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Middletown transcript., 1914-05-16
HuERTA MUST FREE sILLlMAN.
Bryan Silent On What viii Happen If
Vice.consuI Is Kept Prisoner.

Washington, D. C-While peace
negotiations marked time, pending
formal sittings of the South American
mediators to begin Monday on Cana
dian soil, the mediators and officials
of the State Department here were oc-
cupied Monday with several serious
phases of the Mexican situation de-
manding immediate attention.
Secretary Bryan called at the Argen-
tine Legation and spent two hours in
conference with the South American
ENJOYS, discussing the continued de-
tention of John r. Silliman, American
Vice-Consul at Saltillo, by Mexican
Federals, the reported seizure of Lobos
Island, with its lighthouse, by Ameri-
can torpedo boats, and the case of the
five South Americans under arrest at
Vera Cruz for firing upon United
States sailors and marines.
Mr.. Bryan insisted that the release
Of Silliman must be brought about at
once. When asked about the matter
later he would not say what would
happen if the vice-consul were kept in
prison, but he was gravely emphatic in
announcing the Governments de-
termination to have him freed.
Middletown transcript., 1914-05-16
EXPENSE ACCOUNT
SENT TO CONGRESS
The House Received Estimates
Aggregating $2,7O1, ,327.
ARMY MOVE COST HEAVY
Details OF Advance Told In Memo
randum Asking For Emer-
gency Appropriation At
Once,

Washington, D. C.-The hrst big
memorandum of expense account of
tks Mexican crisis sent to Congress
was submitted Saturday when the
House received estimates aggregating
$2,701,827 for pay, subsistence, sup
plies, horses, barracks, transportation
and engineering work for the troops
now at Vera Cruz and on the Mexican
border. The memorandum briefly says
that the necessity for these deficiency
estimates could not have been fore
seen when previous estimates were
There is no reference to
army plans. Congress was asked to
make the appropriations Immediately.
The largest item is $1,483,O74 for
transportation of the army, which is
additional to S946,S71 estimated March
II. This amount, the War Department
says, is required to cover the expense
of moving troops, of keeping certain
in commission, chartering
Of vessels, purchase Of coal and water
and of stevedoring in connection with
chartered vessels, and the purchase of
additional draft and pack animals re-
quired for proper equipment of troops
in the field"
For horses for cavalry, artillery,
engineers, etc., the War Department
asked $4O5,825, which, is explained,
was for purchase of mounts to replace
1nserviceable animals and to equip
the troops to the authorized strength.
The other items are pay of the army,
b7S,663, which is additional to S1,750,-
BOO deficiency estimate submitted in
March, subsistence Of the army $491,-
305, which is additional to $763, ,753
in March and now required
lor purchase of subsistence stores for
.roops in the field and Mexico" regu-
ar Quartermaster supplies, $156,960;
Incidental expenses of Quartermaster's
$4,000; barracks and
quarters, $4,000, and water and
sewers at military posts, $4,000.
Middletown transcript., 1914-05-16
wARsHlPs AT MEXICAN PORTS.
How Our Vessels Are Distributed
Along the Coast.

Along the Coast.
Washington, D. C.-American war
vessels in Mexican waters are located
as follows:
Guaymas-West Virginia Zen route).
New Orleans, Saturn, Annapolis.
San Pedro-Cheyenne.
Mazatlan-Ca California, Whipple, Iris,
Perry, Cleveland, Preble.
Tampico- o-Connecticut, Tacoma, Des
Moines, Vulcan Zen route), Dolphin,
Birmingham, Henley, Dixie, Draytons
Burrows, Warrington, Cassin, Tanning
Beale, Jarvis, Jouett, Trippe, Cum
mings.
Acapulco-South Dakota.
Lobos Island Ozark Zen
route).
Tuxpam- -Paulding, Patterson.
La Paz-Jupiter, Lawrence, Hull,
Hopkins, Truxtun.
San Blas-Stewart Zen route).
Vera Cruz-Arkansas, Florida, Utah,
Minnesota, Vermont, New Jersey, New
Hampshire, South Carolina, Michigan,
Louisiana, North Dakota, Virginia,
Georgia, Nebraska, San Francisco,
Jason. Mississippi, Hancock, Eagle,
Prairie, Nereus, Washingtonian Zen
route), Mexico Cen route), Moro Cas-
tie, Ontario, Sonoma, Salem, Patapsco,
Ammen, Yankton, Monterey, Patuxent,
Nashville, Chester, Paducah Zen
route), New York, Vestal, Jenkins, San
Marcos, Lebanon.
Manzanillo = Raleigh, Chattanooga
Zen route), Yorktown Zen route),
Maryland
salina Cruz-Denver, Albany Zen
route).
Middletown transcript., 1914-05-16
President Wilson's Tribute To Dead
Vera Cruz Heroes.

NSFa CFuZ nSToGSs
"Mr. Secretary, know that the feel
ings which characterize all who stand
about me are not feelings that can be
expressed in eloquence or oratory. For
my own part, have mixture of feel
ing.
1.-THE feeling that is uppermost is
one Of profound grief that the lads
should have had to go to their death.
But yet feel profound pride and
envy that they should have been per-
mitted to do their duty SO nobly.
Their duty is not an uncommon
thing Men are performing it in the
ordinary walks of life, but what gives
these men peculiar distinction is that
they did not give their lives for them
selves, but gave their lives for US be-
cause we, as nation, called upon
them.
"Ars you sorry for the lads? Are
you sorry for the way they will be re-
membered? l hope to God none Of
you will join the list; but if you will,
you will join an immortal company,
and while there goes out of our hearts
an affectionate sympathy for them, we
know why we don't go away from this
occasion with. our hearts cast down,
but with confidence that all will be
worked out.
1--WE have gone down to Mexico to
serve mankind If we can find the way.
We don't want to fight the Mexicans-
we want to serve them.
"A war Of aggression is not a thing
in which it Is proud to die, but a war
of service is war in which it is a
proud thing to die"
The President referred then to the
cosmopolitan personnel of the victims.
"I listened to the list" he added
with profound feeling, because they
were not Irishmen, or Germans, or
Hebrews when they went to Vera
Cruz. They were Americans, and no
matter where their people came from
they did the things that were Ameri-
can.
WAR is only sort of dramatic rep
resentation, a symbol of thousand
forms Of duty. l never was in battle
or under fire, but fancy it is just as
hard to do your duty when men are
sneering at you, for when they shoot
at you they take your natural life, and
when they sneer at you they wound
your heart
CAS- think Of these spirits that have
gone from US, know that the way is
clearer for the future, for they have
shown US the way"
Thirteen Under %.
In reading the names Of the heroes
who gave up their lives at Vera Cruz,
Secretary of Navy Daniels said:
"All were in the prime of vigorous
young manhood. OF the 19 who
answered their last rollcall with
cheerful Aye, aye, sir 1S were % or
under. The oldest was SO, the young
est 19. Their average age was but
a little over %. They were young and
suddenly beheld life's morn decline.
They gave not only all they were. but
all they hoped to be-
Il hand you, Mr. President, the
names Of these heroes recorded high |
on the national roll Of honor, that they
may be preserved in the archives of
our republic.
"Their services will be held in last |
ing remembrance by grateful peo-
pie"
Middletown transcript., 1914-05-16
NATION HONORS
VERA CRUZ DEAD.
HerOIsm Of 10 Blusjaokets and
Marines MemorIallzed.
WILSON CHEF MOURNER.
Chiefs Of State and City Govern
ments In Prooesslon-Presldent
Delivers Stirring
Grafton.

New YOrk-New York Joined the
nation Monday in memOrializing with
simple dignity the heroism Of the 1s
bluejackets and marines who gave
their lives at Vera Cruz.
As the most impressive funeral
pageant since the time of the Spanish
War started on its solemn route from
the Battery to the Brooklyn Navy
Yard, it was as if the pulse Of the city
had temporarily stopped.
All business was suspended and over
the commercial section of the city
there fell a reverential hush. In the
throngs, which numbered over a mil
lion, East Side and West Side, peace
advocates and war enthusiasts, native
Americans and immigrants - New
York's polyglot population = stood
shoulder to shoulder in community
Of grief.
It was q spectacle Of New York
strangely transfgured and lifted out
of itself.
In the line of mourners that fol
lowed the artillery caissons bearing
the dead were the chiefs Of State and
city government, and many more dis
tinguished men of nearly every call
ing; but every eye In the throngs that
lined the way turned first to the car
riage where President Wilson rode
close behind the last funeral car. The
President came from Washington dur
ing the night and was with the process
sion froEa the time it left the Battery
until the squad of marines fred its
parting volleys over the hag-draped
cof1ns at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and
the navy bugler sounded the taps that
proclaimed the end of the ceremony.
Middletown transcript., 1914-05-16
soUTHARD P. WARNER DEAD.

Son OF MaryIander Was Consul At
Harbin, Manchuria.
Washington, D. C.-The State De-
partment received official confirmation
of the death Of Southard P. Warner,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Brainard H. War
ner, Of Montgomery county, Maryland
Young Warner was American Consul
at Harbin, Manchuria, at which place
he died Saturday. A cablegram re-
ceived by his brother. B. H. Warner,
Jr., announced the death. No details
were contained in the message to the
department.
Middletown transcript., 1914-05-16
MeADoo AND sRIDE al coaNIsA.
Will Spend Honeymoon At the Sum-
mer White House.

Cornish, N. H.-William G. McAdoo,
Secretary Of the Treasury. and his
bride, who was Miss Eleanor Randolph
Wilson, daughter Of the President, ar
rived here to spend their honeymoon
at Harlakenden, the summer White
House. Three servants preceded them
here by only three hours, and the great
house, which had not been occupied
since last fall, had barely been opened
when the couple entered its doors.
Middletown transcript., 1914-05-16
MACHINE GUN RIDDLED sNIPER.
He Had shot Lieutenant Lannon, Of
the New Hampshire.

Norfolk, Ya-Oficers of the collier
Orion, now here from Vera Cruz, tell
Of the wounding there by a Mexican
Of Lieutenant Lannon, of the ~battle,
ship New Hampshire, as he, with a
landing party, approached the shore.
A sAiper hidden under wharf shot
Lieutenant Lannon, wounding him
seriously. but not fatally. The ma
chine gun In the bow Of the American
boat riddled the sniper
Middletown transcript., 1914-05-16
CHARLES W. POST ENDS LIFE.
Millionaire Shoots Himself With Rifle
At Santa Barbara.

mitIoHaIFe SnooLS F1lmSelT with HIf1e
At Santa Barbara.
Santa Barbara, Cal.-Charles w.
Post, wealthy cereal food manufactur-
er Of Battle Creek, Mich, shot himself
to death with a rife while Temporarily
insane, according to the testimony of
his physician, DR.. J. C. Bainbridge, Of
fered at the inquest held shortly after
the tragedy. The verdict of the cor
oner's jury was non-committal, hold
ing simply that Mr.. Post had died from
the effects of gunshot wound.
Mr.. Post had suffered i'll health for
some time Recently he made a hur-
ried trip to Rochester, MINI. to under
go major operation to save his life.
He had been in a nervous state since
his return to California and had fought
against an inclination to suicide for
some time, according to the testimony
given at the inquest by Miss Ella
Benson, his nurse.
Middletown transcript., 1914-05-16
10 AMERICANS Held IN PRISON.
Their Lives Endangered BY Killing OF
Three Mexleans.

Washington, D. C.-Ten members o.
the Smith family. in jail at Tonala,
Chiapas. are in danger of their lives
because Of Mexican resentment Of
their part in the recent killing of three
Mexicans at San Pedro, according to a
report from Minister LeaYell, in
Guatemala. The Mexicans were mem
bers of rural guard and invaded the
Smith home at San Pedro to disarm
the occupants.
Middletown transcript., 1914-05-16
NO JAIL FOR eoMPERs.
Labor Leaders Win In Contempt Case
Before Supreme Court.

LABOR Leaders win IN contempt Case
Before Supreme Court.
Washington, D. C.-Ending seven
years of bitter legal warfare, the Su-
preme Court set aside Jail sentences
and fines imposed by the District of
Columbia Supreme Court upon Samuel
Gompers, John Mitchell and Frank
Morrison for contempt of court in al
legged violation of injunctions issued in
1907 and 1908 against boycotting the
Bucks Stove and Range Company.
The question Of whether the acts
of the labor leaders constituted con.
tempt was not passed upon, the court
disposing Of the cases by holding
prosecution was barred.
Middletown transcript., 1914-05-16
TELEGRAPH TICKS.

The prosecution Of former Police
Lieutenant Charles Becker for plotting
the Rosenthal murder was opened in
New York.
Middletown transcript., 1914-05-16

Nearly 800 delegates to the Ameri.
can Federation of Musicians were in
Des Moines for the convention of that
Middletown transcript., 1914-05-16
eLAYs HER INVALID DAUGHTER.
Ohio Woman's Crime Prompted BY
Fear OF Death.

New Philadelphia, Ohio Fearing
that her own illness would prove fatal
and not desiring that her invalid
daughter, Jessie, Is years old, should
be left alone, Mrs. John Grimm, 54
years old, of this city, murdered the
girl, crushing her skull with an ak and
slashing her throat with a razor.
Middletown transcript., 1914-05-16

Col John C. Calhoun Mayo, national
Democratic committeeman from Ken,
lucky, died in New York.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-07-30

ham Remedies Vegetable Compound
and Sanative Wash. am now well and
strong and can do all my own work. l
owe it all to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and want other suffer-
ing women TO know about it. - Mrs.
II. L. MABEN, 2l1 S. Spring, St., MUIR
freesboro, Tenn.
This famous remedy, the medicinal
ingredients of which arc derived from
native roots and herbs, has for nearly
forty years proved to be most valua-
BILE tonic and invigorator Of the female
organism. Women everywhere bear
willing testimony to the wonderful vir-
tue of Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Why Lose Hope.
No woman suffering from any form
of female troubles should lose hope I'M
til she has given Lydia f. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound fair trial.
n you want special advice write to
Lydia L. Pinkham Medicine Go. Cont
dcntiaD Lynn, Mass. You 'ettcr will
be opened, read and answered by a
woman ard held in strict confidence.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-07-30
Political Views

That resignation of Congressman
McDermott of Chicago will cause
many a dry eye.-Cincinnati Times
Star.
Boss Barnes was kept in the Office
of surveyor of the port at Albany
during r. RS. seven years in the
White House. But that was before
Armageddon.- Berkshire Eagle.
Mr.. Hedges wonders whether the
Republican nominations shall be
made from without the party, or by
small group OF leaders within the
party, or by the enrolled voters Of
the party. Others are wondering the
same thing-Utica Observer.
The man who faces a fo-lorn hope,
and does all that can be done in an
emergency, may reasonably claim
something when the hope of victory
is not forlorn. That is the explana-
ton of the Hedges candidacy this
year-Brooklyn Eagle.
Pennsylvania is the only state in
the Union that is out of debt, accord
ing to statistics just made public
But a state may be out of debt and
yet be stepped in iniquity. The
question is not so much how good
state is in some respects, but how
good il can be made in all respects
Wilkes-Ba-re Record.
There are not many advantages Sc
cured to the people under the pres
ent direct nominations law. Instead
of making it easier to run for Office,
and thereby curtailing the powers of
the various political organizations,
the tendency of the new law is TO
put more power into the hands of the
professional politicians.-Br Brooklyn
Standardization.
In forcing President Wilson to with
draw the nomination of Thomas ID.
Jones for member of the federal re
serve board Senator Reed Of Mis-
souri, has won a notable victory, but
the fruit of that victory may prove
to be u dead sea apple. Senator Reed
is weaker, not stronger, as the result
of his victory. What would happen
II Senator Reed was a candidate for
reelection this year is not hard to
guess.-St. Joseph News-Press.
Mr. Wilson intimates tina. he pre-
fers a man of about 60 years for the
Supreme Court vacancy. a man of
90 ought to be at his mental best.
There is but one objection to it, and
that is the Democrats have few mem
bers Of that court and Chief Justice
White is getting old. For the party's
sake, a man of forty, If trained on
the bench. would be better. because
he has the chance of remaining long
er on the bench.-Birmingham Ledg-
er.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-07-30
MULLHCAN & ROCHE
RURAL PROBLEMS ACUTE"
Must Be Attacked from Various Sides
Prof. Sprague Declares

Middlebury, July 29.-The need of
attacking the problems Of rural be.te-
ment from various angles was empha-
sized by Prof. Robert ]. Sprague of
the Massachusetts agricultural col
lcge at the opening of the second an
nual ru-al life conference at Middle
bury college last might. He urged as
essentials OF progress Improvement in
agricultural methods, the develop
ment of cooperative systems of dis
tribution, enrichment Of social life
and culture and the upbuilding of
churches and schools.
"The problems are acute in the
richest agricultural regions as well as
in the poorest said Prof. Sprague.
The rural life as a whole, economic,
social and religious, must be improy-
cd and strengthened until both profit
able farming and happy living are at
tanned by all.
John c. Scheuerle OF Springfield,
Mass, described The work of the
Hampden County Imp 'ovement
league, which has introduced scienti-
hc farming in that neighborhood and
has directed the work Of village i'm
provement
The conference which was arrang-
ed by Prof. Raymond Mcfarland, di-
rector of tho summer session of the
college, will continue until Friday
evening.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-07-30
MRS. MAIDEN
WAS MADE WELL
BY Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
table Compound and Wants
Other Suffering Women
To Know 1t.

Murfreesboro, Tenn. al have
wanted to write to you for long time
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-07-30

From a report received f,om the
Pasteur Medical Institute in New
York, it has been established, accord
ing to the examination, that the dog
which bit a Montpelier youth recently
was afflicted with rabies. The young
man is at the institute and will re-
main the e for a period of 81 days in
order to definitely determine whethe.
or not he became inoculated with
the disease. We had a mad dog scare
in this county year ago and :or-
tunately came through it without the
loss OF a single human life II be
gan with the biting of no less than
half dozen persons In the town of
ton proved to have been afflicted
with rabies All of the victims were
treated at the Pasteur institute and
all recovered. A quarantine was es-
tablished in the southern half of the
county and an order was issued by
the state board of health requiring
that al dogs be muzzled for a period
of ninety days The order was Ell
forced pretty rigidly The circum.
stances attending the scare brought
out the usual discussion. There were
people who questioned the truth Of
the reports sent from the state labor
atory stating that examinations of
dogs heads showed that the animals
were mad. Others objected to the
muzzling of their canine pets and
quoted alleged authorities to the e.
feet that there was no such disease
as hydrophobia. Between the more
sensible who we're frank TO state that
they didn't care to take a chance a.
being bitten and those who allowed
their enthusiasm for mans most In
telligent animal companion TO get the
better of their judgment, we were con
siderably "fussed" up in this locali
ty There is no denying the fact that
a dog so muzzled during hot weathe.
that he can not drink sufferers but be
man being in the paroXysms of by
drophobia there Is small chance for
argument The man who can inveni
muzzle that will not permit do
TO bite, but which will at the same
tine not infict discomfort and even
cruelty on the animal will acquire the
gratitude of many reoplo-those who
like dogs, and those who dont-and
the dogs.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-07-30
LEARNED by Experience.

II always make it a point" said the
man with a wart on his nose and a
hair iip, Int otherwise possessing per-
fecfiy ell fsc9 ito say polite and
complimentary Things to the ladies. 1t
does ne no harm, and l notice it al
ways gives them pleasure My motto
is to scatter sunshine provided IL costs
no money"
Il used to do that, too said the
man whose set Of neglected whiskers
were calling plaintively for the lawn
mower. but | have been broken OF
the habit No more sunshine radiatinG
from these quarters"
And what cured your
"a couple Of breach Of promise
suits
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-07-30
The Game OF Cricket.

Cricket dates from the reign OF
Queen Elizabeth and had its origin in
FOUNDERS and stool ball. Lord Chester
field was the first man of weight Ga
take 1t up seriously and Eton the first
public school In those days scores
were notchcd upon tally sticks. the
ball had heavy cross seams, the bats
were curved. and the fleldcrs stood nj
most in Indian file. The early laws Of
the game had their inception at the
star and Garter Inn, Pail Mall. and
one of the few Of these original laws
which obtain today is that Of the toss
up. The wickets were twenty-five
inches high and the ball six inches in
diameter. The first county match was
when Kent played all England In i7l1.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-07-30
Mad Deg

Every summer brings its mad dog
scare, and the recent occurrence in
Montpelier demonstrates that the
danger OF rabies is very real and
should not be lost sight OF. II is
however probably true that hundreds
OF dogs are killed each summer who
are not mad, but are sick.
The popular notion about rabies, o
hydrophobia, is not unreasonably bas-
ed on the name, which, however, is
more or less misnomer. Prof. J. c.
Dalton, NJ. d.. writing in the Ameri-
can Cyclopaedia, says
There are three capital errors, com
monty entertained by the public in
this respect, which add very much TO
the danger spoken of: /. that the
mad dog has horror of water and
will not drink; 2. that he is liable to
the disease more especially or exclus-
lively in no. weather: 8. that he al
ways manifests a ferocious and ag-
gressive disposition.
trary of these Prescriptions is true:
that a dog in cool weather may be
seen to drink freely and no. exhibit
any particular ferceness and yet be
capable of inoculating the human
kind with the deadly virus OF mad
ness
DR.. Dalton notes several typical
symptoms. Agitation and nervous
symptoms. moroseness and skulking
movements: endeavor TO escape no
tice. suspicious and uneasy expression
of the eye, frequent change OF posi-
ton. The dog thinks he hears a
sound" secs an object that does not
exist or snaps at the ai- lie runs 10
a particular spot without cause an,
drinks water freely.
4 very significant symptoms is
gnawing and sometimes swallowing
pieces Of wood. bits Of stone. clothing,
cushions. leather and other indiges-
tible substances The bark is typical
The natural voice OF the animal is al
tered. II Is hoarse. yelled. lower in
tone and begins with single open
bark. followed Immediately by three
or four diminishing bowls from the
bottom Of the throat.
The saliva is another typical symp.
tom. which is particularly thick and
viscid and gives the animal great dis
tress. The appearance OF the ami.
mai is described thus
Wandering along the streets OF
open highways. with head and tail
dropping. his hide disorderci and dus
~. the ropy saliva hanging strings
from his open jaws. evesy i,an and
every animal that he encount IS pro
vokcs him to a fresh attack.
In modern DAYS. the water Z is
regarded as absurd. but when the
above symptoms exhibit themselves.
the dog should be observed closely
and IL possible shut up. Othe wi. ,
measures should be taken 10 Kill the
animal without delay unless veteri
nary assistance is procurable.-Rut-
land Herald.