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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-05-12
GREATER VERMONT MEETING
Speakers and Guests at Annual Gath
ering at BrattlebOrO, May ID

The annual meeting of the Great
er Vermont Association will be held
at Brattleboro on Thursday and Fri
day, May Is and IA. There will be
as last year a business meeting with
addresses in the afternoon and a din
ner on the evening of the 18th, and
a conference the next morning.
The business meeting will be ad-
dressed by J. M. Ward, secretary of
the Keene IN. HI Commercial Club.
who has been very successful in Sc
curing new industries for Keene and
John A. Scheuerle, secretary of the
Hampden County Massachusetts, I'm
provement League, who has done a
notable work in forwarding the ex-
tension of county organization in
Massachusetts, counties.
At the dinner there will be present
as guests J. A. McKibbon, secretary
of the Boston Chamber of Commerce;
J. H. Hustis, president of the Bos-
ton and Maine railroad; f. J. Hill
man, president of the Western New
England Chamber of Commerce.
Gov. Gates hopes to be able to be
present.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-05-12
Notice of Allowance OF Account.
ESTATE OF lane p. TURNER.

STATE OF VERMONT, District Of Caledonia -.
The Honorable Probate Court for the Dis
trlct aforesaid: To all persons interested In
the estate of Jane =. Turner, late Of St.
yohnsbury, in said District, deceased, greet
ing:
Whereas, said Court has assigned the
Gath day of May next for examining and al
lowing the account of the Administrator
of the estate of said deceased and for n de-
cree of the residue Of said estate 20 the law
full claimants Of the same. and ordered that
public notice thereof be given to all persons
interested in said estate by publishing this
order three weeks successfully previous 20
the day assigned in the caledonian, a news
paper published at st. Johnsbury, In said
District.
Therefore, you are hereby notified 20 ap-
pear at the Probate Office in St. Johnshury,
In said District. on the day assigned, then
and there to conte1t the allowance of said
account If you see cause, and to establish
your right heirs. 1egatees and lawful
claimants to said residue.
Given under my hand, this Sd day Of May,
A. ID. 1915.
WALTER p. SMITH, Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-05-12
PROBATE OF WILL

ESTATE OF BERDELLA 0ooDALL.
stats OF VERMONT, District Of Caledonia, ss.
The Honorable Probate Court for the Die
trict of Caledonia: To all persons interested
in the estate of Berdella Gooda1i late Of st.
Johnsbury, In said District deceased, greet
ing:
At a Probate Court. holden at st. Johns
bury within and tor said District on the goth
day of April, A. ID. 1918. an instrument
purporting to be the last VIII and Tesla
ment of Berdella Goodall. late Of st. Johns
bury, in said District, deceased, was pre-
scented to the Court aforesaid. for Probate.
And IL Is ordered by said Court that the
22nd day Of MAY, A. d. 1915. at the Pro-
bate Office in said st. Johnsbury, be assigned
for proving said instrument; and that notice
thereof be given to all persons concerned. by
publishing this order three weeks successive
~ in the CALIFORNIAN, newspaper circulat-
ing In that vicinity. In said District. previous
to the time appointed. Therefore, you are
hereby notified to appear before said Court,
at the time and place aforesaid, and contest
the probate OF said will. If you have cause.
Given under my hand at ST. Johnsbury. in
said District, this 29th day Of April A.. ID.
1915.
WALTER p. SMITH, Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-05-12
WEST BARNET
Robert Roy Very Seriously Injured
Personals.
(Mrs. L. H. Thornton, Correspond
ent.)

ent.)
Robert Roy was seriously, if not
fatally, injured last Thursday morn
ing. He had climbed a telephone
pole to cut a guy which was fast
ened to the barn on the farm he re-
Gently bought of Harold Somers. The
pole was rotten and as soon as the
guy was cut fell throwing him and
striking him across the back. His
cries for help were heard by a neigh
Dor and Doctor Darling of Ryegate
and Mackay of Peacham were called.
He was suffering such intense pain,
he could not be moved until chlOrO-
form had been administered and then
he was removed to the home of his
father, E. J. Roy, where Miss Mable
Darling is caring for him.
Mrs. c. A. Choate was the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Ash of LacO-
MIA, N. H, over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Hastie and
daughter spent Friday in st. Johns
bury.
Mrs. Edwin Srobridge spent a few
days last week with her mother, Mrs.
Fisher, of Danville.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gibson of Rye
gate were guests of w. F. HASTE Fri
day.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-05-12
CERTIFICATE EXTENDING CHARTER
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY
Wnshinntnn D. C AnriI % 1a1E


OFFICE OF coMPrRoLLER OF THE CURRENCY
Washington, d. C. April 20, 1915.
WHEREAS, by satisfactory evidence pre-
sented to the undersigned, II has been made
to appear that THE Mex HANTS MA
TIONAL BANK OF ST. JOHNSBURY" 1oca-
ted in the VILLAGE of ST JOHNSBURY in
the County of CALEDONIA and State Of
VERMO ONT. has complied with all the pro-
visions Of the Act of Congress ITO enable
National Banking Associations to extend
their corporate existence. and for other pur-
pDses" approved July ?, 1882. as amended
ny the Act. approved April -, 1902;
Now, therefore, ], JOHN SHELTON WILL
LIAMS, Conn troller of the Currency. do
hereby certify that THE MERCHANTS
NATIONAL BANK OF ST. JoHNsBURY"
located in the VILLAGE OF ST. JOHNS
BURY in the County OF CALEDONIA and
State of VERMONT Is authorized to have
succession for the period specified in it's
amended articles Of association: namely, un-
til close Of business on April rs. 1885.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF witness my
hand and Seal of office this TW NTY-SIXTH
day of April, 1915.
John SIX ELTON WILLIAMS.
[Seall Comptroller Of the Currency
Extension No. 1891
Charter No. 2295.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-05-12

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source, Danish stuffy, wheezy breath
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-05-12

corn or cal1us without fail, without fussing
with thick bandages, toe harnesses, corn
swelling salves, irritating Ointments. It's
applied in 2 seconds-bing, bling, 2 drops,
the work is done. the corn shrivels up, your
corn agony ends and the corn leaves foreverl
All the linn ping. the pains that dart to your
hearts core, the crucihxiOn of having to
wear shoes over screaming corns, the danger
OF blood poison from aking them bleed by
using knives. razors and scissOrs-are gone
at last! @GETS-IT" is the way, the
sure, simple, painless way. Try it for corns,
calluses, warts and bunions.
"GETS-IT'' is sold by druggists every
where, 25c bottle, or sent direct by E.
Lawrence & Co., Chicago. Sold in St.
Johnsbury and recommended as the worlds
best corn cure by c. c. BINGH CHAS.
SEARLES & CO., FLINT BROS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-16
al TROVAT0RE' SUNG

al Trovatore" was surg again last
night at the Metropolitan Opera House,
and owing TO the indisposition of Mr..
Toscanni Giorgio Polacco took up the
baton. To be frank. the average mu-
steal listener could have observed little
difference in the old score, which was
as vigorous and as melodious and as
crude as il ever has been. "Trovatore"
is. after ali. work Of genius. but even
genius in the conductors stand can
not add a cubit TO its stature.
The cast was as at the previous per
formances. Miss Destinn, in better
voice than has been the. case with her
Of late, sang Leonora and sang IT
more effectively than it has been sung
for a number of years. Mr.. Martnelh
is not an ideal Manrico; he has not the
trumpet voice, and he must not attempt
to force himself to have II. If he does
the Metropolitan will lose the most
promising tenor that has swum into
its ken since Enrico Caruso descended
upon its stage, veritable avatar.
Nine ODER makes but conventional
gypsy of Azucena, but Mr.. Amato sings
the Count di Luna with more regard
for legato than in former years, and
with a voice that has lost none of its
resonance or its beauty. Mr.. Rothier
gives authority to Fernando, and the
chorus sings with spirit and vibrant
tone. The audience was large.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-16
DEBUSSY RECITAL
Margaret Houston Gives Col
orless Interpretation.

This is the day of Debussy. Though
"Peileas ct Meisande" is no longer
heard at the opera, the concert halls
bear ample testimony TO the regard in
which the more intimate musical world
holds this apostle of the new music.
There was given yesterday afternoon
in Aeolian Hall q recital devoted sole
~ to Debussy music, and the De-
bussyites were out in force.
The recital was given by Margaret
Houston. soprano. and George Cope
land. pianist Miss Houston has been
heard before in New York, but unfortu-
natcly neither her voice nor method
has improved. Her tones were mur-
fed and throatv and her interpreta-
tions lacked color and variety. Her
natural voice is an admirable one, this
being evident at those moments when
the faulty method of its production did
not obscure it,
Mr.. Copeland's art is well known. It
is finished. delicate and mUsicianly;
an art peculiarly at home in the idiom
of Yesterday afternoons recital. His
touch was lidht and flexible. his tone
pure and his playing informed
throughout with that iridescent color
lacking in which DebuSsy loses all Of
his Characteristic beauty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-16
NICHOLSON WILL FILED
Late Editor Divided His Es-
tate Among His Children.
LBy TeleEraph % nc Tribune ]

Poughkeepsie, n. Y, April 15.-The
will Of Donald Nicholson, for many
years managing editor Of The New
York Tribune, who was buried at Pleas
ant Valley, yesterday. was iiied with
Daniel J. Gleason, Surrogate of Dutch
ess County, to-day.
The estate, valued at more than S20.-
600, is divided in equal shares among
his three children, Harold, Victor and
Arthur 7. Nicholson. A watch pre-
scented to him by members of The Trib-
une staff on his retirement is left to
his son Arthur, and telescope, also re-
ceived from The Tribune staff some
years ago, goes to Harold.
Mr.. Nicholson directed that his flu
neral expenses should not exceed 500
and that his body be placed beside that
of his wife, with the following epitaph:
Here lives the earthly tabernacle of
Donald Nicholson; born June 1, 1884,
died -. All the days of my appoint
ed time will | wait till my change
comes"
1t is understood that Mr.. Nicholson
made some gifts not long before his
death. Chester Hustled and Jennie NJ.
Ollivet were witnesses of the will,
which was dated April 7, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-16
pADEREWSKI HERE
TO AID POLAND
As Business Man, Not as Artist,
He Comes to Organize
Relief.

Ignace Jan Paderewski, the Polish
pianist, who has forsaken his beloved
instrument for his beloved Poland, ar
rived here yesterday from Liverpool on
the Adriatic for a visit Of one month.
He came here. as usual, on tour
that will carry him 70 the Pacific Coast,
but it is mission entirely different
from those of the past. Pederewski
will not play a note while in this cOun-
try nor will he appear again in public
until the end of the war that has laid
waste his native land.
Paderewski, the artist, may come here
again TO recover his lost fortune. but
he who came in yesterday was Pade-
rewsk. the business man and patriot,
who will direct his own tour Of mercy
and organize relief societies for the
aid of his stricken people.
The pianist, who was accompanied
by his wife, was met at the pier by
Guillaume Stengel- Sembrich. Alex
ander Lambert and W. A. Gorski. his
stepson. Paderewski will preside at a
meeting of the relief committee to-day
at the Hotel Gotham.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-16
The men who have accepted places
on the Citizens Committee are:
"TIPPERARY" FAILS F0Y
Daughter Recites 1t, but Court
Finds Comedian Guilty.

Eddie Foy, the comedian, was found
guilty in Special Sessions yesterday OF
permitting his fourteen-year-old
daughter, Mary, to sing on the stage.
Sentence was suspended.
The complaint was made by AS
sistant Superintendent Moore of the
Children's Society, superintendent
Coulter and Agents Pissaro and Jaques
appearing as witnesses.
They're permitted to sing in every
other city in the country" said Foy,
"and have p permit from the Mayor
which permits them to speak their
lines. but not to sing. Sometimes their
artistic temperament gets the better
of them, however, and they break loose.
| have them under better control now,
so that they only speak their lines.
The singing is done by the two older
bows and by women behind the scenes
Mary recited "Tipperary" for the
justices before sentence was suspended,
but she co<d not mollify Mr.. Coulter,
who said he would see the Mayor with
a view to getting Foy's permit to have
the children on the stage revoked.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-16
OTIS W. BOOTH.

Otis W. Booth, who died at his home,
90 Fifth Avenue, on Tuesday, was born
in this city. and was in active business
here until his health became impaired
little more than two years ago.
In 1864 he married a daughter OF
DR.. Jared Linsly. a well known ply
stefan in the city. They were both
closely identified with the Sunday
school work in the Dry Dock Mission
associated with the old Mercer Street
Pre- byterian Church. Some years later
this mission work was transferred TO
a large building erected by the union
of this church with the University
Place Church. now under the psstorage
Of DR.. George Alexander. On the first
Sunday of February, 1861, few weeks
before the fall of Fort sumter Mr..
Booth was made superintendent Of the
Dry Dock Mission, later known as
Emmanuel Chapel, and he served for
fftv-four years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-16
DOCTOR SURE HE'S ALIVE
Leon Louria's Patients Even
Accented Report of Death.

DIR. Leon Louria. Of 249 Hewes Street,
Williamsburg, has never denied that ne
was dead and buried in the fall OF lsio'
This was on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November and BROOK
lyn election clerks had finished the
count for Coroner DR.. Louria ran on
the Republican ticket. -
But 1915 is another year ana April
Is another month, the doctor said last
night when he called up The Tribune
and declared that widely circulated re,
ports in Brooklyn that he was dead
were greatly exaggerated. His private
patients and the Jewish Hospital,
where he is an attending physician,
knew him not yesterday.
DR.. Louria recently went TO Atlantic
City for rest. A few days after he
arrived he received long distance
telephone message. From his end he
said it was not true that he had been
stricken with paralysis. When he re-
turned home the wires began to carry
reports Of second stroke. On Wednes-
day morning he was forced to deny
that he had third stroke. That same
night he answered the phone and de-
MED that he was dead. DR.. Louria was
formerly president of the Williamsburg
Medical Society.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-16
WHAT is GOING on TO-DAY.

Free admission 20 the American Museum of Natural
History New York Geological Park. Van CoT-
iandt PAN Museum and the Aquarium
Circus Madison Square Garden.
Womsn's Industrial Exposition, Grand Central
Palace
Meeting of III. National Food Trade. Conference.
Hotci Fillmore 10 a. m
Address hy Miss Anne Morgan and Miss Robinson
smith at the meeting of the Emergency Ke eh
Committee for the Unemployed jewish "liN.
Temple Emauu-El. .. 30 y. m
Meeting ~ tle Kuckerhocker Chapter ~ The
Dauente,. OF the American Revolution. Hotel Nc
Apiu. 80 =. m.
Lec,ure under the auspices Fl ,he H'' ns4y. Il
Cabot Ward and T W Churchill on The Gov
eminent of the city of New York: Education.
Pans and Recreation" HaIemeyer Hal. Colum-
his University. i.lj p. m
Public lecture BY Professor jeremiah W. JenSs On
THE Conduct Of NeutraiS during the war.
Jujson Memorial Building. Washington Square
South 2. III.
Meeting Of ,he Junior Musical Art and Literary
Society Of Brooklyn Hotel McAipn. ,. m.
Discussion on Education FOR international COCO
VIII" Al the meeting ~ the School Masters As
soration OF New York and Vicinity Harvard
club. p. N.
Meeting m the American Fair Play Society Bronx
Ilofbrau Haus j3i Wills Avenue. J. M
Lecture by George Creel on The M3nmac'Gr o, of
Migrants" before the Peoples Institute cooper
Columbia varsity SHOW. Hotel Aston. ?. m
Dance Of the Alpha Sigma Ph!. Hotel McAlpn.
p. m
Dance for the beues, Of the Relief Society FOR Con
yaescent soldiers Abroad and the Unemployed a.
Home. Hotel Vanderbilt. evening.
Public lectures Of the Board Of Education. : u
p m Marhauau-"CAlforuiA Under Four
Flags" Agcl Uil Fish. Mission % the lmmacu-
late Virgin Great Jones and Lafayette streets :.
Clothing and House Furnishings Mfs Ellen
Beers MCGOWAN DE witt Clinton High School
Tenth Avenue and FIFTY ninth Street. Sir
joshua REYNOLDS and the Painters oi England
Alexander r. Van Laer. Wadlegh High School
lljth street. west Of seventh Avenue. Historic
Scandinavia" Magnus G. mlseng. Public School
j.. Forts seventh Street. west Of Eighth Avenue ,
Franklin the Marvellous American" Or. HeuN
II Rose Public School g. Dominicb. Clarke aui
Rfoomo streets Real Cowboy life in the Ear
West" c. Griffith Chaplain Public School 2.
Rr0adway Academy Street ana Nefmil}ea Ave
uue lnwood: "tucOnsciousneSS." William A.
dodgers NJ u. Public School g. Twelfth street.
east Of Avenue h. Fob songs and Modern
Songs a. Spain" Miss Maria Paz Gainshofs
ruiIic school 90. ian Street. west Of Seventh
Avenue: The North Woods 81 To Day" Darvin
I,udd Public School 90. Avenue 4 aud East
Tiehfy- second Street our South American
NsighhorS. Their Progress IN Science Niam
r. shepherd Pm D.. Public School ~. lS2d
street aud Wsdswotth Avenue our Nation :
commerce Morris A Iunn. Public School 10.
s. Nicholas Avenue and l2iih Street. 'Incon
srlo;sncss" Frederick Wilson, NJ. u. Public
school 100. suffolk and Rirngsion Streets.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-16
TALKS FROMLONDON
TO ADJ MEN HERE
II. N. CaSSOn Sends Regrets by
PhOnOgraph-200 Attend
Leagues Dinner.

=, Herbert y Casson, formerly Of the
H. n. Mccain Company. of New York,
row OF London. told two hundred guests
VI me Advertising Mems League last
'ISht that he was sorry that he could
10y be with them at the Hotel McAlpin.
'heh those present were about ready
~ believe that there was telephone
1onneeuou across the Atlantic. the
Topographic record was exhibited
-, a preliminary dance Of children from
ne (alyary Church Settlement opened
ue festivities Of the evening. Follow
Ig me dinner there was a programme
snernate dancing and entertainment.
uuiolessor Oscar Duryea. Herbert S.
WWouston. Lewellyn +. Pratt, Mr.. and
"iS' {. B. Kimball. J. LeVoy and Miss
.L4oetly Ryan Walker the Metropoli-
.en opera League" Quartet. F. l.. Wood
ment.
among those at the tables were Harry
upper, president; O. c. Harm, vice
p.e%oent; David ID. Lee, treasurer;
fbieu A. Dibble, secretary, and Herman
{Vh' assistant secretary.
Vhers present we're Thomas A. Bar
Iu, Frank Leroy Blanchard Charles
I-sui' John A. Sleicher, Luther ID.
c,3r,nSId, ". c. Freeman, Manly NJ.
lam, William Griffith, l.. A. Horn
VI William II. Ingcrsol, s. T.. Lcith,
c.L' Mackinuon, ii. j. Mahin, A.
C,a'sSy Morrison. William J. Morton,
d! MAST John Clyde Oswald, II. j.
n 'Jpeuen, Wallace {. Richardson, Harry
sHoDoins, K. S. Scarburgh and Frank
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-16
REV. J. A. INJURY
TO HEAD FORDHAM
Bankers Brother Comes
from Jersey City to Sue
coed Father M'CluSkey.

Fordham University is to have q new
president. Announcement was made
last night that the Rev. Joseph A.
Mulry, who has been at the head Of st.
Peters College in Jersey City since
1911, will succeed the Rev. Thomas j.
McCluskey. Father McCluskey, whose
term at Fordham began in 1911, goes to
Boston as pastor Of the Church Of the
Immaculate Conception.
Father Mulry is a brother of Thomas
NJ Mulry, president of the Emigrant
Industrial Savings Bank. He was born
in 1874 and entered the Society OF
Jesus in 1890 Five years later ne was
ordained TO the priesthood. BEFORE
going TO st. Peters College he had
been made a member Of the jesuit mis-
sionary band and had become widely
known in Eastern cities as preacher.
His previous college experience IN
cludes five years at Boston College as
a professor, and he has served also as
prefect of discipline at Georgetown and
vice-president of Loyola College, in
Baltimore. During all this experience
his interest in athletics has been pro-
nounced.
During Father McCluskey's presi-
dency Fordham has made marked prog
ress. The law and medical departments
have been developed and the member
ship in these branches has almost
tripled in four years. Father McClus-
keys last parish was st. Francis
Xavier's, where he was pastor from
1897 to 1901. Since then he has been
professor of classics at Boston College,
vice president Of Woodstock College,
Md, and president of st. Francis Xa-
vier's College, where he served from
1907 until he went to Fordham.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-16
BOIS Halls 7. R.
FRIEND OF FRANCE
Colonel Vanishes After
Tribute - Writer Pre-
diets Allies Success.

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt sat in
the ballroom of Mrs. Cornelius Wander
bits residence, OF Fifth Avenue, yes
terday afternoon and heard a high
tribute paid to himself by the French
author, VI. Jules Bots, VINO was speak
ing on France on Her Knees in
Prayer"
zone Of the greatest friends of
France" said the writer, as VI. Roose-
Welt, who hides himself modcstly in the
rear of the room. He is our friend
because he is a friend of liberty and
justice" At the conclusion of the
lecture Mr.. Roosevelt slipped quietly
out and hurried away.
"My mission is TO tell America that
France defends the liberty Of mankind
and that her enemies arc the enemies
of the world" said ". Bots 10 the
gathering Of society people. France
has passed from the crucifXion to the
resurrection; the men who pass Notre
Dame are now heroes, the women
saints,
"The mothers of France are her
glory. The spiritual life which has its
roofs HCtD III kit ltdi - VI j any '4N'
appears. All sects have become
merged IT is not uncommon TO see
priest on the battlefield administer the
last rites to a Protestant. The priests,
whose duty has been thought to be only
caring for the souls of men,, have
proved themselves to be men ready TO
die for their country. The spirit OF
religion grows with the spirit of sacrl-
fee.
France is on her knees in an atti,
tude of prayer. Her eyes are turned
toward God, who gave His Son for the
sake of humanity And France is Civ
ing the lives Of her sons, not for the
sake of gain. but for the sake OF hu-
manity.
"William James, your philosopher"
he continued, "held theory Of prayer
in which ] believe. When all prayers
are in accord there is a mystical psy-
Geological intermingling in the one
resultant prayer that is bound TO nave
an effect. If you of the United States
should blend your prayers with the com.
mon spirit striving for the salvation OF
France there must be a corresponding
effect upon our people