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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-03
President Wilson Plans to
Sign Measure at 9 o'clock
Tonight
ADMINISTRATIONS
FIRST GREAT REFORM
And the First Democratic Tariff Bill
Enacted in Almost 20 Years-Com-
plete Revision i'll Import Duties
Income Tax.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5. - President
the prospect of signing tonight the
first great reform measure Of his adj
minstration and the first Democratic
tariff revision bill passed in nearly a
score of years Democratic leaders of
the House and Senate had smoothed
the way for the last legislative step
for the approval Of the bill, congress
sional clerks had engrossed and pre-
pared the huge document for the
president S signature, and it remained
only to secure formal action of the
House i'm rcceding from its cotton fu-
lures tax amendment to complete the
tariff bill.
Embraced in this piece of legislation,
which has been pending since April
S, is II complete revision and general
reduction of nearly all import duties
levied by this government on foreign
merchandise, a new income tax that
will strike every person having a net
income i'm excess Of $4,000. and an ar
ray of important changes in the Gus
toms laws and internal revenue regu-
lations.
After a conference with Democratic
leaders this noon President Wilson
planned to sign the bill at Q o clock
tonight, and invited Chairman Under
wood, and members of the ways ard
means committee, Chairman Simmons
and members of the finance commit
tee, Vicc-President Marshall, Speaker
Clark, cabinet members and others, in
cluding newspaper correspondents to
be present.
President Wilson S signing Of the
tariff bill tonight brings into effect one
of the most far-reaching revisions of
tariff rates and revenue laws enacted
for many years.
a new income tax, applying directly
10 the incomes of citizens; the aboli
tion of all tariff on scores of items OF
immense Importance to American indus
Try and American consumers and
heavy reduction Of tariff rates ON mos
of the articles in general use i'm thi:
country are its chief features.
While certain portions of the new
law do not take effect at once. mos
of its provisions and almost all the di
rect tariff reductions do
At every port collectors of customs
appraisers of merchandise and hun
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-03
CANAL SURVIVES EARTHQUAKE.
Los Santos Province Reports Greatest
Intensity of Shocks.

WASHINGTOE, Oct. 3.-Col. George
w Goethais, chairman and chief en-
gincrr. isthmian canal commission, is
sued statement last night saying that
absolutely no damage was done by
Wednesday night 5 earthquake to any
part Of the canal. The canal officials
are greatly pleased over the fact that
within the space of one week the
Gatun locks have been called upon to
respond to two supreme tests, and in
each ease proved equal to the demand.
On Friday last it was demonstrated
beyond question that the lock- 0perat-
ing mechanism works perfectly and
that vessels can be locked through at
Will. While the earthquake test was
not figured ON. still in one sense OF the
word the event came opportuncly, in
asmuch as it has showed to the world
that it will take more than the ordl-
nary earthquake to cause lrreParable
damage to the lock structures and
dams. Lieut.-CoI Sibert went over
the greater part of the Gatun locks in
person yesterday, and satisfied himself
that there had been no damage. Col,
Goethals was early assured that the
canal works had suffered no injury, and
before noon on the isthmus practical
~ everyone knew the fact. The presi-
dent of Panama, DR. Belsario Porras
personally inspected the canal works
yesterday afternoon and learned with
great relief that the quake had left
the canal unharmcd.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-03
SERIOUS TRoLLY ACCIDENT.
Thirty or More Injured When Scran-
ton Car Overturned.

SCRANTON, Pa, Oct. 3 Thirty
or more persons were injured, several
possibly fatally, by the overturning to
day of Scranton Railway company
car bound for Dunmore Twenty-four
of the injured were removed to a hos
pital. The car, heavily loaded, became
stalled on a hill because Of slippery
rails and began to slide down the
slope when the brake chains broke
Striking a curve at the. corner of Mad
ison avenue and Pine street, the car
toppled over on its side 4 number Of
the passengers jumped from the rear
platform and were struck by the car
as it went over.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-03
MCCORMICK GIVEN
EIGHTEEN MONTHS
Pleaded Guilty to Using Mail to De
fraud-Received Letters with
Money at South Vernon.
Especial tc The Reformer.)
BOSTON. Oct. 3.

Especial tc The Reformer.)
BOSTON, Oct 3.
In a session Of the federal court here
today, Frank O. Mccormick, who
was arrested in New York recently on
the charge OF using the mails for the
purposes of fraud at South Vernon,
Vt. pleaded guilty to the charge.
Judge Morton sentenced the respondent
to 5 months in Jail Mccormick was
under Indictment by the federal grand
jury.
Under the name Of G. f. Munzy. Me
Cormick advertised in Boston newspa-
pers to send by parcel post three and
one-half pounds of fresh butter or
three and one-half dozens of eggs for
/ 81. He received many replies, but
Postmaster +. r. Buffum refused to
deliver the letters to him without iden-
! tification, and McCormicl1's 5 action led
to his arrest. Previous to calling for
| the letters Mccormick was in Hins-
dale, \. II.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-03
THANKSGIVING DAY NOV. 19.
Illinois People Want It On That Date
to Commemorate Lincoln's Address.

SPRINGFIELD, H., Oct ,. Gov
ernor Dunn will call a conference of
leading citizens of the state next week
to consider proposition of addressing a
memorial to President Wilson asking
him to fix Wednesday, NOV. 10 as
Thanksgiving day for this year, that
date being the 5oth anniversary of the
delivery by Abraham Lincoln of his
Immortal Gettysburg address.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-03
BASEBALL MEETING
AT s THIS EVENING
Subscribers and All Interested Invited
to Lower Grange Hall-Officers
Will Be Elected

There win he a meeting of the sub
scribers to the baseball guarantee fund,
and all those interested, at lower
Grange hall this evening at 5 o clock.
\ large attendance is earnestly de-
sired.
The business Will be reports for 1913
and election Of officers for next year.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-03
THE WEATHER.
Fair Weather Predicted for Tomorrow
After Rain Tonight.

WASHINGTON. Oct 9Th wealth
er forecast for the next p hours: Local
rains this afternoon and tonight. Sat
urdav fair with moderate to brisk
northwest winds
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-03

The value of the Turkish tobacco
exports to the United States in
creased from 50 900, ,643 in 1910 and
$S,620, ,324 in 1911 to $l0,0l0,952 in
1912
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-03

WANTED-Two bench sawyers. Yer
mont Last Block Co.. Brattleboro.
ls2-1Si
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-03

WANTED-Man at our elevator,
work very hard. +. Crosby < Co. 1s2-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-03
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENT
cents first insertion each subsequent insertion
Wanted

WANTED-Clerk at March s Bak-
cry. .lS2- If
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-03

Continued on Page g.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-03
Special Notices

LOST-Handsome gray eat, q Muff. -
Liberal reward for return. +. W.
Childs l7S-tf
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-07-31

GIRL RITES-WITH CUT -. -
This Is Julia Greenfield. who lives
down in the crowded East Side OF
New York. where money Is not so
common as that hungry feeling every
one seems 20 get at least three times
q day.
She Is in the banana business. and
many OF her customers are little rag
eedy boys and girls who only have a
few pennies 10 spend on their lunch.
Miss Julia IS only &c. The other
CAY she heard that the government
at Washington was going TO put a
tariff on bananas.
She knew she had not the money
10 20 TO Washington and ask the "
eminent not to do this.
She knew IL the tax was put on
It would raise the price OF bananas.
She knew that II the price was
raised. many Of her little customers
would have only half as much 70 eat
as they usually had.
So what do you suppose she did,
She wrote a letter OF Pres. Wilson.
She told him that the little poor
folks over where she sells bananas
could not afford to pay any more for
them. She asked him 10 see that the
tax was not put on them.
This young girl. who is so inter
ested IN the little folks who live
around her. knows her letter has
been received. because she has had
an answer already. She is hoping
and trlsting that her one small voice
will be needed.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-07-31
KINY0N FAMILY HOLDS
SEVENTH REUNION
Host of Out Of Town Guests Are Pres
ent-Big Dinner is
Enjoyed.

The seventh annual reunion OF the
Kinyon family was held Wednesday
at the residence of Adelbert KinyOn,
1914 s. Fellows st. A host OF Out-of-
town guests attended, among whom
were Egbert Kinyon Of Lowell. Mich;
Dr. A. G.. Bush Of Grand Rapids; Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Kiel of McClowds
and Charles Lawrence of Hillsdale.
Mich. Elaborate table decorations
were arranged by fixing large open
wheat sheaves on the table. Large
ferns were also placed in conspicuous
places.
Following the dinner a program
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-07-31
H00SIER CREAMS TO
PLAY CASSOPOLIS NEXT

The HOOsier Creams will journey
to Cassopolis Sunday afternoon to
cross bats with the Cassopolis team.
Victory is expected. Arrangements
are being made to complete a sched-
ule to decide the championship of the
city. Hoosier Creams, Ffweks, j. Ger
gacz and X. & S. are all in the race.
Aug. 10 the Hoosier Creams and FL
will clash.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-07-31
STORY DIDN'T pass.

JACKSON.-Declaring he believed
James Culley was not telling the truth
about being robbed Of $500 by mask
ed men, Judge j. A. Parkinson award
ed Mrs. Culley a decree of divorce
and $4,000 in cash aIimOny.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-07-31

BERLIN, July 31.-Several of the
morning newspapers here announce
that four directors of the Krupp COM
pany. among them she president OF
the board, ave been made defendants
with the officers Of the Prussian war
Office. who were arrested some time
90 and held for trial on a charge of
accepting brides from the Krupp
company for an insight into official
documents.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-07-31
WINDOW SCREENS

Porch. door and every description.
Order yours NOW. Estimates fur-
nlshed.
s. B. Screen & Wood Novelty Co.
Home 7161 So e. BowmaH
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-07-31
Girl Writes Letter to President
to Help Little East Side Friends

Sixteen Ycarod Julia Greenfield Tells Wilson That Tarin on Bananas
win Work Great Hardship o the Poor, and lie Answers Her
Letter, Too.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-07-31

was given after which the last year
officers were reelected for tn COM
ing year. Thursday the out-of-town
guests will be taken about the city in
automobiles before they leave.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-07
HOUSE PASSES BILLS.

INDIANAPOLIS, March THE
house this forenoon defeated the Bers
senate bill providing for taxation of all
foreign mortgages. Rep. Coverton's
bill permitting railroads to give passes
to superanuated employees and their
families and to haul agriculture expert
ment trains and those in charge there
of free of charge was passed without
opposition.
Kistler's bill increasing the power of
the board of state charities and fixing
the sum to be paid by counties whose
dependent children have become state
wards at from % TO So cents a day
was passed. Harmon's senate bill eli
minating the necessity OF physicians
examination for applicants Of insur-
ance policies for $50 or less passed the
house after Rep. Crawford opposed II
on the ground that insurance lobbyists
had been active for the bill.
Stotsenburg's centennial bill involy-
ing an expenditure of $4,000. 600 for a
building and for the payment of $685.
600 for the old capitol at Cordyon.
Ind, was killed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-07
CLERK VICTIM OF
VERY CRUEL Joke
Blamed Because Picture Man
"Cheats" City Dads of
Rare Treat.

II was the victim of the old snipe
hunting gag exclaimed City Clerk
Baltz Bescher today. They left me
holding the sack
At the solicitation of ]. ]. Savage,
the representative of the Progress
Motion Picture company of Chicago.
Clerk Bescher wrote twenty letters and
in order to make sure, telephoned
thirty-three times. asking the council
men and members of the Mayors Cab
met to be present at the City building
yesterday afternoon to have their pic
lures taken for the motion picture
film.
In order to not miss being in the
picture. the councilmen took yesterday
afternoon off and appeared at the City
building, some of them even coming
half hour early. The corridors of the
city hall were overfiowing with the
fathers of the city" but the motion
picture man was not to be found.
Every few moments, one excited coun-
or Official would appear in
movie man" ------.
Finally a call was sent to the hotel
where Mr.. Savage was staying and it
was found that he had left this city
for more favorable conditions under
which to work. saying that he would
return next week. At first some OF
the councilmen became angry in their
but later turned the
affair into a joke.
~ h, 1s~
'jinx' TO Richmond or Richmond was
bad luck to him as he has been able
TO take only few pictures in the ten
days he was here. He will continue
the work later
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-07
STRUCK WITH A CUE
Argument Over Pool Game
Leads to Fight.

In a fight over a pool game last
night at the saloon of Henry S. Shan
non, S29 North E street, Homer Gra-
ham was struck over the head with a
pool cue by Herbert Kelley, eight
stitches being necessary to close the
wound caused by the blow. The po-
lice were notified and arrested Kelley
this afternoon. He will be tried in po-
lice court tomorrow morning on the
charge of assault and battery
Kelley and Graham were playing
pool in the rear of the saloon when q
questionable play came up. The men
had been drinking and started an ar
gument. Kelley seized a cue which he
had been using and struck at Graham
several times, missing him. He finally
struck him a heavy blow on the head
1t was necessary to remove Graham
10 his home where medical aid was
given him.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-07
THIRD CABINET MEETING.

WASHINGTON, March 7.-Presi-
dent Wilson held his third cabinet
meeting today and received more than
100 invited callers.
Senators Culbertson and Tilman and
Rep. Fitzgerald conferred with the
president and Charles #. Murphy of
New York was with another party OF
callers. On leaving the white house
Rep. Fitzgerald stated that no busi-
ness will be considered during the ex-
ira session except the tariff and the
sundry civil appropriations bill. Presi-
dent Wilson in conference with Fitz-
gerald strongly advocated this plan as
an effective measure to keep the atten-
tion of the public focused on the tar
in.
To a number of visitors President
Wilson indicated that he would advo-
cate the passage of the sundry civil
appropriations bill for the same rea-
son that Taft vetoed IL and that he
would support J. Hamilton Lewis in
the Illinois senatorial contest.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-07
Loss of Life Was Heavy and
Damage to Property on
Baltimore Water Front
Quite Heavy.
TUG, STEAMER AND
BARGE WERE LOST
Boiler Explosion in Sharon,
Pa, Today Shook the En-
tire Town and Injured
Thirty People.
BULLETIN.
(National News Assoc!ation)

(National News Assoc!:tion)
BALTIMORE, Nd, March 7
With terrific detonation which
was felt in three states, a barge
load of dynamite exploded in the
Patapsco river between Spar
rows point and Wagner's point,
twenty miles below this city TO-
day. The catastrophe caused a
heavy loss of life. At one o'clock
this afternoon fourteen white
bodies had been recovered in the
lower bay and at that time it was
believed that the death list
would reach 100.
The British tramp steamer,
Alum Shine, which was loading
near by, was sunk. The big
United States collier Jason, up
on which the dynamite was to be
loaded for transportation to the
Panama canal, was badly dam
aged. Four men on the Jason
were killed outright and half a
dozen injured.
The barge upon which the dy-
Mantle was being towed and the
tug which was towing the deadly
cargo were blown to atoms. AS
the thunder of the explosion
rent the air a mighty burst of
water rose upward like a giant
geyser. A tidal wave caused by
concussion rolled up the bay, do
ing damage to shipping in the
harbor. All the men on the tug
and the barge were blown to
pieces. Human arms and legs
were picked up in the bloody and
wreck strewn waters hours after
the explosion.
The City of Baltimore felt the
shock of the explosion and many
buildings were shaken like leaves
in a whirlwind. The police and
county authorities, assisted by
the federal authorities in trying
to estimate the loss of life, adj
mitted that it may never be
known how many perish, but
they thought it would reach Is
or possibly 100.
BALTIMORE. Md, March IA
barge loaded with dynamite and tug
lGaptia,liad
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-07
COOK IS BOTHERED
BY JEALOUS CLERKS
Speaker Says He Has Had a
Hard Time to Keep Them
From Fist Fights.
(National News Association

INDIANAPOLIS, March AFTER
Senator Cook explained that he had
had difficulty during the present ses-
sion Principal Clerk Quillen and AS
sistant Clerk Paul Hill from coming to
blows while performing their duties
the house today adopted a resolution
that the work of getting out the house
journal shall be under the supervision
of the speaker: Both Quillen and Hill
are to receive s5 a day for their work
after the session closes.
Under suspension of the rules the
house passed three bills providing for
scientific readjustment of salaries Of
public officials by a commission ap-
pointed by the governor for regulating
the employment of house and senate
employees and providing for the enroll
ment of bills by typewriter instead of
hand.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-07
RICHMOND IS NOW
THIRD CLASS CITY
But Law Allows. City to Re-
tain Fourth Class
Government.
STILL UP TO RALSTON
There Is Little Doubt But
That the Governor Will
Sign IT.
STILL UP TO RALSTON

The senate yesterday passed the
Franklin house bill giving cities of
the third class, which class Richmond
will enter the first of next year, the
same form of government as fourth
class cities, in which class Richmond
has been in since the passage of the
bill also provides that all elective Of
ficers of third class cities can be can
didates for reelection, which right was
denied by the 1909 act to elective offi-
GERS of all classes of cities unless
such cities were advanced in class
during their terms of office.
Mayor w. w. Zimmerman could not
have been a candidate for reelection
this year had it not been for the fact
that Richmond is to be promoted to
third class at the expiration of his
present term, December 81, this year.
Now that the law has been so am
ended as to permit elective officers of
third class cities to stand for re-elec-
ton after the expiration of their terms,
even though the classification of the
city is not advanced, Dr. Zimmerman,
should he be reelected next fall, could
also make the race for the mayoralty
in 1917.
If the act passed yesterday had not
become law, Gt is almost certain to
be signed by the governor), il would
have been optional with council at its
first meeting next January to maintain
the present form of government or to
abolish the offices of board of public
works and city controller, transferring
the duties of the latter office to the
city clerk, and providing a committee
of three council members to perform
the work now done by the board of
public works. Under the Franklin act
council is deprived of this optional
power and the offices which could
have been abolished by council are
now established.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-07
INTEREST LACKING
ON KIND OF PAVING
No Eighth Street Residents
Have Called At Engineers
Office.

B. A. Kennepohl, president of the
board of works stated today that no
one has responded to his invitation to
come to the city engineers office to
examine the different kinds of brick
on which bids have been submitted for
the paving of North and South Eighth
street, showing that the resident prop
erty owners of the street are not as in
terested in the biggest improvement
of the year as was expected. The peo-
pie who are resident property owners
have their choice of the kind of brick
with which the street will be paved.
Ten days are allowed for the majority
of property owners to express them
selves on the preference of material
Mr.. Kennepohl desires the resident
property owners to make their choice
of brick in order that the board of
works can specify the kind which
meets the approval OF, most of the peo-
pie. Monday Ia tlses Il at daEson which
the people may state their preferences.
'Tf the people choose" said Mr.. Ken
nepohl, there can be no complaints
laid against the board later that the
paving is unsatisfactory il it does not
meet with everyene's approval" He
explained that there is a great differ
ence in the brick, some kinds forming
a smooth pavement and other kinds
making a rough pavement. There is al
so a great difference in the wearing
qualities. Eleven samples are on dis
play at the engineers office for the
choice of the people.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-07
MISS BROOKS AFTER
CONGRESSMAN MANN
tNationaI News Association,

CHICAGO, March Miss Virginia
Brooks, Joan of Arc. of West Ham
mond, has joined the fight against
Congressman John R. Mann, who Of
Tended suffrage leaders in remarks re-
garding the recent parade in Washing
ton. Mr.. Mann, in speaking of a young
woman said to have been insulted
while she was marching. said:
She ought TO have been at home .
Miss Brooks has brought a new
slogan into the fight 1t Is:
Let Mann stay at home"
We will give Congressman Mann
the benefit OF his own advice" said
Miss Brooks. After the next election
We will see that he stays at home"
A movement on the part of the wo-
men TO canvass the congressman's dis
trict and see that he is defeated is be
ing organized.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-07
BODY OF Mann TO
ARRIVE TOMORROW
Former Local Resident Died
Yesterday in Sioux
City, Iowa.

Information was received in this
city today of the sudden death of
Frank Mann, "a former resident of
Richmond. whose home has recently
been in Connersville.
Mr.. Mann went to Sioux City. Iowa.
Wednesday for visit with his broth
er, Sampel Mann, and two sisters liy-
ing there. Seemingly in good health
Mr. Mann retired and was found dead
in bed the next morning.
The body will be brought to Rich
mond Saturday evening and will be
taken to the home of his brother. Har-
ry Mann, 213 North Fifth street. The
funeral services will be announced la
ter. Mr.. Mann was member of the
Order of Eagles.