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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-09
MORETOWN

Several from this place went on the
excursion to Ausable Chasm Thursday
of last week.
f. G. Atkins went to Groveton. n. H.
last week for a visit with relatives.
Mrs. NJ. S. card left Friday for a few
weeks stay at Old Orchard, Me.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. S. Griffith and Mrs
Jennie Pierce were in Montpelier Thurs
day.
Master Roswell Child is visiting his
mother and sisters in Waterbury.
Mrs. L. f. Hill and daughter, Jennie,
returned to their home in Jericho Thurs
day after ten days visit with her
daughter, Mrs. L. f. Flint.
G. G.. Sleeper spent several days the
past week with relatives in Montpelier.
Miss Margaret Arseneau of Montpelier
was a guest of Mrs. W. A. Kingsbury.
Mrs. A. c Child, who has been quite i'll
the past week with heart trouble, is con
vslescent.
Mrs. \. c. Sleeper of Calais is visiting
at G. H. Sleeper's.
Foster Slayton Of Barre recently visit
ed his sister, Mrs. w. L. Wilcox.
Eldon Griffith was at his home in town
over Sunday.
Albert Ferris. Holmes Mobbs and Paul
Flynn were in Montpelier Saturday.
Several from here attended the races
at Randolph Tuesday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-09
TALK OF THE TOWN

i Sport stripes AZ nuts.
August cleanup sale at Vaughan's.
Plume brand muslin underwear at Alb
bolts.
Sev'nty-fve cent skirts on sale SOC at
Yaughan's.
Band concert Friday evening, Gas to
7:45. front OF Park Theatre, Barre Citi-
zens' band.-ady.
Andes ranges, Perfection oil stoves,
White Mountain refrigerators, wash boil.
ers, 4. A. Prindle. Dept square.
Miss A. Bass, who has been visiting
friends and relatives in the city for sew
eral days, returned to her home in Pros
pect Hill, Mass, this noon.
Miss Francis Halliday, who has been
visiting relatives in East Montpelier and
on Brook street for several days, re
turned to her home in Springfield to-
day.
NJ J. Mesi, who has been employed as
stonecutter in the city for a number OF
months, left this morning for Milford,
n. IT,. where he will be employed on
stock farm.
John p. Corcoran commenced a vaca-
ton OF week from the Barre postoi1iee
this morning and started this forenoon
for Hardwick. where he will visit friends
for a few days.
Clarence Carr Of route 2, of the rural
delivery, commenced his vacation of Is
days, Monday and started for Chicago,
whore he will go as a delegate to the
carriers national convention, which will
be held from the 10th to the 18th Of the
month. James Johnston OF Highland aV-
enue is substituting on the route during |
Mr. Cars absence.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-09
GOMPERS GETS
OVATION FROM
UNION MEN
Continued from first page.)

court to court on technicalities, the poo
man has no money, oftentimes, to follow
the case and is left only with an indiffer
ent compromise. Against them, too oft
en-, are corporations with trained lega
stats, corporations ready to buy brains
at so much per pound. Andlit is signifi
cant, he~went on, that majority OF law
yers and those aspiring to the profession
are concentrating their attention on the
rights of property, as against the rights
of the human being. jefferson, Phillips
and Lincoln, as well as the. greatest hu.
manitarians of to-day, are on record as
declaring that the rights of the individual
demand much the greater consideration
1t is to be noted, too, the speaker went
on, that agreements between employers
and employees are made and that the
question of what these agreements mean
are never in dispute. Lawyers legislate
laws and their meaning is always in dis
pute. Hence the long drawn out litiga-
ton that is curse to the man of moder-
ate means. There is a popular notion
that lawyers are the only class that can
legislate and yet it is a matter of record
that the majority of laws are ambiguous
~ worded and always subject to varied
interpretations.
The law may declare the equality of
men and property, the speaker continued,
but the courts to-day are not offering
that opportunity of equality. The an
cent concept of the courts regarding the
relations of slave and master, baron and
serf, employe and employer remains un-
changed in too many places. From the
old doctrines of employers liability and
assumption of risk we have obtained
workingmen's compensation, but it is too
true, nevertheless, that many legal rights
are denied the workers.
Elk Governor Fletcher made his stand
on the record of the l9l2-l0l3 legisla-
tive session and its good Offices in behalf
of labor and then spoke of the telephone
investigation as an instance where the
clogged judicial machinery is thwarting
the will of the people. He stated that
the 1912 assembly passed more construc-
tive labor legislation than all of the
other legislatures put together. As for
the last legislature, he said, its record of
achievement in that line could be easily
scanned, or words to that effect. He de-
plored the system which made it impos-
sible for the poor man to go to the higher
courts when cases are appealed on tech
nicalities He scored the present state
officials for not prosecuting the cases
brought as the outcome of the telephone
investigation. At the conclusion of his
remarks, Chairman Suitor stated that
labor hasn't forgotten the services rem
dered by Ex-Governor Fletcher and had
showed its appreciation by making him
an honorary member of the state fedora
ton.
Vice President Lovely of the shoe
workers union dwelt at length on the
evils of the convict labor system and the |
abuse of prisoners in 28 state penal insti
buttons which he visited in the course of |
an official investigation. The prison is
the most secret place in the country, he
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-09
WAITSFIELD

Earl Bartlett of Lawrence, Mass
came Monday for a weeks stay at 7
b. Joslyns.
Mr. and Mrs, Charles Bigclow wer'
over Sunday visitors at 4. w. Bigelow s
Mr.. and Mrs. Downes Of Burlington
spent Sunday in town.
Miss Alice Smith is clerking in Grit
fifth and Mills
Mr.. and Mrs. W. r. Jones are the par.
cnts OF daughter born Sunday. Aug
6, at IL p. m. The baby weighed five
and half pounds and has been named
Esther Bushnell.
Miss Beulah Hand of Montpelier is a
guest at her aunt's, Mrs. J. A. Smith.
Mrs. Peter LaBelle returned Sunday
night to her daughters, Mrs. j. A.
Smith.
King and Hugh Howe of Tunbridge
are guests at ". j. Palmer's,
Miss Irene Atwood of Woodstock is
visiting her aunt. Mrs. G. NJ. Jones.
Mrs. Nellie Gale of Barre spent
Wednesday and Thursday at C, II. New
combs.
The home circle sale and musical
program at the Congregational church
evening proved successful and
pleasant affair The following program
was rendered mot acceptably; Pro-
logue, Rogers, Gladys n. Gale; There
is a Green Hill Far Away, Gounod,
Kenneth Gale; Lullaby from Joeelyn,
b. GODDARD, Clara b. Savage; 'Evensong",
Martin, Gladys n. Gale; Celeste Aida,
(from Aida Verdi, Kenneth Gale;
Seeing Things at Night, James Whit
comb Riley, Mary Moore; Meditation"
(from Thais), Massenet, and "Tocca
to in d Minor, g. b. Nevin, Gladys
Gale; cave Maria, C. Whitney Coomhs,
Clara b. Savage; "Inhammatus" (Stabat
Mater, Rossini, Kenneth Gale; "The
Lost Ten Cent Piece, a trench anecdote,
iarda Horton,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-09
MONTPELIER
Bodies of Mrs. Harriet Raymond and
Frank o. Sherman Brought for Burial.

! Funeral service for Mrs. Harriet Raw.
mond, who died in Springfield, Mass.
Monday night, were held at o O'Clock
this forenoon at st. Augustine's church
Rev. p. j. Long officiating. The remains
arrived in the city on the early morning
train and were taken to the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Peterson. Burial
was in the Catholic cemetery. The de-
ceased was born in Montpelier about so
years ago, the daughter of Benjamin
Coburn, and was twice married, first
to John Sullivan, whose death occurred
nine years ago After her marriage to
Fred Raymond, five years ago, they
left for Springfield to reside. She is
survived by her husband and two chill
dren, Edgar and Eva Sullivan and two
sisters.
Funeral services for Frank o. Sherman,
who died suddenly at Concord, n. H..
Sunday morning, were held yesterday
afternoon at 3 o'clock, at the chapel at
Green Mount cemetery. Burial was made
in the family lot. The body was accom-
panied TO this city by the surviving
daughter.
Referee in Bankruptcy w. N. Theriault
was in Randolph yesterday afternoon,
presiding at the first meeting of credi-
tors in the bankrupt estate OF Herbert
NJ. Bean of that town.
George and Frank Emmons of Mystic,
and Hartford, Conn, are spending few
days in the city with relatives.
Frank T. Parsons went this forenoon
to Mortified on business relating to the
purchase of the Mortified News by the
Mortified Publishing company of which
he is an incorporation, articles Of associa-
tion having been filed yesterday after
noon with the secretary of state. Mr..
Parsons plans to be active in publishing
the weekly, but will retain his Office of
sergeant alarms for the present at least.
The other incorporators are laval M. |
Whiting and Edward NJ. Deavitt.
In probate court to-day Mrs. Minnie |
A. Whitcomb of Marshfield settled her
account as Administrative of the estate |
IF Rufus 0. Whitcomb, late OF Marsh
field.
Miss Margaret Dobbs OF State street |
eft yesterday afternoon for White Riv
,r Junction for an indefinite visit with
'elatives.
DR.. and Mrs. Chester L. Cleaves have
'eturned from a several weeks honey
noon spent along the Maine coast, and
viii reside on School street.
Fred L. Laird, jr., arrived in the city
his forenoon from Plattsburg, n. Y, L
where he has been a member of the
military training camp since the first
# last month
Principal John W. Hatch of Montpel
er seminary left to-day for Boston and
,oints in Maine on business connected
With the institution. DIR. Hatch will visit
he new members of the faculty while
bsent and does not expect to return
ntil the latter part of the month.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-09

TO EENT-Tun small tenemeats, and
r.orns each. fnishcd 10 hard WOOD: modem
convenicnces. Inguic a. 4 Granite street
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said, and all on account of graft. the
biggest criminals in the United States
are appointed to enforce the prison laws.
He had no doubt but that conditions in
Vermont's penal institutions are quite as
bad as elsewhere. His investigation de-
veloped the fact that 1000 shoemakers
are turning out $4,000 pairs of shoes each
day behind prison walls at daily wages
averaging As cents. He described in de-
tail the methods of punishment employed
in such institutions and gave his hearers
vivid account of whipping which he
: witnessed in a Baltimore prison. He APP
pcaled for support in movement to give
prisoners a chance to reform, to let them
or their families profit by their labor, and
! to put a stop to the endless chain OF
graft that is responsible for conditions.
| The speaker further declared that the
problem of convict labor will not be
solved until the product of prison labor
is used solely for other state institutions,
instead of flooding the free labor market.
Sixteen of the % states visited use the
whipping post and in connection with
appeal for the abolition of convict labor
evils, he urged that workingmen every
where Cooperate with the union officials
in putting stop to the inhumane treat
ment of men behind the walls.
Following President Gompers' address
a resolution was introduced and adopted
as follows: "Resolved, That the 10Th an
nual convention of the Vermont state
branch of the A. F. of L. extend to Presi-
dent Gompers its best wishes and appre-
luton for the service rendered our
United States and humanity in the re-
cent Mexican crisis" The resolution was
signed by Alex Ironside, Nelson A. Malm-
gren, William Smith, Fred w. Suitor
Wesley Hoffman, A. W. Desrochers and
f. B. Perry A paper presented by j. T.
Callaghan and w. H. Eager regarding To-
cal labor conditions was introduced but
no action was taken. Mr.. Callaghan re-
ceived a vote of thanks for passing
around the cigars Adjournment was
taken at noon until as o'clock
Preparations for the big mass meeting
in the opera house were completed early !
this forenoon. 1t will open promptly at |
I: 80 o'clock and President Gompers will |
speak The banquet in Clan Gordon hall |
will be held as soon after the speechmak-
ing as possible.
When the convention was called to or
der around o'clock this afternoon, Gev-
ernor G. w. Gates was introduced. The +
chief executive received a cordial well
come when he entered the hall and the
delegates listened approximately while he
voiced his pleasure at being able to greet
the labor men.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-09
An English Woman Marvels at American
Country Life.

Before I came to America | fancied
that / should find one long row of apart
ment houses extending from New York
to San Francisco, some of them palatial
but tawdry. Others lowly, and some
squalid This idea was partially formed
from reading in your own journals OF
your lack of home life as compared with
our preponderance of it in England. On
the contrary / found, in the localities |
visited. much that we can learn from
YOU Americans Of home-making and of
home-living. The amazing thing to me
is what your women accomplish IN the
actual building Of their homes, and that,
too, with small means.-Lady lnez
stuart in The Countryside Magazine for
August.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-09

FOR SALE OR TRADE FOR MoIoKch :
CHA r7lhber-tirei busy that cost $3.50;
paint in nice condition also fur robe that
cost $50 and nearly new have no further
use for this property, and they are hnc traae
for s=--e-ne- p. f. Town. PiaIuhei3, Vt lZstss
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-09

Suits and coats one-half price. Fits
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-09

A fussy little woman with gold-rimmed
spectacles and thoughtful brow got into
a tram and took the only unoccupied
seat.
The man next her evidently had been
drinking, and for while she contented
herself with merely shifting contemptu-
ously at her neighbor, but finally she
called up the conductor.
Conductor" she demanded indignant
ly, do you permit drunken persons to
ride upon this tram?"
NO ma'am," replied the official in a
confidential whisper. "But don't say a
word, and stay where you are, ma'am. If
you hadn't told me I'd never have noticed
you. Tit Bits.
Suits and coats half price. Fits.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-09
BARRE DAILY TIMES
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST ., 1910,
The Weather

Generally fair tonight and Thursday
variable winds, principally northwest.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-09
TOOLATE TO CLASSIFY

FOR sALE-A baby carriage in good con-
diiion. Apply to Il Merchant street Barre.
1874
The Washington herald., 1916-04-21
NO PUBLIC rush
!. TO SELL STOCKS
Anticipated Liquidation Stam-
pede in Wall Street Fails
to Materialize.
EVIDENCE OF STABILITY
General Price Movement Irregular and
Some Declines Are Noted-lnter-
est Centers in Berlin Answer.

New York, April 2O.-There was no pub
lie rush to sell stocks. in the Wall Street
market today, although the professional
REGULATION for the decline yesterday aft
eTnoon had anticipated something in the
nature of a general stampede Of hduida-
ton when the developments at Washing
ton had been considered overnight. The
country's stock market response today
was a gratifying evidence of the stability
of financial moods everywhere, matching
the indications that business conditions
and banking and market positions are
fundamentally strong enough to cope
with any Conceivable contingency or
event of the international difficulties now
pending.
Indeed, the elements Of weakness which
appeared in various directions OF the
share list today were not in any obvious
way a direct reflection OF the disturbing
uncertainties which political problems
have forced on financial attention. They
were quite apparently the direct conse-
auence Of the reaCtiOnary processes OF
the last few months in impairing specu-
iatiye accounts for the. rise LETT over
from last autumn's extravagances.
There was scattered hquidatng pres
sure in all departments, but much Of the
selling was still manifestly continuation
Of professional speculation for the de-
cline. Standard descriptions, including
industrials as well as rails, offered re-
sistance not only to pressure, but to the
msettIing influences of the particular
weaknesses which were displayed. Opera
tfons for the short account were dis
CriminatingIy conducted. and there was
a good deal of short covering throughout
the list, which enabled the market, espe-
cially in the early dealings, to absorb
liquidating sales at some advance in
prices.
The market was less active than on
Wednesday. and the general price move
ment was irregular. There was more or
less unsteadiness in the afternoon, as a
result Of the decline in Studebaker, In
dustrial Alcohol and other specialties. and
the tone was nervous all around. but per
sistent underlying firmness was exhibited
In all the important quarters.
Interest was practically confined to the
response which Germany must make to
the demands made by Washington to
Berlin, and the prevailing disposition was
to place a somewhat vague reliance on
the ultimate success Of the evident ef-
forts underway to avert the threatened
breach of relations over Germanys con-
suct Of submarine warfare.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-21
PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE.

Philadelphia, April 9-BUTTER-There was lit
tie trading and with increased pressure to sell
prices declined lc. We quote: Western, fresh,
solid packed, creamery fancy specials, Per lb., 50;
extra IS: frsts 55is seconds AaS6; nearby prints,
fancy %; average extra S. frsts 3saS7: seconds,
S4IsaS; special fancy brands Of prints jobbing At
I2sR
EGGs-Receipts were quite liberal, but desirable
stock was in good demand and steady. The QUO
tations were as follows: In free cases. nearby ex
tras % per dozen; nearby hrsts. SIS per standard
case; nearby current receipts. $50 per case; West
EN- extra 24a36 per dozen; Western extra nrsts.
SIS per case; do. hrsts, SEQ per case; Southern,
per case 6l5a65 to quality; fancy selected eggs
we're jobbing at Ea9 per dozen.
LIVE POULTRH-FoWls, -l9a2Dh; ROSTERS, l2al5;
chickens soft'nssted 2oa2l exceptional lots higher
do Stacy, llal5; ducks as 70 size and quality.
lsa2o: geese ITaIs; some attrzctiye stock hover;
pigeons old. per pair. Saoi do. young. per pair.
5a22
DRESSED POULTRY killed poultry. dry
packed fowls l9 To box, drypIcksd fancy selected.
2; weighing 4ta5 pounds apiece, nv; do, lbs.
apiece, M; do. ~ lbs. apiece, ma do. lbs.
apiece. lsale Fows in barrels fancy, dry-picked.
weighing 45ka5 lbs apiece, n; do. lbs. APIECE q
smaller sizes T7aO. Old roosters. dry-picked, l6.
BroIIers jersey fancy, 5oz55; broilers other
BY weighing 2a3 lbs. to the pGir. 4oa5: broilers,
nearby, larger sizes Sass. Gapons per pound,
weighing salO lbs apiece aa2s; smaller sizes Za26
Ducks, nearby, spring. &aO SQUADS per dozen,
white. weighing 1la12 lhs.. 5s5s6oo: do, do. sal0
lbs 525a5.T5; do, do. lbs. 40oA4.75; do. do. 7
pounds, 32Ja375; do, do, 6a6Iz pounds 25oa3 %
dark 2OCa3oO; small and No. ?. lOoal.5O
The Washington herald., 1916-04-21
BALTIMORE GRAIN.

Baltimore. April D-WHEAT-Receipts III. Is
bushels consisting Of 2Di bushels Southern and
100 Oel bushels Western: shipments from elevators,
l3s I57 bushels stock in elevators, ls7T bushels.
The market opened frmer, as follows: Spot. l.O5A.
nominal; No 2 Western, l;5S, nominal; April,
ll5A nominal.
CoRN-Reoeirts, q s55 bushels consisting Of D.lI4
bushels Western and 81 bushels Southern
shipments from eleTators s. 5so bushels; stock in
elevators 80 llS bushels. Sail yellow is quotabe
at SZIkas5 per bushel. Cob corn was quoted at
4.COa405 per barrel. The market opened steady.
Spot, April and May. slES, nominal
OATS-Receipts. 25, ,95s bushels; withdrawn from
elevators 55422 bushels; stock in elevators 494 ~
bushels. Prices Standard white, Al; No )
white q; sales and No. 1 white 45aF.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-21
ACTIVE CURB STOCKS.
COTTON MARKETS.

New York Aprn O.-Aftsr showing some hrmnsss
In the fornoou cotton reacted today. Business was
not large, hoEeEer, and exchanges Of near for
later positions was feature of the dsalingS Com
mission houses sold May and bought the new crop
months, while spot firms were purchasers Of May.
Fhe spot markets Of the South ruled steady and un-
changed Temperatures were higher in the belt
today.
IE the final dealings. private movements were
irregular. but the market exhibited steady under
tone. Last quotations were a point lower TO one
point higher.
Spot at Liverpool was quiet today at declines
OF points, on the basis Of S25d for miduplAnd.
Futures In the English market quiet at a net
advance Of lsa2 points. Liverpool was points
higher. There were no sales
A report issued by the Watkins Bureau indi-
Gated an increase Of 7SS per cent in the acreage.
The use OF fertilizer placed at IS per cent,
as compared with last year. and the amount Of
the staple held on April at 55.49s bales
Port receipts for the day were 2, Z,S7S bales, com
pared with sos bales year ago.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-21
List Again Loses Ground.

Summarizing the action of the New
York list yesterday. w. B. Hibbs & Co.
gave out the following telegram from
Logan & Bryan, their New York cor
respondents:
THE list again lost ground. For a
time during the forenoon. the market
displayed rallying power. but the same
were sharply resisted by the element
bearishly inclined, and as a result there
Of the offerings on the advances were
too large to overcome. 1t was said that
the pursuit Of Villa has been halted for
the time being. which of course will
again bring the Mexican situation to
the front as a topic of discussion. 1t
will probably require a week or two be-
fore Berlin Is heard from. Press COM
ments on the whole appeared to favor
the tone of the American note, and TAX
en- as a whole sentiment appeared to be
somewhat calmer, though the disposi-
ton to further contract long lines OF
stocks remains pronounced as a con-
sequence of the fear of untoward hap
penings of a sort likely to temporarily
upset the equilibrium of the existing or
der of things. We see no occasion to
alter our views and continue to advise
a conservative course and reduction Of
long commitments"