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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-22
FRESH ERUPTION
BURIES MORE
Island of Ambrim in the New Hebrides
Group Again Beset by Volcanic
Disturbances and Many
Are Missing.

Paris, Dec. 22.-Fresh eruptions have
the natives of the Island of Ambrim in
the New Hebrides group, according to a
report received to-day at the ministry
of the marine. Dippoint, on the east
ern coast was buried beneath the cinders
and many are missing. Two steamers
rescued !, 300 natives.
Sydney, n. S. W., Dec. 22.-Incoming
steamers bring terrible details OF the
recent volcanic eruptions on the Island
of Ambrim. in the New Hebrides group,
in which 500 natives lost their lives.
Witnesses of the disturbance describe
it as having been so sudden and vio-
lent that they expected to see the whole
western side of the island disappear.
With a terrific roar, which was fol-
lowed with a rapid succession of artil-
lery like detonations, all the craters of
the volcano entered into full activity,
spouting flames and lava and throwing
out huge bowlders.
Great streams OF lava soon were rush
ing down the slopes, cutting off the viii
layers from escape. Inc one instance
two torrents of the molten mass joined
and made an island of one CENTRE sec
tion of village Here 80 or 60 persons
persisted.
The scenes at night were awe-inspir-
ing. Flames shot into the air to a
height of 1000 feet, Illuminating the
scene of destruction.
The ocean seemed to boil as huge SUI
perheated masses of stone fell into the
sea and streams of lava poured into
the bay. Dust from the craters gradual
ly formed black clouds which blotted out
the light of the stars.
The bay after the eruption was filed
with dead fish and large numbers of
dead turtles. The water in the river was
hot.
The British hospital buildings were
wiped out of existence, but previous to
their destruction the doctors pluclIily
removed all the patients to launch
and escaped with them.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-22
Portrait of Mrs. Wilson and Daughters.

A portrait by Robert Vonnoh of Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson and her daughters will
be accurately reproduced in full eolors
as frontispiece in the January Cen
tury. This interesting canvas, which
was painted at Cornish, n. H., this sum
mer, is now on exhibition in New York
for the first time.
About it the art critic of the New
York Times says: "The color is in a
high key, the outdoor light on the faces
Illuminating shadows and halftones, and
the scene is painted without hint of
official portraiture, simple, pleasant
family party with the chief executive
out of the picture. Perhaps no more
completely American treatment could
have been devised, and those who know
Mr.. Vonnoh's work hardly require the
added assurance that the technical re-
sources brought into play are crafty
ingly adequate, and that the design is
clever ard successful"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-22
WENT UP WITH ROAR.
Gas Tanks Blew Up in West Cam
bridge, Mass.

Boston, Dec. 22-With roar that
awoke Belmont, Arlington, Watertown
and Cambridge at 4;40 a. m. yesterday,
so or more tanks of lighting gas in a
freight car in the West Cambridge yard
exploded almost simultaneously shoot
ing in all directions and starting fire
in the train that for time looked
threatening.
Two freight cars We're burned to a
mass of junk, one containing paper.
About 100 railroad ties, at the side Of
the track, went up in the fire.. A third
car. containing flour, was saved by the
firemen, with the aid OF hand chemical
extinguishers.
Police and Others who saw the first IL
Elimination were treated to pyrotech-
mic display that outshadowed any
Fourth Of July exhibition. The flaming
tanks whizzed at all angles and heights,
some of them landing 500 feet away.
Others shot against cars and adjoin-
ing tracks and tore through like cannon
balls. With a circle of fire from the
tanks and the burning of the freight
cars, the illumination brought many to
the scene.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-22
CLOUDY WEATHER PROMISED.
With Rain or Snow Wednesday or Thurs
day.

Washington, d. c., Dec. 22.-Christ-
mas week weather temperatures will be
near or below the seasonal average gen.
orally and the skies will be overcast al
most entirely throughout the week.
"A disturbance now developing in the
Southwest" the weekly bulletin said last
night, will advance northeastward at
tended by rains and SHOWS, and cross
the great central valleys about Tues
day and the eastern states Wednesday
or Thursday.
Another disturbance from the north
Pacific coast will reach the middle West
Thursday or Friday and the eastern
states near the end of the week and
will be preceded by general change
to warmer weather and be followed by
considerably colder weather.
"There are at present no indications
of a severe cold wave during the week"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-22
WOMAN DIED OF BURNS.
Mrs. Annie Butler, Aged 70, Victim at
Everett, Mass.

Everett, Mass, Dec 22.-Aroused by
means from a room occupied by his
mother at 2 Clark street, West Everett,
about 4 o'clock Sunday morning, Rich.
ard Butler dashed upstairs to find Mrs.
Annie Butler, 70 years old, lying on the
floor of the room with broken lamp
beside her and her clothing and the bed
in flames.
Mr.. Butler wrapped rug around his
mother, extinguishing the fire on her
garments, and then carried her down
stairs, after which he dashed back to
the room and extinguished the fire on
the bed.
DR.. Peter ]. Conroy ordered her re-
moved to the Whidden Memorial hos
pital, but before she arrived there she
had. died.
1t was said Mrs. Butler was in feeble
health, and a lighted lamp was always
left in the room. 1t is believed she left
her bed and was moving about the room
when she was stricken with shock and
dropped the lamp.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-22
FEDERALS MOVE
AT OJINAGA
General Villa Says He Does Not Fear an
Attack as Chihuahua Is Too
Well Fortified.

Chihuahua, Dec 22.4The rebel control
of the telegraph and railroad communi-
cation south and west of Chihuahua had
to-day reached a point where General
Villa believed he would be impervious
to an attack by the few federal troops
remaining in the north. Although 1900
federals at 0jinaga, on the border, are
reported as preparing for action, General
Villa believed that they would be unable
to do more than to destroy the railroad,
He said Chihuahua was too well forti-
fed to fear an attack. General Villa,
who can neither read nor write, exer-
cises from the capital all the govern
ment functions.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-22
BOYS BODY FOUND.
Charles Peletier Was Drowned at Web.
steT, Mass, Dec. II.

Webster, Mass, Dec. 22.-The body of
Charles Peletier, the l2-year- -old-son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Peletier of Green
street, who was drowned Dec IL when
he fell from the Peter-street bridge,
was found yesterday afternoon in four
feet of water at the Pleasant street
bridge, about 500 feet up the river from
where he fell. 1t was discovered by Jo-
seph Kalinewska and Joseph Hejewiz,
who were in a boat searching for it.
The body was then taken to the
shore and Chief of Police Clare gave
permission to have it removed to under
taking rooms, after which it was exam
ined by Medical Examiner j. R. Wood
ward who said that death was due to
accidental drowning. The funeral will
take place from the Sacred Heart
church Tuesday morning at 1880.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-22
PANKHURSTs DISAGREE.
Mother and Two Daughters Have Trou-
BILE Over Course to Pursue.

London, Dec. 22.--Mrs. Emmeline
Pankhurst, the militant suffragette lead
er, left London for Paris yesterday on
her way to Switzerland to recuperate
from weakness due to her hunger and
thirst strike in Holloway jail, from
which she was released December IL.
Rumors were in circulation to-day that
relations were strained between Mrs.
Pankhurst and her two daughters, Syl-
via and Christabel, in consequence of
Sylvias determination to concentrate
her campaign in the east end of London
and in efforts to cooperate with mem
bers of the Labor party. Christabel
disapproves of the system and is said to
be withholding funds.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-22
ARM CAUGHT IN MACHINERY.
John Burton Injured in Bellows Falls
Paper Mill

Bellows Falls, Dec. 22.-John Burton,
aged q, was taken to the Rockingham
hospital late Saturday night as result
of an accident and his left arm was am
putated below the elbow While at work
in Moore & Thompson's paper mill he
tried to fix piece of torn paper. His
left arm was caught between the felt
rolls and was horribly burned and man
gled He used his right hand and arm
in an attempt to free himself and it was
burned and large piece of flesh torn
from it, laying bare the bone. 1t is
said at the hospital that if blood pois-
oning does not result his right arm may
not have to be amputated. Burton had
been at work in the mill about two
months. He has worked in other paper
mills since his youth.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-22
ACCLAIMED IN TOXIC.
Mexico's Special Envoy to Thank That
Country for Centennial Participation.

Toxic, Japan, Dec. 22,-Francisco De
La Barra, former provisional president
of Mexico and now acting special envoy
to thank japan for participation in the
Mexican centennial, was greeted with
great ovation by state dignitaries, Off
GERS of the army and navy, prominent
business men and the public generally
on his arrival here to-day. The emperor
is to give a banquet in his honor on
Christmas day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-22
FELL rs FEET.
Harry Boutell Escaped Without Any
Broken Bones.

Winooski, Dec. 22.-Harry Boutell,
employed on the new bridge at the lime
kiln, met with an accident Saturday
afternoon, being knocked from the bridge
to the ground, a distance of about 25
feet. He received many body bruises,
but as near as can be ascertained no
bones were broken. He was removed to
the Fanny Allen hospital and was rest
ing quite comfortably last evening. Mr..
Boutell, foreman on the job, was on the
top of the bridge near the road unfast-
ening a load of timber and in some
manner he lost his balance and was
thrown.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-22
GIVEN TERM IN JAIL.
Peter Abair, Who Pounded Up His
Brother-in-law


In Montpelier city court to-day Judge
Harvey sentenced Peter Abair to not
less than six months and not more than
nine months in the house of correction
in Rutland for pounding up his brother
in law, Almon st. John, when the latter
went to the Abair place in West Berlin
with Mrs. Abair and tried to get some
of the womans clothing, she having left
Abair a short time ago because of do
mestic infelicity. To-day Abair. who
was arrested yesterday morning, plead
ed guilty to breach of the peace Abair
is called to have grabbed club and at
tackled st. John.
The case of Fred Lapan, who has
been out on bail for some time, was to
have been heard in court to-day. Lapan
being charged with breach of the peace,
but owing to the fact that one of the
officers was absent the case was put
over to the following day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-22
PARTY TREASURER INDICTED.
Arthur Mclean Accused of Accepting
Contributions from Corporations.

New York, Dec 22.-The trial of Ar
thur Mclean. treasurer OF the Democrat
ic state committee for l6 years, will be
held in January, according to an an
nouncement by District Attorney Whit
man to-day. Mclean is under indict-
ment on two counts charging the ac-
eeptance OF campaign contributions from
corporations, an offense punishable by
Imprisonment of one year and fine of
81 900.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-22
FORCING REBELS BACK.
Mexico City Dispatches Tell of Federal
Success.

Mexico City, Dec. 22,-Federal sue
cesses at Tepic and Mazatlan on the
Pacific coast are reported in official ad-
vices received here to-day. The rebels
were severely punished in fight with
federals eight miles from Topic, while
the federal forces, which had been be-
sieged at Mazatlan for, many weeks, are
said to have assumed the aggressive and
are forcing the rebels back.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-22
BOX is MISSING.
Said to Contain Rampolla's VIII and
Other Valuable Papers.

Rome, Dec. pa rumor is current in
Vatican circles that a box which was
supposed to contain the will and other
important papers of the late Cardinal
Rampolla has disappeared.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-22
Weather Forecast.

Fair and colder tonight; Tuesday
fair. Moderate northwesterly winds.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-22
Commander of the Federal
Troops in North of Mex
leo Forced Out
SAID TO HAVE COME
INTO UNITED STATES
He Was Dismissed Because
He Didn't Fight at
Chihuahua

ojinaga, Mexico, Dec. 22-General
Salvatores Mercado, commander
chief of the Mexican federal troops in
the north, was deposed yesterday and
it is reported that he has escaped in dis
guise to the American border. General
Mercado's evacuation of chihuahua
without fight is said to have caused
his summary dismissal on orders from
Mexico City. General Francisco Castro,
formerly commander of the federal
troops at Juarez, has been named as
successor to Mercado.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-22
Villa Forbids Looting.

chihuahua, Dec 22--"Anyone who
hereafter loots or molests property of
foreigners or AIexcans will be executed.
The right to confseate property will
rest only with the constitutionalist gov
ernment."
Gen. Francisco Villa issued this order
yesterday, as showing his intention to
maintain strict military discipline. As
an example, he executed on the plaza a
band of rebels who had been found
guilty by court martial of sacking the
home of wealthy Mexican. While the
six rebels were marched before the fir
ing squad the stolen goods We're re-
turned to the owner.
Telegraphic and railroad eommunica
tion has been extended as far west at
Minaoa and as far south of Bermejillo.
If there is no federal interference Gen
eral Villa expects soon to have the
states of chihuahua, Sonora and Sino-
loa as freely open as in times of peace.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-22

Continued on 9th page.l
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-07-10
Ready Wit Saved Situation.

A very laughable incident once oc-
cuxred in the house of commons. An
Irish member having risen was as
sailed by loud cries of Spoke!
Spoke!" meaning that having spoken
once already he had no right to do
so a second time. He had evidently
a second speech struggling in his
breast for an Introduction into the
world, when seeing after remaining
for some time on bis legs, that there
was not the slightest chance Of being
suffered to deliver sentence Of 1t,
he observed with imperturbable gray
ity and in rich Tipperary brogue: IF
the honorable gintlemin suppose that
I was going to spake again they are
quite mistaken. / merely rose for the
purpose of saying that had nothing
more to say on the subject" The
house was convulsed with laughter
for a few seconds afterward at the
ready wit of the Hibernfan Nd. r.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-07-10

confd in choosing what we shall
do? War fitted uu Tor action, and &C.
ton never ceases.
Our Laws the Orders Of the Day.
I have been chosAa the leader OF
the Nation. cannot justify the choice
by any qualities of my own, but SO it
has come about, and here stand
Whom do commando The ghostly
hosts who fought upon these battle
fields long ago and are gone? These
gallant gentlemen stricken in years
whose fighting days are over, their
glory won? What are the orders for
them, who rallies them? have in my
mind another host, whom these set
free Of civil strife in order that they
mighS work out In days of peace and
settled order the life Of great ma
ton. That host Is the people them
Selves. the great and the small, with
out class or difference of kind or
race or origin; and undivided in inter-
est, IL we have but the vision to guide
and direct them and order their lives
Alright in what we do. Our constitu-
tons are their articles of enlistment
The orders Of the day are the laws
upon our statute books. What we
strive for is their freedom, their right
to lift themselves from day 10 day and
behold the things they have hoped
for, and SO make way for still better
days for those whom they love who
are to come after !hem. The recruits
are the little children crowding In.
The Quartermaster stores are in the
mines and forests and fields, in the
shops and factories. Every day some
thing must be done to push the cam
paign forward: and it must be done
destiny.
How shall we hold such thoughts In
our hearts and not be moved? I
would not have you live even today
wholly in the past, but would wish to
stand with you in the light that
streams upon us DOW out of that
great day gone by. Here Is the IA
ton God has build:A by our hands.
What shall we do win it? Who stands
ready to act again and always in the
spirit of this day of reunion and hope
and patriotic fervor? The day of our
country's life has but broadened into
morning. Do not put uniforms by.
Put the harness of the present on.
Lift your eyes to the great tracts of
life yet to be conquered in the inter
est Of righteous peace, of that pros
perity which lies in a peoples hearts
and outlasts all wars and errors Of
men. Come, let us be comrades and
soldiers yet to serve our fellow men
in quiet counsel, where the blare Of
trumpets is neither heard nor needed
and where the things are done which
make blessed the nations of the world
in peace and righteousness and love.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-07-10
LOOK TO RUSSIAN OIL FIELDS
Are Certain to Play an Important Part
In Furnishing Power for
BattIeships.

In discussing the fact that the use
Of oil instead of coal as fuel in the
English navy is under consideration
it is time Russia should pay serious
attention to this question. If England
is replacing it's own cheap coal by the
more expensive foreign product, there
must be important advantages on the
side of .naphtha, and in the future
Russian fleet the part to be played by
this fuel will be most important one,
the Novoe Vremya says. Many mills
and factories have gone over to
naphtha as fuel and the consumption
is increasing every year.
Russia owns immense oil fields and
1t could be the chief supplier of the
world. The need Of organization in
the business Is recognized by the
government and number Of special
meetings have been held for discuss
ing the subject. New conditions have
been laid down for the exploitation OF
government territories, and the regu-
lations for Investigations have been
changed. Some territories known as
being rich in oil have been closed to
private enterprise, such as the Ap-
sheron peninsula, near Baku, and vari-
GUS islands of the Caspian sea, as we'll
as some territories in the Transcas-
plan Ural and Gerghana districts, and
others in the north of Russia and ST.
IBERIA, amounting to millions of acres.
The reason for this action is the wish
to preserve these districts from ex-
haustion.
Another question concerns the mat
ter of investigation. 1t is quite neces-
sary that the right of investigation be
granted on a large scale, and not only
for comparatively small lots Of ground.
where the Investigation might not pay.
The government is aware of this fact,
and, according to the new regulations
the plots of ground allotted for inves-
tigation are to be Increased tenfold.
The most advisable system Is to
grant concessions that would induce
capitalists to place their money in
such undertakings. Under the new
regulations regarding the investigation
Of naphtha districts, the government
proposes to publish geological de-
scriptions of the various districts.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-07-10

"I hid in a barn when I discovered
that Confederates had arrived In town.
but left it when it was peppered by
infantry fire and concealed myself at
the mouth of an alley" said Lansber-
nv. while I remained in the alley
two Of my comrades attempted to dart
across the street to another alley
with a hope Of escaping from town.
They got to the middle of the street
when guns of Confederates stationed
at street intersections cracked and
they fell in heap. I was soon found
and disarmed." -
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-07-10

The camp is full of unexpected
meetings. Every day brings forth nu-
merous meetings between men who
have not seen one another for many
years. Many are commonplace, but
| some are extraordinary. For in
stance, here is one:
/. d. Munsee of Erie county, Penn
sylvania, soldier in the 111th Penn
sylvania, was captured by the con-
federates at Peachtree Creek, Ca,
when he was one Of Sherman's army
on the celebrated march to the sea-
He was being conveyed to the rear
by a confederate soldier when the
| union batteries opened fire upon the
party among whom he was a pris-
oner. The man who was guarding
Munsee was hit and fell, knocking
Munsee down and lying on top of
him.
Seeing his chance of escape, Mum
see lay very still under the uncon-
scious confederate while the battle
ragged around them. That night he
slipped from under the body and es-
capped to the union lines.
II thought that fellow was dead"
said Munsee, "but I saw him today.
Poor fellow, his minds bad, and he
didn't recognize me, but was sure Of
him. couldn't even get his name, but
I'm goin over later to the Georgia
camp and try to find out who he is"
One of the most interesting places
In camp was the lost and found bu-
reau, located under the benches In the
big tent. Everything found On the
grounds was brought there and thou
sands applied every day for missing
articles.
There were at least 100 clutches
piled.up in the bureau, dozen or so ap-
plicants having called for them. Those
who come to redeem their lost
clutches seldom can recognize them
and most of them go away with some
body else's.
There was one wooden leg also ly-
ing unclaimed. It was brought In by
Boy Scout, who had found it under
tree.
Several sets of false teeth were
found. :.
A grandson of Francis Scott Key,
composer of "The Star-Spangled Ban
ner," is here. He Is John Francis Key,
aged etghty-two, Of Pikeville, Md, and
he is veteran of the Second Mary
land infantry Of the confederate army
Wearing suit of gray, Key came
into town, weak and almost dropping
He has been In failing health, but de-
clared he was going to see Gettys-
burg on this occasion or die"
One Of the Oldest veterans in the
big camp Is Captain w. H. F1eig of
Houston. Texas, who was ninety years
Of age on his last birthday, February
%. During the war he served with
distinction in the marine department
of the confederate navy. Captain
Fleig Is one of the best preserved
men in camp and is more active than
many Of the other veterans score of
years less advanced.
Wearing a tattered uniform of
gray, Alexander Hunt of Virginia was
the central point Of interest on the
streets of the town. Mr.. Hunter was
wearing the identical suit and hat
which he wore at Gettysburg fifty
years ago.,
The suit was In rags and has bullet
hole through one Of the sleeves. He
carried all his accoutrements used at
Gettysburg and wore a union belt
taken from foe here. Mr.. Hunter
was a member of the Black Horse cav
airy.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-07-10

One of the unadvertised reunions Of
the celebration occurred in the con-
federate section of the camp. A fife
and drum corps of men in blue tramp
ed up and down the streets of the con-
federate part Of the city Of tents.
They stopped before the tents, play
ed such a fanfare as only drums and
flies can make, summoned forth the
occupants and shook hands, threw
their arms about the gray Shoulders
and in dozen other ways showed
their feelings of friendship.
They kept it up for hours and Wis.,
tied practically every ''reb" tent.
Their reception was as warm as their
greeting.
The Nevada County picayune., 1913-01-03

In general. we believe all soils are benefite by deep blowing in the fall. provided the soil is not washed away by the winter rains: but with sandy soils, the benefits will be small. unless ve- getation is plowed under to mix with the sand newly turned up and make a soil something like the top soil for the full depth it ls plowed.