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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-24

Boston Dec. 2s -Wellesley college mas
obtained In cash ana pledges All but s4.-
90 of the restoration ana endowment
fund of two millions started after the
destruction Of college han by fire, ac-
cording to statement tonight by
Bishop william Lawrence, chairman Of
the board Of trustees
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-24

COLD CLOSES PLA NTS.

The cold closed some of the granite
plants IN Barre yesterday, thermometers
registering about 10 degrees below zero.
At nearby places thermometers showed
10 degrees below
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-24
SPENT SOL 70 FOR POOR.

Barre spent st0l.3o for the poor in
November, i'm two or three instances
helping families Of 10 or 10 persons. Five
nationaitics were represented.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-24
ESCAPED PRISONER RETURNED.

orlo ;. MacNahb. who escaped from
the Vermont State prison at Windsor
on August "A, was returned to the
prison from New Hampshire on Mon
dan.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-24

Until the home owning aspiration
ceases ia influence people, real estate
advertising win always pay"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-24
WAR BRIEFS.

London. Dec. g, 1910 p. m.-An order
council has been issued prohibiting ~
transfer Of British ships TO foreign rcgi
ter unless a license for this purpose
obtained from the British board Of trade
Callao, Peru. Dec 23-Thc Japaneec
mored cruiser Azuma, which entered IN
port yesterday morning as her compani,
ship the Idzuma passed ont. sailed nua
last night.
Rome, Dec. %, as .. n.-Popc Ben
dict in addition to continuing his d,
forts for peace is tryine to obtain q
consent of the bclligercnt powers
an exchange Of war prisoners r.
answers to his proposals thus far
ceived and the difficulties Of vario
kinds that are being encountered =
said to incline the Poutiff to the D.
lief that his initiative will meet Wi
no better success than his request
a truce at the Christmastido
Paris, bee. %, 1OIl p ma mum
of generals, according TO ~ hcaduua
ter's report have been trausfei rcd
their own request from the acti
army to the reserve forces Most
them are broken i'm health OWNS
the hardshps they have endured.
IS saId mat none Of them has hc
rctired
Now ORLEANS La. Dec. -3-F
Pendl"ton special agent of the deia
m"ut Of Justice. started AN Investigate
here to-day into the alleged plot 70
StroN British or French trans-Atlau
liners, disclosed last night through Il
arrest Of four men said to be GerUa |
Hans Han" and George Summers. Il
Of IN" four mon arrested. are being n
by tn" polio" ON charges OF violatt
of bombs for MS" in destroying shit
h" "tn"r t"" mon were released.
'ondou Dec. - 2:4a a. m.--TJ
Daily T"leEtaph's Athens correspoI
dent In despatch claims that he
! able to confirm . statement he maid
/ that Austria twice has attempted
/ make separate peace with ServI
| once by direct proposals to the I'd
! manian government Servia's rnnlv
both cases was an emphatic refusal.
says
postal clerks and sorters have been 4
tached from London aud sent 70 r~a,I
to help in the distribution Of ChristnI
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-24

London, De-. &}.-Between 800 and
postal clerks and sorters have been
tached from London and sent to Trai
to help in the distribution Of Christn]
mail for the soldiers. These men are
enlisted in the regular army and ha
been drilling like tn. other men. If ne,
ed to defend hot corner they are expe
ed 10 drop their bags and shoulder tn
rifles The army postal corps has hrancl
at the various brigade headquarters. 81,
to the entrenchcd lines. Mail service I
been rema rka bly, efficient during this V
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-24

Daily Teleprarh's Athens correspJ
dent in % despatch claims that he
able to confirm a. statement he maI
that Austria twic" has attempted
make a scparat" peace with Serv
once by direct proposals to the I'd
manian government Servia's reply
both cases was an emphatic refusal
says
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-24

Now ORLEANS. La. Doc 43-F
Pendlcton, special agent Of the deiar
mout Of Justice. started an Investigate
here TODAY into the alleged plot ~ d
strov British or French trans-Atlau
liners, disclosed last night through :
arrest Of four mon said to be German
Hans Han" and George Summers :,
Of the four mon arrested are being h
by IN" polio" ON charges Of vioiati
\ Louisiana law relating to prorarati
Of bombs for uso i'm destroying shi'
The other two mon We're released
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-24

The lIa-u'. Wat London Dec -. \
y. m.-Quoon Wilh"lmina in sisninl !
hill to-day for war loan of s1l0.OJ
600 informed IN" finance minister t
sh" would personally undcrwrttc
600 o00 Of the amount
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-24

Callao, Peru, Dec. 23.-Thc japanese a
mored cruiser Azuma, which entered IN
port yesterday morning as her compaui,
ship the Idzuma passed out sailed aga
last night
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-24

Paris, Dec. %, l01l p ma muml
'of generals, according to hcaduu.
ter's report. have been transferred
their own request from the act
army to the reserve forces Most
them ar" broken i'm health OWNS
the hardships they have endured
Is said that none Of them has %,
retired
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-24

Rome, Dee %, 9.4J .. m.--Popc Ben
dict in addition to continuing his
forts for peace is trying to obtain {
consent of the bolligercnt powers
AN exchange Of war prisoners r.
answers to his proposals thus far
ceived and the difficulties Of vario
kinds that are being encountered q
said to incline the Pontiff to the g.
lief that his initiative will meet wei
no better success than his request
a truce at the Christmastido.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-24

London. Dec. g. 1910 p. m.-An order
council has been issued prohibiting ~
transfer Of British ships to foreign rcgi
ter unless a license for this purpose
obtained from the British board Of trade
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-24

London. Dec. T. 3:3a a. m \ deSpa|
20 tho Daily Express from Amsterd1
says: The Germans at Brussels nd
withdrawn their demand for new \
contribution of 500 nN,oo1, presumal
owing 10 tho protest Of the Ameril
minister who asserted that tho levy \
lated Tho Hague convention.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-09
Open Monday Evenings z to 8 O'clock

the judges he must appoint for full
term.--Free Press.
There will be general agreement with
the above, except the last sentence.
Where, we inuire, does the governor OBJ
tain the constitutional warrant to APP
point supreme court judges for full
term-two years? Certainly not from
the very provision of the constitution
which fits the present necessity-Section
ii of chapter two, as amended by tn
eighth article of amendments. That sec
tion provides that the governor shall
supply every vacancy in any office, oc-
casioned by death or otherwise, until
the office can be filed in the manner d.
rected by law or this constitution The
constitution clearly provides that the
general assembly has the power TO elect
these judges biennially "(or oftener if
need BEL" See section 10 of chapter
two OF the constitution. Only the most
hairsplitting technical construction could
possibly raise question as to tie right
OF the general assembly to elect the SUI
preme court judges when it assemblies
next January for the full term Of two
years. Who is interested in setting
aside the plain meaning OF the sonsti-
tuition and for what purposes IRAN
dolph Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-09
ATHLETICS AND COLLEGE
STANDING.

More or less of furry in athletics
was caused at Dartmouth college last
week when it became known that sew
cral of the leading athletics of the in
stitution had been "weeded out" because
OF failure in their college work, while
Others of equal prominence in various
forms of athletics had been suspended
temporarily because of low standing.
While this action by the faculty author
tiles will be received with regret by
those who are anxious to see the Ham
over institution maintain its high posi-
tion in the college athletic world, it will
be generally held that no marked depres-
sion of the college viii be noted. Mean
while a salutary lesson will have been
taught all present students and pros
pective students of the next few years
that college work cannot be sacrificed
to athletic participation.
That it is not necessary to sacrifice
work in order to participate in ath-
leties is shown by the fact that one of
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-09
Women as Voters.

Those who oppose the granting of the
right Of suffrage to women have made
use to the utmost of the neglect in Mas
sachusetts of women to come out and
take parts in the election of school COM
mittee members. II may as well be adj
mitted that in Massachusetts,, as in New
Hampshire, there has not been manifest
ed a great amount of eagerness to take
advantage of this restricted form of fe-
male suffrage. Possibly the explanation
is that it was restricted. Anyway, out
in Chicago, there was registration OF
l54, 900 women voters on the very first
day Of registration. II is expected that
the next day of registration will bring
the number up to fully 100000. In Illi-
nois the women now have a full fran
chise, and in that fact, undoubtedly, is
the explanation of the interest shown by
the women of Chicago. 1t has been the
same in California, in Colorado and 9TH
err western states. There il something
to be considered seriously in the COM
ment of the Springfield Republican, with
reference to the interest shown by wom-
en- in the exercise of the right to vote
"Give them the real franchise made for
men, instead of make-believe franchise
made for the nursery, and they rise to
it,. The experience Of states where
women have the full right of franchise
freely recognized goes far TO prove the
correctness of this observation.-Ma
chester IN. H. Union.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-09

pute. 1t is said there have been cases in
which the use of radium has benefited
the patients, and on the other hand there
have been cases in which radium failed
to come up to the expectation, notable
illustration being that Of Congressman
Robert Bremner of New Jersey who was
given treatment with 100000 worth Of
radium, albeit the treatment was taken
some time after sthe disease had deyel-
oped. Such being the uncertainty re-
garding the efficacy of radium when ac-
tually applied, the public ought to be
very chary of remedies which profess
to use radium and which may be offered
at comparatively low prices. The situa.
ton is somewhat analogous with that in
which "cures" for consumption were put
before the public with all the assurance
that language could muster.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-09
THE RADIUM "CURE."

1t is timely warning which some medi-
cal men are giving to prepare the public
against fraud and deceit in connection
with supposed cures for cancer, notably
those "cures" which are associated with
the name radium. The publicity which
has been given to the actual use of ra-
dunn as q cure for the disease has come
to such proportions that it is morally
certain that quacks and irresponsible
practitioners will attempt to foist rem
edies on the public under the guise OF
the radium label; they win attempt 70
capitalize the publicity to their advan-
tage, trusting in the eredulous nature
of the general public and the eager hope
of those who may be suffering with can
cerous growth. These quaeks and ire
sponsible practitioners may or may not
have some of the precious radium to use
in connection with the treatment which
they propose to give-most likely they
will not have any radium; but wheth-
er they have or not, it ought to be borne
in mind that the use of radium as
cure for cancer is yet in the experimental
stage and that its value for that purpose
has not been demonstrated beyond dis
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-09
A Friendly Word of Warning.

Buoyant and optimistic as is the very
interesting account OF contemporary
railway history, which we have the OPP
portunity of publishing elsewhere in
this issue, it should, however, be taken
with grain of caution. Canada, with
its population no larger than that of the
state OF New York, built almost as
much new mileage in the calendar year
1913 as was built in the entire United
States. As Mr.. Payne points out, Can
ada has already the greatest mileage of
railroads per inhabitants of any country
in the world. Canadians realize as no
one else has that, regardless of who
owns the securities of railroads, the
country through which they run and
the owners of the land tributary to
them are the real sharers in the pros
perity of the roads. 1t was somewhat
this thought that Fairfax Harrison ex-
pressed in his confession of faith, il we
may call it such in his Chattanooga adj
dress. Ii is only very small part of
the money taken in by railroad which
does not go directly back into the coun-
try which the railroad serves. The dan
ger in Canada, however. is that the peo-
pie may pay TOO much for their rail.
roads. Labor has come very high in
Canada, especially in the West; the
great distance, which supplies and mate
rails have had to be transported have
made their cost high, and much of the
building that has been done Las been
through territory where the topography
is such that the cost per mile has been
high. The province and the Dominion
mn ,a1,f hax ,tt,tL m.
in generosity, and in so doing have ex-
pended their credit, if not unduly, Ger.
tainly on very large scale. Ii is of
vital Importance to the continued pros
perity of Canada that wisdom, good
judgment and restraint be manifested
in the management of the railroads al
ready built and in the planning of new
ones, as we'll as in the attitude assumed
by public sentiment toward the roads.
From Railway Age Gazette
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-09
CURRENT COMMENT
Chairman Brandeis.

Seldom is better example afforded
Of the oyerturns which the whirligig Of
time brings about than in the reported
designation of Mr.. Louis ID. Brandeis OF
this city as chairman of the board OF
trustees who are to take charge of the
New Haven holdings of the Boston &
Maine railroad. 1t was Mr.. Mellen's
acquisition of this stock against which
Mr.. Brandeis instituted his memorable
and, as it now appears, successful fight
That the Wilson administration, through
its attorney general, should insist, evil
IDENTIFY as one OF the terms of the set
Element, on Mr.. Brandeis' designation
for this service, is sensational cnlmi-
nation of the anti-merger agitation.
Mr.. Brandeis has talked much and
often, perhaps as counsel for parties in
adverse interest, about the improve
ments that might be made in railroad
operation, by increased efficiency and
more systematic economies Here is an
opportunity for him to demonstrate the
substantial quality OF his claims.-Bos-
ton Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-09
Coal Mines in Maine.

Whether Maine has struck vein OF
coal or only opened one of those Quickly
exhausted pockets which are found here
and there in unexpected places is 4 ques-
tion which people around Popham Beach
are debating. Blasting operations there
have uncovered coal, but how much re-
mains to be seen. Ii Maine has struck
coal in paying quantities there may be
vast industrial expansion in New Eng
land in consequence, but heretofore out
groupings of black diamonds have only
tantalized the people Of this region. Coal
there is in New England, hut the tron-
Bile is not with the quantity but with
the quality. The Rhode Island coal bel.
which begins under the sea and stretches
up to point beyond Mansfield in Mas
saohusetts, has been prolific Of nothing
but painful financial experiences which
many people in and around Boston dis
like to recall. The fuel value of the
Rhode Island coal is small owing to its
composition. 1t is to be hoped that the
Maine deposit is worth working and we
learn from the Portland Express that
for more than century and half big
Jumps of coal have from time to time
been picked up on Popham Beach to the
astonishment of the natives. Maine will
proceed carefully and scientifically in ex-
ploring for coal, remembering how rap
idly collapse followed its copper boom
of 80 years ago.-Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-09
Clean Reading ana Clean Plays.

The American Magazine is making 4
stand for clean reading and clean plays
In its February number, Walter Prich.
ard Eaton, its dramatic critic. writee an
article entitled "What Il Moral P.ay?"
an interesting extract from which fell
lows:
1T is high time we considered the
whole question seriously. We are a ma
| tion OF theatregoers and Of readers.
| While we cannot be expected To keen
all our plays and books suited to the
very young person, we have nevertheless
got to reckon with the young person.
We have surely got to make an effort
to ascertain what is the probable result
of all this public talk about Illicit sex
relations, and TO find some method of
estimating the genuine moral values of
such plays, and of preventing those
which are deemed TO have an evil effect
, AT present the only method is that OF
police censorship, which is bungling, in
efficient, and more than half the time
hits the wrong plays altogether. Free
speech must be permitted on the stage
Ito those who are qualified to speak
But no sane person could say that most
of the writers whose work has deluged
the New York stage this past autumn
were so qualified What are we going
do about il?
Personally. we believe that the one
iicent weapon against the present dam
serous wave Of sensational and harm
fully innamipg sex dramas Is to be found
in the cities outside of New York. If
those plays cannot be taken proftably
on tour, they will not be worth while
to produce, and they will Gle natural
death. The sanitay of the nation will
have to come to New York's rescue. A
representative committee in any city,
composed of men and women from va
rious walks of life, including, of course,
the industrial workers, can decide Justly
on the moral and artistic values of a
play, and their condemnation would
amount to a prohibition to the local
manager. If New York's erotieism can
be kept out of other cities it will cease
to be profitable to the managers, and
will be snuflled out soon enough
"Of course, the public in the end are
the best censors. But their verdict takes
time. We want as little harm done in
the interval as possible. In the long
run, however, these salacious plays, this
inflamed curiosity about sex, will turn
decent people from the playhouse alto
gether, even in New York, and as such
people are in the majority the managers
will wake up to realization that de-
eency is the best policy, after all. Even
now there are signs on Broadway that
the reaction has set in. After all, ii
such reaction does not set in it means
that we as a nation desire such drama
so strongly that no amount of censor
ship will save us. 1t means we are as
rotten as the plays. None of us is quite
ready to believe that yeti"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-09
F. H. Rogers & Co.

Dartmouth's leading athletic performers
said to be the only student in college
who has won the right to wear the 3D.
in three forms of athletics, also gained
very high" rank in his collegiate work.
All during the college year this man
was training for various teams and de-
voting great deal of time to it, yet
he maintained an average higher than So
per cent. Possibly this man is an ex.
eeptional student, but his rank was so
far above the bare passing mark that it
seems that men of lesser ability in men
passing mark. And they can--if they
have the inclination.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-09
Lincoln's Birthday.

There is increasing interest as the
years go by in the anniversary of the
birth of Abraham Lincoln. That is be-
cause his stature grows, rather than d.
minishes, as he is seen across the reced-
ing years. Gov. Walsh does well in his
first proclamation to add his personal
tribute to the Great Emancipation. The
dedication of the memorial to the army
nurses of the Civil war in the Hall of
Flags at the State House will help TO
center attention upon the day this year.
Those who have the affair in hand have
wisely chosen the Hon. Curtis Guild as
the orator of the occasion. He is Pc
culiarly fitted for such a task.
But, after all, the most important ex-
ercises are those in the schools, although
simpler in character. Would it not be
a good thing for every boy and girl in
the public schools of proper age to be
required to memorize the Gettysburg adj
dressg The late Joseph Pulitzer, in or
der to instil patriotism in the mind of
his son, required that the boy recite the
Declaration of Independence on the
Fourth of July. The Gettysburg adj
dress is our choicest bit of Lineolniana.
Boston Traveller.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-09

The change in the intercollegiate rules,
which would bar the coaches from the
sidelines in football contests, might take
some of the go" out of the playing
but it also would remove a portion of
the feyerish playing merely-to-win spirit
which has come into our colleges to the
exclusion of the idea that originally col
lege athletics were designed to improve
the physical well-being Of the students
while at the same time furnishing them
certain amount of recreation and
amusement. The play-to-win spirit Is
too dominant and sometimes it amounts
to win-at-any cost.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-09

A few weeks ago President Billings.
hurst of Peru was advertising the sta
bility of his republic by means of large
space taken in metropolitan papers in
the United States; and now exPresident
Billingshurst is himself stading adver.
tisement Of the instability of that same
republic. The former advertisements
were designed to induce American cap.
ital to make investments in Peru, and
the latest advertisement is, we hope
timely warning enough for capital to
stay at home, where the income may not
be SO large but is more certain. AT
the same time there is reasonable chance
to recover the principal invested.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-09
Appointment of Judges.

The amendment as to legislative ses-
sions provides that "The general assem-
bly, shall meet biennially on the first
Wednesday after the first Monday of
January, beginning in A. ID. 1915" The
next regular session of the Vermont leg
islature will therefore begin Wednesday,
January 6, 1915. If the governor were
not to appoint judges on the expiration
of their terms next December we would
be without judges until the legislature
meets in 1915. If the governor appoints