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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-14
WOH4N DOCTOR
SUES MEDICAL BOARD
Mrs. Anna G. Mack L'Homme Claims She
Was Disseminated Against By YER
mont Licensing Board Because
She Graduated From College
Not Approved.
Not Approved.

Brattleboro, Jan. l4.-Attorney Arthu
V. ID. Piper of this place to-day gave on
the information that he had brough
mandamus proceedings against the Yer
mont state board of medical registration
of which DIR. W. Scott Nay of Underhil
is secretary, the papers served on DR.
Nay by Sheriff f. H. Tracy of Montpelier
being signed by Justice George NJ Pow
ers of the supreme court. He seeks Il
have the board commanded to issue tC
Mrs. Anna G. Mack L'IIomme of Boston
a license to practice medicine IN Vermont
or to accept her application to take the
examination and be permitted to prac.
tice in this state in case she passes the
examination by the required mark
Mrs. L'Homme is a graduate of the
College of Physicians and Surgeons of
Boston and is 33 years old She has had
experience in the Boston, City hospital
and other institutions. Her attorney
states that on Nov. 5, 1915, she filed with
the board an application for examination
for registration in medicine and that
soon afterwards DR.. Nay, as secretary,
returned the application with the state
ment that the board did not recognize
the College of Physicians and Surgeons
of Boston
On Feb. 8, 1916, Mrs. L'Homme again
presented her application and rendered
the fee, which were not accepted, but she
was permitted to take the examination.
She believes she passed the required
mark, bat she says she never has been
able to find out what her mark was and
has never been able to obtain license in
this state
Mrs. LIomme and her counsel state
that the board in determining what coll
leges and medical schools it will recog-
nize has delegated that duty to DR.. Nay.
and that he in turn has delegated the
duty TO the council of medical education
of the American Medical association,
which Mr.. Piper charges is gross abuse
of the discretion conferred upon the
board by the Vermont law.
Mr. Piper says Mrs. LHomme has a
license to practice in Maine, and that by
reason of reciprocal courtesies between
Maine and Vermont she could practice in
this state without any further license,
but she wishes to come in through the |
front door and not be compelled to enter |
through the back door.
IL is understood that it is not Mrs. |
L'Hommes intention actually to locate |
in Vermont. if given a license, the pur-
pose being rather to compel the board of /
medical registration to recognize the Bos-
ION institution.
The board of medical registration is
ordered TO appear before the supreme
,ourt at the general term in Montpelier
he second Tuesday in Nav. 1918. to
how cause, if any, why the petition
,hould not be granted.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-14
A BASIS FOR PEACE.
Wilson's Message So Described By Ger
man Prince.

Berne, Switzerland, Jan. l4-Comment
ing on President Wilson's address, Prime,
Alexander Won Hohenlohe, who was
among the German representatives at tn,
paeifist congress held at Berne last No
vember, writes in the Neue Zuricher
Zeitung as follows:
Every unprejudiced leader must ad.
nit that President Wilson's new message
can become way toward peace But
for that it viii be necessary that the
German people disengage itself from the
fixed idea that America entered the war
only for selfish and material interests.
"The truth is that President Wilson,
in declaring war on Germany, followed
the pressure of the overwhelming major
ity of the American people and that ev-
cry American soldier sailing for Europe
goes in the firm conviction that he is to
fight for the threatened freedom and
justice of the world"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-14
DROPPED DEAD ON STREET.
George H. Townsend, Formerly of Barre,
Victim of Heart Failure.

Waterbury, Jan. l4-George II. Towns
end went into the Cadette restaurant
Saturday night not feeling well Sup
per was served, but he ate very little OF
the same At 6:25 he left the restau-
rant 10 90 TO his room across the road
in the knights block. As he started
10 cross the road. Mr.. Townsend fell
and Mr.. Cadette sent someone to his a.
sistance. He expired before reaching his
home. doctors and officials being called.
Death was called due TO natural causes,
heart failure.
Mr.. Townsend was employed hy Clif
ton oClaire at the granite sheds and
came here from HardWick- He was 81
wears of axe and j. survived by has wife,
who was Miss Mary Averill u Barre.
and two children. The deosased had
lived in Barre ard the remains were
taken there AZ noon to-day for services
and burial
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-14
30 CENTS A NAME.
May Be Paid to Local Boards Under Sc
lective Draft Law.

| Gov Graham to-day released a tele
gram which he received from Provost
| Marshal General Crowder fixing the com
lpensaton of the members of the loca
boards working under the seleetive draft
law at 80 cents for each registrant final
ly classified.
The regulation fixes that: Money
due for said work shall be paid in pro-
portionate amounts to each member Of a
local board claiming compensation for his
service, unless it shall be requested by
the unanimous vote of the local board
that the money should be paid in some
other proportion. In such cases no one
member shall receive more than fifteen
cents of the allowance of thirty cents for
each classification and no two members
shall receive more than twenty five cents
for each classification to be distributed
between them. There may be cases where
all members of local board desire com
pensation. but where certain members
may have performed more. work than
others who have been unable to give
the necessary time. In such cases the
local board may, by unanimous vote
recorded on its minutes, make proper
division OF its compensation.
"There will be other cases where mem
bers of local boards will do their share
of the work and who desire to give their
service to their government without
charge. In such cases the amount to be
paid to the members otherwise shown
by the minutes. The purpose of the pro-
vision is to protect the government for
the value of gratuitous service thus rem
iered by members of local boards who
do not claim compensation
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-14
$1,000,000 IN FOOD
INCLUDED IN LOSS
Almost All of WashingtOn's
Fire Depart m ent Was
Called Out to Stay Prog
ress of the Flames Which
Threatened Property on
Arsenal Grounds

Washington, d. c., Jan. IA large
part of the city's apparatus was called
out to-day for fire threatening the
quartermaster's buildings at the Wash
ington barracks on the arsenal grounds
The Office buildings of the quartermas-
ter's department and a warehouse con-
tanning clothing, shoes and other army
supplies were the first to catch. A guam
tity of gasoline in the warehouse ex-
ploded.
Army supplies, including $l0000oO
worth of food, were destroyed. The
quartermaster's warehouse was ruined
and several other buildings were dam
aged. The origin of the fire has not been
disclosed
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-14
GODDARD STUDENT DEAD.
James c. Stephen Was III Three Days
with Spinal Meningitis.

James Campbell stephens, only son Of
Mrs. Catherine Stephens, passed away at
his home 81 Park street, this morning
at l2:45 o'clock, the end following an i'll
ness of three days. The young man was
stricken with spinal meningitis Friday
and from the outset his condition was re-
garded as critical. A few years ago he
sustained serious injuries in a cossting
accident. but SO far as was known he had
fully recovered. He is survived ny his
mother and three sisters, Misses Mar
garet and Loretta Stephens and little
Mary Stephens. The deceased was born
in Barre Aug. 26. 1901, and would have
been IL years old had he lived until his
next birthday. He WIS student at
Goddard seminary, where he was enrolled
in the freshman class The boy was a
prime favorite among his schoolmates
and youth of much promise.
Arrangements for the funeral are held
in abeyance pending information from
relatives in Montreal, 2. Q.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-14
u. S. ARMY SUPPLIES BURNED:
ORIGIN OF FIRE NOT DISCLOSED
DEATH OF ]. M. ATWOOD.
Prominent Resident OF Randolph Had
Been iii with Heart Trouble.

| Randolph, Jan. III. NJ. Atwood, wh'
had been in serious condition foi
weeks, died at an early hour on Saturday
morning, the result of heart trouble, with
which he had suffered for a long time
Since Thanksgiving Mr.. Atwood had
been failing, but in that time was down
town two or three times, but since
Christmas he failed rapidly. j. NJ. or
Mark Atwood, as he was familiarly
known, was born in Rochester, one OF
eight children born to James and Sarah
lHolden) Atwood. The date of his birth
was June 10, 1899. There he passed n
few years and 81 years ago last July
he married Frances Clifford of that place,
who survives him. To them were born
three daughters, all of whom survives:
Mrs. j. j. Stimets and Mrs. c. f. Lazelle
of this place, and Mrs. Edwin Amsden
of Barnard. The greater part of his life
was passed in Bethel and Randolph, the
last 27 years having been spent in this
town. The family had lived for a short
time in Norwalk, Conn, and in Isle La
Motto and st. Albans.
Mr.. Atwood had engaged in various
employments, but for the last % years
he had been employed by the Phoenix
Mutual Life Insurance company of Hart
ford, Conn, and in this business he was
successful in a very marked degree.
Many times during his service with this
he won the prize for the larg-
est amount of policies in given time,
thus proving him very valuable man
for that company. This he continued up
to within a few months Of his death, the
business not having been transferred per-
manently to another until only about one
year ago.
Mr.. Atwood was lifelong member of
he Methodist denomination and for
years was active in the work, having |
supplied small churches in some cases.
lie was member of Phoenix lodge, +. &
4 NJ, in town, and the local lodge of Odd /
Fellows, which lodges have in the last
week assisted in his care. The funeral
vas held from his late home on Howard
treet to-day Mt 2 o'clock, Rev. Joseph
officiating. The bearers were
elected from the members of the Odd
'ellow lodge and interment was in
'outhview cemetery. It is singular
act that his son Flaw, c. Z. Lazelle,
fas buried eleven months ago to-day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-14
ALIEN ENEMIES HAVE RIGHT.
To Workmen's Compensation Unless
They Commit Unlawful Acts.

Commissioner of Industries r. W. ST.
monds announced to-day that Germans
and Austrians employed in Vermont in
dustries will be entitled to the same COM
pensation for injuries as the workmen of
other nationalities are unless they com
nit some unlawful act.
Commissioner Simonds announced the
award of $40 week in the case of Pat
rick Kelleher VS.. Burke Bros, and the
award of S6.SS cents a week for 800
weeks in the case of G. Bianehi against
the Bianchi Granite Co. of Montpelier
for an eve injury.
The claim was disallowed in the case
of Alfred Sumner VS. Bristol Alanufae-
turing company, loss of an eve by saw
dust, because it was impossible to as
certain whether it was an accident or
not.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-14
TOE CAUSE OF HEARING.
F. Perez Brought Petition Against E. L.
Smith & Co.

A hearing before Robert w. Simonds
commissioner of Industries, was insti-
tuted at city hall this forenoon in the
case of f. Perez VS.. the +. L. Smith Co
| The hearing grew out of an accident in
which Perez suffered injuries to his foot
while employed at the Smith quarries
| in Graniteville on the morning of Sept
l2l, 1917. 1t is recorded that the quarry
man got his foot pinched in turning over
a stone, and that an operation for the
removal of the great toe was necessary
in consequence of the accident. The
Z. l.. Smith Co. was represented by Atty.
is. Hollister Jackson, and Perez was with
out counsel,
The only witnesses examined were the
interpreter, and DIR. +. III. Bailey, who
ministered to the injured man soon after
he was hurt. Perez told in detail of
the circumstances leading up to the acci-
dent, described his act in moving the
stone, and recounted consultations with
physicians. DIR. Bailey's testimony tend
ed to support the contention that the toe
was amputated unnecessarily. Upon be-
ing recalled to the stand, Perez said that
after DIR. Bailey treated the member he
came to Barre and consulted two physi-
clans, who told him that if amputation
were postponed he might lose his foot
The hearing was brief. and no decision
was made at adjournment
Accompanied by the clerk, Miss Laura
Burbank. Commissioner Simonds came to
Barre this morning for the purpose of
two hearings. A continuance,
however, was granted in the case of John
Gamble vs.. James Robertson and the
Travellers Insurance Co. The case grows |
out of alleged injuries at the Robertson
stoneshed in which the plaintiff lost the
use of an eve and eventually submitted /
to an operation for its removal. Unless i
there is further postponement, the case
viii be heard Friday afternoon.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-14
Men and Ships, How Many?

Is there anything more difficult to as
, certain than the facts regarding the gov
ernment's military preparations and 1T
building of merchant ships The con
hict of testimony is astonishing. No tive
. witnesses, official or non official, seem Il
agree. On figures especially the differ
ences are extreme. As regards the army
our ambassador at London told an Eng
] lish audience about two months ago that
we had raised an army of 100000 men
and would soon have another SOC, 900
But no increase has been made since the
middle of November if, as Secretary
Baker says, the total number of men
now sin the field and in training" is
about 100000. Senator Kenyon tells
us on his return from France that we
must send to the western front 2,0O0,-
900 men and have 100000 in reserve.
Secretary Baker assures the country that
IA substantial army is already in
France" vet two congressman who have
recently come from the front report
that the number of our soldiers there is
less than 100000. And Secretary Wilson,
speaking of how the war takes men from
the ranks of labor, supplies further
variation, saying that 81 100000 will be
taken in the first year of the war
this being just the number that the war
secretary says he has obtained already,
and but one-half of what Ambassador
Page said we were to have, and of what
Senator Kenyon says We must have on
the western front.
As regards the building of merchant
ships for the government, the chairman
Of the shipping board, Edward n. Hur-
ley, stated only a few weeks ago that
he aimed at an addition of 100000
tons to our mercantile marine within
twelve months, and that the board would
certainly build ships having an aggre.
gate tonnage of 6,O0O,0OO in the wear
1918. So confident was he of this out
put that he declared himself willing to
bear the blame if there were any short
coming But this week Homer L. Fergll-
son, president of the Newport News Ship
building company, testified that the prob |
able maximum production of merchant
ships by the United States in 1918 would |
be 100000 tons. Estimates of from |
5 100000 to 100000 tons output. he
said. were misleading and should not be |
allowed to 90 unchallenged. That was /
a challenge to Mr.. Hurley. He returns
to the charge. asserting that the output
Of vessels in the United States by the
end Of l9ls viii approximate 5.O00.O0OI
tons This j. a reduction Of his earlier
estimate by at least 100000 tons. And
when he proceeds to saw that the pro-
gram will surpsss by 100000 or 1000
lO0 tons the mark set BY Mr.. Ferguson.
i appears that the promised 6.000o00l
IONS may shrink to 100000. At present
lur army and our shipping are evident
" the sport of programs and estimates.
-Nou pay your money and take your
.hoioe,' Or you just go II blind for
he government. trusting il 10 do iis best
With a stupendnas task and pull the
iountIy safely tATough.-BostOa Herald
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-14
WIDOW SUES FOR $4,000.
Wants That Amount for Death of Levi ].
Norway.

Cor NJ III Iar l4.-w-Nfrs Mary
Edith p1vr.ua, .-o4 a.s,,v.., ". 80, i. minis
tratrix of the estate of the late Levi
J Norway, Saturday brought suit
through her attorney, John NJ Stark of
this city, in the sum of $4,000 for the
death of her husband, occasioned by the
explosion of boiler ON one of the COM
pany's engines at Laconia. The suit is
returnable at the April, 1918, term of
the superior court for Merrimack county.
Counsel for Mrs. Norway has also Sc
cured an injunction against the railroad
forbidding the moving Of the engine
which figured in the accident, pending
the hearing of the bill of discovery, which
will be held before Judge Oliver Branch
in Manchester, JAN Is.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-14
HOPE ABANDONED
That Howard W. Plant of Burlington
Survived German Attack.

Burlington. Jan. 1.-THE receipt Of a
letter from the United States bureau OF
navigation removes all hope that Howard
W. Plant. only son Of Mr.. and Mrs. W. H.
Plant Of this city. may be alive. Young
Plant was doing duty as an electrician ON
the American destroyer Jacob Jones.
which was sunk by German submarine
Dee 6.
Although his name did not appear in
the list Of survivors. il was known that
two Of the crew Of the DESTROYER had
been taken prisoner and bis parents have
entertained hope that their son might
have been one - these 50 a, a. known
young Plant y the first Burlugtonian TO
iose his life in the var
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-14
TWO ARRESTED; THIRD WANTED,
Two Alleged to Have "Rolled" Tim Bres-
nehan OF His Valuables.

Efforts on the part of the police q
connect certain suspects with the alleged
robbery of woodsman named Timothy
Bresnehan of Stockbridge eliminated
Saturday afternoon in the arrests OF
Amelio Ferrari and Mario Sassi, who
are charged with robbery from the per-
son, not being armed Because of the
gravity of the alleged oifense, the case
cannot be tried in municipal court, where
the respondents were given preliminary
arraignment late in the afternoon. Each
waived examination and bail in each
case was fixed at 81 600. the respondents
being bound over to the March term of
Washington county court. Sassi obtained
bail for his release Saturday night. and
Ferrari, who passed the week end at the
police station, was released to-day when
the required bail was furnished.
The police say that Sassi and Ferrari,
who are young men scarcely out of the
teen ages, have confessed to completely
in the robbery. A third person, who is
said to have made hurried exit from
the city late last week, is being sought
by the officers, who allege that he is the
principal performer in the case. Bresne-
hans case came TO the attention of the
authorities Thursday, when he was ar.
rested on an intoxication charge He
told the police story of having been
rolled" by three men who relieved him
of nearly $40 in money, a razor and small
trinkets. II developed that he met up
with his alleged assalants in a lunch
cart near the Granite street corner of
North Main street According TO the
police one of them offered to accompany
Bresnehan to a place where he could OBJ
tain some whiskey. 1t is pretty well
established that Bresnehan was led to a
somewhat secluded spot at the rear of
Goddard seminary.
Representations made to the police by |
he two respondents already arraigned
make it appear that Sassi and Ferrarl
followed Bresnehan and his new-found |
friend, keeping always few PAGES IN the
ear. Arriving in dark corner back of
he seminary, it is said that a given
ignal was followed by move in which
3resnehan was thrown to the ground.
lie was partially intoxicated at the time
md when he regained his senses his mon
" and certain articles were missing.
AT first the police were inclined to
Ioubt the story of the rolling" but
uiet investigation confirmed some of the
tatements made by him. Sassi and Fer
ari and the son of the restaurant keeper
rere interviewed and later, on a com
laint made to Grand Juror William
yishart, the first two were placed under
rrest by Chief Sinclair. Their alleged
onfession and disclosure on the third
erson said to be involved followed the /,
rrests. Bresnehan is serving an alterna
i've sentence in the county Jail for in
lxication The minimum sentence fixed
V the statute for the crime with which {
ne boys are charged is three years, with n
maximum of ten years. i
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-14
ESTATE REOPENED
When Holder of Note Petitioned in Louis
N. Wood Case.

On petition Of Manuel Higuera that he
had note against the estate and did
not know that the commissioners had
closed the matter. the case of Louis y
Wood was reopened by order of Judge
Martin in probate court to-day.
stephen Joslyn Of Waitsfield settled
his accounts as administrator Of the es-
tate of Sophia p. Joslyn, late of Waits
field
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-14
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS LOSS
SUSTAINED In WASHINGTON
Quartermaster's Warehouse Ruined
and Several Other Government
Buildings Were Damaged
GERMAN TOWNS RAIDED.
But Berlin Reports Only Slight Material
Damage.

Amsterdam, Jan. l4.-The official Ger
man news agency says that entente avi-
ators made l3 air raids on Germany in
December, six on industrial districts OF
Lorraine and Luxembourg, and seven on
Freiburg, Baden, Mannheim, Saarbucken
and Zweibrucken. Except for the inter
ruption of operations at an iron works,
caused by the dropping of bomb on a
gas tank, the results are said to have
been insignificant. Seven persons were
killed and 81 injured. One of the raiders
was brought down.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-14
AUSTRIA SUFFERS
FOR LACK OF BREAD
Municipal Council of Vienna Threatens
to Resign Because Permanent Re-
duction of Flour Rations Can
not Be Borne.

Zurich, Jan. l4.-The municipal coun-
ell of Vienna threatens to resign and dis
claims further responsibility for feeding
the city, declaring that permanent re-
duction of -four rations cannot be borne
by the population, and one Vienna news
paper admits that the last harvest was
very unsatisfactory and another declares
that Austria is suffering most of all the
belligerent countries in the matter of
bread and flour supplies.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-14
AMERICAN TRAULER
VENT TO BOTTOM:
ALL HER CREW SAVED
Admiral Sims Reports That the Vessel
While Patrolling in European Wa
ters Struck a Rock

Washington, d. c., Jan. l4.-An Amer
lean trawler operating in European wa
ters has been lost. Admiral Sims re-
ported the sinking to the navy depart
ment to-day and said that all the mem
bers Of the crew were saved.
Admiral Sims reported that the trawl
err was lost by striking rock.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-14
wOmen's Bags Are the Rage To-day.

Grace Margaret Gould. the fashion edi
tor Of the Woman's Home Companion
saws in the January issue:
Bags are 80 fashionable these DAYS
that every smart woman has a private
collection cf her own. To add to this
collection she NAV be Interested in the
new canvas bear haus. These she can
make herself and thus avoid the prohibi-
tive p-icss cf many of the imported
lead tsgs shown in the shops. The can
sas can D. pguchasci with the design
7sr.ntri n coiors. and Indian beads 10
Work CIT the desisn-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-14
NEARLY 200 VOLUNTEERS.
To Teach Telegraphy to Drafted Men in
Schools in IS States.

Washington, D. c., Jan. l4.-Nearly
200 Associated Press telegraph operators,
responding to appeals by the chief signal
officer of the army and the federal board
of vocational education to supply in
struetors for the national army men,
have volunteered to give part of their
own time to the work. They will train
thousands of drafted men in schools in
25 states
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-14
HAD NO FUEL.
Nearly Hundred Boston Schools Could
Not Open To-day.

Boston, Jan. l4.-Nearly 100 public
schools remained closed to-day for lack
of fuel Coal was supplied to the other
buildings, which were able to resume
their sessions for the first time since the
Christmas recess.