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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-04
STATE GIVES UP CHASE
FOR TWO RESPONDENTS
Coon and Dennis Who Were Indicted
for MansIaughter In Waterbury
Asylum case-other Cases
mol Pressed.

The criminal court docket in Washing
ton county court has received decided
shaking up since the state cases were
taken up yesterday afternoon many
cases have been mol pressed and few
continued. Two manslaughter cases,
those of state VS. b. d. Coon and state
ts. r J, Dennis, former employees at
the state insane asylum, were ordered
not carried forward. The two men were
indicted for the death Of patient at
the state institution, and while await
ing trial they were released on bail. since
which time they have not been located
by the prosecution
Other entries made were as follows:
State IS. Charles Scott. selling, mol
pressed; state W. George Mccarthy, sell
ing, not brought forward; state vs..
John Darlan, selling, not carried for
ward; state vs. Daniel Gibbons, rape. mol
pressed; state VS.. Mrs David Seeor.
selling. mol pressed; states vs. A. Di-
versi. pool room, mol pressed state vs.
Intoxicating liquor, Mrs Catherine Cas-
sin, keeper, apt, and Joseph Wobby,
same charge, not brought forward; state
VS.. Milo Carr, breach of the peace, mol
pressed; state vs. Glenn Parker. breach
Of the peace, continued; state vs.. Jerome
Jones, breach Of the peace, mol pressed
state vs.. Alex Seelye, selling, not
brought forward; state vs.. E. Fernan-
dez, keeping, mol pressed; state VS.. l.
Meglierini, breach of the peace, mol
pressed; state vs.. Roy George, larceny,
not brought forward; state vs.. John
Ryan, breach of the peace, continued;
state vs. Frank st. Clair, selling, mol
pressed; state vs. Grant Hussey, felon.
ious assault, mol pressed.
I'm the case Of state vs. Edgar Halves,
the respondent pleaded guilty to assault
and he was placed on probation. In
state vs.. Thomas OLeary, breach Of
the peace. plea of guilty was entered
in state VS.. Irving Scales, larceny, the
sale.
Sylvester Mahoney was arraigned on
the charge Of selling, and bail was fixed
at $500. Leon Coburn was arraigned for
obtaining money under false pretenees
and bail was fixed by Judge Hall at
$500 IN addition to this criminal bus
mess. the court also heard two divorce
petitions and granted divorces, one to
L. H. Goodell from Mehitable Goodell
and the other to Cora T.. Benjamin from
Alton NJ Benjamin, both on the ground
of adultery
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-04
WASTING OF WATER
WILL BE PUNISHABLE
Shortage Has Reached An Acute Stage
at Mount Vernon, N. Y, and That
vicinity-Borrowing Water
From New York.

Mount Vernon, NJ Y Oct. 4.This
city was reduced to half portions of wa.
ter yesterday and the situation which
was relieved week ago, thanks to New
York City, became serious yesterday
afternoon. New York's dole Of water
was poured into the New Rochelle reser-
voir, but yesterday New Rochelle baked,
alleging that more water was going in
to the Mount Vernon mains than New
York was pouring in. As a result the gate
connection the two systems was closed
at noon and the supply here is very
how
Mayor Blake appealed to New York
City last night and obtained permis-
sion to tap the greater city's water
mains at a new point, eliminating New
Rochelle. The work will be completed
to-day Meantime water is so scarce
that residents are saving refrigerator
clippings, sending live stock across the
city boundary lines to be watered, and
having nearly all laundry work done
elsewhere.
The mayor sent out warning annomc-
ing that all persons caught wasting wa
ter will be arrested and punished, and
the letter carriers, through the post
master, have requested the postofiice de-
partment at Washington to allow them
to act as volunteer observers of waste
The water famine throughout West
Chester county is becoming more serious
hourly. Each day without rain re.
duees still further the small reserve Of
the cities and villages supply. Yonkers
il near the end of its resources and on.
" New York's supply remains to be
drawn upon, and with the drain of West
Chester's population tnat supply can
not last indefinitely.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-04
ELECTION OF SPEAKER
Is CHIEF FEATURE
There Are Several Candidates for Place
and Democrats Hope to Gain by
Massing Their Votes for
Someone

The Vermont legislature Of 1910 will
convene at the State House tomorrow
morning at 10 O'Clock. and all during
today, there was a big incoming Of
legislators, together with state officials,
70 Montpelier The leading candidates
for speaker Of the House are there. in-
eluding the two foremost, Frank T..
Howe Of Bennington and II. s Peck Of
Burlington. Both express themselves as
satisfied with the situation at the pres
cnt time. Another possible candidate is
Justus Dartt Of Springfield. His chief
advocate is Joseph Battell of Middle.
bury. r. M. McCuen of Yergennes has
a considerable following from Addison
county, while Allen NJ Fletcher Of Cav
endish is also heard mentioned. All
these are veterans Of the legislature.
The Democrats will make an effort to
get something out Of the speakership
if they do not get the office itself. They
will hold caucus tonight to lay their
plans. Ii the Al members stay united
the leaders think they can command the
situation after casting complimentary
vote for one of their number and that
by swinging their influence for a GER
tain Republican candidate, they can Sc
cure better recognition on the commit
tees Charles D. Watson of st. Albans,
the defeated candidate for governor. is
marshalling the forces of the minority
party.
Among the names mentioned as pos
sible Democratic candidates for speaker,
are Rev, ]. Wesley Miller of Bethel,
Fred l.. Webster of Swanton. John f.
Maun Of St. Albans OF these Rev.
Mr. Miller is the only veteran, having
represented Bethel two years ago. Mr..
Webster is prominent Franklin eoun-
ty lawyer. Mr.. Maun is a Central Yer
mont railroad conductor and was one Of
the committee engaged in the negotia
tions of the recent strike settlement.
He is likely to be a leading spokesman
for labor union interests in any event,
as he is considered strong union man.
The election of speaker will be one Of
the first things to be done tomorrow
Another viii be the election of presi-
dent pro tenn in the Senate Three men
have been prominently mentioned for
this office, John W. Gordon of Barre
Porter II. Dale OF Island Pond and T. G.
Archibald of Manchester. The Senate
will be called to order by Lieut.. Gov
Mead who viii later surrender the gavel
to the incoming lieutenant governor, /.
p Slack, after which the governor WIN
take his place in the executive chamber
to succeed Governor Prouty
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-04
The Water We Drink.

As the fight for pure foods Is helped
immensely by the work of the state
laboratory, so are the people of Yer
mont aroused to the danger of polluted
water. According to toe laboratory'a
annual report, 6l5 samples Of ground
waters were anslyzed in 1908, of which
TO less than 70 were found polluted at
the present time, and l2s in the past.
CT 226 samples Of surface water, l0l
were polluted.
In 1905 of 500 samples OF ground wa
ter, 64 were found to be polluted and
ll9 polluted in past. OF 707 samples
OF surface waters 10 were polluted.
These analysis, it should be said, rep
resent every county in Vermont
Liquors sold in Vermont show large
percentage of deficiency. Of so samples
oi straight whiskey. Is were found to
he below the standard, while of 207
blended whiskeys, 20 were below stand
ard. OF 2l straight brandy samples
l0 were below standard. while 10 blend
ed samples were all above standard
Five rum samples out Of p failed to
reach the mark, and / out Of 81 Of
gin. All the 6s samples of wine and
l73 of malt liquors we're above stand
ard.
AS to milk, Of 5l2 samples from every
part OF the state, II were found to be
dirty and 8 Of poor quality.
The table of analyses of city and
town drinking water is Of notable in
terest 1t appears that Burlington city
water made very poor showing for "a
short time, in 1909, but since then "the
plant has given excellent results 9th
erwise it appears that in the case Of
seventeen cities and towns, the analyses
show the presence of sewer bacteria.
IN Middlebury in one analysis out of
IL, sewage bacteria was shown; Yer
gennes, II in IL; Bennington, in II;
Hardwick Village in g.; Montpelier,
in 5; Mortified village, ] in 8; Marsh
field, in Z; Barre, in 4 Brattleboro,
Crowell 5 in IA; Rochester, ? in 4; st.
Johnsbury village, u in l3; st. Albans,
2 in 25s Jeffersonville, in 6; Stowe,
in 4; Morrisville, / in s; Newport,
J in 81 West Rutland, 52 in sl-Bur-
linnton News
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-04
WON THE PIANO
Miss Lua Higgs Had the Most Votes at
Red Cross Pharmacy

Miss Lua Higgs Of Prospect avenue,
won the $400 Cote piano at the Red Cross
pharmacy in the trade coupon contest
which began May and closed Oct /.
Miss Higgs mad 474,9l5 votes, and her
nearest competitor was Miss Lillian
Hamel, who had 434,275. The next nine
highest young ladies in the contest did
not 20 unrewarded as gold bond certifi
Gates, representing. 81 100. We're divided
among them, making the whole prizes
amount to $1,000, the largest prize con-
test ever made in Barre.
Miss Hamel and Miss jeanette Grang
er. who were second and third highest,
were each given gold bond certificate
for $500 The ten prize winners, the
number Of votes and the prize they re-
eeived were as follows:
Miss Higgs. 474,9l5, Cote piano.
Miss Hamel, 434,275, 5000
Miss Granger, 24l, ,l40, 5000.
Lizzie Young, l95l20, Sl75.
Josephine Restelli, S0,l30, $3.50.
Nome Hayes, 69,7l0, SI25.
Zylpha Churchill 5000, 500.
Rose Gibbons, 40,T00. SIS.
Iyis Mann, 39,630, $50
Queenie Macarthur l9,4l5, s25.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-04
GRAND PRIx RACE NOT CANCELLED
Accidents Will Be Guarded Against.
Militia May Guard the Course.


New York, oct. 4.-Oficials in charge
of the grand prix automobile race, sched-
uied for October Is, declared to-day that
ali possible agencies would be invoked
to eliminate deaths and accidents from
the race that day. The race is to start
at 10 o'clock, instead Of daybreak, and
Governor Hughes has urged them to
have a detachment of militia guard the
course. It is understood that the super
visors Of Nassau county would have re-
Noked the permit, but feared they would
be sued for damages.
Supervisor G. G. Painter took de-
cided stand against the race, but it was
the general opinion that in view OF an
indemnity bond now held by the coun-
ty, given by the Motor Cups Holding
company, civil suit might result from
the cancellation of the permit.
With the change in time, the all night
vigil, the rush through the early hours
to the course and the staying up all
night prior to the race will be elimnat-
ed The experience a year ago when the
Vanderbilt was run during the middle
Of the day was that the rush of automo-
biles did not begin until daylight when
the drivers could see where they were
going. There was not so great crowd
at any point of the course and the per-
centage Of those who had been drinking
while waiting for the race was not low
cred. These conditions were not so pop
ular and last years attendance at the
Vanderbilt was comparatively small. It
was predicted that the grand prize crowd
will be similarly decreased.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-04
Tawney's Defeat.

Not tho least stunning blow which the
Republican regulars have received in tae
present wave OF unrest, has come in
the defeat in the Minnesota primaries
Of james A, Tawney, chairman Of the
appropriations committee Of the House
Of Representatives in behalf Of whom
Mr.. Taft made his celebrated Winona
speech on the western trip of year
ago Besides, Tawney has been beaten
in spite OF the support Of most Of the
"insurgent" newspapers Of the state.
They have taken the view that the posi-
tion to which he had attained in the
House much like that Of Mr. Mccall
Of this state-makes him so important
a factor in legislation that he should
be kept i'll office regardless Of his views
on Cannon, conservation, the secret serv-
ice, etc. That was q eommonsense posi-
ton A district takes some chances
when it retires from public life the
chairman Of what is, all things consid-
cred, the most important committee in
Congress- to put in mis- seat a man who
four years hence will surely be nonetity.
besides standing a large chance of never
rising above that classification.
Tawney's defeat is particularly regret
able because of the practical work which
he has done for retrenchment in public
expenditures. He has been one Of the
comparatively few men in public life
upon whom the prodigious waste of pres
ent day government operations has made
a distinctly unpleasant impressions and
ne long ago started out to see what he
could do to check the tide When called
on to deliver a Memorial day address at
Gettysburg, his native town, some years
ago he devoted il wholly to federal ex-
penditures not sparing in his discussion
the contribution to this total due to
wars past and to come, including of
course pensions, an outlay to which the
assembled veterans before him were sup
posedly mucn committed Tawney has
always. been courageous. He was Sc
lected for the Craftsmanship of his com
mittee over the man in line for it be.
cause OF Mr.. Cannon's perception of Mr..
Tawney's capacity for hewing to the
line His controversy with President
Roosevelt during the last months Of his
administration, over the secret service
expenditures may be well remembered
Tawney and the ex-president have
beeu at odds for some time, while Mr..
Taft, with his greater regard for the
regular order, has stood with the Mime
sotsn On the presidents long trip last
year. his defence of Aldrieh and finance
reform in Boston and Of Tawney and
the tarif at Winona. more than any
thing else, displeased the insurgents.
Now Tawney goes down in defeat. Con-
gress. after March fourth, viii show
many vacant chairs. and particularly
in its seats of the mighty. Both Sem
atae and House seem likely to reorgan-
ize in the sixthy-second Congress with
new mcn IN most Of the places of Lead
ersaip. Boston Transcript
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-04
TAKING CENSUS OF BARRE.
$40 Enumerators Went Out at 9 O'clock
This Morning

The work Of obtain ver.lGMS97 nM 97,,y,I,IEy
census Of the city Of Ba.4J, Graniteville,
Websteryile, East Barre and South
Barre had a vigorous beginning at 8
O'Clock this morning. when canvassers
to the number Of l40, commenced the
enumeration under the direction of the
different ward superintendents. The To-
cal canvass is a part of the general emu
meration undertaken by the State sun
day School association throughout the
state. Miss Edith Baleh, who has charge
Of the field work Of the assocation in
the capacity Of field secretary, is pres
ent, and through her wide experience in
work of this kind, she Is able to offer
many valuable suggestions to the emu
merators.
A nome to home canvass will be made
in each one of the precincts named, and
an effort will be made to complete the
work to-day. Tomorrow morning all
the canyassers viii meet in the Congre-
gational church, where the statistics se-
cured will be compiled under the direc-
ton Of the general superintendent Of the
census, Rev. e. O, Thayer, pastor Of the
Ifedding Methodist church 1t is now
expected that the work of tabulating
the returns viii occupy at least day.
Following is a list Of the superintend-
eHts and the wards over which they will
have charge. Ward one, Miss Edith
Barnes; ward two, Mrs. H. G. Wood
ruff; ward three, Mrs. Stowe; ward four
Mrs. James Darling; ward five, Mrs.
Alice Curtis; ward six, Mrs, Frank Cave.
A largely attended meeting was held
in tine lledding Methodist church last
evening to complete the final arrange
ments for the work. Rev. f. O. Thayer
called the meeting to order, and Rev
j. w Barnett offered a prayer Mr..
Thayer then thanked those who had Of
fered their services in the work, and
closed BY introducing Miss Balch, VINO
spoke for several minutes on the oh
iect OF the census which Is being taken
through the state. She explained that
the purpose of the enumeration was to
obtain more definite figures in regard
to Sunday school attendance in the
state, and necessarily to find out Just
Who went to church and who remained
at home Miss Balch has been engaged
as field secretary of the state assncia-
ton for the past three years, AID is
familiar with every detail OF the work
At the close Of her remarks, the VA
rious enumerators, numbering 10, in all,
who were assembled were assigned their
places for to-day. No difficulty in OBJ
tanning prompt and complete returns is
anticipated by any Of the ward super
intendents
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-04
Urban New ENGLAND.

Maine exhibited at the last election
pne of the results of urban ways of
thought and habits, for while its cities
are not large positively they are large
relatively to the makeup Of the popula-
tion. They gave Plaisted practically
ninety per cent. Of his plurality, and
they undoubtedly acted more or less to-
Eether IN revolt against conditions im-
posed upon them BY rural thought 10
which political concessions had been
made. OF all the New England states.
Vermont is the only one which has not
, city larger than good.sized town.
rs entire population, however, cannot
be much more than half that Of the city
d Boston. and in density Of population
( falls behind New Hampshire II is
70 be expected. therefore, that "the old
N way" which made New England once
agricultural in more aspects than one
viii make its last stand among the
sreen mountains.-Boston Transcript
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-04
Police Suspect Them Of Los
Angeles Explosion
HUGE REWARD OFFERED
: San Francisco Officers Say That Leon
ard, Morris and Bryson Bought
500 Pounds of Dynamite on
September "a.

San Francisco, Oct. 4-The police
are almost positive that three men Civ
ing their names as Leonard, Morris and
Bryson, who bought 500 pounds of dyna-
mite from the Giant Powder company's
plant, at Oakland on September oath,
are responsible for the blowing up Of
the building of the Los Angeles Times
last Saturday morning. 1t il learned
that they were anchored off Sausilitio
in the launch, Peerless, and is it be-
lieved that the vessel has been repaint-
ed, that the name has been changed and
tnat she is still in the bay Detective
Burns is here on the trail
Los Angeles, Cal, Oct. 4Under the
stimulus of proffered rewards, aggre-
eating nearly 100000, hundreds OF po-
licemen, detectives and private citizens
in all Pacific coast cities are searching
for clews to the identity of the eonspir
ators who blew up the Los Angeles
Times building last Saturday, causing
the death Of more than a score Of per-
sens, and attempted the destruction Of
the homes of Gen. Harrison Gray Otis,
owner Of The Times aud f. j. Zeehande-
lsar, secretary to the Merchants s
Manufacturers association.
Police and civil officers believe that at
least three men were concerned in the
outrage and the city has placed a price
Of $4,000 on the head of each. The
county yesterday voted an additional re-
ward Of $1,000 for every man captured
Sand convicted, and members of the Mer-
chants & Manufacturers association Of
fered reward of $4,000 of which $685.,
900 has been subscribed.
Upon the assumption that at least
three men were responsible for the ex
piosion the combined offers of reward,
thus approximate almost 100000, a
figure almost unprecedented in the an
mails Of crime pursuits.
The entire city is aroused. One news
paper, that has been friendly to union
labor Yesterday printed front page
editorial demanding tnat in view of the
structures directed at the unions in con
nection with the explosion, the strikes
row on be called off.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-04
For Amendments to Barre
City Charter
BY LEGISLATURE OF 1910
City Council Last Night Accepted Rec
concentrations Of It's Legislative
Committee. Other Union
Business Done.

The principal business before the city
council at its regular meeting last even
ing was the consideration Of amend
ments to the city charter which had
been referred to the legislative com
mittee to get into shape to be presented
at the coming legislature for enactment,
Five amendments in all were consider
edand ordered put before the legislature
for passage, as follows: Changing The
time Of opening the polls at city cleo
tions and all other elections TO a. m,
from Q a. M; 2 amending section so
that the city council shall have the pow
er to appoint board of health com
prised of three persons, one Of whom
shall he a physician and said physician
shall be the health officer for the city
and this act to supercede and take the
place of all general laws inconsistent
hereafter enacted, also adding city ply
sician to the officers which The mayor
shall appoint each year;
Three. Amending section A so that
the city can order any street watered or
"oied" and shall assess the abutters on
each side Of the street, the street rail-
way and the city each one fourth of the
expense; amending section 10, giving the
city the right to reissue water bonds
not to exceed at any time, together with
the outstanding bonds, S250000, for the
purpose only OF making permanent inn
provements on plants" amending sec
tion As so that legal voters Of the city
can vote in any ward where their names
appear on the check list whether they
are residents OF that ward or not for
any state or city officers except those
Of alderman and school commissioner,
in which case they must then have been
a resident Of the ward for at least 80
days Immediately prior to the election.
Building permits were ordered grant
ID to II. J. Slayton to erect building.
IL by r. on Railroad street to be used
for a store; to Mrs. Nellie Callaghan
to make repairs at l02 Seminary street
and to ii. A. Segel to make repairs at
l07 Washington street. The house num-
hers were ordered run at Ossola place
The overseer Of the poor reported that
he had spent S4lo33 Tor the support OF
the poor during the month Of Septem.s
ber
A petition for a street light at the
corner Of River and Center streets was
referred to the lighting committee to in,
vestigate and report The council thalH
went into executive session.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-04
TALK OF THE TOWN.


Read the menu of the supper given at
the Methodist church. 1t is sure to
please.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Kelly returned this
afternoon from a business visit in Bos-
ton and New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. n. Goulet of Man
chester, \. IT,, are spending a few days
with friends in the city.
T.. Fl. Tobin left to-day for his home
in Chazey, \. Y, after spending a few
days in the city on business
Look for the menu Of the supper given
BY the ladies of the Methodist church,
on the last page Of this paper.
The Biiou offers a dramatizatiou of
ST. Elmo, an adoption from that book
eff that name Four otner pictures are
also on the program.
Professor Elmore wishes to announce
that he viii be willing to start a pri-
vate dancing class, both for juvenile and
adults. Those so desiring may call or
address, George Elmore. Montpelier, Vt
All the little girls who took part in
the chiIdren's chorus OF "The Garden
partva two wears ago, are invited u
take part in "A Day At the Ranch.
Rehearsal begins Wednesday afternoon
at o'clock IN the Odd Fellows hall in
the Gordon block.
Monday and Tuesday arrivals at the
City hotel were as follows: f. d. Sim
mons, Boston; \. L. Schemur, South
Boston; F. NJ Mann, Woodsville, n. H.;
Frank B. Morse. Bostons A. ". Graham,
Bradford. Pa; NJ. T. Wilcox, Pailadel-
phia; G. A. Flanders. " L. Faulkner,
Boston; f. H. Hayden. Philadelphia;
". j. Delaney. Woodsville. n. H.; Henry
=. Cook. Springfield. Mass; Il. A. Pit
kin, H. F. Bostoni J. B. English, Proyi-
dence. r. 1.