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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-08
SEVEN MUST
GO TO PRISON
Officers of Sterling Debenture Company
Receive entences-Convicted
of Using U. S. Mails to
Defraud.

New York, April s.--Seven former of.
ficers and agents of the Sterling Deben-
ture company yesterday received prison
sentences of from three to six years,
They were convicted of using the United
States mails to defraud investors in the
stock enterprises promoted by their cor
porations.
In sending them to the federal peni-
tertiary at Atlanta, Federal Judge An
derson declared that although the de-
PENDANTS maintained that they were
penniless they had in fact made millions
at the expense of thousands of victims
throughout the country.
The heaviest sentences, six years,
were imposed upon George II. Middle.
brook of Chicago, first vice president of
the company; Frank Shumaker, a for
mer president, and Henry H. H. Plat, a
minority officer.
Benjamin G. Nudge, president of the
Oxford linen mills of North Brookheld,
Mass, received four year term.
He was chemist and inventor whose
alleged discovery of a process to make
flax yarn from fax straw at an enor-
nous saving was widely advertised by
the Sterling company in its campaign
for the sale of the Oxford linen mills
stock.
Three year sentences We're imposed
upon Wilbur NJ. Stone, patent expert,
Elwyn A. Barron, a prospectus writer,
and w. S. Edwards.
The seven defendants were found
guilty Monday night by jury in the
federal district court after long trial,
at which they tried to prove that
Mudge's process was all they claimed for
it and that they were engaged in bona
fide stock selling campaign.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-08
GREAT ESTATE IN
LONDON is SOLD
Lord de Walden Sells 62Il Acres and
Buildings for 92,5oo,-

London, April S. Another great Lon
don land deal has been concluded by
which S. P. Derbyshire acquired tle
whole of Lord Howard de Walden's Re
gents Park estate, for more than e.
100000.
In point Of size this is said to be
the largest transfer OF London property
that has ever taken place, for tile total
extent of the estate is 621a acres. It
contains $50 houses, on some 20 streets.
A police station, st. Stephens church,
four large schools and eight public
houses are within the area.
Mr.. Derbyshire is a director OF sew
eral companies and senior partner OF
firm of chartered accountants, but in
this purchase he is acting for himself
alone. Apparently his intention is to
demolsh the old-fashioned buildings anil
convert this part of London into new
Mayfair.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-08
NO POLITICS IN
RESERVE BOARD
Belief Is Wilson VIII Appoint Men Who
Will Put Country's Finances on
High Plane.

Washington, April s.--By the time
final steps toward the organization of
the twelve federal reserve banks have
been taken, which is expected to be
within another month, President Wilson
will send to the Senate the names of
five men who, with the secretary of the
treasury and the controller of the cur
rency, will compose the federal reserve
board and put into operation the
nations new currency system.
The president to date has not deter
mined on a single name. He has made
no offers, and really has not begun in
dividual consideration to any extent.
He has before him data concerning a
long list of men who have been recon-
mended as worthy of places on the
board.
Few people, perhaps less than a half
dozen, knew just what names are before
the president, but it is understood that
some of the biggest men in the country
are on the list, One of the reasons for
extreme secrecy is the uncertainty
whether those who eventually will be
offered places on the board will accept.
Some of the men being considered re-
ceive salaries of $4,000 and $4,000 a
year in their present position in the
financial and business world, and would
have to make sacrifices to take the sal
airy of $4,000 allowed members of the
board.
One thing is certain, the men on the
presidents eligible list are not promi-
nent in politics. Mr.. Wilson has deter
mined that political consideration shall
not weigh in his selections.
The president realizes the difficulty
of his task and his friends are impress
ing upon him the necessity for making
the first federal reserve board a stand
ard for the future of the country's f.
naneial system. Already it is said a
man of big business and banking expert
ence who would have been fitted for the
board has been eliminated from consid-
Grafton because of a brief period OF
active participation in Democratic poll
tics.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-08
They Are All Well.

Boston, April S.-Members of the Har-
ward party in the Arctic are reported in
good health in message which has
been received by DIR. Samuel ]. Mixer,
whose son is in the company. The mes
sage was dated Point Barrow, Alaska,
Feb. 2s. and was sent by way of Candle,
Alaska The message said: "B. NJ. Nc
Council, just arrived from eastward, re-
ports everyone on Polar Bear well. All
mail for them left to-day"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-08
WANTED TO GO TO JAIL
IN PLACE OF MOTHER
College Student Pleaded to Take the
Place of Confirmed Shoplifter but
Court Declined.

Boston, April S.-The unusual spec
taele of son offering to serve sentence
imposed on his mother for shoplifting
was witnessed in the municipal court
yesterday. Mrs. Anna G. Deiteh was ae-
cused of stealing goods worth S22.70
from department stores, was given a
sentence of three months, appealed and
furnished bonds.
Her 20 year old son, college student,
addressed the court and asked to be per-
mitted to go TO Jail in his mothers
stead, declaring that he was better able
to undergo the hardship than she.
Judge Sullivan informed him it was
impossible as he was not the defendant
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-08
MOUSE RESTORES
WOMAN'S SPEECH
Frightened, Miss Lowe Screams and
Then Finds Use of Her
Tongue.

Gloucester, Mass. April s.-Frightened
at the sight of a mouse, Miss Susie M
Lowe, 40 years old, of Rockport, recov-
cred the use OF her voice yesterday.
About two years ago Miss Lowe suf-
fered an attack of acute tonsilitis. When
she recovered her health her voice was
gone. She was unable even to whis-
per.
Yesterday, as she read newspaper,
mouse ran across the floor. Springing
to chair for safety, she screamed.
More surprised at the sound of her voice
than at the mouse, she attempted to
articulate and learned that the power
Of speech had returned.
Physicians in Rockport, who were un-
able to account for the woman's loss Of
voice, are now puzzled to explain the
manner in which she recovered the pow
er of speech.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-08
WOODS TO HEAD POLICE.
Mayor Mitchell Appoints His Secretary
in McKay's Place.

New York, April s.--Mayor Mitchell
yesterday appointed Arthur H. Woods,
one of his secretaries, police commission
er. Mr.. Woods, a Harvard graduate,
former newspaper man, skilled investi-
gator and, several years ago a deputy
police commissioner under Commissioner
Theodore Bingham, will take office to-
day
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-08
AMUSEMENT NOTES.
Gorgeously Mounted Show Is "The Red
Rose" Next Monday.

Rich in color, gorgeously mounted,
deliberately cast with wealth of good
music and dancing, "The Red Rose, 2
John G. Fishers musical comedy success,
will be seen at the opera house next
Monday, April l3. 1t has been the
reigning success in New York, Boston
and Chicago, and has also scored dis
tinct triumph on the Pacific coast, a
tour Of which it has only just completed
A notable production of decade, it
does not depend on the quality of its
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-08
Dropped Dead.

Boston, April s.-While on his way to
the session of the grand jury of which
he was member, Hudson /. Hall of
Chelsea dropped dead yesterday in the
corridor of the courthouse. He was a
bookkeeper, 50 years old and lived in
Chelsea.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-08

brown spots at first and
1t looked like freckles. and
then they seemed to run
In together and they
looked like a rash OF some
kind. 1t did not trouble
me for almost a year and
then my upper lip and my
face right near my eye
broke out and it was itch
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-08
Held Without Bail.

Peabody, Mass, April s.--After brief
testimony by policemen and physicians
before Judge Hall in police court yester-
day, George Leave, charged with the
murders of Pearl Frost and Walter p.
Hills on Friday, was held without bail
for the grand jury, which will meet in
Salem on Monday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-08
Gas Causes Death.

Boston, April s.-Guisseppe Leana
was killed by gas that filed his home
in Roxbury yesterday. His wife, Vim
censia, and a lodger, Joseph Phine Ca
laiseo, were overcome and may die. 1t
is thought that the death of Leana was
accidental, due to a leaky gas jet.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-08

elaborate scenic and costuming effects
for praise, for it abounds in beautiful
music. concise and humorous story,
the plot Of which has unusual strength
for musical play.Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-08
AND
BURNING RASH
Started on Chest. Then on Left
Shoulder and Arm. Nearly Driven
Crazy. Used Cuticura Soap and
Cuticura Ointment. Rid of Rash.

394 Anawan St, Fall River, Mass. -
my trouble started mostly on the front OF
my body and on my chest. 1t was just
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-08

the voters participating in the primaries
to elect delegates who will voice the
sentiment of the majority"
The Washington times., 1914-11-30

tablished voluntarily by the roads.
Without doubt some of the trains
are run without profit, or at loss.
On the other hand, the development
of these communities makes general
business in which the railroads earn
profits. The ease of one outlying
town near Washington comes to
mind, in which the general receipts
of the single railroad in the town
have been multiplied by six or seven
in the last dozen years. Most of that
revenue comes from freight; but the
freight business would not have
grown in such fashion had not the
town had the advantage of nearness
to Washington, which made it grow;
and it could not have grown if COM
mutation rates had not been such as
to induce people to live there while
doing business in Washington.
All these aspects must be consid-
cred; they must be presented in the
most effective manner to the COM
mission; and if they are so presented
it is difficult to believe that such a
discriminatory schedule as has been
proposed will be finally permitted.
The Washington times., 1914-11-30

interest in commonplace things. 1t
is going to be a good thing if they
can retain reasonably normal at
titude of mind during war times.
If this country were at war, the
baseball games would go on and the
people who attended them would re-
ceive stimulus that would do much
to keep their nerves under control.
The British public's interest IN
football is not detracting from popu-
lar interest in the war; not one
tenth so much as is the idiotic press
censorship of the news. The army
doesn't need the football players so
very much, either, if it be true as
Lord Kitchener has declared, that he
can get recruits faster than he can
equip and train them.
The Washington times., 1914-11-30
Tomorrow.

Meetings. evening.
Observation-Disclosures. No. J.. election: Armin-
ius. No . election: Mvron NJ Parker. no
81 election: king David. No IS election:
Mlthras Lodge Of Perfection. Scottish Rite:
MiZpah. No. S. Eastern Star
Odd Fellows Washington. No. &. Golden
Rule. No. y: Anritv. No. =: Fidelity. No
: Rehekahs
Knights OF P,thias- Webster No. :: Her
moline. No. u. Excelsior. No. n. Capital.
No q: MYRTLE No. -.
Annual meeting. Associated Charities
Rauschor's. y m.
Lecture - Trip 10 Turkes.an." Arthur
Powell Davis. I'niyersaItSt church Thir-
teenth and l. streets northwest. s D. m
Lecture. The Life 81 the Forest Ranger q"
Mrs. Lydia Adams Williams Mount Vernon
Place Church. Ninth street and Msssachd-
sets avenue northwest. s y. m.
Address, Marketing and Parcel Post Roy
ing" John H. Sherman. District Super
Int.ndent OF Weights and Measures Home
Economies Association. Public Library. ,. 70
y. IN.
Illustrated lecture. "A Topographic Survey
Of "a Large CITY Hugh g. Mitchell. Wash
ington Society Of Engineers. Cosmos club
=. m.
Inscriptions. 30 TT George : Duncan. IN
chronological Society oi Washington Pub
lac Library. \ y. M.
Illustrated lecture. 'Th" French Revolution d"
WorUau's National rcrnocrsti" I>.asUe
cairo \ .. Iu.
ParItr. show. Central Maryland Poultry
Ass""iation Potts Hall. Mt Rainier. to
90 q" ~ % m
Annual meeting S"ciciv oC Colonial Wars
New Willard $50 y. M.
Socialist Parry. Local southeast. y. IN.
The Washington times., 1914-11-30
Na,r Words For yankee Doodle"

To the Editor Of the Mail Bag:
onserving an article in The Times
-h,cb suggests the need of new words
Gov tho tune OF Yankee Doodle" ] sub
NIT the following:
o,,r foreign friends beyond the seas.
Who view this mighty nation
As c,,Iturelcss and unrcfined.
40 nuffed with self-iniation.
y,rkse vim and Yankee push.
Yankee onward motion.
Sets the pace-to emulate
nv folks across the ocean.
our colleges and public schools
= Ar. models for all nations.
tn teach our youth the arts and
) crafts
Ry which 10 earn their rations.
Chorus.
Tho Yankee loves to dwell in peace.
Yer env'es he his nciRhhor.
L. e'or content to CLEAN the sheaves
or his own patient labor.
Chorus.
,,,o,. urbo molost the Yankee man
THEY'LL find il is no Joke, sir
Tbev'u hear buZzinG in their ears
For a hornets nest they poke. air.
Chorus.
orr Uncle Sam is rich and strong.
with wisdom guides the nation.
M s,her clanks-yet fears he not
The legions of creation.
Chorus.
TIL, Yankee cher she's good vii
Towa~d every foreign nation.
Arl TO tho health of each hc uuaTF
Grape iuic"-in affirmation
Chorus.
W. BURTON BENHAM.
The Washington times., 1914-11-30
: A HOLY WAR.

Time was when the declaration of
a holy war by the Sultan of Turkey
would have struck terror into the
heart of Christian countries. 1t
would have been answered by 25O,-
100000 Mohammedans. But since
that time two influences have been
at work to mitigate the possible
effect of such a step. One was the
steady decline in Turkeys temporal
strength and consequently in the
prestige of the Sultan and his Grand
Mutt. The other was the experience
Mohammedan subjects of the Eu-
ropean powers were acquiring of the
benefits of western civilization.
This is at least what one may wish
to believe and may hope. Undoubt'
edly the test, so long dreaded, of the
Sultan's spiritual authority has
come. That he proclaims religious
war only against Great Britain,
France, and Russia does not lessen
its significance; for all the Moham-
medan populations under Christian
rule are subject to one or the other
of these three powers. Indeed, they
account for nearly rs per cent of the
entire Mohammedan world. Africa's
100000 are entirely shared by
them, save for the wandering Arabs,
India has 62,OOO,OO0; the Malay Ar
chipelago 100000. Russia counts
5000, 900, all of them of Turco-
Tartar descent.
These data alone mean little. 1t is
not to be supposed that the 100000
Mohammedans of European Russia
would revolt, for except in the eX-
IRENE southeast they are everywhere
The Washington times., 1914-11-30
Should Investigate Leave Question.

To the Editor of the Mall Bag:
a Government clerk In a communion
ton printed Wednesday says: Some
one who did not have the nerve to sign
his name tried 10 be very facetious in
Mondays Times about department
clerks This weakling after charging
another with not having the nerve to
sign his name does not sign his name
What Government Employe No. , said.
although he was facetious. is in the
main true. | have had many talks
about the leave abuse with Government
of ciaks and they would like to have
something done TO stop II. While there
are some who do not take any or but
little leave. the great majority take all
they can get and try to get more.
Some of them start In and get all tho
sick leave possible. and then start on
the annual leave. Others start with the
annual leave. and when that is used mp
begin on the sick leave. Some OF thew
go 10 doctors aid pay them a iOllsr
for a sick leave when they cannot get
a certificate in any other way. Some
doctors do a regular business of this
kind Others take leave in half or one
day periods at time TO transact pri-
Vate business In competition with the
business men of Washington. People
who do not know il would be sur
prised to. know how many Government
clerks carry on private business while
holding Government positions.
Congress should investigate the leave
question. BUSINESS MAN.
The Washington times., 1914-11-30
Social Customs Unfair To Men.

70 the Editor Of the Mail Bag:
it Is some relief to read the letter. AS
sails Woman Suffrage" by 81. w. c."
and let me say to Hyman Levine that a
man taking a lady out often has to
spend more in one evening than the diff
ference in their salaries. II he does not
take her into the orchestra at the thea
ter he is cheap, but when a bunch of $50
or $S0-a-month female clerks go to-
getber the peanut gallery is good enough,
but if they were taken there by some one
who has to pay for two seats instead
of one they would never get over il 1t
is a sign that the girl OF today expects
more than she is accustomed to, and
a mans salary ought 10 be more than
twice as much unless this condition
changes and women stand their share
OF course, the man who has the other
side of this argument has the grand
stand line OF talk" but that does not
make 1t just and right.
Some viii. say women have to spend
more on their clothes. Well why
shouldn't man have a right to spend as
much on dress II he wishes? He, being
less favored. should need more clothes
and finer ones. And further he is sup
posed to save UP little to prepare TO
get married. Do women want to save
up for the new home. too? The whole
arrangement is unfair to man.
II. L. A.
The Washington times., 1914-11-30
GAMES AND BATTLE.

"They" are much disguised in
England because the football season
goes on apace and the players con-
tinue to run for goals instead of the
recruiting offices. 1t is complained
that too much interest is taken in
the game; it is keeping hundreds Of
capable athletes out of the army,
and the army needs them. Moreover
the interest that the general public
takes in the game draws thousands
to it, detracting to that extent from
the interest in the more important
affairs of a nation involved in war
for its life.
1t is not quite safe to generalize
about these things. Football in Eng
land is largely a professional game.
The men are salaried, and are or
ganized into playing associations not
altogether unlike our. baseball
leagues. Would the American pub
lie be willing, even if we were in
war, to have the baseball leagues
disband so that the people might
talk more about war, and the play
ers be thus encouraged to enlist?
Certainly nothing of that kind hap
pened or was suggested in 1898,
when we were at war, and when our
calls for volunteers brought no re-
spouse comparable to that which has
been noted III England.
1t is not going to hurt the British
cause to have the people retain their
The Washington times., 1914-11-30
THE MEXICAN MUSS.

Gen. Pablo Gonzales has deserted
Carranza and proclaimed himself
provisional President of Mexico. One
or two provisional Presidents, more
IT less, might be considered in pres
snt circumstances rather immater-
ial; but Gonzales is a man of some
ability, AND was named by Carranza
as one of the chiefs in whose favor
~ would be willing to retire. The
convention at Aguascalientes did not
take that view, and named Gutierrez.
Thus the distracted country pos
sesses at least three military COM
manders-Carranza, Gutierrez, and
Gonzales-who pretend to chief
taincy of the constitutional move
ment, while Villa and Zapata, the
two commanders that have demon
strated real capacity of the first
class, are declining to be considered
aspirants.
It seems increasingly apparent
that the minor military leaders will
not permit strong civilian admin
istration to be set up. Villa repeats
today his declaration that he is not
fit to be President of the country,
and that he will not consider it. New
erthless. if the leadership must be
for an indefinite time in the hands
of soldier, it might well be in the
hands of thoroughly capable and
efficient one, and Villa certainly an
swers that description. A man who
knows his own limitations so well
as Villa does, is at least safer than
a swashbuckler who imagines him
self a savior of his nation on the
strength of minor part in the revo-
lutionary movement. The develop
ments of the last few weeks point
more and more toward Villa as the
one man big and commanding
enough to fill the bill. Our own
country has not been unwilling to
trust soldiers as its executives; it
took Washington by unanimous
voice. though he had been trained
to the camp rather than to the coun-
Gil of state; and it made no mistake.
Mexico might and likely will do
worse than to draft the modest SOL
der who could win war but insists
he is untitled to lead in time of
peace.
The Washington times., 1914-11-30
Car Line Needed In Columbia Heights.

To the Editor or the Nail Bag.
have been waiting for some Time for
correspondents of the Mail Bag to make
some mention Of the necessity for
cross-town street car line north Of Y
street hut this is a subject that the
noonIe do not seem To take hold OF.
though there is no questioning tho need
for such improvement. | an firmly
convinced that either or the traction
conpanies would find an cast and west
line in tho thicklv populated Columbia
Heights. Mt. Pleasant, and PARK We"
Iistricts a having proposition. The i'm
,.a,,omcpt is one of. such great need
that | am surprised thers IL not Greater
a1Itat,on of this question b. citizens OF
49, di.,ricts HILL DWELLER.
The Washington times., 1914-11-30
The Silver
Lining
Edited by ARTHUR BAER.

Only twenty-one shopping days be-
fore Christmas in which to pick q quar-
rel with your best girl.
Unfortunately. the songs that never
grow cd never grow any newer either.
One swallow doesn't make a summer,
but IL helps a lot in winter.
Soldiers life is saved when his wifs's
picture stopped a bullet. On that basis,
Turk ought never be killed.
This is a good month to invite youf
girl to roof garden
Massachusetts Legislature DEGREES
that all doctors and dentists must shave
of their whiskers. Now they win have
to wear their Christmas neckties right
out In the open.
Judging from the pictures Of the war
In the Balkans. chins and forehsads
have Joined the retreating movement
The Washington times., 1914-11-30
Pay Bills First, Then Charity.

To the Editor of the Mail Bag:
Talking with a local retail merchant
yesterday regarding Christmas charity,
for the poor Of this and foreign countries.
he said: The best Christmas present
that could have would be for my Gus
toners to pay their bills"
This is a man whose trade is among n
class of people who can afford to pay
up. and his need is similar to that Of
nearly every merchant in the city. II
is a poor sort Of charity that will allow
legitimate debts to be neglected, and L
is poor patriot who will contribute his
mite to financial depression by letting
his bills go unpaid when he could meet
them.
If so or 80 per cent of all grocery,
meat, clothing, rent bills. etc, now over
due should be paid this week IL would
bring about a business revival that
would startle the financial world When
a customer allows mis- tradesmen to carry
him on their books any length of time
he is recipient of their charity, and is
in 10 position to give others charity till
this condition is remedied. BY all means
let us take care OF the stricken Relgi.ns
and our own deserving poor--but let US
pay our bills first. c. w A