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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-04
DEFENDS HIS FATHER.
Newell Leighton Testified in Murder Trial
at Woodstock.

Woodstock, April 4-Newell Leighton
jointly indicted with his father, Charles
Leighton. and his brother, Walter Leigh
ton, for the alleged murder of A. G. Glib
son in Sharon on February, "a, last, dur.
ing discussion over the ownership Of logs
in a lumber lot in that town, testified
for the defense yesterday in Windsor
county court in the trial Of his father
regarding the details of the shooting
which ended in the tragedy in the woods.
His testimony referred TO the action
of the various employees of Gibson, who
were engaged in removing from he tim
Der lot the logs. Of disputed ownership.
and the witness said he heard Gibson
utter the words Il am shot" He told
how John Congdon, who owns property
adjoining the timber lot on which the
shooting occurred, and Others who Wit
messed the shooting, carried Gibson to
the Congdon home where he died.
Newell Leighton's testimony related
to his participation in the
affair and tended 10 show that he had
no part in the attack in which Gibson
lost his life other than arguing WITH
men employed by Gibson to remove from
the timber lot the logs which Charles
Leighton claimed to own.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-04

suffered heavy losses without having beer
able to fight.
To-day the bombardment was quite
violent in the region of Bois Bourrus, but
there was no infantry action.
East of the Meuse our counter at
tacks developed success. In the course
of the day we drove back the enemy as
far as the northern outskirts of the
Caillette wood and to the north of the
Vaux pond A last counter attack, par
ticularly spirited, enabled us to reoccupy
the west part of the village of Vaux,
which we had evacuated
'In the Woevre there was intense ar
tillery activity in the Moulainville Sec
tor
"In retaliation for the bombardment
of Dunkirk by Zeppelin last night 81
allied aeroplanes dropped on TIE enemy
eantonments at Keyon, Essen, Terrest
and Houthulst lin Belgium, SO shells
of large calibre. Last night one of our
squadron bombed the station at Con-
fans.
To-day numerous aerial combats were
fought with success in the region OF Yer
dun. Our ayiators brought down four
German aeroplanes; other enemy ma
chinery took to fight or We're forced to
land"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-04
AGREE ON ANTI
DUMPING PLAN
President and Kitchin Decide on Method
to Protect U. S. from Post
War Activity.

/ Washington, April 4-President Will
son and Majority Leader Kitchin of the
House agreed yesterday on general terms
of anti-dumping and unfair competition
| legislation to meet conditions after the
European war. The ways and means
committee will put them in the revenue
bill, which Mr.. Kitchin told the presi-
dent would be ready for the House about
April 90
The anti i-dumping legislation will be
along the general lines of that eliminat-
ed from the present tariff law. On for
eign goods to be sold in the United States
at less than the market price in the
country from which they are shipped the
new provision viii impose an additional
tariff to bring the selling price in the
United States up to what il would be II
the goods were sold at the market price
in the foreign country.
The unfair competition legislation will
be along the same lines as the unfair
competition sections Of the present law
applying to unfair competition in the
United States.
The president and Mr. Kitchin dis.
eItssed the question of protecting the
dyestuffs industry in the United States
from competition from abroad, but no
conclusion was reached Mr. kitchia said
he expected an additional tariff on dye
stuffs would be imposed in the revenue
bill, but the details had not been worked
out
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-04
Haverhilps Night of Rioting
Evidenced by Trail of
Broken Glass
CITY HALL STORMED;
ALSO RESIDENCES
Protest Against a Proposed
Meeting to Oppose Secta-
rian Appropriations

Haverhill, Mass, April A trail OF
broken glass was the only visible evi,
dence day of the disturbance last
night when a mob held the city in its
power for several hours and smashed
windows at will The fury of the crowd
was finally spent in the early hours this
morning and before daylight the streets
were deserted and the local militia com
pany returned to its armory.
The cause of the siot was the obiec
tion of many residents to the granting
by the city government of a permit to
Thomas A. Leyden of Somerville to de-
liver an address in the city hall on sec
tartan questions, particularly regarding
appropriations for sectarian schools. Ley
den endeavored to deliver an address
Sunday but the demonstrations at that
time forced postponement to last night,
when throng surrounded the city hall
and again prevented, The meeting was
regarded as anti-Catholic.
The city hall was stormed and the
homes of several prominent citizens. were
attacked. Every window in the city hall
was smashed, and Leyden was beseigcd
in a room Of the building. Believing that
the police were not able to cope with the
situation Mayor Bartlett ordered out the
local company of militia, and at mid
night the militia drew itself up before
the city hall, while a crowd of more than
10000 people, many OF them shouting
threats against Leyden, suTrounded them
Meanwhile, acts OF violence continued in
many parts of the city.
The plans for the meeting received
wide publicity a week ago, when the
mayors veto forbidding the use Of the
city hall for such a gathering was over
ruled by the board Of aldermen II was
that Leyden proposed to dis
cuss, among other things, state appropri
atoms for sectarian school purposes, a
subject which figured in legislative de-
bate last winter and was later made a
political campaign issue Leyden is said |
to have been formerly a Catholic priest. |
The officials announced later that Ley.
len would not be permitted to hold the |
scheduled for this afternoon !
md evening and that If he returned to |
The city he would be liable to arrest
'or melting to riot. One official said
4eyden told him that he had no desire to
'eturn.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-04
VERMONT BUSINESS TROUBLES.
Burlington Man and Brattleboro Mer
chant File Schedules.

Rutland, April 4-Joseph Leclair OF
Burlington, a laborer. as former part
ner in the lumber firm Of Bouchard &
Leclair, Xavier Bouehard, now of viii
mington, y Y. being the other party
concerned, yesterday filed a petition In
bankruptcy with Clerk F. s. Platt Of the
United States court. He alleges that on
March ]. 1915. while the concern was get
ting out pulpwood on a contract at John
son. Bouchard secretly left the state bv
night. taking with him 5000 or the firms
money and various books Leclair az
serts that be afterwards discovered that
the concern owed debt to the amount Of
50 600 and he believes that his partner
converted to his own use more than the
5000 There are no assets 70 cover the
Indebtedness and Bouchsrd. who is still
out Of the state and is i'll. refuses 10 ile
a schedule Leclair has no personal debts.
His attorney is F. : Webster.
Barney : Nichelman Of Brattlph,Ss.
merchant against whom the Gaietv
Dress company. Ritter Bros. and the
Francis Dress company. both Of New
York. fled an Involuntary petition in
bankruptcy March 3 yesterday filed his
schedule through & Menzies Miller a. at
torney. lie owes CD creditors slT015
and claims assets Of sl9.o42.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-04
MANY WERE KILLED.
During Zeppelin Raid Over a Town in
Scotland.

London, April A Scottish CORES
pondent in dispatch concerning Sun.
day nights air raid says:
Scotland had its first experience with
Zeppelin raid last Sunday night. A
Zeppelin appeared ten minutes before
midnight and circulated over the town
for forty minutes, dropping many bombs.
Warning of the enemy's approach was
given the people by the electric lights
being cut off. Everybody remained calm
aud many persons ventured into the
streets to get better view of the raid
ers. No building of public Importance
was struck, but much damage was done
in the residential quarter
Five persons were killed IN a passage
leading to tenement building whose
occupants were Obliged to make their
exit by means of fire escapes. Two ser
want girls employed in a doctors house
were killed while man was killed in
the street. Two hotels were struck and
several persons were killed or injured.
A bomb in one instance penetrated
building from the roof to the basement.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-04
BURIAL AT MAPLEwooD.
Funeral of Clinton M. Bassett Was Held
at His Late Home.

The funeral of Clinton NJ Bassett, who
passed away at his home, AZ Summer
street Saturday morning after a long
illness. was held at the house Monday
afternoon at o'clock, Rev Bert j. Le-
high pastor Of the First Baptist church
officiating. The bearers were Forest
Bassett, Robert hssett, Earle Bassett
aud Frank Bassett, sons of the deceased
and his brothers Burton Bassett and
Hayes Bassett Among those who came
from distance to attend the services
were: Hayes Bassett Of Cabot and Mr..
and Mrs P. " Beckleg and daughter of
South Ryegate, lnterment was made in
Ma plewood cemetery.
Floral tributes included the following.
Roses. Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Mead. Mr.. and
Mrs J. F. Veino Mrs. Carrie Owen. Mr.
and Mrs. w. j. Hutchinson, Mr.. and Mrs
L. Hutchinson and son, Mr. and Mrs
Charles Hutchinson, Mrs, Alice Hutchin
son. Mr.. and Mrs. A. Clark and family,
Mr.. Bruce and family. Mr.. and Mrs. II.
Bradley, Mr., and Mrs. Clark and family,
Mr. and Mrs. P. NJ. Carr; pillow, family
and mother: carnations, Mr.. and Mrs.
Burton Bassett, Wayne and Emma Mar
tin, Mrs. John Bassett, Mr. and Mrs. A.
L. Saunders, Mr. and Mrs W. S. Patch,
Bethany class: mixed flowers, Philathea
class Of the Baptist church; carnations,
Mr.. and Mrs. p. NJ Beekley and family
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-04
COURT HALTED BY LYNcHING.
Mob Raided Courthouse and Seized the
Accused Negro.

Idabel, Okla. April At the con.
clusion of testimony yesterday at the
preliminary hearing of Oscar Martin, a
negro, charged with attacking a white
girl, mob of 500 stormed the court
room, seized the prisoner and hanged
him from back balcony of the court
house.
Intellectual attempts to seize the negro
had been made previously. Martin was
arrested Friday in connection with as.
sault on Edna Murphy, l3-year old
daughter of a mill employe at Bis
msrck, where the attack occurred.
The lynching happened during lull
in the hearing before Judge Williams.
All evidence had been put in and the
court was engaged in considering it at
the time the rush on the court room was
made.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-04
43 CORPORATIONS DIED
Because They Did Not Comply with Yer
mont Requirements.

Northfeld April 4.--Forty three Yer
mont corporations ceased to exist or
| April /, last, because of failure to pay
their annual license tax or to pay theil
annual charter tax to the state. OF the
total number, 36 failed to pay their Ii
cense taxes.
| Those included in the last named di-
vision, as reported by State Tax Com
missioner Charles A. Plumley We're as
follows; en-Sanborn company, Chel-
sea; Beecher Slate company, West Paw
let Bradford Agricultural g. Trotting
association, Bradford the Brown Manu-
featuring company. Richford; Chrysotile
Asbestos corporation, Lowell; division
No. of Windsor County Ancient Order
of Hibernians, Ludlow; Domino Manu-
featuring company, Enosburg; Dorset
Mountain Marble company, East Dorset;
Farview Casualty company, Barre; Fow-
Ter Bottling company, Burlington; Gran
ite City Coal Yard, Inc, Barre City;
Granite City General Store, Barre City;
Gerald Holmes Baking company, Barre
City; r. NJ. Hunt Piano company, Or
leans; L. n. Kellogg, Inc, Charlotte;
Killington Produce company, Rutland;
Lake Bomoseen Slate company, Fair Ha-
ven; Lakevew club, Woodstock; Lang &
Goodhue Manufacturing company, Bur
lington; the Milton Cooperative Cream
cry company, Milton; Missisquoi Mineral
Springs company, sheldon; the National
Flooring company, st. Johnsbury; New
ark Lumber company, Island Pond; the
Newport Cooperative association New
port; Mortified Turning & Novelty COM
pany. Northfeld; Peru Cheese company,
Peru; Randolph Ice company, Randolph;
Rutland Opera House association, Rut-
land; Scotch Hill Slate company, Fair
Iaven; Springfield Printing company,
Springfield; United Tale Products com
pany, Troy; the Vermont & Chicago
Granite company, Hardwick; the Yer
mont Granite Quarries company, Hard |
wick; the Windsor County Paper com
pany, Springfield; W'inooski Valley
Creamery association. Waterbury
Those which failed to pay their charter |
taxes were: Fireside Insurance company, /
St. Johnsbtry; Melior Slate company, |
the Mettowee Realty com
,any, Inc, Dorset; Nathaniel Slate com
1sny, Inc. Poultney; Otter Creek Elec
rc Railway company, Bennington; Tin
mouth Power company, Bennington;
Ice company, Inc, Woodstock.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-04
FOUR TOWNS SEEK
NEW ARMORY
Petitions of Mortified, Springfield, st.
Johnsbury and Newport Were Heard
at Montpelier To-day-Board Of Pub
lie Printing Also Met To-day.

State officials and the heads Of depart
ments, together with representatives Of
the towns of Springfield. Newport, St
Johnsbury and Northtield, gathered this
forenoon at the State House in Montpe-
lier for the purpose OF attending meet
ings of the board of public printing and
state armory commission.
Pursuant to an act passed by the 1910
legislature, creating a commission hav-
ing the power to designate the location
and erection of an armory every two
years at a cost OF S25. 900 to the state,
that sum being appropriated, the com
mission, consisting of Governor c. W.
Gates, Adjutant General Lee S. Tillotson
and President Ira l.. Reeves Of Norwich
university, met in the governors cham
Der to hear petitions from towns in the
state which agree to furnish suitable
site for an armory
Under the statute there have already
been armories erected at Bellows Falls
and ST. Alhans and four towns now seek
to secure the building to be erected this
year by the state for the use OF the Yer
mont National Guard. Northfed was
well represented at the hearing by John
L. Mosely, State Tax Commissioner
Phmley, William White ]. 2. Rabidou
and others. Newport, st. Johnsbury and
Springfield also sent several citizens. in
cluding officers Of the companies in their
towns, to set forth the needs in their par
ticular town.
Letters were mailed some time ago to
the heads OF departments and those re-
quired by the board of public printing,
notifying them 10 meet the board and TO
discuss the making up Of such reports
and some definite plan adopted whereby
much duplication now found in reports
may be overcome. and to put them on a
more efficient and economic basis. The
board of public printing came into being
Dy No. 235 OF the acts of 1915, which was
approved March ~, 1918. The board is ,
composed Of the governor. state treasurer 4
ind state auditor OF accounts The board
: authorized to decide upon the number \
II pages. binding and number of reports 4
equired.
The State House took on this forenoon
N appearance liyelier by far than at any
ime since the last legislature, among
hose present TO attend one meeting or
he other, or both, being members OF the
ublic service commission. members of
he penal board, the tax commissioner,
of agriculture, state geolo-
ist. members of the state board OF
ealth. \,
The state board of education held &
leeting last evening Milo Ilillegss Of ]
'elchers' college. Columbia university, !
.ew York City. who has been appointed {
of education and who viii
ssumc his duties lune D. meeting with ,
b. board. The ma icrity Of the members i
nd Mr.. Hilleg3s left for their respective
omes this forenoon. 10
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-04
SLEEPER WAS ROBBED.
James Henworthy of Montpelier Met
Misfortune at Winooski.

Winooski, April 4.John Younger and
Charles Wiley were arrested last even
ing, charged with the larceny Of dia-
mond ring and $50 or S35 in cash from
James Kenworthy. Kenworthy and Wiley
arrived in town yesterday from Montpel-
ier. where they had been employed in
the Montpelier house. They met Young
er and later Kenworthy was taken to
Hotel Brunswick by Younger and Nuley,
where he was put to bed Upon his
awakening he discovered that his cash
and diamond ring were gone. He i'm
mediately notified Chief Barber. who be-
gan to investigate. and finding Younger
locked him up. Nuley was later found
on Elm street and admitted having taken
the ring but did not know what had
become Of IT, They viii probably be
given a hearing day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-04
TRYING TO COLLECT INSURANCE.
Widow and Three Children Sue for
$4,000.

An insurance policy on the life Of Or.
vie NJ. Jones, late OF Warren was the
1 basis for suit which was tried in Wash.
ington county court to-day, when court
assembled after the week end recess
| The case was brought by the widow, Jen.
ME l.. Jones, in behalf of herself and
her three children, Mrs. Mildred s. Pray
Merritt A. Jones and Marion f. Jones
against the Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany of New York John W. Gordon ap-
pears for the plaintiffs and w. n. Their
iaut and George L. Hunt for the defend
ant
The jury drawn was as follows: W. II.
Berdon, Fred f. Cram. W. r. Cooley, T. j.
Farrell, J.. L. Knapp. Guy H Howe, John
Osborn. Addison +. Foss. NJ NJ. Goodell,
Fred Darling, Carroll Wheeler and Bert
r. Nelson.
Only one witness, the widow, was put
on the stand by the plaintiffs side OF the
case Mr.. Jones was insured for $4,000
in the defendant company on Aug. 10,
1914, and he died Aug. 20 1918. The
company refused to settle the claim on
the ground that the insured misrepre-
sented facts that were material to the
case. The suit was brought for $4,000.
After the plaintiffs side had been fin
ished the defense put on four Representa-
tives of insurance companies and then
introduced DR.. w B. MAYO of Northfield.
who was a fellow member in the last
legislature with Mr.. Jones. The last
named witness testified that he had con
versation with Mr. Jones in January OF
1915. in which the latter said his health
had not been good. for some time. having
a stomach trouble He also said, testi-
fed the witness. that he had been treated
for ulcer Of the stomach. Mr.. Jones was
absent from his duties in the legislature
az one time on account of iIIpess
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-04
SIX ON TRIAL.
Three other Prisoners Who Escaped Gus
todians at Large.

Providence. r. I, April 4.-SiN Of the
nine men who were indicted last week on
charges of assault with intent 70 Kali
Deputy SheriFs e. Ralph Tillingha-t and
NathIn Colvin. while being taken by the
officers 20 the state prison. were placed
on trial yesterday in the superior court
They are Edward #. Mason. Joseph x.
Leonard. Albert Polion. Wiltred Z. Char
pender. Thomas =. Allen and George a.
Mahlcr.
Leonard Polinn aud Charpender pleaded
nolo. Sentence was reserved
Three others who escaped AZ the same
time and fate not been apprehendel. but
were indicted. arr Henry a. Dean. Daniel
Lcavcrns and William Goddard.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-04
REMAINS TAKEN TO wILIAMsTowN
Charles Brockway Died at Hospital in
Waterbury.

The remains of Charles Brockway,
whose death occurred at the state hospi
tai in Waterbury yesterday, passed
through the city over the Central Yer
mont railroad this forenoon en- route to
Williamstown. the former home Of the
deceased Mr.. Brockway had been pa
tient at the institution only few days.
He was around 40 years old and leaves
his wife, who was Miss Dora Platt OF
Williamstown. For a number of years
Mr.. Brockway was engaged as a rural
delivery carrier, having his headquar-
tiers at the Williamstown postofiice.
Funeral services are to be held at his
late home in Williamstown Wednesday
afternoon at l;30 O'Clock and interment
viii be made in the village cemetery.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-04
THOUGHT TO BE INSANE.
Hodson- Schiller Sent to Institution for
Observation.

| New York, April Clarence Reginald
Hodson, alias Ernest Schiller, who sin
gle handed took possession of the Brit.
ish freight steamship Matoppo on the
high seas. was committed to the psyshol-
ogic ward at Bellevue hospital last night
for observation. Hodson, who United
States Attorney p Snowden Marshall
earlier in the day announced, had not
committed a breach of federal laws with
in this district, was taken in charge by
District Attorney Swami after his re-
lease by the federal authorities.
Hodson with George Haller and Otto
Milleder, arrested in connection with an
alleged plot to damage the steamship
Pannonia. were questioned for two hours
in the district attorneys office. Later
Hodson was taken before a magistrate
who committed him to Bellevue for ten
days.
District Attorney Swami said he had
learned that Hodson was born in Pet
rograd, Russia, of an English father and
a German mother. He was in the Eng
lish army for time for three months,
was at the military car at Salisbury
Plains. He came to New York in March,
1915, and had worked since in factories
and on farms
The police say they have learned that
Hodson's parents and two sisters now
are in England His father previous to
the declaration of war was manager OF
cotton mills in Moscow. According to
gathered by the police Hod
son was turned out of his fathers home
during a quarrel which arose when Hod
son brought tramp into the house
while his father was entertaining a dis
tinguished guest and insisted that the
tramp should be treated on the same
equality as the guest.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-04
SKY-ScRAPERS THREATENED.
Fire in Lower New York Caused 100000
Damage.

New York. April Part Of the bust.
ness district in the lower part Of the city
was threatened yesterday by a spectacu-
lar fire which burned two fve-story
buildings at 10 and Is Beekman street
occupied BY paper dealers. The loss was
estimated at sl00009.
For a time the flames. which swept
rapidly through the inaammable mate
rails in the buildings imperiIled several
sky-scrapers on both sides of the narrow
thorourhfare and on Nassau street. Sew
eraI floors Il the History Morse buildirg
were damaged
TIE American Tract society buii8iur
of - stories ID which tie New Work Sun
offices arr situated al-0 vac damaged by
smoke and water.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-04
STRIKE IN CLYDE
PLANTS is ENDED
Settlement is Largely Due to Amalga-
mated Society of Engi-
neers.

Glasgow, April Z. The strike in the
Clyde plants is over and work will be re-
sumed to-day. This result is due large
ly to the decision OF the strike commit
tee to hand over the whole matter to
the local officials of the Amalgamated
Society Of Engineers for negotiations
with the Clyde dlution-of-labor commits
sions. If settlement had not been ef-
fected the government was determined
to adopt stringent measures in order to
bring the strike to an end.