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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-31
ON TRAIL OF BEARDED MAN.
Who Yelled Fire and Caused 70 Deaths
at Calumet.

Calumet, Mich, Dec. 3l.-Possible
identification of the man who started
the Christmas eve catastrophe by call
ing Fire" in a crowded hall here, was
forecasted last night by o. N. Hilton,
chief of counsel of the western feder-
alton of miners. Mr.. Hilton asked that
the coroner's inquest into the tragedy
of ~ deaths be adjourned until to-day,
saying that he desired to produce sew
eral witnesses who claimed they could
identify the man.
Il shall present these witnesses only
after | make sure they can do what
they say" he said. 'It would be horrible
to implicate an innocent person in such
a deed"
The greater part of the evidence
again yesterday was that the cry of fire
came from within the hall. Three of
the 80 or more witnesses claimed to
have seen citizens alliance button on
the man, making five of half hundred
persons examined in the two days of
the inquest who made this statement.
There were half score of descrip-
tions of the man.
Three witnesses, Mrs. Therese Czabo
Carlos Olsen and Hilda Forster, swore
they saw man wearing citizens al.
lance button come to the door, wave
his hands and cry 'fre." These state
ments controverted the testimony Mon.
day of the union men who said they
stood in the vestibule of the hall and
that the cry came from within the place
no one wearing the insignia of the
unions enemies having passed them.
Mrs. Czabo and the Forster girl ad
-mitted under cross examination by
jurors that they had discussed their tes
timony with attorneys or officers of the
miners union.
The proceedings were held. in the hal
where the disaster occurred and several
child witnesses re-enacted their parts in
the tragedy. One girl emphasized that
her greatest anxiety was to save heI
bag of candy.
Part of the proceedings were heard
by John p. Densmore, solicitor of the
department of labor, who arrived yes
terday and spent the opening hours OF
his task of conciliation with leaders oi
the union.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-31
CLASS OF IA CONFIRMED.
BY Coadjutor Bishop Weeks at Church
of the Good Shepherd.

A confirmation service was held at
the Church of the Good Shepherd last
evening, there being a large audience
in attendance. Coadjutor Bishop Will
liam Farrar Weeks of Burlington was
present and delivered the sermon. The
service started with evening prayer by
the rector of the church, Rev. w. J. NJ.
Beattie and Bishop Weeks read the les
sons. Then came the confirmation pro-
gram, the rector presenting the class
which consisted of eight men and six
women, to the coadjutor bishop, who
then delivered very instructive ser
mon on Confirmation"
This was Coadiutor Bishop Weeks
first official visit to Barre since he was
raised to his present position. He left
this morning for st. Albans, where he
will officiate at wedding and he will
go later to Enosburg Falls for services
next Sunday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-31
HELD ON LARCENY CHARGE.
Peter Sorro Accused of Taking $50 from
Fellow Workman.

vergennes, Dec 3l-Peter Sorro was
brought here Monday by DeFIty Sheriff
n. j. Sanford of the Middlebury jail
where he was committed and held for
examination last week by City Sheriff
Fred Lebeau, and taken before Justice
G. F. 0. Kimball, charged with stealing
S52 from Thomas Thoms. fellow
workman with whom be bunked in a
ear at the depot. After hearing the
evidence the court held Sorro in the
sum of $500 for the June term of coun-
ty court at Middlebury. Failing to pro.
cure bail ne was taken back by Officer
Sanford to Middlebury TO await trial.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-31
OFFERS HUSBAND
FOR $1,000 CASH
Quincy, Mass, Woman Says That He Is
Willing and She Would Rather
Have Cat.

Boston, Dec. 3l."I am willing to sell
my husband for 81 900 cash." wrote Mrs.
Agnes Bedell of Quincy to Miss Mary f.
Chandler, in letter which Miss Chand-
Ter made public last night. William Be
dell, the husband, when interviewed lat
er, is alleged to have expressed his will
ingness to be sold"
The letter, after explaining that Mrs.
Bedell had seen Miss Chambers name
in the newspapers, continued;
81 see where you need husband to
take care of your property and to be a
father to your baby. My husband is a
working man tired of supporting fam
lily on small pay. want money to
open boarding house. He will be con.
tent to sit with you and to tend the
baby. AS for me, I'd rather have my
cat"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-31
CLAIMS STOCK WORTHLESS,
Another Man Sues on Purchase of Tel
ephone Securities.

Burlington, Dec. 3I.--Another suit to
recover money claimed TO have been
paid for the purchase of stock in the
Washington Consolidated Telephone and
Telegraph company of & state of
Washington, alleged to rthless,
was filed Yesterday in the Of the
county clerk. w W, Smith OF Essex
brings suit against II. H. Reynolds, L.
r. Brown and Fred Howes, whose places
of residence are given respectively as
Manchester, n. H., Somerville, Mass,
and this city. Smith claims to have
been induced to purchase $500 shares
of the stock, paying 81 $50 The amount
named in the suit is $1,000.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-31
DENIED BOTH CHARGES.
Then Court Found Him Guilty and He
Appealed.

Bert Getchell, formerly of Calais and
more recently of Manchester, \. H., was
arrested by Constable John Graham at
the Malcolm Slayton farm near the
Woodbury. line this morning and was
brought before Justice of the Peace f.
NJ. Harvey in Montpelier, charged with
subsequent offense of intoxication and
with breach of the peace The respond
ent pleaded not guilty to each charge
and Constable Graham was put on the
stand as a witness, after which Getehell
was adiudged guilty. The respondent
appealed to county court after being
sentenced to 80 days for the intoxication
charge and so days for the breach OF the
peace charge.
1t was alleged that Getchell arrived in
Montpelier late yesterday from Manehcs-
ter y. H., and securing a team started
to drive to Calais. 1t was charged that
he was making disturbance shortly be-
fore he was arrested.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-31
THAW BAIL CASE
SET FOR JAN. Z
Evidence Will Be Presented Then For
and Against Allowing Him to Be
at Large.

Concord, n H., Dec. "Wednesday,
Jan. I, was to-day set as the date for a
public hearing here on the question OF
admitting Harry X. Thaw to bail. At
that time interested parties will be Civ.
en- an opportunity to appear and offer
evidence, if there is any, in respect to
the acts OF Thaw since his commitment
70 Matteawan asylum in February, 1908,
tending to show personal violence or a
disposition to do physical harm. Wit
nesses on the other side will also be
heard. The hearing is called by the
commissioners who were appointed by
Judge Aldrich in United States court.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-31
TRAIN STUCK
IN SNOW DRIFTS
Germany Is Experiencing One of Its
Worst Storms in Thirty Years
Already There Is "a Inches
on the Ground.

Berlin, Germany, Dec. 3l.-The Ger.
man capital was covered with fourteen
inches of snow at noon to-day and the
fall still continued. A heavier snowfall
has been recorded only once during the
past thirty years.
Near Helle, passenger train which
was crowded with people homeward
bound for the New Year holiday, was
stalled in the snow at midnight, and the
passengers still were prisoners at noon.
The gale on the north coast is sub.
siding, and the floods are abating in the
low-lying cities, where great damage has
been done.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-31
GERMAN THIEF CAUGHT.
Is Charged with Embezzling $4,000 from
a Bank,

New York, Dec. 3l.-Search for Frank
Hoehn, young bank clerk, charged with
embezzling $4,000 from his employers,
the Loan & Credit association of Hep
penheim, Germany, ended yesterday
with his arrest in New York. Hoehn's
peculations, it is charged, covered Pc
riod from 1901 to 1912, during which he
falsified his books and forged signatures.
More than year ago he fed to Buenos
Aires and, after travelling through South
American with German police agents at
his heels, came to New York last 0cto-
Der.
According to the detective who ar
rested him, Hoehn admitted his guilt.
He waived examination here and said he
was willing to take his chances" in Ger
many. He was held pending the arrival
of extradition papers. The detective
said Hoehn told him he had lost nearly
all the money he took in stock specula-
tions in Germany.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-31
FOUND FROZEN TO DEATH.
Body of Cornelius Horan, IS Years Old
at Manchester, N. n.

Manchester, n. H. Dec. 3l.-Cornelius
Horan, As years old, for years we'll
known as bootblack about town, was
found frozen to death = an outhouse in
the old isolation hospital in Derryfield
park Yesterday afternoon. The police
were informed and the body was re-
moved to the Wallace morgue on Han
over street and the medical referee
called
The absence of tracks in the snow
leading to the building made it GER
tain Horan had been dead for number
of days.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-31
PUBLIC SAW
13 EXECUTED
Japan Furnished Object Lesson for Plot
ters Against Their Rule-Were Con-
victed of a Plot to Turn For
mosa Over to China.

Toxic. Dee. 3l-Thirteen Formosan
consprators were publicly executed to-
day at Taihoku, Formosa, according to
government dispatches. The men were
convicted of plot to overthrow Jap
anese rule in Formosa and planned to
raise an army of 100000, massacre the
Japanese garrison and hand over the ISL
and to China. Besides the thirteen SEN
fenced to death, three Others were given
long prison terms.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-31
Were Hurled from Speeding
Double-Runner at No.
Adams
STRUCK AGAINST
TELEPHONE POLE
Five Other Young People
Escaped Serious
Injury

North Adams, Mass, Dec. 3l.--George
Montgomery, aged Il years, and the son
of Chief Montgomery of the fire depart
ment, is dead and Grace Shaw is believed
to be dying from fractured skull and
other injuries which were received in a
eoasting accident last night. Seven
young people were coasting at terrific
speed down the steepest hill in the city
when the steering rope of their double
runner broke. Young Montgomery and
Miss Shaw were hurled from the sled
against a telegraph pole. The young
mans head was crushed and he died to-
day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-31
BURIAL AT PLAINFIELD.
Following Funeral To-day for the Late
Fred Colby.

Funeral services for the late Fred Col
by. whose death occurred at the home
of George Brebner Sunday afternoon,
following an illness of two years, of
tuberculosis, were held this morning at
10 o'clock from the Brebner home on the
east hill. Rec j. w. Barnett, pastor
of the Congregational church of this
city, ofIiciated at the services. The in
terment was made in the Plainfield Cen
ter cemetery The bearers were as fol-
lows: Bert Hooker Bert HazeltOn, Ed
ward Colby and Burnham Colby.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-31
ALLEGED PLOT
TO KILL HUERTA
Frustrated BY Arrest of Two Men Said
to Have Been Trailed BY
Secret Police.

Mexico City, Dec. 3l.-An alleged plot
to assassinate Provisional President
Huerta during the New Years reception
was frustrated by the arrest to-day OF
two Mexicans in the town of Campo
Florido. The secret police are said to
have discovered that the two plotters
planned to enter the home of Huerta
with the officials and others offering New
Years fluctuations.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-31
STRIKE CALLED OFF.
Philadelphia Garment Workers Voted in
Mass Meeting.

Philadelphia, Dec. 3l.-At mass
meeting of strikers yesterday afternoon
it was decided formally to call off the
garment workers strike, which has been
in progress here since last July.
The strikers, whose treasury was ex-
hausted, expect to get reduction in
hours from 54 to 50 week and hope
that certain other grievances will be
settled after they return to work.
About five thousand men and women
quit when the strike was declared, but
many of them returned to work from
time to time.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-31
Many Others Got to the
Windows and Jumped
to the Ground
FIFTEEN HURT,
FOUR SERIOUSLY
New York Tenement Fire Is
Thought to Have Been
Incendiary

New York, Dee. 3l.-Five men and
three women were killed early this
morning in tenement house fire at 96
Monroe street in the East Side district.
Fifteen persons were injured, four Sc
riously, by jumping from the fire es-
capes; and the police and firemen made
many rescues. The fire started ON the
ground floor, cutting off escape by the
stairway The fire is thought to have
been of incendary origin and an inves-
tigation has been begun.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-31
1906 SUICIDES
DURING PAST YEAR
United States Shows Increase of 125
Over the Previous Year-Two-thirds
Were Males.

Chicago, Dec 3l.--The number of sui
cides in the United States in 1913
showed an increase Of l25 over 1919.
According to the figures collected here,
the number this year was 1906. OF
that number, s,602 were males, and d.
504 females. Physicians head the list
among professional men, the number
being "a.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-31
SAYS LAWYER WAS MURDERED.
Gordon F. Matthews Had Been Pro
nounced a Suicide.

Buffalo, n. Y, Dec. 3l.-Gordon F.
Matthews, an attorney who was found
shot to death in his bath room Christ
mas afternoon and who was pronounced
a suicide by the medical examiner, was
murdered. The five physicians who per-
formed the autopsy so declared in their
official report to the police yesterday
afternoon
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-31
Liquor Sloop Captured.

In bloodless naval battle off Cape
Elizabeth light just just after dark last
evening a motorboat manned by the
liquor seizing squad of Sheriff Graham
captured the auxiliary sloop Vigilant of
South Portland, which was just enter
ing the harbor loaded with whiskey.
The vigilant was commanded by Captain
Mel Dodge and manned by William
Seeley and Gus Thomas, all three of
whom were arrested. The sloop was
docked and found to contain so five gall
lon kegs of whiskey and three dozen
quarts in bottles. She sailed from
Portsmouth just before noon.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-31
STILL DENIED IDENTITY.
But Fitchburg Officer Thought He Had
the Right Man.

burlington, Dec, 3l.-Inspeetor Fla
herty of the Fitchburg police depart
nlent arrived in the city yesterday and
took back with him Nathan Stone, the
man who was arrested here on a charge
of stealing Sl20 in the Massachusetts
city. The prisoner continues to deny
his identity but Flaiierty seemed sure
that he was the man wanted. Stone
went without making any trouble and
without extradition papers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-31
SANBoRN-GLIDDEN.
Chelsea Man Came to Barre for His
Bride.

A very quiet wedding took place at
the home of Mrs. Zephire Brunelle, IS
Prospect street. yesterday afternoon at
O'Clock, when her daughter, Gladys
Mae Glidden, was united in marriage to
Ralph Ellsworth Sanborn of Chelsea.
Rev. ]. A. Lawrence. pastor of the Con-
gregatioual church at Chelsea officiating
Only immediate relativn were present.
The home was decorated with Yule-tide
trimmings After a short wedding trip,
Mr. and Mrs. Sanborn win be at home
to their friends in Chelsea, where the
groom is prosperous young farmer.
Their many friends extend eongratula-
tions.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-31
SHERIFF DRILLS SAFE FOR LIQUOR
Before Work Is Done, Hotel Clerk
Swings Combination.

Portland, Me-, Dec. 3l.The liquor
seizing squad of Sheriff Graham called
on a professional safe opener to gain en-
trance to a safe in local hotel which
they suspected to contain liquor intend
ed for sale, One hole had been drilled
and the workmen had gone for more
tools when it was opened by the man
in charge. A quart of whisky was
found within.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-31
SHOT A STRIKEBREAKER
Trouble Started Over Attack on Victim
in Strike Newspaper

Decatur, ILL.,, Dec. 3l.-Carl Pierson,
editor of the Illinois Strike Bulletin,
published at Clinton, yesterday after
noon shot and probably fatally injured
Tony Musser, strikebreaker employed
at the Illinois Central shops at Clinton.
The shooting was the elimination of
an alleged attack on Musser through
Persons paper.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-31
WORKING LIKE BEAVERS
To Clear Up President wilson's Core
spondence.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 3l.-Threc
secretaries were busy at the White
House to-day endeavoring to keep all
official business away from President
Wilson unless of such Importance as to
require immediate presidential attention
while the president is enjoying the balmy
air of Pass Christian. Secretary Tu-
multv and two assistants are handling
hundreds of letters every day. Many
of the letters bear upon the organization
Of the new banking system.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-31
FEDERAL TRAIN BLOWN UP.
Details of Disaster South of Mexico City
Not Known.

Vera Cruz, Dec. 3l.-A federal troop
train was blown up with dynamite to-
day at place 10 miles southeast of
Mexico City on the main line of the In
ter-Occanic railway. The telegraph lines
are down and no details are available
this morning except that traffic has not
been resumed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-31
School Gets Offer of One
Half of Debt on New
Alumni Hall
ALSO $540 NOTE
BY IRA c. CALEF'
Institution Also Received
S932.28 from Sarah
Mower Estate

A communication was received thlS
morning by Don V. Camp, secretary OF
the Goddard seminary trustees, announc-
ing an offer by Ira c. Calef of Washing
ton to pay one-half of the remaining
debt of $4,000 on the new alumni hall
ii the other half is raised by July l.
1914. Furthermore, Mr.. Calef offered, as
a premium, to cancel note OF S54u
held BY him against tine school II the
conditions are complied with by the
time specified. This very advantageous
offer came close on the heels of con-
ditional gift by Mr.. Calef of one-quarter
of building fund of $4,000 to the
Barre City hospital, if the other $4,000
is raised during the year 1914.
Alumni hall at Goddard was started
on subscriptions from individuals, and
it is noteworthy that Mr.. Calef was
the first person to subscribe to the build
ing fund, giving donation which was
in keeping with his generosity to the
institution over long period OF years
He has been trustee Of the school for
a long time and is at the present time
a member of the executive committee
and also of the investment committee
He has been closely identified with the
welfare of the institution and has kept
in touch with its affairs at all times
rs did his sister, the late Miss Lucy
Calef.
The trustees Of the seminary will have
a regular meeting next Tuesday even
ing, and it is probable that action will
be taken on the offer. F. lends of the
school expressed their confidence to-day
that the sum of $3.50 can be raised
and that the conditions of the generous
offer wilr thus be complied with before
July | next.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-31
GEN. RosALIE JONES' PLANS.
She Will Lead Her Suffragette Army to
Albany.

New York, Dec. 31.-General Rosalie
Jones and her little army of suffra-
gettes to-day made final arrangements
for march on Albany to demand votes
for women. The marchers are to take
to the road early tomorrow morning.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-31
Another Gift Received.

Another cheering piece of news for
Goddard comes to-day in the announce
ment that yesterday A. w. Peirce, ad-
ministrator for the estate of the late
Sarah Mower of Barre, paid the sum of
Sg32.2S to the school treasurer, Harvey
W. Averill, it being the institutions be-
quest and share as residuary legatee of
the Mower estate. This money goes into
the schools endowment fund and can-
not be used in liquidating the debt on
the new building.
The administrator of the estate is a
former principal of Goddard and is now
principal of Dean academy in Franklin,
Mass. He and Mrs. Peirce visited in the
city yesterday and the former inspected
the new alumni hall and was much
pleased with its appearance and appoint
ments. Mr.. Peirce was principal of the
school from 1891 to 1897 and before that
was teacher in the institution, his ac-
tive ASSOCIATION with the school covering
a period of Is years.
The sum of 81 900 also goes to the
Universalist church of Barre from the
Mower estate.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-31
CHECKER TOURNAMENT
Interest Increasing in Contest Which
Closes Tonight.

Ludlow, Dec. 3l.-Increased interest
was manifested in the Vermont State
Checker club tournament here yesterday.
The contests close tonight. The sum-
mary to date:
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-31
RETURN TO WASHINGTON.
Secretary and Mrs. Bryan Spent Christ
mas in Florida.

Washington, D. C., Dec. 3l.-Seeretary
of State and Mrs. Bryan returned to-day
from Miami, Florida, where they spent
Christmas.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-31
Weather Forecast.

Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday;
colder; moderate variable winds.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-31

Tomorrow. New Years day,
The Times will be published at
noon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-01
PLAN FOR 10 MINUTE
CAR SERVICE TO CITY
LINE IN NORTH END

Mayor Clifford &. Wilson went to
Hartford today to appear before the
Public Utilities Commission to ask
that residents of the North End be
given better trolley service. The
mayor appeared before the commits
sion at the request of Nicholas Tesiny
and Rev. Nestor Light, pastor of the
Bethany chapel, a committee of the
North End Improvement association.
The committee accompanied the may
or.
Before leaving his office today the
mayor said he intended to ask the
commission to require the Connecti-
cut Co to place a turnout in upper
Main street and run its cars to the
city line. At present the Connecti-
cut Co. cars run only to Terry's farms.
This plan will give a 10 minute
headway schedule to the city line such
as is enjoyed in almost every other
section of Bridgeport. If this cannot
be arranged the mayor said he would
suggest that the Danbury and Bridge
port Trolley Co. be required to op-
crate double the number of cars
which at present run over it's line.