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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-02-25

r1dl ~ III thai. pOunQage, lot DEF
ger has learned his lesson and
realizes it is the workers who
stick in the big show
Buck Weaver, last years regu-
lar shortstop, is also a former Pa
cifc Coast Lacquer, and Califor-
mans who have seen both men in
action are of the opinion that
Berger is the better man. Both
candidates. are light hitters, with
Berger a shade the stronger. He
has more weight and can put
more driving power behind his
blows In the field Weaver is one
of the fashiest men in the bust
ness, but has a tendency to slip
badly on balls hit straight at him.
He plays many grounders too
fast and overruns the hits, muss-
ing them up. Del Howard, the ex-
Cub, says Berger can throw
standing on his ear. Both boys
are prepared to put up hard
fight for the. regular job, and the
loser will probably get the utility
role. Ernie Johnson is slated for
release to a minor league, where
he can gain more experience.
Jimmy Shea of Chicago defeat
ed Charles Otis of Brooklyn, so
to 40, in the international Three
Cushion Billiard league at Mus
sey's last night.
Zbyszko, who agreed to throw
lie Marin and ,Cazeau in an hour |
last night at the Globe theater or
forefeit the purse, was pinned to
the mat by lie Marin in 24:10. |
Zbyszko then put Cazeau down in |
6.2S 7 .eMariu refused tO on IN /
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-02-25

the bout awarding the decision to
Zbyszko.
Mickey Sheridan of Chicago
was given the decision over Jake
Abel, the southern lightweight,
after eight rounds of milling in
Memphis.
Morris Rath injured his head
in the cement swimming tank of
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-07-23
WEST BURKE

Mr.. and Mrs. Edo Gaskill of
Barton and DR.. and Mrs. Ward
Moves and son Leighton of Brattle-
boro are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilbur Gaskill.
Mrs. Frank Ruggles has returned
from a weeks stay in st. JOhnsbury
with Mrs. Edward Waite.
Mrs. Emma Mourse entertained her
Sunday after a months visit with
relatives in Island Pond, Gorham and
Portland.
Mrs. Emma Mourse entertains her
daughter and husband, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles White and husband, also
her son, Dearborn, of Island Pond,
Sunday.
Mrs. Eddie Craig and nephew.
Thursday.
Mrs. Charles Hemingway and
family of Waterford were the
guests of DR.. and Mrs. Bolton, Sun
day.
Mrs. William Foss' niece from
Sherbrooke is visiting her at Mrs.
Abbie Cheney's.
Mr.. and Mrs Maurice Porter of
ST. Johnsbury visited at F. T. Per
ters, last week.
L. G. Roundy and family are
spending week at Lake Willough-
by.
Mrs. H. G. Colby's sister and hus-
band, Mr.. and Mrs. Barker, are Wis
iting at the Colby home.
George Dumar of Capelton, P. @,
called on relatives here the first of
the week.
Archie Bailey and Orul Clark
were in Newport over Sunday.
HURRY UP. The Bargains in
Clothing. Furnishings, Boots and
Shoes, offered by The Amos w.
Scott Co. at their ST. Johnsbury and
Lyndonville stores. sre certainly
moving fast. Hundreds of people
have availed themselves of the ex-
tremeIy low prices and have snapped
up some dandy trades. There are
some rare bargains to be mad IN
GOOD dependabIe merchandise and
the prices are the lowest we have
ever seen. If you haven't been into
the stores just Hustle.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-07-23
County Fair Fakes Ditto

After republishing what The Cal
edonian recently said about the de-
cline in good horse racing at the
county fairs, the Mortified News
says:
1T is deeply deplored by those who
enjoy a real horse race, to know that
the majority of horse trots are now,
not an exhibition of the best there
is in the animals competing but
merely a show for the owners
have arranged before the race, which
horse shall win. The public can be
fooled for a spell but once it is
aroused to the fact that it is duped,
the race track supporters will have
to change their methods else the
public will not continue to patron
iZe the races. A real horse race,
is most interesting and wildly ex-
citing to watch. A fixed race is
a most boresome thing"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-07-23
For Labor Arbitration

A law has been passed under much
pressure, owing to the possibility of
a great railroad strike, creating a
national board of arbitration.
The new law would establish
"The United States Board of Med
iation and Cancellation" to consist
of a Federal commissioner of med
iation and Cancellation" and two
other officials of the Government
to be designated by the President.
This board could be appealed to to
intervene in a railroad labor dis
pute by either party and would
first use its best efforts, by media
ton and Cancellation, tc bring the
disputants to an agreement. Fail
ure would be followed by an at
tempt on the part of the board to
Induce the parties to submit their
controversy to arbitration" and in
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-07-23

it be further provided by such order
that no corporation, company, part
nership or individual now or here
after owning, managing, operating or
controlling a telephone business in
this state shall, subsequent to the
date of such order, either increase
its rates, tolls or other charges; re-
strict or otherwise limit the free
zone territory to subscribers as in
force on such date; and that no
such company shall thereafter pur-
chase or lease the property, business
or franchises OF any other corpora
ton, company, partnership or indivi-
dual owning, managing, operating
or controlling a telephone business
within this state or consolidate with
any such corporation, company, part
nership or individual without first
obtaining the consent of the public
service commission so to do after
petition and hearing.
That all or any of the above or
ders shall become effective upon the
expiration of such sixty days from
the date thereof unless any corpora
ton, company, partnership, or indivi-
dual aggrieved thereby shall upon
petition and hearing show cause why
the same should not become of force
and take effect on such date.
Respectfully submitted.
e. A. COOK,
w. A. GRAHAM,
Special Counsel.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-07-23

With good racing declining the
MANAGEMENT of some county fairs
is securing as large a list of fakirs
as possible to induce the youth to
part with his hard earned cash
The Midway and a few acrobats
and dancers out of job, have be-
come a regular feature and are ad-
vertised as attractions of fairs.
Not one of the dealers on the midway
intends to give honest values for
honest money, but swindles the Wis
itors as much as possible. The
public has proved such a
willing victim that these fakirs pay
the management large sums for the
right to play their game. But the
time is near at hand when square
deal for the patrons of county fairs
will be demanded and legitimate ex-
hibitions of the best the land pro-
duces will be patronized by the farm
ing element.
1t is a good thing for a farmer to
visit a county fair and see what his
successful neighbors are producing;
it is impetus for him to go and do
likewise. But for him to go to a
fair and spend his money on fakes
is not fair at all.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-07-23

case arbitration was agreed to,
special boards of either three or six
mediators would be chosen by the
railroads and the employees. Arbi-
tration under the new law would be
undertaken only after a definite
agreement had been made by both
parties, to abide by the decision of
the arbitration board for a stated
period.
Both the railroad and it's en-
ployes agreed before the passage of
this act to refer their present dis
pute to it and for a time at least
the danger of a strike is over. There
has been one development that
has surprised the labor element in
the contest. The trouble up to the
time the act was passed was the re-
fusal of the railroads to grant the
demands of the labor organization.
Now the railroads have presented
claim that the wages of some
classes of employees be reduced and
that some of the regulations made
by the unions be rescinded. In 9TH
er words the railroads have shown
they have some claims to make
against labor as well as labor against
them.
This will give mediation and ar
bitration a severe test at it's begin
ming but it is hoped each party will
live up to its agreement to abide
by the findings of disinterested
parties and the method will prove a
valuable one in regulating the rela-
tions of capital and labor.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-07-23
DID NOT GIVE THE FACTS
Counsel For Telephone Company Re
plies To COMMISSIONS Report

DID NOT GIVE THE FACTS
Counsel For Telephone Company Re
plies To COMMISSIONS Report
M. B. Jones, counsel of the New
England Telephone & Telegraph
Company, said Wednesday ~
have read the report of Governor
Fletcher's special commission with
interest. The principal attempt to
Justify the report appears to be
based upon the alleged refusal or
neglect of the New England Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company and
it's subsidiaries to furnish Messrs.
Graham and Cook with information.
Upon this point l desire
to take direct and emphatic
issue with these gentlemen; instead
of refusing them information l wrote
to them on June 9Th, Offering any
information concerning the New
England Company and its subsidi-
aries that you may desire and since
that date information. both verbal
and written, has been furnished at
great length. In only one instance
was information declined. Messrs.
Graham and Cook requested us to
furnish the names and addresses of
your stockholders, the amount held
by each. This / declined to give on
the ground that it involved the per-
sonal rights of our stockholders, but
at the sane time / offered to fur
nish them with a statement of the
amount of stock held by the New
England company in each of it's sub
salaries. To this offer Messrs. Cook
and Graham made no reply.
THE requests made by these gen.
tlemen were very general and ii was
a matter of much time and labor to
compile the statistics desired, but
data was forwarded as rapidly as it
could be prepared.
''I forwarded certain data as late
as Monday, July IA, as no intima-
ton had been given by the special
commissioners that they had filed
their report or even that they were
near the point of completing their
Investigations. In fact, the attitude
of this special commission has
apparently been that of unwilling
ness to use information rather than
eagerness to receive 1t.
81 have no desire to thresh out
the details of this extended matter
at this time, but in support Of my
statement / will cite two or three
illustrations from the report:
Il. The report states that the
traffic contracts between the New
England Telephone e Telegraph
Company and the Independent COM
Continued on page 81
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-07-23
The Lobby Investigation.

Interest in the senate lobby in
vestigation has been maintained
the past week through the continued
testimony O. NJ. M. Mulhall, who
at one time was employed by the
American Manufacturers LAssocia-
ton. Mr. Mulhall first came into
the lime light by the sale of the
correspondence he had conducted
while an agent for the manufact-
urers to the New York World for the
sum of $4,000. His testimony and
correspondence show that the manu-
facturers were organized for the
purpose of influencing legislation
that might affect their business. Ills
testimony tends to show that they at
tempted to influence the election of
members to Congress in the interests
of their business.
1t certainly looks as though they
had been quite active and infiuent-
ial, but we have not noticed any
evidence that they expended money
for the purpose of corrupting cleo
tiOns or buying members of Con-
gress. There doubtless has been
a condition uncovered that should
be remedied, but the public will do
well to wait a little before forming
judgment. 1t must be remem-
bered that this man Mulhall was
discharged by the Manufacturers
Association about two years ago for
a purpose not yet made public, that
since that time he has been trying
to sell all the confidential matter
in his possession, offering it for $3.50
at one time; that he had not dealt
fairly with the man who enabled
him to make the sale for $4,000
and that his own testimony is he has
tried for several years to do double
work. Such a man would have very
little weight in a community where
he was known and before the in
vestigation is closed the matters
about which he has testified may
appear in a much different light.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-07-23

We learn from Mr.. Bryan's just
ly-celebrated Commoner that 'the
administration of Woodrow Wilson
IS making history very fast" You
bet! Why, who ever heard of
Windsor, VT, till President Wilson
made it the back yard of Cornish?
Manchester Union.
We did not suppose there was a
man in New Hampshire who had not
heard of Windsor, VT. Our State
prison is located there.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-07-23

Greeting him as seer, sage, states
man and several other high sound
ing words the University of Vermont
conferred upon His Excellency, Gov.
Allen M. Fletcher, the degree of
doctor of laws at its last commence
ment and the impression is that it
can do no more for the governor in
the way of adjectives or degrees. But
there is an opportunity for it to do
an unusual thing at its next COM
mencement in recognizing other
notables in state politics, and we
would humbly present the names
of Eager Ambitious Cook and Will
ing Assistant Graham for both de-
grees and adjectives.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-07-23
Great Sixty Days Work

Appointed by Gov. A. NJ. Fletcher
during the week of May 1924,
authorized by the public service
commission to begin work on June
4, E. A. Cook of Lyndonville and
w. A. Graham of Bellows Falls,
lawyers, on July IA submitted their
report and finding to the governor
and he in turn presented the same
to the public service commission and
the public. The full text of the
report is published elsewhere in this
issue. Following are some of the
things found by the commission.
Every telephone company of any
size was covered" by investigation;
they found monopoly and purchas-
ing contracts which were "a perfect
exemplification of monopoly" that
the officers and agents of the New
England Company are liars about
the profits of various companies,
that the bookkeeping of the COM
pany (although they had not seen
a book was unfair to the state of
Vermont, that eXorbitant rentals
are charged for the use of receivers
and transmitters which have a nat
ural life Of from ten to fifteen years,
that the division of the tolls is un-
fair to the subsidiary companies in
Vermont for the purpose of avoid
ing taxation, that eXorbitant and
unreasonable amounts of revenues
are reserved for depreciation and
maintenance, that the officers and
managers of various companies
could not carry the books of the
company in their pockets to show to
everybody who asked to see them
and did not know the exact cost of
poles and wire, that Independent
companies are making a profit and
furnishing better service, that the
company does not pay its operators
enough wages or maintain efficient
supervision Of them; that all tele-
phone rates are too high and should
be definite prices named by them,
that no telephone company is COM
petent to fix a rate, change a free
zone or make connections with
another company and that should
they desire to do any of these things
they should ask the public service
commission.
That certainly is some finding,
quite remarkable too, for men
who know nothing about book
keeping and have not even seen the
books. These men, who probably
never dug a hole in the ground ex-
cept when they could not fool some
boy into digging their angle worms,
have determined so accurately the ex-
pense of setting telephone poles that
they can fix definitely the proper
charge for a telephone in a residence
or a wholesale house. Note also
how much cheaper they think it is
to string several miles of wire to
reach a farmers home Farmers
vote perhaps) than to install a
phone in a village home. They have
done all this in less than sixty days
and if they have made correct find
ings IN every instance we will admit
they are a pair of pretty smart
youngsters.
Possibly some historian may con-
dense their report to read:-'We
have found, your Excellency, just
what We petitioned you to have the
state pay us TO find.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-07-23

1t is stated on good authority
that when the new tariff law goes
into effect there will be 100000
600 worth of goods in bond in New
York city warehouses ready for i'm
mediate distribution in the Ameri-
can markets. None of <these are
American made goods or product
of American labor and the first blow
under that law will be the mar
keting Of that vast amount of goods
of which the entire cost of manu-
facture has been paid in foreign
countries. Will that help or hurt
American working men?
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-07-23
The Difference Between "The Sum
mer GirI'' and 1.-THE Summer
Woman

While the former is having a
''good time the latter is too often
dragging around nervous, run down,
tired out, with aching back and
weary limbs, sleepless and wretched.
Often it is kidney trouble not fe-
male trouble and Foley Kidney Pills
are a direct and positive help for
the condition. Mrs. NJ. J. Strick-
land, Mt. Willing, Ala, writes:
please send me another bottle of
Foley Kidney Pills. They do me all
the good. can not sleep at night
without them. C. C. Bingham. Adv.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-07-23
TERMS OF THE called;

Entered at the st. Johnsbury post
once as second-class mail matter.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-07-23

Local notices, wants. for sale, etc,
cents per word first insertion. Legal
notices 10 cents a line, three inser-
tions. Probate notices $500 each for
three insertions. Dissolution, liberia
tion and similar notices $3.50 each for
three insertions. Card Of thanks, 10
cents. Obituary poetry. 10 cents line
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-07-23

The rs cent piece was MADE
famous by the American Liver
Tablets, the perfect laxative.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-07-23

This paper is entitled to place on
the Printers Ink Roll Of Honor.
THE CALIFORNIAN CO.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-07-23
TELEPHONE REPORT
E. A. Cook and w. A. Graham
Find a Monopoly and Unsat-
isfactory Service.

z. A. Cook of Lyndonville and w.
A. Graham of Bellows Falls, special
counsel to investigate telephone con-
ditions in this state, presented their
report to the governor at Montpelier
last week. The whole report of the
special commission and the govern
'or's explanatory letter follows:
Relief is Imperative
To the Public Service Commission of
the State of Vermont:
Gentlemen: I herewith transmit
for your consideration and action the
report of Messrs. E. A. Cook and W.
A. Graham, appointed by me to in
vestigate the telephone conditions
now existing in this state and who
were given authority by your honor
able commission to make such inves-
tigation by your order dated June 4 j,
1918.
This report speaks for itself and
requires no comment at my hands
except perhaps to suggest, that in
view of all the circumstances, partie-
ularly the refusal and neglect of the
telephone company to give certain in
AOA AAaI4OA3 IndI IAC
properly rest upon the telephone
company to show that the present
rates are fair, just and equitable.
Conditions as described in the re-
port of these gentlemen make it i'm
perative for the state to obtain relief
for it's citizens, and l wish to express
my belief that it is your plain duty to
take such steps and to issue such
orders based upon a liberal and rea-
sonable Interpretation of your powers
as will speedily relieve existing con-
ditions and finally determine the
states right to regulate and control
these corporations. If by reason of
such action on your part, questions of
law or equity present themselves
which either the state or telephone
company may elect to appeal to the
supreme court, the state may prop
erly ask an early adjudicationao of the
same and thus determine whether
additional legislation may be re-
CURED at the hands of the special
session of the legislature which for
other reasons l shall be compelled
to call.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-07-23

TERMS OF THE CALIFORNIAN
One year to any address, $3.50
Six months, 20
Three months, 30
Clergymen in Caledonia County. $500
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
THE CALIFORNIAN COMPANY.

Editor and Publisher.
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OUT OF TOWN AGENTS

BOstOn-Eagle News Co., 597 Wash
ington and 76 Summer Streets.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES & Blodgett.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-07-23

Residence, more than six party. 1900
And that the toll rates as estab-
lished by the present tariff of rates
now in force and on file with the
public service commission be re-
duced at least 20 per cent. and that
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-07-23

WEDNESDAY, JULY 2s, 1918
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-07
ACTRESS TAKES PART
Of GOOD SAMARITAN

CORNISH. N, H, July 6.-President
Wilson, his IA nifty and Francis Bowes
Sayre, Miss Jessie Wilson's fiance mo-
tored to Windsor VI, today to attend
the service at the Congregational church
there. The nearest Presbyterian church Is
forty miles from here.
The day was exceedingly warm and the
roads. especially the Wilson road" now
under consideration, We're several inches
deep with dust, and the president decided
that he would forego an automobile drive
In the afternoon
The president told the newspaper men
today that he intended to take complete
rest while here, and therefore did not In
tend 10 hold his daily interview
Although the president has found that {
ne VIII be forced to do without many con-
yeniences, he expressed himself as salts
lied with his summer home, and said he
came here for rest, not luxury.
Marie Dressler. the actress, whose sum-
mer nome, Windsor farm. overooks EIar-
lakenden, held open house today for the
newspaper men and secret service men
who are here with the president The only
hotel In Cornish has but one bathroom a nd
Miss Dressler has told the men who follow
the president that they are welcome TO
her large open-air swimming pool She
also invited them TO call on her we'll
stocked Ice chest for anything which
might quench their thirst but which the
laws OF New Hampshire and Vermont for
bid to be sold