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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-12
THAW'S WOUNDS
ARE NOT FATAL
And He Will Leave Hospital
in Two Weeks, Say
Physicians
UNLESS HE HAS TAKEN
POISON TABLETS
Several Tablets Bringing
Slow Death Were Found in
Captured Mans Pockets

| Philadelphia, Jan l2,--Harry Thaw
vino sashed his throat with a razor anC
cut the artery in his wrists in an at
tempt to commit suicide yesterday viii
be able to leave the hospital within two
weeks unless he swallowed poison tab
lets, according to the physicians to-day
Several poison tablets, which produce
slow death, were found in his pockets
and if he took one of them it may be
"a hours before the symptoms manifest
themselves, the physicians say.
Detectives are on guard at Thaw's bed
side. ready to arrest him as soon as he
is considered out of danger on the charge
of kidnapping and assaulting Frederick
Gump, jr.
Captain of Detectives Tate stated that
Thaw will be arraigned on the charge of
attempting to commit suicide, as soon as
he recovers.
Thaw gashed himself with razor be-
longing to the husband of Mrs. Elizabeth
Taeot, in whose home he was known as
"Mr. West He had been there since
last Tuesday, when news of the indict-
ments and the issuance of bench war
rant in New York became known. He
cut his throat twice and severed an ar
terry of his left wrist. Had the wound
in his neck been one e-eighth of an inch
deeper he could not have lived, according
to physicians.
Thaw was unconscious when discovered
with blood stained razor on the floor
beside his bed He remained in that con
dition until his arrival at the hospital.
Restoratives brought him to semi
condition and his mind APP
peared TO be wandering Sometime later
Detective Lieutenant Wood assured by
the hospital physicians that his condi
ton was not serious enough to necessi-
tate an ante -mortem statement, ap-
his bedside and remarked:
"You are not going to die, Harry, but
nevertheless there may be something
which you may now want to tell us
VIII you do sol"
Doctors, nurses, attendants and detec- |
ives waited anxiously for confession
n denial of the charge which led to his |
attempt at suicide The patient regard
ID the detective quizzically for an instant |
md then slowly shook his head
Il have nothing to say" he said feebly, !
md closed his eyes.
Two detectives were placed on guard
t the patients bedside.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-12
AUDIENCE NOT ALARMED
Though Fire Was Raging Inside of 0per-
ators' Booth at "Movie" Show.

Burlington. Jan. II. A fire which
started during yesterday afternoons per-
formance at the Majestic theatre in the
machine operators booth destroyed two
moving picture machines and several reels
of films, the blaze heing confined to the
booth. which is constructed of steel and
asbestos.
The fire started in the middle of the
afternoon performance. There was
large audience present, but immediate
announcement was made by the manager
that the booth was freproof and that
there was no danger. Many members of
the audience stayed in the building to
watch the fire. Both of the machine OPP
orators escaped without injury.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-12
100000 SHELLS
SET OFF IN FIRE;
LOSS $4,0O0,00O
There Were Hundreds of Refugees at
Kingsland, N. J., Last Night as the
Explosions Continued.

New York, Jan. l2.--The S0.acre am
munition plant of the Canadian Car
Foundry Go. near Kingsland, N. j., wal
a SCARED and blackened ruin to-day
having been swept by flames ant
ploughed by shells. The fire, which start
ed late yesterday afternoon, was still
smouldering in spots to-day, and the fire
men who stood helpless at a safe dis
tance last night watching the explosion
of half million three-inch and six inch
shells, closed in on the ruins cautiously
There have been no official reports OF
loss of life.
The monetary loss, estimated at more
than S4,000,000, is accounted for almost
entirely by the destruction of shells
which the company loads at this point
for the Russian government. The 40 or
so buildings comprising the plant, most
of which were destroyed. were of fiimsy
construction, and it il said that the com.
pany intended to abandon them in a
short time when it had finished the pres.
ent contract.
More than 1000 persons who fed from
their homes which surrounded the plant
to escape the rain of proiectiles were
sheltered and fed last night by the police
and charity officials of neighboring
towns. Some time may elapse before it
il known whether any fugitives lost their
lives in the Hackensack marshes, through
which many plunged in their blind rush
for safety,
The detonations continued throughout
this forenoon and the police kept persons
from entering the danger zone, where
thousands of unexploded shells lay on the
ground
The fire did not reach the company's
magazines in which was stored, trinitu-
luol, nitric acid, paerie acid and black
powder used in charging shells. These
magazines are situated in remote quar-
ter of the enclosure and are carefully
protected.
Buildings within a radius of two miles
were shaken by the force of the explo-
sions and almost all the windows in them
were badly damaged by falling shells and
several were set on FIRE.
There was reign of terror through
the township where the plant Is situated.
As the explosions continued the residents
Of the section became panic stricken.
Within an hour after the fire started |
almost every highway was filled with
refugees, men, women and children carry |
ing their most cherished possessions. |
Many of the women carried babies in !
heir arms, while many others pushed |
baby carriages.
Most of the refugees made their way
% kingsland and Lyndhurst. The fact /
hat relatives were employed in the plant /
Idded TO the terror OF some Of the women
Who besieged the police for information
bout what had happened.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-12
Loss at West Berlin This
Morning Is Estimated
at $4,000
DAVIS BROS. ARE
THE CHIEF LOSERS
Their Stoneshed Just Across
the Street Was in
Danger

West Berlin, Jan. IA fire loss ag
gregating $4,000 was sustained in t.
village early to-day when the ger Z
store owned by Davis Bros, the G.
Vermont passenger station, and SIX
car were destroyed by flames win, ! ere
| first noticed in the rear of the store. The
loss of Davis Bros, between $4,000 and
$4,000 on the contents of their building,
and the store, reckoned at $4,000, is par
TALLY covered by insurance, although the
owners were unable to say off hand this
forenoon just how much they were pro-
tected. From his home around 4 o'clock
this morning Mark Glines, resident of
the village, saw smoke billowing from
the windows in the rear of the store. He
gave an alarm and soon the entire vii
lage had turned out.
Without any system of fire protection,
the inhabitants were helpless to prevent
the fire from communicating to a box car
on a siding just east of the store, and
thence to the railway station. None of
the contents of the store was saved and
the furnishings and supplies at the sta
tion were lost. 1t was said to-day that
the box car formed a connecting link be-
tween the store and the station. Early
this forenoon a telegraph wire was CON
nected with the office of Davis Bros
granite manufacturing plant and it was
presumed that the office, which is located
near the track, would serve as a station
until two passenger cars are dropped off
on siding. The local agent did not care
to quote any figures when asked concern
ing the companyis loss. although he inti-
mated that only a small sum of money
was left in the station. The box car was
empty.
What little assistance they could lend
that actually counted, the citizens
brought to focus on the granite shed of
Davis Bros, which is located just across
the road from the store. Once the Office
caught afire. but the blaze was quickly
extinguished with the use of buckets.
For the reason that the night was still,
albeit bitter cold weather prevailed, the
fire did not enyelop the shed
Davis brothers are undecided as to
whether or not they will rebuild the
store Among the incidental losers is
-he Algonquin club. which occupied a hall
,yer the store. Their furnishings and
records were destroyed. The store was
| remodelled church-the old Congrega
-ional meeting house which stood as
andmark for years near the burial
round In 1906 Davis Bros. purchased
he structure at auction moved it to a
lite near the railroad crossing and there
it into merchandising estab-
ishment The firm was quite heavily
tocked and carried a wide variety OF
merchandise.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-12
MORE MONEY FOR AGRICULTURE
And More for ForsstTy Declared Gov,
Graham to Dairymen.

burlington, Jan. l2.---The annual CON
Ivention of the Vermont Dairymen's as
sociation closed with banquet at Hote,
! Vermont last evening, with Congressman
| +. l.. Greene as toastmaster. A feature
of the banquet was brief talk by Gov
ernor Graham who said "The state OF
Vermont should do more for agriculture
to-day than she did yesterday. She
should do more this year for forestry
than she did last. But all the agri-
cultural and forestry interests should be
under one head in his opinion
Get good man and pay him good
salary, was the governors idea. And for
an assistant, give him professional for
ester. The governor thought also that,
important as il was to advertise the
states scenery, hotels, roads, etc,
more important function still was to
gather information regarding the states
farms so as to attract people into the
state to live here. The improvement of
the roads was another step necessary be-
cause of the farms. If the people of the
state wanted to keep their two schools
of agriculture tthose at Randolph Cen
ter and Lyndonyillel they must put
down their hands into their pockets.
Resolutions Adopted by the Association.
A number of resolutions were adopted,
among them being one urging the Yer
mont congressional delegation not to per.
NIT any charge in the federal statutes
that would encourage freer use of ole
or other butter substitutes.
Another resolution endorsed the Smith
Hughes vocational bill and regretted that
the name of Vermont's Junior senator
was not associated with the measure.
The association went on record as fa
yoring an emergency fund which would |
enable the states agricultural interests |
to be represented at meetings of ma
ton wide scope, and also favored pro- |
noting uniformity by legislation in the
appraisal of stock.
The dairymen approved of the sugges-
lion of the state commissioner of agri- 1
.ulture of the expansion of the iuspec-
lion system now in force and any other
measures that would improve dairy prod
lets.
Although the association is largely ed
lcational one resolution states that il
.ould not fail TO 60 on record as favoring
adequacy of financial return for dairy
PRODUCTS. The members would also have ,
he principal officers, the president, see
etary and treasurer, be made an ex-
'Ificio committee to see that the policies
nd interests of the association are fur
hered by legislation at Montpelier.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-12
OFFICERS ELEVATED
At Odd Fellows and Rebekahs' Joint
Installation

Odd Fellows and Rebekahs, the one of
Hiawatha lodge, No. 90 and the other of
Bright Star lodge, No. Is, came together
last evening for the annual joint installa-
tion. the ceremonial of elevating to their
respective chairs being followed by a
banquet. The officers of Hiawatha lodge
were installed by r. s, Jeffords of Will
Jamestown. district deputy grand master,
who was assisted by his brother, p. J.
Jeffords. who acted in the absence of the
district deputy grand marshal. Officers
elect of the Rebekah branch were induct-
ed into office by Mrs. Flora Clark, the
district deputy president, who was as
sisted by Miss Maud Dixie, the district
deputy grand marshal. A banquet COM
mittee headed by Mrs. Ernest w. Hous-
ton had charge Of the after-ceremonial
dinner, which was enjoyed by 100 people.
The official slate for Hiawatha lodge in
1917 is as follows; Noble grand, Ernest
W. Houston: grand, win o. Averill;
secretary. III. w Scott; treasurer, l.. C.
Beck: warder, Elmer j. Clark; conduct
pr, George Thompson; chaplain, Clarence
Carr: right supporter of the noble grand,
Frank +. Adams; left supporter of the
noble grand. Charles Webster; right sup
porter of the vice. grand. II. W. Clark;
eft supporter. Wesley Fuisom; right
,ccne supporter. T.. A. Williams; inside
yuard. Clarenee }. Bishop; outside guard,
, c. Ayerill.
Elective and appointive officers who
ire TO serve the Rebekah lodge this year
Ire: Noble grand. Mrs. Allie Rydberg;
ice grand. Mrs.. Alex. Duncan; secretary,
.Irs. D Y. Stone: treasurer, Airs. Flora
lark: Wsrdcr. Mrs. Z. J. Clark; con
uctress. Miss Josephine Restelli; chap
ain. Mrs .. F. Philbrick; right sup
orter Of the noble grand. Mrs. Ernest
v Houston; left supporter. Mrs. Mary
'arker. right supporter of the vice-
rand Mrs H. " Soott. inside guardian.
liss Mary Patterson; outside guardian,
liner J. Clark.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-12
BRITISH HURLED BACK
AFTER INITIAL sue
CESS AT BEAUCOURT
German Official Report Also Tells OF
Heavy Losses Sustained by British
Heavy Fighting Continues on
Northern End of Russian Front

Berlin. 1y wireless, Jan. 1.-Two at.
tscks1 were made by the British troops
early this morning on the French front
north of the Ancre river. North OF
Beaueourt the British gained an initial
success, the war office announces, but
were driven back with heavy losses by
a counter attack. A thrust near Serre
broke down under German fire.
The Rumania town OF Lauburtea was
captured yesterday by the Teutons, the
statement says. The Russians were driv-
en- back toward Sereth between Bralia
and Galatz. Heavy fighting, which in.
creased in violence yesterday, is in prog
ress on the northern end of the Russian
front, both along the Dwina and to the
south of the Dvinsk The Russians at
tackled along the Vilna-Dvinsk railroad
but were repulsed with heavy losses.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-12
MERCHANTS OFFICERS
Were Elected at the Annual Meeting
This Forenoon.

Trustees and other officers were elected
and reports covering the year 1916 were
read at the annual meeting of the Barre
Retail Merchants association, which was
held at manufacturers hall in the G. W.
Averill block this forenoon. There was
large attendance and the contents of
the secretary's and treasurer's reports
were wholly Indicative of wear Of
achievement. Numerically. the associa-
tion continues strong and the treasurer's
statement showed Il to be well intrenehed
financially. Trustees were elected a.
follows. A. c. Moore, A. G. Tilden, b. w.
Hooker. f. NJ Lyon, Homer Fits. A. W.
Badger and W. D. Smith.
Afterward a meeting of the trustees
was called to order and officers for 1917
were elected a. follows; President. Ar
thur e. Moore; secretary treasurer,
Frank W. jackson.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-12
WILSON'S HOPE
OF EARLY END OF
WAR is BLASTED

sion from Europe of the Ottoman empire
which has proved itself so radically alien
to western civilization. The intentions
Of His Majesty, the emperor Of Russia,
regarding Poland have been clearly in
dicated in the proclamation which he has
/ just addressed TO his armies. 1t goes
without saying that if the allies wish to
| liberate Europe from the brutal covet-
BUSINESS of Prussian miIitarism, it never
has been their design, as has been al
legged, to encompass the determination OF
the German peoples and their political
disappearance. That which they desire
above all is to insure peace upon the
principles of liberty and justice, upon
the inviolable fidelity to international
obligation with which the government OF
the United States has never ceased to be
inspired.
United in the pursuits of this supreme
object the allies are determined, individ-
ually and collectively, to act with all
their power and to consent TO all sacri-
fees to bring 60 n victorious close q con.
fict upon which they are convinced not
only their own safety and prosperity de-
pends, but also the future of civilization
itself"
Special Belgian Note.
The translation of the Belgian note,
which was handed to Ambassador Sharp
with the entente reply, says in part:
"The government of the king, which
has associated itself with the answer
handed by the president of the French
council to the American ambassador on
behalf of all, is particularly desirous of
paying tribute to the sentiment of hu
manity, which prompted the president OF
the United States to send his note to the
belligerent powers and it highly esteems |
the friendship expressed for Belgium |
through his kindly intermediatiou. 1t |
desires as much as Mr.. Woodrow Wilson |
to see the present war ended as early as
possible.
'If there is country which has the I
right to say that it has taken up arms
to defend its existence, it is assuredly I
Belgium Compelled to fight or to sub
nit to shame, she passionately desires
hat an end be brought to the unprece-
Tented sufferings of her population. But
'he could only accept peace which
would assure her, as well as equitable
eparation, security and guarantees for
he future"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-12
GERMAN CASUALTIES, 4,oIo,r6o.
According to Figures Presented b. the
British Government.

London Jan. l2.-The total German
casualties since the beginning of the war
were placed at 4,0l0,l60 in an official
summary issued by the British govern
ment yesterday, which reads;
"A summary of the German casualties
reported in official German casualty lists
published during December gives a total
of ss,20i, which. added to those previ-
ously reported, brings the total Germany
casualties to 40lO,l60. The naval and
colonial casualties are excluded
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-12
PEDDLERS' LICENSES.
Proposal Made to Round Up Many Not
Now Paying.

A bill relating to the licensing of ped
dlers, drawn by the commissioner Of
taxes to carry out the recommendations
OF Governor Graham relative 70 the cen
tralizing Of the licensing authority, has
been introduced by Mr.. Rierden Of Bar
ton. From information obtained BY the
tax department disclosed in = bulletin
issued in March, 1915. It appears that Tor
the year ending Dec. 81, 1914. only - IL
censes were issued TO peddlers on foot,
and only 81 licenses were issued to ped
dlers travelling other than on foot, in all
the counties in the state Of Vermont. IL
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-12
French Report No Activity.

Paris, Jan l2-There were no events
Of importance on the French front last
night, The war Office says.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-12

tContinued on second Pagel
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-29
BUSINESS M
OPPORTUNITY.

! have a client that has a splendid
mercantile business for sale. He is
doing on an average about SO, 900 per
annum. Has post Office in connection
with store; also +. rm Of SO acres in
high state Of cultivation; splendid
house, stock barn, tobacco barn and
all other necessary Improvements.
This is situated 1-2 mile from school
end church on pike in splendid neigh
borhood.
One of the best combined business
propositions know Of. A good bus
mess man can easily clear on the
store alone $4,000 a year.. The pres
ent owner is compelled to sell on ac-
count of other business interests he
has.
If you are interested in PROPOSE
ton like this, write or phone
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-29
NEW LIFEBOAT.

A new kind of lifeboat is a huge
steel buoy which weighs 1000 pounds
and will hold 40 persons, as well as
water and provisions sufficient for a
week or ten days. The buoy has an
anchor which serves as ballast and
it is claimed to be unsuitable. If
the buoy is kept on the deck of a YES
sci, all that is necessary in case of
accident is that the passengers climb
in. The buoy will launch itself as
the vessel sinks.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-29

Newsprint paper manufacturers
representing IS per cent. of the print
paper output in the country will sell
newsprint to publishers at 3 cents a
pound until April 1, and after that at
a price to be fixed by the federal
trade commission, under an agree
ment reached Monday between the
government and six or seven paper
manufacturers charged with violation
of the Sherman antitrust law. The
decree was alhrmatively presented
by the government and was consent
ed TO by all seven defendants. Coun-
sci for several OF the men under in
dictment stated in court that there
had been no conscious violation of
either the spirit or the letter of the
Sherman law.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-29
Artificial Leg Made 800 q. c.

There is In the museum Of the Royal
College Of Surgeons, Lincoln's Inn
Fields, London, an artificial leg, made
about 300 B. c., Of bronze, wood and
iron. Who has not heard Of the fam
GUS "Iron Hand" made In Nuremberg,
Germany, In 1904, for the German
knight, Gotz Won Berlichingen? Among
the old-time Indians ears, noses and
lips of plaster were quite common, one
of their ordinary punishments being
to cut off these useful parts of the hui
man anatomy. Greek and Roman vet
Grams who had lost a leg or an arm
In the wars used to replace them by
substitutes, and Plinius speaks of a
Roman soldier who-about 100 years
b. C.-was famous for the wooden
hand with which he was still able to
fight as an able swordsman. In 1904
the Duke Of Brunswick had TO use an
artificial hand.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-29
KEPT HER AWAKE
The Terrible Pains in Back and
Sides. Cardui Gave Relief.

Marksville, La.-Mrs. Alice Johnson,
OF this place, writes: "For one year |
suffered with an awful misery in my back
and sides. My left side was hurting me
all the time. The misery was something
awful.
/ could not do anything, not even sleep
at night. II kept me awake most of the
night .. ] took different medicines, but
nothing did me any good or relieved me
until took Cardui. :.
was not able 10 do any Of my work
tor one year and got worse all the time,
was confined 10 my bed off and on. got
so bad with my back that when stopped
down ] was not able TO straighten up
again E. decided would try Cardui
-. BY time had taken the entire bottle
| was feeling pretty good and could
Straishten up and my pains were nearly
all gone.
shall always praise Cardui. con-
linued taking II until was strong and
we'll" II you suffer from pains due TO
iemale complaints, Cardui may be just
what you need. Thousands OF women
who once suffered in this way now praise
cardui for their present good health.
Give II a trial. NC-l33
ADVERTISEMENT
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-29

Australia SUFFERING tsss % Crops and
CHER Damage Through Lack Of
Feathsred scavenaers.

Australia is regretting the laws
passed some 30 years ago ordering
the slaughter Of hawks, owls, carrion
crows or other birds that prey on
young animals and birds. For these
have now been almost wiped out,
with the result, as described by W.
P. Pycraft in the Illustrated London
News, that "decaying bodies, numer-
GUS on sheep farms, have been left to
be demolished by the larvae Of blow
flies, which have now increased to
such an appalling extent as to threat
en- the sheep ON the runs with de-
struction, the animals becoming fly
blown and eaten up alive by this
dangerous pest.
Similarly, Victoria is complain
ing of the difficulty of saving the i'm
mense wheat stacks of the country
from the plague of mice, which the
absence of their natural enemies has
be-gotten. Some protection has been
secured by inclosing the stacks with
in sheets of galvanized iron, leaving
convenient holes opposite tins sunk
in the ground and filled with water.
In this way as many as 10000 mice
have been caught in a single night.
At Minyip recently the catch for two
nights weighed rather more than a
ton. Contemplate the cost of the
corn bill for a ton of mice for sin
gle week, and weigh this against the
cost of a properly organized bureau
Of ornithologyp
And Mr.. Pycraft warns Great
Britain that she is rapidly nearing
similar condition by reason of her
passion for protecting game birds
against owls, hawks and their like.