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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-06-08
Woodstock. VT. June 8. 1912
Local Storm Subsiding.

out by recent Republican activities
in Woodstock was printed in Th'
Age of last week. The usual calm
Of the local political waters is seldom
rufiled a small stone makes com
paratively big splash, and Mr., Batch
elder. of Bethel. one Of the chiefs o.
tho progressive wing of the county
Republicans, heaved the first rock
in the shape of certain charges
against Colonel r. s Billings; the
latter responded with general de-
NAL, and here is Mr.. Batchelder's
reply to Colonel Billings reply:
Bethel, VT, May 90, 1912.
Franklin s. Billings,
Woodstock. Vermont.
Sir: Your reply of the 18th instant
to my letter of the 9th instant has just
been received by registered mail.
accept your answer to my first question
as true answer.
AS to your answers to my second and
third questions am prepared to prove
by the testimony of competent wit
Tesses of recognized integrity that the
word "not" does not belong in your
answers.
Al 60 YOUR answer to my fourth
question am prepared to prove by the
Z Testimony of competent witnesses of
IecogIi1eu 1890 Ina af tSe W;ndsor
County Progressive Republican League
at Chester tn %oo e,ecei5n o W.rnont w ~
president of the league and the en-
dorsemens OF snaI league Se q ths Repnbi
can nomination for Governor, and the
5 1sa INST n;a,1 Machna amnanv n Which
Hiram w. johnson is an owner and
partner, W We 70 mra nn,;r W. tbst ,,n.
less he ceased his activities along the
hne proPosed 20 DC loi, nNss;a.nf the e
Daniels Mochine Company must pay on
os before aglv en-, gate .ne snt ;asyad tha I
ultimatum.
t;d nave reason taSsn 70 e wo,,r nowleJgs
and influenced directly or indirectly by
oIrSe .s ana sna vo, .ha a. ann o Of
Allen M. Fletcher for Governor, so much
10 snaf you sI Ios o ~ the ,osa Of the
services and support of Mr.. johnson.
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-06-08

July l6-l7Annual meeting Yer
mont postmasssrs' Association AT
Bristol,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-06-08
FooiIsn Motion.

Foolish Motion.
Some people never seem to get over
the Idea that thing must be dismal
ana depressing to BIO artiG.ic.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-06-08
Commissioners Notice.
Estate of Lewis Bourbon.

The Undersigned, having been ap.
pointed by the Honorable Probate Court
for the Diatrict of Hartford, Commits
sioners, to receive, examine, and adjust
the claims and demands of all persons
against the estate of Lewis Bourbon,
late of Woodstock in said district, de-.
ceased, and all claims exhibited in offset
thereto, hereby give notice that we will
ment for the purpose aforesaid, at the.
store of w. j. Boyce & Co., in the town
of Woodstock in said district, on the
18th day of June next, from z O'Clock
P. M, until o'clock P. NJ, on said day
and that six months from the 18th day
of March A. ID. 1912 is the time limited
by said Court for said creditors to pre-
sent their claims to US for examination
and allowance
Dated at Woodstock this 10Th day Of
March A. ID. 1912.
!; g; NSutting Scomnissioners
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-06-08

ELM TREE PRESS
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-06-08

DEPOSITS JAN. j. 1912 81. 1877, 81
SURPLUS 165. 022. 75
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-10-04
Woodrow Wilson on the Bible.

The following is from an adj
dress delivered by Governor
Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey
at Denver, Colorado, May Z,
1911, and is worthy of a place
in your scrap-book;
"The man whose faith is root
ed in the Bible knows that re-
form can not be stayed, that
the finger of God that moves
upon the face of the nations is
against every man that plots the
nations downfall or the peoples
deceit; that these men are sim
ply cropping and staggering in
their ignorance to a fearful day
of judgment and that whether
one generation witnesses it or
not, the glad day Of revelation
and Ct freedom will come in
which men will sing by the
host of the coming of the Lord
in His glory, and all of those
will be forgOtten-those little
scheming, contemplate creatures
that forgot the image of Goo
and tried to frame men accord
ing to the image of the evil one
"You may remember that al
legorical narrative in the Ole
Testament Of those who search
ed through one cavern after an
other, cutting holes in the wall
and going into the secret places
where all sorts Of noisome thing
were worshipped. Men do no
dare to let the sun shine in up
on such things and upon sucl
occupations and worships. An,
so | say there will be no halt t
the great movement of the armit
of reform until men forget thei
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-10-04

In this and other public sta
lions he has shown himself to
be the ideal man for State Treas
urer.
When it is remembered that
the State Of Missouri expends
81, 100000 annually, it will be
easy for the Missouri taxpayer
to see the need of a man like
John P. Gordon in the office of
State Auditor. Under his adj
ministration the padded and
illegal expense account has be-
come a stranger in the fiscal
affairs Of the State.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-10-04
Wilson and Major Banquet.

The Democratic Press Asso-
citation of Missouri will tender
a banquet to Governor Wood
row Wilson and Attorney Gen
.eral Elliott w. Major at one of
the leading hotels in this city on
October 9th at 6 o'clock p. m.
President H. j. Blanton of the
association has appointed a re-
ception committee to receive the
guests of the evening and to in
troduce the Democratic editors
of Missouri to the Democratic
candidates for President and
Governor. Every Democratic
editor in Missouri is expected to
be present on this occasion, to
become personally acquainted
with the next President of the
United States and the next Gov
ernor of Missouri.
The Democratic ticket can be
elected in Missouri this year with
hardly an effort. But an cleo
ton by only a bare nominal plur-
Iity would carry with it nothing
but the right to hold the Of
fees. This is not a contest
merely for offices. It is not a
struggle to simply determine who
among a number of men, are to
draw official salaries. That is
moi the issue at all. A great
principle of government is at
stake. The people of Missouri
are to finally determine whether
this commonwealth is to pass
forever into the hands Of the
plutocratic reactionaries Of
the Republican party, or wheth-
or the grand old State will re-
turn to the faith of the fathers
aud c~onsecrate herself anew to
tho e immortal principles which
have made her what she is to-
lay. That is the burning ques-
ticn in the Missouri campaign
and it is a question which car
be satisfactorily answered only
by a Democratic majority o.
fifty-thousand or more.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-10-04

God, until they forget this
charter of their liberty. Let
no man suppose that progress
can lie divorced from religion
or that there is any other plat
form for the ministers of reform
than the platform written in
the u~tteraoces of our Lord and
Savior.
America was born a Christian
nation. America was born to
exemplify that devotion to the
elements Of righteousness which
are derived from the revelations
of Holy Scripture.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I
have a very simple thing to ask
of you. | ask of every man
and woman in this audience that
from this night on they will
realize that part of the destiny
of America lies in their daily
perusal of this great book Of
revelations that if they would
see America free and pure they
will make their own spirits free
and pure by this baptism Of the
Holy Scripture"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-10-04
From The State Democratic
Headquarters.

If you want to keep your tax
es down, keep hat Major ma
jority up.
Let's amend that slogan to
read like this: "WORK and win
with Wilson
One effect Of Governor Had
ley's effort to increase the taxes
three hundred per cent should
be an increase of three hundred
per cent ia the Democratic vote.
The consumer will keep on
paying the tariff tax until he
learns it will cost him a thous-
and times less to contribute to
the Democratic campaign fund.
The st. Louis registration is
almost as large as it was in 1910,
but there will be a decided slump
in the st. Louis Republican ma
iority.
Democrats will not forget this
year that they are again to cope
with the cunning of "Gov. WOb-
bley" backed by all the power
of his metropolitan police mach
ines.
Hon. w. f. Painter was elected
Lieutenant Governor in 1908,
and he didn't get the office. But
Missourians love a square deal,
and this time his majority will
be so big that he can't be count
ed out.
Long experience in dealing
with freight and traffic prob
lens has qualified Hon. Jas. T.,
Bradshaw for the office of Rail
road and Warehouse Commission
er. And, too, like Billy Paint
er and Con. Roach, he is an old
country newspaper editor.
There never was a more ca
pable official than Secretary Of
State Cornelius Roach. His vote
with Major and Gordon to block
the Hadley scheme to raise the
taxes should re-elect him, with
out recourse to the other "rea-
sons which are so plausible
and so popular.
Hon. John 7. Barker, the Dem
ocratic nominee for Attorney
General, is a brilliant lawyer and
has rendered conspicuous SER
vice to the people in the office Of
Speaker Of the House Of Repres-
%entatives and in other positions
Of public trust. He viii be a
worthy successor to Attorney.
General Major.
Hon. Edwin P. Deal, of Char.
lesion, was Chairman Of the
House Appropriations Committee
in the last General Assembly
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-10-04

Mrs. Frank Hoefer went to
Kansas City Saturday morning to
spend the day.
D.. A. Ruebel of st, Louis
arrived Saturday to visit his
mother, who is critically i'll.
Willis Miller returned Fri
day evening to his home in
Mexico after a few days visit
here with relatives.
Miss Maria Wood went to
Kansas City Saturday for a
few days visit.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-10-03
Kenosha Teachers Con.
tribute $50 to State Pen
sion Fund First Time.
NO PENSIONERS IN KENOSHA
Forty Six School Teachers Including
Many of the Leaders Are Paying
Regularly into the State Retirement
Fund-other Plan in Milwaukee

There was deducted from the Sep
TENDER pay roll due teachers of the
public schools today an amount reach
ing 5000 to be paid into the retire
ment or pension fund. This means that
the teachers of the city must contri-
butte approximately $500 per annum.
Kenosha is under the state law.
Every teacher who mas come here since
the first day of September, 1911, is
compelled to pay toward the pension
fund and become members of the as
ISOLATION by compulsion.
With other teachers it is optional
but that choice had to be made prior
to September l, 1912, and no teacher
now, no matter how long she has
taught, may ever again have the OPP
portunity of joining this association.
A large number of teachers in this
city ,46 in number, by choice, have
become members of the association, In
GLIDING Superintendent Mary D. Brad
ford, supervisors and principals. These
teachers are paying one per cent of
their salaries during the first ten years
OF experience and two per cent during
following fifteen years. At the end of
rs years of experience, at least Is of
which must be in Wisconsin, an income
amounting to $500 per year will be
paid, which amount may be increased
by longer years Of service until a
maximum of $3.50 may be obtained af-
ter 35 years teaching experience.
Last year the contribution to the
fund was made by all new teachers
and larger amount is being paid
each month this year by these same
teachers and by those who have
elected to pay.
In the city of Milwaukee the pom
sion conditions are different than here
in Kenosha, the state law not apply
ing to them, as action was taken there
previous to the passage Of the law.
1t is learned that if the school board
of that city adopts recommendation
Of the rules committee next Tuesday
every teacher in the public schools
will be required to contribute to the
teachers pension fund after November
l Heretofore the act has been CD,
tional, only $50 of the 1900 instruc5-
ors paying in.
This would mean the victorious erd
of a long struggle for officers Of tho
fund who have sought to prevail upon
the board to adopt such rule to in
sure sufficient funds to meet the pur-
poses of the organization. In Milwau-
kee eight teachers are pensioners at
present. In Kenosha there are as yet
none.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-10-03

An automobile driver who is on the
verge of nervous prostration on ac-
count of the failure of pedestrians to
pay any attention to his warning sig
mails advances the theory that there
would be fewer accidents if the legis-
lative bodies regulated the pedestrians
little as well as the automobiles and
motorcycles and there is something in
his idea, The blame for many acct
dents rests absolutely upon the care
less pedestrian injured but these cases
have been lost sight Of in the multi
tude of accidents due to reckless driv-
ing and the omnipresent "scorcher. y
Especially should the children in all
of the lower grades in the public
schools be warned and taught to be
alert at all crossings. Hundreds Of
little tots going to or from school can
be seen wandering out into the street
at any crossing without a glance in
either direction.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-10-03
WILL HANDLE KEYS
Graduates of Kenosha
Wireless School go Into
Government Service.
SERVE ON Big OCEAN LINERS

Edward Jones and Floyd Driver, two
kenosha young men, who have been
studying wireless telegraphy, and who
recently completed their course of in
struction at the Kenosha Wireless
School, are now full pledged wireless
operators abroad ocean liners. Mr..
Jones and Mr.. Driver left for New
York City last week and word has
been received today stating that both
passed the government examinations,
at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, with high
standings and secured their licenses as
wireless operators. They were imme-
diately employed by the Marconi Wire
less Telegraph Company and sailed on
Saturday. Mr.. Jones is operator
aboard the S. S. Texas, belonging to
the Norway. Mexico & Gulf S S. Co.
His first run takes him to ports in Eng
land and Norway and returning stops
at Armenian and Mexican ports.
Mr.. Driver sailed Saturday on the
IS. s. Cocoma for Porta Rico. The Co.
coma belongs to the New York & Porta
Rico S. S. Co, and is one of their best
passenger ships plying between New
York and Porta Rico
Edward Tabbert, another graduate
of the Kenosha Wireless School, who
has been operator all summer on the
lake steamers, has been transferred to
the Atlantic Coast Division, with ex-
penses paid by the Marconi Co.
Wireless operators are in great de-
mand, owing to the law, requiring two
or more operators on all ships carry
ing passengers. The operators sre
required to pass the government test
and secure license before they can be
employed. The success of the Kenosha
boys speaks well of the work done by
Lamb Bros, who started the school for
wireless over q year ago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-10-03
WEDDING POSTPONED.
Chicago Broker Fails to Know Laws in
Wisconsin Had Been Changed.

Charles E. Holmes, Chicago broker,
does not keep posted on the changes in
the laws of Wisconsin and on account
of that fact> he was forced to delay
his marriage to Mrs. Frances nj. I.
Walton for whole day. Holmes came
to Kenosha with his bride late Mon
day evening and went to the residence
of the Rev. Peter Stair to be married.
He thought that all that was neces-
sary in Wisconsin was to sign a paper
ana that the matrimonial work was
over. He found that he had to have a
license for such wedding. He got
into Kenosha too late to get the L.
cense and court order and was forced
to return to Chicago. The bride spent
the evening with friends here and the
wedding took place the first thing this
morning at The parlor of the parsonage
of the Park Avenue Church. Mr.. and
Mrs. Holmes left at once for Chicago
where they will make their home.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-10-03

The state fire marshal want law
making it the duty of paid fire de-
partments to inspect the buildings
and surroundings in the business dis
tricts of all cities in the state monthly
and empower them to enforce the cor
rection of hazardous conditions where
ever found and the legislature should
act on his recommendation. The value
of the new law viii be found in the
provision comforting power on fire
chiefs to remedy bad conditions when
found, AS matter of fact the CON
slant patrol of the business districts
is carried on constantly by the fire
chiefs of all cities or their most trusted
subordinates now and fair general
knowledge of the general plans of all
buildings and the conditions surround
ing them are required of all fremen
so that the state will be imposing no
additional work ON the fremen if this
inspection is made part of their reg
ular duties by law
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-10-03
HANGING TO A Shoe STRING
Man Had Been in Unusual Cheerful
Disposition on Monday Evening and
Friends are Unable to Account for
His Tragic Act.-Jury Investigates.

Christ Nelson, SIS years of age and
a resident Of the country about Silver
Lake for any years, committed suicide
in the barn of w. I. Johnson, quart
er of a mile south of the village at an
early hour this morning. Nelson
chose an unusual way to die as he
hung himself with a shoe string. The
man had not been working about the
johnson farm and he is supposed to
have gone to the barn with the suicide
fully planned. A long rope hung from
the top of the barn, but it was so far
from the floor that it was impossible
for Nelson to make a moose Of it and
strange himself Conditions indicated
that he deliberately took off his shoes
and taking the strings out of them
tied them together and made the moose.
The rope hung down just far enough
for Nelson to reach it and tie the
strings to the end of 1T.
Nelson had been dead for some time
when the body was found by workmen
ON the farm just after seven o'clock
this morning. He had evidently been
forced to sway to and fro in the moose
to bring about strangulation, but the
narrow shoe string had cut deep into
the flesh.
The cause of the rash act of the man
is considerable of a mystery. Nelson
had worked as a ditcher about Silver
Lake and the western part of this
county for number of years. He had
two daughters residing in the village
OF Silver Lake and he had been in the
village on Monday afternoon. He had
not been drinking to excess during the
afternoon and he appeared to be in an
unusual cheerful disposition when he
was last seen on Monday evening. He
had arranged to do work on a farm
near the village today and the farm
er who had employed him instituted
the search which resulted in the find
ing of the body. Nelson is said to
have been i'll for a long time, but he
had shown signs of recovery in the
past few weeks and had not been
Respondent.
The remains were taken to Silver
Lake this morning and Justice Blum
of Salem, called a jury to make an in
.vestigation into the case. No arrange
ments have been made for the funer-
al, but the body will be buried at
Silver Lake.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-10-03
SZL|NSK| IS FREE
Judge Belden Directs Jury
to Bring a Verdict in
Favor of Defendant.
NO EVIDENCE OF CRIMINALITY

Charles Szlinski on trial in the Cir
cult court on charges of manslaughter
in connection with the death of Mike
Volakus to whose body a tube carry
compressed air was applied at the
Brass Works last May was discharged
by Judge Belden at the opening of the
session of the court this morning, In
directing the jury to bring in a ver-
dict of "Not Guilty" Judge Belden
declared that the evidence in the case
which had been taken on Monday
afternoon clearly showed that the
death of Volakus had been the result
of an accident and that there was
nothing in the evidence to show that
there had been any criminal intent on
the part of Szlinski. EWhen this case
was called" said the judge cit was
my intention to dismiss it but on read
ing over the evidence of the Coroner IS
inquest I thought that the absence of
the testimony of the defendant left
the case unclear in the mind of the
court. Since that the defendant has
taken the stand and has told the en-
tire story of the events which led up
to the death of Volakus and [ feel that
there can be no member of the jury
who would hold that there was Grim
inal intent on the part of the defen-
dant." District Attorney Hastings in
speaking on the motion to discharge
the defendant, as made by Attorney
Baker, declared that he could not
even see in the evidence a technical
guilt of Szlinski and that after a care
full consideration of the facOs in the
case he would not oppose the motion
of the Attorney of the defendant for
his discharge of the prisoner.
Szlinski took the stand himself, on
Monday afternoon and told the whole
story of the events on the night that
Volakus was killed. He admitted that
the men had attempted to play joke
on Volakus but showed by his evidence
that he had no idea of the possible re-
suits of the alleged joke. 1t was
shown that similar treatment had been
given to other men employed in the
department. and that in no case had
any serious result followed. Szlinski
showed the he was deeply penitent for
the part he had in the accident. His
wife and baby were with him in court
when the order discharging him was
announced and there was an effecting
scene. Many of the friends of the
defendant were also in court and they
crowded about him and offered con
gratulations.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-10-03

The new dog licenses have baaa re-
ceived by City Clerk Harrington and
number of them have already been
issued. All dog owners win be expect-
ed to purchase their canine friends
a lease of life for another year before
the first of October It is expected
that the check up on the canine pop
ulation of the city will be closer this
year than ever before if that is posi-
BILE. The sale Of these dog licenses is
the principal source of revenue for the
police pension fund and the officers
can be depended upon to get in every
dollar q license money that is com
ing to the fund The council once
threatened to revoke this ordinance
because OF the lax collection of the
fees, but there viii be no necessity
for anything of the kind this year for
two reasons. First, because the police
pension fund needs the money and,
second, because if there is any laxity
the board Of health viii interfere ana
demand the enforcement Of the ordi-
nance to the letter, The fact that
there have been no "mad dog''
scares of any consequence since the
ordinance was passed is due entirely
to the destruction of the homeless ours
which infested the streets of the city
IN such large numbers previous to it's
enforcement. Tt is believed that there
are very few dogs in the city now
without licenses and that an unlicens.
ed dog will be hard to find after the
police finish the checking up that viii
follow Immediately on the expiration
Of the time for renewing the licenses.