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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-12
CROOKED BILLET INN.
London's Oldest Public House and Its
Romantic Interior.

The Crooked Billet. an inn which
stands upon Tower hill, boasts itself.
says the London Graphic, as the oldest
public house in London. How far back
its history goes IL would be impossible
to say. The records are wanting, but
there is every reason TO believe that
the inn dates from the time of Henry
VIII. Certainly no London inn is more
romantic In the matter of sliding pan
els and concealed doors. secret rooms
and underground passages-one of
these reputedly leads to the Tower
and thick walls richly carved.
In the principal reception room are
to be seen some magnificent oak pan
elings. a quantity carved freize above
the door and a no less richly carved
mantelpiece. The ceiling is covered
with a number of strange devices. with
a female head-believed to represents
Queen Elizabeth-in the center. The
windows looking out upon the street
are fastened with shutters clamped
with huge iron bars.
There is tradition that Oliver Crom-
well once lived Tor lodged at the
Crooked Billet. The place was known
in those days as "the old house at the
bottom of the Minorles."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-12
MAKES CORRECTION.
Mr.. FELTON, Calls Attention to Error in
His Report.

Boston, Dec. l2.--In a summary of his
report on the condition of the Boston &
Maine railroad given out Wednesday,
S. NJ. FELTON,, the railroad expert, was
made enormously to say that athe pres.
ent capitalization exceeds the value of
the property"
Mr.. FELTON, said yesterday:
"My exact words were quite to the
contrary. l stated that mo physical
valuation has been made of the Boston
& Maine but it could not be claimed
that the present capitalization is great.
er than the value Of the property Ny
report showed that the total cost of
the road and equipment of the Boston &
Maine and leased lines, as of June 30.
1918, was s205, ,449, and | added: Tt
is confidently asserted that the property
could not be reproduced for $250000,-
00O.'"
Mr.. Felton's report filed 100 tyne
written pages and the error occurred
when the matter was being hurriedly
condensed for publication.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-12
PRESIDENT CONFINED TO BED.
Cold Worse After Attending Red Cross
Meeting Wednesday.

Washington, Dec l2.-President Will
sons cold was troubling him again yes
terday. In consequence, all engagements
for the day were cancelled and the presi-
dent remained in bed.
'The president caught little addi-
tional cold through attending the Ma
tional Red Cross meeting yesterday"
said Secretary Tumulty yesterday.
at is localized in his head and throat.
There is only slight fever accompany.
ing it. 1t was decided, however, as u
precautionary measure, to have him re-
main in bed yesterday. 1t may be nee
essary to cancel his engagements for the
remainder of the week. but we will not
decide this until later"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-12
NO NEW HAVEN IN VERMONT.
Savings Banks and Trust Companies Not
Allowed to Invest.

Ludlow. Dec. l2.-Frank c. Williams
state bank commissioner, in commenting
yesterday on the passing of the divi.
dend by the New York, New Haven a
Hartford. said that the statement in the
New York report of the dividend action
to the effect that s40,0oo,000 Of the
roads stocks and bonds were held by
savings banks, other financial institu-
tions and estates was incorrect as far
as Vermont was concerned. Not a dol
lar of stocks or bonds of the New York,
New Haven & Hartford road is owned
bv any Vermont savings bank or trust
company he said. "The state banking
law does not allow them to invest in
railroad stocks.'
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-12
SCHMIDT KISSES FATHERS HAND.
Earlier He Refused to Recognize Aged
Parent.

New York, Dec. l2.-Hans Schmidt,
former priest, on trial for the murder of
Anna Aumuller, fell on his knees yester-
day afternoon in the district attorneys
office and kissed his aged fathers hand,
who came all the way from Germany to
try to save him from the electric chair.
With tears he begged forgiveness.
Yesterday morning Schmidt refused to
recognize his father.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-12
Marshall Back Home.

Fall River, Mass, Dec. l2.--James
Marshall, a millionaire hat manufactur-
er, missing since Tuesday, returned last
night.
He disappeared from the Grand Cen
trail station at New York. He was with
a physician on his way to a sanitarium
where he was to take treatment for ner-
vousness.
His family would make no statement.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-12
WHOLESALE POISONING.
And Woman Faces Charge of First De-
gree Murder.

Little Valley, n. Y, Dec. l2.-Mrs.
Cynthia BuiTum was arraigned here this
afternoon on a bench warrant charging
her with murder in the first degree in
having poisoned her husband, Willis
Buffum.
One child died under mysterious cir
cumstanees, another is dying and three
Others are suffering from poisoning.
OF the family, Mrs. Buffum alone es-
qauad
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-12
GRANITEvILLE.

Moving pictures at Gilbert's hall Fri
day night. Admission, Zoe. Alzo Sat
urday afternoon and evening. Admis-
sion for afternoon show viii be five cents
for children. In the evening the show
win he l0c. After the evening show, a
dance will be held. Music, Harris or
chestra. Per couple, soc.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-12
WILSON PRAISED, BRYAN RAPED
President Eliot Doesn't Approve Secre-
tary's Appointments.

Boston, Dec. Accommodation OF
President Wilson and criticism of Secre-
tary Bryan for their policies in filling
national offices was contained in an ad.
dress by DR.. Charles W. Eliot, president
of the National Civil Service Reform
league here last night.
In general, the speaker said, the cab
met officers, with the exception of the
secretary of state, seemed to intend to
conform to the declaration of their plat.
form and the well-known opinion of the
president.
The secretary of state has clearly
made cor proposed appointments in pay.
ment of political service, President Eliot
asserted
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-12
MASS. GRANGE OPPOSES SUFFRAGE
And Commends Secretary of Agriculture
Houston.

Boston, Dec. l2-opposition to
woman's suffrage was declared by the
state grange in its closing session here
yesterday.
In direct opposition to the attitude as
sumed by the national grange at its re-
cent convention at Manchester, the state
grange adopted resolutions commencing
Secretary OF Agriculture Houston and
copies OF the resolutions were ordered
sent him
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-12
vIvIsEcTIoN sAvAGEDoM RELIC.
Ants in Convention Quote Darwin in
Support of Thesis.

Washington, Dec 2-"Viyiseetionists
in an earlier day would have been slave
dealers or in a still earlier stage of de-
velopment would have been cannibals.
ready to eat alive their grandmother
OF grandfathers," declared Prof. J. How
ard Moore of Chicago yesterday at the
anti-vivisection convention. He declared
that the Darwinian theory sustains such
a belief.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-12
NOW HOLD LESS THAN $1,000.
Maine Banks Have but Few New Haven
Shares.

Augusta, Me-, Dec. l2.--The banks of
Maine hold less than $4,000 par value
of the New Haven railroads stock, ac-
cording to the bank commissioner.
though no decision Is required from him
as TO their legality in view of the pass
ing of the December dividend
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-12
ADDRESSED TO CONCORD.
The Letters Written by Missing Woman
Were Destined Here.

Bangor. Me. Dec. l2.-Perley White OF
Levant, whose wife disappeared Satur-
day last, has found letters, which it is
supposed Mrs.. White wrote before she
left, but failed to mail.
These We're to acquaintance in Con-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-12
NO CHANGE.
Legality of New Haven Bonds Is Not
Affected.

Hartford. Conn, Dec. l2--Bank Com.
missioners Fred P. Holt and Norris S
Lippitt yesterday stated in reference to
the passing of the dividend on the stock
of the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford railroad company that in their judg-
ment the legality OF the company 5
bonds ia not affected.
This ruling on their part win also ap.
ply to the new six per cent. convertibles,
IL issued.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-12
Draw, the Line thar.

"All the world loves lover" quoted
the wise guy.
Eyes. but It hates to buy wedding
presents for him. added the simple
mug.-Philadelphia Record
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-12
FOUGHT sTUBBoRNLY.
Moors Resisted the Advance of French
Forces.

Paris, Dec. l2.-The storming of Ain
GalaRa, in the interior of Morocco, on
Nov. 81, cost the French army the lives
of three officers and IL men, while three
officers and 10 men were wounded.
Advioes received at the ministry of
war describe the resistance of the Moors
as very stubborn.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-12
TwO More MilIs Give IN.

Lawrence, Mass, Dec 1.-TWO more
mills made concessions TO the striking
firemen yesterday. The basis of settle
ment is l0-hour day instead of -
Over 100 fremen in four mills are still
out
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-12
Hnw Scandal Crow.

What's this? hear you had youf
face smashed in a barber shop"
you heard 1t wrong. The barber
merely broke my mug. kansas City
Journal.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-12

cord. y. H., and Tacoma, Wash, indicat-
ing her intention OF going to Boston and
to Washington.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-08-22
BABYS LIFE SAVED
BY FLUFFY CLOTHES
Woman and Two Children Have
a Narrow Escape.

GRAND RAPIDS, WIS.-Mrs James
Damek and her two children
of the town of New Rome, Adams
county, had a remarkable escape from
drowning. Mrs. Damek had just fin
ished her shopping at NekoOsa and
she, with her two children, one aged
seven and the other a three-months
old babe, had just started for home in
their wagon when the horse took
fright and ran directly for the ferry
which crosses the Wisconsin river at
Nekoosa.
The animal ran onto the waiting
ferry and plunged off the opposite end
with the wagon and occupants into
the swiftly moving stream. The fer
ryman succeeded in rescuing Mrs.
Damek and the next ones ON the scene
saved the seven-year-old girl, but the
swift current carried the baby beyond
the reach of the shore rescuers.
The baby's fluffy clothes acted as
float and kept the child above water
while being carried swiftly towards
the dam few hundred feet below.
Clam Bradley, a plumber, saw the
child floating in the river and plung
ed in to rescue her. His strength was
nearly exhausted when he reached the
child, but he succeeded in keeping her
above water until both were rescued
by Marshal Billings and Sydney
Brooks, who put out from the shore
in a rowboat The horse was drown
ed and the wagon lost.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-08-22

The beauty and virtue of women
are superior to the virtue and beauty of
men, but no one can be beautiful when
in the throes of deep-seated hacking
cough or cold. Nothing will bring greater
relief than Aliens Cough BaISam. Sold for
over half a century. Endorsed by those
who use it. 25c., soc. and $1.O0 bottles.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-08-22
!: GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

CARROLTON, Motive persons
in an automobile were killed and
the driver was seriously injured when
a Santa Fee passenger train struck the
machine at a crossing mile east of
machine at crossing mile east.
The dead are Carl FORBES and Mrs.
Carl Forbes, Sacramento, CAL; Mrs.
Mabel Warner, Brookfield, Mo-; Mrs.
William Roberts, Brookfeld, Mo-, and
H. S. Vandevente, BroOkfeld, Mo.
William Roberts was injured, it is be-
lieved, fatally. Vandevente was the
owner of the car.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-08-22
VETERAN JURlST IS DEAD
John w. Sole on GAINESVILLE Bench for
Twenty-Seven Years.

GAINESVILLE, WIS. = Judge John
Wesley Sale, for over twenty-seven
years judge of the Rock county pro-
bate court, died after brief illness
of pneumonia.
He had served ten years previous
to taking his last Office as district at
torney, twice as alderman, two terms
as city attorney, and was leader in
Republican politics. He had an
nounced his retirement from the
bench January 1 next, Charles L. FL
field having been elected successor.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-08-22
DEATHs OF LOVE PIRATE"
Man Accused with Wife of Marriage
Fraud Expires in Jail.

MILWAUKEE,, WIS.-Just twenty
minutes after he entered the county
jail a government prisoner, arrested
with his wife on charge of using the
mails to defraud, w. F. Bennett, of
San Antonio, Tex, was dead.
The body was taken to the morgue
where a post-mortem showed that the
cause of death might have been heart
LESSONS. However, DR.. William Beck
er, working on the theory that Ben
nett might have taken poison prior
to his jail entrance, will test the dead
mans blood.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-08-22
SPORTING AFFAIRS.

WASHINGTON One hundred
thousand dollars has been offered by
Clark Griffith, manager of the Wash
ington baseball club, for the release
of Tyrus Cobb, of the Detroit club.
This is the worlds record price for
a baseball player and it is even said
that if the Detroit club turns down
the offer Griffith will increase the fig
ure.
JERSEY CITY, NJ. J.-Jersey City
and Toronto broke all International
league records as well as all records
for this season in any league by fight
Ing through twenty innings at West
Side park, without a st0re either
way.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-08-22
+! HIS MIND is WRECKED
Father of Three Drowned Children Is
Near to Death.

SUPERIOR, WIS-With his mind
almost wrecked by the catastrophe
in ST. Louis bay in which several per
sons were drowned by the collapse of
the roof of launch, Aaron Siegel, ia
Their of three of the victims, and hus-
band of fourth, is at the point Of
death
Mrs. Franklin, mother of Mrs. Las
ky, one of the victims, is very ILL.,
At the funeral services for the victims
the cries of the mourners drowned
the words of the rabbi The cortege
was several blocks long.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-08-22
STATE CROPS GOOD
University Professor Says Bad Effect
of Early Season Is Overcome.

MADISON, WIS. - Although the
seeding and planting seasons seemed
unusually backward and unfavorable,
Wisconsin farmers will this year in
all probability harvest their custom
airy excellent crops.
Grain crops of northern and central
Wisconsin, according to Professor R.
A Moore, of the college of agriculture
Of the University of Wisconsin, have
been especially good this season.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-08-22
VIII Train Teachers.

WAUKESHA, WIS - With the
opening of schools in September there
will be introduced into the high
school a special course for the train
ing of teachers for rural schools, and
q special effort will be made to turn
out from the regular high school
course tea: c. vel rrc-cred for the
work of the country schools.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-08-22
NEW HARMONY. IND.-Nola ]

WESTFIELD, NJ. Y.-Rev. Peter G.
gals were killed in an auto accident.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-08-22
LIVE STOCK POISONED
Four Valuable Holstein Cows and q
Horse Are Victims.

LA CROSSE, WIS. - Four val
liable Holstein COWS are dead, three
more and horse are likely to die
on the farm of w. Postma on Brice
Prairie, this county, as the result Of
paris green being placed in Postma's
pasture by some unknown but mali
cious enemy.
A year ago Postma lost two COWS
when paris green was put into his
watering trough. The district attor-
ney's Office is investigating the case.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-08-22

NEWPORT, r. |. - Bold jewel
thieves raided Hermann's big jewelry
store on Thames street some time
during the night It Is asserted by
the police that the plumber taken is
valued at $780, 900.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-08-22

BIINGHAMToN, N. Y. Cen
eral E. F. Jones, once lieutenant gov
ernor of New York and a noted civil
war veteran, died of apoplexy here.
He was born in Utica June 3, 1928, and
became major in the Sixth Massachu
sets infantry, first to respond to Lin
coins call for $4,000 volunteers.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-08-22

SEATTLE, WASH.-About twenty
five passengers and seven seamen
were lost when the steamer State of
California of the Pacific Coast Steam
60 0cr7" nany's feet struck an un-
chartered rock and was wrecked in
G...D.er bay, Alaska, at 8 o'clock.
Among the dead are Mrs. Nellie B.
Ward, wife of Edward G.. Ward, as
sistant general manager of the com
pany at Seattle, and their daughter,
Miss Lily Ward, who succumbed to
exposure after her rescue.
CHICAGO-Following a hot quar-
rel with his wife, William Sinda, a
cabinet maker, 1886 Cortland street,
drew a penknife, stabbed her fifteen
times, cut their eight-year-old daugh-
ter, Anna, number Of times, and then
obtained a razor and cut his own
throat He died en- route to st. Eliza
beth's hospital, wnere the wife and
daughter were taken. The woman
has a chance of recovery and the girl
is not seriously wounded.
MILLEN, GA. - Judge William S.
Godbee, one of the kest known men
in South Georgia, was instantly kill
ed and his wife, Mrs. Florence Boyer
Godbee, formerly of Youngstown,
Pa, was so badly wounded that she is
dying. The tragedy was enacted by
Mrs. Edna Perkins Godbee, divorced
wife of the dead man.
MUNCIE, IND.-Miss Annie Jones,
colored, who on Sunday, August 8,
shot and killed Dan Daugherty, col
ored, pleaded guilty to charge of in
voluntary manslaughter and was SEN
fenced to from two to twenty years
in the penal department of the In
diana Womens Prison department at
Indianapolis.
FOND DU LAC, WIS. - Phillip
Raeder was burned to death and his
son Louis, twelve years old, and an
infant son were burned severely at a
fire that destroyed Louis Raeders
home at Greenbush. An explosion of
a kerosene stove caused the blaze.
NEW HARMONY, IND.-Nola J.
Richards, local electrician, was instant
ly killed while trimming lights dur
ing heavy rainstorm. The city cur
rent was supposed to have been
turned off, but was still on and the
line became short circuited.
WESTFIELD, NJ. Y.-Rev. Peter G.
BONNER, his Vile, and Miss Alice Pea
gals were killed in an auto accident.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-10
CLEANING DAY BULLETIN

Twenty-one policemen in their in
spection work report that they found
citizens generally observing cleaning
week. They discovered a few yards
not clean with few unsanitary condi-
tions.
This is what they say about chill
dren helping: Easy to notice" "a
great deal" Il saw them "They
were all busy" Every indication. "
Doing good work" quite notice
able" Good"
Some gave addresses of specially
clean and beautiful yards; others said,
Nearly all of them. "All in my neigh
borhood." "A great many" Mostly
Clean "All yards in my district "
mot space to mention all" my own
and my neighbor."
Several think Richmond's parks and
public grounds are above the average
I'm very good shape" Might be
better" "In fairly good shape"
To man they advise that the good
work be kept up. Encourage the chill
dren to clean once a week" Follow
this continuously. l fully approve OF
this movement" Good thing" pres
ent method will have desired eect
Every day cleaning day" This last
from the chief of police. 1t should be
the slogan of the city.
The patrolmen wished that theil
names be unmentioned, but they are
worthy. In behalf of printing com
mittee, MRS. F. w. STEPHENS.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-10
Every City is Measured by its Citizens

yourself, but that will be suggested to
you by the things the other fellows
say.
You'll be surprised, too, to see how
much bigger the other fellows think
you are than you think you are
And you'll be bigger-bigger in your
own thoughts and so really bigger
when you find them listening to your
suggestions with respect and pulling
together to put them into effect.
You've got new sensation coming,
you citizens who think you are smaller
than your town.
AS for you, Mr.. Man-you, over
there, with the notion in your head
that you're a bigger man than your
town-there's only one thing for you
to do. You can keep on thinking and
being bigger than your community I'M
less you are doing all you can to pull
the community up to your level.
I That's a big job for one man. no mat
ter how much bigger than his town
he is. If you don't believe that, tackle
it single handed and see where you
get off
: There's only one way you can make
| your town as big as you are. Indeed,
/ if you really are bigger than your
town you never can make the town
as big as you are. You sit still and
let the community climb up to you, but
first thing you know you'll find that
they have got a long way farther up
the ladder than you were when the
climb started.
The best you can do, if you put into
the job all of that superior ability, spe
cial training, enthusiasm and energy
that make you bigger than your town
is to join with the other men Of your
town, pull together with them, show
them how to pull together, if you
really can teach them anything, and
pretty soon you'll see the Old Town
begin to move-begin to get bigger in
it's community mind, begin to think
bigger, and so begin to be bigger
And then, if you really are bigger
than your town, you'll find yourself
getting bigger all the time, and il
you've got the right stuff in you youl
town never will catch up with you
You'll always be the leader
Yet-and here is where the parade,
comes in-your town, Mr.. Big Man
and your town, Mr.. Little Man, viii
always be exactly the same size tina
you are, and you will both always bt
exactly the same size as your town.
Think it over
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-10
BY Frank Parker Stockbridae.

ny FRANK TdFkeF StoCkpFiogc.
copyright, 1912, by Town Develop
ment Company
How big are you?
AS big as your town?
Bigger than your town?
Or are you one of those meek spir-
its that regard themselves as small
fry?"
You know the answer-nobody else
does. For nobody but yourself knows
just how big you think you are, and
1t is one of the strange phenomena of
this human nature of ours that a man
can make himself just what he thinks
he is. You'll find that in the Bible,
il you don't believe it-twenty-third
chapter of Proverbs, seventh verse:
For as he thinketh in his heart, so
is he"
Where do you think you measure
up by the standards of your own COM
munity?
Surely you don't think you are
smaller than you town?
Why, a town is only as big as the
people in it--just exactly as big as
they think it is and want it to be and
make it. Suppose everybody else in
your town felt just the way you do.
It would be a pretty small town
now, wouldn't it?
You'd be ashamed to be a citizen OF
town made up of people each OF
who had so little pride In himself
so little confidence in his own merits
that he thought the town was bigger
than he was.
There's just one thing to do If yor
feel that way. Make yourself as big
You can do it by doing something
for your town. Perhaps you DOM
know how valuable you could be tt
your community. You'll never find out
IL you stay in your she'll and think
well, I'm only a small toad In a bis
make a splash?"
Get out! Make a splash, Line ul
with the other fellows who are doins
something for your town-the fellow!
who are as big as the town is-tht
fellows who have made the town th|
size 1t Is and are making it biggel
while they are getting bigger them
selves.
You'll be surprised when you ge
the habit of mixing with the boy
down at the Commercial Club how
many ideas to make this Old Tow
you never would have thought of b.