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CONFESSES TO SETTING PIVE HOTEL FIRES
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HOME AND MAIL EDITION
VOI,. V NUMBER 5
ST. JOHNSBURY, VERMONT, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1920
PRICE TWO CENTS
PRESEM
McADÒO'S MAgJÒT TOME
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NEWPORT AND ,
DERBY GIRLS
ARE BRIDES
Three Weddinffs Takc riace
of Interest to Iiordcr
Towns
SOMERS GORDON
The mauiage of Mrs. Canie Som
ers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Abbott of Derby to George Henry
Gordon, of Moptreal, son of G. H.
Gordon of Cap'-Chat, P. Q-, took
place at the, horne of the bride's par
ents at 2 o'clock on Sunday after
noon, the cereniony being performed
by liev. L. A. Edward, pastor of the?
Congrega' ional church of Newport.
The wedding was a verv nuiet affair
and was attended by only relative:,
and immediate friend.-? of the family.
The eouple left Sunday night for
Montreal where they will spend their
honeymoon.
The house was artistically decorat
eci with i'erns and rose. The table
in the center of wliich was a wed
ding cake, made by Mrs. L. A.
wards, a aister of the groom,
decorateti with ferns and roses. Re
freshments of chicken salad, cake and
coffee were served.
The bride is very popular both in
Newport and Derby. She worked in
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t carry out the
instructions of those
ho employ us be
cause of our thor-
oughjly modem equ
ipraent. Our Ser
vices we try to nake
efficient and cour
teous and ve solicit
your patronage for
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Our Waists and Dresses defy any competition. You'll be
disappointed if you do not get the one best fitted for your needs.
This lotcomprises ali Cotton and ali Silk Garments.
Silk Dresses Now Selling
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NAVY DESERTER HELD
FOR BOSTON FIRES
BOSTON. Jtine 30 James Hobco
o.f Clifton, N. J., a deserter from the
riavy, toda" confessed that he was
the firebug who applied the torch to
f.ve hotels here within the past week,
accordine to an announccment from
policé headuavters. rie was charged
with arson'and officiala considered
sending him to a psveopathic hospi
tal, because of his statement that he
had "wheels in his liead."
The first of the fires ooeurred in the
Adams House, the Bo.-ton home of
Governor Coolidgc on June 24. Later
the Hotel Hollis, Hotel Drewster,
and the American House were the
scene of fires and yesterday the
Hotel Essex was selected by the lire
bug. In most cases the loss was
striali.
Hobco, wlio had registered under
an assumed name, was arrested at
the Essex beeausc of peculiar actions.
IIM handwriting was found on the
resisterà of three of the hotels. He
exnlained his use of false names by
the statement that he was a
deserter from the battleship North
Dakota. He is said to have declami
that he did not know whv he had
started the fires hut acted tluring
spells when he hard wheels goirtg
around in his head.
Hobco. the police said, admitted
s'ircificallv settini" the last four of
i the fh-es but said he could not rc-
Ed- I member havine set that at the Ad
was 1 :im, IIoikp. He was charter' however
with settine ali live fires. The polire
of New' York werne rotified of his
arresi with a view to investigatine
ihe possibility that Hobco was re
sponsive for a somewhat similar
series of fires there recenti v.
The Circus is Corn
ing! "JINX"
A Show That Bar
lumi Would Have
Been Proud Of
ITHE CHENEY
A Master of Music.
It plays ali reeords with a quality
of tone unrivalled. -
Cheney Talking Machines demon
strated and sold by
Lyman K.Harvcy
Passumpsic, Vermont.
To procure some of the
VOILE
we are offering at
.29 a Yard
The values are remarkable
SIRL SCOUTS
MAKE MERRY AT
LAKE WILLOUGHBY
Reporters'of Troop 1 of St.
J. Teli Interesting Tales
of Camp Life
Troop 1 of tho Girl Scouts of
St. Johnsbury pitched camp June 19
on the shores of Lake Willoughby
and since then, we have been having
the jolliest of ali jolly times. Upon
our comfortable farmhouse and our
Camp Cook and M other, resta our
daily peace and comfort. Four coun
sillors, Helen Steele, Helen Ross,
Eleanor Jencks and Madeline Cary,
direct our sporta and join in with the
fun. Each day two scouts are ap
pointed for kitchen police work. their
tluties consistine of wushing dishes,
paring potatoes, antl other sundry
domestic matterà. Two other scouts
are appointed each morning antl
night for the conveyance of milk. A
store dose bv is nrofitec ring by our
denosits. We hereby ubmit our first
edition of the Camp News.
FIRE
Loud calls for the oVlunteer Bri
pade of Buckets were heard Satur
ila" afternoon. The Scouts bravely
rushed forth but were unable to beat
the Ford truck and motor cycles: and
reached there just in time to see the
rescuers marchin- hon.c.
The wedding bells, known com
monly as the dinner bells, rang thrice
merrily at the triple wedding June
20. Juvlv Caipenter and Eleanor
Steele as Josiah Arab antl Arabella
Cleopatra; Vera Dovle and Margaret
Ricker as Rowena Fitzpatrick and
Ivanhoe Fitzgerald; Mai-y Rathbun
and Jack Frost as Lvdia Pinkham
! ami Ichabod Jehosophat as brides
and grooms. The blushin g brides
! were beautiful in bath towels and
cuA'tonabiie-t!ie jrnwns wei-e re
i pplentlent in embroideied pajamaj
and whiskers. The ceremony was
! thoroughly performed bv Counselor
Ros, w hoso pi'evious surfer and a
pillow protruded pleasantly beneath
her suiplice; while a benignant giin
shone with the glasses that rode
tlown her nose, and she pronounced
them splieed, knotted antl hitched as
holy men and wives. Congratulations
were extentled.
Just after sunset Suntlav night, the
crowd gathered around a driftwood
fire to see who could toast the
most marshmallows in the shortest
time. A few burned tongues seemed
to prove no hinderance even when it
carne to telline "host stories in the
moonlirhJ:.
Mr. Brown, the popular store koep-
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at $28.75
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WOMAN KILLED WITH
HUXLEY NOT HIS WIFE
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. June SO
The womati who was kille i ' at a
grade crossing aecident yesterday in
which Frank Huxley of Jamaica
f'hiin also mot instant tleath was to
day positively identified as Joseph
ine R. Buike of Jamaica Plain. It
was at first supposcd the dead wom
an was Mrs. Huxley.
EANDITS ROB TRAIN
OF RAY ROLL OF $59,725
AUGUSTA, Ga., June P0 An ex
nress car pn the Charleston and
West Virginia railroad was rcported
i-obbed near here early today by ban
dits who ga-iped and bound an ex-
$59,72") constituting the nayroll for
the Murines at Paris Island, South
Carolina station.
PLEDGED TO OLD SUGAR
FOR 24 CENTS WHOLESALE
HAVANA, June
n r-
growers, sugar mdl owners and biok-
ers, claiming to control the sale of
1 VII (UHI i-iclj r.f ,.rnt,l ! ittnrn
o'n rècord today as definitcly pledg-
e,l nnt lo nflW un n. a.on,- frll.
f.in imtn ,.ò.,o'v,0.i 'ji
rua U'Illl Hit Jf ItV IIMU i - UV. IH II A
cents a roun the level reached dur
in the last half of Mav. This decl
sion was reached at a mass meeting
held last night at which a committee
of 12 was selected to act as the ex
elusive sellini' agency of those rep
resented at the meeting. The amount
oi unsoui iuDan sugar was esumateti
by a member of the st lling commit-
tee at 3,920,000 sacks. Their holdings
of 2.180.000 sacks leavin- only
1,740,000 saclts under outside con
trol. Band Concert on
Railroad Street Park;
The St. Johnsbury Band will give
anotner one ot their poiìular con
certs Wednesday eveiung at the Rail
road Street park. Following is the
program
March "El Capitan
Sousa
Rockwell
i Ovei-ture "Old Gold
Waltz - On- the Ttait to Santa I'c"
Waltz "MammyV, Lullaby"
Selection from "Chimes of Nor-
mandy"
Fox Tiot '.'Oh, by Jingó"
Fox Trot "Ching-a-ling Jazz Ba-
zaar"
"Priszita's Maiden Waltz" Roberta
One Sten "Bye Lo" Peikins
March "Lights Out" McCoy
Why Not Savelf?
From $1 to $5
You cannot earn money easicr thnn
toibuy Chautiiuqua season tickets.
The price for single atlmission will be
Afternoons 50 Cents
Evenings 75 Cents
Plus War Tax
The price for season tickets for the
entire 10 entertainment is only $2.20.
Thus you attend but half of the per
formances and with the attractivc
program no one could miss more you
would save $1.55 by buying a season
ticket. Don't wait for single admis
sions. After attending one perfor
mance you will want to attend them
ali antl it will cost you more than
doublé the amount you will pay for a
season ticket.
Tickets on sale at Brigham's Drug
Store and Leach & Waterman's.
Stylish, good looking and at
tractive only half describes the
new Spring suiti we are show
ing now.
Quality, value and service are
the other good points.
Checks, stripes, plaid, piai
colors antl fancy mixturea in
worsteds, serges, cassimeres and
cool cloth.
You are sure to find just the
suit you want here now.
Men'a suita $30 to $50.
Special value3 in shirt3 at
$2.50.
Co-operative Shoes for men.
Queen Quality Shoes for wo
men. ASSEUN BROS.
The O Spot
CLOTHING and SHOES
BIG STORM
NORTHEASTERNVT.
Wind, Lightning and Rain
Combine to Damagc
Property
Northeastern Vermont was visited
by a severe storni about 5 o'clock
Tuesday evening which did mudi
damage to wire service besides blow
ing down trees and destroying some
property. The lightnlng was almost
continuous and stzuck in several
pldces in St. Johnsbury. In less than
one. hour the Faiibanks Museum re-
I cornea a laiuiaii 01 ì.iu.
This is
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I JUIIC, xwtJ, UUI nn.it . imi. mi.
! heavier storms later In the season as
' 'n JuIy' 1
heaviest StOtms
there was 0110 of the
over recorded when
almost five
inches fell in one day'.
The first stomi Tuesda" atternoon
was the heaviest and before 6 o'clock
.fiS inches of rain had fallen. The
Museum authorities rcported this by
ire Wednesday morning to the
power station of the Connecticut
Uiver Power Company at Vernon
and the government station at Hart
lord. The damage by the wind was severo-
north and east of St. Johnsbury
tha:i in the village. The only prop-rrt-
damage renorted was at the
farmhouse of John Nolan on the
Stiles Pond road. Mr. Nolan occu-
uies the Zenas Owcn fann and the
on the eli pait of his house was
, vo,. i, himnv nf 1h house and
j finally landetl in the fichi several
1 1 ods from the house. Manv trees in
I that vicinity were blown down or up
! rooted. Motorists ccmiimr in from
the north rcported their passale ob
rtiucted Sii several nlaces by trees in
the Vsi'ihway'ond the : . unforlunate
toui'ists that were cauht out in the
lieavy rain had the satisfaction that
' at least they were. inculateti from
I the lightning as few had timo to
, placo chains on their cars. ' -
In the village of St. Johnsbury
lightning struck in several places.
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Nominating Speeches At Democratic
Convention With Lively Fight
Over Dry Plank
(By the Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, June 30 Definite-and final ins
traction carne from the East early today that William G.
McAdoo's name was not formally to be placed before the
Democratic National convention. Burris Jenkins of
Kansas City, who was prepared to
make a nominating speech for Mc-
Atloo revised his plans again and de-
1 cided to acceed to the wishes of the
MeAdoo managers.
Several hours of debate failed to-
iday tó bring the platform sub com-
mittee into final agreement on the
prolubition issue with becretary ioioy
leading the fight for a light wine and
beer plank. The problem showed
signs of becoming the most trouble
some facing the little circle of plat
form buildei-s. A canvass of senti-
, ment soon after the meeting began
' . . i . i . i i
lasi nigni is saia io nave snown a ma
jority sentiment against any wet de
claration but when the sub committee
carne formally to take up prohibition
proposals in the naturai course of its
deliberations it was decided to re
open the whole subject.
Besides the plank offered by Sec.
Colby various wet declarations in
differnt forms was suggested and the
drys also put forwards a set of pro
posals ranging from an ultra-dry
plank to a plain enforcement plank.
Candidates for presidential honors
were placed in nomination at today's
session of the Democratic National
convention. While committeemen
struggled behind closed doors at
temptintr to draft a platfonn accep-
table to ali elements in the party, the
convention under a rule approved yes
terday, saved time by havin? the
nominating speeches madé in advancè
of the adoption ofthe declaration of
principles. "
Beginning before noon oratory lld
forth and wa expected to continue
lhiou",hnut the day interrunted only
bv noisv tlcmonstrations as the names
of favorite candidates were placed
before the delegates. With ali the
candidates formallv in nomination
the convention will await the report
of the platform committee before
WHAT
Isn't it the neat, sensible kind of
Clothes you see real men wear?
No ultra style features just the same
smart? sturdy, sensible kind of Clothing
that makes you feci well dressed and
look it. t ,
Suits
Steele, Tapiin & Co.
W. A. TAPLIN, Piop. ì v
On the Hill V
proceedin- to pick the nominee. Bal
loting mav not begin unti! late Thurò
day or Friday.
Planks defining the Democratic
parly's attitude on tìie League of Na-
tions and Piohibition question two
0f the promincnt issues have not
been f inali v decided unon though it
is saitl an agreement is not far off on
the league declaration.
A rreat crowd turned to the con
vention hall prepared for a day of
excitement. Camnaip-n managers and
delegations activelv supnorting can
didates were well prenai-ed for the
day. Ali sorts of devices for arous
ini: the enthusia.;m of the crowd and
for noise-making nurnoscs were
brought in and concealed until the op
portuno time arrived for bringing
them out.
Speeches were madc nominatine
Atty. Gen. Palmer, Gov. Cox of Ohio,
Chairman Homcr S. Cummings of
the Democratic National committee,
Gov. Edwards of New Jersey. Sen
ator Hitchcock of Nebraska. James
W. Gerard, former nmbassador to
Germany. Senator Owens of Okla
homa and John W. Davies.
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man of a thousand
loves, is master of
them ali.
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