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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-26
Murders and the Newspapers.

The newspapers, great and little, are
filed with accounts of murders and
trials for murder When an automatic
revolver is not fired daily, poison or a
knife does the work. Our larger cities
remind one of San Diego. Calf, in the
Fifties as described by John Phoenix:
All night in this sweet little village
Is heard the soft note of the pistol,
And the pleasant scresk of the victim,
Who's been shot prehaps in his giz.
zsrd
There are some that object TO the
publicity given by the press to these
tradegies and trials. To them the
most conservative journals in other
respects are in this one sensational
Sensational" is a word loosely used.
"oedipus Rex" Macbeth, "0theilo'
might thus be defined. as other great
works in literature. Yet thousands II
sober and respectable men and women
read eagerly the newspaper accounts,
as the most mild msnnered Of readers
would be disappointed al not finding
a fun report Of prize fight waiting
for him at breakfast or after the even
ing meal
No defence could be made for the
publication Of facts and ooniecturcs, il
defense Is needed, than that made by
Thomas de Quincy for filing the col
umns Of a country newspaper. the
Westmorelsnd Gazette. with sssiss re-
ports and murder trials, while De was
the editor in lSls-lp De Quincy be-
lieved il was right 70 allow them NE
cedsncy Of all other news, whether
domestic or foreign. for these -easons:
sul Because 70 al ranks alike they
possess q powerful and commanding
interest. e. Because 70 the more un-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-26
CURRENT COMMENT
The Vote a Property Right"

A novel contribution to constitution :
al law was made by the lawyers OF, the
anti suffragists who secured the court
injunction temporarily enjoining the
Tennessee governor and secretary of
state from certifying to the depart
ment of state at Washington that the
legislature had ratified the 10th federal
amendment. The bill, or petition,
which they drafted, maintained that
the elective franchise was "a property
right, the value of which would be Sc
riously impaired by the wrongful and
illegal acts of the general assembly"
This suggests that the desperate pc
titioners for the injunction regard the
elective franchise as a monopoly right
OF the male sex and that the monopoly
value would be cheapened, if not wiped
out, in u property sense, if the fran
chise holders were increased in number.
From their point of view, extending the
franchise to new classes of voters is
like initiating the currency.
1t should be encouraging to the suf-
fragists if the learned counsel of the
ants in Tennessee are reduced to legal
arguments of this fantastic character.
If the courts were to accept the premise
that the elective franchise is a proper
ty right, why should the state inter
pose obstacles, as it does, to the buy
ing and selling of votes by the politi-
clans in order to carry elections? Can't
free American, by lingo, sell his own
property?
The reply to such legal tommyrot is
that the elective franchise is not a
right at all--and never was--but a
privilege which is not even a necessary
incident of citizenship,-Springfeld Re-
publican.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-26
Tombstone, Ariz., Named As Result OF
Officers Joke.

The recent newspaper and magazine
stories going the rounds OF the origin
OF the name Of Tombstone, Ariz., which
appellation was adopted from the ia
nous mine. which made the discoyerer,
Ed schiefflin, Gold hill boy, mil
lionaire, give varied versions.
According to Judge C. B. Watson Of
Gold hill, lifelong friend and adj
wiser of the prospeetor the naming OF
this rich mine came about in the fol
lowing manner:
II was in the late 7o's when Geroni-
mo. the famous Indian chieftain, was
giving United States soldiers a merry
chase in the southwest that Schiefflin
found some very promising prospects
in the Tombstone district, but, on ac'
count of the Indian warfare and short
age of supplies in this isolated country,
he covered his new find and retired to
Nevada.
The next spring, with only his
mounts and pack outfit, and for the
purpose of getting a grnbstake, he en-
gagged himself as guide to detachment
of United States cavalry, which was
seeking a route into the Indian coun-
try beyond Schiefflin's find,
Reaching the diversion point he left
the troopers and, pointing to the dis
tant hills, he said: "out there | expect
to find my fortune" The commanding
officer replied, saying; "Yesl You'll
find your tombstone-or Geronimo viii
get you"
So Schiefflin called his bonanza
Tombstone. Portland Oregonian.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-26

educated classes they yield a singular
benefit, by teaching them their social
duties in the most impressive shape;
that is to say, not in state 3f alb
straction from all that may explain,
illustrate, and enforce them las in the
naked terms of the statutel, but ex-
emplifed land as the logicians say,
concreted) in the actual circumstances
of an interesting case, and in connection
with the penalties that accompany
their neglect or their violation. t3)
Because they present the best indlea-
ton of the moral condition of society"
1t may be said that the curiosity
excited in the case of plain or myster-
ious murder is morbid. Yet for CEN
turtles grave commentators on the Bible
inquired into the motive of Cain and
quarreled over the weapon that slew
Abel. Murders have inspired note
worthy pages in literature, from Aes-
chylus to Shakespeare, from John Web
ster to Dickens and Edgar Allen Foe.
THE Elwell case led to the publication
in the New York Evening Post OF a
graphic and brilliant page in which
the life of man about town and his
reckless associates was inexorably por-
traved. As one of Habits finest es-
saws is "The Fight" so the ironical
humor and fancy OF De Quincy found
full play in his Murder as one of the
Fine Arts while his power of descrip-
ton was exercised in full when he
told the story of the singularly brutal
murders committed by M. John Viii
liams. The unknown writers OF the
first edition of the Newgate Calendar
in simplicity and force of narration
riyalled Swift and Defoe.
Sensational" The life Of the
humblest is sensational, for it includes
birth and death. Not without reason
did Sir Thomas Browne declare his
quiet, contemplative life in Norwich a
miracle. The taking away OF any me-
whatever the cause, excites wonder,
whether the murder be against The law
or in accordance with the "unwrltten
law" II calls for publicity; and this
newspaper publicity has more than
once brought the unknown murderer TO
Justice after policemen and detectives
had failed.--Boston Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-26
Public Property.

When you settle down to live in a
place, you become a partner in the
public enterprise of maintaining COM
munity life, This partnership exists,
even among people who pay no taxes.
If they buy supplies or pay board,
they help pay taxes indirectly. Hence
they are interested in this proposition
of community maintenance.
But some people do not seem to
realize that they have any share in
this community of interest. Men who
have charge of public parks say that
hoodlums will come in and deliberate
ly break down seats, trample on the
plants, and do other damage. II they
find strip of ground carefully planted
with grass coed, in the hope of making
a beautiful lawn, they will malicious
" or carelessly walk across it.
They seem to think it is funny to
destroy something that other people
have worked to create, even if in so
doing they destroy something of their
own. It is much as if partner in a
business walked into the Office and be-
gan to take money out of the safe and
throw il into the street.
A lot of people who know too much
to commit any malicious acts, viii yet
offend in similar ways through care
less They will cut corners on grass
plots, until the near squares of turf
look seedy and ragged They care
lessly throw away waste into the
streets of which they are part owners,
until the town looks slatternly.
Let us all here in northeastern Yer
mont get this idea well in mind. We
are all tacitly united in purpose in
which everyone has an equal interest,
the maintenance and development of
a high class town. Everyone must
take hold and help keep it orderly and
beautiful. Everyone ought TO do some
thing positive to help improve it. But
If you can't set out a tree or plant
shrubs, at least refrain from any dam
age to its property no matter how
slight-St. Johnsbury Csledonian.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-26

One Of the sights which used TO draw
country people to the metropolis is
eliminated through the complete mo-
torizstion Of the fire department of
New York City. No longer do pranc-
ing, snorting steeds drag piece of
mechanism spouting sparks through
crowded thoroughfsres and rumbling
over stone pavements, while a pierre
ing whistle sent a thrill, almost chill,
TO the hearts of the awed onlookers
from the country districts. The horse
drawn FIRE engine is going out of style
Just as the old msn-drawn hose cart
saw its best days prior TO the intro
duction Of the horse as a means of
locomotion. But q new thriller takes
its place in the shape of the fast
rushing motor equipment, only ooun-
try people are getting accustomed to
the motorized FIRE apparatus before
they 90 10 the cities. In many re-
spects the motorized apparatus Is
greatly superior to the old type of
horse drawn vehicles.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-26

by its own force it amends every cleo
tion law of every state so as 70 in
clude women in the state electorate,
This opinion comedies with the view
point of many experts on constitution
al law and it points the way 10 the
participation by women in the p'esi-
Dental election of next November, to-
gether with participation in the pri-
mary, with the act of the secretary OF
state in certifying that the federal
suffrage amendment has been ratified
by the legislatures of three -fourths OF
the states. Women who are interest
ed in the choice of the next president
of the United States need to bostir
themselves TO get on the checklist in
the communities in which they reside.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-26

Motorists and other users of the
Barre Montpelier highway must bear
in mind the renewed element of dan
ger in the opening of traffic on the
Montpelier & Wells River railroad line
between the two cities, the grade cross
ing at Dodge's being the place of dan
ger with its combination of two rall-
roads and a highway bridge in close
proximity to each other, with the
bridge lying between the two lines Of
railroad. The Montpelier & Wells Riv-
er railroad crossing is particularly haz-
ardous to vehicles approaching from
the north.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-26

Congressman Dale was quoted in yes
terday's Times as saying that the post
office department made a ruling con-
trary to the intent of the law when it
forced out such a man as Nat Rond,
janitor at the federal building in Barre,
Either Congressman Dale is misquoted
or he shows a woeful lack of knowl-
edge for congressman. All federal
buildings are under the control of the
treasury department and Mr.. Bond was
the employee of that department and
not a postal department employe.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-26

Gov. Cox charge that the Repubii-
cans have a campaign fund of Sl5,0oO,-
900 ought to be investigated in tie
name of good government; and it
ought to be investigated before the
election in November so that the Poo
pie of the country can determine
whether there really is an excessive
fund available for the Republicans or
whether Cox is deliberate falsiier. As
vet Cox has not substantiated his
charge on the public platform, albeit
he claims to have the evidence.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-26

The Russian bolshevik army, BADLY
torn by the thrusts of the Poles, is not
in a position to be revitalized by fresh
recruits from the Russian peasantry
because the hearts of the Russian peas
ants are not in that sort of thing. The
Russian peasants are engaged in agri-
culture and they have no time for in
vading a foreign country to suit the
whims of a government, the stability
of which they have reason to suspect.
The lack OF reserves is being seriously
felt by the leaders of the bolshevik
forces in the field.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-26
TAFTS OPINION OK SUFFRAGE
AMENDMENT.

President William Howard Taft
expresses the opinion that no sfdrma-
tive action is required by the states
- give women the right TO vote fol-
iowing the ofscial certifostion Of rsti-
ioation Of the woman suffrage sr.e1d-
nsnt, such certffcstion being made by
hs secretary q state He believes
Hat the amendment i ssIf-executing,
ike The 18th amendment confeEring
he right 70 vote on negroes. and that
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-26

Candidate Rabbit of Bellows Falls
accuses Candidate Agan of Ludlow OF
grand larceny in stealing the principal
planks of his tBabbitt's) platform, but
he has not yet accused him of stealing
any votes, although some say that
Agan might be indicted on that charge
by Babbitt grand jury.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-26

We fail to see in this weeks Morris
Vile Messenger statement by James
Hardness as to his campaign expenses
up to August !, although the ether
three candidates issued statements N
response to the contemporaries re-
quest.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-26

which she visited Boston, Montpelier,
Hardwick and other Vermont towns
Public schools viii open September I.
Raeburn r. Mcmahon has purchased
Lewis S. Raymond's house on Maple
street and viii move there about the
middle of September. Mrs. Mcmahon 3
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-26
Difference of Opinion.

She-Mother thinks you are perfect
ly lovely
He-And what does your father
think?
She-Oh, he thinks ma has gone
daffy.-Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-26

sister, Mrs. J. johnson, of Montreal &C.
companied Mrs. McMahon on her re.
cent return from Montreal and is pass.
ing some time with her here.
Miss Mildred Patterson is at home on
vacation from Milton, where she is
employed in q telephone exchange.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-26

A candy manufacturer in Burlington
saws he would not be surprised to see
the price of sugar drop to dozen cents
a pound. The public would.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-26
Oh. Those Husbandsl

Wife-I won't stand your staying
out so late nights.
Hub-Reslly, my dear, you are IN
reasonable. You know very well ] ac-
ouired the habit while counting YOU
Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-26

The Vermont constitution seems
likely to come out in fairly good
shape after its til withe the tink-
erers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-26

Those who travel by steam must fire
the boilers faster than ever, begin
ming to-day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-26

The bolsheyik troops are Russia
bound if not bound in Russia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-11
CROP REPORTS GOOD
Corn Makes Excellent Progress and Other Food Products Satisfactory

There has been no change in the generally good crop prospect according to the report of he.AmericaniS Steel and Wire Company for the past week. It says:
 Corn continues to make excellent progress and 1t is felt that with an other forethought of favorable weather and no frost the crop will mature per fectly. Threshing continues in the up- per part of the Mississippi basin with the yield of rye satisfactory and that of oats very good.
 spring wheat is only fair. Sewing of ofswinter wheat has begun in Kansas. Cotton has received more rains tending 10 deteriorate, but there is little change in this crop from last week and its general condition fair. Potatoes are good to very good. Pastures and haylands generally are in good condi- tion. Apples are good. Tobacco IS very good
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-11
BRANCH P0STOFFIcE
Station Is Established at Powderly to
 Relieve Growing Congestion

Postoffice officials of Birmingham are preparing to open a branch station at Powderly, four miles down the South l Bessemer car line immediately. Assist ant Postmaster Ed Norman announced yesterday.
 The Powderly district has grown SO rapidly that it has been found neces- sary to establish a Powderly branch to relieve the congestion on Rural route No. 1, which has heretofore han dled all of the Powderly mail from the West End postoffice.
 There will be no house to house pos- tai service from the Powderly brancn except the parcel post delivery but general delivery and box systems will be installed. The branch office will handle stamps, all outgoing mail in- cluding registered and parcel post and will have a money order department for the fconyenience of the people in the neighborhood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-11
SELMA

Selma, September 10. - Especially - Selma will send strong delegation of representative citizens to the water ways convention to be held at the Ex change hotel in Montgomery next We'd nesday Several conferences of the friends of waterway development have been held at the Chamber of Com merce with view to having Selma adequtely represented at the confer ence in order that the interests of this section may not be disregarded. P. r. Shanks has already been agreed upop as the temporary presiding officer SnH will sound the "kenyote' of the pro- ceedings, having for its undivided pur- pose the upbuilding of waterways in Alabama The following well-known Selmians will mke up the delegation from this city:
 &J. G. Wilkins, l.. M. Hooper, F. F.. Cothran, F. T. Raiford, P. T. shanks, J. D. Day, ". c. Agee, L. Benish, W. N. Brown, J. Bs Ellis, W. B. Hall, A. C.. Kahn, Eugdhe Robbins Jr., Morris Hohenberg, A. J. M. Atkins, F. L. Mil hous, H. G. Patilio, M. R. Hailman, George H. Craig.
 Farmers are SnOWlHE HSdIly IT, terest in the American Cotton Associa- tion and work of enrolling members in Dalls county is progressing satis- factorily. according to John Blake, county agent. who is constantly in the field, arousing interest in the organiza- tion.
 Practically every farmer approached has joined the association, stated MT Blake, and up through Thursday promise was received from farmers that 1,0oo bales of cotton would be held. This number is steadily increasing, as addi- tionaI farmers are reached by the speak CTS sent out by the cotton association to reach every community.
 Meetings were held Friday at Stafford Orrvile and Hazen, where large crowds of farmers were gathered to hear the speakers. The men giving their services as speakers are Winston Brown, R. D. Sturdivant of Berlin, Brice Moore and M. L. Smith of Marion Junction.
 The-speaking team is made up of the president of the Dallas County Cotton Association, M. L.. Smith of Marion Juno tion.s Brice Moore, Marion Junction; R. D. Sturdivant, Berlin; Joe Lambert Orr vile: John Blake, Robert Mangum. E. w. Gamble. o. K. Erhart. Winston Brown Selma. @ %
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-11
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

W. Thornton Estes. president of the
 Estes Lumber Company, returned to Birmingham yesterday from St. Louis, lwhere he has been attending the sn- nual convention of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association of the United States.
 Of especial interest to 1umbermes z of Birmingham and the southeast is the announcement of his election as director in the association. In this capacity, MT. Estes will represent the entire southeastern states in the ra- tional body.
 Zi1phia Patterson entered a plea of guilty to violating the prohibition law and was fined $50 and costs yesterday by Judge Horace c. Wilkinson in the criminal division of the circuit court. Six Stills Destroyed Six illicit stills and twenty-eight Ibarrels of beer and mash were de-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-11
NO TRACE FOUND
Remains of D. C. Harris, Killed By Negroes at Boyles, Shipped
 To Tennessee

two negro men who are believed to have shot and killed D. C. Harris, a carpen- ter, near the section house at Boyles early Thursday morning.
 Harris was found with a gunshot wound in his neck. He was discovered by Louisville and Nashville call boy about o'clock in the morning. He was still able to talk. and. according to pe- lice information, he stated he had had a fight with two negro men who had at tempted to take some liquor away from him.
 The body will be sent by Johns te Hotts Corner. Tenn, early this morning for burial He is survived by his wife and three children, as well as severa other relatives in different parts of Ten nessee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-11
Alps Shaken By Earthquake By Associated Press

Geneva, September 10.-A severe arthquake shook the southern slopes of the Swiss and Italian Alps from Front Rosa to Bernina Pass, causing avaianches. The shock was accom-
 panied by heavy snowfall and sevsral Villages are isolated. Four persons are reported to have been killed and many injured. Slighter shocks also were reported in the Swiss Alps around Zermatt. but there were no casualties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-11

stroyed near Pelham in Shelby county
 Thursday night by federal prohibition
 officers, according to a report made by
 the raiding officers to N. l.. Pierce.
 federal prohibition agent, yesterday. No arrests were made and none of the stills were caught in operation, al-
 though several showed signs of hav- Ing closed down just before the offi- cers arrived. The stills were all of ! 50 gallon capacity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-11
FEDERAL COURT
Criminal Cases Completed and Civil
 Docket Is Taken Up

The criminal docket of the United States district court was completed Fri day morning, and the afternoon taken up with the more unimportant cases Of the civil docket.
 Eight cases involving automobiles which had been seized on suspicion that they were hauling liquor were dIs- posed of.
 The most important case of the morn ing session was the conviction of Judge Phillips, charged with carbreaking, who was sentenced to four years in jail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-11
Wants Arbitration Board
By Associated Press

Montgomery, September 10.--Go ,er- nor Kilby has under consideration a bill. which he will probably ask the legislature to pass soon after it con- venes in special session next Tuesday at noQn. creating state board of ar bitration, giving such a board power to summon and require witnesses to give evidence and require the pro- duction of books. papers etc. which may be of value in arriving at proper conclusions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-11
Criminal Warrants Issued
By Associated Prass

Knoxville. September 10.-Crimtnal war rants charging violations of the Lever act In charging alleged excessive prices for coal. were issued today by United States Commissioner J. F.. Powers for the ar- rest of L. O. Scott of Hartman, T. O.. Jacks of Jasper and Sam T. Buffatt and Wirth c. Whitaker of the Superior Coal Company. All of the defendants have one warrant against them except Scott, who is defendant in two cases
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-11

lations, and to set an example to all the other students of the institution"
 D. F. Foiger. secretary of the Y. M. c. A., made an appeal to the boys not to take a religious vacation" and the Rev N. B. Mcleod of the Methodist Church, welcomed the students on behalf of all the churches of the town.
 The attendance up to this time is equal to the high record set last year, and reg istrations bid fair to even exceed it Tho college has never opened more suspicious ly or with brighter prospects for pros- porous year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-11
Longshoremen to Make Demands

Galveston, Tex, September 10.-A con- ference of representatives from all locals of the South Atlantic and gulf coast dis tricts of the Longshoremen's Association has been called for Monday, September 20, at New Orleans, it was announced here tonight by M. J. Gahagan, district sec- retary. The conference will formulate new terms to be presented to the steam shin companies.