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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-03
When the Great Eastern Game.
UNFORTUNATE CAREER OF A GREAT
NAVAL ENTERPRISE.

(From the Wells-Fargo Messenger
Exactly three score and three
years ago a little group Of marine
capitalists, gathering in a dingy
London office, gave out an announce
ment that set the whole world agog.
A monster ship was to be built, a
great steamer of iron, twice as
big as any vessel then sailing the
seas, far larger than anything ever
before foated-yes, bigger than
Noah's ark She would be nearly
seven hundred feet long, they said:
would house five thousand men;
and, what seemed even more Won
derful to the marine experts of that
time, she would store within her
hold enough coal to make a $4,000
mile voyage. 1t was a big idea
that these Englishmen had seized
upon; with it they commanded the
attention of the whold world.
But some men refused to believe
the story. They did see how such a
floating city could be made staunch
and seagoing. Anything like her
proposed size, they reasoned, would
would be twice the bulk of Great
Britain's biggest man-o'-war, and
they doubted that such a dream
could come true. But the hard
headed British men of commerce
said that it could and proceeded to
build the Great Eastern.
So began the career of the great
ocean liner which, seven years later
sailed for New York on her maiden
voyage, consigned to Wells-Fargo &
Company as agents "a career which,
from 1852 until the final demolish-
ment of her immense hull for the
junkyards of Liverpool some thirty
years later, was laden with tragic
romance.
The building of the Great Eastern
was first suggested to the mind of
her protector, /. K. Brunei, by
the disadvantage which was then
hampering all steam vessels on the
ocean, the inability to carry a sup
ply of fuel large enough for a real
ly long voyage. 1t was to eliminate
the necessity of frequent stops for
coaling purposes, and hence to make
faster time on the Indian and Austria
liam mercantile cruises, that the
ship was designed which should
carry all lCS own coal.
The proposed size of the Great
Eastern was enough to shock any
conservative-minded sailor of that
day. Indeed, were she to sail into
New York harbor in this month of
November, 1915, you would call her
large ship. Her iron hulk loomed
up 685 feet in length and over 80
feet in width; the tops of her giant
paddle-boxes lowered some fifty feet
in height. For motive power there
was provided huge screw prepel-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-03
Natural Movies in ToWnshend.

A free movie" picture was seen in
Townshend when many who were
watching the hills for game from the
village saw herd of five deer on the
side of Peaked mountain, travelling
north. At the same time a party of
hunters were seen coming south in al
most direct line with the deer. The
course of hunters and hunted diverged
slightly before the meet which seemed
inevitable, and neither saw the other
party.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-03
Bullet Tears furrow in Shoulder.

Not fearing danger, because he
thought the safety guard on the weap-
on was locked, Paul Nelson, aged 13
years, of Mortified, idly watched a
companion fooling with the trigger of a
rifle, the muzzle of which rested under
his armpit, while the boys were on a
hunting expedition Saturday morning.
The gun went off, and that young Mel
son is alive is due to the fact that the
muzzle happened to be pointing at his
shoulder rather than at some vital part
of his body. AS it was. the bullet tore
furrow in his shoulder and the powder
burned the flesh considerably.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-03
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8. 1915.

Ford's plan for peace puts US in
mind of man stepping in to part
lot of fighting dogs. The man is
pretty apt to get bit.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-03
Rutland Bank Man Strangely Missing

Following the sudden and apparently
inexplainable disappearance of John j.
Murphy, treasurer of the Marble Saw
ings bank of Rutland, Friday night, the
trustees of that institution issued a
statement last night to the effect that
no shortage could be discovered in his
accounts. 1t was announced, however,
that special examination of the books
and securities of the bank would be
made to-day under the direction of Frank
! G. Williams, state bank commissioner.
The circumstances surrounding the
disappearance of the missing treasurer
are mysterious. He attended moving
picture show in this city Friday night
and later took his automobile from the
garage in which it was kept and drove
to Manchester. He gave no inkling to
anyone of the purpose of his journey.
His actions at the garage were peculiar
and he seemed greatly upset. Arriving
at Manchester he left his car at a gar
age and boarded train for Troy. 1t is
learned that he offered mileage to North
Bennington, but upon arriving there,
he told the conductor he guessed he
would ride to Troy" and paid cash
fare. 1t was also learned that after
leaving the train at Troy, Mr.. Murphy
took trolley car to Albany All trace
of him was lost at this point.
John Flynn of East Dorset, an uncle
of the missing man, John Cocklin of the
savings bank and George R. Bush of
the Hotel Bardwell, in~which Mr.. MUIR
ply was a stakeholder and the treasur-
er. were in New York, Troy and Albany
respectively, yesterday, looking for him
but none has reported finding any trace
of him.
Mr.. Murphy's family and business as
sociates say that he had been very nerv-
GUS of late, but ascribe this to over
work and believe that the missing man
must have been temporarily deranged,
So far as known Mr.. Murphy had no
financial or other troubles. He is about
80 years old, is unmarried and lives
with his mother ana sister at West Rut-
land. He has been treasurer of the
Marble Savings bank for the past three
years and previously held the position of
assistant treasurer He has always
Keen considered man of exemplary
character and has many friends in this
city. They are loath TO attach any sim
lister significance to his disappearance
and believe that his action will shortly
be satisfactorily accounted for
Prison Crowded.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-03

One reason for so many deer being
shot this season is because it has
been a remarkably fine season to
shoot deer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-03
Prison Crowded.

Vermont's penal institutions are
crowded to their limit at the present
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-03

d. W. HILDRETH, Publisher
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-03

passenger list for the port of New
YORK.
The great ship was to be consign-
ed to the care of Wells, Fargo &
Company" as agents. Even at this
early period in the history of the
company, the name Wells" and
"Fargo"-the famous firm of bank
ers and forwarders, with whose
name the Californian gold fields
were inseparably linked in every
body's mind-had become interna-
tionally famous in the realm of
business affairs. In fact, it is quite
likely that a large share of the
Great Eastern's cargo might be
destined for Californian points. Our
foreign department at that time
was handling great quantities of
imported goods through to Cali
fornia via the only quick route then
possible that is via Aspinwall, on
the Isthmus (now known as the city
of Colon, With this reputation,
therefore, it is not to be wondered
that the owners of the Great East
ern chose as its receiving agents in
this country the firm of Wells,
Fargo & Company"
THE TRIUMPH OF THE GREAT EASTERN
On the 9TH of September, 1869,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-18
COUNT TIRED OUT
ELECTION CLERKS
Board Begins investigation and
Finds Much CareleSSneSS,
but No Frauds.

The Board Of Elections, at the close
Of it's investigation into alleged Elec-
ton Day fraud and carelessness, will
present to the Legislature recommen-
dations on which to frame a new cleo
ton law.
In the course OF this investigation,
which was begun at the Municipal
Building last night. the testimony of
forty or fifty witnesses WAS taken,
some of it showing carelessness In
counting and lack of thoroughneSs in
verifying the tally. No frauds were
discovered.
Curt Hansen. one Of the witnesse'.
declared that the recording clerks were
usually so exhausted at the end of the
day that their work fell off badly. many
mistakes being made and the counting
done with little care. The remedy. he
thought, lay in providing such men
with substitutes. ready TO relieve them
in case Of sickness or exhaustion.
Most Of the witnesses agreed that the
investigation should have taken place
sooner. They could not remember many
of the happenings OIL Election Day pre-
cisely, and their testimony was often
contradictory. Sessions will be con-
tinued during the next two or three
weeks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-18
WORTH 100000,
CAN'T RAISE $4,000
Woman Gets Delay in Step
fathers Suit to Force
Partition.

Mr.. Anna May Smith owns a fourth
interest in Manhattan real estate
valuod 81 81 100000. and cannot raise
$1,000 TO pay the interest on mort
cagcs. Mrs. Smith yesterday obtained
an order from Justice Gavegsu, in the
Supreme Court. staying the sale of the
property in a partition action brought
by George Nung, her stepfathcr.
The sale was advertised for yester-
day, but Mrs. Smith told the court
that if the property was partitioned At
this time, with the present condition
Of the real estate market, she would
be fortunate to realize even $4,000
for her interest. She said the sale was
advertised to sacrifice her interest, and
she feared that the property would be
bought in by her etcpfather.
Mrs. Smith said she had been unable
TO borrow $4,000, but that she had
been promised aid by her mothcr-ln-
law. Justice GayeEan granted an order
postponing the sale for two weeks.
The properties in which Mrs. Smith
has one-fourth interest are $50 West
End Avenue, 2lA0 Amsterdam Avenue,
3ii and $40 LenoX Avenue, ga 10 $50
LcnoX Avenue, 444 LenoX Avenue, 90
FaSt Fourth Street. 135 East Twelfth
Street, 2l0l Third Avenue. - West
i42nd Street, So West l32nd Street and
2O5 East Seventeenth Street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-18
? HELD IN PENCIL THEFT
Man Accused of Robbing store
of $4,000 in Goods.

Cornelius T. Brosnan. twenty -tnree
voars old. OF 1853 Clay Avenue, nc
Bronx. head of the pen and .pencll de-
partment Of the Akin, Lambert com +,
many. IL Maiden Lane, was arrested NJ
his Office last evening IN connect,o"
With thefts that will amount 70 SE0'
600. according to John +. Hayes, tne
vice president and general manager 0.
the company, who made the compliant
of grand larceny against Brosnsn;,
Arrested later and charged WIN PC
ing a receiver Of stolen goods. henry
EIeiss. twenty-siy years old, OF 3sZ has'
I3sth street, told the police that BROS
nan had given him package Wn'cH
later proved 10 contain $1,000 worth OF
gold novelties.
Brosnan has been with the company
five years. starting as Office boy. ne
was married about year ago. ana
when the detectives visited his nome
last night they discovered that ne
owned an automobile, that his vile had
considerable jewelry and his home was
cxpensvely furnished.
when arrested Brosnan had pens val
ned at $3.50 in n package, and at ms
home, the detectives allcge, was found
other property.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-18
NEEDS $4,000 FOR POOR
Association Also Urges Neces-
sity of Additional Nurses.

c. \. Bliss, president of the New
York Association for Improving the
Condition of the Poor. announced yes
tcrday that $4,000 is needed, if the
association is to continue until the end
of its fiscal year, March 1. the wor 1t
has been called upon TO perform dur
ing the last few months.
During January the association cared
for $4,000 persons, at a cost OF S35,6l9,
AS compared to an expense OF s2O,7O6
in the last period last year. An urgent
appeal il made for $500, to enable the
employment of another nurse, and Mr..
Bliss says that TO do the work thor
oughly the ASSOCIATION ought 10 have
six additional nurses.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-18
CITY AT MERCY
OF FIRE, He WARNS
Telegraph Chief Says the
Alarm System Is in Last
Stages of Decay.

New Yorks fire alarm system - IN
the last stages Of decay. according to
Putnam A Bates, chief Of the Bureau
Of Fire Alarm Telegraph, Who ad-
dressed the New York Electrical So
cicty last night at the Engineering
Building. II is in such condition
that Mr.. Bates estimates the cost OF
installing = complete system N all Dor
ouehs Of the city at $5.0OO.00O.
"Throuph sheer good fortune he
said. "the city has passed through
three sensational moments, when ~
would seem that only the protection OF
higher power had saved W. from
great Disaster
These we're the storms Of 1881, 1883
and in March Of last year.
Two hundred members of the Amer
lean institute of Electrical Engineers
met Yesterday for the first session OF
their midVinter convention, in the In
ginecring Society Building. Several in
teresting papers were presented, and
President Paul VI. Lincoln, Of Pitts
burgh. made an Introductory address.
The members will to-day visit tho
power plants of the city, and tonight
will hold dinner and dance at the
Hotel Aston
Charles ". Goodalc, OF the Anaconda
Copper Mining Company, presided At
yesterday session Of the American
Institute of Mining Engineers. The
morning meeting was conducted by the
committee on precious and base metals,
and papers were read by J. r. Tyrell.
Louis v Bender, Or. Manuel Eissler, Of
France, 7. &. Newton and Boyd Dud-
low jr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-18
DEMANDS $4,000
FOR JOB HE LOST
False Charges
Were Made to Injure
Him.

On the ground that he lost his place
as yice-president OF the Irving Ma.
tional Bank through alleged false ana
malicious statements made about him
in a suit brought by John +. Hitch
cock. Edward Earl Yesterday. MED IN
the Supreme Cour, An action for SlDU,-
600 damages against Hitchcock ana MS
lawyer, William j. Gibson.
Earl was president Of the National
Nassau Bank, when that institution
was absorbed by the Irving National
Bank. when he went into the employ
OF the latter He alleged that last DC
tober Hitchcock, with intent TO lnJure
him, had Gibson file suit IN the Of
flee of the County Clerk for the re-
covcrv of money paid for stock OF the
National Nassau Bank.
The complaint said that Earl IN
duccd Hitchcock by false representa-
tons TO buy stock. These allegations
aid Earl. were false and irrelevant
and meant TO charge him with dis.
honorable and shameful conduct.
They were stricken from the compliant
by the Supreme Court, and on appeal
to the Appellate Division by Hitchcock
this action was affirmed.
Earl says in his suit that besides
losing his Job his business reputation
has suffered by the alleged false
charges. He says he is forty-four years
old and has been in the banking bust
ness twcrty-eight years. He IS mem
her OF the Union League Club and has
been an officer in various corporations
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-18

has established q workshop for 700 Bel
gian refugees in Rotterdam. Wickllfe
Rose, chairman of the commission
which visited Belgium and The Neither
lands i'm the interests Of the founda-
ton. reports that 10000 of the 200
600 refugees gathered in concentration
camps i'm Holland arc in sore need OF
warm Undertaking and stockings. In
the Rotte rdam shop the women Of the
camp will manufacture these articles.
IAN effort is also being made to re-
vivc the lace industry, upon which
about 10000 women have depended for
a livelihood" saws Mr.. Rose. Bel
GUM has all the necessary raw ma
torial. and II il could sell even small
part Of the stock now on hand this
sale would provide FUNDS with which TO
finance the business in all lsce-makinC
centres. The only thing needed to
start this industry and TO keep 1t going
is to find 4 foreign market for the lace
and to obtain authority TO export the
finished product"
Subscriptions TO the Belgian Relief
Fund yesterday amounted TO s5.96i -,
bringing the total up TO 1891 90 -.
Among the contributors were "E. ". r..
81. 500; !. Kennedy Tod, $1,000: Ernest
c. Bliss. $3.50: sympathy" $500;
George Zabriskic. Adcline Willis. Anna
" Whitcomb and Charles A. Mum,
500 each. and the citizens OF Old Town,
Mo. 1905 SO. Contributions amounting
to S55S % were acknowledged by the
American Women War Relief Fund.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-18
HINMAN BILL CALLED DEAD
Fight Promised if Highway
Measure Revival Is Tried.

ITrom stan Correspondent n The ldoN".i
Albany. Feb. II. Harold J. Human,
majority leader Of the Assembly, WI
have a fight on his hands II he trIcj
70 get hi. highway bill, which - aimed
al Goverror Whitman, reported out or
committee, where it Is now buried.
The bill, which abolishcs the Once
Of state Highway Commissioner and
provides for a bipartisan board OF
three members. was introduced the
day after Governor Whitman appoint
ed Edwin Dufrcy Highway Commis-
sioncr. Al the time Mr.. Human Is
sued Il typewrittcn statement decIar-
ing tho highway problem was not
solved by DufFey's appointment.
There is a good deal of feeling
against Mr.. TIinman among many OF
his Republican associates. They arc
waiting for him to move to discharge
the judiciary committee from turther
consideration Of the bill. Then they
promise to show him that the bill IS
buried for good and all
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-18
hoy PLUNCER"
IN BANKRUPTCY
Fortune Made by Specula-
ton Lost in Same Way
-S1O2,474 in Debts.

Jossc T.. Iivcrmorr. the hoy
munger" who iran shocstring into
a fortune" by Wall Street manpula-
ton. hled voluntary petition IN bank
rup;cv Yesterday. he gives his liablIi-
tics as $I02.i7i. and places no value
ON his assets. which arc mcagrc.
Nr. Ii~crtnorc once described HIN.
.clf as a "buckct.5hop graduate
Roru in Massachusetts IN 1871, he went
70 worl, i'm Boston brokers' once AZ
tho age Of sixteen, marking quotations
on bulletin board ard receiving 20
week.
with S3I2 saved out Of his salary
. Ivcrmorc embarked on the stormy
seas of speculation. He took ms mrs.,
plunge in one Of the bucket SHOPS
i'm tho Hub and came out ON top.
Flushed with this success and WIN
{ confidence in his luck, he abandoucd
/ his lob and started tradiag Tor MN
/ self. Before he WIS twenty ono Years
I old ho had made comfortable tort
buc.
IN 1906 nc camc to Sc" Iork, o"'-
ing tried Bo~jor. Denver aud Chicago
, aud earning Tor bigger game. Nhc''
he started IN Now York his lake Wa'
5000. BEFORE long this had bee"
stretched into S250,OOo.
When the panic Of 1907 cam" %" nsd
realized that over Hppcnlatlon ana
; oycr-cytension would be followed by
( disastrous liquidation. and put OUT .
/ short line of Union Pacific, Reading
. Conner and SmclterS. When the crash
/ came he was able TO cover every con
. tract and start on a trip to Europe.
( lie bought a mansion. yacht and a
/ string OF automobiles. and Wall street
| spoke of him a. a "VlSc young man.
/ Then he became interested IN cotton.
I ON his return from Europe after nc
J situation here had cleared up, he found
/ the cotton market ororSold and every
body short. he sprapg his big cotton
coup. and came out between S2.OOO,OOO
and So 600 900 ahead. Wall street WIS
now Convinced that he was wise
young man.
In 1905 he tried to corner cotton and
/ vas rcportcd 10 have lost about $1,000
600 After that he was not heard from
again until 1913. when suit was brought
against him BY the liquidating partners
OF the Stock Exchange firm Of Mitchell
/ & Co. Then he dropped out OF view
until the petition was filed yesterday.
. Most of the claims, the petition states,
arc for money due on promissory notes
given for transactions in the open mar
ket in 1913 and 1914.
AZ tho time of his failure. in 1913,
Liycrmore announced that he had In
vested $4,000 in an annuity which
brought him IN income of $4,000 and
could not be touched. No mention OF
this is made in the bankruptcy petition.
He lives with his wife at Breton Hail.
Broadway and Eigh ty-siNth Street.
. Nearby, at 1914 Riverside Drive, Is
mansion he once owned.
In the petition filed the principal
claims arc: Mitchell & Co, S21463;
Murray Mitchell. $4,000; Chapman (
Seaman, S7,2O7; II. r. Bachman & Co.
! 1910; Wagner, Oickcrson & Co, So
9s2. an Duryes, Tappin & Co. $3.50.
The assets include 1000 shares OF
West Tonopah Consolidated Mining
4 Company. iftecn shares preferred and
seven common Of Long island Motor
Parkway stock, one share of stock OF
the Dunvoodic Country Club. and a
claim against c. 4. Lltiarc for S5.i26.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-18
RECEIVERS big TIM LOAN
!. j. White Gets Verdict
Against Sullivan Estate.

John !. White former alderman, got
z verdict for S6,O96 in the Supreme
Court yesterday against Lawrence
Mulligan and Patrick II. Sullivan, e%-
ecutors of tho estate of Representa-
tive Big Tim" Sullivan for loan he
made TO the politician in 1911. The
loan was $4,000. which, with interest,
made the amount of the judgment.
Frank Farrell, former owner of the
New York American Baseball Club.
testified that the day after White lent
Sullivan the money the latter told him
that he could not have got along with
out il. Samuel Wolfe, confidential
agent of the late politician. quoted
him as saying that the $4,000 loan
tclped him out OF big hole
The case was undefcnded, and jus
tice Goif directed the jury to give ID
Judgment for the plaintiff
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-18
SUING ]. E. CARTER,
WIFE ACCUSES IDA
Plaintiff, Who Seeks Separation
from Promoter, Calls Unnamed
Rival STATELY Woman.

4 stately woman" who IS described
only a ida" is largely blamed tor
the trouble between Mrs. Katherine ~.
Carter. Of 1894 Bedford Avenue, Brook,
I'm, and her husband. James EDWARD
Carter. a promoter, who has been IN
terested in large enterprises WIN
Charles VI. Schwab, George }. Gould
and others.
Mr.. Garter has filed suit IN the
Supreme Court for separation. ohe
SAID Carter asked her to sue hm 'or
y divorce. Ida" was discovered by
Mildred. the daughter of the couple.
MRS. Carter SAID that her husband lcit
her in 1902 TO 60 West, as he SAID.
From that year until 1908 he returned
home only once q year, and then re-
NAMED only short time. saying mat
nc had business in Philadelphia o.
nearby cities.
Ono DAY Mildred saw her father M
Broadway. near l02d street. She roI-
lowed him 70 an apartment house.
where she found his name in letter
boz. The girl investigated further
tv going directly 10 her fathers apart.
mcut. where she laid she found ida,
whose existence had become known TO
Hrs. Carter through the receipt OF a
letter addressed Mrs. Carter with
tho salutation. Dear Ida inside.
Mrs. Carter told the court, ~ apply
ing ror alimony yesterday that her
husband was "particularly ~ucce,stl. ,
n, promoter, and that she has tried
TO .upport herself and daughter by
painting.
carter said that he and his wife
could not live together and had tacit-
1 ! lasA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-18
Art Students Expose Fraud.

In a notice sent out yesterday, TIC
Art Students League, Of 215 West
Fifty-scvcnth Street, warns the public
against an impostor, about thirteen
Lang" In soliciting money 70 carry
on his art studies, the boy says he
comes from Mrs. Palmer" of the
league. The officers disclaim all
knowledge of the boy and declare there
is no Mrs. Palmer" associated with
the organization.