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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-18
Ladies Rais

Ladies Raise $1,000 for Red Gross.
The local Red Gross is indebted to
me Misses Grace Leonard and Nellie
Hunningham for $1,000. which amount
vas Sgealized by them in benefit
dance given In the Eagles hall Satur.
DAY evening. The affair was we'll at.
tended and proved an enjoyable event.
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Barbe Vas called there BY tho death
Of her Nfnther n law, Mr. George
Butcher, who met with an accident
resulting m his death on Friday.
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Warrington
cdd Fellows Attend Booster Meeting.

cd Fellows attend Booster Meeting.
A large number Of Odd Fellows from
here attended the booster meeting at
Fairmont on Saturday. Among those
from Worthington Lodge No. ITO were
s. ]. Sturm. T. 3. Meeks, A. L. Mason,
Archie G. Morgan, Frank Moore, w
B. Mallernee, Howard Shaver, s. K
Jacobs and VIII D. Jacobs. Dave
Thorn, member of Enterprise lodge
hut residing here, was in attendance.
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NIAllllIllGToN'
joins ,AxIatlon servIee,

3 idNntd p. Hamilton has returned
lirom Ncnndsyiiie where he was visit.
"a Ms nephew, Edwin Beer. who will
~ e for Savannah. Georgia. on
Thur day where he win enter the q.
!. S. Allation school.
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Little Boy born,

Born, Sunday to Nj. and Mrs. Lon
n Hoy ct their home In Homewood.
4 son. The mother and child are do.
ms nicely.
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Congressman Nicely VIII Speak.
= Congressman Mansfield NJ. Nicely, OF
Rtrmont. will make an address here
2il Thursday evening in behalf of the
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-18

Red Gross Benefit at Theatre.
a large crowd attended the Red
Cross benefit at the Idle Hour thea.
& last evening. and good attend.
luce is looked for tonight.
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Mrs. lehendarfer Seriously Burned
Mrs. y. y. Debendarfer met with a
serious accident about noon YESTERDAY
~ her home In Locust street, when
fer clothing caught fire from a gas
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Returned from Ohio.

. Keturned from Ohio.
Mrs. Mary M. Martin, who has been
visiting relatives in Champaign coun.
ty. Ohio, for the past several weeks,
returned home on Saturday. She was
accompanied here by her brother,
Chas. a. Mcdaniel. who will visit with
relatives and friends here for several
days. = - y,
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Returns from, West.

H. M. Reigle, who has been employ.
ed In the oil fields near Augusta, Kan
sas. for some time, has returned to this
city.
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spends Winter In South,

Mrs. ". r. Andrews left last even.
ne for jacksonville, Florida. where
she Will spend the winter with her
daughter, Mrs. O. H. Stout.
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agent for the B. q o. railroad at Worth
ipgten, succeeding B. H. Skinner, who
resigned recently. Mr.. Fordyce took
charge on Saturday. He was former.
~ located at Grafton.
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Precedent Nsenan Hare.

Joseph Neenan, of Cleveland, Ohio,
resident Of the National Window
lass Workers Union. was here this
week on business connected with that
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HepoFs at Dayton, Q.

psfe iIamiiten and Glenn snod.
Sr9sss who have enlisted in the AVA.
lion cofps Of the y. 8. army. will 70.
port n Dayton. Ohio. on December
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posltlon with Penney. Railroad.

Charles p. Weller will leave this
week fog Pittsburgh. Pa, having &C.
.eepted 4 position with the Pennsylva.
|ria Hailroad company.
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Jeins Navy at Portsmouth, Va.
Glenn Campbell, Of seven Pines
VINO enlisted In the o. S. Navy at PARK.
sTspurg, has gone to Portsmouth, Va,
70 assume HIS duties. ~
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Grown Men Have Meaales.

w.. 7ss1.'fSWN IVSH FIdVe W6d1Ie6.
Two cases of measles among the
ZEN OF the city are reported. the afflict.
\ men are Walter Hess, of Houghtown
md 81 ". Masters Of Buffalo street. >
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Meeting Closes.

Meeting Closes.
The evangelistic services conducted
at the Methodist Protestant church
for the past tive weeks by the pastor.
Rev. J.. 3. Bee. were brought 70 close
on Sunday evening. The topic Of the
closing sermon was cFollowers Of
Jesus,T Luke e:67-81.
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A New Fiaa.

\ New Flag.
A new and beautiful nag now floats
from the flag star Of the public school
building. The flag was presented by
The West Virginian for which gener-
osity the schools extend their sincere
thanks.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-06
$4,000 BARN FIRE.
Great Structure at "Cloudland" in Pom
fret Destroyed.

Woodstock, Feb. 6.--An immense barr
on the Clondland farm in Pomfret, five
miles from this town. siwned by Cloud.
land Farm, Inc. OF which Nathaniel En-
mons of Boston is president, was burned
to the ground yesterday afternoon, to-
gether with Is horses, three pigs, l00
tons of hay, large amount OF ensilage
wagons, harness and farm machinery,
entailing loss of $4,000. which is prob
ably well covered by insurance.
The fire started either in the harness
room or the wash room adjoining the
cause being unknown. There were half
dozen workmen ON the premises but
w B. Emmons, manager, the foreman
and the coachman were all absent and
there was no one to direct the work OF
saving the stock.
The workmen state that the main barn
filled with smoke almost immediate.>
and that they were unable to reach
the horses. The cattle were In one of
the wings and all of these were saved.
The immense structure, which had q
frontage Of $50 feet and two wings each
100 feet long, burned rapidly in the
strong wind which fortunately carried the
flames away from the house, which was
saved.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-06
ALICE JENNINGS
T WON FIRST HONOR
AT GODDARD
Everett Wallis Of Waitsfeld Captured
Second Honor and Albert Thompson
of East Westmoreland, N. H.
the Third.

Assignments for commencement week
parts were announced at Goddard semi
nary this forenoon All honor students
who are to take part are included in the
following list, although the names of the
juniors who are to participate in the
prizes speaking will be given out later.
First honor, with valedietory, Miss
Alice Jennings of Orwell; second honor,
class day orator, Everett Wallis of
Waitsfield; third honor, salutatory, AL
bert Thompson of East Westmoreland,
N. H.; history, Esther Mills OF Orange
and Percy Smith of Williamstown; ad-
dress to seniors, Carroll Strong of East
Montpelier; address to undergraduates,
Robert Dole of Enfield, n. H.; prophets,
June Martin of Marshfield and Helen
kingsland of North Ferrisburg; presen-
tations, John Chapman of Ferrisburg
and Perley Haskett Of Barre; prize
speakers, Edith Bailey Of Rochester, Ev-
elyn Drew of Barre, Harold Bancroft
OF Barre and Neil Miner OF Saranac
Lake, n. Y.
All other members of the class will
prepare essays and orations this term.
These will be learned and delivered be-
fore a committee of the teachers and
the speakers for commencement will be
chosen in this contest. This method of
selecting the speakers is necessary on
account of the large number in the grad
uating class.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-06
TRAINS RAN ANYWAY.
Service Was Greatly Handicapped By
Wind Driven Snow.

Out on the main line of the Central
Vermont railroad train crews were busily
engaged last night and to-day in moving
down the big snowdrifts which frac-
tious norther heaped upon the tracks,
Mail and passenger service was sadly up
set by the heavy blow and trains APP
peared in the offing of the Barre yard
at strangely inept hours. Beginning
with the passenger and mail train due
to arrive here from the north at 7 p m.
yesterday, there was. delay OF two
hours. Midnight and o'clock came and
went without the appearance Of the Sec
ond incoming train from Montreal and
people who were really anxious TO be on
the grounds when relatives and friends
stepped from the train had to wait until
s:l4 o'clock this morning A north
bound train scheduled TO reach Barre at
4:lo came not at ALL Ii was explained
that only two passengers were aboard
and they were Montpeler-bound. So
the mail train did not come threagh inn
mediately, although the train was only
a few minutes overdue at Montpelier
Junction.
Less trouble with Old Boreas was en-
countered on the Montpelier 4 Wells
River railroad, The Green Mountain ex
press from Boston was here for the roll
cali at s a. m, but the locomotive had
the appearance Of having waged des
perate struggle with the elements, OPP
timistic trainmen on both roads thought
that the worst was over.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-06
UNDER SPECIAL PERMIT.
Life Convict Allowed to Attend Senator
Kendall's Funeral.

Windsor, Feb. 6.--Frank Shaw, who is
serving a life sentence at the state pris-
on in this town, was among those yester-
day at the funeral of State Senator
Walter L. Kendall of West Windsor, who
died here at the home of his son-in-law.
Q. d. Barber. Mr.. Kendall had endeav-
ored for several years to obtain a par
don for Shaw and Gov. Graham granted
the convict's request for permission to
attend the funeral of his benefsctor.
Shaw was sent from the prison under
guard. The man was sentenced for the
shooting of a DIR. Hoffman many years
ago. the doctor being a member of
posse which was searching for Shaw who
had escaped from jail, having commit
ted a minor offense. He was sentenced
to be hung. but the sentence was later
commuted to life imprisonment.
PRAYERS for Senator Kendall were said
at the house snd the funeral was held
at the Methodist church at Brownsville.
Among those present were Senators
II. r Taylor Of Springfield. Cady OF
Bethel, and Wheeler of Burlington.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-06
SMALL BOATS SHELLED.
When Richard Wallace, the American
Negro, Was Killed.

London, Feb. 6.--The British steam
er Isle of Arran of 3l3 tons, has beer
sunk by submarine, two of her crew
being injured by shell fire, Lloyds ship
ping agency announced Yesterday.
The British steamship Eavestone Of
l79l tons, also has been sunk and the
captain and four members of the crew
killed, says another agency announce.
ment. The British steamer Hurstwood
also has been sunk, without warning
according to report, entailing loss OF
five lives.
1t is officially announced that Richard
Wallace, an American seaman belong
ing to Baltimore, was killed in the she'll.
ing of the boats which left the sinking
steamer Eaveston.
The official statement says that the
survivors of the Eavestone who were
landed yesterday report that their ship
was sunk by she'll fire from a German
submarine, that the crew abandoned the
sinking vessel and that the submarine
shelled the boats in which they took
refuge, killing the captain and three sea-
men and severely wounded the mate.
The official statement says:
Survivors of the steamship Eavestone
who landed to-day report that their
ship was sunk by shell fire from Ger
man submarine. The crew abandoned
the sinking ship and were sheled in their
boats by the submarine.
"The master and three seamen were
thus killed and the second mate was
severely wounded. Among the killed was
Richard Wallace of Baltimore
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-06
MUCH EXCITEMENT; LITTLE FIRE.
Horse Drawn Truck Hit Pole and Auto
Truck Baked at Hill.

Fire came back to alarm an ex-fremai
at Spaulding street during the nooi
hour to-day, when closet blaze, believed
to have been started by child dissect
ing matches, threatened the house occu
pied by Allan NJ. SANDY Morris, The
firemen kept the damage down to $50
the loss being covered in policy held by
George A. Reed of Montpelier in the Nc
Allister & Kent agency.
Chief Gladding, on the seat of the
horse drawn chemical apparatus, had a
narrow escape in issuing from the sta
tion. Momentarily the chief who was
driving, lost control of the rcins with the
result that the front end of the vehicle
brought up against post just south OF
the postotlice. The running board and
two whifiietrees were cracked. Quite as
much difficulty was encountered by the
auto chemical truck, which failed to
climb the Spaulding street hill
Assistant Engineer r. ID. Carpenter
turned in an alarm from box - at the
corner of Washington and Mount streets
when il became apparent that fire
famed by rather high wind which pre-
vailed might sweep a congested tenement
neighborhood. The danger of bad blaze
was passed five minutes after the fire.
men attacked the fire in the closet with
chemicals Two lines Of water hose We're
laid. but water was unnecessary.
Mrs, Morris thought she smelled coal
gas at l2:l0 o'clock and when she as
cended to the second floor of the house
she saw smoke coming from the clothes
closet In moment she had dispatched
one of her sons to the fire station. Mr..
Morris was on his way home from Mont
pelier when he got the news. He hast
ened to Barre and arrived at Spaulding
street to find the firemen eXtinguishing
the last vestiees of the blaze. The boy
and-matches theory is supported by one
of the little Morris boys, who told his
mother of fooling with matches in the
closet earlier in the forenoon. The house
hold effects of the family were not in
sured, but the personal loss fs slight.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-06
COAL SHORTAGE AT oUARRIEs.
Several Firms Are Feeling the Pinch and
One Shut Down Operations.

An ominous threat of the PARALYSIS
that would affect the cutting industry
here in Barre is to be found in the fuel
situation as IL exists among the quar-
riers on Milestone hill to-day. Jones
Bros. got down TO their last lump Sat
urday and when expected consignments
failed to arrive over Sunday, the quar-
ries were shut down yesterday morning.
For nearly a week operations at the
quarry of the Barre Granite & Quarry
Co. have been suspended because of the
fuel problem There are quarters on the
hill who believe they have enough btu
minous coal to tide them through the
cold weather. but the anxious seat is
bending in the middle with others who
scarcely know where to turn.
The Z. /. Smith Co. expects a car OF
coal Immediately and ii il comes the
consignment will be halved and part of
il sent over to the Milestone quarry. so
called. A few days ago Barclay Bros.
were worried lest an expected shipment
fail to arrive and TO preclude the neces-
sitv of general suspension, a carload Of
wood was purchased. On the next day
the carload Of coal came through.
Present conditions are not due to lack
Of foresight on the part OF the quarry
owners. Inadequate shipping facilities
along a number OF railroads are held ae-
eountable for the delay. for in nearly
every instance Quarters have standing
order for soft coal shipments. There Is
a difference Of opinion a. TO just how
long a coal famine on the Hill would con
tinue before local manufacturers would
exhaust their supply Of rough stock. but
II i generally conceded that good many
plants would be idle in a very few days.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-06
WOMAN WOUNDED
LAST FALL DIED
LAST NIGHT
Mrs. Fred Russell Was Shot on Oct. 10
and Her Husband Is Now in Jail
Awaiting Trial.

st. Albans, Feb. 6.-Mrs. Fred Russell
of st. Albans, who was shot by her hus.
band Oct. 10 last, died last evening at
9:45 at the home of her foster parents
Mr.. and Mrs Rich. She was separated
from her husband, and it is said that he
had been drinking and appeared at the
Rich home, where he wanted to talk to
his wife. He then shot her.
Mrs Russell was taken to the hospital
and remained there two months, when
she was removed to st. Albans Bay. For
the past three weeks she had been fail
ing. The funeral arrangements are not
complete An autopsy was held this
afternoon.
Russell has been in the county Jail in
st. Albans since the shooting and will be
tried at the March term of county court.
Mrs. Russell leaves sister, Mrs.
Frank Trombley OF st. Albans Bay, and
a foster brother, Fred Rich.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-06
THE NEWS REACHED
WASHINGTON TO-DAY
So Far as Known, This Is the
First Response from Neu-
tral Nations - President
Wilson Had Suggested
That This Method Would
Tend to Bring Peace

Washington, ID. c., Feb. 6.---Informa-
tion that Switzerland will not adopt
President Wilson's suggestion that in
the interest OF world peace other neu-
trails follow the lead of the United
States and break diplomatic relations
with Germany was received here to-day.
So far as known, this is the first re-
sponse.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-06
SMALL BOATS WERE
SHELLED BY GERMANS
Richard Wallace, the Ameri-
can Victim, Was a Negro
from Baltimore - Consul
Frost Adds That the De-
tails of the Attack Are Not
Available

Washington, D. c., Feb. 6.--The official
report of the sinking of the steamer
Eavestone and the killing of an Amer.
ican seaman reached the state depart.
ment to-day from Consul Frost at
Queenstown. The ship was provisional
British collier
Consul Frost's message said: "The pro.
vsional British collier Eavestone was
sunk by she'll fire from German subma-
rine in the vicinity of Fastnet yesterday
(Feb. A.. An American negro able sea-
man, Richard Wallace of Baltimore, was
killed during the shelling of the boats
after they had just left the Eavestone.
The details are not yet available"
Consul Frost's despatch, describing the
Eavestone as a provisional collier, leads
to the possibility that the destroyed yes
sci might be classed as a warship. If at
the time of the sinking, the Eavestone
was in the admiralty service no possi-
bility of trouble with Germany on that
score opens up. Ambassador Page has
been instructed to send further details.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-06
SECOND DEGREE
MURDER VERDICT
WAS SUSTAINED
Supreme Court Finds There Was No En-
ror in Conviction of Giovanni Ma
rino in Rutland County
Court,
Court.

| Eight opinions were handed down al
the opening of the February session OF
the Vermont supreme court at Montpe.
lier to-day. Included in the number was
one affirming the verdict of guilty of
murder in the second degree in the case
of State VS.. Giovanni Alarino from Rut-
| land county. The court found that there
was no error, Judge Powers reading the
opinion.
The other opinions rendered were as
| follows:
Addison county-Town of Bristol VS..
Bristol Railroad company and trustee,
Judgment affirmed; Powers. The verdict
Of the lower court was for the plaintiff.
Franklin county-Iohns H. Summer
skill VS.. Vermont. Power & Manufactur-
ing company, verdict for the plaintiff to
recover 81 800 affirmed; Haselton
Orange eounty-G. A. Hebard VS.. n. F.
Cutler, judgment reversed and cause re-
manded; opinion by Munson read by
Watson. In the lower court the plaintiff
won a verdict of $500.
Windsor county Mary J. Reynolds VS..
Lee Dean, Judgment for the plaintiff in
the lower court reversed; Powers.
Washington county,. j. Goodwin vs..
Barre Savings Bank & Trust company,
verdict for the plaintiff to recover s640
reversed and cause remanded; Powers.
Lewis d. Bancroft ct al VS.. W. Eldredge
Vail. decree affirmed. Vail was left 81
by his wifes will; opinion leaves will as
originally in probate court. Alice II.
Phillips VS.. Harry NJ Cutler, decree for
-
Chief Justice John II. Watson of Mont
pelier presided over the court for the
first time, Loveland Nlunson having re-
tired. Willard W. Miles, the recently
elected justice. occupied the bench also
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-06
154 SHIPS SUNK
DURING JANUARY
Number Was Greater Than in ANY Other
Month of the war-British Ship
ping Suffered the Heaviest.

New York, Feb. 6.-The destruction
of merchant tonnage, due to submarines
mines and kindred war causes, was
greater during January than in any pre-
vious month, according to statistics pub
lished to-day by the Journal of Com
meree.
The gross tonnage lost was 336,997, in
volving the sinking of l54 vessels, the
statement says, and this brings the to-
tai destruction during the war to a..
$685. ,766 tons or 1851 ships. British ship
ping suffered heaviest during January,
with 81 vessels destroyed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-06
SIX STATES PLEDGE SUPPORT.
President Wilson Endorsed for Breaking
with Germany.

Washington, d. c., Feb. 6.-The legis
latures of Missouri, Delaware, Vermont,
Minnesota, Nebraska and Pennsylvania
yesterday pledged support to President
Wilson in the present crisis and en-
dorsed his action in severing relations
with Germany.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-06
ELEVEN BURNED
IN DERAILED CAR
Wreck Occurred Near Glenwood, New
foundland, and Three Cars Were
Sent OFF the. Rails.

Curling, Newfoundland, Feb. 6.sElev-
en- persons lost their lives in wreck on
the Reid, Newfoundland, railroad near
Glenwood. an interior settlement, yester-
day, according to passengers who arrived
here to-day. Three passenger cars We're
derailed, one of which caught fire, and
only 10 of the 80 passengers in the
burned car escaped. The report last night
said that only four were killed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-06
GERMANY HOPES
THERE'LL BE NO WAR
SAYS ZIMMERMAN
Adds That He Concludes President Will
sons Words Were of "Non-
Hostile Character"

London (by wireless, Feb. GA de.
spateh received to-day quotes the Over
seas agency to the effect that Foreign
Secretary Zimmerman declared in an in
terview that Germany joined with Presi-
dent Wilson in the wish that there may
be no conflict and that the German gov
ernmcnt, after minute examination of
the presidents speech in Congress, appre-
ciates that "those words are of non
hostile character"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-06
NOT ORDERED OUT.
Americans in Germany Are Warned
Merely BY United States of Break.

Washington, d. C., Feb. ct was
stated officially to-day that there is no
change in the status Of the 1000 or more
Americans in Germany. They have not
been ordered out by the United States
but have been advised of the break Of
relations in order that they may make
individual decisions.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-06
IMMEDIATE PUR-
CHASE OF SUPPLIES
ORDERED BY BAKER
Secretary of War Caused Purchasing
Agents to Go Into the Market to
Buy UP to Limit of Available
Appropriations.

Washington, ID. c., Feb. 6.--The inn
mediate purchase of reserve quartermas-
ter's supplies for the army up to the
limits of the available appropriations
was ordered to-day by Secretary of War
Baker. Purchasing agents have been
sent into the market by Major General
Sharpe, quartermaster general, to carry
out the orders in the shortest possible
time.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-06
GERMANS TESTED
VERDUN FRONT
AND DREW BACK
French Also Defeated Attack Near Par
roy Forest After the Germans Had
Entered First Line Trenches.

Paris, Feb. 6.-Two German raids on
the verdun front at Louvement and
D'Eparges gained no success, the war
office reports. Attacks on French
trenches near Parroy forest reached the
first line, but the Germans were elected
Immediately by a counter-attack.
In the region of Aspach in Alsace three
French reconnoitering parties penetrat-
ed the German lines, destroying shelters,
and returned without losses.