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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-19
HOW N. H.
CAPITAL ROSE
In the Nine Years CT Mellen
Rule from $93,0l0,000
to $417OO0,000
S136,O00,000
SPENT ON ROAD
Rest of Increase Due to OPP
erations Outside the
Railroad Sphere

New York, Jan. l9.--The New York
WoId presents page of facts and fig
ures to show how the New Haven was
wrecked by its outside investments.
The presentation of facts, in part, is
as follows:
When Charles S. Mellen came to the
New Haven as its president, in 1903, he
continued the policy of expansion which
had been inaugurated by John NJ. Hall
his predecessor. Since leaving the presi-
dency Mellen has said:
"BlIt at best was simply the operat-
ing head OF the road. / had no more
to do with the financial policy of the
New Haven than / had to do with the
editorial policy of newspaper. When
the road needed money it was supplied
at times in amounts by the banking
house o. p. Morgan & CO.. that domi-
mated every move the New Haven made 7
At the time that Mr.. Mellen took ne
presidency of the New Haven the physi-
cal conditi9< of the property was second
to none in the United States, except,
possibly, the Pennsylvania. The main
lines had stone roadbed and a high
grade OF equipment, and the mechanical
departments were maintained at high
standard.
Upon Mfr. Mcallen's advent the total
Capitalization OF the New Haven was
Sg3 900, 900, of which $79,000,000 was
stock and Sl4,000.o00 bonds The mile
age then operated was 2,040 miles. On
June 80, 1912, nine years later, and to-
ward the end of Mellen's administra
ton, the total capitalization was $4l7,-
100000, an increase OF $324.000,000, with
out taking into account the projected
S67, 100000 bond issue, which has yet
to be finally provided, In that vent
the actual increase in the mil ge Of
the New Haven itself was iust 50 niles
OF the 2.040 miles operated by the road
in 1903 it only actually owned 43S miles.
During the nine years it had increased
its ownership by 500 miles spending
about s40,0o0,OO0 to acquire this addf-
tional mileage.
In betterments and equipments during
that nine years the New Haven spent
more than $96,0D0,000, making total
devoted to it's railroad property proper
of $I36,000,000. The remaining $204,-
100000 to be accounted for has been
spent in operations outside of its rail-
road sphere the purchase, lease or OPP
Grafton under contract of trolley lines,
steamship lines and public utilities OF.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-19
STATE FIXES KEROSENE PRICE.
Oklahoma Takes Unique Step in Bust.
ness Regulation.

Oklahoma City, Jan. l9.--After pre-.
liminary hearing attended by many oil
producers and refiners the Oklahoma
state corporation commission has issued
an order fixing the retail price of kero.
sene at eight cents a gallon in certain
territory in western Oklahoma.
The retail price formerly ranged from
Is TO 20 cents a gallon. This is said to
be the first time in the history of the oil
business in the United States that state
officials have ever fixed the price at
which kerosene should be sold to the
public.
The penalty for the violation of the
commissions orders is fine of $500 and
a jain sentence, both of which are pro-
vided by statute.
The oil producers and refiners have in
dicated that they probably will not re-
sist the enforcement of the order. They
said that the discrimination in the price
of kerosene had been sold as low as two
cents gallon but who had retailed the
oil at seven and eight times that sum.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-19
TANGO. FIRST OFFENCE, $50 FINE.
Massachusetts, Legislator Would Send
Second Offenders to Jail.

Boston, Jan. la.-The legislature is
asked to stop the tango in this state by
making it cost $50 for the first offence
and six months in Jail for the second.
This is the first time that steps were
taken to make the tango punishable by
law Representative Lewis r. Sullivan
of Dorchester has filed bill forbidding
the dance The bin says;
Dancing at public dances, entertain
ments or gatherings OF the so-called tan
go, lame duck, Argentine chicken flip,
bunny hug, grizzly glide or any dance
participation in which is not conducive
to propriety shall be prohibited"
Chiefs of police are made sole judges
of whether or not the proposed law is
violated.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-19
ADHESIVE TAPE.
Did You Ever Think How Useful II
May Be In the Home?


May Be In the Home?
A little forethought will provide adj
hesive tape for many emergency uses
IN the household outside of the sick
room. Labels for bottles and jars can
be made of 1t. since the name is easily
may be removed with no effort when
it is outgrown. A hot water bottle
can be mended with adhesive tape; in
fact. any rubber hose or container
may have its life prolonged by it. Even
three cornered tear in cloth or
dark dress becomes invisible when
pressed in place over a small square
oft.
If any tacks are not at hand when
the window shade is pulled off the
roller adhesive tape will put it back
strongly and neatly. And when |
have a corn or tender spot ON my
foot" said the trained nurse who sug
gested some of these uses, "a little
patch of adhesive tape is great com
fort and protection from chatting" A
binding strip of adhesive tape is in
valuable for sheet music that is much
in use. Manuscripts, too, can be fast
ened together at the top with a broad
band Of it,"
Strips Of adhesive tape are splendid
for training plants, such as ivy OF
other vines, against house founda-
ton, for fastening rose bushes or to-
mato vines to the supporting frames
or for any use in the garden when
string or wire would cut the tender,
growing stalks.-New York Tribune.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-19
NO TRACE FOUND OF AT.
The Crew Is Undoubtedly Dead--Cause
Of Accident.

The Crew Is Undoubtedly Dead-Cause
Of Accident.
London. Jan. l9.--An all-day search by
a fleet of torpedo boats to which were
attached cables TO sweep the bottom OF
| Whitesand bay at Plymouth, England,
Saturday failed to locate the sunken
British submarine Al. When darkness
fell. the commanding officer reluctantly
ordered the vessels to return to their
moorings. Although hope of any OF the
crew being alive was long ago given
up-six hours being the maximum time
, they could breathe after the ship sank
the search will be resumed at daylight.
The search has been made more difficult
by the fact that the buoy which the
parent placed when the submarine was
missed was driven out to sea, and it is
believed the submarine itself drifted and
probably lies at a depth of 80 fathoms.
Many theories have been put forward
to account for the accident. Az with 40
had been ordered to attack destroyer
with torpedoes. 40 fred hers, but Az
did not. Nothing has been heard of the
Al, since. and it is believed the ma
chinery got out of order or the men
were overcome by gas. The submarine
AZ was one of only three vessels OF her
class remaining in tire regular dotilla.
The Others are being utilized for pur-
poses of instruction..
Commodore Powers Symington, naval
attaehe OF the American embassy, called
at the admiralty at Plymouth Satur-
day to express regret in behalf of the
navy department. Lieut.. Gilbert Moles-
worth Welman, who commanded the Az,
was the nephew of Lady Wordsworth,
whose death from the sting of wasp
occurred on Sept. 26 last. He succeeded
to her Trewarthenic estate in Cornwall
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-19
Pills
) Cure nstipation ]
3 BiIiousneSS 4
< Liver Ills :

other sorts for which bonds had been
issued to meet the purchase price, inter
est and leaseholds under contract.
The number of companies taken over
during the Hall and Mellen administra-
tions and now operated at the cost of
the New Haven is 1886.
In almost every instance the board Of
directors, dominated by the Morgan
Rockefeller interests, ordered the acquisi-
tion of the properties.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-19
To Hurry Literacy Bill.

Washington, Jan. ia special rule
TO expedite passage of the Burnett inn
migration bill fixing lteracy test was
agreed upon Saturday by Democrats of
the House rules committee. The rule
probably will be adopted by the entire
committee Tuesday.
Under the special rule, the bill would
get seven hours of general debate.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-19
MESSAGE TOMORROW.
President Puts Finishing Touches on An,
thrust Message.

Washington, Jan. l9.--Yesterday the
president put the finishing touches on
the antitrust message which he will
read to Congress tomorrow. He intends
to create the impression necessary for a
friendly spirit in Congress in approach
ing the task. He favors public hearings
on the bills.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-19

The score--Stowe 81, Spaulding 10.
Baskets from the floor-Shaw 5, Hosmer,
Mcmahon, Foote, Levin, Hooker 2, To-
mast, Carroll, oliver. Goals from the
fioor-Shaw 5, Hooker. Referee--Kene-
flck. Umpire Mcmahon. Time-20- min
ute halves.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-19
BY Their Ribs You May Know Them.


Umbrellas sometimes speak loudes
than words. The travelling English
man had become so cosmopolitan that
the umbrella member could not tell his
customer was English until he opened
the umbrella. Then he said:
English. l suppose? Anyhow, your
umbrella is. Umbrellas have a dis
tinet nationality. especially American
and English umbrellas. By their ribs
you may know them. American UNI
brellas are best provided with those
supports. If intended for lady an
American umbrella has nine ribs, it
for a gentleman ten or even twelve, as
against eight ribs in English umbrel-
las for either sex. Even this number
represents a big cut in the anatomy OF
In American umbrella, which former
~ contained twelve or fifteen ribs for
o woman and as high as twenty for
gentleman."-New York Sun.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-19
Get Pointers on Challenger.

New York, Jan. l9.-Although secrecy
surrounds the building of the Shamrock
w, American yachtmen are securing in
formation which indicates Sir Thomas
Liptons cup challenger will be the last
word in European yacht building.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-19
Lady Victoria Loops the Loop.

London. Jan. Lady Victoria Perry,
daughter of the Earl of Limerick, looped
the loop at the aerodrome in an aero
plane driven by Gustav Hamel yester,
dav
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-19
To Cure a Cold in One pav

Take LAXATIVE BRoMo QUININE
Tablets. Druggists refund money If 1t
fails to cure Z. W. Groves signature
is on each box. 25e.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-19

enue Collector John r. Malley left Sat
urday for Massachusetts after further
conference with the officials of the treas.
ury department.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-19
French Team Victorious.

Paris, Jan. l9.--The six day bicycle
race here was won by the French team,
Hourlier and Cortes.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-19
BOYS STEAL GEMS.
Smash Window With Stones to Get at
Diamonds.

Columbus, Jan. l9.-In a crowded
street yesterday two youths threw
stones through a window and seized two
trays OF diamonds and fed.
They dropped one tray but escaped
with thousands of dollars worth of gems.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-19

Men have touchstone whereby 10
try gold. but gold is the touchsto0s
whereby 10 try men.-Fuller.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-19

The score-Goddard 3, Barre ?. Goals
Witt 2 LaCasse, Wiley, Boyea. Ref
cree Bishop. Goal umpires-Water-
man, Moehetti. Time--20 minute halves.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-15
DEMOCRACY ELSEWHERE

THE States Democratic candidates
are so busily employed in de-
= flaming and malgning reputable
Republican officials and brawl-
ing out that all their opponents are
thieves, grafters and liars that they
have found no time to explain the
innumerable broken promises of their
last national platform. They now
loftily ignore their pledges of the re-
duction of living expenses by a tariff
law of their framing which has
brought only stagnation and disaster.
Doubtless they will be equally silent
as to the misgovernment and corrup-
tion in neighboring commemorative in
which a majority of the voters, misled
by specious promises of reform, have
placed Democracy in power to their
sorrow.
Yet the Democratic orators on the
stump and the Democratic press of
this State are so fond of mouthing the
words bosses and gang" that per-
haps they will relish the following ex-
tracts from an editorial of q recent
number of the Indianapolis News the
leading paper of Indiana, and one
especially noted for its fairness and
lack of partisan bias. In it's descrip-
tion of the present Democratic gov
ernment of Indiana the News says:
\. The record is. indeed black. But
/ 1t is nothing more than the natural
| product of the boss system of gov
4 ernment which is now in force
/ throughout Indiana. Being sub
1ect to the gang, the Legislature
J could not help doing the gangs
J will.
lf Crawl Fairbanks desires to
sell more beer, of course it must be
arranged for him to do so. If Tom
Taggart wants certain bill passed,
and a certain other bill defeated he
! of course. has his way. No subject
I or question is ever considered or
ever can be considered from the
point of view of the general good
That is something that is never
taken in account.
Now this is the type of govern
ment we have in Indiana from top
to bottom. The trail of the bosses
is over IL all. And il calls itself
Democratic. We should think that
the shockingness of II all would be
chiefly felt by the Democrats who
see their party thus debased and
degraded.
One of the leading Democratic men,
bers of the Legislature. Mr.. Crawford,
revolted against the venality he saw
all around him. and now the Demo-
cratic Governor and all the satellites
of the Tom Taggart ring are bestowing
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-15
MCCORMICK DISCREDITABLE
METHODS
IPhiladelphia Telegraph. I

lPnllaQelp MA IeleSrapn. Z.
Mr. Vance c. Mccormick, the DEM
ocratic candidate for Governor, dis
credits himself and impeaches the in
telligence of his audiences when he
attempts to question the integrity or
the sincerity of the declared purposes
of Dr. Martin G.. Brumbaugh, his Re-
publican competitor.
DIR. Brumbaugh needs no defense
from such attacks. The people of the
State know him, and their judgment
of him is grounded upon his record
of faithful efficient and honest public
service, and upon the unassailable
character of his private life and not
upon the malignant filings of the DEM
ocratic candidate, who has brought his
campaign efforts to the lowest level of
pothouse politics
No pledge made to the people by
DIR. Brumbaugh has ever been broken
In the platform which he promulgated
when announcing himself as n candi-
date for nomination at the primaries
he spoke Independently, and wholly
free from any influence but his own
convictions. Had it not been so there
are some things in his platform that
would not have been there. That of
itself is a complete refutation of any
ntimation that DR.. Brumbaugh is not
his own master
The people accepted DIR. Brum-
baugh on that platform, and by vote
as honorable TO them as it was to the
candidate they nominated him for
Governor by an overwhelming major
ity. In his canvass of the State during
the past month the Republican candi-
date has renewed over and over again
every pledge made in his primary dec
laraton. And the people of Pennsyl-
vania-all who are just to themselves
of whatsoever party-know that when
DIR. Brumbaugh makes pledge to the
public he will keep it.
His public record and his high and
unimpeachable character are a guar
anty of this. The Democratic candi-
date for Governor knows this as well
as anyone, but he does not choose to
be honest with himself aid with his
party. He presumes upon the ignor-
ance or the blind prejudice of his
hearers. If he has nothing better to
offer than PERSONAL attack upon his
opponent he is himself unfit to be
| Governor.
| No man has ever been elevated to
the Chief Magistracy of this great
State by means of vilification and mis-
representation, and none ever will be
as long as the people of the Common
wealth are gifted with common sense
| and self-respect.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-15
POLITICAL SIDE[ICHTS

There's some contrast between the
Brumbaugh and Mccormick styles of
campaigning.
Mccormick did not say anything
about the use of money in politics in
his letter to the preachers.
The Bull Moosers are finding that
when it comes down to being selfish
about tickets they have something to
learn from Palmer.
Just how Bill Finn expects to
win with Pinchot and get Palmer out
is a problem.
The Montgomery Brumbaugh
committee has started some energetic
work for the doctor.
-Penrose's speech appears to have
made some Democrats in this part of
the State wonder where they are going
to end.
Palmer says he is in the race. But
1t is chiefly as a target.
The Dauphin county Washington
party is for Mccormick and is lam
basting Palmer.
-McCormick's golden banner is
very appropriate and very much ad-
mired by the Washington party men
who hope to share.
The Palmer Mccormick banner
ought to be given a golden lining. too.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-15
IETTERSTOTHE.EDIT0R
STREET SIGN BOARDS

To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Being a native of Harrisburg and
having lived here. all my life, can
proudly agree with the expressions
elected by the Chamber of Commerce
at one of its recent sessions, as to the
substantial growth of the city, and it's
commendable improvements, which are
credit to it's enterprising citizens.
/ have occasion to visit all parts OF
the town in the interest of my buSi-
ness and am constantly handicapped
regarding the names of new streets and
locations, caused by the unaccountable
absence of street signs on street corners
for guidance.
If this is an Inconvenience to Har-
risburgs inhabitants. how much more
does this inconvenience strangers?
This oversight on the part of the city
authorities cannot be one of expense;
then why not remedy this mistake, If an
expense. Are not all public improve
ments coupled with cost?
Fifty years ago. when the town was
limited in size, all street corners had
signs giving the names of its streets
and alleys. Why not now, when 1t is
more urgent and necessary?
If this suggestion is deemed imprac-
ticable or visionary, the undersigned is
eager to learn from some one that
such an improvement and convenience
is not required.
Respectfully,
HENE.Y C. ORTIZ.
Harrisburg, October a. 1914.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-15
EDITORIAL COMMENT

According to Gunner Wiseman, of
the British Royal Field Artillery, who
tells the story in a letter written home,
life when he refused to surrender on
the field. but bound up his wounds and
gave him a drink of brandy. Another
German amenity!-New York Sun
Things have come to pretty pass
when the Colonel has to complain that
a local newspaper has totally ignored
his oratorical descent upon a New York
State town. Time was when lightning
would have blighted the contumacious
presses.-Philadelphi Record.
Mr.. Carnegie may yet die poor IL 1t
is true that he is to finance a peace
magazine ne.-Washington Herald.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-15
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

-Ex-Attorney General W. u. Hen
sci is recovering from his recent Sc
we're illness.
DIR. Edward S. Filbert, of Potts
Vile, is the new president of the Leb-
anon Valley Dental Society.
j. G.. Rosengarten has given a
valuable collection of letters to the
University of Pennsylvania
DIR. J. S. Mann, who retires as
congressional candidate in Lancaster,
is practicing physician in Columbia
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-15

upon him epithets very like the de-
nunciations that Democratic leaders
in Pennsylvania are continually hurl-
ing at all who venture to differ from
them.
The statement of Representative
Crawford. fully confirmed by Repre-
sentative Eschback. the minority
leader of the Indiana House of Repre-
sentatives. is that Homer L. Cook,
Democratic presiding officer of that
body,
was either so ignorant or so bad
that, at times, he was an object of
pity. He declared bills passed when
regulations which the Constitution
bers being voted when absent, and
roll calls padded. Cook was seen,
gavel in hand pleading for support
of measures he favored. There
were few days of the session of
1913 that the Democratic State
Chairman did not lobby for hours
without being molested. He was
busily engaged in killing decent
legislation and promoting the cause
of booze, cigarets. etc.
And when the Democratic Gov
ernor OF Indiana recently delivered
what was termed the keynote
speech" in defense of the State Demo-
cratic machine the only reply he could
make to Representative Crawford S
allegations as to the criminality and
venality of the States Democratic gov
ernment was to hurl at him the
epithet ''apostate."
How very like that sounds the Penn
sylvania Democratic method of sub
stituting maledictions and scurrilous
terms for argument. When the pres
ent blatant apostles of our States
Democratic machine ask the voters to
abandon the able, tried and upright
Republican standard bearers in a
chase after something styled Demo-
cratic reform is ii a reform of the
Indiana brand that they seek to in
stitute?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-15
THE NEW BANNER
BY Wing Dincer

The Washington Party's big banner,
That spans the main street of the
town,
Required some little revision
And, therefore, they took the thing
down.
They took off the picture of Lewis,
Who withdrew that Mccormick might
run
In his place on the Washington ticket.
And after this work had been done
They put in a likeness of Vancie,
According to orders. I'm told,
And l guess it's correct, for they've
painted
A beautiful background of gold.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-15
STORY OF A BOY

Worked on n farm-thcn In n saw
mill, and In his fathers store.
SWEPT school for his authorizing
the bell for his board.
Began teaching when 16--COunty
Superintendent when -.
Entered u. of II. as IA student when
2S-became member of u. of T..
faculty.
Made President of Juniata College
wrote books on education.
Appointed by President Mckinley MS
Commissioner of Education of
Porto Rico.
Elected Superintendent of Philadel-
phia Schools.
Nominated. for Governor by the Re-
pubIicans of Pennsylvania.
THAT'S BRU UMBAUGH
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-15

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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-15

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