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

Traffic on which no increase was allow
ed by the commission represents about
80 per cent of tn" entire volume of
and iron ore, however are bulky COM
modites taking low rates consequently
the amount of revenue derived from
them IS relatively small.
In the eastern district ten per cent.
of the entire volume of freight is an
thrac!tc. 81 per cent. bitumlnous coal
five per cent coke and five per cent.
ores. The coal roads, in the opinion of
the commission. are already profitable.
In its decision the ma iority Of the com
mission held that the roads had estab-
lished in tho latest hearings a greater
need of additional net incom" than ever
before. This was due, in part. to exigen-
cies which arose out Of the war in
Europe, and in part to the already exist
Ing necessity in the Judgment of the
commission for additional revenues to
maintain the railroad properties
Chairman Harlan, in his dissenting
opinion held that sufficient aid had been
given the roads by the decision Of Au-
gust l last and that the findings Of the
majority We're morally wrong" Com
missioner Clements based his dissent up
on what ne regarded as the inability. in
law, Of the commission, to take cog
nizance of anything in the making of
rates than their Justice and reesona BILE
ness.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-24

harmed. one of the beasts caught u.
with Mark McDormott while he wa
hurryinE down an aisle, so ne lay dow
The animal clawod him on the head az,
theatre We're several women foun
cooped UP in second floor dressin
room. They siGnalled hrcmen from
nearby engine room. who carried Their
down ladders to safety.
A throng was gathered outside tn
theatre when Alice emerged and trotteG
slowly across the street. One story wa
that when she poked her head into
saloon. a man came up and patted her.
Reaching the corner of Eighty-sixth
street and Third avenue, she calmly sat
down.
/ A crowd in Third avenue began to
shout and ten policemen, with revolvers
drawn, came rushing across the street
from the theatre toward her, She turn
ed north in Third avenue, crossed the
thoroughfare and fed into an apart
ment house
SLAMS DOOR IN LIONS FACE.
abraham Glascr. photographer. was
working on the first floor of the building
when he heard a peculiar noise in the
/
and stared into the face of the ioness
Sammng the door quickly he shouted
for help.
The beast turned to a stairway and
bounded up a flight. There two women
pcered from a doorway, shreked and
slammed the door Again Alice fled
this time to the third floor, only to cause
more screams from franzied tenants
I Y
the top of a small stairway, seeking
egress to the roof
BATTLE OF MAN AND BEAST
For more than ten minutes thereafter
there waged in the narrow hallway a
battle between man and beast Shot
/ after shot-thirty in all-were fired into
the now racing animal. Up and down
| the stairway she raced. growing and
| snarlnG, clawing striking and biting at
her assailants. Several times she leaped
over tho banister that protected the
stairway and hurtled through the air,
| only to land with thud on the next
| landing.
| From a score of bullet wounds blood
ran but she was almost as full Of fight
when she finally dropped as when the
first shot was fired. The end came with
!
over a balustrade she passed between
/ the legs of Alfred Winter, a policeman,
who stood with one foot on the railing
and another against a wall, firing at her.
| The force Of the fall and the leaden
| hall that rained into her body ended
| the battle.
CLAWS LACERATE MEN.
1t was while the firing was at it's height
that Glenn was wounded. How, is a mys-
terry, and it is doubtful If it ever will be
determined who in that squad OF 10 men
firing almost continuously, shot him. He
was shot through the back and the ballet
was said to have entered his stomach. It
was thought tonight he would die
Both Edward X keaveny and James
NJ. Craig, policemen, sustained wounds
at the claws of Alice. Keaveny was so Sc
verely laceratcd that he was taken to a
hospital. Craig was holding to a round
in a balustrade shooting at Alice when
she spied his hand Reaching forth, she
clawed him, though not severely.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-24
KILLED ~ FAlL|tG Tree
Omar WhecIOck of Worcester Meets
Instant Death Chopping
in Woods.

Montpelier, Dec. 20.-Omar Wheelock,
a farmer residing in Worcester. was
killed Saturday morning while chopping
in the woods, when a tree falling the
wrong way pinned him to the ground. 1t
is believed that death came almost in
stantly as his son reached him within
few seconds and found him dead, He
was s. years of age and besides his wife
leaves IS children. nearly ali residing in
this vicinity. The survivine chi 'dren are
Mrs. Flora Brown OF Montpelier, Ger
trude and Glee Wheelock of this city;
Herbert OF Philadelphia, Robert, Mary
Albert, catherine and Caroline, Mrs
Walter Stoddard. Mrs. Ray Jeronomis
Mrs George Hathaway and Mrs. Earle
Keiser. The funeral will be held Monday
afternoon.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-24
BROTHER OF RUTLAND
MAN KILLED IN WAR

Rutland. Dec 2o-@Word has been re-
ceived by s. NJ Broki, a tailor, of the
death in Austria of his brother, SGmond
Broki who enlisted Immediately after
the outbreak of the war and at the time
of his death was an officer in the 18th
company of the 91st regiment Details of
the death have not yet been received by
Mr.. Broki, but the letter he received from
friend in Lemberg stated that Sigmond
met his death in action in komarano, Ga
licia, a few miles southeast of Lemberg,
Mr. Brok has a sister living in Austria
but since the outbreak Of the war he has
not heard from either her or her husband
Sgmond Broki leaves, besides his broth
er in this country and a sister in Austria.
a wife and six children
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-24

sight Of the lions, hundreds of
pms in the theatre fled, screaming,
the exits Mothers, delayed by
cring up their children, crowded into
Frs and rlanrs Of supposed safety.
es tainted and many numbed by
sight Of the animals among them,
|ranshxed in their seats. With the
ption of Alice, none of the beasts
aged great feroclty. a few persons
got IN their paths were scratched.
were not seriously hurt.
Pc OF the animals still were roam
hbout the theatre when the last OF
audience escaped. An hour later
were rounded UP in the lobby and
En into their shipping box, but none
hem vas injured.
THREE ARRESTS DE.
rec arrests We're made, the charges
K felonious assault. pending tho
bme of the injuries Of the wounded
Tee, the lions trainer; c. A. Turn
|, their keeper, and George II.
Hilton. manager of the attraction The
were owned by Francis Ferar, n
man, who had been exhibiting them
hrniVals during the summer
the night court bonds of $1,000 each
accepted for the three prisoners, who
charged with felonlous assault. The
|ination was set for tomorrow.
/ animal act had been completed and
hg and dance quartet held the stage
|ont Of the first drop when the lions
| ed as they were about to be trans
Il from the steel exhibition cage to
shipping box. According to Turn
they became excited. rushed out
Q steel cage and, knocking the boz
were free behind the scenes,
| me Andrea screamed, Turnquist
ped whip. cracked It loudly and
ted at the lions, and frightened
IS and actresses began climbing
ways. Suddenly one of the lions
I'D into the wings and peered at
quartet and the singing ceased
btly
the singers started to retreat into
wings Detective Peter Cahill, who
ed to the entertainers to go on.
singer returned and began a solo.
enly a lion came into full view and
bntrol Of the audience was lost.
orchestra, nevertheless, continued
by. The first Hon ambled upon tho
then a second, and In a minute
several of them were clambering
stage boxes and out into the audi
Still the orchestra kept playing
several lions came right down into
bit. Then the musicians fed under
tage.
LION CLAWS MANS HEAD.
ost everybody in the audience later
different version Of what the ami
did after they got among the
but nearly all accounts agree that
did not i've UP to the dangerous
of the king OF beasts" Edward
tzburg said by the time he ap-
nded the situation a lion was so
him that he thought it best to sit
He carried out this plan and, al
h the lion passed up and down the
near him six times, ne was I'M.
ound appeared to be the most dan
5 that any Of the beasts inflicted. He
aiken to a hospital
bMEN CARRIED TO SAFETY.
last OF the audience to leave the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-24
THOMAS
|MMENOi VIE VS.
c D NJ NJ |SS|0 N
Especial to the Free Press)

Especial to the Free Press)
blebury, Dec. FIN a lett er TO the
i Of Middlebury College. President
hs discusses the report of the
|ional commission and claims thai
|osition Of Middlebury College has
Sustained.
bays OF the report
+ Is a valuable document, destined
epoch-making n Vermont educa-
hnd deserving of careful study by
20 are interested in Vermont col
and their relation to the state.
rept in one respect, Of lesser i'm
CO, the commission has sustained
iddlebury position in all important
llars.
st and most important, the com
n decides that all three colleges
upon practically common basis,
htion to the State and that none
IN is State institution. After most
ing examination OF the subject,
conclusion of an exceedingly able
extending over thirty pages t. q
SSlOn mas tnat the l nlVerSt W OF
INT is a private, not a public. cor
bn, and It SO determines. This is
ew always held by Middlebury Col
hs set forth in my inaugural ad-
in 1908, that under their present
rs the higher educational institu-
bf Vermont are sisters on absolute
~
position is now confirmed by the
ity of the Carnegie Foundation
hrther by the educational commits
o whom the question was part!c'
referred by the LEGISLATURE OF
nd 1t should now b regarded NJ
A committee of L. V, NJ. trustees
ecent statement, though reaftirm'
eir belief in their claim, state ex'
that they do not press it at thi,
Such a waiver, put out in con-
with the present report ant
t discussion Of the educationa
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-24

New York Dec. 17-Six trained lions escaped from their
hge the stage of East EighySxth street vaudeville
heatre to-day and bounding into the audience consisting
principally of and children created a panic
One loness Alice the largest of the pack, escaped into
provided street Policemen pursued her into the hallway of
|earby apartment house and in shooting at her probably
htaly wounded companion, Sergeant Daniel Glenn. Two
her officers slightly wounded by the claws of the beast
b battle at close range.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-24
SLASHED WIFE'S THROAT.
Insane Wan Then Wounds Sclf-Both
VIII Recover.

Morrisville, Dec 2o-Abner b, Austin.
who has not been mentally we'll for some
months, attacked his wife yesterday
morning about $50 o'clock with knife,
cutting her across the throat and infict-
ing another cut in the side of her neck,
She ran screaming to the door. Two la
dies passing the house took her to the
home of neighbor, where medical assist
ance was summoned.
Mr.. Austin ran to the back door and
slashed his own throat but not deep
enough to prove fatal. He was removed
to the state hospital at Waterbury about
three o'clock in the afternoon.
1t is thought that both will recover
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-24
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Sf
Clubs are trumps in the policeman
game.
It's a good reputation that can't &c
Quire a spot
Entertaining a hope is no disintereste,
act of hospitality,
An enemy is a man who Injuries you
then refuses to forgive you.
When a man gets lonesome he begins
to realize what poor company he Is
Our idea OF fool is A person who pay
twice for the Same brand of experience
Some men msnase to make littl,
noise In the world by rafting their an.
cestors' bones
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-24
CHECKS GROUP INSTANTLY.

You know Group IS dangerous. And you
ought to know too, the sense Of security
that comes from having Folcys Honey
and Tar Compound in the house. 1t cuts
the thick mucous and clears away the
phlegm. stops the strangling cough and
gives easy breathing and quiet sleep
Every user is a friend j. w O'Sullivan.
(adV)
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-24

Catshll. n. T., Dec, N,-The Smith
House. one Of the oldest hotels In the
Catskilis. was badly damaged by hre
and water al six o'clock tonight. There
are $50 rooms in the hotel and all were
occupied but no one was injured in the
fire. The loss Is estimated at $1,000
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-24
TX LIONS SPREAD
TERROR IN THEATRE;
ONE MAN MAY DIE

lice" Largest of the Pack Escapes into Stree
Policemen Fight Gun Battle with Her il!
Apartment House and Officer Is Probably
Fatally Wounded by Stray Bullet-Othe1
Men Clawed by Beast.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-24
Investigator Testifies That Or
gained Bribery Was Carried
On, So as to Sue Railroads for
Damaged Goods.
TWO FIRMS OBJ A|NEO $4,000
Scheme Has Been in Operation,
Asserts Witness, for Past
Decade-RailrOad Paid Claims
of 100000 in One Year, He
Declares.

New York. Dec. lS-Remarkable allie
cations regarding a system Of graft and
bribery practsed by a ring" of New
York egg dealers so that they might
sue the railroads were made to-day by
William s. Meek an investigator for tho
Trunk Lines association, at the resump-
tion Of the sO-cailad butter and egg in
quiry being conducted under the super.
vision Of Attoney-General Parsons 81
this system. Meek testified. inspectors
were brihcd TO report hundreds Of crate,
of eggs as damaged in transit when in
reality only n Few had been injured; and
drivers We're paid 70 break layer in
each case ut the receiving points. after
which the dealers sold all the unframed
eggs and then sued the roads for the
full value Of each case. In one year, the
witness asserted, one firm obtained s3s0co
and another 10000 from the railroads
for supposed damages.
Inspectors were bribcd 50 =hrewd,y.
the investigator stated, that they could
hardly avoid taking the money. He ex-
planned that member Of tho ring
would approach an Inspector al a receiv-
ing point. pass him cigar and then
hand him a box Of matches which also
contained a sum ranging from s15 to SIS
The inspector then knew he vas expect
ed to report a certain shipment contain.
ing perhaps 600 crates, a damaged, wher
possibly half a dozen crates were in.
iured. Out OF 10 inspectors. he stated
ten had been brought 10 accent suct
hribes
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-24
KAISER RETUR S r FRONT

London. Dec. 81, 1883 a. m-The Ger
man Emperor has completely recovered
and returned to the front, according to
an announcement from the Berlin main
headquarters. transmitted through AM
sterdam to Reuters Telegram company.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-24
long Sought Rise in Freight
Tariffs Is Conceded by Inter-
state Commerce Commission.
Two Members Dissenting.
FEW REvE u s30,000,000
Outcome of Case Regarded as
of Greatest Importance for
Expected Business Revival
President FOresees Immediate
Economic Benefit

Washington. Dec 1s.-Furthcr in
- reases in freight rates were granted to-
'ay tc the eastern railroads by the inter-
tate commerce commission in decision
rom which Chairman Harland and Com
ssionrr Clements dissented vigorously.
with the exception Of lake ana rail traf-
'.', coal. coke. iron ore and certain other
rattle, upon which the commission has
heretofore fixed rates adiudicated "rea.
sonable," all the railroad systems oper-
ating between the Atlantic seaboard and
the Mississippi north Of the Potomac and
Ohio rivers were allowed the fat five per
cent increase for which they have been
asking during the last four years
The roads hoped to get increases which
would add to the annual revenue some
100000 The commissions decision is ex.
pected to give them additional revenue
approximatlnC $50 0Oo,0oo
is IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT.
The roads east of north and south
line drawn through Buffalo. Pittshurg
and Charleston, West Virginia, won by
to-daY's decision, the increases other thar
upon the traffic excepted. which We're de-
MED them in the commissions decision
4dSt AuENSN l NJ r'id'lS west bI inns lltl'
which got partial advances in the August
decision received further advances 81
that now. all the roads in what is describ
ed as of1cial classification territory vii
enjoy uniform advances In both class anC
commodity rates.
In administration circles. the outcom,
Of the case was welcomed as develop
ment Of vast Importance which woul,
hasten and support the expected genera
business revival.
President Wilson issued no forma
statement bur White House officials sale
he was greatly pleased over the decisio,
and expected it to have an immediate
eject uron the countrV's economic situa
ton. The President had made no score
Of his belief that Improvement Of condi
tons generally was dopcud"nt, to al
extent AZ least, upon additional revenue
being provided in some way for the rail
roads.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-24

-rench army has in service 1900 auto
bibles and 1900 trucks.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-24
GRATING TEN YEARS.

This form of graft, Meek said had
been in existence for the past ten years
but has. been most prevalent since 1912
He also told how drivers were bribed
at ten cents a case to make favorable
deliveries. so that members Of the ring
could get their eggs on the market be-
fore their competitors. The checkers
employed In the loading Of wagons re-
ceived n rake Off in this connection.
he said
Porter~ also aided in the demolition of
eggs under the old system the witness
stated. for when they We're allowed on
the pier they made sure that enough
eggs We're smashed to maxi good their
employers claims Figures We're intro
duced To show that in 1913 the railroads
paid claims to the egg dealers of nearly
800 "0 while in the last year, under
more rigid inspection. the claims have
been less than 800 0oo. In a suit brought
in connection with this matter some
time ago eight big firms We're heavily
fined and cases against two others are
pending
Since strict watch has been kept on
shipments, Meek said, the consignees
have been writing TO consignors and
( complaining of damages by the railroads.
and on these grounds have been paying
the shippers two or three cents crate
below the market price.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-07
CENTENARY OF PUTNAM,
 PIONEER PUBLISHER.

Daniel Appleton, Charles Scribner, the four Harper Brothers and George Palmer Putnam are names that will live long in American literary history, for it was largely through their eff forts that the business of book pub fishing in America was put on a firm substantial and lasting basis. A talent akin to genius and an appreciation and expert knowledge of literature greater than that os those who write 1t is required of the men who would win success in what has been called the most hazardous of business ven- lures.
 Not the least of these pioneer pub fishers of the New York World was George Palmer Putnam, whose cen tenary will be celebrated today by his successors in the publishing concern which he launched. Putnam was born at Brunswick, Me, Feb. 2, 1914. and as a boy went to New York and was apprenticed to a carpet house. He soon left that business to become clerk in a bookstore. to which he was
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-07
FLORA McFLIMSEY.o

f
 The first publication of that in1- mortal poem. Miss Flora McFIimsey of Madison Square, was in Harper's Weekly hfty-seven years ago today, Feb. T. 1857. Within a year 1t had been published in practically every paper in America, Canada and Eng land, and had been translated into French. German and other languages. The verses about the young lady who had nothing to wear were published anonymously. the author, William Allen Butler, prominent New York attorney, fearing that to be known as a versifier might hurt his legal reputation. AS a result. scores of i'm posters claimed the authorship of the lines, but. as none of them could show publication previous to that in Har- per's Weekly, and MT Butler sub- mitted the poem to that publication, his right to live in literary history as the creator of Flora McF'nmsey', is secure. The original publication was under the title of tsNothing to Wear, An Episode of City Life.'' A reference to Mfrs Harris" immor- ta1ized by Dickens. in the poem, caused the French translator to add note explaining that Mrs, Harris was lady who lost her life by an accident at Niagara FsalIs''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-07

impe1led by fondness for books. At the age of sixteen he compiled~an ssIn- dex to Universal History, and he was still mere youth when he estab- 1ished the Booksellers Advertiser. the first trade Journal of the book-pub- fishing business.
 Putnam was only twenty-three when he embarked in the book pub fishing business as the junior partner in the firm of Wiley & Putnam. He continued that connection until he founded house of his own in 184s. He had genius for the book trade which might more properly be called a learned profession-which enabled him to form connections with many of the leading authors of the time, in c1uding Washington Irving. His com petitors. long since forgotten, doubt less referred to his success as Tuck. '' but. whether genius or good fortune, he soon won foremost place in the trade. In 1858 he established Put nam's Monthly. which. during his lifetime. had the highest rank as a literary magazine. Putnam was one of the pioneers in copyright reform. one of the founders of the Metropoli- tan Museum of Art in New York. and was the author of several European and American guide books. He died in New York in 1872, and the business passed to his sons
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-07

The real immigration question labor question There would be immigration question who read and write fair to men who cannot.
 There class Of employer in America who reIentIessy dispaees help, obtain cheaper help yrians will work cheaper than Savs he dspaces SIavs with Syrians If Chinese will work cheaper than Syrians he would use Chinese, if the government would let him.
 The immigration question and the hoggsh employer synonyms this Get rid the one will disappear.
 Establish minimum old pensions, and unemployment insurance immigration question will solve itself.
 THE BURNETT BILL OUGHT NOT PASS. IT IS A CRUEL BILL
 To that bill would be to proclaim 20O00o0 good and worthy people here ae long separation loved who would make good citizens for the United States he could because they have not been taught to read.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-07
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