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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-26
WILLIAMSBURG

II is desired that every Odd Fellow
with lady friends attend the celebration
of the 30th anniversary of the institu-
ton of Hiawatha lodge, No. 20, at Barre
on Thursday evening, May rs.
Members of the Woman's Relief corps
will meet in the lower room in the town
hall Thursday afternoon to make
wreaths for Decoration day. Any other
ladies, who can, are cordially invited to
assist them. All having flowers to con-
tribute please bring them early Satur-
day morning to the same place.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-26
Evidence Lacking.

Little Johnnie and little Tommie were
making up" after an estrangement of
more than weeks standing. Tommie
casually mentioned that he had enjoyed
birthday party the day before.
Jaw, you didn't neither!" scoffed
Johnnie.
Did tool" from Tommie.
Didn't neither"
did, I tell you"
"Then why amt you sick today"
Chicago Record Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-26

If an aviator vanishes forever in the
comparatively short flight over the Eng
lish channel, it is not much encourage
ment to the aviators who propose to fly
over the Atlantic ocean.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-26
JINGLES AND JESTS
Poor introduction.

A pastor in introducing visiting
minister said:
Brethren, / take pleasure in intro
ducing to you Brother Blank. who will
address us on the subject of The Devil.
can assure you the brother is full of
his subject. "-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-26
CABOT

II is desired that every Odd Fellow
with lady friends attend the celebration
of the 30th anniversary OF the institu-
ton Of Hiawatha lodge, No. 20, at Barre
on Thursday evening, May %.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-26

Harmless bichloride of mercury"
reads like misnomer; but it deserves
to be placed alongside the scentless on
ion.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-26

Motor vehicles are equipped with in.
visible brakes in Rutland. The brakes
are stiff fines and are said to work very
well indeed
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-26

Brattleboro joins the motor fire truck
brigade after much backing and filling.
1t will find the vehicle serviceable even
in its hill section.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-26

The late Charles w. Post left only
$20,O00,000 as a tribute to mans gas
tronomic abilities.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-26

1t remains to be seen how persuasive
Big Moose call the Republicans can
give.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-26

New York is our leading city-seven
homicides over the week end prove it
beyond peradventure.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-26
Kill the caterpillarsi Kill 'em now!

The merchants backyards need the
cleanup as well as other parts OF the
city.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-26

We Clean, Press and Repair Clothing
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-04

90 the IL dead boys whose bodies rest
beneath the flag for which they died.
and now aboard this ship are bound
FOR home.
This dispatch Is sent ashore as the
aags OF Great Britain, Spain. Cuba
and France are being dipped In honor
OF the American dead The nations
OF the world join in honoring these
boys who entered a city unknown 20
them and blithely and smilingly went
10 their death
II was a wonderful sight, these
boys marching into town in two col.
nmns down parallel streets, and then
scattering as they reached the houses
where the "snipers" were concealed
The boyish spirit OF the football
field was evident among the officers
and manifested itself as much as did
the youthful daring OF the men I'm the
ranks
Now boys, altogether. Co 10 II,
That's the boy: everybody steady
there" were the cries heard on every
side. And the boys went to IL"
There he is, Get him." was the
CRY often heard when an officer i'm
charge OF a squad saw a sniper on
roof
Jhe boys got" these snipers. but
not before IL OF their own number
had fallen, never to take their places
IN me ranks again Every man fight.
ing through the streets OF Vera cruz
proved himself hero. but probably
the brayest OF them all, those who
Win the greatest daring sought ont
the MeXicans from their retreats are
those soon 10 arrive back home
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-04
SHEPHERD RESIGNS
RATHER THAN BARE
HIS HAND
CONTINUED from Page one,.

NConUnucd from rage OneD.
pointment OF one assistant. to hll the
vacancy created by the moving up OF
the staff.
Until the passage OF the act or 1919.
the circuit judges named the prescott.
ing attorney, in case OF a vacancy.
There Is some question as 20 the con.
stitutionality of the act under which
Mr.. Jasnowsk will succeed. for its
title confines It's action TO counties OF
over 100000 inhabitants. and the su.
preme court recently held. regarding
the domestic relations court act, that
this Is special legislation Judge MUIR
ply Is now making a study o. the con
stitutional point; and II he decides
that the act Is invalid, the circuit
judges Will name Mr.. Shepherds sue
cessor. in all probability. and there
will be a supreme court contest.
In his letter to- Gov. Ferris. the
chief reason which Mr. Shepherd
gives for resigning Is the statement
that a probe OF HIS Office would re-
veal facts which would strengthen the
defense in the aldermanic graft
cases.
Prosecutor Shepherd came 10 Ms
office later than usual. Monday morn
ing He Is often the first man IN but
Il was $3.50 bssore he arrived Mon
day He looked. pale and worried .
the presence OF two reporters made
him nervous. and he wanted 10 know
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-04

be placed aboard wnaleboats and re-
landed with an hour.
The fleets OF Rear-Admiral Badger
and RearAdmiral Fletcher in the
hGrbor are ready for instant action.
The Chester, San Francisco and
Prairie lie close 20 shore. They are
cleared for action and in position TO
shell the sandhills back OF the city
should the Mexicans start TO advance.
The signal corps was busy today es-
tablishing radio and telephone sta
lions In the city and at strategic
points In the surrounding country
where Funston has stationed troops
Under canopy OF the flags OF all
nations, including the Mexican. Gen
erei Funston dined with Admiral
Fletcher and other commanding OFF.
GERS OF the navy yesterday. Funston,
In his khaki service uniform, appear
ed in sharp contrast 10 the naval Off
GERS who came ashore in their spot
less white. The flags on all warships,
foreign as well as American. and all
on the buildings In Vera Cruz drop
ped TO halfmast as the Montana. car
rying the II marines who were killed
In the fighting when the city was oc-
cupied, steamed out OF the harbor
headed for home
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-04

the vast amount of work done I'm the
practical und effective eradication
OF the aWful evils above mentioned So
one VIII gNnsay tuat this cummuuitN
has prohted immcasurdbly from the
work done by myself una aids. begin
ming with the nrst raid netting truck
load 81 slot machines soop after 7 took
Office. and ending with the final eNit
OF tie va esdeu cafe and the kuIaeraot
cate, which Were va corners ~ he'll
IL has been estimated that this work
Nas saved the poor. sick and uufortun-
ate people OF this community In the
Relghborhuod OF three quHrters OF IA
million or dollars per year. and NO
one has vet tried 10 estimate the UNI
speakable suffering which this work
These things are now ACCOMPLISHED
ending with the closing OF the Dresden
and kaiserhof cafes. Nh work as
Gore ended, / had given myself until
Jolly ut this year 60 complete this par
tiCular line OF work and had am
nouuced 10 a number OF my friends
tins. Z would resign on that date
VA bringing about the eradication ~
these awful evils. your eNcellency viii
readily appreciate one result was from
tie outset certain. namely. ] was sure
L. acquire about as complete an ag-
RrcRa ton Of enemies any one in
dividual can ever have In this world
slot machine operators, loan sharks.
,uack doctors, bucket-shop operators
d,bBuChers Of little girls and bpys. and
gamblers, all having a large number
of friends and sympatliZers. make a
host indeed. Many or these people
represented powerful influences. politi-
cal ard hnancioL They were also in
touch with all walks OF life. and some
o. them are particularly strong in
what is known. as the underworld and
have recently discovered that the nm
deiworld may be defined as a region
where any collector or evidence can
freely extract sufficient evidence. IN
the form OF afhdavlts and witnesses.
10 prove absolutely anything desired
This horde OF enemies has not remain
ell inArtiYe. That they are unsCrupu-
loUs goes without saying. and that
they consider me their sworn enemy
ana would resort TO almost anything 20
deprive me or the power TO make them
obey the law is equally automatic.
/ have been credibly Informed that
someone Is now contemplating making
a complaint, in which your eNcellency
viii be petltioned TO grant a hearing
on the question OF whether or not /
from that same source Of informa q on
that the chief charge that is likely 20
De lodged against me is the manner In
watch | haYe conducted the so.called
aldermanic cases. All this raises three
propositions:
First. IL such petition were filed. and
your eNcellency should grant the hear
Ing as is required by the statute, II
would take few weeks at least. TO
complete the taking OF testimony. This,
necessarily, would put this office In a
mild form OF turmoil and the public
only would suffer as result ,of such
Disqualification.
Secondly@ II I am correctly inform
ed shat the ,chief charge IS TO be my
conduct 90 the afdeTmauic~ cases I
would fnd myself tremendously hardt-
capped in making my defense~ In or
der TO Justify my conduct or these
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-04

cases " the sGtisfao ZION of your excel
leucy, II would be necessary for ne 10
give definite evidence az 10 why
nave made each move IN these cases
since / took hold OF theiu personslly
thlftetn months ago. cannot show
why i have made each move without
laying bare all the evidences. Us
strength and its weaknesses which
forms the basis Of the cases. In other
words, to make my defense 1 would
practically have 10 try the cases. These
are perhaps. the most important cases
mat this community has had 10 deal
with ln many years, and i have work
cd long ana hard TO get them into just
as near perfect condition RH has lain
WITHIN my power. and nothing In the
world can force me at this time 10 do
anything which would weaken them
Ny sense OF public duty is altogether
greater than my so-called sense Of
sell preservation. The interest or six
hundred thousand people IS more inn
p9Ttant than the welfare or the indi-
vidual
Thirdly This office is. and for some
time has been, the focus for q great
deal OF criticism-whether just or un-
Just. We shall not discuss at this time
Ihls mas dtsOrgauiZed, ana. In a way
demoralIZed the office. / have no init
nation that this criticism is going 20
cease so long as / remain here. There
Is also much talk OF dissentiOn and in
suboroination on the part OF some OF
my assistants Whether that be trus
OF not, the very fact that such thing
IS generally reported tends 20 weaken
the efficiency or the office. 1 certain
~ feel no bitterness whatever against
anyone who has directed honest crit
lcIsm, or even criticism which | might
consider hardly fair. ! have no time
10 consider my own feelings IL is 4
question OF public service. The situa-
ton as above set out leads TO but one
sane conclusion The work / set out
10 do is AT an end L expected 10 re-
sign the LIST of July. The Office IL
tremendously crippled under the rain
or criticism as IL stands, To remain
moyal proceeding. and fight removal
would mean that the office would be
utterly dcmoralized for the few weeks
that removal proceedings We're goina
on, and as TO the main charge as / un.
derstand H. although l have com
plete defense. az would be beyond my
power 70 present IL without inJuring
the public, who elected me 10 this OF
l. unquestionably, owe the duty to th'
six hundred thousand people l have
represented now for thirty-one months
10 resign at this time. thus antlcipat
ing the date OF my resignation as orig
inaIly Intended some six or sever
weeks | feel no bitterness toward any
man, and relinquish the duties OF this
office with a consciousness thatfhe OF
hce has rendered an immense service
10 the community during the thirty
one months or NV sncumbency. | feel
under the Clrcums stances. that my dutS
requires roe 10 take this step.
I, therefore, hereby resign an prose
cutting attorney for Wayne county 70
take effect on the 18TH day OF this
month. or as soon thereafter as my
successor shall IN appointed and shall
have qualified.
Very respectfully yours, =
HUGH SHEPHERD,
Prosecuting Attorney
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-04
MANZANILLO, MEXICO,
MAY BE BOMP ARDED
1Contlnued from paGe oneJ

Continued from faee OneD
ton of the step decided upon by
Huerta
Insiders know that the delay OF the
Americans in starting toward the cap
ital has greatly embarrassed Huerta'
Having failed TO reunite Mexico he Is
playing his next card toward getting
American protection against destrnc'
ton at the hands OF the rebels. 1t
was the hope OF the dictator that the
demand for the surrender OF the TEAR
water works, Saturday, would pro
woke an engagement
Huerta has not yet selected sue
cessor to Portillo = Rojas as secretary
Of foreign affairs. and | learned today
that Roias resigned because Arch
bishop Mora failed in an effort TO per
suade Huerta TO abdicate. The con-
terence between the dictator and
Archbishop Mora was held Friday.
The archbishop has endeavored at
previous times TO persuade Huerta TO
resign, and HIS conference last week
vas his last desperate effort. The
dictator remained obdurate and the
: resignation of Rojas Immediately fol
lowed.
Huerta Is incensed at Roias, and
the latter being a clerical his friends
now fear he will be seized and i'm
prisoned by the dictator as many
members OF the house OF deputies
have been.
OF tire troops in the command OF
General Mas. 5000 are now within
Is miles OF Vera Cruz The MeXicans
arc guarding both routes to the CAPT
al and in addition 10 the force al
Soledad there are 5000 men at Jalapa
and 1900 at Palma. Genarat- Mas
Is al Soledad and Is understood "a
have 5000 men with him.
General Funston is taking nc
chances OF permitting the -MeXicans
20 catch him unprepared. The entire
Fifth brigade is now on duty In Vera
cruz or In the suburbs and with tho
marines Funston has a force OF over
600 men The guard at the Tear
pumping station has been reinforced
n addition to the troops now OF
shore. the commanding officers de
tlerc the blueIackets and marines
ilat returned 10 the ships with the
arrival OF the Fighting Fifth" could
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-04
Governor Woodbridge ~
Lansing Michigan.

Dear Sir
When / took charge OF the office OF
prosecuting attorney for Wayne coun-
~. Oct. 4 1911. l had in mind the per-
forming OF certain specific work in the
interest OF the public and that In
specific manner After looking over
the field | determined that there were
several vitally important things 20 be
done That this work could not be
done IL the prosecuting attorney did
as my predecessors have done, namely:
simply appearing as the adv ocate
when complaint was made to the Office
and follow the ordinary legal routine,
with the usual laws delay incident
thereto. IL was perfectly apparent that
drastic action was necessary 20 reach
the desired results. ], therefore stttl-~
rounded myself with as capable assist
ants as | could find directed them 20
handle the ordinary routine OF the Of
flee and appear in the criminal courts
I'm all but the most important cases,
thus leaving 10 myself the opportunity
to- give my personal attention to the
eradication OF number OF very great
evils, which required radical treatment.
These evils were good many hundred
slot machines. taking the bread and
butter from the mouths OF the little
children OF working men; some p loan
sharks. practicing almost inhuman
cruelty in extracting outrageous inter-
est from their victims; FIVE bucket
shops. daily defrauding large num-
Der OF ignorant CUSTOMERS, quite n
number OF what we call quack doctors,
large and small brutalizing and de-
stroying the health OF hundreds and
hundreds OF ignorant and unfortunate
creatures and robbing them OF hun
drcds and thousands or dollars a year:
very well-organiZed gang OF gam
blers OF different breeds, who were
practicing polite robbery; and quite a
number or cafes. ralTing In money by
destroying and debauching the lives or
minor girls and boys.
All these things would not be reach
ed by the ordinary legal prosecutions
NtaaV ..RIn a HaI A., a.
action. supported by a healthy public
opinion. To their treatment ! turned
my attention, keepingD of course. in
the office. which the assistants have
handled, very much To their credit.
Everybody is at this time familiar with
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-04
Montana Streaming
Home Win Hero Dead
BY BERNARD RUCKER.

(Stdf Correspondent United PreSs.)
ON BOARD u. s. s. MONTANA
(RY WIRELESS TO VERA CRUZ
MAY 4-"Homeward bound" the Mon
tana is steaming northward today.
Her flags are at half mast and a
graru of honor Is watching over IL
leaGen caskets wrapped In the flag.
for which the boys who fell at Vera
Cruz gave MP their lives. The cruise
to New York will be vastly different
nom the trip OF the battleships sail
ing to Mexican waters, when every
bnejacket and marine was In the
highest spirits and anxious for battle.
Routine duties are attended to. but
the crew of the Montana Is delivering
10 the country the remains OF the
nayy's sacrifice IL is a solemn duty,
and this cruise will be one OF sorrow.
VERA CRUZ. May 3.-(Sunday)- -
The sight OF 5000 boys. few, OF them
over 20 years old. and many not yet
Is. stands out clearly In memory to
.day a. the warship Montana steams
through the line OF battIeshlps aud
heads northward. With flags AZ
half mast and their crews standing al
attention the ships OF the American
squadron have paid their last honors
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-04

VA - = W " y ~ - VA "A
what all The excitement was about
Finally he said;
\. Drop around at l0;25 sharp
Therel be something doing al that
time"
Al 1925, his Office was crowded
with newspaper men. One by one, Mr.
Shepherd called representatives OF
each paper IN. and gave them heart
to-heart talk Then he passed ont
copies of his letter 10 the governor
Though the rumor was all over the
building that the prosecutor was
about 10 announce his resignation, his
office was empty OF all but the nsWs.
paper men. Not an Official came in
20 question the report. or 10 express. a
regret. The assistant prosecutors
were all busy, or pretending to be.
Mr.. Jasnowski though he was sup.
posed 70 be in the building was In.
visible But for the reporters, Mr..
Shepherd was friendIess and alone.
Though IL was Mr.. Jasnowski's rev
Citations TO the governor assisted by
those OF County Detective CONN. that
finally forced Mr.. Shepherd 10 resign,
the prosecutor talked OF his aides
without bitterness.
p was sick, on my bed in the Coun-
try club when news OF the impend-
ing arrest OF the aldermen came TO
me. 2" he said II certainly didn't or.
der Jasnowski or anyone else 10 tip
the aldermen or What | may have
said was: This looks TO me like a
political game, and they ought to be
tipped off. In fact, / wouldn't be sur
prised IL / did say that CONN re.
membered. at first, that that was what
said: but under coaching, evidently.
he remembered later that / ordered
that the aldermen be told OF the plot.
He'll! II | wanted 10 tip Gilman OFF,
there was q telephone at the head OF
my bed could have d9ne IL almost
without moving But | didn't. and
my future course shows that / did
everything in my power 10 convict
the aldermen. ] could have accepted
the first jury, and they would have
been acquitted: but | didn't | fought
them to a finish, and this is the re-.
suit
1--WE piled up too many enemies
against me, old man, and they We got
me. I've made enemies OF the loan
sharks, the aldermen. tine saloonkeep-
ers, the quack doctors. the bucket
shop operators, the gamblers, the
crooks and the buns. and they're too
strong for me-"
= The, prosecutor had conference,
Fellows He denies that Mr. Fellows
ordered him TO resign. but he init.
mated that thu attorney general was
contemplating action against him.
Fellows will come TO Detroit, to-
night. and he'll be pretty sore when
he finds what I've done. He wanted
10 be the first TO act against me, and
to get all the political capital he could
from me- said the prosecutor
What are you going 70 do after
leaving Officer" he was asked.
Practice law" Mr.. Shepherd re-
piled
why not take rest?"
IL don't need rest I've been
under bad strain. the past few
weeks. but the relief at leaving Office
will be so great that I'll feel good
again almost Immediately, said the
prosecutor.
News OF Mr.. Shepherd action
spread rapidly 1t reached Aid Bar.
nett, erstwhile proprietor of the Ores
den cafe.
''fll send him forget-me.nots," said
Eddie" cor daisies, he added, as an
afterthought Daisies won't tell"
Mr.. Shepherds letter to Gov. Fer
ris follows:
Nav 1914
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-04
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-16

Whom tho straw hat fraf appeared
'n 1885 it was worn exclusively by
women