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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-14
TALK OF THE TOWN

! II. T. Hall of West street left this
morning on a brief business trip to War
ren.
! J. n. Ranney Of Boston, travelling
freight agent for the Great Western
lines, was among the business visitors IN
this city to-day.
Rev. Louis Hendry. who has been visit
ing with friends in this city for the past
! few days. returned to his home at Bur-
lington this afternoon
Miss Sue Boland, who has been visit
ing for the past few days as the guest
OF friends on North Main street, returned
to Burlington this afternoon.
Miss Mary Ellen Phalen of Burling
ton arrived in this city this afternoon
and will spend few days as the guest
of Mrs. j. w. Stewart Of West street.
Maeeabees- The regular review of Har-
mon hive. No /, l.. o. T. NJ. will be held
on Wednesday evening, May Is, at 7:30
o'clock Every member is requested TO
make an effort to be present.
The Granite street Stars defeated tae
River street Stars last night by the
score of L. 0. The game was callei
at the end CG the slNtH IhNlHg HU dc-
count of rain The batteries were; Sas-
s. and Marriott, Fruntini and Mcpor-
aid
Miss Mary Goneyo, who has been Fem
ployed in this city Tor several months,
returned this morning to her home in
Berlin, where she viii remain for
few DAYS before leaving for Bethlehem,
\. H., where she will remain during
the summer.
Two games on Goddard seminary's
baseball schedule viii be played the last
two days OF this week. Friday they viii
line up against the strong Peoples acad
cmy team from Morrisville and on Sat
urday Hardwick academy will be their
opponents. Both contests will be played
on the seminary campus.
Civil engineers in the employ Of Walk
er & Walker started work this fore
noon surveying the land opposite Jones
Bros plant recently purchased of the
Sortwell estate by the Perry Real Es-
tate agency. Until now the dispose
tion Of the property has not been wide
" known. but this morning il was an-
nounccd that the surveyors would stake
the area into lots preparatory to an
auction sale which viii be held May 80
and on the following Saturday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-14
HOLDING A CONFERENCE.
Sunday School Workers Met at Hedding
Methodist Church This Afternoon.

The conference of the Sunday school
workers opened at 2:l5 this afternoon at
the Hedding Methodist church, Nearly
every Sunday school teacher and Sun
day school officer of the different
churches in the city were present and
among the many from outside OF the
city were general-secretary of the Yer
mont Sunday School association Dur
fee OF Burlington, Miss Edith NJ Balcll
of Burlington, field secretary, and Miss
Anna Byington of Colchester, superin-
tendent of the elementary department
of the state association of Sunday school
workers.
This conference is the first of its kind
to be held in Barre and all indications
point towards success in the work. Miss
Balch, the field secretary will conduct
both the afternoon and the evening eN-
ercises.
The afternoon exercises of the confer
ence started shortly after two o'clock
and the program is as follows: The gem
eral theme of the meeting is Getting:
a. Geeting Acquainted; (2l Getting To-
gether; 81 Getting information three
minute reports from all the schools rep
resented; al Getting the Right Ma
ehinery minute talks by county and
state officers, and the relation the
schools of the district sustain to each
other and to the county association; t5l
Getting Strength in the Teaching Force
the teachers preparation, the teach-
ers' class work, and a question for each
teacher, "Why are you teaching that
class p; (6l Getting in Touch with the
may the home department
work in our territory be strengthened r.
and "Home cooperation and the par
ents' council; ~ Getting at Our Trou-
bles question box.
Supper will be served at o'clock in
the church vestry and the evening serv-
ices will begin at o'clock Miss Balch
the field secretary, who will have charge
Of these exercises win give an address
on Working Together" DIR. II. A. Dur
fee will also speak. It is probable tha,
his subject win be. "The Supreme Pur-
pose of the Bible School" The evening
exercises of the conference win be a
Of the pastors of the different
in the city and the Sunday
school superiutendents and will be held
in the pastors study. One of the prin-
ripal discussions that will come before
the meeting will be the adyisability Of
holding the conference of the State Sun
lay School association in this city Octo,
Der s.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-14
ALLEGED TO BE FORGER.
Frank H. Carpenter, Arrested in Boston
and Taken to Providence.

Boston. May l6.--Soon after be had
stepped from train at the south station
yesterday afternoon, Frank H. Carpen-
ter, 4S years old, of @ West Wier street,
Taunton, was arrested on Lincoln street
by Inspector Cronin of police headquar-
ters and Inspector O'Malley of Provi-
dence. He is wanted in Rhode Island for
forging and uttering three checks that
amounted to 5000. He waived extradi-
tion proceedings and was taken back
to Providence last hight.
The police say Carpenter, who says he
is civil engineer, has confessed. One
of the counts charges him with forging
the name of Etha Gardner of Providence
to a check for $3.50 and uttering it on
the Rhode Island state hospital on May
IL. At police headquarters Deputy Watts
recognized Carpenter as a man who IS
years ago served three years for a sim
liar offense at New Bedford.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-14
EXPECT BATTLE TOMORROW.
Following Order of Federal Commander
to Advance.

FL Paso, Tex, May l4.-General Huer-
ia, the federal commander, with head
quarters at Coneios, has ordered an adj
vance on the main body of Orozco's army
gathered at Escalon and Rellano, and a
battle may be expected early tomorrow.
The slaughter of rebels at Custro Glen
ogas recently was the worst blow yet in
lficted upon the insurrectos. Dispatches
received yesterday said the rebels un-
der General Salazar were caught in Il
canyon, and force of 1000 nearly an
INITIATED. Some escaped by climbing
over rocks and Others were shot dead
from above. Salazar is believed to have
Irejoined orozco at Conojos with only 500
survivors.
Of the remaining 500 more than 500
are believed to have been killed. The
rest fled to various parts of Mexico.
Some of the retreating rebels were over
taken in the desert and killed and 9TH
Iers died from hunger and thirst.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-14
GETS CHANCE FOR FREEDOM.
August Langner, Life Prisoner, Will Get
Chance Before Council.

Boston. May l4.-August Langner,
who has been life prisoner at Charles
town since 1892, is to have another
chance to show that he was wrongfully
convicted of the murder of Miss Mary
Emerson of West Dedham in 1891. His
application for pardon will be referred
to the council by Gov. Foss, probably
at the meeting tomorrow.
Repeated efforts have been made TO
get pardon for Langner. Two years
ago an application was referred to the
council by Gov. Draper and the par
don committee refused to recommend a
pardon. Previous to that an application
was made in 1897, when Gov. Wolcott
refused to refer petition. Another
attempt was made in 1902. Last year
Langner wrote long letter to Gov, Foss
in which he declared that his conyie-
tion was due to his inability to under
stand what was said at the trial be-
cause of his unfamiliarity with the Eng
lish language.
Langner's application for pardon is
backed by large number of German
residents. For years Mrs. Angelica Post
worked to secure his release.
Efforts in Langner's behalf have been
renewed this year. The various German
societies have collected enough money
to send him to the West or to Canada,
so that he may get fresh start, if he
is pardoned. He says that he shall
certainly leave the state.
The murder of Miss Mary Emerson,
an elderly woman of some means, fur
nished a mystery over which the state
was puzzled until the arrest of Lang
ner in New York and his subsequent con
viction after delay of one year. Miss
Emerson had as boarder at her home
in West Dedham, Philip Hoffman, who
worked in hospital in Boston. May
20, 1891, four days before the murder,
Hoffman secured Langner from Ger
man employment agency in Boston TO
work for Miss Emerson. Langner had
been in the country but four weeks
and knew nothing of the language. On
the morning of June 2 when Hoffman
went to Boston he left Langner at work
digging postholes. When he returned at
4 o'clock that afternoon the workman
was not to be found but he discovered
the body of Miss Emerson in a closet.
Hoffman was arrested but was released
after two weeks in jail because there
was no evidence against him.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-14
N. H. DEMOCRATS
FAVOR SIx-YEAR TERM
State Convention at Concord To-day
Adopted Platform Also Calling
for Ineligibility for Second

Concord, n. H., May l4.--The Demo
cratic state convention to-day adopted a
platform favoring six.year term for
president and ineligibility for second
term.
Concord, \. H., May 1.-THE caucus
preliminary to the Democratic state con.
yention came to an abrupt end last night
when the names of presidential candi-
dates were mentioned. The matter OF
instructing the four New Hampshire
delegates t-large to the national con
vention is expected to precipitate a live
ly time at the convention and it had
been tentatively agreed that the mat
ter should not be brought up in any
way in the caucus last night. jeremiah
j. Doyle of Nashua, however, brought
in the name of Champ Clark and almost
Immediately Chairman Fred II. Brown
of Somersworth declared the caucus ad-
journed.
Samuel d. Felker of Rochester was
named as presiding officer of the con-
yention with full list of county vice.
presidents and committees. Alden G.
Kelly of Derry was selected as chair
man OF IHe cFeue0IlAl committee ana
Clarence Z. Carr of Andover to head
the committee ON resolutions.
The original slate of delegates-at-
large to the national Democratic con-
vention. composed of Clarence +. Carr
OF Andover, Eugene f. Reed of Man
chester, John H. Jameson of Antrim
and Henri T. Ledoux of Nashua, are
all favorable to Gov Woodrow Wilson
for the presidential nomination. Since
they were named some time ago, how
ever, the Democrats of the state have
generally become followers of Champ
Clark and it is claimed that the Clark
faction viii have full control of the con-
vention. If such is the case, the slate
originally picked will not be selected
unless they are pledged to. Clark.
In the event of their not being will
ing to go to Baltimore prepared to vote
for Clark, Oliver f. Branch of Manches-
ter. James +. Brennan of Peterboro,
George w. McGregor of Littleton and
David f. Murphy of Concord are likely
TO be the choice of the convention, it was
stated last night.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-14
In California Presidential Pri-
mary Being Held To-day
AND VOTE IS VERY HEAVY
Sen La Toilette Is One of Big Contend
ers for Republican Preference and He
Has Been Bitterly Assailing Colo
mel Roosevelt, as Have Taft Men.

San Francisco, Cal. May 1.-THE
women of California were given their
first opportunity to-day to express their
choice for the presidential nomination,
and, as a consequence, the political pri-
mary vote promised at the opening OF
the polls to be the heaviest the state
has ever known.
The campaign has been bitterly con-
tested. Senator La Toilette, aided by
his wife and others, has toured the
state, charging that Col. Roosevelt failed
to give him a square deal" while the
Taft speakers have hurled the same
charge against Roosevelt Governor
johnson has exerted his influence in be-
half of Col. Roosevelt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-14
HELPl HELP! HELPl

All men, whether present members of
the Barre Board Of Trade or not, who
are willing TO join and give their time
a portion of one day, Thursday. May Is,
in the cause of increased membership
to Barre's Board Of Trade; also persons
who are willing TO contribute the use
Of their automobiles or. teams for use
of canvassers a portion of the day Thurs
day. will please meet on the third ioor
of the c. ". Averill block this, Tues
dsy. evening, May IA, at 1880 o'clock.
II unable TO be present, please notify
y. B. Ballard OF your willingness TO
assist.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-14
RAILROAD SCHEME SURE.
For Improvement of Mount Washington
in New Hampshire.

Concord. ~ H., May l4.--It developed
at meeting yesterday of the directors
of the Concord & Montreal railroad that
in case the proposed issue of stock to
cover the Sl.500000 improvement plan
for Mount Washington is not fully TAX
en- up by the stockholders of the Con-
cord & Montreal, wealthy outsiders
have practically given assurance that
any part of the whole of this sum will
be forthcoming.
At the session yesterday afternoon,
the plans were explained. 1t is under
stood that the working arrangement be-
tween the Boston & Maine and the Con-
cord & Montreal made il necessary that
the latter road should have charge of
operations at Mt. Washington. Request
for such action has been made by the
Boston & Maine. which has also agreed
to pay dividends upon the new capital
stock
II was the decision to lay the entire
matter before the stockholders of the
Concord & Montreal at the meeting
which be held here in June.
AT this time vote will be taken TO
see whether the proposed extensions and
improvements will be authorized and
whether they will raise the money nee
essarv for construction. Work on the
project will begin at once when the per-
mission is given. and it is understood
that the power plant will be the first
thing to be constructed. Work on the
line and hotel can proceed for only about
three months in the year on account of
the extreme rigor Of the winters on the
summit and slopes.
The structure win be built piecemeal,
the Office and station first and the hotel
proper later. 1t is the s-Pposition that
all will be completed by the season of
1914.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-14
KNIGHTS AT MONTPELIER.
State Convention of Knights of Colum-
bus Being Held To-day.

The Vermont state convention of the
Knights of Columbus was started at
Montpelier this forenoon. the first fea.
ture of the convention being solemn high
mass at st. Augustine's church, with
Rev. W. J. 0'Sullivan preaching the SER
mon and Bishop Rice addressing tho
delegates. A business session followed
the church service. This afternoons ses-
sion will be occupied with business, and
tonight there viii be ball in the
Montpelier city hall. This social affair
promises to be one of the most enjoy
able ever held at a Knights of Colum-
bus convention.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-14
COMPROMISE MADE
IN MARYLAND FIGHT
Taft and Roosevelt Leaders Agree to
Split Delegation to Republican
National Convention, After
Conference To-day.

Baltimore. Md. May l4--An agree
ment was reached early this morning at
conference between the leaders Of the
Taft and Roosevelt forces to split even
on Maryland's delegation to the Repuh-
lican national convention. Each side
will have two delegates-at- large anil
eight district delegates, 10 in all.
The delegation will be instructed TO
vote for Colonel Roosevelt for presi-
dent as long as he has any possible
chance Of receiving the nomination.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-14
NEWS STANDS ORDERED OUT.
Chicago City Council Instructed Police
to Remove Them from Streets.

Chicago, May l4.-The city council
last night passed a resolution authoriz-
ling Mayor Harrison to instruct Chief
of Police McWeeny to remove all news
stands from street corners in Chicago.
Since the newsboys struck in sympathy
with the pressmen about two weeks
ago, the stands have been conducted by
non-union employees under police guard
Alderman Ahern, who fathered the
resolution pointed out that many POI
licemen had been taken from their beats
\ in the outlying quarters to guard the
news stands and he insisted that this
was unfair. He also said the city might
be liable for damage in case rioting
should start at any of the police pro-
tected stands.
Newsboys would not be prohibited
from selling papers in the streets by
the provision of the resolution but would
be compelled TO keep moving.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-14
ODD FELLOWS GATHERED.
Grand Encampment of Vermont Is at
Woodstock This Week.

Woodstock, May 1.-THE Odd Fell
lows convention. session of the grand
encampment of Vermont, meeting OF the
grand lodge of Vermont, and session of
the Rebekah assembly opeend four
days meeting here yesterday. The town
is decorated for the COO to 200 visiting
Odd Fellows that are expected to arrive
here during the present q hours. Deco
rations the entire length of Main street,
and flags, banners and electrical effects
are to be seen in abundance.
Last evening the first degree was ex-
emplified by Windsor lodge
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-14
ANOTHER COUNTY SPLITS.
Taft and Roosevelt Divide Support in
Lewis County, Wash.

Seattle, Wash, May I4-Lewis coun-
ty Republicans, the last to hold their
county conventions, split yesterday, Taft
followers choosing a delegation of 10
and Roosevelt supporters in separate
convention selected like number. With
all the counties in the state heard from.
delegates are as follows; Roosevelt. 235;
Taft, III; La Toilette, |; contested, 26l /;
necessary to control convention, 335.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-14
CYCLONE KILLS MANY
WHOLE VILLAGES RAZED
Three Hundred and Thirty Houses De.
molished-Number of Dead Not
known, Only Four Bodies
Found

Budapest, Hungary, May IA num-
Der of villages, including Balyanijos and
Narielja, were practically razed to the
ground and many inhabitants were killed
and injured by a cyclone, which swept
the district to-day. Three hundred and
thirty houses were reduced to ruins and
four bodies have thus far been recovered
Other villages We're also greatly dam
aged.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-14
ENDORSED De B0ER
FOR GOVERNOR
81 Windsor County Republicans Organ
ized Last Night and Took Unani-
nous Action Favoring the
Montpelier Man.

Chester Depot, May IA Sixty.two
men representing all sections Of Wind
sor county met at Chester last evening
and organized the Windsor County Pro-
gressive Republican league The league
voted unanimously to endorse Joseph A.
DeBoer of Montpelier as a candidate for
the Republican nomination for governor.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-14
CONTROLLED BY ROOSEVELT.
Most of County Conventions Held
Throughout Minnesota.

st. Paul, Mimi, May l4.Cdlnty con
ventions held throughout Minnesota yes
terday to select delegates to the state
Republican convention at Minneapolis
next Thursday were in most cases CON
trolled by followers Of Colonel Roose-
welt. Delegates at congressional conven-
tions to be held next Wednesday also
were chosen and Colonel Roosevelt car
ried each district.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-14
Thirteen Men Lost Their Lives
at IronWood, Mich, Today
BECAUSE OF BIG CAvE-IN
The Men Had Warning as Ground Started
to Crumble and They Rushed Into An
other Part of the Mine Which They
Supposed Safe, Only to Be Crushed.

Ironwood, Mich. May l4.-Thirteen
men were killed in cave-in at the Nor
ris mine here to-day. While the men
were working in the pit, the ground
started to crumble, and the men rushed
into another drift, which they believed
would be safe. There they were buried.
The mine drift in which the men lost
their lives had just been retimbered.
One of the racks worked loose and the
timbers gave way, releasing mass OF
earth and ore.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-14
SUGAR REFINING co. UNDER FIRE
Testimony Being Taken Looking Toward
Trust Dissolution.

New York, May l4.-The taking of
testimony in the federal action for the
dissolution of the American Sugar Re
fining company was commenced here to-
day before Special Examiner Brice. This
action. together with the suit against
the United States Steel corporation,
makes two big cases brought by the
government for the dissolution of two
so.called trusts that are now under way
here. The cases are expected to continue
many months.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-14
ROOSEVELT IN OHIO.
Intends to Make Sixty Speeches There,
Beginning at Bellaire.

Belaire. o., May l4.-Colonel Roose-
velt opened his Ohio campaign here to-
day. He viii cover Ohio more thor
oughly than any other state he has
visited during his fight for the presi-
Dental nomination. The colonel in his
speech here made much the same plea
for support that he presented elsewhere,
saying that the present presidential fight
is Straight line up between the plain
people and the bosses. During the cam
paign in Ohio Roosevelt plans sixty
speeches
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-14
MEN HURLED
SIXTY FEET
When Co i opringfieId's
ouilding Fell
TWO MAY Be FATALLY HURT
The Men Were Working on the Cornice
When 1t Toppled Over the Edge of the
Fourth Story--Rains Probably
Had Loosened the Mortar.

Springfield, Mass, May l4-Four
workmen were injured, two of them per-
haps fatally. when the cornice on the
fourth floor Of the new municipal build
ing, which is under course of eonstruc.
tion, fell The men were working on
the cornice when It gave way, and they
dropped sixty feet 1t is believed that
the accident was caused by the fact that
the recent rains loosened the mortar
and caused the cornice to topple over.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-14
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
Barn of Samuel S. Gaines at Panton
Destroyed by Fire.

Psnton, May l4-During a severe
thunder storm here yesterday afternoon,
the barn belonging to Samuel S. Gaines
was struck by lightning and burned to
the ground with all it's contents. He is
protected by insurance. Among the
things consumed were four tons of straw,
two tons OF hay, three cultivators, set
of new sleighs, an ensilage cutter and
four plows. The barn was 80 by 40 feet
and had an ell.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-14
GOT FIFTEEN YEARS.
Cruelty to a Child Puts Salem, Mass,
Woman in Prison.

Salem, Mass, May l4--A verdict of
guilty of manslaughter was returned by
b jury in the Essex county superior
court here yesterday against Mrs. Jennie
%. Wentzell of Lynn for causing the
death of her four-year-old nephew,
Charles J. Besupre.
The little boy was put in Mrs Went
zelrs charge about a year ago, last
February he was taken to Lynn hos
pital, where he died as the result Of
wounds which the police allege were in
ficted by Mrs. Wentzell. Neighbors had
complained to the police of the cruel
treatment administered to the boy by
the woman.
Fifteen years in the womans prison at
Sherburn was the sentence imposed upon
Mrs. Wentzell by Judge Brown.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-14

The suit of Virginia Sharon of Bur
lington vs.. Herbert w. Chase and Ma
tilda A. Chase of Colchester. in chancery,
was filed at the county clerks office Sat
urday. The oratrix' claims that she
was induced to exchange her place at 50
Hyde street for a four-acre farm in
South Burlington, and found afterwards
that the latter property was not as good
as represented and not worth the price
OF her place. She asks to have the deed
set aside.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-14
GRAND TRUNK SYSTEM
MAY GET CHARTER
Permitting 1t to Enter Boston-Massa-
chusetts Subcommittee on Rail-
road Reports Bill Fa-
vorably.

Boston, May 1.-THE subcommittee
of the legislative committee on railroads
reported to the full committee to-day
a bill permitting the Southern New Eng
land railroad Of the Grand Trunk sys-
tenn to extend its f1nes to Boston. The
extension proposed by the Grand Trunk
officials comes in from the southwest
from the authorized line from Palmer.
Mass. to Providence, r. l., from the
northwest from Bellows Falls and also
from Blackstone, Mass.
The bill authorizes the extension from
the northwest to enter the state at the
New Hampshire line in punstable.