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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-02-24
PROTECTING VERMONT
By Preventing Importation Of Cattle
Prom Two New YOrk Counties

Bennington. Tch e Fired t naria
n white River guatian. Vermont state
iiresfosk commissinner arrived here yss-
tsrdnv aftrrnaan ~ tif purpose u put
ting into sHeff e 0nsraHtine against
.l.unlarts into tie state of vermont uf
ems Urrstust eaftie elsran. ENinr. horses
.. rarlfrt fr8m rfnssfiaar end Wash-
inrtrr a.arfsfs. Naa hrk state ul.frr
faof nnH s1nufh fiaease e. raportfd Tsr
aa-s-.saian.f sisted fhat tiaarr had uot
"a iaen o. rrse q fis dissass iu tiis
asrfr rrH o. s aas o. mnlrfatn
! 1aa~ -s 8eraf ara Wainf arf
fHs r1t netern stes nnsinst whifA
r-rs-rf - has n hr tseurA s1.a
t4 a~t-t II ~ as 81 tlr Clh.
rr stnt rnr
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-02-24

all their officers except the colonel and
then attacked the civilians, several OF
whom were killed. The revolt began
without warning, Half of the 9th Light
Infantry OF the Bengalese on their way
to Egypt, numbering 500, suddenly at
tackled and subdued the other half. The
half of the regiment remaining loyal
soon organized itself and, with reinforce
ments OF volunteers, attacked the mutt.
neers, killing all but about 100 who He'd
TO the country roundabout.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-02-24
AMERICAN VESSEL
SANK OFF HER COURSE
The Carib Struck a Mine in North Sea
and Went Down With Cargo OF
Cotton Consigned to Bremen.

Berlin, via London, Feb. 24.-The
American steamer Carib has gone to the
bottom off the German coast in the
North sea as result of running on a
mine.
AT the time Of the disaster to the
Carib the vessel was not using the route
laid down in the German marine instruc,
tions.
New York. Feb "a The Carib was
sold recently by the Clyde line to Walk
er, Armstrong & Co. of Savannah, Ga.
She was of $3.50 tons burden and lett
Charleston Jan. 81 for Bremen with a
cargo of cotton. She had capacity of
4.60O bales. She had a crew of 30 men,
commanded by Captain i. L. Cole.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-02-24
MRS. ANN E. RUMRILL
Died Yesterday Afternoon at Her Daugh-
ter's Home.

DlCu lcStcIudy AllCAhVVh az AASA 1aoEh
ters Home.
The death of Mrs. Ann f. Rumrill oc-
Cured yesterday afternoon at O'Clock
at the home of ner daughter, Mrs. Carl G
Rollins of Is South Main street, follow
ing a shock which she sustained 10 min
utes before. For the past hTe years she
had been confined to the bed with in
firmities incident to old age, receiving
the tender mnistrations of her daughter
and family.
Mrs. Rumrill was born in Hancock
Nov. Is, 1893, and married for her first
husband. Ed. Warner. who died in the
War of the Rebellion, and for her second
husband. Charles B. Rumrill, Dec. p,
1865. Mr.. Rumrill died about seven years
ago at their home in South Barre. Most
of the life of the deceased was spent in
Barre Town,
She leaves three daughters, Mrs. Celia
A. Flanders OF South Royalton. Mrs.
Herbert Silloway and Mrs. Carl G. Roll
Inns of this city. Mrs. Flanders and Mrs.
Silloway were daughters Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Warner, and Mrs Rollins Of Mr.. and
Mrs Rumrill
There are nine grandchildren, Miss Hazel
Flanders OF South Royalton, Miss Wv
ian Silloway OF Barre, Carl Silloway Of
Barre Town. Mrs. H. +. Bouley of Plain
field. Miss Gala Rollins, Stanley Rollins
OF Barre Town. and Dean, Ralph and
Neil Rollins of Barre City.
Mrs. Rumrill made many friends, who
will sincerely mourn the passing OF a
woman highly respected by all who knew
her.
The funeral will be held al the Rollins
home Thursday forenoon at 10 o'clock,
with interment in Chelsea.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-02-24
TRAGEDY IN LUMBER CAMP.
Man Shot Another and Then Killed
Himself.

Waterville, Me-, Feb. 24.-Sherif
Thompson Of Somerset county received a
telephone message last night reporting
that az camp on Ellis pond, near the
headwaters Of the Kennebee, Perley
Hawes shot and killed a man named
Bouchard yesterday, and that Hawes
then killed himself. The news came
from man employed about the camps
who reached the sheriff az Skowhegan
by telephone.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-02-24
LONG. TIME MERCHANT SELLS.
Frank Mcwhorter Retires From Firm
Which Bears His Name.

Frank Mcwhorter Retires From Firm
Which Bears His Name.
Frank McWhorter has sold his interest
in the well known clothing firm OF the
Prank McWhOrter Co. located IN the
blanchard building, 20 Thomas Allan OF
Montreal aud Wallace J.. Gilbert Of Bur
linnton. Mr. Gilbert has been the head
salesman in the b. Turk a Bro. store in
IN Burlington Tor the past IA years, has
had large experience Ia the clothing
business and h. man uf ability and
character H. stands high n the Ma
sonic orders and has = host - friends
on over the state. Mr.. 6ilberts former
home vas in MorrisYiile.
Prank ~. Jackson Be- 90 retain BIS in-
terest n thc Frank MrN Nhortcr %. end
bold the position Do so ably has Oiled
Tea the past lG gearz. Possesslon = o
D. given March D.
Prank NlcWhorter. uho rctiffs ffon
The firm. will have rompigtei . Fears
Is the mercantile business in haffe nezt
usonth D. ~ one 81 TIE oldest merT Thants
81 fha cts in vears oi establishment q
So l5nsiness During Ell that tme be
t.aa maintained 4 h,Eh position tie
w.muyfF ~ husrFsH man ama H
las faH fie reputation ~ dealing
lsai1e goods onit. reputation ahiea nn
aautiaEIt wu - WITH fhf store uhF
tHf rartrci 81 its nee 0auers Wth Hr
aatksan Or in tlr earf1 anr aut e eiat-
etsf uiau. mar ~ iereiHra m
a. raar frtu-r a.orli p aaal p
~ urwhrfrf a. iaauf Urrrt afeat
rra-s -f..s f-rrfs ani ~
f-fsrts u rrret'f rt saef
aassraus rf raIaftuH-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-02-24
SUBMARINES AIM POOR
STEAMER ESCAPED
One Projectile Passed 30 Yards Ahead OF
the Folkestone Boulogne, Vessel
Carrying 90 Passengers.

London, Feb. "a The following state :
ment has been issued by the official press
bureau:
"The secretary Of the admiralty an
nounces that the Folkestone Boulogne,
cross channel passenger boat, was at
tackled last night shortly after leaving
Boulogne harbor by German submarlne.
One torpedo passed 30'yards ahead OF the
ship.
"The passengers, numbering 92, con-
sisted of civilians and included a num-
Der of neutrals."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-02-24
20 PLUMBERS CONVICTED.
OF Violation Of Sherman Antitrust Law
At Des Moines.

Des Moines, Feb. "a Thirty-siE mas.
ter plumbers. who have been On trial
since Feb. 20. charged with violating the
sherman antitrust law, were convicted
by jury In the federal district court
to-day. Judge John C. Pollock viii pass
sentence later.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-02-24
BRITISH STEAMER HIT
Most Of Grew Taken on and Brought
Ashore.

Ncw Haven. England via London. Feb
"a. ls38 q. Eighteen members of thf
errw OF the Cardiff steamer linauksomt
Chine. government collier. landed
here last night. Their vessel eithe'
strfek mine - uas t0Tedued in thf
turIish haHHd 89 miles southeast d
Hsashes Head ah8ut two O'Clock ves.
ter8nt afternoon. The men say The cap.
taiu aud mate ~ the steamer are stand
ine ~ tbe feasel which BE- badly dam.
aged aud aunsh An attemrt uil r.
uiaEr t1 pat her 20 tlts coast end teact
lfr
a hreer stsenef g. reported In de.
frrsz rear fhe sanf suuf Lile boats
arr fn atfen8snf nran Dor.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-02-24
MAY EXPECT RUMANIA.
TO Join With Allies in April, According
to Report.

Paris. Feb. "a. 6;30 a. m--Nicholas
Misu, Rumanian minister to London, will
return soon to England bearing note
assuring the British government that
the Rumanian army will take the field
in April, says The Mathis Bucharest
correspondent in dispatch sent via
Nish and Malta.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-02-24
400 MUTTNEERS
WERE WIPED OUT

wslf 81 BRITISH Reriuert Fsrafring
Leva e. srEapnss Qusnss Reruh
rF one HaN After Firr
Hmna nsssnfas
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-02-24
Senator Powell FaiIs al Retrenchment.

Continued on sixth page.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-14
a SUFFICIENT

There Is a growing sentiment in
favor of pardoning s. ID. G, Rhodes
and the other members Of the last
Legislature convicted for accepting
brides! They should have been pun.
lished and they have been, but in the
interest OF humanity and the wives
and children of these men, It would
not now be amiss to give these men
their liberty. Rhodes was the leader
In the conspiracy and little sympathy
can be extended to him, but he Ger.
Ftatnly has paid a severe penalty for
ihissfolly. In addition to the disgrace
and humiliation that he has brought
upon himself and his family, his son
through grief over the sad plight OF
his father, went to his grave by his
own hand This boy idollzed his
father and it was indeed aIcrushing
blow. to his young manhood to see his
father, who was well past middle age,
yield to the temptation of accepting
money for his vote in the contest for
the seat in the United States Senate.
this certainly has added much 10
Rhodes punishment.
These men guilty as they have
been proved to be are not the first leg.
Iislators who have yielded to such
temptations. Neither are they the
first to accept brides. 4. thousand vo.
tiers accepted money for their votes
lin Marion County last fall, and fully
uI lu5noq eIeM Ieqmnu 1eql 1,uu
the city OF Fairmont at every election.
It Is a travesty on justice to confine
a few men in the penitentiary for ac-
cepting brides while thousands go
Escotifree. Let us have a uniformity OF
Justice and unless we can find some
way to punish other offenders let us
be not too harsh upon the Rhodes,
the Asburys' the Smiths, Daffs and
Hills. Why not get after the real
offenders, the bribe givers, who fur.
nish the money to. corrupt elections?
Without the slush funds there would
be no bribery and without the bribe
giyer who traps the poor devils who
have no interest In the welfare ofSthe
country, there would be no bribe.
takers! Reform should start at the
top and work down.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-14

M . |."". l..
prosecutors 10 prosecute violations Of
the election laws. Penalties Will be
procIded that viii be severe enough to
break up these practices, ard they will
be broken up.
That Is the basis upon which the peo-
pie want to proceed The new charter
reduces the number OF commissioners
to three instead Of four and places q
limit on ali aaiaries. saving the city at
least half OF the direct Salaries now
paid 70 the officials.
II win make q salary grab impossible
IN the future. e shortens the Term OF
Office to two years. so u Tie people
becomes dissatisfied with their officials
#theyscanige change!
The new charter 81 the same form
that was endorsed two years ago by
the Chamber Of Commerce, the Busi.
mess Mems Association. the fIndepend.
ents Trades. Council and manyother: Ia.
Dor organizations and hte people in
mass meeting, intact the endorsement
was practically unanimous, andin!spite
of this fact the legislature was forced
by the protests of the bosses to give
the people a bi:partisanlfarce far more
Expensive and which they did not en-.
dorse but protested against. Theitime
has come when this wrong can be
righted with the support osfthe good
people of Fairmont. When that Is
done It will be time enough to talk OF
~co:operation and Improvements. II
cannot be done any other way.
The West yirginian will support any
set Of officials who are elected under
the new charter iif they areielected I'm.
der its provisions and will support
their administration, although they
may be Democrats, as long al they try
to carry, out its provisions. That Ger.
tatnly is fair enough. There,is nothing
in thee harter to prevent Mayor Bowen
and all other commissioners from pre-.
venting thcirc laims again before. the
people for their endorsement .underit the
charter. Ifthe people decide by a fair
and Impoverished vote to retain them
in Office they will be congratulated by
the West yirgintan. If the people de-
eide they want a change they should
fol, the good OF the town step aside and
let the people have their unbought and
unprejudiced choice That is fair
enough.
Rememberithese words. The things
that Mayor Bowen wants the city to
have cannot and will not be had under
the present administration. 1t will be
lmpossibletolg get enough people, behind
his program to carry 1t Through. That
being the case, why parley longer
about giving the people tho charter
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-14
THE MANICURE LADY.

II don't know what is ,the matter
with my stomach said the Head,
Barber, modify. at has been raising
Cain with me the last two weeks:
Maybe you don't drink enough,
George. said the Manicure Lady,
sweetly. IEhaye known gents whose
'stomachs went all to pieces from the
.drouth.n
"You don't need to crack any Of
that! wise stuff retorted the Head
Barber. when a man has stomach
trouble he amt in no need to get kid
ded by a ra~ttle:brained girl"
II didn't mean no defense. George.
honest / didn't" said the. Manicure
Lady. "1f your stomach is really
knocking you out, there is nobody in
all the world that feels sorrier for you
than7Igdo. Goodness knows I realize
what a bad stomach is. Mine has
bothered me off and on since I was
two years old, and before that I didn't
know I had one. Wilfred and Mayme
and mother all had attacks OF dys.
pepsia, too. j guess It runs in our
family, all of us except father. The
old gent is a miracle, George, a mir.
acle. He has been a rounder for 50
years, nearly, and what he amt done
to pick a fight with his stomach amt
in the book. But all through them
hard, stern years, the old stomach
has stood by him aud took its medi.
cine without a whimper. Honest,
George, I don't believe 1t ever even
ached once, and II ever a stomach had
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-14
JustISmiles

outSint Chicago they have been hav.
ing trouble over the municipal
dances and the good ladies of the
town are exercising a censorship. Ed.
Mcintyre ~satarizes as follows:
Yetta to lgnatz.
Eegnatz. in dot hesitation.
Hold me loose-likes some relation
Ell dee %choperone gots mad
Dot veel mex me feel so bad.
Dye! I got It. such a feelink,
Dot it makes my head go reelink,
Mrs. Potter Palmerstein
Yeelf not lik do dip of mine.
Fiamctta to Tonic
Joosta waita one-a.minutea, Tonic,
Deesa huga me ttghta beeza, he no 30.
1igota for youa joosta leeta tip
Deesa-whata you calla?-lamea
duck an dip
You gotta cot souta, Iqueek. You make
me sore.
Nobody dancea deesa way no more.
Hesitaish?s All, dat.s q rot,
You gotta doa da foxa trot,
An jumpa, pumpa, bumpa round da
floor.
Hulda to Ole.
Ay know all dose ladies' faces.
Ay bane maid at lots o. places.
Ay skall tall you, Ole Benson,
Ven dey do deer Tango densen
Dee don't kaar hoe tight men hold
fem-
No Won ever came to scold 'em.
Ven dee go away from haar
We Will dense da grizzly ibaar.
Mayme to Steve.
Listen, kid. I'm good and sore,
Say we beat it of the floor.
These here danes from Lake Shore
Drive
Gets my goat. Let's do a dive.
If the hens stick round an snoop
Me for some place in the Loop.
l cant dance Y. NJ. g. A.,
Lead me to a cabaray.
-Pocohontas Ind.
TtEt sN sttaatG sG8A si
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..
argument when Il undertakes to prove
by the prevailing wheat quotations
that a reduction In the import duties
on the necessaries OF life has the ef-
feet Of increasing prices to tho con-
sumner.
The West ylrgInIan knows, or ought
to know. that the Europeanswar is re-
sponsihle. and wholly Responsible. for
the present high prices Of wheat and
-four. The bumper crop Of 1914. under
the law OK supply and demand would
have kept prices down, but the strife
of foreign nations took producersjf from
the fields and farms, converted them
into %destroyers. and created an extra.
ordinary and unprecedented foreign
demand upon the United States for
foodstuffs.
The Underwood tariff IS no. more re-
sponsible for the high price OF wheat
and -four than the moon mad stars.-
Wheeling Register.
The Register oyerlooks the point we
tried to make in our argument, and
that is why the reduction OF the Is
per cent tariff on bread did not, &C:
cording to the Democratic theory,
cause the price of "a ~fve.cent loaf Of
bread to drop to four cents? It was
the Democratic cry that the "robber
tariff was the cause of high prices,
and II, that were true, why did not the
reduction in the tariff reduce the retail
price oflthe product? Can the! Register
cite aislngle instance where the prices
to the consumer have been lowered
sinceGthe Underwood bill was passed?
We are referring now to conditions be-
fore the war and not since. With the
bumper crops of which the Register
speaks, why did not the price Of bread
go down when the tariff was removed?
The Register says "the bumper crop
of 1914, under the law of supply and
demand. would have kept prices down"
but forithe war, etc. That is true. and
that is why the falacy of the Democrat.
ic tariff plan Is SO apparent. With
bumper crops and a greater supply of
wheat than this country could con.
sumo, all operating to help our Demo.
cratic statesmen to lower the price Of
food stuffs. and with the rs per cent
tariff duty removed, we had to pay the
same old prices for bread that were
paid before the tariff was removed.
The Register never asserted a truer
thing than it does in the last paragraph
of Its argument, saying: "The Under.
wood tariff is no more responsible for
the high price Of wheat and flour than
teh moon and stars The Register
might have added with equal positive.
ness the statement that the Payne.
Aldrich tariff had nothing more to do
with the price of bread than the moon
and stars, since the removing OF the
tariff, in spite Of the larger crops, left
bread still selling for five cents per
loaf.
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i license to ache. fathers stomach
was the one Whenever the subject
Of strong stomnchs comes up. all OF is
speaks In hushed accents and awe
about the grand structure that dhd
calls his best friend. and Well he
ought to boost his stomach. i don't
think that when It Is gone there viii
ever be another stomach like II. VIII
fred wrote q kind Of cute poem about
II once. II went like hiss
sFathers Stomach!s
sAs solid as the pyramids,
As firm as granite stone,
nc reigns supreme meath fathers
chest
And near to his backbone.
It has no tear; OF wine or beer
Or drinks more alcoholic:
Serene and tough, with liquid stun
It dearly loves to frollc.
st never boasts Of what It stands
And ne'er does It complain
1T stood by him in foreign lands
And from the West to Maine,
When father dear has passed away
And lies beneath a hummoek,
His loving neighborss all can say
He couldn't blame his stomach
That's about the FIRST thing Of VII,
fred's that you ever read 10 me and
made me ike said the Head Bar.
Der. Maybe the kid 5is improving. at
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-14
GOOD RESULTS.

Eighty Of the hundred or more
caught in the drag net for election
.crookedness and general cussedness
at Terre Haute have confessed. That
has always been the result Of Wig
,orous investigation Of election frauds.
It was even worse in Adams County,
Ohio, assfew years ago when hundreds
confessed.
An Investigation into the election
methods in Marion County would
bring a thousand confessions or ION.
:yietions, the State law ought to pro.
vide, as Governor Hatfield recon:
mends in his message to the legisla.
,ture, q special prosecutor who is not
allied with a. crooded ring to prose.
cute election law violations, which
has already been written, in the new
Charter bill for Fairmont. The Fair.
mont charter bills goes further than
the governors Recommendation, in
that Il provides for the empanelling
Of special grand inries to Investigate
such cases AS long as grand juries
are heysspicked in advance. and the
prasecnit ing attotney OF any county be.
longs L fthe ring that corrupts the
elections we can never expect to have
election laws enforced In this state.
The stencil OF election crookedness
III Marion County hasSbefonled the at.
mosphere OF the entire state and the
Iavialatftra noy, do No t,at4k. .n-,t.a
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-14
CURIOUS FACTS.

The average depth Of the sands OF
the African deserts are from so to
40 feet.
"A chimney LIZ feet high will sway,
without danger, az much aslten inches
in a strong wind.
A Tasmanian apple orchard eight
years old will net the owner in an
average year from $500 to $500 an
acre. The increase Of orchard area
in Tasmania is at the rate Of 1000
acres a year
British India, writer In the Out
look for the Blind says, leads all
eastern countries in the number OF its
blind people, containing about $780,
600. In China there are, 1t is est:
mated. 100000, in japan, 100000 and
in Egypt 10000 of these unfor-
tunates.
The worst epidemic of strichinoisis
ever known was caused by a butcher
of Hedersleben, in saxony. making
sausages OF an infected pig and falling
to cook the sausages properly. The
sausages were eaten at a public ban
'quet, 800 people fell i'll and 1870 died.
Last year s'exports Of silk and cot
ton goods from Lyons to the United!
States amounted to s442,464. against.
s49,7s2 in 1912. This extraordinary
advance may be ascr!bed principally
Ito one class OF goods, a soft light.
material with a crepe finish. either
plain or %brocaded, in beautiful colors.