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A Western Paper Says That If The League Can't Prevent War It Can At Least See That Those Insisting On War Can Get All The War They Want THE WEEKLYCALEDONIAN The Biggest Newspaper Value for $1.00 a Year in the State of Vermont. Published Every Wednesday Morning at St. Johnsbury. ESTABLISHED AUGUST 8, 1837 ST. JOHNSBURY, VERMONT, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1919 83rd YEAR NUMBER 4249 THE VAIL SCHOOL'FOR MOTOR TRUCKS 'RECOMMENDS PARDON FAST GAME waists; WAISTS: We are pleas ed to announce that our Spring line of Waists is here. The result of two years of the most success ful waist busi Jap Silks $1.98, various styles of Crepe de Chine and Georgette Waists at $3.98, an unlimited number of Georgette Waists at $4.98, this lot includes values up to $7.98. Other values from $6.50 to $20.00 in style individual in the whole sense of the name. When in need of waists think of us. Hundreds of ladies do. FRESHIES TIE SENIORS Freshmen Won from Seniors in Ycs ' terday's Game and Tie Championship . The seniors of St. Johnsbury Acad emy came within two points of win ning the intcrclass basket ball cham pionship Wednesday, afternoon at the Y. M. C. A. but they didn't get those two points and the freshmen ca'.ried oft the game 20-19 mMni1 a tie be txuen the seniors aadV:i"S5,ini?n frr ii?t place. y?;Thi p-ttmtvwtts fa'si aT.dturiouS bu iIWN?WXd ,,(;'.ter passing gi'riit and their shootin? and floor work was also slightly, .superior to that of the heavier esnior team. Graves and Cutting for the' seniors and Sweeney and Darling for the freshmen, were the stars, although considerable interest was evidenced in a private war carried on between Clement and Foye. The seniors missed Smith, who has been their mainstay, but is under thc weather with a touch of the grippe. The other game wa .-, for the cellar championship and wis won by the sophomores 26-21, this raattit the juniors and sophomores tied for third place in the league. For the first time this sea'son the sopho mores got their eyes on the basket, Thayer came cut of his lon winter's siumoer, nrcinere was naming to ir. Uotdutv The sophomores have always had as jutiand city good passing an outfit as any in the West iutiand league but have lost out on poor gan(gate shooting. Beck and Warden starred Seai-sburu-for the juniors and Marshall and shelburne Fayc for the sophomores. J st An,ans city CARD OF THANKS ." We wish to express our heartfelt thanks to the church, thc school, the P. of L the ball team, and all thc many friends who gaVC sp- generous ly of their help, sympathy and money during the sickness and burial of our dear little daughter, and sister, June. Also for the many beautiful flowers. Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Barber, Mr. and Mrs. Harley Keniston, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wood, Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Sheldon, Rev. and Mrs. Fred Wilcock, Mr. and Mrs. Fayette Barber, Luda Barber, Leonard Barber, In the Sp Reme 31 TOWNS VOTE "WET"! 28 Arc Officially Reported and Three Others in "Wet" Column MONTPELIER, March 10 Ac cording to reports of the license vote in Vermont filed with the secretary of state to date, 28 towns in the state voted for license this year. There was a tie vote in four towns. Three towns voted solidly against license. It is an assured fact, although not of official record, that three other ..vLtowiu voted for license, which brings the total to "1, the largest number in this class since 1007. It is not Im probable that this total will be in creased. Towns voting for license: Yes No! 500 j 525 1 172!) i 120 250 ' 25 48; 17 ! 1!)G: 20 13; 7! Barrc City Bennington Burlington 725 745 2020 10!) 377 38 54 34 211 23 22 22 30 371 11 170 37 1708 135 15 7 130 803 385 180 30 87 17 Castleton j Colchester Danby Dorset Grand Isle Hartford Hubbardton Isle La Motto Jay' Lincoln Montpelicr ;!1 30!) I Mt. Tabor N01-thncld 132 20 1218 72 11 (i!)0 370 133 15 03 14 No 14 11 11 22 No 14 8 11 No St. Johnsbury Swanton Wardsboro Windsor Worcester Towns with tic votes: Yes 11 11 32 22 Arlington Halifax Fairfield Tinmouth Towns solid against license: Yes Baltimore 0 Uranby ' 0 Wcstfield 0 Towns where fight was close: Yes Middlebury 117 118 j Catarrh and Cold-in-Head. ness has perhaps entitled us to an extra discount from the manu facturers just granted us. The result is $1000 worth of special ADDRESS TO VT. BAR Of Judge Stafford on Treaty Power of United States Able and Exhaustive The address by Justice Wendell Phillip Stafford before the Vermont State Bar association at Montpelicr, t nL . n a. i - - I. January iwi, on uw uv ...... powers of the United States m con- nection with the proposed League of ""s ",TV, T .. " al Record of March o, at the request of Senator Thomas (democrat) of Colorado. Commenting on the address Sena tor Thomas saidi "It is one of the ablest "(rfid most exhaustive discus sions of a legal proposition that it has been my pleasure to read for a long time." Senator Chamberlain of Oregon (democrat), also remarked that he had asked leave to have it printed as a public document. EASTMAN CASE. It Is Alleged Eastman Won Case Involving $27,000 on False Testimony A jury was empaneled in Rutland county court to try the case of State vs. George P. Eastman, of Rutland, a marble producer, who was indicted several months . ago by the county grand jury on the charge of perjury in giving alleged false testimony on the witness stand in connection with a boundary line suit he had with the Vermont Marble Co. in which the lat ter got a judgment for $27,000. Atty- 2 j Gen. Frank C. Archibald, of Man 00 . chestcr, as prosecutor, made his first appearance in county court here since assuming office. Attorney Warren R. Austin, of Burlington, is assisting him and Attorneys J. C. Jones of Rutland, and John W. Gordon, of Barre, arc Eastman's counsel. It is expected that the case will oc cupy the court's attention for several weeks. The testimony will include the evidence of several prominent local business and professional men in this state and elsewhere whose signatures appear on an alleged 25-year-old document produced by East man in the Vermont Marble Co., case which the latter claims is fraudulent Depositions taken in New York which are supposed to show that Eastman was not where he testified he was on specified occasions arc expected to The American Throat Tablets MAI FORMULA Boric Acid, Sodium Chloride, Menthol, Oil - . . IN METAL TUBES State Editors Not Wholly in Sympathy With Turning Down Proposition ) The following comment from the Brattleboro Reformer expresses the : general attitude of the newspaper ed ! itors around the state on the propo j sitioh of abolishment of the Vail ; School of Agriculture: ! The abolishment of the Vail School j of Agriculture has been suggested as a step toward more economical gov I ernment in Vermont. The plant of the school worth at least a quarter of 1 a million of dollars was presented to j the state by Theodore N. Vail, its owner, and the abolishment of the I school means the state gives up all j title to the property and it reverts to I Lyndon Institute. The wisdom of j giving up such a large property is ! seriously questioned. It is hard to j descern good business in such a snc ; rifice for the ideal of consolidating i state institutions. A greater loss than the property loss would be the abandonment of the ideal and purpose of Mr. Vail in es- tablishing the school. He believes the agricultural possibilities of Vermont are its greatest and they present the best opening for the great majority of the boys and girls of the state; that the best and most successful ag riculture is possible only to persons with a broad and practical knowledge of soils, fertilization, cultivation and farm management; that it is beyond the average farm homo to properly educate boys and girls for successful of such an education is in an insti agricultur.il life and the only source tution propertly equipped to give the young necessary scientific instruction for their work. In this we sec a wise and benevolent comprehension of the duty of Vermont to its boys and girls and to its future. The people of the state cannot well afford to abandon such a valuable ideal. There remains the question of main taining such an institution. It has been very expensive and the number of students has not been large enough .... ,i i . , ii basjf. v to date thc proMcm of the mun cnt f 8Uch a iarKC prop. K has b tep than thc . vision of the students. Still we feel that abandonment would be unwise. Thenj is the poaJ,lbility that when thc rlnnni- l-psilizeii Hip situation of the state government a modification of the terms of the gift will be possible. Some disposition of a part of the property might be arranged so that the state would have only the neces sary property for practical conduct of the school. Possibly the manage ment of the agricultural schools should not be left with the depart ment of education, a department skilled in education only,, but should be under separate control of agricul tural and business experts. In all events we hope the state will continue to educate as many young men as possible for Vermont farming and that competent management f en tile state's agricultural schools will be developed. CONGRESSMAN DALE An Able Congressional Worker Gets Excellent Committee Appointments Congressman Porter H. Dale has been placed third on the House com mittee of Banking and Currency ami chairman of committee on Expendi tures in the Treasury Department. This is a recognition of the faithful service Vermont's able representative from the Second District. Butter was originally spread with the thumb. Muffs were first used by doctors In order to keep their fingers soft. A shoal of herrings is often five or six miles in length and two or three in breadth. No fewer than 250 of thc members of the new British House of Com mons saw service in the war. be used. Experts on handwriting and mechanism of type-writers have been summoned. ALSO to uuun me piuni 10 iuu capacity, jf trucks in tho tac businc. and consequently it is on an unprofitable. .... .. ,. . a wom . 11nf.,ir ,.. tho Bill Before the Legislature Fixing License Fee and Limit of Capacity All parts of Vermont and several other states were represented Mon day evening nt the public hearing in representatives' hall on H. 254, the motor truck bill. The hearing wis held before the House committee u highways and bridges, with Mr. Tay lor of Hardwick presiding. The dis cussion was broadened into a g-.i.val review of road conditions, type', sizes capacities and weights of trucks, strength of bridges, and, most impor tant of all, proper rates of taxation. The speakers included: Harry Black, secretary of state; F. W. Fenn of New York, secretary of the na tional motor truck committee; Com missioner Bates of the highway a.' partmcnt, Elias Lyman of Burlington, Mr. Witters of St. Johnsbury, W. S. Tcachout, chief clerk of the state au tomobile department; Howard Bios- som of the Drown Motor company; James Cushman of Burlington, A. L. Fcncr of the International Motor company, Mr. Blood of West Windsor and others. At the opening of the hcarimc, it was stated that the committee w , not insisting on this bill as it now stands, but that it had been draw. j nn ,;., nui.nnsclv 'hih sn ;h't itit tit? ti ttniu!n;n lull with tlm i".!.;c ideas could be brought out and a fair average reached. Anybody who de sired to do so was invited to speak on the measure and information w.r sought. It waV the general opinion that the rates provided by the bill are alto gether too high and there was a good deal of difference in thc opinions as to how they should be adjusted. Mr. Lvman told of his business in Bur lington, in which he used several trucks, and also the talc business in Watcrbury, in which he is interested where much of the carting is done with heavy trucks. He said that thc registration fees provided for in this bill would practically prohibit the use Mill WVUIU I'lUl w i v lighter trucks which he used in and about Burlington. Mr. Witters of St. Johnsbury thought it best to tax pleasure riders rather than business interests, and maintained that it was unfair to tax a light truck more : than a heavy touring itiv- Mr. Witters. -was -quite active in the discussion and at one point, following the stutement by a member of the committee on high ways and bridges that the committee was asking lor imormauon in regani to truck matters, because it did not) pretend to know about them, Witters! remarked quickly: "Then you shouldnt' be legislating on them!" There was a momentary applause, then a somewhat strained silence, broken by a few hasty words be tween members of the committee and some ardent truck owners nearby, which, however soon subsided. This was the only really strained moment during the discussion, although som ramer crypuu iunm.iv-. wCl ...uu ... times. Mr. Fenn of the national moto:-! trucK committee icuu u luiim tide in regard to the value of the trucK in an waiKs oi me ami quoici , standard requirements ror tne mwor truck, which, he said, had been a- dopteil in many states, ne answeicu many questions, as oia mr. rennci ot tne international motor v,o. In regard to the weight of trucks to be operated on the roads of the State . t i niri yi Commissioner Bates maintained that a six ton limit ougnt to De made an that it would be simply impos i-blo to build roads in Vermont lor ccvci- al years which would stand up under, a load ot lo tons, sucn as nad oien suggested. As his contribution to the war cause a barber of Brighton, England, gave 70,000 free shaves and haircuts to soldiers in the local hospitals. One of the most crious boundaries in Europe is between Italy and Switz crland. In one place it consists of a high barrier of wire netting hung with bells. For Adults and Children of Eucalyptus, White Petrolatum. . j judge Harland B. Howe Takes Ger- erous Attitude Toward Pacifists Recently Jailed The International Bible Students, contend that their officials were un reasonably prosecuted during the late letter be published. Dear Brethren: Any who appear timid about sign ing the public pctiton for the release of our brethren may have no hesita tion when they are advised of the fact that the trial judge has himself re commended that sentence be com muted. The recommendation, how ever, was not acted upon, although the Department of Justice received it before the President saik'ij for France. It is therefore important that the petition work be pushed to the utmost degree. Tell the people that Judge Howe himself has asked that the men be released, therefore no citizen should hesitate to sign ; our petition. Judge Howe's letter of March 3, l'Jl'J, to the Attorney Gen eral reads as follows: "The Honorable Attorney General, Washngton, 1). C. Sir: Answering your telegram of the 1st inst., 1 .wired you that evening as follows: 'Recommend immediate commuta- tion for Joseph Rutherford, William j E. Van Amburgh, Robert J. Martin,: Fred H. Robinson, George H. Fisher,! Clayton J. Woodworth, Giovanni De- j Cccca, A. Hugh Macmillan. They! were all defendants in same case in I Eastern District of New York. My I position is to bu generous now that the war is over. They did much damage by preaching and publishing their religious doctrines.' Thc severe sentence of twenty years was imposed upon each of the defendants except DcCecca. His was ten years. My principal purpose was to make an example, as a warning to others, and I believe that the Presi-j dent would relieve them after the war was over. As I said in my telegram,! they did much damage and it may! well be claimed they ought not to be set at liberty so soon, but as they cunnot do any more harm now, I am in favor of being as lienent as I was severe in imposing sentence. I .. be-; lievc most of them were sincere, if not all, and I am not in favor of keeping suclvjJwsonB n confinement after their oof tuliffy' -fniaking I trouble is past. Their case has notj yet been heard in the Circuit Court! -f Appeals, Respectfully, HARLAND B. HOWE, United States District JudgT, Thursday Was Birthday of Local Paper Thursday, March 13, was the birth day of the local daily in St. Johnsbury, The Evening Caledonian was resus citated and established one year ago fnniillf vonrn lvllnc nf tVtn rlnv lininir the thirteenth of the month, During that time its circulation has :,. ,i nhnt m Mrranf it moved to new quarters and had the machinery of its plant rebuilt, adding two brand new typesetting machines. publishing a newspaper in a war has heen no bed of rose3 but The EveninB Caledonian has weather- , t , , fi , established. Moreover, the town is around tQ the dai,y idea P,-osnects fol. rGat veal. this year are in sight. That it will be the most prosperous year for merchants am, newspaper publishers in two de- cades has been wideiy predicted, b i nrognostications on the amount of "foreign" advertising con tracts which are now being closed with the small town papers by na tional advertisers. On the whole, the publisher has nothing but gratitude for the libei-al support the people of this community have accorded him in founding this proposition and keeping it going suc cessfully, out of the experimental stage. As time goes on it will he evident that the local stores will get For Sore Throat or Cough Juniors of Academy and Passumpsic Basket Ball Team Play Fast Game Thc fastest game of the season was played last Friday evening be tween Passumpsic and the Junior class of St. Johnsbury Academy. At the end of the third period the score was a tie and two extra' five minute periods were held to play it off and the score 32 to 28 in favor of Pas sumpsic. The line-up as follows: Passumpsic R. Moore, r f H. Rash, 1 f Ray M orc, c A. Moore, 1 g W. Rash, r g Substitutions: St. J. A. Juniors' Warden, r f Collins, 1 f Lyester, c Beck, 1 g Strceter, t g Hamilton for Streetcr; goals from floor, Warden 5, Collins 4, Lyester 1, Beck 1, R. Moore 5, H. Rush 6, Ray Moore 1, A. Moore 1; points on fouls, Warden 4, H. Rash C. Referee Ayer. Umpire Barrett. Time 15-10-15. onto the city method of putting out their ads and use larger space in a more forceful way. But these things come slow, like prohibition and wom an suffrage. A successful daily paper in a town is the recognized testimony that the town is alive commercially. Tho daily i newspaper is a institution in the community established to create ahd foster business. This is his mission as thc present publisher sees it. De spite thc vicissitudes through which the paper has gone in the past, he will endeavor with a reasonable amount of cooperation from . the cream of thc local merchants, to keep this journal up to par and cooperate with them in furthering the town's social and industrial interests. He greets the new year enthusiastically. Hqine again. : For our homecomir, soldier boys, suits : just the styles thc want. Kuppenheimer . Sui in smart military e fects, with fitted wai lines and vertical poc! ets. These suits are ; the front rank for stfy good quality and se vice. Patterns from pla blues and grays 1 fancy mixtures j browns, greens ai grays. Our boys deserve t best for their monej they will find it herei Suits from $18 to The right sort of fi1 nishnigs and hats, to( Ask to see a Co-c erative shoe. ' ASSEUN BROS. The O Spot CLOTHING and SHOES i