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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-22
GODDARD NOT REPRESENTED
In Basketball Series on "Sub-Freshman"
Day at State University

Burlington, Feb. 22-"Sub- freshman
day" was inaugurated yesterday at the
university Of Vermont and will continue
through to-day, when the time will be
bueily spent by the prospective fresh
men, many of whom win make their
first visit to the Green Mountain col
legt Last evening two basketball
games were played and this was fol-
lowed by the acceptance by many of
theni of an invitation to attend dance
at the hotel Vermont. To-day they
will be entertained at the different fra
ternity houses and taken care of other
wise by the students. This evening all
of the visitors have been invited to
attend the college kake walk The en-
tire expenses are betrayed by those con-
neeted with the university, one of the
objects being to show the future stu
dents Just what kind of place the uni
versity Of Vermont is.
Goddard seminary, which was invited
to take part in one of the two games
last evening, did not for some reason
put in an appearance and the team of
the hospital corps of the National Guard
played in their place. One game re-
suited in a victory for Montpelier high
over Rutland high, by score of AZ to
Ia, and the other with Burlington high
the winner over the hospital corps by
a score of 32 TO 10.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-22
BANNISTER ARRESTED
FOR SEVERAL THEFTS
He Is Accused of Robberies in ST. Johns
bury Last Spring and Was Ar
rested In New York.

st Johnsbury, Feb. p States At
torney r. w. Simonds, Sheriff W. IL.
Worthen and Deputy Sheriff Gilman ar
rived yesterday from New York with
Bcrtram Bannister, alias Bertram Cros-
by. in custody.
He was arrested in Brooklyn. Feb. 10,
BY Detective Francis J. Carberry OF
Brooklyn on warrants charging him with
th. burglary OF the homes OF 5. A.
Moore pr. George F. Cheney and Isabel
Bousher The hurglares were commit
ted April II and is. Since then off
GERS have trailed BannisteT through five
states and Canada.
A special session of the Caledonia
county grand jury was called to find
indictments to expedite extradition,
Bannster opposed the issuing of ex-
tradition papers, but without avail. He
is rs wears old AMI native Of Boston.
The police say he has a record.
According to local officers, the opera
tions in this vicinity last spring netted
the man responsible about So 900 in mon
ey and jeweIry. Some OF the jewelry
was recovered among Bannistfr's wom-
en- acquaintances lie is lodged in Gale
donia county Jail and will be taken into
court next Monday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-22
VT. MATTERS IN WASHINGTON.
Lunenburg People Want Restoration of
Former Postal Service.

Washington, ID. c., Feb. 22.-The
president, secretary and members OF
the executive committee of the National
Association of Rural Mail Carriers are
holding business meeting here this
week. Vermont is represented by Burns
l.. Osgood, whose route runs from the
Gaysville office. Mr.. 0sgood has driv-
EN- his pair of mules over his route every
day except holidays for eight years,
covering about 81 miles daily, and has
right to believe it very fair rec
ord.
Representative Plumley is laboring
with the postoffice department for a
favorable decision on the application of
the people of Lunenburg for the restora-
ton of the mail service which they for
merly enjoyed from South Lancaster,
n. H., as .he distributing point for
their office. After the bridge over the
Connecticut river at Lunenburg was
burned, their mail came to them from
South Lunenburg but with the rebuild
ing of the bridge they desire the old
system restored.
The Hon. Frank +. Currier Of Canaan
n. H.. is back at his post as representa-
tive of the first New Hampshire district
in Congress, after long illness Mr..
Curier sustained paralytic shock some
time ago; from the effects Of which he
has been slowly recovering at his home.
He is now much better and able to at
tend to his office duties, and if the inn
provement continues, ne he has reason
to believe it will, he will be success
ful' candidate for denomination.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-22
REV. D. H. STRONG PRESIDENT
OF Chittenden County Inter Church Fed
Grafton, Formed Yesterday.

Burlington, Feb. % With the advice
and guidance OF the Rev DR.. Hugh b.
MacCauley of Philadelphia, delegates
from Chittenden county churches met
yesterday in the First church parish
house and formed the Inter-Church Fed
Grafton of Burlington and Chttenden
county This organization begins its
work as an affiliated part of the state
federation. which in like manner is a
branch Of the national federal council,
of which DIR. MacCarthy is the repre-.
sentative. a constitution and bylaws
on the general lines Of that laid down
by the council was adopted yesterday
by the 81 delegates in attendance, and
officers. whose names were presented by
a nominating committee made up OF
Prof. G. II. Perkins, the Rev. G. ]. Sta.
pies and Prof. W. I. Jaekman, were
elected as follows;
President The Rev. ID. II. Strong of
Milton.
yice.presidnts- DR.. G. d. Samson,
tUnitarianl; T. W. Perry, lCongroga-
tional: Howard Crane, (Baptist); the
Rev c. S. Paddock, tUniversalistl the
Rcv. c. O. Winans (Methodist Episeo-
pail J. p Cobb, Every Day church,.
Recording secretary-Prof. W. l.. Up
son of Burlington.
Corresponding secretary The Rev. /.
O. Sherburne of Burlington.
Treasurer-E. p. Howe Of Burlington.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-22
Were - at First Meeting of
81 Authority Board
MANY BEING ADDITIONS
After Board Had Elected Ballot Clerks,
Objection Was Raised That There Were
Too Many Republicans for This
Very Imjortant Year.

Fifteen members Of the board Of 1ivil
authority met in the city court room
last evening to prepare the checklist for
the coming city election. Judge n. w.
Scott presided over the meeting. A total
Of 1873 changes were made in the cheek
list, many Of them being additions. A
number Of young men who have only
recently become OF age were present and
took the oath
After corrections and additions to the
list had been made, officials were elected
to act at the different wards on March
.. Few contests developed in the selec-
tion of citizens for ballot clerks. etc.
but after the slate had been apparently
cleaned up, objections were made BY
members of the board on the ground that
there was a preponderance of Rcpnbli-
cans chosen to serve in positions where
Democrats should have been appointed.
The matter will be settled later
Ward officials elected at the present
time viii serve at three elections this
year. Beginning with the city election
in March, they will afterwards hav.
charge of the state election in Septem-
ber and finally at the presidential elec-
tion in November. Hence the selections
for such positions have come in for more
careful scrutiny than under other cir.
cumstances.
The board will meet again this evening
at o'clock
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-22
HOLIDAY SHUTS MILLS;
STRIKE LEADERS HELD
Ettor and Giovannitti Were Held for
Grand Jury Yesterday Afternoon
and Bail Was Not
Fixed.

Lawrence, Mass, Feb. 22.Most OF the
textile mills shut down to-day, owing to
the holiday, only two remaining open for
such operatives as wanted to work.
There was no disturbance in the early
forenoon.
Joseph j. Ettor and Arturo Gioyan
nitti, leaders of the strike, were held
without bail for the action of the grand
jury yesterday afternoon on a charge Of
being accessories to che murder Of Anna
Lopozzi, who was shot during strike
riot on January 30 They were taken
to Jail, where they probably viii remain
until the May term OF the grand jury.
Before Judge j. j. Mahoney OF, tine
police court gave his decision, he listened
to arguments for the defendants and for
the state. The government con'ended
that Ettor and Giovannitti in their
speeches to the strikers melted the riot
and that the woman was shot BY an
unnamed Italian wearing brown coat.
The defense asserted that Patrolman
Oscar Benoit, who was stabbed during
the disturbance, fired the fatal shot.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-22
JUVENILES IN COURT.
Boys Charged With Taking Things From
Outside Show Case.

The juvenile criminal court again ton-
vened this morning, this time for the
arraignment of Albert Willis and Al
fred Paquin, who are charged with lar
ceny. In the absence of the boys par
ents, Judge II. w. Scott continued the
cases until this afternoon and the young
sters were not asked 10 plead.
Willis and Paq rin were arrested this
morning by Chief of Police Sinclair on
warrant issued by Grand Juror E. r.
Davis. 1t is alleged that both of the
boys are connected with the stealing of
several knives, pencils and other articles
from show case outside of the Bos-
ton Bargain store on the night of Feb
ruary 3 or the following Sunday morn
ing. shortly after the robbery was
perpetrated. young Paquin appeared and
told one Of the proprietors that he knew
who committed the theft. The matter
was reported to the police headquarters
with the result that officers have been
putting in little detective work dur
Ing the past fortnight. TIE Willis boy
is already under the eye of the law as
he has another larceny charge hanging
over him in city court. Several weeks
ago he was accused of stealing 81 from
Wallace Cover, and it is since his APP
pearance in court in answer to that
charge that the theft at the Boston Bar
gain store has been committed.
Depredations around tile city have in.
creased considerably of late and it ia
suggested that much of it may be
charged to a gang of youthful criminals,
who soour the town in search of new
fields for theft
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-22
HIS HAT IN THE RING
Declared Roosevelt When Pressed As To
His Position.

Cleveland. Feb. 22.--"My hat is ir
the ring" This is what Theodore Roose'
welt said here last night when Cleve.
land friend sought to learn whether he
was candidatef or the Republican nom
ination for the presidency.
During the brief stay Of Colonel Roose-
welt in Cleveland w. +. Elrick, well
known locally in politics, greeted the
former president whom he knows we'll
Il want direct answer, colonel" =. said
Mr.. Elrick "All your friends want to
know and want to know now, whether
you are to be candidate"
my hat is in the ring" replied Col
onel Roosevelt. "You will have my
answer Monday"
Belief in the political doctrines Of the
"progressiyes" was reiterated yesterday
by Theodore Roosevelt who made four
speeches in Ohio. A mixture of snow
and rain fell steadily until nearly night
fall, but Colonel Roosevelt was well
coined by crowds wherever he went.
On the train between Columbus and
Cleveland late yesterday, Colonel Roose-
welt conferred at length with num-
Der of politicians leading the Roosevelt
Ill bHiS 2AlhoHE kHNu
were A. L. Garford of Elyria, Ohio, mem-
Der of the Roosevelt national commit
tee, Nathaniel c. Wright of Cleveland,
chairman of the Roosevelt national pub
lieity committee, and Judge r. Nj. Wan
amaker of Akron. James X. Garfield
secretary of the interior in the Roose
welt cabinet, and Frank Knox, chair
man OF. the Republican state central
committee of Michigan, also talked with
Colonel Roosevelt and in Columbus he
saw Walter Brown. chairman of the
Ohio Republican state central commit
tie.
The train was late in arriving here
and stop of hut Is minutes was made,
Colonel Roosevelt then proceeding on
his way to New York
Colonel Roosevelt delivered his princi-
pal address before the state eonstitu-
ticnal convention at Columbus. He
made short speech to a crowd in the
rotunda of the capitol. At Gallon he
spoke from the train and at Cleveland
be made brief speech of greeting from
a baggage truck.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-22
COLOMBIAN MINISTER
WAS RECALLED TO-DAY
Because Neither His Government Nor
People of Colombia Supported His
Attitude Toward United
States.

Bogota, Colombia, Feb. 22-Ceneral
Pedro mel Ospina, Colombian minister
to the United States, was recalled by
the government to-day. The action was
taken because neither the government
nor the Colombian people upheld the po-
sition taken BY the minister at Wash
ington in notifying the state department
that Secretary Knox visit to Colombia
would be inopportune owing to the fact
that CoIombia's claims in connection
with Panama had not yet been arbi-
trated.
The notification which was given by
the Colombian government to-day says
that Ospina is separated from his post
at Washington and that the incident be-
tween Colombia and the United States
is thus closed. Colombia, the notification
says, win maintain her international
policy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-22
"ToY TRUST" SOLD.
1t Includes a Big Manufacturing Plant
at Brattleboro.

Worcester, Mass, Feb. 22.--The prop
erty of the Hardware & Woodenware
Manufacturing company, New York
corporation, better known as "the toy
trust" with branches in eight different
states including the big plant of the
s. A. Smith company in Brattleboro, VT,
and which has been in the hands of a
receiver for nearly four years, was sold
yesterday at the Worcester county court
house to R. b. Fentress of Baltimore,
representing prominent men in that city.
for the sum of $4,000. The Balti-
more man would not disclose the names
of these persons other than to men
tion that they were the same crowd
that purchased the boat line on the Hud-
son river between New York and AL
bany.
The eompany's receivable accounts,
rents and stocks up to February IL of
this year were sold TO Ralph b. Cooley
OF New York for the sum of $4,000
and according to the receivers report,
they amount TO about Sll5,O00. The
sale, which was held before Lueus 4.
Robinson of Hartford, Conn, as master,
wac attended by many prominent man
ulactuTers ana attorneys representing
big syndicates, who wanted to get hold
of the trusts property, which has been
valued as high as $3,375,000.
The first bid on the property was
100000 made by Fentress. which was
boosted up S25,0oO and $4,000 at
time until it reached the 100000 mark,
where it remained until the Baltimore
man added $4,000 more and captured
the property for those he represented.
Three branches, one in Winchendon,
Leominster and in Granville, Mass, were
represented also in the sale of the
ecmpany's property yesterday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-22
KNIFE STUCK IN HEART,
Body of Man Found In New York With
Mute Evidence of Crime.

New York, Feb. % lin the finding
yesterday OF the mutilated body of Jo-
seph Bruno in a vacant lot in East New
York. the police recognized another case
OF black hand vengeance. There were
ten knife slashes in the face, ten ter
rible wounds in the body, and, as a
quietus, an eight-inch butcher knife was
driven straight into the mans heart,
where it still stuck when the body was
found In addition, the murderers had
cut part of Bruno's tongue away, evil
dence the police say, that the killing
was due to Bruno having talked more
than his friends relished.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-22
JOINT CONFERENCE PLANNED.
Railroad Managers Will Consider Wage
Demands of the Engineers.

New York, Feb 22.-At meeting here
yesterday of the conference committee
Of managers authorized to act in behalf
of the forty-eight railroads in the east
ern territory, the wage demands recently
made upon the railroads by their engi-
neers were discussed and it was decided
to hold a joint conference of the man
ayers and engineers in this city begin
ming March Ia.
According to A. w. Sullivan, formerly
general manager of the Missouri Pacific
and now secretary of the conference COM
mittee of managers, the joint conference
will be in session several days
The demands OF the engineers call for
an increase in pay ranging from Is to
80 per cent. and the standardization OF
wages of engineers employed on all lines
east of the Missouri river and north of
the lines of the Norfolk & Western
railroad.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-22
TWO CHILDREN BURNED.
Were Left Alone for a Short Time in
Taunton, Mass, Home.

Taunton, Mass, Feb. 22.--Mrs Peter
Furtado left home for few minutes
yesterday and returned to find two of
her children burned to death and third
writing in agony on the fioor, so seri-
ously injured that he may not recover.
The dead children, Walter, months, nd
George, IL months, were asleep when the
mother left the house, and the older
boy, Francis, years, secured matches
and while playing with them accident.
ally set fire TO the mattress OH which
his brothers were lying The news Of
the accident so shocked the father that
he was unconscious for hours.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-22
BLINDING SNowsToRM.
Also Gale Swooped Down On The Mid
die West.

Chicago Feb. ga binding snow
storm, backed by a fifty mile an hour
gale. swooped down on the middle West
yesterday, blocked traffic, crippled wire
communication and last night swept
eastward in the direction of northern
Oliio. Pennsylvania and New York.
A temperature ranging between 20 and
"a degrees above made the wind and
snow bearable. and no great suffering
was reported
The storm reached its greatest inten-
sity in Chicago and northern and cen-
trail Illinois, although eastern Iowa and
Missouri, southern Wisconsin and Michi-
gan and northern Indiana felt the bliz-
zard to a considerable extent.
A large glass dome Of the Dexter
park pavilion at the Chicago stock yards
fell while several hundred people were
attending a horse auction, but no one
was seriously injured.
Capt. Charles Garland in charge of
tile life saving station at the mouth OF
the Chicago river, said the blizzard was
the most severe in his experience in
the Great Lakes.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-22
Wind Reached Velocity of 96
Miles an Hour
STORM ALL OVER THE EAST
Wire Service Was Badly Demoralized by
the Elements, and Shipping Suffered
Many Houses Blown Down
at Bluefeld, w. Va.

New York, Feb. 22.-The southwest
gale during last night and early to-day
reached a maximum velocity of 90 miles
an hour, breaking all the weather bu-
reau records here. Several plate glass
windows were broken in, chimneys We're
blown down and other damage was done.
The gale prevailed throughout the East,
and wire service was generally demor-
aliTed.
Frank s. Coffins hydroaeroplane was
wrecked on a raft in the North river
during the storm, and the tug Margaret
S. was sunk in the East river.
New London, Conn, Feb. 22.-The
three-masted schooner Leora M. Thur
low of Bath, Me-, bound from Bangor
for New Haven with lumber, was dis
covered at daylight this morning hard
aground near Goshen Point in an ex-
posed position. She was so far up on
The beach that with the high seas run
ming, the wrecking tugs could not reach
her
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-22
mANsLAUGHTER CHARGE.
Lynn, Mass, Woman Arrested After the
Examiners Report.

Lynn, Mass. Feb. 22.Mrs. Jennie
WestzelI was arrested at her home at
0l5 Chestnut street late yesterday,
charged with manslaughter in causing
the death of her four-y -yearold nephew,
Charles Joseph Beaupre. The arrest tol-
lowed the report of Medical Examiner
Joseph G. Pinkham, after performing
an autopsy on the body of the boy, tbat
death was due to violence, Mrs. West
zel was locked up in the local Jail and
will appear in the district court this
afternoon.
The boy was taken to the Lynn hos
pital few days ago, suffering from
what apeared to be an abscess on .he
head. He died Monday night. The
ehild's father is Frank Beaupre, a wild
over, for whom Mrs. Westzell has been
acting as housekeeper.
Prior to the boys removal to tile hos.
pital, the police and agents of the state
board of charity had investigated COM
plants made by neighbors that the child
frequently had been punished excessive
". After his death the hospital physi-
clans requested the medical examiner to
make an investigation.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-22
TAFT RECOMMENDS
SEC0ND-CLASS RAISE
Ir That He Comedies with the Changed
Views of His Postmaster General
President Says Publishers
Should Not Be Crowded
Too Hard.

Washington, d. c., Feb. 22.-President
Taft to-day approved and forwarded to
Congress the report of the commission
on second-class mail matter and recon-
mending that the postal rate on maga-
zines and newspapers be raised from one
cent to two cents pound.
Postmaster General Hitchcock origi-
nally recommended a four-cent rate, but
later changed this to two. The commits
sion finds that the cost of handling
seeond-class matter is about five and u
half cents pound. In approving the
two-eent rate, however, President Taft
declares that the business enterprises of
the publishers of periodicals have been
built up on the basis of the one-cent
rate and therefore it would be manifest
ly unfair to put into immediate effect a
larger increase in postage.
As 10 the effect of the proposed in
crease from one to two cents a pound,
President Taft quotes from the report
of the postal commission the following
paragraph:
"Such an increase will not. in the Opin-
ION of the commission, bring distress
upon the publishers of newspapers and
periodicals, or seriously interfere with
the dissemination of useful news or in
formation A reasonable time should be
allowed after the rate is fixed, before it
is put into effect. While the news rate
viii be very far from compensating the
government for the carriage and handling
of second d-class mail matter, IL will to
f(apfinre1 ora saaopd raoorC
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-22
TAFT WILL REPLY
TO COL. ROOSEVELT
Answer Will Be Scattered Through the
Various Speeches He Will Make
Shortly.

Washington, D. c., Feb. 2.--Prcsidcnt
Taft viii reply to Roosevelt's Columbus
speech, although the president will make
no direct attack on Roosevelt. Although
administration officials refuse to discuss
the latter's speech, it became known to-
day that the president would answer the
speech and present elear-cut issues be-
tween his political creed and that Of
his predecessor.
President Taft's answer will not be
made all in one speech, but between
now and the last of March he has many
speaking engagements that will be uti-
lized for this purpose.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-22
CHARGED WITH SELLING.
Frank Donovan of Graniteville Bound
Over To County Court.

Frank Donovan of Graniteyille was
arrested yesterday by Deputy Sheriff
w. f. Cutler of South Barre on a war
rant issued by States Attorney J. Ward
Carver and charging him with selling
When arraigned before Judge H. w
Scott in city court yesterday afternoon,
Donovan waived examination and was
bound over to the next term of county
court in the sum of $500. Bail was
furnished by w. II. Miles of Graniteville.
The respondent was represented by r. A.
Hear, and States Attorney j. Ward
Carver prosecuted
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-22
POUNDED HIS HoUsEKEEpER.
St Adams Man Pleaded Guilty, But
Sentence Was Suspended.

st. Albans, Feb. 22-Louis Nayo
pleaded guilty in city court yesterday
to breach of the peace, but sentence was
suspended pending the outcome of the
injuries which he inflicted ON the wom-
an who was his housekeeper in the
brick Houghton house. The woman was
so badly pounded that she was unable
TO appear in court at the hearing Of
the case, and she is said to be in a
serious condition. When the officers We're
called to the house on Tuesday, the
day Of the assault, they found the doors
nailed up; but they broke in and ar
rested Nayo.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-22
BRAKEMAN KILLED
BENEATH HIS TRAIN
Fred w. Wheeler Slipped While Throw
ing a Switch ON the Rutland Rail-
road at North Bennington
Yesterday.

Rutland. Feb. %. Fred w Wheeler
of No. 40 Park street, brakeman em-
ployed by The Rutland railroad, was
killed at North Bennington yesterday
afternoon. Mr.. Wheeler was working on
train No. 20, and was throwing switch
just outside the station. Wheeler
slipped on the rails and as he fell, the
cars passed over his body. His left
leg went under the wheels and was
crushed The upper part of his body
was not harmed Mr.. Wheeler is sur
vieed by wife and four children. the
youngest being born but two weeks
ago.