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The Glenwood post., 1912-02-24
PRESIDENT SUBMITS IMPORTANT
MEASURE TO CONGRESS
WITH APPROVAL.
HITS COURTS DELAY
SAYS JUDICIAL AFFAIRS SHOULD
BE ADMINISTERED WITH
GREATER DISPATCH.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.


shington.-President Taft has
submitted to Congress the report of
the employers liability commission
and the commissions proposed liabil-
ity and workmcn's compensation bill,
accompanied by a message urging the
enactment of the measure, which is
the most advanced piece of liability
legislation yet presented
The President sets forth that the
proposed law not only would insure to
employees of railroads engaged in inter.
state commerce quick adjustment of
their claims for damages, but also
would relieve the courts of a vast
amount of work and enable them to
administer judicial affairs with great
er dispatch
I'm the first place." says the Presi-
dent, "the question arises, whether
under the provisions of the commerce
clause, the bill could be considered
to be a regulation of interstate and
foreign commerce. That seems to be
already settled by the decision of the
Supreme Court in the employers H.
ability case.
THE second question is whether
the making of these remedies exclu-
sive and the compelling of the railroad
companies to meet obligations aris-
ing from injuries, for which the rail-
road would not be liable under the
common law is denial of the due pro-
cess of law which is enjoined upon
Congress by the fifth amendment to
the constitution in dealing with the
property rights.
This question. the report takes up
and its exhaustive review of the au-
thorities makes clear, as it seems to
me, the validity of the act 1t is suf-
ficient to say that the argument of
the commission is most convincing to
show that the police power of the gov
ernment exercised in the regulation of
interstate commerce is quite sufficient
to justify the imposition upon the in
terstate railroad companies of the
liability for the injuries to its en-
ployes on an insurance basis.
THE third objection is that the
right of trial by jury, guaranteed by
lut otNeulu tuleluIleHl, Is uenleu. AS
matter of fact, the right is pre-
served in this act by permitting jury
to pass on the issue when duly de.
manded, in accordance with the limi,
tations of the act
President Taft then alludes to the
alleged iniquities attending personal
injury litigation. He declares that
perjured testimony, emotional juries
and badly constructed laws limiting
liability, have tended to hamper the
administration of exact justice while
the heavy expense of litigation has
rendered it almost impossible for the
poor man to command his rights. In
referring to the conditions because
of this form of litigation, the Presi
dent says:
THE administration of justice today
is clogged in every court by the great
number of suits for damages for per
sonal injury. The settlement of such
cases by this system will serve to re
duce the burden of our courts one
half by taking the cases out of court
and disposing of them by this short
cut"
The Glenwood post., 1912-02-24
Denver-cripple Creek Road.

Cripple Creek.-Work will be start
ed soon on the proposed road to run
from Sedalia, twenty-five miles south
of Denver, to West Creek, on the
boundary line of Teller county. A
road already connects Cripple Creek
with West Creek and completion of
the proposed road will shorten the dis
lance between Denver and Cripple
Creek by about forty miles.
The Glenwood post., 1912-02-24
GEN ERAl.

Sheriff Nancy A Williams of La
clede county is the first and only wom-
IN sheriff in Missouri. She recently
took several prisoners to the peniten-
tiary.
GooGs manufactured in Germany,
France. Switzerland and other coun-
tries are labeled Made in Great
Britain" and shipped from England to
Canada in order to enjoy the prefer
ential duty of 1914 per cent accorded
all articles of British manufacture.
Sermons on the prevention of con
sumption will be preached in thou
sands of churches on April 2Sth, which
the National Association for the Study
and Prevention of tuberculosis, ac-
| cording to an announcement made re-
Gently, has set aside as tuberculosis
Day.
Having secured only one victim In
| the first attempt to slaughter three
negroes as they were being taken
from the court house to the Jail at
Shelbyville, Tenn, a mob broke into
the sheriff's office, where two wound
ed blacks had been taken, and fired
upon them.
More men were hanged in Chicago
February 10th than suffered death for
throwing the Haymarket bomb in the
anarchist riots of 1886. Two murders
caused five men to walk to the gal
lows and drop to their death through
the trap, while four were hanged for
the Haymarket bomb throwing.
Five men contemplate crossing the
Atlantic ocean in the air above that sea
during the coming summer. Two of
these WILL if they make the attempts,
| fly in aeroplanes, two in immense div
| igible balloons, and one will be con-
tent with the spherical balloon. OF
the five, each is man skilled in his
own style of flying.
Lieut. Col. George w. Goethals, in
charge of the work on the Panama
canal, has plan of his own to test
the canal before it is formally opened.
When the canal has been completed" !"
he said at the War Department, "or
when think things are ready to send
|
some old scow that has done good
service there and have test of my
own. Starting at the Atlantic, I'm
going to head for the Pacific via the
canal. If | get through I'll wire the
President that the first ship has sue
cessfuily made the passage If | don't
get through I'll say nothing about it.
By driving nails into the spine OF
his wife, Stanley Vekamas, Pole, OF
Wilkesbarre, Pa, sought to bring
about her death and hide the cause sc
that he could marry another. He was
arrested and his wife taken to a hos
rital lowering between life and death
The anthracite mine workers spe
cial committee in Pennsylvania will
present to the operators demands fol
new working contract On the oper
ators' answer hinges the question
whether there will be strike Of 1870,
900 mine workers In the hard coal 70
gions. r.
The Glenwood post., 1912-02-24
Aviator Falls on Ice Of Lake,

Erie, Pa.-Earl Sandt, youthful
aviator, the first bird-man to fly over
the Great Lakes from the United
States to Canada, came to grief when
his machine turned turtle and he fell
1000 feet to the ice.
The Glenwood post., 1912-02-24
Estes Goes to Penitentiary.

Greeley-E. J. Estes was sentenced
to from seven to nine years in the
state penitentiary, following a plea Of
guilty of forgery. He boarded train
for Canon City shortly afterward in
custody of Sheriff S. ]. McAfee. Estes
went to the station without being
handcuffed. In spite of the blizzard
more than 100 OF his friends were
there to bid him farewell.
The Glenwood post., 1912-02-24
Four Trainmen Are Killed.

North Adams, Mass.-Four train
men are dead and Hoosac tunnel is
so effectively blocked that it may be
days before the tracks are cleared, as
the result of rear-end collision be-
tween a freight train and Boston
bound express on the Boston & Maine
railroad.
The Glenwood post., 1912-02-24
Two canneries for Grand junction

Grand Junction.-Grand Junction
will have two canneries during the
summer. Arthur Currie announced
that lie will start work at once upon
one Of them, The Zeigler Canning
Company of Muscatine, Iowa, will
start work next week upon a large
canneIy here
The Glenwood post., 1912-02-24
Believes There is smelter Trust.

Washington.-Info as to the
esistence of smelter trust is asked
of the attorney general in a resolu-
tion introduced by Representative
Martin of Colorado.
The Glenwood post., 1912-02-24
Nioht Rider. Alarm Farmers.

Colorado Springs.-Night riders
have taken the field near the little
town Of Yoder, fifty miles east OF Col
orado Springs, and have terrorixed
Charles Berndt, q farmer. and his nine
children until they fear for their
lives. Ll1 I Es ...l.ll.
The Glenwood post., 1912-02-24

More Brook Trout for Colorado.
Steamboat Springs, Colo.-The state
fish hatchery at Steamboat Springs
has Just hatched out 100000 brook
trout. These will be distributed over
the state.
The Glenwood post., 1912-02-24
COLORADO
STATE NEWS


March 4-6:-Western Slope w. c. L. U.
Conveption, Delta.
March 11-l6.-Denver Automobile Show,
Denver.
April 2s.-Democratic State Convention,
Colorado Springs
May 6-11.-State Y. NJ. C. A. Convent ion.
Pueblo.
June 1S-20.-State Sunday School Con-
vention, Colorado Springs.
June 1l-July 19.-Summer Term, State
Teachers College, Greeley.
The Glenwood post., 1912-02-24
R E

I want every person
who is bilious, conso-
pated or has any stom-
ach or liver ..ilment 70
send for n free package
of my Paw-Paw Pills.
1 want to prove thAt
they positively cure In
digestion, Sour 6tom-
ach, Belching, Wind,
Headache, Nervousr
ness, Sleeplessness and
are an infalliblo cure
decentralization. To de-
The Glenwood post., 1912-02-24

this am willing to give millions OF free pack
AGES. tal, all the risk. Sold by druggists
for Is cents a '.1al. For free package sdoresA
Prof, Munyon, 63rd Jefferson Sts.. Philadelphia. p
The Glenwood post., 1912-02-24
Theater Panic; 2s Hurt.

Theater Panic; 29 Hurt.
Wheeling, w. Vain an explosion
and panic in a moving picture show
at Abrightsville, twenty-nine persons
were injured.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-11
Don't Be n Chatterer.

Do you chatter? If you feel you do,
don't. Get rid Of the habit as quickly
as maybe. There is nothing so irritat-
ing or more dangerous. His chief asks
the clerk a question which requires a
brief answer Instead Of replying In
word. he initiates his superior by In
consequent meanderings, and he is sur
prised and hurt to be CURLY cut short
His establishment. however. would be
greater could he but overhear subse-
Quent conversation. shall we send
Jones on this special commission p
asks the head clerk. NO" replies the
chief; "he chatters too much"
1t has always been so. Famous gen.
erals have ever intrusted important
messages to the man who would rath-
er be shot than speak. Then, too, o
chatterer has few friends, whether
business or otherwise. Who can feel
at ease with a man who babbles all
You tell him in confidence to the next
conner Pearson Weekly.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-11
Single File.

When the Indians Travelled together
they seldom walked or rode two or
more abreast, but followed one another
In single file. 1t has been thought by
some that this practice resulted from
the lack Of roads, which compelled
them to make their way through woods
and around rocks by narrow paths. II
this were the real reason for the prac-
tice, then we should expect to find that
the tribes who lived in open countries
travelled In company. as do whites.
The true reason for journeying as the
Indians did In single file seems to be
q feeling Of caste. This feeling was
at the bottom Of other customs of the
Indians. 1t made their women slaves
and rendered the men silent and unso-
cial. This popularity Is Asiatic. How 1t
has warped and disfgured Hindu life
Is we'll known. Home is scarcely pos
sible where it prevails. To the wom-
en- and children domestic life Is bond
age. The women of Chinese house
hold are seldom seen in the street. The
children. when accompanying their
father. follow him at respectful dis
lance. in single file and In the order or
their ages.-Harper's Weekly.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-11
TREE SURGERY.

There are one or two points connect
ed with removing large limbs from
shade trees that the novice at the job
would do well TO remember. The first
is that the limb should be sawed one
third through from the underside and
a foot or two from the tree. Next a
cut should be made with the saw on
the upper side of the limb and foot
or so farther from the trunk than the
cut on the underside. This should be
continued until the weight Of the limb
causes 1t to fall. Instead of ripping a
strip Of bark Off clear down to the tree.
as Is 80 often the case when the cut
on the underslde of the limb is not
made. this will be prevented by the
undercut mentioned. A stub will be
left at this stage. and the final cut
should then be made, saving this OF
as close to the trunk as possible with
out disturbing the bark and on a line
parallel with the direction Of the trunk.
The aim should be to leave the cut in
such shape that 1t will heal over in the
shortest possible time. To prevent
decay setting In to the trunk from the
cut the latter should be given two or
three coats of white lead paint or
smeared over with thin coating Of
grating wax.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-11

Fishes ars proverbial aids In magni-
tying facts. None Of the finny tribe
tends more to that end than the plain,
ordinary, ''hous~ broken" shad. Florid-
lans will testffy that the st. Johns river
shad 10 without Equal; North CAROLYN
ians stoutly maintain that the Cape
Fear river variety is the only kind
worth eating; Washingtonians VOW
that the Potomac shad is perfection;
Philadelphians swear by the Delaware
product, and ''h'r old" New York sim
ply thinks that any other shad than
the Hudson river brand Is unfit to eat.
And thus they go-the farther north
the greater seems to be the prevarica-
ton daring. The fact Is. however.
that they are all talking about the
same old bony shad. In migrating
north 1t goes up each Of the rivers in
turn. 1t is a salt water fish. In fact.
which swims into fresh water to spawn
and IL captured when. perpetuating the
species. 1t is true that the residue
from oil works, gashouses, ETC., In the
several large cities enumerated may
give Mr.. or Mrs. Shad slightly local
favor, but none to be proud Of or to
provoke the unstinted partisan praise
that Is showered upon this much over
rated fish.-New York Tribune.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-11
The 1orrors of Thirax.

There is no horror like the horror of
thirst-no physical suffering compare
BILE to it. A traveller over the desert
in Egypt describes a man who had lost
his way, wandered about for days
without water and finally came stag
gering into his camp. The mans eyes
were bloodshot, his lips swollen to
twice their natural size; his tongue,
blue, parched and swollen, hung out
of his mouth. To allow such man to
drink water at will would be like
pumping cold water into a redhot
steam boiler. 1t would kill him. This
man required to be held forcibly by
four men in his eagerness to get at
drinking water, while fifth man al
lowed a few drops to trickle down the
throat of the sufferer at long inter
walls He had to be cooled or little by
little, like an overheated boiler
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-11
A POTATO EXPERIMENT..

An experiment in growing potatoes
which was made by q gardener not far
from where the writer lives may In
terest some of our readers. Last
spring at planting time be dug a
trench seven or eight inches deep. the
width of an ordinary shovel and TWEEN
ty-ave feet in length. When the
trench was dug about four inches of
loose earth were scattered over ths
bottom. On top OF this the pieces OF
seed were planted six inches apart
and on top OF the seed potatoes the
mellow earth was shoveled. The
growing potatoes were given no hill
Ing during the season. At harvest
time this twenty-five foot row yielded
three and a half bushels of tubers.
An acre at the same rate would yield
S37 bushels. SO good were the re-
suits that this gardener will try q
larger tract of ground in the same
way next spring.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-11
Tho Judomsnt of Years.

A significant bit Of wisdom. to be
pondered over by the very young.
whose griefs and disappointments seem
20 tragic, was that uttered by Mrs.
Dolly Madison when she was over
eighty years old and near her death.
Her life had been fortunate and beau
tiful not only because circumstances
had proved kind to her. but from the
brightness and buoyancy Of her tenn
permanent. She harbored no bitterness
over past experiences, but life had
taught her the unimportance of most
trials which loom 30 gigantic in ap-
preaching. Not long before her death
one of her Iiieces went to her for sym
patty In some slight trouble.
my DEAR" she said. do not trouble
about it. There is nothing In this
world really worth caring for. Yes
she repeated, looking intently out of a
window. II who have lived so long re-
peat to you that there Is nothing In
this world below really worth caring
forv'
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-11
The Cause Of Colds and a Safe Cure.

A common cause of many ;olds is
the sudden checking of the unconscious
Precipitation by exposure to change OF
temperature. Colds, whether taking the
form of Coryxa with sneezing. running
nose, and perhaps sore throat, Or with
chilly and feverish symphonic, should
never be neglected In the earliest
stages, serious illness often results
from such neglect
It is well to get early to bed, to get
the body well warmed, and most i'm
portant to have the bowels move freely.
There is no safer or better remedy to
use at the beginning Of cold than
IL. F." Atwood's medicine. Two to
four teaspoonfuls will quickly relieve
congested conditions, drive out impurt-
ties from the system and ward OF fur
Their trouble Always keep bottle in
the house. Any dealer viii supply you
for thirty-hve cents. II You have
never used them, write today for FREQ
sample to the L. T. Medicine Co., Port
land, Maine.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-11
When Wild Winds Blow.

Most of US are apt to look on a storm
as simply a strong wind blowing
straight from one place to another.
1t is not SO at all, for q storm wind
always blown In curve and storm
is not really a wind. but whole wheel
of winds with curying spokes. These
curving spokes represent the various
winds ali blowing toward the hub.
This hub il called the "eye" Of the
storm. 1t is the spot at which the
barometer Is lowest. On the rim of the
wheel the barometer is high, and the
nearer the hub the lower is the barom-
eter. This wheel of winds Is usually
several hundred miles across.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-11
Had EN- Aasin.

A company Of motion picture actors
and actresses gave a performance Of
"Chantecler" on the grounds adjoin-
ing the suburban studio Of aim man.
ufacturing company. A little later one
of the actors. out Tor a walk. came
upon a man seated by the roadside
and weeping bitterly.
Whats the matterw inquired the
sympathetic player.
I'm one OF the patients at the SAM
tarium for bugs over yonder," explain
ed the despairing one. Yesterday the
doc said was well-boo-hoo-and that
] could leave in a day or two. And
what do you suppose saw this morn.
ing? BOOSTERS and hens six feet high
and talkin' just like humans! II get
away from that sanitarium In ten
years I'll be doing mighty well."-Lip.
Dincott's.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-11
sTORINo CELERY.

Sweet and crisp celery may be kept
on tap for several months by removing
the plants from the ground with a good
supply of earth on the roots and set
ting them in box In the cellar con-
tanning four or five inches of mellow
earth. Care should be taken to moisten
the roots after the plants are set, and
this may be done by pressing the tops
to one side at the edge. fitting the box,
inserting a piece of tin or paper and
pouring the water between this and the
side of the box so 1t will reach the soil
at the bottom. If the tops are wet In
the watering process they are likely
10 decay prematurely.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-11
Tha Russian Amsterdan1.

st. Petersburg Is one of the few
great cities which have been made and
not born. During his residence In Hol-
land Peter the Great was so impressed
by Amsterdam, perched upon the wa
tiers, that he determined to abandon
Moscow and build a new capital which
should have canals for streets. In his
campaign against Sweden In 1902 he
noted an island situated In the mid
stream of the Neva. Here Is my Rus
sian Amsterdam" he exclaimed and
Immediately began the building OF a
city there. The site was marsh In
summer and IL frozen morass In win
ter. Two miserable huts were the
only buildings. The erection of the
citadel, great fort in the shape Of
hexagon, with q tower $50 feet high.
on the north bank Of the Neva was his
first care. The cottage In which Peter
lived while laying out the city still
exists.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-11
WHAT ONE CITY MAN DID.

Chicago papers Of recent date tell
OF the success of a city man. with a
back to the land" hankering, In rails
ing sugar beets during the past sea
son. He held a city position, but
thought he would give agriculture a
trial. Accordingly he rented a forty
acre farm some thirty miles out and
made his home there. going In to his
work. He saw to the proper prepare
ton of the ground and had the en-
tire area sowed to sugar beets. He
did no manual labor. but only planned
and superintendent the work. He has
recently sold the beet crop for 5000.
His expenses were $4,000, leaving him
$1,000 net for his trouble. Not every
man could do this. 1t will be admitted,
for there was necessary. first, the
ability to appreciate the opportunity
and, secondly. determination and en-
ergy to carry the plan into execution.
But Notwithstanding this the incident
shows that opportunities for getting
ahead are a long way from exhausted
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-11
pr.x.r In an East indian csur<.

:
The noon hour struck. tolled by the
rail gong at the treasury door. and In
a moment all things came to q stand
still. The Mohammedan lawyers. the
village Moslems lettering about the
court even Mozuffer Khan with his
guardian policeman. all reyerently
withdrew. A moment later they re-
appeared ON the wide concrete yeranda
outside the window at my left. There
they laid down their prayer mats. and.
standing first with devoutly bowed
heads and hands folded. they murnur.
ed the noon prayers of the prophetic
religion; then knelt. still praying, and
made obeisance. prostrating them
selves before Allah the merciful, the
compassionate. The reverence OF their
devotion was perfect and wholly free
from the self conscious shamefaced-
ness that l should have felt. supposing
that /. the magistrate. had suspended
court to pray there in public.-Charles
Johnston IN Atlantic.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-11

To cure smallpox was apparently
very simple matter in the good old
times. John of Gaddeston, court doc
tor to Edward H.. has recorded that
he got rid of the disease by the simple
expedient of wrapping his patients In
red cloth. Let scarlet red be taken,"
he says. "and let him who is suffering
smallpox be entirely wrapped In 1t or
in some other red cloth. l did thus
when the son Of the illustrious king
of England suffered from smallpox. l
took care that all about his bed should
be red, and that cure succeeded very
well. London Taller.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-11

5Departures-5.00 a. m, $40 a. M, 1901 p. IN.
and 30 p. m. for Boston, Portland and all
train via Augusta only. At 500 a. m. Sic a
IN, 2.3o p. IN. for Bangor and stations East
Of Waterville. At i2.0l p. IN. for Burnham.
Plttsheld, Newport, Bangor, Aroostook
County, Washington County, 81. Jobp and
Halifax. Sundays at g. a. IN. and 400 p. m.
for Boston and Portland via Augusta, and
for Bangor and way stations.
Arrlvals-7.+5 q. IN. from Augusta and
Watervile. 1923 q. IN. nom Portland, Oak
land, Augusta, Bangor and Watervilie. 445
p. IN. and SO p. m, from all points Sun.
days 1870 a. IN. from Portland aud Bangor.
4.l5 p. m. from Boston and Portland via a
gusta and from Bangor.