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THE BAltRE DAILY TIMES, BARRE, VT., SATURDAY.-' APRIL 25, 1914.
FOUGHT ISSUE
IN THE STREET
Tampico Incident Discussed
in Auto Outside
Jockey Club
BY HUERTA AND
O'SHAUGHNESSY
The Dictator Has Plans for
Flight Already
Made -
New York, April 25. W. G. Shepherd,
it correspondent of the New York Sun,
ends this to his paper:
Vera CruK, April 24. Victoriano
Huerta and Nelson O'Sliaughnessy ver
bully fought out on the street in the
open view of the public the momentous
matter of the Tampico incident on which
hung the question of whether American
troops should force the dictator to re
spect the flag.
After April 15 the censor in Mexico
City refused to permit me to receive
messages, and all messages which I at
tempted to file were rejected with the
exception of the code despatches telling
of Huerta ' desire for war and the oc
cupation of Vera Cruz, vjiich he regard
ed as insignificant. ,
Here, then, is how Huerta dealt with
the question which really meant peace
or war:
With his usual irregularity Huerta left
Lis home at an early hour. He did not
go to the palace nor did he leave word
where he planned to go.
O'Shaugnnessy, having received a 1,000
word cablegram of instructions from
Washington, set out to find Huerta,
making die usual rounds of the Cafe
Colon, where the dictator's morning cog
nac is usually taken, and two or three
other cafes.
It was at the Jockey club that
O'Sliaughnessy found his man, stand
ing at the bar.
"Have you your automobile out
there?" asked Huerta.
"Vcs," replied O'Sliaughnessy. "My
new one."
"Let's go out and sit in that," said
Huerta.
The two men left the club and stepped
into the car, which stood on a side
street. Huerta's attendants and body
guards drew aside, and for three-quarters
of an hour O'Sliaughnessy and the
dictator argued. A photographer who
attempted to snap them was driven
away.
O'Sliaughnessy spoke smilingly, but
Huerta spoke vehemently, sinking his
right fist fro mtime to time into the
palm of his left hand. O'Sliaughnessy
said Huerta was not drunk.
At the conclusion of this public con
ference the" charge drove away in his
machine and filed his report to Washing
ton. In the event of a crisis, Huerta has
made all preparations to light. His plan
is to declare that he is leaving for the
front. With him he will have a small
body of soldiers known as the battalion
of the supreme power. He will elude
these, according to his plan, and will
seek refuge on a Japanese cruiser at
Manzanillo on the Faeifie coast.
The papers print what Huerta orders,
and the probability is that in arranging
to escape the dictator will cause the
papers to print that there is great dan
ger from the rebels on the racific and
that it is necessary for him to go to the
front. It is ' well known tbat he baa
made most strenuous efforts to keep the
road toward the Pacific clear of rebels.
The report, therefore, will be an untruth,
but it will give Huerta the. necessary
excuse for leaving the capital.
AVOID SPRING ILLS
Purify and Build Up the Blood with
( Hood's Sarsaparilla
In the spring your blood needs cleans
ing and" enrichnig, largely because your
diet has been chiefly heavy atid your life
mostly indoors during the winter. You
fed poorly, and there is more or less
eruption on your face and body. Your
appetite is not good, your sleep is brok
en, and you are tired all the time.
You need Hood's SarBaparilla. It is
the one safe and effective tonic that has
stood the test of forty veal's. It makes
the mire red blood that will make you
feel better, look better, eat and sleep
better. It is the old standard tricd-and-true,
all-the-year-round medicine for the
blood and the whole system, and any
druggist will supply you.
lie sure to get Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Nothing else aet like it, for nothing else
has the same formula or ingredients.
Get it to-day. Advt.
yesterday. Tlie measure already lias
passed the Senate. It now goes to the
president for approval.
The bill provides the machinery Tor
recruiting and mobilizing a volunteer
army of such size as the president re
gards as warranted. It gives preference
to state militia organizations. After
such organizations have been exhausted,
volunteers may be taken from the peo
ple at large.
TWO SENATORS OFFER SERVICES.
Fall and Sheppard Ready to Resign and
Go to the Front.
Washington, April 25. Senators Fall
of New Mexico and Sheppard of Texas
have offered their services to the pres
ident in the campaign against Mexico.
Senator Fall has written that he will
resign from the Senate and go to the
front if necessary.
OFFICIAL LIST OF DEAD NOW 17.
Two Marines Who Were Killed Not List
ed Until Yesterday.
Washington, April 25. Two marines
killed in Thursday's fighting at Vera
Cruz not heretofore listed were report
ed to the navy department yesterday
afternoon by Admiral Badger.
This makes the total casualties at
Vera Cruz up to date 17 killed and 70
wounded. -
A BROAD LOOK AT MEXICO.
THINKS EUROPE APPROVES STEP.
Sir Edward Grey Reported to Have Said
i So in Paris.
Paris, April 25. According to reports
from good authority here yesterday, Sir
Kdward Grey, the British" foreign sec
retary, on the occasion of bis visit to
I'aris with King George and Queen Mary,
said he believed the United States was
undertaking a work in Mexico of which
thoughtful opinion in Europe approved.
Nothing has been disclosed of the pri
vate conversation between Premier Dou
merge and ISir Edward upon the inter
national situation.
MARKET SHOWS WAR SPIRIT.
Large Dealings in Mexican Securities
Which Suffer Most.
New York, April 25. On the toek
exchange here yesterday discussion of
the possibilities growing out of more re
cent developments in Mexico, were re
flected in a sharp decline recorded at the
opening. Selling came from various
quarters and was accompanied by in
quiries from numerous out of town
points by speculators and investors who
sought first hand information from their
bankers and brokers in the Wall street
district. Europe was again active in
the movement and London as well as
the continental securities market mani
fested acute weakness. Canadian Pa
cific was again a conspicuously weak
feature here, following its severe loss in
London.
Securities having Mexican connec
tions suffered most in the early deal
ings, which were on a large scale. Next
to Canadian Pacific, which was of for
eign origin, the Guggeinheira properties.
Mexican petroleum, coppers and allied
Stocks registered the largest losses.
Stocks became increasingly feverish
toward the end of the first 'hour. By
this time more than 200.000 shares had
changed hands. Prices fell away again
tinder the weight of liquidation and in
numerous instances the lower prices of
several years were scored. Many stop
loss orders were uncovered in the course
of the second decline and in some cases
stocks were unloaded because of im
paired margins. Losses of two to three
points were fairly general. In the case
of Mexican petroleum the decline ex
tended to practically five points.
HOUSE PASSES VOLUNTEER BILL.
Situation in the Republican Calmly Con-
sidered in Many Aspects.
It is with profound regret and a sink
ing of heart that every thinking citizen
of mature years contemplates the spec
tacle of the United States at war. This
feeling is evidenced by many readers of
this newspaper and is verified wherever
men talk together. There will be temp
tation for some to despair of the ulti
mate triumph of the cause of peace
but this need not be. Poignant present
regret is natural, but the cycles of God's
good are long ones. Those of us who
had direct knowledge of the dark years
of the Civil war, and the later-born who
saw the conflict with Kpain from its be
ginning to the conclusion of it, are with
out enthusiasm for armed conflict. War
is not a light adventure, but a deep trag
edy, and in its trail follow multitudes
of evils affecting powerfully and unfa
vorably the business of the people and
the well being of their government.
It is by direct experience that genera
tions of men gain, each one for itself,
knowledge of war. Illustrative of the
taught and the untaught was the stu
dent demonstration at Yale the other
States, so powerful by comparison, aims
only to Jielp as best it may the people
of Mexico toward stable conditions and
a jfovernment worthy of respect.
The conditions in the midst of which
stability is sought are at no point com
parable with those in the United States.
Much of Mexico lingers in the twilight
ot customs and conceptions become ar
ehaic. There can only be approximation
to a government like ours where there
is no middle class to command and sup
port it. It was not for us to recognize
a government reared upon the murder
of a progressive; president, lhe choice of
the people, any more than it is our prov
ince to settle with an iron hand what
the people of another country ought to
have. 'Our thdught must be to interfere
as little as may be. There is a limit to
Cncle ham s duty as continental police
man, else our broils become continuous
and intolerable. We want no crop of
hatreds. Our people demand respect for
the Hag when those who Berve it are
about their business, but they have not
clamored for intervention. Those who
act for us must keep, in the midst of
conditions very complicate and trouble
some, the vision of brotherhood and not
of mastership. '
A quarter of a century and more ago
the world had small practical interest in
Mexico compared with to-day. Now the
great nations, invited by the ruling pow
ers in that country, have acquired enor
mous property interests there. These
were built up at the risk of their pro
moters, no doubt, but they are not negli
gible in the family of nations. Whether
wisely or unwisely joined at this junc
ture, we have our part to play and to
the best performance of that part, so
that it shall be most helpful to every
honest popular interest, all charged with
responsibility for our course must ad
dress themselves. There can be no doubt
that there is throughout Mexico a grow
ing desire for settled conditions. On
that rests the hope for the future. By
what road, and through what instrumen
talities such conditions can be achieved
is the problem of the terribly vexed sit
uation in that passionate country. Per
haps light is coming, and the existing
crisis may be the dawn of it.
But this much is sure the sooner the
United States can give undivided atten
tion to the settlement of its own press
ing problems, the better for this coun
try. We have troubles enough of our
own .and our chief concern must be to
keep our slowly won reforms. War in
vites relaxation of popular vigilance,
something we have suffered from before,
and should not again. At that point
war is to be feared. Above the fate of
men and of parties is the destiny of this
nation. Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
L W. W. ATTACK SALVATION ARMY.
Latter Displeases Former by Making Too
Much Noise in Seattle, Wash.
Seattle. Wash.. April 25. Several In
dustrial Workers of the World street
speakers and their followers objecting
to the noise made by a Salvation Army
band, which was playing in the street
Thursday night, attacked the Salvation
ists, who retreated to their barracks,
where police reserves were summoned
to protect the religious workers, many
of whom were women.
Detectives near the scene when the
trouble started held the attacking party
at bay with drawn revolvers until the
serves arrived from police headquarters.
BRIEF STRIKE IN FALL RIVER.
TROOPS TO
STRIKE ZONE
March Upon Strikers in the
Troubled Mine Districts
in Colorado
TOWN OF AGUILAR
IS DEPOPULATED
Refugees Seeking Safety
Crowd Train Water
Supply Cut Off
Speeder Tenders at Pocasset Mill Go
Out.
Fall River, April 25. The speeder
tenders of the Pocasset mill struck yes
terday, claiming that they had received
a cut in wages. Following a conference
between the help and the mill officials,
the latter agreed to make amends for
the shortaee and the strike was declared
night, and very impressive was the talk off. all hands returning to work in the
of ex-President Taft to the band of . afternoon.
i , j ii .
marcning dovs. vtamerea mere were me
Men
President Authoriied to Call for
When Necessary.
Washington, April 25. Authorization
for a volunteer army to be raised in
time of war or threatened danger, is
contained in a bill agreed to in the House b no gluidow of doubt that tha United
uninitiated and the man who had had
his initiation the ardor of youth on
the one side, sober experience on the oth
er. "If war should come," said Profes
sor Taft, "it will not be a trail of glory
it will be a trail of woe." There nev
er was truer depiction. We who nave
seen woes burned into the national life
throughout its wide reach can testify
out of knowledge. Take the glamor off
of history and the residuum of war is
dismally eloquent of woe. The losses
in blood, in treasure, in human Buffer
ing testify; so do the indirect evils that
wars fasten on the body politic, and no
less the pension rolls that speak the
gratitude of the nation toward those
who fight for us, but as well irrevocably
fasten upon the public treasury a bur
den that never reaches maturity and dis
charge. Wars are never paid for; gen
eration after generation pays in turn,
and the legacy of debt goes on.
No honest student of public opinion
can reach the conclusion that the Amer
ican people desired or desire war with
Mexico. It is distinctly otherwise. No
public man speaks the public mind when
he implies that we have cast envious
eyes upon Mexican territory. No po
litical leader worthy the name imagines
party advantage to lie in the promotion
or prosecution of a campaign against the
people of the neighboring country. Their
good, and not their hurt, is the desire
of the people of the United States, and
even the hotheads should bear this in
mind and keep it at the front. It is a
fact to be remembered as we contem
plate the death of Daniel A. Haggerty
of t ambrmge.iCorporal of marines, the
Massachusetts man whose name went on
fame's roll at Vera Cruz, booked for re
membrance as long as the Btory of this
conflict of April, 1014, shall be read. We
are all asking how many more names
of regulars, mayhap of volunteers, are
to be added to the six first killed. The
grim record has been inaugurated, more's
the pity.
It must lie the watchful concern of
the president and of Congress of all in
authority to see that the outcome of
woe in lives and governmental demoral
ization is circumscribed as narrowly as
possible. Let no one doubt that this is
the sober desire of the American peo
ple. The navy snd the army of the
United States will obey orders to the
limit they will do what is demanded of
them. The people pray that every move
may be conceived wisely, and prove to
be contributive, in the hands of Provi
dence, to the establishment of settled
conditions in Mexico. By tradition and
purpose we are the friends of genuine
democracy, and when that is a compli
cated matter, as it must be in Latin
American countries, we shall have to do
the best we can in any given case. Ex
pediency has its uses. We must be Uie
friend, not the dictator. Beneath the
Mexican disorders that exhibit so much
primitive passion . is the stirring and
groping of that republican spirit which
is manifesting itself the world over, wrth
no country in the world free from the
yeasting in one form or another. Across
our southern border there are excesses
and the grossest abuses upon the side of
aristocracy and of democracy. It is not
and will not be easy to line up the thing
most desirable for us to do at any given
moment, but of one thing there should
SPORTING NOTES.
Dartmouth evened up its series (with
Colby college on Thursday, winning by
the score of 10 to 2. The first game
was won by Colby 5 to 3 the day pre
vious. Pie Way, the former Norwich univer
sity pitcher, is a member of the Yale
baseball squad. While he has not yet
taken part in regular games he is gen
erally expected to before the season
closes.
The navy defeated Harvard in lacrosse
at Annapolis this week by the score of
11 to 4. Harvard suffered most by its
weak attack. The scoring ended in the
first half, 6 to 3 in favor of the navy.
In Baltimore the Federal league seems
to have the upper hand on the Interna
tional league, insofar as attendance is
concerned. But 200 pepole saw the
Orioles play the Buffalo team Thursday.
Cincinnati wanted to turn Outfielder
Kippert over to Montreal, but he balked.
He will be sent to Indianapolis,
Sam Crawford says that Kavanaugh,
one of the Tigers' inflelders, has the
stuff and will show them before the sea
son is closed.
Douglass, one of Cincinnati's new
pitchers, is described as a Walter John
son and a Walsh all in one. He hails
from Georgia. His speed is said to be
blinding and his curves baffling.
Earl Gardner, the former' Highlander
second baseman, is batting very effec
tively for the Cleveland club of the
American association.
Fred Applcgate, the old Eastern league
pitcher, has been selected as an umpire
in the Tri-State league.
Olson and O'Neil of the Cleveland club
deny the rumor that they are to jump
to the Federal league.
Manager John McGraw of the Giants
has released Pitcher Prieste, who was
taken on the southern training trip.
Prieste will go to the Toronto club.
An injunction restraining Pitcher
George H. Johnson, formerly of the Cin
cinnati team, from playing with the
Kansas City club of the Federal league
club was issued at Chieago by Superior
Judge Foell. The Kansas City club was
also restrained from interfering with
men now under contract with the Cin
cinnati club. The petition set forth
that Johnson, although under contract
with the Cincinnati club, had signed a
contract to play with the Kansas City
Feds. The court was informed that the
losing of the services of Johnson would
be a material damage to the Cincinnati
club. The issuance of the second re
straining order was asked on the grounds
that the Kansas City club had threatened
to obtain other players now under con
tract. Deputy sheriffs were later sent
to the Federal league park and served
Johnson and the oflicials of the Kansas
City club with the injunctions. Before
their arrival Johnson had begun to pitch
in the initial game between his club and
the Chicago Federals.
Trinidad, Colo., April 25. State
troops, under the command of Adjutant
General Chaz, last night, advanced
toward Ludlow, after occupying Lynn
and Aguilar, without resistance by the
strikers.
At Aguilar the militiamen released
the company men who had been Impris
oned in the mines since Wednesday. AH
are said to be alive and unharmed.
The special tram bearing state troops
into the strike zone yesterday morning
moved slowly southward from Walsen
burg in the direction of the hills near
Muiison and Kucrby, where an armed
force, estimated at one thousand, is be
lieved to be assembled. Later it was
reported that the train had halted near
Slunson and the militiamen were de
training. Ihe entire force will be kept
together for the pieent. General John
Chase said on leaving WalseBburg.
While the fighting was raging at the
mines about Aguilaar, doling the last
five days no disturbance occurred in the
town. The strikers of the Aguilar dis
trict are believed to have moved north
in the directiou of Rugby, where another
large body is stationed in the hills. A
series of signal shots in the hills shortly
after four o'clock indicated that the
armed men have taken up 'a position
over an area extending from Munson
south to Kugby station, a distance of
more than five .miles.
Aguillar, normally a thriving mining
and agricultural town of 2,000 popula
tion, is almost depopulated. Terrorized
by the events of the last four davs dur
ing which the strikers colony at Ludlow
was destroyed and the mining camps of
Lmpirc, houthwestern, Bordhead and
Royal were wrecked or burned, the cit
izen have lied in all directions. A train
which reached Trinidad last night was
crowded with refugees from the center
of the disturbed district. The town's
water supply is cut off by the destruc
tion of the pumping plant, which also
supplied the amps at Hastings, LVIagua
and Berwind. Similar conditions exist
in probably a dozen mining camps in
Huerafano and Las Animas counties
yesterday. ,
After the announcement lliat'all the
women and children entombed in the
wrecked slope of the Empire mine had
been taken out in
HOTEL
VOTING
STILL
Continued from first page.
ON
out in safety, came news
that the Southwestern mine buildings! solid session in the public schools ap
central committee of the Socialist party
asking that only local union labor be
employed in the construction work on
the proposed structure. Henry Dale
moved that exemption be granted pro
viding the hotel be built only by union
labor. Because it was a motion and not
a resolution, Mr. Dale's contribution was
considered in preference to that of Mr.
Callaghan. whereupon, the latter
framed a motion to the effect, saying
he demanded union labor on the hotel
whether it were built or not. There
was a subdued ripple of laughter as Mr.
Callaghan created this paradox.
Oue of the men who spoke vigorously
for, the exemption was City Clerk Mac
kay, who gave many reasons for the ac
tion. George W. Mann offered to build
22 tenements the coming year if the ex
emption privilege were extended him.
To Mr. Dale's motion, W. H. Messer
offered an amendment which would stip
ulate that local union labor be used in
the building, and Gilbert Phillips wished
to amend tha amendment by stipulat
ing that the hotel be built with union
labor and with local labor insofar as
possible.
As opposed to the proposed amend
ments, E. W. Bisbee and H. A. Phelps
thought the incorporators should not be
hampered by any restrictions. They ar
gued that the men behind the move
ment are, in nearly every instance, em
ployers of union labor, that they would
hardly see fit to employ non-union labor
under any circumstances and that in the
event or the non-union man being em
ployed on the job without the knowledge
of the incorporators, his very presence
might nullify the exemption. It was
pointed out that the oversight of a fore
man, or the employment of a non-union
carpenter on the job for less than an
hour might be sufficient reason in the
eyes of the law to withhold exemption.
Both desired to see the exemption meas
ure go through unhampered.
v hen put to a vote, the article in
the warning was amended by the "rider'
that union labor be employed and local
labor when it was possible.
- Speaking for the incorporators, F. E,
Langley said he did not see how the ho
tel company could accept exemption un
der such a stipulation, much as they
might wish to have only union labor em
ployed, as the breaking of the stipula
tion by some mistake would nullify the
action or the voters.
Among others who spoke at this iunc
ture were Henry H. Jackson, City At
torney E. L. Scott. Frank Caslani, John
McDonald and ex-Mavor Harvey Uersev
Shortly afterwards the contenders for
the union labor clause showed a desire
to co-operate in what they evidently be
lieved to be for the good of the city and
mortified their stand. One of the ineor
porators explained at this juncture that
the men back of the project were in
favor of employing union labor in the
work.
There was considerable more talk and
then the motion to attach the "rider" to
the exemption question was rescinde d by
an overwhelming vote, and then A. A.
Sargent moved that the proposed new
hotel be granted exemption for a period
of live years, beginning in 1915. It was
seconded by several. Printed ballots
which had been distributed at the en
trances, were instantly in evidence and
with the appointment of tellers, the vot
ing began.
"Solid Sessions" Retained.
On the fifth article, a champion for
Wherever there Is Pain
apply an
PLASTER
The World's Greatest Internal Ramadr. -
had been razed and twenty more miners,
their wives and children, and a number
of guards had fled into the mine en
trance to escape a hail of lead. Twenty
nine persons are known to have been
killed since Monday in the Ludlow bat
tle, four employees of the Victor Ameri
can Fuel company are known to have
been killed Wednesday at Delagua and
the bodies of four strikers killed during
the fighting in and about Aguillar, are
lying in the morgue of that place.
Strikers cleaned sway the wreckage at
the mouth of the Empire mine, which
was closed by explosions of dynamite
and after a parley with the entombed
prisoners, conducted three women, two
children snd Superintendent William
Waddell to a place of safety. J. W.
Siple, president of the company, whose
proerties have been almost completely
destroyed during the outbreak and who
with twenty of his men had been in the
mine since Wednesday, refused to surrender.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterday's Games
At Boston Brooklyn 8, Boston
1. Batteries Atchison and Fisch
er: Perdue and Gowdy.
At New York Philadelphia 8,
New York 2, Batteries Marshall
snd Killifer; Fromme, Marquard,
Wiltz, McLean snd Johnson. '
At Chicago Chicago 2, Cincin
nati I.. Batteries Humphries,
Cheney and Archer; Ames and
Clarke.
At Pittsburg St. Louis 8,
Pittsburg 1. Batteries Perritt
and Snyder; Harmon, Kantlehner,
Cozelman, Gibson and Grenegan.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS
Won Lost Pet.
Pittsburg 7 2 .778
Philadelphia ' 2 .714
Brooklyn 4 2 ,07
Chieago 4 4 MOO
St. Louis 4 5 .444
New York 2 4 .333
Boston 2 5 .2HB
Cincinnati 2 6 .250
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Yesterday's Games
At Washington Boston 5,
Washington 3. Batteries Collins
and Carrigan; Engle, Ayres, Shaw
and Henry.
At Philadelphia Philadelphia 7,
New York 8 (12 innings). Bat
teries Wyckoff, Bresner, Schang
and Lapp; Keating, Warhop and
Sweeney.
At St. Louis St. Louis 6, De
troit 5 (12 innings). Batteries ,
James, Crossin and Sheridan; Du
buc, Hall and Stanage.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS
Won Lost Pet.
Chicago 7 2 .778
Detroit 8 3 .607
New York 4 3 .577
Washington 4 4 .51 Ml
Boston 4 4 . MK)
St. Louis 4 5 .444
Philadelphia 3 4 .429
Cleveland i 8 .111
peered in the person of James T. Kene-
fick. He argued for the boys who work
each afternoon in order that they may
pursue a high school course. On the
ground that solid sessions are bad for
growing boys and girls and injurious
to health. Mr. Hersey opposed the mo
tion and favored the substitution of dou
ble sessions. A. B. Coffin concurred in
Mr. Hersey's opinion, and Rev. W. J. M.
Beattie supported the motion. On the
yeas and nays the motion prevailed.
Addition to Spaulding School Voted.
The case for the school commissioners
on the proposed Spaulding school annex
was presented by H. G. Woodruff. Mr.
Woodruff argued that the school enroll
ment is constantly growing and that
sanitary as well as physical require
ments call for improved facilities. To
the ? 22 ,000 authorized for the annex
last year and the $2.B00 realized from
the sale of the Beckley street school
house, he asked that $43,000 be added
at the meeting. Dr. John H. Woodruff
read a letter from the sanitary engineer
of the state board of health in which
the Church street school is criticised as
well as the Spaulding school's ventila
tion and heating systems. Among those
who opposed the extension were George
W. Mann and A. S. Martin. Others who
spoke were W. H. Messer, J. T. Kenefick,
C. A. Heath, John R. Tierney, D. J.
Sullivan, and Rev. J. W. Barnett. -Someone
asked if the second floor of the an
nex were to be used for a dance hall,
as had been reported. Another men
tioned the words church or chapel in
connection with the second floor. Some
one else inquired about gymnasium ac
commodations. Mr. Kenefick : moved
that the desired amount be authorized
and his motion was twice seconded. .A
vote was taken by the counting of hands.
There were 10.") for the authorization and
10 opposed. The real test came on the
sixth article "to see if the city would is
sue notes or bonds for the sum required to
complete the addition." By law, a writ
ten ballot was necessary and the out
come found 129 voters favoring, 20 op
posed and one scattering.
H. G. Woodruff offered a resolution
authorizing the city council to issue
coupon bonds not to exceed $43,000, the
length of term or terms and the rate ot
interest to be determined by the council ;
also to issue temporary loan notes in
anticipation of the bond issue. His mo
tion was submitted to the chair and aft
erwards carried, almost unanimously.
The question of continuing the evening
drawing school was quickly decided. On
the ninth article John H. Bishop moved
that the drawing school be continued for
another year. It was carried unani
mously. 'H. G. Woodruff's motion au
thorizing a tax of one cent on each dol
lar of the grand list for the maintenance
of the school was also carried and the
meeting disbanded without adjournment,
the ballot box on hotel exemption still
being open.
Don't Get Caught
Napping
When the hot weather begins, it
usually comes in a rush.
You'll want a supply of summer un-
derwear, and you'll want it at once.
Better look over your "hold-overs"
from last summer and see how much
you need to take you through to
cold weather again. v
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UNDERWEAR
is a universal favorite, and there
are other good makes to suit the
taste of all.
Get ready for warm weather by
paying us a visit.
Moore & Owens
BARRE'S LEADING CLOTHIERS
Barre, Vt.
AMUSEMENT NOTES.
DiGabbi, Soprano, to Sing "La Traviata"
With Noted Grand Opera Stars.
Mme. Maria DiGabbi is the brilliant
dramatic prima donna soprano with the
grand opera singers from the Boston
r-
MME. MARIA DiGABBI
Prima Donna Soprano. Boston Opera Stars,
Opera House, juona&y, Apro i
ojwra house and other great opera hous
es of the world, who will appear at the
opera house Monday evening, April 27.
She is one of the greatest of the young
est prima donnas. But twenty-six years
of age, Bhe has sung at most of the lead
ing opera houses in Europe, and was
especially selected by the great com
poser, Puccini, to sing the roles in his
operas "La Boheme" and Madame But
terfly" in Australia. She was then the
joint star with M. Giovanni Gatti, the
great tenor of the Australian opera com
pany, who will also be heard with her
in this city.
Mme DiGabbi, like most Italian prima
lonnas, has an imense repertoire. It
was at the famous La Scala opera house
in Milan that she scored her greatest
successes. At an honor night to her
at this opera house she sung Marguerite
in "Paust," a role in which she has al
ways been triumphant. But her most
pleasing rile is "Traviata," the one she
will Bing here.
On the tour of these grand opera sing
ers last season through New England
Mine DiGabbi showed her versatility by
appearing in the following contrasting
roles: Marguerite in "Faust," Santuzza
in "Cavallcria Rusticana," Nedda in "I
Pagliacci," Violetta in "Traviata," and
the title role of "Martha." Only a per
son familiar with the requisites of these
varied roles can fully appreciate tlie stu
pendous task a soprano undertakes in
essaying to sing them all on one tour.
"Cavalleria Rusticana" is very heavily
dramatic while Traviata is lyric almost
to the point of coloratura, and the same
comparison might be extended to the'
others.
With Mme. DiGabbi there will appear
without doubt the finest aggregation of
grand opera artists ever heard here, in
cluding Evelyn Parnell, Ernestine Gau
thier, Giovanni Gatti, Nikola Oulukonoff,
Luigi Maniero, Kdgar Littleton, etc.
There will also be a small ballet of solo
dancers from the Boston opera house
who will give the famous "Dance of the
Hours" from Gioconda.". Adv.
FIRE BURNS OVER SQUARE MILE.
Farm Buildings, Saw Mill and Lumber
Destroyed.
Yarmouth, Me., April 25. Forest
fires, which have spread over a square
mile, burned a farmhouse, outbuildings.
sawmill and several thousand feet of
standing timber last night.
KILLED HIMSELF FOR LOVE.
Lad of 15 Takes Own Life Following
That of Sweetheart, 17.
Providence, R. L, April 25. Edwin W.
Stillwell, aged 15, killed himself last
night at the altar of the Calvary Bap
tist church. His death followed that of
Miriam Frances Gleason, aged 17, who
srot and killed herself at her parents'
home Wednesday night.
The young couple were in love accord
ing to a letter left by. StUlwelL
SELECT THE FEED WITH CARE
You cannot be too careful in the choice of
feed for growing chicks. They must be
kept healthy and growing continuously
to develop into good layers.
WIRTIIMORE CHICK FEED
is a complete ration for chicks up to ten days old
WIRTHMORB GROWING FEED
is fed along with Chick Feed up to five or six weeks old
WIRTHMORE INTERMEDIATE CHICK FEED
is fed with Growing Feed to make a complete ration
tor chicks six weeks old or over
ST. ALBAHS CRAW CO., ST. AlBAKS, VT.
CHAS. H. COX CO., BOSTON, MASS.
iA, fcvU s.ui1
R. L. CLARK, Barre, Vt.
Take Time by the Forelock
Get your spring decorating done before the rush. I have a
large stock of
New Spring Wall Papers
from which to make selection, and first-class workmen to
hang them. All orders given prompt attention.
A. V. Beckley
Tel. 31-11 Over Drown's Drug Store, 46 Main St.