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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-06

Phe Montpelier Journal takes The
Reformer to task because of an edito-
rial it printed last week in regard to
the salary of legislative clerks. The
Journal says we are in error for imply
ing that all the clerks received 1888
a day when as a matter of fact only
one got this amount, and because we
stated that the resolution by which
they were paid "slid through this last
session. AS for the latter statement
we are willing to let our expression
stand. 1t is true that the resolution
simply contained the salary of these
officials at pro rata per diem basis
for the period following the Thanksgiv-
ing recess, a custom which has prevail
ed since sessions began to be continued
beyond that date but it is equally
true that very few of the Legislators
realized the meaning of the resolution
when they voted upon it, and that the
salaries of the clerks in all probability
would not have been as large had the
question been put before the Legislature
| in a straightforward, business-like man
ner. The amount the state paid gu
in salaries to clerks and other stat,
house employees is presented in an ar
/ ticle appearing elsewhere in this paper
1t is certainly one luscious total
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-06

One of the surprising features of
Tuesdays town meeting results was
the way in which most of the towns in
the state swatted the proposition to
grant ffth-class or druggists licenses.
A law passed by the recent legislature
provided for the submission of this
question separately, and good many
people thought many towns would vote
no on the general proposition and yes
on the other. AS a matter of fact, how
ever, sentiment was strongly against
fifth-elass licenses. Burlington, for ex-
ample, voted to license the sale of
liquor as a beverage but turned down
the druggists, although the law pro.
vides that if town votes yes on the
general proposition the ffth-cIass vote
shall be void.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-06

1t is very probable that most of the
people who voted in favor of the consti-
tutional amendments which were rati-
fed at the town meetings Tuesday, did
so on the ground that what was salts
factory to two legislatures and an ex-
cellent special commission ought to be
satisfactory to the voters. Individual
investigation as to the merits of each
amendment did not take place in many
cases, nor were the opinions of any one
man allowed to make difference in
the result. The distinction that Yer.
mont loses by relinquishing her title
of "political barometer is not one
over which there is need to shed tears
The advertising the state got from be
ing different from anybody else in the
matter of election dates was question
able to say the least.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-06

Governor Fletcher 5 appointment of
Dewey t. Hanley of Essex as state
purchasing agent will meet with gener-
al approval. Mr.. Hanley's experience
as assistant auditor of accounts will be
of great assistance to him in the new
work, and Furthermore he is a young
man of unusual ability. The purchasing
agent plan might be called a hobby
of the governor, and no doubt he will
give the new official much valuable ad-
vice and assistance.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-06
Daily Comment.
{ Burlington News. }

Our most cordial congratulations
are extended to the management of
Vermont S newest daily newspaper,
the Brattleboro Daily Reformer, the
child of the combined Vermont Pheo-
nix and Brattleboro Reformer.
The two weeklies set a fast pace.
and it is not surprising that their
daily offspring keeps it up. A most
excellent paper, credit to the local
community and to the state at large,
this can truthfully be said for the
new daily, and editors and publish
ers are to be highly complimented on
the ability and enterprise they are
showing.
Daily Reformer, all hall and may
your career be long and prosperousl
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-06
THE MONEY GETTER.


7 II nf Ene.. FomD' the children on his
II rs s $: Il 5. I'll. same to him if skies
To him a shady oak is Just tree,
A holiday is just a wasted day.
He doesn't know a thing of laughing
streams.
On fishing trips he's ne'er been known
to go.
He never builds a castle in his dreams,
But people say he gets the money,
though
He seldom spends an evening with his
books:
He's never read the masters of the past
He only knows two speeds-the slow and
fast.
The finer shades of manhood reach him
not.
The sweeter depths of life he doesn't
know.
He seems to have no secret sacred spot,
But people say he gets the money,
though.
He cannot talk of music or of art.
He never gave rosebush any care.
His life is spent forever on the mart
Where only cries of commerce fill the
air.
But he can talk of dollars with a will
His eyes grow bright if you but mention
gold
/ TITS true he fills his money bags, but still
I'd rather keep my day dreams and
grow old.
4 Detroit Free Press.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-06

ALL 1tlLI SlNuIlL1ts II
employee, outside of members Of the
Legislature
A. ". Ford, chaplain $519.45 .
J. o. Kendall, doorkeeper, 10000 +
c. w. Steele, assistant door
keeper, 517.S0 +
Messengers.
Frank Bigwood Winooski, 1915 !.
Winfield Foote, Cornwall, 521.65 I
Malvern Ellis, St Johnsbury, $4,000 /
Philip Whitney, Mortified, 4S2.05
David Camp, Newport, 533.75
J. G. Cameron, Norton, 55245
Office of Sergeant-at- Arms.
Herbert Z. Slayton, Montpelier, 1865
G. II. Beard, Waterville, 511.20
Howard Brown, South Burling-
ton, 50O.75
G. w. Preston, Fair Haven, $500
Secretary of States Office.
Rawson c. Myrick, Bridport, 1865
State Treasures Office.
Bertha L. Lindsey, 1865
State Library.
Clair Tempeton, Montpelier, 1865
Howard w. Adams, Yer
gennes, 51l.75
Engineering Department
d. J. Dwinnell, Montpelier, 476.55
James Burke, 476.55
Carpenter.
w. H. Montague, Waterbury
Centre, 4S4.SO
Waterman.
Ira Edison, Montpelier, 1865
/ Sweepers.
! Burt n. Peck, Montpelier, 1865
/ c. B. Litchfeld, Coventry, 532.1O
J ohm w. Sexton, Montpelier, 1868
l. r. Eaton. Fayston, 487.00
/ Arthur f. White, Montpelier, 1865
Executive Department.
Harvey f. Goodell, Whiting
ham, 5000
/ Maybell II. Hill, Ludlow, 551.35
Janitor.
John w Hill, Montpelier, 1868
Coat Room.
T. w. Hanley, Essex, 1880
K. f. Pearsons, Rutland, $3.50
Information
w. J. Sperry, Cavendish, 552.45
Telephone Operator
Mrs. w. G. Belknap, 1865
Revision Committee.
f. L. Gleason. Montpelier, 672.55
:. S. Cushing. st. Adams, $4,000
boro. 499. so
Clerks.
w. r. McFeeters, executive
clerk, St Adams, 13S4.9S
Harry 4. Black, House, New
julius illus Wilcox, assistant, Lud-
low, 696.47
Montpelier. 622.77
J, G. Norton, reporter, St,
| Adams, 33l.7C
5 dolph, 64o.37
- W. H. Crockett, reporter,
5 Montpelier, 3ll.7C
c. \. G. jackson, reporter,
2 Montpelier, 622. 7;
0 Ellen McDuffee, stenographer 1865,
t Laura NJ. Averill, stenographer, 10000
J. Mary Drymgould, stenograph-
e er, judiciary committee, 296.Ot
o er office, 476.5
n Leroy Hall, adjutant generals
T office, $1,000
6 Ida Piceiolli, attorney gener-
s al 5 office, 476.5
: Edith Leland $500
d Emily R. Bond, 400
h George Topper, tax commits
/ sioner S office, 1895
/, F. w. Dorey, tax commission
e er's office, 499. 6
Il Office of Superintendent of Education
l. Dora Hodgdon. 476.5
l. Frances Goss, 476.5
II Senate Messengers.
> Cecil II. Winslow, Clarendon, 1881
Henry Dodds, North Hero, 513.9
- II. L. Skeels, Senate secretary, 1917
~ Guy NJ. Page, assistant secre-
y. tary, 645.3
n Susan \. Mutt, stenographer, 5000
=, Edith Wright, library commits
l. sion. 1865
II Alice f. Robinson, auditor 5, 4765
:, Jesse +. Josselynn, auditors, 476.J
le Secretary of States Office.
Margaret Hickey, Burlington, 1896
3, Alice F. Stanley, Essex June
Id ton, 494.1
Sc Mary II. Nichols, Essex June
ton, 494.i
= Maude French, Essex June
-. ~ ~.-,,,-- Irz,o-- T,,,o
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-06
A FORGOTTEN SAINT.

ON Valentines forgotten day
~ Without the threshold Cupid waits
And peers between the close barred gates
At realms where heart whole maidens
stray.
nor youth has grown so wise, they say
Il That no fair bosom palpitates
On Valentines forgotten day;
Without the threshold Cupid waits
TN February's twilight gray,
Nor yet with laughter contemplates
The locksmith who his will illustrates,
But turns with dropping wings away
On Valentines forgotten day.
e. NJ. Dinnis.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-06
THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1913.

Member of the Associated Press.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-06
STATE
$l83,707.76
Fancy Prices Paid for Door
keepers, Pages and
Sweepers
CLERK HARRY BLACK
DREW THE HIGH SUM

His Salary Was Bigger Than That of
The Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court for the Time Spent on the
Job-A Matter for All Voters to
Consider.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-06

Members of the revision committee,
Messrs. Watson and Darling, received
so day, or So day in addition to
their per diem as members of the Leg
islature. and the clerks of the commit
tee. Messrs. Gleason and Cushing, re-
ceived So a day for their services
during the session. The stenographer,
Miss Dunlevy, was paid 81 a day.
Laura NJ. AveriI was employed by
the speaker and lieutenant governor
as stenographer 80 days and paid 81
a day The judiciary committee re
tanned the services of Miss Drymgould
as stenographer for IS days at 81 a
day.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-06
TO ADVERTISERS.
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

1t is the aim of the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery of
CO. operation of subscribers to that end.
Prompt report should be given of each
failure to receive the paper on the morn
telephone or postal card, thus enabling
the cause of the error to be promptly
and accurately discovered and the
proper remedy Immediately applied. 1t
is only by this method that the pub
Usher can secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-06

Court for the Time Spent on the
Job-A Matter for All Voters to
Consider.
MONTPELIER, March 6-Few PEG
pie in state realize the fact that the
per diem and mileage of the miscel-
laneOus employees at the state house
during the recent session of the Gen
eral Assembly amounted to $50, 10I.79,
and large part of this was provided
for by special resolutions introduced
during the closing days The misceI-
laneous employees include doorkeepers,
pages, clerks, stcnographers, sweep
ers, etc.
The highest paid official for the
| session was the executive clerk in the
governor 5 office who received while
on duty $3.50 Il day. a greater salary
if paid the year round, at this rate
than the judges of the supreme court.
/ The statutes provide that this clerk
shall receive $500 for the biennial
term, but under the resolution where
! his name was inserted by amendment
in the Senate. he shared ON the same
propOrtionate basis as the clerks and
secretaries of the House and Senate.
The executive clerk drew $13S49S
and still has $500 coming before his
term expires. The clerk of the House
drew $1550.53, the secretary of the
Senate $ll3I75, while the lieutenant
governor received Stops and the speak
err 1858.
The executive clerk is the legal er
rand boy of the governor and his du
ties are not generally considered such
as to command so large a salary. In
fact his pay for the session was more
than the attorney general 5, who haC
to pass ON the constitutionality of laws
The executive clerk examines all bills
before they are signed by the govern
or to determine legal defects. He !:
E member of the governor 5 officia
family, and supposed to be in sens'
! under the governor : secretary, .wh'
receives $1,000 a year and who did no
2 come in under joint resolution No. sc
. Since adjournment, and before, TIL
resolution was the object of much cur
iosity. 1t was similar in the main t
others which have been introduced i
q the past for extra compensation 70
the clerks. their former pay bein
based on a session of 45 days. A
+ there was a question whether the es
d ira pay for the executive clerk Shout
y be figured ON the basis of $500 whic
: he was paid on the rising of the Ger
o eral Assembly, as the statutes reaC
or 800, which is his salary for tn
Il biennial period, the attorney genera
h was asked by the auditor for an opir
Y ion before any more money was pal,
@ and the attorney general replied tha
he considered the resolution entirel
Il plain and explicit, and then contil
r ued:-
lie ''To illustrate, take the case of tn
ie executive clerk appointed by the go,
9 ernor. BY section 61S8 of the publ
= statutes, his salary is fixed at $40
Under the resolution that salar
lie should be divided by 45 and the resu
n multiplied by the number of day
computing from and including Il
second day of December, 1912, to IL
end of the session.
lie The cost of the session was $18t
o. 1916. Below is given the salary al
- mileage drawn by each state hou
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-06
Diamonds

are the one article in our stock that
are constantly growing more valu-
able.
The constant rise of the last Is
years has doubled the value of
nearly all sizes of the better grades,
and the argument to own a fine
stone is as good now as it was Is
years ago, as they are still advanc-
ing in price and are likely to keep
on for years to come.
Come in and let us demonstrate
this fact to you.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-06

Read ''Two Years Before the Mast
and thank God you re not a sailor.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-10-03

With all your Bob Russells and Joe
Boehlings and Clark Griffith's predic-
tons that left handlers are the twirl-
ing 'comers'' the fans in Brooklyn
have young sOuthpaw who, on pa
per- measures up with Russell and
Boehiing and, in fact, any other port
slider in the business. Yet. according
to George Moreland, this youngster
won three and lost thirteen games up
to a recent date.
They say that figures never lie, but
it takes other figures to prove that the
lost and won columns do not convey
the whole truth. as in this case. Even
if this young gentleman, Frank Allen,
has the unenviable percentage of .1SS
in the league tables he has yielded
only an average of 20 runs per game
and has allowed 80 runs and Sc hits in
III % innings.
Look up other. twirlers' records, bar
ring Walter Johnson. and you will find
that few have an average so low as
90 runs per game to their credit.
Frank Allen is the 5000 beauty
from Mobile and the champion hard
luck pitcher of the world.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-10-03
CANADIAN PRAISES
WOOD TEST WORK
Dominion Expert Inspects Lab
OrdiOry at Madison, Wis.

MADISON, Wis.-The benefits tc
industry accomplished by the United
States forest products laboratory con-
Quoted on University hill in cooper
alton with the University of WiscOn-
sin, led the Canadian government to
appropriate 100000 for a similar
plant to be established in Montreal
in connection with McGill university.
A. G. Mcintyre, who will have charge
of the Canadian laboratory, has put
in six weeks here inspecting the
methods used.
There is nothing else like it in the
world" said Mr.. Mcintyre in praise
of the local laboratory, whose system
he will follow.
Within another year the local lab
oratory will have obtained complete
data on all the mechanical and physi-
cal properties of every tree grown in
the United States. The scope of this
work has included: Every property
which wood possesses; to what uses
any wood may be put; how woods
may be substituted one for another;
how wood may be substituted for 9th
er material.
The department of wood preserva-
ton has also accomplished results in
the preservation of tbs, piling, struc-
tural timber, wood paving blocks, and
all woods exposed to weather and wa
ter The laboratory has also done
work toward making wood fire-resist-
ing.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-10-03
HURT AT Milwaukee FIRE
Members of the Department Injured
in a $4,000 Blaze.

MILWAUKEE, = Ten city firemen
were burned, three perhaps seriously,
during a fire which destroyed $4,000
worth of coal, docks and dock build
ings belonging to the Gross Coal COM
pany.
On the way to the fire the men
were forced to drive over a viaduct
which was enveloped with the flames
of the burning coal. The three most
seriously burned were overcome by
the smoke while crossing the viaduct.
They fell from the trucks and were
dragged to safety by their comrades.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-10-03
Princeton Football Practice.

Practice for the 1913 football season
was started recently by Princeton with
about thirty candidates. Although
there are a great many positions to be
filed. the early arrivals made an ex-
cellent impression. Captain "Hobey'
Baker and Fix | Coaches Andrews and
Bluethenthal were on hand to take
charge of the men.
Captain Baker looked in fine cOndi
ton, and besides experimenting the
practice, showed his skill at goal kick
ing. Another man who kicked well
was Merritt. who was discovered by
Coach Andrews last spring and is a
promising candidate for the back field
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-10-03
Able Young Pitcher.

! Three clubs. the Browns. the White
SOx and the Giants. are said to have
made offers to Phil Wills. youngster
pitching for an independent team al
Centralia. I'll. He has pitched eighteen
games this season, losing but two.
Two of the games were no hit. no run
affairs. Wills is a Decatur Qll.l high
school boy. He is short. but strongly
built and is said to have lot of speed.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-10-03
Girl Steps into Bullets Course,

RACINE, WIS.-Miss Elsie Gutz-
man, fourteen years old, was fatally
wounded when her brother, Clarence,
fired the initial shot from a rifle he
had just purchased. The lad had put
target on closet door. AS he
pressed the trigger his sister stepped
from the closet and received the bull
let in her breast.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-10-03
PAYMENTS TO WIDOWS
Wisconsin Industrial Commission De.
cideS on New Ruling.

MADISON, WIS.-The Badger state
industrial commission has decided to
order compensation awarded to wild
ows for the death of their husbands
under the state workmen's compensa-
ton act paid in monthly installments
instead of in full, because most of the
widows have been found incapable of
properly caring for the money award
ed to them.
Some of them, it is alleged, have
started out to look for new husbands.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-10-03
AsnIand's Assessment Roll.

ASHLAND. WIS. = The com.
pleted assessment roll for 1913, which
has just been. announced by Assessor
Guam, gives a total of sS,097 900 as.
sessable property in the city of Ash.
land, of which amount $6,013, 900 is
real estate and improvements, $685..
600 bank stock and S1,719,OOO personal
property.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-10-03
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GENERAL NEWS.


WASHINGTON - Very serious
charges involving the right of Richard
S.. Whaley, Democratic member of
congress from the first district OF
South Carolina to occupy his seat in
the house, are embodied in petition
filed with Speaker Clark by John P.
Grace, mayor of Charleston, S. c..
Mayor Grace demands an investiga-
ton by a committee of the house.
The federal publicity act limits to
$4,000 the amount that may Re ex'
pended by candidate for a seat in
congress. The charge is made by
Mayor Grace that Mr.. Whaley in his
campaign for the nomination expend-
ed 100000 in buying votes Mayor
Grace charges further that Whaley
swore falsely in certifying to officers
of the house that he expended less
than $4,000 in his campaign.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-10-03
BADGERS ARE LUCKY
Many Successful in Government Land
Drawing in Montana.

MADISON, WIS. = A telegram
from Helena, Mont, says: The draw
ing for the Fort Peck lands continued
and the following are among the sue
cessful ones from Wisconsin:
Helen Defrance, La Crosse; James
Ermitang, Boomer; Fred E. Williams,
Augusta; H. L. Newcomb, Pepin Ma
ria c. Schul, Oshkosh; c. D. Hopkins,
Whitehall; J. w. Lyman, Eleroy; Joe
Eberle, Milwaukee; Clint Cook,
Stoughton; Alidah A. King, La
Crosse; F. o. Lindquist, Superior,
Adolph Morlacher, Lyons.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-10-03
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON - The name of
Representative Martin d. Foster of H.
llnois was presented to the secretary
of war for the position of governor
of Porto Rico. Mr.. Foster has the in
dorsement of the Illinois delegation
and number of other congressman
He is now the only candidate for the
place whose name has been presented
formally. He is serving his fourth
term as a member of congress from
the Twenty-third Illinois district. He
is one of five practicipg physicians in
the house and senate and is chairman
of the house committee on mines and
mining and a member of the commit
tee on rules.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-10-03
FAIR EXHIBIT STOLEN

Prize Winning Grains and Grasses
from ST. Croix County Disappear.
NEW RICHMOND, wish some
manner not yet explained, while
en- route from Milwaukee to. Chippewa
Falls, a considerable portion of the
prize winning grains and most OF the
decorations used in the st. Croix
county exhibit at the Wisconsin state
fair we're stolen.
A rigid investigation is being made
by the authorities and the state board
of agriculture has taken a hand in the
matter.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-10-03
Heads Central A. A, u,

Otto e. Schmidt of the Central Turn
ers' society was elected president OF
the Central Amateur Athletic union
for 1914 at meeting and banquet held
at the Hotel Sherman. Chicago Mr..
Schmidt succeeds E. C. Racey as head
of the amateur athletic government OF
the middle west More than eighty
members were present. representing
the states of Illinois. Indiana. Ohio,
Michigan. Wisconsin. Minnesota and
Iowa.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-10-03
Mack and His Pitchers.

Most managers work their pitchers
in turn. but Connie Mack of the cham
pion Athletics doesn't Mack's system
Is to select pitchers who are the most
successful against certain clubs.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-10-03
Glossy" Wrecks Train.

BAY CITY, MICH.-A railway train
from Wilmot to Caro- on the Detroit,
Bay City and Western railroad, ran
over cNW and wee s.tohod. No in
juries are reported. but traffic was de-
lsyed for several hours.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-10-03
New outfielder For Maps.

Elmer Smith. Duluth's right fielder,
will soon report to the Cleveland
American league club. President
Blume of Northern league club at Du-
luth closed the deal with the Cleve-
land management. The purchase price
is not announced
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-10-03

Photos by American Press Association.
BENDER (ABovE) AND MANAGER M'GRAW.
Manager Johnny McGraw is figuring
on just what will be the best way to
combat the work of Bender, the Chip.
pewa Indian pitcher, in the worlds
championship series.
Bender is the star mound performe,
of Connie Mack's Athletics and has
proved invincible against the Giants
in championship matches several times
in the past.
McGraw's present idea, it is said, is
to pitch Mathewson in every game
that Bender works, as Matty is stead
Ter than either Vanguard. Demaree OF
Tesreau.