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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-05
Hickman, Ky., LimitIess Waste
of Muddy Water
AND THE FLOOD MAY SPREAD
Hundreds of Men Are Working Fevensh-
" to Strengthen the Embankment to
Prevent Further Devastation
of Endangered District.

Hickman, KY, April "a picture OF
utter desolation is presented by TINS
town, whether it be the view OF the
tented city sheltering thousand home
less persons or the apparently limit
Jess waste of muddy water stretching
before them and the thread OF the levee
on which men are working hard to
thwart the rivers expanding climax OF
the catastrophe. likely any minute, Of
tho breaking OF Reelfoot levee, below
here. Hundreds of men are endeavor-
ing to strengthen it. Should it break
unexpectedly, it is feared many lives Will
be lost.
Thieves are active in the flooded sec
tons. The authorities are considering
calling out the militia to protect prop
erty. A steamer plying across the riF,,
er is packing up marooned persons and
scores have been rescued in TINS man
rer from perilous positions.
Memphis. Tenn. April 5.-NeW
breaches in the levee holding back the
Mississippi tide add TO the menace OF
the flood situation Couriers Fastening
hchind the long stretch OF the weaken
iag embankment, are warning the plants
out of the danger zone.
From Golden Lake, 80 miles north OF
Memphis. to Hubert, Arkansas, the con
ditions are particularly threatening
Near Hubert stretch of the emhank-
mcnt 30 yards long threatens to col
lapse Residents have moved TO the up
pey floors of their houses and merchants
arc removing their stocks. Launches
have been sent to WYATT and Birds Mills
to rescue the inhabitants who are re-
ported to be elinging to housetops and
trees.
Caruthiasville, Mo. April Only a
desperate fight can prevent the rising
food from breaking through the levee in
this territory. Should crevices occur,
the entire st. Francis basis would be
inundated and loss Of life and property
would be great The flood to-day buries
the 1903 high water mark over twenty
inches and continues rising.
An army of men is working day and
night, protecting the weak places, and
the local militia is on duty and other
companies have been requested. The
public buildings are opened for the shell
Ter of the homeless, and government
tents have arrived. The crest of the
flood is expected in five days.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-05
STRUCK IN THE EYES.
George Gordon May Lose Sight-He Goes
to Montreal Hospital.

With the vision of one eye apparently
destroyed and the other member in dan
ger of sympathetic affection, George
Gordon OF 33l North Main street left
at 2:l5 o'clock this morning for Mont
real, p O., where he will enter the
Royal Victoria hospital for treatment.
The accident which caused the loss Of
Mr.. Gordon's eye occurred while the man
was employed at his trade of stonecut-
ter at Scott Bros. shed on Blackwell
street yesterday a few moments before
the whistle blast sounded for noon.
Gordon was operating bullset with
a fellow laborer when a small fragment
of steel flew from the head of the ham
mer which he was swinging and struck
him full in the eye. Blinded in both
eyes for the moment by the blow, Cor
don Immediately set out for the office
of a physician. The eye specialist
whom he later consulted, advised him
TO 90 at once to a Montreal or Boston
hospital.
1t is thought that the piece Of steel
must have lodged in the eye. From
the moment the flying particle struck
him. the eye became useless and Mr..
Gordon left for Montreal with little hope
Of having sight in the member restored.
lie is about twenty-five years old and
has a wife living in Barre.
a telephone message was received dur
ing the course of the day from Mont
real stating that the eye which was
struck by the steel would have to be
taken out but it was not known wheth-
er the operation would be performed
there or in Barre, The other eye was
reported to be in good condition.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-05
CHILD RUN DOWN.
Harold Carr, Aged q, Victim of Driver
Who Didn't Want to Investigate.

As result OF being run down by a
team on Summer street, between Pearl
street and Keith avenue, last Wednes-
day afternoon. Harold Carr 4 years old
son OF Henry w. Carr OF Summer street
Mas badly hurt, and to-day his condition
became such that physician was sum
muned. The child was returning home
from school with another little boy when
he was run down, the sleigh, it is
thought, going over him and then catch
ing him hv one foot and dragging him
quite a distance The boy was taken
Lome by girl who happened along, the
driver Of the team having continued on
his way without waiting to see how
much the little fellow was hurt. Yes
terday the boy seemed to grow worse.
complaining of pain in his neck and
shoulder, and his limbs seem to be par
tally paralyzcd.
The boy with the Carr youngster was
so frightened that he couldn't tell much
about the affair. but streak in the
road showed where the sleigh had
dragged the Carr boy Efforts are be-
Ing made to learn the identity Of the
driver of the team
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-05
PUNCHED SHERIFF,
GETS ARRESTED
AND GOES TO JAIL
Thomas Mccormick, Without Provoca-
tion, Squared OF at Frank Tracy
and Later Was Hit With
Officers Club.

Thomas Mccormick who resisted ar
rest in Montpelier late yesterday to the
extent Of delivering two punches az
Sheriff Tracy, only to be pummeled with
club in return. was brought into Mont
pelier city court this morning and ar
raigned on the charge of intoXication
Mccormick readily pleaded guilty and in
default Of payment of his fine went I'M
der Sheriff Tracy's care for the next
twenty days. After he had thought
matters over this morning. Mccormick
was glad that he was not to be prose
cuted on any other charge He is "a
himberjack. who has been work in Gran
Vile recently.
His trouble started when he went to
the county Jail to see James McFadden
who was committed Thursday for in
toxication, and he said he wanted to pay
McFadden's fine and so get him out.
Mrs. Fl. c. Lawson, wife of Deputy Sher-
ifT Lawson, was in charge Of the jail
office when Mccormick called. and de
manded to have conference with Me
Fadden about settling the fine Mrs.
Lawson told him she could attend to
that matter, as she had the papers in
the office Mccormick insisted, and Mrs,
Lawson ordered him out; whereupon the
fellow began to use abusive language.
Finally the visitor left the Office and
walked around by the outside of the Jail
to try to walk with McFadden through
the window. Mrs. LAWSON ordered him
OIL the premises, and the fellow became
more abusive and so Mrs. Tracy tele
phoned 10 Sheriff Tracy, who was in a
nearby office. and 10 Deputy Sheriff A. A.
Emery at the courthouse. Sheriff Tracy
came on State street just when McCor-
mick was passing and asked him to wait
a minute. as he wanted to talk with
him. At that the fellow struck the
sheriff. once in the cheek and again in
the Jaw. Mccormick, who IS big fell
low, then started to run, with Sheriff
Tracy after him.
The pursuit turned the corner of Main
and State streets and the pursued head
ed toward the Montpelier & Wells River
station. Near Peck Bros store. a man
stepped forth and checked the pursued
until Sheriff Tracy could come up with
him. after which the three men rolled in
a pile on the sidewalk. In the mx-up,
Mccormick was hit over the head with
Sheriff Tracy's club, after which he sub
mitted to arrest and was taken to the
Jail The blow on McCormick's
head started quite flow of blood, and
the pool of it on the sidewalk attracted
much attention.
This morning, when Mccormick had
gotten over the effects of the liquor in |
him. he declared he did wrong and was
that his sentence was no longer |
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-05
A BIG CONTRACT
Awarded the John Swenson Granite Co.
of Concord, N. H.

Concord, \. H.. April 5-Plans and
specifications for the granite to be used
IN the construction Of the new postotiiee
building in Dayton, O., have been re-
'ceived by the John Swenson Granite
company of this city, and the work has
already been started.
The contract awarded the company is
one Of the largest that has come to
Concord and this. with the other work on
hand. Is expected to keep $50 men in
all departments fully employed through
oct the summer. II will also necessi-
tate the use of both the big sheds Of
the company to their capacity.
Some idea of the amount of granite
to he used in the DAYTON building can
be- obtained from the estimate that $50
cars will be required to transport the
finished product from the sheds Of the
con pany to It's destination in the West.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-05
Los Angeles Great Municipal Engineer

In the April American Magazine is an
interesting account of "Bill' Mulhol-
land, municipal engineer of the city of
Los Angeles, who conceived and built
the aqueduct carrying water $50 miles
to the city. Mulholland came to Amer
lea as a sailor when IA years of age
and has made of himself great en-
gineering expert whose ideal is public
service. Following is an extract:
Los Angeles had been growing so
fast that those responsible for its prop
er development foresaw that unless a
greater water supply could be secured
it would have to stop growing, a thing
not on the program of the Los Angeles
boosters. Water in the Southwest is
about as precious as gold. What water
was in sight had been pre-empted for
private and public use for many years.
The level of the underground waters
was falling at an alarming rate as the
result of a succession of dry years.
Wells were going dry and had to be
greatly deepened. For long time Null
holland, as superintendent of the wa
ter works, had studied the water sheds
OF southern California. Discourage
ment had almost become a settled fact.
"On day Fred Eaton, former mayor
and city engineer, came to Mulholland
and told him he had found practical
solution,- enough melted snow for two
million people running to waste into a
dead sea- WhereY In the Owens river
valley on the eastern side of the Sierra
Nevadas, 250 miles from Los Angeles
Mulholland told Eaton he was crazy, or
words to that effect, but he went and
looked at the proposition just the same
-tramped all over it from the Nevada
line to Owens lake, and thence across
the desert to the fertile San Fernando
valley contiguous to Los Angeles. 1t
didn't take him long to become convinced
that the suggestion had merit. Then
he went to work in real earnest. studied
it carefully, and when he was sure he
was right, and incidentally had tied up
the water and riparian lands under an
option. he took the city into his conf
denee.
"The rest is history The proposition
vase carefully investigated by leading
experts of national reputation, who re-
ported favorabIv. Bonds for twenty
three. million dollars to build the aque-
duct were voted by a city having a
population of less than 250000 and Bill
Aiulholland, as he is affectionately called,
was told to go to work. He said the
job could be done in FIVE years for not
to exceed the twenty-three million, and
strange as it may appear to those who
don't know Bill he is doing it. It IS
6ve-sixths done now"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-05
Who Killed This Man?

In the April American Magazine there
Is an account of a window washer who
fell to his death in New York City and
some very interesting comments on the
tragedy. Following is a brief extract:
Il can't make out who killed him Not
the tenants of the office where he was
cleaning windows, for they accepted the
building at the owners hands, as we all
do. The owner probably depended on
the inspector and took his word that
everything was all right. No doubt the
inspector did his duty in accordance with
the law Even if you go back to the
builder who put up the building, most
probably he set those fastenings as he
set them a thousand times before and
since. As far as | can see, the tenant
did his duty as tenant, the owner as
owner. the inspector as inspector and the
builder as builder; and yet, among them
all. somehow the man was killed and
nobody feels responsible or seems to be
responsible.
siStill. | am thinking how differently
all these people would have behaved if
they had not been owners, tenants, in
spectors The Office people, if they had
not been tenants, would have thought
hundred times DeiOGe LheN sent anyone
out to stake his life on that hideous task
They would have personally seen to
those fastenings and tested them thor
oughly. No doubt they would have made
the man put on an extra belt with rope
running indoors. As men, they would
have thought of all these things and
done them; but as tenants, they prob
ably did not notice even that there was
a man out there washing the windows.
We ourselves in this office, as men, would
let our windows go dirty until we could
not see fash of lightning through them
before we would let an associate stand
on the sill hundred-odd feet above the
sidewalk and trust his life to an ap-
paratus that we did not personally know
was safe. Even then it would give us
the ereeps to see him out there. But as
tenants, | doubt whether you know that
our windows have any safety appliance
] don't. And if we see our windows
dirty, all we do is to hunt out the office
manager and ask him what's what"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-05
MILLS WILL NOT OPEN MONDAY
Lowell Strikers to the Number of 400
Paraded To-day.

Lowell, Mass. April 5-The cotton
mills here will not reopen Monday, al
though the Lowell Manufacturers asso-
citation has not yet acted on the mayors
suggestion Of resumption Of work to
test the strength Of number Of oper-
atives desiring to return. President
Wadlcigh said this morning: we have
no intention of opening Monday" The
strikers have musical picketing, a drum
and bugle being used at the Hamilton
and Bigelow mills. There was parade
of four hundred strikers near the mills
to-day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-05
PROMPT CONVICTION
IN ASSAULT CASE
Valentine Hahn Found Guilty in Rut-
land County Court of Attacking
School Teacher in Sudbury.

Rutland, April 5--Valentine Hahn was
found guilty in Rutland county court
to-day of attempting criminal assault
on Miss Nellie Meehan of Starksboro,
school teacher, in the town of Sud-
bury on November 6, 1911. The jury
was out with the case twenty minutes.
This verdict was returned in the face
Of the testimony of Hahn yesterday
that he was in Rutland at the time of
the alleged assault. Hahn testified that
his home was in New York state, but
that he had worked for various people
in Sudbury last year. He left Sud
bury, he said, at the time OF the Middle
bury fair and later worked for Butler
Bros in Clarendon month. later stay
ing in this city for some time before
going back to Sudbury to work for Mr..
Marseilles in December
While in this city witness had stayed
at the Oxford and at the Elmore hotels.
He had taken meals at the Allen and
Star restaurant and had been shaved at
the Burke and Gomez barber shops
Witness declared that he was not ia
Sudbury from October ID until he went
to work at the Marselles farm December
H. He was in this city, he said, when
he read in the papers Of an assault being
committed upon a school teacher in Sud
bury.
On cross-examination, Hahn said that
his age was 81 years. Asked if he had
not said in city court that be was AZ,
he replied that he did not know. He
was convicted of assault in Rochester,
n. Y, serving year in the penitentiary.
Witness bad spent couple of seasons"
in Burlington, l909-lo. He was convict
ed on March s. 1909, in Chittenden coun
ty for tramping. serving 30 days.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-05
R. B. Solomon, Aged 70, Killed
in Rutland Today
SLEEVE CAUGHT IN GEARS
He Was Drawn Into the Gears and Met
Instant Death-He Had Been En-
ployed by Rutland Manufac-
turing Co. 20 Years.

Rutland. April 5.--R. B. Solomon, an
employe of the Rutland Manufacturing
company, was instantly killed while
working at the company's factory here
this forenoon. The sleeve of Solomon's
jumper caught in the gears of the ma
chinefy and Solomon was drawn into
the machinery SO that his neck was
broken, and death was instantaneous.
The victim of the accident was 70
years of age, and he had been employed
by the Rutland Manufacturing company
for the past twenty years. He is sur
yived by his wife and two daughters Of
this city.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-05
WON'T PRESS DEMAND
FOR RECOGNITION
Anthracite Coal Operators Say They'll
Abide by Decision of the Anthra-
cite Commission.

New York, April 5.~The anthracite
coal operators took official cognizance to-
day Of widespread reports that the mine
workers We're planning to press demands
for recognition Of the United Mine
Workers OF America by statement de-
claring that they are willing to stand
absolutely upon the decision of the an.
thracite commission respecting this de-
mand The operators claim that ma
jority of the mine workers are not mem
bers of that union.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-05
EMERY TO KEEP
HIS POSITION
AS A SHERIFF
Maine Senate Voted To-day to Remove
Him From Office but the House Took
the Opposite Side, So He
Stays,

Augusta, Me-, April 5.--The Senate
to day adopted the address for the re-
moyai of Sheriff Emery on the first
count, on the charge Of attempting to
briba County Attorney Richardson to
protect the liquor interests. The charge
Of actual bribery was not sustained.
The House has yet to vote on the mat
ter
The House rejected both counts OF the
charges against Emery. As the action
o. both branches is necessary for the
the sheriff retains his office.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-05
NEW WORLDS RECORD FOR
NIGHT TORPEDO FIRING
Destroyers Trappe and Monaghan Hit
Bullseye with Every Torpedo, and
Five Vessels Exceeded Aver
age for Daylight Firing.

Pensacola, Fla, April 5.-A new
worlds record for night torpedo firing
was made in the harbor by the destroy
ers Trappa and Monaghan, to-day, every
torpedo striking the bullseye The en-
tire group of five vessels made an aver
age of seventy per cent. ON hits, which
exceeds the average for daylight firing
under favorable weather conditions.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-05
WAITING FOR BARRE.
Hardwick Clerks Agreement Expired
and They're Waiting for Barre.

Hardwick April .. The agreement be
tween the Harolwick clerks union and
the merchants terminated April !.
While there has been no suspenAon Of
work. no settlement has been reached
and an agreement will necessarily be
deferred pending a settlement OF the
clerks strike in Barre. The committee.
win meet again within a few days.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-05
WILSON'S VISIT POSTPONED.
Will Come to Brattleboro Next Week
Friday, April II.

Brattleboro, April ,5.-Gov Woodrow
Wilson of New Jersey. candidate for
the Democratic presidential nomination
will visit Brattleboro on Friday even
ing the 18th, instead of Saturday even
ing of this week. Owing to an emer-
gency call to Illinois, Governor Wilson
asked the local committee on arrange
ments 10 make the above change of
date in order that he might fulfil the
urgent western engagement.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-05
WITHDREW HIS APPEAL.
Patrick Kane Goes TO County Jail for
70 Days.

Patrick Kane, who was arrested at
the hotel Northern on North Main street
several mornings ago on charge Of in
toXication and who was later convicted
OF the charge in city court, after plead
ing not guilty, appeared before Judge
H. w Scott this forenoon and withdrew
the appeal to county court. which he
took on the day Of his conviction. The
was unable TO pay fine aud
accepted the alternative sentence of serv-
ing IS days in the county Jail at Mont
pelier An officer took Kane to the
capital city this afternoon.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-05
GOOD FRIDAY SERVICES
Were Held To-day in ST. Monica's and
Church of the Good Shepherd

To-day being Good Friday apPropri-
ate services We're held at ST Monica's
church and at the Church Of the Good
Shepherd. At the former church services
were held at o'clock in charge of the
pastor. Rev. P. NJ. McKenna. and the
Curate Rev. A. G. Griffin. Evening sary.
ice, will be held at 1870 o'clock Good
Friday services were held at the Church
of the Good Shepherd at 10 o'clock and
evening services will begin at $50
O'Clock. the rector, Rev w J. NJ Beat.
tie in charge. Baptismal services VIII
be held at the church tomorrow after
noon at 1 o'clock
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-05
AFTER SALOON KEEPERS
IN $l75,000 SUIDS
Because Liquor Was Sold Four Slayers
of Mrs. Hattie Kaufman, Killed on
Way Home from the Theatre
With Her Husband.

Chicago, April 5.-Suits aggregating
$4,000 are to be filed against saloon
keepers and owners of buildings where
saloons are located, because of the sale
of liquor to the four convicted slayers
of Mrs. Hattie Kaufman. Mrs. kaufman
was shot in December, while going home
from the theatre with her husband.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-05
HoNoRs AT ST. JoHNSBURY.
William Babcock Is valedictorian of the
1912 Class.

st. Johnsbury, April 5.-The com
mencement honors at St JohnSburv
academy were announced at the chapel
exercises yesterday morning. William
Bahcock Of st. Johnsbury is valedicto-
rian and Miss Mildred Hatch Of Ran
delphi. salutatorian. The speakers elect
Ell by the faculty are Arthur Little
OF st. Johnsbury and Walter Cleveland
OF Coventry.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-05
SETTLEMENT IS URGED
BY CENTRAL LABOR UNION
Letter Was Sent to Both Merchants and
Clerks on the Fifth Day of the
Disagreement in Barre
Store Situation

To-day. the fifth IN the strike of the
Barre retail clerks. sees no material
change in the situation, though there is
a feeling that something will be done
soon towards reaching a settlement. A
committee from the merchants met a
committee from the Central Labor union
last evening and discussed the situation,
the result Of which was letter from
the Central Labor union to both mer
chants and clerks, urging each to make
an effort to get together and make a
settlement.
A meeting OF the clerks union is being
held this afternoon and the merchants
have called meeting for this evening.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-05
CUMMINS CAPTURED
THIRD IOWA DISTRICT

Running in His Own State He Barely
Beat Out Taft To-day and Land
Waterloo, Iowa, April 5.Senator A.
Waterloo, Iowa, April 5.-Senator A.
b. Cummins to-day won the delegation
to the national convention in the third
Iowa district. On the 62d ballot, Frank
lin county's delegation swung to the
progressive side, thus breaking the dead
lock.
When the convention opened, the Taft
and Cummins forces each mustered Y
votes. Both the delegates elected were
instructed for Cummins.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-05
EIGHT SMALLPOX CASES
WERE DISCOVERED
Deweys Mills in Town of Hartford Has
Been Put Under Quarantine and
School Children Will Be
RaDt AZ Horne
Kept at Home.

Hartford. April Eight cases Of
smallpox have broken out in the vii
lage OF Deweys Mills in this town and
the place has been put under quaran-
tine. The authorities are investigating
and the children who have been trans
ported to the Queeche schools viii be
kept at home. II is believed that the
infection was brought from Canada by
a workman.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-05
TO HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT
F. DeNicola Was Hit by Falling Piece of
Guy Rope.

Suffering from injuries sustained at
the quarries this morning, f. DeNicola
was brought to the City hospital at
noon for treatment, his skull being
fractured, it was thought, and one arm
being broken He was struck by
piece Of broken guy rope which was
snapped Off bv the hook on a derrick
ann. DeNicola is "a years old and
single
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-05
GRANITEVILLE.

A play entitled Breezy Point Will
be given in Miles hall Wednesday even
ing. April 10, at o'clock, under the
auspices of the ladies' aid society Of
the Presbyterian church. All are well
come. Come and enjoy yourselves.