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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-30

UNION MAN SLUGGED
An organizer for the chauffeurs'
union, Ira Sternberg, was found by
police last night near Madison and
LaSalle SITS. UNCONSCIOUS and bleed
ing from wounds on the head. Stern
berg used to work for the Shaw Taxi
cab Co. and was active for unionism.
He runs a stand now for an indie
pendent concern at Madison and La
Sale and gets customers that would
go to the Shaw Co. if he we're not
there.
He names three men, John Conrad,
Garvey and Lisky, as the men who
called him from his machine and
slugged him. Police say the Shaw
Co. refused to give information about
these three men. In two weeks now
there have been three sluggings Of
chaufeurs for independent concerns.
1- .H -O-O
KING CASE SET FOR OCT. 10
The suit Of Mrs. Caroline M. King,
"A, of Minneapolis against Carleton
P. Hudson, 50 E. Elm St, charging
Hudson with plotting that gave him
access to and control Of her fortune,
has been set for Oct. 13.
The suit was fled in 1912, but the
bin has been amended and the case
reset several times.
HudsOn's adviser says that the
case win be ended at this hearing to
the advantage of the Chicago man.
Dispositions have been taken from
their witnesses and persons named in
their bill" he said. These deposit
tons we hold, ,discredit their story. j"
UP GO THE R. r. FARES
Washington, Sept. 30.-Immediate
revenue increases were in sight to-
day for eastern railroads. Beginning
tomorrow all railroads east of Pitts
blIFgh and north Of tho pOfODooo
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-30
CHICAGO oRAIN.-Wheat declin-
ed, Corn and oats followed wheat.
Provisions steady.
ToDAY's HEALTHooRAM

IODAH'S HEAL IHOGRhA
In case of ptomaine poisoning the
treatment is brisk purging with
two tablespoons Of castor oil OF Up
som salts. If there is great nause
it may be impossih 10 keep Tie
above remedies d0q in 81
calomel every hour for fys w
meet with better success The la
dose Of calomeI should be followed
in an hour by SeidHtz powder 81 a
tablespoonful of Rochelle salts
No food should be given until I'D
Vised by the physician.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-26
WHERE 1T GETS IT'S DOCTORS
uFrom the Randolph IIeraIdl


II Vermont should go out of all lines in
which she does not already equal or sur
pass sister States. as the Carnegie foun-
dalton proposes to do with respect To
our colleges, our activities would be
most acutely abridged, Nor Is it true that
YOU can measure the value of such
thing as a college by an experts yard
stick Too many considerations enter,
For instance, let us grant that the medical
college of the L. V. NJ. is not ON par
with some of the best in the country,
though it admittedly stands above the
average; does II follow that it should
therefore be abolished? over two-thirds
of the medical practitioners in Vermont
are graduates of Burlington, They serve
the State well. How many of them, If
compelled to go outside the State al heavy
expense for their education, would have
gone? And how many Of those who might
have gone would have returned to the
little communities that now command
their services? In other words. what are
the small centers going TO do for phys-
clans when required to support Harvard
on Bellevue or Johns Hopkins men? Is
that the right way To go about building
up rural Vermont
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-26
ONE ON THE JOK Err.

Congressman Frank Park of Georgia
smiled the other night when one of the
party remarked that the man who
couldn't take a Joke should never try to
give one. He said he was reminded of
the office wit.
one day a new boy came to work in
the office, and the wit whose name
was Blnks, Immediately got on the job.
See here. Willie" said he, addressing
the new boy and handing him a quarter,
Just run over to Black & Whites and
tell them to give you five cents worth
OF pigeon milk Bring me the change"
With a calm face the boy left the office,
and right geefuly the staff chuckled.
A half an hour later he returned with
n basket in his hand and approached
Blinks, who was engaged with the boss
Here" said the youngster, handing q
live pigeon TO the abashed Blinks, milk
the bird yerself There amt no change"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-26
Our SPRING HARVEST.

In the old countries of Europe, whore
.pegjcYgof living has been developed into
a. finear no custom is finer than that Of
holding harvest festivals. Whenever the
time comes for the gathering of some
product of orchard or field, there Is a
great getting together and mcrry-making
We have something of this in old New
England. It Is distinctly worth while,
since it makes life a little more full
Of color and appreciation. Having is only
half of riches the other half is apprecia-
tion. Most harvestines come in the au-
tumn. But with us the most toothsome
harvest of all comes In the spring.
There IS a joy about our sugnr harvest
which, comes with the breaking away of
AL nature from the bondage Of winter.
Rivulets are stirring and rurgling on
every side and the smell Of the sod is
in the air The crows are cawinG for
spring and the feeling Is abroad that flow
ers and song birds are on their way
Something. inherited from pre-human.
alternating, lives, leaps up in the blood
Of every man and gives him the sense Of
new awakening. And part of this
quickening IS the rising of the sap in the
trees. with the farmer it Is time of Wig
orous, quick work. for the run must be
caught while 1t lasts. But everybody
seems to be jolly at eugar-making and
we never knew visitors to go unwelcomed
No Vermont child ought to grow up
without at least one experience of Yer
&C. he organized more frequently and ar
Tangements ought to oe made for our
school children to enjoy the fun. There
is much for A town-bred child to expert
cnce. There ls the qulclt-step music II
the sap dripping into the pals. There are
the sights and sounds of the woods
where chickadees play hide-and-seek
among thc branches. and squirrels scod
from lofty hiding-places, On the more old
fashioned farms it is n sight worth see
Ing to behold the stolid oxen swinging
fledge on which are piled the larger re-
ccptacles for the sap. On very progress
sive farms the orchard may be piped so
that the sap runs down hill to the evap-
orator. .
Mod must be waded through at the
sugar season of the year. And the visit
40 thr rnanlc-orchard may have its n fteT.
effects upon the digestion But it is ire
mendously worth while. Just the smell OF
the slrgar-house is worth coming all The
way from the farthest corner Of tbs
continent to enjoy. And the flavor of the
new-made sugar is beyond comparison.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-26
HUMa MING THE PRESIDENCY.

A delightful, witty human, self-reveal-
ing speech, such as President Wilson de-
livered the other day before the National
Press club, brings him nearer to the
whole country. It Is something of a
paradox to say that such hunor and
humanness can come only from training
and art but it is true, nevertheless. Our
own beloved President Buckham used
simplicity, and in that lay his power
over the hearts of men of radically
different type.
President Wilson's predecessor in his
| high office who was most capable OF
| that kind of easy approach by words to
the hearts OF people. Was Abraham Lin
though brought up in a different school.
! Abraham Lincoln had the same power to
put his heart and feelings into words,
though to gain 1t in the great college of
which he was graduate required sur
passing fineness of nature.
| It is better for the country that it has
a president OF training sufficient to make
him simple. It is fine attainment in
one OF Woodrow Wilson's eminence that
enables him to stand before the people Of
the country In a perfectly natural and
easy way and Tip them the wink" as to
| his feelings in office, and poke fun at
some of the dignties which hedge him
round. When he tells the newspaper
men that he Is not what the writer's have
made him out to he, it implies a great
degree of daring and confidence In what
he really is and to tell the story ito
get it across" as the actors say, re-
qures not only frank and honest heart
but mastery of the art Of saying things.
To have a president capable OF self
revelation in this simple and humorous
fashion is a blessing to the country be-
1t let's us know that the high posts are
not filled by silk hats, or photographs
or those mechanical monstrosities de-
scribed by wrtors In the cheaper maya
zines rs human dynamoes" The aver
age politician knows Just enough to de-
sire to pos, as something inhuman and
remote. A great scholar and gentleman
feels of n essity the loneliness which
prolonged study and work force upon him
and when opportunity offers desires tc
come as close to the people as circum
stances will permit
The biggest, best-trained, most scholar
lly man is sure to be most genuinely
human and democratic \ Woodrow
Wilson can come down from the high
perch and tell us of his difficulties and
misglvings, where a little Andrew John
son will stand on his dignity even wher
it entails misun6 erstandinG and disaster
| 1t is IL mistake to fear learning, culture
and attainment, thinking them undemo
cratic. AS long as these things are gen
uine and not limitations they are more
essentially democratic than anything else
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-26
THE STORY TELLER,
JAB FOR PERCY.

Congressman John M Evans, of Me-
braska, tells this:
At n reception Percy met beautiful
girl from an adjacent burg by the name
OF Madaine Marie, and a few minutes
later he had her sitting beside a papier
mache palm eating ice cream and nib
bling on angel cake.
Thus the beautiful minutes flew by
like glad scenes in the moving pictures,
and eventually the young couple had to
break away.
II want to thank you for a lovely
evening, Miss Smith" said Percy in q
voice full of tenderness as he led the
dear one away from the papier mache
palm. you don't know how greatly I
have been benefited by your conversa-
ton
Really, Mr.. Jones'" responded NADIA
line Marie, as a pretty blush suffused
her countenance, you flatter me ex-
ceedngly."
IT am truly sincere in what [ am say
ing, Miss Smith" returned Percy. I'm
some way your intellect seems to appeal
to mine. Arc you a literary woman?"
''Oh, no, Mr.. Jones'" came the quick
reioinder Of Madaline Marie, 81 am a
teacher In the infant school" -Philadel-
phia Telegraph.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-26

serve our present purpose we'll and give
us the foundation for more expensive
wearing surface, IL the time should come
when we need 1t and can afford IT."
8 Percy Hooker formerly chairman Of
new 9orks highway department, writes
IN March issue OF GOOD Roads that
tiine was when it seemed to him some
what of travesty to put gravel roads
under the heading Improved and that
IL IL only short time since he began to
see That lin certain localities and GER
tain states gravel roads are Imperative"
where the mileage Of the state is large
ana tho assessed valuation SMALL he
that II Is wiser to build this type of
road than the more expensive ones and
says that, mo matter how rich the State.
" 1t has large mileage of roads, 1t Is
advantageous to use this type of CON
struction in many places" Then fol-
lows this significant paragraph:
Inc question of financing ROAD bulld-
Ing up to the present time has been
largely question Of borrowing money
enough upon long time obligations to
| complete the road, but we are rapidly
| approaching the point whore, from the
multitude Of obligations assumed, the
question will be how can these obliga-
lions be paid rather than how obtained.
We thus have from good authorities
| both financial and technical thorough
vindiration Of the policy pursued for
years by Vermont under the leadership
of Commissioner Gates as regards ma
| terial as we'll as financing, II the time
ever comes when the problem of road
building to Withstand autos is better
solved than at present, Vermont will be
in position to spend money on the
scale reached by other States, and tC
much better advantage, for we are moi
now running into debt for our improved
, roads.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-26
FREDERICK w. BANCROFT.
Alice Brown Writes Beautiful Appre-
citation of Late Singer.

An appreciation of the late Frederick
w. Bancroft, whose death occurred re-
Gently at Boston after "A short illness
with pneumonia, has been written by
Alice Brown, the well known author Miss
Brown used frequently to visit at Mont
pelier, Mr.. Bancrofts native place. Her
tribute Is as follows:
Frederick Wallace Bancroft. the much
loved ballad singer, has died, and his per-
sonal friends, who are myriad, are not
alone In mourning him A very large
public will fin1 in his passing, one clear
source of pleasure stopped. His life was
a quiet one, varied by music, books and
travel. He was born in Montpelier. VT,
sang in the Unitarian Church there, and In
concert over wide area; In 1890 went to
Florence to study with Vanmuccini and
on coming back took up residence in Bos-
ton and sang In DR.. DcNormandie's
church, and afterwards for eight years,
In the Church of the Disciples. But his
really beautiful and enduring work lay in
ballad singing. At a time when old bal
lads were neglected, save by the few, he
sang them with unedualled spirit and
pathos. searching out their history, and
| arranged Informal talks about them. For
a good many years he has been going over
the country singing them, and to scores
of audiences the Minstrel Boy. the Wear
| ing Of the Green. and the Jacobite songs
are his by a natural right of enthusiastic
rendering. Others will sing them nut
many Of us will never hear them again
without pang at the thought of tho
| things that are over with the passing of
Fired Bancroft " Yet his singing made
| only n mart of hts endowment Whom vot
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-26
MARCH 30, 1914.

To-day the resources Of Alaska
are still unknown, but tho people
think SO we'll Of Stewards Ice Box"
that their Congress has voted and
their Pfesident has signed a bill
for the Expenditure OF $4,000. 600
In the building Of 1000 miles of
railway in Alaska To-day Alaska.
buys some 100000. 900 worth OF
goods from the United States every
Year. and It sends about the same
amount Of merchandise to the
states In addition there has been
yearly production of nearly $780,
ooo'oo0 In gold from Alaska. The
population, as taken in tho last
census, Is over $4,000 whites and
$4,000 natives. over 1000 miles of
wire communication have been es-<
tablished, and somc 800 milez az
railway already built, as we'll AZ
over 5000 miles of highway ana
trails.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-26
THE ALARM CLOCK.

(Richmond Times D1spatch.)
Each night I bravely wind 1t up
Ana set it by my head,
Then say my Now I lay me down
And snugly go to bed
And in the watches of the night
l think of it with dread.
So grim and wakeful sitting there,
With minatory ticks,
To sound it's dreadful reveillc
At quarter after six
I wake up wondering what's the time
Ana strike a match to see,
1t looks me coldly in the face
And answers half past three.
hear the patter OF the hail
Against the window pane,
Then turn me in my downy couch
And seek for sleep again
I think about the bitter cold
And try to sleep in vain.
And, like a felon in his cell.
Condemned AMI all forlorn.
I feel 1t Is death watch set
To sound my doom at morn.
When. after tossings to and fro,
And tribulations long,
1 fall into fitful sleep,
1t sounds It's baneful gong.
| boil indignant out of bed
And choke the strilent pest,
While passions primitive and fierce
Possess my angry breast.
Oh. how I'd love to take club
And knock it galley-west
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-26
THE SELDOM-USED ELEMENTS.
From the Engineering and Mining Jour

From the Engineering and Mining Jour-
nal)
An investigation into the factors render
ing certain elements little used showed a
Surprising diversity of cause. Some are
unused, because of a true scarcity, such
as osmium, of which ii is believed there
are but a few hundred pounds in the
whole available crust of the earth. on
the other hand, silicon has but scarcely
any uses as an element, yet it composes
over p per cent. of the earth's crust, says
DR.. Charles Baskerville in the Engineer
ing and Mining Journal.
Others, as palladium, might be rare be-
cause of the selhshnes of controlling in
terests. This was a metal, concerning
which one company had refused to inves-
tigate the availability of certain sources.
for fear of breaking the market. Still
Others lack an appropriate extraction pro-
cess,
Aluminium and thorium were formerly
rare metals which have been removed
from that class. Aluminium has been re-
duced to ne-hundredth of its price of a
generation ago thorum to one two-hun-
dredths so that 3l5, 900 900 Welsbach man.
ties was made from 1t last year. Thorium
1
Improved refining processes.
! An instance on a use for rare gases was
| found in neon a detector for Herzian
waves. II huorcsces wonderfully that
| the nodes and loops of the waves can be
followed. Further hope for these rare
gases was found in their commercial use
| in electric bulbs. 1t might be found that
, in quantity under long exposure, these
gases would unite with the metals of the
| laments and a new series of compounds
be opened up.
| The eleCtrionic theory of valence has
been spoken OF and the possibility of
changing valence al will as Offering some
great possibilities For instance, pure
lead does not plate on iron, hut if molten
lead Is flowed back and forth while con-
Quoting n low-ampcrage, high voltage
current, II will plate on iron aftcrward.
This is only "A hint of what might be done.
Rare elements are not always rare, and
rarity bears no relationship to utility
| The field of phys chemistry is some
what exhausted, but radoactivty offers
the best terra incognito for chemical cS-
ploration.
reason why the whole thing should be
pulled up by the roots,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-26
THEN---and---NOW
MARCH 10, 1897.

Forty-seven years ago to-day the
United States purchased Russian
America, q tract as large as the
Atlantic States put together, for
$780, 900. The bargain was wide
ly ridlculed. The tract was called
Stewards Ice Box" after Secretary
of State Seward, who was largely
responsible for the purchase. Tho
United States gave 1t the name
Alaska corruption of the native
Al-ay-eska, meaning "a great coun-
try" The inhabitants numbered "A
few hundred whites and few
thousand natives. There were no
roads. Commerce was confined to
fishing and sealing. to the extent
of S2,OOo,O00 year. The people
laughed, but Secretary Seward dies
with the prediction that another
generation would say the purchase
of Alaska was the greatest ac-
complement of his administra-
ton
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-26
VERMONT DINNER IN NEW YoS,

ITIIVNI DIN TN IN NTyW lVVI
The annual reception and banquet on,
Vermont Society of New York was X,
at the ST. George Hotel. Broolslyn. \
THURSDAY evening. The dinner was ye\
successful, one. and while the attendant
was not unite equal 70 last vcar. the al
dresses vere Of very high order and thA
occasion was thorourhlv enioved nv all
present
The toastrastcr was RI. X. Twitchelll
th, new president of the society. Amona
the speekers were the Hon. Allen NJ.
Fletcher. tho subject OF whose toast was
"Tbe Vermont NJ To-day" He Nas fol-
lowed nv tho Hon Eranl, r. Greene
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-26

expenditure of the so-caled five per
cent. tax, the special appropriation Of
$3.50, 600 with which to meet special appro-
priatlons by the respective towns and
the maintenance fund" growing out of
the automobile tax which will exceed
slO0tOO this year Commissioner Gates
says: Il am confident that this policy
mont a system Of we'll kept earth and
gravel roads, costing two thousand to
three thousand dollars per mile to build
and from nifty to one hundred dollars a
mile annually TO maintain, which VIII
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-26

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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-26
FOR HUSBANDS DEATH 5000.

Mrs w O. Titus of Barton is said I'd
have received 5000 and coats from thd
Employers Liability company. which carl
ried the liability insurance Of tho
Passumpsic Telephone COMPANY and
from the Frontier Electric company in
settlement of her claim for the death OF
her husband, killed last summer at North
Troy by getting in contact with barhedi
wire fence charged through contact will
the wires OF the electric light and tele1
phone companies.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-26

Reference to the annual reports Of
State Highway Commissioner Charles W.
Gates shows, on the other hand, that as
long ago as 1906, he had this to say re-
gardlng the kind of roads to build In Yer
mont; Wherever the natural condi-
tons, of the soil are suitable to sustain
a good road at all seasons of the year
or can be made so by drainage, and good
gravel can be obtained. the gravel road
ia recommended az the type of improved
country road best adapted 10 the re-
qurements of our State"
In speaking of State aid through the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-26
HIGHER EDUCATION,

Can you give me job as Office boy?'
II might How are Won on spelling and
arithmetio2"
"Wo didn't pay much attention to those
studies at our school, But | can model
clay and do worsted work. "--l<ouisvlllo
Courier-Journal.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-26

The latest American battleship to he
launched. the oklahoma, is called a
"superdrea dnaught" being more ad-
Nanced md above" the former class re-
rarded as the highest. The Oklahoma
will have an armament OF ten fourteen
inch guns. while about the ship will be
distributed twenty-one five inch guns
and numerous smaller weapons. The
" Oklahoma could easily locate in Wills
raro hay on the New York shore of Lake
Champlain and batter Burlington to
Dicces.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-26
OUR HIGHWAY POLICIES NINDI-
GATED.

The States 1900 miles of macadam
roads. now being built, will be worn out
forty years before they are paid fol-"
Is the message, not Of Vermont's eXecu'
tive, but of Governor Glynn OF the En-
pjre State The authorities Of our neigh
5afis commonwealth are evidently COM
HI z itpt realize tina; It is one thing to build
so,called permanent crushed stone roads
under high pressure, but altogether an
pther thing to pay for them. New York
Is state OF magnificent distances"
AMI the slOO.O0O.0O0 in process OF being
BIent will provide only a few trunk lines
which have already begun TO disln-
tegrale even where only several years
In use.