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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-24
A PHONE CONFERENCE
Was Held at Burlington, with $50 People
Present.

Burlington, March 24.-About l50 en-
ployes of the New England Telephone &
Telegraph company and affiliated com
panies in the state of Vermont. with sew
eral companies outside the state, met in
this city yesterday to attend a joint
meeting consisting of morning and after
noon sessions for the different depart
ments and the meeting of the Vermont
chapter of the Telephone & Telegraph
Society of New England in the evening.
A pleasant feature Of the day was the
dinner served at the Hotel Vermont at @
o'clock in the evening, for which IS COW
ers were laid.
The morning session was held at the
main office of the New England company
and was divided up into three meetings
for the plant, traffic and commercial de
partments. A Joint conference Of these
three departments was held on the roof
garden of the Hotel Vermont in the even
ing presided over by the district heads.
J. i. Hall OF the commercial department.
W. T. Durfey Of the plant department
and s. F. Parker of the traffic deparf-
ment. Following the dinner adjourn
ment was taken to the roof. where vii
liam A. shaw. forecsster at the United
States weather bureau at Northfeld.
gave a lecture on weather conditions aud
their effect upon the work Of the teie-
phone companies. His lecture was H.
lustrated By stereopticon slides. This
meeting was for an employees ii the com
panies and was largely attended. a
short business meeting of tie chapter
.reld Just previous to q was presided over
BY the president, J. r. Gowdey.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-24
AVIATOR GoRRELL FOUND.
Thus All the American Airr.en in Mexico
Are Accounted For.

Columbus, N. NJ, March 24.--Lieut
Edgar S. Gorrel of the r. $. aero corps
who has been missing since last Sunday
was found yesterday three miles south
OF Ascension by motor truck under
command OF Lieut. ]. L. Parkinson, goth
infantry, according to reports made last
night to military headquarters here. Cor
rell was uninjured, but was out of gaso-
line and had lost his way.
Lieutenant Gorrell had been alone As
hours in the middle Of q sand-7wept, I'M
inhabitated plateau on the borders Of
Lake FREDERICK, but suffered only slight.
ly from exposure to the sun. His plane
was intact.
With the receipt of yesterdays re-
ports, all the eight army aviators who
left last Sunday to fly to Casas Grandes
have been accounted for.
The flyer said that soon after the start
he lost sight of the other planes and
missed his way. After flying for miles
over the surrounding country in an eff
fort to determine his wherea bouts, he
was forced to alight on the plateau be-
cause of leaking fuel tank.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-24
GLOOMY AT QUINCY.
May Be No Break in Deadlock Before
Last of April.

Quincy Mass, March 24.--The granite
cutters and the manufacturers are dead.
locked over the length of time the new
agreement is TO run and there is little
prospect of an immediate settlement
Those in touch with the situation say
they will not be surprised if no settle
ment is made until the last week in
April.
Committees representing both sides
met Wednesday evening. President John
Scott of the board of trade, who was in
strumental in bringing them together,
was present.
The cutters reiterated that they We're
a unit in favor of five.year agreement,
and the manufacturers said they had not
changed their views of the situation and
wanted a four-year agreement.
A suspension of work occurred on
March /. Since then the National Gran
ite Manufacturers association has APP
proved -four year agreements" The ma
tional association of the strikers takes
no action on such matters, leaving it to
the discretion of the branches making
the agreement.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-24
MRS. RHoDA CAVE.
Passed Away To-day at Her Home, 50
Elm Street.

The death of Mrs. Rhoda Cave. wife
of the late James b. Cave. occurred at
her home, so Elm street, this morning at
1880 o'clock, the end following an ill
ness of two weeks. For time after she
was first stricken, her condition was not
considered serious and week ago it was
thought that she was on the road to re-
covery. A change for the worse, however,
came this week. Mrs. Cave is survived
by two sons, Arthur j. Cave, with whom
she resided, and Walter Cave. Her sister,
Mrs. Helen Warren, and brother, An.
drew Burley, live in Waterbury.
Mrs. Cave was born Rhoda Burley in
Waterbury, Feb 10, 1899. Her marriage
to Mr.. Cave took place in Waterbury in
1861. Her husband passed away in April,
1901. Mrs. Cave had been a resident of
Barre for the past Il years and was
highly respected by all who knew her.
She was a member of the ladies of the
G. A. R.
The funeral will be held in the He'd
ding Methodist church Sunday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. E. F. Newell will
ofiiciate and the body viii be placed in
the tomb at Elmwood.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-24
RUSHING COURT BUSINESS.
Judge Fish is Now on Fourth Case in
Nine Days.

Rutland, March 24.--Judge Frank L.
Fish and the members of the county bar
are making an unusal record in disposng
of cases early in the present term of
court. Although the session has so far
lasted only nine days, three cases have
been tried by jury and fourth is well
under way.
The case before the court now is a
SO 900 negligence suit in which Thomas
Gonyea of this city seeks damages from
his brother, Frank A. Gonyea, and Fred.
erick II. Remington, a well known build
ing contractor, who, two years ago, con-
Quoted furniture store here under the
name of Gonyea & Remington. Thomas
Gonyea fell down an elevator shaft and
sustained broken leg among other in
juries. He declares that congested con-
dition about the elevator door caused
the accident.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-24
VILLA HELD UP TRAIN.
A Returning Passenger Said There Must
Have Been 1900 Men.

FL Paso, March 24--Carcia Flores, a
Spanish merchant Of the city of Chihua-
hua, who arrived here last night, said
Villa held up a train on which he was
travelling at Moctezuma, S5 miles north
east of Namiquipa, where the Carranza
authorities have insisted the bandit chief
was located. Flores is well known in Ell
Paso.
"We were travelling north from Chihua-
hua City" he said. "and were nearing
Moctezuma Wednesday afternoon when
we encountered large force of men. Ac-
eording to my best estimate there must
have been 1900 in all.
when we reached the station we were
amazed to see Pancho Villa himself enter
the train We had supposed he was many
miles to the west. He walked through
every carriage declaring that he was
searching for Americans and that he
would kill any he found. i am not
fighting Mexieans, he announced, 'es.
cept the first chief and those traitors
with him who have turned Mexico over
to the Americans
Villa stopped to chat with some
friends Of his who were on the train.
He told them that General Herrera had
joined him three days since with 1000
men. fully equipped and armed, who had
him from Chihuahua City. He
finally left the train without molesting
anyone, but he tool some supplies which
he said be needed badly"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-24
TALK OF THE TOWN

Ronald veale of Michigan City, Ind,
a student at the Y. NJ. G. A. college in
Springfield, Mass. is spending his Easter
vacation at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
y. f. Gregory of Washington street.
Alterations TO the interior of the Ar
cade block. first story, were started this
morning. In the north apartment. known
as the Dreamland theatre. the floor is to
be lowered to the street level and the
seating capacity increased. When changes
have been completed the show house IL
to be occupied bv Alto Marriani, propri-
etor of the Biou theatre. Changes undoT
way in the south store, occupied some
time as a clothing store. contemplate an
interior arrangement that viii accommo-
date itself to the use Of the Diversi
Fruit Co. which proposes to transfer its
retail store from the A. Tomasi block 10
the Arcade.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-24
GEN. HERERRA STILL
LOYAL TO CARRANZA
American Consul Letcher at Chihuahua
Sends Word TO Washington, De-
nying Revolt Of Garrison and
General to Villa.

Washington. D. C.. March 24-Ameri-
can Consul Letcher at Chihuahua to-day
reported there was no truth in the re-
ported revolt Of General Herrera and the
Carranza garrison at chihuahua. Letch-
er's dispatch reported that General He
rerra was in command of the de facto
government troops there and was loyal
to CarrauEa. His report Is regarded as
removing one Of the most menaciug fea-
tures ~ the Mexican situation.
Although Generals Funston and Bel On
the border had received reports conhTm-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-24
HERRERA REMAINS TRUE
And VIII Fight Villa. According to Gov.
ernor OF Chihuahua.

FL Paso, Tex March 2i-Jgnacio En-
riquez, civil governor of the state OF Chi.
huahua, sent telegram TO Consul Gar
ella at III Paso yesterday declaring that
General Luis Herrera, commanding the
garrison at chihuahua City, still was 10y
nj to the first chief and lot to credit re-
ports of his detection to Villa.
Further confirmation that General Luis
Hererra of the chihuahua garrison had
not deserted to Villa, was received by
General Gayira of the Juarez garrison
yesterday afternoon in a telegram from
General Herrera himself.
The telegram read;
"Your telegram OF yesterday received.
Deny in my name emphatically rumors
that the reactionaries have circulated in
San Antonio. Tex, saying | have gone
over to Villa. On the contrary, l am
ready to fight him as energetieally as
possible"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-24
WAS TOLD OF MOTHERS DEATH.
Grace ]. Teiper, Herself Brutally As
saulted, Was Shocked by News.

Buffalo, n Y, March 24.--Miss Grace
J. Teiper was told yesterday for the
first time that her mother and brother,
Frederick, were dead, the victims of a
murderous attack while riding from Or
chard park to Buffalo in the family au-
tomobile on the night of January 80 and
that the injuries which have kept her in
the hospital for six weeks were inflicted
by the murderer She was not told that
another brother, John Edward Teiper, ls
in county Jail charged with the crime.
When Miss Teiper was taken to the
hospital from the Orchard park road,
surgeons said she would die Her skull
was fractured in five places. Wednesday
she was pronounced surgieally well and
able to leave the hospital. Her future
actions probably will be controlled by the
wishes Of the district attorney, it was
said.
The county prosecutor probably never
viii obtain from Miss Teiper any testi-
mony that would tend to clear up the
of the double murder, the
hospital surgeon said. She is suffering
from retrogated ammesia. Her mind is
a blank as to what occurred during the
two hours preceding the murders, it is
said, and she received the news of the
murders as one learning for the first
time of great calamity.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-24

Pending the Trial of His Divorce Suit
Against Anna M Swasey, in Which
He Charges Her with In
fidelity.

Boston. March 24.-Lieutenant George
Truman Swasey of the United States
navy was ordered yesterday afternoon in
superior court to pay $50 a month ali
mony to Mrs Anna NJ Swasey pending
the trial Of his divorce suit.
Lieutenant Swasey is suing his wife
for divorce on the ground Of alleged
adultery. They were married in Jersey
City, n. j., Oct 3, 1909, and since then
have lived in Boston, Greenfield. Cam
bridge and other places. The libel ac-
cuses Mrs. Swasey of having been un-
faithful to her marriage vows at New
York. Portsmouth, n H., Hong Kong
China. where she accompanied her hus
band when he went there on one of the
ships of the navy, and also Cambridge,
Mass
They separated Feb % OF this year
and the divorce libel was filed by Swa
sey March 3.
Mrs. Swasey testified that she and her
husband came back from the Orient last
June, and after that lived in Allston and
then in Cambridge. She declared that
she was going to contest her husbands
divorce suit and intimated that she
would be able to prove her innocence of
all charges that might be preferred by
her husband and would have some
mighty interesting testimony on her
side She said she thought she ought to |
have at least $50 q month alimony, but /
would accept 800.
Attorney John H. Blanchard, the hus- |
bands counsel, at once objected to any
such amount as exorbitant. He stated
that his client was a poor man, whose
only income was his salary as naval
officer The living expenses of Swasey
were quite large, too. it was claimed
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-24
There Was Beer in the Gel
lar, Whiskey en- Ground
Floor, Rur pstairs
OFFICE : HAULED
II THE COOLER
Mrs. Leonora Saia Figured
in One of the Largest
Raids in Some Time

One of the largest hauls of alleged
contraband liquor made in some time
was stored in the rum repository at po-
lice headquarters this forenoon as the
result of a police raid on the premises of
Mrs Leonora Saia at | Bugbee avenue.
In connection with the search and seiz-
ure Mrs. Saia was arrested on a charge
OF selling illegally and arraigned before
Magistrate III. w. Scott in city court.
The woman entered a plea of not guilty,
lntimated that she would like TO have u
jury hear more of the complaint made
to Grand Juror William Wishart, and
then furnished bail in the sum of $3.50.
Magistrate Scott continued the case until
Monday morning at . o'clock, when a
jury will probably be empaneled if the
respondent desires a trial.
According TO the officers, Mrs. Saia was
at the ironing board when they appeared
at her home. Chief Sinclair and Deputy
Sheriff G. J.. Morris entered through the
front door while Officer David Henderson
negotiated the rear entrance. Scattered
promlscuously about the house were
beer, whiskey and rum. Three barrels of
Ptatfs 8 brew, one of the receptacles brim-
ming with well-known spring time bev-
erage, were seized in the cellar. Loose
and portable bottles OF beer were on a
shelf in the basement and there was
whiskey on two floors. Upstairs the po-
lice found bottle of rum, a rarity. it is
said, in this section of the country.
team was requisitioned to transport
the seizure to No. Prospect street and
was furnished Mrs. Saia.
Grand Juror Wishart viii conduct the
prosecution and it is understood that the
respondent is to retain counsel Mrs.
Saia was arrested on a similar charge in
this city July q, 1914, according to city
court records.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-24
SHACKLETON
COMES BACK
Year and a Half Expedition
to South Pole Is
Concluded
RESULTS OF VOYAGE
ARE WITHHELD
Great Honor of Discovery
Won for the British
Flag .-,s.

Sydney, New South Wales, March a.
Lieutenant Sir Ernest III. Shaekleton has
returned from his Antarctic expedition.
The news of his achievements is withheld
for the present.
The adventure of Lieutenant Shackle-
ton had a threefold purpose, TO inyesti-
gate the Antarctic on the meridian, to
secure for the British flag the honor Of
being the first national emblem thus tax
en- from sea TO ses across the south polar
realm and to conduct scientific work.
The expendition left England in two
sections about six weeks after the Euro
pean war began.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-24
BETHEL CONFERENCE
LEADS TO NEW HOPE
That Labor Trouble Will Be Settled in
Short Time-Granite Cutters Had
Meeting Scheduled for a
To-day.

Bethel, March 2i.-Supt. W. G. Cliff
ford OF the Woodbury. Granite company
met the committee Of the local branch
q. c. |. A., yesterday and talked over the
situation with them. He left by an aft
ernoon train for few days absence. A
meeting of the branch to-day may or
may not reach an agreement, but in any
event an official of the branch and mem
ber of the committee said last evening
that no agreement is likely TO be signed
up for few days longer. The men have
been idle since March |, when the old
agreement expired.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-24
BOMBED GERMAN DUGoUTs.
British Report They Were Filled with
Germans

London. March 24.-The British official
statement issued last night on the cant
paign in France and Belgium reads:
Our troops carried out two success
ful raids against the enemy trenches
about Gommecourt and the Bethune-is-
Bassee road One prisoner was captured
and three dugouts filed with Germans
were bombed and blown in.
"The enemy sprsng a small mine north
Of Arras and two miles northeast of
Neuve Csppelle, causing slight damage
TO our trenches. A grenade attack north
Of Arras was repulsed-
~Therc has been artillery activity
about Fricourt. Gommaoourt. Souchez.
the HoheuEoilern redoubt and Hpres. At
one pIsoe Cur artillery Ere caused an ex-
Plosion in the enemy hnes-7
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-24
ONLY TWO VOTES
AGAINST HAY BILL
As II Passed House II viii Provide for
Army Peace Strength of 10000
Men-Measure Now Goes
to Senate.

Washington, d. c., March 24-The Hay
army increase bill, providing for regu.
lar army peace strength of 10000 fight
ing men instead Of the present 100000,
passed the House late yesterday by a
vote of i02 TO 2. II goes to the Senate
for immediate consideration virtually as
drafted by the House committee.
The negative votes were east by Rep
resentatives Britten, Republican, of Hi.
nois, and London, Socialist of New York
Brtten opposed the bill because he IA.
vored still further increase in the army,
and London because he favored no in-
crease.
The bill is the first of the great ma
tional preparedness measures urged by
President Wilson to pass either House,
although various related measures have
been approved. 1t was finally adopted
only after Representative Kahn, ranking
Republican member of the military COM
mittee, had again met defeat, this time
2l3 TO l9I, in his effort to increase the
authorized strength of the regulars to
100000.
During the debate, Chairman Hay of
the committee which drew the bill, re-
ferred to it as ''the presidents own BILL"
It was explained al. the White House,
however, that while the president ap-
proved the ground plan of the measure,
he was not committed to its details. The
conference on the Senate and House plans
to come after the Senate acts is expected
by administration officials to produce a
bill which will have the presidents full
The measure went to the Sen
,te last night and the way has been
'leared for consideration of it to begin
lere next Monday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-24
CRUISER MAY BE LOST.
Log Books of the Cumberland Have Been
Picked Up.

Norfolk. Va. March IA possibility
that the British cruiser Cumberland
might have met with disaster OF the mid-
die Atlantic coast was seen by marine
men in the finding Of several lor books
marked III. NJ = Cumberland on tie
North Carolina shore near Chicouliconico.
The books were found yesterday BY
coast guards. who reported they aPpar-
entity had just been washed in
The Cumberland h. a protested cruiser
of qs01 tons displacement and has =
main battery Of IA six-ineh guns-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-24

ing the story of the lIercrra revolt, which
they believed TO be true, the dispatch
from General Leteher, who is on the
ground Is taken by the officials here as
confirming the statements OF Carranza
officials that no such revolt had occurred.
Later the following telegram was re.
eeived from Funston; General Herrera
in telegram 20 General Gavira strong
~ denies he has gone over TO villa. Gen.
eral Gutierrez, governor of chihuahua, in
a letter 10 Gayira also strongly denies
that Herrera has gone over to Villa"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-24
FELL THREE STORIES.
Lieut. Col Samuel Reber Was Badly In
jured at Washington.

Washington, ID. c., March 24.-Lieut.-
Col. Samuel Reber. chief of the army avi-
alton service, fell three stories in his
home here yesterday and was badly in.
jured. He was removed to a hospital.
Colonel Reber fell over the banister
rail of stairway in his home and
plunged down the areaway. He is a SON
in-law OF Lieut.. Gen. Miles. retired and re-
Gently has been appearing before a board
of investigation charges of Inefficient ad
ministration of the aviation service.
Colonel Reber had been on the top floor
of the house with his little son. who was
there with measles and on
his way down slipped or was seized with
vertigo.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-24
NATIONAL GUARD
MAY BE CALLED
To Act as Boundary Guard While Regu-
lar Army Is Sent Into Mexican
Territory.
Territory.

Washington, d. c., March 24.-The
question of calling the National Guard
for border duty to release the regulars
for Mexican service was discussed at to-
days cabinet meeting. but il was decided
there was no prospect of such action at
this time.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-24

Mary Clarke IN West Charlestown in
Is6g and they moved &C. Montpelier I'M
lS7I He leaves his wife and one saugh-
ter. Gertrude 81. Leland, and % nephew.
John r. Leland Of state street. tliis eity.
He represented the town of Berlin in tie
legislature before shat part 81 che tlgn
ua- annexed % Montpelier and after
uar3- wa4 a lister herc- TIe luncrHi
uin be htid Saturday Afternoon az 2
ocisek al the bouse.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-24
MONEY
FINANCING VILLA
1t Is Also Coming from Foreign Coun-
tries, According to Senator Lewis
Resolution.

Washington, d, G., March "a. Senator
Lewis, Democrat, declared in resolution
introduced in the Senate to-day that the
American authorities had knowledge of
supplies and money being furnished VIII
la from foreign countries and from the
United States. His resolution proposed
to brand Americans who gave such aid
as guilty of actual treason.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-24
MONTPELIER
Miss Bessie Guyette and Clyde H. Brig
ham Married Last Evening.

Clyde II. Brigham of this city, son of
Mrs. II. A. Brigham of St. Johnsbury
and Miss Bessie Guyette, daughter OF
Alexander Guyette of Berlin, were quiet
ly married at s o'clock last evening, the
ceremony taking place at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy RUSSELL II Brown
street, in the presence OF few relatives.
They were unattended. The marriage
ceremony was performed by Rev. Stan
ley F. Bloomfield. pastor of the Congrega
tional church The groom is employed
as conductor on the Barre & Montpelier
Traction & Power company line, posi-
tion which he has filed for several
months. The bride is a graduate of
Montpelier high school and for several
years has been employed as clerk in the
Cross bakery Mr.. and Mrs. Brigham
left last evening on a wedding trip to
Boston and on their return viii reside
at II Brown street.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-24
DEFENSE BEING HEARD.
In Case of Stanyan VS.. Security Assur-
ance Company.

In Washington county court to-day
the defense commenced the introduction
of testimony in the case of Annie W.
Stanyan VS.. the Security Assurance COM
pany. Dr. W. b. Mayo of Northfield be-
ing the first witness to be examined
this forenoon. DIR. c. f. Steele Of Mont
pelier probably viii he the second witt
ness. 1t is thought that the case wilt
be given to the jury some time to-day.
The suit OF Helen W. Brown ". VII.
liam r. and Mabel A. Jackson, r. J.
Alice r. Dongelle and the
Montpelier Savings Bank and Trust COM
pany has been entered for trial II is
general assumpsit and for $500.