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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-04-08
Revenge is Sweet.

Mr.. Gotham-Do Won notice that we are
getting more heat ia oar apartment than
usual?
Mrs. Gotham-Yc- 7 have noticed III. 7
suppose tile iantur IN wise to the fact
THAI Christmas i- near at hand.
Mr.. Gotham-No. r isn't that. The
ianitor had y row with the owner MI thc
apartments. and he taking revenge Tn
burning mp the old fellows coal a~ quick
as he cau.-Youkcr~ Statesman.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-04-08

1913 ttt.n Gu ct. nr-l -tc. .rl.
France to the United States. arrived
nj Charleston. =. q.
ls26-Famou. duel between Henry Clay
and John Randolph.
1S55-Sy~tcm of registering letters nitro
duced in United States postal service.
loGl-War crisis approaching between the
North and South. state department
refused TN receive. officially. the Con
tcdcratc commissioners
'SsG-GIad-tonc introduced home rule
the British house UT commons.
l9l3-Fir-t parliament Of the Chinese re
public met at Pckiu.
l9l3-Woman suffrage was defeated IN
Michigan by majority Of 100000.
lgI3-Eicctiou of United States senators
by popular vote was made certain hy
THE ratification of the seventeenth
amendment TN the Connecticut legi~li~
turc.
l9l5-Gcneral Oregon defeated Villa in
battle near Celaya.
l9l5-The War: Russians cut Austrian
line III two and capture Smolnik, east
of Lupkow PAS. French report
further gains between thc Mcu-c and
MoScllc.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-04-08
Then Smile A While
Old Ones Revamped.

lie has a. look Of furtive 1are,
Like one of crime suspected.
A. he starts ont NJ morn 10 wear
The tie his wife selected.
Washington Star.
lie has look Nj e%ringing fear.
Bu- hopes hi- luck wil saws him.
a. he -ta rr- ir to smoke the rea--
Cigars hi~ @hrlpmecr save him.
Macon Tcla-ral NJ.
He vi~age shows the dread he feels.
:. tear bodIm~ his doubtful eve
y toward the ie-ral broad he wheels
III cat hL~ wife, tr~t-baked pie.
Youngstown Telegram.
Methiuk- these iohp- ure far from "
They call to mind Joe Miller;
But there only one thing than ! can do
IT use Ncm a~ q 'hller.'
View Orleans Item.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-04-08
Advice to Mabel.

jill London imam ir-t back from thr
tato- -y~ that " itfla eirl on thc train
to PItt-hurg was chewing gum. Not only
that. but She insisted ou pulling 1t ont in
long ~tnuS and letting it TALL back INTO
her mouth again.
Mabel said the mother in \ Mortified
whisper. mabel. don't do that. Chew
Your gum like " little lady London
Opinion.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-04-08
HIS Duty.

i wouiln't eo oui Al the end ol every
art. my bow. Bca~tly bad form.
II don't IN ont to Get \ drink ! tele-
phone home and gct bulletins from the
maid abcut the condition Of the pan under
the Ice box. Ny wife can't ENJOY the
opera unless she knows there l. no dam
Ger 81 chat pans running over.-Pit's-
huruh Post.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-04-08

Father - uaII tu tell you this. my ~on;
the secret ol success i- hard work.
Son-If it's y secret. dad. you shouldn't
have told it.. Fortunately. | nm TOO much
Of "a gentleman To take advantage OF in
formation gained in that w~ay.-Bo~ton
Transcript.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-04-08

There are enough carpets and rugs
made in Philadelphia every year to
reach around the world n yagd wide.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-04-08

An event celebrated r1-iiv hv th" rood
Nn~. ia v fla opening nf tha
r- r%uuirr rla,t rrr.r''v rnmuIntcl there
.t w cost WI nearly $4,000. The erection
uf thi- plant emphasizes thc growth III i'm
Ilrtaurc 0f tlc truck industry along the
b1 Nrrccje~ canal. and iorc~hadow~
greater results than ever in production of
marketable green stuff ~ that part "A our
fruitful NryIr Valley.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-04-08

David Bclasc1. tie playwright and
Staas manager. was once y Vail o"e ~
a san Francisco theater.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-04-08

lie has a look Of furtive care,
Like one Of crime suspected.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-09-29
Beans Shoot Up.
Detroit Free Prcss.)

Michigan jobbers have decided ON
- beans for starter with threat
that the price may go to IS before the
season is over, and since Michigan is
about the whole thing in beans this
settles the question. just how much of
jolt in the ribs Boston is to get from
the Wolverine state the reader may
understand when he learns that year
ago beans were quoted at $3.50 to
$2.95, according TO the date of delivery,
and ON Dee 81 were from $3.45 to
$3.50 a bushel
The reason for the big rise in price
ism t the war-unless this summer s
weather is to be blamed on the war. 1t
is the shortage of the crop, which
stands at about 100000 bushels
against 100000 bushels in 1915.
Beans have gone up just as wheat and
flour and bread have gone up, but
there is a little added pain in the con-
temptation of their desertion of the
poor man. They were the last hope.
There is nothing "cheap and filing"
any more.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-09-29
TO JAIL FOR 10 MONTHS.
Rutland Man Failed to Support Family
and Eloped with a High School Girl

A sentence of not less than IS months
and not more than two years was meted
out to Frank A. Turner of Rutland in
city court Wednesday afternoon by
Judge Swinnerton after Turner had
pleaded guilty to charge of refusing
to support his wife and four minor chill
dren. Turner figured in an elopement ON
Saturday OF last week with Rutland
high school girl, Miss Ruth Coolidge OF
North Clarendon, who was allowed her
liberty pending further investigation of
the case.
Turner, who has been in court before
pleaded guilty and was given the sentence
At the completion OF this term he will be
forced to serve sentence of three months
for breach of the peace, the sentence being
suspended when he was in court in June,
| 1918.
Turner when sentence was passed, said
he would have tried to support his family
| il his wife had been ION the level" with
him. Miss Coolidge pleaded not guilty to
IA serious oifense against the statutes and
the case was held open, the girl being al
| lowed to go ON her own rccognzance. She
said she didn't care anything for Turner
but she hated to see him sent to Jail.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-09-29
Less Inmates Than Two Years Ago.
lin the Windsor Journal

There is a less number of inmates at the
Vermont state prison now than has been
there at any time in the past two years.
y representative of this paper was at the
prison this week and in conversation with
the warden, j. w McDcrmott, found that
the number of men now confined was lSS
and the number Of women %.
This fact makes an optimistic side to the
sordid details Of this work-a-day world.
1t may show that people are behaving bot
ter; it may show that business conditions,
are such that fewer are led into tempta-
ton than when there is a depression; and
it may show that the application of the
law is softer than it has been.
Whichever way may he the truth mat
tcrs little except to a class who believe in
being supeliluously correct on solution
OF the why and wherefore.
There are ways, however, where the
number of inmates could still be lesscned
and at the same time no bad influence to
the public good result. 1t will suffice to
mention one in particular ut this time.
This is in Il different administration of
justice OF course there is no way that
this can be brought about except through
the legislature but we are to have another
meeting of this body in few months
more. Whoever represents the town of
Windsor can distinguish himself at the
next legislature by advocating reform in
the method of sentencing law breakers.
Many of these people receive sentences
that are too long, that are al lout of rea-
son with the object of discipline There
should be different ratio in the status
of maximum sentences AS the laws are
inflicted now the ratio is about two to
three, figuring it as a general average If
this ratio was placed at one to eight or
ten the public good would be improved.
There are plenty of instances where law
breakers have stepped into crime but once
and where year in Jail would teach the
offender more than many years longer As
soon as the parolcd inmate is once safely
landed into employment he should be
looked after by the probation officer and
the term of probation should be for a
much longer period than is now the GUS
tom.
Filling the jails of the country will
never be the salvation OF society The
offenders need the gentle touch of the
laws mercy as much as they need it's sting.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-09-29
FAKE FATALITY STORY.
Wholesale Slaughter of Automobiles
Rumored in Several Different Places
Five Decomposed Bodies Reported.

The rumor has Travelled far, as
stories of that kind always do, and has
reached the ears of thousands, and it is
still travelling, but so far as can be
learned the story is a pure creation of
the imagination. If such an accident
had happened and bodies had been
found the town officials in the town in
which they were found would know
about it and the facts certainly would
reach the newspapers and there would
be something tangible upon which to
work to secure the full information.
People in Greenfield, Deerfeld, Mass,
Brattleboro, Keene, Claremont and 9TH
er places are talking about the report
and some have been assured that cit
is actually true,' and newspapcrmen
have tried to determine what was the
basis for the story. While it would have
been entirely possible for a car to have
gone off bank with fatal results, the
inability of interested persons to get
any definite clew connected with the
present rumor stamps the story as n
fake.
Under the heading Picturesque Rumor
Is On It's Travels, the Manchester On.
H. Union printed the following de-
! spatch Monday from Kceac:
"a rumor that an automobile had
been discovered in the brush at the foot
of steep embankment of the road be-
tween Chesterfield and Hinsdale, with
four dccomposed bodies underneath, be-
came circulated in Kcenc yesterday. The
rumor was investigated by newspaper
men and county officials and it was
found to be n canard. 1t was learned
that n similar rumor had started the pre-
Vious day in the towns of BrattlebOro,
VT, and Greenfield, Mass. 1t seems that
the location of the accident is work
ing up the line between New Hampshire
and Vermont
I'm interesting coincidence connected
with the rumor comes from DR.. Il. C..
Thorn OF Dccrleld, Mass, formerly Of
Brattlcboro. DIR. Thorn asked DIR. A. l..
| pettec by telephone Monday what he
knew of the case, saying that he had
heard of an accident and that he saw
Il load of Baskets coming toward Brat
tleboro.
Tuesday The PhocniX called Dr.. Thorn
He said that he heard of an accident
the latter part of last week in which
five persons were said to have been
killed. He said that on Saturday fore
noon as he was driving from Deerfeld
to South Dcerfeld in his automobile he
met near the Cheapside bridge an au-
tomobilc truck coming north with five
Baskets ON board. They were grey and
looked to be steel Baskets. He asso-
ciated the fact with the report and
wondered if it could have been true.
His idea was that the supposed acct
dent happened in Guilford, but Guilford
officials know nothing about it.
a Greenfield man who was in Brat
tleboro this week said that as he UNI
derstood il there really had been an ac-
cidcnt and five deaths, but he under
stood that one of the persons was n
baby, who was not killed but starved
to death.
Tuesday morning the report reached
,Claremont, n. H., and a Claremont news
paper called The Phoenix by tele
phone to see if it could be verified! om
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-09-29
What Would Hughes Have Done?
"a. L. Wolbarst in New York Times
Sept. 49,

Your leading editorial article today
asks What Would Mr.. Hughes Have
Done? referring to the events leading
up to the passage of the eighthour
law. And the inference you draw is
that he could not have done otherwise
than President Wilson did.
What Mr.. Hughes would have done
none can say, but what he could have
done and should have done, as most
honest men believe, is this: lie should
have informed the brotherhood chiefs
that their threat to tie up the roads,
with all the suffering that it would en-
tail on an innocent nation, was an I'M
thinlablc act, and that he would not
for moment say Il word or do an act
that might encourage them in the be-
lief that such a "hold-up' might sue
coed. He could have told them that,
since the railroads were for arbitration,
they owed it to the public to submit
their case to mpre iudiccd arbitration.
If they then refused he could have told
them and warned them that their act
was an act not far short of treason to
the state, and that the people and the
administration would not permit such
treason to 90 unpublished. And he could
have told them to 90 ahead and do
their worst, warning them that he would
use every ounce of power possessed by
the government to crush them in their
nefarious scheme. lie could have told
them he would see that the railroads
were protected to the fullest degree in
running their trains, and that any man
caught interfering with such trains
would incur the wrath of an outraged
nation and would suffer the extreme
penalty of the law. He could have told
them he would look up the law and see
whether such leaders could not be pun
shed for conspiracy against the common
welfare, and he could have handed them
an ultimatium in four words: "Arbi-
tratc or defend yourselves. -
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-09-29
CASES IN DISTRICT COURT.
Session Opens in Rutland Next Tues
day-S1OO,o00 Suit Against overall
Company ON Docket.

The docket is out for the October
term of the United States district
court which will open in Rutland
Tuesday, October at = clock in the
afternoon. 1t will be both grand
and a petit jury session.
One case on the docket is that of
Mrs. Nellie iIarwood of Brattlcboro
administrators of Gilbert f. Harwood
against the Southern Railway com
pany, Gibson & Waterman and Charles
S. Chase for plaintiff and G. G. Fits
for defendant. The plaintiff alleges
that her husband received injuries on
the Southern railway which finally
caused his death.
Victor A. Agostino, administrator of
1.-TWO Franceschetti, sues the National
Metal Edge Box company of Reads
boro, Holden & IIcaley for plaintiff
and r. w. Moloncy and G. c. Fits for
defendant. This is to recover dam
ages for fatal injuries to France
schetti.
Guy w. Bailey and Walter +. Scott
sue the New England Casualty com
pany, II. G. Barber of Brattleboro for
plaintiff and Fred f. Gleason for de-
PENDANT In this action Mr.. Bailey and
Mr.. Scott, state officials, seek to col
lect two bonds of $4,000 each given
by the Boston Condensed Milk Co., the
conditions being that the company
would comply with the laws Of Yer
mont and bay to patrons any bills
contracted by the company for milk
and cream.
In the suit of George n. Ostrandcl
against Amos n. Blandin and trustees
Y. W. Moloney appears for plaintiff
and c. c. Fits and II. f. Eddy foi
defendant. This is suit on judg
mcnt for the plaintiff to recover com
mission on the sale of 65,000,000 feet
of stumpagc in Stratton, Winhall
Sunderland and Manchester. The orig
inal suit was for $4,000. The plain
tiff secured Judgment for $4,000 il
the United States district court for tho
northern district of New York.
The case of the Mohawk Overall
company of Schenectady, N. Y.
against Hooker, Corser & Mitchell
company of Brattleboro is scheduled
for hearing by Judge lIarland Il
Howe. Some time ago the MOhawl
concern sued the Brattlcboro firm fo
100000 on account of damages al
legged to have been sustained by the
plaintiff by reason Ct the actor
brought against it by the Hooker, Cor
ser s. Mitchell Co. The case nevc
has been brought to trial and the dc
PENDANT asks to have it brought for
ward and discontinued.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-09-29
s. A. JONES FATALLY BURNED.
Greenfield, Mass, Man, 81 Years Old
Is Believed to Have Bcan Smoking
in Bed.

Spencer A. Jones, 81, a well-known
carpenter OF Greenfield Mass, was
burned fatally Sunday morning in
fire that destroyed his home at Cedar
and Cypress streets The building was
a small one story and half cottage
and was nearly destroyed when the fire
alarm was sounded at 5.l5 o clock.
The firemen were delayed in reach
ing the scene because the box alarm
registered II at the engine house in
stead of l25, and two trips were made
before the location of the fire became
known.
Mr.. Jones occupied the attic room
and was alone in the house, and when
the blaze was eXtinguished it was dis
covered that his charrcd body had
dropped into the ruins with the second
floor timbcrs. The cause of the fire is
not known, but brother to Mr.. Jones
thinks he was smoking a pipe and the
bed-clothes took fire while he was
asleep, as he was in the habit of getting
up in the night to smoke. The loss of
the building is estimated at $500.
Mr.. Jones leaves his second wife, son
and daughters, four daughters by his
first wife, and brother. He was "A ma
tive of West Deerfeld
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-09-29
Immense Potato Crop.
(Vcrgcnncs Eutcrprisc,)

(Ncrgcnncs Eutcrprise.)
While the potato crop in many see
lions of Vermont is below the average
and the price pretty wen up in consc
qucncc, there will he enough TO %
around Word comes from Maine that
Aroostool' county, the big potato see
ton of New England, win produc,
this year, if not the biggest, the finest
crop ever. The prices are almost UNI
heard of for the time of year, the far
mers getting from So TO $2.75 per bar
rel At least - per cent of the Cob.
blcrs have already been dug and
shipped, which means that growers
who want the Cohhlers for seed will
have to buy early and pay handsomely
for the seed or go without. Most of
the mountain varieties are not ready.
Many of the fields will yield $50 bar
rels to the acre. The yield for the
entire country will he somewhat below
that Of last year, II should be remem-
bcrcd that the price OF potatoes is
always more or less Of gamble.
Many farmer who has held out for Il
high price hrs had to feed his crop ia
the pigs or cart them onto the land fog
fertilizer.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-09-29
PRESENTED TRAVELLING BAG.
Rev. Alfred j, Hough, Formerly OF
Brattleboro, Is 20.

A surprise party was rendered Rev.
Alfred j. IIough Saturday evening at
his home in Lebanon, n. H., the oc-
casion being his 10th birthday ami
versary. Mr.. HOugh was presented
with a very handsome travelling bag by
his children.
lie moved to Lebanon recently from
Vermont, where he was for more than
half a century a member Of the Yer
mont conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church. His pastorates in
included Brattleboro. He is prominent
in Masonic circles in Vermont as n
member of the grand lodge and is al
the present time grand chaplain. lie
has served twice as chaplain of tn,
Vermont legislature. Rev. Mr.. Ilougl
has three children, Arthur IL. llough
treasurer of the Peoples Trust com
pany of Lebanon, Miss Mary liougl
and Howard Hough of White Rivel
junction.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-09-29
SENATORIAL NONIF. EES.
Republican Candidates tor Upper
Branch Of Vermont L. yislature.

Following are the 30 Re ublcan can
didates for the Office of ate senator,
nominated at the recent pl mary:
Addison county-Ii. +. Day of Rip
ton, A. W. Foote of Cornwall.
Bennington cOunty-W. ID. Howe of
Readsboro, j. II. Dimond of Manchester
Caledonia county-W. A. Kicker of
st. Johnsbury, NJ. G. Morse of Hard
wick.
Chittenden county-D. C. Hawley, II
S. Peck and NJ. S. Villas of Burlington,
II. II. Wheeler of South Burlington.
Essex county-G. A. Hubbard of
Guildhau.
Franklin county-W. II. Fairchild OF
Fairfield, n. p. Ladd of Berkshire.
Grand Isle county-N. X. Martin OF
Alburg.
Lamoille county-Linus Leavens OF
Cambridge.
Orange county-C. H. Bigelow OF
Brookfeld.
Orleans county-M. A. Adams Of Der
by, G.. w. Russell of Irasburg.
Rutland cOunty-W. T.. Aldrich anC
G. T.. Adams of Rutland, G. II. Dun
ton of Poultney, Redfeld Proctor o.
Proctor.
Washington county-F. f. Steele o
Montpelier, +. C. Bancroft of Barr,
town, b. r. Demeritt of Duxbury.
Windham county,. A. Dewitt o
Newfane, II. f. Eddy Of Brattleboro,
Windsor county-A. l.. Cady of Beth
ell, w. l. Kendall of West Windsor,
+. Taylor of Springfield
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-09-29
A Vermont Need.
(St, Johnsbury Calcionian.) J

The people of Vermont feel that they
are a law-abidmg body of people and
that they need as little official restraint
rs any people in the couatry, But we
doubt if there can be found elsewhere
in this country 3j5,95S people who
have more prosecuting attorneys, more
judges of courts, more collectors of
taxes, more managers of state institu-
tons, more lawmakers, moro heads of
departments for the real labor to be
performed than this same little state
Of Vermont. We believe the govern
ment of the state is to2-heavy and
therefore unnecessarily expensive and
that there is an opportunity for some
constructive men to outline practi-
cal system of rctrcnchmcnt without
sacrificing efficient government. 1t
will be well for the state if its officers
and candidates for public Office set
themselves seriously TO work to bring
about reorganization of the state
government along these lines.