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THE BARIRE AlLY' TIME ' VOL. XXVI. No. 158.- BARRE, VERMONT. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1922. PRICE, TWO CENTS. GREA T BRITAIN TO FIGHT ALONE NOT IMMUNE 3 MILES OUT FOR FREEDOM OF DARDANELLES; STROVE TO BUILD WALL , Rum-ranning Ships May Be Seized, Says Judge ', - Morton' FRANCE ADOPTS "PA CMC" STAND AGAINST POISON QlSES STRICKEN DOWN AS THEY - eg , Authoritative . Statemen Made After British Cab , inet Meeting To-day De dared That Governmen Would Act, If Necessary, Independently of France and Italy BRITISH TROOPS BEGIN MOVING TOWARD EAST Welcomes Most Cordially the Assurances of Pre A mier Poincare That Mus tapha Kemal Pasha Must Be Told To Respect the Neutrality As De termined Upon .. London, tSept. 19. (By the Associated Press ),TThe British cabinet taken the attitude that Great Britain will under fake military .action alone, if necessary independent of France and Itajv. to . protect the freedom of the Dardanel les, -it- was authoritatively, stated aft er the foreifbon cabinet meeting An official communique issued from Downing fctreet declared In substance that the government stood by its pro nouncement of policy issued to the ' press Saturday, notwithstanding news paper "report to the contrary. The ottkial communique reads: It is statea in koine newspaper that "the semi-ollicinl declaration of policy issued to the press (Saturday, is regarded as mistaken ly the govern ment. This statement is untrue. "The declaration of policy given to the press Saturday reported the amt eions of the cabinet of the. previous day end was issued with the approval of ail the ministers in London in-order that public opinion throughout the empire should be left in no doubt regarding the Sims and intentions of the British government on the question of ira- perial policy to which the support of the "dominions 1ftul been invitel by telegram. . "'Ihe cabinet is well satisfied with the support accorded to it not only in this country but in the dominions. "As repeated in the telegram sent by the cabinet to the prime ministers of Australia and. New Zealand yester day, the empire will not consent to sacrifice .the result of the gallant struggle, and decisive victories of her pons in the eastern theatre." . Great Britain has officially expressed to France its appreciation of France's attitude over the question of a joint notification to Mustapha Kemal Fund hat the neutral zone roust be respected In this expression the .British govern ment declares it welcomes most cordially the assurances of Premier Poincare on the question, and also on that of the occupied zone. Hope is ex pressed that the spirit of these agree ment and the spirit of co-operation shown will rule the futnre discussions informed the British high commission er that the Angora government, by vir- tue of -treaties' concluded with soviet Russia and the Ukraine, cannot accept the invitation of the powers for a con ferenee confined only to discussion of the Dardanelles question unless dele gates from Russia and the Ukraine are allowed to participate. . Permission to send vessels to Smyrna to take off the Christian refugees has been granted by Alustapha Hemal to the allied powers, the United States and Greece. Males between theiages of 15 and 45, however, are excepted, and it is presumed the nationalists intend to use them for military purposes. The situation in Smyrna is still one of the gravest character. The reign of terror continues among the Christian population, and french troops are re ported to have fired upon Turkish ir- regulars whom tey caught killing and pillaging. Armenians and Greeks are dying by the scores from 'exposure, fright and exhaustion. Ten thousand Italians" and 12,000 French were evacuated from the city yesterday. The food stocks have become ex hausted, and the people are eating horse flesh. American relief workers distrib ute flour which the famished refugees devour raw. REGIMENT LEAVES BELFAST, Royal Fusiliers Are Believed to Be Destined for Near East. Belfast, Sept. 19. (By the Associated Press), The Royal Fusilier regiment will leave Belfast to-night for Eng land, it was announced this after noon. It is, believed the regiment is destined for the Near East. , . INVESTIGATE ATROCITIES. - Persia Made Request to the League As sembly. . '' Geneva, Sept. 1!) (By the Associated Press). A request that the league of nations send a neutral commission to nvestigale the alleged atrocities by Turkish nationalists in Asia Minor was presented to the league assembly to day by- the Persian delegation on behalf of the Turkish national parliament. Ihe parliament s request was trans mitted to the Persian del. 'gates through its representative in Rome. The Angora government also asked that the league assure the protection of the .Moslem minorities in Thrace. FRENCH FORCES CALLED BACK Ordered To Withdraw To French Side of Dardanelles POINCARE GIVEN - FULL APPROVAL French Cabinet Approves His So-called "Pacific" Policy DOESN'T WANT ROW. But New Foundland Is Ready to Fight If There Is One. St. John, JT. F., Sept. 19,-Grcat Britain has addressed to New Found- land, as to the other British overseas dominions, an inquiry as to the colonies' readiness to send sufficient troops for operations in the Near Eaet. Premier Richard Squires, who is now in liOndon, h replied: ew hound land does not. want the ritish empire to -get into another row but if there has to be a row w ant to lie in it." KEMAL LOST HIS ; CHANCE FOR COUP ON CONSTANTINOPLE Through Quick Strengthening of Allied Defensive Forces In Neutral ' , Zone. Constantinople, Sept. Iff. (By the Associated 1'rewO, British military experts here lielieve that whatever op portunity Muslaphia. Kemal Pasha had for coup against Constantinople has now been lost in view of the, quick strengthening of the allied defensive force in the neutral cone. All available British warshp, with the exception of the battleship Benhow, which is, in drvdock, have left Malta for Constantinople, end the Dorset regiment from Kgypt and the Stafford ehire regiment from Gibraltar are on route. Forres landed from the British ships hare already entrenched themselves at Cliansk. oii the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles, bringing the strength of the Bntixh. land forces t lO.fKKI Two Italian battalions are expected from Rhodes. The advance guard of tho Turks i reported to be thirty mites south' of Chanak and the main body 50 miles. Jugw-Slavia baa mobilised thnee divisions on a line extending from I'ekn. in southern Serbia, to Pirot. near the Bulgarian border. (This i evidently to guard against any possible attempt at tbefr occupation of Thrace bv the lurks o their ailieti. ' It is possible that Greece may be te quested t participate in the defense of the straits. Aseuraiw-ee that the BITTER TARIFF FIGHT ENDS AT 4 P.M. TODAY Favorable Action By the Senate Was Regarded as-Foregone Conclusion. Washington. D. C, Sept. It). The longest and bitterest tariff fight in the history of the American Congress will end at 4 p. m. to-day under a unani mous consent agreement for a vote by the Senate at that hour on the adoption of the conference report of the administration bill. Favorable ac tion was regarded as a foregone con clusion, as wss the approval of the measure by President Harding. The tariff, the first Republican protective measure in nearly ten years, has been twenty months and more in the making- (fHURCH ORGAN DESTROYED. German ' Newspapers Say Government Has Paid Allies 10.000,000 Marks. Berlin, Sept- 19. The government, semrdin? to the newvpaper. has paid fi the .allien 10,000000 rdd marks part of the in-tl!mrnt of 2" 400.000 British dominions are also ready toe in liquidation of Germany's pri Irate Member of Congregation Just Wouldn't Have It. Henderson. Kj, Sept. 19. The Christian chtifch at Bordley, Union count v, recent It installed an organ after several months of wrangling among the congregation. To-day mass of smouldering embers was nil that remained of the organ. It had been removed from the church, taken into the ciurrh yard, chopped to pieces and set on tire after coal oil had been poured over the pieces. Reports reaching here were to the effect that woman member of the congregation, irritated because of the installation of the organ, had de stroyed it. Court action will be tsken soon. CLAIM GERMANT PAYING. lirtih troops to the IHnf lie if necessary, have helped allay the anxiety of the population and Con stantinople is breathing easier. Matapha. Kemal Paba ban requeu ed the allies to permit hi army to oc itip? Thraor. initing tbvt the Purds rr'i qestn rn he di-cwed later with ail the Biak -a cowntrw parti cipating. He declared it was -i?a! that the na tionalist hwid winrt the terr tfv In order to lihetste I ,.e V- tate ;. pre-war debts to allied nation- Paris, Sept. IB (By the Associated Press). The French cabinet to-day unanimously approved what is char acterized as the "pacific" policy of Pre mier Poincare in the Near East and the withdrawal of all the French troops from Asia Minor to the French side of the straits of the Dardanelles The cabinet went firmly on record as being opposed, to any form of mill tary action as a means of settlement in the Turco-Greek situation. It em phasized the necessity of reaching an agreement through diplomatic chan neis, ana eventually by a peace con ference. The order for the withdrawal of the French forces from Chanak in the Dardanelles area was sent' last night by Premier Poincare and will be car ried out to-night or to-morrow. Mean time the rrench high commissioner, General Pelle, has been sent to Smyrna to confer with Mustapha Kemal to inform him that France does not ap prove the "belligerent" attitude of the British government and that she intends to confine her efforts to the diplomatic field, it is stated. . Although the cabinet council to-day had the effect of accentuating the dif ferences ..which exist 'between Great Britain and Fmncf on the policy to be pursued in the Near East It is be lieved the arrival of Lord Curron, the British foreign secretary, who is ex pected to-night - from London, will prohablv result in a Franco-British ac cord. . " The first conference between Lord Curzon and Premier Poincare will probably be held at the foreign office to-morrow morning. . ' , Ofticial circles this morning noted what they considered a strong ten dency on Great Britain's part to mod ify her attitude in the Near East nt least to the extent of confining her efforts to diplomatic moves. Premier Poincare probably will in sist on the need of calling peace conference as soon as possible when he meets Lord tun on to-morrow. Lord Curzon's task, press dispatches indicate, is to convince Premier row care that the British, do not intend to make another Gibraltar of the straits of Dardanelles, that bigger issues than Turkey are at stake and that the whole future of the Balkans and the relations of soviet Russia with the Near East depend upon safeguarding Constantinople from I urkisb oecupa tion. The Balkan states are expected to follow France's lead and . thus Brit ain hopes, br swinging the latter to her points of view to present a solid front to the Turks. Receipt of further assurance that Mustapha Kemal Pasha has no inten tion of attacking the neutral cone of the Dardanelles or of crossing to Thrsce has served to strengthen the French attitude, and H. is aid here that Lord Cunson, far from converting Premier Poincare. is more Iikelv to be converted himself. Indeed, the rrench government is so confident that there is not fear of Inutile from the Kemalist that two rrench battalion have been or short Iv will be withdrawn from Chanak, the key position on the southern shore of the straits. The Italian detachment also has been withdrawn and competent opin ion here is that the British mav leave also. M. Poincare believe Mutapha Ke mal Pasha ran be induced to remain on the Astatic side of the straits pend ing a settlement at a peace conference snd the premiers efforts at the meet ing with Lord Curson will he directed along this vline. Confidence.il expressed by officials here that there will be perfect set tlement of the near eastern crisis. LEFT HOME AT NIGHT; BODY FOUND IN OCEAN Mrs. Maude Pease of Revere, Mass., Apparently Suicide, Her Throat :.. Was Cut. ' -.V " Winthrop, Mass.,- Sept. 10. The body of Mrs. Maude Peaae of Revere was found off Short Beach to-day, ap parently a suicide. The. throat was cut and Medical Examiner George B. Ma- grath ot Boston- said the wound in all probability was self-inflicted. Mrs Pease, a woman of middle age, left her home after retiring lust night Her husband said he did not know of her departure but' believes she came to Huifhrop to see her mother, Mrs. Annie Harris, who lives here and who has been ill. . , . NORTHFTELD FAIR OPENS With Good Exhibits and Interesting At tractions Assured. Northfteld, Sept. 10. The annual Dog River Valley fair opened to-day and continues through Wednesday and Thursday. The feature to-day will be the automobile races which take place this afternoon. Bill Johnson of Bing- hamton, ,N. Y., is manager of the auto RULING ON CASE OF THE GRACE AND RUBY Seas Are Free But That Does Not Prevent Law Enforcement Boston, Septv J9. In a decision to day sustaining he - seizure of the British schooner Grace and Ruby sis miles off shore, Federal Judge James M. Morton ruled that rum-running ships, were not immune from seizure by the mere fact that they were be yond the three-mile mark. Ihe high seas are the authority of no nation, . the decision said. " They are free to the vessels of all etiun- tries. But this does not mean that a nation is powerless against Vessels of fending against its laws which remain just, outside the three-mile limit. Ihe mere fact that the Grace and Ruby was beyond'tlie three-mile limit does not of itself make the seizure un lawful and establish a lack of juris diction "The line between territorial waters and the high seas is not like the boundary between us and a foreign power. There must be, it seems to PROCTOR LED , BY 5816 VOTES Official Canvass of Returns; Proctor 25,604; Foote . ' 19,788 races and there are four tars entered. certain width of debatable waters As most of the auto raws are given on half-mile tracks, the drivers have adapted their cars to track conditions by reduced gear ratio, and by cutting down the care to give them low clear ance. The eastern track record is one minute and 11 seconds for twice around to make mile and several of the driv ers are hoping to make better record They announced that the track was in hue condition. The horse racing promisesto be the best yet. Monday night every class was filled. - 1 here will be good races both Wednesday and Thursday. The mid-way is well filled and there are some good exhibits. iSonie fine reg istered cattle have been entered. One man made 32 entries in the poultry exhibit. The Northfleld Cornet band will fur- nish music each day for the fair. Floral hall is being filled with exhibits. The ladies of the Universalis church and the members of Sorrell-Maynard post. American Legion, and Ladies' Auxil iary, have eating "bouses at the fair and promise everybody good meal. -wea titer and the big crowd spicnaid tair is looked for. TIMBER CUTTING SUIT. PADEREWSEI A CANDIDATE. RUSSIAN SWIMMER FAILED. - ! Um I-j a j trt4 Unfavorable Condition Drove H.m Out f( Eerlish Channel. Der, Y.TigitnA, Sept. I Br the A wiaed Pr-i. The Ri-n swim mer, !niiritrv. fsiled ir aa attempt t an-im tb I rr rVanie. He l asfcSti'iftt l't n'tM t lftn. V a be a,d ; . hy J '. r ' iV n-tf v. t - it ' z , Tie t'ktiKtt rrreB'it.e tere c.'.nn. 'iA -e it t ' 1 k For President of Peland at Forthcom ing Election. Varaw. Sept. 19 (Br the Associ ated Press). The presidential contest in Poland the coming Nm emtwr will apparently be between Marshal Joseph PilsiwUki. the present chie! nl state. and Ignar J. Paderewski. The candi dacy of Faderewki has been an nounced bv the national democrats -id the party of former Premier Skul ki. in diregrd f the pianit' dec-Isratn-n that lie had retired fmm pol itic. Tbe Pilsudski candidacy it -nHel bv the peasant party, h-d by former Premier YVitos and br the :1ims. Is Being Tned In Washington County Court. Tbe case of V. F. Whitman et al s. Leon E. Dalley et al. trespass, wsa begun in Washington county court yesterday afternoon. IL C. ShurtletT ap pri iur me piainiin ana tj. H. Deavitt and F. L. Laird for the defend nt. The case is over a claim that he defendants cut timber beyond the ne bounding the plaintiff's land. The following jury is hearing the case: William M. Lynde, Barre City, A. M. Batchelder, Barre City, Fred J. Willey Worcester, M. J. Whitoomb, Barre Town, George A. Roys, Roxbury. Solon P, Staples, Northfleld. K. V. Willey. Barre Town, Frank A. Adams. Mont pelier, C.-W. Wrisley, Fayston, W. E. Davis, East Montpe'lier, C. H. Green, Roxbury, Joseph Maroni, Montpelier. The defendant was on the stand yes terday and Percy G. Smith of Mont pelier, an engineer, was on the stand to da v. AUTO THIEF PLEADS GUILTY. But Older Companion Says No and Demands Trial Brattleborn,. Popt,. 19. Frank.' R. Stearns of Johnsim pleaded guilty in the Windham county court yesterday to the charge of stealing an auto from Mai. LvonvP. Taylor last week. John Graham of Providence, an older man who drove the car and whom officers say they think is principally respon sible for the theft, pleaded not guilty when arraigned before Judge Harry K. B. thase, and .informed the court that the state had nothing to d with his rase hut i tint it should so to th federal court. Both were remanded to the county jail. Stearns is to le brought into the court again when Col. K W. Gibson of this plat, a friend of the family, will make a plea for leniency, (ira ham will be tried later in the week. ad'Mcent to our coasts. How far our authority shall be'extended into them for the seixure of foreign vessels wbich have broken our laws is a matter for the political departments of the gov ernment rather than for the courts to determine." The case came up to-day on a liliel of forfeiture filed against the vessel by the government. It was established by the time the seizure that the Grace and Ruby, while anchored beyond the three-mile limit outside Gloucester, unloaded about 8,000 bottles of liquor into the motorboat Wilkin II, which was captured by government officers, while trying to bind its cargo at Sa lem. The court ruled that the schoon er, although not herself within the three-mile limit, took part in a viola tion of the law whiclr" extended into the three-mile limit. It was pointer out also that the Grace mi Ruby was within the four-league liknit set by revenue statutes. While the question is not entirely free from doubt. Judge Morton s deci sion said, "it seems to me this action on her part constituted en unlawful landing bv tire Grace and Ruby with in the territorial limits of the United States.' JACKSON, DEMO- t : . - CRAT, HAD 2961 'v Secretary of State Black Ran the Highest With 39,367 MILLIONAIRE WIDOW MARRIES EX CHAUFFEUR Mrs. Elizabeth McCullough Turner, Daughter of Ex-Gov. McCullough of Vt, Now Wife of E. L Johnson. Bennington, Sept. 19. It became known to-day that Mrs. Elizabeth Mc Cullough Turner, daughter of the late Governor J, G. McCullough, who was at one time president of the Erie rail road, was married yesterday to Elmer H. Johnson, who had been employed a a chauffeur. Mrs. Johnson was the wid o of Thornton F. Turner. She is one of two children who will Inherit an es tiruated fortune of flO.IXsl.OOO left by Iier father. SUN ON WINDSHIELD. Blamed By One Driver of Automobile . for Collision. TO DEFEND MAYFLOWER. As Eligible to Take Part in Fisher men's Title Race. Halifax. N. S.! Sept. In. W. f-tar- . raderwki ha several time re--enilr reiterated his delarti"B that be bad retired fr.im r''t . At lt id'ice lie a in it frlaml practic ing ti-'T in prersiin ling Burgess, designer of the Amer ican fishing schooner Mayflower, again declared bv the Nova Scotia trustees ineligible for the international fish ermen s race, wss here to Oar to try and overcome the object iaa to th veel. Prepared to go before the board to a(gue reconsideration of the question. Mr. Burgess Mid her plan would show her to be in the fUhemian class. The finding of the trutee centered about the Mayflower ringing which liev termed freakij-h and the schoon er's carrying capacity, held to be les than that of other fb-hing vecls, the designer said, adding that both points shoufl He disposed of quickly. Tbe objection to rigging, he explained. otiM Ixemet nv an otter to make any !snes that the board deemed een t;s! t' quabfy the Mayn't er. A to the carrying capacity, the d firner aid be had no duit of bi ability to eonvim-e the board that tlie Mayflower met all retjuirempnt f the deed of gift in this respect. The enrollment in .'-;:i.r b O. St. Onge of Montpelier has re ported to the secretary of state a col lision between his automobile and an other one at Bolton Falls on Sept. lfl in which his car received damages to the amount of fliiJiO. The accident occurred aliout 3:15 p. m. Mr. St. Onge gives the cause as the sun on his wind shield. R. M. Cutting, postmaster in Plain field, has reported that he turned out too far'on the road between East falsi and North Montpelier and his car struck a telephone pole, damag ing the car to the extent of I.W The operators of th two out of state rr which collided at South Northfteld recently were George 1). Reed of Baldwinsville, Mass., and AV. O. Laselte, a Maryland man, accord ing to a report to the secretary of state. Mr. batelle wss cut about the face and had an injury to one arm it is stated. Mr. l.aselle assumed the reponibilif y for the accident because be was driving on the left side of the rosd, . Mr. -Reed ststes in his report. Car belonging to William Rugg of St. Albans and Edoa Raymond of Fairfield collided at the top of Fair field Aill on Sept. fl, according t re port from Reginald Rugg, driver of the first car. He ststes that the Ray mond car, driven by young man, stopped on the top of the hill just after passing a parked car which had no light on it, Rugg as driving in second and was unable to tp be fore be struck th Raymond car, he states. Damage to the Rugg car amounted to about I0. while the Raymond car wa not damaged at all, according to Rugg' report. Arthur Shappy of St. Albans ha jc ported to the ecretary of state that a vnenec car, witn ne registration piste 4(U35, took a wheel off his Ford aiout Sept. 12. "According to the official canvass of votes cast in the, Vermont state pri mary on Sept 12, Redfield Proctor of Proctor received a "majority of 5,816 over Lieut.-Gov. Abram W. Foote of Cornwall as the Republican nominee for governor. Ir. J. Holmes Jackson of Burlington, the Democratic nominee for governor, received 2.061 votes, with 24 scattering. The vote were can- va'ssed at the State House in Montpel ier to-day. ''"'.' Tbe vote for the various offices 'were as follows: For Governor. Proctor, Rep. Foote, Rep. Scattering. Rep. Jackson, Dem, Scattering, Dem For Lieutenant-Governor. Billings. Rep i ..... . .". . Shurtleff. Dem. Fer Secretary of State. Black. Rep 3SUti7 . GRAND JURY BEGINS ITS DELIBERATIONS 25,604 19,788 9 2i06I 24 37.656 2,850 From Identity of Witnesses It Is Sup posed That West Berlin Crossing Ac cident Is Under Consideration A grand jury of 18 men was sworn in yesterday by Judge Frank L. Fish nt the county court house at Montpelier and a hearing began yesterday with Charles C. Graves of , Waterbury as foreman. State's Attorney Charles B. Adams aniT Attorney General Frank O. Archibald are presenting the matter to the jury. Judge Fish, in his instruc tions to the jury, stated that he did not know what matters were to come be fore them, but understood that they would not be occupied for a long time. t go Carusi of Manchester, formerly of Barre, was sworn in as stenographer and Deputy Sheriff Frank C. Minard of Barre haa charge of the panel. The jurors will not be separated unil a am cision is reached regarding the return ing of a bill. j Franklin H. Dewart of . Burlington and Percy G. Smith of Montpelier, civil engineers, were in the court and it is conjectured that the West Berlin cross ing accident, in which Mrs. David P LeFebvre and Glenna LeFcbvre of Northfteld were killed on June 17, last is under consideration. ' j The 47' onaut Miners Dropped as They Worke and Probably Died a Fev, Hours After They Ha become Imprisoned i the Mine - KEPT RECORDS TILL OVERCOME v BY THE FUMES RECEIVED PASTOR AND WIFE. Hibbard, Dem. For State Treasurer. Cave, Fep Shaw, Dem., For Auditor. Gates. Rep. (lift, Dem. For Attorney GeneraL Archibald. Rep Leamey, Dem, ". ",T . .'- . '. .YTTT The returns were canvassed committee consisting of Secretary of State Black, Judge F. I fish ana Henry Holt of Montpelier, represent ing the Republican state committee, D. F. MeGovern of Montpelier,' represent ing the Democratic state committee, and John Leaeh of Montpelier, repre senting the prohibition elate commit tee. " ' ,56.56 2,788 2.60J 36.743 "2,773 by a Washington County Vote. The return on the Washington coun ty primary had not been completely canvaed when the board adjourned t noon. It was understood early this afternoon there had been no overturn from the results ns published by The Times. BONUS VETO MESSAGE PRESENTED TODAY Pleasant Event in Honor of Rev. and Mrs, W. A. Skeels. ' A reception was held at the Univer- salist church last evening iri honor of Rev. W. H. Skeels,: who came to this city recently from Denver, Col., to take up the Universalist. pastorate. The program, which consisted of mu sic and speaking, wa in charge of Principal R. L. Davison of Goddard seminary. Mr. Davison welcomed the new pastor and family in behalf of the people of the city and then intro duced Kev. B. G. Lipsky, pastor of the Hedding Methodist church, who poke in behalf of the ministers of the other churches in the city. Rev. George F. Fortier, superintend ent of I'niversalist churches in the state, gave a very cordial welcome to Rev. and Mrs. Skeels in behalf of the association which he represents. Rev. Mr. Fortier wa largely instrumental in getting Rev. Mr. Skeels to come to Barre. The various' churches of Barre were represented by their pastors or sent letters. The Unitarian church of Montpelier was represented by its pas- lor. ttev. vv . .Mi iiols. The program was as follows: Piano Solo by Miss Marv Lease: reading. "Just Like tther Folks," by Lillian Avery; vocal selection, "Sink Red Sun," bv Betty Brown. Incidental Three Weeks' Rescue Worl at Jackson, CaL, Result: in Discovery of Bodies o; Men . Behind . Barricade They Had Erected -j Stripped Themselves Tc Plug Up Holes in Wall music was furnished during the eve ning by Mis Dorothy Campbell and I . to permit a man to pass Jackson, Gal., Sept. 19 (By the Asso ciated Pre,). Jackson, mining towi! in the Mother Lode country, has pai the toll demanded of those who delvi in the earth for gold sd stands una fraid but not dry-eyed to-day. Forty-seven of her men died in thi Argonaut mine early on the mornini1 of Aug. 28, she learned last, night, and to-day she awaits the bringing of thei bodies from the rock tunnel, walled ii with flimsy bulkheads of their ows building that has been their tomb fof three week. - It was California's worst mine dis aster, in one of California's greates gold producers, and it was the hardes blow Jackson ever, has had to aufferi Three weeks ago last Sunday nigh men deep in the Argonaut believed theV omened smoke. A shut boss took tw men and went to investigate. Thei found the shaft afire at the 3,600 fool level, chanced death from death am were carried through the fire to the top or the mine. Then began the work o( fire fighting which presently merge- into one of rescue of the men below for tbe fire blocked the ehaft and pre vented the escape of the miners. Men came from all over the wesi to offer their services, the curious fel lowship of miners bringing hearty of fers of service from all who could gel to Jackson. Sweating shoulders an! unbreakable! wills drove ateel picks at the rock un til this hole had been enlarged enough Wynn Terwilliger of Goddard semi nary. , At the close of the program refresh ments were served, and the very enjoy able event was brought to an end with cordial greeting among the company. In exploring one cross-cut, a bulk head was found that had not been thcM three weeks before. Hope rose anew at this evidence tha some at least of the entombed mert had not died instantly from the gsset The reception committee wa composed I thrown off by the fire and the rescuer of K. M. Tobin, H. C. Ladd, Trin. R. I. Davison and H. A. Richardson. Harding Prepared Document and Then Considered It With Cabinet. Washington, D. C. Sept. 19 Presi dent Harding s message vetoing the soldiers bonus bill was completed this forenoon and it wa indicated at tbe White House that it would be sent to tb Hmise. probably before 1 P. m. The president discussed the message with .. ... i j - id cabinet, wtiicn assemnica 1 1 . m FIRST GUN OF CAMPAIGN MRS. NEWTON STEARNS. Died To-day After Being Health Some Time. Mr. Newton Stearns passed away this morning at the home of Mrs. E. L. Elmore of Montpelier, where she pressed on. They found another bulk head, not built of plank and timberi and stuffed with torn clothing like tbi first, but erected of earth and rock an' debris. It was a pitiful structure, gap in Poor l ,nlf ,n P'ncee so that the rewners could see through it, but it checked the aid currents somewhat. Before long the bodies of 42 men had: been found and counted. Not long after near she bulkhead had been living for the past two place the other five also had been found. monins. cne naa ocen in poor neaitn I dead. - ni-oi-'y in prrvr" for hiiMhol to-dsy reVl fijli. bv tsr the; ! ; to seforWe t.- r-rl tmir .a tbe I n'.H Mates to lrg-! mim'w-r eier stien l.rg the ) bj"B is November. r ) ia?t:tu'.i-i. Licenses Revoked. -Secretary of State Harry A. Black b revokvd the automobile operating licenw nf Harry Shipman. R. F. D.. I- Worcester, and .looenh H. bnte of Burlington for conviction of i Burlington. Collins ojierating motor vehicle while nn-ler the influence of intoxicating liquor. IHonte vii convicted in Burlington city court Sept. 16 and Shipirsn in Montpelier r'ty court pt- l. K. W. lawyer of Ruhford b l-t bis li en- m-'f fnitett- for .n t h : n in Ttf tuvk i -! court Srj t. 7 cf be ing found intoxicated. Will Be Fired By Republicans at Bur lington Oct. 3. Kurlincton. Sent, 19. At a meeting of the Republican state committee, held vesterdav at the Hotel Vermont, plans were made to hold the Republican state convention this fall in fijs city lues av. K-t. 3. A was the case two years ago, the convention will be held in the niversity of Vermont gymnasium here all of the nominees ol tbe Kepuo- ican party, state, county, cuv ana own. will gather to formulate the Re publican platform for the coming elec- ion in ovemoer. i ne convention-win open at I o clock, in the afternoon Franklin S. Billinjr ot vv ooiston. nominee for the otiiee oi lieutenant- governor, will be the temporary chair man of the convention and m ill de- ver the kevnote addres. Edwin W. Lawrence of Rutland i the ehairtnan f the resolution committee, which in- iide one member from each county. The Chittenden county member is Villiam B. McKillip of this city. For the first time in the history of the Republican party In Vetmont. a worn- i will serve on the resolution rem ittee of the Republican tate con- ention. Mi's r.dna L. Heard ol (Tange beine the member from Oranee .county. An attempt will be mada to get Cal- n Coolidge. on of Vermont, who i now vice preident of the I nited State, to deliver the principal nddre st tfii convention, according to tbe statement f one of the member f tbe committee on arrangement. Thi committee i made np of John F.. Pid dock of Saxton River, tlnv M. Tpe of M. ;rv of Ben nington at1 I- r. " in? m Miiunn. Headitarter for the Republic-! state committee. whb will nwet of tbe erenicr preyed mr toe tste con vention, wtli be e-t'.'.'.ed at tbe Un til Vermont. Aaron H. .owt of New for ome time, but the end came very suddenly, death being due to heart failure. Mrs. Stesrn was horn in South Hadley Falls, Mas., and was a daugh ter of Hervey and Msrie Judd. She I and her husband move? to Barre from Hinsdale, N. II., about three years ago. i She wa a member of the Congrega tional church In Hinsdale, N. H., and was a faithful and devoted worker in Jackson took the blow calmly anil presently found comfort id the sur- knowledge gained from notes left hvj two of the men. A quick, merciful deatn naa come to them instead of thei agonies of starvation. There was noJ lingering in inky darkness The ea came, then lethargy, thn oblivion. Notes Scrawled By Victims. Records scrawled on paper by oni the church as long as her health per- man and scratched on a timber by an mitted. Mrs, Stearns i survived bv her bus band, Newton T'tearn. and one daiigh fer. Mrs. Nelson. B. Ballard of this city; also two grandchildren, Eloise and Winthrop Ballard. There will be a prayer- service at the Ballard home, 115 Tremont street Wednesday, Sept. 20, at 2 p. m. The body will be taken to Hinsdale, N. H., for - interment. de. Saddest eg of the bare be-j (head when gaJ t i.J i um ThJ VISITORS WERE FINED. Claremont Men Had Imbibed Too Much in Liquor. Frank Owen ami Larry Arsenault. both of Oareniont, N. II., were ir raijrned lie fore Juriire K. L. Scott in city court yeMerday afternoon a I result of too close contact with alco holic beverages. The two men were arrested late Sunday evening by Officer John Mur- ley after chase from their car which was stopped near tbe I row and Hold en shot, to tne .iacot livery sterile on South Main street. Owen plead ed guilty to a charge of intoxication nd paid a fine of $3 and cost of $0.,15, while Arsenaul. who wa oper- atmg the car. pleaded guilty to L,.n,r,(ny and oonrgement chsree of operatmp a motor vehicle I J 1 ' while under the influence of intoxicating- liquor apd ws ctven a fin of $50 and cost of fO-ta. He arranged to pay the fine and both men left thi morning for their borne in Clare irton!. Crlo Maocbi of Berkley treet wa broutlit into city court yesterday aft-erno-Ti. having been arrested -on a warrant from the secretary of state ffr failure to report an accident to hi car wbih -ru-rt-d lat July. He j.ie.1rd pni!ty to tbe cb'f e brought other showed thev bad lived but lit tie more than three hours after erect 4 ing their pitiful barricades. Saddest of all was the mute record ginning of a third bulkhead had driven them from the scene of th second. Identification will be difficult length of time since tbey Cied, the tem-J perature of their casual tomb, the lack of the clothing they had torn off t- stuff into crscks in their first bulkhead combined to remove from most of th bodies any distinguishing characteristic.) The Red Cro ba received a fund. of $S.0(iO for the miners' dependent and it is estimated that where a min er left a widow or child the Califor-j nia state compensation insurance fund ill pay an average of approximately $4500 to dependent. The Argonaut Mining company had Insured its em ploye in the state fund. There is some! need among relatives of some of the victim, however. A feature of the Red Cro merciful misoion was the assigning of it mem here to the consolation of bereaved fami lies. It night and early to-day each of the families of the 18 married miners among the 47 victim bad with it a woman visitor to speak wont cr GODDARD NOTES. l.rt will he IHe e-?e!rv rl tt r-o-1 1, venMon. hi'e H. A'Now ilai'wy of Vi-1 -mt h'tn aed pi1 a ne of fi and'oKl f--r n.!-ki will ' t at aKaet -rejty. r f of '. . ri"rn s. Pody Carter of Glatonbury, Conn., and Ida Ener of Wakefield, Mass., were Visitor at school Monday. James Brier ba been called heme on account of the iHnes of it w;fe. Ralph Clark has been hired to tke hi place omnifrnil teacher. rrin. Davion ha been tt South f Hero on school bus f. i Cob Wi'.n hsl ! fnT (c"n fnot'l praci.w M nfijy t