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VOL. LXXXV. NEW .SERIES VOL. LV1I. 3rRLLCITON, VT., TIIKRSDAY, APRIL 0, 1911. NUMBER 40. MILLION DOLLARS INVOLVED IN DEAL New York Capitalists Likely to Buy Burlington and Military Post Street Railways. YERGENNESPOWEi ICLUDED Q Lines Will Be E ded and Power and Light '. o United to Farmers and hers along the "W .v . What Is preVbnblv one of the biggest financial deals that Burlington h.is known In years Is now under process of negotiation In this rlty nnd, If con stimulated, will result In the purchase liv a parly of Now York cap'tali-ds of the Burlington Traction eojup.iny'r line, the Military Port Street nillw.iy und the Vergennes Power company's holdings nt Vergennes. This ileal, which, with the expenditures that may he made In fnt ire Improvements nnd extensions of the lines, will Involve an immense sum, probably over a million uollars, has not as yet been positively closed, lint the Free Press has the best authority obtainable for. the statement that there Is a strong possibility of the transaction being eoiisntnmat Ml. The dlreetors of the Burlington Traction company, the Military Post Street Hull wav company and the Vereeniieu Fow r company were In consultation all day yo--t pnJn v with representatives of the syndi cate of Now York men who are eon slderlng the purchase of the ''olci'iigs, and the entire proposition was discus. ed thoroughly from every standpoint. namf.s withheld. The Identity of the New York men who propose purchasing the holdings could not be learned last night. They were not registered nt any of the hotels In the rilv, and the director who furnished the Information concerning the proposed deal steadfastly refused to give their names. The same authority did .state positively, however, that the men were In no way connected with rnllroad Interests and weie not representatives of the New York, Now Haven & Hartford or the Grand Trunk. Thoee capitalists have made a special point of keeping their Identity secret, and even their presence In the city was not generally known yesterday. There were rumors, however, that a deal was on foot and a director of the three companies talked freely last evening with a Free Press representative rebitlre to the pro posed purchase of the holdings. WOVLD KXTEND UNKfl. That the proposition has been under consideration for some time by the capi talists l.i evident from the fact that thev have had experts here and In the vicinity going over the roads njid mapping out proposed extensions of tho present llnejs. If tho deal In consummated It li uri.Vsr stood that the parties Interested will build p trolley lino to Vergennes within a year from tho time of the purchase, and an extension of the lino from Vergennes to points In the south of the State Is also a strong posslhilltv. Another factor that will enter Into the deal, If carried through, will be the exten sion of the Military Post street railway from Essex Junction to Fssex Center, Jericho and rnderhlll. In fact, the ex tension of the lines will be one. of the main features of the taklnrr over of the holdings by the New York parties. The purchase of these holdings would undoubtedly be the first step toward an extensive trolley system through this sec tion, and extending both north and south. The owners of the Burlington Traction company and the Military Post street railway and tho Vergennes Power Co., will, if the transaction is clocd, dispose of all their holdings at once. The power at Vergennes Is expected to ho developed by the coming fall to such an extent that lower may lie had for operating the cars here, and even If the deal Is closed the developing process will continue on the dame scale. TO PAHl'.Y ON Ui:Vi;i,OPMENT, It is claimed that there Is a good mar ket for electric current between Burllng tnn and Vergennes. Farmers residing In that section are anxious for lighting fa-1 eilltles and there Is also a wide Held for light and power at Cedar lloach and Thompson's Point A large amount of c'ectrlc current will be used on the Webb property and the New York capitalists will. If Hi deal .s closed, carry on the development of the Vergennes power on nil oxtenslve cile. A power station will lie built op land jienr Queen City Park, where machinery will be Installed for reducing the current to the proper voltage for the wites carry ing It through the streets The power at "vergennes was secured, as Is well known, with a view to Improving the service hore because of the Inability to obtain pownr enough under the present arrangement. There Is, however, ,arge surplus of power remaining, which can he sold for various purpose? throughout the section between Burlington and Vergennes. DKTAIlifi DtSCl'SSHD. The capitalists who are considering tho purchase) of tho holdings were not in the city Inst evening, so far as could he learned, and It Is understood that the. details of the proposed purchnse and the tension of the lines had been gone over thoroughly when'the conference conclud ed yesterday afternoon. Whether the prospective purchaser returned to New York Is not known. Minute attention was riven yesterday at the meeting to the treet railway cystem within the city, und It Is understood that r-evcral poss title proposition, for the extension of the Kuc-H In the city vvcro considoted, ulthounh Just what the natutu of these were the director of the eompiuilei did nut care to make public. However. It b known that every possible! factor In the pro poMd denl was gone Into thoroughly. MIGHT WILD OVKH-PAKS. One of tho propositions which It ts un derstood might be advanced, should the deal go through, would be that of nn over-puss f-om Unltery street, lending to the Chntnplnln Trnnipoi t.itlon com pany's dock, to lie ndiptod to the use of trolley cars .is well as teams and pedestrians. A car line rotiM bo extended to tho now union MPn, which will pro'iubly be In this vicinity, met tothv dock by means of the over p,i"f.,and tho ex pense of mi"!i n structure would not be great if shared bv the corjiol'ittlons 1 one filing by it. Willie such .1 pioject Is of course "In the alt" fur the present, It is one of the possibility s that migilt re sult from the taking over the hold'ngs by the New oil, syt.ili.ntc. F.vor.v member of llib syndicate Is said to lie vi nltli.v nml il.o development of the linen In tills section and of the power at VetRcnuos would l.e In the nature. It is said, of nn ImeMPioii for the pur pr -e of scenting hotter l.iteret nn lluir rn tine;. . When tisked if i.ie proposed pure hn-o of Hie h tidings e.irried with It any possi bility of a summer hotel in thin section, tile director who granted no intetvhw with th" Free Press represent itlvo tuileil and said he heel nothing to sij op that subject at ptescnt. GETS ONE CENT DAMAGES. ItiKlenil Clerk Sued Insurance Mini for r.n,cvwi Times Tlini. Itntliiiid April . -A .iuri In Rutland eijunlj i r.iirl to lav awarded Hntry V. Cla.. a 1 lerit. domngos of one cent in his suit niMliiM .lurtim It Ho.idto, n woll Urnvn Insurance man. secretary of the Stile Mutual Fire Insurance company. The cii-e pttra"ted m.mv --peetntnrs li. ennse cf the prominence of the defen dant. Mr. Cl.iv n.-.ke i .:,.v damages on the ground that Mr. Ilo diey struck hltn In the face, on (he Ground I'-at Clay while denning the side walk of his employer's store -wpt dost on the dr".-s of a lady passing by witli the defendant. Mr. Hoadiev's defense was thnt he merely extended his ban I towards Clay In a protesting gesture. Walter S. Frnton was counsel for the plaintiff rnd T. W. Molo o fur the defer lant. GIRL SPELLS 2,500 WORDS. si'l enlceli-llniir "Her" In Missouri P.nded by Tun "l"s." Howling Green, Mo. April S. "Soppul i lire," spelled Miss Margaret Patterson I ills afternoon, and the two p'a ended the longest spelling ben oer held In Missouri, with Miss Ruth Cicnshaw, the winner, still standing. The piko county court house was fill ed with friends and relatives of th contestants, who for IT hours with only an occasional Intermission had withstood the bombardment of words until 10,V9 had been given out The ronlest was held under the super- lilon of the county selmed commissioner. It is estimated that of tho 10,0"'J words assigned to the contestants the winner spelled J..710. Not many people will rent unndvertlsed furnished rooms In this city this week. KIN SWEETHEARTS END THEIR LIVES Young Cleveland Couple Driven to Death by Disco very of Blood Relationship. Cleveland. Apiil 5 -Anna Neutneifter and Hans (itt Hre dead by their own hand The woman threw herself over a cliff at ISdgrwatcr Pari; and drowned In Lake Trie. Ott died In the street, hut there is nothing to tell how. The family says It was poison. The two were affianced and were half brother and sister A ipinttei of a cenutry ago Leonard Neumel.ster nut Mugrettii ott In tier many. When Hans Ott wus born the father was In America. Two month ago llnn iitt eiime to the home of lA-onurd N'eiimei.-ter In Cleveland. lie revealed himself anil Hi father took him Into his home Then were rte children theie, one a girl, Anna, aged 17. She mt not told that the stal wart unung "bn.rder" was of her own blood 'Hie brothers knew. Friday tho mother of the family, step mother to Anna, found they were sweet heart The next morning I.ennnnl Neumel.ster ordered Nuns from his homo. It wa the first time Anna knew who her young sweetheart was. .Sunday slie attended church and knelt long In prayer. Mondy she went to the lake and drown ed herself. Fred Neumelster, her eldest brother, was hunting for Hans to kill him. LA FOLLETTE PLAYS HOG. ltrfuars to l.rt O'linrmnn llne Ills $ent on Deimierntlo Mdo, Washington, April fi. An extra desk was placed on the end of the lat row of the democratic side of the Kenate by the sergeant-at-arnis for Senator ( I'Uor man, tho latest arrival of Ids party. An a result thero will bo M desks for 92 senators. The necessity of the additional seat hns been brought about by the refusal of .Senator l.a Folleite to move over to the republican side front his old pluce In the "C'herokeo strip ' which was read ily deserted by the otlu-r republicans, as soon as room was found by tliem on their own lde of the chamber. Senatoi I.a Folletle's reasons for refusing to mnvo lire obvious. As the only republican on the democratic side, ho would probably attract more attention titan as an In Hurgcint among other Insurgents on the republican side. He may also bo actu ated by a desire tn got tin far away from the republicans as possible, Oeorge'N, Kxford of Pownal ha trapped four Ctnadtan lynx duriiiK Ibe winter, the last one welfhlnt; about 30 pounds, Ita bead was half tho Mzt of a man's and Its pans wore a lame as the haiVls of a year?. old child You road the want ads lo find out about t.omthlng because you have a ejueit on band-and not out of mere cm I cslty. CONGRESS OPENS IN EXTRA SESSION Dcmo:rats Take Possession of the House and Put Champ Clark in Speaker's Chair. EYES ON THE PRESIDENCY Bryan and Harmon Prominent Figures on the Floor Demo crat': Have Majority of 68 in House. SIXTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Wiish.ngton, April I. Tho politi cal complexion of tho flJnd Con gress, conioned in extraordinary session to-iiuy. Is n follows: S.-nate - nopublicans, T.0; demo crats. II: vacancy, 1, Houte Democrats, US: republi cans, ICO; pnclallst, li vticanclen, 2. In the 01st Congress, which was adjourned March -I. tho Somite mem bership was: Itcpubllcans, .ID; demo crats, .12; vacancy, 1. The House membership was: Republicans, 217; democrats, 1 74. The Senatn vacancy is from Col orado, tho Legislature belnc clenio cratli'. Iowa is expected to soon elect a successor to the late enn- tor Holllver. whose spat now Is oc ! i tipled by Lafayette Yonnp. The j llouso VftcnncIeK are from the I ninth Iowa and the tecond Ponn ! sylvanla districts. ashlnglon, April I. Tho 62nd Con gress met In extraordinary rcfslon to dn . What the session will bring fortli or when It will ndjourn were matters on whkh no one In Washington cared to venture an onlnlnn. The democrats took full possession of the House and put Champ Clark of Mis semi In the sppeker's chair. In his speech aicipting the honor. Mr. Clark warned the democratic members that the eyes or thn country were upon them; that Ibe parly was on trial and that It had an opportunity for tne first time In V years to prove Its worthiness for a still higher expression of confidence on the part of the American people. Throughout the day the s-hailo-n of the coming m evidential fight hovered about the cupltol and there Is no question that manoeuvres for political advantage? will p!.i an Important part In the affair ''l 'be House and the Fonate during 1 1 i' i evt few months William .7. nrynn and Governor Har mon of Ohio were prominent figures on tin- floor of tho Houso during the opening ceremonies and both shared in thn demonstrations thnt marked the day. The Senate's opening was sedate as usual, mfssac.e on nF.cipimrn'Y. President Tnft's niepntje. deallns with Canadian reclproi-lt v alone, will be rend In the two houses to-morrow. It was to secure action on ibis mrreu ment that the extraordinary session was cnlled. The democrats of the House, how over, have formulated a program which Includes the revision of a number of I lie schedules of the Paviie-Aldrlch turiff law. Hi'publionn leaders of the. Senate have announced that them -dial! lie no tariff legislation at tho er na session and this difference of opln- Ion pioinlM's to Ming ibe two branches I Intei sharp conlllci. A ii-xlsl.nivo dend llock Is freely pi edli ted ami the lengtli of the se-ssion seems now to depend upon now long trw democratic House will continue to bombard the lepubli cun Senate with Keneial legislation bills. Ftom a political standpoint It Is likely that one of the most Impoit ant thing!', the democratic House will do will be to order a thorough Inves tigation of the various departments and biiiuchcr of the rovernnmnt mm.- ice. The democrats dn lace that there . r nave neon no -men irvoe i ige.t ions tor 20 ycats line! Hint much good emi. palgn material, as well as much e.iv Inir tei the paople will result from then.. N'F W 111 LKS Pi'T OFF A DAY The seiislon of Hie House to. day w'ns dovoted wlioilv to the work of or gnnlzal Ion. The adoption of the new rules wan put oi'f until to-inorrow. The- republicans will make their first tight on these. They t-ereni tlm nctlun of I ho di'inoerii ts III illi loaning tho membership of various iiuniuli tees without Increasing tie urc"iitage of mlnorli y ici'rosontatlon rue leiiiiiuican liisuients In Houso Indicated Hielr purpose of tinning to act Independently ,, dining tu vote t0r mv Mann the i oil do - for tipoiikir und In- giving their support to rtopresentnllvo Cooper of Wiscon sin. Tin' insin gents tallied a member vvlien HepieKoutatlM' Tlieron Akin of New York, elected nn ;m "Independ ent democrat" and hornlofore carried on the detnocratlc rolls, cast his lot with theui and ehnsu a seat on tho reipiildli nn side ItcpiPKontiitlvn Merger of Wisconsin, the sole I itlst In tho House, voted "pretoni" during the spcaki'ishlp b.illnt iriK lie' also chose a rent on the ri" V llilicun side Iti'i-iiusn," I'" afterward BXpUlned, "l lielong to the opposition" I'KMOCItATH ON WHONO H1DU. II. e nun' uf tilth- heavy majority it was ncips'iirv fur clDinoctats Including iiiiiii) piomlnent ones to preempt a sttlp of ,tnU on tlio republican side, four of then. ..... ...mmittP chairmen: Bulzer. foreign affairs: I.tcyd. accounts; Jolmion, Dtetrict of Ooluinblm and harbors. Four others are members of the committee on ways and means und I'ommlttee on committors; llugheji, New Jersey. Hhitckloford. Missouri! Kltehln, North Carolina; Harrison, New vork. Hepresenlatlvo I.lttloton of New Yotli Is ntnonc others relegated to the tepnhllcni slrlp. The minority ienders, Cannon, t'avne und n.'ttxcMI, ere Me.ited In a group, with Floor Lender Mnnn. but a short distance away. Hcpresont.ith e Murdnek of Kan Las, radical Insurgent, chosn n seat once removed from Mr. Dalzell and Just back of Mr. Payne. MIDDLERURY'S SCHEDULE. Twrnly Itnsr Itnll (intnrn lth Nine on Home lireiimiln. MIddli'biir.v, April 5. Manager lltl'isell P. Dale of tho Mldellebury College team has completed the base ball schedule, which Includes 20 game, nine of which sro to be played In Mlddloliury. The iiliidiile follows; April 10, Wcsleyan at .Vilildletown, Conn.; II, Connecticut Agrl euhural c 'olle ge at .Storrs, Conn ; 12, Hart ford, d'onne-'tlcut I.eaguoi, at Hnrtford. Conn ; lo, Fttldgeport (Connecticut League), at Brldget'ort, Conn.: ir., Itens soluer rolytcchnle Institute nt Troy, N. V.; lt, Poston College at Mlddlehury; 2, Troy fN. Y. State Lemuel, nt Mlddlc burv; May A, Cuban Stars, nt Mlddle hurv: 10. Tufts nt Mldellebiirv, 12, St. Law rence Fnlvorslty at MMellebury ; 13, Nor wicli nt Mldellebury: IS, Colgite at Ham ilton, N. Y.j 10. St. Lawrmce, at Canton, N. Y.j 22. Manhattan at Mldellebury; 2, New Hampshire State College at Middle bury: 20. Norwich, nt Northtleld, Vt.j June 1, Poston College .it Hoston; 2, Fort McKlnley nt I'ortland, Mp. ; 3. Phillips 'Kxeter A .demy, nt llxcter, N. II.; 19, Alumni, at Mldellebury. BENNINGTON MAN MISSING l.c-nndcr .V. Tonslee, Auptl 71, Lust Seen by Family Mnrch 2. Honnlngton, April B. P.elatlves hava been unable to find any trace or clus of lyoander N. Towr'.ee.n the Civil War veteran, who disappeared from his home here March 2. Thev have hesitated to enlist the authorities In the search for the leason that the missing man, who will bo 72 years old during the present month, Is somewhat eccentric In his habits and, they believe, would resent any such course provided It should lie dlf covered that his disappearance was only the re sult of a whim. He Is well-preserved physically not withstanding his age nnd It was at first tboucht that no might have sought em ployment in some of the noarliv villages at his trade of millwright. His continued absence, hown-vor, has at lp.st given risa to so much nnxletj for his welfare that h search has at last been Instituted. He Is about five fe-t eight Inches In height, weighing about 150 pounds with heavy white hair and a black moustache. He was wearing a dark suit, overcoat and cap. lit had less thn- a dollar In money and this nd ' to the fpa of his family that he may have me with ntn acci dent. DIES A TRAITOR Cigarette in Lips as Firing Squad Riddled His Breast with Bullets. Presidio, Texas, April 5. Antonio Carrasco, insurgent and bandit, wan executed yesterday In the camp of Gen. .Iomo de la Crur. Ranches of the insur recto army, by order of Francisco Ma doro. Carrasco who had been .1 bandit leader for years, outlawed by both Mvxluan and American governments, was found guilty by a court martial of treason. At the beginning of elio rebellion Currasco recruited his hand until he. I'oniniandi il nearly I (hi men. He was finally admitted Into the Insurgent nrmv, and when the slepe uf OJlnaga beRuii he was given an Important point on the lino, with orders to advance nnd cut the line of communication with the. Amerlcnn side of the Itlo Grande. Ho failed to do thin and letters were n toreepted to cietietal Luque, command ing the federal garrison which showed that Carrasco had warned the officer if Ills danger The condemned man was shot by a firing seiiind of live men. He faced them with his bands '-led and a cigarette In his lips. He asked the firing party (o aim at Ills heart. Ills breast vas I Milled by bullets OltDBliS i'ILWE IN CAVALRY. Sim Antonio, Texas, April 6. -Orders were received to-day nt iendiii,irter.s of the department of Texas for trie rellnf uf tin. 3rd cavalry on patrol duty on the bord-r, by the t'th cavalry (colored), now In ramp lit Fort Sam Houston. It Is ald that local sentiment against the nei?ro troops had no hearing on tho removal of the regiment. iHUHCTS TO THF CHANCi:. Laredo, Tpmis. April r,. .Mayor Hub ert McCouib of tills city to-night tele graphed ICeprtMetitntlvo John N (iai nor. uiglng that protest be made agnlnst the distribution of nogio troops along the border. Laglo Pas, Texas, April n. At a mass meeting here (his i.flernoon pro test was entered aganiit tho Hondlng of tho 9th regiment of cavalry to re llove the 3rd cicvalry now bore. The health board of Hutlnnd Is making thorough Investigation of public bulld li.gs In that city In regsid to bavin I'lopcr (Ire protection. Prof. j. . Votoy, military engineer of the State hoard iif health, and Dr. C. P. Hull are coltig over all tho public bulldlngk fioin top to bot tom Hyibi Purl: is to lnvn nn cirgiinlKul lire company, aooordlne lo a decision made r.t the village meeting Tho reports khow I debt of 10,0e on Hie electric llKhtliiK pUnt, nnd that the new water system cot PMSLSL BANDIT INSURGENT HOUSE PROCEEDS TO AOOPT RULES Listens First to President Taft's Short Message on Canadian Reciprocity. REPUBLICANS SHOUT 'GAG' No Serious Fights, However, over New Method of Procedure Cannon Enlivens the Day's Session. Washmgton, April r.. rtoth houses of Congress llrteried to-day to Presi dent Taft's brief toes-'age urging till adoption of the reciprocity agreement with Canada. Then, with the Senate adjourned, the democratic House pro ceeded further with lis organization by adopting a new set of rules. To a threat extent the now rules are a repetition of those that havo been hvndcd down by many rone;resses In the past. The democrats claim that their greatest teform Is In takln;? away from the speaker his power to appoint committees and to deslrrnate the chairman of each committee. Tho new rules provide for the electron of committees; nnd their chairmen. The second reform la n return to the former democratic practice of permit ting legislation on appropriation bills when Hint legislation tends to reduce the oxpendltuies of the government. t'NANIMOFS CONK1CNT CALHNDA X. The democrat!" rules continue '.il endar Wedner-dav and the unanimous consent calerdar. and 'eek to perfect the rule fot tho discharge of commit tees. This Inst rule, the domoi rats declare, effectively docs away with the former practice of stifling legislation in committees. A special order passed bv the demo crats, limiting debate on the rules to four hours, Immediately brought nut a cry of 'gag" from tho republicans The speeches which followed were all more or loss of a political nitiire and there was no seri ous fight on tho rules tliemsoh Mr. Mnnn charged the democrats with Iru-lncerltv In much they said in praise of th rules, and doolarod that they had no purpose to take away from thmselves, as a msjority, the right to control legis lation. He characterized tne rule for tho discharge of committees as "nn utter tbsurdlty, not to say Idiocy.' CANNON'S SPniX'H A FKATTTHK. Mr. Cannon's speedi was the feature. Hp was applauded by both parties when be arose to make his maiden address of the, session. "I want tn say here and now," he de clared, "tliat substantially the rules pro posed by this legislation are nn endorse ment of nearly all that is good In the rules that have ovnluted since the adop tion of the constitution, and, therefore. I rrn not going to criticise tho rules merely I realise tti" majority of the House pro poses to odnpf them. .Sometimes nnjorl tie and minorities tear a passion to tat teis, and appe-il, from the naodpolnt of demacoeuery and claptrap, to people that would not know a rule or a code of rules If they met it In the middle of a street. "I have had a Rood dial to do with rules during tny legislative life. I report ed, ns a member of the committee on rule-s In the list Corgress. what was then known by nn almost .intinhnos pre.s .mil by a violent tulnnritv, as the 'in faniouti Heed nile,' thn code .'..is thrown open to amendment with two days' gen eral debate, and with the most perfect l reei' .vii of anieniment. And .it that time the republicans had a major, t of five. You now hove u majcrity of 'VS. 1 submit lo vou thai as you nte now flopping jour wings together on that side, and have complete harmony and solidarity, percl.nnce vou might from toe stand point of propriety give the nilnoilt a 'linnce to offer amendments to the rules. CltAvVL ANOTIlim WAV. "And new it is said that we have a unanimous consent calendar. I am glad thnt we hive. Along with that N the snylne. in the language of t lie distin guished gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Murdnek) nnd t lie universal representa tion of the unllft megH7.lues, that It Is no longer necessary to crawl upon your knees, lia t In hand, to a."k the speaker for recognition for unanimous consent "No, no' The -penker Is a member of the Ili'U'o I an: a member of the House and I never felt 1cm. like d Ins than I do now. When the unanimous consent calendar h cr.lled. if my .ludgmenl prompts mo to nbl.-ot to the consliler-i-ilou ot a bill, no ibniht the man in eharga of that hill will figuratively come on ills handi mid knees, with hat in hand, even the gentleman from Kansas, trying to convince Ills co-member on the floor that the consideration of the lull ought not to bo objected lo " Mr. Cannon sli.irpl.v criticised the rules for not permitting the discharge of the tule.v ei.nunittco Itself llo also complained that no method was pre. bled for Tho socialist minority from Wisconsin" or "any other g.ntlo man Willi a wild-e-jul or sensible propt osltlon," to obt iln tho dUcliarg.' of a ominlttee. MKSSACSK ON RKCI PUOCIT V. President Tufl In transmitting to Con gress bis message, iirglncr early action on the lee.iproclty agreement Mth Canada, stated tbnt he based thU message upon deference to popular sentiment and duty to tlm great innes of the American peo ple The inesi.aiie follows; 1 tiansnilttcd to the Hliti -first Con ures, on January U Inst, the text of th teclprcicLy trade agreement which bad negotiated under my direction by th se cretary uf statt with tlm representatives of the dominion of Camilla. ThH agreement vva. the ooimiiiiinatlon ! etni'St efforts, extending l,v,'' A period of nearly a ye.tr. on the part of both governments tn effect a trade arrange ment which, supplementing as It did th amicable fettloment ot vatioaa Quwttons of s, dlplomntlc nnd political character that had been reached, would mutually promote commerce nnd would strengthen tho friendly relations now existing. The. agreement In Its Intent nnd In Its terms was purely economic and commer cial, Whllo the cenoral subject was un der discussion by the commissioners I felt ivssured that the sentiment of the people of tho United Stntci won such thnt they would velcomo a me.inure which would result In tho Increaso of trade on both sides en the boundary line, would apen up tho reserve productive resource of Canada to the grent mass of our own ;onsumers on advantngoous conditions, and nt the same tlmo offer a broader outlet for excess products ot our farms and many ot our Industries. Details regarding n negotiation ot this kind ne cessary could not bo mode public whllo the conferences worn pending. When, howaver, the full text of the agreement, accompanying rorrosnpodoncc and data explaining both its purpose and Its scope became known to the people through the message transmitted to Congress, It u Immediately apparent that the ripened fruits of tho careful labors of the com missioners met with widespread approval. This approval has heen strengthened by further consideration of the terms of the agreement In all their particulars. The volume of support which has developed shows that' Its broadly national scope is ft.llv appreciated and is responsive to tho popular will. IJOt'NI) To CONFIRM PACT. The House of Representatives of the Sixty-first Congress after the full text ot the arrangement with all the detnlls In rep.'iril to the different provisions had bee', before It, as (hey were before th" Ameri can people, pascd a bill confirming the agreement as neotlatM and an transmit ted to Congress. This measure failed of action In the Setnt-. In my transmitting ms,if e of the -6tli of January, I fully set foith the charac ter of tho agree men t, and emphasized its appropr'atonofs and necessity ns a res ponse to the muiiial nood-i of the people, is the two countries, ns well as its com mon advantages. now lay that message, and the reciprocity trade agreement, as part of the present message before tho Slxty-se-ond Congress and again Invite earnest attention to the considerations therein expressed 1 am constrained to deference to popular sentiment and witli a realizing sense? ot m duty to the vrent masses of our peo ple whoss welfare is Involved, lo urge up on your consideration early action on this asrreement. In concluding the nngoti.itlonss the representatives of the two countries hound themselves to use their utmost effort to bring about the tariff change" provided for m the agreement ly con current legis'.itiun at Washington and Ot tawa. I havo felt it my duty therefore not to acquiesce In relocation of action until tho opening of the Congress In De cember, but to use mv constitutional prerogatlvf-s andconvoke ;h Sixty-second Congress In extra session in order that there shall be no break of continuity in considering and actlnrj upon this mosi important subject. (Signed) V.'ILLIAM H. TAI'T. The White Hou-e, April 5, 1511 Less Than 75,000 Solemnly March ed in Memory of New York's 144 Victims. New York. April 5 Rain reduced to less than "o.elOn tn-dnv the army of 200,000 workers who bad plnnned to march In memory of the victims of the Wnshlnerton place factory fire, but what the storm ' ok in numbers it added In solemnltv. Simultaneously wrth the removal from the morgue for burial of the eight remaining coffins containlrg the unidentified victims of the fire. In which 144 llres In all were lost, work ers poured from fac.orles throughout tho city and formed tn line at uptown and downtown stattlng joints Neith er division took part in the little fu neral procession, but m.-rcred onl n a demonstration while the eight un named dead were home lo a resting place in a city plot. The downtown section was headed by R00 employes of the Triangle Walvt company who had survived the fire and whop this regiment tur-ed into Washington square, whore so many of 'heir comrades met death one young woman broke forth Into a wall that wept over the entire) throng, even to the onlooker. Meanwhile the uptown division had been trudging south and ns the two sections met tn the square, Hundreds burst into tears; many knelt In the wet streets In prayer and women and men embraced and wept. The police had trouble In round Ins; the sobblne marchers Into lino with out allowing them to encircle the Asch building, whrro the (lie occurred The uptown marchers spiead back for X blocks, nnd the downtown line tns fully ns long. Roth avenues leading to the square were great mushroom fields of dripping umbrellis. The only 'ouch of color was In the small American (lags which each marcher carried, hut even these wore draped in crepe Now nnd then the lino was broken bv n bedragRled bnn ui r, lettered "Wo mourn our loss" The marchers included reprosntitattve.s from ni'iirly all the a;tirrnoiit workers' unions, thf woman's trades union league, the woman's political party nnd manv suf frage organizations, The bodies of the unldentl0.ed deul were burled In a city plot of Evergreen ceme tery. The Jewish Catholic and Protestant services were rend over nil the bodies. PUTS BULLET IN BRAIN. Lunch Curt Vlnn nt White lller Junc tion Wan Pi'Miemilent. While River Junction, April D. Cornelius J. Acan, about 46 ours old, proprietor of n lunch cart hore, nttcmptiM suicide tills afternoon by putting bullet throush hit brain. Thero Is no hope, for hla recovery. He leaves n wife and six children, Dotpondeiiny, due to III health, in thought to have been the cause of hie act. RAIN COTS DOWN MOURNERS' LI HAPPENINGS T Local Items of Interest Prom All Parts of the Green Mown, tain State. THE NEWS BY COUNTIES Prom the Island in the Lake to the Passnmpsic, Along Otter Creek and by the Shores of White River. ADDISON MIDDLEBt'RY. Mrs. Fidelia Cobb, wife of Deimty Sher iff W. II. Cobb, who had been 111 for sev eral years, died Sunday morning at hep home in the east part of the town, Sha vas'$.iyp-,crsol4WIl'sldehor husband, ehe Is survived by a sister. Miss Martha Hol ilcn, and a brother, Charles Inelon, who Is W years old. The funeral arrangements have not been announced. For .11 consecu tive years Mrs. Cobb and her husband hail chat-Re of the Addison county Jail and it is said that she was one of the best matrons of thnt Institution. She was bra e and efficient. An instance of her courage was shown about 10 years ago when ji ( locked up the murderer Fred Kas'wood -Mrs. James Hlneks, woo bad been 1 l the past voir, died at her home on Somli -ar.v street e trly Srr.day mornmtf of a ' ' m,.l!entlon of disease She was 5!) year: old. She Is survived by her h.i.sband. four daughters, Mrs. J. P. Met onnlck, of Atlanta, On, the Missel Marguerite. Susie, and I.ucin Hindis, rt ibis place, and by one son, J P Hlneks. The funeral was held at St Mary'j church Tuesday morning at nln o'clock At a meeting of the Addison County Cow Testing association Monday fore noon the followlner officers wero electedt Pre-ldent. K. II. Cornwall: vice-presidejnt, Harry I.. Hunt; secretnry and treasurer, li I.. Wright, F. E. Nelson and 8. W. Jewctt with the officers will constltuto the board of director'. The testing of th cows wlil begin at onto. Twenty-flvei farmers have already Joined, owning ovei ,V0 cows. Carl Mead has returned to Now Vork city. Too cettle shipment Monday 'onsisted of three irloads. F. i . Beekivitli und I lorry Cobb went to Rutland In nn cutonoMle Monday Mrs. J R. Tord has pnn-nnonla. Her daughtor, Mrs. William Mttid of Now Vork. Is call ed hero by her illness. Monday market day, eggs broui-ht Me nnd butter IV. -Mrx Janet F. Ix-wis, who has beon ill for a week with the grin, now has pneu monia. Miss Cl.ir.v Fngol of Mldellebury College has gone to lioston to take a course lu domestic science. Among thn people heri from out of town are Fred Clark nnd Henry Murphy of Hurllngton, A. M. Piper of stprlncfieid and N O Pock of Tlconderoga, N. V -Miss Edith Stagg has returned to Fair Haven. Tooroe Tullev ot Cornwall, who hsd to liave one leg amputated on account ot tuberculosis of the bone, is in a seriousj condition nnd the other leg is so affected with tho same disease that It Is feared that It will also have to be amputated. Mrs. H. H. Hill has returned to Brandon. The spring trm of school opened Mon day. Town Cierk J. M. Burke announc: that about .".'.l dog Ileuses have been taken out this vonr, quite a number less than a year ago. Mrs. Clnds. Ford, wife of J R, Fonl, died Monday evening with pneumonia, followed by heart failure, at the nge of 70 years. She Is survtved by a daughter, Mrs. Giles Willis Mead of C.len Ridge, N J , nnd a istr. Miss I.. B. Goodrich "t tills iiis, Mrs. Ford was one ot (1 hIi'cm number of the Methodist ' nir ! ,ii .' .,i the president of th for . i Ml -M'nii -...:ci The funeral will : .-. .it t' Methodist Church thin iiftei :i i, ! 'wo ioik, when Dt Corsr.in will on". Lite -The funeral of Mr J-iruev Hp.cKs wns hold at St. Mary's Church Tusi1a- morning at nine o'clock. Tb.ei Key. J. I) Shannon officlHted nnd the burial wis in the Catliollo cemetery Th mnnigetnciit of tho government stock farm at Weybridge will eroet several new buildings ss soc.n as the frost U out of the jrround Home of the structures will be two dwelling houses, two silos and a liiree horse barn -There will be a special meeting of the Middlobury Orange Friday evening, when nine candidates will be In structed In the work of the first and sec ond degrees TIip third and fourth de precs will he conferred Frldav, April 14 -The funeral of Ueorge Iivonche was held nt his late homo Thursday morning at eleven o'clock and burial was In the Cath olic cemetery, where Fnther J. D. Shan non offered prayer. The bearers vvero Charles Immorder, Oeorge Kidder Cyrel Brunei), Thomas McCreaj', James Slnon, Jr., nnd James Dumas. Mrs. Fred Ward of Buillngtor wa In town Tuesday ti visit her aunt, Mrs Janet F Lewis, who I? Ill with pneumonia Countv Clerk Huftis Wnlnwrlght has returned from three weeks In Oklahoma and other sec. tlons of the West. - John Murpl.y Is seri ously III. Miss Sarah Herbert li visiting her mother, Mrs, Michael Herbert, at '.Vest Rutland Alvtn W. Coolldge of tho college after a thtee weeks' Illness has uonn to his home In Fast Jaffrey N 11 , to recuperate. His mother accompanied htm. Mrs. Mary Moody Harrington died Wed nesday morning after a lingering Illness with kidney disease at the age of 71 yers. Kho Is survived by two daughters, Mrs. H. Fl Trask of Roxbury, Mass., and Mlis Helen K. Harrington of this village, two sous, the Ilev. Vernon C Harrington of Cleveland, Ohio, and Carlos O. Har rington of this village. Tlie funeral will b held at th Congregatlonul Church at two o'clock Fildny afternoon and the re malm villi bn taken to the Waybridjro hill cemetery for hurlul In the family lot I.eslli M. Srarks, who has carried on tho IN VERMON (Contlnae on par 20