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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-16

For a man of 81 years, ex-senator
George F. Edmunds of Vermont keeps a
pretty close run Of affairs, as indicated
by his recent letter on the presidency
What is equally important is that peo-
pie listen to him not as one who thinks
in the past, but as one who keeps up
with younger people and mixes old-age
conservatism with his thinkings.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-16
Subtraction.

Aunt Dorothy How many command
ments are there, johnny?
Johnny (gliblyl-Ten.
Aunt Dorothy-And, now suppose you
Were TO break one OF themY
Johnny Tentatively Then there'd
be ine.-Christian Register.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-16
Start Your Son on an

endowment now, help him carry it until
he is able. The proceeds will bring re-
lief from anxiety for him and be of prac-
teal benefit in many ways. National Life
Insurance Company of Vermont. (Mu-
tual.) S. S. Ballard general agent, Law
renee building, Montpelier, Vt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-16
At the Dentists.

Servant-You want to see Herr Dol-
tori Could you come again tomorrow
Patient-Why, isn't he in?
Scrvant-Oh, yes; but you're our frst
patient and its his birthday tomorrow
should so like it TO be surprise for
him. --Fliegende Blaetter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-16

Newbury has been very active this
week for an old burg. 1t is good to see
these ancient towns of Vermont showing
50 much life as to put on pretentious
anniversary celebrations. In thus cele-
brating the past, they unconsciously are
laying foundation for the future.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-16
GRANITEvILLE.

Meeting of the Q. w. |. U. of N. A
will be held in st. Sylvester's church
basement on August 81 at p. m. Bust
ness, voting on international secretary
treasurer and delegates to the A. F. of L.
convention to be held in Rochester, n. Y
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-16

Chairman Hilles claim of 1888 electoral
college votes for Taft, out OF total
of 53l, leaves chance for speculation, il
not many votes, for the other fellows.
That is about all that can be said OF the
claim at present.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-16

1t was surely case of going to the
dogs when Columbus, Ohio, people spent
$500 in giving hero dog what was
called fitting" burial, with flower
lined casket, etc. Next to letting the
monkey have seat at the table, that is
the most foolish whim that has come to
notice lately.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-16

Hard it is to reconcile the fact that
in 1884 Roosevelt favored George +. Ed
nunds for president against Blaine with
the fact that the two are at wide vari-
nnce at the present time. Still the for
mer fact is vouched for by those who
should be in a position to know.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-16

The birth OF an heir to the Aston
shousehold reveals how much the mar
riage OF the young New York girl to the
former head of the family was COM
mcrcial transaction. Dan Cupid must
have been bit jealous.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-16

1t is hard to say whether Wilson is
Incky or unlucky, since Roosevelt has
declared he dislikes to attack him as
the Democratic candidate for president.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-16

Taft vetoes and Congress votes. But
Taft stands to his guns.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-16

Bennington Battle day-honored il
the breach.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-16
6,O75

copies, the largest circulation of any daily
paper in Vermont outside Of Burlington
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-16

The average daily circulation of the
Barre Daily Times for the week ending
last Saturday was
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-30
Editorial PAGE Of Che Cacoma Cimes
"A Unique Monument

WE DON'T THINK much of the Mormon
church, it's origins its teachings its politics. But
there is one thing for which heartily COM
mend the hierarchy, and that is monument costing
about $4,000 to be placed the grounds of the tenn
pie at Salt Lake City.
Doubtless you think the marble shaft is to be
erected in honor of of the founders and fathers
of the sect, but you are wrong. This monument is
unique in that it is to be erected in gratitude to birds
of the air.
It's pretty story-a tale of real life. When the
Momons first settled in Utah they had great diff
Guilty in irrigatng the arid valley. Their food sup
ply was almost exhausted, but their first harvest
promised to be good one. Then plague of
grasshoppers. The green land seemed destined for
destruction. Starvation seemed fated for the Nor
mons. And then came salvation in the shape of the
seagulls which dwet in numbers in the reedy
marshes on the shores of the great Salt Lake. The
birds destroyed the grasshoppers and since then the
laws OF Utah have protected the beautiful graceful
winged things.
We like the gratitude of the Mormons We like
their monument idea. 1t is bound to teach the COM
ing generations to have something of loving kind
ness for little brothers of the air. as the good
St Francis called them.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-30
THE MAKING OF A MAN
B Harold Carter

1t was blue Monday for the
workers high up on the seven
teenth story of the great sky
|scraper-accident day. In Is
days five had gone crashing down
to a hideous death among the ant
like inhabitants of the neither
world, a CHASTITY distance below.
And they had always died In
threes. One, two, three-inter-
val; one, two--the third was yet
to be called. And, of the five,
four aid died on Monday. Small
wonder that the men walked care
fully as they paced to and fro up
on the narrow Orders, covered
with slippery ice.
There was bad blood between
Ralston and young Murphy. Not
that Ralston bore any malice to-
ward the boy. Ralston 1t was who
climbed, sure-footed, to the top
most pinnacles, and deity caught
the red-hot bolts that were tossed
to him from below. But Murphy
was In training. He chung to the
easy scaffolding, not daring to
look beneath him. He had not
found his nerve. Some found it at
once; some never did. The rest,
Ralston especially, jeered at him
good-humoredly and called him a
coward. Their rough irony sank
deep into the boys soul. He
treated Ralston with sullen hos
tilfty, and Ralston repaid him
with superfine mockery.
might I trouble you for a few
of them bolts, Mister Murphy"
he called, standing with easy
bearing upon a thin, rod-like strip
that projected out into space,
glistening with ice. STEADY,
BILL" he continued, shouting up
good-nautredly to the man who
worked the huge derrick over
him. Don't let her down yet.
Mister Murphy is bringing up
them bolts and he's lost his sea-
legs. Here he comes. Now let
her CO."
The derrick chains creaked and
the huge girder, poised horizon
tally over the city below, began
to journey down through space.
Weighing perhaps ten hundred
weight, it was SO nicely calculated
that it came down with absolute
ly horizontal poise. though the
least weight on either end would
have tipped it up, and sent 1t
crashing down into the street.
"Ye're a sad case, Mr.. MUIR
phy.' continued Ralston pleasant
ly, taking the bolts from the boy,
who was clinging, terror-stricken.
to the supports. I'm thinking
it's the dry goods business you're
better suited to. You'll never
make man of yourself"-
| you lie. curse you," screamed
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-30
PHONES
The Times Daily Short Story

scaffolding. He saw Ralston fall
clear of the tower and begin his
descent into nothingness, turning
over and over and clutching wild
ly at the air.
Ralston struck heavily upon the
girder that hung from the derrick
grasped it,. stayed his fall, and
chung desperately to the end OF it.
There he swung, while the mas
sive piece of steel began to re-
voIve with slow undulating mo-
ton.
But the fear-struck spectators
saw that the mans weight was
gradually tipping up the girder. II
became more and more perpen-
dicular; in another minute it
would slip through the rope and
go crashing down into the city
streets. Murphy opened his eyes
and saw. The next moment, as
its circular movement brought the
girder within his reach, he sprang
into space and gripped the other
end.
This counterpoise came at the
exact moment. Gradually the
girder began to right itself. The
new weight at the other end
brought 1t back to a horizontal
plane, and they chung there, as
on some giant see-saw, riding up
on the air.
Hold on, for Gods sake, boys"
the foreman called. Lower her,
BILL" The derrick chains creak-
ed, the rope elongated, and inch
by inch the girder, still maintain
ing it's euuipotse. was Iowared In
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-30

"Uh-wel sah" remarked old Brother a
great hand to cogitate bou only dune
twixt de rich and de po dat de rich
and probosei of de liver and is beeged
don't
cant pecae and mars DER sons desc yuh
ehorusn ladies and daughters
nuthn Wee! weet'
snkin ottymobies
prevariation
of needle like dem foolish Complexities
days wrong fetchake plumb fun beginnn
de tudder hand long
appetes like dragons
folks wdou end and sho seadfas
taity lastde whole bidness
ready to swap off for half o. de rich mans money.
OATS bout all de dunce uh twixt de rich
Bofe of em has spot in de middle der
scratch wdou hep O. kind
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-30

to the street, 400 feet below. :.
Dizzy and faint, with bleeding
palms, Ralston staggered over to-
ward the unconscious lad. Murphy
opened his eyes and feebly caught
at his extended hand. He did not
need the cheers and handshakes
of the workmen; he knew that he
had been tried and not found
wanting.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-30

Murphy, and driven frantic by
the climax of his sufferings, he
released his hold and struck Raj
ston full in the face.
Ralston reeled back, slipped on
the fce-covered rod, lost his foot
ing, and toppled into space.
shouts of horror went up from
the. workmen. Murphy, all his
anger abated, clung dizzily to the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-30

BOYS SCHOOL SHOES
This style Is quite heavy, uppers
are thick stiff calf, soles are a lit
tie heavier than is usual at these
prices. They will stand much
rough wear and wet. Sees 2 IL
to 5 1-2 for big boys $1.75; sizes
IL IL to 2 for youths, sizes 9 to
IL, for little boys, q 0E
pair ....... ......- YIsGO
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-30

BOYS SCHOOL SHOES
\ Good leather soles count most in
boys shoes. We offer for Sat
urday boys box calf blucher
school shoes made for service,
good shape, new last; sizes IL
to 6, for big boys, $1.75; sizes
IL IL to 2, for youths, $3.50;
sizes to IL, for little q 0E
boys, pair ....... 4IuZJ
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-30

Patent Leather School Shoes
We have fine luck with this make of patent
leather for school wear; they are heavy, do not
scuff, and stand wet. We never had pair
crack. Sizes IL 1-2 to 2, for misses, Sits;
sizes II IL to 2, $1.5O; sizes to s, Ct 9E
pair NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. lskJ
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-30

If you don't get your paper by
. o'clock tonight call up the
Times circulation department,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-30
W5tAlVthin5
A Rural Retort.

"A Rural RetOrt.
Observation-Disclosures does this
road go to?
Farmer Smart-It hain't budg-
ed an inch In my time, mister
Boston Transcript.
Punishment of Critics.
Nero f1ddled while Rome burn
ed.
IF folks would wet blanket
the fire instead of my music they
might save themselves" he cried.
New York Sun.
Notification.
Father" said the small boy,
what is a notification"
"A notification, my son, Is q
formality of publicity reminding
statesman that a nomination
has accepted him. "-Washington
Star.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-30

A CERTAIN degree of originality there GER
saniy Is In launching white progressive party
for the South to the tune of "John Browns Bndv
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-30

MIR TAFT continues to play golf, and, as Mil
ton sald strictly mediate the thankless Moose
Chicago Tribune.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-08-30
Observations

WE LEARN with amazement that Crooksville
Ohio, Is a Roosevelt stronghold Columbia State
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-01
GUARDS U. S. PROPERTY
But Can Cubans Keep 1t Up, Is the
Question.

Washington, June 1.-The American
consul at Santiago cabled today tina
the Cuban government had establish
ed a permanent garrison at Daiquiri,
where the Spanish-American mining
property is coated.
h force is deemed sufficient to
defend the place against the insur-
gents. The Paducah did not land ma
ines.
1t is realized here that the Cuban
government will nave a difficult time
to provide guards for all the foreign
owned properties IN Oriente and yet
retain a force of regular troops in
compact organization to repel any
quick attack from the rebel leader,
Estonoz.
Because of the extraordinary mobjl-
ity of the insurrecto army which en-
ables it to break into small riding
parties and attack and pillage unpro-
tected plantations many miles separat-
ed, within the same day, the mainte-
nance of a largely superior government
force will be necessary. 1t is believed
it will be several weeks before Cen
eral Monteaguedo can assemble an
army large enough for a successful
campaign.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-01
BONDS SOLD HERE
City Commissioners Announce
Sale of $4,000.
Topeka Investors Oversub-
scribed Amount $4,000.

Roy l.. Bone, city commissioner of
finance, this afternoon that
the city bond issue of $4,000 was
oversubscribed $4,000 by local CAPT
tai. subscriptions registered today
show a total amount of $4,000 prom
ised by Topeka investors who are
anxious to draw interest from bonds
for improvements in this city.
h is a proof. according to Com
missioner Bone, that investors in this
city nave every confidence in their
home town. Not one CEN of the
$4,000 issue will go outside the city
limits. In this manner Commissioner
Bone keeps the bonds in Topeka and
does not rely on the and
the higher rate of interest charged by
the eastern market.
The original issue was cut down by
the Injunction in North Topeka tying
up $4,000 and the $4,000 paid in
advance taxes by property ners
The North Topeka injunction was ex-
pected by the commissioners, however,
and the bond issue was separate. In
no way will this invalidate the general
issue.
The bonds will be delivered next
week-probably Tuesday. The city Of
fcialS are pleased with the spirit
shown by local investors. The local
market has many advantages and the
city is anxious to keep the financial
leak plugged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-01
HE FLIES 45O MILES.
Zeppelin's Latest Airship Makes 4:
Miles an Hour.

Hamburg, June 1.-The new mill
tary airship Zeppelin III arrived here
at 9:35 o'clock this morning, having
covered the course from Friedrichs-
haven to Hamburg approximately 450
miles in 10 hours and Is minutes.
Count Zeppelin piloted the dirigible
on it's maiden voyage which lay over
Basel, Frankfort-on-the-Main Goet-
tingen and Bremen making an aver
age of about 43 miles an hour The
airship easily exceeded the require
ments of her specification which call
ed for SO miles. It had been general
ly expected, however, that she would
equal or exceed the record of q, II"
the only other Zeppelin dirigible now
in military service and which has ac-
complished As miles an hours.
A third military airship of the Zep-
pelin type has been ordered by the
government.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-01
SNAPS HIS FINGERS.
Jordan Mott Ignores Mil
lions and Defies Father.

Gibraltar. June 1.-Defying their
p~ursuers and expressing only contempt
for the millions which by their act
they have probably forfeited, young
Jordan Lawrence Mott, author and
scion of three generations of iron
millionaires and Mrs. Frances Hewett
Bovine, actress and society matron of
Flushing, l.. l., arrived here on the
British freighter Inradeo yesterday.
When the Inradeo cleared fc< the
Orient with Port Said the first port
of entry, Mott and Mrs. Bovine still
were aboard. Hector Fuller, who
bears P letter of credit for $4,000
from the elder Mott with instructions
to catch the young man at any cost,
was held up by the strike on the
Southern Spanish railways and could
not reach Gibraltar in time to inter
cept the couple.
Fuller is the war correspondent and
soldier of fortune who was to receive
$4,000 from Mott pere if he kept
the young writer from drinking for a
year. He had just begun his task when
Mott fled from New York with Mrs.
Bovine.
81 am no vampire" declared Mrs.
Bovine while here. Lawrence and 1
love each other dearly and we only
wish to live wholesome lives. My
whole purpose is to help him cur
tail such excuses as he may have
been guilty of in the past"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-01
SCH0CH WILL SPEAK
Judge to Tell Presbyterians of Boys
and Parents.

Probate Judge Schoch will talk at
the Presbyterian church, colored. next
Monday night when he will discuss
The Parent and the Juvenile Court"
He will tell of the work of the new
court in Shawnee county and relate
some of the conditions that nave been
encountered in Topeka.
Judge Schoch has made several
speeches recently concerning the work
of the juvenile court and was invited
to speak at the Presbyterian hurc
on Thirteenth street, between Quincy
and Monroe His talk will be similar
to one delivered recently at the Cen
trail Y. M. C. A.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-01
COLLEGE LAWN
Plan of New Addition Filed With
Register of Deeds.

The second plat covering new addi-
tons to Topeka to be recorded in a
week, vas filed today with Robert
Tasker, register of deeds. when the
College Lawn plat went or record.
This plot of ground is owned by
Josephine Phillips, a Marshall county
woman.
the College Lawn tract to put the
property on the market at once. The
strip of land which has been plated
extends from Fifteenth street On the
north to Sixteenth street on the south
and west from Jewell avenue to Nc
Vicar avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-01
STOPS THE BOUTS.
Boxing Game in st. Louis Gets Set
back.

ST. Louis, June 1.-The boxing game in
this city received another setback last
night, when Chief of Police William
Young, for the second time within the
past few months, ordered scheduled
bouts to b. called off.
Young notified the officers of the Ir-
ish-American A. c. that he would stot
the proposed Kelly-Goodman bout,
scheduled to be held at the clubs cam
puS this afternoon. President F. X.
Moore, of the Irish-American A. c.,
after a conference with Young, post
poned the bout Indefinitely.
Chief Young said that the action
applied to all boxing and all clubs in
the city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-01
FORCE THEM To TELL.
Chairman Pujo Writes Hot Letter to
MI. Fryer.

Washington, June chairman
Pujo of the house committee investi-
eating the socalled money trust a
written Robert L. Fryer, president of
the Fidelity Trust company of Buffalo,
N. Y, that the committee will seek to
compel tEe trust company to respond
to the Committee inquiries.
President Fryer had refused, giving
otEer reasons states rights.
81 do not regard you as the sole
custodian of the doctrine of state
rights" wrote Chairman Pujo. The
committee will call on the trust COM
pany t. reply to its questions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-01
WRIGHT'S MEMORY
Street Cars and Trains Stop as Bells
Are TolIed.

Dayton. June Thousands of per-
sons paid final respects today to the
memor of Wilbur Wright, while the
body of the Father of aviation" lay
in state at the First Presbyterian
church. During the funeral 1t was ar
ranged that all street cars and steam
road traffic in Dayton hould be sus-
pended for five minutes while church
bells throughout the city tolled.
The funeral ceremony was conducted
by Rev. Maurice Wilson, the pastor of
the First Presbyterian church., and the
~pallbearers included friends of
Wright's boyhood.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-01
FINDS TRACE OF CRAFT
Fisher says No Alaska MineraI Claims
Can Be Allowed.

Washington. June 1.-Secretary
Fisher testified today before the senate
committee on public lands that not a
single existing claim for mineral lands
in ALASKA could, under the present
showing of facts. be allowed by the
interior department. The secretary
said he mad found that state of affairs
by a thorough examination of what
appeared to be the most meritorious of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-01

the claims for coal and other lands.
In some cases dummies had been used
by claimants to acquire large areas, he
said.
Mr.. Fisher favored the Smoot bill to
lease coal lands in Alaska and for a
permanent coal supply for the navy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-01

North Topeka Baptist church. Sunday
school $50, c. c. Nicholson, superin-
endent; preaching services IL a.. m;
Senior and intermediate B. Y. P. u,
Z p. m; preaching services at s D. IN.
W. L. Cole, pastor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-01

Rev. John Zimmerman will preach
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-01

A playground for children will be es-
tablished at the Grant s~choolground,
beginning Monday, to be open every
week day during the summer from 9
a. m. to II. and from " to 5 p. m. 1t
will be under the superV ision of w. l..
Driver. athletic director at ashbu
and Miss Daisy Crawford, instructor
at the Grant school. The playground
idea has often been advocated by the
State Journal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-01

than the mark has been done for in the last two contract periods
 has received to fight a brush fire dur- ing the present season came to him a few days ago and was prompted by q lively blaze at Round Top Hil1 be- low the home Of J. H. Duncan on the 71ewtown and Norwalk turnpike. A previous call had been sent to George can of water with which he stayed the advance of the flames before the warden arrived. Only for prompt ac- ton the blaze would have swept scuthvRard to the Den woods.
 All but $s0 Of the additional e250 needed for the building of a new con crete bridge over the Aspetuck river at the foot of Evans Hih has been raised through the efforts of W. Q. Sanford by subscriptions from the summer residents of Pleasant Valley provide the halance, thus making up the $1, ,00U For which contractor will do the work.
 Rev MT. Steele Of Bethel and Fev. the services at the funeral of Emma OImstead which was held last Satur- day afternoon from the residence of were stephen Burr and Charles An- derson of Bethel and Meeker and Hen ry Jones of Bedding.
 town, was married in New York on Tuesday to a Miss Austin. They will reside in New York.
 Albert Bigelow Paine, the author, is driving a fine passenger touring GET which he recently purchased.
 Pupils of the Sanford school assayed a coon hunt on Monday night through the Good Ridge woods, but captured
 A straw barot of the Sanford school gave Wilson IS, Roosevelt 6
 At the sessions. of the board of reg istration held since the town election twenty new voters have been made.
 George A. Sanford's lost cow turned up last Wednesday, after an absence of two weeks, among some cattle on the lower part of L. c. Ramsey's farm. She had evidently been until then a wanderer in the woods of Wes- ton-
 saDucky'' Holmes of Bridgeport found a pocketbook on the Ridge road a few days ago and by using the phone upon his arrival home found who the owner was and returned it. It con- tained s and belonged to one of Chass boys.