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PAGE TEN. THE BUKLVINGTON FKKE PRESS AND TOES: THURSDAY, JUNE 24, IH15. FRANK ESCA PIG GALLOWS, BEGINS LIFE PR1S0NTERM Demonstrations hy Mobs Call for Extra Police and Bars Arc Closed Transfer Is Made Secretly. HE IS "C0IHCT NO 885" Governor Slaton Is Hanged in Effigy, the Dummy Labelled Traitor Says He May Spend Rest of Days in Obscurity Faces Mob Violence. Atlanta, Ga., Juno 21. Leo M. Frank, whose death sentence for the murder of Mary Phagnn, was commuted tn life Im prisonment tarly to-day by Governor Blaton, began serving his term at the Btato prison farm In Mlllcdgevlllo n few hours later. Ho will bo known ns "Con vict No. Pf5." OfTlclalR secretly took Frank by train and automobile from the Atlanta Jail to Mllledgeville, and soon afterward. Gov ernor Slaton issued a long statement glv lng hln reasons for commuting the sen tence which was to have been executed to-morrow, Frank was delivered at the State prison at 4:30 o'clock this morning. When It be came known In Atlanta crouds began tn gather on down town street corners. Within three hours their demonstrations had resulted In railing out two-thirds of the police force and an order followed closing all nearby saloons nnd clubs where liquor could be obtained. CROWD Of 2,VA About noon a croud estimated at 2..i") gathered on the capltol grounds and listened to several speakers. Most of this throng later took charge of the hall of the House of Repesentatlvcs where several speakers said they doubted JFrank had been removed from Atlanta. A committee of five was selected to visit the Jail. They reported that Frank was not there. Then Sheriff Mangtim who, with deputies took the prisoner to Mil ledgevllle, assured the crowd be bad de livered Frank at the prison. The throng, which packed the floor and galleries, then marched to "Five Points" In the center of the business section, and later went to the city hall. As this had been the scene of a. demonstration early In the day, the police took stern measures. Soon the Hut of .arrests had Increased to ten, nil charged with failure to "move on." GOVERNOR HANG EI) IN EFFIGY. Mounted officers rode In circles In the crowd and the demonstrators gradually dispersed. Early to-night tbo throngs on the street appeared nulet. At .Marleta, 2" miles away, the former home of Mary Phagan, Governor Slaton was hanged in etllgy. An Inscription on the dummy read; "John Slaton, Geor gia's traitor governor." The Governor went fully Into details of why he commuted the sentence, In his 15,000 word statement. He said his decl lion "may mean that I must live In ob scurity the rest of my davs. but I would rather be plowing In a. Held than to feel for the rest of my life that I had that man's blood on my band" " MARTI A I, LAW PROCLA IMED. Atlanta, Ga . June. 21. With several hundred men and boys clamoring to get Into the front gates of his country home on Peach Tree road, which had been bar ricaded with barbed wire entanglements, and threatening to overpower 2') county policemen, armed with riot gun Gover ' ' r Slaton called out the mllltla late to- ' ' for protection. n the arrival of four companies of guardsmen, which had been held , arms and rushed to the estate In mobiles the Governor pro laJmed martial law in a district extending half a mile In front of his home, half ,u mile back and for a distance of about a quar ter of a mile on either side. When the soldiers lined up with fixed bayonets to disperse the crowd, stones, bricks and bottles were thrown at them. A 'brick struck Lieut Arnold Parker In the stomach and rendered him uncon scious for n short time. A bottle, thrown at Private W W Foope struck his gun and cut his hnnd. Tho commanding officer, Major Cat ron, was struck by ti stone, as wcic several of tho men. The governor proclaimed martial law at exactly 11 o'clock and by mid night the crowd had virtually been dis persed. There was no firing. OFFICIAL, SCOURS GOVERNOR. Tho govornor was surrounded at his homo by about a dozen friends, nearly everyone of whom was armed with n rifle or pistol, Tho unexpected arrival of a mombor of tho family at a dark corner of the front porch caused tho governor himself to hastily pick up a large pistol. Solicitor General Dorsey, who pros ecuted Frank, Issued a statement to night In which he declared "the action of Governor Slaton nullifying the Judgments of tho State anil federal courts and overriding tho recommen dations of tho Stnto, board of pardons wns unprecedented. "t cannot find In the record of tho Frank case, or In tho governor's lengthy statemont of admitted Justifi cation, one reason why tho governor should Interfcro with the Judgments of the courts In this case," said tho solici tor. A POOR MARKSMAN. Sergeant (disgustedly to Private. Jones) Stop! Don't wasto your last bullet, Nineteen are (Ulto enough tn blazo away without hitting tho target once, Go be hind that wall there and blow your brains out," Jones walked quietly away and a few second! later a shot rang out. "Good heavens! has that fool done what I told him?" cried the sergeant, running behind the wall. Great was his relief When he saw Private Jones comlnff towards him. "Berry, sergeant, " he said apologetlcal ly; "another miss." With a particular purchase to make to day or to-morrow, all of the "ads" which bear upon that subject bccbmu Im mediately Important to you. Lite Insurance Payments in 191 4. Total $686,700,000 Adverse Conditions Reflected by the Increase of Surrendered Policies Due to Business Stress after Outbreak of War More Death Claims and Endowments Paid. . , Distributions by life Insurance organi sations in tho United States and Canada amounted to JSSCTuiVao In ltilt, as com puted by the Insurance Press. Tho amount was the largest on record, ex ceeding by W0,IW,(i the nmount of tho distributions In 1013. Under the policies of the level-premium companies and the certllloitos of life Insurance organizations on tho assessment basis, the payments In tho two countries for death claims, ma tured endowments and othor benellts amounted to J I3.1,eft,('00. For premium savings., for tho cash values of policies that were surrendered, for annuities, and to the beneficiaries tinder policies Issued In foreign countries the regular compan ies of tho I'nlted States and Canada paid amounts, estimated In part, that aggre gated J'Jhi.rao.CiOO. Summation of life Insurance payments of nil kinds in 1911: Claims paid In tho Fnlted States and Canada $m,05".Ci Payments for premium savings and surrender values, and to annuitants, and In foreign tries 253,Si0,0"O Grand total iWS.fno.iO Increases of the amounts of all benefits paid death elnlms, endowments, premi um saving,' appealed in the returns ol tho regular compnnles at the dose of the year. The Increases amounted to many millions of dollars, the percentages ex ceeding those noted for 1913. The unfav orable feature of life Insurance in its dealings In 1914 was the large Increase, of tho amount paid on account of policies surrendered at cash values. The Increase of the policy loan account was more than normal. Tho amounts of the ordinary and In dustrial policies written and revived In the United States by tlin regular com panies aggregated more than $3,3o9,oOO,ti) comparison with the figures for the pre vious year showing a slight decrease. Un til the outbreak of the war In Europe the writing of life Insurance exceeded the noimal rate of Increase. Th closing of stock exchanges, business Interruptions, reduction of output In many Industries, accompanied by loss of wages and sal aries, rcmalnt on the payments of money, even In minor matters, that followed the outbreak abroad, nffectcd activities In the life Insurance field. In many instan ces, however, the war developments caused appreciation of the value of life Insurance, and persons applied for It more willingly. In the closing months of the year activities were reunied. The transactions of the life Insurance companies of Canada and those of the agencies of American and British com panies in the dominion were affected also by the foreign war. Less Insurance was written and revived, but the payment" for death claims and matured endowments and the distribution of premium savings were in excess of those In 131". SURRENDERED POLICIES. The payments for surrendered and pur chased policies by companies that account ed for 01 per cent, of the regular life In surance disbursements In the I'nlted States amounted last year to more than $loj,r,(i," an Increase of more than $1.", li)ft,0i over the nmount paid In 101,1.- For 101" the Increase wns about $.V'.r.Vl; 1012, SN.aXMW, 1911, $2.V3.ooo Tracing the ef fects of business conditions on life In sijrance. It appeared that the record of the disbursements for surrendered and purchased policies In 1P1". compared with 19'9, showed decrease to the amount of JlST.Odu, although It hat more than $V0,. ( for III' tease In 1909 and $H,r,i)ii for Increase In U1V The sui render of life Insurance policies and then In the disruption of protection have been discouraged strenuously by compuny officials and field agents In the past few years, particularly since the business disturbance In 1007, but embar rassments In general lines of business and other ndverso conditions, arising at In tervals, have overcome to some degree the arguments for tho retention of life Insurance policies under whatever cir cumstances might be developed. More than lSl.noi policies of ordinary life Insurance to tho amount of more than $Kl,30a,fml were surrendered tn American llfo insurance companies In 101". Indus trial life Insurnnce to the amount of more than JJ4,20n,ol wns surrendered also. The record for 1011 is not available at present. DEATH CLAIMS AND ENDOWMENTS. Tin' record of the payments for death j claims and matured endowments last year, by tho companies that transacted 01 per cent, of the business showed Increase to ! the amount of $17,700,ofi, compared with Increases to the amount of $.'.,S30.0(i In 1913, ! $14,m,0O0 in 1912, and $13,4H,000 In 1911. An-1 alysls showed about Jll,lfi,nno for Increase of death claims and Jfi.WI.Cd for Increase of endowment payments, compared with H.TTAnrio for Increase of death claims and Jl.&OO.Oof) for Increase of endowments In 1913. In 1912 a similar dhlslon gave an Increase of 9,190,(no for death claims and an Increase of t7W),(t for endowments; 1011, $12,740,000 for Increase of death claims and $7!n,of1 for Increase of endowments. The endowment payments tn tho amount of nearly $59,ooo,ono, as reported last year by tho companies mentioned, continued to demonstrate the results of tho develop ment and maintenance of tho policyhold ers' habit of thrift and the fulfilment of tho desire for Income funds to bo payable at tho beginning of periods of advanced age. Tho acceptance of the advantages of instalment payments, Instead of lump payments, of death claims has been a no ticeable feature of life Insurance in re cent years. For each $l,ono of death claims paid tho llfo Insuranco companlos paid $01 on ac count of taxes, licenses and fees. Last year this review of tho distribu tion of llfo Insurance innnoy remarked that every policyholder In tho record of denth claims paid wns "a soldier of duty In a service army." Tho number of pol Icles In force for tho llfo Insuranco army on tho rolls of American companies at tho close of 1011 was mora than 39,800,000, providing protection lo tho amount of more than $21, 416,000,000, In the record of death claims were many accident cases. The death claims dun to the Lusltanla disaster will appear In the record of iDifi to the amount of more than $1,300,000 of llfs and accident Insurance. In the course of the compilation of life Insurance payments In 1914 tho names of women appeared frequently. A notable payment was for $,O00 The report of the Medico-Actuarial Mortality Investi gation, the most extensive ever attempt- d In the history of life Insuranco, In Unites that unmarried uurmm. iuu Oc ularly those who are self-supporting, may be Insured, and that they are excel lent risks. Therefore, tho discrimination against women Is disappearing rapidly PRE1MIU.M SAVINGS $W,7OO,r0O. Tho factors III the preparation of the account that provides for thn distribution of premium savings, termed "dividends" generally and erroneously, nre the earn ings on tho Invested funds, the mortality experience, whether fnvornblo or unfav orable, and the economy of management All of the factors wero fnvorn.hlc. for policyholders last year, and the distri butions of premium savings nmounted to more than $10S,70o,t') for all of the com panies of the United States. An In previous years, premium savings were used for the purchase of additions of millions of dollars to the amounts of Insurance carried or for annuities. Tho distributions of savings by companies that had 9S per cent, of tho Insurance In force exceeded, by more than 1,60,(5 the amount of their disbursements for surrendered and purchased policies. Re sides the payments, credits to the nmount of $16ViC.0(ii) appeared for tho accounts of pollr.yholdet s, premium savings duo and unpaid, Including those left on de posit The Increase of that nmount was $2,W2,O00, compared with $1. 112,00 for 1013 and $1161,00 for 1012. The item Indicates the confidence of policyholders In the ability of the companies t hold and in vest safely tho uncalled for savings. The policy lonn accounts of the com panies that had at the end of the year a total of $657,lCS,noo outstanding showed an increase of Jf3,72.VO0 for 1013. The Increase for 1S14 was the largest since 1907, when the Increase amounted to $72,.S7,O0n. LATtOEST CLAIM OF YEAR. The largest claim paid last year was on the policy that had been held by Gleorge W. Vanderbllt, whose residence was In Washington The policy was for $1,000,000. The company that Issued It reinsured $750,000 of the face amount. Within an hour after the presentation of tho proofs of death a check for $l.ooo, 0 to the order of Edith S. Vanderbllt, executrix, was signed and delivered. Mr Vanderbllt carried the policy on the L'l-paymont fc plan 17 years. Dur ing that period ho pild premiums to the amount of $r,9,", ''). A man of much wealth, he knew that, In the event of sudden death, a largo amount of ready mony might be needed for immediate emergencies and the avoidance of dis turbance of large investments In big en terprises. The largest single claim paid In Ver mont was one of $UM.0H n Harwlck. name of policyholder not given. In Man chester the sum of $10.9t was paid on a policy held hy E. J. Howley. A detail ed statement of the sums distributed to beneflclnrles In various places In Ver mont follows: Hardwlck $15,1,2.'") Burlington 139,,Wi Pennington 7S,fii'p Manchester 77,.V1 Montpeller BJ.oflrt Rutland GJ,o) Urattloboro fin.sw) Brandon 43.7.71 Mlddlebtiry to.T.Vi Barton :!3.il Newbury :!3,i) Harre 32,n St Albans I.LT.O Springfield 2l,2.Vi Heltons Falls 23,2.7) Rlchfnrd Si.IW St. .lolinshury 2.1,2.7) Morrl'vlllft li.'.M Poultney 16.51'" Kandolph M.u'H Bethel 15.MH Lyndonvllle l.",."i"j Proctor Ij.TiOO Clarendon Springs 11,;2 Derby ll.f!2S East Arlington 11, CI North Ferrishurg Il,tl25 Northfleld ll.fi;.-, Windsor ll,f..'5 Remington lo,7t'l Stamford 10,7,1") UNDER TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS. Albuig. Audover, Barnct, Bralntree, Bristol, Cabot, Castleton, Cornwall, Co ventry, Danby, Derby Line, Dorset, East Hardwlck, East Rycgate, Ennsburg Falls, Essex, Essex Junction, Fair Haven, Folihville. Gaysvllle, Glover, Greensboio, Gulllord Center, Hancock, Ira, Jrasburg, Island Pond, Jeffersonvllle, ,Iohnoii, Klrby, Leicester, Mlddletown Springs, Milton, Now Haven, Newport, North Bennington, Norton Lake, Orleans, Pittsford, Prot-torsvllle, Shaftsbury, Soutt Burlington, South Ryegate, and 22 other places. OPENS UP THE COLUMBIA. Completion of lt,oon,OIM Cnnnl on Our Second I.nrgent IIMrr. An Immense empire, 3"0,nno square miles in extent, has Just been opened to water traffic, says Leslie's, and 400 miles added tn the ntal navigable streams within the nation through tbo completion of tho huge Celllo canal on the Columbia river In Oregon, which will bo celebrated by cities of tho Pacific Northwest. Cut through living rock for a distance of tight miles at a cost of $,ono,noo to tho government, the big water lano removes the last barrier to the navigation of tho Columbia river and Its main tipper tribu tary, tho Snake, from iowlston, Idaho, to tho Pacific ocean, a distance of B'O miles, and frees tho currents of the Colum bia Itself to transportation as far as Priest river rapids, In Washington, about 4.7) miles from tho sea. When the ob structions of these rapids are removed along with thoio at Kettle Falls, then the Columbln America's second largest river will be navigable to Rovelstoke, British Columbia, almost l.OoO miles. Ton years of continuous operations were necessary to build the canal. Tho greatest part of It was drilled and hlnst ed through solid lava rock. To find a way for navigation around this turbulent stretch of tho Columbia has been tho dream of the Northwest since the famous exploring expedition of Lewis and Clark In 1806, DECEITFUL DEALER! Picture Dtaler (showing a Raphael) The painter died at thirty-eight. Mrs. Nowrlch Why, I thought you said he was an old master. Boston Tran- r.rlnt. SUPREME COURT MAKES IMPORTANT RAGE DECISION Annuls As Unconstitutional the "Grandfather Clause" Gov ernment Loses Oi eRon & Cali fornia H. It. Land Case. MITE SLAVE CASE REVERSE Will Review Convictions of Digns and Caminctli Harvester Case Reopened Lackawanna Railroad Enjoined from Trans porting Company's Coal. Washington, June 21. In all probability !. of the most Important race decisions In Its hlsttry, the supreme court to-day I un.inlniiii.sb annulled ns unconstitutional I the Oklahoma eon.-tltutionnl amendment and the Annapolis, Md.. voters' qualifica tion law restricting the suffiago rUhts ;of those who could not vote or whoso I ancestors could not vote prior to the ratification of the ISth amendment, to the federal constitution Chief Justice. White, a native of the South, and a formei confederate soldier, announced the court's decision By holding that " ondltlons that existed before the 15th amendment, which pro vides that the right to vote shall not bo denied or abridged on account of race, color, or previous condition of serWtude, could not be brought over to the pres ent day In disregard to this pelf -executing amendment, It is generally believed that the court went a long way toward Invalidating much of the so-called "grandfather clause" legislation of south ern States. UPHOLDS CONVICTIONS. The Immediate effect of tho court's decision wns to uphold the conviction of two Oklahoma election officials, who denied negroes the right to vote In a congressional election, and to award three Maryland negroes damages from election officials In Annanolls. who re- Ifu sed to register them. The court held that these election officials could not Ignore the potency of the fifteenth amendment In wiping out of State con stitutions the wold "white" as a qualification for voting. In the Mary land case the court's decision establish ed the point that the fifteenth amend ment applies alike tn municipal as well las to federal elections. Discussing the Oklahoma cases. Chief Justice White said the suffrage amend ment to the Stnto constitution first fixed a literacy standard, and then fol lowed It with a provision creating a standard based upon the condition ex isting on January 1, lSUfi, prior to tho adoption of the fifteenth amendment, and eliminated thosf coming under that standard from the Inclusion in the literacy test. The court had difficulty, ho said, In finding words more clearly to demon strate Us conviction that this action of the State recreated and perpetuated the veiy conditions which the fif tcen'h amendment was Intended to de stroy than the language used In the nnn'iidn out. i-TORY OF THE CASE. For more than fifteen years the "Grandfather Clause" has been Insert ed in constitutions of southern States. The most popular foini has boon to exempt from educational and propertv tests for voting those who could vote In lOfi, lt17 or 1 ", thus leaving tho tests to apply to those who did not vote at those dates. The Oklahoma grandfather clause provides "that no person shall be reg istered as an elector in this State, or be allowed to vote In any election herein, unlos lie lie able to read and write any section of the constitution of the stato of Oklahoma, but no per son who was, on January 1, or at any time prior thereto, entitled to vote under any form of government, or who at that time resided In some foreign nation, end no lineal descend ant ot Milch person, shall be denied the right to register anil vote becauso of his Inability to so read and write sections of such constitution" III Maryland the clause was Inserted In laws governing t lections In various cities. In 19"A It was Inserted In the lnw governing municipal elections In th cl of Annapolis. It authorized the registra tion as voters of all taxpayers of the rlty assessed for at least $W: all duly naturalized citizens, all male children of naturalized citizens 21 years of age, and "all citizens, who prior to Jnnuary 1, 1"R, were entitled to vote In the State of Maryland, or any other State of t'i United States at a State election and the lawful male ilescendents of any per son whe prl.ir to January 1. 15S, were entitled to vote In the State of Maryland, or In nny other State of the United States, at a stnto election." Various arguments were advanced tn meet tho attack that these clauses vio lated tho 15th amendment to the constitu tion providing that "the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any Stnto on account of race, Color or previous condition of servitude." Another lino of argument was that tho clauses did not "deny" or "nbrldgo" iha right of negroes to vote, as forbidden by tho 1Mb amendment, but It merely dis criminated against them by nJlnvnr those not negroes to voto without meet ing the qualifications Imposed ostensibly upon nil. GOVERNMENT LOSES WESTERN LAND CASE Washington, June 21, Tho supreme court to-day enjoined the Oregon & Cali fornia Railroad company from selling tho undisposed portion of Its congress'onal land grant Sales to actual settlers In liV)-acrn tracts at $2.50 an acre air per mitted uirter the decision after Congress has had six months In which to enact further leu rlatlon on tho sublci t. The lands Involved are valued at more than $30,nco,ooo. The court refused to forfeit the lands to the government for the company's fnllurn to comply with provision.! as ti price and settlement, and al "W'i tho application of actual settlern who have gone on tho Innds without permis sion of the railroad, and of applicants for entrv, lo hnve tho property declared n trust In their behalf. The suit vas Instituted by the govern ment in conformity with a reie uthn by Congress. It dealt only with lands un sold. It iipenrcd In the evidence that somo of the land had beon sold In 10,000 ncre tracts for ns much ns $7.60 nn acre. To-day's decision preserved any right tin government may possess to bring suit touching land already sold, The court found that Congress In mov ing the grant had made no positive pro visions ns to settlement. Consideration wns given also to the argument of the railroad that largo portions of the prop erty could not bo sold to actual scttlets, becnuse tho hind was not capable ot set tlement. It was pointed out further tbnt much of thn land wns more vnlunble fot timber thnn for settlement and thus would be a source ot speculation. THE LAND GRANT CASE. The government's suit to have the fed ernl courts declare forfeited to the United Stntes the unsold portion of the public lands granted to the Oregon and California Railroad company to aid In the road's construction, cnlled In tn ques tion title to more than 2,200,000 acres of western Oregon Innd valued at ap proximately JWinojm. The suit was Instituted In accordance with a resolution of Congress In the federal district court of Oregon, on September I, HAS. The government claim ed that the railroad had forfeited its rights by having violated a provision which rcqulri'd It to sell in not more thnn 100-acre trncts for not more than $2.ri an acre, and only to actual settlers The government sought to prove that th company has sold In large tracts to tim ber compnnles at more than J2.M nn acre, and had adopted a policy to tell no mor to any purchaser for the time being. The railroad contended thnt the provi sion wag not effective, becnusp the Innds were unfit for settlement, and further more, urged thnt the government was stopped from raising tho question of for feiture because of long acquiescence in the company's disregard of the selling provision. About C5 persons who went upon the lands and claimed to be nctual settlers within the meaning of the law, brought a cross complaint, asking that the railroad company be held to be a trustee for nct ual settlers anil required to sell to them. Some 6,000 persons who have not gona upon the land to make settlements but who have applied to the railroad company to purchase 160 acres Intervened with a petition that the company be required, aa a trustee, to convey lands to them. Tho State of Oregon Intervened with the claim that the Stnto levied nearly half a million dollars taxes a yonr on the lands nnd asked that the lands not be forfeited to the government, In which case, th tnxe3 might be lost, but that the railroad be required to sell them for the benefit of the government. The Union Trust company of New York, trustee under a mortgage given on the I land to secure $20,000,000 of bonds used in , building the railroad, also Intervened. The district court declared the lands forfeited, and the case was taken to the I supreme court of appeal. It was argued late in April, 1915. I Sham flattie Knllrrint Commencement Week I, lent, I'ealiody Winn Au ' tin Mt'tlnl In Miootlng Contest. I At ten o'clock Tuesday morning bat it.ilion drill was held under the command of Major Murphy and Immediately fol lowing came a sham battle In which a mounted troop were driven from the posi tion they had taktn nn the campus and were forced to take to their noises and retreat befoie tho charge made up the steep slopm of the hill by the .-ombtned three other troops. In the afternoon the annual contest foi the Austin medals w.i hold. Theso med als an' offered by 1'apt. K. T. Austin, class '. .Ird Field Artillery, U. S. A., to thn three high men shooting a rtfilo course ! prescribed bv him. In order to hold those 'medal permanently the cadet shooting must defend successfully the place bo I cured by him the previous year. The i course is one of ;;o rounds, 10 at the 20", '"Oil and nfn yard targets. At the 2iO yard target the men shoot standing, while at the W other ranges the position is prone, nnd at the fso vard range two sighting shot? nre allowed. The targets are thu usual S nnd 20-Inch bulls. The scores wem as follows: A 3 T -"i n S t- 41 SO 100 40 U 12i 39 42 121 40 41 1H 41 41 115 32 109 Corp Green SO Private Davis 35 Lieut. Feabody to Capt. Craig 37 Sergt. Herry 31 Sergt. Creed 31 IJeutennnt I'eabdy won the bronzo mednl by successfully defending third Place which ho made last year. Of the other two men placed last year Lieuten ant Sleeper, who made first, did not shoot and Captnln Craig failed to hold his place In second. Guard mount and evening parade wero held at the usual times Tuesday after noon. Tuesday evening house parties were held at the different houses. The drills planned for Monday morn ing of commencement week had to be postponed owing to the large number of men taking final examinations. In the afternoon a baseball game was i played between the varsity and tho Barre Athletic club which resulted In ja 12 to S win for tho cadets. The ball jgame wns followed by guard mount land evening parade. In tho evening a solreo dnnsant wns held, the talent being furnished by the undergraduates. Small tables were placed around the sides of Dewey Hall nnd at these the parties sat and wero served with punch, ice cream nnd cakes. Songs and sketches were interspersed with dancing. Tho party broko up nt 10 o'clock to nllow those present to at tend the fraternity banquets which were held at that tlmo. At tho Sigma I'lil Epsllom houwo tho speakers for tho evening wero (! , Hnlght, '09, E. W. Magnus, '09, nnd F. C. Dunhnm, '14. The banquet took the form of a faro well to U. W. Reer of Fltrhburg. .Mass., who left the collego that evening to take up work at Cornell. At thn l'hl Kappa Delta Houso thn grnduato speakers wero Clark, '09, nnd Fisher nnd Hrewster of tho class of '14, Out lines wero presented for tho forming of nn alumni organization, but tho de tails wero left for a regular business meeting. At the Thcta Chi fraternity Professors Woodbury nnd Carleton, Dr, Judklns of the board of trustees of tho university, nnd d. N. Barber. '08, H. H. Reed, '12, nnd Lieut. R. T. Phlnney, '02, were the speakers. "Shall 1 wait a little longer before buying thnt suit?" Decldo after you have studied tho ads. INQUIRY INTO THE SANITY OF HARRY K. Selection of Jury Takes Up En tire Day Prisoner Says He Is Satisfied with Its Person nel. HAS SO WITNESSES Will Be Permanently Released from Matteawan If Verdict Is in His Favor and Presiding Justice Hendrick Docs Not Reverse This. New York, June 22. Harry K Thaw's seventh attempt to gain hln freedom since his arrest nine years ago this month for the murder of Stanford ( White was begun here to-day with the selection of a Jury to Inqulte as to his sanity. If the Jurors decide In his , favor and Justice Hendrick, presiding. ' who has the power to reverse their ' verdict, accepts It, Thaw will obtain permanent release from the Matteawan insane asylum where be wns Incarcer ated after being acquitted of murder at his second trial, anil from which he escaped In 1913. The selection of the Jury occupied i the entire session of the court but Its ! completion In one "lay was regarded as ' rapid progress when completion with the time It took to till tho Jury box ' on the two previous occasions when 'Thaw has faced a Jury. To-morrow John B. Stanchficld, his attorney, will outline his case and tho tnklr of , tostlmony will begin Thaw has about fifty witnesses Including a number of 1 alienists, to prove that he Is now sane and entitled to his freedom and the State also has a large number to tes tify against him. Among tho latter probably will be William Travora , Jerome, Thaw's prosecutor at his pre ! vious trials. ' THAW SATISFIED. ! Thaw said after tho Jury was completed !that he was entlioly satlstled with It. "They are an intelligent body of men." he said, "and I will have little diffi culty In convincing them that I am as sane as they are." Although Thaw sat at the counsel table, he took small part In picking his i Jurors. On only one occasion "lid he joverrulo the opinion of his counsel and I cause the challenge of a talesman. He .appeared to be In high spirits and frc quently Joked with newspnper men su iting nearby. Crowds thronged the corridors of the i court room all day seeking admission, but xcre told that no spectators would he admitted while the selection of the Jury was going on. WANT TO GET MARRIED. l.etlerw from (iirl and Mmi That Cilttiirn CllUtlot AllNUtT, In the July Issue tin- editors of tho Woman's Home Companion publish two letters which the say they cannot an swer. Renders uio invited to contribute with replies One letter Is entitled, "Tho Girl's Side of it." and the other "The Man's Side of it." A part of the girl's let ter Is as follows; "When I came back from college I settled down to a home life. I've been a good daughter my father and mother dote on me, and depend on me for a great deal. Hut I am not satisfied. I am nearly twenty-seven, and I have abso lutely no life of my own. It may be unwomanly to cry It nloud like this 'but I want a home, I want a husband, i nmt 1 u'lnl ehllrtren I want ihnm nil ter- ribly. "The young men who grew up with me, these that were worth anything, have all gone to the city long ago. Some times they come home and bring their wives with them girls they found and married far from our little town. Tho other boys who were In my 'set' are mostly In New York, or out West, save ono or two ne'er-do-wells who are below par either physically or mentally. Ono woiks In a drug store and drinks too much. One Is a Justice of the peace and a sort of local politician, and he seeks only the company of girls who do not have good reputations. One has a grocery store of the dirty, untidy, smelly kind Oh, honestly. I couldn't marry ono of them! And right on this one street nro no less than five girls who are In the same position ns myself nice, attractive, healthy, well-educated girls, all lovers of home, all good housekeepers, and not a single beau amongst the lot! "I used to think I'd meet The Man If I went visiting nnd traveled about, but, though I have met men In this way and had a proposal or two, I haven't met ' Tho One. And I do n"t want to be an I old maid I hate the thought of it! "What s going to becomo of girls like mo? Is It fair? Is It right? I know I'd mako a good wife and a good mother, Just as well as I know thnt I've got blue eyes and brown hair but what can n girl do when she doesn't meet any eligible men? There are ever and ever so many girls like me in little towns like this one. It's nil very well to say that marriage Is woman's best llfo nnd that honie-inak-Ing Is tho gientest profession for wom en, but what about the women who don't get a chance at It? WHAT THE MAN SAYS. A part of tlm ninn's loiter follows: "1 am Just 3") years of age. My collego education wns geneial and In tho law. I am now right In tho Interesting and ab sorbing occupation of building n practice. The fruits of my profession enable mo to live comfortably, to enjoy reasonable luxuries, ami to maintain a properly equipped office. "Truly, my llfo Is very full and tlmo seems to fly. Rut I must admit that, being a reasonable, ordinary man, there are times when 1 picture the possibilities of a home. But the fact Is that I do not meet any girls who attract mo, escept superficially, They seem to mo selfish, nnd, for the most part, very shallow. Nice to look at, but very hard to talk to, I want for my wife a woman who Is, first, companionable, and, second, physically at tractive 1 do not expect to find a girl who likes to do everything that 1 llko. THAW EG NS ..Ml. 1 II1ML .r ll'P 1 m VI itr simple adjustment pool our Interests wl hut little deprivation 1 ferl that marriage might be happy if asd m c geniality of temperament tnstfi nrl : tellect, plus physical Invr, not as a di Innnt. but n a secondary attraction "Now It seems to me, slnr prr. t, mal girl, tlch or poor, expect 1 1 r ir it Is really her dutv to preparr rt t I...IUIurf . ..... r ,. lluilir-i'Ui I'l I II s- ii v ,-r, lur insi a' wonliln t get very far In bis r rfrs l U .. nA,.,.n.1 ,,t...1,.H. .... law to practical cases j ist aa nan l 111- n.nmlnnllnn n.ltnlt.n.t I ,m t j. -. . a. ,um nn f7',.,t nn ..ni,,i tin km j looking for a prince nut of tnr slri r, Insteiid hnsv themselves with wl.nt vr be tlm satisfying nnd Intcn'e'y int n lng oeeiipiitlon of tilting th msi r Icallv anil mentally for home a mcnt and motherhood, the wrr 1 lng number of young unman 1 . nre worklnir nnd stud' lng , thn r tlve life work will dwlud r " mm botes L. M. Ilinlli. Proniliu-iK 11 ill, i-l M f'nioheil to Hentli When iito (ioei mrr llnilinnliineiil. L M. Heath, a well knrwn rrs 1 of Bethel, died Into Sunday nigh at Mary Iliteheuek hospital Ir II m N. II., as the icsult of ,v a i' ! aeelitent mirlv In llip ,rirrr. West Hartford, when bis U V lolled over twice on it wn i u-.r n font bank, over whl. h I' fe'l hr Heath, Its owner and o e f VI gut back int, the ir.n'1 ,.fter t,p out to meet a tentn n a sn- 1 hill was itlnned l.rne.itli h. n 1 . badly crushed in th n' 1 . ,ral re' Miss Alice iilodtrett. a I !rhir of Ba was seilously Injured "i the la l Mrs. Ellen W.irden, i . ii r u AT,. ll.n, 1. a .... - broken ankle. Mr a u'i M" U ! Noble, other occup.in'o r " the ie, caped practically un- ir Tr t : sat In front nnd the three lvlies 'n rrnr seat. Mr. Huth e-ir r to Be from Warren about 11 i tnrs ago was a prominent citizen He was snrlated with C. D Cjsh.ft i u one inver i. cclmc c -nnar u furnishes light nnd powe ti Jtardo electrical " oveionnienr ir ii. v river. He had been for nnnj ea ju;,iii ,- ui ill,- inrit' i.. .iiiii i lI'i i J' 1 do with beautifying Che v H'll cc tery. where his wife nr.r' daughter buried. He belonged to th ar Masonic lodges, lnl in '"g M' Commnndery of Mortpeher and Sinn! Temple of the t-hrlre I is pectcd that the Knights Templar ri which is to be held this af'cri irn o'clock. Mr. Heath is survived 1 s brothers, E. A. Heath of Wirren H. C. Heath of Randolph, and also who often visited him and who NEW ACADEMY TRUSTEES T.-rt,, via,,- m.mhn, Vi o v n hnnn e en lo me uoara ui irusiuun in m cles caused by rr sanation n.l lT.nlttnl Uni'tln C Ttenfwlter succeeded bv .Mill ire I.. I' Slack. I Charles W Gates Judge Ide and ornor (.ates are aiumni oi me aca and Mr. Ide was principal for years, ISC, and I'd' TAG DAY NETS $20" The results of the Red Tag day vass at Brattleboro for the bene the test room will tctal pcr Forty-six women, girls aril boss engaged in selling the tags A I "TO 1 1 ITS STONE WALL. Mr. ami Mrs. M. M Wbson of Ran by George Allen Monday n- 'trlng the steering gear wcrt wr p an, car swerved from 'be ronl two south of Bethel In Rovalt'in , i 1 ra' brush which grows beside tho wa I Af n,wl Ti' WUQr,,! u-ere ser Injured, out notn rcceivm minor c m bruises. Their daughters. Faith and (I, nil 11.-.OI1. W I'll! Il'll i uunu uu FINED FOR KILLING DEEI ami co.-Hs oi u in .if iuihi ,n l Mil l, llittlllK pit LllllU H '"It l'-' "" deer in the closed stasi-i Ho r rested Sunday afternoni GETS TWO t.OVINf, i T PS Two loving cups have oecn i resen the members of Company A ern.st tlonal Guard of Rutland, being the les won during tbo winter at indoor shooting. The Rutland boys not or I l!ie regimental cup wnicn was pre by the Inspector of sr"n l arms, t , N. Barber of Barre. bit tho cup by Slajor W. A. Cool y of Brattlr M.a nninnnv l t V, e ""ref lintt.l.lnn t. ne hncl m.plrami, nlan rnmr t ft T.l I (U 1U M1UUM H" .mj m Bornnrd Littletleld oi Whiti Rnei I Hon, the 12-year-old son f Fi Llttletleld of tho Central Vf-nmn way, suffered a compound double fi "II lilt' PIMIll I'liii'lii'iJ ,i,.,i,,u struck by nn nutomobile driven by WrlKht. Tho accident happened boy came from behind a inker' It Is likely that nn Inves'lgatlon accident will b mnde iv the attorney. VERMONT BREVITIES Harry Howard, bl.l mster wl mi Ranch Wilo West si' -nv fel the Center Rultnnd "MdBe morning nnd suffered I"! tries to lu Ills companion on the plank was Jured by the 21 font droj CURIOUS CONDEiSaAT (Taken from Exchanges) Greeen i fitnrllnir extensive rttn growing. th.nilAn rn l.n.. 1,-1 ,nnc nf and alleys. in iiiio block m Chicago ras rami 1st, consisting of l.SM persons, of Ml, jiro enllilren. tirr,, Is one h.it ach COO. so bituminous that bricks made yield oil, gas and ammonia when In a retort. wt-iiii'iii t'jeriiut:i!!s nave inline drainage wnters do not take an plant food away from fertilized fo from unfertilized. a gas nuoy nroiie irom its moo two years, coveting a distance miles, before It wns picked up, By tho erection of a chnln of flvnr. It Will ho nnKHlllle tn ,nnH messages all the way across Afr