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ARBE DAILY
VOL. XVII-NO. 110.
BARRE, VERMONT, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1913.
PRICE, ONE CENT.
B
MORE GUARDS
GO ON STRIKE
And Threaten the Vatican
With "Unpleasant Rev
elations" THEIR COMMANDER
PROMISES NEW GUARD
The Demands of the Swiss
. Guards Were Flatly
Refused
Rome, July 24 Another detachment
of mutinous Swiss guards left the Vati
can this morning and some of them
threatened unpleasant revelations. The
commander of the guardsmen promised
the pope to-day that the entire corps
would be re-eetabliBhed within a few
weeks with a new and more suitable
element. '
The demands of the Swiss guards were,
flatly refused yesterday and as a result
. the Vatican was in a veritable state of
siege. Count C'occoyleri, commander of
the gendarmes, has been ordered to bold
his men in readiness for emergencies.
They are in control of all exits and have
instructions to prevent any of the
guards from leaving the building with
out express permission, or from commu
nicating with those outside. The entire
neighborhood is patrolled by strong
forces of police.
.Serious trouble was expected when
the, gaurds were notified that all their
claims had been rejected and it had been
arranged that any of the guards at
tempting a demonstration should be ar
rested by the papal gendarmes and
turned over to the Italian police for
transportation to the Swiss frontier.
When the reply to their memorial was
read, the commander and other officers,
armed with revolvers, stood ready to
suppress any show of force.
A letter was also read from Cardinal
Merry del V'al, the papal secretary of
state, strongly condemning the attitude
of the guards. This was the last straw,
as the guards had hoped that the cardi
nal would favor their side. They de
cided to maintain a relatively calm atti
tude, wishing, as they themselves ex
pressed it, "to obtain their rights
through persuasion, rather than vio
lence." They were assembled in the inner
court of the Vatican and notified by
their commander that their memorial
could not be accepted by the Holy See,
as it was destructive of the principle of
discipline. He added that those who
could not submit to the present military
rule were at liberty to return to their
liomes as freely as they had enlisted. He
concluded hy declaring the organizers of
the agitation would be dismissed from
the corps.
The gaurdsmen afterward applied for
an audience with Cardinal Merry del
Val, papal secretary ' of state, saying
they feared their requests had been mis- j
understood.
CRIPPLED SCHOONER
COMES TO PORT
The Gardiner G. Deering of Bath, Me.,
Was in Collision with Dutch Steam-'
er, Lotordyke, Which Came in
Last Night.
Highland Light, Mass., July 24. The
five-masted schooner Gardiner G. Deer
ing from Bath, with her bow stove in
and her headgear gone through a eollis
sion, it is believed, with the Dutch
freight steamer Lotordyke, came in to
day headed straight towards Province
town. The Lotordyke, badly damaged,
reached Boston last night.
AUTO DROPPED 15 FEET.
Five
Persona Were Near Death
at
Portsmouth, N. H.
Portsmouth, N. H., July 24. Five peo
ple miraculously escaped deaUi ' last
evening, when a seven -passenger Pierce
Arrow touring car crashed through the
railing at' the Rye end of the Sagamore
bridge, throwing the occupants over an
embankment to a ledge 15 feet below.
The car was owned and operated by
John C. Walsh, a wealthy wheat broker
of Quebec, and the party included in
addition to him Mrs. Walsh, her daugh
ter, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Cummings,
all guests at the hotel Wentworth at
Newcastle.
That all of the party escaped serious
injury is considered little short of mar
velous. Mrs. Cummings and Mr. Walsh
were taken to the Portsmouth hospital,
suffering with bruises, but Dr. A. C.
Heffenger and Dr. F. F. Towle, who at
tended them, state that they will be able
to leave the. hospital this afternoon.
Mr. Walsh states that as he was turn
ing the corner of the Wentworth house
road, just before reaching the bridge, he
fiassed his wife a box of candy. As he
ooked back up the road he noticed an
other auto speeding towards him, and
that when he attempted to turn out the
machine struck a gully in the road.
The steering wheel was torn from his
hands.
The large car was completely demol
ished, as it dropped 15 feet and struck
upon its side upon the ledge.
WOMEN MOB INVESTIGATED.
Eight, Jolo, 111., Women Rode Another on
a Rail
Waukegan. III., July 24. The eight
women of Jolo, near here, who rode Mrs.
John Richardson on a rail through the
Streets of the village recently, must
answer to the gTand jury for their act.
Mates Attorney Bady announced to
day that evidence was being taken
gainst members of the party. The
women assigned as an excuse for their
action their belief that Mrs. Richard
on was too friendly with her brother-Jn-law,
DRIVER FINED $250.
Charged With Holding BackHii Horse
at Buffalo.
Buffalo, X. V., July 24. Childs, the
driver of Leita J., winner of the 2:14
pace, the first event on the card of the
grand circuit at Fort Erie yesterday
afternoon, was fined $250 and the judges
declared off all dooIs on the race. The
Assessor and Blue Line were made equal
favorites in the race pools and 'Top"
Oeers won the firBt heat handily. Blue
Line captured the second heat from the
Assessor. The third heat went to tne
Silent Reinsman, with Blue Line and
Leita J. following closely. After Leita
J. captured the fourth, fifth and sixth
heats. Driver Childs was called into the
stand and the judges announced the fine
and the declaring off of pools, claiming
that the driver did not try in the early
heats. '
The feature event of the card, the
King George V. stake, $10,000 purse, for
2:16 trotters was won by the Lexington
mare, Tenara, driven by Benyon. Tens
ra sold a rank outsider in the poolB, the
public installing Uncle Biff as favorite.
Benyon had no trouble with the daugh
ter of Moko and won. the big race in
straight heats. Walter Cox's Judson
Girl, fancied for the race, landed in sec
place, Uncle Biff getting th'ird money by
running second in the final heat.
The Queen City stake for 2:08 trot
ters resulted in another upset. Cheeny
taking two heats and first money. Uas-
cade was the favorite, but was very er
ratic and refused to remain on his feet.
Dago F. had no trouble in disposing
of his field in the 2:15 trot, winning
easily in straight heats. Frances Gra
ham, driven by Geers, was the contend
er, Dago F. ruled favorite in the race.
HORSE TRAINER WINS SUIT,
Had
Sued Editor of English Sporting
Paper for Libel.
London,' July 24, The fair name of
Englisfl turf received a blow in the de
cision rendered yesterday in a libel ac
tion brought by R. Wootton, a trainer,
against Robert S. Xievier, editor of the
sporting paper, Winning Post. Wootton,
who is an Australian, is one of the most
prominent trainers in England, and his
two sons are jockeys in the constant
employ of the best stables. Sievier.is
a well known racing man.
Winning Post charged that Wootton
and other trainers and jockeys belonged
to a ring which made enormous sums
by betting, first entering into an agree
ment as to which horses should win or
lose, and by other methods. j
The trial occupied eight days and sev
eral men conspicuous on the turf, jock
eys and stable boys testified for either
aide. The jury gave Wootton one forth
ing damages.
On the witness stand, Wootton admit
ted that he had made a fortune by bet
ting and that he had often won $'2.",000
on a race. His son, Frank, amassed more
than .I.0,000 in a few days of riding
in England.
Coming after the disqualification " of
Craganour in the Derby, by reason of
the foul riding of the jockey,, the case
created widespread feeling that radical
turf reforms are necessary. Justice Dar
ling, before whom the action was
brought, declared strongly that the stvle
of riding with short stirrups, introduced
by American Jockeys, gave the jockeys
less control of their horses, and much
bumping and foul riding was due to this.
He recommended that the Jockev club
take action on this matter. The jury
endorsed the judge's recommendation.
RAILWAYS JOIN IN FIGHT.
Protest Against Order Increasing Size
of Parcel Post Packages.
Washington, D. C, July 24. Railway
representatives yesterday joined in the
fight to prevent Postmaster-General
Burleson from increasing the sine of
parcel post packages transmissible
through the mails and reducing the
rates. A delegation representing the
railroads throughout the country laid
their complaint before senators and
representatives and prepared to protest
formally against the changes to the in
terstate commerce commission.
The movement in the Senate itself to
forestall the department changes, by
repealing the section of the parcel post
law under which the postmaster-general
claims the right to regulate rates and
sizes, further crystallized when Senator
Bryan of Florida introduced a joint res
olution to repeal the legislation in ques
tion. Another development of the day
was the postponement until Friday of
the explanation demanded by the Senate
postoffice committee of Postmaster
General Burleson for his authority to
inaugurate the changes.
In protesting against the changes the
rail wa 'representatives said that at
present the roads received 50 per cent,
of the pay collected by express com
panies for the carriage of packages and
complained that they would lose from
$15,000,000 to $20,000,000 a year on bus
iness the government would take from
express companies through the reduced
rates and increased,, maximum limit on
the size of packages.
CONVICTS BECOME UNRULY.
Threaten Trouble at Sing Sing Prison,
Following a Fire.
Ossining. X. Y., July 24. After a day
of disturbances by several hundred of
Sing Sing's 1,500 convicts, extra guards
were called upon last night to be in
readiness for further troubles which the
authorities fear may occur. Warden
Clancy, however, minimized the gravity
of the situation, which is a sequel to
the $150,000 fire that destroyed some of
the prison buildings Tuesday.
Signs of dissatisfaction were exhibited
at breakfast yesterday. The fire threw
213 second and third term prisoners out
of employment in the shops. They com
plained of the food, hurled bread and
eggs about, and protested against being
locked in their cells. They finally went,
sullenly, but after being released for
their noon meal they refused to return.
Pursued by armed guards when they
lied to avoid being confined by force,
the convicts backed against a mass of
coal, picked up anthracite lumps and
indicated their readiness to engage in a
battle. At this juncture a counter
manding order came that ther were to
be allowed to roam the prison grounds
during daylight hours. The convicts
sgreed to keep the peace, and did so un
til the warden marie a round of the cells
after supper, when the prisoners showed
their dissatisfaction further bv smash
ing windows and hooting.
POLICE KILL
WRONG MAN
Shot William Butler, Mis
taking Him for Wil
liam Corduan
LATTER ARRESTED
NEAR SCENE LATER
Wife of Corduan Was Mur
dered and He Was
. Suspected
Newark, N. J., July 24. William But
ler of Kenjil was shot dead to-day at
Dover by policemen, who mistook him
for William Corduan, the husband of the
woman who waa murdered Tuesday
night at Newark. Corduan was arrest
ed soon afterwards near the Bcene of
the shooting.
The police believe Corduan killed his
wife by forcing a rat-tail file through
the roof of her mouth into the brain
Corduan disappeared and the police
learned that he had gone to the house
of amend near the Dover race track.
As the officers waited outside, they
saw a man emerge trom the house and
called on him to surrender; but the man
drew a revolver and began firing. The
man was then shot, and he proved to be
Butler. He had a magazine revolver and
bottle of poison. His presence there,
thus equipped, presents another mystery
MUST HAVE ARMS TO
PROTECT AMERICANS
Is
Appeal Which Governor of Sonora
Makes To Washington, Says Mexi
can Constitutionalists Have .
No Means.
Douglas, Ariz., July 24. Governor Pe
suera of Sonora, commander of the Con
stitutionalist insurgents in northwest
ern Mexico,- to-day appealed to Wash
ington, asserting the forces under his
charge could not protect the Americans,
unless afforded means.
In a message to Manuel Pedro Ro
mero, Constitutionalist representative,
the insurgent governor said: "I pray vou
to call the attention of President Wil
son to the fact that unless the Consti
tutionalists are allowed to hring in am
munition and arms'; they will be unable
to maintain order and protect the lives
and property of foreigners. In every
section where the foreigners are threat
ened, investigation shows the federal
troop and sympathizers are at fault.
We are more than willing to guarantee
protection if afforded the means."
MARKED BY
FAST
PACING.
Closing Day's ProgTam at Montreal Yes
terday.
Montreal, Julv 24. The closing day of
the National Driving club's summer
meeting was marked with fast pacing in
the free-for-all event, the track record
being broken, and a world's record Set
for a third heat on a half-mile track.
Morine bv Mobille, a Boston owned
horse, won the classified race. The best
time of the afternoon was made by Hal
B., Jr.. who paced a mile in 2:05. clip
ping two seconds from the track record.
The summary:
. Free-for-All Pace
Purse $000. .
Pickles, bm (Nucklosl 5 2 1 1 1
Hal B., Jr., brh (McEwen).. 112 2 2
Mansfield, brh (Martin) ... 2 4 3 3 3
Manuella (Powell 1 3 3 4 4 4
Twister also started.
Time 2:0l)i4, 2:0,i'2, 2:11, 2:09'.
2:17 Class, Trotting.
Purse $400.
H. O. McKinnie, chg (Rathbun).. 1 1 1
Andrei, bg (Nucklos) 2 2 3
Monarchal Lady, chm (Faulkner) 3 3 2
Muda A., bm (Cherrier) 4 4 4
Time 2:10, 2:15. 2:18.
Classified Race.
Purse $400.
Morine, bm (Hasting s. Ill
Arthur Red, bg (Robillard) 3 2 2
Tubelina, bm (Lefevre) 2 3
Childs, chh (Lang) 7 4 3
Boy Billy, Little Ted and McCash also
started.
Time 2:19, 2:17, 2:17.
CONVICTS HOWLED
AS FIRE RAGED
Another Blaze tt Sing Sing Prison, But
It Was Extinguished by. the Prison .
Fire Department.
Ossining, N. Y., July 24. Another fire
in Sing Sing prison to-day gave muti
nous convicts a chance for more demon
strations. The blaze started in the
clothing shop and was extinguished by
the prison fire department.
When the fire broke out, every pie
caution was taken 'tft guard against the
escape of convicts. While the guards
and trusties were attacking the flames,
one thousand convict in their cells
raised a chorus of yells high above the
noise of the alarm.
Warden Clancy attributed the disturb
ances to the recent order for the transfer
of some of them to the prison at Auburn.
Most of the Sing Sing prisoners come
from New York, and they object to being
sent up state, where it will be difficult
for their friends to visit them.
Frank Chance is being severely criti
cised for his statements, the essence of
which infers that Jimmy Callahan, the
manager of the Chicago White Sox,
knew when he traded Zeider that the
infielilcr had a bad foot. Friends of
Callahan say that there have been man
agers who would not stop at perpetrat
ing such an act. but that never would
the Fitchburg man be guilty of such
an act.
ODD AUTO PROSECUTION.
Stowe Man Alleged to Have Disregarded
Burlington Policeman's Signal.
Burlington, July 24. Dr. J. C. Morgan
of Stowe was in the city yesterday to
answer to a charge of not heeding an
officer's signal to stop when driving an
automobile. He was arraigned in city
court on the charge and at his request
the case was continued until August 23.
Edmund 0. Mower became surety in
the sum of $75. The complaint was
made Sunday by Officer Thomas Collins,
on duty on South Union street. It is
alleged that .Morgan was driving at a
fast rate and paid no heed to the off!
c.er's signals to stop, although several
witnesses claim that Morgan showed
every indication of having observed
them. The maximum fine in such a case
is $100.
Ixuiis Alpert, who on June 14 while
operating an automobile ran into a bug
gy containing Lyman Prim and Dwight
Warner, smashing ; thi buggy into
kindling wood and Injuring both boys,
was arrested yesterday on a warrant is
sued from the state's attorney office,
charging' reckless driving. He was later
given a hearing on bail in city court and
the amount fixed at $75. This was fur
nished by William Alpert, father of the
bov. The aceident took place on North
svenilo and Alpert's machine came from
the rear and drove into the buggy. Both
boys were thrown a considerable dis
tance and Prim received a broken arm.
Warner , held onto the reins and was
dragged a considerable distance. Al
pert's excuse at the time was that the
electric light was out and that the dust
obscured the sight of the buggy. A civil
suit has already been entered against
him. : is
MISSING SHIP
REACHES PORT
Schooner Alaska of Canadian Polar Ex
peditions CrepC In Engine Dis
abled in Heavy Storm.
Nome, Alaska, Jtily 24. The gasolene
schooner, Alaska, ttie second ship of the
Vilopjamar Stefanssen Canadian polar
expeditions, 'for which fears were felt
becausei she had not arrived at the port
of Clarence, reached there safely yester
day, after a trying experience in a
storm which swept the Bering sea Sun
day ami Monday. The engine was tem
porarily disabled but repairs will soon
be made. .
" WANTS TO RETURN TO NAVY.
Mason E. Silver, Confessed Deserter,
Asks to Be Arrested.
Manchester, N. H., July 24. Mason
E. Silver of Newport, a self-confessed
deserted from the navv, went to a store
keeper on Hanover street yesterday aft
ernoon and begged to have him summon
the police and arrest htm.
Silver came here several years ago to
look for a job. He could find none and
went to Boston and enlisted in the navy.
He was assigned to the hattleship Ne
hrnska and deserted about two years
ago. Yesterday when he showed up he
was pretty nearly down and out, in
jured and discouraged.
inspector tlifton B. Hildreth arrested
the ' marine. The Federal authorities
were then notified and the prisoner
hopes that he will be taken back soon,
as he wants to get into the government
hospital at the earliest possible moment.
WOMAN WAS CAUGHT
WITH MATCH IN HAND
And About To Set Fire To Pile of Com
bustibles in Mansion in a Sua
urb of Clasgow.
Glasgow, Scotland, July 24. Two suf
fragettes, Margaret Morrison and a
woman who refused to give her name,
were arrested here to-day when about
to set fire to a large mansion in a sub
urb of the city, which at one time was
the residence of the late Sir John Mnir,
former lord provost.
The police entered
the house this
woman standing
morning and found a
with a match in her hand near a pile
of comliustibles discarded from a chim
ney, wh.'re it had been secreted. A
quantity of suffrage literature was found
in the house.
VERMONT FISHERMEN
WERE FINED $635
When Caught at Base of Mount Wash
ington in New Hampshire With
127 Short Trout.
Littleton. N. H., July 24. F. A. Brew
er, town clerk of Concord, Vt and Dr.
E. B. Freifch of the same town and a
son of each of the men were stopped
trom fishing at the hase of .Mount Wash
ington yesterday and in their possession
were found 127 short trout. The state
fine for short trout is $5 a fish, and the
respondents were assessed $(135, with
costs of $4S. Mr. Brewer at one time
is said to have been state's attornej- in
his county.
SAVED BURLINGTON HOUSE.
But Nearby Barn Was Destroyed Last
Evening.
Burlington, July 24, A fire which look
ed as if it would destroy the house of
Fred Garno on Scarff's addition was dis
covered in a shed adjoining the house
about ten o'clock last evening. The
house is located a long distance from a
lire ahirm box and several minutes
elapsed before the man. asleep in the
house, could run to box 61, from which
the alarm was sent in.
Companies from station one and five
responded. Because Pine street was
closed, owing to the laying of a sewer,
the route by way of Shelburne road was
tnken and this cost some precious sec
onds. The automobile truck arrived in
a remarkably short time and the chemi
cal tanks kept the fire from spreading
to the house, which is of wood and
might easily have been ignited. Two
streams of water were used and the
flumes, which mounted high in the air,
were subdued in a few minutes. Neigh
bors assisted in the rescue of furniture
and rther vehicles and the houe was
nearly emptied. The loss amounts to
Iietween and ?4W and is covered
by insurance. j
FEW BODIES
IDENTIFIED
Of the Many That Are Being
Taken Out of Ruins at
Binghamton
THIRTY EMPLOYES
REPORTED MISSING
Jewelry the Only Aid to
Recognize Some of the
Remains
Binghamton, N. Y., July 24. State
and local authorities to-day began an
investigation of the circumstances su
rounding the overall factory fire of
Tuesday, in which at least fifty persons,
mostly women and girls, perished.
Workmen to-dav continued their search
of the ruins, and thus far only three of
the 28 bodies recovered have been iden
tified. The others were burned beyond
possibility of recognition and will be
buried in a plot set aside by the citv
for unidentified dead. A public funeral
is planned to be held Sunday afternoon
at four o'clock.
One of the charred bodies is believed
be that of.Nellie Connor, the forewoman.
who sacrificed her rife in an effort to
fave those in her charge. A diamond
ring and diamond earrings worn by Muss
Connor were found.
The body of Mrs. Mary Pryor, wife of
Thomas Pryor, was identified by means
of ah insurance key bearing her name.
John Comy of YVilkes-Barre, Pa., a
brother, aided in the identifi.tion.
Rings and other jewelry found near
the bodies are expected to aid in fur
ther identification. It is still impos
sible to accurately estimate the nm
ber of dead. At least fifty, probably
more, are believed to have perished iu
the flames. A partial list compiled bv
District Attorney Meagher contains the
names of seven identified dead, thirty
reported missing and twenty-seven sur
vivors, some of whom were injured. At
least 111 persons are said to have been
in the building when the fire broke out.
- Names of Dead and Missing.
The identified dead are: Cassie M. Ful
mer, Mary E. Sullivan, Mrs. Ida Pren
tiss. Mrs. Alvin White, Mrs. Mary Iryor,
Nellie Connor, John Schermerhorn.
Reported missing: Ruth Button, Mar
garet Diamond, Martha Burdick, I.ena
Kennedy. Lou Shove, Catherine Crowe,
Bessie Ray, Loiwse Hartman, Mary Cree
lian. Ma (iolden. Anna Kate, Eva
JnlflraEar.-Mary . Lizzie Ryley,
Mnry Polesia, Sidney Dimmick, Mts.
Emma Reed and.. daughter, Mrs. Hattlo
Freeman, Mollie Gleason, Miss Childs.
Olia Schneider, Nellie , Mary Smith,
Allie Sadonais, Sarah Foran, MVs. Mel
vin Clark, John Shoemaker.
Mrs, Ida Prentiss, a widow, died at
the city hospital yesterday. The condi
tion oif Mrs. Mary Renny, Ruth and
Edna Ootty and Mrs. May Layton is
said to be serious. Miss Ether Raskin,
Mrs. Margaret Quick, Mrs. Ida Hough
taling and Charles Conterse are expect
ed to recover from their injuries.
Last night representatives of the state
lalvor department, the state fire marshal
and tihe state factory investigating com
mission arrived in Binghamton prepared
to aid in probing the disaster.
Deputy State Fire Marshal Roesch
said that the fire marshal's department
"has been greatly hampered by the aver
sion of people to take part in fire drills
and more than all hv the failure of the
legislature to appropriate sufficient mon- j
ey to increase the force of this depart
ment and carry out its orders." '
Bernard K Shientage, an attorney,
and James P. Whikeman, an engineer,
representing the state factory investi
gating commission, conferred last night
with District Attorney Meagher. Miss
Sidney rmhlpsat of jew ork spent the
clay investigating the circumstances sur
rounding the fire. She is secretary of
the National Consumers' league nnd also
represents the committee of safety of
New York.
From what I know of the affair."'
said Miss Kohlsaat. "I cannot say that
any law was vinwten in the construc
tion of the building, but it did not con
form to what the law ought to be nor
to what the committee of safety wants.
Thj law should require enclosed stairs,
fireproof partitions and fire escapes sep
arate from the building so persons can
pas with safety. I understand that
the fire escape on the rear wall of the
overall factory passed close in front of
windows trom which the names poured
so hot that it was impossible to pass
them alive."
While the officials are seeking to place
the responsibility for the loss of life
and property, Binghamton citizens are
aiding in comforting the stricken and
bereaved and relieving the suffering.
Mayor Irving has appointed a citizens'
committee to receive and disburse to the
suffering, funds that are being contribut
ed. A public funeral probably will be held
for the unidentified victims in which
the clergy of various denominations will
participate., and it is planned to erect
a monument to record the names of
those who perished.
Many of the survivors called on Reed
B. Freeman, president of the Binghstn
tn Clothing Co., at his home on Pine
street yesterday to extend their sym
pathy. I
"I don't know how T stand in a busi
ness way," said Mr. Freeman. "Maybe j
it's all gone. But I would give all there j
was it I could nnng dck one ot me
girls to life."
COPPER STAMP MILLS
ALSO SHUT DOWN
But Smelters Are Running Because
They Have Enough Mineral to Last
for a Week or More.
Calumet, Mich., July 24. The stamp,
mills, as well as the mines, are shut
down in the Lake Superior copper dis
trict to-dav because fue tie-up is com
plete with the exception of the smelters.
some of which have enough mineral on
band to operate tor a week or more.
TOURING SUFFRAGETS
VISITED VERMONT
"Votes For Women" Automobile Came
Up From Massachusetts, but the
Women Failed To See Gov
ernor Fletcher.
With two largo "Votes For Women"
banners flaunting, with their auto, deco
rated with other, banners suited to' their
cause, and with themselves buried in ap
pealing literature, five women advocates
for the right of suffrage for their sex
rolled into Barre last evening on their
campaign tour of New England, having
come from Greenfield, Mas., yesterday
with stops at Windsor and other places
along the northward march. Ihe women
were Mrs. Susan J. Fitzgerald, who is
secretary of the National Women a Suf
frage association Dr. Elizabeth Ransom,
Mrs. George D. Morris, Miss Margaret F.
Murphy and Miss Matilda iraser.
"Mere mam" was represented in the
party by the chauffeur and W. B, Rick
er, who is a member of the Men's Move
ment for Suffrage.
The .party ran into open competition
w-iith a band concert on the city park
and the stay was not long in Barre.
The big car circled around the streets
for a few moments and then pulled up
at the City hotel, where it attracted a
few score of people away from the con
cert. An hour later the visitors left for
Montpelier, where they stayed lat night.
This forenoon at l6 o'clock the visit
ors took up a position in front of the
.Montpelier city hall, before a crowd oi
about 4i(J people. Mayor James B.
Fstee welcomed them to Montpelier and
spoke a few words in introduction. Mrs.
Fitzgerald spoke for about half an hour
and Mrs. Morris also spoke.
The suffragettes carried a letter of
introduction from Governor Foss of Mas
sachusetts to Governor Fletdher of Ver
mont and they were somewhat nettled
when they learned that Governor Fletch
er was not at Montpelier, th state capi
tal, and so would not be prepared to re
ceive them. However.-they stated that
they would motor to his home from
Burlington, where they were scheduled
to be tliis afternoon.
This was not their only disappoint
ment yesterday as they had intended to
call on Mrs. Wilson, wife of the. presi
dent, at Cornish. N. H. After a short
meeting at Windsor the suffragettes
crossed the river to Harlakenden, where
they learned that Mrs. Wilson was not
prepared to receive them because of a
misunderstanding in engagements. .So
they motored back into Vermont and
continued their ride northward, arriv
ing in Bsrre at about 8:30. On arriving
in Montpelier they sent a telegram to
Mrs. Wilson, expressing regret that they
had been unable to see her.
Short Stop at White River Junction.
White River Junction, July 24. An
automobile decorated with pennants
"Votes For Women" passed through here
yesterday afternoon, stopping long
enough for a member of the party, JIrs,
Susan Walker Fitzgerald, ds lighter of
Rear Admiral Walker, to make a ten
minute or more speech. The others in
the party were Mrs. (ieorge P. Morris,
Dr. Eriza Taylor Ranvson, Matilda A.
Fra.ser, Margaret Murphy.
AN OLD RESIDENT GONE.
Warren F. Richardson Had Lived
in
Barre Sixty-Seven Years.
Warren F. Richardson, for sixty-seven
years a resident of Barre and one of
the city's best known residents, passed
away at his home, 27 Camp street, this
morning at 12:30 o'clock, death follow
ing a period of poor health which ex
tended through many years. Surviving
are his wife and four daughters, Mr.
F. H. Edwards of Lacoma, N. H., Mrs.
Fritz W. Jackson, Mrs. P. M. Orr and
Mrs. A. W. MacNeil of Barre. Two sis
ters. Mrs. Caroline George and Mrs. Ce-
linda Waterman, both of Bnrre, are also
living. A granddaughter, Madine H. Ed
wards of Laconia, N. H., end three neph
ews. Darwin S. Waterman and Charles
J. Waterman of Barre and Sabin Water
man of St. Albans also survive.
WVirren Freeman Richardson was born
in Orange March 15. 184o. He came
with his parents to Bane when he was
only a year old and bad always mad
his home here. He received his educa
tion in the public schools of Barre, at
tending the old Barre academy under
Jacob Spauhling. Afterwards he was a
student at Newbury seminary, one of
the most famous institutions of its time
in Vermont. Not long after the out
break of the Civil war he enlisted as a
private, serving nine months in the Fif
teenth Vermont regiment. Co. 1). Hi
enlistment took place in 1S02 and it was
while in the service that he received in
juries from which he never recovered.
After returning home. Mr. Richardson
learned he carpenters' trade, working
with Alfred Lane severs 1 years. Oct. 31,
lSti.), he was married to Alice F. Childs
of Barre. For a time after his mar
riage. Mr. Richardson occupied a farm
not far from the city. Four chiklren
were bom to Mr. and Mrs. Richardson
as follows: Bertha, Mabel, Edith and
Allie. In 18S7 the family moved bajk
to -their farm in the city.
Funeral service will be held at the
house Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Rev. J. B. Reardon. tor of the Uni
versalist church, officiating. The inter
ment will be made in Klmwood ceme
tery. The family requests that flowers
be omitted.
MILL FORCED TO CLOSE
Because of Strike of 150 Workers
at
Penacook, N. H.
Penacook, N. H., July 24. A hundred
and fifty employes of the New- Hamp
shire Spinning company left their ma
chines yesterday and failed to return
after the noon hour, and the mill was
obliged to shut down.
A committee waited upon the super
intendent, (Jeorge Roonev. Tuesday
evenfhg with a petition signed by a ma
jority of the help, asking for a ."5-hour-a-week
working schedule instead !f 08.
as has been in torce, ami the same
w ages.
The petition was received and the of
ficial stated that the matter would be
taken up with the ofhVers and a reply
given m soon as possible. The commit
tee asked that a reply be given by noon
Wednesday, which seemed under the cir
cumstances impossible, as many of those
hipher up reside out of town.
The employes made 110 demonstration.
Everything is quiet and orderly about
the mill section, with the feeling that
the matter will be adjusted before long.
The Concord Axle company granted
the "ifi-hour schedule last week, which no
doubt had much to do with the help in
the spinning null here asking tor a
like
schedule.
MAY REPORT.
TO .(?SSS?N0R
On Finding in Cases of Al
leged Overcharge for
Vermont Farms :
STATE COMMISSIONER
HAS INVESTIGATED
It Was Reported That Ger
man Settlers Didn't
Get Full Value
St. Albans, July 24. Elbert S. Brig
ham, state commissioner of agriculture,
has just returned from Sandgate, in Ben
nington county, where due has been in
vestigating a colony of Germans,, who
purchased farms in that locality. Ha
was accompanied by Irof. A. H. 'Apple
maun, professor of German in the Uni
versity of Vermont, who acted as inter
preter, and by Newman K. Chaffee of
Rutland. The visit was made because
report had come to Commissioner Brig-
bam that these Germans had purchased
tarms and did not get full vaine for
their money. It is said that one of the
Germans was forced to abandon Ws farm
at considerable los.
It was with a view to finding the facts
in the case that Commissioner Brigham
visited Sandgate, and it is probable that
he will make a report on the matter to
Governor Fletcher.
FELL OFF ROOF.
Leon Lord Injured at Littlejohn
&
Milne's Granite Plant To-day.
Leon Lord, a derrickman employed by
Littlejohn & Milne, an Ayers street
manufacturing firm, fell from a
small lean-to adjoining the main shed
while oiling a derrick this morning, and
struck on his right side, sustaining in
juries which the doctor says will confine
him to the house tor several days.
Broken bones, the man escaped, it was
thought.
The accident occurred before 7 o clock.
Lord came to work early and planned to
oil 'his derrick before the day a toil be-,
gan. To reach a set of pulleys on the
derrick boom, the man mounted a wing
of the shed which rises to an altitude of
some sixteen feet above the ground. It
was a damp morning and everything
about the place was slippery after the
rain of- last night. Mr. Lord wore no
rubbers and when he leaned out over the
edge of the roof to get a good squirt at
the pulleys with his oil can. his feet
slipped from under him as though the;
roofing had ben a sheet of ice. His
fall to the ground was unbroken and
he landed heavily. Other men who hap
pened to be early on the job thought he
liad been seriously injured. Dr. W. D.
Reid was summoned and a hurry call
was sent in for Hooker 4 Co.'s am
bulance. A few moments afterwards
Mr. Ixird was removed to his home on
the west hill road just out of South
Barre. Late this forenoon it was stated
that the man had escaped any lasting
injury, although he appeared to be suf
fering considerable pain in his right
side. .
PIERS REPORTED UNSAFE.
And Are a Constant Peril To All Using
Them.
Boston, July 24.--Piers, floats and run
ways in use by thousands of persons in
this city each day, are rotten, dilapi
dated and otherwise unsafe and are a
constant peril to all using them, accord
ing to a report made to Mayor Fitzger
ald yesterday by the board of street
commissioners.
The report followed an investigation
by the board at the direction of the
mayor following the accident in Law
rence recently when eleven boys were
drowned by the collapse of a runway
leading to a municipal bathhouse. An
accident of greater proportions is likely
in Boston at anv tune should present
conditions be allowed to continue, de
clares rne repon 01 me sircei commis
sioners. Runways of municipal bath houses in
this city were found to be in a greatly
weakened condition and in some cases
to lie partly submerged. The gangway
and piers of five steamship lines now
regularly in usa were unsafe, because
of rottenness and lack of proper repairs.
Other defects noted were decayed plank
ing, loose boards, flimsy construction,
floats partially submerged, bolts missing .
in important spots and absence of guard
rails. Altogether the board found twenty-five
places which were declared to
be a menace to the lives of the thous
ands who use them.
Mayor Fitzgerald ordered that all the
city-owned property which was criticised
in the report be repaired immediately
and gave orders to have the proper steps
taken to compel the owner of other
faulty places to have their property put
in safe condition at once.
KILLED ON CROSSING.
James W. Libby Was Carried 150 Feet
on Cowcatcher.
Portland. Me.. July 24. .lames W.
Libby, aged sixty, of South Gorham,
went to Scarboro flats yesterday after
noon to oig ciams, ana on nis return
his team was struck at the Oak Hill
crossing of the Boston A Maine by an
extra freight in charge of A. A. Cook
and Engineer Wjiliam Webber. He wis
instantly killed and his body was car
ried K0 feet on the cowcatcher of the
engine. The buggy was completely
smashed up, and the horse was thrown
against a telegraph pole, but apparent
ly was not much injured. The conductor
and engineer say that he paid no at
tention to the signals, but drove directly
in front of the engine. He is survived
bv a wife and family.
Weather Forecast
Showers to-night. Friday probably
fair; moderate westerly wu.da,