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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-04-09
BIG BALLOT
IN CHICAGO
CAUSES TROUBLE

CHICAGO, April 8. - Political
sharps declare that the vote today
is heavier than the entire vote OF
1908, and that it will be a big
surprise when the votes are count
ed The followers of Governor
Deneen claim that he will be re
nominated by at least thirty thou
sand plurality The ballots which
are being used are five feet in
length and they are giving the
voters much trouble.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-04-09
RAILWAY STRIKE
fXCITES MANY

MONTERREY. Mexico. April a.
The American eolonists are greatly
excited at present. and thousand
are preparing TO Zee the country
Many OF the American inhabitants
are ehartering special trains. a. a
result Of the decision OF the Ameri-
can conductors In the National
Railway ~ Mexico The Engineers
on the National Railway of Mexico
viii 70 on strike April i5 u may
also affect the Texaa railroads
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STUDYING PLANS FOR
EXECUTION SCAFFOLD

SALEM. Ore. April 9.-Deputy
Sheriff Shelter of Utah is visiting
at the state penitentiary here to
ascertain the proper way to con-
struct scaffold for execution pur-
poses. According to Shelter, there
has not been an execution by hang
ing in Utah for II years. the MUIR
derers of that state preferring to
be shot, and the state allowing
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-04-09
HUNDREDS MAROONED
ON COTTON PLATFORM

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, April p
One hundred persons are in dan
ger of death on a marooned plat
form in an old cotton gin at Ed
mondson, in Crittenden county. They
have been foodless for two days.
A part of the platform has already
been swept away Rescuers are
speeding TO their relief
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-04-09
HUNDRED AEROPLANES
IN FRENCH MANEUVERS

PARIS. April 9-Over one hun
dred aeroplanes will take part in
the annual maneuvers of the French
army this year, according to plans
agreed upon by Minister of War
Millerand and General Joffre. the
army chief. It is expected that the
maneuvers, which will take place in
September in the Loudun-C -Chateller-
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-04-09
DOCTOR ON
FAST LOSES
FEW POUNDS

SEATTLE, April .. Doctor Haz-
zard the female practitioner who
was recently convicted OF having
starved Claire Williamson, a very
wealthy English girl TO death, has
completed the fourteenth day Of
her thirty days fast. Since enter
ing upon the test she has consumed
only nine pints of water and no
solids and has lost but nineteen
pounds.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-04-09
uAs MADE 4 NEW
CHINESE AI.PHAREr

NAPLES APRIL Professor Riy-
etta % the Orient Institution IN
this civ has complied new chi
nsse aiphah.t ~ t2 letters 20 take
lhe nlafs ef The seeoo characters
gps IN nse. ehieh he hopes the
aew renabus wln adopt tie claims
that exeFs wosa 20 the cuFrent chi.
nsss language may be eorre,tly "a,
plsased rs msaas ~ hn Alphabet
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-04-09
ANOTHER LEVEE HAS
BROKEN IN THE SOUTH

MEMPHIS. Tenn. April 9.--The
levee at Wilson. Arkansas. Just be-
low this city broke this afternoon.
All the wires are down and the
telcgraphic and telephone oommuni-
cations have been cut on The
damage wiil run in many figures
but an estimate cannot be made
this afternoon.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-04-09
ASKED TO vOrE FOR WOMEN;
REFUsfps WIZ SHOT HIN

CHICAGO. April Mrs Chss
RiteeeY = photographer Wiie 90
das asked her hashaad a. vote for
Votes fnr Wemcn he refused
sueeflnels aad the slfr shoe hln
ese umss .a thg lesa ana arms
fhe seHnas are aos epnsiisred
fatal
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MtN VINO AIDED N
ESCAPE ~ GuIiIN

san FRANCISCO. April . q. n
rbarnsi who aided nr Grant
lyman ia his escape from the Ted.
ersl eaiesrs % California and ore.
sen tssiag pleaded rullty before
feaefai 1uare Farrinrton and snl
'sfeiss rs ssntsuse iomerruv
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TOWN on OSCEOIA
THREATENED HN FIOOn

MEMPHIS. April > Ill d repor,-
ed that Oseeola. ARA with = popu-
lation 81 mare than aa0a persons
Is endangered b. the icsvc al this
place weaksnlne The inhabitants
hass hea warned and many 90 them
are leaving
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PRESIDENT CREATES
A NEW BUREAU

WASHINGTON. d. c.. April g.
President Taft today signed the bill
creating a children's bureau in the
department of commerce and labor.
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them this privilege. But recently
a condemned man expressed a de-
sire to be hanged, saying he was
sore on the state and wanted to
make his execution as expensive as
possible"
The court granted his request and
he will be hanged as soon as Shet-
ter returns with the plans for the
scaffold.
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f,l,n ,AtltttMNtA

toN kNuEI.En eat ArFii
Walter llnases A Fulleiie eanl
saleb maaassf states thai "a Ful
istte elig Htnhahy eonfe difeelA
81 l.aa ANesles alter the ofesen
ptimafiss Apfu ~ tle eui Feualp
ia ealifaraia ae 81 TIE date az ihe
uflt.Afses h this state
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OfFnAplNs uotn A
WNFRRKNCE ronAy

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saagsseaee msetiug heforp the ~
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tu,s mns ctnrWrs.

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Mems pants. boys suits. carpets
and linoleums. Buy them at Nc
Kim Co.'s store.
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ault region. will be the biggest in
history, at least 1S divisions of in
fantry and cavalry, $50 batteries
of artillery, over 100 aeroplanes,
several dirigibles and other air craft
taking part.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-05-30
SOUTHERN FARM PROBLEM
AZ II WIN Re Affected by the Floods
In the Mississippi Valley.

I From the Augusta. Ga. Cnronicle.)
There is yet time for the southern
farmer to pursue the rational policy and
tortfy himself against the rising tide
of high-priced foodstuffs By every mail
or wire comes the notification Of the adj
vance all along the line, of plantation and
household supplies
With corn at $l.l0, western hay $40 per
ton. and beef soaring like an airshlp,
the southern cotton producer IS certainly
up against it, 1t will take 10 cents cotton
to keep his soul alive. if he has to buy
supplies at present prices.
Having just passed through the storm
lest winter on record, with the necessi-
ties of life going up while cotton went
down, ne has found Jordan pretty hard
road to travel, to be sure. Then the con-
tinuous wet spells, lasting from the first
of November UP to the present time,
transformed the finest cotton crop that
ever grew into dogtail and kept the
ground in such bad condition that pow
ing was out of the question.
In these circumstances no small grain
was put into the ground. no preparation
for next crop was made That Is to say.
There was scarcely time between rains TO
get the low Grade of cotton picked. Be
cause labor was scarce, il was the first
Of March before many farmers quit pick
ing cotton and not few of them plowed
up their fields white with the remains OF
the ruined crops.
| These distressing details are bad
enough. but the farmers Of the savannah
valley may as well congratulate them
selves that conditions are no worse
| Look at the ptiable plight of the farmers
OF the Mississippi valley and the numer
Gus tributaries of that great river
| Millions of acres are under water an,
| have been so for months. Hundreds q
| thousands of homes washed away an'
families forced to seek safety in flight
| many miles away. Thousands of tn
| poor creatures. unable to escape from thu
fury of raging torrents, have been los
and thousands more with only the clothe
they wear, and being kept alive by tn
bounty of the government
The property loss viii mount up L
millions. The calamity TO the section af
fected is simply unparalleled. And tn
end is not Yet,
II behOOves, therefore, the farmers 1
| this section of country to tnke courag
and contrast their conditions with tn
poor unfortunates of the Mississippi val
ley. Plant corn plant peas. plant gai
den seeds of various kinds and plan
| patches of green forage that Will com
quick and save YOU the enormous blll I
feed for your stock.
!, Cotton is now the cheapest commonly
: on the market. the complete obliieratio
| OF the acreage In the Mississippi Vaiie'
| that was formerly devoted to cotton WI
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-05-30
AT EST POINT.

The selection of West | oint a. the place
for the national military academy was
due to its advantages from military
Viewpoint for its rugged beauty and its
severe climate were calculated To be
beneficial in the foundation of that sort
of character so essential to a successful
officer The academy was formally open
ed on July /. 1902. with ten cadets and
five officers as instructors. Its success
is said to be due to the administrative
ability of General Sylyanus Thayer, who
became its superintendent In 1917, and
served as such for sixteen years. TINS
officer is known as the Father Of West
Point. Since the opening Of the academy.
including tn, class of II. more than i've
thousand officers have been graduated A
cadets education costs the government
about S3.J,o. All cadets are on the same
footing The pay of cadet is 500
year and one ration day, or com
mutation thereof at 50 cents "A day. The
total is about s7o9bN, to commence with
his admission to the academy. lmne-
diately after his admission the Young
man must spend about 500 for uniforms
After graduation the cadet IS eligible 70
the rank of second lieutenant and Is ap-
pointed to whatever branch of the serv-
ice his record entities him Those who
are highest in class honors are generally
appointed to the engineer corps.
An act Of Congress authorizing the ex-
pendit,lre of jSO1OIO for the RECONSTRUCT
ton of the United States Military Acad-
envy was passed In June 1909, and at a
later session of Congress sl.7co"oo add
tional was alowed-Leslie's
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-05-30
FIDELITY IN SMALL THINGS.
(From Popular Mechanics)

The train in which | was riding the
other day was delayed by a block sig
nal. We stopped in freight yard and
the view from my window was quite
uninviting. with long rows of dingy box
cars, many of which were battered and
needed painting. The surroundings were
anything hut promising as objects for
study. Snow which had fallen the night
before had partly melted, and directly
opposite the window was a pond of the
liquid slush, about the length Of n freight
car. and six feet wide One set of
trucks of box car came opposite the
middle of the big puddle, and could only
be reached by wadns. Presently Il fig
l.re came down the track carrying a can
of oil and a bucket OF waste. 1t was the
car oiler. He was poorly dressed. his
shoes had burst open at the sides, and
well, he scarcely answered to the picture
we paint of stuff from which heroes are
made As he advanced. each axle box
was opened and oil or waste put in as
required. What would he do with the
box at the middle of the pond? Ha came
to the water. hesitated only an instant,
and then waded in, the Icy liquid COM
ing up to his shoe tops. for it was deep.
The bax was opened; 1t required little at
,ention. only a few drops of oil, and then
he passed ON to the next He might have
| taken a chance on that one single box
| the probabilities, were all in favor Of the
| car going through To the next division
| station without causing any delay 81
| damage. On the other hand. the boz
might as likely have been dry, and wher
| the train had Travelled 10 or 20 miles hax'
gone hot, compelling q stop not on sched
| ule. at a place whore another train fol
lowing expected n clear track, and
wreck been the result.
The semaphore drops, our train get
under way. and the last glimpse OF on
unknown. faithful worker reveals hin
diligently packing waste around tho axl
OF coal car: but his graphic demonstra
ton OF faithfulness In small things wa
very satisfying, and worth taking home
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-05-30
VERNONT'S SHOCKING DIET.

(FrOm the Boston tlObe.)
The great and absorbing question that
has puzzled natives of the Green Noun
tain State for generations. What is the
matter with Vermont" which has been
answered in a dozen different ways. has
at last been settled for all time by WILL
lam s. Rossiter, former employe Of the
United States census Office.
Briefly stated. the trouble with Yer
mont is that It's inhabitants cat too many
pig products and sweets. This diet makes
the men sickly and weak and the women
anemic and incapable of child bearing
Mr., Rossiter says so and he knows. ION
many Vermont farms the food consumed
daily IS not fit for human beings" says
this expert. He found Il kinds of cake
on the table at once, and nothing at
all to eat In one place. Alarming, isn't
it?
Come to think of IT. history carries
out Mr. Rossiters statement When
Ethan Allen in angry and impetuous
tones demanded the surrender OF Ticon-
deroga from the British. he acted very
churlishly. just as would have been ex-
pected of a man reared on a salt pork
diet. II he had been brought up on
grapefruit this Notifying incident might
! never have happened.
| Then there was General Stannard, who
at Gettysburg rudely led a lot of Vernon,
pork eaters in a charge against Pickett
| without waiting for orders. He could
| have been a Chesterfield If his diet hae
been right in his childhood days.
George Dewey. who as n boy shame
| lesslv consumed maple syrup on Zap
| Jacks and still likes them, might have
| done better at Manila If he had eaten Thu
| right kind of stuff as child.
And now we know why Charles A
| Prouty is so lacking In decision in deal
| Ing with the problems of interstate com
| merce. He has been known to eat cake
1t Is also matter of common knowl
edge that our governor. who IS imported
from Franklin county, VT, developed hi
jaw and his courage by rending carawa
cookies at the family home in berkshire
Let the worst be known At once, :
| that reformation may begin. So long a
pig and sweetcake remain on the Yer
monter's able he is doomed. But thes
good people must not he discourage 70
all is not lost and they can move dow
here into Mssa chusetts. where beef
steak Is only 35 cents "A pound and whei
price,. We can't offer you any mapl
syrup. but we will give you boiled dow
brown sugar.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-05-30
ANOTHER LESSON FOH VERMONT

From the Barre TimesD
Once more the Massachusetts, method
Of putting murlerers to death commendi
itself for its most nearly humane feat-
ures. its dispatch and its entire lack 4
hunglng features A. compared with
Nermont's antiquated method of putting
to death through suspension by the neck.
electrocution represents modern thought
as opposed to ideas of past ages, and the
sooner Vermont takes the steps coward
establishing the electric chair in place of
the scaffold the better for the State.
When Massachusetts lnGlrts the death
penalty on any unfortuu1'es its agents
are not forced to go through the horri5la
spectacle of gain striur.u- up the Victim
after the rope ha., parted In the first drop
Of the trap and the oodt aas fallen to the
floor. it is only necessary TO again turn
the current through she unconscious form
of the person sitting bound in the chair.
and the end comes without especially nau-
seating features. II Vermont wishes t
take a progressive stand. while at tn
same time retaining the death penalty, i
should, at the very next opportunity re-
wise its methods IN dealing with condemn
ed murderers. TO that end, the newspa-
pers Of the state can do a good service ny
impressing their readers with the adNan-
,ages OF the substitution instead OF mango
| ing Why not do Y?
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-05-30
VERMONT ACADEMY NOTES

The commencement program Is as fol-
lows: Saturday, June S. 500 p. m, con-
cert under direction OF Il. II. Miller, in
structor in music. Sunday, June 9. 1915
a. m baccalaureate sermon. the Rev.
Henry H. Ballou, Chester, Vermont Acad-
envy. 1888: $50 y. m. vesper service in
Fuller hail. Haley T. Waller, secretary
Young Mems Christian association, Cam
bridge Mass, Vermont academy, 1897
Monday. June TO- 1890 n. m, debate for
Barrett prize; 800 p. M, class day eXer-
cises; S 90 to 500 p. m, class reunions;
500 D. M. Fuller prize speaking contest.
Tuesday. June IL, 1890 a. m. graduating
exercises. address by the Rev Woodman
Bradbury, D. D.. Cambridge. Mass; 1900
m. business meeting of the alumni: 4"
p m. alumni dinner; 800 p. m, trustee
meeting; $40 p. M. annual baseball
game Academy VS.. Alumni; 500 p. m.
principals reception to graduating class.
Sturtevant House.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-05-30
FLETCHER PROGRESSIVE.

1t appears that the so-caled progress
sive movement which, at its two or three
meetings, has called together from 30 to
20 persons from different parts of the
State. does not ann to promote any spe-
cial gubernatorial candidacy, but simply
TO emphasize certain doctrines touching
the general political situation In the
State. This we gather from a St. Johns
bury despatch of the Eth inst, telling of
the meeting there that day. The resolu-
tons adopted declare for simple direct
officials, the choice of United States SEN
ators by direct preferential ballot. n re-
vision of the system of taxation so that
all shall be taxed alike and every either
shall have the power to borrow or loar
money on the same conditions as thos,
under which the banks now operate. an6
fun publicity of campaign expenses Th'
group of progressves who met at Ches
ter the other day seem not to have clear
lv understood what the ST. Johnsbur,
group We're to declare for. But. as we al
want TO be real progressives, we can TAXI
hold and elect really progressive GOV
ernor (whose present address is Proctors
vile, In the town of Cavendish), and thei
We can move along on progressive line
and put and keep the state where sh'
belongs Why not?
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-05-30
CHINESE NAXJNS,

The minds OF women are Of quicksilver.
and their hearts of wax.
The most curious women willingly cast
down their ewes 70 be looked at
The TONGUES OF women increase by all
that they take from Their feet.
The finest roads 10 not so far,
When men are together. they listen
to one another. hut women and girls LOOK
At one another.
The most umd girl has courage enough
to talk scandal
one may Doe dccorous without being
chaste; but orc cannot ne chaste without
being decorouS
My books speak 10 my mind. my friends
to my heart: all the rest to my ears.
Tho wise man does not speak of all ne
does but he does nothing that canno,
be spoken OF,
Attention to small things is the econ.
omy of virtue.
Man may bend to virtue. but virtue can
not bend to man
Virtue loes not give talents, hut Il
supplies their place. Talents neither give
virtue nor supply the place OF it.
One may DO without mankind but one
has need OF friend.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-05-30
BOYS AND GIRLS SOLD.
Child Market of Great Antiquity on
Shores of Lake Constance.

(From the London Evening Standard)
There are not many tourists at Fried
richshafen, on the Lake of Constance, at
Easter time. but a few. nevertheless, who
happened to be passing through Witness
ed a strange scene in the chief square,
which resembled an Arab slave market
IN Africa.
This was the yearly market of Tyroese
children; - boys and 30 girls between
the ages of II and l6. who had arrived
that morning in q special steamer. under
the care of Roman Catholic priest.
were standing huddled together In front
of the Golden Wheel Inn waiting to ne
sold 10 the htyhest bidder TOY the season s
farm work.
Purchasers were not lacking, for 600
peasant farmers from Baden, Wurtten-
herg and bavaria had come to get child
slaves to work on their farms. ard these
behaved exactly az NJ the cattle market
scruuMEns the boys and Sirla. some
tines feeling their biceps and then max
ms an offer TO the priest
Owing 10 the demand this year being
so much greater than the sxpply, the
prices ruled high, al2 los, being given for
me hay fork or a scytne effectively, while
$40 was given for one of the older girls
who looked as II she could DO long
days wedding in the sun
on the other hand. e los. was consider
Cd enough for little, underfed mites OF
II, who ought to have been at school
and who II is TO be hoped. will be uset
for nothing more severe than watching
f'ocks of geese and driving cattle out anc
home at milking time.
The money. of course, goes to tho chill
dren's parents, landless men in the re
noter valleys of TSrol. woodsmen ant
he like. who. one would be glad to be
send their children to work for stranger
in a foreign country. The child slave
are sont home at the end Of October-all
that Is, but some who succumb to over
work, III treatment and inconsistencies
That the children are not always wei
treated Is proved by the fact that tn
priest this year brought with him a blac
list of dozen farmers who are to ~
no more children. but 1t is satisfactory a
east to find that there Is some kind O
control exercised.
The whole business OF the child mar
ket which Is Of great antiquity, Is no,
arranged by clerical society named tn
Tyroler Hutekinder- Verein. the acuvit
of which is violently attacked BY part q
tho local press. which demands ~ sur
preston.