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DAI LY
TIMES
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BARRE
VOL. XXV. NO. 12.
WA PFJjnUSF. FXPTsOSTON
INJURED SE VERAL SCORE
puilding on the South Side
I f Chicago Was Wrecked
! in Great Catastrophe
j City Firemen and Police
; men Were Called to the
! Scene to Aid in Relief
THEY COULD
' SEE BODIES IN
THE RUINS
Effects of the Explosion
Were Felt Over a Wide
; Section of the City
Crashing Glass in a
Large Department Store
Caused a Panic Among
People in the Store
Chicago, March :!. An explosion
which wrecked a warehouse building on
he southwest hide to-day caused tenJ
deaths and injuries to several score, ac
cording to first reports received by the
coroner's oilier. City police and fire
men said they could see lwdies in the
ruins of the building.
Half an hour after the explosion
Hire;' bodies were taken from the ruins
nnd four persons, "badly injured, were
cent la the county hospital. A doen
..thar were treated at a neighboring
drug store.
KtTeets of the explosion were felt
Mocks away. A large department store
at 12th and Halstead streets was the
prone of a panic when the concussion
nhattercd plate-glass windows and
Mart led clerks and shoppers.
The neighborhood confusion ham
pered the police and firemen until the
Jire linos'were established.
Of the building where the bins orig
inated there was left only a pile of
broken timbers mid piaster.
Later two more bodies were' taken
from the ruins bringing the known
drntli list to five.
The police were informed that the
warehouse contained a wholesale grot-cry
stock. including considerable
tarch and flour.
Shirley K. High, fire attorney, started
an immediate investigation. Tha't the
rxp!osion wits caused by gas or a bomb
"were the early theories of the police.
The first victim to be identified was
SI i
k; Tnpinskie. :12 vears old. a truck
timer. His body, mangled and crushed,
was found in a building on l"th street
near Halstead street. The building was
almost turned upside down, according
to it iies-cs.
Samuel Ilclman. wli is proprietor of
A paint s!iop near the warehouse, and
-who was injured by flying (,'lass, said
that a moment In lore the Mast a man
ran into In -.hop and asked how he
iconld reach the plant of the .loocpli
'AVril paint house, which is near the
Im ene.
"He seemed terribly excited," said
"Heiman. "I don't know who he is but
1e may have l-en trying to find a place
'to throw a bomb.
"All T could see was a flash of
flame and then I heard a roar. I was
knocked off my feet ami when I got
up my head ami face were bleeding."
BETHEL
' Jovph 0. Crossman, Aged 73, Died Sun
day of Apoplexy.
.losrj h O. t rossman. aged years,
f -m 1 var a re-.ideitt. died Sunday at
'the home of Mis Frances Pember.
'wheie lie lived, after three weeks' ill
ness with apoplexy. Much of the time
be wa unconscious. barles W. Wilson
a-sistcd in hi care during the whole of
bis lst illness. Mr. rcm;in was born
in Pit'.sfichl and lived thcie until com
ing to A. .1. P -miser's 22 ers ag. to
it in the farm wotk. The functal
xra hi Id to-d.iy at 1 n'r'n- k p. m.. Rev.
.T. Wesley Miller f)i. iating and the
norial w ill he in the Pi mber lot at
K.tndoiph I enter to im rrow.
Harold White has returned to his
home in Barnard, after completing a
iiinrse at the M-a-htieM Agri.-ultur-a!
-olia provided by the government
Mr. and Mrv I liiitoii Berry and fam
i'v of Northtield were gue- of Mr. and
r. R.lx-tt liifpin from Saturday to!
V'r "fay.
Mn Wil' am ngM and Mi-s Sarah
Cnin 'f I a-t Bethel railed on Mrs
iri at M T. Merrill yesterday. Mrs.
M.rrdl. who bd l"n ill since NrW
,"s, a al.ie !i 1 dre-ed and sit
,ri for the rtr-t time l.a-ir Sunday.
Mr. IMIv Mhn and her son. An
h - . ' at their h-me in l.at Ran
j. rh lor J l.
dix v Buttles rame ye.t, rday from
' ' ii'Z b '-ter. Mrs. Kidetm Kinr.
i- P.oit '! Mr Kins lm)y mmH
f . m lUn.l" j h i l;.it.r !
f H Ni;tr-.U" tan e.u-r.iny
t i . - . .a' i- 'i f I is !.' k whirh
Jn. t " Si-:!.Jjv mt-ht K. I:.
Ifi'a t ! '; t e it the ttie
irii' - - n a- risf are mad,
s-, ,.;.) !! Tund me '-t k :t,z
fj..TK . . . V X . H r b ha
jr ?i.d a r. and w i-t
tl ; iu ti. f.-h r..irkt.
CROPS ARE HARD HIT
IN MANY SECTIONS
Cold Wave Invaded South Kentucky
Fruit Crop Apparently Killed
Massachusetts Peaches
All Right.
Washington, I). C, March 2!. The
cold wave which broke into an unusual
ly warm spring last night continued to
day over the eastern states, but was
giving way to normal temperatures in
the middle west fHiid the weather bu
reau predicted dissipation of the cold
spell by to-morrow night, except in
Florida.
Freezing temperatures were reported
early to-day a far south as western
North Carolina, northern Georgia, noth
en Alabama,-northern Mississippi and
northern Texas. Frosts occurred this
morning in central Alabama, central
Mississippi, northern Ixmisiana and
central Texas. The entire east at the
same time shivered with temperatures
below freezing.
Louisville, Ky March 2!. The fruit
crop in Kentucky was unable to with
stand the severe freezing weather of
last night and apparently was killed,
according to the weather bureau and
reports from orehardists. Twenty-five
above zero was registered this morn
ing. Harrisburg, Pa., March 2H. Ktrrly
varieties of peaches, cherries and plums
have probably been killed by the severe
temperature drop in southwestern
Pennsylvania, officials of the state bu
reau of plant industries said to-day
after receiving reports from a dozen
counties.
Springfield, Mass., March 20. -That
the peach crop in this part of the Con
necticut valley will not suffer mate
rially as the result of a drop of rid
degrees in temperature between yester
day afternoon and this morning was
the belief of growers who said that the
buds had not advanced enough to take
serious harm. The minimum tempera
ture here was 1(1 degrees.
Baltimore, March 2!.-- Black frost
spread over the state last nighf bring
ing death to blossoms and buds on
fruit trees, thousands of which were in
full bloom. In the opinion of experts
the damage will amount to thousands
of dollars.
Columbus. (., March 20. Ohio
streams which yesterday were bank
full and threatening to overflow were
receding to-day. No more rain, fell
during the night and the freezing
weather aided in removing the danger
of flood.
The cold weather seriously damaged
the fruit crop in the southern part of
the state where the fruit was far ad
vanced. Fruitgrowers in northern Ohio
report practically no damage.
Oklahoma, City, March 20. Ninety
five per cent of the fruit crop in Okla
homa is ruined and the remaining is
seriously damaged as a result of a
heavy frost, which covered most of the
' to last night, according to J. A
Whitehiirst. president of the Mate
lioard of agriculture.
ROSENBLUTH RELEASED
v ON $23,000 BOND
Former Army Captain Agreed to Re
turn to Seattle to Face Charge
of Having Caused Murder
of Maj&r Alexander
Cronkhite.
New York. March 20 Robert Rosen
bluth, former I'nited St;te army cap
tain, charged with having caused the
murder of Mijor Alexander Cronkhite
at Camp lewis. Washington, on Oct. 2.1,
PUS, was released to-day by Federal
Judge John C. Knos. on a"$2."i,IK0 Ixipd.
lie agreed to return to Seattle to an
swer the charge pending against him
there in the I'nited Mates district
court.
EX-EMPEROR CHA RLES
REVISITS OLD SCENES
Wai in Vienna Sunday and on Viiiting
Budapest Was Asked to
Leave.
Vienna. March 20 (By the. Associ
ated Pressi.--Former KinH-ir Charles
of Aiistro-Jlutigary was in Vienna on
Sunday and met a group of monarch
ists here, according lo information to
day from most reliable quarter. The
ex emperor, it i stated, went from
here to P.iilapc-1 but left that city
within a few bour at the reuuet of
the Hungarian government.
NO ESTIMATE OF LOSS
Sustained When Four Robbers Stole
Two Sacks of Mail.
I hi. ijn. Mr-i 2?. Four men held
up Robert Burnett, driver f a gov
ernm nt mail truck-. inthe 'aithwe-t
quarter of the i-ity early to day. took
t.i sk of mail and drove off wnh
Burnett in their automobile. He was
released a b-iig tHstam-e from the -eiM
1 Ihe robtrrv.
IWlal official aid the mail was not
registered. 1 hey eouid give no e.-timate
j nt the os.
Tt audience at the new theatre
were given a mu-Kal treat la-t ee
n eg bv l.vmsu Howe, fianist. h't
' r-niier,-d two b-i t ions, Pa.ierew k.i" '
j y,,RkteX t horn's Minute WaUr. in
j, raPI)rr b'tirg the !- music ha'!
j art i-!. Mr. H"e ha a'r-a.!y jirovedj
j l.ims. If be a ry aj soW mu-,--.aii j
la-'srd last finuf work hroucbt forth
u aty eoaiaamdatorr t' mark.
FIFTEEN DEAD
IN ESSEN RIOT
And Forty Wounded in Big
Crash With Security
Police
GENERAL STRIKE
FAILS THUS FAR
''Exceptional Status" Has
Been Set Up in Other
Areas of Germany
K.ssen, Germany, March 20 (By -the
Associated Pressl. - Fifteen rioters
were killed to day and 40 wounded in
a clash with the security police here.
The attempt to bring on a general
strike in this region has so far failed.
An "exceptional status" has been
proclaimed for IXirtmund, Bochum, Gel
senkirehen and other points in Rhenish
Prussia.
The "exceptional status'' presumably
i similar to "the "non-military state
of siege," which has been put into
force in parts of central Germany af
fected by the' communist disorders.
With the exception of the minor out
break in the American bridgehead re
gion yesterday, which was promptly
and effectively dealt with by American
military police, the K.ssen disorders are
the first to be recorded in the Rhino
area since the outbreak of the com
munist rising in Prussian Saxony.
Berlin dispatches last night, indicate
ed some anxiety in governmental cir
cles over the development of possible
disturbances in the capital to-day, an
attempt by the extremists to tie up the
big industrial and other plants in a
general strike being forecast. The Wil
helmstrasse was ordered closed to
traffic and all the approaches to the
foreign office and other government
buildings were barricaded with barbed
wire entanglements and guarded by
troops.
Last report from Central Germany
were. hafc-b- ittcm had not mate
rially changed, the principal trouble
being sporadic outbreaks at points tem
porarily held by rioting bands.
BETTER TREATMENT ,
FOR W AR'S DISABLED
Proposed by Harding's Appointment of
Committee to Investigate
Conditions.
Washington. D. (. March 2!l. A
committee of eleven, headed by
Charles C. l)avc of Chicago, who
served as a brigadier general with the
American expeditionary forces, was
appointed by President Harding to-day
to conduct an imjuiry into the ad
ministration of the war risk bureau,
board for vocational training and' care
and treatment of wounded or impaired
service men generally.
Although detailed plans have not
been formulated for the investigation,
the president's ideas as to the trend
it should take were communicated to
Mr." Dawes and three other former
service men at a White House dinner
Sunday.
The committee will meet April 5 to
organize.
In addition to Mr. Dawes the mem
hern are Franklin W. Galbraith. jr.,
national commander of the American
Legion; Thomas W. Miller of Dela
ware, alien property custodian; Thcoo
dore Roosevelt, assistant secretary of
the navy; Mre. Douglas Robinson of
New York, a sister of former Presi
dent Roosevelt; John I Lewis of In
dianapolis, president of the I'nited
Mine Workers of America; Franklin
D'Olier of Philadelphia, former nation
al commander of the Amencan tgion;
Mrs. Henry Reid of Pittsburgh; Mil
ton J. Goreman of Chicago: Henry S.
Berry of Henderson ill. Tenn.. -td
T. V. O'Connor of Buffalo, heaj of the
Longshoremen' union.
In announcing selection of the com
mittee. White House nffieiuls issued
a brief statement, which said:
"The president thinks the inquiry
will clear the situation, enable (nn
gress and the administration to fix
upon a policy which look far into the
future and reveal a way to correct in
adequate hospital erioe."
CHICKENS IN THE BASEMENT.
And Other Unsatisfactory Conditions
in Brittkboro Apartment.
I!rattlelrn. March 20 As a result
of an investigation of some building
in town by feputy Fire Marshal A. .
Preble a letter h just been sent by
Fire Marshal Joseph J. Brown t the
owner of one of the beM apartment
houses in Rrattlolro isl'ing atten-
tion to an unusual rendition. Mr
Brown ay be is informed by ev eral ) morning Ha it delicht and it entwe
ooupant. of the buildin? that th jsni- n-,ent. the non has rts triumph and
lor ha been keeping (huksni i the ! t isfacl i..n. but there are a charm
basement lhi winter, which be savsjand a tranquility and a spiritual tip-
hoiiM nt l.e allowed f, about th clow ,f tl, dav lhat be
He also call attention to the sit iia - j ft neither"
tion in th hi mrnt in other re-ssts
a. bearing up.n the fi- b.'aa-d. and j
ay "It is in a m t (fr-adful ,tj I .ILK Ut lilt HtU ,
d tion at the bst. -te pr.j
b--, barrels and other rublrt-h-a ' Mr. ". H Kfr.w nf ( liureb s.trs
wirter' supply ar p-l-d li.r. a ,Vs j-inr t . Jr.v.fi.l.nry to !.:( hrt
C'll-rj to the marh !. in tfikir iti j da ..r'.ter. Mr. VV. J ',:t.
trust i i, gl j -tiw on the)
cil'sifie. and it is desiiwi that ?Vi 1 j
removed al onr, t, av,.il an isKT-a-
in the insurance ia'.
BARRE, ' VERMONT, TUESDAV, MARCH '29,
I J. BURROUGHS
DIED ON TRAIN
Famous Naturalist Was
Returning Home When
Stricken
WAS IN 84TH YEAR
AND HAD BEEN ILL
Burroughs Had Written
Score of Books on Na
ture 'Subjects
New York, March 20. John Bur
roughs, famous injturalmt, died at 2
o'clock this morning on -a New York
Central train at Kingsville, O.
Word of liis death was received here
bv New York Central officials. He was
returning east after spending the win
ter in Pasadena, Cal., where he had
been ill with afflict ions incident to his
age. He wa in his 84th year.
Mr. Burroughs was on ihe way to his
home iu Went Park, Ulster county,
New York.
John Burroughs was the venerable
dean of nature-writers in the I'nited
States. Through a score of books he
shared with countless reader his life
long intimacy with birds, bees, flower
and the whole out-of-doors. His highly
developed powers of observation and
the charm of his interpretations were
the marvel of his critics.
His flowing white Ward, his kindly
mien, his whole habit of life and hia
literary style were rather reminiscent
of that famous New England school of
essayists a generation or two before
him. His earliest writing, on "Expres
sion." was at one time widely mistaken
for the work of Emerson, a close read
er of whom Burroughs had lieen from
youth. His later worls on nature sug
gested something of Thnreau, but, as
critics said. Burroughs was the more
sociable writer.
He learned to love nature when he
drove cows at his birth place farm,
Roxbury, among the I'atskiUs in -New
York state, but anything like a literary
composition was a hugliear to him a
a youth. The story is told of how, when
he was 14, in common with the mem
bers of his class at school, he was re
quired to write 12 lines of original com
position. He copfed something out of a
cofnie almanac. His theft was detected.
Again in denperatiou upon bia second
trial he paid Jay Gould, his clawi mate,
60 cent for a 12-line vre which be
handed in as bis own.
He was born in 1R.I7. In ISfi'l he went
to Washington with something of sn
inclination to enlist in the tinion army,
but he decided to seek a government
office. It ia related that with only a few
of bis poems as credentials he walked
into the treasury department and asked
for a job. It wat agreed that his vernal
verses really smelt of the woods, and
smacked of sincerity. He. would lie a
safe man to watch the treasury vaults.
He agreed to take the place. At a lit
tle desk, facing the huge iron vault
where he ket talw on those who went
to handle the $.V).(KH(,(hh) stored there,
he began writing of the birds, to relieve
his homesickness. The result was hw
first book, "Wake-Robin." '
Some years later, after work as a
treasury clerk and a national bank ex
aminer had netted him some savings,
he bought a few acres at West Park on
the Hudson, where, among the loaded
trellises of a vineyard, he found "more
pleasure than in the closet of green
backs." There he renewed hi emotional
intercourse with nature, building a real
bouse overbooking the river just above
Poughkcepsie. When rural civilization
pressed a little close about him. he
built his "Slabsides" cabin a mile or
two back in the woods. I
He did-not go at hia studies with the
set determination of an herbalist, but
took life easily, and wrote breezily
when the spirit moved him of the se
crets of nature. He never made much
of the discovery f new species and noth
ing of cataloguing them, out delighted
in rinding for himself and revealing to
other the charm" of close contact with
the bird, bees and flower. The essence
of hi philosophy was always bright
in agreement with Browning
"All s well with tha world."
th.t
The title of hi books included
Winter Sunshine." "LocuM and Wi'd !
Honrv." -Fresh Fields." "Indoor Stud
. ' . !
ns. "Birii and root.." "N,pn and 1
Seasons." "The Light of Day - Rebg '
ious Discussion from the Standpoint
ot the Naturalist. Ijterary value
and "Way of Nature." He wa a friend
of Walt Whitman and one of h books
was an appreciation of him. He was
kltti, si lk.t,,n f-AIIl,lniiin of 1 t,i.alor
Rxsisevelt in nature studio. During 1
Colonel Roosevelt' ocoasiinal clashes
with -list ore faker" and tho.e w ho
i hsrge.1 mm w it ri Drill I instincts in
his hunting trips, the venerable Bur
roughs always cam to the colonel de
fens. With John Muir, the naturalist
of the west. Burroughs nm toured the
canyons and collaborated wih Mtnr in
a "Study of Our National Park."
"Kiverhv" and Slabsides." Bur
roughs' retreat on the HuHon. be
ame shrine for hi many admirr.
and tbo w b made pilcnmages there
were invariably rceived in the mt
dmoTatie fashion by the celebrated
naturalist.
Hi hi-s 7.itb birthday b said, "throw
ing I1 Is a l.in.t nf letting fn. The
VIr ad Mt
V It Ssii'li of
s , -,t Vr
Mr. and Mi. C. H
N sV.au? . Ms .
f-mi'h jrett.
K-nr a.
HEROIC EFFORT
FAILS TO SAVE
Mother and Brother Gave
Blood in Vain to Keep
J. F. McCarthy Alive
SECOND VICTIM
OF JOHN'J. CONNOR
Death-Bed Bride of Mc
Carthy Ordered Home
For Fear of Collapse
Boston, March '20. John F. Mc
Carthy, kept alive for several days
by a transfusion of blood from his
mother and brother that made it pos
sible for him to be married while on
a hospital cot, died early to-day. His
youthful bride, who had remained at
his side almost constantly during his
illness, was ordered to her home by
physicians because her collapse was
feared yesterday, but she returned
again last night.
McCarthy was shot in the bar-room
brawl last 'Thursday in which John B.
(Larrv) McLean, former major base
ball Dlaver. was killed. John .1. Con
nor, the'bartender, who fired the shots.
is being held without bail. He claimed
McLean and McCarthy were intent on
assaulting him when he fired.
The bullet that penetrated Mc
Carthy's abdomen had not been lo
cated." his condition at all times since
he was taken to the hospital being
such that death was considered immi
nent. His mother and a brother gave
of their blood that he might have a
better chance of life and his fiancee,
who became his wife, also had offered
herself.
LE&C. R. HALL.
Bine Man Died Yesterday Afternoon
of Pneumonia.
Lee C. R. Hall, a resident of this city
for the most part of the past 3tt year,
died of pneumonia at bis home at 109
Washington street yesterday afternoon
at 4 o'clis-k. after an illness of 10 days.
I'p to two weeks ago he was employed
as a s,Unecuttor by the Harrison Gran
ite ( o.
Mr. Hall was Wn in Maple Grove,
P. y.. Dec. 10, IRfiS. and came to Barre
IW years ago to serve his apprenticeship
as a stonecutter for the Littlejohn
Rarclav firm. In this city and North
field lie was employed constantly,
working for ft few years in N'orthfield
at the Phillips A Slack firm.
Two years ago he was married to
Mrs. Mary Parke who survives him.
He also leaves two brothers and a sis
ter, Amos A. Hall of Elm street, John
L Hall of Washington street and .Mrs.
Harry King of Washington street. His
demise is mourned not only by rela
tive but by a large number of friends,
which he had in Barre and vicinity. He
was a member of the N'orthfield lodg
of Odd Fellow, Bright Star Rebekah
lodge of Barre and Iroquois tribe of
Red Men of this city.
Funeral services will be held from
the home of his sister. Mrs. Mary
King, at 217 Washington etreet,
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
BURIAL IN CALIFORNIA.
Charles LePage, Former Barre Man,
Died March IS
diaries IjcPaee. a farmer in Brr
Town for more than 30 years', died at
his home in Compton. ( al., Tuesday,
March 15, at 2:4.". according to a let
ter received yesterday by his son, Clar
ence LePage, of Hockley street. ' Mr.
lePaire, who left here with his wife
and family of Mr. and Mrs. John
Morehouse a vear ago for California bv
automobile. Had been ill about a month
prior to his death with cancer of the
stomach.
Mr. LePace, the son of Mr. and Mr.
Joseph LePage, was born in Swanton
in August. I s.(i. ami wiien nut M
years of aue, during the last year of
the Civil war, entered service under
northern colors as a u infantrvman.
Iter in life, Mr. LePage conducted
a harness shop in this city, and for 27
vears the farm on Heckley hill now-
bearing bis name.
Mr. I-Page ws a member of the
Masonic order of this citv and R. B.
K'randall post of the O. A. R
I Reljtnes surviving him in this slate
V' 'Arthur llage i mi. cuy M-on
UP,"" of st- 'ohn''",r'- ,bot br"th:
MT'- '
CI ..1 a . ..m I Ij r n,s f.f llsrra
;---. - --
T" ' T wo dangMe r. Mr. . lohn More-
house and Mr. Grace Dm-harrae, and
his wife were with him at the time of
death.
Burial wa made iu Compton. Cal.. a
suburb of I-n Ang.les. where Mr. If
Paire and family had resided ince
Tfk" ,,in Cal.lornia
SWEDISH COMRADES AS BEARERS
At Funeral of John Augustas Ericsoa
Monday Afternoon.
Funeral sen ice for Ihe late John
Augustus Krii-son, who died at the Cen
tral hoii-e early Sunday morning fol
lowing a jear' illness, were hld at the
A. W. Badger A (. undertaking par
lor vesterday afternoon at 2 oV.k.
Mr. and Mr. Krion of West
oms.rj, . II. the farmer a brother
and the only living near relative f
tJie decea-ed. a aumber of friend, and
a reprenatne delegation from the
SwH'sb order of Vaa. with whnh Mr.
I ri-on wa affiliated, were present
Ihe as funeral rtie were ebrved
t the ndTtkinc parlor.
R. Bert -I. Lehigh, pastor f Ihe
Bfiti-t ihnrcli. f!iitri both SI thej
chapel asuj at he grave in H.s i-rme j
lerv. where tt body was tkn for
t u-ial H he fail teifrt were mem !
ber of the S4i-h rdT ef asa. and i
fneets r.f the dd follows:
Pa il Hedwall. r;st r.:ir 2 H'-dwa'l a 1
, farit nriifturr. by wnf.ra
Mr. !iiwti was f.i a lox t -m n
jl .4 sW-ar r ! r"i. .t-l .1. x sM.n
.':tt.4 nisnfj. J. Hip !'.tf ai Ad'.'plv
,.. .f. ?v ,a
B:iru-d t ti CBieVrx i a hifm
1921.
STATE WILL NOT
TAKE BRIDGES
Senate Killed Bill Remov
ing Responsibility
From the Towns
ESTIMATED COST
WASENORMOUS
Opponents of Measure Said
'it Would Mean $400,000
to $800,000
Whfle the Vermont House was wait
ing for printing this morning, the Sen
ate put in a busy hour slaughtering
House bills, including H. 411, providing
that the state shall take over from the
towns and keep in repair all bridges
having a span of more than four feet
on state selected roads, and relieving
(owns' of anv liability for damages oc
curring on such bridges. This measure
was passed by the House without dis
cussion, although it is estimated that
it wo.uld cost the state from $400,5oO t.
$HO0,OtK) to put it into effect.
Senator Coburn tried in vain to get
through an amendment which would in
clude only bridges on the patrol roads
of the state to be take over.
In opposing the bill, Senator Cady
said that it was roughly estimated that
there are 3,500 briuges in the state
which would come within the provis
ions of this act, and he thought it was
rather lateHn the session to talk about
such an important change of policy.
Senator Sherburne opposed the bill
on the grounds that it was a move to
ward centralization. He thought ,the
towns should keep their bridge control,
because they would then have more in
terest, in having those bridges in good
shape.' He characterized the bill as "a
pernicious piece of legislation."
The bill was rejected by a yea and
nay vote of 24 to 2, only Senators Co
burn a'nd Vilas voting against rejec
tion. The Senate unanimously rejected: H.
132. making insurance companies re
sponsible for the acts of their agents
(a bill which wa strenuously debated
in the House); H. 274. prohibiting in
terlocking directorates in bank, and H.
2!0, appropriating $1,000 to aid Shel
" -
don in repair on a srhoolhouse.
After much explanation by Mr. But
ton of Middlebury, the House passed
over the governors veio ny a two-
thirds majority of one voter, S. 22,
which raises the exemption from at
tachment of a homestead from $.Vh1 to
$1,000. The vote on the bill was 129 to
(Jov. Hartness vetoed it on the
ground it was another attempt at
equalization of men's nd women's in
terests, which could not be satisfactor
ily carried out.
The House to-day sustained trov.
Hartness' veto on Senate bill 23. giv
ing the husband one-third interest in
a deceased wife's real estate. The Sen
ate had jut passed the hill over the
governor's veto. In the House the vote
lacked just three votes of the necessary
number to pass the measure over the
veto, the number necessary being L10.
wherea 127 voted in favor of jussage,
to f8 against.
Salary Raise Bills Killed.
In a two-hour session last "night, the
House made short work of all proposi
tions for salary raises and all other
questionable measure, killing eight of
the 17 bills on its calendar, including
the bills ititrodm-ed Saturday to raise
the salaries of the K-cretary of state,
adjutant general, commissioner of agri
culture and auditor of accounts. aNo
to give the state fire marshal a salary
of $."al. Before starting on the process
(Continued on page 21
CELEBRATED 94TH BIRTHDAY.
Mrs.
E. W. Howe of Northfield Enjoys
Company of Friends.
N'orthfield. March 211 Mrs. K. W.
Howe, one of N'orthfield' oldest resi
dent., celebrated her 04th birthday
Sunday at her home on Vine street. A
family dinner ws erved and the bot
es received the best wishes of her
many ai-quaiutancc in this vicinity.
Mr. Howe, althotich feetile Ixxlilv. I
able to get around the bouse and ha
all of ber faculties and enjoy com
pany, especially having her own fam
ily with ber.
Those preent at the celebration Sun
day were her two on, Wills-r Howe of
A ver? Mass.. and Colonel F. I.. Howe of
N'orthfield, and daughter. Mi- Helen
Howe, who live with her mother and
care for her; also two grandchildren,
H. M. Howe of N'orthfield and Mr. P..
Bean of Proctor, and Ihrre jjreat
grandchildren, leona Bean, Mattel and
Paul Howe.
Mr. Howe ha leen a resident of
N'orthfield for many year. Her hus
band, the !, fc- V. Howe, wa lor
manv year in the monument busines,
which is now conducted by the m. F.
,. Howe, and grandson. H M. Howe.
he is a woman held in the high! es
teem in the community in which she
has lived a long and ha a Urge circle
of friends who ettend rongrat illation.
B0NAZZI VS. F0RTNEV CASE OFF.
Loa-Time Suit Has Been Settled Ac
cotdinf ts Entry.
Arguments were con! maw-d in Wash-
iiiiftoa oMintr irt hi motninK on
in the case of .lohn I S.auid n. sdmin I
istralor of the estate of O. M .lone.-
the Mutual Lif Insuratv ( ... Th de
fendant sskd tbat eH-t dird
.r Ihe defendant on th fiTound of a
i..Tmer .lpresn iv-ort u '"n in sn
ot her cae.
Ike . a f A T;...ri r. T. F.
V.-srtweT. fcl '" T"ndir-aT
eirt f r t'r ed w ws-t to - tvntr .n itfi-ss o-f in lt -!- t , . m v ,,.m . it evrn rur
j.rssf, ntJtl. la I-) !!)). a- 1 taw IK ; l- r ii-. I l. .r,T-ei tl "ifi 'f ! stots-snj.-f r,
it g to a iSkt ent'T. lf iffmlir! 'in tint-. t.i li i fl-f .( tti.ti n:n, ,f ' f. ir -cks m lhat l irpl-v'
t a 'iir is the i-'wef nr -i Mar f nc if te IsiiW'ts ("Hi tbs,. 1 n;5i'-y ei'iM Is rrpr.
ti V gVr s.jrt revrrwd IS ( n ,,.tiC" as-1 a-Aft a'i r ' r I -n c r lut i.a .f i.ct,
ut f ii g-i n.,s, j tf 1
t. -a -'.'. ( a o',. iC-rl r titl tfl : J . iCvfc'.aeJ ja f-ku-i tl
i rJ7 VJ)I rcc KiviTTlxr.
i I J I J l MilJJ-J Jl.K I low
MILLS C0:S PLAN
Company Asks Preferred Stockholders
to Give Waiver on Dividends for
Two Years and Consent to
Mortgagfe on Real Es
state and Equip
ment. The Peerless Knitting Mills company
recently sent out to stockholders a re
quest for a waiver of dividends on pre
ferred stock for two years, asking also
for consent, which is necessary under
provisions of the by-laws, to place a
mortgage on real estate and equipment
should the same be necessary to take
care of contingent liabilities.
Industrial conditions during the past
year have been unprecedented in the
history of America.
The' sudden slump in commodity
prices seriously impaired .many of the
strongest manufacturing concerns.
The knitting mill business is what
is known in the trade as a seasonal
business and contracts for cotton yarn
during the boom period whiKi culmi
nated about a year ago had to be
placed many months ahead and deliver
ies under these contracts taken at the
option of the spinners.
The cotton and woolen yarns placed
under these contracts is of different
classes according to the value of the
finished garment and yarn which was
then selling at from 70 cents to $3.00
LP" pound, has a present price of from
1 JU nnnts E WO r.nr T.min,
Before the Peerless Knitting Mills
company could get their heavy inven
tory turned and the finished goods
sold, a so-called '"consumers" strike
came on. Retail concerns stopped buy
ing and the mills were hung up with a
heavy inventory, orders cancelled; and
a shrinkage of about. 50 to 100 per cent
on this inventory.
Further than this, the Peerless bad
."k).000 worth of orders cancelled, the
total being made up of relatively mall
orders from concerns who had bought
goods from them for a number of
years. In the judgment of the man
agement it seemed better to assume
the loss on these orders than to eriforce
collection, at a considerable expense
with a consequent loss of good will
and much future business.
All manufacturers, jobbers and re
tailers of cotton and woolen goods
have been affected by a similar con
dition, a condition as said before,
brought about largely from the reac
tion against high prices and an orgy
of spending tiased on cheap money in
flation. This reaction and slump in
business was expected by those in
close touch with economic conditions,
but it was believed that it would be
more gradual and its length of such
duration as to enable the large indus-
trial concerns io aojus! w,emc e,
,, l,i-t t uAnooj ln.a fo 1 !imr utiM'k-
holders and employes, but notwith
standing this condition, it is believed
that Inasmuch a they were the first
to suffer from this readjustment of
prices that they will likewise lie the
first to recover and benefit from normal
condition.
In the readjustment of the affair of
the Peej-less Knitting Mills company,
creditor. Boston bankers, directors and
all concerned have manifested a splen
did spirit of co-operation in an endeav
or to solve the problem with the least
damage to all concerned, and it is in
thi spirit of co-operation that the
company now asks the preferred stock
holder in Barre and elsewhere to make
a small personal sacrifice, not large for
each, but of great ultimate benefit to
the company (which is nothing more or
less than the stockholders themselel
in the belief that sound business con
ditions, based on sound values, will
eventually benefit them and reward the
city of Barre for its confidence and
support of this local industry.
If any stockholders have not already
signed the slip sent to them Ikcy are
requested by local officers of the com
pany to do so at once a it will great -Iv
help the company in its plan of
financing.
SPLENDID THEATRE
FORMALLY OPENED
The New Park Is One of the Finest
"Movie" Houses to Be Found
in New England.
What is acknowledged by the fi ll i"
as one of the best cinema theatres in
New Kngland, opened in Barre last
evening, the new Park theatre at the
corner of North Main and Merchant
street. There is really but one theatre
in Vermont which wight be he!d in
comparison, and that th Majestic in
Burlington. It is one of 00 th"atres ot
I the Black circuit fn New Kiigland,
owned or controlled bv Alfred S. Black
of Boston.
Thi new Park threatre i a pa's
of art. just a the management stated j
in its advertisement, and in an edith-e
beautifully finished to the finest retail.
It is the product of careful ftsnniti'.
for beatity and comfort to M patrons,
and the result of a vear effort on the
part of the Black New F.ngland Thea
tre. Inc. The grand feature of the
structure are. first f all. the H.0o0
Hope-.lonesi Wurlit--r theatre organ,
the like of winch i not to be found
anywhere in Vermont: second, the ven
tilating system; thud, the mez.anine
floor at the top of the stair leading
from the spacious lobhy, whereon may
be found rest and toilet n-oms and
the manager's oflii.
- Knouifh ha already Wen said of
tlii wtly organ with its 2i piece or-
hestral equipment, which !at night
was played hy Mr. Hendern. oruan
soloist of th Wurliter I o.. who had
Issrn secured for the ojiening event. 1 be
organ expert. Wiiiiam l.yiM-h. finished
th in-tal;at 'on of this instrument ye
tcrdav. completing !.( tiny connec
tion, all of wlmh hl to l .ioered.
sometime wi'h de;i.-t wires. Inci
dentally, one may l. interested to
jknow that these are .1 miji of delicate
The icn'ilating 'icm ' 'he mo-t t
th or:i! me, tiaiim
irntifie and modem stm availabV. j mct the r-i. "several ot the trm
and aus-d Mr. i.'k to state that h.- pioves f P.ar.-Iy ltr-s. hav. dii'mg
iooM wagr anv amount of no nr-v t ho .a-l li or 12 ph-m . i-ist- in
thai thetv is p. ne l!tcr in Nf I . Mb p uto'-.-'t work leadirg up t the
land. 1 If Siu.'ii s m an. I "i. 'niii tan su -ful ii' of tbi r(.riment.
st.s-.tw a" th p"" TI fa. t -'t ir j In ;)' r I bnng I He virrimntt ni
vo'd. and wi.l rnahe I h nra r in a heal. P.' .ay !ir. o;.cri-t u,,
trnl t kt tie in;ri.r rf tS l'arkit.ir i'ii' f r th wckirg out of tH
PRICE, TWO CENTS.
PICKED UP 'DUST)
QUITE READILYf
-.
Device for. earing Stone-f
sheds in Encourag-
ing-s? .monstration
SUCTf N SYSTEM '
ON HAND TOOLS
Granite Manufacturers and
Cutters Well Pleased With
- Initial Operation
A device which it is hoped will elimi
nate, or at least materially reduce, the
dust menace in the granite cutting in
dustry was tried out informally before
a number of granite manufacturers,
stonecutters and newspaper men at
Barclly Bros.' plant yesterday after
noon. While the device is still more or
less crude and in the experimental
stages, the benefits seemed to exceed
those of any device thus far tried out
on hand "tool. In fact, so we'll pleased
with the initial demonstration were the
manufacturers that the matter of fur
thering the project was taken under
consideration at a meeting of the Barre f
Granite Manufacturers' association this
afternoon. .
The device is by no means a new in- f
vention but rather an adaptation of
mechanical contrivances already in use.
In brief, the device is but the adapta-
tion of the vacuum leaning idea, th ?
drawing of the dust from the stone by
means of a suotion fan. It is like the
big exhaust used on the surface cutting '
machines only on a small scale. The
exhaust pipe is attached to the pneu
matic tool, being held about two inches
away by means of wire, and, of course,
it move's with the tool over the gran
it i and as the dust flies from the point
o'f the tool it is sucked into the exhaust
pipe in great quantities.
Cnder normal pressure of the pneu
matic tool on the stone yesterday aft
ernoon practically all the dust that
could lie detected" with the naked eye
was drawn into the temporary receiv
ing pipe, which was nothing more than
j f m)p.im.n Mwr
I ' .... . .
This dust, is drawn bv a four-inch fan
(the same that is used in the ordinary
vacuum cleaner in so many boniest into
a dust receiver and is there held until
removed by the workman ut the end of
the day's work. At times, in order Jo
give an idea of the quantity, of dust
drawn into the bag, the pipe was de
tached yesterday at the point of en
trance to the receiving bag; and clouds
of dense dust mostly granite but also
containing particles of stel were
blown into the air. Further to illustrate
the effectiveness of the device, the ac
cumulation of 12 hours' operation of
the little machine was shown, the ex
hibit being five pounds of a fine, flour
like dust, feeling soft to the touch but
being of an insidious nature when ear
ned into the lungs.
Whether the dust as drawn Into the
receiving tube is to be deposited, when
the m-bine is perfected, into a recep
tacle like the pouch of a vacuum cleffn"
er or is to be driven outside of the
ntoneshed in the same manner as the
devices on the surface cutter remain
to be determined as the idea is worked
out more fully, it, is expected that the
dust can be deposited outside of the
stoneshed without great trouble.
The dcmiiiist ration yesterday of the
drawing power of the dust -icmover wn
bv no means final inasmuch as the ori
fice of the receiving end of the pipe had
no flutige whatever, being simply a
piece of rubber hose, as already stated.
It is predated that with a special
flange the device will catch the dust
more easily and that there will be prac
tically no" e-ape of dut into thi; air
surrounding the granite cutter.
Cleans Stcne of Dust.
Anirther distinctive purpose carried
out by the new dtist-rcm iver is to clear
the accumulation of dust from th,
stone. A is well known, the granite
cutter is hampered by this accumtila
tion o that he ha to remove the dust
in order to carry on his work. Formerly
the stonecutters used small broom to
sweep th? dust off; latterly they used
the powerful pressure of compressed
air. which (lid the job thoroughly but
stirred r.l such a dust that tlie stone
cut
were eiivelop-d in cloud of
du-t. This new devi.-e can be moved
o-r the siirfa.-e of the stone and all
the d.ist i sin ki d up the exhaut pipe,
h aving the stone clear. Indeed, the fan
on the device, small as it ws. served
yesterday even to pick up small piece
of the stone itself. It i expected that
with a stronger motor the suction will
be materially increased.
line handicap to lie overcome i the
pcifcting of a motor which will prove
effective and at the same time not be
easily put out ol commission. At the
present time ihe lienesal Fleet rie t'. is
engaged. in fashioning a motor which
shall lie especially applicable to duw).
removers m toui-he.)s ; and manufac
turers and stonecutter are looking for
ward with encouragement and optimism
to successful development along this
Im.
Both manufacturers snd stonecutter
are vitally intcie-tcl in the purpose to
rid the stVneshrd of the int mena-;
and they have be. n workire topeiher in
the (wrfcting of th. present de ie.
along w ' n 1 r. I) . larv i-. w ho has in
terrstrd bimlf rot only in the statis
tical ude th lut'H diseas arismc
from dti-tv t:dc t.-ii , in the de
velp;iiff of a m f n-al contrivance to