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winds mostly west.
the Entire Northeast Sec
tion of Vermont State
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HOME AND MAIL EDITIOX
VAL V NUMBER 12
ST. JOHNSBURY, VERMONT, FRIDA Y, JULY 9, 1920
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TRUE BILL
FOUND AGA1NST
R. G. BANCROFT
Special Grand Jury Held In
Orleans County Friday
Bring In Findings
A special grand jury was held in
the Orleans County court house at
Newport Friday morning at which
State' Attorney Thompson present
ed evidence against Russell G. Ban
croft, now incarcerated in the Jersey
City jail. The grand jury found a
true bill against him and he is charg
ed with obtaining monev under false
pretensos to the suni of $6,000 from
the National Bank of Newport. The
witnesses at the special session were
James McCaiV, president of the
Newport National bank, and Ray
Webster of Barton. Now that a true
bill has been found against Bancroft
he can be extradited from the state
of New Jersey. It is expected thatj
he will soon be brought to the Or-
leans county jail to await a trial ut i
the September terni of court. j
County Court Meets j
and Adjourns Again;
Judge Fred M. Butler, who has
been presidine at the June temi of
the Caledoaia county court, carne to
St. Johnsbuiv Wedne.sday to take up
some matte 1 .-; that vere left over
from the last session. Thcre was a
hearing in the case of Flora E. Rus- j
sell vs. ISathamel Johnson anci i r.-. !
This is the Hardwick case involving
the ownership of a moving pictuie
theater there. The plaintiff was rep
resénted by Sumner E. Darling of
Hardwick and the defendants by M.
A. Campbell of the Northfield rm
f Plumley & Campbell and
Shields and Conant of the
Messrs. I
finn of j
Dunnett. Shields & Conant. The . th
is & Conant. The .
before Judge Butler
s "was taken to July
case will come
aain as a iitee
27.
Jude Butler also had for disposi
tion the rase of State vs. William
MoffeU. the respondent having plead
ed guilty to breaking and entering
the railroad station at South Rye
gate on the night of Aprii 14 and
taking a gold watch belonging to the
station agent and over $fi0 in money
that bclonged to the Boston & Maine
railroad anl the American Express.
On recom menda! ion of States Attor
nev Canjpbell the younn- man was appropriate legislation, the state has i w,h! the considred fair prices, in
nlaced o- nrobation after having Most ali rights to make prosecutions ì elun'ng F. D. Abernethy, the drv
l..n cil finn 1 i: u r.. i I o-onrls rlpaipr. ami Thomas R. W vicrnt.
been fined $100 and given a sentence
in the House of Correction at Wind
sor of not lesa than one vear nor
more than two years! The latter sen
tence was susnended when he was
placed on probation.
Is at its best, and
and one lot
We are in perfect shape to supply your needs in ali kinds of
U aists and Dresses at lowes figures.
Best Beaded Dresses $62 value
Today $26.75
CAN YOU CATCH
A DOG? IFSO,
IIERE'S YOUR CHANCE
"Persistcnce brings success" is
an oftquotedproverb,whieh,when
boiled down to its genuine intcn
tion, means if you keep at athing
long enouu'h, it'll evcntually hap
pen. With that to cncourage
them, employees in the baggage
room of the Union Station have
persistenly pursued an Ayredale
dog which escaped from the bag
gage ,ear of a tram hound for
Portland last" Wednesday and
has successlully tuded pursuit
since then.
Shortly after the animai haJ
cseaped men set out in pursuit,
but it was nowhere lo be found.
Search led them to the St.
Johnsbury House, where it was
learned that for two hours the
dog had sìcpt quiotly there, but
had just gone. Frantic pursuit
and nuestioning brought out that
many had "just seen it," but on
the dog itself. the eyes of the
na'gage men have not yetrested.
When it was learned that a re
ward was offered, the number of
nursuers grew bv leaps and
bounds. It is exnected that ali
St. Johnsbury will soon be en
listei! into semee.
The lady, who owns the ani
mal has come to St. Johnsbury
in resnonse to a teleram an
nouncing her loss, and this fact
lp.ids the railroad men to be eon
fident of spoedy success.
MAY STOP PROSECUTION
QF LIQUOR CASES
BOSTON, July 9-Did the court
of Massachusetts lose jurisdiction of j
prosecution made under its statutes
for violation of the liquor law when
the 18th amendment to the constitu-
tj0n of the United States took effect?
That question was argued before
the full bench of the supreme court
todav and on its answer depends at
léast 100 caseson the sunerior erlm-r".
inai court calendar. Chief Justice
Rugg deemed the matterof sufficient
oublic importance to summon judges
back from their vacations so that
there might be a speedy determina
tion of the issues ihvolved.
In the case heard today, counsel
for the defendant, who was found
guilty in the superior court of selìing
liquor contended that until Massachu
setts, in compliance with the prov
ciona nf tVio 1 amonTviont .na !
ior iiiiuuis som ior Devemge purpos-.j
es. He further argued that the stat,n
granted to congress the right to de
fine what was an intoxicating beve
rage and that destroyed the force and
effect of the Massachusetts laws.
OUR LINE OF
WEATEK
we are offering as'a Special one lot
; ;
FAIR PRICE
COMMISSION
FIX PROFITS
Will Co-operate with U. S.
Atty. Bullard in Fight
ing Profiteering
The Fair Price commission of Ver
mont have announced their rulings
through the office of United States
Attoney V. A. Bullard of Burlington
and their findings on the question of
profits are as follows:
"After a careful investigation of ex
isting conditions, the Fair Price Coni'
mission of Vermont deciues that a jtommittee.
fair peroentage of profit on the sell-
ing prices of the difleient classe IRISH PLANK READY
of merchandise is as follows: Boots FOR THIRD PARTY
and shoes (staple lines), 33 1-8 peri CHICAGO. Julv 9 Efforts to se-
cent, boot and shoes (novelty lines),!cure endorsement of the committee of
40 per cent, clothing, men's and boy.s' j
3S 1-3 per cent, dry goods, 33 1-3 pe
cent, ladies'. miSes' and children's
ready-to-wear garments, 40 per cent,
groceries (exclusive of flour and su
gai' 80 per cent.)
This means that the pair of shoes
that cost the retailer four dollars
may be sold for not more than six
dollars. The commission has found
that the overhead expensé, such as
rent, clerk's .salarv, and . so forth
amounts to 24 to 30 per cent in dry
goods, clothintr, ready-to-wear gar
mnts, and boots and shoes. and from
18 to 25 per cent in groceries. So that
I the net nrofit to a retai! shoe dealer
I on a pair of shoes costing him four
i dollars wholesale and sold at six dol-
laf one Ì,la thirty-fiye . cent
"'tcr the veiliead expense s deduci-
The members of the Fair Price
commission are rio E. Luce of
Stowe, chairman, George N. Tilden
of Barre, George E. L. Badlam of
Hutland and A. P. Simonds of Erat-
; fJ, 1 n
e,X,'iw
.
the-fiihing of the ivega,LRussert, 59 years old,Brew. master of;stated that he has called a meeting
lron lna lQ'' 10 nx'"t' 01 tnc P,e
sent scale of profits, the members of
the commission will devote their time
in seeine1 that the new ruliners are en
foreed. In this they will co-operate
with Attornev Bullard, who as renre
sentative of the government is behind
thp anti-profiteerinsr movement.
The meeting at which the matter
of profits was decided was attended
i bv some of Burlington s most promi
"ent merchants who testified as to
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the clothier.
READ Ali THE ADS
at $3.19
at $3.69
PROBE EXPENDITURES
OF ATTY. GEN. PALMER
ST. LOUIS, July 9 The Senate
committec investigating campaign ex
penditures transferring the scenes of
its activities to St. Louis today,
launched an inquiry into the campaign
of Atty. Gen. A. Mitchell Palmer,)
who was a candidate for the lemo
cratic Presidential nomination. The
attention of the committee as the
hearing opened was centered on the
reported distribution of two thousand
dollars among the 28 members of the
city democratic committee by Edward
F. Goltra, St. Louis Democratic Na
tional committeeman from Missouri
to neip cieiray ine expenses oi cieie-
gates to tne siate aemocratic conven- f -n: , -
jon not calling a special session of tha
Checks signed by Edward F. Gol- Legislature, Gov. Clfment's return to
tra, Democratic National committee- j Vermont on July 7, is soon to be fol
man from Missouri, were given to ! lowed by an announcement as to
delegates to pay their expenses to j whether he will cali a special session
the Democratic State convention ac- j or permit the democratic partv to
cording to testimony given today by;get away with the honor of passingl
members of the St. Louis Democratic 1 the l'Jth amendment. Gov. Clementi
48 for a plank favofing American aid
towards Insti independence will be limiseli, but indications point to call
continued. desnite the adverse result ing an extra session. He has not re-
of a mail vote, it was learned today.
Frank P. Walsh, who participated in
the unsuccessful fight before the Re-
publican and Democratic conventions
is bringing it to Chicago it was said
today for presentation to the conven-
tion Saturday of the committee of 48
and the labor party. The convention
will be called to order tomorrow by
Allan C. McCurdy of New York, who
will deliver the key note address.
BOLSHEVIKI BREAK
THRU POLISH LINES
WARSAW, July 9 Russian Boi-
sheviki forces have broken through
the Polish lines south of Divna river
in a drive designed to overrun Luth-
ania and from a contact with East
Prussia according to an officiai state -
ment issued here late teday.
NOTED BREW MASTER
TAKES OWN LIFE
BOSTON. Julv 9 Charles W.
the Houghton JtJrewery nere ior z-j
years, committed suicide by shooting
in his office late last night. Associates
said he had been despondent over
lack of business due to prohibition.
St. Johnsbury Plays
Sherbrooke Saturday
The Fairhanks A. A. has another j
game schduled with the strong Sher-
brooke club this week Saturday at
Sherbrooke, where they pian to treat j
'era as rough as they did here on I
Monda. Another game which will I
interest St. Johnsbury fans is a re
turn game with Berlin at St. Johns
burv on the 17th. This will be the
last chance for the locai players to ;
take the measure of the New Hamp
shire outfit, and they are ready and
eager for the game to come along.
They have pickèd up and rcached
their stride recently, and are ready
for the only team which has bested
them twice this season.
Manager Hoernle of the Fairbanks
A. A. when asked whether a challenge
had been received from Newport re-'
plied that none had been received.
When aked if a game woul be ar
ranged here, he said that he thought
not, as a game with Newport would
not be a drawing card. The St.
Johnsbury team has been playing a
hiirher class of teams than that of
Newport and has $feated teams that
have trimmed Newport, he said, so
that a contest between the two
would hardly draw very many.
1 U.
When we put our O. K. on a
suit, it's rightright in style,
uality, make and value.
The cloth must be tne right
quality to give satisfactory
wear. HflÌI
The make must be good
enough to insure permanent
shape. Ì8
The price low enough to give
full value. 1551 ,
You get the newest styles os
a matter of course.
Suits $30 to $50. i
Reliable Furnishings and
Hats.
Co-operative Shoes for men.
Queen Quality Shoes for wo-
men.
GOV. CLEMENT
WILL SÒON MARE
A STATEMENT
To Cali or Not to Cali, That's
the Question With Bet
ting Even
Now a national figure because of
! did not return to Vermont unti! the
time limit of the 'armistice" with
Lieut.-Gov. Stone and the report is
current under the eilded dome of the :
State House that the lieutenant-gov-
i ernor hai! the cali already written.
I Gov. Clement has not committed
! pudiated the Associated Press des-1
patch of last week which was sent
from Washington after his conference
with Senator Harding. The Gover
no!' further said on his return to Rut-
land Tuesday night that if he did cali
a session he would set the date thead
of the special session in Tennessee,
' Bets are stili even in Montpelier
j that the Governor will not cali a
special session and Gov. Clement will
reach Montpelier Friday, and soon
make a statement.
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ARRANGE CONFERENCE
FOR DEMOCRATIC LEADERS
j c
. DATON, O , July. 3 The first
ì important conference f to arrange
1 l 'emocratic party campaign plans will
be held here Tuesday, July 20, ac-
coraing io a teiegram receivea Dy
Gov. Cox, the presidential candidate,
from Homer S. Cummings, national
chairman. Mr. Cummings teiegram
, n me cm.nu niuu
. that date to confer with the govern-
t or.
SAVE
MONEY
Why pay higher prices when
we are selling
Forequarters Spring Lamb
18c per lb
Shoulder Roasts, Veal
16c per lb
Bacon 40c per lb., 3 lbs. for $1
Salt Pork 30c per lb.,
. 5 lbs for $1.00
Native Fowls
Darling's Chiese 42c lb
Hcvy Cream 70c per quart
Weeks & Barrett
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We are qualified
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Sign Terms of Note Under Threat
of Occupation of German
Territory
(By the Associated Press)
SPA, Belgium, July 9 Germany's delegates signed
at 11.45 this morning an engagement aecepting the terms
of the Allied note relative to disarmament presented
yesterday. This action was taken under protest by the
German representatives. The Allied .
note, which amounted to virtually an
ultimatum, jdemanded that the Ger
mans accept the terms presented by
noon today and stipulated that if the
Germans failed to carry out the pro
visions'of the demands Allied forces
would occupy parts of the German
Empire.
The decision of the German cabinet
to obey the Allied demand was reach
ed at an early morning session today
the vote being unanimous. The pro
test made by the Germans in signing
the engagement, was submitted in
writing. In it the delegates denied
authority to consent to occupation of
German territory except as provided
for in the treaty of Versailles.
WILL NOTIFY GOVERNOR
COOLIDGE ON JULY 27t
NORTHAMPTON, Mass., July 9
Gov. Coolidge will be notified formal
ly of his nomination as the Republi
can party candidate for vice president
at Alien Field, the recreation ground
of Smith college, the afternoon of
July 27. The porch on the half pf
- BOY'S
K.&E. Sport
Blouses $1
K.&E. Blouses
Softcollaf attached
French Cuffs '
$1, $1.25, $1.50
Steele, Tapliri & Co.
W. A. TAPLIN, Prop.
On the Hill
the modest two-family house of the
governor's home here has been found
inadequate to stage the notification
exercises. Gov. Coolidgeis now at the
faniily homestead at Plymouth, Vt.
RUMOR ABOUT
FINDING REGAN'S f '
BODY IS UNTRUE
A persistent rumor has been
in circulation in Newport during
the past two days that the body
of little Leon Regan, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Gage of Orleans
who was drowned in the Black
River early in Aprii, had been
found andatimi Everett Hall and
Napoleon Cholifoux had made a
confession of how the boy met
his death. This rumor was in
vestigated and' found to . be un-trua--'
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