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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-11-02

Carey Tupper Of Nova Scotia, a
farmer in South Newfane before he
left for the war zone, was killed June
2 in France, when Of 1000 troops only
Is were left.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-11-02

Mr. and Mrs. S. w Hindes ana
Deaconess Louisa Of Burlington, have
returned home from st. Louis, Mo-,
where they have been attending the
general convention Of the Episcopal
Church The Rt Rev. Arthur c. A.
Hall and the Rt. Rev. and Mrs, 6. Y.
Bliss, who have been attending the
convention, returned to Burlington
few days ago.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-11-02

The Little farm in Ludlow brought
forth this fall double English russet
apple, two specimens of the fruit hav-
ing grown together.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-11-02

The people Of East Middlebury
were somewhat surprised Friday
morning when they learned that Miss
Louise Harrington, daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene Harrington, Of that
village, and Laurentian Ladue, whose
home was formerly in Bristol notch,
had eloped on the sleeper the night
before with their baggage, bound as
Ladue told a friend, for Milwaukee,
Wis. Ladue said that their marriage
had been opposed and they were going
to take matters into their own hands.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-11-02

Earl Stearns of Amsden, whose
right arm is recovering from broken
bone, recently killed three grey squir-
rels with his % rife, using his left
arm.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-11-02

A. NJ Crocker, Of Brattleboro, was
fined $50 and costs for reckless driy-.
ing.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-11-02

The FIVE year-old mare of P. R. Pat
terson, for which he had been offered
$3.50, was found dead in the pasture
its head being caught in a
fence
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-09
WHITMAN .JUNkET BILL
STARTS ASSEMBLY ROW
McQuistion Says Committee Is
Not Investigating II.

From q s.s- Correspondent Of The Tribune
Albany, March S.-Assemblyman lie
QUESTION started an uproar to-day in
the Assembly by moving that the
Ways and Means Committee be dis
charged from further consideration OF
his resolution for the appointment 81
a committee 10 investigate expenses OF
official junkets, especially that 10 the
Panama Pacific Exposition.
"The Ways and Means Committee"
shouted McQustion, has done nothing
10 safeguard the peoples money in re-
gard to these expenditures"
This aroused the ire Of Chairman
Maier OF that committee, who declared
that the committee had already formu-
lated remedial legislation. McQuistion
attacked the voucher submitted TO the
Controller on Governor Whitman ;
trip and declared that the measure ex-
tending the life of the Panama Pacific
commission had been "sneaked
through the Assembly. Majority 'eader
Adler denied this holly and McQuistion
then assailed Speaker Sweet because
Of his rulings.
Minority leader Callahan dared tho
Republicans 10 revive the original Nc
QUESTION resolution, declaring that the
Democrats feared no investigation of
the Panama-Pscific Commission. Nc
Ouistion's motion 10 discharge tn"
committee from further consideration
was finally defeated by o vote Of 50
70 90
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-09

Three years before her death, in 1912,
they became estranged.
Under the ludicrous mask OF Slivers
lay the sad. almost laughably melan-
choly face Of Frank Oakley. Under the
tremendous gift for inspiring merri-
ment which he possessed ran a deeply
sensitive. almost morbid. streak. Gam
boiling about the ring 70 the fap-fap
Of his enormous shoes. Slivers was the
apparent embodiment Of light-henrted-
ness. Seen in his dressing-room ct the
conclusion Of his act. he was q sad
faced. lank. solemn, slow-spoken man,
more than SIX feet tall. light-haired
and with blue eyes, tremendously slim,
tremendously shy.
lie has never been the same since
his wife died" A. A. Lowande, cham
pion circus rider of his time. said yes
terday. "He used to be a quiet, solemn
sort Of chap OF late wears he has
taken 70 costumes on the street that
looked like the ones ne wore in the
ring. He was little unbalanced. !
think"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-09
Three Weeks Wine De-
bauch Revealed to PO-
lice by Tragedy.
BELIEVE BEATINGS
KILLED WOMAN
DR.. Soaring, Dazed, Is Prisoner
in Hospital Where Pair
First Met.

The tragedy that marked the end OF
three years Of companionship between
Dr.. Benjamin II. Soaring and Nellie
Keena, a trained nurse. was revealed
yesterday, when the police entered an
apartment at 56 West Eleventh Street.
Dead. face downward upon the floor
where she had fallen, lay the woman.
In another room they found Soaring,
also upon the floor. delirious.
In Bellevue Hospital, where the two
first me- when he was practising
physician, Soaring Is now q prisoner IN
the alcoholic ward. The body Of the
nurse. who was graduated from the
hospital, is in the mOTgue, where II
will be claimed b. her brother John
Keena. a real estate dealer, o. ~
West lOgth Street. An autopsy Will be
performed TO determine the cause OF
her death.
1. will be fully a week before Scar
ing is able 10 give any rational state
ment TO the authorities. but his condi-
ton is such that the last few weeks
will probably be nothing but blank.
The debauch that brought about the
death of the woman, which, according
10 Ambulance Surgeon Loughlln OF -.
Vincent's Hospital, may have been que
TO either a beating or excuses OF alco-
hol and drugs" began three weeks ago
They had previously lived in an
apartment in Thirteenth street, u Is
said. but they had been asked TO leave
In the new apartment they put IN 4
stock Of champagne, whiskey and ale
and closed their doors 10 the outer
world In the three weeks that fol
lowed il is believed that they had moth
ine 10 eat ana that they lived IN
state of almost complete insenslbllity.
Several times they sent the hall boys
for more liquor. Last Monday. accord
ing TO John Riordan. one OF the boys,
Miss Kenna opened the door and asHeI
him to 60 for more wine.
"She was awful TO look at" he told
the police. "Her face was az black
and blue. and her nose was swollen.
could see the doctor stretched out over
two chairs asleep"
Riordan delivered it TO Miss keens,
and that was the last time the woman
was seen alive. Yesterday morning
Soaring called him and said: My wife
has died and want you TO help me
out. You do right by me and III do
right by you. Get an undertaken"
Riordan reported 10 the house superin-
tendent. who referred the matter 20
the agents. Pease & Gilman. The
police were not informed until o'clock
in the afternoon.
Deputy Commissioner Scull, lnspec.
tor GRAY and six detectives responded
70 the call when It's serious nature haG
become known. Soaring, after several
hours work in reviving him, could only
saw. Don't tell me she's dead. on,
nv God. don't tell me that" he also
uttered the name Of John O'Brien. In
the pockets Of his clothes the detectives
found S20s.
Ambulance Surgeon Loughlin said
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-09
BROKE, DECLARES WIFE
OF TENDERLOIN PIONEER
Mrs. Ex- Inspector Williams
Pleads Bankruptcy.

Proof that big rolls Of banknotes
dwindle was presented when Mrs.
Eleanor NJ. Williams, wife Of former
Inspector Of Police Alex S. Williams,
filed petition in bankruptcy. Will
Jams was the man who coined the word
"Tenderloin" for the district in which
he made himself famous.
Fighting Aleck," as he was called
was reputed 10 be very wealthy man.
for in the heyda yof the Tenderloln
he was the best known police Official
outside Of Chief Bill Devery. lie re-
tired from the department during the
Roosevelt regime, and Is now receiving
a pension of S1,750 year.
Mrs. Williams gives as her address
2 West Ninety-ffth Street, house
owned by the former inspector, and her
attorney in the proceedings is William
J. Ferris, of Greenwich, Conn. Dew
erv. with a note for Sl.l53, leads the
list Of creditors, Of whom there are six,
with total liabilities amounting to
50, 4Os and no assets.
When told last night that he was
reputed 70 be wealthy and that the
public was specializing as TO why his
wife should 60 into bankruptcy, Will
Jams said that his private affairs were
none Of the public's business. Bill
Devery was just as reticent, and de-
clared, 81 know nothing about this
affair, and If l did ! should say nothing
about IT,"
Williams admitted before the famous
Lexow committee that the dock at his
country place at Cos Cob cost him
s39. 600 and that he had large accounts
in three savings banks.
Several oldtime police officials. when
told last night about the petition in
bankruptcy, threw up their hands IN
establishment, wanting 70 know what
did Aleck do with his bundle?'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-09
POLICEMAN, NOW CHIEF,
HAS 4O.YEAR MEMORY
Recognizes Old Prisoner as First
Man He Arrested.
tBy Telegraph to III. Tribune J

Bridgeport, Conn. March s.-More
than forty years ago, when Eugene
Birmingham. the present chief of po-
lice. Joined this city's force, his first
arrest was Michael Frawley, one Of a
gang of youths who came here from
Derby and created d disturbance.
Yesterday Frawley. now an old man,
was again brought before him, this
time for theft. Birmingham is noted
for his ability 10 remember faces and
names. and the moment he saw frawley
he recognized him as his first prisoner.
Frawley is wanted IN New Haven for
stealing. and will be taken there at the
conclusion Of his sentence here.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-09
that the woman had probably been dead
L. ....o.... fn..- nr.-s lnnQer

that the woman had probably been dead
for twenty-four hours or longer.
Soaring is about thirty-fve wears o'o'
and was graduated from Cornell Medical
College. He is said 20 have been mar
ried Al l76 West EIgh;y-hrst Street
where ne formerly lived. the employees
said that Mrs. Soaring and her child
a boy fourteen years old, had LETT eight
months previously. after several uns uc-
cessful attempts on the part Of Soaring
20 resume his Old life as physician.
l. is thought that she returned 10 the
home OF her parents in Montclair.
Searing's father now dead. was a mem
Der Of the firm Of Soaring & Moore,
photographers. - Beaver Street.
Miss Keena's brother. John heena'
said that his sister was thirty years
old and that he had seen very little
OF her for the last year. He said ms
efforts 20 keep the two apart had oeen
unsuccessful. John 0'Brien, who was
mentioned by Soaring, was found by
the police. and said that he knew Miss
Keena. and that he also had tried 20
keep her from associating with Scar
ing Miss keena was under treatment
for alcoholism al Bellevue Hospital last
summer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-09
BUSINESS MEN PLAN
TO GUARD PROSPERITY
See in Water Powers a Foil TO
After-War Depression.

Industrial preparedness to safeguard
business from the depression that il
expected TO accompany the conclusion
Of the European war is the subject Of
combined movement by big business
interests in and about New York. IL.
W. Hand. vice-presidont and general
manager Of the William Cramp & Sons
ship and Engine Building Company and
president Of the !. =. Morris Company,
Yesterday announced the opening Of
the campaign.
a meeting of representatives OF bust
ness interests having millions OF dol
lars in capital and employing ems OF
thousands Of men will be held in the
Offices Of the Cramps, at 100 Broad
way, tomorrow afternoon TO devise
plans for using the army OF men now
working in munition plants-many OF
which are working three shifts Of work
ers-whcn the orders from Europe
cease.
New industries. it is agreed. must be
found 10 make use o. the men, who
otherwise would be idle. According 20
the statement issued yesterday from
the Offices OF the Cramp concern. inter
est now is centred In the efforts in
Congress TO effect the development Of
thousands Of horsepow g. now running
10 waste in the natl ms waterways. The
National Conservation Congress, II is
explained. has come 70 realize that the
use Of water power does not waste the
utilities Of the country. The water al
ways will remain. no matter how much
is used for power. Il is hoped by the
manufacturers that the development Of
this power will demand the use Of labor
that otherwise would be rendered IN
employed at tho conclusion OF hostil!-
ties in Europe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-09

ruined manufacturer collected $1,000
and prepared 20 leave for America and
new start. Before leaving, however,
he met certain Count Zacharus Ba-
silus Zacharos Gorleschakoff. who gave
him some intimate. inside knowledge
OF a paying venture in which he might
invest his small remaining cash. Pill
lers did so. and started for America
few days later minus even this sum.
PLIERS had hardly reached Wv
York when he met Robert Wright, a
Philadelphia millionaire, who became
interested In the philosophical Hers
and offered 20 start him IN business
again. PLIERS was about 20 enter into
the new business when he found
paragraph IN New York newspaper
telling Of the marriage OF his count
70 Miss JEANNE Francis Billings, the
daughter Of then prominent New
York family.
"Why. the blamed scoundrel is al
ready married" he said. Il won't let
him swindle anybody else
PLIERS abandoned his new enterprise
20 track the count. who had departed
on a hurried honeymoon TO Rotterdam.
In dusty file Of The Tribune Of 1885
the count and his return to America.
Although rewarded by the family
that had benefited by his sleuthing.
PLIERS again found himself out Of
work He spent several years in Phil
adelphia. then drifted back 20 New
York His manufacturing Enterprises,
homehow. didn't prosper or this side
of the Atlantic. and he was reduced 10
search for any kind Of employment.
PLIERS was standing before the desk
in the Gilbert House. lS2 Park Row,
known as a flop among its none to par
ticular guests, when the man ON the
other side of that piece Of furniture
asked him II he would care q accept
a Sl0-s-week job as clerk. lie imme-
diately removed his hat and beg n his
new duties.
PLIERS was still engaged In handling
the destnies OF the Gilbert House
quests when yesterdays letter from his
daughter, in Bristol. told him that
many of his old ventures had suddenly
assumed tangible value and that he
would find himself almost as wealthy rs
in the olden days, If he would return
10 take charge Of them and axe his
home with her and his son-in-law. now
a colonel fighting OF the French front
yes. II sounds good. but it's pretty
com Portable here" said PLIERS. Next
Saturday IL my birthday. ] guess I'll
just celebrate II right here
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-09
Bowery Lodgings Desk
Man, Once Rich, Unruffled
by News of Fortune.
"COUNT" TOOK MONEY
BANK CRASH LEFT
EX-British Trade Prince. Salts
fled with Present Lot. Will
Refuse Restored Estate.

Opportunity, which has acquired a
reputation for knocking at the door o.
no man more than once. changed its
tactics yesterday. u swooped down
on the Bowery, broke into the cheap
est lodging house in sight. and fairly
tried 10 kidnap the aged. seedy man M
the desk 70 carry him away to wealth.
But the man at the desk had met
Opportunity many times during his
seventy-two years, ana was not STAN.
peded into hasty action. He method
cally perused the letter that was 20
have been his ticket to opulence. and
then placed IT in the pocket Of his sur
that did not contain at least one hole
"Wot's it all about, anyway" de-
manded tramp who had watched the
unusual spectacle Of the arrival Of q
special delivery letter with great in
terest.
Somebody wants 20 make me a rich
man again. that's ALL" was the reply.
HIN. How soon are We leavin' US.
Don't know whether III 90 at all
Things are pretty comfortable here on
a blizzsrdy day, amt they" came the
astounding reply
Wow Listen TO that, Ed PLIERS
gone loonyl" exclaimed the tramp.
stamping away in disgust
The cycle of fortune has brought
many opportunities, good and bad, &c
Edgar PLIERS, and being found in q
cheap lodging house was not sufficient
70 perturb that individual. Thirty
years ago he might have been found
seated in the presidents chair of q
big carriage manufacturing concern in
Bristol, England. Then he was rated
at little short of & millionaire Also.
he was the intimate of more repre-
sentstives of nobility than the average
business man meets in lifetime.
Collapse of the West New England
Bank. in which all of his negotiable
wealth was deposited swept away Pill
lers's means in a single night. The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-09
MISS EVERSON FREED
OF POISON PEN CHARGE
Girl Who Wrote Letters Held
for Trial.

Miss Mary ". Everson. the Little
Neck. L. l.. Sunday School teacher.
accused OF impairlnc the morals OF
fifteen-year-old Alvina Wolfe by die
tating poison pen" letters 70 her. was
discharged by Magistrate Fitch IN
Flushing police court yesterday. She
then was kissed by friends, who accom-
panied her home The Wolfe girl is
still IN custody Of the Children 5
SOCIETY. and viii be arraigned in the
Jamaica Chiidreu's Court, March II
There is nothing for me 70 do but
discharge this defendant" said the
Magistrate. There might be a further
investigation by the District Attorney
and the Childrens Society, but ! don't
see how we can hold her. Perhaps the
Wolfe girl had been urged 10 write
the letters by some one, but ! don't
believe that someone was Miss Ever
SON"
4. A feature Of the hearing was the ar
rest in court of q private detective
employed by James L. Bennett, Miss
Everson's attorney, 70 obtain evidence.
Walter 6. SCHNEIDER. who gave his ad-
dress as PA Riverside Drive. Manhat-
tan. was charged with petit larceny
on q warrant 0NUln NAN ~ NA1f +N~- ?
Wolfe. mother Of the girl, who said he
had taken some books from her home.
He was later dismissed.
Most Of the letters were unquotable.
and many a mere tumble Of words. All
were signed "Mrs Gabrielle Crabetto,
the former neighbor Of Miss Everson,
who was arrested and discharged. with
an apology at the beginning Of the
case. In one letter was this reference:
you are an old bag and a wicked
old woman. and was driven from New
Jersey for doing wicked things" The
letters were addressed 10 Miss Everson
herself. and the girl stuck TO her story
that she had written and directed the
notes at Miss Everson's direction.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-09
ARRESTS AND IS ARRESTED
Shea Tried to Aid Police-Sl Fine His
Reward.

jeremiah Shea. forty. Of III East
Seventy-eighth Street, staggered INTO
the Mulberry Street police station last
night. dragging with him Francis Kelly,
forty. OF $50 Hudson Street.
Here's q man who's intoxicated"
said Shea. "As a citizen ! have ar
rested him and ! want you TO lock him
up"
"And as a policeman am going 10
lock YOU ur or a charge Of intoxics-
tion. also" answered the lieutenant.
Both men we're later arraigned IN
the mems night court before Magis-
trate Simms on charges of intoXication.
Shea was fined 81. Kelly was sentenced
TO the workhouse for six months.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-09
publications Expected TO
f Give 100000 Space for
Defence Boom.
,rpGE SYNTHETIC
NITROGEN PROCESS
ss,s Want u. s. Indepen'
dsrt of Foreign Sources-To
Mobilize Industries.

n.. Great results will be accom-
"a during the next two months in
l~otilization Of the country's indus
"' to- national defence was indicated
H''I uo,,ard Z. Collins report to the
I" ,,I consulting board in executive
.';o, a. the Engineering Societies
S-ndne. % West Thirty-ninth Street.
y. Coffin is chairman Of the boards
-;,,ee on the organization and
..,asrdization OF manufactures. While
20 very small part Of the active
hos been done, members Of the
- said that the structure on which
y. york is based had been laid. The
..,ization work is rapidly approach
i,r completion. ;.... &c evo
.smbers in each state 10 direct the
~ If mobilization. Each committee
VI consist Of a civil. electrical, min
',r chemical and mechanical engineer
Advertisers to Aid Board.
!, ,.s work Of actively interesting
-. bnsiness men and manufacturers IN
y. =. onestion OF national defence, the
s.,,5 has been assured Of the assist
ne OF advertising agencies through
~, the country. Two weeks ago her
ssr, s. Houston, president OF the As
.oriated Advertising Clubs OF the
World. laid before President wilson
,l,rs through which the advertising
rsr Of the United States could be OF
.srvice in bringing the work Of the
i,,,d before the people lie was re-
cred 10 the Secretary Of the Navy
,,S subsequently 10 the Naval Consult
H. Houston told the board yester-
s,v that space in American publlca-
ans 10 the value Of S1,000.000 would
r-Soubtedly be put at the disposal Of
b. hoard 10 help il bring the urgent
need OF industrial mobilization before
ranuiacturers.
Dr. ". L. Whitney. chairman OF the
committee on physics and chemistry
vIich has been working IN cooperation
vi,b the committee on ordnance and
,rpIosives. headed by Hudson Maxim,
,svorted on the committees inyestiga-
ions Of the possible sources Of nitro
zen products in the United States. Dr..
Whi;nsy spoke Of the necessity Of get
trg nitrogen for use in explosives by
sone synthetic process, rather than TO
espend on importation from Chilli.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-09
Would Store Up Nitrogen.

Germany is securing nitrogen from
he sir. At its last meeting the board
POINTED out that nitrogen might be
.iorsd up, provisions might be made
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-09

for the manufacture Of its products. as
Germany has done, or a supply sui
fcient for q year Of war might be kept
on hand and a typical unit plant Of SUI
hcient size 70 assure a steady supply be
established. Or. Whitney said that I'M
portant financial interests in the cOun-
try were willing TO furnish domestic
nitrogen products If the government.
would help to q reasonable extent. The
cost Of manufacture was prohibitive,
DR.. Whitney said. unless cheap power
supply was available.
After hearing Or. Nhitney's report
the board passed the following resolu-
ton:
Whereas, The synthetic production
Of nitrogen products, which is now sue
cessfully carried on abroad but not IN
this country, Is Immediately vital 10
the agricultural and military interests
Of the United States, be II.
Resolved. That the Secretary Of the
Navy be requested 20 urge on the Pres
ideut that he coordinate the efforts 10
make effective the synthetic production
Of nitrogen in this country by the ere
alton of d commission, which shall III
clude representatives OF the Depart
ments Of Agriculture and the Interior
and the Army and Navy departments,
70 study the question and report on the
same al the earliest moment
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-09
Breathe and Be Well

BY William Lee Howard, MD. 1
ebiggest dollar sworth
of happiness in the whole
wide world. There's
nothing else to buy but
this book. Read it and |
pay Just a little attention. |
At oil BoskssiIsrs. 500 Net
EDWARD J. GLOBE. ia FasA A,.sss. Nov Ysss
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-09
Board Not Political Body.

Nj. Coffin denied after the meeting
that the board was in any way d polIti-
cal body. II don't even know the pc
litical inclinations of the members OF
my own committee" he said.
The members present were DR.. VI. X.
Hutchinson. Lawrence Addicks, Elmer
A. Sperry, Thomas Robins. Andrew l.
Riker, Professor Joseph W. Richards,
DR.. L. II. Baekeland. Howard L. Coffin,
William Leroy Emmet, Frank ).
Sprague, DR.. Robert 5. Woodward, DR..
Arthur G.. Webster. Spencer Miller
Hudson Maxim. Dr.. W. L. Whitney, i,
G.. Lamme. Andrew Murray Hunt an
". L. Saunders. who presided.