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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-31
DYNAMITED ICE GORGE.
Removing Grave Menace in Mohawk Riy-
er at Crescent, N. Y.

Troy, N. Y, March 3l.-State en-
ployes last night dynamited an immense
ice gorge in the Mohawk river at Cres.
cent and removed grave menace to the
aqueduct and l6 locks in the new barge
canal at that place. The ice gorge was
Is feet high and extended back for a
distance of three and half miles. The
water rose rapidly and several buildings
in that vicinity were swept away. Fear
ing that the aqueduct and locks would
be ruined by the rush of water and the
heavy ice, the gorge was successfully
dynamited. The force of the explosion
was felt in this city and for many miles
in the interior and alarmed the residents,
many buildings being shaken.
The Hudson river at this point at the
present time is between ! and II feet
above normal level, but rivermen believe
that it win rapidly recede during the
coming few hours unless a heavy rain of
some duration sets in. The people living
in the northern section of the state are
not so optimistic concerning the danger
of freshet. They contend that there
is more snow in the north woods this
year than there has been before in 20
years, and they claim that warm rain
and thaw would drive the stream
a above all record marks. There is fear of
an ice jam in North creek because of the
heavy quality of the sheet which formed
on that stream during the winter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-31
BROUGHT FANCY PRICES.
Registered Holsteins on Farm Connected
with State Hospital at Waterbury.

Waterbury, March 3l.-The excellence
of the herd of registered Holsteins on
the farm connected with the Vermont
state hospital was proven yesterday,
when, through the work OF w. o. Lowe,
manager of the farm, eight cows were
sold for $500. These were not the best
mixers, but a special type of cows
which the buyer wished. These were
purchased by A. G. Mills of Surrey,
Wash, for his Hazelwood farms. Mr..
Mills now has two hundred head of reg
istered Holsteins and hopes to have
1000.
Mr. Mills comes East four times a
year, but had never bought in this state
before, because he had been told that
Vermont did not have any prize cattle.
He was most enthusiastic over the hos
pital herd and pronounces them by far
the finest seen in New England Mr..
Mills has been the winner of numerous
prizes at the national dairymen's shows
and is called one of the top-notehers in
Holstein breed.
The Vermont state hospital herd now
numbers SO milking cows, all registered,
six being in the advance registry, also
20 young cows and calves to make the
number 9S registered head. The present
farmer. w. o. Lowe, is making a study
of types and is working steadily on the
of the herd.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-31
SIEGEL TO BE SUED
FOR A DIVORCE
Bankrupt Banker and Merchant Is Said
to Have Been Paying His
Wife $4,000 Year.

New York, March 3l.-The fling of a
suit for divorce against Henry Siegel,
bankrupt banker and merchant, by Ma
rie Vaughn Siegel, was to-day delayed
by the inability of the process servers to
find Siegel. They hunted for him all the
forenoon in vain. 1t is understood two
correspondents will be named in pro-
ceedings.
Mrs. Siegel was the widow of George
NJ. Wilde, brother of Rear Admiral
Wilde, when she came to New York
from her home in Virginia, seeking EN-
ployment. She worked as a newspaper
writer and was assigned to write story
about the Siegel stores when they were
opened. There she met Siegel. went to
work for him and in 1898 they were
married. They have been living apart
for four years, during which Siegel is
understood to have been paying his wife
S25, 900 a year.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-31
Milton Had a $4,000 Dam
age During the Early
Morning Hours
A THIRD BUILDING
WAS BARELY SAVED
Many Stores and Other Oc-
cupants We're Burned
Out

Milton, March 3l.--A disastrous fire
early this morning destroyed the Powell
opera house building and building adj
joining and damaged the postofiice struc-
ture across River street. The loss on
the buildings and contents is placed at
$4,000, only partially covered by insur-
ance.
The fire broke out in the Powell opera
house and was discovered at 2:30 o'clock
by Mrs. William Landon, who occupied
a house nearby. She was awakened by
the glare of the light and at that time
the opera house building was. mass
of flames. A narrow alley separated
the building from the Burgess general
store. which was occupied by II. l.. Pow
ell. Two times the flames leaped across
the street and caught on the postofiice
building, and all the plategass windows
in that structure were broken by the
heat The damage on that building will
be about $1,000 There are three stories
in the postoflice building, one being va
cant, another being occupied by the post
Office and the third by d. ID. Martin.
The building was badly scorched.
There is little apparatus in the viii
lage for lighting fire, and the two build
ings, the Powell and Burgess buildings,
We're completely wiped out. The opera
house building was occupied on the first
floor by Samuel Barnes meat market, DR..
j. A. Donahue, John M. McGee's pool
room, the village court room and Jail
and the hall of the pulp workers union.
The second floor was used by the Mod
ern Woodmen of America and for gen
eral purposes The Powell estate, which
owned the building, carried insurance of
$1,000, while the Woodmen had 5000 in
surance.
The loss on the stock of goods in the
building adjoining is placed at $4,000,
with insurance of $4,000 The building
was insured for $500.
The cause of the fire is not known.
When the last person left the Powell
opera house building at II last night
there were no signs of fire Two heaters
had been used during the day, it is said
1t is not thought probable that the
buildings will be replaced.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-31
MAN WITH BIBLE ARRESTED.
Was Trying to Sell 1t to Burlington
Secondhand Merchant.

Burlington, March GA very shabby
person with high pitched voice APP
peared at Selden's second hand store yes
terday morning and wanted to sell an
elaborately illustrated teachers Bible.
The man and the book did not seem to
so together and a complaint was made
to the police office and the fellow was
taken in charge. On the fly lear of the
Bible was written the name of Earl r.
Kicker, Northfield Falls, and when the
man under arrest was asked if he knew
the man whose name was written in the
Bible he said he did not and added that
lie had found the Bible at Richmond
Sunday morning. Chief of Police Rus
sell Immediately telephoned to North
field Falls and ascertained that man
named Earl Kicker lived there but he
was not in town at the time The chief
then telephoned to Montpelier to Chief
of Police John Durkee and learned that
a satchel had been stolen from Mont
pelier Junction yesterday, the satchel
belonging to Kicker and containing
Bible.
The man arrested at Burlington
said he knew nothing whatever about
the theft. He said he was a native of
Lowell, Mass, but had been working in
Vermont lately and was walking
towards Montreal, Sunday, he said he
passed through Montpelier junction and
way stations and arrived in Essex yes
terday morning and then came down to
Burlington. He gave the name OF
Michael Wall. The circumstances being
such that they cast suspicion on Wall,
Chief Russell telephoned Chief Durkee
again and the latter got ont warrant
at Montpelier and came to the city last
evening and took Wall to Washington
county Jail Wall, although travelling
without baggage, had on two suits OF
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-31
OLD LITIGATION ENDED.
BY Agreement of the Parties at Pres
ent Concerned

An old case that has been before the
courts for years has been settled, it
was announced in Washington county
court yesterday afternoon, when it was
stated that the parties in the suits of
Capital Sayings Bank & Trust Co of
Montpelier and Barre Savings Bank &
Trust Co. against the estate of Sarah P.
Heath had agreed on terms. These were
actions to recover on notes. and by the
agreements the plaintiffs come into pos
session of collateral deposited with them
as security in note transactions The
total amount of the collateral was about
S9,32270, representing the value of
securities deposited with the two banks
by Mrs. Heath on loans.
Mrs. Heath, widow of Charles H.
Heath, long one of the foremost lawyers
of this section, rendered financial as
sistanee to Patrick and Julia Kane of
Montpelier in the granite business, adj
vancing gilt-edged securities to the
banks as security. The business did not
turn out well and Mrs. Heath continued
to advance money with the result that
her financial affairs were very much in
volved. Subsequently Arthur d. Far
well of Montpelier was appointed guar
dian of her affairs, and he at once
brought bills in chancery seeking to re-
strain the banks from realizing on the
securities which they held. 1t was
claimed that Mrs Heath was not com
petent to manage her affairs and that
the banks ought not to have loaned her
the money or have accepted the securi-
ties on the ground that they were aware
of her condition.
On a demurrer filed by the Capital
City bank the case went to the supreme
court and the higher court overruled the
demurrer and sent the case back to
court to allow the Guardian to
prove the fact OF his claims. But before
the proceedings were started Mrs. Heath
died, and the banks presented their
claims. The commissioners of the es-
tate allowed the claims of the banks in
full, but the administrator, Fred B.
Thomas. appealed TO county court. Later
it developed that the heirs were not dis
posed to contest the banks claims in
county court, so. that when the case
came up yesterday afternoon it was an
that an agreement had been
reached, and the claims were ordered /
back to the probate court for payment. !
The chancery suit was discontinued. In /
addition, Clark l.. c. Moody of county |
,Ourt was ordered to return to the |
Barre Savings Bank the sum of 81 I
73s.4l, which had been ordered paid into /
The court on December /, 1905.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-31
Frank Passera, a Granite
Manufacturer, Drawn
into Shafting
WILLIAMSTOWN MAN
TERRIBLY INJURED
At City Hospital To-day His
Condition Was Report
ed as Favorable

Frank Passera, member of the granite
manufacturing firm of Passera Bros. OF
Williamstown lost his right arm yester-
day afternoon as the result of getting
caught in some shafting at the firm
plant in Williamstown, and he escaped
more serious injury, possibly death, by
the stopping of the machinery when the
belt was thrown off.
The accident happened in the polishing
mill and at about 3 o'clock. Mr.. Passera
was in the mill and on hearing a call
for assistance outside to load some gran
ite he started to go out, putting on his
coat as he passed the polishing machines.
The coat became caught in some way in
the shaft and the man was drawn into
the machinery and forced into narrow
space between the shafting and the wall.
The arm was crushed and torn and the
flesh was actually twisted from the
bones.
The injured man was taken to the
office of DIR. w. Ii. Hurley, where the
flow of blood was checked, and he was
made as comfortable as possible for the
trip to this city and to the hospital
By 5 o'clock he was brought to the hos
pital, and there it was found that the
arm was so terribly torn that it would
be impossible to save it. Therefore, am
putation was done three inches below
the shoulder. Other injuries were of
lesser consequence, including wound
on the scalp and bruises about the body.
To-day it was reported at the hospital
that the patient is doing well.
Mr.. Passera is middle-aged and has a
family consisting of his wife and one
daughter. The firm of Passera Bros. en-
ploys large number of men and is one
of the best known in the Barre granite
district.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-31
BELL ToLLED A CENTURY
For Rutland Woman on the Day of Her
Funeral.

Rutland, March 3l-Funeral services
for Rutland's oldest resident, Mrs. Eliza
Littlefield Brown of West street, who
died Friday. were held yesterday after
noon at O'Clock in the Congregational
church. Rev. Arthur H. Bradford. pas
tor of the church, conducted the services,
assisted by Rev. Norman Seaver, for
mer pastor.
The bearers were Frank NJ. Wilson,
]. C. Jones, George Z. Chalmers, w. f..
Tanning, f. c. Bishop and H. B. Whit
tier.
The services closed with the tolling of
the church bell 100 times, the age of Mrs.
Brown.
The body was taken on the l0:45
o'clock train this morning to Burlington
for burial.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-31
Mayor William B. Brown of
Gallatin, Tenn, Is
Under Arrest
ACCUSED OF TAKING
FUNDS OF BANK
Recent Fire, Following Sup
posed Bank Robbery, De-
stroyed Part of Books

Nashville, Tenn, March 33l.-Willlam
b. Brown, assistant cashier of the First
National bank of Gallatin and mayor OF
that town, is under arrest on the charge
of embezzling 100000 of the funds OF
the bank. Tho shortage may reach $780,
900, it is alleged.
A fire, which followed a supposed
bank robbery recently, destroyed part
of the banks hooks, so that an accurate
audit OF the banks affairs is difficult.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-31
STRAIGHT SENTENCE
FOR LIQUOR SELLER
Rufino Mier of Waterbury Had Asked
for Probation Again, But 1t
Was Denied Him.

An information was fled in Washing
ton county court yesterday afternoon by
States Attorney j. Ward Carver
against Rufino Mier of Waterbury.
charging the Illegal sale of liquor at
Waterbury on March TO- Mier pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to not less
than four and not more than five months
in the house of correction AIer is the
man who was found at Quincy, Mass.
by Deputy Sheriff +. Il. Campbell last
week after a six weeks search.
In presenting the states side Of the
case yesterday afternoon, States Attor.
ney Carver said this was Mier's second
offense, he having been brought into
county court from Waterbury about
eighteen months ago, pleading guilty and
being placed in the hands of the proba-
tion officer after part of his fine had
been remitted. At the beginning of the
present term of court, said the states
attorney, he heard that AIer had been
arrested for another offense, supposedly
placed on bail before Justice G. c. Graves
in Waterbury but that the respondent
left the place and was located in.Quincv.
Therefore, the states attorney thought
if fine was to be imposed it ought
to be a substantial one and that ii i'm
prisonment was to be imposed it should
be a straight sentence to the house Of
correction.
Mier spoke through an Interpreter.
Jesus Ala, that he had several children.
was rather hard up and thought he
ought to be placed on probation. The
court thought differently and sentenced
him to the house of correction as stated
above.
Other Court Matters.
The court ordered divorce granted
Gertie Kicker from Fred Kicker of
Woodbury., a case previously heard. in
which the grounds were intolerabe Sc
verify. The case of Nelson Larochelle
VS.. Consolidated Lighting Co. was left
with the court. Announcement was made
that there will be no trial Of Rufus Il.
Howieson VS.. Roscoe II, Morrill,, general
assumpsit, and also in the case OF Il. z.
Howieson VS.. Z. J. Cole, trover. The
case OF Fred Perrin, by his grandson,
VS.. Il. ID. Bartlett, general assumpsit,
was reported settled and discontinued.
The case OF First National Bank of
Montpelier vs.. Maria Bertoll. trustee.
was started this morning, and the fol- |
lowing jury was drawn: W. H. Carol |
of Waterbury, Lewis Chatfield of Ber-
lin, II. J. Houston of Northfeld, j. r. |
Cummings and +. X. Hutchinson of |
Barre Town, Charles Leonard of Berlin, |
William Prescott of PlainfeId,s 81. w.
Robinson of Waitsfeld. Grover Temple I
ton and Oscar Utton of Worcester, /
Harry Vincent of East Montpelier and I
E. E. Yaw of Cabot.
This is the second trial of the case in
county court. the first trial I
having resulted in verdict for the
plaintiff to recover Sl67390 Supreme
court reversed the judgment and ordered
the case back to county court. Mrs. Ber-
tolli, the widow of Harry BertoIli of
was the first witness on the I
stand, and she testified as TO signing the /
note in question. The bank is repre-
'ented by the Harveys and +. J. Deavitt
md the defendant by John W. Gordon
md s. Hollister jackson OF Barre.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-31
TO HOSPITAL BY SPECIAL TRAIN
H. P. Munson of Morrisville Was Crit
ically Ill.

Burlington, March 3l.-In an effort to
save the life of II. P. Munson, a mer-
chant of Morrisville, special train was
employed late yesterday to rush him 50
miles over the st. Johnsbury, Lake
Champlain and the Burlington & La
moille railroads to the Mary Fletcher
hospital in this city. The train con-
sisted of the locomotive and one coach.
Two physicians, two nurses. clergy
man and members of the family accom-
panied Mr.. Munson. He was suffering
from gangrene of the right leg. 1t was
decided to amputate the leg.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-31
Form Local l. w. W. Branch.

The Italian and Spanish bread car
riers and bakers, assembled at a meet
ing held to-day, have formed a local
branch of the new Industrial Workers
of the World The promoters rely upon
the patronage of both colonies to amel-
iorate the working conditions of the
trade and to start in Barre the move
ment of the Industrial Workers of the
World.
The Italian Bakers and Drivers Union.
March 80, 1914,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-31
AGED IRISH PATRIOT
PASSES AWAY
Timothy Daniel Sullivan, Author of
"God Save Ireland" Had Held
Many High Positions.

Dublin, Ireland, March 3l.-Timothy
Daniel Sullivan, Irish patriot and the
author of God Save Ireland" died to-
day in his S7th year. Sullivan was one
of the most prominent agitators for
home rule when the late Charles Stew.
art Parnell was in his prime, and for
20 years was nationalist member of
the House of Commons and in 1876 and
1877 was lord mayor of Dublin. He was
a prolific writer of verse and prose. On
one occasion Sullivan served two months
in Jail for an offense against the coer-
cion act and was prosecuted several
times, but escaped punishment.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-31
STOVE EXPLOSION BROKE LEG.
Mrs. 0ctavia L. Valley of Worcester,
Mass, the Victim.

Worcester, Mass, March 3I.-Mrs. Oc-
tavia L. Valley, p years old, lost her
right leg yesterday as the result of an
explosion in a coal stove in the laundry
of Frank Il. Sessions home, II Germain
street. Dynamite in the coal is given
as a cause of the explosion.
The stove was blown into pieces and
all OF the windows in the laundry were
blown out. Mrs. Valley was taken to
the City hospital, where it was found
necessary TO amputate her leg.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-31
BODY TAKEN TO KEENE
Following Identification of 1t as That of
Patrick Driscoll.

Jerry Driseoll and Michael Driscoll of
Keene, n. H., brother and cousin, respec-
lively, of Patrick Driscoll, who was
killed on the Central Vermont railroad
track near Middlesex station Sunday
came to Montpelier Monday
and identified the remains, after which
the body was taken Monday night to
Keene. where the burial was held this
with burial in the Catholic
there.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-31
20 MASKED MEN STAB
ALLEGED MURDERER
Took New Mexico Man from Jail and
Punctured His Body With
Numerous Thrusts.

Sante Fe., n. NJ, March 3l.--Twenty
masked men early to-day took Adolfo
Padilla, charged with numbering his wife,
from the county -iaff and stabbed him
so that he will probably die,
wife was found dying at the
home OF her mother Saturday, with her
throat slashed with a razor and both
wrists cut.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-31
WARNED BY CHURCH BELLS.
And Waterbury Voted to Permit Sale of
All Kinds of Liquors

Waterbury, March 3l.-At the special
town meeting yesterday, Waterbury
voted, 100 to 255, to allow the sale of all
kinds of liquor, following the vote on
town meeting day to grant licenses. The
church bells were rung morning and
noon to get out the voters.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-31
DEATHS OF WATERBURY WOMEN.
Mrs. Betsey Boyce and pdrs. Rosa Dow,
Former Was Visiting in Morrisville.

Waterbury March 3l.-Mrs. Betsey
Boyce, widow of Hiram Boyce, died in
Morrisyille yesterday morning, after a
two weeks illness with pneumonia and
complications. Mrs. Boyce made her
home here with her son, w. j. Boyce,
and went to Morrisyille to attend the
golden wedding of her brother and wife.
She was taken i'll there and was unable
to come home and died at the home of
her nephew
Betsey Eaton was born in Bakersfield
June rs, 1899. In 1860 she was married
to Hiram Boyce OF East Warren. Mr.
and Mrs, Boyce made their home in this
village for years, Mr. Boyce being
prominent merchant here. He died in
1897, since which time she has made
her home with her son, spending much
time visiting her other children.
A woman of very strong personality,
she was a great help and her going
takes with it much of comfort Her body
was brought from Morrisyille to-day
and the funeral will be held from the
home of her son on Main street Thurs
day afternoon at o'clock.
Mrs. Bovee is survived by four chill
dren, w. j. Boyce OF this town, who
represented Waterbury in the legisla-
lures of 1905 and 1910: Mrs. +. S. Saw
age Of Proctor; Mrs II. P. Riford of
Maiden and Guy II. Boyce OF Proctor.
representative from Proctor in 1910.
She also leaves ten grandchildren and
four brothers Oscar Eaton OF Waits
field, Silas Eaton OF Holyoke, Mass,
0rville Eaton of johnson City, Tenn,
and Melville Eaton of Morrisyile.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-31
NEGRO WOMAN
VICTIM OF LYNCHERS
Marie Scott, Who Stabbed Young White
Man to Death, Was Swung from
Telephone Pole at Mus
kogee, Oklahoma.

Muskogee, Okla, March 3I.-Marie
Scott. negro woman, who Sunday night
killed Lemuel Pierce, young white man,
by driving a knife into his heart. was
taken from jail early to-day by masked
mob and hanged to a telephone pole.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-31
ToRREoN STILL STANDS
And Mexico City Thinks 1t Will Con-
tinue to Stand.

Washington, d. c., March 3l.-The
Mexican embassy to-day received a mes
sage from the foreign office at Mexico
City, saying that Torreon had not fallen
and that the government was quite con-
fident it will not fall, according TO lat
est reports received from the front.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-31
Pound 10 a Tree Alreadu

Fletcher, March sl.-A few sugar
makers report that they have made a
pound to tree elready, and the pros
poets are good for fine season.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-31

The funeral OF Mrs Rosa Dow, widow
of Mason Dow, was held at her home in
Waterbury Center yesterday afternoon,
Rev. +. B. Sterling officiating. The bear
ers were the three sons, Leslie, Earl
and Archie Dow, and son-n- law, NJ.
G. Anderson. Mrs Dow died Saturday
of tubereular peritonitis, having return
ed two weeks ago from Mary Fletcher
hospital, where she was five weeks for
treatment. Her husband died about ten
years ago,
Mrs. Dow was born in Walden, the
daughter of John Bandy. She has two
brothers, William Bandy of Milford,
Mass, and John Bandy Of Waterbury
She leaves two daughters and four sons,
Mrs. NJ. c. Anderson. Agnes Dow, Archie
Dow, Leslie Dow Earl Dow and George
Dow.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-31
WELL KNOWN BURLINGTON MAN.
William B. Mccarthy Died in 57th
Year.

Burlington, March 3I.-William j.
Mccarthy, a well-known resident died
this morning in his 57th year. His fun
ersl viii be held on Thursday.