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VOL. LXXXYJI. NKW SKIMKS VOL. L1X.
BTRIjINOTON, V'J IIiriWDAY, HClUiTAIlV Hi, 1913.
NUMBER 33.
D SHELL AGAIN TEAR
CAPITAL OF MEXICO ASUNDER
RESPDNSIBILITY TO
RESTOH CONGRESS
.Diaz in Command of Rebels Holds His
Ground and Subjects City to Ter
rible Bombardment.
ROOFS OF HIGH BUILDINGS
RAKED BY INSURGENT FIRE
American Ambassador and Ministers of Foreign
Powers Protest against "Barbarous and In
human War" -Zapatistas Harass Feder
erals Madero Promises Crushing Blow.
INTERVENTION
JUSTIFIED, SA!
LONDON PAPERS
of
fire
th"
will
be trnns-
.rtpxlio City. Feb. 12. Anticipating
nn crirlv resumption of hostilities to
1 inrr w, iriw than 100 Amor leans fl'-d
t - nt It from their homes tn tempnr-
i I'milcs In Hip outskirts
rt in flip dancer of Hip
1 p i ilnlmlzod
Vp l assarior Wilson, on Information
from the national palace, knew that
ho gov rnnierit planned a crushing
How. (inn, determined to save thn
merlf-is if possible, rpnpl numer
ous houses to which. under flags of
truce agents of the embassy Viiiiri'l
n .l itimiobllcs as mativ women and
1 llrirnn ns would agree to
ported
'rw xnnM.il was oulct to-night.
tliP f IP the foreigners, flllol with
horror Ir the frightful lioinh.irrlment
ff tin past two days, needed little
urging
While the bombardment was far
hrnv cr to day than on Tuesday the
probahlp loss of life was smaller. Thin
was due to the liiPk of nnv effort to
force tl,e assault by the federals.
PLCK CASUALTIES AT 'A
The easviiltle are enlmiiled at not less
t,,.,., "cti ,rilrl and IM'l wounded In thn
two hp' ' f.ghtlng. Two American women
rn di ad, sl ot to piece? by a shell. They
11. V. Holmes and Mrs. J'crey
Sevi nil Americans have been
Itut the total number of native
r-c mil -Hants injured to-day was un
,M lb small. Experience Is fast teach-
out of the lino
but
Wi re M
frllTIt' s
IV 11 1 d
1 lt tlK "itlzens to l:eep
cr 'l when possible.
Tli repoits from the Pinz headquarters
that Ms loses have been negligible tire
received with w doubts.
Vbout ten o'clock to-night there was
f.,T-n -ictlnn for n few minute by a
feiiera' battery acalnst the rebel position,
i i.t t (Uven o'clock th" city was tran
i ' with all the street light out.
'ir.'Vn TNTIL NINE AT XIOHT.
xVxl. n City, Feb. 12. Mexico's capital
,eas torn lsunder again to-tlay bv shot
and she It was not un'tl nine o'clock
to nig ' t 'I the tire In all quarters
i ised
Con Fun Diaz, In command of the
rrhei for 'is. fortified and entrenched in
and arrend the. arsenal, had hold his
ground against the federals. He had done
more than this. He had subjected the
city to n more terrible hombai dment than
that of -csterdny. He had enlarged hits
zone of action, and hud sent forces
ngairist the national palace.
liut to-night Madero was optimistic.
Throughout the bombai dment and tho al
most continuous rattle of machine guns
and rllles the President went about his
work In the palace apparently unper
turbed. He took counsel frequently with
thn finance minister. Ernesto Madero.
From time to time he was In conversation
with General Huerto, the commander-in-chief
r ".mling the plan.- of attack. Ills
rourmur was great, his confidence remark
nble. Over the arsenal, General Din, calmly
directed the opratiom- He ohnrn tt . iZ'-d
th in as olrly defensive He. too. wasop
tlmlEtlc The number of d. id and wounded can
not tvet ' c-limatnl, put It Is law.
For two hours during the fmeponn thn
rebel gunners rained shot and shell at
the lofty structures of the city from tho
roofs of which federal sharpshooters and
machine- gun men had attempted to rake
the liv ure nls tn the trenches ami behind
the barriexdos of tho arsenal.
11KAVY SHELLS IVKWi TIMED.
The sheds from the heavy gun. Welti
11 timed, tho explosions throwing per
1 ips hundieds of thousands of bullets
' to tin. roofs, cfloctually clearing for
time at le-as-t these buildings of the
) ekeil men from tho federal troop.
Some of the rebel shPlls and not a fen
rule bullets learned the national palace i
bit nono did serious damage, but It Is I
not believed that Diaz seriously eontem
I atom at the present time an attnek on
idno'p lie dquurters I
tjidpi i has promlKcd to make acorn
ne a aault on the rebel ponltions I
i ini.rrni but the ope.ritions of to-
v in lU'tite that lilaz has nuii-li in
ae rr On the ftrst day of tlu bat
1 it was thr government forces that
i irt ed their powder. To-day. It was
tin rebel - tin n to be aggtesslvo. Diaz
l i-might forth heavier buiih than hu
J 1 IS' d before
l i"u threatening features of tho
i i vi" the appearance in the '-
I irts of the city of Zapatistas, Wio
i ,iru"s"(l tho jovnrnment troops, anil
ttc r'len:o rrotu the Holrm Jail of
f( veril thousand prisoners Fotno of
t' Htte havo Joined the rehnl ranks
i ill oth"rs aro foot free, and may turn
I I looting
J'ROTBSTS ItV ril'LOMATri.
Tho American amlinhtiulor and the mln
I. irrs of Great JSritaln, tlennany and
pain made protetu to both Mudcro and
ilaz agalnsi tho "barbaroua and Inhuman
I'ftrfnn;," 'ut their nrotentB huvo neon In
,iln. A brief tirmlfltleo wna ftnanKod for
vt-'i f t' diplomats to the Vri Mont
.i ml to tho rebel commander, but In gen
eial tho continuity of tho day's opera
tions wn interrupted but slightly. The
s'aceato note of the machine guns was
i-cldom silent and there was at net time
a long Interval between the roars of the
cannon.
The British legation was under the
rebel fire for a time but the American
embassy Is considered to be In a compara
tively sale district. On this account the
women and children arc being brought to
that sectiun and an American guard pro
tects them. During a lull In the fighting
automobiles flying the white flag were
sent to the various quarters of the city
by the Americans, Germans and British
tor the purpose of collecting the women
and children of all nationalities and they
will be housed In the buildings around th
embassy.
ONLY DBSl'LTOKY FI11E.
At S:M to-night the firing had grown
very light. Only at rare Intervals did thn
booming of a canon remind the people
that the conflict had not ended.
In their positions, the federal soldiers
arr restlnc on their arms, and here and
there are small squads giving trouble
to their officers because of liquor, which
makes them Inclined to shoot without
orders. As "'t the native residents do
not known that possibly American
marines may be landed, ai the neWH fiom
Washington arrived te.o late for publica
tion. Owing lo martial law and the enforced
refusal of the telegraph management to
fipn.nl tnpyxiicpH freely, no reliable in
formation has been received here con
cerning the situation in other parts of
Mexico, although It is reported that dis
orders have broken out In Vera Cruz,
from which the central government Is
said to haw drawn evin the police to
assist In crushing Diaz.
I'BACK ENVOY IS KIHKU VI'ON.
From early morning the sharp cracks
of i-Illes or the craih of cannon could
i,.. iw.nni lii some aiiarter of the city I
almost every minute of the day, some
times close, semetlmes far distant. The
diplomatic representatives of four powers
protested, and an ni misth e was arranged
ho that an envoy could enter the rebel
llnct, and confer with Diaz Hut, doubt-1
less owing te. the Inability of the federal
command! r to contiol all lxilnts on his I
lines, this mvoy was fired upon ty tno
troops, although riding under n white
Car-.
The American ambassador, Henry Lano
Wilson, the Hiltih minister, F. W.
Strong'', tin German minister, Hi it Von
Hlntze. ai.il the Spanish minister. Senor
Gologan y Cologan. called at the national
palace during a lull In tho lire shortly
belore noon. At.i r a brief conference with
ITcsldent Madero they had little dllTI
cult In galnirc his prome to suspend
operation". If Gi neral Daz would do llke
wbr, until tin' diplomats or their repre
sentatlvi. i. mill lonfef '.'itli th" nhel
e ommaniji i
1 1 I: I lamer was ihos'ii tn tarry
tie' lnc-sage of protest to Diaz lie
i iitee, mii niitoineibilo, which Willi .1
white lla. Hying, moved through the
federal lines. It was supposed that
the troops hinl beep advised of tills
mission, hut the ntitntnobllc was in
stantly made the target for numerous
rifles, and bullets rattled about It. It
continued on Its way, however, thn
diplomatic envoy apparently being
unliuiv
The bombardment, which was terri
ble yesterday, reached a climax this
morning, when Diaz shelled tho cen
ter nf the business Jistrict In an ef
fort to silence the cannon of the gov
ernment, and drlvn from tho roofs of
the taller buildings tho federal sharp
shooters and the men tervlng tho
machine guns.
SHnAPNT-L FALLS LIKK HAIL
This smothering action directed
from thn arsenal continued for more
I than two hours Shrapnel foil like
hail and o. asionallv bursting nhulli
i tore holes in the sides of bulldingH.
I Meanwhile, the lire from tho op
I posltn direction rendered the far out
'residence dlstuet unlnluhitable, ns
I well as the apnrtmnnt building
I known as Gore f'ourt, on Th
i street
: The federal guns replied occasionally
but without ferlous da mage tn the rebel
I positions. It w.ih this action whlih
I decided the diplomats, utter communlrat
iltur with theit governments, to protest
against tho continuation of such opera
tions, which they characterized as bolng
unsanctioned bv the laws of warfare
of civilized nations
president M.idern and his ministers
agreed that thn bombardment of cities was
barbarous, and especially such a strugFle
as w.ih now going on between two forces
of artillery, and thn minister of war
acting In uecoid with the President and
the cabinet, sent to General Diaz a pro
test, declaring that If he persisted,' thu
government would regard all those oc
cupying tho arsenal ua beyond the pi
ot the law.
TmntertiaUlj after the iUuii-Ui of UiUJ
London, Feb. 13. Several of
the London morning newspapers
printed editorial comment on the
Mexican trouble. They Rcncral
ly recognize .justification For
American intervention.
The Daily Mail says: "Amer
ican interests involved are very
great. Tf the Mexicans are
wise, they will settle their differ
ences as speedily as possible."
The Standard says: "Noboly
would seriously object if I he
"Washington State department
carried its activity still further.
With the completion of the Pan
ama canal, American interest in
the security and .stabilii. of the
Central American States will
grow too strontr to be denied.
and Mexico must get her affairs
in proper order or accept the
jealous supervision of her irreat
neighbor."
American int ervention
avoidable." declares the
liranhic, which adds:
miiv profoundly modify the poli
tical ''eoirranhv of North
America."
is un-
Dailv
"This
Taft May Send Special Message
Stating Facts as They Ex
ist in Mexico.
TROOPS AND SHIPS READY
Fleet
Hurrying- to Ports Mar
ines Can Be Landed to Pro
tect Americans Inter
vention Last Resort.
Washington. Feb.
Taft and the cabinet
that Congress shall
sponslblllty for any
1 2. President
are In accord
share the rn
Intcrventlon in
HAPPENINGS IN VERMONT,
THE NEWS BY COUNTIES
Tnn yiinu mi v
iuu ivtfiii iHLi
ADDISON COUNTY
message the finance minister, Ernesto
Mnelero. speaking for the President, said
that It hail been determined to crush the
rebels by a cmuerted attack, the govern
ment using the heaviest guns available
and bringing to a swift end the next big
action, when the lighting was resumed.
He decland that the government would
bring into play heavier guns than they
had yet employed and would furce the
attack from all slde.-
Tho text of the note sent by the war
minister, Gen. Garcia Petia. to the rebel
loniiuander. Is as follows:
"The artillery lire coming I nun ou ts
causing danger to the life and Interests
of non-combatants and to the lives of
the foreign residents and diplomatic min
isters. "As this is In llagiaiit violation of the
laws of war of civilized nations, I notify
you that if you do not limit your tiro
to the zone eombutunts we will con
sider outside the law all those who occupy
the arsenal when that position Is taken
by our forces.
"The government will be t ri II v 1 1 I .
cumpl.Wnir Its duty towa'il compelling mi
to knp the peace, but upon von will
i.st the responsibility la blstor ami lu
foie tin- Mexican nation, it by vom anil
pa'rlotii attitude, you c.uise graver m-
J'.rv to the rountrj.
Not doubting the Intentions of the gov
ernment to resume the action on an aug
mented scale, and reminded constantly by
the desultory und scotterlng firing fiom
ooth sides that the homes in almost every
quaitor ot the clt would be tendered un
safe, the fouigncrs, paiticuuirly thu
Americans, British and Germans, sent
throughout this artel noon .lutomobilm
L-ndi r white liaeH .to collnet the women
and children and transfer them to the
section around the Anieilc .in rmluisiv.
which Is iiusideieil lelatlvely free from
danger. An .'.niciican guard is on duty
a i tin- enui.i.-sj ,md toieiyn residents
wit limit msi,,. , ,rm, patnd tills quarter,
In cause of In- total .'ibsiile'e of police.
Mi:UU;.V WOMAN KILLHI).
Unerlcaiis nguln to-day sniftered during
the height of the battle. Mrs. H W.
"olii , the wife of an employe of Dun's
agency, was killed, and Mrs Percy Grif
fiths, the wife of an employe of the stieet
railway company, was mortally wounded,
both of her Ilks being shot off. Alllu
Bland, a printer, was shot through the
arm.
Mrs. Holmes 1Uid .Mrs. Griffiths w,.r,.
prcpaiing .tinner In their kitchen In
an apaitiiient building close, to tho ar
senal when a shell from tho federal
lines burst through the walls. Instant
ly killing Mrs. Holmes and leavlng
Mrs. Grltl'.ths In n dying condition.
Bland was walking along Indnpun
dencla avenue when he was siruc't
by a ritlo ball, apparently from tho
federal lines. Tho Americans wound
ed in yesterday's action are Improv
ing, i
The protest of the dinlnni.it., t.mW
the form of a dennnd that the firing
zone should lie limited, but it .,m,'
Iplishei nothing Both Madero mil
Diaz evaded responsible v, each plac
ing the blame on the other and cliar
ncterlzlnir the nltltu,!,, ,,r n..,,u
Itomii ,jn sldei as barbarous and In x lolatlon
of the rules of civilized warfare.
Diaz Insisted thnt he had to direct
his fire at the points from which ho
wns attacked and called attention to
the fact that the government cannon
were located in the heart of the busi
ness section and the thb Ulv settled
residential list nets
MADEltu .Nn e It iii(,..1,i,A,1f,.;p.
'I'o President Mudero the diplomats said
that thoy had riuiip to piotest tn behalf
of their goveriimeni against a con
tlntiance nf "the barbarous and Inhuman
warfare ' Thov recited the jrre.it damage
done t" many residents and the fact that
tlw American consulate bad been
demolished by govt rninenl shells, and
pointed out that the American embassy
wan nlld with Americans driven from
Mexico. A dav of conferences between
the President anJ his advisers ended
with the understanding that should
conditions In Mexico City become so
much worse an to demand tho land
ing of Amctlcan troops, Mr. Taft will
lay before both houses of Congress
tho full facts of the situation In a
special message.
To-day every preliminary xvas ar
ranged for tho action which might
follow such a course. Thirty-five
thousand men of the army, na-y and
marine corps were put in rea lines
for movement.
Thr first brigade of tlio first army di
vision. Just created In the reorganization.
a,0 men in all and the nucleus of an
expeditionary force of 15,neo was put on
marching orders rend.s to entialn for
Newport News, Va.. where army trans
ports wait under steam. The first brigade
Is composed of the 3rd Infantry- at Madl.-on
barracks and Osweeo. the Tith infantry
at Plattsbutgh. and the It tlx infnntrv at
Fort Niagara, all In New York
Between I.aOO and 3,oy marines of tlio
Atlantic battleship fleet and at the
Gurintauanio naval station, were prepared
for Immediate movement to Vera Cruz,
where they might be kept aboard ship
ready for iandln-r to blaze an avenue of
escape tu 1 i .lcn t Itv for foreigners, as
the. did .it Peking.
Six dreadnoughts with approximate
ly ei.000 JacKles and officers now are
rushing under full steam for Mexi
can ports, four on the Atlantic anJ
two on thi' Pacific. The first should
nrrlve at her destination I'rld.n. 'he
last Sunday.
Ten other ciack lighting shin- of
the Atlantic battleship fleet, swinging
at anchor 70 hours off at Guantanamo,
are ready for sen. They have approx
imately ,000 officers and men
Many military officers fail to see
any distinction between landing troops
on foreign soil In case of annrchy, and
thi' employment of marines, for the
same purpose, as was done In Nicara
gua recently.
To meet the constitutional objection In
case the transports were sent to Vera
Cruz, it Is understood that the i nmmand
lng officers would be Instiucted not to
land troops except upon emigres, ional authorization
fill" great eli ment of danger in the sit
iintlun .irlse lrom the pn ieiice in the
("itv of Mexico ( about 1,','Kt foreignci s,
whose homo government s a re known lo be
In reri'ipt of appeals for asslstanci Hot -ngnizlnn
the disposition of the I'n'ted
States government to 'xti-nd the same
protection to these llurnpeHns and A-it-tlcs
as to its own citizens, so f.ir none of
the diplomatic repren ntatlves of the for
eign powers In Washington has done,
more than to make a few Inquiries at the
state departmi nt ns to the actual situa
tion In the Mexlcin capital.
A wholesale evacuation of the city
by the foreign element would In
volve the latter In an enormous fi
nancial los-s, and looking to the pre
cedents established In the civil war,
it Is dniit tful whether nnv compensa
tion could be exacted from whutevnr
Government mnv elst nfter lb" close.
of hostilities In Mi" 'en Altnueth
It is apparent that the administration
Is '.IkelN to find It icrv difficult to
adhere sti.cly to tins declare 1 policy
nf nnn-lrit"r I'litlon, if the situation Is
not materially changed fur the better
In a very short time
To add lo the dllth ulty in keeping In
cleise toiii h with the situation, word enmn
to the state department late to-day from
Consul Gariett. at Laredo, Texas, thnt
all wires were down south of Monterey
and that communlcnlii n between Lnrodo
and thnt point coiibl be had only by way
of MUr. A cumpletc "ever.ince of tele
graphic communication between the Uni
ted Htates and Its embassy III tile City
of Mexico at this critical Juncture,
might easily bring about a change in
policy nn the part ef the administration,
at lean to the extent of opening up a
line ef communication between the Mexi
can capital and Admiral Fletcher's ships
at Vera Cruz, bv n naval expedition,
neces,aiy
MIDDLEBURY
1L J. Hayes has returned from Burling
ton, whoro ho spent Sunday with his
family. Mr. and Mrs. Prank Warren of
Woyhrldgo Btreot are the parents ot a
son. Mrs. C. A. Karlo, who has
been under tho care of a doctor for some
time. Is able to be out again. The cattle
shipment Monday ronslsied of two car
loads. Letters for the following arc at
tho postofllce: Mrs. Alma Austin, Mrs.
Lllzabcth Bennett, Mrs. J. W. Brown,
Mrs. Joseph Bessette, Mrs. George
Milliard. Mrs. May Gouthro, Mrs. II. V.
Lowell, Mrs. I.eyman Peck, Mrs. Henry
Wilson, Kobelt Beaudry. A. M. Howo,
C. V. Newell. Monday, market day, eggs
brought Z't cents and butter 34. Mrs.
Prank Gllmoio has returned from St.
Albans. Master of the State Grange
Willis N. Caily has returned from Rut
land, where Saturday evening he made
an ofllclal visit to Hutlnnd Valley Orange
and assist el In conferring degrees on sev
eral candidates The thermometer reg
istered 10 degrees below zero In sev
eral places in this village during Sunday
night, the coldest so far this winter. The
water In Otter creek" has frozen over
above thn bridge. The Ice Is now about
10 Inches thick at the points where thn
Ice men usually get their harvest. They
hope to be able to cut the last of this
week, but the drawing will have to be
done on wheels. Dumas 'lope Is making
repairs on the interior of his residence on
Court stiect -I'nlon services of the Con
gregational, Methodist and Memorial Bap
tist CAiurches was Held at the latter
church Sunday evening in the interest of
the young men ai.d bovs mi xddlcbur .
During the services Mi. Moorehousc,
seerct.erj of the Addlsee . n y X M (
A., gave a report of the work that he Is
doing In I ha I organization. He was fob
lowed by a repot t of the Green Mountain
Boys' confoi ence held nt Suxtons Itlvct
by Homer Harris and l'ugetie Hoyre
John O'Donnell of Springfield Massa
chusetts Is In town making arange
menis for the election of a monument to
was brought home Thursday by hi?
brother, George Myers. Sr.
Mrn, II. T. Booth has turned over
to tho wardens and vestrymen of St.
Paul's Church tho Booth farm, partly
In this city and in tho town of Fer
risburg. In addition to tho land, per
sonal property to the value of $1,500
Is Included, Mrs. Booth retains n Ufa
Interest In the property of JI100 yearly,
tho Income of the farm being esti
mated novor to fall belo.v $500 with
n possibility of bolng twice that. Tho
will of her husband provided that the
farm xvas to go to tho church society
when Mrs. Booth should no longer
noo.l It, but she wanted tho church to
receive benefit from thu fnrm during
her life. She has also deeded to the
society about 13 ac.rea of woodland.
At the annuul meeting nf tin Gage
Cemetery Improvement sin lety held
with Mrs. Fred B. Tupper. officers
were elected lis follows- President.
JIIss Clara Grax'es; first vice-president.
Mrs. Vera Booth; serond, Mrs. .1. Dan
yow; third, Mrs Agnes Newton; sec
retary, Mrs. F P.. Tupper; treasurer,
Mrs. Alice Booth, auditor Mfa. Kliniir
Blrkett. A committer of 1.' has been
appointed to have charge nf raising
funds for the purchase of a Baptist
parsonage. Miss Ada Zottmati has a
position In It. S. BeneJIct's store In
Mlddlebury. Miss Prudence Godntte
Is 111 xvith the measles. St. Peter's
parish realized $70 from its banepiet.
Thi- fourth quarterly conference of the
Vergennes and Ferrlsburg Methodist
Lplscnpal Churches xvas held here Mon
day morning, District Superintendent J.
H. Coleman presiding. The pastor, the
Ite'. P. S. Cobb, was given a call to re
turn for another year. Otllcers were elect
ed as follows: Stewards. Joseph Carter.
M. L. Bartrn Allen Burroughs,
Holden Bench Fred Cushman, K. J.
Bristol. F C Ward, O. C Field. K. P.
Blrkett, Lvnn Cushman. Corydon Harris,
Ralph Booth, Miss Carrie Scott, Gcorgo
D. Mlddlebrook. Miss Hattle Wlnslow;
recording steward, K. J. Bristol; trustees,
.Ioeph Car'er. M L. Barton, Allen Bur
roughs, II B. Slack, Holden Beach, Fred
Cuphinnn. Frank Bui roughs, F. C. Wnrd.
ffrttGISLATOBS
Demand for Roll Calls Adds t
Unlikelihood of Adjourn
mcnt This Week.
TWO BILLS OCCUPY NORNINt
Detention Farm. Measure Itectm
sidered and Passed Veto
Sustained Senate Re
;ects Referendrm
in
if
APPOINTMENTS ON 0. V.
iCJmUmiUil on imuc f.t
T. X, niniiiierUtll Xliido 'iicriiitcii
ilrlit of .Xlntlti- l'nvier.
St. Albans Feb u Vice-President
George Jones of the Central Ver
mont Ilallwav coinpiinv announced to
day the appointment of Thomas A.
Siminiersklll of Montreal, as superin
tendent "f "'""x-o power, with office
In this city. Mr. Siiinniniskiu wan
formerly employed as superintendent
of motive power by thn Central Ver
mont ah'l ''rl Albans only a few
ears ago
.1. 1.. I' UZHllllllUM W.13
pointed ninstor mechanic
trnl Vermont with office
Mr Fltz'lmeius has been
the road for several venrs and for
some II'1"' naH lic,'n n"""g superin
tendent "f motive power
to-day ap
"f the Cen
in this eitj
an engineer
his nari'pt.-. who are burb d 111 the West 1 R. P.
"tli'CtriT. Mr. O'Donnell h.i... not been In ; Field
town for about 40 yeais end pievlotis to I
his leaving here wn se tlon buss on
tills -ci tlon of the Rutland Railroad com
P.m. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Owens and
dnuchtn. Mil' Lnrretta Owens, started
on their return trip to Erie. Pa.. Tuesdav
after a 10 days' stay In town. The clos
ing on Seymour street, known ns tbo
Cobb ciossln".. ha beeui e loseil for tho
present as the Rutland railroad bns maiio
n ditch for the laying nf water pines tor
the new stand pipe which thny Intend to
elect near h. The rninl Is still open for
font passenger, but teams have to use
the new underpass from Elm street.
The C. J. Bell Pomona Grange I'eld a
well attended meeting in the' Grange hall
Wednesday. The meeting w.is called to
euder by Willis N. I'ndv, State mn.'ter, at
10:;' o'clock, who, after I online business,
i sslsted by his wife mid Mrs. Cirrm
Dewey. Installed the following ofiltir.-.;
Master, A. W. Finite of Cornwall; ener
seer, C. W Jones nf Sudbury; lectun r,
Mrs. T. C. Vatney nf Bristol; steward, c.
K. Know-Item of Brandon, assistant stew
ard, Allen I.arrow ui Vergennes; chap
lain, M. J. I.aiulon of Now Huw-n, treas
urer. II. I.. Hunt of Mlddlebury; sihtc
tar.v, W. F. Bump of Silisbnry. gatekeep
er, T. G. ICnston of Shorehiiin. Ceres, Mrs.
A. XV. Knot" of Cornwall; P"inon.i. Mr.
D. i:. Meei h of Monl.ton I-" u-i. Mrs. A.
T. Clark of Adillsnn: lady ,i-si-t,inl stew
ard, Mrs. Allen i.arrow ' Yci-".ep m-.s;
p:.inlst, Mrs. J. K. Dyi i "f SHl-dnm.
Dinner Has served by the local '-ringers
In the hall for the visitors which repre- ,
seiitiil e-verv pni t of the district At the
'ifternnon inetius at two ii'-lm-k thei
'tftli ili'gn e was innfi-rri'd on .i laigu
class. Onetin a given by Willis N.
Cndy, master nf tin' Mlddlnbury Grange,
and tin' response by the master of thu
Shoreh.uii Grange. Miss Grace Holden
gave a piano solo, followed by an address
by ITcsldent John M Thomas of Mlddle
bury College on "Educational Needs In
Vermont," Mrs William Church sang, R.
tV. Osborn read a paper on "Which Is
Most Important, Life or Fire Insurance,"
James English recited a recitation, after
which a discussion. "Corn Contest." was
held by C II Willi". . U. Know Hon. C
W. Jones . ml A ill irk. Mrs Ernest
Rich I1 is "iie to W-is'i'ngtnn. D ('.,
xshire .she will spend mm. turn with her
son, 11 irn. Wlllunis, aid fiiiiiilv. E A
McKvnx luis genie to I !i andoii Dr. D C.
Nn'ib, who has been .it tin- Rutland hos
pital for a few weeks was brought home
Tuesday afternoon He Is slowly 1m
pre ving. Lincoln's birthday exercises
were held Wcdneselay afternoon In sev
eral grades of thu local .school. Mr. and
iMrs, Edward Wooster have returned from
u 10 days' visit in Rutland. Frank V.it
taw, whose left arm and wrist were Uadly
Injured In a fall two weeks ago, has so
far iccoveri'd as to be able to attend to
his work again. Miss Ada Smith has rc
tiiirntl to Ludlow after two weeks here.
L. A McEvoy has returned from New
York, where he went a week ago with
two carloads of furs and pells. Among
visitors here from out ol town are George
F. Wilton of Brattleboro, Mr. and Mrs.
Martin J. Harris of Lawrence, Mass.,
Theodore Ouptll of Whitehall, N. Y., F.
T. Uobst of Rochester. N. H , and James
Walsh and Frederick liny Ian of Boston
Road Commissioner Hurtwell Danyc.iu,
who has had a three weeks' sexere Hint sa
xelth the grip, threatened with pneumonia,
Is Hbln to attend to his business ugaln.
The marble null xvas .ihut down In the
middle of thei nnrnlng Wednesday bL'
oatlSP of tumble with parts of the ma
chinery It Is nrobablu that it will not
open again until a now water gate can ho
put In. which will take about a week. Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Howard of Ht. Johnsbury
returned Wednesday after a week In town.
Lake Dunilioro Lodge. No 11, I. O. O.
F, conferied the Initiatory degree on two
calidldites Wednesday evening --Mis
Kert f-mdv was liken to ill" Xlarv Flet
cher hospital Tuesday to n- e.,.e.ated upon
Wednesday morning. Mrs. E- G. Sectey H
ill at her home oil Court street. -M. J.
Halpln. who has been confined tei thn
house by Illness, is able to be out Mrs.
iMiuy Raw-eon nf Whiting wis 'n town
Weilru-silny to xdlt her win, who Is a stu
dent In the Mlddlebury high school
Blrkett. Allen Burroughs and o. C.
were confirmed as Sunday school
superintendents, and Mrs. S. S. Cobb and
Mrs F. B. Tapper as presidents of the
Ladles' Aid soeletles Thn committees are:
Foreign missions. E. J. Bristol, Mrs. C.
. Gramlev. Miss Carrie Scott: mls
'lorarv and church extension. M. L. Kir
ton. Mrs. George D. Mlddlebrook. M-s.
E. P. Blrkett: Stiinl.iv schools, Mrs. Allen
Burroughs, G. D. Mlddlebrook, Mrs. WU
Ham Downer, E. P. Blrkett, Mrs. Homer
Ball, F. c. Cushman: on tracts, Allen
Burroughs. Ravmond Slack, Lynn Cush
man: on temperance, William Downer,
M. L Barton. William Pectin; on educa
tion. Allen Burroughs, Ravmond Slack
Lynn Cushman; on heispitals, Miss Grace
Gordon. Miss Hattle Wlnslow, Miss Carrie
cott: church records. E. J. Bristol
Holden Beach. Harry Wills, formerly of
this city but now of Bennington, In open
lng a box scratched hi." 1 numb on a null
land blood piilsonliiL- resulted. He was
taken to the Samaritan hospital In Troy
N. Y., xvhtre he was operated on. He is In
ii prcc.il ions coiidii am. The missionary
, meeting of the ConcTegatlonal Church of
, FerrNburg met Wednesdav afternoon
with Mrs. J. i. Walker. Miss Ruth Nor
ton of M'dillehur. College passed the
week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs
G. Norton. Mrs. David Miller vlsite
her ilauchter. Mrs. A. S. Pierce, at the
Mary Fletcher hospital Sunday.
The famous Turin r .if exhibit lrom
Boston, v.-cutii e.t-Vita; t1 ntisnnd doll in
and composing j'I ot th. most lamoiis
nnlptlnK- of ancient in d modern times
v 1 1 1 be on exhibition at the IlUhj Fr
Meinorl.il library under the auspice ot
Vergennes high and graded si hoo from
."ebru.iry 1!' to .'2. A special entertain
men I will be given with the exhibit each
i veiling The pioceeils will be used for
school room decnrntlon. Mrs. G. F. O,
Kimball entertained the "As You Like It
cluh Tuesday evening at hei home on
Water stieet, Mis. J. II. Donnelly and
Mrs. C. S. I In ven assisting in entertain
lng. Mrs. E. G. Norton acted as hostess,
The following program was carried out
Music, Mrs. C H. Ingham, paper,
"Deficient Children," Mrs. Walker; vocal
solti, M"s G. W. Stone; reading, Miss
Ross, vocal duet, Miss France
XV. H. Wheeler, humorou
G. W. Stone; anecdotes. At
the meeting Mrs Kimball
i rprlse handkep hlef shower,
Irthd.ix . The funeral of Miss
at
Nobody can tell you Just how many in
eertlonv of your aa win o needed to
And a buyer for your property but any
on of expei-loneo, will tell you to keep
jt It "J yuu'U aucccoJl
Mar?
Hobart. Mrs.
leading. Mrs.
t he close i f
'Mis gh en a si
it being hei
Keberca Dow. nged Id yea is, was held
hei residence lb North Ferrlsburg Tues
day afternoon, the Rev. C. N. Curtis of
ficiating. The bearers xere Wilbur Bull
Carlos Martin, John Wheeler and Leigh
on Elliott and Interment was In North
Ferrlsburg cemetery. Howard Gordon
and Miss Mildred Thompson, both
.'althani, were married Tuesday evening
nt the Methodist Episcopal parsniuign
the Rev. S. S. Cobb Miss Edith Parker
will entertain the Ladles' Aid society of
1' errlsburg Friday. February 21. Mrs. C.
B. Brownell Is passing a few days In Bur
lington. The llurart meeting, which was
held Friday evening at the Social club
rooms In Ferrlsburg, was well attended.
Superintendent Douglass and Miss
Frances Hobart, librarian, both of this
city, gave an Interesting and Instructive
talk. The Sadie Pel -ride rnrinv open?
for n thren nidus . ng.xein' nt at thn
opera house Hit" eveniiig Mrs. II t.
lltrrick. who his i-. i iieover'ng from
n Mirpleal operation ni the Mary Flet
cher hospital, returni d home x csterday
Mrs. M T. Bristol, v ho has been spend
ing seveiul weeks with her daughters, the
Misses Ada and Jennie, of Mlddlebury,
returned homo Tuesday. Judjre and Mrs.
Frank L Fish and family attended the
marriage of MrH. Fish's nleci . Miss Lyon,
which took place' In Burlington ester-day.
BRISTOL.
VERGENNES.
Henry Myers, xvho disappeared from
hl homo Tuesday evening; was located
"Woilnwlny nlshl at Esses Junction Ho
Tho Willing Workers will meet with
Mrs. C. W. Norton Thursday afternoon
Instead of X t ' i lav The Outlool'
t.j.. Kill .iicm. wlin .Mrs. l.axvrenci)
Friday afternoon, February 14. Mrs.
1 .nttlo Day wis an over-Sunday visi
tor in Mlddlebury Miss Georglana
Peck of St. Albans was an over Suu
duy guest of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. II T Peck. - Churles Ellison of
Rutland visited his rather, E. E. Elli
son, and sister, Miuui", over Sundny.
The funeral of Miss Lucy Lincoln was
held at; the Congregational Church
(Culltllltltd nil BBc U-
Montpeher, Feb. 1.'. The Legls.aturo
continues to talk. The persistent speech-
making and demand for roll cnlls dur
ing these first three days aeeni to hax n
dlspelle-d all hope of adjournment thb
week. ThiHousi.'SpentpractlCiliythe whol i
niernlng discussing tho passage of one bl 1
and tie re onilderation of anotlUiT. Al
most Immediately after th" opening exer
cises the uttcntlon of the representatives
as diit.cti-il to H 123, a bill providing
that tlv towns should transport to tlbi
central school, all chlldtvu llx-lnc mori
thnn a mile rind a half distant there
from. This changes the present laxv by th
ule ns to distance. After a war of words.
the course of which two amendment J
xvcre offered and sacrificed, tho hill It
self was done to death bv a x-oto of JrJ to
102.
InumdlaMj aft'-r the talk-fest on tha
school transportation bill. Mr Unmiriit
Watcrbury asked that the House re
consider Its vcte of the lay oefore. kill,
lng the liill for a State detention farm.
Th" XVaterbury member stated thai h
sited to amend the bill by lessening
the appropriation It carried and thereby
doing away with the feature most eiblc-ct-
d to by Its opponents The. debate, which
er eled In aio members votlnc lir. tr rn
favor of reconsideration, took ur tho
remainder of the morning. To expeditu
matters, th" member from Chnlsnn n.in
had demanded the yeas and nays for
this final vote, withdrew his request and
suggested tint a Using vote would tnv
tss time, xvheieupon the member from
Johnson. Mr. Jose, said that ho should
insist upon the rop call. Thn vote which
followed took 2) minutes. Mr. .inn n,i
Mr. Cook botwjnn them have occasioned
four roll calls in the last two iiav..
UOr.SK FPHOLDS GOVERNOR
i ne detention rami bin was mado
special order for 2.S0 in thn afternoon.
and at that tini" was passed -with nroDos-
als eif amendment cutt.ngdown the appro
priation from f",m( to $47,SOO. After tho
detention farm had been disposed of, the
Heiuse consumed much time and somo
oratory In dccidlm; whether or not to
pass over the Governor's x-eto the bill ap
propriating $le.t" for the Brattleboro Re
treat. The ground of the x-eto was that
the Retreat win a private institution ami
self-supporting. Th" Senate passed the
bill over his veto by a narrow margin.
The House debated the matter at length
this afternoon, and by a vote of Ut to TJ
refused to again pass the measure.
There is no hostility to tho Brattleboro
Institution on the part of the Governor or
Hie members who x-ot 'd to sustain tho
xi to. Tl ce a pun i"Ic of government
involved, the appropriation of money for
an Institution not under control of tho
State, and while none of those who x-otwl
against the appropriation would dcslro
to see the Institution crippled, they do
not feel that the State should moke any
further investment thore This feeling is
strengthened by the fact that the Institu
tion ttscii is weaitny. nas acquired a
lai gc amount of valuable property, and
ought to he able to provide for iuch Irn
piovemonts as its trustees desire. Th
entire matter was thoroughly ventilated
In the Houo dehate and tho action of that
body represents it? de-liberate) opinion.
CFRTA1LS PFRCHASINn AGENT
The Senate In Its morning wsslon
passed the purchasing agent bill with
proposals of amendment which curtail
thi' power of the agent and make ap
pointments to that ottlrp by future got -
ernors subject to the consent of thi
Senate The debate upon the latter
amendment was not entirely good humor
ed and betrayed a tendency In certain
iliiarters to lur the evecuttve when th
occasion offered.
The Senate voted to a lulrd reading,
nliing with 13 other hills, thn bill pro.
xldlng for a union station a' White River
J unction
House bill iiefttln a State boanl
of education and defining Its powers and
duties, was passed by thn Senate thlr
nfternoon. There has been a conIderab!
amount of opposition and Senator Mc-
Cuen, chairman of the Senate committer
on education, feels that his committee has
made In this an actual record of accom
pllshment.
There was an executive session of tho
Senate this afternoon, lasting about two
hoirs. in which II. 330. tho bill provldlns
for b commissioner of labor and factory
inspector, was under debate The measure
was made ,i special ird. r for Thu'-fcelay
morning
STRIKES OPT REFERENDl'M
The Somite this afternoon pasaed
the bill providing: for a now building
for State purposes, after striking- out
the House amendment providing for
a loforondiim. It Is believed that this
action xvlll be accepted bv the House
tiv a small majority ome or tnc
democratic members tblnic thnv cult
raise the Issue of economy and muke
campaign material bt refusing this
noce ssm-v enlnriiement. but th, liewf
men of that party ate riot disposed tc
make political capital ut the expense
of tho State As Charles. D. Watson
the leading il"mnei atlc member, xvas
one of the "onnnlsslon of Investirja'
tlon, ono of those who drafted tho blf
and one who earnesth supported tf
the democrats "Alipnt expect mur
party gain by opposing it
A meeting of tho educational ennt
mlttee was held hero this ftfternoo
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