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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-01
MAN KILLED IN TRAIN COLLISION.
-Four Men Seriously Injured, Ambulance
Run Into by Train.

BrattIeboro, Jan. la collision of a
gravel train and another train whose
engine had been derailcd, Monday even
ing. about mile south Of here, resulted
in the death Of one man, serious injuries
to four men, smashed ambulance AMI
runaway accident.
The accident happened on the Boston
q Maine railroad, being built from South
Vernon to Brattleboro. Otto barnard,
the engineer on the gravel train, had
loaded up with gravel and proceeded 70
within 90 rods Of the switch, which was
set to show an open track ahead, and
accordingly he opened up the engine. The
signal should have been to stop, as an
engine on another train was of the rails.
and when the collision came the tender
of the tar train was doubled up and
thrown onto the boiler in such a WAY
that the fireman, Mr. Hanger. was
pinched between it and the boiler AMI
died before aid reached him.
The engineer of the front train, George
Braeman. aged SO, was pinned for 20
minutes by the engine Of his train leav-
ing the irons and WAS released 5N. The
collision. after his left leg and thigh had
been badly scaidcd Three other men on
the train were also badly injured and all
were taken to the Brattleboro Memorial
hospital. !.
The ambulance, which was summoned
to move them to the hospital, was run
into by the New London train, when
was four hours late, as the runners 20
the ambulance caught on the track and
the train struck the vehicle before the
runners could be released. There was,
however, time to unhitch the horses and
no one was injured. Another team was
sent TO the scene of the accident and
that ran away and returned to It's
stable.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-01
JUDGING OF BIRDS CONTINUES.
Large Attendance at Poultry Show in
200 Birds Exhibited.

IL is expected the judging Of birds
at the poultry show in Montpelier will
be completed to-day. There was
large attendance all day yesterday and
the exhibition Of 1890 birds drew peo-
ple from distance as well as from
Barre and Montpelier. Tomorrow is
ehildren's day. when any child under
- years OF age viii be admitted free
if accompanied by an adult.
The five cups to be awarded stand
seven inches high and are suitably en-
praved. a large cup is given by the
Montpelier Board of Trade for the best
display of poultry in any one variety.
Few varieties OF poultry are not TO
be found at the exhibition and this
show of the Vermont state Poultry
ASSOCIATION bids fair to excel previous
ones.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-01
WELCOMED WITH MELODY.
New Year Got Very Pretty Reception
in New York City.

New York. Jan. -Four tiny oases of
melody in New YOrk's New Years eve
desert of diseord were overwhelmed last
night by horns and cowbells.
At three public squares. City Hall
Park. Madison square and Herald square,
a citizens committee stationed brass
bands and choruses 10 play and sing the
old year out in tuneful fashion. To a
fourth. Union square. the Salvation
Army sent Miss Eva Booth. two bands
and $50 singers The patriotic airs on
the program were drownec in bediam
and Miss Booth. speaking through a
mecaphore. could scarcely be heard
dozen yards away.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-01
TAXI STRIKE IN LONDON.
Five Thousand Drivers Decided Last
Night To Quit Work.

London, Jan. Five thousand taxi
cab drivers decided last night TO strike,
and this will result in London beginning
the new year with less less than half
the usual service of tsxicabs. The trou-
BILE originated in the action of COM
bination of oil companies in advancing
the price of petrol wholesale to is pence
per gallon.
Under the agreement between the
taxicab owners and the drivers. the lat
ter have paid eight pence per gallon.
When the advance was made. they were
notified that beginning with the new
year they must pay is pence. They
offered TO pay lOh pence, which the
owners refused.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-01
WAS SERIOUS LOSS.
John G. Morrison Writes About Recent
Fire in Cambridge

In a letter to Frank g. Rowland, John
G Morrison writes from Cambridge,
Mass. concerning the recent loss sus-
tained by the Mead-M Morrison company at
Cambridge. stating that the amount will
range between slJ0.O00 and S200.00O. the
exact sum not being known until they
can determine how much can be sal
vaged. This factory was located on
First street in Cambridge. They have
another factory on Main street, which
j. now compelled to work night and day
to keep up with the comPany's business.
Mr. Morrison states that the company
viii build factory, but the site has not
been decided upon.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-01
PROPERTY NOT TRANSFERRED.
Street Railroad System Still In Hands
of Local Company.

The transfer of the Barre & Mont
pelier Traction & Power company TO
the new corporation which is taking
over the Consolidated and Vermont
Lighting companies, together with the
CORY. Deayitt 4 Frost Electric con-
cern. was not made to-day, as was ex-
pected: but IL is said the change is
simply delayed because the new hold
ing company has not got its affairs
arranged to receive the electric road 1t
is understood that the option on the
property still holds.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-01
DIED OF APopLExY.
Mrs. Georganna Steadman Passed Away
in Montpelier To-day.

The death of Mrs. Georgianna Kate
Steadman. mother of Mrs. Charles W.
Emerson of Smith place, occurred at
her home, Court street, in Montpelier,
early this morning, after an illness which
began Sunday. Death was due to ap-
oplexy. Mrs. Steadman was so years
and nine months old and had made her
home in Montpelier for many years. The
body was brought to A. w. Badger &
Co.'S undertaking rooms in Barre this
forenoon. and arrangements for the flu
neral will be completed later.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-01
X. OF p. OFFICERS.
c. Herbert Pape Elected Chancellor Com
mander of vincitia Lodge.

G. Herbert Papc was elected to act as
chancellor commander Of the Nincitia
lodge. No. 10. knights Of Pythias. At
their election of officers last evening at
Castle hall. The other officers chosen %
flI offices during the ensuing year are;
Vice chancellor, ID. J. Morse; prelats,
Merle B. Clark; master work, Frank 6.
Nichols; keeper of records and sal.
John L. Wallace; master OF finance. VI
liam Mercer: master OF eNchequer. y =.
Lewis: master at arms. =. 4 Nilcy
trustee for three years. Hors \.
Richardson. The installation &C i'.. -
ficers viii be held az the convent c-
the lodge next Tresiay cyeu'r--
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-01
MORE SMALLPOX IN NoRTHFIELD
Daughter Of Frank Seymour Comes Down
With Mid Case.

Northfeld. Jan. Ia daughter OF
Frank Seymour has smallpox. according
to report Just made TO the town author
ties. and the family is under quarantine.
Ii i a mild case. As the girl y rot
known to have associated with other
children for some time. il j. not known
where she contracted the disease.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-01
westhsr - -.

Fair Thursday: mod,raie go g.
winds.
The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-04
Washington Satisfied.

Washington, Dec. 3.-Goyernmenl officials here were more than ever confident today that the patience the United States has shown in it's treat ment of the Mexican problem is soon to be rewarded by a solution brought about by operation of the great inter- nal forces now engaged in a final struggle in Mexico
 Such conclusion has been the one objective point of the American ad- ministration
 Among the facts which form the basis of the belief that the closing chapters of the Huerta regime are now being written, is a report to the state department from agents in Mex leo that the federal troops no longer are in receipt of their pay without which experience has shown their loyalty cannot De depended upon.
 Reported as indicating the speedy triumph of the constitutionalists forces related to the precpitate flight of the heads of the families which have controlled vast estates in Northern Mexico, employing thou sands of peons in agriculture, stock raising and mining.
 Their flight and the abandonment of their properties deprives the Huerta government of a source Of revenue which is very much needed at present
 Inquiry that has been made into reports that large shipments of arms and ammunition has been ordered by the Huerta government and were now on their way to Mexico has de veloped the fact that such orders as are being filled were placed many months ago in the early days of the present revolution when it seemed insignificant
The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-04
GRAFT EXPOSED IN
 CLARAVOYA
WOMAN TESTIFiES TO SWlNDLE OF $5o,ooo BY MEN UNDER
 POLICE PROTECTION.

New York. Dec 3.-A high police official will be indicted next week District Attorney Whitman expects, as the result of stories of witnesses he will produce before the grand jury in his investigation of the alleged wire tapping ana fortune telling graft by the police. Dominick Riley, a former police captain, was indicted yesterday on charge of accepting Sl,000 in connection with an alleged conspiracy between the police and wire tappers.
 The inquiry was not resumed be fore the jury today but an assistant prosecutor examined several persons who appeared voluntarily The testi- mony on which Mir Whitman will depend in requesting the indictment of the high official probably will come from these persons and not department. The prosecutor prefers to obtain the indictment in this way as 1t would leave him free to prose cute other police officers who might demand immunity for turning state S evidence.
 Mrs Jane l.. Burnett, a wealthy woman of Stroudsburg, Pa, who has given Mir. Whitman valuable infor nation regarding tine operation of clairvoyants, was among those who visited the prosecutors office today She promised to testify before the grand jury. Through claiTvoyants who are supposed to have paid for police protection, Mrs. Burnett is al legged to have been swindled out of I$50,000
The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-04
FOREIGN LABOR.
Objections Made to Importation Of Hindoos for California Labor Field,

Objections Made to Importation Of
 Hindoos for California Labor Field,
 Vancouver B. C., Dec. S.--lmmi. grafton officials of the United States are busy with efforts to frustrate the plans of secret organization with headquarters at Manila, 10 flood Pacific coast states with Hindu la borers. according to Anthony Cam netti,' commissioner general of immi grafton. MT Caminetti left here to- day for Seattle after having confer red yesterday with British Columbia officials at Victoria on immigration problems.
 Advices had reached the immigra- ton service, Mr Caminetu said. that arrangements had been made at Ma milla to send the East Indians from the Philippines with certificates ob- tained from the insular government On the strength of these certificates a party of five Hindus gained admis- sion to the United States at San Francisco, establishing a precedent, he said, and preparations were made immediately for sending many labor CTS in the same way
The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-04
SEE JAPAN WAR.
America's Attitude Toward Japan Is
 Cause of Implied Threat.

Baltimore, Dec 3.-Professor Syd- ney s. Gulick of the Imperial Uniyer- sity, Kyoto, Japan, presented reso sutton from the Japan mission of the American board asking the federal council to adopt a commission to study the questions of the relations between the United States and tha Orient
 Professor Gulick. who is ali AmeN- can, said there is growing bitterness in Japan against the United States over California's anti-Japanese legis. lation
 He predicted that unless steps are taken by the United States govern ment to bring about better relations between the United States and the Oriet the final outcome will be an appalling struggle of the white race against the yellow.
 Rev. Dr. H. K. Carroll of New York. secretary of the Ecumenicdl Methodist commission, was elected to the newly created post of secretary of. the councils projected bureau in Washington
The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-04
LIVING LIKE ANTS.
Congestion of the Cities Is Protested
 Against in Conference.

Cincinnati, Ohio. Dec 3.-The growth of cities in America is causing the inhabitants to live like ants. de- clared George F. Hooker, civil sec retary of the Chicago City club, at the third annual session of the Ma tional Conference on Housing, here today Crowded conditions in the larger cities ntcessitated large build ings where human beings swarmed and required burrowing into the ground to give them means Of trans portation to and from their places Of business, he said.
 His address was on Garden Cities" and Mir Hooker pointed out the advance made in giving breathing spaces and parks to city dwellers. Light. air, land and reasonable amount of the amenities of home life is being denied to thousands in cities on account of the crowded conditions, and this. he said, the garden city would prevent
The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-04

few minutes before Wilmington took the morphine
 w. w. Hughey or Glenwood, who had spent most of the day with Whit tmgton, said they had been drinking together. and that shortly after we met in the morning Wilmington had talked of killing himself Whiting ton had told me that there were fam
 fly reasons why life was no longer
 worth the while, and that probably he would end it all
 T never thought much of it, said Hughey but tried to talk him out
 of the subject Later we got to talk ing about business, and he said he expected later to be in charge of the branch office of the Hamp Williams Company at Womble, and that l would be his head man or field man, and we were discussing this just a
 little while before
 "We went into the saloon and sat down to table, and after awhile Wilmington called for a glass of water The bartender brought it to | him and put it on the table l saw him take out a bottle and pour out several large pills in his hand. and put them in his mouth. and swallow them, but l did not think then of what he had said about killing him self. He took up the glass of wate- nj A
 or two 1 went out and upstairs to see
 about something. l came down after awhile, and Whittington's head was lying over on the table, and l picked up the bottle and took it to the bar. tender to find out what it was.
 We learned it was morphine, and then called for help for him. The first thing that made me think any thing was wrong was when 1 saw him foaming at the mouth
 q knew Wilmington for many years. We had been good friends, and when I came to town We often were together About a year ago ! remember that he and 1 had talk and he said something then about his 1 family troubles, and talked of killing
 himself, but I did not pay any atten'
 tion to it"
 ! Others about the Turner saloon practically confirmed the statement
 made by the friend of the victim oi ,the morphine John Turner was not tbara at the time but was called in later. and he immediately sent for 6
 carriage and for physicians, and had Wilmington removed as quickly as possible to the St. Joseph's lnfirmary where he could receive medical treat ment.
The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-04
FIRE IN BOSTON TENEMENT HOUSE IS MADE SUBJECT OF
 EIGHT INVESTIGATIONS.
GRAND JURY VIEWS SCENE
Death in Most Every Instance Had Been Caused by Suffocation Be cause of the Condition of the Tene- ment In Which Fire Took Place.
are espousin

Boston, Dec 3-The fire which cost the lives of 2S homeless men in the Arcadia hotel, a low priced lods- ing house in the south end district early today had become the subject of eight separate investigations by nightfall
 Some of these were almed at deter- mining where lay the responsibility for the conditions which made the loss of life so large and others were directed toward devising measures to protect hundreds of other men forced by circumstances to seek shelter in similar places
 Most important of the investiga- tions was begun by the grand jury. Directed by District Attorney Pelia- tier, the jurymen visited the hotel while the ruiIA sti, were shoulder ing. They saw the remains of cots laid side by side in a dormitory on the fifth floor and narrow boX-iike rooms on floors below in which pri- vacy was obtained by inmates for a few cents more than was paid by the dormitory occupants.
 The cause of the fire was not de. termined.
 A large quantity of painters mate rials. District Attorney Pelletter said, was found in closet on the second floor, but apparently it had not been touched by the flames.
 Later the jury went to the city hospital morgue where Medical EX- aminer Timothy J. Leary pointed out that in nearly every instance death had been caused by suffocation al though in two or three cases it was evident that fire ended the lives.
 Other lodging houses in the vicin- ity were afterwards inspected by the jury in order to see how they were conducted in reference t0 the safety of the occupants at night.
 Other investigations were the of- ficial inquest by Medical Examiner Leary, inquiries by the fire commls- sionyr, the building commissioner and the board of health, the city po- lice department, the state police and personal research by Mayor Fitzger- aid
 Joseph G Lyons of Brookme, pres ident of the firm which operated the Arcadia as part of chain of lodging houses in Boston, New York, Brook lyn. Newark and Jersey City, be- lieves the fire started under the stairs in the main hallway Within few months three other mysterious fires have been discovered there, he said. This fire undoubtedly was set he added.
 None of the men found dead had been identified tonight. Two of the injured taken to the city hospital,
The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-04
FORMER CIRCUIT AND CHAN. cERY CLERK TOOK MORPHINE
 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
PULMOTER WAS PUT IN USE
lf Wilmington Survives the Poison His Life Win Be Due Wholly to the Effectiveness sof the new Life Saw ing Device Here.

Ali Wilmington, known as Little Ali" former circuit and chancery clerk of Garland county, and a resi- dent of this section all his life, took Q large dose of morphine with SUI. cidal intent early yesterday after noon, as the result of despondency, after he had been dissipating for a long time
 He was removed to the St Josph $ Infirmary at a time when it did not appear there was chance to save his life, but the pulmoter kept in the service of the public utilities com pany, which is effective in the matter of keeping up expiration, kept him alive through the very critical period of the poisoning and last night it was believed that he had a fair chance of recovery, though he was not anything like out of danger.
 The news of the attempted suicide was a distinct shock to many. While it had been generally known in the downtown district that Wilmington had been drinking heavily of late, yet he was accustomed to dissipation and that he was Respondent was the feature of the surprise.
 Some months ago Wilmington de- cided to return to country life in Montgomery county. where he hal been reared, and as he owned splen- did farm within a short distance of Mt. Ida. he declared with some en- thusiasm among his friends that he intended to make that his future home and live the simple life The farm was fixed up, he had it equipped well for farm work, and about q month ago had removed his family there. He weBt to the farm and en- gagged in the preiminaries of set ting there.
 Some days ago Wilmington re- turned to Hot Springs. aud getting about among friends, began drinking heavily. Yesterday morning he met w. H. Hughey, of Glenwood. near his country home. and they spent most of the day together. About 1 o'clock in the afternoon they entered the Turner saloon on Elm street, where they had few drinks Whit tington and Hughey sat at table. Shortly after they met Wilmington talked despondently to Hughey, but later the future looked brighter to both of them and they discussed mak- ing their home at Womble.
 Hughey states that Wilmington just before taking the poison had been discussing with him the proba- bility that he would go to Womble and take charge of a hardware agency and that he CHughey) would be the head man, or the field man, and they were discussing this future only a
The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-04
COLORADO RIVER RISES
 6 FEET AN HOUR
TEXAS IS STILL SUBMERGED BY SWOLLEN STREAMS, GREAT
 PROPERTY DAMAGE RESULT

Dallas, Dec. S.-The Colorado river at Austin began to rise again today, coming up at the rate of six feet an hour for time tonight.
 Three men riding on log floated down the river at dusk, one getting into tree far out from shore and the other two on top of the partially submerged grandstand of the base ball park
 Rescue parties started to get the men but returned saying they had been unable to find them in the dark ness. Who the men were and their fate was unknown.
 Two were drowned in the Trinity river floods near Dallas this evening. At Eagle Ford. B. F. Lacy riding through overflowed fields to rescue stock, drove his horse against barb wire fence, both horse and rider be coming entangled and drowning.
 Near Grand Prairie a man known as "Manley" was drowned trying to rescue marooned flood victims. Later other rsscuers saved the persons foI whom Manley sacrificed his life. An appeal was sent to Dallas by the mayor of Grand Prairie for a boat to rescue nine persons, man, wife and seven children, all caught in one house so far out in the flooded bot toms that they used a shotgun 70 at tract attention.
The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-04
MORRIS WAS DEFEATED.
Kansas Had Best of White Hope
 sin Eight of Ten Rounds.

sin Eight of Ten Rounos'
 New York Dec. 3-ln a 10round bout at Madison Square Garden to- night Jess Willard of Kansas defeat- ed Carl Morris of Oklahoma Will. lard had eight of the 10 rounds, one was fairly even, and the other, the third, went to Morris. Willard weigh ed 2S5 1-4 pounds and Morris 254 l-4.
 The bout was disappointing as both men were slow and there was good deal of wrestling and hugging with very few clean blows. With the exception of the third round. Will. lard outboxed his opponent and Nor ris was frequently cautioned for holding. Both were clumsy but Will lard did the cleverest work
 He used right cross blows and right upper cuts while Morris mostly play ed for the body at close range, Nor ris floundered at times and seemed 10 have no sense of direction with his blows. The crowd frequently jeered and booed
The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-04
WOMAN KILLED IN BED.

New York, Dec. S.-Mrs. Agnes Guth. Il years old, who as Madame Guth ran a west side dress making establishment, was murdered as she lay in bed at her home tonight. She had been stabbed twice in the back and once in the chest. According to the police. man with whom she had lived for the past year and whom She had introduced as her second husband, is believed to have left the apartment a short time before the crime was discovered The woman's sons said the cauple had auarreled frequently of late,
The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-04
ARRESTED FOR THEFT,

Chicago, Dec. 3.--Melville Reeves, a druggist, and his 19 year old wife. were arrested today in their home in their home in a fashionable residence district charged with the theft of jewelTy valued at $S.lS0 from the of flee of T. J. Hyman, secretary or the Illinois Steel Company. Part of the jewery was the property of Hy- mans daughter, wife of Francis Por' ter, former broker who recently went through bankruptcy proceed ings
The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-04
Huerta Still Defiant.

Mexico. City, Dec The enuncia- ton of Washingtons policy appear not to alarm President Huerta, and particularly since he long ago aban- doned hope of anything but opposi- ton from the United States. He said today:
 "I have no intention of yielding. Should this fighting in Mexico con tinue for years, l shall continue to do my part in it if 1 am still alive.
 General Huerta declared that the