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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-06

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Wedding Anniversary of
 Belgian Kings and Queen

King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium will pass the sixteenth milestone in their married life today. as the ceremony which made Duchess Elizabeth of Bavaria the bride of King Leopold's nephew and heir wa S performed on the second of October in 1900. The Queen of unhappy Bel gium is the daughter of the late Duke Charles Louis of Bavaria, who was q man of brilliant attachments, and an occulist of great ability. She is a slster-in-law of Crown Prince Rupert of Bavaria, the commander of one of the Katser's armies.
 Queen Elizabeth, although a Ger man by birth and education, has be- come a Belgian to the hearts core. and, it is said, the love she once had for her father1and has turned to loath- in. To those journalists who have been permitted to interview her, she has expressed only bitter scorn for the Teutons. and her hatred burns most fiercely toward the Bavarians. Over and over again, since the war began, she has asserted that's he will never again have anything to do with her royal relatives. A "curtain of steel" she said, has descended be- tween her and her people, shutting them off for all time
 Queen Elizabeth is a. quiet, deter mined little woman, and interviewers declare that she has the appearance of meaning every word, she utters. She has given her giant husband three children. Grown Prince Leopold, her first born, is about fifteen. Prince Charles is thirteen, and little Princess Marie Jose is ten.
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are no victuals. The whole process is one of saving face.' For every blessed thing there is here at the dis posal of the 'conference', is the list of Presidential electors. Not a state official, not a speck of patronage diL rectly or indirectly. nothing but emp ty honor, of no personal or party value or significance.
 That is why the platform utter ances would have been worth fighting Ior A decent recognition of the big things for which the Progressives have affected to stand; a pretence at least of memory of, those principles would have saved some fragments of self-respect. Not a flicker of it here
 This conference in all it's essen uals might as we'll have been held in 1904, or 1896, or any other old time. The Charles E. Hughes to whom it will pledge allegiance is not the Charles B. Hughes whom thev hated and fought and ham-strune in 19O7-S-9. He might as well have been William H. Taft or William Mckinley or Rutherford B. Hayes. The Hughes they will welcome and cheer and en- dorse and fight for < *is as thev see him, a protagonist of old fashioned high protective tariff, Republican pa- tronage, jingo, military preparedness and damn the Democrats high and low. large and small"
 After reading this, trust that more of my fellows, who have not already done so, will join
 THE PROGRESSIVE WHO WOKE
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-02
DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION
 HAS ENACTED MANY IDEALS OF
 PROCRESSIvES INTO U. 5. LAWS
Workngman Guaranteed Right of Voluntary Association for Own Protection and Welfare-No Other Govern
 ment Has Done So Much for Man Who Draws Wages

New York, Oct. 2.-The Democratic has enacted into law many progressive ideals. Its most notable achievements on behalf of the workers are set forth in a pamphlet, entitled "Wilson and Labor" issued by the Democratic Ma tional Committee. All classes of la bor are affected by the legislation enacted since the Democratic Party ] has been in control of Congress. Or ganized and unorganized, men women and children, citizens and even non- citizens are benefited by these laws.
 The workingmen in the Clayton Antitrust Law has procured the right of voluntary association for his pro- lection and welfare. His rights have been protected against unwarranted issuance of writs of injunction where ! ever the Federal Courts have jurisdic- ton, and he has been guaranteed the right of trial by jury in cases of all leged contempt committed outside of court. This act, recognizing and en- forcing the equality, before the law, l of workingmen with other citizens, de- claring that labor is not commodity or article of commerce, is considered the biggest single step that has been taken since serfdom and slavery were abolished"
 The Seamen's Act says to the the Emancipation Proclamation for seafaring men. It deals mainly, with ] two important phrases: CD freedom, human liberty for the men employed on board ship, not only on passenger 1 boats, but on freighters; and CD safe ! ty at sea. It abolfshes involuntary seTyitude and insures\ humane treat ment of sailors.
 The Seamens Act says to the American ship owner that American : seamen shall be free to leave their vessels when the vessel is in a safe port in this or any other country, and 1t says to the foreign shipowner ''When your seamen come into Ameri can ports, the very fact that they are An our waters, and under our juris-
 diction makes them free men,"
 For fifteen years Andrew Furuseth had haunted Congress in the effort to secure legislation that would put an end to this slavery and degradation. Not until Woodrow Wilson came into office did Fursueth meet with Presi- dent of sufficient courage to put hu- manity above shipowners' profits.
 As to thef feight-hour day "to which the whole economic movement of the time seems to point the Federal Gov ernment has enacted laws applying in the following cases:
 1. To men sernployed in dredging work in rivers and harbors
 g. To, female employees in the Dis trict of Columbia, over whom Con- gress has jurisdiction.
 3. To all women and child workers in the District of Columbia.
 4. To civilians engaged in the manufacture of ordnance and powder for the government.
 5. To post office clerks and car 'riers
 { 6. To the mining of all coal used for the Navy.
 2. To emploSes engaged in opera tions under the Alaska Coal Land
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Act.
 8. To work done for the Govern ment as well as work done by the government.
 ''The problem of Child Labor," says the Labor Pamphlet, "is of vital in- terest to the whole community, in cluding labor. But it is of special interest to labor because the children involved are their children not only does the employment of children af- feet the children directly, in retarding their mental and physical develop ment, but it is a menace to labor in that children constitute a class of la- Dor exploited by employers and are used to displace adult labor which commands higher wages.
 "It no longer can be held that only the states individually have right to prohibit child labor, and to impose a penalty upon the manufacturer who employs child labor. The Federal Government has a right to keep the products of child labor from inter- state commerce.
 "The new Workmen's Compensa- ton Law which was passed, August 19, 1916, applies to over 100000 per sons in the employ of the United States Government, including all civil employees, whereas the former law covered less than one-fourth of them. It provides for the payment of two- thirds of the wages during the period of incapacity resulting from personal injury, the payments beginning three days after the accident; and medical care is provided. The compehsation to dependents of injured are also lib eral Up to the time of the passage of this law the New York State law was the most liberal, but this sur- passes it and is considered the most scientific as we'll as the most liberal compensation law in the world"
 The pamphlet dealS not only with such legislative acts' as affect the workers directly, but also explains briefly the significance to the farmer of the Rural Credits law (which is dealt with at length in pamphlet also issued by the Democratic National Committee wilson Has Kept Faith with the Farmer") The Federal Re- serve Act pensions, Good Roads Act, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Federal Income and Inheritance Taxes suggest the significance to the country as a whole of the Wilson rec ord of achievement, and the Presi- dents greatest achievement, continues the pamphlet, is that of keeping the country out of war;
 Hearty endorsement of the Presi- dents policy of preserving peace hon. orably has come to Democratic head quarters in every mail. John B. Lem non, Treasurer of the American Fed eration of Labor, is quoted in the La- bor Pamphlet as follows:
 "The wise statesmanship of Presi- dent Wilson has kept our country at peace with other nations, thereby pre- serving the lives of our young men for lines of future constructive ser vice. The American people who earn
 their daily bread by labor approve the Presidents action and should so declare by their ballots at the Novem- Der election'.'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-02
THE DEATH OF
 JOHN ANDRE

Although in the minds of many a scrt of ignominy attaches to the spy, yet he deserves honor for performing a necessary work at the constant per il of his life. For the spy there is but one penalty if caught-he must. die. Many a brave and high-minded man has served his country as a spy, in this as in earlier wars.
 The American revolution produced many notable examples of this type of patriots, but the most famous were Nathan Hale and Major John Andre. Hale, the schoolmaster, captured by the British and self-condemned as a spy died with the declaration on his lips; q only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" No less brave was the death of the talent ed young British officer, John Andre, who was employed by Sir Henry Clin- ton to carry the correspondence with Arnold respecting the latter's betrayal of his country.
 It was 136 years ago today, Oct. 2, 17SO, that the sentence of the court of inquiry was carried out, and Andre was 'hanged by the neck until dead.'' He met his fate calmly, after his last appeal that he be permitted to die like a soldier had failed. The execu- ton took place on the west bank of the Hudson, where the remains were at first inferred. In 1921 his bones were exhumed and conveyed to Eng land, and found a last resting place near his monument in Westminster Abbey. A monument was erected at the place of his execution by the late Cyrus w. Field, but it was soon after wards blown up by unknown persons Andre was a young man of great promise-a painter of copsidera ble ability, poet, and prominent in anna teur theatricals.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-02
GUARD" NOW
 IS FIGHTING FOR
 A CHANGE AT PIE.
Progressive Who "Woke Up" Tells Impressions of
 "Get- Together" Fest.
To the Editor of The Farmer:


 am one of many who left the Re- spublican party in 1912 to join the crusade launched by Theodore Roose- welt, whom the New York Evening Post describes as Author of the cele- brated marching songs Onward Chris tian Soldiers and We Will Follow Theodore
 Because of my former political af- filiation with the Republican party. was invited to attend the New York State conference at Saratoga Springs last week-the ''get together meet ing"
 Being also what I may describe as one of the many Progresseives who "woke up," I did not attend this gath ering of notables, but am indebted to the New York Evening Post for a graphic and enlightening account of both the personnel and purposes of the Saratoga conclave.
 There were two forces present; one made up, according to The Post, of Perkins, Hotchkiss, Cawcroft and Kel- 1ogg, who were "pleading, fighting, threatening and bullying the Old Guard "to include in it's platform re- statement of the Progressive Magma Charta of social righteousness" Then there was, according to The Post, "The party of Bourbon Reactionaries, burglars, door-mat thieves, second story men, political pickpockets. and so on."
 Did the Old Guard admit to it's platform all that was essential of the Progressive utterances of 1912? Not on your life!' tersely answers The Post.
 In that platform, according to The Post, there will be mo single trace of Progressive influence, nor one single vestige of social righteousness tha. swept the National Convention of the Progressives four years ago, and con- mended the votes of some four mill lions of men and women"
 "The Old Guard" adds the Post, mas no intc ion of letting it in and Progresseives sxhfbit no symptoms to have them do so."
 I also commend to the attention of Progresseives throughout New York State these further extracts from the Post:
 Prom this point of view, this gath ering is sickening sight. The Pro- gresseives are here-a pitiful remnant of them-but they are not battling for social justice; they are not calling any l body reactionary-they are struggling for recognition, for place in the sun or, rather at the pie-counter. If not at the pie-counter, then near it, as near as possible-anyway, where they can see it and maybe smell the vic- ] tuals.
 Tt is the more pitiful because there
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there are, nevertheless, certain known factors that may be reasonably taken as indicating a successful conclusion of the season. The tent tobaccO has in a large measure been harvested and on many plantations only the un1m- portant fourth priming leaves remain on the stalk. The teXtufe of the leaves is very generally excellent and the curing has been conducted under propitious weather conditions. The weight is as yet subject only to esti- mate but the yield per acre appears to exceed that of 1915. The acreage has about doubled in the past five years and there were approximately 34OO acres of tentage erected for the 1916 crop.
 Rather better than average prices are prevailing which is fortunate, as the cost of production has been greater than during previous years. Manufactured fertilizer has been ex- pensive and labor scarce and well paid, but as in other cases this must be largely passed on to the consumer, and the really good cigar may event. ually show a corresponding advance in price. The market is in excellent condition to absorb the COnnecIlcuL crop and, in fact, there is fairly acute shortage of wrappers. Expor- tation of tobacco to other countries has lately increased and much of the disappointing product of 1915 has thus been disposed of, leaving an urgent demand for the highly regarded Con- necticut leaf which is altogether grat- flying to it's producers, and should carry to the underwriters feeling of optimism, for to the owner of really good crop or the dealer with we'll selected stock a fire would constitute a misfortune not wholly compensated for by insurance, and there will nat urally be more than ordinary precau- tions taken to prevent the premature burning of this delightfully."- combusti- hle weed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-02
FOCH IS 65 TODAY

General Ferdinand Foch, hero of the Marne. the Yser and the sQmme. and Joffre's ab1est aide, was bdrn at Tarbes, in the department of Gers, sixty-five years ago today. Oct. 2, 1851. Like Joffre, he halls from the south of France, and he has the dash ing, impetuous temperament of the southern Latin. While Jofffe is cool, cautious and calculating. In spite of this difference in disposition their team work has been admirable. Joffre plans, Foch executes, and he brings to the execution a dash and daring which has often turned defeat into
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victory. Foch is the nearest approach to being the Napoleon of this war. His mode of military thought is truiy Napoleonic, and. if he had lived Tn the days of the Corsican, there is no doubt that he would have been one of the Emperor's favorite field marshals. He is impetuous, but his impetuosity is tempered by forethought and illumin- ated by science. Secrecy, suddenness, swiftness, these are the chief charac- teristics of his military methods. He always knows where he Is going, but he loses no time on the way.
 Foch's father was an official in southern France in the days of the Second Empire, and later under the republic. At an early age Foch chose military career. and at twenty six
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he was an artillery captain. His rise was rapid, and in 1908 he was ap- pointed director of the Eccle de Guerre, the great French military school, where for several years he had been professor of tactics. At the same time he attained the rank of brigadier-general. When the war broke out he was in command of the Twentieth Corps at Nancy. Immedi- ately he began to make a name for himself, and Joffre was not slow in recognizing his genius. Tn the battle of the Marne his strategy was the chief factor in turning back the Teu- ton tide. and ever since he has been at the forefront of great projects. lat Somme
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-02

Morris N. Johnson, 70, who was a member of the senior class at Prince ton University when President Wilson was a freshman there, was killed by falling ten feet from a window of his room to the rear yard of Gramercy Park.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-12
Hirsh Continues Collections.

Morris Hirsh, the collector for the
United Furniture company of Boston,
who was fined $3.50 for conducting a
lottery by Judge f. E. Barber in the
Brattleboro municipal court Friday,
was here Yesterday to make his regular
weekly collections. Mr.. Hirsh and the
company by which he has been en-
ployed have been given considerable
publicity through the press since his
arrest Hirsh admitted yesterday that
the publicity had not served to in
crease his business. He said that he
would continue his collections while
awaiting the action of the supreme
court on his appeal from the ruling of
the lower court at Brattleboro.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-12
LOCATING LINES OF
HOOKER PROPERTY
Architect Here with View to Preparing
Plans for Possible Buildings
No Claim Against Town.

Civil Engineer James A. Helyar
was engaged this morning in locating
the west line of the Main street side
walk in front of the Hooker property,
corner of Main and High streets, the
property having been sold recently to
John B. Manley By w A. Shumway,
who had it ii charge.
The deed locates the line about tw
feet over the sidewalk line, but the
selectmen have been assured that no
claim will be made against the town
for land damages, the new owner de-
string merely to definitely locate the
line.
F. w. Colby of Boston, who is here
with a view to preparing plans for pos
sible new buildings on the lot, was con
cerned over the height of the sidewalk
hi h is higher than it should be
since the street was lowered in grade
The selectmen intend, when a new
cement walk is laid there, to lower tht
grade of the sidewalk to conform t.
the street level, and this was deter
mined also.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-12
Gard of Thanks.

We wish to express our sincere
thanks and deep appreciation to all the
neighbors and friends everywhere for
the kindness shown and sympathy ex-
tended during the illness, death and
burial of our darling daughter and sis
ter, Dorothy. We also want to thank
those who sent the many flowers and
the comforting letters. We cannot ex-
press our feelings in words. 1t is our
wish that you may all receive the same
kindness in your time of sorrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. John NJ. Stratton.
Harold Stratton.
Brattleboro, VT, April II, 1916.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-12

forth was located at Plymouth, n. H.,
with the assistance of New Hamp-
shire officials, who had been cooper
ating with the deputy some weeks.
Danforth, who was being held un-
der indictment by the grand jury on
the charge of stealing horse, made
his escape in the company of anoth
er young man of the same age, Fred
Cote, who was awaiting trial on the
charge of having stolen a motorcycle
at Arlington, riding the machine to
Syracuse, n. Y, and selling it. Cote
was arrested at Springfield, Mass,
soon after his escape, returned to Jail,
tried, was convicted and sentenced to
not less than two years at the house
of correction.
Danforth and Cote escaped by
climbing the grating of the jail corri-
dor and digging hole through the
ceiling with pair of shears. The
opening through which they squeezed
their bodies was SO small that Cote
was suffering from injured ribs when
he was brought back for trial.
BY travelling through the rural dis
tricts and working for few days al
a time on farms, Danforth managed te
keep his liberty for six months. Al
Plymouth he attempted to obtain EN-
qloyment with one of the lumber com
panies operating in northern New
Hampshire but his actions raised th'
suspicious of the officials and led t.
his arrest.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-12
PERSONAL

P. f. Connors is i'll with grip at his
home on High street.
Miss Helen Fenton of Elliot street
was taken to the Memorial hospital
this morning suffering from a severe
case of grip.
Miss Elizabeth Hunter, teacher in
the seventh grade of the Main street
school, who has been i'll at her home in
Poultney, is expected to return today.
Oscar Swanson, who has been porter
IN the Brooks House, went this morn
ng to Springfield, Mass, VIII re he has
osition as captain Of bell boys in
iIofaI Kimball.
Mrs. Herbert w. Sanderson, who went
to Littletown, \. H., several weeks ago
on account of the illness of her mother
underwent an operation in the hospital
there week ago. She is doing well.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-12
BELLOWS FALLS.
ATTORNEY SELLS BUSINESS.
Successor Is Robert R. Twitchen, For
mer High School Principal.

Attorney George H. Thompson, who
has formed a partnership with Wallace
n. Batchelder and Charles Batchelder
and who will soon go to Bethel as
member of the law firm of Batchelder,
Thompson & Batchelder, has sold his
law business here to Robert R. Twitch-
ell. Mr.. Twitchell has arrived in town
and has begun practice in the offices in
the Union building which were occupied
by Mr.. Thompson for 10 years. The
latter attorney will remain here short
time in order to finish up business now
under way toward settlement
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-12
Motor Troubles.

q suppose you find tire troubles
tho most expensive item in the upkeep
of your touring car?''
mo, I can t say that I do. With
me the big expense is attire trouble.
Nv wife and daughter can t go on a
50-mile trip without laying in a new
stock of dry goods. st. Louis Post.
Despatch.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-12
OFFICER FINDS FUGITIVE.
Danforth, Who Escaped from Benning
ton Jail, Behind Bars Again.

BENNINGTON, April T. Carl
Danforth, p, who escaped from the
Bennington county Jail on October l,
last, resumed his former cireumscribed
quarters early yesterday morning. He
returned in the custody of Deputy
Sheriff James D. Purdy of Manches-
ter who had been at work on the case
ever since the break %as made. Dan
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-12
s. ]. Cray Now Chairman.

Postmaster Daniel H. Cray, who had
been a member of the Democratic town
committee since 1884 and who had
been its secretary from that time I'M
ill IL years ago, when he was elected
chairman, which Office he held until
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-12
Demanding Proof.

'It's funny thing about human
nature said Jones, as he walked
home with his next-door neighbor.
What IS funny about it?'
why, if you tell man there arc
270, l69 ,325,4S stars he'll believe you,
but if sign says Fresh Paint he
won t believe it without personal
investigation. STRAY Stories.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-12
MARRIAGES.

In Brattleboro, April s, by Rev
Richard H. Clapp, Raymond o. Nil
lard of Springfield, Mass, and Miss
Lillian May Worden of West Spring
field, Mass.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-12

Rev. Father Edward J. Howard of
ST. Peter parish of Rutland spoke
in the Lenten devotional services II
St Charles Roman Catholic church
last evening. Rev. Father Howard IS
Bellows Falls boy and was admitted
to the priesthood last Christmas.