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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-31
THOSE FIREMEN'S UNIFORMS.
Alexander Ironside Said He Did Not Re
fuse To Read A. A. Lamorey's Letter.

Editor, Barre Daily Times: Seeing that
have been drawn into this unfortunate
controversy relative to whether the uni
forms and caps for our iremen are non
union or union made, | wish to let the
powers that be understand that | did
not refuse to read any letter that Mr..
Lamorey might haye had filed away for
future reference. | did. however, state
TO Mr.. Lamorey that it did not mat
ter very much whether he had such Il
letter or not, as ! was thoroughly con
WINGED that the Burton Pierce Co. of
Boston was a firm that did not employ
union men, and in fact never had. to my
knowledge. have before me the list
of manufacturers using the United Gar
ment Workers label and listed in the
directory of the American Federation of
Labor tunion label trades Department. }
for the past three years, and | fail to
find the name of the Burton Pierce Co.
therein. | have also on file the bulletin
of the United Garment Workers of
America for the past two years and no
mention is made of the said company.
neither are they listed among the firms
using the Custom Tailers' union label
No doubt Mr.. Lamorey may have in
serted in his letter TO the firm some sug
gestions bearing on the union label, but
that is all il could amount to- for the
reason that this firm could not supply
him with the thing they never had. There
is no getting away from the fact that
Alderman Dawson instructed Mr.. La
morey to see that the uniforms and caps
were union made. To this Mr.. Lamorey
candidly agrees. and it will take con
siderable reasoning on his part to change
the opinion of anyone who takes the
trouble to look into such matters, but
therein lies a tale
The caps made for our firemen bear
the union label of the United Cloth Hat
& Cap Makers of North America, and
the inside center of the cap bears the
imprint in bold letters, Burton Pierce
Co., Boston, Chicago, etc, Now this COM
pany is not listed as union cloth hat or
cap makers in any city in the United
States Therefore. the caps furnished to
our firemen must have been sub.contract-
ed out by the firm of Burton Pierce to
some Arm who had the right to use the
label. Or else Burton Pierce and COM
pany are using the Cloth Hat & Cap
Makers union label illegally.
| may have more to say on this sub
iect later on, as steps have been taken
to probe this matter to the bottom. In
conclusion. it may be too late to rectify
this deplorable condition of affairs, in
sofar as the clothing for our firemen is
concerned but | sincerely trust on the
next occasion that may arise, a contract
will be drawn up that will be binding on
all concerned. | beg to remain,
Truly yours,
Alex Ironside
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-31
SOLD OVERWEIGHT.
Nevertheless Vegetable Peddler Was Ar
rested for Violation of Law.

Burlington, July 3l.-Because he did
not use some prescribed measure. al
though he gave more than the required
weight, Curtis A. Emo, vegetable ned
dler, was arrested by TIE weight and
measure men yesterday afternoon and
taken into city court for a violation Of
the law which governs the weighing and
measuring. Emo, according to law,
should have given Is pounds OF potatoes
at house on South Champlain street.
He didn't use what the spoilers deemed
the right sort of measure but did give
nearly l6 pounds In city court the
weight and measure men testified That
Emo gave over weight but wished to
have him punished for measuring in
stead OF weighing the potatoes. states
Attorney Hopkins prosecuted and J. J.
Enright appeared for Emo. Judge Pal-
mer held that the law required that
certain weight be given. Ii man
wished to give more than that, it was
entirely his business. The states at
torney asked for exceptions.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-31
BOTH PLEAD NOT GUILTY.
Young Diggs and Caminetti Ar
raigned at San Francisco.

San Francisco, July 3l.-Maury
Diggs and Drew Caminetti, both young
men of social prominence, pleaded not
guilty yesterday before Judge Van
Fleet in the United States district
court to violation of the Mann act.
The charges are: First, that Diggs
and Caminetti conspired to violate the
act by transporting Marsha Warning
ton and Lola Norris fIDm Sacramento,
Cal, to Reno. New; and second, that
they did so in violation OF the act.
Judge Van Fleet set Aug. as the date
for trying Diggs on the second charge.
In addition Digqs is charged jointly
with Charles b. Harris of Sacramento,
his attorney, with conspiracy to suborn
perjury in preparing his defense.
Demurrers to all the indictments
were interposed by Robert Devlin, for
merly federal district sttoneg here,
as chief counsel for the defense. Theo.
dore Roche, president of the San Fran
cisco commission and chief special
prosecutor, argued against the demur-
rers, all of which the court overruled.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-31
WILL PROTEST IS ovERRULED.
Five Nephews of Countess d'Arschol
Charge Undue Influence.

New York, July 3l.-The will of
Countess CASTOR dArsehol, widow of a
Belgian diplomatic, disposing of a s400,-
600 estate, was admitted to probate yes
terday against the protest of five of the
countess nephews and nieces. The bulk
of the estate was left to her late hus-
bands nephew, Count d'Arschol, secre-
tary to the cabinet of the Belgian king.
Undue influence was alleged and Count
d'Arschol made special trip here
from Brussels to refute the charge by
his testimony.
although the tenor of the count 5
letters show him to have been typical
European fortune hunter. desirious of
bartering his title of nobility for money
and not caring where the money came
from" reads Surrogate Cohalan's decis-
ion. nevertheless, / am of the opinion
that the influence he exerted on the tes-
tatrix did not legally amount TO fraud,
coercion or duress. Ii was merely a
yielding to adulation and fattery. If
this were the will of an average Ameri-
can woman who did not have an exag-
gerated veneration for titles and rap
pings of nobility. l think the influence
exerted here might, perhaps, be eonsid-
cred undue influence"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-31
ONE MAN KILLED,
BUT MANY SAVED
By All-Steel Construction of Two Trains
on Pennsylvania r. R., Which
Crashed at Altoona, Pa,
Yesterday.

Altoona, Pa, July 3l,--One man was
killed and l46 passengers and trainmen
were injured, only one dangerously, yes
terday, when fast express crashed into
the rear end of passenger train on the
Pennsylvania railroad at Tyrone, Is
miles east of this city. All Of the in
iured persons, excepting ! u, who are be-
ing cared for in the Altoona hospital
were able to continue their journey or
60 to their homes here. The equipment
of both trains was entirely of steel con-
struction and to this fact is attributed
the escape from possible death of a great
number Of persons. George F. Funk. en-
gineer, of Harrisburg, Pa, was killed.
The Pittsburg express which arrived at
Tyrone four minutes late had started
to move away from the station when
fast express of eight cars from Phil
adelpha, running on time, and travel
ing about 30 miles an hour, plunged into
the rear parlor car of the second train
and the front fail car of the Pittsburg
express.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-31
coUGHED UP REPTILE.
Montgomery Woman Probably Kept Crab
in Stomach Eight Years.

Montgomery, July 3l.-Much interest
has been aroused here in the peculiar
case of Mrs. Ephraim Lumbra, who re-
Gently coughed up a reptile which, in
the opinion of several physicians, had
about eight years
The woman had been suffering for
some time from what the doctors thought
was a stomach trouble. She suffered Sc
we're attacks Of distress in her stomach,
onions appearing to cause more pain
than anything else that she ate. She is
very fond of the vegetable, however, and
on recent night told her husband she
was going to eat as many OF them as
she wanted, no matter what the effects
might be. This she proceeded TO do and
she also suffered the anticipated distress.
Beginning to gag, she hastened to a
sink. Something seemed to stick in her
throat and when she pulled out the OBJ
struction she found it to be o reptile
(which the doctors say was crab
shaped like lobster, having claws, and
measuring six inches from tip to tail
to toe. The animal showed fight when
disturbed.
At recent meeting of the Franklin
county physicians this peculiar case was
discussed and it was the general opinion
that the reptile had probably been in the
woman's stomach about eight years and
that the only thing that prevented its
killing her when she coughed ii up was
that it came tail first.
The woman is apparently well now.
She does not know when she swaltrwed
the crab. not having any recollection of
ever thinking she had swallowed a for
eign substance.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-31
GREAT BRITAIN
WILL NOT TAKE PART
Notifies United States Government of
Decision Not To Participate in
Panama Pacific Exposition
Speculation as To Cause
Is Rife.

London, July 3l.--Great Britain has
decided against participation in the Pan
anna Pacific exposition at San Francisco
in 1915, and notification OF this deter.
mination OF the British government was
conveyed officially to Washington. The
despatch gave no reason except to say
that Great Britain was not in position
TO participate.
Both the British foreign office and
Walter Hines Page, the American em-
bassador here, declined to discuss the
matter 1t has been mooted for some
time that the dispute in regard to the
Panama canal might possibly lead to this
result and the present notification is at
tributed to that cause.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-31
TALK OF THE TOWN

Alfred Robertson left this morning for
Boston, where he will remain for sew
eral days.
Harriet, daughter of d. A. Horner OF
Northfeld, was operated upon at the
City hospital this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs George Houghton and
Miss Louise Stone, graduate nurse,
were in town yesterday with their daugh.
ter, Thelma, who was operated upon at
the City hospital.
Wednesdays arrivals at The Buzzell
hotel were as follows; J. p. Cobb. Bur
lington; w. A. D. Smith, Manchester,
n. H.; John Clancy, Melrose. Mass; j.
r. Kantor, Boston, NJ. Harris, Boston ;
Robert b. Jart, Newcastle, Pa. James
Healy. Minersville, \. y; Santo Gano.
Minersville, y. Y; Ray Fish, Minersville,
y. Y; F. e. Wells, Detroit, Mich; p. II.
Henderson, Hanover. \. H.; H. s. Wes-
sell, Burington J. T. Baugan. Manches-
ter, n. H.; A. c. Bigelow, Brookfeld.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-31
TWO NEARLY OVERCOME.
BY Fire in a Burlington House Last
Evening.

Burlington, July 3I-A fire broke out
in the house belonging to James \. Mea-
CHER at 90 Peru street last evening about
$3.50 O'Clock and the firemen arrived in
just about time to save two victims
from sufTocation The fire itself caused
little damage to property as it was
quickly extinguished.
The building is story and half
structure and on the upper floor sleep
Paul Plant an aged man, and his little
nephew. They had retired and were
asleep when the fremen arrived. The
woman in charge of the house had left
to go on an errand and had turned the
lamp down 1t is supposed that the
flame followed the wick down into the
oil for an explosion must have resulted
The FIRE quickly spread to some lace
curtains and other furnishings and the
darkness leaped out of the Windows. At
the same time the small house was filled
with smoke and the one room on the
second floor got most Of this.
William Powers, one of the first men
on the scene. dashed upstairs and
awakened Plant with difficulty. He
grasped the child and carried him down
the stairs and out OF doors. The boy
was almost oyereolae By the smoke. Inn
mediately afterwards Assistant Chief
Stockwell and a call man went up after
Plant and they brought him down in a
weakened condition Both the boy and
his aged uncle needed care and were
taken into neighbors' houses.
The loss is covered by insurance. The
house had only recently been released
from quarantine for diphtheria, and
some of the neighbors were adverse to
receiving their guests
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-31
,sw :,
New Hays v ,ystem Sells
WesteK~ Holdings to New
York Parties.
ANNOUNCEMENT
BY PRES. MELLEN
The Trolley Lines Ostensibly
Were Held by Another
Company.

Boston, July 3l.-The sale OF its west
ern Massachusetts trolley lines by the
New York, New Haven Hartford rail
road to firm of New York electrical
engineers was announced here o-day by
authority OF President Mellen. The New
Haven systems trolley lines have been
ostensibly owned by the New England
Investment and Securities company,
with the stocks and bonds guaranteed
by the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford railroad
The purchasers are Sanderson & Porter
of New York, who have taken over the
Security company's holdings, the concern
owning the Springfield, Worcester. Pitts
field and other western Massachusetts,
trolley lines. The purchase was consum-
mated through the acquisition of the en-
tire common stock. The sale was con
frmed in message from New York.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-31
TWO WOMEN AND ONE MAN.
Arraigned at Enosburg Falls and Each
Pleads Not Guilty.

Enosburg Falls, July Sl.-In local
court before Judge n. NJ. Post of st.
Albans yesterday Mrs. Josephine Du-
pras, arraigned on the charge of keeping
a house of i'll fame, and Mrs. Lizzie De
mar and Abe Woodward charged with
adultery, pleaded not guilty. They were
bound over to county court, Mrs. Dupras
in 5000 bonds and the other two in $500.
States Attorney Gaylord F. Ladd Of
Richford prosecuted, and ten witnesses
were examined,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-31
BURIAL IN ELMwooD CEMETERY.
Funeral of Mrs Hester A. Richardson
Was Held Yesterday Afternoon.

The funeral of Mrs. Hester A. Rich
ardson, whose death occurred Monday
night at the home of her son, Horace A.
Richardson, of III Summer street, was
held at the house yesterday afternoon at
2:3o o'clock, Rev. J. b. Reardon, pastor
of the Universalist church. officiating,
assisted by Rev. Effie X. NJ. Jones of
Waterloo la, former pastor of the
Barre church. During the services Mrs.
VI. d. Lamb sang Lead Kindly Light"
and Crossing the Bar" There were
many floral tributes. The bearers were
as follows: H. A. Richardson, George
Fiield, w w. Calder and Walter Paine.
The remains were taken to Elmwood
cemetery for interment beside the body
of her husband, Victor Richardson,
whose death occurred several years ago.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-31
CLOTHING DEALERS PROTEST.
Against Fire Committee Method of Buy
ing Firemen's Uniforms.

Editor Times We, the undersigned
clothing dealers of the city of Barre, de-
sire to voice our protest against the
method employed by the fire committee
of our city council in purchasing uni
forms for the regular members of the
fire department. 1t would seem to Us
that it would be more business-lke on
their part if they had drawn up specifi-
cations (which could easily have includ-
ed the union labell and then to have Civ
EN- all clothing dealers in Barre an op-
portunity to bid on the contract.
tSigned.l
j. F. Sadlier,
Alex. Corey,
O. w. Boyea,
!. S. Yeti,
Myer $. Levin,
F. H. Rogers & Co..
John b. Kelley & Co.
Moore & Owens.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-31
CHILD SUDDENLY TAKEN ILL.
One Theory Is That She Ate Poisonous
Berries. She Is Recovering.

The three year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Young of River street
gave her parents, as well as some Of
the neighbors, considerable scare yes
terday when she suddenly went into
commissions DR. J. H. Woodruff was
called and he applied measures which
shortly brought relief TO the patient 1t
is thought that the attack was brought
on by poisonous berries which the child
may have found by the roadside. Mrs.
Young was unable to explain why the
child should be taken so suddenly i'll
unless it were through partaking of
that peculiar kind of berry which
a bounds in River street and vicinity. Dr.
Woodruff said the attack might have
been the result of improper digestion.
The child's condition was reported TO be
much improved to-day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-31
COOLER WEATHER
AFTER HEAT WAVES
In Some Cities of Middle West Tempera-
ture Went as High as 100 Yes
terday-Many People Died.

Chicago, July. 31.--Midsummer heat
bringing to many cities temperatures a:
high as l06 and making the l00-degret
mark common over wide areas, extend
ed throughout the central states yester
day.
Generally described, the heat wave ex
tended from the Rocky mountains to the
Atlantic coast but the maximum tenn
peratures were reported from points be
tween Kansas and Ohio.
Southern Illinois got the full blast OF
the heat. At Galesburg it was l06 and
at Peoria l04. Local showers relieved
the heat in some places, while at Gales
burg. ILL.,, no rain has fallen since July
q. Scores of deaths and numerous pros
trations were reported
Chicago had relatively cool weather
the maximum being So The condition
was relieved by brisk winds.
Hail Fell in Boston.
Boston, July 81. Although the maxi
mum temperature yesterday was official
ly only "a, the abnormally high humid
ity caused much suffering and several
heat prostrations were reported.
large hailstones and heavy winds swept
across the city in the early afternoon,
bringing relief from the sweltering con
ditions. The shower lasted 81 minutes
and in that time 0l of an inch of rain
fell, record which has been exceeded
only twice in Is years.
Crops in outlying districts to the west
and south were reported riddled by the
hail. There was little or no damage in
the city
Hottest July 80 on Record.
New York, July 31.-The heat wave
from the middle West struck this city
with full force yesterday, establishing a
new high temperature record for the
summer with an official mercury read
ing of 94.6 in mid-afternoon.
Besides breaking the years record,
Yesterday was the hottest July 80 in
the history of the city's weather bureau,
established in 1872. Four deaths and
about dozen prostrations in the met
ropoltan district were attributed to the
heat.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-31
300 Crazy People Made
Scene of Wild Disorder
at Milwaukee
INMATES FOUGHT
BACK THE GUARDS
But Were Finally Subdued
By Some of the Paroled
Occupants of Asylum

Milwaukee, July 3l.-Fire early this
morning caused scene of disorder
among three hundred patients in the
Milwaukee chronic insane asylum. The
inmates rushed to the windows, fought
back the guards and for time had com
plcte control II ths place. A squad OF
paroled patients finally subdued the
others.
The fire destroyed several large sfcds
and harms connected with the ;nstitu
ton, but the heavy rain and sudden
shift OF the wind prevented the ilanes
from spreading 20 the dormitorics.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-31
"HONEST" COL. REILEY
DIED WITHOUT MONEY
Former Bookmaker in Chicago Was Once
Reputed to Have Been Worth
Million-He Died in Chicago
Yesterday.

Chicago, July 3l.--Colonel William
Kelley. whose bookmaking establish
ment on Gamblers Row in the 70's was
known from coast to coast, died here
yesterday Although at one time re-
puted to have been millionaire, Kelley
died practically without funds.
Kelley had reputation among gam
bIers for his honesty. He never allowed
minors in his place; no cigarette smok-
ing was permitted and card playing was
forbidden; but any kind of a wager on
a horse race. athletic events or an cleo
tion was promptly covered.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-31
FAST GOING AT GRAND RAPIDS.
Worlds Record for Average Speed tol
Afternoon Broken.

Grand Rapids, Mich, July 3l.-The
largest crowd ever assembled at a race
meet in this city yesterday in a pro-
gram of grand circuit racing, lasting
until dark and going over with one
event unfinished, saw the worlds record
for average speed for an afternoon on
any track shattered, in series OF per-
formanccs marked by the reduction OF
variety of records.
OF the Is heats paced or trotted the
slowest was the one just at dusk,
2:09la, by Strathstorm. The speediest
was Stetbrino Lads 2:04h in the third
heat of the 2.07 pace. The average time
for Is heats was 2;06 9-l5.
Every race was featured by split
heats and hot finishes Ir the Furniture
Manufacturers $4,000 stake for a:l2
favorite, Tommy Horn. showed justii-
cation for this confidence only in the first
heat, which he won with ease. In the
second heat, Tenara landed the Madden
entry a winner and brought the time
down to 2:05a4 which constituted a race
record for trotter at Comstock track.
This record endured only until the next
heat in the 2:0S trot, when the Texas
mare Cheney clipped full second
from the mark, putting it at 2:0tH.
This last figure is also the fastest mile
trotted by mare on any track this
season
Tenara, despite her evident lameness
outstepped the field in the third and
fourth heats. thereby gaining the long
end of the heavy purse
Cheenv. favorite in the 2:0S trot, full
filled expectations after dropping the
first heat to Marigold,
The 2;l7 pace was declared over until
to-day.
Eula Belle, winner of the Tavern
stake at Cleveland few weeks ago, died
in her stall yesterday afternoon. She
was owned by ]. J. Mooney, public
safety director of Toledo. Ohio, was five
years old and this was her prime year
as a racing mare.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-31
TWO WOMEN KILLED.
When Hackman Drove in Front of Ex-
press Train.

Ossining, N. Y, July 81 Patrick
Skelley's local hackman drove his one
horse surrey onto the New York Cen
tral tracks directly in front of the Lake
Shore limited train at a crossing here
yesterday and two women passengers
riding on the rear seat of the vehicle.
were instantly killed, while Skelley es-
capped unhurt. The surrey was half way
across the rails when the locomotive hit
it. The victims were Mrs. Mary +.
Barker, widow, of Stapleton, n. Y and
her daughter, Margaret Barker Skelly
is declared by witnesses to have disre-
garded fiagman's warning of danger
and his arrest was ordered by Coroner
Dunn.
Mrs. Barker, until about year ago,
was a resident of New Haven, Conn.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-31
WOMAN INDICTED FOR MURDER.
Maude Patton Is Charged With Assassi-
mating Wealthy Merchant.

Irfne, Ky, July 3l.-Moude Patton,
20. charged with having assassinated
Reuben Todd wealthy merchant, last
Saturday night, was yesterday indicted
by a grand jury for wilful murder. Todd
was recently married, and it was claim
ed that he attempted to break relations
with Miss Patton and that she shot
him through the heart in the rear of his
store, where she had concealed herself.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-31
FIVE DAYS TRUCE.
Greece and Servia Accent 1t With Great
Alacrity,

London, July 3l.--The alacrity with
which the Greek and Servan delegates
to the Balkan peace conference at Buch-
Arrest consented yesterday to five days
truce, bars out the indications emanat-
ing from Greek sources Tuesday that
transport difficulties were hampering
the Greek operations and that the re-
cent fighting had been more favorable
to the Bulgars than the Greeks were
willing to admit.
1t is expected that the conference at
Bucharest will last two or three weeks
and the chances are said to favor peace
being arranged.
The government informed parliament
yesterday that Great Britain would take
no separate action against Turkey in
the Balkan dispute.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-31
MRS. YOUNG KEEPS PLACE.
Reconsiders Her Intention to Resign
When Upheld, IA to 1.

Chicago, July 3l.-Mrs. Ella Flagg
Young. superintendent of Chicago public
schools, who rendered her resignation
week ago because of friction with certain
members of the board of education, an
nounced yesterday she had decided to
retain her position. This announcement
was made after the newly organized
school board had declined by the vote of
l44 to l to accept her resignation.