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HARDING CALL WORLD CONFEREI 'CE
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A Newspaper Covsring li
the Entire Northeast i
Section of Vermont State t. 1
Every Working Day. . V
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-MJMIJEU 1 18
Al
gérmaKs màke oyeItuee TO Ilo a;
WOMEN BIAVE SMOKE AMD FLAME
, . 1 1 .... ' ' i -,
MANACFR
OF GO
Eliminate Politics And
Secures More For Tax
Payers' Money
To secure first-hand inf'ormation as lo the practical
working of Ilio city or town manager forni of government
the Sacramento Chamber of Commerce in California recently
made a nation wide inquiry where the pian was in operation.
- The symposium was published in
NEWPORT WILL
OPEN PORTALS
TO 500 BOYS
Committce Makcs Last
Minute Plans for
Entertainment
A large proportion of the difl'er
ent connnittces who are planning
for the annuiti conference of the
Older Boys of Vermont, schnduled
to nieet in Newport ahout the
middle of January met at the
council rooni in the Armory last
night and got things lined up,so
that in a vcry few days thejr plans
will take definite shape.
By far the most important thing
of ali in the prepaiation for the
conference is the finding of ac
commodat .ions for the 500 bovs
who will flock to the city from 1
January 12th to the Mth and who I
must he entcrta-.ied from Friday
iioon unti! Monday forenoon. The
confcronce begins Friday evening
and closes Sunday night. It is no
sniall ta.-k to find honies enoug-h
who can and will take in these
boys. Some families may he will-'
ing to fumigli bolli lod'ging and
meals, some only tneals or only
lodging. Those who aie so situateli
that, they can do neither one will
perhaps pay for the entertainment
of one or more visitors.
Think the matter over carefully
pian what you can do for these
boys who tire eoming together for
this splcndid conference, manned
to give inspiratimi and instruction
along lines in which boys are so
vitally interestei. ;)ont watt for
the conimittee to look you up be
fore you make up yourinind what
you can do. I!e ready for them and
Jet every one open wide their
doors and give these .Mio boys a
royal welcome in our honies.
Ilev. .1. II. I.'lackburn is the gen
era! chairman of the entertain
ment committce, and he has ap
poniteli as vict-cliairmon, Mi.-.
Arahelle I'arker for the East side
of town and I). X. Dwinell f0r the
West side. Other .tieni hors of this
committee are W. II. J'routy, Rob
ert CIcnient, K. L. Richard, ('. A.
Brown, M. il. Bacon, Walter
Cleary, Carroll Huntington, Mrs.
W . ) Smith, Mrs. Charles
r-oior
and Mi. John ( 'unninih: m
Mrs. K. . )odKt; as appointed
temporary rliairnian of the supper
.committee, Mrs. A. A. Bishop of
the music committee, and Ilev. Lo
Koy Ilice of the ineetings commit
tee. These are to meet soon and
where necissary will be augmejit
ed and lined up for action. With
Rev. H. IJ. Kankin as general
chairman, and the alile assistance
which is suie to be fortheoming,
there is little doubt that every
thing will he done to make the
boys happy unti comfortable.
TO ARREST KU KLUX
KLANSMEN IN HARRISON
HAKUISO.Y, N. .. )ec.. 2U
structioiis to itrrest, anyone
-In-
;.p-
r' Hiiig in u:e city wcanng' tlie re
g'tilia of the Ku Klux Klan and or
der to luive the sanity of ali sudi
pei'sons determined bv phv.-icians,
)0.-t"d today by the chief"of po
lice. The orders ;ido)tel bv the
Common Cumini a..-o include the
unniasking' of hoodcd imlividuttls
and 10 days inipi isonment.
LEATHER MAN UFACTURER
L)IES OF INFLUENZA
WOCL'KX. Ma,
Sumner Hopkiiison,
H(i)kin.-.on I.ettther
this city, aid to be
gest )alent letither
in the conni ry, dled
s. Iec. 21
head of the
company of
one ot the lar
manufacturer todax- lìem in-
PLAN
VERNMENT
BIG SUCCESS
the Amencan City and it ìs .sigm
fìcant that in the lctters of re
sponso there was a sweeping cx
pressìon in favor of the manager
pian. The letters were sent to cdi
tors, professional men and secreta
ries of Chambers of Commerce
rathcr than city managers and in
not a single instance was it declar
ed that the pian was a faiiure.
No attempi was made to get a
riply troni the working1 of the city
manager pian in Dayton, O., a city
of over 1 ."(. M)'), us it was largely
because of the unqualified success
of the pian in this city that the
niovement spread through the
great state of Ohio and the neigh
boring states of Michigan and Vir
ginia. Over 20O municipalities in the
United States aie now working
under the city manager nlan, but
most of the replies given below
apply to municipalities of approx
imately the sanie population us St.
Johnsbury where ronclitions are
more nrarly the sanie than they
wouhl be in the larger cities of the
United States:
Auburn, Me., (16,985). George
C. Wing, attorney. "The city man
ager pian divorces the business of
a city from politics. I think the
taxpayers get more 'for their
money.- . I believe the majority
i opinion in Auburn is in us lavor,
I and particularly a large majority
' of those who in the main pay the
Ibills."
Xenia, O., (9,110). Lewis C.
Tingley, seaetary Chamber of
Commerce. "We consider the city
j manager pian a great success, and
I it is giving the city a cleaner and
1 more efficient iorm of government
than ever bet'ore. After two years'
! exprrience we bave found' it more
economical and far more efficient.
The inauguration of the new form
of government meant the passing
of an old politicai machine."
(Continuo! dm Page ")
ISSCALDEDTO
AT WATERVILLE
Joseph Mastcrs Falls In
Boilin; Water; Dics
. In Hospital
WATKR VILLK, P. Q. Dee.
21
Joseph Masters, ttged i years
was fatally scalded when he Mi
into a tank of boiling water at the
plant of the Watei'ville Veneer
and I'antd Conijiany yesterday
non n.
Masters was working' over the
tank, when he slipped and fell into
the boiling water. He was rescued
immediately by fellow workers,
;tnd was rushed by anibubtnce to
the Sheibrooke hospital, where he
(lied al ahout ila 1 f );ist four
o'clock Tuesdtty afternoon.
Master- in survived by his wife
and severa! children.
CALEDONIAN-RECORD
LEADS PAPERS WITH
WHITEHILL'S CHOICE
bile other Vermont payers
Wedne.-ilay ecning' were jiub
lishyig specials from Wiishing
ton to the ell'ect tlittl the Ver
mont delegatimi in Congress
was deadlocked over the Ver
mont collcctorship, the Culedo-nian-Kecord's
Washington
spe: i;d dispatch announced the
selrction! of Editor Han v C.
Whiiehill of Waterbury.
lust itnother instance of
publishintr new-: whib- it s is
tiv v. -.
HE CALEDONIAN-RECORD
ST.
Help Many
Escape From
Apartments
Fire Loss $20,000
In Boston Back Bay
Dislrict
(By the Associated Press)
liOviTflV 1 W 91 Thow-i
cape without injury of the oc
cupants of a smoke and (lame
filled apartment house on
Newbury Street in the lìack Bay
district early today was due large
ly to the coolness and courage of
three of their number. The fire
which started in the biisement
caused damage of $20,000.
Miss Mary L. Merrill and her
sister, Susan E. Merrill of this city
and Exeter, N. IL, were awakenel
by smoke pouring1 into their room
on the ground floor. Slipping- mio
fur coats and shoes they invesli
gated and found the rear of the
building in ftames.
Immediately they cried out a
warning- and then went from i-ooni
to room arousing the occupants.
Simultaneou.sly Alien Biown Far-
nicr. whose room wa.s on the .ì
floor, was engaired in a similar
task. When the fìrenien arrived
they found only one person left in
the building-, a mani occupymg a
bascment room whom they (juickiy
assisted to the Street.
WED1N1879
HENOWSUES
FOR DIVORCE
Lyndonville Man Has Not
Seen Wife for 15
Years
Caledonia county courty ad
journed Thursday for the holiday
recess, to meet again January 9.
W'ednesday was devoted to the
hearing of several divorce cases.
One that presented features con
siderahly out of tra' ordinary was
that of Frank O. Powers of Lyn
donville ag-ainst Jennic E. Powers.
They were married in November
1870. After living- together for 2"
years, the petitioners testimony al
legred that Mrs. i owers left town
and Mr. Powers has not seen her
since, and the current impression
was that "there was another man
in the case."
After hearing' nothing from ber
or ahout her for 15 years, Mr.
Powers learned, on what he- con
sidered reliable authority that his
wife was dead. A few years later
he married the second timo. A
year or so ago he received news
that his first wife was stili alive
and was thereatening- to make trou
ble for him. He separateti from his
wife he wa.s then living witli and
proceeded to inaugurate divorce
jMoceedings. He sues on the
ground of desertion.
Other cases heard were: Mar
guerite M. Robinson v Robert N'.
Robinson, on the ground of intol
erable severity; and Fred Destrop
v Angelina Destrop for desertion.
26 INDICTMENTS FOUND
BY GRAND JURY
I5UATTLEEOIIO, Dee. 21
Twenty-six indietments have been
fountl by the granii jury in the
Decomber terni of the Uniteti
States District court and the grand
jury have been discharged.
Aside from the naturalization on
the first day the business of the
terni was limited to the grand
jury proceeding-s. District Attor
ney V. A. Bullard presented evid
ence in twenty-nine cases, a large
proportion of thent being rum
running; cases.
BURGLARS GET A WAY
WITH $15,000 LOOT
BOSTON, Dee. 21 Burglars in
three robberies last night took
$1",(M)(1 loot is wa.s disrovered to
day. They broke into the Grand
Brothers Co., shop in a Boylston
street building, stole fui's valued at
.S 10,000. In a Washington strect
building- a store was robbed of
drt-'ts gooda und bolts of cloth.
LATEST EDITION
JOHNSBURY, VERMONT THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1922
THE PRESIDEM INTRODUCES
ECONOMY TO CONGRESS
MZl 4 li " ' MTf '
'fo.V2''s
KDITOR1 AL
A ( OKKKCTÌON
l'pon inve.stij4ation we find that we mack: cortain mis
statenients concernine J. Uolf Searles in tho editorial pub
lislied last Tuesday. We now learn that .Mr. Searles has
never received a salary from either the Town or the Villane
of St. Johnsbury and has never been counsel l'or the Villane
of St. Johnsbury and has never received money from the
Villane of St. Johnsbury in any capacity.
We did not intend to accuse either Ir. Searles or the
Villane Trustees of any dishonesty and ;,'ladly make this
connection.
HACK 1 1' MK. t'ALDP.KCK
We hope every voter and tax pnycr will read the news
storv appearin in another column as to the success of cities
and towns that have tried the town manager or commission
form of ot)vornment. We intend to run, day by day, in
structive articles aitine the line of town and commission
povernment so that the voters when they w to the polis on
'luesday, January ?A will lie well inl'ormed on this subject
and will not be lauhed ";ut of court."
(Continued
LATE NEWS
MONTPELIER, Dee. 21 A. V.
Leo of the A. V. Leo Consti uctiori
company in Thompson, Conn., low
bidders on the Danville federai
aid highway project, was in the
city on Wednesday to sign a con
tract for the construction of the
project. He expeets to have his
machinery on the ground this win
ter, but will not do much work un
til next spring.
FALL RIVER, Dee. 21 The
Fall River textile council gave no
tice of action to demand an in
crease cf wages at a date not later
than March lst. It is the opinion
of the oftìcers and delegates of
the council that owing to the grad
uai incrcase in the cost of living
since the reduction of 22 1-2 per
cent in the industry antl the fut
ure outlook of the trade the time
is rapidly approaching when the
wages of the operatives sould be
increased.
BOSTON. Dee. 21 Lives of
twenty-two seamen were entlan
gered when an unidentified tramp
trawler Rippls on the hshing barKs
steamer crashed into the stearn
cdl Cape Cod Mi.-:!d:'.y ni'-.t.
RIGIU
1 MOIM f" (
,U
i
on pac I)
ALL COUNTRIES
I TO PARTICIPATE
WASHlMilON, Dee. 21 A
conference of the vorld powers .
! consider economie tUestions to be
calle! by l'rcsidctit Harding for
disus-:ion of possible aureeiiient to
estiiblisb more stable financial timi
lii'int-xs eti'uli. ions and aUo to
bring tìbout a reduction in land and
se;, tii inamtnts was proposed to j
Sinaior l.orah in an -tmenilnifiit
tiilcred tt.t'ay lo the iendmg naval .
approjjrla' ions biils.
WASHINGTON, Dee. 21 The !
navy appropriation bill with the !
House piovision requesting the ;
President to cali another disarm- i
ametit conference to limit con- I
struction of vessels under 10,000 i
tons was reported todaiy.
BOSTON POST OFFICE
MAKcS NEW RECORD
BOSTON', Ma.-s. Dee. 21 The
Do.-.ton PoUill'ice with a new high
water mark in the hantlling of
Chri.-tma.- mail wa.- exnected to ex
ceed al! recoids today and to
morrow. More than ST-'i.OOO worth
of .-tamps were .-old ve.-terday.
MONI rcLltK, Dee. 21 The
Welch Brothers' Maple cempany I
of Burlington has t'iled with the i
seci'etary cf State an affìdavit of
the proposed issue of 500 sharcs of
common stock at a par value of
$100 per share, as a stock divid"?nd ,
huin the mi ; Iuj.
By MORRIS
MEET WACHTER
FIVE T0M0RR0W
AT WINDSOR
Boston Army Base Team
to Play Here Xmas
Night
The Company l) basket ball
team, seeking nw fieids to con
tuer, leaves tomorrow afternoon
for Windsor to battle with Leu
Wachter's fast aggrcation, in
their own lair.
Weakened by the loss of Albert
Goslant who will be unable to
make the trip because of his du
ties during the holiday season
Company D will be playing under
adverse circumstances.
"Puss" Connor wdio has gonc to
Boston to work for the remainder
of the wintetr has consented to
come back to Windsor for this
game and also for the game with
Keene that will take place Satur
day night at Keene. The game
with keene will be the last in
which this stellar forward will
play in a Company D uniform be
cause of his work in Boston.
Coarh Burns expeets u fast
(Cpntinued on Page 3)
CLEMENCEAU'S VISITS
NETS $20,000 SURPLUS
WASHINGTON, Dee. 21
l'ornici- Premier Clenienceau's
American visit added $20,000 to
the American field service fund
fellowshijis, Steven Bonsai, who
managed the tour, announced to
day. '1 he amount s the surplus of
money received from lectures and
newspaper articles by "The Tiger"
after tlefraying the rxpenses or his i
trip. The war time Premier, it was
explained, expi'essed a desire that
any surplus be devoted in niemory
of bis student years in the Uniteti
States to the fellow.-hips which .
tire intentici! among other things
to stimulate friendships between
the U. S. and France through the j
education in cach country of j
young men from the other.
BOSTON GETS RID
UNDESIRABLES
BOSTON, Dee. 21 Efforts of
the polire to rid the city of unde-
sirabies resultetl last night and
early today in 15 additional men
being tatken into custody down
town. Eighteen men were taken in
P'cmou.5 night?.
Seek Intervention
For Reparations
Americans Acfive In Pian.
To Secure Adjustment
of Big Problem
(Bv the Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dee. 21 German overtures through in
formai channels for American intervention to obtain a revi
sion of German reparation schedules, reported in London dis
patches of the Associated Press, throw the first definite
XMAS TREES
MARK CLOSE OF
Teachei'S and Plipìls Joill
In Festive Gift
Giving: School rooms. teacher.s antl chil
dren took on a festive itr Wednea-
day for the dose of school ' and
Christmas treos snd prog-ram
were held in practically ali the
grades of the public schools. At
the Arlington school, Miss Mary
Lewis and Miss Margery Griswold,
teachers, the exercises and tree
were held in the evening and :n the
audience were 120 parents, appiè-
ciative of the fine work being done
in the school.
Summer strect, Portlantl street,
Fairbanks villnge, Maple Street and
the rural schools celebi-ated the
cominR- of the holiday season in
the time-honored wav with trees,
Kift-giving and the reciting in song
and story of the birth in Bethle-
hem. The .Iunior High school
united in Christmas exercises held
in the chanel Wednesday afternoon
at two o'clock.
With the dose of school there
wa.s a general exodus of teachers,
hurrying to their homes for the
two weeks' vacation. School will
re-open Tuesday, January 2.
Among the teachers who are at
their homes for the holidays are
Miss Alice Sunderland, St. Albans;
Miss Helen Hyde, Newfane; Miss
Ruth McAuliffe, Burlington; Miss
Madeline McDonald, Baine; Miss
Helen Wakefìeld, North Troy;
Miss Irene Whitc, Bennington;
Miss Edna Bowen, Newport; Miss
Nellie Manchester, Mclndoes; Miss
Ethel Fitts, Bradford; Misses El
len and Katherine Gitrhell, Mont
pelier; Miss Florence Middlebrook,
Milton; Miss essiBe Ryder, Mor
risville; Miss Eleanor Black, Hyde
(Continued on page three)
COMMUNITY
CHRISTMAS
TREE SUNDAY
St.
Johnsbury to Unite In
Ca rolline Yuletide
Message
The community Chri.-tmas ti ce
at the Main ani! Winter ureets
corner of the municipal skating
rink Sunday afternoon al 4."0 is
for every man, woman antl chihf in
St. Johnsbury. It has been found
more convenient to have the tree
on the Summer Street rink rathor
than in court hoese stiuare antl the
large tree at the corner of the
rink will be utilized.
Blossoming with -brighi lights,
the tree, suirounded by singers
carolling the Christmas story, will
emphasize the spirit of the sea
son antl deepen community life.
The community tree is being
fostered by the St. Johnsbury
Council of Religious Ktlucation
under the direction "i Dr. George
W. Hylton assistei! by Mrs. Stan
ley J. Steward, Mrs. I). E. Doyle,
John E. Nel.-on and Karl W.
Brailey.
Masseti around the tree, school
children under the direction of
Mrs. B. E. Doyle will sing the
Christmas hymns and rarols, leti
by groups of ca.ol singers from
the Girls' ('onimcnity league, .Miss
Dorothy C. Walter, director. The
chorus singing will be leti by
Charles A. Shieltls.
The community tree is a revival
of the old custom, su.-pended dur
ing the war and is an attempt to
bring evry one together around a
common tree in n spirit, of C li ri t
mas joy and UiaiiKfuljic&c.
The Weather
Cloudy tonight and Fri
day. Probably snow to
night. Not much change
in temperature.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
light on the method by which Am
erican influence is bein drawn into
a new attempi at final adjustment
of the reparations problem. The
next stop to be looked for is an in
dication of the French attitude of
the German proposals that an Am
erican economie commission review
I estimate her capacity to pay as a
ibasis for a new reparation's treaty.
There is reason to believe that
previous government reports from
Berlin are of a character to just-
tify hope that if the French should
prove agreeable to the proposed
pbn for reparation's revision no
insurmountable obstacles would rc
main in the way of an agreement
as to thG Pecitic amount Oermany
could and would pay.
1 The share of the Chamber of
Commerce of the U. S. in the
shaping1 of the new proposals for
adjustment of the European tang'o
dates back to executive discussion
of the suggestion by directors of
the Chamber with prestdent Julius
Barnes at the Galveston meeting-;
j of the board last month. Major
and Elliott Goodwin, . secretaay
generpl of the chamber, conferred
at great length with Secretary
Hug-hes last week.
I
VENIZELOS PROTESTS
DEPORTATION OF GREEKS
LAUSANNE, Dee. 21 A sharp
dispute between ex-premier Ven
izelos of Greece and Riza Nur Bey,
Turkish nationalist delegate, caus
ed the president of the Near East
conference commfssion on minori
ties to bring this morning's ses
sion of the commission to an
abrupt dose. Venizelos, bitterly
attacked the Angora government
intl protested against the allegod
deportation of Greeks by tho
thousands from Anatolia.
Christmas Tree for
St. Aloysius Parisli
The children of St. Aloysius
church will have their animai
Christmas tree and frolic in the
church parlors Friday evening, be
ginning at 7..10. An invitation has
been extended to ali the children
in the parisli antl plans for the
goot! time are in the hands of a
committee headcd by Mrs. Annio
Campbell.
A Christmas program will be
followed by a tree and a general
good time. There will be presents
for ail the children and a program
in which ali can pai'ticipate.
HOW ONE MAN WON
V'oluininous books are writ
tea telling young men hovv
they cari succeeti in business.
Bui the biographies of succr-s-ful
business men teli just as
much. The ftdlow who .-tudies
how a man like John Wana
maker. whose death has just
caused deep regi et, attained hi.i
position in the business world,
, W ill gel a pretty good idea a.
to what aie the foundations of
success.
Mr. Wanamaker based bis
rmaxing results as a retai!
Merchant pi incipally on two
ideas: Fir..t, fair treatment
for the public; .econd liberal
advertising. The key-note of
his wliole career is found in
the story of what he diti witli
the receipts of bis first busi
ness day as a clothing dealer.
Out of the $21.07 he liad taken
in on that day, be set. aside .'17
eents to make ihjnge with
arni spi ni the $2-1 in advertis
ing. Thereby he manifested
the principles of initiative
through which any man who
sells good goods can make ;
; UlTMa Oi bU- illC'.::;. ,