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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-07
PITIABLE SITUATION
IN MONTPELIER HOME
Aged Woman and Her Son Both Taken
to Hospital Their House on Ber-
lin Street In Miserable Con-

One of the worst cases ever brought
to light in Montpelier was accidentally
discovered yesterday at the home of
Edward H. Hartwell on Berlin street
F,r fifteen years he has lived there
With his mother Several years ago
the latter suffered shock, since which
time she has been unable to use her
left side. This has left the work OF
the house to the man who up to last
winter, did as well by his mother as
was possible under the circumstances
With the advent of the saloons, the
conditions became worse, and instead of
bringing home food at night and doing
the necessary work in the house, Hart.
we'll, who is a polisher, frequently came
home intoxicated and his mother, who
IS ever 80 years old oftentimes sat by
the window, huddled in rags, and
cried herself to sleep
Yesterday groans We're heard coming
from the house, but it was known that
Hdrtwell came home intoxicated Mon
day night and little was thought Of it
until a small girl went to the home OF
Mrs. w s. Gatchell and said Mrs
Hartwell was at the door and wanted
assistance, 1t was then found that
Hartwell was lying in the hall at the
head OF the stairs in what seemed to
be a dying condition with his face COW
cred with blood
Authorities We're summoned and it
was found that he was suffering from
alcoholism and had evidently lain there
81 hours He was taken to the hospital
and it was found that the woman was in a
half-starved condition and paralyzed,
she, too, was carried there There was
no food in the house and the bedding,
wEich was in rags, reeked with filth
aud vermin Hartwell is over 80 years
old
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-07
lmer. q supposed lhey weIghed a

farmer, II supposed they weighed a
pound"
And he really had supposed the but
ter weighed pound for pound because
he had been putting up the butter IN
pound weight but which didn't hold
pound weight but which didn't held a
pound As result he was, unwitting
ly furnishing less butter than he was
paid for A great many farmers have
no scales, says the inspector, and are
dependent on the size OF receptacles to
tell them what should be sold to the
storekeepers for pound IN Franklin
county, there is only one farmer in
ter who has a set of scales. Measures
also, are grossly inaccurate in many
cases, and the inspectors duty is to
look them over thoroughly,
In summing up the situation. the in
speetor declared that he did not find
people dishonest from design, but be-
cause Of their ignorance Of the real
conditions That ignorance is what the
law aims at, as well as bringing the
dishonest people to time The inspec-
tor has visited about one-half the
stores Of Barre thus far.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-07
NEW HOME DEDICATED.
Montpelier Odd Fellows Have Fine
Headquarters on Elm Street.

The new Odd Fellows building on
Elm street in Montpelier was dedicated
yesterday in the presence of large
number At o'clock the first service
was held at which the building was
accepted by the grand master, T f.
Sargent OF st Johnsbury, and Rev
A J Hongh Of Proctorsville. formerly
Of Montpelier, delivered the address Of
the day, in place Of Alfred S. Pinker-
ton of Worcester, Mass, who was un-
able to be present At $3.50 p, m. a
banquet was served, 220 people being
present Following the banquet, post
prandial exercises were held in the
lodge room. at which addresses were
made by + J Brownscombe, superin.
tendent Of schools Grand Master Sar-
gent Of st. Johnsbury, Major Fred b.
Thomas, Grand Secretary o. II Hen
derson OF St Johnsbury and Attorney
NJ NJ Gordon OF Barre After the
exercises, the Montpelier Military band
played for dancing This new home of
the Odd Fellows is the best Of any in
the state
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-07
SECRETARY DUNCAN
GETS A REELECTION
Well Known Secretary-Treasurer Of the
Granite Cutters International As
sociation Again HonOred by
the Union.

Quincy, Mass, June flames Dun
can, first vice president Of the Amer.
lean Federation of Labor, was last night
declared to have been reelected general
secretary treasurer Of the Granite Cut
ters' International Association of Amer
lea, following canvass Of the vote cast
by the various branches by the inter-
national executive council.
Mr.. Duncan, who has held the office
since 1895, was opposed by r. A. Brown
Of Concord, n H., and J. !, Dunn Of
Lowell His election is for a term of
four years
Quincy was also declared to be the
choice OF the granite cutters for their
headquarters for the coming five years
by the council. its selection having been
made in the same manner as the choice
of Duncan for secretary treasurer
Twelve cities were candidates for the
honor but Quincy had majority Of
more than 1000 votes over all Of the
Others
More than 80 per cent. Of the members
of the organization. which numbers some
5000 iourneymen- granite cutters in all
parts of the country, participated in
the election which under the bylaws had
to be held sometime during the third
week in May. Returns were then for
warded to the headquarters in this city,
all received before p. m. on june 3
being considered by the council,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-07
SHE ALONE KNEW.
WHY She Took Paregoric In Order to
Leave This World.

Burlington, June Sixteen years old
Trona Trayah Of 454 Colchester avenue
tried to commit suicide yesterday aft
erroon by taking paregorie, but was
brought about to a very restful condi-
ton last night by prompt medical aid
Frona is employed in the spool room
OF the American Woolen companys
mill, but yesterday afternoon did not
return to her work In the afternoon
sic boarded an Essex car by going
down the back way from the house to
the lower road while her mother
thought she was going to Burlington.
Mrs. Trayah happened to see her
daughter just as she was boarding the
ear bound toward Essex, gave chase
and called to her, but the daughter did
not pay any attention to her Mrs
Tayah followed the car into Winooski
but could not find any trace Of her
daughter until shortly after three
O'Clock when the latter went into the
postoffice, where she was followed by
her mother The two women walked to-
ward home and it was upon nearing
the house that the girl stepped back
from her mother, opened her handbag
ard pulled out small bottle holding
about two ounces of paregoric and
drank most of the contents Her
mother caught her and ushered her
home, where DR.. Heath was summoned.
Antidotes were administered in great
varieties and last evening she was rest
ing very comfortably and appeared none
the worse for her experience.
When asked her reason for her action
she replied that mo one knows but
MYSELF and would give no further ex
PLANTATION Mr. Trayah was not at
home yesterday, being at work at
Thompson's point.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-07
SOME FALSE WEIGHTS
FOUND IN BARRE
State Inspector Is Going Through the
City and Vicinity, Changing In
correct Scales and Detecting
Wrong Measures.

4 state Inspector of weights and
measures. sent out under the new state
law which was planned to regulate the
scales and measures used in Vermont,
has been working In Barre since Nom
day, and will be in this vicinity for
some time to come, or until his pres
eat task Of inspection is completed
In speaking of his examinations thus
/ Tar conducted in Barre, he said that the
conditions here are not materially diff
ferent than they have been found to
Be in Montpelier, Rutland, Burlington
and the other larger places of Vermont.
His first work in Barre is the inspec-
tion of the scales and measures in the
stores, after which he win turn to
the miscellaneous users, and then the
farmers themselves The inspector
las found many cases Of false weights
aud measures in Barre, and on the other
hand he has found some where the
merchants were cheating themselves.
Here, as elsewhere, he has found that
the false weights and measures were
not so much a matter of design on the
part of the merchant as that of indi-
v.dual carelessness in keeping scales in
shape and general failure to adhere
TO the standard
The Inspector has run across mer-
chants who candidly admitted that they
knew their scales were wrong but that
they did not know how TO correct the
difficulty. II is the inspectors duty to
Instruct them and to sec that the
standard is maintained Users of
scales are, moreover, apt to let the in
strument 60 without care; it becomes
dirt laden and the proper balance is
therefore lost Then again the instru-
ments get worn out md false balance
lis maintained, perhaps unwittingly by
the user
But that scales can be used for
great length of time and still be kept
accurate is shown by the inspection of
4 set of scales in Franklin county re-
Gently. The owner had used the scales
for 43 years, and when the inspector
came around the user eheerfnlly sub
laitted to the usual test. with the re-
suit that the scales were found to con-
form to the standard to a very close de-
gree The reason that these scales
could be used so long and still be so
accurate was because the owner had
taken NGlWlNlOMN tdAt VI thNAh hN tsA
times. This illustration was given by
the inspector to show that scales do
not wear out rapidly if given proper at
tcntion.
Much of the false weights and meas
ures come from the farmers, according
to the Inspector; and TO illustrate his
point he told about visiting one Barre
store yesterday when a farmer had
brought in what was supposed TO be
sixteen pounds of butter After the
farmer had left the store, the inspec-
ton tested the weight Of the butter and
found that not single supposed pound
Of the butter was up to standard
weight. On the farmers return to the
store the inspector told him Of the re-
suit OF the test,
why, I'm surprised declared the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-07
BROKE LEG IN SLIDE.
Thomas Davidson's Hurt Stopped the
Ball Game at East Barre.

The baseball game between East
Barre and the White Sox came to a
sudden termination at East Barre last
night, when Thomas Davidson, an n-
fielder on the local team, met with an
injury to the left leg while sliding to
third base. AS it was Immediately evil
dent that the boy was suffering con
siderably. a physician was summoned
and an examination showed that the
left leg had been fractured just above
the ankle The contest had gone five
innings with the score Z to 5 in favor
of East Barre when the accident oc-
cured and as Davidson formed one of
the mainstays of the White Sox aggre-
cation the game was called Off. To-
day the injured lad is resting comfort
ably
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-07
NEW M. W. OF A. CAMP
Formed at Chelsea With SO Charter
Members-0fficers Chosen.

Chelsea, June 7.-District Deputy
Head Consul L. A. Kelly and Assistant
Deputy Consul o. J. Letendre Of Brad
ford were in town Monday evening and
organized Chelsea camp, No. l245l, OF
the Modern Woodmen of America with
80 charter members The members of
the new camp elected the following off
GERS; Eugene H. Kennedy, consul; Er-
nest NJ Young. adviser; Leon i. Grant,
clerk; Z. Ralph Walker banker; Fred
H. Stanton, escort: Archie and Frank
f. Godfrey camp physicians; Henry w.
Burbank, Henry Clark and Fred +.
Goodwin. managers, and ]. Oliver Per-
kins, past consul.
The camp, which starts in under espe-
cially flattering circumstances, will hold
its meetings on the last Monday even
ing OF each month and at the present
time it has not been determined where
their lodge rooms viii be.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-07
.Mr. & Mrs. Hiram c. Smith of
HardWick Died Today
ALFRED HOOKER IS HURT
Party Were Out Riding In Automobile
Last Sunday when Machine Went Off
Low Bank and Turned Turtle
Other Occupants Escaped.

Hardwick, June 7--Mr. and Mrs
Hiram G, Smith died this morning as
tile result of injuries received in an
automobile accident last Sunday, and
Alfred Hooker is in critical condition
with an injury to his back as the re-
suit of the same accident, while Mrs.
Hooker and daughter Mildred VIII were the
other occupants of the machine, escaped
injury.
The deaths of Mr.. and Mrs. Smith
occurred withon half hour Of each
other Until yesterday Mr. Smith was
not thought to be hurt seriously; but
then he began to throw up blood, indi-
eating internal injury Mrs Smith,
having been pinned down by the auto
mobile, was at once found to be badly
hut; and later examination revealed
that several ribs had been broken.
The party were taking a drive in the
Feid automobile which Mr. Hooker pur-
chased only three weeks ago and were
proceeding slowly toward East Hard
wick, being about two and half miles
from this village Mrs Hooker called
her husbands attention to a rafting
noise in the rear of the machine, and
Mr.. Hooker turned his head momen-
arily to see what the trouble was.
just then they came to turn in the
road, and the automobile went OIL the
road and down a low bank only few
feet high
In leaving the road the automobile
turned turtle and landed bottom side
up in the field, with Mr. Hooker and
Mrs Smith pinned down beneath the
machine and the Others thrown clear of
it The latter were able to move the
machine 50 that the two were taken
out, after which they we're brought
home Mrs Smith was thought TO
he the most seriously hurt, and her
condition grew worse steadily till the
end came this morning. Mr.. Smith had
escaped without great injury,
but evidences of fatal hurts developed
yesterday 1t win be some time be-
fcic the extent Of Mr. Hooker's in
iuries are determined His back Is
affected seriously
Mr. Smith was a farmer and laborer.
and Mr.. Hooker Is a rural free delivery
mail carrier The escape of Mrs.
Hooker and her daughter from serious
injury is quite remarkable
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-07
New Haven PiIe-up at Fairfield,
Conn.,, Caused Five Deaths
FOUR TRACKS CHoKED UP
Flames Broke Out In the Debris, but
Fairfeld's Fire Department Soon
Removed That Additional
Cause for Horror.

Fairfield, Conn, June Although
wreckers worked since midnight, the
tracks Of the New York, New Haven
& Hartford railroad at this place were
still blocked this morning by the wreck
age which was caused by the collision
of four freight trains shortly before
midnight, when five persons are known
to have been killed and seven were in.
jured.
Just how the accident happened has
not been definitely determined, but it
is believed that one of two east bound
freight trains stopped on account of a
hot box and that the other freights
crashed into the standing train. Fire
broke out in the pilcd.up wreckage, but
the local fire department extinguished
that. The wreckage was strewn over
all the four tracks making the work Of
clearing for traffic very difficult.
The failure OF an engineer TO observe
the signal is given by the officials of the
railroad as the cause of the wreck. In
a statement, which was issued this noon,
the officials said;
Based on the present information at
hand, the man responsible for start
ing the wreck was killed"
The financial loss of the wreck is es-
timated at approximately a quarter of
a million dollars. The wreck was one
of the worst which has ever occurred
on the New Haven system A tenn
porary track was opened to-day. One
freight train was known as the "siIk
train" and had freight valued at $780,
600 The silk was taken to Bridge
port.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-07
SEVERE EARTHQUAKE
SOMEWHERE TODAY
Seismographs Throughout Entire Country
Recorded Shacks From 6:o7
to 7:4s This Morning
cation Not Determined.

Washington, D. c., June 7 .-Seismo-
graphs throughout the entire country
were Jared this morning by the most
sey ere earthquake that has been re-
corded in several years 1t is estimated
to have occurred four or five thousand
miles from Washington, but in what di-
rection could not be ascertained The
needles of the sesmograph of George
town university began to move at 6:07
O'Clock this morning and the tremors
died away an hour and forty-one min
Utes later Shocks were recorded at
Harvard university and Fordham uni-
yersity Father Tondorf declared that
the earthquake was the most severe
that has been recorded since the eBtab-
ishment of Georgetown observatory.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-07
PERRIN-sHoREY NUPTIALs.
Plainfeld Young People Married Last
Night by Rev p B. Fisk.

Plaiufeld, June Miss Blanche
Shorey and Fred Perrin were united
in marriage at the home of the groom
last evening, at o'clock by Rev Per-
rim B. Fisk. in the presence Of the near
relatives. Mr.. and Mrs, Perrin have the
best wishes of their many friends for
a happy and prosperous future.
Among those from out of town to at
tend the wedding were Mrs. Mae Dew
ing aud daughter. Miss Bertha, of Mont
pelier and Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Batch
elder of Barre.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-07
VERMONT CLUB WOMEN.
Holding Their Annual Convention at
Lyndonville.

I.yndonville June AT the opening
of the annual meeting of the Vermont
State Federation of Women's clubs at
the Congregational church last even
ing the address of welcome was given
hy Mrs. w | Powers, president Of the
Lyndon Union club, Mrs George T..
Chafree Of Rutland corresponding sec
retary, responded
Greetings were extended by Mrs.
Philip n. Moore Of st Louis, Mo,
president of the general federation; by
Mrs. Arthur Helme of Albany, n. Y,
for the New York state federation; by
Mrs Geo H. Graves of Boston for the
Massachusetts state federation and by
Mrs +. p S Moore of Rutland vice
president general Of Vermont national
society, ID A r. The address of the
evening was made BY Hon Mason s.
Stone, state superintendent Of educa-
ton.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-07
so SOLDIERS DEAD
FROM EARTHQUAKE
Several Buildings in Mexico City Were
Shaken Down by Earth Tremors
at 4 O'clock A. M. To-
day

Mexico City, June An earthquake
at 4 o'clock this morning wrecked sew
eral buildings, including the artillery
quarters, where seventy soldiers were
buried in the ruins. The dead and the
wounded are estimated between fifty
and seventy
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-07
DIED OF ACUTE BRONCHITIS.
Amadio casellini Had Been Ill Three
Months-2e Years Old.

Amadio Casellini, stQnecutter, died
at his home at Short street yester-
day afternoon at o'clock, the cause of
death being acute bronchitis Mr.. Cas-
selini had been i'll about three months.
He was born in Switzerland % years
ago and had been employed in Barre by
Young Bros. He is survived by a wife
and one child. a brother, Lorenzo Cas-
ellini. and sister in Pequa. Ohio The
funeral viii be held from his home on
Short street tomorrow afternoon at 2
o'clock The interment viii be in Hope
cemetery.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-07
TO ISSUE NEW CALL
For the Pastor of the Presbyterian
Church of Barre.

SAhANh VI AseAtG.
Following the extending of calls to
several candidates for the vacant pas
torship at the Presbyterian church, a
meeting of the body was held last even
ing to take steps toward securing an
incumbent Rev George Macarthur.
pastor OF the Presbyterian church in
Graniteville, presided After carefully
considering the different ministers who
have preached at the local church dur
ing the past few months, it was decid-
ed for one reason and another that a
new call for candidates be issued.
The church has been without an in
cumbent since the resignation of Rev.
J. Dugald Mackenzie, which took effect
the first of the year. Since that time,
number of ministers have preached
here in the capacity of candidates. For
some reason, or other, however. each
meeting OF the church had failed to
result in a choice II is expected that
the call for more candidates will be sent
out within few days
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-07
COULDN'T GET BAIL.
So "Shorty" Palmer Will Have to Re-
main in Jail Till Trial.

Frank ('Shortv"l Palmer, who
shipped Jail recently. when he had but
Is more days to serve, and was located
in Rouses Point, \. Y, was arraigned
in Montpelier city court yesterday and
bound over TO county court in the sum
of $1,000, which he was unable to se-
cure and so was placed in Jail to await
trial His first sentence expired Mon
day, when he was re-arrested on the
charge of jail breaking. He was work
ing for the Consolidated Lighting COM
paEy when he skipped.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-07
TO OPEN MARBLE QUARRY.
South Dorset Marble Company to Begin
Work Next Month.

Rutland June The South Dorset
Marble company Incorporated last month
bv w. F. McDeavitt of South Dorset,
c. NJ. Potter of Dandy, P. f. Nc
Cormick of West Rutland, Miss Eva
McDeavitt and Lawrence Molloy of
South Dorset, are making preparations
to open quarry on their holdings in
the town OF South Dorset early in
July
The quarry will be located near the
Bowen farm and about 20 men will be
employed at first. An engine house
and other small wooden buildings for ap-
paratus will be erected for temporary
use.
Tho marble which they viii quarry is
white variety.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-07
HACK SMASHED
When Runaway Horses Hurled 1t
Against Electric Car.

Bailey 4 Fosters hack collided with
the Seminary hill electric car in Mont
pelier last evening, demolishing the hack
and tearing off about half the vestibule
of the ear. The hack started from the
Estee house on lower State street and
when the horses reached Elm street they
attempted to pass in front Of the elee-
tric One of the animals was thrown
by the impact and was nearly choked
by the collar. The driver of the hack,
Howard Smithers, was not on the seat
when the hack struck the car and there
were no passengers, while the crew on
the electric had time to get out of the
way before the crash.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-07
GLIDDEN TOUR POSTPONED.
Because Not Enough Cars Have Been
Completed.

The Glidden reciprocity tour has beeu
postponed until fan because the re-
quired number of new ears is not in
readiness. The rules require that p
ears Of each type entered be actually
completed at the time Of entry and
some Of the manufacturers could not
get SO many 1912 models ready at that
date.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-07

Gunfre, valuable driving horse
owned by Mosher 4 Colby Of Brattle-
boro, dropped dead from the effects of
the extreme heat near Williamsville sta
tion last week. Henry Ryan Of Brattle-
boro was driving the animal The horse
was one of seven bought by Mr.. Mosh-
er in Canada two weeks ago Gunfire
was strongly bred in Morgan lines.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-07

Charles A. Quintard, who is but just
out of the Burlington jail where he
was confined three weeks for non-pay-
ment of the company's bills at the Van
Ness house, is now in the Rutland Jail
because Of a civil writ served against
him for the amount Of $500. alleged to
be due William Dean. advance agent Of
the "Dolls House" company, who claims
arrears in his salary to that amount.