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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1910
Page
2
Report of Congress committees shows a preference for a check on unskilled aliens and hints at individual bills to meet local needs. Chairman Regatur Dillingham notes a possible omnibus bill, while Bartholdt supports keeping appropriations down.
The final report of the Immigration Commission urges restricting unskilled labor immigration due to wage and living cost pressures from aliens in basic industries. The three year inquiry proposes tests and quotas, calls for better distribution of migrants to agriculture, and recommends policy steps including continued Chinese exclusion and alien criminal deportation. The commission, active since Nov 15, includes senators Dillingham Lodge Henry and others.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt activists letters to Governor Baldwin after the November election have been returned. Tension centers on Roosevelt’s alleged influence with workingmen’s compensation and a planned public statement. A dinner guest with President Roosevelt is discussed, and political maneuvering is noted regarding access to papers before the chamber of commerce event in New Jersey.
Washington December 7 Congress paid little heed to President Taft's message yesterday with few members pressing for action. The general view was that the short session ending March 4 will limit legislative work and delay action on many recommendations.
Mitchell 18 is reelected and will again lead the Wesleyan football squad. The report notes the selection by the committee and mentions the ongoing season plans, with emphasis on leadership and team direction for the upcoming games.
Boston reports Tufts College trustees consider Dr John Hunter of Glasgow Scotland for the vacant Crane Theological School deanship. Hunter, born Aberdeen 1840, educated at Aberdeen and Worcester Oxford, has led Trinity Church Glasgow and spoken widely in Britain and the United States.
Funeral held for Francis A. Burr Harvard captain of the 1908 team and a member of the class of 1900 at Appleton chapel Harvard University. Faculty alumni and students attended. Choir sang Integer Vitae and Our God Our Help in Ages Past. Burial planned in New Hampshire columbarium.
New York officials gathered for National Trotting Association hearings on reforms for layup heats. Officials discussed stronger punishments including fines, driver disqualification, and possible jockey disqualification when a driver does not ride to win.
London voters prop Labor after three days of balloting. By end, coalition liberals lead with 106 seats, Labor 20, Nationalists 2, Unionists 147. Liberals win Burnley Southwark West Coventry Woolwich and Whitehaven. Burns holds Battersea with 1,202 margin. Polls show shifting turnout and strong party loyalty amid tariff reform debate.
Chicago December 7 The total amount involved in alleged fraudulent car repairs against the Miraole Central railroad is set at 5 5001000 in a suit by stockholder Mrs Jonnie Edgar. Defendants include James T Harahan Comeling Vanderbilt Tt W DeForest and others linked to prominent business figures. The filing alleges directors failed to perform duties and supervise railroad business affairs.
Report details two Black individuals found hanging from a tree in Denhle on December 7 as a mob attacked. Police say the victims were seized during an alleged robbery of a barn and outbuildings, then killed as part of the mob action. Local arrests have been made in connection with the broader incident and the events are under investigation.
The French Chamber of Deputies unanimously approved an appropriation for flood victims totaling 61 160 000 francs. Reports from Paris indicate swift relief measures and coordination with local authorities as the disaster impacts Baton Rouge and surrounding areas.
Arthur Howe, 21, of Lakeville Connecticut and Ore Nady was named captain of Yale University football. Howe, a quarterback and standout in the Purerton and Harvard games, is from New Haven DC for the recent season and capped a rapid rise from New Haves to captain.
In Boston on December 7 Sam Langford defeated Morrie Marris of New York in two rounds at the Armory Athletic arena. Langford pressed early and had Marris groggy in the first round with a short arm, then delivered a right to the jaw in the second, the referee stopping the bout.
Washington county reports substantial progress on permanent roads with about 41 miles completed this year, a rise from last year’s 107 miles. Montpelier led mileage, Berlin and Roxbury did not add funds, and state aid plus local votes totaled over 12 thousand dollars, supporting next year’s project plans.
Professor Henry Graves United States forester told the second biennial convention of the woman’s national rivers and harbors congress that restoring trees cannot cure torrent conditions caused by damming forests. He warned that water control by artificial means is costly and needs forest conservation as a natural regulator of river runoff. He cited 50 million acres burned yearly since 1870 with losses of 50 to 100 million dollars and blamed wasteful use of timber for far beyond actual needs.
Washington December 7 census bureau released thirteenth census figures for states. Arkansas 1,574,449 an increase of 202,484 or 14.8 percent since 1900. South Carolina 1,516,400 up 178,084 or 13.1 percent. National growth from 1880 to 1900 also noted with 16.4 percent rise.
A Suburban Life December feature describes a rear suburban house with a second floor clothes closet almost ten feet long and over six feet wide. It includes a partition four feet high, four small cantilever windows, an electric light, and one window kept lit for thorough ventilation of clothing.
Fragmented ad style text touts Parmian Parisian products and a "daily hair" regimen. It mentions solutions for men women and children, including a specific face bottle and two applications, claiming dramatic hair restoration and scalp cleansing in two weeks.
The ad touts Pape's Diapepsin as a harmless 50 cent remedy that digests heavy meals in five minutes and relieves sour stomach, gas, and indigestion. It claims rapid relief from heartburn, nausea, headaches, and other stomach issues, suggesting it can prevent the need for laxatives and benefit the whole family.
An 1890s Strand report by Professor Ward details experiments with a miniature coach weighing 475 grains and a bee and earwig as load bearers. The earwig, even at half a gram, pulled a load 610 times its weight, vastly surpassing the bee's 300 times, revealing extraordinary all round strength in the insect.
The text presents a period prayer praising motherhood and asking for divine blessing. It invokes gratitude to mothers, asks forgiveness for selfishness, and seeks strength for women bearing maternity’s burdens. It calls for moral uplift and unity in service to future generations.
A report on Senator Dillingham's address covers immigration history, the rise of southern European groups, and enforcement by steamship lines prompting foreign nations to follow. It highlights education ambitions, says 79 percent of arrivals have tickets to destinations and 67 percent give American addresses, and notes Chelsea Massachusetts leads in foreign-born student enrollment.
A December Woman’s Home Companion piece by Katherine Gilman Gron proposes a playful Christmas craft. It describes transforming a washed tub into a pretend cake by packing it with sawdust and paper frosting, adding corn decorations, holly, and candles, then cutting the top to reveal hidden gifts for children.
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