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MONTPELIER, VERMONT, THURSDAY, JULY 21 1916.
VOL-. 106.
NUMBER 47
RAILROAD STR1KE ON
i
Grand Trunk and Central
k Vermont Affccted By
Walkout oPEmploy es
f REICtlT TRAEFIC BLOCKED
Long Expccted Hroiik Ilctnccn Em
ploycs nnil Hiiilrond On'lcluls Cam
Moniliiy Nlght Whrn Oriler Cnmo
For Triihiiiicn Conductors to
Ccase Work at 0:30 Tralns On
Itoue Made Runs.
Montrcal, Que., July IS. Conduc
tors and trainmen of tlie Grand Trunk
and Central Vormout Raihvays obcy
cd an automatlc strlko order at'9.30
o'clock tonlght. On Sunday when the
mcmbers of the strlke commltteo left
hcre cacli nian carried a sealed en
velope to be opcued at that hour call
lng a strlko unless a telegram. had
provlously been recelved whlch, upon
coraparlson with a copy enclosed In
tho envolope statcd otherwlse. No
such telegram was sent and so the
strlke became effective.at 9.30.
Under the terms ot the strlke or
der traln- whlch began thelr runs be
fore 9.30 e to be taken through to
the termi. . I by the men In charge.
After that the corapany is oxpected ;
to look after Its own Interests. The
developments of tho day prevlous to
the calllng of the strlke were ex
plalned as follows In a statoment is
sued by the company at G o'clock:
The nianagement of the Grand
Trunk tonlght Isaued the followlng
stntement: "Messrs. Berry and Mur
dock wlth a commlttee representlng
the Grand Trunk trainmen and yard
mcn met the officers of the company
thls mornlng and advised that they
had recelved the authorlty of a large
majorlty or our trainmon to order a
strlke ln the event a settlenient was
not reached wlth the company. A
general dlscussiou of the situatlon
took place durlng whlch we advised
them that we were not ln a posltlon
to do more than had been offered In
our fornier proposltlon, glvlng the
men an increase of approximately 18
per- cent. wlfh the further promlse
that they should 'be glven the same
standard rato of pay as the Canadlan
Paclflc as soon as the Grand Trunk
through lts relatlou wlth the "Grand
Trunk Paclflc 1s ln a posltlon to par
tlcipate ln the hig'her rates obtalnlng
on trafflc ln the northwest. By reason
of the conipletlon of that road and the
obtalnlng of through rall conuectlons
between the Grand Trunk and tho
Grand Trunk Paclflc whlch should be
accomplished wlthln two years, It was
explained that if there was any ques
tlon of iudefinlteness as to the date
when the standardizatlon was to take
effect we would agree that it should
be not later than .Tanuary 1, 1913, or
earlier if the board of railway com
mlssloners on hearlng of the facts ln
the caso should so determine.
"Thls was not consldered satisfac
lory, and the conference was ad
journed until the afternoon when we
wcrc handed the schedule of rates of
pay and rules whlch aro practlcally
the eastern standard.
"Thls reply was made that we could
do 110 ibetter than what had already
Hen offered, and we had no further
proposlllons to make.
"Should a strlke bo ordered we feel
confldent that It wlll bo found that
many of the oniployes of the company
n tho traln sorvico will dlsregard
sueh strlke and will continuo sorvico
with tho company. "Wo havo a large
number of applicatlons" from othor
parties deslrous of obtalnlng employ
nent and shall also recrult largoly
from our own forces In other dopart
nents. "In tho meantlmo, we shall make
- ffeetlvo the rulos and rates of pay
offered tho omployes. Pendlng settle
'ment of mattors all sliops on tho sys
tem will bo closed."
To thls Prosldent Hays added: "Wo
have done the best wo can, havlng
regard to tho Interests of the sharo
holders and of tho men themselvcs.
Wo liavo offered substantial increases ;
In wages. For instanco wo give con
ductors 'between Montrcal and Port
land an Increase from $110 to $135; 1
between Montreal and Brockvlllo from
$90 to $140, Montreal and Toronto
$110 to $110 -and baggagemen from
$70 to $8.r. and brakpinen from $55 and
$60 to $80.
"On nilleage rates conductors of
through trlps are to be ralacd from
2.90 to 3.3C conts a mllo and brake
men from 1.90 to 2.25 conts.
"On tho runs bftween Montreal and
Ottawa conductors aro ralsed from
$110 to $140 a month; baggagemen
rrom $75 to $85 and so on.
"When I put thls to tho men I said
further that thls was a large lncroaso
but that if tlioy dld not think It sat
Isfactory there was stlll anothor al
ternatlvo. I said I was wllllng ln
auch caso to go to the arbitratlon of
a fooaril of railway men as to wheth
er or not tho proposltlon was fair
and would 'bo wllllng to nbldo by thelr
doclslon.
"'Further
I said to tlio roprosouta-
tlves of tho men; Suppose a strlke
Is brought on wlth all lts dlsturb
anco of condltlons and buslness what
shall wo do evontually but settle lt
as I havo proposed? You wlll have
dlsplaced a great many men, created
great losaes all over, and got no
further ahead. But they rcttised to
llsten to thls."
Vlce Presldent Jatne3 Murdock of
tho Brotherhood of Trainmon said ln
explalning thelr slde ot the caso: "Wo
met Mr. Hays today, when he olabor
ated somowhat upon hl3 orlginal of
fer to the extent Of saylng ho meant
by it the award of the board ot con
clllatlon and that the standard wage
for the terrltory should be adopted
by January, 1913.
"Mr. Hays was told that the sub
commlttce and other officers could not
belleve that they had the rlght to set
aslde the strongly expressed 'Posltlon
of the men even If they were lncllned
to do so.
"With thls the conference adjourn
e"d untll the afternoon wheu the sub
commlttee and officers presented to
Mr. Hays the lowest posslble basls
of settlenient that could be conslder
ed. That proposed to put luto effect
a temporary modlflcatlon of the stan
dard until January, 1911, on the ter
rltory east of Detroit and Saint Clair
river3.
"Mr. Hays took that under advUe
ment and called the subcommlttee at
5.30, when he presented the company's
proposltlon whlch he said was their
estlmate of the award of the board
of conclllation.
"The committeo at a glance found
that lt was very far from belng any
thlng like the board's award and that
In the great majorlty of cases where
rates had been speclfled thesq rates
were very much below those suggest
ed by the board.
"For Instanco on the Portland-Mon-treal
runs we flnd Mr. Hays offcrlng
$2.25 per 100 mlles to a passenger
conductor instead of $2.45 S-10 as
filed in the board's award; we flnd
on the Montreal-Toronto passenger
runs he offers conductors $2.31 per
100 mlles instead of the board's award
of $2.45 S-10. The mlnlmum stand
ard monthly salary for a passenger
conductor In the territory i3 $125 a
month, the board recommended $101
a month. Mr. Hays suggests very
many runs at $100 a month and some
as low as $80 a month. The minl
mum monthly pay for a passenger
brakeraan recommended by the board
was $50, Mr. Hays offers ln many
cases $55, a monthly increase of $5 on
a $50 salary.
"Further ln hls proposltion Mr.
Hays ignored entlrely the board's rec
ommendation to standardlze condl
tlons on the Grand Trunk and lts
recommendatlon to put Into effect the
nilleage basls of pay ln either pas
senger or local frelght servlce. In
stead he proposes to perpetuate ex
Isting condltlons and in some ways
to make them much more objection
able, since there would be greater
Inequalttles than in the past.
"Therefore we positlveiy refused to
accept hls proposltlons on behalf of
the men, who had left us our instruc-
tlons with power to act. As a result
the men left the service at 9.30 thls
evenlng."
Asked as to what backlng the In-
tornational Unions would have for an
extonslvo strlko Mr. Murdock said:
"There Is a protectlve fund of $1,
000,000 back of us now, and there will
be no difficulty in gettlng $350,000,-
a month to keep tho strlko going.
Tho full protectlve featurcs of tho
conductors' and tralnmens' uuions
wlll bo given with payment of strlke
pay of $50 a month to mombors of the
order of railway conductors and ?35
a month to members of the Brother
hood of Itallroad Traiunien.
Tho Central Vermont whlch Is con
trolled by tho Grand Trunk made an
attompt to prevent its men from go
ing out by nppealing to Washington
under the terms of the Erdman act.
Vlce Preseldent Murdock of tho train
men thls afternoon recelved a tele
gram slgned by Martln A. Knapp,
Chalrman of the Interstate Commerco
Commlsslon, and Charlcs P. Nelll,
Commlsslonor of Labor, statlng that
tho railway had made thls appllca
tlon and expresslng their wllIIngne3S
to use thelr offices in the dlrectlon
desired. To thls Mr. Murdock re
p'lled: "Our organtzation Is always wllllng
to accept your friondly offices, but
situatlon Is such conslderlng attltudo
of company as to leave small hopo
for sottlement as a result of medla
tlon. Men leave thls servico thls ev
enlng." Tho order closlng tho shop3 all
along tho llnes ot tho Grand Trunk
wlll affect over 5000 men of whom
about 2700 are ln Montreal. It Is un
derstood that a conslderablo numbor
wlll be offered tho chanco to take tho
places ot strlklng conductors and
trainmen, somo of them belng quall
fled Tjy experlcnco on tho road. In
addltlon to tho Montreal shops tho
Grand Trunk haa ahops at Toronto,
Stratford, Battlo Creok, Mlch.; Port
Iluron, Mlch.; Gorham and Portland,
Mo. Tho mdn In tho local shops thls
aftornoon wero ongaged ln slgning a
potltlon to tho Clty Couucil asklng
that body to petltlon tho govomment
(Coutlnucd on pago 4.)
ITELLlR CONFESSES
Man Who Embezzled $115,
000 Wants Sentencc to Be
gin at Once
STORY OF HIS TRAVELS
F. lloward Lonery, Cupured iu L'lilla-
dclphta and Itrougtit to tlic Sccue
of His Crlmc, Tells of Hls Wander
Ings After Hls I'eculatloii.s Had Been
IMscoverod Itall Unfiirnlshed.
Utlca N. Y., July 19. J. Howard
L.owery, tho young bqnk teller who
embezzled $115,000 from the Utlca
Clty Natloual Bank and was brought
here today from Phlladelphla where
he wa3 arrested Monday after a pur
sutt began last April, told officials ot
the bank nis story as they vlslted hlm
ln hls ccll at the Oneida county jail
thls afternoon. Lowery says now that
tho end whlch he apprehended has
corae he ls'anxlous to have the term
of imprisonment begln as qulckly as
posslble, determlned that when lt ls
over, and havlng learned a terrlble
lesson In a terrlble way, he can start
over and do better next tlme. He says
hc deslres no bail and deslres to make
no defense and that he Is perfectly
wllllng to make a clean breast of lt
ed the stock market alone and un
to the officials. Lowery said he play
gulded and sometlmes won. At one
tlme he owed the bank but $2,000
havlng returned all but that amount.
but soon after he lost $12,000 ln one
slump and twlce lost heavlly by the
fallure of New York concerns.
When liis theft was dscovered on
April 27, he left tho bank and started
for Oneida Lake, he says, determlned
to end hls life, but missed hls traln
and went to Syracuse. From Syra
cuse he went to Phlladelphla and
took the first outward bound boat.
Thls happened to be gotng to Port
Antonio, Jamaica, and he went there
travellng second class. He crossed
the island by traln to Kingston en-
deavoring to get work. He started
for Panama but was deterred by a
Cuban, whoso discouraglng accounts
of opportunltles for work Ied Lowery
to return to the States. After about
a week In Jamaica lo took passage
011. a fruit steamer anu went to Pnlla
delphla, landlng there wlth $10 in hls
for work. For the first week the near-
est he got to securlng a place was
wuen a man wno aioou jusi in rronton a cimrKO of larcenv was found
of hlm secured the place at $5 a
week. He ftnally got a chance to so
Hclt accident Insurance and after
much effort dlsposed of one pollcy
The best and longest job was with a
small publlshlng house. He solicited
orders for blll heads and job work
generally. He dld work for the prlnt
Ing department sucln as runnlng a
press cuttlng, foltllng, etc. He had to
live economlcally and there were
tlmes when ten cents a day was hls
total expendlture for food. Ho sec
ured a good clerlcal position ln a
mauufacturing establlshment and gave
it up tho flrst day because a inan he
had known ln Utlca was wlth tho con
cern. From then until tho tlme of his ar
rest ho' had no work of any account.
When arrested ho insisted 011 going
home by wy of BIuFaniton and the
detectlves agreed. They arrlved thls
mornlng. IIo was arralgned beforo
Unlted States Commlssloncr Senior
and held to awatt tho actlon of the
Fedoral grand jury. Ball was flxcd
at $10,000 and is not furnlshed.
TO "rEVIVE LEAGUE.
Heeting Held In Rutland I.nst Mght
and Scliedulei Wlll Re Arrangcd ou
Siitiirdny.
Rutland, July 18. Tho Northern
Leaguo ls to bo revlved, thls bolng
declded at a meeting hold in this clty
tonlght nt whlch Burlington, Montpe
lier, Barre and Rutland In thts State
and Whltehall, N. Y were re
presented. Although officers wero not
elected at tonight's meeting, they will
bo at a meeting to be held here Sat
urday nlght and P. F, McManus ot
Rutland ls slated for tho presldeucy.
The meeting was adjourned at tho re
quest of Glens Falls, N. Y., and Proc
tor, a3 these places are plannlng to
put teams Into tho league. Tho sche
dule wlll bo arranged Saturday night
and tho leaguo seasou wlll opcu tho
flrst part of next week. Montpelier
and Barre wlll support a team jolut-
ly.
TKAIN II IT OnSTRUCTHhV.
Delawnre nnd Hudsou Officials Clalm
That .Hontrenl Express Struck
Rock.
Albany, N. Y., July 18. Reports of
an attompt to wreck tho Montreal ex
press on the Delawaro and Hudson
Rallroad last nlght noar Port Henry
wore clrculated horo today. The
traln struck an obstructlon on the
track whlch damaged tho engtno.
Officials horo today stated that lt
was belloved a ledgo of rock had
fallon on tho track. On account ot
tho strlko ot trackmon unsual cau
tlon ls bolng obsorved ln runnlug tho
tralna ontho cooipauy's llnos.
NOT A FRKIGIIT MOVED.
Grunk Trunk And Central Vermont
Rouds Concentrntlng Tliclr Attcn-
tlon ITpon Passenger Trufflc.
Boaton, Mass., July 19 Not a
frelght traln moved ovor any of tho
Grand Trunk or Central Vermont
llnes ln New England today, the rall
road devoting all lt's efforts to maln
talnlng passenger schodule3. These
wore falrly successful, though In
somo Instances tralns ran con3lder
ably behlnd tlme and a few early
mornlng tralns were abandoned.
All the schcdulod passenger traln3
on the Grand Trunk mioved In and
out of Portland Maine today, al
though from one to two hours late.
Tho only portlon ot the system ln
New England where passenger tralns
wore not ln operatlon was on the
Central Vermont Hne north from Pal
Iner. Ono traln pulled from Now
lyndon Connecticut, manncd by two
detectlves.
The cars wore left at Palmcr and
'the englne returned t to New London
light.
No vlolence ha3 been reported.
AU officials ot tllo Central V-.r-mont
at St. Albans said tonlght that
the strlkers wlll be glven every ep-
liortunlty to return to work at an In-
trease in pay, provided they act at
once and beforo a date whlch short
ly ls to be a'unounced by the rall-
(JOVKHNOIPAl'POmS DELKGATES
JIi'ii to lU'present The Statc of JTew
York At Good Hoads Congress
Clioseii.
Albanyt N. Y., July 19. Governor
Hughe3 today announced the appolnt-
nent of the followlng delogates to
tepresont the state at tho National
Good Hoads Congress to be held at
Niagara Falls July 2S-:iO; Chatrman
S. Percy Hooker, Thomas W. Allen
and Bobert Earl of the State Hlgh
way Commlsslon, Geo. C. Dlehl, Jno.
M. Satterfield, Buffalo; Geo. F. Nye,
Augusta Porter, Niagara Falls; Gor
ton E. Allen, Auburti; Geo. Plerre
pont White, Utlca; Harry L. Brews
ter. Rochester; Albert R. Shattuck,
'New York, A. R. Pardlngton, Mlneola
MKItt'H.VNT PAYS FIXE.
Rrandon 2lan Arrested 011, Charge of
Pclit Larceny Took Chalr and Hug.
Brandon, July 19. E. N. Lewis
proprletor of a varleStore ln thls
town, who was arrested last evenlng
gullty ot tho charge before Justlce E.
O. Coll and flned $25 and costs, am
ounting In all to $31.41, whlch he paid.
Last Saturday night a rocking chalr
and a rug were taken from the piazza
of Mrs. Frances Murray and yester
day whlle Mrs. Murray and lier fatli
er were passing Mr. Lewis' house they
saw her property on hls piazza and
hls arrest followed. Mr. Lewis clalm
ed that he found the artlcles but hls
story was not belleved.
TAIiEXT II IT IIARI).
Uettcrs nt the Erle Crcult Jleetlng
Lost Ileatily When Favorito Was
Ileatcn.
Erlo, Pa., July 19. The talent was
dealt a hard blow In the flrst race of
tho Erlo clrcult meettng here today
when Brothor Drect owned by Jesse
Flsher of East Liverpool, Ohlo, whlch
had been plcked at 20 to 12 agalnst
the fleld, lost to Alta Coast, after
soven lieats. In the 2:27 trot, how
ever, tho favorito, Theodoro Todd, af
ter falllng to seventh place in tho
flrst heat and slxth In tho fourth, won
Tho third race, a 2:31 pace, was post-
poned until tomorrow.
STOLEX IX TR.VXSIT.
Slx lltinilred Dollars' Worth of Cloth
ln Taken From Hox Conslsrned to
Rutland Firiu.
Rutland, July 19. Clothlng to the
valuo of $G00 was stolen from a con
slgnment of goods slnppcd by Hart,
Scliaffiier and Marx of Chlcago to E.
R. Hopklns and Company of thls clty,
The goods came by frelght and when
tho box, whlch was supposcd to con-
tnln $850 worth ot clothlng was opon
cd, but $250 worth woro found. The
stolen goods conslsted of overcoats
and sults nnd wero taken from the
bottom of tho crate. The Rutland
Rallroad clalms that the crate was in
had condltlon when it was recelved
at Norwood. N. Y.
INCREASE IN RESOURCES.
New York State Trust Compaules
Show Illg Improvement In Tlireo
Months.
Albany N. Y. July 19. An lncreaso
ot $63,451,938 ln resources and $57,-
684,734 In the total doposlts of tho 85
trust companlea of the State from
March 25 to Juno 30 Is reported toduy
by Stato Superlntondont of Banks
Choney. ' Tho resources ot March 2."
woro $1,558,601,957, whlle tho- total
doposta wero $1,266,2215,155.
Loans on collateral showed a fall
lng oft ln tho aggregato of $21,356,r.S2.
The total on June 30 was $610,318,-
C78- . .lais
P.R.R. TROUBLE OVER
Wage Dispute of Long Stand
ing Settled and Both Sides
Satisfied
10 HOUR SCHEDULE FIXED
Compltcatlons Between Rallroad Of
ficials and U11I0119 Clcarcd Awny
After Confercnco lletween Comnilt
tees From Iiotu Sldcs Hlgher
Wages Granted and Sliorter Hours
Conccdcd.
PhilaUedelphia, Pa., July 18. Gen
eral Managcr W. H. Myers of the
Ponnsylvanla Rallroad and, tho com
mltteo representlng tho 15,000 train
men and conductors employed on the
linea of tho road east of Plttsburg to
day agreed on a basls for the settle
nient of the wage controversy. Each
side clalras to have galned all tliat lt
had boen contendlng for ln the ncgo
tiations whlch have been ln progtess
for the past slx months and whlch
culnilnated last week ln the strlke
vote by the employes.
The proposal made today by tho
rallroad officials and accepted by the
men Incltides a mlnlmum day of 10
hours as detailed ln the New Yok
Central award. On certaln runs
where tho company's pre3e:if rate ls
hlgher the rate will not be distuibed.
Tho classlflcatlon of thc3o excep
tional runs and the uuestion of over
tlme was left to be declded t-.t confcr-
ence3 between the various uienibers
of the commlttees and tho dlvision
superintendents ot the liues whlch
they represent.
It was further agreed that tho men
would be guarautoed 20 daya" work a
month. Whlle the men regard this
as a concesslon the rallroad officials
say that durlng the recent hard times
tho men were bencllted by belng
worked on short tlme rather than be
lng lald oft all together.
Untll toua's comerence, the rail
road officials, lt was declared, were
under the impresslou that the men
wero really demanding a ten hour
day with 11 hours' pay. But the com
pany today stated that It had all along
offered to grant the standard rate and
was satisfied not to reduco tho pay
of any of lts men If nono was lucreas
cd by tho New York Central award
above that ot the standard rate. An
offlclal of the company said that by
rcadjustiug the runs they can pay
tho new rate without greatly luoreas
ing the expenses of the company.
$2,000,000 FOR STRIKE.
L'resident of Brotherhood of Rall
road Trainmen Says The Fund Is
That Amount.
Phlladelphla, Pa.. July 19. Before
leavlng for Clovelaud tonlght, W. G.
Lee, Presldent of the Brotherhood ot
'Rallroad Trainmen said that whlle
he may po3sibly go to Montreal to
asslst the trainmen In their strlke on
the Grand Trunk and Central Ver
mont llnes, lt would only be in an ad-
vlsory capacity.
"I have already wired our depos-
itory to send $5,000 to Montreal for
tho expenses of tho men in chargo of
tho strlke there" said Mr. Lee.
"We may bo obliged to send $100,
000 or more there In tho near future.
As wo havo a fund ot $2,000,000 for
that purpose, it will be easy for us
to provlde all the money nceded."
JACK JOHNSON ARRESTED.
Illaek Clianuilon Charged Wlth Driv
Inir His Ifaelntr Auto Recklcssly.
Now York, July 19. Jack Johnson,
heavyweight champlon was arrested
thls aftornoon charge.t v,,ilh drlving
hls big raclng nutomoblle recklessly.
Johnson characterized hls arrest a3
an outrago and said tnat he had been
Informed on good authorlty that the
blcycle pollce all ovor tho clty had
made a declaratiou thoy wero out to
"get" hlm.
Ho gave $100 casli bonds for hls
appearanco tomorrow.
AGREE.HENT WITH GOJIPERS.
Hellored Tliat Prosecutlon of Aineri
ean Federntton of Labor Wlll Hc
Endcd.
Cinclnnatl, O., July 19. A final
agreemont was reached tonlght be
tweqn tho Stovo Foundors National
Gompers of tho Amorlcau Federatlon
of Labor. Thls it Is belleved will end
tho prpsecutlons- by tho Bucks Stove
Company agalnst officers ot tho Am
orlcau Fedoratlon ot Labor.
Canmllaus Ahead.
Phlladelphla Pa., July 19. In tho
openlng day's play hero betweon tho
Ottawa and Phlladelphla Crlcket
Clubs, tho Canadlans scored 181 runs
ln thelr flrst' Innlng nnd tho home
eleven had 128 wlth soven wlckots
down when stumps woro drnwn for
tho day.
Mornlng Journal on your break
fast table for 35e a month.
T. S. MORRILI, VERY IIJ-.
Son of tlic liute Unlted States Sena.
tor ln I'rccnrloiis Condltton at
Strafford.
Word was recelved ln thls oity yey
terday tclllug of tho irltlcal lllne3
of Jaincs S. Morrlll, son of the late
Senator Justln S. Mo.'riil at hls homo
ln Strafford. Mr. Morrlll has not been
well for somotlmc. Ho nttended the
commencotnent exerclses of the Unl
verslty of Vermont aud the Republl
can Stato conventlon l:i UI3 clty. Tho
nlght followlng the Stali conventlon
here, S. S. Ballard totk hlm ln hls
automobllo to Hartford, where
spent the nlght, going Irom thcra 10
' odstock, where he p'pnncd to speid
a few days wlth hls aunt Mlss Swan,
n'.c at Woodstock hc was taken
serlously 111 wlth hcart trouble and
was hurrled to hls home ln Strafford.
For about two weeks Mr. Morrlll has
been ln a serious condltlon. Oxygen
has been adminlstered to hlm aud on
Sunday a conference ot physlclans
was held, thse there belng Drs. Gile
of Hanover, N. H F. T. Kidder of
Woodstock and Swan of Stoughton,
Mass., who ls a cousin of Mr. Morrlll.
As a result of this conference the doc-
tors did not hold out much hbpe of
Mr. MorrlU's recovery. He was
sllghtly more comfortablo yestcvday
and although hls condltlon ls consld
ered extremely critlcal hopo ot his
recovery has not boen entlrely abtwi-
doned.
YETERAXS AT RUTLAND.
Unllcd Spanlsh War Yeterans In An
uual State Eutanipment I'our
Cumps Represented.
Rutland, July 19. The annual State
ncanipmcut ot the Unlted Spanlsh
War Veterans was held here today,
about 25 veterans 'belng present. Tho
camps ot Rutland, Brattleboro, St.
Johnsbury and 'Burlington were rep
resented. It was declded to hold the next
meeting at St. Johnsbury. The follow
ing officers were elected:
Department' commander, Ned D.
Rlpley, ot St. Johnsbury; senior vlco
commander, H. W. Cottrell of Bur
lington; junlor vlce commander, B.
H. Stickney of Rutland; department
Inspector, H. Edward Dyer of Rut
land; surgeon, Dr. James M. Hamll
tou of Rutland; Judge advocate, E. J.
Waterman of Brattleboro; chaplaln,
J. W. Laughlln of Orleans; marshal,
Charles Bashaw of Burlington; dele-
! gate3 to national encampment at Den-
verjiet Soptember, John Coon ot
Burlington', Charfes 'Bashaw of Bur
lington, Frank L. Greeno of St. Al
bans, Roscoe W. Bucklngham of Rut
land'. TO IIUILI) NEW TANNERY.
Conlract Let for Constructlon of Plant
On Site of Old One Rurned nt Bethel.
Bethel, July 19. E. A. Flsher let
the contract yesterday fr the con
structlon ot the new. tannery to take
placo of the .one burned April 21,
1909, to L. J. Roblnson, a Rochester
contractor.
The yard and beam house Is to be
51 by 234 feet and the flnlshlng rooms
wlll bo a three-story structure 60 by
120 feet. This gives practlcally tho
same size building as thoso burned.
Tho contract prlce is $8,000 and
tho work is to be comploted by Oct.
20. The cltlzens of Bethel hae raised
by privato subscrlptlon' $4,000 as a
bonus for the rebulldlng. It ls estl
mated that it will take about $50,000
to replaco tho Inilldings and install
tho machinery. 'USJS
Mr. Fisher has already soveral car
loads of machinery here nnd on the
way. At- tho tlme It burned the tan
nery was one of tho largest ln Now
England and manufactured a hlgh
grado product whlch was eagcrly
sought after. About 125 hands wero
employcde n tho old tannery.
CAN'NON A "STAND STILLER."
Contrressmun Vlctor Murdock Ar
raluned Speaker Caniion In a Ilot
Speeeh.
Emporia, Kan., July 19. "Speaker
Cannon is not only a stand patter but
a stand stlller" said Congressman
Victor Murdock, Kansas lnsurgent to
day In a speech in reply to Speaker
Cannon's speech hero yesterday. Ho
said Mr. Cannon "for 30 years has
been opposed to locomotlon in any
dlrectlon", charged hlm wlth affilla
tlons with Tammany Hall and assert
ed the greatest thlngs tho lnsurgents
accomplished ln the last sesslon ot
Congress was to put the Speaker oft
the commlttee on rules.
Drexel Carrles Passenger.
Bournemouth, England, July 19.
A. J. Drexel, Jr., thls evenlng car
ried a pasongor In a Blerlot mono
plano from 'Bournemouth to Beaulleu,
a distanco of 35 mlles. Tho flight
was partly across tho sea, and tho
pasongor kept a log of the Journey.
Strlko Ilreakers Comlng.
New Uavon, Conu ?,v,y 19. Kivo
carloads of strlko 'o'o'uors bound for
St. Albans, Vt., pas3od through hoie
thls nfMrnoon nnd tetilirht. Tho mon
It Is vinderstood, wlj' be dlstrlbuted
over the oastern end of the Grand
Trunk llne.
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WILL NOrBUTT IN"
Roosevelt Refuses to Endorse
Any Candidate for Office
In Ohio
WANTS PROGRESSIVENESS
Judge Kinkadc of Toledo, Ohlo, Call-
td on Coloncl Roosevelt Yesterday
But tho Latter Refused to Exert
His Iniliience One Waj or the Other
iu the Pre-t'oinentloii Situatlon.
New York, July 19. Theodoro
Roosevelt hopes1 the RepuDlIcans ln
Ohlo will adopt a progresslve plat
form, but he decliiics to exert his in
fluonce for any candidate ln the ante-
convention situatlon. He made this
plaln ln New York today after a con
forenco wlth Judge Raynolds Klnkado
of Toledo, who Is regarded as the see
ond cholco of these- Ohlo Republk.tna
who aro supporting James R. Gar
fleld for tho gubernatorial nomina
tion. lt Is understood that Mr. Gar
fleld had a hand in Judge Klnkade's
vlsit today and that Garfleld's sup
porters havo agreed to throw theii
strength to the judge if Mr. Garfleld
is not nomlnated.
Neither Mr. uoosevelt nor Judgo
Klnkado would discuss thelr confer
ence today nor would either ot them
roveal tho contents of tho letter which
Judga Kldkade bore from Presldent
Taft witli whom he talked on Sunday.
Mr. Roosevelt virtually admlttcd,
howover, that hls candldacy of Judgo
Klnkade for tho Ropuhllcan nomlna
tlon for Governor of Ohlo had been
sought, when ho said: "l cannot
support any candidate for a nomina
tlon. I can only say that I hopo a
progresslve platform wlll ho adopted
ln Ohlo."
PRESENTED TAGEANT.
Hartford Vfllago Imiirovoment Asso
ciatlon Puts on l.ocai Talent Play.
White Rlvor Junctlon, July 18. A
pageaut cntltled, "Tho Vlllage at
Play" was presented thls evenlng un
der tho auspices of tho Hartford Vll
lage Improvement Assoclation on tho
Iawn of C. M. Cone at Hartford. Tho
east was local talent and tho prlncl
pal charactors wero takon as follows:
Phllan Thropo, Lloyd H. Bugbeo; tho
Club ,Iidy, Mlss Leora A. Bugbeo;
Vanesa, Mlss Floronco M. Dutton and
Horald, RQdnoy Darwlne. Tho muslo
was under tho chargo of Ora Watklns
and L011I8 S. Nowton was stage dl-rMtPA