,
Henry Bond, Brattleboro; clerk, r. :.
lTolman. St. Johnsbury; trustees whose
term expires 1918. A, h. Clark, Readsboro.
Howard Crane, Willard Crane, the Rev.
| J. :. Braker, burlington, +. NJ BiAhy,
! Poultney, Il. A. Park. Chester, Col. Silaa
s. Ilsley, Middlebury: trustee whose term
/ expires in 1915 the Rev. l.. T.. Phillips oi
st. Johnsbury, Free Baptist. thus recos,
nizing that denomination for the first tint
on the board of trustees,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-26

New Orleans, Sept 2t-R Clair CAM
and Hawthorne Ellis two young Toledo
men who set out July on lake to thu
gulf walk to win wager, have arrived
here but they gained only a bit OF ex-
perience. because the men who made the
wager, according to their story. died
while they were on route. Upon theif
arrival they represented Mayor Behrman
n letter from Mayor Whitock.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-26

the above prices" CA second I'VE paid
June Il, 10 IL cents pound for rumps
and rounds and II 1-2 cents a pound for
chucks OF beef. the highest price in the
history of our business"
Sal Lake City--"Everything seems to be
at the top but nothing shows any de-
cline"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-26

Smith-Sappingto has voice of Won
derful timbre.
Jones-It's not surprising-he's sucn n
Observation-Disclosures.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-26

The cow with the crumpled horn looked
to her laurels.
I'm afraid the bull moose will be worse
twisted" she cried-New York Sun.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-26
"rhen you won't marry me?"

mo, thousand Times no.!
You don't need to say no thousand
times retorted the rejected suitor re-
sentfully. II only asked YOU once"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-27

hour. Going with the wind a speed
estimated at 100 miles an hour was
attained, but that was too fast for the
taking pictures.
Writing editorially of Duff's exploits,
the New York World said:
The performances in photography
from the Coffyn hydroaeroplane over
New York Harbor should interest
every military power and every fort
ress of Europe or the world.
The photographer has been wholly
new to the situation. His work has
been done while speeding at forty
miles an hour and against the vibra'
tions and swaying of the machine. No
provision had been made for steady
ing his position, and the camera had
to be aimed more or less blindly. That
there should have been any results at
all is surprising That the actual re
suit should be photographs of unsur
passed clearness and fidelity to detail
in wonderful.
when this is possible, what VIII be
come of the hysterical pains taken by
the great military powers to protect
their Notifications from the spying
of camera men on foot? What of the
possibilities of Photographic air re
connoissances of the enemy and his
forces and armament in time of war?
1t is only a suggestion of what the
aeroplane may do to make war farci
cal in it's preparations and too deadly
for indulgence in it's actualities.'
ARTHUR ]. BRINTON.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-27
ENGLISH WOMAN
Continued from Page Nine)

half dozen as against Is. Cd. in our
highly unprotected country where oys-
ters are native product.
| had believed that New York was
the paradise OF those who hated walk
ing; that a network of public vehicles
traversed and retraversed the length
and breadth of it, This is the rudeet
disilltsi6n have experienced! Cab
fares being pr6hibitive. | find there
are more quiet blocks without cars
than l care to think about, and that |
have to walk further in a New York
day than in a London week.
+ l had believed that only an old
hatitue of this city could reach his
destination on the subway or under
gLound railway; that the guards An.
nounced each station by some unin-
telligible monosyllable that bore about
as much resemblance to the name of
the place as, for instance, the spelling
of "Cholmendeley" to it's ultimate pro-
nounciation; that no answer could be
obtained from the official in the cap,
and that nothing remained but to riyet
your eyes to the passing platforms.
BY the way of an experiment | men
toned to the guard that | hoped to
alight at Wall street. At Wall street
my friend in the cap put his head in
and said: Your station, miss" with a
miidness that fairly upset one of the
last articles of my faith.
| had believed that with the tenn
perature very much below freezing
point my English clothing would be
wholly insufficient. l found myself
roaming the streets in a serge coat
and skirt that l should hesitate to
wear on a damp, raw day of Lon
don February, because the we'll warm
ed staircases, corridors and rooms of
American houses send you out into the
clear sunlit air with happy 'circula-
ton and warm hands and feet.
| had believed that a room with a
bathroom with hot water and cold
water laid on was luxurious extra in
hotel life in New York. find it is the
rule, and may Heaven send us in Eng
land the day when architects will re-
fuse to build a house without radia-
tors or bedrooms without a bath.
| had believed that every self-re-
speeding American made it national
point of honor to begin a sentence
with 81 guess" 81 reckon" or 81 cal
culate" Since l have arrived the first
and last time l have heard any OF
these phrases was from the lips of an
Englishman trading in America
Last but not least, / had believed
that every man, woman and child in
New York would ask me how l liked
their country. This is the first time
have had an opportunity of declaring,
in the current expression of the na,
ton, that it is immense"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-27

water slipping Tast you and you know
that you are moving, and moving fast.
You use a guess focus camera and
you point il a about an angle of forty
five degrees The best height from
which to taSe photographs is 500 to
700 feet. After you get farther than
100 feet sway from your object you
are sure TO get a sharp outline with
one of the modern cameras.
81 see no reason why man should
MT be able to get good photographs of
Notifications or moving bodies of
trooHs provided"-and here Duff's face
iwidened into a big, broad grin-"the
feroplaneist gives you room to take
your picture. Why, when l went up
with Frank Coffyn and sat with him
he gave me hardly room to press the
button, he was so busy running the
machine For quite a time after
used the moving picture camera in his
hydroaeroplane my right arm was stiff,
/ Yves so crowded If they're going to
use the Geroplanes for military pur-
poses they'll have to provide wider
seats for the two men"
When Duff took the pictures shown
herewith it was cold, very cold, He al
most froze solid as he sat aloft with
Coffyn in the hydroaeroplane flying
over New York harbor. The motion of
the machine in the air helped to make
the molpheric conditions unpleasant,
for the pictures were taken when the
two men were going against the wind
at the rate of forty or fifty miles an
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-27
NIGHT ON RAFT
Continued from Page Nine)

turbed anG all of us thrown again
into the water. The hand of God
seemed to have soothed the sea and
it was calm.
"An age seemed to have passed
when we first say the twinkling lights
of the Carpathia. We recognized her
Us our rescuer. The Marconi oper-
ator-One of the thirty-five on the
raft-confirmed cur hopes by saying
that he knew it was the CarDathia.
While we looked someone whispered
that there was also a ship behind us.
We dared not turn about to look so
fearful were we that We would disturb
the balance.
The second officer finally ordered
one man to look behind. The slip
ping of one man would have meant
the death, probably, of all of us. The
man who looked passed the word
that there was no ship behind.
when the day broke, four Of the
Titanics boats were seen on our port
SIDE, The second officer blew his
whistle to call attention to our pre-
carious condition and the head lie
boat, towing another came to our
help.
The transfer, fraught with peril
followed. The second officer was the
last man off the raft. Just before he
left it, he lifted into the boat the body
of sailor who had died of cold and
exposure as We prayed. I, with my
soggy overcoat heavy with water,
pitched head-foremost into the boat,
trying my utmost not to disturb the
equilibrium of the craft. In this boat
| saw several of my companions Of
the raft. Others had gotten inSo the
other boat.
Our boat, however, had more than
its complement, sixty-fve persons.
Fortunately, the Carpathia was close.
Otherwise, so officers of the CarpaNia
afterwards told me, all in the boat
would have persisted in the moderate
Glow that came up an hour later.
We all suffered from the cold, es-
pecally those of us who had no hats
1t seemed an age before we reached
the Carpathia, where all were ready
for us with medical aid, food ami
drink to restore us. Nothing can ex.
coed the kindness of those who pro.
vided for our needs aboard the Car
pathia"
Colonel Oracle said his most seri-
Gus loss was that of his manuscript
on the War of 1872, which he had
spent a long time in preparing. He
said he would return to iIny;Ahd to
duplicate the data.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-27

To be an aerial scout, of value to
an army or a navy, an air man must
be able not only to observe the move
ments of the enemy, but to record
them in permanent form. His per-
sonal Impressions are good, of course,
and reliable in direct proportion to
his own abb ity to make accurate OBJ
servationa, but the lens of the camera
is surer than the human eye, and the
Photographic plate retains pictures
longer and better than do the human
why the recent experiments with
photography from moving aeroplanes
and hydroaeroplanes in this country
and abroad have attracted so much
attention among military men.
Of all the worlds military nations
France is far in the lead in the mat
ter of military aeroplaning and as a
necessary consequence in the matter
of aerial photography. The govern
ment decided recently to spend S4,
100000 in the present year for military
,dirigibles and aeroplanes. Included in
this sum is a large appropriation for
aerial photography.
How does it feel to take a photo
graph from q moving aeroplane?' the
writer asked Adrian c. Duff, stan pho
tographer of the American Press Asso.
citation, whose features and some OF
whose feats are reproduced herewith
-You don't know the machine is NOV
ing until you look down." said Duff
Then you see the landscape and the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-27
BAND PLAYED UNTIL
WATER REACHED KNEES

NEW YORK, April 19-Mrs. John
Murray Brown of Acton, Mass, who,
with her sisters, Mrs. Robert c. Cor
nell and Mrs, e. d. Appleton, were
saved, was in the last lifeboat to get
safely away.
''The band played, marching from
deck to deck" Mrs, Brown said. THE
musicians were up to their knees in
water when / last saw them. We Of
feled assistance to Captain Smith Of
the Titanic when the water covered
the ship, but he refused to get into
the boat"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-27

bean right in the city of Havana,
where are large factories importing
it direct from South America. In vast
cool "almacens" along the wharves of
large cities are to be had wines, oily
and rich, fit for golden chalice, pure,
unauthorized, from Cadiz direct or
other markets.
There are some of the ordinary soda
fountains, but they are supposed to
be for the use of foreigners chiefly.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-27
MANY NEW USES
FOR WOOD VENEERs


The total quanaity of wood used by
the 563 veneer manufacturing estab-
lishments of the United States report
ing in 1910 amounted to 477,479, 900
feet, log scale, which was about ten
per cent more than the consumption
in 1909.
So says the annual Federal report
on the statistics of forest products,
compiled through the cooperation Of
the Bureau of the Census, in the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor, and
the Forest Service, in the Department
of Agriculture.
The widening range of uses for Ven
Ger largely accounts for the increased
production. Formerly veneer making
was confined to a few hardwoods Sc
lected for beauty of grain and used
as an exterior finish for high-grade
furniture and cabinet work. With the
improvement of veneer machinery and
methods of drying there has develop
ed a large demand for veneers cut
from cheap woods and used for pacA-
ing boxes, berry cups, fruit baskets,
veneer barrels, drawer bottoms, filling
in three-ply lumber, glass backing and
novelties such as butter dishes, wood
en- plates and fancy confectionery
packages.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-27

second animal, the body in an excel
ent state of preservation, The antlers
Of the animals were tightly interlock-
ed, showing that the deer had died in
battle
From the position of the skeleton
and the body in the glacier Magnus-
sen is of the opinion that they had
been carried a long distance down the
side. AS the glacier flows
only four or five inches a day, the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-27
LOCKED ANTLERs IN GLACIER.

LOCKED ANTLERS IN 1LNCTEH'
Mute evidence of a mortal combat
Wat may have occurred centuries ago
was revealed to J. x. Magnussen, a
timber cruiser on the slopes of Mount
Baker,
Lying in the lower edge Of Roose-
welt glacier were the crumbling bones
Of a buck deer of more than ordinary
size. Digging down into the ice the
cruiser uncovered the remains Of a
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-27

, battle of the bucks may have occurred
centuries ago-Oregonian,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-27

Star classified Ads" cost only five
cents per line and bring In dollars.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-06-29
Swedish Lutheran Church

Sunday School next Sunday morning
at o 80.
Preaching services 10 so
Evening Services 7:30
The congregation have made arrange
ments to have picnic in the park the
4th of July. Dinner Will be served for
25-cents. At 2 o'clock short address
will be delivered by the pastor. All
are cordially invited.
Next Friday July 9Th. the Ladies Aid
No. ] will meet ~ the home of Mrs
Chas. Larson.
Our parochial school has enrolled 81
children. We have l75 in our Sunday
School. A hearty welcome is extended
to all children who wish to attend our
summer school. No tuition charged.
David j. Laurence, Pastor
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-06-29
THIRD PARTY YET
IN THE BALANCE
CONTINUED from page y

Continued from page |
lican organization by again winning
out in he-gubernatorial contest2 Prac.
tical politicians are of the opinion that
he could do more for progressive repub-
licansm within the party than with
ont It, However, the governor has re.
peatedly said that he has had enough
politics and it is not likely that any
thing but the impetus of Roosevelt
continuing in politics will induce Gov
ernor Osborn to again become a candi-
date,
The fellows who are thinking the
hardest, just at the present time, are
the candidates for the county and other
offices below state. Should the third
party movement succeed and All OF the
states be closely organized, it would
create havoc in the ranks as no candi.
date would know where he is at any Of
the time.
Taken ss whole, the political stu
alton is exceedingly interesting to
everyone at the present time.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-06-29
Cleveland. Where is Cloysrland
Ii il the Upper Peninsula OF Michigan.

Complaints have been made to us
during the week Of words used by
Socialist speaker in address made at
the school park last Sunday The com
pIainants say that the speaker used pro-
fame language and directed IL at the
churches that be ridiculed the
churches and the present social order
We were not present and 50 cannot
verify the statements pro or con but
our knowledge Of the speaker leads ms
to FAY that such men do the Socialist
movement no good We doubt that
local Socialists in general uphold such
words but they should be alert 10 sup
press them on public platforms. We
cannot all think alike but the views OF
Others should be respected in public
places The school park is public
place and no speaker should be allowed
to use nnprintable language directed
for or against Socialism in that park
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-06-29
ATTRACTION
At Opera the House Three Nights, Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday

At Opera the House Three Nights, Monday
Tuesday and Wednesday
"A Merrill CCmedy A.
A show that is absolutely clean and
containing nothing but the very best
OF talent. A show for old and young.
Introducing late jokes, dances and song
numbers
"Charlan * Charlan.
Singers and Novelty Wooden Shoe
Dancers, introducing Chicken Reel Ec-
centric. Scare Crow Dancing and a
host of different dances
Reynolds * Wheeler
THOSE phunny Phellows' who
serve buckets upon buckets of JOY. with
1000 pounds OF mirth Introducing
THE Alabama Dandies in strictly up
TO date Minstrelsy.
Don t miss hearing Miss Merrill
Charlan as the Little Street Urchin
singing We All Grow Old in Time. !"
Moving pictures Deluxe. The cream
OF the world $ output OF photo play.
A complete change of Program each
night in Acts and Pictures,
Admission 10 and 15-cents.
The coolest place in town.
f. J. Bregger, Owner and Mgr.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-06-29

One was struck with the misrepre-
sentation OF the press on the contest
cases. This Misrepresentation more
frequently arose from the Isupressing
OF the facts rather than the mistating
OF them. The whole subject was one
of regularity on one side and buster
on the other. We imagine how much
the Roosevelt side would have given in
had they had the upper hand. The
California case seemed TO be the one on
which the most stress was thrown by
those who wished to create in the
minds of the people an impression that
the Taft men were stealing delegates.
The fact that the state OF California
gave n, 600 for Roosevelt was the only
one given attention The fact that the
state law of California was purposely
framed 10 thwart the will of the people
of the respective districts, which was
the unit of representation and has been
for years in the republican convention.
was covered up. To our mind the only
basis that the Roosevelt people had foI
"A contest was in the Texas case There
the Roosevelt people had the show OF
regularity. and while Colonel Lyon I'M
doubtedly usurped the province of the
electors on the republican party in
Texas, yet ne was in power and was
only doing that which both sides were
doing in other states.