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VOL. XXIII NO. 253. 1JA1UIE, VERMONT,' MONDAY, v. JANUARY 12, 1920. PRICE, TWO CENTS. MINERS WILL A CCEPT ANY- PLAN AGREED ON BY THE COMMISSION Acting President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers of America An ; nounced To-day, Prior to the Beginning of Hear ings Arranged by the : Commission. MINERS' AGENTS WILL GIVE ALL AID The Statement by Lewis Said That the Miners Would Accept Unreserv ; edly Whatever Might Be " Agreed On by the Com mission After Hearing. NOT UMIIXED JOY . OVER PEACE SIGNING vVashington, D. C, Jan. 12. Bitumi nous coal miners will accept unreserv etlly any decision made by the pres ident's coal commission in settlement of the coal strike, John L. Lewis, acting president of the United Mine Workers of America declared at the opening to day of the first public liearings of the commission. Mr. Lewis added that the miners' representative would assist the commission 's inquiry. - Mr. Lewis assurance was given m answer 'to a question by Chairman Henry X. Robinson. ' Thomas T. Brewster, chairman of the stale committee of the operator in the central competitive1 field, replying to the game questions ' by the chairman, mid ha could make no promised for the operators until the eomniisio had giv en answers to 10 questions propounded .by the operator. ,' , Chairman Kobmson said' the commis sion would take up the question and" furnish a statement to the operator The coirimii?ion fthen ttftjourned until to-morrow. Anions the operators' question were whether the commission s award would .he final and binding on both miners and operators; whether the commission would act ipon matters brought up by either side; as to its authority to fix wages up or down; whether it would consider it had power to make retro f active awards concerning wages annd prices ad whether in fixing prices to sustain its decisions it would consider that the prices so made would not hold after the expiration of the Lever food and fuel act.- Mr. Brewster said the questions were submitted to "clarify the situation.' NATIONAL CONCILIATION PLAN With Regional Board of Inquiry and Adjustment. Washington, 1). C, Jan. 12. Presi dent Wilson's second industrial confer ence reassembled to-day after a several weeks' recess, prepared to considerate mass of suggestion! and proposals for stabilization of the nation s industrial situation. These sccumulated during the holiday ad mum merit and citme in response to a request to tin- public' for constructive cnucism oi me eomer eoce's tentative plan made public Dec. 'JO. ISoveral of those who had sugges tions to make offer to appear in person, ml the program for hearing these will probably be announced late to-day or to-morrow. v ' .The plan for settling industrial dis putes favored by the conference pro titled national concilia! it n tribunal at Washington and regional boards of inquiry and adjustment. "Some of its suggestions have been adversely criti cized by officials of the American Fed eration of l-ahor and representatives of other union labor organizations. MINE FOREMAN KILLED IN POWDER BLOW-UP British Newspapers Regret Failure of United' States to Participate in Formal ActThere Are Some Gloomy-Fore- , . bodings. . v : London, Jan. 12. Ratification of the treaty of Versailles fails to elicit ifciy expressions I of joy from the London press, Editorials m this mornings newspapers express, at best, qualified satisfaction, while some journals strike a distinctly doleful note. "It is ift time of triumph or.soaring hopes," says The Telegraph, which, giv ing some reasons for its troubled view, adds: "The omission of America's sig nature to the ratifying document stands for the bitter .disappointment of the hope that' glowed with promise for hu manity a year ago. It is true the league of nations exists' by the terms of the treaty, but the world" knows that unless and until the United States ad heres to the league and participates in its actions not a tithe of the usefulness and moral authority it should possess will belong to it." " The nowspaper also cites the absent of Russia from .Saturday's ceremony and says: - - ''I'ntil the sky in that direction grows clearer there can be no w-orld peace nor any hope of it." Doubts of the reality of peace behind the formal act of ratification are ex pressed by the Daily News... After noting regretfully that Amer ica "which did so much to make peace," has no part in the final act. The News continues: "Assuredly this drab agree ment is-not the peace to which men looked forward with straining eyes and heart a short vear ago. It might -al most seem as though the darkness of the time had the power to turn peace itself into a mere, mean, anti-climax to the ghastly horror of war." "Arc. we near peace?" 'aks The Graphic, which says nobody can answer this question with a hopeful affirma tive. The paper, cites in proof of this statement the present industrial unrest, the troubled state of India. Egypt and Ireland, and the "socialist conspiracy to destroy by relentless class warfare the whole existing structure of so ciety." The Chronicle, deploring the cause of the league of nations, says it is being "much weakened bv the action of the American .Senate," In commenting upon the ratification GERMAN STRIKE " IS INCREASING Despite Appeal of Govern ment to Railroad Men , to Resume Work REGULATIONS ARE THREATENED Telegraph Employes Are on Strike in Several Districts BRITAIN SENDS ENVOYTOBERLIN Makes Prompt Move to Re ' sume Former Relations . With Germany LORD KILMARNOCK LEFT LONDON TO-DAY Consuls and Consuls-Gen eral Will Be Appointed by Both Countries i Berlin, Jan. 12 (via London). The government has issued a manifesto ur gently calling upon the striking rail waymen to resume work immediately, pointing out, among other things, the eonsequenees, of the strike on 400,000 war prisoners "whom your action on the threshold, of the homeland is shut ting out from wife and family." The manifesto concludes with the an nouncement that special regulations will be proclaimed, if necessary, to cope with the situation. It is announced that the freedom of the press, the right of assembly and the right to strike have been suspended by order of the president in districts where the railway strike is in progress. , Meanwhile, the railwaymen of BeuUi en, Rutibor and other upper Silesian towns have gone on strike. The strike is actively in progress in the entire Rhennish Westphalian region. The telegraph employes are on strike in the Dussoldorf, Dortmund and Minister districts. STRUGGLING WtTU ADRIATIC PROBLEM London, Jan. 12. Lord Kilmarnock left London for Berlin this morning to assume his duties of British diplomatic representative at the German capital. His departure marjis an important step in the re-establishment of diplo matic relations between Great Britain and Germany, which will be effected almost immediately. Consuls and con suls general will be appointed shortly by the two governments. Germany will be first represented here by a charge d'affaires, but it is believed the rank will soon be raised to that of minister, instead of ambassador as ..formerly. . The Swiss legation at present occu pies tne old German embassy on Carl ton House terrace, but .'is', expected to vacate the building within a week or two. . ,.- i . ' ' TRIED TO SNAP WILSON ' FROM LOAD OF HAY. Washington, 1). C, Jan. .12.- Attcinpts of enterprising motion picture camera men to obtain photographs of President Wilson ; by using the method which re sult in pictures of William Ho iHiuswjlleru, fyrmer .emperor, in his garden at Anierongcn, reach ing the world, were frustrated today by. White House secret service officers. , ' ' The' camera men concealed, themselves in ' a wagon ,load of hay which was driven slowly by the White House while the pres ident was on the lawn in his wheel chair. Before tfley eould . get their cameras into action, however, the secret service men stopped the wagon and investigated."",;-' . ; ' After the photographers had convinced the officers that they, had not had time to make pic tures, they were allowed to go.i LIQUOR MEN LOSE PETITION U, S. Supreme Court Holds It Has No Jurisdic- tion in Suit TO TEST CONSTITU TIONALITY OF LAW Action Was Brought by the New Jersey Retail Liq-'. uor Dealers WAR AGAINST CROOKS IS ON IN CHICAGO Supreme Council Did Not Meet To-day Getting Ready for Hunga rian Negotiations. Paris, Jan. 12. The three premiers M." Clometiceait of France, Ma l.lovd of the treaty, the Manchester Guardian j George of Great Britain ami Signor says: "So far there is cause for iejoic- Nitti of Italy met this morning at the mg. the supreme ana overjvneimingv need of Europe is tor peace. Characterising the peace as "largely formal and leaving the door wide open for a renewed struggle," the newspaper criticizes the enormous indemnities ex acted and the provision for handing over men accused of violations of the laws of war as possible sources of trou ble. foreign ministry to consider the Adri tic question., The supreme council did not sit to day. Its next meeting will be held to morrow. "The peace conference commit tee on verification of credentials to-day examined the letters of credit of '-the Hungarian peace delegates and found them to be satisfactory, More Than 600 Alleged Criminals, Many of Them with "Records,," Art. Now Held in Jails. Chicago, Jan. J2. More than 601) al leged criminals, police characters and vagabonds to-day were m jails m Chi cago. Approximately 2.V per cent of those arrested were identified as "men with records," the polft-e said. For the first time in many weeks, not a hold-up was reported from noon Sun duv until midnight ami only five auto' mobiles' were stolen. I he average had been above 23 street robberies and from 10 to 43 motor cars stolen. i The police announced the wholesale arrests would " continue indefinitely. We' are going to show the crooks they cannot live ia Chicago, said John Ahiock, first deputy superintendent of police. Two suspects were killed while re sisting arrest, and two others were wounded. On the whole little resist ance was offered, however, to -the po licemen's searches of saloons, hotels. gambling houses, cabarets and pool rooms. EX-GOV. JOHN A. MEAD Washington, D. C, Jan. 12. The au- premc court to-day denied permission for the New Jersey Retail Liquor Deal ers' association to bring original pro nif'n tM flTITT AA!n ceedings in the supreme court to test VIL.U ll tiUlL,iiU thp roilatitutionality of the national prohibition amendment and enjoin its enforcement in New Jersey. , ," The court held it had no jurisdiction. In seeking to bring the original pro ceedings, the association alleged that the prohibition amendment interfered with the state police powers, and was a violation of the fifth amendment pro Was One of the Most Prominent Citi zens of Vermont, and Was Pos sessed of Considerable Wealth. , Rutland, Jan. 12. John A. Mead, ex- governor ot ermont, died this morning ,ibitin the taking of private property at his home on Y ashington street after wi(hout jUHt compensation. Chief Jus- a short illness of pleuro-pneumoma and ti,.c wlite in aispoBing of the motion, stomach trouble. He had been in fail- however, ignored these contentions and ing health for some years. Ex-Uov. ,iVotcd himself entirely to the ques- Mead was one of the leading eituen of tion of jurisdict ion. He said the court Vermont and was a ma5 of consider- h,cid that no right existed by which a able property. In 1010 he gave the I citizen of a state could sue that state Mead chapel to Middlebury college, the without its consent. In this instance building costing $75,000, and sopie the state of New Jersey denied that years to that ne uonatea a community permission house in Rutland. I At the time of his death ex-Oov. 1 1: liiXfTiri X IFTITinX Mead was president of the Baxter Na- 'VIMG IUA 1 bllllUA. tional bank; president of the Rutland Manufacturing company j president, and the Howe Scale companies of New York Circmt W' Ge0re W' Andwson ' CALLED IN GRAHAM CASE. IN BOSTON DISMISSED STEAMER AFRIQUE SUNK IN BAY OF BISCAY f Another Man Injured and Heavy Loss Caused' Near William son, W. Va. Williamson. W. Va., Jan. li-The Hiwdrr magttzine of the Randolph mine. Steamer Ceylan, Standing Nearby Picked Up Two Boats with Sur vivors Others Seen on Rafts. Paris, Jan. 12. The French steamer Afriquc, bound from Bordeaux to Da kar, sank in the Bay of Biscay about 3 o'clock this morning after a strug gle to keep afloat since lat Saturday, when she sprang a leak during a storm. The steamer Ceylan. standing nearby, picked up two of the Afriquc boats with their occupants. , Some rafts with survivor were also seen after the Afrique went down, it was reported by wireless. . PRECIOUS METALS DECREASE. Reserve Stocks in United States Dropped During 1919. Washington, I). C, Jan 12. Reserve stocks of precionn metals in this coun try were more than $441,trN.0()0 in the calendar year ltiltl, according to a statement to-day by the federal re serve board. Cold exports amounted to $3tiS,144.-54.-t, of which ?t4,U4.1x went to Ja pan, $.Vl,r4itMMMI to Argentina, 140,043, 2H5 to Hong Kona, .?!.I0!.7(S1 to China, S.14.3(Kt,6tl( to British India, and $!, TTO.noO to Hpain. Imjtorts totalled $Hr)34,04.. mort of it coming from Canada and Hong Kong. Silver exports were valued at OOl.aM. Bri!ih India takin $10'1.1S(,. 7H; China 77XJto7, and Hong King N0( PRECIPITATE ACTION . In Settling the Railroad Wage Dispute in Great Britain. London, Jan. 12.-No move in the wage dispute between the railwaymen and the government is expected until the return from Paris of Sir Robert Home, the minister of labor, and Sir Kric Geddes, the minister of transporta tion, who were summoned by Premier Lloyd George yesterday to consult with him in the French capital and are expected back in London bv Tuesday. In any event, however, it is consid LAST CONTINGENT OF TROOPS ARRIVE From Those Who Have Been Quartered at Military Camp at Brest The George Washington Brought .. Them! New York, Jan. 12. The last con tingent of troops quarteredvat the mili tary camp at Brest arrived here to day on the transport George Washing ton. ' The vessel brought 23" officers, wr workers and civilians and tll.'i troops. The George Washington will be turned over to the t'infed States shipping board and will be allocated soon to some steamship company. WILSON CALLS IN GLASS. cred that precipitate action is improb-1 Presumably to Discuss Latter's Suc- able. J. II. Thomas, the railwaymen 's leader, declared this morning "there will be every effort to avoid a rupture." NEWBERRY INDICTMENT UPHELD. Federal Judge Dismissed the Demurrer Filed in Election Case, (.rand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 12. Valid ity of he indictments against Senator Newberry and 134 others charged with violating the election laws in the 1918 senatorial election, was upheld by Fed eral Judge Sessions here to-day in dis missing a demurrer filed by counsel for the indicted men. CONFERENCE HELD AMONG SENATORS r I a I. - .r . T 7 KI... ...v 1 nn- io.,3.,ifor roinaq-e purpose,. The th, mommg. James t h.ldcrs. the mine KllriT,.n ,om,nfl of hilvPr for forrms... as killed and another em- irr wa,'h..wn in l.-,.:r,;t8 f . ,,l,,ye was seriously hurt. u f wiIvi.r lo Knsland; KiASH.lW I he lm -aid he heavy. Jo r $iJKttmi t ,he s w. The exploio shook the town and broke many windows. MAT SCUTTLE MORE SHIPS. Officers of German Navy Are Said to Be Considering Plan. t o)ti!igpn. Jan. 12. A plan to scut tle the German warships not yet turned c.vt to the allies is being considered by n'r f the Gentian navy, aoc.wdinir to itifwniatnn rwcived by t majorwy am-ialist party Imders. A Berlin me sasre jimrn I'e Frciheit declaring thuta ."biifli -rmn offWr" bad so infernwd the W-dT. lands. Imports of silver were lll.3S!, A.1H, f which JM.30.1.437 came from Mexico. POINCARE TO BE SENATOR. FRANCE PARTLY CUT OFF. Vicktft Storms Have Disrupted Tele graph Service. New Y-k. Jan. 12 Vi"t Mom. "-m Fr. lave -an--d 't;.o irtrnir t tin. and f..- I rmk ( . rritnrnr r nnuncr t- J anttMd a 10 prr r nf v t.ge mirmie. fv. ljitig d- iy ar to be rtf-rtcyj, it e Jan. a. A.t 1,4 ' ia n.! are M iX 1d Accepts Election from Department of the Mense. ran. -Jan. is. iTeiirnt I'uincare has written a leiter t the eWtors of the department r.f the Meue accepting the wnatorh:p to whicn be wa elected by that department yesterday. The president was not a candidal, but re ceived a f votes on the firt ballot d was chnMn almost unanimou-ly on the second ballot. TEN PER CENT WAGE INCREASE Is Made by Eaten, Crace It Pike Paper Company. r.turVH.Ms. Jjb. 12-Th Tjton. KU!str, t he i f ."fc f! & I'lie I'pT n-mniRv to-day And Many Leaders Profess to Have More Hopeful View of Sit uation on Treaty. Washington. IX C. Jan. 12. Another week of individual conferences bet ween senators in an effort to break the dead lock on the pefcee treaty opened to-day with leaders of several croup hopeful that some definite headway would be made within a few days. Democratic leaders said Democratic senators wer not yet "pledged" to sup port any definite program of compro mie reservations. Senator Hitchcock, the administration Reader, is hopeful, however, that a set of compromise res- j enations will be evolved soon which will secure general Democratic approv-! al and alo be acceptable to President' w Hon and to enough Republicans to insure ratification. IVmorrtftic senators who attended a conference last night at the home of Senator Owen. Demorrat, Oklahoma, at whirtt eonipT.-tn! suggestions were eoniderrd. said a number of points still were unsettled and that the con ference wouid be ctwitinued. They said the conference w in harmony with the prei.lert's vk-ws which were inter pretative but not detruitive. f Senator Lode. the Republican leader. expert this week to rotifer v,th many enators. iocludirg h sders of he "mild retrv;i." Irulwn rrr.tin and Ifc-m.--rttic Jrad-r. So far. ho ei er. acrorditis to the Republic!! leaders, the t'..is f. a rjrf rr.ti-e have not rea, hed a stage promising an early arreeaient. cessor in Treasury Department. Washington, 1J. C, Jan. 12. Presi dent Wilson to-day summoned Secre tary Glass to the White Houso for a conference at which it was understood a Kitccossor to Mr. Glass was 4o be dis- cu.ned. An appointment it expected and Illinois! a director in the Trap Kock corporation of New lork; trus tee of Middlebury college; deacon in the Congregational church; vice-presi- dent ' of the Congregational club off western Vermont; member of Roberts Would Not Honor the Action Brought by Wholesale Liquor Dealers. Boston, Jan. 12. -Cm uil Judge post, G. A. R. (having served as staff George W . Anderson to-day formally officer for Generals Alger, Veazev audi dismissed the - petition ot i.eorge t.. Gilman during the term of each as Dempsey, a wholesale liquor dealer for eommander iu-cliief or- the order); an iiijunaron n resiraiB leuemt uiu member of the Hons of tile American eta Is from enforcing, the Volstead act Revolution: member of Vermont lodge, on the ground that the act is uncon- No. 1, member of Rutland lodge, No. stitutional. lhe court acted wrthout 79, F. and A. M.; member of the Mys- bearing arguments and with the con tic Shrine, and a charter member 'of 'nt f unel for Dempsey who Rutland Valley srarce. . i airreed that this course was the most John Abner'Mcad was born in Fair I expedient for bi inging the case to the Hen, April 20, and was the supreme court directly, without first onlv child of Roswell Rowley Mead taking it lfore the circuit court of and Lvdia Ann (tiorbam) Mead. His appeals. father was a successful merchant in I The Dempsey petition contends that West Rutland till his death in 1873. I the Volstead act is unconstitutional on Kx-Uov. Mead was educated iu the the ground that It has not been rati- common w hools of Malone, X. Y.. at j lied by three-fourihs of the states. This Middlebury collece and CoIIeire of Phy-1 should have been done, the petition s'u ;an and Surgeons in New York City, j charges, under the terms of section 2 of His course in Middlebury college was the 18th amendment, which gave the interrupted by service during the Civil power or adopting an enforcement war, he having enlisted, in Co. K, 12th measure for the amendment concur Vermont volunteers. After the war he rently to the Congress and the several practiced medicine for a timo and then s'tates embarked in business In 1S88 he reorganized the Howe I VERMONT SPIRITUALISTS Scale company, of which he became president, and the phenomenal growth tri-Bj Mr. vk w.K.ter t Mf. of that enterprise h largely due to his '. energetic and wise nmnagement. He ' peHcr as President . had been connected with several other The following officer were elected at large corporations; in the old National the annual meeting of the Vermont bank of Rutland, as director and cash- State Spiritualists' association in ier, in the Rutland railroad as treas- Montoelier during its session that urcr and director, the Baxter National mve been in progress for the last two bank as president, and the John A. days, and in which, final adjournment Mead Manufacturing company, as pros- occurred last evening: President, Mr, ideiit. He was a Republican; eenstor j-;tlie Webster, Moiitpelier; . viee-presi- froin Rutland county, 18!2r first mayor dents. C. H. Imalls. Montnelier. Grover of the city of Rutland. 1S!3-S4: com- c. Hall, Barre; secretary, Miss Ger niiioner to World' Columbian expo-1 rmi Pearson. Montnelier: treasurer. thicago, 1WI3, by appointment Mr... KUen Ward. Barre: executive of Gov. Puller; commissioner to Mexi- committee. Charles Ormsbee, Montpel- can National Exposition of Industries ier jtri flPnjmi!! Dai Icy, Montpelier, and Free ArU. lO.-i, by p)oiiitmetit Mrs. J. B. Huuhins, l!rre, K. J. Kali'm, of Gov. Woodburv: represented Rut- itiielier. Mrs. Ida Youncr. Barre: au- land City in the' legi'!a tore, WW; lieu- ,iit,.r. Mrs. Hnt.-hins and Jjv Smith.! irnanc governor, i:'0!. ano governor oi I st tihans ermont. lIO: tielcgate-at-htrge to v,. Welinmn Whitnev fave the ad Washington County Men Who May Be Chosen for Jury. , The list of men whose names were called by Sheriff' F. H. Tracy last week to appear in Montpelier Jau; 20 to be gin the H. F. Graham-trial has been compiled and to-duy cards announcing to the men that they are to appear in that city Jan. 20 have been mailed to the new jurymen, a total of 105 of them. There are some 23 left from th old panel and it is expected severa from the old and new panel will want to be discharged from service. The list of new jurymen follows: E. L. Bing nam, George A. Lyon, H. M. Dale, Al fred E. Howe, G. V.. Hubbell, William . Plastridge, Northfield; E. V. Duk A. G. Cate. E. J. Cofbv. R. J. Batchehle D. U. Hollister, Plalnfield; E. P, Orctitt George Spaulding, H. C, Averill, Rox bury; A. W, Daley, Henry Cate, I. C, Turner, B. E. Templeton, G. A. White, G. U, Buzzell, George Elmore, Mont pelier; F. B. Howes, F, E. Johnson Ralph D. Bisbee, Moretownj Carl II, Reed, Charles II. Ordway, Lewis San born, Northfield; Milford Bowles, Fred E. Cram, Roxbury; Julius Palmer, Ar thur Miller, Daniel Bisbee, Reuben Downer, George Hastings, Waitsneld Andrew Church, E. F. Thayer, W. H Hutchinson, Warrewt W. llowland, D. J. Adams, J. H. Whitney, W. N. Gil bert, Wheelot-'k Town, Frank 1. Kogers, C. W. Pearsons, V. V. Turner, E. F Palmer, W. F. Dcvine, Waterbury Frank W. Smith, Middlesex; W. li. Fair, East Calais; E. H. Sahin, C. V, libbetts, South Woodbury; V. Wheeler, Worcester; 8. H. Farnham, George W. English, Vj L. Cooley, A, C, Stoulton, Montpelier; t. J. Hill, E. M Leonard, Middlesex; R. Lamberton, H. D. McCriilis, Vern Hudson, Marshfield P. Boyce, F. C. Maxham, tayston A. M. Nelson, Harry Vincent, East Montpelier; H. C. Kennedy, Otis Col ton; Duxburyr H. F. Scribner, J., K Ainsworth, E. T. Paquin, Calais; W. E Mcrritt, East Montpelier; W. K. U. fut nam, E. J. Tibbetts, A.C Aisn worth U..E. Walbridge, Cabot. Raymond Norton, Frank ( Barney, C. P. Martin, Bingham Marvin, George W, Willett, Fred Reed, Berlin; E. A. Jack man, Websterville; Frank Gray, East Calais; James A. tumuiings, Webster ville; J. B. Doyle, East Barre; Kober Donald, Frederick Craig, Harry Ricker, John Gall, Websterville; J. L. Pierce Graniteville; Albert Jones, East Barre Fritz Jackson, Barre; T. J. Grape, Iran iteville; W. L. Densmore, H. A. Good rich, C. L. Perry, H. S. Leonard, H. D Graves, E. B. Rogers, Harry Holt, C. O, Lawson, B. W. Phelps, Barre. ! ALLEGE REDS . SENWWARD -$12,000 FIRE IN ST. ALBANS. national Republican convention, Chita go, 1D12. In 1S72 ex -Gov. Mead married Mary M., daughter of. Honorable and Mrs. .Mary si. ts. Shorman ol Greenwich, K. siMin, o Mr. Glass can take his eeat in T. He i survived by his wile, one the .Senate, In which he was appointed to suoceed the late Senator Martin of Virginia. Mr. Glass is known to favor the se lection of Asiftant Secretary Lcffing well to succeed him, and other admin istration officials have urged Mr. Lef fingweil'a appointment. CLAIMS 25,400 PRISONERS. Great Quantity of War Materials Re ported Captured by BolshevikL Ijondon, Jan. 12. The capture of 2-1.- 400 prisoners is claimed in an official statement issued to-day by the soviet government at Moscow, giving detail of the results of bolshevik operations on the.southcrn front between Dec. el and Jan. !'. The soviet statement says that IV0 lauglrter, Man' SWnian Hint-man. the wife of Carl B. Ilinsman, vice-president of the Howe Scale company, and one grandson, who bears the name of John Abner Mead llin-msu. GOLDEN WEDDING AT MORETOWN Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah E. Flanagan Observed Glad Event Yesterday Many Congratulatians. Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah E. Flanagan celebrated their golden wedding anni versary at their home lit Morctown Sunday, Jan. II. A special mass was celebrated nv Rey. Koliert Devov at St. Patrick church, which was attended bv many friends and relative. On re turning to their borne a sumptuous din- dres lat evening and conducted read ings before a large audience in the G. A. K. hail, where the annual meeting has been conducted. During Sunday afternoon, Mrs. Nettie Holt Harding spoke Slid gave readings. Both speakers gave strong addresses, bringing home to their audience the tteetl of leading a rciigi ms life. Mrs. Harding stated dur ing the course of her remarks that the only organization that was doing the true religious work is the Salvation Arinv, that the creed or forms of cere mony do not bring oonversions. Other speakers during the two day' sessions have been Jlrs. r.liie wenter n .Mom pelier, who gave some very interesting reading, awl .Miss -Mna jinny, sirs. Webster during one of her talks gave Home interesting statement connected with the veteran worker in ermont, nvin? a tribute to thoe who have finished their life work. WOMAN SENTENCED. Marie Warren Given Life Term for Murdering Another Woman. Mineola, N. Y, Jan. 12. After plead ing guilty to murder in the second de gree for having killed Mrs. Clara lira tub at Valley Stream by striking her over the bead with hatuwt. Nov. 13 last. Mr. Marie Warren vii sen tenced to-day to life imprisonment at Auburn prison. Mr. Warren, who ia 31 years old, admitted taking fI35 frm the murdered woman. cannon, SO bomb hrowers, II tanks, j served and plates were set tor .-0 machine pun and enormuis quan- people. .Many congratulatory iciters titles f military mppiies also mere J A telegram were read and a purse of i.Lon igold was presented to them. They kept open Ionise duritip tne aav aim many friends and neighbor called to pay their respect. Mr. and Mr. Flanairan were married at St. Augustine' church in Motitelicr Jan. II. 170. bv Rev. Joseph M. P. Douglue, Snd have lived practically all of their life in thi vicinity. Six chil dren were horn to them, John E. and Mrs. H. T. Frenier of Monte!ier. George P. of Boston, Mr. Eliiabclh Goodwin of Barre, Mr. F. C. Farrell of Kno bursr Falls and Mr. Herbert II, Smith of Waitsfield. ail of whom were present, together with seven grandihildien. FOUND DEAD IN ALLEY. Unidentified Mast with Knife Wounds Picked Up in Boston. MXE0D STEBBINS. Graniteville Man and Lisbon, K. H, Woman United in Marriage. John A. MiLeod of Gran'tevilie and Carrie SteHb:n of Li-lx-n, N. JI- were ELLERY F. LABELLE. Died Saturday Night from the Effects of Influent. The death of F.llery F. IjiBelle oc curred Saturday niglit at 6:30 after a long illnei from the effect of influ etir.a. The d. -ceased was 44 years of age. and wa born in North Berlin, N. Y. He leave a on, Harold, hi par ents. Mr. and Mr. Peter IjiBelle, one brother, Walter F. I-abelle of thi city; Hwo tter. Mr, wheaton and Mrs. Andrew Derocher of Montreal. ) The funeral wa held thi morning from the home of hi parents on Main street, the remain being taken by auto ambulance to E-sex JunctitHi for erv ;ccs and burial. Seymour Building on Kingman Street . Damaged. , SC Albans, Jan. 12. Fire damaged the Robert Seymour building on King man street to the extent of nearly $12,000 yesterday morning. The frank lin County Telephone company w as one ot the-occiipanta of tne buiming, ana u was Miss Minnie Marquette, one of the operator, who discovered the fire and telephoned the lire station at a-.au o'clock. Other occupant of the building were: James Grant, pool room; W. A. McLennan, undertaking parlors; liail ev's Music Rooms and the American Express company on the first floor; the offices ot Dr. ll. A. Mevenson aim vr. H. N. Montefiore and the living apart ments of Mrs. Eugene Gtiyette and her son, Raymond Guyette, in addition to the telephone company, on the second floor; and the Masonic iortge rooms on the third floor. When the regular firemen reached the building the lire was burning in the basement, on the first floor and had reached the second, following the chim ney from the basement up to the second floor direct by way of a frame holding the ground w'ires. On the second floor the flame followed the south wall across between the ceiling and the floor. but did not break through to the third floor. The flames burned through th south end of Bailey's Music Rootus,and the express office," bet ween the ceiling and floor, but did not extend more than wo feet from the wall. Before turning the water into the music room, the firemen moved all the victrolas, about 20 in' number, into the front ot the store o that tlamage in t.liMt store was sliirbt and there was practically no damage in the express office, which whs also tnieof Grants pool room, as the flames did not spread at all to the east. The fire wa under control within half an hour after the arrival of the firemen. The smoke in the hall was so thick when Dr. Montefiore discovered that there was a fire that he left the building by a front window, thence down a lander. Mrs. Guyette and her on had no trouble in going through the ball. - - Next to the telephone company, Mr. McLennan is the heaviest loser, a some caskets were burned and he suffered considerable loss bv smoke and water. The third floor was not .touched by the fire. Arty of 35 from Detroit Arrived at Ellis Is land To-day FOR DEPpRTATION TO SOVIET RUSSIA But Their Arrival Does Not Mean an Immediate Departure v . V New York, Jan. 12. Thirty-five ex- tPdlniata t..rt. ......... 1 A.. arrive at Ellis island to-day to await deportatfon. They were arrested in raids last November and were to have been deported on the soviet ark Buford, which at last reports was at Kiel, Ger many, on it way to put 213 anarchists in. soviet Russia, but their transporta tion here could not be arranged at that time. ' This resumption of shipments of redn from other points of the eountrv to New York does not mean the departure of a second soviet ark in the nfear fu ture, according to Byron H. Llil, com missioner at Ellis island. Uhl said he understood the reason for to-day's shipment was that the jail ac commodations at Detroit were inade quate. The Detroit arrivals will make a to tal of 564 anarchist cases at the island, including 32 women. Preliminary hearings had been com pleted to-day for 60 of those taken in raids this month, the process' having been retarded by the refusal of some reds, including Gregory ; Weinstein. a friend of Trotzky and reputed "master mind" of communists in the United States to answer questions unless counsel were present. FUNERAL OF C. E. MACD0NALD. any Ex-Service Men Attended Serv ice at Congregational Church. The body of Charles H.. MacDonald, whose death occurred at his -home on Fairv-iew street Tuesday afternoon, vas buried in the family lot in Elrn- Preceding the burial, a prayer service was held at 'the home at 1:30, while at 2 o'clock the funeral was held at the Congregational church, Rev. F. L. Good- speed officiating. , lo pay their last tributes to a young man who voluntarily entered the er - -ice of lib country, many young ex-service men attended the funeral in a body as .a repieseiitatioajjf Barre. post Nut . 10, or the American Lemon. Togeth er with these were the six pall bearers. Dean Davis, P. Eager, Leslie Wilson, Eldon Rr.gers, James Booth and Doug las lncrli. Ernest Sanford, an Intimate friend of the young man, returned to his home in wollaston, Mass., last evening, liav- ng come here to attend1, the funeral. Sister of the deceased, v Miss A. D. MaeDonatd of New Haven, Conn., Mr. lor Carpenter and Miss Ethel Mac- Donald of New York, who were called 7 ere. are still here with their mother. Mrs. Jessie MacDonald, who contem plates leaving here soon. MRS. ELLEN NIC0L BEATTIE1 SAD CASE REVEALED. CHARGED WITH FORGERY. Boston. Jn. 12. An unidentified united in inmi;e Saturday n'-rht at man, Ite'ieted to be the vjrlhn ot a card I o"ckk at tie home of the !;''..'' game dist iite, s imied dead in an clerjryn n. F.ev. liert J. Lehigh. T"e aliey ia the north end tf the city t- -r ring service wa used arl the day. He had I .fen wonn jd ia the netk roi.r. were urttei.-4 Mr. M L;-od an! be', n! the ear. prohab'y with a is em;'. ej in S;: ii.ti' IJ an! Mr. an! knife. He foreigner. Mr. M Led a tit re-ide there. Brandon Man Accused of Forging His ' Mother's Name, Brandon. Jan. 12. Charles Fore.t. a brother of George "Te; . who was en- temw-d'to the hnue of correction at Wind Sato'day for Mealing chick en, wa arretil Snrdy afternoon hy SheritT STifrd f M: 1 IV bury and ivpcty W. H. TarH'e of th: "town, t-harycj with fvf'r.g hi B.-er' name to e k. He wa taken by SitentT -afrJ to M d.lWi-y, ) ere he ..I te '.vea a bfarng. Wife Soon Followed Husband ia Death, After Illness with Pneumonia. Mr. Mary Puffer, who on Friday, Jan. 2. wa taken ill with pneumonia and later removed to the City hospital, iiecumbed to the disease Sunday even ing at 6 o'clock. Thi is the second death to occur in' thefamily within three week. Mr. Puffer, her husband. wa taken to the, hospital on Dec. 24 in a rritical condition with pneumonia and died that night. Mr. Puffer wa born in St. Alban in February, ISMl. The greater part of her life wa spent in that city, thourh she had resided in Swanton and this city for short period. The only surviving relative, a lar a can be Jcarnetl. are a daughter, Roa anna. ho attends the Brook street -hool, and Mr. Puffer mother, Mr. Jeorge Perrin of Worcester, Ma., and wo sister. Mr. William I lark and Mr. Mabel Clark, whose address was given a Everett, Mas. At the death of Mr. Puffer, Mi Iuir- Gridley. overseer of the poor, visited the h "me and found the woman in great need of clothing. There wa no fire in the home through lack of fuel even though the weather outdiwrs wa far below the lero tnark. Thee ar ticle were procured by Mi Gridley, but the iltnc i believed It have been contracted from her hnbnd, tiho wa i-ffcrmj from tneurnon'a t'r tne t t-e bfiire guir to bed. Mr. Puffer's Who Died Saturday, Was a Native of , . . r-.i a ADeraeen, acoiiana. Mr. Ellen Nieol Beat tie, one of Barre 's oldest residents and well known to many, died .Saturday afternoon at :.I0 from a general breaking down in alth.. The funeral wa held from St.- Monica a church, of which she was a. member, this morning at 0 o'clock, Rev. M. McKenna celebrating high ma-i. he bearers were Putrick Brown. Wil is m Brclsy; V. C. Wetmore and Ar- liur Let'sce. The btidv wa placed in the vault at Elm wood - cemetery to await burial in the spring. Mrs. Bcattie wa born iu Aberdeen, Scotland, nearly 80 years ago, the exact date not being known. She came to Barre with her family iu May, 18PI, and had resided here since. Mr. Beat-, tie died at sea some 'JO years before the family came to this country. Those surviving are William M. Beattie of Cbicago, III., a son; Helen Beattie of Needhain. Mass.. a daughter; Jeannie Westland of St. Louis, Mo., a daughter. and Albert W. Beattie of Hartford, Conn., a grandson. I'ntil within two -veers the deceased had lived at 1-10 Prospect street, since which time she had resided with Mr. and Mrs. John R. Tierney of 48 South Main ttfeK- FUNERAL OF ANGEL0 BIZZ0ZZER0 Body May Lajer Be Sent to Brenno, Italy, His Native City. The funeral of Angelo Biuossero, whose death occurred at the Barre. City hospital Friday evening, bringing to a"n end an Hlness of four month with typhoid fever and its complica tions, wa held from the Ca'.holie church yesterday morning at 11 o'clock. A requiem high mass was celebrated ' by Rev. P. M. McKenna, Mr. Charles Smith, direct res of the choir, assist ing by singing the Latin mass. At the conclusion of the service the remains, accompanied by a large group of the deceased's intimate friend, were taken to the Elmwood vault and there interred until spring since the body may lie ent to Brenno. Italy, the native city of' Mr. Bixr-ozzcro. Pall bearer for the occasion were C. Bianchi, E. Mal nati. C. Calcarni, F. Rizzi, C. Lam port! and L. Sironi. Orlando Olgiati, an electrical engi neer of the Wetern Electric company of New York City. Ferdinand Ri.ii. a , cousin, from New York City, and Mi Clementine Calcagni, a niece, front Bridgewaer, Ma., were among the number of people who .came to Barre to attend the funeral. Recommends Raise for Teachers. Montpelier The Montpelier school board ha de cided to recommend to the voter of little !aii"hler. Knna. i to be taken Montnelier at the next e Vet ton ta to the ttc industrial school for rate! March that the public school teachers after t! e funeral. be fc'tc an ire.rrae in salary.