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The Washington herald., 1913-12-21

to such an economic barbarity. But until
to be done about our industries. wise
men will not shut the doors of their
minds and will refuse to talk until they
are ready.
''Of course, we are all agreed that prI-
vate monopoly is intolerable and that
competition must be restored. The eggs
are being scrambled so fast now that
there is only one safe thing to do and
that is to correct the evils we know Of,
and, doubtless, Congress will take such
action in the immediate future
What are interIocking directorates?"
THE -Pujo investigating committee
showed that some men were directors IN
a large steel company and also in a large
railroad company. The railroad company
bought steel rails from the steel COM
pany and paid more for the rails than
they were worth. Both directorates were
interlocking.
Three or four men belonging to the
directory of a corporation buy CT start
"a corporation of their own, which sells
to the first corporation at prices above
the market Here again the two d.
rectOrates interlCck. to the cost OF the
public and the shareholders of the first
corporation
speaking for myself only. and not as
the Commissioner Of Corporations, l be-
The Washington herald., 1913-12-21

at Watertown. and there the Commits
sioner Of Corporations was born in No
vember 1876
Wales. While on one qf their periodical
visits, the father died. The mother and
her son came back to the United States.
Young Davies was graduated from tne
classical and law departments OF the UNI
versity Of Wisconsin. He broke down In
his sophomore year. He was five feet and
nine inches tall and weighed but lls
pounds. The director OF the gymnasium
took the management of his case
Eight hours OF sleep, two hours OF
physical exercise. proper diet, ana a
strict obedience of the directors rules
Increased my weight to l72 pounds, MI
Davies told me. 'T became Exhioit a
around the university as to the value
of physical. training. Moreover. the
gymnasium director made me his as
sistant at 500 a year, and that was
enough 10 pay my expenses as
student"
Uncle John Davies bought law library
for his nephew, loaned him N,Oo, ana
persuaded him to run for district at
torney of Jefferson County. The young
man purchased a horse ana ouggy anu
made farm-to-farm campaign. he was
nominated Then he started for Ashland
the home of the young lady who hao
promised to marry him.
II remember he said. that Colonel
knight, the father of Mrs Davies, asked
whether / could support a wife. i re-
piled that we could get along, l thought.
on my salary as district attorney and
that his daughter thought 50, too. The
Incident is rather amusing now, as l look
back, but Il was very serious at the
time
Also Joseph Edward Davies was
elected. He had Dragged that he would
run his office without hiring expert help.
His university training. he intimated,
had equipped him for all legal emer-
gences, big or little He did not know
or had forgotten that a murder case
was waiting on the docket. X. Il. Kirk
land, sea soned lawyer and wicked
Fighter, appeared fer the defense. The
trial Issted for six days. Davies says
that Kirkland made him look like "a
two-spot more than once.
The jury. however, brought In YER
dict for the State. After that Mr..
Davies practice steadily increased. Law
yers in Wisconsin say that he made
financial sacrifice when he entered pub
lie Office.
And your mother" asked at the
close of the interview.
"She is in England" he replied. Her
health is not good. / viii soon bring her
to Washington"
tCorsTiRht 1919, by James B. MonUwl
The Washington herald., 1913-12-21
DAVIES, HEAD OF CORPORATIONS BUREAU,
WOULD MEASURE TERRORS OF TRUST EVIL
New and Big Personality in
Politics Who Refused Other
Federal Jobs and Accepted
Present Office as an OPP
portunity. !

Iieye that interlocking directorates ought
to be outIawed.. A director Of railroad
should not be a director OF the company
which supplies coal to the railroad. nor
the director of a company which sells
locomotives or cars to the railroad.
THE share-owners Of corporations
ought 10 ioin in the movement to 'abol-
ish interlociing directorates. In some m
stances, at least, II would seem that they
are being plucked by the men whom they
have chosen to manage their property.
They are more directly interested than
is the public, therefore. in what may be
properly called plain case of robbery,
though the public suffers, OF course, be-
cause of the increased price 1t Is COM
PEELED to pay for fnterlocking' products
or services.
- stoels-watep4nE To he Halted.
Some forty bills relating to trusts have
been introduced in Congress. ! suppose
that out OF the debate and deliberation
OF the next few. months there will come
legislation prohibiting interlocking di-
rectorates and the watering of stocks. II
a concern is worth 900 and is capt
talized at s50oOO,Ooo. dividends are paid
on the greater and not the smaller
amount That is not right.
"A fair valuation Of property and good
will and reasonable promotion charges
should be the sum total OF corporations
capital. And then the corporation should
be compelled to make stated reports Of
its business to the goHernment Stock
watering would thus be prevented"
How can labor get a larger share OF
the prosperity OF the country?"
fore, because combined labor Is dealing
and has learned TO deal with combined
capital"
The oratorical gift which Mr.. Davies
employs before juries and political con-
yentions was inherited from his mother.
who began preaching in Wales while a
little girl and was ordained as a Con-
gregational minister before she was
twenty years old. Lloyd George. chan
cellor Of the British Exchequer. Is her
cousin. Another OF her cousins Is Ellis
Griffith, Kings counselor and Member of
Parliament and the manager in the
House OF Commons several years ago Of
the Welsh disestablishment bill.
Though her maiden name was Rachel
Paynter. she was known all over the
world among Welsh people as RaheI O.
Fon. She came to this country at the
invitation Of the combined Welsh socie-
ties Of the United States and held a series
of evangelistic meetings. Edward Da-
vies. who was a blacksmith in his youth
and then owned a successful wagon-mak-
ing shop at Watertown. Wis, heard
Rahel o. Fon preach in Ohio. She was
an elooAent and beautiful woman Ed
ward Davies was SO impressed by the
piety and charm of his young country
woman that he followed her from town
to town. So Edward Davies and Rachel
Paynter were married and went to live
The Washington herald., 1913-12-21
Lions Curiosity.

One of the surveyors Of the Cape to
Cairo railway in Africa had a narrow es-
cape. He was riding along one OF the
numerous Kaffir paths on his bicycle
relates East and West, when he was sud
deply confronted with lion Now a lion
~ curious and loves to study anything
new. The man at once dismounted and
looked around for a nearby tree as ne
was unarmed. But there was no shelter
near. Then he performed an act which
probably saved his life. He lifted his
bicycle on his head and commenced to
carry It in this fashion. The lion was
apparently very much Interested In this
strange creature that carried a machine
on top OF his head, and followed the man
all the way to the nearest camp, some
eight miles distant
The Washington herald., 1913-12-21

In politics. Mr.. Davies has been, he
says, a Progressive Democrat-capital-
izing the 'tP" in progressive-and great
admirer of William Jennings Bryan. His
activity, however, was rather passive
until 1910, when he talked over the fu-
tGre with Mrs. Davies.
"a husband and a wife," he said to
The Washington herald., 1913-12-21
SAILORS HAVE A WALDORF"
MfIIion-dolIar Hotel Especially for
Seufarers in New York.

uoNcA 1sBSciNhJ TUT
senfarers I'm New York.
New York. Dec. 2O.-"Jack's Waldorf
is what those Of the forecastle call the
81, 10000 building at Coenties Slip, recent
ly erected by the Seaman's Church In
stitute for a sailors hotel This hotel
has a lobby for the exclusive use Of its
sea-faring guests. who can there enjoy
as much privacy as though they belonged
to the sweIlest Of Gotham's clubs. A
room ticket is the sailors passport
through a turnstile into the specially re-
served portion. safely beyond the reach
of beggars, borrowers, and "crimps,"
who are wont to prey upon this free
hearted class. Excellent rooming accom-
modations are furnished at from . to 40
cents a night. There are well-eQuipped
reading and games rooms.
There is in the institution a special floor
for officers OF vessels-an officers CLUB,
in fact Although in the same building.
the officers and the men are kept en-
tirely separate.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-21

Persian customs returns for the first
six months of the present fiscal year
show a total increase Of $S50,0oO. or 10 per
cent over the corresponding period last
year
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-06
Playing Managers Not Successful.

Playing managers have not been
very successful i'll recent years, most of
the winning teams being directed from
the bench. Simply because a player has
lot of experience in the ranks does
not necessarily make him capable
manager Last season, for instance.
Joe Tinker and Miller Huggins, both
intelligent and experienced ball play
crs, were put in charge of teams and
both failed The position was new to
them and they were ut sea most of the
time. Bresnahan was ia ken out Of the
ranks and he, too, was a failure. John
ny Evers came nearer to being Il sue
cess than any other player advancing
from the ranks in recent years, but
men of the type Of Mack, Chance
Stallings and Griffith will in time over
whelm the playing managers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-06

mcr home on Tyler hill and is living
ut the nome Of her brother. the late
Julius Frost, in Vernon.
The Halloween party 1T f. y.
Squires : was cnjoyed by 80 or more.
The shallow sale by auction OF the
women ana girls to secure partner
and box OF supper caused great merri-
ment
Mrs Lyman Huntley has sold her
farm 10 Daniel Lyon OF this town,
possession 10 be given December /.
Mr. Lyon recently sold his farm. for-
merlv owned by Frank Thaver, and
viii move 70 the Hbtntley place.
The body Of Mrs Oziah Kingsley
was brought to this place SUNDAY from
Wilmington ana buried beside her
husband in Christ church cemetery.
Mrs Kingsley was sister of the late
Henry Adrch and Mrs. Tyler Johuson.
also Of Mrs Charles Estabrook Of
Campello, Mass, all formerly Of this
town.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-06

raaira to. keih it,brfhotiR fo,rni fortthtil
game. Saturday iii ss3Lt=of.-tA s--tas-
that reports from Hanover two days
ago weee- that the tGa 81 Esss IN
slump. It will be some game, and WIN
practically determine the standing of
the twOzGteams. = .8it4
Ursinus college has cancelled the.two
remaining games Of the football
schedule because OF the death of
George Gay, assistant coach Of the
team and who would have graduated
from the college in June. He died OF
a broken spine following I tackle II !
game last Saturday.
George Stovall, who viii manage the
Kansas City Fedcrals, SAYS that the
Outlaws have practically si2nesi mem
bers of the Cardinals Browns, he
troits, Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Pirates.
White Sox and Red SoX-to the nu-fI
Der of 30-to.ether with i number CT
International league and American AS
'soeiation men.
Baseball followers expect to hear Ct
some real trades and purchases tn the
New York Americans before the IN
nual meeting Of tho American league
/ at Chicago Is over. 1t would not ha
surprising If Walsh OF the Athletics, 4
speedy outfieder. for whom Chance ha .
been dfckering, was obtained frpiI
Connie. With Gilhoofcy and Cook. that
combination would make corkinn
speedy outfieht.
1t is Il little discouragin2 TO Il coacii
who has only Is players for his tcanl
to have two or three of them fail Il
show up for practice on a Monday be
cause the team won victory the SaT-
urday before. Br:lttlchoro high PLAYED
good football Saturday but there j.
not boy on the team that can aifoid
to miss practice. especially when TIL,
absence of one effects the entire team
Says the Yale News, heratin9 til,
action of Vale students III leaving thu
field before the game with Colgate wa
ended: The eleven may not have d.
served the continued presence Of iii.
throng. But in not stopping to see /;
visiting team win a most creditabl,
victory, and to cheer it. that part d
undergraduate Vale which left III,
erandstands branded itself as uneen
.erous and contemplate. and deflcd til,
fair name OF Vale with an act Of So
premc discourtesy.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-06
Sporting Notes.

Nineteen former Yale stars of the
football field have ffocked to New Ha-
ven to advise Head Coach Jones There
is such a thing as spelling the soup.
Three runs were scored by the White
Sox off Mathewson at FL Paso, Texas,
yesterday and he quit after the first
Inuing. The White Sox won, 10 to :.
Mahan is to be in the Harvard line
up against Princeton. Captain Storer
lett the field Yesterday after an injury
but he will also be able to play Sat
urday.
Captain Ketchum of Yale, once a
center, is continuing to play end 1t
looks now as if the Harvard and Yale
captains would oppose each other in
the big game.
Fifteen hundred Harvard students
will 20 to Princeton for the game Sat
urdav and about that number of gov
ernors will dig down for Just so much
more educational expense.
Some statistician has figured out that
the players on the Athletic team, for
the time they were actually engaged in
the game. drew $Jl.74 a minute, while
the Giants made $34.49 minute. The
actual time of the five games PLAYED
was 627 minutes.
Walter Johnson pitched for Hum
boldt, Kan, his home town, Friday las
against lola. He struck out "A men ant
allowed but four hits. Brennan of tn,
Phllies pitched for ola and struck on
Il men AMI gave Int two hits. Th'
, score was 0 to o, 10 innings
Both the Qnakers and Dartmouth
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-06
GUILFORD CENTER.

w II Jacobs went II Greenfield Maa
day for a few days visit
There will he services in the Universal
Isl church SUNDAY at , .. n.
d. A. Henri has gone to Springfield ta
visit Mn Henry is still feeble
Mrs. /. !. Huntley, who has sold
her farm. has not decided whore she
viii locate.
Daniel LYON has sold hi farm 70 BOYD
Brothers Of Wilmington, possession TO ~
given Dec. l.
Mrs Daisy Carlcy Of We~tmoreland, :.
H., visited her parents. AIr. and Mrs. IL
/ l. Clark, from Thursday to SATURDAY..
Bert Clark las come home 70 stay with
his parents Mr. and Mrs II J.. Clark
for the winter. Mr.. Clark is N feeble
health
J.. j. Thayer of Brockton, Mass,
came Wednesday for a vacation of two
weeks with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
! J. G.. Thayer.
/ Mrs augusta Bennett and daughter,
Mrs Abbe Patch, OF Dummerston, were
quests over SUNDAY of her sister, Mrs.
/ George Wordcn
Hiss Bcrnicc rhedd went t. Rrattlehoro
/ Friday night To attend Halloween party
given by Miss Moreno Richmond She
returned sunday
w A. Cheney, who lives with his
daughter Mrs. Franz, Honghton. fcf
Sunday while playing IN their kitchen
With his little grandson. fraetning his
hip
/ \ good number attended the GraRge
meeting last "Wednesday night, l-cyder
Grange gave an excellent program. whic,
all enjoyed Broad Brook Grange fur
nShed an oyster supper. There We're Wis
ting members from Vernon Grange.
The next regular Grange meeting vii
be held saturday evening, Nov -. The
following program will be given: Song
MIR. Kellogg; select reading. Mrs Ehmc
Goodnow; Changers Journal; Miss Nor'
Jaquith and Mrs. Louis luinn; essay
Mrs. Jason l.. Baker; phonograph music
! Leslie Wellman; question, Have you re
ceiVed the benefit sufficient 10 warran
buying improved farm machinery an'
what kinds are best suited FOR the aver
=. age farmer 81.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-06
THE ISLAND PARK PAVILION
Legal Notices.
ESTATE OF ELIZA S. NOISE.
S,TATE or VERMONT.
1 District ~ NFarlhpro *

go
- District OF Marlboro, -.
The Honorable Probate Court for the
TO all personS4~ln1 sc zleg- IN the estate
of Eliza 5. Morse OF Bfattlebolo,
Greeting:
Whereas, application i'm writing hath
been made to this courkai1y the guardian
of Eliza >. Morse, for license To sell the
real estate OF said ware,,N viz: her interest
la the estate Of, her deceased husband
John II. Morse, representing that the
sale thereof for the purpose Of putting
the proceeds of such sale AT interest, or
Investing the same ln stocks or other
real estate or using the avails Thereof for
the benefits of said ward as the law di-
rertS would be beneficial for SaG ward.
Whereupon the court appointed and
assigned the 18th day Of November. 1913,
at tine probate office in l}rattleboro. III
said district, to hear and deciee upon said
tice thereof be given to all persons inter
three weeks suceessNely in the Rrattle-
| Erattlehoro, in said district, which cir
culates in the neighborhood of those per
sons interested therein all which publica
| tions shall be previous to the time APP
pointed for the hearing.
| Therefore. YOU are hereby notified Il
4 appear before said court, at the time anC
! place aforesaid. then ano there in sale
| court, to object to the granting of Sucl
| license, If YOU see cause.
i Given under my hand at BrattIeboro
in said district, this 18th day of october
1913.
! 2O5-11-17 \. f. SCHWFNK, Judge.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-06
GUILFORD.

Mrs. Herbert Andrews is visiting
her son in Pawlet,
Mrs. John Tucker Of Dalton. Mass.
IS guest at Harry Fosters.
Mrs W W. Blaisdell is visiting rel
atives and friends in her old home
town, Richmond, VI.
Philip Franklin, who has been i'll
several weeks, is gaining. Mrs. Joseph
Lowry is gaining slowly.
Miss May Heath of Bristol, a. H.,
Is spending a few days with her mother
and brother at the Heath farm.
Rev. r. NJ Wi>wall Of Newfane will
preach in the Congregational church
next Sunday morning and evening.
The Misses Robair, who have been
visiting at Frank Jacobs 5, left Mon
day for navtona, Florida, to spend tho
winter.
Miss Julia Frost has closed hon sum
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-06
IF YOU SAW

our carpenters tools you would
not accept any others. Finest
quality fooled steel edged to
perfect finish and the finest
hand-turned handles procurable.
Everything imaginable in hard
ware. Make no mistake. our
guarantee protects you always.
Prices d challenge TO the other
fellow.
ROBBINS & COWLES.
Hardwaremen.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-06

\. F. SCHWENK, Judge.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-06
Harvard.

Prom these figures it will be seen
that Yale and Harvard, since the SOS,
have suffered more from the small col
lege teams than has Princeton.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-06
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Sportif.gfAeu,s
las s.ssb xssf ~.
ELS FIRST DEFEAT
BY MINOR COLLEGE
Table Giving List of Victories, Defeats
and Ties of Yale, Harvard and
Princeton Elevens.

Yale 5 defeat by Colgate Saturday
marked the first time the Blue has
ever suecumbed TO a minor college
eleven. Since 1872 the Ellis have suf-
fefcd - defeats, and played Is
tie games out tof total Of 3T3. A
table Of Yale, Princeton, Harvard vie
tories and defeats and ties makes in
tereSting reading:
The Keota news., 1913-11-14
Many Things Needed for Winter
Egg Production.
Poultrymen Must Look Carefully Into
Proper Housing and Care Of eirds
to Secure Greatest Returns
From Their >Flocks.

The winter season is rapidly ap-
preaching and poultry raisers In order
to have a successful season and get
must look carefully into the proper
housing and care Of the birds during
the cold. blustery days which will
soon be here.
The time is also rapidly approaching
when diseases peculiar to the feath-
cred beauties, and large money yield
ers. will develop. Should you not be
dies quickly. all your expected profits
will be turned into losses and the sea-
son made failure. Should this be
the case you will at once set up the
cry there Is no money In chickens"
This Is up to you. II you sit Idly by
during these bright. beautiful days
and give no heed to the future com
fort Of your fowls. do not complain
when you do not get eggs when they
are luxury or set up q wall when
your birds are picked of by the raw
ages Of disease. Roup time will soon
be here and this Is indeed most
dangerous disease among chickens
See that your houses are protected
against all drafts and that the damp
ness Is entirely excluded. Do not be
afraid to give the birds plenty Of
good fresh air. but do not permit
drafts. The open style OF poultry
house has been widely adopted and 1t
Is good one, but unless constructed
in the proper manner Is sure to result
in the death Of many birds.
The market for fresh eggs is rapidly
reaching a high-water mark and this
household necessity will. II predictions
count for anything. bring even high
er price than that of last winter. Be
The Keota news., 1913-11-14

stable in a thousand Is light enough
to enable the COW to keep up the yel-
low color Of her milk.
What are the causes Of the yellow
color in milk? % The yellow pig
ment in the COW herself. II she has
it the milk will show it.
CD The greatest abundance possible
Of light. In summer all cows show
more color in their milk than in win.
ter. for the reason, partially, that they
are exposed to more sunlight than in
winter. The sun is the source of all
color.
90 The greenness Of the food con-
sumed. In winter the COW consumes
food the color of which is bleached
out. In summer the grass Is OF the
deepest green. The inference Is easy,
that II the farmer wants his cows to
give yellow milk he should keep them
in thoroughly we'll lighted stable and
feed forage OF green color.
In London the butchers require that
all veals shall be fattened in the dark
in order that their tallow shall be
white. Many farmer has bleached
out his cows in the same manner by
keeping them In a dark stable.
The Keota news., 1913-11-14
YELLOW SKIN OF GUERNSEY
Much Serious Discussion Among
Breeders as to Best Means Of Keep
imp Up This Desirable Feature.

As Is we'll known the Guernsey
breed OF cattle give milk and butter
Of the highest yellow color of any
breed. Next comes the Jersey. a sis
ter breed on neighboring island. The
Guernsey people set great store by
this feature Of high color and they
have perfect right to do SO. But
much serious discussion Is had among
the Guernsey breeders as to the best
means OF keeping up this desirable
feature.
In blind. general way they are told
to breed for it." But that is not
enough. 1t will be useless to breed
for thing II afterward the thing Is
wasted and through wrong environ.
ment and wrong ideas Of feeding that
which went in with the breeding goes
out because of wrong conditions. We
undertake to say that not one winter
The Keota news., 1913-11-14
ONE RECIPE FOR WHITEWASH
Government Formula for Liquid Com
position Used on Lighthouses and
Other Exposed Places.

This is the recipe the government
uses for whitewash used on it's light
houses and other places exposed to the
weather, and it does not peel OF:
One half bushel of lime slaked
with boiling water. Keep covered
while shaking, to keep the steam in.
Mix all together and then pour five
gallons of hot water over it, After 1t
is thoroughly stirred, allow it to stand
for 48 hours. Applied hot.
Strain the mixture and add a peck
of salt dissolved in warm water, one
half pound of Spanish whiting, and
one pound of glue. previously melted
over a fire, and three pounds OF
ground rice, boiled to thin paste.
The Keota news., 1913-11-14
Good Winter Layer.

prepared to have eggs when they are
wanted. In order to accomplish this
several things are necessary. First,
keep the hens healthy and vigorous,
feed them properly and keep them
busy. Idle hens never pay for their
board and keep.
Study the peculiarities and prefer
ences Of the fowls and endeavor to
give them just what they want. Re-
member you cannot get eggs by falling
to attend to the many details con-
nected with the poultry yard and gen.
eral inattention to business. A few
hours each day, morning and night.
will accomplish wonderful results. See
to it that your part in the program
Of egg production is carried out and
the hens will do the rest.