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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-31
NORWICH TO PLAY HARVARD.
Northfeld Institution Given Amherst's
Place on 1913 Schedule.

Cambridge, Mass, Jan. 3l.-Thc Har-
ward football schedule for 1913 has been
completed by the Harvard football com.
mittee. As drawn up by this committee,
for ratification by the athletic commit
tee, the Harvard schedule differs in sew
eral details from the list of last year.
Dartmouth, an ancient rival, has been
dropped and Amherst has withdrawn.
Vanderbilt also is missing. Cornell re-
turns to the Harvard schedule. filing
the date formerly occupied by Brown,
the latter team having been moved up
to the date formerly held by Dartmouth,
Norwich university fills Amherst's place.
The schedule follows:
Sept. 26-University of Maine at Cam
bridge.
Oct. bates at Cambridge.
Oct. ll-Williams at Cambridge.
Oct. ls-Holy Cross at Cambridge.
Oct. 25-Norwich university at Cam
bridge.
Nov. Cornell at Cambridge.
Nov. s-Princeton at Princeton.
Nov. l5-Brown at Cambridge.
Nov. 23-Yale at Cambridge.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-31
POOR HEALTH WAS CAUSE.
Marie M. Learch of Fair Haven Com.
mitted Suicide.

Fair Haven, Jan. ST. Miss Marie NJ.
Learch, daughter Of Mrs. Alice Learch,
age % years, committed suicide at her
home on North Main street yesterday by
shooting herself with p caliber revolt
yer. She had been in poor health for
two years and this was the only cause
that her act could be attributed to.
She was alone in the house at the
time she killed herself, her mother being
at the factory of the United
Shirt and Collar Co. A boarder stopped
at the house to get some belongings and
found the girl dead. Health Officer DIR.
X. Lape and Seleetman John Delehanty
were called to Investigate the ease. Be-
sides her mother. she is survived BY one
brother, Harry Leareh of Fair Haven.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-31
CALLS 1T MADNESS.
For United States to Guard the Panama
Canal.

New York, jan 81. -Characterizing
az madness Colonel Goetbals --latest
and most startling estimate of no less
than 25.00O soldiers" as necessary to
guard the Panama canal. Andrew Car
negie, speaking as presiding officer at
the annual meeting of the New York
peace society last night, urged against
military and naval increase. He said he
hoped Woodrow Wilson's response to
any proposal for increase would be:
Pray tell us first against what enemy
you need this further protection. Name
the powers or power and tell us what OBJ
ject they can have for attacking us, how
they can derive benefits therefrom, what
end is in view"
Not one of the three additional bat
tleships demanded. If built, "in all prob
ability will ever fire shot against foe,
but they will rust in uselessness. S45,-
000.0O0 needlessly squandered," Mr.. Car
negie declared II believe that the pres
identelect is to prove a man of sound
his first care being to guard
from present Obvious home dangers. con-
signing imaginary dangers to the fu-
ture."
Robert Underwood johnson, editor and
author, supported the stand OF Senator
Root OF the Panama canal question. John
Barrett, director-general OF the Pan
American union, discussed this conntry's
in Latin America.
I'VE must do away with the patron
izing attitude toward Latin America Of
a section Of our press and people" said
Mr.. Barrett. "Under the influence of the
OF the Pan n-American union
the commerce between Latin America
and the United States has grown in six
years to. S270,000,000"
He prophesied a great growth in trade
with l5atin America after the opening
Of the Panama canal.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-31
APOLLO WON OPENER.
Defeated vincitia Club, Two Out of
Three, in Winter Series.

The first of the winter series Of
matches between Nincitia club of Barre
and Apollo club OF Montpelier was held
last night in the rooms of the former
in the blanchard building, there being a
large attendance Of the members of both
clubs Apollo won the duplicate whist
tournament by the score OF ~ to SO and
also the billiard tournament by score
OF $50 to 4s5. while Vincitia won the
pool tournament, taking all the six
matches. the score being 450 to 333.
Th scores OF the individual matches
in pool were as follows: Ahern T5, My
rick 81; A. Averill IS. Jones 60; Cham
berlain IS. Smith 40; Braley rs, Putnam
~; Robert Phillips IS, Pierce 50; Lund-
gren 70, Moriarty 81.
Apollo won four out of the six matches
III billiards as follows; Huntington 100,
Braley 81; Long 100. Lynde "A; Redfeld
Phillips 100, Ahern SO; Leslie 100, Watt
ST. The two Vincitia victories were: 4.
White 100, Milo 95: Lundgren 100, Wood
81.
Apollo won eight of the dozen whist
matches. as follows. Abott and Pitkin
8 Gordon and Sargent 3; Briggs and
Phillips -, Robinson and Bisbee IL;
Lowe and Rowland o. Abbott and
Mackay ): Coburn and Heineman I, Bal
lard and C. White 6; Temple and Dwin
eli u. Perry and Smith 3; Blanchard
and A. Laird II, Tracy and Julian q;
Wheaton and Duke I. Jackson and Lynde !
4.
The four Nineitia whist victories were:
Averill and Cole Z, Bailey and Bixby q; I
Austin and Carver ., Brooks and Harlow I
s: Sector and Clark 10. Hanson and |
Odell 3; Rogers and Roscoe Z, Donnelly |
and Hornhrook ).
During the intervals of the tourna
ment a buffet lunch was served. 1t is
expected that the second match viii be
played at Montpelier soon.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-31
Majority of 81 Returned in
Yesterdays Bye
Election
HOGG, NATIONALIST,
DEFEATS PECKENHAM
Sick and Infirm Voters Car
ried to Polls in AM
balances

Londonderry, Ireland, Jan. 3l.-fes.
terday's by-election in this, the chief
city in Ulster province resulted in a
victory for the home rule party, David
{. Hogg, Nationalist, leading Colonel A.
c. Peckenham by majority of 81 votes.
The result of the election gives the home
rulers a majority of the members of par
lament from Ulster province.
The Londonderry election majorities
have always been small ranging between
20 in 1882 and l0j in 1911. Both parties
made extraordinary efforts to bring the
voters to the polls and many sick and
infrm persons were taken to the poll
ing booths in ambulances. There was
no discord during the election.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-31
JUMPING OF DOG
KILLED HIS MASTER
Elwin Burt Shot Through the Head as
He Had Started to Go Hunting Near
South Londonderry.

South Londonderry, Jan. 3l.--Elwin
Burt of Weston island. small hamlet,
about five miles north of this village
WAS instantly killed yesterday by the
discharge of his gun. Mr.. Burt had
started out rabbit hunting with Frank
Stevens of Londonderry. They were
carrying one Of their dogs in the wagon
with them They halted moment and
the dog jumped ont, causing the dis
charge Of Burt's gun. 1t is thought that
il must have been cooked.
The shot blew the right side OF Burt's
bead off and spattared Stevens with blood
Death was instantaneous. Mr.. Burt was
a butcher and had Been engaged in farm
ing and mill business. He was about 55
years old and leaves a wife and four
He was born in Peru and
has always lived In this vicinity.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-31
SPORTING NOTES.

President Navin Of the Detroit Tigers
l. credited with the assertion that Tyrus
Cobb, the greatest of all living ball
hall players. is responsible for the in
creased number OF demands for higher
salaries in the big leagues. .layers
throughout the circuits taking Cobb's
enormous salary a. a standard. Accord
ing 20 Navin. the other PLAYERS in the
hig tent say 70 their managers that Cobb
j. getting this salary ard If he i worth
that I am Of such . value 70 yon. and
should get a sslary in proportion to
Cohbis
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-31
Mrs. Calista r. Iones Dead

Bradford, Jan. 3l.-Mrs. Calista Rob
inson Jones. past national president of
the Women's Relief corps, and for
mer president also of the Vermont
branch of that society, died at her home
here yesterday Of pneumonia. Mrs.
Jones was 70 years old. She leaves
one daughter, the wife of David +. Co
nant Of this town.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-31
CONSCIENCE TROUBLED HIM.
So He Surrendered in Rutland for Small
0ffense at Lowell.

Rutland. Jan. 81 Charles Iaeombe,
aged "a years, gave himself up TO the
police here yesterday, saying that he was
wanted by the officers at Lowell, Mass,
and that he was anxious to go back
and settle up with the persons he had
uronged but had no money for railroad
fare. The police thought at first that
he was trying to work them for free
ticket to Lowell, but a message to po-
lice headquarters there showed that he
had stolen SIG from Soap company
for which he was an agent The amount
is so small that the Lowell authorities
would not came after the man and he
was released l.acombe says that he has
a wife and child in Lowell.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-31
HURL LEAD AT WINDOWS.
British Suffragettes Amuse Themselves
in New Way.

London, Jan. 3l.--The British suffrag
cites have adopted the catapult as a
weapon of their campaign. With it they
hurl heavy leaden discs stamped with
Votes for Women" An actress, named
Jackie Melford, was fined $40 in police
court this morning for bombarding shop
windows with the catapult from the top
of an omnibus.
The suffragettes continue to fire the
contents of letter boxes, and large
number of letters were destroyed at vari-
Gus points this morning.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-31
ARRESTED FOUR MEN
Accused of Robbery at House of Athlete
Mcdonald

New York, Jan. 3l.-Traffic Policeman
Patrick Mcdonald of Forty Second street
and Broadway, known to followers of
athletics as Babe" Mcdonald, who won
honors for America in weight throwing
at the Olympic games at Stockholm last
year caused the arrest of four men last
night. after his home had been entered
by thieves A stop watch worth $3.50
and gold medal won at hammer throw
ing at local meet were stolen. McDon-
aid and detectives trailed pseudo ex-
pressmen who had visited the athletes
home The watch was recovered, but the
medal had been melted by ieweler.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-31
WILD ANIMALS WATCH BANQUET.
Deer, Bear, Raccoon and Fox Had Places
at Rutland Game Meeting.

Rutland, Jan. 3l.-The annual ban
quet of the Rutland County Fish and
Game league was held at the Bardwell
last night with covers laid for 200 The
dining room was decorated with all kinds
of fishermen's and hunters paraphernalia
and evergreen, and there was live deer
bear, raecoon and fox in cages. All sea-
sonable kinds OF fish and game were in
cluded in the menu. The speakers in
eluded Harry Chase OF Bennington,
James B. Donoway of Middlebury, Unit
ed States Marshal Horace w. Bailey,
who is former state fish and game com
missioner, and the Rev. Arthur H. Brad
ford, Harvey X. Kingsley and the Rev.
Joseph Reynolds OF this city. Attorney
Thomas II. Browne of Rutland was
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-31
HEARING NEXT THURSDAY.
In Case Of Oren H. Hale, Charged with
Keeping a Resort.

Oren H. Hale. who gave his occupation
as a merchant living at Q Keith avenue.
was arrested this forenoon by Chief Of
Police Samuel Sinclair on a warrant is-
sued by States Attorney J. Wand Carver,
which charged him with keeping house
on ili fame in the city Of Barre When
arraigned before Judge II. ". Scott for
a preliminary hearing at noon. the re-
spoudent was not asked to make a plea.
He was held in the sum Of $500 % APP
pear at a hearing to be held at city
court on the morning Of Thursday. Feb
ruary 6. Mr Hale has retained Attor-
ney Earle r. Davis for counsel. aud the
state viii b. represented st the trial
by states Attorney Carver.
IL is understood that the testimony
Of a number 81 witnesses VII be intro
duced by the state az the hearing. The
respondent j. toe proprietor Of the hotei
Otis. a. well a. 81 a mercantile estab-
iishmcnt in the Bolster building.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-31
Then Bound and Watchman,
Made Tremendous Effort
and Freed Himself
BURGLARS FIRE STORE
IN BLOWING UP SAFE
Terrible Experience for Man
in Chicago Early This
Morning

Chicago, Jan. 3l.-For four hours early
to-day. Michael Roser, night watch
man 65 years of age, lay bound and
gagged ON the floor of department
store where he had been left by safe
blowers and watched the smoke curling
up from the smouldering blankets that
had been used by the burglars to deaden
the sound of the explosion.
Fearing that he would be burned to
death Roser struggled until he loosened
his bonds and then telephoned to the
police and the fremen. The fire which
was caused by the explosion caused
loss of $4,000, The burglars secured
81 ,200 from the safe.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-31
NO REPORT RECEIVED.
Of Analysis of Internal Organs of Wells
Children.

st. Albans, Jan. 3l.--No report has
been received yet from the state lab
of the internal organs of the two Wells
children who died in Swanton last De-
cember under peculiar circumstances.
The mother, Mrs. Julius Wells, is now
in Franklin county jail on the charge
of numbering the two children. 1t is
expected now that the woman will not
be taken before an inferior court for
preliminary hearing, but will be sum-
moned before a grand jury
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-31
Billings OF Woodstock, Mr. Hulett o
Rutland and Mr.. Adams of Marlboro.
Senators Concur in Constitutional
Amendments.

The Senate yesterday afternoon by a
vote OF % To concurred in proposal No
& of amendment to the state constitu-
tion, the proposal relating TO working
mems compensation. Senators Claifee
Croft and Preston east the three votes
in opposition. Amendment No. 4, re-
lating TO treason and felony was unani-
mously concurred in, and amendment No.
|, relating to signing or vetoing OF bills,
was concurred in with the following vot-
ing in opposition; Senators Chalfee, Dyer
of Addison, Dyer OF Rutland. Henry,
johnson, Laird, Mower, Preston and
Wallis.
The Senate passed the bill providing
for conservation commission and APP
propriating funds for the construction
of storage reservoirs TO hold back flood
waters. Amendments proposed yester-
day by Mr.. Mower requiring reports to
the legislature were adopted as was an
amendment proposed by Mr.. Johnson,
giving the commissioners compensation
OF $40 day Another amendment was
adopted requiring the commissioners to
give bonds OF $4,000. The vote on n
roll call was Is to 0 in favor Of passage.
Signed by the Governor.
An act to punish the making or use
OF false statements to obtain property
or credit.
An act to reorganize the Vermont
Medical society. and to amend IAN act
TO incorporate the Vermont Medical So
ciety,p passed November g. 1913, as
amended by AN act to incorporate the
Vermont Medical society passed Nov
embeT ?, 1874
An act to amend sections 726 and 730
Of the public statutes, relating to the
taxation of sleeping, parlor and dining
ear companies.
An act to establish the Vermont state
teachers retirement fund.
An act to amend section 1856 of the
public statutes, as amended by No. l25
If the acts of 1910 relating to the eX
Denditure of highway taxes.
An act relating to persons convicted
of being found intoxicated.
An act TO amend sections 1928 and
i627 of the public statutes, relating to
log licenses.
Joint resolution relating to the APP
,ointment of committee to investigate
he payments to towns as rebates for
ligh school instruction.
iov. Fletcher vetoes Sterilization Bill. |
Gov. Fletcher this afternoon sent
MESSAGE to the legislature yetoing the
o-called sterilization bill.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-31
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

A bin which will be submitted to the
conference committee as a solution of
the tax p-oblem contains some strikingly
new features. Under the provisions of
this bill all the taxpayers real estate
and taxable personal property would go
into the grand list, offsets would be
abolished and all money loaned within
the state four and one-half per cent.
or under would be exempted from tax
a finn
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-31
FIRE LOSS $4,000.
Somersworth, N. H., Business District
Hit Last Night.

Somersworth. n. H.. Jan. 3l.-Fire
damaged the Roberts block and tene-
ment building on Fourth street last
night with loss of about $4,000.
The clothing store of VI. Siegal in
which the blaze started from some UNI
known cause, was burned out A pool
room. shoe store and two tenements were
damaged also by the flames and wa
ter
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-31
PREPARES FOR WAR AGAIN.
Turkey Recalls All officers and Men on
Furlough.

Constantinople, Jan. 3l.-All officers
ard men of the Turkish army now on
furlough have been ordered to return to
their regiments within "a hours. The
military governor of Constantinople has
issued emphatic denial of the reports Of
dissensons among the Turkish troops at
the Tchatalja lines.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-31
NEW vERMoNT CORPORATIONS.
Tilden Shoe Company Of Barre Has capi
tai Stock of $4,000.

The following have filed articles Of as
sociation with the secretary of state;
Tiiden Shoe company - Barre. capital
stock. S25.0po; Windsor County Farmers
association; Proctor Public Library as
sociation. Backus Heater company Of
Brandon. capital stock s50c00
The subscribers ~ the Tilden Shoe
company are Arthur c. Tildcn. George
y Tilden. Florence " Tilden. Edith g.
Iildeu and Earl r. DAVIS, all of Barre.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-31
BEING TowED TO HALIFAX.
Steamer Mexico Lost Her Propeller 600
Miles East Of New York

Boston. Jan. 3l.-A wireless message
received here to-day stated the steamer
Devonian had picked up the steamer
Mexico. which lost her propeller six hun
dred miles east Of New York Wednes-
day, and was towing her 20 Halifax.
The Mexico was bound for Dunkirk and
carried cargo and few passengers.
Some alarm had been felt for her.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-31
SEEK CUMMINGS RELEASE.
Petition Presented to Gov. Foss To-day
for Former Broker.

Boston, Jan. 3l-A petition for the
pardon of Charles S. Cummings. who is
serving a state prison sentence for aid
ing Town Treasurer John B. Lombard
of birmingham in embezzling town
funds, was presented to Governor Foss
to-day. Lombard is serving sentence
for the crime. Cummings was note
broker in Boston, and he negotiated
some securities which Lombard took
from the town treasury
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-31
DARRow's SECOND TRIAL.
Begun To-day in Los Angeles on jury
Brting Charges.

Les Augeles. Cal. Ian. 3l.-TLs scc-
onl trial 81 Ciarence :. DarroW. q flr
nser tuuusei FOR the Mcnamara broth
srs. cn ifry - ing chsrges arising rom
tic iec,nt amous dynamite trial, scglla
tc-das.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-31

Ram or snow tonight. eoder in Yer
mont. SATURDAY rain o. snow and cold
er; brisk TO high southwest winds.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-31
4BIG BILL" coNFESSES.
Tells of Faro Games in New York
Whereby Coleman Was Fleeced.

Boston Jan. 3l--A confession of the
circumstances surrounding the looting Of
the National City bank OF Cambridge
several years ago, involving $4,000 has
been made to former Gov. John l.. Bates,
receiver of the bank, by William j. big
Bill keliher. ikeliher is now serving a
sentence in the Charlestown state prison
for his completely with George Coleman,
bookkeeper in the bank.
kelihcr. in his statement to the re-
ceiver, according to a story printed in
the Boston Post yesterday morning, de-
clared that he was ready at one time to
turn over all his share of the loot to the
receiver, but was persuaded by certain
people in Boston not to do so. He is re-
ported to have declared that it was only
in the expectation of being acquitted
that he returned to Boston, that he ex
peeted that not "alone the prosecuting at
torney but the jurymen who would try
him had been bribed," and that he
finally realized that he had been
! trimmed"
keliher. in his statement, relates in
detail the manner in which the victims
we're Aeeced at the faro tables in New
York, among them young Coleman, the
bank clerk, who dropped amounts rang
ing from $1,000 to $4,000 in a single
night.
A Massachusetts judge. now dead, was
named by Keliher. according to the Post,
as having lost $4,000 in an hour in the
simplest kind of a card swindle while on
a trip to New York.
Receiver Bates, early this morning
confirmed the fact that Keliher had
made a confession to him.
Bates Corrobborates Story.
Boston, Jan. 3l.-Former Governor
Bates, receiver for the National City
bank of Cambridge, issued formal
statement to-day, saying that William
J. kelher. the confidence man better
known as big Bill had made to him
a complete statement of all the facts in
the case 50 far as he had knowledge
The bank was wrecked by bookkeeper
George w. Coleman, who had fallen into
keliher's clutches. Receiver Bates would
say nothing about the details of the
confession, nor would he comment on
whether keliher's statement would aid |
the receiver in locating the funds of |
the bank.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-31
Resolutions From Oregon.

The secretary o. state Transmitted
from Hon. Ben w. Olcott. secretary of
state Of Oregon. joint resolutions from
the Oregon legislature petitioning Con
gress TO pass laws providing for the pro-
lection 81 migratory biris and relat-
ing to the suppression Of polygamy and
calling for a constitutional convention
10 consider the same. On motion of Mr.
Billings of Woodstock the chair was
10 appoint a special COM
mittee 90 consider the resolutions and
report b. bin o. otherwise and the
chair appointed as such committee, Air.