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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-22
HELP WANTED

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to sell Lu bricating Oils,
Paints and Speeialties. Good live wire can
earn big money. Champion Refining Company,
Cleveland. Ohio.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-22

wANTED--rwo frst class granite ietterers;
men who can CUT or letter preferred. Apply
10 j. fl. Anderson Granite Co, No. 1851 East
Ravenswood Park. Chicage, Ill s2t3
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-22

A LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE WANTED
No canvassing or soliciting required. A good
income assured. Address National CO. opera
tive Realty Company, Yi2S9, Mardsn Building,
Washington. ID. G.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-22

Rupert has just completed strip of
state road $50 fees long and 25 feet
wide. 1t is an absolutely straight line,
with but two changes in grade. II is
the widest road in the county and has
eight inches of gravel on it. The entire
road was built at cost of less than
1900 As this leaves surplus of over
81 200 on hand, the county supervisor,
D. I. Bates, and the government engi-
neer laid out another road on the west
side OF Rupert A special feature Of the
Rupert road is that the lawns were
trimmed to match the road, and this
cost il included with the road Rupert
has handled her money well, and the
taxpayers have something to show for
the taxes paid in.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-22

FOR SALE Three houses, or will exchange
for farm property One house to rent. In
9uire Of J. w. Magoon. IS south Main Street,
Barre, VT 79tl6.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-22

MOTION PICTURE HOUSE FOR SALE
Known az the Lyric Theatre. For particulars
address Manager, Lyrc Theatre, ST. Johns
bury. VT 5sts
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-22

WANTED-A woman to assist. er do general
homework. Reference required Orange Co
telephone 62-13; N Il. telephone 1912. sits
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-22

wANTED-At once middle-a aged man fer a
permanent position. Good pay. Easy work.
Heath & Company, Nurserymen, Manchester,
Conn, seas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-29

New York, January 2S.-(Special.)- The state athletic commission disquali- fed Abe Attell for a period of six months at it's meeting Thursday after noon The commissioners also imposed the same penalty on Danny Goodman, one of Attell's trainers and seconds. The punishment meted out to Attell was for faking in his bout with Knockout Brown at the National Sporting club 10 days ago.
 That the commissioners will be sus- tained by the sporting public in general in their finding is to be seriously doubt ed. Had the commissioners barred At tell for having lied in connection with the Brown affair, and for having at- tempted to besmirch the reputation of a reputable physician, their Judgment would have met with general approval. But in convicting Attell of faking, the commissioners went entirely outside of the evidence.
 There was not scintilla of evidence presented to show Attell and Brown, or anyone connected with either of them, had entered into an agreement by which Attell was to lose. Nor was there one iota of evidence adduced to show that Attell or Brown, or anyone connected with either, had a motive, financial or otherwise. for having At tell lose to Brown.
 On the contrary, all the evidence pre- sented at the investigation went to show that Attell put forts his best eff forts at all stages of the contest and that he was fairly and squarely beaten
 No one who knows Attell is likely
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-29
TECHNOLOGY MEN
 HOLD A MEETING
Gave Dinner Saturday Night at Turn Verein and Named Committee to
 Form Organization

Nine technology men of the Brming- ham district held a reunion and dinner at the Turne Verein Saturday evening at 6:3O o'clock. The men present were all grad uates of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and are all employed in tech nological work around the city.
 At the dinner a committee consisting of Harvey G. Woodward, F. C. Wells and NJ. R. Scharff was appointed to draft constitution for the South eastern Association of Massachusetts In- stitute of Technology alumni It was de- cided at the dinner to form this asso- citation and the committeee will have the
 constitution and by-laws lived up in a
 few days.
 Telegrams were received from the Northwestern association that was ban
 queting in Chicago at the same hour from President R. c. Maclaurin of the Institute of Technology, from the alumni council of the institute and from a meet ing of technologists in Atlanta. The latter telegram brought the news thai an organization similar to the one pro-
 posed at the local meeting was being formed in Atlanta.
 pleasant feature of the dinner was the meeting of Harvey Woodward and R. F. Wilson, both graduates of the Massachusetts institute. who had not seer each other for 23 years. The old grads spent the evening in calling up old ex. periences and telling tales of "when ws were back in college"
 Those present at the dinner last nigh were A. w. Mohan, Harvey Woodward | B. F. Wilson. Jr., F.. c. Wells, Phifel | Smith, F. O. Adams. Jr., w. H. Beers | Jr., EN A. Redman and M. R. Scharff.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-29
ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL CATCHES
 FANCY OF AUBURN STUDENTS

ably will be played as soon as var sity team is organized by Coach Dona- hue.
 It is planned to have a series of class games to soccer football before the var sity is selected, that the class champion- ship may be determined. and that varsity material may be trained.
 At the meeting last night Coach Dona- hue also solicited candidates for the track team. Cross country running will be in stituted soon. as one branch of field ath- etics for which aspirants require long training and an early start for endurance Track athletics will, with baseball, oc- cupy much of the students spare time during the spring.
 It will be up to Coach Donahue to de- velop new track material. Davis, Greene and Page, three members of last year s team, and all holders of southern records fo.' pole vault. half mile and short sprints. respectively, have not returned
 Baseball practice will be taken up with ing few weeks. probably soon after mid term examinations, which are held Feb ruary 8, 9 and 10. Here, also, new team is necessary, neither Captain Manning, Manager Allen, nor six other of last sea- sons varsity squad having returned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-29
POINTS OUT VALUE
 OF SOIL SURVEYS
Prof. Whitney Calls Attention to the Various Classes Benefited
 By the Work

Washington, January 2s.-(Special.) )-In a report to Secretary Wilson Prof Mil ton Whitney. chief of the bureau of soils. on the value of the soil survey, says in part:
 The soil surveys are of value to rail reads in giving reliable and impartial iu- formation with regard to the soils and agricultural possibilities of the territory through which the lines run; in showing them lines of agricultural development which they can foster for the fuller de telopment ot the country and the in cerase ofstieir oRtFl~ revenues. 4--..---.
 "The surveys are of value to real estate companies in that they give an impartial and authoritative basis for dealing in lands, which can be obtained in no other way. They tend to steady busness and prevent unjust and unlawful speculation.
 The surveys are Of value to coloniza- ton organ: cations, as we'll as to the rail- ways, In furnishing exact and reliable bases for the intelligent settlement of communities, particularly in placing the large number of farmers reaching our shores from foreign countries through the immigration service. These people
 
 formation regarding localities where they can settle and take up agricultural indus tries with which they are reasonably fa- nliliar. The farmers of southern Italy, of northern Italy, of France, Germany, Sweden, Holland, Ireland and other coun- tries have certain traits and characteris- tics and have acquired habits and adapta- bilities which can be successfully applied to certain soil types and certain condi- ;inOS and a likp1U tn ba fIDci ,tI less these conditions are approximately fulfilled
 The soil surveys are of value to the farmer in many ways. They give him first of all all accurate and impartial de- scrpton of his soils, thus enabling a di- rect comparison with the soils of other localities. They show what may be ex- pected of tn esoil when ntelligently cul- tirated. the proper crops to plant, and the possibilities of adopting on their farms crops and methods of culture that have been successfully inaugurated in ether localities with similar soils. They give him an advantage in dealing with other individuals and with real estate companies in the sale of his land. They give him and his sons the advantage oi more specific training in the agricultural schools and universities. They give him certain advantages of knowledge in pur- chasing lands from real estate agents They give him a basis for consideration from the railroads and business organiza lions which consideration is often re quired in the building up of new agricul tural enterprises. They give him an ad vantage in dealing with financial institi tions in securing loans. and finally the, aid him in securing more intelligent an, r,ore competent labor. The surveys art also invaluable for anyone selecting farm in d locality with which he is no personally acquainted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-29
Dead" Woman Tries
 To Prove Identity

Boston, January 2s.- (SpeciaL) Like d spectre risen from the grave Miss Mabe E. Allen. a cultured. refined looking womI an of 42, who has been missing from the world for 20 years, and who ha1 been declared legally dead by three courtd has reappeared in Boston and instituted proceedings to prove that she Is alive and therefore entitled to legacy which thd courts have ordered distributed. The United States supreme court. thu full bench of the Massachusetts court and the Suffolk county probate court hav{ all ruled. after long hearings and del liberate thought, that Miss Allen is legal ly dead. Miss Allen, however, contends that shl is very much alive and has brought acI ton to recover legacy of S.665,oo0 t{ which she says she is entitled as heI share of the estate of Jonathan Merry1 famous in the colonial days of Bosto} as a merchant prince and shipper. Miss Aliens suit to prove her exist ence is directed against five cousind George Ella Nelson of Spring Lake, Mich. Robert J. Fisher of Chicago; Emma E{ Thomas of Marchac, La; Blanche NJ Umbach and John T. Sherburne, both oI New Orleans.
 Miss Allen charges either fraud or per jury, or. if not guilty of fraud. or per jury, misstated facts, on which the pro ceedings were based, and which misle and misinformed the courts. In her pc tition Miss Allen claims that she ifs tn great-granddaughter of Jonathan MerrI and granddaughter of Elizabeth Cha ' man. both formerly of Boston. and bo deceased.
 Miss Allen alleges that she never h any knowledge or notice of any of proceedings until after the case had be! argued before the aforementioned cour4 She also says she had no Knowledge. tbS she was entitled to the estate which tn1 courts have ruled on. XA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-29
DIR. PETERS STARTS WAR ON
 THE NEW YORK MIDDLEMAN

, were on hand. and in an hour his stoc< < was bought out. Thus was the inspiration of Mayor Lew Shank of Indianapolis transferred to New York.
 Produce dealers and grocers of ths neighborhood suffered. but not sufficiently so to be driven to the wall. Dr. Peters didn't have sufficient vegetables on hand to cut much of hole in their outgo. Tue clergyman found at the last minute tha't he would have to buy his stock from thte commission men instead of the producers, so he didn't take as much as he will in the future when the business is running more smoothly.
 Tt has gone so well,'' said Louis Stein feld financial packer of the scheme, that we shall open four more stores. There will be two in Brooklyn, one in South Brooklyn and the other in East New York We shall also have one later on the East Side and the other on the west side of Manhattan.
 q shall be able to make lower prices v said Dr Peters. We are trying to make arrangements to reach the producers. When we do that. of course, we shall cut out the wholesaler, and you will find our prices will be much under those of the grocer.h
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-29
Mental Anguish Bill

The Telephone and Telegraph com
 ranies are stirred up over what is de
 nominated the "crazy bill''--one that pro
 vides for tho recovery of heavy damage: from these corporations for delay or fall. ure to deliver messages Those concerned and who a.'e strenuously opposing thu bill declare the passage of such a meas. uro will simply put them out of business
 as damage suits will pile up in every county in the state. Some of their bes
 men have heen sent here to explain tn. injustice of such law and to urge that 1t be killed in the committee room
 Think said one of these telegraph company representatives. 4of the degree of mental anguish that would be pro
 duced in Ehe mind of some old negr, oman who failed to get telegram con graduating her on her birthday, or in forming nor of the birth of a grandson. I There is 10 telling just where mental an- guish would begin or end, and 1t is moi believed that Mississippi is going to bur- den her statute books with any such law
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-29
ALL INDICATIONS | POINT TOB|G STRIKE
Action of Miners Liable to Precipitate a Ma
 tiOnal Strike

Indianap oils, January 2s.-fSpeciaL) Everything now points to a strike af- fecting the entire coal industry. Fol- lowing the development today of an
 utterly hopeless breach between the
 miners representatives and the bitu-
 minous coal operators in the joint wage | scale conference. another complication faces the administration of the United Mine Workers of America, through the action of the delegates from the am thracite region, who late today met in secret caucus to discuss plans for q national settlement of the wage scale The leaders of the anthracite delegates believe the administration Is inclined to fight shy of the national settlement thing and that the anthracite region. involving 150,000 men and boys, are being neglected to further the inter ests of the bituminous fields
 The caucus of the anthracite districts was called by Thomas Kennedy of Dis trict No. T of Pennsylvania and met with hearty response. No action was taken this afternoon, but Kennedy was authorized to obtain a hall where an other secret meeting can be held Mon day. 1t is understood that anthracite delegates are preparing to make their demands in the convention next week and that they will include Inc adoption of resolution opposing any but a national settlement of wage scale agreements.
 Ohio already has gone on record in favor of it unequivocally, it is said. and the present administration is striving to steer away from the proposition, and the anthracite miners are not being considered.
  Old heads at the game point out that the conditions surrounding the con- vention at the present time are similar to those which prevailed in the time of Mitchell and the famous strike of 1902. At that time, 1t is said the miners were permitted and even en- couraged by the powers that were, to demand anything they desired. The result is said to have been many impos- sible conditions which the operators re- ceived in a spirit of burlesque and buff foonery, just as they are receiving the present demands
 The Mitchell administration and the
 leaders of the anthracite districts, in- cluding F'ahy and Dougherty, are said to have all been for peace just as the officials at the present time are said to be for peace but the delegates and the miners in general would have none of it, and the result was a long and bitter strike which ended in the famous Roosevelt compromise
 Routine work on the new constitu- ton occupied the entire day
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-29

Auburn, January Special )-Associa- ton football, sponsored by Coach Mike Donahue, has caught the fancy of the Au- burn students, and an attempt will be made to organize four class teams, from which varsity team will be selected. At meeting last night Coach Donahue ex- plained association football, or soccer, to a gathering of about 75 men who answered the announcement of the meeting, and most of the men present declared their intention of coming out for practice.
 The soccer practice will be combined with the practice of the class teams of the more familiar Rugby football. in which a series of games for the class championship will take place during Feb ruary.
 For the prospective soccer team chal- enge has already been received and ac- cepted by Coach Donahue. A soccer club, whose team has achieved a great degree of proficiency, has been organized in At anta for some time, and it's members hearing of the innovation at Auburn, want to play the college team. The game prob
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-29
FEAR FOR SERIOUS
 BANKING SCANDAL
Windsor Locks Bank Books Not Balanced Since
 Year 1871

Hartford, Conn.,, January 2S.-(Specal)- Fears of one of the worst banking catas- trophes in Connecticutts history and sus- picion of scandal in the death of Albert W. Converse. the erstwhile treasurer of the Windsor Locks Savings bank at Windsor Locks, near here, were aroused today when the banking commissioner ob- tained court order preventing payments for three months to the depositors, who have more than S4O0000 in that bank.
 Depositors say the shortage will amount to SlSo,Oo0, and the banking commissioners assert that when they footed up the de- positors' ledgers there was not enough cash or assets to cover the total. Where the funds believed to be missins could have gone, or to what use they have been put is a mystery to the de- positors and bank officers.
 Much excitement and distress was ere ated among the depositors, who are mosr. ly mill employees, whose lifetime savings are in the bank Discrepancies in the de- positors' ledgers covering possibly f years have been found by the commis. sioner.
 These ledgers, the commissioner says have not been balanced since 1871 fol which period Converse had been treas urer of the bank Two days after tn, commissioner ordered trial balance c the depositors' books MT. Converse shc himself and as he was placed under al anaesthetic told the physicians the woun, was accidentally inflicted. He died fev days ago.
 Reports of shortages in the account of the Windsor Locks postoffice will h investigated by the postal inspector fo this district Converse has been post master of the town for about 40 years Banking commissioners assert that tn discrepancies in the Windsor Locks banl accounts are too large to justify tn hopes of the banks officers that they ar due to some great bookkeeping error. MT. Converse was treasurer of the banl until about a year ago. when he resigne' and was succeeded by Charles F. Cleve land. The state banking commissioners Messrs Lippitt and Holt, examined thu banks books January s and requeste' that its accounts be balanced. Mir. Cleve land attempted to do so, but found tn accounts so involved that he had to cai for expert aid. As result of the reve latlons which followed the banks officer agreed with the commissioners that pay ments should be suspended until the ac counts were cleared up.
 The crIIis in the banks affairs wa first brought to public notice today whe' Justice Samuel Q. Prentice of the suprem court issued the order restraining tn banks officers from paying out the fund of the bank for three months pending ; thorough inquiry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-29
MISSISSIPPI SOLONS

Jackson, Mss, January 2S.-(Specla1.) ) = It is understood that the walthall county bill is to cob up again at this Session of the legislature, as like Bsnquo's ghost. if will not down to. Stay. It will be re- membered that. 5ne of the hottest fights of the last session was over this Walthall county matter. It is proposed to form il of portions Of Marion and Pike with Ty- lertown as the county site, and the citi- zens of that immediate section are sup, Iosed to be of one mind. The opposition to the county comes chiefly from Marion, and the votes of that county defeated the election nad on the subject during the sum mer of 1910. The case got into the courts but was finally decided against the new county. The margin was very narrow, however, and Tylertown has never been satisfied.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-29
ATTELL DESERVED ALL HE GOT
 AT HANDS OF COMMISSIONERS
BY W. B. tBAT) MAsTERsoN

to sympathize with him in this affair. The fact is, a majority of those who are familiar with Attell's past perform ances would not care If he was barred from boxing in every state in the union for life. It Is the charge upon which he was convicted that will be found fault with.
 That Attell lied and that he attempt cd to injure the reputation of repu- table physician by asserting that he had been wilfully and intentionally doped with cocaine and that the doctor and others were in a conspiracy to dis able him and prevent him from win ming by drugging him, cannot be doubted. But Attell had motive for lying. Nor was the motive hard to find. Had Attell admitted that he had been fairly beaten, it would no doubt have affected his match with Kilbane in Los Angeles next month, out of which he is to receive the sum of s6500, and possibly cause the cancella- tion of the match altogether.
 That is why Attell lied and why he was willing to blacken the character of innocent men in order to save him self from financial loss. For that he deserved to be barred, not only for six months, but for all time in New York.
 As for Danny Goodman, he deserved all he got. He was found guilty of lying and aiding and abetting a liar. He not only lied about Commissioner O'Neil, but he also lied to protect At tell, and is entitled to no sympathy.
 Attell is a crafty little cuss. No one who knows him will attempt to deny that. Anything he doesn't know about getting the money in his business isn't worth knowing. He has faked, and he doesn't deny it. but he always got something for it. But he got nothing out of the Brown fight excepting his percentage of the gate receipts and good licking, and finally disbarrment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-29
INCREASE OF GERMAN
 NAVY WILL NOT STOP
The Socialists Are All in Favor of Strengthening Worlds Greatest
 Naval Fighting Machine

Berlin, January 2S.--(Special. )-Ger- manys parliamentary elections, though they have increased materially the strength of the socialists, once the un- conditional opponents of big arma- ments, give no assurance that there will be the least let up in the pace at which the greatest fighting machine in the world is being strengthened
 On the contrary. the new reichstag will contain large majority in favor of military and naval expansion.
 Abandoning their old time reasoning against big armaments, the socialist candidates, almost without exception, declared themselves friendly to what ever enlargement of the army and navy
 might be deemed advisable ''in view of
 the surprising developments of the last
 summer" The quotation is from pr. Bebel.
 About the first business before the new body will be consideration of i'm mense increases in appropriations for army and navy.
 Opinion is preparing itself for sen sational German navy bill and 1t is predicted that German radicals, national l liberals and 50 per cent of socialists l will support such measure. l It Is assumed that the German social 1 sts, under the influence of Anglophobia. | will abandon their anti military atti- l tude so far as the pending designs for ! expansion are concerned and failing some arrangement between Berlin and | London to check armaments, will strive | for legislative changes such as would prevent either army or navy being l aegressiyely a or recklessly employed at 1 the ipse dixit of a monarch. or the instigation of a court cabal or the "in- | famous allurements of capital" l To this extent the elections reveal the | fact that German socialism has become 1 less idealistic and more materialistic
 and largely as the result of the Mo rocco crisis.