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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-01-14
Give Railroad Square Deal.

The Boston and Maine Railroad is
receiving quite a bit of public sym
pathy in it's present financial diff
culties and this augurs well for a
sane reorganization of the business.
The spirit of the management towards
the business men of st. Johnsbury, in
arranging for an extra train between
Wells River and st. Johnsbury has
created a friendly spirit locally and
the knowledge that New England
must have good successful railroad
service in order to prosper creates a
live interest in the welfare of the
road generally.
Gov. Walsh of Massachusetts in his
inaugural speaks of the mismanage-
ment of the road as the cause of it's
troubles. 1t does look as though
there had been some serious mis-
management to change a road from
property paying seven per cent. di-
and stock selling at 100 to
defunct road whose stock finds few
purchasers at 40. But the mistake
has been made and the property is
gone and the thing to do now is to
aid in a reorganization that will re-
store the roads prosperity and pro-
tect the stockholders from predatory
1t is big problem but
not one too difficult for successful
if the public is sane in its
demands and intelligent in safeguard
ing the investors in the property.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-01-14
. The Telephone Hearing

The sudden closing of the investi-
cation of the telephone business IN
Vermont was something Of a surprise
People had generally expected the
state would have some evidence TO
nresent but it closed the hearings
without putting in a word of evil
dence to show the rates should be
decreased. The Montpelier journal
savs:-''That the state has not deem
ed il necessary to introduce witnesses,
expert or otherwise, seems to furnish
signal and conclusive proof that II
is fully satisfied to rest its case on
the evidence as it has been disclosed
by the telephone company them
selves" Allow us to suggest that 1t
is lust as conclusive proof that the
telephone companies have made
full and satisfactory presentation OF
the facts connected with the case.
The Journal also says:-Those
who claim the investigation has been
exceedingly costly should remember
that if it has entailed heavy expense
responsibility for that lies entirely
with the telephone companies" That
it has been exceedingly costly cannot
we'll be denied. We do not know
how costly, but it is quietly talked
that the expense of the state will ex-
coed $4,000. 1t can hardly be said,
however, that responsibility for this
expense rests entirely with the tele-
pone companies. Without any con-
vincing evidence that the rates of
the telephone companies should be
reduced the governors made to ord
err" public service commission order
ed a reduction and then compelled the
companies to show cause why it
should not be done. This they have
attempted to do and apparently they
have been thorough i'm their work.
Another item Of expense the tele-
phone companies cannot be held re-
sponsible for is the ignorance and
incompetence Of the commission and
the counsel for the state. For the
state to employ men who do not
know the difference between repairs
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-01-14
Practical Results of Tariff.

The government records of food
importation and exports for the
months of October and November
show very effectively the actual re-
suits of the new tariff law. In Octo-
Der there were imported into this
country 5,666,OO pounds of fresh
beef and in November O,S56, SIG
pounds valued at $9OO,296. There
was also imported in November no.
600 pounds of pork and $4,000
pounds of mutton. In live cattle
there were 123,118 head valued at
$3,306,723 imported in November,
1913 compared with 43,758 head
valued at $829,35S in November,
1912. The p-ice per head paid the
isfs iaalRers ih 1912 was $1S.95 and
in 1879 $23.61. This makes a nice
increase for the foreign producer
The total number of cattle imported
in October and November, under the
operations of the new tariff law, was
253,757 head, valued at $6,7O4,79O.
The value of cattle imports in Octo-
Der and November was greater than
that of all the earlier months of the
year, while the quantity of beef i'm
ported was also much in excess of
that of the earlier months Of the
year. The value of cattle imports
for the full calendar year will ap-
proXimate SIS, 100000.
These heavy increases in importa-
ton of cattle and beef cannot help
the price to the American producer
but in one year has increased the
price of foreign cattle $4.66 per head.
Notwithstanding this big increase in
the supply of foreign beef the price
to the American consumer has not
decreased a cent. This shows the
tariff does not determine the price
of goods in the American markets
but it does send millions of dollars
out of the country. Do you believe
the tariff has been revised in the
interest of the American consumer
or the foreign producer?
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-01-14
Installation of Officers.

An installation of officers of the
Council Champlain No. As, L'Union
St. Jean Baptiste d'Amerique, was
held last Wednesday evening. The
supreme secretary, Ellie Vezina, OF
Woonsocket, r. l., was present.
The officers are:-Rev. Z. G. Drouhin
director spiritue1; Rev i NJ. Aub1n,
president d'honneur; A. P. Grenier,
doyen; DR.. G. A. Provost, president
honorarie; F. G. Landry, president;
Ferdinand Nadeau, vice-president; A.
]. Lachance, secretary; Fedora De-
mers, assistant secretary; Achille
Dutil, treasurer; Alfred Lavigne,
precepteur; VIM. Racette and Achille
Couture, veri1icateur; Delphis Rous-
seau, and Albert Gaudette, ordon-
nateur, Barth Lamontagne, president
co1nite des amusement; George Car
rier, NJ des ceremonies.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-01-14

however, what claims are made for
Justice the fact remains that in Am
erica we have one form of justice
for the man with money and another
for the man without it. If Harry
Thaw had been a poor man who had
shot and killed another man who was
destroying his family. been sent to
an asylum and escaped he would have
been recaptured and returned to the
asylum in short order. But with
millions at his command the results
are entirely different.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-01-14

York City presented Keys of City"
to the white ribbon hosts. Presi-
dent Lewis r. Pounds of Brooklyn,
extolled the work of the w. G. T. u.
and wonderful progress for temper
ance in many nations. The increase in
membership since the last triennial
convention is 46,036, Optimistic mes
sages from Mrs. G. G. Miles of Scot
land, Miss Agnes Z. Slack of England
and Baroness De Laveleye of Belgium
were read. A most interesting meet
ing closed with the benediction
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-01-14

Horace w. Bailey was one of Yer
mont's great men, great in his loyalty
to the state, great in his friendship,
great in his dislikes, great in his
honesty, great in his cordiality, great
in his hospitality, great in his suffer
ing and greatest in the courage and
patience with which he met his mis-
fortunes. His death removes one
whose place cannot be taken in the
history of the little state he loved so
we'll.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-01-14

Lest the governOrship question
goes to sleep let us submit the follow
ing questions you know of a
man who stands better in the state of
Vermont today than Guy W. Bailey?
A man who has served the state more
faithfully in the positions he has
held? A man who would make a
stronger appeal to the average voter?
If you do name him. If you do not
why shouldn't we draft him as the
next republican candidate for the
governorship?
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-01-14
Joint Installation G.. A. r. and w.
r. q


r. G..
There was a ioinI meeting of the
ChamberIin Post and Corps, Jan. t.
A chicken pie dinner was served to
tho post, corps and guests, after which
Past Post Commander j. T. Gleason
of Lyndonville intalled the orncers or
the post and Mrs. III. B. Goodwin of
Wells River those of the corps. The
officers of the post were: commander.
George w. Hooker; sen. vice COM
mander, Charles A. Heyer; jun. vice
commander, Charles H. Ranney, ad-
Jutant, Charles Ross; surgeon, Henry
G. Newell, NJ. D.; champlain, Carlton
Felch; officer of the day, Math
Robinson; officer of the ward, Alvin
w. Adams. The officers installed
for the corps were: president, Sarah
F. Hovey; sen. vice president, Mrs.
Nellie M. Smythe; jun. vice president,
Sarah Potter; treasurer, Henrietta
GOrham; conductor, Mabel Ellis;
champlain, Nancy Hooker; guard,
Cora Hamilton; Sec, Inez M. Adams;
patriotic instructor, Mary Under
wood; press correspondent, Nora
Cook; musician, Grace Butterield;
assistant conductor, Elsie Harvey;
assistant guard, Mary WEIGH; color
bearers, Sibyl Young, Abbie McCarty,
Addie Page, and Mary Brooks.
Music was furnished by Miss EIgie
Taft which was a very pleasant fea-
ture. The installation was followed
by a camp fire. Remarks were made
by Mr.. Gregory, Rev. K. F. Lowe,
John Mcdonald, J. T. Gleason of
Lyndonville, and others.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-01-14

1t looks as though Harry Thaw will
be admitted to bail and allowed his
and that in the name of
justice. 1t will make no difference,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-01-14
DISMISSAL of Garbage,

Announcement is given in this is
sue of the discontfnuance of the free
collection of garbage by the Sanitary
Disposal Co. It costs the company
about 81 900 a year to collect the
gar bage and it has to maintain an
equipment worth $4,000 to carry on
the work. The garbage does not
pay these expenses. The company
will continue to collect garbage if
there are enough people who will
pay Is cents a month for the service
to warrant it.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-01-14

Local notices, wants, for SALE etc.
cents per word hrst insertion Lesal
notices 10 cents line, three ihser-
lions Probate notices SS.OO eacn lot
three insertions. Dissolution llpefa-
ton and similar notices $1.0O eacn l99I
three insertions. Card OF thanks,
cents. Obituary poetry, 10 Genus
line.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-01-14

The 25 cent piece was made
famous by the American Liver
Tablets. the perfect laxative.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-01-14

SNEFFELS, COL. A. J. Walsh
was badly done up with rheumatism
and sent for Foley Kidney Pills
which was the only thing that would
cure him. Geo. Potter of Pontiac,
Mo, was down on his back with kid
ney and bladder trouble and Foley
Kidney Pills made him well and able
to work. 1t is a splendid medicine
and always helps. Just try it. G.
G. Bingham. adv.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-01-14

Are you storing, as junk, some
thing that would be very useful to
someone? See what sort of a For
Sale" ad. you can write!
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-01-14

This paper is entitled to place on
she Printers Ink Roll of Honor.
THE CALIFORNIAN co.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-01-14

were married Jan. Sth. Both are
residents of this place. They are
TO keep house in Mr.. Fisk's upper
tenement.
Mrs. f.. III. Rogers of Barre was
recent visitor at Guy Allbee's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Battles we're i'm Hard
wick to attend the X. p. meeting
last Friday evening.
Mr.. Clifford is to open the meat
market in Odd Fellows block this
week.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-01-14

Entered at the st. Johnsbury post
ONCE A. second-cla mail matter.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-01-14

TERMS OF THE CALIFORNIAN
One year TO any ADDRESS, SA.9g
SIX months, '49
Thee months ~
Clergymen in Caledonia county SI'VV
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-01-14

The Is cent piece was made ia
Gus by the American Liver Tablets
the perfect laxative.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-01-14
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-04
POST OFFICE
NOW At WILSON
NAME OF THE OFFICE is DIFFER
EMIT FOM THE NAME OF THE
TOWN.

New Wilson is the name Of the post
office located 20 miles west of Ard.
more on the Ringling-Hamon road.
Lawrence Dunlap, brother to Efret
Dunlap. of this city, was named as
the first postmaster Of the new town
some weeks ago. He has been ready
since that time to begin work, but
he had no way of getting mail into
his office and no way of getting mail
out and no progress was made until
today the Ardmoreite had instructions
that IL could send mail matter direct
to the new town. Heretofore the post
office has been at Hewitt, located a
mile away and the citizens of Wilson
have had to hire some one to carry
their mail to them.
The name of New Wilson does not
attract like the plain old name VII
son. Twenty years from now New
Wilson will not sound good, but for
some reason the post office depart
ment at Washington put the prefix to
the name, and Charley Wilson who
is now in Sarasota, Fla. and for whom
the town was named, ought to get
busy with the department and have
the name changed back to just plain
| Wilson.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-04
STILL 4 RESIDENT
Of ARDMORE
SENATOR c. D. kENDRick PRESl.
DENT PRO TEN OF SENATE SO
TESTIFIES.

Oklahoma City, March 3.-Testify-
ing on behalf of Ned Mcdaniel in his
mandamus suit againt Ben w. Riley
TO obtain possession of the books and
records of the secretary of the state
election board, Senator c. B. Kendrick
president pro tenn of the senate VINO
signed McDaniel's commission as Sec
retary of the senate, stated on the
witness stand Tuesday afternoon that
he was still a resident of Ardmore'
and had not removed to Tulsa, Okla
homa City or any other place. The
point had been raised that Kendrick
was no longer a legal member of the
senate on account of having moved
ont of his district and that his action
was therefore illegal and his testi'
mony was intended to refute that con
tention.
The other testimony introduced was
all practically the same as on the
former hearing of the case.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-04
American is Prisoner.

Juarez, Mexico, March 3.-H. W.
Dent, an American. has been a
prisoner at Torreon for two months
according to Americans who arriv-
ed here from the south Tuesday
Federds charge Dent, former su-
perintendent of construction OF the
Torreon division Of the Mexican
National railway, with being a rebel
spy. Consul Hamm is said to be
trying to obtain his release. The
American had been buying hides
and came to Torreon from Durango
which is held by rebels. To this
fact he owes his arrest. He carried
a large sum of money, which, Z is
said, was confiscated by his captors
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-04
COURT DECISION
SUSTA|NS CRUCE
SUPREME COURT HOLDS THAT
THE 1912 TEXTBOOK AOoPI
IONS ARE VOID.

Oklahoma City, March 9.-Gov-
ernor Cruce was sustained Tuesday
by decision Of the supreme court
in his efforts to prevent the 19lz
textbook adoption from becoming
effective and the school patrons OF
the state are saved between $5OO,ooo
and 100000.
In an opinion written by Justice
John B. Turner and concurred In
by Justices Loofbourrow and Kane
and with Chief Justice Hayes con-
curing in the conclusions, the court
reversed the judgment Of Judge j.
j. Carney of the Oklahoma county
court in the case of the state board
of education against w. H. Wheeler
and company and other book COM
panies.
The court held that the act OF the
governor in refusing to sign the
Wheeler contract of 1912 and the
bond attached thereto, and the ac-
ton of the board in proceeding tI
advertise for other bids, nullified
the bond offered; also, that the
subsequent act of Lieutenant GOV
ernor J. J. McAlester, while acting
as governor during ia temporary
absence of Governor Cruce from
the state, in approving the Wheel
er bond, is nullity and does no
constitute the performance of
condition precedent to the right o
the board to approve the contract
The action was brought befor'
the supreme court by the stat
board of education, on appeal ron
judsment of Judge Carney's cour
directing the board to convene ol
January IA, 1914, ana immediatel,
thereafter approve the book con
tracts entered into by the old boar
in 1912. The contracts mentione
are those which Governor Cruce re
fused to sign. He refused to ap
prove the bonds attached to sue
contracts. Judge Carney issued
peremptory writ Of mandamus fror
which the board appealed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-04
COAL OPERATORS TO BE HEARD
To Appear Before Commissioner sells
Reoardinq Surface Lands

Washington, Mar. 9.-W. E. Beatty
snd others, representing the coal op-
orators at McAlester, will have hear
ing before Commissioner Sells on Fri
Gay night to present their views con-
cerning the purchase Of certain area
of the surface of the lands covered
by their leases. 1t is understood tha'
the operators do not want to purchase
any portion of the surface Of the land'
but desire to relinquish the part not
needed for their operations, provided
such REIMBURSEMENT carries undisturD-
ed possession of the portion reserved
This hearing will somewhat delay
T. regulations which Commissioner
~, had practically completed,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-04
coNvlcTs TO ERECT BUILDING
200 Transferred from hcAlester &c
Granite for Work There.

Oklahoma City, March 3.-An or
der was made by the board Of iris
on control for the transfer of 200
convicts from McAlester to the state
reformatory at Granite, ana tney
will be put to work on four new
buildings the state Is erecting for
the latter institution. The present
Granite population is $50. The
main building for Granite will be
the administration and cell house
S65x7O feet and four stories. In a
prison way, it will accommodate
about 400. Other buildings are a
power plant laundry and bath house
and kitchen and dining room.
The state is building two OF the
structures with convict labor and is
furnishing labor for the rough work
on the others. When finished, the
cost will be about 100000. War
den Reed has installed a quarry
equipment for getting out granite
1t is proposed to use the plant IN
furnishing stone for the state cap
itol building.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-04
a Woman-NeeHe-Tooth

Spokane, Wash, March S.-After
seven years of wandering through
flesh and blood, the broken point OF
needle that Mrs. Mary Stevens
of Spokane ran into her hand
emerged this week from under a
wisdom tooth in the back Of ner
mouth. The little silver Of metal,
about three -eighths of an inch long
was black as a coal, but still re-
tained the point. Mrs. Stevens said
when it was removed.
While working with sewing ma
chine in 1907, Mrs. Stevens was
unfortunate enough To drive its
needle deep into the base OF her
thumb, where it broke off. A ply
sician called at the time took out
what he thought was all of the
sseel implement, but the wound
proved troublesome TO Mrs. Stew
ems several weeks after. She In
tended to have the X-ray applied
hut the doctor did not think it was
necessary. and finally the needle
point that she had felt in her hand
disappeared.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-04
EUGENE Y. DEbS
WAS HERE TODAY
IDOL OF THE SOCIALIST PARTY
ON MONTHS TOUR OF THE
SOUTHERN STATES.

Eugene V. Debs, the idol of the SO.
cialist party, and his brother, Theo-
dore Debs, were here last night from
Terre Haute, Ind, and left today for
Oklahoma City. They will be in the
capital a few hours on business and
will go from there to Chickasha where
Mr.. Debs will lecture Thursday night.
The perpetual candidate for president
on the socialist ticket, is making a
tour of the southern states. He VIII
be absent from home a month, and
during that time will travel over a
wide area of country. Four stops are
on the program for Oklahoma Three
of these dates have already been hll-
ed, and the last lecture in the state
will be tomorrow night at Chickasha.
He spoke at McAlester, Tulsa and
Madill. Large crowds greet him ey'
erywhere, and at Madill there was nc
auditorium to hold the people and
he spoke in the open. His voice was
rather bad when he arrived here last
night. From Chickasha the lecturer
will 60 to Texas for tour of that
state.
Mr.. Debs said last night he had
been in Ardmore several times and
upon each occasion he had trouble In
obtaining hotel accommodations. he
drew the conclusion that Ardmore
must be one of the best towns in the
state and he said he heard from all
sources that the oil fields here would
proye to be among the biggest in the
southwest.
NIr. Debs occupies about the same
position with reference to the social
list party that Bryan does Ito the
democratic party. He said last night
that he gave Bryan credit for having
done a great work in arousing the
public conscience. The campaign oi
| 1896 was especially useful campaign
to the people. He regards now thai
Bryan has done all that he can do
Eugene Debs is held in very higt
regard in his home town and is one
of the big men of the country despite
all the bitterness that is expressed
against the principles of the party ht
represents.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-04
NO MEETING OF
CITY COUNCIL
QUORUM NOT PRESENT AND
CALLED MEETING WILL BE
HELD THIS WEEK.

On account of the absence OF
Commissioners Slaughter and Bridg-
man, who we're unavoidably absent
from the council meeting last night
the board of city commissioners
were compelled to defer the regu-
lar meeting of the board until some
future date this week. Several mat
ters of Importance were to have
been taken up at last nights meet
ing, that win have to go over until
the next regular meeting next Tues-
day night.
Mayor Roberts is having a COM
parative statement of expenses for
running the affairs Of the city for
the past three years, and so far
he states that the figures show
the present administration to be far
more economical than any OF the
predecessors. These figures will be
given to the public as soon as they
are compiled.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-04
SAYS Huerta Will Retire.

New York, Mar. 4.-Sir Lionel Car
den, British minister to Mexico, sailed
for London today, where he will re-
port to Sir Edward Grey on conditions
in Mexico. Later he will return to
Mexico City, Before sailing he COM
mended the administrations attitude
towards Mexico, and said that inter-
vention would be dreadfully serious
move. He said he believed that Huer-
ia would retire when there was some
semblance of peace being restored.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-04
McMurray Claims Oenlec.

Washington, March Claims ag-
gregating 100000, held by ]. F.
McMurray of McAlester against the
Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians or
Oklahoma, were denied Tuesday ny
a commission headed by Cato Sells,
commissioner of Indian affairs. Nc
Murray alleged the amount was due
him for representing the Indians
before congressional committees
and Indian department officials al
Washington The commission held
that there was no law under which
the claims could be paid.