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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-28
Didn't Know the Diners.

"Did Won understand from any one that
~, thu, night Mr. and Mrs Widener gave a
dinner n Captsin Smith. Mr.. and Mrs
Carter Mr.. and Mrs Thayer. the junior
Mr. Widener and Major Butt the Senator
as,od
"Xo aid not know who was AZ the din
,ero Raw answered. "It was after came
70 Washington and went 10 see Mrs Clar-
cnce Moore that 7 learned Major Butt dln"d
that night with the Wideners. Mrs Moore
told me Of TT
Raw said that all the employees In the
cafe were lost. with tho execution Of dish
washer and tvo women clerks.
Tho shock NJ the collision. tho witness
declared arorsed h,r ITO was asleep I'm
his turk snidshI,s below the main saloon
lie said lie aroused every one I'm the room.
There were twentv-eight men, bat only a
,,,.o,, ,,,;,,,,.os later ,bo,.. wore ordered by
Tho b,a1 s,ovard 20 reDor, at their poi
,iors ~ the boats
..y,.,,.,, ,.e On, n tho boats they wore ms,
hc,,c ,v.urg ont" pav said ~ nv boat.
,,. ,ar. ,,., .,uor. ,rd ,hou,
do,o,, mo, d,dn,t see any women -, IN,
rn,o
,r,,, ,,, ers. hoo, had mn, off cac SAID
H., ,.,r, b.lou, and cot bis overcoa, He
,a,,,1 .Ioo. ,ho dock and found The how
Ia ,a,or
passing M tho Grand staircase. | met
Mr. Rorhschild." the witness continued ~
said This looks serious. sir and he re-
plied. ooh. | don't think there's much need
for vorrv' When | got on deck | helped
load several boats and then was ordered
into one with seyoral other mon. passan-
pers and crew
"Jus, as we were about 20 lower. \ large
woman was helped I'm. She kept sobbinr
and CRYING ou;, Let me get away from
here. never was IN an open boat ~ M
life. was forced hnallN 10 say 10 h'r'
sharply, You've GOT I" go an" you "'7"'
as well make 'he pest % IT,
Baby Thrown Into Boat.
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-12-20
RURAL VERMONT.

Rural Vermont has found an able
defender in Prof. Evan Thomas of this
city. Prof. Thomas, who at different
times has resided where he had ample
opportunity to study rural life and con-
ditions, denies emphatically that our
rural communities are degenerating
morally, that crime is on the increase
and that anything like moral and re-
ligious ideals are dying out In little,
remote community, he found moral
ideals just as high and moral considera-
tons just as compelling as in the more
populous centers. AS to the alleged in
crease of crime. Prof. Thomas says
that Change in legislative enact
ments and in the attitude of the com
munity towards the enforcement of
certain laws, notably liquor laws, may
cause great increase in the number of
arrests and convictions, and instead of
indicating a subsistence of the moral
sentiment this increase may show that
the people are ceasing to tolerate now
what was formerly treated with IN
difference. -
Prof. Thomas has quiet dig at the
'uplift' movement. Chose" he
says, Ito whom the present situation
seems very bad and growing worse
daily will naturally favor radical and
heroic treatment, and will be easily
moved to form all kinds of organiza-
tions and socalled movements for the
redemption of rural Vermont But
those to whom the situation is not
qnite so bad will be contented with
more old-sashioned methods, especially
that of allowing the community to work
out its own problems with little inter-
ference from without. Burlington
News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-12-20
Girl Run Down by Auto Truck
DyinQ.

Ten-year-old Ruth A. Lester, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Lester of
42S Main street, Charlestown, while
running across the street near her home
Friday, was run over and, it is believed,
fatally injured by delivery auto of
the New England Dyeing and Cleaning
Company of los Charles street, Boston,
operated by Charles Lotto of 1902
Washington street, South End.
Witnesses of the accident told the
police that Lotto almost overturned the
auto in his attempt to avoid running
down the child, who was looking in the
opposite direction.
Odber l.. Rice of "a Hunneywell ave-
nue., Melrose, who was on his way home
in his automobile, took the girl to the
Better relief hospital, where late last
night she was reported to be dying.
Lotto was not arrested. Boston
Journal
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-12-20
Govern ment Buys Horses.

One result of the recent visit to
Vermont of the Morgan horse experts
who were looking up horses for the
government breeding station is the
purchase of three horses in Caledonia
county.
Morgans at the Mountain View Farm
in East Burke and Cahoon farm in Lynn
don were held at price above the gov
ernment's limit. Two stations We're
purchased of Smith and WhitehiIl in
Ryegate and one of George Morrill,, St.
Johnsbury. The Morrill, colt is Prince
NJ, a year-old bay by Ethan Allen
Third. The stallion was shipped to the
government at Weybridge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-12-20
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 20, 1912.
THE QUESTION OF TAXATION.

We have noticed in the State papers
of last week several articles concerning
the bills introduced in the Legislature
upon taxation.
1t seems that the Senate has passed
one bill known as the Babbett bill, and
the committee in the House have re-
ported favorably upon bill introduced
in the House and known as the "fat
rate" bill. We have not knowledge
enough in regards to the merits of
these bills to discuss that question, but
upon such question as this we should
be inclined to respect the judgment of
the House committee. For in the nature
of such committee, we should expect
them to represent more fairly the wants
and wishes of the great body of the
people upon any question, and we hope
they will not yield in this matter unless
they are thoroughly satisfied that there
are sufficient reasons to do so.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-12-20

Brazil suitable for coffee cultivation
covers about 1,15S,O 600 square miles,
territory about 129 times as big as our
little old Vermont. About three fourths
of the worlds output is grown in Brazil
and the State of Sac Paulo alone pro-
duces oae-half of the worlds coffee
supply.
The history of the authorization
scheme by Brazil is of interest, not
only to those interested in coffee, but to
students of economics in general The
State of Sac Paulo borrowed more than
seventy millions of dollars in 1908 and
bought and stored nearly one billion
pounds of coffee for the purpose of
maintaining prices on the various mar
kets, these having become very low,
due to overproduction. Since the buy
ing and storing of this coffee the gov
eminent through a committee has sold
between three and four hundred million
pounds. This sort of thing is illegal
under the Sherman law, but the anti
trust idea hasn't yet penetrated the
Brazilian mind.
Venezuela and Columbia rank next in
amount produced, each growing in the
neighborhood of one hundred million
pounds annually. Mexico, the Central
American States, and the Dutch East
Indies, also produce large quantities.
The only coffee produced in the United
States is grown in Porto Rico, Hawaii
and the Philippine islands.
Still the United States has received
coffee from 4S different countries in the
past five years, the great bulk coming
from South and Central America and
Mexico; lesser amounts were imported
from the Dutch East Indies and British
West Indies. and from one and one
half to two and one-half million pounds
from Arabia.
The price of coffee has risen in late
years, as Vermont housekeepers know
to their sorrow. Where, oh, where is
that 20-cent grade ? Where, oh, where
are the SHOWS of yesteryear? Accord
ing to the Washington bulletin the price
of Santos No. coffee on the New York
market rose from 5 to 5-8 cents pei
pound in 1902 to IL 1-8 to 16 1-2 cents
in 1911, an increase of more than 10(
per cent. in the ten year period. AnC
there are no signs of its dropping in ;
hurry. Burlington News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-12-20
GORE STDALE.
Journal.

The new portable mill for the ~ and
T. Manufacturing company has arrived
and will be installed in the western part
of the town.
George Nicklaw is home from Mary
Fletcher hospital, and Leon Shore is ex.
pected home this week.
Fred Johnson has severed his connec-
ton with the n. and T. manufacturing
company and will enter the employ of
F. j. Bacon at the banjo factory.
Mrs. Dana Laport, who is at Mary
Fletcher hospital, is reported as doing as
well as could be expected.
The graded school will hold its Christ
mas exercises at st. Monica's hall Friday
evening. The pnpis will enjoy the an
nual tree at the school building.
G. Young has been visiting friends in
Ripton and vicinity.
w. l.. Cooke and w. NJ. Cooke were
in East Middlebury last week, the guests
of Clarence Russell.
A series of meetings are being held at
the w. M. church. The pastor. Rev. l..
Q. Nation. is being assisted in the work
by an evangelist
Edward Record is confined to the house
with an attack of rheumatism.
Willie Sessions has left the employ of
Newton & Thompson and will work in
Rutland in the near future.
The Ladies' Aid society met last week
with Mrs. George Holden.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-12-20
Horse Crashes Through Window
in Wild Dash

Two shop girls were showered with
glass and given the fright of their
lives when a runaway horse crashed
headlong through the plate glass win
dow of the store of G. M. Wethern at
35 West street, its head protruding
through the rear curtains directly be-
tween the girls, who were busy doing
up bundles.
Galoping straight down Mason street
dashing from side to side against the
teams and automobiles standing in that
narrow thoroughfare, the horse crossed
West street and plunged directly
through the window, which was hung
with a display of silks and ribbons, all
of which were spattered with blood
from a severed vein.
A dozen men worked five minutes
before the horse was eXtrcated. An
ambulance was called from "a veterin-
airy hospital on Albany street to take
the animal away. The horse was so
weak from loss of blood that it was
barely able to stand. 1t may live.
The horse was hitched to news
paper delivery wagon and took fright
on Mason street at the backfre in an
automobile. 1t is owned by M. c. Nun
sey of 20 Chardon street. - Boston
Journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-12-20
REGISTER COMP'NY
M 5Odlebury, Vermont
WEST CORNWALL.

Amos Atwood. sr, aud Waiter At
wood are IN poor health
MIR. AMI Mrs 2. c Elmer and son,
Clifford, were Visitors at L. {. Drolette's
ON Sunday last Mrs. Eta Hurd re-
turned with them and expects to remain
through the winter.
Ray c. Greene of Passaic, n. j., Wis
tied his friend, f, S. Haskell, recently.
Miss Lillian Costello is a student at
Albany Business college.
Mrs. X. L. Taylor was guest at a
meeting of the Hands Cove chapter,
ID. y. X at the home of her sister, Mrs.
E. +. Townsend. on Saturday last.
Mrs Douglas has returned to her home
in Ferrisburg after visit with her
daughter, Mrs. Francis Shorkey, and
family.
Mrs. Anna Bingham Balou and son
have returned 10 their home in Ludlow.
The sociabe under the direction of
the Mary Baker Allen chap'er, ID. A r.,
on Friday evening of last week, was well
attended and melted nearly forty dollars,
including gifts sent in before and from
the sale of home made candy which will
materially help in the worthy cause.
The sociable was held at the home of the
vice regent, Mrs. w. IL. bingham.
Mrs. Joseph Drolette and daughter,
Beatrice, and Mrs. l.. c. Drolette have
been recent business visitors in Burling-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leland Stone have re-
Gently visited the other side of the
mountain.
Now is the time to be looking for and
buying Xmas gifts for family and friends
and while doing this don't fail to visit
the store at the Corners" kept by L. G.
Drolette. There you will find many
things to please, goodies for your Xmas
dinner, clothing to keep you warm and
comfortable and to make you look well,
pretty srtlcles for older ones, betweens
and little folks, just what you need to
make some home brighter and hearts
glad. Give them call and you will be
sure to find something to suit your taste
and fancy and be waited upon promptly
and with courtesy by Mr.. and Mrs. l.. c.
and clerk, Miss Maysel Doolin. adv.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-12-20
TROLLEY CARS IN CRASH.

Rutland, Dec. Is. "A series of mis-
haps, which eliminated with the crash
ing together of a runaway and regular
main lire electric car on the Poultney
branch, near that town, occurred last
night about midnight.
The passengers on the runaway car
jumped and sustained minor injuries,
and the IL passengers on the other car
were bruised, while the motorman,
James McDermott, saved his life by
| jumping after setting his brakes. YER
non Heath of Castleton is in Jail at
Poultney, pending an investigation of
the trouble The car due in Poultney
about midnight colided with a team of
horses driven by Heath about quarter
of mile east of the village. He was
driving down the company's right of way
and it is claimed he was intoxicated and
he is in jail on this charge.
The team and car met head-on, and
the pole ran through the vestibule,
tearing away the controller on its way.
One horse was killed. The conductor,
Charles Mcmahon, started for Poultney
to telephone to this city for assistance
and while he was gone the motorman
attempted to repair his car. While
working about the controller, there was
a sudden flash and he was knocked off
the platform and the car started back
ing up.
The passengers, some of them
women, all jumped, and in this way
they were injured. The car ran along
for over three miles with not person
aboard and finally crashed into car in
charge of Motorman McDermott and
Conductor Duncan. This car contained
IL passengers and many received slight
bruises. The vestibules of the car
were smashed in. Among those in
jured were: Mrs. Margaret Evans,
badly bruised and suffering from shock
unconscious until five O'Clock this
afternoon; Misses Nellie Browne, Agnes
: Larkin, Mary Brown, Mrs. Jennie Fra
zier and Harold Rogers, all of Poultney
The last name were not seriously in.
r jured. All jumped from the runaway
car
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-12-20
1000, 900 Eggs Sold by Women

Philadelphia, Dec 13. Seven million
eggs have been sold in this city since
the housekeepers' league, composed of
women, began its campaign against
the high cost of living last Wednesday.
Residents in other cities are watching
with interest the developments here and
it is expected that similar movements
will be begun in other large towns
throughout the country.
That another commodity will be taken
up as soon as the egg problem is solved
is now considered a matter of certainty
by the leading members of the league.
II has not yet been definitely decided
what will be chosen. Meat has been
considered by many, but the various
difficulties besetting the purchase and
distribution of that article of food it is
thought will prove drawback in the
successful operation of the plan. Butter
has been suggested and is looked on
with favor by many of those in charge.
There is plenty of butter in the market,
according to those who have made an
investigation.
+. l.. Smyser, manager of the Gimbel
Pure Food Store, declared today that
he would favor a campaign to reduce
the price of butter in way similar to
the one employed in the case of the
eggs. He said he would cooperate
with tho uOpoap apI balia,,os +bo+ a. ~,
would be successful.
The rush in the egg sale today con-
tinued as during the first three days,
and it is expected that tomorrow will
exceed all previous records, as this is
the great marketing day for the people
of Philadelphia. 1t is predicted that the
sale will be so overwhelmingly great
that the entire fight will come to close
on Monday,
In the settlement houses today it was
but repetition of the previous days
In most of them the women ran short
before the day was over and they had
to be supplied a second and a third
time. The stand erected at the City
Hall plaza was a center of interest to-
day and many thousands of eggs were
sold there. Special permission was OBJ
tanned from Director Porter for the use
of the plaza, and it is expected that the
number sold there tomorrow will be
very large.
Eggs sold generally throughout the
city today for "a cents dozen. In
some instances less was charged, one
dealer advertising "suffragette eggs
20 cents a dozen"
Mrs. Julia Heath of New York, presi-
dent of the Housewives League of that
city, visited Mrs. Derr, the head of the
local organization today, Mrs. Heat
declared that she proposed to inaugu-
rate similar campaign in New York.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-12-20
STATE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.

L
Montpelier, Dec. 1.-THE following
is the report made to the Legislature
by the committee on industrial school
which recently visited that institution
at Vergennes.
On the 10Th day of October we visited
the said school and made examination
thereof. Your committee were struck
with the remarkable order and cleanG-
ness, the total absence of fences, bolts,
bars, locks and other symbols that we
are wont to associate with places of
detention, and by the interest mani
tested, and the efficiency attained, both
in the schools and in the drawing and
mechanical departments, and in fact in
all the departments and exercises that
we saw.
The proctor Dor mitory" for girls,
that day dedicated, we considered a
model building. and most admirably
adapted for the purposes intended.
The only serious criticism that we
have to make is of the insufficiency of
dormitory and hospital accommodations.
With the present number of inmates of
about two hundred and ten, forty-two
are obliged to sleep two in bed in cot
beds only two and one-half feet wide,
and many others in accommodations
not suitable.
This is state of affairs that should
not continue, and we recommend that
new dormitory be erected to provide
for the accommodation of not less than
thirty-five inmates. We also recon-
mend certain changes in the present
administration building, by which two
wings may be segregated-thus bring
ing the whole institution under the
Cottage SYSTEM" which has been
found to give much the best results.
We also strongly urge the construc-
ton of a suitable hospital and detention
building. This will supply a long felt
want, and ensure against the epidemics
that heretofore have been so trouble
some and costly.
We understand that the above i'm
provements will render the school a
model institution of the kind, and suffice
for the present or slightly increased
number of inmates; and should it ever
become necessary to provide for a
largely increased number, it can readily
be done by dormitory accommodations
alone and without any change in the
general plan.
We recommend an appropriation suf-
improvements. We believe that any
necessary expenditure incurred hereby
is fully justified, not only by our duty
to these wards of the state, but also in
making useful citizens of very many
who otherwise would swell the ranks of
the criminal class and fill our jails and
prisons.
We desire to heartily commend the
work of the present superintendent,
who, in addition to executive ability,
has a rare faculty for and an intense
love of the work, and seems able tc
inspire the same sentiment in his sub
ordinates.
We recognize that such services
would readily command much higher
compensation than what he now re-
ceives, and would recommend that a
suitable increase be made in his salary.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-12-20
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.

The women of Vermont to the
number of thousands have been
pleading and petitioning at every Legis
lature for these many years for woman
suffrage. The Legislature hitherto has
not only denied the request, but has
made the woman suffraffe bill the play
thing and foot ball of the session. 1t
has been kicked back and forth between
the two houses and finally left hanging
between heaven and earth, while they
throttled it with naughty scorn. The
present attempt should be treated with
courtesy and dignity. If the Legisla-
ture is determined to kill it once more,
at least they should treat it as decently
as ian act relating to fishing" or ian
act relating to liquor licenses" or ian
act relating to fees for licensing dogs"
surely the petitions of the women of
Vermont ought to get as honest,
thoughtful and respectful treatment by
the men in the Legislature as are given
to the hundreds of acts of little or no
account to the State, which pass at
every session,
In the day and generation of this
writer and the paper and the propagan-
da for woman's suffrage has increased
by leaps and bounds. Women suffrage
is surely in the air. The men who are
sleeping over this question now will be
Weakened by the great woman suffrage
trumpet within few years. And why
not? Which of you Legislators would
dare to say that his mother, his wife,
his sister or his daughter was not fitted
to cast a ballot on municipal affairs?
Would your wife or daughter endanger
with her ballot the schools where her
children are taught? Would they de-
grade our municipal Legislature by
their ballot? Would they stand for
cleanliness, for good roads and side
walks, pure food and clean lives? Would
they help or hurt the general condition
of the city? Would they stand for
morality in our municipal life? Finally,
would the women's ballots stand for
extravaganza or economy.
We beseech the Legislature of Yer
mont to take up that question and treat
it as a gentleman would socially treat
a lady. 1t is degrading the women of
Vermont to treat them as undesirable
or unequal to any man in the Legisa-
ture. Heretofore the suffrage bill has
been mere joke. We hope that the
Legislature of Vermont is made up of
gentlemen. If any man thinks that the
women of his own blood and his own
household are untitled for the ballot,
let him vote against his own household.
The attempted scare that other women
might be uneducated and undesirable is
unworthy of thought-are they less
desirable than some men? That argu-
ment does not go.
The Legislature of this staid old com
monwealth ought to have manhood
enough to pass the bill or kill it House
bill 10, or combination of the three
strictly on the merits of the case. We
shall look anXiously for the arguments
on each side of the case and the results.
Burlington News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-12-20
Annual M eeting.

The annual meeting Of the stock
holders of the National Bank of Middle
bury for the election of a board of
directors for the year ensuing, will be
held at the office of said bank ON Tues
day, the 14th day of January, A. ID.
1913, at o'clock p. M.
G. E. PINNEY, Cashier.
December 10. 1912. 5Ot5
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-12-20
WHERE OUR COFFEE COMES
FROM

Where does our coffee come from?
From Brazil, most of it, says the Agri-
cultural Department at Washington.
In 1900 the exports from Brazil amount
ed to 1,72O pounds; they have steadily
increased until in 1909 they were more
than 2 Ia billion pounds. The area in
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-12-20

sentiment of the country is turning in
that direction, and we think no State
would more willingly trust the women
with the ballot than Vermont if our
citizens understood they desired it.