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The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-25
NEARING
 THREE SCORE IS
 VERY BUSY MAN

NEW YORK, Feb. 10. Thomas A. Edison will be 65 years old to- morrow. At his home Glenmont, Lewellyn park, West Orange, N. J, he talked today about himself and public affairs.
 Il don't feel any older than 25," he declared. q was never in bet ter health or spirits. My 65 years sit but lightly upon me, and I'll guarantee to run up six flights of stairs with any man of my age and be either ahead or at the top or pretty close behind
 You people who got up late this morning-at 6 or o'clock, perhaps think it was cold. What do you think about the weather when I get up, at 4:30? And I did not go to bed until midnight.
 That's my system-to bed at mid night and up at 4:30. It gives me plenty of sleep and a lot more time for my work
 Working on Talking Pictures.
 My chief interest now is in per fecting and elaborating my talking pictures and perfecting my plan for manufacturing concrete furniture The talking picture idea is we'll worked out, and have the actors working every day under a tent in West Orange, putting on scenic and talking performances. While the scheme appears to be pretty close to perfect, l want to keep at it un- til there is nothing further to do.
 The concrete furniture is going to be great boon. will be able to give the poor man, for $1O, as aristocratic a piece of furniture as the Fifth avenue millionaire pays $500 for, and mine will be more serviceable.
 While l am busy here with my work l have time, too, to look into public affairs, and I think I can gauge the sentiment of the people of the country fairly we'll.
 Tn my judgment, Theodore Roose- welt, if he is nominated and will ac- cept the nomination, will sweep the country.
 Roosevelt Does Things.
 Colonel Roosevelt is a man who does things. That Is why the Amer. ican people have confidence in him. He performs what he promises. I think the people are tiring of pub lie men who go into office with many promises of reforms and then forget their pledges. AS between Roosevelt and Wilson, Roosevelt is the biggest man Even running against Wilson, I believe Roosevelt will win by great majority"
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-25

dow, open and merely inserted his right arm and removed few trif- ling articles. Now, my clients arm is not himself, and l fail to see how You can punish the whole indiy- idual for an offence committed by only one of his limbs"
 That argument" said the judge, lis very well put Following it logically, l sentence the defendants arm to one years imprisonment He can accompany 1t or not, as he chooses"
 The defendant smiled, and with his lawyers assistance, unscrewed his arm, and, leaving it in the dock, walked out
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-25
BAN JOHNSON PITCHED
 FROM HIGH BALL FETE

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29. - Early Sunday morning guests of the New Willard hotel were awakened by the noise of the falling of heavy body down a flight of stairs Investi- gation showed the body to be Ban B. Johnson, president of the Ameri- can Baseball league
 According to rumor, President Johnson, Postmaster General Hitch cock, Governor Meade, of Vermont. Fourth Assistant Postmaster General P. V. DeGraw and number of other celebrities who had attended the Gridiron dinner, gathered in one of the private dining rooms of the New Willard for a second feast.
 Several of the guests had imbib- ed rather freely, the story goes. and wanted to make speeches. MT. Johnson is said to have interrupted the speakers several times by say ing:
 Cut that stuff and let's hear from the governor from Vermont"
 Governor Meade was the guest of MT. DeGraw and after President Johnson had called for speech from the governor the fourth or fifth time, MT. DeGraw decided it ti,,,o fn hope"
 He proved he was hope" it is said, when, with the assistance of walters, he picked B. B. Johnson up and gently pitched him down stairs.
 When asked about it today MT Johnson said he did not recollect such an occurrence.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-25
Note to Mrs. Schif From
 Valet Brandt Made Public

NEW YORK. Feb. r.. - After serving nearly five years in prison for burglary ar The home of Mor7i. mer [. S.at.r. where he was formerly emp,1s.d d. valet. Folke F. Brandt. may hr rrjed again to determine if he is euIly of the crime 10 which ne confessed and 1T which he is un- der sentence to serve thirty years in prison
 Judge Ro-alsky of the court of general sessions. who sentenced Brandt today ordered the with dra~al of Hrand,s plea cf guilty. and The substitution of plea of not guilty for a new trial.
 This action was taken two hours after Justice Gerard of the supreme court bench had reserved decision on an application for Brandt's release on WIT of habeas corpus, with the clmmeuf Ina, he was almost convinced" that the trial court had no jurisdiction in sentencing Brandt oh his plea, unsupported by eyi, dence.
 sehjff Wants Case sfted.
 A feature of roday's developments was tbr appearance of Judge Alton D. Parker in behalf of Mortimer l.. Schiff. who. he declared. is anxious tu have the case sifted to the bot i'm in order that "talse and infam- ous scandals might be proved un- true
 Meanwhile Brandt from his prison cell issued the following statement:
 T need nor say that l am glad to get d chance to regain my liberty, but if the liberty means that l mus he tae one to drag in scan, Ga1. then prefer to stay here"
 Governor Dix, who previously re- fused ra Interfere in Brandts be half, late today appointed Justice Gerard a= commissioner to hear Brandts application for clemency, which was regarded as a move to take the case ont of Judge Rosal- sky's hands.
 Says He Posed as Martyr.
 The attitude of Schiff as present, ed by Judge Parker in part follows
 There has never been a time since this mans conviction. that Schiff would not have injected him.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-25
l2 PER CENT OF CITY'S
 STREET DUST IS RUBBER

NEW YORK, Feb. 25. Accord. Ing to Staines Manders, an expert on rubber, the dust that is collected from city streets and park walks contains 12 per cent rubber. This is more than sufficient to insure a munificent return for the labor of sweeping it up and carting 1t away MT Manders suggests that the street cleaning department turn over the dust removal job to a firm of rub. Der refiners, who will do the work for nothing.
 The streets are strewn with rub ber," declared Mir Manders on his arrival from Europe Hundreds of samples have been analysed by Flu ropean scientists and in every case large returns of rubber have been obtained. The busiest thorough fares are the most fruitful.
 Recently We discovered that 31 per cent of the dust is pulverized stone, 9 per cent iron dust from wheels, hoofs and boot protectors; 12 per cent rubber dust from motor and other rubber wheels, while 6 per cent comes from boot leather.
 Few people realize that they are swallowing rubber with every breath as they walk through 8 dusty thor oughfare. We are on the verge of solving the problem of street clean ing. A company could be formed to keep the streets of New York clean, preserving the sole rights for ex. tracting the rubber"
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-25

LONDON, Feb. 24. An Ameri- can detective who had been called 10 England on business connected with the prosecution of a minor criminal case, has revealed the fact that there are buried in London several long forgotten mysteries which in their day were upon the tongues of almost everyone in the United States.
 Twenty years ago." he said, there appeared in Milwaukee, Wis. a polished and urbane man giving the name of Frank A. Lappen. He was one of those irresistible kind of men one likes without understand ing why, and the fact that he had no money, or but little, seemed to make no difference to the big bus mess men with whom he fraternized
 John Plankinton, the first busi- ness partner of the late Philip D. Armour, had just erected on a prin- cipal street large business block containing a row of stores from street to street, but it had no ten ants and none seemed to be forth coming. Lappen made the acquaint- ance of Plankinton and outlined a plan for using the block. It was n niture and house furnishing estab- lishment to occupy 200 of the 300 feet frontage. If he could get the property at a reasonable rental, Lap pen said, he thought he might raise the money to buy the stock.
 PIankin+on Swallows Scheme.
 "Plankington had great faith in the future of Milwaukee and especi- ally that part of it where his build ing stood, and he was also of a philanthropic turn
 50 Uncle John told Lappen if he would carry out his plans he VI AoAhiAtoAJ "oulu 6lFe Alul tHe building free for ten years and loan him $25000 In the bargain.
 Now it is known that Lappen didn't have $100 to his name, so you can imagine how this big store developed. With Plankinton back ing him in this way, it was a snap for Lappen to get credit, and almost before anyone realized it, he had one of the great establishments of Milwaukee under way, a line of credit at a bank and factories beg ging him to take their furniture, their stoves, their carpets, mattress es and what not.
 ''He got fortune out of the bank, collected everything he could, bor rowed a few thousand dollars from individuals and one night stole sill ently and safely away. The bank went under later on.
 Followed All Over the World.
 We followed him to South Amer ica, to New Zealand, to China and Japan, and then he was lost to sight for eight years, only to turn up
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-25
BLIND PIG UNDER A CHURCH

ALBANY, Ga, Feb. r. Boys saw a rabbit today near the Baptist church and gave chase. The rabbit ran into the churchyard and into a burrow under the portico.
 Reaching down to get the rabbit, one of the lads felt something smooth and cold. It was pint flask of whisky. Flasks kept con- ing until 10S pints of whiskey were dragged out. Members of the church were shocked when told of the blind tiger" under the structure.
 kan had been dragged into the alley and shot. Robbery was apparently the motive, for it is said that O. son carried a large sum of money.
 T have not heard from Oscar for two years" said Mrs. Olson last night, and I have not seen him for four years. It was just about four years ago that he went away, and then two years ago I had a letter from him saying that he was going to Alaska to look for gold He found it, it seems-and then, this"
 She was prostrated by the trag- edy.
 The Alaskan had been in Seattle only a few days. He had stopped to get "outfitted" for civilized life He had ordered new clothes, which were nearly finished, and was about to start East. In his pocket was found letter signed Sister Lena,'' and giving the address in Chicago The body will probably be brought to Chicago for burial
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-25
.BIRRELL SAYS HOME RULE
 DETAILS WILL BE SECRET

LONDON, Feb. 22. Augustine Birrell, chief secretary for Ireland, made it clear in a speech before his constituents in Bristol tonight that no details of the home rule bill will be made known until the premier outlines the measure in introducing it in the house of commons. He passed over the financial aspect of the bill with jokes about what he might say being distorted by Union ist critics,
 The people," he said, know that 1t is bill which will set up on Irish soil an Irish parliament house of parliament and senate and they know that this parliament will be intrusted with legislative au. thority over the whole range of purely Irish domestic affairs"
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-25
DID THE JUDGE STAND FOR IT?

w. w. Jacobs has this for one of his favorite stories:
 A lawyer, defending a man accused Of housebreaking, spoke like this:
 Your Honor, submit that my client did not break into the house at all. He found the parlor win
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-25

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-'Nine-tenths of women are scatter-brained and don't know how to think" according to Mrs. Mary Thompson Chaplin, noted society leader
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-25

LATHROBE, Pa. - Praying for seventeen years that her sight be restored, and declaring she would then be ready to die, Mrs. Mary Warner, 93, is dead Her sight was miraculously restored three weeks ago.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-25

COURT AOJOURNS. WASHINGTON, D. C., March IS. The supreme court adjourned to- day until the first of April.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-08-30
ADDISON.

L. G. Seegar is in Burlington attend
ing the health officers meeting which
convened Monday and lasting until
Thursday.
Arthur Batch and Miss Flea Water.
man of Hardwick are guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Rollin Sherbino.
Mrs. Miranda Willmarth is failing fast.
David Jackson is on the sick list. DR..
Phelps is attending him.
Will Wood is not recovering as fast as
his friends wish.
Misses Leola and Helen Carlton have
returned to their home in Burlington.
Mr.. and Mrs COPELAND of Brockton
Mass, are VISITING at II. w. S%pooner's,
and Alison Howard and Harry Spooner.
G. 7. Reekie has two sisters from
Massachusetts, visiting him.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. C. Sherbino, Mr..
Balch and Miss Waterman have returned
from camping at Potash Bay.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-08-30
ORWELL.

Miss Maude Smith is home from
Mortified, Mass.
Mrs John Nickerson of Albany, N. Y,
is in town.
Orwell boys played a team from HYDE
Manor last Saturday. The score stood
8 to 4 in favor of Orwell.
Seventeen members of Company B. of
the 18th Vermont Volunteers, were
present last week in Fair Haven. The
captain, c Abel, was in line with the
boys.
Miss Alice Warren returned to New
York city Sunday night.
5 Vail and family have returned
from the north part of the state and are
at the farm.
King Burnell has typhoid fever, but is
doing well.
Miss Bertha Lille of Ballston, N. Y,
is in town.
A w Hill of Burlington is with his
family here for two weeks.
Orwell's second field day will be held
Wednesday, September IS,
John Hopkins of La Sale, N. Y. re-
turned home last Tuesday.
Mrs J E Swift of Woodstock has been
in town for a week.
Miss Vella Mallory has been for some
days in Sudbury.
Dr. L B Rowe and family have been
for a week visiting in Georgia, returning
home last Thursday night.
Mr. and Mrs Eugene Abbott of Ran
dolph were with their son, w L Abbott.
last week.
Mr. and Mrs Robert Nickerson have a
son, born August %.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-08-30
Estate OfLewis HI. Wilkinson
of BridpOrt
STATE OF VERMONT.

NgDlSIRICT OF ADDISON. SIS.
aforesaid: :" the ulstr'0
lothe heirs. and all persons interested in the
estate OF Lewis II. Wilkinson, late of Bridport' in
said district. deceased, cprprrUI1i III
Whereas. application hath been made 70 tb;s
court in writing by the administrstor
OF the estate OF said deceased, PRAYING for license
ana authority to sell all of real estate of said de-.
ceased, for the payment of debts and CHARGES Of
administration, setting forth therein the amount
Of debts due from said deceased. the
charges OF administration, and the amount of per-
sonal estate and the situation of the real estate
Whereupon, the said court appointed and as-
signed the End day of September. 1912. at II
o CLOCK a. m. at the Probate Office in MiddleblIrv.
IN sad district, to hear and decide upon said annii,
caton and petition, and ordered public notice there
oil 70 be given to all persons interested therein. bv
pupilshing said order, together with the time and
ana place OF hearing, three weeks. successfully in
the Middlebury Register. a newspaper which cir
culates IN the neighborhood of those persons in
tSrested in said estate. all which publications
snail be previous to the day assigned for hearing.
therefore,, you are hereby notified to appear be-
1ore SAID court, at the time and place assigned.
then and there in said court to make your obiec-
tlons TO the granting of such license, if you see
cause.
.nlNen under my hand at Middlebury in said
SO CbarIas pr+to, I,au
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-08-30

Don't use harsh physics. The reaction
weakens the bowels, leads to chronic
constipation. Get Doan's Regulets
They operate easily. csc at all stores.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-08-30

Elmer Barnum has sold his farm tc
Frank Beyett.
William Anderson and family of Mt,
Hermon are guests of Mr. and Mrs An.
derson.
Pin w. Waite, who was taken i'll last
Friday, is still on the sick list.
MIR and Mrs William Sessions and
daughter of Rutland were over Sunday
guests of Mr. and Mrs John Moore.
Mrs E C Kendall is greatly improved
since returning from the sanitarium
and has been out riding several times.
Sherrie Mead, who has been off duty
since breaking his hip, expects to resume
his work on route l by October l.
Mrs. Hall, accompanied by her grand
daughter, Marjorie Moore, started Mon
day for Westfield to visit her daughter.
Rev. G. Waite preached his farewell
sermon last Sunday morning and will
move to Richmond, VT, this week.
Six children were baptised by Mr..
Waite last Sunday morning.
Nominations for representatives to the
General Assembly Wallace Larrabee,
republican,; Ralph Brown, regular re-
publican; Edwin H. Moore, progressive
republican.
Miss Jennie Witherell left home Mon
day for Rochester, n. Y, to visit rela-
tives. Miss Witherell was accompanied
by Mrs. Judge Bingham and son, from
Cornwall, who are on their way West.
List of teachers for Shoreham schools:
High school, Mabel L. Agnew; gram.
mar, Ethel Burditt; Intermediate, Carrie
Wilmarth primary, Jennette Matthews;
Richville, Katherine McGinity; LARA
bees Point, Harriet Prindle; b rum
Hill, Beth Delano; Worcester Hill,
Ruth Eggleston; Cream Hill, Flora
Grosvenor; Buttolph Hill, Beatrice Dro
lette; East Shoreham, Euretta Leonard.
Don't use harsh physics. The reaction
weakens the bowels, leads to chronic
constipation. Get Doan's Regulets
They operate easily. csc at all stores.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-08-30
COUNTY NEWS.
U

Mrs Annie Wright awl Mrs. Cynthia
BirdsNu returned to Paving. N. Y,
this W eek.
Joseph and Elias Bin dsall are guests of
MI. g. d Mrs. l.. Birdonll.
Miss Mary Jones was a gu It recently
OF Mrs d. II. Sargent.
Ne,ue Hurlburt ard wife are at work
for Fred MalceiIle during Mrs. Mar
c%eille's illness at the Mary Fletcher hos
pital.
Miss Cassie Hallock is better.
Miss Helen Orvis, who has been a
guest of her aunt in Weybridge, has re.
turned.
Miss Adah Marceille has returned from
a short stay at Brandon.
Mrs. Edwards and children of Brook
lyn are stopping at Daniel Hallock's.
The school house in the Orvis district
is being reprinted. Miss Ellison will
teach there this fall.
Harry Hutchinson of Brooklyn made
a flying visit at the Turner cottage last
week,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-08-30
RIPTOh.

q tho pastor attended cam
meeting on the 25th inst, consequence
there was only Sunday school at tn,
church.
A heavy thunder shower passed owe
the town on the Goth inst. For NOR,
than an hour the lightning was viviC
and the thunder heavy and incessant
Quite a large amoun of rain fell.
A monument in memory of Joseph j
Hale, who was a member of Compan,
+ of the 9Th Vermont during the re-
bellion, was put in place on the 9th il
the Cook cemetery. His son Charles of
st. Adams betrayed the expens4.
Though late, it if fitting that the mem.
DRY of a brave mar and good soldier
should be honored. The inscription
states that he was killed at the battle OF
the Wilderness.
On the 27th inst. we had the pleasure
of meeting John M. Calvin Of Worces.
ter, Mass, who is visiting his father,
William Calvin, here. We were pleased
to learn that he is prospecting, for he is
one of our towns boys.
The Rev. Alexander Mckinley, wife,
two small daughters and Mrs. Howarth
of Dalton, Mass, are guests at H. E
Days. MIR. Mckinley was pastor of the
M. Z. church here ten years ago and
won a host of warm friends who will be
pleased TO learn that he has been pro.
NOTED to a wider field of usefulness and
labor, where he can secure a better
recompense for his efforts than it was
possible to obtain for him here.
Chauncey E. Beeman and bride of
Burlington were in town on the 2lst
inst. on their wedding trip.
Mrs. Lingard, wife of our blacksmith,
has arrived here and it is presumed that
housekeeping will be taken up in rooms
over the shop.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fuller of Stony Creek
Warren county, N. Y, are visiting al
the parsonage.
Clayton Kirby of Worcester, Mass.
was in town on the 23d inst, coming up
to see his old home while spending his
vacation with his father, Ii. A. Kirby of
Middlebury.
Miss Gertrude Billings of Middlebury.
Miss Charts Billings of Poultney and
Miss Gladys Billings of Rochester are
here visiting their grandmother, Mrs.
Hope Billings.
A Mr.. Crane of Kansas was here on
the 24th inst. inquiring about a man
that left here for the West forty five
years ago, but found no trace of him.
William Sherman. H. l. Spoor, Will
liam Calvin. j. s. Chandler and D. P.
Mills have been put in nomination as
justices to be voted for at the coming
election.
The sociable held by the ladies on the
evening of the Esd inst. was a success
socially and financially. A big crowd
was out and the proceeds from the sale
of ice cream Melted nearly or quite
twelve dollars.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-08-30
Estate of HI eIen WI. MurkIand
TATE OF

VI
k)DISTRICT OF ADDISON. SIS.
The Honorable Probate Court for the district
aforesaid:
To all persons interested in the estate of Helen
M. Murkland. late of Wolfeboro, in the State of
New Hampshire. deceased. leaving estate in this
district. GREETING:
AT a probate court holden at Middlebury, with
in and for said district on the 18th day of August.
1912, an authenticated copy of the last will and
testament and the probate thereof of Helen M.
Murkland. late of Wolfeboro. in the county of
Carroll, in the State of New Hampshire, deceased.
leaving estate in said district, duly proved, allowed
and established in the probate court for the
county and State aforesaid, was presented to the
court here. that the same instrument may be
allowed in this State as the last will and testament
of the said d%ecedent, and that the said copy may be
filed and recorded in the probate court for the
district of Addison, aforesaid. agreeable to the
statute in such cases made and provided:
And it is ordered by said court that the End day
of September. 1912, at 10 o'clock a. m. at the pro-
bate court office in said Middlebury, be assigned
for all persons interested to appear and contest
the llowance of such instrument, and the filing
and recording of the copy of said will, and the
probate thereof, as aforesaid. if they see cause;
and that notice thereof be given by publishing
this order three weeks successfully in the Middle
bury Register. a weekly newspaper published in
SAID district, previous to the time appointed.
Therefore, you are hereby notified to appear be-
fore said court. at the time and place aforesaid,
and to contest the allowance of the said instru-
ment and the filing and recording of the copy of
SAID viii and the probate thereof, as aforesaid, if
you have cause.
Given under my hand at Middlebury, in said dis
trict, this 18th day Of August, 1912.
30 Charles |. Button, Judge of Probate.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-08-30
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