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Evening star., 1915-05-02

bonds. And then, hav-
ing done this sane and
safe act, Richard Roe,
in due course, died.
His wife-probably
without a lawyer-took
the will and the two wit
nesses to the surrogate's
Office. 1t was probated.
If she employed a law
yer, it certainly cost her
no more than it cost
Mrs. John Doe to take
out letters of admin
istration, and probably
not so much. Mrs.
Richard Roe gives no
bond. She is not be-
holden to Richards S
friends, nor does shepay
the fee of a surety COM
pany, nor is she under
its surveillance. She
gets her letters testa-
mentary, goes to the
bank, and draws the
money. She pays the
debts. If it is impor-
Evening star., 1915-05-02
How to Draw Your Will

JOHN DOE isn't dead yet, by the way,
and we'll do something for John. Well
make his will right now-and we'll show
him how and why we make it as we do.
Here, then, is a simple sample of a per-
fectly good and valid will:
All my estate devise and bequeath to
my wife, for her own use and benefit forever,
and hereby appoint her my executor, with
out bonds, with full power to sell. mortgage,
lease, or in any other manner to dispose of
the whole or any part of my estate.
Dated May l. 1918 JOHN Doe (SeaD.
Subscribed, sealed, published and de-
clared by John Doe, testator above named,
as and for his last will, in presence of each
OF us, who, at his request in his presence.
In presence of each other. at the same time,
nave hereto subscribed our names as wit
ncsSes this May l, 1915, at the City of New
York.
THos. NoAKEs, S East 5th street, Boro.
Manhattan, N. Y. City.
OLIVER STILES, 3 East 5th street, Boro.
Manhattan, N. Y. City.
Tha' will does everything for Mrs. John
Doe tbf Richard Roe's will did for Rich
ards fe. 1t seems simple, doesn't it?
And if ohm will follow the directions con-
tanned in this discussion,-if he ,riH fol-
toW the dtrections,-he can make just as
good simple will as any lawyer can make
for him. But he must obey orders, par
when he comes to execute his
will.
To John Doe, perhaps, the foregoing
Evening star., 1915-05-02

is his building lot. His wife needs the
money on it. She wants to sell it, Can
she? She cannot. Why? Because she
doesn't own it. And an administrators
deals only with personally. Her interest
in it as Johns widow is merely the income
of one-third of it for life. The lot belongs
to the child. Can the child sell it? The
child cannot Why not? Because the
child is under age
Is there no remedy? There is. The
law furnishes the remedy. After being
appointed guardian of the child, with
bonds, the wife of John Doe may then
apply to the court on the child's behalf,
and ask the court for leave to sell the lot.
The court takes testimony, investigates,
satisfies itself of the necessity and the adj
vantages of sale,-always considering
only the child's interest, and finally
orders SALE
Such is the experience of John Does
widow after John has died without
will. You may figure out for yourself the
legal expense of the various proceedings
outlined How much has come out of
Johns thousand dollars to pay for this
expense? 1t is fair to say that two hun
dred and fifty dollars, or one-quarter of
Johns entire estate, would not be an un-
usual or remarkable deduction. The
amount Of work involved would be just as
much as though John Doe had left ten
thousand dollars. And John Does wife
and child lose the two hundred and fifty.
They are that much out of pocket; to say
nothing of the worry, the delay, the in
terminable anxiety the detail, the corre-
spondence, the interviews, the explana-
tions, apologies, nightmares.
Evening star., 1915-05-02
The Difficulties Begin

nON'T forget that he dies without a will.
His wife finds herself in position
where she needs to draw on the savings
bank account: perhaps she'll need it all.
She finds herself in position where it
is advisable to sell the vacant lot.
When John Doe dies her first legal step
is to take out letters of administration.
TO do this she must give a bond in double
the amount of the personal estate; that
is, she must furnish one-thousand-dola
bond. This bond must be filed with the
surrogate. 1t must be signed by two in
dividuals, each of whom owns real estate
equal in value to at least double the
amount of the bond.
SO her first actual step is to go to some
of Johns friends and ask them to go on
her bond Does she want to ask any of his
friends to go on her bond? She does not
perhaps, too he has no friends; perhaps
she and John We're strangers in strange
land). However, suppose she screws her
courage up and asks them, will they con-
sent? To sign bond means to assume
liability. To go on her bond means that
Evening star., 1915-05-02

"NERY poor man ought to make
his will. This assertion will seem
y strange and unwarranted to good
- many people, particularly to those
to whom the word estate" means a large
property. The making of will is as
sumed to be the business of those who
when they die expect to leave good deal
of wealth behind them. 1t seems a
superfuity in the case of the man who has
only pttance to dispose Of
AS a matter of fact, to a rich man a will
is merely luxury, a convenience; his es-
tate can get along without it. To the
poor man it is an absolute necessity. Let
us look at it.
John Doe is struggling individual,
too poor by far to have his will drawn: at
least that's what he thinks. He dies un-
expectedly. He dies without will. He
leaves, We'll say, wife and a child under
age. He owns at the time of his DEATH
say, five hundred dollars in savings
bank, and lot on which some day he
hoped to build,-a lot worth perhaps an
other five hundred. So we'll put John
Does estate down at one thousand dol
lars, half realty, half personally.
Evening star., 1915-05-02

tant for herself and the child to go
back home to California, she goes-and
uses the necessary funds. If she wants to
sell the lot she sells it, under her power Of
sale. Practically she doesn't have to ac-
count, because, if she be the sole lcgatee
and devisee in the will, Richard
made her such,-shes the only person in
terested in the estate 1t is actually pos
sible-assuming that she has ready GUS
tomer-to reduce the entire estate to cash
inside of month. And when that is
done that ends it. She's got it. She can
do what she likes with it. And her ex-
penses haven't amounted to fifty dollars.
Costs $3.50 Not to Make a Will
MET result: John Doe neglected to make
will, probably because it would cost
him ten dollars, and the family couldn't af-
ford it. His failure cost his wife easily two
hundred and fifty dollars, and turned her
hair prematurely gray.
Richard Roe made his will, paid for it
like a man, and saved his wife two hun
dred dollars or so in cash. and about five
thousand dollars worth of worry.
The rich man doesn't need will nearly
so much as does John Doe. Why? Be-
cause the legal expense of administering
the rich mans estate-even with many
complications-may be a mere drop in the
bucket as compared with the bulk of the
estate. At any rate, nobody feels it. What
practical difference does deduction of
five thousand dollars make in an estate of
one hundred thousand dollars? But John
Does estate would be wiped out by
charge one-ffth as large as that.
John Doe didn't know that the making
of a simple will-such as Richard Roe left
behind him-is the simplest thing in the
world.
Evening star., 1915-05-02
A Good Will for $25

rs the will poor mans institution?
Let us see. Is it a necessity to the man of
moderate means? Let us take the case of
Richard Roe.
Richard Roe made his will Probably
he paid lawyer ten dollars for drawing
it, possibly twenty-five dollars. He pro-
vided in his will that his wife should be
eXecutrix, with power of sale and without
Evening star., 1915-05-02

they severally guarantee that she will dis
pose of the estate according to law. To
dispose of it legally means that she
must first pay debts, and that the balance
belongs one-third to herself and two
thirds to her child.
Assume that they go on her bond. Sup
pose then that she takes a notion to
draw the five hundred dollars from the
bank and go South to her old home, with
out the slightest regard to her legal obliga-
tions The sureties on her bond would be
liable to the creditors to the extent of at
least five hundred dollars. However, if
they do go on her bond, well and good.
If they won't-why, she has another alter
native. There are surety companies.
Evening star., 1915-05-02
How to Make Your Will q
-

WILLIAM HAMILTON OSBORNE
If you have $50, 600, it does not matter whether
you make your will not; if you have only $780,
it is absolutely necessary. Read this article by
member of the New York bar and learn why
Evening star., 1915-05-02
Cost of Getting the $500

A SURETY company will furnish a bond
for, say, ten dollars year or so. But
it will protect ITSELF it will take charge
of the five hundred dollars in such manner
that she can dispose of the five hundred
dollars only according to law.
This means that her privilege to use
the money at the very period when she
most needs it-that is, Immediately fol-
lowing the death of John Doe-is serious
ly curtailed. The surety company, to
protect itself, must see that creditors are
paid, that the infant share is held intact,
that the law is satisfied. 1t may require
her to have her accounts legally settled at
the end of year. 1t may require her to
have herself appointed guardian of the
child-and to do that she would again
have to give a bond.
Don't get it into your head that the
surety company is an ogre. 1t performs
a much needed service. Today an admin
istratrix without friends can always get a
bond. Fifty years ago she couldn't.
Widow Can't Sell the Real Estate
SO far, you perceive, we have addressed
- ourselves only to John Does five-hun-
dred-dollar bank account, his personal es-
tate. Butwe are not through with the estate
of the man who did not leave will. There
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-11-18
YALE RECEIVES A
S1,OOO,O00 REQUEST
$4,000 Also Left To Maud L. Kingsbury
Of Brookl.ns By Justus S.
Hotchkiss.

New Haven. Conn. Nov. ls.-Yale Will
receive more than ~ ooo0o0 from the
estate of 5ustus $ Hotehikiss If this city.
acoordinr 20 his viii aled Yesterday for
probate. Yale j. made the residuary
lewmtce ~ his estate. The fund which
goes 30 the university viH - divided
iUfa tlree equals. one each - the ara
demic law and the lagieal Department.
without restrict iaus Center Church hofe
81 given tao houses ~ NJ Hetcikiss On
4 A.Hrsh street enc a. b. use8 o. q par
srnnrp aua ESQ tss as e. ferrnanrri ei.u-rt
fund. a tatrl ~ s-a0ng0 b lsFt 10 suan
. rlsuants - rfiatttrs ard sarsauts. Flnr-
euae 81 sargrHf Harriaf " eunn aud
Fannv " kine-trrF nFe ieft sloa ostl
eaeh and Maud i. kiuesiuFT 81 Hraak
line Mss = ie4t So tEn AIiaia HFn
tnH rrsit fu ths Hotrhksss fHrnzfr. e. tfrt
sf00aa end slnafsm IS ritrn tts ~.
Ffaefr Ganerai tr.srtai EaafsotaFsssF
fslfuin. sarufl auf 1aHlas HsruinraaF
.re usrlsa 81 eraertaTs NJ Hntailkisa
vhn died 81 So A1fre hsre iaaf uHsk 81
lr afrauHs sef- urs lsrss ounef ri
.trsts iH rntlsr eurrraaifs.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-11-18
Cake Making Axioms.

To get a fine grained cake, beat thor,
oughly after the flour is added.
Sweet milk makes cake that cuts like
pound cake. Sour milk makes spongy,
light cake.
Always sift -four before measuring
then it may be sifted again with the
baking powder to insure their being
thoroughly blended.
In making fruit cakes add the fruit
before putting in the flour. as this will
prevent it falling to the bottom of the
cake. FIGURING the fruit is unnecessary,
unless the fruit is damp.
If cake cracks open while baking,
the recipe contains too much flour.
In Dreaming butter and sugar, when
the butter is too hard to blend easily.
warm the bowl, and, if necessary, warm
the sugar, but never warm the butter,
as this will change both texture and
flavor of the cake.
The smaller the cake the hotter should
be the oven. Large, rich cakes require
very slow baking.
Grease cake pans with lard or drip
pings, as butter will be likely to make
the cake stick, owing TO the salt in it.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-11-18
PANAMA NEEDS THE MONEY.
Urges Approval of Loan by State Depart
ment.

Panama, Nov. ls-President Porras
has mailed instruction to Usebio A.
Morales, the Panama minister TO the
United States to endeavor to obtain the
approval of Secretary OF State Lansing
to the proposed new Panama loan OF
81 100000 ON the best terms possible,
even to the extent of consenting' TO the
appointment of a fiscal agent for Pana-
mas finances, according 10 reliable in
formation here. The instructions TO the
minister, it is said include the nego-
tistion of the loan with the National
City bank Of New York or failing in this,
with the Commercial National bank of
Washington. The consent TO the ap.
pointment of fiscal agent is contingent
upon the approval of Secretary OF State
Lansing 10 Panama giving interest from
S6,000,000 invested in securities in the
United States for the new loan
II is understood that W. +. Pulliam.
former director general Of customs in
Santo Domingo, is being considered as a
suitable person 10 supervise Panama's
financial operations and introduce econ.
omies. According TO President Porras a
fiscal agent is desired in order to exam
inc into the condition Of the Banco Ma.
tional, which is generally reputed TO be
in a bad situation financially. Ii Is also
said that the national treasury Is vir.
tually without funds necessary for the
ordinary operations Of the government.
In some quarters here ii Is said the
Of fiscal agent is neccs.
sary owing 10 the unsatisfactory state
Of Panama's finances. Il being alleged
that there il now a deficit in excess Of
- 10000 II is added that the bankers
decline TO accept the liquor tax a. SEE
eurity for the new bond issue because
u the uncertainty of the situation and
that therefore President Porras il en-.
deavoring 20 obtain the consent Of Sec 4
rotary Lansing 10 hypothecate the New /
York investment interest.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-11-18
TWENTY-FIVE MEN
STILL BURIED IN NINE
Rescue Parties Try to Recover Bodies
Thirty-one Known to Be Dead as
Result of Explosion.

Seattle, Wash, Nov. lS.-Rescue par
ties which labored in ninety minute
shifts Tuesday night were still at work
yesterday endeayoring TO recover the
bodies of twenty-five men, buried under
tons of debris in the third level of the
Northwestern Improvement company's
coal mine at Rayendale, thirty-fiye miles
southeast of Seattle. An explosion in
the mines Tuesday killed thirty-one men
and injured three others. The bodies Of
six including Foreman p. j. Kane, were
recovered Tuesday night and the res
cuers have hopes of reaching two more
within a few hours, but the Others are
20 far back in the wreekage
level, 500 feet under ground that it
is feared il will take many hours TO
reach them. The force Of the explosion
tore down timbers and supports all
through the mine and the rescuers were
compelled 10 build new supports as they
cleared away the wreckage.
Expert rescue teams from the United
States bureau of mines station in Seat.
tie aud from coal camps on both slopes
IF the Cascade mountains were rushed
to Ravensdale 20 assist in the rescue
work. After entering the third level,
where Foreman Kane's body was found,
the oxygen helmet men announced that
there was no doubt that al still in the
mine were dead. Approximately sl2i,-
600. IL il said. will be paid from the
state industrial insurance fund 30 the
families Of the miners who lost their lives
IN the disaster. The law gives S4000 for
zach married man and a lesser amount
for single men. Only seven Of the thir-
ty-one who lost their lives were single.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-11-18
|OBREGONSLOW
TO START
But General Villa Is Said
to Be in a
Wise
WE'LL DEFENDED
AGAINST HIM
He Can Escape Only by Co.
ing Back-British Rec
ognition Is Ready

Naco, Ariz., Nov. lS.--Although the
Carranza headquarters at Aqua Prieta
announced yesterday that General Obre-
gon had finally ordered the general of
fensive against Francisco Villa to begin,
Obregon, who is at Naco, Sonora, has
shown no sign of moving southwark. Ac-
cording to apparently reliable reports
Villa is between two strong lines of Car
rama troops and his only means of es'
cape is to go back to Chihuahua.
The disposition of opposing armies
were approximately as follows: Obre-
gon has about $500 troops between
Villa and the border. They hold posi-
tons at points on line extending from
Naco, Sonora, on the border to Cumpas,
about 100 miles south of Aqua Prieta.
Villa, with about 1900 men of all arms,
according to the best available infor
nation, is between this force and the
arms of General Manuel Dieguez, dis
posed about Hermosillo, the capital of
Sonora.
Carlos Randall, Villas governor at No
gales, Sonora, declared that Villa and
the Yaqui chief, Francisco Urbakio,
had actually begun an attack on Dieguez
at Hermosillo. Dieguez, however, has
not less than $4,000 men, counting 5000
reinforcements that have reached him
from Guaymas, and it appears that the
nearest Villa got to the state capital
was Carlo, some forty-fye miles north
of Hermosillo, and his forces, at last re-
ports, were stretched in detachments
from Magdalena, which is almost due
west of Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, the
point from which the outlaw chief start
ed his invasion of Sonora.
With the exception of Nogales and
Cananea, Villa holds no Mexican town
closer to the border than Magdalena,
which is fifty-four miles from Nogales.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-11-18
n. ~oia Polka

Deal very gently with those who ere
on tire d0wmhfll ~ lfe. Your 8wn time
"a coming % D. where they now afe.
Won. foo. are stripping forward" Soothe
the rrstiessmess 81 are By amusement
~ consideration IS nOnfnterfereuce ard
~ allou ina plenty 81 occupation b. fal
irtn Tire hsuds that long for a Bat
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ART = isatinr peeF.ie aissue. even tltaze
Tnu thiHk Fuu hafr 3 rigid 81 firsrt IN
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-11-18
AMUSEMENT NOTES.
"Within the Law

At Barre opera house on Monday, Nov
p, the Urban Stock company are to pro-
duce for the first time in this city at
popular prices, theNmodern problem melo-
drama, within the Law" 1t is pitiless
arraignment against the men who ask
girls to work for them at wages on
which the girls cannot live Ii is an
ironic exposure of the way the law is
successfully twisted by expensive law
yers to fit rich clients needs and above
all il is an exciting entertainment of the
most vivid kind in which sympathy from
the first to the last is with the shopgirl
who is sent TO prison for a crime she
never committed. The story is too COM
plicated TO be told completely. The main
ideas can only be suggested on paper. to
enjoy them fully in their theatrical stir.
they must be watched as they unfold on
the stage Of the opera house. In an edi-
torial published in the New York Even
ing Journal, the celebrated clergyman,
DIR. G. II. Parkhurst. said. ut is a great
play that is running AT the Eltinge thea
ter, entitled, within the Law There
is one scene in il that is tremendously
effective. aud IL the Eltinge thester could
one Of these evenings be packed with such
employers Of labor in this city as pay
their girls part wages and leave il to
rich gallants 30 supply the balance, there
would be some attendants who would 90
away with pricked eonseiences. and that
would put a new construction upon them
selves, and the relations they sustain tol
the poor unfortunates whom they are
pushing 10 destruction. instead Of trying
20 save them from H. There j. an in
humanity on the part Of the employer
who j. negligent Of the best interests of
those who work for him, and that IN.
humanity comes 20 it, extreme expires
sion in such an instance, for example. ~
that in which shopgirls are insufliciently /
paid and allowed 60 eke out their sal /
aries by selling themselves. BODY and
soul. 10 the highest bidder" This j.
the play that caused six big department +,
stores 10 raise the wages of their shop |
girls. Miss Marion Iohnquest Will be- I
seen in the part 81 MARY Turner. the girl |
who j. se1t % prison for three vears for
something she ala not Do.
seats 90 On sale Friday morning az
browns Drug Store.-adr.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-11-18
WILSON PLEADS FOR
HILLSTROM WITH SPRY
President Asks Utah Governor To Re-
consider Case-Case, However
Out of Governors Hands.

| Washington, Nov. ls.-President Will
son yesterday for the second time wired
Governor Spry of Utah, asking him to
stay the execution of Joseph Hllstrom,
sent, need to die Friday
The presidents telegram read as fol-
lows:
with unaffected hesitation but with
a very earnest conviction of the impor-
lance of the case / again venture to urge
upon your excellency the justice and ad-
visibility, if it be possible, of thorough
reconsideration of the case Of Joseph
Hillstrom. Woodrow Wilson"
Salt Lake City. Utah, Nov. lS.-The
rifemen who will shoot Joe Hillstrom for
the state ON Friday practiced yesterday
at target about the size of human
heart
"Goodi" exclaimed Sheriff Corless as
the death missiles struck almost in the
center of the imaginary heart. "Aim so
death will be instantaneous" he instruct
ed the five rifemen.
The squad fired many volleys. Two
extra crack shots took their turns. They
viii replace any of the regular paid exc
cutioners who may weaken at the last
moment.
A secret meeting was held late Tues
day night between Governor Spry, War
den Pratt of the prison, Attorney-Gen
Barnes and two justices of the state SUI
preme court. The significance of the
three hour meeting was not revealed.
As the hour of the execution approaches
the guards around the public buildings
and bodyguards of officials have increased
their vigilance. Searehlghts illuminate
the prison walls and yards at night.
Hillstrom talked necessarily to the
death watch yesterday. The condemned
man cannot sleep. other signs of break
ing down under the terrific strain led
officials to fear that he might have to be
carried to the death chair Friday
Try RusselPs Dutch Process hot choco-
ate, SC.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-11-18
TO rNDIcr 100 LABOR AGENTS.
Bribery, cOnspirsoies and Singing Al.
fairs 20 be Charged, II - Said.

Chicago Nov. ls-Ihc Daily News
publishes, on authority 'of a man uho
y familiar With every sct 81 the grand
jury" 4 story that one hundred husiurss
agents Of lsbar uniaus of Chicago win
y indicted ~ the November grand jary.
The charges. i b said. include bribery,
aecertiHg hriises. c0uspiracies and sing
rInE affairs. Great secrecy masked the
Inquiry end i Is said that many business
men .aua contractors testified a. - The
methods Of business agents Who artnd
without the authofitv 81 their unions.
Hundreds If Thousands 81 dollau are
sid o. have ehnnred han1s IN tie a.
legged -stakaiav