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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-08
lrene's Passengers Landed
Without a Single Loss
LIGHTERING THE VESSEL
The Grounded Steamer Lies in Prac-
tically the Same Position As Yes
terday, and 1t May Be Nee
essary to Shift Sands.

New York, April S.-"Now all safe
aboard was the message flashed by the
commander OF the steamer Prinz Fried
rich Wilhelm, to its owners as the big
liner with the 1870 rescued passengers
of the stranded Princess Irene arrived
into the docks at Hohoken this morn
ing. The Princess Irene is in practi-
cally the same position to-day as she
was yesterday, and the work OF light
ening her cargo began this morning 1t
is thought that it will be necessary to
shift the sands from about the vessels
keel before she can be floated.
1t took five hours and ten minutes
to transfer the passengers from the
Irene to her sister ship, and last even
ing the Prinz Friedrich started on the
way to New York Not life was lost.
The l,4s6 steerage passengers were led
down by the forward companionway and
thence clambered down rope ladder into
small boats From these they were
transferred to two small tugs stand
ing in the lee of the vessel, With the
steerage eliminated and as the wind and
sea went down, the tugs made fast
alongside the Irene and took the cabin
passengers directly aboard from a rear
companionway.
Captain Letten Won Petersen is still
standing by his ship with his crew of
$50 men. He repeats that he cannot
understand how he happened to be
standing 10 miles off his course when
he struck.
Life saving officers who inspected his
log say the entries show that his en-
gines were turning up l5 knots an hour
in spite of the dense fog. He was tax
ing soundings regularly, but an indica
tion of his speed is given in the fact
that the latest cast of his lead gave
him Is fathoms, a level not to be found
within half a mile of the point where
he grounded
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-08
A SUICIDE.
Went Hurting Through the Air Into
Deep Dank Pool.

Business men, householders and other
tenants in the rear Of the Bolster block
were startled yesterday afternoon by
one of the strangest suicides that ever
happened along the banks of Stevens
branch a shrill cry from the veranda
of the topmost floor was the first in
timation that a tragedy, destined to be
fatal in its results, was being enacted
on the fourth story. Came next loud
er shrek, and then a living, quivering
thing came hurting through the air and
down deep into the dank waters Of the
old branch.
The suicide rose to the surface and
evidently thought better of its rash act.
Frantic efforts to swim, however, proved
futile. and the fourth floor cat of tho
Bolster block sank, to never again bask
in the moonlight and sing midnight
serenades TO the sleepers on the floors
below The owner OF the desponden
feline believes that the act was pre-
meditated. but cannot aseribe any theory 4
for the animals mtimely decision
Readers of The Times, who recall
observations Of naturalist on eUiin
suicide a few years ago. a writer who
was later branded As a nature fakir,
win agree that here is a vindication for
his claims.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-08
HER STAY PROLONGED.
Woman Called at Jail to See Husband
and Was Locked Up.

Burlington, April s.-Mrs. Caleb f.
Harrington called at the ounty jail yes
terday afternoon to have a little visit
with her husband, who is behind the
bars on charge Of selling liquor at
his house, No. 10 Cherry street. When
; ? came time to depart Mrs. Harring-
ton was somewhat surprised 10 find
chat egress from the bastile was not
permitted her. as she was under arrest
~ a charge similar to the one against
ser husband. sheriff Allen has had a
Tarant for the woman for few days
and when she called at the jail he in
vi,ed her 70 remain.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-08
WILLIAM LAWSON HURT.
Leg Broken When Heavy Stone Fell
Upon Him.

William lawson was badly injured
Yesterday at the stone shed of jelly
man & Jones in Montpelier. where he
is employed as a Jumper, when a stone
fen upon him and broke his leg Law
son was some distance from the other
men. who were putting a stone on the
pile. and Il is believed that other stones
were loose and fell upon him The
break was lust above the ankle and iii.
fellow -workmcn had Is lift the stone
OF before his leg could be freed lie
was taken 10 Heaton hospital
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-08
GRANITE
SITUATION SHAKY
In Progress, But Cutters
Have Rejected Proposed Agree
ment.

Concord, n H., April s.-Negotia-
tions are in progress between the man
ufaeturers and the unions in the gran
ite industry with view to getting a
new agreement before the present
agreement expires on May The cut
ters and blaclsmiths have been of
fered $500 day for the next two
years and 1926 a day for the follow
ing three years, with every Saturday
afternoon off; but the cutters union
has rejected the proposal. 1t is
thought, however, that there will not
be suspension of business May /.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-08
LONGTIME CONDUCTOR DEAD.
Dewitt B. Sexton, a Conductor on C. v
and Rutland Roads.

Rutland. April s.-Dewitt B Sexton,
for half a century a conductor on the
Central Vermont and Rutland roads,
died at his home here til morning
aged 6s years He was native OF
Randolph and survivor of Co ].
Tenth Vermont regiment lie was a
member of the st Alhans lodge Of
Odd Fellows. lie leaves wife and
one daughter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-08
TOOK POISON TO DIE.
George A. Spooner Was Despondent Be-
cause Out of Work.

Rutland, April s S-George A. Spooner,
blacksmith Of East Wallingford, com
mited suicide there yesterday by TAX
ing solution Of cyanide Of potassium.
Dependency over family troubles and
the loss Of a position in Cambridge,
Mass, is assigned as the cause He
had been acting queerly Of late, and
hal declared his intention Of ending his
life.
Spooner was found by a pile Of
logs near the station with his hat and
eyeglasses removed and a tumbler on
the ground in which were traces of the
poison Mr. Spooner leaves wife and
daughter in Springfield
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-08
$50 COnyicts Believed to be
Dead at LittletOn, Ala.
in MINE DISASTER TO-DAY
Nearly zoo Prisoners Were Shut Into
Coal Mines This Morning and
Only Twenty Have Been
Brought Out Alive.

Littleton, Ala, April SIT is feared
that one hundred and fifty state and
county convicts were killed by a mystic
rious explosion that occurred in the
Banner coal mines near here this morn.
ing. One hundred and ninety miners
were sent into the underground work
ings this morning and up to 10 o'clock
only twenty had been brought out alive.
The mine is owned by the Pratt Con-
solidated Coal company, with employs
conviets.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-08
LIPPINcoTT WAS SUICIDE.
Coroner's jury Held Inquiry Into Death
Private Funeral To-day.

Philadelphia, April s.-The coroner's
jury, impaneled to inquire into the death
Thursday, of Craige Lippincott, presi
dent of the J. P. Lippincott company
publishers, rendered verdict of sui
eide to-day. Mr. Lippincott was buried
to-day, the funeral being private. The
inquest was brief ana. members of the
family were not called as witnesses, but
instead sworn depositions were read and
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-08
70 BODIES REMOVED
From Mine at Throop, Pa, Where Min.
ers Were Buried.

Scranton, Pa, April s.-Seventy
bodies had been recovered up to o'clock
this morning from the Paneoast mine
at Throop, where Yesterdays mine dis
aster occurred. The indications are that
many others may yet be in the mine.
None OF the bodies was in the least
mutilated. Forty four have been den-
tilted All through the night, rescue
gangs kept at the task OF picking up
the dead and removing the bodies to
an improvised morgue.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-08
NEW HAVEN'S BLAZE
COST 100000
Five Buildings Swept by Fire To-day
and Much Larger Section Was
Endangered.
Endangered.

New Haven, Conn, April s. Five
buildings which were located in an
area covered by block on the lower
side Of the city and adjacent to the
manufacturing district were ire-swept
to-day The total loss amounts to
5000, 900 For time it was feared that
the confagration would sweep wide
area of the city.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-08
DERRICK FELL FROM
TWFNTY-FIFTH FLOOR
Two workmen Hurled to Ground Floor
: and Several Iron Workers Badly
Hurt, Derrick Fell through
Seven Stories.
Seven Stories.

New York, April s, With crash
heard throughout Wall street, !. large
derrick on the twenty fifth floor of the
&eel structural work of the Bankers
Trust comprny in the course of con-
st-uction. to-day fell through about
,heven stories, finally ending resting
place on the floors below Several of
the iron workers were seriously hurt,
and two worBmen were hurled to the
ground floor by the falling derrick.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-08
SPREADING RAILS
CAUSED 0VERTURN
Two Members of Crew and Four Pas
sengers Injured, Others Bruised
and Shaken Up in Accident
at Woods Station.
at Woods Station.

Sufield, Conn, April S.--Spreading
rails caused the overturning of passen-
ger and baggage coaches, which make up
the first train from Sufiield to Hartford,
at Woods Station to-day. Two members
of the crew and four passengers We're
injured, and the other passengers were
bruised and shaken up.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-08
TWO BOYS IN TROUBLE.
Brought to Montpelier IN Connection
With No. Duxbury Break.

Two young men. Roy Davis and
Edison Martin. aged 10 years, respec-
lively, were brought back to Montpelier
this afternoon by Deputy Sheriff H. j..
Parcher Of Waterbury, and held in con-
nection with the breaking into of the ex-
press Office at North Duxhry earlier in the
week when case OF lager beer wss taken.
The boys are said to have gone TO the
home Of the deputy last midnight and
to have confessed to taking the beer
This action as said to have followed
a somwhat general distribution of beer
around that section of the county, fol-
lowed by the energetic detective work
of Deputy Parcher.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-08
His s2nd appointment.

Burlington. April s.-H. o. Wheeler
was re-appointed for his 32nd term as
superintendent Of the Burlington
schools at a meeting Of the school board
last night.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-08
GPANITEvILLE.

Presbyterian morning service in
Gaelic at l0:30 tomorrow, Sunday
school and Bible class at noon. Even
ing service at O'Clock, subject,
"Brotherly Kindness.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-08
EAST BARRE.

Rev. Mr.. Ramage viii occupy the
pulpit of the Congregational church
Sunday. April o. The topic viii be
"The Power of the Cross"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-08
FATHER AND DAUGHTER.
Arraigned In Montpelier City Court
To-day.

In Montpelier city court to-day,
Joseph Lamery was charged with keep
ing a house of i'll fame at his residence
on Winooski avenue in Montpelier, and
his daughter, Kate, was held on the
charge Of open and gross lewdness.
Bail in. each case was fixed at $500,
and the respondents cases were put
over until next Wednesday
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-08
County Court Adiourne.s

County court held short session
this morning, during which the tres
pass case Of Downing VS. 2Burnham,
Morse and the Morse Manufacturing
company was heard. The case was
still on when adjournment to Monday,
afternoon was taken
The Washington herald., 1911-07-02

this summer, have expressed their ina
bility to understand the hold upon the
Washington summer public, evidenced by
the capacity audiences that greet every
performance of the Columbia Players.
The secret OF the tremendous success
Of the players lies in the years OF pa
tient perseverance on the part Of the
MANAGEMENT to build up a summer cli-
entele and in the perfect teamwork de-
veIoped by Edward Curtis, the Players
stage director. For the past two years
the Columbia management has been fore
ing the Washington public into the habit
of going to the Columbia Such a habit
once formed II is as difficult to overcome
as inebriety' or opium-eating. That the
washington public has the Columbia
habit" is demonstrated by the fact that
the great majority Of seats are laid aside
each week for regular patrons who have
their special seats and special nights for
every performance.
The team work of the organization was
never better demonstrated than during
the past week. IAN American Widow IL
one Of those light, fanciful comedies that
depend upon the snap and vim With
which they are played to hold the in
terest of the audience. Through d.
rector Curtis able efforts asd the en-
thusiasm OF the players themselves the
performances Of this play went with a
dash and spirit worthy Of four weeks
rehearsed metropolitan company endeav-
oring to secure long run on Broad
way. z. r. 3
The Washington herald., 1911-07-02
The IumbIa-Ewhat Happened to
Jones.o

With an extra holiday matinee Tues
day TO accommodate the Fourth of July
crowds, the Columbia Players give
promise of a record-breaking week at
the popular F street playhouse this week
with that exceedingly funny farce,
What Happened to Jones" Che farce
Is from the pen OF George H. Broadhurst,
and while its action is continuous from
the moment the curtain rises, for con-
venience sake the episodes are divided
into three acts that in genuine, 'rresIsti-
BILE humor OF dialogue and situation have
never been excelled
And what is more, the play affords
such opportunities for costumiaE that
the gowns worn by Frances Nelson and
the other members of the COMPANY may
be counted upon 20 incIte envy IN the
feminine heart as nothing has done here
tofore-not even excepting Miss Nelson's
magnificent gowns in '"An American
Widow" The characters in the play are
Jones, who travels for hmm book
house, and carries playing cards Es q
side line, played by Arthur II. Van
Buren; Ebenezer Goodly, professor Of
anatomy, played by George w. Bsrbier:
Ebenezer's brother, the Bishop of Balla-
rat, by Stanley Columbia" James: Rich
ard Heatherly. Ebenezer's prospective SON.
in-law, by Everett Butterfeld;. Thomas
The Washington herald., 1911-07-02

Willard Holeomb. author of the drama
tization OF Lorna Doone,7 which has fits
nrst production on any stage at the
Belasco this week, although New York
born ana Buckeye bred, claims Washing
ton as his home, and ''commutes'' to the
metropolis, where he has an ONCE in the
Knickerbocher Theater Building RoI-
comb graduated from an Ohio college N
1889. and the professors used to say that
II he would only pay half as much atten-
tion 70 his studies as he did to amateur
theatricals, journalism, and music he
would have made a record as e student
However, as Il happened, he was choos-
ing the course that proved most useful
TO him afterward. incidentally. Hol-
comb studied law. and although he SHE'D
at the bar. the experience has been very
valuable to him.
a dramatic critic. and for seven years
straight worked in washington in that
capacity. During this period he was
making experiments as playwright. and
his drst EFFORT. Browns Baby, was
produced at q benefit for the Natioaal
Fencibies BY the late Annie Lewis ana =
cast which included William H conley.
Hans Robert, ard William II Dupont.
al os when atterward became profess
sIonei players. his next eflort vas Her
Last Rehearsal produced fof the Le-
glen Of Loyal Women BY william Bsaz
anotheF washington actor now with Da.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-02

inzton Monument grounds. when Presi-
dent Taft and other distinguished gov
ernment oficials, members OF his official
family. and representatives of the army
ana navy, and $1,000 people attended, have
been preserved through the moving-pic-
ture machines
The initial public exhibition of the pic
lures, 5000 feet of film, will be shown at
the Casino Theater. Seventh and F
streets, this afternoon, and will be con-
tinued every morning. afternoon, and
evening for one week. Following the
close of the weeks engagement in this
city the pictures will be shown in many
of the leading cities.
The pictures are said to have developed
splendid views of every feature of the big
mass, some 5000 feet of the films being
out Of the ordinary high-class work.
showing the largest gathering of Catho-
lies ever assembling on similar occa-
sion. If you never saw reproduction
OF yourself in moving pictures and at
tended the military mass, there is a
strong probability that yod were caught
by the camera and win be shown on the
field
The Washington herald., 1911-07-02


IN connection with the presentation
Of willard HoIcomb's dramatiza-
tion OF Lorna Doone" at the
Beiasco this week an interesting
ohasa Of the educational uses Of motion
: pictures was brought to the attention
Of the writer. Mr.. Holcomb received
letter calling his attention TO the pub
lication in Motography, the moving pic
ture magazine, of an article describing
a lecture for the deaf on Lorna Doone,
delivered in sign language, by Prof e.
NJ. ealIaudet, of Kendall Green, and per-
fectly reproduced by the motion picture
camera for the benefit Of the deaf and
dumb in all parts of the country.
The author of the article. Willard
Howe, says in p6rt:
"One of the essential characteristics
of the motion picture has always seemed
to be its lack Of words, its inability to
talk. The salient difference between the
photopiay and the regular drama is an
absence OF dialogue. The 'silent drama
has become a synonym for the motion
picture play. Every art has its linita-
lions, and the chief limitation OF the
motion picture is its inability to convey
thought in the form or words or language
to its spectators.
THAT is, IT has always seemed so.
Now we find, however, that the motion
picture is sought by certain class Of
people as the only means whereby their
language can be recorded This Is the
sign language, by means OF which the
deaf converse. What the phonogTaph Is
to those who can hear, the photograph Is
to the deaf-a permanent record Of
thought expression. The sign language
has never had a means of permanent
record, and, consequently, no fixed form.
1t varies with each individual, and in
different sections of the country dtalectic
peculiarities have been unconsciously
evolved, as in other languages. The need
Of overcoming this difficulty led 10 expert
mentation with the motion picture as a
medium, as it was foreseen that series
of sign addresses and lectures thrown
upon the screen successfully in every sec
tion o. the country before thousands of
deaf mutes and always in the same un-
varying form would serve TO give uni
formity and stability to the language,
such as it had never enjoyed
The first experiments in this direction
received a demonstration at the Buffalo
exposition. It was attempted to repro
duce in the sign language such pieces
as the Lords Prayer and Nearer, Ny
God, to Thee by means of the cinemato-
graph, but the effort proved unsuccess-
full. owing to the imperfect projection of
those days. II was not until about two
years ago that interest in the matter
was revived. under the instigation of
George w. Veditz, the editor of the Deaf
American, who believed that perfected
methods of motion picture operation
evolved during the intervening years
would lead to more satisfactory results
The National Association of the Deaf
took up the movement and appointed q
committee with representation in every
State to raise fund to take motion pic
lures Of sermons, addresses, and lectures
in the sign language by masters OF the
medium. This fund has already passed
the 5000 mark. and it is proposed to
raise $4,000 more to set aside as an en-
dowment fund for the use of the asso-
citation. An interesting feature, indicat-
The Washington herald., 1911-07-02

yid warfield. This was the first Of the
bare stageA sketches, and after being
played for two weeks by Fred Bonds
stock company at the National Theater.
held the vaudeville stage for seven
straight seasons For Homer Lind. an
other washington favorite in opera. Mr.
Holcomb adapted ''GrIngoire," with music
by the late Julian Edwards. which tab
loid opera Mr.. Lind presented with suc-
cess for whole month in London, as
well as for several seasons on the Ameri-
can vaudeville stage.
Mr.. Holcomb then accepted the position
Of general representative for Laebler q
Co. IN New York, ana for two seasons
was associated with such stars az the
late James A. Hearne. James O'Neiil.
Viola Allen, Mrs. lie Moyne and Eleanor
Robson. Leaving the Lieblers. he de-
voted himself to playwriting. Mr.. Hol-
comb first tackled the musical comedy
field. where he produced such successes
as NE. Him Al" Panhandle Pete, q
stageincation Of George Mcadanus' car
toons. New York Town.. and rolnan-
tic opera entitled The Wood witch
IN two Of these he was assocIeted with
Mr. cotley, who now figures e. stage al
rector Of Mr.. Holcomb's enterprises
The phenomenal success Of his dramn-
tization Of st Elmo is fresh IA the
public mind, for It Is stilI PLAYING al
over the country. and 1Ir. Hoiconne
friends hope that Lorna Doons win
duplicate Ile record
The Washington herald., 1911-07-02

ment, but Mr.. Holcomb has provided a
few surprises not in print. The cele-
brated ''snowstorm" escape Is omitted
as being impracticable on the stage espe-
cially at this season. and likewise the
death of Carver DoOne by sinking into
The Wizards Slough where John
throws him, but an equally certain IL
less lingering punishment has been pro-
vided for the arch villain OF the romance,
while spectators will not have occasion
to complain of lack Of thrilling situations
in the play.
In fact. Mr.. Holcomb frankly calls his
version a romantic melodrama," In the
old and true meaning of the phrase, for
the action is accompanied and often en-
phasized by appropriate music. composed
especially for this production by Harry
Wheaton Howard. who has also provided
settings for several of the songs found in
the novel, notably the ''Exmoor Harvest
ing Song and Lorna's Melody of Love"
The scenery of this production was paint
ed from water colors from the brush OF
Will H. Chandlee from the authors pho
tographs of real Devonshre views, while
the costume plates were sketched by Mr.
Holcomb's son Wynn.
The cast of characters, especially suit
ed to the roles, is as follows: