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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-21
GREEN MOUNTAIN EXPRESS.
Started It's Trips Out of Barre Last
Night With Good Patronage.

The Green Mountain Express. the new
accommodation train over the Wells Riv-
er road leaving Barre a . 93D each night.
had an anspicious leave taking last night
when at least thirty passengers took
advantage Of the train to 20 to points
south. Of these, five had reserved berths
ia the Pullman The day and smoking
coaches were occupied BY twenty-five
people A good sized crowd Of local
people gathered at the station to see
the train leave for Boston On its re-
turn this morning. the train was well
loaded and several Barre people who
have been in Boston during the week.
came home on the Pullman.
The new train schedule on the Mont
pelier & Wells River road, which went
into effect yesterday, has sixteen pas
senger trains between Barre and Mont
pelier daily, of which four connect with
through trains over the main line to
Wells River. As there are eighteen pas
senger trains on the Central Vermont.
in addition to half-hourly electric cars
on the Barre & Montpelier Traction
line, it is an easy proposition getting
from Barre to Montpelier and the 9TH
er way nowadays.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-21
TO BAR THE PRESS.
Al the Proposed Execution of Eiroy
Kent at Windsor.

Brattleboro, Dec 2lIf Elroy Kent.
the murderer Of Della Congdon Of Wal.
lingford, Vt, three years ago is hanged
in the state prison at Windsor during
the second week of January, according
to the sentence Of the Rutland county
court, the public will be refused de-
tails.
Newspaper representatives were so no
titled by Sheriff ]. II. Kiniry of Wind
sor county yesterday, in view Of the
alleged bungling OF the execution of
Mary Rogers a fe wyears ago, and the
reports made.
Statements have been made that to
allow newspaper representatives to be
present and report the execution in
detail will go further toward bringing
about the adjustment of capital pun
ishment in Vermont than anything else
There seems TO be well-defned belief
in Windsor that Kent will not be hung
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-21
DEATH OF GEORGE REID.
Native of Scotland and Employe Of Mari
& Gordon.

George Forbes Reid died at his home,
2 Plain street, this morning at 0:45
o'clock. Mr. Reid had been i'll for the
past six months with a general break
down. He was born in Invernurie. Aber.
deenshire, Scotland, 81 years ago and
came to this country 81 years ago. For
about forty years Mr. Reid had followed
the trade of stationary engineer, being
first employed in America at Benning-
ton, y, H., and nine years ago coming
to Barre, where he worked in the Marr
& Gordon plant until he was taken
sick
He leaves wife and seven children,
George ir., John and Mrs. Alexander
Cruickshank of Barre. William of Mont
pelier, Mrs. Albert Tpttle of Concord,
n, H., Mrs. William Marr of Glasgow.
Scotland, James of Salts Coats. AYR.
shire, Scotland; 27 grandchildren and
two great-gandchildren The funeral
will be held Sunday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-21
TALK OF THE TOWN

c. f.. Bixby went to Burlington last
night on business trip.
Foreign Masons committee will meet
Friday evening at 1880 in Masonic hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Bolt went to
Mortified this afternoon to visit refa-
tives for few days.
George Murray went to Mortified this
noon on a business trip connected with
the Sullivan Machinery Co.
Mrs. Victor Stacy Of Maple avenue
left last night for Rouses Point, N. Y,
where she viii remain with friends until
after Christmas.
Among the guests registered at the
City hotel yesterday and to-day were:
r. H. Simmons, White River Junction;
y S. Whittemore, and G. Young, Bos-
ton; Il. G. Clewley, Burlington.
Mrs Martin Welch of Portsmouth,
N f.. who has been visiting friends in
the city for a few days, went to Bur-
lington yesterday for q short stay, be-
fore returning home.
Peter Caselini and Miss Luigina Milese
were married in this city December 10
by Justice of the Peace James Mackay.
Mr. and Mrs Casellini intend to make
their home on Maple avenue
Ralph NJ. Buck of Newport, a gradu-
ate OF Goddard seminary and at pres
ent student at Dartmouth college, re-
turned home this noon, after passing
few days with friends in the city.
Oliver Lesperance Of Beacon avenue is
slowly recovering from the painful in-
Jury to the forehead, which he received
while operating an emery wheel at the
1row & Holden plant Tuesday fore
noon
Wednesday arrivals at the hotel Otis
follows w B. Goodenow, Boston; R. T.
Hilton, New York City; w Il. Pearl, w
Wilson, Boston; Mr. and Mrs. J. Smith,
Burlington; AFRO Stephens, Rutland; D.
Baustein, Manchester, N. H.
One of trio of horses attached to a
load of furniture on runners and driven
by Winslow Glidden of Plainfeld, slipped
on an icy spot in the road in front Of
the City hotel this noon, and the COM
bined efforts of several bystanders were
required to assist the animal TO its feet
Luckily the horse escaped injury and no
damage was done to the harness
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-21
FEDERAL ACTION MADE
AGAINST KEYSTONE co.
United States Government Claims 1t Is
Operating in Violation of the
Sherman Law
Sherman Law.

Philadelphia, Dec 2l.--The federal
government late yesterday afternoon
filed in the United States circuit court q
suit against the keystone Watch Case
company, declaring it an unlawful com.
bination in violation of the Sherman
anti-t trust act, and asking that it be re-
strained from carrying on an alleged
monopoly in the manufacture and sale OF
watch cases. The government declares
that the company now manufactures
and sells so per cent. of all watch cases
manufactured and sold in the United
States" and that it is "the intent and
purpose of the defendant that company
shall monopolize the remainder of the
trade and commerce"
The Keystone Watch company is .
Pennsylvania corporation. The indiTid-
ual defendants named in the bill are
Theophilus Zurbrugg of Riverside, N. j.,
until recently president of the company
Caleb Fox, Philadelphia, acting presi-
dent; Edward T. Stotesbury, Philadel-
phia, vice president; John J. sIueller.
Philadelphia, secretary; Charles NJ. Fogg,
Philadelphia, treasurer; +. II. Kahn,
Irving Smith, New York, a director.
The watch industry movement in the
United States is divided into two parts,
watch cases and watch movements. 81
all the watch cases manufactured and
sold, more than 30 per cent are filed
cases.
Among many other specifications the
government also charges that defend
ants have also urged its competitors to
sell their plants and business to tie
keystone company, threatening them
with destruction should they refuse to
do so, and have declared their intention
of acquiring the remainder of the trade
and commerce in watch cases, and have
asserted that they would spend mil
lion dollars, if necessary, to drive some
of the larger of its competitors out of
business, and that defendants would
hang Grape on the doors of such competi-
tors factories"
The bill charges the company with
deception in putting on the market GER
tain inferior grade watch cases, labeled
to suit the purchasers with long-term
guarantees to compel other manufactur-
ers to compete with falsely labeled
cases.
The government declares that the
company has been enabled to reanze run
reasonable profit on its capital stock
The bill prays that the acquisition of
various companies and contracts entered
into be adjudged unlawful; that the
combination be disintegrated, that it &c
restrained from continuing its monop-
olistic methods, and that jobbers be left
free to handle all kinds Of goods,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-21
"LAWLESS BIG BUSINESS"
LIKENED TO MCNAMARAS
Senator William E. Borah of Idaho Made
Address in New York Last Night
Which Breathed Fire In
Every Word.

New York, Dec. 2l.-Senator William
/ z. Borah of Idaho, at the Young Re-
/ publican club last night, made an ad-
dress that breathed fire in every word
/ for 'lawless big business and little vio-
lators of the law as well
! He drew a significant comparison be-
tween the McNamaras, the confessed
| dynamiters, and the old Standard Oil
and Tobacco companies.
~ "To save their worthless lives" he
said, referring to the dynamiters, 'they
entered pleas of guilty, insisting that
they did it all for principle and ex-
pect an astonished world to accept their
whining apologies"
"There is another court record which
we will in passing notice, also Bound
up in many volumes you will find the
full record of two of the late noted de-
cisions It is a tale twice told, OF
selfshness and greed, extortion and law
lessness. The plea of justification is
not unlike the plea Of the planters Of
dynamite, for although the acts are
clearly in violation of law and the
rights of the public, it is claimed new
ertheless. that it was all done in the
interest of business growth and indus
trial progress.
"This is the best plea and the only
plea that twentieth century business
can furnish--all that could be said by
those so rarely gifted and richly endowed
with this worlds goods and intellectual
power, and of whom the government and,
humanity have a right to expect so
much"
Respect and enforcement of the law
was one of the keynotes of Senator
Borah's address. Obedience to the law,
he said, was the bedrock on which pow
orful governments are built, and he be-
leved this a time when political party
could afford to make it a cardinal tenet
of its faith. In no other first rate ma
tion, he said, is law so disregarded as
in the United States.
"There is no place where life is so
insecure against bomb or bullet. where
criminal laws are so Intellectually en-
forced where corruption is so little con-
demned in public opinion and where de.
fiance of law in the highest walks of
business life so generally prevails. To
leave law unenforeed, to cultivate a
disregard for its obligations is but to
fallow the ground so that in after years
there may be one law for the poor and
another for the rich" said Mr.. Borah
He added that the Mcnamara cases
and the trust cases were strong and
uneontroverted evidence of what i fast
becoming national disease. He said
he had no sympathy with the prose-
cution Of business men who erred un-
knowingly.
II refer alone" he said, "to that class
who sit in their Offices with trained
lawyers and plan how they may evade
the law and its penalties If man
lies in wait for his adversary and slays
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-21
When Thrown Down Bank by
FraCtiouS Horse
HAD VF1oY NARROW ESCAPE
.-Gthel Morey Was Standing in Wa
ter Nearly to Her Shoulders When
Taken out-Horse Was Fright
ened by Locomotive.

st. Adams, Dec. 81 Howard Morev
and his sister, Miss Ethel Morey of
North Fairfield had a narrow escape
last evening, when horse which tney
were driving became frightened willie
standing in front Of the postofIiee war;
ing Tor a freight train on the crossing.
and backed over an embankment about
htteen feet high into the water The
occupants Of the wagon did not have
time to jump.
When rescued Miss Morey was stand
ing IN the carriage, with the water near
ly up to her shoulder, and was nearly
exhausted. She was taken to the home
OF her uncle. W. A. Wait. and DR., M Fl
Powers was summoned He found that
Miss Morey was not injured.
The horse turned a complete somer.
sault as 1t went down the bank. and II
was hauled out Of the water by means
OF ropes The water was about eight
feet deep where the team went in.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-21
PRESIDENT SIGNS
TREATY RESOLUTION
Treaty With Russia Will Expire on jan
uary 13, 1918, and Meanwhile Ef-
forts Will Be Made to Make
a Nau, Tva,4,
New Treaty

Washington, ID. c., Dec. q. With Sec
retary Of State Knox the only witness,
President Taft to-day signed the joint
resolution passed by Congress ratifying
his action in serving notice on Russia
OF the abrogation Of the treaty Of 1882
with that country. The treaty automat-
ieally will continue until January H.,
1913. In the meantime efforts will be
made to negotiate new treaty, elm
mating the causes of friction which led
to the termination Of the old one. Co
incident with the signing Of the resolu-
tion Of abrogntion. there was made pub
lie at the White House. the exchange OF
kilograms between President Taft and
the emperor of Russia.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-21
COBRA AT LARGE.
One Sailor Dead and Remainder of the
Crew in Terror.

Boston, Dec PA constant guard
was provided for yesterday during the
unloading of the German steamship Kat
tenturn to prevent fatality among the
longshoremen and stevedores because a
poisonous cobra which on the voyage
from Calcutta, killed one member of
the crew and reduced the remainder to
a state of abiect terror, was still loose
aboard the ship The reptile, one of
l24 consigned to New York animal
dealer, measured eight feet long AL
though the crew after the reptile had es-
capped and bitten sailor, who died aft
er. few hours agony. hunted with
weapons about the vessel, the cobra
could not be found, and was believed to
have secreted itself among the cargo.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-21
DE BoER STANDS PAT.
On His Earliest Determination to Use
Only Honorable Means.

At a meeting OF the DeBoer club in
Montpelier last evening, Joseph A. De
Boer, Republican candidate for govern
or OF Vermont, was called on TO make ex-
temporaneous remarks, which he did. In
the course OF his speech Mr. DeBoef
took occasion to assert that he should
not ask, and had not asked, any Of tine
officers, office staff, or policyholders Of
the National Life Insurance company TO
work for him, and that he should not
try to gag them. This he said in reply
to some insinuations that he might have
instructed the agents Of the company TO
work for him
At the close OF his remarks, Mr., De-
Boer read the following letter, which
was addressed to President James NJ
Boutwell, of the club
"Dear Sir; Doubtless the fact of reS
candidacy as it stands requires eyoNN
definition. The city, without gs<W Ii
me, saw fit, so far as a reprN 1--WE
group of men could do so, TO pre- ent my
name to the Republican party Of Yer.
mont for the office of governor on its
ticket of 1912 / have agreed to accept
that designation and will sustain it le-
Ultimately TO the full extent of my
power.
Il have one thing to advise the club
organized in my name and in my behalf,
for which | am sincerely grateful; that
they violate no law. no principle of hon,
est politics aad in no manner adopt
single practice against which my posi-
tion is opposed. The use Of money, the
control Of the press, the artificial can
vass system and the paid political con
vention constitute the issues to which
we object. The people, | am sure, desire
to more nearly and directly elect their
own state officers and Of course tina;
means their nomination by the people
for the purposes OF political parties
government is an expensive thing
calling for action, independence and self
sacrifice on the part Of the voters, but
government by the people cannot be had
or cannot exist unless they will pay for
its costs and take part in its securement
II wish to advise you that am espe
cially interested in the principle involved
and that / request earnestly that ms
friends respect that position, in no case
breaking either the law Of the state or
any rule of pure politics, by which
mean illegal use Of money, misrepresen-
tation, political trading political prom
ises, etc. | would rather lose on that
platform than win upon any basis oi
maintaining the old system, and sin
cerely hope that this position viii be
maintained by all my friends
"Yours very truly,
"Joseph A. DeBoer"
Mr., DeBoer's remarks and his letter
We're we'll received BY the members Of
the club, after whielSremarks were made
by various men from Montpelier and
Barre
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-21
"ADUL LTERATED' PAPER
USED BY GOVERNMENT
Discovery Caused Fear That the Printed
Records Will Be Unreliable With
in century--New Paper
Ordered.

Washington, D. c., Dec 2l-The dis
coyery by the Congressional joint COM
mittee on printing that "adulterated"
paper had been used for years in the
government printing Office, led to the an
nouncement of complete new set Of
government paper standard The paper
adulteration was accomplished by the
substitution of clay for the more sub
stantial wood or rag fibres, leading to
grave fear that many of the printed
records of the government win erumble
and become mreadable in less than
century.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-21
Fine Of sloo in Deer killing Case.

Brattleboro, Dec, 2l.-Judge William
r. Daley announced his decision yester-
day afternoon in the case of the State
KS. George Carruth, tried Tuesday on
the charge of illegally killing deer,
He was found guilty and ordered to pay
a fine of 800 and costs. The offense,
it was charged, was committed in Hall
fax. Feb. "a, 1911. The respondent ap-
pealed
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-21
CARS DOWN BANK.
Serious Freight Wreck at Richmond, But
No One Was Hurt.

Richmond, Dec. 2l--For some un-
known reason extra freight No 1863,
southbound, left the track about noon
yesterday and eight freight cars were
thrown down a 30-foot embankment.
No one was hurt The accident hap
pened a mile north of the station. The
track was blocked about eight hours,
being cleared at eight o'clock in the
evening.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-21
Question Trainmen About Wreck.

Swanton, Dee 2l.-0ficials of the Cen
trail Vermont and the st. Johnsbury &
Lake Champlain met here yesterday to
investigate the collision of Tuesday
evening, when seven persons were in
iured. c. e, Soule, superintendent, and
c. w. Writers, attorney Of the Gem
trail and F. G. Mayo, assistant super
ntendent, and Harry Blodgett, attorney
for the st. ]. & T. G.. were present
and questioned all the trainmen, ex-
cepting the injured conductor and the
brakeman. who are not here The coll
lision is soon to be Investigated by the
state railway commission
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-21
Fought Fast Ten Rounds.

New York, Dec. 2l-"K Knockout
Brown and Leach Cross fought hard and
fast for ten rounds at the Empire Ath-
letic club last night, and it was the opin-
ion Of those about the ring that Brown
won on points. Though a hard left by
Cross raised lump over Browns right
eve in the second round, Brown had the
better of the exchanges.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-21
Famous Bird-man Started From
Lynn, Mass. Today
IN FLIGHT TO PROVIDENCE
Flying in HydroaerOplane, He Planned
to Follow the Water Line, Circling
the Harbors, and Landing in
Narragansett Park.

Lynn, Mass, Dec 2l.-The longest
fight yet attempted in hydro
aeroplane was started to-day by Harry
n. Atwood, who left Point OF Pines this
morning for Providence, r. H. fifty miles
distant Atwood, who was unaccompa-
MED on the trip, planned to follow the
water route as closely as possible, and
he intended to circle all the harbors
which he passed in his fight. On leaving
here, he announced his intention to
ahght at Narragansett park on the out-
skirts of Providence.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-21
KILLED BY FALL
WHILE SKATING
Walter Johnson, Aged So, of Bakersfield,
Sustained Conclusion of the Brain
Last Night and Died
To-day.

Bakersfield, Dec 2l-Walter Johnson.
while skating on Woodward's pond last
night, fell, suffering eoncussion of the
brain, from which he died early this
morning. There were several people on
the pond at the time Of the accident.
Mr. Johnson was 5s years of age and
i survived by his wife and several
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-21
Wife of Telephone Manager Dead

Burlington, Dec, q. Mrs. w Fl. Fox.
wife of w. H. Fox, district manager of
the New England Telephone & Telegraph
company, died suddenly yesterday after
four days illness Of pneumonia. Mrs.
Fox was 81 years old and was born in
Lowell. Mass. Her maiden name was
Maria Tyler Stevens. The body will
be taken to Lowell Thursday for burial.
Mrs. Fox was educated in the public
schools of Lowell and studied at Smith
college for two years. She leaves. be-
sides husband, four children, Lorenzo.
Richard. Madeline and Priscilla, and her
mother, Mrs. J. I. Stevens of Lowell.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-21
MINERS KILLED BY CAR.
Car Slipped from Control and Went
Down the Grade on Them.

Portsmouth. r. l., Dec. 2l.-Two min
ers, Edward Ryan 35 years, and Knute
Bergstrom, As, both of Providence, we're
instantly killed last night at the Ports
mouth coal mines. A ear loaded with
coal. which had almost reached the top
of slope at the bottom of which the
two men were working, slipped from it's
control and rolled swiftly back down
the incline, killing the miners. What
caused the ear to break away is un-
known
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-21
GIRL WAS DROWNED.
Her Brother Made Desperate Effort to
Save Her Life.

Whitinsyille, Mass, Dec. 2l.-Grace
Buma. the eight -year-old child Of Mr.
and Mrs. Lewis Buma, was drowned
while sliding on thin ice on the small
BODY of water in Pierce's cove yesterday
Her Il-year-old brother, Clarence, had
a narrow escape IN a desperate attempt
to save her, but he was pulled ont by
men from the nearby Linwood mills,
who were attfacted by his cries. The
men recovered the girls body about an
hour later.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-21
Broke a Record Yesterday.

To-day's attempt followed a successful
flight yesterday afternoon when, Atwood
broke the hydro-aeroplane record by re-
naming in the air one hour and twenty
minutes, while flying above Marbehead,
Swampseott, Lynn, Saugus and Nahant
He was accompanied on that trip by
Harold F. Moulton, newspaper man.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-21
WON'T ACCEPT REPUBLIC.
china,s Premier So States in an Official
Statement.

Picking, Dec. 2l.--Premier Yuan Shi
Kai, in an official statement to-day, said
that he without any qualification refused
to accept the republic.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-21

Mr. DeBoer's remarks and his letter
We're we'll received by the members Of
the club, after whiehremarks were made
by various men from Montpelier and
Barre.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-06-09

Julius Pfeil, a Farmer, SIS, Living
Near E!khart Lake, Arrested
Accused of Crime.

Sheboygan.-Charged with the
murder of his wife, Julius Pfeil, a
farmer residing near Elkhart Lake,
was arrested and arraigned.
Pfeil, who is about So years old,
had been married three times and he
was also the third husband of the
dead woman. She died April and
certificate of death was issued CIV
ing heart failure as the cause.
Her children, however, asked that
an autopsy be made. Examination
of Mrs. Pfeil's stomach at Madison
showed, it is alleged, the presence
of poison. A warrant was then
sworn out for Pfeil upon complaint
of Carl Foeste, a son.
1t is said that before Mrs. Pfeil's
death she and her husband quarreled
frequently. She had some money in
her own name.