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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-26
VERMONT NOTES.

Albert Mcdonald. l0-year-old boy Of
Barre. died at sea Sept. is while re-
turning with his mother from a visit
TO her home at Glasgow. He was the
son OF Mr. and Mrs James Mcdonald.
Fire destroyed the buildings at tho
Clark Hatch place near Groton Thurs
day morning. The house had not been
occupied for some time. Furniture. priz-
ed as family heirlooms, was destroyed.
John Burke. quarryman who left
Webstelyille two weeks ago. was found
dead in a railroad work car at Concord.
n. H.. Wednesday, Sept Is. Death was
thought to be from natural causes.
Rutland citizens interested In the Y.
M. C. A. project are planning to raise
money by means OF field day. 1t
is expected that 5000 at least will thus
be secured.
George Schmitt, the Rutland boy
aviator, has engagements to fly in the
West for the next eight weeks. Since
July he has flown over 30 cities and
towns and covered l.00O miles.
Work on the new Shriners' Temple In
Rutland is being rapidly pushed. More
than % men are at work on the struc-
ture which Is expected to be ready by
November J.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-26
BuRLINGTON,s GROWTH.

We print IN another column an in
teresting communication from DR.. w.
S. Vincent regarding the growth Of
Burlington and the needs Of our city.
DR.. vincent says that since he came 10
Burlington In 1866 he has seen this
community develop from a dirty vii
lage to a city well supplied with pure
water. sewerage. lighting. police, fire
departments, streets, macadamized.
curbed. guttere1. fine walks for miles"
Our genial correspondent seems to
have overlooked the fact that we ask
ed our readers "to recall any large i'm q.
provement in the way of structures
In tine past quarter of a century
and not bitches or streets. No
Gated by DR.. Vincent was instituted
previous to the past quarter Of a cen
fury. and since that late host Of
places in different parts of the coun-
try have grown from nothing into
hourishing critics with even more mod
ern improvements that DR. Vincent in
dicates.
When our correspondent gets through
he agrees with us that we have been
and public wharf, IS -; IS the at
titude of many of our Spayers to-
ward these needed improvements. We
are glad to have this matter discussed
through our columns and we hope tina.
other citizens may write upon the sub
ject, particularly If they bring in as
much interesting municipal history ms
DR.. Vincent embodied in his letter.
We have many things to be proud
Of in Burlington. but when all Is sal 4
and done we must all admit We have
not made the progresA nor enjoyed the
growth we should Save experienced
during the past quarter Of century.
A city is what its people make 1t Tn
very large degree and the pressing
question: for the people of Burlington
right now Is to decide whether they
will continue to jog along as at pres
ent or whether they will do things FOR
themselves instead of asking some
philanthropist TO do things for their
in the way of public improvements
We believe 1t would be "A splen Aid
Investment for Burlington to issue
Sonds for a good modern city hall with
large auditorium In 1t. and we are
confident that the great majority OF
he owners Of real estate upon whom
The burden would chiefly fall woul
lightly regard 1t as the best move
Burlington could make at the present
time
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-26

practising In Nebraska for a number of
years, he returned to st. Paul. just when
the agitation for lower freight and pass
enger rates was at It's height
MAKING THE RAILROADS SQI'IRM.
In 1908 Mr. Manahan represented the
Minnesota Shippers association before
the State railroad and warehouse COM
mission. On this occasion. his searching
cross-examination wrung from the gem
eral manager OF one of the railroads the
story of how employees of the railroads
went into Wisconsin and worked to ac-
complish the defeat OF Senator La Fol-
lette, Then Upper Berth Jim"
by the way his hair Is red
made the mistake of putting
James J. Hin on the stand. and was In
fair way to secure damaging admis-
sions from his distinguished witness when
the commission decided that the only per-
son really authorized to elicit testimony
before them was the attorney general OF
the State, However, the reduction OF
passenger rates to two cents a mile and
substantial reductions in commodity and
class rates. passed by the State Leg.
islature during this agitation. made It ap.
pear as II the real victory rested with
the public-until that same public read
Judge Sanborn's famous decision. Thanks
to that interesting bit OF legal sophistry
there Is still some work ahead of the
commerce reformers of Minnesota.
WHY PULLMAN FLUTES DISLIKE
HIM.
The action against the Pullman com.
hro,, hnr HaorUo 1nHA,,p
prominent grain dealer and reformel
of Minneapolis. who retained ManaAa,
as his attorney. Perhaps you don't trave
often enough to be interested In the fac,
that this suit resulted IN reducing ~
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BAKED BEANS IN CHINA.
vermOnters Preser. y New England
Dinner-A Unique Occasion.

A New England supper was held at
Mokanshan, China on Friday, August 16.
The Vermonters present were Robert r.
Wilson of Bethel, IT, V. NJ, 1893. and A.
f. Ufford of Fairfax, u V, NJ. 1901 Mr..
Wilson represents the American Church
Mission In Soochow and Mr.. Ufford the
American Baptist Foreign Missionary So
ciety In Shaohsng.
Mokanshan Is a mountain resort in
Chekiang province, where missionaries
from Chekiang and Kiangsu provinces
gather In the summer to escape the ex-
cessive heat Of the plain.
There were present at the gathering %
persons, Of whom II were native born
New Englanders and the remainder con-
nected by birth or marriage. The repre-
scntation of natives by States was as fol-
lows: Maine 3, New Hampshire !. Yer
mont 2. Massachusetts 3 and Rhode
Island e.
The occasion was unique In that the
couple who presided at the table are the
veterans of missionary work In this part
If China. DR.. Favnham and wife came 10
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-26

rates on upper bcrths 20 per cent. ana on
lower berths five per cent. but unless you
are coupon cutter yourself. you Will De
interested In knowing that because OF
Manahan's relentless curiosity In reeard
to the financial affairs Of the Pullman
company. many facts like the following
were spread upon the records OF the IN
terstate commerce commission:
Tho Pullman company earns @.00o an
nually on cars that cost them $1,000; tho
porters are paid SIS a month. and are
forced to graft upon the public to get
enough In tips to support themselves;
but the company made In 1907 over $a5.oD''
900 gross. It's capital has increased from
100000 to SEX. 100000. though II has aver
aged Is to 20 per cent. per ysar in d'vl-
dends.
SHOWING UP THE EXPRESS GRAFT.
How about those other parasites upon
the railroad business. the express COM
panies? Senator Sundberg OF Minnesota
retained Manahan TO prosecute them. be-
Ing moved thereto in the first instance by
the fact that ne had presided over COM
mittee Of the State Senate which had In
vestigated railway matters and had learn.
ed some things about the prohts Of railway
| fnanciering. So. when he was forced to
pay $32 to have a casting for his threshing
machine-a casting which cost him exact
~ e2.60-sent from Minneapolis to Ken
needy. Minnesota. he was moved In the
second instance by righteous Indignation.
This case Of Senator Sundberg's was att
erwards consolidated with others brought
later in different States. and at joint
hearing In New York Mr.. Manahan again
subjected the smooth surface OF innocent
seeming annual financial reports to the
acid II his analysis. The express COM
panies were more than willing to bring
forward witncsses-expert witnesses. even
trained witnesses-who would tell the
inquisitive Minnesotan all about the way
the express companies handled their re-
ports. But what Manahan wanted and
what he stubbornly insisted upon having
was the testimony Of the high officials OF
the road. OF course, there wasn't any
"gentlemans agreement among the ex
press and railroad companies to keer
prices up--there was on the contrary fierce
competition among them, but Manahar
wanted to ask the heads of the express
companies themselves why they owned
$ll .61S, 125 worth of each others stocks
why the railroad companies owned sd.
65S.000 Of the express companies stock
and why the express companies owned
railway stocks and bonds to the value
of $3i,542.9Jo And his friends think tina
this testimony. forced from these suav'
magnates of Wall Street, was large fac
tor in helping the interstate commerce
commission to decide that express Sate'
must be lowered an average OF Is pei
cent. The direct practical result OF THU
will be to save the public over $2o.00o.0o
annually.
This IL the record Of the man who ask
the voters OF Minnesota to send MIN t.
Congress to represent the State. Few
candidates have better one on which t
ask for the right to represent the peo
pie.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-26

China Al years ago In a sailing vessel. For
more than half "A century they have work.
ed for the moral and spiritual upbuilding
of the Chinese. Hale and hearty at the
age of 50 DR.. Farnham presided while
Mrs Farnham. rs years young" graced
the other end of the long table.
The supper was credit to the New
England cooks. Baked beans. steaming
hot, brown bread, apple pies. berry pies.
squash pies and doughnuts like mother
used to make" called back old times.
After singing Yankee Doodle, America
and Aud Land Syne the company broke
up to meet again next year on Mokan-
shan.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-26
UPPER BERTH jim.
Travels-Upper nerths Made Lower.
lErOm La Eollette'al


James Manahan of Minneapolis Is a
candidate for the nomination for con-
siessmar at large for the State OF Min
nesota. Mr. Manahan will be remembered
as the man who made the upper lower
in the matter of Pullman berth rates.
And II you think this was a simple thing
to do, figure little, and you will find that
he has saved the travelling public In this,
which is but one of the jolts he has adj
ministered to big business. over two mil
lion dollars annually.
Manahan Is Of Irish ancestry. and In
herited the fighting blood and hatred OF
oppression which have enlisted him In
the struggle against special privilege. lie
was the first man to graduate from the
law school Of the University Of Mime
sofa. He also took a course Of lectures
at the University Of Wisconsin Afte'
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-26

Dr. Stephen Smith, the distinguishes
New York surgeon who Is now m his
ninetreth year. declares that all con-
tagious diseases will disappear during
the present century. In view of the
marked progress made since the dis
eovery Of the germ of disease and the
development of ant'toxins, there Is
nothing improbable about tlis proph-
ecy
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-26
SUNLIGHT AND THE SEA

Sunlight and ships at sea.
Clouds as still as stars.
Out beyond the vast to-be
or earth's horizon-bars.
Take my hand and let us 90
Where the winds may lead
Earth and time are all We know
Life is all we need.
Dawn-flush and flying foam,
Tides that beat and turn.
Now the vast beyond Ia home
And there our affairs burn.
Take my hand; our cottage hearth
is flaming In your eyes.
Earth shall be our garden-garth'
Our tent the summer skies.
Lewis smith In Success
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-26

The keynote Of the coming session
Of the Legislature Is to be the mate
rial development OF Vermont and the
conservation Of our natural resources,
Including our boys and girls.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-26
WHAT HE PAID FOR.

Pattent--But, doctor, you are not asking
s for merely taking cinder out Of my
eye?
Specialist -Er-no. My charge is for res
moving a foreign substance from the cor.
Laea.-RQst0R Transcript
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-26
WANTED.

When you want anything. advertise
in the new special column OF this
paper. Some bargains are offered
there this week which 1t will pay you
10 read about. See page two. This
paner has moro than $4,000 readers
every week ana one cent a word will
reach them all.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-26
THE SITUATION.

(From the Chicago News)
Mayor Gaynor and other high officials
OF New York are hard pressed for some-
body to blame.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-26
UNsATIsFACTORY,

(From the Atchison Globe.)
A mummy gets blamed little satisfac ti on
from winning the endurance prize.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-26

John and James Wcscott OF West nut
land looted hen roost early Tnu1s-
day morning and by night had been ap'
bprehsudsd- anA- tined. Sb-eacas
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-26
LETTERS FROM THE PEopL]
The Transformation Of Burlinsto|
from a Village TO n Modern City.

from a village TO n Modern City.
To the Editor of the Free Press:
Your editorial. "Burlington's suprem
Need Is to Learn to DO Things" ha
been carefully read. You call upon res ,
dents OF quarter Of century To I'd
call any large Improvement in the wa
of structures that the people Of this cit
us a community have Instituted, ou (
side Of the high school building?
Burlington has been in legitimate bus
ness since became a resident. Its ia
payers have made from dirty village
city. to-day we'll supplied with pur|
water. sewerage, lighting, police. and
fire departments, streets macadamizedI
curbed. guttered. fine walks for miles
What more do you want our tax payer
to do than they have already done. othc|
| than build a new city hall? If this Is al
time viii take care Of that. Let TIL
Symphony orchestra continue to plat
and they will be well supported by ou|
| citizens as they have been.
| few words regarding the history d
the City of Burlington may be inter
esting at this time to many Of your read
ers. The writer became n resident of Bur
linstor in December. 1896 and hos beef
a tax payer from that date. we'll re-
member the condition Of affairs at thi
time. January 2. 1865, the inhabitants o
tho town Of Burlington were warned
to meet in the town hall Wednesday, 1stl
day of January. 1865, at 10 o'clock a. m.
to vote by ballot on the acceptance, o
rejection, of an act of the Legislature
of Vermont approved Nov -, 1854 ct
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THE HIGH PRICE OF BEEF.

(From the New York SUM-
Where ID radium nowf Beef will make
n. Observation-Disclosures
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Terms--Ni. 90 n Ycnr. In Advance
DAILY by mail s4.OO n yenr in advance
RATE IN CANADA
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Publishers. Burlington, w.
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THURSDAY, SEPT. ~
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-26

failure. In an iron cylinder four and one
half feet high and four feet In diameter.
studded with expensive platinum points.
a vertical shaft rotated. The shaft was
likewise studded with platinum points,
As the shaft turned, its platinum points
swept past those of the iron cylinder.
Whenever a point on the shaft came
near a point on cylinder electric spark
oridged the little gap. so numerous were
the points that $4,000 sparks. miniature
lightning flashes, cracked every minute.
Air was passed through as the shaft
turned. The intense heat caused a very
small part OF the airs oxygen TO unite
with the nitrogen. gas called nitric
oxide was formed. afterwards chemically
treated TO Yield a solid nitrate.
IT was an instructive failure. that
|redoundei immensely to the credit Of
the courageous ana Ingenious men who
sank a million in the first attempt
Later. Birkeland and Samuel Eyde.
both Norwegians, decided to employ a
great electrical burning surface. In
the mountains Of Norway. where water
power Is abundant and electricity can
be generated cheaply. they have built
a plant that 10 actually competing with
the Chilean mines. Their invention IL
remarkably simple; yet about $500. 900
was spent before commercial success
was assured.
THE NEWEST PROCESS
Imagine . steel drum about eight
feet IN diameter and two feet deep.
set up on Its narrow snlo--carefully
lined with hre-brick; imagine within
two U'shapcd copper tubes. the bends
opposite each other and separated only
one-third OF an inch; maine a horse
shoe magnet mounted at right angles
to the copper tubes ana embracing
lthA Axum ne ouysvnt~ ~ tugnAd~eQ
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-10-24
RECORD DOESN'T PROVE 1T

I'VE also believe that MIR. VIII
son is not controlled by the inter
ests OF the country Examiner
III theExaminer can find anything
in Mr.. Wilson's record TO substan-
tate such a statement. II should
zrot IL GU. Cerainly Wilson's re-
cord as governor OF New Jersey con
tains nothing upon which TO base
such an assertion.
For the most part, the modern
American trusts ahve been in
corporatod in New Jersey and
are subject 70 it's laws. They de-
pend upon the government
ssI their towers and also
1heir very life, both Of which may
at any time be cut eff, II the state
government sees fit to take such
action. For nearly two years
Mr. Wilson has been the head of
the state government OF New Jer-
sey. II the Standard Oil com
pany or TOBACCO trust has in Mr.,
Wilson'S opinion been guilty OIL
gross frauds or attempts TO monop
ollie, or Of working unwholesome
mergers or stock issues. their state
ehaItds can be readily amended.
altered or repealed. Section OF
the New Jersey Corporation Act
provides that
The charter Of every corporation
or any supplement thereto or a.
mendment thereof, shall be sub
feet to alteration, suspension and
repeal, in the discretion OF the legis
Iature, end the legislature may at
pleasure dissolve any corporation"
Yet, nevertheless. although hist
power ID ample under these pro-
visions Of the laws, Mr. Wilson,
while governor OF New Jersey, has
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-10-24
DIsREPUTABLE METHODS

The Caldwell News, whose edi-
tor is the Democratic candidate for
assessor, is resorting to wilful mis-
represe ntation of his opponent, A.
o. Christopher, who Is the present
assessor. notwithstanding that the
records OF the assessors office. as
well as those of every other coun-
try Office, Is open for inspection,
Mr.. Lemon has falsified the records
with the soel purpose, seemingly, of
inJuring Mr. Christopher and fur
thering his own candidacy.
Mr. Christopher has made re-
markable record for efficiency and
faithfulLes in the dicharge Of his
duties. and the people all over
the county, irrespe ctiye of party
know IT, The disrepu-
table tactics used by Mr.. Lemon
viii we are sure receive a rebuke
at the polls.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-10-24

net urged or attempted TO secure
the amendment, alteration or repea
of single corporation cf New Jer
sey. Nor has he attempted to Sc
cure the indictment of any officer,
director or employee OF such cor
poration under the Act Of 1905.
This must mean either one of
two things. Either the new stare
ism which Mr. Wilson champions
rs furnishing the real opportuni y
for action docs not in fact furnish
any remedy whatever, or, If il does
furnish a remedy, then Mr.. Will
son has been gravely culpable in
his complete and absolute failure
TO take advantage of this remedy
during his term of service as gey-
ernor OF New Jersey
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-10-24

cient Chaldeans. Shirtsleeves and
carpet slipper are his conception OF
correct evening dress for gentle
men. There is little hope that any
thing permanent can ever be done
for father. When the millennium
comes he will still be found read
ing his newspaper, smoking up the
window curtains. impeding the ad-
vance of culture-and paying the
bills.
Every time the Idaho Northern
train comes in or goes out dog
dashes out from farm house be-
tween town and the foothills and
races after the train for a quar-
ter of a mile or more. He seems
to take a great deal of satisfaction
in his twice day stunt, and when
the train has passed he looks up
with a proud air just as if he
considered that he had performed
a duty, and probably says to him
self: There is another of those
internal things i have chased away.
That makes five today already. If
it wasn't for me to watch things
around here, this Internal smoking,
footing thing would take the place.
don't know what will become of
these people if i ever get so old
and crippled that i will not be
able TO get out any more and scare
these trains away" Now, that
dog gets an immense amount of
out of what he thinks
amounts to a great service to
hat family in particular and huma
ty in general. There are great
many people who have no better
sense than that dog"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-10-24
STAND by BoRAH

The following news, dated New
York. October q. shows the des-
perate effort that is TO be made
10 elect two Democratic senators
in this state:
The departure OF Chairman Nc
Combs for Chicago yesterday marks
the beginning OF an active fight
for Democratic majority in the
next United States senate. accord
ing to an announcement made by
the Democratic naCional headquar-
zers here today The question was
discussed at conference here yes
terdsy and II was decided To- send
speakers TO Idaho at once, where a
contest will be waged TO name a
successor TO the late Senator Hey
burn ard TO capture Senator Borah'
seat. MeCombs will send TO Ida
no Governor Shafroth of Colorado.
There are now 43 Democrats In the
senate, six less than majority"
As The Index stated two weeks
ago, no matter what the differences
may be between Republicans and
the Progressiyes. both should stand
shoulder to shoulder for the re7
election of Senator Borah and the
election OF a successor TO SENATOR
Hepburn. To accomplish this re-
suit. both parties should see to 10
that the entire Republican legislatiy
ticket is elected.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-10-24
Saved by His Wife

She's a wise woman who knows
just what TO do when her hus-
bands life is in danger, but
Mrs. r. j. Flint, Braintree, Vt,
is OF that kind "She insisted on
my using DR.. Kings New Dis
covery," writes Mr.. F. "for a dread
full cough, when l was so weak
my friends all thought had only
a short time to live, and 1t com
pletely cured me-" A quick cure
for coughs and colds, 1t is the
most safe and reliable medicine for
many throat and lung troubles
grip, bronchitis. croup.l whooping
quinsy. tonsilitis. hemorr-
hayes. A trial will convince you.
so cents and s1.00 Guaranteed by
all druggists.