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FARMERS REJECT PLAN OF WHEA T POOL
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the Entire Northeast Sec
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LATEST EDITION
VOL. V NUMBER 59
ST. JOHNSBURY, VERMONT, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1920
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MISS EMERY
FIRST TO REG1STER
IN NEWPORT
Daughtcr of Next Govcrnor
Takcs Lead Among New
Women Voters
Quitc a largc number of persons
took advantage of the special meet
intr of the Board of Civii Authority
which was he!d on Tuesday cveiung
and had their names addecl to the
check li st, making it possible for
iìnfm it vote nr. the nrimarits on
Scpt. 14. ;
Miss l)oi is Emery, daughter of Col
and Mix C. S. Emerv has the distinc-1
tion of being the first wonian in New- i
port to resister under the new law j
and taking the Frceiiuin's oath. Miss )
Emery was more than anxious to get '
ber name on the check list in order
to bc able to cast her ballot for her
father, onc of the Republican gutìtr
natorial candidatcs. Anione the oth
ers registcring were Mrs. C. S. Em
ery, Mrs. 1. N. Dwinell, Mrs. Mar
garet Prouty, Mrs. Lucia Brown,
Mrs. Hclen Hinman, Mrs. E. C. Hunt
ington, Mis. Lucv Spaulding, Miss
Daisey Stcvens, Mrs. Pcrcy W".
Lawson, Mrs. Annie Keith, Mrs. F.
R. Wright, Miss Inez Miller, Mrs.
Ti. L. Moshcr. Mrs. R. W . Spear, Mrs
J. R. Akin, Mrs. L. IT. Mclver, Mrs.
M. C. Uraliani, Miss M. C. fum
mings, Mrs Hubert Pierce and Mrs.
A. F. Picrce.
It has been deeidnd to hold three
meeting of the Board of Civil Au
thority. The dates are as follows:
Saturdav evening, Sept. 4, ?.".( p.
ni., to !)."() p. m.; Wednesday, Sept
ember 8, 1 i. ni., to ;" p. ni., and 7."0
to 9."0. This dav is speciali' for wom-
en: haturrtav. Sem. 11. 1 n. ni., to
p. m., and T.f'.O to 0.30 p. ni. j
fttates Auomey rranK n. ìnomp- r
pari:
"Scypra boards of . civil authority
bave aske:l me if women have the
right to vote at the coming Septem
ber primaries without legislation on
that subiect. While there was no
question in my mind that women pos
seHKing the necessary statutory quai
ifications had that right, I deemod it
wisc to withhold my opinion until I
had obtained the opinion of the At-
tomey General of Vermont. I have
conferiva with the Altorney Gener-
1 on this matter ami he gives the i
opinion th::t women who can (piali
fy are entitled to vote at the prima
ries and at the elections without fur
thev legislation."
"Scction 78 of the General Law
Valued from $1.00
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PICK OUT YOUR
School Sweaters
From our big stock One price $3.G9
AMERICAN
LEGÌON MET
AT BARRE
St. Johnsbury Hopes lo Gct
the Convention In Two
Years
Tìie secami annual convention of
the Vermont stale ergali ization of
the American Legion held a niost
tiucccssiul gathtring in Barre with
Lio delegate troni il posts being
present. V. lì. Kiupp i'ost from Si.
Johnsbury was represented by Hai
oUl G. Poweli, coainnuUcr, Dr. John
i'. Tierney, iVierion E. Ashton, B. H.
Daniel.,, Capt. il. E. W ìlcox, V. B.
Batchelder, Kenneth J Kiik, Ilaroll
li. Caswell Richard Davio Walter
t a:r Hugh Clifford. The following
ladies attonded as deleg.ucs from the
W'oman's Auxiliary: Mrs. H. G. Ro
veti, Mrs. Arthur W. Hawkinson
Mis. E. E. Sargent, Mrs. F W Ma
goon, Mrs H. E. Wilcox, Mrs. David
W. Fales, Mrs. Daniels.
St. Johnsbury's dtlegaiion put in
a .-.trong old iar the v.izl cncamp
ir.cnt, but witheaew in lavor ot Kilt-1
! land and the vote was unanimous for j SAYS NO MERCY TO
the Marble city. St. Johnsbury has i BE SHOWN MACSWEENEY
j every ri-ason to txpect they wjjjl have ! . n..nv . . . . ,
the honor of entertaining the con- , LONDON, Sept. 2 Appeal in be
ve ntion in the suimner of 1022. ! hah 0l rerrance Macsweeney wiil not
I The St. Johnsburv post farad very l;e recognized by the British govcrn
ì vo,f i, the electiDn óf oflicers as Har-; ment, the chief secretary for lreland
i old G. Powell was chosen one of the mtimated in an interview with the
! (i,,!,, ,.;.0 0 thf nation.il convention 1 London Times at Lucerne today. Ho
. . .......... I I il ir.rllf.Mtnr! tl.r. rm . n t ...... 1.1
! at Cleveland with i. ti. l'ameis as i
I al tei nato, and Dr. T. P. Tierney was
I ir -iflu a member of the executive coni ,
I mitt.ee. ;
j Fred T. A. McCloud, renre.-entative
: o! the national vocational board, j
! s'p3ke brietly. He said tha tthe total
! registration ot men entitled to receiv-
v ieational training in Vermont is 478, i
.i.-.t s of thesc are actuallv in tram
while 181 are stili eligible but j
h '.ve not started it; that 1 bave dis-1
cont'imed training; 10 Jiavc refused 1
to taire it; while or.ly four have actu- !
allv completed the training. Mi'. !
McCloud thought this rather a small i
enrolment when the governmellt is
ready and willing to furnish the !
money. !
Redf.eld Proctor of Proctor, depart- j
ment finance oflìcer, reported that the I
i dei ".l'tment has in its treasurv at
, -Psent S2.888.24, with outstanding
bils amounting to less than $100. He
explained at some length the use of
the funds in the various projecls in
I which the department has been en-
j gaged during the last year. B" a
resolution adopted in the afternoon, i
the office of adiutant, State war I
rlaiis
In latest designs, quality from $8.00 to $10.00
One Price $5.98
FULL LINE HIGH CLASS
WAISTS .
to ?G.G0
M LEADERS DECLARE
'.." -.PLAN NOT FEASIBLE
COLU? '"-O., Se)t. 2 Declar
ing the projcit, '-'asible the reso
lutions conimittcc .... ,,'l,ei National
Board of fami orgài.-sT, ns today
rejectcd a pian for the "r'òrmation of
a nation-wide wheat pool to bc con
tvolled by farmers. The delegate
were addressed by Gov. Cox, who
declared that if elected president !e
would apjioint "dirt farmers" to
ii-ponsible povemment po-itions in
cludine the Secreta ry of Agriculture,
membcis ot the reserve board and
special conimis.-ions. Federai ìeg-ula-tion
of cold Storage facilitie.s, a fair
test of private railroad ownership,
;nid opei'ùtion and cooncrative buy
ing and selling "b" farmers, were ad
vocatod bv Gov. Cox.
SNIPERS START NIGHT
RIOT IN BELFAST
BELFAST, Ire., Sept. 2 Snipers
fired into a dense crowd shortly be
fore 1 1 o 'clock last night near the
Crunibling Road jail and for a timo
panie reitfned in that section of the
city. One civiJian was fatally injured
during t!ie shooting and althoutrh
soldiers run at once to the scene and !
pursued the men who did the shoot
ing they made their escape. During
a small viot in Dover Street onc man
was seriously wounded.
j-"--a me i,vivnimtiii nuum
unswervingly adherc to ita Irish
policy. "None of the mercy which
some seek to invoke for the Lord
Mayor," said the Chief Secretary,
"was shown the 80 policemen who
have lost their lives in lreland. The
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a small body of men who are striving
' K nn ini li 1 1 1. nl'.inndi ti n .1 i-hIt ,. tri ini.
j UIMWtlj l'Ittlllll-U unni 11 IMI
: po.ic- secession from the British
Empire on 80 per cent of the people
of Iveljuid who do not want to re
cede." AIRPLANE FRAME WAS
MELTED BY INTENSE HEATi
!
W'ASHIGTON, Scpt. 2 A baci fuel
ik probablv caused the accident to
the mail airplane yesterday in which i
Max Miller, air mail pilot, and his'
j niechanic losftheir lives. A report to '
j the postoflìce department today said
the machine burst into flames 300 or
i -100 feet from where it struck. The I
ali-metal piane was a total loss. "The.
intense heat of the bensol fire," the i
report said, 'actually fuzed the metal j
framework of the fussilage so that j
the metal lay in pools on the ground.;
A great pan ot the sheet metal
was i
I melted."
Ali at $3.93
MILK PRICE
IS ADVANCED
HALF A CENT
Farmers to Receive 10 1-2
Cents, but Incrcase Lost
In Freight Advance
BOSTON, Sept. 2 Farmers who
supply milk for the Boston market
will receive 10 Vi cents per (juart de
livered in Boston for September.
This is an advance of one-half cent
a quart from the August price but
jiart of the advance will be swallowed
up in the incrcase in freight rates
and will bring nothimr back to the
i'arme rs.
This price was made for the Bos
ton milk market but it effeets niost
othei .mailer markets in New Enf
iami as it is the custom for the .smail
cr cities to follow the lead of Boston
as regards prices. In asking for a
higher price the Sales Coniniittee of
the New England Milk Produccrs'
Association, the sales agent of the
farmers, loft th? u.7 per cent butte;
fat standard the sanie as for the past
f ' w months, instead of returning to
the old 3.5 per cent basis. Returning
to the old basis ould bc cquivalent
to a slijrht incrcase in price as farm
ers would receive a premium of milk
which tested more than C.5 per cent
butterfat.
Costs of praducing milk in Sent
eniber will be somewhat higher than
in Aujrust. The Association has se
cured nresent -rices of "rain in
niany retail markets in New England.
While the wholesale price of graia
has declinefl the decrease is slight yet
in small lots in the country. It seems
probable that the incrcase in freight
rates will more than offset anv small
reduction in grain prices wljich may
come in September.
Dati: sicrred bv the Depart'.nent
of Statistics of the New' England
Milk Pjoducers' Associatina - shows
that the cost of producing a quart of
milk at the present prices of grain
and labor would be 0.42 cents on a
yearly basis. The cost of producing
milk in SnntornLn' is; 1 nm- if lnt
than the vearl- averaoe. makinir J.e
probably Septembei
cost 0.128 cents
per fiuart. ine treight under the new
rates, and the charges for station ex-
pense and cans, average 1.78 cents
per quart, making the total cost of
milk delivered in Boston, 10.008 cents
pr quart. The decision of the repre
sentatives of the farmers to sell for
10 '" cents per quart delivered was
an indication of their desire to meet
the consuniing public fairly in an et-
iort to keep down tue high cost ol
) living
' The nctual incrcase in cost of de-
livering milk in Boston due to the
incrcase in freigh rates is about one
fifth cent per quart. Boston's milk
supply now comes from an average
i distance of 220 to 240 miles. The in
! erease in freight rates at this dis
tance is onc-fifth cent per quart.
I Farmers who ship from nearer points
I will have less freight to pay but those
' who ship from farther noints will
! bave to pay more. '
I The haf cent advance to the larni
I ers will he passed on to the consum
i ers by the Boston dcalcrs with an ad
, (ìitional half-cent per quart incrcase
I to make up for the incrcase in cost
j of delivery. This incrcase comes
' largely from the demands of the driv
; ers of Boston milk carts for $40 a
j week. The price to the consumer in
Boston will be 1 8 Vi cents per quart,
l an incrcase, of one cent over August
prices.
ANNIHILATE SOVLET
CAVALRY DETACHMENT
WARSAW, Sent. 2 The Bolshevik
army of General Budenny, cavalry
leader, has been annihilated in the
Lemberg sector, says the Polish offi
ciai statement today. Isolated de
tachments escaped and are now in
diVorderlv retreat.
NOTICE
,To Women Eligible to Register for September
State Primary, Sept. 14th, 1920.
The Board of Civil Authority will hold special ses
sions at the Town Clerk's Office over Passumpsic Sav
ings Bank, in St. Johnsbury on the following dates:
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, September 8th,
Jth and lOth, respectively, from 1.30 to 5.30 P. M.,
on each of the above days, for the purpose of regis
tering women who wish to qualify as voters at the
State Primary, to be held in St. Johnsbury on Tues
day, September llth, 1920.
Charles G. Braley
For Board of Civil Authority.
VERMONT K. OF P.
HOLD ANNUAL
CONVENTION
Grand Lodge and Pythian
Sisters Elect Offìcers at
Session in Lyndonville
The thirty-second annual conven
tion of the Grand. Lodge, Knights of
Pythias, of the State of Vermont,
has been held here during the past
week, closing W'ednesday afternoon.
About 150 were present durinir the
week from out of town. The Uniform
ìtank went into camn On the grounus
ot the Lodge Saturuay atiernoon,
there being aDout ;iu tenis, v.un a
larure tent lor the ollicers. rdeals were
sei vcd for them by ine ladies ot Cal
anthe '1 empie, Pythian Sisters. The
headquarters of tne visitors were al
Hotel Lyndon, and the meetings were
held in 'Music Hall. Saturday, Sun
dav and Monda- were devoted to so
cial events and tue gooa ìeuowsnip
ot the Order, and the visitors spoke
f U,U1., f,U C, ..n Viit:,!,!,.
IllW.L 1I1UI11V u; tilt lliiv. uuu iiu. i.wuiv
... , ... i . .i
eiueriaimiifiit wiui viiitu inuy wcic
received. Several big events, includ
ing a parade, ball game and band
concert were on the tapis for Tues
day, but the untimelv rain caused the
car.cellation' of the out door events.
Tuesday evening a niost enjoyable
meeting was held in Music Hall, with
a reception to the Grand Lodge otri
cers followed by a ball. W'ednesday
was devoted to the elcction of Grand
Lodge oflicers and their installation.
Suiiieme Vice Chancellor George C.
Cabell of Norfolk, West Virginia, was
the "uest of honor on the occasion.
W'ednesdav mornin"- alter the eh'e
lion of officers, he addrcssed the
Grand Lodge in one of the most elo
quent sjieeches they had heard, and
one most helpful to the Order. In
the afternoon Mr. Cabell installcd
the Grand Lodge officers as follo ws:
Grand Chancellor, Jinies V. Gali.
Bai re; Irand Vice Chancelloi', M. G.
Morse, Hardwick: Grand Prelate, C.
D. French, St. Johnsbury: Grand K.
01 R. and S., Fi ed A. W'hittaker, Bel
lows Falls; Grand Master of the Ex
checiuer, Frank W'. Hardy, Orleans;
Grand Master at Arms, Ralph W.
j Hardy, North
i Guani, H. C.
Trov Grand Inncrl
Kent, Mclndoe Falls;
Grand Outer Guard, Albert Davis,
MarshficM Grand Trustee for two
years. U. S. Grant, Lyndonville;!
Grand Trustee for three years, Louis
Grupe, Burlington; Grand Tribune,!
George Buckley, St. Albans. Ihe
next annual convention will be held
next year at Montpelier. The instal
latioa cbsed the program for the
week, aH feeling that it had been an
unusually plea.sant and profitablc one.
PYTHIAN SISTERS HAVE
ANNUAL CONVENTION I
Grand Tempie of Pythian Sisters
of Vermont opened their lCth annu-i
al session in Knights of Pythias Hall 1
in Lyndonville, August Slst, at 2,
o'clock Tuesday afternoon with ali j
Grand Officers and Supreme Reprc-1
sentatives present. Grand Tempie I
degree was conferred upon 11 reprc- ;
sentatives.
At three o'clock the Mcmorial sei- j
vice was held, this part of the pi o-1
gi ani was conducted by Grand Mana-
ger, Mrs. Mae Elkins of North Troy. :
At four o'clock the Past Chicfs As-
sociation was called to order by Miss
Et liei Button of St. Albans, president j
of the Association. After business!
session was closed the following of
ficers were elected to serve for the
coining year.
President, Mrs. Bertha Moody,
W hite River Junction.
lst vice president, Mrs. Mira C'op
pimi, Montpelier.
2nd vice president, Mrs. Margaret
Aldrich, Burlington.
Marshall, Miss Fura Wheclcr,
Hardwick.
(Continucd on Tape Four)
i
Negroes and Whites Engagé
Pitched Battle- Irish Sympa
thizers Out In Boston
(By the Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Sept. 2 Moro than 2,000 white and
negro longshoremen engagé d in a pitched battle at Pier
50 North River today which required police reserves
from virtually ali precinct stations along the waterf ront
to quell. Traftic was suspended for
an hour along West Street.
A number of whites -tind negroes John J. Merriman, for nearly 20 years
were arrested as ringleaders of the.
j 0nposing forces after several wound-
ed had been taken to hospit s. ! bank in San Juan, Porto Rico, has
The fight started when 1,000 white beon Jippojnted treasurer of the Fed
longshoremcn reported for their days j eral Land bank in Springfield.
work at the Southerp Pacific pier and 1
found 500 negroes unloading a vessel. ;
ti.. .1 U...J 1 J
la(l UlOUU t'Ilgt'IIUl-l ni, 11, d.l sani,
when negroes imported to break the
recent longshorcmen strike, quickly
led to blows. In the free-for-all
I H1C11 lOUUMfU 1ICIK1'I- '
i fi .M r iivei Ti-ni.l'
ftLUIlUS dl!U 111. LIOV
BOSTON & MAINE
FREIGHT HANDLERS STRIKE
BOSTON, Sept. 2 The employ-
ment of seventy men to complete the
loading of the'W'hite Star liner Wy
nonian at the Hoosac Tunnel docks
in Charlestown in place of the long
horcmen who struck Tuesday to pro
tesi against England's attitude- to
wards lreland, was followed today by
a strikp of 25 freight handlers of the
Boston & Maine railroad vorkirur at
the sanie pier. The freight handlers
strike, it was said, would stop work
on the W'ynonian as soon as the
freight already. removed from the
cars was put on board the ship at
Conard line pier ali the longshorcmen
were idle today although the steamer
Anglo Mexican which arrived yester
day from Glasgow' by way of New
York, was waiting to be unloadetL- -
MERRIMAN NAMED
BANK TREASURER
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Sept. 2
Sctiool
For BOYS and GIRLS
Goodyear Welt Stitchdown $3.33 to $1.83
Boys' Calf Shoes $3.00 to $5.00
Girls' Gun Metal Shoes $2.80 to $6.00
Our School Shoes are gaining new friends
every day. Parents are tjuick to appicciate the com
bination of style, comfort and wcar at a minimum
cost.
Leather innersoles, Lcathcr counters and Leath
er box toes.
ASSELIN BROS.
A wise philosopher once said, "Of ali things to
be desired the first is Good Health, second Wisdom
third, well-gotten Wcalth." Thcrefore use
The American Liver Tablet
The Ideal Laxativc.
The American Throat Tablet
For Catarrh, Sore Throat or Cough, and
NAZOL
For Colds or Catarrh. At Ali Druggists.
In
-' with the Etna National bank of Hart-
I l'01'cl Conn., and more recently assis-
u: .. a : -"!:.. 1
Our equipment and
irrangements show
spreme digmty.
We are aiming ali
the while to sell
sei-vice and satis
faction with our
merchandise and to
show courtesy on ali
occasions.
Sae our line of .
nammocks and Rc'
frigerators. Tricea
are right.
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