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- I II III ri I Ill IIHIKmni, VOL. LXXXVIII. NEW SERIES VOL. LX BURLINGTON, VT., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER G, 1913. NUMBER 19. PLANS TO FERRET OUT CORRUPT ON Hcnncssy Will Present Evidence Relating to Graft and Sug gest New Scheme. GOVERNOR WILL PROSECUTE Is to Renew Probe and Makes Public Promises to Follow Up Any Charge That Can Be Substantiated. lbany, X. Y Nov. .1. l.rosh from Hit New York mayoralty fight John A. Hennessy, State Investigator, jumped back Into Albany to-day and made ni imgements with Governor Glynn for a renewal of Investigation Into Ilen liessy's charges of Kraft In various Btate departments. Hennossy also caused to bp issued by Highway Commissioner John N. Carlisle a statement to the effect that Carlisle's Jonlal of a charge that $S, 000, 000 In Ktate highway funds had been wasted in the last year was meant in no way to reflect on any statement by Hen nessy. Carlisle also said that lien nessy's work in the department had been valuable. Governor Glynn was called to Now York to-day and could not confer with irminnaDi' it I,..-..,.!. I ..... , Tw. , . -;; , ,, ' "' " UK"'n mxll -miiiimy. Jiennessy men will present nil the evidence he has In relation to gr.ifl and suggest new ways of ferreting out the corruption which, he charges, ex ists The Governor promised publicly that he would see that any criminal -barge Hennessy could substantiate would be prosecuted. Carlisle's statement was to the effect that his former statement was In reply to a charge made by the republican nmpaign committee In a "holler plate" story and not to anything Hennessy had said. The original story made It appear that he was answering Hennessy ncr' , ., I-or some reason 01 other Mr. Hen- nessy seemed to take this up as an an- ! swer to some statement that he had , .Mum-, i.tiniii' sam. "anil I e.-innnt ' understand why he should have consider ed the matter from this viewpoint except j , , . that he could not have carefully read tin statement. "Mr. Hennessy has done valuable work in the highway department In connection with Investigation" anil has had our ac tive co-operation In every way ami 1 am sorry he should have gotten Into such a fiame ot mind as he apparently Is In. 'This drpartment Intends to eomnol tlm observance ot the terms of call contracts on tho part of tie. contractors, and to I'm'sh every wrong dour that we can dls nor; and there will be no let-up on our part In this work." Hennessy to-night said he hail not been given possession of the Held books which John MarOn used while assisting in some of the highway Investigations. Hennessy demanded thr books shortly ntter his ar rival in town, and M.utin agreed to pioduco them this afternoon. PIG BY PARCEL POST. 1 People of Moiilpcllcr Amned When II PiiHsel hy mi Mall Wagon. Montpellor Nov.. I. An unusual use ot the arLcl post was made here when a live pig weighing IS pounds, and four week ' old was received at the postoftico for WHMam L. Riown, Prospect street, coming from Joseph King of Rochester. The r.ostofflec force was delayed In the delivery and the pig was turned over to its owuei to-night. The sight of a crated and squealing pig on top of tho mail Iuirs caril.d through the streets from the ral run l station to the postot lli'o attracted mueh attention. MARYLAND ELECTS A DEMOCRAT SENATOR Baltimore, Nov r,.- Practically complete returns to-night from yestei day's elec tion in Maryland Indicate that Ulalr Io, democrat elected to the Uni ted St.ites Senate by a plurality of -lU.finO The pluralities of H. C. Harrington, dem ocrat, for eom:Hroller. and C. C. .Mag ruder democra' for clerk of the court of appeals, probably will exceed 2u,000. BODIES TAKEN FROM FRENCH WRECK ARE 3!) Ulun, Franc. Nov. ;,, -Sixteen bodies were taken duung the night from the burned and spin tr, d passenger coaches of the Marse-Iiles-Parls express train wrc-k.d late left evening in a collision near here with a local train. All the eorpsis Were badly burned nnd almost unrecognizable. Nine of tho dead were government.il postal clerks who Wero engaged in sorting letters In tho mall cars. Two of tho others wero n French infantrv captain and his wife, whlio nnother was a prominent mer chant of Lyons. Thirteen passengers wero seriously Hurt and others badly shaken. vnen darkness caused a suspension of operations to-night bodies had been recovered from the wreck, and others aro believed to be under the ruins. Several persons In a dying condition aro Btlll pinned beneath the wreckage After many hours of agony, ouu of them, Mmo. Amlc, gave directions for tho dis posal Of her Jewels. GOVKftNOIt IN OVUltALLS. Ashovllle, N- '.. Nov. r,.-Governor Craig arrived hero to-day from Jtalelgh and Immediately donned overalls and stnrtea to worn on a scenic roan n ob. vrvanco of the good roads day to-day ind to-morrow proclaimed hy him. Hun- oiJitij governors invitcU uia not come. ABANDONED SCHOONER AND NINE SURVIVORS IN PORT The Annie M. Parker Is Towed into New Bed fordA Few Hours Later Rescued Members of Her Crew Land at Portland. Portland, Maine, Nov. 5. probable loss ol their captain, mates, form part of a tale of the sea brought here to-night by the survivors of the crew of the Gloucester fishing schooner Annie M. Parker. The fact that their abandonment of the stranded schoon er near Nantucket and the loss of life was unnecessary was not. known to the crew until word reached them to-night that the i schooner was in port at New Bedford practically undamaged. j Nine survivors of the Parker's crew reached here aboard the 1 lumber"chooner Tif ton, from Jacksonville, which had picked them j up from dories 30 miles off Nantucket Sunday morning after they' nan been aiioat zi Hours wunout ioou or drink. By an odd chance the Annie M. Parker preceded her crew into a port staunch and firm, apparently with only a jib missing. She was towed into New Bedford to-day, raising the questions, why should a good ship be abandoned by its crew? and where was the crew ? The Parker had floated herself from the ledge where she was stranded and had been sighted Monday, drifting with all sails set, by the British steamer Astrakhan. The steamer placed a prize crew aboard and the schooner arrived at the whaling port in tow of the revenue cutter Gresham, which was summoned by wireless. A tentli survivor, Harry Nelson ot ISeverl.v. con of the captain, was left behind on the Boston llshermnn Josle and l'hoebe, exhausted from his cxper- knee but hoping to find trace of lil.l father. lieuhen Kenney, the cook, found a wa- tery grave when ho was swept wns swept ovcr- board from a dory while his mates i looked on, powerless to help, His home ; (.0ult1 reach him. was at Glenwood, X. S. He leaves seven' When they were picked up hy Hie Tlf ehlldren. The missing men, besides ton Sunday morning all the sur.ivnrj Captain Nelson, are: 1 were nearly exhausted. The supplies Lester Fletcher of Argyle Sound. N. S. aboard the Tlfton were low and the ten Ross Wnrtheii of I'ubnlco Head, N. S. ndded hungry mouths taxed the yehoiin Thomas Landry of Arlehat, C. 11. I er's lockers to their utmost. The It- s- The Annie M. Parker, hound homo ton fisherman Josle and Phoebewns slght from the llshlng grounds, but carried ed and hailed. The skipper had no llsh oil' her course by adverse winds, went , on board but he set a trawl He pulled aground on Hoo nnd Crown shoal, off In a goodly catch which, with Hour r,nd the Nantucket coast, early Saturday meal, was turned over to the Tlfton's morning. The vessel was pounded bv tho captain. waves and the crew agreed with Captain Nelson that hope for safety lay In get- ting clear of their craft. So they aban- donod ll(r Thw. ,K)ats wcrn , . lc(.ward slfle ,.f,jru (me was launt.hca, The Ilrst - ,. . , WUS SlliaSllCU the second was swamped 1 -the third was floated and eight men j put out in It. Two other boats wero I dropped overboard safely on the wind ward side, the one with three men nnd the other, the last, with Captain Nelson and tnree of hl.s crew. In the darkness the boats lust sight of each other In a moment. The last seen of the captain's ( boat was when it wa.s rounding the uow of the chooncr. The sens were running. high. The men In the other two boats did not CORN SHOW OPENS. CM.ib'lli.ti nl VlmlNor Mienil of Pre vious IHnpIiijn. Windsor. Nov, 5. The thlld annual Ver mont Stati corn show opened li the Ken nedy arena tills morning. There ale two tlflhs more entries, and a bigger and better display of faun products than overrate of Enoch L. White, vs. the Central before. Although designed prlmari y for Vermont Hallway company fioin Frank tho benefit of the boys and girls of nn ... i,.ii .nn.,P,i f n. Windsor county, the fatheis and mothers are Interested. A new feature Is the competition among the granges, six entries having been made: Ascutney grange, Wlnd'or; Spring- field grange, .Springfield; ICollpso grange, Eun Thetfordi Gleaner grange, West Windsor, Connecticut River giange, As-' ; eutneyvllle, and Ludlow grange, Ludlow. 1 ho Vermont department of agriculture has a large exhibit, as also has the Ver munt State School of Agrleultiue at nan-' dolpli Center and the Kurn Hattln homo at Westminster. The Thetfoid kitchen ! lias a display of preserves, Jellies, can- ned goods nnd needlework. The St.ite ' V. M. C. A. has an oxhli.lt, as also has1"'"1 C('x wa" Wvn tn" nlnlntirf on May the Windsor county branch, and there Is!5 Kr,li" county court. Arguments a booth devoted to the Hartford public ! U,'C'm' "'Pl'Tni' court wero made by C. schools, showing the handiwork of Austl" aml w,lrr"n Austin ot St. Al puplls. The Kellogg Cereal company has U" fnr tne I'lal"lfr "' Amey a display of its products, as also have"n,, r H' 1al,npr for tlle 'Iffemsc. the II. II. miMer & Hro. Canning com-1 T1"' npxt cn" t0 fo,lmv wns N' w- puny. There nre lnige classes of apples, pota toes and other vegetables to bo Judged, and laige entries of poultry are a now featuie. The Windsor County Fanners associ ation, under the direction of J. Coryell, Is on hand to glvo instruction In scien tific fanning. The jii.lg.s. consisting of Prof. J, A. Fooril, Amherst, Jlnss., Prof. R. T. Rur ellck, llurllngton, K. S. Htlgham, St. Al bans, Miss Hertba M. Terr!!!, Huiilngton, William K. Mack. "Woodstock, and Piof. C. P. Hartley, Washington, D. C, aro Judging the exhibits to-day. Tho next two days are to be given over to lectures and a luncheon to which Governor Flet cher has been Invited, The exhibition Is In charge of Charles Tuxbuiy of Windsor, chairman of the c-xecutlve committee, and Kecretnry Archibald C. Hurd of White River Junc tion, NEW JERSEY DEMOCRATIC. l'Uider'H election noil Control of Leg iHliilnrc- AMHiired. Trenton, N. J., Nov. n.Tho retains from yesterday's election In this State, ,.i w.,..,.,,j ', thut Jumes P. Fielder, democrat, will re colvi) u pluiallty of at least 33,000 over Edwaid C. Stokes, republican, In the governoishlp race. Tin. ill, mil, t t, lu iiltjit wi.r.n fi.il , I'nl nf both brunches of the Legislature. The I "1P fi'!I''l'c ' ''' ''"U of tho State Senate will Htand eleven democrats "";'l"' as a manifestation of the na to 10 republicans and tho Assembly will Uou'u "UProval of President Wilson's ho composed of 30 democrats and 21 re- "I'lr"'1' Mexican policy, which Huerta publicans. This will insure 11 democratic would do well to take to heart. mujoiity or i;i 011 joint ballot and makei certain tho electlon by the Legislature of n democra I le comptroller. Storo competition Is protecting tho purse of the ad-ioadlne shopper ull thu Umul The death of the cook and the Vincent Nelson, and three of their see each other until daybreak When they tint together, an account of stock was taken and It was found that neither had water nor food. They drifted about all that day and the following night, constantly buffeted hy heavy seas, ono of which carried Reuben Kenney, the cook, over the stern. Kin ney fought hard to swim back to the boat, hut went down before his comrades Hie Parker sailed from Sydney, N. S., for Gloucester, on October SH. Shortly after leaving Sydney the fisherman ran Into northwest gales. With the run of the tides she was driven far off her couise. After days of jockeying with the ele ments Captain Nelson found himself on last Saturday morning near Nantucket, and was unable to work his vessel off the lee shore. The wurvlvors brought here to-night were: George Surette, Kurette Island, N. S.: Dennis lilade, Cape Island, N. V. ; Everett Snwvel. Gloucester; V!nfr,il Atti-.ii U'ln.l. Harbor. N. S Ashton Illiies. Central Argyle. N. S. : Charles Goodwin. Oaunuult. Me.: Gilbert Smith. TCnst Pnhnlcn V John H. Farrell, Malther Bay, N. Harold Frost, Argyle Sound, N. S. ATTORNEYS CONCLUDE. Mini ArgilliientN In Cii-cn before (tie Supreni'e Court. Montpeller, Nov, 3. Arguments were concluded in supreme court this morn ing in the negligence case of Mary Theiesa White, administratrix of tin, cs- road rules. Knoch White was killed in a rear-end railroad collision near Ran dolph In January, lid:'. The defense was contributory negligence, in that White failed In his duty ns ilagman to set up the torches and signals to stop the ap proaching train. Tile plaintiff claimed the engine was leaky and that the steam enveloped It so that the danger could not be seen, while the company clnlmed the engine was In good repair. Tho main Is sue in supreme court Is on Jurisdiction, It being one of the first cases tried un der the federal employes liability act in this State. . verdict of 7,1H damages n.iuuiiru iinn ioiu riiuuiini vs. tne vil lage of ICnosbnrg Knlls, an action to re cover for damages caused by surf urn water overllowlng a conduit built by the village and flooding the barn cellar of the plaintiff nnd damaging the foun datlon wall. Tho question raised by the!"1' Illl"''s s- Calkins, tho republican defense in supieme court is tho legal liability of the village for da.nage done b surface water The verdict In coun ty court wns In f.'.vor of the plaintiff to recover $75.SC. Mcl'eeters ,fc MoFeelers aro counsel for the plalntllf and Kliner Johnson for tho defense. Arguments were commenced In the case of R. W. Fadden vs. s. H. R. Mc Kinney and others, trespass and trover, from Franklin county. The plaintiff re ceived a verdict of $211,1; In county court. Klmor Johnson appears for thu plaintiff, and C. G. Austin & Sons for tho de fendants. LONDON CONGRATULATORY .N.M.M..er Hope for Mirth of .Von Deiniieraej. London, Nov. C The London morning 1 iiancis congratulate tho Amerle Mil tltwtliln t,. lk,f(.nt ,)f Tamlany. which they (.on(j r K,vilfl l()pu f (l mm, Mrtli or democracy In America and a higher standard of civic responsibility. They think also that It Is proof of renewed conlldenco In President Wilson's ndmlti. Istrnllou, 1 "e '" ""i sanguine mat Tam many has sulleied n permanent defeat but thinks It 11 most encouraging sign that educated young Americans ot wealth and leisure aro beginning to ul6 an Interest In tho problems of municipal as well os national government, CHARGES COMPANY ITU CONSPIRACY Attorney-General Declares Har vester Co. Had Absolute Power to Fix Prices. C COMPETITION WAS WIPED OUT Business Increased in Nine Years from S53.000.000 to .$123, 000,000 Held 85 to 5)8 per Cent, of Trade. St. eral Paul, Minn.. Nov. r,.Attorney-Gen-lames Mi Reynolds, concluding final arguments for dissolution of the Interna tional Harvpfcr company, before tho I'nlted States district court to-day asked that an Inleiiocutory decree be entered by tho court, declaring the harvester concern a monopoly In restraint of trade, lie requested that the defendants have a reasonable time to submit to the court a proper plan of reorganization. "It Is the view ot the government that this company must he cut up Into sep arate and distinct units," the attorney general said. "This must be done in such a way that the stockholders if the 'different parts must be distinct. We In sist that It Is an economic Impossibility for companies owned by the same people to furnish bona fide competition." Mr. Mclteynolds reviewed the career of the Harvcstor company from its or ganization ten years ago, pointing out to the court specific instances In which, he said, the law bad been violated, fur nishing an ample basis fo'' an order of dissolution under tho Sherman law. "The story of this powerful monop oly, marking time, or losing business here and there, as relate 1 by sraii" of the counsel for tile defense Is absurd," nald the attorney-general. "Take the lliiances of this concern In lOOIi and take them now and what have we? "In 1 !t0" the total business done by the International Harvester company was $.-,3,000,000; In I'.IPJ It had In creased from $120,000,000 to $1:!,000. 000 and between 10011 and 1911, the latest figures available, the assets of this concern had Increased from ll.'lil, 000,000 to $223,000,000. Those ligures. in terse form, tell tho story of the rapid growth of the power of this con cern. This expansion has been so enormous Hint tho word of this cor poration has become absolute law to thoiMan.ls and thousands. "When the MeCormlck, tho Deerlng, tho Piano, the Champion, thu Milwaukee and the Cnbornu companies entered this organization then this monopoly auto matically was horn. The existing com petition was wiped out. "The International Harvester com pany, in its first year, held the follow ing percentages of tho nation's business In the railed lines: Ninety-eight per cunt, of the hinders, !Ci per cent, of the corn binders, per cent, of the mow ers, fv per cent, of the rakes and lo per cent, of tho twine. "And there la nothing In the evidence to show that this situation lias changed" In ten years. Of course, there has been some competition. We got that story In the Texaco case and In numerous other cases, lint thu fact stands out that we have more than 00 per cent, of the greift Harvesting companies of the country put under one company. j "No man who looks upon that picture can fall to see that tb's concent had tho I absolute power to fix prfoes. "Intent Is wholly immaterial. Philan thropic pin pose cannot bo pleade-d a justlilcatlon for toe result. When these defendants purposely entered Into this organization, into this cons-plricy, they laid themselves liable to bo' chaiged with guilt for the result." .mini P. Wilson, during his summing up for the defense, predict d a price war among harvester manufacturing linns. COHOES HAS NO MAYOR. Mullet Muxes under (ilinril of the Police. Cohoos, N. V., Nov. n. The city of CoIiooh Ih without a mayor-elect offi cially and tho ballots In three election districts are guarded by police and deputy wheiiffs to-night Supporters candidate, claim Ills election by a plu rality of three votes. T. Francis Ken nedy, the democratic nominee, insists he Is elected by five votes. The boards of elections In the three contested precincts worked until a Into hour Tuesday night. The opposing party men refuse I to allow balloth counted which they alleged wore In valid. Details of the dispute weio sent to Icadors at Albany together with a reeptest for Instructions. "Sit 011 tho ballot boxes until tho of ficers arrive," was tho reply to each side. Tho courts will determine tho valid ity of tho contested ballots. ASSEMBLY FREE RODY, ItoliliiNon Siin Neither IliirncN nor .Murphy Will Unto Control, New York, Nov, G, Theodore Douplas Robinson, State chairman of tho national Progressive party, gave out 11 statement to-night saying It was "now positive that the next assembly will not bo controlled by Mr. Ramos or Mr. Murphy." Ho added; 'The Piogiesslvo party has elected 21 alllllated progressives to the Assembly; six progressive republicans wero elected by progressive endorsementi 10 progres sive democrats weio elected hy progres sive endorsement, theicby Insuiltig the balance of power to tho antl-llaines-antl. Muinliy men. On the fuce of the leturns In State republicans and "0 Statu demo cuits have been elected, and In order t; control tho Assembly Mr. Haines will havo to haro tho assistance of Mr. Mm-, pliy, or vice, versa." HAPPEr:WbS IN VERMONT, THE NEWS BY COUNTIES HinnT 'P'nTlWV lUIUlJIjttliUUI. The second Addison county corn con- test, Including other contests, was opened at tho town hall Thursday under the auspices of tho Y. M. G. A. and of tho Addison County Agricultural association. -V largo number of exhibits were brought In. Including not only corn but potatoes and pumpkins, and all but two or three towns In Addison county, whose exhibits ns the towns of Sudbury nnd Urandon of Rutland county. A fine exhibit wns miide by tile Slate Industrial school of Vergennes and there wero large exhibits! In needlework nnd In canned goods. The only serious Injury resulting from the Hallowe'en peiformances In Middle bury, so far as yet known, occuried to Mm. Fay C. Warren of Franklin street. She went out as usual early Saturday morning nnd, her house-steps hav ing boon removed, fell and Injured one ankle very badly. Peter Lncke, who has been on a country tour for a few weekf, has returned to town and expects to stay here through the winter. Mrs. Charles F. Partridge of Fast Mld dlcbury has returned to that place after i-eveial days with her son, Hon Frank C. Partridge, In Proctor.-Mrs. K. K. Rich, who was called to Plttsford by the death of a relative, has returned home. Andrew Unnnh has gone to Crown Point, called there by the death of an uncle. Carl ICtlckson nnd family nre moving to Pioctor. where he has a position with (he Vermont Marble companv. The La dles' Association for Home rnd Foreign Missions of the Congregational Church "a '' 'ciier lies- ii.i..-.inr. joiiii .i. iiionncu, wno lias iicen visiting her son and daughter In X ..... --..,. .e.. .a , . V ; -I. ' . . u, ........,.,.,,,,, me Mcm neaung inane Wlili-ll I Ol. IMtteil IS OUllllIng In u... , .., , i . i i i. a. i . . . the rear or his block on Main street Is In and the walls-,-,. now being biiHt.- Mrs. Henry 1). Hayes lias returned fiom the Herkshlre Hills, where she lias been fur n few week" cnilng for n sister -The Century club met with Mrs. P. It. Alines Tuesday, Jerome Flanmman. .i former ieIdent of this town, but now or Columbus, Ohio. Is In town after an absence of 1.1 years. F. W. Heckwith has old the residence of the Iteekwllh estate on Pleasant street to K, M Paundeis of i artesian w ells and has operated In almost liiooklyn, NV Y., who will use It for a j every town In the western part of Addl simimer home. .Mrs. Floyd ICeese has on county as well as In several of the returned from Castleton, whole she has I larger towns in eastern New York nnd been visiting for 10 days. Principal a number of places In Canada, always Karl L. Tracy and Assistant Pi lnclpal1 with success. He is now engaged on a Human! Hums of the ISrnndon high i well for Arthur Fainham of . Shoieimm. school came Snluidav to attend the exer- Jim Ruth Parr and .Miss Ada Smith elses In connection with the charter evh- 1 hare returned to Proctor after visiting in liratlon at Hie collei'e Mrs. Carpenter tills town. Peter .Vault of Lawrence, has-gone to Montreal, where she will vis-j Mass., who has bi en here for several it her mother and other relatives for a months as operator for Plnney & Mc few days. At a special meeting of the Conulck In their moving picture theatte. village trustees Avey CnH and Cha! les went Tuesday to Salisbury, wheie he has flhaw were appointed regu'av policemen!'1 situation. Mrs. John Rums has rc to llll two vacancies. Miss Anna Abbey tinned from Rutland. Mr. and Mr. Kd piilertnlned a juiiiiber ot friends at a ward Jones left yesterday for Crown Point. Hallowe'en- party Friday evening. Mr. N. Y., and other places In that locality, Lamb has leturncd from Huiilngton. where they will spend 10 days. John -Miss Ksther Mullock has gone to Rutland. I Arnold, who has been visiting in town -1'iof. A. W. ICddy nnd family have I moved Into their new house on Wey- (Cnnllnned on puce RE-ELECT W. C. T. U. HEAD. lrs. I.llllnn l Mociin of llnlm- Xii- tltuinl Prcldenl. Asbuiy Paik, N. .1 , Nov. i. -Flection of otlleers occupied the attention to-day of the National Woman's Christian Tcnipur ance I'tilon In annua convention here. Mrs. Lillian N. Stevens or Portland, Me., was again chosen pie.sldent. the olllce she has held since 1S0S. She reappointed as vice-president at large, 'Iss Anna A. Gordon of Fvnnston, 111. Other national oil'eers were re-elected as follows: Mr.s. Francos p. Parks, Hvnnston, Hi., corresponding secietnry: Mrs. Elizabeth Preston Anderson, Jamestown, N. l., recording secretary; Mrs. Elizabeth P. Hutchinson. F.vonston, III., treasurer. Mrs. Sarah 11. Hoge, Lincoln, Vn wn.s leappolnted assistant lecorillng secre tary. ; ARREST RATCHELDER. HUERTA TINKERS WITH CURRENCY M'xuo ft, Nov ". President Huerta by decree to-day made silver 10-cent pieces b.-al tender, as well as the bank notes of tho Hank or London and the national bank. Hrancbes of these banks an- also authorized to put out their notes u,)on "M Indictment found by the grand as legal tender. It Is specified that while iur' ot Windsor county on tho charge a metal reserve will be retained by the , of obtaining money under false pro liank. tile notes shall not be redeemed In ' tenses by means of a check drawn upon cpoole for one year. ' '"' Connecticut River bank In Charles- The decree sets forth that this has been ton, N, 11., upon which bank, It Is said, tendered necessary because of Hie high he had no light to draw. He was taken late of exchange and the resultant ten- before Assistant Judge Kdgerton nnd deiicy of tlle public to melt down sliver ball was fixed at $1,U'0, which was fur pesos which contain more than twice the nislied hy 15. S, Putnam. The transaction amount of metal contained in the 50-cent 1 'I,H'' 1 I MAN 1 HAVE HOOKWORM. Large I'er.enlage of Immigrants Found to He Victims. Washington, Nor. I. Having discovered that a large percentage of Immigrants coming Into the Pnlte'd States, especially those entering by the Paclllc coast, are hookworm victims, Coiniiilssloner-Gencr.il Caiulnettl yesterday sent Instructions to ill Immigration olilcers throughout the country for vlgoious examinations. Latest statistics furnished by the Car negie commission, the commissioner-general said, showed that hook worm Is provnlent In two-thirds of China, In many places running from TO to Ti! per 'cent, aiming tho farming population; that from CO to f.0 per cent, ot India's 3tXl,il,(VX) peo ple have It, and that It Is widely pre valent In Japan, where the percentage of Infection Is bolloed to be high, al though exact figures weio not given. In .Malay, Ceylon, Samoa and the Philip pines also tlle disease exists to a con isldeiable degree he said. The Atlantic coast Immlgrutlon, Mr. Camlnettl added, would not havo to hi watched so closely, as tho malady does not exist In Kuropo to any great extent, being as 11 rule con lined to miners there. 1 nnri? imtl-k rr : James H. ,'iheehan, teglster of wills, 1, Until, IIIjAU Ol William McConch. city tteasurer nnd HARVARD ALUMNI W. rreelnnd ICondrlck, lecelver of ' taxes, II0M011, Nov -I'nlted State.s Senator 1 Ap unusually bRtor contest in Pltts Heniy Cabot Lodge, class of 7I, lias I burg l esillted In the election of Joseph been elected pi evident of the Harvard' G. Armstrong as mayor over Stephen Alumni association for tho eumliii; yuar.jG. Poiior, a member of Congress. bridge street, C, II. Warner has return ed from llurllngton, I ho selectmen are having re- 1 ',n,ra tnado on tho roadway across the bridge on Main strect.-Mlss Klolse ' Hlnks has returned to Proctor after a visit In town. Tho last barrels of apples of the fall nicking In tho surrounding towns were brought to Mlddlcbury fori shipment Monday. The largest shipper from this section was Itnmayno Hemen- way of Hildport, who carried between 1,700 and l.vn barrels, which h about j ,,r,lj0 bnrrcls uH11 Jan M. IIcm(,nn.ay.s to $0 per barrel. Mrs. George W. Mead has returned from Plttsford, where she has been for a short time, the guosit of Mr. and Mrs. A. 1). Tlffnny. Mrs. Jo seph Rooncy, who tins been III for a few weeks, is gradually Improving. Gilbert Dumas has returned from Rutland, 1 where he has been visiting his dough-1 ter, Mrs. Frank I'. Loomls. Prof, j Charles R, Wright wont Monday' to Sprlnglleld. where In tho evening ho delivered a lecture on "A Manx Poet" before the Cosmopolitan club. Thomas F. Burns returned to Wotcott Monday after a two days' visit with his family here. Mrs. William Dentley, Mrs. Jerry Trudo, Miss Mable Huestls, Miss Ror nlce Kidder and Miss Ilelene LaPan have returned from Rutland. Mrs. Elijah La llounty has returned from n several weeks' visit In Iloston and vicinity. The cattle shipment Monday consisted of three carloads. Thomas Campbell, who recently resigned his position here with the Vermont Marble company, has the Vermont Marble comnany. has mov - ed with his family to Rutland where ho j has u posltlon.-Arthur Goodro, who for j several years has been In the employ ,,f tne Mlddlebury Register company, I lias resigned and gone to WInchedon, -V ". w""c his parents went to make ther hoIne few weeks ago. The "iies association lor Homo anil f or- , Mis-Ions of the Congregational I " Association for Homo nnd For- Church will meet with Mrs. J. H. Flet cher. The Century club met with , Mrs. S. H. Alines at her home on South street Tuesday. Monday, market day, eggs brought 3S to 10 cents nnd butter I is to 31 cents. ' Daniel R. Rogers of Hhorelinm Is l In town on a short business lslt. Mr. Rogers has been for 3S years a driller of GROOM OF 70 YEARS. I'ornicr Itiitliiiul Man Wed Long-Time Aeiillnllltauee. Rutland, Nov. .1 Announcements of the murringe of W. R. Clnuson, for 10 years a shoe merchant In tins city, and Miss Alice Gilford of New York, a trained nurse, were received In Rut- land to-day i'lle couple will live at Y., where Mr. Cl.iiison Rocklan 1. .V conducts a grocery store. The grocer is over 70 years ot age and ills bride lias Just pasMcd to. She was an Inti mate friend of her husband's daughter, the late .Miss Jessica I.. Clauson. who was also a nurse and often visited the family In Rutland. Mr. Clauson left Vermont after the death of his first wife about two years ago. ''""r Muti-H Attorney Charged nlth Olitiiuing Money hy Crooked llciinx. White River Junction. Nov. 3. Charles Ratchelder. an attorney known through out tho Stute, was arrested yesterday afternoon by Sheriff Klnlry at Hethel occurred over a year ago, and since that linn Ratchelder's whereabouts has nut been known. He returned recently. Hatehulder was at one time secretary to the old board of railroad commissioners, ,,i,s he,'n State's attorney of Windsor county, and has had offices at different times In Woodstock, White River Junc tion, Rellows Falls and Springfield. PENNSYLVANIA LISTLESS In Home DUtrletx Vote Wnsu't Ktrn Counted. Philadelphia, Nov. 1, Pennsylvania to day elected two Judges of tho supeilor court on n non-partisan ballot. Rut little Interest was shown and In many districts the ole was nnt counted. There wore four candidates and It Is probable that JuiIko John J. Henderson of t rawforrt county was re-ticcted and James Alcoin of Philadelphia was also elected. Roth 1110 republicans and will serve 10 years. A proposed amendment to tho constitu tion authorizing a bond Issue of jr.0,000,. C00 for road purposen wns probably de feated. In Philadelphia tho republicans de feated tint fuslonlsts backed hy tho present reform administration, re-electing Samuel P. Rotim, district attorney, by about 40,000 majority and electing 0 President Says Predictions o) Armed Intervention Will Not Disturb Him. HITS REPLY FROM NIlEIITi Washington Is Tense with Inter est Officials Refuse to Ta!!r. Diplomats Believed to lie Working in Secret. Washington. Nov. S. Wnltlnu for wor from Provisional President Huerta th'.l was the attitude of official Washington to-day In tho Mexican situation. Administration officials mill refused U shed any light on tho last communica tion which convoyed to General lluert.1 the desire of the United States that In eliminate himself from the tangled situ ation ihelr attitude is that to dlscusi publicly the delicate phases of tho prob- I lom lnlht lcfcat tho end elnB sought, j Tho feclln the national capital Is "10"0 lno ,tss onR 01 interest, es- pecially as to what course will be pur sued If General Huerta declines to abdl "ate. It was evident from those who talked with President Wilson about the situation to-day that he was calmly awaiting developments. He has told his friends that he would continue to try to solve the situation by peaceful means ' .............. a,,(1 woul(I nnt bB '"-"turBMl by predlc of armed intervention. tlons of armed Intervention. The belief Is general here that tho situation Is being worked out with ex treme secrecy In diplomatic channels and that only when some tangible conclusion has been reached will there be any offi cial announcements. There was no collective opinion In offi cial circles as to what Huerta's secret reply to the American representations might be. No one ventured predictions and so far as could be learned no Inti mations had been received ns to Huerta's attitude. CARRANZA AWAITS HALE. Nogales, Sonora, Nov. 5. General Carranza Is waiting hero In tho belief he will be visited soon by William Rayard Hale as an unofficial repre sentative of the Washington adminis tration. A report has reached Nogales that Mr. Hale Is on his way from Washington In company with Per z Romero n,?ent of the constitutional gorernment. Senor Perez Romero said to-nl,Tlu that he knew nothing of any Intended visit of Mr. Hale In his company to Sonora. Persistent reports have been reach ing here from border points stating that Mr. Hale was en route south, bus officials of the government declare! no envoys were being sent to the con fctlutionallsts and denied knowledge of Mr. Hale's whereabouts. It is ac knowledged on tho other hand, that the constitutionalists always havo found unofficial means here of com municating their views to Washington officials whenever they have had anything- to place before tho government. CALERO REACHES HAVANA Havana, Nor. 5. Manuel Calero, the candidate of the Liberal party at the re cent presidential elections In Mexico, ar ilred lieiv to-day on the steamer Corcn vado. He was accompanied by his two daughters. He Is on his way to the I'nlted States, hut siys he will return to Mexico within a month. Senor Caleio declared that owing to the nbnoimal conditions in his country he had retired from the poltlcal field and would make no statement regarding tho elections, except to express the opinion that they would be annulled. Sortenos Domlnguez, a brother of Sen ator Rellsaro Domlnguez, who made , speech In tho Mexican Senate attacking President Huerta and later mysteriously disappeared, was a pa-ssenger on the Cor covado. Senor Domlnguez gave out a pamphlet entitled: "Words from a Dead .Man." The pamphlet contains strong charges against General Huerta. TROOPS SLEEP AT ARMS. Mexico City, Nov. 5. Constitutionalists forces are closing In on Pledras Negras and to-night Mexican government troogs are sleeping on their nrn. In anticipation of an attack. To-day the village of Elmoral. tlve miles south of the border, was suriendered to tho rebels, the fed eral troops there retiring to Pledras Negras. F.arly to-night the constitutionalists were reported within live mllevs of Pledras Ne-gras and advancing from all sides Picdras Negras, tho former provlslona capital of the constitutionalists wai abandoned to the fe-derals several weekt ago. CHANGES QUARTERS. Vera Cruz, Nov. ft. Hear Admiral Fletcher to-day transferred his quarter! to tho battleship Rhode Island, Rear Ad miral Housh taking command of th Louisiana. The Louisiana will sail at ar early date for Tamplco. Tho members of tho special Mcxlcat mission to Japan recently placed undei arrest, will bo taken to .Mexico City to morrow under a heavy guard. THE HERTI1A SAILS. Vera Cruz, Nov. 5. The German cruis er Hertha sailed from hero this after noon. The only foreign warship now t port aro tlve United States battleshlui nnd two United States cruisers, CHIHUAHUA IN DANGER Vera Cruz. Nov. S.'-Repoits reaches here to-night that the revolutionists 11 r s-'ilously threatening Chihuahua and uu that tho attack on Monterey has be n lenewed In force. WILSON TO AVOI ir with no