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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-12
DEATH AFTER LONG ILLNESS.
Mrs. Lucia Rogers Was Native o.
Worcester.

The death of Mrs. Lucia tSmith) Rog-
ers, wife of the late Ira Rogers of
South Strafford, occurred at the home
OF her son, w. j. Rogers, OF Allen street
this morning at !: 80 O'Clock. Mrs Rog-
ers had been in failing health for a
year. On Dec. "a she suffered severe
shock and for the past eight weeks her
condition had failed gradually. She
leaves her son, with whom she had re-
sided for some time; daughter, Mrs.
Il. NJ. kenerson, of South Strailord; a
sister. Mrs. Julia Roberts of South
STAFFORD; and two brothers, Frank
Smith OF Chelsea and Charles Smith OF
Manchester, N. III.
Mrs Rogers was born in Worcester.
Jan. 20, 1899 Much of her younger life
was passed in Worcester. Her marriage
to Ira Rogers took place in Montpelier
81 years ago, Mr.. Rogers death oc-
CURED in South Strafford Nov. 2S. 1898.
Since his passing away, Mrs Rogers had
lived large share OF the time in Barre.
She WAS a competent nurse and until i'll
health compelled her TO retire from this
vocation, she was usually found at her
calling. Mrs. Rogers was long time
member OF the Free Win Baptist church
at South StrafTord.
Prayer services will be held at the
home of her son ON Allen street Friday
afternoon at 2 o'clock in charge of Rev.
RI f. Newell OF the Hedding Methodist
church. Saturday morning at s:l5 the
remains will be taken over the Central
Vermont railroad TO South strafford.
where the funeral viii be held at the
Free viii Baptist church in the after
noon at o'clock. The interment will
be beside the body OF Mr.. Rogers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-12
WILSON HAS A COLD.
Engagements for Day Cancelled and He
Remains in His Room.

Washington, d. g., Feb. ~ President
Wilson's engagements for to-day were
cancelled. The president was ordered by
his physician to remain in his room Ia
recover from a cold.
The presidents cold made him boarst
and caused a slight cough and he was
ordered to keep to his room as a pre-.
caution against more cold. He is ex.
pected to be out tomorrow. Among the
engagements for the day cancelled was
a reception to one hundred boy scouts
and delegates to the convention of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-12
ENFORCEMENT OF
RULES NEEDED
Reports H. w. Beiknap, Chief Inspector
of Safety Appliances, on Central
Vermont Wreck Near Georgia
on Nov. 16, 1919.

Washington, ID. c., Feb. l2.-That it
is not sufficient for the railroad to have
good rules. but that it is the duty OF
officials to know whether those rules are
observed was to-day declared in re-
port to the interstate commerce commits
sion by II. w. Belkpap, chief inspector
of the safety appliances, upon the acci-
dent on the Central Vermont near Geor-
gia, VT, Nov. 10 last, when one tres
passer was killedand two employees in
jiTed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-12
SMALL DAMAGE DONE.
To Montpelier Stoneshed When Steam
pipes Were Being Thawed Out.

Slight damage was done to the Tx
ceIsior Granite Co.'S plant at Montpelier
to-day when A. II. Fassola was trying
to thaw out the steampipes with gas
olene lamp and set fire TO the wood
work Of the draughting room A gen
eral alarm WAS rung IN at $3.50 O'Clock
by g. Trolini, and all the fire depart.
ment responded. But before the arrival
OF the firemen, the workmen and mem
bers of the firm had formed a bucket
brigade and eNtinguished the FIRE The
loss probably win not exceed SIS.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-12
DIED IN s2ND YEAR.
Mrs. Mary E. Parks Was Well Known in
Plainfeld.

Plainfeld, Feb. l2.--Mary E. Parks,
widow of the late Harvey Spencer,
passed out of the earth-life at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. L. F. Fortney, at
1890 o'clock this morning, in her SD
year.
OF the five children born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Spencer, Mrs. Fortney is the only
one surviving. The deceased also leaves
one brother, George w. Parks of Barre,
and one sister, Mrs. Ellen NJ. Greeley,
now of Sanbornton, N. II. The funeral
will be held at 1870 Friday afternoon
at the Fortney residence and burial will
be in the family lot at the Eaton GENE.
terry in Marshfield.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-12
FIFTY FAMILIES
LOST THEIR HOMES
When Big Apartment Building in New
York City Was Destroyed
This Morning.

/, New York, Feb. l2-With the ther.
mometer within few degrees of zero
fifty families were driven into the
streets early to-day by FIRE which
burned out fiye-story apartment
building ON East Eighteenth street
Charles +. Murphy, the Tammany lead
er, who passed the scene on his way
home from banquet, provided funds
for the care of the homeless, score OF
whom were cut and bruised from brok-
en- glass and suffering minor burns. The
property loss is 100000.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-12
SOME PLACES REPORT
COLDEST IN YEARS
Whole Eastern Section OF the Country
Experienced Severe Chill--A Snow
, storm Is the Prediction.

Washington, y. c. Feb, IL Real win
ter weather, the coldest of the season,
and in some localities the eoldest in
many years. enveloped the entire East
day and is expected to be succeeded
bva snowstorm within the next "a hours.
The weather bureau predicted that flakes
would be falling over the middle Allan
tic states and southern New England
states by tonight or tomorrow morn
ing. If nothing interrupts. tslexas bliz-
zard is on the way. A further drop in
temperature is predicted to attend the
storm.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-12
Messages Exchanged Be-
tween United States and
Germany To-day
MOST REMARKABLE
DEMONSTRATION
German Emperor Received
Fluctuations Sent
1000 Miles

New York, Feb. l2-Wireess press
messages between Germany and the
United States We're exchanged for the
first time early to-day through Sayyille
the Long Island station of the Atlantic
Communication company. On invitation
of the company, New York newspapers
and the Associated Press sent messages
OF greeting to the Berlin papers, the
emperor and others. Several replies were
received. the Sayville station, which
sent the messages, is about 1000 miles
from the Nauen station, near Berlin,
which picked them up and sent replies.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-12
Five Men and a Woman Re-
lieved of Money, Rings
and Jewlery
LATER THREE OF GANG
WERE ARRESTED
One of Victims Resisted the
Robbers and Was Stabbed
in One Hip

New York, Feb. l2.--Six gunmen
early to-day held up five men and a
woman in Broom street cafe near
Broadway, relieving the victims of a
large sum of money, rings and iewelry.
Antonio Geletano. who resisted the
gangsters, was stabbed in the hip, and
bis condition is serious. Following the
holdup the men ran to the street, where
three OF them were arrested.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-12
MOST OF sroNEsHEps IDLE.
Days Enforced Layoff Was Lengthened
Into Two.

Yesterdays vacation in the stone
sheds of Barre because of the cold
weather was continued to-day in almost
every instance, there being now and
then granite plant which was warm
enough TO continue operations this fore
noon. Most OF the workmen in the
plants which were closed yesterday re-
NAMED at home to-day, realizing that
the conditions were worse than they
were Yesterday. The "l5 below mark
generally signifies that it is too cold to
work in most CT the sheds
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-12
FROZEN HYDRANT
HAMPERS FIREMEN
Morrisville Building Was Destroyed
This Morning, Causing Loss
of $500.

MorrisvilIe, Feb. r. With the mer-
curry 80 degrees below zero, the firemen
had to fight an early fire which destroy
Gallup to-day The loss is Sl.500 and
there is partial insurance. There WAS
no insurance on the household goods,
some of which were saved. The build
ing was occupied by three tenants.
The cause OF the fire is said to have
been an overheated stovepipe. The
fircmeu were hindered by their inability
to use the hydrant which was nearest
the house. Probably the hydrant was
frozen.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-12
ILL FOR A LONG TIME.
Cesare Minellia Had Been Ill With
tuberculosis.

Cesare Minellia of the Merchant
street extension died last night at 8
o'clock, death following a prolonged i'll
ness of tuberculosis. So far as can be
learned he has only one near relative, a
half brother, who lives on Blackwell
street Since last fall he had been an
inmate at the city farm. The remains
were removed to this city to-day and
for the funeral are being
made.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-12
FROST CRACKS
SHAKE EARTH
Unusual Condition Was Felt at Cam
bridge, sMass., and Tremor Was
Recorded by Seismograph.

Cambridge, Mass, Feb. 12.--An earth
tremor, supposed to have been frost
crack, was recorded by the seismograph
at Harvard university at 2:3s this morn
ing. A similar tremor was felt at Potts
field two hours later and it is believed
to have been due to tile same cause. !
Frost cracks in the earth's surface are
rot uncommon during low temperatures,
according to the authorities at Harvard.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-12
STEAMER RAN ASHORE.
Off Peaked Hill Bar, Massachusetts,
Identity Not Known.

Proyincetown, Mass, Feb l2.-The
Peaked Hill life-saving station reported
this afternoon steamer ashore on
Peaked Hin bar, half mile off the
beach Her identity has not been
learned. A thick haze due to the cold
covered the water.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-12
WATERBURY SCHOOLS CLOSED.
Most of the Stoneshed workmen Were
Also Idle.

Waterbury. Feb. l2.-Temperatures in
this place ranged from "a to 80 degrees
below zero this morning, and the public
schools had to be closed, as the building
could not be heated. Most of the men
in the granite plants were idle also be-
cause of the cold.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-12
FINAL HEARING FEB. 20.
On Thaw's Petition for Habeas Corpus
at Concord, N. H.

Concord, n. H., Feb. jl2.-Final hear
ings on Harry X. Thaw's petitions for a
writ of habeas corpus and for admission
to bail will be held Feb. 20 before Fed
eraI Judge Edgar Aldrich, according to
an announcement from the clerks office
to-day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-12
LOSES SECOND CHURCH.
Presbyterian Society of Monckton, N. B.,
Again Burned Out.

Monckton, New Brunswick, Feb. r.
The Presbyterian society lost its church
by fire to-day for the second time. The
building was of brick and was valued at
100000. A heavy gale and the low tenn
perature hampered the firemen.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-12
POLICEMAN
NEAR DFr1.d
FROf; FREEZING.

chimney fires of the winter kept the fire.
men on their guard for more than 30
minutes. The blaze did not break
through to the partitions and little dam
age was done.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-12
Weather Forecast

Fair and continued cold te-night. Fri.
day, increasing cloudiuess and probably
snow. Moderate north winds, becoming
northeast.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-12
DENIES EXTRAvAGANCE.
Mayor Ward Makes Statement Regard
ing His Administration.

Editor, Ilmes: Last night Inc lines
printed statement from +. +. Langley
that last year the city spent $2l ,5542a
more than the income from taxation.
We fail to see how Mr.. Langley should
make such statement, unless it be an
endeavor to catch votes, for we emphat
ically deny that the city spent any such
amount over its income.
Our cash balance Jan. !, 1913,
was ....................$ $l6 6,30394
Our cash balance Jan. |, 1914,
was .................... 1875
Decrease in cash .,...........S Sl5,5l0.l9
Amount put in sinking fund
and now on deposit at 4.76
per cent. interest ......... l2,000.s6
Leaving amount spent over in
come ...,..,.......... s3,5lO.33
For this we have to show:
NCity bonds paid ............ S5 100000
Water bonds paid ......,.,.. 100000
City notes paid ......,..,. 10000
Cemetery trust funds refunded 1,250.O0
Debt reduced ...........,...$l1, 10000
We also have to show;
North Main street paving,
city's share of expense ~. SIC, ,20s.S4
Assessments due on paving. 2,634.02
LaBounty farm bought for the
protection of water supply. 3,500.00
Sand bank bought ........ 10000
Cost of some of the improve
ments ......,..,.....,..... SIC, ,s42.s6
We have increased the debt by $37 800,
for which we have to show the North
Barre schoolhouse.
The paving job was done all in one
year because better price could be
obtained by so doing. Although the
1912 finance committee had planned to
pay for only half of it last year, it was
all paid for, as it did not seem to be
rood businpsS td borrnw money and nav
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-26
The War Correspondent


 The work of war correspondent if he is the real thing. is no snecure. General Sherman once threatened to hang all of them he found with his army,
 The Japanese would allow no news paper men to go to the front with their soldiers. know one of the American army officers who was detailed on ob- servation duty with the laps. Whenever anything really big was to occur the Japanese officers arranged a polite little ceremonial to take the foreign officer about 10 miles from the seat of action.
 They didn't want to be observed" when performing their hardest fighting.
 I knew quite well some of the English correspondents in the South African war. One of them lost his arm. He was the original of the Great War Eagle" in Kipling's Light That Failed
 Archibald Forbes did more strenuous work perhaps, than two-thirds of the of ficers in the wars in which he made his brilliant reputation as a correspondent.
 Napoleon didn't allow correspondents, as we know them, to travel with headquar- ters In our revolution, although many weekly papers were published at the time the news was old. Nobody ever mentioned the suffering at Valley Forge while it was happening.
 Rothschild "bcat" the newspaper cor- respondents at Waterloo. because he got back to London first with the news and made millions by his inside knowledge. He bought securies which had been greatly depressed by fear of Napoleon's triumph.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-26

oftimes bitter. but the situation is so amazingly akin to real life that we cannot doubt the many episodes that are pictured in the book.
 There Is note of nationality so to speak in the delineation of the character of Frank Cowperwood, because he is SC strictly American, so ideally The Finan- cier' of modernity
 MT. Dreiser in previous novels, Sister Carrie" and Jennie Gerhardt," has done some powerful work, but the two volumes now published in his 'Trilogy of Desire,'' make one think that perhaps he has reached the heights in these, and the reading public awaits impatiently the third and last of this series.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-26

HER LADYSHIP'S CONSCIENCE. By Ellen Thorneyraft Fowler. George
 H. Doran CO. Publishers, New York.
 Was there ever a book published more charming, more delightful and more readable than "Concerning Isabel Carnsby?"
 You agree with me, I'm sure that there never was and also that the clever author, Ellen Thorneycraft Fowler. is past grand mistress in the matter of brilliant repartee. amazingly bright epigrams and intuitiye know1- edge of people and things.
 In her latest story. Her Ladyship's Conscience" there is again to be found all the zest and flavor of conversation and adroit situations characterized in 'Concerning Isabel Carnsby." as one of the best sellers" of its day.
 We are introduced in Her Lady ships Conscience" to the characters at a country estate in England, nearly all of them belonging to the nobility.
 The talk of the middle aged duchess as she rattles along regardless is one of the interesting features of the book. while Lady Esther. the heroine, the younger sister of the very lovable and 1oquacious duchess. is branded with a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-26


 the first, "The Financier," having been published sometime ago.
 MT. Dreiser has been hailed as the mightiest writer of fiction that Amer ica possesses today and he has cer- tainly sustained the reputation in his latest story
 His big, fine, broad conception of people and things has ever been brought out to better advantage than in "The Titan,' where Frank Cowper- wood, the hero, is depicted with such tremendous force and insistence.
 We were introduced to MT. Cowper- wood in "The Financier," but in "The Titan We see him in his maturity the love of finance and the greed for money predominating his entire nature, life and soul.
 The character has been said by some tc have been drawn from that of a well known Chicago financier who died some years ago. but be that as it may, it fits number of other well known financiers just as well whose names spell fame and money through out the commercial world.
 The narrative is powerful and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-26
onscience that makes her almost hope.

conscience that makes her almost hope less.
 Sorrow and trouble follow in the wake of her pampered conscience and when she falls in love with a young man p years her junior her conscience awakes to its height and she refuses to marry him, saying that she does not think it just to him to be tied to a woman as elderly and as plain as her. self
 The young man promptly marries a young. lovely girl who makes his life a burden and Her Ladyship's Con science" gets busy again and 7S90s. her very remorseful for her attitude to- ward the young fellow.
 "Her Ladyship's Conscience" is dis tinctly clever and very much out of the beaten path.
 THE TITAN" By Theodore Droiser The John Lane
 Co. Publishers. New York.
 "The Titan is the second in MT Theodore Rreisers "Trilogy of Desire
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-26

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 Eleven standard colors in any size, style or weight desired. Ask at our hosiery counter.
 25c a pair--fOur pairs gunrantecd to wear four months without holes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-26

does England escape his warnings He Is, he says, England's self chosen devils advocate. pleading against na- tional overconfidence."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-26
NEW MEN FOR OLD"

By Howard Vincent O'Brien. Mitchell
 Kennerley, publisher, New York.
 One of the finest first novels of many seasons is New Men for Old" by How ard Vincent OBrien.
 A book too. that for verity. passion and sincerity can bear comparison with the best that America has produced
 Mr OBriens is the voice of the younger generation that is knocking at the gates of our business world-an au- thentic voice demanding more and more that 1t be heard.
 Every business man, every employer of labor must read thois book: You place yourself at a certain disadvantage In your own office if you do not.
 But make no mistake-this Is good story as well. A young fellow, son of a wealthy Chicagoan. passes his time Tn Paris in luxurious idleness. He is called hcme at his fathers death. Instead of receiving fortune he finds himself pen niless. W
 That's the situation that faces Harlan CLandos at the opening of New Men for Old': the book tells the rest of the story.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-26
OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED. r,xrTnyxrc A1-U,D

GOOD FORM FOR ALL OCCA- SIONS" By Florence Howe Hall. Har- per Brothers, publishers, New York.
 THE UNITED STATES AND PFACE." By William H. Taft. Charles Scribner's Sons, publishers, New York.
 THE BOYS CAMP BOOK" By Ed mund Cave. Doubleday Page & Co.,, pub fishers, Garden City. New York.
 THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF SOPHIE LYONS, QUEEN OF THE BUR GLARS" Written by Sophie Lyons. The J S. Ogilvie Co.,. S7 Rose street, pub fishers. New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-26
"BRILLA''

By Anna M. Doling. The Neale Publish
 ing company, publishers, New York.
 This unique and irresistible story, "Brilla," by Huna M. Doling, is the story of lie and was first published in Neale's Monthly. A region yet un- explored in literature. the ozark mountains, forms a picturesque back ground for the figures that move through this striking American novel. Seldom is it the good fortune of reader to find so interesting a story written so simply and so well, yet so ccmpellingly
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-01-23
The Bitter End.

DO you think" asked the girls
mother, you have succeeded at last
in convincing Mr.. Youngbuck that he
can never have our daughter"
I'm afraid not Somehow, | can't
help feeling that he may get her yet"
But you told him this morning
when he asked you for the seventh
time that you would not give your
consent.
Yes The trouble is that he has
paign to the bitter end. AS long as u
chap refrains from referring to the
bitter end, there is a chance that no
may win out"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-01-23
Old Mother Hubbard

A rare discovery has been made In
the realm OF observation-disclosures less
than the author Of 'Old Mother Hub
bard" whose lines, unprotected by
copyright, were appropriated by sue
cessiYe editors Of Mother Goose with
out the least bit of a thank YOU
The discovery Of the name of the au.
thor was made by a clergyman OF
the church of England, the present
vicar of Yealmpton, in County Devon,
who has given the news Of his happy
finding to the press. He says that the
author was Sarah Catherine Martin,
who wrote the imperishable rhyme
more than hundred years ago, and
that Mother Hubbard herself was
housekeeper to the squire OF Yealmp-
ton. The pronunciation of this name
is not given, but taking the hungry
dog of the poem into account. one
may guess it of as yelp-toa
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-01-23
Coal Now From sojtzberoen

The vast coal fields OF Spltzbergen
are at last being opened up, and by
an American. John Nd. Longyear OF
Marquette. Mich, who has a title to
10 square miles from a Norwegian
company, reports that his company
has shipped $4,000 tons this year.
The Engineering and Mining Jour
nal says that a deposit OF about CO.,
100000 tons exists in Spitzbergen.
The mines are worked by from $50
to 500 men and although the shipping
season lasts but three months, mining
is carried on throughout the year.
But Spitzbergen is still No Mans
land and the northern nations OF
Europe look upon Mr.. Longyear and
his American company az interlopers
In fact. Russians have already invad
ed the company's territory and taken
away cargo of coal. Consequently
the Americans are In a quandary as
to what to do.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-01-23

When ii is day aud traffic sroars around
me i'll the street
need no guidance TO elude the snares
about my feet:
When it is day | so my way among the
hauuts OF men,
Nor care who holds the stars in space; no
fear assails nae then:
Ny only purpose is to learn To make my
ventures pay,
My only dread is OF the ones who pass
me on the way
When it is day.
When it is night. and T. alone, walk down
tine quiet lane
hear the rustliug blades or grass make
Gods great purpose plain
When 1t is night the cleaning stars thati
through the distance roll
Send messages OF hope TO me and wake
my sleeping soul
/ hear the distant chimes that tell OF.
times unceasing flight.
And feel my littleness, with all the uni
verse I'm sight
When it is day.
when / have finished all my tasks. and
when the pail is spread,
VIII splendid consultations still be CLEAN
ing overhead?
When l shall put away the hopes that
cheered me at the dawn
When, after all the dreams and schemes.
the chill OF night comes on.
Will only empty darkness wrap pulse
less lunb OF clay,
S0r will the sun again send forth a glad
efulgent ray
When it is day.