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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-09
The Only Perfect Baby So Far Discov-
cred in America

In the August Woman's Home Com
panion the campaign for Better Ba
bies' is further reported. The BET
ter Babies movement is a movement to-
ward the improvement of children by
means of baby shows where babies are
judged according to their physical condi-
tiSn rather than according to their
beauty. Hundreds of these shows are
being held in the United States this
year, and in each case the children are
judged precisely as live stock is judged
according to a strict score card prepared
by eminent physicians. OF course the
most important part of these shows is
the opportunity they afford for distrib-
uting among mothers practical scientific
suggestions for the care of children. This
is being done with thoroughness and
great success.
In a report in the August Woman's
Home Companion entitled, Better Ba-
bies in Cities" there is an account of
two successful contests organized and
managed by women of Knoxville, Tenn,
and Des Moines, la. Following is an
extract from the report of the Knox
vile show:
"The final feature proved truly dra.
matte. First, the physicians had found
perfect baby, Sidney June Chastain,
aged twenty-five months, son of sue.
,essful young business man and moth
er who springs from fine Georgia stock,
an ideal American boy. When the
goungster was pronounced perfect half
/ dozen medical men took him in hand
and put him through second and more
rigid examination. But there was no
shaking that first verdict. Sidney June
chastain had scored the maximum pos
pible on the better babies score card,
pne thousand points, one hundred per
rent.
"It was hard for physicians and CON-
mittee members to keep the secret, but
the feat was accomplished, and when
The announcement was made in connec.
lion with the prize award, applause
shook the building. Sidney and his
proud but astonished parents were asked
10 come to the platform so that the
audience could look the hundred per cent.
paby over. The little lad received not
,nly the first cash prize in his class but
Two silver mugs, one presented by the
Woman's Anti-TuberclTlosis league, the
,ther by the Woman's Home Compan-
on, in recognition of the fact that Sid
,ey was the first child to reach the
tandards of weights and measurements
vet in the better babies standard score
ard"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-09
WHY McLoUGHLIN LOST.
Because He Lacked the Maturity To
Round Out His Game.

The defeat of Maurice Z. Mclaughlin
by Anthony F. Wilding in the challenge
round of the English single tennis cham
pionship again proves the value of years
of practice and experience in the court
game. Judging from the accounts of the
final match between the young American
and the veteran New Zealander, it was
the finished all-around play of Welding
that gave him the edge over the Cali
fornian in the gruelling three sets won
by scores of So, 6-3, l0-S.
In the forty-one games that consti-
tuted the match WIlding won twenty
four to McLoughlin's seventeen. giving
him a margin of seven games, three of
which were picked up in the second set.
Slight as this margin was, it proved
that the player from the Antipodes held
the reserve necessary to win at crucial
points.
Wonderful tennis player that he is,
Mclaughlin met an opponent who in fin
ish and finesse was his master. Despite
his sizzling and powerful service and
smashing, the young American found
that Wilding was able not only to return
his shots but to add to those returns
tne Placement ana pace WHICH tOrceu
Mclaughlin to defensive rather than
offensive attitude. He lacked consisten-
cy and failed on the ground shots which
the New Zealander constantly fed him
as a result of the carefully planned cam
paign based on Wilding's observations
during McLoughlin's play through the
title tournament.
There is in the defeat both honor
and promise of greater excellence, how
ever so far as the American champion
is concerned. youth, for Mclaughlin
is scarcely out of his teens, wonderful
tennis career appears to be his future.
In 1909 at Sydney he was defeated by
Wilding, 3-6, S-6, 6-2, 6-3.
Tennis players of the calibre of the
Dohertys, Larned, Brookes and Wilding
are not the development of a year, and
few, if any of them, started with the
natural ability and advantages possessed
by Mclaughlin. The Californian will
some day be tennis champion of the
world, barring accidents, but he will not
wear the laurels until maturity and ex-
perienee have steadied and rounded out
his game.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-09
LOYAL REPUBLICANS
TO UPHOLD FUSION
Following Whitman's Announcement
That He Would Accept Fusion
Nomination for District
Attorney.

New York, Aug. 9.--Following the an
nouncement Of District Attorney Charles
S. Whitman that he would accept the
fusion nomination for the office he now
holds, it was made clear yesterday that
the support of the Republican organiza
tion leaders will be thrown to the en-
tire fusion ticket headed by John Pur-
roy Mitchell for mayor in the coming
city election. Samuel s. Koenig, Repub-
lican, county chairman, bore formal as
surances of this support to Mr.. Mitchell.
In statement later, Mr.. Koenig de-
clared that all loyal Republicans would
uphold the fusion ticket. Hitherto there
has been doubt as to the attitude of the
Republican organization owing to dis
satisfaction in some quarters because Of
the fact that Mr.. Whitman was not
nominated for mayor.
When the Republican city committee
meets Aug. 10 to make designations for
the ticket it is now predicted that the
fusion candidates will be formally en-
dorsed
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-09
MONTPELIER
Cattle Shipment From Barre Temporar-
lily Held Up.

A horse which Henry LaCount of
Worcester bought three weeks ago for
$50 sekened after being driven with its
mate to Montpelier yesterday and after
consultation BY the owner with veteri-
narians the animal was shot yesterday
afternoon. The pair were hitched to the
railing back of the Blanchard opera house
building while the owner went to make
some purchases, and when he returned
the horse was down and evidently in
great distress. Two veterinarians who
were called. gave Mr.. LaCount no hope
of saving the animal, and the beast was
soon put out of its misery.
A shipment of cattle in one cattle car
and one box car by B. f. Davis of Barre
for Boston was held up in Montpelier
Yesterday when it was found that one of
the cattle was caught by having foot
slide through an opening in the car.
While the animal was being extricated,
Sheriff Tracy happened along and decid-
ed that conditions anyway were crowd
ed, there being a dozen head OF cattle
and some hogs in one car, which is more
than the average load. DIR. j. q. Whit
ney, 4 veterinarian, was summoned, and
he pronounced the conditions bad Three
cows were taken OUT Ol tHe SiuNueu
car and put in the other car and after
the stock had been thoroughly wet down
with hose. permission was given to take
the shipment along provided the shipper
would take the animals out at Plaintield
and feed and water them.
State Superintendent of Education and
Mrs. NJ. S. Stone returned yesterday
from Salt Lake City, where they have
been attending the annual meeting OF
the National Educational association.
They also visited Yellowstone park and
picturesque parts of Colorado.
A conference of ministers in behalf OF
Montpelier seminary was held at the
school yesterday, the following clergy
men being in attendance; Revs. William
2haw of this city; G. H. Morse of Nor
risville: Peter Black of st. Johnsbury;
A. w. Hewitt of Plainfeld; S. II. Sis
son of Essex Junction; Z. r. Currier
of Essex; c. f. Aiken of Swanton; S.
+. Cooley of Milton; Fred Daniels of
Fairfax; w. F.. Douglas of Waterbury;
and A. A. Mandigo of Moretown. The
trustees also held a meeting and con
sidered the business affairs of the school.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-09
IMPORTANT ALLOY OF STEEL.
Chronic Iron Ore Mined for MetaIlurg-
cal and Chemical Uses--Production In
creased 70 Per Cent in 1912.

! The chronic iron ore produced and
sold in the United States was nearly
| 20 per cent greater in 1912 than in 1911
according to j. S. Diller, of the United
| States geological survey, in an advance
! chapter --"The Production of Chronic
Iron Ore in l912"-from Mineral Re.
sources" The total output marketed in
| 1912 was POI long tons, valued at 50 1853
629, in 1911. California is the only pro-
ducing state, and the output comes from
three separate deposits. Two new mines
were opened, one near Livermore, in Ala
media county, and the other near Piedra,
in Fresno county.
More chromium ore is now used in the
United States in chemistry than for met
allurgy; it is consumed in the manu-
facture of pigments, dyes and various
chemical compounds, and also in tan
ming light leather, rendering it tough
and resistant to moisture. Most Choir
MUM pigments are very permanent.
Chromium is used metallurgically in
making chromium alloys and furnace
Innings, the latter either in the form of
chrome bricks or of irregular coarse
and fine fragments of chromite ham
mered into place without the use of ce-
menting material.
The use of chromium in making al
loys is extensive. Chromium gives to
steel marked degree of hardness, and
If added in the proper proportion it
does not produce brittleness Chromi-
um steel alone or alloyed with tungsten
or molybdenum is used for making high
speed tools. 1t is also used in the manu-
facture of files, ball bearings, armor
plates and armor piercing projectiles,
for which it is generally
nickel, vanadium or manganese.
The United States has never been
larger producer of chronic iron are. It's
maximum annual production in 1894 was
nearly 1000 tons. Since then both the
annual production and the price have
fuctuated from various causes, among
which the moderate demand, the pock-
ETY. character and wide distribution of
the deposits, and the cheap Importation
of ore from other countries are the most
important. Production in the eastern
portion of the United States, where
the demand is greatest, ceased some
years ago. On the Pacific coast the dis
covery of new and larger deposits gives
promise of greater production with an
increasing demand.
A copy of the report on chronic iron
ore may be obtained free on applica-
tion to the director of the geological
survey, Washington, ID. c.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-09
HUGE RADIO STATION
TO BE CONSTRUCTED
United States Will Place 1t in the Canal
Zone and 1t viii Be Greater Than
the Arlington Station.

Washington, d. c., Aug. 9.-one of
the greatest radio stations in the world,
even eclipsing in size the new station
at Arlington, Virginia, is to be erected
by the United States at Caimito in the
canal zone. 1t will be known as the
Darien radio station, and whereas only
one of the Arlington towers reaches the
height of 600 feet, ell three of the
towers of the Darein station will be that
height.
The new plant Is expected to be able
to communicate with San Francisco as
well as with Arlington and reached into
the southern seas as far as Valdiyia,
442l miles south of Valparaiso on the
west coast of South America. 1t also
probably viii be able to communicate
with the island of st. Vincent, 500 miles
west of Africa.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-09
DIED AT BURLINGTON.
Austin Templeton, Prominent Man of
East Montpelier.

Burlington, Aug. 9--Austin Temple
ton of East Montpelier, aged 70 years,
died last evening at $40 o'clock at 20
South Willard street, after an illness of
five weeks with heart disease and com
plications. The funeral will be hel
in East Montpelier Monday afterns
at three o'clock, with burial in the :
lily lot there.
Mr.. Templeton was born December
20, 1888, at East Montpelier, where he
spent most of his life as a respected cit
izen. He was farmer, but retired sew
eral years ago, on account of poor
health. He had served his town as
selectman and as representative in the
general assembly in 1878.
His wife, who was Mary Foster of
East Montpelier, died four years ago,
and he is survived only by cousin,
Mrs. Sarah Ormsmbee of East Mont
pelier, and by several cousins living in
California.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-09
DR.. Oliver Livingston Jones
Of New York Died This
Morning
POLICE CONSIDER
1T TO BE SUICIDE
He Was Father of General
Rosalie Jones, the Suf-
fragette Leader

New York, Aug. 9.--Dr. Oliver Living
ston Jones died at a hospital here to-
day of self-infieted bullet wounds. The
police regarded the case as one of sui
eide, although members of the family
insist that it was accidental. DIR. Jones
shot himself in the head at his residence
yesterday.
DR.. Jones was wealthy and had retired
from the practice of medicine. He was
the father of General" Rosalie Jones,
the suffragette leader, who has gained
so much prominence recently.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-09
wINooSKI LOSES POPULATION.
Party of Ga Persons Left Yesterday for
Chicopee Falls, Mass

Winooski, Aug. 9.-About so persons
left town on a special car yesterday
for Chicopee Falls, Mass, where they
will be employed in the cotton mills. A
representative from the Massachusetts,
town has been here for several days
gathering labor for the cotton industries.
In one family that left town yesterday
there were Is members. No foreign
labor was wanted by the manufacturer
representative, who told one man who
wished to go that he wanted men to
work and not to loaf around and that
if he wanted to 60 to Chicopee he would
have to pay his own fare. Those who
went upon his solicitation had their
fares paid.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-09
Golfng on Sunday.

"If l were autocrat / would decree
that the golf course should be open on
Sunday, but not until the hours OF
morning worship are over" writes Har.
old ]. Howland in Suburban Life-The
Countryside Magazine for August 'cNot
because / think the church should shrink
from competition, on the contrary, il
ought to make its offering to the COM
munity of so high a value in each mans
life that it need fear no competition.
There ought to be no excuse open, so
far as the community can help. for the
sin of omission on the part of the man
who sought to be worshipping with his
fellow men, and to be giving his sup
port to the most important institu-
tion in the community.
"And | would decree that any man
who neglected his family to play golf
on Sunday should be dueked in the wa
ter hazard at the thirteenth hole at
the hands of Colonel Bogey."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-09
correspondence on Burton Pierce Co.

President Alex. Ironside of the Barre
Central Labor union has received the
following reply to query to the United
Cloth Hat & Cap Makers of North Amer
lea, relative to the Burton Pierce Co.:
"Replying to your favor of the 2nd inst,
in reference to the Burton Pierce Co.
of Boston, wish to advise you that the
Burton Pierce Co. is not manufacturing
concern, as far as the manufacturing OF
caps or hats is concerned, and conse-
quently have no right, and were never
granted by us the right to use our union
label The above firm is, as far as We
are aware, jobbing house, buying their
goods of different manufacturers, and
we understand that they are buying
their caps with our union label from
union cap manufacturers"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-09
FORMER HARDwICK MAN.
A. E. Wakefield Died Yesterday at Hyde
Park

Hyde Park, Aug. "a. 4. Wakefield,
who had been i'll long time, died yes
terday. He was 66 years old and ma
tive of Hardwick where he lived all his
life until coming here seven years ago.
For the past three years he was deputy
sheriff and since the erection of the new
Jail here had been the jailor. For 20
years he was deputy sheriff in Hard
wick. Since coming here and until a
few weeks ago, he had been engaged
in the livery business. Besides his wife,
he is survived by two sons, DIR. Wake
field of Hardwick and Neil of this place.
He was member of the Odd Fellows
lodge of this place, The funeral will
take place Sunday afternoon at his late
home with burial at Hardwick.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-09
SENSATIONAL GOLF BYYoUNGsTER
McIlwaine, II, Goes Into Semi Finals
at Manchester

Manchester, Aug. "a. G. Nell
waine, the l7year-old golfer whose
progress in the tournament for the
First Presidents cup at the Ekwanok
Country club has been sensational,
came through the semi finals yester-
day and viii meet B. Warren Corkran
of Baltimore in the finals to-day. Me
ilwaine defeated c. H Gaddner of Aga
wan yesterday afternoon, 4 up and 3
to play. C.orkran caught John M.
Ward of Garden City off his game in
his half of the semi-fnal and won an
uninteresting match, up and to play.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-09
SEN. MATTIsoN DIED SUDDENLY
Glastonbury Man Had Been Prominent
in Political Affairs.

Bennington, Aug. 9.--State Senator
Norman L. Mattison of Glastonbury
died at his home there yesterday after
an illness of few hours duration
He was born in Glastonbury April 10,
1851, and spent his entire life there. He
represented his town in the general as
sembly six terms, had been assistant
Judge of Bennington county court three
terms and had held all the public Offices
in his home town usually filling several
OF them at the same time He was
town clerk, 22 years and lister 23 years,
and as lifelong Republican and an ac-
tive participant in county politics he
made it special point to attend state
and county conventions of his part.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-09
TALK OF THE TOWN
lack Cat hosiery at Abbott's.

Black Cat hosiery at Abbott's.
Wash goods specials at Abbott's.
Indian blankets for camping at Fits
Big sale shopping bags at vaughan's
Three day discount sale at Knights.
We make clothes to order. Lamorey
Clothing Co.
See adv. of Auction Market for Sat-
urday. Page Z. o. H. Hale, auctioneer.
See auction sale adv. Tuesday, Aug.
70, at l p. m. Poplarhurst-No. l66
Hill street.
w. C. Gleason of Burlington, deputy
revenue collector, was business visitor
N the city yesterday.
Mrs. j. Ward Carver of C; urch stree.
s spending several days in eau;p at Iro
Iuois lake in Hinesburg.
Regular Saturday night dance in How
and hall, Aug. l6, under auspices of
Riley's orchestra. Ladies free.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-09
DETROIT BUILDINGS
SWEPT BY FLAMES
Loss Early To-day Will Be More Than
100000, One Four-story Build
ing Destroyed.

Detroit, Aug. 9.-Fire early to-day
destroyed Welt & Sons Paper company's
four-story building on Larned street
and spread westward into the buildings
occupied by the Royal Valley Coffee
company and General Grocery company.
The losses probably will exceed $780,
900.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-09
To Binghampton, N. Y,
Clothing Factory Holo-
caust Of July %
MRS. MARY LAYTON
DIED AT HOSPITAL
She Was Burned and Injur-
ed By Jumping from
Fourth Story X

Binghamton, n. Y, Aug. 9.-The thir-
ty-second victim was added to-day to
the list of those who lost their lives in
the fire which destroyed the plant OF
the Binghamton Clothing company on
July o. Mrs. Mary Layton died at the
City hospital from burns and from in
juries which she received in jumping
from the fourth floor of the building
when the fire was at its height.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-09

Miss Margaret Tyler fell on a slip
perry section of the floor at the Mary
Fletcher hospital in Burlington and sus-
tanned broken hip. Her condition is
improving.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-09

Having completed six years pastor
ate of the North Congregational church
at st. Johnsbury, Rev. G. w. c. Hill will
go to the South church at New Britain,
Conn.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-09
DoINGS ABOUT THE STATE.
Items of Interest From Neighborinl
Towns.

Rutland county orhcards will not give
a big yield of apples this year as worms
and frost have done great damage.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-09

| Ex-Governor +. j. Ormsbee. who was
striken at his home in Brandon sever
al weeks ago, is making slow but stea-
dy progress toward recovery. He is
able to sit in wheel chair and has par
tial use of his right hand.
Woodmen say that deer throughout
| Vermont and the Adirondacks of New
York are very plentiful and have re-
markabel growth of antlers. Deer came
out of the winter fat and well fed with
| the result that much nutrition could
60 into the antlers.
When George C. Slayton finished hay
! ing on his farm in Stowe the other
day, the last to leave the field was his
ten year-old daughter, Hazel, who did
all the raking and "raking after" on
her fathers two farms of l65 acres.
| August II, the anniversary of the
granting of the town charter by Ben
ming Wentworth, is to be celebrated in
Thetford with town picnic in Nelson
Porter's grove at Thetford Centre. A
clam bake will be one of the features.
The town picnic is an annual event in
Ihetford.
On the heels of disastrous fire which
threatened at one teime to destroy the
entire village, Newbury has taken steps
to protect itself from a repetition of
the outbreak by planning for fire de-
partment. At recent town meeting
called specially for that purpose, COM
mittee was eletced to report on the
best methods for establishing fire de-
partment.
Lightning struck a dead .ree in Earl
Hastings pasture in Corinth and COM
municated with dry grass. Before dis
covered it had spread over large area
and help had to be secured from Corinth
Center before the danger of a serious
fire had passed.
Ground has been broken for a new
Adventist church to be erected in New
bury. Plans call for an imposing struc-
ture, which the contractors hope to have
ready for occupancy by November l.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-09

Only two more days to pay taxes and
save the costs. Office open every even
ing from $3.50 to s p. M. James Mack
ay, treasurer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-09
Weather Forecast.

Sunday warmer; light to moderate
southeast TO southwest winds,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-09

Ground has been broken for new
Adventist church to be erected in New
bury. Plans call for an imposing struc-
ture, which the contractors hope to have
ready for occupancy by November l.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1913-11-22
PLEASE RESERVE THE DAY

THE members-elect to the next Legis-
lature have, we believe, done the proper
thing in issuing call for a citizens
meeting to discuss matters that concern
our local interests. 1t is to be hoped
that the people of the county will no.
only attend the meeting, but will come
together with an earnest desire to reach
helpful conclusions No one of us can
expect our opinions to be universally ac-
ceptable. las many men so many
minds" But Their is wisdom in multi
tude of counsellors, provided they are
COUNSEDLORS. The projected meeting
should elicit the fullest, freest and frank
est conference. 1t should not be hurried
or heated
We are in serious need in this county,
of careful thought, wise counsel and gen
eral cooperation. 1t is no time for par
tisanshp or pers Qualities. Let us confer
as citizens, neighbors and friends, as to
matters which concern us all alike.
Mark the date, Monday, December Isl,
as previous engagement, and be sure
that YOU are present
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1913-11-22
MAKE A NOTE

PENNSYLVANIA, at the recent cleo
ton, defaeted the proposed fifty million
bond issue for permanent roads. the
project was defeated by the farmers OF
the State, despite its advocacy by many
business. interests, notably the Automo-
bile Clubs and Manufac turera.
We allude to tbs matter because 1t
ought to be instructive to the people of
our own State. Nobody imagines that the
Pennsylvania farmers are against good
roads" There is doubtless no set of far
mers in America who have been more
earnestly in favor of good roads But
they have awakened, in Pennsylvania, to
many of the practical aspec,s of the
present system of road bu lding that do
not appeal to the farmers as either desir-
able, economical or just.
Maryland may do we'll to make
note"