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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-27
The Dead on Channel Boat
Sussex May Reach
Fifty
TWO BOATS
WERE TORPEDOED
Washington Hears English
man and Sussex Were
U-Boat Victims

London, March 27.--About seventy five
persons, including, it is believed, several
Americans are missing from the channel
steamer, Sussex, which struck mine or
was torpedoed Friday afternoon while
on her way from Folkestone to Dieppe.
According to officials of the London,
Brighton and South Coast Railway COM
pany, managers of the line which runs
the Sussex, the passenger list of the Sus-
sex showed that there were twenty-five
Americans aboard.
A statement issued by the British adj
miralty Saturday says $50 survivors have
been landed in France and between nine
ty and one hundred at Dover. Taking
the official figures of $3.50 passengers and
about fifty crew, there are about seven
ty-five persons still to be accounted for.
The following official communication
was issued Saturday night by the French
minister of marine:
"The British steamer Sussex, carrying
1856 passengers, was torpedoed in the
channel by an enemy submarine.
"The captain saw a torpedo hundred
meters away and tried to avoid it, but
the missile struck the vessel in the bow.
The shock partly destroyed the wireless
equipment. Help was delayed by the
wireless operator sending an inexact To-
cation.
Most of the passengers were landed at
Boulogne. Others were taken by British
destroyers to England. The Sussex was
flowed to port. The explosion caused a
panic.
''There were fifty victims"
According to dispatches received at the
American embassy early Saturday nine
ty of the survivors of the Sussex were
landed in England, and most of the pas
sengers had been landed at Boulogne to
which port the vessel was towed. One
dispatch said that twenty-five Ameri-
cans were aboard, but that the number
of casualties was uncertain.
Edward Huxley, president of the Unit
cd States Export company, and Francis |
4. Drake, European manager of the COM |
pany, were rescued and are safe in Lon. |
don. They report that there was heavy |
loss of life on the vessel. Mr.. Huxley
says that several passengers and num-
Der of the crew were undoubtedly killed
by the explosion.
John HI. Hearley, correspondent OF
the United Press, telegraphed from Bou-
logne Saturday afternoon that it was be-
LEGGED there that fifty persons had lost
their lives; three American passengers
he had interviewed, he said, agreed that
the vessel was torpedoed
Mr. Hearley said in his message that
Professor James Mark Baldwin, formerly
of Baltimore, more recently living in Par
is, and his daughter, Elizabeth 5. Bald
win, were missing and are believed to
have been drowned. A dispatch to a
London news agency, said that Miss
Baldwin was rescued, but that her leg
was broken and she had received other
injuries.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-27
EXPRESS AGENT
AT TILTON, N. H.,
WAS MURDERED
Body of Austin Cunningham Discovered
Lying in His Office with Bullet
Wound in Head.

Tilton, N. H., March 27.-Austin Cum
bingham, American Express company
agent, was found lying in his Office Sat
urday afternoon with hole through his
head believed to have been caused by
revolver bullet Although the money
drawer of the office was open, nothing
had been taken from it so far as per-
usal of the Office records could show. An
axe lay alongside Cunningham's body.
There were no evidences of a struggle.
Cunningham was 20 years old. He was
married and had three year-old daugh-
ter. He was the son of Austin f. Cum
bingham, an operator of an icehoue on
Lake Winnipesaukee. He went to work
for the express company about year
and a half ago, when James Devaney re-
signed the job to go into the livery sta
BILE business.
Devaney's stable is a short distance
from the railroad station in which the
express Office is located. Devaney no.
ticed that Cunningham was not on hand
to take care of the express packages
when a train arrived shortly after 3
o'clock Saturday afternoon. He took
charge of the express matter himself and
soon after went to the Office to see if
Cunningham was about.
He found the door closed and on open
ing it discovered Cunningham's body ly-
ing in the middle of the floor. His hat
was lying near him. There was hole
in the hat the same size as that in the
dead mans head.
County Coroner D. L. Hodgdon OF
Iakeport was notified. He came ana
took charge of the body.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-27
WAITE HAD DESIGNS
ON FOUR LIVES
Dentist Charged with Poisoning Wealthy
Father-in-Law Now in Bellevue
Prison Ward.

New York, March 27-From statements
made by Mrs. Margaret Horton. a singer,
Assistant District Attorney John I. Doc
ling declared Saturday night that the au-
thOrities had been led 20 believe that DR.
Arthur Warren Waite. accused Of poison
ing his wealthy father-in-law, John T.
Peek Of Grand Rapids, MICA, had designs
on the lives Of AZ least four persons Mr..
Horton. according 70 Mr.. Dooling. adj
mitted that she shared a studio" with
Waite az q New York hotel and that
Waite registered with her as -Dr. and
Mrs. A. w. Walters Mrs. Horton. who
vas sukierted 10 an ail-day examination,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-27

was said BY Mr.. Dooling to have stated
that she believed Waite planned to kit
her and her husband.
Mrs. Horton" continued Mr. Dooling
@hss reason to believe. according 10 her
statement. that Waite vas trying 20 per.
suade her % take some kind o. medicine.
Mr. Dooling added that Mrs. Horton vas
with Waite when be made purchases -thc
nature Of which cannot n0W b. divuleed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-27

preference on their nomination papers for
any presidential candidate. The hallut
law commission. after a conference wits
Secretary Of State Langtry. made that
ruling yesterday. and Senator Martin
HAYES Of Brighton thercupon withdress
his request q have the werd used. IL
was pointed out 20 senator HAYS that
has suggestion could not be legally foi-
loved.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-27

Mrs. Horton also told him. be said. that
Waite believed her to be wealthy, and
had questioned her regarding the extent
Of her finances. AIRS. Horton was accom-
panied to the district attorneys Office b.
her husband
Waite is in the prison wara az Bellevue
hospital where 81 was removei Friday
night after recovering from tie ELECTS
of teuEs Be took tuesday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-27

District Attorney Edward Swami said
be expected the grand jury to return an
Indictment against Waite to-day or Tuts-
day. after hearing the testimony II Per-
~. son Of the alleged poison victim. and
the physicians who say they found ar
ssnic IN Peaks body.
The only persons permitted t. see
Waite saturday uere his parents from
Grand Rapids and has brother. Frank Of
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-27
CAN'T BE ~UNPLEDGED."
Word Cannot Be Inserted on Primary
Ballot After Names.

Boston. March 27-The word sun
pledged" cannot BE- inserted On the presi-
dential primary ballot after the names o.
tho-e candidates for delegates e. the ma
tional conventions who failed to express a
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-27

New York. The latter said Saturday
night that his father is On the verge oil
a collapse and his mother Is under the
care 81 a physician.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-27

u want q ioaf Of bread
White o. rrahamf-
Doesn't matter. IT'S for q blind wom-
ID. --Topeka Journal
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-27
Cork Tps-Plair1 Et1dS

CT Here's three more great
gun exhibits i'm what is the
strongest chain of evidence
ever offered to the Cigarette
Smokers of America. Read
them carefully, gentlemen.
ga convincing dOcu-
ment is Exhibit A. Here is a
man-be he ever so humble
he is, in his official capacity,
the personification of The
American Tobacco Company
itself. And under oath he
states that during all his five
years with the Company, dur
ingwhich time he has receipted
for approximately thirty mil
lion pounds, he has only passed
pure Turkish tobacco into
Straights factory the bales
bearing the original Turkish
markings and coming direct
from bonded warehouses. He
would know If anything but
pure Turkish tobacco entered
the factory.
q And Exhibit B-the af-
fidavit of Mr.. Alfred G. Vale,
General Manager of the Egyp-
tienne Straights factory. Mr..
Vale, i'm active direction of
Straights production, should
know if anybody does, because
it is his business to know, and
he wants you to know, too, the
purity and goodness of
Straights.
GAnd then Mr.. w. I'll.
O'Brien, Vice-President of The
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-27

American Tobacco Company in
charge of cigarette manufac-
turing, officially puts the great
Company making Straights
On record, i'm Exhibit C, as
willing to stand or fall on the
public's judgmentof Straights.
So sure is he of their ultimate
goodness and that a frank
recital of the infinite pains
taken in their production will
mean more to the smoking
public than a reiteratiOn of
the common ordinary claims
of other cigarette manufac-
turers So sure is he of this
that he has made frankness
the keynote of the Straights
selling policy.
q We dlUeH on this point
of Turkish Tobacco i'm
Straights, because for years
the discriminating smoker
of cigarettes has realized
that REAL TURKISH cig-
arctic appeals to his taste as
no other cdn-dnd q box of
Str1ights lUW pr0Ue that to
your satisfaction, too.
But this is only the be-
ginning. We are going to
take you to far-off Turkey, as
though you were there with
our resident buyers, and give
you an insight such as you
never had before on Turkish
Tobacco, and then you will &C.
company us through nine
great floors of the Straights
Factory in New York City,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-27

the only cigarette factory
passed upon by M'Cann,
Americas foremost expert on
cleanliness i'm factories. From
the top to the bottom wen
take you, laying bare to the
heart cigarette manufacture
in all it's branches. You will
learn every fact as though you
were to become a part and
parcel of the business itself,
and you will begin to have a
feeling akin to friendship and
to strongly realize the human
side of this worlds greatest
cigarette factory. The entire
story is yours, to be printed i'm
this paper every few days. We
pray for your attention.
G We would much rather
take each and all through the
Straights Factory, but that is
the impossible, so we tell the
story; but to those visiting
New York the Straights Fac
tory, with its nine hundred
happy, contented workers, is
one of the sights of the Me-
trOpOlis. Cards of admission
will be sent you, and on pres
entatiOn at the factory COM
petent guides will conduct you
through and explain every
feature. Your name and adj
dress on a postal to the fac
tory, 337-347 West 9th Street,
New York City, will bring you
the cards of invitation.
O Remember-We want
everybody who possibly can
to visit the Straights Factory.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-27

Ab Y
Ephne Sraghs Cigarettes M Made and Guaranteed TIE Company
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-11-10
MANY MERCHANT SHIPS SUNK.
Nearly 1000 Sent Down During 27
Months of War.

New York.-One thousand eight hun
dred and twenty merchant ships, with
an aggregate gross tonnage of approx
imately 3,S2S.5S4, have been sunk by
belligerent nations during % months
Of war ending Nov. /. according to fig
ures compiled from cable dispatches
and mail advices.
The losses during October we're
larger than for any one OF the proceed.
ing five months, according to the sta
tistics, amounting to 127 vessels Of a
total of 227,116 tons gross. The octo-
Der rate Of destruction was consider
ably in excess of the monthly average
throughout the war period and British
shipping sustained losses nearly equal
10 those OF August and September CON-
bined. Norway lost the largest num-
Der OF ships, Sc. according to the sta
tistics, but their gross tonnage was
only 1888, as compared with Great
Britain's total loss Of 1855 gross ton
mage of IS vessels destroyed.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-11-10
FRENCH AND BRITISH GAIN
PerceptibIe Advances Made Against
Central Powers BY Allies In War
Zones All Along the Front.

Rome (via London) In the zone
from Gorilla to the Adriatic sea the
Italians have captured additional
points of vantage from the Austrians
and taken 3,948 more prisoners and
guns, machine guns and quantities of
arms and ammunition, according to the
official communication.
The communication says:
From Gorilla to the sea fighting,
which resulted in further successes
along the northern brow Of the Carso
Plateau, continued yesterday. Here
the troops of the Eleventh Army
Corps. who repulsed violent counter.
attacks during the night, took strong
defenses on difficult ground east of
Veliki Kribach and Mount Pecinka.
After taking several trenches and
clearing the enemy out of woods and
caves, the fourth and forty-fifth divis.
ions, in spite Of an intense artillery
fire and counter-attacks, held the line
running from Mount Fate over the
heights of Point S19 to Point 229 on
the Oppachiazella- Castagnavizza road,
1000 meters west of the latter"
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-11-10
STATE STATUTES
ARE BEING CODED.
ATTORNEY GENERAL AND AIDS
PREPARING CODE OF LAWS
OF THE STATE.
COMPILATION BADLY NEEDED
New Book viii BE Printed on india
Paper and Contains About 5000
Pages-Has Been Badly
Needed For Years.


Tennessee, which has been practi-
cally without code for twenty years,
is to have a new compilation of laws.
Attorney General Thompson of this
state is at work on a new codiication
Of the laws of Tennessee, which is to
be new edition of "Shannon's Code"
which was published in 1896.
Assisting Gen. Thompson In this big
undertaking are Judge Henry r. Glib
son, Of Knoxville, author of "Gibson's
Suits in Chancery," who is known as
legal writer throughout the country;
Hon. Noble Smithson OF Knoxville, who
wrote "Smithson's Tennessee Civil
Procedure;" Neal B. Spahr of Knox
vile, and the editorial force of the
Baldwin Law Book Co. of Louisville,
KY, who are publishing the work.
There have been eleven sessions OF
the legislature since the last compila-
ton Of laws, and the editors of the
work say approximately four thousand
changes have been made, and thou
sands of decisions have been handed
down by the courts.
From this 1t is apparent that the
state has been in dire need of a new
code, and Gen. Thompson, his CO.
workers and the publishers are to be
encouraged and congratulated In un-
dertaking to bring together and ar
range the mass of material necessary
in preparing work of this character
While without code to go by the
lawyers of the state in preparing
cases for trial have been compelled to
go through not only the code of 1896,
but also the eleven bulky volumes con-
tanning the acts of the legislature
since that time. This has made I'M
necessary and tedious work, which,
when the new Shannon's Code is pub
lished, it is expected, will be elimi-
mated.
The code will be In one volume of
about 5000 pages and printed on India
paper. 1t will follow the same gen.
eral plan of the Shannon's code and
will be strictly up to date.
The foremost legal talent of the
state is at work on II and 1t is ex-
pected to have the new volume ready
for distribution soon. Advance sub.
scriptions are already being received.
The code will be replete with notes
and annotations.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-11-10
PASSENGER TRAIN LOOTED
Passenger Train Looted and CarranEa
Military Guard Shot-ciothlng
Of Women Passengers Taken

FL Paso, Texas.-A message receiy-
ed by Americans here from chihuahua
City report that Parral, chihuahua,
has been taken by Villa troops. Gen.
George Bell, Jr., commander Of the Ell
Paso patrol district, states that he
has received no information Of the
capture of Parral. This town was CIV
en- as Villas objective when the ban
dit moved south from Santa Ysabel.
At the general offices of the Alva-
RADIO Mining and Milling Company here
it was stated that no information had
been received in reference to the re-
port that Villa troops had captured the
town. The Alvarado company off,
Gals are making efforts to obtain in
formation from their representatives
there by way of Chihuahua City and
also by way of Eagle Pass, Texas, Tor
reon and JimineZ.
Gen. Gonzales, commander Of the
CarranZa forces of the north, states
that he has received no information
from Chihuahua City regarding the
reported capture, but admitted that
such information might have reached
the border in private messages.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-11-10
ANOTHER BAD PEST
DUE FROM MEXICO
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
DISCOVERS COTTON PEST ON
MEXICAN BORDER.
PINK BOIL WORM is COMING
Strenuous Efforts Being Made To Pre-
vent Pink Boil WeeviI From In
Vading United States-Great.
est Menace Known.

Washington.-The pink boil worm,
most destructive cotton pest known,
has appeared for the first time in
North America. The department of
agriculture announces that worms
have been discovered in Northern
Mexico. where their presence, the de-
partment says in an official announce
ment, constitutes one of the greatest
menaces which has come to the Amer.
lean industry in its history" Impor-
tation from Mexico of cotton seed, cot
tonseed hulls and seed cotton is pro-
hibited.
Officials Of the department were un-
able to explain how the pink boil worm
happened to be imported to North
America. 1t is presumed, however,
that the pest came in seed imported
to Mexico from abroad.
Discovery Of the worm was announc-
ed in the following statement:
"The pink boil worm, the most de.
structive Of known pests of cotton,
has been discovered in the Laguna dis
trict, Coahuila, Mexico, within 200
miles of the Texas border.
Amendments to quarantine orders
and regulations, effective Immediately,
have been promulgated by the secre-
tary Of agriculture, prohibiting the i'm
portation into the United States OF
cotton seed, cottonseed hulls and seed
cotton from the territory in Mexico
from which such shipments heretofore
have been permitted. and requiring
that Mexican lint cotton destined for
the United States be imported through
certain northern ports remote from
American cotton fields.
"The pink boil worm has not been
known to exist on the North Ameri.
can continent heretofore. The pest is
prevalent in practically all other cot
ton producing regions Of the world,
anu IA All SCCtlOHo WuVAO II uoS bO-
come established has caused wide
spread destruction. Its establishment
in Northern Mexico constitutes one OF
the greatest menaces which has come
to the American cotton growing in.
dustry In its history.
Every possible precaution will be
taken to prevent the worms from get
ting across the border. All cotton in
terests are warned of the danger which
threatens the industry and are urged
to give the utmost assistance to the
federal authorities in preventing any
movement in violation of these amend.
ments of cotton seed, cottonseed hulls.
seed cotton or cotton lint from Mexico
into the United States.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-11-10
Wealthy Texan Dies In Woods.

Union City. Tenn--Wilkes A. Bon
ner, a wealthy attorney of Dallas,
Texas, was found dead several miles
from a hunting camp near Spout
Springs, Reelfoot Lake, where he had
been on hunting and fishing trip.
Mr.. Bonner's death was probably
due to heart failure, as there were no
marks Of violence on his body. There
were no indications Of struggle, as he
was lying on his face with his gun un-
der him. The ducks he had killed
we're in his game bag and his watch
was still running. Mr.. Bonner had
been the guest of his brother, the Hon.
T. ]. Bonner, of Rives. for several
days.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-11-10
$50 Tons Of Plu iron Daily.

Bristol, Tenn.-A local concern Is
now busy with the task of rehabilitat.
ing the iron furnace at Big Stone Gap,
and, according to a statement by Mr..
Irvine, will begin making pig iron at
the rate Of $50 tons a day on January
L The plant was in bad repair, and
a large sum is being spent to put 1t
in proper shape. Meanwhile a large
force of men is at work mining ore in
the same district. Only the coal ores
are to be used, and Mr.. Irvine states
that the supply is ample.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-11-10
Tenneasee chartera FIled.

The following charters have been
filed with the secretary of state:
The rismore-Hayman Company,
Memphis. notice OF increase Of capt
tai stock from $4,000 to 100000. Di.
rectors, H. W. Lyman. Roy Ulrey. j.
H. Parnell. ". C. Drummond and n.
Grismore.
South Fulton Building and Loan
Company. South Fulton. Capital stock.
$4,000. Incorporators, 7. NJ. Franklin.
]. ID. Davis, J. c. Cheek. Nodie Har-
din. W. P. Murreil. Ernest Fail. To
engage in the general building and
loan business.
Standard Property Company, Nash
vile. Capital stock. $4,000. Incor-
porators, J. o. Leake George Kille.
brew. Toney Sudelum. Leslie Cheek
and George ". Killebrew, Jr. To own,
improve and manage improved real
estate 400 feet square extending from
Sixth avenue North 70 Capitol boEle-
yard.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-11-10
Prisoner Wounded

Athens, Tenn.--Chas. Johnson, who
claims to be from Chicago, was shot
twice Saturday by Henry Bayless, q
guard at the McMinn county Jail. Bay.
less had left the jail with two prison.
ers to work on the road near town,
and Johnston, it is charged. made an
effort to escape and was shot by the
guard. The prisoner will recover.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-11-10
STATEWIDE LAW
IS CELEBRATED
A MAMMOTH MASS MEETING ia
HELD WHEN VIRGINIA CLOSES
ALL SALOONS.
DROUTH ON; FAUCET TURNED
HrIston, Tenn.-Va. ls Dry on Both
Sides Of Principal Street at Last
Freshet of Booze Ceases When
Virginia Goes Dry.

Bristol, Tenn.-When the statewide
prohibition law in Virginia became
effective at midnight Oct. 81, 600 or
more saloons and shipping houses
closed doors permanently. Bristol,
which is half in Virginia and half in
Tennessee, saw the doors of fourteen
saloons and shipping houses close and
also two manufacturing houses, includ.
ing the Gouge distillery, closed.
1t came at the end of rush in traf'
fic that had been kept up for month.
Large daily express shipments went
out in all directions, while hundreds
OF men came down from the mountains
and rural districts with suit cases to
take back with them all that they
could take in this fashion.
One or two houses expect to set up
shipping business in Bristol, Tenn,
for interstate shipments of whiskey,
1t is reported. Constructions of the
law with reference to shipping from
this border point seems to be in favor
Of no interference, so that the only
hope of the Tennessee advocates Of
prohibition that they will get rid OF
such houses is in state legislative
action. =
The temperance advocates held a
public meeting in State street Method
list church in celebration of the pass
ing of the whiskey traffic in Virginia.
The temperance people pledged them
selves to continue the figh. until con-
are eventually such as will render it
unlawful to conduct shipping BUSH
ress on the Tennessee side of Bristol
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-11-10

Chihuahua City. Mexico.-(Via Ell
Paso Junction. AFTER shooting the 20
Carranza military guards Of the south.
bound passenger train which left
Juarez Monday, Villa bandits looted
the train, robbed the passengers and
even took the clothing from the wom'
en- passengers.
DR.. Haffner, a German passenger,
who was mistaken for an American,
was struck over the head with gun.
The bandits, who were in command Of
Murga brothers and Silvestre Queve-
do, then abandoned the train, carry.
ing the loot away in mule-drawn wag-
ons.