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The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1913-05-09
TOWN AND COUNTRY IN BRIEF
NeighbOrhood News Of the Past,
Present and Near Future

Mrs. Bundren next Thursday after
noon.
The W. F. NJ. s. will hold a
thank offering meeting at the M.
3. church Sunday evening, May
Is. A good program and every
body invited.
Having had 50 many requests to
do papering, / have purchased an
entire new outfit and will be glad
to doyour paper-hanging. A. j.
Baum. ADV.
The A. r. C. will meet with Mrs.
L. F. Moore next Tuesday evening.
Leader, Mrs. Patrick. Lesson,
Egypt and its Mon uments, !"
chapter four to page 1873.
The Ladies Aid Society will hold
an all day meeting and serve din
ner at w. S. Savage's Office Thurs
day, May %. The public is cor
daily invited to attend ADV.
At the Commercial Club meeting
Friday night reports Of several
committees were heard and arrange
ments were made for a continua-
tion of the highway Improvement
that had been started. Several
other matters of Importance were
discussed, due mention of which
will be given later.
S. L. McGarraugh had bills
printed at this Office Friday for his
fine registered Percheron stallion,
Mohawk 66726, and the splendid
jack, Stonewall. Both are excep-
tionally good animals and breeders
should see them at MIR. McGar-
raugh's farm four miles northwest
of Laclede. See bills for particu-
lars.
A meeting of the executive com
mittee of the Capital Trail will be
held in Brooktield next Thursday
and Friday, May Is and 16, at
which time it is expected that this
end of the route will be definitely
laid ont. A number of members
of the Commercial Club are plan
ming to attend. Mayor J. B. Pat
rick is a member of the executive
committee.
Henry NJ. Anderson, assistant
station agent at the local Burling-
ton station the past three years,
has been promoted to. relief agent
and assigned to duty on the Mexico
branch of the Burlington. He left
Tuesday to take up his new work.
Henry is industrious, capable and
obliging, and his many friends
congratulate him on his promotion
Lewis Andrews of Forker is taking
Mr.. Anderson's place in Laclede.
Mrs. Ola Jones, formerly Miss
Ola Brunemer of Laclede, writes
from Walnut, Kan: You viii
find one dollar enclosed for another
years subscription to the Blade
We could not get along without it.
We have fine prospects here for a
crop this year and have just had q
fine rain which was badly needed
This leaves the Laclede colony
all we'll as far as l know and hope
it finds the Missouri friends all the
same"
Sheriff Head and several deputies
we're down from Linneus Wednes-
day evening looking for Bob Drake,
who escaped from the county Jail
about four O'Clock that afternoon,
taking With him a good watch he
had borrowed" from a fellow
prisoner and who was supposed to
have come this way. He bad been
nssistipe Nrs Head with some
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1913-05-09
WHAT HOME FOLKS DO AND SAY
About Local People and Events and
Other Matters, Of Interest

: a-sw
Adv.
See J. B. Carothers about that
building job. ADV.
Fanchon -four. Where3 AT the
Mill. ADV.
Pineapples and strawberries.
Patrick's. ADV.
Good piano for sale; for particu-
lars see j. N. Wilson. Adv,
Sweet potato plants, all varieties,
for sale by L, NJ. Wilson. ADV.
Now is the time to buy an oil or
gasoline stove of J. B. Patrick.
Adv.
Baseball Friday. May g. Wheel
ing VS., Laclede. Admission 10
cents. ADV.
If you are going to build, let
Carothers, the carpenter, figure
with you. Adv
Quick Meal, Monarch and Per-
fection oil stoves sold by ]. b.
Patrick. ADV.
Some beautiful calendars left
vet. You can have one for the
asking at J. B. Patrick 8.
Work must please you or it costs
You nothing at Keithley & Davis's
blacksmith shop. ADV.
DR.. ]. e.. Kittredge, dentist,
will be at the Anderson house the
26th and 9th Of May. ADV.
a balanced ration for hens and.
chicks will give quicker gains and
better results. The Mill ADV
Jerome Brown of st. Louis visit
ed his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. s..
M, Brown, the first Of this week.
DR.. o. ii. Kittredge, the Chilli
cothe dentist, will be at the Ander-
son house Monday and Tuesday
May 26 and 27,-Adv.
The regular June examinations
for teachers will be held at the
sobool huilding in Laclede Friday
and Saturday, June 6 and Z.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Carmichael of
Crescent were guests of his mother,
Mrs. D. Carmichael, the first OF the
week, returning home Wednesday,
The Anderson house offers board
and rooms blythe day or week at a
reasonable price. Your patronage
is solicited. j. Fl. Knight, prop.
Adv.
The Royal Neighbors will meet
at.two o'clock Saturday afternoon
at the home Of Mrs. Bernice
Woods. Officers are especially
urged to be present.
Fine horse tie weights, hitching
posts. clothes posts and fence posts
all Of cement. Pricesin accordance
to cost of material and time to
make. Laclede Mill. ADV.
Mrs. Gertrude Smith of Ard
more, Okla, who came here satur-
day to attend the funeral Of her
mother, the late Mrs. Wright, has
been the guest Of Laclede friends
this week,
We had an extended chat Satur-
day with one Mr.. Alder who was
passing through from Chillieothe
to his home in CarrOlltOn. He
was pleasantly impressed with our
little city.
number Of LaeIede people at
tended the sessions of the county
court at Linneus Monday and
Tuesday to demonstrate against the
calling Of a local option election
under the old law.
Mrs. G. Al. Enyeart Of Pueblo,
= p-s1w.n ~
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-12-03
We N|SON DIN Ne R
VOTtO TO Be ONE
BIG SUCCESS
Bennington County Fish and
Game Club Shines as Host
W. s. CaRPeN FER PReSl IS
Protective Officials from Other States
Help to Make the Evening
Enjoyable

There were between 80 and 100 10.
cal citizens and invited guests at the
venison dinner given by the Benning.
ten County Fish and Game club at
Apollo hall last evening. The affair
had been arranged with the purpose
OF eliminating as much as possible
the element of Formally and was all
the more enjoyable for this reason.
The venlson provided by lucky mem
bers OF the club who passed portion
of the recent deer season in the
mountains was cooked as only Mrs.
Paulson can cook, and the service by
the ladies OF Walloomsac lodge, n.
+. 0. p. was all that could be desir-
ed.
In addition to the main feature the
menu consisted of blue points on the
half she'll, mashed potato and squash,
celery, salad, ice cream, cake and
coffee, punch and cigars.
The president of the club. War
wyck s. Carpenter, presided in a
manner that put every one present
in a sociable frame Of mind. He
first called for vote of thanks 10
the ladies of Walloomsac lodge
which was given with an enthusiasm
that left no doubt az to the impress.
sion made on the inner man" by
the dinner. He then announced that
the club was TO hold another dinner
in the near future. There was more
enthusiasm but a perceptible shivel
passed through the hall when he
stated that hedgehog was 10 be given
the central place on the menu. He
then gave dialect recipe for the
cooking of hedgehog "a la Canad
iene."
Among the invited guests who has
seats OF honor at the banquet were
Game Protector Johnson of Hoosich
n. Y, and Game Wardens Nichols o.
North Aadms and Zeigler OF Green
field. Mr.. Johnson gave a condensel
description OF the policy of game pro
lection and conservation in the stat
of New York and the two Massachue
etts wardens spoke briefly of the
work In that state.
The speeches by the local meml
ers of the club and resident CUES,
were brief but nearly every one
them had good story. They wer
Postmaster Collins NJ. Graves. Harr
son !. Norton, William II. Michel
Representative Fred c. Martin, Re-
+. w. Meyer, DR.. r. J. Jenney. D
+. II. Putnam, II. p. Wcodman an
Marden X. Nichols.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-12-03
SEVEN GENERALS
DESERT HUERTA
TO SURRENDER
Say Dictator Has No Money to
Pay His Soldiers
POWER IN NORTH BRoKt N
Peace Commission Has Reached Jaur
ez from Federal Commander
In Chihuahua

Juare2, Mex, Dec. 3.-~Seyen gener-
ais OF the Mexican regular army are
ready to surrender and the backbone
OF the Huerta dictatorship In the
north has been broken. A peace
commission arrived in Juarez last
night bearing terms OF the surrender.
The peace commission was headed
by Odlon Hernandez and went from
Chihuahua bearing proclamation
signed by Gen Salvador Mercado.
Huerta's military governor and com.
mander of the federal forces In all
the north. The proclamation stated
that the Huerto government was
bankrupt and was unable to pay its
soldiers.
Fleeing over the desert and pur.
sued by rebels, several thousand per
sons, including some of the richest
families In northern Mexico who de.
serted Chihuahua City in fear of a
rebel attack, last night we're reported
al Jaurez 10 be nearing the United
States border. Among the refugees
is Louis Terrazas, head OF the veal.
thy Terrazas estate, who Is said to
have with him 100000 pesos which
he withdrew from the chihuahua
banks. Other wealthy families, in.
Guiding some OF the Creels, are
known to have left the city. The
caravan in which are women and
children, was described as being
more than mile long. At the head
with an escort of federal troopa. Ise
Gen. Salvador Mercado. Huerta's de
posed governor of Chihuahua state.
Details OF the evacuation of the
city and exodus of the people were
carried to Juarez in official dispatch
es from Federico Moye, who was ap-
pointed civil governor ad Interim.
Mcye's dispatch was addressed TO
General Francisco villa. and 1t called
upon the rebel leader TO take posses.
Sion of the city.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-12-03
Fl DIE IN BOSTON
HOTEL FIRE THIS
N D R n n c
Arcadia | odging '1use q, wash.
lngion treet u ned
BODIES UNRg COCN'Z ,slE
Guests Unable to Escape Because
There Were no Fire Escapes In
Front Of Building

Boston, Dec. S.-Twenty-seven
persons are known to have persisted,
three are perhaps fatally burned ana
dozen more were seriously Injured
when the four-story block known as
the Arcadia lodging house on Wash
ington street was destroyed by fire
this morning.
Tweny-fOug bodies that are so badly
charred as to be unrecognizable have
been hurried to the morgue and
searchers are at work in the ruins
looking for others that are believed
to be buried in the debris.
The clerk OF the hotel saws that
there were 10 persons in the house
last night.
There were no fire escapes except
on the rear Of the building and tho
appalling loss Of life is due to the
fact that the dodgers awakened from
the sleep by the cry OF IRE were
penned in the front apartments of
the doomed building.
The chief Of police says the fire is
one of the worst in the history of the
city.
The grand jury today personally
visited the scene Of the holocaust
and stated that vigorous inyestlga.
uon would be Instituted at once.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-12-03
REFUSE FUEL OIL TO HUERTA
Producers Strike Hard Blow to Fed
erai Cause-Wlll Cripple Army

Mexico City, Dec. 2.-Preferring t
incur the displeasure of the Huerts
Government to a very practical man
Hesitation of the rebels wrath. tn
producing oil companies of the repul
lie today Cancelled their contracts 70
supplying the National Railways will
fuel Gil
This is regarded as one OF the
most serious blows yet dealt to the
Government. because ii is likely tC
bring about an early suspension o
all railway traffic. which would inter
fere greatly with military operation.
and would strike vitality at the com
merce Of the country. Most of tht
oil used by the railways Is produced
in the coast region OF Tampico ant
the country TO the southwark. Thi
territory is overrun with rebels. d
rected for the most part by Gen. Can
dido Aguilar.
In spite OF Gen. Aguilar's assuI
ances 10 Rear Admiral Fletcher tha
the oil properties would not be mo
Tested, representatives OF the CON
panies have been notified that fun
Their sale OF oil TO the Government
railroads would be regarded as 10,
great manifestation OF friendship
10 the enemy OF the Constitutions
lists. The action Of the oil compan
les in acceded TO what PRACTICAL,
amounted to a demand Is conslderet
net at all displeasing to the Mexico,
Railway. which Is the property Of
British corporation. as tho cutting
the line from Tampico 10 san Lui
Potosi had diverted nearly all shir
ments 70 Mexico City from We
Cruz 10 the Mexican Railway. an
recently the management OF this rosr
vas warned that its line would be en-
IL 81 persisted in moving oil.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-12-03

TRUSTEES MEETING
Small Amount Of Business Transact
ed Last Evening.

Only n small amount Of business
was transacted at the regular month
ly meeting of the board OF village
trustees last evening. The call of
the venison dinner at Apollo hail so
expedited matters that most OF the
trustees and the village officials
were on hand when the bell rang.
All OF the members OF the board
were present with the exception of
Trustee HOLSTER who is III. Pres.-
dent Ward presided and Clerk Ho
gan and Corporation Attorney Maur-
or were in attendance. The month
ly budget of bills was disposed OF
and a few minor matters were acted
upon. The request OF the board of
school trustees for n permit to coz
meet the caves OF the school building
with the sewer was referred to the
sewer committee.
The request of the fire department
that new gong be placed In The
house of the driver OF the fire truck
William Ryan, was referred to the
fire committee.
The street commissioner made ap-
pllcatlon for supplies for the stone
crusher and the request was referred
to the street committee.
The clerk was instructed TO draw
Ordprg for the following hills.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-12-03
NJ REYNOLDS MAY
NOT PRESS NEW
HAVEN SUITS
Combine May Be Divorced With.
out Prosecution
PLAN FOR REORGANIZATION
Company Would Release Control OF
Railway, Steamship and TrolIy
Properties

Washington, Dec. 3.--Negotlatlon
between Acknowledgement Mercy
nolds and the New York, New Ha-
ven and Hartford railroad company
last night reached the stage where
predictions were confidently made In
official circles that actual litigation
In the courts will be avoided, but the
New Haven will effect complete
reorganization, divorce its steam.
ship, trolly and railroad holdings, TO
which objection has been found, and
bring itself entirely within the Sher-
man antitrust act. No agreement
has been entered into between the
department of justic and the railroad
and the reorganization talk original.
ed with the New Haven. Unless un.
expected difficulties arise. however,
within the next few weeks the de-
parment will appear before some
United States district court and ask
for what 1t terms an agreed de.
cree" TO which the New Haven
would express consent. The practice
in such cases has been for the court
to ratify such an agreement and II
the custom were followed the years
Of litigation which would be neces.
sary to carry a case against the rail
road through the district and SUI
preme courts would be avoided. I'm.
der an order by the court the New
Haven would proceed TO carry out
it's agreement and II 1t complied In
the time fixed further civil proceed
ings under the Sherman law would
not DO undertaken
The whole New Haven problem
was gone over In great detail yes
terday at a conference between the
encouragement, Howard Elliott.
chairman OF the board of the New
Haven; +. d. Robins, its general
counsel; Edgar j. Rich, general
counsel for the Boston and Maine;
/. S. Storrs. vice-president of the
trolly lines, and John W. Grim, coun.
sci for the New Haven. After an
hour with the attorney general the
railroad representatives talked for
two hours more with T. W. Gregory
and Jesse c. Adkins, assistants who
Investigated the case for the depart.
ment Of justice. The case has been
put largely in the hands of Mr.. Greg.
DRY and Mr.. Adkins, and IL they are
satisfied with New Haven offers It is
probable that the attorney general
will uphold their decision. The con.
ference Will be continued today and
may last several days.
An agreement to meet the de.
mands of Acknowledgement Mercy.
nolds would provide: For a separa-
ton of the New Haven and the Bos
ton and Maine railroad; for a sepa.
ration OF the New Haven and its
trolly lines In Massachusetts, Rhode |
Island and other states: for a relin. |
quishment by the New Haven OF its |
control of steamship lines, some OF I
which are held by the department to |
for the New York.Boston |
traffic; for the notification of the |
New Ravens agreement with the |
Boston & Albany railroad.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-12-03
ASKED TO STAY EXECUTION
Gov Fletcher Urged to Grant Murder
er 6osworth Respite


Montpelier, Dec. Gov. Allen NJ.
Fletcher has received petitions ask
ng him to suspend the death sen
.enee OF Arthur Bosworth until the
lext sitting OF the Legislature TO
which he has replied that such ac-
ion on his part would avail little for
nder the change made in the state
constitution last March the hnal
word now rests with the governor.
The power to commute the death
penalty was taken from the Legisla
ure at that time, and the governor
vas given unquestioned authority tc
ardon or reprieve. This point has
Violently escaped the notice of Bos
'crth's friends. II is understood the
lumber OF requests for executive
.lemency IN Bosworth's behalf arc
ew When Gov. Fletcher visited the
tate prison at Windsor yesterday he
i'd not see Bosworth, who is now in
solitary confinement, but the pris
ner was seen by Lieut.. Gov. Frank
:. howe and Charles Pumley. speak.
" Of the House OF Representative,
through the bars OF the death house
Bosworth is in fine physical con
ition due to good appetite and an
lours exercise daily. The state of.
GERS were making the rounds of tn,
tate institution on their annual Wis.
=.
Bosworth's execution which is set
or Friday, January >, next, will be
he last hanging in Vermont, as the
legislature Of 1912, substituted cleo.
rocullon for hanging.
Bosworh who is a British sub
ect, on June 8, 1911. shot and killed
lac Labelle in the Essex Junction
epot restaurant. The young woman
Tho was employed as waitress in
he restaurant, had rejected his at.
entions.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-12-03

railroad. there will be an effort TO
leave not even the New Haven itself
intact If Connecticut Is to receive
similar treatment TO that which the
department OF justice would accord
more northern States. II is asserted
that 1t is but logical to expect that
he federal dissolution suit win seek
10 divorce from the New Haven the
cd New England railroad.
The absorption of this road, effect.
ed since the Sherman antitrust law
was enacted followed its receiver
hip in connection with the panic OF
1893. 1t was then the New York &
New England. Recrganized as the
New England, Il was merged with
he New Haven by legislative enact
ment in 1896. Its main terminl
are Boston and Hopewell Junction.
y. Y.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-12-03
WILSON N { SSAGt
IS BRIEF BUT
PO|NTt D
OeaIs with Many Subjects in
5000 Word Document
NOT MUCH AsOUr MEXICO
Believes Policy of Watehful Waiting
will Accomplish Desired Re.
suits in That Republic

Washington, Dec 2.-Presldent
Wilson read his first annual message
to congress today at joint session
OF both branches at l o'clock In the
house chamber. The message, among
the briefest of documents of its kind
from any president, some 5000 words
long, required less than thirty
minutes for reading, though 1t treat
ed upon a variety of subjects.
The Mexican situation President
Wilson dismissed with brief com
ment, reiterating the sentiments ne
expressed in a special address 10
congress on the same subject some
time ago, and expressing the belief
that the Huerta government SLOWLY
was crumbling and that the United
States probably would not be Obliged
to alter its policy Of waiting.
No program for trust legislation
was presented further than mention
of the desirability Of an early amend
ment to the sherman law to pre-
vent private monopoly more effectual
ly than Il has yet been prevented,
and announcement that the presl-
dent would later address u special
message to congress dealing solely
with that subject
Building OF Alaskan railways,
which the president indorsed; the
need for concentration by the senate
on the pending currency bill, which
he emphasized; urgent necessity OF
rural credit legislation; self govern
ment for Porto Rico and Hawaii,
ultimate independence for the Philip
pines. a policy OF common counsel
and conference" between the fedora
government and the states on the
conservation and revision Of the
system Of primary elections were the
other principal features of the presi
dents address For details of Tn
governments business the president
referred congress to the annual re
ports OF his cabinet officers.
The message opened with the com
ment on the Mexican situation:
There is but one cloud upon om
horizon. That has shown itself t.
the south of US, and hangs over Mex
leo. There can be no certain pros
pect Of peace in America until Gen
eral Huerta has surrendered hi
usuIped authority in Mexico; until
is understood on all hands Indeed
thai such pretended government
would not be countenanced, or deal
with by the government of the Uni
ed States. We are the friends o
constitutional government in Ameri
ca; we are more than It's friends
we are its champions; because In II,
other way can our neighbors, I,
whom we would wish in any way I
make proof Of our friendship, worl
out their own development in peace
in liberty"
The president observed that tn
power and prestige Of the Huert
government was crumbling and add
ed: We shall not. believe,
obliged TO alter our policy Of watch
full waiting"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-12-03
COUNTY COURT
Slow Progress in Case Of Natona
Bank vs John Nash

Not much progress was made
the morning session of county cour
in the case of the First Natlona
Bank Of Bennington VS.. John Nash
trustee The North Bennington Soa
company. which is involved in tn
case failed in 1889 and many OF tn
papers and books that are desired
one or the ether parties TO the SUI
have been lost in the years since the
company went out Of business.
The following jury Is hearing IN
case: a. j. Gormley OF Dorset. "
II. Chadwick OF Landgrove. o. ]
Coolidge Of Peru. Rodney Barber o
PoWnal, W. J. Robinson OF Readsbc
10. Arthur Peck OF Sandgate. Andre,
Davis OF Searsburg. Ernest Lane an
Arthur Perkins Of SALISBURY Georg
Leisure OF Stamford. Jerome r. Hi.
Ct Sunderland.
Since the docket was publlsho
four new divorce cases have been q
cd, making a total OF IS.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-12-03
TO DROP BOSTON & ALBANY
lew Haven Decides TO End Partner
ship within a Few Weeks

'ffN'ffAf q fNN "GCk3
Boston. Dec. Within a few
ieeks the partnership of the New
iaven. made under Mr.. Mellen in the
'oston & Albany railroad will be no
iore. II Is understood that the New
iaven has perfected plans whereby
s agreement with the New York
entral to share equally in It's oper-
ting results from the leased road
ill terminate.
This agreement became effective
uly ]. 1911. I'm the two intervening
cars 10 June 80 last Boston q Al
any showed deficits OF S36.3l9 and
20i,S3s respectively. a total OF seal.
81. There was consequently a d..
ect less OF S120.57S to the New Hav
n. except Tor what indirect advant.
yes % may have derived. The Al
any's operations in the current six
lonth viii considerably reduce the
sl3 deficit up 10 June 80.
IN view Of the Washington idea. to
establish competitive condition
trough big competitive units. d Is
assemble 10 expect that. besides
seklng a disruption Of tho New Ia
ems ccntrol Of Boston & Maine and
u the latier's lease % the FItchbure