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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-21
SEVERAL INJURED
IN TROLLEY SMASH
Barre and Montpelier Car Ran Into Open
Switch and Struck Standing Cars at
Intercity Park Last Evening
One Passenger Sustained a
Broken Arm.

Five people, including Conductor Brig
ham. were more or less injured at
o'clock last evening when one of tht
main line cars OF the Barre & Montpelier
Traction & Power Co. ran into an open
switch at the lntercity park siding and
crashed into three other cars stationed
there awaiting the conclusion of the mo.
tion picture show.
The following persons reported to the
conductor that they had sustained in.
juries when the collision occurred ].
George Rossi of IA Granite street, Barre,
two teeth Knocked out; Maraehievelli
Ottaine, l3 Second street. Barre, broken
arm; Louis Gotler, Seminary street,
Barre, leg injured; V. Rosselli, Moon
street, Boston, Mass, leg injured. Con
ductor Brigham suffered wrenehed
shoulder and back. but is able to attend
to his duties to-day.
The car left Montpelier at $50 o'clock
bound for Barre and was well filled. The
car, under the direction of Motorman
Frank Chandler, was proceeding quite
rapidly and when it failed to keep to the
main line track the impact with the sta
tionary cars was quite severe, damaging
the car so badly that it had to be towed
back to the car barn along with two of
the other cars. The passengers were
transferred to another waiting trolley
and taken TO Barre and those who COM
planned OF injuries were probably attend
ed by physicians when they reached that
city
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-21
sLAsHED THROAT; CALLED AID.
E. A. Starkey Apparently Regretted His
Rash Act--He May Live.

Vergennes, Aug. 2l.-V. A. Starkey
|of Brattleboro, about 65 years old a
travelling salesman for the f. f. Den.
nison company of Rochester, attempted
suicide at the Stevens house here about
7 o'clock Sunday morning, cutting his
throat with a razor. The man was
rushed to the Mary Fletcher hospital at
Burlington by automobile and it is
stated that he has chance of recovery.
When asked why he attempted to take
his life he said he had nothing to live
for
Starkey is married but has not been
living with his wife for some time For
the last two or three months he has
been making his headquarters at the
Stevens house and has been travelling
through this territory by team.
1t is evident that after Starkev had
drawn the razor blade across his throat
he regretted his act and had great de
sire to live as he rang furiously for a
bellboy. When the boy reached the
room he found Starkey lying on the bed
with the blood gushing from the gaping
wound, the bedding being soaked By
means of signs the man instructed the
boy to lose no time in summoning medi-
cal aid.
DR., V. W. Waterman, who was sum
moned, found that the razor had missed
the jugular vein but had severed the
After rendering first aid DIR.
Waterman had the injured man hurried
to Burlington by automobile. Starkey
has wife, a daughter and sister living
at Brattleboro.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-21
THOMAS LovEJ0Y EMERSON.
Died Saturday Night After Illness with
Pneumonia.

Thomas Lovejoy Emerson. for many
years resident of Barre, died at the
home of his daughter Mrs. R. H. Bapp,
in South Barre AZ midnight Saturday,
the end following an illness OF lobar
pneumonia. Besides the daughter with
whom be made his home. he leaves a
daughter. Miss Minnie Emerson, two
sons. Norman Emerson and Charles En-
erson; two brothers, Henry Emerson of
Washington and L. n. Emerson Of
Worcester. Mass; and grandson. Mer-
ton Emerson OF Hartford, Conn The
deceased was born IN Hyde Park June
Is. 1887. and was therefore - wears, two
months and six DAYS old His wife. who
was Alvira r. Rice Emerson, died sew
ersl years ago.
The funeral viii be held at the home
Of r II. Bapp Tuesday afternoon at
? O'Clock. Rev. r. g. LipsLv Of the Hell
ding Methodist church. viii officiate and
interment will he nlsde iB. tie family
lot IN Elmwood cemetery.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-21
BUMPED BY STREET CAR
Frank Montgomery Couldn't Tell How
He Came to Be in Barre.

| A hiatus in which Frank Montgom cry
of st. Johnsbury narrowly escaped with
his life ended at the City hospital Sun.
day morning when the man, recovering
consciousness, asked attaches at the in
stitution to account for his presence
there and to explain how he came to be
in Barre instead OF in st. Johnsbury. II
Montgomery had been the least bit
skeptical, it would have taken nurses
doctors, ear operators and ehauffeurs to
answer all his questions. But the pa
tient seemed perfectly content to take
the nurses at their word while they told
him that he had been injured when a
northbound street car ran into him just
south of the greenhouse on the Mont
pelier road Saturday evening around
725 o'clock
Then it dawned on Montgomery that
the accident must have had something
to do with multiple eontusions about his
forehead and very lame feeling in the
right hip. As for his own part of the ex
planation, the man was able to contrib
ute the information that he was in st.
Johnsbury at last accounts. said last ac-
counts being Saturday morning. Con-
ductor Ray f. Coppins and Motorman
Fred Murray, aboard the car due to reach
City square at TAO o'clock, state that
seemed to walk in front OF
the car with good deal of deliberation.
If such was the case, he made up his
mind after it was too late to stop the
car, with the result that the man was
thrown into the highway. Then the car
was stopped and while the car opera tors
hailed a passing motorist, first aid meas
ures were used in vain effort to restore
to consciousness.
Asa Tyrell, who lives at Hill street,
happened along in his auto and volun
teered to hurry the man to the City hos
oital. Physicians at the hospital dressed
, number of lacerations on his forehead
md told the attaches not to discharge
lim until Sunday night.
Passengers and the operators of the |
treet car were of one mind when it came |
o saying that the burden of blame for I
he accident rested good deal on Mont /
-omery. Yesterday he made rapid strides |
n the direction of shaking off the effects
f the hiatus and by night he was ready
o leave the hospital.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-21
PLAINFIELD RAID
ENDS IN 6 ARRESTS
Washington County Officers Seized Six
Barrels of Beer and Six Quart Bottles
of Whiskey Saturday Night-Re-
spondents to Be Given Hear
ing Before Judge Harvey.

| An even half dozen respondents, in
cluding one woman, all Plaintield resi-
dents, faced Judge f. NJ. Harvey in
Montpelier city court this forenoon. hav
ing been arrested Saturday night as the
result of raid made by an automobile
load Of deputy sheriffs. The officers
were successful in finding six barrels of
beer and six quart bottles of whiskey,
and nasmuch as the five men and their
woman companion insisted that they
each had share in the ownership of the
alleged contraband goods the entire
party was taken to the county jail and
arraigned together this morning,
Atty. William Lord represented the re-
spondents, who gave the following
names: NJ. Rizzi, G.. Becilli, Virginia
Edine, A. Edine, G. Pedioli and G. Or
lando. Their counsel asked that the
cases be continued for hearing, the date
of which will be arranged later and no
plans were entered, bail being fixed i'll
each case at 5000, the bondsmen being
Joseph d. 0ssola and Carlo Merlo OF
Barre.
The search warrant was issued by
States Atty Fred E. Gleason and in the
rsiding party were Deputy Sheritfs
Henry Lawson, Roy Getman and A. A.
Emery of Montpelier, Frank Blodah Of
North Montpelier and f. D. Bartlett of
Plainfield The officers descended upon
the Edine house about . o'clock and
found in addition to the six mentioned
one other man drinking. This forenoon
the state was represented by Grand Jur-
or A. c. Theriault in the absence of the
states attorney.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-21
GERMAN PEACE
OFFERS CANNOT
BE ENTERTAINED
Because They Are Either Intolerable or
Humiliat ting to Some of the Allies,
Declared Premier Asquith.

London, Aug. 2l.-The German govern
ment as yet has shown no disposition to
agree to peace except on terms that
would be intoerable or humiliating to
some of the allies, said Premier Asquith,
replying in the House of Commons to-
day to Sir William Pollard Byles, one of
the little group of peace advocates.
The suggestion of DR.. Zimmerman, the
German under secretary for foreign sf-
fairs. that the entente is influenced by
pressure from Great Britain is quite un-
true, added the premier. Asked further
whether terms of any kind had been sug
gested, the premier replied: "Only what
has been seen in the press; nothing Off
cial."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-21
BEARERS WERE GRANDsoNs.
Funeral of Mrs Maria z. Morse Was
Held Sunday.

The funeral of Mrs. Maria f. Morse
for many years resident Of Plainfield
whose death at the age Of 50 years oc-
CURED at the home Of her daughter. Mrs
Walter Ladd st Cutler Corner. Orange
Friday evening. was held at the house
Sunday afternoon at 2s30 O'Clock. Rev.
A. W. Hewitt, pastor OF the Methodist
church in Plsinfield. officiating. TIE bear
ers were SIX grands1ns Of the deceased,
John LAdd. Daniel Iadd. Harry Ladd.
Charles Ladd. Dean f.adi and Arthur
Iadd. interment vas made in the fami-
IL lot a; the Plainfeld Center cemetery.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-21
HOLDING THEIR OWN
Italians Are Consolidating the Ground
They Have Won.

Rome, via London, Aug. 2l.-The Ital-
ians who advanced in the region east of
Goritzia and on the Carso plateau are
holding fast to the ground won, occupy
ing themselves with consolidating the re-
Gently captured positions, To-day's war
office statement reports no important in
fantry activity on any portion of the
Austro- italian front Violent artillery
duels, however, are in progress, notably
in the Trentino, where the Austrian gun
ners have shown especial activity.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-21
MORE ALARM FELT
As Infantile Paralysis Starts Out With
New Rush in New York.

New York, Aug. 2l.-1he center of the
infantile paralysis epidemic shifted to-
day from Brooklyn to Manhattan and
there were more deaths and new cases in
the latter borough than at any time
since the inception of the disease. Dur
ing the "a hours ending at 10 o'clock this
morning, the plague killed 33 children in
the FIVE boroughs of New York City and
% new cases were reported. Seventeen
of the deaths were reported from Man
haitian. Since the epidemic began there
have been 1900 cases and $50 deaths.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-21
FIVE DEAD IN EXPLOSION.
A Munitions Factory in Montreal Dam
aged $4,000.

Montreal, P. @, Aug 2l-Five men
were killed, six probably fatally injured,
and eight others seriously hurt in a fire
early yesterday in the -Etns Chemical
company's powder factory At Drummond-
vile. Que. The FIRE Is believed to have
resulted from an electric spark which
dropped from the oonveyor belt into one
of the powder bins in the blending house.
which was destroyed. The money loss is
estimated at so 90.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-21
STRANGLED SELF
WITH TRUNK STRAP
Mrs. Mary Woodwork Committed Sui
eide at the Home of Her Son in
Enosburg Center Sunday.

Enosburg Center, Aug. 2l.-Mrs. Mary
Woodworth, aged 81 years. was found
dead yesterday st the home Of her
son, Fred Hamlet, where she had resided
for some months When found she had
trunk strap around her neck. and this
vas hitehed to the knob Of closed door.
il this manner she strangiei herself.
Tie funeral ~Ss held to-day, with burial
il k9rzisrslla
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-21
DISEASE ARRESTED.
Only 10 New Cases of Paralysis in Mas
sachusetts.

Boston, Aug. 2l.-The spread Of infan-
tile paralysis in tins state has been ar
rested, temporarily. At least. according
70 reports Of the state health department.
to-day. Only ten new eases were found
during the past 3 hours, less than was
shown IN the reoe=t daily reports.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-21

Active participation by the Italian
troops in the Saloniki campaign would
mean the existence of state of war be-
tween Italy and Germany. Germany is
directing operations against the allies at
this point. Italy, which has a consider
able surplus of troops, has been urged to
take more active part in the Balkan
operations but refrained partly on ac-
count of the fact that she was not at
war with Germany. There have been
several recent indications that declara-
tions were Forthcoming.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-21
Ioint Grange Meeting Tuesday.

The Capital City grange will hold a
picnic at Caledonia park Tuesday and
invites the public and the other oranges.
Games and sports viii be in order. T.iose
coming BY electric cars should get Of
az tie Marvin farm
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-21
BRITISH LOST
TWO CRUISERS
IN BATTLE
London Publicity Agent Declares One
German Submarine Was Sunk and
Another Was Rammed, But
Berlin Does Not Ad-
nit Loss.

London, Aug. 2l.--Two British light
cruisers. the Nottingham and Falmouth
were sunk Saturday in the North sea by
German submarines while the vessels
were searching for the German high seas
fleet, according to an official announce
ment issued by the admiralty shortly
before midnight. One German submarine
was destroyed by the British. while an.
other was rammed and possibly sunk,
according to the admiralty statement,
which follows:
Reports from our lookout squadrons
and other units showed that there was
considerable activity on the part of the
enemy in the North sea Saturday, the
10th.
"The German high seas feet came out,
but learning from their scouts that the
British forces were in considerable
strength the enemy avoided an engage
ment and returned to port.
I'm searching for the enemy we lost
two cruisers by submarine attacks-H.
NJ. S. Nottingham, Capt. C. B. Miller,
ahd II. NJ. S. Falmouth, Capt. John Ed
wards.
"All the officers OF the former were
saved, but IS of the crew are missing.
All the officers and men of the Falmouth
were saved, but one leading stoker, Nor
man Fry, died of injuries.
"An enemy submarine was destroyed
and another was rammed and possibly
sunk.
"There is no truth in the German
statement that British destroyer was
were struck by torpedoes and damaged"
Berlin, by wireless to Sayville. Aug
2l.-The admiralty announced to-day
that a German submarine Saturday
sank a small cruiser and a destroyer |
near the British east coast and damaged /
another small cruiser and battleship.
The statement follows:
"A German submarine off the British |
east coast on Aug 10 destroyed a small /
cruiser and a destroyer of the enemy /
Another small cruiser and a battleship I
we're struck by torepdoes and damaged"
This is the first appearance in the /,
North sea of strong German naval forces
since the battle of Jutland on May 81.
The first news that the Germans had left
he shelter of their mine fields and fortf.
led bases were brought to Holland by
rawlers which reported sighting Ger.
nan squadron of Is warships including
arge cruisers. This fleet was accom-
,anied by two Zeppelins and was steer.
ng northwest in the region of White
'ank
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-21
FLAMING LIQUID
USED IN VAIN
BY GERMANS
Fleury Still Remains in French Hands
Declares Paris Official Statement,
Despite Violent Attack During
Sunday Night.
Sunday Night

Paris, Aug. 2l.--The Germans deliv-
cred a violent attack on Fleury near Ver-
dun last night, using flaming liquid, but
without result, says the war office state
ment to-day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-21
RUSSIANS SEIZE
1900 MEN IN DAYS
ON STOKHOD LINE
Broke Through the Teuton Line
Last Week, War Office at
petrourad Saws
Petrograd Says.

Petrograd via London, Aug. 2l.-The
Russians made further advances along
the Stokhod line at some points where
they broke through the Austro- Hunga-
rian defenses last week, the war office
announced to-day. The capture of more
than 1900 men in this district in two
days is reported
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-21
MEANS STATE OF WAR
WITH GERMANY
Because Germany Is Direct
ing Operations Against
the Entente Allies at That
Point - Italy Had Long
Been Urged to Participate
in the Balkan Warfare

Paris, Aug. 2l.-The Italian troops be-
gan disembarking at Saloniki yesterday,
says Havas despatch from that point
On leaving the ships the Italians passed
through Saloniki to their camp preceded
by military bands and cheered by the
populace.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-21
TWO AUToISTS SUED
Drivers of Teams Claim They Were Neg.
ligent and Careless.

Two suits in Washington county court
entered for trial at the September tern
are the result OF collisions between au
| tomobiles and horse drawn vehicles
| Adelbert j. Persons OF Calais asks dam.
ages of $500 from Aubrey Y Nelson oi
Cabot, the plaintiff alleging that the de,
| fendant was negligent while driving an
automobile in Montpelier on Main street
on the morning of July 8 circus day re-
sulting in the plaintiffs valuable driving
horse being so badly injured that ii had
to be shot.
A. p. Harris OF Montpelier, the owner
of a garage on Elm street, is made the
defendant in a suit for 81 900 brought
by Arthur Baker of East Montpelier.
The plaintiff asserts that Harris drove
an automobile neglgently, recklessly and
carelessly on the East Montpelier Center
road on July 6 and that the defendant
ran into his team, destroying the wagon
and injuring the horse. Fred L. Laird is
attorney for the plaintiff in each case.
A divorce case. Alma C. Paris VS.. Au-
gustus Paris, with =. N. Harvey for the
petitioner, has also been entered.
Primary Petitions Filed.
Saturday primary petitions We filed
with the county clerk by II. F. Hill of
Waterbury and Frank C. Bancroft of
Barre Town. candidates for the state
Senate. Petitions have now been filed
by four candidates, Fl. F. Hill. Frank C.
Bancroft. DR.. F. F. Steele of Montpelier
and D. R. Demeritt of Duxhury. The
contest is between Demeritt and Hill,
both of whom represented their resper-
tive towns in the last legislative assem-
bly,. To morrow being the last day al
lowed for filing petitions it is expected
that the Democratic candidates will file
their papers with the clerk sometime to-
dsv
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-21

tCOntinued on third Psse.l
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-06-23
H.1Cs SEEDING REPLACING
FL ~ LAHAlNA CANE AT EVA

Seeding cane H.log 10 going to take
the place Of the old original Lahaina
variety at Eva according to all indica-
tons and up to the present there has
been no sign Of its being affected with
the "Labaina disease" which neces-
sitated throwing out the good old Bour-
bon standby. Castle & Cooke stated
yesterday that H-109 is a big yielder,
the juices are excellent, and both plant
and rattoons are extremely well suited
to the conditions OF soil on the Eva
cane landsl The management is using
this variety all the time in replanting.
Two other seedlings have also proved
to be exceptionally good, H-20, and
H-227. The plantation Is proceeding
carefully With these and is also ex.
perimenting in a small way With other
Seedlings Including some which have
been discovered growing as volunteers
in their fields.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-06-23
West Indian Cane Pests

In recent report Of the Imperial de
Partment of agriculture in the West In.
dies notes are given on insect pests of
sugar cane on st. Kits, also ON root
disease (Mnrasmius sacchari) destroy,
ing or stunting the canes, and on rind
disease which was present in one local.
ity In 1919, but did not appear during
the period covered by this REPORT.
Besides mention Of insects iniuring
cotton, notes are given on peculiar
mottled appearance of the leaves, con.
nected with stunted growth of the
plants, which produced an abnormal
number Of blooms and bolls, none Of
whieh hiathred, In other places there
was q curling or crinkling of the leaves
on the upper branches, coupled with
entire absehce Of bolls. This trouble is
thought to be the same as the one re.
ported from st. Croix. which is supposed
to be Identical with leaf cut or tomosis
described as occurring in the United
States.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-06-23
INQUIRY IS BEGUN
! INTO CA|YO WRECK
Only Captain Bent and First Off
Ger Sakai To Be
Examined

/ Official inquiry into tie loss Of the
TcyO Kisen Kasha steamer ChiyO
Maru, wrecked on LENA Islands Hang-
kong, March 81, was to begin at Toxic
yesterday.
Captain Ernest Bent and the chief
officer, Hachiro Sakai, will be exam
ihed. The hearing is in Tokyo Marine
district court, before Judge Takatori
and Judges Nagura and Katofi, associ.
ates. The hearing is Expected to last
several days.
Bent Made Report b..
On the order e the Tokyo marine
court, Messrs. Hori and Shioda, engi.
neers of the company, who were staying
at Hongkong made an investigation Of
the disaster and Of the causes leading
70 the accident Soon after, Captain
Bent submitted report to Mr.. Imai,
japanese Consul. General at Hongkong.
Captain Bent and Chief Officer Sakai
tlso were subjected to an examination
BY Marine Judge Nagano on their ar.
rival at Yokohama on May IL I'M
quiries were also put TO the chief en-.
gineer and several other senior officers
Except Captain Bent and Chief on.
Ger Sakai, no others will be heard at
the examination. Until this formal in.
quiry nothing will be made public in
reference to the preliminary inquiriea
The results of these inquiries by these
officials have already been submitted to
the Tokyo marine court. ~
Three Punishments Possible
I In an Interview Marine Judge Nag.
.ano, who is In charge Of the prelimin.
iry examination, said: RE
Gas Captain Bent is an American,
an Interpreter win be employed, when
the hearing will be held. But since
there win frequently occur many tech.
meal terms, IL is difficult matter to
find q competent interpreter, one who
lis well versed in technical terms. The
two officers will be permitted to have
their lawyers. II there are no further
disclosures in regard to the causes Of
the accident, the Chiyo case viii be
comparatively simple. Such cases are
never so complicated as those in which
there have been collisions between two
vessels. |N 2
"There are three ways of Furnishing
these officers II they are found to be
responsible. The first is a reprimand;
the second is temporary suspension of
heir certificates. the third, which Is the
most severe, is disqualification.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-06-23
P. & O. Ship
IS IS Stopped
By Japanese

That Peninsula and Oriental liner,
British, was held up on the high seas
out of Shanghai by a Japanese war
ship was news brought ID Honolulu by
officers of the T. X. X. steamer Shinyo
Maru, which arrived Monday from Yo-
kohama and which sailed for San Fran
cisco Yesterday morning. This is NO
more than a rumor, for no details were
2btainable, such as the time, names Of
the liner and man-of-war.
If true, this is the first stopping Of
British liner by Japanese man.of-
war, although there have been numer-
Gus instances in which the shoe was on
the other foot. It may demonstrates
that the holding.up Of liners IL a two
edged thing, for the British have Japb-
nese liners repeatedly, the first and
most conspicuous ease having been thar
of the T. X. X, steamer Tenyo Marn,
from which nine -indus were removed
last winter. This aroused violent pro-
test in Japan, tt .s,s