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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-02
AT MASONIC TEMPLE.

A regular eonvoeation of Bingham
chapter, No. 30, order of Eastern Star,
will be held al Masonic temple, Tues
day evening, June ,, at 7.30 o clock.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-13
lnflammable CeIIuIoid,

Celluloid. being first cousin of gun
cotton and closely related to nitro
glycerin, is highly inhammable and
should never be brought in close prox
Unity to a flame. Cellulo,d is COM
pound Of cellulose or vegetable fibrine
reduced by acids to guncotton. Cellu-
lose is found in all vegetable life par
tcularly in young plants. 1t is
starchlike substance. Cotton fiber is
principally cellulOse. After the cotton
fiber is cleaned it is submerged in
acids, which quickly reduce it to cellu-
lose in the form of a thick. paSty. semi
transparent mass. CamphOr is added
further to thicken it, and the required
coloring matter is thoroughly mixed
In, after which the celluloid is nodded
by heat and pressure into various use
full and ornamental objects. such as
combs, boxes, pins paper cutters, or
naments, etc.-New York World.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-13
DEMAND THAT ROCKEFELLER
PAY $4,000, 900 PERSONAL
TAXES.

Cleveland, O., Feb. 3.-John D. Fack
Ter and William Agnew, deputy State
taxation officers for Cuyahoga county.
today went to the home of John d
Rockefeller on Forest Hill, East Cleve-
land, and filed written demand unon
him that he pay taxes on his personal
property, estimated at 5000, 900. 900. into
the treasury of this county.
They claim that under the Warnes
tax law Rockefeller, by residing in the
county for the greater part of the pre-
ceding twelve months, has made himself
liable to taxation here. The total of
Rockefeller's personal property is as
great as the entire tax duplicate OF the
county.
The tax officers did not see Rockefel-
Ter, but left a letter notifying him of
their demands with members of his
household. The officers place Rockefel-
ler's tax at $12,000,OOO
Virgil P. Kline, attorney for Rookie
Teller, laughed at the efforts of the Of
ficials to make the oil king pay taxes
here. He said:
Mr.. Rockefeller is legal resident
OF the State of New York. He has not
maintained residence in Cleveland for
a quarter of a century. He was de-
tanned here this winter by reason of the
illness OF his wife, but that fact doesn t
render him liable to pay personal prop
erty taxes here. He already has paid
his taxes for the current year in New
York. FLORIDA Times-Union.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-13
SAFETY LAST.

The National Highways Protective
association publishes some sinister sta
tistlcs. Three hundred and two per-
sons, almost one for every working
day, were killed by motor cars in
Che ter New York last year. In 1910
the death list was 1l2; it has grown in
credibly, nearly trebled in four years.
1t exceeds by sixty-seven the deaths by
trolley and wagon in the same district
in 1918.
In all the State, outside of this city.
the mortality record due to motor cars
was l49. Greater New York is incom-
parably the most dangerous part of the
State.
In 1913 in this town the number of
deaths by automobiles or injuries seri
GUS enough for the doctors to be called
in were ,4S5. Arrests in these cases
were as ! to 20 or whereabouts; about
one out of every fifteen chauffeurs or
owners causing such deaths or injuries
speeded away, neither giving his name
nor trying to help the victim. Fifteen
per cent. of felons, such concealment
and escape being felonies under the
statute Have any of them been con-
victed and punished? So far as an
pears they have not suffered for their
homicides or the injuries they have
done. They are free to keep up their
amusement The foot passengers they
ran down have paid with life, manning
or suffering for that still unchecked
diversion.
Percentage of New York city chill
dren slaughtered by those homicide
cars in the four years 19lO-19l3 inclu-
sive, 45. Children must keep out of the
streets. 1t doesn't appear how they
are to do it. Grown up people can t do
it; and the streets belong to the reckless
motor car.
These figures need no commentary.
Killed last month by automobile in this
city %. No doubt 1914 will surpass
its predecessor Perhaps one a day is
not impressive enough. Will two a day
have any more effect upon the magma
ton of the most careless and forgetful
of communities?
This death in the streets might be
checked notably if few dozen cowardly
runaway automobile butchers could be
socked into Jail. New York Sun.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-13
WARSHIP PATTERNS BURN.

Philadelphia, Jan. Is. Fifty thousand
dollars worth of patterns for United
States battleships, cruisers and torpedo
boats constructed during the last ten
years were destroyed by fire tonight in
the shops of the William Gran D & Sons
Ship and Engine Building Company.
The property loss will aggregate $3.50,
900.
The blaze started in the centre of the
pattern building and spread so quickly
that four alalms were turned in, bring
ing thirty or forty engines and trucks
to the scene.
H. w. Hand, vice-president and gen.
eral manager of the Cramp company,
declared that the patterns for warships
were priceless and never could be re-
placed.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-13

First legibility. second sightliness,
should be the endeavor in handwriting
and let the character" and the "indi-
viduality" take care of themselves. II
you wish to devise signature hard
to forge that is another thing, but
ones everyday handwriting should be
plain and as good looking as one can
make 1t. The art Of writing a neat,
legible, well punctuated, correctly ex-
pressed and spelled letter should be-
long to every high school graduate.
much more to every college graduate,
and the thanks of the community are
due to those who are testing and try
ing to improve our methods of educa-
ton; but they must remember that the
letter style is properly more loose and
conversational than any other and
therefore should not be criticised in just
the same way.-Kate Epson Clark in
Leslie's.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-13
Y. M. C. a. Notes

The Zig Tag minstrel troop of Middle
bury college is to appear before Yer
gennes audience on Tuesday, February
"a, and a Midddlebury audience on
Thursday, February &c.
Glasses for foreigners are meeting
twice week. From four to eight col
lege men are teaching.
Prof. Raymond Mcfarland, who gave
an entertaining and instructive lecture
on deep Sea Fishing" in Whiting on
February 2, addressed the people of
Cornwall Wednesday, February IL.
There are organizations under the
County Y. M. C. A. plan in the follow
ing towns: Brandon, Whiting, Middle
bury, Bristol, Vergennes and North
Ferrisburg. Some are doing excellent
work.
Ray Fisher, pitcher N. Y. Americans,
is to speak in Starksboro February l6
and Lincoln February 20 on Baseball. "
Many good results are beginning to
show from the institutes held by Com
missioner Brigham of st. Adams at
Shoreham and Starksboro.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-13

and community prejudice. 1t is the en-
deavor of these little places to maintain
their self respect. 1t is evidence of their
vitality and ambition, and is in harmony
with all that is worthy and hopeful in
their situation. Doubtless many second
airy schools in Vermont have been too
ambitious, but to tell three quarters of
them that they can never have any am.
bition to be first class schools is a very
different matter.
Here is report of experts, doubtless
as able as the country affords and Just
as surely honest and we'll intentioned,
who make thoroughgoing recommend
alton of educational revolution to a most
conservative and at the same time, as
shown in the long run, most shrewd
and discerning commonwealth. The
Vermonter believes in his schools and
believes in progressive school measures,
but he is an opportunist rather than a
radical in his method. He can be trusted
to work out something which will be
wiser and more practical than the ex-
pert's plan and specifications, but he
must have time. He will undoubtedly
learn good deal from the expert, but
the probabilities are that he will cast a
good deal aside, and that posterity will
approve his judgment. Boston Tran
script.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-13
Boys Acknowle edge Crime.

st. Adams, Feb. IA. Elmer Rushlow
and William Dennie, arrested Tuesday
morning by Officer Robert Walker, after
severe questioning last night at Jail,
confessed that they murdered Chin
Chin, the Chinaman found dead on Fri
day morning lying in pool of blood in
the rear of his store.
The arrest was made at the home of
the Rushlow boys parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jerry Rushlow of Federal street
The boys, who are twenty-one years
old, say they planned the deed at the
city dump. On the way to the store they
picked up coupling pin and both went
in the store on the pretence of purchas-
ing fur coat.
While Chin went to get the coat
they struck him on the head. Chin fell
to the floor and.never moved. sSss =
They turned out the lights and took
the watches and hid them under scrap
iron racks near the Central Vermont
round house. Later they buried them
fifteen or twenty feet from the racks.
The police are looking for the watches
this morning. A glove was found in the
store and following this clue the arrests
resulted.nnThe glove is said to belong to
the.Dennis boy.
Both yourg men. took their arrest
cody. Rushlow was very nervous
when questioned. The boys remained
in town since the murder and were
among the crowd that visited the scene
of the crime Friday morning.
Two representatives of the Robert
Burns detective bureau have been work
ing on the case.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-13
VERMONT SCHOOLS EX-
PERTED."

Further sections of the Carnegie Foun-
dation' report on Education in Yer
mont have just been published. Briefly
speaking the foundation recommends
the adoption of almost brand new sys-
TEN of supervision and administration.
A total disregard of personality-a COM
mon failing with the EXPERTS charac-
terlstic of this new report. No atten-
ton is paid to public sentiment or deem
rooted popular convictions and loyalties.
For example, the present system of
district superintendent is condemned.
and new plan, by which the actual
supervision of rural schools will be done
by women, is advised.
The Carnegie experts recommend that
three-fourths of the high schools be
turnedinto Junior" high schools Cover
ing the seventh to tenth grades, inclu-
sive), and that only sixteen or eighteen
complete secondary schools be main
tanned. Each of these regional high
schools would be intended to serve a
wide area. But Vermonters are not
templates on drawing, to be moved
where an educational artist thinks they
ought to be placed. There must also be
a reckoning with local sentiment and
pride, which is strong in Vermont com
munities and perhaps growing stronger.
Hyde Park wants high school of the
same class and its neighbor, Morrisville,
and so does Johnson and so does Stowe.
These towns will not readily consent to
Junior" schools, while Morrisville is
given the privilege of having something
better. This is not mere narrowness
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-13
CONFUSION OVER INCOME TAX
REQUIREMENTS.

The taxpayers have some rights in
the matter; certainly the right to dis
tinct and ineligible instruction from
the treasury department as to exactly
what they must do in order to turn over
to Uncle Sam their honest share cf their
money for 1913
AS the time approaches for the filing
of individual returns there exists in
the minds of the public with regard to
the proper manner of proceeding confu-
sion which we believe has no parallel in
the whole history of taxation. The con-
fusion is due to the fact that the manner
of proceeding depends upon three fac
tors, namely
l. The law itself, law with few
equals for the clumsiness and obscure
ty of its phraseology; chock full of
conflicting or apparently conflicting
provisions, lacunae of information vital
to its purpose and impossible require
ments.
2. Instructions and regulations and
blank forms issued by the treasury de-
partment for the bureau of internal
revenue; instructions which are wholly
inadequate up to the present time, and
which, as the Sun has shown, in some
particulars depart from the law or add
to the laws provisions.
3. The unavowed intentions of the
revenue officials with regard to the
practical operations of tax collecting.
These unavowed intentions leave large
margin for uncertainty on the part of
the taxpayer who is seeking the way to
do the thing correctly.
We m ght multiply illustrations under
each of the foregoing heads, but it
would do no good. The fault is not
with the individual taxpayer; he is try
ing to find the right way. The officials
of the government are not primarily to
blame. From the girl who hands out
blanks at the district collectors office
up to Deputy Commissi, ner Speer at
Washington they are struggling even
'NANN SHoi NhC BCiCidl puDlIC W
stand the maze, to reconcile the ire
concilable and to perform the impos-
sible. The fault is in the law itself,
which no human being really and fully
understands. We have talked with
jurisconsults who professed to be able
to make what is as dense as asphaltum
seem as clear as Tahoe water. The
simple truth is that the clarified YER
sions of no two lawyers come out the
same.
The whole trouble goes back to the
monumental ineptitude of Cordell Hull,
who drew the bill, and to the easy
going faith of Cordell Hul's fellow
Legislators in that gentleman's powers
of expression.
The income tax law must be revised.
AS we have said, the honest taxpayer
has rights entitled to respect by the
federal government. New York Sun.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-13
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY -, 1914.
A SIGNIFICANT MOVE.

The arrangement of the Vermont
publicity department with the maple
sugar makers association by which the
sugar product of high grade will be
advertised at State expense throughout
the country is of tremendous signifi-
canoe for Vermont 1t really means
standardization; that is sugar of GER
tain high quality will be vouched for by
the State as genuine Vermont sugar.
1t means also that people the country
over who desire the undoubted article
will have a sure means of getting it,
There is fortune for Vermont farm
ers in capitalizing the Vermont name
and goodwill and attaching them to
superfine products. This can be done
with butter and cheese as time goes on,
and with poultry, and honey, and many
other things which people like to get
with SAVIOR of the country about them.
Fancy packing and the parcels post will
help in this. The Free Press was first
In Vermont to suggest the possibilities
of standardized products and state CO.
operation. But the Free Press knew at
that time that Guy w. Bailey was of
the same opinion and was confident then
that he would manage to give the idea
practical and effective application. -
Burlington Free Press.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-13
A Winter Cough

A stubborn, annoying, depressing
cough hangs, racks the body, weakens
the lungs, and often leads TO serious
results. The first dose of DR.. Kings
New Discovery gives relief. Henry ID.
Sanders, of Cavendish, Vt, was threat.
ened with consum .,tion, after having
pneumonia. He writes; "Dr. Kings
New Discovery ought to be in every
family; it is certainly the best of all
medicines for coughs. colds or lung
trouble" Good for children's coughs.
Money back if not satisfied. Price SOC.
and 81 90. At all druggists.
ii. K. Bucklen & Co. Philadelphia or st.
Louis.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-13
Feel Miserable?

Out of sorts, depressed, pain in the
back-Electric Bitters renews your
health and strength. a guaranteed
Liver and Kidney remedy. Money back
if not satisfied. 1t completely cured
Robert Madsen, of West Burlington, la,
who suffered from virulent liver trouble
for eight months. After four doctors
gave him up he took Electric Bitters and
is now well man. Get bottle today;
1t will do the same for you. Keep in the
house for all liver and kidney COM
plants. Perfectly safe and dependable.
Its results will surprise you. SOC and
$l.00.
Ii. e. Bucklen & Co., Philadelphia or St.
Louis.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-13
TRUTH TRIUMPHS
Middlebury Citizens Testify for the
Public Benefit.

A truthful statement of a Mddlebury
citizen, given in his own words, should
convince the most skeptical about the
merits Of Doan's Kidney Pills. If you
suffer from backache, nervousness, sleep
lessness, urinary disorders or any form
of kidney ills, use a tested kidney med.
icine.
a Middlebury citizen tells of Doan's
Kidney Pills.
Could you demand more convincing
proof of merit?
Mrs. William Duncan, Seymour St,
Middlebury, VT, says: 81 certainly
think highly of DOan's Kidney Pills and
confirm all | have ever said about them.
have had no kidney trouble since this
remedy rid me of it nearly three years
ago. My kidneys were i'm bad shape and
my back ached constantly. | also had
dull pains in my head and was subject
to dizzy spells. In the morning when |
first got up, was so tired that | could
hardly drag myself about. Doans Kid
ney Pills removed the trouble and after
taking them, enjoyed much better
health"
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York,
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name - Doan's and
take no other. adv.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-13
OUR FORESTS.

Samuel Wesley Long, an eastern
scientist, declares that unless we take
radical action on the subject of our
forests the United States will become a
barren desert within so years. The
eminent peril, says MIR. Long trans
cends in Importance all other public
questions. But scarcely a handful of
the people are aware of the danger that
threatens their food supply. Here and
there like "a voice crying in the wilder
ness, is warning being given against
the conditions which, as a thief in the
night, is robbing millions of acres of
productivity and will eventually leave
them barren and sterile. To maintain
the balance between too much water
during one part of the year and too
little water during the other, it is es-
timated that from one-ffth to one.
third of the United States should be
covered by forests. but statistics show
that the proportion of wooded land is
dangerously below this requirement
The ship-shod tillage of the soil has
done its pant to bring about menacing
conditions. Simply the top soil to the
depth of the average pillow cut-six to
eight inches-has been worked for gen
erations, thereby forming a plowsoil
which not only prevents rain and snow
sinking into the earth, but also impedes
the flow of ground water upward by
Observation-Disclosures News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-13
Cars Off at Fowler.

A defect in the mechanism of car
in train No. 81, a through freight to
Alburg. leaving Rutland at midnight
Friday, caused the car to break down
as the train travelled northward, and
five cars were derailed. While the
derailment was troublesome one no
great damage was done, and no one
was hurt
ThSNew York and Boston sleepers,
due out of Rutland for the north before
3 O'Clock, did not leave until O'Clock
Saturday morning on account of the
tie-up.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-13
Within the Law.

A real negro nanny of the old type
came up the walk through the old fash
Toned garden to the side porch. She
had a basket of fresh aigs' on her
arm and was offering them for sale.
Are you sure they are perfectly
fresh, auntie?" asked the lady who
came out of the house.
"Nes'um, they sho is all right, Miss
Bess. Amt nary disorderly aig amongst
'em. New York Post.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-13
sELF-sUPPoRT OF THE BLIND.

CA@A|A ~ - UNI VI he DLlND.
Portland, Me-, Jan. l8. The annual
meeting of the Maine Institution for the
Blind was held recently. Hon. Charles
II. Randall, the president, in his open
ing address spoke of the attempt, now
beyond the experimental stage, to make
the blind of the State self supporting.
The present building was erected four
years ago. At times there have been
AZ blind in the institution, now there are
80. The inmates are taught broom
making, chair Gaming, upholstering,
sewing, weaving and basketry.
The president pointed out the need of
a dormitory, but he said he regarded
the appropriation of SIS, 600 made by the
last Legislature as very liberal.
Willard w. Baldwin, the superintend-
ent, said he believed after receiving
their industrial education the blind
should be encouraged to engage in bust
ness for themselves and the institution
ought to be in position to supply them
with the necessary machinery and tools,
and fund for that purpose had been
started by the Houlton Grange. He
ended by saying there is still lack of
cooperation on the part of the friends
of the institution, and while Maine is
doing something for the blind other
States are doing more.
Hon. Morrill, N. Drew, the treasurer,
said in his report that the receipts were
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-13
Churc h IN ote 8.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
Rev. A. A. Lancaster, Pastor

Morning Worship :45. Sermon by
the pastor. Subject: Working and
Waiting" Bible school at noon. Glasses
for all. Christian Endeavor at As p. m.
in the vestry. Topic "Why Everyone
Should Sign Temperance Pledge.
Evening worship at 730 o'clock. AID
dress by the pastor, Bearing Prosperity.
Sunday, February %, will be Fathers
Day. All fathers, grandfathers, and
great grandfathers are cordially invited
TO attend the morning service and the
session of the Bible school. Special
music by male chorus. Songs men like
to sing. An address of interest to men.
Mark the date February %
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-13

Fair Haven, Feb. 10. AT a meeting
of the officers of the Western Vermont
Agricultural society held last evening
the dates of the Fair Haven fair were
changed from September /, 2, 3, and 4
to August 25. 26, 81 and 28 to accommo-
date the Middlebury fair management.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-13

The pinhead puts a barbed wire
fence around himself because he in
stinctively knows he's fourtiusher
and is afraid you'll find it out if you
get too Ose.-lndianapolis Star.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-13

S26, 1853 and the disbursements $25, 5O4
during the year. The total cost of the
plant was SAG, 745.
The old board of directors was re-
elected and the institution will remain
under the same management.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-13
MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH.

Rev. Richard B. Esten. D. D.. Pastor.
Morning worship at 1045. Preaching
by the pastor. Subject. Waiting
at the Pool" Sunday school at 12 NJ.
Christian Endeavor at 6 As. Evening
worship at 7.30. Preaching by the pastor,
Subject, Wrong Headedness". All well
come,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-13
ST. STEPHENS CHURCH.
Rev. John Evans Bold. Rector.

Rectory No. 119 Main street,
730 Holy Communion. end, 4th and
5th.)
10:45, Morning Prayer-Holy Com
munion. list and 3rd
1918, Sunday School,
1880, Evening Prayer.
Friday 1880 p. m. Evening prayer
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-13

Harsh physics react, weaken the
bowels, will lead to chronic constipation
Doan's Regulets operate easily. CSC a
box at all stor,s. adv.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-13
M1DDkEBURY REGISTER
Terms Strictly in Advance.

Terms Strictly in Advance.
ONE YEAR IN VERMONT ---- 81 90
SIX MONTHS IN VERMONT so
THREE MONTHS IN vEMoNT $500 40
ONE YEAR Outside of Vermont, - $1.25
ONE YEAR Outside of U. S.. 1.5O
The Register will be found on file at
the Congressional Library reading room,
Washington, d. G.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-13

Adversely horrows its sharpest sting
nOm our mpatience.-IIorne.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-13
The Main Paint.

drummer see that woman was
killed in the crush at Il bargain counter
yesterday. Mrs. Crummer-Dear me;
what bargains were for sale:-Puck.