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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-01
AMERICAN CONSUL
MAY BE LOST
Two Other Americans Were
Aboard the Ship When
She Left London for Bom-
bay, but Some of Them
Were Landed at Three
Points

London, Jan. I.-- The British liner
Persia was sunk at o'clock Thursday
afternoon and most of her passengers
and crew were lost. Robert McNeeIy,
American consul at Alden, Arabia, was a
passenger on the steamer. A message to
Lloyd's says that only four boats got
clear before the Persia sank. The mes
sage says that the vessel was en- route
ffom London to Bombay.
I'm addition to Consul McNeely, two
otlhr Americans are known to have been
passengers ON the Persia when she left
London. Charles H. Grant was on his
way to Bombay, and Edward Rose, a
school boy, was on his way from Denver
to Gibraltar. Rose probably landed at
Gibraltar and was not on board the boat
when she sank.
The Peninsular and Oriental line,
which controlled the Persia, estimates
that 100 passengers sailed from London.
number of these, however, landed at
Gibraltar, Marseilles or Malta; but how
many is not known officially.
In addition to the passengers who
sailed from London, a large number en-
barked at Marseilles. The total booked
at these points was 231, of which 81 were
women and rs were children. Lord Mon
tague was on the passenger list.
Persia Was Torpedoed.
Washington, D. c., Jan. l.. Official
dispatches from London to-day said the
Persia was torpedoed and sunk while
approaching Alexandria and that nearly
afi perished.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-01
INTERcITY RACE MEN MEET.
Barre and Montpelier Horsemen Plan for
Some Sport This Winter.

some sport lnlS WINTER.
Montpelier and Barre members of the
Capital City Driving club assembled last
evening in the board of trade room at
the Montpelier city hall, elected officers
for the year ensuing, selected Jan. Is as
a tentative date for the first race on the
the remainder OF the evening to talking
horse.p
What the gathering lacked in number,
there being nearly as many from Barre
as from Montpelier, was made up by the
harmony and good-fellowship which ex-
listed, two qualities which have some
times been absent in former meetings.
President d. X. Lille was reelected to
the Office of president, and A. w. DAILY
was again chosen to act as secretary
and treasurer, and Fred A. Slayton of
Barre was again made yice-president.
The following committees were elected; /;
Finance committee @. B. Roberts, b. l..
Spooner, Thomas Short; race committee,
George Bedell, d. X. Lille, A. b. Shepard,
iC. /. Parmenter, Joseph Coates, DIR. G. L.
Whitney and Mayor j. NJ. Boutwell,;
judges, j. NJ Boutwell,, Harry Britton,
DdITt, 0eOiRt uthAAus ILL., -. Ipoi ctts
starter, 0rville Pine.
The position Of starter, while probably
the most important on the ice, is never
theless a thankless, freezing job, and the
members of the club considered them
selves exceedingly fortunate to secure
the services of Mr. Pine.
Secretary Treasurer Daily reported a
balance of $l25.57 in the treasury, the
amount having been increased from the
previous season, when there had been
but S54s4 left Eight races were held
last winter, and the attendance, due
probably in part to the legislature then
in session, was the largest on record.
The sum of 5000 was paid out in purses
for the eight races, but collections on the
ice at the matinees proved TO be good.
President Slayton of Barre tried
to have his name withdrawn when he
was nominated for the same Office, Civ
ing as an explanation that while he was
always willing to join with others of the
club in promoting good racing, he felt
that there were Montpelier members who
could be more useful. The sentiment of
the meeting seemsd to be that the success
Of the club was largely due to Barre
horsemen, and he was unanimously |
elected.
Supt of Streets Clark b. Roberts was
not optimistic about the ice for racing |
for some time, and only considerable cold
weather without snow viii put the course
in condition for brushes. Supt. Roberts
said he dared not trust a horse on the
ice yet to serape the course. AT his sug
gestion, January l5 was set as the date
for the first race, and plans will go ahead
for the opening meet Of the season on
that date, but if weather s not more
favorable it viii be later than the middle
IF the month.
Business having been disposed Of salts
the dozen or more horra-owners
discussed fast ones" for the remainder
# the meeting. AT least one animal
which made a name for herself last SUM
ner on the turf will perform on the
bird mile course this winter, L. Mcleod
# Barre assuring the members that he
would enter Anna Dean, 2:24A.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-01
MUTUAL LIFE co.
OF N. Y. DEFENDANT
Mr.. Jones Died Ia Months
After Taking Out
Policy

Seeking to recover the amount of life
insurance policy on the life of Orvie M.
Jones, late of Warren, the administrator
of the estate and the guardian of the
children have brought action in Washing
ton county court against the Mutual Life
Insurance company Of New York. The
policy is for $4,000 and was taken out by
Mr.. Jones in june, 1914, IA months be-
fore the death of the insured The
amount set up in the action entered to-
day is $l5000
John Spaulding is the administrator of
the estate, and he brings the action, to-
gether with Jennie L. Jones, guardian for
Merritt A., Marian and Mildred Jones.
Attorney John w. Gordon represents the
plaintiffs.
Another case just entered is by Barre
concern, the Buzzi Granite company,
which sues the Vermont 4 Chicago Gran
ite company, located at Hardwick, for
$500 in general assumpsit action. The
suit is to recover certain granite stock
and granite working tools.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-01
GERMANS SHOWED ENTERPRISE
By Constructing Railroad Line Trough
the Argonnes Swamps.

In the Argonnes, France, Jan. II
"All aboard for Bagdad." Such was
the humorous suggestion of a sprightly
German officer as the tiny engine on
the Argonne's railway whistled for its
| its departure.
From the Argonnes to Bagdad is quite
a stretch, even for the imagination, and
yet, through the seemingly impossible
construction of railroad through the
French mountains, the Germans have
in fact established connection, more
or less direct, but nevertheless unbrok-
en- from the trenches at the front IN
the west to the Asiatic city of their
Turkish ally.
To build the Argonnes railway the
Germans went to an abandoned French
mine, and from a depth of some 500
meters resurrected miles of trackage
which at no end of care and trouble
has been laid on the surface, over land
so swampy and difficult that the first
train came to grief simply through
sinking into the ground.
Thus far two main lines have been
construeted-the one % centimeters
wide t37 inches) and the other l.5 me-
ters wide 1855 inches). On the See
tion nearest the actual front, benzol
engines are used, because of their COM
parative noiselessness. Farther away
from the trenches tiny steam engines
draw the diminutive trains.
The engines have an approximate
capacity of four cars--better perhaps,
the rails and roadbed can stand that
much weight without disappearing from
view-and are busy every hour of the
"a in the transportation of troops, sup
plies, ammunition and, when possible,
Automobiles which have come to grief
on the terrible roads of the Argonnes
have been rebuilt, and have been
equipped with 81 or 3s.5 gauge wheels
of steel in order that they may serve
rs Gears de luxe" for officers who have
TO travel from one point to another be-
hind the front The sight of officers
olling back in dismantled machines
lowed by diminutiye locomotives in
provokes, first merriment, and
hen admiration for the system that has
literally made something @out of moth |
ng and has found a way to overcome |
he difficulties of the almost impossi-
Die Argonnes roads.
These difficulties have been enormous.
Rainy weather has been the rule rather i
han the exception in the Argonnes for
months, and its bas been gigantic task /
% keep the roads-rutted by supply /
rains and ammunition columns and ar
degenerating into mere
,ogs. The task of maintaining regular
md workable combinations with the
'xtreme front has been unbelieyably
lard.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-01
POSTMASTER CONVICTED.
D. ]. Hauer Collapsed When jury Re-
turned Verdict at Portland

Portland, Ne, Jan. la verdict OF
guilty on all three counts was returned
by jury in the United States district
court here yesterday against d. J. Hauer,
6s years old, former postmaster at
Perry, who was charged with embezzle-
ment of postal funds and with misappro-
priation of money orders totalling $500.
Hauer collapsed when the verdict was
given His wife remained calm.
The verdict is a yindieation of 20-year-
old Hazel McPhail, an employee at Hauer's
hotel at Perry, on whom the defense
tried TO blame some of the thefts of
postoffice money.
Judge Hale gave Hauer's counsel until
Feb. / to file exceptions. He ordered
Hauer to give bail for daily appearance
until then. Under the federal law Hauer
is liable to Imprisonment for Is years or
SIS, 900 fine or both.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-01
PIKE-HUTCHINSoN
st. Johnsbury Girl the Bride of Derby
Line Business Man.

1yndonvile, Jan. I.-William Flint
Pike, son of Mrs. Mary Pike of Derby
Line. and Miss Bess NJ. Hutchinson,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Clark B.
Hutchinson of this place, were married
Rev. ]. G. Stevenson Of st. Peters
Episcopal church. Charles Jenkins of
Derby Line, an intimate friend of the
groom, was best man. The double
ring service was used and Miss Dorothy
Irvine of Derby Line, a niece of the
bride, was the ring bearer. The flow
er girls were Esther Irvine and Molly
Bsonnet of Derby Line. The house
was decorated with holiday colors, and
about $50 guests witnessed the cere-
mony.
Following the wedding ceremony a
breakfast was served in the dining room
where pink was the prevailing color
The breakfast was in charge of Miss
Maud Wetherbee- and Mrs. David r.
Brown, Mrs. Hadden Lyster, Mrs. John
Ahern. and Mrs. C. B. Dodge assisted
Miss Flavia Folsom, Miss Velms Dar-
ling and Miss Elizabeth Titcomb did the
serving. The brides gown was of ehif
fon tafetta and tulle with court train.
She carried orchids and lilies of the
valley and her veil was caught with
orange blossoms.
Mr.. Pike is a prominent young bus
ness man in Derby Line and his wife
IS one of Lyndonville's most popular
Young ladies. She graduated from st. |
Johnsbury academy in 1908 and also
rom the Boston Young Women's School |
If Domestic Science. The couple left /
or an extended wedding trip which win
,e spent at the winter resorts along
he east coast of Florida and on their
eturn they viii make their home at
Derby Line. Among those from out of
own TO attend the welding were Mrs.
I. w. Spain of Quitman, Georgia, a
ister of the bride, and r. o. Blunt Of
Dwell, Mass.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-01
Persia Was Torpedoed
FIGHT ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Is Stirring German People as Result of
Recent Trial

Berlin, Jan. l.--Fraulein Huesgen and
Frau Ahrend, the two Christian Scen-
fists. recently sentenced to prison for be.
ing responsible for the death of two Ber-
lin actresses, have appealed from the
Judgment of the trial court. Local legal
authorities, however, predict certain
affirmation of the Judgment, basing their
view on opinions already handed down
by the imperial supreme court in similar
cases. In each of these the court held
that the assumption of the treatment of
the patient and the failure to call in a
physician constitutes gross negligence.
1t said in one case:
"The trial court found the negligence
of the accused TO exist in the fact that
he carried on the treatment of the pa
tient alone, although he knew the dan
gerous character of the illness and must
also have known that this illness re-
quired a proper treatment, and he could
have foreseen that death might possibly
be the result of his treatment. In these
circumstances the court could assume
without error that the accused lost sight
of the required care and perception, and
especially that he did not, as Healer
take proper consideration for the life of
his patient, and therefore acted against
duty and in guilty manner"
The provincial court of Berlin declared
null and void contract with Christian
Scientist, saying:
"The belief that person is able. by
the power on especial divine grace to heal
the sick, may exist in more or less ex-
tended circles. But the assumption of
such healing power in connection with
its exercise as source of revenue is re-
pugnant 10 the general moral sense. at
leas. of educated circles, the bearers of
culture and can therefore not enjoy the
protection of the laws"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-01
MONTPELIER
Western Union Moved Office During the
Night.

Commencing at midnight, the Office eff
feets of the Western Union Telegraph
company were transferred from the sec
ond floor of the Blanchard building to the
new Rialto block on State street and
this morning at o'clock the new office
was open for business. All the week,
linemen in the employ of the company
have been engaged in connecting the
wires at the new office and it was a mat
ter of but a few hours to move the ta
bles, saunders and typewriters in the
small hours of the morning. The new
office is centrally located and it is the
first time in the history of Montpelier
that the Western Union Office is located
on street level in the business district.
George W. Shannon left last evening
for Bellows Falls to make few days
visit with his son.
Benjamin Gates, secretary of civil and
military affairs, went last evening to
Middlebury TO join his wife in visiting
relatives.
The Cubs defeated the Wizards at bas-
ketball by the score of 20 to 10 at the
armory last evening, the junior teams
playing between the periods of the Har-
fdtu lfeildl- dl-hVnNpeiitI HiHh game.
Ricardo Cantola of 2S4 Barre street,
and Miss Luz Toca of GO
Granite street, Barre, were united in
marriage at Montpelier yesterday aft
ernoon by Justice of the Peace Harry
c. Shurtleff. They viii reside in Mont
pelier, where the groom has been en-
ployed as granitecutter for eight years,
coming from Santander, Spain. The
bride has resided in the United States /
two years.
Governor c. w. Gates has responded I
10 appeals made to him by many per-
sons in this city to parole Eleazer L.
Dodge, who was given a several months 4
sentence in house of correction for So
letting liquor orders. Dodge is expected
lome 10 pass New Years with his fam
". He pleaded guilty last month in
.ity court TO the charge against him and
vas given a straight sentence, which he
TO serve November %. He
5 nearly blind. well advanced in years.
nd his daughter Is seriously III, a COM
iination Of circumstances which brought
nsny appeals to the governor. He has
zen confined in the hospital at the penal
Institution almost since the day Of his
ommitment
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-01
HALF-CENTURY. ..:.:;::..: :.
OF WEDDED LIFE
SPENT.JN.BA
Mr.. and Mrs. George B. C. Wheaton We're
Married 50 Years Ago To-day by Rev.
E. Irving Carpenter. Whe' Was Then
Pastor of The congrsgati9nal
Church. ..''.'

| At their home, l2 Kinney. stSeet, this
afternoon, Mr.. and Mrs. George. H.. &
Wheaton are to observe in quiet way
their 50th wedding anniversary. Open
house is to be kept at the Wheaton home
and friends have been asked to call and
greet the couple. Mr.. and Mrs. Wheaton
unite in wishing that presents be omit
ted. Sometime late in the afternoon
there will be a brief program, with per-
haps few ehildren's recitations and mu-
sic. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Wheaton are en-
ioying excellent health and have been
looking forward with keen anticipation
to the anniversary.
Mr. and Mrs. Wheaton were married in
the old village of Barre Jan. /, 1866, by
Rev. L. Irving Carpenter, pastor of the
Congregational church. Immediately aft
er the ceremony they went to the home
of the grooms father on east hill, the
ancestral Wheaton home, where they
lived until year ago. There the first
clearing had been made by Mr.. Wheat
on's great grandfather, John Wheaton,
more than 100 years ago.
Barre and Montpelier both were found
ed by pioneering ancestors of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wheaton. Mrs. Wheaton was born
Alice NJ Kinney, Sept. /, 1869, and is
therefore approaching her 10th birthday.
She is a native of Barre and her great
grandfather, member Of the Wheeler
family, came to Montpelier in the 18th
century and there erected the first dwell
ing house as well as the first church.
Mr.. Wheaton is his wife's senior by five
years, having been born in Barre Aug.
10, ls4l. His ancestors came TO Barre
and settled on east hill in l777. The
family came from Leicester, Mass, and
many of the heirlooms in a room at the
Wheaton home were brought from the
Bay state in that year. Visitors at the
home Of Mr. and Mrs Wheaton are
shown an upper room that is deposit
tory for priceless relics that were the
once of their grandparents and
great grandparents. During the exer
cises to-day the worthy couple will sit
in chairs that were brought to Barre
from Massachusetts before the expira-
ton Of the Revolutionary war.
During a half-century OF married life
Mr.. and Mrs. Wheaton passed all but
one year on their farm. They number
arge circle of acquaintance in the coun-
tryside as well as here in the city. Both |
ire members of the Congregational !
,hureh and they also belong to Cobble /
Hin grange They have one daughter,
Mrs. Elmer Owen, and three grandchil-
lren, Lena e. Owen, George W. Owen I
md Stanley X. Owen. All were with
hem to-day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-01
MARRIED ITS COUPLES
DURING THE YEAR
Town Clerk and Justice Carl S. Hopkins
of Brattleboro Had Unusual Record
Contracting Parties Were Largely
from Out of the State.

Brattleboro, Jan. LA marriage by
Justice Carl S, Hopkins last evening
brought his record for the year up to 10,
or considerably more than half the total
number performed in town, which was
3l2 In 1911, before the Massachusetts,
law required few days notice OF mar
riage intentions, there were but 81 mar
riages in this town. In the past year
there were 239 marriages reformed here
in which both parties came from out OF
the state.
Justice Hopkins is town clerk, and as
the Vermont law does not require notice
of marriage intentions, couples find it
convenient to engage his services after
he has issued the marriage licenses.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-01
TALK OF THE TOWN

Warner B. Wheeler was elected noble
grand for the year 1916 at the annual
meeting Of Hiawatha lodge, No. 20.
]. o. Q. f., which was held in the lodge
Houston was elected vice grand and
Judge II. W. Scott received a re-elec-
tion as secretary. The treasurer for
1916 Is 10 be d. V. Stone. The usual
committee was appointed to make ar
rangements for the installation Of the
officers sometime this month. A big
banquet for Odd Fellows Is projected
and several grand lodge officers are 10
be present. Appointive officers for the
coming year win be named on the even
ln,.~n the installation exercises.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-01
HOTEL KEEPER ARRESTED.
Three Women Inmates Also Arrested in
Burlington.

Burlington, Jan. l.-Latoof Besery,
proprietor of the Revere house on Bat
terry street, was arrested last evening
when the house was raided by virtue
of a warrant charging with keeping
a house of illfame. The raid took place
about twelve o'clock and three women,
Sarah Wilcox, Mary White and Anna
Boyd, were locked up at the same time
charged with being inmates of the place.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-01
POTATO SUPPLY LEssENED
By Burning of 10000 Barrels Stored at
Ashland. Ne.

Houlton, Ne, Jan. IA large potato
house owned by 7. T. Michaud at Soldier
Pond in Ashland was burned. Il con
tanned 10000 Of barrels potatoes, making
a loss estimated by the authorities at
SIS. 900.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-01
COMEDIAN LEFT 100000.
"JOe" Murphy, old-Time Star. Was So
Years Old.

New York. Jan. Joe" Murphy, old
time Irish comedian. died in this city
yesterday, leaving an estate valued at
S3QOo0eo. Murphy was known from
coast 10 coast for his impersonation in
"The Kerry Cow" lie was IS years old.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-01
cRAcKsMEN COT $4,000
In Uncut Stones at Jewelry Store in
Paterson, N. ].

Paterson, \. J.. Jan. f.-Crsclsmen
who blew the safe in the iewelry store
Of Barnet Cohen yesterday escaped with
$4,000 worth Of uncut stones.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-01

J.. II. Clark, who has been passing a
few days in the city while attending the
annual show Of the Vermont Poultry as
sociation. returned yesterday to his home
in West rawlct.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-01
BANK DIVIDENDS.
Peoples National Declares 31a and Gran
ite Savings Per Cent. Semi Annual.

The Peoples National bank has de-
elared semi-annual dividend Of 3is per
cent. to stockholders, payable Jan. |.
The Granite Savings Bank & Trust Co.
has declared a semi-annual. dividend of 3
per cent. TO stockholders.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-01

Mrs James T. Marion Of Franklin
street has returned home. after passing
several days with relatives in Burliug-
ton.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-01

Baskets from the fioor-Gross 1. Clark
TO- Jangraw 5. Smith ?. Mack, HYDE 2,
Canes, Sowles, Mcdonald. Baskets from
fouls-Clark 4. HYDE I. Referee Moore.
Time-Twenty- minute halves.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-07-22
UNIONISM SKATERS
BUGABOO ECONOMISTS

Chicago-In opposing legislation in
tended to better conditions of working
women the Manufacturers association
of this State declares:
political economy teaches us that
wages are determined by the law of sup
ply and demand and that the employer
cannot fix wages, he cannot be held re-
sponsible for unfair wage, SO far as
such may exist"
Writing in the Cigar Makers Official
Journal, President Perkins of that or
ganization punched holes in this straw
man and shows that regardless of the
"law of supply and demand y trade un-
ionists maintain wage scales in times of
industrial depression and that the man
ufacturers' defense is a fiction created
by them to excuse low wages of their
unorganized and helpless employees.
"The sophistry and falsity embodied
in the above statement requires no fur
ther comment says the cigarmakers'
executive. "lt is plea of not guilty.
Under this system of philosophy the
political economists of Great Britain con-
tended the manufacturers could not be
held responsible for the wretched con-
dition of the factory operatives, which
prevailed 20 years ago. Let everything
alone; no interference was their motto
and with trade unionism in infancy, mus
tering less than $4,000 members, pauper-
ism became rampant till the warehouses
(poor houses) sheltered approximately
1,000,OO0 people.
"The political economists held that hu-
man labor WAS "A commOdity subject TO
the laws of supply and demand, the same
as other commodities This abstract
theory was not based upon actual con-