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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-05-23
BABY SAVES MOTHER.
Bullets Meant for Her Killed the Lit
tie One Instnntly.

Little Rock. Ark. May l9.-Mrs. d. p.
Coulter. victim of an attempted assault.
lives tonight because her nine months
old baby lying on her breast caught In
Its own little body the bullets fired by her
baffied assailant. The baby died instant
ly.
This city has been terrorized lately by
a series Of attempted assaults on women
committed. II Is believed. by mysteri-
Gus person whom the police call Jack
the shooter" This afternoon Mayor c.
F.. Taylor issued a proclamation calling
upon the citizens OF Little Rock to arm
themselves and aid the police in captur.
Ing or killing tho prowler.
Early this morning the man entered
the Coulter residence, three blocks
from the center OF the business dis
trict, and attacked Mrs. Coulter who
hsoA her baby In her arms. She made
no cutlery and the intruder fired a,
her twice. both bullets striking the
child. The mother was unscathed.
The murderer fled. Half an hour a:
tskwaTds the Aaxnkssaan, 1t " thought
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-05-23
DARING RESCUE AT NIAGARA
Young Armenian Pulls Man ASHORE
100 Feet above Fails.

Niagara Falls, n Y. May 19.-One of
the most daring rescues In the history
Of Niagara Falls was effected to-day by
a 2G-year-old Armenian. named Aran
kevorkian Of TINS city, who waded out
waist deep into the rapids a short dis
lance above the cataract and pulled to
shore with a pike pole the unconscious
form Of Henry J. Smith, so years old
and resident Of No. IS Beech street.
Buffalo I<evorkian was assisted by
David Gordon and Park Constable
Thomas Harring on. who formed hu-
man chain, anchorng the Armenian to
the shore and enabling him to resist the
current which was especially strong to-
day on account Of the high water.
Smith was walking along the narrow
path skirtinE the river about 300 feet
above the falls when he missed his foot
ing and fell into the turbulent stream.
He soon became exhausted in his efforts
to reach shore and was floating with
his head under water when caught by
Kevorkian with his pike pole less than
100 feet above the brink, Smith was
taken to police headquarters and soon
restored to consciousness apparently
none the worse for his hazardous ex-
perience. No charge will he preferred
against him as eyewitnesses stated tina,
the fall was accidental
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-05-23
WILDER SHOOTING ARRAY
Arm and Side of an Italian Workman
Are Filled with No. 4 Bird Shot.

White River Junction, May GA shoot
ing ARRAY occurred between two Italians
last night at the camp in Wilder of the
Cummings Construction company Vim
genzo Distafano. who has been In the en-
ploy of the company for about two
months, entered the storehouse with an
axe behind his back, and after accOsting
Luigi F'orsl, who was sitting there,
started at him with the axe Forsli ia
supposed to have drawn a revolver and
Distafano retreated. returning later with
a loaded shotgun which he discharged at
a distance of about six feet. filling Forsli's
arm and side with No. 4 bird shot. Dr.
r. j. Goss ordered the man taken to the
hospital at Hanover for further treat
ment Tho wounds though severe VIII
probably not be fatal
Special Officer Alphonse It's! made a
thorough search for the assalant but
failed to find trace Of him. Chief Ober
was also called and suspect was ar
rested at Bethel whittier officer Tisi went
this noon to identify the man II possible.
The cause of the ARRAY is in doubt. No
trouble is known to have existed between
the men and both were sober az far as
known. Forsli had been In the company {
employ about 10 days,
States Attorney Homer L. Skeels Is
here to-day making an investigation in
company with Sheriff James II. Kiniry of
Windsor.
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PLANS FOR THE STATE FAIR
| Some Famous Aviator to Bc EnGnncd
-&t.OOO rrec-for-AN Voted.

White River Junction, May 2o.-A meet
ing Of the Vermont State fair commits
aion was held in the office OF the secrc-
tary here Saturday afternoon. The Of
ficers were elected as follows: Maxwell
Evarts, presidents r. l.. Davis. secretary
md treasurer: Maxwell Evarts. r. l..
Davis, H. IT, Baldwin, q. l.. Martin and
w T.. Carver, executive committee. Il.
was voted to engage for the dates Of the
fair. which are September II. Is. ~ and
20 the most up-to-date flying machine
OF either the monoplanc or blplane type
and one Of the most noted aviators In the
country Starrett's circus OF nine dis
tinctive acts will be one OF the many
strong features TO be offered.
II was decided to invite the Governor
Of New Hampshire and the Governor Of
Vermont with their STATS. to be present
on Thursday Septem )er ~. and that the
day be known as Governors day.
Milking contests for girls originated
with the Vermont State fair commission
and the first contest of this kind was
held last year. 1t proved spirited and
interesting contest and 1t was decided to
again have this feature and offer liberal
prizes. 1t was also decided to have a
baby show. which has proven successful
at many fairs. A blowing contest for
hoys will he another feature.
In the trotting events 1t was voted to
have a $1,000 free-for-all, in which there
shall be at least five starters.
A new exhibition building for draft
cattle is to be constructed at once. 1t
was announced that the Norwich Uni
versity polo team had beaten the team of
West Point and that the latter was
DESTROYS Of again playing the Norwich
BOYS 1t Is hoped that games may be ar
ranged between these two polo organiza
lions to play on the state fair grounds
during this years fair, and 1t was voted
to ask Captain Tompkins. military in
structor of Norwich University. to make
the arrangements.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-05-23
SEVENTH BALLOT FOR
BISHOP AND NO CHOICE

MIrvooroiie Mimi M,v % DoloCo,og
70 tho ,ar.ro, oonroraroa r., .ho ,,o,ho
,,. 1,,.., ,,A, , <,,
a,oc+ q socord hi.h.n 30 .ho oioh. ~
darod cho.., q. +h,s sossior uhon .h,
seventh ha,lo+ uos announced ,o,o th,.
aftarnoon Dr W n cbonhord of r,h,
caco still was high man with a tota, n,
1872 votes but II REQUIRES 5s3 votes for q
choice. 100 ballots being counted
On the seventh ballot DR.. r. s. Hender.
son of the New York east conference
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-05-23
SCANDAL ST|RS
BELGIAN COURT
Queen Said to Have Shot a Maid
Dead in Presence of
the King.
TALES OFFICIALLY DENIED
Criminal Proceedings Will Be In.
stituted against Authors of
Reports and Persons Cir
culating Them.
TALES OFFICIALLY DENIED

Brussels. Belgium. May 20.--A semi
official communiuue dealing with false
reports as to the private life of the royal
family was issued to-day in the following
terms:
since a recent garden party held AT
Laeken, caluminous rumors have been
put in circulation concerning the private
life of the royal family It was even
declared that on the day of the garden
party the Queen of the Belgians sur
pns.d King Albert in the company Of
cnambermaid and that the Queen shot
the woman dead with a revolver
king Albert had no knowledge of
these reports although for several days
military officers attached to tho court
had learned of them by telephone calls
both from Belgium and abroad. After
| consultation it was decided to acquaint
the King with the report. His Majesty
was astonished and very indignant He
decided to prosecute the authors OF the
reports and all persons repeating them.
Criminal proceedings We're instituted
this afternoon before the Kings pro-
curator"
The newspapers lie Peuple understands
| given are being preceded against for cir
| culating the ISLANDERS, which take three
| forms. According to the first, the Queen
| surprised the King in the company of a
chambermaid and killed the latter. Ac-
| cordng to the second. the Queen fired
| upon the King. while the third report
makes It appear as II the Queen merely
| threa tened the chambermad
ARE A MOST UNITED COUPLE.
| ment tonight. said: "Of course the stor-
| les are quite unfounded. Although. be-
cause of my position | cannot he consid-
cred an altogether impartial witness. l
| can emphatically declare that the King
| and Queen are a most united couple
| The incident has produced profound
sensation here and public opinion IL
greatly wrought up over the ISLANDERS
and their authors.
It Is believed possibly that the sland ~
| had their origin in a recent belowstars
scandal at the palace involving n maid
| in attendance on one of the Queens ladies
in waiting and court servant. The maid
in question died in childbirth a few days
ago about the time the reports concerning
| the King began to circulate. and it is
thought that this incident may bear some
correlation TO the rumors affecting the
royal family.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-05-23
CORPORATE EARNINGS SHRINK
COininissiOncr Of Interior Revenue Re-
ports n Decrease In United states
of $1I5,5OO, 900 In 1911.

Washington. May 1o.-Corporate earn
ings in the United states decreased sll5.-
100000 during 1911 That figure represents
Inc comparative loss In net earnings as
reported to Il. Z. Cabcll. commissioner
OF Internal revenue. for making ASSESS
'nent under the corporation excise TAX
law
In statement ire,ied to-day Mr.. Cabei
says the returns indicate poorer business
conditions last year than in 1870 partic-
ularly IN the iron. steel and certain
manufacturing industries.
The gross receipts of corporations did
not sufrer as great ratio OF decrease
as the net. The returns indicate, the com
missioner points out, that this was be-
cause labor and supply men shared more
largely IN the receipts Of the various
companies in 1911 than in 1910 This was
particularly so In the case Of railroads.
he says, which seem generally to have
pad increased amounts for LABOR with
out a corresponding increase In income
being Indicated, in many cases an actual
decrease in income being shown"
The one per cent assessment on the
1911 net earnings of corporations will
s2S2Is,000. most of which will be paid
In June against s2o.432 o0O last year
decrease of S1,154.OO0 The amount
probably will he augmented some
what before the close Of the fiscal
year, Mr.. Cabell says. bringing the de-
crease below 100000. Considering
business conditions in 1911, he adds
this may be considered fairly salts.
factory.
While there was a big loss in the ag.
gregate net earnings. there was an in
| crease OF 1880 in the number OF corpora
| lions. Tho number in 1911 was 2T.s62 a.
compared with 27o9o2 in $40 OF the tota
number which filed returns only 90 pei
cent. We're found liable to tax
| Mr.. Cabel draws his conclusions re
| earding the iron and steel industries from
| the showing Of tho corporations in thu
Pittsburg district. The net corporal Il
earnings in that section decreased M.59l
| 600
| The manufacturing conditions were re
Elected In the returns from Connecticu
and Massachusetts. In the fromer STATE
TIE net proceeds decreased 81 lOa,nC an'
in the latter :1l.332, 90.
| The assessments for Hawaii. tho com
missioner remarks. indicate an extremel,
prosperous condition in the islands. thu
net earnings of the corporations increas
| ing Si2740Co.
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FIRED BLAST TOO SOON.
Slate Worker SeriOusly Injured Whcr
Signal Was MinunderstoOd.

Fair Haven. May 2t-Willam Kelley,
80 years old. was seriously injured, by
the premature explosion Of a charge of
dynamite in the slate quarry of Durick.
Keenan, K Co. on Scotch hill this aft
ernoon at four o'clock. Several other
men were in the pit, 80 feet below the
surface at the time of tho accident but
they escaped injury. Kelley was con-
Meeting several holes of dynamite WI II
the signal was given for the derrick
man to raise the tools from the pit.
The signal was mis- taken for an order
TO discharge the blast and the man in
charge Of the electric battery turned on
the switch.
Kelley was hurled several feet by the
explosion and his face and hands were
badly mangied, Or. George D. Park
| hurst. who attended him, thought II
might be possible to save the mans eve
eight. Kelley Is wid0wsr and has on.
daughter.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-05-23
PLAN FIREMEN S MEETING.
Mont elier Board of Trade Enthusias
tic about state Tournament.

Montpelier. May CO. O. Averil Of
Barre was in town to-day in conference
with +. r. Gilbert regarding plans for
the annual tournament and muster Of
the Vermont State Firemen's associa-
ton, which 1t is planned to have here
sometime this summer MIR Averill Is
chairman of the executive committee
and MI Gilbert Is a member. There will
be a meeting of the committee in this
city within a few days at which time a
committee from the directors of the
board of trade is to confer with the COM
mittee of firemen regarding the plans for
the tournament. The board of trade has
given the proposition enthusiastic ap-
proval.
Berlin side offers an ideal place for
tine field day. with long stretch for
races, the river to pump from and to
play into In the hand engine tryouts
and the Cotton buildings for ladder
practice. A band concert. parade dur
ing the morning. tournament and ball
game IN the afternoon and ball at the
city hall In the evening are among tho
features discussed for the days program.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-05-23
MAY DRAFT JUDGE GIBSON
PrOgTcssives CT Wintlhnm County
Assemble saturday Afternoon.

Brattleboro, May 21..--JuJge F.. w.
Gibson announced this afternoon that a
meeting OF the progressive republicans
OF Wfndham county will be held at
Brattleboro Saturday afternoon, May %,
at 2:O O'Clock, TO consider what position
will be taken by the progressive wing
of the party in this county In relation
to candidates for Congress and State Of
hces The meeting will be open to all
who believe In progressive measures.
irrespective of preferences for president.
and will be representative of all sections
of the county
There Is well-deflned belief that the
progressives Of this county will decide
to draft Judge T.. W. Gibson as a candi-
date for Congressman Frank Plumley's
seat from the first Vermont district in.
stead of rallylng to the support of Judge
Frank d. Thompson of Barton, who has
already announced his intention to he y
| candidate for the place. Those interest el,
In bringing Gibson into the field OF candi.
dates claim that he will have strong SUD-
port from Windsor county in addition tc
Windham county Intmation Is made
| that w. ]. Bigelow OF st. Johnsbury viii
become candidate for Congress wher
Plumley Is ready to retire.
| RUTLAND YOUTH ADMITS THEFT
Rutland. May 2l-Wyman Robinson. 2.
years old, son of Mr., and Mrs. w. II
Robinson. was arrested at Fair HaveI
this morning by Deputy Sheriff join
Policy. charged with the larceny of
Delaware e. Hudson mileage book ant
| about 81 from the safe In the office o
s. NJ Wilson In the Mead building II
| this city. He was taken into custody a
the instigation of his brother. Clifford A
Robinson of this city. who Is employed
in Mr.. Wilson's Office. He was caugh
at the railroad station while waiting fol
the eleven o'clock train for Whitehall
N Y, He denied his guilt when ap
preached by Deputy sherh Policy. bu
later admitted taking the mileage bool
and the money. He was lodged In tn,
! Rutland county tail where he viii rs
main until arraigned before City Judg,
r. g. 8winnsrtf~'
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VERMONT NOTES.

Martin II. Chamberlin OF Rutland has
been placed at the head Of the public
safety department in place of F. r. Patch
resigned.
Michael Manash OF Montgomery made
an attempt al suicide Monday morning by
taking a large dose of paris green. 1t is
expected he will recover
Rrattleboro has voted 10 exempt for a
period of 10 years the property OF the
Vermont Last Block company The
erection of tho plant will be begun imme-
diately.
Many Italian laborers are leaving
Rutland for lumber camps scattere
about the section. Annually nearly
800 italians make Rutland their home
during the winter months.
Bratteboro automobilist ran across
a deer saturday afternoon The ami
NAL trotted along ahead OF the ma
chine for some distance. II was full
grown and but little frightened
An eight-pouIj bear cub was cap
tured near the Rutland railroad track
in Healdville the other day by Roy
Davis and Tony Mealy. section nand
The cub Is about three weeks oil
Rutland pension agents are busy for
Narding to Washington papers for big
ger pay for veterans, the pension act
signed by President Tart affects the local
q. \. r. Under the new law veterans
are granted pensions according to both
service and age.
The public service commission will
meet IN Rutland Saturday at the Ho-
tel Bardwell to investigate circum-
stances attending the death of Earle
C. Clark, the motorman killed in a
trolley accident at Parsons curve near
Castleton Corners on May s.
The 18Th annual conference and rally
OF the Franklin county Christian Eli
deaVor Union was held at Richford Fri
day. The speakers were the Rev. w. J
Clark of Enosburg Falls, Miss Reulat
Bates of Richford. and the Rev. Virg
Johnson of Springfield, Mass.
Mrs Grace +. Cross. wanted IN Chelsea
| to answer an indictment charging bigamy
\ was Monday refused an injunction by the
superior court in Boston from carrying
out her extraditon until she had an op
| portunity to correct an alleged error ir
| the case against her in the municipal
court of Boston.
Wallace Batchelder of Bethel has re-
ceved two commissions from the lort
| high chancellor OF Great Britain to heal
witnesses on cases pending in England
| The cases are Luclus Beebe 4 Sons OF
Boston and the Abe Stein company o.
New York.
Alfred Ferro, young Italian en-
ployed as a section man by the Cen
trail Vermont road, received an ugly
wound sunday night while on ta'
track in the rear of the electric ligh
station at Rrattleboro when he wal
shot hv an Italian named Amelia Pele
Crime. who claims to have been stab
he'd earlier in the day by Ferro
George W Colston of White Rive
IJunction lis the oldest odd Fellow In thu
State. He is Is years of IKE and has neve
lbeen outside Vermont. Despite his year!
Inc was in attendance at the odd Fellow
conven,ion at Woodstock last week. H
Joined the Windsor Lodge d years ago
Inc lodge was later disbanded and II
April 1891, he became charter melnbe
of the Quechee River Lodge OF WOOD
istock-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-05-23
COMPROMISE CANDIDATE
WILL BE ME, SAYS T. R

Dennison, Ohio, May 20.-rhe Roosevelt
campaign in Ohio came TO an end here
to-day. After he had delivered his speech
In Dennison, the former president started
for Oyster Bay where he expects to be
when the returns from the Ohio primary
come in tomorrow night.
Colonel Roosevelt emphasized two
points in his speeches to-day He said
first that there would be no compromise
in the selection of a republican candidate
for president so far as he was concerned.
IN name the compromise candidate"
he went on: hell be me. I'll make tho
compromise platform; IL will be our plat
form
The former president also called atten-
uon to the part which the republican ma
t.onal committee will play In determining
the makeup OF The Chicago convention.
He declared that the "bosses'' would not
10 permitted 10 take control.
"Mr. Taft has recently announced
on two or three different occasions"
ne said at Cambridge. that what he
calls the friends Of constitutional gov
eminent win control nj Chicago. That
heans. Of course. and can only mean.
that they will control the national
committee. Tho national committee
chief function now Is to determine
what delegates are originally elect I'd
and when our opponents talk of the
friends Of constitutional government
controlling thu convention through
that committed. all they mean is that
the bosses and their representatives
are to have the say whether the dele
gates elected by the majority of the
republicans are to be seated or not.
RANK AND FILE MASTERS.
~ serve notice on them that the
people the rank and file OF the Re
publican party, will be the masters
ana not the servants of the men they
have chosen to represent them; that
we Will control and our representa-
tivcs will control the national con-
vention and from now on will control
our legislation in State and nation"
Since Colonel Roosevelt came into
Ohio a week ago he has made nearly %
speeches. He has Travelled Lao miles
within the borders OF the State. He
showed no signs of fatigue tonight
Colonel Roosevelt made final appeal
n the people in the form of a statement
Which concluded: II wish to get the ver-
lict of the people first and when the
people have expressed themselves, what
ver their verdict may be, l shall cheer
bully accept H."
Colonel Roosevelt is due in New York
1t sos o'clock tomorrow morning. lie
will go at once 10 Oyster Bay and will
remain at shome for two days before be-
ginning his New Jersey campaign
ROOT TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN.
Chicago, May 20.-Col. Harry s. New
chairman OF the committee on ar
rangements for the republican national
convention. tonight announced United
States Senator Elihu Root as temporary
chairman OF the republican national con
ventiOn.
The naming of Senator Root occasiOned
no surprise, 1t had been common
gossip In political circles that Senator
Root would be accept able to both the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-05-23
NEWS TOLD in BRIEF

a Louis Nv clock brought S2,625 at
a London auction. .
Bran Stoker, noted London impress
sarlO, left an estate valued at s23,615.
Coal reduction Of Alabama for this
year will be 100000 tons
The Massachusetts Legislature is
preparing for propagation by June /,
Electric tramways OF London last
year carried 53S.440,ocO passengers.
Mayor Gaynor holds that boys have
a right TO play baseball on vacant city
lots.
Italy has seized the island of Lipso,
off tne coast of Asia Minor. six miles
| from Patmos.
ohio farmers complain that their
crops are late and small and that IL is
| a bad year all around.
Severe lrouth prevails through ut
the West Indies, particularly In Trini-
dad where water famine Is imminent.
The New York Railways company
! has ordered $50 stepless cars OF new
tyne Just perfected by the roads OPP
Grating department.
| Minority stockholders OF the Knox
Hat Manufacturing company have ap-
piled for receiver, charging fraud
| and mismanagement
| Havana reports a wholesale house
| cleaning by the Cuban government
| a. 900 employees having been discharged
with more to come.
| Mayor Gaynor favOrs having the New
York Fourth of July celebration this year
an electrical one, to the exclusion OF
fireworks.
| London's lord mayor says the Titanic
! relief fund Is already too big and Is
growing to such proportions he does no.
know what to do with surplus.
| Pasouale Gargiulo. one of the Camorra
prisoners. has died OF heart disease il
prison "a Viterbo.
| Secretary OF War Stimson places tn,
| ma ximum value Of Governors island a
So. $50 40. making II the most valuabl,
military property In the United States.
| Secretary Knox will preside and Presi
dent Taft will speak at the unveiing s
the knights of Columbus statue o
Christopher Columbus at Washington
June s.
The University OF Chicago will exten'
It's dormitory privileges 10 married
students who desire 10 bring their wive
to college. Flats will be provided
Harvard College, according to
financial report just made has sos ,ooo, 20
in productive funds, of which $1,000. 90
is in solid stocks and bonds
Clarence II. Mackay and his mothe
have given $50 600 tn the Mackay schoo
OF mines of the University of Nevada
making their total benefactions 500. M
Charles q. Gates has purchased "A sea
in the Minneapolis Chamber of Com
to deal heavily in the grain market
Louis ID. Brandes supplied PRACTICAL
all the funds for the La Toilette presi
ldential campaign In Massachusetts dur
lin&.ahs ecentsOrehtden tiafs psinasaesv