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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-18

the first legal primary held in any state.
The fight is very closely contested be-
tween Col. Roosevelt and Senator La
Toilette, La Follette's friends are
backed up in their claims of victory
By Senator Gronna Of North Dakota,
who left Washington some time ago to
take personal charge of la Folette's
campaign.
En- Congress sman Diekma of Michigan,
chairman of the Taft organization in
that, telegraphed that a meeting OF the
supervisors Of Chippewa county, Gov.
0shorns home, a poll was taken on
presidential preferences which resulted
in President Taft receiving p votes
and Roosevelt I.
Most significant to Washington poll
tieians was the result in the seventh In
diana congress district, where primaries
were held Friday to elect delegates to
the district convention, which Satur-
day chose two Taft delegates to the
Chicago convention. The president car
ried every city, every ward and two
large townships outside of indianapolis
IN Marion county, which comprises the
seventh district OF the delegates elect
Taft secured 1873 and Roosevelt &. The
vote was about three to one in favor
OF President Taft.
A significant feature Of the result was
that a country township outside OF In
dianapolis elected thirteen Taft and six
Roosevelt delegates. In both the sew
enth and the first Indiana districts the
vote in the rural communities was large
" in favor Of President Taft. II has
been the claim of the Roosevelt man
ayers that il primaries could be held,
the country voters would rally in over
whelming numbers to the support OF
Roosevelt
The Roosevelt committee Saturday
put out a claim as to poll alleged
to have been made of the Maryland
legislature. Their summary Of the
House vote was about two to one for
Roosevelt, and that the canvass Of the
Senate, according to their figures, showed
three for Roosevelt, two for Taft and
three doubtful.
A statement was also issued from
the Roosevelt headquarters summarize
ing the results as to delegates to date.
1t is claimed that Roosevelt has forty
four instructed delegates. Taft fourteen
and Cummins two. with eighty four dele
gates as contested. The inaccuraey of
this table is shown by the fact that
two delegates from Indiana are placed
in the Roosevelt column and no refer
ence is made to any other delegates
having been named in that state. As
a matter of fact two delegates We're
elected in the first Indiana district Fri
day and instructed for Taft and Sat
urday the convention Of the seventh In.
diana district elected two more and in
structed them for Taft.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-18
COMMITTED SUICIDE
BY STRAP HANGING
Mrs. Beeckman Lorillard Took 0ppor-
tunity While Her Husband Went
to Order Automobile For
Their Pleasure Ride.
Their Pleasure Ride.

New York, March lS.-Mrs. Kathleen
Leslie Lorillard, wife of Beeckman Loril-
lard and grandson of Peter Lorillard,
committed suicide Saturday afternoon
in the bathroom of her apartments at
the Holland house by hanging herself
with a trunk strap. The only explana-
ton Mr. Lorillard could give was that
her mind had given way in an attack
of neurasthenia, a malady from which
she suffered at intervals for some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lorillard had luncheon
together at the hotel rather late and
went upstairs to their apartments on
the eighth floor. A little before $3.50
o'clock Mr.. Lorillard suggested that they
take an automobile ride. Mrs. LOrillard,
who appeared to be in good spirits at
the time, assented and Mr.. Lorillard
went downstairs to order the machine
at the hotel stand. He was not gone
from the apartment more than fifteen
minutes, and perhaps little less.
When he returned to his apartment
his wife did not meet him as he had ex-
pected she would and he walked through
the apartment calling her. He found
her in the bathroom. She was hanging
hv the neck by canvas trunk strap,
one end of which had been fastened to
a bracket near the ceiling. 1t was evil
dent that she had stood on chair, tied
the light canvas strap to the fixture and
in the other end of the strap had made
moose and put it about her neck.
Mr.. Lorillard put his weight on the
light strap and tore it down. Then he
carried his wife into the bedroom and
telephoned to the hotel Office. Manager
Sommers of the hotel called in DR.. A. A.
Moore of 43 East Thirtythird street.
DR.. n. l.. Hooker, who is associated with
D.. Moore, accompanied him to the ho-
tel The two physicians worked over
the woman for something over an hour,
using artificial respiration and what 9TH
err restorative methods seemed applicable.
DIR. Moore said afterward that the eff
fort was really hopeless from the be-
ginning.
There was no note to explain Mrs.
Lorillard's desire to die. She was
dressed as she had been dressed at lunch
con. A heavy wrap was thrown care
lessly on the bed aud her hat lay near
it. 1t seemed plausible to suppose that
she had put on the cloak and hat ready
for the automobile ride and. suddenly de-
Gliding upon suicide, had thrown off the
cloak and hat and gone into the bath
room. The strap with which she hung
herself was light canvas strap used
to strap together gowns on the inside
of a trunk. It is not more than three
of an inch wide and although
Of strong texture, is light and pliable
and easily tied.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-18
SO YEARS A MASON.
A B. Preston Was Honored al Sharon
on Friday Night.

Sharon. March 1S.-In honor of the
50th anniversary of Albert Baldwin Pres
ton as a member of the Masonic fra
ternity. a public observance was held
In the town hall here Friday night, at
tended by hundreds of townspeople and
members of the order. Past Master &.
w. Sleeper presided over the evenings
entertainment and music was furnished
BY an orchestra from South Royalton.
Henry II. Ross of Burlington, secretary
of the grand lodge. gave an address on
Esprit and Mission of Free Masonery."
Visiting delegations were present from
Temple lodge of Strafford and Rising
Sun lodge of South Royalton. Many let
tiers of regret were read from promi.
nent Masons throughout the state. At
the close of the entertainment Mr.. Pres
ton was presented with a past masters
jewel. The committee in charge was
Past Masters w. G. Porter, G. W. Sleep
er and II. f. Preston.
Mr. Preston is a life long resident of
this place, having been born here "a
years ago He is the present master
of Sharon lodge, f. and A. NJ, and his
election to the office of master at the
last regular meeting had special signifi-
canoe from the fact that i. was his
5Oth year as n member of the order, hav-
inc Joined Temple lodge in the adjoin-
ing village of South Strafford in 1861. 1t
was not until recent years that Sharon
had Masonic lodge, and those of its
residents DESTROYS of becoming Ma
son sought membership in Temple lodge.
Upon the formation of Sharon lodge,
Mr. Preston withdrew from Temple
lodge and united with Sharon and was
made its first master, and continued
as such for three years, and now, in
the 50th anniversary of his Masonic
life, he is again master of the lodge.
The year that Mr. Preston joined Tenn
Pile lodge, his father, the late Col
Moses Preston, was junior warden and
his uncle. Rev. John q. Baldwin, was
senior warden.
Mr. Preston is hale and vigorous in
his 74th year and is known throughout
New England as a successful breeder
OF pure bred Devon cattle. He owns
a farm of 400 acres and is also a dealer
in lumber.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-18
SENDING OF A BOMB
FOLLOWED BY VISIT
New York Police Believe, However, That
There Was No Connection Between
the Two Events in Case of
Judge Rosalsky.

New York. March ls.-The home of
Judge Otto Rosalsky, where the judge
narrowly escaped death or injury by
a bomb delivered through the mail Sat
urday night was the scene yesterday of
renewed excitement when a stability
dressed man wildly kicked at the door
and demanded admittance, which the
frightened maid denied him.
The police, who took the stranger TO
BELLEVUE for examination as to his san
ity. believe him insane, but not CON
nected with the attempt on Judge Rosal-
sky's life.
Judge Rosalsky declared he had no
particular suspicion Of anyone, though
he admitted receiving many threatening
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-18
BoRAH BOOM LAUNCHED.
Idaho Republican Progressive League Is
Pushing His Candidacy.

Boise, Idaho, March ls.-"Senator w.
E. Borah for president" is the slogan
which the Idaho Progressive Republican
league launched Saturday. 1t proposed
that solid Borah delegation be sent
to the national Republican convention
from Idaho, and in case neither Taft nor
Roosevelt secured the nomination on the
ballot to push the Idaho senator as the
only progressive who would be satisfac-
tory to the conservatives of the party.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-18

letters. He would say nothing as to
the suggestion that the sending of the
bomb might be connected with the Brandt
case, in which the Judge figured as the
justice who sent Brandt to prison for
80 years.
The feature especially interesting the
police is the similarity of the bomb TO
that which killed Grace Walker February
3. That bomb was also sent through the
mail and resembed the Rosalsky bomb
in many particulars. The police never
cleared up that mystery.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-18
TAFT GAINED FOUR,
ROOSEVELT TWO
As Result of Conventions Held Satur-
day, and Taft Now Has 135 Dele
gates to IS For Roose-
velt.

Washington. March Is. President
Taft added four delegates to his to-
tai by the conventions held Saturday
and Col. Roosevelt added two No more
conventions will be held until Tuesday.
The Taft total is now 1885 and the
Roosevelt total Is. Senator Cummins
has two delegates. Conventions were
held Saturday in one district in In
diana and one district in Alabama, each
of which elected Taft delegates, and
one district in Oklahoma, the second
elected two Roosevelt delegates.
The state wide primaries in North Da-
kota on Tuesday next will be the next
interesting test of strength. 1t win be
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-18
COLONIES MEN SwAMPED.
Republican Convention at Indianapolis
Goes for Taft, 1913 to 6.

indianapolis, March lS.--Supporters Of
the denomination OF President Taft con-
trolled the seventh congressional district
Republican convention at indianapolis on
Saturday and elected their candidates
for delegates to the national convention
Mayor lew Shank and William II. Eng
lish of indianapolis, by vote Of 1913 to
G for the Roosevelt candidates. Resohi-
tons were adopted instructing the dele
gates to vote for President Taft and
condemning the political theories Of re-.
call Of the Judiciary or judicial opinions
and the presidential third term
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-18
MABEL TALIAFERRo's DECREE.
Fred Thompson's Wife Hears Oficially
That She's Divorced.

Chicago, March ls.-Mabel Taliaferro.
wife Of Frederic Thompson, the theatri-
cal man, Saturday got her decree OF
divorce.
Miss Taliaferro was divorced from
Thompson last December by Judge Kay-
anagh but as she was absent from
Chicago at the time she was not "otli-
eially" notified of the decree until sat
urdav.
Are You going to be married again
she was asked
What | am going to do concerns
me alone" she replied. "This decree
says / cannot marry again in Illinois
fer year | can't marry again in
that time or / win be breaking the
law"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-18
GIVES INSTANT ACTION

Kendrick & Co., druggists, report that
A SINGLE DOSE of simple buckthorn
bark. glycerine, ETC., as compounded in
Adler-i-ka, the German appendicitis rem
edy. stops constipation or gas on the
stomach INSTANTLY. Many Barre PEG
pie are being helped.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-18
PARALYSIS FATAL.
Causes Death of Rear Admiral George w
Melville at Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, March ls.--Rear Admir-.
al George Wallace Melville, retired, died
in his home here yesterday of paraly-
sis. He was national commander OF
the LOYAL Legion and noted author
ity ON arctic exploration, also engineer
ing and naval affairs. He was " years
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-18
TRAGEDY is REVEALED.
Elmira, NJ ", Man Thought He Had
Killed Wife and He Shot Himself.

Elmira, n. Y, March ls.--Temporarily
insane, Nathaniel X. Boeren, formerly
prominent resident of this city, beat
his wife over the head with hatchet
and leaving her for dead, shot bim-
self dead in their home near Tioga, Pa.
The tragedy occurred Friday but was
not discovered until Sunday morning
Mrs. Boeren was then taken to a hos
pital where, late last night, she had
not regained consciousness.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-18
TIME TO KNOW THIS
What Hem-Roid Will Do For Any Wom-
an With Piles.

Many woman drags along life of
misery with piles because she does not
know of HEM-R0ID the sugar-coated
tablet remedy that cures any kind Of
piles by restoring good circulation Of
blood in the swollen, clogged parts.
HEM ROID is sold undsr a guarantee
of satisfaction by Burt IL. Wells, Barre,
VT. and all druggists. 81 for "a days
treatment. Dr. Leonhardt Co, Station
b, Buffalo, n. Y, mails free booklet
describing it.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-18
LADDERS TOO SHORT
TO SAVE WOMAN
Mother and Daughter Burned to Death
at Niagara Falls Last Night--An-
other Daughter Is Ex-
pected to Die.

Niagara Falls, Otn., March ls.-Mrs.
Charlotte Patterson, aged 10 and her
daughter, Elmetta, were burned to death
in fire that destroyed the Logan block
here last night.
Another daughter, Ella May, will die.
Firemen were unable to rescue the wom-
en- because their ladders were too short
to reach the third floor, where the WON
en- were trapped.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-18

trade, but between monopoly and pro-
lection. Had reasonable protective bill
been enacted in its place we should not
tonight have a Democratic House, which
is a menace to protection.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-27
COUNTY CLERKS
SESSION CLOSES
Interesting Papers Read and Discussed
for General Good-Grand Rapids
Hospitality Greatly Appreciated.

The County Clerks Association
closed their convention here Thurs
day afternoon. The clerks were u
unanimous in saying that this was
one of the best meetings they have
ever had They all had a good time
and before the final meeting was
brought to a close they passed a re-
S 'ution thanking the Commercial
Club, the automobile owners and
citizens generally for their welcome
and the good time they have had
while in this city. The clerks We're
strong in their appreciation of the
entertainment provided for them, by
our popular local clerk, F H Eber-
hardt. Appleton was decided upon as
the place of holding the next annual
meeting. Portage and Fond du Lac
were in the race, but Appleton won
out.
Commencing Wednesday Afternoon
the real business of the Association
was started. Earl NJ. LaPIant of
Sturgeon Bay, who was the first
clerk to adopt the uniform system
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-27

ing the reading of the paper the
clerks expressed themselves as in
favor Of adopting the system.
A paper entitled ''The Income Tax
Law was read by l.. F. Shoemaker
of Waupaca who went into the details
Of the law and whose paper proved
very interesting. This was follow
ed by a general discussion of the sub
ject and an extensive talk by NJ. P.
Haugen, of the Take commission.
]. King of Wausau read a paper
on the Corrupt Practices Act" and
went into detail showing how it eff
fected the county officials.
In the evening a Fish Bake was
enjoyed at the Pavilion. Guy Getts
acted as caterer and put up a feed that
was appreciated. AS the county clerks
are class of fellows (goodfellows)
who have to use their brain, fish
feed was welcomed by them as it put
them into good condition for the work
OF the convention. A smoker fol
lowed the fish bake, stories were told
toasts made and A R. Hirst of the
the State Highway Commission spoke
regarding the workings of the state
aid highway law.
Thursday morning the clerks were
taken for an automobile ride to Biron.
Port Edwards and about the city. Fol-
lowing this ride they went thru he
Consolidated paper mill. Both the
ride and the visit to the mill were
greatly appreciated. They We're also
taken thru the johnson & Hill store.
! One clerk remarked, you must have
a city Of fifteen or twenty thousand
| judging from this store Many re-
marks regarding the store were
made and considerable surprise was
shown at the size, the beauty and
the large stock carried by this store.
After the sightseeing trip the
work Of the convention was taken
up at the court house. S. H. Wood
of Baraboo did not come but he sent
his paper, Can There Be Complete
Uniformity in the Details of County
Government? which was read by
one of the other members. The gist
Of his paper was that it would be ne
cessary TO have the legislature take
hold and prescribe the details of
County Government
A paper, ''Non-Partisan Election
of County Officers" was read by E.
S. Hall of Green Bay. The non
partisan election of county officers
was strongly recommended by Mr..
Hall as it would mean the election
Of the man best qualified to fill the
position whereas under the party
line election, the party with the big
gest lineup of voters could place a
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-27
WEIGHTS AND
MEASURES

F. P. Downing, chief inspector of
weights and measures was in town
comforting with Mayor Cohen and
other city officials relative to the
of a city sealer. In
view of the fact that the only can
didate who passed the civil service
examination, refuses to take the po-
sition, the Mayor should ask tie
state civil service commission to
give another examination. Mr. Down
ing says in a city the size of Grand
Rapids it is not necessary for the seal
er to devote his whole time to the
work. In several towns of this size
men are at work now who devote
only part of their time to the work.
Candidates should write to +. E.
Doty, secretary of State Civil Ser
vice Commission for blanks and cop
les of the state law and regulations
upon which the examination is to
be based.
Grand Rapids. one Of the few towns
in the state in which a sealer is re-
quired by law to be appointed that
has not complied. 1t is to the in
terest Of the people and the honest
dealers that a man be stationed here
to keep in touch with the trade. Mr..
Downing reports several violations
nf o+o 70 I,
notice this morning. He found one
dealer whose scale was 1a OF. fast
and all his packages were u OF. under
weight. He found two or three OF
sacks being included in the weight
of sugar sold.
He. finds some butchers not allow
ing for the weight of lard trays. Lin
seed oil measures were found badly
coated. One scale was found with
an incorrect chart. The peach season
will soon be here and Grand Rapids
has no one to look after the short
baskets.
Mr.. Downing states that during
the berry season, those cities with
Vigilant city sealers saw to it that
the people of their town received full
quart berry boxes, whereas the short
boxes were sent to towns having no
local sealer. In his opinion sealer
of weights and measures would save
the people of the town many times
his salary.
The ice man, coal man, peddler,
confeotioner and dry goods merchant
all come within the jurisdiction of
the law.
The state of Wisconsin has for the
first six months of the year made
over 10000 tests. Over % per cent.
of these scales and measures were
found inaccurate. The presumption
is that the same proportion will be
found in Grand Rapids.
Mr.. Downing also was looking over
the cranberry situation The standard
cranberry barrel is the only one that
can be manufactured by coopers in
this state. The state department in
tends to prosecute any Yiolators of
the law. In this determination it
has the hearty cooperation OF the
Wisconsin Cranberry Sales Co., of
which Mr. Gaynor is secretary.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-27

Wood County Favorable for the
Growth of Potatoes, Rye. Corn
Vegetables and Root Crops.

Wood county needs more settlers
and the way to get them is to pro
duce large results and make the out
side public acquainted with them.
You have in Wood county several va
rieties Of soil, especially the clay
loans, the sandy loans and the peat
soils. Each of these is suited. to
certain ranges of crops and is capa-
BILE of producing results that if known
to the 1homeseeking public. would fill
up the county in a short time.
Taking the sandy loans into con
sideration, it is well known that they
are peculiarly adapted to the produc-
tton OF potatoes, rye and when well
filled with organic matter, to corn,
vegetables, root crops, and small
fruits 1t would be we'll to limit the
oats acreage to the necessities of
the livestock and cut out barley and
wheat This leaves a good range of
crops. A short period rotation of
crops will be found profitable, for
the reason that under proper condi-
tions potatoes will yield a handsome
return. rye Of the highest quality
can be grown and is the best crop
with which to SOW clover, which will
not only produce a good crop, but
the sod plowed under will supply the
humus which is needed especially in
the sander soils. Such a threeyear
rotation ought to produce much bet
ter results than are shown in your
county by the census.
For the purpose of getting a com
parison of the value of the crops of
Wood county and other counties where
land values are very high and othe!.
counties where Wisconsin people are
asked to go, I have made an anaIy-
sis OF the United States census and
will give the result of the inyesti-
cation as follows, first stating that
the average value of the farms as
they stood in 1910 in the high pric-
ed states We're as follows:
Champaign county Illinois, per
acre '..... -..... ..,.....S SLY ny
Polk county. Iowa, per acre 118 O6
Marion county. Indiana per
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-27

man in the office who was in no
way qualified to ill it.
The following officers were elect,
ed:
Pres.-H. F. OfferdahI of Hudson.
Vice Pres.-John Brandt, of Merrill
Sec.-Earl NJ. LaPIant, of Stur-
geon Bay.
Treas.-V. P. Raith, of Amigo.
Mr.. Offerdahl, the new president
is one of the promoters and organi-
zers of the association and it is ow-
ing to his untiring energy and push
that the organization was effected
in the first place and the fact that
he has never missed a meeting and
comes from one of the farthest coun-
ties of the state to attend the meet
ings show his great interest in the
work. His advice to the organiza-
ton has always been looked upon
as good and desirable. His election
to the office of president shows the
esteem in which he is held by his
fellow clerks.
Many remarks were made regarding
the beauty of the city, it's fine build
ings, beautiful shaded streets. the
beautiful drives. The schools were
spoken of in no uncertain tone of ad-
miration, Another feature that call
ed forth special admiration was Belle
Isle. One clerk remarked that, that
was the kind of a home he would
have, if he could have it. Many of
the members heard the band concert
IN the evening and praised the band
very highly. The modern equipment
OF the Johnson & Hill store was the
subject of much comment. Remarks
We're heard regarding the pneumatic
cash system the refrigerating sys-
tenn, elevator, etc. One of the visit
ors said, THAT must be the Marshall
Field of Grand Rapids
Everyone had a good time and
they have gone away with a soft
spot in their hearts for Grand Rapids
This city will be well repaid for the
courtesies shown the clerks by the
valuable advertising they will give
this city.