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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-03
ADEQUATE REGULATION
OF Transportation System Urged by Gov,
Foss

Boston, Jan. 3.--Immediate and ade
quate state regulation of transportation
systems was declared by Governor Eu-
gene n Foss yesterday in his third in.
augural address to be the alternative ia
national ownership and operation of the
railroads of the country
He advised the legislature to post
pone the selection of United States
senator until the people could be given
an opportunity to express preference.
The inaugural favored abolishing par
ty enrolment, and declared for the in
itiative, referendum and recall.
The greatest problem before the Amer
lean people" said Governor Foss, SIS to
maintain the government above railroad
domination. This problem has reached
crisis in Massachusetts"
As an early solution OF the problem,
Governor Foss urged the dissolution of
the holding company through which the
New Haven road now controls the Bos.
ton & Maine railroad He said that
Massachusetts should not aspire to con-
troll railroads beyond her borders, but
should exercise fully her real power to
regulate them.
1t was his belief that public utilities
commission armed with mandatory pow
ers was absolutely necessary. He also
suggested that the governor should have
power of appointing a majority of the
directors OF corporations which own, OPP
crate or control railroads in the state.
Referring to transportation by water,
Governor Foss favored the development
of the Connecticut, Taunton and Merri-
mack rivers, and cooperation with the
neighboring states in a waterway de-
partment. He urged the legislature to-
memorabilia Congress to open the ships
anna canal free of tolls to the ships
of all nations.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-03
IN THE FIELD
OF SPORTS

james Tamset has been re-engaged tc
manage the Albany club OF the New
York state league.
When Mccarthy defeated AL Palzer
on New Years day for the the white
hope heavy weight championship, Henry
Palzer, father of the aspirant, Palzer
dropped $3.50. Father Palzer wagered
that his son would eliminate the con-
queror Of Flynn from the white hope
list.
Washington and Jefferson college is
planning wracking campaign for its
football eleven next autumn. The man
ager of the eleven is arranging a sched-
ule such as never has been compiled
at the college. A game has been sched-
uled with Yale for October rs. Other
games that are expected to be on the
schedule are Cornell, Pittsburg, Pennsyl-
vannia State and Lafayette.
Walter Mccormick, an old Dartmouth
football star, is urging revision OF
football rules, whereby the scoring of
points from touchdowns may be ma
terially changed. Mccormick advocates
kicking of goals from touchdowns from
serimmage, so that the opposing team
may be given chance to block the kick
instead of placing them at the goal posts
where there is. no possibility of pre-
venting kick.
Joe Coster and Paddy Callagan will
fight at Brooklyn on January IL. This
match will be one of the most interest
ing pulled off in Brooklyn during the
lighting season.
Umpire Brick Owen is a manager at
heart. He managed a fighter, named
Jimmy Evans, a welterweight, and car
ried him trough few successful cam.
paigns in the vicinity of Milwaukee.
Jack Martin, who is slated to fill Nc.
Miilan's place at shortstop on the New
York Americans, is gritty youngster
and trimming with confidence. When
he left the Highlanders last year he
that Il was a bad run of luck
hat deprived him Of the regular berth
md he also made plain 10 the manage.
nent that he would be back after the
position the year following and once
,H the job all the police force in Har- |
EN- would not be able to drive him |
'ut. Martin has the gameness neces-
AIRY to stick around the large shows. 1
n a game against the Washington \
hub Martin was cracked over the eve 4
" a fast shoot OF Johnson's. and at 4
he time IL looked as though Martin
vas killed IL took some time 10 re.
operate and he thea reported TO his
lub az Cleveland Sent into bat his
mates expected % see him put one
longside the plate and the other in the
yater pail MANY feet distant. lie
ingled on the first ball.
Gloversville. y. u, Is again represent
BY a basketball quintet and 70 date
as captured ten games Gloversvilie
a. always maintained a true basket
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-03
TREES BUDDING AT MONTREAL.
And the st. Lawrence Is Free of Ice for
the First Time at This Season.

Montreal. Jan. 3.-The weather in this
part of Canada is so mild that trees
have begun to bud and the st. Lawrence
river is absolutely free from ice. Since
this province was settled, never before
has the river been open later than Jan.
/. The unreasonable weather has proved
hardship for hundreds of men who
make living during the winter by
shoveling snow, but has profted the
street railway and the telephone and tel
egraph companies by many thousands of
dollars.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-03
A LOWELL FIRE.
Loss of $4,000 Caused by Early Morn
ing Blaze.

Lowell, Mass, Jan. 3.-Property tc
the value of $4,000 was destroyed by
an early morning fire to-day. Two OF
the big lumber yards of the city were
involved, and several manufacturing
concerns were temporarily wiped out
The Pratt & Forrest company, and
the A. L. Brooks company, lumber deal
ers, sustained the heaviest loss. III. A.
Alley. manufacturer of patterns, w.
X. Aldrich. a manufacturer of hard
screws and John Trip, rollcoverer
were other losers.
The fire originated in the boiler room
OF the Pratt & Forrest company from
unknown causes. The property was
largely insured.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-03
ROCKEFELLER
ESCAPES THEM
Sails From Jekyl Island on Unknown
Steamer for Unknown
Port

BrupSwick, Ga, Jan. 3.-William
Rockefeller sailed from Jekyl Island
Tuesday on an unidentified steamer for
an unknown port, it was learned last
night.
The Rockefeller family arrived here
three weeks ago, took an apartment and
remained in seclusion. The residents
of Jekyl island maintain extreme Sc
crecy concerning their departure.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-03
DANGEROUS WEATHER IN WEST.
Warm Rain Falling on Deep Snow in
Mountains of Washington.

Seattle, Wash, Jan 3.--The weather
in western Washington is again danger
Gus. Warm rain is falling, and continu-
ance of the present winds may cause a
melting of the deep snow on the noun
tans. A thaw would result in more
serious trouble than has been expert
enced thus far.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-03
Letter 70
DR.. Kilmer q Co,
Binghamton, N. Y.
Prov VII swamp. Roof Will Dn fnr \

Prove What swamp Root VIII Do for You
Send to DR.. Kilmer & Co, Bingham.
ton. y. Y. for a sample bottle. Il viii
convince anyone. You viii also receive
= booklet Of valuable information. telling
fll about the kidneys and bladder. When
,Vriting. be sure and mention the Barre
DAILY Times Regular ffty-cent and
,ine-ioiiar size bottles Tor sale at all
drug stores
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-03
STRIKE is ENDED.
Little Falls, N. Y, Troubles Are Finally
Settled

Little Falls, n. Y, Jan. 3.-The Little
Falls textile strike was ended BY the
strikers last night voting 10 return 10
work.
This ends the labor difficulty lasting
since October, causing riots and the ar
rests Of prominent Socialists, and lead
ing finally TO mediation measures by the
state labor department.
The settlement is on a basis of go
horus' pay for 81 hours work. and about
10 per cent. increase in pay for piece
work.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-03
$1,000 Rooster Dies of Pip.

York, Pa, Jan. 3.--R. j. Kinsey's
Black Orpington rooster, the champion
of its class in the United States, is
dead from the pip.
kinsey refused $1,000 for the bird a
short time ago II had won many
prizes.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-03
OLDEST NEwsBoY DEAD.
carsamus Paige Of Joliet, Ill, Was los
Years of Age.

Joliet. IN, Jan. S.-Carsamus Paige
believed to be the oldest newsboy in the
world. died al his home here yesterday,
aged los years. Paige sold his papers
in the streets Up 70 a few days ago,
when he Was taken ill.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-03

Gloversviile. y. u, j. again represent
ed BY a basketball quintet and 10 date
has captured ten games Gloversviile
has always maintained a true basket
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12
Prison Officers Named.

The state prison trustees elected the
following officers for the department:
Secretary, Mrs. Olive Mason S~pickard;
commissary clerk at Parchman, Thomas
r. Maxwell Of Jackson, former secretary
of the railroad commission and prior to
that chancery clerk of DeSoto county;
travelling sergeant, J. d. Duval, city mar
shall of Lumberton; chaplain, Rev. c.
II. Mize of Silver Creek.
DIR. A. G. McLaurin Of Brandon was
elected to succeed himself as physician
at Rankin Farm, DIR. Neal at Oakley
Hospital and DIR. J. w. Williams at Bel
mont. The board separated in a dead
lock on the position at Parchman, each
member voting for a different man.
Trustee Montgomery supported DIR. A.
McCallum of Edwards; Mr.. Thomas, DR..
Giles of Mendenhall, and Mr.. Matthews,
DIR. D. w. Coker of Tunica. The meet
ing adjourned without result.
Superintendent Gathings reported n
list of camp sergeants, which included a
few new men. The most conspicuous
change was that of S. Grantham of Ter
nv to succeed Il. +. Walt at Belmont,
the latter having served at that place
for many years.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12

structive movements let US look
at some Of the conditions which have
given birth to great reforms in the
British Isles.
Doctor Jowett, famous British
preacher. now Of New York, said in
a recent sermon in Birmingham that
the tourist mood was not the medium
for discovering the changing secrets
Of a country. The tourist did not see
q people; he saw only their ward
robe. the outward appearance Of
their cupboard. THE tourist wants
the picturesque; he doesn't want to
look into a peoples hell" Doctor
Jowett cried. HE doesn't want the
smell of death tragedy, IL you like.
but old tragedy; all the blood must
be dry" See the life of the common
people, the slums in town and coun-
try and what is being done for and by
them to make conditions different"
wrote DR.. Raymond Weeks, professor
Of romance languages at Columbia
university. This letter, in part reply,
seeks to show something Of the Brit
ish laborer's life and of the life Of
the British unemployed. The inside
Of the cupboard, for thousands daily,
Is literally bare.
Life, in its color, is c~uriously like
the color of the coins In Great Brit
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12

Londoner. In all London there are
daily 10000 unemployed. absolutely
without work though seeking 1t,
Nearly one-third Ok the entire popula.
ton live in poverty Of various de-
grees. II infant mortality is escaped.
life is to many grown-ups cruel as
death. Char 20 Booth divides all Lon
don population into five classes:
first, the lower class, occasional Ia
borers. loafers and some criminals;
second, the very poor, casual labor,
h~and-to-mouth existence, chronic
want: third. the poor, including alike
those whose earnings are small be-
cause Of irregularity of employment
and those whose work though regular
is ill-paid; fourth, the regularly en-
ployed and fairly paid working class
Of all grades; fifth. lower and upper
middle class and all above this level.
In every 100 persons in London SO
by this estimate are placed in COM
fort In the fourth and fifth classes
and 81 in poverty in the first three
classes.
This condition Is not peculiar to
London. 1t may be seen by even the
most casual traveller who goes out of
the narrow beaten track Of the per
sonally conducted" tourist in Liver.
pool, Birmingham. Dublin, Glasgow,
Manchester, Leeds, in any Of the more
populous cities Of the United King.
dom. Nor Is the presence Of drink the
primary cause of this distress, but the
absence Of food. Poverty, with the
great majority, is not a result OF
drunkenness, but drunkenness is a
result Of poverty. Low wages and
unemployment-this is the universal
testimony by those who have studied
the question at flrst-hand in these dis.
tricts we r now traversing-are the
primary cause Of slums.
"Home" on $3.50 Per Week.
A visit to an East London home Is a
revelation to the most hardened slum.
worker-if the term home" may be
applied to the i~lLfurnished single
crowded room on a back alley. But
how do these people live?" lie the In
voluntary inquiry. A single budget
of expenses In this ROOF will answer
for many. It is the actual budget of
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12

a mother who, working at home In
this single room-which is dining
room, Kitchen sleeping room, work
shop. all-for the pitiful wage OF
$3.50 q week, is the sole support Of
herself and little daughter. For rent
of the room she paid so cents a week
and for her other housekeeping ex-
penses for the week: tea, one-quarter
pound. four cents; sugar, two pounds.
six cents; flour, three cents; oatmeal,
three cents; margarine. substitute for
butter, one-half pound. seven cents;
six eggs. Clipped, seven cents; ham,
five cents; Goals, six cents; vege-
tables, three cents; bread, nine
cents; sundries. six cents. The
weekly total came to about $1.2O,
leaving 80 cents a week for clothing
and other expenses.
And this is a sample budget of the
poor who, among the less well paid,
are fairly well.to-do! No word pic
ture could more wildly present the
PO'OAty VA SAO WOIhluS WOLIdu III TIC
slum districts Of Great Britain's great
cities.
In the United Kingdom the system
of death duties, or Inheritance taxes,
as they are termed in the United
State, exists by which the wealth of
all who die passes under the state
review. Every estate Of $500 and up
wards comes within the tar limit.
In the last reported year sos, 533 per-
sons died, Of whom no less than &c.,
200 were too poor to be taxed.
Laborers Flee Farms.
Let US look intosthe lot Of the rural
laborer. It might almost be said
there are'no rural laborers. In every
small village. on every farm we hear
the complaint that the laborers are
leaving the land. Harvests are un-
gathered this month at the proper
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12

ain. With q sovereign ahead life's
golden; with half crowns 1t has q sill.
yer lining: with only pennies and
%ha'pennies IL becomes coppery and
dull. And the empty pocket e to
many an empty world. 1t is not a
far journey by the accelerated under
ground tube trains from Hampstead
to South London and the East End,
to where the coins, for those who
have coins at all, are all coppers and
life is dull and drab.
Stun Slaughter Of Infants.
Take life at its beginning. In the
crowded district of Southwark. Lon
don, within the shadow of the
Southwark cathedral. one in three of
all the babies born die before they
are one year old. The slaughter of
the infants is followed by the robbery
Of a great part Of the life Of those
who survive. Let US compare South
wark with Hampstead, a middle-class
district where many Americans lodge
and Britons live. Not mere rhetoric
but figures from the official reports
present the damning difference. Ac-
cording to these reports the Hamp-
stead child at birth has fifty years
expectancy Of life. the Southwark
child only thirty-ive years-fourteen
years less to live. The same figures
show that the Southwark child who
lives to be twenty years old has
eight years less Of life expectancy
than the Hampstead child of the
same years. Not only does slaughter
of the infants exist but ~lessening Of
the lives Of the grown-ups. This ex-
cessive waste Of infant life is 'asso-
ciated with immaturity Of birth. due
to social conditions, o~vercrowding
poverty, and the industrial employ.
ment OF married women.
Poverty is the portion q: the East
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12
Unrest Bringing Progress.

There Is unrest among the laborer,
in England. Low wages and lack Of
opportunity are the chief causes. The
field Is ripe for the harvest Of agita.
ton unto progress. And this agitation
has begun and made large Roadway
in the last decade, as. witness the
growth Of the Labor party, the adop.
ton Of its principles by the Liberals
and the Liberalizing of the Conserva.
tives.
A story is told Of a rich woman ad-
dressing an ~assemblage of British
working women on the subject of
thrift. She rebuked the wives Of
workmen for their th~riftlessness and
told them what excellent sour could
be made out OF mutton bones. AS she
paused a moment there came a voice
from the crowd:
What we want 10 know. mum IL
who's had the meat OF the bone?"
And that's the land question. upon
the right solution of which the lot of
the British laborer in tomorrow's
world depends
Copyright. 1918. BY Joseph B. Bowles,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12

The estimates for levee work In the
Mississippi levee district. under contract
with the levee board, for November, ag-
gregate more than S155,000, which is so
per cent more than the work accomplish
ed during any month previously since
the contracts t%otaling $1,000 900 were
awarded in June last. The weather in
November was unusually dry, which nc
counts for the big work accomplished.
The levee board has already expended
since June in building new and strength
ening old levees in the district more than
5000 900, besides the work done by the
federal government, and the levees are
~iucomparably stronger than ever before
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12
Smith Petition Waits.

The widely signed petition for the par
don of G. c. Smith, former penitentiary
trustee, who was indicted, tried and con-
victed SOM months ago for irregulari-
ties in connection with his official po-
sition concerning the purchase and sub
sequent sale of a Buick automobile to
the penitentiary department, was laid
before Gov. Brewer. The governor merely
scanned the document and without com
ment laid it aside for the present. 1t
is thought quite probable that Gov.
Brewer will await the action of the SUI
prems court on the Smith appeal
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12
Probing Comes High.

According to Gov. Brewer, in discuss
ing the activities of the legislative in.
~vestigating committee, the committee has
drawn, or the executive department has
negotiated loans for about $4,000, which
he was authorized to borrow for their
use. Under the resolution which author
lied the work of the committee, he was
authorized to borrow the sum OF $4,000
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12
UOrd.
LOOKING INTO A PEOPLES HEu-THE LOT OF THE BRIT
ISH IkRnPER
BY WALTER WILLIAMS, LID.
OR %as SeA~t$ yswuaA~ fGk U%~AS fkssw0
ISH LkB0RER.

London, Eng
land.-A new old
world Is In the
making. Toner
rows nations are
to be different
from the nations
that we know
I day. o W
diferen t and
why? The answer
to the inquiry Is,
to a degree. in
the constructive
movements which
stir, today's world
with large unrest
and larger hope.
Out of today's
agony tomorrow's
world is born.
But before deal
ing with the con-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12
Depot Assured Fact.

The union depot for Starkville is a
fact, now that the railroad commission
has given its approval to the building Of
the same by saying that it should be
completed in 30 days from the first Of
December.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12
Receives Telephone Report.

tecretary Galceran of the railroad
commission has received the report Of
the Smith County Telephone Company,
for the September quarter, 1913. The
report indicates that the concern has op
Grated at a loss.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-12
People Nay Elect.

People May Elect.
The members Of the levee boards In
this state will be made elective by q d.
rect vote OF the people, if a constitu.
tional amndment that will be introduced
in the house by Representative Ed
Franklin of Sunflower county is sub
mitted to the voters of the state by the
legislature and ratified at the polls ia
November, 1914
Il know that an amendment to the
constitution making members of the
leyee boards elective win precipitate II
fight" said Mr.. Franklin, but | intend
to introduce it in the house and fight for
its passage. The people a the right
to elect their levce boards, and they
should have that right"
There are two levee boards in the
state, one known as the Yazoo-M ississip-
pi levee board, with headquarters at
Clarksdale, and the other known as the
Mississippi levee board, with a domicile
at Greenville. There are two political
factions in the delta. and the fight over
Mr.. Franklin's proposition will be N
of the "liveliest of the session.
Twenty millions of dollars is the enor-
nous amount OF money that is sen out
OF the state OF Mississippi every year
for the purchase of meat alone, accord
ing to the figures of w. b, Wilson, rail-
road commissioner of the first district.
"A short time ago." said Mr.. Wilson,
"a friend of mine who is in the meat
selling business told me that his sales
alone on a portion OF the line of the No
bile & Ohio Railroad amounted to $780,
900 annually. My friend, who is in =
position to know whereof he speaks, said
that $50, OO0, 900 is a conservative esti-
mate OF the mount of money that is
sent out OF Mississippi every year for
the purchase of meat for human con-
sumption.
"Now, this is a condition that should
not exist. All Of this vast amount Of
money should be kept at home. Missis-
sippi is the finest state in the Union for
raising live stock of all kinds. We have
the best grazing lands in the world and
our climate is unsurpassed. Our people
should go into the cattle raising BUSH
ness, and the sooner they do it the bet.
ter it will be for them"
Tho lepislature will he asked TO make
an appropriation to replace the buildings
now used by the State Institute for the
Blind with new and modern structures.
The plan is to sell the ground on which
buildings, either on real estate owned by
the state or on a tract of land to be
purchased.
Members of the legislature who are in
terested in the subject believe that the
land on which the Blind Institute is now
located can be sold for city lots and
enough money realized from the sales to
reimburse the state for the entire cost
of the new buildings. The block where
the institute stands is in the heart of
the best residence section Of the city. II
new buildings are provided for, the plan
is to seek a new location further out in
the suburbs. The buildings nov used
by the institute are antiquated, insani'
tary and sadly in need of repairs. The
old buildings are said to be scarcely
worth the cost of repairing them.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-05
PUBLIC BATH HOUSE
IN CENTER OF CITY,
PARK BOARDS PLAN

Park Commissioner Charles l. Bran
an has proposed a public bath house in
the center of the city, and his sugges-
ton has met with the approval of the
other members of the city park COM
mission. The commission is planning a
definite proposition to be submitted to
council in requesting an appropriation
for public baths.
Commissioner Branan told Of the
successful public bath system in Bos-
ton and other cities. He said he be-
lieved the rent from towels and soap
would be sufficient for the mainte-
nance Of such an institution
The commission is planning an i'm
provement Of the swimming facilities at
Piedmont park lake. Public tennis
courts will also be completed in this
park by the beginning of warm wealth
er.