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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-09
vERMoNTER DIED IN TEXAS.
Lieut.. Nelson A. Goodspeed, Formerly
of st. Adams, Victim of tuberculosis.

st. Albans, Jan. 9.-News has been re-
ceived here of the death of Lieut.. Nell
son Allen GooGspeed of tuberculosis at
the U. S. hospital at Fort Bayard, n.
Mex, Sunday, January Z. Lieut.. Good
speed was native of st. Albans, where
he was born in 1876; he was educated
at the st. Adams high school, Norwich
university, the Highland Falls, n. y,
preparatory school, and the United
States Military academy at West Point,
graduating in the class of 1902. He at
once entered the army and was in the
service until March, 1911, when by rea-
son of poor health he was placed on the
retired list. He was The son of Nell
son Goodspeed of st. Albans, by whom
he is survived. together with his wife,
who was Estella Wright Champion,
whom he married in 1905. He also
leaves young son and daughter and
a sister Mrs. Ashby s. Head, of this
city. The remains will be brought here
as soon as possible and the funeral viii
be held at st. Luke's Episcopal church.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-09
FOUR PERSONS DEAD
IN CANADIAN WRECK
Quebec and Montreal Trains Collided at
Point About 80 Miles From Mont
real Yesterday After
noon.

Montreal, Jan. 9.-Four persons were
killed and FIVE injured when train from
Quebec dashed into a train from Mont
real at st. Vincent de Paul station, about
80 miles from this city yesterday.
Both trains were crowded with pas
sengcrs, bound for their country homes
after attending special Epiphany serv.
ices in Quebec and Montreal. Accord
ing to the officials of the Canadian Pa
cific railway, on whose road the wreck
occurred, the train which left Montreal
at 1880 p. m, was standing west OF
the st. Vincent de Paul station when
the Quebec train overTan siding, with
the result that the baggage car and
the passenger coach following were tele-
scoped. The lives of three passengers in
the day coach were crushed out, and a
brakeman named De Harnais was also
killed.
A large number of passengers in both
trains suffered severely from cuts and
bruises and shock, but only five persons
were badly hurt. These included j. G..
Hamilton, engineer of the Quebec train,
and Conductor o f. Frechette.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-09
DANIEL S. PRATT DEAD.
Merchant and Livestock Raiser of Brat
tleboro.

Brattleboro, Jan. 9.-Daniel Stewart
Pratt, SIS years old, died at his home
on Western avenue at midnight Sunday
night, after an illness of several years.
In mercantile affairs and the raising
OF blooded livestock Mr.. Pratt had won
an enviable reputation.
He was born in Brattleboro Aug. 3,
1926. a son of Rufus and Maria (Esta-
brook Pratt. He spent his early life
on his fathers farm, but at the age of
Is he entered the employ of his father,
who ran market, and at his majority
entered the general store of Wheeler &
Pratt. and remained with that concern
until the firm was dissolved in 1850. He
then became a member of dry goods
firm.
Mr.. Pratt was made chairman of the
board of selectmen in 1879. For 30
years he was director in some banks of
this village and in 1854 he became in
terested in the Vermont Livestock com
panv and had served as it's head
He was married Feb. Ia, 1850, to Caro-
line PAMELA. daughter of Edmund and
Betsey (Wrightl Hoar of Bedford, Mass.
Mrs. Pratt died March 4, 1896. He is
survived by daughter, Mrs. C. w. Dun
ham of Brattleboro, and two sons, Ed
n,und r. of New York City and Wal
ter s. Pratt of Springfield, Mass. He
also leaves brother, o. j. Pratt of
Brattleboro.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-09
PETITIONS FILED.
Pardons For Two Lawrence, Mass, Men
in Prison.

Boston. Jan. 9.-Petitions for the par
don of Samuel F. Kress and James A.
Hamilton of Lawrence, serving terms OF
two and half years in the Charlestown
state prison for their connection with the
conspiracy case which resulted in the
conviction of former Mayor White of
Lawrence and others, have been filed
with Executive Clerk Hamlin of the gov
ernor's council. Former Mayor White
was recently pardoned by the council.
The petition for Kress recites that
he has been sufficiently punished, having
served a. term of eighteen months, that
he was only % years of age at the time
of his otiense and that up to the time
of his connection with the conspiracy,
he had the reputation of being a re-
spected citizen.
The petition for the pardon of Hamil-
ton alleges that continued confinement
will deter his health to the detriment
of his family, who are dependent upon
his support
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-09
NOVEL SUIT II cHANcERY.
Aged West Rutland Man Ayers He Was
Put Off His Farm.

Rutland, Jan. GA rather novel chan
Gerry case was filed yesterday with Coun-
ty Clerk II. A. Harnan, the complaint
being made in prayer for an injunc-
ton that Levi Baker and morton Baker
have prevented Oscar d. Young of West
Rutland, aged SO years, from going on
to his own farm in West Rutland on
which they are tenants. Judge Fred NJ.
Butler of this city has granted a. tenn
porary injunction against the Bakers.
In the bill of complaint the orator
sets up that on March l, last, he leased
his farm of about $50 acres, located on
the road between West Rutland and Ira,
to the defendants for a period of one
year on condition that they carry on
the farm in a husband-li like manner, give
the cattle the best of care, cart stone
away from seeded land and on quitting
the premises leave an amount Of grain
hay and sugar wood" equl TO that
which they found
Mr.. Young ayers that the Messrs.
Baker have not lived up to their agree
ment and that they ordered him from
the premises when he attempted to go
to his own farm and give the cattle
food which was necessary for their vel
fare. IT is set up that the defendants
have no attachable property and that
there is thus no redress for the orator
in an ordinary damage suit
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-09
SUES FOR $4,000 DAMAGES.
Negligence of Fellow Employe at Proc
tor Is Charged.

Rutland, Jan. 9.-Papers have been
served by Deputy Sheriff Harry r.
Adams of this city in negligence suit
in which Thomas Smith of Proctor, a
former employe of the Vermont Marble
company, asks Rutland county court TO
award him damages of 5000, declaring
that the concern was responsible, through
its agent, James Conroy, for injuries he
received on October 20, 1910. The suit
is returnable at the March term of court.
The accident, which resulted in this
litigation, is alleged to have happened
when Mr.. Smith was sent to the COM
pany's carpenter shop in Proctor to get
some stone boats. The door of the shop
had hinges on the upper side and was
raised and lowered with rope and pully,
James Conroy had charge of this door.
Claim is made that the pin was INSULT
cient to hold the rope and that while
Mr.. Smith was in the shop the door sud
denly fell, striking him in such man
ner that he received a compound frac-
ture of the right leg, erippling him for
life
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-09
BUSINESS PROMPTLY DONE
At Adjourned Universalist Church Meet
ing Last Evening.

At the adjourned annual meeting OF
the First Universalst parish in the
church vestry last evening, the old board
of trustees was elected, as follows: /. T..
Cutler, Dr. L. L. Leonard, A, A. Stebbns,
II. c. Ladd and w. G. Reynolds. The
former auditors, II. A, Richardson and
Pliny Cutler, were also chosen to succeed
themselves. Rev. George +. Fortier, the
state missionary of the denomination,
was present, and he made some remarks
regarding call to the next pastor Of
the church. During his remarks Rev.
Mr. Fortier stated that the Barre church
was one of the most important of the
denomination in New England and for
some reasons should be the leading Uni
yersalist church in Vermont.
The trustees were authorized to en-
gage preachers until such time as the
regularly installed pastor shall take
charge OF the society.
The meeting was presided over by
S. D. Allen, with George /. Bates as
secretary. 1t was quite well attended
and was characterized by a spirit of
cooperation.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-09
TWO WAR VESSELS
ARE STILL MISSING
The Mayrant and the Mccall of the
Torpedo Boat Flotilla Are Being
Searched For-The Other Twelve
Are Accounted For.

Washington, ID. c., Jan. a.--All but
two, the Mayrant and Mccall, OF tht
fourteen United States torpedo boat de-
stroyers. which were caught in terrific
storm at sea last week while engaging
in war game, en- route to Guantanamo
Cuba. are accounted for. according to a
dispatch from Rear Admiral Wilson,
commanding the secand division of the
Atlantic feet, which has been sweeping
the seas in search for little vessels.
The battleship Michigan is now seour-
ing the waters around Bermuda in the
hope Of discovering some trace of the
missing destroyers Mayrant and Mccall.
Ii has not been found necessary to
dock the Dixie The officers believe the
vessels will be ready for departure for
Guantanamo in two or three days.
The dissipation of The units OF the
Atlantic fleet by the severe storm which
ragged of the coast since last Friday has
completely upset the plans so carefully
framed by the naval war college for a
search problem on great scale involy-
ing the detection OF an enemy supposed
to be approaching the Atlantic coast.
1t Is believed the problem will be
abandoned and that the vessels of the
fleet, undamaged by the storm, will
proceed to Guantanamo for the winter
drills. while the "lame ducks viii return
10 the northern navy yards to refit.
With the torpedo boat destroyer Ter
ry accounted for, the vessels of the
second division of the fleet, under Rear
Admiral Cameron Winslow viii engage
in search for the other two little
vessels, the Mayrant and Mccall.
1t is declared at the department that
there is no reason to believe the little
craft are in distress, and it is presumed
they are continuing their voyage south
ward toward the West Indies and will
be spoken before morning,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-09
COLLEGE HATER DEAD.
Richard T. Crane, Manufactures, Died
Last Night in Chicago.

Chicago, Jan. 9.-Richard t. Crane,
head of the Crane company and zoe OF
universities and higher educational IN
stitutions, died at his home last night
after a three days illness with the
prippe. The death of Mr.. Crane was sud
den as his illness had not been consld-
cred serious Examination by physicians
led to the belief he suffered from an at
tack of heart disease.
Mr.. Crane, who was nearly 10, was
without the advantages, or dlsadvan-
tages as he characterized it, of unlver-
sity training, and had worked his way
to the head of large iron working
company. He contended all his life that
college and the university were use
less fixtures and the money devoted TO
higher education could be spent more
proftably in extending industrial edu-
cation and aiding persons who had met
with adverse fate.
His death occurred within few hours
of the issue of an attack on universities.
In it he renewed his assertion that coli
lege graduates were i'll equipped for earn
ing living and that many of them
could not command the salary OF a
skilled mechanic. Culture, and not live
lihood or the means of earning it, was
the only purpose he could discover for
the existence of colleges.
He conducted this autumn and winter
an investigation of the success attend
ing efforts by university graduates TO
procure remunerative positions. His fg-
ures indicated that from the institu-
tions devoting attention to civil engl-
nt ering and agriculture, only small
proportion of the male graduates pro-
cured positions which he contended We're
compatible with the ability they should
have had if the schools were meritori-
GUS
One of his two sons, Charles Richard
Crane, was appointed minister to China
in 1909, but resigned before leaving
America after, his recall to Washing
ton
Richard Teller Crane was born in Pat.
erson, n. j., in 1882 Mr.. Cranes phil
anthropy was devoted chiefly to his ef-
forts to have school boards replace high
schools with manual training schools
To point the way he founded the Crane
Technical institute, school designed to
carry out his idea, and supported 1t
generously.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-09
BOSTON STRIKERS
HELD FIRM TODAY
Although Their Places Were Being Filled
with Strikebreakers-Boston Is
Threatened with the Worst
Strike in Years.

Boston, Jan. 9-Although their places
are being filled by strikebreakers, the
1000 longshoremen held firm in their
strike to-day for increased wages. As
result, Boston is threatened with its
worst strike in many years. The execu-
tive board of district assembly 30.
knights of Labor, ratified the action OF
the longshoremen's union in voting to
call out $500 freight handlers, freight
clerks and steamship clerks in sympathy
with the strikers, it was stated by an
officer to-day Final decision win be
reached tonight at meeting of the
local assemblies.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-09
Richeson Took the Sentence
With Little Apparent Emotion
AFTER PLEADING GUILTY
Confessed Murderer of Miss Avis Linnell
Was Arraigned Before Judge Sanderson
To-day and Was Condemned to
Die During Week Of May 19.

Boston, Jan. "a plea of guilty of
murder in the first degree was made by
Rev. Clarence Y. L. Richeson in the
superior court this afternoon. He had
pleaded not guilty when arraigned after
the Indictment on the charge of poison
ing Miss Avis Linnell, his former sweet
heart; but, following his written con-
fession which was made public last Sat
urday, it was arranged for him to re-
tract this plea and make formal plea
of Guilty which was done to-day.
Judge Sanderson sentenced the clergy
man to death in the electric chair at
the state prison at Charlestown some
time in the week beginning May ID.
When Judge Sanderson asked the prison.
er if he had anything to say why SEN
tence should not be pronounced, RICHIE
son replied:
Il have nothing to say further than
my confession"
Richeson heard the death sentence
with little apparent emotion. There
was no trembling on his part, but a
slight swallowing in his throat.
Throughout the brief proceedings he was
calm. He was in court but six minutes.
When brought into the court room
Rieheson walked with but little assist
ance from the officers who escorted him.
He was not required to enter the pris-
oner's cage and remained standing while
District Attorney Pelletier read Richie
sons written confession and added that
the government had sufficient evidence
to have convinced the jury that Richie
son was guilty Of murder in the first dc.
gree. He then said that it became his
duty to move for sentence.
The Judge read the statutes bearing
on the case and asked the prisoner if
he realized the gravity of his action in
pleading guilty, if he had consulted his
counsel and if he had acted vountar-
ily. To each question Richeson said,
"Yes sir" Then the court pronounced
sentence. As firmly as he had entered
the court room, Richeson walked out
with the officers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-09
MAN UNDER ARREST
DENIES CONNECTION
With Passing Counterfeit Half-Dollars in
Barre-Deputy Sheriff Morris Ar
rested Him on States Attor-
ney's Warrant.

The latest development in the epidemie
OF passing spurious money which seems
to prevail in Barre and Montpelier came
this forenoon, when Deputy Sheriff
George Morris arrested man giving the
name of Owen Mari, on warrant
charging him with passing counterfeit
money. The warrant was ISSUED by
States Attorney J Ward Carver. Marr
was taken to the police station and
locked in a cell pending his appearance
before Judge II. ". Scott in city court.
According to the story of officers,
Mari is alleged to be the man who
yesterday passed counterfeit half.doi-
lar at the Vermont Fruit store. Other
places of business have suffered the
same imposition within the last few
days The proprietress of the fruit
store was positive the arrested man was
the one who gave her the money yes
terday. 1t is said that officers also have
good reason to believe that the same
man may be concerned in passing coins
OF the same denomination at other busi-
ness places.
The accused man has lived in Barre
for the past six years and has been
employed as stctloH hdbH oh tht pt'it
railroad at one time or another. When
arrested this forenoon by Deputy Sheriff
Morris, the man was engaged in cleaning
the tracks on the railroad to the quar-
ries He denied all knowledge of the
half dollars and said that he had not
been in the Vermont Fruit store for sew
eral months. When shown coin of the
kind said to be counterfeit, Marr care
fully weighed the shining disc and told
the sheriff that he would not be foolish
enough to pass it for genuine piece
of money.
In city court later in the forenoon,
Marr was asked to furnish bail in the
sum of $1,000 for his appearance at a
future hearing. lie was unable to pro-
cure the money and was remanded to a
cell at the police station.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-09
STEAMER WAS DRIVEN
ON SHOALS TO-DAY
Vessel Is Not in Imyrinent Danger and
the Crew Are Remaining Aboard
the Wilhelmina.

Provincetown, Mass, Jan. 9.-The
New York steamer WiiheImina, bound
from Weimouth for Newport News. was
stricken during the thick weather to-
day mile off the mouth of the Pamct
river near the town Of Truro on Cape
Cod bay. The steamer is practically
high and dry at low tide but is resting
easily on an even keel. Although a stif
westerly wind is sweeping over the bay,
the vessel is not considered to be in
imminent danger
Life-savers attempted to board the
vessel, but because of the heavy inshore
ice they were unable to get their boat
into the water. The crew of the steamer
remained aboard As the vessel is pro-
tected by long stretch of beach from
a heavy sea, the crew are not in danger.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-09
ECONOMY WATCHW0RD
IN WILSON'S MESSAGE
Governor of New Jersey Presented His
First Annual Message To-day
to the Legislature of His
State

Trenton, n. j., Jan. 9.--Woodrow Will
son, governor of New Jersey, sent his
first annual message to the legislature
to-day. He deals almost exclusively
with economy and the necessity OF CO.
ordinating and simplifying the state
government. Such matters, says the
governor, admit of no partisan bias, and
awhatever differences of Judgment may
arise with regard to them they need
have no feeling of party flavor. We
can get at the heart OF things u we
choose, and we could not render the state
greater service than by so doing.
Wastefulness and inefficiency are them
selves virtually forms of graft They
afford fruitful opportunities for every
kind of abuse.
at is to the questions of efficiency
and economy, therefore, that ! first IN
yite your serious attention"
The governor points out that the NUM-
ber of state boards is confusing, and
recommends the appointment of COM
mission .to take into consideration tho
whole question of simplifying and CO.
ordinating the administrative agencies
Of the state'' with the request that the
commission act promptly and harmoni-
ously and report to the legislature as
soon as possible,
He adds that the commissions in.
ouirv ought to take in the question OF
equitably adjusting assessment and tax
alton and should include very thor.
ough examination of our tax system 1T
self its basis and principle"
Further, the governor recommends IN
yestigation and legislation looking to
eeryiceable cooperation between the
charitable and correctional institutions
in the state; dwells ON the need OF
reformatory for women and adds that
The machinery for supervising the pub
lie health is woefully inadequate. u
intend no criticism of our excellent board
of health" he says, ''but only repeat
the testimony of its own members.
Every sort of infection should be guard
ed against. A costly war must be wagcd
on the mosquito and the housefy. The
dissemination of poisonous gases from
factories, from locomotive engines and
from vast bodies of smoke which per.
wade our cities, must be prevented. The
dairy business must be sharply super
vised along with cold storage and the
handling of food stuffs in the markets
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-09
FIREMEN SAWED STEEL
BARS TO SAVE OTHERS
Financial District Of the Metrop-
oils Was Threatened---D Deputy
Fire Chief Walsh is Supposed
to be Dead and Body in the
Ruins.

New York, Jan. 9.--The marble nine
story building of the Equitable Life AS
surance society on lower Broadway,
which was the home of the Mercantile
Trust company, the Equitable Trust
company, the banking house OF kountze
Bros. the Mercantile Safe Deposit COM
pany and the Hartman lines, was de-
stroyed to-day by fire. the property loss
being estimated at $6,00o,0oO. Three
men lost their lives by leaping from
the roof Of the building.
Millions Of dollars in cash and GER
tificates were locked in the vaults Of
the Assurance society and of the bank
ing and trust companies, but it is not
believed that this treasure was affected
by the flames.
There were many ir-breadth escapes
during the progress of the iiames WI
liam Gihlin, the president OF the Mer-
camille Safe Deposit company, was i'm
prisoned with three employees of the state
Institution in the vaults OF the company,
and they were rescued after the fremen
had sawed through several two-inch steel
bars. One man is believed to have lost
his life in the vaults.
Deputy Fire Chief Walsh of the fire
department is thought to have lost his
life. He entered the building and has
not been seen since. His men say that
their chiefs body is in the ruins.
The fire was in the heart of the finan-
eial district of the city, and the flames
were fought mainly from the tops of
the towering skyscrapers. Business
was brought to almost standstill
among the banking and brokerage houses,
whose employees could not reach the
scene of their daily activities. The fl
, nancial firms stopped their business to
care for the fremen.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-09
TWO YEARS FOR BURGLARY.
Thomas Carrick Pleaded Guilty to Fair
Haven Break

Rutland, Jan. 9.--Thomas Carrick of
Fair Haven pleaded guilty TO the charge
of burglary in city court yesterday aft
ernoon and was sentenced by Judge Fred
G.. Swinnerton to serve not less than
two nor more than three years at the
house Of correction in this city. Carrick
had been bound over to the county grand
Jury. but after being at the county Jail
for six weeks he asked States Attorney
B L. Stafford of this city to file an in
formation against him in order that he
night begin sentence at once instead of
waiting until March.
Carrick was arrested at w. F. Par
lSer s. Sons jewelry store in Fair Haven
at midnight late in November, the noise
he made breaking into the premises hav-
ing aroused neighbOrs.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-09
ENGLISH DISCHARGED
When He Was Not Identified By the
Chief Witness.

Edward English, who was arrested by
Chief Sinclair yesterday morning on a
warrant charging him with furnishing
Intoxicating liquor without authority,
entered plea of not guilty before Judge
II w. Scott in city court yesterday aft
ernoon. At the hearing which followed,
it developed that the man who claimed
that English furnished him with the liq-
uor was unable to identify him in court
and the respondent was accordingly dis
charged.
James Elrick pleaded guilty to a first
offense of intoxication and was fined So
and costs OF S5.l4, which he paid.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-09
HIS CONSCIENCE HURT.
Ernest Fromer, Bank Thief, Gave Him
self Up.

New York, Jan. 9.-Because his con-
science hurt him, Ernest Fromer, young
paying teller of the Hungarian American
hank here. walked into police headquar-
tiers yesterday and gave himself up as
the thief of $4,000 of the banks funds.
He said he lad spent it in gambling, had
tried to make restitution, and, failing
in this, had decided to make clean
breast of it.
The young mans confession came as
a surprise TO the bank officials, for they
had no inkling of a shortage until his
voluntary statement disclosed il. They
explained that he was bonded for S20,-
600 and that the bank would lose moth
ing. Fromer is 80 years old, and is the
sou of one Of the wealthiest merchants
in Budapest.