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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-31


picture. showing clearly the struggle
ninth episode OF the great serial
story called The Trey o. Hearts"
which MAS to have been shown
Wednesday, is also shown. Install-
ments will follow every wednesday
as usual.
Monday, Christie Mathewson. the
worlds greatest baseball star, will
appear in two-part comedy drama.
Pathe. The title is Love and Base
ball.. THE Erd OF His People. !" a
dandy two-part Kay-Bee drama, is
Ialso included in the bill for Monday,
and it is followed by two splendid
single reels. Back to the Kitchen,
a lively Majestic comedy and
Down by the Sea-" featuring Ed.
Coxen and Winnifred Greenwood.
.
The program at the Bijou today
has as it's leader two-part Edison
comedy. Grand Opera at Rube-
vile. :, Broncho Billy. an Edison
comedy, .FatherIess Beard. !" and a
Pathe comedy, This is the Life,
make the best comedy program
shown for some time. An extraordi-
nary attraction is booked for Mon
day The Dancer" two part IA
lem production. This is story7ofa
and it is one of the strongest Kalems
produced this year. Mile Verna Mer-
scream Introduces the meautiful
Dance of the Pyramids" and the
enhancing Dance of Rameses.
This picture comes direct from the
great Strand theater. Broadway,
New York.
l. Z = e
The Barrett players. who open at
She Palace Monday in The Fortune
Hunter" differ from the usual stock
or repertoire company in SO much as
they are sorganized on entirely oppo-
site lines. Their scheme is the same
upon which Joseph Jefferson. Fanny
Kemble, Billy" Florence and all tho
stock people who afterwards becam /
stars, worked upon, aiming for the
highest standard both In plays Sc
lected, and method of producingI
them. Mr.. Barrett is his own di-
rector. and he will positively not
have a person about him who is not
congenial to his rule. Rehearsals
are called for 10 a. m, and they be-
gin on the dot. No petty jealousiest
are entertained, and every man and
woman works for the general good OF
the production be his, or her part
f1OWerY OF JuSC OIL. IL OAA'S v
the ladies has to a maid in this bill
and all the lines she may have pei
simply my Lord. the carriage
awaits she puts that polish into
those few words that sends thel
thought picture home that you are
eayesdropping upon some aristo-
Gratis home life. Perhaps the next
bill this same little lady may bel
PLAYING leads, and the lordly person
OF the bill Just closed may be her
fawing lover, or the villianous
heavy man. But generally Miss
May plays the leads, and MIR. Mayo
Melodrama of the good old fash
toned sort, with a goodly supply Of
villains, an adventures or two. Just
enough carelessness displayed oil
guns to tickle the nerves OF the au-
dience, a murderous shot, graft dis
closures, a wad of money large
enough to make the chief g. police
turn crook, and an old man hermit
ghost who is just as ghostly as such
chaacters usually are and who fur
nishes a lot Of the live Jun Of the
piay-these supply the chief mater
ial out of which George NJ. Conan
has fashioned the mystery farce
Seven Keys to Baldpatc. from
Earl Derr Bigger's novel, which Col
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-31
WAS IT FOR THIS OUR IRON
AND STEEL WORKERS WORKED?

in the machine tool business is be-
ing reflected mildly in some foundry
centers. On the whole, however, the
iron trade continues at low ebb.
In pig iron, very active competition
has developed and extremely low
prices have been made even on small
tonnages Mill activities arc decreas-
ing and announcements of wage re-
auctions are more frequent.
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Here is what the Iron Trade Re-
view of Cleveland says in its current
issue of the iron trade:
Inquiries pending in this country
include large tonnages of barbed wire
and IL, 900 tons Of plates for a water
line in Australia. Some additional or
ders for latlies for foreign countries
have been received, and impIoyemen emit
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-03-25
A Primary Suggestion.

We are glad the state republican
committee has decided to abolish the
state convention and give the people
a direct primary in the nomination OF
state and county officials this year. 1t
will be direct recognition Of the vote
of the people in March. We further
hope that the democrats and progress
sives will consent to hold a primary
on the same day the republican pri-
mary Is held, that it will be arranged
to have the ballot boxes in charge of
one member of each party and the
voter allowed to vote for only one
man for the various Offices. 1t would
seem wise to rule that any man re-
ceiving less than five per cent of the
vote of his party in the last election
should not have a place on the official
ballot.
By holding the primaries on the
same day and requiring a material
vote for any candidate would tend to
prevent the members of any one party
helping nominate a candidate of any
other party. We hope the details
can be arranged so to give the mem
bers of each party a full and free
choice of their candidates in the COM
ing election.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-03-25

property for taxation. The law is
nothing to the governor If it happens
to stand in the way Of his personal
desires.
We venture this prediction. The
telephone rates will never be lowered
as ordered by Messrs. Fletcher, Cook,
Graham, Bacon and Pollard, and the
state will never get any benefit from
the thousands of dollars spent to
crafty a personal spite. If the board
of appeals grants the governors re-
quest that the appraisal of a board
without legal authority to act in such
a matter be substituted for the APP
praisal of the only legal authority
the state will lose quite a large sum
in telephone taxes, and possibly
make the whole tax assessment IL
legal. It's a pretty mess of fish the
governor is serving up to the tax
payers of Vermont.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-03-25

public service corporations. In fact,
Mr.. Vail, probably very correctly,
considers that he has been very in
strumental in bringing about this
kind of governmental supervision. 1t
will not be without profit to read Mr..
Wallis own words in this regard:
1--WE believe in and were the first
to advocate state or government COM
troll of public utilities; that this con-
troll or regulation should be by per-
manent quasi-judicial bodies, acting
after thorough investigation and gov
erned by the equities of each case;
that this control or regulation beyond
requiring the greatest efficiency and
economy, should not interfere with
management or operation. We be-
lieve that these bodies, if they are to
be permanent, effective, and of public
benefit, should be thoroughly repre-
sentative; bthey should be of such
character and should so conduct their
Investigations and deliberations as to
command such respect from both the
public and the corporations that
will without question accept their
conclusions. We believe that the pub
lie would in this way get all the ad-
Vantages and avoid all the manifest
disadvantages of public ownership. I"
This is Mr.. Wallis doctrine, an
nounceds let it be said, long ago, and
before any Vermont investigation was
even dreamed of. If it has any YER
mont application it is because Yer
mont finds the coat fits. 1t is a high
ly sensible and a sincere doctrine
Sincere, because Mr.. Wallis works
have squared with his words in this
regard. 1t is because of these truths
that The Messenger considers the
present situation unfortunate. 1t
seems that the very question OF COM
mission control is on trial in this
state. The public service commission
has already been condemned by the
supreme court for admitting evidence
ex-parti in another case. Such hap
penings do not make for the respect
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-03-25
SOUTH WHEELOCK

Harold and Clayton Blake left
last Friday for Boston.
G. G. Mooney and wife are visit
ing friends in Coventry.
G. E. Green and wife visited in st.
Johnsbury the first of the week.
G. K. Goss and wife of St. Johns
bury visited at J. P. Rocks, Sunday.
Miss Sarah Randall of Lyndon re
turned to J. P. Rocks last Saturday
Mrs. Matte Shepard and son, Ell
win of Stannard, spent Sunday at
Harlie Shepard's.
Fred Hoffman and George Weed
went to Morrisville last week and re-
turned with a nice pair of young
horses.
c. Buckley and wife of Barton
spent a few days at the Buckley
home last week.
Mrs. A. E. Weed and son, George
spent Sunday with her brother, B.
L. Gerry of Lyndonville.
George Guyette and wife are stop
ping at T. Halls.
Miss Marion Mooney is at home fol
the mid-winter vacation from Lyndon
Institute.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-03-25
The TeIephone Decision.

The ordering of reduced rates for
certain services furnished by several
companies operating in Vermont by
the public service commission does
not end the telephone controversy,
for the New England company has
announced that, for the first time in
it's history, it feels compelled to ap-
peal from an order or recommended
ton made by a commission, either
state or federal. Up to this time the
company has willingly acquiesced in
the order of any properly constituted
commission, but it finds certain pecu-
liar circumstances surrounding the
present case and is unable to fathom
the justice of the commissions order.
Hence the appeal. The company
hopes that the public will appreciate
and approve of its motives in asking
for a judicial decision.
This is a very fair request in view
of the facts that are perfectly well
known to the public. The request as
sumed additional reasonableness
when it is considered that the COM
mission was not unanimous in the
making of its order. A perusal of
Mr.. Warmers dissenting opinion will
convince any open-minded man that
if any censure is in order it ought
not to repose on the telephone COM
panies. In this connection it is prop
err to consider the fact that the men
who issued the order were the very
ones appointed by Governor Fletcher
after His EXcellency had created two
vacancies on the commission when
the old commissioners refused to fol-
low his request for unusual procedure
against the telephone companies. The
dissenting commissioner was not ap-
pointed by Governor Fletcher. These
facts are we'll known, but consider
alton of them may furnish the broken
lights in the foreground which will
make it possible to gain the true per-
spective in viewing the picture pre-
scented.
The Messenger considers the pres
ent state of affairs as most unfortu-
nate for Vermont. While it is far
from being conclusive proof that the
commission is in the wrong, it is at
least regretable that it was a Vermont
commission to whose orders the
company felt that, for the first time in
it's history, it must take exceptions.
Couple this fact with the impression
that was created in some out-of-the-
state quarters, in the early stages of
not proceeding in a way that would
inspire confidence, and one will find
sufficient grounds for considering the
situation both unfortunate and de-
plorable.
Looked at from another angle, it
might be said that, had the telephone
company been in the habit of takinf
appeals from state and federal COM
missions as a matter of natural
course. there would be nothing i'm
portant, in its present appeal. But
considering that the company has
established a record of complying
with the mandates of such commits
sioners, and that this is the very
first time in its whole history that
it has felt impe1led to take excep-
TONS the company's course "a most
significant. Theodore N. VAIL. Of
whom. Vermont is pround, enjoys an
enviabIe reputation as the, head Of
the Bell system for the stand he has
taken in regard to public control Of
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-03-25

to make an arbitrary reduction in
valuation, on paper, for the sake of
justifying rate reductions than it is to
operate under such reductions. The
New England company makes the
claim, which was not refuted by any
| evidence introduced at the hearing,
i that it's net profits on it's Vermont in
vestment, at present rates, are less
| than per cent. 1t cannot be blamed
| therefore, for exercising it's right of
| appeal from an order which on the
strength of the company's figures
would wipe out that small margin.
The Reformer holds no brief for
| the telephone companies, but it has
| felt all along that a mountain was
being made out of molehill in this
| telephone investigation. Perhaps the
weakest point in the whole PROPOSE
ton was the report made last July
by Messrs. Cook and Graham who
were appointed special counsel to in
vestigate the telephone companies.
Their chief recommendation 20
per cent reduction in toll rates
throughout the state is found by
the public service commission to be
without justification, and tends to
strengthen the widely shared belief
that the Cook-Graham investigation
was superficial and practically worth
less.
No doubt the public service COM
mission has the power to revise prop
erty valuations and maintenance
charges when it believes them ex-
orbitant, and to make rates based
on it's own figures, but certainely the
corporations affected by such rulings
cannot be blamed for putting up a
fight. There is a feeling at the pres
ent time that corporations have been
getting it in the neck" to an extent
that is seriously interfering not only
with their efficiency but with the pros
perity of the country. This feeling
is likely to manifest itself in the case
Of the telephone companies and to
result in a popular attitude of SYM
pathy for them. Certainly there is
nothing in the commission's report
to prove that the state made very
good investment when it started
the investigation. Lower telephone
rates in Vermont are no nearer, and
the reason for them no further hey
ond doubt, than before the investiga-
ton started. -Brattleboro Reformer.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-03-25
The TeIephone Report.

The Vermont public service COM
mission has spoken on the telephone
rate cases. A divided report, William
r. Warner dissenting from the opin-
ion held by Messrs. Robert G. Bacon
and Park H. Pollard. sets forth what
action it believes is warranted in
view Of the evidence presented at the
extended hearing in Montpelier few
months ago. In the cases of the
New England company, three of its
subsidiaries and one independent
company the majority of the commits
sion order rate reductions on certain
forms of service amounting to ap-
proximately 16 2-3 per cent, justi-
flying this order by reducing about rs
per cent the property valuation sub
mitted by the New England company
and also cutting down certain of the
company's figures pertaining to main
tenance changes. The minority MEM
Der of the commission does not be-
ieve that these reductions are war
ranted. He points out that no evid-
ence was submitted at the hearing
to disprove the company's valuation
and maintenance figures, and does
not feel under the circumstances that
the commission is warranted in revis-
ing these figures for the sake of justi-
flying reductions.
In view Of the fact that the COM
mission itself is divided in its opir-
ion, there is little reason to doubt
that it's report will be received with
mixed emotions by the people of the
state. The Reformer, however, is
inclined to the opinion that no great
surprise will greet the announce
ment OF Vice President Hall of the
New England company to the effect
that an appeal from the commissions
order VIII be taken. AS Mr.. Hall
clearly points out, it is much easier
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-03-25

are In no way comparable. The par
eel post is not in any sense new
service; it has merely increased the
volume of the mails by removing
some limitations as to size and weight
of packages mailed, and making
some reduction in rates of postage
for merchandise.
1t would not be question of capa-
city; the experiment would be dis
astrous principally because the post
masters are not fitted by experience
or training for the telegraph or tele-
phone business, but also because it
would be secondary to their grocery
dry-goods-notion shop, their principal
business.
Another reason is that the tele-
phone already reaches more places
than there are post Offices.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-03-25
Governor and Telephones.

The report of the governors made
to order public service commission
on the telephone situation in Vermont
has been made public. The two mem
bers especially appointed for this
purpose have ordered a reduction in
the rates of the multi-party and farm
ers-lines of three of the New England
subsidiary companies doing business
in the state and w. r. Warner (the
only holdover from the days when
Vermont had public service commits
sions instead of political tools) dis
sents from this order. He finds the
telephone companies have made d
Just appraisal Of their property and
are unable to earn proper returns at
present rates, therefore no rates
should be reduced. The public is to
decide for itself, which of the two
factions of the commission is right,
but ultimately the question will be
decided by the Supreme Court.
The position of the governor in
this telephone matter should be given
a little consideration. First he ap-
pointed E. A. Cook and Warner A.
Graham for the sole purpose of find
ing that the telephone companies
were charging exhorbitant rates for
their service and this they did. Then
he appointed Robert c. Bacon and
Park H. Pollard members of the pub
lie service commission for the sole
purpose of finding that Messrs. Cook
and Graham were right. He spent, ac-
cording to common report, in ex-
cess of $4,000 of the states money
for carrying out the latter purpose,
employing Messrs. Cook and Graham
at better pay than they could have
made in their private practice TO con-
vince the commission of the correct
ness of their findings. But that was
a failure as his commissioners made
no such finding.
Then the state commissioner of
taxes, the official authorized by law
to appraise the value of the telephone
property, made his appraisal and the
governor Immediately appealed from
his appraisal. When the hearing of
the appeal was opened the governor
asked for a continuance until his
public service commission should
make its report and this was grant
ed. When the report was made pub
lie IL was found this commission had
made an appraisal of the. telephone
property, and, for the purpose of re-
commencing some reduction in the
telephone rate of the farmer vote, )"
they had made an appraisal below
that of the tax commissioner and of
the telephone company itself. The
governor Immediately asked the
board of appeals to substitute his
made to order commissions apprai-
sal for that of the state tax commits
sioner. In other words he entirely
ignores the appraisals of the only
authority having legal power to ap-
praise corporate property for the pur-
pose OF taxation and accept the ap-
praisal of a commission who has no
legal authority whatever to appraise
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-03-25

In declaring the progressives posi-
ton on the bill to repeal the act ex-
empting coastwise shipping from
paying tolls in the Panama Canal
Congressman Murdoch of Kansas
said: Thirteen million voters in
1912 charged the American Congress
to carry out their will in this matter.
To scorn that mandate of the people
now is to violate the principle of re-
preventative government and to sur
render the sovereignty of the Ameri-
can people" 1t is as important that
congress consider the mandate" and
see whether or not it is right as it
is for it to obey regardless of its
justice. The real issue in the canal
dispute is not what the people have
declared for but whether the United
States agreed in a valid treaty not
to do the very thing it did do when
it passed the act exempting coast
wise shipping from paying tolls. If
it has violated the terms of the trea-
ty it is the duty of congress to repeal
the law no matter how many million
voters charge" them in the matter.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-03-25

The Farm and Trades School locat-
ed on ThompsOn's Island in Boston
Harbor, celebrated it's centennial last
Friday. The fact that Charles H.
Bradley, a former Vermonter, has
been in charge of the school for more
than twenty-five years gave a local
interest to the occasion.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-03-25
just right for Backache and Rheuma.
tiSm

Foley Kidney Pills are so thor
oughly effective for backache, rheu-
matism, swollen, aching joints, kid
ney and bladder ailments that they
are recommended everywhere. A. A.
Jeffords, McGrew, Nebr., says: My
druggist recommended Foley Kidney
Pills for pains in my back, and be-
fore 1 finished one bottle, my old
trouble entirely disappeared. c..
G. Bingham. adv.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-03-25

w. R. Warner of the public SER
vice commission says he cannot agree
with the findings of the majority
members because to do so he would
have to ignore the uncontroverted
evidence before the commission. The
governor, through the Montpelier
Journal, says his argument is ''neith-
er reasonable, sound nor sensible. F"
The appointment of Warmers sue
cessor is likely to be announced in
the near future.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-03-25

of the public and the corporations
which are essential to the success of
commission control. And the present
case is not at an end and no one Gun
tell what will develop In the future.
Truly, It is unfortunate.-St.A Adams
Messenger,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-03-25

The 25 cent piece was made IA
Gus by the American Liver Tablets,
the perfect laxative.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-03-25

Our readers will note the statement
didate for congress. Evidently Mr..
Cook has been one of the many vic
Tins of the political mentioner.
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Entered at the st. JOhnsbury post
office as second-class mail matter.
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BURNERS RIDGE PICKUPs

Here I come again after being alb
sent last week.
Mr.. Arley Ragcr rode the goat
Saturday night.
Miss Leila Kccncr is calling on her
sister, Pcrthcna Dodd, at this writ
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c. Moran and
daughter, Myrtle, Georgia and RoNie
Bunncr, Miss Doolittlc, from Fair
mont, Woodrow Brown and Mr.. ana
Mrs, J. Il. Carpenter, were calling or
MIR. and Mrs. Hank Sattcrficld sun
day.. .....
Mrs. John Carpenter was calling
on Mrs. Tom Kcencr Tuesday.
Mrs. II. 4. Carpenter and ota anc
Ada, were calling on Frank Satter-
field Sunday.
Mr.. 4. ]. Musgrove was seen Oil
this ridge Tuesday.