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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-13
TAFT SIGNS PENSION BILL.
Carries an Increase of 100000 During
First Year of Operation.

Washington, May l3.-The president
Saturday night signed the increased pen
sion bill passed by the House and Sen
ate. The measure was signed and be-
came law just before midnight, IN
the executive Offices at the White House.
A congressional committee, including
Senators McCumbeS and Burnham and
Representatives Sherwood, the author
of the original bill, Adair, Russell and
Carl C. Anderson was awaiting the ar
rival of the president when he reached
the White House on his return from
Princeton. He affixed his signature TO
the bill in the presence OF the commit
tee.
The bill. as finally agreed to, carries
an increase of 35,000.000 for pensions
during the first year of its operation.
During the first three years the in
creased payments to veterans will aver
age S22,000000
As finally agreed to the bill provides
increased pensions for 420965 veterans
according to the estimate of the House
conference committee, Every veteran
serving 90 days or mare in the naval on
military service during the Civil war
who has been honorably discharged aud
who is over 02 years old, is cared for
by the new law. For veterans 62 years
and over the rate provided in the law
for 90 DAVIS service is Sl3 a month, and
it ranges to SIC a month up to three
wears Of service; for SO years old and
over the rate is SIS month for 90
days and ranges up to $40 for three
years; for 70 years old and over, tho
rate for 90 days is SIS a month and
ranges up to S25 month for three
years; at IS years old and over, the
rate for 30 days service is S2l and
ranges up to $50 for three years.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-13
A Nervous Wreck.

Mrs. Mae Mcknight of 0ronogo. Mo,
writes: u was simply nervous wreck.
could not even walk across the floor
without my heart fluttering and suf-
fered with such bearing-down sensations
every month. Lydia i. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound has not only done my
nerves a world of good, but has relieved
me from pain. and | am recommending
it to my friends"
Because your case is difficult one.
don't continue to suffer, but try Lydia L.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-13
KILLS WIFE AND HIMSELF.
Geo. Caswell of Plaistow, N. H., Fires
Shot Gun at Woman.

Plaistow, n. H., May l3.-George W.
Caswell is dying in a hospital from
self-inHieted wounds. made after kill
ing his wife Saturday night.
According to Gaswell's son, the man
fred a shotgun point blank into his
wife's breast. then emptied the second
barrel into his own face.
The couple had been separated some
time and the shooting followed an I'M
successful attempt by Csswell to have
his wife return some money he claimed
was due him.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-13
THIEF SHOT AND KILLED
As He Was Attempting to Escape From
Farm House.

Pittsfeld, Mass, May ia man who
had entered the home Of John Parker,
a wealthy farmer, early yesterday morn
ing, was shot and killed by Parker
while trying to escape with two pecks
of potatoes, dressed chicken, and some
butter.
On the dead man were found pawn
tickets in the name OF James King,
from shops in Albany and Troy, \. \.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-13
What Texans Admire

is hearty. vigorous life, according to
Hugh Tallman of San Antomo. I'VE
find" he writes, that DR.. Kings New
Life Pills surely put new life and energy
into person. Wife and | believe they
are the best made Excellent for stom-
ach. liver or kidney troubles. 25 cents
at Red Cross Pharmacy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-13

the votes of 10000 more Republicans
than did Charles S. Baxter, head Of the
Roosevelt delegation. The Importance Of
the vote for Senator Crane, in the eyes
OF his friends, is that it destroys the
claim OF some Of the more enthusiastic
Roosevelt men that the senator had not
been able to carry the state.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-13

mon with great favor this season, par
ticularly because their shapes are gen
orally graceful and the eolorlng cam De
adapted to the room in which they are
placed. They can be stained or painted
any color desired.
Dorothy Dexter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-13
FOUR MORE TITANIC VICTIMS.
Canadian Government Steamer Mont
magny Reports Finding Them.

Halifax, \. s., May IA wireless
message received last night from the
Canadian government steamer Mont
magny reported the recovery of four
bodies of victims of the Titanic dis
aster.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-13
raft Goes % Beverly About JAW i

Washington, May BIN letter
promising to address the Taft club at
Beverly. Mass, some time in July, Presi-
dent Taft Saturday wrote that he in
tends to return to the summer capital
about July !.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-13

the floor on the wall of the back porch.
Drive in the end screws until rubber
fits in nicely. 1t will hold many pairs,
beside they are always in place, thus
preventing much scattering of dirt, as
well as confusion. This arrangement
may be made on closet door in lieu of
a shoe bag and its works fine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-13
Hints for Washday.

Spots caused by machine grease can be
easily removed if washed in warm rain
water and soda. Use borax and luke
warm water for washing white fannels,
rinse we'll in water of the same temper
allure and dry quickly. Ammonia dilut-
ed with water will remove diseolored
spots from carpets and colored garments
and sometimes restore the original color.
White knitted wooden garments, only
slightly soiled, may be easily eleansed
by placing them in bag sprinkling
plenty of -four between, and shaking
well. Try putting handful of salt in
your last rinsing water to keep the
clothes from freezing and dry more
quickly.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-13

Handy place for rubbers--To save dirt
and trouble in looking for your rubbers
every time in storms, fasten a sash eur.
tain extension rod about foot from
Evening journal., 1912-04-04
THURSDAY, APRIL 4. 1911
Up TO THE PEOPLE.

=. ENERAI. 7. COLEMAN DUPONT has done what he
" should have done long ago. He has stopped work
the boulevard until the consuuonality of the Boue-
ward Corporations Law has been passed upon by the
judges and untn she people OF the state have said
whether they are in sympathy with him in his desire
TO give S2O0Oo0O thoroughfare- or with the agtators
who trying TO prevent that gift
The General gave hint Of what was coming when
he addressed a meeting of Brandywino hundred men
recently. He told them that if they do not want tho
boulevard they do not have to have IT, as Is not ms
purpose to ram q down their throats 1t perhaps would
have been his project had he taken that at
ttude long ago. He has been so earnest in his de-
sire to give to tho people benefit of the road that
many have TO the mistaken conclusion that they
will be conferriug favor him 20 permit him to
spend S2OO0OOO OF his private funds for their benefit
1T is time TO correct such attitude. What the Gen
era said to the Brandywino hundred men he has eN-
tended so it applies 90 the entire state If the peo-
ple do not want the road they do not have to have 1t
and he is not going 90 try TO ram it down their
throats
The truth is that the people at large do want IT, Now
that the General put tho issue squarey up to hem
we feel sure they will make their desires known IN
way that will be effective General DUPONT very prop
ery characerzes poppycock the stories that ne eN
necs to reap millions profits from private eXplota-
lion of tho side strips along the road II is pointed out
bv him that II he desired trolley line pipe
tine or any other of line down the state he could
get a right of way il much more oheapy than he
could build the road.
Those who obiectng to the boulevard do not seem
co realize how Ear S2OOOOOO would in buying chain
Of farms from the Pennsylvania line on the north, to
tho Maryland line ON the south. Nor do they seem TO
realize that If It were merely land General DUPONT is
after he could get In any part of the State In TACT
oe might buy string farms from one end OF the
state 10 the other, take from them the land he needs
Tor his right of way and then reapporuon what Is eit
and sell it to advantage for farm land S2OOOOOO VIII
20 long way in purchase Of acreage at prices sueh
as prevail in Delaware outside tho metropolitan zone
Never i'm the history a State has there been more
humiating display of selhshness and ingrattude thon
that made by certain Deawareans in relation TO the
dupont boulevard. General dupont now has put IL
souarely up to the people whether the road shall
be built and received in the patriotic spirit that prompts
the gift or abandoned Of lack OF appreciation
lie should sit back. with that his unshakable polloy
and let the Delawaroans fight the question out among
themselves When the fight is over ne also should let
them come TO him aud ask that construction work Dc
resumed Tho idea OF man who is willing to give
81 900 coo improvement people being put IN inc
positon of supplicant is repugnant to every prhc
po. Of giving and receiving.
Evening journal., 1912-04-04

he should sink an partisan prejudice matter whether
he be Republican, Democrat, Socialist or Single
Taxer The question is large to be approached with
a mind warped by prejudice The good of the COM
muny should be the foundation underlying individual
action at such time this
There is no question that the proposed charter
tains provisions that good BY tho same token it
may be said il also contains provisions that many per-
SONS regard as unwise That is not surprising Noten
men ever yet got together to frame fundamental law
for the government Of 100000 persons and succeeded in
pleasing everybody. The provisions OF the act under
which the bipartisan charter commission for this city
was appointed shows ON its face that the legislators
looked for such results from the commissions work
t because the legislators felt it would not be
perfect and asasfng that they provided for its sub-
mission the people, only for widespread dis
cusson but also for vote 70 be held under liberal
dRons u is the duty of good citizens 10 avail them
selves OF those opportunities to the fullest extent
II there bc free and full discussion and untram-
meed vote need fear tho result Wilmington
ans smart They knew what they want and how
20 vote 10 get IT, There times however, when they
succumh 20 apatheuc indifference. This is of them
Our sole desire is to stir them up and get them
20 go to the charter meetings and the polls II their
interest be stimulated to that extent need APP
prehend danger from tho verdict II will be the
right one and worthy Of respect
Evening journal., 1912-04-04
HOMr PRIDE Am HOwARD PYLE.

II ONE pride is a wonderful thing. Il has resulted
in the rearing of many OF tho worlds greatest
terprises and monuments. Men and impelled
by 81 20 make great sacrifices OF time energy and
money. community without homo pride is morally
dead Lack OF that quality is indication OF civic
decay No community have TOO much of H. If
good Judgment and sound business policy go with It,
li is better for the people of a city TO suffer from
an eNasserated ego than 10 have ego at all To
have am exaggerated ego may be sign OF insanity II
aleniss 20 Doe believed but don't forget that many
Of the worlds greatest works have been performed by
men aud women who suffered from that complaint.
Their memories honorod aud reverod Tho
memories OF those who called them cranks and luna
tics have passed into oblivion
II Is wen for nation. State a municipality 10
suffer from woll-balanccd sef-conhdence. II spells
progress and those things which go far mako
living i'm the twentieth century better than It ever
has been in the worlds history. Taken by tho broad,
home pride has kept the world moving and made it
what it Is today
Wilmington has homo pride That is shown by tho
success that has attended the effort prevent any
other city getting the pictures of Howard Pyle, the
greatest artist city has produced. When tho
chord Of home pride struck, there was a gener-
response The indications that most of the
collection of pictures will be kept intact and
housed in city for the pleasure and the enghten
of this and future generations. Home pride has
made the people here determined that collection
shall not be broken up and sent broadcast over the
country, to tho accompaniment Of the pounding of the
auctoneer's hammer The fund needed to keep IL
here is not yet complete. Home pride however, will
make Il so, and is the time for those who arc
stirred by IL 20 send IN their contributions. Then il
persons who live in other communities desire to see
what great work the Wilmington artist did, they must
come to city to do IT,
Fear has been expressed by that if the collec-
tion be purchased there will be suitable place in
! which to display IT, In that respect, too home pride
| will 10 the rescue A people who honor an artist
sufficiently 80 spend $4,000 for his pictures will have
enough pride to supply art museum in which TO dis
/ play them It may once, but it will in
| due time Then, when Wilmingoniaus walk through
that museum they will carry with them that feeling
pride that is the life Of any progressive COM
! munity.
Evening journal., 1912-04-04
Editorial Opinion
MIR. DUPONTs PHILANTHROPY.

From the Philadelphia Evening Bull
letin.
The suspicion, even II Il be con-
hrmed that Mr.. T. Coleman dupont is
TO use the 17O-foot border Of the i'm
proved highway which he Is to con-
struct across the State of Delaware,
as source of personal profit which
will recompense him for his outlay,
doesn't lessen the benefits which the
public will enjoy. free of cost on the
new road As a demonstration Of the
advantages of highway improvement.
the prodt-making utilization of the
abutting strip is quite as helpful as
the roadway itself
One Of the lessons which the public
needs to learn is that good roads are
not luXuries. TO be INDUCED in when
treasures are full. or when some pri-
vate citizen chooses TO endow the COM
munity with them. but that they are
necessities and are capable of being
financed on an investment basis.
Whether Mr.. DUPONT secures his in
come from his parallel concession of
land through the appreciation of its
value for building purposes. or by the
development of It's right Of way for
transportation, he will serve a good
purpose if he impresses on the public
mind that with every improvement of
a highway there are created new prop
erty values which should be utilized in
defraying the cost of construction.
This principle. which is recognized in
betterment laws in nearly every State,
too seldom is applied. Part Of the
oost--in some instances all--must be
assessed on the general treasury. but
where there is direct benefit, specific
assessments properly may be made.
The idea that the unearned increment
conferred on property by improve
ments paid for out of the public treas
ury should be shared by the commun-
ity at large no longer is an outlaw
theory Of taxation. but in one form OF
another within limitations, is gaining
ground.
Mr.. DUPONT might spare another ten
or twenty feet of his land for the pub
lie service. thus erecting a more nota-
BILE monument to his wisdom. and yet
have in the balance Of his two hun
dred foot strip an ample sinking fund
for his investment. There is no real
evidence that he intends to use any
portion OF his concession for private
profit, but If he should decide TO do so
the upblic still would be indebted tc
him for the object lesson. and If they
were wise would proceed to build
more profit earning roads for them
selves
Evening journal., 1912-04-04
NICOTINE LADEN ELOQUENCE.

The charter meetings in Turn Hall
have had many novel and piquant fea-
lures. II remained. however. for one
of the women present to discover a
phase of them that had been unno-
ticed by the men. The leading women
in this city take a commendable in
terest in all that pertains to civic well
fare. They have made fair proper
tion Of all the charter discussion audi
ences. A little group of them was as
sembled at the meeting last Monday
night They commented with house
wifely pleasure on the cleanliness of
the hall which gave visible signs OF
a recent and vigorous scrubbing.
In the group was Mrs. william p
Bancroft. She has followed the Civic
Association meetings with keen in
terest In fact she has assisted in
forwarding nearly all of the move
ments in city and state looking to-
ward progress and social welfare
Some one asked whether she had en-
joyed the meetings. Mrs. Bancroft re-
piled, with a smile, that the meetings
were very enjoyable except for one
thing. II seemed TO her odd that when
signs were posted in many places in
the hall saying smoking was positively
forbidden, every night when she went
home from q charter meeting she
found her cloak permeated with tbs
odOr of tobacco. She said she also dis.
covered subsequently it still clung tc
the garment after it had been aired
all night.
The men have not smoked in the
meetings. AT the doorway, however, z
preliminary smoke has sharpened uT
their wits for the ensuing debate
There seems to be only one way tC
account for the garments of Mrs Ban
croft and the other women present be
ing permeated with tobacco. The llooC
of eloquence, for and against the char
ter, which the audieLce absorbed
simply was loaded down with nico
tine
Evening journal., 1912-04-04
STILL INTERESTED
IN WILMINGTON.

Henry G. McLear, formerly mayor of
this city and one of its most promin-
ent business men and public spirited
citizens, now is living with his charm
ing old wife i'm Mount Vernon, n. Y
The Wayfarer has learned through a
mutual friend that the man who for
merly played such an important part
in the affairs of Wilmington still takes
an intense interest in what is doing
here, and that even the smallest items
of news do not escape his attention.
When Mr. and Mrs. McLear decided
to give up their home in Washington
street aud make their abode with a
married daughter in Mount Vernon,
they had here many friends and ac-
quaintances who expressed regret that
such charming old couple should de-
eide in the sunset of life to go away
from an environment in which their
happiest days had been spent and in
which they had been the source Of
much happiness to others. Business
men, too. regretted the departure OF
Mr.. McLear, who figured for many
years as one of the leaders in the car
riage building trade in Delaware. His
associate was Caspar Kendall. The
firm name of McLear & Kendall was
known in all parts of the country.
Many friends of the McLears still
are hopeful they will return to this
city
Mr.. McLear now is watching with
keen interest the local charter fight
He. like many others, is CONVINCED
fully that radical changes should be
made in the existing charter.
Evening journal., 1912-04-04
WAYFARER's NOTE BOOK

way and commanded the engineer TO
stop the train. He didn't want TO do
1t, but when the guerillas started 10
shoot at him he did it with a Jolt.
Gilmore ordered the train crew and
the passengers to alight. Then he di-
rected his men to search the mails.
set fire to the train and start if down.
grade toward Gunpowder bridge That
bridge was guarded by Union troops.
The Confederates could not ger near
enough to set il on fire. They hoDed
the burning train would stop on the
bridge. and that the flames would
spread TO the superstructure and de.
stroy IL. With the bridge DESTROYED
railroad communication between the
North and South would have been cut
Gilmore's men made no attempt to
harm the train crew or passengers.
I'VE watched the burning train roll
down grade toward the bridge and
thought II surely would stop right on
the structure and burn IL. The
Union soldiers. however. were alert.
They met the train before il reached
the bridge, boarded it, set the brakes
and stopped il when only part of Il
was on the bridge. Then Union sol
diers fought the fire. II was not ex-
tinguished until two or three passen-
ger coaches had been destroyed and
much damage done. to the bridge, The
hold-up was exciting while it lasted
Subsequently / met Gilmore at the
Magnolia station and heard him give
TO a subordinate orders TO retire 10
General Cadwallader's place for n
supply of fresh horses"
Evening journal., 1912-04-04
BRIsON AND GILMORE.

Colonel Thomas b. Brison, retired
station master at the p. B. and w.
Railroad station in this city, is not
talkative man. When questions are
asked his replies are short, sharp and
to the point Once in a while, how
ever, he loosens up. In the many years
he engaged in railroading he had many
thrilling experiences. One of the most
interesting was his encounter with
Gilmore and his band of Confederate
guerillas in the Civil War Colonel
Brison then was a conductor on the
Maryland division of the p, W. and b.
Railroad. That road then was the only
line of communication between New
York. Philadelphia, Wilmington and
the South.
Gilmore and his band held up my
train on July IL, 1864, when il was be-
tween Gunpowder bridge and Magno-
liza, Nd" the colonel said yesterday
when asked by the Wayfarer to re-
count the incident He stroked his
short gray beard rehectively and con-
tinued:
"We did not know Gilmore was in
the immediate neighborhood, and were
apprehending no trouble when he and
his band rode out on the right of
Evening journal., 1912-04-04
srIMrLlrE cnARTER INTEREsT.

IT HE last charter meeting held here was much bet
.er than any that had preceded IT, The discussion
covered an infinitely wider range and was less one
sided Those who had charge of it arc 70 be congrau
lated on s success Many more such meetings should
be held Every civic organization in the city should
arrange for one or more of them The charter uues-
lion has been starving Intelligent discussion cover
ing all It's sides It has been the effort of THE EVEN
ING JOURNAL TO stimulate interest in the important
instrument that has been framed by the bipartisan
Charter Commission There has been such response
that we shall continue efforts
Tho time that remains in which the charter may be
the subject of such public discussion is growing short
No time should be lost by those who interested
getting for city what It ought have in the way
Of fundamental law. Let each in the community
become orator. Let him praise the good points in
the proposed charter and criticize those which no re-
CARDS unwse. II matters not whether a man be
rich poor he has sovereign right TO express him
SELF not only by voice but also by vote, on this am-
portant question.
city charter really is a ctys constitution. The
rich and the poor affected equally by it-beneh-
cally if it be good; harmfuy II be bad In psssinr
on the question whether the work done by the BIZ
partisan commission should be approved disspproyed
Evening journal., 1912-04-04
FANCY RATES

q If we had rate on gas to meet any mans fancy,
we would have an assortment OF figures that would
be credit TO multiplication table
q We would have rates so LOW, that should we de-
eide TO place everybody on this rate we wouldn't be
able to STAY in business LONG enough to COL
LECT the gas bills
q Again, we would have rates so HIGH, that should
we decide to make everybody "toe the mark" and
pay this rate profits would SHAME the Standard
Oil Company.
q When any public service corporation takes the
stand that it is going to GET business by allowing
everybody OUTSIDE the company to make the
rates, THEN EVERY MAN AND WOMAN WHO
Is BUYING THE PRODUCT OF THAT COR
PORATION is GETTING UNFAIR TREAT
MENT unless he or she has the LOWEST rate.
Everybody couldn't have the Lowest rate unless
there was only One rate as is the case with the
Wilmington Gas Company.
T We Have One Rate---everybody gets the same
everyone is on an equal footing-we Play NO
Favorites. In other words we don't ask t1leh
Rate Man to pay the Losses of the company due to
the man who pays rate far Below the actual cost
OF production.
Q Our books and records are always open for Pub
lie inspection. We try to Give as Much Light to
our methods as we furnish in the Gas we sell -